Burlington Softball Team Dominates Early Kings Mtn League
Burlington from Phenix Plant holds 3-0 mark atop the Kings Mountain Amateur Softball Association after beating Church Club 10 8 and Town club 16 5. Other Monday results include Craft 19 Legion 3 Pauline 8 Margrace 6 Auto 12 Craftspun 11 with rain delaying June 8 card and upcoming schedule listing Legion at Church Burlington at Auto Town at Pauline Margrace at Craftspun plus Legion at Burlington and Church at Town on June 15.
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Phenix Plant
Kings Mountain
Church Club
Merchants Or Town Club
Craftspun Down Legion
Pauline
Edge Margrace
Swamp Auto
Legion
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Craftspun
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Mar‘Brace
Church
Paulin Margrace
Burlington L. Ppa
Pauline Craftspun Church
Margrace Auto Town
Eet Legion
Correction on Carolina Appliance and Plumbing opening
The Herald corrects last week’s misimpression about Carolina Appliance and Plumbing. It clarifies that Carolina Appliance did not purchase the City Electric and Plumbing branch in Bessemer City, which City Electric still operates. Carolina Appliance is owned by RJ Bullard and R J Bullard and also operates a Bessemer City branch.
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the Herald
Carolina Appliance and Plumbing Company
Carolina Appliance
Charlie Harrill
City Electric and Plumbing Company
Bessemer City
City Electric
Tommy Baker Sets Jet Record at High Point Trials
Kings Mountain model airplane expert Tommy Baker flew a Jet model at 143 mph at High Point trials, despite bad weather, to set a new national record for 1950 under the Academy of Model Aeronautics rules. His brother Phillip Baker earlier reached 138 mph, also on Sunday, during the same event.
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Tommy Baker
Kings Mountain
High Point
Phillip Baker
Academy of Model Aeronautics
The
Academy of Model Aeronautics of
Washington, D. C
Rites Thursday For Mrs Mode
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Ayers Mode 81 died at a daughter’s home after a long illness were held Thursday at St Matthew’s Lutheran church. Rev. W H Stender officiated and burial followed in Mountain Rest cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Mrs C L Reynolds a son Harvey Mode of Kings Mountain and two sisters Mrs W C Riddle of Spartanburg South Carolina and Mrs X of Austell Georgia.
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Sarah Ayers Mode
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
W. H. Stender
Mountain Rest Cemetery
C. L. Reynolds
Harvey Mode
Kings Mountain
W. C. Riddle
Spartanburg
Mrs. X
Austell, Ga
Chapman Backs Independence Drive
Indistinct text references Chapman endorsing an independence drive and possible financial or sale implications. Key entities are unclear due to garbled OCR. Further readable fragments mention purchases and savings related to a drive, but concrete details, dates, places, or organizations cannot be determined.
Juniors Open Week Two Tilt At City Stadium
Kings Mountain meets Taylorsville juniors at City Stadium in the opening game of Week Two. Game time 8 p m. Also on tap Lincolnton hosts Sach Buddy Lewis’s Lincolnton squad while Harmony travels to Gastonia for a third game. Lincolnton–Taylorsville and Hickory–Harmony results noted with several pitchers highlighted and a local injury update on Kings Mountain first baseman Bob Bridges.
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Kings Mountain
Taylorsville
City Stadium
Sach Buddy Lewis
Lincolnton
Saturda
Hickory
Harmony
Gastonia
Charlotte
Kings
Mountain
Charotte
Linlcolnton
Tom Harkey
Cherryville
Cherywite
Gharlotte
Taylorville
Taylors
Kiser Docen
Mchors
Simon
Moanisin
Cutty Huneycat
Gemanin
Kroaday
J. R. Bradshaw
Hinge Mountain Teats
Bobby Wells
Fred Kiser
Bob Bridges
Kendrick
Ken Spencer
Ankle injury sidelines Spanaburg star on May schedule
Unclear OCR text outlines a May to June slate for teams including Charlotte Gastonia Lincolnton Hickory Taylorsville Cherryville Kings Mountain Harmony Astonia and Tarmo. Mentions Spencer on lineup and multiple afternoon games across June with dates mid month and near Thursdays.
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Spanaburg Gam
Uist
Spencer
Saerryville
Harmony
Taylorsville
Kings Mountain
Cherryville
Charlotte
Lincointon
Harmony Hickory
Gastonia
Hickory
Lincolnton
Funeral Held for Mrs Sarah Blalock Hord Sister of Hord
Funeral rites for Mrs Sarah Hord Blalock of Columbia were held Sunday with Rev LG Payne officiating. Interment was in Columbia. She was widow of John B Blalock and mother of Hord’s siblings, with four daughters and two sons surviving plus a brother and many grandchildren and nieces. She had suffered declining health for 13 years and died Friday at Baptist Hospital in Columbia.
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Sarah Hord Blalock
Columbia
H. Hord
Kings Mounted
Julia
LG. Payne
Blalock
Cleveland
Richard Matilda Parker Herd
John B. Blalock
Bau Cl
Thief
Eastern Star
the Baptist Hospital
Columb
Hord
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Georgetown
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Sheaffer
Father Day
Bulova
Mrs. Mode
Chapman
Independence Drive
Scheugh
Sane
Cherryes
Lincolntonton
Herald Publishing House
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Bow‘helson
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