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Population
City Limits 7.193
(Final Unofficial Census 1950)
Immediate Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
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VOL.61 NO. 37
Sixty-First Year
Kings Mountain, N. C.. Friday, September 15. 1950
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Survey Indicates Textile Wages
In Kings Mountain To Be Raised
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Local News
Bulletins
HOBD AT CONVENTION
Assistant Postmaster George
Hord Is In Washington, D. C.,
this week, attending the Na
tional Postal Supervisors con
vention.
YARBHOUGH TO HOSPITAL
Eddie Yarbrough, 14, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Yarbrough,
of Kings Mountain, was admit
ted to the North Carolina Or
thopedic hospital in Gastonia
this week for surgery on his
foot. He was a victim of polio
in 1944.
LEGION SUPPER SATURDAY
Announcement has been
made of a chicken supper to
be held at ithe Legion Hall Sat
urday night from 6:30 to 9 o'
clock for all member of Otis
D. Green Post 155. All members
? jtru urged-ta attend*- ?-! ? ^ .?3;
NEW CHARMAN
Grier F. Moss, 4 Oak street,
has been employed as charman
at the Kings Mountain post
office, succeeding GJles Corn
well, who has resigned, effec
tive September 15. .
RED CROSS BOOTH
The Kings Mountain chap
ter of the Red Cross is operat
ing a booth at the Bethware
Community Fair, according to
announcement by Mrs. J. N.
Gamble, executive secretary of
the Kings Mountain chapter.
Provision has been made for
prospective blood donors to
register at the "booth.
CONDITION IMPROVED
The condition of Mrs. Claude.
.Hambright, recuperating from
an operation at Memorial hos
pital, Charlotte, was reported
improved Thursday afternoon,
Mrs. Hambright had suffered a
relapse over the weekend.
JAYCEE MEETING
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce will be held Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock at the Wo
man's Club. Dr. L. T. Anderson,
a local member, will speak at
the meeting. Members are urg
ed to devote some time to help
in preparation of the organiza
tion's booth for the Cleveland
County fair.
Unemployment
Claims Drop
A sharp decrease in total com
pensable claims during the mon
th of August was recorded at
the Kings Mountain office of the
Employment Security Commis
sionfeMrs. Mary B. Goforth, su
pervisor of the local office, re
ported this week. Claims fell from
2010 at the end of July to 652 for
August.
Mrs. Goforth attributes a large
measure of the decrease to the
rehiring of former employees by
many of the mills during the cur
rent boom in the textile industry.
Mrs. Goforth also reported pla
cement of 65 persons on jobs dur
ing July out of 107 referrals to
employers. Job openings on band
or received during the month to
taled 96.
There were 109 new and nenew
ed applications tor employment
during the month. Active appli
cants on hand at the end of the
month totaled 542. Total visits to
the local office during August,
were 1351.
Finger Ordered f
To Active Daty
First Lieutenant Fred ?. Fing
er. army infantry reserve, of
Kings Mountain and New York,
has been ordered to active duty.
He M to report to Port Jackson,
3. C., on September 27th.
Lt. Finger, has held a position
with the New York office of Neis
ler Mills Company since . early
IMp;;'-' ? ; '*?} ?
HMHilili|-tnore than four years
in World War II. including a
lengthy tenure o 4 dirty in the Eu
ropeen Theatre.
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A partial survey o? Kings
Mountain industrial plants
Thursday indicated that textile
wages are on the verge of going
up in King? Mountain, but no
company had yet completed final
details as to the prospective wage
boosts.
Closest to concrete announce
ment concerning wages was Bur
lington Mills Corporation, which
announced Monday from Greens
boro that it would raise wages
effective Monday, September 18.
However, details of the increase
at Burlington's Bhenlx plant here
had not been received. Supt. Fred
Daughtery and other officials
here said they expected to learn
Friday details of the wage boost
for the Kings Mountain plant.
J. C; Cowan, Jr., Burlington
president, said the wage increase j
would average overall about \
eight cents an hour at Burling
ton plants throughout the coun
try.
Other Kings Mountain plants
were discussing the wage pic
ture, though none contacted by
the Herald were ready to make
definite announcements.
A spokesman for one concern
raid the increase figure currently
being talked for one group of
plants Is "around 10 percent."
? The iyage. tneresse ftena TR the
aftermath of the Korean War
which began June 25. Textile
plants were immediately swamp
ed with orders and almost all are
now operating a full six-day |
week, with three shifts working J
48 hours each.
Minister's Group
Hears Herald Editor
The Kings Mountain Minister
ial association held its regular
meeting at Central Methodist
church Monday morning. ,
The group conducted routine
business and heard an informal
talk oh "News of the Church," by
Martin Harmon, editor of the
Kings* (Mountain Herald.
Theassociation voted a supple
ment of $90 to the school Bible
teacher, to provide for a differen
ce in pay scale due to the fact
that the teacher is assigned to
"out-of-field" wbrk. Assignments
for regular monthly county home
visitations were made for the
fourth quarter.
Mr; Harmon outlined the ba
sic elements required of a news
account and also pointed out par
ticular activities of churches and
church groups which should be
publicized.
"Effective publicizing of chur-.
ch news is quite comparable to
effective advertising of merchan
dise," he said. "It is part of the
business of merchandising the
doctrine of Christ, which is the
best stock of goods known to
mankind/'
The association adopted a res
olution of appreciation to the
Kings Mountain Herald for its ef
forts in presenting news of Kings
Mountain churches.
Alcoholics Group ?
To Meet Sunday
A public meeting of Alcoholics
Anonymous will be held at Cen
tral Methodist church Sunday ev
'ening at 8 o'clock.
Speakers will Include Rev. J.
H. Brendall, pastor of the chur
ch, and several out-of-state mem
bers of the organisation.
All persons interested In cop
ing with the problems of alcohol
ics and alcoholism are being in
vited to attend, a spokesman for
the Kings Mountain chapter said.
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Third Annual !
Beth-Ware Fair
Began Thursday
| Two full days remain at the
Third Annual Bethware Commu
nity Fair which opened Thursday.
1 Exhibits will toe on display
through Saturday at midnight at ,
the Bethware high school agricul- (
tural building.
John H. Rudisill, Jr.; principal
of the school and secretary-treas
urer of the event .announced that
an expanded list of exhibits
should make for a bigger and
b.etter fair. He described the three
day showing as a miniature
county fair.
Feature of Friday's program
will be a farm machinery de
monstration at 2 o'clock. In ad
dition, livestock will be exhibit
ed and jud??~.: on the grounds
and Judging will be done in all
o'her departments.
Friday has also been designa
ted as children's day. As a speci
al attraction, lowered rates for
ridcaittigiierfn id way .wi U be offer*
ed the kiddies Friday afternoon" j
Various contests for the children !
are also being planned. .
Precautions in case of rain
have been made, in the form of
shavings covering the entir'd fair
area. ? , ' .
The three -day affair, sponsor
ed by the Bethware Progressive
Club, last year had a warm re
ception and this year's version,
has been further designed to re
flect the many advances and
changes in agriculture in this
area, Mr. Rudisill said.
Scout Choral
Group Formed
Organization of a Girl Scout
choral group, to be known as the
Girl Scout Chora liers, was an
nounced this week by Franklin
Pethel, director.
First meeting of the group will
be held next Thursday afternoon
at 3:45 at the St. (Matthew's Lu
theran church recreation room.
"Purpose of the choral group is
to help establish a higher level
of music through group sing
ing," Mr. Pethel said. "Ag has
happened before in other fields,
the Girl Scouts are again taking
the initiative in developing an
added interest in an important
phase of its life, which is often
neglected or overlooked."
The following have passed
voice tests for regular member
ship in the group;
Soprano ? Sue Jane Barrett,
Linda Blser, Billie Sue Gibbons,
Prlscilla Guyton, Jean Hicks,
Butchy Houser, Jerry Lee McCar
ter, Carlatty McDaniel, Billie
Mabry, Hazel Nance Cynthia
Plott, Peggy Rippey, tva Nell
Ross, Jo Ann Smyre, and Derice
Weir.
Altos ? Jean Arthur, Sue Brid
ges, Phyills Dean, Gail Hampton,
Judy Logan, Patsy Malcolm, Ani
ta McGinnis, Patsy Peterson, Peg
gy Joyce Reynolds, Patricia Short,
Mary Stone, and Marilyn Tesse
ner.
METER RECEIPTS
Meter receipts for last week
total $159.70 according to a re
port from the office of S. A
Crouse, City clerk.
Giammax Grade Football Progiam
Begins With Two Games Tuesday j
The first games In the second
season of the grammar grade
football league are scheduled for
play Tuesday night beginning at
7:30 at City Stadium, according
to W. J. Fu lkersorr, chairman of
the sponsoring Mountaineer Club
committee.
Central meets Bast school In
the opener, with West tackling
Park-Grace In the second game
of the double-header.
All four schools entered the
last week of practice with scrim
mage games slated for tapering
off Activities. j
At Central, Coach Bill Harmon
is working with a 16-m*n squad
that features, a powerful back- 1
field fronted by a weaker line. I
Buddie Barnette at blocking back
and Tailback Darwin Moss
should provide the spark in the
backfieM. Charles Oaahion has
been a bright spot at left end to
date. ? ?
Coach Bud Medlin has been
working with 33 scrappy players
at East school, readying tliem
lor their opener whh Central.
Backs Pete Falls and Carl Barn
ette will famish much of ihe of
fensive punch here. Jimmy Robs
and Wiley Patterson bolster the
line.
About ten veterans of last
year's squad brighten the outlook
at West school for coaches David
Neili and Walter Harmon. With
the exception of ? new quarter
back, Jerry Queen, a veteran
backfleld will be set for the o
pening game. Earl Marlowe, Bill
' Huffsdckier, George Harris, and
I Mike Houser pace the backs.
Strength in the line falls to Tsc
! kfes Eddie Goforth and Mural
Valentine, and Dean Btaekwell
at end.
Small size and new face* was
the word from the Park Grace en
try in the grammar school league.
Here coaches Henry Neisler and
Bob Neill figure to concentrate a
ground attack around Ken Clon
1nger, with help from Dick Wil
liamson, a guard oonveited to
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More Stringent
Credit Terms
Effective Monday
Effective Monday, credit terms
won't be as easy as they have
been, as new Federal. Reserve
regulations go into effect.
The regulations cover automo
bile instalment credits of $5,000
and less, and other instalment
credits of $2,500 and less.
The limitations estaDiished are:
Down payments of a' least one
third, and maximum naturities
of 21 months forautornobiles.
Down payments of at least 15
percent, and maximum maturi
ties of 18 months for appliances;
refrigerators, food freezers, radio
or television sets, phonographs,
cooking stoves, ranges, dishwash
ers, ironers, washing machines,
clothes driers, sewing machines,
suction cleaners, air conditioners
and dehumidifiers.
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Down payments of at least 10 j
percent, and 18 months maxi- ,
mum maturity for furniture and
rugs.
Down payments of at least 10
percent, and 30 months maxi- !
mum maturity for home repairs,!
alterations or improvements.
Following the past policy of
placing fewer restrictions on
small credits, the new regulation i
does not 'contain down payment!
f#qtri?*ments forartt?ie? costing/:
less than $100 although, unlike
the former regulation, maturities
are limited.
Instalment loans for .the pur
chase of any listed article carry
the same limiations that ? apply
to the instalment sale of the arti* j
cle; other instalment loans are '
limtied to a maximum maturity
of 18 months.
In Kings Mountain, principal
effects of the new regulations
will be the provisions applying
to credit on automobiles and
some furniture sales, which gen
erally had been less demanding
than teh ne>^ regulations. It was
customary for some cars to "be
sold for down payments lower
than one-third and with longer
payment terms. Furniture sales
will be changed principally in
the matter of down payments.
In general, dealers report, most
credit contracts on furniture have
been written to mature in the 18
months ito be required by the reg
ulation effective Monday.
Barbei Shops
Raising Prices
Effective Monday, it will cost
more to visit the barber shop.
Kings Mountain barber shops
are announcing today price In
creases on majority of barberlng
services to be effective Monday.
In general, the Increases on the
various services approximate 10 1
cents each, though it was an- 1
nounced that no increase in the
price of shaves is currently in
cluded.
Haircuts will cost 75 cents after
Monday, though children will get .
a special rate of 65 cents, provi- j
ded they visit the barber any day
other than Saturday. On Satur
day. Junior's haircut will cost
as much as father's. The barbers
have followed this policy for
some years.
A spokesman for the barbers
said the raise was necessitated
because of the large increase in
cost of barberlng supplies. "There
has been no advance in cost of
barberlng services in Kings j
Mountain since ldl6," he said,
"and increased costs are about
to squeeze us dry."
He pointed out that tonsorial
services in nearby towns are gen
erally much higher than here. In
Charlotte, he noted, haircuts cost
a dollar.
High School Paper
Organizes Staff
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Remaining members of the
1949-50 staff of The Mountaineer,
Kings Mountain high school
i newspaper, met this week for re
! organization for the coming year.
Dorothy McCarter, member of
the Senior class, was elected ed
itor-in-chief, and Gene Mauney,
business manager lasrt year, was
named to again serve in that ca
pacity, with Bobby fcdens as as-,
sistant business manager.
Reporters from the previous
staff are Jack Still, Cornelia
Ware, Paul McGinnis, and Pa
tricia Prince- Mrs. W. R. Craig 1s
faculty adviser.
First issue for the current year
is scheduled for publication on
September 29, date <sl the high
school's Homecoming football
game. Subsequent Issues will be
published periodically as interest
and support dictate, it was an
nounced. New tftaff members are
currently being added.
Commissioners Vote To Create City
Recreation Commission At Meeting
Board Receives
Induction Order
For September 27
Cleveland county's first group
of inductees to enter the' arply
via_selectiw-}<ervice in the past
several years will leave for the
army on September 27th.
State selective service head
quarters has ordered Cleveland
County to furnish 56 men on that
date, and Mrs. Clara Newman,
clerk to the> board, said filling
the quota would take virtually
all men which the board as a
vailable, following pre-induetion
examinations conducted during
the past two months.
Some men have qualified for
postponement of induction due
to student status, while others
other than. 1-A due to marriage.
Mrs. Newman said she had not
received information from the
pre-induction center on the num
ber found physically fit from the
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day, but that she understood, un
officially, that 13 of the group
passed the tests and are listed as
eligible for army duty. '?
As yet, she added, the Cleve
land county board has received
no pre-induction calls for Octo
ber.
Local Red Cross
Cited In Bulletin
The Kings Mountain chapter of
the American Red Cross is com
mended for Its outstanding con
tribution to the blood collection
program in a recent southeastern
area Red Cross bulletin,- "Life
line."
The bulletin states, "As an ex
ample of purposeful spirit and
self-confidence in the blood pro
gram, we point to Kings Moun
tain, N. C., whose feeling of com
munity responsibility for the suc
cess of its blood region prompted
an invitation for an additional
bloodmobile visit, even though
Kings Mountain had already met
its amruafquota.
Blood in the center refrigerator
was seriously low when, on July
JO, the community telephoned its
request for an immediate unit
visit to relieve the gravity of the
blood region's stress. On July 13,
the Red Cross bloodmobile rolled
away from Kings Mountain with
113 bottles of blood. The com
munity had the blood and the
program organization to get the
blood."
Guard Passes
Two Inspections
Kings Mountain's National
Guard unit. Headquarters and
Headquarters company^ 3rd Bat
talion, 120th Infantry, has receiv
ed ratings of "satisfactory" dur
ing the past 10 days on both its
annual Inspection by the lnsepc
tor general and on its inspection
of vehicles and weapons.
The annual inspector general's
inspection was conducted on Sep
tember 5, and the 3rd Army Or
dnance team conducted' the in
spection of vehicles and weapons
Tuesday.
Capt. Humes Houston, com
manding officer of the local unit
said he was pleased by the ra
tings made by the Kings Moun
tain Unit
He announced that he has been
authorized to accept enlistments
sufficient to bring the local com
pany to full' strength and said '
company has vacancies for ra
diomen and other trained men.
He said i\o orders have been
received alerting the local unit
for active duty.
Local Methodists
Attend Conference
Kings Mountain Method 1st
ministers and lay delegates will
attend the annual Western North
Carolina conference, beginning in
Asheville next Tuesday afternoon
ad continuing through September
24.
Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of
Central Methodist church, is dis
trict secretary of evangelism, and
Rev. G. W. Fink, pastor of Grace
Methodist church, is a member of
the Bible board. They will attend t
meetings on Tuesday afternoon.
Lay delegates planning to a tend
include B. S. Neill and J. H. Pat
terson, Central, and Mrs. J. K.
Mauney, Grace.
Ojf-To'School List
Totals 82 From Area
A Herald purvey just completed
showed 82 Kings Mountain stu
j, dents off to colleges, Junior coi
leges, universities, i>rep aid fin
ishing schools, and other .special
schootB.
For many, classes have begun
and the remainder buckle down
to work next week for opening
fall terms.: ??
Students are sprinkled throu
j ghout states from Texas to Iowa
The Herald has made every
effort to obtain the names of
all Kings Mountain area stu
dents attending colleges and
prep schools. However, the pro
bability of omissions is recog
nized. and the Herald would
appreciate the names and
schools of any student omitted.
= *?iTfl-T?evv York in a total oT "at
least'41 schools.
N. C. State College leads the
field with eight Kings Mountain
students.
Graduate studies will claim at
i least two students, Earle Myers,
j who returns to the University of
No Parking Dictated |
On Three Streets
The city board of commis
sioners passed an ordinance |
Wednesday which decrees "no
parking" on portions of three
city streets.
The streets on which motor
j lsts will not be allowed to peak i
1 vehicles in the future are:
j West side of Phenix street,
from Lin wood avenue to end of
Loom-Tex Corporation proper
ties.
East side of Battleground
avenue, from Falls street to j
Gold street.
West side of Railroad avenue,
j from Chestnut street to the in
i tersection of Railroad and Bak
e> street.
Extension Classes . ? . i
Are To Be Offered
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Notice has been received in I
: Kings Mountain of extension
j classes for teachers to be held in
Shelby every Wednesday during
j the present school year.
Dr. W. J. McKee of the exten
j siori Division of the University of
North Carolina will be in charge '
jof the classes which will begin
i at 4 p. m. in the junior high !
jhigh school building, according
' to an announcement by J. H.
! Grigg, county superintendent of
| education.
This class will be for certificate
renewal or for credit. A maxi- 1
mum of eight hours of credit may
be obtained during the class pe- 1
riod. Tentative schedule lists one ;
course in social studies and one
| in community education. Cost for
I the full eight hours of credit will \
, be $40. .. . ' v i
Virginia, and Bonnie Mcintosh
who begins work at. Northwestern
University;
Following arc students attend
ing schools away from Kings
Mountain the coming year:
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAR
OLINA ? Herman Jackson, Boh
Jackson, Charles Bianton, . Jack
Prince, Bill Throneburg, and J. O.
Plonk, Jr.
N. C. STATE? Jack Gamble,
Bob Kimmeli, George Tollespn,
Harvey Bumgardner, C. K. War
lick, Jr., - Bill Allen, William
Plonk, and Herman Mauney,
DUKE UNIVERSITY ? Mary
McKelvie, Milton McKelvie, Geor
ge Thomasson and Jean Da vis.
DAVIDSON COLLEGE ? Wil
liam .Horndon, Garland St ill, Jr.,
Joe Noisier , Jr., Jack Ruth; Ralph
LENIOR-RHYNE ? Mary Med
lln, Inta Garnt>\ and Jimmy Hud
gins.
WOMAN-S COLLEGE, UNC AT
GREENSBORO ? Peggy Arthur,
Pauline Mamey, Peggy Mauney,
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Lions Heard
Wallet Fanning
WaHer Fanning, or Shelby, dis
cussed the hydrogen bomb and
its potentials in an informative
address before members of the
Kings Mountain Lions Club Tues
day night - .
Mr. Fanning, assistant manag
er of Dover Mill of Shelby, gave
an interesting address, in which
he gave the background on the
development of the atom bomb,
which also led to the discovery
of means to make the even more
devastating hydrogen bomb.
The speaker stated that there
is one big reason the H-bomb has
not been started and that is cost.
He said it was estimated that the
cost would be $322 billion for one
bomb. However, he predicted that
the United Stales would eventu
ally build the 'bomb, reminding
his audience that few Americans
would own automobiles if they
cost as much as the first Ford
cost. Mass production and know
how would lead to methods of
production which would short
circuit some of the huge cost. j
The information on effects of
the atom bomb, now being stock
piled, and the H-Bomb was hard
ly pleasant. Mr. Fanning said
that everything within a mile ra
dius. of an A.-bomb explosion
would be completely destroyed.
An H-bomb, he said, would com
pletely devastate everything
within aradius of 20 miles.
Russia, ho thinks, has the se
cret to the H-bomb too, based on
information provided by Dr. j
Klaus Fuchs, recently imprison
ed by the British after he con- i
fessed to spying for Russia.
Mr. Fanning spoke on a pro- j
gram arranged by Ollie Harris, j
Annual Cleveland County Fail ,
Is To Get Underway On Tuesday
The annual Cleveland County
Fair, billed as the largest county
; fair in the world, is set to open
| on Tuesday for a five day stand,
j Workmen this week were bust
ling getting the grounds and
; buildings in readiness for the oc
casion, which last year drew a
record 113,215 admission* at the
gate.
Some $12,000 in premium ILsrt
prizes, an increase of around $1,
Two King* Mountain civic
clubs, the Lions club and Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, will
operate concession stand* at
the 1950 Cleveland County Fair.
Officials of both organisations
are advertising "the beet in
food" for hungry fair-goers.
000 over last year, awaits win
ners according to Dr. J. S. Dorton,
of Shelby, fair manager.
Judging will take place on
Tuesday, which will also be ;
County School Day, City school 1
day is set lot next Friday. School
children will be admitted ffree by 1
school pass on these two days. I
New features at the fair ? this ,
year will include a "Whip the j
Boll Weavll" exhibit, which is to1
be located in the small exhibit .
hall Just insidPthe entrance gate.
?This exhibit, is .sponsored by the
county agricultural workers
council.
Under, the dome in the daJry
cattle barn, Borden's famous "El
sie, the Cow" will set up house
keeping for her first visit to Cle
veland County. 'Elmer" and
"Beauregard," the calf, will also!
be on hand.
Square dance competition will .
be open to teams each evening
before the George Hamid grand- i
stand review and many famous
dance groups have already enter- i
ed. Prizes wilt be given the best
team and also the best Cleveland j
County team. , I
Winner of the $1,000 first prize
in the better acres project is to be
announced and model of the 10 ;
competing farms will b.e display- 1
ed. Some $5,000 in merchandise
is also to be given the winners.
Officials report the fairgrounds '
in good shape, with saw dust
piles in readiness in case of bad
weather. ,
The James E. Strates Midway
train Is scheduled to move into
Shelby on Monday, with some
advance parties arriving Sunday.
The public has been Invited to
attend a pre-orpenlng party at
the grandstand Monday night,
Square dancing will highlight!
the party. " . ?
Board Discusses
Street-Paving
Payment Policy
The city board of commission
ers passed an ordinance Wednes- .
day afternoon, setting up a 10
niemfter Public Parks and Recre
ation commission and empower
ing it to accept funds for public
recreation projects. '
The board acted on request of
a delegation of the present city
recreation committee, an advis
ory body, which included Mrs.
Paul Mauney, chairman, A. W,
Kincaid and Hunter Nelsler.
The ordinance issimilar to that
used by the City of Shelby and
several other communities in es
tablishing park commissions. It
will provide for 10 members with
staggered terms -to serve on the
commission, and provides for use
of parking meter money for park
purposes, when and-if, u^e of the
money for this purpose is legally
cated that a state legislative act
would be necessary to make use
of parking meter receipts for re
creational expenditures legal.
Principal other actions of the
board at its regular monhtly
meting were routine.
However, the board discussed
without action possible change in
the present policy on street -pav
ing work. Discussion concerned
charging abutting property own
ers all tht? cost of street paving
<50 percent to each side of the
street), with the city to pay only
the cost of paving intersections.
Past policy has been to tax prop
erty owners with two-thirds the
cost (one-third for each side of
the street), and with the city
paying the remaining third. Also
discussed was possibility of put
ting street paving assessments on
a cash basis. It was pointed out
that most other cities now follow
the policy of assessing 100 per
cent for street work.
In view of the discussion, the
board received without action
petitions from property owners
for paving of McGinnis street,
James street, First street, Rose
wood avenue, City street, a por
tion -of Cherokee street, and an
800-foot street at Sadie Mill.
The board approved transfer of
a, taxi franchise from D. L. White
to Coley Freeman. . ?
It heard a request for issuance
of a franchise to Forrest Dover,
but took no action. Dover told the
board he had agreed to purchase
the franchise of Oliver Neal, but
that Nea] had withdrawn his of
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Mountaineers
Play Charlotte
Probably the toughest game
and certainly the first major test
of the 10-game 19^0 football car<^
faces the Kings Mountain high
school Mountaineers Friday night
when Coach Shu Carlton is sche
duled to send his warriors out to
give battle to Charlotte Tech
high's strong gridders. -Game ..
time is7:30p. m. at City Stadium.
It will be the second game of
the season for the Kings Moun
tain eleven. The Mountaineers
downed Dallas here ' Monday
night 39-6 in the opening game
of the season.
Tech bowed to.strong Harding,
of Charlotte, 0-7, and posted a
snappy victory over Concord in
the two games Coach Stan Crop
ley's squad has played.
Tech's running attack is spark
ed by a shifty, hard-running half
back, Carlos Strickland, who has
'been a thorn in the side of the
Mountaineers for the past two
seasons.
Ray Adkins, Wallace Fincher,
Pete Kerchener and Buddy Ross
are all good backfield men for
Charlotte.
Coach Cropley will probably
send out a forward wall that av
erages 180 pounds. Big boys are
Tackle Jim Stewart at 216, Center
Grady Faulk, at 205, arid Tackle
Wayne Shoemaker, at 190.
Charles Twitty and Jimmy
Lowery are Tech's ends, are dan
gerous pass receivers.
Coach Carlton will probably,'
send 10 lettermcn out as starters
against Charlotte Friday night.
Tailback Jim Kimmell, a so
phomore who scored three touch
downs and had a punt return
score called back in his first foot
ball game Monday night against
Dallas, Is the sparkplug of the
Mountaineer's single wing at
tack and will probably get the
starting nod.
Other probable starters include
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