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? ru Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 154)00 . (1945 Ration Board Ftgaifi) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 16 Pages Today VOL 64 NO. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.( Thursday, April 15, 1954 ?m 1 i .j Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS aring For Easter Observance Local News Bulletins TO CASAR Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Paul Byers and family moved Wed nesday to Casar where Mr. By ers will -begin work in the Lawndale and Casar territori es. ' AT PHEN1X Fred. Ruth, formerly with Burlington at . Smithfield, is now with Phenix Plant, Bur lington Mills, Inc., here as' M & S engineer. He and his fami ly are residing at 704 Meadow brook road. DIXON SERVICE Services begin at Dixon Pres byterian church Sunday mom ir?g at 9 o'clock. Church servi ces have been held throughout the winter months at 3 o'clock each Sunday afternoon. Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of the church, said. PRE -SCHOOL CLINIC Annual pre-school clinic for children entering West school ' first grade In the 1054-55 school term next September will be held Tuesday morning ?? the stfhool beginning at 9:30 according to announcement by Mrs. Rowell Lane. SPEIDELS LEAVING Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Speldel leave Thursday for Rocky Mount where they are assum ing the management of the Bienvue Country Club. The Speldels have managed the Kings Mountain Country Club tor the past 18 months. HENDRICKS BETTER Dr. Paul E. Hendricks, Kings Mountain physician who is a patient at Gaston Memorial hospital, was reported much improved yesterday- He had been allowed to sit t<? in bed for the first - time Tuesday. How long he will remain a pa tient at the hospital had not been determined. CAKE SALE The Junior Woman's club will sell cakes and pies at C. E. Warllck Insurance Agency Saturday morning with the sale to begin at 9 o'clock, ac cording to announcement by Mrs. D.. W. Blanton, publicity chairman. ATTEND PRESBYTERY Rev. W. L. Pressly, the pas tor, M. L. Harmon, elder, and John Cheshire, deacon, attend ed the meeting of presbytery of the Associate Reformed ARP church held Tuesday at New. Starling church, Stoney Point. INSTALLED C D. 'Blanton, Kings Moun tain druggist, was formally in stalled as third vice -president of the. North Carolina Pharma ceutical association at the an nual convention at Winston Salem Monday. Mr. Blanton was elected to the position last year. * TAG SALES A total of 1,016 Kings Moun tain motorists had purchased 1954 city auto license stickers through Wednesday at noon, according to Grace Carpenter, th<' city riertcVatf ioe. Ten orthe total were purchased, this week, flbe nit % ?- -? ..f ?? ? . ? , CONDUCTS SERVICES Dt. E. C. Cooper is conduct ing a series of Holy Week ser vices at Lutheran Chapel chur ch In East Gastonia. The ser vices, which begin Sunday it 7:30 p. m., will be concluded tonight. i > mi m> ?a?? Davidson Contract Kdt Y?t Awarded The Herald erroneously re ported last wt*k that the city board of commissioners had let ; on the Davidson Crack ct , the board merely re eld thoete of for Jat ? ? . ? ? .v. V; ? ? ; < Price Announces For Clerk Position Political Front Otherwise Qniet; Deadline Near Roy D. Price, of ? Shelby, will seek the Democratic nomination lor thb office of Cleveland Coun ty clerk of Superior court, he an nounced Wednesday. Mr. Price, since 1951 clerk of county recorder's court, opposes Everett A. Houser, who has held the clerk's position since .1938. ?The Pride announcement was the major development in a week otherwise outwardly almost de void of political activity. Previ ously announced candidates L. Arnold Kiser, who opposes Hazel FILING DEADLINE Deadline for filing for coun ty political office is Saturday afternoon at 6. o'clock, County .Elections Board Chairman J. W. Osborne, reminded Wednes day. Candidates must file in person with Mr. Osborne, at his office in the Gardner Building, Shelby, prior to the deadline. B. Bumgardner for district 2 county commlssionership, Bynum Weathers, incumbent solicitor, and his opponent, Joe Mull, each paid filing fees and thereby for malized their candidacies. J. W. Osborne, Charlie. Byers and G. V. Hawkins were sworn into office as members of thte county elections board, and the group elected Mr. Osborne as chairman. In turn, Mr. Osbofne said he would cqpduct the affairs of the board from his law office in the Gardner Building at Shel by. Terry Sanford, the statte man ager of the Scott-for-Senate cam paign, announced that Hugh Wells, of Shelby, would be Cleve land County manager. Mr. Price, the clerk candidate is a native of Casar, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Plato R. Pride, who have resided at Mooresboro for many years. A World War 11 veteran of 38 months service, in? eluding two years in Europe, Mr. Price was twice wounded. Dis charged in 1945, he attended Le 1 nolr-Rhyne colKege, then was nam ed assistant clerk of recorder's court, a position he held until his elevation to clerk in 1961. He is a Baptist and a Lion. His wife is the former Miss Beverly Man ous, of Shelby. Mr. Price said he expected to pay his filing fee Wednesday af ternoon. ! Guthrie Hamrick Bites Thusday Funeral services for Guthrie Hamrick, 63, who died at his home at Route 2, Kings Mountain, at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, will be held Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at David's Chapel Baptist church, Intermtent to fel low at Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Hamrick*! death waa attri buted to a heart attack. He had been in declining health for the ipMlWerai yean.1 A native of Cleveland County, he waa the son cf W. M. Hamrick, of Shelby, and of the late Susan Blanton Hamrick. He Was a mem ber of Sharon Methodist cHurch. Surviving, In addition to his father, are his wife, Mrs. Dora Allen Hamrick, three sons, Frank L. Hamrick, Fred G, Hamrick, and George A. Hamrick, all of Kings Mountain, two daughters, Mrs. Sara Jones and Mrs. Mary Spearman, both of Kings Moun tain, two brothers, Max Ham rick and Raster Hamrick, both of Shelby, and six grandchildren. The final rites will be conducted by Rev. C. xV. Walker, Rev. R. E. Robbins, Rev. P. D. Patrick, and Rev. I. J. .WiornbttfBr . Active pallbearers win be I. M. [Allen, Jr., Ralph Tucker. Hay wood Allen. William ffefty. Ja mes T. Malcolm, If nd Bobby BriH* **? . . . ijL . n' *i.m < ?: | lfet receipts ttam the cfty*? parking meters for the week ending Wednesday at noon were $168 JO, Joe Hendricfc, of the city Clerk's office*, report ? ?? ?" l tastt i' - ' " ?VS , CANDIDATE ? Hoy D. Price, of Shelby, announced Wednesday he will seek the Democratic nomination for clerk of Superior Court. Be will oppose B. A. Hou ser, the incumbent Deadline for filing for county elective office is Saturday at 6 p. m. Women To Hold Husband's Night Annual Husband's Night ban quet of the Kings Mountain Wo man's club wtyl be held Friday, April 23, at 1 o'clock, according to anoun cement by members oil the Fine Arts Department of the : club, who are in charge of ar rangements- for the banquet this year. Reservations must be made by 6 p. m. Wednesday with Mrs. T. L. Kesler at Telephone 1120 and tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Kesler, Mrs. C. T. Carpen ter, JYv, and Mrs. W. J. Fulkerson at $150 teach. Mrs. T. E. Summerrow, Jr., of Gastonla, will be guest speaker on the program, and music will be furnished by Mrs. Franklin Pethel and B. S, Peeler, Jr. Fran klin Pethel will be the accompan ist Ti All members of the Woman's club aite invited, and husbands of club members will be special guests. Mrs. W. G. Grantham is chairman of the Fine Arts divi sion. v r - ? <? Kings Mountain j Optimist Club Receives Charter The Optimist Club of Kings Mountain received its national charter and installed officers Thursday night at a ladles' night banquet at the Woman's club. . Hugh Cranford of Charlotte, 18th District Governor, presented the charter to J. Neal Grissom, Kings Mountain club president. On accepting the charter, Mr. Grissom said he considered it "a high personal, honor to accept the charter or behalf of Kings Moun tain Optimists". Mr. Cranford also formally in stalled the officers, C. E. Nichol son and James E. White, vice presidents, Tommy Owens, secre tary-treasurer, and Clarence Car penter, Dan Huffstetler, J. K. Willis, Jr., Sam D. Collins, James A. Lybrand, and J. P. Lackey, di rectors. Presentation of the bell and gavel, was made by Bill Baley, president of the Shelby Optimist Club. Mayor Glee A. Bridges gave the address of welcome and present-, ed to the Optimist Club the key to the city. Introduction of Jim White, principal speaker of the evtent, and prominent Charlotte Opti mist, was made by Earl Yar borough, president of the Char lotte Club. Mr. White, Mr. Yar borough said in his Introduction, was the first man in the Char lotte club to receive the highest award that could bte bestowed up on an Optimist, that of "Mr. Op timist". He also served, Mr. Yar borough said, as the first presi dent of the Charlotte club, and has served as governor of the 18th district. In his address, Mr. White tou ched on three topics, the defini tion of optimism, boys' work, and suggestions for clubs. Mr. White said "optimism la. not a state of mind, but a phiiisophy of life." After quoting the Optimist niot to, "friend of the boy", he said, "In every community there are youth problems, which is the main reason we're in business". Mr. White also suggested that the Kings Mountain Optimist Club form some type of boys' club im mediately, but he added, "The type of club suitable for this community, the Kings Mountain Optimist Club will have to find out for Itself." On clubs, Mr. White said "al ways have a good program, build ut> membership in the club, and Continued On Page Eight Library Panel Outlines Book Need In Preliminary To $8,000 Campaign A The cost of a good book Is $3 to $3.50 and Indications are that circulation of books at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial library will de cline unless new books are con stantly and continually added. These were major points noted by a panfel of library "and Wo man's Club officials Monday mor ning in a radio broadcast ovex Station WKMT pointing up next week's- Library Appreciation Week and as a prelude to an $8, 000 library book financial ap. | peal, scheduled for April 28-30. Participating on the panel were Mrs. E. W. Griffin, mederator, Rev. W. L. Pressly, of the library committee, Mr*. Charlies Dill In g, The Woman's Club library fund drive committee has scheduled two events At the Jacob S. M?uney Memorial li brary for next week. One Tues day night at .8 o'clock, a kick off meeting for the fuhd drive will be held,' and on Hiursday, April 22, an open house will be held from 4 to 5 o'clock In the afternoon and from 8 to 9 o' clock in the evening. The Kings Mountain Garden Clubs ue sponsoring th open house, t<f which the public is Invited, and will make flora! ansarTge ments for it Refreshments will be served. librarian, and Mr*. David Ham rick, who is chairman of the fund drive committee. Mr. Pressly noted th* current oost of well-bound books, and pointed out the pos tal library dr> which has bee ' "* " bound*. of Jacob X. library, a sf** to the city by the family of the late | Mr. and Mr* Mauney. Mrs. Dill 'lag listed these figures on circu lation: 11,226 for 1S51; 14.178 In Cvuttmmmd On Pag* Might HamrSck's Nephew Dies In Accident Grover Lancaster, 19, of Boil ing Springs, Nephew of Leon "Whltie" Hamrick, of Kings Mountain, succumbed around 1 o'clock Wednesday at Shelby hos pital from injuries sustained in a ?notorcycle accident. The accident occurred Monday morning around 11 o'clock on the Shelby-Boiling Spring highway. According to Mr. Hamrick, cause of the accident was unde termined, but it was thought the youth lost control of the motor cycle and overturned. Funeral arrangements had not ] been learned at press time Wed nesday. Bus Station Managers Qnit Kings Mountain Bus Station will again be without local man agement after Thursday. LJeon Hamrick and Mrs. Otto [ Guyton are relinquishing their management of the terminal with the close of business Thursday and Clayton Love, Queen City Coach Company representative, said ajMpr manager had not yet . ' terminal will be open dally, Mr. Love said, undk to B. ! porred Wednesday by B S. Nelll, dr., tto&surer of the Red Croat iund Drive. Quota for the annual Maroh drive for members and funds was $5, 420. Igmsm fnw$ CLUB ?NAT!' FRIEND OF THi. SOY KINGS MOUNTAIN (V<v*m U'tkbtwh OPTIMIST CLUB CHARTERED ? Pictured or* Op timist officials with J. Neal Grlssom, president of the recently organized King* Mountain club, who received the charter for the Kings Mountain Op timist club at the charter night banquet of the or ganization held at the Woman's Club Thursday night. April 8. Left to right are Julius Waldrep, past president o! the 8helbT Optimist club, Mr. Grissom, Hugh Cranford. oi Charlotte, governor of the 18th district, and William A. Ward, of Aiheyille, lieutenant ? governor. (Photo by Car lisle Studio.) Shore To Preach *"? *' "V * ? v * . '? ? ? * . . Sunrise Sermon 1 The Kings Mountain Ministerial association will conduct its tradi tional Easter Sunrise service at Mountain Rest cemetery Sunday morning, beginning at 5:30. Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr., pastor of Central Methodist church, will de liver the Easter sermon, and the Kings Mountain high school band, under the direction of Joe Hed den, will play a prelude of Eas- j ter music. Rev. R. Douglas Fritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, will say the Invocation, and Rev. Boyce Huffstctler, pastor of El Bethel Methodist church, will re peat the Lord's Player. * Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of poyce Memorial ARP church, will i preside and bring greetings to the assemblage, and the Scrip ture will be read by Rev. P. D. Patrick; pastor of First Presby terian church. Rev. A. J. Argo, pastor of First Weslfeyan church, will pronounce the benediction. Special Easter music will be sung by the Choral Club, and congregational singing will In clude ' "Holy, Holy, Holy" and "Crown Him with Many Crowns". The program planning commit tee of the Ministerial association Included Rev. Gordon Weekhey, pastor of First Baptist church, Rev. B. F. Austin, pastor of Se cond Baptist church, Rev. Mr. ' Patrick and Rev. Mr. Pressly. "The Ministerial association cordially Invites all citizens of the area to attend the Easter Sun rise Servide," Mr. Weekley said. Kiwanlans To Hear About DnPont Fibers Clifton N. Bradley, Jr., who re presents the produet information section of the Du Pont Company's Textile Fibers department will present the Klwanls program Thursday night. His talk Is en titled "Life With Du Pont's New Fiber Family". Mr. Bradley is a graduate of Williams College, and of the Har vard School of Business where he received a masters degree In bus iness administration. A native of Toms River, New Jersey, Mr. Bradley began his ^employment with Du Pont during summer va cations from college, and follow ing his graduation, he was perm anertfly assigned to the Product Information Section. In addition to public speaking, he la respon ?tble for the distribution of de partment motion pictures, as well as the dissemination of consumer educational material for such Du Pont fibers as rayon, acetate, ny Ion, "Orion" acrylic fiber, and "Dacron" polyester fitter. The club meets at Masonic Dining Hall at 6:45. . r Retailers To Close On Easter Monday Majority of Kings Mountain merchants will be closed on Monday, in observance ot the annual Easter Monday holi day. By-laws of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association specify the day as a legal hol iday, and all members of the association hare been remind ' ed of the policy. Some grocers who ordinarily observe a mid-week half-holi day, will rentainopen on Wed nesday afternoon, April 21, af ter the Monday closing, they hare announced. Grigg Purchases King Garage . * ? Glenn Grigg, well-known Kings Mountain mechanic, has purchas ed the G. W. King Garage from Mrs. Estelle W. King and is now operating the business as Grigg Garage. Announcement of the transac tion, completed last weekend and effective as of April 1, was made thia week, Mr. Grigg said that Grigg Gar age will be operated at the same location, 111 West Mountain street, in the building owned by Mrs. J. B. Thoma8son, in which the garage has been operated since 1926. . Mr. Grigg said the purchase in cluded all assets of the business, including inventory, tools and equipment, supplies, and accounts receivable, and he added that the Continued On Page five Minister Group Will Broadcast The Kings Mountain Mlnisterl al Association will present a Good Friday service over Radio Sta tion WKMT, Friday, April 16 from 12 noon until 2:00 o'clock, 't'he service will center around the steven last words from the Cross. Ministers of the association will present brief meditations on each of the words, together with Biblical passages and prayers. Appropriate music will be used during the program. Rev. W. L. Pressly, presidtent of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association, will preside over the two-hour service. After an open ing prayer by the Rev. Boyce Huffstetler, of El Bethtel Metho dist church, the following speak ers will offer meditations on the words indicated: "Father, forgive them", Rev. Douglas Fritz, Resurrection Lu theran church. "Today shalt thou be with me In paradise," 5\ Austin Second Baptist church. "Woman, behold thy Son," Rev. Archie Argo, First Wesleyan church. "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?", Rev. Phil Shore, Central Methodist church. ''I thirst", Rev. Gordon Week ley, Jr., First Baptist church. "It is finished", Rev, P. D. Pat rick, First Presbyterian church. "Father, Into thy hand I com mend my spirit," Dr. W. P. Ger berding, St. Matthews Lutheran church. Rev. W. L. Pressly i$ in charge of the program and Dr. W. P. Gerberding and Rev. Phil Shore are arranging the musical por tions. BUILDING APPLICATION A building permit applica tion wmm filed April 14, toy J. E. Mauney, ijessemer City road, to repair ai one story home located on Dilling street. Bethware School Patxons To Vote On Containing Split Tenn April 29 Bethware school patrons are a mong , three county school groups -which will determine continuance or abandonment of th splK term tn elections on April 29. The voting frill be conducted at (he asepective schools from 1 to 6 p. as., according Co an nouncement by JL. H. Grfgg, Cle veland County schools superin tendent. | Mr. Grlgg said the board of ed ucation called the elections, for Bethware, Pallston, and Pied mont school district, after re ceiving petitions asking for elec tions. Bethware patrons requesting the itufloB specify they dwlw VvV a two-thirds favoralble vote on abandoning the split term toe fore changing the present policy of holding school In the summer In order to suspend during har vest season. r ,The other two districts will decide the question on majority vote, tout It la specified that at least half the patrons must vote, If the results are to dictate a change. ? Orover school . in the county system abandoned the split term last year, after a patrons vote gave the regular term policy a two-to-one majority. Otherwise, all county schools, with the exception of Park Grace, use split terms. Church Bites Predominating Eastei Plans Kings Mountain citizens werw readying for the annual obser vance of Easter this week. The traditional religious rltles were following a customary pat tern, with majority of Kings Mountain churches holding spe cial services during Holy Week, ? preparatory to fcaster .Sunday rites. Both St. Matthew's Lutheran church and Resurrection Luther an church have hfrld services each evening, and Boyce Memorial ARP church wil hold its tradi tional Thursday ni<-ht Holy Com- ' i munion scryico at o'clock. On Easter morning, at 5:30 the community - wide Easter Sunrise service will bo held at Mountain Rest cemetery, with rtcorti crowds expected. Holidays are on the calendar ? for school pupils . and faculty* members of the city district, with school to be suspended at the close of the day Thursday and to be resumed on Tuesday morning. j Retail store personnel, facing a busy weekend of last - minute Easter shoppers, are looking for ward to the customary Easter Monday holiday. Financial instl- . tut Ions will be closed for the day* , ~ as will City Hall offices. Many citizens werte expected to storm local stores this weekend to complete Easter wardrobes, to fill larders for Easter dinners, and to purchase Easter gifts. Flo- '<3 rlsts are preparing for the an nual rush, and children wei% eag erly anticipating egg-dyeing ope rations and the resultant egg hunts. SL John's Easter Story | The first day of the week, cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the atone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and com o th to Simon Peter, and to the other disi .pie, whom Jesus lov Qd, and Saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple , and came to the sepulchre. 80 they ran both together: and the other disciple did out- A run Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. ? J And he stooping down, and -1 looking in, saw the linen cloth es lying; yet went he not in. Then cometh Simon Peter fol lowing hixc, asnd.umvt into the sepulchre, and teeth the linen clothes lie, : / | And the napkin, that too* about his head, not lying with the Unen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple , which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and be lieved. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping : and am ^ she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto het, W& -7* mart, why weepest thou : She ' saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. 31 And when she naa thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew ,J not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou: whom seek ? est thou: She supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, S Sir, if thou ho^e borne him 1 hence, tell me where thou hast , laid him, and I wilLtake him away. <? V Jesus saith unto her, Mary. 1 She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to ?ay, Master. [?'.?Jesus saith Unto her, Touch me not; for J am not yet as cended unto my father; I mt go to my brethren, and say unto i them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my Ood, and your Qod. St. John *0: 117. m