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; ? ap,? > Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Consul l|Nf6) p?j|?nediate Trading Area 15.000 : Ration Board Flguxti#' Ifl Pages IU Today VOL. 62 NO. 1 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. !*, C.. Friday, January 5, 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News HAS SCARLET FEVER Chuck Thomasson, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Thomasson, has ?been ill with a casa.of scarlet . lever. The attending physician said the case was a ipild one. LODGE MEETING A ^stated communication of Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. A A. M. -will 'be held Monday night January 8, at 7:30 p. m. at the Lodge Hall. PARKING MONEY A total of $121.60 was collec ed ifrom the city's parking me ters Wednesday according to officials at the treasurer's of fice at City Hall. BUILDING PERMIT A building permit was Issued Ml|M4Ky Monday to Crescent Hill Development Company for -construction of a church build - ?on Crescent Circle. Cost of the building was estimated at ? $60,000. ? I / WEEKEND REVIVAL Rev. L. C. Doby, of Thomas* vllle, will "preach at a special Weekend revival series at Park Qripce Church of the Nasarene on. Friday, Saturday and Sun aWHHtfllfwwrT o'clock, accord ing* to announcement by the pastor, Rev. C. J. Childress. TO MAXWELL FIELD ? ; - C-apt. James Ratterree, son of.) Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ratterree, . .(eft Thursday for Montgomery, ^SWCirwhere he wltr attend the ?lr force's staff -and -command school. Capt. Ratterree and his ; family have been visiting here this week. ??y'Ct- -f'flli CARTER INSTALLS!} T. A. (Tommy) Carter, well* Known insurance salesman, .was installed recently as Wor shipful Master of Cherryville Masonic Lodge No. 505, A. F. & A. M. . |fr. Carter Is well known In Kings Mountain, working here several days each week. . V HE APPOINTED I. Ben Go/orth, of' Kings Mou nta In, ysy^tesgjprfl n ted Monday by the board of County commissioners as a member of the county's Tax Appraisal board. Other members, also re ?'?*? L. II. T.edford, chairman, and Jim fori*. -,t/. -Z TAO SALES: J City 1951 license tag sales jumped considerabi* uurlng the pa*? - weak and through Wed needay a total of 543 plates had been sold, slightly under half the 1,123 tota* sold for 1950 ac > cording to * report by City ,Z.: Cleric S. A. Crouse. m- - ' 4 ? ~ ? i??. S LIONS MHi'lHQ I A motion picture of the Lions 7 parade and other hid!ri*ghts of . the Liens International conven tion of 1950, held at Chicago, will feature the program at the regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night at -7 o'clock. The club will fheet at the Wrrran's Club. 1 1 "? 1 ?' ? ? FARLEYS TO RALEIGH Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Fail?jt have tnoved to Raleigh, where Dr. Farley Is opening an office far the practice tnedtftne. . JFor the past lS months Dr. Far fey has bean at Duke Hospital, Durham, where heheM a res Smith, of Khtgs Mountain. ) Daniel To Serve New Lntheran Church As Pastor Rev. Vance Daniel, now pastor of Trinity Lutheran church of ] San ford, has accepted the call to serve as pastor of the mission Lutheran church in Kings Moun tain, according to word received here from Dr. F. L. Conrad, pres ident of the North Carolina Luth eran Synod. Rev. Mr. Daniel and his family will move to Kings Mountain on January 29, and first services toy the new Lutheran group are to be held on Sunday, February 4, The Daniel family will occupy a new home, now under construc tion, on Meadowbrook Road in Crescent Hill. > , Mr. and Mrs. Danle. have two small children, a boy and a girl. Htf is a graduate of Lenolr-Rhyne college and the Southern Luther an Theological seminary at Co lumbia, S. C. Now 32 years o i age, Mr. Daniel has served as pastor of the Sanford church since 1943 and prior to that time served as pastor of the Messiah Lutheran church In Salisbury. The new church group is to be formally organized on February 4, and arrangements are currently underway to obtain temporary qfuarters for regular services. As quickly as completed plans for a church building are received from the architect, the group ex pects to begin construction. It has already secured a $60,000 building permit for construction of the church, which is to be built in Crescent Hill. C. T. Bennett will be the contractor. Rev. Mr. Daniel visited In Kings Mountain on December 26 \ and again on Monday of this| week. I It had been* previously approved by the A merlcan Missions board of the Lutheran Churches In America. The actions were taken on pe tition by 54 members of St. Mat thew's Lutheran church. 3&E??8?i HEADS POLIO DRIVE? Scan Stalling*, chairman of the dum ber 4 Township March of Dimes campaign for 1951, announced Thursday major committee heads for the S&000 fund drive. Tax Listing Business Brisk Business was brisk at City Hall courtroom this week, as a large number of citizens accomplished their annual Job of listing prop erty for taxes. However, list-takes reported I they were not as busy Thursday j morning as they would have pre ferred and*urged ail citizens who have not listed to attend to the matter at onca. . . . -c,-, . ? B. Di Ratterree is the Number 4 Township tax lister, while Joe McDaniel, Jr., Is the city tax list it.''' "We've been pretty busy," Mr. Ratterree remarked, "but there are a lot of 4olks required to list and we've no mpre than scratch ed the surface." ' | The listing officials will be atl City Hall daily throughout the| month of January from 8:30 a. m., to 5 p. m., with the exception of January 11, 18, 25, when Mr. Ratterree will be nt G rover to better accomodate citizens in the Groverarea. * All owners of property, both I real and personal, are required, to list for taxes, and the law pro vides penalties for those who fall to list during the month of Janu jBfir. ; - Male persons between #0 jigm :w Vjl| lf are required to list for voll taxes, and farmers are required to make a farm -re port. Charlie Ware is the farm re port UMUlr. ; v ' % Citizens are required to 'list { their household furniture, wear ing apparel, Jewelry, end other | items of property. listing officials reminded that ' Ware It nsttafly a Jam -tip toward the end.of the listing pe riod, and that citizens can save themselves time and trouble by listing their properties at once. Nursery Program r l inf the W. S. C.& Monday night, Jan. 1 plans were made to care for all pre school WfT [tiff Church eueh Sunday morning, ?o that both parents may attend morning worship. * Mrs. C. J. Gualt, Jr., will be in charpa , *MJ*ary 7 and thert are responsible persons ap pointed for each Sunday there after. Under the new system ade quate arrangements will be made for aA the children of the church who are of pre-sahool age, it was by Bev.~J. H. Brendall, Pastor. ^nlJEnand et Up Distccis In which they live However, ci tizens of the couMy win vote for one candidate '.rom each of the The outlined plan would >e very similar to the City of Kings Mountain's voting arrangement. In Kings Mountain, the (district or m for the coun- 1 Committee Leaders Named By Stallings Polio Campaign Township Quota Set at M. Sam Stallings, chairman of the Kings Mountain and Number 4 Township March of Dimes cam paign, announced Thursday a major portion of committee chairmen who will assist in the fund campaign designed to raise a minimum o f $6,000 t o fight infantile paralysis. J. C. McKinney will serve as treasurer of the campaign and other committee heads include: Grocery and department stores ? W. L. Plonk and Gene Timms, co-chairmen. Doctors ? Dr. P. G. Padgett. Business and individual solicit tationa ? L. E. Abbott, Glee A. Bridges, Amos Dean and David Nelll, Co-chairmen. Industrial plants and employ- 1 ees? Jacob Cooper. Iron lung boxes ? Dan Huffstet Ier. Schools ? Rowel 1 T.ane. Theatre collections and motion picture publicity? Ollie Harrife. Lawyers and civic clubs ? Fai son Barnes. Still to be announced are chairmen for Beth-Ware, Oak Grove, and Patterson Grove. The campaign is scheduled to get underway on January 15, with an effort to complete it by January 31. Quota for the campaign is lar gest In the history of the drive, but smaller than the amount raised in the 1849 campaign. The county quota is $20,000, and drive officials are hoping that the quota will be over -subscribed. Funds raised by the campaign are used to conduct research on the dreftd disease and to provide treatment for polio patients. Eleven cases of polio were re corded In Cleveland County dur ing 1950, and the Cleveland County chapter is also defraying costs of treatment for more than 30 other county victims of infan tile paralysis. "We intend to meet our quota and to over-subscribe it H pos sible," Chairman Sta Mings said In making the initial announce ment of the campaign organiza tion. "Without exception, those who have agreed to serve in this cam paign are very enthusiastic con cerning its prospects. They know what polio does and how much the funds are needed," Mr. Stall ings continued. He sakt he expected to com-' plete Ma organization during the weekend. ||||| Celebrates Arrival of -IP Kings Mountain welcomed the New Year in* quieter-than-usual manner this year, partially due to the fact New Year's Day arrived on Monday, partially due to the Korean War and strained inter national sltuation.HHllH^IH The city looked forward to 1951 with mingled feedings and In a general atmosphere of ques tioning. Almost all physically fit young men eoulld look forward tn duty In some branch of the <>rmed forces, and a goodly number were plan ning enlistments in the service. Slightly older men weren't sure what 1951 would bring for them, though many, thought they, too, many of them veterans of WOrld War II, would return to duty, ei ther via a return to active duty for reservists, or expansion of the draft process to include veteran* and older men. AM citizens could look forward | to a high level of business scthr. ity and to 'higher taxes. However, the high level of business activity Would not Increase the supply of consumer goods, such as cars, re frigerators, homes, anj other goods, but would be devoted to production of planes, tanks, ser vice uniforms and other war} goods. In spite of the general tone ?C anxiety, most people went about their businesses usual-. On New Year's DejTthey ate tflackeyed peas and hog Jowl and said Rhbor?y Year" to their nei Most Kings Mountain business esta blishments **'o*?d for the day. ' ? a# ~ Rites Conducted Foi Mrs. Plonk On Wednesday Funeral rites 'or Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Plonk, 82, prominent Kings Mountain citizen ..Were con ducted Wednesday morning ' at 11 o'clock at St. Matthew's Luth eran church, with interment fol lowing at Mountain Rest ceme tery. Rev. W. H. Slender, of Cameron, S. C., former pastor of the chur ch, conducted the rites. ? Mrs. Plonk succumbed at t o'clock Monday evening at her home on Gold street. She had been In declining health for the past several years. A citizen of Kings Mountain stince her marriage on February 27, 1839, she was the widow of Rufus S. Plonk, Kings Mountain merchant, textile executive and former postmaster, who died in 1918. She was a native of Reiiis- ? ville, and was a graduate or Sal em college in the class of 1886. She was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Maiy E. Johnston Motley. She was a loyal and de vited member of the St. Mat | thew*s church. Surviving are 12 children, in cluding four sons and eight dau ghters. They are T. Motley Plonk, of Charlotte, R. S. Plonk, of Bes sermer City, J. Calvin Plonk, of Kings Mountain, Herbert J. Plonk, of Raleigh, Miss May Plonk, of Kings Mountain, Miss Ethel Plonk, of Winston-Salem and Kings Mountain, Mrs. W. P. Saun ders, of Southren Pines, Mrs. Hugh Ormand, of Kings Moun tain, Miss Eva Plonk, of Charlotte, Mrs. C. A. Hager, of Hickory, Mrs. W. E. Alexander, of Robbins, and Mrs. W. M. Hite, of Charlotte. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. J. W. Satterfield, of Reidsville, 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren, . 'Prior to tna funeral rites, the body lay in state at the church for an hour. Active pallbearers were R. S. Plonk, Jr., Fred Plonk, George W. Mauney, Wendell Phifer, Dr. W. L. Mauney and William M. Plonk. Milk Producers. Dairies Commended Cleveland County dairies and milk producers were commended this week by Dr. Z. P. Mitchell who issued his second report for 1950 as required under the coun ty milk ordinance. His report follows: "The milk ordinance -under which weoperate in Cleveland County; that is, Shelby and Kings Mountain, requires the announ> cing of grades twice each year of ell market milk produced and ?old under the provisions of that ordinance. Accordingly, we are submitting herewith the names of ih* producers of such milk for the second time this year. "The list shows a total of fifty two (52) local producers who sell their Grade "A" raw milk to Car olina Dairy, '.vhere it Is pasteur ized and retailed by Carolina Dairy. They are: G. A. Adams; Staine Baker; A. A. Barrett; Boy Bell; Boyd Beam; Carroll Beam; D. W. Bess; Lee N. Cabin ess; Carl Carpenter; W. E. Carroll; Cleco Farms; E. G. Clark; J. L. Cline; Coleen Dixon; C. E. Dixon; C. E. Dixon; H K. Dixon; R. B. Dixon; H. A. Dover; R. D. Dover; H. R. Early; M. H. Fraser; G. E. Go forth ; G. M. GofOrth ? Colon Grigg; Max Grigg; Ralph Greene; Char les Harhrick; G. L, Hamrick; Tom Hamrick; Yates Harrlll; Robert Hunt; Jones * ?lanton; D. Ruben McSwain; Jenkins Morrison; George Newton; J. C. Palmer; J. C, Randle; Cecil Richards; L. S. Ritch; Ivan Saine; Coleman Self; W. E. Walker; Ray * Walter Warlick; Brady Warlick; G. G. War lick; J. C. Washburn; C. A. Whisnant; C. C. Whlsnant; Hart ford T. W?Hs; Hershal Witeon; Cllne Wright "In addition to these producers four other dairymen sell their Grade "A" raw milk to CHne-land Dairy, where a portion of it Is pasteurized. They are: A. B. Cllne, E. H. Cline, C. A. Dalton *r*i J. O WMtworth. :.'TPhe following Dairymen pro duce Retail Raw Grade "A" Milk: Archdale Dairy, Cllne-land Dairy, Ryburn Hamrick Dairy, Cleton Humphries Dairy, C. A. McSwain Dairy. State Line Dairy, J. Bunn Patterson Dairy, Sycomore Dairy, Flay Smith Dairy, Charlie Wright Dairy. "In addition to Carolina Dairy and CHne-land Dairy, BUtmore Dairy, Coble Dairy, and Sunrise Dairy also sell milk in the coun tj)V> K'Tt |s interesting to note that 85,603 gallons of the milk aoki per month Is pasteurized, and 24,150 gallons per month is sold r*w. This makes a total of 109, 753 gallons .sold each month L. D. Cash Free Under Bond After Arrest On Arson Charge Associations Pay $23,346 In Dividends Shareholders of Kings Moun tain's two building and loan as sociations received dividends for the six-month period ending De cember 30 of $23,346.79, according to reports made by tne two asso ciations Thursday. The total was considerably a head of the final six months of 19-19, when dividends of the two associations totaled 319,501.90, and indicated larger use of the associations by local citizens as well as profitable operation by the associations. Dividends to shareholders of Home Building & Loan Associa tion, as announced by A. H. Pat terson, secretary . treasurer, to taled $14,807.79. Dividends on full-paid stock were $7,742.93, on optional savings stock, $3,819.96, on installment stock, $2,906.90, and on prepaid stock, $338. Dividends to shareholders of Kings Mountain Building & Loan Association, as announced by J. C. Lackey, secretary - treasurer, totaled $8,539. Dividends on full paid stock were $4,897.71, on op instailment stock, $840, and on instalment stock, $840, and on withdrawn stock, $356.25. Pastois Thank Yule Helpeis The Kings Mountain Ministerl. al association issued thanks to the community and several a gencies for the opportunity of putting "Christ in Christmas'* during the recent Christmas sea son. An open letter from officials of the organization was released this -week by Rev. J. H. Brendnll, president, and Rev. J. W. Phillips, secretary. It follows: "The Ministerial Association expresses its high appreciation of the splendid spirit of coopera tion manifested by all who have assisted in any way with the program to put Christ in Christ mas this year. The float in the parade made its significant con tribution. We want to thank the trustees of the'Mauney Memori al Library for the use of the lawn as a site for the little church, also we thank the city officials for supplying the lights. "We feel Indebted to all the churches and Individuals who worked or furnished funds for this (Hoject and offer them our sincere thanks." Bridge Instruction At Shelby Center Prince Stan Czetwertynskl, of Charlotte, Is conducting a series of bridge lessons on the Goren system of play at the Shelby Community Center, according to announcement toy Shelby offici als. ? - ";v/l The series of 10 lessons began Wednesday and will continue each Wednesday afternoon from 3 to 5 p. m. A portion qf the per iod is devoted to instruction and a portion to supervised play. Parsons who wish to enroll for j the cour m should notify Miss Ann JohtUMMi, phone 8119, Shel by! Prince Czetwertynskl conduct ed a series of bridge lessons at the Kings Mountain Country Club last spring. Mauney, Cashwell Hoi.tes Win Contest Winners of the Christmas de- 1 coration contest sponsored by , two Kings Mountain garden clubs were the W. K. Mauney home, first, and the Rev T. L. Cashwell home, second. Announcement cf the winners was made this week by Mrs. Sam Davis. The contest ? for the best outdoor Christmas decora tions ? was sponsored jointly by the Kings Mountain Garden Club and the House and Gar*, den Club. A prize of SiO was of. : fered for first place and a prize of $5 for runner-up. Out-of town judges made the selec- | tions. Final Rites Fox Mrs. Sheppard Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Grover Baptist church, in Grover, for Mrs. Maggie Randle Sheppard 77, wife of Alex Sheppard, of Gro ver route one, who died Sunday morning in Cherokee County hos pital, Gaffney, S. C., alter an ill ness of two weeks. Dr. Robert Dyer, Rev. W. A. Hoffman and Rev. -W. L. Mc Swain conducted the rites and burial was in Grover c&metery. Mrs. Sheppard was the daugh ter of the late William and Suzie Ross Randle. She was :a member of Grover Baptist church. Surviving are her husband, five sons, Ray Sheppard, of Plant City, Fla., and Frank, Basil, Flay and Fred Sheppard, all of Grover; three daughters, Mrs. Dewitt Pat terson and Mrs. Frank Hambright of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. M. C. Hardin, of Grover; a brother, W. F. Randle, of Grover; a sister, Mrs. John Blalock, of Kings Mountain; and 15 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Judge Hears Nine Coses In Court Nine cases were completed in Recorders court action during the past week according to a study of court records at City Hall. Judge W. Faison Barnes pre sided at the regular weekly ses sion, held at City Hall Tuesday. James Albert Bowen, of Char lptte, was convicted of driving drunk was fined $100 and octets and ordered to surrender his dri vers license for one year. Marvin Sp rouse paid a fine of $35 and costs after conviction on a charge of driving without a drivers license. Case against Julious R. Mc Manes, who was charged with resisting officers and possession of non-taxed whiskey, was trans ferred to Cleveland County recor- j ders court Roy Adams, for failure to pay taxi fare, was ordered to make the payment and to pay costs of court. Elmer Allen, found guilty of a bandonment and non -support, was given a six months suspend ed sentence and was ordered to pay costs and to pay $10 weekly to the clerk for support of his family. Prayer for Judgement was con tinued against L. A. Jamerson on payment of costs on a charge of driving without a drivers li cense. Two defendants were fined for public drunkenness and one case, against Tillman C. Green, of Rock Hill, S! C., was transferred to Cleveland County recorders court for trial I apflllCoBduct City- Wide Waste V|pr Collection Sunday The King* Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will con duct a city-wide waste paper pick-up Sunday afternoon, begin, ning; at 1:30 and continuing un til 4 o'clock. All citizen* are being asked to place tl?4t bundles of waste pa per on the curb in front of their homes or on their porches by Persona with unusually large quantities of paper, who . cannot transport it to the front of their homes, should c?H and JJM NAftement will too made to get; making new paper. All types of papers are desired, Including old newspapers, mag azines, cardboard cartons and | any other kind of paper product In o-der to increase the supply of waste paper, the Jayeees have established a warehouse and have made plans for regular col lection of paper from business house.') and other institution. General clty.Wkie collections, as Sunday's scheduled ptit up, will also be scheduled regularly. Charges Result From November Fire At Home L. D. Cash, former Kings Moun tain plumber; is free under $2,500 bond on charges of arson, in con nection with a fire in the Cash home on Gantt street here on No-, vember 30. Mr. Cash was arrested Tuesday by R? W. Turkelson, SBI agent, who had been aiding local offi cers in investigating the case, and Chief of Police N. M. Farr. At the time of the fire, there was suspicion of arson on the part of Fire Chief- Grady King, but it was not publicized pend ing investigation. Residents who live near 1 the Cash home reported hearing an explosion, shortly before the house was found in flames, and one man reported seeing an uni dentified man running away from the house. Firemen also found an old hat in the burning house, and Chief King said that home-made "needles" were found inside the hat band, Indicating the fire-bug was a narcotics ad- . diet. V; Mr. Farr said the SBI had lo cated the man who alleg<!tily set the fire and had obtained ? con fession from him which implica ted Mr. Cash. However, he did not know the name of the 'fire-bug. SBI Agent Turkelson, who signed the warrant for Mr. Cash's arrest, was due in Kings Mountain Thursday but had not i;:ut in ap pearance late Thursday after noon. Chief Farr said the man told the SBI that Mr. Cash had paid him to set fire to the house. Farr said Cash, who was in Florida at the time the house burned, denied the allegations and had retained C; C. Horn, of Shelby, as his attorney. Firemen extinguished the fire after an estimated loss of $2,000. Fire insurance coverage on the house was written by Blue Ridge Insurance Company. Mrs. Rice To Speak To Presbyterians Mrs. E. L. Rfce, wife of Dr. E. L. Rice, Gastonta surgeon, will de liver a missionary message at the First Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 7:30. The Rices are former Metho dist missionaries to China. Dr. Rice served as physician in a large hospital in Soochow and Mrs. Rice taught in one of the mission schools. "The Presbyterian church feela most fortunate in being able to secure Mrs. Rice for this service," Rev. P. D. Patrick said, in making the announcement. "She is a gift ed speaker with a wonderful missionary message." Mrs. Rice's address begins the annual world mission observance of the church, which continues 1 through January. Clown Cog* Game Tick*!* On Sal* Tickets for the University of North Carolina Clowns- King* . Mountain All Stan basketball game, to bo played at Central gymnasium Friday night. Jan uary 26th, wont on sal* this week. Fred Wright. Jr., ticket chair man. said that reserved seat sales hare been brisk to date and that he expects a complete sell-out of the ducats In two Reserved seat tickets are pri ced at SI JO. General admission tickets are also on sale at one dollar. The Chapel Htll Clowns bare won some 70 games with but a single loss over the past four years and feature formar UNC football stars Charlie {Choa Choo) Justice, who Is now a member of the professional Washington Redskins, Art Wei nor. Now York Yankee pro player, Huck Holdash and Dick Bunting. Coy Carson, former UNC and All- Southern bhsketbatt. play er, is the manager and spark plug of the team. ;