Population
CitY Limit* 7.206
Trading Araa 15.000
(IMS Batloa Board Flgnm)
VOL 62 NO. 43
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 23, 1952
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Bulletins
FIRE ALARM
City 'firemen answered an
alarm Tuesday morning at 9:45
o'clock and extinguished a
tolaze at the Will Adams resi
dence on Ridge street. Slight
damage was done to the roof
of the building, it Was report
ed.
DIXON SERVICES
Rally Day services will be
conducted Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at Dixon Presby
terian church. Miss Mary Mai
v lard, Bible teacher in city
schools will speak on the new
translation of the Bible at the
Sunday School hour, announ
cement was made by the pas:
tor, Rev. P. D. Patrick.
TO FRANCE
Mrs. Bonnie Sue Myers sail
ed from New York Tuesday for
Charmount, Prance, where she
will join her husband, S/Sgt.
Philip S. Myers, who is sta
tioned there. The Myers' will
be in France for two years.
ADDRESSES UONS
J. R. Davis and Jack White,
local attorneys, attended a
banquet meeting of the Boil
ing Springs Lions Club Monday
night. Mr. White made the
principal address to members
of the club. ?
JOINS BAIRD'S
Kenneth George has joined
Balrd Furniture as a salesman,
according to announcement
this week by . Dan Huffstetler,
manager of the .firm.
K3WANIS MEETING
Mrs. Mary B. Goforth, man
ager of the Kings Mountain of
fice of the North Carolina Em
ployment Service, will address
members of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club at their reg
ular meeting Thursday even
ing at 6:45 at Masonic Dining
Hall.
UONS MEETING
Jeff B. Wilson, director of in
formation and safety of the
No^th Carolina Motor Carriers
association, will address mem
bers of the Kings Mountain
Lions club Tuesday night at
their regular meeting on the
subject "The Truck in Your
Life" He is a former di. rector
ef highway safety for North
Carolina,
PLEDGES FRATERNITY
Louis A. (Johny) Riser, son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. Arnold Ris
er, was among the Davidson
college students who pledged
Kappa Sigma social fratern
ity during the recent rushing
season, according to announ
cement made by the college.
ATTEND MEETING
Mr, and Mrs. Paul Neisle*
attended a meeting of the Nor
th Carolina Manufacturing As
sociation at Pinehurst Thurs
day and Friday of last week.
Mr. Neisler is one of the direc
tor of the association.
X-RAY UNIT
Mobile X-Ray unit will be in
front of Belk's Department
Store Thursday, October 23
l from the hours of 10-12 o'clock
| in the morning and from 1 to 4
.? o'clock in the a.fternoon, ac
| cording to an announcemen'
made this week.
?
SCHOOL HOUDAY
Friday will be a holiday for
pupils of East, Central, West,
and Park Grace schools, as
classes will be suspended to
allow teachers to attend the
South Piedmont district teach
ers meeting at Charlotte.
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $M6.70 was collec
ted from the city's parking
meters Wednesday morning
according to a report by the
treasurer's office.
UNO Extension Class
Will Be Organized
?
A University of North Carolina
extension course will be organized
at Bethware school Saturday mor
ning at 10:30, according to an
nouncement this week.
A course will be taught by Dr.
Burts, of the University of South
Carolina extension department,
and the particular course to be
taught will be decided when the
class is organized on Saturday.
College or teaching certificate
credit, as well as graduate work
credit, will be given for the
course, it was announced.
Persons interested in taking the
course are urged to attend Satur
day's organizational meeting.
FINAL SERVICES SUNDAY IN CHURCH BUILDING? St. Matthew's
Lutheran church will hold its final service in its present edifice on
Sunday morning, with a special service of 'Thanksgiving and Fare
well." Razing of the building, built almost three-quarters of a cen
tury ago, will begin next week.
Razing Of Church
Starts Next Week
St. Matthew's
Sets Special
Closing Service
Final services will be held in
the present St. Matthew's Luther
an church building at 11 o'clock
Sunday morning.
Razing of the structure will be
gin next week, as the St. Mat
thew's congregation builds a ndw
church to replace the present
building which would be 75 years
old next year. The new structure
will be built on the same site.
On Sunday, special services
have been planned to commemo
rate completion of use of the old
structure. Following the morning
sermon, the congregation will
participate in a ritual of "Thanks
giving and Farewell", After the
closing prayer, the members of
the congregation will form a pro
cession into the Sunday school
auditorium, where services will
be held until the new church
building is ready for use. The
Cross and other chancel fittings
will be carried by the pastor, Rev,
W. P. Gerberding, officers of the
church and societies, with the
choir and congregation following.
Dr. Gerberding said he would
base his sermon on the theme of
All Saints' Day, which is Novem
ber 1, remembering the many peo
ple who have worshipped in the
Church during its long history.
"It will be an impressive ser
vice and all members and former
members are urged to avail them
selves of this last opportunity to
worship in the building* where
many solemn services, .baptisms,
confirmations, weddings, funer
als, ordinations, installations, and
communions, have been held," Dr.
Gerberding said.
Razing of the old edifice,
thought to be, the oldest church
structure in, the city, and building
of the new building are expected
to require about a year.
The church council re<5fently ap
proved plans for the new struc
ture, which, it is estimated, will
require an outlay in excess of
$200,000.
GUIDANCE SPEAKER ? Miss
Ella Stephens Barrett, supervi
sor of guidance of the state de
partment of public instruction,
will give a lecture here Tuesday
night in another of the series of
programs being presented on the
theme "Learning to Understand
Our Children".
Speakers Feature
Guidance Series
Dr. Robert A. Dyer,- Gardner
Webb college professor and re
cently supply pastor for First
Baptist church here, will speak
at Central school auditorium
Thursday evening in a continu
ance of the series of programs
on "Learning to Understand Our
Children."
Another in the series will be
conducted Tuesday night, When
Miltfe Ella Stephens Barrett, state
supervisor of guidance services
speaks on the subject "Guidance
in Personality Development
through Currieular Activities."
Both programs wijl begin . at
8 o'clock!
Dr , Dyer's lecture will be on
the topic "Emotions and How
?They Grow." Following the lec
ture a film will be shown de
monstrating ways parents and
children can satisfy needs of
children for acceptance, security
and independence
On Tuesday evening, a film
Continued On Pcige Eight
Woman's Ci'db Will Present 49th
Annual Floral Fair On Wednesday
The Kings Mountain Woman's
club 49th annual floral lair,
"Autumn Harvest,'' will be giv
en at the clubhouse Wednesday
with all Indications pointing to
the biggest andl best event ever
Exhibits may be entered on
Tuesday from 7:30 to 9.30 p. m?
it has been announced, and on
Wednesday meaning from eight
o'clock until 10.
Mrs. Gedege Houser, Chairman
nf the fair, announced this week
schedule of meals and prices for
tso. event
Lunch will be served from
11:30 until 2 p. m. she said, with
the menu including: turkey
plare at ?1.25. baked ham ptate
one dollar and child's plate 75
cents.
Dinnei will be served from
5:30 to 7:30 p. m. and the menu
will be turkey or ham plates at
$1.25, fried oysters at $1.25 and
oyster stew at 75 cents, she said.
The flower show division will
be open to the public from 12:30
to 7 30 p^ m. and admission pric
es have been set at 25 cents for
adult* and 10 cents for children.
Prizes to be awarded for win'
ners In the many exhibits are to
be, displayed at McGlnnls Furni
ture Company. Corrections noted
to the list published last week
include under Apron Class .3,
third prize ? 10 lbs. flour by
Barber's Oaih Grocery and under
Cake CI as? 8. second prize ?
towels by S. A T. Grocery.
Kings Mountain
Gill' Scouts loin
In Observance
Kings Mountain Girl Scouts
will join with others throughput
the nation.' beginning Sunday, in
the annual observance of Girl
Scout Week:
Kings Mountain Girl Scouts
will attend church in uniform on
Sunday, and other functions are
scheduled for the ensuing week.
Also expected to get underway
next week is the annual fund cam
paign for support of the Girl
Scout organization, which will be
headed by Paul Mauney.
Of the Pioneer Area council en
rollment of 931, 130 Girl Scouts
live in Kings Mountain. More
than one and one-half million Girl
Scouts are enrolled in the nation.
The organization Was founded
in 1912 with an original enroll
ment of 12.
Two Being Held
On Liquor Counts
Jack Smith, manager of Kate's
Gift Shop, and Jack Gant,t will be
tried in Cleveland County Recor
ders court Friday at 9:30 a. m.
on charges of violations of pro
hibition laws.
Deputy Sheriff Paul Byers said
that Smith was being held under
$150 bond on a charge of illegal
sale of tax-paid whiskey. Gantt
is being held under $300 bond on
charge" of possession of two gal
lons of whiskey found in his au
tomobile parked behind the gift
shop at the time of the raid. The
car is being .held under $2,000
bond.
The charges came as the result
of a raid last Saturday at about
6:45 p. m. at the Grover road es
tablishment. Other officers assist
ing in the arrests were Sherrif
Haywood Allen and Deputies Jim
McKinney and L. L. Hamrick.
Deputy Byers also reported
that Golden Roberts, Negro, of
route three, was fined $35 and
costs and given a three months
suspended sentence in county
court Monday after conviction on
a charge of possession of one gal
lon of non-tax paid whiskey, his
second offense in 90 days.
Bids Aie Opened
On Road Projects
Tho State llighway commission
meets in Raletgh Thursday to re
view bids on a number of road
surfacing bids totaling 61.2 miles
and including two Kings Moun
tain area projects.
The bids were opened Tuesday.
Low bid on the grading and
surfacing of the new two-lane ad
dition to Highways 74 and 29
from Kings Mountain to Gastonia
of 6.48 miles was $306,025 by Cle
ment Brothers Construction Com
pany, of Lenior.
Low bid on 4.8 miles of rural
road paving, including 3.1 miles
from Route 74 to Oak Grove
Road, 1.3 miles from Route 29 to
Midway road, and four-tenths
miles from Route 74 south of El
Bethel church, was $20,782 by
Taylor Construction Company of
Johnson City, Tenn.
Jaycees Work Hard
On Calendar Drive
Kings Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commer^ met in regular
meeting at Masonic dining hall
Tuesday night and, after a short
business meeting, split into teams
for a house-to-house canvas to sell
subscribers to the community
birthday calendar.
President Joe Hedden presided
and announced that the board <>f
directors has voted strict obser
vance of regular meeting nights
on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month.
Some regular meetings have
been postponed for various rea
sons, he said, and the policy tend
ed to slow the organization's busi
ness.
Wilson Griffin, chairman of the
club's inter-club relations commit
tee, announced a third district
meeting scheduled for Lincolnton
on Monday night and urged all
member? to attend.
Bill Fulton, chairman of the
membership committee, urged
members to suggest names of
prospective members to his group
and asked the club to assist in
increasing the membership. Men
21-35 inclusive are eligible for the
organization, he said.
Jack White, chairman of thfc
birthday calendar project, had
charge of the program and re
ported much progress on the
drive. He urged members to turn
in calendar sales reports by Sun
day. ,
Harlpy Dixon led the group in
singing "America" and J. C. Mc
Kinney gave the invocation.
GIRLS SCOUTS AT CAMP ROTARY ? - A group of Pioneer Area Girl Scouts are shown tramping
through the wo-xis on a recent weekend spent at Camp Rotary. They are. left to right. Ruth McCurdy
and Linda Anne Biser. Kings Mountain. Oottie K iser and Joan Thornburg, Lincolnton, Jean Hicks,
and Norma Kay TIamrick. Kings Mountain, Charlotte Shuford. Lincolnton, and Claudia Webb.
Janice Whltesides. Joanne Hudspeth and Rebecca Smith, Long Shoals. Girls Scouts of Kings Moun
tain are joining in the observance of national Girl Scout week, which begins Sunday.
Three Democratic Rallies
Set; Ike Group Is Formed
Jones Speaker
For Tuesday's
Gathering Here
Kings Mountain Democrats will
hold a pre-election rally at City
.fall courtroom Tuesday night ar
h,? u^Wi,h U' S- Kf'presenta -
t vr w oodrow w. Jones rfellverffie^
the principal address.
I he rally here will bp one of
three to be held in the county by
the Democrats, beginning Thurs
day night, when a county-wide
Ml y is scheduled for Bracken's
Cedar Park, featuring in addition
,h<> Principal iiddiess- ?,v Ren
Jones, a free fish fry. The rally
nets underway at <; .'.VIoek and
a number of Kings Mountain
Democrats have indicated they
plan to attend.
evening, Senator
C iyrle It. l{oey will make an ad- i
dress at ihe Cleveland County
courthouse. 7 !
Jack White, Kings Mountain at
torney. has been in charge of ar
rangements for the Kings Moun
tain gathering, in conjunction
w'tth the Cleveland County Youne
Democrats club. Mr. White said
county officials, city officials and
others will attend the rally here.
He urged all Democrats to attend.
C C. (Cobby) Horn, chairman
ot the county Democratic Execu
tive committee, issued the invita
tion to the public to attend the
Bracken's park fish fry and the
address by Senator Hoey Mon
day. He said the Shelby high
school band would furnish mus'ic
at the Thursday night gathering.
Bethware Club
Aiding School
The Bethware Progressive club,
in regular meeting Tuesday
night, appropriated ,$100 for the
purchase of tools for rhe agricul
ture shop and also voted to pur,
chase aids to farming instruc
tional materials for pupils of the
school.
The club also voted to advance
its regular meeting hour from 8
o clock to 7 o'clock for future
meetings. The club will now
meet on third Tuesdays each
month at 7 o'clock
Regular meetings of the club
directors are held each month
on First Tuesdays at 8 o'clock
Rites Held Tuesday
For Thomasville Man'
Funeral services for Adam P.
C?aiT; 61* ot Th?masville, brother
of Mrs. Frank Smi'h of Kings
Mountain, were conducted Tues
day afternoon at 4 o'clo k from
the honrje.
Mr. Carr, who died at 2 o'clock
Sunday had been critically ill for
five months and had been in de
dining health for several years
Surviving In addition to his sis
t*r are his wife, Mrs. Christine
revver Carr and two daughters;
two brothers, Cus Carr of Bel-1
mont and Wilbur Carr 0/ Gasto
nla; and 7 grranfl-chlldren.
RALLY SPEAKER ? Rep. Wood
rr>w Jones, of Rutherfordton, will
be the principal speaker at a
Democratic rally here on Tues
day night at City Hall courtroom.
He will also be heard Thursday
night at a county-wide rally and
free fish fry at Brackett's Cedar
PaTk.
Gift of Roses
Received Here
The Kings Mountain Living
Beatitifieatiori committee receiv
ed this week a gift of 100 rose
plants from Living Magazine,
Which are being used in beauti1
fying public places and in furfh
ering the. long-term project to
make Kings Mountain the "Rose
City of North Carolina."
Mrs. Glee E Iiridge-s said this
week that the rose plants, Paul
Scarlet Climbers, are being plan
ted at three city schools, at City'
?Stadium, and -at Mountain llest'
cemetery.
Pictures of (he activities ? of
Kings Mountain people are to be
featured in the February issue of
Living Magazine, she added.
All garden, clubs of thr com
munity are participating irt the;
beautification project, Mrs Brid
ges said, adding that the cluhs
expect to conduct another com
munity ? wide sale of plants in
'.he r.ear future.
Ike Supporters
Schedule Shelby
Get-Together
Cleveland County . Cit izens- for
Eisenhower will hold a count
wide rally at 'the courthouse in
Shelby Thursday night ?'>' 8:30,
it was announced Wednesday by
Lcs Roark, of- Shelby; publicity
chairman of the group which. or
ganl/ecl at a meeting in }4heib\
Tuesday night. .
Mr Roark said that the chair
man of the Gaston Cf?iMity t'iri
/ens-for Ki>enh')Wcr. Mr. tlrilfa
gher. will ntake the principal
address and he s.ikI larce irowils
of citi. ens from a)) parts of (tie!
county re. expected to attend.
He reported that about .Vi per i
sons attended the ?irg.jinl-/a.tiory
meeting in .Shrthy Tuesda\
night. whiclv elected pierce ("<is
sidy temporary chairman nd l'
L. Patterson, Jr.. temporary treas
Urer.
Mr. Roark said the or;' ani/.a
tion would be finally mmpieted
at the Thursday night rally in
Shelby.
He said the group would also
name a Kings Mountain organ
ization to advance the Candida
cy of General Eisenhower for
president,
Africa Is Theme
Of Lutheran Series
Beginning Sunday evening at
7 : 30 . a series of three services a
bout Africa will bp conducted in
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.
The series is being sponsored by
the Women of the Church, as
Africa is the theme of their Mis
sion Study Book for the year. On
Sunday the pastor. Dr. W. P. <7er- <
herding, will* speak on Liberia,
which is the part of Africa in.
which the United Lutheran
Church ha j its work.
Dr. Gerberding^ visited' Liberia
in 1945 as a Commissioner of the
Board -of Foreign Missions, of
which he is vice-president.. Liberia
is the nearest thing there is to
an American "Colony". It was
founded by the United States 100
years ago.
Lions Offering "Bargains Galore"
At Rummage Sale Starting Friday
Used clothing of varying kinds
and descriptions will he offered
for sale beginning Friday as the
Kings Mountain Lions club pre
sents its first rummage sale.
For the past month, members
of the club have been gathering
used clothing, and preparing it
for sale "at a price".
E. E, Marlowe, chairman of the
project, said a large amount of all
types of clothing, men's, women's
and children's have been collect
ed. is now being cleaned and put
in beat condition for the sale. His
word is that "bargains galore will
be Available."
The sale will be conducted in
the J. R. Davis building on Moun
tain street, formerly occupied by
City Floor ?Service, beginning Fri
day morning at 9 o'clock. '?
T. W, Graysort is chairman of
the sale commitlee, while Edwin
Moore and Gene Patterson have
been superintending the clothes
collection. A pricing committee in
chides Hilton Ruth, W. L. Plonk
and Paul McGlnnis.
Club members and other citi
zens who have clothes to donate
for the sale should contact Mr.
Marlowe, telephone 62.
"We have a good stock but we
could use some more still," Mr.
Marlowe said.
i Registrars Add
[386 New Names
In Past Week
I* *"? V " * V . q- m V 1 '.*?" >?* / . j, (
Saturday -is J lie final flay to
!? register for the November ???' gen
j eritl election. . > :
Registrars '\vill iie at the .polling
places from !? a; hi. to f>,p. m. to
put the name* .of voters on the
! registration hooks, to Handle
, transfers, and to cheek mimes. of
persons who are not sure they are
registered'. . ' ?' ...
Business has tu rn very brisk at -
the N.utni?err 1 Township precincts, t
where 3si? new voters have heen
added to the books in the- past
week. A total of 221 were a<kled
on the opening registration (.ay,
which means that 0>M citizens have
registered to vote, sinee the hooks
opened.
Kecter'a Dry Goods Store in
Grover will be the Grover poll
ing place for the November 4
general election, J. B. Ellis,
registrai, se'd yesterday. Reg
ular registration end polling
place for Grover precinct was
Tate's Drug Store, destroyed
by fire several weeks ago. The
Keeter Store has been used lor
a registration place, but had
not been definitely designated
the Grover voting place.
Largest registrations have been
reported by Mrs. J. II. Arthur,
registrar for West. Kings Moun
tain precinct. who listed 145
names on Saturday, plus 35 on
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Mrs. Nell Cmnford. East Kings
Mountain .registrar, added 112
names Saturday, and 11 on Tues
day and Wednesday. J. B. Ellis,
at Grover; reported 28 additions,
and Mrs. Herman Goforth. liefh
ware registrar reported 25 ad
dit ions during the past week.
In Kings Mountain, the regis
trars have heen visiting industrial
areas this week to aid voters to
get on the books, at the behest of
the Kings Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, one of several
organizations - here promoting a
general "get-out Outvote" cam
paign. Op Thursday. Airs. Cran
ford will be at. York Road < iro
cery "to register Voters of that
area, and 'Mrs.'" Arthur will be at
M a rg race Store for the day, -com
pleting the Jaycce special regis
I ration e.ffort.
, .In contrast to the first- wf.'ek,
majority of the now registrants
during the past week have listed
themselves as Democrats: Mrs,
C'ranford reported registi ring >?1
Democrats. 27 Republicans and
three independents. Mrs. Arthur,
who had said first day registrants
were "predominantly Republl
can", said majority of the West
Kings Mountain registrants were'
Democrats' during the past week.
At Bethwaro, ?Republican regis
trants held a slight edge during
the past week, the 25 including 13
Republicans, ten Democrats and
two independents.
Guaid Unit Gets
Very High Rating
Kings Mountain's National
Guard company received ? very
high excellent ratine at federal
inspection- held on Wednesday,
October 15, with unit under
strength knocking the organiza
tion out of t ho highest rating, su
jerior.
(.'apt. Humes Houston, comman
der, made the announcement and
appealed to young men in the
area to join the unit.
"Wo need men under IS and>
one half years "of age to fill open
ings in the company. Joining the
Guard before draft age means
that a boy is not eligible for the
draft because he is already in a
reserve component," Capt. Hous
ton said.
The unit's officer is located on
Phifer road at the National
Guard motor shed and is open
each day except Saturdays and
Sundays from 8 a. m to 5 p. m.
Col. John D. Salmon, assistant
third army inspector general of
Ft. McPhearson, Ga.. told local
officers that the rating was one
of the highest in the state.'
If the unit gains its proper
strength, one official said, Kings
Mountain would be one of the top
cities in the state in line for a
new, modern armory building.
Plans for the new armory are al
ready complete.
The unit is officially Head
quarters and Headquarters Com
pany, 3rd Battalion, 120th Infan
try, North Carolina National
Guard.