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)?? ? - ? ? ? . . ?? ?-.... ? u \ ?? ; ? ?* ? 1-* ? :* ' ? w* *" / i!. ":V " * ? I* ? ? ? '. POPULATION City Limits (1M0 Ce??ua) 6,574 Immediate Tiadinj Am 15,000 (1945 Ration Booed Figures) VOL. 60 NO. 4 Kings Mountain, N. C.. Friday. January 28, 1949 PRICE FIVE CEHT3 Township Over Hump On Its Polio Quota Local News Bulletins WOODMEN TO MEET What has been designated as an' "important" meeting of the Woodmen of the World will be . hetd Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock in Che Woodman'Hali. Officials are urging y full attendance of the membership. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the 37th week of operations, which ended at noon Wednesday, total ed $141.28 according to a report by S. A Crouse, city clerk. SPECIAL SERVICE A special service will be held Saturday night at 7 o^clock at Sec ond Wesleyan church, it was an nounced this week by the pastor, Rex*. *Jesse iHi'nson. The public is invited to attend. JAYCEE MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Com merce will be held Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at the Woman's Club. No formal program has been an nounced. CLUB SECRETARY George Houser has been appoin ted secretary ?. treasurer of the KLngs Mountain Country Club, succeeding L. E. Abbott, who (tied due to the pre** of other ?named assistant secretary- treas urer, succeeding Mr. Houser. KIWANIS MEETING 'Presentation of the club's a chievement report for 1948 was' to feature the regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at the Woman's Club Thursday night at 6:30. The program was under the direction of the club's achievement committee, of which B. N. Barnes is chairman. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued at City Hall to G. A. Bridges, on Jan. 20, for repairs- on store building on Battleground avenue, estimat ed cost SI ,500, and to Crescent Hill Development Co., on Wednesday, for construction of a two-family duplex residence on Morris street, estimated cost $3,500. FIRE ALARMS The city fire department ans wered two- alarms this week. On Monday afternoon, the firemen extinguished a blaze resulting In sllfeht damage at Hullener's Ga rage on Childress street. Gasoline I spilled on the floor Ignited ShiT' spread to the garage work bench. Firemen went to the home of Elizabeth Payne .on Waco "Road to sxtingulfh a curtain blaze Wed nesday. The blaze was put out be fore the firemen arrived. ' v- ' HORD ELECTED L. Gilbert Hord, former Kings Mountain banker, was elected ex ecutive vice- pfesidem and cashier 6f the Forest City branch Security. . Bank and Trust Company at the annual stockholders meeting of the bank held in Forest City Jan uary 18. Mr. Hord Joined the For est City bank last year as cashier.? The bank operates branches in Bflistic and Rutherford ton. -w-'r ? Press!/ Chairman for isf*rp|^*vic \ i#SV. W. L. Pressly, .pastor of Boy ce Memorial ARP church, will serve is chairman for the annual clty ?rl<|e Easter Sunrise Service sponsor ed fcy the ?lngs Mountain Minister- ' (al association and Rev. W. H. StMfc 4er, pastor of St. Matthew's Luther an church, will deliver (he sermon. Announcement from the Minister ial association was made this week by Rev. G. W. Flhk, secrstary. "As a result of the high ordSr of service- held In the past, a growing interest In the local Easter Sunrise Servi&o has been increasingly indi cated," Mr. Fink said, "and It !? hoped that even g*?*t?* interest will be Jhowp this year." , Easter fslls on April 17 this year. ? ? Giovei Report $830; Total Is Now S3, 435 Number 4 township was well ov er the hump Wednesday on its $5, 000 quota for the 1949 polio fund campaign.. The total reported by Chaifman OlHe Harris was $3,435.29, and the report indicated thai Grover would be first to meet its township quota with $830,93 already in hand. The Kings Mountain area campaign showed cash-in-hand to date of $2, 603.36. > Not included in the total figure because it had not yet been turned over to Treasurer J. C. McKinney wasvan additional $237 raised in the Patterson Grove, Oak Grove and El Bethel communities. The report gathered Wednesday brought a big smile to Chairman Harris' face, who expressed com A special musical program will be bald Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at Grover high school au ditorium (or the benefit of the March of Dime*. Mrs. Franklin Harry. Grover chairman, announ ced this weak. The program will feature the Sisk Quartet, the Blacksburg Quartet and the Gro ver Quartet. A free will offering will be taken, with all proceeds going to the M??eh of Dimes. plete confidence that the quota would be reached if not exceeded. Mrs. Franklin Harry, Grover chair man, said reports from the Grover school were incomplete, Kings Moun tain school reports -were alscsincom fptefi and Industrial - ittpnua wps? only about one-half in, "The campaign 1s going fine," Mr. Harris said, "as was expected. The generosity of the people of Number j 4 Township, not to mention the dii- ! lgent wort< of committee and com munity chairmen and school child ren, has been very excellent." Mr. Harris urged all persons work irtg In fhe campaign to make re- j ports during the forthcoming week i if possible, in order that the cam paign could be successfully conclu ded at ah early date. He asked thai j i fund gifts be turned in to Treasurer | McKinney or himself. Hovis To Head ARP Men's Gtonp Lewis Hovis was electod president of the Men-?f-th?-Church organiza tion of Boyce Memorial ARP church at a supper meeting held at the church Monday night. Mr. Hovis succeeds I. G. Patterson. Other officers named were Marri ott Phifer, vice-president, Garrison Goforth, secretary . treasurer, and John L. McGill, program chairman. The {roup voted to hold regular quarterly meetings on the fourth Monday in the fi-st month of each quarter. Feature of 'he Monday evening meeting was a humorous inspiration al address by J. W. (Sub) Beard, of Anderson, S. C., executive secretary of the Mvlng Endowment of- Er a kine c&llege. Mr. Beard pointed out !-the great growth and improvements brought abqutby scientific develop ments during the past haif-centuny, but declared, "Wfe have done a poor Job spiritually". He said more at tention to spiritual affairs would make the world better and living ; more enjoyable. I. G. Patterson, chairman of the local church's Kingdom Extension fund-raising campaign, reported pledges in excess of $3,000 and cash payments in excess of $2,200. The report of the nominating commit tee was made by.W. E. Blakely. Weiz Opening v Business W_T. (Ted) W?lr, well-known Kings Mountain businesipan, an nounced ttoia week opening of a new business. Weir's Coal. The new firm 4vlli handle coal ?ales and features Red Bar Ken tucky coal, -a higti-grade lump coal. "W? are Operiarlizmt? in good coal and too<| aervlce," Mr, Walt said, ?"and we are confident that we can , satisfy our customer* completely on , their coal needs." . i Capacity Throng I Attends Pioneer Area Banquet j ""ft* ???;> nl,h, fJr X 1 P??n banquet of the Girl Scout Pioneer Area council. Feature of the program was an inspirational address by Rev. J. Wal ter Dickson, Jr.. pastor of First Pre-; ^ ",Church- of 8e'm?nt. and e iection of officers for the coming ! G?tnnr t C?Uncll> which includes i G^ion. Lincoln and Cleveland coun | _ Pr^i.ding over the third annual meeting of the group was Miss Ed na Rankin, of Oastonia, council pres .dent, and the invocation was *iv?n ! W H. Srehder. pastor S s" ! Matrhew.s Lutheran ohurch ; Centering his thoughts on the Girl ga" "Unl;ed b> Ideals. ' Mr. j lckson pointed out that the future 1 1000000 " pfc^PUshments of the l, 000,000 Girl scouts in America de , pends upon interested, alert and : consecrated adult leadership He ! the beginnings of the or ganization from the time of its in | ception by Juliette Gordon Low of Dhennm^' Pa" 3nd 3tated that its phenommal growth Indicated the |f- need for such work among "Loneliness is one of the pitfalls of youth, the speaker declared, as he discussed the 'four-point basis of Girl scouting: Belonging, Service Resourcefulness, and World Friend-' anip. if we are to have a future " I he pointed out, "not to mention what .Kind of a future? Just a plain fu aire ~ wor,d friendship is absoluet ^..r)ece?ar>- Girl Scout leaders," ,ie wr*M*d UP ?" hand ' ideals and dreams upon hich the future of the worid de pends. ' Outstanding recognitions in the Nna?T arownie Troop No. 35 otf which Mrs. Ennis Atkim, Troop No. Etr ' iR^ind Thetma Pay* Mrs. Atkins* troop was awarded a certificate for having achieved all the minimum goals. Added distinc tion .was given the troop by the an that it had very nearly ' well maximum goals as :i~ anJr0?P ll.an ,nve?titure serv . a"d c?urt of awards was held. A: this time Anrt|e Mobley Dillirie was presented the first badge for irsr ^faas rank ever awarder in 1 Kings Mountain: Mrs. Carl Rustin, co-chairman of! -hL^SK?H C?Unty t>oarcl' Panted thanks badges ? the highest award tcontd on page four) Concert Tickets To Be On Sale cert association win be on sale from wiS? k wtJT?Ugh SatUMiy ne*< Sj'p'! announced yesterday aul. Mauney, chairman of eommftfee Members otf the local committee who will have tickets available in clude Mrs. W. B. Logan, Miss Lula MrseMafUwMrS George Hou?er, Th are 30,1 the chairman. The concert group, being reorgan a VVartlme cessation of activities, expects to present three concerts this spring, featuring top entertainers A srupper meeting of n^hV**00 ?1 i9 t0 ^ he1d Monday D! ?mati 0C ock at HoteI Charles to com u lete organizational details SfiVfnr P?intdd, out that tickets, at 56.00 for the series, wfll be on sale only next week Tickets will not be" ?? th. door for ,h? concert series, it was announced. Legion Announces Plans; Paul Mann Third annual Kings Mountain A merlcan Legion boys high school basketball tournament will be held at Central gymnasium on March 2-5 according to. an announcement this week by Paul Mauney, tourna ment director. ? I . Started In 1047 by'the sports com mittee of the Kingfs Mountain post, the tourney has developed promi nence among the high school teams of Cleveland and surrounding coun ties, . Cleveland county team/; have won out in both tournaments to date. Piedmont high school of Lawndale defeating Pa listen high school In L31T by a soore of 23-19 to take top honors. Fallston came twdt in 1948 Cage Tourney ey Chairman ? to lick Piedmont 32-30 to win the j Championship trophy. Fallston is in the running again for a tourney bid, having posted a win streak of some 15 games this season. Prom the Kings Mountain angle, local fans are pulling for the Central high Mountaineers to continue their record. Coach Don Parker's quint has posted four wins against an up set by Lincolnton here last Friday night. Members of the tournament com mittee In addition to Mr. Mauney are Charles English and BlondyCox, gate: Mike Milam, awards; W. J. Fuikerson, official scorer; and C. T. Carpenter, jr., entries Bus Companies Are Making Effort To Get New Terminal For City Mrs. Ridenhour's Funeral Services Held On Sunday Funeral rites for Mrs. Laura Maun j ey Ridenhour, 76. prominent Kings I Mountain citizen, were held Sundav afternoon at 3 o'clock at. St. Mat j thews Lutheran church, which- she had served as organist for 60 years, i The rites were conducted by the j pastor. Rev. W. H. Slender, assisted i by Rev. H. G. Fisher, of Spindale, ? a : formei pastor, and interment follow ed in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Ridenhour, widow of- William A. Ridenhour, died last Friday aft ernoon at 2 O'clock in Gaston" Me morial hospital, where she had been a patient since January 3, following I a Stroke of paralysis. Her death was not unexpected for she had been in a critical condition since being hos pltaHzed. ! The daughter of the late W. A. and Susan Raimseur Mauney, Mrs. Ridenhour had lived an active and useful life,, marked by extensive church work as well as in civic and patriotic groups. She was born No vember 25, 1872. She attended old Gaston college in Dallas, and studi ed pipe organ an Elizabeth college in Charlotte. She became organist of St. Matthew's Lutheran church , at the age of 14, and continued in that capacity for 60 years. For many years she also taught a Sunday school class and was active in the church's Woman's Missionary so ciety. She was a prominent member of the DAR and served for more than 30 years as treasurer of the local UOC organization. Mrs. C. E. Neisler, two half-sisters! Mrs. J. E. Herndon and Mrs. F. R. Summers, and her step-mother, Mrs. Candace Miller Mauney, all of Kings Mountain. Pallbearers were six nephews of Mrs. Ridenhour. R. E. Ridenhour, Jr. and Clarence Ridenhour, both of Concord, W. A. Maurtey and D. H. Mauney, both of. Lincolnton. and Hunter Neisler and J. A. 'Neisler, of! Kings Mountain. Patrolman Wooten Assumes Duties Here ' W. R. Wooten; 21, member of the Slate Highway Patrol, began duties! in Kings Mountain on Jan, 19, r?- < placing Harolotis H. Dayton who had been stationed in Kings Moun tain for. about two years. Patrolman Wooten exchanged a reas with Officer Dayton, coming here from the Canton-Lake Junalus I ka section. A Navy, veteran, the new .officer became a member of the patrol on Nov. 1, 1948. He is a native of Dob son, In Surrey county, and is not i married. He will reside at the home > il Mr. and Mr. Hal D. Ward on West Mountain street. Lake Montonla Club Directors Meet The Lake Montonla Club closed out its books for 1948 at a meeting ! of the boacd of directors at the home j of Harold Hunniiutt, secretary, Mon day night. ? Report of officers showed the club i had enjoyed Its best year In history. | with 100 active members, and 60 as j sociate members. Annual stockholders meeting of the club will be held March 8, it! was announced. Monday Is D-Day On Several Fronts Monday is deadline day on sev ? I oral matters. It is the last day for purchasing ; without penalties) city and state auto license plates, the last day : to pay 1948 taxes without penalti es. and the last day (or listing taxes let 1949. Among other things, merchants and industrial firms also will have to complete withholding tax reports by Monday, as well as so. cial security forms. In the city, a total of 614 auto ? tags had been sold at City Hall I through Wednesday. This total is only about two-thirds the number sold during 1948 and indicates a i last-minute buying rush over the > weekend. Penalties on unpaid 1948 taxes are one percent in February, an other one percent in March, and one-half of one percent each mon | th thereafter. Funeral Is Held For Mrs. Martin Funeral rites for Mrs. Rose Mar tin, 68. wife of M, B. Martin, and for over 20 years a citizen of King* Mountain, were held Saturday aft ernoon, witli interment following in the Mount OFlve Baptist church -eem etery near Cowpens, S. C. - Funeral services conducted here at Macedonia Baptist church, of which ?he was a member, m 1 o' clock, were fallowed by brief rites at the Mount Olive chtfrch at 3:30. church, assisted by Rev. Ed Gore, Rev. P. D. Patrick and Rev. Paul Hayes. Mrs. Martin died January 20 in Shelby hospital, having suffered a stroke the previous day. S^e was a loyal member of the: Macedonia church. Surviving, in addition to her hus band. are three sons, Fred Martin, of Burlington, Master Sgt. Jesse Martin of Greensboro, and Ermon C. ? Abie) Martin, of Kings Mountain, five daughters, Mrs. Vernon Queen. Belmont, Mrs. Claude Queen, Ports mouth, Va., Mrs. Andrevs- Linder. Clifton, S. C? Mrs. Ferrell Robbins, Miami, Fla.. and Mrs. Earl Stroupe. i of Kings Mountain, and three bro thers, Robert Fisher, Gaffney, S. C? Jasper Fisher, Cowpens, S. C? and Alex Fisher, Pacolet, S. C. Also sur viving are 24 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Active pallbearers were grand- { sons of Mrs. Martin, and flower bearers were her granddaughters, i Inspection Lane Here Until End Of Month Motor vehicle inspection lane four moved to Kings Mountain Tuesday and will remain here through Mon day. All motor veh'cles of year mo del up to and Including the year models 1936 are required to be In spected by the end of January. Grover R. Klser, of Forest City, is supervisor of lane four, which is located on Tracy Street, between West Gold am? West Mountain. The lane will move toShelhy Feb- i ruary 1 and return here on February 26. j Other deadlines for Inspection during the first inspection period, Jan. 1 ? June 30, are as follows: 1937 and 1938-JFeb. 28. 1939 and 1940? March 3t. 1941 and 1942? April 30. 1943 thru 1947? May 31. 1948 and 1949? Jurte 30. 1949 Chevrolet Went On Display Saturday . Over 3,000 persons attended the premier showing Saturday of the 1949 Chevrolet at Victory Chevrolet company showroom according to of ficials of the firm. * ' . - J Also present at the showing were three top officials of Chevrolet, W. E. Girard, southeast and regional distributor of Atlanta, Ga., and Thomas E. Brents, zone manager, and John C. Diehl, assistant zone manager, hoth of Charlotte. Interested people flocked to the ' showroom until 11 p. m. one offici al reported. The new cir -went on display over the entire count/y Sat urday. . Purol Company Is Terminating Joint Set-Up Efforts are underway to ob'airi a new bus terminal for Kings Moan tain. it was announced this week by Jack Arnette, manager of the loc?I station, how operated in conjunction with Terminal Service Station at the corner of Bartleground avenue and King street. Necessity for (he change was ere i aied by the Purol Company, owners of the service station, who had pro I viously ordered the station freed from its bus terminal connectonson I January 1. i Mr. Arnette said yesterday, how. ofer, that the Purol Company had I granted a time extension until ne?v | quarters could be obtained. Most possible development will be building of a new terminal, Mr. Arnette said, due to inability to I find suitable locations on which ! buildings are now available. ! L. C. Myers, Atlantic Greyhound I supervisor from Atlanta, was here j Wednesday investigating possible [ sites for the new terminal. Queen City Coach Company, other operator out of Kings Mountain, had made a t survey previously. Mr. Arnette said the two compa nies hoped to complete arrange | ments for a site and building of & new terminal in the near future. As the crossing point of Grey hound and Queen City lines Kings Mountain has a heavy bus sched ule and heavy traffic. Mr. Arnette said that 33 schedules go out King's Mountain daily. Including and 26 to Charlotte and points worth. Lions Heard York Lawyer R. B. HildebranJJ. York. S. C., at torney, told members of the Lions club Tuesday night that the nation needs to give much attention to the matter of prison reform if it Ls ;o adequately protect society. Mr. Hildebrand, who spoke on a program arranged by M. E. Stan ton, cited several instances of young' men, who. had committed rel atively minor infractions, being sent to the South Carolina state pfison whej-e they came in contact with 2, 000 criminals, many of rhem" of the worse and hardened variety." "We cannot expect these young men to come out anrf make good citizens in a situation like that," Mr. Hildebrand declared. Prior to Mr. Hildebrand's address, J. W. Milam, a past president, wel comed Robert McDanlel js a nevr member of the organization. Presi dent W; B. Logan announced that the club would present its annual spring talent show during Maroh. Club Schedule Has Temporary Change No evening dining room service will k?e available at the Kings Moun tain 'Country Club through Tuesday, February 1, it was announced this week by Hunter Nelsler, chairman of the house committee. Mrs. j.-H. Pressly, club hostess, Is on a brief trip to Americus, Ga. "Lun cheon 9ervlce will be available and Sunday dinner will be Served at noon as usual. Regular club night will be held on February 5, according to announce ment from the club social commit tee. Whitener To Speak At Scout Banquet - 1 ' ? , Basil Whitener, prominent Cm tonla lawyer and district solictor, will make the feature address at the annual Kings Mountain dis trict Boy Scout banquet to be held at the Woman's Club the evening of Febsuarr according to an an February 8, according to an an nouncement this week by *??. J. W. Phillips, district chairman. The meeting will oe held la conjunction with the regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Uons club also scheduled for the same night, and will be held at the Woman's Club. The .meeting will also feature annual reports of the district Scout organ" trti on.