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mr ft ' v' y?? 1 POPULATION ta City Corporate Limits 6.574 P>' Immediate Trading Area 15,000 m ~ |g" VOL.58 NO. 38 1 Local News Bulletins WHITE CANE DRIVE Annual White Cane drive for pM'*'' benefit of the state's blind will be conducted by Lions clubs through-. ? out the state from September 22 27. W, F. (Billy) Houser is chairmf man of the local's clubs White *. r'ann uoln rl5gV'1; ^ JORDAN FINALE Dr. G. Ray Jordan, who has been preaching nightly this week at U Central Methodist church, will deliver his final sermon in tne week's series Friday night at 6 o'clock. Rev. J. G. Winkler, pastor of the church,'is urging citizens to come to this special service directly from their work. Large crowds have been hearing Dr. Jordan this week. BUILDING PERMITS Three building permits were issued at City Hall by S. A. Crouse, city clerk, during the last week. Totaling $2,295 the permits were as follows: September 15, Phlfer Hardware company, remodeling building on Cherokee street, $1,000; Sept 13, Helen Logan, remodeling house on East King street, $500; and Sept. 12, Theodore Goforth, new three-room dwelling, $795. LIONS MET Members of the Kings Mountain Lions . Club met at Beth-Ware school last Thursday for a country-style dinner prepared by the ladies of David's Chapel Baptist church. Hazel Bumgardner was welcomed as a new member of the club. AT AIR MEET Five Kings Mountain citizens flew to Greensboro Tuesday for * meeting at Se^lgefield Inn in the interest of a proposed air route from Washington to Los Angeles via Greensboro, Charlotte, and oth er southern points. The air route would pass over Kings Mountain. aiMMlng Irons Kings Mountain X* -were G. A. Bridges, gx&gm.-Aitport* Paul ttauney. Klwanis club, A a Dan Buffstetier, Lions, J. C. BrldW ' ges, Jaycees, and Harold Hunnlcutt, president of Cleveland Aviation club. The meeting was under sponsorship of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce and Washington Board of Trade and was attended by CAA officials. McMACKIN IMPROVED The condition of John McMackin, of Gastonla, brother of Lindsay McMackln of Kings Mountain, whd was inlured in a three-auto mobile smash-up on Wilkinson Boulevard near Gastonia last Bat urday night, was described as improved yesterday. The Gastonia man had been in critical condition but relatives said he took a decided change for the better on Wednesday. His condition is still regarded as serious. He suffered a severe concussion and head injuries in the wreck which claimed the life of one man and seriously injured eight others. Two Tooths Wohrt Preliminary Hearing Wayne Waltdh. Moorefield, 16, o: Trenton City, and John Daniel CrocV er, 17, of Burlington, for breakint and entering and larceny waived i , preliminary hearing In City Record era court here Monday afternoon Judge O. C. O'Farrell placed then under $3,000 bond and bound th? ^ caje over to Superior court. .Currently lu,Sh?lby Jail, the you ths are charged With a series of rob beries including Foster's shoe serv ice, here and Battleground service and Teaaners servlcei'V?ear Grover They were captured by Blacksburg ' wM S* C- P?*10? officers on Qept. 10. Sjlr^ The cdse involving Jlmtnle L* 'J' Woods, of Shelby, charged with ear M rylng a concealed weapon, topper K& the other eleven cases on the doc lcet Woods was sentenced thre B months, .suspended' on payment o r $50 and costs. The court ordered th pistol Involved in the case destroy ed. .... ' Majority of cases tried were fo violation of motor vehicle laws. , George Oderson, Jr., of Shelby, fo Blalooh*^drivers license, $B am costs; Marttuur Alison, Cherryvllle MWrss iir . . [Kings - * rt: Symphony Group Launches Annual Drive Tor Funds | The Kings Mountain Symphony | society launched its annual drive 1 for members this week. Membership in the local society entitles members to attend both lo cal concerts of the North Carolina Little Symphony, and concerts in other cities by the full Symphony. The orchestra presents two concerts here, one for school children and an evening concert for general | audience. Directed by Dr. Benjamin F. Swalin, the orchestra is entering its! third season. Last yea:, the second I in which it made a state-wide tour, I the Symphony traveled 3,600 miles! and gave 115 concerts in 58 North | Carolina towns and cities. Included 1 were 59 free concerts (or 100,000 | school children. All membership subscriptions are deductible for income tax purposes and are listed in six classes: general, $2.00: active, $5.00; donor, $25; patron, $100; memorial, $500; and corporate, for larger amounts. Statements have been mailed Kings Mountain members who are being urged to respond to them. ; "We are very anxious to continue the annual visits to Kings Mountain of the North Carolina Little Sympho ny," Mrs. Paul Mauney, chairman pf the local society, said this week. "A minimum of $750 is required to bring the orchestra here, and the members of the society feel that Kings Mountain's contribution to the orchestra is well repaid by the concert for children alone, not to mefitlon the evening concert." HHea Funeral Bites Are Today Funeral services will be held this morning at 11 o'clock at El Bethel Methodist church for James L. Rhea, 71, formerly of Kings Mountain, who died Tuesday morning at his home in Live Oak. Fia. ; Pev. Clang Ayett, PMtor of' the church, will dffrclate Una" lttfentferft will take place ih the church cemetery. The body will lie In state from 10 o'clock until 11 o'clock. A brother of the late O. A. Rhea and Sam Rhea of Kings Mountain, he was a recent visitor of relatives In this section. I Surviving relatives Include his j sister-in-law, Mrs. O. A. Rhea, of j Lincolnton, Grady Rhea, Mrs. George Bather, Mrs. Charles E. Dengler, and Mrs. L. E. Deese, all cousins, a. nelce, Mrs. Virginia Lee Godwin,' and Mrs. Blckett Williams ahd fam iiy O. O. Walker Accepts Construction Post O. O. Walker, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, has accepted a - ^position of construction superintendent with R. E. Brewer and Company at Winston-Salem at a salary of 99400 per annum. Mr. Walker hap been assigned to a large municipal construction project in Wilmington and assumed , his duties there last week, t The Brewer company Is contractor t for the City of Wilmington. Bogs Mountain ( 1 Includes 89 Stude: * - Among the Vast numbers of reg. istrants In colleges and prep schools . this September tvlll be at least 89 frnm VinfVM *? * - liuill muuiiiHiii, accoraing in ? a Herald survey made this week. The 89 are enrolled at no less , than 29 onegee and schools In nine states, Including North Carolina. Oth^r states receivings students " from Rings Mountain are rrelghbor ing South Carolina and Virginia, 1 Georgia, Florida, New York, Indiana Ohk&and Iowa. Majority, of courseware enrolled at North Carolina schools, and big! gest portion of the 89 are students ' at N. C? State at Raleigh, where 14 Kings Mountain atudents will do . theii* studying. Lenoir-Rhyne colr laga Hats eight-fsom Kings Maun, tain, and the_ University of North I The lint Whs compiled through \ the cooperation of miqMers of sthe , city and other sources and the Her. aid hopes there is s minimum of s omissions. Information about other I ooUege enrol ieea wiU be appreelat'+ sides and William Medlin, minister . * jRv/Vi' v* r".r' ' -.-vNTTaw^^rF'*/* -5-.-' / vs - .- 7*\n* >** . >.V- v* 'i t ; ' Moun i Kings Mountain. N. C. Hurrahl Cathion Not To Face Mountaineers Bill Cashion. the brulalng fullback of the 1946 high school football team, has enrolled at Bessemer City high school and will be eligible to compete in all remaining football games on that school's schedule except the Kings Mountain contest here next Friday. He is also taking one course at Central high school this year to enable him to secure his diploma here. Cashiqn. who led the scoring last year with 10 touchdowns and nine extra points for a total of S9 points, did not plav for Bessemer City in last Friday's scoreless deadlock with Cherryville, a western conference member along with Kings Mountain. MicciAltera Tf* Speak On Sunday 1 Miss Edith Eykamp, missionary to India, will address members of | the congregation of St. Matthew's Lutheran church at the morning ser j vice at 11 o'clock Sunday. I Miss Eykamp has recently returned from India, where she has served j for 25 years as principal of the Stall Girls' high school and Stall Training school, Guntur, India, one of the lat gest missions in South India, located in the Telegu area. "Miss Eykamp is one of the outstanding speakers from our foreign field and will bring a dynamic message from India on its present political crisis. Her long years of experience make her very conversant with the background to the present sit uation," Rev. W. H. Stender, pastor ! said in making the announcement. Miss Eykamp spent her early life on a large farm in Polo, Illinois where she helped her father train thoroughbred horses, and 3he latei underwent college training leading to a career as a criminal lawyer She credits the wordsJ."Seekest thou great thing* for thyaijlf, seek thetr, not" with her entry into missionary work. She U one of fe# women awarded the Kaiser-I-Hi$d medal foi distinguished'servioe by the British government. ularly for the young people of ohi community, and a most cordial invitation Is extended all who miohi want to hear her," Mr. Stender said layeees Will Assist Shelby Club At Fair All Kings Mouhtain JAYCEES are being urged to contact Ned McGill phone 381, as to what days and timt of day during the week of Sept. 23rd through 27th that they will be aval able to assist the SHELBY JAYCEES In taking tickets on the gate and va rious other places at the Cleveland County Fair. It was pointed out at the regulai meeting Tuesday evening that th? local organization has committee themselves to play a return game oi some similar assistance In helplnf the Shelby Club with a project wher they needed outside help. The Shelby Club must have noth lng short of 40 men on the gates anc In the fairgrounds during hex week's fair. "Considering the fac that they readily extended thel wholehearted cooperation when jyi needed help, It is felt that this iJtf 1 be an opportune time to return thi favor." Mr. McGill said. Mf-To-School List nts. 29 Schools ) - f * *? *** nary, Columbia, S. C. Following Is the list of othe WU ? - njngs .Mountain students t>: schools: ... .t ,. . N. C. STATE?George Allen, Geo ge Tolleson, Otis Falls, Jr., Johnnj Kerns, Donald McGinnis, Ted Ram Jackie Gamble, Arthur Lei Jackson, Charles S. Williams, jr. John Dilling, Billy Throneburg, Bil ly Gantt, Pink Ware and Jones For trine. t LENOIR-RHYNE?Carl- Richarc McGinnis, Bill Dettmar, Eugene Mi '(riicm. Bobby l^etfbetter, David Maui ef, Doris Bennett, Lenora Plonk Myrtlce Weaver. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CARO LJN^ .?- Tommy Baker, R. G. Plonk Woody Rawles, Jdhn O) Plonk,Jr Meek Carpetiter, Wilson Griffin James Edward Amos. DAVIDSON'*? Charles Netslei .Henry Neisler, Earle Myers, Jame Hern don, pavj,d,NelO, George Tljon asson. -4-'.7H " WOM AN*' COLLEGE, UNCIfancy Dickey, Betsy Tolleson, Dpr eas Carpenter,, Mary Helen Hord Betty Lynch. * ^^TP^ALACHIAN STATE TEACH (Cont'd on page eighO itain F .Friday, Sept. 19. 1947 Legion To Auction Mountain Street Lot On Saturday J. B. Keeter, chairman of the lot sale committee of Otis D. Green Post 155. American Legion, reported I this week considerable interest in J Saturday's forthcoming auction of I- the Legion-owned lot or. Mountain street. The auction is to get underway at the site at 2 p. m.. with George Allen crying the sale of the 50x200 I foot lot on E. Mountain streeL which adjoins the Woman's club. Prior to the sale the Kings Mountain high school band will make its first appearance of the season, under the directorship of Joe Hedden. The Legion expects to use funds from the saie to purchase another, more suitable lot as the first step in a Legion effort to build a Wi: Memorial to veterans of World Wars I and II. "One can never tell how bidding , at an auction will develop," Chair ; man Keeter said, "but it will proba! bly be spirited, if advance indications mean anything. Several offers i to purchase the lot were made prior to the decision to hold the auction, and a number of persons have ex, pressed interest in it since. 'The lot is well-located and a va!uable one," he continued. The lot adjoins the home of J. R. Davis, as well as the Woman's club, i Other members of the lot sale com mittee are B. D. Ratterree and W. L. Plonk. Dr. J. P. Mauney is building comi mittee chairman. Fail School Day : Is Septembez 26 , Next week is FaU Week in Cleve' land county, which means that the | school children?aifd some of the L older children too -j- are already in , a state of excitemeht over prospects of cotton candy, the feyfis wheel, ^ merrJKgo-round and other attending , features of the fait. II a tue ^weniy-zourin annual presentation of ^he Cleveland j^eounty 4 j>rtMVWnai>Jrttfch Is reputed to ; beraeotfst county fair In the South, r and report! are that more Interest The Kings Mountain Bus Company will run special schedules tc and from the fairgrounds. rfas been shown than' ever In the $10,000 worth of premiums offered for best products, animals, etc. ( Superintendent B. N. Barnes, of ' the city schols, has already received j free tickets for distribution to school children and teachers for Kings ! Mountain school day on Friday, Sep ' tember 26, and he announced this ' week that schools would observe 1 their customary half-holiday on Fair Day. r In sending the passes for the Cler veland County Fair Association, Dr. 1 J. S. Dorton, Manager, announced r that a postwar program of lmprove1 ments and additions to existing fa1 cllitles at the 50-acre fairgrounds near Shelby has Just been pomplet" ed, including a new concrete grand! stand section which Increases the j; seating capacity to more than 6,000 1 at the race track and "free act" r stage. 1 Opening Tuesday and continuing s through Saturday, the 1947 Fair will have five featured days, activity get - ting underway at 10 a. m. dally upon the opening of exhibit buildings expected to be crowded with all types of entries in some 27 various de partments. TJ* qoV? Atronlnrr *? 7?^A cT^aiiug at I OHM CYCIJ afternoon except Wednesday and Saturday afternoons complete r grandstand attractions will be stager ed by George A. Harrild. On Tuesday Thursday and Friday afternoons at r the grandstand there will be horse y racing under sponsorship and sane . tion of the United States Trotting s Association. ? At the grandstand on Wednesday . afternoon will be Jack Kochman . and his world champion Hell Drivers while the special Saturday afti utrnoon feature wllj be American t Automobile Association Auto Races, i On the midway," both day and flight all week ylll be the completely rebuilt World of Mirth Shot^s, the . world's largest traveling amuse^ mettt company offering 50 rides and other attractions. I, At 9:30 each evening the Fair will present a spectacular fireworks dis' p,ay' " -. ' ' ' * BEHHETT LOW BIDDER C. T. Bennett Construction com pany of Kings Mountafri. with a . I bid of $62,431* was low bidder on I, a proposed building to house Rural Electrification headquarters for eight counties, according to an announcement from Forest City. >? where the building is to "he con? strutted, The bid must be approv i ed by Washfngton authorities, it ? leraldj Deadline On Dog Licenses OcL I ! City officials this week net Oc- ( t jber 1 as a deadline for purchase of dog licenses. It was pointed out that requirement to purchase dog licenses became effective July 1. and that dogs not wearing tags after the i < deadline will be exterminated if ' I apprehended. Dog owers who fail to comply with the law are also liable to indictment Chief of Police Parr to minded. License fee is Si.00. However. 1 they will not be issued until the owner presents a certificate showing that the dog has been vacci- i aated against rabies. E. W. Grif- i 1 fin is the local, man. handling dog vaccinations. Hutfsticlclex I Rites Axe Held Funeral services for Logan Albert Huffstickler, 87 well-known Kings Mountain citizen, were held Tuesday afternoon at Boyce Memorial ARP church, with the pastor, Rev| W. L. Pressly conducting the rites, assisted by Rev. W M. Boyce, of Charlotte, a former pastor. Inter- I ment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Huffstickler succumbed at his home on Monday morning following a lingering illness He was born ! on March 24, 1860, and was a mem- | her of Boyce Memorial church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs Martha Kennedy Huffstickler, and ,six j children, Mrs Bertie Murphy, Mrs. i Nell Smith, and Mrs. Minnie Bridges, all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. J. V. Barrett of Charlotte, R. B. Huffstickler, of Gastonia, and Major C. A. Huffstickler, U. S. Army .retired) of Fort Myers, Fla. Also surviving are 27 grandchildren and 39 greatgrandchildren. . _ > Local Students May Enroll At Gastonia An urgent appeal for additional ( stddents for the off-campus college course at Gastonia high school reached Kings Mountain this week 4 with an an??Mqeerafint fay j. e. haa- . eycutt, high school principal, that eligible high school graduates from Kings Mountain may enroll for the courses whose credits are recognized by any college or university in the country. Enrollment by the final registration deadline of Monday at 9 p. m. must be at least 30 first-year students and 20 second-year students ac cording to word from the University of North Caroling which is offering the course through Its extension division. Only 14 first-year students and 12 second-year students had enrolled up to Wednesday morning It was | learned. Prospective students may enroll at 11 -a 1 - ? " " " any iime auring ine aay and until 10 p. m. each evening 'hrough Monday at the office of Frank L. Ashley, principal of Gastonia high school. A limited number of civilian students can be accepted it was stated. Those not eligible under the GI Bill may enroll at an approximate cost of $75 per quarter. PATCHING STHEETS City street' department Is at work this week patching damaged streets throughout the city, in an effort to alleviate some of the danger'spots. Yeteian Dairyman To End-26-Year Si ( J. S. McSwain, veteran Kings Mountain dairyman, announced this week that he is suspending deliver ies after Saturday, which means he will miss his route for the first time in 26 years. In a letter to the Herald yesterday, Mr. McSwain looked back over his long-term ah a ' milkman in Iflnn, ?II IRO riyuiHaui a nu sirtiyti | elation'to the people who have aid- | ed him, over his 26-year span. The letter follows: \ , "I hav^ sold my cowyand will not deliver any more milk aft .-r September 20, 1947. "I began delivering milk In your fine town 26 years ago this past Aprll and have furnished several families all this time and have never missed a delivery. "I was asked something over 20 years ago to-statH-feed a oow or two to furnish some milk for a baby. Instead of just ^tall-feeling one or two, I put the entire herd In the lounging shed and from that day until this week there has not been anytime that we have not had some (babies) on the list and as high as 18 at some times So far as we f ave been able to k?ep? check not a one of them has died from any disease. . "I have put 18(600 bottles on- one .... ... Wjqprvry _ \ 1 C Pages I D Today FIVE CENTS PER COPY Freezer-Locke i Stock Sale Group Has $20,400 Goal Officers, directors and stockhold ?rs of Kings Mountain Frozen-Food Locker. Inc. Tuesday night launched a drive for a minimum of $20,400 in stock sales by October 1, Stock sales reported to date are only $9,600. and the concentrated sales effort is being made with the proviso that a minimum of $30,000 in stock will he sold by the October 1 deadline, or all money paid in for stock will be refunded and the cor poration dissolved by November I Stockholders of the corporation spearheading the drive for funds are P M Neisler. George W. Maun ey, Carl Mauney, H P Dixon, Clyde Ra jda.U L Arnold Kiser, F. R Sum mers, Charlie Mess and Dr. J. P. Mauney. A total of 23 stockholders were present at the Tuesday night meeting held at City Hall, with Presl dent A. S. Kiser presiding. In addition to seeking new stockholders, present stockholders will be asked to increase their holdings. In open discussion on the project, several stockholders voiced the o- ' pinion that delay in completing the stock-sale campaign had generated a lack of Interest on the part of many, and majority expressed opti mism that the campaign could be carried through to fruition. Plan is to build a 500-box freezerlocker plant, fully equipped with processing rooms for meats, vegetables, and other commodities suitable to quick-freezing Estimated cost of a plant this size was placed at $60,000, and it was pointed out that not more than 50 percent of the total outlay could be financed through loan institutions. However K R Qiimmo-e ? - . - ? H1 CO ldent of the First National Bank, Btated at the meeting that arrangements had already been made to finance the project, once the minimum amount of stock is subscribed. Reports on freezer-locker plant operations in York, S. C., Shelby, Llncolnton, and Wlnnatboro, S. C., were that each i? operating at full oapacity'and at" a profit and that some are already finding it necessary to expand. Several stockholders indicated at the meeting that they would increase their stock holdings to a min imum of five shares and Aubrey Mauney said he would Increase his holdings to 10 shares in the event nine other 10-share stockholders could be obtained. List of stockholders in the hands of Paul Mauney, secretary, show majority of holdings are of the oneshare variety. Par value of the stock is $100. "Effort has been made by the stock sale committee to contact every possible prospect," President Riser said this week. "However, we arf sure that some people who are interested in the construction of a freezer-locker plpnt here have not been seen and we invite them to contact any officer of the corporation or member of the committee. We feel that construction of such a plant would be a great aid to both the farmers of the Kings Mountain men ana me citizens oi ine city, and we are sure that construction of a plant in the manner planned? through broad ownership by the peo pie who will use it?will insure better service to the patrons at cheaper rates." I. S. McSwain srvice Saturday porch in (hip time and the lady of the house said if she ever got a bottle1 of milk with any off-flavor she did not recall it. I furnished 'milk for four babies in this home. In all the tests of our milk for bacteria, not a single test went above what was allowed for thp.best milk. "Wprds will not express how much I appreciate what the doctors have done in working out formulae for these babies and to the mothers that entrusted the feeding of these children to us. We say no pleasure could be greater. "I guess the 1924 T Model Ford has probably the record for continued Bert/Ice with only a few trips missed In this time. We started with a wagon, than 1919 Model, then the 24. "I have read of the world getting t worse but that was not In this town. "I will never forget Ware h Sons making It possible and pleasant for me to have a balanced feed for the cowk at all tlm^a during these'years. 1 had ohdi week's vacation in this time (but did not need that) for it has been like one higvvacation know lng, serving and greeting the chil- . dren, as well as the older folks each day. . "J. S. McSwain." ; .,'<1 ; v* . i - *. ' . > ' foulE'V * fkit
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