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Population
City Limits 7.206
Trading Area 15.000
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VOL.62 HO. 43
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Sixty-Second Year
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. October 26. 1951
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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TO ACTIVE DUTY
Dan Britt and Robert Smith,
of the U. S. Naval Reserve,
have "been ordered to. report to
Balnbrldge, Md., for active du
ty. Both young married men,
they are to report on Novem
ber 1 or 5. Neither has previ
ous Naval service, although
<both are members of the re
serve
PADGETT TRANSFERRED
Dr. P. G. Padgett, Kings
Mountain physician who un
derwent a major operation in
Charlotte last week, was trans
ferred to Kings Mountain hos
pital Wednesday. His condition
was describea as satisfactory
Thursday.
FALLS IN HOSPITAL
Otis Falls, Kings Mountain
business man, has been a pa
tient at Kings Mountain hos
pital since Friday. He is suf
fering from a recurrence of a
stomach ailment. His conditon
was reported to be improving
Thursday.
MISSION STUDY
Women of St. Matthew's Lu
theran church will be hostess
es to the women of Resurrec
tion Lutheran church Monday
evening at 7:30 for the annual
Mission Study book review on
Latin America.' The pastor, Dr.
W. P. Gerberdin, will conduct
the review.
FLORAL FAIR PRIZES
Two prizes that were not an
nounced last week were an
nounced Thursday by Mrs.
George Houser. They include a
door prize, oil change, wash
and grease Job, Center Service
Station and a first priie of
$2.50 and a second prize of $2
for Carmel cake given by Park
Yarn Mill Co.
IN MAY COURT
Miss Eleanor Myers, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar My
ers, has been selected by popu
lar vote as a member of the
May Court of Queens College.
FAMILY NIGHT
The congregation of First
Presbyterian church will hold
a covered difih supper in the
Fellowship Hall of the church
Tuesday evening at 6:30 in ob
servance of Family Night.
Following dinner, moving pic
tures will be shown.
TO HE AH MISSIONARY
Miss Mabel Hall, a mission
ary in the Kentucky mountans,
will speak Sunday evening at
First Presbyterian church at
7:30. Miss Hall will describe
her work in one of a series of
"School of Missions" programs
at the churoh.
PARKING MONEY '
A total of $147.00 was col
lected from the city's parking
meters Wednesday according,
to a report of city clerk, Joe
Hendrick.
KIWANIS MEETING
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Klwanls club were to hear
a discussion of the forthcoming
county -wide property revalua
tion at the regular meeting of
the club Thursday night at
6:45. J. H. Quigley was to make
the address.
Mrs. Patterson Mew
City School Teacher
Mrs. Helen W. Patterson, of El
lenboro, has been elected to the
Kings Mountain schools faculty
acording to announcement by the
- office of Superintendent B. N.
' Barnes; ' j
Mrs. Paterson wtii it? eh a third
grade and replaces Mrs. Ray
Swlnk, who resigned the position
to move out of town.
Mrs. Grady Howard is now sub
stituting for Mrs. W. R. Craig,
high school English teacher, who
resigned due to. ill health. Mrs.
George Moss had been filling in
at that position but had to re
port back to Beth ware school on
Monday. ...
Postoffice Clerk
Finds Honest Woman
Postoffice cletks singled out an
honest Kings M our tain citizen
last week. ? , ' ?[.,
Clerk M. C. Falls reported that
Mrs. Vera Cash mailed a package
to Charlotte last Friday contain
ing a ladles hand bag she had
found In Charlotte the proceeding
day.
Mr. Falls said the Kings Moun
tain woman had returned home
with the bag, which contained
over $100, and had located the
owner by telephone. The owner's
name was on * card hi the bag
but no address was listed, J
Lions Members
Will Conduct
Broom, Mat Sale
The Kiiigs Mountain Lions club
will conduct its annual broom and
mat sale, for the benefit of the
state's blind, on successive week
ends beginning next Thursday,
according to announcement this
week by John H. Lewis, chair
man of the annual sale.
Dates for the sale are Novem
ber 1, 2, 3 and 3, 9, 10.
Following last year's sell-out,
the club has increased its order
for the two products manufactur
ed by North Carolina Industries
for the Blind at Greensboro, and
expects to repeat last year's sales
record.
Members of the Lions club will
turn into door-to-door salesmen,
as they have in past years, with
teams of salesmen assigned to
particular streets and areas.
The Lions club has established
the Greensboro manufacturing
enterprise in its continuing pro
gram to rehabilitate the blind
and to make* of them useful citi
zens, both to their communities
and -to themselves.
The rubber door mats and
brooms are their products and
are sold annually in communities
throughout the state.
"The products are as good 'or
better than others of similar type
and price," Mr. Lewis pointed out,
"and purchases of these products
mean a continuing aid for the
blind of the state."
The sales teams announced by
Mr. Lewis follow (with captain
first-named.
Sam Stallings, Paul Howard,
G. P. Aldridge and Paul King. ?
Burlington Mill employees and
village.
Richard Barnett, Baxter
Wright, and Harold Plonk ? C res
ent Hill, Landing Street and West
Gold atreet.
Ollle Harris. William Plonk,
and C. D. Blantoh ? Uptown Busi
ness District
Garl Mayes, E. E. Marlowe
and Fred Wright, Jr. ? Superior
Stone Company and Herns Bros,
employees.
G. C. Kelly, Denver King and
Ertle Powers? Craftspun employ
ees.
W. K. Mauney, Jr. ? Mauney
Hosiery Mill employees.
George Houser, Leonard Smith
? Sadie Mill employees.
Charles Conner, Otto Williams,
and Fred Dixon ? Meadowbrook
Rd., Cansler St., West Mountain
St., out Shelby Rd. and side
streets.
Hubert Davidson, Clarence
Flowers, Howard Jackson, Char
les Moss and Clarence Jolly ?
Mar grace Mill employees.
C. D. Ware, Bruce McDaniel, D.
M. Morrison and J. C. McKlnney
?Piedmont Ave., Cherryville Rd.,
Fulton St, Lackey St. and Cross
St
J. G. Darracott, Eugene Tlmms,
and Holland Dixon ? Battle
ground Ave. to Archdale and side
Continued On Page Bight
New Tax Bites
Effective Soon
i. -
The cost of living, through the
medium of taxes, goes up for ci
tizens of the United States No
vemfber 1. ?
New tax bills enacted by the
Congress Increase the Income tax
for ?botti Individuals and corpor
ations and hike a variety of ex
cise taxes on such items as au
tomobiles, cigarettes, gasoline,
cigarette lighters and a variety
of household appliances.
Increase were also enacted on
postal rates, but Kings Mountain
poatoffice officials Thursday
morning had not yet received of
ficial notification of the amount
and effective date of the increas
es.. .
The increases mean that pub
lishers will pay more for mailing
newspapers, that there will no
longer be a "penny post card,"
this cost going to two cents, and
Chat third-class mail, familiarly
known as circulars, will cost the
mailers an additional half-cent
per piece. To get a letter deliver
ed "special," the rate will be 20
cents, rather than 15 cents.
- Assistant Postmaster George
Hord said advance information
on the pendii^ rate Increases in
dicated that some of the new
rates would be effective at once,
while others would not go Into
effect until July 1, 1952, begin
ning of the postal department's
fiscal year, hut It? added that no
official bulletin had yet been re
ceived on the rtiarges.
The excise tax Increases are
expected to be passed on to the
consumer, which means *hat pri
ces will advance next week.
The personal income tax In
creases is expected to begin bit
ing as quickly as schedules can
he mailed by Collector* at Inter
nal Revenue. The personal In
come tax increase approximates
11 percent over last year's rates.
SAM PLE
OFFICIAL 0ALLQT
"Nickels for Know-How" Program for Expanding
r Agricultural Research
i
(At b7 tie 19B1 session of the General Assembly of
North Caretta*}
: . C IX] VOTE FOR ONE >
? For adding 5f per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer
*or* period of three years for supplementing an expanding
agricultural research and educational program in North
Carolina. .
? Against adding 5/ per ton to the price of feed and fertilizer
fora period of three years for supplementing an expanding
agricultural research and educational program in North
Carolina.
'NICKELS FOR KNOW-HOW' SAMPLE BALLOT? Ballots like the
one shown here will be used in the "Nickels for Know-How" refer
endum in which farm people will decide whether they are to contri
bute five cents per ton on feed and fertiliser to support expansion of
agricultural research and teaching in the State. All persons who use
feed or fertilizer, including wives and husbands as well as 4-H, FFA,
and NFA members with crop or livestock projects, are eligible to
vote. The plan must be approved by two-thirds of those voting to
become effective. Proceeds would be turned over to the agricultural
Foundation, Inc., at State College to promote research, education,
and extension work for the benefit of farm people.
Farmers Will Decide
Nickel Assessment
State Reseaich
To Be Enhanced
On "Yes" Vote
County agricultural officials
reported increasing interest this
week in the November 3rd refer
endum to determine whether a
five-cent per ton assessment for
agricultural research will go on
feeds and fertilizers.
Popularly Known as the "nick
els-for-know-how" election, the
voting will be conducted Satur
day, November 3, at the PMA
polling places throughout the
state.
If two-thirds of the voters fa
vor the assessment, funds a
mounting to an estimated $125,
000 will be made available to Ag
ricultural Foundations, Inc., to
promote agricultural research at
N. C. State college.
Kings Mountain area farmers
and their wives will ballot at
Beth-Ware school, the polling
place for Number 4 Township,
while Number 5 Township far
mers will Vote at Waco high
school.
No registration is required and
all purchasers oi feeds and fertil
izers are eligible to vote. The
polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and
close at 6:30 p. m.
Provisions for the election
were set up by the 1951 General
Assembly, the act also providing
a re-submission of the question
in three years, provided the vote
next week is favorable.
Members of the county election
committee convene Friday morn
ing at the agricultural building
in Shelby to further plans for the
election. Local area members of
the committee are J. C. Randle
and Mrs. Claude Harmon, Num
ber 4 Township .and W. H. Lutz
and Mrs. Heyward Moss, Number
5 township.
Agricultural officials make a
good case for the small assess
ment, pointing out the growth of
North Carolina agriculture pro
duction during the past decade
and listing goals for 1960 which
they feel adequate research can
enable farmers to meet.
Contir. 'ied On Page Eight
Stores To Suspend
Hall-Holidays Soon
Kings Mountain merchants
will continue their regular
Wednesday half-holid n >* until
Thanksgiving, according to
announcement this week by
W. FcdMn Barnes, secretary- of
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association.
Mr. Barnes said the directors
of the association voted recent
ly to su upend the Wednesday
afternoon closings from
Thanksgiving through Christ*
mas.
Grammar Grid
Twin ml Set
Plans were announced this
week for a grammar grade foot
ball doubleheader to be played
at City Stadium on Monday, No
vember 5, at 7:30 p. m.
All three grammar grid teams
are t" see action in the twin bill,
with one team, the winner of the
first game, to play in both games
according to announcement by
officials of the Mountaineer Club,
sponsor of the program.
Ticket* .priced at 25 and 50
cents, are to go on sale today for
the event and a large attend
ance is anticipated.
Operated for the past two sea
sons as a four-team loop, the
program has been slowed this
yci.r, at least from the spectator
standpoint, by the necessity of
playing single game cards. Two
games were played each playing
date in 1950 and large crowds
attended.
West Elementary and Park
Grace school were combined this,
season due to a shortage of play
ers at the schools. East and Cen
tral elementary schools entered
teams in the league again this
season.
Dan Huffstetler, who is hand
ling arrangements for the No
vembers event, announced yester
day that the Kings Mountain
school band will attend and will
march between the games.
David Neill, West-Park Grace
coach, said this week that his
team and East school would play
at the park Friday afternon. Hie
game was not played last Friday
<s scheduled.
Former Citizen Pays First Betnm
Visit Since Departure In "24
A Kings Mountain native made
ft return visit to his home town
last weekend after being away
for 27 years.
He had expected to see the ctty
limits sign at the "oil mill" rail
crossing and, after becoming con
fused by signs and numerous
"new" building.; on the Graver
road aproach to the city, found
his way uptown.
There he was confronted with
|lt?MHt different main-street
scene than he had remembered ?
the rail depot was gone and so
was Mountain View Hotel ? but
he felt he was in the right town.
Spotting the sign "Phifer Hard
ware", over ft building, he enter
ed and Campbell Phifer prompt
ly spoke, 'Tea air, what for you?"
After ? brief pause, the stranger
said, "Campbell, don't you know
your brother Dempaey?"
fVmpwy Phi for, yr.< infest
of the late William Butler and
Amanda Dixon Phifer, arrived
in Kings Mountain last Saturday
a f ternoon.'-- ' EjftMgBK
Mr. Phifer left Kings Mountain
In 1924, served three years In
the U. S. Army with service at
Corregidor in the Phllliplnes and
returned to California to make
his home.
His family here didn't hear
from him until several years ago.
He was in the lumber mill bus!
ness In California. He *till had
not been home since that day in
1924. ;
But he came back Saturday
and spent a busy four days here
looking over the town ("It's
changed a lot, .didn't hardly rec
ognize the plac") and visiting
relatives ftad friends.
Mr. Phlfer left Wednesday
morning, going to Birmingham,
Ala., to Join his wife, who was
visiting relatives there, and to
return to his adopted state.
Other brothers nad sisters he
visited here, in addition to the
hardware owner were Arthur,
Martin, Jake. Lloyd and Rufus
Phtfer and Misses Margaret and
Minnie Phifer. Another brother,
Victor Phil*, now lives in Camll
aan*
TO PREACH HERE ? Dr. Harold
J. Dudley, general secretary of
the Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina, will preach here Sun
day at morning services at First
I Presbyterian church and at aft
ernoon services at Dixon Pres
byterian church.
Synod Secretary
Will Speak Here
Rev. Harold J. Dudley, D. D.,
general secretary of the Synod of
North Carolina, will deliver the
sermon Sunday morning at 11
o'clock at First Presbyterian
church, according to anounce
ment by the pastor, Rev. P. D.
Patrick.
Dr. Dudley will also i reach at
Dixon Presbyterian church at the
Sunday afternoon service at
3:15.
Dr. Dudley is a former pastor
of Presbyterian churches in Kin
ston, 'Vyilson, and in Birming
ham, Ala.
He is also a former professional
baseball player, a profession he
left to enter the ministry.
Educated at Hampden-Sydney
college in Virginia, he was a
teacher and coach at Woodberry
Forest school before graduating
from Union Theological semi
nary at Richmond. He received
the degree of Master of Theolo
gy from the seminary in 1941
and the degree of Doctor of Di
vinity from Southwestern Pres
byterian college, Memphis, Tenn.
in 1945.
Dr. Dudley had continued to
maintain an active interest in
sports and recreation throughout
his career as a Presfbyterlan
minister, having served on num
erous church committees promo
ting recreational activities. In
1948, he served as editor of Rec
reation Review, official maga
zine of the North Carolina Rec
reation Society.
"We are particularly glad to
have the opportunity of hearing
Dr. Dudley," Mr. Patrick said,
"and we Invite the community
to Join us on Sunday."
Church To Study
Reformation
The festival oi ??he Reforma
tion, commemorating Martin Lu
ther's nailing of the 9b theses to
a Wittenburg, Germany, church
door, on October 1, 1517, will be
observed Sunday at St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church.
The pastor, Dr. W. P. Gerber
ding, will discuss the historical
events of the Reformation at
Sunday school, and the doctrinal
aspects at the morning service
at 11 o'clock. ' The evening ser
mon will be based on Luther's
catechism, the fourth command
ment, "Luther Started Christian
Family Life." The subject will
also be the feature of the Luth
er League meeting.
'1A11 who love Freedom should
observe this day," Dr. Gerber
ding said. "There is an ecclesias
tical dictatorship, as well as a
political one, wftieh is threaten
ing our liberties today."
Fiist Baptist BTU
Council Meets
On Sund?; nfternoon at 4:45
tli*. Twining 'Jnlc the First
Bapt'jt " or reg
ular inOnth/y .neeting,
followed . c tor officers
OI U??r t.ldivu^ ? (ll^'is.
Conferences will be conducted
as follows: .
Presidents, group captains, pi
anists, and choristers: Mrs. W. B.
Logan and Miss Betty Davis, con
ference leaders.
Leaders, counselors, and vice
presidents: W. B. Logan, confer
ence leader.
Bible readers, leaders and mis
sionary committees: Rev. T. L
Cash well, Jr., conference leader.
Social chairmen: Miss Lula
Mae Teagiie, conference leader.
? Secretaries: Miaans Betty Hay
es and Martha Cox. conference
leaded;
1951 City Property Valuation
Figures Over Six Million Mark
School Audit I
Shows Surplus i
Oi $810,456
Kings Mountain City. Schools
showed a surplus balance of
$810,156.69 for the fiscal year
ending June '30, 1951. according to
the audit report recently com
pleted by George H. Emery.' cer
tified public accountant, of
Statesville.
This Was an increase of $99,*
177.78 over last year's surplus of
! S711.278.91.
; The report, received by the
school board, listed total assets
! for the recent fiscal year at $912,
I 363.35.
A breakdown on assets inclu
ded: cash on hand, $1)8,918.35;
deposit with county to apply on
bonds not yet due for payment,
S 1,000.00; school property, $789,
445.66. Further breakdown o.n
school property assets showed
sites valued at $56,000.00; build
1 ings, $671,470.00; and equipment,
$50,450.00. Library iboofks, also
included in school property as
sets, are valued at $11,525.00.
Liabilities listed in the report
showed $200 for State loans and
a bonded indebtedness of $101,
706.66, for a total liability of
$101,906.66.
Receipts, in local funds, total
ed $186,260.91. A partial break
down of this figure showed re
ceipts from Cleveland county,
$11,887.96; veterans training
program, $12,719.79; vocational
education, $2,176.00; and from
churches and civic organizations
(For Bible teacher), $2,646.50
A total of $67,342.56 in dis
bursements of local funds was
listed in the report. Of this, $16,
059.10 in supplementary salaries
and $407.97 in supplementary
janitor wages; and $8,939.11 for
veteran training are among
items reported in current expen
ses. Among capital outlay items
are listed: additional sites and
improvements of grounds, $195.
15; alterations and additions, $4,
963.54; and equipment, $1,731.61.
The completed audit included
a check of all transctions made
during the recent fiscal year, as
well as verifications of ttie assets
and liabilities at June 30, 1951.
In summing up his report, the
auditor gave the following opin
ion:
"Subject to the foregoing com
ments, and after having perfor
med all the services specified in
the program of audit procedure
which pertain to the particular
records under review, the exhi
bits and schedules appended
hereto and forming a part of this
report, present, in our opinion, a
air view of the financial position
of the Kings Mountain City
Schools insofar as pertains to the
local funds at June 30, 1951, as
well as the results of operations
for the fiscal year ended that
date, in conformity with gener
ally aocepted accounting princi
ples applied on a 'basis consis
tent with Chat of the preceding
year."
AT CONVENTION
M. K, Fuller, city adminis
trator, left Wednesday for
Winston-Salem, wtiere he is at
tending the annual meeting of
the North Carolina League of
Municipalities.
BEGINS PRACTICE ? Dr. John
j C. McGill, former Williamston,
S. C? physician, began pxactic
> ing medicine as a Kings Moun.
tain medical doctor Tuesday. His
! offices are in the J. R. Davis
building on Battleground o/enue.
Floral Fair
Plans Advance
* ? ' ? - ? " ' ?
Preparations for the annual
Woman's Club Floral Fair were
advancing this week.
Mrs. E. VV. Griffin, chairman,
said the Club Js expecting to set
new records, both In attendance
and participation in the annual
I Floral display which attracts
| many . visitors, ont only from
! Kings Mountain, but from sur
rounding cities. ?
The event will be held at the
Woman's Club on Friday, Novem-.
ber 2, with dinner being served
both at noon arid in the evening.
Mrs. Griffin this week remind
ed citizens entering the several
competitions of the rules govern
ing the events. They follow:
1. All entries must be made be
tween 8:00 and 10:00 on the mor
ning of the Floral Fair.
2. Exhibits must be in place by
10 a. m. No entries may be re
moved before 8:00 p. m.
3. Specimen flowers should be
exhibited in milk or Coca-Cola
bottles.
4. All flowers in horticultural
division must be grown by exhibi
tors. In this division, arrange
ment does not count but quality
and condition of flowers, number
of varieties, etc., are to be stand
ard for Judging.
5. Ail exhibits, with the excep
tion of potted plants, shall be
come the property of the Club
and shall be for sale.
Hobart Dye Called
For Duty With Navy
Hobart Dye, Gunners Mate 2nd
Class, U. S. Navy Reserve, has
been ordered to report to the Nor
folk, Va. naval base on Novem
ber 5 for active duty.
| A veteran of three and one
hall years service' In the Navy
during World War II, Mr. Dye
Is the -son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Dye. He was formerly employed
by Crescent Hill Development Go.
His wife and five-year-old son
are to remain In Kings Mountain
for the time being, he said.
City's Ghnrch Women Will Observe
World Community Day November 2
Kings Mountain churchwomen
will Join in the observance of
World Community Day on Fri
day, November 2, at a special
community-wide service at Cen
tral Methodist church at three
o'clock.
Mrs. Jacob Cooper Is chairman
of the community-wide observ
ance, which has as its purpose
the "encouragement of women
to work together for a more
Christian world order, and the
development in every communi
ty of public opinion favorable to
the growth of understanding and
good will toward all people in
all the world."
Theme of the 1951 observance
Is "Live Thy Faith."
"It is ahother way of saying
that faith without works Is dead;
that we must have both themes
and projects," Mrs. Cooper said.
"World Community Day, since Its
beginning in 1943, has stood for
both. It is not a day to observe
and forget It Is the rallying day
for another year of faith at work
for the Church Women qf the
United States."
In the eight years church wo
men of the United States have
collaborated in the annual ob
servance, much aid has been pro
vided to needy peoples of the
world. In 1947, churchwomen
sent large quantities of bundles
and supplies for school children
overseas, in 1949, yard goods and
sewing materials went to women
in Europe, the Near East and
Asia. Last year, "assurances'*!
were provided for displaced per
sons, and knitted garments were|
sent to older people in refugee
camps.
This year the two objectlvs of;
the observance are the collection
of blankets for needy peoples
and the provision of internation
al scholarships. Kings Mountain
Churchwomen are requested to
bring blankets of any and all
types to the service. Mrs. Cooper
also said an offering will be tak
en.
Mrs. O. W. Myers, president of
the Kings Mountain Council, of
Church Women, emphasized
that the observance is for all
women members of churches
bbth In Kings Mountain and the
surrounding area.
"The Council of Churchwomen
hopes the Central Methodist
church will be filled to over
flowing for Kings Mountain's
World Community Day service,"
Mrs. Myers said.
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Total Is Listed
At $6,065,639;
Tax Bills Due
Total valuation for real arid
personal property of the City of
Kings Mountain for 1951 is $6,
065.639. according to announce
ment this week.
The figures on the total, which
crossed the six-million mark for
the first time, were supplied by
Clarence E. Carpenter, who com
piled the total following a check
of the individual listings.
City , and county tax bills are
| due and payable at net on Novem
! her 1, and city office officials re
( sorted a number of citizens al
ii eady responding to tax notices
\ mailed early this month. Citizens
paying tax bills prior to next
Thursday qualify for a one-half
1 of one percent discount.
At the city tax rate of $1,80 per
i$100 valuation, the total tax levy
for 1951 Is $109,181.48. , '
The valuation figures showed
a considerable increase over the
1950 total, which approximated
$5,600,000.
The gain reflected Increased
values in both. real and personal
property, the former Increased
through building and Other pro
perty development, and the lat
ter increasing through added val
ues and increase in number of
automobiles, television sets, and
other personal property. Inven
tories were also heavier during
January 1951 than during Janu
ary 1950.
City and county tax bills are
payable at net through January
1952. A penalty of one percent ap
plies in February with the penal
ty rate increasing during subse
quent months,
Figures on the amount of the
city levy already paid were not
immediately available.
Schools To Hold
Hallowe'en Fetes
Next Wednesday is Hallowe'en
spook, witch and goblin day, and
as customary in recent years,
the several schools of the com
munity will be the sites of prin
cipal Hallawe'en night festivity.
Parent-Teacher associations of
East. West, Central and Park
Grace elementary schools are
collaborating with faculties to
provide the annual Hallowe'en
entertainment.
The parties at the several
schools get underway uniformly
at 6 o'clock, with supper to be
available at eac'i school.
Park Grace school will have
a Hallawe'en parade, and prizes
will be awarded children with
best Hallowe'en costumes.
All the parties will feature
games typical of the observance,
and East school will also have
a short Hallawe'en program.
In preparation for the annual
event, local dealers in masks,
jack-o-lanterns, and other- sup
plies are reporting a brisk busi
ness. One dealer In pumpkins
says the <pumpkin pie and Jack
o-lantern total should top all
previous years, on the basis of
his sales.
Brotherhood i
Elects Officers
Officers for 1952 were elected
by the First Baptist Church
Brotherhood organization at a
fish supper and meeting at Brid
ges Airport Monday night.
The new officer^, who will as?
sume duties in January, are:
Guinn Whisnant, president.
Byron Keeter, program vice
president.
Ted Weir, activities vice-pres
ident..
Jake Hord, Grier Slpes and
Dickie Tate, membership rind at
tendance vice-presidents.
Wiley Blanton, secretary.
Dewitt Patterson, treasurer.
The organization voted to send
telegrams of protest to Senators
Clyde R. Hoey and Willis Smith
and to Congressman Woodrow
Jones on the appointment of an
ambassador to the Vatican. The
vote on the resolution was unan
imous, iwlth the group favoring
keeping the <3tur<?h and the state
separate.
Ollis Harris, president, presid
ed and a large number attend
ed.
ATTEND MEETING
Ollle Harris and S. R. (Pop)
Davidson attended the Civil
Defense meeting in Statesville
Wednesday.