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v' v .- - ^ - . ,." . ."''V " ' i POPULATION ' Ctty Limits (1940 Census). 6.574 Immediate .Trading Area 15,090 (1945 Ration Board Figures) N VOL.59 NO. 24 National . . . '* * .. s * * _ V. local News | Bulletins ? ' .. BUILDING PERMITS Three buildirtg permits were is> sued by City Cierk S. A. Crouse during the past week. On Tuesday Derm its were issued to J P Mayhew, for construction of new , five-room dwelling on Cleveland avenue, $2,400 an4 to Steve Rathbone, for construction of a drink stand on Bennett street, $50. On 1 .Wednesday permit was issued to W. D. Mcl>ari?l for construction j, of a new five-room dwelling on Sims street extension, $3,000. 1 ; i FARMERS COMING 1 Shelby's Farmers of the West- d * ern Carolina league are scheduled to face Lincointon in a regular loop baseball game here in City Stadium June 2b in the first-half of a Shelby-scheduled double header... The Kiwanls club will sponsor the game. i WINS MEDAL iPark?Grace school winner of the DAR Citizenship medal, awarded annually to fifth grade students in Kings Mountain schools chosen "best citizens," was.Kenneth < Cloninger, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cloninger, according to an- ,1 nouncement by Mrsi J. <p. Nickels, i principal. ' i. I < UNION SERVICE Rev. W. H. Stender, pastor of St. 1 Matthew's Lutheran church, will | deliver the sermon at Sunday wwiea, fe Ifeiar 1 a* First Preshvterlan church at 8 W o'clock. HOME FROM HOSPITAL W. Hill Putnam, well-known Kings Mountain contractor, returned home from Shelby hospital ' last Friday, after receiving treatment for a stroke of paralysis ?'< suffered June 1. His condition was described as improved yesterday. BAKER GRADUATED Bloomington, Ind. ? Richard GBaker, of Kings Mountain, was among the 2,091 graduates receiving degrees at the 119th commencement of Indiana University June 1.3. Mr. Baker received the A. B. degree in zoology. PATRICK GETS DEGREE Henry Lawrence Patrick, son of Rev. and Mrs. P. D. Patrick, of Kings Mountain, received the degree of Master of Science in Industrial Management at graduation exerice> at George School of "technology An June 9. AT CAROLINA BEACH Eleven,boys, Royal Ambassadors of First Baptist church, are among 200 from Cleveland county attending Seaside Assembly this week at Carolina Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cole accompanied ' the Kings Mountain partyTAK DISCOUNTS Notices to city taxpayers went yb- out this week informing them.that i all persons paying taxes before the close of business June 30 would receive a two percent dls count, ine discount atso applies to county taxes paid by June 30. Bethwaie Plans Community Fab The boys in the Veterans Farmer Training program at Bethware high 1 school are showing progreasiveness in their community by working with the Progressive club In organizing a community fair according to an announcement made this week by officials of the program. . Sithe 37 boys are taking part in ' the program being conducted by Myers Hambright, agricultural teacher, Jimmy Ware, and A. E. Best. The community fair.project is planned for this falL "The boys are learning to grow better products in the most economical way and are experiencing la Ikal. a.^.1 JK* in uirir ?uurvmKrnii!. AIU8 lead# to bettor farmer* and farming," the announcement said. I 1 Guard W. B. Logan Is Named President Of Lions Club W. B. (BiU> Logan, well-known Kings Mountain business pian, was elected president of the Kings Moun tain Lions club for 1948-49 at a meei ing of the club last Thursday. Mr. Logan will succeed W. K. Mauney, Jr. Other officers elected are; S. S. Weir, jr., first vice-president; J. OIiie Harris, second vice-president: Fred Wright, jr., third vice-president; Hubert Davidson, secrrtary; Clarence Flowers, treasurer; -Boyer Murray, Lion Tamer, Ned McGill, Tail Twister: and Tolly Shuford, assistant Tail Twister. Directors elected for two-year terms were Dan Huffstetler, Charles A. Goforth. jr., and E. K. Whitener. Holdover direcfors ate George Houser. W. B. Thomson and C. C. Edens. The meeting was held at the Trout Club. Ballaids Open Washerette Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ballard are announcing this week the opening of Piedmont Washerette, a self-service laundry, located in the formei B. A. Smith building on North Piedmont avenue. The new business enterprise is equipped with 15 Bendix washing machines, an extractor and two dry era, ana win turn out a ready-toIron wash in 30 minutes, Mr. Ballard stated. ~THe firm openedfor. business "Wi Monday. Mr. Ballard, a veteran of World War'II, served for many months in the army in the Pacific Theater of operations. A former high school, college and semi-pro baseball star, he is now playing the outfield for the Rutherford County Owls in the Western Carolina League. Until recently. he was a salesman at Keeter's Department Store. Mrs. Baliard, the former Miss BetRoberts, was formerly associated with Dellinger's Jewel Shop." MISS GRIFFIN GRADUATED SYRACUSE, N. Y.?Miss M. Je'Anne Griffin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Vf. Griffin, 510 W. Mountain St., was among nearly 1,800 candidates for degrees at the 89th Syracuse University commencement exercises. The university graduate^ Its largest class June 14th In Archbold stadium on cAihpus. Miss Griffin received a bachelor's degree in general speech from the School of Speech and Dramatic Arts. BUNDY STUDIO MOVES Bundy Studio has moved to the building on 3. Battleground avenue occupied tty McCurdy Cleaners-Dyers. The Studio "Is sharing front floor space of the building with the cleaning firm. Lions, Kiwanians In Do-or-Die Batl Carlton, Is Elected High School Coach Everett I- Carlton. 27-yrw-old graduate of Lenolr-Rhyne college, has been elected head coach at Kings Mountain high school for the forthcoming year, according to an announcement Thursday morning by B. N. Barnes, Superintendent of schools. A World War Q army veteran, Mr. Carlton, resident of WinstonSalem, played three years varsity football and one yea ef varsity beoebsll at Duke university prior to' the war. Be played two yean vanity football ad one yea vastly tiasshnll at Lenetr-Bhyme following the wa. and the past eprtog aided Coaufc Clarence Sta i trttb |? conducting spring footboll psoctlea. Mr. Itunss sold Mr. Carlton has orbaUy uoaoplsd tho off or of thp Kings Mountain school board and that his slgnod contract 1s oxpoctod momon tartly. 1U addod that Mr. Carlton was chooon b| tho boom orw Borstal othor appU' ' . Kings Mountain. N. C.. Unit Gi Simpson Secretary Of Merchants' Group 1 James B. Simpson is the new ^ , secretary of the Kings Mountain i Merchants association. * Mr. Simpson was formally named to the position at a board of directors rs>eting Monday evening, on recommendation of a commit?i ? ?cc lubiuuiuij uuiuiu noggins, j. W. Milatn and Marriott Phifer. An army vetrean of World War < II, Mr. Simpson spent five years in the service, including CO months j duty in the Pacific theater of op| orations. He has been associated | with Kings Mountain Machine ; Works, Inc.. since its beginning. ' Aid For Schools j Is Ruled Illegal ? I Attorney General Harry MeMul- j lan has ruled thta city municipals , ties have no legal responsibility for the maintenance and operation of { the public school system, fhus back- i ing the contention of Mayor H. Tom ] Fulton and City Attorney E. A. Har- j rill that the city government can- , not legally supplement school funds ; by $2,000 during the next school , year. The ruling will have the effect of Invalidating the $2,000 appropria- j' tion voted unanimously by the I board of city commissioners at their , June meeting, after a plea for tern- j oorarv aid in that ammmt wm ml. ced by A. W. Klncaid, Ward 3 commissioner, and with the backing of , . school bogxA- uaajoiiii^.whomd were present. 4 : ' . In replying to a letter from May- < j or Fulton requesting a ruling on the : l (supplemental appropriation, the at- j , itorney general cited a leter to the i1 , J city attorney of Durham, under date j ( of August 1, 1947, answering a sim- L liar question. Portion of the letter affecting the 1 local situation follows: "The City of Durham, as amunicipality, is entirely^separate and dis 1 tinct from the City Administrative j! Unit, which is a part of the Public ' School System of the State, al- |J though the boundaries of the City Administrative Unit may be coterminous with the boundaries of the 1 City. As a municipality, the City of Durham has no legal responsibili- ' ty for the maintenance and operation of the Public School system ' and, therefore, in my opinion, the City of Durham, as a municipality, , cannot legally pay out its funds, from whatever source derived, for , the cost of. operation of the Durham city schools. The cost of operation of the Durharn city schools, in other words, la not a public expense of the City of Durham." r < The City of Durham, as was the j City of Kings Mountain, was seeking a method to make a supplemen- 1 tal payment to the schools from i some source other than ad valorem ! - taxes. To Monnt Donkeys! tie Friday Night .'s __ Beginning Friday night at 8:33 | at City Stadium, prominent Kings | Mountain businessmen will hit a 1 softball, mount Mae West, and ride ; off in the general direction of first base.. I At least, this is the plan ofattack for {he Kiwans-sponsored uonkey | t B -J * ' - - - iDaseoaii extravaganza which is be- | ing billed as a fight to the finish I between the Kiwanis club and Lions . i club. i ' Proceeds from the game will go to I the Kiwans cltib's under-privileged 1 children's fund. Otto (TPby) Williams will ,ani ( nounce the event, with Hugh Bali lard and Don Parker as umpires. | All players ride donkeys with ti e I exception of the pitcher and catcher. I ] In addition to (he game, another feature of the evening's entertainment Will be a Lady Godiva relay race featuring Glee Bridges and Arnold Kiser as one teem, opposing Charlie Moss and Tom Crawford. It will be a speed race to determine j which team can take a suitcase fill- < ed with women's clothes, ride from home to second, unpack the suitcase, ppt on the clothes, and ride (Cont'd on page eight) I V.' .. v " . >--'v - 'v.-..'--';, 1 ' it.' -.)>v i y.'jf-' ' . Friday. June 18. 1948 its Fede I. OUie Harris Elected To Head | American Legion J. Olii'e Harris, World War II jrmv V'PtArAn v*/ac r^. ? ?~ J .. VIGV'tU VUHIIIiUliU" er of Oris O. Green Post 135, American Legion-a; a'meeting of the organization Monday night. Mr. Harris will succeed John W. Gladden as commander of the po?t when new officers are installed next month. Other officers named were: i. Byron- Keeter, first vice-commander; Ned McGiH, finance officer: W. L. Plonk, athletic director: C, T, Carpenter, jr., publicity officer; B. D. Ra'tterree, sergean't-at- , arms; T. A. Pollock, chaplain; F. R. McCurdy, historian; Fred Wright, 1 Jr., Americanism officer;'Joe Hed- 1 Jen, Boys' State officer: James S. Ware, child welfare officer; Humes Houston, defense, officer: J. C. Bridges. Boy Scout officer; F. R. Summers, oratorical officer; Oliie Har ris,vgraves registration; Dr.' W. L. Maune^ service officer; Luther McSwa'in, assistant sergeant-at-arms; Ha! S. Plonk, sons of the Legion of ticer; Hal D. Ward, disaster and relief officer; J. R. Davis, legal officer; John W. Gladden, membership , jfficer; and Frank Wall, guardian- 1 ship officer. The post's executive oommittee fdr the coming year will include the ! past commander as chairman, the incoming commander, vice-commanders, and finance officer, plus Martin Harmon, J. Harold Coggins, j C. T. Carpenter, Jr.* ' and Hubert! Aderholdt. ' The post approved recommends- ' Hon of C. T, Carpenter, Jr?. retiring j. athletlo"bfflcer, to form a post ath'i letic executive committee, with two 1 co-chairmen of athletics to be appointed by the athletic officer. Bridges Reports i n i _ " itevaiuaaon iaiK " ?? * 1 Glee A. Bridges, member and for- 1 mer chairman of the county board" of commissioners," notified Mayor H. Tom Fulton and the city board of commissioners this week that the , i county board had fully discussed, and, in fact, favored some means of ' property revaluation in the county. Mr. Bridges addressed a letter i containing this statement to the mayor and City board, following I statements at the June city board j meeting that no acknowledgement 1 had been received by the city board < to a letter endorsing a county-wide 1 revaluation addressed to the county < board last September. . 1 The letter of Mr. Bridges, dated ; June 14, follows: ' "This letter is with reference to 1 an article appearing in the issue of I June 11th, Kings Mountain Herail. also appearing in the issue jf June 12th, Shelby Dally Star, concerniuj the revaluation or equalization oi Cleveland County. ."1 wish to assure you and your board that your request was not ig nored, as your letter .-rnci resolution of Sept. 9,1947, was read in the presence of the Board of County Corv missioners at their Mgu.ar mee ing first Monday in Oc. ,oer); and discussed, freely and favorably. The eh tire board realizes as much as any- ' one that we need an equalization of (Cont'd on page eight) Political Front i Still Quiet Here The political front was still quiet In Kings Mountain this week, In spite of the fact that the second primary in the gubernatorial run-off between Charles M. Johnson and W. j Kerr Scott Is only eight days away. There was minor evidence of some organization work underway by Johnson forces and hints of the same from Scott supporters, but there were few concrete reports of activity, Indicating that the second primary will not attract too large a vote here. State-wide, the candidates and their supporters were using the rddlo tb appeal to the voters, but It be gan to appear that the Interest ? even In strongly Democratic North Carolina ? In the Republican national convention at Philadelphia next week, might compete with the Intra-party fight tot governor. . w i*. V V ' * r' ' " ; t- ' v ' J;. r h t ' * % ' . erald ? , * v.-. , / ral Rec< I A JL ii i# TO ROCKINGHAM ? J. E. Huneycutt, Kings Mountain high school principal since 1941, has accepted | the superintendency of the Rockingham city schools. He is to assume his new duties July 1. I. L Haneycutt Accepts New Post J. E. Huneycdtt, high school principal here since 1941, has been elected superintendent of the Rockingham City schools and will assume his new duties July I Mr. Huneycutt accepted the Rockingham position 'list Thursday after conferring with members of the school board there. He will succeed L. J. Bell, who is I retiring, after having served as! Rockingham superintendent since i 1916. 1 1 Replacing D. M. Bridges as high I school principal here, Mr. Huneycutt: came to. Kings Mountain following a five-year tenure as teacher of sci- I ence in the Rufherfordton - Spindale ! high school at Rutherfordtpn. Prior to that time he had served as teach- ' cr of science and mathematics for' two years at Battleboro lugh school in Edgecombe county. is a grad- j uate of the University of North Car- ' olina, class of 1934, and received his 1 M. A. degree from the University in 1940. He attended summer school | at Appalachian State Teachers col-, lege in 1947 and during the present I year has taken extension work from j both the University of North Caro- i lina and University of South Caroli- i na. Mr. Huneycutt has been active in both professional organizations and civic groups while living in Kings Mountain. He has served as secretary of the North Carolina Principals association and state secretary of the National association of Secondary school principals since 1944, and is currently president of the South Piedmont Schoolmaster's Club. As an active member of the Kings j Mountain Kiwanis club, he has ser- ' ved as secretary-treasurer of the to- i v ' prganization since 1942. He is i a. ) Boy Scout commissioner, mem- j ber of the Red Cross executive com- j mittee, and of the- executive board >: the Cleveland County Tuberculo .iij association. He has served as Sunday school -eacher, associate superintendent md superintendent of the Sunday school of First Baptist church, of which he is a member. "It is with considerable regret I i learned of the resignation of Mr. ' Huneycutt," said B N Barnes, superintendent of schools, "I know I (Cont'd on page eight) laycees Working I Nineteen Have Ei Nineteen Kings Mountain damsels have entered the Third Annual Beauty Pageant of the Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Commerce, according to announcement by the entries committee yesterday. These girls and several in addition will vie for the titles Miss Kings Mountain of 1948 and M1ss Kings Mountain Junior, 1948. in the beauty parade scheduled for the high school auditorium next Friday sight, June 25, at 8 o'clock. Already entered in the event are Bobbie Simmons, Kitty Fails, Jean Cash, Bern ice Harrison, Dorothy Fulton, Ruth Dettrnar, Betty Falls, Pat Jolly, Billy Sue Gates, Louise Lindsay, Christine Myers, Erlene Surber, Marlyn Surber, Helen Efthlmiou, Hancy Dickey, Harriett Owens, Dor(Cont'd on page eight) * ' * .t ' ' ,? y ?*'V ' J.f ... ? . ' jr.- ' , " " ; , . -v - M ' '* y"S 4 t ' S"* >.. /?::*is| - ' 'V : * " ... .. .. Vi;3 1 Q Pages I 0 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Dgnition local Company Incnorlnfi w??M asujivklVU On Wednesday Kings Mountain company. North Carolina National Guard, wai? offi |oialiy recognised by a group of inr specHag officers on. Wednesday. Fdrnsal recbgnization was completed at T p. tn.When the local uiiir, Headquarters- and Headquar lets Company. 3rd-Bn., 120th fnT, [was added to the Guard payroll. Capt. Humes Houston is commanding jfficer of the company and Lu-Frank Wall is executive officer. . Col D. L. Hardee, of the S enior Army Instructors office, Raleigh, headed the inspecting delegation, which included Lt. Col. J. A. Cook, of Charlotte, regular army ORC instructor, Lt. Col. M S. Parham, com mandmg officer 3rd Bn? l'20th Inf., and Capt. W. B. Donovan, who started the local company on it's way several weeks ago, of Raleigh. Present at tne formal affair Wed nesday night were Col. Peyton McSwain, of Shelby, C. O. 120th Inf., Capt. Gerald Goforth, C. O. of the Shelby company, and Capt. Reed of Morganton. Wiay Heazing To Be Friday Fred (Slim) Wray, under bond of $1,000 from Cleveland county Recorders court on a charge of robbery, is scheduled to get a hearing in Shelby Friday, according to GarUnH - ' " tauu twyciujf nrrR Ui [lie COUIT. lit* is also scheduled for hearing on gambling charges along with four other men involved in an alleged. Monday night, gambling leading up to the alleged robbery. Wray was arrested Tuesday morn ing by Deputy Sheriff G. C. Looney on a warant signed by Bright Black well and issued by Lee Roberts, jus tice of the peace. Wray and Blackwej! were eharg ed with gambling on a warant 3ign ed by Deputy Looney and ot?er? listed on the wararjt included Ben ny Bracketft, of Gastonia, Roy Phil lips, and Paul Hord. ( Blackwell charged Wray with "as sault and did put him in fear of his life by means of threats and violence and did take from his posses sion the sum of $130 property of Bright Blackwell." Wray reportedly used a pistol In recovering the $150 he claimed was "taken" from htm In the game. The robbery was said to have taken place In the city limits near Black-well's home around 5:30 a. m. TiiAcHav Services Friday For F. L Wright - *' '.t Funeral services will be held Fri day at 2:30 p. m. at Grover Baptist church for Floyd L. Wright, 34, Gro ver farmer who was almost instant ly killed Wednesday morning when Southern Railway Train No. 36 struck his automobile at a rail cross ing in Grover. Coroner Ollie Harris, of Kings Mountain, who investigated the tra gedy. said that the automobile wahu'rled 84 feet from the point of im pact Mr. Wright's body, thrown (Cont'd on page eight) On Beanty Show; itered Contests L? - - - ? juniors Hera Saturday, Monday Nights At 8 Kings Mountain Junior batball tram Is scheduled to moot Bossomor City's Juniors in City Stadium Saturday sight at 8 p. m. in tbo first sliminatlon-round I mooting of tht two teams this season. Coach H. H. Eden's team was scheduled to play in Qastonia Thussday (last) night. The lotals are beak home again Monday night, facing Shelby In City Stadium at 8 p. m, in the sadend meeting of the two teams. On next Thursday Kings Mountain is (fhstfuled to play In Pte mtatf.