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POPULATION SSm ? ' W" City Ualts (1940 Cmm-js) S.5T4 ImnAdiate Tzadmf Area 1SJ00 (1945 Ration Board Figure*) VOL. 61 NO. i rages Today Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. January 6. 1950 PRICE FIVE CENTS FIRE PHONE 600 Kings Mountain fire depai telephone number, former! has been changed to 600 announced this week. _-_j METE* RECEIPTS A total of 1B41.02 was collect ed from parking meier* for the week which ended Wedne-sday ac cording to a report from City Hall. ' mm i ' ' i ' . . , :*? CITY TAG SALES I# s.i ;v of ^tty automobile tags peached 505 Wednesday afternoon, * large gain over, sales through vfanuary 4, when only 376 had been sold, according to report of CHy Clerk-S. A. Crouse. i . ? CHILDERS HOME W. A. Ohilders, |_propi letor of Kings Mojlflttaln' *Tin Shop, re turned homt frorK Shelby hospital on Wednesday. He had undergone a major operation two wSaks ago. His condition was reported much improved. STOCKHOLDERS' MKET1N G Annual stockholders' meeting of the Firs* National Bank will be held TwSAql afternoon at 4 o'clock in tit* kfrby of the bank. Business Will include iglfNgtS for the year and election off BBfcifrg. cently, man, < ?'?it wrvi,vs for Frank J. of Racine, Wis., father of Fryer of KingfS|?I?prin, icld in Racine Thursday af* mSWrniF.- Imr euecumb<'<i iy afternoon at His home in g, He had bee*' a n i n V.I ! U I LEGION SQUARE DANCE Otis If. <5reen Post 1?, Ameri ean Legion, will sponsor a square dance at the Legion Building off York Road Friday night, begin ning at 8 o'clock. Music will be ^ furnished by Hamhck'a String .Band and the public is invited to attend. mK? LEGION BAHBECOE ? Members of Oda BL Green Post American Legion, will hold a barbecue supper at the Legion bu tiding Off York Road Saturday night from 7 to 9 o'clock, with a .Shot* business season to follow. Officials are urging a full attend ance, ? ?Inner wilf be aerved at ? BREAKS LEG Lawrence Hope, Kings Moun tain taxi driver, suffered a broken K'tfl on Tuesday around 3 p. m. in the taxi yard ??tr Cooper's, Inc The car moved ott after he hart gotten out of Ma <8?r to ans wer the telephone and his leg was caught in the door *s he at ' tefnpted to stop the moving ve 'Wcte h was reporMjfr LIBRARY STORY BtOUR Mr*. Luther Canal er will serve as story-teller and Mrs. J. L. Mo Gil) hostess on Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock as thet?j||lar week ly story -hour period at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial LMxwry The i period Is de?ign?d; for children ** ?? through algtwh Last Bites Held For G. E. Modena, Retired Railman Final riles were held Tuesday al- J ternoon at 2o'<eiock t'ron\ Predfly j Fun?rti- Heme in Orange, Virginia, ! for George Everet Modena, 75, who j died Sunday at the Gordonsvllle', . Va., Community hospital after an Illness of six weeks. Services were conducted by Rev. Floyd T. Blnns, pastor of Blue Run Baptist church, of which Mr. Mode- j na, was a member, and Rev. E. T. Cox, pastor of Gordonvilie Baptist church. Interment,', with Masonic honors of the independent Lodge No. 338, Orange, Va., was in the family burying ground at Somerset, Va Born at Somerset, Va?, Match 16, 18Y4, he was the son of ^Benjamin James and Elizabeth Gay Modena.; He spent his early life in Somersert and at the age of '16 took .his first job with the Southefn Railway. He later worked at BarboursviHe, Va., t and came to Kings Mountain in 1906 where he served as station a gem for 34 years until his retirement in 1940. Following his retirement he spent most of this time on fite farm, "Mountain View," at Somersetr ? He was a member of Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. and A. M., and became a Shriner in 1924. He was] never married. He lived art Somerset wltn a sister, in-law, Mrs. Alice Modena, two j nieces, Misses Eda and Addie Mo- 1 dena, -and a great-niece, Miss Helen Modena. Other surviving nsphewa and ni6ces include M. S. Modena, Bradshaw, Lynchburg, Mis. Carroll ISifickef, Charlottf.Tvllle, Va.. and Mrs. W. J. Christian, Jr., FishervlUk, Va. M Kings Mountain people attending i the funeral were Cline Barber and * CHne Barber and Mr. and Mrs. Hun Ma. Hunter T. Spearman, i KiwanU Cfvtrmi T Week Has Baty Byron Keeter, lieutenant gwerno^ of Oarolinas District one, Khwanis International, has had a busy week installing club officials of his dis trict. Among the men of clubs through out the district installed as Kiwanis officers this was a former Kings Mountain citizen, Thomas A. Roberts, who was installed as pres ident of the Forest City club by Mr. Keeter Monday night. Other installation services con ducted by Mr. Keeter this week In- : eluded, Tryon club offioers on Tues- ? day at noon. Hendersonvillr Thuts- ; day at noon, and Kings Mountain : Thursday evening. On Friday Mr. I Keeter will conduct the installation, of officers of the Asheville club. FORMER CITIZEN, DIES ? Georg? Modenc, for 34 rears Southern Roll way agent here, died this week at hie home at Somerset, Va. Mr. Mo dena was well-known and popular citizen here. He was 75 years of age. B. & L Dividends Total S&SOI JO Shareholders in Kings Mountain's two building and loan associations received year-end, semi-annual di vidends totaling $19,501.90, accord ing to ieports this week from the two institutions. Vv* ? ! Shareholders of Home Building & Loan association received $11,550. 08 divided as follow?: on fullpald stock, $6,084.66; an optional savings aoeount9? $3,257.34; and on install-' mcnt Shares, $1,608.08. Shareholders of Kings Mountain association recei S o-tj^bn oi counts, $2363.67; arid on Msta!)- 1 mmt shares, $1,1 00 J Patrol Sw^H Ibves Wooten To Canton W. R. Wooten, Ctate highway pa trolman, was transferred to Canton elfectlve January 1st and W. t>. Saw yer, formerly at Canton, has come to Kings Mountain it was announc ed this week. Transfer of Officer Wooten. who I came here about a year ago, was| made at the request of Canton citi zens K was stated. Officer Sawyer, a n-tlve of Way nesville, is married and has one] ohUd. He plans to move his family | ta Kings Mountain as soon as possi ble. WOW IXSTAZXATION New officers of the Rings Moun- . tain Woodmen of the World and Woodmen Circle will be installed at a covered dish supper at the Woman's elub next Tuesday night at 7:30. The installation will be conducted by T P. LalJ. of Shelby, district representative. The meet ing will be in the upstairs ban quet room. ' Weathers' Retirement Announcement First Major Action Oi 1950 Season The election year of 1950 was opened with a surprise in local cir cles this week as State Senator Lee B. Weathers, of Shelby, four- term re presentative of district 27, announc ed he would not be a candidate (or reelecrion, nor would he seek the 11th district Congressional seat for which he had been me..; loned fre quently as a possible candidate. Though the 27th senatorial dis trict is not strictly a county mat ter. Including also Rutherford and 'McDowell, It had much interest in Cleveland, where ihe voters are fcet- ? ting ready to choose a sheriff, coro -*-> : V" r. aentatlve to flw ueiwral Assemwy, , In addWon ^s thefr share of the vo ting In choosing two U. S, senators and a new Congressman. Most of the Incumbents in the county government at > expected to dtt$r for re-ete&lon. Including 9h< r . iff Hugh A. Logan. Clerk of Court ' Bverett A. Houser. Coro nor Ollle Harris, Solicitor Bynum Weathers. Representative B. T. Faljs, Jr; and Commissioners AJndy ?Brackeft, Zeb Cllrte and Henry M<&inney. Kings Mountain will probably ai> so have some candidates in the field far several pttkj? lfl'gdWUton to the one now held by Ollie Harris. ~Hal j Ward Is Interested In the sheriff's race, and another reported Interest ed Is Haywood Allen, formerly chief1 deputy and ion of lrvin M. Allen, a former . sheriff. Mr. Allen now lives' in Shelby, but was reared in Kings Mountain. Kings Mountain atto' .p.- Faison Barnes is also r^portM interested in one of the elective offices, either as solicitor or as state representa tive. In his statement published Wed nesday, Senator Weathers said he would no* seek rc election at the ?X ******* _ - trr - me, and If I can be of further ser vice ait any time, 1 hope they will let me know." "Although retiring from politics," Senator Weathers Said, "I shall con tinue to devote my energies and in fluence for the good of our great state. I shall always strive as a pri vate citizen to stimulate harmony and unity among our people. This is needed now more than ever. Dis cord and group prejudices could de strov rruoh of our accomplishment ! a nd defeat our 'Go Forward' pro? grams." Charlie Falls Rites Conducted Here Thursday I Funeral services were held at Central Method Lsi church Thursday I morning at H o'clock for Charles ; Boyce Falls, Sr? V2, of Gastonia, 'Kings Mountain native, who died Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 "at | Gaston Memoriaf hospital, Gaston ia, of a cerebral hernmorrhage he suffered 10 days previously. Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor, con ducted -the services and burial, with full Masonic rites by Faieview Lod gp No. 339, of Kings Mountain, fol-. lowing in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Falls was reared in Kirgs Mountain and in 1932 moved to Lumberton. He came to Gastonia in 1946. While iii Kings Mountain he operated wholesale and retail oil companies and was a contractor and farmer. He and his wife, the former Sarah Susan Huffstetler, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1946. He was the son of me late Regina Goforth and Itooeri G. Falls. He was a memoer oi Chestnut Street Meth odist church, Lujjiberton, and St. Albans Lodge No. 114, A. F. and A. I M., Lumberton. Survivors include his wife, three . sons, A. B. Falls, of Kings Mountain, C. D. Falls, of Lumberton, and C. B. I Falls, Jr., of Gastonia; three daugh ters, Miss Vera Falls, of Crossville, Tenn., Mrs. Lawrence Mears, of Em erson, and Miss Ruby Falls, of Gas tonia; two brothers, W. O, Falls, of Kings Mountain, and Phillip Falls. Of Bessemer City; 22 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. .U ' I W. K. Mauney. Jr., will head the annual March of Dimes campaign In Number 4 township, according to announcement made this week. Proceeds from the March of Dim. es campaign are used for the relief and tiwttmem of victims of polio and for research In determining cau?e of polio and improvement of treatment techniques. Number 4 Township went all out in gifts to the fund last year, far exceeding its quota. Mr. Mauney, general manager of Mauney Hosiery Company, is a past president of the Lions Club and has an active record in aiding and sup porting community charitable ven tures. Chief Fan's Father Succumbed Tuesday Funeral services were held at Tra verier* Rest, S. C., Wednesday for W. M. Parr, 73, father of N. M. Farr, chief of tile Kings Mountain police department* Mr. Fatr died Tuesday morning around 10 "o'clock of a heart ail ment. Among Kings Mountain people at. tending the rues were Grady King, H. Tom Fulton, P. D. Fulton and R. O. Hord. Gastonia Highway To Get Dual Lane Highway Commissioner Joseph Graham, in an interview with Lee B. Weathers of the Shelby Star en Tuesday, re-iterated a state-, aunt of several months ago In which he had state?*?commissioa fee making the Ilng? , tain . Gastonia highway a four-lane read. . In tho statement, Mr. Graham was guoted as lilting the project ' for launching la IISO, provided approval could ho obtained irom federal authorities ? state and todeeal ga?ecaakeae^-?^ Addltien of a double lane to the eight- mile stretch would improve one of Worth Carolina's most hear lly traveled and meat daagorous LIONS TO MEET Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions elub win be held at the Woman's Club next Tues day nigt.1 at t o'clock. Mrs W. T. Weir will address the club on the subject of "Commtinlsm." It was announced by Hilton Ruth, pro gram chairman. HEADS KtWANIS CLUB ? Hugh T. Ballard, . superintendent of Park i Yarn Mills, was to be installed Thursday night as president of the Kings Mountain Klwanis club for 1950. Rites On Sunday For Sgt. Long Final internment rites for Staff Sergeant Winfield V. Long, 25, son ' of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Long, of , Floyd street, will be held at Second VVealeyan Methodist chuYch Sunday ? at 2 p. m. with full military burial at Memorial Park, Mountain \Rest cemetery, to follow. Bites will be conducted by Rev Eugene Wall, of Cramerton, and Rev. Fl,oyd Hollar. The body, which b, ; ' NOTICE All members ef the VTW mm4 1 American Legion post* ?? urged ? arrived in Kings Mountain Thurs day. Will lie in state at the church for Qne-hralf hour prior to the ser vice. " ? Military services will be conduct ed. by the Kfftgs Mountain, National Guard company and members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts will serve as honorary pail bearers. Sgt. Long was killed August 1. 19-13, during a raid over Polesti oil fields in Romani?. He was serving as a tailgunner on a B-24 bomber, at that time based at Alexandria, Egypt. He entered service in May, IUL "He is survived by his parents and one brother, Clifford J. Long, of Kings Mountain. Evans Engineer With Road Body Joe S. Evans, Jr., former cKy engi- 1 neer,' ha.9 accented a position with the State Highway commission a$j one of five senior project engineers in the ninth division. j Mr. Evans has begun his dtuies. .He said he expects to be assigned ; principally -to road-building proj- J lects developing out of the state -ru I ral roads i>ond issues. I ORDINATION SERVICE (Rev. L. C- Pinnix, pastor of - First j Baptist church will conduct>an or- , dinatjon service at Temple Baptist j church on Sunday evening at 7:00 I o'clock, according to announce ment hy the pastor. Rev. W. F. Monroe. Oscar White and T. B. Yarboro are to be installed as dea . cons of the Temple church. Rev- T. W. Kogieman is to fill- the First Baptist pulpit at Sunday evening services. : Work To Begin On Arrival Of Materials * ? . Construction of the Kings Moun tain hospital will begin a-? quickly as materials are delivered or theit delivery assured. This means that the 24- bed gen eral hospital here will bp completed, or nearing completion about No vember 1, 1950, according tp W. K. Mauney, courfty hospital trustess and treasurer of the. Kings Moun tain unit. Mr. Mauney said Thursday morn ing that the policy would be to get materials on hand before construc tion began in order to speed ihe building program without delay. All necessary uefaiis concerning bonds of successful bidders on the contracts have been completed, he added, and the contracts call for completion of the Job within ? 10 months after construction is begun. Crosland Construction Company, general contractors on the project, notified Walter W. Hook and Asso ' dates, architect, on January 2, that it was ready to begin work , a& quickly as the necessary materials are assembled, or their delivery as sured. The new hospital, a completely modern one-story building, will be built on a tract off W. King street - lying between the Kings Mountain Country Club and Blackmer and Company. Total cost of the construction Is to be approximately $234,000, with one-third of the amount to be furn ished by the' federal government, one-third- W the state, and the re maining third .by the counter; . Cttk ztns o^tto-aounty voted a *100,000 boftd lifttriiVeral year* ago fhr the building of a hospital here and for improvements 6T*Tne Shelby hosp! taJ. First Basketball Games On Tuesday Kings Mountain high school car gets are scheduled to open the 1950 basketball slate Tuesday night at Central Gymnasium against teams ftcem Trl-High, of Caroleen. Pl?* game is set to get underway at T o'clock. The Mountaineers, completely de pleted of experienced players by graduation of seven of last year's starters, will be banking in 1918 re serves and "B" team graduate* 'Johnny Klser, Steve Jones and Fred Tatte will provide what little height the Central boys will pos . sess. Richard White and Jimmy Kimmell will probably make Up the rest of the starting five, according to Coach Don Parker. Other players out for the team In clude John Warllck, Carl Moss, Charles Shytle, Jim Cobb, Albert Bracken and Charles Mauney. The girls team is also reported to be hurt by full-scale graduation of the 1949 regulars and Cach Mabel Carpenter will also be depending on reserves this year. Coach Everette Carlton has been working out his "B" team boys and the group includes several prospects that might see varsity action this season. CR AN FORD RE -SALE Re-sale of the home site and adjoining property of the late Z. F. Cranford will be conducted at th-site next Thursday morning at 10, a. m. Originally bid off at SlT 000 by Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Hern don. the property is now being offered at auction again after A. 2. Yarboro raised the bid to $18, 37N- * ? ? ? Mountain Citizens" Donate , Kings area citizens do noted 85 r?Ms of blood at the Wo man's club Wednesday In what Red Cross officials termed "a successful visit" of the bloodmobile. The totol far pa? ed the 36 pirns donated on the third visit of the Charlotte regional blood recruiting unit on Sept. 8, 1949. Blood collected heje on previous visits totaled 73 pints on Nov. 5, 1948. first visit of the unit, and 83 pirns on May 3, 1949 Blood colWted from almost dally visit* *o point., In the Charlotte area is processed and Stored for free use In area hospitals by patients need ] ing blood or derivatives. Quota for each visit of the unh Is 100 pints. "The Red Cross expresses It's ap preciation to Kings Mountain area , donors and to everyone who had a ! part In the successful visit of the ' bloodmobile Wednesday," Harold Hunnicutt, chairman of the blood ! service program, paid yesterday. Another visit of the bloodmobile Is scheduled in about four months.
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