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Newspaper
Kings Mountain Herald
Location
Kings Mountain, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
2
Subscriptions over a year and three months are listed as option rates. The weekly newspaper promotes entertainment and benefits for Kinny Mountal Miami city residents.
The Kings Mountain Lions Club will appoint Don Blanton as president next month and Hoyle McDaniel advances to president of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Herald hails their leadership as pivotal for community welfare and continued service.
In county politics Mal Ward ends bid for a second primary in the sheriff contest after behind Logan by about 1300 votes. Ward concedes, sparing campaign costs while Logan, a WWII veteran with law enforcement experience, looms as a strong candidate. The piece also notes Kiggs Mountain bans carnivals citing license concerns and discusses North Carolina sales tax politics and state revenue expectations.
The Mountaineer marks its first anniversary as a school paper, expanding to eight pages this year. Principal praise goes to editor Claven Kelly, managing editor Hildreth Vicharion, each staff member, and faculty supervisor Elizabeth Kee for guiding a successful edition.
The report discusses Savings Bonds campaigns as inflationary boosters and notes local reactions to Superior Stone company blasting near Kings Mountain. It highlights Frieda Manufacturing introducing an employee hospitalization plan and comments on labor-organizing dynamics between management and workers and their stance toward unions.
The list of graduating students includes Billie Burke Blanton Jack Fortune John Bulgar Elam Willison Fulton Jyse Jonas Greene Martin Lat ther Harmon Jr Humes Housto Paul W Hallender Earl Erwin Mc Gil Wendell Lynette Phifer Geor Webb Plonk Wray Augustus Plonk Thomas Albert Roberts James William White Paul Kennedy White and several girls names. Mr John Caveny arrives to manage the local A and P store after moving from Shelby. A fishing trip to Georgetown 8 C yields returns for Byron Keeter Hunter Nelater Fuller McGill Dr Bill Rameur Dr C P Lewis Glee Bridges W K Crook Paul Mauney Monroe Rhea Joe Brom. Antrophy and Anthony Erskine College students spend holidays at Kings Mountain home. Mrs Eva Ploak and Claude Hambright plan a Bermuda trip from Norfolk. Mr and Mrs J B Davis hosted Bo Davis for his birthday last Friday evening.
June notes woo weddings and warm days as the sports season opens with semi pro baseball and local juniors. Lake Montania grows as a resort rumor swirls, while advertisers and shoppers watch summer trends rise with borrowing wisdom and city traffic woes.
Cpl. Horace Clayton Yates of Kings Mountain North Carolina served with the famous Calvary Division in Japan during the occupation period as a truck driver. He joined the service in October 1944 and trained at Camp Blanding. His Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon with one star from Luzon Philippine Liberation is noted. His parents, Mr and Mrs E W Yates, reside in Kings Mountain.
The James O Poston estate will be sold by B Nolan company Shelby area relatives of Carolina-Land Auk company of Hickory at auction on Saturday June 8. The property lies between the Cleveland county fair jails and Elizabeth Baptist church on two safe highways and has been subdivided into about 100 residential lots. Cash will be paid at the auction which is set to begin at 1 pm.
Thomas P Baker of Kings Mountain received the William Randolph Hearst prize for the highest individual score in the Third Service Common during spring graduation exercises, per Fishburse Military School notes. Baker and his roommate also earned a medal for continued excellence.
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