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- - - -? ? ? ? ?> " % . . ... ? ? ? ' , ' - , ' ? " c ? ' ' ? " ' "i * " ' k Kings Mountain Herald Now Member Of Audit Bureau Of Circulations Population City Limit* 7.206 Trading Area 154)00 (IMS Ration Board Figures ) VOL. 62 NO. 25 Sixty-Second Year "I g Pages today Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. June 19, 1952 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS GROUND BROKEN FOR SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH? Second Baptist church broke ground Sunday lor its new $100,000 plant on linwood road. In the foreground, left to right, are Clyde Gladden, chair man of the building fund committee. Dr. J. L. Vipperman, who delivered the principal address at the groundbreaking exercises, }. F. Owensby, Kelly Dixon, contractor for the new church building, and Rev. B. F. Austin, the pastor. (Herald photo by Carlisle Studio.) Local News Bulletins BOTH ELECTED Bill Buth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Buth, was elected superintendent of public wel fare in a mock Election at Boys State, The American Legion's citizenship training project at Chapel Hill last week. Other Kings Mountain representa tives to Boys State were Gilbert McKelvie and David Kincaid. OFFICE CLOSED Dr. L. T. Anderson, chiroprac tor, announced this week that his office will be closed from noon Saturday, June 21 until Monday, June 30 while he is attending the National Chiro practic Convention at the Sax ony. Hotel, in Miami Beach, Fla. OPS VISIT Peter J. Benard. of the servi ces section, OPS field service, will be ftt the office of the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation Monday afternoon to furnish information on pricing regulations. LIONS MEETING Begular Tuesday night meet ing of the Kings Mountain Lions club will feature Install ation of officers for the year 1952-53, according to, announ- : cement this wepk. The club meets at 7 o'clock at the Ma sonic Dining Hall. BIBLE SCHOOL TO END Second Wesleyan Methodist church Bible school, which be gan Monday, will end Friday. Rev. Yancey Carter, in charge of the school, said an enroll ment of 60 had attended. TO GREENVILLE, N. C. Capt. and Mrs. Thomas W. Harper and family will move this weekend to Greenville, N. C., where Capt. Harper has been assigned as instructor of the Air Reserve Officers Train ing Course at Sastern Carolina Teachers college. Mrs. Harper has been in Kings Mountain for the pst several weeks, while Capt. Harper was at Maxwell Field, Ala. They previously re- j sided at Towson. Md. A HP Young People Attend Conference Seven young people of Boyce Memorial ARP church are at tending the annual Young Peo ples Conference at Bonclarken, the AHP summer assembly grounds. They are Shirley V(are, Blllle Mabry, Shirley Whltaker, Louise Patterson, Carlotty McDanlel, and Jerry McCarter. They were accompanied by Mrs. John Gamble, Mrs. Otto Ware, Jean McRae, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ham. Mr. and Mrs. Ham and Mrs. McRae returned home Sunday. ? The young people will return on Saturday. Some Plants Say Closing Plans Still "Uncertain" Much of Kings Mountain indus try will close the week of June 30 to July 7, according to a sur vey conducted by the Herald Wednesday. Generally speaking, th,e sche dules are not yet definitely de fixed and, should rush orders for textile products be received, many of the mills would operate as usual. Several plants said the annual July 4th vacation week plans were as yet "uncertain". Among companies definitely planning to close for a week are Burlington Mills' Phenix plant. Park Yarn Mills Company, and Craftspun Yarns, Inc., though Craftspun will not begin its holi day until the morning of July 4, expecting to re-open on July 1 J. C. E. Neisler, of Neisler Mills', Inc., said his company plans are jas yet not delinite, though the spinning plants would be closed. Plans for the weaving plants have not been set. Mauney Hosiery Company ex pects to close for a week, but said a further pick up in hosiery or ders would change the plans. "Un certain" reports were also given by Mauney Mills, Inc., Sadie Cot ( Continued On Page Eight) Tax Pre-poytaenls Now Total $1,807 Pre -payments of 1952 city tax bills totaled SI. 429.81. and privilege license purchases to taled S 560,50 for the week end ing Tuesday. Joe MCDaniel, as sistant city clerk, said yester day. Total of pre-pcryments to date is Sl.807.78. Total of priv ilege license purchses is SI. 258.12. Tax bills paid by June 30 carry a two percent disco'^i. Privilege licenses, now due and payable, are purchasable through July without penalty. Ballard Night Tickets On Sale Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club are putting the steam under ticket sales this week to the June 26 Western Carolina League baseball game at Shelby, when Kihgs Moun tain's Charlie Ballard will be honored. . Thirty percent of the- proceeds from the game between Shelby and Lincolnton will go to the Lions club's charity fund. . Ballard, veteran member of the Sheli>y club and one of iks (Continued On Page Eight) Mis. D. C. Mauney, 71, Succumbs Alter Long Illness; Rites Held Funeral ser/lces for Mrs. Sarah Fisher Mauney, 71, wife of Dorris C. Mauney, Kings Mountain tex tile executive, were conducted Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock from St. Matthew's Lutheran church. The rites were conducted by two former pastors, Rev. W. H. Stender, of Cameron, S. C., and Rev. H. G. Fisher, of Spindalet Interment was made in the fam ily mausoleum at Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Maruney died at 4:40 Sat urday afternoon at her home. 104 E. Ridge street. She had .been In ill health for the past two years, the result of a series of paraly tic strokes, and her condition had been slowly worsening for the past several weeks. Her husband was at her bed side as she passed away. During the Saturday afternoon storm, she had been very restless, and death occurred Just as the storm subsided. [ Mira. Mauney, since 1904, had been actively identified with the ' civic, social and religious life of Kings Mountan. A woman of 'charm and ability, Mrs. Maun*y was devoted to St, Matthew's 1 A TOWbHA^HELD ? funeral %*m ices for Mr*. D. C. Mauney, prom inent Kings Mountain citizen for almost half-century, were bold Monday afternoon from St MaHlww'i Lutheran church. Lutheran church, which she ser ved faithfully, and to the activ ities of the community. She was a charter member and former {Continued On Page Bight ) Goforth Wing To Officially Open On Friday The new Lottie Goforth Memo rial wing of Kings Mountain hos pital, which adds 12 beds to the facilities of the institution, will be put in use formally on Friday. Actually, the wing is already being used, though minor con struction completions are still to be made. Under present plans, thie wing will not be formally dedicated until the unveiling of a portrait of the late Miss Goforth, who ho queathed ly?r estate for the btiiJd ing of a hospital here. "? Completion of the Lottie Go forth wing has enabled the hos. pital staff . to re-arrange its ac commodations, In the new wing are the pediatric and orthopedic wards, in addition to six beds as signed to Negro patient?. The rooms and beds formerly used as the pediatric ward will now bo used for general, surgical, and medical patients, Joe Dixon, busi ness manager said. The Lottie Goforth wing mat ches the brick and tile construe^ tion of the original plant. Each room is connected into the inter communication system, and a lobby for Negroes occupies the West entrance. Bloodmobile Here July 3 The Red Cross Bloodmobile will return to Kings Mountain on July 3 with a collection goal of 203 pints of blood. Plans for the collection, as well as plans for the blood pro gram for the year beginning July 1. were mapped at a meeting of rhe Red Cross blood program committee last Thursday even, ing. It was announced by Rev. Vance Daniel, olood program chairman, that W. J. FulkersOn had accepted appointment to head the industrial division of the program, while Mrs. Luther Can&Ier will serve as chairman of volunteer services and Mrs*. Jacob Cooper will serve as can teen chairman. Blood quota for the fiscal year 1952-53 is 668 pints, or an aver age of 167 pints for each quar terly visit. The quarterly quota is slightly higher than Kings Mountain's previous record -col lection of 166. In event the quota is not reached, it is necessary to schedule special visits. The blood is used td supply horh the needs of the armed for ces and civilian hospitals and is distributed at no cost to the re cipient. The Bloodmobile will set up at the Woman's Club, and will pro cess donors from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m-, July & Attending last Thursday even ing's meeting were Rev. YV. L. I'ressly, chapter chairman. Revv Mr. Daniel. Mrs. Mary B. Gof.^ . th, Mrs. Cansler, Mrs. J. N Gam ble, and Mrs. Pride. Ratterree. Central Methodists To Hear Mr. Fox Rev. E. W. Fox, retired Metho dist minister of Statesville and a former pastor here, will preach the sermon at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at Central Methodist church. Rev. J. II. Brendall is to leave Thursday for Mexico City, Mex., where he will Represent the Kings Mountain Lions club at the an nual convention of Lions Inter national. On Sunday, June 29, Mr. Bren dall announced, Rev. C. W. Klrby, of Gastonia, district superinten dent. will deliver the morning ser mon, and, on July 6. Kelly Dixon, will preach at Centra] Methodist ; church. , i ? Mr. Brendall said no mid-week prayer services wilt be held dur ing his absence. Kiwanians To Hear Dr. John Deader Dr. John Dender. of Winston - Salem, a director of the National American Academy of General Practice, will address members of the Kings Mountain Klwanis Club at their regular meeting Thursday night at 6:45 on the subject "General Problems con fronting the Medical Profession. The program was arranged by a committee headed by L. A. Hoke. The club meets at Masonic Dining Hall. HOSPITAL BENEFACTOR ? Shown above Is a picture of Miss Lottie Goforth. who, at her death in 1942, bequeathed her entire estate lor the building oi Kings Mountain hospital. Her funds, totaling more than S33.000, were used in the construction ol the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing of Kings Mountain hospital, now completed and opening officially on Friday. Number 4 Township trustees of thei hospital are today launching a fund drive to provide a portrait of Mi?s Goforth for hanging in the hospital plant. Dr. O. P. Lewis, trus tee of the Goforth estate, he.s been designated treasurer of the por trait fund and contributions should be made to him. Goforth Portrait Fund Drive Begins - ? - Citizens Asked To Help Honor Lottie Goforth A fund campaign is being launched today to provide a por trait of the late Miss Lottie Go forth for Kings Mountain hospi tal. Minimum needs are estimated at $300, but the Number 4 Town ship hospital trustees would like to obtain $000 for het purpose. The portrait will honor the late Miss Goforth, who bequeathed her entire estate for the purpose of building a hospital. She is cre dited with providing the impetus that has resulted in the building of Kings Mountain hospital, which is today beginning use of the new 12-bea addition which bears her name. Dr, O. P. Lewis, executor of the Goforth will, will serve as trea surer of the portrait furtd. One member of the hospital board of trustees said, "The board of trustees has authorized expenditure of necessary funds for the painting of the Lottie Go forth portrait. However, it Is the feeling of the Kings Mountain trustees that Miss Goforth, were she still living, would not approve of the expenditure of hospital funds to honor herself. The trus tees feel that her contribution to the building of a hospital here merits the request for funds for her portrait from the people whom she benefitted." Checks should be posted to the "Louie Goforth Portrait Fund." and mailed to- Dr. Lewis. The con tributions will be acknowledged in subsequent issues of the Kings Mountain Herald. According to present plans, the portrait will be hung on the dia gonal wall opposite the nurses' desk at the center of the hospital building. Number 4 Township trustees are L. Arnold Kiser, C. D. Blan fon and Hunter Neisler. Mr. Kiser retires July 1 and is being suc ceeded by Franklin Harry of Gro ver. JAYCEES MET TUESDAY Thirty-five were present for the Jaycee meeting, which was held Tuesday night at the MaaonLc Hall at 7:30, Joe Hed den, president, presided over the business session and new projects were discussed. Four new members were welcomed Into the ?lub. Local Pay Station Calls Hiked To Dime Like subway rides in New York, it will now cost a dime to make a local telephone call from a pay station. Taking advantage of a rate raise authorized by the South ern Bell Telephone & Tele graph Company is now cutting I over its local pay stations to operate only when a dime (or two nickles click through the coin box Ned Huffman, district man ager, said the change would be completed next week and would be the first time a rate increase on pay station calls had been made since the serv ice was first inaugarated many years ago. "The pay stations will now be sharing in the heavily in creased costs of telephone serv ice." Mr. Huffn>an said, First Negro Baby Born At Hospital Subsequent to the admission of the first colored patient at Kings Mountain hospital last week, the first Negro baby was born at the 'hospital on Friday, June 13. . A son, Charles Junior Curry, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Junior Curry, of route 3. Dr. J. C. McGill was attending Terminal Now Due To Open On Friday Monday Opening Was Postponed By Queen City The Kings Mountain bus ter minal is" now scheduled to open Friday* the' previously, scheduled Monday opening having been postponed. Paid flyers, who will operate the station, said that the opening was delayed by the owner, Queen City Coach Company, in order to give sufficient time for Atlantic Greyhound Corporation, another operator through Kings Moun tain, to get in supplies of tickets and other necessary materials. Mr, Hyers said that Queen City officials expect to inspect the station on Friday and, if the in spection is satisfactory, .will for mally accept it from the contrac tor, J. H. Thomas. "Queen City officials have said that the station will definitely bo open to the public on Friday " Mr, Byors said. As a result of last week's an nouncement. that the terminal was tentatively .scheduled to op'en on Monday, large numbers of bus patrons gathered during the day Monday to use the new ter minal. However, they were still relegated to a side-walk waiting room. The new station has outside paving on both sides of the build ing, and passengers will enter and leave buses on the west side ' of the station. Mayor Wants Ernst & Ernst Mayor Garland Still, via eireu lar distributed last Thursday, sue. Rested that the city again retain trust & Ernst, of Winston-Salem, to conduct the annual audit of the city's books.. The .circular referred io the action taken by the hoard of commissioners at the meeting ol Jimo !?. when the board discussed a hid of George H. Kmory & Com pany, of Statesvilie. to audit the city s books for $.150. After a motion to retain Ernst krnst had failed, .the board voted 1 to 1 to invite bids on the auditing job; Pi lor to 1.951, the Kmory firm had cot* ''ucted the city audit for several years. l-.rUU',U-;^'ur '*lsko,i on "io rircu . ' "Inch do you prefer: A cheaper audit, or higher taxes?" He listed two reasons "whv some people want to change .ni Krn\T^V' a (Ti,icism '? the fhT^.1. . st audit r<?p?rt the city for not collecting street ?hfS?,m.<WS' and 21 '"riticism of . '"*? system of internal con " i ?n '"vpnt^ries of supples dJ??. 81 & Krnst fjrm con ducted a partial audit of the books in 1951. prior to the end of the fiscal year for a fee of SI 300 It completed the audit in July for an additional fee. METER receipts A total of $151.35 was ooliee the parking mo tors Wednesday according to a ronorr hv the Ird.isiircr't Herald Initial Circulation Audit Report Released Ry Chicago Finn The Kings Mountain Herald has been accepted as a member of the Audit Bureau of Circula tions, of Chicago, con-currently j with the release of the initial au dit report of the Herald's circula tion.. The report, covering the period ending March 31. 1952, shows that the Herald's average net paid cir culation for the quarter was 1,435, j plus bulk sales of 385, for an average for each week of the quarter of 1,820 paid for copies. In addition, 97 copies were dis tributed as exchanges, advertis ing service copies and other . non pa id categories. The release of the report fol- j lows the April audit of the Au dit -Bureau of Circulations, only j agency recognized as circulation auditors in the publications field. The auditor conducting the Her ald audit also made the audit of the Gastonia Gazette and the Charlotte Observer, among other newspapers of the area. The breakdown on the paid cir culatlon of the Herald for the quarter shows that an average of 590 papers were sold weekly over the four newsstand outlets, while , an additional 827 were mailed to | subscribers, and an average of 18 copies were purchased over ?the counter at the newspaper] office. Bulk Sales, averaging 385 copies each week, induned copies pur chased weekly by Kings Mountain Drug Company for the patients at Kings Mountain hospital, plus copies purchased for the benefit of their employees by three Kings Mountain industries, Nelsler i Mills, Inc.. Kings Mountain Man- 1 ufacturing Company, and Mau ney Hosiery Company, Inc. Copies of the audit report pub lished by the Audit Bureau of j Circulations are available at tiie Herald office. GETS MASTERS DEGREE ? Winfred Earle Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Myers, of Kings Mountain had conferred upon him the degree of Master of Sci ence at the graduating exercises of the University of Virginia last week. He majored in physics and was a member of Sigma Xi, na tional honorary scientific socity. He holds a bachelor of science degree from Davidson College. McGinnis Rites Held On Tuesday Funeral services for, Mrs.. Sal. .lie Earney McGijvnls, 68, of the Bethlehem community; were held Tuesday afternoon . j?t 1 o'clock at Bethlehem Baptist church, in terment following in the church cemetery! Rev. \V. G. Camp conducted . live tues,and was ;rssisted by Rev. T W. Fpglerrtan. ' Mrs McGinnis,' willow of C. C. McGinnis. died at noon Monday .it Kin^s Mountain hospital. She t..i t been in ill health for the past five years, but the Immediate causo of death was pneumonia. She was a member, of the Beth lehem church, and resided with her son, Carl McGinnis-.. Also surviving are two daugh ters, Mrs. B. If. Matthews and Mrs Hubert McGinn is, both of Kings Mountain; and two bro thers. Frank Earney. Kings Mountain, and Will Earney, of Gastntjia. Four grandchildren 1 survive. ? Prior to the funeral rites the body lay in state at the church from 3:30. Active pallbearers wp'C Bill MoDahlel, Floyd : McD ...-i, Gra fly I.ail, Herman Blalock. George Blalock, and Tom Gamble. Newton Blanton Rites Conducted Funeral services for Landrum Newton Blanton. 57 who ' died suddenly o.' a heart attack at his home at Margrace Mill Wed nesday, June 11, Were held Sat urday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock at Macedonia Baptist church. Rev. R l,. Hardin. Rev. C. El Oxford and Rev. B Williams officiated and burial was In Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Blanton had been in de clining health for about a year bur his dea'h came suddenly and Unexpectedly. He was employed at M irgrace Mill; ?Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Continue d on pnr/r eight "Sword ol Gideon" Casting Scheduled Announcement was made this week that script for "Sword of Gideon," dramatiza. tion of the Battle of Kings Mountain by Mrs. Florette Henri. Will arrive in Kings Mountain Sunday and that casting for parts in the pi cry will bcain on Thursday, June 26. Ed Smith, publicity chair man of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, made the an* nouncements. The new play, based on Mrs. Henri's best . selling book. "Kings Mountain/' will replace "Then Conquer We Must." mitten by Bob Osborne and produced successfully at Kings . Mountain National Military Park amphitheatre last fall. Dates of thd new play, also to be given at the park amphi theatre, ore August 21. 22. 23. 28, 29 and 30 and September 4, 5 and 6. Tryouts for parts will be held at the Little Theatre office on East King street.