POPULATION Cttr Limits (1340 Ceiuui) 8.S74 ImmMic'e Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) 1 0 Pages 10 Today Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. April 29. 1949 E PRICE FIVE C2NTS For Re-Election Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS A total of $129 73 waj collected from parking meters during the olst week of operations, which ended at noon Wednesday, accord ing to a report by S. A. Crouse, city clerk. >1 ' BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued Tuesday to Be Ik's Department Store, for construction of a new floor, $3,000, and to Crescent Hills Development Comparty, for con struction of three new dwellings,, one six-room, and two four-room, total-cost listed as $6,500. ON CHURCH GROUPS W. K. Mauney was named a member of the Mission committee and member of the board of trus tees of Lenoir-Rhyne college, and S. A. Mauney was named to the Lowman Home committee, at' a meeting of the Lutheran Synod at Winston-Salem on "Wednesday. EXECUTIVES CLUB Phillip F. LaFoUe?tte, three times governor of Wisconsin and World War II member of the staff of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, will address, members of the Cleveland County ?Executives club at a dinner meet ing at the Gardner Memorial '''"'Ming at Boiling Springs Fri : night at 7 o'clock. . AT FORT RILEY Bobby Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs.' JF^an^^x^is^ n^^ac^ndl ng^the j Fort Riley. Karrs. Prior to his ap- J pointment to the school, the Kings Mountain man was serving with an MP detachment ait Fort Jack son, S. C. Guard Payroll Is $1,211.43 | A total payroll of $1,211.43 was; paid to the 31 members of Hq. & Hq. Co., 3rd Bn., 120th Inf., North Caro- j Una National Guard, here last week according to Ned Gantt, company ; administrative assistant. The local unit lists 48 vacancies for enlisted men, Men with no previous service or j who were discharged holding no ra ting may enlist In' the local compa ny as a "Recrutt," new title for the loweet rating. Pay scale for enlisted ranks for the regular two- hour Monday night drill ? periods were announced as follows: per drill ? recruit, $2.50; private, $2.67; Pfc? $3.00; corporal, $3.83; and sergenat, $4.67. . . , . \ ' At full strength the quarterly pay roll would be $4,000. Lost week's pay roll was the fdurth received since the company was activated. The Kings Mountain company is , scheduled to attend a two-weeks ac tive duty training camp August 14' l , 28 at Fort Jackson, S. C. The unit ' will undergo regular army training, including radio and telephone train ing (communications), range firing of small arms, and regular headquar tersa routine. Members will be paid ? regular army pay during the ctmp period. Ratings open in ttie unit include two technical sergeants, seven ser geants, and 16 corporals. Ratings are also open for cooks. . Lt Barney Tennysoa. of Gastonia, has joined the unit m communica tions officer according to an an' nounoement by Captain Humes Houston, commanding officer. Candidates Asked To Note Deadline Red Cross Bloodmobile J?Y<*e Ladies W ill Return T uesday For May to! Citizens Asked To Aid Axea Blood Bank Red Cross chapter officials this week ur^od all donors to be on hand at the Woman's club Tuesday, at the times scheduled, for the second vis It to Kings Mountain and Number 4 Township of the Red Cross Blood inobile. The mobile blood unit will be at the Woman's club all day Tuesday. On November 5, 1948, Kings Moun tain "Sfrea citizens donated 73 pints of blood do the Red Cross national blood program. j Kings Mountain Chapter has a mark to shoot at ? Cramerton citi zens recently donated 137 pints of blood to the program, according to H. R. Hunnicutt, blood chairman. No donors are scheduled from 1:15 to 2:15 Tuesday, 'Mr. Hunnicutt said. The Bloodmobile handles 8 donors every 15 minutes. Citizens are urged to telephone the local chapter office, Phone 257 -M for appointment or con tact Dan Huffptetler, recruitment chairman. Appointment cards have been mailed to volunteer donors by Mrs. | W. B. Thomson, appointment chair- 1 man. and recipients are urged to return the confirmation card lmme- j diateiy The jftubiicity committee, headed by Mrs C. T. Carpetttef. Jr. distri buted pamphlets, "yotir chance to ^ave a life," in Grover and Kijjgs Mountain this week urging citizens to make appointment to donate blood. Cards were mailed to donors scheduled during the first trip of the- Bloodmobile, thanking them for their uift of blood and urging them', to give again. ? The local blood program is a part of the national program, which in the firs, fiscal year collected blood valued at 17 million dollars, saved numerous lives, and aided many sick. "You may never be on hand to save, a child from a fire or to flag! a doomed express, but you have it ! in your power now to save someone else's life. One pirn of your blood and less than an hour of your time! can be your gift of life to a man or j woman or Child. You won't need to j be on hand when the brakes scream, 1 or the flames tear, or the surgeon goes to work ? your gift of life will j be ready when it is needed. Give your blood Tuesday." Mr. Hunnicutt said. LEGION PRACTICE SATURDAY American Legion Junior base ball practice will be beld at City Stadium Saturday morning at 9:. 10. Ail- candidates for the team are urged to attend the session. Saturday Las! Ddy For Registering ? Registration books lot both the regular biennial city election and lor the bond issue elections of May | 10th will be open for the final day on Saturday of this week at the re spective polling places. While registrations have been reported light during the past three weeks, registrars reported a slight increase in "busin?ss" last Saturday, and they expect a great er number on the final day. Per sons not now registered must ac complish registration Saturday if they expect to vote. Saturday, May 7. will be chal lenge day. Cancel Drive j Receipts Grow -j Mrs. J. H. Arthur, chairman of the fund campaign for the American Cancer society, reported receipts to. date in the Kings Mountain drive of $300. The returns are incomplete and Mrs. Arthur expressed confidence that the local goal of $800 will be in sight by the weekend. plete the campaign thl#. Week. as April is the month set aside for con duct of the drive. "The respond to the campaign j has been generous," Mrs. Arthur j said,, "and there is no reason to be- j lieve thta the quota won't be met. The proceeds are used to finance re I search in an effort to' discover caus- j es and cures for this dread disease." Macedonia Holds . j Dedicatory Rites At special services last Sunday, Macedonia Baptist church dedicated new church chimes in memory of Anne Clonlnger who was killed when struck by ? car, and a mural for the church in memory of F. L. (Pete) Lynn and other service veter ans of the church. The chimes and mural were given to the church by the respective fam ilies and friends. Delbart Byi^s, former Sunday schorfl superintendent, gave the ded icatory prayer for the chimes, and Tom Smith, Sunday school superin tendent, prayed the dedicatory pray- i er for the mural. The pastor. Rev. C. ; B. Bobbitt, presided. Mrs. W. K. Mauney "Adopts" Greek Youth Who Lost His Father In War; Mrs. W. K. Mauney, 115 Piedmont' Avenue, Kings, Mountain, N. C., has "adopted" Theodore Kontopoulos, Sl yest-old Greek boy, through Foster Parents' Plan tor War Children, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Edna Blue, international chairman. American headquarters of the Plan are at 55 West 42nd Street, New York City, 18. Since ha inception twelve years ago, this organization has cared lor more than 56,000 children. It is now operating in England, France, Bel* glum, Holland, Poland. Czechoslo vakia, Italy, Greece and China, and is helping children of 14 different na ttonaUtles, without regard to race or creed. Foster Parents' Plan for War Chil dren does not do mase-reHef, each child, is treated as an individual. "Adoption" Is financial, and carries with it n^ obligations. The fos ter parent merely promises to eontri bute $15 monthly towards the child's support, for *t least a year. In MK turn, the foster par em* receives a photog affh and brief history of the child, and correspondence through the Plan office Is enoouraged. Before the war. Theodora Kontop ' Cont'd on page eight) "ADOPTED" SOW ? Sixmo <*xrr, is Theodore Kontopouio?. bIm-tmt old Ofwk lad who lost His fatiwt j darla? flghtln? la Gqsoeo la 1M4. fta ! is aow th? -adopted" sob of Mrs. W. 1 Moaaoy. of Kiafs Moaatalm, who "I hH . HIS *?*? monthly p lyH^sM^o rTsa"tw*0 Jaycees, their wives and guest> ex pected to attend. . . ! Feature of the evening will be an I address by Joseph El i ts. a world traveler and lectUrei , who was rear ; ed in Java and who Is a naturalized .citizen of the United States. Mr. El ? lis was born in Bagdad. He tamo to America as a seaman on a tramp steamer, and received an A. B. de gree at Duke university after study there and at Lawrence college in Wisconsin. He served in the army during World War II. In connection j with his address, Mr. Ellis will pre | sent an" exhibit of curios. Another feature of the evening j will be installation of officers of the organization for the coming year.' Kush Hamrick, of Shelby, Jaycee na- i tional director, will conduct the in- 1 I stallation. . Following the program, dancing 1 will be enjoyed, featuring a new lo cal orchestra led by Gene Timms. Announcement concerning the pro gram was made by Faison Barnes, chairman of the committee on ar* I rangements, which also includes Wilson Griffin, Drace Peeler, W. S. Fulton, Jr., and Martin Harmon.' Dress for the banquet will be in formal, Mr. Barnes announced. Presbytery Pests Mrs. W. B. Thomson was installed as recording secretary and Mrs. Carl Davidson as secretary of spiritual; life and evangelism at the forty ?e<- ! ond annual meeting of the Women j of the Church of Kings Mountain ; Presbytery held at Lincoln ton last Thursday and Friday. The meeting Included addresses I by Miss Virginia Allen, missionary to Africa, and Mrs. S. H. Askew, At j lama Bible instructor. I Mrs. P. D. Patrick presented a Hfe membership to Mrs. D. M. McGeachy formerly of Bessemer City. Mrs. Paul Mauney is Chairman of the central di?trlct of the women's presbytery organization. Herald is Polling Candidates On Bonds The Kings Mountain Herald this Mk oddniMd letters to all rim, didates lor city elective oIHcm asking their pooitlans on tho throe bond Imum which the citizens will decide at the special election on May 10. . Three separate Issues are to be voted on: (1) >2504)00 lor sower expansion and improvements. (2) $50,000 (or water line extensions, and (3) $50,000 for providing a municipal stadium. The Herald wrote the several candidates: "Since the bond issue election is the major campaign is sue of the city election, the Herald feels that the citisens should know the positions of the several candi dates in regards to them. We ex pect to jMrtnt the answers of the candidates to these questions and will also be glad to print any ex tenuating remarks they, or each, might wish to make" The candidates worn asked to re ply not later than noon Wednes day, May 4. "Though the Herald has com mitted itself to support of each of the three issues, this does not mean that the newspaper will cri ticize any i? did ate who 1* mmHbs* any one, or all of th* throe Issues." said Martin Harmon. Herald edi tor. "The Herald may disagree with any person or fftep oil this or any iesue. Tot. a* tho sanpe time. It rooognlses the right of each to his own honest opinion. The poll of tho cMlidrtos Is merely an ef fort to twisrai the U*tsenshlr ef the forthcoming city L. E. Davis Running For Wdrl 2 Position CONTEST WINNER ? Jean Lynch. 10th grade student of Kings Moun tain High School and daughter of Mr. and Mr.. Haywood E. Lynch, won the annual Cleveland county { Schoolmaster's reading contest held at E. B. HamricV auditorium at Gardner- Webb college last Friday | nighLSha>rm-p.i?rce which convenes in Ashevllle May 5-7. Prime interest of the King* Moun tain group will a successful elec tion campaign for Jacob Cooper, past president of the :ocal organiza tion, who is a candidate for the third district vic?- presidency . President W. S. Fulton. Jr., 'an nounced yesterday that Faiaon Barn ' es and W. K. Mauney. Jr.. wili serve as co-chairmen of the Cooper cam paign commute?. Delegates to the convention from the local club are Mr. Fulton, Grady Howard, Mr. Barnes and Ned McGill. | Others planning to attend the con- 1 ventlon are Mr. Mauney, Mr. Cooper, ; C. F. Thomaaaon, Jr., Drace PeeLer, 1 Ralph (Frosty) Spearman. Wilson Griffin, Mrs. W. 3. Fulton, Jr.. Mrs. Grady Howard. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hedden.. I Kincaid, Patterson Out Foi School Board; Myers Files Races were assured for mayor and 1 Ui