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POPULATION City Limits (1M0 Cnuiu) 6J574 XBur.MUot* Ticrdlng Aim 15-000 (1945 Ration Board Figure.) VOL. 60 NO. 30 Kings Mountain. N. C- Friday. July 29. 1949 ? _ t 16 Pages ? Today PRICE FIVE CENTS For Bid Requests Soon V" * ' t? ? '? . Wayne Ware Is Named To Rural Road Body Local News Bulletins ORMAND REUNION The annual Ormand Reunion will be held at the Old Furnace near Long Creek church Satur day. Picnic dinner will be served on the grounds at 12:30 and a lar jge gathering of the clan is ex pected to attend. JAYCEE MEETING ' Regular semi-mohthly meeting of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held tat the Woman's Club. Tues day at 7 p. m., according to an nouncement by Grady Howard, president. WW CHIEF Cllne Barber, World War I vet eran and well-known Kings Moun tain man, has been elected com mander of Johnny W. Blackwell post 2268, Veterans of Foreign Wws. Tae election of Mr. Barber took place at a recent meeting, it was reported to the Herald. KIWANIS PICNIC Members of the Kings Moun "tar IClWttt fcltlbr ttnyir *miHes and guests, were to attend a pic nic ?t Oak Grove church Thurs day night at ,7 o'clock, according to announcement in the club bul letin. UNION SERVICE Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memorial A?P churph, will deliver the sermon at Sunday night's union service, to be held at 8 o'clock a_t Central "MethSodist church. PARTNERSHIP DISSOLVED Announcement was made Thurs day that the partnership of A. H. Patterson and C. E. Warlick, tra ding as A. H. Patterson Agency, general insurance agents, has been dissolved, and that the firm ls>now solely owned by C, E. War Hok. Also announced was a chan ce In firm name to C. E. Warlick Insurance Agency. LICENSE DEADLINE Kings Mountain business men and firms, which have not yet purchased 1949-50 city privilege licenses, are beinfc reminded that the deadline for purchase with out penahy will be the close of business Saturday, July 30. The law provides penalty of five per cent per month to a maximum of 20 percent for persons or firms ' falling to purchase licenses. LIONS MEET Members of the Kings Mountain Lions club heard reports on the recent International convention held in New York at the regular meeting of the organization Tues day night. Harold Plonk and E. E. Marlowe, who represented the local club, gave accounts of their , experiences at the convention. Teague Reunion Set For Sunday " - 1 ? - - ? i Unveiling of the Edward Teague Memorial and the annual Teague ; ?eunk>n will be held Sunday ' eordlng to announcement by R?V. J. L. Teague of Kings Mountain, pres , (dent of the clan. Ifce memorial win be unveiled at Munday graveyard, near I Taylors ville on Sunday morning, after an address by Rev. L. W. Teague The afternoon program will he held at Antloch Baptist church, 10 miles west of Taylorsvllls beginning .With a picnic lunch. Business and "round table" discussion will fea ture the afternoon program. Edward Teague, pioneer member ?of Antloch church, one of the first churches in that section of the coun try (established 1707) is the great, great grandfather of Rev. Teague. "Several oUhhr descends itCofflH Teague live in the Kings Mountain Cornwell Also On Bural Road Advisory Croup Wayne 'L. Ware and Tom Cornwell have been named by Joseph Gra ham, ninth division highway com missioner, to serve as an advisory commission for Cleveland county on j the construction of rural roads und er the state's forthcoming $200 mil lion program^ j According to announced plans of i Commissioner Graham for other I | counties of the ninth division, coun- j I ty advisory commission will be in- 1 trumental in selecting the roads! which are to be improved in the ru ral road program. Mr. Ware, prominent Kings Moun- j tain farmer and chairman of the] county's Production Marketing Ad _j_] The Associated Frw credited | Dr. Henry W. Jordan, chairman of j the stale highway commission, as Indicating that the rural road building program would g?t un derway this fall. The stony appear ed in Thursday morning papers. ministration, 'told the Herald that no procedures had yet been set up Cornwell had conferred with Com missioner Graham. They expect to confer with him in the near future. In general, rural roads expected to get first priority are school bus and mafl routes, according -to the announced intentions of Governor W. Kerr Scott, both in his success ful campaign for the gubernatorial nomination In 1948 and again in his successful campaign for the rural road bond issue approved 'in June. ?Both Mr. Ware and Mr. Cornwell of Shelby, were staunch supporters of the road bond issue, w^ich Cle veland County favored by a' two to one majority. I Cleveland County's share of the $200 million road bonds issue is $2, 766,000. The state highway commission has announced its intention to get the rural road-building program un derway by January 1, 1950, as soon thereafter as possible. ? DOG LICENSES City hall reports a dearth of purchases of dog licenses, which brought a warning this week from Chief of Police N. M. Farr. "We don*t wartt to be forced Into ano ther dog-Wiling drive," Mr. Farr said, "hut it will probably be necessary If more dog owners don't secure licenses." The dog I license requirement is a safety j measure, since tags are not issued j Ui.less the owner produces a cer- j ' tificate showing the dog has been ' j vaccinated against rabies. Hilton Bath Named lions Zone Chaiiman . Hilton Ruth, prominent Kings Mountain business man and active member of the Kings Mountain i ; Lions club, has been named chair [ man of Zone 7, LionsDi strict 31-A, I for the coming year, according to announcement this week. As zone chairman, Mr. Ruth will serve on the advisory committee of District Governor Paul L. Cashion, ! of North Wilkesboro, along with other zone chairmen, ?nd he will have direct supervision over the sev. en clubs in the zone, which include Kings Mountain, Cherryville, Shelby Forest City, Gastonia, Cliffside, and i Bessemer City. Deputy District Governor is David 1 White, of Shelby. Mr. Ruth first became a Lion at Rdfck Hill, S. C? in 1930. He affiliat ed with the Kings Mountain club when he came * here to manage Belk's "Department Store in 1940 and I has been an active member since that time, having served in various capacities of leadership. Currently, he is chairman of the club's pro gram committee. A past president of the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation* Mr. Ruth has also been identified ^th many charitable and public service community efforts, including a co-chairmanship of a wartime Red Cross drive. He is a member of First Baptist church. McMackin Opens Ibpfeam Center SBIWi McMackin, well krio^ Kings Mountain man, is announc ing this week the. opening of Royal Freeze Ice Cream Center, which has just been completed. The new establishment is located ! on East King street and is equipped with ultra-modern equipment and accommodations, with a full quota of parking space for the convenien ce of patrons. 'Royal Freeze Ice Cream Center is serving Coble dairy products ex clusively, Mr. McMackin said, and provides for its patrons b full line of ice cream delicacies, Including bundaes, milk shakes, bulk ice cream, malted milk, and other fav orites. The firm will be open daily from II a. m. to 11 p. m. ? s * ? . Homecoming Sunday At Second Baptist V, ? Homecoming Day will be held at Second Baptist church Sunday ac cording to announcement by Rev. B. F. Austin, pastor, who issued an in vitation for everyone to attend, es pecially all former members and former pastors. Rev. C. C. Parker, of Marlon, will deliver the sermon at the 11 o'clock hour and dinner will be served qn the grounds at noon/ Each group is being asked to, bring a basket. During the afternoon former pas tors will take part on tHe program and singing, featuring several quar tets and other singers, will high light the evening service. City Boaxd Denies Application For York Road Zoning Law^ Change Legion Committee Meets Friday Night Th?'2 mn n aollcitattoa romntit to* of Oils D. Oram Pott 155. A. mortem* lofton wiu Mti at City Hall Friday at T?30 to tf?. of th? teM b? Hoi Ward, The city board of commissioners, in special session last Friday, vot ed to leave the zoning ordinance "as is" thus closing out the books on the request of 1. T. McGinn Is to ? build a oarage on a lot in the resi dential area of York Road. ' The request of Mr. MCOinnls had aroused protests from a dozen resi dent* of the area, asking, that the zoning law nbt be changed. Though thebo ard bad tentatively approved the change at a meeting at June 24, It failed to Valkiate the nrVtnutes of that meeting at ? sub sequent Session/ following piweenta- i tlon of the protests. TJ?e un-approVed minutes of the June 34 meeting had inferred that the zoning appeal board had recom mended transfer of the York Boad lot to the Industrial *one. | Check <rf ?he minute* of the ap peal body (which tncHidee Hay. wood Lynch, chairman, M. A. Ware, (Cont'd o< t Page eight) Lions , Kiwanis Club To Co-Sponsor Show Two Civic Clubs To Collaborate | On Horse Show ?. The Kings Mou?-' will Jo'** " Hi ,.~c, indications ar ant\w will not be held 01 uabor Day this year, as has been customary in the past. One member of the committee suggested the possibility that the show might be i held on Wednesday, October 5 ? to closely approximate the anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain, to avoid the customary excessive heat of .Labor Day, and to avoid conflicts with several other large shows So tii JLlons President* Sam Weir, and Kiwanls President Byron Keet- 1 er expressed pleasure that the civ ic organizations are joining for this! project. . ' "If Is a large project which quires the support of both cl they said, "and it will insure a ger and better show. In additfa will enhance the cooperation ol two groups and should prove benefit to the community." Craitspnn Yams Gets Safety Award! Craftspun Yarns, Inc., has been ' honored by the North Carolina De- 1 partfhent of Labor for having done an outstanding Job of accident pre* ' ventlon during 1948. The firm was awarded the Labor ! Department's Certificate of Safety | Achievement, which was presented to G, C. Kelley,. division manager of the company, by A. N. Honbarrler, safety Inspector representing the Department of La<bor In the Char lotte district. The Certificate cites Craftspun Yarns, Ins., for having rolled up a conspicuous safety record last year ! and for work which "resulted in a i substantial reduction of accidents and the promotion of safer working conditions, thereby contributing to I the prevention of human suffering end curtailing economic waste." The safety award bears the signa tures of St Ate Labor Commissioner Forrest iH. Shuford and Secretary of Labor Maurice J. ToWn and was pre sented Jointly in the names of both the State and Federal Labor Depart ments. Mr. Honbarrler explained that the Certificate of Safety Achievement is presented to establishments which qualify in any one of the following three ways: (1) be reducing their accident frequency rates 40 per cent 'or more compared with the previous year; (2) by having an accident rate 75 percent or. more below the State average tor the Industry; (3) by haying a perfect record ot no time accidents do*? Craft?D*?- v !??? mtpec _ ??ia. icing ? perfect record, having a very low accident fate, or reduc ing th? rate by 40 per cent or more during ? single year show that both I (Cont'd on page eight) City Sweltering As Mercury Rises Kings Mountain continued to swolter Thursday, as it had for eight days, one o! the longest lo- . cal heat wares in recent summers. The "heat" was the chiet topic of conversation, and several busi ness houses were considering more favorably expenditures for air* conditioning systems. The thermometer at Fuller Mc GlU's Esao Service registered 96 degrees in the shade at 12:30 Thursday afternoon, but none had the nerve to move it out in the Ice man were working on the double, and cold ddnk dispensers were doing a thriving business. The weather man, meantime, was cautious about promising relief. "Cline" House Bid Is Raised The so-called "Cline" house, own- 1 ed by the city board of school trus- > tees,-,will again be ottered at pub lic auction on August 10 at 1 p. ih.. ! with the bidding to start at $700. Afficial notice of the sale, nec essitated by a raised bid, Is pub lished on Page 2 Section 2, of to day's, issue of the Herald. At the sale Saturday morning, Haywood E. Lynch was the highest bidder for the house ? which must \ be removed from the premises# ? at 1 a bid of $500. After the sale, Wray A. ( Williams raised the bid to $700. ?Under the law, a raised bid In ) sufficient amount requires another j auction. When the amount 'is over1 $500. an increase of five percent ov er the previous bid makes re-sale, requisite. ARP Improvements Virtually Complete Boyce Memorial AWP church has virtually completed a moderniza tion of the church edifice to provide an ehlarged choir loft, a sound proof house for the organ tone cab inet, and a session room for the board of elders of the church. The Improvement program also included purchase and installation of a new arid enlarged idt ?e cabinet for the organ, designed to Improve the volume, tone quality and per formance of the church organ. Re- decoration of the church au- , ditorium is *ch>duled In the near j future. The committee In charge of the ! Improvement program Included W. j S. Fulton, .Sr., chairman, B. D. Rat- j terree, N. F. McGill, Mrs. N. F. Mc- j "Gill, Mrs. J. E. Gamble, Mrs. I. G.} Patterson and Mrs. M. A. Ware. Local Unit Bids May Be Asked Within Month i The Cleveland County hospital hoard of trustees will be in position to ask for bids on a 24 -bed clinic for Kings Mountain within 30 days, Walter W, Hook, Charlotte archi tect, said Tuesday, after he and members of the board conferred with the Medical Care Commission in j Raleigh and received approval at j minor changes in construction plana. ; Also approved were minor chan ges in the plans for a 36- bed addi ction to the Shelby hospital, How ever, these plans will not be ready for about 60 days, Mr. Hook stated. I Attending the session Tuesday | with the Medical Care commission were L. Arnold Klser, receritly re ; appointed a trustee from Number 4 township. Chairman Earle Ham j rick, B. H. Hopper, and Herman j Beam, of the trustees board, Shelby hospital Superintendent Joe Ham rick, and Mr. Hook. Only minor changes from the ori ginal draft of plans were made for Kings Mountain. They Include* principally addition of more toilet facilities, location of the h<^itin<r plant, and parking space accommo dations. C. E. Neisler and W. K. Mauney, other Number 4 township represen tatives on tne hospital board, we* hot in town and therefore unable to. attend the Tuesday session with the Medical Care Commission. It is understood that the piano | must still get the approval of the state health department and the sti'te fire marshal, but the architect regards the plans in conformance with the requirements of these two agencies. . The clinic here will be located on property purchased for the purpose near the Kings Mountain Country Club. The plans have met federal and . state requirements which means that funds will be available from these two sources to supple ment local funds. Local funds are available from the bequest of Miss Lottie Goforth who left her estate for the purpose of building a hospi tal at Kings Mountain, from a coun ty bond issue, and from oth<>r pri vate gifts. Mr. Kiser said the maximum <x)Ht of construction of the Kings Moun tain clinic could not exceed S-S.000 per bed, according to state and f?*d- 9 eral specifications. Miss Friddle Makes Winthrop Honor List Miss, Mary Frances Friddle, at 'Kings Mountain, daughter of G. C Friddle and grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lackey, was among 124 Winthrop College students whe were distinguished for second se mester work during the 1948 49 ses sion, according to announcement dErom .the college at Rock Hill." Miss Friddle, one of seven NortSt Carolina girls listed, made "A" on all courses. A senior she had been distinguished one previous semester Textile Situation Seems Improved. Though Job Applicants Mount Here Bids On School fob ] To Bo Oponod Tuesday CoMtdwabb latMFHt on th* peart of contractor in the bidding lor contracts lor the propo? d addi tions and renovations of Wsst school has b son shown, B. It., lam superintendent of schools. saldlhbmdL Mr. SO? ? said both local and out-of-town contractors In largo . number hod visited tbs school of flco and the office of V. W. Breese. jrchltoct. to obtain plans end koedfication* for th? werit' . The hide are to he opensd by the eftf board of school itustose at It a. as. next Tnssdery morning, with contracts to be awarded to lane bidden. The heart of Irastess rseerres the right, howsver. to re ' Ject bids If they consider them Though Mrp. Mary B. Goforth, manager of the North Carolina Em phoyment Service office here, re port, ed an increase in Job applicants for the current month over July, ah* aaid yesterday she detected "some improvement" in the employment situation here. Mra. Gofonn evidently was re ferring to recent production pick ups in several textile plants, inclu ding principally the Sadie, Bonnie and Mauney Mills, In addition to longer work weeks for a number of other plants. In general, the textile production picture was still somewhat spottg here at a few plants. Mrs. Goforth said of 1,057 active Job applications in her files, about 75 percent seek textile employmeart. She reported the increase over die I previous month at 135. In the total (Cont'd on pege eight) ^
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