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POPULATION City UmiU {*.'>40 Ceow^) S.S?? Immsdla'" T?<idmg Awa iSJM (1945 Rqtioa Soard F^yjffca) 14 Pages Today VOL. 60 NO. 22 Kings Mountain. N. Friday. June 3. 1949 PRICE FIVE CENT;? Bond Issues Saturday Local Share Of Bond Proposals Listed Should th? state school bond is sue be approved in Saturday's vs ting, the Kings Mountain school district's share" would be approxi mately $50,000. Superintendent B. N. Barnes said the city district's share would be around 11 percent (based on num ber of pupils) of the county share of S449.52S. Passage of the rootd bond Issue of $200 million would allot to Cle veland county $2.7?5S.OOO for rural road building, according to .the election bill' passed by thy 1949 General Assembly. Legion .. Juniors Play Heie Friday Kings Mountain junior bas<*taa!l team is scheduled (?> meet fi.iffney. S. C.. juniors in a return gam** in City Stadium tonight (Friday) at 8 p. m. in the final practice game of the season. Kings "Mountain defeated Caff nev last Friday rrighi in the South Carolina city by a score of 7 to "2. Coach Everette Carlton's nine was to face the Waco high school nine in City Stadium Thursday aiternoon in another practice affair. Friday night's game will give Coach Carlton his last look at the field of candidates before reducing the .squad to 20 players. ' Admission for the game will be 20 cents for students and 40 cents tor adults. Homecoming Sunday At El Bethel Church Annual homecoming will be ob served Sunday at El Bethel Metho dist ?hurch with a full day of ser vices and ditjner on the grounds. O.-Wr Morris will teach the Men's Bible class at 10 o'clock, and Rev. E. A. Bingham, the pastor, will preach at the regular 11 o'clock services. Dinner will be served beginning at noon, and a song festival begin ning after dinner will include ren ditions by the Four Macs, of Beaver Dam Baptist church, the B & M quar tet of Shel-by, the Carolina Melody Boys of Kings Mountain. ?ind a trio from Kings Mountain's Second Bap tist church. First Wesley an Revival Underway Rev. R. C. Mullinax, president of Central College, Central, S, C., is conducting revival services at First Wesleyan Methodist church here, it was announced this week by the pastor. Rev. J. \V. Phillips. ' The special series of services be gan Wednesday night and will con tinue through June 12. Mrs. l^eroy Posey, of Gastoma, is the song leader for the revival' seri es. L. P. Stowe To Attend Westinghonse School ; L. P. (Skimp) 3towe, of Stowe Ra dio Service, announced this week : that he will attend the Westing house television service school to be , held in Charlotte Wednesday. Mr. Stowe has attended several ! arhools conducted by other manufacj turers. He ia associated with Westren Au to Associate Store In the televisions business. . j First Television Set | Sold Last Saturday Henry S.. Huffstetier, of Cherry ville road, purchased the first tele vision set sold in Kings Mountain last Saturday aooording to L. P. Stowe, of Stowe Radio Service, -who sold the set. One of the pioneers of tnis section, Mr. Huffstetler thusly becomes ? "pioneer" in the modern field of televiaed-photos. Me purchased a 100-inch table mo- ! del General Eieotrkf model. ORADOATED Five Kings Mountain ^udents \were among the 77 receiving dipt? omaa at Gardner- Webb junior col lege at commencement e*ercises ; last Friday. Jhey were lidward Campbell. Joseph McDaniel. John ' Roberts, Jim Spivey, and Dwlght. Ware. Roberts was awarded the j J. D. Huggins citizenship medal ' for scholarship and leadership Legion luniois To Open Season Monday Night Kin?*? Mountain America n Log inn :]utiior baseball ie?m Ls scheduled ;o start the. 1949 season elimination sch e d u ieh ere-.in C-Uy 3:adiiiir M..r\ day night against the. Tay^or-iviiie juniors. Ga-m?\ time is 8 p. m. The opening game is to-lv. -?ptin -or ed t>\ the k'j'.,: ; MOuritain J'mror Ch<imlJer of Commcwv and o-n >f the largest crowds in recon: junior baseball history i.>* expec.rd to at tend. In the event the Monday night game is rained our the .opening night cer^moiiveff Will be held Tues day night when the locals are sche duled to face Fore.st City's junior nine in City tcadium at s i?. tn. In the third of four games sched uled for the Kings Mountain team during the first week, the local nine, is billed to meet Shelby there on Thursday, June 9. Charlotte is sche duled to come to the Kings Moun tain home field for a game on Satur day, June 11. Coach Everette (Shu) Cariton has announced that he will carry sever al players from Bessemer City on the team. The Bessemer City Legion post is not sponsoring a team this TUESDAY "LADIES NIGHT" Officials of the Legion athletic committee hare announced that Tuesday night will be "Ladies Night" in event Monday's opening night ceremonies are not delayed ; by rain. AU ladies will be admited free to the Forest City game as guests of the dub. In ease the Monday night contest is rained oat. opening night ceremonies will take place Tueedtay aigbt and "Ladies Night" postponed to a la tor daw. year and players from that<citv may, according to the rules, play with fhe team closest to their legal residence, j ? With a possibility of five pitchers, all righthanders, on the 20-man team roster for the opener. Coach Carlton was set to look over at least ! rwo 1n yesterday's tThursdavl prac (Cont'd on page four) Ciowd Heard Highway Chiei \ ? "As long as our wealth is spent on our own people, you can't lose," Joseph Graham, ninth division high way commissioner, told an audience of some 250 persons at Beth ware school auditorium last Friday night. Occasion for Mr. Graham's ad dress was a rally in support of Sat urday^! state- wide bond election which will determine whether the state borrows $200 million for rur al road building and $25 million lor school building construction. Commissioner Graham reviewed the history of the state and declared that the state had seen three great visionary governors in the past 50 years, Ayoock, Morrison, and Gard- ; ner. "The .latest visionary is Kerr Scott," he continued, "and his is the greatest vision of all. His program is better schools, beUer roads and more electrical facilities and more telephones lor the rural people of the state." The speaker cited the great grow th of the state following the Morri son road program and added, "If we miss this chance of taking advan tage of Governor Scott's vision, we'll be 40 years getting out of the mud." j He said the contention of citizens ' against the bond program ? that the | state would have f293 million to spend on road-building during the (Cont'd on page four) *>i I Ltlj flV JAMES HKRNOON criAi(L.CS NE1SI.?B Students Gettting College Diplomas A number of Kings Mountain col- ; lege seniors have received diplomas during the past week, or will re 1 celve them at graduation exercises during the forthcoming week. Receiving diplomas Monday at ! Salem college were Miss <Emelyn !<HlU*pIe afta STisVmh^eS Sum- ' mers, while Kings Mountain grad uates at Davidson exercises Monday 1 were W. Earie Myers, Charles A. Neisler, Henry P. Neisier. and James E. Herndon, 'Jr. Miss Betsy Toiieson received her diploma from Woman's) College, WSUNC, on Monday. A morig next week's graduates will be Meek Carpenter, University of North Carolina, James Throneburg, Duke. Ben H. Goforth, Western Carolina ; Local Poppy Sale Sets New Record J i . Kings Mountain citizens p.iid $280 ' for 2,000 poppies in the American Legion's annual Poppy Day sale on' Saturday, according to joint an nouncement by Mrs. Hal D. Ward and Mrs. J. R. Da vis, co-chairmen of . the sale. Lt was the largest sale in the his- j ' tory of the event, officials reported. ; Winning prizes as leading poppy . salesmen were Hallic Ward, first, ' Cornelia Ware, second, and the team ] of Cynthia Plott and Marilyn Tess- j ener, third. "The Legion Auxiliary is deeply appreciative of the fine coopera- j it ion given by the public in th1s< year's sale," the co-chaijrman stated. 1 "All of the money will be used for rehabilitation and child welfare rwork. Some of it will be us<ki .to cheer hospitalized veterans, while j the rest will go ro local child wel- j fare work ? aiding children of vet- j erans locally, where need occurs."; The local auxiliary has been as- ' sighed seven veterans at Oteen. i The co-chairmen also stated ap- . preeiation to all those who assisted in conducting the sale. LEGION FISH FHY Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri can Legion, will hold a fish fry ; Saturday night at 7:30 at the I Trout Olub. Price of the dinner | will be $1 for trout, and $1.50 for catfish or ehtcken. Election of of i ficers for 1949-50 will be the chief business of the meeting. Argument Over Marble Game Ends In Death For lO-Year-Old Negro A 13-year-old Negro boy, James. Daniel Wingo, was to appear before) Juvenile Court Judge E. A. Hous- j er. Jr., in Shelby Thursday afternoon to face a rmirder charge in connec tk?K with the death of an ll-y??r. ! oid playmate Monday 'Ight around j 10:30 p. m. after an argument over a game of marbles. Joe Falls Russell, of West Ridge street, died of internal injuries and shock after a flM-#igh( with Wingo. Cause of death was given by Cle veland county Coroner J. Ollic Har- 1 rls as internal injuries and shock.' Wingo had hit thf* slain boy in the ' stomach during the fight and the! blow resulted in the death of the j youth, Mr. Harris said. j Kings Mountain police investigat ed t**e death. Tli ; two boys were playing marb les under a street lamp near the RidSfe street "Negro Baptist church according to police and Russell re portedly picked up the marbles and] ran. Wingo caught him and began beating him with his fists. Russell j was dead when a doctor arrived at | hi* home a short tun? later. i Teacher's college, and Nelson Bridg [ e?s, Georgia Tech. Miss Summers, daughter of Mr. j and Mrs. Frank R. Summers, \vas a warded the degree of Bachelor of ! Music in voice. While a student at i Salem, she has ?been a member of The Ctigraj Ensemble. Der Deutsche Verein of Which she was secretary, the Home Ci lurch Choir, and the Ex. ecutive. Judicial and legislative Boards of Student Council. This year she served aa house president of Strong Dormitory. Miss Summer.-: studied voice under Paul Peterson, head of the Salem College voice de parcment. She gave her graduating recital earlier this .spring. Bcfo.c coming Salem as a junior ir. Union Services To Start Snnday Rev. J. H. Brendail, pastor of Cen tral Methodist church,' will deliver the sermon at Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday night, in the first of the annual summer series of union services sponsored by five Kings Mountain churches. The service will begin at 8 o'clock. Participating in the series, which will continue through Sunday, Sep tember 11, are the following chur chesr First Baptist, St. Matthew's Lutheran. Boyce Memorial ARP, Ficat Presbyterian, and Genual Me thodist Following is the schedule for the summer Sunday evening series: June 12, Lutheran, Rev. W. H. Stender; June 19, First Baptist, Rev. W L. Pressly; June 26, Central Me thodist, Rev. P. D. Patrick; July 3, First Presbyterian, Rev. L. C, Pin nix; July 10, ARP, Mr. Stender; July 17. Lutheran, Mr. Brendail; July 24. | First Baptist. Mr. Patrick; July 31, j Methodist, Mr. Pressly; Aug. 7. First Presbyterian. Mr. Pinnix; Aug. 14. ARP, Mr. Brendail; Aug. 21. Luther- j an, Mr. Patrick; Aug. '28. First Bap j tist, Mr. Stender; Sept. 4, Centra; Me- j thodist. Mr. 'Pinnix; Sept. 11, Presby terian, Mr. Pressly. Lions To Fete Ladies Tuesday Some 200 Lions, their wives and other guests are expected to attend the annual Ladies' Night banquet of the organization to be held at the high school cafeteria Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. Feature of the program wi!l be "Magic and Mystery," a show by A. R. Thompson, of Charlotte. Hilton Ruth will serve as toast - master, and Sam Stalling* w'H wel j come the ladles, while Mrs W. B. Thomson will respond. M. E. Stan ton will conduct a prize drawing. Invocation will .be led by T. A. Pol - j lock and Dan Huffstetler will lead group singing. Special music will be furnished by th#> SIsW Misr Barbara Gsult will t>'?y dinner music. ' 1917, Miss Summers attended %lari- 1 ' on Junior College Miss Gillespie, daughter ol Mr. i ? and Mrs. B. W. GilLe?pie, received an ! | A. B. degree in economics and socio- ? ; logy. This year she has been editor- ' in-chief of the college yearbook, a ' member of Uie -Order of Scorpion, the j May Day commktee, the Student council legislative board and nomi ? jiarlng committee, feature editor of ; the Salemite. president of the Span- ! i sh club, librarian of the Choral En- ! semble, member of the President's; iorum, the orchestra. Early Morning Moravian choir, l/atin club, perma nent .president of the senior class, ' ' -nd feature girl. The iast honor went . (Cont'd on page fou*-> j Camp Scramboree I Set For Saturday ? A Scramboree for all Girl Scouts j in the Pioneer area ? Ga.?ton, Lin-' ;coln and Cleveland eounties ? will be held at Camp Rotary in Gaston j county Saturday, June 4, and Open House for the public will be held on I Sunday, 'June C. Saturday will be devoted to clean - ! ;ing up the camp Jn preparation for ? the Open House and for the 11th ! camping season which opens June J 20. Girl Scouts are asked to be at I the camp from 9:30 to 4:30 Saturday I for the Scramboree All adults'in the Pioneer area are ! invited to attend the Open House i j Sunday from 2:30 until, 5^30 p. m.; | The pool will be open for all who! ' care to swim. Visitors will be shown I around the camp by Pioneer area j officials. School, Road Proposals Total 3225.000.000 Mountain v.-\ a wtlj g ? to :h>> pon.s itga'rt ^-?-.*tril,iv t?vo ing their North 0.i>rn\;? n-'iyliWipi'a in voUttsj dti twv, .v. j'c baiiii is*ai?' pro|)> isals tot j I in;? Thi* voters wilj cam >.\n or ho b.tl loi-? >.til these qiHNt i'lt Shall ill.* --tji,- txurois $2 v 0(V),(V)o fof aiding the eo'iniies to huU'l schools? . . . Shall tin* sijiie. harrow 0.*U)00 'for rurr? r;*>a I construc'son? Should the load bonds he vo!od ? oiio-cent' Inefe t*-'!* I?> s'trtie j; ? ? ta\ vvi'.l go into cited. Aii precincts will op.->v. at t3 ?"*? > a m and oip.se at tt'3tl p. in. West King* Mountain voters will oast their bal lots at Victory Chevrolet Company, j* ; i ri Ka?n Kings Mountain voters will cast their ballots at City Hail. Though much more interest ha.i been evidenced concerning1 the bond election for the past week, veteran political observers here art' predict ing a light vote, principally bas<Mi on rh*. thesis that citizen* don't gel excited until |>er*ona!ttie* tire lint ed on the !>3liot.s. However, a olosr vote i? !>eing predicted, particularly in the West Kings Mountain box The rUral population is considered st/ongly pro-bonds, and the majority of them vote at the West Kings Mountain precinct. Considerable publicity from both sides has been filling local mail box e* all w?k. Band Group Names Kincaid Arnold W. Kincaid, Ward 3 school trust**, was re-elected president of ?the King* Mountain school band as sociation at a moetine Inst Friday night conducted in conjunction with a public concert. Other officers named were: ^Ih-i \V. G. Grantham. vice-president ; Mm Hal D. Ward, secretary: Mn Paul Mauney, treasurer; and J. H Patterson, Mrs. <1. H. Arihur and Mrt Hunter Neisler, publicity directors Th.* association also adopted rec ommendations of a special commit tee. which makes it's hoard of dire-' tors includo the association officer: and one member each from al! of the city's civic and service organi'/a tions. . , The band concert.' which featured a number of popular and aem? classical selections, was describe*) as one of the best given by the school band. Band members wore new uniforms and accessories?, and it was announced that the hand wa.-, purchasing a bass clarinet, a barf tone horn and four French horns. IV livery is expected before the end of school. METER.RECEIPTS A total of $144.98 was collected from parking meters during the past week according 10 rej?ort by City Clerk S. A. Crouse. Funeial Bites Foi Ed W. Bridges. Plane Crash Victim, To Be Friday Funeral rite* for Edgar Wiley ; andfje.'i, J7, well 4c now; j Kings' Mountain man who was kilted in a! plane crash near Hendeiisonville on} Tuesday afternoon, will be held Fri- ? day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Pleas ] ant Grove Baptist church near Fail* ton, with interment following in the ; church cemetery. Mr. Bridges' body was found in the j wreckage of his single-engined plane atop Sugar Loaf Mountain late Wednesday afternoon. His family and brother, Paul Brid ges of Shelby, became alarmed Tuesday night, when the crash vk- j tim failed to put in appearance on t the last leg of his trip returning j Member* of the VTW and A merican Legion planning to at tend the funeral of E. W. Bridg 9*i at Floaaant Grove church Fri* day afternoon are being requested to meet at Hanrtt Funeral Horn* | at Ij30. from the Memorial Day auto races, at Indianapolis. He had taken off from HendersonviHe . Asheville air port at 3:23 Tuesday afternoon. In vestigating officials thought the ; I crash occurred ie&$ than an hour la- 1 ter. The fog was d??nse when Bnd ges took all, IltMidvrHonvilie author ities reported,' and t>u* plane wai found ioss than six miles from the airport. Mr. Bridges; had bef-n a citizen of Kings Mountain for the past three years. A native of Ciev?*iand coun ty, he was born and reared ne'ir Kallston, and was a member of the Pleasant Grove church. He was man ager of Bridges Auto Parts Here and a veteran of World War II, having served as a technician, fourth grade in the 467th engineering maintena.T ee company from March 1944 to De cember 1945. He was overseas tor nine months He was an aotive mem ber of the VFW and American l-e gion. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Gertie Wright, four sons, Bob by, Carroll, Ruben, and Dennis Brid ges, two daughters, Joanne and Brenda Bridges, three brothers, Paul Bridges, of Shelby, C. L. Bridges, For est City, and J. P. Bridces of Ch??rry vlHe. and a sister, Mrs. James Cost ner of Shelby. Also surviving is hif, mother. Mrs. Sallie Norman Bridge*, of Shelby. He was a wn of the Vate W. C. (Cont'd on page four)
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