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POPULATION
City Limit* (1940 Census) 6.574
Inir*diate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
VOL. 60 NO. 49
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, December 9, 1949
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Bulletins
? , CITY BOARD MEETING
Regular December meeting of
the city board of commissioners is
scheduled for Wednesday after
noon at 3:30. Mayor J. E. Hern
don said Thursday that only rou
tine matters are thus far sched
uled on the agenda.
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ATTEND DEDICATION
' ? Mr. and M*s.; J.^B.'Herndon and
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. \faune^will
? leave Friday for Jackson, 'Miss.,
where they will attend the dedi
cation service of a new Lutheran
church. Pastor of the church i&
Rev. H. B. Scheaffer, D. D., a for
mer pastor of St. Matthews -Li*'
thefan church here. At the service, ,
a statue given by the W. A. Mau
ney Family, of Kings Mountain,
will be unveiled.
CHURCH ROLL CALL
A church roll call will be con
ducted at Boyce Memorial ARP
church Sunday morning, it was
announced by the pastor. Rev. W.
I>. Pressly. The roll call of all
members of the church is a phase
of the church's participation in
"Church Loyalty Month" now be
ing observed throughout Kings
Mountain, Mr. Pressly said, and
all church members are being
urged to be present.
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Pupils }n Kings Mountain city
schools will put up their books for
Christmas holidays at the end of
Tegular schedules on Friday, De
j, cember 16, for a two-week vaca
tion, it was announced yesterday,
by Rowel 1 Lane, high school prin
cipal. School will be resumed on
Monday, Jtutiuury. 2. _ ' '
: Barno.s, superintendei^pi
chy schools, left Thursday to t
High Point where ha to attending
the meeting of the superinten
dent's division of the North Car
sMu-aswii association. The
meeting ends Friday.
; PARTY
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce and loy Theatre will col
laborate in bftorjlilC a Christmas
movie party for children <>n the
morning of December 24th at
10:30, it was announced this week
by Hoyle McDanlel, chairman .
thp. dfayooe Christmw activity
committee. Children under 1? will
admKlMpipivaOr an all-car
toon showing,- ? I1- ?% \
? v. crnr wto tags
A total of 96 persons h~ad pur
chased city auto tags for 1950 by
noon Thursday, Mrs. Ray Kirby,
assistant city clerk told the Ker
oWk-Smfc'ljflrs. on sale at the cus
'?mmi v iMi^.o( fLOO; are requir
ed to be displayed o.i auto.s by
?g|j?
Regular December meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 195, American
Legion, will be heM at the Hern
don "building, Off York Road, Sat
urday night. A barbecue supper
will be served at $1.38 per plate.
The supper will be served at 1
o'clock, with a hvisines s session
Tm&: WILDING PERMITS
Building permit was Issued on
Tuesday to Jacob Burrls for re
pairs and addition of a room at
residence on Tracy street, *800,
and to Mrs. Fred McDaniel, Jr., for
eoattrttctkm of a n^W-five-room
dwelling oi, Landing street, $4,
Lions Football
Banquet Advanced
To December 15
The annual football banquet of
the Kings Mountain Lions club,
honoring the 1949 high school team
and fetauring an address by Carl
Snavely, coach of North Carolina's
Tar Heels, has been advanced to
Thursday night, December 15, it was
announced this week by the pro
gram committee.
In a telephone conversation with
Dan Huffstetler, Mr. .Snavely ex
plained that acceptanoe-vof the Cot
ton Bowl bid by North Carolina con
sideraljil/ilteffed his plans and lher?v
r Members of the Grammar Grade ,
football teams earning letters for
tk* past season's play will receive
them following the ghowlng oi
movie* by Coach Carl Snarely at
the high school auditorium next
Thursday night it was announced
j yesterday.
was considerable question to to his
being able to be here on December
16, previously scheduled date.
A capacity crowd of 250 is ex
pected for the annual feter'includ
ing a number of out-of-town sports
writers and other dignitaries, in ad
dition to the honor guests. The af
fair will be at the high school au
ditorium at 1 o'clock.
Following the address by Coach
Snavely, he will show movies of
some of Carolina's 1949 games in the
high school auditorium. The show
ing is expected to begin about 8:30,
and will be free to the public, with
a special section reserved for mem
bers of the four football teams in the
Grammar school athletic program.
The Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club was expected to postpone its
meeting for next week pne night to
December 16, in order to avoid con
flict with the Lions banquet. A
number of Kiwanians customarily
attend the football fetti,-; .
C. C. Edens, ticket chairman, said
Thursday he had distributed many
ot the tickets t<) club members mat
kiu,: vatJoni/He asfcea oth'wfe
who have not obtained their tickets
to pick them up from. Mm. . .
Coach Snavely returned to North
Carolina from Cornell In 1945. Since
his return, his teams have, .won
three bowl blda, including this
year's invitation to the Cotton Bowl.
The 1949 team won seven of ten
game* ; ?' : ,
Coach Snavely 'expects to bring
with him either some team members
or another member of the coaching
staff, he told the program commit
tee.
Deadline Approaches
For L & M Drivers
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Only S more Thursdays are left for
Kings Mountain persons whose last
names begin with L and M to renew
their licenses to drive.
License Examiner, W. W. Wright,
who is in Kings Mountain on
Thursdays only, said that local cit
izens may come to Shelby but warn,
ed that they would "get in the big
rush" there also.
The re-issuance program for L
and M drivers began July 1 and ends
'December 31. AH persons apprehen
ded after that date with old licenses
will be subject to prosecution. Dri
vers whose surnames begin with N.
O, P. and Q. will renew their licens
es between January 1 and June 30,
1930.
"The ruch by L and M drivers has
started and will get worse as the
deadline nears," Examiner Wright
said. He urges all persons In this
group who have not obtained re
newals to tend to the matter asj
soon as possible. ?
His office is located at City Hall,
in the courtroom each Thursday,
and at the courthouse in Shelby.
METEM RECEIPTS
Parking meter reoeipts /or the
week which ended Wednesday to
I I '"TfjfUilT fcriwiitfM hi 1 1 Mil m i
at t. A. Crouee,
city clerk. ' .
ALL-CONFERENCE . >End Bob Jack
son, above, senior flankman (or the
Kings Mountain high school
"Mountaineers" this season, was
named this week to the Western
(Class A) all -conference football
team. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Jackson.
Red Cross Blood j
Program Outlined
Members of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday heard an infor
mative address on the Red Cross
blood program by Mrs. Marion
Ritzert, area Red Cross official.
Mrs." Ritzert described the advan
cement In scientific use of blood to
save lives and cited many examples
of the saving of- lives because of the
Red Cross blood program.
She said that some 200 donors are
required to get 100 pints of blood,
experience shows, and pointed out
that blood is made available at no
cost to the patient from Red Cross
blood banks the' nation over.
'The recent , wir taught us what J
blood is worth as treatment," she .
continued, and cited the case of a|
leukemia patient In Albemarle who '
cannotl ive unless she receives a
pint of blood every two weeks. An
employee of Firestone Mills in Gas- !
tonra, she reported, had received
some $4,000 in blood plasma throu
gh the Red Cross and is perfectly
well today.
In explaining the blood set-up,
Mr?. Ritzert said that whole blood
is maintained for 21 days. If not
used after that period, It is process
ed into plasma or other blood deriv
ative, One derivative, "albumen,"
is used in some operations to cut
danger of loss of life from shock, she
explained.
She pointed out theadvantage of
the blood bank arrangement for dis
asters such as the Texas City, Tex.,
fire and explosion, end for national
emergency. She said blood is used
to treat victims of radio-activity.
"We are still giving blood to Naga
saki victims," she declared.
' Tn the question -and-answer peri
od following he address, Mrs. RHz
ert explained that there is no pain
in the blood-giving process and that
995 percent of the few reactions were
mental, rather than physical. "A
guy sees the other getting pale and
gets scared. He faints and the pale
fellow laughs at him," she reported, j
, Mrs. Ritzert was presented by Mrs. '
?J. N. Gamble, Red Cross secretary.
Mrs. Ben H. Goforth had presented
Mrs. Gamble.
Phenix Christmas
Scene One Of BchI
Citizens of Phenix Plant of Bur
lington Mills, and passers-by, night- !
ly witness one of the best Christmas >
scene displays to be found in Kings
Mountain.
Perched atop a corner of the mill
Is Jolly Ok| St. Nick, about to des
cend a chimney, and on the corners
are huge Christmas candles. A
lighted "Merry Christmas sign
set high dn the building wishes
good cheer to aM in this Christmas i
season.
Shopping ish ItEmM To Hit
Fall-Swing During Coming Weekend
Kings Mountain merchants are
expecting a full-scale rush of
?Christmas shopping beginning this
Weekend, a j number reported this
? Though a oonsidera-hie amount of
Christmas buying hoc already been
4*0. It Km not yot reached the full
proportions of the customary final
IWU i-WVlii wftf wlR<
In addition to r'wd amount* of
Christmas merchandise, Kings
a loo have an op
portunity to buy so-called "regular"
merchandise at special prices.
Moat uptown departments stores
are offering pre-Christmas bar
gains in ladled ready-to-wear and
men's wear. J
There is no shortage of toy* and
wheel goods In Kings Mountain this
Christmas, as moot merchants
handling toys have expanded theit
inventories for this season. One mer
chant exptfed ft, "We're not ex
pecting to run out."
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laycees Say
Executive Needed
By City Full-Time
The Kings Mountain Junior Cham
ber of Commerce unanimously pass
ed a resolution at its Tuesday night
meeting which placed the organi
zation on record against "the action
of the Board of Commissioners of
the City of Kings Mountain in abol
ishing the office of City Engineer."
' The 40-odd Jaycees present heard
the resolution read by W. Fa i. son
Barnes and there was no discussion.
The resolution had previously been
recommended for adoption by the
board of directors.
The resolution follows:
"WHEREAS the Kings Mountain
Junior Climber of Commerce is an
otganizaiion which is dedicated to
the highest ideals of general com
munity welfare, one of the most im
portant of which is good govern
ment;
"AND WHEREAS we believe that
good government is theindividual
responsibility of every citizen and
every civic group;
"AND WHEREAS the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Kings
Mountain has seen fit to abolish the
Office of City Engineer and to sum
marily dismiss the present City En
gineer;
"AND WHEREAS we believe that
the government of our City is a siz
able and important business, hav
ing a budget of approximately $300,
000 annually; and that it would not
be sound policy for any business of
like size to be without a full time
executive head upon whom full re
sponsibility is placed;
"ANft WJ9EHAS we do not believe
that our ?lty government can oper
ate any more efficiently without a
full-time executive than could any
private business;
"AND WHEREAS the mayor and
the members of the Board *re not
full-time employees, but public of
ficials, who are not expected to de
vote full-time to City government;
"AND WHEREAS the action of the
Board will leave the City without a
f?tJf-Mme executive;
"AND WHEREAS we feel that the
action of the Board was hasty and
ill-advised and not in the best in
terests of the citizens of the City of
Kings Mountain;
"BE IT NOW THEREFORE RE
SOUVED that the Kings Mounaln
Junior Chamber of Commerce go on
record as opposing the action of the
Board of Commissioners of the City
of Kings Mountain in abolishing the
Office of Chy Engirteer; that we
urge the Board to reconsider Its ac
tion in the public interest and in -the
light of general public indignation;
and that copies of this resolution be
sent to the Board and to the Kings
Mountain Herald, with the request
that it be published."
Bloodmobile Visit
Set .For January 4
The blood program committee of
the Kings Mountain chapter, A
merican Red Cross, met Wednesday
night and completed plana for the
fourth vlait of the Bloodmobile here
on January 4.
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Woman's club on that date from
9;30 a. m. until 4^0 p. m., Harold
Hunnlcutt, -chairman of the blood
service program committee, The vis
it was finft scheduled for January
2 but was changed Thursday.
Remainder of the committee in
cludes Mrs. Mary G?forth, recruit
ing; Mrs. W. B. Thomson, schedul
ing; Mrs. Robert Miller, volunteer :
services; Mrs. E. W. Griffin, can- .
teen; and Mrs. C, T. Carpenter, Jr.,
publicity and information.
L. L. Benson, chairman of the
Kings Mountain chapter, was pres
ent at the meeting.
Also present weer committees re
presenting Orover, Beth-Ware, Pat
terson Grove, several industrial
plants and Davison school.
Mrs. Junious Haywood, Negro Ju
nior Red Cross chairman, also at
tended the meeting represetning her
division.
Purpose of the Red Cross blood
program is to collect blood and to
supply it to hospitals in the area toi
free Use by persons needing treat
ment or emergency transfusions.
Cost of adminjsttrtng a pint of
blood to a patient varies among the
many hospital* in the Charlotte
arss. lt his been noted, bat the
blood is always tree of charge^
Jaycee Resolution On Engineer
Matter In Error , Says Patterson
Merchants Set
Christmas Schedule
Christmas schedule for Kings
Mountain retail merchants was
announced this week by W. Fal
son Barnes, secretary of the Kings
Mountain Merchants association.
Mr. Barnes said the majority of
business firms would observe Sat
urday hours on the final* three
shopping days before Christmas,
December 22. 2d, and 24 and would
doe* on Monday. December 26.
The stores will be open on Decem
ber 27 and the morning of Decem
ber 28, but will resume the Wed- j
nesday afternoon half -holiday the I
29th.
Saturday hours means that de
partment stores stay open until
7 p. m. rather than the customary
5:30 closing hour, with grocers
Btaylng open slightly longer.
Final Rites Held
For Wreck Victim i
Funeral services were held at Sec
ond Baptist church Wednesday aft
ernoon at 4 o'clock for Pvt. Harry
Neal Foster, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John L.' Foster, or Third street, who
was killed in an accident near Ai
ken, S. C., early Monday morning.
Rev. B. F. Austin, pastor, and
Rev. W. H Redmon conducted the
rites and burial was in Mountain
Rest cemetery. Shelby National
Guard company had charge of the
military rites.
Pvt. Foster, who was stationed at
Camp Gordon, Ga., was returning .
from a weekend visit with his par
ents here. He entered service in.June
and took his basic training at Ft. 1
Jackson, S. C. He had lived in Kings
Mountain for 14 years. He was a na
tive of Gastonia.
Two other soldiers and four Ne
groes were killed in the accident
as two cats collided near the town
of Belvedere, between Aiken, S. C.,
and Augusta. Ga.
He is survived by his parents,'
John L. and Mattie Mae Bradley
Foster, one brother, Billie Ray Fos
ter, and two sisters, Mary Helen
and Barbara Jane Foster, all of
Kings Mountain.
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MYF To Give Yule
Program Sunday
At the evening service Sunday
night at 7:30, the Methodist Youth
Fellowship will present a Christmas
program. Under the direction of B.
S.- Peeler, Jr., the Youth Choir will
render a short program of Christmas
music followed by a brief devotion
al program led by the Intermediate
YQijth Fellowship. In conclusion, the
Senior Youth Fellowship will pre
sent a playlet, "The Other Wise
m*h," under the direction of Ml&s
Mary Belle Teague.
The young people who are to take
part in the play are: Patricia Prince,
Bill Allen, Barbara Gault, John War.
lick, Dickey Croker, Randall Wll
iiaihson, Reginald Murray, Dorothy
Smith, Bob Goforth, Joan Hayes, and
Walter Griffin.
Lighting effects and sound effects
are being aranged by B. S. Peeler,
Jr. In charge of decorations are Bar
bara Gault, Mrs. Baxter Payseur,
and. Mrs. J. C. McKinney, Jr.
The play will be presented Suhday
morning at 10 o'clock in the youth
chapel for the Senior MYF. Every
one Is invited to the evening per
formance.
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Walker's Name *
Is Projected
As Successor
City Commissioner, A. H. Patter
son, noting the resolution passed
by the Junior Chamberof Commerce
Tuesday night concerning the abol
ishing of the position of city- engi
neer, pointed out to the Herald
Thursday morning that the action
I of the board of commissioners waj
to relieve City Engineer Joe S.
Evans of his duties on December 31,
and that the action did not mention
abolishing the position.
Mayor J. E. Herndon said he had
no further comment on the matter.
The Mayor on November 24, had
given as reason for relieving Evans
that the board was abolishing (he
Job as unnecessary.
Commissioner Patterson went fur
ther in questioning the resolution,
by projecting the name of O. O.
Walker, former citizen, as a possible
successor to Evans. He did not. am
plify except to say he thought Mr.
Walker would be available for the
post.
Mr, Walker is currently employed
ir. construction work and is a vet
eran construction man, He was tn
the dry cleaning business here dur
ing the war, and was an unsuccess
ful candidate for mayor in the 1947
election.
Girl Scout Troop
Invested Sunday.
The Investiture service of Girl
Scout Troop 12 ? was held Sunday
night at 7:30 o'clock at the First
Presbyterian church. This troop is
sponsored by the Boyce Memorial
Associated Reformed Presbyterian
church and the First Presbyterian
church.
As "Onward Christian Soldiers"
was played the Processional began
led by the Flag Bearers and Color
Guards composed of Intermediate
Girl Scouts. They were Jean Arth
ur, Sara Houser, Judy Logan and
Derlce Weir, of Troop 19 First Bap
tist church; Ann Elise Stender, Bil
lle Gibbons, Kay Allen and Becky
' Blanton of Troop 4 Lutheran church.
Pioneer Girl Scout Area Director
Miss Fannie Funderburke, and Miss
Flo Stabler, Area Field Worker, were
followed by the troop to be invested
and their Leaders: Mrs. Dean Mc
Danlel, Mrs. W. L. McMacktn and
Miss Bernice Harrison, the troop
committee and Presbyterian Church
I committee. Also following were
Presbyterian Brownie Troop 32 and
their leaders and troop committee;
A. R. P. Cub Pack 4 with their lead
ers; Adult Girl Scout Executives,
Boy Scouts of Troop 1 First Presby
terian church were ushers.
Green horseshoes marked the pews
for all Scouters and committees. An
artistic arrangement of small yel
low chrysanthemums with green
foliage added to the beautiful set
ting for the service.
The Investiture Cef^roony ^vaa
conducted by the two ministers, Rev.
W. L. Pressly and Rev. P. D. Patrick,
and Miss Funderburke. Mr. Patrick
approached the altar and lighted -
the single taper before the Cross,
which symbolized the Church of
Christ. He then presented the Troop
to Miss Funderburke and Miss Sta
bler for the investiture. The troop
formed in the horseshoe position be
fore the altar, and Miss Funderburke
; lighted the three tapers in the three
: branched candelabrum from the
single taper. These represented the
three parts of the Girl Scout Prom
ise. As each troop member lighted
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laycees Seek Old Toys Per Needy;
Band To Make Collection Saturday
The Kings Mountain Junio
Chamber of Commerce, with the ak
of member# of the school band, wil
conduct a collection of offi toys Sat
urday in the annual Jayoee project
to make Christmas a happy one for
underprivileged children.
The collection will be cfty-wlde,
and the Jayceea are asking *11 citi
zens to place oM toys on their front
porches in order that they may be
picked up. Toy* that are broken
will be repaired by the Jayceea.
H. D. (Snooks) M<ft>aniel la chair
man of the committee conducting
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.he -drive.
"Old toys can bo repaired and re
painted so that they are as good
as new," Mr. McDaniel said, "and
we hope that the people of the com
munity will respond to this call as
they have In the pa*t."
Other members of the commit
tee include Ben Ballard, Fred Wea
ver, Bill Page. Dr. D. P. Hord, J. B.
Falls, Joe Hedden and Clavon Kel
ly.
The band members will begin col
lecting the toys at 9 ?. m. Saturday
morning. ,