f-V; ? m ?? ? " f> .. Kg 'i . - Population City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1958) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) NO. 4 | O Pages Today Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, January 26, 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS \ Mil Local News Bulletins - # . ' ? * * ? CARLTON CALLED EveretteCarlton, Kings Moun tain high school coach, has been ordered to report lor phy sical examination February 7th preparatory to return to active duty with the Marine Corps. Mr. Carlton is scheduled to re-, port for duty at Quantico Ma , rine base on March 7th, provi ded he passes the medical ex amination. PASTOR TO MOVE Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor to a new mission Lutheran church here, will move here next Tues day. The Daniel family will occupy a new home recently completed on Meadowbrook Road. WIDENING STREET The city's stretet department la widening Gold street, in the block between Cherokee street and Piedmont avenue, to its fullest possible width. The work is being done, City Ad ministrator M. Ks Fuller, said, to facilitate increased traffic on Gold street. BREAKS ARM Paul M- Nelsler, Sr., suffered a broken right arm Tuesday morning when he fell oa the icy back steps of his home on vas collected from the city's parking meters Wednesday ac cording to a report I>y City Clerk S. A. Crouse. STORT HOUR Regular story hour for child ten through the fourth grade will be held at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial library Friday after noon from 4 until 5 o'clock. Mrs. Grace Whisnam will serve , as story teller and Mrs. Luth er Cansler is the hostess. All children are urged to attend. TAG SALES A report from City Hall shows that ? total of TM vehicle li cense tags had been sold v through noon Thursday. Tags must be displayed in vehicles February 1st according to city ordinance. |! ? r* ?? " 'w ? ' -y.? 1 ?* ] I ? ' Man Arrested Here I", Tor Texas Officers A Klng? Mountair man was ar rested here Monday on a fugitive from -justice warrant Issued by 151 Paso, Texas, police officers, L. Wilson, 22, of Cora street, was arrested around 10 a. m. Monday by Officers G. K. Camp and D. H. Street of the! Kings Mountain police depart HMfeAt, Sheriff W. O. Hicks, of Bl Paso, has notifl'1 v.inga Mountain po lice that his officers are to arrive Lure Saturday to take Wilson back to Texas. Wilson 1s wanted on a felony ?_:*i charge. Sf ? Deadline Day \f Hom Outlines i ? . # . ? Proposed County District Set-Up County Attorney C. C. Horn an nounced the tentative arrange- 1 ment of county districts in a bill I he is drawing to change the coun ty government set-up. Under the proposed change, the board of commissioners will be increased to five members, with the members to be elected from particular districts. Mr. Horn said the tentative plan calls for the following' dis tricts: 1. Number 6 Township. 2. Num ber 4 and 5 Townships. 3. Num ber 9 and 10 Townships. 4. Num ber 8 and It Townships. 5. Num ber 1, 2, 3, and 7 Townships. Mr. Horn said the proposal, as based on the 1950 unofficial cen sus, would make each district approximately equal in popula tion. The districts, according to the proposed plan, would limit only a person's offering for office. Un der the proposal, all citizens i would have the privilege of vot ing for one candidate from each of the five districts. The bill will be presented to the county board of commis sioners for its aproval at the Feb ruary meeting. It will be introdu ced, as approved, in the General Assembly by the county's legis lative delegation, who have indi cated that they favor the pro posed changes. Ten Loc^l Men . jAre Inducted Ten Kings Mountain area men were among the Cleveland Coun ty group inducted into the army at the Charlotte Induction center last Friday. They included: Kenneth Robert Childers, Floyd Lee Hardin (of Grower), John Da vid Fisher, Wood row Brown, Ed ward William Humphries, Dan Brevard Lail, John Archie Bolin, Jr., James Lewi* Farris, Marshal Eugene Camp, and Jesse Ralph (Carpenter, (R-2, CherryvHle.). Next induction call on the Cle-. veland County board is for Feb ruary 19, when the county board will furnish 55 men lor -Induc tion into the army. ? 1 " " L 1 ? ? J Card Party Is Scheduled At Club The King* Mountain Country dub social committee will pre sent a free bridge - canasta party at the club on Thursday evening, February 1, at 8 o'clock, accord ing to announcement this week by Mis, George Houser. The evening's play will in clude tooth contract bridge and duplicate bridge, and canasta. Prizes will be given high scorers and tight refreshments will be served. The entertainment is .. open to members and out-of-town guests. Reservations are request-, ed not later than Thursday noon. HKBS THURSDAYS Chalmers L. Miller, of Fall ston, Cleveland County veter ans service officer, will be In Kings Mountain all day next Thursday, February let and on each Thursday thereafter. Mr, Miller's old schedule called for visits to Kings Mountain on Tuesday mornings and Thurs day afternoons. Jones Emphasizes Civil Defense Need ? a . WOUNDED ? Sgt. Blllie B. Blan ton 1b receiving treatment lor a wounded foot at Fort Bragg. Sgt. Blanton sustained the wound in Korea on January 1. when anoth er soldier's gun accidentally dis charged. Sgt. Blanton Suffers Wound Sgt. Billie B. Blanton, well known Kings Mountain man and army veteran, suffered a wound in the foot in Korea on January 7 and is now receiving treatment at Pert Bragg. Membe?? o< his faiftfry yiatyed. him over the weekend and report that he is recuperating satisfac torily. . Sgt. Blanton was wounded three days after arriving in Ko rea on January 4. Sgt: Blanton was helping another soldier dis engage a jammed rifle, when the rifle accidentally discharged, wounding Sgt. Blanton in the foot. Sgt. Blanton arrived at Fort Bragg Saturday, after returning to the United States on January 17< He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Blanton. Masons To Hear Dr. Caldwell The Grand Master of Masons In North "Carolina, Dr. Wallace E. Caldwell, of the University of N. C. faculty. Chapel Hill, will toe the guest speaker at the Annual i Ladles Night 'banquet of Fair view Lodge 339, A. F. A A. M., in the Masonic Dining Room on Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Other Grand Lodge dtgnltaries attending will include Herbert M. Foy, of Mt. Airy, Deputy Grand Master; Dr. Oh as H. Pugh, of Gas tonla, Junior Grand Deacon; and George D. Washburn, of Shelby, District Deputy Grand Master. In keeping with 1t? time -hon ored custom the Lodge will have as Its special guests all the Ma sonic widows. There are now , Jf of these ladies in Kings Moun tain. T*hey will be introduced by John H. Floyd, Past Master/ Kings Mountain Mayor J, E. Herndon, Past Master, will give the address of welcome, which win be responded to by Mrs- Sam Stal lings. The master of ceremo nies will be Arnold Kincaid, Past Master. The dinner will be served by the local Chapter of the Eastern Star. Tickets can be secured from Dickie Tate or any one of his committee. rag . J> Lions To Conduct Annual Broom Sale For Blind February 1.2. 3 ?????? . Members of the Kings. Moun tain Lion? dub will conduct a Droom end door met sale here next Thursday. Friday and Sat urday, February 1, 2, and 3, Geor ge Houscr, chairman, gpfnounred this weak,1 '#7 The brooros.and mats are made by Wind persons at Guilford In dustries for the Blind. Greensboro. Proceeds from the sale will be used In Kings Mountain *>y the Lions club in it's work ?1th the blind. .} ' Other members of the sale committee are Billy I ? ey, Horace Hord and Fred Daugh Maun* conduct a house-to-house sale on tfceaiMl* Prices of the items Include: house broom, $1.50; industrial br?on~|J00 and $2.25; and door \ artce of Irtp&MRt is anticipated, Mr. Houser said, due to a shortage of broomcorn. of which jhm^pome percent below average in 1850. v "When you buy ataooui ormat. you get value tecelted, provide employment tot the blind and our Lions chib is able to farther its WW* with the blind, Cllons Defense Head ! Says Nation Can Be Bombed "At any hour of any night, the Russians could wipe out any city of the United States with the a tomic bomb," E. Z. Jones, North Carolina director of civil defense told an audience of 150 Kings Mountain citizens Tuesday nit; As proof of good reasoning, Mr. Jones, an army major during World War II, said air force offi cials had told him, "No American bombing mission in World War II was stopped short of its mis sion by enemy action." He point ed out that this was tri-e even though the Germans had already developed air defense to a high degree of perfection. He also pointed out that Russia could bomb this country on a one-way flight, with bombers similar'to the U. S. B-29. "The Russians could unload on any city, then bail out, and be intern ed for the duration at Grove Park Inn," he said. By such statements, Mr. Jones made out a good case for the current need for a civilian de fense organisation throughout the state and the nation, . inte grated, he said for the one ma jor aim of civil defense: to min imize the effect of enemy action. The organization could be used in peacetime emergency, he no ted, but added that this was not the primary aim. He compared civil defense to an insurance policy. ''Just 'because we have insurance, we don't go around wanting the house to burn down," he pointed out. "But if it does burn, that insurance proves invaluable." The individual, he said, can do his part in civil defense in two ways, by selling the need for piv il defense and by volunteering for duty. He reported that the Mayor of Cologne, Germany, told him that that city had evacuated 240,000 persons during the heavy bomb ing raids of World War II. Then he asked, "Could we do it?" Te pointed out that there are four major -means in which an enemy could attack the United States, by bombers, missies, sub- 1 marines, or sabotage, and he fur ther noted that the Communists in this nation ?Te doing every thing then can to discourse civil defense. "What would you do if a ?bomb (Cont'd on page eight) Pic. Bolds Wins Bronze Star WITH THE FIRST CALVARY DIVISION IN KOREA. ? A Kings Mountain soldier has been awar ded the Bronze Star Medal (or his conspicuous devotion -to duty which contributed to the destruc tion of seven enemy tanks. He Is Private First Class Herr" M. Bolds, son of Mrs. Lola Mao Bolds, 118 Walker street, Kings Mountain. Private Bolds was awarded the fourth highest decoration for he roism in action September 27, 1950 at Hambung-ni, Korea while a member of the U. S. 1st Caval ry Division. The citation accompanying the decoration reads in part: \ "Private Bold*1 battery was at tached to the task force making the Initial breakthrough to. link up with United Nation forces at Inchon when it was suddenly am bushed, shortly after midnight, by ten enemy tanks. Courageos ly disregarding the terrific vol ume of enemy tank cannon and machine gun fir* directed at him, Private Bolds,. as connoneer, quickly assisted in placing his 105 mm howitzer in firing posi-" tion." "The lead tank ww* allowed to come within a range of 25 yards before it was fired upon and destroyed, blocking the ad vance of the other tanks. Private Bolds' coolness under fire," the ci tation continued, "and conspic uous devotion to duty greatly contributed to the eventual de struction of seven enemy tank* and fo preventing the overrun ning of the task force's cohimn. Private Hold's heroism reflects great credit upon himself and the military service. " the citation con etuded. *?3ifr. ?'.v HERE FRIDAY ? Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice. UNC and Wash ington Redskins star, will play with the Carolina Clowns eager* hem at Central gymnasium Fri day night against the Kings Mountain Stars in a game being sponsored by the Mountaineer Club. A telegram received yester day .from .Coy Carson, .Clown manager, read: "Justice will be with us Friday." The game is scheduled to begin at 8 p. m.. with a preliminary event between the Kings Mountain high school "B" team and the "Phantoms" to get underway at 6:30 p. m. HL C.Wilson Scout Head v?C The annual meeting and Scout Parent banquet of the Kings Mountain District, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at the Ma sonic Hall on Tuesday, Febru ary 6th,- at 7 p, m. according to an announcemeat by H. C. Wil son, new district chairman. Mr. Wilson succeeds Ollie Har his, who filled the un-expired term of Rev. W. H. Stender, as chairman. Mr. Harris Is the new vice-chairman of the organiz tion. Other new officers Include Dr. N. H. Reed, secretary - treasurer succeeding Charlie Blalock. J. H. Patterson is the new com missioner of the group and nei ghborhood vommisBioners this year are Rev. T. L. Caihwell, Jr., Rev. T. W. Fager, Harold Hunni cutt and I. Ben Coforth, Jr. The remainder it the 1951 or ganization follows: Organization and Extension ? L. E. Abbott, chairman, Dr. D. F. Hord, C. D. Ware, Paul Mauney, Arnold Kiser. Leadership Training, Buck Bar | ley, chairman, C. D. Ware, Broad us Moos, Junior Wilson, M. L. Hoi comb, Ralph Huliender. Finance ? Dr. Phillip Padgett, Chairman, George Mauney, Ar nold Kiser, J. C. McKlnney, Bu;en NeUl, Jr., B. S. Peeler, Jr. Health and Safety ? Dr. W. L. Ramseur, ohalrman, Dr. Paui Hendricks, N, M. Farr, Ollie Harris. Advancement (Court of Honor) ? Harold Hunnfcnjtt, chairman, E. E. Marlowe, J. H. Patterson, Rev. W. L. Preasly, L. E. Davis, Rev. P. D. Patrick, Charlie Blalock. Camping and Activities ? C. C. Eden*, chairman, Fred Plonk, Carl Mayes, Wiley Blarvton, Wil liam Plonk, Clyde Kerns. Relationships ? I. Ben Golor th, Jr., chalanan, Rev. J. H. Bren daM, Rev. J. W. Phillips, Dr. Ja cob Mauney, Paul McGirmla, Jr., Arnold Kincald. CLUB TO U CLOSED The King* Mountain Country Club will be closed for 10 day*, effective February 6, according to announcement by H. R. Nelsler, president. The club will be closed in order to pro vide a vacation for tha'ltttn* agement However, it was an nounced, the pro shop and locker room will be open daily during the period at 1 fafaii Herald Is Winner Of Contest Award Editorial Page Adjudged Best Among Weeklies The Kings Mountain Herald was adjudged to have the best editorial page among weekly newspapers in North Carolina in the 1950 newspaper contests of the North Carolina Press Associa tion; Governor W. Kerr Scott an nounced and presented the a wards at the annual Duke Uni versity dinner of the Mid-Winter Press Institute, held last Friday night at Durham. The weekly newspaper con tests were judged by officials of the Lee Memorial Journalism Foundation of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.t who based their decisions on each issue published by newspapers entering the contests during the final quarter otl950. In the editorial page^fivision, the Franklin Press was adjudged second-place winner, with the Northampton County News tak ing third. Special mention was accorded the Marion Progress, the Valdese News and the Mt. Airy News. .In the semi-weekly contests, the Cleveland Times, o f Shelby, was given special mention in lo cal news coverage and in the ed itorial page divisions. rrt9r to. tJie the press awards, the Herald re ceived from the judging officials an interim report Or critique, in which the Washington and Lee officials praised the editorial page as "good." "Its appearance is excellent and editorials are well-written and expressive," the critique read. It also srtated, "The paper re ports news of all community ac tivities with balance and objec tivity," and noted, "the Herald regularly prints enough sports copy to fill up a regular sports page. Publication of complete statistics of high school games was excellent, as well as unusual for the weekly field." For its award in the editorial division, the Herald received a handsome bronze plaque, with engraving noting the Herald's award. City Has Completed Water Line Yobs The City of Kings Mountain has completed currently approv ed water line projects in three a reas of the city, City Adminis trator M. K. Fuller said this week. The city has installed six-in ch water lines in Linwood road, In the Burlington Mill village, on Cansler street and 1n Crescent Hill. , The installations have also in cluded addition of nine fire hy drants, three in each area, which will improce the fire protection for those areas, Mr. Fuller said. . City crews are now busy me tering houses in the Burlington section, and citizens of the area are being asked to tie In with their private lines as quickly as possible. DAT Or PRAYER Mrs. W. L. Pressly, chairman of the committee for the World Day of Prayer announces plans ?have been completed and will be published in the next issue of the Herald. The meeting will be held this year in the First Baptist church, February 9 at 10 a. m. '?? ? "*i i " - i ? m i .1 i >?? Connty Board Will For Arm; Physical The Cleveland County selective service board has been ordered to furnish 200 men for pre -induc tion physical examinations on February 8. The csll Is by far the heaviest yet received toy the oounty board and is indicative of the heavily Increased demand for men by the amy. Mrf. H. L. Newman, clerk to the board, said that filling of the February 8 csll would virtually exhaust the board's pool of reg istrants in the 20-yesr/yld age group. 1 | NAZARENE PASTOR ? Rev. C. E. j McKenzie, elder in the Church of j the Nazarene, is the new pastor ' of the Fizst Church of the Naza rene here. Mr. McKenzie. former- 1 ly pastor of First Church of the Nazarene. of Concord, succeeds Rev. Harry E. Crump, who has ac- 1 cepted a call to serve as pastor of i First Church of the. Nazarene in ( Rock Hill. S. C. Paul W. Owens Lodge Master Paul W. Owens was installed as Master of Falrvlew Lodge No. "339 A". T:~&t *A. "M. on December 29, succeeding Arnold W. Kin caid. Mr. Owens was installed, along with the following officer.** for 1951, by Past Master Kincaid. D. E. Tate, Senior Warden; G. W. White, Junior Warden; J. C. Keller, Treasurer; Paul W. Walk er, Secretary; Boyce Gault, Sen ior Deacon; Glee A. Bridges, Ju nior Deacon; Emmett Ross, Stew ard; T. T. Moss, Steward; and J. A. Walker, Tyler. . . Drive At $1,290 March Of Dimes Contributions by Number Four Township citizens to tho 1951 March of Dimes campaign totaled $1,290 Thursday, according to re port of Sam Stallings, campaign chairman. Mr. Stallings said the financial campaign to aid the fight against infantile paralysis was progres sing well, and he expressed con fidence that the $6,000 quota would be met. "Some committees have al ready turned in more funds than last year, while others are still working," Mr. Stallings said. He added that few reports have yet been received from the indus trial division, but that indica tions are that donations in this division will be good. Also not reported, and not due until next week, is reports from the schools division. "The committees are working bard, and we expect to go over the top," Mr. Stallings said. Any individual who wishes to make a donation should call Mr. Stallings at Burlington Mills of fice. He said he will visit the donor and pick up his gift. Funds derived from the cam paign are used to treat victims of Infantile paralysis and to pay for research to determine the cause' of polio and Improved me thods of treatment. L Send 200 Men lsFebniaiy28 1 1 Currently eligible for induction are single men in the 19 to 25 year r.fe groups. The men have been called by inverse age orde^ which means that available men from 21 to 25 have already been called, or are awaiting induction, except those found physically or otherwise unfit tor army1 duty. After taking a pre -induction physical examination, a regis trant found fit for duty has * minimum of three weeks prior fc| Induction. This means that the men examined on February 8 would not be inducted prior to March 1. Two King Stieet Lots Purchased By Bus Company Queen City Coach Company has completed arrangements f6r the purhase of two lots in the 100 block of West King street ?6r | purported erection of a bus ter minal. Sale of the two lots, from the Maud Eunice Hord Estate and from Fred W". Plonk and Hal S. j Plonk 10 the Queen City Compa ny, was confirmed by the owners [Tuesday. . Total cost of the property to Queen City was $15,500, the com pany agreeing to pay $8,000 to the Maud Eunice Hord estate for a lot 75 feet by 158 feet, and $T, 500 to Fred and Hal Plonk for the adjoining lot, which is 64 feet by 158 feet. - : " Meeting in special session Wed nesday morning, the city board of commissioners, which has been active in urging the bus company . to make provisions for a suitable terminal hercTTnrammausly ap~? 1 proved the site for erection of a terminal. ? Just how quickly* Queen City will be able to utilize the proper ty for a terminal is a question, in view of the current building freeze on commercial construc tion. However, Mayor J. E. Herndon, who has been in constant touch with Queen City officials for tho past several months in an effort \ to speed action on a bus termi nal site, expressed the opinion that the federal government would approve the erection of a terminal as necessary to the pub lic welfare. News of the purchase of the property will be welcomed by Kings Mountain area citizens who use inter-city buse# for trans portation. Since February 16, 1950, Kings Mountain has been a flag stop for buses. Bridges Au to Parts on West King street is a receiving station for bus ex press, but pus patrons have had to secure schedule information from Shelby or Gastonia termi nals. Efforts to secure a terminal site have been in the news dur ing the past year. At request of the city board of commissioners, Utilities Commissioner Edward H. McMahan held an informal hearing on the matter here, and the city adminuistration had an ticipated seeking a Utilities Com mission order requiring the bus operators to provide terminal fa cilities. In talks with Mayor Herndon and others J. H. Quattlebaum, Queen City traffic manager, has indicated that his company an ticipates building a bus station here comparable to one the com pany has recently completed at Wadesboro. Schoolmen Cite Pupil Draft Policy City school officials called at? . tention this week to current se lective service policy, whereby the induction of men under 20 years of age may be postponed, provided the young man is mak ing satisfactory grades on a full course of study. Under present policy, a young man in such circumstance may have induction postponed until he reaches the ageof 20, gradua tes from high school or ceases to pursue satisfactorily a full-time course of instruction, whichever occurs first. "When a full-time student un der 20 years of age receives his notice of induction, "Superinten dent of Schools Clyde Erwin ad vised in the January issue of the North Carolina Public School Bulletin, "he should make writ ten request for postponement t