VOL. 61 NO. I
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, January 6. 1950
POPULATION
city Limits (1940 CMuus) 6.574
Immediate Tiadinf Area liMO
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
Pages
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Local New:
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FIHE PHONE 600 ;|i
Kings Mountain fire department |
telephone n'"nber, formerly 169. [
has been changed to 600 it was ,
announced traMMrtBitk.
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METER RECEIPTS
A total ofi $141.0^ was collect
ed from parking meters for the
week which ended Wednesdaj ac
cording to a report from City Hall.
CITY TAG SALES UP
Sale of city automobile tags
reached o05 Wednesday afternoon,
a large gain over, aales through
Uanuary 4, 19M9, when only 376
had been sold, according to report
of CHy Clerk S. A. Crouse.
CHILDERS HOME
W. A. ChUders,- proprietor of
Kings Moumain Tin Shop, re
turned home frorrt Shelby hospital
on Wednesday. He had undergone
major operation two wtaks ago.
His condltwn was reported much
improved, ? ?
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STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING
Annu^jl^hoiu' r ?' raptlng of
jmfc - Pi rat MwUona 1 Bank/Will be
held TwiiM|py afternooh . at 4
o'clock in the lobby of the bank.
Buslnesa will . include iMMft* for
the year and election
assumed duties
and used car
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Funeral aervtoes for Frank J.
Fry*- at Racine, Wis, father of
Milton Fryer of Kings Mountain,
were told In Racine Thursday af
ternoon. Mr. Fryer succumbed
Monday afternoon at his home In
IRacli*. He had been ?n Invalid
for a number of years.
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LEGION SQUARE JANCE
Otl* D. Cfreen Post 156, Ameri
can Legion, will sponsor a aquare
dance at the Legion Building off
: York Road Friday night, begin
ning at 8 o'clock. Muaic 'will be
v furnUhed by HarryicK't String
- .'Band and the public la Invited to
attend. .
LEGION BAHEECUE
Members of Otis p. Green Post
155, American Legion, will hold
a barbecue supper at the Legion
bu rk*n* off York Baad Saturday
night from 7 to 9 <raock, with a
short business session to follow.
Officials aire urging, a full attend
ance. 'Dinner wiHj be served at
$1^5 per pVate.
BREAKS LEO
t#*KWice Hope, Kings Moun
tain taxi driver, suffered a broken
Tuesday around 3. p. m.
in the taxi yard near Cooper's,
lrifc The car mov?|. ?|^fter he
had gotten out of Ms car to ans
wer the telephone and his leg
^Mftcaught In thl|pM^MK^|^
tempted to stop the moving ve
hicle It was rePOrt?l? jBggY
LIBRARY 8 TOBY KOUR
Mrs. Luther Cansler will, serve
as atory-teller and Mrs. J. L. Mc
Gill hostess on Friday afternoon
at 4 o'clock as the regular week
ly rtory-hour period at Jacob &.
Mauney Memorial Libia ry. The
period is desigtadfn Alt children
from ?hf- first hl-Wfh the eighth
M&k 0# ttTtte
ty ^tittrV p^ Estlimws
Last Bites Held
Fot G. E. Modena,
Retired Railman
Final rites were held Tuesday af
ternoon at 2 oViOck from Preddy
Funeral Home in Orang,e, Virginia,
for George Everett Modena, 75, who
died Sunday at the Gordonsville,
Vs., Community hospital after an
illness of six weeks.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Floyd T. Binns, pastor of Blue Run
Baptist church, of which Mr. Mode j
na, was a member, and Rev. E. T. j
Cox, pastor of Gordonvllle Baptist ;
church. Interment, with Masonic j
honors of the Independent Lodge ?
No. 338, Orange, Va., was In the'
family burying ground at Somerset,
Va.
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Born at Somersfft, Vaft, Match 16,
1874, he was the son of Benjamin
James and Elizabeth Gay Modena.;
He 9pent his early life- in Somerset1
<ind at the age of 16 took his first
job with the Southern Railway. He
later worked at Barboursviile, Va.,
and cftme to Kings Mountain in 1906
where he served as station agertt
for 34 years until his retirement in
1940. Following his retirement he
spent most of this time on his farm,
"Mountain View," at Somerset.
He was a member of FairView]
Lodge No. 339, A. F. and A. M.,.and
became a Shriner in 1924. He was
never married.
He lived aft Somerset witn a sister
in-law, Mrs. Alice Modena, two
nieces, Misses Eda and Addle Mo
dena, and a great-niece, Miss Helen
Modena. Other surviving nephews
and nieces include M. ?. Modena,
Somerset, W. ^Modent and C. E.
Modena. Washington, 9. S- W J.
Bradshaw, Lynchburg, Mrs. Carroll
Thacker, Charlottesville, Va., and
Mrs. W. J. CliriaWan, Jr., Fisherville,
Va.
Kings Mountain people attending
(the funeral were Cline Barber and
CHne Barber and Mr. and Mrs. Hun
MPs. Hunter T. Spearman.
lUwanls > OfuvMt
Has Busy Wtek
Byron Keeter, lieutenant gwerno^
of Carolines District one, Khvanis
International, has had a busy week
installing club officials of his dis
trict.
Among the men of clubs through
out the district installed as Kiwanis
officers this week was a former
Kings Mountain citizen, Thomas A.
Roberts, who was Installed as pres
ident of the Forest City club by Mr.
Keeter Monday night.
Other installation services con
ducted by Mr. Keeter this week in
cluded, TYyon club officers on Tues
day at noori. Hendersonviils Thurs
day ?t noon, and Kings Mountain
Thursday evening. On Friday Mr.
Keeter will conduct the installation
of officers of the Ashevllle club.
FORMER CITIZEN DIES ? George
Modenc, for 34 years Southern Rail
way agent here, died this week at
his home at Somerset, Va. >fr. Mo
dena was well-known and popular
citizen here. K? was 75 years of age.
B. & L. Dividends
Total S19.501.90
. shareholders in. Kings Mountain's
two building and loan associations {
received year-end, semi-annual di
vidends totaling $19,501.90, accord- 1
; ing to reports this week from the two I
institutions.
Shareholders of Home Building &
Loan association received $11,550.
J 06 divided as follows: on fullpaid
: stock, $6,684.06; on optional savings .
, accounts, $3,257.34; and on install- j
; mcnt Shares, $1,608.08.
mrot shares, $1,10051. _ , -ft .
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Patrol Swap Moves
Wooten To Canton
W. R. Wooten, state highway pa
trolmahtj?m,|*an? erred to Canton
effective January 1st and W. D. Saw.
y*r, formerly at Canton, has come
. to Klnga Mountain it was announc
I ed this week.
( Transfer of Officer Wooten, who
came here about a year ago, was
made at the request of Canton citi
zens it was stated.
Officer Sawyer, a native of Way
nesvHle, is married and has one
i child. He plans to move his family
tfl Kings Mountain as soon as possi
ble. .
WOW INSTALLATION
New officers of the Kings Moun
| tain Woodmen of the World and
Woodmen Circle will be installed
; at a covered dlah supper at the
Woman's club next Tuesday night
at 7:30. The installation will be
j conducted by T. P. Lail, of Shelby,
1 district representative. The meet
j ing will be in the upstairs ban- j
quet room. ; ,
Weathers' Retirement Announcement
First Major Action Of 1950 Season
The election year of 1930 was
opened with a surprise in looal cir
cles this week as Seate Senator Lee
B. Weathers, of Shelby, four- term _rer
preservative of district 27, announce
?W? he .vould not be a candidate for
reelection, nor would he seek the
11th district Congressional seat for
which he had Men mentioned fre
quently as a possible candidate.
Though the Thh senatorial dis
trict la not strictly a county mat
ter, Including also Rutherford and
McDowell, It had much Interest lm
Cleveland, where th# voters are get*
tinsLrfady to ch oo? a shatiff, coro
uwm; eciuttto :
mumj uuinw? inwrmwa ? m i
SentXttV* M?'#?'9fi|nil nMiNMy,
in addition to thHr ?har? of the vo
ting In ^hooding two (J. 8. senators
and a ik-* Congressman.
Most of the Incumbents In the
cex?^KBp^^Sefe|*^^t^ to
offer for re-eleotlon. including Sher
iff Hugh A. Logan, Clerk of Court
Wfijflt A. House?, CafOitor Ollle
Harris, Solicitor Bynum Weather*,
Representative B. T, Falja, Jr., and
Commissioners Awlv Brsckeft, Zeb
Cline and Henry McKlnney
Kings ^fountain will probably al
j so have some candidates In the field
tfiKlpiinal office* in'^MHwn'
one now held by Ollie Harris. Hal
Ward is interested in the sheriff's
race, and another reported interest
ed is Haywood Allen, formerly chief
doputy and son oflrvin M. Allen, a
former sheriff. Mr. Allen now live#
in Shelby, but was reared in Kings
Mountain.
Kings Mountain attorney Faison
Barnes is also reported interested in
one of the elective offices, either
as solicitor or as state representa
tive.
J In his statement published Wed
nesday, Senator Weathers said he
would no* seek re-election at the ex
?/iniiMiMMMr. He also told
ithsittnwlri, 'fgiwji iistialslw faflm
; have always been mighty nice to
me, and if I ean be of further ser
vice at any time, 1 hope they will let
i me know."
"Although retiring from politics,"
Senator Weathers said, *1 shall con
, tinue to devote my anerf ?ts and in
' f luence for the good of our great
state. T shal.' always strive as a prl
i varte cttizen to stimulate harmony
and unity among our people. This is
needed now more than ever. Dis
1 cord and group prejudices could de
stroy much of our aopomplishment
and defeat our 'Go Fortvard' pro
?Mm: " '
Charlie Falls
Rites Conducted !
Here Thursday
Funeral services were held at'
Central Methodist church Thursday !
morning at 11 o'ciocK "for "Charles I
Boyce Falls, Sr., 72. of Gastonia, ;
Rings Mountain native, who died
Tuesday afternoon around 4:30 at
Gastor? Memoiial hospital, Gaston- :
la, of a cerebral hemmorrhage he]
suffered 10 days previously.
Rev. J. H. 3rendall, pastor, con- J
ducted -the services and burial, with |
full Masonic 'rites by Fairview Lod- i
ge No. 339, of Kings Mountain, fol-J
lowing in Mountain Rest cemetery. :
Mr. Falls was reared in Kirgs;
Mountain and in 1932 moved to
Lumberton. He came to Gastonia in i
1946. While in Kings Mountain he
operated wholesale and retail oil !
companies and was a contractor and
farmer. He and his wife, the former
Sarah Susan Huffstetler, celebrated
their fiftieth wedding anniversary
in 1946. I
He was the soc of me late Regina j
Goforth an<J Uooert G. Falls, He was I
a memoer oi Clvestnut Street Meth-j
odlst church, Lumberton, and St. j
Albans Lodge No. 114, A. F. and A. *
M? Lumberton.
Survivors include his wife, three !'
sons, A. B. Falls, of Kings Mountain,
C. D. Falls, of Lumberton, and C. B.
Falls, Jr.. of Gastonia; three daugh- j
ters, Miss Vera Falls, of CroasviUe. j
Tenn., Mrs. Lawrencp Mears, of Em
erson, and Miss Ruby Falls, of Gas
tonia; two brothers, W. O. Fails, c4
Kings Mountain, and Phillip Falls,
of Bessemer City; 22 grandchildren i
and five great-grandchildren.
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Maimer To Bead
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W. K. Mauney. Jr., will head the
annual March of Dimes campaign
Incumber 4 township, according to
announcement made this week.
Proceed* from the March of Dim.
es campaign are used ' for the relief
and tilfctmem of victims of polio
and for research In determining
cause of polio and Improvement of
treatment techniques.
Number 4 Township went all out !
In gifts to the tund last year, far
exceeding its quota.
Mr. Mauney, general manager of
Mauney Hosiery Company, 1 a a past
president of the Lions Club and has
an active record in aiding, and sup
porting community charitable ven
tures. v ??
Chief Parr's Father
Succumbed Tuesday
Funeral services were held at Tra
verlers Rest. S. C., Wednesday for
W. M. Parr. 75. father of N. M. Farr.
chief of t*ie Kings Mountain police
department, v*
Mr. Farr died Tuesday morning 1
around .10 o'clock of a heart ail
ment.
Among Kings Mountain people at
tending the rites were Grady King,!
H. Tom Fulton, P, D. Fulton and R. !
O. Hord.
Gastonia Highway
Tar Get Dual Lane
Highway Commissioner Joseph
Graham, in an interview with
Lee B. Weathers of the Shslby Star
on Tuesday. re-iterated a, state-,
ment of several mouths ago in
which he had stateefc-commission
plane far making the Kings
Mountain . Gastonia highway ?
four-lame read.
V In tke statement. Mr. Graham
was quoted as listing the project
for launching is 1950. provided
approval could bo obtained from
federal authorities.
.. Federal highways arc coastruc
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state and federal government.
Mttiin ef a double lane to the
eight-mile stretch would Improve
ene ot North Carolina's meet heav
ily teMTWyed and meet dangerous
LIONS TO MEET
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Lions club will be held
at the Worrwn'i Club next Tues
day night at 7 o'clock. Mrs. W. T.
Weir will address the Club on the
cubleet of "Communism." it was
announced by Hilton Ruth, pro
gram chairman.
HEADS KtWANIS CLUB ? Hugh T.
Ballard. superintendent of Park.i
Yarn Mills, was* to be Installed j
Thursday night as president of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club for
1950.
Rites On Sunday!
For Sgt. Long
Final internment rites for Staff
Sergeant Wintield Vr Long, 25, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Long, of
Fioyd street, will be held at Second
Wesleyan Methodist church Sunday j
at 2 p. m. with full military burial ,
at Memorial Park, Mountain Rest
cemetery, to follow.
. Rites will be conducted by Rev.
Eugene Wall, of Cramerton, and
Rev. Floyd Hollar. The body, which
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NOTICE I
All members ?( ths vrw '
American Legion posts asm urged
l?t 1 o'ctesk Sunday to attMi Mfl
ymrui s?t wwn,..,
Memburj are urged
arrived in Kings Mountain Thurs
day, will lie in state at the church
for one-half hour prior to the ser
vice.
Military services will be conduct- !
ed by the K frigs Mountain. National
Guard company and members of
the Vetwars of Foreign Wars and
American Legion posts will serve
as honorary .pall bearers.
Sgt. Long was killed August 1,
1943, during a raid over Polesti oil
fields in Romania. He was serving
as a tailgunner on a B-24 bomber,
at that time based at Alexandria,
Egypt. H? entered service in May,
19*1.
He is survived by his parents and
one brother, Clifford J. Long, of
Kings Mountain.
Evans Engineei
With Road Body
Joe S. Evans, Jr., former chy engi
neer, ha us accepted a position with
the State Highway commission as
one of fhe senior project engineers
in the ninth division.
Mr. Evans has begun his dtuies.
He said he expects to be assigned
principally to road-building proj
ects developing out of the state ru
ral roads bond issues.
ORDINATION SERVICE '
IRev. L. C. Pinnix, pastor of First
Baptist church will conduct an or
dination service at Temple Baptist
church on Sunday evening at 7:00
O'clock, according to announce
ment b>' the pastor. Rev. W. F.
Monroe. Oscar White and T. B.
Yarboro are to be installed as dea
cons of the Temple church. Rev. T.
W. Fogleman is to fill the First
Baptist pulpit at Sunday evening
services. vV-i . ... .
Work To Begin
On Anival
Oi Materials
Construction pt the Kings Moun
tain hospital will begin as quickly
J delivery assured.
i This means that the 24- bed gen
eral hospital here will be complete-!,
| or nearing completion about No*
vember l, 1950, according to "W. K.
| Mauney, county hospital truttess
?and treasurer of the Kings Moun
tain unit.
Mr. Mauney said Thursday morn
j ing that the policy would be to get
materials on hand before construc
tion began in order to speed the
building program without delay.
All necessary details concerning
bonds of successful bidders on thv
contracts have been Completed, he
added, and the contracts call lot
completion of the J^b within 10
months after construction is begun.
Crosland Construction Company,
general contractors on the project,
notified Walter W. Hook and Asso
ciates, arehftect, on January 2, that
it was ready to begin work a*'
quickly as the necessary materials
are assembled, or their delivery as
sured.
The new hospital, a completely
modern one-Story building, will be
built on a tract off W. King Street
lying between the Kings Mountain
Country Club and Blackmer and
Company.
Total cost of the construction is
to be approximately $234 X>00, with
one-third of the amount to be furn
f ished by ;he' federal government,
one-third., tor the state, and the re
maining *hfrd by the cpunty. Citi
zons of th* county voted a ? 00.000
boftd JssOt iei*ewtl y ear* ago fbr the
building of a hospital here and for
improvements or flfe Shelby hospl
tal.
First Basketball
Games On Tuesday
Kings Mountain high school ea
gets are scheduled to open the 1950
basketball slate Tuesday night at
Optral Gymnasium against teams
j Tri-'High, of Caroleen. Plr^t
game is set to get underway at 7
o'elock.
The Mountaineers, completely de
| pleted of experienced players by
graduation of seven of last year's
starters, will be banking in 1949 re
serves and "B" team graduate*
'Johnny Kiser, Steve Jones and
Fred Tarte will provide what little
height the Central boys will pos
sess. Richard White and Jimmy
Kimmell will probably make up th?
rest of the starting five, according
to Coach Don Parker.
Other players out for the team in
clude John Warlick, Carl Moss,
Charles Shytle, Jim Cobb, Albert
Brackett and Charles" Mauney.
The girls team is also reported to
be hurt by full -scale graduation of
jthe 1949 regulars and Cach- Mabel
! Carpenter will also be depending on
reserves this year.
Coach Everetto Carlton has been
working out his "B" team boys and
the group includes several prospects
that might see varsity action this
season.
CRANFORD RE SALE
Re-sale of the home site and
adjoining property of the late Z.
F. Cranford will be conducted at
th site next Thursday morning at
10 a. m. Originally bid off at t!7,
000 by Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Hern
don. the property is now being
offered at auction again after A.
E. Yarboro raised the bid to $1R.
375.
lgs Mountain Citizens Donate
Pints Oi Blood For k***
Kings Mountain area Citizen* do
nated 85 pints of blood at the Wo
man's club Wednesday In what Red
Cror-s officials termed "a successful .
vl$k" of the bloodmoblle.
"the total far passed the 36 pints
donated t on the third visit of the!
Charlotte regional blood recrutting
unit on Sept. 8, 1919. Blood collected j
here on previous visits totaled 73 '
i>ints on Nov. 5, 1948, flrsf visit of
the unit, and 83 pints on' May ,3,
1949.
Blood collected from almost daily
vlarijs to points in the Charlotte area
is processed and Stored for free use
in area hospitals by patients need
ing blood or derivatives.
Quota for each visit of the unit is
100 pints
"The Red Croes expresses it's ap
preciation to Kings Mountain area
donors and to everyone who had a
part in the successful visit of the
bloodmoblle Wednesday," Harold
Hunnicutt, chairman of the blood
service program, paid yesterday.
Another visit of the bloodmoblle
Is scheduled in about four months