Smith Murder Inquest Set For Friday Morning
A jury will convene at City Hall Friday morning to determine the facts surrounding the death of Betty Smith a 13 year old girl in the Shady Rest community. The case centers on alleged involvement by several local residents as investigators gather details and potential suspects for court action.
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A 'S
Coneat
Betty
Smith
Kings Mountain
Hubert Aderhoide
T. W.graysgs
J. Saundigs
FR Mecurday
We Fingland
Ray Kirby
Robert Howell
Shady Rest
Ray Sellers
Shady Rest Inn
Fed
Sellers
Howell
Pratt Howell
Ollie Harris
Wise
Smith Rirl
H. A. Logan
Logan
Gladys Burton
Irl
Rose Smith
Lee
Burton
Homecoming Speaker at St Mark's Lutheran Crouse
The Rev. Wm. H. Stender of St Matthew's Lutheran will speak at the St Mark's Lutheran homecoming service in Crouse on Sunday at 10 45 with a large crowd expected. Picnic dinner and afternoon service are canceled. Also notes two building permits issued in city hall for additions and new dwellings.
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Wm. H. Stender
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
St.Mark's Lutheran Church
Crouse
Kings Mountain
City Hall
John Ross
W. Ridge Street
Jessie W. Martin
Falls
Union Service at Central Methodist Church
This week’s service is at Central Methodist Church Sunday evening at eight o’clock. Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church, will deliver the sermon.
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Central Methodist Church
W. L. Pressly
Boyce Memorial Arp Church
Re-Surfacing Completed by Sherill Paving Company
City Engineer E. C. Brandon Jr reported that Sher rill Paving Company of Winston Salem completed the street resurfacing project under the contract according to schedule and requirements.
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E. C. Brandon, Jr
Sherrill Paving Company of
Winston Salem
Kiwanis Club to View Motion Picture Thursday Night
Members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club were to view a motion picture at the regular meeting Thursday night at 7 o'clock at the Woman's Club. Jesse Kiser arranged the program.
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Kiwanis
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
Woman's Club
Jesse Kiser
LIONS
U.S
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Kings Mountain Lions Club
Dan Hutt
Stetler
Bonnie Mill Tower is Dismantled at Historic Plant
Workmen remove the tall water-tank tower built in 1900 as part of the Bonnie Mill plant. Superintendent Jacob Cooper notes the tower once supplied water for operations but modern systems render it unnecessary, leading to its lowering to ground level.
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Jacob Cooper
City Board Debates Charter Options At Special Session
A city commission special session discussed offering two charter options for the August 28 city charter election, plus a possible second choice. The board, citing legality concerns raised by City Attorney Harrill and Shelby lawyer Newton, moved to delete several sections including dictatorial powers for the manager or mayor and recall provisions for council vacancies. Minor amendments to Sections 21 and 21a address ordinance publication and emergency waivers, with other small wording tweaks to meet state requirements.
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City Board of Commissioners
A. Harrill
D. Z
Newton
Shelby
Harrill
Selectton
Herald
Ter
Widow Walk at Barter Theatre with Frances Goforth
Frances Goforth of Kings Mountain coauthors Widow Walk a three act comedy at Barter Theatre Abington Va. Guy Kibbee stars as an old seaman with Shirley Kibbee as a Charleston tea room belle. Howard Richardson of Black Mountain also coauthored Dark of the Moon. Attending opening were Mrs. R. D. Goforth and Mrs. Eugene Goforth.
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Miss. Frances Goforth
Kings Mountain
Abington
Charleston, S. C
Guy Kibbee
Mr. Kibbee
Shirley
Laurinburg
Miss Goforthson
Howard Richardson
Black Mountain
Bar ‘Ter
Local Talent on Shelby Radio
WHOS Shelby will air a Saturday morning program from the Woman's Club house with station manager Robert M. Wallace and Rev. J. D. Sheppard as emcee. Betty Fails and Frances Summers coordinate talent for the two halves, 10:00 to 10:30 am on air, with a club-house prize and chance at a grand prize. The program has run over two years and will originate in Kings Mountain, with a large attendance expected. St. Matthew's Lutheran church services will be broadcast on WOHS Sunday, August 29.
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Edgar M. Cooper
Pottstown
Penn
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Mr. Cooper
Kings Mountain
WHOS
Shelby
Woman's Club House
Robert M. Wallace
J. D. Sheppard
Betty Fails
Frances Summers
Sheppard
WOHS
Lutheran Sunday School Radio Broadcast at WOHS
St Matthew s Lutheran Sunday school group will lead the Shelby radio broadcast Sunday from 10:00 to 10:45 a m over WOHS Mrs G E Still will direct with assistants Mrs Wm H Stender Mrs Jamies B Simpson Betty Falls and Miss Robert Stender among the helpers
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G. E. Still
Wm. H. Stender
Jamies B. Simpson
Betty Falls
Robert Stender
Four More Polio Cases Bring Kings Mountain total to 18
Kings Mountain doctors report four additional polio cases in the past week, elevating the local epidemic tally to 18. Patients include Jerry Lingerfelt, five, son of a cab driver on Shelby Highway, the Crowder youth, and three others with one case described as mild. Public gathering ban remains in force as officials monitor spread.
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Kings Mountain
Herald
P. E. Hendricks
Norte Crowder
Mommy Hickman
Carpenter Street
Hickman
Mon- PG
Padgett
Jerry Lingerfelt
Shelby Highway
Wayne Ware
Lingerfelt
Citizens Hear Charter Change Proposals At Meeting
About 40 Kings Mountain residents attended a city board hearing Monday night to discuss charter options. Proposals favored ward voting for council members, keeping the current school board terms, and removing a city manager hiring clause. Mayor H Tom Fulton declined to chair. J E Herndon was chosen chairman.
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Kings Mountain
City Board of Commissioners
Unam
H. Tom Fulton
J. E. Herndon
City Eng
Ie Rears
Herndon
B.D. Batterjee
Rites Conducted For Col Hunter
Funeral services for Col Baxter Ross Hunter 75 retired U S Army Medical Corps former Kings Mountain physician were held at Sardis ARP Church near Charlotte with interment in the church cemetery He died at his Charlotte home after 30 months of declining health He was Mecklen burg County native son of the late Richard Brown and Margaret Cannon Hunter a graduate of Erskine College and trained in St Louis He served in the Spanish American War World War I and contributed full time to the Charlotte rationing board in World War II He is survived by his wife Miss Le McMann of Moline Ill daughter Mrs Frank Thompson of Tampa Fla sister Mrs E A Alexander Charlotte three brothers C C J L Hunter of Charlotte Dr J H Hunter of Spartanburg and a granddaughter Ann Thompson of Tampa Fla.
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Baxter Ross Hunter
U. S. Army Medical Corps
Kings Mountain
Sardis
Arp Church
Charlotte
P. L. Grier
Saris Church
Col. Hunter
Col Hunter
Mecklenburg County
Richard Brown
Margaret Cannon Hunter
Erskine College
Due West
D. C
St. Louis
Frank Thompson
Tampa, Fla
E. A. ‘Alexander
C. C. and
J. L. Hunter
J. H. Hunter
Spartanburg
8. C
Ann Thompson
Tampa
Fla
Patrick Elected Home Missions Chairman
Rev P D Patrick of Kings Mountain was elected chairman of the Home Missions section of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States for two years at the Montreal meeting yesterday. He succeeds Rev W B Harrop of Charleston West Virginia. The association includes home mission executives superintendents and chairmen.
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P. D. Patrick
Kings ‘Mountain
General Assembly
United States
Montreal
W. &. Harrop
Charleston
W. Va
Baker Competing In Plane Events
Kings Mountain model air plane enthusiast Tommy Baker travels to Detroit for the Second International Model Airplane Contests. He joins 500 top plane builders competing through August 24, backed by a Charlotte Plymouth dealer. The event is sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics.
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Kings Mountain
Buuider
Tommy Baker
Dhe
Kings Mountain Youth
L. P. Baker
Michigan City
Philip Baker
Young Baker
Plano
Charlotte
Plymouth Automobiles
Detroit
The
Academy of Model Aeronautics
City Churches Plan To Mark World Meet
Bells from Kings Mountain churches will ring at 4 pm Sunday joining Christians worldwide to mark the assembling of churches at Amsterdam to form a World Council of Churches. Pastor W H Stender asks individuals to pray for God's blessings on the organization. This aims to unite Christian work and present a united front.
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Kings Mountain
Amsterdam
Holland
World Council of Churches
W. H. Stender
St Matthew's Lutheran Church
Dellinger Joins Logan on Draft Board Plans Mapped
B R Dellinger, Shelby World War II veteran, accepted appointment to the Cleveland county draft board on Thursday morning to join W B Logan, prominent Kings Mountain businessman and WWII combat veteran. Logan, the board's remaining member after resignations, aims to organize registration on August 30 with facilities initially in Shelby American Legion Hall and later moved for convenience to Kings Mountain.
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B. R. Dellinger
Shelby
Cleveland County
Horse Show Plans Are Shaping Up For Labor Day
Plans for the fifth annual Lions Club Labor Day Horse Show are nearing completion with entry blanks sent to exhibitors across the South. More than $1,000 in prizes plus trophies and ribbons will be awarded. J C McKinney, ticket sales chairman, says tickets go on sale soon. Admission is $1 per event, 50 cents for children. no combination tickets. The one day show includes 23 classes for walking horses, gaited horses, ponies, roadsters, and more.
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Lions Club
South
J. C. McKinney
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Cly
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Sogee
Sihe Tina Tine Wae
Union Service
Bonnie
Frances Goforth
Barter Theatre
Rowell Lane
Kings Mountain High School
Lane
J. E. Honeycutt
Rockingham City
Shelby Radio
Lutheran Group
St. Matthew's Lutheran Sunday School
Patrick
Home Missions
Home Mission
Baker
Dellinger
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