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Pages T j da y Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 5. 1950 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS ? Rhyn* colteg* Acapalla choir. will slug a special : at Si XattiHWi Lutheran church Sunday ultwuoou at 4:30. Th? public is invited to Bulletins MBTEB BECBKPTS Parking meter receipts for the week which ended at noon Wednesday totaled $165.68 ac cording to a *epor$ from City Clerk S. A. Grout*. ANNUAL BANQO?T The annual Junior - Senior Banquet of Kings Mountain high echool wlil be held at Cen tral ' ediwl ^ahfterta Iftrtday night, beginning at 8 o'clock. ! A. A. MEETING The Kings Mountain group of Alcoholics Anonymous will hold an open meeting on Thurs day evening, May 11, at sight o'clock in the Fellowship hall at First Presbyterian church. The public is Invited to attend, It was announced. ':.S : ' ON HONOR BOLL Sue Seism, of Kings Moun tain, was among the 88 Gard ner - Webb college students who made the honor roll Cor the second Mx weeks of the current semester, according to announ cement from the school regis fro* * LEGION SUPPEH The menu for the^regular Sat urday night supper of Otis D. Green Powt 155, . American Le gion, will feature fried chicken, according to announcement this week. Sapper wHl be serv ed from 6:30 to 9 p.;ip^ > ; V WINS CONTEST t' Clarlflse Smith, of Kings Mountain high school, was first pl?ce winner in the recitation division of the annual Lenoir - Rhyne college Forensic contests held at Hickoiif April 28. Miss Smith, reciting the Teli-'flaJe Heart,5' won a gold medal a&u S30 scholarship to the college. TO Attend convention '?C Dr. L. T. Anderson, Kings Mountain,, ehira praetor, will attend the annual North Caro lina Chiropractic convention to be feek* at the Sedgefield Inn. Greertshoro.ililay 12th and 13th. Dr. Anderson said hie office would be closed whdle he i* at tending this convention. ' ". The cut-oil ii being made so that tho department can ro place several primary wires la the west-^de areo. The department scheduled this work for last Sunday aft eidoon bat the noon storm of that day knocked out so many transformers that the crows wore kept busy getting them hack into operation and did not get to ti^seheduted Job. _ Watterson Bites Held On Monday f Funeral services for Franklin Grady Watteroon, who died at his home on York road Sunday after- j noon after an illness of several weeks, were held Monday at 4 p. ni. at Central Methodist church. Rev. J. H. Brendall officiated and burial was in Mountain Rest. Cemetery. ^ ' - Mr. Watterson was a native of Kings Mountain and was. the son of the late Noah F. Watteraon and Soma Ida Goforth. He was employed at Crawford's Market. Survivors include Ms wife, Mrs. Lorna Williams Watterson four daughters. Miss Louise Wat terson and Miss Betty Watterson, of the home, Mrs, Charles Dick, of Ooiumfcus, Ohio, and Mm. E. Car lyle West, Of Charlotte, one son, Grady Watterson, jr., a brother, Charles K. Watterson, of Char lotter, four sisters, Mrs. M. M. Barber, of Chattanooga, Tenn., Mrs. Jessie Klser, of Charlotte, and Mi*. L A. Hoke and Mrs. M. H. Biser, of King* Mountain, and five grandchildren . Active pallbearers at the serv ces were Marvin Goforth Hall Go forth, Clarence Carpenter, Wilson Crawford, Harold Crawford and J. Pat Tlgnor. A dinner-dance will feature regular monthly ekib night ac tivities at the Kings-. -Mountain Country Club Saturday evening according to announcement lee terday by Claude . Hambright, chairman of the committee on arrangements. Dinner wlil b? served at eight o'clock; with dancing to begin at 9 o'clock. Frank Trevaithan and his orchestra will furnish music fox the dance. College Choir To Sing Hen The Acapella Choir of Lenoir Rhyne college, Hickory, will pre sent a concert off sacred music at St Matthew's Lutheran church on Sunday afternosn, May 7th, at 4:30. The choir is under the dlrec tion of Professor Kenneth B. Lee, head, of the Iviuaic department of Lenoir Rhyne The program will include: "Miser icordias Domini," Du rante; "Come, Let Us Sing To The Lord," Schvedoff; "Echo Song," Di Lasso; "Awake! (Die Melstersin ger)," Wagner; "God's Son Has Made Me Free," Grieg; "Even ing," Dyson; Tune Thy Music To Thy Heart/" Rowley; -Alleluia;' Thompson; "O Day Full of Grace,' Weyse; "Built On A Rock," Und eman ? Christiansen; "Welcome," Christiansen; "Lullaby on Christ mas Eve," Christiansen; "Wake, Wake," Nicolai - Christiansen. The public is invited to attend this program. ' Club Golfers Hit Hntherfordton Next Kings Mountain Country Club golfers are schedule to face the Ruthcrfordton County club golf team in a match over the Ruth erfordton course Wednesday aft ernoon. . * All club golfers desiring to make the trip are urged to con tact Buck Press] ey, club profes slonal, as soon as possible. The Kings Mountain team had an off-Wednesday tills week as the other tour teams hi the Pied mont Golf Association loop were playing. , BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were issued \$t City HaH "this week to W. A. Childers, on Wednesday, for addition of a room, $800; to S. T. Cooke, on Monday, for ad dition of two rooms, (900; and to R. O. Hamrick, on Saturday, for construction of a new five ;?m dwelling on Linwood road, cost $2,500. An error was noted in a permit Issued on AfirH 14th to Fred Wright, jr.. Mr. Wright secured a permit to construct a large storage build ing at his Mock yard on South Cansler street, rather than an addition to his home Pinnix Accepts Call Of Church At Drew, Miss. ? 1 i Rev. L. C. Pinnix, pastor of First Baptist church since November 1944, announced from the pulpit at evening services Sunday that he was resigning th$ local postor ate to accept a call to the Baptist church at Drew, Miss. The congregation accepted the resignation with 'regrets. Mr. Pinnix tendered his resig nation, effective June 4, and said he expected to move his family to their new home soon thereafter. The Drew church is a 'large ru ral church of 722 members, and Mr. Pinnix's acceptance of the call to this cnurch enables him to return to his native .state. Mrs. Pinnix is also a native of Mississ ippi. Mr. Pinnix came to Kings Mountain as pastor of the local church from Jacksonville, N. C., where he had served for six years. He had previously served as as sistant pastor at a Baptist church in Burlington I?r two years, fol lowing liia wmptetion of teal ninir at the Baptist seminary in Louis ville, Ky. During Mr. Pinnix' tenure as pastor in Kings Mountain, the First Baptist church has shown much progress. It numbers some 630 members and is currently ma king a large addition to its edu cational plant. Precinct Heads Chosen Satnxday Kings Mountain Democratic precinct meetings were as quiet as customary Saturday, as only a few persons ?M*Nusd.-4o help choose precinct committee#; ; Principal change was at East Kings Mountain precinct, where Ollie Harris was elected chair man, succeeding Martin Harmon. Others elected at East Kings Mountain were Mrs. Humes Houston, vice-president. Otto Guyton, J. E. Mauney and Faison Barnes. At West Kings Mountain, J. K. Willis- was re-elected chairman: Others named were Mrs. J. N. Gamble, vice-chairman, Hugh Or mand, H. B. Jackson and Martin Harmon. ? A precinct committee was elec ted for the first time at Beth Ware, where a precinct was re cently created. J. W. Watteison was named chairman. Mrs. La mar Herndon, vice-chaarman, and other members elected were J. C. Randall, H. A. Goforth and Lamar Herndon. . All the precinct committeemen are expected to attend the Cleve land County Democratic conven tion fit. the courthoum; in Shelby on Saturday afternoon at two o' clock. D. Z. Newton, Shelby at torney, will make the keynote ad dress. Principal business of the convention is to name delegates to the state Democratic conven tion to be held in Raleigh on May , r'^ut fr?" \. *> "-*4;* i'J j >? Methodist Plan To Honor Mothers . i , > . . tww" 9m *6 .. *. youn^sst smo thers present at mornirg services on Sunday, May 14 at Central Me thodist church, will receive spe cial gifts, it was announced by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Brendan. A; the special Mother's Day service, theoidest mother present Mil w orchid , and the youngest mother will also rccelve a gift, Mr. Brendall said MAT QUEEN ? Jean Cash, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. David E. Cash, was crowned May Queen at the annual May Day program presented at ths high school gym nasium Tuesday night Miss Cash was also winner of tho Schoolmaster** modal in tho county-wide reading contest hold rocontty at Gaxdner-Wsbb col t3M Attend | May Day Bites | More than 1,300 persons over flowed the high school gymnas ium Tuesday night tor the annu al May Day program presented by the girls' physical education classes, under direction of Mrs. Hill Carpenter. Theme of the program was "American Holidays," expressed through special dances by vari ous groups. The program opened with the crowning of Jean Cash as, the 'TJueen of May," with Kelly Wea ve. -doing the narration The dances and activities por trayed New Year's Day, St. Val entine's Day, Washington's Birth day, St. Patrick's Day, April Fool's bay, Mardl Gras, Easter, May Day, Ihdependence Day, Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Participants in the program were Gay Bennett, r.aid-of-honor, Joyce Allen and Doris Dixon, flower girls for the queen, Grace Connor and Jimmy Belt, train bearers, Andfls Grants, crown bearer, Dianne Limerick, flower girl tor maid of honor, and Gene KZofcJitteld. Attendants and escorts were: Nora Jane Deese and OlUe Har ris, Ma*hie Miller and Dickie Webb, Frances Sisk and Houston Smith, Marcelen Spake artd Del vin Huffstetler, Faylene Falls and Harold England, Barbara Gault and Richard Whke, PeggyClonln ger and Bill Allen, Rheta Gamble and Billy Shytle, Ruth Dettmar and Roy Moore, and Cornelia Gantt and Grady Tate. Concert Member Drive Underway -Jjf ? The 9helby Community Concert association is conducting its an mial membership campaign dur ing this week and A. A. Powell, president of the organization ex tendsjlo aR Sfrtdente of Kings fountain and vicinity * oordial invitation to become members And attend teh series of concert attractions by world-famous ar tists to be presented in Shelby during the coming season. Mrs. W. B. Logan and B. S. Peel er, Jr., are local chairmen for the drive and membership cards may be obtained from them during this week only. Members may At tend all concerts to be presented In Shelby as well a? those given toy other Community Concert or ganizations sud> - ?*- Gastonia, York, Hickory, Gaffney, and oth ers during next season for the membe-*hlp fee of $6.00 for adult* and $3.00 lor students. 'our outstand ing concert attractions will he -pMmted in Shetby next season according <o Mr. Powell and the auditorium Is already over one half sold out. Kings Mountain res flMfiMwa, therefore, urged ?'IB contact Mr? Logan or Mr. Pee! ?r#|^Wlt?|U>Ie in order to seats tor the Wo memberships wf!l be avail - able after the campaign closes pa Saturday afternoon and no tic *m wiH be sold for Individual ifrjP, ;>V;, Postal Economy Move Effects Are Listed Changes at the Kfftgs Mountain ixxstofftce as a result of the recent economy order of Postmaster General Jes9e R. Donaldson In clude, in addition to suspension of twice- a -day mall deliveries, several other changes in opera-* tlon at teh poistofflce. The curtailment order resulted in separation of one substitute employee and forced consolida tion of . the. three city carrier routes into two routes. In addi tion, one service window was clo sed and, most of the time, one clerk serves both a stamp window and the parcel post window, Post master W. E. Blakely said yester day. Revision of carrier routes means that Carriers Wiley Bianton and Stokes Wright now are regular carriers on all the deliveries to business houses and homes. Ro bert Lewis (Luco) Falls, who had been handling the third city route, now serves as a-substUute for both the regular carriers two days a week, and spends his re maining time handling parcel post. Mr. Blakely said that the cdty carriers are now making a prac tice of "goihg straight through", with stopping for lunch. All mall of the once-a-day delivery is us ually delivered by 2:30 p. m. Mr. Blakely said. A recent visit of postal inspec- . tons resulted in an order, Mr. Blakely said, to cut the local1 postofflcfe's use of substitute time i by one-third. This visit, he added, | was scheduled prior to the recent ' economy order, and is a policy i the department is following in : all second class postoffices ttrrou ghout the nation. As to the financial effect of the 1 several econrny moves on the part ! of the postoffice department, Mr. ! Blakely pointed to the expenses of the local postoffice for clerk hire during the past fiscal year ! <$10,037> against theestimated I expense for clerk hire for the cur 'rent fiscal year ($7,670.). "The postoffice here hos receiv ed few complaints on the chang es," Mr. Blakely said. Softball Group To Meet Monday All organizations wishing to sponsor aoftbal teams in a Kings Mountain league this summer are urged to send a representa tive to a meeting scheduled for City Hail Monday night at seven o'clock. Representatives from three or ganizations who are going to sponsor Softball teams in Kings Mountain this summer met at City Hall last Monday night and organized the KJngs Mountain Amateur Softball Association. The new group is seeking teams from industrial plants, civic clubs or churches and planer are to form as many leagues and types of leagues as entries warrant. The association was formed on plans similar to <hose used in surrounding cities where much in treat is shown in the recreation al sport. There is a possibility of an eight-team industrial loop and a civic club-church loop with ?os sfbilities of tfie same number of entries, a spokesman (or the or ganization said. One man from each team will serve on the association's board of directors and that body expects to adopt by-laws at the meeting Monday nicftt. RE-ELECTED ? Paul Mauney, a Jbore. wai re-elected commander of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Legion, at the annual election held Tuesday night at the Legion Hall. Legionnaires Re-Elect Manney Paul Mauney was re-elected commander of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Legion, for the coming year at. the regular meet' Ing of the organization held at the Legion Hail Tuesday night. A large number of members attended the meeting and heard a report form W. L. Plonk, athle tic officer, oh Junior baseball In addition to the .annual election business. Other officers elected were: Vice commander - ? James Hou Adjutant-Wames Bennett. Chaplain ? F. R. McCurdy. Sgt-at-Arms ? Bruce McDanij Historian?Charles English. Executive committee ? t Gladden, T. W. Grayson, Wa. Reynolds, Ralph Spearman,' Hubert Aderholdt. Finance officer ? Fred Haith-i cock. Officers are to be installed at' the next meeting, which is just before the annual state competi tion, ito be held this year in Char lotte in June. Thirteen Cases Heard In Court Thirteen cases were heard Mon j day aternoon in regular session ' of City Recorder's court. Judge W. Faison Barnes presided. Six defendants were convicted on charges of puolic drunxenness and one, C. 1'. Green, of Hock Hill, a. C., was sentenced to serve days in jpil. Probable cause was lc-..u a gainst Wood row Koberis, iib-yeax old Kings Mountain Negro, whp was charged with larceny of an aucomotme and he was bound ov er to higher court for trial. Fred Wright, who was charged j with violation of the county and j olty septic tanK ordinances on ! warrant signed by W. G. Stall - irvg.s, had prayer for judgment continued and was ordered to pay costs. The warrant charged non compliance on a tank installed .at 106 North Sims street. Gaither Theodore Propet was found guilty of illegal possession of whiskey for beverage purposes .and was ordered to pay cost*. I Joseph Fishbeln, of Orlando, iFla., forfeited a $50 bond on a charge of speeding 70-75 miles per hour. James Bamhardt of Gnstonia, was fined $25 and coats after con viction on charges of driving without an operators permit. Peter L. Donah us. of Monks Corner, S. C., forfeited a $25 bond on a charge of speeding 55 miles *r hour loyle "12 Long" On Estimate Di Census In Herald Contest A. C. Hoyle, of 418 Cher&kee St., is the potential winner of the King* Mountain Herald'* census guetntng contest far (he City of Kings Mountain. ? Mr. Hoyle estimated that the I?lty1i population would be 7,183 which is only 12 persons "Ion?" Ion the unofficial population co/nt 'this week. While the counting is completed, Mr. Hoyle (or the ? ventual winner) will have to a wait report of the official figure, before receiving the $15 winner's of honorable men still txrwible winner* fwoduce lation would total 7,154, and Lloyd Phifer, of Route 1, Kings Mountain, who guessed the city would total 7,135. Orhera reasonably close to the unofficial total include: k John H. West, 6315. A. B. Prince, 7,212. 1. D. Jones, 7.250 J. P. Miller, 73?. . Gus B. Hartsoe, 7,344. v Mrs. Gal lie Lanier, 7,400. Mrs. Hal 8, Plonk, 7/430. Paul W. Ledford, 7,432 Mary AMce McD^niel, 7,443 Mis. Frances H. Word, 7,541 The Herald is hokHutf all esti mates of ?H persona Who entered i the contest untw the official tally ' is reported, and the check will he mailed the wiimsr t?med istely [thereafter. At 'iA xr Figure Shows 9.08 Percent 1 lump Over 1946 Tlu> unofficial 1950 population of the City of Kings Mountain is 7,171. This figure was reported Wed nesday by Dorus Blalock, crew leader for Number 4 Township, who said that counting in Kings Mountain is completed, except lot re-checking the figitfes. He emphasized tiuJT the total is unofficial, but added 'hat the figure is not expected to vary greatly. Kings Mountain thus shows a net population gain during the past decade of 597 persons or a percentage gain of 9.08 percent. The figure fell far short of es timates made by a majority of Kings Mountain citizens, who felt the population would total' U least 8,000. The final unofficial total, however, bears out the pre diction of Mr. Blalock last. week when he said Kings Mountain "would be pushed" to reach 7,000, This fttgure, of course, was safely topped. Optimistic Kings Mrtuntaih cit* izena were not alone in their mis taken estimates, for most cities were finding that their popula tion gains were not as great a* they had anticipated.. Mr. Blalock said it is possible the Number 4 Township tov?u would be available by next week. All vensus-taking work has been completed in the Kings Mountain area, but some returns are yet to be completed in the Earl area, which splits Into three townships. ? Mr. Blalock also gave a break down of teh city's population. toy voting wards. . The figures are: Ward 1?856. - j * Ward 2?1,226. Ward 3? 1,161. . <? Ward 4?1,757. Ward 5?2,171. Comparable figures on the 1910 census-taking job were not available, but the great lead of Ward 5 was not surprising, due to the great amount of resident ial building which has take i ? place in this area during 'past 10 years. Ward 5 is bounocu by Waco Road onu t ehrtorth, the Southern Railway tracks on the east, and the city limits on the west and south. The area includ es Crescent Hill, a new residential development, and other setJtions J Which have attractd home build ers. . . Jaycees Hold Ladies Night Some 125 Jaycees, their wives and guests crowded the Country Club dining room Tuesday night for the fifth annual Ivadies' Night banquet of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce. Fun and frolic was the theme of the event, as Rooert Fatton, ! Burke county school superinten dent, kept the crowd in uproarous laughter with a humorous ad dress, and as other participants on the program conducted their tasks in humorous vein. Charles Thomason, Jr., served as toast master. Special recognitnon was given Jacob Cooper, western district vice-president and former presi dent of the local club, who was presented with a plaque as a tri bute for service by Grady How ard, retiring president, to Dale Gratolll, of Cherryville, who aid ed the Kings Mountain club In its recent presentation of Jay cee Minstrel of 1950, and to Mr. Howard himself. Joe Hedden made the presentation to Mr. Gra (Cont'd on page eight) Bloodmobile Here < Again On Tuesday ' The Bed Cross Bloodmobile will return to King* Mountain on Tuesday for an all-day visit ia which Bed Cross officials hope to obtain a minimum of 100 pints of blood from volun teet donors. Coords to volunteer donors ore being moiled this weekend ur i ging tUut visit the Bioodmo bile unit, which will be set up at the Woman's Club, from 10 cl m. to 3:30 p. m. Experience of the blood badt officials Indicate that tome 250 volunteers are required to ob tain 100 pints of blood. " "Meed given through the Bed Cress Mood program is saving lives dally not only throughout the nation, bat hem at bouse." , Mtarold Hunnlcutt. chairman of the local chapter's blood pro gram sakL he urged Kings Mountain people to support the program .