Proud Kings Mountain band earns statewide praise
A Kings Mountain School Band and Director Paul E. Hendricks are lauded by The Best Town In The state for winning against top Southern bands in West Palm Beach Florida. The piece urges civic cooperation to achieve similar community successes. It also reflects on the old New England custom of neighborly “whang” work sessions and its social benefits.
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Kings Mountain
Paul E. Hendricks
West Palm Beach
Florida
New England
Nettghbor Allen
Danters
Jones
Here and There notes on locals and musicians
A fragmented column mentions Kings Mountain residents, a band leader Rudy Horace forming a new act at Tom Devine's Music Hall in In May, and a Florida trip by Captain O'Farrell. It recalls newspaper office visits in Gastonia, car sightings with Kings Mountain locals aboard, and a Seaboard Railway passenger agent named J G Lynch not related to the writer.
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Horace
Rudy
Tra
Tom Devine
Music Hall
Cedar Rown
Florida Trip Sparks Band Fans and Local Projects
Students toured Florida visiting Hialeah Park and Orange Bowl venues while admiring estates of Al Capone and Al Jolson. The group praised Florida wonders, backed by local businessmen supporting the band. Tom Fulton aims to acquire a painting for the post office.
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Joe A. Netsler
Hialeah Park
al Capone
al Jolson
Florida
Nanthe Catina
Field Day Tuesday at Ball Park Featured Elementary Winners
The first annual field day exercises closed the year in the Physical Education Department with about 1000 children from three elementary schools participating. Central School earned the highest rating of 62.84 percent and will receive a deanti trophy. The event used a percentage grading system to balance chances for smaller and larger schools, per Supt. B. N. Barnes.
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Ball Park
Central School
Supt
B. N. Barnes
Kings Mountain Band at Shelby for Maxwell campaign speech
The Kings Mountain band played in Shelby last night for A J Maxwell candidate for Governor of North Carolina who spoke to a large assembly. In Wardner Idaho on May 13 two year old Larrie Flory was swept into Milo Creek and pulled through a 75 foot culvert, badly injured but escaped with his life after a 15 minute rescue.
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Kings Mountain
May
West Palm Beach
Shelby
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
North Carolina
Wardner
Wdaho
Larrie Flory
Ba Flory
Milo, Creek
Tim Nolan and Brenda Club Scene From Chapter Four
In a tense exchange at Brenda's apartment Tim Nolan confronts her after a chaotic sequence involving Tim, two girls, and Smitty. The conversation escalates as observers note moral tension and a looming visit to see a “king.” The scene ends with an apparent setup for further developments.
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Tim Nolan
Brenda
Atte
Smitty xi
Dog
Giel
Nolan
Washington Snapshots Cont'd Front Page
Senate vote approves 45600 for Saposs economic division while lobby campaigns push for farm credit and USHA funding. Press agents flood papers with memos to sway lawmakers, arguing lower mortgage rates and more public relief but risking higher taxes. observers warn the public costs.
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Senate
Lave Board
Community Notes From Society Page Cont'd
Morning social news reports visits and departures across the region. Mrs Goforth at Duke Hospital shows improvement after a major operation ten days prior. The Hestamer CH High School seniors traveled to Washington, D C in a new bus with Mrs E W Neal supervising.
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DR. Goforth
Mildred May
Hestamer CH High School
Washington, D. C
E.W. Neal
State safety division drives modern accident reporting system
The state safety division pursues the installation of a modern accident reporting system to enhance crash data collection and analysis, aiming to improve roadway safety through faster reporting, standardized records, and better interagency coordination.
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State Safety Division
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Haywood B. Lynch
Fred Rusisill
Mountain
Gazette Office
Gastonia
A. Ateiking Ture
J. C. Panther
King Mountain
Sage Fulton
Paul McGinnis
Byron Ki
Honor J. B. Thomasson
Ot Flan
George
Tom Fulton
Maj. Bulwinkie
Floye Oates
Tobot
Sparko
Elektra
Louise Brackett
Bait Buys
Firle
Sheby
Wardner Street
Watter Wange
Pri George Raft
Joan Bennett
I Bay
Walter Pidgeon
Fis Mepre
Atenette Fothete Hee
Siigler
Tin
Chapter
Ventiae
Ada
Rane
GMA
Prams Ecltzer
Mass
Nolan Tientiv
Jolan
Patiertiv Lounr
Blanv
York
New York
Caren Sanvice
Humar
Kin Yamagin
Mire Renner
Washington
Brees
Ceamtry Asteen
United States Housing Authority
Congress
USHA
Midvale
Howe
Labor Board
Uickef
Ty Kings Duntain Drug Co
Jane Wilson
Bessemer School
Mims
Agnes Norris
Georgia
E.W. Griffin
R. W. Kuzives
Mocksville
W Jones
W. E. Jones, Jr
Margaret Jones
North Wilkssboro
J. W. Cook
Spartanburg
Norman Morrow
Caroline Morrow
Fosters Shoe Service
First National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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