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Pages Today City Limits ................ Trading Area ..... . . . .. . . (1945 Ration Bocutf FtgiuM) 7.206 15.000 VOL, 62 NO. 30 ..H: Kings Mountain. N.CM Friday. July 27. 1951 Established 1889 local News Bulletins NO COURT MONDAY ? The regular session of City Recorder's Court will not .fee held Monday but will be field Tuesday, July 31, according to announcement by Judge E. A. Harrill. . UNION SERVICE E. L. Hopper, assistant pas tor ol First Presbyterian church, will preach the sermon ?at Sunday evening's union ser vice at Boyce Memorial A.R.P. church. The service will begin ?at 8 o'clock. TO ATTEND INSTITUTE Rev. and Mrs. Vance Daniel will leave Sunday afternoon to. So to Allentown, Pa., where they will attend the 1951 T?u theran Home Mission Insth u : for this area. They expec? * j return on Wed.icsday, August 8th. ACCEPTS POSITION Miss Barbara Matthew#, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Matthews, has accepted the position of church secre tary at Watts Street Baptist church, Durham. The Rev. Warren Carr is minister. Miss Matthews begins work August 27. PARKING MONE 1 A total df-4156.85 was col;, lected from the city's parking meters Wednesday, according to acting city clerk, O. T. Hay es, Sr. ORMAND- REUNION ... 3 Descendants of Benjamin Or mand, pion^r settw nf this area will gather Saturday at the ''Old Furnace" site on the Ormand farm for the annual Ormand Reunion. Feature of the occasion "will be & picnic i dinner. ... ALLISON REUNION-, "Hie annual Allison Reunion will be held Sunday at Cedar Hill, P. M. Neisler farm. In York County, S. C. The family / as descended ifrom Col. Wil liam Allison, York County pi oneer. v%-"' BROTHERHOOD SPEAKER Rey. W. P. Gerberdlng, D. D., i pastor of St. Matthew's Luth eran church, will be the princi pal speaker at a meeting of the Southern District Brotherhood at Holy Comforter Lutheran - church in Gastonla Sunday af ternoon o'clock. Theme of. the meeting will be "Boy scouting", and Boy Scouts will attend the meeting in uniform. Annual election of district offi cers will alto be conducted. fc? * ^ : - r?5 {jCy! ? A,<> KIWANXS MEETING Johnny Kkaer, j?on cf Mr. and Mrs. In Arnold Riser and dele i imt to annual. Bbgter; Static WI? t0 'MpMitt0 ttu i ; Of tti? Kings Mountain Kiwanla club Thursday night at their regular meeting at Masonic Dining Hall at 6:49. He was to dUcuas hla experiences at the annual Boys' State convention. ,7 V ARRIVED r city water with 2,000 fingerlings mortlng. The fish were given by the state alter Duane Raver, Wildlife Resour ces commission fish investiga tor, reeorianended Mtoddng after inspection of the lake re cently- . Bloodmobile Here Again On Monday a returns to Kings Monday, with the ??al o i visit 150 pint, of blood. ? The Ktoffs Mountain Wood men of ths World a zLVSi'SuZz,* r ... will visit ibm KoodmobUe at ;? v'Ss WsaSaa's Club between tho "SUU LrJXSL'&l boat half th* volunteer dmon lor a vwistr of i, cmr RECEIVES SAFETY AWARD? In the picture of tla* city, a plaque showing that tho city wont . way accident Presenting the award Is Tarvla Jones, sion's safety division. In tho picture, loft to right, field examiners. Commissioner Sod Laytoa, tho Commissioner Lloyd Davis. Commissioner Baxter istrator M. K. Pallor. Kings Mountain was one of by Carlisle.) above. Mayor Garland Still is receiving, on behalf .through tho year 1950 without a single fatal high engineer-director of the Stat* highway commis are James E. Clvils. supervisor of the division's Mayor. Commissioner Oil and Pearson, Mr. Jones, Wright. Commissioner c. P. Barry, and City Admin - 16 cities of the state to receive the award. (Photo Architect Retained For Davidson Job Beam To Plan NegroSchool Remodeling John L. Beam, Jr? Cherryville HSCttiitect, has been retained by the Kings Mountain district board of school commissioners for the Davidson school building program, according to announce ment by B. N. Barnes, superin tendent.' Mr. Barnes also announced that no new teachers had been elected by the board this week but that the group hopes to fill the five vacancies by the middle of next week. The athletic committee of the board has been busy this week interviewing applicants for the head coaching .Job and has set this, week as deadline for filling the post, Mr. Barnes reported. Some 20 coaches have applied for the position. The board has been discussing plans for improvements and ad dltlons at the Negro school for several weeks. The, group plans to start a survey of the school site as soon as possible and has discussed possibility of purchase of several houses and lots near the present school for the ex pansion program. ' ** Firemen Extingii!sh CrosatZe Fire The city fire department ex tinguished a fire in a rail car of cross ties Thursday morning, but not without some difficulty. Summoned to G rover, the fire men found that Graver's water] pressure was -insufficient. The train with its "hot car", then pro ceeded to Kings Mountain, where the firemen accomplished their mission. Fire Chief Grady King said the Job required an hour. He declined to estimate the amount of dam age vC . />.?. ,-v Tuesday Is D-Day On City Matters July 31 U an important "D Day" day for a number of Kings Mountain clttxen*. Penalties of five percent ap ply to delinquent purchasers 9t city firf V?eg*?lte*Mes alter Tuesday. This includa*.-dellnq uent purchasers ol dog licen ses. O. T. llayes. Sr., acting city clerk, said 137 privilege licen ses hare been sold, but estima ted that many business firms hare not yet purchased the new 1951-52 licensee. July 31 Is also the fined day for pre-paying 1951 tax bills at one and one-half percent dis count The discount rate falls to one percent after that date. On August 1. penalty on un paid 1950 tax bills advances to 4 1/2 percent.: / ; Ellison Re-Hired As Policeman Warren Ellison, dismissed from his position as city policeman July 16, was re-employed Wed nesday by Acting Chief S. R, (Pop) Davidson. Chief Davidson said he was operating with an Insufficient staff and ire-employed Mr. Elli son under authority voted at the special meeting at the board last Friday night The board had vo ted to put department heads in [dhtrge of employment in their particular departments. He also said he asked all members of the city administra tion their opinion concerning re employing Mr. Ellison, stating that three members told him to proceed. Another, *h? -said,. told him he had no objection to Mr. Ellison. Oil and Pearson objected, and the Mayor gave him no def inite answerr Chief Davidson said. . ?p^ : * Martin Hkrmon, editor of the | Ktn cm Mountain Hbkald, was featured aa the editor of the week in the Juty 21 ed'.ilon of the Publiptprs' Auxxuakt, newspa per trade publication published at Frankfort, Iftr. The text of the feature story follow*: A Dozen years have gone by since his news editing days oil the BlowinO Rockct, summer resort weekly at Blowing R?>ck. N. C-, but Martin Harmon. Kings Mountain <N. C.) Hcrald, "Still gets excited about writing news copy, which is as good reason as any to continue," he says. It was 1939 that he was putting the vacationing Smiths, Jonaes and Browns bi coav in* **** Park Assigned First Historian Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park has been assigned a full-time historian for the first time. Ben H. Davis, formerly histor ian at Abraham Lincoln Nation al Park in Kentucky, is now a member of the five-man park staff. Also on duty at the park is the new superintendent, Ben F. MoOmaw, formerly assistant chief ganger of the Blue Ridge Parkway, He succeeds James B. who left to. assume the duties of chief ranger at Zion and Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. Mr. <Moo maw was assistant superinten dent of Ha*'?ii National Park from 1937 to 1949, excluding five years in the army during World War II. Mr. Moomaw is a native of Roanoke, Va., and he. was graduated from Virginia Poly technic Institute in 1937. He then served briefly at Colonial Na tional Park, Williamsburg, Va. The new historian, Mr. Davis, is residing at Grover. Other park personnel includes Bob McDanieU formerly of Kings Mountain, clerk; .Ben Blling, Johnny Moore and John Stew art. Presbyterian Youth To Open Building ? The young people of the Pres byterian church will open their recently completed recreation building Monday night with a party and a song festival at the building. The young people of the. Lincolnton Presbyterian church have been Invited to at tend. The group will spend the after noon at lake Montonla and eat a pic. lie supper, afterwards re turning to the recreation hall far; the party and song festival. Lackey Bites Held Saturday Funeral services for Grover P. | Lackey, resident of Tampa, Fla., and former resident of Kings Mountain, who died at the hos pital here Thursday, July Id at 9:10 p. m. after an illnesa of four days, vere held Saturday at 3 o'clock at St Matthew's Luther an church. Rev. W. P. Gerberdlng, the pastor, officiated and Masonic rites were conducted in St Luke's Lutheran church ceme tery near Kings Mountain, with P. M. John H. Floyd, officiating. Mr. Lackey was ? native of Cleveland County and had been an engineer for the Seaboard Railway for 25 years. He was the ion of the late Pinkney and Sara Aim Crouse Lackey. He Is survived by' his wife, the former Miss Hazel Colvtn, two brothers, John C. and R. L. Lack ey, of Kings Mountain, and two sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Wolfe, of Mountain, and Mrs. W. F. of Hammonton, Caflf. .J as pallbearer* were Jacob Lackey, James Lack Lloyd Turner, Marshall i, Grover Frlddle and Floyd Shoaf. if Fairvlewl of I August Bill To Reflect Changes; Department Heads To Hire, Fire Hot Discussion Precedes Action On Employment The question of employment authority at City Hall was set tled, at least temporarily, last Friday night, but only after a round of heavy argument >mong the six members of the city ad ministration. . After the long discussion be fore an audience of about 50 citi zens, Commissioner Lloyd E. Da vis moved that the board of com missioners employ department heads and that the department heads handle employing and dis charging matters in their own departments. Commissioner 8. T. Wright, Sr., seconded, and the vote was unanimous, with all members present. The long, and sometimes cut ting discussion took many a wild tufti, Including charges and counter-charges of inter-board politicking and with Mayor Gar land E. Still making several statements which questioned the ability of City Administrator M. K. Fuller, Mr. Fuller was present but made no comment. Specifically, the Mayor stated flatly, "I would be against" Mr. Fuller doing the hiring", adding as his reason the fact that Mr. FyUer h^ .gbreg v^d reasons lor dfs^3rg!n^f&rm^r City trieian Floyd Thornhurg, then en deavored to keep him in the city's employ. The Mayor also ques tioned whether Mr. Fuller had been legally employed, question ing the legality of delegating him employment authority. In a la ter remark, after Commissioner Lloyd Davis had stated that he felt Mr. Fuller and Mr. Hayes, (O. T. Hayes, Sr., acting clerk) should run the city office, the Mayor said, "Mr. Fuller can't run the city office. He hasn't been hfere long enough, as the audit plainly shows." In the course of the argument, Mayor Still said he understood the board wished to trim his sa'ary to the $50 per month min imum. "If you want to discuss that, o. k.," he said, "but I don't think the people would like it" Commissioner Davis replied, "I don't care what the people' think." ' From the audience came the re mark, "That ain't what he said during the election," and another member of the audience, Clar ence Elgin, said, "Davis, you have changed your tune, you said you were for the working people, but you ain't," "I am for the working people," Mr. Davis replied. Commissioner James (Red) Layton, along with Commission er Olland Pearson identified with the Mayor as one bloc, charged the other three commissioners, "Everything was running smooth until you guys started messing It up." When asked his opinion on the matter of delegating employ men I authority, City Attorney J. R. Davis said, "The Board of Com missioners is the governing body. As a matter of convenience, the } authority has been delegated In the past, but the board retained full authority to veto the city ad ministrator's decisions." Mr. Da vis then made a plea for har mony. urging the members ... work together in ail matters to advance the Interests of the city. Jin his opening remarks, May Continued On Page Bight . ? 11 ? " 1 1 1 1 Board Members Mayor Garland E. Still has as signed individual members of th? city board of conyniaaloners to head Individual departments: He made the appointments Monday. They are: James (Red) Layton, commis sioner of streets and recreation. Lloyd E. Davis, commissioner of electrics! department. Olland H. Pearson, commis sioner of sewer department. j C. P. Barry, commissioner of sanitary and cemetery depart ments. -.v""! *? Saucier T. Wright, Sr., commis sioner of water department. bhwh WBB CAST FOR ROLES IN DRAMA ? Four members of the large cast of "Then Conquer We Must/' historical drama on the Battle of Kings Mountain which will be presented under sponsorship of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre this fall, are pictured above. Top row left is Ellen Atkins, who takes the role of Virginia Salter, and top row right is Don McLain. of Shelby, who will play Capt. Abraham DePeyster. Below left is Bob Lawrence, of Gastonia, who will portray Col. Fer guson , and below right U Jerry Hawkins, of Shelby, who will play the rol? of Clay born Andrews. Four Named To Roles In Historical Drama Four persons have been cast in leading roles for the forthcoming production of Then Conquer We Muat, Bob Osborne's historical drama which will be produced this autumn at Kings Mountain National Military Park amphi theatre. The four are Ellen Atklna, of Gastonia, native of Dayton, Ohio, who will play the part of Virginia Salter, Bob St. Lawrence, of Gas; tonia, who will play, the role of Col. Patrick Ferguson, Jerry Hawkihs, of Shelby, who will take the part of Claybom An drews, and Don McLain, alfeo of Shelby, who will play the part of Capt. Abraham dePeyster, Col. Ferguson's aide-de-campe. Mr. Osborne said Thursday that many of the major roles are yet to be filled. He said the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, sponsors of the production, hoped to complete casting within the next 10 days, in order that regu- j lar rehearsals might begin. Mrs. Atkins, wife of W. M. At kins, majored in dramatics and radio at the University of Iowa. She has formerly done radio and television work in Dayton, Ohio, and Philadelphia, Pa., and will teach creative dramatics at Gas tonia's Howell Kindergarten this year. Mr. St. Lawrence, a native of Henderson, is associated with Gastonia radio station WLTC- He is president of the Gastonia Lit tle Theatre and has had acting experience as a member of the Continued On Page Eight Citizens Ask Fox 16 improvements At Mayors Initial Gripe Session 'Mayor Garland Still's first gripe seasdon, held Tuesday night at City Hall, attracted a large crowd which filled the courtroom and brought 16 re quests for major and minor Im provements Jn city services. Three members of the hoard of commissioners, Lloyd E, Dav is, Baxter T. Wright, Sr., and C. P. Barry, were not present. The Mayor presided and was aided in answering questions put to him by Commissioners Olland Pear son and Jaifoes Layton. Many of the citizens attending were in the spectator role and there was a general expectation of political fireworks. However, mo.it of the suggestions were mi nor and the session was held In a general tenor of good fellow ship. The Mayor, politically crossed with the three absent members of the board, did not miss the opportunity to pinion the three rp embers. He opened the Meeting by remarking, "I am glad to see this ?lilMi fA sorry three com missionerg are not here. They know about it, for they didn't want me to have Ac he declared the meeting ad journed, he wild. Try to get your commissioners to come to the next meeting." The "grlpea" Included: 1) Request by an unidentified citizen for a bigger water line on Gantt and Bridges street.' He stated that five houses are now served by a half- inch line. He also asked that Bridges street be opened. 2) Request for city sewage ser vice on Mauney avenue by Rhea Barber. 3) Suggestion- that the city is paying too much out hi admin istrative costs by J. K. Will U, for mer city commissioner. (In this discussion, after Mr. Willis had been drawn out by Mr. Layton, the Mayor took an inferential swipe at City Administrator M. K. Puller. He said th? city could save 97,800 without cutting the Mayor's salary or the salary of . Continued On Page Bight -V* --v* - .'v;. \ ? '[ ?' ' ! Board Passes Law Requiring Cleaning Lots After more than an hour of hot discussion over employment authority at City Hall last Fri day night, the city board of com missioners considered several other Items of business and took five actions, all by unanimous vote. The board : 1) Adopted a new schedule of water rates which will make -wa ter cheaper for the average resi dential consumer, higher for lar ger consumers. Commissioner James Layton made the motion and Commissioner OUand Pear son seconded. 2) Passed an ordinance, effec tive August 1, requiring owners of vacant lots to cut weeds and grass off them regularly. Com missioner Lloyd Davis made the motion and Mr. Pearson second ed. 3) Appointed Fred Daughtery, G. C. Kelly and P. A. Hudson to the city recreation commission as additional members. Mr. Lay ton made the motion and Mr. Davis seconded. 4) Authorized the mayor to purchase a motorcycle far the police department at $890 deliv ered. Mr. Layton made the mo tion, and Commissioner B. T. Wright, Sr., seconded. 5) Appointed Frank Rippy and Curtis (Cat) Houser to the city zoning board to fill vacancies. Mr. Pearson made the motion and Mr. Davis seconded. The water rate change means that, small consumers will get an extra 1,000 gallons for nothing, the new minimum being 3,000 gallons for one dollar. But lar ger users will pay more. Customers outside the city lim its will now pay a 20 percent dif ferentlal, rather than 10 percent, and the lowest rate which any customer will receive will be 15 cents per 1,000 gallons. Water Hates The new schedule, effective August 1 billings, follows; Op to 3M gals, (minimum) $1.00. \ - 3M to 7M gala, at 40c per M. 7M to 10M gals, at 45c per M. 10M to 20M gal*, at 40c per M. Next 25*4 gals, at 35c per M. Next 50 gals, at 30c per X. 9al?- at 25c per M. Next 28 5)4 gals, at 22c per M. Next 500M gals, at 20c per M. Next million gals, at 17c per Next two million gals, and ov*r at 15c per'M. Old Bates The former water rate sche dule was: Sl2o g?Uo?u (minimum) Next 8*4 gala, at 40c per M. Next 10M gals, at 30c per M. Next 1514 gal* at 20c per M. Next 50M gals at IS - M. Next 115M gals at 14c per M. Next 200Mgals. at 13c per M. Next 300M gals at 12c per M. . Next 1,000,000 gals, at 11c per M. All over 2.000.000 gals, at 9c per M. Under the new rates a custo mer using 10,000 gallons per month would pay the city $3.95. under former rates, he would Continued On Page Eight V System Is Changed l On Utilities Bills Kings Mountain utilities cus tomers ar? being ur^wtly re quested to bring their state* meats with them when paring water and light accounts in the future. Reason (or the change is a new system instituted at the suggestion of Accountant Ho ward Walker. Accounts are now set np by account number, rather than alphabetically. Persons who pay via mail by check should either enclose the bills with the check ov note ' the account number on the check Itself. The account num ber is entered to the left of the address. The request was made by fee H. McDaniel. Jr.. assistant city clerk. "The new system is designed to save time and mo ney, and we org* all patrons to follow these requests."
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