?? It A ? Blind! Buy A Broom From Your Lions Club Salesman This Weekend ? . ?; -. v.; ? V City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VDL. 62 NO. 5 *J O Pa^es T oday ' Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain, N. C., Friday, February 2. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins stort hour Regular story hour for chil dren through the fourth grade will be held at Jacob S. Mau ney Memorial library Friday from 4 to 5 p. m. with Mrs. Hal Morris as teller and Mrs. Frank Ussery as hostess. All children are urged to attend. < WALL HERE SUNDAY Dr. Zeno Wall, of Shelby, for mer Baptist Orphanage super intendent and former pastor of Shelby First Baptist church, ?will deliver 'both morning and evening services at First Bap tist church in the absence of . the pastor, Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr. CONTINUING STUDIES Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., pas tor of First Baptist church, left Monday lor Louisville, Ky., where he will take a two-week study course at the Baptist Seminary. He will return to Kings Mountain on February 10th. NO MONET WEDNESDAY No revenue was collected from the city's parking meters Wednesday. Meter Officer S. R. "Pop" Davidson reported that lie was unable to fit the key Into the meter lodes because all the machines had "frozen up." during the Icy weather this week. CITY TAG SALES - ?' Sale of 1951 city vehicle 11 cenae plates had reached a to- . t*l of fcl toy okWng time Wsd nesday according to a report by I City Clerk S. A. Crouse. Over 1,100 tags were sold by the city fn 1950, indicating the possi bility that some motorists had not made purchases toy the February 1 deadline. CLUB NIGHT A club night party will be held at the Kings Mountain Country Club Saturday even ing at 8 o'clock, according to announcement this week by the social committee. The ev ening's entertainment will In clude dinner and dancing. Members are asked to make reservations as early as possi ble. . ? JATCEE MEETING Regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Tues day evening at 7 o'clock at the high school cafeteria. Follow! n the meeting, a rehearsal of the Jaycee Minstrels of 1951 will be held at the auditorium. Captain Hayes AwaidedDFC Captain Oliver T. Hayes, Jr.j husband of Mis. Gloria Brown Hayes *nd son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver T- Hayes, Sr., has been 'a warded the Distinguished Flying Croat for "outstanding meritori ous aervice" in Korea. ' The officer, Who is serving as ? pilot with the Third Bomb Group of the Fifth Air Force, was ci ted for a mission he flew on Au gust 33, 1980. The accompanying citation says that Hayes was pilot of ? B 26 attack bomber dispatched In a night intruder mission over Communist-held Korea on that date. "As he neared enemy territc-.'," the citation says, "he noticed a loss of power in the left engine of Ms plane. Although he would have been justified in returning to hMtMiiWHtuse of the trouble and the darkneas, he proceeded on his course, attacking the er?ons st Guilford Industries for the Blind, in Greensboro. Profits from the sale are retained by the local club for aid to the blind and j to purchase glasses tor needy children. , G Prices of the items are: house $1.50; Industrial " 'I .. ? . "The brooms and matsllH comparable in price to other | similar products and are of su perior quality," George Hooser, chairman of the sale, sa ? Tho olty haa been divided into disti-kfts with teams of lions des ignated to make house to house calls on particular Itum. Other members of th#' dub committee include W. K. Mauney, Jr., Horace Hoid and Fred Dau Khtry. v **Tnie people of the communltj have always been very ftspon uf- ~ Polio Campaign Beports Lag; Total &111 Report of cash-in-hand on the Number 4 Township March of Dimes campaign was $2,113.32 Thursday morning, and it brou ght a plea from Chairman Sam Stallings for committee heads to complete their work and file reports with thte campaign treas ure*. Mr. Stallings -pointed out that the drive was scheduled to end on January 31 and that officials are anxious to close it out. "While . Members of the King* Moun tain Merchants association are currently balloting t>y mail to choose officer* for the coming Deadline for the voting i * Sat urday. Candidate# for the office* of president, vice-president and di rector were nominated toy com mittee. / | They are: For president, T. W. Grayson and Hilton Ruth. For vice -president, G. E. Bridges and Warren Reynolds, for directors, (three to, he chosen) W. S. Ful ton, Jr., Dan Huffstetler, Paul McGinn Is, Menzell Phifer, Gene Roberts and M. E. Stanton. Members of the nominating' committee were I, C. Bridges chairman, H. E. Lynch, O. W. My pT.t and C. E. Wsrllck. ????? Association members who have noi yet returned their post card ballots are urged to return them i|*p. m. Saturday. Mission Chuich To Hold Initial j Services Sunday First services of the new Luth eran Mission in Kinga- Mountain Will be held Sunday morning at West school, it was announced yesterday by Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor. Rev. Mr. Daniel arrived in j Kings Mountain Tuesday. Sunday school will be held at 9:45 a. m., with preaching serv ices to follow at 11 o'clock. On Wednesday evening, a Len ten service will be held at the school at 7:30. The Mission church has made arrangements to use the West school facilities until it builds its church building in Crescent Hill. Plans for the building are beirig completed by the architect and the church expects to erect its building as quickly as possi-; ble. The church will be known as "The Lutheran Mission in Kings Mountain" until formal organi zation of the church, which, Mr. Daniel said, would probably take place on Easter Sunday. Rev. Mr. Daniel has not mov ed his family here yet, due to sickness, but they are expected to move next week. The Daniels will occupy a new home on Mea dowbrook Road. The Mission church 1s being organized by former members of St Matthew's Lutheran church. Piayer Day Program Given Program for Kings Mountain's annual World Day of Prayer ob servance, to be held Friday, Feb ruary 9 at First Baptist church, at 10 a. m., was announced this week by Mrs. W. L. Pressly, pro gram chairman. Theme of the program is "Per fect Love Casts out Fear." It will include audrence partic ipation features, as well as indi vidual prayers, talks, and read ings. Taking part on the program will be Mrs. P. D. Patrick, who will give the invocation, Mrs. Pressly, who will introduce the program, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, who will give the prayer of con fession and penitence, Mrs. Paul Mauney, who will discuss "Agri cultural Migrants," Mrs. T. L. Cashwell who will talk on "In dians," Mrs. C. A. Butterworth, who will dl9cuss "Christian Lit erature and Christian Colleges," Mrs. Jacob Cooper, who will speak on "Where Our Offering Goes." Mrs. Baltiens, Latvian na tive, will also make a brief talk. The World Day of Prayer ob servance is a community-wide service, i.-nder sponsorship of wo men's groups 6f the several chur ches. Hardware Firm Ownership Changed Bridges & HamrJck, well-known Kings Mountain hardware firm, will in the future be operated as Bridges Hardware Company, ac cording to dissolution notice pub lished in today's issue of the Herald. Under the terms of the dissolu tion, which was effective January 2, 1951, the partnership of G. A. Bridges, D, R. Hamrick, J. C. Brid Ses and G. E. Bridges, known as ridges * Hamrick, is dissolved, and the concern will be operated by G. E. and J. C. Bridges, trad ing as Bridges Hardware Compa ny. The new partnership is assum ing the debts and obligations of the old concern, as well as ac counts of Bridges * Hamrick. Glee A. Bridges will continue to be active in the firm, he said) though it will be under the man* agement of his two sons. Lippard To Address Scouters Of District SCOOT SPEAKER ? Rev. A. W. Lippcrrd, of Morganton, will be the speaker at the annual Scout Parent banquet and meeting of the Kings Mountain District. Boy Scouts of America, to be held Tuesday at 7 p. m. at the Masonic dining halL Peterson Rites Set For Sunday Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ann Peterson, 73, resident of North Piedmont avesue who died Thursday around 6:25 a. in. at her home of a heart attack, will be held at Hope-veil church, near Blacksburg, S. C., Sunday after noon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be In the chur ch cemetery. Mrs. Peterson was a native of Cherokee County. S. C., and was the daughter of the late John and Sarah Ann Martin. She had been a resident of Kings Mountain for 46 years. . Surviving are her husband, Ed Peterson, two sons, Jasper L. and Walter Peterson, and four dau ghters, Mrs. John Sanders, Mrs. Simon Sanders, Mrs. Fred Hen son and Mrs. Marvin Styers, all of Kings Mountain; a sister, Mrs. Ora McDanlel, of Blacksburg, S. C; and 21 grandchildren. Funeral Conducted For Hugh Mauney Funeral rites for Hugh Taylor Mauney, 49, well-known Gastonia salesman, were held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at Carothers Funeral Home chapel in Gaston ia. Mr. Mauney, husband of the former Miss Mary King of Kings Mountain, died suddenly Monday night in a hospital at Seneca, S. C., death * ilng attributed to pneumonia. - Mr. Mauney was in Seneca on a business trip. He was a tailor ing representative for Globe Tail oring Company and during the past year called at Kings Moun tain at Hughes Clothing Store. Surviving, in addition to -his wife, are two sons, Hugh Maurtey, Jr., and Thomas King Mauney, both of Gastonia, a sister, Mrs. I. N. Alexander, Gastonia, a brother, Frank M. Mauney, his father, C. Murphy Mauney, Columbia, S. C., and his mother, Mrs. C. M. Mau ney, Gastonia, Mr. Mauney was a Mason and an Elk. He was a (former member of the board of stewards of Gas ton ia's Main Street Methodist church. He had been associated with Globe Tailoring Company for the pa?t 12 years. He was a native of Gastonia and at ? one time operated a business at Un lor, S. C., and Inter a business at Gastonia. . . .. ? _ ; ? 7~ : I 235 Beceiving (Men To Take Pre-Indaction Exams Tlraisday Cleveland County's selective service board will tend its kng est group of men for pre-induc tlon examonatlons next Thursday since the re activation of the se lective service program. The board has sent orders to 235 registrants to report to the board office next Thursday morning for transportation to Charlotte for prelnduction phy sical examination*. Men found fit for duty will then be eligible for Induction Into the army, after a minimum delay of 2\ daya. W Mra Clara Newman, clerk to the selective service board, said almost ail registrants in the 20 yearold age group were order ed up for examinations. The group Includes men born as re cently as October 1930. On February 19, the board will send 95 men for final Induction Into the army. The to&ard received thhi week formal regulation* from state se lective service headquarters on processing of college students and also received certain Instruc tions concerning lists of occupa tional deferments. Mrs. Newman said the latter regulations had Just arrived and that the board had not had time to study them thoroughly. iiow ; ever, she added, a hasty perusal , of the regulations indicated few, if any, occupations in this area ' would qualify as deferable. Annual Banquet Will Be Held Tuesday Night Rev. A. W. Lippard, chaplain of the State Hospital at Morganton and Burke County Scout official for the past five years, will 'be the featured speaker at the an nual Scout-Parent banqupt and I meeting of the Kings Mountain District, Boy Scouts of America, to be held at the Masonic dining hall Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. The announcement was made by H. C. vyilson, new chairman of the Kings Mountain district. "The Rev. Mr. Lippard has for the past five years been a strong arm of the Scout program In Burke County. He has served as chairman of the Burke County district arid a s vice-president of the Piedmont Council for two years. As annual banquet speak er he will bring a strong Scout ing message," the announcement read. Tickets are now on sale for the banquet, Mr. Wilson said, and anyone interested in Scouting is invited to attend. All Scouts and parents of Scouts are especially urged to attend the meeting, he said. The Kings Mountain district banquet is an annual feature of Boy Scout Week, which is "being observed all over iihe nation February 6 to 12. This year the Boy Scouts of America are celebrating the for ty-first anniversary of the pro gram. Since February 8, 1910, more than 17,750,000 boys and men have served in Scouting. The Kings Mountain district this year Joins with over 2,750,000 hoys and men who are actively enrolled in over 75,000 units to "Strengthen Liberty," the anni versary theme. ? Scouts all over the country are training for Civil Defense jobs in order to he prepared to serve in. emergencies. Final Bites Held For Vane Wells Funeral services for Francis Vane Wells, 60, resident of route one, Kings Mountain, who died Tuesday night around 8:30 in a Gasrtonia hospital after a nine day Illness, were held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Oak View Baptist church. Rev. C. E. Oxford, Rev. E. O. Gore and Rev. W. L. Pressly offi ciated and burial was in the - church cemetery. A native of Cleveland county, Mr. Wells was the son of the late John and Mattie Sellers Wells. He was a member of Oak View Rap. tirit church. Most oi his life he had devoted to farming but for the past eight years he had been employed by Neisler. Mills, Inc. His wife, the late Mrs. Mamie 1 Compton Wells, died In February 1950. Surviving are four sons, John Wells, of Alta Vista, Va? and Ral ph, Claude and Henry Wells, of Kings Mountain; seven daugh ters, Mrs. M. P. Lockridge, Mrs. Carl Morrow, Mrs. John Bumgard ner and Miss Virginia Wells, all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. P. R. Gladden of Charlotte, Mrs. Jack Bumgardner, of Lowell, and Mrs. R. L. Deal, of Oastonia, a brother, W. Mike Wells, of Kings Moun tain; a sister, Mrs. V. L. Bookout, of Burlington and eleven grand-, children. Masons Heaz Di. Caldwell More than 200 Masons and their wives were present Tuesday night for the annual banquet of Falrview I.nrlge No. 339, A. F. & k. M., held at the Masonic Din ing hall. Feature of the evening was an address by Dr. Wallace E. Cald well, of Chapel Hill, Grand Mas ter of North Carolina. Dr. Caldwell made an interest ing address, in which he outlined the -advantages of Masonry, both to a community and to the indlvU dual. Arnold W. Klncaid served as > master of ceremonies and Past * 'Master S. A. Crouse made the ad dress of welcome. Mrs. Sam Stall ings responded. Thirteen of 20 ? widows of former members of Falrview Lodge were presented by John H. Floyd, Past Master. , " (Cont'd on page flv?) ^