Local News
ON FEDERAL Jl *V
Cline Barber, of Kin?a Moun
tain, goes to Asheville Friday,
to serve as a member of the
federal grand jury.
HOT. DOG SUPPER
The Burlington Youth club
located on Railroad Ave. will
have a hot-dog supper Satur
day from 4 to 7 p. m. Public
invited to attend.
TO PREACH
Boyce Hufistetler ministerial
student at Wofford College,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Huffstetler, will preach at
Grace Methodist church Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock,.
UNION SERVICE
Sunday night's union service
for five city congregations will
be held at the Boyce Memorial
A. R. P. church with Dr , W. P.
Gerberdlng, pastor of St. Mat
thews Lutheran church to
bring the message.
METHODIST PICNIC
The annual church picnic of
Central Methodist church will
be held next Wednesday, Sep
tember 3, at Lake Montonia.
Swimming will be on the sche
dule in the afternoon, with pic
nic diner to be spread at 6:30.
MASONIC MEETING
An emergent communication
of Falrview Lodge 339, A. F
& A. M-, will be held Monday
night at 7:30 for work in the
second degree, according to
announcement by Paul Wal
ker. r
GLASS BETTER
The condition df Frank B.
Glass, well - known Kings
Mountain grocer who suffered
a heart attack last Thursday,
was reported much improved
by members of his family
Wednesday. Mr- Glass is re
ceiving treatment at Kings
Mountain hospital.
SINGING
There will bo a special sing
ing at Grace Methodist Church
Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m.
featuring the Cantrell Quartet
of Spartanburg. S. C. The Mel
lowtone Quartet and Gospel
Trio of Kings Mountain will
also be on the program.
KIWANIS TO PICNIC
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club, their fami
lies and guests, will hold their
last picnic outing of' the cur
rent, season Thursday after
noon at 6:30 at El Bethel Met
hodist church.
TO HEAR MISSIONARIES
Rev. and Mrs. Archi Argo, re
turned missionaries to Africa,
will be featured speakers at
the Second Wesleyan Metho
dist church next Wednesday
evening, September 3, at 7:30,
it was announced this week
by Rcv? Y. H. Carter, pastor.
He invited the public to at
tend.
COMMUNION SERVICE
Communion service will be
held at David's Baptist church
at 11 o'clock and at Allen Me
morial church at 8 o'clock on
Sunday, according to announ
cement by the pastor, Rev. W.
L. McSwain. A baptismal serv
ice for the Allen Memorial
church is to be held Su'nday af
ternoon at 3 o'clock at the Dar
vin Allen Jake.
District Governor
Addresses Lions
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club heard their dis
trict governor, Richard E. K. Kel-1
ly, of Boone, discuss "What Is A
Good Lions Club?" at the regu
lar meeting Tuesday evening.
Mr. Kelly praised the club for
its good record In Lion ism in the
past and particularly lauded the
businesslike work of the club s
several secretaries and treasur
ers.
Mr. Kelly outlined "do's and
"don't's" which make a success
ful civic organization and sug
gested that the club make an ef
fort to be a constructive help to
the community, rather ? than a
regular negative critic of other
groups, including governmental
and educational bodies.
He was presented by Ollie
Ha/ris.
Guests at the meeting includ
ed Panl Kelly, Dearborn, Mich.,
Leonard Goldhammer, Wafftrlng
. ton, D. C., and Marvin Ross, of
New YoiV
BATTLE DRAMA TO OPEN IN TWO WEEKS ? "The Sword o! Gideon", a drama of the Revolutionary
War Battle of Kings Mountain, is scheduled to begin a 12-night run at the amphitheatre at Kings
Mountain National Park on Thursday, September 1 1. The new drma. written by Mrs. Florette Henri,
author of the bett-teUer novel, "Kings Mountain", is presented by Kings Mountain Little Theater and
features non -professional actors from here and surrounding cities. Mrs. Henri's play replaces "Then
Conquer We Mustl", written by Robert Osborne and presented here successfully last fall by the Little
Theatre. The scene above pictures Miss- Barbara Cault, organist, at left, and Jimmy Splvej, program
chairman, at right. In costume of the Revolutionary War period. (Photo by Hubert Carlisle.)
Tickets On Sale
For Fashion Show
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Autumn Fashion
Show Scheduled
Foi September 5
The Junior Woman's Clui> will
present "Fashion Frolic", its
fall fashion show, at the high
school gymnasium Friday even
ing, September 5, in cooperation
with the Kings Mountain Mer
chants association.
Tickets lor the event will be on
sale Thursday morning, and they
may be obtained both from
members of the Junior Woman's
Club or from firms participating
in the show.
All apparel division members
of the Kings Mountain Merchants
association will participate in
the show. They include Keeter's
Department Store, Belk's Depart
ment Store, Reba's Fashions,
Myers" Dress Shop, Plonk Bro
thers & Company and Wee Folk
Shoppe.
Mrs. C. G. ;(BuS) Oates and Mrs.
Jim White, co-chairmen of the
event, said this week they ex
pect an exceptionally good show
ing of fall fashions for women
and children.
Mrs. Denver Kiog, publicity
chairman, said, "We are very
happy to be able to stage the
forthcoming show at the high
school gymnasium, as it will be
possible to accommodate a much
larger audiehce more comfort
ably."
Each participating firm is now
busy fitting models for the forth
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PASSES BAR ? George Thomas,
son, of Kings Mountain, son of
Mrs. C. F. Thomasson and the
late Mr Thomasson, was among
the recent group which passed
the examination to practice law
as giyen by th.e Iforth Carolina
Board of Law Examiners.
County Tax Sale
To Be Held Monday
The Cleveland county tax col
lector will sell on Monday for
unpaid 1951 taxes properties
carrying delinquent ' tax bills.
The sale will be conducted at
the courthouse in Shelby, begin
ning at noon.
, The city will conduct its tax
sale on September 8.
Long Weekend Holiday Scheduled
Fot Majority Of City's Retailers
Monday will b^ a holiday for
majority of Kings Mountain re.
tali personnel; as almost all re
tall stores close for the annual
Labor Day holiday.
Financial institutions, includ
ing First National Bank and the
two building and loan associa
tions, will close for the day, as
will the postofflce, the city of
fice. state employment office,
and majority of retail sores.
Drug stores will operate on
regular schedule, as will service
stations, and industrial concerns.
The Kings Mountain Herald
will operate orr regular schedule.
Advertisers are heing requested
to prepare their copy on Friday
and Saturday, where possible, 'as
Herald advertising salesman
will make their customary Mon
day calls on the weekend, due
to th** holiday.
Firms customarily closing on
Wednesday afternoons will close
next Wednesday afternoon as
usual.
Fall Merchandise
Filling Stores
Expressmen and parcel post
carriers hive been busy the past
two weeks delivering fail goods
to Kings Mountain merchants,
and, though deliveries of some
goods have been -slow, almost
all Kings Mountain retail firms
are wearing a fair look.
Dealers in children's shoes
have been receiving heavy ship
ments recently and are ready
for the back-to-school season,
customarily the biggest for chil
dren's shoe sales
Women's apparel is also being
shown "in force", and most mer
chants are expecting more ship ,
ments between now and the Sep
tember 5 fashion show, to t>e
presented i>y tlie Junior Woman's
Club.
Furniture dealers are also re
ceiving heavier deliveries of new
-fashion furniture, though some
manufacturers are reporting spe.
cific Items sold up.
Generally, economists are pre
dieting high-level sales for the
fall season, and Kings Mountain
is not expected to be an excep
tion. Industrial plants are on vir
tually full operating schedules,
and prospects for the cotton crop
are still good in the Kings Moun.
tain area. Some ^otton is open
ing n<xw and farmers are expect
ing the annual cottrin-picking
chore to begin in about two
weeks.
Clippard Child
Died On Tuesday
Marie Diane Clippard. five
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Clippard. of First
street, died at her home Tuesday
night at 8:45 p. m. '
She had been 111 for several
years with a heart ailment.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'
clock at Missionary Methodist
church. "Hie body will lie In state
for one-half hour prior to the
service, which will -be conducted
by Rev. H. S. Svruggs, pastor.
Burial will *>e in Mountain Rest
cemetery*.
Surviving in addition to her
parents are a twin brother,
David, and a sister, Ruth, of the
home. ' ?
REUNION
The annual Dedmon-Wea
thers reunion will be held Sun
day at Ross Gf9ve Baptist
church, near Shelby- All rela
tives are invited to come and
bring a picnic lunch. Guest
speakers will be the feature of
tne afternoon.
Jail Renovation
Sketches Cany
$19,000 Price Tag
City officials got a look -sop at
architect's sketches for improve,
ments to city jail Tuesday, but
the price tag attached was con
siderably more than the amount
provided in thev current year's
budget.
The firm of Ormand & Vaug
han. of Shelby, estimated that
the cost of the project, according
to sketches prepared, would be
about $19,000. Only $3,000 was
provided in the current budget
for improvements to the jail,
which was recommended for con
demnation by the Cleveland
County grand jury. ?
Judge J. H. Clement, presiding
over the recent court term, did
not act on the recommendation,
and, meantime, the city com
missionefs. have retained the
Shelby architectural firm to
may plans for making the city
jail comply with state sanitation
requirements.
Sketches drawn contemplate
the remodeling of the present
jail, plus utilization of the se
cond floor ?ibove the present jail,
with the proposed layout design,
ed t? eliminate the present de
ficiencies in quarters.
The grand jury report termed
the city jail 'unfit", and city of
ficials are aware that the regu
lations concerning segregation
of prisoners cannot b" met with
present facilities.
Fred Ormand, partner in the
architectural firm, said that a
jail, to meet regulations, 15 re
quired to. have adequate faeili
ties to segregate male and fe
male prisoners, white and color
ed prisoners, and juveniles.
? The architects conferred Tues
day with M. K. Fuller, city ad
ministrator, J. R. Davis, city at
torney, and 3. R. Davidson, chief
of police.
The sketches are scheduled for
consideration at the next session
of the board of commissioners.
Bank Is Changing
Loan OHice Set-Up
All installment loan 'business
of the First National Bank will
be conducted at the installment
loan department, second floor of
the Dr. .1. E. Anthony building,
beginning Tuesday, according to
announcement this week by F. 1
R; Summers, president.
Mr. Summers said that install,
ment or personal loans, as they
are sometimes railed, will be ar
ranged at the installment loan
office, rather than in the main
.hanking building.
Office hours will he 9 . m. to
1 p ni., and 2 to 1 30 p. m. daily
except Wednesdays and Satur
days, when the office will be
open mornings only.
William Joi.ias vs i 1 1 be in (^lar
ge of the office. Mr: Summers
said.
Accident Reported
Last Sunday Night
Kings Mountain polire report
ed an accident which occurred
on Shelby road Sunday afternoon
at 5:15 o'clock.
Derolls Marshall Burton of
route one was driving a J941
Oldsmobllc headed west on
Mountain street according to
police, when he circled, made a
left turn, then decided to turn
right. - arid collided with a car
driven by Andrew Emanuel
Welleford of 3339, 139th street,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Welleford, who was driving a
1952 Kiser. was going wist on
Highway 74.
Damage to the Welleford car
was estimated at $100. and' dam
age to the Burton car was esti
mated at $25.
P. R. Sanders and P. A. Haw
kins Investigated the accident.
Partnership Seeks
Permit Transfer
The Associated Press reported
from Washington^ D. C., Monday
that Radio Station WKMT, Kings
Mountain, had asked the federaJ
communications commission for
approval of transfer of its con
struction permit to J. C. Creen,
Jr.. and R. H. Whltesides, doing
business a$ Southern Radio
Casting Company.
The permit was originally is
sued to Kings Mountain Broad'
casting Co.. Tnc.. with Vernon
Fox, Creer. S. C.. and Marshall
Pack and Auburn Haye& of Fu
quay Springs. , listed as Incorpo
r a tors. ,
Mr. Green is assistant sales
manager of Station WRHI Rock
Hill, fl. C. ...V.,
City, Park Grace Schools
To Open Tuesday Morning
DIES OF LEUKEMIA: Ron Kelly
Henry, fire, ion of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas S. Henry, Sr., died Wed
nesday night at his home on 611
Landing street. Funeral services
were conducted Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock from First Baptist
Church.
Hemy Rites
Held Friday
Funeral services for Ron Kelly
Henry, five-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas S. Henry, Sr,i
of 611 Landing- sfreet, were con
ducted Friday at 4 o'clock from
First Baptist church.
Dr. R. L. Dyer officiated assist
ed by Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr.. In
terment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Young Kelly died at his home
Wednesday night at 8 p. m.
Death was attributed to leuke
mia. He had been ill for a period
of two months.
Survivors in addition to his pa
rents are: two brothers, Thomas
S. Henry, Jr. and Charles Michael
Henry; and a twin sister, Clara
Louise Henry..
Pallbearers were: Tommy.. Bol
lick. Bud Weir, Ronnie Spiede 11
and Lewis Robinson.
Flower bearers were Gail
Hampton, Barbara Ingle, Ruth
McCurdy, Beverly Yount. Joyce
Ann Gray. Linda Walker, Gloria
Hampton, and Mary Ann "McCur
dy.
His maternal grandparents are
Mr. And \l rs. J T. Gray of Hic
kory, N. C.,- and his paternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
T. K. Henry, also of Hickory.
Young Henry's father is assist
ant superintendent of public
works for the City of Kings
Mountain.
Dog Quarantine
Warning Issued
Dog owners should exercise1 es
pecial care in keeping their dogs
penned or leashed during -'the re
mainder of the 30-day dog quar
antine. Chief of Police d R. Dav
idson said Wednesday.
City police, cooperating with
the county dog warden, arc pick
ing up L un-tagged strays and
Sending them to the dog' pound
at Shelby, Chief Davidson -said.
The quarantine, ordered- by the
county in an effort to stamp out
rabies, began August 16.
Officials Expect
Enrollment Hike
For New Term
A large segment of Kings
Mountain's population will ans
wer school bells next Tuesday
morning, as the four schools of
the city system and Park Grace
school in the county system o
pen for the 1952-53 term.
Prediction of school' officials
is for increased enrollment for
the forthcoming term.
Each school will open at 8:30
a. m., planning a half-day sche
dule ending at noon on Tuesday,
with full regular schedule be
ginning Wednesday!
B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of city school.?, rejwrted a fuli
faculty with the exception of a
special teacher of piano for Cen
tral school, and. he said he hop
ed to have that position filled
by Monday. Mrs. J. C. Nickels,
principal of Park Grace school,
said the faculty is complete and
that all is in readiness for school
opening.
ROwell Lane is principal of
both Central high 9chol and
C<*?+fiif~eiementary sTTTnol, Mrs.
J. 11. Thomson is principal of
East elementary school,' Mrs. C.
Q. Rhyne is principal of West
elementary school, and J. A. Gib
son is principal of Davidson
school, both high school and ele
mentary
Mr. Barnes and Mrs. NK'kels
listed several requirements for
children entering the first grade
for the first time. Beginning first
graders are required -to present
birth certificates and to show
evidence* of immunization a.
gainst diptheria, small pox and
whooping cough; and they must
enter school during the first two
weeks of the tertn. To enter
school, a child must attain the
age of six years on <>r before Oc
tober 1 However, the attorney
general has ruled that a child
who becomes six years of. age
on October 2 has; in fact, attain
ed ? the age of six on October 1
and can enter school. Mr. Barnes
pointed out that these require
ments apply to both white and
colored beginning first-graders.
Both the", city system and Park
Grace school offer a group acci
dent insurance policy, written by
Pilot 1-ife Insurance company:
for a fee of one dollar^ the
schoot child is covered against
accidents at school. Both Mr
Barnes and Mrs. ' Nickels point
ed out that- coverage begins with
payment of the fee and urged all
students desiring (he coverage to
bring the fee on the opening day
of school
The city system will hold Its
pre school teachers meeting at
10:30 Monday ' morning at Cen
tral school.
GOFORTH HERE
I.t.. i> g. ) Ben II. Ooforth, Jr..
recently on duty with the navy
in Korea n waters, las been
Visiting his parents. Mr, and
Mrs Ben H. Ooforth. Sr.. this
week, lie and-Mrs. Ooforth will
return in .->arr Francisco. Calif. (
Sunday. Lt. Ooforth is at t ached
to the USS Corson.
City Street Re-Surfacing Work
Underway; Several lobs Complete
Street re-surfacing by Taylor
Construction Company was pro
ceeding well this week.
The Taylor Company is under,
contract with the city to resur
face a number of city streets, the
total re-surfacing Job to cost a
bout $25,000.
Already completed is a portion
of Tracy street, also known as
Crescent Mill Road, from West
Gold to the Resurrection Luthe
ran church, a portion of Gold
street, from Tracy to the South
ern Railway crossing. and work
Is proceeding on Cherokee street
and Waco Road.
The company is ufclng "hot
mix", which provides a thick
coating designed to wear longer
than other re-surfacing treat
ments.
The city street department is
supplementing the Taylor Con
struction Company work with a
number of re-surfacing jobs of
its owiv
CANSLER'S MOVE
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cansler
and family have moved into
their new home just off the
Gastonla highway.
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GRADUATED WEDNESDAY ?
MU* Myrtle Hoyle. above. King*
Mountain high school graduate,
graduated from Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock In
commencement exercises. She
will teach at the Asheley Park
Elementary school In Charlotte
this school year.
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BAPTIST MINISTER ? Rev. H.
Gordon Weekley is expected to
arrive in Kings Mountain next
week to assume his new duties
as pastor of First Baptist church.
Weekley Coming
Here Next Week
Rev. H. Gordon Weekley is ex
pectert to arrive in Kings Moun
tain next week to assume the
duties of- pastor of. First Baptist
church.
? Rev. Mr.. Weekley is scheduled
to deliver his first sermon* as
pastor on Sunday morning, Sep
tember 7.
Dr. D. F. Hord, Jr., chairman of
the pu;pit committee, said that
Mr. Weekley is vacationing this
week in Atlanta, Ga., where he
is to perform the marrlgae cere,
mony for his sister
Mr.. Weekley' vyi 1 1 succeed as
pastor of the Kitvgs Mountain
church Rev. T. L. Cashwell, who
resigned May 1 to accept a pas.
torate in- Lenoir. ..
A native of Atlanta, Mr. Week
ley ' comes to Kings. Mountain
from the pastorate of the Ma
sonDoro Baptist church, of Wil
mington. He is a graduate of Fur.
man university, Greenville, S. C.?
and of the Southern Baptist 'sem
inary, Louisville, Ky.
Mrs Weekley is a native of
Indiana.
During the period since Mr.
("ash well's leaving* Dr. R. A,
Dyer, of Gardner-- Wei?i) college,
has' been the supply pastor for
th^church.
GoioithFund
Gifts Were $331
Kings M<>unta{'n .citizens 'con
tributed $331 to the Lottie Go.
forth Portrait Fund, according to
final report 'made Wednesday By
I)/ O P. Lewis, treasurer />f the
fund.
The money will be used to
honor the late benefactress of
Kings Mountain hospital. Her
portrait will he painted by J, Lee
Seitlemyre, Kings Mountain na
tive. for hanging at the hospital
here* and her funds were utilitiz
ed in the recent addition to the
hospital which bears the name
Lottie Goforth Memorial Wing.
Contributions were invited by
the hospital trustees for the pur
pose of honoring Miss Gofortn.
Dr. Lewis' final report follows:
Previously acknowledged $32<>
Joe Dixftn 5
Total - $331
Firms Rescinded
Of Padlock Order
Monday t* padlock day for
Kings Mountain business firms
which have not purchased 1952
privilege licenses.
The city board of commis
sioners issued the padlock or
der at a recent meeting and
Joe Hendrick, city clerk, said
that members of the police de
partment have made an effort
to notify personally all firfns
known to be delinquent
The licenses should be pur
chased not later than the close
of business Saturday at noon.
North Carolina law provides
addition to the license fee of
five percent' per month delin
quent the penalty firat apply,
lag August 1.