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. > . - v> Population , City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.62 NO. 7 Sixty-Second Year ? Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. February 16, 1951 Established 1889 14 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS B, Hudson Bridges To Seek Re-election -4 Local News Bulletins IN AIR FORCE Gordon H. (Buddy) Beatty, son of Mrs. Merle Beatty, has enlisted in the Air Force. He left Tuesday night from Char lotte for San Antonio, Texas; where he was assigned for ba sic training. PARKING MONEY A total of $141.13 in revenue was collected from the city's parking meters Wednesday ac cording to a report b y City Clerk S. A. Crouse. MASON'S MEETING An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. & A. M., will be held at the Masonic Hall Monday night February 19, at 7:30 o'clock for work in the third degree. All Master Masons are invited at tend. , NAVY CHAPLAIN Rev. Don Michael, recently ?pastor of Zion Lutheran church, Hickory, and a former assistant pastor at St Matthew's Luth eran church here, has entered the navy as a chaplain, It was learned here this week. He re-, ported for duty on Tuesday. TO BEGIN SERIES Rev. R. L. Hardin, pastor of Macedonia Baptist church, an nounced this week that he will . begin a study of the Book of Revelations Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. "We will study this book each Wednesday' nighty untl^ ^m^Ieted. ^Kvery^ GAMBLE IN HOSPITAL ? . J. N. (Pete) Gamble it recu perating at Memorial Hospital, Charlotte from a major kidney operation which he underwent last Friday. His condition was described as satisfactory Thursday morning, tout he ex pects to remain In the hospital for an Indefinite period. RESERVIST CALLED Sam Collins, manager of City Auto and Home Supply and a navy reservist, has been notifi ed toy the navy department that ' he will be called to active du ty after April 24 and prior to May 30, provided he la physi cally fit for duty. Mr. Collins, a metalsmith, first-class, In the navy reserve, is to receive his physical examination prior to April 24. LANE IS CALLED Rowell Lane, high school principal, has been ordered to report for physical examina tion preparatory to return to active duty with the Army Air . Force. Mr. Lane, who holds a major's commission in the Air Force reserve, will report for ' examination at Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala., on March 10. His present orders call for this assignment to 14th Air Force Headquarters, Robbing Air Force base, Macon, Ga. BUILDING PERMITS Building permit was issued this week to Haywood E. Lynch for erection of a store building and repair of the old Presby terian church building at the comer at South Piedmont at* enue and West Mountain street, $4,865, to Mrs. Bertha Clary, for construction of a one story building on Ridge street, 9890, and to Crescent Hill De velopment Co., for construction of a residence on Lot 1, B lock C, x $3,000, and for construct!:"! of a nine-room residence on Lots 17 and 18, $10,000. Kiwanis Move* Meeting Place The Kingt Mountain Kiwanis club wfll nmi henceforth at the Masonic Dining Hall in the New MorTMpn Building, according to action of the club at Its meeting of February 8. ' At the meeting the club voted unanimously to meet at the Ma I sonic Dining Hall "until invited to return to the Woman's Club under arrangements satisfactory to the Kiwanis club." This action had (MSB recom mended by the Kiwanis club's board of directors. The change tit meeting place was necessitated by previous no ttOcstioa from tbo Woman's Ward 4 Board Member First To Announce B. Hudson Bridges, city com missioner for Ward 4, announced Wednesday that he would be a candidate for re-election in the city's May elections, and paid his five dollars filing fee. Mr. Hudson's announcement of candidacy was the first of the current political season. "I shall seek re-election In May," Mr. Bridges said. "At the present time, the city board has considerable construction work in the formative stage for the en suing two years and I am anxious to see this program carried out to completion." Mr. Bridges is completing his first term as a city commissioner. Otherwise, there were no oth er formal announcements con cerning the approaching biennal election^. There was considerable specu lation, with more and more ob servers predicting that all mem bers of the current city adminis tration would seek re election. Hinge to a "united front" re-elec tion campaign by members of the present administration continued to be Mayor J. E. Herndon. Should Mayor Herndon not seek re-elec tion, most observers felt that either Carl F. Mauney, Ward 2 commissioner, or Hal D. Ward. Ward 5 commissioner, would seek the (mayor's office. It was generally anticipated that A. H. Patterson, Ward 1 commissioner, and T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, Ward 3 commissioner, would offer for ^a-^^leetiOBi. ^^Rttpri^on, how-* ever, stated merely that he was "thinking about it" George W. Allen Is considered to be a "sure" candidate for ma yor, though he has not formally announced. A}1 citizens yote for the mayor and several commissioners. School hoard trusteeships to be determined In May are for Wards 4 and 5. School board vo ting is a strict ward affair, with Citizens of a particular ward set tling any races in the ward for school trustee. Terms of school board trustees 4 trustee and veteran chairman of the board, and of B. S. Neill, Ward 5 trustee and also a veter an member of the board, expire this year. . Terms of hchool hoard trustees are for six years, as opposed to termsof two years for elected city officials. ' | , Aooording to law, the city board of commissioners will for* mally order the elections in Mar. oh. Candidates have until five days before the election to file notice of candidacy. The election this year will be held on May 8. Southern Improving Crossings The Southern Railway section crew, under A. U. Tindall, began work bn Improving the Gold street and Mountain street cross ings this week. fe Mt| ' Mised to the main line dou ble track, to eliminate a bad dip n m two wens lugs "V'/ The city board of commission ers had recently requested the rail company to make these ttn MHHHH 'vJS.IfeSiber, city administrator, ?aid that the rail company had also promised ? lmprova the Piedmont avenue crossing and tatfl* * ektawalk on the South aide of the crossing. ?I?H6 IIMM HERALD FILES PRESENTED TO LIBRARY ? The Kings Mountain Herald has presented files lor 1947, 1948, 1949, and 1950 to Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library. In the picture above. Herald Editor Martin Harmon, at left, is shown presenting the files to Haywood E. Lynch, himself a former Herald editor and now chairman of the Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library board. Files for preceding years were incomplete. The Herald anticipates continuing the practice of providing the library with its files from year to year. (Photo by Carlisle.) 1950 City Tax Bill Is 85 Percent Paid January Report Shows Payments Of $21,71233 Kings Mountain's 1950 tax levy of $102,934.24 is 85 percent paid, according to announcement this week by S. A. Crouse, city clerk and treasurer. Total collected through Tues day of this week was $87,185,47, a sizeable portion of the tax bills having been paid in January, prior to the beginning penalty date of February 1. Tax pay ments during January by Kings Mountain citizens on 1950 bills totaled $21,712.33. Tax collections for prior yeare also show a high percentage of payment Mr. Crouse reported the follow ing figures: 1947 levy, 96 percent paid; 1948 levy, 97 percent paid; 1947 and 1946 levies, 98 percent paid. Largest levy was in 1949, when Kings Mountain's citizens' tax bills totaled $104,162.21. Of this amount $99,914,75 has been paid, - Against the 1948 levy of $95, 770:. 65, a total bf $92,563.49 has been paid. Against the 1947 levy of $78,639.91, a total of $76,620.40 has been paid, and against the 1946 levy of $71,280.68, a total of $69,578.18 has been paid. Mr. grouse urged citizens who still owe taxes, for* 1950 and for prior years to make settlement at once. Penalties now apply; to un paid tax bills and increase mon thly. SINGING CONVENTION The Carolina Singing con vention will he held at Mace donia Baptist church Su - lay afternoon at 2 o'clock with Ed Neal leading the singing. Rev. ?R. L. Hardin, pastor, has tau ed an invitation for all singers to attend the meeting. Mike Reynolds, 14?nontha-old son of Mr. and Mr*. Tommy Rey nold*, Will undergo a danjeroua heart operation at Duke hospital sometime next week. ,The young boy is a "blue ba by," victim of a congenital heart * Aocotdhig to Dr. Paul E. Hen dricks, Who has attended the ba by here, examination show* ? narrowing Of the pulmonary ve* sel, plus enlargement. The blue countenance results from s mix ing of thevsaotis and arterial blood. ThtS helgheru a* w?y exertion, end even crying will ? - ... . cause the child to turn blue. Though in aome instances, blue babte* live to adulthood, Dr. Hen d rtcks said, this IS unusual un less remedial operation is perfor med. * 11 ; . - 5 Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds took the child to Duke hospital over the weekend. It will he under ob servation for the remainder of the week, and the corrective op eration is scheduled for next week. If the operation is success ful, the baby will be able to grow Into ?t normal, heakhy boy. Mr. Reynolds is cashier at Crawford's Maifcat ? ? Polio Funa Drive Nears Its Coal Ths Number 4 township March of Dim** campaign quo ta of $6/000 was virtually "in sight" Thursday, according to report of Sam Stalling*, chair* man. Mr. Stalling* said the fund now totaled 55,621.50,, a gain of almost $400 over last week's report. He added that a few addi tional gifts are anticipated which, he thinks, will put the township over the top. March Exam Call Is For 125 Men Fifty-five Cleveland county men go to Charlotte Monday for final induction into the army. The group will Include a number < JT Kings Mountain area men. The selective service board al so reported this week that it had received orders to furnish 125 men for pre-inductlon physical examinations on MarCh 12. While this call is considerably smaller than the record February call, it will require about half the pool of 19-yCar-old registrants, Mrs. Clara Newman, clerk to the se lective service board estimated. Of the 202 men examined in Charlotte on February 8, 143 were found fit for duty. They will be eligible for induction after March 1. As yet the board had not re ceived its March induction call. After examination, men found physically fit have a mlnir-um of 21 days before induction. Mrs. Newman said local boards had received instructions con cerning induction of students. In spite of having received physical examinations, students can be ?deferred until the end of the school year and still have the op portunity of enlisting m what ever branch of service they pre fer. ' Mrs. Newt""" -*?? said it is currently the policy of the Cle veland county board to Induct married men, if tfie date of their marriage followed physical ex aminations. Mrs. Mcmncj Wins Award For music Mrs. Aubrey Mauney won sec ond place honors in the recent composers contest sponsored by the North Oarollna Federation' of Musie clubs. Mrs. Mauney's composition for the poem "Indifference" a sacred verse by Studdert . Kennedy, won runner-up place in vocal solos !n the state-wide amateur divis ion. Guard Members Are Deferred, Houston Says , , ' - Copt. Humes Houston, com manding officer of the Kings Mountain National Guard unit, this week called attention of 18 year-olds to the opportunity to volunteer for service Jn the Guard and thereby to qualify for auto matic deferment from the -draft. Capt. Houston pointed out that the policy of deferring Guard members, otherwise eligible for the draft, has been followed for several months and that this pol icy was re affirmed for 18-year olds by army officials last week end. He quoted from published news reports: "A compromise was reached between the regular services, the National Guard and reserves ov er the issue of allowing 18-year olds to volunteer for the guard and thus avoid being drafted. "At present they can Join a Guard unit and avoid the draft although Guard units may be called up later for Federal ser vice." Capt Houston pointed out that deferment Is only one advanta geous feature of enlisting in the local unit. "It gives enlistees an opportunity to learn valuable ci vilian trades and also an op portunity to serve with men they know." Sgt. Ned Gantt is on duty dai ly at the National Guard Motor Pool Building on Beeson's Creek Road, from 8:30 to 5 p. m. Com plete information concerning service in the Guard can be ob- 1 tained from him< i ' 1 Gastonia Pastor To Preach Here i?*eph Owen, pastor of Mtin Street Methodist church, of Oiatpnia, will preach a series of sermons tit Central Methodist church here during the week of February 25, according to an nouncement this week by the pastor, Rev. J. H. Brendall hera will be a part * ?. two-week revival aeries ?ehjdutod for the Gastonia dis trict. Revival aeries will be held In Cleveland county during the wwek of February 25, and in Gartoncounty during the week of Marrti 11. Arrangements for the program were made at a meeting at Me thodist ministers early in Janu ary. R?v. Mr. Brendall is district director of evangelism and re ports much enthusiasm attending plans for the series. IK RECITAL Fleming Mau ney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mauney, of Kings Mountain, wtil toe among the non-college students of vi olin at the Queens College De partment of Music t*> toe pre ?anted In recital at the college's Ninolas auditorium Friday ev ening at 1:&. He will play Baathovett'i "Sonatine." Aubrey Mauney Is Chairman Of 1951 Red Cross Fund Drive Me 9&L oan m, m ^Urig 8 {?r .!'?n of/j '"'<"1 He <%%; Un l950 act?Ol^rs h ? rV.f/^'onT of p?rts i ??.o ?. '<*<?, ClyS'."'V ?-'<*>?"&. ?X?o "?? '??>??? ted *!?*> S?* c- *? yZ'ss 0/s^ is i '^S o/e " ' <"><*; c,ation' u'acke^Cr,ftary . r *e*r ?.h*<l en i*!10*** er^c. f^C^T^ss: ?!s<?iuLc-<'y shaZl^ion L^Ported it_ ?bsss^ss^ss 'Oi/ov ?ste- sissraL . ?.? I $3^' V""tt v'?. aji<f " ^ /oif^M ?^nw., ^on?fc f?Sc5f ?. ??'<*? 'o,k .tXf's ? /&"? *.?,?? ?>. ??2? , Rev ? '3o'?4K^"45.;r?<> '???? T. W. y a/ ?t^e as?~ ^ager * ^.3%'" ?o? ,* o//i. flaw /i4t? Prant9 ^ !S,"'n'y"s *">>"? &xj&??is&s / V was fn nt*In * **?? Of Honors Gr, H^no: ye<] *<* ^ef^f a cth?cilst e *>*>: gU). Jon Sfew* Jf ^ of Yor^'Qrt')? *0^' Mr> ?-' k)'nJanies ?oya/!f ^rZeht<Z? <? tain *???. annl Jon?*[s*<* j? J Oft. ?9. oun. %Wi .^SSSSS8* I y' a*<* J3 7as, and ? ?$***. ' ?*^ey 'e and m m mmm TO HEAD DRIVE ? Aubrey M an noy. prominent Kings Mountain manufacturer, will serve as chairman of the 1951 Red Cross Fund campaign, according to an nouncement Thursday. City Boaid Holds j Routine Session Regular monthly meeting of the city hoard of commissioners, held Wednesday afternoon, was a brief one, with only routine business transacted. ? vi The board discussed with W. K. Mauney, Jr., requests of Mr. Mauney for water, sewer and e lectrlc servive to serve an area near the corner of Gaston and Gold streets, which Mr, Mauney said he planned td improve as a I residential development. Imme ! dlately, he said, he planned to construct uvo houses on the pro perty. The board discussed with Mr. Mauney a share-cost ar rangement on water and sewer line installations and instructed City Administrator M. K. Fuller to prepare cost analysis on the proposed work for future consid eration. Hal Plonk, on behalf of Cres cent Hill Development Company, asked the city to Install a two inch water line of approximately 600 feet to a house under con struction in Crescent Hill. The board voted to pay the Installa tion cost provided the Crescent Hill company defrayed the cost of pipe. The board approved request of Ray Alexander to transfer his taxi franchise to Bill Whetstine. The commissioners also gave the city administrator authoity to widen several street intersec tions leading into West King street. It had. been pointed out that several intersections were too narrow and therefore hazard ous to traffic. Specifically men tioned was the intersection of Cansler street, with King street, ; where, it was pointed out, the in tersection is only 21 feet wide. ! Mhtimu: desired width Is 26 feet. . Mayor Pro Tempore Hal Ward presided in the absence of May or J. E. Herndon. HOWARD EXAMINED Grady Howard, Kings Moun tain insurance man and ma rine corps reservist, went to Raleigh Thursday for physical examination preparatory to re turn to active duty. Mr. How ard holds a first lieutenant's commission in the Marine Corps reserve. If found physi cally fit, he will report for ac tive duty at Camp LeJeune on March 12. "Jaycee Minstrels Of 1951" Set Foi Two-Night Run Over Weekend The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce will pre sent "Jaycee Minstrels of 1951" on Friday and Saturday evenings at the high school auditorium. The Friday night show will be gin at 8 o'clcok and the Satur day evening show at 8:30. Officials reported a good ad vance ticket sale and expect a capacity house for both perform ances. Dress rehearsal was scheduled for Thursday night, and David D. Saunders, general chairman and director, said everything was in readiness for a fast-paced 90 mlnute show. I. Bert Goforth, Jr., will serve as "Mr. interlocutor," and the seven end-men will be Luco Palls, Dr. D. F. Hord, Yates Har bison, Bill Beam, Ben Ballard, Faleon Barnes and Ned McGlli. Mr. McGlll, a star of last year's Show, replaces Wilson Griffin who was unable to take the part of "Fireball." Several specialty numbers are scheduled. They Include "Poli ticks," with D. D. Saunders and Luco Falls; vocal numbers by ?B. S. Peeler, Jr., and BUI Sawyer, "Spectator," by A1 Rolston, a skit by Mrs. Boots McDanlel and ? "Dear Old Girl" production chor al ?kU, including Mrs Joe Hed den, Mrs. M. E. Stanton, Mr*. J. T. McGlnnls, Jr., Mm. Luco Falls Meek Carpenter, J. T. McGlnnls, Dr. D. F. Hord and Luco Falls. Music will be furnished by a 40 -voice mixed chorus, with the accompaniment by Mrte. Fleete McCurdy, Miss Emelyn Gillesrple and a six-piece band. The band, to be directed by Joe Hedden, will include Gene Thnms, Bill Sand era, Gilbert McKelvIe, Gene Aus tin, Tim Gladden and Jake Hord, Jr. Admission to the show will be 40 cents for children, 6C ec-r?ts for adults. Local Chapter Campaign Quota Set At _S6.139 Aubrey M annoy, Kings Moun tain manufacturer, will serve as chairman of the 1951 Red Cross Fund drive in Kings Mountain, according to announcement yes terday by Red Cross officials. The campaign, as in former years, will be conducted in Mar ch. Quota for the Kings Mountain chapter is $6,139. Of this .total, $4,362 will be retained by the Kings Mountain chapter for local Red Cross work, with $1,777 go ing to national headquarters. The percentage division is 71.1 percent for the local chapter, 29.9 percent for the' national organi zation. These figures were announced, along with the announcement that Mr. Mauney would head the campaign, by L. L. Benson, chapter chairman. Mr. Mauney and chapter offi cials completed arrangements for the campaign Thursday morning at a conference with Mrs. Ruth Searle, of Atlanta, special Red Cross field represen tative. Mr. Mauney expects to an nounce his campaign organiza tion in the near future. The slogan of the 1951 fund drive will be "Mobilize for De fense." Merchants Hold f Annual Banquet "The United States needs to tiave the spark of freedom lit; again as In Lincoln's time and. it would be fitting that Kings Mountain, where the tide of bat tle for our Independence was turned in the Revolutionary War by a band of ordinary citizens, kindle the flame, " Henry Alex ander, of Charlotte, said in an address Tuesday night at the Masonic dining hall before the annual Merchants association employer - employee banquet. "We need to tell Congress and the administration that we want no further federal aid of any kind but that we want all our resour ces spent to insure the freedom and liberty of the democratic way of life that is now ours," he con tinued. "If we, little business, la bor, farmers, continue to look to government for "handouts" and a. life of financial security we stand in greater danger of losing our democratic way of life than we do from an all-out attack by the Russian communists." Mr. Alexander began his ad dress in a humoroustone that delighted his audience. Mr. Alexander pointed out that "we" don't remember Lincoln In I this section as well as we should but noted that he was a man who loved peace but whom fate de le reed to guide this country i through one of the worst wars of its history. In turning his address toward the Lincoln Day theme, he said that Lincoln held "no hatred, ? with charity toward all and ma lice toward none." Through his leadership, he added, our coun try was saved. "Today we have lost faith in the leadership of our country, in ourselves. We need a rebirth of faith, spreading up from the bottom to our leaders, not from the top down," he said. Mr. Alexander was introduced by Glee A. Bridges after the group was entertained by 'The Fireball Four," a quartette in cluding E. C. McClain, Dan Huff stetler, Kenneth Crook and Char-, lie Warlick. Falson Barnes, association sec retary, served as master of cere monies and conducted the annual prize drawing in which mer chants offered gifts to lucky la dies present. Wilson Crawford, retiring pres (Cont'd on page eight) Tax Lister Says 228 Delinquent Cltlsens who failed to list their property for taxes corn ' > " still list them without a trip to Shelby after all. County officials have made arrangements for township ci tizens to list their properties I with Joe McDanleL city list ta ker, at City Hall. Mr. McDanlel said Wednes day that his records showed 23f citizens had failed to list their properties en the city hooks alone. Be reminded that persons who fall to list for tax es are liable to indictment
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