I ? City Limit! 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figure*) VOL. 62 NO. 40 16 Pages Today Sixty-Second Year > . ... Kings Mountain. N. C? Friday, October 5. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Hospital Had Active U* ""??*'/**. ,C "X.j .V Tf .'?.V ? Vv Six-Month Operation Local News Bulletins ROBERTS REUNION The descendants of Hugh K. Roberts will celebrate their annual reunion at Antioch Baptist church, Sunday, Octo ber 7th. All relatives and friends are invited to come and bring well filled baskets. TO SPEAK Bill Gower, of Carbondale, 111., a student at Bob Jones University will toe guest speak er at the 11 o'clock hour at the Missionary Methodist church Sunday, October 7. The an nouncement was made by Rev. H. S. Scruggs, pastor. ? * BUILDING' PERMIT A building permit was issu ed to S. M. Rasbury at the city Hall on Thursday, September 27 for the construction of a filling station on Cleveland avenue at an estimated cost of $5,000/ REVIVAL SERVICES 'ftev. Sylvester Elliott, pas tor of First Baptist church of Cherryville, will preach at twice dally revival services at Temple Baptist ohutch, begin ning Sunday, October 14, ac cording to announcement by the pastor, Rev. W. F. Monroe. Services will be conducted at 10 o'clock In the mornings and at 7 o'clock In the evenings through October 21. Gizl Scout Fond Goal Is $1,000 Kings Mountain's 1951 quota | lor the Girl Seou? financial cam ? palgn Is $1,000, according to an nouncement this week by Maoney, chairman of the annual fund-raising drive. The quota for Kings Mountain is based on local Girl Scout regis tration, Mr. Mauney said, at five dollars each. A total of 200 Kings Mountain girls are registered In the l|pp|8couts. Chairman Mauney said that | next week, October 8-13, is being devoted to the fund-raising cam paign throughout the Pioneer Area CoundL ' ? * Funds ral*?l over and atm* the $1,0C0 quota will be retained locally for use In expanding*^# developing the Girl Scout sfi|| laNBHHH l|?M\?!&v. ' ' j solld^ng committee hopef^W < Women Are Invited To Gripe Session Mayor Garland Still said this week the second women's gripe meeting? first regularly schedul ed one? would be held on Tues day night at 7 o'clock at City Heft courtroofii. * About 36 -vomen ws present for the first "special" women's on At that meeting, the Mayor said he would hold regular wo men's gripe meetings on the sec ond Tuesday of each month. Boll Completes Coble Installation Upwards of 70 families who live at the Margrace community and on the Grover Road Will soon be able to get telephone service. Ned E. Huffman, of Gastonia, Southern Bell district manager said this week. ?-? ? Dixon Reports More Than 1 Persons Treated i + * . v. T * > f a. mm. Kings Mountain Hospital op ened April 2, completed its rirst half year of operation on Mon day, an active half-year in which it admitted 498 patients. During the six months, it dis charged 621 patients, including the 123 babies born at the hos pital. In addition to the patients ad mitted, the hospital gave out patient treatment (emergency and other treatment to persons not admitted on the patient scroll) to 491 persons, both white and colored^ During the period, 71 major and minor operations were per formed at Kings Mountain hospi tal and 31 casts were applied to broken limbs. The average patient spent .'i.9 days at the hospital, which show ed a 57.3% occupancy figure. Figures on the half-year opera tion were supplied by Joseph T. Dixon, business manager, who re ported that total billings to pa tients for the period approximat ed 547,000. Mr. Dixon pointed out that, with completion of the Lottie Go forth Memorial wing, now under construction, the hospital would represent an investment in excess of a half-million dollars. Much new equipment has been added to the hospital facilities since its opening in April. Major Item* include an oxygen air pres sure lock, gift of the Kings Moun tain Klwanis club, a gas machine and suction machine for the op eration room, an incinerator, and several other minor pieces of equipment for the operating room and out-patient department. Also added has been a large-lettered stainless steel sifcn on i.he front of the building. The hospital is a unit of Cleve land County hospitals operated by the county hospital board of trustees. Local representatives on the board are L. Arnold Kiser (Also vice-chairman of the coun ty board), Hunter R. Neisler and C. D. Blanton. Presbyterian Group Hear Glbbony Charles Glbbony, promo tional secretary of the committee on church extension, for the Pres byterian Chuich, U. S., General Assembly, will address the wo men-of-the-church organization of First Presbyterian church (Monday evening at 7:30. "Rev. Mr. Glbbony is in gr#.at demand as a speaker throughout the Sou%* > Mia. P. d. Patrick said, in making the announce ment. "Every woman memlter of the church is urged to attend and a cordial invitation is also ex tended other women of the com munity." F ASKING MONEY A total of $190.50 was col lected from the city's parking meters Wednesday, according to ? report made by assistant city clerk, Joe McDaniel. THE BRITISH SURRENDER ? Shown above U the surrender scene from **Then Conquer We Must!' where the British forces hold up the white flag In surrendering to the Mountain Men. Capacity crowds are expected at the Kings Mountain National Military Park amphitheatre Friday and Satur day evenings for the final 1951 performances of the historical drama which commemorates the Battle of Kings Mountain, fought 171 years ago October 7. (Pjioto by Carlisle Studio.) Drama Attracts Sell-Out Crowds Final Performance On Weekend The 100-member cast of "Then Conquer We Must!" will com plete Its 1951 showing of the new. historical drama commemo rating the Battle of Kings Moun tain with final performances Friday and Saturday evenings. Capacity crowds are expected, in view of a complete advance soil-out of reserved seat tickets and heavy sales of general ad mission tickets. Mrs. C. T. Carpenter, Jr., ticket chairtman, said that all reserved seat tickets had been sold last Saturday morning with brisk sales at general admission tic kets continuing. The drama played to packed than 1,000 persons jammed the Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park amphitheatre on Fri day evening and more -than 900 1 persons saw the Saturday even ing performance. The "standing room only" sign was hung out at the ibox of fice at: 7:15 last Friday night and at 7:40 last Saturday even ing. The drama was being present ed Thursday night at a make-up performance for the show which was rained out on September 22. The drama wtll close its 1951 season on the day prior to the Battle Was Fought 171 Years Ago; Letter Reveals City. Battle History Sunday Is the 171st anniver sary of the Battle, of Kings Mounain, When the Mountain Men inflicted a major defeat on the British forces in what prov ed to vett has bsued the following statement: "Reports have reached, us which indicate there is a miscon ception in some parts of the coun try regarding ttw^rmed Forces Blood Donor program. Some peo ple seem to have Rotten the Idea there are two programs one conducted by the Red Cross, and another conducted by thf mili tary. Nothing could be further from the truth. The Red Cross has been designated by the De partment of Defense aa the offi ipillion pints of blood for UMi by the Armed Forces, the military came Into the picture to help the Red CroM and to press upon the public the extreme urgency of the situation. The Red Cross Itself is receiving no compensation for acting as blood procurement agency for the Armed Forces, al though it is true that the De partment of Defense Is paying part of the expense of collecting an processing blood needed for our troops. The Red Cross and the military are working togeth er as a team in an effort to get the blood necessary to build up our supply of plasma which has been dangerously depleted. The men In uniform will also give blood In this drive, but the bulk of it must, as always, come from the civilian population." ? Blood collected by the Red Cross 1* also available for use by civilian population A Charlotte blood center distri bution report for the month ot August shows that Kings Moun tain hospital received i? pints of whole blood lor patient use. The mobl clipping from the Charlotte Ob server, in which the late Robert Lee Durham, a Kings Mountain native and later founder of a girls' school ~t Bu6na Vista, Va? relates the story of Virginia Sal, as well as some interesting hist ory on Kings Mountain and the means by which it came to bear the name of the famous battle. The letter of Mr. Durham to the Charlotte Ohscver follows: ?'The discussion in your paper albout Colonel < Major?) Patrick Ferguson's grave at the Kings Mountain Battle Ground 'brings to my memory some facts that may be of Interest in that con nection which, as far as I know, have never been put ?n print. "My grandfather and grand mother, Dr. James Wright Tracy and Miss Reglna Minerva Stone, both natives of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, were married and moved over into Cleveland County, North Caroli na, in 1844 and settled in the neighborhood of what is now the town of Kings Mountain, and in six or seven miles of the battle ground. My grandfather told me that he was greatly interested In the traditions of the battle and in the discussion of the true lo cation of Ferguson's grave, which was in some dispute because yt the confusion of the place lie was killed with the spot of his burial. Within a year my grandfather became acquainted with an old man, Harmon, whose Christian name I forget, who was then 80 years of age who said that as A boy of 15 living in the vicinity of the battle ground ?by our blind citizens, the fund raising drive of the A&?ociation Is termed "The \Vhlte Cane Drive." Mr. Mauney stated that one third of all funds raised here will be spent for the (blind in this community, the other two thirds will 'be sent to the Association for Its State-wide work with the blond. Last year the Association aided 3,285 persons In securing such Items as medical, dental and hospHal care, furnished 809 white cane walking sticks, bou ght radios for shut-In blind, paid all transportation charges on 510 Talking Book Machines, gave clothes, food, fuel and stock for small stores, sponsored Jointly with the North Carolina State School for the Blind and the Nor th Carolina State Commission for the Blind, the first Institute for Pre -School Blind Babies and Their Mothers, bought 811 pairs of glaaae* and many other serv ices too varied to itemize. The Association trie* to meet the unmet needs of the blind In the State. The Association be lieve* In helping the blind to help themselves. Local Churches To Participate In Observance Majority of Kings Mountain churches will join with others throughout the world on Sunday in the observance of World Com munion Pay. A spokesman for the Kings Mountain Ministerial association said that all ministers present at the recent meeting of the organ ization stated their intention to join with other .observers throu ghout the world in focusing the attention of worshippers to the Communion Observance. A statement from the Minis terial Association reads? "World Communion has be come an annual affair among the churches of America and in many foreign lands. Its value v -llg&Jn concerted emphasis upon fheworid's need "for, and its ac cess to, spiritual redemption. "The ministers of Kings Moun tain wish to urge every Chris tian to attend his church this Sunday and share in the Com munion service." Most Kings Mountain church es will hold Communion services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Blalock Opens New Food Store Charles E. Blalock, w.ell-known Kings Mountain grocer, is an nouncing this week the opening of his new firm, Blalock's Park Inn, on the Shelby highway near the Kings Mountain city limits. The new firm, a cash-and-car ry grocery designed on super market style, occupies a new building of concrete block con struction 30 by 80 feet, which is virtually double the available space In the building formerly occupied by Blalock Grocery, of which Blalock's Park-Inn is the successor. The new firm will stock a com plete line of staple and fancy groceries, produce, fresh meats, and frozen foods. It is also a dealer #or Kelvinator appliances. As noted in the new name for the Blalock establishment, large parking areas are design ed for customer convenience. Blalock's Grocery has been a Kings Mountain commercial ci tizen for the past 16 years. The opening of the new Bla lock firm marks a policy change in adoption of the cash-and-car ry mode of opertion. ARP Church Sets Special Services Annual special services at Boyce Memorial ARP church will begin Sunday, October 14/ with Rev. Charles E. Edwards, of Col umbia, S. C., delivering the ser mons. Announcement was made by the pastor, Rev. W. L. Pressly. Rev. Mr. Edwards, a native of Tennessee, was educated at Ersklne College and Princeton university. He is a former U. S. Navy chaplain. "Mr. Edwards comes from a long line of ARP minister*," Mr. Pressly said. "He always brings messages of importance and Boyce Memorial ARP church in vites the citizens of the commu nity to hear him." Lutheran Vesper Hoar Is Advanced Sunday evening Vesper service at St. Matthew's Lutheran chur ch has been advanced to 7:30 p. m., according to announce ment this week by the pastor, Dr. W. P. Gerberding. Dr. Gerberding will .continue his Sunday evening sermon seri es on the Ten Commandments, discussing (his week the second commandment "God's Name." Dr. Gerberding said that the Sacrament of the Altar would ibe administered both at the morn ing and evening services Sun day, as the church participates In World Communion Sunday. DRUM MAJOR Donald Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson, has been chosen Drum Major tor Western Carolina Teachers Ool , lege band. The announcement was made by Dr. Price, band director of the college.