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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
8
At a Siler City sale in Chatham County many purebred Guernsey heifers were purchased by 4-H club members with an average price around 180 dollars per head.
Read on for local deals featuring Christmas flowers and plants, a Victory Bicycle on sale at the Herald Pub House, and a stray notice about residential plots on Harry Falls property. Also listed are corsets, a wanted apartment, a memorial reward, and assorted classified lines from the Spencer era.
Names of service members progress from Guam to the Western Pacific duty and homeward draws. June Cloninger of Kings Mountain sails with others toward discharge while SPENCER comes home from Pearl Harbor as part of a large veteran repatriation. US Navy carrier AZILIA and other ships form the fleet. Christmas program at Mountain View Baptist Church is announced for Dec 22 with a candlelight service.
State Mutual Hatchery Association will hold its annual meeting in Raleigh on December 5. The record notes a large slate of voters and farmers on the ballots for the November elections, reflecting local political activity.
Fragmented essay laments alcohol and power as forces misdirecting effort. It recalls a drunken man wrecking a car, then argues productivity suffers when government and taxes shape life. The piece links vice to idle years, landowners’ payouts, and dole lines.
Classified ads at 30 cents for one insertion 28 cents for subsequent insertions payable in advance. Ads limited to 25 words. Deadline 2 p m Wednesdays for Thursday edition. For base: prewar baby bed set included. Multiple items listed including diesels, aluminum roofing, heating stove, barbed wire, sewing machine factory inquiry, large envelopes. Contains names Bridges and Hamrick Kyle Lynch Crimp and local contact numbers.
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