Meeting Scheduled By Loyal Order Of Moose At City Hall
A meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose was scheduled last night at City Hall at 7 o'clock. Rocky McGivern, Western North Carolina membership director, announced the meeting. Also note Bible school closing exercises at First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 9 45 AM led by Franklin Pethel, minister of music, inviting all parents and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Order of Moose
City Hall
Rocky McGivern
Western North Carolina
Bible School
First Presbyterian Church
Franklin Pethel
Lions Install Officers at Tuesday Meeting
Cherryville officials appoint D and Mauney, former district governor, to lead Lions Club at Masonie Dining Hall meeting Tuesday night at 7 oclock announced by program chairman W L Plonk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LIONS
D. & Mauney
Cherryville
Masonie Dining Hall
W. L. Plonk
Kiwanis Talk On Sword of Gideon Plans
Bill Trotman, director of the upcoming Sword of Gideon production, will speak to Kings Mountain Kiwanis at the Masonic Dining Hall Thursday night meeting June 10. Rud W Webster to Star Housecraft Greensboro seeks siding for a residence on Sipes Street at an estimated cost of 700 dollars.
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Kiwanis
Bill Trotman
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
Masonic Dining Hall
Rud W Webster
Star Housecraft, Inc
Greensboro
Sipes Street
Meter Receipts Reported By City Clerk
Meter receipts for the out ending Wednesday at noon totaled 153.2 dollars according to a report by city clerk Joe Hende.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hendle
Class Picnic Planned by Phebean Class at Lake Montania
The Phebean class of First Baptist church will hold a class picnic at Lake Montania on Thursday June 24 at 7 o'clock. An announcement was made by Mrs Howard Ware, a member of the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Lake Montania
Nou
Mra Howard Ware
Cancer Fund Reaches $505 In Drive For American Cancer Society
Mrs W R Hudspeth chairman of the annual fund campaign reports $505 collected so far for the American Cancer Society drive. A minimum of $800 is sought for cancer research and treatment, with soliciting continuing and donations urged from those not yet contributing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Hudspeth
Statten Akin Mansettee
American Cancer Society
Hudspeth
Voters Say Yes On All County Bond Proposals
Kings Mountain area voters approved three county bond issues and a higher hospital maintenance tax. County totals show school bonds 3169 to 1748, hospital bonds 2918 to 1873, health center bonds 2799 to 1840, and hospital maintenance 2664 to 2318. The school bond funds will aid Kings Mountain schools with 2.5 million likely for immediate use and hospital and health center projects are federal state joint ventures.
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Kings Mountain Area
Cleveland County
Number 4
Kings Mountain
State Medical Care Commission of County
Kings Mountain Hospital
Shelby Hospital
County Health
Ed Barry Wins Warm Up Race at Jaycees Event
Edward Barry won the Jaycees warmup race on a Wednesday afternoon. Frank Graham finished second with Ronald Ivey third. Donald Parker placed fourth while Gary Blanten and Reggie Painter tied for fifth in a field of eight racers. The report notes the downhill run started shortly after 4 p.m. and continued on Page Right.
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Edward Barry
Jaycees
Frank Graham
Ronald Ivey
Lim
Donald Parker
Gary Blanten
Reggie Painter
Charles accepts Taylorsville post as head coach
John Charles, longtime Kings Mountain high school assistant coach and B team leader, resigns to become head coach at Taylorsville high school. He will start mid August and oversee early season drills while leaving Valdess High Pennsylvania for the Taylorsville position. Hanley Painter departs for college as coach with Pridé Ratterre joining Wake Forest staff.
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Taylorsville
John Charles
Kings Mountain High School
Taylorsville High School
Charles
Seaton
Valdess High
Pennsylvania
Hanley Painter
Pridé Ratterre
Kings Mountain
Wake Forest
Pre-Payments Trickling In Kings Mountain 1954 Taxes
Kings Mountain citizens began pre paying their 1954 city taxes this week with total receipts reported at 4232.62 through Wednesday by Supervisor Clarence Carpenter. The board tentatively set the 1954 tax rate at 170 per 100 valuation and the poll tax at 2. A 2 percent discount applies to June prepayments. First payer was Mrs Misouri Jackson Morgan of E King Street. Carpenter also noted 10632.57 collected in delinquent taxes for 1945 52, excluding penalties, and 1125880 through June 12 for 1953 taxes, about 90 percent of the levy.
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Kings Mountain
Clarence E. Car Nter
Board of Commissioners
Misouri Jackson Morgan
E. King Street
Carpenter
Escapees At Large After Prison Break Near Rutherfordton
Two young men, Bobby Joe Duncan, 19, of Third Street, and an associate, known as Officers Escay Peasee, vanished Monday after slipping from a Spindale Prison camp sentence. A taxi driver later reported sightings, prompting sheriff notification. Details on motive and current status were still unclear Wednesday morning.
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Bobby Joe Duncan
Third Street
8 Pond Gang
Highway Ten
Rutherfordton
Duncan
Spindale
Tence
Jessup
Mountain
Logan
Sheriff's Department
Fen Altaya Patera An
Mauney Twins Delight Cleveland Pop Concert Review
Kings Mountain duo Mauney Twins Ernest and Miles performed with Andre Kostelanetz in Public Hall Cleveland Ohio last Thursday. The Franker Plain Dealer critic praised their piano artistry with J B Randle narrating Ogden Nash verse and encore renditions including Weber Perpetual Motion and Milhaud Brazileras.
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Kings Mountain
Mauney Twins
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Ohio
Andre Kostelanetz
Plain Dealer
Cleveland Summer Orchestra
Public Hall
Saint-Saens
Win
Ernest
Miles Mauney
J. B. Randle
Ogden Nash
Saint Saens
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Arthur Dann
Oberlin Conservatory
David R. Robertson
Paul Stegg
Vocl
Weber
Milhaud
Josef
Johann Strauss
Schubert
Chabrier
Spotty Textile Market Delays July 4 Holiday Plans
A Kings Mountain area textile survey shows no firm holiday policy amid a spotty market. Four plants reveal varying schedules for July 4 week. Craftspun Yarns offers earnings bonuses, while others like Mauney Mills and Bonnie Cotton face orders-driven curtailments. Park Yarn reports improvements but keeps a tentative holiday stance.
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Kings Mountain
George H. Mauney
Mauney Mills, Inc
Bonnie Cotton Mills
J H Patterson
Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company
Park Yarn Mills
Kings Mountain B & L Dividends Set At 3 Percent
Kings Mountain Building & Loan association will pay $15 245 in semi annual dividends to sharehold ers on June 30. Dividends will be $6 340.85 on full paid shares, $5 916.36 on optional savings, and $2 988.56 on installment shares. Checks mailed to holders after June 30 and account transfers to optional savings. Dr Paul Hendricks returns from Bowman Gray cardiology course in Winston Salem with Mrs Hendricks and children.
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Kings Mountain Building & Oan Association
Ben H. Bridges
Bridges
The
Association
Paul Hendricks
Winston- Salem
Bowman Gray Hospital
Hendricks
Medical Doctor To Join Brother Dr John McGill In Kings Mountain
Dr Kenneth H. McGill will move to Kings Mountain within weeks to join his brother Dr John C. McGill in general medical practice. He completes a residency at Baroness Erlanger hospital, Chattanooga, and is a Vanderbilt Medical School graduate with training in obstetrics gynecology and pediatrics. The couple. Nancy Thomson McGill and Kenneth McGill Jr.. live at 505 Crescent Hill Road.
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Kenneth H. McGill
Kings Mountain
John C. McGill
Kenneth McGill
Baroness Erlanger Hospital
Chattanooga
Tenn
Vanderbilt University Medical School
Nashville
Vanderbilt University Hospital
Erskine College
Europe
Erskine
Nancy Thomson
Senoia
McGill
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Kenneth McGil, Jr
Crescent Hill Road
W. W. Tolleson
Kings Mountain Drug Company
John McGill
W. K. McGill
Clover
S. C
S. C., Medical Doctor, and Mrs. McGill. Dr. John C. McGill
Williamston
Battle Drama Cast Listed For Sword of Gideon
Final casting notice from director Bill Trotman lists spoken parts for The Sword of Gideon. Keen Oliver announces the cast after tryouts drew a smaller turnout than expected yesterday.
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Keen Oliver
Sword of Gideon
Bill Trotman
Secrecy Act Repeal Predicted Harmon Elected NCPA
Martin Harmon editor of the Kings Mountains Herald was elected vice president of the North Carolina Press association for 1954 55 at the 82nd annual convention at Lake Junaluska last Saturday The association elected Holt McPherson former managing editor of the Shelby Daily Star now editor of the High Point Enterprise as arts president and reelected Miss Beatrice Cobb publisher of the Morganton News Herald secretary treasurer and Clarence Griffin of the Forest City Courier as historian
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Martin Harmon
Kings Mountains
Association
Holt McPherson
Shelby Daily Star
High Point Enterprise
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton News
Herald
Clarence Griffin
Forest City Courier
Booze To Go Down The Drain Saturday
Intoxicating beverages confiscated by the Kings Mountain Police will be disposed of at a public ceremony at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The liquor will be poured down a storm drain at the corner of S Piedmont Ave and Mountain Street in front of Fisher's Corner Cafe. Police Chief Hugh A Logan Jr invites the police to witness the pouring.
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Kings Mountain
Hugh A. Logan, Jr
S. Piedmont Ave
Mountain Street
Fisher's Corner Cafe
Logan
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Hospital Levy
Ed Barry
Cleveland Lands
Courington Mills Corporation
Phenix
Loomtex Corporation
Craftspun Yarns, Inc
C. G. Kelly
Craftspun
Lambeth Rope Corporation
OLD Water Works
City
City Water Works
McGinnis
Ramseur Streets
Cherryville Road
Piedmont Avenue
Cansler Street
Carlisle Studio
Kings Mounters Recreation Center
Atlanta
Palmer Huffstetter
Ronnie Layton
Buddy Mayes
Rot
Eddie Goforth
George Harris
Milton Hope
Ranny Arnette
Air Fexea
Kings Mountain B & L
Harmon
NCPA
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