Local News Briefs from Kings Mountain Area
The city treasurer reports parking meters yielded 146.59 dollars on Wednesday morning. Miss Alice Averitt arrived to begin duties as teaching consultant in Kings Mountain City schools. About 100 Kings Mountain Lions and guests enjoyed a Bethlehem community picnic dinner Tuesday night at Bethlehem School.
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Miss Averitt
Alice Averitt
Kings Mountain City
Averitt
Carlyle ‘Ware
W. Mountain Street
Kings Mountain Lions
Bethlehem School
Bethlehem
McGill Reunion at Bethel Arbor on Cherryville Road
McGills of Gaston plan their annual reunion at Bethel Arbor off the Cherryville Road at 11 30. A picnic dinner will follow the business session and all clan members are urged to attend. Coltrane to Speak D D Coltrane assistant director of the budget will address the Shelby Kiwanis club on North Carolina Fiscal Policy at Hotel Charles Thursday at 7. Senator Clyde Nolan arranged the program.
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McGill
McGills of
Gaston
Bethel Arbor
Cherryville Road
Coltrane
D. D. Coltrane
Scott
Shelby Kiwanis Club
Nort Carolina
Hotel Charles
Clyde Nolan
Kiser to Preach at St Matthew's Lutheran Sunday
Rev W A Kiser pastor of Gethesemane Lutheran Cicero will preach at 11 oclock service at St Matthew's Lutheran Sunday announced by Pastor Dr W P Gerberding. Kiser, a Kings Mountain native, gave invocation at a Democratic National convention session.
Bethware Progressive Club Pre-Fair Barbecue Planned
The Bethware Progressive Club will host a pre Fair barbecue at Bethware School next Wednesday at 6 oclock. Invitations were mailed yesterday by John Rudisill secretary treasurer of the Fair. Catalogs will be ready for distribution this weekend.
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Bethware
Bethware Progressive Club
Bethware Fair
Bethware School
John Rudisill
Benson III L L Benson to enter sanitarium for treatment
Southern Rail way agent here has been confined to bed for eight days with not serious condition. He shows improvement and expects to enter Black Mountain Sanitarium for further treatment in the near future.
Protests at City Power Rates Meeting Draw Heavy Rain
About 60 to 70 residents attended the city board session where Electrical Engineer Max Miller explained the new power rate schedules. Protests centered on increased bills for commercial users and small customers, with questions on a 100 to 1,000 kilowatt hour tier and residential demand charges. Miller detailed expected bill changes and noted two board orders to equalize rates and preserve revenue, while stressing past billing errors would not be corrected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of Commissioners
Max Miller
Engineer Miller
L. L. Alexander
Gantt
Garland Still
Still
Board of Commissioners
A. H. Cornwell
Schede
National Council of Churchwomen Leader to Speak Here Thursday
Mrs. W. Murdock MacLeod of New York City, general chair of the National Council of Churchwomen, will address Kings Mountain Churchwomen at First Presbyterian Church Thursday at 3:30 PM. Music by visiting artists Mauney and Klein will be featured, followed by a reception in the church fellowship hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain District
Boy Scouts of America
City Hall
Piedmont Council
W. Murdock MacLeod
New York City
National Council of
Kings Mountain
First
Presbyterian Church
Mes
Mauney
Diue
O. W. Myers
Pre-Induction Draft Quotas Increased in Cleveland County
Cleveland County's selective service board boosts pre-induction quotas for September with two 40-man orders for exams on September 9 and 18 and another 40 for August 28. Eight men including one from Kings Mountain travel to Charlotte for induction, while ten are set to report for September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Selective Service Board
Clara Newman
Kings Mountain
Charlotte
Armed Forces
Cleveland County
Plumbing Firm To Move Here In Grover By Goforth
Ben T. Goforth, a Grover plumber, has bought the Velma Craft building on York Road and will move his shop to Grover soon. He purchased the property from George W. Mauney of Kings Mountain and C. G. White of Gaffney. The former textile plant site previously housed the veterans textile school run by John Floyd. Consideration was not announced.
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Ben T. Goforth
Grover Plumber
York Road
Velma Craft
Mr. Goforth
George W. Mauney
Kings Mountain
C. G. White
Gaffney
Veterans Textile School
John Floyd
City completes several street paving projects
City street department under Tom Henry finishes paving on North Sims North Goforth Third Grace Falls Falls extension Wilson and Monte Vista Drive. One block of Falls Street and three blocks of West Gold Street are resurfaced. Taylor Construction plans two miles more resurfacing next week with a $25,000 contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Street Department
Tom Henry
Henry
Taylor
Blanton Reunion Planned Sunday at Lake Crawford
Ralph Blaniton treasurer announces annual Blanton Reunion to be held Sunday at Lake Crawford in South Carolina state park. Rev J H Barrett will speak at 11 o clock with a picnic dinner to follow. All clan members urged to attend.
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Blanton
Lake Crawford
South Carolina
Ralph Blaniton
J. H. Barrett
City Retains Architect Firm For Jail Work
City board in a special session retained Vaughn & Ormand Shelby to sketch jail improvements and set fees totaling up to seven percent of estimated costs. They also approved paving Morris Street and N Gaston Street and assigned duties on fire line checks and water rate review while passing a broad street-paving resolution.
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City Board of Commissioners
Morris Street
Gaston Street
Vaughn & Ormand
Shelby Architects
Grady King
Jaes Layton
M. K. Fuller
Layton
Bi Mullinax
N. Gaston Street
Parker Street
Wilson Crawford
Jaycees Attend Cherryville Meeting Led by District VP
About 116 Jaycees attended the first quarterly third district meeting at Cherryville Carlton clubhouse Tuesday night. J L Wilkie of Shelby presided. J B Brame, state president, was keynote speaker. Kings Mountain sent 21 members including vice president Paul Walker and president L Beam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third District
Cherryville
Carlton
Kings Mountain
J. L. Wilkie
Shelby
J. B. Brame
Gene Osenriter
Bill Snow
Asheville
Bob Ledbetter
Sam Mitchem
Meek Carpenter
J. T. McGinnis
J. C. McKinney
Bill Hudspeth
Bill Fulton
Wilson Griffin
Harold Phillips
John Chaney
Fred Weaver
Billie Mauney
Yates Harbinson
Work On Church Interior Began In City Church
Construction on Resurrection Lutheran Church began Monday by Bennett Construction Company. Interior finishing, main auditorium work, and front entrance completion are planned, with an expected duration of about two months. P R TO MEET Parks and recreation commission will meet Monday at 2 pm in the Phenix conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Resurrection Lutheran Church
Bennett. Construction Company
P& R
Parks and Recreation Commission
Phenix
Approval Is Given Negro School Plan
City and county officials order a 30 day dog quarantine starting Saturday noon. Dog owners must tether leash or pen pets during the period as part of a drive to wipe out disease, announced by police chief S. Re Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Re (Pop) Davidson
Davidson
Grover Switches To Dial Phones
Grover's Southern Bell system moved to dial operation at 2 o'clock last Saturday. Residents now dial Grover numbers directly, with 235 telephones on the directory and 1,746 calls in the first hour, 1,115 completed and 631 blocked. George Taylor led the ceremony at Grover High School with Lions Club support. Mayor Harry made the first call to his son at Asheville Orthopedic Hospital after a polio attack.
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Grover
Southern Bell
Kingy Mountain
Shelby
Kings Mountain
George Taylor
Grover High School
Grover Lions Club
Harry of Grover
Asheville
Orthopedic Hospital
St Matthew's Bible School to Start Monday
St Matthew's Lutheran church will host vacation church school from 9 to 11:30 each morning starting Monday. The program will include recreation and refreshment periods with a large faculty headed by Mrs James Lackey and Dr W B Garmerding, inviting all children to attend.
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St. Matthew’s Bible School
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
James Lackey
Doris Lackey
Dan Finger
Glee E. Bridges
Raymond Mann
William Herndon
Jacob Mauney
George Mauney
W. K. Mauney
James Simpson
Grace Carpenter
Janice Allen
Shirley ‘Houser
Martha Plonk
Rachel Plonk
May Plonk
Louise Kiser
Betty Kiser
W. DB. Garmerding
City Trustees Approve Plans for Six-Room Negro Elementary
The Raleigh board of school trustees received approval to proceed with plans for a six room Negro elementary school on a new site. Superintendent B Barnes and trustees Plank and Kincaid discussed funding, site acquisition, and long term building needs with the state survey panel, with recommendations to defer white pupil plans pending further survey and funds.
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City Board of School Traces
B. Barnes
Pra
Ihn Raleigh
Department of Public Instruction
Barnes
Fred W. Plank
Lold W. Kincaid
North Carolina Board of Education
King Mountain Board of School Trustees
Intangibles Refund and Powell Bill City Figures
Mayor Garland Stl announced the city received a refund of 4217.95 on intangible tax collections slightly below the budget. The Powell Bill formula projects about 27000 for street maintenance versus a 26000 budget estimate, based on city maintained mileage of just over 33 miles and population figures used for payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Stl
Powell
Commission
Ely
Kings Mountain Man recalls European tour and war sights
Aubrey Mauney, Kings Mountain manufacturer, reports from Zurich and other European cities after attending the Lutheran World Conference in Hanover. He describes Cologne’s wartime devastation, the beauty of Germanic and Swiss cities, multilingual locals, and frequent American tourists. Continued on Page Eight.
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Europe
Aubrey Mauney
Kings Mountain
Zurich
Switzerland
Germany
Cologne
City Enacts Restrictive Livestock Law
City commissioners passed a sanitation ordinance restricting swine poultry and other livestock within city limits. The ordinance prohibits keeping horses mules cows within 200 feet of residences or businesses and 400 feet of public spaces, with five days to comply after notice. violations carry up to $25 fine and 30 days imprisonment. The measure was adopted unanimously and published in full in today’s Herald Section 1 Page 7.
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the Herald
Rites Sunday For Boyce Stone
Funeral services for Boyce Henry Stone 28 native of Cleveland County and El Bethel resident were held at El Bethel Baptist Church. Rev. R L Forbis with Revs. Ray Swink and R L Chaney officiated and burial followed in El Bethel church cemetery. Stone employed by Lee Construction Co of Charlotte died Friday at 11 50 when the crane he operated at the new Shelby water plant overturned pinning him. Coroner ruled accidental death. Surviving are his parents a son Tony Lee Stone of Baltimore a brother W F Stone Jr and a sister Betty Stone. Honorary pallbearers included Jack Stone Jr Harvey Stone William Maple Sr Paul Medford and Walter Atcom Active pallbearers included Buster Watterson A T Debrees Wilford Maples William Maples and Hubert Maples.
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Boyce Henry Stone
Cleveland County
Route 2
el Bethel Community
el Bethel Baptist Church
R.L. Forbis
Ray Swink
R. L. Chaney
el Bethel Church
Stone
New
Shelby
Lee Construction Co
Charlotte
Ollie Harris
Will F. Stone
el Bethel
Kings Mountain
Shelby Farmers
Conover
Tony Lee Stone
Baltimore
Jther
W. F. Stone, Jr
Betty Stone
Kings
Mountain
Jack Stone, Jr
Harvey Stone
William Maple
Paul Medford
Walter Atcom
Buster Watterson
A. T. DeBrees
Wilford Maples
William Maples
Hubert Maples
Hardin Farm Auction Set For Saturday
Auction sale of the L. D. Hardin farm on Grover road will be held Saturday starting at 2 o clock. The property known as Hardin’s Peach Orchard lies four miles south of Kings Mountain on U S 29 and includes two residences, several outbuildings, barns and tracts. Bids are being taken by J B Nolan Co auctioneers.
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L. D. Haredin
Grover Road
Haredin
Kings Mountain
U. S. 29
J.B. Nolan ‘Co
Board To Meet Monday Night at City Hall
Regular August meeting of the city board of commissioners is scheduled for Monday night at City Hall at 7:30. Mayor Garland Still said the agenda thus far is routine with routine matters to be discussed and reports to be received.
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City Board of Commissioners
Garland
Senny
Recaveal
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B. N. Barnes
Mars Hill
North Carolina
Central Methodist Church
William R. Klein
First Presbyterian Church
Glenn Eason
Church of God
General Assembly of the Church of God
Indianapolis
Ind
Kiwanis
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
Lake Montania
Red Bridges
Masonic Dining Hall
Ven A. Smith
Mr. Alexander
George W. Allen
Miller
Tincolnton
Allen
Mr. Miller
Orland Pearson Temaread
National Council of Churchwomen
Jaycees
America
Holland
Howard Coble
Valendor
Politi
Boyce Stone
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