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Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figure;- ) VOL.62 NO. 45 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C., Friday, November 9. 1951 Established 1889 14 Pages Today PRICE FTVE CENTS Local News Bulletins MOVIE AT ARP A film, "Like A Mighty Ar my," will be shown at 7:30 Sunday evening at Boyce Me morial ARP Church. T7iis is a stewardship film and is one of the best. The public is cordial ly invited. LEGION MEETING Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155. Ameri can Legion, will be held Fri day night at 7:30 at the Le gion Building, according to announcement by post officials. K1WANIS MEETING Members of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club were to hear an address by Rev. Harlan Har ris, of Shelby, at the regular meeting of the club Thursday night. On next Thursday, No vember 15. the club will ob serve President's Night, and wives of club members will be special guests. Mrs. 'Robert Gidney, Shelby soprano, will sing a program of music. PARKING MONET \A total of $13936 was collec ted from the City's parking me ters for the week ending Wed nesday, according to a report of city olerk, Joe Hendrick. CLOSED MONDAY The Cleveland County selec tive service board office will be closed ' Monday, In a one-day removed observance of Armis tice Day, a national hlliday. First Cold Wave Of Season Hits . % 4 ? ? ?? ?'? The weather took a much cold er turn Hit weekend, after sev eral day* of rain, and freezing temperatures were noted Sunday morning lor the first time this season. The mercury began dropping on Saturday, causing a run on ' service stations' " anti-freeze stocks Also -asy were Kings Moun tain fuel dealers, with coal mer chants working at top speed to keep abreast of orders, and oil dealers hard-pressed to supply lo cal oil heaters and oil-fired fur naces. Appearal merchants also re ported increased demand for win ter-type garments, with jackets, coats, shoes, sweaters and other similar type goods in particular demand. In spite of an intervening rain, the cold wave continued and low temperatures of 25 degrees were reported Thursday morning, with a large covering of frost still on the ground at 9 a. m. Mrs. Reynolds Wins Alimony Judgment Mrs. Mildred Hawkins Rey nolds was awarded alimony of $200 per month from her hus band, Warren E. Reynolds, of Kings Mountain, in an order signed by Judge Don Phillips, of Rockingham, In Cleveland Supe rior Court this week. Mr. Reynolds attorneys indica ted they would appeal the Judg ment to the North Carolina Su preme Court. He was represented by Horn ?* West, of Shelby, and E, A. Harrill, of Kings Mountain. The court al*> ordered Mi. Reynolds to pay" $750 In fees to Mrs* Reynolds' attorneys, John J. Mahoney and Horace Kennedy. Mr. Reynolds had been paying $100 monthly alimony to hv wife under a temporary order of the court, given when his wife originally signed a complaint charging him with abandon ment and non-support. y Lost Half-Holiday To Bo November 21 King* Nona tola naOrhcmts Will ?n)oy two mora Wtdnt* day half-holiday* btfon adop ting a lull *ix- day -per- week ?chodnlo for Hm ChrUtma* Tbo merchant* will el boo, m uaaal. lot tbo Tbcodaghbg holiday on Hovtmbor 22, and tbo final W?dn?*day aftornoon closing will bo on Novombor Si. which BOOM that retail pwonnol will got * ono-tmd o M-half -day rooptto. Tbo firm*, will bo opon all day oa Wod wh^'omdST ^plungot ^ THIRTEEN SENIORS IN LAST FUNG FOR MOUNTAINEERS ?Pictured above are 12 of the 13 active seniors who will be play ing their last (ootball game for Kings Mountain high school Friday night at City Stadium against Shelby high in the annual Cleveland County championship battle. Defensive Safety Charles Guyton was not present when the picture was taken and since that time three of the players in the photo have quit the team. Front, left to rlgh, are Tackle Guy Fisher. Tailback Dickie Webb, Wingback Jim Weaver. Guard Dickie McMackln, Co-Captain and Tackles Charles Mauney. Quarterback Dougles Falls and Dean Spears, not with the team now. Back row, A. B. Summitt, who quit the squad. Guard Gene Welch, Quarterback Paul Mc Glnnis. Jr.. Fullback Don Bumgarder, Co-Captain and End Don Flowers, End Johnny Riser. Jack Moss, not with the team now, and Tackle Bob Goforth. The group Includes seven linemen and six backs. Draft Officials Announce Calls Five Cleveland county men will be inducted into the armed forces via selective service next Wednesday, and an additional ten men will be inducted on De cember 7, tenth anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Haxtjor. Pre-inductlon calls received by the Cleveland County selective service board call for 30 men to be examined on November 26 and 15 men to be examined on December 20. The calls were reported by Mrs. Clara Newman, clerk to .the board. Mrs. Newman said the board office has been very busy for the past weeks re classifying men in accordance with the new regula tions allowing the drafting mar ried non-fathers. At the present, she added, the board 'has a large back-log of men eligible for service in the 20- year-old group. In another change in the se lective service law, Mrs. New man said that local boards are not now allowed to re-open a registrant's case if request for re-opening is not received fiom the registrant within ten days of mailing of the classification card. She also said the law pro vides that, in discussing change of classification, only the regis trant is now pei mitt ed to appear before the selective service board. The armed services have an nounced that an unusually heavy call will be made for men in January, but the Cleveland county board has not yet receiv ed orders for January. Mrs. Crow Assumes Teaching Position Mrs. Emma Martin brow, of Goldhill, has been elected to the City school faculty according to an announcement of B. N. Barn es, superintendent. Mrs. Crow will teach high school English, replacing Mc*. W. R. Craig, who resigned several weeks ago due to illness. The new instructor holds a high school class A English certificate and has had eleven years previ ous experience teaching in schools ojf North and South Ca rolina. Mountaineers Meet Arch-Rivals Friday Gridders End Season Here Against Shelby Kings Mountain high school's Mountaineers will be fighting to end the 1951 season on a victory note here Friday night against a favored Shelb/ high eleven. Klckoff at City Stadium is sche duled for 7:30 p. m. 1 The Mountaineers posted wins In the first three games of the season, then lost the fourth to Forest City 7-6 but bounced back to take the fifth game 25 21, from Rutherfordton - Spindale in a high scoring deal. The past three encounters have found the Mountaineers eating up yardage in the middle of the field but finding the ene rgy's goal line only once, that score falling to nail down a win as Newton -Cono ver came back here Monday night to score twice for a 12 to 7 verdict. Kings Mountain found Western (AA) conference teams ruggtd, playing a scoreless tie against Lincolnton here on October 26 and losing in the last minute 7-0 at Marlon on October 19. Shelby has posted a record of four wins, three' losses this sea son. The Lions dumped Newton Conover <on October 12) 18 to 0 and Monday night disposed of Lincolnton at Lincolnton by 12 to 6. Shelby also lost to Forest City (by 7-6) and defeated Ruther fordton - Spindale (13-7). The Lions held unbeaten Lenoir to a 14-8 win, downed Belmont 14-13 and held Hickory to a 14-13 vic tory. According to results available starting in 1933, Shelby leads In the county series with 8 wins and five losses (scores of the 1936, 1937, 1941, 1942 and 1943 games Continued. On Page Eight ATTEND MANAGERS MEET The principals and lunch /room managers of the white and colored schools of Kings Mountain attended the Lunch Room Manager ?n?*etlng Thurs day at Shelby for Cleveland ?{jminty schools. Mrs. Willis To Head Woman's Clnb Drive For Aid To Korean Refugees Mri. X. K. Willis will serve a* Kings Mountain chairman of the Thanksgiving-season "Care-For Korea" Campaign of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, It was announced today by Mrs. Grady Patterson, president of the Kings Mountain Woman's club. National goal of the campaign, which will be conducted by Fed eration affiliates throughout the United States from November 12th through Thanksgiving Day, has been set at 150.000 CARE package*. Of that amount a quo ta of 100 has been set for this city. Ail funds contributed will be used to provide CARE pack ages of food, clothing, textiles and blankets for Korean orphans, refugees and other civilian war victims. Delivery wiQ be made in time for the Christmas holldoyR There ea it be HO more fitting Thanksgiving Day offering for Americans. The terrible destruo a# m.asi kaa III homeTBsi, deHtnte Mtegtw. The victory of our armed forces twill be meaningless unless the Korean people are provided with the food, the clothing and other essentia la they need to survive. CARE pack ages can mean the dlfferenece be tween life and death. Here Js something all of us can do ? some thing we must do ? to support the forces of freedom." d The CARE packages which been prepared for Korean relief Include woolen blankets, cotton textiles, food, woolen suit ing, underwear, knitting wool. All contributions will be pooled to provide a complete package. De liveries will be arranged by CARE to orphanage refugee camps and other relief centers, on the basis of greatest need. Dona tlons can be sent to Mrs. Willis. The club members will sponsor a benefit bridge, rook and canas Justice To Speak At Grid Banquet Charlie Justice, former All. American football star at the University of North Carolina ami currently a member of the UNC coaching staff, will make the principal address at the annual Lions Football ban quet, according to announce ment this week by OUie Har ris. program chairman. The annual football banquet which is given in honor of jnwnbers of the high school football team, will be held on December 11. Justice Is a former team ?ch~1 Fanners Favor Research Tax ! nil? "J?1* vote last Saturday, Cleveland County farmers Join ed the other farmers of the state in supporting a flve-cent-per ton assessment on feeds and fer tJlzers to provide funds for ag- 1 rlcultural research. The county vote' was 591 in favor of the assessments, with 114 voting against the assess ment. In the Kings Mountain area, the vote total, as reported 'by the office of Howard Clapp, county agent, was.- Number 4 township, f4 Ior',17 against; Number 5 township, 14 for, six against. Non-offlclal state-wide results J,?U}n7f ?* 100 counties Showed 51,310 in favor of the assess ment, with 4,635 against. The assessment will be added to the price of feeds and fertlll zers for a period of three years. Education Week Will Be Observed Mountain schools and the Kings Mountain unit of the C*rollna Education associ fn ?k collaborate next week m 42**?* Education observed throughout the nation beginning Sunday and continuing through November 17. the ob?ervance this year is Unite for Freedom". ? Plays, addresses, and special On Monday evening, faculty S^^Kh0Wa''Pr0^"1ve Mucatton- banquet at *ho ni*h ?chool cafeteria at 6:45. Ort Tuesday, the Kings Moun tain school band will play con cwts at each of the city schools. n?C?LiW*dn<>gday' Rev Va?ce J**!0*** Resurrection Lutheran church, will speak on the subject "Education Iter th! iXulr"^ In the several dty OR DEAN'S LIST DURHAM- Aid* Je?n Dj vis, on Dean'* List, kx?l stu dent ft Duke University, has been named to the Doan's List in reeognttfailtt of outstanding scholastic work, K -"#?*> a?H nounced here. Miss Davis is Haft daughter of fir., and Mrs. J. R. Davis of 116 East Moun tain Street. /if' Ml Crowds Attend Floral Fair In spite of nasty weather, large crowds attended the annual Wo man's Club Floral Fair last Fri day and the customar ylarge flor al displays . were again in evi dence. Mrs. E. W. Griffin, chairman of the event, described the Floral Fair as "a big success". There was the usual heavy competition for the large number of prizes offered in the several classifica ??ons. As usual, a number of out-of town citizens attended the floral Fair. In a statement, Mrs. Griffin said, "I wish to express my sin cere thanks and appreciation in behalf of the Woman's Club to the merchants and businessmen who generously gave prizes; to the Kings Mountain Herald for its generous publicity; to the Jun ior Woman's Club for its decora tions and other, aid; to friends who volunteered to assist in va rious ways to meet emergency help shortages; to the Home Ec onomics students who helped serve the evening meal; to Arch dale Farms, for their gift of milk, and to. Griffin Drug Company and Kings Mountain Drug Com pany for furnishing ice cream; to all club members, officers, arid committee chairmen who diligent ly and efficiently filled their places; to the judges who gave of their time and energy; to ev everyone who entered things in the various competitions; and, most of all, to all those many friends and customers who pa- 1 tronized our Floral Fair. "Proceeds from the Floral Fair will be used to carry on the sev eral civic and welfare activities which are the routine service the Woman's Club renders the com munity," Mrs. Griffin concluded. Judges oi' the competitions were: Mrs. M. L. Rhyne, Mrs. R. L Lewis, Mrs. W. A. Lindsay, Mrs. Leon Matthews and Mrs. Joseph Rothman, all of Besse mer City. Continued On Page Six, Sec. II Radio Club Invites Interested Persons Everybody Interested in radio communications and "ham" oper ations la Invited to attend the meeting Friday of the Kings Mountain- Radio club. The group meets at 7 o'clock at Harold Hun nicutts shack on N. Piedmont avenue. Classes in basic radio theory wll be started at the meeting Friday, aoordlng to announce* ment by Mr, Hunnicutt, and in terested persons are invited to attend whether they seek an FCC 'lcense or not. * Mr. Hunnicutt pointed out that a new, novice class Federal Com munlcations Commission license haa bee nset up requiring a code teat of only five words-per?mln ute and a written examination. Four members of the Kings Mountain club attended the Smo ky Mountain Hamfest at Kings P61*. Tenn., last weekend. The meeting of "ha. ia" had scheduled programs on Saturday and Sun day with the theme of eommunl ejttona In civil defense organlza Attending were T. W. Jackson, Sob Pearson, Charles Alexander and Mr. Hunlcutt. The latter took FCC exams a) the meet ATTEND MEETING A. W. Klhcaid, chairman of the school 'board, and B. ? N. Barnes, superintendent, at tended the State School Board I Member* meeting at Chapel ?"? SSBEiaSMm Enloe Succeeds Hugh Ballard At Paik Yam M. A. Enl'oe, of Gastonia, as sumed the duties of superlnten-l dent of Park Yarn Mills Compa ny Monday. Mr. Enlt>e succeeds Hugh V Ballard who resigned last week. Mr. Ballard completed his du | tics Saturday. Mr. Enloe has recently served ^ as superintendent of a Burling I ton Mill plant in Gastonia. Park Yam Mills Company is a division of the Johnston textile croup and the new superinten dent has previously held similar positions in Johnston plants Un til 1947 he was superintendent of Johnston Manufacturing Com pany, Charlotte. He has spent virtually all his life in the textile business. Mr. Ballard has served as su perintendent of Park Yarn Mills since 1942. He is a former pres , dent of the King? Mountain Ki- , wanis clu'b. faycees Heat Recreation Head A B Chandler, chairman of the city's parks and recreation com mission, spoke to fellow members of the Junior Chamber of Com- j merce at the regular meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Chandler conducted an op en discussion of preliminary plans for the Kings Mountain recreation program, Including the proposed center. He was in troduced by J-ck White, Jaycee chairman and also a member o the P & R body. During the discussion, it was pointed out that funds to build the $350,000 recreation plant would be derived from contribU' tlons, from sale of city bonds which wil have to be voted on by the people and from a proposed tax on city water taps, at 25 cents per tap per month. Site of the proposed center, which has not been obtained, is the hill top bordered generally by Cleveland avenue. East Ridge street, Dilllng street and the Loom-Tex mill village. It Is owrv ed by Burlington Mills, Inc., at^d has previously been offered to the city for a recreation area. Fred Wright Jr., second vice president, presided at the meeting and Falson Barnes welcomed O. Z, White as a new member. Mis. Goforth Is Head Nurse Mrs. Dorothy J. Goforth was elected head nurse at Kings Mountain hospital Wednesday, November 7, acording to announ cement of Joe Dixon, manager. Mrs. Goforth has been working with the hospital staff since Ap ril 2 and has been acting head I mfrse since August. She had one year of pre nurs ing training at Appalachian State Teachers college before entering Rex Hospital School of Nursing, Raleigh, Where she was gradua ted in June 1948. Alter graduation, she held po sitions in the ASTC infirmary and at Watauga County hospital at Boone. She is married to I. B. Goforth, Jr., eighth grade teacher, and has two children. Committee Reports Sale of 800 Roses City Tax Payment Total $53,608.68 The city's 1951 tax levy of S109.181.48 was almost half paid through October 31, ac cording to report by Joe Hen drick. city clerk. Tax bills paid by kings Mountain individual and cor porate citizens totaled $53, . 608.68. Tax bills are due at net through January 31. On Febru ary 1. penalties of one perccnt apply to unpaid tax accounts, with additional penalties of one- half of one percent each month thereafter. Annual Meeting Of Club Set Stockholders of the Kings Mountain Country Club will hold their annual meeting aj a Dutch Supper at the club on Tuesday November 20. Notice of the meeting was mailed this week by David Neill, secretary-treasurer of the club. Members unable to attend are being asked to designate some other member as a proxy. Cost of the dinner will be $1.50. Business of the meeting will include election of 12 directors for the coming year and presen tation of reports on the past year's operation by bf fleers and committee chairmen. Officers and directors are Hun ter Neisler, president; George W. Mauney, vice-president; Mr. Nelll; Charles Neisler, assistant secretary - treasurer; Oille Har ris, C. D. Blanton, Dr. W. L. Ram seur; Otto Williams, George Houser, Ertle Powers, George Hook, Sr., and W. S. Fulton, Jr. The club Is currently without full-time management Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pressley having moved to Charlotte where Mr. Pressley has accepted the position of manager of the Eastwood Golf Club. Chuich To Mark 75th Anniversary St. Matthew's Lutheran church will observe Its 75th anniversary with special services during the Thanksgiving weekend, it was an nounced this week by the pastor, Dr. W. P. Gerberding. At the special service at 10 o' clock Thanksgiving morning, Rev. C, K. Derrick, of Atlanta, Ga., a former pastor, will conduct the service. On Friday evening, November 23, a super and social hour will be held at the church. On Sunday, November 25, Dr. J. Luther Mauney, president of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia, will deliver the morning sermon, Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia, will deliver the morning sermon, Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of the Lutheran Synod of North Caro lina will speak at an afternoon service dedicating the new church parsonage, and Rev. Edgar Coop er, of Pottstov/n, Pa., will conduct the vesper service. BOARD TO MEET Regular monthly meeting of the city board of commission ers Is scheduled for Monday night at 7:30 at City Hall. If Your Water Has Strange Taste, Charge It Up To The Cold Weather i ' ? i ?? 4 Did your coffee hav? a strange taste Thursday morning? Some citizens reported their morning coffee had a loreign, un usual taste and they were think ing of changing brands, at least until they sampled a draft of water, too. The same taste was still appar '??It.' George Moss, the city's chief water plant operator, doesn't think there's any necessity for Spijfih, but offers a possible rea son for the unusual taste. "jW aayt that lower tempera tures mean that the residual chlo rine put into the city's water sup ply for purification pqrposes hold owt longer. The city's water distribution system la quite spread out, with numerous dead ends, he adds, and he thinks it possible that the funny taste, which Is slightly bit ter, may be a temporary situa To an inquiry by the Hhuld after WUCU of tlM Strang taste apearing on East Mountain Motit.Mif. Ht|?j?' ? iy ?. .. .'i ' Gold street and South Piedmont avenue, Mr. Moss said he hadn't changed his purification formula one lota in any respect which would effect taste. In past years, he said, it has been policy to lower slightly the chlorine content in winter months, but that no change has yet been made, due to the sug gestion by state health depart ment officials that the full charge of chlorine is needed for purifi cation purposes. Mr. Moss* discussion was some what technical but he reported that an increased supply of rest dual chlorine, enhanced by low temperatures, might have an ex tra sterilization action which would give, temporarily, a bad taste to the water. "It might show up in one sec tion of the city this week, and in another section next week," he said. - Mr. Mom said he would appre ciate receiving reports on ary water taste changes which ap pear. Beautification Group Pleased By Cooperation Kings Mountain's Living Beau tified t ion committee reported sale of 800 rose plants. In the first stop of a long-term com munity beautification project. With some of the city still to be covered in the house-to-house canvas, it appeared that the full initial order of 1.000 Paul's Scar let Climber rose plants would be sold out. Only hitch in the sale was fail ure of the full order of rose plants to arrive. One crate of 300 plants were received, but the re mainder of the order was delay ed en route. The remainder of the order is expected to arrive this weekend. Officials of the Living Beautifi cation committee said they were highly pleased with the plants received. They were described as "beau tiful plants, about 30 inches high and with large roots." Mrs. Hunter Neisler, co-chair man of the committee, seaid the plants were very hardy and should grow well. "We are highly pleased with the progress of the sale," Mrs Neisler said, "and we feel that the Living Beautification com mittee is well on i'ts way to beau tifying the community." Orders already taken are to be filled as quickly as the" plants arrive. Thus far, members of the beautificaftion committee have supervised the planting of the majority of the plants sold. Un der the offer of the committee, persons desiring planting ser vice could receive it at no extra charge. The rose plants were sold at 75 cents each. Mrs. Sam Davis is co-chair man of the project with Mrs. Neisler. Participating in the Living Beautification promotion are the city's civic clubs, garden clubs, and other groups'. Long-term purpose of the pro ject is to make Kings Mountain the "rose city" of North Carolina. Lions Continue Broom Sale Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club will conclude their annual broom sale for the aid of the blind this weekend. John H .Lewis, chairman of the sale, estimated the club "about half done". He said bad weather curtailed some of the house-to-house sales work last weekend, but that the Lions were hoping for und an ticipating better weather this weekend, with the sales work to be completed by Saturday even ing. The club Is offering for sale three different types of brooms in addition to rubber door mats. A household broom sells for $1.50 a commercial broom for $2.00, and an extra heavy commercial broom for $2.25. The doormats sell for $2.50. Proceeds are used to aid per sons with defective sight in the Kings Mountain area. The pro ducts offered for sale are manu factured by blind persons at North Carolina Industries for the Blind in Greensboro. Mr Lewis urged all chairmen of the several sales teams to complete their work this week end. Presbyterians Plan Youth Day Sunday wiU be Youth Sunday at First Presbyterian church, ac cording to announcement by the pastor, Rev. P. D. Patrick, At morning services at 11 o' clock L- L. McNeill, a student at Davidson college, will speak, and Kal^u"lc wm rendered by Davidson students. Member, of the Youth Fellow ship will conduct the evening ser n^xr??7:3?;. T?_klng part on ^ program will be Dick Webb, Su *an"e Arrowood. John Kiser, Bill ??' De,ore? Davidson, Gertie Jenkins and Ann McKelvle. LIONS MEETING Joseph Dixon, business man ful* ?' Kln?* Mountain hospi lu ' jy ' address members of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their meeting Tuesday night at Masonk Dining Hall at 7 o'clock, according to announce ment by Ollle Harris, program chairman.