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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
9
Moe of the largest crowds ever to witness a baseball game at Kings Mountain Lions Club meeting. Handsome musicians from Gastonia performed with the Lions Club hosting the event and featured school hands in action.
The stands roared as the Band led a lively parade through a charity event in Flora. Fans cheered the red uniforms under bright lights while the game provided endless laughs. Oates caught, Bridges hit a home run, and key plays by Kerson, Miller highlighted the night. The team netted about $70 from the effort.
Porter, 60, died Friday afternoon at his Dilling mill home from blood poisoning after a finger cut in a mill accident about a week earlier. Survived by widow Bertha Ward Porter, two daughters Clarina and Mae, two sons Franklin D. and Jr., two sisters Belle Ward and Bertie Dixon. Presbyterian funeral held Sunday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. P. D. Patrick. burial in Mountain Rest.
The column lists numerous social visits and travels. Dot Watt and Mrs. L. H. Simmons return from Rocky Mount and other relatives visit in Charlotte Lynch and Athens. Guests include Rev Charles Boud of Athens Tennessee, Mrs Novitt Hughes, Miss Vera Ruth of Raleigh, Mr and Mrs Hunter Neisler and daughter Patricia, Miss Margie Blackwell after surgery, and many others touring Greenwood Washington New York and Lancaster.
The Patricia Hamm Kindergarten will open September 8 at 9 A.M. in the new Sunday School building of Henderson County Lutheran Church. Miss Ellen Peterson will teach with assistance from Miss Elizabeth Neal. Parents should register their children on the morning of the end of September between 9 and 11 oclock. Community farm tours proved interesting and educational for farmers and farm women, says D W Bonett, assistant county agent.
Washington snapshots cover a stalled bill after conferees included a provision allowing military command to seize private property with presidential approval. Repeal followed. Hearings debated mandatory rehiring of employees. a rider passed the Senate amid contention. Labor Board in New York City tallies a tied AFL unit election, recognizing the union as bargaining agent.
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