POPULATION
Cttr Limits (1340 Ceiuui) 8.S74
ImmMic'e Trading Area 15,000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. April 29. 1949
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Local News
Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
A total of $129 73 waj collected
from parking meters during the
olst week of operations, which
ended at noon Wednesday, accord
ing to a report by S. A. Crouse, city
clerk.
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' BUILDING PERMITS
Building permits were issued
Tuesday to Be Ik's Department
Store, for construction of a new
floor, $3,000, and to Crescent Hills
Development Comparty, for con
struction of three new dwellings,,
one six-room, and two four-room,
total-cost listed as $6,500.
ON CHURCH GROUPS
W. K. Mauney was named a
member of the Mission committee
and member of the board of trus
tees of Lenoir-Rhyne college, and
S. A. Mauney was named to the
Lowman Home committee, at' a
meeting of the Lutheran Synod at
Winston-Salem on "Wednesday.
EXECUTIVES CLUB
Phillip F. LaFoUe?tte, three times
governor of Wisconsin and World
War II member of the staff of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, will address,
members of the Cleveland County
?Executives club at a dinner meet
ing at the Gardner Memorial
'''"'Ming at Boiling Springs Fri
: night at 7 o'clock. .
AT FORT RILEY
Bobby Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs.'
JF^an^^x^is^ n^^ac^ndl ng^the j
Fort Riley. Karrs. Prior to his ap- J
pointment to the school, the Kings
Mountain man was serving with
an MP detachment ait Fort Jack
son, S. C.
Guard Payroll
Is $1,211.43 |
A total payroll of $1,211.43 was;
paid to the 31 members of Hq. & Hq.
Co., 3rd Bn., 120th Inf., North Caro- j
Una National Guard, here last week
according to Ned Gantt, company ;
administrative assistant. The local
unit lists 48 vacancies for enlisted
men,
Men with no previous service or j
who were discharged holding no ra
ting may enlist In' the local compa
ny as a "Recrutt," new title for the
loweet rating.
Pay scale for enlisted ranks for the
regular two- hour Monday night drill
? periods were announced as follows:
per drill ? recruit, $2.50; private,
$2.67; Pfc? $3.00; corporal, $3.83; and
sergenat, $4.67. . . ,
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At full strength the quarterly pay
roll would be $4,000. Lost week's pay
roll was the fdurth received since
the company was activated.
The Kings Mountain company is
, scheduled to attend a two-weeks ac
tive duty training camp August 14'
l , 28 at Fort Jackson, S. C. The unit
' will undergo regular army training,
including radio and telephone train
ing (communications), range firing
of small arms, and regular headquar
tersa routine. Members will be paid
? regular army pay during the ctmp
period.
Ratings open in ttie unit include
two technical sergeants, seven ser
geants, and 16 corporals. Ratings are
also open for cooks.
. Lt Barney Tennysoa. of Gastonia,
has joined the unit m communica
tions officer according to an an'
nounoement by Captain Humes
Houston, commanding officer.
Candidates Asked
To Note Deadline
Red Cross Bloodmobile J?Y<*e Ladies
W ill Return T uesday For May to!
Citizens Asked
To Aid Axea
Blood Bank
Red Cross chapter officials this
week ur^od all donors to be on hand
at the Woman's club Tuesday, at the
times scheduled, for the second vis
It to Kings Mountain and Number
4 Township of the Red Cross Blood
inobile.
The mobile blood unit will be at
the Woman's club all day Tuesday.
On November 5, 1948, Kings Moun
tain "Sfrea citizens donated 73 pints
of blood do the Red Cross national
blood program. j
Kings Mountain Chapter has a
mark to shoot at ? Cramerton citi
zens recently donated 137 pints of
blood to the program, according to
H. R. Hunnicutt, blood chairman.
No donors are scheduled from 1:15
to 2:15 Tuesday, 'Mr. Hunnicutt said.
The Bloodmobile handles 8 donors
every 15 minutes. Citizens are urged
to telephone the local chapter office,
Phone 257 -M for appointment or con
tact Dan Huffptetler, recruitment
chairman.
Appointment cards have been
mailed to volunteer donors by Mrs. |
W. B. Thomson, appointment chair- 1
man. and recipients are urged to
return the confirmation card lmme- j
diateiy
The jftubiicity committee, headed
by Mrs C. T. Carpetttef. Jr. distri
buted pamphlets, "yotir chance to
^ave a life," in Grover and Kijjgs
Mountain this week urging citizens
to make appointment to donate
blood. Cards were mailed to donors
scheduled during the first trip of
the- Bloodmobile, thanking them for
their uift of blood and urging them',
to give again.
? The local blood program is a part
of the national program, which in
the firs, fiscal year collected blood
valued at 17 million dollars, saved
numerous lives, and aided many
sick.
"You may never be on hand to
save, a child from a fire or to flag!
a doomed express, but you have it !
in your power now to save someone
else's life. One pirn of your blood
and less than an hour of your time!
can be your gift of life to a man or j
woman or Child. You won't need to j
be on hand when the brakes scream, 1
or the flames tear, or the surgeon
goes to work ? your gift of life will j
be ready when it is needed. Give
your blood Tuesday." Mr. Hunnicutt
said.
LEGION PRACTICE SATURDAY
American Legion Junior base
ball practice will be beld at City
Stadium Saturday morning at
9:. 10. Ail- candidates for the team
are urged to attend the session.
Saturday Las! Ddy
For Registering
?
Registration books lot both the
regular biennial city election and
lor the bond issue elections of May
| 10th will be open for the final day
on Saturday of this week at the re
spective polling places.
While registrations have been
reported light during the past
three weeks, registrars reported a
slight increase in "busin?ss" last
Saturday, and they expect a great
er number on the final day. Per
sons not now registered must ac
complish registration Saturday if
they expect to vote.
Saturday, May 7. will be chal
lenge day.
Cancel Drive j
Receipts Grow -j
Mrs. J. H. Arthur, chairman of the
fund campaign for the American
Cancer society, reported receipts to.
date in the Kings Mountain drive
of $300.
The returns are incomplete and
Mrs. Arthur expressed confidence
that the local goal of $800 will be in
sight by the weekend.
plete the campaign thl#. Week. as
April is the month set aside for con
duct of the drive.
"The respond to the campaign j
has been generous," Mrs. Arthur j
said,, "and there is no reason to be- j
lieve thta the quota won't be met.
The proceeds are used to finance re I
search in an effort to' discover caus- j
es and cures for this dread disease."
Macedonia Holds . j
Dedicatory Rites
At special services last Sunday,
Macedonia Baptist church dedicated
new church chimes in memory of
Anne Clonlnger who was killed
when struck by ? car, and a mural
for the church in memory of F. L.
(Pete) Lynn and other service veter
ans of the church.
The chimes and mural were given
to the church by the respective fam
ilies and friends.
Delbart Byi^s, former Sunday
schorfl superintendent, gave the ded
icatory prayer for the chimes, and
Tom Smith, Sunday school superin
tendent, prayed the dedicatory pray- i
er for the mural. The pastor. Rev. C. ;
B. Bobbitt, presided.
Mrs. W. K. Mauney "Adopts" Greek
Youth Who Lost His Father In War;
Mrs. W. K. Mauney, 115 Piedmont'
Avenue, Kings, Mountain, N. C., has
"adopted" Theodore Kontopoulos, Sl
yest-old Greek boy, through Foster
Parents' Plan tor War Children, it
was announced yesterday by Mrs.
Edna Blue, international chairman.
American headquarters of the Plan
are at 55 West 42nd Street, New York
City, 18.
Since ha inception twelve years
ago, this organization has cared lor
more than 56,000 children. It is now
operating in England, France, Bel*
glum, Holland, Poland. Czechoslo
vakia, Italy, Greece and China, and
is helping children of 14 different na
ttonaUtles, without regard to race or
creed.
Foster Parents' Plan for War Chil
dren does not do mase-reHef, each
child, is treated as an individual.
"Adoption" Is financial, and carries
with it n^ obligations. The fos
ter parent merely promises to eontri
bute $15 monthly towards the child's
support, for *t least a year. In MK
turn, the foster par em* receives a
photog affh and brief history of the
child, and correspondence through
the Plan office Is enoouraged.
Before the war. Theodora Kontop
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"ADOPTED" SOW ? Sixmo <*xrr, is
Theodore Kontopouio?. bIm-tmt
old Ofwk lad who lost His fatiwt j
darla? flghtln? la Gqsoeo la 1M4. fta !
is aow th? -adopted" sob of Mrs. W.
1 Moaaoy. of Kiafs Moaatalm, who
"I hH . HIS *?*?
monthly p lyH^sM^o rTsa"tw*<W^ |
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i The Kings Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce will hold its annu
al ladies night banquet Tuesday
i night at the Kings Mountain Coun
try Club at f o'clock, with some 1(>0
Jaycees, their wives and guest> ex
pected to attend.
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! Feature of the evening will be an
I address by Joseph El i ts. a world
traveler and lectUrei , who was rear
; ed in Java and who Is a naturalized
.citizen of the United States. Mr. El
? lis was born in Bagdad. He tamo
to America as a seaman on a tramp
steamer, and received an A. B. de
gree at Duke university after study
there and at Lawrence college in
Wisconsin. He served in the army
during World War II. In connection
j with his address, Mr. Ellis will pre
| sent an" exhibit of curios.
Another feature of the evening
j will be installation of officers of the
organization for the coming year.'
Kush Hamrick, of Shelby, Jaycee na- i
tional director, will conduct the in- 1
I stallation. .
Following the program, dancing 1
will be enjoyed, featuring a new lo
cal orchestra led by Gene Timms.
Announcement concerning the pro
gram was made by Faison Barnes,
chairman of the committee on ar* I
rangements, which also includes
Wilson Griffin, Drace Peeler, W. S.
Fulton, Jr., and Martin Harmon.'
Dress for the banquet will be in
formal, Mr. Barnes announced.
Presbytery Pests
Mrs. W. B. Thomson was installed
as recording secretary and Mrs. Carl
Davidson as secretary of spiritual;
life and evangelism at the forty ?e<- !
ond annual meeting of the Women j
of the Church of Kings Mountain ;
Presbytery held at Lincoln ton last
Thursday and Friday.
The meeting Included addresses
I by Miss Virginia Allen, missionary
to Africa, and Mrs. S. H. Askew, At
j lama Bible instructor.
I Mrs. P. D. Patrick presented a Hfe
membership to Mrs. D. M. McGeachy
formerly of Bessemer City. Mrs. Paul
Mauney is Chairman of the central
di?trlct of the women's presbytery
organization.
Herald is Polling
Candidates On Bonds
The Kings Mountain Herald this
Mk oddniMd letters to all rim,
didates lor city elective oIHcm
asking their pooitlans on tho throe
bond Imum which the citizens will
decide at the special election on
May 10. .
Three separate Issues are to be
voted on: (1) >2504)00 lor sower
expansion and improvements. (2)
$50,000 (or water line extensions,
and (3) $50,000 for providing a
municipal stadium.
The Herald wrote the several
candidates: "Since the bond issue
election is the major campaign is
sue of the city election, the Herald
feels that the citisens should know
the positions of the several candi
dates in regards to them. We ex
pect to jMrtnt the answers of the
candidates to these questions and
will also be glad to print any ex
tenuating remarks they, or each,
might wish to make"
The candidates worn asked to re
ply not later than noon Wednes
day, May 4.
"Though the Herald has com
mitted itself to support of each
of the three issues, this does not
mean that the newspaper will cri
ticize any i? did ate who 1* mmHbs*
any one, or all of th* throe Issues."
said Martin Harmon. Herald edi
tor. "The Herald may disagree
with any person or fftep oil this
or any iesue. Tot. a* tho sanpe time.
It rooognlses the right of each to
his own honest opinion. The poll
of tho cMlidrtos Is merely an ef
fort to twisrai the U*tsenshlr
ef the forthcoming city
L. E. Davis Running
For Wdrl 2 Position
CONTEST WINNER ? Jean Lynch.
10th grade student of Kings Moun
tain High School and daughter of
Mr. and Mr.. Haywood E. Lynch,
won the annual Cleveland county {
Schoolmaster's reading contest held
at E. B. HamricV auditorium at
Gardner- Webb college last Friday |
nighLSha>r<s adjudged best a-'
mong six other contestants (or hei
presentation of "Afraid of the Dark."
She had previously won the right to
represent Kings Mountain in the an
nual contest by capturing the Ful
ton reading modal.
Many Jaycees
To Attend Meet 1
A iarge delegate.:, of Kings Moun. j
tain people will attend tht* annual
'convention of the Norfh Carolina Ju
nior Chamber of ?>m-p.i?rce which
convenes in Ashevllle May 5-7.
Prime interest of the King* Moun
tain group will a successful elec
tion campaign for Jacob Cooper,
past president of the :ocal organiza
tion, who is a candidate for the third
district vic?- presidency .
President W. S. Fulton. Jr., 'an
nounced yesterday that Faiaon Barn '
es and W. K. Mauney. Jr.. wili serve
as co-chairmen of the Cooper cam
paign commute?.
Delegates to the convention from
the local club are Mr. Fulton, Grady
Howard, Mr. Barnes and Ned McGill. |
Others planning to attend the con- 1
ventlon are Mr. Mauney, Mr. Cooper, ;
C. F. Thomaaaon, Jr., Drace PeeLer, 1
Ralph (Frosty) Spearman. Wilson
Griffin, Mrs. W. 3. Fulton, Jr.. Mrs.
Grady Howard. Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Falls and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hedden..
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Kincaid, Patterson
Out Foi School
Board; Myers Files
Races were assured for mayor and
1 Ui<? five city commissionerships
Wednesday.
The mayor's race became a t h re?; ?
man affair as Mayor H. Tom Fulton
filed his candidacy for re-election
j and Clarence G. Myers filed for the
j same office.
L.oyd E. Davis paid the filing fee
a* a candidate for Ward *2 com m Li
stener, opposing Incumbent Carl F.
Mauney.
Activity was also noted for the two
! vacant school board trusteeship*.
| Arnold W. Kincaid is seeking re
election as Ward 3 school trustee,
and J. H. Patterson filed for the
Ward 2 trusteeship. Mr. Kincaid paid
his fee on April 21. All the other can.
didates filed Wednesday.
Mayor Fulton's entry into the race
ended speculation on his candidacy.
There had been rumors and counter
rumors that he would, and would
not, run, since Former Mayor J. E.
Herndon entered the race two week*
ago. Mr. Davis h#d been mentioned
as a possible Ward 2 candidate, an<l
Mr. Patterson bad been among the
school board prospects.
Whether a race tor the school
board posts would develop was al
more fcOgfctWfity
m Sy?.s? 2 race than one in Ward
5. Mrs. Haywood Lynch told the Her
ald Wednesday she might offer for
the Ward 2 post
Most observers felt the race.s for
the six City Hall offices were set,
with the exception of ihe mayor's
race. There was still a strong possi
bility that George W. .A I ten would
enfer the contest to make it a four
man affair.
Mr Fulton, mayor for the past two
years, served on the city board in
19t33-34 and In 1939-40. He is a char
ter member and past president of
the Kings Mountain Lions club, a
Scottish Rite Mason, and a member
of Central Methodist church.
Mr. Myers is a Kings Mountain
sign-painter who has never sought
public office before. He was born
In Kings Mountain and has lived
here most of his life.
Mr. Davis is another Kings Moun
tain native, who is proiwietor of L.
E. Davis A Son, York road general
merchants. He is a member of Firs*
Wesley-an church and was formerly
superintendent of two Gaston county
textile plants, Carolina 'Manufaetur.
(Cortt'd on page eight)
Bond Re-Payment Schedule Given;
Heaviest Year Would Be 1951-52
The City of K.ng.i Mountain'?
bonded indebtedness at the end of
the current fiscal year June 30 will
be $325(000 and the heaviest debt ser
vice payment load ? in the event1
the three bond issues totalling $350,
000 are voted May 10 ? will oocur in
1951 52.
This is information gleaned from
anticipated repayment schedules in i
jthe files nt City Clerk S. A Crouse. !
According to these schedules,
1951-52 would be the first year the
city would ?tan. paying off the new. |
ly voted improvement bond* ? in
cluding $250,000 sewer bonds, $50,- j
000 water bond*, and $50,000 muni- 1
cipal stadium bonds. In 1951-52, the 1
city would pay off $36,000 in bond
principal including payment on both
present and proposed bonds.
City officials estimate that the
bonds can be sold at an Interest rate
not exceeding <hree percent and feel
confident that the rate would not
excised 2:T5 percent, possibly less,
?Repayment schedule on current
bonded indebtedness requires re
payment of $33,000 next year and
$31,000 in 1950-51.
U:^c: die tentative re payment
schedule, the stadium bonds would
ran tor 19 years wKh final payment
in 1968, the sewer issues would be
30- year bonds with final payment In
1990, and the waiter bonds would be
S?" bonds with final payment In
"Some citizens have voiced the
win plaint that construction eo^a
are now high arid it is a had time
for permanent improvements," Ma
yor H. Tom Ful-ton said yesterday.
"The estimates on construction were
compiled two months ago, as they
had to be, and h is our hope that
construction costs will have dropped
considerably by the lime bids are re
ceived and actual work begins. On
the basis of the present trend this
is a likelihood. From the standpoint
of selling bonds, it is an ideal time.
Many of the bonds previously issued
by the chy are at interest rates oi
from five to six percent. '
Following is the anticipated re
payment schedule of principal lot
the combined proposed -issues (inter
est payments are not included) :
1951-52 through 1954-55 - $8,000
annually.
1955-56? *9,000
1956-57? 410,000
I 1957 38 throtigh 1961 62 ? *11,
000 annually.
1962 63 through 1965-66 ? $15,000
annually.
1966 67 and 1967 -68 ? $17,000 an
nually.
1968-69 through 1974 75 ? *12,000
annually.
1975-76 through 1977 79 ? *14,000
annually.
1978-79 and 19T9 80 ? *L2,Q00 an
nually. .