Revival at First Baptist Church announced for June to July
Rev G Lanter of Winston Salem will lead a week long revival at First Baptist Church from June 24 to July 3 as announced by Rev C Pinnix. Services are planned each morning during the revival period. Damages occurred at cotton yard where fires broke out early Wednesday morning. sprinkler system limited losses to about Soll by property supervisor Z F Comfort.
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Lanter
Sangelist
Winston-Salem
First Baptist Church
C. Pinnix
Cora Mills
War House
Grady King
Soll
Cmnford
Cora
Kings Mountain Lions Attend District Meeting at Black Mountain
Delegates from Kings Mountain Lions club joined president L Ploak at a one day district meeting held Tuesday at Black Mountain in place of the annual club convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Ploak
Kings Mountain
Stanley Lions club ladies night near Gastonia
Attendance included Mr and Mrs Charlie Movs Mr and Mrs C C Walker Mr and Mrs Holland Dixon Mr and Mrs Charlie Wariick and Lawrence Lovell at the Stanley Lions club event at Rankin Lake near Gastonia Tuesday night. The club was organized under sponsorship of the local club. Pfc Sam Hamrisk husband of Mrs Adelaide Hiariak expected in Kings Mountain this weekend after arriving in the United States. McCarter elected commander of District 11 of the North Carolina Veterans of Foreign Wars at the state convention in High Point last weekend. Horace Hoad returned to work as Home Store manager after a broken leg. Helen Greenish temporarily managed Cliffside store splitting duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wren
Charlie Movs, Jr
C. C. Walker
Holland Dixon
Charlie Wariick
Telly Shaford
Lawrence Lovell
Stanley Lions Club
Rankin Lake
Gastonia
Stanley Club
Pfc
Sam. Hamrisk
Mra
Adelaide Hiariak
Kings Mountain
United States
New York
McCarter
Martin W. McCarter
North Carolina
High Point
Horace Horn
Helen Greenish
Cliffside
Route to visit wife amid wartime drive
A fragment notes Sop Grae inces expected Friday to visit his wife Mrs Dorothy Harmon Harris Harvill, a Navy spl at a California hospital. He flies across the county after recovering from battle wounds in the Pagifte theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grae Inces
Mountain
Dorothy
Harmon “Harris Uoxswain
Harvill
California Naval Hospital
Registrations For Hospital Election Show Big Increase
Kings Mountain voters prepare for a hospital creation ballot as 272 residents have registered for the hospital program amid club support. The campaign includes four bond questions for Cleveland County to assume Shelby hospital debt, build a Kings Mountain hospital, remodel Shelby, and a five cent tax levy for maintenance.
Ledbetter held on first degree murder charge
Gunther Ledbetter operator of a highway service station was bound over to the Superior Court without privilege of bond in a preliminary hearing in Shelby. He faces a first degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of 20 year old Smyrna mill bus driver Robert Brakefield following a fight at the station. Witnesses testified Ledbetter grabbed a pistol from a man named Heard Sanders and fired after Brakefield and his group were put out, with one account saying Brakefield was shot in the back while running. Funeral services for Brakefield were held at Canaan Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gunther Ledbetter
Thever Road
Shelby
Robert Brakefield
Smyrn Mill
Henry Led Ale
Aderholut
Rse
Raymond 1
H. D. Ward
J. R. Guyton
Brakefield
Gaffney
Aderholdt
Ledbettter
Ledbetter
Heard Sanders
Braakefield
Leibester
Leshali
C. C. Han
Bynum Wea
Canaan Methodist Church
Chur
Kings Mountain Churches Launch Attendance Campaign
Kings Mountain launches a city wide church attendance drive with ten local organizations endorsing the effort. Churches will tabulate Sunday service attendance and report to three group chairmen for weekly publication. The goal is to boost regular and permanent participation in Christian activities across all congregations.
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Kings Mountain
John J. ‘McGill
L. L. Benson
Sptown
J. G. Darracott
Burban
EA. Shenk
McGill
Paul Leonard Urges Kiwanis To Lobby Congress
J Paul Leonard of Statesville secretary of the North Carolina Yary Tax association urged Ming Mountain Kiwanis at the Woman's club meeting Thursday night to tell Congress their wishes. He attacked postwar policy, called for cutting agency appropriations relative to military needs, and urged legislation to curb federal control and support for education.
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J. Paul Leonard
Statesville
North Carolina
Yary
She Mings Mountain Kiwanis
Woman's Club
Congress
Washington
Cpl Cicero Falls Home After 26 Months As Prisoner
Cpl Cicero Falls son of Mr and Mrs Falls was captured near Faid Pass in Norway on February 14, 1943. He endured over two years as a German prisoner of war before liberation by the Russians and now returns home on furlough. The piece recalls others who perished and those yet to be found, and notes bonds purchases and local wartime concerns.
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Cpl
Cicero Falla
Falls
Faid Pass
Norien
Furloughett
War Labor Board approves wage increases at four textile plants
The regional War Labor Board in Atlanta approved raises to a minimum of 55 cents per hour for 1,606 workers at Phenix Mills Park Yarn Mills Neisler Manufacturing and Cotton Mills. Increases already in effect at a CorA plant and Park Yarn Mills since June 4 and Monday at Neisler and Phenix plants. The raises raise weekly payroll by about 3960 dollars.
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Awil 17
YLB
Cora
Park Yarn Milla
Neisler
Phenix
War Labor Board
Dixon Elected Club President
Holland P Dixon boal singer of Ar Farms was elected president of the Kings Mountain Lions club for 1945 46 at the officers election meeting at Mountain View house last Thursday night. Dixon to lead starting June 21 with fellow officers Jacob Cooper first vice president Billy Houser second vice president Edwin Moore third vice president J G Carracott secretary Henderson Herndon treasurer Tom Puttons Lion Tamer Or Floyd Thornburg tail twister Pate 3 MF Gamble and Lawrence Lovell two year directors Hunter Allen one year all listed. Prior to the election First Lieut Johnny Blant guest at the meeting provided information on his station in Shel by. Tom Fulton member reported attending a hospital bond election meeting and asked club to support it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland P. Dixon
Boal
Ar. Farms
Kings’ Mountain Lions Club
Dutal
Mountain View House
Mr. Dixon
Plank
Jacob Cooper
Billy Houser
Edwin Moore
J. G. Carracott
Tom Fulton
Shelby
Fulton
Elkins Receives Oak Leaf Cluster for Silver Star Action
Captain Elkins of Kings Mountain North Carolina was awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star for gallantry in action on April 1 1945 in Czechoslovakia General Walter M Robertson approved the award The citation notes Captain Elkins led tank crews to defend a position halted a tank advance and reorganized his company to counter an enemy thrust during a critical engagement involving Company 3 under Capt Tubjected and elements of 88 troops
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Czechoslovakia
Eates Elkins
Kings Mountain
N. C
Walter M. Robertson
Polly
Kings ‘Mbontain
Patel” Elkin
Willabadonen
Er Any
Letter reveals risky WWII travel from Scotland to St Lo
Sgt. James E. Anthony, son of Dr and Mrs J. E. Anthony, writes home from Germany about close calls from D day Normandy to final victory. He recounts landing in Scotland, moving through England to France, witnessing the St Lo drive, and experiences with artillery near the front. He notes meals, hotel costs, and air bombardments during late summer and New Year’s Day.
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James E. Anthony
J. E. Anthony
Kings Mount
Germany
Normandy
Anthony
Ninth Air Force
Scotland
Glasgow
Firth of Clyde
England
Stone
Hamsley South
Winston Christchurch
Prance
Strafford
Ull
Southampto
St. Lo
Reims
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Carracott
Lionsub
Old Presbyterian Church
Wailding
Darracott
Western Auto Store
P. D. Herndon
Ben Goforth
Cleveland County
Shelby Hospital
Kin Mountain
Lions Club
St .the Kiwanis Club
Feararia
West Kings Mountain
Victory Chevrolet Company
Gofor
East Kings
Mountain Precinct
Herndon
Joe A. Bridges
Voard of Commissioners
Paul Leonard
Cicero
G. Doris
J. B
Davis
Davin
LIONS
Holland ‘Dixon
Kings Mountain Lions Club
Dixon
Club
Elkins
Jim Anthony
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