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Kings Mountain, N. C, Population City Limits 7.199 < Final Unofficial Census 1958) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL. 62 NO. 23 Sixty-Second Tear Pages T oday Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS TO GIRLS STATE? Porta Jolly, top, ? ad Altai May eg, below, bars been named to represent Kings -Mountain at ths twelfth annual Tar Bool Gifta' State, which con- , ?ones Sunday In Greensboro. '*? Girls' State ..t,- mr' ? <j Jm?M5L. SBW553 . 1-* . Miss Anne Mayes, daughter of Mr, end Mrs. Carl Mayes, and (Miss Doris Jolly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jolly, will leave Sunday for Greensboro, where they will represent Kihgs Mountain at annua} Girls' State. Girls' State convenes .at Wo man's College, University of North Carolina, and is sponsored bv the Amartaln Legion auxil iary. This year's session will toe the twelfth and will toe held from | Sunday through Friday. , Local :repMMaUfw?rf$t sen toy the Legion Auxiliary oft the following basis: leadership, character, y cou sag's, - . honesty, scholarship, cooperativenese and physical fitness. Contest Winners mi Kings' Vtuntaln Junior Cham ber of Commerce, a regular meeting at Masonic dining hall Tuesday night, heard winners of two school declamation contests deliver tbeftr winning orations. *V. Jack White, program chair man, introduced the speakers. David Baity, son af Mr. and| I Mrs. Pinkney Baity and A stii r dent at East Elementary school, winner of the annual Nelsler Declamation medal, presented "The greatest Battle Ever Won", Ranee Henderson, son of Mr. and. MM Henderson and Kings Mountain high school stu dent, winner of the annual Da via Declamation medal, present ed 4 The Unfinished World". President W. K. Mauney, Jr., presided and welcomed JRudi Wuennentoerg, Poote mineral Company official who recently moved to Rings Mountain, as a new member of the organization. Goforth 1] la Wreck ? WWEM Bob Cbforth, son Ok Mr. and Mrs. I Ben Goforth, Sr., was pain fully injured in a wreck artjurd 1 p. m. TueAdey just fpaMe the dUy limits on Grover road. H? was reloaded from Kings Mountain hospital Wednesday. PoHce Officers J. A. YeHerton and L. L. Ha?rfck, Investigated the accident and no Charges have SsSe Goforth was driving a 1880 at the time ?f the aorideflt the only occupant of the ~ - that the pass an report- 1 glciid Continued From Legion To June 18th Reynolds Trial k Scheduled For Next Monday sworn in ?in be M^?2?<?* Green ^S: using ptot char?e? of public BtreJtl i ?lage on the 2 On ' ^rL?8'0n ? *<?!?? ?w 'Ar'?& ?? West, of Shelby, who saw ht ??rA*. *%f v?eeah' S&ttS*?: ?Sc whSf ?5t?* <* Solicitor rcauMt ! rc? lned fo ?rant the request in view of Mr.Harril)'? wt the <?*t<i Monday. Continuance of t^d^ f* gainst Mi, We^e.r ?eca s SS^hvh?j? ah?ady **n ?' oTtfU? ?? tbe court o? request ?y. of Shelby0"1^' J?hn Mahon* Mwat. d FTShS&STS?' &ESS for FHdS^rtshV^Jj? bSuZT ' *' "" ?'fot r?m?lnf U 11 cloi,et8 an^ Other rooms of the club buttcHi^. were m*de toy wa*&<?25s H^"S^ gsSSSI USSS I9 ^he J**S? iriven the Paf?? 3, Sec i V'Zwlf aCd act,ng <*** ?id wS? Us?" 1?tew ttat the Si ??&?_?* *1 ?^u- untl> me policemen gathered at City ?Cont^M?ed ?a Pag? Eight) "Dear Ruth" tho K*anna comedy to h? prodacod by the Kings Moun tain Little Theatre Friday and Saturday night* at the high school auditorium. Nonchalantly eating an apple while Sam Stalling* and Mrs. Jackie Ruddock aro locked in an embrace is Mrs. Kitty Chand The King* . Mountain Little Theatre Will present 'Its third and mj|ia?oductlon of *??e cur rent Appall on Friday and Sat* - urday evenings, ? tar Ruth , Norman KraJijm comedy, will be (presented at -.8 o'clock each evening at the high School auditorium. ?yffce show, first a successful Broadway play, then a success fur motion picture, is under the WgPBtlon of Jimmy Spivey. It is a two-aqt comedy ' jr.-! ffithe oast' .<< <haract( in cludes: Nan ha n Gantt, a* Dora; Mrs. Aubrey tauney, as Mrs. Edith WHklns; Mrs. Kitty Chan dler, In the lead role as Miriam wiii- in-.; Dr. P. Q. Padgett, as JTpflge Harry WllklnS; Mrs, Jack ie Ruddock, a? Ruth WilklM; Sam StalMngs, as Lt William Seawrlght; I. Ben Getorth, Jr., a* Albert Rummer; A1 Rolston, *d* Sgt. Chuck Vincent; and Bobby Goforth, as Harold Klobbermey wmk ? i r- ?H| ww.i WM at work on jegular rehearsals for the past several weeks, and Ivittle Theatre oflclals think, "Dear Rutti* may ; be their best perfor mance of the- season, | . Admlsnton wiii be t5 cents per JjMK&k Entries Anhring for Kiwi* f Clob Horse Sl|ow On Wednesday Final plans for the Ku.gs Mountain Kiwaife Club's horae show, ? tv.'n porfor|8MtlM^' alVtfttt scheduled for City Stadium next Wednesday afternoon amfceve? Ing, were going forward Thuw d?ry. . A large official program waa, going to press and stalls to ?c> commodate {& eXMbKOrs' nor mm. were already bring built at the atadium, under the ? irectkm of W. T. Weir. Dr. D. r. fiord, Jr., assistant en try chairman, .reported Thurs day morning 31 horses had al a mat or showmen. ready bean entered by tt*eir own ers, ? both by professional and Moot recent additions to the entry Hat were received from Rex Watts, of Newton, entering horse?, while P. i Greenville, S. C., l allow officlala he wi elpo Peavine, many time* win ner in Kings Mountain event*. Hie afternoon show, featuring | iji ()*??, get* underway promptly at 2 o'clock, with Hie evening show with 12 claaaes be ginning at 7:30 p. m. Chi Wren of school age will bt ?dmittfvi free ot charge for the afternoon per formance. It wtH coat children SO cents for the evening perfor mance. Admission to adult# will he one <%>lkar for each perform a nee. "The jurceas of the show la vir tttaliy assured," J. Byron Keeter, ittfeklnMn, said Thursday, anticipate a record number of ? ? * Bulletins LIONS. TO PICNIC \ Members of the David's Cha pel Baptist church, will w hosts to the Kings Mountain Lion* club at a pfentt supper at the church on Tuesday ev ening at ? o'clock. OH MAW* LIST Mies' Jean Davis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. % ?. Davis, a Junior at Duke University was named on the Dean'* list BUILDING PERMIT Building permit was issued on May 30th to Si Matthews Lu theran church for construction of a two -story brick veneer parson - agt to cost $10,000. PARKING MONET Receipts from the city's park Ihg meters totaled $15237 for the May 30 and < $156.05 Jot *.ie week ending 1ng Wednesday according to a report by Olty Clerk Joe Mc Daniel. Mr. and Mrs! Oti* Falls, Is now working at Kings Mountain hospital. Miss Fall* had pre vious training at York County hospital, at Rock Hill, S. C. * Miss BarbatHv |gatthf-.' S, of Kings Mountain, recent graduate of Mara Hill Junior college, was awarded the Business . C 1 u b Alumni medal at annual com mencameut exert toes. The medal te given annually by the' Business C!db Alumni as soclation to the *t?dent In the Business Clllb el<*ctel hy the fa culty of the department as the one who moat nearly measures Board Orders y| Precedence ; | To Street Work The city board of. commission ers, in special session Ftiday night, June 1, adopted a policy of completing all street work possible during the next few weeks, against a policy of hon oring more recent sewer line in stallation requests. The board also ordered pur chase of 5,000 gallons of oil, cost ing eight cents per gallon, for spreading on dusty city streets. Also received by the board was an initial series of recommenda tions for tightening business of fice procedures from Ernst & Ernst, certified public account ants who began making an audit of the city's books last Friday morning. The au<Jit wil cover the period from July 1, 1950. J. E. Hord, of Gastonia, appear ed before the board to seek relief from a verbal stop-building or der given him by Rev. Kelly Dix on, new city building inspector. Question was whether Mr. Hord was constructing new houses on Carpenter street too close to the street. (It developed Monday that, while Mr. Hord was -con travening the basic zoning law provision requiring new homes to have a front yard depth of 30-feet, he was hot contravening the law, due to two exceptions from the 30-foot provision. (The board had told Mr, Hord to take up the matter with the aonlng commission.) ( On motion by Commissioner James Layton, seconded by Com missioner Olland R. Pearson, the ?board authorized Otis O. Green Legion Post to build a conces sion stand at City Stadium, with the provision that the plans be approved by the City Admlnistra <t*?- f . Commissioner iLaytoa- told the board he Ml teorffttdflMny questions concerning the city fire department's washing out the private swimming pool of W, K. l**uney, Jr., Mayor Garland Still Wormed him that Mr. Mauney w being billed for water at regular city rates and also for labor involved. ; To a question on city vacation Policy, also put bf Mr. Layton, ?ity Administrator 'Fuller said the customary policy was to grant two -week paid vacations annually to all city employees who had been with the city 12 months or longer. s Mr. Layton also asked, "What about a police chief?'" After a general discussion of qualifica tions required of an able chief, the matter was deferred. (S. R. Davidson Is serving as acting chief o t police.) ''Ifjpyor Still called for the de cMon on devoting city construc tion craws to street wortc or on sew ee line work. He said a re quest had been received from B. (Continued On Page Eight) Rev. William P. OeitehMnff, D. D., n?w pastor of St. Matthew'* Lutheran church, arrived In Kings Mountain Thursday, and will deliver his first sermons st th? church Sunday morning and everting. ?>??!/? Mr. aerberding and his family will reside temporarily at the) Jacob S. Mauriey Teacherage. La ter 'they expect to occupy the apartment In the King dwelling oh N. Gaston St, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Sam O. Davis. Construction 1s underway on a new parsonage for the St. Matt hew's church at the comer of RHlge Atreet and Piedmont aver Sunday evening's service, which will begin at 8 o'clock, wHl be a unior aervico, sponsored by the Kings Mountain Minis terial association to welcome Mr. Qftfberdlng to Kin^s Mountain. While en route' to Kings Moun tain from his previous parish at St. Paul, Minn., Mr. Gerberdtng attended graduation exercise* at Thlel college. Greenville, Pa. The college, Mr. Gerberding's alma mater, conferred on Mm the de gree of Doctor of Divinity. f-l HOT BADLT IK JURE D , A youth who was bitten Thursday afternoon at Bonnie mill by a dog owned by Bill Short was not badly injured poHce reported fate yesterday. JijP . - .? ^ RECEIVE DEGREES? The Kings Mountain collage students pictured above hare received diplomas during the pott week. At top, left.. Is George Butler Thomasson, son of Mrs. Charles F. Thomaiion, Sr., who received the degree of Bachelor of Law from Duke university, and at top. right. Is MUton James McKelvie. son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. McKelvie, who received the degree of Bachelor of Science in Me chanical Engineering, also from Duke. Below, left is Miss Mary Beth Hord, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Hord, who was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in public school music from Meredith col lege and below, right le William Houston Black, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ctafance 1~ Black# who received a Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major In physical education, from Catawba college. 65 Seniors Received I ? *. " ?-***? ? ? *'? ' V' *?> "? ' Diplomas Monday Kings Mountain high school awarded 65 seniors diplomas (Monday evening as the culmin ation of the 1981 commencement season ' Of the 65 graduates, 30 receiv ed diplomas bearing honor seals. Requirements for "honors" no tations are: minimum scholastic average of 85, not mor? than one grade of "D" on semester grades, and average of ('A" on conduct, with no gradi lower than "B", and outstanding work in one or more extra ? curricular activities. Prior to the ?warding of diplo mas by Principal Ronyell Lane, Rev. Lee F. Tuttle, of Charlotte, delivered an inspirational ad dress, ki which he vflged the gra duates to move ever onward in the "right direction". . On Sunday evening, Rev. T. L. Cashwel, Jr., pastor of the First BMUjf V $burch, gave the com mencement sermon. school auditorium waa fftled to virtual capacity for both commencement programs. The graduating class gav? *to the school a. handsome trophy case. The presentation was made by Jack Bennett, president of the graduating class. (Continued On Page Eight) City Accepting Tax Pre-Payments The City of Kings Mountain is now accepting pre payments on lfSl-52 tax bill* on the ba sis of .a SI .80 tax rate. Announcement Was made yesterday by Joe M. McDanleL city clerk and treasurer. Citizens paying 1951^52 tax. m daring June qualify for a two percent discount, the dis count rat* dropping one -half of on* percent monthly until the net duo date October 1. While the city tax rate has not yet boon sot for 1*51-52. Mr. McDaniel explained. ch?efM In the rate will be handled by his office. Should the rate de crease, citizens pre-paying will get s refund check. Should the rate increase, cltlaeue pre-pay ing will got a bill for. the dif ference. ATTEND MEETING <5, E. Bridges and B. D. Rat terree, directors of the Home Building & Loan association, attended the annual meeting of the North Carolina Build irtg tt Loan league, held in Pine hurst last week. Boaid Seeks To Tightei) Boles On Pool rooms; May Criticized Meeting In special session Monday night, the city board of commissioners took step* to Im plement locally state laws gov erning the operation of pool rooms, and ordered a 'dog qua rantine for 30 day*, effective Fri day. Prior to the discussion on the pool room operation. Mayor Still had heard a critical statement made by Cormniasloner James (Red) Lay ton on method of handling the Friday night police raids on the Legion building and country dub. Mr. Layton said, in the statement, that a majority of the board supported his views After the statemen was complet ed, Mr. Still esked /or a show of brands from those Who supported the statement. Joining Mr. Lay ton were Commissioner# C. P. Barry and Baxter T. Wright, Sr. Mayor Still then replied that tie felt he had gtven sufficient warning of what was to come In his campaign advertising, that mi he wa? talcing sole responsibility, a? he Mid he deserved, for the raids, and that he told no mem ber of the board because he was "afraid ofa leak'". "We'd had enough of that." he added. City Attorney E. A. Harrill th*m read a portion of the North Ca rolina General statutes concern ing duties of officers and other* on enforcing anti- gambling laws, which st-ated that a mayor* er police officer who fall# to swear out a warrant when he know* such gambling to exist is subject to a fine of $500 and not less than Si* months In Jalf. Efforts to Implement poolroom regulatory laws ace expected to to take the form of helping par ents to keep minors out of city pool rooms. Under the l*w, pool rooin operators are required to keep minora off their premise* when parents so notify them. The board instructed Mr. Harrill to investigate existing regula . (Continued Om Page Eight) v'' 9 .? i Bessemer City Free Service Due August 24 Southern Bel| Telephone and Telegraph Company expects to be able to provide both -way fret? service between Bessemer City and Kings Mountain on August 24, Ernst N. Orr, Jr., Oastonia dis trict manager said thl.s week. Mr. Orro said that the tele phone company will provide four additional trUnklines between the two. cities, to make a total of six. Free* service between Besse mer City and Kings Mountain was among the requirements ac companying ate increases gran ted the company last fail by the North Carolina Utilities commis sion. , . ' Mr. Grr also announced com pany plans for further improve ments of service between Kings Mountain and Shelby. Effective September 28, he said, Kings Mountain-Shelby trunks will be increased to a total of 19, all for free service. Only six lines are ?now available for Kings Moun tain-Shelby free service, with two lines being held for toll ser vice through the Kings Moun tain exchange. Another service improvement to benefit Kings Mountain area subscribers will be addition of four trunk lines between Kings Mountain and Grover, making a total of seven. All will be lor free two-way service, Mr. Orr said. This addition is scheduled for completion on November 3. To handle through long-dis tance service, there are five toll circuits between Kings Moun tain and Gastonia, six between Kings Mountain and Charlotte and one toll circuit between Kings Mountain and Qaffney,. Mr. Orr added. Hospital Buys Incinerator An electrically ? operated in cinerator was ordered for Kings Mountain hospital Wednesday and is expected- to arrive within the next few days. Purchase of the Incinerator was authorized by the county hospital board of trustee* at Its recent meeting, but the order was placed and marked "rush" this week. Reason for the hurry began with a complaint on the part of .Will Brown, Willie Wade and Willie Bell, all city garbage col' lectors handling the hospital col lection detail. They had com plained of finding abnormal" type refuse in the hospital gar bage. More /specifically, Brown told the city board at a special meet* ing Tuesday night that his de tail had found a premature "three-month" baby In the hos pital garbage on May 31. Discus sion by the city board resulted In appointment of a two-man com mltte. including Commissioners B. T. Wright and Uoyd E. Davis to Investigate the matter. Their ? conversations with Kings Moun tain trustee L. Arnold Riser re sulted in the rush order for the Incinerator. Joe Dixon, hospital business manager, told the Herald It is customary. policy at hospitals to burn medical-type refuse In an incinerator on the premises. It has been a practice of the hospi tal to send medical-type refuse to Shelby hospital for burning there, Mr. Dixop said. "The incident was a sHp up on " the part of one or several em ployee*, and it, of iourse, won't happen again," Mr. Dixon added. Mountaineer Club To Meet A meeting of the Mountaineer club has been called <by Presi dent C. C. (Shorty* Edens fori Frlday.ntght at 7:30 p. m. at City Hall. Mr. Edens was elevated from the vice -presidency when Past President Grady K. Howard waa trailed to active duty with the U. S. Marine Corps. Vlt'e time for election of five new directors and we want to get J Into that so work can be started on the grammar football pro gram," President Edens said. The clttb has sponsored a foot ball program for grammar grade students for the past two falls. All members of the organiza tion ar? urged to attend the meeting.
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