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Population City Limits . 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 ? (IMS Ballon Board Fiyuioa) Rings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 14 Pages Today VOL. 62 NO. 32 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. August 7, 1952 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union service for five city congregations will be held at the First Presbyter Ian church at 8 o'clock. The Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of Central Methodist church, will bring the message ant} special music will .he rendered .by Mrs. Bill Merritt and Miss Cornelia Dick. REVIVAL SERVICES Revival services will begin at El-Bethel Sunday morning, August 10 to continue through August 17. Services will begin each evening at 7:45 and Will be conducted by the pastor. TO BE CLOSED Jacob Mauney Memorial Li brary will be closed the week of August 11 according to an nouncement by Mrs. Charles Dilllng, librarian. It will again re open Aug. 18, she said. HOMECOMING A homecoming will be held at the Oak Grove Baptist church Sunday, August 10, an nouncement was made by the pastor, Rev. Oxford. "Everyone is invited to' attend the 'all day singing and dinner on the grounds,' " he said. NAZARENE PROGRAM The Sisk Quartet, Shelby ra dio singers, will present a pro gram oi music at First Church of the Nazarene at the Sunday evening service at 7 o'clock, ac cording to announcement 'by the pastor, Rev.. C. E. McKenzle. AT MERCHANTS OFFICE Miss Ann Mayes is serving as temporary secretary of the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation, during the absence of Mris. John Lewis, who is on vacation. HOME ON LEAVE GMSN Donald E. Cashlon, son of Mrs. Minnie Cashlon, is mome on thirty day leave from duty with the U. S. Navy. He Is to report back to San Diego, Calif., for duty on Saturday. AT CHAPEL HILL ? Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coggins arc visiting in Chapel Hill this week. Mr. Coggins is attending the management institute at the- University of North Caroli na. KIWANIS MEETING The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will hold a picnic meet ing Thursday at 6;30 p. m. at Bethware school, with the Bethware community hosts for the occasion. LEGION MEETINGS Regular August meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the A merican Legion, will be held at the Legioq Hall Friday night at 8 o'clock. Commander Sam Collins has called an ex ecutive committee meeting for 7 p. m. Friday, prior to the reg ular meeting. Watez Pumpage For July Heavy The city water plant pumped 23,575.000 gallons during the month of July, George Moss, wa ter plant superintendent, report ed this week. Pumpage for July, one of the hottest months in recent sum mers, did not set a record, though the total was In the high strata. Largest previous pumpage was in August 1951, when the plant pumped 27,350,000 gallons. The plant was first used in February 1929. Total for October 1951, at 23,651,000 gallons, exceeded sligh tly the total pumpage for July. Mr. Moss said Foote Mineral Company was using more city water In the record months last year than they used during the re cent month. Police Department To Get License List .A list of delinquent purchas ers of th* city privilege licen see Is being turned orer to the police d?partmont tor collec tion. Joe Hesdiiek. city desk, said Wednesday- . | Business Unas are required *?- nie m rtinss l,f< 11 IP purcnas# UOtniti under the schedule adopted ta Jaae. Penalty 1 five percent per month applies to delinquent purchasers, with first penalty date having been August 1. Mr. Kendrlcfc urged Immediate pu ds') of the Iteensss to avoid > ~needteee penalty." RECEIVES DEGREE ? Richard (Dick) Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe roster, received his bachelor o! science degree at summer commencement exercis es at Newberry College Friday night, August 1. A physical ed ucation major, he served as pres ident of the class during his se nior year. He will assume his duties as assistant football and basketball coach at Eau Claire high school in Columbia, S. C? on August 15. His wife, who received a degree in chemistry from New berry in June, will be a member of the Hand Junior high school faculty in Columbia. Mrs. Littlejohn Dies Suddenly Mrs, Nettie Ru Hedge Little John, 54, died suddenly at her home 208 Fulton street, at three o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Death was attributed' to a heart attack. Mrs. Littlejohn, wife of Charles H. Littlejohn, patient at the U- S. Veterans Hospital, Mountain Home, Tenn., is a former employ ee of Kings Mountain Manufac turing Company. She had .been suffering from a heart condition for the past five months, but her sudden death was unexpected. Surviving, ih addition to her husband, are three sons, Charles H. Llttleohn, Jr., of Charlotte, Johnnie Gaston Littlejohn, with the U. S. Coast Guard, and Bobby Littlejohn, of Kings Mountain; four daughter, Miss Betty Lee Littlejohn, Miss Mary Ann Llttle ohn, and Mrs. Edna Nell Stacy, all of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Peggy Grace Frady, of Bessemer City; a".i two ?l?tor. Mrs. Maude Huffstetler, of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Mollie Pope, of Win ston-Salem. Two grandchildren also survive. Funeral arrangements were In complete late Wednesday after noon, pending communication with her husband. Little League Feed Slated Monday Night Reservations for the Kings Mountain Little League banquet must be in by Friday- The event will be held at Masonic dining hall Monday night at 7:30 p. m., according to announcement toy Red Layton, league commisston er. Members of the four Little League teams do not need reser vations, he said. .Parents and others desiring to attend may se cure tickets from Mr. Layton or Dr. W. P.. Gerberding. Price is one dollar. Trophies and awards will be presented at the banquet. Tro phies are now on display in the window at Belk's Mep's Store. Wilmington Man To Assume Duties Early Next Month Rev. H. Gordon Weekly, pastor of Masonboro Baptist church of Wilmington, has accepted the call of First Baptist church to fill its pastorate, according to announce ment this week by Dr. D. F. Hord, chairman of the church's pulpit committee. ' Rev. Mr. Weekly and his family are expected to arrive in Kings Mountain the first week in Sep tember. ' . He will succecd Rev. T. L. Cash well, Jr., who accepted in May the pastorate of a large Baptist church In Lenoir. Rev. Mr. Weekley is a native of Atlanta, Ga., and a graduate of Furman University, Greenville, S. C., and of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, Louisville, Ky. The Weekleys have one spn. Dr. Robert A. Dyer, of Gardner Webb college, has served as sup ply pastor for the church since Mr. Cashwell's departure. Other members of the puplt committee are Harold Crawford, W. A. Williams, George W. Allen, Mrs. A. W. Kincald, Mrs. W. If. McGill, and W. B. Logan County Tax Bills Payable At Discount August is the month to pay 1952 county tax bills and obtain the full discount of two percent. Individuals and businesses wishing to take advantage of the discount offer should write or call R. M. Gidney, county tax supervisor, for a statement of the amount. Notices are not mailed, until October 1, Mr. Gidney said. Discount rate for city tax pre payments dropped to one percent August 1. Local Azea Roads Will Be Paved - Grading work on a Kings Mountain farm-to-market road began Monday, prelude to its surf ace- treat me "it. The road is 3.1 miles long ?nd ?connects the Kings Mountain-, Oak Grove road with Highway 74. It is one of three short roads scheduled for paving, E. K. Me Gimpsey. of the state highway office, said Wednesday. Others are: 1) Four-tenths mile from Route 29 (El Bethel church) to Bethle hem church. 2) One and three-tenths mile from a road off Route 29 to Mid way on Route 74. The projects include pa\ing? necessary structures, and sur face - treatment. ^TENDER TO PREACH Rev. W. H. Stender, former pastor of St. Matthew's Luth eran church, will be guest min ister at Resurrection Lutheran , church at 11 o'clock services Sunday morning. Following the service picnic dinner will be served. ON MAGAZINE COVER Paul M- Neisler, Sr., was one member of a group picture us* ed on the cover of the August issue of The Kiwanls Maga zine. The picture was takfn at the President's Ball during the annual convention of Kiwanis International at Seattle, Wash. Goforth Portrait Drive To Close; SettlemYie Commissioned As Artist J. Lee Settlemyre, Kings Moun tain native and now a Rock Hill, S. C., artist, has been commis sioned to paint the portrait of the late Miss Lottie Goforth for hanging at Kings Mountain hos pital. Mr. Settlemyre has alread ob tained pictures of the late Miss Goforth and will paint a three quarter length portrait for. the hospital which Mlsa Goforth en dowed. Concurrently, it Was announced that the fund campaign for con tributions to paint the portrait will end on next Wednesday, Au gust 13. Total contributions through Wednesday morning were $326, Dr. O. P. Lewis, treasurer of the * . .. \ :V fund, reported. For persons who have not yet donated to the fund, checks should be drawn to the Lottie Go forth Portrait Fund and mailed or handed to Dr. Lewis. The portrait will honor Miss Goforth who bequeathed all her estate for the purpose of build ing a hospital In Klhgs Mountain. The amount of the estate exceed, ed $33,000 and was utilized in the building of the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing of Kings Moun tain hospital. The fund report to date: Previously acknowledeged $306 Dr. L. P. Baker 101 A Friend 10 , . . Total 1326 KIWANIS DONATION PAYS FOR OXYGEN TANK? In the picture above, Kiwanis President Harold Hunnlcutt, right foreground, is presenting to Joe Dixon, business manager o{ Kings Mountain Hos pital, a check for S750 to pay for the new oxygen tank at the hospital. The check represented pro ceeds from the Kiwanis club's 1952 horse show. Others in the picture are, left to right, B. S. Neill. M. K. Fuller, Dr. D. F. Hord and Dr. W. P. Gerberd ing. The availability of the oxygen tank has al ready saved the lives of several persons, hospital officials report. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Here's Rate Schedule ? , . On July Power Bills Kings Mountain citizens got their city utility bills last Friday, their first under the new schedule of rates adopted by the city board of commissioners in June and made effective with billings for the month of July. Some citizens' power bills went up, and some went down. Under the new schedules, four former rate schedules were re placed by two. Under the new system, only two rates schedules are used, one for residential, one for commercial. There is no long er any need for more than one meter at either single residence or single business establishment, for readings on separate meters are totaled and billed out as one account. Within the next few months, the city expects to remove all "extra" meter>. Following are the new rate schedules, plus demand charge "schedules, the latter to be used until the city can install demaifd type meters to determine the actual demand charge .to be as sessed: Residential Hate 6c First 50 KWH <0 . Next 100 KWH @ 3c Next 200 KWH & .2c All Over 250 KWH @ 1.5c Monthly minimum . SI Three-phase service, add . . $2 Demand Charges KWH 1100 to 1300 Add $ 1.00 1301 to 1400 Add 2.00 1401 to 1500 Add 3.00 1501 to 1600 . .: Add 4.00 1601 to 1750 ...... Add 5.00 1751 to 1850 Add 4 6.00 1851 to 1950 Add 7.00 1951 to 2050 Add 3.00 2051 lo2200 Add 9.00 2201 to 2300 Add 10.00 2301 to 2400 Add 11.00 2401 to 2500 Add 12.00 2501 to 2650 Add 13.00 2651 to 2750 \dd 14.00 2751 to 2850 ...... Add 15.00 2851 to 2950 Add 16.00 2951 to 3050 Add 17.00 3051 to 3200 Add 18.00 3201 to 3300 Add 19.00 3301 to 3400 Add 20.00 3101 to 3500 Add 21.00 These adders are to be used with residential schedule only until Demand registers can be. installed Outside city limits: Add 20 percent to total. Commercial Rate First 100 KWH ? 6c Next 900 KWH & . . 3.2c Next 1500 KWH" & 2c All over 2500 KWH . l ie Monthly minimum .... $1 or .60 percent of contract demand less 10 KW, whichever is greater. Demand Charges KWH 2200 to 2401 to 2601 to 2801 to 3001 to 3201 to 3401 to 3601 to 3801 to 4001 to 4201 to 4-101 to 4601 to 4801 to 5001 to 5201 to' 5401 to 5601 to 5801 to 2400 2600 2800 3000 3200 3400 3600 3800 4000 4200 4400 4600 ?1800 5000 5200 5100 5600 5800 6000 Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add Add $ 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 :o.oo 11.00 -12.00 13.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 These adders are to be used w i th commercial Schedule only until Demand Registers canbe Installed. Outside city limits; Add 20 per cent to total. i ? Former City Electrical Rates SCEDULE R 1? LIGHTS Next 300 kwh f? 500c Next 400 kwh & 4.00c Next 2000 kwh @ ... 2.00c First 10 kwh ? ........ 7.50c Next 20 kwh & ......... . 7.00c Next 20 kwh & 6100c Next 250 kwh @ ....... 5.50c All over 3,000 kwh @ 1.75c Monthly Minimum Charge $0.75 SCEDULE HC? HEATING OR COOKING First 100 kwh ,* ? 2.00c All over 100 kwh , . & 1.75c Monthly Minimum Charge $2.50 SCHEDULE 1 ? COMBINATION LCH ? LIGHTS. HEATING AND COOKING First 50 kwh a ! ; & 4.00c Next 50 kwh & 300c Next 100 kwh & 2.00c All over 200 kwh ????? ? l 75c Monthly Minimum Charge $3.00 SCHEDULE ? C* 1? TOWER First 50 kwh Next 150 kwh Next 200 kwh 5.00c 4.00c 2.50c Next 2,600 kwh . & 2.00c Next 3,000 kwh , 9 All over 6.000 kwh @ Monthly Minimum Charge $2.50 Commercial Monthly Minimum Charge $1.50 Residential Outside city limits; add 10 percent to total 175c 1.50c Nurses' Home Prospects Good Prospects are quite good that the Kings Mountain hospital plant, recently expanded by the addition of the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing,, will be able to boast a modern 13-bed nurses' home in the near future. Plans for the nurses' home are now being drawn by V. W. Breeze & Associates, Shelby architects, according to announcement by Joe Dixon, business manager of Kings Mountain hospital. Mr. Dixon said a threeman committee was in Raleigh last week conferring with the State Medical Care commission con cerning the building of a nurses' home and that the commission officials were most favorable in their attitude toward the propos ed project. The three men conferring with the Medical Cafe commission were C. C. Horn, chairman of the Cleveland County hosp.ta1 board of trustees, R. L. Mbsei, county hospitals administrator, and L. Arnold Kiser, former trustee. Under present plans, the nur ses' home will be a 31 x 75 struc ture and will be located on the northwest sector of. the hospital grounds, near the country club. Medical Care commission ap proval of the project would mean financial participation in build ing of the nurses' home. Mrs. MacLeod To Speak Here Mrs. W. Murdoek MacLeod, of New York City, chairman of council of church women of the United States will be in Kings Mountain, next week, coming to visit her daughter, Mrs. William Klein. Mrs, MacLeod will speak to the women of Kings Mountain on Thursday afternoon, August 14 at the First Presbyterian church at 3:30 o'clock. Immediately fol lowing her talk an Informal re ception will be held In Fellowship Hall of the church. All church women are invited to hear Mrs. MacLeod, Miller To Explain Power Schedules Public Invited To Board Meeting Thursday Night The city board of commission ers will meet in special session Thursday night at 7:30 at City Hall courtroom, with Max Miller, the city's consulting electrical en gineer scheduled to be present. Mr. Miller has been invited by the commissioners to further ex plain the city's new power rate schedules, which were adopted on the engineer's recommendation. M. K. Fullejr, city administrator, said. . "While all board meetings are public meetings," Mr. Fuller said, "the board is particularly anxious for those who wish to learn more about the new power rate. sche dules to attend the meeting." Considerable variation In mon thly bills has brought heavy pro test against the. new rate sche dules in some quarters. As pre dicted by Mr. Miller, some citi zens found their monthly bills re duced, while others found their bills Increased. Other matters to be considered by the board at the Thursday night session Include: 1) Discussion on possibly adop tion of a more stringent sanita tion law, Including possible out lawing of livestock within the city limits. 2) Discussion on possible re vision of water rates. 3) Discussion on ordering a check of water lines serving sprinkler systems. The agenda was furnished, by Mr. Fuller and Mayor Garland Still. The special meeting will not replace the regular monthly meeting, they said, but the regu lar session may be postponed un til Tuesday night. John Charles To Coach Here John Charles, former Lenoir Rhyne college backfield ace, said last Friday that he Is- definitely coming to Kings Mountain nigh school ,i.s an assistant coach. .? Coach Charles ha,d signed a contract with Kings Mountain school officials two weeks ago and then, when the head coaching position at Bessemer city high school was offered him. signed another contract there.. After further discussion with members of the Kings Mountain school board, he decided last Fri day to fulfill his contract here, he said. * Mr. Charles, who was assistant football and head boys basketball coach at Valdese last year, will succeed Jack Sink, who resigned to enter the armed services sev eral Weeks ago. The new coach expects to' move his family here in about two week's. The Charles' are Currently oh vacation at his home in Penn sylvania. TO FILL PULPIT Mr. William Klein, assistant pastor of First Presbyterian church, will fill the pulpit at Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. File Destroys Three Grover Firms; Blaze Damage Estimated At $50,000 Fire completely destroyed two business buildings In Grover Mon day night about 10 o'clock, wip ing out also three business estab lishments and the Masonic Lodge Hall. Initial estimates placed the loss in excess of $S0.000. Business establishments des troyed included Grover Cleaners, owned by Plato J. Heavener, of Kings Mountain, a beauty 6hop owned , by Mrs. Joyce Falls Cas hion, of Kings Mountain, and op erated by Mary Reed Norman, and People's Drug Company, owned by Roland Tate. The brick buildings were owned by Harold Herndon. who recently purchased them from Warren Hicks. Cause of the fire, which brought fire-fighters from Kings Mountain, Shelby and Blacks burg, S. C., had riot been definite ly determined. Mr. Heavener spec ulated that the fire could have originated from an over-heated motor in his cleaning plant. He had boon working on Monday evening, his wife said, and, about halfan-hour after leaving the plant, was called at his home here and told that the buildings were ablaze. The occupants of the buildings have either Inadequate or no in surance coverage. Mrs. Heavener said the cleaning firm had only a small amount, while there was no Insurance coverage on the drug firm or beauty shop. The building* were reported partially covered. Kings Mountain firemen fought the blaze for about two hours and pumped dry the 50,000 gal lon water tank of Mlnette Mills. Fire Chief Grady King said the combined efforts of the three fire departments prevented further sprad of the fire to other build ings. In fear of possible spreading of the flrej to other buildings, one grocer stacked his inventory on the street. I NEW PRESIDENT ?Jimmy Spiv ey. above, has been named to succeed B. S; Peeler, Jr., as pres ident of Kings Mountain (Jttle Theatre, Inc. He will take office on September 1. along with the new slate of officers. Jim Spivey Heads Little Theatre Jimmy Spivey has been named to succeed B. S. Peeler. Jr., as president- of Kings Mountain Lit tle Theatre, Inc. Mr. Spivey will take office on September 1, along with the fol lowing new officers: Bruce Thorhurn, named vice president to succeed Mrs. P. G. Padgett. Hubert Carlisle, named secre tary to succeed Mrs. C. T. Car penter, Jr. ? Dclbert Dixon, named treasurer to succeed Sam Ctallings. Directors of Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc., elected by the moml?ership at a meeting two months ago. named the new slate of officers for the organization at a meeting last week. Now directors elected included Meek Carpenter, Mr. Carlisle, Mr. Spivey, Mrs I. B. Goforth, Jr., and Bill Mclcher. Holdover direc tors were Mr, Peeler, Dr.. P. G. Padgett,. Mr. Thorhurn, Jack White and Mr. Dixon. Retiring directors, in addition to the replaced officers, are Mrs. M. A. NV.ire and Mrs. , Aubrey Mauney. The new officers .Will assume duties relative to the regular ac tivities' of the Little Theatre group and will not replace offi cers of the drama production, "Sword of Gideon," previously announced. Miss Betty Led ford is executive secretary of the organization. President elect Spivey has been an outstanding member of the Little Theatre for the past sever al years. He appeared in leading Continued On Page EUjht Dixon Joining Tractor Firm Holland P. Dixon, veteran man ager of Archdale Farms, Kings Mountaih dairy, will resign his position in the near future to be come actively associated as offi cer and stockholder of a new Shel by farm equipment concern. Mr. Djxon Is vice-president and treasurer of Hardin-Dixon Trac tor Company, dealers for Ford and Dearborn farm equipment. The firm is a successor to the firm formerly known as Hardin Tractor Company. Other officers are Joe Hardin, president and general manager, and Mrs. Joe Hardin, secretary. Mrs. Dixon is also a stockholder in the concern. P. M. Neisler, treasurer of Neisler Mills, Inc., Owner of the dairy, said he would have an an nouncement concerning the fu ture operation of the dairy in the near future. Mr. Dixon has managed Acch dale Farms for the past 20 years. City Tax Refunds Mailed To 146 Postmen carried good news to a number of Kings Moun tain cihseafc Wednesday morn ing. The good news was refund checks to 146 citizens who had prepaid their 1952 city taxes. Checks totaling SI, 868. 72 were mailed to the 146 Individuals and business establishments and represented a refund OB the pre-payments, the refunds reflecting the 10-cent cut In the city tax rate.
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