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Kings Mountain. N.C.. Friday. September 2. 1949
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ACCEPTS POSITION
Miss Virginia Summers, of Kings
Mountain, has accepted a position
with the Union National Bank, of *
Charlotte, and began her duties
Thursday. Miss Summers, a grad
uate of Salem College, spent last
year at the University of North
Carolina where she took graduate
work in commerce, economics and
banking.
MAIL MESSENGER
Charles E. Blalock began his
duties as mail messenger of the
Kings Mountain postofflce this
week.. Mr, . Bialock was awarder
the contract as the successful bid
der among six persons seeking the
mail-carrying contract, according
to W. E. Blakely, postmaster.
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PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
" Robert Aldriuge, of Greenwood, 1
S. C., will present his current
questlon-and-answer contest at j
the meeting of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwartis club September 8. '
Mr. Aldridge visited the club last
yeiar and presented an interesting
audienc? participation contest, i
The announcement was made by
Rev. W. L. Pressly, who arranged
the program.
JAYCEES TO MEET
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of Com
merce will be held Tuesday even
ing at the Woman's Club at 7:00
o'clock. Reports on the recent quar
terly board meeting will be given:
KIWAN1S PROGRAM
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club were to hear a
talk by B. S. Peeler, Jr* at the reg
- ul.ar meeting Thursday night at 7
o'clock at the Woman's Club. Mr.
_PeeJer was to report his experi
encerdurlng a recent study eourse
with the West minister College
Choir at Princeton, N. 3.
nsu claim Aid
Clarence E. Carpenter will be
at City Hall courtroom from 9 to5 (
p. m. daily through next week to !
assist veterans in filing claims for ;
National Service Dife Insurance j
dividends, it was announced by ;
officials of the American Legion,
which has employed Mr. Carpen
ter for this purpose.
Officer Woolen Nabs
Pair Oi Rum-Runners
State Highway Patrolman C. R.
Wooten arrested a pair of Negroes
Wednesday afternoon for transpor- !
ting non tax-paid liquor.
Arrested were Joe Davis, Kings
Mountain colored man who has aer- j
ved time on the roads, and Willie :
Lee Cole. '
The pair were picked up-in a 1942 \
Chevrolet owned by Cole's brother, j
Otis Cole. Officer Wooten trailed the '
car from Buffalo Creek and made'
the arrest just outside the city lim
its near West Point service station. !
Willie Lee Cole is charged with aid- '
frig and attettlng In transportation
of non-tax paid whiskey and Davis, J
who was driving, Is charged with ;
transporting non -paid whdskey.
Some 12 gallons of the "whhe1
lightning" was found in the car.
The two Negroes were to be given ;
a hearing in county "Recorders court
at Shelby Thursday morning. |
Civic Club Game
Under Arcs Monday
The lions and Kiwanlans square
off In a "grudge" softball battle
Monday night at 7>30 at City Sta
dium in a game designed to pro
duce considerable entertainment
for the audience and charter bon
es for the participants.
In Cognisant* of the recent in
ter -club charges |n which mem
bers of both clubs were called
"old women," both teems will
wear dresses as unlfomu, it was
announced.
Kiwanis officials reported they
had already set their starting line
up. and were advancing as .Can
didates foo umpiring duties B. S.
Weill and A. B, Patterson. Tor
counter with an "eagle ey?" of
their own. the Lions named Hob*
ert Aderboldt.
Hugh Ballard Is scheduled to
pitch for the Kiwanlans, while,
the Lions h?rre a trio of hurlers in
cluding Charlie Warlick, Charlie
Moss and I. C. McXlnney.
The game was originally billed
fas S:W, bat has bean changed to
an evening affair. Admission will
be 15 and 40 cents. Prreseds will
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SETS WORLD RECORD ? Tommy Baker, Kings Mountain model plane ex
pect. set a world record lor tlylng Jet model planes in the International
Model Flane contests held at Detroit He is shown here holding his plane
Just after setting the record. The little plane flew at the rate of 144.83
miles per hour. "7"*" ? ?
Baker Flies let Model To World
Record At Detroit Plane Contests
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Tommy Baker, 20-year-old son of
Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker, was a- j
mong the top winners in the Third
International Model plane contests j
held in Detroit last week, setting a '
world's record for jet model planes, i
and capturing first place for speed j
control Jlne flying, Clans' A.
The Kings Mountain entry, who ;
won his trip to Detroit via captur- j
ing area honors at Charlotte earlier j
in the summer, won a handsome tro- j
phy and U. S. savings bond by vir- j
tue of his world's record for flying
jet models. He flew the small jet
plane 144.83 miles per hour.
in the control line speed contests,
his first place speed time was 112.25 .
miles per hour.
Young Baker also placed third In j
jet control flying.
The International contests, spon- ?
sored by Plymouth Motor Corpora
tion, ended with a banquet Monday
night, at which trophies and prizes!
were awarded.
A total of 500 top model plane fly
ers frorti all over the globe compet
ed in the event and Baker was one
of the 167 winners.
He was accompanied to Detroit
by his older brother, Phillip Baker,
who assisted him In the contests.
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Dry Cleaning Finn
Entered Last Friday
Police reported entry of Saunder's
Dry Cleaning during last Friday
night, with some $100 reported miss,
ingf torn the firm.
Chief If. M. Farr said the entry
was made through the skylight on
the roof of the building and that the ?
thief or thieves left by the same 1
route. ?
'Discovery of the entry was made \
Saturday morning. Ho clothing was
reported missing, he said.
No arrest in the case .had been
made late Wednesday afternoon.
Taxable Valuation
To Hit $5,600,000
Excepting taxable valuation fig
uw on the Tint National Bank
and the Southern Hallway, the
tJtr*! taxable valuation lor IMS
totals $5,327,834, .City Clei* ?. A.
Crouse reported to the city board '
of commissioners Wednesday. J
Last year's total valuation on
the two firms' Kings Mountain
properties totaled S256.037, indi
cating that the final 1949 valua
tion for city tax purposes will ap
proximate 55,600,000 ? about 1
$100,000 over the estimate used by
the city in preparing its 1949-50
budget.
Public utilities and other spe
cific businesses are, by law. val- ;
ued for tax purposes by the state.
Broom Selling
To Aid Blind
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The Kings Mountain Lions club;
(will become a broom-selling organ
ization this weekend, as its mem- i
bers take to the streets to aid the j
blind.
Goal of the broom sale is 1,000 1
brooms, with Proceeds from the sate j
going to Guilford Industries for the]
Blind (where blind people manu
facture the brooms) and to the lo
cal club's blind aid fund.
The brooms are a top quality, reg
ular size broom, selling for $1.50. |
Teams of Lions are scheduled to
make a house-to-house canvass of
the whole city.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week which ended on Wednesday
totaled $133.12 according to a re- ;
port from the office of S. A. Crouse,
I city cl?rk.
(fere "etun
Schedules Orel,
Blood will bo collected from don
or* recruited by the Kings Mountain
Chapter, American Red Croat, at the
Woman's Club Thursday, September
8, when the reglonl b'ooJmooiie
makes a third stop here in the con
tinual search for enough of the vi
tal fluid to meet the demands of pa
tients in the Charlotte area.
Citizens of the Kings Mountain
area have been recruited by the lo
cAl chapter and cards will be mail
,ed this weekend giving the time
schedule and other vital information
to prospective ronors.
Persons signing tb donate blood
are being urged to keep the appoint
ment, according to Harold Hunni
cutt, Kings Mountain blood pro
gram chairman. Those who find it
impossible to keep the appointment
are requested to notify the Red
Cross office before Thursday In or
der that all scheduled hours can be
filled and the quota met.
Kings Mountain citizens donated
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Long Weekend
: For Retail Firms
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Personnel of the majority of
Kings Mountain's retail business
firms will enjoy a longer-than
vsual holiday this weekend, as
the firms close Monday in obser-' ,
vance of the annual Labor Day
holiday.
According to by-laws of the
Kings Mountain Merchants asso
ciation, labor Day Is one of st*
regularly scheduled holidays.
The firms will be open for bus
iness as -dinar aa Tuesday morn
ing, but will observe the custo
mary Wednesday half-holiday,
closing at noon.
BUILDING PCWOTS
Building permit was approved
Thursday for Nell Jsckeon for con
duction of a one -story residence
on Waco rood, oost IWi, -
City's Chances |
For Cement Plant
"Good As Any"
Kings Mountain appears in as
good position for selection as a site
for a state- built cement plant as
any other area in the state, City En
gineer J. S. Evans told members of
the city board of commissioners in
special session Wednesday after- ?
noon. ?
Mr. Evans made the statement in
connection with a report to the
board on the meeting, held in Ral
eigh Tuesday, of the special com
mission investigating the possibili
ties of building such a plant.
In a second meeting on Wednes
day, the commission was told by a:
number of geologists thai 'North,
Carolina should explore further in- '
to availability of materials before
going forward with building a ce
ment plant.
The Tuesday hearing, attended by
Mr. Evans, featured reports from
Chambers of Commerce representa
tives, city and county officials, from
Nc'w Bern arid Sanford, in addition
to Kings Mountain; and the \\"ednes
day hearing was a so-called "techni
cal" meeting, with mineral experts
conferring with the commission. Dr,
Jasper L. Stuckey, of Raleigh, told
the commission that the four needs
lor cement production are limestdne,
clay or shale, fuel and water.
At the Tuesday hearing. New Bern
representatives pointed to a large
deposit of limestone and a need for!
expanded industry in the eastren
part of the state, Mr. Evans said,
while Sanford area supporters point- j
ed to opening of a coal mine in the
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Still Condemns
Police Department
The city board of commissioners,
in special session Wednesday aft
ernoon, heard a self-styled "speech"
from Garland Still, in which the
Kings Mountain business man con
demned the city police department
as grossly "Inefficient and incompe
tent."
Among other things, Mr Still
Charged that <1) "everybody is cuss
ing the police department," (2) peo
ple are wondering why bootleggers
operate so easy," and (3( "the tax
payers are entitled to a good police
department." He suggested that the
board should give the "citizens a
good police department or resign."
Commissioner T. J. Ellison said
that he had heard less complaints
than in some years about local law
enforcement, Commissioner A. H.
Patterson said he had heard no com
plaints, and Mayor J. E. Herndon
said the board would be happy to
receive any information indicating
that Mr. Still's charges were valid.
OUie Harris, who addressed the
board concerning thie ruies govern
ing the use of Memorial Park in
Mountain Rest cemetery was asked
to investigate them further and to
make some recommendations for
use of the plot, now dedicated for
burial of World War II veterans who
lost their lives overseas.
The board also informally discuss
ed traffic problems in the city, and
it approved a taxi franchise applica
tion from Billy Thomas Whetstine,
after first granting permission for
Lawrence Burton to discontinue op
eration under his franchise, as was
requested by Burton.
Mobile X-Hoy Machine
To Visit Phenix Plant
The mobile X-"Ray unit, purcha*
ed by the Kingd Mountain and Shel
by Junior Chambers of Commerce
through public subscription and do
nated to the Cleveland County TB
Association for free use of the coun
ty's residents, will be In Kings
Mountain at Phenix Plant of Bur
lington Mills on September 19, 20,
and 21, according to announcement
"by association officials.
?No X-Kays will be taken during
the period September 12-17 the an
nouncement stated. Mrs. B. M, Jar
rett, association secretary, will be in
Memphis, "Tenn., attending the an
nual convention of the Southeast
States TB Association and Mrs. Jack
Raymer, mobile unit chief, twill at
tend the North Carolina Public Ileal,
th Association convention in
Greensboro.
Scheduled locations of the unit
Include:
September 26, '27, 28 ? Margrace
Mill, Kings Mountain.
September 8, 9, 10 ? Shelby, court
house 'square. '
CltMens are urged t>y TB officials
to have a free chest X-ray made a?
soon $m possible and to plan to use
the service annually.
If discovered early enough, tu
berculosis has been, found to be
durable. The disease is contagious
City and Park Grace
Schools Begin Year
ELECTED TO OFFICE ? Byron Keo.
ter, president of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club. was elected lieu
tenant-governor of the first divis
ion, Carolinas distiict, of Kiwanis
international at the annual Caro
linas convention held at Chapel Hill
this week.
Keetei Elected
To Kiwanis Office
Byron Keeter' president of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club and
Kings Mountain merchant, was elec
ted lieutenant governor of the first
division, Carolinas Kiwanis clubs,
at the annual convention held at
Chapel Hill this week.
As lieutenant governor, Mr. Kee
ter will have supervision of a num
ber of clubs in this area, including
Shelby, Marion, Morganto'n, Ashe
ville, Hendersonville, Forest City,
and Kings Mountain, among others.
Attending the annual meeting at
Chapef Hill from Kings Mountain
were Aubrey Mauney and Arnold
Kincaid, delegates from the local]
club, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Grantham,
Dr. Robert Baker and Mr. and Mrs*.]
Byron Keeter.
? Mr. Keeter succeeds as lieutenant
governor Clarence King of the Shel-|
by Kiwanis club.
SQUARE DANCE
The W. O. W. camp will spon
sor a square dance at Arcadia
Skating Rink on Thursday night,
September 15, it was announced
this week by officials of the or
gan izat ion.
ENTERS HOSPITAL
Horace M. Walker, Herald com
positor, entered Memorial hospi
| tal at Chralotte Thursday after
noon to undergo an operation. Mr.'
.Walker recently suffered a sever
ed tendon in his right hand in an
accident while at work.
Enrollment Up
Over Last Yeai
On First Day
First-day enrollment at Kings
Mountain city schools, which open
ed for the 19-19-50 school year Thurs
day morning, showed a net gain of
18, and Park Grace elementary
school showed a net gain of 21, ac
cording to figures announced Thurs
day afternoon.
Considerable gains were reported
in all the city elementary schools,
and at Davidson colored high seh<?t
biu the opening day population at
Kings Mountain high school was'
down by 23, with" only 326 on hanit
as- Compared with 311' on opening'
day in 'J 1)48.
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
cttv. schools, reported a full {acuity
with the exception of a third gr.id<?
teacher at West school, to replace
Miss Fannie Carpenter, who resign
ed to accept a position at Burgaw
He said, however, that be expecfe.it
the school board to fill the vacancy
over the weekend.
The city system has tw.o addi
tional faculty members this year
through a combination of two fac
tors, one being the reduction o*
"teacher load and the other last
year's Increase in school enroll
ment. The two new teachers make
possible addition of an eighth grade,
at Fast school and addition of a sev
enth grade at West school. However,
the latter change will not be made
until completion of the pesent build
ing program at the school, Mr. Barn-*
es said.
Total city school enrollment wan
1.G63 Thursday, including M'M
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"Home Birew" Makers
Draw Court Fines
Seven ease*., including conviction
of two men for making home- brew,
were heard in regular session of
City Recorders court held Monday
afternoon at City Hall, Judge W?
Faison Barnes, presiding.
The men were convicted on charg
es of manufacturing "home brew**
and possession of quantities of the
beverage. John Dawkins drew a
fine of $25 and costs for manufactur
ing intoxicating liquors and 4>t?i
session of four gallons of "home
brew." Emitt Hughes drew a fine of
$15 and costs for manufacturing in
toxicating liquors and possession of
five and one-half gallons of "home
I brew."
Three defendants were convicted
on charges of public drunkenness.
Two paid fines but a third, Bill
Beatty, was sent to jail for 15 days.
Willie T, Sisk, convicted on ark
assault charge, paid oosts.
George Pittman, on a non-support
charge, paid the costs of court.
Guard Unit Returns With Honors;
Houston And Smith Are Commended
The 56 officers and men of Kings
Mountain's national guard unit, I
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 3rd battalion, 120th in- \
fantry, returned home over the week
1 end after a successful two-week en
campment at Fort Jackson, S. C.t and
carrying honors in the form of offi
cial recognition as the. best organ
ized and most efficient headquar
ters company in the 120th infantry
regiment.
In addition, Capt. Humes Houston,
commanding officer of the iocal
company, received an official com
Enlistments In the Kings Moun
tain company of the North Caro
lina National Guard are availa
ble again, it was announced this j
week by Capt. Humes Houston,
commanding officer. Recruiting
was suspended prior to the two- I
week encampment at Fort Jack- 4
[? son. S, C. Several vacancies exist
and there is much opportunity for
quick advancement in rank, Capt.
Houston said. The company Is
| currently moving into the recent- j
I ly completed National Guard mo
tor shed on West Mountain street,
and drills will be conducted there
j In the future. It was announced.
mendation for his record of service
during the encampment, and had
the distinction of being the only 3rd
battalion officer to receive such a
commend a tion ,
The commendation, signed by
Major General John H, Manning,
commander of the North Carolina
National Guard, read in part:
i "Capt. Samuel H. Houston . . . are ,
commended for your record of ser
vice during the 1&49 Summer Kn
campment of the Thirtieth Infantry
Division Tennessee ? North Carolina
National Guard. In military service
we usually received rewards from
out training commensurate with the
effort we individually expend.
Therefore, the knowledge that you
have done your duty well should
give you a measure of pleasure and
justifiable pride of accomplishment.
It is directed that a copy of
commendation be made a part of
your official military record. Your
devotion to duty during this period
of Xield -training reflects great cre
dit not only upon yourself, but also
upon the National Guard of the
United States^"
A battalion honor was received by
Sgt. John S. Smith, H? was adjudg
ed to have showed most initiative
and most efficiency of the men of
the local company.
The company had a full two
weeks of hard field work, in which,
considerable bad weather was en
countered. With some 23 raw -re
cruits among the 50, the unit nev
ertheless successfully established a
wire communication net and radio
communication net on a three-day
field problem and all of the Often ?
some of whom had never seen th*
weapons before ? underwent exten
sive duty on the firing range, firing
carbines, M-l rifles, bazookas anik
50 -caliber machine guns. _?*l. _ _a