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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
6
Classified ad fragment offering a $700 player piano for sale on unpaid balance of $4865 remaining on contract. Includes unrelated lines about livestock, services, and local products. Mentions Bayar C Notton Milwaukee Wisconsin address for viewing. Some stray references to a banana splits promotion and household goods.
A fragmentary advertorial item describes a boy named George finding a small package on a street and asks what it might contain, proposing wicker furniture pieces from F. Horn Furniture Co. for display and purchase.
The column lists residents visiting relatives and friends over Thanksgiving plus a home fire that destroyed a residence belonging to Mr. C L Lymn. It calls for community help for the affected family and notes a Tri TL Club meeting at 7 20 Thursday night with broad attendance urged.
Miss Lucille Gladden spent Saturday night with Miss Faye Hucatetler. Ellen White and Mrs. Mag of Gastonia visited Mr. and Mrs. Blanton and Mrs. Bertle Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Vernon of Mt Holly and Mrs. Ed Petty of Bowling Green visited Mr. and Mrs. Hucretler last week. Misses Mary Sue Bridges and Harten Holland spent Thanksgiving with L. Alexander. Margie Gladden weekend in Augusta with Harvey Gladden Stokes and Oscar Gladden. Afss Madge Mitchem improving after illness. Lawrence Green and W T Dixon families spent Sunday at Bat's Cave. Virginia Green spent Sunday in Gaffney. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Early hosted guests Sunday. A party at Miss Martha Sue Murphy’s Saturday night for Evely Owens newly moved to Gastonia.
North Carolina reports 5 749 syphilis cases in September a joint statement by State Health Officer Dr Carl V Reynolds and Dr J C Knox notes cooperation among physicians and an intensified drive. New York 5 2853, Pennsylvania 1252, Ohio 1000 plus. The report also mentions the blue anaconda is a 30 foot nonvenomous aquatic snake.
The annual Congress of American Industry will address the farm factory relationship with a farmer's viewpoint. Lewis Morris of Grimes Iowa plans to discuss industry farm links at the December 7 to 9 meeting under the National Association of Manufacturers. Charles R. Hoon of the American Rolling Mill Co. extended the invitation this month as proofs of farm industry cooperation grow more central. In other news, a public summons by publication in Cleveland County NC orders Imex Martin Hester to respond to a divorce action filed by CR Hester, with appearance required December 21, 1938, at the Superior Court in Shelby.
A quirky local column notes idle week events with friends. social antics from a theater cry to a house party and football training. The foreground shifts to a legal notice announcing a sale of valuable business realty in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, by a Cleveland County commissioner under Reynolds versus Reynolds, detailing lot numbers, boundaries, and sale terms set for December 17, 1938.
The note filled social chatter reveals Bobby’s visit to Homer with Sue drawing interest, Bill Davis enjoying time with Helen Garrison, and a skating party among the Prince girls. Rachel Smith’s cold hoarse thanks Helen to Mr. Summerow and Betty Lou’s jealousy over a brunette’s allegedly stolen man hint at holiday misadventures.
Fragmentary note indicates a discussion about high melting point preventing work. No clear names, dates, or places are readable. unable to extract definite entities or events from the text provided.
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