Population
City Limits . . . 7.206
Trading Area . . 1 5.000
(1945 Ration Board Plguroa)
VOL 63
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NO. 24
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Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June II, 1953
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Pages
Today
Sixty-Third Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
AT PRESBTTKR1AN
Rev. Prank A. Brown, D. JD.,
of Gui .11*, will deliver the
sermon at 11 o'clock Sunday
futiralng at First Presbyterian
church, according to announ
cement this week.
cotnrr op honor
Boy Scout Court of Honor
will be held Thursday, tonight,
at 7:45 p. m. In City Hall.
Scouter round-table will be
held during the court, accord
ing to announcement from
Piedmont district headquar
ters.
TO ASHEVILLE
Miss Margie Lou Dickey,
daughter of Mrs. Paul Beam
and recent graduate of Cataw
ba College, has assumed the
position of assistant dietician
at Mission Memorial hospital,
Asheville. ' Miss Dickey began
her duties on Monday.
SCHOOL BOARD
Regular monthly meeting of
the Kings Mountain district
board of school trustees Is
scheduled at the office of Su
perintendent B. N. Barnes at
Central school Monday at 7:30
p. m.
TO SING SUNDAY
Miss Clara Plonk, of New
York and Kings Mountain, will
be featured soloist at St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church servi
ces Sunday morning at 11 o'
clock. Children of the church
will give a short program at
this service. ' '
HOSPITALIZED
City police officer Martin Ware
Is in Kings Mountain hospital
where he underwent a major
operation Tuesday morning.
His condition was reported sat
isfactory Wednesday JteewSnf .
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TO ASHEBORO
Rev. Glenn Sasom and his
family moved Tuesday to
Asheboro, where Mr. Easom
has accepted a call to serve the
Church of God In Asheboro.
Rev. Dock WlHbanks, of Lin
coln ton, is In charge oi the
Kings Mountain church, It was
announced.
HONOM 37/ ADUATB
Miss Peggy Anne ACtuney,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Au
brey Mauney, was graduated
cum laude with the degree of
B. S. In home economics dt
Woman's College, University
of North Carolina, on June 1.
The with honors notation was
not Included on the WCUNC
news bureau report on Its 1953
graduates, as used In last
weeks Herald news story.
MORGAN RESIGNS
Earl Morgan, for the past
several months an employee
at the- city clerk's office, has
resigned to accept a position
with Trans-World Airlines,
Kansas City, Bans. He left for
Kansas City Wednesday. He
has been replaced at City Hall
by Tommy Owens, a former
merrfber of the city office staff.
DAB Citizenship
Winners Listed
Wlnnen of D. A. R. Good Cltl
zenship medal*, presented an
nually by Col. Frederick Ham*
bright Chapter, were announced
by Mr*. .T. E, Herndon, chapter
regeant, this week. ? :1 ...
The medals are presented to a
fifth grade 'student In each of
the elementary schools of the
city. '?;/ ,
The winners:
Central ? Mason Hughes, Jr.
; East ? J a me* Rlkard, Jr.
We*t ? Melba Andrews.
Park-Grace ? Joyce Ann Chll
dera.
Davidson ? Margaret France*
Hun' sr.
Attention Called
To Annual Flog Day
Xlaffs Mountain's Colonal
. Daughters of tho American
INSTALLATION NIGHT SCENE AT LEGION HALL Pictured above at the Installation night meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 155. the American Legion, held at the Legion Hall last Friday night are most of
the new officers of the organisation and State Commander C. Leroy Shuplng, Jr., in white cap near"
center, of Greensboro, who conducted the Installation. C. E. W article, on Mr. Shuping's left assumed
the duties of commander of the local post, of which he was an organizer in 1924. Pictured, left to right,
are Millard Prince, James Bennett, Clyde Whets tine, C. T. Carpenter. Jr., Sam ?>. Collins, commander
Shuplng, Commander Warlick, John W. Gladden, Fred Haithcox and Hubert AderholdL Ross Alexan- '
der and Bill Jonas, the remaining officers, were not present. (Herald photo by Hubert Carlisle) .
BAPTIST OTAtti If. JamM
B. McClure, ptatw of Wm(
Franklin Baptist church ol Gas
tonla, Will b# fiwrt minister at
First Baptist church h?r? for
special ssrtloas during the wnk
btgtaulag en Sunday. Services
will continue through Juno 21.
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Vacationers Should
Notiiv Policemen
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Leaving town for a vacation?
Then there are a few precau:
tlons you should take to foil any
would-be burglars. Chief of Police
Hugh A. Logan, Jr., reminded
this fveek.
Included are: 1) Call the police
department and report your plan
ned absence. The police will con
centrate their patrols on homes
of absent owners. 2) Call ,the
milkman and paper boy and stop
deliveries while you're gone. This
eliminates a sure sign to thieves
that the residents are away.*
The police department tele
phone number Is 254.
Charlotte Cum ;
To TakeOvef
Chain lake 2jr
H. H. Everett, of Charlotte,
head of Stewart and Everett
Theatres. Inc., which operates
more than 80 motion picture
houses in the two Carolina*, said
Wednesday his firm, has leased
the five theatres operated by
Kings Mountain's Cash Brothers,
including the Joy and Dixie The
atres here. Term of the lease is
ten years.
Stewart and Everett Theaters,
Inc., will assume management of
the five Cash Brothers theaters
? which include two in Mt. Holly
and one in Cramerton ? after
the close of business on June 27.
Mr. Everett told the Herald
Wednesday that the policy of the
new operators would be to show
the most modern pictures avail
iable and do its best to furnish
topnotch entertainment.
He said further announcement
concerning policy would be made
nearer the date Stewart and
Everett takes over the Cash
Brothers operation.
Charlie and David Cash have"
been prominent In the motion pic
ture business here for more than
two decades.
In 1931, David Cash came here
to manage the Imperial Theatre.
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Cotton Oil Company Operating
Newly-Ii^MKfeed-Grindei
Kings Mountain Cotton Oil
Company hat installed a hammer
?mill ? a new installation to pro
vide farmers of the Kings Moun
tain Area with a modern custom
grinding, feed mixing plant, first
and largest of its kind in this se
t' n of the state, according to an
nouncement by H. Lawrence Pat
rick, general manage)-.
Seeing tint need tf this service
for this area, Mr. Patrick said
he has had this installation plan
ned for several years The build
ing of it was delayed for approxi
mately two years, due to his re
call to active duty aa Captain In
the Marine Corps.
Thft^'lfifW* plant, ' designed to
make all farm feeds, constats of i
a 3,000- pound feed mixer, an 88- ;
hammer feed mill, or crusher, J
and a molasses mixer. |
M The large hammer-mill is
equipped with magnets, and is
powered by a 195- horsepower 'mo
tor. It has a capacity of one and
one half $o 20 tons per hour, de
pending on the product to be con
verted and on the grade of feed
fteelrert The mill Is designed with
a four and one-quarter inch shaft,
wide throat and adjustable feed
table ? ideal fcr grinding baled
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hay. In addition, it la designed
and engineered to handle com
fodder, ear corn, shelled corn and
una 11 grains faster and easier
than one ever would thing possi
ble.
The mill Includes a molasses
mixer for the even addition of
molasses to feeds in any porpor
tion desired. Feeds may also be
added to or taken out at any
phase in jhe operation. Farmers
may furnish all the ingredients
for feeds. However, the firm of
fers a complete line of concen
trates and other ingredients for
mixing a well-balanced feed.
The new mill has been in oper
ation for about a week and al
ready many farmers of the area
af? talcing advantage of the ser
vice. Mr. Patrick reports.
-Mr. Patrick is secretary- trea
surer and general manager of
Kings Mountain Cotton OB Com
pany. He hat Men with the com
pany for five years, coming from
Tlmken Rollef Bearing Company
tA Canton, Ohio, where he was a
consultant engineer. Mr, Patrick
holds a B. S. degree from David
son college and a Master of Sci
enor degree In Industrial Man
agement from Georgto Te^h.
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sociatfon, reminded. both as
soclation ?d citi ?
mbs thU WMk that July 4 Is
an annaal holiday at th? asso
ciation. whsn majority o! rs
tan starts doss for ths day.
July 4 falls on Saturday this
ysar, which win ghrs retail
stores a long wssk? d holiday.
lnrtspisdsaw Day U one of
ths assodatlssrs MTM annu
al holidays.
Harmon Property
Re-Sale Saturday
Commissioner's re-sale of a
portion of the properties of the
Thomas N. Harmon Estate will
be conducted Saturday morning
beginning at 10 o'clock.
Bidding will start at $6,615 on
the corner lot *t Battleground
avenue, Falls and Cherokee
street, which Is occupied by a
two- apartment frame dwelling,
Miss Ruth Randall is the pres
ent high bidder for the property.
Bidding will start at S55L25 on
a half-Interest in a tract of ten
end one-fourth acres adjoining
the property of Crescent Hill De
velopment Company, George W.
Mauney and others. Fred J. Wri
ght, Sr., Is the present high bid
der for the tract.
After Saturday's sales the bid
ding will remain open for ten
days. *
Full information about the
properties can be obtained from
Martin L. Harmon, Jr. commis
sioner.
A third tract, on Waco Road,
was previously sold to Hal S.
Plonk. t
Postoffice Box
Bent Scale Hiked
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Postoffice box rent adVances at
Kings Mountain postoffice, and
at all postoffices thronghout the
nation on July 1, according to the
May 26 Postal Bulletin, on orders
of the assistant postmaster gen
eral.
The new schedule of rental
charges is based on pMtal re
ceipts and is the first adtaltment
in postoffice bo* rental fees since
1907, the bulletin ststed.
OMfre Is the quarterly rate
schedule *s it will apply st Kings
Mount* In postoffice: ?
[ . Old rate New rste
No. 1 lock box 73c $1.00
No. a lock box $L00 . Il &
No. 3 lock box $130 ? 12.2
No. 4 lock box $2.00 * $3.0.'
Postmaster W. g. Blakely ssk*
the new scale will be used when
collecting July quarter box rent
tev,;,v.y,
Play Schedule
Gets Underway
Monday Morning
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James (Redi Layton said yes
terday that the city's summer rec
reation program will officially
open Monday morning at 9 o'
clock.
A planned program is schedul
ed for the high school gymnasi
um, with John Charles, member
of the high school coaching staff
recently added to the recreation
commission organization, in
charge.
Activities will include piftg
pong, shuffleboard, card games,
basketball, dancing, softball, pad
dle tennis, horseshoe pitching,
and volleyball.
The gymnasium will also be
opened two nights weekly on
Wednesday, from 7:30 to 9:30,
and Fridays, from 7:30 to 10 o'
clock. Children of all ages are
invited to take part in the pro
gram, Mr. Layton added.
All Little League games, hence
forth, will be played at the new
field in front of the Woman's
Club, he said.
He invited families having
games they could donate to the
program to call him or Mr.
Charles. Croquet, badminton, ten
nis and golf equipment, books,
and other items are needed, he
said.
Mr. Layton also announced
completion of a Pony League
field at the corner of East Gold
street and York road. He said
that a playground had been
cleared off on Second street near
Craftspun Yarns, Inc., and that
plans are progressing for a
junior girls softball league.
Plans are also underway for
construction of tennis courts and
an outdoor basketball court on
the Baker lot. Mr. Layton said
that he had also recommended I
purchase of swings and sliding!
boards for the Craftspun play
swimming
Dog Vaccination
Clinic Saturday
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Dr. J, P. Mauney, veterinarian,
will Conduct final rabies clinics
in Kings Mountain areas Satur
day, June 13. >. .
Announcement o? the clinic
was made by county health offi
cer, Dr. Z. P. Mitchell who said
jthat the deadline!, for animal
vaccinations, without penalty,
[ is July 1.
Dog owners will be charged $2
for this service beginning July
1 and will also be faced vUi
court action and a fine of $101f
they fail to comply with vacci
nation notices within three days.
Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county heal
th officer, said clinic hours have
been set at the following places:
Waco school, 9 to 9:30 a. m.
Bethware school, 9:30 to 10 a
m.
Grover school, 10:30 to 11:00
a. m.
Park Grace school, 11 to 11:30
a. m.
East ElemetaTy school, 11:30
to 12 noon.
A number of amendments
were made to the rabies law by
the last legislature, Dr. Mitchell
emphasized. One had to do with
the penalty law for vaccinations
after July 1. Heretofore, the law
permitted an increase of 25 cents
after July 1, charging the dog
owner $l?5u Under the new rul
ing $2 will be charged for the
services, he said.
City Water Plant Pumped Record
Gallonage During Hot Month Of May
The dty's water plant ran un
der forced draft during May, as ,
it racked up a new record for
pumpage. |
George Moss, chief water plant {
operator, made the report at last j
Thursday's city board meeting,
saying that the 28,350,000 gallons
of water pumped through the
dty's Deal street plant set fl
record by about a million gallons, j
Reasons for the hiked consump
tion, which kept the water plant
operating' for an average of 20.3
hours per day were: 1) consump
tion of 8,000,000 gallons by Foote
Mineral Company, the dty's big
gest customer during the month;
and 2) the hot weather and re
sulting higher domestic consump
tion. >
Mr. Moss used the report as a
springboard to request consider
ation of a few needed Improve
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menta for the ayatem during the
coming fiscal year. He said out- j
moded pumps Installed years ago
were never de8lgned for the par- J
titular Job and that money sav
ed on power would pay quickly
for more efficient replacements.
With the record consumption
for May, Mr. Moss said that the
total coat of finished Water, de
livered Into the maina, waa $54.36
per million gallons. Mr. Moaa de
scribed thla figure aa a gross
operating coat, exclusive of coat'
of plant, depreciation and debt
service. He Mid the groaa operat
ing coat in April, when le*a water
waa consumed, waa $6ld6 per
million gallons.
During May. the fllteslng pro
cess required 4,400 pounds of
alum, 1,700 pounds of lime and
284 pounds of chlorine. . ; . ?;
Board Pares Poll Tax Rate
To $2 At Busy June Meeting
AUTO DEALER ? E. E. Marlowe,
veteran Kings Mountain tire and
appliance dealer, heads an ex
panded firm, Marlowe's, Inc.,
which has acquired the Kings
Mountain Dodge-Plymouth deal
ership from Warren E. Reynolds.
Completion o( the transaction Is
formally announced today.
Mailowe's, Inc.
Dodge Dealei
Official announcement of the
sale of Reynolds Motors, Kings
Mountain Dodge - Plymouth deal
er, to Marlowe's, Inc., a new cor
poration headed by E. E. Mar
lowe, is being made this week.
Under terms of the transac
tion Marlowe's, Inc., acquires the
Kings Mountain dealership for
Dodge and Plymouth passenger
cars and Dodge trucks, as we?J
as the Inventory- at parts
equipment of the former deaie^?
Sale of the t^ck garage building
Is not Involved, being retained by
Mr. Reynolds and rented by the
new dealer.
E. E. Marlowe, president and
general manager of the new cor
poration, said that Marlowe's,
Inc., is an expansion of his for
mer tire and appliance business,
which will continue to be operat
ed at the same location as a di
vision of Marlowe's, Inc. Martin
Frederick Is manager of the tire
and appliance division, located at
222 W. Mountain street, while
Miss Marilyn Lewis Is office man
ager and Bobby Etters Is in
charge of the firm's tire recap
ping plant.
At the Dodge . Plymouth divi
sion, 507 E. King street, Jack Ar
nette, long associated with Mr.
Marlowe, is parts manager. Fred
Dixon Is sales manager, Mrs. F.
E. Powers is office manager and
Jim Dover Is service manager.
Mr. Marlowe said the Dodge
Plymouth division will feature a
complete service department, in
cluding body work.
Incorporators of Marlowe's,
Inc., are Mr. Marlowe, Mrs. Mar
lowe and their son, Earl Marlowe.
In the Joint announcement of
completion of the transaction,
Warren E. Reynolds, retiring
deoler, said, "I wish to commend
the new dealer to all my friends
and patrons. I have enjoyed serv
ing the Kings Mountain people
for many years and I appreciate
very much their kindness to me."
BIBLE SCHOOL
Closing exercises for the St.
Matthew's Lutheran church
Vacation Bible school will be
held Saturday morning at
10:15. Parents of children and
the public are tnviied to at
tend.
Foimei Chief
S. R. Davidson
Back On Foice
The city board of commission
ers. in regular June meeting last
Thursday night, whacked 70 cents
of? the city poll tax and returned
to the police force a former chief.
The unanimous action on the
poll tax pares the 1953 poll tax
rate from $2.70 to $2 for all
males between the ages of 21 and
50 years of age.
The board, also unanimously. |
accepted the recommendation of !
Police Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., j
and voted to employ as a police- j
man Former Chief S, K. (Pop)
Davidson. Officer Davidson has
been assigned to duty handling
the parking meter beat and re
turned to the force Monday at
the top pay scale of $235 per j
month.
The board handled a consider
able amount of business in a i
brisk two-hour session, including .
an increase in the monetary
grant from parking meter re
ceipts to the city recreation com
mission. The commission ?.hjiir
man. Dr. P. G. Padgett, and W.
K. Mauney, Jr., a member of the
commission, appeared *>efore the
board. They said commission
plans for a summer recreation
program were working out fine,
except that they needed funds
to employ an additional supervi
sor and to buy a small amount
of supplies and equipment. The
board approved unanimously the
motion of Commissioner T. J,
Ellison to provide the recreation
commission with an additional
$63 weekly from the parking me
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Otherwise the board:
1) Voted to change a lot on
East Gold street from residential
zone to commercial zone, on con
dition that the owner, Hal D.
Ward, not erect a seed cleaning
establishment on the lot. Roy
Connor, a nearby property owner,
appeared before the board and
requested the restriction.
2) Approved payment of a
statement for expenses from Joe
F. Mull, county elections board
chairman, for conducting the
city's recent city manager aya
tem election.
3) Authorized employment of
an additional helper, J. Hugh Mc.
Lean, for the superintendent of
public works department, at the
minimum pay scale.
4) Tabled a petition from a
number of York Road power cus
tomers who asked a decrease of
the 20 percent differential charg.
ed them as out-of-city customers.
The petition stated that the sev
eral residents had furnished
right-of-way for the city'8 water
line, and contended that a 20 per
cent differential is excessive.
5) Heard Fireman C. D. (Red)
Ware, who said he was appearing
In behalf of Fire Chief Grady
King, ask for an upward revision
in the pay scale of firemen. Mr.
Ware said the original basis was
to be comparable with the pay of
policemen, and that raises had
been granted the policemen, but
not the firemen. He said the pay
scale is $210 per month, plus a
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Rites Conducted
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For Mrs. Cash
Funeral services for Mrs. Amy
I McKiftney Cash, 77, who died at
1 a. (Xn. Tuesday morning, at the
home of a son, David Cash on
York Road, were conducted Wed
nesday at 3 p. m. from Harris
Funeral hpme.
Rev. H. Gordon Weekley, pas
tor of First Baptist church and
Rev. W. L: Pressly, pastor of j
j Boyce Memorial Associate Re - i
formed Presbyterian church, of- j
| ficiated. and burial was in the j
Hollywood cemetery in Gastonia. !
Mrs. Cash, widow of Wesley B.
Cash, had been In declining heal
th for several years. She was a
former resident of Gastonia and
Carolina Beach.
Surviving are three sons, Char
les and David Cash, both of
Kings Mountain, and Edgar Cash
of Mount Holly and one daughter,
Mrs. Edgar Brown of Jackson
ville, Florida.
Also surviving are one brother,
William McKinney of Spartan
burg, 3. C., eight grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.
Active pallbearers Included Ray
Williams, G, A. Bridges, Byron
Hord, Ted Weir, Bobby Hord, and
E. W. Griffin.
Harvey L. Bumgardner
Martha Blank* n* hip Wright
Charles Donald Blanton, Jr.
WUliam Alfred Farrlngton
Five Received
College Degrees
Five Kings Mountain students
have received college degrees tn
the past week.,
Harvey L. Bumgardner, son ot
Mr. and Mr*. Hazel Bumgard
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