Kiwanis Meeting Hosts Lincolnton Guests Thursday
Kings Mountain Kiwanis will host Lincolnton Kiwanis at the regular meeting this Thursday night at 6 45 in Masonic Hall. Lincolnton will furnish the program. MONDAY TIRE firemen answered an alarm and put out a grass fire on Mauney avenue with no damages reported. Walter W Ware named manager of Shelby Dixie Home Store. former assistant manager at Charlotte Dixie Home Store. City meters collected 128 91 in weekly receipts. Cake and pie sale by Patterson Grove Baptist Young Married Women class Saturday at Bridges Hardware to raise funds for the church building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
Lincolnton Kiwanis Club
Kings Mountain
Masonic Din‘Hall
Lincolnton
Mauney Avenue
Walter W. Ware
Oak Grove
Shelby Dixie Home
Mr. Ware
Charlotte Dixie Home Store
Plaza
Frank C. Ware
Patterson Grove Baptist Church
Bridges Hardware
Portrait Unveiling Set For December 14
Portrait unveiling for Lottie Goforth benefactress of Kings Mountain hospital scheduled for December 4 at 2 30 pm at the hospital. Joe Dixon hospital business manager says the portrait by J Lee Settlemyre was funded by local donations and will hang in memory of the donor who helped make the hospital a reality. Details of the unveiling program to be announced next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie Goforth
Kings Mountain Hospital
Joe Dixon
J. Lee Settlemyre
Kings Mountain
City Board Plans Regular December Meeting at City Hall
Regular December meeting of the city board of commissioners is set for Monday at 7:30 p m at City Hall. Items include results of Saturday sewer improvements bond election and a favorable Federal Power Commission examiner ruling on the city's natural gas allotment plus routine monthly department reports.
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City Board of Commissioners
City Hall
Federal Power Commission
Bloodmobile Set to Visit Kings Mountain on Monday
Kings Mountain will host a Red Cross Bloodmobile on Monday with a 161 pint goal. Rev. Vance Daniel, chairman of the local blood collection program, urged residents to donate at the Woman's Club from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free transportation will be provided by participating car firms Plank Motor, Dean Buick, Victory Chevrolet, and Reynolds Motors. Donors help supply local needs and support Korea era troops, with processed blood plasma stored at Charlotte for regional hospitals.
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Kings Mountain
Red Cross
Vance Daniel
Daniel
Woman's Club
Plank Motor Company
Dean Buick Company
Victory Chevrolet Company
Reynolds Motors
Korea
Charlotte
Yale Decoration Entries Urged For City Contest
Mrs. M. A. Ware leads a call for city residents to enter the Garden Club council and First National Bank Christmas door decoration contest. Prizes include a $25 savings bond and division awards for doorway decorations across multiple residential groups. Entries must include name address and division and be mailed or dropped at local offices by December, with judges evaluating originality suitability and appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Ware
Garden “Club Council
Citiens
Natonal Banc
Bank
Garden Club
Burlington Mill Residences
Grattspun Ml Resdenten
Loom
Tex Mill
Pauline Mill
King Mountain Manufacturing Company Resiences
Margrace Mill
Sadie Mill
Mauney Mill
Bonnie Mill
Parke ‘Yarn Mill
Nail
Postoffice
Kings Mountain
Cellin Drug Company
Kings Mountain Drug Comany
First National Bank
Kings Mountain Herald
Eta Delta Zeta Fraternity Admits Eleven New Members
The Eta Delta Zeta Fraternity at Lenoir Rhyne College welcomes eleven new students into membership. Among the initiates is Richard McMackin a freshman from Kings Mountain, son of Mr and Mrs W L McMackin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Eta Delta Zeta
Lenoir
Rhyne
Richard ‘McMackin
Kings Mountain
W. L. McMaikin
Postmaster Seeks Petitions On Home Delivery Extensions
Citizens not yet receiving city carrier delivery are urged to sign petitions for extension. Postmaster W. E. Blakely asks residents to submit petitions with cost estimates to the post office. The petitions, gathered quickly, will be forwarded to Washington after compilation for review.
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W. E. Blakely
Kings Mountain
Blakely
Washington
Spelling Team Victory Recalls Town Contest
Four student spellers from a 1908 town contest are named by Mrs Emma Cornwell Austell now a Dallas teacher. Participants include W A Mauney W A Ridenhour and Mr ney the last town member set down. Austell recalls Mauney misspelling valet and winning a five dollar gold piece for the champ after the March 23 1905 Kings Mountain Herald challenge noted in Martin's Medi-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Sets
Emma Cornwell Austell
Austell
Dallas
W. A. Mauney
W. A. Ridenhour
Ney
Alcoholics Group To Meet Sunday
An Alcoholics Anonymous meeting will be held at Resurrection Lutheran Church Sunday at 3 PM. The Kings Mountain chapter arranged the program with out-of-town speakers. Any person interested in alcoholism or those afflicted may attend, as the spokesman noted the disease is curable and AA knows proper treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Resurrection Lutheran Church
Kings Mountain
Coroner Ollie Harris Attends First Conference
Cleveland County coroner Ollie Harris visits Chapel Hill for the inaugural coroner conference conducted by the Institute of Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Harris
Cleveland County
Chapel Hill
The
Institute of Government
Santa Claus To Arrive By Helicopter For Kings Mountain Event
Kings Mountain merchants prepare for Christmas with shops bustling over new wares and gift items across categories from apparel to home furnishings. Santa Claus will arrive Thursday by Army helicopter at City Stadium as part of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association Christmas Festival with a band concert, a pageant, and treats for children ten and under.
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Santa Claus
Kings Mountain
Army Heropter
Air Force
Pope Field
City Stadium
Sam Stallings
Jerry McCarter
Phil Shore, Jr
Sonny McDaniel
Marriott Phifer
Glee E. Bridges
B. S. Peeler, Jr
le E. Abbott
Hilton Ruth
Menzell Phi
John Plank
John Lewis
Vance Daniel
Ornoon
Bridges
Army Air Force
Kings Mountain Wins Natural Gas Allotment Decision
The Federal Power Commission allotted Kings Mountain 1 065 million cubic feet of natural gas daily after city attorney J R Davis testified. The decision, based on a survey by Barnard and Burk, did not grant the full request and anticipated future growth to 2 147 MCF by year five. Other cities, including Shelby and Lexington, also received allocations.
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Federal Power Commission
Kings Mountain
J. R. Davi
Davis
FPC
Federal ‘Agency
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Barnard & Burk
Louisiana
Shelby
Lexington
Groups Back City Manager System Support Growing
Merchants Association and Junior Chamber of Commerce leaders back a city manager form of government. The Ameri can Legion post tabled the issue. Jaycees vote 22 to 9 in favor. Lions Club had earlier backed it. Ramona Allen listed on Lees-McRae Dean's List for first quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kings Mornin Merchants Association
Junior
Chamber of Commerce
Otis D. Green Post
American Legion
Legion Post
L. E. Abbott
City Planning Board
The
Merchants Association
Planning Board
Jaycees
Lions Club
Ramona Allen
Lees-McRae ‘College
Banner Elk, N. G
Lions To Fete Mountaineers At Grid Banquet
The Lions club plans a banquet to honor the 1952 Kings Mountain high school football team with Davidson College coach Bill Cole as speaker. Coach Cole may attend with Davidson Wildcats staff and Kings Mountain quarterback Jack Ruth as part of the program. Motion pictures of the Harvard Davidson game are to be shown.
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Kings
Mountain Lions
Lions Club
Bill Dole
Davidson Colles
W. L. Plank
J, Davidson Wildcat
Carroll Hambright
Jack Ruth
Kings Mountain
Wildcat
Cole
Harvard Davidson
Harvard Crimsons
Davidson
Jerette Carlton
Don Parker
John Charles
Lions
Plank
Dole
Masonic Dining Hall
City License Tags On Sale For 1953
City auto license plates for 1953 went on sale Monday at the city office with 33 sold through Wednesday noon. City Clerk Joe Hendrick said the new tags have orange letters on black and 1,350 are on hand. Last year 1,190 tags were purchased by city vehicle owners and each tag sells for one dollar.
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Joe Hendrick
Hendrick
Kings Mountain Voters Decide Bond Issue On Sanitary System
Kings Mountain citizens vote Saturday on issuing bonds to enlarge the sewage disposal system. The measure funds new treatment plants a pumping station and sewer mains with land rights. polls open 6:50 am to 6:30 pm at five precincts.
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Kings Mountain
Anitary
Olsen Engineering Company
Raeleigh
North Carolin
H.C. L. Harmon
City Hall
P. D. ‘Ndon
Ruth Thomas
Ward III
Phenix Store
Ruth Bowers
Mack Murray
Rachel Connor
Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company Club
Paul Ledford
O. T. Hayes
Floyd Williams
Victory Chevrolet Company
J.P. McGinnis
J. Hi
Arthur Barrett
Kenny Whisnant Dies Of Wound In Accident
Kenneth Dean Whisnant four year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Gwyn Whisnant died of an accidental gunshot wound at Kings Mountain hospital November 28 shortly after 6 pm. The child was shot in the chest with a .22 rifle at home on November 26 and died two hours after arriving at the hospital. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church with Rev I Gordon Weekley and Rev L H Gardner Jr officiating and burial in Mountain Rest cemetery. Surviving are the parents and two brothers R Whisnant Jr and Laurin Charles Whisnant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Dean Whisnant
Robert Gwyn Whisnant
Meadowbrook Road
Kings Mountain Hospital
Young Whisnant
Lipo
Whisnant
Home Service Company
First Baptist Church
Laurin Charles Whisnant
Meter Half-Holiday Is Suspended Too
Police Chief R Davidson announced suspension of midweek half-holidays citywide for the next three weeks. Parking meters will be active Wednesday afternoons through Christmas Eve December 24 and again on December 31, with a half-day mark after those dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Davidson
Davidson
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City Board
Bloodmobile
Yale
Alcoholics Group
Humes Houston
Kings Mountain National Guard
Kings ‘Mountain City
Joe Hedden
High School Chorus
Little Theatre
Ministerial Association
P. G. Padgett
Eddie Goforth
Jake Dixon
Noel Webster
Dan Finger
E. Werlick
Sam Mitchem
Dan Huffstetler
Bruce Thorburn
Kenny Whisnant
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