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Population City Limits 7.199 (Pinal Unofficial Census 1958) Immediate Trading Ana 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) ? VOL. 62 NO. 20 Sixty-Second Year ? . ? 1 ? : Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. May 18. 1951 Established 1889 ? 1 ? ' PRICE FIVE CENTS TUESDAY Local News Bulletins RETURNS TO KEETER*S Miss Margaret Cornwell, vet eran saleslady at Keeter's De partment Store, resumed her former duties Tuesday morn ing. Miss Cornwell left the firm December 31. SCHOOL TERM GIVEN The summer term of the Plonk School of Creative Arts, of Asheville, will open on June 27 and will close on August 8, acordlng to a recent announ cement. ?,'?> w COMMUNICATION An omegent communication of Fairview Lodge No. 339 AF & AM will be held Friday night May 18, at 7:30. Work wil be In the 3rd degree- All Master Masons are invited to attend. MASONS NOTICE A school of Instruction will be held by Fairview Lodge No. 339 AF & AM during the week of May 28th. Mr D. C. Wright certified lecturer of the Grand Lodge of N. C. will, be the in structor. Any member of Fair-' view Lodge will be able to get Tthe day or night lecture during the week of May 28th. ALL-NIGHT SINGING ? Xn All-Night Sing.ng, fea turing the Stamps Quartet, of Dallas, Texas, and the LeVan quartet, of Nashville, Tenn.,. has been scheduled for the high school auditorium for Saturday night; with doors to open at 7 o'clock, "i0an Huff stetler made the annuonce ment, /. i f. iM?i* BUILDING PERMITS ? Building permits were issued at City Hall this week to W. 15, Mauney, for construction of a dwelling on Old Waco road, $950, and to Mauney Mills, Inc., for constru<?tion of a dwelling on Cansler street, $2,000. COMPLETING TRAINING LACKLAND AIR F O R p E BASE, TEXAS ? Pvt. Boyce Wells, 19, son of Mr and Mrs. W. M. Wells, Route No. 1, Kings Mountain, 1s completing his AF basic airmen 'indoctrina tion course at Lackland Air , . Force Base, the "Gateway to the Air Force. Lackland, situated near San Antonio, is the world's largest air force base, site of Air Force - 'basic training, for men and women, headquarters of the Human Resource Research Center, and home of AF*s Offi cer Candidate SchM&v; : His basic training is prepfiK ing htm for entrance Into Air Force tech n^^'JiMMMng and for assignment In specialized work. The ?v*phtirlaei|i4ei jt: ' scientific fvalttstten tftU&'itnd -aiBll (Hon for fljpfe?' lowing eypplti uiar vocation June 12 Induction .i ? 1 The Cleveland County Selec tive Service houPfiKffeMlved an order to furnish ttve WmMj induction on June 12. '/ v As yet no pre-inductlon calls have been received, elt^erMg the remainder of the current month or for June. able Interest amonc itiMMlCjMHE iStrants in the deferment apti tude tests scheduled throughout the hatlon on May 26, June IS and June 30. Registrants desiring to take the test should obtain application cards from the local board office. Assignments arm'Hm m. ) Wrv^jBi Kducational Testing Service, Pri nceton, N. 3, ? Election Facts Are Listed Facts ccnemmimg Tamdaj't Municipal run-on etortteei I. 3?i5?1 vllittH ptawi Warts 1 ?nd WEST SCHOOL SAFETIPTaTROL ? Shown above are members of the West elementary school safety patrol, organized and directed by the West School Parent-Teacher association. All are students of the sixth apd seventh grades. Mrs. Ben Balland is the P-TA safety chairman^ The patrol members guide younger students in crossing streets and slow traffic in the area of the Mhool- Pictured above, first f xom left to right, are Billy Crawford. Mike Houser, Robert David Falls. George Harris, Allen Murray, Jimmle fleavner and Joe CampbelL Second row, left to right, are Patricia Edwards, Billie Gail Wel ch. Judy Byans. Ellen Baker. Jane Osborne. Joe Anne Smyre, Dorothy Ware, Myrtle Plumley. Frieda Blalock. Jackie Araette. Third ?ow, left to right, are Billy Gene Spearman, Harold Jackson, Gary All ran, Merle Valentine. Billy Joe Sikes. Kenneth Burns. Not present when the picture was made were Ablee Arby, John McGinn Is, Larry Carpenters Louis Crawford, Ronald Ledford, Mildred McDaniei. Hil da Hamrick. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) School Body Names Kincaid Chairman r**' *?'. ? I.' ' ? ** * ' V",*'1"'!' 'rg't ' '?> ~**i~ ** * * ** 7 '* * ' . ? . _? * ' ;** Mrs. Lynch New Vice-Chairman Of School Board The city schools board of edu ibienniutr. following a luncheon meeting Thursday and iraediate ly discussed a number of prob tems affecting the schools. The board unanimously chose Arnold W. Kincaid, Ward 3 trus tee, as its chairman, succeeding Dr. "L, P. Baker, retiring chair' ?man, and a 1 s o : unanimously named Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, Ward 2 trustee, as vice-chairman, succeeding B S. Neill. In nrinolpal actions, the board discussed 1) building improve ments at Davidson Negro school and authorized Superintendent B. N. Barnes to Invite a state rep repsentatlve here to discuss the improvements, and 2) discussed employment of a head coach for the' coming year. Mr. Barnes explained necessity of discussing the building pro gram with the Mate representa tive,' since state funds will be used. After a statement from Mr. Barnes that he particularly de sired school board aid on em ploying a coach to succeed Ever ette Carlton, now on active duty with the marines, Fred W. Plonk, new Ward S trustee, asked to be brought up-to-date on the coach* tng situation. The superintendent explained that the city now supplements its two principal high school coach es $1,075 per annum, and stated that several persons had already filed application for the position. Mr. Plonk suggested that ef fort be made to employ a coach who is offensive -minded, and Dr. Phillip G. Padgett, new Ward 4 trustee, sugested that the board go far afletd, if necessary, to ob tain a suitable successor to Mr Carlton. Letters of resignation wefe re ceived from three teachers, Miss Margaret Goforth, Central ele mentary school, MI ss Margaret Ratterree, West elementary school, and Mts. Grady Howard, high school commercial teacher. Miss Goforth said she was ?? (ContM oh page eight) TO HKAD LEGION ? Warren E. Reynolds, well ? known automo bile dealer, was elected com mander of Otis D. Green Post 155. American Legion, lor the coming year Mr. Reynolds will take of fice following the North Carolina Department convention. He will succeed Paul Mauney. Reynolds Elected To Head Legion Warren E Reynolds, local au tomobile dealer, was elected conutyander of Otis D. Green Poet 159, the American Legion, tor the coming year at a meeting of the organization last Friday night at the Legion Hall. Mr. Reynold* who will suoceed Paul MaUney, won over Sam Col lins and James Houoer In a vote that saw Reynolds and Collins gain an equal number of ballots three times. Reynolds defeated Collins on the fourth ballot by a margin of two votes. All other officers nominated by the committee were elected. The new officers will tak^ over some time in July. Commander Mauney announc ed that the executive committee had purchased the house and lot adjoining the Legion Hall prop erty for is, 500. Next meeting. of the group Is June 8, Other officers elected were: Mr. Collins and W. D. (Doc) By (Conf<| on page eight) Amy Day Will Be ObseidH|| With National Goad Open Boose King* Mountain Will join la the) natfti'-wlde observance of Army Day on Saturday. jfi. The Kings Mountain National Guard unit will hold open house at the National Guard motor shed on Phifer Road Saturday af J temoon from I to S o'clock. Art citizens of tha community l and surrounding area .have bee* 1 extended an iirvltttloh by Capt Humes Houston, commanding of ficer of the looai company, to attend the open house. Feature of tile op?? hooae will be ? eom [gMft. display wFWnti' >e on duty (o explain uaea and t mee)anl<m? of eachtyy. "We have a good Capt Haiijfcon said,* .^.u hope that Kings Mountain citi zen* will vlait u a on Saturday., We believe that tftey will en)oy| Inspecting our unit and its fa cilities " Aa an advance Army Day pro gram, the King* Mountain Ki wanis club was hoat Thursday evening to merobda of the Ltana dub and Junior Chamber of 1 Commerce for an addrtaa by Col. I Phillip F. Hoover, of Fort Bragg. Lions To Honoi Ladies Tuesday Dr. W. L. Halberstadt, of Char lotte, will present the featured address at the annual Ladles night banquet of the Kings Mountain Lions club, to be held Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock at the Masonic Dining Hall. Anouncement of the annual event was made yesterday by W. L. Plonk, program chairman. In addition to the address by Dr. Halberstadt, who addressed the Lions Club Farmer's night banquet several years ago, the club and gueata will hear a mu sical program given by Mrs. 'R. M. Gidney, popular Shelby sopra no. - President Otto 'Toby) Willi ams will preside and Rev. J. H. Brendall will welcome the la dies. Special guests who are being invited to attend are the mayor and members of the city board of commissioners, the command er of the American Legion, heads of civic clubs, and others. Members of the Ladies Night committee, in addition to Mr. Plonk, are: Ollie Harris, Sam Stallings, C. C Edens, George Houser, E. E. M?.Tlowe, C. E, War lick and Ertle Powers. 200 Attended Log-Rolling Heie Approximately 200 Woodmen and their wives, members of Woodmen Circles, attended the Western District log-rolling held here Saturday. / . Eighty-five members of the Woodmen Circles attended the women's business session in the afternoon, conducting regular business and hearing ah inter. earth ig program of songs and! poetry by Chart es Loveland, Shelby poet. ' " ' i The Woodmen meeting in the afternoon featured an addrass by Fate J. Beal of Lenoir. Following the business ses sions, a banquet was held at the Masonic Lodge Dining Hall, and1 a crowd estimated at 290 persons were present for the dance at the Legion Hall on Saturday ev ening. Art Students To Exhibit Woik !. Pupils of Mrs. H. L. Campbell's art cjassei will exhibit their work of tl?e past year at the Wo man's Club on Tuesday, from 3 to 9 p. m. No admission will be charged and the public is being invited to attend the exhibit The following pupil; will ex hibit their work: Brenda Gall Hamrick. Phil . Mauney, Paul Hendricks, Connie Padgett, Rose Marie Malcolm, Pene!oPe Cans ler, WiUlam Rolston, Sandy Campbell, Norma Kay Hamficfc, Judy Coper, Anne Falls, Polly Page, Ellen Bakor, Ruth Ellen McCurdy, Chip Nelsler, Cornwell, Phillip Padgett Joyce Blser and Cynthia Plott. . MMK1NG MONSiP? A total, of $195.77 was collec ted from: the city's parking meters Wednesday according to leport by City Clerk S. L .Crouse. * - "? ? ' "fOiE-' , Woodward & Son Creditors Hold Meeting June 15 Final meeting of creditors in the ma'tter of Joe Lee Woodward bankrupt, will be held iu the Mecklenburg County courthouse in Charlotte on June 15, accord ing. to notice by R. Marion Ross, referee in bankruptcy. In the notice, dated May 10, Mr. Ross advised that Henry B. Edwards, attorney for petition - fr5' had Petitioned for a sum of $650 in compensation; that E. A Harrill, attorney for the bank rupt. has asked for an allowance of $250; and that L. T. Hamrick, Jr., trustee, had reported $53 in expenses and $100 in commis sions due him. Mr. Ross further stated that the trustee would offer lor sale at auction at the June 15th hearing uncollected accounts and notes owned the bankrupt in the a moupt of $797.34. Mr. Ross reported that the trustee had collected a total of $1,944.60, that costs and fees sought would total, if approved, $1,381.05, that the balance of the personal property exemption of the bankrupt totaled $450, Jeav ing a total of $113.55 to be appli ed to tax claims and preferred claims totaling $80-4 37. "It therefore appears,' Mr. Ross wrote the creditors, "that only a small percentage can be paid on tax claims and preferred claims, if allowed, and that there can be no dividend to unsecured cre ditors." High School Names Eight Marshals ? . The Kings Mountain High school marshals for 1951-52 are: .Chief Marshal: Jack Still. Assistants: Johnny Riser, Char les Mauney, Paul McGinnis, Jr , Rachel Plonk, Jonsie White, Ka thy Jones, and Helen Sue Led ford. The honor is awarded the four boys and the four girls in the Junior class ranking highest scholastically for their three years in high school and Waving an average of A on conduct, with no grade lower than a B. The Junior having the highest schol astic average serves as chief marshal. Summers To loin Honorary Society Frank A. Summers, son of Mr. and Mrs F. R. Summers of Kings Mountain, will be initiated into membership Into the Georgia Tech chapter of Alpha PI Mu, In dustrial engineering honorary i fraternity on Tuesday. Mr/Summers is completing his Junior year at the Atlanta school. He has also been designated by the commanding officer of the school ROTC company as a "dis tinguished military student" and therefore eligible for appoint ment^ on his graduation, as a second lieutenant in the regular PRINCIPALS IN TUESDAY VOTING? Shown above or* the (out men who soek to win city offices yet unfilled In Tuesday'* municipal run-off election, first such election in the city's history _ At top. left, is Geocge W. Allen, who ran second by two votes in the May 8 elec tion, and at top, right, is Garland E. Still, surprise of the city cam paign who led the race for mayor. Below, left, is Lloyd E. Doris, who trailed C. C, (Shorty) Edens, below right in the Ward 2 commission er race on May 8. Mr. Edens led by 283 votes, failing of a majority by 20 votes. Kiwanis Horse Show Prizes Top $1,500 ORPHANAGE DAT Supt. 0.*V. Wooeley and Mrs Woosley will bring the twelve children f rom the Children from the Children's Home in Winston-Salem, to the morning worartiip service at Central Me thodist church on May 27, as gueots of the members who are sponsoring them. They . will have a part In the morning have a part in the morning program, after which the en tire congregation will eat P'e nlc lunch at Lake Montonia. Andy Etters HasRough First Week Of Action Against Reds In China A Kings Mountain soldier ? Martin Andy Etters, 23 ? got In to the thick of the Korean fight ing in late April. He was cut off twice and assisted in the slaugh ter of more than 707 enemy troops during his first week of action. A former employee of the Mar grace Mill dye plant and a grad uate of Beth-Ware high school, Etters left Kings Mountain In the first draft group, on Sept. 27, 1050. '?ftm is now serving with a hea vy mortar company of the 7th in fantry regiment. He 1s' a radio operator and la a Pfc. An account In the reglAient'a publication, "The Cotton Baler", told of the slaughter on April 25. Etters was with a croup that was cut off and his radio was the on ly contact with friendly troops. His account of another engage ment, included in a letter to his parents, follows: we were up on this ,(if you think the mountains around ASheville are Mg you should see these ?v*r here) mountain and saw two long strings of troops coming over the hill. We let all of them get <r/*c the hill then we called up the mortaj* and they started firing . . . wc killed 400 of them and didn't even fire KOREA FIGHTER ? frt Mcnrtir A. Ettors. 2). MB Of Mr. and Mr* John W. Etlm. of mute tkiw, ?aw a biff wook of action afalnst tho Ctilfliii Rods. Ms tint, not marry wwki ago. His story .Is KaIaM DfllOWt a rifle. They were all North" Ko reans " ij. fitters' Address la; Pvt. Martin A. Etters, 53018618, Heavy Mor tar Co., 7th Inf., >rd Dlv., APO 468. % P M, San FYanctofco, CalH Hc U the *?n 01 Mr- and Mrs. John W. Etters, of roule thltfc > Program Given By Chairman For lone Event Plans for the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club's June IS horse show were announced this week by J. Byron Keeter, chairman of the event. Program of event* lists 23 classes for the two-show event, 11 \n the afternoon performance, 12 for the evening performance. Pri/es awaiting winners total more than $1,500 in addition to the large number at ribbons. Entry blanks were being mail ed to horsemen all oOer the Pied mont area and Including sever al states this week. Officials of the rfhow will be: judges, J. H. Crenshaw, Kinston, gaited division, and W. L Bag well, Raleigh, walking horse di vision; SteWart Dellinger, Dall as. ringmaster, and Dr. Jacob S. Mauney, of Kings Mountain, vet erinarian. L. E. Abbott is serving as en try chairman. The event will be held at City Stadium. It will be the first time the Ki wanis club has sponsored a horse show here, though it was a Joint sponsor with the Lions dub of the last Kings Mountain show, held in October 1949. Mr. Keeter said horsemen of the area have Indicated consid erable interest in therevlved Kings Mountain show and that he anticipates a record number ol exhibitors. Further plans concerning the fthow will be made at an early date, Mr. Keeter said ' * SPECIAL SERVICE A special feature at the even ing worship service at Central Methodist church Sunday will be a brief program of Instal lation of the otftcei* of the WSCS. Every woman member of the church is being urged to attend. The public I# cor dially invited I j Voters Will Fill Two City Posts \In First Municipal Run-Off Vote Mayor's Race Holding Top Voter Interest Kings Mountain voters wijl set a record next Tuesday by going to the polLs for the first time in history to cast their baMou* in a municipal run-off election. They will determine whether Garland E. Still or George W. Allen will be mayor for the en suing two years, and whether C. C. (Shorty) Edens or Lloyd E. Davis will serve a similar term as Ward 2 commissioner. The Tuesday run off is expec ted to complete an allnew city administration, odds being* con siderable that neither pair will finish the race in a tie. Mr. Still and Mr. Edens led their particular races in the first day's balloting on May 8, but failed to obtain clear majorities. Mr. Still's lead over Mr. Allen was only two votes. Mr Still pol led 606 votes to Mr. Allen's ?04. Carl P. Mauney, who received 538 votes, and Oliver T. Hayes, Sr., who received 127 votes, were ?Iiininateu: In the Ward 2 race, Mr. Ed ens lacked only 20 votes of pol ling a clear majority. Ile received ooo votes, Mr. Davis was. accord ed 605 votes, and the third candi date, Warren E. Reynolds, rej ceived 302 votes. Mr Davis filed request for the run off by mail on Saturday. Mr. Allen had pre viously filed his request on May Interest has been keen in the run -off election, with the may oral scrap claiming top billing. Mr; Still, who led the mayor's race, had been picked? ?even by o' supporters to run third. Ills showing was among the leading upsets of the first race. Running as an independent, Mr. Still had conducted a strong advertising campaign, and he has continued ij since, bringing out new messages to more voters at near-daily regularity. Mr. Al len, up to Wednesday night,' had been content to conduct a more routine campaign. He had for mally stated his intention to con duct a campaign free of "slan der or dirt." Both had spent long days see ing potential voters. Mr. Still, in one of his cam paign pieces last weekend, had inferred endorsement of the city administrator system, and in to day's edition of the Herald in a paid advertisement he states that ". . . wffh the capable aid of Mr. Fuller and the new City Board, this program can be accomplish ed." Mr. Allen, too, in a paid adver tisement in today's Herald, ends hig silence on the question of employment of a city administra tor, stating, "If elected I pro pose to recommend that we keep the administrator form of gov ernment to carry out the policies of the mayor and city council." ? There is considerable Interest, too, in the Ward 2 race, even morr than in the mayoral con test In some quarters, though this, is a definite minority. Some poli tical observers have speculated that Commissioners Layton and Pearson will pair and that Com missioners Wright and Barry will pair, with the election on Tuesday to determine a theoreti cal balance of power at City Hall. Other observers familiar with the machinations of city government doubt that there will be any such cleavage along (Cont'd on page eight) laycees To Attend State Convention A delegation of Kings Moun tain Jaycees, headed by Presi dent W K. Mauney, Jr., will at tend the annual convention of the North Carolina Junior Cham ber of Commerce which begins in Asheviile Friday afternoon. Complete list of Kings Moun tain members expecting to at tend was not available Thursday morning. Among those who had indicated their Intention of at tending were W. Faison Barnes, past president, Ned McGill, and Ben Ballard. The convention will continue through Saturday evening. Tit* George Vanderbilt hotel Is con vention headquarters.