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T'T, ?> "'f ; * City Limits 7.206 Trading Area . 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figaros) ? - I | 0 "Pases Today VOL.62 NO. 29 Sixty-Second Year n Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday. July 20. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins! TO CHOIR SCHOOL B. S. Peeler, Jr., left Wednes day afternoon for Princeton, N. . J., where he will attend the annual summer session of the Westminster Choir school. JAYCEES MET ? Junior Chamber of Commerce members heard an address by Harvey JL Buragardner, recent graduate of State college, at the regular meeting Tuesday night. The national poultry judging champion spoke the poultry industry. UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union service for five participating churches will he held at St. Matthew's Lutheran church with Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor 6f Boyce Me morial ARP church delivering WARE ELECTED M. A. Ware, elder of Boyce Memorial ARP church, lected secretory ? treasurer of First Presbytery Eldest meeting held at Sardis ARP church, near Charlotte, Tues day night. -vySv1 V* CAMPBELL NAMED J4. L. Campbell, agriculture teacher at Compact ? Negro school, was re-elected chaplain of the North Carolina Negro Agriculture Teachers associa tion at the conference of the organization held at Greens boro last Friday. : ttsvrjucn none Members of the Kings'Mojmef' tain Klwanis Club, their fami lies and guests were to hol&aV picnic meeting Thursday night at 6:30 at Bethlehem Baptist church, with the women's ipff" Rar'zations oif the church pre paring the supper. . INDUCTION CAUL The Cleveland County selec tive service board has received order to furnish seven men induction on August 7. No <pre-inductlon quota is expect ed for August, board empkl& ees said Thursday morning. MfP NEW homi: (Mr. and Ho. Marshall Heav ner have recently occupied their new home In Westover Development north o f the 9hel ?py Highway. The room house of block construc tion with a full-size basement outoos IT*/ Tim Hord and Alvin Propst, of Kings MountSftU and A. C. Early, of Shelby, left this week lor a tour through Qinada and ^|M|jiW.-They expect to many resort areas and to make ?qSsc tUm attd slides of the> places they visit. Mr. Hord ap atites a studio in Shelby. PBimsQt ucmn * Sixteen additional business firms, Miakir.tf ?. tOtal of 112, have purchase privilege licen ses for 1951-52 during the P?st week, O, T. Hayes, S\., acting, city tftak told tte Htnid. Dead t i i i , ? for purchase Of ttetfe ses without penalty is July 31. AT <X>KVEimQM Seven members of the St Matthew's Lutheran church Ctlther League- attended the annual Luther League State convention at Albemarle last Friday. They aiw.Jtirice Allen, Raohel Plonk, Pat Smyre, Nell Ramsey, Douglas Falls, TJmi thy Gladden and David Mau ney. They were accompanied by ftev, Wr P. Gerberdbtg and Ray Bo*. *urt Webster, of Radio Sta tion WBT, CThaifottal will view members of the Kings Mountain Lions Club for a Upe recorded re bioadcast at the regular meeting of the club Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at Masonic Dining hall. Announ cement was made by Ollie Harris, program chairman. 1 i 1 - HE BALD SHOP GROWING UP? Shown above is the central core of the Herald's production faciii ties, its two typesetting machines. At left is the Intertype installed in January 1847, with .Gene Matthews, Herald shop foreman and typesetter standing by, and, at the right, is the new Intertype installed two weeks ago, with Ronald Moore, typesetter, standing by. The addition of a second ma chine has made possible a big increase in production at the Herald, for both its newspaper and Job printing departments. It is possible to set lines of type of 16 different faces on the two machines (see Martin's Medicine, page 2). Photo by Carlisle Studio. City School Open September 4;. July Agenda Meeting Routine Bethware. Giover Schools To Open i Bethware and Grover schools open Monday morning for the split-term summer session, ac cording to T. Horace Grigg, su perintendent of county schools. Mr. Grigg announced the fol lowing faculty members for the two schools: At Bethware there are four new teachers, two for high school and. two for the primary depaitment. Miss Nelly *Duck. worth, teaching high school ?pgll9h and Miss Sarah Cran ford, home economics; Mrs. Jen nete Taylor and Mis? Jeannine Meacham In the primary grades. Other faculty members are: Amos E. Best, Myers Hambright, Mrs. Sue Moss, Mrs. Kate Willis, Mrs. Walllne Best, Mrs. Jessie Greene, Mrs. J. B. Hord, Mrs. Ruth Ormand, Mrs. Letha Morris, Mrs. Dorothy Mechling, and John Rirdisill, principal. ? ? Four, new faculty members will teach at Grover. 'They are: Mrs'. Nell Biser, at Kings Moun aln, Mas, John Buice, of Hickory and 'Mrs. Roberta Walton, all for the primary department, and Gene Turner, coach, in the high school. Other members Include: Mm. Hardin Lee, Miss Doris Ro gers, Dan Jones, Mrs. Margaret Crocker, Miss Lowell Lee Ellis, Miss Dorothy McCraw, Miss Pic cola Blalock, Mrs. Rebecca Lutz, Mrs. Derate Cox, Mrs. Foster Po well, Mis. Edith Jones, and Fos ter Powell, principal, . - CALLED TO DUTY Capt. Thoma# Hanper, army air force reserve pilot, former ly of Kings Mountain, reported for active duty at Wright-Pat terson Field, Dayton, Ohio, last week. He ia a World War II veteran. Mrs. Harper, the form er Miss Maude Plonk, and their children, are residing temporarily with Mrs. Har per's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Plonk. '+??&) com at wfcHrrA palls Pvt. James. William Cobb, son of Mr. and Mm Foley P. Cobb, of York road, is how training at Shenpard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, Texas. A graduate of Kings Mourftain high school In June, Pvt. Cobb enlisted In the air force June 9 and went to Lackland AFB, San Antonio, Tftrttt. ' . , Kings "Mountain city schools will open lor the 1931-52 term on Tuesday, September 4, accord ing to action "by the board of school trustees In regular mon thly meeting at. the high schooi Monday night. i The board alsi voted a nine dollar per month local supple ment increase for Band Director Joe Hedden; voted to renew the school group insurance with Pi lot Life Insurance Co.; voted to insure the activities bus at cur- ; rent vaitrer appointed Mrs., John ny Kerns as treasurer of the ac tivities fund for the remainder of the summer to repla?e Mrs. Grady Howard, who has moved; and elected Mrs. C. E. Mitchem to the school faculty as an elemen-. tary teacher. The board also discussed building plans, a salary Increase request by Howard Coble, hiring of a coach and plans for asking for an increase in the district tax for local supplement funds. Chairman Arnold Kincald pre sided and members present were Fred W. Plonk, and Dr. P. G. Pad gett. Superintendent B. N. Barn es was also present. The school schedule voted calls for holidays at Thanksgiving (two days), Christmas (two weeks), and Easter (two days) and for the close of School on Tuesday, June 2, 1952. Mr. Barnes reported the resig nations of Miss SyhU Spratt, sec ond grade teacher at East schol, who has transferred to Ashevllle, and of Mrs. C. P. Thomasson, Jr., who ha? moved. In the discussion on building plans, Mr. BarTtes told the board that "the problem is not just to build a five-room building but to take care of tta* needs of the col ored school children." The land committee reported that efforts to purchase additional land for Davidson school had been made but that they had nothing defi nite to report. Mr. Plonk reported that owners of several houses and ' lots the board is interested in purchasing were very receptive toward the idea of selling in order to keep the school In It's present loca tion. The group agreed on Mr. Barn es' suggestion that the first step In the building program should be the hiring of an architectural firm and Chairman Kincald call ed ? special meeting lor last night (Thursday) to discuss the project further and to take ac tion on completion of the faculty for the Septsirfcer openini > . II Hill,? . initllin_.li l III* I? ?!!??? ?? II J III 1.11 fc-i.u., |?. * >.i9SL. ? ' M ? , :>? ?? s Sate of Growth Past Decade B5BKSH ? cenwiof Kings Moun tain lot 1960 wa? 7^206, represen ting * gain of 13 ov?? the unof flctal census figure imported a fcout one year ago. ^ * Kings Mountain thus gained a tocal Qt 749 persons Chi ring the decade beginning in 1M0, when the census-takem found 6,457 persons mridlng within the x*ty limit* of Kings Mountain. The percentage gain was 11.51 percent, which aproxlir.at? the percentage gain ?or the State a* North Carolina. Th* rtate now t&f an official population of M^B(W f|iiUM. > ' i-L -i\ Cleveland county Mio^M al total population of 64.357, a-l gainst th? 1940 total of 58,055, a percentage gain for the eounty was 108 percent . ,y,v OtheT Cleveland county totals: Shelby. 15,508. a gain of i * and a percentage gain of 8J ? cent Boiling Springs, 1,145 compar ed to 613. , . Jfe** ? Waoo/ 310 compared to ?1. Charlotte, near the 300.000 marie Is the largest North Car olina City, While Delhrtew In Gaston county was the smallest with aeven persons. May oi Schedules "Gripe" Sessions Mayor Garland E .Still an nounced this week he would in stitute a series of monthly "gripe" sessions for the benefit | of townspeople next Tuesday | night at City Hall. "The board of commissioners and myself are anxious to -know what the people like and what they don't like, and I believe a monthly oportunlty for citizens ; to visit with the board and let their hair down will be helpful J to both the administration and | to the citizens." Mayor Still said the sessions will be continued each fourth Tuesday evening of the month, if the citizens show interest In them. He said the decision to hold such sessions was made after he heard the mayor of Louisville, iKy., describe such meetings in [ vogue in Louisville. The meeting will begin at 8:15 In the courtroom. Shytle Bites jHeld Wednesday! Funeral rites for Thomas. Jack- ' son Shytle, 80, were held Wed- 1 nesday morning at 11 o'clock at) Lake Lure Baptist church, with Interment following in the Lake1 Lure cemetery. Rev. S. T. Stapp, the pastor, off telated. I Mr. Shytle succumbed Monday morning at 11:30 at Kings Moun tain hospital. He had been ill for four days. A native of Rutherford county, he had lived here tor the P&*t two years at the home of a son, Martin A. Shytle, on route 2. His wife was the late Mrs. Dovle Green Shytle. Surviving, In addition to the son with whom he resided, are three sons, T. J. Shytle, Mt Hol ly, W. Shytle. Spring Lake, and T. W. Shytle, Kings Moun tain; four daughters, Mrs. Cath erine Boone, and Mrs. Bonnie Payne, bot:: of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Ruby Humphries, of Shelby, and Mrs. Ruth Home, Orlando, Fla. 'Also surviving are 22 grand children and three great-grand children. Colncidentally, his brother, 1. H. Shytle. 83, of Ashevllle, died at his home exactly one hour earlier. REPORTS TOR DUTY Major MaynaM Snow, Army Air FoK^MWttia Pilot, left Monday with his family ; f^r Tinker PiMd, Okla., where He will report for active duty with the air force. He expects to be ?t Tinker field for sev eral weeks. KIs address will be 1800 AACS, Tinker AAB, Okla. Mrs. Show is the former Miss Alice Betty Mauney. to oocxrrr homk , "Mr. and Mns. O. W. Myers ex pect to occupy their new resi dence on N. Piedmont avenue Tuesday. The residence, which they purchased several months ago from Mr?. Cofa Hunter, has been almost completely re built and rPdccorated. The Myers have teen residing tem IjoraHly on Ridge street. $383,000 Revenue ? . < Board Considers Possible Hike In Tap Fees The City of Kings Mountain may institute a charge for sew er taps, now free, and may up its charges for water taps. Without formal action, the board of commissioners instruc ted City Attorney J. R. Davis Monday night to draw up an ordinance which, if passed, would set scale of fees. Discussed informally, after City Administrator. M. K. Fuller had given a scale of costs showing the city takes a financial loss on each installation made, dt was indicated that the city may In stitute a charge of $25 for a sew er tap. Mr. Fuller suggested rais ing the water tap fee from $25 to $40, but several board members stated preferment for a scaled tap rate, leaving the ba?e chaige at $25 for a three-quarter Inch tap, and with higher fees for In stallations of larger lines, which Mr. Fuller had said costs more. Only formal actions of the board, other than adoption of the budget and tax rates, were: .taL* /?>IUt,T?n by Comtnls hv , Layton, seconded by Commissioner Lloyd Davis to y "?? tor nigh, {LJ jng and to make (he Jake-keen the permit salesman. 2) A motion by Mr. Layton seconded by Commissioner oT' Lybra^da0"' '?? 6mp,?y James orand as a city fireman. Ail members of the board were =Lr Mh **"?m ?gsrs'&sissss'.jsr Mow"f Walke? explaining details concerning it. LrJli Walker explained that the previous administration had low?nJ^nlca,,y Jfl error I" al S?* flhy expenditure after budget appropriations had been a,dded 5 b?n SJi?na # expenditures had Sffi/H? .^ter board motlon w ^as Inferential approval c^u^T? ?id <he legaf pro. o^ HeJfa t0 transfer 'unds from r^i,?^ trnent to another by t^ ramm'i 8J?d he ^^ested that nr^fJ mlSSl0ner8 *OllOW that He also said he 211,5 * Presentation of figures showing percentage of budget pent would be frequent enough on a quarterly basis. state ^he 'booka 1/1 a bad s? ^ ars.&p--H- to au* <*?, Mr. Walker declared. "I don t accuse anyone of fraud, but the door was wide open. I am here this week to set up the book# on a proper basis. "fhir Past," 1>? continued, of tK? i?*? a compete Ignoring of the budget. If funds run out ae^frd<SLhTf,d8 fK>Uld ?btaln of re?lUtJo? for ? transfer Blanton Appeals Jail Sentences wifh^1 L* ?lanton, charged with tw? counts of assault on a STceL' >al1 rwST # Cleveland Superior <- urt, following Judgment hand ed down (Monday by Judc* e a hSwn^L rW'W tor hearing at the October term. * ^"day road ?entenoe for assault on his mo ther, causing bodily injury! and a sU-month Jail sentence for as ^ siMUtT- The fracas a sr^gsys tt.d'.n7? tsi'niT Privately re woSff/^f^Ut^r'?brought flrf works from the defense attrrney, Som y?pac,n*' thfc <*** Mr ? J mea Mr "orn ^vT'i,ahoney fo quit trot downMr tSfJ?ourt,00? and sit h^e fl HgrII ?OI,ey re^lned- "l room fo. Pace the court SC'm ^ " yOU "e Other cases tried were; F?rd' arre?ted by m ii S'f ^ And charged with Wd?n?, w?s taxed' with court tJlEd? fj, Jud?n,*m was con- 1 ^ ?*** on the Charge D^ad Bridges, who plead guilty of assaulting his tor^rS^S2 ^ "" 1 Budget Adopted By Board; Estimate Raised By $10,000 HEAD HOSPITAL BOARD? C. C. (Cobby) Horn, left Shelby lawyer, was elected chairman of the county hospital board ol trustees at an organisation meeting oi the 15- member board Wednesday night 1~ Arnold Klser, right Kings Mountain trustee, was named rice-chair man ol the board. Hunter Neisler, another Number 4 Township trus tee and retiring vice-chairman, was appointed chairman of the vis iting committee, and C. D. Blanton, new member from Number 4 township, was appointed treasurer of the Kings Mountain unit' Mr. Horn succeeds J. D. Elliott and Mr. 'Blanton succeeds W. K. Maunrv. I Hiring, Firing Again Aired By City Board Floyd fhombuig Dismissal Brings I Mattel Up Again The question1 of who does the hiring and who does the firing at City Hall was aired again Mon day night, after Floyd Thorn burg, veteran city electrician, appeared before the board of commissioners to -ask why he had been discharged. Mr. Thornburg's question was never answered suoclntly, and his parting remark was, "There will be another election In two years." ? . Mr. Thornburg had been re lieved of his position during the day and was given two-week's vacation pay. Commissioner Lloyd Davis had given an inferential answer to Mr. Thornburg's question by sta ting, "You are 'being fired for the reason we discussed at my store." Mr. Thornburg replied that he thought it had all been settled and said that City Administrator j M. K. Fuller had given him the Impression in recent days that he was to remain in the city's employ, In spite of announce ment about 30 days ago that he would be discharged. Mr. Fuller replied that three board members had told him to dismiss Mr. Thornburg, and to this statement Mr. Thornburg said, "I want to know who they are." After Commissioner Davis said he was one of them, Commis sioner Olland Pearson said, "I didn't say to fire you, but I did ask why you and Officer Ellison were still here 30 days alter you were supposed to be tired. There is nothing personal involved as far as I'm concerned, but we all went along." All others kept silent, but when Mr. Thornburg left, Com Continued On Page Eight 1 Prince Cops Herald Censas-Guess Game . " "? In what the horse-racing an nouncers would call a strong finish, A. B. Prince. Kings Mountain insurance salesman, won the Herald's prize of SIS cash for most nearly guessing the official 2950 census for Kings Mountain. Actually, the census-figures made the strong finish and brought in enough Kings Mountain citizens to return Mr. Prince as the winner. His guess was 7,212, only six "long" on the official figure of 7,206 reported last weekend by the Bureau of the Census. - Next clpeest guess was that of the late A. C. Hoyle, who. until the final figures were an nounced, had appeared to hare the winning guess at 7,183. The final figure left this guess 23 "short." Third honorable mention goes to I. D. Jones, at 7,250 a total of 38 "long," while four th pladb goes to Kenneth Rob erts, at 7,154 a total of 42 "short" Only prize offered was for first place. Two In, Four Oat At City HaU A number of personnel chang es occurred at City Hall duri"~ the past week. Mrs. J. T. McGlnnts, Jr,, resign ed as a clerical assistant. Electrician Floyd Thomburg, Officer Warren Ellison and Jani tor Leon Mitchem were discharg ed. James Lybrand was employed as a regular fireman. Former Policeman Nick Byars was again employed as a police man. He is expected to be assign ed to duties as the motorcycle pa trolman, when the city purchases the vehicle. Mayor Garland Still said. Rumors About Piecemeal Merger Disturb Boyce Memorial ARFs Member* of Boyce Memorial A. R. P. Church and other churches of the area were disturbed dur ing the past weekend by a spec uiatory story appearing in last Saturday's Cha*lotti Ohsbrvbr in which it was indicated some Charlotte area A. R. P. churches might take a walk from the As sociate Reformed PresbyteMan church and Join the Presbyter ian church, U. S. With that speculation as an im petus, a record number of elders of the local church attended the meeting of elders of the 33 chur ches In the First Presbytery held in Charlotte Tuesday night, but. Rev. W. L. Press ly said, the only reference he heard concern trig the matter was by the guest spea ker, Federal Judge John J. Park er. Judge Parker jokingly sug gested that he had considered as his topic, "Church Unity". The Observer article indicated that several Charlotte churches were not happy about the more than 2 to 1 vote by which the A. R. P. Synod, in meeting last month, voted against a motion to merge. Which group the A. R. P. church would have Joined was never considered. At the Synod session, however, ministers spoke concerning the matter as follows: against union with any group, Dr. David T. Lauderdale, Lexington, Va.; for union With some group, Dr. Hen ry Pressly (brother of Rev. W. L. Pressly), of Charlotte; for un ion with the United Presbyterian church (commonly known as the Northern branch). Rev. T. H. Mc Diil, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.; and for union with Presbyterian Church, U. S., (commonly known as the Southern Presbyterian), Dr. A. J. Rar.wur, Lancaster, S. C. . BOj'ce Memorial A. R. F* church members rather strongly Continued On Pap* MipM Minor Changes Are Adopted In Breakdown The city board of commission ers enacted its 1951-52 budget or dinance Monday night, set the tax rule at $1.80 per $100 Valu ation, and the poll tax at $2.70. Changes in the tentative hud get adopted the previous week were minor, though the budget escalated by $10,000. The total anticipated expenditures and out go during the ensuing 12 months is $383,245.94. The board took another look at its anticipated revenue figures and decided it could safely expect to receive an additional $2,000 from the sale of water, and an additional $8,000 from the sale of electricity. It seemed to be a va Total Available If the city board of eommii sioaera estimated correctly on receipts during 1951-52, the to tal available for spending dur ing the year will be $411,528. 11, exclusive of the cemetery fund. The latter fund can be spent only for care of Moun tain Rest cemetry. This fund is now In excess of $16,000. The board estimates receipts of S333.245.94 and the 1950-51 surplus vas $28,282.17. uHim^V1".06 the sale of these utilities during 1950-51 totaled during 1950-51 totaled $218,906.20. rhe expected revenue of $224 500 ^ould require less than a $6000 increase, and rate revision? on water rates are being discussed The added $10,000 was not ac ^lly budgeted for definite spending but. tacked on to the ? t'S8iencyc; fund which also & i nod another $10,000, this ad ?!\>a dcductlon from a enpi tal outlay item earmarked origin ally for the purchase of heavy equipment for the street deoar. merit. The monev had bin it up tentatively for the purchase of a crawler-type tractor and was removed to the contingency item " land St u8lSthnCe ?l Mayor Gar" cttv SlIL* sald he felt th* ^ i a warehouse far "which we rn did a macWne much we can rent, as needed taste?** t"CUtt,ng' on a Per diem Howard Walker, Wlnston-Sa* S.taSntfnt 'or Erns? & fr "81, had given a big boost to he mayor's contention in his erToT'^T, '? "? comrnls3ion* wf Z J 11-month audit report He had strongly condemned ?he city s practice of leaving valuable supplies and equipment "Mnl around where it caT be 2 probably Is carried off" Numerous minor changes ? fCoUrrrefhin th/ ?Udgef Sown *or the administrative d#>n art ment Only $500 a^ed tothe pre dous total of $24,200 bur here was considerable shifting rsf A.dJltlons to the original $600 set un ney. ' $^5/ addm th? ?'ty attor" "?y. a poo addition to the S2 400 STcS 0?r ?200 addition to the *2400 Item SoTed'Si fcvvsasffirs Item. Remainder of th? coat, budgeted under genewfS! tlontSra$mor.t^ge was deIe" era! from the 8?' ^srsirsssr cd ?re welfare. The S60? h? p,v"c by the p..,. iusrsjs'ss Continued On Page Eight Bloodmobile Here Again On July 30 is I^hodJii^'0** Bloodmobil? Mouatotn to Kin9? Kinga M?^n^nd7' ,Ul* 30" Mountorfn Red Cro^ iJJnt *** of r<Krrult ?k t0*! collections for the July 30 visit is 150 plats.
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