Population
? V. ' ,*$l ? ? *.*,'? ? 'i ' t'l- ' v* "/"* " >r
City Limits ...... 7.206
Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figures)
VOL. 62 NO. 35
Sixty-Second Tear
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday, August 31. 1951
Established 1889
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BUILDING PERMIT
A building permit, approved
by Building Inspector Kelly
Dixon, was issued at City Hall
Tuesday to G. L. Smith to con
struct a garage at an estimat
ed cost of $185.
DIXON TO PREACH
Rev. Kelly Dixon will de
liver the morning sermon at
Missionary Methodist church
Sunday, according to an
nouncement by Rev. H. S.
Scruggs, pastor. The service
will >begin at 11 o'clock.
PARKING MONEY
A total qX $143.76 was collect
ed from the city's parking me
ters Wednesday afternoon, ac
cording to a report of acting
City Clerk, Joe McDaniel.
NO COURT MONDAY
The regular session of City
Recorder's Court will not be
held Monday due to the La
bor Day holiday . but will be
held Tuesday, September 4,
according to announcement by
Judge E. A. Harrill.
PENALTY INCREASES
Joe McDaniel, acting city'
clerk, reminded business firms
which have not yet purchased
privilege licenses that the five
per cent per month penalty
will mean a total penalty of
tO percent following the-etaM
of business Friday.
ENGINEER HERS
M. I. Miller, electrical engi
neer of Greenrt>oro, arrived
here this week to conduct a
survey of city's electrical
distribution system.
INCINERATOR INSTALLED
An electrically-operated In*
cinerator, ordered several
weeks ago, has been Installed
and is now in use at Kings
Mountain hospital, Joe Dixon,
business manager, announced
this week.
DAVID BAPTIST REVIVAL
Beginning Sunday night and
continuing through September
7, revival services will be held
each night at 7:30 at David
Baptist church. The Rev. -J. C.
Gore, of Fallston, will assist
Rev. W. L. McSwaln, pastor, In
the revival services. (Mr. I. J.
Falls will be In charge of the
music. Everyone has a special
invitation to attend.
BUELAH HOMECOMING
Annual homecoming services
will be held Sunday at Beulah
Methodist church, near Waco,
with the choir of Central Me
thodist cuwnch rendering spec
ial music at the 11 o'clock ser
vices. Dinner will be served on
the grounds at 12:30, and Rev.
Lsroy Spencer, of Cherryville,
will bring the message in the
afternoon. ' <?.
? y. DAHCE REHEARSALS
Rehearsals lor the dancer in
Tkm Conquer We Mutt will
iMi held on Friday and Tues
' day nights at the Little Thea
tre office cm East Kings str&t.
The minuet group is to drill at
7:30 p. m. each night, with the
country dance group to drill
at 8:30 p. m. each night. All
dancers are urged to be p*ee-':'i
ent. V .
Signals Installed
At Intersections
A contemplated project of
three city nrtSrilUilwUoiu was
?tetvcdly completed Thursday
m?miag, whon electric power
was tamed on for the traffic
signals at the comers of Moun
< tain street end Battleground
and Mountain street at Bail
An onglnosr for Croase- Hinds
Company la to be la Kings
Mountain next Wednesday to
ghre the system, which works
In oonjnactton with the rail
way wmnlf signal. It* final
City 9 Park Grace Schools Open
Tuesday ; Faculties Announced
' . ? ? i i ' | ? i ? ? i i'' i ' ? 1 ? *i - -
Summer Holiday
Comes To End
Tuesday at 8:30
Around 1,950 Kings Mountain
area students are expected to re
port fof the 1951-52 terms at
Kings Mountain city schools and
Park -Grace school of the county
system when the doors open for
the new year Tuesday morning
at 8:30 o'clock.
Some 1,750 students are ex
pected to enroll at East, West
and Central elementary schools,
Kings Mountain high school and
Davidson Negro elementary and
high schools.
Some 190 students are expect^
ed to report to Park-Grace school,
Mrs. .1. C. Nickels, principal, has
reported, Park Grace school,
although a unit of the county
schools, follows the same open
ing, holiday and closing sched
ule as the Kings Mountain' city
schools.
Total enrollment on opening I
date last year was 1,755 for the)
city schools and 171 for Park
Grace school, a total of 1936.
Parents entering pupils In the
first grade must present the
child's (birth certificate, B. N.
Barnes, city schools superinten
dent, said yesterday. Children
nwy st wrttr school unless they
NEW STUDENTS
All students who hare mov
ed to Kings Mountain since the
close of school last Juno are
uxge? to report to the princi
pals at their respecttre schools
any time before 10 o'clock
Monday morning to register for
the coming term.
become six years bid by October
1st First-graders must also be
vaccinated against small pox,
whooping cough and diptheria,
he said.
Thirteen new teachers nave
been added to the 66-man Kings
Mountain city schools faculty,
with one additional teacher, for
Davidson high school, still to be
named.
Mrs. Nickels has announced
that' Park-Grace will open with
Continued On Page Sight
Highway 150 Detour
Lifted This Week
?. ' >r"' ..." . . I
Lewis B. Peck, state highway
engineer of Shelby announced
this week that the detour be- j
tween Cherryvllle and Lincoln
ton on Highway 150 had been
cancelled. ? ?
Construction on the road and
structures has progressed far
enough to allow traffic to pass
even though , resurfacing is not
yet completed, he said.
The road had been closed to
traffic, for several months while
the project of widening the high
Way .was underway.
REVIVAL LEADER ? Lindy Mai
tin, youth evangelist will con
duct a youth revival beginning
Saturday night at First Baptist
church.
Martin To Lead
Youth Revival
Lindy Martin, youth evange
list, will conduct a youth revival
at First Baptist church beginning
Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
Mr. Martin, a pre -divinity stu
dent at Pembroke State college,
has served as a member of the
staff at Ridgecrest Baptist As
sembly for the past three years
and has been active in the Bap
tist Student Union, having serv
ed as president of the Pembroke
college unit an4 as vice-presi
dent of the N6rth Carolina or
ganization.
Song leader for the series,
which includes services on Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock and
on Sunday, evening at 7:90, will
be Herbert Bilderback, of Dallas,
Texas, a rising senior and pre-di
vinity student at Baylor Univer
sity.
Mr. Blldertoack has also served
for three years on the Ridgecrest
staff.
Mr. Martin and Mr. Hilderback
have just completed a revival
sponsored by the Ridgecrest Bap
tist Assembly.
On Friday evening, young peo
ple of the First Baptist ohurqfi
will be served a buffet supper
at the church.
City Asks Bids
On Track, Body
The City of Kings Mountain is
inviting bids on a one and one
half ton truck and on a garbage
and trash body, according to* le
gal notice published in today's
edition of the Herald.
Sealed bids and proposals
should be filed at the office of
the city clerk prior to the Sep
tember 10 meeting of the board
| of commissioners.
The board reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
Suit To Restrain Fuller's Pay
Re-Entered With 47 Plaintiffs
. Legal action to restrain the
pay of City Administrator. M, K.
Fuller, voluntarily non-suited on
August 22 by attorney lor the
plaintiffs Peyton McSwain, was
re-flled by Mr. McSwain in Cle
veland Superior Court last Fri
day.
A total of 47 persons, d'*cr fe
ed in the complaint as citizens
and taxpayers >f Kings Mountain
!?re listed in the complaint,
which was signal only by O. T.
Hayes, Sr., former 'acting city
clerk. Also listed as one of the 47
plaintiffs was A. P. Warlick, who
s'?ned the original complaint
R. W. Parrlsh signed the *200
coat bond, E. A. Houser, clerk of
court, said.
He also said that Mayor Gat
land E. Stilt and City Commls*
skmer OllanO Pearson, named as
co^defen^dnts in the suit, ac
cepted service of summons on tfce
date die suit Was filed. Summons
was served on the other defen
dants, Commissioners Jamci
Lay ton. C. P. Barry, Baxter T.
Wright, Sr, Lloyd E. Davis and
City Administrator Fuller on Sat
urday. ? ?,
Mr. Houser said earliest possi
Me date the action could be tri
90 days in which to fil? an ans
wer to the cpmplaint.
Listed a a plaintiffs are the fol
lowing: Aline Ross, Eatelle Rom,
W. A. Row, Andy Dover, Clarence
Lee Elgin, Margaret Elgin, John
T. CoyW? Sara A. Coyle, Addie
Ma# Baity, Julia M. Baity, Mary
Seism, C. C. Tesseneer, Edna Tea
seneer, Wallace Cook, Genell
Early, J. T. Carroll, J. W. Early,
A. R. Hawkins, Chelsll Hawkins,
Margaret Brooks, Clyde Phillips,
Nora Phillips, Roy Phillips. Ruby
Helma, E. B. Merk, Fred Shytle,
Annie l^ae Shytle, Ray l??ely,
Floyd Baity, Lawrenee iiaity,
Dewey Rathbone, M. G. Carpen
ter, Annie Hardin, Walter H. Wil
son, Maggie Dotaon, R. M. Earn
?y, Etta Earney, M. Caldwell,
Blanche Hord, Henry Hord, Pear
line Laughter, W. K Millen, Le
rnan S. Carter, Martin Wilson,
Essie Wilson, A P. Warllck, and
O. T. Hayes, Sr.
The suit (lied last week was
Identical to the one previously
non-suited, with the exception
that Mr. Hayea become* a plain
tiff, rather than a co-defendant
It charges that Mr. Fuller la,
In * city manager, and that
City's Faculty
Includes 13
New Teachers
Thirteen new teachers are in- j
eluded on the city schools facul- '
ty list as . announced by B. N.
Barnes, (superintendent, this
week.
The faculty is complete, Mr.
Barnes said, with the exception
of. a home economics teacher for
Davidson colored school.
New members of the faculty in
clude Art Weiner, former UNC
All-American football player, as
head football coach and teacher
of high school history and physi
cal education and Miss Alice C.
Averitt, teaching consultant, of
Fvtjetteville, who will assist
members of the faculty with their
teaching problems.
Mtas Averitt's position is a new
one for Kings Mountain schools.
She will maintain an office at
Central school, Mr .Barnes said.
Mr. Weiner replaces Everette
(Shu) Carlton who was called to
active duty with the U. S. Ma
rine Corps in March and is now
serving in Korea.
Other new teachers are Miss
Mary Ann Rice, of Belmont;
Mrs. Eugene Mltcham, of Kings
Mountain: Mrs. Maud Williams
McGill, of Kings. Mountain; Miss
Catherine Bollclc, of Lenoir; Miss
Florence Virginia Shuford. of
Iron Station; Miss Hazel Virginia
Armstrong, of Mt. Gilead; Mrs.
Dorcas C. White, of Kings
Mountain; Miss Jacqueline Wei
chel Blanton, of Gaffney, S. C.;
Miss Stella Patterson, of Rock
Hill, S. C.; Mrs. Sue G. Arro
wood, of Hickory; and Mrs. Vir
ginia James Leopard, of Wood
ruff, S. C.
The teacher list, with tentative
assignments is as follows:
CENTRAL PRIMARY
Miss Willie McGill, principal,
Kings Mountain, third grade.
Mrs. Pauline D. Harrlll, Latti
more, first grade.
Mrs. Macie L. Covington, Polk
ville, first grade.
Miss Ruth Beam, Shelby, first
grade.
Miss Mildred McKinney, Bak
ersvllle, second grade.
Mrs. Hester B. McSwain, Kings
Mountain, second grade.
Mrs. Mary A, Swink, Bessemer
City, third grade.
Miss Mary Ann Rice, Belmont,
fourth grade.
CENTRAL GRAMMAR
Rowell Lane, principal, Kings
Mountain.
Miss Doris Stout, Siler City
fourth grade.
Mrs. Jeanette L. Mann, Kings
Mountain, fourth grade.
Miss Marie E. Lineberger,
Kings Mountain, fifth grade.
Mrs. C. E. Mitcham, Kings
Mountain, fifth grade,
Mrs. T. A. Pollock, Kings
Mountain, sixth grade.
Mrs. Maud Williams McGill,
Kings Mountain, sixth grade.
Mrs. Octavla C. Cogging, King*
Mountain, seventh grade.
Miss Gussie Huffstetler, Kings
Mquntaln. seventh grade.
Mrs. Juanita M. Warren, Kings
Mountain, eighth grade.
Mrs. Dorothy H. Finger. Kings
Continued On Page Eight
Memorial Fond
Is Established I
A speciau Memc.ial .'uno fori
Kings Mountain
been establtelrid to * n?
outfitting the Lottie ?" ,o
mortal wing m..U /or ^ ?*%*?
poses, it waa am* /unced by hos
pital officials this wek.
The fund has been started by
gifts of L. Arnold Klsor, veteran
hospital trustee, and by Mrs. C.
E.'Neisler.
B, S. Neill, executive vice-pres
ident of the First National Bank,
is serving aa treasurer of the
fund, and gifts for the fund
should be sent to him. They will
be acknowledged In the Herald,
as well as privately.
It waa announced that, as a
part of the memorial fund, Dr. W.
L. Mauney would furnish a room
In- the new "wing in memory .of
his wife, Mrs. BlUle Black Maun
e>The gift of Dr. Mauney will be
in addition to the money, for in
HOSPITAL. OFFICIALS RECEIVE KIWANIS GIFT ? Shown above with the new oxygen air pressure lock
given by the Kings Mountain Kiwanls club to Kings Mountain hospital are, left to right. Joe Dix
on, business manager of the Kings Mountain hospital, Byron Keeter, past president of the Kings
Mountain civic club. L. E. Abbott president, and Robert Moser, administrator of Cleveland County
hospitals. Mr. Keeter. also a former Kiwanls lieutenant-governor, served as chairman of the recent
Klwans club horse show. Profits from the show made possible the gift to the hospital. The model
in the machine Is a doll. (Photo by B. S. Peeler, J_. and Carlisle Studio.)
Kiwanians . Present
Gift To Hospital
The Kings Mountain Kiwanls
club, in brief ceremonies at Kings
Mountain hospital Saturday, for
mally presented the hospital with
an oxygen air pressure lock.
L. E. Abbott, president of the
Kiwanis club, made the presenta
tion.
The ceremonies were attended
by some 25 members of the Ki
wanis club, hospital officials,
members of the Kings Mountain
corps, and members of the hos
pital staff.
Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor of
Ressurectlon Lutheran church,
opened the ceremonies with pray
er. VV
In conveying the respiratory
machine to Hospital Administra
tor Robert Moser, Mr. Abbott
said, "The money which made
possible the purchase of this gift
carpe from the work of many
Ten, cooperating in various fund
lalsing projects. They did every
thing imaginable, from raking
up trash to Celling hot dogs."
Mr. Abbott thanked the mem
bers of the Kings Mountain med
ical contingent for their aid in
helping to -buy the machine and
concluded, "Our prayer is that
this machine shall serve its in
tended purpose of saving lives."'
Mr. Moser stated the apprecia
tion of this .hospital staff and the
board of trustees.
The respiratory machine Is
used primarily for babies born
prematurely and for others with
respiratory diseases. Only a few
machines of this, type are avail?
able in North Carolina hospitals.
The machine h%? been fully
Installed and is ready for use.
Stores To Close
For Labor Day
Monday will be a holiday In
v" \gs Mountain for the majorl
. of retail salespeople, but for
most other folk. Labor Day will
be a day of labor, rather than a
holiday..
The long week-end will apply
for the majority Of retail firms,
including grocery stores, furni
ture, department and . Jewelry
stores, and financial Institutions,
The postoffids will lie closed,
so will the North Carolina Em
ployment Service office, the Shel
by office o t the Cleveland Coun
ty selective service board, and
city offices.
Retail firms here will re-open
for business on Tuesday morn
ing. They win obeerve the regu
lar Wednesday afternoon half
holiday, as usual.
???*EirDING SCHOOL
Johnny are In Chapel HU1 tfctf
i J r 111
Bills To Reflect
Water Rate Hike
Increased water rates will be
reflected in bills received by
City of Kln9B Mountain water
customers Saturday.
Billings had not been com
pleted Thursday morning and
figures were not yet available
on the comparison of a month's
billings under the new rote
schedule to the former rate
schedule.
Billings for July, received by
customers August 1, totaled
S4?l&65.
One problem has already
cropped up. The city's billing
machine won't register a
mounts higher than S999.99.
These five digits proved insuf
ficient for billing Foot* Miner
al Company for August water.
Foote is the city's largest con
| sumer of water.
BLEACHERS ARRIVE
New portable bleachers for
City Stadium, purchased by the
city several weeks ago, arrived
in Kings Mountain Thursday
morning. They are to be erect
ed on the east side of the foot
ball field.
Baker Sets
World Record
Pfc. Tommy Baker, of Kings
Mountain und Tripoli, Libya, set
another world's record tor flying
model planes Sunday by flying a
specially built Jet model at 132
miles per hour.
Pfc. Baker was competing for
the Army Air Force in the con
tests of the Federation Aeronautl
que Internationale at Detroit,
Mich. The record bettered con
siderably the former world mark
set in 1950 by Georges Benedek,
of Budapest, Hungary.
It was not the fastest Pfc. Ba
ker had flown a jet model. He
had set a world record recently
in contests at Westover Air Base, j
Mass., of 155.12 miles per hour.
However, that record was set
with a lighter plane than the ,
four-pound, built-to-specificr . ions
model which Pfc. Baker used on
Sunday.
DRAFT QUOTA
The Cleveland County selec
tive service board has received
orders to supply ten men for
induction into the armed forc
es on September 17 and to
furnish ten men for pre-induc
tlon physical examinations Qn
September 26, according to an
nouncement by Mrs. Clara
Newm&n, clerk to the Cleve
' - land board.
Sewer And Street Bequests Topped
List At Second "Gripe" Session
Sewage and street matters i
came in for fullest attention
Tuesday night at Mayor Garland j
Still's second regularly- scheduled
"gripe" meeting.
Approximately 75 persons,' in
cluding a half-dozen colored citi
zens, were present for the session |
in which citizens furnished 20-odd
complaints, requests and sugges
tions, most of them minor.
They included requests for
street lights, drain tile to siphon
off water, ditch-digging for
drainage along roads, and re
quests to open streets.
A cajj driver, when asked if he
had any complaints, facetiously
replied, "Only complaint I got is
that I ain't go no business."
- To a Question put by Otto (To
by) Williams concerning what
action had been taken on the sev
eral complaints and requests
voiced at the July "gripe" ses
sion, Mayor Stilly replied, "All
have been either handle^ or ap
proved. with the exception of
opening of one S tMt and the
Mauney avenue sewage project."
He further said that the one
street, which he later said Is Wat
terson street, would be attended
to as quickly as a man with the
proper equipment could be re
or, were Commissioners Red Lay
ton and Olland Pearson. City
Attorney J. R. Davis sat in the
audience and made two sugges
tions of his own. He said a larger
street light is needed near the
Woman's Club and suggested
that the <,ity ask the state high
way department to include Cans
l#r street in the state system.
Principal fireworks at the
meeting came from M. E. Hope,
who again aaketi for relief on
his waste water problem. Wh'en
he was tol? that the matter had
been investigated and that it was
the opinion of the city adminis
trator that nothing could be done,
he said,' "If five men <san't do
anything nbout it, I'll see' what
12 can do.**
City Attorney Davis later said,
"We are dumping water on Hope
and there should be some way to
help the situation. Perhaps the
water could be piped under
ground." ..
Other requests Included:
1) Opening of' Branch street
to Cleveland avenue.
2) Installation of a street light
on Sims street.
3) Installation of a sewage line
on Gantt street, and opening of
Oantt street.
4) Improvement of W. Ridge
Bennett, Hoke
low Bidden;
Total $44,518
tie Goforth ?MemorKl)POw??gLOo f
Uit'' tji^o nUln hosPita|. total
! K Wl,ol8, were accepted short
| ly aftor 3 o'clock Thursday after
I noon hv the Cleveland County
hospitals board of trustees. ?
I Low bidders wore:
General contract, C. T Ben
nett Construction Company, of
Kings Mountain, $34,240.
iohiUn,b!^g contract. Tompkins
Johnson Company, Charlotte ,$5,.
Heating contract, W. T. Bran
son Company, Charlotte, $2,180
Electrical contract, L. A. Hoke
Kings Mountain, $2,598 '
i9Th~.biHS,,w;'ere on a slxroom.
12 he d addition to the hospital,
which would provide six beds for
eolorpd citizens, plus a Negro
waiting room on the west side of
the present structure.
It was estimated ' in round
construction of
waiu P'US construction of
walkways, equipping of the
nH?im Would mean that the
goo n Would cost about $60,
The trustees have available for
use at Kings Mountain hospital
includi,1g the estate
u*?I Goforth, which
was bequeathed for building a
ever t/ in, KinSs Mountain. How
? L ? trustees had expected
o be able to construct the wing
;nd 8 nurses' home out of the
funds available.
*XPlanCe of 'bid8 Allowed a
L ArnnM ?c.onve^l?n between
L. Arnold Riser, Number 4 Town
S'fjm an1 v,ce-chalrman
niin and the Nor,h Car
a RaiS tu Care emission
Sn-St!? * commission in
aTcated a possibility that it
ye?aUr i^hble l? P*rt,ciPate. next
nurses^ home?? ?Ct <* th,i
The meeting to receive bids
was held at Kings Mountain hos
pSSnf*1" H,e 15
Mis. Campbell's
Rites Conducted
Fu"eral services for Mrs. Ber
tie Hughes Campbell, 49 who
led last Saturday morning at 9
a. m. at a Charlotte hospital
were held at the home of her mo
therf>i ' W' Gordon Hughes in
he Dlxon community, Sunday af
ternoon at 4:30 o' clock.
Patrick and Rev. J
h ri irenda11, Jr~' offlc'ated and
cemetery"3 M?Untain
Mrs. Campbell, who was libra
rjf" at Jacob S- Mauney Memor
h d 6600 111 for only
three weeks and her death came
unexpectedly.
Io.She "as the daughter of the
HiehS h" Hughes and Mrs.
Hughes, who survives. She wa?
;hur?rtber 01 FlrSt Ba*>tlst
husband, Tha rg B.^CampS
two sons, C. B. Campbell, Jr., of
? ?mn?n and ^ward
G. Campbell, of Kings Mountain
oAKCT' M? H M" Wllllford!
' flve brothers, Con
Inl i, k 'ette' William, Gordon .
fain ftV," ?f K,n?8 Moun
tain, five bisters, Mrs. G. C
Sflem?' Radf?rd, Va? Mrs.
f v ot Asheboro,
Mrs. William Atchley, of Raleigh,
Phmfrt R.u' Martin and Mrs.
Phillip Baker, both of Kings
Mountain; and four grandchil
Serving as active pallbearers
were Pride Ratterree Jimmy
Plonk7' ** G- plonk, Jr., Harold
ly in.&r.??'0r,h B"
100th Babv Born
At K. M. Hospital
The lOOh baby wen bora at
Kings Mountain hospital
Thursday morning.
Like the first child born at
the new hospltl, the 100th baby
was a girl, daugher of Mr. and
Mr*. Edward Huffstetler, born
at 8:30 a. m. Dr. W. L. Ramseur
was attending physician.
The hospital opentd on Mon
day, April 2, thus the average
humber of births is slightly
more than 20 pfr month.
First baby born art the hospi
tal was Victoria Elisabeth Sty
ers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
D. L. Styers, 209 E. King street.
The Styers child was bora the
day the hospital opened. Mrs.
Styara mm the hospital's sec
Dr. ?. a fad