Population
city Limit* 7,206
Trading Area 154)00
(IMS lata Board llgaM)
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VOL. 63 NO. 37
Rings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 10, 1953
Sixty-Third Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
School Officials
To Confer Monday
Local News
Bulletins
TO SALISBURY
Miss Pauline Mauney, dau
ghter of IMr. aM Mrs. Paul
Mauney, has assumed duties
of teacher of piano in ihe Sal
isbury city schools. She as
sumed her new duties last
week.
LEGION MEETING
Regular monthly meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 155, the A- '
nferican Legion will be held at
the Legion Hall on E. Gold
street Friday at 8 p. m., accor
ding to announcement by C. E.
Warlick, commander.
COMMUNICATION
A stated communication of
Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F..
& A. Mi, will be held Monday,
September 14 at 7:30 p. on. at
the Masonic Lodge, according
\to announcement by D. E.
Tate, WM.
CAKE SALE
Members of the American
Home department of the wo
man's club are sponsoring a
cake and pie sale Saturday
morning at Home Service Co.
on Mountain street The sale
begins at 8:30.
PRESBYTERY
Rev. P. D. Patrick and H. R.
Webb are representing First
Presbytrian church at a meet
ing of the N. C. Synod of the
Presbyterian church in session
this weeK it Wilson.
HAS OPERATION
Warren E. Reynolds, Kings
Mbuntain businessman, und
erwent a back operation at
Charlotte Memorial hospital
last Friday. His condition- was
reported satisfactory Wednes
day*
ON COMMITTEE
Franklin L. Ware, Jr., was
named to the awards commit
tee of the N. <C. Chapter, In
ternational Association of Per
sonnell in Employment Se -
curity, at the annual meeting
of N. C Employment commis
sion employees at Chape' Hill
last weekend. ,
SHRINE BARBECUE
Judean Shrine Number 13
will sponsor a Chicken Baitoe
cue at Rankin Lake on Satur
day afternoon beginning at
5:30 and continuity through
IM3& ft mm announced fr.ia
week. Tickets, At fl-SO, can b6
obtained from Mrs. . Rowell
Lane or Mis* Helen Ldgan. .
, NEGRO SCOOOL
- Final approval of contracts
for "the (proposed new six
room Negro elementary school
building is to be considered
at * meeting of the state board
of public instruction in Ralei
gh Thursday, Superintendent
B. N. Barnes reports.
HOSPITAL GITT
Grady Howard, business
manager of Kings Mountain
hospital, acknowledged Wed
nesday receipt of a gift of
$7350 for the purchase of lin
en from the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of First Baptist
church, of which Mrs. Earl
Ledford is president.
XTWANI8 MEETING
J.' J, Tarleton, superintend
dent of schools of Rutherfor^
county, will address member*
of the Kings (Mountain Kiwan
is club st the meeting of the
organization Thursday even
ing at 6:45 at. Masonic Lodge
Hall. M?. t arleton will discuss
the forthcoming state-wide
bond election, to be held Oc
tf#>er3.
Herald ? Now Needs
Sept. X 1943. Issue
ITS files ? the
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IB, 194*. copy
S. Bridges, citf wa
.jrvMwr, seat Hurt
'last ntdcry afternoon,
of a September 2nd
compute the 1943
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Consolidation
Proposal Again
To Be Discussed
Township school officials will
meet again Monday. night to con
sider further plans for consolidat
ing adjacent districts with the
Kings Mountain district, the
meeting being scheduled for 7:30
at the high school auditorium.
Announcement of the meetlhg
was made by Arnold W. Kincaid,
chairman of the Kings Mountain
district committee, who said that
the meeting will be a public one
as he 'invited all citizens interest
ed in the consolidation proposal
to attend.
He said school boards and com
mittees of all affected districts
are being urged to attend the
meeting, including Beth ware,
Grover, Park Garce, Compact,
and Kings Mountain, as well as
the county board of education.
Several meetings have been
held concerning the consolidation
proposal, but progress toward a
decision has been slowed due to
technical and legal questions con
cerning the proposal.
The group previously has for
mulated a series of questions for
the consideration of both the
State Bo^-d of Education and the
North Carolina attorney-geheral.
It is anticipated that some of
these questions may be answered
at the Monday night Joint meet
ing. ?:
"We hope that school patrons
and Interested citizens will at
tend Monday night's meeting,"
Mr. Kincaid said. "The consolida
tion proposal is broad in scope
and the several ' school boards
want all the citizens of the town
ship to be fully acquainted with
all details of the proposal and
means of effecting It."'
High Bid $9,055
On Harmon Lot
? * '
B. D. Ratterree, who three
times previously had raised the
bid on the T. N. Harmon Estate
property at the corner of Battle
ground avenue and Falls street,
came off high bidder himself at
the fourth re -sale of the property
Saturday.
Mr. Ratterree bid $9,055, to top
the last bid of M. L, Harmon.
Mr. Ratterree and Mr. Harmon
were the only bidders. Starting
at $8,547, they bid briskly but in
small amounts, the largest raise
at any one time totaling eight
dollars.
Under legal procedure covering
commissioner's sale of real es
tate, the bidding will remain open
through Tuesday, September 15.
Any person may raise the bid by
increasing Mr. Ratterree's bid
five percent.
Martin L. Harmon, Jr., is the
commissioner and Davis (k White
are attorneys.
KKTCB reCKXVTS
Park ing meter receipts tor
the week ending Wednesday
at noon totaled $133, according
to report of Joe McDanlel as
sistant city clerk. The low to
tal for the week was attribu
ted to Monday's Labor Day
holiday.
Kings Mountain
Korea Prisoner
On Way Home
A 23-year-old Kings Mountain j
army sergeant, a Korean prisoner
of war since 1950, is on his way
to the United States and home,
according to a War Department
telegram received by his family
Saturday,
The telegram confirmed the re
lease of Sgt. I. C, Bailey Gillespie,
son of Vester Gillespie, of Grace
street. The sergeant was to leave
for the United States Friday. No
Indication of his condition was
given.
Sgt. Gillespie's brother, William
Gillespie, and parents had receiv
ed a letter from the soldier some
time in January. No other report
had come. He had been kept pri
soner for almost- three years.
He entered the service about
five years ago at Greenville, S.
C., his family said.
"Our prayers have been ans
wered," members of the family
said, when the telegram they re
ceived read ? "will Uehome in
a short period."
Nothing New
On 29 By-Pass
There are no new developments
concerning the location of U. S.
Highway 29 by pass, Division En
gineer Lewis B. Peck said Wed
nesday morning.
Mr. Peck was replying to a
Herald inquiry concerning ' a
news report from Gastonia, pub
lished Wednesday morning,
which noted that the Gaston
County commissioners had learn
ed that the State Highway & Pub
lic Works commission is planning
a U. S. 29 re-location which would
by-pass Kings Mountain.
Mr. Peck said he thought that
highway commission plans for
the U. S. 29 by-pass was common
knowledge already, but he said
there are no new developments
at the moment.
THe highway commission's lo
cation department is now work
ing to complete this phase of the
by-pass planning, Mr. Peck said.
After location Is finally deter
mined, the highway commission
will be In position to complete
specifications and to ask bids on
the project.
The by-pass will be another link
In what is rapidly approaching a
four-lane bouvelard from Green
ville, S. C., to the Virginia line.
South Carolina is now completing
a new 44-mile road from Lyman,
S. C., to Grover, and, though the
current construction is only a
two-lane strip, . South Carolina
holds sufficient right of-way for
another adjoining two-lane road
which is projected for the future.
Registrars Have
Sorry Business
Kings Mountain area election
registrars had & boring day Sat
urday, as they opened the regis
tration books for the frst time for
the October statewide election.
Mrt. J. H. Arthur, West Kings
Mountain registrar, had only two
"customers" during the day,
while Mrs. Nell Cranford, at East
Kings Mountain, had none.
The books will be open again
on Saturday and on Saturday,
September 19, all day, to handle
transfers and add new voters to
the books.
Citizens of the state will vote
on October 3 to determine whe
ther tHte state borrows $50 mil.
Hon for school construction and
also whether It will borrow $22
million for mental institution
construction.
Ground-Bieaking Ceremony Sunday
Foe New Central Methodist Building
Central Methodist church will
hold ground -breaking exercise*
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock for
a new educational building, at the
site of the proposed structure on
Piedmont avenue, adjoining the
present church edifice. ^
The Rev. Wilson O. Weldon,
pastor of Main Street Methodist
church, Gastonla, will make a
brief address, and special partici
pants In the ceremonies will be
the church trustees, I. B Toforth,
Fred Wright, W. M. Gantt, L. L.
Alex^ider and J, R. Davis, other
officials and the several special
committees which have developed
plana for the building and for
financing it. ' C*' *
Others participating tn the pro
gram will be Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr.,
the pastor, Kelly Dixon, chair
man of the church's official
hoard, Paul Walker, church
'school superintendent, Mrs. J. H.
Patterson, chairman of the com
mission on education, fine Mrs.
Paul Hendricks, vice-chairman of
the Woman's Sotiety of Christian |
Service.
The church congregation voted
laat May 31 to erect an education
al buUdlng. The building plans
call for the construction of a
building to provide about 9,000
square feet of floor space at a
cost expected to approximate $75,
000.
The building program commit
tee, which organized and launch- 1
ed the project, included Wi' vin |
Griffin, cludrman, Kelly Dixon,
Baxter Payseur, Mrs. C. A. But
terworth, Mrs. J. H, Patterson, i
B. ft Peeler, M. K. Fuller and
Paul Walker. ^
Members of the building fund
committee are B. S. Neili. chair
man. M..C. Poston, B. 8. Peeler,
Jr., Grady Howard. W, M. <3antt,
Carl Logan. Robert Neill and A
H. Patterson. ?
The building committor inrlud
es L. A. Hoke, Chairman, Kelly
Dixon, and Fred Wright.
90 Area Students
Entering Schools
Park Attendance
Again Tops Record
Visitors continue to stream
into Kings Mountain National
Military Park and to break at
tendance records. Supt. Ben
Moomaw reported this week.
The latest record for attend
ance was set during August
when 18.047 persons viewed
the historical battleground.
Previous high total had been
about 2,000 less. Supt. Moo
maw said the visitors came
from 34 states, the District of
Columbia, Mexico, two Cana
dian provinces, England, Scot
land, Italy, Spain, Hawaii, Cu
ba and Puerto Rico.
Mr. Moomaw guesses that
attendance will drop for the i
remainder of the year, but the 1
fall season, with its brilliant I
color, always attracts numer- i
ous visitors, too, he said.
Nurse's Home
Gets State OX
The North Carolina Medical
Care commission has approved
the nurses's home addition . to
the Kings Mountain hospital
plant and formally turned it oy
er to the hospital trustees.
Officials of the commission
were here Wednesday morning
to check out the recently - com
pleted building, which was (built
from federal, state, and county
funds.
Grady Howard, hospital (busi
ness manager, said that living
Worn furniture for the home has
been received and that bedroom
furniture Is expected next week.
Th trustees, he added, are
planning an open house (before
the nurse's h(kne officially is
put in use, in ofter that the pub
lic may inspect the n?ir facili
ties.
Citizenship Day
Will Be Observed
Members of the Col. Frederick
Hambright Chapter, daughters of
the American Revolution, are
seeking the cooperation of the
citizens of King9 Mountain in the
observance of National Citizen
ship Day on Thursday, September
17.
Citizenship Day, one of the sev
en National Flag Days during tfye
year, was instituted by Congress
in Februai y 1952. It was formerly
known as Constitution Day. Tt
commemorates the final adoption
of the Constitution of the United
States and honors all persons who
have become citizens of this coun
tiV during the year. All stores and
individual citizens are requested
to display the American Flag on
this day.
The Col. Frederick Hambright
chapter will sponsor a patriotic
display in the First National
Bank lobby. This project will
show copies of the Bill of Rights,
the Constitution, the Declaration
of Independence, and other his
torical documents. The chapter
also plans to sponsor a radio
broadcast on "Citizenship Day"
over Radio Station ? WKMT at
some time during next week.
Herbert Hill Hurl
la Auto Collision
Herbert A. Hill, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Hill, Sr., sustained
severe head cuts and other lacera
tions last Thursday when his
EnglUh made MG auto collided
with a pick-up truck at Orange
burg, S. C. ~
Hill's Injuries were more pain
ful than serious, but he was hos
pitalized at Orangeburg and has
been receiving treatment at
Kings Mountain hospital since
Monday.
He was graduated from high
school at Carlisle Military Aca
demy last year. His parents ope
rate Silver Dollar Grill.
Magazine Publishes
Local Plant News
News of Kings Mountain was
included In the August issue of
"Consolidated Textile News" for
the first time since the location
of the plant here.
Rena W. Moore was listed as
the Kings Mountain division as
sociate editor of the publication,
which contains news stories and
pictures r?f employees. ?
.'jjtey publication covers news
from five Consolidated divisions,
Ella In Shelby, Martinsville.
Lynchburg and Widsor Print
Works, in addition to Kings
Mountain. . ? jlf
Lenoii-Rhyne,
Gardner-Webb
Most Popular
The Kings Mountain area will
send 90 students to 35 universi
ties, colleges, prep schools, busi
ness schools, nursing schools, and
seminaries according to a list
compiled by the Herald.
Lenior-Rhyne College, at Hic
kory, heads the list with 10 Kings
Mountain area students enrolled
for the fall term. GardnerYVobb
College, at Boiling Springs. lists
9 area students. Appalachian
State Teacher's College and N. C.
State College, seven each, and
Western Carolina and Davidson
Colleges, five each.
The list of Kings Mountain
area students and their schools,
as compiled, follows:
LENIOR ? RHYNE COLLEGE
? Joann Caveny, Gene Mauney,
Jim McGinnis. Rachel Plonk, Do
ris Lackey, Jim Kimmell, Roger
McDaniel, VV. P. Fulton, Dick
McMackin. and Jean McRae.
GARDNER - WEBB COLLEGE
? Marie Cobb, Louise Gladden, ;
A. B. Falls, Richard Ware, Ray
The Herald has made a dili
gent effort to obtain the names ,
of all students going away to
schools this year. However, re
cognizing the possibility of o
missions, the Herald would
appreciate learning the names
of any student who may have
been omitted from the list.
Wright, Clifton Timms, Wayne
Haypes, Josephine Williams, and
Dorottyy Goforth.
APPALACHIAN STATE TEA
CHER'S COLLEGE ? Suzanne
Arrowood, Charles Painter, Jake
Hord, Jr., Joyce Biser,. Faylene
Falls, Ellis Tate, of Grover, and
Bob'Gbfdnh,
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
COLLEGE ? ' Jack Lfcdford, Ben
Hudson, David Klncaid, William
Plonk, Garland E. Still,, Jr.,
Fred Kiser, and Paul H. McGin
nis, Jr.
WESTERN CAROLINA COL
LEGE ? Bill Ruth, Jerry King,
Bob Hullender, B. T. Wright, Jr., 1
Donald Patterson and Joe Ware.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE ?Dick <
Webb, Jce Neisler, Jr., Moffatt 1
A. Ware, Jr., Jack Still, and 1
Charles Mauney. . i
CLEMSON COLLEGE ? Ed- I
ward Kelly, Charles W. Moore. :
and Bill Coekrell of Grover.
MARS HILL JUNIOR COL '
LEGE ? Phyllis Ware, Gene Aus- 1
tin. Gene Ellis, and Mary Louise i
Ellis of Grover.
LEES McRAE COLLEGE ? <
Peggy Keeter, Rachel Hardin, 1
and Dean Westmoreland, all of
Grover, and Ramona Allen. i
GUILFORD COLLEGE ? Eve
lyn CI ine and Dolores Davidson, \
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ,
CAROLINA ? Harold England.
WAKE FOREST ? Demauth
Blanton.
FURMAN UNIVERSITY ? Hil
da King. i
GREENSBORO COLLEGE ?
Dorothy Smith and Shirley Falls.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ? Shirley
Arthur, Mary McKelvie, Reginald
Murray and Andy Coekrell, of
Grover.-; '
GEORGIA TECH ?Gilbert Mc
Kelvie.
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE ?
Ann McKelvie.
COLUMBIA SEMINARY? Jam
es Moss.
WESTMINISTER CHOIR COL
LEGE (Princeton, N. J., ? Bar
Continued On Page Eight
Board Approves
East School Plans
Kings Mountain district board
of school trustees, in special ses
sion Tuesday at 5 p. m., approv
ed temporary plans (or construc
tion of four primary rooms at
East Elementary school.
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
city schools, made the report and
said that the board instructed
Architect J. L. Beam, Jr., of Cher
ryvllle to push lot approval of
final plans on the project.
The board elected Mrs. Martin
Harmon to teach piano at West
Elementary school In the only
other action.
Mr. Barnes reported fifth day
enrollment figures at the' city
school* and announced that the
annual state school boards con
vention will be held In Chapel
Hill "Friday and Saturday. He
qaid that he and Chairman Ar
nold Klncaid plan to attend.
' Mr. Kincaid presided and Trus
ts J. R. Davis and F. W. Plonk
were present.
City Continues
Appropriation
For Recreation
The city board of commission
ers, meeting in regular monthly
session last Thursday night, vot
ed to install a pump to provide
sewage service to Mauney avenue
and Sadie Mill residences. The
board's action will mean that a
recently installed sewer line on
Mauney avenue will be utilized.
The commissioners declined to
re-zone a lot at the corner of
Battleground avenue and Wells
street from residential to com
mercial property. Mayor Glee A.
Bridges read a petition opposing
the change from 19 nearby pro
perty owners, and the board de
cision to leave the zoning ar
rangement unchanged was unani
mous. Neither B. D. Ratterree,
who had sought the change, nor
Dickie Tate, Rowel 1 Lane, nor
Sam Collins, present to represent
the opposition, took the floor.
The board also voted to con
tinue the appropriation of $125
per week from parking meter re
ceipts to the city parks and re
creation commission. The com
mission had requested that the
appropriation be continued
through June 1. The action means
that the commission will be able
to continue its recreation pro
gram which has been underway
all summer.
In other actions, the board:
1) Resolved to accord full sup
port to the city tax collector in
his efforts to turn back taxes in
to current receipts.
2) Authorized the city attorney
to use summons by publication
procedure in notifying Mrs. Love
Ellis, owner of two derelict frame
buildings at the corner of Cansler
and King streets, that the city
has Instituted condemnation pro
ceedings and will demolish the
buildings. Efforts to obtain Mrs.
Ellis' New York address from a
sister had been unavailing, Attor
ney J. R. Davis said.
3) Authorized Mayor Bridges
and Attorney Davis to negotiate
with property owners, if possi
ble, in an. effort to compromise
the litigation concerning East
Gold street paving assessments.
Mr. DUVtS saW one property ow
ner had expressed a willingness
to pay his pro rata part of gravel
purchased by the city In prepar
ing the street for paving. (Suits
against the city are pending by
four property owners to void pav
ing assessments charged to them
last winter.)
4) Dismissed George Patterson,
of Shelby, as radio maintenance
serviceman, and employed George
CVebb, of Kings Mountain, at a
retainer of $25 per month. The
board had recently upped Patter
son's fee to $32.75 per month.
5) Approved installation of a
two- inch water line on Boyce
street between Catherine street
and Monroe avenue.
6) Approved a short Ijst of
overtime payments to city em
ployees for the month of August.
7) Voted to advertise for bids
an a pick-up truck.
8) Heard M. E. Hope and Troy
Wright request the naming of the
street running east off N. Gaston,
Continued On Page Bight
New High School
Courses Offered
Four new courses have been
Installed in the curriculum at
Kings (Mountain high school,
Principal Rowell Lane has re
ported.
General business, for sopho
mores and Juniors, and business
English, for seniors, were offer
ed tot the first time this semes
ter. ; ' ?'
Two math courses for seniors,
one semester each of solid geom
etry and advanced algebra, and
a freshman course in guidance
from the textbook '"Youth De
cides", were also installed.
Recreation Group
Favors Bond Vote
NORTH STATE HEAD ? Bruce
Thorburn, above, of Kings Moun
tain. was named president of the
North State Football Officials
Association at the annual meet-,
ing of the group in High Point
Sunday.
Thorbum Named
NSFOA President
Bruce Thorburn, Kings Moun
tain textile executive, was nam
ed president of the North State
Football Officials Association at
the annual meeting of the or
ganization in High Point Sun
day.
Mr. Thorburn, who has been a
football official lor 10 years, was
elevated from the group's vice
presidency.
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina, where he
played footiball, he came to
Kings Mountain three years ago
to join the stalf at Phenix Plant,
Burlington Mills, Ino.
Mr. Thorburn has been serving
as clinic leader in this area for
the NSFOA for several years.
This season, his schedule calls
for 11 hig'h school games includ
ing four AAA games and proba
bly four college games. Also a
member of the Southern Confer
ence association, Mr. Thorburn
is scheduled as timer at four
games in that loop this season.
Concert Member
Drive To Begin
The Cleveland County Commu
nity Concert association will be
gin a membership drive Monday,
with Mrs. Paul Mauney and Mrs.
W. K. Mauney, Jr., serving as
Kings Mountain area co-chair- j
men.
The occasion of the beginning
of the membership sales cam
paign will be a kick-off dinner at
Shelby on Monday night, which
Mrs. George Carpenter, drive
chairman, estimates will attract
100 persons. " ? 1
Assisting the co-chairmen with
the Kings Mountain campaign
will be Mrs. J. C. McGlll, Mrs.
W. B. Logan, Miss Leone Patter
son, Miss Margaret Cole, Rowell
Lane, and Mrs. E. R. Goter, Mrs.
Paul Maunfey announced.
"We anticipate a large Kings
Mountain membership," the co
chairmen said. "Community Con.
cert programs are excellent en
tertainment."
Under past policy admission is
by advance membership purchase
only.
Sixth Annual Bethwaie Fair Opens
Font-Da; Program Next Wednesday
Citizens of the Bethware com
munity *i* busy this week pre
paring for the sixth annual Beth
ware Community Fair, which
opens for a four-day run next
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
The Fairgrounds covers a largo
portion of the Bethware school
playground area, and fair offi
cials have scheduled a full pro
gram of activities for the annual
event.
Competition for the many
prizes and awards is expected to
be heavy, too, Myers Hambright,
fair manager, reported.
for the young folk will be
provided again by Williams A?
iiisrmpfi . Company, which fea
tures six rides, and John Rudislll,
fair secretary, announced that the
Bethware school lunchroom
would be open from 5 p. m. daily
to serve homecooked food cafe
teria style. Mr. Rudisill said plen
ty of homemade pies and cakes
would be offered for sale.
Opening day will be children's
day, and spccial contests for
children will be a feature.
Fireworks displays will be fired
each evening at 9?30 p. m.
Judging of all exhibits and in
all departments will be completed
on the second day of the fair.
The event is sponsored by the
BethWare Progressive Club.
"We arc expecting a record
Bethware Fair in a'l directions,"
Manager Hambrlght said, "in
cluding attendance, participation,
competition and special features."
"We cordially invite the citi
zens of Number 4 Township to
visit with us again at this annual
community event."
$1MMNIU Issue
Foi Site. Pools
Is Recommended
The City Parks and Recreation
commission has agreed on a
figure of $150,000 for a bond Is
sue request and is recommending
that the city board of commission
ers include that amount in a bond
election. ,
W. K. Mauney, Jr., speaking as
acting chairman of the commis
sion at a session of the city board
last Thursday night, reported the
commission decision, remarking
that the commission anticipated
expenditure of perhaps half the
amount for construction of two
swimming pools, one for whites,
another for Negroes, with the re
maining funds to be used for ac
quisition of property.
Acting Chairman Mauney said
the commission was convinced
that minimum land requirements
should be set at 25 acres, to ac
commodate normal growth of a
recreation plant, and he added
that 50 to 75 acres would be de
sirable.
"At some time," he noted, "the
commission might want to add a
golf course. It couldn't do it un
less it had sufficient area. Of
course, we ourselves probably
won't see that, but you have to
plan for .these things."
Charles M. Graves, Atlanta,
Ga., engineer and architect '.vho
designed the Shelby recreation
plant, was present at the session
and endorsed Mr. Mauney's state
ments. He said a T-shaped pool
Is most desirable from the stand
point of initial cost, upkeep, and,
safety, and he demonstrated sev
eral drawings of recreation plant
layouts in other North Carolina
cities, some already built, others
building now.
Mr. Graves said the central
plant idea has proved highly suc
cessful In neighboring Shelby,
with the park manager reporting
that one activity tends to build
another.
Mr. Mauney told the board that
Mr. Graves had examined several
prospective sites, in addition to
the tract off Cleveland avenue
which has been provisionally ten
dered as a gift by Burlington
Mills Corporation. Mr. Maune
said there were some objection
to accepting the BurMil gift ant,
listed the objections as 1) insuf-|
ficient acreage, 2) indications bj^
Burlington that the land grant]
would suffice for Burlington's
contribution to the project, 3) re.
version clauses, and 4) the estH
mate of $6,500 Duke Power Com!
pany gave for cost of removln|
the power line transverslng
tract.
Mr. Mauney listed numet
possible sites which he said wo
most probably be adequate
available.
"Obviously," he noted,
you begin to talk about
you immediately eliminate
prospects of locating a retreat
plant In the center of town."
Osborne loining
Goodwill Firm
Robert Osborne, well ? knc
Kings (Mountain citizen
chairman of the city's industry
diversification commission, hi
resigned his position as manaf
of tl'.o Gastonia office of W?
Union.
Mr. Osrfborne, who has mana
ed the Gastonia office, for
telegraph firm since 1947 ar
has been associated with
company for 25 years, has
signed to accept a position wi|
Goodwill Distributors, a natlor
wide Bible - distributing
with Its main office in Gastor
Goodwill Distributors, one
the largest firms of Its kind,
erates in each of the 48 stat
and is now featuring a n?
printed Catholic Bible. It a|
distributes a two-volume
on the history of the United sj
{es 'entitled "Hope of the
tlon." _ ?
Mr. Osborne was one-tlj
manager of the Kings Mounu
Western Union office. He
terminate his connection
Western Union Saturday
will assume his new duties
Goodwill Distributors on
temfber 15. He and his fa
will continue to reside at
home on West Mountain
here.