Local Meters Revenue Reported in City Clerk Rpt
Parking meter receipts for the 30th week of operations ended on Wednesday at noon totaling 152.26 per the office of city clerk S A Crouse. U S Senator Clyde R Hoey of Shelby was to address Kings Mountain Kiwanis at the Woman's Club Thursday night for Teacher's Night banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.A. Crouse
Hoey
U. S
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
Kings ‘Mountain Kiwanis Club
Woman's Club
Police shakeup at local department announced
N M Farr chief announces the resignation of 3 W Roach from the police department effective immediately. Aaron Allen is assigned to temporary duty. Farewell changes follow the chief’s statement. A school party is planned at the high school gym Friday night December 10 for band council members and parents, with a nominal admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Roach
Pollee
N. M. Farr
Aaron Allen
Farr
Girl Scout Area Board Sets Plans for Kings Mountain Meeting
The Girl Scout Area Board held a Woman's Club meeting with 25 members present. Mrs Rafkin presided over an informative session. Plans were laid for an area meeting in Kings Mountain on February 26 at the Woman's Club, 7 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Board
Girl Scout Area
Woman's Club
Rafkin
Treesboard
Plana
Kings Mountain
Woman’s Club
Weir and Goforth to Attend NC Education Leaders Meeting
Mrs. W. T. Weir and Miss Margaret Goforth travel to Raleigh Friday afternoon for the North Carolina Education Association presidents and legislative chairmen meeting. Goforth heads the Kings Mountain NEA unit and Weir chairs the legislative committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Weir
Margaret Goforth
Raleigh
North Carolina Education Association
Building Permits Issued for Local Structures
Since November 17 city filings show three building permits. H. T. Fulton received a permit Monday to remodel the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. building at Cherokee and Mountain for 500 dollars. Wednesday issued permits went to W. A. Childers for a warehouse on Canler Street at 250 dollars and to Annie Hamm Jones for a dwelling off North Piedmont Avenue at 1,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciy Hall
H. T. Fulton
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co
Cherokee and
Mountain Streets
W. A. Childers
Cansler Street
Annie ‘Hamm Jones
North
Piedmont Enue
Christmas Seal Sale Totals Reported At $3298.98
An announcement from Mrs. W. executive secretary reports Christmas Seal Sale receipts totaling 3298.98 so far this year. About 11 000 letters carrying 200 seals were mailed as officials urge payments before the peak rush. The campaign seeks 8000 with returns currently pleasing to organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cle- See Cay
Tetmcem
Ion
Kings Mountain Band Wins Top Prize at Shelby Cavalcade
The Kings Mountain high school band captured a $100 prize for top honors at the Christmas Cavalcade in Shelby. Competing among six high school bands from the area, the Kings Mountain band won the top award with standout performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain
Shelby
Kings Mountain Band
Merchants Celebrate Santa Visit At Kings Mountain
A crowd of about 3,500 filled Kings Mountain business district to greet Santa Claus during the Christmas opening of the Kings Mountain association. The parade featured five floats three bands and several decorated vehicles amid a festive scene with candy and excitement for children. The event ended around 5 15 pm as dusk gathered and local shops stayed open late. Robert B Sint and Knox Hardin guided parade logistics while W Tolleson led the second annual Girl Scout fund drive aimed at raising 1000 locally as part of a 7000 county quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain Association
Nick
Kings Muitain
Tng
Wr. W. Tolleson
Girl Scout Fund
Flo Ence Stabler
Gastonia
Cleveland County
Pioneer Area Council
Camp Rotary
Crowder's Mountain
Tolleson
Cai ‘N
Kiwanis Club
Harry Page
L. Arnold Kiser
Kings Mountain Lions, Club
Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of
Comerce
State Legion Head To Speak Here
Joe Grier of Charlotte, commander of the North Carolina American Legion, will address Otis D. Green Post 155 and local Legion Auxiliary at a special dinner meeting at the Women’s Club on Saturday night, December 11. Reservations by December 7, plates $1.50, and members are asked to bring gifts for Oteen hospital, as is the annual custom. Grier is a World War I veteran and Charlotte lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Grier
Charlotte
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
Otis D. Green
Legion Auxiliary
Woman's Club
Ollie Harris
Legion
Oteen
Oteen Hospital
Grier
Charlotte Tawyer
Neisler Elected President of Country Club Inc
Paul M. Neisler Sr was elected president of Country Club Inc at a Tuesday night meeting of incoming directors. Hunter R. Neisler became vice president and L E Abbott was named secretary treasurer replacing Carl F Mauney. New and holdover directors were announced alongside retiring members at the dinner meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul M. Neister
Neister Mills, Inc
Kings Mountain Country Club, Inc
Paul M. Neisler, Sr
Hunter R. Neisler
L. E.abbott
Abbott
George Houser
W. L. Plonk
Ertle Powers
M.A. Ware
Fred W. Plonk
P.G. Padgett
J. W. Milam
Carl F. Mauney
O. W. Myers
Paul McGinnis
Jacob Cooper
Hugh Ormand
Erskine College Founders Day Celebrated in Due West
Attendees gathered for Erskine College Founders Day in Due West with Rev Meg Pressly and Dr KM Pressly among speakers. Ground-breaking ceremonies marked a new college library and science hall project amid activities led by college executives Blakely and McGill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meg W. L. Pressly
W. E. Fakely
Erskine College
Due West
KM. Pressly Af Statewille
Kings Mountain
Blakely
McGill
Merchants Display Full Stock of Christmas Goods
Kings Mountain shops report decorations up and broad inventories of Christmas merchandise across categories. Furniture and appliances show ready delivery, jewelers stock national silver and items, apparel stores unveil holiday dresses, drugstores brim with cosmetics and candies, and grocers offer Christmas ingredients and trimmings for big dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain
Santa Claus
Two Firms Entered Over The Weekend
Police reported no break ins over the weekend. Community Implement & Supply was entered Saturday night with two radios an electric drill and about 25 dollars missing. Ware & Sons roller mill was entered during the weekend but nothing missing. Deputy Heywood Allen investigated near the southern city limits where heavy rainfall washed away possible footprints and no fingerprints could be located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Implement & Supply Company
Ware & Sons
Heywood Allen
Investi Igimo & Suited
Deacon Coach Walker to Speak at Kings Mountain Banquet
Wake Forest Demon Deacons coach D C Peahead Walker will address the Kings Mountain Lions Club annual football banquet on December 14. About 80 high school players and coaches, plus 200 guests, will attend with 70 guest places available. The Demon Deacons face Baylor in the Dixie Bowl on New Year’s Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.C
Peahead) Walker
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Kings Mountain Lions Club
Dan Huffstetler
Gardner-Webb
Hubert Davidson
Walker
Demon Deacons
Baylor University
Birmingham
Ala
Waker Forest
North Carolina
Clemson
Boston College
Baylor
Kings Mountain Band to Collect Toys for Distribution
The Kings Mountain High School band will collect old toys next Wednesday after 4 PM for distribution to the poor at Christmas. Band members will conduct a house to house collection, following notice from Band Director Hedden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain
Rites Saturday For Clarence Thomas Dixon
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 3 p m at Second Baptist Church for Clarence Thomas Dixon who died Thursday evening after a six month illness. The body will be at the church before the service. A Kings Mountain native, he lived there 33 years and was employed by Craftspun Mills. Survivors include his wife Miss Mattie Blanton, two sons C T Dixon Jr and Edwin Dixon, three daughters Mrs David McDaniel Mrs Horn and Mrs Wesley Kiser all of Kings Mountain, three daughters Lem Williams of Fallston Mrs Hattie Bogge of Statesville and Mrs Maude Gantt of Shelby, six brothers Henry Dixon Claude Roscoe and Dewey Dixon of Belwood Ben and Marvin Dixon of Rosebud Arkansas and 10 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Baptist Church
Clarence Thomas Dixon
Shelby Hospital
B. F. Austin
Questician
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Cleveland County
Kings Mountain
Willam
Elizabeth Self Dixon
Belwood
Craftspun Mills
Cora Mill
Mattie, Blanton
C.T. Dixon
Edwin Dixon
David McDaniel
Horn
Wesley Kiser
Lem Williams
Fallston
Hattie Bogge
Statesville
Maude Gantt
Shelby
Henry Dixon
Claude
Roscoe
Dewey Dixon
Ben
Marvin Dixon
Rosebud
Ark
Churches Join In Union Service On Temperance
Kings Mountain churches unite for a high school auditorium service Sunday at 7 30 pm to hear Judge E Y Webb discuss temperance as the January 8 election on beer legalization approaches Rev W L Pressly notes the high school band will provide music with Rev J W Phillips giving the invocation Rev J H Brendall reading scripture Rev B F Austin praying and a double quartet performing Special music is arranged by Rev L C Planix Judge Webb will be presented by Rev P D Patrick and Rev W H Stender will give the benediction The union aims to draw a large turnout for the vote and the message is described as forceful and logical by the ministerial association spokesman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Yates Webb
Shelby
Kings Mountain
E. Y. Webb
Cleveland County
W. L. Pressly
Kings Moutain Ministerial Association
Joe Hedden
J. W. Phillips
First Wesleyan Church
J. H. Brendall
Coral Methodist Church
B. F. Austin
Second Baptist Church
P. D.patrick
The
Presbyterian Church
Judge Webb
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
LC. Planix
First Baptist Church
Soclasion
Kings Mountain schools cut Christmas break to one week
Christmas holidays in Kings Mountain city schools will be one week long this year. Superintendent B N Barnes said holidays start after classes on December 21 and will resume December 29. The shorter break makes up time lost from a late school start caused by the no so situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain City
B N. Barnes
Barnes
Garnes
Nolso
Boyce Memorial ARP Church Celebrates Golden Anniversary
A rain soaked celebration marked Boyce Memorial ARP Church Golden Anniversary with a two hour program detailing church history. Honorees included Mrs. W T Jackson and Mrs. Lena McGill while absent members were cited as survivors of the original Woman's Missionary group. The article traces church origins from Pisgah and Old Pisgah to the present Kings Mountain ARP site and notes Ebenezer Erskine Boyce as the first pastor along with land donations by A V Falls heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyce Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
Sabhrath School
W. T. Jackson
Robert Falls
Kings Mountain
Elmer Spencer
A. F. Whitesides
Astonia
Lena McGill
Cora Hunter
Tampa
J. M. Garrison
Sriginal Women's Missionary Group
W. A. Ware
Kings Mountain Arp Church
Ware
Boyce Memorial Church
Ku Intain
Minnie H. Craw
Ebenezer Reve
Associate Presbytery
Reformed Presbytery
Pennsylvania
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Pisgah
Cloves
Beersheba
York County
N. C
Long Creek
Lincoln County
Sparrow Springs
Bethany
South Carolina
Old Pisgah
J. E. Anthony
Boyce Memorial
Pisgah Church
Gastonia
Nebo
William Weer
Ebenezer’ Erskine Boyce
Nebo Creek
Kings’ Mountain Ara
Bethel Church
Styville Road
A. V. Falls
Cora Dillig Hunter
Weed M.1 Haren
Piedmont and
King Streets
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Hazel Floyd
Lenora Plank
Dorcas Carpenter
Kitty Falls
Frances Wyne
Betty Hord
Bobbie Simmons
State Legion
Erskine
Deacon
Webb
T. Dixon
ARP Church
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