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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
4
A cluttered WRBO Valley News column recaps last week with stray names and anecdotes. The writer mentions friends at beaches, shop encounters, odd anecdotes, and social gossip, mixing local names, errands, and musings about life and society. The piece reads like a personal diary chunk rather than a cohesive report.
Three family reunions scheduled in August are outlined. The Joan Teeter Beam clan meets today at Prospect Baptist church with a picnic dinner. The Wright clan gathers August 15 at Friendship Methodist church in Fallston with W. J. Angel giving the address and Cletus A. Wright organizing music. The McGill clan of Gaston County holds its annual get-to-together at Bethel church on August 21 with a bring-a-basket dinner. Five coal mine disasters are noted with Monongah, West Virginia, 1907 cited as the worst, claiming 361 lives.
A C Short, longtime Cherryville police officer and former Kings Mountain patrolman, has been named chief of police succeeding the late J A Burns. The promotion was approved last week as Short moves from his city force role to police leadership. Falls To Be Released From The Navy Today Curtis H Falls, son of Mr. Curtis H Falls of Gastonia, will be discharged from active Navy duty today. He trained at Central High School and served four months on the USS Rodman before leaving active service.
An old advertisement promises rapid relief from athlete's foot with a product containing nine percent alcohol. It touts strong fungous action and claims to penetrate to reach more germs to kill the itch, attributed to Griffin Pharmacy.
Kings Mountain Public Library adds nine titles to its shelves including The Dreamers by J Bigelow Clark The Unforseen by Dorothe Dorothes Cornwall They Dare Not Go A Hunting by Dorothes Cornwall Centennial Summer by Albert E Iell Portrait of Jennie by Robert Nathan Interv Via Carolina by William Abrahams The Great Promise by Noel Hunter Fury in the Earth by Harry E Kroll Ride With Me by Thomas B Coatain
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