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Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area ......... 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figure#) VOL.62 NO. 39 16 Pages T oday Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C., Friday. September 28. 1951 Established 2?89 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins TO CAMP KILMER Corporal Samuel Bruce Huff stetler, son of Mr. arid Mrs. R. T. Huffstetler, of route two, has reported to Camp Kilmer, N. J., for overseas replacement ? after spending a 15-day fur lough with his parents here. Corp. Huffstetler entered ser vice March 9 and recently com pleted an air force "clerk-ty plst" course at the University ! of Alabama school of com merce and business administra tion.. He received his basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. OFF-TO-SCHOOL Kings Mountain's off-to school list for 1951 now num bers 87. Omitted from last week's Herald survey were Jack H. Gunnells, a student at Lenoir-Rhyne college, and Miss Virginia Ledford, a student at Lenoir-Rhyne college, Patti Parrish and Shirley Spivey, students at Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Fla., Miss Vir ginia Ledford, a student at King's Business College in Charlotte. ROTC OFFICERS Hilton L. (Jack) Ruth, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ruth, and William D. Hemdon, son of Mr. and Mrs. . J. E. Herndon have been appointed, respect ively, cadet ? sergeant first class and cadet sergeant in the Davidson College ROTC organ ization, according to announ cement by Col. J. L: Ballard, Jr., senior ROTC instructor at the sphool. DRAFT CALLS The Cleveland County selec tive service 'board has 'been or dered to furnish ten men for induction into the armed forc es on October 18 and 15 men for pre-induction physical ex aminations on October 24 ac cording to announcement by the selective service office. BUILDING PERMIT A building permit, approved by Building, Inspector Kelly Dixon, was issued at City Hall on Friday, September 21 to J. D. Shoek^y for construction of a service station on Second street at an estimated cost of $800. WITH BAIRD'S Kenneth Jenkins, well-known Kings Mountain man, has join ed Baird's Furniture here as part-time salesman, according to announcement this week toy Dan Huffstetler, manager. IN HOSPITAL J. O. Plonk is receiving treat ment at Presbyterian hospital, Charlotte. Mr. Plonk 'entered the hospital on Sunday. METER MONET A total of $143.78 was collec ted from the <dty*r parking meters Wednesday afternoon, according to a report of City Clerk, Joe Hendrfck. M. C. Palls, civil service secre tary at the Kings Mountain post office, calls attention to the new "Stenographer and Typist" exam-, lnatlon issued by the Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region, Washing ton, D. C. Vacancies in these positions paying from (2300 to $2875 per year at various Federal agencies will be filled from these examina tions Which are open until further notice. Full Information, with Copy of the examination announcement, may be cecured from Mr. Falls at the postofflce. Annual Floral Fair Set For November 2 Competitions Are Announced By Mis. Griffin Kings Mountain's annua! Wo. man's Club Floral Fair, presen ted by the Kings Mountain Sen ior and Junior Women's Clubs, will 'be 'held at the Clubhouse on Friday, November 2. Announcement was made this week by Mrs. E. W. Griffin, chair man of the event. Plan of the Floral Fair, pre sented by the Woman's Club an nually for more than 30 years, will be similar to former ones. Dinner will be served at the club, both at noon and In the ev ening, and competitions will be hel<J in floral, culinary and sew ing divisions. .The competitions are open to all citizens of the community, re gardless of membership in the organization. Mrs. Griffin said -that the Wo man's Club will continue its reg ular policy of providing good meals at low prices. She pointed out that all articles entered in the various competitions will be come the property of the club and must be received at the Club house not later than 10:30 a. m., on the morning of the Floral Fair. "The public is cordially invit ed to attend and to participate in this annual community event," Mrs. Griffin said. "All proceeds go to the club's foufiget which is used solely lor civic and wel fare work chiefly in this com munity. "The Woman's Club is going to leave no stone unturned to make the 1951 Fair the best ev er," she concluded. For complete list of Floral Fair contests see Page 5, this section. Methodists At Conference A number of Kings Mountain Methodists are attending, or plan ning to attend, the annual West ern North Carolina Methodist conference which convened at West Market Street church in Greensboro Tuesday. Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of Central Methodist church, and Mrs. Brendall, and Rev. T. W. Hager, pastor of Grace Methodist church, and Mrs. Hager left for Greensboro Tuesday, as did Mr., and Mrs. J. E. Mauney. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Nelll and Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Peeler are ex pecting to attend the conference during the weekend. The conference is expected to return Mr. Brendall as pastor of Central church for a fourth year, but it Is expected to give Mr. Ha ger, completing his first year here, a new assignment. Another expected change in the local structure Is replacement of Dr. W. A. Stanbury as superin tendent of the Gastonla district. Dr. Stanbury la completing his sixth year in that position. BALLY DAT - Sunday is "Rally Day" at the First Presbyterian church. A special program has been planned for the Sunday school hour. Civic Organizations May Promote Fence Baxter Wright, Ward 5 com missioner, said Thursday that the Lions, Kiwanis and Jay cees are definitely interested in construction of a fence, at City Stadium and that the club heads had already appointed - committees to serve Jo'.utly on the project. Mr. Wright and C. P. Barry, Ward 4 commissioner, were appointed to a committee by the city board of commission, ers to investigate the possibill* ty of paying for the cost of a fence through sales of adver tising space on the structure. The fence would be con structed of concretf blocks, Mr. Wright said. The civic groups would take charge of the selling of adver tising space under the propos ed plan, it is understood, with each organization to receive a small sales commission and the remainder to be used by the city for the building of the fence. Appointments to the joint civic club committee include: Kiwanis club ? Paul Maun ey, chairman; Harry Page, and Hugh Ballard. Junior Chamber of Commer ce: Ben Ballard, chairman; Dr. L. T. Anderson; and Jack White. Lions . club ? Ollie Harris, chairman; Ertle Powers; and Carl Mauney. Mayor fixes Circular Shot Mayor Garland E. Still pub lished and distributed another circular this week, devoting its content to questioning the iden tity and motive of the "Citizens Committee," which last week Joined in the word ibattle. The signed mayoral circular, distributed Monday and Tues day, said the unidentified "citi zens committee" should ibe call ed the "City Manager Commit tee," and suggested that three city commissioners resign. Though he did not mention them by name, he was referring to Commissioners Barry, Wright and Davis. Snakebite Victim Oat oi Hospital Myrtle Ann Plumbley, 12-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Plumbley, was bitten by a copperhead snake late Sunday afternoon while feeding the fam ily's chickens. She was bitten twice on one leg, turned around, and was bit ten on the other leg. She was ta ken to the Kings Mountain hos pital for treatment. A report on Thursday morning stated she was Improving satisfactorily, after be ing discharged from the hospital Wednesday. RETURNS HOME C. C. Edens has returned to his home after receiving treat ment for several days at the Kings Mountain hospital for a heart condition. A report on Thursday stated that he was improving but was still confin ed to bed. Comity Board Signs Contracts fttr Property Bevalnation lob The county board of commis sioner*, In special meeting Mon day, authorized by unanimous vote the signing of contracts with professional companies for the revaluation of properties for tax purposes. The county entered Into con tracts with Cole-Layer -Trumble Company, Ohio appraisal firm, and with Joyce Mapping Com pany, specialists In tax mapping. J. H. Quigley, representative of Cole-Layer -Trumble, said work on the big appraisal Job would be gin within 30 days. Included will be a re-appraisal of all commer cial, Industrial and rural property In the county. Action by the county commis sioners follows discussion of the matter for several years. Total cost of the project to the county will be 984,000, the map ping service to coat *28000 and the scientific appraisal I5&000. Contracts stipulate that the en tire undertaking will be complet ed by February 1, 1903 and tax valuations derived from the new appraisal* will become effective In the 1*63 January 1, 1960 index will be taken as the basis for the appraisal and the com missioners will determine what percentage of those values will be used at a valuation for taxes. The mapping project will be started in November and is ex* pected to be finished within 12 months. The appraisal of residen tial and commercial properties in Shelby and Kings Mountain will begin approximately four months after the mapping 1 r. started. Immediate work on the apprai sal will be conducted in rural ar eas, where local persons will be employed under supervision of the Cole-Layer-Trumble staff as appraisers. The task of apprais ing industrial properties will also be started In the near future and need not await progress of the mapping. Qulgley stated that one of the first phases of his company's work in Cleveland County will be to consult with local contractors, dealers in buOdtng ma trials, real estate agents nad persons cogni zant of ruraland urban land val ues, prior to setting up appraisal ?dwteles. ?^HhhbI^hBSwI Commissioners Refuse To Hike Taxi Franchises Meeting lit special session Monday night, the city board of commissioners declined to in crease the available number of taxi franchises, bought a truck and two automobiles, and dis cussed at length the building of a fence at City Statium. The board also voted to trans fer $2,500 from the 1950-51 sur plus to defray costs of installa tion of a section of concrete bleachers at a stadium- The board voted to establish a "no1 parking" zone in the vicinity of Bridges Service Station at the intersection of Piedmont and Battleground avenues. It deferred, until costs are fig ured, a request by Commission er James Layton to consider voiding or reducing street-pav ing assessments on Grace Meth odist church. The request to increase the number of taxi franchises avail able, or to scrap the franchise system, was made b>' Forrest Do ver. By city ordinance, only 21 cabs may operate in the city. In turn, the cab owners pay $50 an nually for a franchise, .which they may sell, provided the city board approves the transaction. Mr. Dover was present at the i meeting and made his plea for a taxi license as follows: "I should not be denied the right to earn a living in the way I see fit as granted by the Constitu tion. It is not right to limit the number of taxis when other bus inesses are not limited. Representatives of the four Kings Mountain cab companies opposed the request and pointed out that the 21 cabs were having a sufficiently hard time of mak ing a living. K. C. Morrison, of City Cab Company, argued: "The ordi nances tries, to prevent cabs from bootlegging and woman hustling. The franchise set-Up has done that." In making a motion to leave the franchise limit at 21, Com missioner Lloyd Davis said he was quite agreeable to having a survey made to determine whe ther 21 cabs are sufficient for KingS Mountain. Mr. Layton seconded Mr. Davis' motion and the vote was unanimous. The board opened bids in ve hicle purchase proposals and vo ted to accept the bid of Victory Chevrolet Company of $2,506.88 for a one-and-one-half ton Chev rolet truck, with a special 'body, for the garbage department. Oth er bids were: Plonk Motor Com pany, Ford, $2,864.87; Reynolds Motor Company, Dodge, $2,618. 76. The board voted to purchase a four-door Chevrolet from Victory Chevrolet Company for $850 plus a trade- In of a 1949 Plymouth. It voted to 'buy from Plonk Motor Company a specially made hea vy-duty four-door Ford for the police department for $1,239.32, plus a trade-in of a 1949 Ford. Bids on the cars has been made on a two-car basis, inclu ding two-car trade-in, as follows: Plonk Motor, $2,503.64; Victory Chevrolet Company, $1,803.10; (Reynolds Motor Company (Ply mouths), $1,710. Bids were also opened on the stadium fence requests, but no action was taken. Specifications had been incomplete, but it ap peared that a con'jete block fen ce would cost about $10,000, with a wire or Page-type fence in ex cess at $6,000. Commissioner B. T. Wright, Sr., reiterated his previous opinion that the cost of a concrete block fence could be obtained by pub lic subscription in return (or fence advertising space. He and Commissioner C. P. Barry were named as a committee tc further the project I Legion To Give Square Dance Otis D. Green Post 155, Amer ican Legion, will present Its sec ond square dance of the season Saturday night, beginning at 8 o'clock at the Legion building ott York Road. ^pterren Reynold*, post com mander, said a good band fill be on hand to furnish the music ill he satd po*t officials are "??(?! Mfagafc a large daMjKK Admission to one dollar per person. Servicemen In uniform Is open to the public. MTinrr at ibsvrr a l Dr. D. P. Hord, Jr., Is a pa tient at the King* Mountain hospital after suffering an * cute attack of Influenza. A re port bom the hospital Thurs day morning was that his oon ditlon was satisfactory. ^ ,-j Battle Drama Has Successful Opening; Sell-Out Expected For This Weekend Press Kings Mountain Drama Reviews and comments on rhen Conquer We (Must!", the historical drama commemorating wM^attle ?f KinRS Mountain which runs for five more per formanees, Friday, Saturday and h^h?*1#4, 5' nd 6' have been highly favorable. Some of them follow in thumb nail style: Wink Locklair, in the Char lotte Observer: "... the opening night performance . . . was stag ed in commendable fashion these semi -professionals handle, their lines with precision and I conviction . . . Not often does a: so-called amateur production come off with half the skill and enthusiasm as "Then Conquer e Must!" It deserves support from everyone who is interested in seeing history brought to life on the stage." Charles W. Loveland in the Shelby Daily Star: " . t ho pro duction shows much hard work, the costumes are excellent, and the amphitheatre is well -chosen for such a drama. In considera "on of its virtues and faults, Then Conquer We Must!' is good entertainment well worth the time and money to see it." Bill Williams in the Gastonia Gazette: "Beneath a star-stud ded sky and on a backdrop of green pines, the historic drama was presented for the first time. It met with much approval." The Cleveland Times, Shelby: . . the historical musical dra ma, "Then Conquer We Must!" . . opened to an enthusiastic, near-capacity crowd. . . Mrs. Bamette Died Thursday Mrs. Vonia Hanna Barnette, 67, died at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Leila King, on Fairview street at 1:30 Thursday after noon. Mrs. Barnette had been p.n in valid and confined to bed for the past eight years. A native of Haywood County the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hanna, she had been a citi zen of Kings Mountain for 35 years. She was a member of Sec ond Baptist church. Surviving, in addition to Mrs. King, are four sons, Neal, Dillard and Clifford Barnette, all of Kings Mountain, and Ed Bar nette, of Chase City, Va. Also sur viving are 21 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 3 p. m. at Second Baptist church, with Rev. B F Austin Rev. W. H. Redmond and Rev. Harvey Laughter offldat I ng. Lions Hear Report; Plonlc Wins Contest In lieu of a formal program, memfbers of the Kings Mountain Lions club participated in a uni versity location contest at their regular meeting Tuesday night. Ollle Harris, program chair man, conducted, and listed 25 well-known schools, it was the Job of the contestants to give their location. Winner of the five dollar prize was W. L. Plonk, who missed only one. failing to locate prop erly the University of Mississip *>?? . Prior to the contest, Sam Stall ing* read a report on the Lions fair booth project, which show ed a net profit of $255.55, and he thanked W. D. <Dor> Byers, Craig Falls and Hazel Bumgard ner for their "very hard work In making the project a successful one." Picnic Is Planned For loycM Meeting The Junior Chamber of Com merce will have a picnic at their regular meeting on Tuesday, Oc tober 2 at the country home of Billy Mauney. The Jayceec are urged to bring the wtves, prospective members and their wives and frtenda. ?J% ck White and Wilson Griffin will be In charge of the program. Everyone la urged to attend and bring a well-filled basket. ' : GENERAL CONGRATULATES BAKER ? Record-breaking Pfc. Thomas P. Baker, USAF, son of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker of S00 Pied mont Ave., Kings Mountain, N. C.. is congratulated by Lt. Gen, Lau rence S. Kuter, Military Air Transport Service (MATS) commander. The young airman presented the general with the coveted Jim Walker command trophy which he won for MATS. Baker, a MATS man. recently broke the world's speed record for model Jet planes during the International Model Meet at Detroit. Air Force General Commended Baker I ' ' " > ^ ? - WASHINGTON D. C. ? Pfc. Thomas P. Baker, Kings Moun tain airman who broke the world's speed record for Jet mod els during the International Mod el Airplane Contest at Detroit, last month, was commended by | Lt. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter, Mili tary Air Transport Service (MATS) commander, while visit ing this headquarters prior to his return to Africa. The young airman, who repre sented MATS and the Air Force at the Detroit meet, paused en route to his Tripoli base, to pre sent General Kuter with the cov eted "Jim Walker" command tro phy which he won for MATS dur ing the Air Force's world-wide eliminations. Pfc. Baker is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Luther P. Baker of 500 North Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain, N. C. Early last July, Baker was se ? t lected to represent his base at the MATS-wide model contest at Westover Air Force Base in Mas sachusetts. He placed first In three events and also received the "High Point Trophy' 'for the most points. A short time later he represen ted MATS in the Air Force-wide championships at Sheppard AFB, Tex. Here, he tied for individual honors as well as winning in three and placing in two classes. It was through his outstanding performance at the Sheppard meet that MATS received the Walker trophy. At the completion of the Air Force contest, Pfc. Baker was sent to Dallas, where he compet ed in the National Model Air plane Contest. He took first place in jet speed, second In stunt open, and placed in another event. By request of headquarters Air Force in Washington, the Kings Continued On Page Eight Women Ask For Better-Lighted, Paved Streets At Gripe Session By Dot McCarter Mayor Garland Still's special gripe session for women, held Thursday, September 20, at City Hall, attracted about 35 women and brought a number of re quests for major and minor im provements in city service. The meeting opened with the Lord's Prayer. . Three members of the board of commissioners, Lloyd E. Davis, Baxter T. Wright, Sr., and C. P. Barry, were not present. Mayor Still presided and was aided in answering questions put to htm by Commissioners Olland Pear son and James (Red) Layton. The mayor, still politically crossed with the three absent mebers of the board, asked the women to have "their commis sioners" present tor the next meeting "if their commissioners were one of the absent ones." The "gripes" Included: 1) Request by Mrs. Henry Car roll for Improvement of the road and lighting on Brfce street. 2) Several requests made by Mrs. Robert Etters, including the paving of Third street, addition of another light on the same street and a policeman to be placed at T. J. Ellison'* ?Gfiji-M cfeMMf ' to help children cross the streets. She later ad ded a request for a sewage line on Second street. 3) Request by Miss Jule Beatty for a light on Bennett street "so the drunk* could see how to get around." ? 4) Request by an unidentified lady for a panel truck and dog catcher to collect all dogs run nig loose. 5) Request by Mrs. Dorothy Mull that something be done about the "speed demons that are contihually flying up the city's streets." She also added, "How can we convince the other com missioners that aren't present that these meetings are just as important as tome of the ones where they have their pictures taken or have to vote?" A request was expressed by a majority of the ladles for better garbage coll ction service. These ladies wanted the garbage crew to collect garbage at the back of the houses. Mrs. Wesley Thompson pre sented a petition to re-institute Mayor Still's salary to the maxi mum of $300 per month. The pe tition contained 387 names. . In answer to some complaints about the light %nd water bills being high, Mayor Still stated, that "some of the accounts were delinquent and . some of these wealthy people In Kings Moun tain were not listing their taxes correctly and that was the reason for the high bills". The second Tuesday in every month was set aside for "gripe" sessions for the ladies. Mayor Still and Commissioners Layton and Pearson served the ladies cold drinks after the meet ing wus adjourned. Rained-Out Performance Re-Scheduled Officials of the Kings. Moun tain Little Theatre, were praying for bright sunshine Thursday morning, following a successful opening night last Friday of "Then Conquer We Must!", Bob Osborne's historical drama com memorating the Battle of Kings Mountain. Rain started falling in torrents about 6 o'clock last Saturday and washed out the Saturday night performance, not only to the dis appointment <>l Little Theatre of Drama Facts Curtain-time: 8 o'clock, each performance. Remaining performance da tes: September 28, 29. October 4, S, and 6. Site: The amphitheatre o f Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park (entrance nine-ten ths of one mile East of muse um.) Admission: Reserved seats, S2; general aduiixsion Sl.20; children, 60 cents. Tickets: On sale at gate each performance night, daily at Kings Mountain, East King street, phone 485-LW. In event of rain, performances will be cancelled and reserved seat tickets must be exchanged at the office for another date. ficials but to many citizens from several states who had come to Kings Mountain to see the new historical production. Mrs. Charles T. Carpenter, Jr., ticket sales chairman, reported a complete sell-out Thursday morn ing of all 241 reserved seats for both Friday and Saturday even ing and also said she had been informed that several school groups from nearby cities are expecting to attend this week end. Mrs. Carpenter pointed out that more than 500 general ad mission seats are available and are good seats." To make up for the rained out performance, a n additional showing has been scheduled for Thursday evening, October 4 it was announced by A1 Rolston, general manager of the produc tion. No reserved seats will be sold for this particular perform ance, with regular general ad mission prices of $1.20 for adults and 60 cents for children be tween the ages of six and 12 pre vailing. Theatre officials were highly pleased with the attendance and audience - reaction to the open ing night's performance. Some 600 persons were present and the author and cast have received high praise for their work. C. J. Spivey, director, in a statement this week, stated ap preciation for die favorable com ment received. "All of -us are very apprecia tive of the many favorable re ports," Mr. Spivey said. "How ever, I want to give particular credit for the success of 'Then Conquer We Must!' to Mr. Nich olas Moss, well-known former Kings Mountain citizen Mr. Moss, visiting relatives here, was pressed Into service as an advis ory director and gave us invalu able assistance. Much of the poi lsh and pace of the drama is due to his freely. given hard work." Mr. Moss, son of Mrs. H. N Moss and the late Capt. Moss. is head qf the department of pub lic speaking and dramatics at Wagner College, New York, and a so teaches public speaking in night classes at New York Unl versity. Arrangements have been made Continued On Page Eight Some Married Men Subject To Draft ' President Truman signed Wednesday new selective ser vice regulations providing for the induction into the armed forces of some married men in the eligible 18 1/2 through 25 age group. The Associated Press report ed that the regulations would mean Induction for non-fath ers. To qualify for deferment expectant fathers will be re quired to furnish selective ser vice boards with doctor's cer tificates certifying that their wives are pregnant . Mrs. Clara Newman, dark to the Cleveland County board, board, said Thursday that the new regulations ore expected momentarily.