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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1948
Page
11
The Tryon school forms a Beta Club on Saturday December 11 and will present a program over WLTC Gastonia. The talent show features glee club songs solos a school history and drama department contributions.
Raleigh warns owners to have vehicles inspected at state Mechanical Inspection Lanes before December 31. About 100000 vehicles remain, with 20 working days left. lanes can handle around 5000 per day, and weather or Christmas closures will tighten access. Arthur T. Moore urges prompt action to avoid long waits.
Piedmont Council Boy Scouts of America officers from multiple counties and district commissioners will meet Tuesday night December 14 at 7 pm in Wills Grill private dining room. The session aims to finalize the 1949 organizational program for the 25th anniversary and set the executive board and department committee chair appointments.
Local Boy Scouts of America chapter assembling in November at Gardner-Webb College with officers named for the upcoming year. Named leaders include Gilmer Winger Gastonia president Ladd W Hamrick Rolling Springs vice president Aubrey Mauney Kings Mountain scout commissioner and Warren Gardner Gastonia treasurer. County vice presidents listed and district commissioner appointment pending. Banquet and annual meeting planned for Gastonia January 18 with keynote address by Dr Elbert K Fretwell.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 4 at Silk Funeral Home in Bessemer City for Albert Moses 94 who died Monday at his daughter's home Mrs Bynum Cook of the Dixon school community Rev D H Belk pastor of the Church of God in Bessemer City officiated Burial was in the Bessemer City Memorial cemetery He died after a stroke of paralysis but had been in declining health He is survived by his daughter Mrs Cook two sons E W Moses of Grover and E M Moses of Kings Mountain one brother Henry Moses of Lincolnton and one sister Miss Emma Moses of Lincolnton
Funeral services for Thomas Warren Mayberry, 18 month old son of Mrs Ha Mayberry of Crowders Mountain, were held at Mountain View Baptist Church Wednesday at 4 p.m. Interment followed in a nearby cemetery. Rev Floyd Hollar, pastor, officiated. The youth died Tuesday around arthohot on extended linens.
Oak Grove notes list Sunday visits by Mrs Wright and family to Patterson Grove and other neighbors including Ware, Bell, Clarey, Price, Dixon, and Costner. Several local households are cited with guests and extended family visits across the Grove community. A final note urges caution during freezing weather citing National Safety Council tips on slick roads and visibility.
Raleigh motorists with last names starting E, F, and G must renew by December 1 under a state law staged by the General Assembly. The Motor Vehicle Department warns of long lines for tests and no extensions, with exams for new groups starting January 1, 1949 and continuing through June 30, 1951. Affected drivers face fines or jail if driving on old licenses after January 1.
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