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1,000 ROSES TO GO ON SALE IN CITY-WIDE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT Population City Limits 7.206 ?- i ? ? . . ? . Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Figure#) VOL.62 NO. 44 | C Pages Today Sixty-Second Yedr Kings Mountain, N. C., Friday, November 2. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS y Local News I ulletinsj ATTENDS MEETING Postmaster W. E. Blakely at tended a meeting Tuesday of the board of Trustees of Ers- . kine College In Due West, S. C. ATTEND MEETING ? Attending the meeting of Presbyterian men at Greens boro from First Presbyterian churh were B. W. Gilespie, Hal bert Webb, David Ray, Arnold Jackson, Paul Mauney, L. W. Painter, J. W. Webster and C. P. Goforth. PARKING MONEY A total of $150.10 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters Wednesday, according to a report of City Clerk, Joe Hendrlck. COVERED DISH SUPPER Family night will be held at Dixon Presbyterian church Sat urday night at 7 o'clock. The community Is Invited to come and to bring well filled baskets. MOVIE TO BE SHOWN "Again Pioneers", a moving film on spiritual and human Insight, will be shown at First Presbyterian church Sunday night at 7:30^ p. m. in the Fel lowship Hall. FALLS OUT AGAIN Otis Falls, owner of City Service Ration, was back at work Thursday morning fol lowing a two-week illness. He had b??n a patient in Kings Mountain hospital for ten days. PRESIDENTS NIGHT Annual president's Night will be observed by the Kings Mountain Kiwanls club next Thursday evening at 6:45. Wives ol members will be spe cial guests and Mrs. Robert Gldney, Shelby soprano, will present a musical program. GtUGG ELECTED R. B. Grigg, president and 'general manager of Kings Mountain Beverage Company, Irie., was elected a director of the North Carolina Bottler's association at the annual con vention of the organization held- in Greensfboro last week. Bites Aie Held For War Victim Final rites for Pfc. Stacy A. Mullinax, Jr., 18, killed in action In Korea on April 21, 1951 were held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 at Mountain View Baptist church, /with Rev. Floyd Holler and Rev. Johnny Moss officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery near the home. The body arrived here Wednes day, following trans-shipment from Korea. Pfc. Mulinax was serving with Co. C, 23rd Infantry at the time of his death. He had entered the army on May 19, 1930. He was the son of Stacy A. Mul linax, Sr., and the late Mamie Caldwell Mullinax. Surviving, in addition to his father, are his wife, Mrs. Alice Stephenson Mul linax, Louisville, Ky., six sisters, Mrs. Jess Mayberry, York, S. C., Mrs. James Nichols, China Grcvj., S. C-. Mrs. Kelly Goforth, Mrs. Bill Bridges and Mrs. Bud Price, all of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Ralph Barnes, jf Chattanooga, Tenn., two half-sisters, Nancy Mullinax and Pat Mullinax, both of Kings Mountain, a brother, Ed Mullinax, Kings Mountain, and three half-brothers, Alex, Dan, and Dave Mullinax, all of Kings Mountain. - Uses Broom Sole Is Now Underway Memb?ri of the Kings Movn ; tain Lions dub are currently conducting their w*"*! The -sale begins thii and will continue end, with members of the club I to rehabilitate blind Worth Caro lina citisens to aid persons with defective vision. John H. Lewis, chairman of the broom sale, tald three dif ? u i 1 ' bo at flJ NEW RED CROSS OFFICIALS? Fred W. Plonk, left, was , elected chairman o{ the 1952 Fund Drive, and Rev. W. L. Pressly. right, was elected chairman of the Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter at the annual meeting oi the organization on October 25. Pressly Is Elected Red Cross Chairman Plonk To Head Chapter's 1952 Fund Campaign At the annual meeting of the Kings Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross held Thurs day, October 25 at City Hall, VV. L. Pressly was elected chapter chairman and Fred Plonk was elected 1952 Fund Drive chair man. Mr. Pressly succeeds L. L. Benson, chapter chairman. The new directors named, re placing W. K. Mauney, W. L. Plonk, and C. F. Harry, Jr., were Mrs. Sam Davis, Mrs. Leonard Gamble, and Henry Nelsler. Other directors, now serving, are Edwin Moore, J. B. Keeter, Hal Ward, Mrs. Mary B. Goforth, Rev. P. D. Patrick, B. S. Neill, and J. H. Thomson. Mrs. J. N. Gamble made a re port on the blood program. Other reports were made by Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Mrs. Grady King, B. S. Neill and Mrs. Pride Ratteree. Mrs. Grady King read the min utes of the last meeting and Mrs. Pride Ratterree gave the 'trea surer's report. Forty swimming certificates, *22 life saving certificates, and 107 first aid certificates were is sued during the past year, the reports showed. Postal Rates Go Up Effective In '52 Postal rates are going up, but "not until 1952. President Truman signed the postal rate increase bill this week which provides: 1) Increase In the cost of postal cards from one cent to two cents, effective February 1. 2) Increase in the cost of spe cial delivery service from 15 cents to 20 cents. 3) Increase tn charges for mail ing newspapers and magazines, 10 percent April 1, and additional 10 percent increases on April 1, 1953, and on April 1, 1954. 4) Increased charges for third class triail, efect'ive July 1, 1952, from one cent .minimum to one and one-half cents, ? 1 Tickets On Sale For State Show Tickets will be on sale in Kings Mountain, beginning Monday for the North Carolina State basketball exhibition scheduled at the Shelby Com munity Center for November 14. Announcement was made by Charles Moss, Jr., president of the Cleveland County Wolf pack club . which Is sponsor sing the appearance of the long-term basketball champ ions of the Southern Conferen ce. MrT Mom said tickets would be on sale Monday afterAoon at both Griffin Drug Store and Kings Mountain Drug Compa ny. Admission for the exposition is $1.00. Proceeds go to the State College student-aid fund, Mr. Mom added. Hamrick Cafe Opens Friday Hamrick's Corner Cafe, a new Kings Mountain restaurant, will open for business Friday, accord ing to announcement yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. James S. Ham [ rick, owners. The new cafe is located at the corner of Piedmont avenue and Mountain street in the new build ing constructed by Haywood E. Lynch. Mr. Hamrick is a former Kings Mountain restaurateur, having operated the Waffle Shop for a period of five years. Hamriqk's Corner Cafe will of fer regular dinners, in Addition to a la carte service, and will fea | ture regularly such special ti^i, including cream pies, steuks, chicken dinners, and sandwiches. Mr. Hamrick said the estab lishment will open at 6 a. m. and close from 8:30 to 9 p. m. even ings Sunday hours will be 11:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. KISER IN HOSPITAL L. Arnold Riser, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, is a patient in Charlotte Memorial hospital, where he is receiving treatment for a stomach ail ment. . Mr. Kiser entered the hospital on October 24. Mb* r0kottA Ktng* n's Living Beautlflcation program will begin Monday. Members of the Beautiflcation committee wlU make a houseto houae canvas, beginning Mon day, to take orders, for Paul's Scarlet Climber rose plants at 75 cents each, and a follow-up group will begin making deliver ies Wednesday, barring incle ment weather. Announcement was made by Mrs. George Houser, publicity chairman, who said that 1,000 Of the plants ha vf< already been shipped and are en route Kings Mountain. _ The delivery group will Include teams who wBl not only deliver the plants, but who Will MiV* r vise their planting, If ttiat aer vlce is needed and desited. , Mrs. Houser said that better results are 'ipaally obtained when the roses are planted on the south side of the house. She said that the ?m m It tee is urg of - * the plants to lUtl er- all object Is to beautify the community. Proceeds from the sale of the initial order will be re-inveibNl to purchase additional plants for beauttftcation of public grounds. 'The plants are being pur chased from a very reliable house, and they are two years old," Mrs. Houaer aded, further stating that the Paul's Scarlet Climber rose customarily thrives In the climate of this area. One example of the success of the plant in the a^e* Is the Mauney Mills tfence, which, In the blooming season, is covered with ft miss of Paul's 8carlet Climbers, g? Co-chairman of the Living Beautification project Are Mrs. Hunter Neisler and Mrs. Sftm Da vis. The project has the endorse njent of and Is receiving the co operation of all Kings Mountain civic and service organizations and various business and Indus trial firms. '. Mr* HouMr imMirkMl Floral Fail Will Be Held At Club Friday The annual Kings Mountain Woman's Club Floral Fair will toe held Friday, Fioral Fair committees have been hard at work this week completing details for the annu al event, and officials ate antic ipating record crowds. Dinner will be served at the el"b begining at 11:30 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. A turkey dinner is be ing offered at $1.25 and a chick en salad dinner at 75 cents. Chil dren's turkey plate will be 75 cents and a salad plate for 50 cents. Choice home-made cakes and pies will be offered at 10 cents per slice. Mrs. E. W Griffin, chairman, said the evening dinner was be ing served beginning at 5:30 in order to acommodate persons ex pecting to attend the ftewton -Conover - Kings Mountain foot ball game at 7:30. In addition to the large floral display, in which Kings Moun tain flower growers compete for prizes, handiwork will be on sale, "We are looking forward, to an other highly successful Floral Fair," Mrs. Griffin said, "and we cordially invite all members of the community' to attend." Fulton To Head ARP Men's Group V W. S. Fulton; Jr., was elected president of the Boyce Memorial ARP Men of the Church at a meeting of the group Monday night. Other officers named were: Lewis Hovis, vice-president; Mar riott D. Phifer, program chair man; C. L. Black, secretary-trea surer; Lindsay McMackin and R. H. Burton, food committee. John Cheshire is retiring pres ident. Foliowing dinner, John L. Mc Gill, elder of the church, made a brief address in which he re viewed the financial history of the church in adding facilities., He further pointed out immediate and future needs for expanded physical facilities to accommo date a growing membership and suggested that the church es tablish a building fund, with a goal of $50,000 during the en suing ten years. He stated that the church owes no debt. A delicious dinner was served by members of the Francis Ham ilton circle. S. 0. Kirby Rites Conducted Funeral services for Shuford Odell Kirby, 59, for the past 22 years a citizen of Kings Moun tain, were held Wednesday after noon at Second Baptist church, with Masonic burial rites follow ing at Mountain Rest cemetery. The rites were conducted by the pastor, Rev. B. F. Austin, as sisted by Rev. C. ?. Parker and Rev. T. L. Carth well, Jr. Mr. Kiruy died suddenly Mon day evening at 8 o'clock when striken by a heart attack. He was standing in the front yard of his North ? Piedmont avenue home at the time. * A former resident of Gastonia, Mr. Kirby was a native of Cald well courtty, son of the late El bert and Sara Elmore Kii<by. He had been a loom fixer at Mar grace Mill for many years. He was an active member of the Second Baptist church, and ser ving as chairman of the board of deacuns at the time of Ills death. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bernice Billing* Kirby, a son, Say Kirby, or Kings Mountain, a bro ther, Clyde Kirby, of Llncolntbn, and three slaters, Mrs. Talley Cloeur, Mrs. Callie Brooks and Miss Eva Kirby, all of Hudson. One grandchild also survives. A son, Paul Kliby, died In 1942. Engineer Gives Recreation Plan The parks and recreation com mission's preliminary plans for construction of a recreation cen ter In Kings Mountain endorsed by most organizations represent ed at a meeting, held at the Ma sonic dining hall on Thursday. October 25, of civic and service club officers, school and city of ficials. A. B. Chandler .commission chairman, presided and Charle* M. Graves, parks and recreation engineer of Atlantic Ga., present ~ Conmusd Or Sight | Free Phone Service To Bessemer City To Be Available Beginning Saturday -x?wu POOTE OFFICIAL INSPECTS LITHIUM -BEARING ORE? Fred Dixon. Kings Mountain native now shipping, buying and personnel superintendent at Kings Mountain division, Foote Mineral Company, inspects *>ome of the finely-ground spodumene ore in a drying bin at the plant, located just south of Kings Mountain. The spodumene ore, which contains six percent lithium, is mined here and sent to Foote's Exton. Pa., plant for processing. Foote executed an option ou the former Solvay plant and land on October 25th for 5350,000 after operating here on the lease for a year. The company this week noted it's 75th anniversary. (Engraving courtsy The Cleveland Times.) Foote Is Observing 75th Anniversary Kings Mountain Division Has First Birthday 1* S . ' . > Foote Mineral Company, of Philadelphia, Pa? yesterday marked It's 75th anniversary and the Kings Mountain division it's first in Kings Mountain. The company recently comple ted purchase from Solvay Corp. of that company's former mine and land here and controls min eral rights to some 881 acres at the site, located on Kings Creek Just north of Park Grace School road. Foote had worked and tested the ore content at the mine af- j ter getting an option on the! property in October, 1950. Drill- i ings made at the mine during this period totaled 6,350 feet and tests indicated an ample deposit of pegnatite, the lithium-bearing ore. In February, work was speed ed up on construction of new mill and mine facilities at the! plant and today some 58 persons are employed there and some! 360 tons of pegnatite processed daily on a 7-day, 24-hour sched ule. Pegnatite is taken from the open-pit, quarry-type mine, and transported to the mill whore it Is crushed to the gauge of a 20 mesh screen. After the ore is washed, It is run ihto vats where the floatation process of separa tion is started. Foote is now recovering spod umene, tin, columblte, mica and feldspar in commercial qautities at the plrfnt. The gray, sandy like ore -which is shipped to the Exton, Pa., plant for processing contains alx percent lithium and 80 percent spodumene. Lithium is used in four major industries ? ceramics, grease and petroleum, welding and electronics ? as well a * many others and has hundreds of ev eryday uses, such as in manu facture of television tubes, as a glaze on pottery, for filaments and <bases of electronic tubes, varnishes, storage batteries, cos metics and weiding rod coating. Foote Mineral Co., was organ izzed In 1876 by the late Dr. A. E. Foote as a rare minerals collect ing agency to supply samples for schools, museums and Industry. Dr. Foote had exhibited his col lection of rare ore and minerals at the Philadelphia Centennial and had to form the company to supply the large demand for sampM. ^ : As a result of a Foote exhfblt at the Paris Exposition of 1900, the company en tired Into f*? first contract to supply ore in Continued On Page WcM Padgett Recuperated From Operation ? Dr. P. G. Padgett Kings Mountain physician who un derwent a major operation in Charlotte two weeks ago. was back on duty this week. Dr. Padgett announced that he had recovered sufficiently to resume his practice at the Padgett clinc on W. King street He said he was deeply appre ciative o! the kindnesses shown by many friends during his illness. Hallowe'en Joke Results In Wreck At least one serious Hallowe'en prank was executed Wednesday night, causing painful injury to one and serious damage to his car, accord ir^g to a report of city policemen Thursday morning. A hay rake, - thought to be placed In the E. Gold street road by some local teen agers, Caused a car. driven by Raymond H. Cox. to turn over, doing severe damage to the car and injuring Cox's left shoulder'. W. K. Maunfey, Jr., heard the party, parked nearby in a car, say "Let's go" several times, then Mr. Mauney took the license num ber of the car and reported It to the police. The police declined to name the owner of the vehicle. Mayor Obtains Presentments Mayor Garland E, Still said Tuesday he had obtained from the Cleveland County grand jury presentments against certain members of the board of city commissioners. One, he said, was obtained against Commissioner Lloyd E. Davis on charges advanced by himself that Mr. Davis had sold goods to the city and was there by trading with himself. Another, he said, was obtained against Commissioner Davis, Commissioner B. T. Wright, Sr., and Commissioner C. P. Barry on allegations that the three had il legally voted to cancel a debt owed to the City of Kings Moun tain. The mater concerned can cellation of the Mayor's total of charges on sewage line Installa tion In the Davidson Heights de ? velopment, Mr. Still said. Under legal procedure, any in* ' dividual citizen may bring char 1 ges( without swuaring out a war rant, before the grand jury. If a presentment is granted, the pre sentment is given to the clerk of court for safekeeping untjl the forthcoming term of Superior Court. At that time, the district solicitor decides whether to sign the warrant and try the case. Mayor Still said he and his supporting witnesses appeared before the grand jury Monday. PASSES EXAM James O. Fulton, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Fulton, who is serving in Korea, has recently passed his exam qualifying him as a Boatswain. His ad dress Is: James O. Fulton, B. M. 3. USN, 9960081, USS Hele na, C. A. *75 2nd Dtv., c/o FPO - San Francisco, Calif. ? , ? ___ ? 1 World Community Day Observance Will Be Held At 3 P.M. Friday Kings Mountain churchwomen will gather at Central Methodist churcfo Friday afternoon at 3 o' clock for their annual World Community Day service. Churchwomen of the commun ity are being asked to bring blankets for subsequent ship ment to needy peoples of the woild, and an offering will be taken to provide international scholarships. Theme of the world-wide ob servance by churchwomen ' is "Live Thy Faith." . ' Mrs. B. N. Barnes, vice-chair man of the Kings Mountain Council of Churchwomen, Is pro gram chairman. -< ? Mrs. O. W. Myers, council president, will preside, and talks #111 be given by Mrs. P. D. Pat rick and Mr*. W. L. Pressly. Rev. Yiace Daniel, pastor of Resur rection Lutheran church, will conduct the worship, period, and Miss Lula Mae Teague will dis cuss "Where Our Offering Goes." J lev. J. it. Brendall, pastor of Ceneral Methodist church, will pray the closing prayer. Mrs. Aubrey MaUney will serve as organist for the service, The observance has a? Its pur pose "the encouragement o/ wo men to work together for a more Christian world order, and the development In every commun ity of public opinion favorable to the growth of understanding and good will toward all people of the world." "We hope the Ceneral Metho dist church will be filled to over flowing for our World Communi ty Day service,'' Mrs. Myers said, '*and I Want to urge all church - women of the Kings Mountain area to attend." '? r \ v '' '3 . ,4. . Huffman Says New Facilities Now Completed i ' ? Baring unforseen technical difficulties, Kings Mountain tel ephone subscribers will be able J to call Bessemer City numbers ! without paying long distance tolls, elective Saturday. Announcement of the propos ed '"cut-in" of the new free ser vice was made this week by Ned A. Huffman, of Gastonia, dis trict manager of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. . Mr, Hufman said that a test of new equipment is now in pro gress and that the auded free service is expected to be availa ble Saturday. He said a large amount of switching equipment had been added to both the Kings Moun tain and Besemer City offices in order to handle anticipated in creased traffic. Inter-city service from Besse mer City to Kings Mountain has been free for. some years, but toll charges have been assessed to Kings Mountain subscribers on these inter city caills. Free service to Besemer City for Kings Mountain subscribers was one of the conditions ot .a rate increase granted Southern Bell late last year. The authori zation for improving equipment was made by Southern Bell on February 16. Mr. Huffman said, and the installations have now been completed. Bus Terminal Work Started Construction work on Queen City Coach company's Kings Mountain bus terminal began last weekend. J. 3. Thomas, contractor, said that building the terminal would be "a three-month job". He said that he already had in hand all materials for the con struction work and therefore an ticipated no delays for that rea son. Mr. Thomas said he had con structed Queen City terminals in a number of other cities, includ ing Florence, S. C., Orangeburg, S. C., and others. Concrete footings were poured last Friday, and laying of the walls for the new terminal be gan Monday, Rain slowed the Work later in the week. Principal change in plans was - a decision to center the station on the Queen Qity Company's W. Kings street site, rather than to build it on the East side of the lot. Mr. Thomas said the decision was made by L. A. Love, Queen City's general manager. Otherwise, the station construc tion will follow the original plans approved by the -.city , board of commissioners several months ago. The building will be of brick and concrete block construction, with a lunch counter, waiting rooms and four rest rooms. Bus es will take on and discharge pas sengers on the west side of the building. Kings Mountain has been with-* out a bus station since February 16, 1 930. Air Lock Aids Two More Babies Two more babies were treated, in the Kings Mountain hospital air pressure lock during the past: week, according to report of hos pital officials. The two babies using the appa ratus for respiratory aid were Deborah Ann Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Page, of Cherryvllle, and Laurin Charles Whisnant, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Whisnant, 607 Meadow brook Road. Dr. P. G. Padgett Was attend ing physician for the Page child, and Dr. Charles Lampley, of Shel by, for the Whisnant child. The air pressure lock was a gift to Kings Mountain hospital fiom the Mountain Kiwanis club. Both babies are reported "do ing ni<*ly". OK DEAN'S LIST Prank Andrews Summers, sori of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Sum mers. a student at Georgia Tech, was named on the Dean's list. V '?'J& 1 1 ? S MIL . if i / ?t ' ?jA*5 , ?