\r ' * Population . City Limits 7.193 (Pinal Unofficial Census 1950) Immediate Trading Ana 154)00 (1945 Ration Board Figures) ' " VOL. 62 MO. 24 1 I Pases I 4 Today PRICE FIVE CEM YS > 1 t Local Newt] Bulletins' | * at crrr ball Tommy Owens, recent grad uate of Kings Mountain -high school, has been employed as a clerical assistant In the city office, according to announce ment this week by M. K. Full er, city administrator. Mr. 1 Owens is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Owens, House 24, Sadie Mill. TO HOTC CAMP 1 Frank A. Summers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Summers, is to leave today for Ft. Bel voir, Va./. where he will take a six weeks course of training for ? (future officers. He Is a student at Georgia Tech and la a Cadet Major In that school's R. O. T. C. engineers corps. PARKING MONET A total of $148.90 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters on Wednesday according to a report by City Clerk Joe McDanlel. X-RAY UNIT BCBS The Cleveland County X ray unit will he In Kings Mountain on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to an nouncement by Mrs. B. M. Jfar rett, executive secretary of the county tutoerculosk associa tion, The unit will be located In front at Beik's Department store. AUDITORS RETURN Members of the firm of Ernst & Ernst, Winston - Salem ac countants, returned to City Hall Tuesday to" continue the audit of the .iot: purposes Of sale. Both had plead guilty, to possession fl: White whiskey, but had de nied they sold it. & other cases arising from the day night raids by city police and county oficers, Fred Roberts, his wife, Iva Jane Roberts, George McDonald and Mabel Watson sought, and were grant ed, continuance of their trials Until June 25th. . Stfbeits and his wife, jalled*ofr charges of illegal possession irf non-tax paid liquor for purposes of sale after an early evening police raid, made bond and were then" jailed ftgain later in MfljUv Stoifee jg|?reheflde tooth of routs one, died after toeing struck by the car, driven bfjpwu-leg W. Sum mervllle, 29, at Belmont, who was In county1 Jail at Shelby Wednesday In default ?rd voted to furnish one SmI n?8 /lght 11016 ?nd ?ne ? in servicing resi-' dences with electric power, Corrv "^,0"5r James (Rod) Layt? ttle motion. Mr. Davis sec moinf ' and the V?te Was unani' City Administrator M. K. Ful aSked the board to *** poUcies on service Connections ,der board meetings StLn,ot ** Quired for every request for new service. dudedf a?ti0nS by the *?ard ln" njw?^cceptance 01 street-paving a chock of deeds indicates all requirements for Portions of and Slms m?^' j^r- WrtK^t made the motion, and Mr.- Layton second ed. The vote was unanimous. ShPih^M*1 ?f.a r(Siuest from a chise a cab fran* ?3> ???*?* ot "no Parking" at nn? n "Metwwk a avenue from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m. daily. Rsraaiudsr ot the four-hoar session was limited to discussion of various and sundry Items. f?2t3I?A# tK?r^ey E" A- "arrlll read to the board decisions of the Supreme Court on use off non -voted tax money for recre ational purposes. He said the rulings showed that citizens will c,!^L * sP??ial tax to support recreational projects to ?m S "!egal *osis " M?S?rrm said he thought it possible that ^ , y couid use revenue from ptfking me ,er$ for recreation l*S?ierle8telatlon P3*5^ by the lysl General Assembly. To a question from Mr. Layton ^??J^ g,pr0greSs of city's ol Piace a traffic signal at Mountain street and Battle 5ff*?UL_aVe,1^e- Mr. Fuller re ProP?sed contract f hands of the Southern Railway legal department ? for processing. * brtet discussion took place concerning necessity for revalu in Cleveland County, but Commissioner Oll >^i?SarSOn'8 motion ^ adopt a Resolution supporting the pro Posed county - wide revaluation tailed of a aeoond. To a question from Mr. Lay ton-concerning lights of Indus trial Plant* to sell electric power Mr.. Harrill replied mat a chock of existing contracts with Duke Power Com pany would be necessary. considerable discussion concerning needs of the City sta rtonm'?^ ftefd? for 'ts aban replacement, and/or improvement, Miyor Garland named Commissioner Wri ^ Bary a* a wo man Jf**6 dtocu? the prob lem with the dty school board. Lions Picnic, Install Officeis | Member* of tt\? Lions club, their it 1 es, famUle* and guests ? 130 strong ? enjoyed a hearty picnic dinner at Beth- Ware school cafeteria Tuesday night. Lad tea at David's Baptist church were hosts to the club and prepared a sumptuous pic nic-style dinner, featuring coun try ham, fried chicken, other pic nic fare and an unusual quanti ty of delicious pies, and calces. Dave Mauney, Jr., of C*":.y vllle, past district governor, in stalled new club officers for 1951 -52.. They are: Sam Stallings, president; I^e Roberts. Fred Daughtery and Paul Howard, vice-presidents; C. P. Barry, treasurer; E. E. Marlowe, tall* twister; J. C. MdCinney, assist ant tall twister; C< D, Ware, Lion timer; and T. W. Grayson, Jotin H. Lewis and Jacob Cooper, di rectors. , Mr. Stall inga welcomed Jack White as a new member of the organization. LOCAL STUDENTS GRADUATED? Shown above ?re four Kings Mountain students who have recently received college degrees. At Top. left. Is CharU Ervin War lick, Jr.. ton of Mr. and Mrs, C. E. War lick. Sr.. graduated from N. C. State college with the degree of B. S. .in civil engineering, and at top right to George Tolleton, son of Mr. an&JKra. W. W. Tolleson. al?o. graduated Iron N. C. State with the degttee of B. S. in civil engineering^ At lower Jell is another N C. State graduate, Harvey Bamgardner. ton ef Mr. and Mr*. Hazel B. Bamgardner. Who received a B. S. Degree in poultry science. At lower right is Lemuel Dwigtat Ware, graduated from Western Caroli na Teachers College with a A. S. degree. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Ware. Bus Fares To Go Up 15 Cents I ' Boazd Discusses Electrical System Needs The city board of commission - I ers. In special meeting Thursday j afternoon, granted Kings Moun tain Bus Company permission to raise one-way fares from 10 cents to 15 cents, and also agreed to purchase gasoline during the next two years at regular whole sale rates from Fred W. Plonk, Shell distributor. Commissioner Lloyd Davis mo ved amending the bus company franchise to raise the fares, Com missioner B. T, Wright seconded, and the vote .was tfanirtious. The company is owned by Fred and Hal Plonk. Fred Plonk, who ap peared before the board, h-ad ex plained that the company had been losing money at the rate of $6,000 per year and also said that one, perhaps two, new bus es are needed in the nar future. He said the company would ra ther cease operating than to face continued losses. . . Commissioner Davis also made Kincaid Elected To High Position Arnold W. Kincaid, of Kings Mountain, was elected Worthy Grand Patron, of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, Or der Of the Eastern Star at the annual convention of the or ganization in Ashevllle this week. Mr. Kincaid, Bessemer City industrialist and the Kings Mountain city school trustee was installed, along with oth* ?r newly elected officers, in spaded ceremonies Wednesday night. the motion by which the board changed its gasoline supplier from I. G. Patterson, Esso distri butor, to Mr. Plonk, Mr. Pearson seconded and the vote was u nanimou.s. Mr. Plonk had stated that he felt the city should split its purchases for a two-year pe riod in view of the fact that Mr. Patterson had served the city for many years. Principal business of the meet lng was a long discussion with M. I. Miller,' Greensboro electri cal engineer, concerning map ping of the city's electrical dis (Cont'd on page eight) Funeral Rites Conducted Monday For Mrs. R. Lawrence Mauney, 1% Funeral services for" Mr*- Jen nie Grae? Mauney, 75, prominent Kings Mountain citizen for more than a half-century, were held Monday morning at St Mat thew's. Lutheran church. Dr. William P. Gerberdlng. the pastor, and Rev. W. H. Stender. a pastor, officiated. Inter ment was made in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr*. Mauney, wife of R. Law rence Mauney, died at 9:10 Satur day morning en r0ute to a Char lotte hospital. She had sttffered a heart attack a few hours ear lier. though not In the beat of health for the paaft several months, Mrs Mauney had con tinued to be active, and her death was a shock to her fam ily and to the community. . Mrs. Mauney came to Kings Mountain to teach music and art In the public schools. She was the ? ? i former Mist Jennie Grace Red fern, daughter of Professor and Mrs. W. D. Redfern, of Anson ville. Professor Red fern headed the Ansonville Female college, the flfst of its kind In North Ca rolina, and second chartered fe male sChool in the United States. She was a graduate of Ward Belmot college, Nashville. Tenn., and had been active all her life In the religious, civic and social 1H of the community. She was a loyal member of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, a charter mem ber of the Kings Mountain Wo DAR, and held membership in man's Club, a member of the ? number of social organizations,. Mr. and Mrs. Mauney wefe to have celebrated their 50th wed ding anniversary next March. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are two children, Dr. (Cont'd on page eight) > . . V Olsen Company Will Do Work For 52,500 Fee The city board of commission ers met in brief special session Monday afternoon and authoriz ed signing of a contract with Ol sen Engineering Company, of Raleigh, to make a survey of the city's sewage disposal and water distribution systems. Cost of the survey, expected to require about three months, will bo $2,500. F. H. Mengel, representative of the Raleigh firm, was present at the meeting and explained that his company would send an engineering party to Kings Mountain to obtain complete da ta on both systems. In turn, his company will compile the <}ata and make recommendations for longterm improvements for both systems, together with estima ted costs of the construclon in volved. He said the company would make the survey with full consideration of the possibility and feasibility of consolidating the sewage disposal system. The city has been discussing Che survey contract with the Ol sen Company for the past several months, it being first considered by the Herndon administration. After discussion of the propo sal, Commissioner C. P. Bajrry moved inclusion of the *2,500 fee in the forthcoming budget and Commissioner B. T. Wright sec onded. Conynissioner James (Red) Layton' then moved em ployment of the Olsen firm, and Commissioner Olland Pearson seconded. Both motions carried unanimously. E. A. Harrill, city attorney, re ported to the board that the city had on its books an ordinance re quiring ciizens to clean their lots periodically. The board had discussed at previous meetings the drafting of an ordinance re quiring cleaning of vacant lots to eliminate fire and health haz ards. ? " , ? The meeting -was opened with prayer by Commissioner Wright. Legion Auxiliary To Sponsor Show The American Legion Auxili ary is sponsoring a local talent show called "Going Places," to be pre?ented at City Stadium on next Thursday and Friday, June 21 and 22. A professional director. Miss Judy Cassini. arrived here this week to direct the show and oth er promotional work in connec tion with it. She said that proceeds would go to the benefit of the Legion Auxiliary's pqrk and playground recreation fund. In connection with the show, the Auxiliary Is planning to run a baby contest, schedu!*'1 to be ,gin Friday and continue through 4 p. m. the following Friday, Miss Oassini said. Miss Cassini said that the Le gion Auxiliary committee 1n charge of the promotion Includ ed Mrs. C. L. Jolly, Mrs. Sam Hamrick, Mrs. W. W. Souther, Mrs. J- N. Gamble and 'Mrs. George Allen. Methodists Plan Dad's Day Program Special program honoring fa thers wfll be given at Central Methodist church Sunday, it was announced by the pastor, Rev. J. H. fcrendall. All fathers present wtll be re cognized, Mr. Breqdall said, and the sermon subject will be "The Head of the I*amily?'4 Groups of children will also participate in the aped a 1 pro gram. Tox Pro-Paymonts Total $5*87.3* Pn-pcnrmwti of th? 1951 -54 city tax levy totaled S5.067.39 through Wednesday afternoon. Jo* McDanlel city clerk, said ? yesterday. Th? total wpwwattd pay ments by only six taxpayers who war* paying la advance to obtain tha two percent dis count allowed by law for pay meat prior to July 1. Largest tax bill paid was by Barlington Mills' Phenix Float, totaling S4J71.2S. ' The city is collecting 1951 Mm an Che basis of a SI -90 tax rata, prevailing rate during the current year.