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KIWANIS PROGRAM
John Cheshire will In
charge of the program -at the
Thursday night meeting of the
Kings Mountain Klwanis cluib
and will show a travel film
distributed by Esso Standard
Oil Company. The club meets
at Masonic Dining Hall at 6:45.
WILXJAMS BETTER
Wray A. Williams, prominent
Kings Mountain farmer, Is re
cuperating satisfactorily at
Kings Mountain hospital fol
lowing an operation last F*'
4ay.
LITHIUM OFFICE
. .Lithium Corporation of A
merlca wil open an office this
weekend on the Bessemer City
Road, utilizing ,the building
formerly known as Absher's
Grocery, according to announce
ment by E. T. Plott, Kings
Mountain representative of the
cofnpany.
a^ifcl'SCHOOL CLINIC
Annual p re-school clinic for
children entering 1 Central
school f ir:, t grade in. the 1954
55 school term next September
will <be held Tuesday morning
man of a P-TA committee as"V
sisting county health officials
with the <?] in ic, said it is high- '
.-|jj r important thftfe A GoYnplete
list of all entering children be
known, In order that faculty
-^Arrangements can Ibe made
prior to school opening.
TAO SALES
A total of 1,006 Kings Moun
tain motorists had purchased
1954 city .auto license stickers
through Wednesday at noon,
according to Joe McDaniel, of
the city clerk's office. Twenty
three of the total Were pur
chased this week, he said.
AT FOOTE
Ol Glenn Florence, formerly
wltti DuPont Co., Camden, S. C.
1* how with Foote Mineral Co.
here as assistant plant engi
neer. tie and his family are re
siding on Crescent Circle.
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BUtLTJTWO PERMIT
A toulldtog permit was Issu
ed April 7- by J. W. Webster,
touildlng Inspector, to Carrie
Weaver and Leohii!4 JLee for
erection of a home on Parker
street at an estimated cost of
93,400.
METER RECEIPTS
Net receipts frpm the city's
parking meters for the week
ending Wednesday at noon
were $150.66 as. reported by
Grace Carpenter, of the city
clerk's office.
The condition of Dr. t*aaT$.
Hendricks was reported much lm
proved t.y
Dr. Hendrickj Is a patent in
Gaston Memorial hospital- Be ba
came ill sudenly Tuesday morn
lng, st his West Mountain attest
home. {Mj i
? Tont.it ivo diayivisis of ;i tiMrt
ailment has p6t been confirmed.
Methodist Choiz
fcaU ftesent
\ The Senior Choir of Central
Methodist church under the di
rection of Miss Bonnie Mcintosh,
organist and choir director, will
present excerpts , froni the "Mes
siah" by Handel on Palm Sun
day afternoon, April 11, . at three |
o'clock.
The 24- voice choir will sing
the following choruses: "Surely,
He Hath Borne Our Griefs," "And
With His Stripes," "Llff Up yoW-.
Heads," "Since By Man C&..?e
Death," "Worthy Is the Lamb,"
and "Hallelujah Chorus."
? The soloist will foe Margaret |
Cole (contralto) "He Was Des
pised"; Earl Marlowe (baritone)
-Thou Art Gone Up On High";
Sue Dixon (soprano) "How|
?Beautiful Are the Feet of Them";
Surlie Peeler, Jr., (baritone)
"The Trumpet Shall Sound"; and I
Dorothy Smith (soprano) rl |
Know That My Redeemer Mve
tji."
The choir includes: Sopranos,
Ann Byars, Jane Crocker, Sue Dlx
on, Shirley Falls,' Winifred Ful
ton, Mozelle Masters, Mary Alice
McDaniel, Mildred McDaniel and [
Dorothy Smith. Altos Martha
Carpenter, Margaret Cole, Joann ,
Dixon, Carolyn Payseur, Ruey|
j Throneburtff TenorsWactfb Dlx
on. Earl . Marlowe, Buddy Mayes,
Rev. PMl Shore, and Arthur Wal
ker. U asses ? Meek Carpenter,;
Dcflbert' Dixon. Oren Fulton, Da
vld Marlowe, and Burlie Peeler, j
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Burlington Mills
Becreatian Plant
Burlington Mills Corporation,
in ? letter to Mayor Glee A. Brid
ges, has offered to sell to the city
for $12,000 the tract of '^pproxi
mately 34 acres which the recrea
tion commission seeks for the site
of a recreation plant. Jl
The tract lies west of Bessemer
City road and is described by the
recreation commission as ideal
for its purposes which Include im
mediate construction of t twin
[ox a complete plant, including
playgrounds and Recreation ?m
>nal purposes,
property own
that the cttya
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ELECTED ? Dr. D. F. Hord,
King* Mountain dentist was '
?looted president of the CMb
luricl County Tuber' rulosl* asso
ciation at the annual mooting
Of the orqanixatic.il last wook. Ho ;
succeeds OUie Harris.
Dr. D. F. Hoid
D. F. Hord was elected pre
sident of the Cleveland County
Tuberculosis association at the
association'* annual meeting at
Cleveland Hotel In Shelby Thurs
dA# night. He succeeds J. Ollle |
Other officers elected were |
Hugh WeHs, of Shfelby, vice-presi
dent* Miss Eunice Weatbrook,
Shelby, secretary, and Miss Faye
Delllnger, Shelby, treasurer. Miss
Delljnger held the ofllce'of trea
surer last year.
Rev, Jannies Skelton zl Black
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*For $12,001)
ed by another from other citizens
favoring the site.
Attached to the letter were four
restrlctUMPM|pB| jMiwaii jo in
clude in the deed, which, Mr. Wll
klns said in his letter, the city
board had approved at a special
teeetlnf February 27.
The restrictions are:
foregoing kuid is convey
t to the follow
lng tterms and conditions:
ftsT Subject to all ease
ments and rights-of-way affecting
"2. Skid land shall be owned
ss&iKgyss c"y,or,h* **
mary purpose of conptnacting and
: maintaining thereon a municipal
SslSissr a
?*y, ? ?an itiviii a? m?s fop ftfiy
of the following pturpoMs, to-wlt;
A? a Community Center or meet
ing place for Community activity
or for the censtruetfem of * C?ty
Hall at tear other municipal build.
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little Theatre
by Lloyd C. Douglas, at the high |
school auditorium Sunday even-'
ing at 7:30.
Mrs. Aubrey iHr uney is director I
! of the production, which was giv- 1
en last spring here and in Besse
mer City, and which Is presented
this jtear on Palm Sunday at the
request o I the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association.
Many of the parts are being i
taken again this year by 1953 ;
performers. R. Q. Plonk, Jr., may !
be seen- again in the role of "De- 1
metrius" and Meek Carper.ter is
cast in the role of the wealthy
tribune, "Marcellus."
Other members of the cast in
clude Mrs. Mfeek Carpenter as
"DlanaM; Mrs. C. T. Carpenter.
Jr.. as "Sarah"; Jeff Wells as
"Stephen"; Hilliard Black as
"Melas"; Sam Stalllngs as "Pau
lus"; Tommy Owens as "Pontius
Pilate"; Miss BUlie Gibbons as
"Lucia"; Mrs. Bobby Cloninger as
"Helen"; Mrs. H, L. Campbell as
"Cornelia"; Robert Grigg as
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t The Kings Mountain Little
Theatre Will jntesent The Robe",
a religious play from the novel
lay from the novel
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Textile Leader
Makes Rumored
Contest Official
L. Arnold Klser, Kings Moun
tain textile executive, formally
announced yesterday that he
would be a candidate for the Dis
trict 2 county commissionership
in the May 29 Democratic pri
mary.
He opposes Hazel B. Bumgard
ner, the incumbent, who had pre
viously announced his candidacy
for re-nomination. District 2 in
cludes Number 4 and 5 townships
and will be dtetermined by Demo
crats of East Kings Mountain,
West Kings Mountain, Waco, G ro
ver, and Bethware precincts.
Other races developing for
Democratic nominations during
the past week included contests
for judge of county recorder's
FILING. DEADLINE
Deadline for filing for coun
ty political olfioo U 6 p. m.
Saturday, April 17, County E
l action* Board Chairman Joo
Mull said Wednesday. Bo no
tod that tho now board of elec
tions will assume office Sat
urday morning. It will include
J. W. Osborne and Charlie By
era. Democrats, end G. V.
Hawkins. Republican.
court, and for county solicitor. In
addition, a fourth candidate, Ro
bert E. Herndon, paid the filing
fee for constable of Number^
which is now vacant
Ad was expected, Judge Rueben
Elam announced for re nomina
tion as county judge, a position
already sought by C. B. Cash,
Shelby attorney, and both Bynum
Weathers, incumbent solicitor,
and Joe Mall, another Shelby
lawyer, announced for the solici
tor nomination.
Also filing for a Democratic
nomination as Number 4 Town
ship magistrate was Lee B. Ro
berts, who has held that office
for several terms.
Mr. Klser made official his
candidacy for the commissioner's
office yesterday and said he ex
pects to pay the filing fee within
the next few days. He has never
Meld elective office, but is a form
er member of the county hospital
board of trustees, on which he
served several terms, and a form,
er member of the county welfare
board. A Lutheran, he is tr^'* surer
of St Matthew's Lutheran ?J?vrch
and an active Klwanlan. He la a
Mason and Shrlner, and general
manager of Sadie Cotton Mills.
Mr. Bumgardner paid his filing
fee Monday. *
Mr. Mull, who seeks the solid
torship, is a veteran of World
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Nef ilgl Monntain Optimist Club
Will Receive Chaitei GnThursday
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The Kings Mountain Optimist
Club will receive its national char
ter at a ladles night banquet at
the Woman's Club Thursday even,
ing, beginning at 7:30.
Jim White, of Charlotte, promt,
nent Optimist official, will make
the principal address at the Char
ter Night event. Bill Claytor, of
the sponsoring Shelby club, will
serve as toastmaster, and Hugh
Cranford, of Charlotte, 18th dis
trict governor, will present the
charter to President J. Neal Gris
som, of the Kings Mountain club.
Mr. Cranford wiH also formally
install the officers of the local
club. E. C. Nicholson and Jamea
E. White, vice-presidents; Tom
my Owens, secretary ? treasurer;
and Clarence Carpenter, Dan
HUffstetler, J. K. Willis, Jr., Sam
Collins, James A. Lybrand and J.
P. Lackey, directors.
? Mayor Glee A. Bridges WiU
make the addrrss of welcome and
f. K. Willis, Jr* is in charge of
special entertainment. Bill Baley,
president of the Shelby club win
present the bell and gavel to the
new Kings Mountain organiza
tion. .
Charter i numbers of the Klnps
Mount** dub are S..R. Blanton.
Hubert Carlisle, Clarence E. Car
penter, Sam Colling* William E.
Dye, W. C. Krwood, Bailey Gllle.
p5e. Vesper Gillespie, Howattt L
Gladden, Ben T. Ooforth, Robert
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Lions Hold Over
Broom-and-Mat Sale
The Kings Mountain Lion*
club will continue Its annual
Broom-and-Mat -''sale through
the coming weekend, J. W.
Webater, chairman of this sale,
said this week.
vji| fty .Webster said more than
800 brooms have been sold to
Kings Mountain citizens, but
that about one-third the origi
nal Inventory remains.
"We want to sell 'em all,"
Mr. Webster said, adding that
KMk teams hadn't yet
cover their terri
tories and would beginning
?e| 1 tor r/K the
iumaiBU tor $2450. ,?
(Ugh School Band
Conceit Postponed
The Rings Mountain high
school 00-ptecr band will present
a concert at the Ugh school audi
torium an Tuesday, April 13, at
0 o'clock. ?n?v%>nr??rt was first
scheduled for torlgq^fiHEJiii
postp||e|i' ? -r d : "
The program will todudfc sev
eral numbers which the band win
enter In state competition and ot
her selected pieces. Nc admission
twill be oharged. ?nrl the public is
invited to attend. W& ' ? fcy
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mocratic nominations to county political ofltcos who have entered
the political arena during the past wk. At top lott is L. Arnold
Kisor, Kings Mountain textile executive, who seeks the nomination
for District 2 county commissioner. and at top right la Judgo Houbon
Elam who announced be would seek re-election. At bottom loft is
Joe MulL Shelby Lawyer, who is contesting Incumbent Bynum Wea
thers, bottom right, for the nomination for solicitor.
Life Says lithium
Used In H-Bomb
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Magazine Says
Hydride
Triggered Bomb,
Lithium i hydride is a chief com
t.he hydro?en bomb,
H5? Z1.****? reported In Its
April 5 issue.
t tltei "Po^g on the March!
1 bomb test, said:
JT** ^lMa,t ? ? ? ? now >?>"i
1t,? a new kind of bomb
using lithium hydrldfe, a com
pound of lithium and hydrogen, i
It has long been known that lith
ium and ordinary hydrogen heat
ed to millions of degrees would
combine in a fusion reaction as
powerful as the fusion of the
-?iVteL;,hydro8en"' deuterium
and tritium. Older A-bombs 1
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Lutheran Furniture ^
Veteran Seagoers
The altar, pulpit and lectern
for the new St. Matthew's Lu
theran church are now veteran
steagoers.
Due to the strike of long
shoremen in New York, the
chancel furniture has had to
raaKe five Atlantic crossings.
Shipped via the SS Queen Eli
zabeth which twice arrived at
New York and could not unload,
the furnlturt is expected to be
docked soon, if It has not al
ready, since the strike ended
over the weekend.
The three articles of furni
ture were carved in England.
GRASS FIRE
Kings Mountain firemen ex
tinguished a grass fire on O
wens street Saturda-. accord
ing to a report from Ted Gam
ble, city fireman.
Woman's Club To Sponsor $8,000
Fund Campaign For Library Books
| The Kings Mountain Woman's
club, in collaboration with nu
merous other civic groups, will
conduct a finanlcal campaign latte
this month designed to raise
<8,000 for books for J* cob S.
Mauney Memorial Library.
Announcement of the forth
coming financial campaign
made Wednesday by Mrs. David
Hamriek, chairman of a special
Woman's Club committee, which
also Indiaiw Mrs. John L. Mo
flfjf Tflr "T O. Patterson and"
Mrs. Phillip Short, The fund-rais
ing will be concentrated In the
four day period, April 36^0. * yj
Advance publicity on the finan
cial campaign is now beginning
and will contiiM* throughout the
month, on Monday morning at
10: IS, Mrs. E. W. Griffin will
serve as moderator on a panel dis
cussion to be heard over Radio
Station WKMT. Others partici
fating will be Rev, W. L. Pressly,
member of the library board. Mrs.
Charles Dilllng, librarian, and
Mr?. Hamrlck, the campaign
chairman.
Mr?. Hamrlck noted that the
full proceeds of th# campaign will
b?' used in Kings Mountain, a?|
contrasted with most money-rais
ing efforts, which finds varying
portions going to state and na
tional headquarters.
"All this money will remain
hare to buy new book* for the
library," Mrs. Hamrlck said.
- Among the advance plans fbr
publicM^g tha d-h'e will be an
open house stthe Hbrary on April
22. Mrs. .Hamrlck announced.
All packers of Number 4 Town
ship and numerous other groups
will collaborate in th* campaign,
she continued.
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li
brary was a gift to the city that
was conveyed by the children ot
the late Mr. and Mr*. Jacob S.
Mauney In November 1M7.
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0 0. Walker
Is Low Bidder
At $62,066.46
The city board of commission
ers let contract Monday to O. O.
Walker, the low bidder, for build
ing of additional water reservoir
on Davidson creek.
The bid of Mr. Walkter, a Kings
Mountain contractor, was $62,066.
46.
?Other bids were:
P. T. Withers, Gastonia, $66,
073.60.
Boyd & Goforth, Charlotte, $78,
529.
Gilbert Engineering Company,
Statesvllle, $84,543.
C. W. Gallant, Charlotte, $98,
280.30.
The city's engineer, W. K. Dick
son, of Charlotte, expressed him
sfelf as pleased with the bids and
the board quickly accepted Mr.
Walker's low bid.
Under the plan being adopted
by the board, a dam will be built
to form a reservoir on Davidson
branch, and water from this dam
will be pumped to the present city
lake In low periods. Engineer
Dickson estimated the minimum
daily amount obtainable from
this source at a half-millon gal
lons of raw water.
Under changes In the bid no
tice made at a previous meeting
of the board the bidder has 150
days in which to complette his con
tract.
Major items in the bid estimate
breakdown of Mr. Walker were
$38,353 for building of the dam
and $17,600 for 4.000 feet of six
sioner Harold Phillips was named '
city boxing commissioner, at re
quest of Attorney E. A. Harrill,
and City Clerk Joe Hendrlck wa?
authorized to refund to L. H. Do
ver $2 for a building permit. May
or Glee A. Bridges reported that
Mr. Dover decieded not to erect
the outbuilding hie has planned.
Commissioner T. J. Ellison re
commended that the city Install
a concrete spillway on S. Cansler
street, in the vicinity of Fred J.
Wright & Sons, to alleviate a
drainage problem, and it was or
dered by the board on unanimous
vote.
The board deferred action for
investigation of complaint from
Dewitt Patterson that his paving
assessment on Goforth street was
highly out-of-line with that of
Sims street.
The board approved placing of
an order for six-inch pipe for in
stallation off Piedmont avenues
and on Linwood Road, on request
of E. C. Nicholson, superintend
dent of public works.
Mayor Bridget reported that
State Highway and Public Works
commission officials had told him
nothing definite would be known
about installing curb-and-gUtter
on' North Piedmont avenue until
after July 1, start of a new fiscal
ytear. He also said the highway
department expected to widen
Highway 74 from the hospital en
trance to the city limits, with
black-topping.
Bites Conducted
For Mrs. Morrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
Morrow, 59, widow of the late
James L. Morrow and resident of
808 Grace street, were conducted
Tuesday at 3 p. m. from True Gos
pel Tabernacle.
Rev. Lynn OToole, Rtev. Clyde
Maloney, and Rev. H. S. Scruggs
officiated, and interment was
made in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. Morrow succumbed In
Kings Mountain hospital Sunday
night st 8:10 p. m. after an Ill
ness of six months. She was a na
tive of Gaston county and was a
member of True Gosptel Taber
nacle.
She was the daughter of the
late Harvey and Martha Goble
Robinson.
Surviving are three sons, Har? '
v*v D. Morrow, Kings Mountain,
R-\lph T. Morrow, Charlotte, and
j Carl L. Morrow of Roanoke, Va.,
?and one daughter, Mrs. Vlrcrio
Lou Ms Cole of Kings Mountain.
Also surviving are two broth
ers, J. C. Robinson of Forest City
and A. 8. Robinson of Lenoir, ana
three sisters, Mrs. Pyler Buff.
Chester, S. C., Mrs. H. D. Laws,
Kings Mount*- r.nd Miss Mar
tha Robinson of Gastonla.