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. f" ? 1 I I ' 1 City Limits 7.193 (Final Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) 16 Pages Today "VOL. 62 NO. 8 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday. March 2. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS I Local News (Bulletins STATE INCOME TAX Durham Davis, state income tax representative, will toe at City Hall on Tuesday and Wed nesday to assist citizens in fil ing 1950 state income tax it has been announced. HERE FRIDAY W. K. Rowan, of Shelby, fed eral income tax representative, announced that he will be at City hall all day Friday to as sist citizens with filing of fed eral income tax forms. ' STORY HOUR Regular Friday afternoon . story hour for children at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library will begin at 4 o'clock. Miss Mary Mallard will serve as story-teller, with Mrs. Frank Ussery as hostess. . ? BACK TO DOTY Clyde P.- Meicalf, 18, lelt Wednesday to report back to ?duty aboard the U. S. Maddox. He came home February 1st after being overseas in the Ko lean theatre for nine month's duty. CLUB PARTY Regular monthly Club Night party will be h$ld at the Kings Mountain Country Club Satur day night at 8 o'clock. The evening's entertainment will feature dinner, danding and bridge, according to announce ment by the entertainment committee. Members are being asked to make reservations as early as possible. INJURED IN FALL Alvin Wray Causby, Oak <Irove community resident, was injured about 3:30 Tuesday af ternoon when a scaffolding ?broke while -he was painting a ?bridge for the state highway department. He was admitted to Shelby hospital, where X rays failed to reveal any bro ken -tyones. He is expected to be discharged from the hospital Friday. r:f. Mckenzie arrives Rev. C. E. McKenzie, new pas tor of First Church of the Naz arene and Mrs. McKenzie, have moved to Kings Mountain and are occupying the church par. son age on Cherokee street Mr. McKenzie was former pastor of the First Church of the Naza reive, of Concord. IK HAVT Hunter War lick, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Warlick, 1s en route San Diego, Calif.,- for ba sic training in the navy. He left Monday from the Raleigh recruiting station. Prior to en tering the navy, he had -been ? student at Davidson college. JAYCEE MEETING Regular meeting of the Ju nior Chamber 6f Commerce will toe held Tuesday at the Maso nic dining hall at 7 o'clock. Of ficii* bpM to have represen tatives from Jaycette organlza tions ?t tbe meeting to assist (Wives of club members in form ing an auxiliary organization, It was announced. , Mid-March Opening Aim For Hospital are aiming for a mid-March O ptilng of the Kings Mountain hospital, Robert Moesr. admin istrate^ : said Thursday. The shipment e! hospital bods left the factory Wednesday night and b expected to arrivo orar the *?e?kend. However, still to bo received is certain CHURCH OFFICERS AT LUTHERAN MISSION GROUND-BREAKING ? Pictured above are members of the church council of the Lutheran Mission in Kings Mountain at ground-breaking services held in Kings Mountain Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Left to right front. Rev. Vance DanleL pastor. Hal S. Plonk, Phillip Baker E. K. Whitener Dorus Bennett. Rufus Mitcham, Dr. F. L. Conrad, of Salisbury, president ol the North Carolina synod, and Laney C. Dettmar. Back, Fred W. Plonk, Paul McGinn Is, Stowe Divenny and Herbert Mitcham. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Many Attend Ground- Breaking Service Of Lutheran Mission GROUND-BREAKING SERVICE ? Dr. F. L. Conrad, of Salisbury. toft abort, U shown turning the first spadeful of earth at ground-break lng services for th* new church of the Lutheran Mission In Kings Mountain. The seqrice. held here last Sunday afternoon at the site of the new church on Crescent Circle, was attended by some 250 per sons. Ber. Vance Daniel, pastor of the Mission church, is pictured center, and Ber. Boyle Whitesldes, of Hickory a Kings Mountain na tive, is shown at right. Formal organisation of the church congrega tion will be conducted on March 18th. The group has been holding services at West Elementary school auditorium since February 4th. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Pic. Canoll, 17, Sustains Wonnds Pfc. Evans Hugh Carroll, son of Mr. and Mrs. Finley O. Carroll, "W. King street, was slightly wounded In action In Korea on January 30, the army has notified his par ents. Pfc. Carroll Is recuperating In a hospital In Japan. His parents received a letter from his -last week In which he told them he was not severely hurt. ? Uniquely, Pfc. Carroll may re turn to civilian life wearing the "Purple Heart" decoration, while still under age for army service. He upped his age by more than a year to enlist In th army last May. At that time, he was two weeks short of age 17. He recelv ( Cont'd on page eight) BUlLOOrO PERMITS ? *\C. Cooper secured a build ing permit iMtfl City Hall Tues day to repair a building at 214 Cherokee street. Cost was es timated at $200. Mrs. Hulda Goforth'* Rites Held Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Hul da Jane Goforth, widow of tfee late J. W. Goforth, of Kings Mountain, were held Tuesday af ternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Central Methodist church. Hev. J. H. Brendall, Jr., officia ted and burial was in Mountain Best cemetery. Mrs. Goforth died Monday morning at the home of a daugh. ter, Mrs. W. H. Jenkins, in Win ston-Salem. She had lived there for the past seven years. Surviving, In* addition to Mrs. Jenkins, are a son, Charles Bob bitt, of Shelby, 13 grandchildren tand seven great-grandchildren. IN AIR FORCE Kenneth O. Pruitt substitute clerk at the Kings Mountain postoffice, and son of Mr. and Mrs. I. O. Pruitt, has enlisted In the army Air Force. He left for Charlotte Thursday morn. ?Ag for physical examination and assignment to an air force training station. Little Th?mi^HW,.To Give ItfsNP^HNpK.'' Tafltday The Kings. Mountain Little Ifjiriff; y#. , , JMgtt' performance of the current sea ?or. Tuesday evening at the high school The vehicle will be Daphne du Maurler't "Rebecca,". ?/i?ptne tingling play in three acta from tig# book of th.*> ? >ejpHte'|H| y it trod^jfcf jphfWlotfA;<g The play was first performed In 1M0 at the Opera House in Manchester, England, and was ftast produced in the United Sta tic* in 1941 <at the Cox Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio. Action of the play take* place lit tile hall of Manderley, anoe* teal home of Maxim de Winter, In Cornwall, England. The elaho ?Ci?? home Victorian design, on A h\gh ciiL toy the fmrtle? ?ea, gave comfort and pleasure to many and mystery to others. The story revolves around the Khosfc like influence of Maxlrti de Winter's first wife, as.lt effects ' - $8jm * ' ? ?/ 1 - * . . .mi . a m ? "? mmmm ^ ? ; : the new Mrs. de Winter and the other residents of Manderiey. Lead roles aw taken by Jimmy Spivey, as Mr. de Winter, and toy Mr* I. Ben Goforth, Jr., as Mars, de Winter. Mrs. A1 Roteton plays the *ern Mrs. Denver*. Miss Emelyn Giltespie, as the proud and haughty Beatrice Lacy, and Dr. Phillip Padgett, a. Major Gil ea Lacy, will provide comedy re lief from the high tension mood of the play. Others in the cast are B. 8. Beeler, Jr., Sonny McDaniel, Mrs. Sam Stalling*, A1 Rohrton, Faison Barnes, M. C. Poston, Au brey Mauney, and Sam Stalling*. Admission will be one dollar for adults, fifty cents for stu dents. As a local -Interest feature, the Little Theatre will present prices at the end of the preformance to ail persona ih the audience who have first or middle names Of ftebecca. it was announced. K&l Mb Conrad Speaks At Services Held On Sunday Ground-breaking service for the new church of the Lutheran Mis sion in Kings Mountain was held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock on the site of the new building on Crescent Circle. Dr. F. L. Conrad, of Salisbury, president of the United Evangel ical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina, m? de the address and turned the first spadeful of earth. Dr. Conrad spoke on the sub ject, "The Church Is a Light house," and offered the closing prayer.. Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor of the Lutheran Mission, conducted the Liturgical service. Rev. Herman G. Fisher, of Spin dale, former pastor of St Mat thew's Lutheran church here, and Rev. Hoyle Whltesides, of Hick ory, <a native of Kings Mountain, read the scripture. ' After Dr. Conrad had turned the first spadeful of earth, the action was repeated by Rev. Da niel, Rev. Fisher, Rev. Whltesides, Rev. W. G. Cobb, at Cherryville, Rev. Leth<& Bumgarner, of Gas tonla, Rev. J. D. Sheppard, of Shelby, Rev. Carl Fisher, of Mount Holly, and Rev. Leo Smith of Dallas. The officers of the church and teachers of the Sunday school followed the visiting ministers In -the ground --breaking service. W. K. Mauney, Sr., of Kings Moun tain, member of the synod mis sion committee, represented that group in the service and the chil dren of the church were represen ted by Ellen Baker, daughter of Mr. ana Mrs. Phillip Baker, and David Plonk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Plonk. Some 250 people attended the service. Announcement was made that the Mission congregation would be formally organized on March IS. Mi*. EM Mooni Mf 'W Succumbs Funeral services for Mr* Liz zie Nora Beam, 75, of route two, Shelby, mother of Mrs. Edwin Mcore, of Kings Mountain, were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Elizabeth Baptist chur ch. Rev. Boyd Cannon an<k Rev. Lawrence Roberts officiated and Interment was in the church cem etery. Mrs. Beam, widow of the late David C. Beam who died three years ago. died at her home Mon day ?t 12:01 pm . She had, ttten ?ertovsly ill for about 10 days and had been in falling health for several years. She was the daughter of the late Joseph A. and Mosellne Ro berts Camp. She had been a member of Elizabeth 1 church since childhood. Survivors, .in addition to Mrs. Moore, are three sons, Elzie, Joe L. and Ernest Beam; three dau ghters, Mrs. Eura Blanton and Mrs. Dewey Jones, of Shelby, and Mrs. Grady Hogue. *)f Blacks burg, s. C.; a sl*er, Mrs. C. M. McCarter, of Grover; 42 grand children; and five great-grand children. Falls Expected To Introduce County Bill Soon B. T. Falls, Jr., Cleveland Coun ty representative in the General Assembly, said this week he ex pected to introduce the bill in creasing the number of county commissioners in the next few days. The bill Mr. Fqlls expects to in troduce for action by ?>he General Assembly has berii approved by the board of county commission ers. It fol low-s: "The General Ai?sembly of North Carolina do enact: "Section 1. That from and after the ratification of this act the Board of County Commissioners of Cleveland County shall be composed of five instead of three members. "Section 2. That there are here*, by created five districts in Cle veland County for the nomination of County Commissioners, one commissioner to be nominated from each district, the districts to be numbered and designated as follows: ''District Number One to be composed of Number Six Town ship: "District Number Two to be composed, of Number Four and Number Five Townships; "District Number Three to be composed of Number Nine and Number Ten Townships; "District Number Four to be composed of Number Eight and Number Eleven Townships; "District Number Five to be composed of Number One, Num ber Two, Number Three and Number Seven Townships. "Section 3. That the following are hereby appointed and will compose three of the County Commissioners of Cleveland County namely, Z. V. Cline, Num. ber Six Township; A. C. Brackett, Number Eleven Township; and R. G. Burrus, Number Seven Township; and the other two commissioners shall be appoint ed by the Clerk of Superior Court of Cleveland County, to be ap pointed from District Number Two and District Number T^iree, and ? ?aid? five Commissioner* shall serve until their successors are duly elected, as hereinafter sioner. , "Section 4. The compensation of the Commissioners of Cleve land County shall be three hund ( Cont'd on page eight) Bites Comforted For Pink Hemdon Funeral services for WJlHam Pinkney Hemdon, 79, resident of 200 South Watterson street, were held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock- from Central Methodist church. Rev. J. H. Bre'ndall, Jr., and Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., officiat ed and burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Herndon, a retired building contractor, died at a Gastonia hospital Tuesday night around 6:10 p. m. after a serious illness of two weeks. He underwent a Mr. Herndoh was a veteran of major operation a week ago. the Spanish -American war He was a member of Central Metho dist church and was at his death a member of the board stewards. He was the son of the late Las son and Margaret Patterson Hemdon. Survivors~incluae Ms wife, Mrs. Lee Blalock Hemdon, a daugh ter, Mrs. Howard Pursley and a sister, Mrs. L. L. Bensoi a 15 of Kings Mountain, and a brother, Gordon Herndon, of Cuero, Texas, and one grandchild. Comity To fill Induction Call Thirty-five Cleveland rsntnty men leave next Thursday fo.- in duction into the army, and ??? March 12 125 men v.i)l go to Charlotte for pre-lnduction phy. ?leal examinations to determine their fitness for army duty, A number of Kings Mountain area men wHl be ? Included in both group*. A total of IB Kings Mountain area men were among the 55 men Inducted Into the army, via se lective service, on February 19. They were: James Luther Cobb, Donald Dawes Glass, Donald James Green, Roger Hornsby Mit. chrtl, Joe I>e Harmon, Donald Patrick Wilson, Burljn . Denver King, Oscar Dewey Ware, Herbert Dale Dixon, David Con lies Allen, Hubert Charles Goode, Joljn Greely Corry, W. G. Bover, For rest Jackson, Roy Lee Beheler, Roscoe Crocker, and Murray Coun cil Pruette, Jr., of G rover, , Wil liam Arthur Bennett, who wa* al so scheduled for induction, was returned due to a physical all* meat. Red Cross Organization Given For Campaign Starting T uesday TO GIVE RECITAL ? Miss Nancy Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. P Ionic will her gradu ating recital at the Plonk School of Creative Arts, in Asherille, Friday evening. Miss Plonk Gives Recital Friday Miss Nancy Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Plonk, of Kings Mountain, will present her grad uating recital at the Plonk School of Creative Arts in Ashe vUle Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Miss Plonk will give a three act performance, reading the no vel "Family Portrait," by Lenore Cofee and William Joyce Cowen. She will be assisted in recital ?by Miss Lucy Griffith, pianist. Hostesses 4or the reclt3l will be Mias Laura Plonk, Miss Lillian Plonk, and Mrs. Josephine Holm es, of the Plonk School faculty, Mrs. C. A. Plonk and Mrs. R. L. Plonk, of Kings Mountain. Kiwanis Club To Hear Chiott Joe T. Chiott, governor of the Carolinas district of Kiwanis In ternational, will make the fea ture address at the Charter Night meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club on Thursday night, March 8. The program will be a ladies' night affair, and it will be held at 6:45 at the Masonic Dining hall. * Mr. Chiott Is a prominent Ashe ville realtor. He succeeded Dr. Oren Crowe, of Columbia, S. C, as Carolinas Kiwanis governor on January 1. The Kings Mountain club, char tered In March 1940, will be ob serving its eleventh anniversary. Another feature of the program will -be presentation of attend ance awards to club members. Workers To Begin Solicitations On $6,139 Drive Complete organization for the 1951 Red Cross fund campaign, which opens next Tuesday morn ing at 7:30 with a kick-off break fast at tho Kings Mountain Coun. try Club, was announced this week by Aubrey Mauney, chair man of the campaign. Goal of the drive is a mini mum of $6,139, and Mr. Mauney said he hoped the campaign could be completed in a" short period of time. The organization as announced by Mr. Mauney, follows: Industrial Charles Neisler, chairman, Margrace Mill, Buren Neill, Jr., F. I A. McDaniel, H. A. Goforth, R. W. Moss, Charlie Moss, Mrs. Jacque line Queen and Mrs. Robert Mill er. Pauline Mill, Harry Page. Kings Mountain Manufacturing company, J. H. Patterson. James Page, and Brooks Tate. Burling ton Mills, Bruce Thorburn. Craft spun Yarns, G. C. Kelly. Sadie Cotton Mill, Leonard Smith. Mauney Mills, James Bennett Bonnie Mill, D. P. Randall. Loom jTex Mill, P. A. Hudson and Jim Smith, Slater Brothers, C. W. Cradle, Mauney Hosiery, David Mauney and Hoyle McDaniel. Su perior Stone, H. C Mayes. Elmer Lumber, J. T. Malcolm, Foote Mineral, Fred Dixon. Residential Mrs. Sam Davis, chairman. Mrs. L. E. Abbott, Mrs. P. E. Hendricks, Mrs. O. P. Lewis, Mrs. J. H. Ar thur, Mrs. Sam Weir, Mrs. Clar ence Black, Mrs. B. N Barnes, Mrs. Ruth Thomasson, Mrs. George Houser, Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. P. G. Padgett, Mrs. Jonah Falls, Mrs. Arnold Kincaid and Mrs. Bun Goforth. Bu?in?u Dr. N. H. Ree^, chairman, and majority of members of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, including Dr. D. F. Hord, Dr. L. T. Anderson, D. D. Saunders, F. R. McCurdy, Wilson jGrlffln, Joe Hedden, Yates Harb jison, Dean Payne, J. T. McGinnis, Jr., Luco Falls, Maynard Snow, Bill Beam, Charlie Moss, Jr., Gene Timms Marriott Phifer, J. C. Mc (Cont'd on page eight) ORDERED TO DUTY Ensign James H. Pressley, Jr. navy reserve pilot, *-as been or dered to report for active duty. Ensign Pressley underwent physical examination at Atlan ta, Ga? on Wednesday, and is to report for duty to the r^aval air station, Patuxent River, Md., within 30 days. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pressley. He had re-enrolled as a student at Clemson college in Febru ary. Neill Not To Seek Re-election; Other Announcements Are Lacking *> ? B. S. Neill, executive vice-pres ident of the First National Bank and veteran school trustee, said this week he would not be a can didate lor re-election In May. Mr. Nelll has served in the city school board since 1940, includ ing the major portion of an unex pired term which he filled by ap pointment, and a full ' slx-year term to which he was elected In 1945. "I have enjoyed very much my period of service on the school board," Mr. Nfelli said, ''but I def initely will not be a candidate for re-election in May." Mr. NeiU's announcement was the only formal one concerning; the forthcoming elections on May 8; when the voters will choose Ward 4 and 5 school trustees, a mayor and board of city com missioners. Only candidate thus far in the i field Is B. Hudson Bridges, who seexs to succeed himself as Ward 4 commissioner. Rumors continued to link varlJ ous citizens ?s possible candida tes for the several offices. Mayor J. E. Herndon was ctUl indicating that he would not seek re-election, and Carl F. Mauney, Ward 2 Commissioner, was known to be considering making i the race. In the event Mr. Maun er runs for mayor, It wa? possible that C. C. (Shorty) Ed ens would offer for the Ward 2 post. L. E. Davis Is also reported considering offering for this position. There was some speculation that Hunter Neisler. former Ward 1 commissioner, would again o*-. fer for that post. Ward 1 Incum bent A. H. Patterson Is expected to seek re-election. Several citizens were being WONT RUN ? B. S. NoiU, Ward 5 school trustee lo? the past 11 yoaqs. announced this week b* would not soo re-oloction to tho city school board. named as possible opponents for Commissioner Bridges, Including & C. Wilson, Clyde Jolley, **d Pa il Led ford. An added possibility for the Ward 5 school trusteeship, being vacated by Mr. Nelll, is Sam Stal lings, several observers reported , thia week. ' Other possible races included: Ward 3 commissioner ? Incum bent T. J. Ellison and W. B. Lo gan. Ward 5 commissioner ? Incum bent Hal D. Ward (if he does not offer for mayoi'), and T. W. Gray son. Coach Everette (Shu) Carlton left his school duties Wednesday to get ready to report for active duty with the Marines. He holds a first lieutenant's commission in the Marine Reserves. A graduate of Lenoir Rhyne College in 1918, Carlton caine to Kings Mountain as head football coach that fall. Starting with only a handful of letterrnen in 1948, his building program here is expected to pay big dividend? this fall, with 29 players from the 1950 team reporting back for jduty. Carlton's gridders have won >10, lost 15 and tied five since his stay here. The "green gang" of 1948 won only one game, while losing six and tying three but the team showed vast improve ' ment and bowed to the strong, (Cont'd on page eight) Band To Give Concert Thursday TO ACTIVE DUTY ? Coach Et erette (Shu) Carlton, o! Kings Mountain hig'.i school, completed his school duties Wednesday. He reports March 7 to active duty with the Marine Corps. Carlton To Report For Marine Duty The Kings Mountain high school bandsWill present Its an nual mid-winter concert next next Thursday night at 8:15 at the high school auditorium. The program will include mar. ches, overtures, solo and novel ty numbers, and the compositions which the band will play at the district music contest, scheduled for Salisbury on March 14. Many new Instruments have been added to the band during the past year and Director Joe Hedden reports considerable pro-, greas by the band. "The musicianship of the band members has matured noticeably during the past few months," Mr. Hedden said. "They now play with a degree of proficiency wor thy of the splendid support giv. en them by the citizens of Kings Mountain." No admission will be charged for the concert and all citizens j are invited to attend. Watei Change Deadline Set Residents of the Burlington Mill community have been advis jed by the city to change over to newly installed water lines by March 21, . Change over to connect with the new six-inch mains by, the 82 residents of the community Will mark completion of water Improvement work which has been In the news for the past two years. Citizens of the area will find improved water service after the change-over, as the new line.* have replaced defective two- i neb. lines. The improvements have al so enabled the city to install wa ter hydrants throughout the vil lage to provide fire protection. A meter has been placed at each property lhje, and all that now remains Is for each resident to tap in. According to letters to each res ident from City Administrator Puller, houses not connected to the new line by March 21 will be without water. Under the switch over plan, the ehy will read all the meters on March 21. The me ters will be read again on April 21 and these residents will get their first bills, under the meter system, on May 1. Residents of the Burlington community have been paying the city the $1.00 monthly minimum.