Record Enrollment tops at summer session with 50 students
Enrollment at summer school reaches a record about 50 students under principal Huneycutt. Courses include theoretical biology advanced algebra civics and English with instructors Helen Logan Huneycutt and Honey. A course for grammar school instruction may start Monday if enough requests arrive this week. Ten Boy Scout Troop members have medicals and depart Monday for Piedmont camp Tryon for a week. James Moss son of Scoutmaster Broad Moss serves as camp councillor. City Hall meeting Tuesday at 7:80 lists Jaycee beauty contest and a fish fry as agenda items.
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Huneycutt
Mise Helen Logan
Honey
Wyuuts
Boy Beoat
Piedmont Boy Scout
Tryon
James ‘Moss
Broad Ss Moss
City Hall
Charlie Warlick
Senda
Lions Install Officers at WAGAT Meeting
Dr. W. M. Boyce former pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church now in Charlotte will install Kings Mountain Lions club officers for WAGAT at the meeting Tuesday night at 1 20 at the Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LIONS
W. M. Boyce
Boyce Memorial Arp Church
Charlotte
Kings Mountain Lions Club
WAGAT
Woman's Club
Mrs John L McGill Named to Brakthe College Board
Mrs John L McGill has been appointed to serve on the Board of Brakthe College at Due West. The appointment is announced by clerk P Grier and takes effect after a three week recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. McGill
Brakthe College
Due West
P. "Grier
Kiwanis to hear bank leader William H Neal
William H. Neal, vice president of Wachovia Bank and Trust in Winston-Salem and president of the North Carolina Bankers Association, will address Kiwanis members at their regular meeting at the Woman's Club Thursday night at 8 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whal Kiwanis
William H. Neal
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Bankers Association
Kiwanis Club
Woman’s Club
Lions Club delegates at Raleigh state convention
J. G. Carracott secretary of the Lions club attended the annual state convention in Raleigh last week. Dave Mauney of Cherryville was elected governor of District 31-A, which includes the Kings Mountain club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Carracott
Lions Club
Jees
Raleigh
Dave Mauney
Cherryville
Kings Mountain Club
Vermon Service by Rev Plantx at St Matthew’s Lutheran
Rev L C Plantx pastor First Baptist will deliver the Vermon during the regular Sunday evening service at St Matthew’s Lutheran church at 8 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Plantx
First Baptist Church
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Waterworks Superintendent Attends State Meet
George Moss, superintendent of the city water works, attends the 1944 Waterworks School directed by the University of North Carolina Public Health at Chapel Hill. Moss joins over 75 attendees from across the state for the event hosted by the North Carolina Waterworks Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moss
City
Funeral Rites For Cloniger Child Today
Funeral services for Ang Cloninger nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Cloninger of the Mar Race Mill community will be held today in Mountain Park Grace church The child died from injuries after being struck by an automobile Saturday afternoon She was struck after getting off a city bus and stepping into the road The driver of the car Jace Smith faces a preliminary hearing in Shelby Be orders court at a date yet to be announced Surviving are her parents and several brothers and sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ang Cloninger
John Cloninger
Marrace Mill
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Lovelock
Mountain
Park Grace School
Jace Smith
Aeainst Smith
Shelby Beorder
Bond Election Registration Books Open for $200000 Proposals
Registrars at five ward polling places will register voters as required by law for a bond election totaling 200000 dollars divided into four issues. Voters will decide on recreational facilities expansion water lines and street improvements with questions split across four proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propersls
Mrs Cobb Succumbs After Prolonged Illness at 73
Mrs Nora Wilson Cobb aged 73 widow of A B Cobb of Kings Mountain died at the home of Mrs John F Harmon on the Hope road near Gastonia after a yearlong illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at 4 p m at the Harmon home with Rev Garland Winkler of Kings Mountain Central Methodist officiating. Burial was in Bethlehem cemetery near Kings Mountain. She is survived by daughters Mrs J P Van Palt of North Belmont and several grandchildren and great grandchildren. four sons Russell Cobb Detroit Tom Cobb merchant marine A B Cobb Jr of Bensem City Hal Cobb of Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora Wilson Cobb
A. B. Cobb
Kings Mountain
J. P. van Palt
North Belmont
John F. Harmon
Hope Road
Gastonia
Harmon
Garland Winkler
Central Methodist Church of
Ial
Bethlehem Cemetery
Baptist Bible School Commencement Friday
The Baptist Bible School will hold its commencement Friday at noon. A ceremony is planned at Lake Montonia with noted speakers and an emphasis on graduates and community participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Bible School
Superior Stone Cuts Charges To Minimum
Superior Stone Company reduced dynamite charges in blasting operations to the absolute minimum after expert review prompted by citizen complaints and Herald reports. Trent Ragland, a firm official, said the aim is to lessen concussion and noise while continuing the large project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Stone Company
Trent Ragland
Herald
Ragland
Ot Athate
New Yorkers Buy Phenix Number 1 Agreement In Sale
New Yorkers acquire Unit No 1 of Phenix Mille Kings Mountain North Carolina from Fifth Operating Corporation New York City via a Burlington Mills subsidiary. The takeover effective July 1 with Partington Mills Corporation as owner and Du Court Mills Inc continuing management and supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix Mille
Kings Mountain
N.C
Fifth Operating Corporation
New York City
Burlington Mills
Inet
Manag
Tay
Ing Corporation
Courtland Palmer
George. B.duckowney
Presi ‘Dent
C. G. White
Ship
Du-Court Mills, Inc
Partington Mills Corporation
Fox Lae Opt Construction on a Cherokee Street project
A new 26 by 100 footstorefront building on Cherokee Street will host the Fox Lae Opt Construction operation. The facility, to be operated by Hal D. Ward, will specialize in sale and other farm related services for the local Farmer's Cooperative Ex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherokee Street
Exere
Hal D. Ward
City Tax to Rise 10 Cents in Budget Plan
City Manager H. L. Burlette reports a preliminary budget setting the tax rate at 1.67 dollars per hundred valuation, up from 1.60. A 2 percent June prepayment discount remains, with revenue gains driven by higher property values, costs of materials and labor, and bond debt reduction projected to end the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Burlette
Daughter of Local Citizen Succumbs
Mrs Aronia Webb Hudson wife of C A Hudson of Gastonia died Tuesday night at 7 30 in Charlotte hospital after a lingering illness She is survived by four sons Paul Hudson Cherryville Ray Hudson Oak Ridge and Carl Hudson Gastonia and four daughters Mrs Leonard Summey Gastonia plus Mrs Hay Webb Cliffside Ralph Webb Gaston Forest Webb Ohio Mrs W Stallender Kings Mountain and Mrs J W Dagenbart Cha Guy Hudson and Mrs Gardie Swannanoa Also four grandchildren Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 pm at Main Street Methodist Church Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aronia Webb Hudson
C. A. Hudson
Gastonia
Charlotte Hospital
M. Webb
Kings Mountain
Leonard Summey
Paul Hudson
Cherryville
Ray Hudson
Oak Ridge
Tens
Carl Hudson
Hay Web
Cliffside
Ralph Webb
Gaston's
Forest Webb
Ohio
White Thread In Everyone Reflects a Veteran Teacher's Philosophy
Veteran educator Miss Bessie Simonton, after 49 years in Kings Mountain classrooms, speaks on a guiding belief that a white thread runs through every character and can shape troubled youth. Her one-room South Carolina beginnings and four generation teaching span frame a life of steady devotion to learning and community. The piece recalls early teaching methods, historic schoolrooms, and the lasting impact of formative mentors. Various local notes touch on P. D. Herndon’s Kings Mountain property auction and the Mountain View Hotel inquiry, hinting at local history and real estate activity in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Harmonere
Tatement
Mise ‘Simonton
Chilren
Kings Mountain
Bessie
Bessie Flat
South
Caroline
Mountain View
P. D. Herndon
Fort
Bob's Cola to Close for Week Over Sugar Shortage
Bob's Cola Bottling will suspend operations on Friday and remain closed until Monday July 1 due to an inability to obtain sugar. Bob Abernathy, an official, said they have plenty of points but cannot find the sugar and regret the necessity. Bottling will resume on July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob's Cola Bottling Company
Bob Abernathy
Mr. Abernathy
Bob’s Cola
Miss White Is For Alumnae Coker Notes
Hartsville reports a close note from Coker College quarterly publication Coker Notes. The piece highlights alumnae engagement and ongoing activities supporting residents and the alumni association. Local coverage through June 17 details initiatives and community ties.
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Miss White
Coker
Hartsville
Coker Notes
The
Coker College
Ae Aspeistion
Aes
Saméd
Community Fund For Food Totals 1053 With 2000 Cans Donated
The fund to aid food relief reaches 1053 dollars with contributions totaling about 2000 cans shipped to a New York collection center and then to a Bal Mi warehouse. Local groups including Kiwanis Lions St Matthews Lutheran Boyce Memorial APP Presbyterian Central Methodist First Baptist Patterson Grove Oakview Baptist and Church of the Mall Schools in Kings Mountain participated. Special thanks go to Hubert Davidson John Caveny Billy Houser George Houser T C McKee J W Milam H C Wilson Charlie Black W B Logan and C C EWCas for packing efforts and Mayor J H Neisler Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club St. Matthew's Lutheran
Boyce Memorial App
Presbyterian
Central Methodist
First Baptist
Patterson Grove
Plank
Hubert Davidson
John Caveny
Billy Houser
George Houser
T. C. McKee
J. W. Milam
H.C. Wilson
Charlie Blalock
W. B. Logan
C. C. Ewcas
J. H. Nd
Miss Allen Attends National Telegraph Delivery Service Convention
Grace Allen of Allen's Flower Shop returned to Kings Mountain from Chicago where she attended the National Telegraph Delivery Service Convention at Hotel Continental. Registrations began Thursday morning with a banquet and dance Thursday night in the grand ballroom. Leading designers from the United States and Canada demonstrated florist trends, with four North Carolina florists represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Allen
Allen
Kings Mountain
Chicago
National Telegraph Delivery Service
Hotel Continental
Registrari Ys
Try
United States
Canada
North Carolina
Baird Resigns ARP Pastorate
Dr. B.N. Baird, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church, resigns due to ill health. He presented his resignation June 9, accepted June 12 after months of leave. The Bairds will remain in Kings Mountain and have bought the Gaston Street home from the Garrison family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.N. Baint
Boyce Memorial Arp
Baird
Baled
W. M. Boy
Kiwanis Club
Negros Sea
Kings Mountain Beauty Pageant Names Chairman and Committees
Frank Crawford was named general chairman of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce Beauty Pageant to crown Miss us Mountain of 1946. The event, set for July 18 at the high school gym, will feature Kings Mountain girls ages 8 to 28 vying for honors with several local firms publicly pledged to sponsor entries. Committees include Orchestra E. W. Neal. Publicity Martin Harmon. Entries Charles Thomasson Bill Davis. Finance W. K. Maungy Jr Jim Page. Tickets Charles Carpenter. Judges Hoyle McDaniel Haywood A Wright Ertie Powers H. Arthur Walker T. M. Sanford. Program Bill Logan Georgier Clemons ee McDaniel W. K. Mauney Jr James Houser. Ushers James Harris Marriott Phifer. Refreshment committee to be named later. Barry Laughter will be master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crawford
Kings Mountain
Mr. Warlick
Wifw Post
Mim Pegsy
8 Club
Mise Margaret Cashion
4Y Hobiery Company
Caiman Crawford
Orchestra
E. W. Neal
Martin Harmon
Charlea ‘Thomasson
Bil i Davia
Pinance
W. K. Maungy, Jr
Jim Page
Charles Carpenter
Hoyle McDaniel
Hal Ward
Haywood
Drunken Drivers Fined in Busy Recorder Court Session
In a crowded city hall session, Robert Britton and William Whod ley were fined for drunken driving with 90 days in jail suspended on payment of costs. Myer C. Arrowood received 60 days suspended on payment terms for license and brake violations. Ross Lee Oats jailed 60 days suspended. Henry Martin jailed 90 days suspended for drunken and disorderly conduct. Howell Hayes got 2 days, also suspended on good behavior for a year. Leonard Bootes charged for destroying a jail mat. Collie M. Smith charged with barricade damage. Garland Longin convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. costs taxed. Thirty day sentences imposed with fines and costs for several others including Buck, Humphries, Stevenson, and Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Britton
William Whodley
Recorder's Court
Bonday
Myer C. Arrowood
Ross Lee Oats
Ling
Coste
Henry Martin
Howell Hayes
Contax
Leonard ‘Bootes
I Ts
L. Buck
W. C
Humphries
Joi Stevenson
Aderhols
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Bond
Jon Bible School
Om Pay Ag
Whia
Lake Montonia
Ree
Fox
Mountain View Hotel
Bob
Mise Avis Warlick Sa
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
Fund For Food
Miss Allen
ARP
Blackwell
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