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(1945 Rqtioa Soard F^yjffca)
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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)
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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)