Juniors Face Shelby Here Monday Night in Area Play
Kings Mountain junior baseball team hosts Shelby at City Stadium Monday at 8 p.m. in Area 4 League 2 state elimination. Also on slate Otis D Green Post 155 juniors travel to Shelby for a first meeting of Cleveland County Legion squads since 1949, while Wednesday sends Coach Bradshaw and his 20 players to Rutherford County for the first clash with that group. Injuries dampen Kings Mountain as Hoyle Spencer and Wells recover or slow, and Valdese nipped them 3-1 in the opening league game.
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Kings Mountain American
Legion
Shelby
P. m
Otis D- Green
Shelly
American Legion
Cleveland County Citadels
R.? Bradshaw
Rutherford County
Legion Posts
Spindale
Kings Mountain
City Park
Shelby En Seater
Grady Hoyle
Ken Spencer
Bobby Wells
South Carolina
Valdese
Burke County
Fred Kiser
Bradshawmen
Pool Room Policy and City Commission Shuffle
City policy will require parents to be notified by pool room operators with a duplicate copy sent to the police. Following Wilson Crawford’s resignation from the zoning board, W. J. Fulkerson was unanimously named to replace him. Layton speaks on slot machine raids, urging cooperation, condemning the Legion hall gambling, and stressing bonds to fund city projects while defending the board’s past actions.
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Ovn
Ana Cyan
City Polce Department
Wilson Crawford
City Zoning Commission
W. J. Fulkerson
Crawford
Layton
J. E. Davis
You and I
Legion ‘Hall
Kings Mountain
Legion
Reynolds Trial Continues At City Hall Hearing
The Reynolds trial adjourned to Monday with police details from City Hall and the Legion post raiding party returning before 10. Officers seized four slot machines and a casino table under inspection. Weaver and Harthcock were among those involved, with bond set at 500 dollars for the machine seizure. The court heard Wright admit beating his wife and receiving a previous road sentence. Minnie Galloway and Edward Smith cases continued. crowd filled the City Hall courtroom.
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Hawkins
Hawking
Harthcock
Legion Post
E.T. Platt
Marshall Wright
Wright
Harris
Minnie Galloway
Edward Smith
Reynolds
Hatthcock
Weaver
City Hall
Survey Finds Farm Storage Lacks Pest Controls
A survey of 7,000 Southern farms shows 74 percent of storage facilities could not be effectively fumigated for insect control and were not rodent-proof, highlighting widespread storage vulnerabilities.
65 Seniors Honor Graduates List Read Like Yearbook Page
The article lists 65 seniors recognized for graduation with names including Valerie Balty Margar, Evelyn Baker, Jack Bennett, Mary Bocheler, Nettie Burton, Audry Byers, Margaret Carpenter, Betty Cash, Carl Cole, Robert Edens, Annie Fails, Lois Fisher, Alice Ford, Elinor Hayes, Charlie Henderson, Sarah Elisabeth Jackson, Sarah Mag, and Hilda Ann.
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Valerie Eloise Balty
Margaret Evelyn Baker
Jack Donald Bennett
Mary Edith Bocheler
Nettie Jane Burton
Audry Eileen Byers
Margaret Louige Carpenter
Betty Jones ‘Cash
Carl Dorig Cole
Robert Hogan ‘Edens
Annie Faylene Fails
Lois Rebecca
Fisher
Alice Marie
Ford
Mary
Elinor Hayes
Charlie Lorance
Hendérson
Sarah Eligabeth
Jackson
Sarah Mag
Hilda
Ann
Kings Mountain High School
Tommy Dean
Martha Ann Beal
Faylene Palis
Maxine Jenkins
Dorothy McCarter
Pansy George
Jo Ann Hayes
Juanita Gunnelis
Alice Ford
Nadine Scruggs
Lynn’Baker
Déssie Morrow Loftin
Valerig Balty
Betty Ledford
Donnie Vee Cooke
Remona Allen
Jean Lynch
Sarah Kincaid
Lois Fisher
Evelyn Short
Ernestine Short
Dorenethe Louise Carpenter
Nellie Burton
Billie Owens
Alda Faye Spearman Childers
Edith Bocheler
Betty Cash
Jo Ann Falls
Barbara Grantham
Sarah Jackson
Jeanene Hallman
Hilda King
Patricia Prince
Recreation group hears Dr Meyer on city program
Kings Mountain officials heard Dr Harold D Meyer, chairman of the North Carolina recreation commission and UNC professor, outline a proposed five year budget and plan to establish a city recreation program. He urged legal authority, a strong advisory committee and balanced financing with input from public, private and commercial sectors.
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Commissioners
Parks and Recreation Commission
Harold D. Meyer
North Carolina Recreation Commission
University of North Carolina
Country Club
Meyer
Kings Mountain
Tion
Thomasson Bid Totals Reach 26257 At Auction
The late J B Thomasson estate properties drew brisk bidding last Saturday in the city business districts. High bidders were largely relatives with bids tabulated for seven parcels including a Mountain street lot and a Deal and King streets dwelling. Bids must be raised per minimums and filed with A H Patterson, commissioner, as detailed in the official record.
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J. B. Thomasson
Thomasson
A. H. Patterson
Baker Grocery
Mountain Street
W. X. Abtesch
Gastoniag
G.W. King
Gattney Detter
I “Ave
J. £. Lipford
Four Local Students At State Honored At Honors Awards
Four Kings Mountain students were recognized at the annual Honors and Awards event at North Carolina State College on May 29. Carl Herman Mauney Harvey L Bumgardner Robert Alton Randall and Charles Ervin Warlick Jr earned high honors by meeting double the credit point requirements. Bumgardner and Warlick are seniors Randall a junior and Mauney a sophomore. Also noting 1950 gross farm income estimated at 32.2 billion dollars, near the 1949 total of 322 billion, including farm product value rental income and government payments plus cash receipts from marketings.
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Kings Mountain
N. C. State College
Carl Herman Mauney
Carl ®. Mauney
Harvey L. Bumgardner
Hazel B. Bumgardne
Robert Alton Randall
Charles Ervin Warlick, Jr
C. E. Warlick
Board Sets Street Plan and Audit Recommendations
The board discussed installing a line on West and Parker streets for Mr. Peeler who is building several Negro rental houses. Mayor commented on sewer lines versus street work. Reas Davis moved street work first, vote unanimous. Auditor recommendations include petty cash increases, daily deposits, separate petty cash, proper vouchers, posting bonds, numbering receipts, and monthly balancing.
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S. Peeler
Parker Street
Peeler
Reas E. Davis
Layton
C. P. Barry
Kelly Dixon Named Building Inspector at City Hall
City Hall personnel changes include Rev. Kelly Dixon appointed building inspector at a salary of 50 dollars per month, replacing L C Parsons who had handled the duties. Also slated is the dismissal with pay to June 30 of 8 A Crouse and Sook ee as assistant city treasurer. further terminations set for June 20 amid city budget notes.
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City Hall
Kelly Dixon
L.C. Parsons
A. Crouse
Sook Eee
Mness
Gatland Sull
Twenty King Mountain students win awards at ceremony
Kings Mountain High School honored twenty students during a Monday night commencement. Awards included Plonk medal to Johnsie White, Kiwanis, Danforth, Bausch & Lomb, DAR medals and various spelling and declamation honors awarded to students such as Carl Cole, Audrey Byers, Paul McGinnis Jr., Rance Henderson, James Pressly, Melba Tindall, Hazel Wright, and Joyce Sutcliffe.
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Kings Fountain City
Kings Mountain High School
Arnold W. Kincaid
City Schools Board of Trustees
Kings Mountain
Plonk Way
Errapd
Wil.iam Lauyette Plonk
Johnsie White
H. M. White
Kiwanis
Kings Mountain Ki Wanis Club
Carl Cole
Agnes Cole
Danforth
Audrey Byers
DAR Homemaker
Dar
Melba Tindall
A. U. ‘Tindall
Rammar
National Bank
Hazel Wright
Jonas Wria
First National Bank
I Ie Baber
Xiedat
Sih
Sabatier
Carlyle Ware
Dane East School
Joyce
Agate Wright
Att College
Bea Pasinch
Jaywood E. Lynch
North Carolina School ‘Association
Kelly Weaver
Reign E. Weaver
Belk
May Owens
Paul
Betty Ayesey Awai
Winate
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Rutherford
Board of Commissioners
State Recreation Commission
Ramona Ann Allien
Gwendolyn
Grice
Bagwell
Peggy Faye Cloninger
James ‘William Cobb
Jack Mier Crouch
Jo Ann
Mane
MicMullan
Laurinburg
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Chaieman
Kings Mountain Parks and Recreation Commission
P. D. Patrick
George Houser
Aubrey Mauney
Harry “Page
Jay’ Patterson
Hunter Nessley
D. P. G. Padgett
W. X K. Mauney, Jr
Arnold Kincain
Garland E. Still
Yard
Py Jarry
Lloya
James
Baxter
T. Wright, Sr
Deal and
King Streets
Abresch
Bumgardner
Warlick
Eniors
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Slauney
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Mila
Erie Aes Foods
North Carolina
Kester
Reitet
Toby Green
New Tenn
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