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Population ' City Limits 7.206 I Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Plgww) VOL 62 NO. 47 > , Established 1889 mm mmmm mm mm mmmm tmm ? ? ? Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, November 20, (952 Sixty- Second Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News CAKE SALE . -Members of the Junior Wo man's Club will sponsor a cake, pie and candy sale Saturday November 22, in Belk's De partment Store. The sale starts at 9:30 a. m. The proceeds will go for the Children's Home in Greensboro. KIWANIS MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings (Mountain Klwanis club will be held Thursday evening at 6:45 at Masonic Dining hall. ' ' The club will not meet the follow ing week on Thanksgiving night, it has been announced. LIONS PROGRAM W. W. Smith, Rutherfordton insurance executive, will ad dress members of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their meeting Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at Masonic Dining Hall. TUESDAY ALARM City firemen answered a fire alarm Tuesday at 12:40 p. in. below tho Joy Theatre on Mountain street and quickly extinguished a grass fire. No damage was reported. ii" ?? ? ' ' ? ? ? ? METER RECEIPTS A totaj of $141.42 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters Wednesday morning ac cording to a report by the city treasurer's office. REPLACES SAWYER C. D. Fortune, a "member of the state highway patrol, has replaced W. D. Sawyer who has been transferred to Brevard. Officer F6rtune will work out of Kings 'Mountain and will move his family here. OUTDOOR PICNIC Young people of First Bap tist church are asked to meet at the church at 6:30 Wednes day evening to go to Lake Cra wford picnic area. The picnic has been planned for all col lege students and young peo ple, Mrs. Yates Harbison said in making the announcement. MAUNEY ELECTED W. K. Mauney, of Kings Mountain, was elected to a three-year term as a member of the executive hoard of the Lutheran Brotherhood of North Carolina at the 30th annual state convention held Tuesday at First Lutheran church, Al bemarle. ? CHICKEN SUPPER A chicken and dumpling sup per sponsored by the Willing Worker's class of Second Bap tist church will be held at the Old Mill clubhouse Saturday evening from 5-7:30 o'clock, plates will be sold at $1.25 and cakes and pies will be for sale, a spokesman for the group said. FESTIVAL SATURDAY A Lord's Acre festival spon sored by El-Bethel Methodist church, will be held Saturday evening beginning at 5 o'clock Chicken pie plates will be sold for $1.00 with auctioning and sales of hot dogs and ice cream to follow. Proceeds will go toward erection of a new parsonage CENTRAL P-TA MEETING Central parent ? Teacher As sociation will meet at Central school auditorium. Tuesday af ternoon at 3:30. Program fea ture will he presentation of a play entitled "High Pressure Areas," to be given by the high school home economics department, under direction of Mrs. Audrey Page. The meeting was advanced from Wednes day, due to Thanksgiving hol idays. . loy cees To Sponsor Grocery Collection Kings Mountain Junior Cham , ber of Commerce will agin spon sor' the "Buy a Can, Leave a Can? project as a Christmas promo "X ;V/ -wP Vice-President J. T, McGlnnis made the announcement. Citizens will b# asked to sur chase staple grocery items wMIe* doing their pre-Christmas ' gro cery buying for deposit boxes at participating stares. Goods col lected will be distributed to nee dy families for Christmas. Luco Fails Hi chairman of the 1 club's Christmas activities com mittee. rT^V-i ?? -frf 'Annual Meeting Of Bed Cross Thursday Night Annual meeting ol Kings Mountain Chapter, American Red Cross, will be held Thursday evening at 8 o'clock at City Hall courtroom, according to an nouncement this week by Rev. W. L. Pressly, chapter chairman. Business will Include presenta tion of reports on the past year's activities by officers and commit tee chairmen, . and election of a fund drive chairman, four direc tors and a chapter chairman. Members of the Red Cross, which Includes all persons hold ing a one dollar membership card for the current year, are voting members of the Red Cross and are being urged to attend. "We are particularly anxious for the members to attend the annual meeting," Mr. Pressly said. "The Red Cross Is doing a good work and the officer* and directors would like for all mem bers to hear the reports of work accomplished and to participate In the election of officers for the coming year." Battle Possible Movie Theme GASTONIA ? Kings Moun tain, steeped In historical drama, might be the setting for a movie sometime in the not-too-distant future. This was revealed last Satur day when the three screen stars and a Hollywood writer visited Qastonia. : ? Robert Hardy Andrews, film writer accompanying Rod Came ron,. Chill Wills and Alice Kelly on a promotion trip, told a re porter he was seriously thinking about writing the script lor a movie about Kings Mountain. "I've been thinking about do ing a movie on Kings Mountain," said Andrews, "for quite some time. On the trip, I've noticed markers along the highway tell ing about the battle of Kings Mountain. We've never had a movie about this battle and the events leading up to it" He said that, after doing a lot of reading about the battle, he had come to realize that it was the turning point of the Revolu tion. i "With all sincerity," he contin ued, "I think I can say that a movie will be made here one day not too far away." He said that actors and actress es, directors, equipment and everything necessary in making a movie would be brought to Kings Mountain if it were decided to make the movie. "Right now", he concluded, "I believe it'll be made." Portrait Unveiling Ceremonies Delayed Special ceremonies at Kings Mountain hospital commemorat ing the unveiling of the portrait of the late Lottie Goforth, hos pital benefactress, which had been tentatively scheduled for Sunday, have been temporarily postponed, Robert Moser, county hospitals administrator, said Wednesday. The postponement was neces sitated by the illness of Joe Dixon, Kings Mountain hospital business manager, who is a pa tient in Shelby hospital, Mr. Mo ser added. Prizes Offered In Yule Contest Garden Connril, Bank Sponsoring City-wide Contest ed this Bank' ann?unc wi)? i5Kk 8P?nsorshlp of a city ssisssr- do??ay *? **,' A' Wan?- chairman of the Garden Club council made the announcement. Cash prizes of five dollars each ners, while the grand prize of a $2o savings bond will go to the TU"tP m?st outstanding of all. The First NaUonal Bank SSK? RtS!f prlzes' Wh,,e a11 de" 1 contest are beinc su? by "? G?d? ?ss beDrH?"dy,d?xa,izrewm wiIrlr,'?rJdoorway decora titms sions* n Wln"ers ln ^ese divi ns. Non-garden club residen ccs Burlington Mill residences fex SS residences, Loom! lex Min residences, Pauline Mill KSS K*"s m,".' uracturing company residences MW?S Mm *w. Sadie Mauney Mill resi M,V re8ldences, i J M111 residences, Gar KlES ? tffittssfjzss fill out entry blank, noting nam? fes^thi Snd dlvU,on ot the con waJd thl ah,? e"terlng. and for ward the blank to the contest committee, either by mall to Post office Box 764, Kings MounS" at GrifflnPnlng V" entry bo*e* t Griffin Drug Company, Kines & n*"., Dn'e Company, the rst National Bank or Kines Mountain Herald. g anrf"^ d?adlin^ ,s December 20, I formin ,?? t0T" jUdges w111 fie (lay's 3?^ 'S PHWM ^Commenting on the contest Mrs. Ware said, "The First Na-' tional Bank is again opening a nCbMpay *? another gesture of shin hJ rrvicc and good citizen ?ship by supporting a community, wide contest which will be of iffe-f ! ,0 ,he comn?nitv. The idea is not a new one and has ?d" ,fhaCtirPd ln New England nnM ^?r communities over the nation for many years tal'^ht1^ is t0 debdra'P the por. tai, the doorway to the home to the ' ! the decorat??ns around smrit ofThH /? the home the spirit of Christmas, of peace anrt good will toward men. i,JIrhe x Garden Club council hopes that participation in the contest will be heavy," Mrs Ware continued. * arc Entry blanks may be obtained at the First National Bank, Grlf Comna i KingS MoUntain ' Drug Companies and at the Kings Mountain Herald, in addition fo those appearing in the Herald. Judging of the contest will be based on three major points as sC abiSlitv0r|Rina(,i,J' 40 pprcem" suitability uf material, .30 percent and general appearance, 30 per City Facilities Greatly Expanded Since Parsons Joined Force In '19 ? Kings Mountain's public facili ties have improved immeasurably in the past three decades, and L. C. Parsons, . retiring soon after more than 33 years of continuous service as the city's man-in charge of utilities, has seen all the Improvements In that period. There were few paved streets and a meager 250 power Custo mers, when Mr. Parsons Joined the city on March 1, 1919. Today, there are 33-plus miles of In-city streets, many of them paved and more than 2,000 persons use city power in their homes and bus! ness- establishments r : Mr, Parsons, who for the past several years has worn the title, superintendent of public works. Is retiring effective January 1. though his active service with the city will end a month earlier, the board of commissioners hav ing voted him a month's vacation. Mr. Parsons, a native o 1 the Ellerbe, N, C. area, first came to Kings Mountain December 22, Continued on Page Might ?? r - \.'? TEMPLE REVIVALIST ? Evan gelist Walter "Jeff" Davis, above, of Geneva, Ky.. is conducting re vival services at Temple Baptist church every evening through next Wednesday. Temple Revival Series Underway Revival services at Temple Baptist church are to continue through next Wednesday night with Evangelist Walter "Jeff" Davis, of Geneva, Ky., delivering addresses each evening at 7:30 p. m! Rev. David N. Morris, pastor, made the announcement. The ser vices began on Monday night Rev. Mr. Morris will also con duct "Chalk Talks" as a part of the revival services. Orln White, church chol-lster, will conduct the singing at the services and the youth choir, un der direction of Carl Gimms, will render special numbers. "The public is cordially invited to attend these services," Rev. Morris announced. Yule Opening Plans Progress Plans for Kings Mountain's annual Christinas -opening cele bration, a promotion of the Kings Mountain Merchants association, were going lorward this week, according to announcement by Glee E. Bridges, chairman of the committee in charge of arrange ments. The event, which will formally o?en the Christmas shopping sea son in Kings Mountain, is sche duled for December 4 at City Sta dium. The association has varied its plan for Ihe opening this year. Rather than a parade, the associ ation will hold a Christmas party for children at City Stadium. Santa Claus will make his an nual pre-Chrlstmas visit to the city as the chief feature of the occasion, treats will be given the children, and several organiza tions will participate irt the pro gram being arranged by B. S. Peeler, Jr. The Kings Mountain city schools band, directed by Joe Hedden, the Ministerial associa tion and other groups will have a hand in the party. Customarily. the opening marks the turning on of Christ mas lights in the business dis trict. Mr. Bridges tild the transpor tation arrangements for the San ta Claus visit are not yet com plete, but that final plans will be announced soon. Church Services, Holiday To Mark Thanksgiving ?r Thsank^lvl"g this weekend Special church services win h? Pv;d-?:^dayser^ Wh In rpt ?. clty's lurches, ? f<2ai.Tohne) ar^ look' ^ - ? a and one Accord hi pP"?e orrt ,hpir duties, i? * ,Q nction of the S SUnlain Merchants' asso 25? &5?JS VVil1 e,"S0 as usual final mii d?y at noon ^r the fore rlri i half-holiday be . -nfistmas. Tho regular half day will dovetail with a ill day 's' ^ ^ h6,iday- as Pro Ia\Vs ?. association's by. weekend Mi^V' dosing wi!h dayUafi'eSoedU'?S "*Xt Wec,nes" .chooK ?hfCCt'nR ,0 fo"w regular' in ' ching schedules. l?Uiar t on Special services have been in .f?r| ?Vf thew's Lutheran churches First' c^ft,84hchrh, rul ^ttsiS Think! ?^ g ing service on ^saaswEsd 8 o'clock6 me" ?' the church at Haf-.?8aLU8LXn ? ? 0<therThfla?|kSglVing m?mlng. uther activities will incii,H? some football game ip il hC nual^tVa8c^"?,rlhy^^ day.''0 t^e?n^h "h'olf I Civil Defense Seeks Workers J civ^i r,LUnteer registration for dcmSft"%r?rk0^ is SftU Ki"-S Mountain and Ss has urTHDireCt0r ?,liG "?r. 7? nIUrged everyone to join the local organization Mr. Harris said that somo wn Kings Mountain cIUzmu ?re ne?S fijor civil defense p?s,,S Registration only indicate* ?> cuizens willingness to woJk in1 bir??" ? needed , 35? mak? on^ a full-fledged ' ml defense worker, Mr Harris I Pointed out. "a iris Registration cards are availa- I hie to anyone wh owishes to siim HaS' car J* ?',tained from Mr. I "ed'te^cS *? '* Citizens who have previousJv "***?? <?>?" Byron To Speak At Services Here Dr. Lloyd B. Byron, of Char lotte, new North Carolina district superintendent of the Church of Nazarene. will speak in Kings Mountain e* two services Sunday. On Sunday morning at 11 o'clock services, Dr. Lloyd will deliver the sermon at First Church of the Nazarene. On Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock, he will conduct dedication services ! at Park Grace Church of the Na zarene. Again, on Tuesday evening, he will address a "get acquainted" rally, at Park Grace Church of the Nazarene. Announcement was made ' by Rev. C. E. McKenzle, pastor of First Church of the Nazarene. Dr. Byron recently came to North Carolina from the pasto rate of the college church at Kan kakee, 111. OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK Christmas Decorated Door Contest NAME Street and Number . .. . Place a check mark in square to designate the division in which you will enter: s : ( ) < > < > ( > LoonvTex Mill Craftkpun Mill Burlington Mill Pauline Mill Kings Mfn. Mfg. Co. Sadie .Mill ( ) ) Bonnie Mill ) Mauney (Mill ) Park Yarn Mill ) Margrac* Mill ) Colored residents Y Non-Garden Club residents Garden Cluto residents Entry blanks must be in not later than noon, Saturday, December 20, 1958, and Judging will be between 6 p. m and 9 p. m., December 22, 1992. I Pill In, clip and mail to P. O. Box 764, Rings Mountain, N. C. ? Sponsored by the Garden Club Council of Kings Mountain. Bond Election Registration Period Will End Saturday ?V ' " J WINS AWARD ? Carl B. Moss, now in the army and a recent graduate of King's Business Col lege. at Charlotte, won the high est of Jour accounting awards i given by the school at the com mencement exorcises held last week. Moss Wins King's College Award Carl B. Moss, son of Mr, and Mrs..M. 13. Moss, received scho lastic honors at the annual com mencement for Kind's Business College Wednesday night, No vember 12. For his excellent record,, he won the highest of the four ac counting awards, the coveted senior accounting medal. Mr. Moss, who graduated from Kings Mountain High School, Is now Private Moss with the 10th In fantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas. Among the 130 graduates, ot hers from Kings Mountain were: Faye Carpenter, Bookkeeping Typewriting, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Carpenter; Virginia Ledford, Bookkeeping - Typewrit ing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Ledford. The graduates and their guests were entertained at a banquet In tlie grand- ballroom at the Hotel Charlotte immediately preceding the graduation program. Dr. Harold Hopkins, Executive Secretary of the National Asso ciation and Council of Business Schools, delivered the graduation address, "Lost Horizons." Rites Conducted For Moss Infant Funeral rites for Phyllis An nette Moss, four . month - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moss, were held Monday after noon at 3 o'clock at the Linwood Road home of the parents, with Rev. B. F. Austin conducting the rites. Burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. The child died at 8:30 Sunday morning. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are a brother. Gary Moss, and a fcister. Sheila Moss. BID LETTING The county hospital board of trustees will meet at Kings Mountain hospital Friday morning at 10:30. to receive -bids on the building of a 13 bed nurses' home. Bids have been Invited for general, elec trical, plumbing and hpating contracts. i FUNERAL THURSDAY ? Will L. Blackburn, veteran constable police officer and farmer, died suddenly ? early Wednesday morning after suffering a heart attack. Funeral rites will be con ducted Thursday afternoon at Bethlehem Baptist church. ? ? Blackburn Dies Of Heart Attack Funeral rites for VViH L. Black? burn, GO, of Grover, veteran Num ber I Township constable and police officer, will be held Thurs day' afternoon at 3 o clock at Bethlehem Baptist church, with interment following in the church cemetery. The services will b? conducted by Rev. S. M. Hughes, assisted by Jtev. Kenneth Hollifield. The body will lie in state at the church form 2;30 to o'clock. Mr. Blackburn, who had been in apparent Rood health, died suddenly at" 3 o'clock Wednesday morning at his home. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Blackburn was owner and operator of Piedmont Grill on North Piedmont avenue here. He was a fanner and veteran law .enforceroent officer, having scrv <^l as a < 'levelainl County deputy shetTifl. Kings Mountain city po liceman. and several terms as constable Of .Number I Township. At the time of his death, lie was completing .1 lorni of office as constable. .Surviving ait; his Wile. Mrs. 'Mac Kandall Blackburn, . two soris, t'Jfier Blackburn, of -Grover, and Kdga i Bl.vkbui'n, of Kings tree, S. C... fodr daughters, Mrs. I >.t i v 1 11 Kar l and Mrs. Elmer Mc Murry, both of Grover,- Mrs. John Camp, Spindale, and Mrs. !<ir.ady Pennington, of Gastonia,. a brother, li. H. Blackburn, of Kings MounUiii) and two sisters, Mrs; Clyde Blr.lwck and Mrs. Ira j Dixon, both of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are 13 gr.m.dchH ] dreh. | Another son, John Dixon Black burn, was killed in acti6n in 1944, while serving with the army at St. Lo. France. Guidance Series To Be Conducted r ? . Only Few Names j Added To Books For Special Vote Saturday is (ho final day fo register for the cltywlde Decern bor e speCiaj bond election to .to SZ VVh';,1"M iho oi,y sP^n.ls 5W)0.000 on improving Its sewaiie disposal system. ? Registration books, open for I;1^, ,VV'? SaUlr,';'y?. Will close ln? S?y V SUnSOt- Tho l)ay y WUI 1)0 ^halleniioj Registrars reported very little "" "? ???' wfif" L. Rlnck reported. Mrs. H. R. Parton, Ward II reels horV QClu only three names to nis ?r?V"f ?**' J- T- McGln nis, Jr., \\?rd V registrar, added only four names last Saturday. sasrira reccived /rom III and IV registrars. While general assumption of the registrars is that majority of the eligible voters are already registered, they pointed out that nZ\lPC??n' must have become hiv ,k ln#the Past year than nave thus far registered. c(,y hoard of commission ers has called the special election to provide funds for building sq *age dis|>osal facilities, for ex tending sewer lines to areas not now served with sewer facilities, and for related purposes. The action followed condemna tion .of the present facilities as inadequate by the North Caro lina State Board of Health. If voted, the funds obtained from the sale of city bonds would implement the recommendations made by Olsen Engineering Com pany, of Raleigh, for building a sewage disposal system designed to serve the city adequately for a minimum of 20 years. Dixon Revival Begins Sunday p v / c W. Solomon, oi Mon Iiv.it, /..rm(?r aid to well-known e\ angtMist Hilly Graham, will conduct revival .services at. Dix?n Ireshytorian cluirch beginning SQnday evening ami contlnUfng through November 30. ' Services will be held ea.-h even ing at 7:30. Rev P. d. Patrick, ,.;o pastor; s inviting the public to attend the revival services. ? Lutherans Planning Building Financing */Alns .for ^nancing the St. Matthews Lutheran church I building program are now under, way, with the pastor, Dr W P Gerberding, speaking on the sub^ Ject at each Sunday service this month. Visitation of members will be ' I gin November 3o. and the final! i meeting for workers, a supper gathering, will be held at the I church Monday evening. Razing of the old church, build ing is Hearing completion. "Chicken Ever; Sunday" Scheduled Foi Two Performances On Weekend Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present "Chicken Every Sunday?, "a three-act comedy, at Central school auditorium on Fri day and Saturday evenings at 8 o'clock. The play, first of the current Little Theatre season, will fea ture the largest cast for a local production in many years, possi. bly the largest ever. Meek Carpenter Is director of the play written by Phillip G. and Julius J. Epstein from th^ novel by Rosemary Taylor. The vehicle* saw a long and success ful run on Broadway several years ago. Little Theatre officials this week urged citizens to purchase season tickets, with three gua ranteed productions and possibly four to be offered. "Purchasers of season tickets will realize a big saving over in dividual ? performance ticket pur chases on adult tickets and an even larger saving on purchase of childrens season tickets", a spokesman noted this week, Season tickets are priced at $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for children. Individual performance tickets are priced at 85 cents. . . Members of the 21-player cast have been meeting five nights each week for the past several weeks In rehearsal for the per formances. Featured In the cast are Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stallings, Mrs. Bruce Thorburn, Dr. R. N. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Rudi Wuennenberg, C. J. Splvey. Ed Smith, Mrs. Dud ley Rainey, Mrs. M. F. Fuller, Sherrlll Spears, W. P. Fulton, Danny Thornburg, Miss Bernlce Harrison, Mrs. Charlie Mettauer. Connie Padgett, Sandy Stallings, Blllle Sue Gibbons, Bobby Eng, Bill Brlggs and Mr. Carpenter. The final programs in a Series of nine on child guidance being, present oil under the direction of Miss Alice. C. Averilt, c ity schools teaching consultant, are schedul ed for Thursday night at 8 p. m. at West Elementary school audi torium ?nd for Monday night at Central school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The public is being urged to attend the programs. On Thursday night at' West school, a play titled "High Pres sure Areas" will be presented by members of the high school home economics department under the direction of Mrs. Audrey M. Page. - On next Monday night at Cen tral school, a panel discussion conducted by Dr. Robert Dyer, director of guidance at Gardner Webb Junior College, has been arranged by Mrs. Josephine Weir. The Thursday program was originally scheduled 'for Central school but was moved to the West auditorium when j a conflict a- ' rose. Monday's program was first scheduled for November 25 because of a conflict In Dr. Dyer's calendar. The programs have been plan ned for both parents and tea chers. Miss Averitt said, end she urged #very school patron to at tend the final programs.