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Population City Limits 7.206 Tracing Area 15.000 f. ; ? ? . y :?/ (IMS Ration Board Flguraa) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper VOL 64 NO. 1 1 Established 1889 ? - Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 18, 1954 Sixty-Third Year D. C. Mauney Making $8,000 Gift To Woman's Club PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News . 4 * ' " Vy ?* Bulletins DIRECTORS TO MEET Directors of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association will meet at the association office on Tuesday, at 3 p. m., accord - ing to announcement this week. AT BEAUTY SHOW Mrs. George Morrow returned home Sunday from New York, where she represented Helen's Beauty Shop - at the Interna tional Beauty Show held there at the Statler Hotel ,0?5t week. OPTIMISTS MEET Members of the Kings Moun tain Optimist club heard an outline of Boys Work activities In District 18, Optimist Inter national, (by W. Chess Free man, of Gastonla, district di rector, at Its meeting last Thursday night. TAG SALES A total of 915 Kings Moun- . tain motorists had purchased 1954 city tag "stickers" at noon Wednesday, accord* ng to report by the city clerk. Mi&. Oxa Blanton Bites Conducted Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Blanton, 82, wife of the late Rev. James Crowell Blanton, founder were conducted Saturday at 3 o'clock from Oak Grove Baptist church. Rev. C. C. Crowe, pastor of the church, officiated and was assist ed by Rev. W. F. Monroe and Rev. Luther Hawkins. Interment was made in the church ceme tery. Mrs. Blanton succumbed at hfer home at 209'Linwood road Thurs day morning at 8:55 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. She was a native of Cleveland Coun ty, daughter of the late Stanford and Mary Durham Jolley, and was a charter member of the Oak Grovte church. 4 Surviving are four sons, Paul Blanton of Bessemer City, Grady Blamon, of Shelby, and Yates and Dewltt Blanton of Kings Mountain; three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, Mrs. Bertha Bid dix, and Mrs. Elbert Bridges, all of Kings Mountain; 30 grand' children; 48 great ? grandchil dren; and two great-great-grand grandchildren. ? - , Also three brothers, 3-D. and Charles Jolley of RuWJi -Springs, ? Okla., and Denton Jolley of Da vis, Okla., and four sisters, Sirs. Duff Durham, of Arlaona, Mrs. J. N. Dellinger of Shelby, Mrs. H. C. MulUcan of Shawnee, Okla., and Mrs. S. S. Beam, of Home stead, Fla., also survive. Barkley Film In' New Bidding ~ ? ? ? Barkley Brothers Food Stare opened for business In it* new building on York Road Monday morning: Pete Barkley, general manager, > said ? formal opening will be held next weekend. The new brick building waa boilt for Barkley** by Warren Reynokb. Further announcement on the opening will be made next week, Mr. Barkley said. Money Order Record Set On Tax D-Doy / Kings Mountain postofflce was a busy place Monday, with normal Monday activities swelled heavily by money or* der purchases and last-minute mailing ot income tax forma, Postmaster W. E. Blakely said the money order window aet ? new record on Monday toy Issuing 373 money orders, touting more than $7,900. Majority of the money went | to Raleigh, representing North { Carolina Income tax payments. - " H. B. Bumgaidner Running; Three Ont For Constable County Commissioner Hazel B. Bumgardner, of Kings Mountain, will seek renomlnatlon In the May Democratic primary, he an nounced Wednesday. Meantime, a three-way contest developed for the now-vacant po sition of Number 4 Township con stable, as Robert G. (Bob) Cox, paid his filing fee Wednesday. C. A. (Gus) Huffstetler, former city policeman, paid his filing fee last week. Ervin Ellison became the third candidate, formally filing Wed nesday afternoon. Otherwise, Kings Mountain and Shelby buzzed anew with rumor that Jack White, Kings Mountain attorney and judge of city recor der's court, would oppose B. T. Falls. Jr., for the North Caro lina House of Representatives. It was a revived rumor from sev eral wefeks ago which had seem ingly cooled. Wednesday morning Mr. White could not be reached for a statement, but he had indi cated Monday an announcement would be forthcoming shortly. Mr. Falls put his hat in the ring last Thursday, seeking re-nomi nation and re-election to a fifth term. Rep. Falls served In the General Assemblies of- 1943-49-51 53. Commissioner Bumgard ner, who seeks the District 2 Demo cratic nomination for county com missioner, sleeks his second full term. He was appointed to the board in April 1951, after the dis trict arrangement was adopted, and was re-nominated without op position a year later. "It has been my intent to serve the blest interests of all the peo ple," Mr. Bumgardner said, ?'and I shall contlttue to follow tft&f aim. I have enjoyed serving the people of Cleveland County and of District 2." x Mr. Cox, in an announcement statement accompanying his fil ing for the constableship, indicat ed hfe would attend principally to non-criminal matters If he is elected township constable, leav ing to the Sheriff's organization other phases of law enforcement work. He said: "If nominated and elected con stable of Nr nber 4 Township I do not expect to devote much of my time, except in emergencies, to criminal law enforcement. Since the establishment of the paid deputy systtem in Cleveland county, It seems that the town ship constable can be of greatest service by handling civil duties of the constable's office, includ ing serving of summons and re lated work." ? Mr. Cox, an auto salesman since he was relieved from active duty with the army eight months ago, served for more than five years as a military policeman. In. eluding duty as to*"n patrol offi cer,' Tokyo, Japan, with the 720th MP battalion. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cox. Victory in the primary will pro bably mean Immediate appoint ment as constable, a prerogative of the county hoard of commis sioners. METER RECEIPTS Net receipts from the city'* parking meters for the week ending Wednesday at noon were $141.40, Joe Hendrlok, tA the ctfy clerk's office, reported. Kings Mountain Masons To Observe 80th Birthday At Saturday Banquet King* Mountain Masons will observe their 80th aimfrersary Saturday owning at the annual ladle* night banquet ?>f ^PahrVfe# Lodgte 336, A. F, * A IC to ho held at Mason}? Dining Hall at 7:15. , ' Luther T. K irtsell, of Concord, Htt grand master of the Grand Hw?gtf ' MoHh Carolina, ? W& make the principal address. Mr. Hartsell is a prominent attorney. Another feature of the banquet program will be presentation of 25-yfear membership certificates to four members of the lodge and presentation of life membership* to Joseph Alien Walker and to Clarence Tracy CornweQ, John H. Floyd, district deputy grand mas ter, will make the awards and will also prwfrnt <fcrtlfleat?s to living past masters of the lodge. Mayor Glee A. Bridges, a mem ber of the I?dge, will give the address of welcome, and Mrs. A. W. Klncaid will respond. A. W. Ktncaid will present guests and widows of dfeceesed wwiiim-iBI CcmttomeU On Tape Sight I MASONIC mAnn rlfi 1 1 Ik H ' a| Concord, wnt flTcmd master of th? CSfcmtS I ,o 1 - 9* of Worth Carolina, will hm tho prtMlp<i ^p?ulr?i at tlw 83th an i BlWHOiy bBX|U?t of PnHirmw [Mfl A. 7. & JL M? Saturday Davidson Creek Go-Ahead Given ?X-. *;V f'/'i?. "*.;WV ,* %? ir. ? '? ?J"'. Board To Obtain Detailed Plans, Bids On Project The city board of commission-, ers has tentatively decided on utilization of the Davidson bran ch for an increased source of water. ?'v. Without formal decision, the board voted iri special meeting last Thursday night to obtain detailed engineering reports and subsequent bids on the Davidson branch project, the bids to be obtained on a "right to reject" basis. The property owned jointly by W. G. Grantham, Ward 5 com missioner, Haywood E. Lynch and Box Cox, required to utilize the Davidson source would be obtained by condemnation, on advice of the North Carolina at torney general. Concerning the obtaining of the Grantham . shared property, City Attorney J. R. Davis read an opinion from the attorney general in which he suggested a lega{ means of obtaining the property would be via condem nation proceedings, with Com missioner Grantham taking no part in any board action, or res olution concerning the water project. When the water discus jiofr begun, JMr. Grantham left: the meeting. t board took a dim view of raising the present dam, morfe than three to four feet, as embodied in one of the Dickson estimates for in creasing supply, and the board ruled out two new Dlckson-sur veyed sources as overly -exptensive -?utilization of Abernathy or Dairy branch and Crowder's Creek. It was estimated the Dairy branch could be utiiitlzed for $108,000 ahd that Crowder's Creek use would, require $178,000. Mayor Gltee A. Bridges and sev eral board members offered the opinion Engineer W. K. Dickson's estimate of $91,000 for the David son branch utilization is high! In other actions the board: 1) Tabled for further considera tion the talks with Duke Power Company on serving two outside city customers, Bennett Brick and Tile Company and Lambeth Rope Corporation. Duke is declining the city's request to assume the service Job, stating it is too ex pensive. Bill Brown, of Shelby, Dukfe representative, outlined the, problems to the board. - 2) Authorized cancelling of $62. 25 in bad debts in the utilities ac counts. It was explained that de posits were insufficient to cover Unpaid, bills of persons who had moved away. 3) Named J. H. Patterson as the board's representative on the Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li brary board. 4) Accepted the resignation of Tommy Owens, utilities billing clerk, and voted to Increase the salary of Joe McDanlel, assistant clerk, from $275 to $290 per mon Oontinued On Page Eight HEADS CLUB ? George H. Boa- ' ser was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club for the coming year at an organ izational meeting of the incom ing board of directors Wednes day. George H. Housei Club President George H. Houser was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club for 1954-55 at the organisational meeting of the newHSOafd of directors Wednes day afternobtt. Mr. Houser succeeds Harry E. Page. Other officers elected are: Drace M. Pteeler, vice-president; John C. Smathers, secretary treasurer; and Henry P. Neisler, assistant secretary-treasurer. The organizational meeting of the board of. directors followed 'the annual meeting of stockhold ers .held Tuesday night. Stockholders had elected 12 di rectors. W. G. Grantham, Dr. Craig Jones, W. R. Craig,- Jr., Henry Neisler, George H. Mau ney, D. M. Peeler, J. H. Patter son, Jdte A. Neisler, W. J. Fulker son, Ollie Harris, John C. Sma thers and George H. Houser. in unanimously adopting the report of a nominating committee which Included F. R. Summers, chair man, Hunter Neisler. and B. S. Peeler. Reports by Mr. Page, the retir ing president, Drace Peeler, retir ing secretary - treasurer, W. L. Mauney, and from stand commit tees showed the club enjoyted an active year which featured im provement to: clubhouse, golf course, and plant. President Page reported plans to air-condition the club dining- room and said concrete shuffle board courts have Just been Installed. He said the club had reduced its Indebted ness by $3,000 in the past year. Reports of standing commit tees were made by Dr. W. L. Mau ney, houtfe committee, J. C. Brid ges, membership, Tolly Shuford, social and G: C. Kelly, greens, 0. S. 29- By-Pass Bids Are Asked The State Highway * Public Works commission has called for bids on grading and structures for the U. S. 29 by-pass around Kings Mountain, In a genera] MOT for bids to be opened on March 30 considered at a meet ing on April 1. E. L Kemper, division engi neer, said the Highway Commis sion has allocated 1800,000 for the project and that this amount <?houl<1 cover fhe bids and right of-way on the 7.21 miles which 4iy -passes Kings Mountain to ffii ?The by-pass route leaves U. 8. 29 at a point 3.3 miles north of the Sofarh Carolina line and runs east and northeast to ? point ad <aeent.to U. S. 20 and 74 east of Kings Mountain. Mr. Ken.per said that money has also been allocated by the -commission to cover with hot mix U. S. 74 between here and Gastonla. ' Be said the contract ilght be let In June. f . Parks, School Boaids Baying Williams Tract Kings Mountain's board of school .trustees and parks and re creation commission have entered an agreement to purchase some 16 acres of property i?om Wray A. Williams at a cost of $12,000. The property adjoins, on the north, the new Negro elementary school site. Thb recreation com mission will use its portion as the site of the Negro swimming pool, approved by the voters last fall. The school board needed addi tional property to meet state school board acreage requirte. ments for the new plant, construc tion of which is well underway. An athletic field will be built on the school's portion of the new property. Completion of the agreement was reached Tuesday after the school board, in regular month ly session Monday night, voted to purchase its portion of the tract at a cost of $6,000. The city will pay the other $6,000 from bond money voted for thfe recrea tion projects. The school board first had in tended to purchase other lands for the Negro athletic field but plans to condemn a portion of the Welr-Ratterree land south of the new building ran .into a snag whten many residents in the vici nity petitioned against use of the property for an athletic field. Tom Hunter, who owns a new re sidence on another part of the first proposed site, also had re fused to sell. Those properties will not now be needed by the schools. Fred W. Plonk, chairman of the recreation commission, said yes terday that his group 'la now in process of hiring an. architect for the swimming pool- construction. Charles Graves, Atlanta recre ation engineer, has been retained by the commission to make pre liminary location and plat plans for both the white and Negro re creation areas, he reported. j Mr. Plonk also said that pre liminary agreement has been reached with Burlington Mills, Inc., for the city to acquire a tract located w;est of Cleveland avenue for the white area. "We hope to complete arrangements with Burlington in the next week or so and plan to begin work as soon as possible on the two pro jects," he said. Griffin Named laycee President Wilson Griffin, Kings Moun tain druggist, was named presi dent of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the clufb's annual election held at Masonic dining hall Tuesday night. Other officers elected were: ** Bill Jonas, first vice .president. W. C. Kelley, second vice pres ident Bill Eldon, secretary. Bill Page, treasurer. Bob Cox, sergeant-at-arms. Harold Clonlnger, Sam Mitch - em and George Thomasson were elected to two-year directorships. The new slate of officers will be sworn in on May 4. K. E. Mor rison, Harold Phillips and D. D. Saunders are hold over direct ors. Mr. Griffin defe .ted J. T. Mc Glnnls,. currently first vice pres ident, for the presidency. Mr. Kelley, who was nomina ted frpm the floor Tuesday night, was elected on a third ballot In a close contest with Mr. Morri son. Mr. Jonas, Mr. Eldon and Mr. Page were named by accla mation. Mr; Cox defeated Curtis Gaff ney in a close vote and R. G. Plonk and C. T. Carpenter, Jr., both nominated from the floor Tuesday, were eliminated In the contest for the three director ships. "This organization is a group working together for civic Im provement. I . appreciate your confidence and request the sup port of all Jaycees In our en deavors during the coming year," Mr. Grlfin said upon ac cepting the presidency. Yates Harbison, Ed Smltn and J. C. Bridges are members of the social ; committee, whkSi * fW make arrangements for the In stallation meeting May 4. ' l*re*ldent Paul Walker presid ed and 40 members were pres ent. \ Ralph Flow was welcomed as a new member by Grady How ard. Bill Hudspeth, who spon Oonttnued On Paoe Bight Kiwanis President To Speak Friday TOP KIWANIAM ? Donald T. Forsythe, president of Kiwanis International wJU visit Kings Mountain Friday and will ad dress representatives of area clubs at a meeting Friday night. At ARP Sunday The Erskine College Choral eers; under .the direction of Miss Helen Ligon, will present a wor ship program in songs at the Boyce. Memorial ARP church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock services. Preceding the -program, Dr. J. M. Lesesne, Professor of History at Erskine, Will deliver a short talk on the college. The Choraleers will present as i their selections: "The Heavens Are Telling," by Haydn; "Oh Praise Jehovah," by Mozart; "Oh Lord Thou Hast Formed My Ev ery Part," by Bach; "Hallelujah", by Mozart; "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings," hy Liddle; "The King Of Love My Shepherd Is," by Shelley; "bh God, My Heart Is Fixed On Thee," by Roberts} and "The Lord Is My Shepherd," by Bischoff. Two selections rendered by the quartet will -be . "Out Of The Deep," by Gluck, and "How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me," by Pflue gen. A selection by Costa, "I Will Extol Thee," will be sung by Miss Frances Gettys. The Choraleers include: Sopranos: Frances Gettys, Hel en Ligon, Dorothy -Willis, Bettle Robinson, and Phyllis Estes, al tos; Judy Sherrlll, Julia Smith, Ann Macfie, and Carol Aull; ten ors: Frank Sellers, Frank White, Jon Brawley, and Del Rucker; basses: Melvln McWhlrter, Bill Bowie, Bill Terry, Bob Elliott, and Marshall Parker. Ill Businessmen Are Back On lob Three Kings Mountain business men a?? back at work after being 111 or hospitalized. L. A. Hoke, who suffered a pos sible heart attack '10 days ago, was back on the Job Monday. Otis C. Falls was released from Kings Mountain hospital Monday after recuperating from a sto nach ailment. J. H. Patterson returned irom Raleigh Sunday after undergoing a minor operation on Friday. Kings Mountain Will Be Host To Top Kiwanian The president of Kiwanls In ternational will address the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club Friday night, at a meeting expected to attract representatives of all clubs in Carolinas Division 1, as well as representatives from most clubs of Divisions 2 and 9. Donald T. Forsythe, of Carth age, 111., publisher of a weekly newspaper, will address the Btag assemblage at Masonic dining hall at 6:45. Dr. D. F. Hord, past president of the local club, sai^ 21 clubs have been invited to send repre sentatives to the Friday night meeting. The visit here will be one of only four the International presi dent will make in the Carolinas. The other 9lubs on the Forsythe itinerary are Charleston, S. C? Columbia, S. C., and Charlotte. Dr. W. P. Gferberdlng, president of the Kings Mountain club, and President Forsythe attended Thiel College ? though at sepa rate time* ? and are personal frienus. Mr. Forsythe is a promi nent Lutheran layman. In addition to Mr. Forsythe.'s address, spteelal music has been arranged for the Friday night meeting, featuring William Col lins, minister of music of Main Street Methodist church, Gaston ia. Dr. Hord said that Mrs. For sythe will be the honoree at a dinner at the Kings Mountain Country Club, with wives of Ki wanians as hostesses. Dr. Hord said he anticipated a crowd of 200 Kiwanians and guests. The visit of Mr. Forsythe Will mark the first time an interna tional civic club president has made a formal visit to Kings Mountain. Among Kiwanls officials at tending the meeting here will be District Governor C. J. (Skinny) Hyslup, of Elkin, District Secre tary Herb Hennig, of Darlington, S. |C., and Lt. Governor Stanley Moore, of Morganton. Bioyles Series To End Sunday Large congregations have been attending the services at First Presbyterian church conducted this week by Rev. Vernon S. Broy les, D. D. At the morning service, 10:00 a. m., a study of the Book of Ephesians is being conducted. The subjects for the evening and Sunday services are: Thursday, 7:30 p. m. ? "Get ting Along Together"; Friday, 7:30 p. m. ? "The Kingdom Is Here"; Sunday, 11:00 a. m. ? "The Sheer Daring of the Gos pel"; and Sunday, 7:30 p. m. ? "The Church Will Win". Kings Mountain Lions To Entertain Farmers atAnnual Banquet Tuesday j LIONS SPEAKER ? Frank Jstor. of ItaMgh. will addnu th? an nual ForWi Night banquet of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. Kings Mountain Lions club will hold its annual Farmer's Night banquet Tuesday, with Frank Je ter, chief of the N. C. State col lege school of agriculture infor mation service, as featured speak er. As is customary, the Lions club is extending an Invitation to at tend to all farmers of the area. The meeting wiH be held at Ma sonic Lodge Hall at 7 o'clock. Members of thte commltte on I arrangements are W, L. Plonk, | Edwin Moore and Eugene Patter son. Mr. Plonk, in announcing the program, said, "We are particu larly happy to have Frank Jeter speak to us on Farmer's Night. He is among the best of humor ous speakers. We hope all Kings Mountain area farmer* will make plans to attend the Fanner's Night banquet, which the Lions Continued On Pag* Sight > ? Funds Eannazked Foi Auditorium Memorialize Wife D. C. Mauney is giving the Kings Mountain Woman's Club $8,000 to bfe used in completing the original design for the Wo man's Club building calling for an auditorium. The gift was tendered in honor of Mr. Mauney'? wife, the late Sadie Fisher Mauney, charter member, active worker, and sev eral times president of the Kings Mountain Civic League and its successor organization, the Kings Mountain Woman's Club. Mr. Mauney's gift was accepted by the Woman's Club executive board at a meeting Monday after noon and was tendered in a let ter dated March 9, as follows: "As it was the desire of my wife," Sadie F. Mauney, to see the original plans of the Woman's Club completed and because* of her love and interest In the Wo man's Club of Kings Mountain, I would like to give the Sum of $8,000.00 to be used to build and equip a stage in the club audi torium, also redecorate and fur nish the auditorium with neces sary seating facilities. "After the completion of the above, any remaining funds may be used for Improvements." The Woman's Club board has been considering a possible addl don to the present plant of 25 feet and will soon present the proposals ic the membership for action. Meantime, carrying out of thte stage improvements, which Mr. Mauney's gift provides, will be delayed until the membership decision. The addition project Is to be Investigated' by a joint group, In cluding members of the finance and house committers, of which Mrs. Carl Mayes and Mrs; Jacob Cooper respectively are chairmen. . Mrs. Paul Hendricks, publicity chairman, said the board accept ed the gift of Mr. Mauney "with grateful appreciation". Shoie To Preach Sunrise Sermon Plans for the annual city-wide Easter Sunrise service were an nounced at a breakfast meeting of the Kings Mountain Ministeri al association Monday at the Rec reation Building of the First Presbyterian church. Rev. Phil Shore, Jr., pastor of Central Methodist church, was named to preach the sermon. It was announced that the high school band will play for the ser vice, as has been customary In the past. The Choral Group, under the direction of Franklin Pethel has been invited to provide spe cial music for the occasion. Other ministers taking part in the program will be: Rev. Doug las Fritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, invocation; Rlev. Boyce Huffstetler, pastor of El Bethel Methodist church, leading the Lord's Prayer; Rev. W. L. Pressly. pastor of the Boyce Me morial ARP church and president of the Ministerial association, greetings to the people; P. D. Pat rick, pastor of First Presbyteri an church, reading of the Scrip tures; Rev. A. J. Argo, pastor of First Wesleyan Methodist church, benediction. The hour of the service is to be announced later. It is determined by the exact hour of sunrise. The service will be held in the central portion of Mountain Rest Ceme tery where the large white cross stands. Plans for this year's sunrise service were in the hands of a committee including Rev. B. F. Austin, Rev. H. Gordon Weekley, Rev. W. L. Pressly and Rtev. P. D. Patrick. City Carrier Extension Near City carrier service for more than 550 Kings Mountain citi zens not how receiving home de livery of their mail is Just a round the corner, Postmaster W. B. Blakely said yesterday. Posts for the collection "boxes have arrived and the postmaster Said' he had notified the assis tant postmaster general that *11 -Is in readiness for the extension of services Postmaster Blakely said he had asked that an inspector be sent here at once to supervise the re arrangement of service to- three carriers, rather than two.