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? Population City Limits ; 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (IMS Ration Board Flgum) VOL. 62 NO. 42 14 Pages Today Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. CM Friday. October 19. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS 7;| . Local News Bulletins WESLEYAN SERVICE The Carolina Ladles Quar tette of Greenville, S. C., will i>ing at the annual Sunday School Rally and Homecoming at First Wesleyan Methodist church Sunday. The Sunday School begins at 9:45. Rev. Paul E. Allred, a former pastor, will preach at the 11 o'clock service. Alter lunch on the grounds, other former pastors will foe speaking. SPECIAL SERVICE - There will be preaching ser* vice at Penley's Chapel Sun day night, October 21. begin ning at 7 o'clock. Visiting sing ers are to be present and spe cial music will be rendered. Rev. R, L. Forbls, pastor. DIXON SERVICE E. A. Harrill will speak at the Sunday School hour at spe cial services at Dixon Presby terian Church Sunday morning, according to announcement by the pastor, Rev. P. D. Patrick. WINNER Helen Freeman, of Bessemer City, was the lucky number winner Saturday of the mat tress given by Baird Furniture Company as a part of a spe cial sales promotion event. BUILDING PERMIT A building permit, approv ed toy Building Inspector Kelly Dixon, was Issued at City Hfall Thursday, October 11, to Queen CttyCoach structtm 'lpfe* 'station on King street at an estimated cost of $20,000. METER RECEIPTS A total of $190.15 was collec ted from, the City's parking meters during the week end ing Wednesday at noon, ac cording to a report of Joe Hen drick, city clerk. XTWANIS BANQUET Members of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanls club were to hold their annual father-and son banquet at the regular meeting of the club Thursday . evening at 6:45. The address of the evening was to be deliv ered by Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of St. Matthew's Luth eran church. GEHBERDINGS MOVE Dr. and Mrs. W. p. Gerber dlng moved last weekend Into the new St. Matthew's Luth eran church parsonage on North Piedmont avenue. The new parsonage was built on lihe site Of the former manse. It 1* a two-story residence of brick construction. ORDINATION SERVICE* Dr. J. Vipperman, of Dal las, WJIl gMaOh a special ordi nation sermon at Oakvlew Baptist' church on Sunday ev enlll|r j^i7 o'clock, according to announcement by the pas tor, Rev. Earl Oxford. A num ber of new deacons of the chur ch are to be ordainml. BUSINESS SESSION Rev. Dan S. Hardin, confer ence prt-Went, will conduct a business session at Missionary > Methodist church Saturday ev ening at 7:19, according to an announcement by the pastor, Rev. H. S. Scruggs. f . ' ? j.i. . - - i . MEW tOUCEMAN Paul R. Saunders, former dep uty sheriff under Hugh A. Lo gan, Jr., has joined the city police department, replacing L. L. Hamrlck, resigned. Mr. Jfamrick has been appointed a deputy sheriff toy Sheriff Haywood Allen, and has been assigned to patrol duty In (he Rings Mountain area. ORZfE meeting Mayor Garland Still said Thursday he would hold his regular monthly gripe meeting at City Hall Tuesday night at 8 o'clock and issued an invita tion to all citizens to present suggestions snd criticisms con cerwjng cfly a&alrs. , - MEN Cm PROGRAM Men of St. Matthew's Luth eran church will conduct the tagular Sunday v evening ser vice at 7:30, In observance of Brotherhood Sunday. Ray Cilne, Paul Smyre. A. S. Riser, Sid Aubrey Maunev will he the speakers and Howard Co ble will sing. Harold Hunnicutt To Head Kiwanis Club In 1952 Harold R. Hunnicutt, well known Kings Mountain citizen and veteran Kiwanian, was elect ed president of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club for 1952 in annual club elections held recent ly. New officers of the club will assume their duties in January. Mr. Hunnicutt will succeed as president L. E. Abbott. Dr. D. F. Hord, Jr., was elect ed first vice-president, and Paul Mauney was elected second vice president. Mr. Mauney will also I fill the position of program chair . man. Harold Coggins was re | lected secretary and John L. Mc Gill was re-elected treasurer. Directors named are Rev. T. | L. Cashwell, Harold Crawford, ,W. G. Grantham, Halbert Webb. M. K. Fuller, H. R. Neisler, Lew j is Hovls and L. E. Abbott, ex of- ; flclo. Retiring officers and directors , are W. K. Crookk, E. W. Griffin, Harry Page, B. S. Peeler, Jr., W. T. Weir, Hugh Ballard and By ron Keeter. Services Held For L B. Hnson Funeral services for Lee Roy Hinson, 47, who died Tuesday; morning at the Charleston, S. C., J . Na^al Base Hospital, were held; Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock5 ' at Grace Methodist church. Rev. j B. W. Lefler, Rev. ,B. F. Austin,! and Jfcex. OydejCUaddoo otticlat ed and burial was in the Beth lehem Baptist church cemetery. He was born in Charlotte and was a former resident of Lan caster, S. C. He received a medical dischar ge from the U. S. Navy in 1941 after 19 years service in which he saw duty aboard the U. S. S. I Black Hawk. He was, formerly employed at B. & B. Soda Shop. Fe was a member of Grace j Methodist church in Lancaster, S. C. 1 Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Manley A. Hinson; three sisters, Mrs. I. W. Ledford. 1 James Lucas. ~ a*1'5 * ' Red Cross Chapter To Hold Meeting L. L. Benson, chairman of the local chapter of the American Red Cross, announced this week that the chapter will hold its an nual business meeting In the City Hall, on Thursday, October 25, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Benson said that everyone holding membership cards were urged to attend. Weiner Shows Grid Movies To loycees Coach Art Weiner of Kfags Mountain high school showed pic tures of the Cherryville football <?Am# ii the regular meeting of the Junldr Chamber of Commerce held at the Masonic dining hall Tuesday night Coach Weiner gave a running commentary of the game, which Kings Mountain won 13 to 1. .Vici- President Ben Ballard pre sided and several items of busi ness were discussed before the program. ? ,? ? Six Masons Awarded 25-Year Certificates Six mebers of Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. A A. M? were pre sented 25-year membership cer tificate at a stated communica tion of the lodge on October 8th. They are Arnold W. Kincaid. Howard V. Herndon, William T. Bradford, Hugh D. Ormand. Hor ace E. Grant and O. O. Walker. The certificates were presented by George D. Washburn, of Shel by, DDGM of the 37th Masonic district and signify 25 years of Masonic membership. SCHOOLS TO IS'OFKH The three local county sohoola, Beth ware, G rover, and Compact, will re open Monday, October 22, after bring closed for four wmtm tor the Tall har vest season. Dr. McGill To Open Offices Here Tuesday Medical Doctor Ready To Begin Local Practice Dr. John C. McGill will open his Kings Mountain offices for the general practice of meaieine next Tuesday. The former Wllliamston, S. C., physician, moved to Kings Moun tain Wednesday and announced Thursday he would be ready to receive patients next Tuesday. He closed his Williamston practice Monday. He is occupying the of ' . "s for merly used by Dr. P. G Padgett on the second floor of the J. R. Davis building on Battleground avenue over Kings Mountain Drug Company. The addition of Dr. McGill to the Kings Mountain medical con tingent returns to four the city's active general practitioners, re duced to three when Dr. P. E. Hendricks was called to active duty with the army medical corps. Dr. and Mrs. McGill have mov ed into the residence at 409 E. King street. Dr. McGill is the son of a: veter an Clover, S. C., physician, Dr. W. K. McGill. He Is a veteran of World War II, having spent more than two years on active duty with the army medical corps, In cluding 21 jnonths In .the Pacific Theatre. He held the rank of cap tain when returned to inactive duty status. He was graduated from Er sklne College, Due West, S: C., and received the degree of Doc tor of Medicine from Vanderbilt university, Nashvile, Tenn. Fol lowing WorW War II, he took post-graduate medical training at Charlotte Memorial hospital and at the Medical College of Virgin ia at Richmond. . Mrs. McGill is the former Miss Mabel Hamilton, of Statesville. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Hamilton, Associate Reformed Presbyterian mission aries to India. IN FRATERNITY Billy Amos, Son of Mr. and Mrs. "M. C. Amos, and senior at Wake Forest college, has been initiated in Beta Kho, Wake Forest chapter of Beta Beta Be to national honorary biology fraternity. The honor fraternity selects members on the basis of scholarship, leadership, and character. Padgett Undergoes Kidney Operation Dr. P. G. Padgett Kings Mountain physician, under went a major operation at Presbyterian hospital in Char lotte Thursday morning, lor the removal of a kidney stone. As quickly as his surgeon permits his removal. Dr. Pad gett expects to transfer to Kings Mountain hospital, Joe Dixon, hospital administrator, told the Herald. Mr. Dixon said he had talked by telephone with Dr. Padgett following the operation and that he said he was "doing fine." Two Jap Medical Men To Visit Here Two of Japan's top medical men are to visit Kings 'Mountain hospital Friday afternoon around 3 o'clock as a part of a tour of the state's modern medical insti tutions arranged by the Duke Endowment They are Dr. Yukio Yoshida, MD, of Tokyo, and Tatsuo Osawa, of Noogata City, one of that country's top hospital adminis trators. Joe Dixon, Kings Mountain hospital administrator, made the announcement and said the trip 'WW-' ?m|ud toy George P. Har ris, director of field service for tfie endowment. The Japanese men are in the country to study and observe modern methods of hospital ad ministration through study at schools and by direct observa tion of various types of hospitals and to study hospital construc tion. The visit is under auspices of fhe Educational Program Branch, Division of International Health, U. S. Public Health Ser vice. ' LIONS PROGRAM Art Weiner, Kings Mountain high school head coach, will Show motion pictures of the recent Cherryvllle -Kings Mountain football game at the regular meeting at the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night at 7 o'clook at Masonic Dining Hall. Announcement was made (by Carl F. Mauney, who made arrangements for the program. Foote Company Executes $350,000 Option To Purchase Solva; Plant Foots Mineral Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., Thursday morning executed an option on I the Kinga Mountain mine of Sol vay Processing Co., for $350,000. The purchase thus gives the company access to the largest Known source of lithium - bear ing ores in the Western Hemis phere and assures Kings Moun tain a rapidly ? expanding new industry. The option was executed a round ip:45 o'clook Thursday morning at the Union Trust Co. office in Shelby and conveyed to Foote ownership of 283 acres from Solvay. The company also has mineral rights from Solvay for 302 acres adjoining the land purchased yesterday and previ ously had ownership or control of mineral rights of an addition al 296 acres, giving Foote either ownership or control of a total of 8^1 acres here. Preaerit at the ceremonies were Ernest G. Enck, of Philadelphia, Pa., secretary and director of the company, A. B. Chandler, general manager of the Kings Mountain mine, Shelby bank and ctty of ficials and others. Under (he direction of F. B. Shay, company director and pro duction manager, Foote began work toward putting the Kings Mountain mine in operation on October 2, 1950, with a small number of workers. A month later, Mr. Chandler was sent here from the Exton, Pa., Foote plant aa general manager and work was started on an ex tensive construction project at the mine. 1 Mr. Chandler said that the company, which employs around mm# ? . t. X "v,;-.- . * ; U.*.y>V v Ju. ' ?% M ^ i 60 workers here, now plans to double the working force soon and go Into full production. While operating under the lease, extensive tests were made with drillings to a depth of 6,350 feet to test the ore content. Re sults proved the mine to be the largest source of lithium-bear ing ore In the hemisphere, offi cials said. Solvay Processing Co. opened the mine here'early in 1943 and developed it as a source of apod ? umene ore, from which the lith ium metal Is extracted. Foote Mineral Company was Solvay's Megest customer during It's op eration here during World War II. Solvay closed the mine in March 1945 and Foote obtained the'option late In 1950. Lithium, which in the major metal In the spodumene ore mined here, is sold by Foote Mineral Company in many chemical forms lor use In numer ous Industries. A by-product of the mining op eration here is tin which tests have shown to be in sufficient quantity for marketing, the first time In some 40 years that tin has been mined In commercial quanitles In the King* .Moun tain area officials pointed out. Foote Mineral Company main tains offices in Philadelphia. Pa., laboratories for research in Berwyn, Pa., and a chemical plant in Kxton, Pa. In addition to the KJngs Mountain mine, the company also owtia a pine In Southwest Africa which Is oper ated toy a German concern ac cording to Fred W. Kelly, Jr., of Ctrarles 81am Advertising Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., the firm which handV* publicity for Foote. Floral Fair Prize List Is Announced A long prize list for various di visions of competition for the forthcoming Floral Fair of the Kings Mountain Woman's Club was announced this week, along with entry rules for the competi tors. Date for the event has been def initely set for Friday, November 2, and officials afe anticipating a record-breaking fair. Chrysanthemums Best collection, yellow, large: 1st ? picture, Sterchi's 2nd ? gallon Prestone City Ser vice Station. Best collection, pink, large: 1st ? lamp, Cooper's, Inc. ' 2nd? gallon glass cleaner. Plonk Motors. Best collection, white, large: 1st ? antique vegetable bowl, Allen's Antiques. 2nd? Mae's-it-kU-Bridges Auto Service. Best Collection, mixed, large. Jst? $5.00 trade. City Auto and Home Supply. 2nd ? $2.50, Kern's Bros. Best Collection, Pom Pons: 1st only? 500 lbs. coal, Kings Mountain Oil Co. Best Colection, daisy: 1st only? Box of candy, Kings Mountain Drug Co. ~ FLORAL FAIR RULES ~ 1. All entries must be mod* between 8:00 and 10:00 on the morning of the Floral Fair. 2. Exhibits must be In place by 10:00 A. M. No entries may be removed before 8:00 P. M. 3. Specimen flowers should be exhibited In milk or Coca cola bottles. "i Mt in horticultur al division matt be grown by exixibi'. jrs. in tills division, ar rangement does net count but quality and condition of flow* era, number of varieties, etc., are to be standard for Judging. 5. All exhibits, with the ex ception of potted plants, iUall become the property of the Club and shall be for sale. Best collection, button: 1st only ? 24 lbs. flour, Ware & Sons. Best collection, mixed 1st only ? $2.50, Kern's Bros. Best vase, one kind only: 1st only? 5 qts. Esso extra mo tor oil, McGill's Esso Service Sta tion. Dahlias Best collection, mixed large: 1st? -$3.00. Home Bldg. and Loan. 2nd ? Pryrex set, Logan's Sup ply. Best collection, mixed small: 1st ? cake box, Phifer's Hard ware. . 2nd ? lubrication job, Hager & Sanders. Best vase, one kind : 1st only? plate, Grayson's Jew elry. Rosen Best collection, red: 1st ? 5-lb. fruit cake, A & P Tea Co. 2nd ? wash and grease job, King's Street Gulf Station. Best colection, pink: 1st ? pair pillow cases, Plonk Brothers. 2nd ? 5, theatre tickets, Joy Theatre. Best colection, mixed: 1st? pair nylon hose, Stone Grocery. 2nd ? one case Coca-Colas. Annuals Best display, one variety: 1st ? 1-year subscription to the Herald, Herald Publishing House. Perennials Best display, one variety: 1st ? 1-year subscription to the Herald, Herald Publishing House. Cakes Pound Cake: 1st ? bed spread, Neisler Mills. ' 2nd ? 500 lbs. coal, Weir's Coal. 3rd ? 5 theatre tickets, Joy The atre. Angel Food Cake: 1st? Mail box, Elmer Lumber Co. 2nd? Lamp, McGinnis Furni ture. 3rd ? half-sole, Kings Mountain Shoe Shop. Coccanut cake: 1st ? Handbag, Myers' Dept. Store. 2nd ? $3.00 Service repair, Stowe Radio Service. 3rd ? $2.30. Superior Stone Co. Chocolate cake: 1st ? Dish garden, Kings Moun tain Florist. 2nd? 2 dinners, Edward's Cafe. 3rd- $1.00, Aderholdt Grocery. Devil's Food Cake: l5t? Electric toaster, L. A. Hoke. 2nd? $8.50, Superior Stone Co. Continued On Page Sight a T^s(^! ?r Blalock Finn Sets Opening Blalock's Park-Inn, new self service grocery on Highway 74 near the city limits, will hold its formal opening this weekend, according to announcement by Charles E. Blalock, owner. The (firm, successor to Bla lock's Grocery, has oeen open for business for the past two weeks, but has now fully completed its transition into ? modern self service store on the super mar ket style. The formal opening on Friday and Saturday will feature -sever al special promotions, including prU*e drawings every hour dur ing both days, with lucky num ber holders receiving free bas kets of groceries. Grand prizes ( will be given away at 9 o'clock on tooth Friday and Saturday ev ening, Also offered by the firm, this weekend are free balloons j and chewing gum for children and free pencils for school-age] children. Blalock's Park-Inn, in addition to offering a full line of staple | and fancy groceries, meats, fresh i produce and frozen foods, is a I dealer for Kelvinator appliances. Wfi'-' " C. E. Warllck Insurance Agen cy moved Monday into new | quarters in the Peeler-Thomas son Building on West Mountain | street. The building, formerly occu pied by Blalock Grocery, has been redecorated and suitably arrang ed for the agency office. Since 1948, the agency has shar ed space In the office of Home Building & Loan association. C. E. Warllck Insurance Agen cy handles all types of Insurance coverage, representing some 20 companies. It specializes in fire and casualty Insurance and ^ond- < ing. C. E. Warllck, head of the firm, said the change 0} quarters was dictated by a need for increased space. AR? SERVICES Final In a week's seriea of sermons at Boyce Memorial ARP church by Rev. Charles E. Edwards, of Columbia, S. C., will be heard Friday evening at 7:30. Large crowds have been attending the annual fall special services this week. r? _ . Heart Attack Fatal Sunday To Meichant Funeral services for John Oates Plonk. 70. dean of Kings Moun tain merchants, were held Tues day morning at It o'clock from St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Interment was made in Moun tain Rest cemetery! Mr. Plonk died suddenly at his West Gold street home on Sun day afternoon at 5:30, following a heart attack. He had been in declining health for'the past sev eral years, but had continued ac tive in the affairs of Plonk Brothers & Company until three weeks prior to his death. He had been a. patient in Charlotte's Presbyterian hospital for tern days, but had returned home a week - and -a-half prior to his death. He had not been confined to bed, and his death came as a shock to h.-s family and friends. The funeral rites were conduc ted toy Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pas tor of St. Matthew's church of which Mr. Plonk had 'been a member for many years, and by Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of Central Methodist church. Dr. Gerberding, in his message, said, "He had fought A good fight, he had run the course, and he knew his hour of depart ure was at hand." Mr. Plonk was born near Kings Mountain on November 23, 1880, the eldest son of the late William Lafayette Plonk and Martha Regina Ware Plonk. He had liv ed in Kings Mountain since a young man, and had been ac tively Identified with the com mercial, civic and religious life of the community. He began his 54 active years in retail business as a 16-year old employee of Mauney Broth ers. In 1899, he joined . a new firm, Plonk & Riser, and had a "working interest" through his father's share in the ownership. Mr. Plonk was the buyer and salesman for that firm, of which Plonk Brothers & Company was the successor In 1905. On Janu ary 1, 1907, he purchased an In terest in the business and head ed the firm since. Mr. Plonk was a many-times members of the St. Matthews Lutheran church council, a form er city commissioner, a Mason and a Shrlner. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Elvira Foust Plonk, four daughters, Mrs. William R. Wea ver, of Greensboro, Mrs. W. H. MeEl-wee, of North Welkesboro, ?Mrs. Robert E. Lewis, of Dur ham, and Mrs. Thomas Harper, of Baltimore, Md., one son, Pfc. John Oates Plortk, Jr., of Fort Brag<g, and eleven grandchildren. Also surviving are four broth ers and four sisters, Clarence S. Plonk, Rufus L. Plonk, William L. Plonk, Mrs. M. L. Harmon, and Mrs. Mary Plonk Lovell, all of Kings Mountain, and Dr. Lillian Plonk, D/. Laura Plonk and Carl A. Plonk, all of Ashevllle. The Lutheran church was [crowded to capacity for the fun eral services and friends and rel atives bespoke their regard with a large floral tribute. Majority of Kings Mountain retell firms closed during the funeral ser i vice. Pallbearers were Wray A. Plonk, Clarence S. Plonk, Jr., Hal S. Plonk, John B. Plonk, Martin Harmon, WlHiahn La??-,? nee Plonk, and SaTn Stalllngs, all of Kings Mountain, and Dr. John S. Rhodes, of Raleigh. City's Christmas Opening Event Is Schedoled For November 29th The Christmas shopping sea son In Kings Mountain will open officially on November 29, ac cording td announcement by W. Faiaon Barnes, secretary of the Kings Mountain Merchants asso ciation. The opening will feature the annual Christmas opening parade with Christmas season floats and a formal VtK|t from Santa Clause. Mr. Barnes said the local par ade is expected to include a mini mum df MX floats, and a number qt bands from nearby high school*. ; The Merchants group expects to invest approximately $1,000 in its annual Christmas opening pro motion. again, as in former years, spending part of the sum for per manent type street decorations. Mr. Barnes said the Christmas opening committee hopes to have much of Its work completed by November 1. Members of the committee are T. W. Grayson, Merchants As sociation president, E. E. Mar lowe, W. G. Grantham, Dan Huff stetler, John Lewis, C. J. Gault, Jr., Amos Dean and Mr. Barnes. "We hope to make the 1951 opening bigger and better than ever," Mr. Barnes said In mak ing the announcement. f> t -- Bus Station Lot Cleared And Graded The Queen City Bus Company lot on West King street was cleared and graded this week, and actual construction work on Queen City's Kings Mountain bus terminal is scheduled to get underway soon. It is possible that construction will begin next week. Contractor for tne construction job is J. B, Thomas, of Charlotte, and he told Elmer Lumber Com pany officials he expected to be gin the work next week. Plans for the terminal were approved by the city board of commissioners some weeks ago. Principal alteration of the o riglnal plan will mean that the terminal will be built on the east property line of the terminal. It had 'been originally ..planned ^ to leave an exit drive on the east side of the terminal. Under the change in plans buses will enter and exit on the west side of the terminal only. The building's outside dimen sions will be 34 feet by 68 feet, with the Interior including large waiting rooms for both white and colored patrons and large rest rooms. The terminal will al so be outfitted with a lunch counter serving both waiting rooms, ticket windows, baggage comnartment and other faciliti es. Ti.ough owned by Queen City, the building will serve as a ter minal for Greyhound lines, which also operates schedules through Kings Mountain. The city has been without a ibus terminal since February 16, 1950, aiter It had been located briefly at the 'MCMackln ?build ing on West King street. Little Theatre ? Elects Peeler The Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc., met Tuesday night, elected officer* (for the coming year find discussed plans for presentation of Robert Osfborne's historical dritma, THEN CON QUER WE MUST, next summer. Officers named for the 1951-52 season are B. S. Peeler, Jr., pres ident; Mrs. Phillip G. Padgett, vice- president; Mrs. Charles T. Carpenter, Jr., secretary, and Sam O. Stallings, treasurer. New directors of the organiza tion, reorganized about a year age, are Bruce Thorburn and Dr. P. G. Padgett, elected to two-year directorships, and A1 Rolston. Mrs. Moffatt Ware and Mrs. Au brey Mauney are hold-over di rectors. The ne^v officers were imme diately installed and the group began discussion of the 1952 sea son for production of Mr. Os borne's drama, which met with decided success in the initial season completed on October 6. The new officers were authori zed to begin immediate negoti ations with the Department ot , the Interior for the use of Battle ground Theatre, located at Kings Mountain National Military Park. The drama will be present ed for a longer run next season, with plans made to begin in Au gust and to continue through Sepember. Performances will a gain ibe held only on Friday and Saturday niglits, according to tentative plans. After "hearing reports that ma ny requests for information con cerning the drama were still be tng received from points all over | the south, the group voted to maintain ?n office and secretar ial force to take care of the in quiries. The organization will re tain the present office location at 510 East King street as perma nen headquarters and as a stor ge (place for stage props and cos tumes. Mr. Stallings, who served as business manager of the 1951 drama, gave an initial report which showed some 5,550 tickets redeemed for the six performan ces. He also reported that, al though production costs had ex ceeded the original estimate toy around 150 percent, the club had a "modest" surplus to carry over to the 1952 production. The new officers were instruc ted to set up a steering commit tee for the 1952-drama season and that group is to meet soon and formulate plans for next summer's presentation, it is un derstood. MRS. PLONK BETTER Mrs. J. O. Plonk, a patient at Kings Mountain hospital since early Tuesday morning, was reported improved Thursday.