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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1938
Page
8
Rambling Sports notes a mix up about Paul Neisler Jr. not being quarterback but captain and key figure. Discussion includes Eppie Neisler, Vivian Princes, and potential city league plans to boost high school attendance and interest in the game.
The District Legion Auxiliary met at Davidson College on December 7 with Kings Mountain Unit President Mrs Lloyd Phifer attending. A splendid program was given and the department president presented the chief with a dress. Mrs Adams spoke on the meaning of membership and emphasized the importance of renewal by January 31. The December 27 meeting was postponed to January 3 due to Christmas holidays.
Fragmentary note mentions practice and an appendix operation. It references Lenora Jenkins and a potential absence this year. Details are garbled, no clear event, date, or organization can be reliably identified.
Two players from the Kings Mom an football team appear on the All Western Conference team. Captain Paul Nessler, son of Mr and Mrs Nessler, was named Western Conference standout for the Mountaineers.
Harper son of Dr and Mrs C W Harper received honorable mention for the end position. The Western All Conference list includes individual players and coach Crowell Little. Other towns in the conference span Marion Newton Cherryville Forest City Lenol Shelby Morganton Clifside Kings Mountain.
The Kings Mountain Association will hold a meeting at Bethlehem Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. The public is cordially invited to attend.
An inquiry expresses interest in court work and offers to provide any information available. The message invites reciprocal engagement and signals readiness to assist with legal tasks or case details. It emphasizes willingness to share data and coordinate on assignments.
J B Williams of North Wilkboro announced the slogan contest results for the Building Savings and Loan Associations. The contest closed November 30 after a large number of entries, with the awards to be announced Monday December 19. Newspapers advertised the cooperative campaign to solicit a slogan for the 175 associations in North Carolina.
The Kings Mountain Building and Loan Association triggers a sale of real estate in Grover Town, Cleveland County, North Carolina after default on a 1937 deed of trust by C Wallace and wife Mavi Wallace. The substitute trustee will sell at the courthouse door in Shelby on Monday January 16, 1939, at 10 a.m., the lot measuring 18 760 square feet and described by blocks and street corners beginning at F Hambright’s corner on Stonewall Street. The property, conveyed in 1921 to C C Wallace and now on record, is to be sold for cash to satisfy the debt.
The regular monthly Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held tonight at 7 30 in the Court Room at the Town Hall. Rev P D Patrick is chairman and R M Schieler of Gastonia will conduct the court. Also notes Boys Life Week and a free Christmas Eve morning show for children by Dixie Theatre manager David Cash.
The Lions club will meet tonight at Mountain View Hotel at 7 00. Lions W C Caveny and Wilson Stanford have secured the Lincoln Academy Glee Club for the evening which will render music and more.
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