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? < . . WBSHmfe ?2F Population City Limit* 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (1M5 Bation Board Flgam) mmammm 64 NO. 12 Established 1889 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 25, 1954 18 Pages Today Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION? Four Kings Mountain high school Juniors were induc ted Into the National Honor Society In a ceremony held during chapel program at the school at 1 p. m. on March - 17. The new members are pictured above In street dress along with members of the society. In white uniforms,' and Principal Rowell Lane, who presented membership cards. Included in the group, left to tight, are Norma Sipes, De witt Blanton, Sherrill Spears, Christine Still, Mr. Lane, Anne Dilllng, Anita McGinn Is, Ranny Ar nette, Martha Baker and Susan Moss. (Photo by Hubert Carlisle.) JOINT MEETING Members of the Rings Moun tain Kiwftnis club will j>o 46 Shelby Thursday night for a Joint meeting with the Shelby club Afid'ikr kator an address toy Charles V, Caroll, state su perintendent of schools. The meeting - vi 1 1 be held at -Hotel Cha?l?s at 7 o'clock. > BUILDING PERMIT A building permit was issu ed March 19, toy J. W. Webster, building Inspector, to Zebb Cirigg for erection of a home on first street at an estimated cost of <3,500. < , Peggy Boynolds Wins "Two" ttatinq warded a rating of two or-' "a*-, cellent" in the district piano solo contests held it Cata\ttta Col lege, Salisbury, on Saturday. She played Bach's "Gig ?" from Partita No. 1 in Bb, the flrtt movy .-nent of Mozart's "Sonata No. 3 hi C", and Ibert's "Giddy Girl ". ?? She is a pupil of Mrs. Martin IJarmon. Merchants Want Local News . ,v* --'. x Bulletins OPTIMIST CLUB Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Optimist Club will be held at Corner Cafe Thurs day night at 6:90 o'clock, ac cording to announcement by Neal Grlssom, president, who urged all members to attend. Nominating committee will be ? " Ljbe said. ,New officers a?r td bfeirtewttea prior w July. IN ACCIDENT Miss Stella Patterson, of Rock Hill, S. C., former mem ber of the city schools faculty, was painfully Injured in an auto accident Saturday after noon near WinYisboro- She re ceived face lacerations and -bruises, when her car was in volved in an accident with an other while Miss Patterson was returning from Columbia, S. ?c. AT PRESBYTERIAN Kenneth Boyer, student at Columbia Seminary, Decatur, <3a., will speak at worship ser vices at Dixon Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 3:45 and at First Presbyterian ?church at the evening service at 7:90. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. E. T. Boyer, for ma ny yean missionaries in Ko ?* lions To Launch Broom & Mat Sale Two-Weekend Blind Benefit Project To Begin The Kitlgs Mountain Lions club will conduct Its annual com munity-wide broqm saJe for the 1 benefit of the blind this weekend and nfext. With all club members doub ling In the role of salesmen* the Lions will make an effort. Chair man J. W. Webster said, to con tact every Kings Mountain house holder in an effort to sell a broom at $1.50. In addition, the club will also have for sale thte familiar rubber door mats at $2.50. The sale will begin Thursday, the brooms having already been received. C. E. Warllck Insurance Agency is being used as a ware house for the Lions Club "stock", which is manufactured at thte Lions ? sponsored Industrie* for the Blind at Greensboro. Through the Lions Clubs of North Carolina, Greensboro In dustries for the Blind provide gainful employment to people who would otherwise be helpfess and perhaps destitute. Profits from the sale which ac eure directly to the local club are used for aid to the blind and for sight conservation In the Kings Mountain area. Following is the Lions Club sales- organization, which is schte Continued On Page Ten ? - ? ? ? * Car; Tryout Still Underway Day Later Police are looking for a 1948 four-door Chevrolet reported stolen from the Victory Chev rolet. Company Tuesday. ? According to Officer Tom Gladden, James Thomasson, Negro, on pretense of purchase interest, and with permission of W. G. Grantham, took the , car for a tryOut drive. According to reports Wednes day morning, Thomasson is still testing the car. * Professors Fill Local Pulpits ? Two Kings fountain Baptist Churches have called supply pas tors from Gardner Webb College to fill the pulpit until full time pastors can be called. Dr. Stephen MorrUette, profes sor of Greek, music, and Bible at Gardner Webb, will supply as pastor at the Temple Baptist church, while Dr. S, L. Lamb, al so professor of Bible at Gardner Webb, will supply as pastor at Macedonia Baptist church. " Rev. David Morris resigned as pastor of Temple Baptist church March 1. Rev. R. L. Hardin re signed at Macedonia Baptist church in February. Jeter Challenges Farmers To Make More Intensive Use Oi Farm Lands Frank Jeter, veteran chief ** thte State Cbllege agricultural de partment Infojmktion service, listed tkf "doV for aroa farm era, in an address highlighting rueeday nighfa annua] Farmer's Night banquet Be s*|d the five needs for jjtpj proving local area agriculture '' ^ 'V 1> Selling the farmers on plan ning farming opera tiona crease production. Mr. Jeter said the goal should be two bales of cotton per acre and said, "We can iSP1" 2 Selling thte Idea of ram stor age. He said the state Is in great need of storage facilities for grains, cotton, and almost all commodities it corn .to harvest season, then buy it back In the spring for feed at hlghfer prices," he pointed out. 3) Selling "water farming". Water is a prime commodity lehitch should be conserved, and 1 "n should have a pond, Mr. Jeter de clared. 4fInfoffnttng the farmer that he gets only a smaO portJoa out of && dollar of farm end pro duct* and let him know that he Is getting full credit, unJugHp ably, for the high price of theee kets, to lncrea?e distribution of track farm and orchard products at higher prices. | Mr. Jeter interspersed his seri ous remarks with a full quota of witty tales and anecdotes to the delight of the crowd of l50 farm ers, Lions, and special guests. He cited the amazing develop ment of the state in agriculture, but noted that all the research | successcs are worth nothing if they are not encompassed by the farmer. He stated that a farmer who knows new methods can out produce a farmer who doesn't Inlne time* in ten, and challenged I the group with the statement that North Carolina must look to its laurels if it is to keep pace with the rapid agricultural advances of other states. , I Edwin Moore welcomed the farmers to the annual banquet aod recognized special gCtesta. W. L. Plonk presented Mr. Jeter. | prior to the address, Ha//*> ?rr. Hal Warn! an* Dave acted as club tail twist ' ii.Jii. i a * - -TvyU directed a series of Ae county board of Mayor Glee A. and representatives of comity agricultural aa ;| ? , |fi| Moore Asking Re-nomination To School Post Edwin Moorte has filed for Democratic . re-nomlnatlon to the county school board, and Jack White, the Kings Mountain attor ney and judge of recorder's court, has decided he won't make the race for the House of Representa tives. These were the major political developments in an otherwise dull week on the local, level. On the state level, the filing deadline was passed at noon last Saturday and. a flurry of Repub lican filing furnished the princi*, pal" last-minute activity. Woodrow W. Jones, of Ruther fordton, is unopposed in the May 29 primary for re-nomination as 11th district Congressman, though he faces GOP opposition in No vember. Locally, three men ? Ervin El lison, Robert G. (Bob) Cox and C. A. (Gus) Huffstetler ? arte seeking the Democratic nomina tion for township constable. Hazel B. Bumgardner seeks re nomination as county commis sioner from District 2. Mr. Moore, Paterson Grove far mer, was nominated to the county board of education two ytears a go. No less than eight persons seek to go to Washington as United States Senator and seven of therii are running as Democrats. They are the featured pair, Incumbent Alton Utennon and W. Kerr Scott, plus Alvin Wingfield, Jr., Char lotte, W. M. Bostick, Cary, Heniy L. Sprinkle, Greensboro, A. E. Turner, Palmyra, Gila Ray Boyd, Pinetown. Paul C. West, of Ra leigh, Is the GOP aspirant jRed Cross Fund Reports Sparse With the Kings Mountain Red Cross fund drive nearing com pletion* total of gifts reported to date indicate* the drive U far be hind 'schedule. Sfct to end next Wednesday, less than $1,000 has been turned In to Treasurer B. S. Neill, Sr., against a quota of $5,420. "We need to know where we stand in order that proper clean up work ran bte planned," Hoyle D. (Snooks) McDaniel, chapter publicity chairman, said yester day. "Chairman W. K. Mauney, Jr., urges all. committee chairman and Workers in all divisions to make every effort to complete so licitations this weekend and to report their totals to thte drive treasurer," he added. Mr. McDaniel expressed con cern over the fund drive short* ages here, Indicating possibility that the Kings Mountain chapter might lose its national charter. The 1953 fund drive fell very short of the qipta," he remind ed, "and another short year will put us in a bad position ? both from the charter standpoint and from a local service angle. We need tevery cent of the $3,410, bas ed on "the full quota, we will get to keep for use in Kings Moun tain and I urge all workers and interested citizens to assist ui in making sure we reach our quota this year." Ptersons who have not been contacted or who wish to make an additional donation to the fund drive are requested to contact Mr. McDaniel at Phone 398 or call the Red CrOss office. Checks may be mailed to "Red Cross Chapter, Kings Mountain," he adcfed. ? . Of the $954.41 turned In to date, Continued On Page Ten Speidels Leaving Kings Mountain Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Spfeidel, who have managed the Kings Moun tain Country Club' for the past 30 months, have tendered their re-' signation to accept the managed , meijt of the Ben venue Country ' Club of Rocky Mount The resignation of thte Speidels will be effective April 15. Mr. Speldel Is to serve as gen- . er a 1 manager of the Ro<*;y Mount ! club, and Mrs. Spfldel will serve ] as hostett. " The Rocky Mount club is a 425 mfember organization. The Speidels came here from Jacksonville, Fla., and their man- . ?ment of the Kings Mountain j stock at would be hsndled by the board of dfipggfi on recommendations I of til* house committse. George K. Maturity is th ed chairman Bids Asked On Davidson Dam _1 . A ' City Purchased Street Sweeper At Busy Meeting . The city board of commis sioners will receive bids on the construction of a dam on David son branch, pump station, and installation of 4,000 feet of eight-, inch pipe on April 5. Advertisement asking the bids is published today in the Herald and follows action taken Mon day night by the city. board in special session. The full specifications of W. K. Dickson, Charlotte engineer, are available at City Hall. Mr. Dick son originally estimated that the Davidson branch could be utilized as an additional source of water at a cost of $91,000. Mr. Dickson said the city would in crease its available source by a half-million gallons per day from the Davidson branch. Mon day night, he flatly said "no" to the question of whether the wa ter from Davidson branch could j be siphoned to the present city water reservoir. In other actions Monday night, the board 1) Awarded contract for two voltage regulators, for street lights to Bryant Electric Compa ny, of Gastonia, at $2,261.76, low bid under that of Westinghouse Supply Company, of Charlotte. 2) Approved a rental -purchase contract with North Carolina Equipment Company, of Char lotte, for an Elgin street sweep er, equipped with double cab, at $9,425 net. ( North Carolina Equipment ma'de a trade-In al lowance on the city's worn Gut tersnipe, but told the city It could keep the old one anyway. Under terms of- the arrange ment, the city will "rent" the new sweeper at $100 per month, then pay the balance out of next year's operation*. There were no ?other feick^rfe 8 ) Approved recommendation of Hunter Allen, power depart ment superintendent, to divide an electrical circuit serving the western portion of the city, which Mr. Allen said would re lieve several overloads and would cost $1,800 in materials. He said the electrical depart ment could make the changeov er piecemeal in slack periods. 4) Tabled for a policy check request of Fred W. Plonk, In toe Continued On Page Ten Senior Play ftiday Night Members of the Kings Moun tain high school senior class will present their annual play Friday night at Central auditorium at 8 p. m. The vehicle is the mystery comedy by Parkter Fennelly, [ "Cuckoos On The Hearth". ? The cast includes Pat Davis as "Abby"; Norma Lee Sipes as "Lu lu"; Lee Jackson as "Charlotte";' Jim Caveny as the sheriff; Don | McCarter as "Don"; Sherrill Spears as "Zadoc"; Charles Yawn | as "Doc"; Ranny Arntet^e as the professor; James Abernathy as "Rev. Underhill"; Jane Ormand as "Beulah"; Nora Jane Deese as "Dr. Gordon"; and Caroll Bridges as the state trooper. Members of the committees | at%: Stage manager ? Jack Ovens. Staging ? Gene Patterson and Anne Dillfng, co-chairmen; Clyde Hln.son, Janice Allen, Ronald Lay ton, Robert Davis and Jim Pi'-* Lighting ? Ollie Harris, chair man; Earl Stroupe, Jim Freeman, | Fred Bridges and Keith Burton. Sound Effects and prompters Susan Moss and Bud Rhea, co chairmen ; Anne Dilllng and Ja nice Allen. Properties ? Billy Bumgard ner, chairman; Kenneth RcberU, Edward Ledford, Don Falls, Ro bert Champion, Don Falls, Billy Childers, Patty Pattotf and Lois Ann Spake. Tickets and program ? Mary Owens and Louise Patterson, co chairmen; Gaynfell Scruggs, Yvon ne Carter, Patty Patton, Lois | Ann Spake, Jane Jenkins and ' Shirley Pearson. ; ? Publicity ? Bud Ware and Pat | Goforth, co-chairmen. Ushers will he Richard George, Bud Ware. Maty Owen* and Pat Goforth. ? L B. Goforth, Jr., a member of ?or. Advance sale tickets are now on sale. Tickets are priced at SO cents for students and 15 cents for adults. ? . ?; . LENOIR -RHYNE CHOIR HERE SUNDAY? The GO- / the Eastern portion of the United States, singing voice Lenoir-Rhyne College A Cappella choir will in many Lutheran churches. The manager is H. sing at St. Matthew's Lutheran church on Sunday G. Fisher, Jr., son of a former St. Matthew's Lu afternoon at 4 o'clock. The choir has been touring j theran pastor. . ' ?? - ? ? J Lenoir-Rhyne Choir To Sing Here On Sunday The 60-voioe Lenoir Rhyne Col lege A Capella Choir will appear in concert at St. Matthew's Lu theran church at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The group, under the direction of Prof. Kenneth B. Lee, Lenoir Rhyne director of music, will of fer a concert of fourteen selec tions. The program will include the following: "Hodie Christus Natus Est" (Palestrina), "Agnus Dei" (Kalin nikof), "Lost in the Night" fF. M. Christiansen), "All Breathing Life" (Bach); "Sing We Merrily Unto God Our Strength" (Shaw), "Bread of 'Tears" ( Paul. Christiansen ) , "A 'Tune On- A Reed" ? CMcKay), "Soon- Ah Will Be Done" (Daw son), "This Is The Day" (Paul Christiansen) ; "Alleluia, Christ Is Born" (Lu vaas), "The Christmas Symbol" (F. M. Christiansen), "A Flemish Carol" (Folk Tune), "Lullaby on Christmas Eve" (F. M. Christian sen), "O Day Full of Grace" (Ar rangement by F. M. Christian sen). Optional numbers Include "O Gladsome Light" (Gretchanlnoff) "Cansontet" (Work),. "Hosanna" (Lockwood), and "Sing Noel" (Snyder), Twenty-eight men and 32 wo men make up the vocal organi zation of 17 sopranos, 15 altcs, 12 tenors, and 16 basses. The sing ers, all students at Lenoir Rhyne College, represent eight eastern states and the District of Colum bia. Student officers are H. G. Fish er, Jr., of Spartanburg, S. C., man ager; Sam Sox of Greensboro, president; Carl Ritchie, of Char lotte, vice-president; and Phyllis Karriker of Mooresville, treasur er. Fisher Is the son ol a former St Matthew's pastor, Rev. H. G. Fisher. Professor Lee has served as director of the choir since 1* re organization In 1935. He received his bachelor's degree in music in his hometown of Northfleld, Minn., at St. Olaf College, where he was a member of the famed St. Olafs Choir, directed by Dr. F. Melius Christiansen. Kiwanis International President Forsythe Addresses Large Crowd A near capacity crowd taxed the facilities of Masonic dining room last Friday night, as area Klwanlans from North and South Carolina gathered to hear an ad dress by Donald T. Forsythfe, their Kiwanis International president. Mr. Forsythe, hesd of a quarter. railUoh members of the large in ternational civic and service club, made jm educational and inspira tional address In which he prais ed'. the accomplishments of Ki wanis clubs at all levels and the clubs of Carollnas Division I in particular. "Kiwanis isn't measured by its numbers, but by Its service," he dnclared. "The challenge if ever before us and Kiwanis will not fail to mtoet that challenge." President Forsythe had earlier rroarted on ? recent 15-mlnute interview with President Elsen hower and also on a visit to the West Coast, where, hfe said, news paper reporters seemed most in terested in what Kiwanis Inter national is doing to combat Juve nile delinquency. He Is proud, Mr. Forsythe said, of the Kiwanis record In com batting the problem through ifa Key Clubs, it* Ch-cle K clubs afid activities In Junior athletic pro grams. Whltey Ford, the New York Yankee pitcher, it a product of a Kiwanis Little League team, he noted. In addition, he said, hte was proud of the Kiwanis program urging all schools to root out Communists from faculties, the Kiwanis support to a stringent highway safety prog; ,.m, and its good record of support of church es. "We have a great organiza tion," he declared, adding, "When Kiwanis speaks the world lis tens." Dr. W. P. Gerberdlng, Kings Mountain Kiwanis president, served as master of ceremonies and gave the address of wel come, while Dr. D P. Hord, in charge of arrangements for the meeting, presented members of visttlng clubs and special guest* Kiwanis dignitaries were pre sented by I. Byron Koeter, pa A lieutenant governor of Carolines Division I. Those recognized were Stan ley Moore, present lieutenant 0o*t<mw4 Merchants Study Curbs On Peddlers ? ? * __ ? ;? i Holiday Closing Inioimation Poll To Be Conducted The Kings Mountain Merchants association board of directors Is taking steps to make llle harder for house-to-house salesmen ped dling their wares in Kings Moun tain. The association directors are ob taining information from other cities on how to put teeth into license ordinances and other le gal weapons to combat the prob lem. In the discussion, directors noted that the itinerant peddlers pay no city nor county taxes and that customers have no assurance that the goods they buy will bfe delivered. The plan of the mer chants board is to have recom mendations ready prior to City a doption of the 1954-55 privilege license schedule. In other actions at thfe Tuesday monthly meeting,# the directors j voted to conduct an opinion poll on holiday and Wednesday after noon closing policy, to purchase membership decals, and to invoke the by-laws and close on Easter Monday. President John H. Lewis also named Dan Weiss, W. L. Plonk, i J. B. Keeter, and Hilton Ruth as additional members of the trade promotion committee, whlcti also Includes Paul Walker, chairman, Martin Harmon, Hubert McGin ( nis and Bob Bridges. FARMER'S PARTY Kings Mountain Klwanls club will hold ita annual Farmer's Night banquet on April 1, it was announced this week. Committee in charge of arran gements includes Arnold Kis er, chairman, Glee A. Bridges, James E. Anthony, Jr., M. A. En loo and Lawrence Patrick. SPEAKER ? William E. Do to. Davidson college head football coach, will address members ol the Kings Mountain Dcnrldsen Alumni chapter at a dinner meting at the country club Fri day night. Davidson Clnb To Hear Dole Davidson College alumni in the greater Kings Mountain artea will hold their annual chapter meeting at the Kings Mountain Country club Friday night at 6:45. The dinner meeting will fea ture a talk by Football Coach William E. Dole. He will report i on the Davidson football pros pects for 1954 and will show foot ball movies from the 1953 season. The Rev. P. D. Patrick of Klngii Mountain will serve as toastmas ter for the meeting. Charles A. Neisler, chairman of the committee, announced that alumni in the Kings Mountain area should make immediate re servation* with him for the stag dinner meeting. Belk's Making Improvements Belk's Department Store is ra pidly completing a re modeling and renovation program which Includes Installation of complete 2ew fixtures in its men's store nd redecoration of its whole merchandising plant. The made-to-order Hmod oak fixtures are designed, Manager Hilton Ruth said, to Introduce* insofar as possible in depart ment stores, the self-service , principle. Wall and floor fixtures are de signed to show almost all the merchandise, and the new trend toward pegboard for wall dis play la' being fully utilized. Fixtures were manufactured and Installed toy Young Manu facturing Company, Norwood, ? H?o r?d,ecoration plan calls for using several contrasting, but harmonizing colors. Me. Ruth Mid the moderniza tion follows the Belk plan ot Constantly Improving !ta physi cal facilities. Belk's pur-haaed the l(*n's Store building in June It haa owned its so-called I Building since December 1943.