Local News Highlights from Boone and Kings Mountain
Miss Betty Kiser, daughter of Mr and Mrs A S Kiser of route 3, is among twenty eight graduates from Appalachian State Teachers College Boone at winter quarter end. Falls, proprietor of City Service Station, is hospitalized at Kings Mountain hospital with a stomach ailment, reported improved Wednesday. Loom Tex Mills firemen extinguished a blaze beneath the floor of the picker room Tuesday night at 7 30 o clock caused by waste materials with no damage. Iris Patterson and Shirley Sellers named to Erskine College honor roll as juniors and seniors respectively with grades high enough for inclusion.
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Betty Kiser
AS. Kiser
Route 3
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Vas Falls
City Service Station
Kings Mountain Hospital
Tex Mills
Picker Room
Iris Patterson
I. G. Patterson
Shirley Sellers
E. E. Sellers
Erskine College
Softball League Meeting Called To Plan 1952 Season
Representatives of all 1952 teams are urged to attend a meeting scheduled Thursday at Cuneta to discuss plans for the men’s softball league.
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Cuneta
Kings Mountain Little Theatre Plans Battle of Kings Mountain Drama
A general membership meeting of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre Inc is set for Thursday at 8 p m. Plans for presenting the annual Battle of Kings Mountain drama will be discussed and committees for The Robe will be announced. President Bruce Thorburn urged all members to attend.
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Little
Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc
Battle of Kings Mountain
Bruce Thorburn
City meters collect 160.07 in Wednesday receipts
The city treasurer reports parking meters brought in 160.07 dollars Wednesday morning. The figure reflects total receipts across meters and outlines daily cash intake for municipal parking operations.
Rites Conducted For Mrs Weir
Funeral services for Mrs Es telle Batterree Weir 91 of Mooresville were held Saturday at 4 p m from Harris Funeral Home Rev W L Pressly of Boyce Memorial A R P church officiated and interment followed in Mountain Rest cemetery She died Friday morning after a one week illness widow of W Boyce Weir native of Rock Hill S C She had lived in Mooresville for years and is survived by two nieces Miss Mary Whisnant and Mrs Rachel Newberry of Fayetteville.
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Estelle Batterree Weir
Center Street
Mooresville
Kings Mountain
Harris Funeral Home
W. L. Pressly
Boyce Memorial A. R. P
Mountain Rest Cemetery
Rock Hill
S. C
James Rattérree
Mary Whisnant
Rachel Newberry
Fayetteville
Eeeo Wace
el Puzell Phifer
Jace
X Ton
George Morrow
Franklin Ware
Timmons Goforth
Central PTA Plans Founder's Day Program at Central School
Central Elementary Parent Teacher Association schedules Founder's Day at Central School next Wednesday afternoon at 3 30. The event features a grade homeroom playlet led by I BR Jr.
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Central Elementary Parent‘Teacher Association
Central School
I. BR ‘Jr
Hamrick Forecasts County Realty Value Doubling
County auditor Max Hamrick says tentative figures show a total real property valuation near 82.5 million, excluding Duke Power and Raleigh excess figures, nearly double the current 40 million. The board will decide the assessment percentage for tax purposes at a Monday special session and notify property owners of assignments as finalized.
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County Board of Commissioners
Max Hamrick
Duke Powe Company
Raleigh
ColeLayer-Trumble Company
Hamrick
Mr. Hamrick
Rites Held for Mrs. Annie Kiser Walker
Funeral rites for Annie Kiser Walker 82 of route 1 were held Tuesday at Central Methodist Church with Rev P L Shore Jr officiating. Burial followed at Mountain Rest cemetery. She died Monday morning at her daughter’s home in Crowders Mountain area after years of illness. Born in Cleveland County she was widow of James W Walker. Survivors include sons Stoney Walker Concord John Walker Hickory Robert Walker Kings Mountain and daughters Ethel Helms Jacksonville Florida and A G Everhart King Mountain. Active pallbearers were Ben Beam Roger Murray George Black Pink Ware Hilliard Black and Paul Walker. She was a former Marion machinery dealer employee and recently joined Community Implement and Supply Company Repairs Dept.
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Annie Kiser Walker
Route 1
Central Methyist Church
P. L. Shore, Jr
Mountain Rest Cemetery
James W. Walker
Stoney Walker
Concord
John Walker
Hickory
Robert Walker
Kings Mountain
Ethel Helms
Jacksonville
Flo
A. G. Everhart
King Mountain
Ben Beam
Roger Murray
George Blalock
Pink Ware
Hilliard Black
Paul Walker
Hugh Logan New Police Chief Here
Former Sheriff Hugh A. Logan Jr is Kings Mountain s new police chief after a 3 to 1 board vote. He starts at 300 dollars per month and replaces S R Davidson, ending a period without a chief. The board also conveyed city land to schools for a colored school site and approved tank cleanings and sewage bond actions.
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Hugh A. Logan, Jr
Kings Mountain
Board of Commissioners
Lloyd Davis
P. Barry
Garland
Layton
Orland Pearson
Baxter + Wright
Clarence E. Carpenter
Logan
S. R
Pop) Davidson
B.N. Barnes
Fred W. Plank
Watterson
Area Industries Reinstating Payroll Deduction Bond Plan
Howard Rollins of Cleveland leads a county wide drive with Kings Mountain and Number 4 Township to boost Series E defense bond sales. The effort educates workers on new value and interest extension for matured bonds, with support from local banks and area firms including Phenix Plant of Burlington Mills and others in Shelby and surrounding towns.
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Howard Rollins
Cleveland
Kings Mountain
I Rollins
Shelby
George Blanton
Rollins
F. R. Summers
First National Bank
Phenix
Burliington Mills
Or Fee de Oeata Company
Mooney Sii Aerate
Rumors Fly Over City Election Candidacy Amid Possible Field
Candidates continue to surface for city offices as vacancies loom for two posts. The mayor’s race appears a two man contest with George W Allen and H Tom Fulton undecided, while incumbents face potential challengers in ward contests. Incumbent James Layton and J Pat Tignor are tipped for Ward I, with Dr D F Hord and George H Houser eyed for Ward I school trustees. Ward II may still be open with Warren Reynolds and Lloyd Davis debating entrants, Ward III eyes Tom Ellison and Ben A Smith, Ward IV sees Floyd Williams in a three way race with O T Hayes and Harold Phillips, and Ward V centers on Jane candidate and Sam Stallings with B T Wright Jr likely opposing. Balloting set for May 5.
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Actvvty
George W. Allen
H. Tom Fulton
Allen
Fulton
Gleen A. Bridges
Hardwareman
Garland E. Still
James Layton
J. Pat Tignor
D. F. Hord
George H. Houser
J. R. Davis
Davis
Warren Reynolds
Lloyd Davis
T. J
Tommy) Ellison
Ben A. Smith
Floyd Williams
Williams
O. T. Hayes
Harold Phillips
Jane
Sam Stallings
B. T. Wright, Sr
Wright
W. G. Grantham
Otto Williams
Mrs. Thorburn Declines Kings Mountain Merchants Post
Mrs. Bruce Thorburn declined the secretary position with the Kings Mountain Merchants Association, leaving the post still open. President J C Bridges said a replacement is expected soon and Mrs Thorburn had hoped to accept.
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Bruce Thorburn
Kings Mountain Merchants Association
J. C. Bridges
John Lewis
Thorburn
Bridges
Tle
Ture
Kings Mountain motorists buy 1953 city auto plates
City Clerk's Office reports 954 residents in Kings Mountain purchased 1953 car license plates. Deadline for TENA and S60 WieRent: von remains unclear in the fragment.
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Kings Mountain
Von
Recreation Body Studies BurMil Site Proposal
Members of the city's parks and recreation commission met at city hall last Friday at 5 PM to discuss Burlington Mills Inc offer to transfer a recreation center site if $50,000 is raised privately within one year The offer requires the property be used for recreation and reverts to Burlington Mills if not used for that purpose The group also reviewed two additional site options near Bonnie Cotton Mill and outside the Grover road city limits Chairman Padgett appointed a finance committee and the commission voted to sponsor another Little League and an older boys baseball league Present at the meeting were several commission members and city commissioner Layton
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Parks: and Recreation Commission
City Hall
Burlington Mills, Inc
City Board of Commissioners
P. G. Padgett
Al: 80
Bonnie Cotton Mill
Grover Road
Burlington
Padgett
G. C. Kelly
W. K. Mauney, Jr
Honter R. Neisler
Dr. Padgett
John T. Lathem
Kelly
Neisler
J. C. Smathers
Jack White
Fred W. Plank
Harry Page
Jack Hallender
James
Red) Layton
Former Citizen Alive Reunites With Old Navy Friend
Clearwater resident Allen Porter meets Charles Harrill, a Navy veteran believed dead after the Okinawa invasion, in the Fleetwood Apartments. Porter, who served aboard USS Whitehurst, recalls the 1945 strike that left Harrill wounded and presumed dead. The two men reaffirm their friendship as Harrill and Porter learn they share wives.
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Cnaries
Harrill
Kings Mountain
Clearwater
Fla
Allen
al Jen Porter
Fleet Wood Apartments
Charles Harrill
South Pacific
Okinawa
Ater Porter
Porter
Boston
Florida
Tama
Tom's Toasted Peanut Company
Fleetwood
Davis and Elgin enter race in city elections
Incumbent Lloyd E. Davis filed for Ward 2 and Curly Elgin for Ward 3, opposing incumbent Pearson. The field lists Mayor Garland E. and Glee A. Bridges, with Reynolds challenging Davis in Ward 2 and Ups facing Hayes in Ward 4. Elgin vows clean government and wider recreation, veteran World War II, Baptist.
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Garland E. Still
Glee A. Bridges
Lloyd E. Davis
Warren E. Reynolds
Orland R. Pearson
C. L. (Curly) Elgin
O. T. Hayes, Sr
Harold Phil Ups
Sam Stallings
Davis
Mr. Elgin
Joe Hendrick
Elgin
William Bennett Rites Held at St Matthews Lutheran Church
Funeral rites for William Arthur Bennett 59 of 319 Waco Road were held Monday at 4 pm from St Matthews Lutheran Church with Rev. W P Gerberding officiating. Interment in Mountain Rest cemetery. Bennett died Saturday in Kings Mountain hospital after a five day illness. Survived by wife Mary Wright Bennett, one daughter, one grandchild, three brothers, three sisters and other relatives. Active pallbearers listed. Also notes Emergent Communication of Fairview Lodge No 339 A F & A M on Monday night February 23 at 7:30 for Second Degree work.
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William Arthur Bennett
Waco Road
St. Matthews Lutheran Church
W. P. Gerberding
Mountain Rest Cemetery
Bennett
Kings Mountains Hospital
Cleveland County
John Bennett
120Th
Otis D
Green Post
Sigent
Home Security
Nsurance Company
Mary Wright Bennett
Jack Mull
Kings Mountain
A. G
James and
Wade Bennett
Harvey Bennett
Charlotte
John Ford
Allee ‘Jones
Kings
Fountain
Carl Mayfield
Gastonia
James Bennett
Dorus Bennett
Lloyd * Bennett
Burton Bennett
Ray, Wright
Hunter Allen
Fairview Lodge No. 339
World Prayer Day Service and Parking Ticket Incident
Police chief Hugh A. Logan Jr. found a parking ticket on his car while Ralph Ware observed the new meters near City Hall. The chief displayed a receipt showing he paid the over-parking fee, illustrating a routine enforcement moment during complex local scenes.
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Ralph
Babe) Ware
City Hall
Ware
Hugh A. Logan, Jr
Logan
Ware & Peterson Buy Grocery
Paul Ware and W R Peterson announce the purchase of Plonk s Grocery completed this week. They assume management as Ware & Peterson Grocery offering meats groceries and produce with delivery. Peterson long in groceries since 1944 and Ware formerly with Plank Oil Company. Also Lions meet with William Green Shelby Daily Star editor addressing Kings Mountain Lions Tuesday at 1 PM at Masonic Dining Hall.
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Paul Ware
W. R. Peterson
Plonk’s Grocery
Plonk Brothers & Company
Ware & Peterson Grocery
Peterson
William Green
Shelby Daily Star
Kings Mountain Lions Club
Masonic Dining Hall
Ruth Appoints Committee Heads For Red Cross Drive
Ruth Hilton, chairman of Number 4 Township's 1953 Red Cross fund campaign, named committee chairmen for the March drive. Appointments cover Advance gifts, Gifts, Professional gifts, Rural area, Public Employees, Negro division, Schools, Residential division, Outlying business, Publicity, and more with names such as J H Thomson, Harold Coggina, Dr. D F Hord, Edwin Moore, Mrs. Coman Falls, M L Camp vel, Rowell Lane, Mrs Amos Dean, Grover Burris Keeter, Sam Weir, and Martin Harmon. Ruth expresses optimism for a successful campaign and reaching the goal.
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Hilton Ruth
Number 4 Township
Chai Mer
D. F. Hord
Edwin Moore
Mrs
Rowell Lane
Amos Dean
Grover
R. Burris Keeter
Sam Weir
Martin Harmon
Ruth
Red Cross
World Day of Prayer Observance At Grace Church
Kings Mountain holds its sixty-sixth World Day of Prayer Friday at 10 am in Grace Methodist Church with local and international participants. The service, theme Walk Children of Light, proceeds include drums and a Song of the Emancipated, under joint sponsorship of local churchwomen groups and United Church Women.
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Kings Mountain
Grace Methodist Church
C. S. Plank, Jr
Untion Council of Churches
Department of United Church, Women
Salote
Tonga Islands
Lions Broom Sale Extension Counts on Saturday Finish
The Lions Club broom sale for the blind benefit has been extended through this week announced by J. W. Webster the sale chairman. Bad weather reduced sales in the first weekend and Webster hopes salesmen will cover routes by Saturday night. Brooms cost $1 50 and doormats $2 50.
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Gmnual Lions Club
J. W. Webster
Sale Bhatrman
Salex
Mr. Webster
Lions Club
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Central Pta
County
Hugh Logan
McKee
Morristown
Tenn
C. P. Barry
Pearson
Mr. Logan
BurMil
Burlington Mills
Prenix
Oland R. Pearson
C. L
Curly) Elgin
Sloyd E. Davis
Mr. Igin
Ward 3
Olland R. Pearson
William Bennett
Chief
J. H. Thomson
Pantanstal Witte
Cart Bsa Pgfusiners
Harold Coggina
Man Falls
M. L. Camp Vel
Grace Church
Lions Broom
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