Feb. 26, 1941 Kings Mountain High School Newspaper - "The Mountaineer" - WWII

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This is an original four page newspaper entitled, "The Mountaineer" from Kings Mountain High School in Kings Mountain, NC.  It is dated February 26, 1941.  The front page has a picture of the girl's basketball team and an article entitled, "Sophomore Class Highlights which mentions the following students:
Gloria Rawles
Mack Murry
Margaret Matthews
Charles A. Goforth
Glee Bridges
Jerry Hord
Marjorie Wilson
Margaret Cashion
Jimmy Burns
Foley Cobb
Nine Grade Representatives on the Mountaineer staff include:
Gloria Rawles, , Harold Glass, Coyte Payseur, Jerry Hord, Christine Gallant and Ruby Moss
Elected grade mothers in the 9th grade include:
Mrs. Charles A. Goforth
Mrs. G.A. Bridges
Mrs. Jimmy Burns
New National Honor Inductees included:
Miles Mauney
Juanita McSwain, I
Ben Goforth, Jr.
Ernest Mauney
Page two lists the Mountaineer Staff which included:
Vivian Prince
Betty Moore
Ben Goforth
Martha McClain
Alice B. Mauney
Doris White
Billy Throneburg
Manly Morehead
Howard Edens
Clara Mae Gantt
Frances Crouse
Betty Patrick
Talmadge Frederick
George Lattimore
James Throneburg
Sara Herndon
Margaret C. Ware
Louise Wright
Wilson Griffin
Eddie Smith
Ernest Mauney
Miles Mauney
Helen Faye Cash
Sybil Davis
Rachel McClain
Rachel Smith
Eugene Mathis
James Throneburg
Ernest Huffstatler
Harold Glass
Gloria Rawles
Virginia Summers
Mildred Cody
Millard Prince
Sara Starnes
Howard Edens
Woody Rawles
Mary M. Mitchell
There is a gossip column.  Names mentioned include:
Charlie Ballard
Jewel Baker
Madge Boyd
Mary Ann Crouse
Winfred Clark
Jackie Falls
Jeanne Griffin
John George
Johnny Howe
Louise Hampton
Doris Hord
Gene Hord
Jerry Hord
Kathryn Jenkins
Darwin Keller
George Lattimore
Charlie Moss
Bob McDaniel
George Mauney
Rachael McClain
Martha McClain
Gene Mathis
Herbert Mitchem
Mildred Mitchem
Margaret Matthews
Betty Moore
J.T. McGinnis
Jeanette Mabry
Henry Neisler
Doris Phifer
Menzell Phifer
Coyt Payseur
Dean Payne
David Saunders
James Throneburg
Margaret C. Ware
Margie Wilson
Gene White
Bud Williams
Louise Jonas
Nancy Nickels
Edgar Deese
There is also a picture of Betty Patrick and Jimmy Burns - Winners in the High School Popularity contest.
Page 3 has athe names of the girl's basketball team pictured on page one along with biographical notes about each.  They include:
Wanda Maloney
Madge Boyd
Clara Humphries
Dorothy Coster
Virginia Roberts
Janet McGinnis
Aileen Welch
Juanita McSwain
Fanny Littlejohn
Wanza Yelton
Doris Hord
Frances Cloninger
Evelyn Edens
Miss Suggs
Martha Ann Kennedy
Charlotte Deese.
Page 3 has ads for
C.J. Gault Groceries
Plonk's Dept. Store
others
Page four has an article about the Declamation, Reading and Debating Contests.  Names mentioned include:
Charles Moss
Ed Henry Smith I
Ben Goforth, Jr.
Harvey Laughter
Talmadge Frederick
Betty Neisler
Sara Herndon
June Ware
Martha Walker
Peggy Morris
Juanita McSwain
Eugene Mathis
Martha McClain
James Throneburg
A.G. Sargent
Margaret C. Ware
There are also pictures of Doris White and Ben Bridges.
"Alumni News" includes mentions of:
Ladd Hamrick, Mary Julia Pollock, Eoline Keeter, Vera Sargeant, Bill Ruddock, John Kissiah
Page four has ads for
Keeter's Dept. Store
Griffin's Drug
Myer's Dept. Store
Bridges and Hamrick
Hord's Furniture Co.
Others
This paper is in good condition for its age.  There are slight tears that do not affect content.
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