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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 The flgoto for Greater tlngi Mountain li derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory concur. The City limits figure is {roar the United States census of 1950. 1 C Pages ID Today VOL 66 NO. 32 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 9, 1956 Sixty-Seventh Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Foote Employees Reject Union Bid By 140-40 Local News Bulletins ELECTED City firemen have elected Jim Lybrand as secretary treasurer. Mr. Lybrand suc ceeds Jake Bridges who resign ed. MOOSE MEETING Members of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 will hold their regular weekly meeting at 8:15 at the lodge on Besse mer City road. WARLICK RELEASED John Warlick, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Warlick, arrived home Saturday after complet ing a three - year tour of duty with the army. He was serv ing at Petaluma, Calif., when released to inactive duty sta tus. TO CONFERENCE B. N,. Barnes, city school sup erintendent, will attend the state school superintendents’ conference to' toe held at Mars Hill College beginning August 14. RESERVE TRAINING Lt. . Col. Rowell Lane, air force reserve officer, is on two week active duty at Donaldson Air Force base, Greenville, S. C. He will return here Friday. LIONS OUTING Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club, their wives and guests, will meet at Beth ware school cafeteria Tuesday night for a picnic . style din ner to be prepared by ladies of David’s Baptist church. Dinner will be served at 7 o’clock. RETURN FROM EUROPE Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Mr. and Mrs. J,. E. Herndon and Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Cooper re turned Wednesday from a tour of Europe and Scandinavian countries. ON LEAVE Major James Ratterree arriv ed here Tuesday on a 30-day leave from duty in Goose Bay, Labrador, he has been on duty with the air force in Labrador for the past year. Currently Major and Mrs. Ratterree and daughter are on a beach trip. UNION SERVICE Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Presbyterian church, will deliver the message at Sunday night’s union service at 8 o’ clock at St. Matthew’s Luther an church. METER RECEIPTS City parking meter receipts for the week ending noon, Wednesday totaled $192.63, ac cording to a report by City Clerk Gene Mitchem. Mr. Mit chem’s report indicated that street meters returned $162.06, while off - street meters ac counted for $30.57. Local Taxpayers Taking Discounts City Tax Collector J. W. Webs ter reported Wednesday that pre paid city taxes through 2 p. m. Wednesday totaled $10,667.72. Prepaid tax accounts are dis counted toy the city two percent during August, and at one per cent during September. Last year the city collected $67,283.71 in prepaid tax payments toy the end of August. This total represent ed slightly over 40 percent of the total city tax levy. R. S. Gidney, county tax collec tor, reported Wednesday that the county had collected $16,792.66 in prepayments. Mr. Gidney added that advance tax notices will toe sent to those persons who prepaid taxes last year. These notices will be mailed next week he said. Cleveland County expects to collect some $500,000 in prepaid | accounts during the month of August, according to Mr. Gid-; ney’s report. The county uses the ’ same two and one percent dis count system as does Kings j Mountain.' -a Cash Paving Plan Affirmed By City SPEAKER — State Senator Rob ert Morgan, of Shelby, will ad dress members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club at their Thursday night meeting at the Woman’s Club. Sen. Morgan will discuss the recently enacted school laws and the forthcoming September 8 election on consti tutional amendments effecting the state school system. The club will meet at 6:4S. Legion To Bum Mortgage Friday Members of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, are in vited to attend a free “Burning of the Mortgage” supper at the Legion building Saturday night from 6 to 8 p. m., according to cards being mailed to the Legion naires. Commander W. D Morrison al so points out that the member ship drive for 1957 is already underway. The local post, which fended the year with 300 mem bers, hopes to push its member ship to 400 during the coming year. Commander Morrison added that this year’s enrollmfent was 71 members above the 229 quota set for Kings Mountain by state Legion officials. All mfembers are urged to pay their 1957 dues as soon as possible. These dues may be paid at thfe Post, to another member, or by mail. All members are also being ur ged to attend the supper Satur day night, which will be highlight ed by the burning of the mort gage on the Post building. The local post purchased thfe main post building around 1949 for a price of approximately $17,500. Since that time, the Le gionnaires have constructed a $10,000 addition to the main build ing. Prior to purchasing the ori ginal building, the Legion mem bers had been mfeeting in the City Hall courtroom. Board Renews Cash-On-Barrel Paving Policy The board of city commission ers reaffirmed last Thursday •night its cash-on-the-barrelhead policy for making permanent im provements including paving of streets and installing sidewalks, curbing and guttering. Discussion arose concerning paving of three streets in the Linwood residential development. Mayor Glee A. Bridges informed the board residents of two streets had agreed to pay assessments in cash, while residents of Rhodes avenue had declined to sign a new “cash” petition. After consi derable discussion, the board vot ed unanimously to enforce the cash policy it had previously adopted. Mayor Bridges pointed out that the cash method simplified book keeping, kept more funds availa ble for other public improvement projects, and was no hardship to the taxpayer. “We get six per cent interest after 30 days under the old three year policy,” the Mayor said, “and anybody can borrow the money at that rate from a bank or other source.” To a question concerning refu sal of some residents to sign a cash petition, notwithstanding the signing of 51 percent of the re sidents of a particular street, both Mayor Bridges and City At torney J. R. Davis said a recent ruling by the attorney general stated that no petition is requir ed. "It’s better to have a petition, but it is not required,” Mr. Davis said. “It is possible for a city to improve and assess without peti-i tion under the recent attorney, general’s ruling.” In another action concerning street paving, the board authori zed a note to Gantt & Crawford, Inc., for $1556.84 non-interest bearing and due next July 15, to cover advance by the building firm of the city’s share of street paving on Belvedere Circle. A similar action was taken at Tues day’s special meeting, covering an additional advance of $856.29 for the remainder of Belvedere Circle paving. Comm., W. G Grantham suggested the notes be paid prior to the end of the cur rent administration’s term of of fice and Mayor Bridges remarked he hoped and thought they could be paid during that period. In another action, the board tabled for further study proposal to lay up to 1200 feet of six inch pipe in order to service Mar grace Mill with city water. The owners of Margrace Mill have requested water service. Thus far, the city has indicated it will take the water only to the city limits, with the mill firm being required to pay meter costs an$ to install the remainder of the Continued on Page Eight Previous Flying Not Required To Become Airline Stewardess “What I like best about my job j is meeting people,” says Joann , Cavleny, Kings Mountain girl who begins work Friday as a steward-, ess for Eastern Airlines. Miss Cavesny has completed j five wefeks’ training at Spring Vil- j las, Miami, Fla., and is to begin work in New York, where she along with other Eastern Airline hostesses will be “on call” at New York’s three airports—Idle- ■ wilde, La Guardia, aiid Newark. Though she’s only made two j observation flights while in train-; ing—one to Jacksonville, Fla., and the other to Tampa, Fla., she says she’s looking forward to the work and already “loves it.” Her first trip by plane was early in Junfe when she went to Atlanta, Ga., for an interview and again J when she went by plane to Miami to begin training. ! Miss Caveny was among 57 students enrolled in daily classes . from 8:30 a. m. until 3:30 p. m. j The students were schooled in working procedures, were told their duties would include help ing to make flights more enjoy able for the passengers, as well as distributing reading materials and assisting passengers on the trips. Students were familiarized with plane tequipment and were trained for emergency, as well as regular, duty. Airline hostesses work on ir regular schedules. They wear navy blue uniforms, their weight must be 100-135 pounds and height varies from 5ft. 3 inches to 5ft 8 inches. Hostesses must be in good physical condition, should be high school graduates, and should have had an equiva lent of three years college educa tion. Miss Caveny first became in terested in the work while a stu dent in high school, she recount ed. Her major reasons for ap plying for a job as an airline stewardess, she says, are "the opportunities the work gives for meeting people and for travel ing." She will share an apart ment in New York with four other airline hostesses. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Caveny, Miss Caveny, 21, was graduated from Kings Mountain high school and attended Le noir-Rhyne college at Hickory. She worked in Charlotte for the law firm of Lassiter, Moore, and Van Allen and subsequently was employed here by Davis and White, attorneys. Kings Mountain Master Barbers Receive Charter Kings Mountain Chapter 1049 of Associated Master Barbers avid Beauticians of America received its national charter and installed officers Wednesday 'night, August 1, at a banquet held at the Moose Lodge dining room. U. D. Koonce, of Greensboro, executive vice-president of Asso ciated Master Barbers of North Carolina presented the charter to Kings Mountain chapter presi dent J. Lee Roberts, owner of Phenix Barber Shop. On accept ing the charter, Mr. Roberts said he “considered it a high personal honor to accept the charter on behalf of the Kings Mountain chapter.” Mr Koonce also formally in stalled the following officers, Mr. Roberts, president; G. L. Wright, of Wright’s Barber Shop, vice president; Sidney R. Dixon, of City Barber Shop, secrtetary-trea surer; Curtis V Gaffney, of Gaff, ney Barber Shop, recording sec retary; and Charles A. Goforth, of Central Barber Shop, sergeant in-arms. The chapter has eight members and two honorary members, L. V. Gaffney and Harvey Roberts. Harvey Roberts was recognized as being Kings Mountain’s old est barber in age and practice. He is now semi retired. Invocation was given by vice president Dixon, and Mayor Glee A. Bridges presented the chapter the key to the city. J. Ollie Harris, president of North Carolina Funeral Directors and embalmers Examining board, was principal speaker. Mr. Harris’ main topic was a brief outline and explanation of the Pearsall plan which deals with the North Carolina School segregation problem. Delegates and dignitaries from Charlotte, Lincolnton Shelby, and Hendersonville were recognized by Mr. Koonce. Several visiting members of the Associated Mas ter Barbers and Beauticians of America Auxiliary were also rec ognized. Mr, Koonce, in a short speech to members of the Kings Moun tain Chapter outlined briefly the aims and policies of the associa Iion. He further urged each mem ■er to take an active part in the work of the chapter. US 74 To Shelby To Be Fcui-Lane A four-lane boulevard between Kings^Mountain and Shelby is a mong highways to be built in the state’s $41 million two - year pro gram aproved last week by the State Highway commission for 1957-58. 0 Actually the construction will mean the addition of a south lane to the existing road for a distance oft. 9.3 miles from the west city limits of Kings Moun tain to U. S. 26 (Grover • Shelby Road) on U. S. Highway 74, Di vision Engineer E. L. Kemper said Wednesday. Mr. Kemper Spid he had not re ceived full information from Ra leigh headquarters on the con struction, but guessed the addi tional 24-foot lane would begin at the Amoco Service Station. The two lanes will be separated by a 30-foot center strip. Mr. Kemper said the highway department already has suffici ent right-of-way of 200-feet on the great majority of the strip. Estimated cost of grading and structures for the new lane is $600,000.It is one of three projects earmarked for Division 12 in the two-year program. It is subject to approval by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads. The other two are in Iredell county,. In other discussion of road matters, Mr. Kemper said no def inite allocation has ben made by the highway commission for paving the county road which passes Bethel church arbor off Cherryville Road. This strip is be ing prepared for paving. Mr. Kemper added they hope paving funds would be available in the secondary roads federal aid pro gram. HOMECOMING Oak View Baptist church will observe Homecoming Day at '.services Sunday at the church on York road. Revival services will begin Monday night, Au gust 13, with services nightly through August 19th at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Luther Snipes is e vangelist for the week’s meet ! in«- .. * J... Taxable Valuation Increased $233,082 Taxable property in the city of Kings Mountain increased 223,082 over 1955, Tax Supervi sor J. W. Webster said Wednes day. Now-complete totals show the city’s property valuation at $9,777,671. Mr. Webster said 100 percent payment of the 1956 levy, bas ed on the city tax rate of $1.70 per $100 valuation, would pro duce $166,220,413. New construction was repor ted the largest item account ing for the increase. Bethwaie Fair Otters Prizes The ninth annual Bethware Fair will be held September 12, 13, 14, and 15, according to an announcement by Lamar Hern, don, fair president. Mr. Herndon said in his an nouncement that the Bethware Fair will this year offer cash prizes for exhibitors for the first time. In the past ribbons have been presented to winners of the cash prizes will be awarded to this year’s winners. The Bethware Community Fair is sponsored each year by the Bethware Progressive Club. The fair broke all records for atten dance and number of texhibits last year. Fair officers this year are La mar Herndon president; Edwin Moore, first vice-president; Dale Volbracht, second vice-president; Myers Hambright, manager; Mrs. Claude Harmon, assistant mana ger; Edwin Moore assistant manager; Stokes Wright, secre tary; Mrs. Lamar Herndon, as sistant secretary; Hal Morris, treasurer; and Frank Hamrick, superintendent of gounds. Others include Tom Hamrick, supierintendent of parking; A. J. Putnam, assistant superintendent of parking; Dale Volbracht, sup erin ttendent of tickets; J. H. Rudi sill, purchasing agent; William Powell, assistant purchasing a gent; Boyd Harrelson and Eugene Patterson, ladies department sup erintendents of construction; and Marion Dixon, Grady Seism, A. L. Putnam, and J. N, Rayfield, agriculture department superin tendents. The board of directors includes N. E. Morris A. L. Putnam, J S. Ware, Charles Spear mail, Grady Seism, Frank Hamrick Jim Yar boro, and Boyd Harrelson. Announcement was also made that a barbecue for patrons and exhibitors will be held August 29 at Bethware School. Hospital Patient Cost Figure Low Kings Mountain hospital dur ing 1955 compared most favorably in operating costs with ten Caro lina hospitals of similar size and function.' The figures were shown in a detailed audit of Duke Endow ment records. According to the figures, ave rage cost per in-patient per day was $14.30, including a deprecia tion charge of 74 cents per pa tient per day. (Depreciation char ges in ‘government agency hos pitals is a relatively new book keeping innovation. Only five of the 11 hospitals in the audit sur ey showed depreciation charges.) Meantime the hospital showed gross earnings per in patient per day of $16.31. Only two of the 11 hospitals showed lower cost figurtes and only one higher gross earnings figures. Among the figures on Kings Mountain hospital were: 1) Cost of food for patients averaged $2.03 per patient per day. 2) Cost of laundry was 42 cents per patient per day. \ 3) Cost of nursing service was $4.08 per patient per day. 4) Administration cost $1.30 per patient per day. 6) Average employee per pa tient per day was 12 (lowest a mong the 11 hospitals -surveyed. Other hospitals among the 11 were Aston Park, Asheville; Granville, Oxford = Marion Gene ral, Marion; Morehead City; Par rott, Kinston; Pearson County Memorial, Roxboro; Richmond County Memorial, Rockingham; Berkely County, Moncks Corner, S. C.; Laurens County, Laurens, S. C.: and Newberry County Me morial Newberry, S. C. Employment Situation Here Better In luly Kings Mountain’s employment situation improved slightly dur ing July and the trend is contin uing, E. W. McNeilly, state em ployment service interviewer said Wednesday. During July, total weeks of un employment compensation claim ed were 1779, down from the 1902 in June, and the number of per sons seeking work via the em ployment service dropped 'below the 500 mark to 490. This group to the files during the month. Mr. McNeilly said the employ ment service has received “quite included 112 job seekers added a few” job orders from Massa chusetts Mohair Plush Company and added that there has been slight inciease in demand for construction workers. At the moment, the employ ment service lists no “spot points” for unemployment com pensation claims^ Spot points oc cur when a large number of lay offs are made at a particular in dustrial firm. In this instance, employment service representa tives visit the firm to accept com pensation claims. During July, Mr. McNeilly said, the employment service received 101 job orders and filled 72 posi tions. Masons To Honor j Past Masters Past Masters of Fairview Lodge 339, A. F. & A. M. will be honored Monday night at a stated communication when they will receivfe certificates for their ser vice as io^lge masters. The communication will begin at 7:30, It has been designated “Past Master’s Night,” and first degree conferrals are scheduled. Past masters to be honored in clude DrJ L. P. Baker, Dr, J. E. Anthony, Dr. O. P. Lewis M. A. Ware, P, F. Dilling, John H Floyd, S A. Crouse, J. E. Hern don, W. Kenneth Crook, C. J. Gault, Jr.. Arnold W. Kincaid, Paul W. Owens, D. E. Tate, Boycte H_ Gault and James B, Simpson. MEETING SET The organizational commit tee of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Latane H.. Ware, 710 North Wilson street, Gastonia, to further discuss plans for re organizing the Christian Church in Gastonia. Anyone in terested should contact the Rev. Jay Prillaman, telephone UN 5-4504 in Gastonia, or at tend the meeting tonight at 7:30 o’clock. Employees Repeat Decision Of 1954 NEW PRINCIPAL — Ernest Law son Brown. 33, oi McDowell County, is the new principal oi Kings Mountain Central school. He succeeds Rowell Lane. Central includes primary, elementary and high school. He comes to Kings Mountain from the princi palship of Nebo school in Mc Dowell county. Three Vacancies In School Faculty Teacher vacancies In the city school system have almost been filled, Supt. 13. N. Baines repor ted Wednesday. Mr. Barnes said that he still has three vacancies in the elemen tary grades, but that he expected these to be filled soon. The new North School building j is within a few days of being completed, Mr. Baitnes added, and he expects the building to be rea dy to receive furnishings by the first of next week. Under terms of the contract, this building had to be finished bv August 15, or the contractors would have been pen alized for each additional work ing day. Lawson Brown, new Central School principal, was in Kings Mountain over the weekend look ing for housing for his family. Mr. Barnes stated that Mr. Brown had no success in his house hunt ing, as he requires a three bed room house. Anyone having a house of this size to rent is ask ed to contact Mr. Barnes. Mr. Brown and his famiily are bx pected to move to Kings Moun tain about August 21. MISS AVERITT HERE Miss Alice Averitt has re turned from Fayetteville to re sume her duties as city schools teaching supervisor. ^ Plonk, Payne, Gerberding, Timms, Mrs. McClure On Recreation Body A new five-member city recrea tion committee commission was appointed Tuesday night at a spe cial session of the board of com missioners, with the new mem bers representing five Kings Mountain civic and service or ganizations. The members are: Dr. W. P. Gerberding, Kiwanis club; Mrs. J.! N. McClpre, Woman’s Club; W. j L. Plonk, American Legion; Dean j Payne, Junior Chamber of Com merce; and Eugene Timms, Lions club. The commission is to meet at City Hall Monday night at 7 o’clock to organize. Gene Mitch am city clerk, previously had been named secretary - treasurer of the commission. The new group succeeds Fred W. Plonk, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Hunter R. Neisler and Jack White. Mr. White had served at secretary - treasurer. Appointment of the commis j sion had been deferred from last Thursday’s regular meeting. Mayor Glee A. Bridges explain-1 ed he wanter thenew commis sion to assume responsibility for operating all recreational faci lities of the city, including city Stadium, and told the appoint ees the city would cooperate with them to fullest extent possible. W, L. Plonk told the city board members he wanted to “start with a clean slate” and the board subsequently voted to cancel, if legal, all accounts (principally utility bills) owed the city by the recreation commission. The Ma yor said the commission would have to be responsible for what other accounts it owed. Asked what funds would be ava. ible, the Mayor told the commis sion it would receive income of about $5,000 per year from the five-cent per $100 city tax levy and that an additional $1000 was appropriated in the cur rent burget for maintenance of City Stadium. He said parking meter receipts for the current year are already budget ed, but suggested it might be possible to appropriate some funds from this source in 1957 58. Mayor Bridges first suggested the members he appointed for staggered terms, but Appointee Dan Payne and Commissioner Sam Collins said the civic groups through the appointments were to be for one year only. Tenure of office was not included in the appointment motion. Mayor Bridges suggested the commission retain the three member Negro advisory commit tee. Mrs. Howard Ware appeared at the meeting to complain that Wednesday afternoon recreation league ball games interfered with the attendance at First Bap tist church Royal Ambassador meetings. Mr. Payne suggested she forward the complaint to the recreation league baseball com missioner. W. J. Fulkerson. All appointees were present exctept Dr. Gerberding. All com missionrs were present except T. J. Ellison and W. G. Grantham. All Eligible; Except Eight Cast Ballots Foote Mineral Company employ, ees for thie second time in two years, rejected (efforts of organiz ed labor to become employee bar gaining representative. The vote was 140 to 40 All but bight of the 192 eligible employees cast ballots in the Na tional Labor Relations board elec tion. Four votes were challeng ed, one by the company on the grounds that the employee was already a union member, the other three by the union on grounds that the three were sup ervisory and therefore not eligi ble. The challenges will have no effect on the result and won’t be considered. The voting was conducted in a friendly and orderly manner, with Louis Pearlhoff of the Wins ton-Salem office of the NLRB, supervising the voting. Voting period ended at 4 p. m. and both company and union of ficials gathered in the parked trailer which served as a voting place to witness the ballot count ing. * Union officials here were J. L. Allen and Fred Short, Jr., both of the Operating Engineers, and American Federation of Labor affiliate. Neither commented on the election results and, prior to the counting, Mr. Allen had de clined to predict a vote. Neil O. Johnson, Foote general manager herb, was highly pleas ed at the outcome. Mr. Johnson said, “We are very gratified with the results of the election since we feel it is a vote of confidence of our employees for our present managemnt.” In October 1954, Foote employ, ees rejected, by 131 to 21, a bid by the CIO Steelworkers of America to organize the plant and to be come barganing agent for the em ployees. Byrds Resign Club Positions Mr. and Mrs. Earl Byrd have resigned as management team at the Kings Mountain Country Club. Mr. Byrd said Wednesday he expected to be here until Septem ber 1. Mrs. Byrd was out-of-town Wednesday inspecting a hotel in Kenly, N. C., of which she ex pects to assume management.. Kenly is located on U. S. High way 301 between Smithfield and Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd assumed management of the club, suc ceeding Mr. and Mrs. Ben Spei del, on May 25, 1954. Jack White, club president, said the board of directors will discuss obtaining club manage ment at Monday night’s forth coming director’s meeting. McGills Of Gaston To Meet August 15 McGills of Gaston will hold their annual reunion August 15 at Bethel Church arbor off Cher ryville highway, it was announ ced this week by W Lawrence Plonk, president of the elan. Program and business session will begin at 1:30 a. m„ with pic nic Y.nner to follow at 12:30. Dr. W. P. Gerberding, St. Matthew’s Lutheran church pastor, will make the address. Other officers are Mrs. C. S. Plonk, Jr., vice-president; Mrs. Stokes Wright, secretary-treasur er; and Miss Willie McGill, his torian. County Tax Sale Advertising Begins Cleveland county is beginning this week advertising of land for sale to satisfy 1955 tax bills. City tax advertising will be gin the following week. Legal advertising published by Robert Gidney, county tax collector, calls for sale of pro perty for taxes on September 3. City property tax sales will be conducted on September 10, Tax Collector J. W. Webster said.