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Population City Limits .... 7.306 Tradin? Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL.62 NO. 41 Sixty-Second Year 14 Pages Today Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. October 12. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS PARKING MONEY A total of $139.41 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters on V/ednesday, according to a report of city clerk, Joe Hendriok. \ HOME ON LEAVE Bobby Crawford, SN, is spending a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Crawford. He entered service after graduation from Kings Mountain high -school in 1950 ' and took his boot training in .San Diego after which he went aboard the U. S. S. Princeton, C-V-37. He will report to Bre merton, Wash., on November 1. LEGION MEETING The regular monthly meet ing of the American Legion will be held on Friday, Octo ber 12 at 8 o'clock at the Le gion building off York road. DISCHARGED Capt. Mary Parker Ware, Army Nurse Corps and wife of George Ware, arrived in Kings Mountain las? Friday follow ing her honorable discharge ?by the army. Mr. and Mrs. Ware are residing at Herndon apartments on Mountain street. NEW CASHIER Miss Mildred Mae Goforth has accepted a position with B. and B. Food Stores, Inc., and began work last week as cash ier. 178 OPERATIONS ' A total of 178 operations were performed at Kings Mountain hospital during the first six months It operated. Due to a typographical error in last week's edition, It was sta ted that "71 major and minor operations" had been perform ed at the hospital. Hie should have ???'**** inrr - ? Jand, 6o trea*upe/ Panv. .... iA/, treasurer pany, were Sun day afternoon. Mr. Ragland, who had been in apparent good health, was found dead in the kitchen of his home on Sunday morning. Death was attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Ragland was born in Little Rock, Ark., bat had lived in Ral eigh for many years. Surviving ?? Legion ? opon. Square Dance Otis D, Green Post 155, Ameri can Legion will sponsor another square dance of the season Satur day night, beginning at 8 o'clock . At the Legion building off York road. Warren Reynolds, pott com mander, said that a large crowd is anticipated. The music will be furnished *- by the Melody Drifters String Band. . Admission is one dollar per person. The dance is open to the public. Beth-Ware School Resumes October 22 Beth-Ware school will re open October 22. Principal John H. RndlsUl sold Thurs Mr. RadUill said it had bee? originally plannod to re-opon on October 15. tmt added. there's too much cotton." ' The school, along with oth ers In the county system, doe* ?d tour waste agr? for the fall City Board Approves Street Improvement SONG LEADER ? Rev. Paul E. Allred. o I Charlotte, is directing the singing lor revival services aow In progress at the First Wes ley an Methodist church. The ser vices will continue through Sun day night. Rev. Mr. Allred 'is a former pastor o| the church. Rev. J. Paul Hill ol High Point is the engaged evangelist lor the reviv al services. I Parks Commission Retains Engineer The city parks and recreation commission Thursday afternoon retained the services of Charles M. Graves, parks and recreation engineer of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Graves told the group that he would make a study of the city, attempt to determine it's recreational needs by discussing preliminary planB with the peo ple ana present his recommenda tions to the parks body within three months. "My Interest in the planning study does not cease with the presentation of my recommenda tions", Mr. Graves told the group. "I like to see my plans carried out and therefore I put a great deal of Work Into my study in order to make the plan suit the people", he continued. The commission voted unani mously to contract the services of the engineer for a fee of $1, 000. Members present were Rev. P. D. Patrick, who opened the meeting with prayer, John P. La them, Hunter R. Neisler, G. C. Kelley, Jack White, W. K. Mau ney, Jr.,' and Mrs. Aubrey Mau ney. Chairman A. B. Chandler presided. The -city board of commission ers recently authorized expendi ture of tip to $1,000 for a recrea tional survey of the city. ? Also present at the meeting were City Commissioner James (Red) Layton, City Administra tor, M. K.. Fuller, A1 Rolston and K;C. Morrison. Several Streets Will Be Opened, Others Surfaced The city 'board of commission ers devoted principal attention to street work Monday evening at the regular October meeting The commissioners voted to open several streets and approv ed several paving petitions, in what was otherwise a routine meeting. The session also broke a rec ord for the current administra tion. It was the shortest regular meeting yet held, lasting only two hours. The board voted to open Wat terson street to Waco Road, to open Juniper Street to Landing street extension, Juniper street from Mountain street to W. King street, and Goforth street from Mountain to King. it received / ?3lrPr.OVed Pavln8 petitions for N. Goforth street and for N. Sims street extension. Wray A. Williajns appeared before the board in support of the Watterson street opening and explained that all deeds were in order, with one minor exception. Only a 30-foot right of-way could be obtained on one small portion of the street near its proposed intersection with Waco Road. By its approval ac tion, the hoard waived its cus tomary requirement of a 40-foot right-of-way. The hoard voted unanimous approval a request by W. K. Mauney, Sr., to pave streets at the Bonnie and Mauney Mills, with the firms to pay full cost of of the paving work. City Admin istrator M. K. Fuller had ex plained that the companies had first planned to deed the streets to the city,, but that their width was Insufficient. The board also voted to extend Bennett street, subject to receipt of deed from Burlington Mills Qjrporatlon. The company had indicated by letter that it would convey the property for a street. In other matters the board de ferred action on -a request hy Cash Brothers, presented by their attorney, C. B. Falls, for permis sion to purchase power direct from Duke Power Company. Mr. Falls contended that, the Cash Brothers are not getting suffici ent power for the proper opera tion of Joy Theatre and that the city 8 power rates are prohibitive City Administrator Fuller ex* plained that an electrical sys tem survey now underway would enable the city to give the pro per service and that also con templated, following the survey, was a rate study. Motion to de fer action on the request was made by Lloyd E. Davis, itecond ed by B. T. Wright, Sr., and car ried unanimously. The board also voted- to defer, for a period of 60 days, any fur ther major improvements to City I Continued On Page Bight Employers Asked To Consider Physically Handicapped For lobs Attntfnk of Kings Mountain employers, along with employers throughout the nation, is being directed this week to the impor tance of employing physically handicapped workers. This week is national Employ The Physically Handicapped Week, and the employment ser vices of the state and nation are calling particular attention to success in rehabilitating partial ly handicapped workers and to the need for further progress In that direction. Mrs. Mary B. Goforth, manager of the state employment office here, said that the two objectives of the annual observance are: 1) to make all handicapped pertfbns aware that rehabilitation, train ing and placement services are available through the employ ment office; and 2) to convince employers that it is good busi ness, to employ persons with par tial handicaps. Mrs. Goforth added that 25 handicapped workers are now registered for employment at the local office. Some, she added, will return to work as the tex tile plants resume full production. Others will need a new opportun ity to show their usefulness. Pointing out the advantages of employing the physically handi capped, Mrs. Goforth said: "The physically handicapped workers are important manpow er resources. Wider utilization of such worker* can help to ease the pinch as labor shortages be gin to appear aa * result of mili tary mobilization. "Because of mistaken notions -"i .. L. . .. ' ,.*?* as to their usefulness, manyj handicapped workers never have an oportunlty to show that they can fit Into suitable and useful employment and thereby make their contribution to the commun ity's industries. Properly selected and placed, the physically disabl ed can meet strict Job require mcii.s and can become as effici ent and reliable as the non-handi capped. "A crippled body does not af fect the brain. This is especially true when a person so afflicted has the opportunity to prove his worth. It Is only the Individual who must sit unemployed and brood over his uselessness, who Is likely to become warped In his thinking. Many of our so-called disabled people have lost the normal use of some of ifcelr faculties throusrh their Mined service to the coup try ? others through some acci dent and some through accident of birth or dto>>ase. These people are entitled to an opportunity to do work they are capable of per forming. "It to logical and fitting that the attention of the nation should be centered this week on the great, but little, . used pool 6f manpower and brain power rep resented In the physically handi capped. "To every business man who anticipates hiring new employees, we recommend -Investigate the poMtblbty of employing some person who to handicapped and give him a chance to show what he can do." . J ARP MINISTER E. Edwards will ? T- Charles of senaon, or LP/each a '*?iea ARP church, beaiiTnf Memorial and contlnu nVfh " n9. SundaY 13. Services win gfW October ening at 7:30. ld each ev. MP Services To Begin Sunday ^?Menorla]^p Shervices at hegin Sunday, wlY? ? hurch w'" E. Edwards of rn, u Charles delivering the se5m bia> S- C Rev. Mr kv!. n,ons each evening Preach choir will rendol ' and the "Mr. Edward ster, and we inv L " *bJe min'" members of the bLU?*.0"1* the congregation but^rcmemoriai the community to c,t,2ens of special series of us ,n this VV. L. PressL* Snervl?*." Rev. church, said this wS3[ ?' the WWle Cane Sale Totals $164.67 Whl?e Krne" *"??? conducted by the ^ ( ne Sa,e. 5164.67, cai0npSJllft',01 chairman ur tha , 1 p- Maunev day. ?f the s*le. said Thurs ' handled -bjf8^8 0^St Saturday ?ehool students W ,0/ hi*h while contributions t 5102.47, of the Lions club Tu^Limen>bers added J62.20 Tuesday night ???? ?" ?.i. th Carolina and Irv i!nd 'n Nor" fhliu of the tota,TQaUy- One., the local club for s th?fa,ned 'by Hon work. s,ghi conserva gratffi'^aa"eyh sa^ he was very appeal and he to the of the high schSof f^Hthe Worki conducted the sSLftUd,cnts who I l?clu dedtwale' "These Smyre, Cvnthi nnMayes, pa? gjne, Shirley Falls^Sn Eve,yn| peese, I^e \yJ2S* .Nora Jane sssss^^Kyss j|l SconTFiwd ?nve Underway annual Qfrf Scoii^'fl Week on the Palgn. * financial cam indicated that ?.J i reP?rts effort is progreJ??l? d"/als,n8 that reports wel1 hut that he was unab 2<fmi>,ete and what Percentage!*/ to det*rmine mlr>'mumgoal L?Kthe tl.OOOi ed " goal had been obtain hased^on Girl"^!'" 8 quota Is A tot?l of 200^?nLfe^tratJ?n S'rls are emSied .f ^M?Unta,n Mtlon and io? orSan' troops are menSlfl, Mountain eer Area Council , Pion 9 * ns hc"1 n.ooo go?*wm,l2?d over ">* local trooM i ^ retained by IOc?l "*>?: Mr .'hJid^o r 8choo,'s foot iaat Saturday n,*.*core,WM tie P?rtt Grace, I? BchJau'lJ?*?**1! ?*?t school to 'ace the second grar^??y n'*ht in the seasSn ^T ?rad? 'or 7:30 p. m ,s *l?U?d Crich , eleven will go int!! !i* Kuft th? und?rdo? ^*1? in ??)or uSiln'h.'IS'hU'S *nd sSra^Sr'*^ I**" ?nd lth?g2 mlM be?" fcusv n?5ffL c*t11P h?a opener. Preparing for the urday night"'^^*?* 1 ^ S*t' ?Ported drives vI .k ?* Grace yam a d Central 10 trai ao but d!dn?h. t0 c*n punch n 4 have the soor Battle Drama Played To Over 6,000; Plans Mapped For Longer '52 Season Revaluation Job Outlined To Lions Club Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club got a glimpse into the intracacies of a county wide property revaluation Tues day night, when Joe Quigley, rep resentative of the firm which will make Cleveland County's re valuation. addressed the club. Mr. Quigley spoke informally and paused to answer questions, of which there were several, from his audience. He explained that the revalua tion would be conducted in all phases of rural, residential, com mercial and industrial property, with the revaluation also to in clude certain personal property (fixtures and machinery) of com mercial and industrial firms. He stated that the Cole-Layer T rumble Company, which he rep resents, had conducted property revaluations in ten North Caro lina counties, including Forsythe, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Iredell and Catawba counties. First step in the program is air-mapping of principal cities, a job to be handled by Joyce Map ping Company. "You would be surprised," he remarked, "how much property this mapping system puts on the tax scrolls which was never list ed before." Mr, Quigley said the aim of the revaluation program is to estab lish a tax appraisal yardstick whereby all properties are listed on the s^me basis. He said that It is quite possible some persons are paying about 25 percent of the amount they should be pay ing, while others are paying 150 percent of what they should be paying. "We are not arbitrary," he ad ded, stating that open hearings would be held following comple tion of the work to hear com plaints by those who felt their appraisals are out-of-iine. He said that residential prop erty will be divided into five clas sifications, with the age, floor space, equipment and type of construction determining the par Continued On Page Eight Blakely Named To ARP Group Action on the proposed with drawal of three Charlotte area churches from First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Pres ?* byterian church was deferred until December 11 at the regular meeting of Presbytery Tuesday. In spite of strong efforts of the three churches to obtain action at the Tuesday meeting at Glen wood AHP church, their requests were voted down and a special committee was named to study 'the matter and to report at the special meeting called for De cember 11. The December 11 meeting js to be held at Char lotte's Chalmers Memorial ARP church. - J W. E. Blakely, of Kings Moun tain, an elder of Boyce Memorial: ARP churoh, is one of the mem ibers of the special committee. Others named were Rev. J. H. Buzhardt, pastor of Ebenezer ARP church; A. T. Boone, an eld er of the Glerrwood church; Dr. J. W. Carson, pastor of the Bes semer City ARP church, and Rev. S. L. McKay, pastor of the Salis bury ARP church. The three Charlotte churches, Sardis, First and Tabernacle, are seeking to withdraw from the ARP church and t* Join the Mecklenburg Presbytery of the Presbyterian church, U. S. How ever, Tabernacle's action mere ly requested the calling of a special meeting of Synod. The withdrawal petitions were read at the Tuesday meeting, ns were petitions from minority groups of Sard I* ?nd First church who oppose the withdrawal pro posals. Representing Boyce Memorial ARP church at the Tuesday meeting were Rev. W. L. Press ly, the pastor, John E. Gamble, elder, and Marriott D. Phifer, deacon. READS rRATERWrnr Frank A- Summers, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. R Summer*, has been elected president of Mftha Pi Mu, national Indus trial engineering fraternity at Georgia Tech. The Tech chap ter will be heat this year to the national convention of the fraternity. :? Bloodmobile Returns To City On Monday Officials Say Blood Supplies Are Very Low A total of 150 pints of blood is the quota set for citizens of Kings Mountain when the Red Cross bloodmobile visits here on October 15. The motoile unit will be set up in the Women's Club building and will be operated between the hours of 11 a, m. and 5 p. m. I "The casualty lists from Korea have already demonstrated the drastic need for blood by our armed forces," said L. L. Benson, chairman of the Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter, which is sponsoring the bloodmobile unit. %'In addition, the seriousness of the world situation in general i? evidence that our government should build up reserves to toe used in the event of national at tack. It becomes the duty of ev ery citizen In Number 4 Town ship to see that these needs are met. Your Red Cross chapter is here to help you meet this re sponsibility.'*' Anyone wishing to <make an appointment to do nate blood may do so by calling 247- M or 479-W. All bloodmobiles operate from a fixed center and cover commu nities usually within a 100-mile radius of the center. Blood col lected by the mobile unit here will be taken to the center at Charlotte in special refrigerated containers, and there It will toe typed, analyzed, and processed. At the request of military au thorities, blood will be prepared at the center lor overseas ship ment. . Mr. Benson stressed the fact that donating blood Is a simple, painless procedure that has no after-effects. All healthy men and women between the ages of 21 and 60 are eligible to donate if they weigh at least 110 pounds. Those between 18 and 21 may do nate if they are self-supporting, married, members of the armed forces,- or if they have the writ ten consent of their parents. All technial aspects of the do nating process will be supervis ed by a qualified physician, as sisted toy registered nurses and technicians. Only 30 'to 45 minu tes of time is required for the entire process, and this includes the prdbatole time spent in the canteen, where Red Cross volun teers will serve light refresh ments immediately following do nation. ' "Once again let me urge every atole-toodled mart and woman in Number 4 Township to telephone Continued On- Pose Eight ? Only Three Attend Ladies Gripe Session "* . ,,, % , . The Mayor's first regularly ; scheduled "ladies gripe ses. sion" was hold Tuesday night at City Hall. Mayor Garland Still, Com missioners Olland Pearson, and James (Red) Layton were present to hear the complaints but only three women were present. They stated they had come to listen and not to do the griping. The next women's gripe meeting is to be held on Nov ember 13. the Mayor said. Plans Formulated On Rose Sale A civic committee on city beautificatlon mapped plans this week for promotion and sale of the first group of 1,000 climber roses, which is scheduled for the first week in November. The plants are Paul's Scarlet Climbers and will 'be offered for sale by the civic committee at 75 cents each, a price under the average cost of the particular plant. Effort of the group, which in cludes representatives of all civ ic clubs, the several gatden clubs, and other organizations, is to make Kings Mountain "The Rose^City of North Carolina." The project is being forward ed through the cooperation of Living Magazine. Further announcements con cerning the city-wide beautifica tlon effort are to be made next week. Dewey Welch Home From North Africa . Dewey Welch, Kings Mountain plumber, arrived home last Fri day following three months in French Morrooco, North Africa, where he was serving as an as sistant foreman for Atlas Con structors. The Atlas company is a com bine of several construction firms, including Blythe Brothers, of Charlotte, Which is building air strips in North Africa for the Army Air Force. During his three (months in North Africa. Mr. Welch had the interesting duty of superintend ing Arab laborers. He said the Arabs exhibited a better ability at learning English than he did learning Arabic. He returned to the United Sta tes iby plane. He is a veteran of World War II, having served with the paratroopers. National File Prevention Week Being Observed; Precautions Given National Fire Prevention week is being observed in Kings Moun tain as in other cities and towns all over the nation, Chief Grady King- said yesterday. This week from October 7-14, is being set aside to publicize the danger of fire and the need for care in preventing tragedies from this destroyer. "Administrative heads of hos pitals, school* and other institu tions here In Kings Mountain and other towns dep .id largely upon public support for organization of fire prevention projects" tl>e Chief said, adding, "I can't em phasize too strongly the need for homes and other Institutions to protect the persons in their care from fire." He cited the recent Montreal hospital fire in which 34 per sons were burned to death, the fire In the Texas convalescent home last year which took the lives of 10 aged persons, and the tragic Effingham hospital fire In which 74 persons were killed. Fire records also show that there were eight more major (loss of $250,000 or more) school fires In 1950 than in 1949, he ad ded. During the past two years, hos pitals all over the nation have been Inspected by National Board of Fire , Underwriters In surance engineers. It ia now up to hospital administrator* to car ry out made by the inspectors, the chief said. | adding that it is even more im portant for the public to assist the hospitals in the realization of these fire safety plans. Institution heads and public alike should be aware, of the! main requirements of fire safety in hospitals, schools and other buildings in which children or adults are under their care. He listed five major tests for fire safety: 1. Is fire blocked, from spread ing from floor to floor by en closed stairs, elevators shafts, dumbwaiters, laundry chutes? 2. Is it blocked from spreading through corridors by protected windows, approved fire doors at the openings in fire walls and smokeproof partitions? 3. Is there an approved, prop erly supervised automatic sprink ler system for delecting and put ting out fires at their beginning? 4. Has a efficient fire drill sys tem been worked out? 5. Is there a competent fire bri gade that cooperates closely with the fire department? The fire chief said that com mon carelessness is still the lead ing cause of Institution fires. He suggested a careful Inspec tion of all buildings and organi zation of a dally fire safe house Keeping program with special at tentlon to danger spots, such as storage rooms, paint shops, car penter quarters and laundry. Recoid Crowd Saw Saturday's Final Showing The 100- member cast of ."Then Conquer We Must!" completed its season Saturday night before a record audience. ? Saturday's performance \v;i_s the sixth for the amateur group which began weekend showings of the commemorative drama on September 21. Sam Stallings, business mana ger of the drama, said that more than 6, (XX) persons saw the dra ma, with 5,550 representing paid admissions. Tentative plans have already been drawn for presentation of the drama again next year. They call for a much longer run, be ginning perhaps in July and con tinuing through September. Fi nal agreement on the 1952 sche dule and plans for it will be set in the near future at a meeting of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc., sponsor of the dra ma. Among the details which will have to be handled at an early date is renewal of permission from the Interior Depaitment lor use of the Kings Mountain Na tional Military Park amphi theatre, located on the site of the historical Battle of Kings Moun tain, of which Bob Osborne's drama is the story. Mr. Stallings described the 1951 season as a definite "finan cial success," and the standing room-only crowds, plus press comment, attested to its suocess from the several standpoints of production, acting, and crawd appeal. Many persons collaborated in voluntary, non-paid work to as sure the success of the perform ance, which included long hours of rehearsal begun August 1. Majority of the cast were Kings Mountain citizens. Teachers Tour Mica Mine, Plant ''Our lives depend on mineral resources, and almost everything we touch 1s derived from metal lic ore," A1 Rolston, of Kings Mountain Mica Company, said Tuesday, as he addressed mem bers; of the city schools faculty. It was the second of a series of teachers meetings being de voted this year to a study of area resources. In stressing the importance of mica, Mr. Rolston pointed out that sheet mica, most of which is imported from India, Brazil and South America, is used in ra dar and other electronics. He said the Kings Mountain mica mines are the largest of their kind In North Carolina, cov ering 160 acres. Three plants are operated by Kings Mountain Mica Company, with a reserve to enable continued mining op* erations for the next ten years, he added. Following Mr. Rolston's ad dress, a number of teachers vis ited the Kings Mountain plant, where they toured the plant and learned the several processes in volved in producing scrap mica, the end-product of the local plant, which goes into roofing, lustrous wallpaper, wall board cement and certain types of paint. Missing Lad Found; Wa* Visiting Friend A nine-year-old child visited a friend over-night Tuesday, caus ing his foster parents a most miserable 24 hours. Guy Smith, age nine and a third grade student, went home after school Tuesday with his friend Jerry Boone, who lives or\ Waco Road. The child, son of Claude Smith, a Porthmouth, Va., widower,, has been living with Mr. and Mrs. Millard Prince since March. When the child failed to arrive home from school on time, Mr. and Mrs. Prince, who live on Carpenter street. Immediately started a frantic but fruitless search. Wednesday morning, as a last chance check, Mr. and Mrs. Prince visited the school to in quire of other children concern ling the missing boy. Walking blithely toward the school with his friend was the missing lad. It was hard for him to understand all the furore over the fact that he spent the night with his classmate.
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