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Old Clothes For Needy Children To Be Collected Next Wednesday Afterndon Population City Limits 7,206 Trading Area 15.000 (IMS Ration Board Figure*) 14 Pages Today VOL.62 NO. 46 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C.. Friday. November 16. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND VETERAN TRUSTEE HONORED ? Superintendent ol Schools B. N. Borne* and Dr. L. P. Baker, Kings Mountain dentist who retired In May following 20 years of service as a school trustee, were honored by Kings Mountain teachers Monday night at a banquet at the high school cafeteria. Both were given handsome silver gifts. For Mr. Barnes, the gift noted his silver anniversary as principal, then superintendent in the Kings Mountain school system. Pictured, left to right are Mrs. W. T. Weir, who made the presentation to Mr. Barnes, Supt Barnes, Mrs. J. E. Gamble, president ef the Kings Mountain anlt nea. Dr. Baker, and Miss Marie Llneberger, who made the presentation to Dr. Baker. (Herald photo by Carlisle Studio.) Local News Bulletins Barnes And Baker Honored By Faculty VISITING MINISTER Rev. R. M. Wilson, member of the Ersklne College Bible de partment, will deliver the ser mon at Boyce Memorial ARP Church on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the absence of the , pastor, Rev. W. L. Pressly, who has been preaching a se ries of services this week at Vidette, Ga. COUNTRY CLUB Stockholders of Kings Moun tain Country Club will hold their annual meeting at ft , j Dutch Supper at the clufb Tues day night at 7 o'clock. Dinner will be $1 .50 per person and stockholders are requested to make dinner reservations by calling David Neill, secretary - treasurer^ LOCAL MEN NAMED W. K. Mauney and Aubrey Mauney, .of Kings Mountain's St. Matthew's Lutheran church, were elected members of the executive .committee of the North Carolina Lutheran Bro therhood at its meeting In Sal isbury Tuesday. MISS BEAM INJURED Miss Ruth Beam, first grade teacher at Central school, suf fered a broken leg in a play ground aocldent at the school Wednesday. She is a patient at Kings Mountain hospital. Mrs. R. R. Yarboro is substituting tot Mis Beftta/ : Mm boob - Mrs. J. B. Simpson will serve as story-teller at the ? Friday afternoon story hour for child ren at Jacob S. M-nurey Mefllfe'. rial Library. Hie story hour be gins at 4 o'clock and 1* de signed for children from the first -through the fourth grades. POLICE DESKMAN Rhea Barter Thursday as sumed the duties of night desk sergeaift ?f the Kings Moun tain police department. He replaces Policeman J. O. (Red) Thompson, who will take over the parking meter beat. Mr. Thompson is also thft depart ment's fingerprint expert. Chief S. R. Davidson made the announcement. raAaam services Preaching services will be held ?t El Bethel church to night (Thursday) - T pftfodk by tho District .Sv:rx*rl),t<nK|pnf C. W. Klitoy. Preaching also will toe held at Penley's Cha pel Sunday morning toy the pastor. Rev. IL L. For bis. OH HOMOX MOLL Shipley Arthur, second -year student at ,fe?ce Junior col ',-Kr a* MgliiK&ttm* N to m* itftvwigfd jMfip .wo, . according to announoement hy ?fWj&jM|?ly. pw?sld? nt jj/fa ?aid the honor goes only to thoM students making positive contributions to 0ie academic, social ?hmB nUrtmm ItfuH tiM school. Miss Arthur te the dau ghter of Sir. and Mr* J. H. Arthur. Kings Mountain school teach ers honored Superintendent B. N. Barnes and Dr. L. P. Baker, for* mer member and veteran chair man ol the city board of school trustees at a Monday evening's progressive education banquet ol the Kings Mountain unit, North Carolina Education association. The honors to -the two veteran ftMMolmen we designed as the "surprise" feature of the even ing, and reaction of the two hon orees Indicated that such a re sult had been obtained. ? Supt. Barnes, was honored on the occasion of his 25th adver sary as a member of the Kings Mountain school faculty. Mrs. W. T. Weir reviewed the history of Kings Mountain city school#, par ticularly noting the past quarter century, and presented to Mr. Barnes sterling silver pitcher as a token of apredation lor his 25 years of service. Miss Marie Llneberger present ed to Dr. Baker, for 20 years a member of the school, board, a sterling silver bowl "In apprecia tion for his loyalty and untiring service as a member and chair man of the Bchool board." The presentations highlighted the banquet and followed a hum orous address toy Rev. L?ee F. Tut tle, pastor of Charlotte's First Methodist church. Mr. Tuttle em phasized the necessity of cooper ation between schools and chur ches to maintain "a true demo carcy". , * .. .* Speda! g&tfe; was featured on the program and included Rom berg's "Deep in My Heart", a duet by Howard Coble and Mrs. Juiuilta Warren, a Kern medley "Melodies from Show Boat", by a mixed quartet including Mr. Coble, (Mrs. Warren, Miss Hazel Armstrong and L B. Goforth, Jr., and De Koven's "O Promise Me", ft duet by Mr. Coble and Mrs. <; ' fjm&m Invocation, Mrs. J. E. Gamble, president of the NEA unit, spiilP address of welcome, and Rowell Lane, high school principal, presented Continued On Page Bight " Baptist Members Contribute $4,464 Members of First Baptist church heavily ovsr -subscrib ed a on* -day cash building fund campaign joai Sunday. L. E. Abbott chairman of the ' building fhnd committee, said total cash contributions Sun- . day were SC4M, with some contributions still being re ceived. This compares with a goal of SUO. The contributions represent ed gifts from more than 350 in dividuals. Second Paper May Open Here The Herald learned authorita tively during the past weekend that a corporation is being form ed to publish a second newspaper in Kings Mountain. Details on the new venture were sparse, but several pieces of used printing machinery were unloaded in the J. E. Herhdon warehouse on Cherokee street during the weekend. Mr. Hern don was out-of-town yesterday and information concerning own ership of the machinery was not available at his office. W. Falson Barnes, Kings Moun tain attorney, confirmed that he had been retained as attorney for the proposed publishing firm and was in the process of drawing necessary papers for incorpora tion of the new company. How ever, he said he was not at lib erty to reveal the identity of the stockholders except to say that there are several. Rumors In business circles in dicated that W. K. Maiiney had been active in promoting sale of stock in the new venture, but a call to his office early Thursday afternoon brought the informa tion that he was in Charlotte. Capital fitter's Platoon Receives Two Presidential Unit Citations Corporal Martin A. (Andy) Et ten, ton of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Etters, of Kings Mountain, wu engaged In two separate r-: Jons with the enemy in Korea (re cently which earned his platoon, and other units, Presidential unit Citations. <pl Etters, who has been fight ing in Korea for nearly 10 mon ths, Is a member of the forward observer team of the 1st Platoon. Heavy Morter Company. 7th In f gantry Regiment, 3rd Inf. Divis ion. His team directs shell fire on the enemy from close range. His other awards include the Purple Heart medal given for wounds received In action afbout six weeks ago. ffc> was slightly injured In the laft hand and right arm by mortor shell frag ments but remained with his unit The young Kings Mountain fighting man has ahnost Enough service In Korea to be rotated attack, staged a ?brilliantly exe home. The first citation, dated July 19th, was for the period April 23-25 when Cpl. Enter's platoon was serving with the 1st Battal ion of his regiment and other supporting troops. This action took place near Ohokaong, Ko rea, when the task force was gi ven the mission of cleaning out enemy pockets In the tear and on the flanks of the 29th British Independent Brigade. After a fierce all-day flight on April 23, the battalion was order ed to attack an enemy force es timated at two regiments, to re lieve the Belgian United Nations Battalion trapped when friendly force* Were forced to withdraw. The attack was successful and the Belgian unit withdrew with all equipment and vehicles. -;.y '":H M ?lr?t trattalon, trapped on three Moo after the nrraaaful Continued On Pag* Bight P-TA To Collect Old Clothing For City Children The Central Elementary Par-' ent ? Teacher association will! collect used children's clothing for distribution to needy Kings j Mountain children beginning at j noon next Wednesday afternoon, according to action of the group i at a meeting piis week. Mrs. Holland Dixon ;s chair- j man of the project and announc ed that the used clothing collec ted will be distributed to needy children in all schools of the city. Citizens of .the Community are being asked to place bundles of used clothing on their porches by noon next Wednesday, when P-TA members will pick them up. "The clothes should be usa ble,'" Mrs. Dixon pointed out, 'und cleaned." She also asked that sizes be pinned on shoes and garments If possible. The P-TA feels that many usable clothes are available in Kings Mountain homes which! children have outgrown or other wise can no longer use them selves," Mrs. Dixon said. "On the other hand, teachers report that njany children in the city schools are ill-clothed. We want to put these usable, but unused, old clothes to work." She said the clothes collected will be distributed to needy chil dren by the teachers in all the city schools, including Davidson school. If bundles placed on individual porches are accidentally missed next Wednesday, Mrs. Dixon asks that the cltlzzens call her at 459- J-2. ' ... Mrs. McDaniel Dies Suddenly Funeral service? tor Mrs, Eva McCurry McDaniel, 49, wife of Lee McDaniel, prominent farmer of the Bethlehem community were conducted Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. at Bethlehem Baptist church, of which she was a mem ber. Rev. T. W. Fogleman, Rev. W. G. Camp and Rev. John Sut tie officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel died Tuesday morning around 8 o'clock at K/ngj Mountain hospital follow ing a heart attack suffered six hours earlier. She was a native oi Cleveland County, daughter of Robert W. McCurry, of Shelby, and the late Maultie Jarrett McCurry. Surviving, In addiUon to Mr. McDaniel, are two sons, Corpor al J. Douglas McDaniel, of iX Bragg, and Dennis A. McDaniel; one daughter Mrs. James Rey nolds, of Ellenboro; two brothers, Dan L. McCurry and J. Hoyt Mc Curry, of Shelby; six sisters, Mrs. Reuben Elam, Mrs. Jasper Green, Mrs. Allen Jones, and Mrs. Ralph Callahan, all of Shelby, Mrs. Her bert Langston, of Mineral Wells, Texas, and Mrs. Glenn Towery, of Lattlmore, and four grandchil dren. Active pallbearers were David Putnam, Robert Jones, Clyde Mc Daniel, G. L. McDalniel, Jr., Gene Ware and Glenn McDaniel. Sooth Bomid Train Hits Stalled Auto Southbound Southern Railroad Train No. 11 struck a stalled c >r at the Cora Mill croslrg last Friday night with no injuiy to the driver but with serious dam age to the vehicle. King* Mountain police, report ing the mishap, said Mrs; Robert Chaney drove a 1940 Chevrolet on the track after waiting lor a northbound train to pass. The vehicle stalled and Mrs. Chaney and occupants, (Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Gladden, abandoned it and escaped Injury. Police reported Mrs. Chaney 4lgM? ?t the crossing were not working at the time of the accident. Teachers Hear Miss Bomar Reports of class trips to Kings Mountain business and industrial firms and an address by Miss Cora Paul Bomar, library con sultant of the state department of Instruction, featured the third in ? aeries of Kings Mountain City Schools faculty meetings oh the general subject of Resource Use Education. The meeting was held Wednes day afternoon, with Rowell Lane, local chairman, of the Reaouir Use Education Plan tee prscialng. City Commissioners Approve Request To Suspend Bus Service December 1 *WTAaDE0 ?*tt?. nin*.y?or.ojd Bax' I ??2 ? r#cipi#nt ox j^?001 chU?*. ' K^trtk* ^-mCh- raf1*280 "?m the I *">* o J#ft.r "h?*r. TfcJ ??o ttatiav bu *! h#JP hi. ho8pit^f ?' tt,on*T c?nte?tant *h ^ b*h?l? o/ fh# . aPP*?r?d ln ?how won $260. ?n th# ??!*/ litis/ S?ke It filch.?*0 to C3S show st&rW 'fins***! oto?fi P ta,ize<l /or' toother I ?y* letteral^th* *,s* o^Tom" ziri 'v "?"s iM Tuesday ^ wM to hftve RS re<*ui'S and attentlon l Sss?^ Hfnjn Noru, Cam "desoJa- ' Objections to *,!roJ/na." but n? Syn2 f?r the Kin^inMng theJ &? ??"5 ie?M. Moun'*"i| Mond.j, mrough ",?. over CBS ^'?p/lmollve"^? %- "of d^' B?mett is ?mPany. ^n^^?ssto?, Jff5- Reynolds' 68 Conducted Final rlte? ?L. inducted the ?j?j; ,r" ?**? &?? ?? "???i??j? ?own aa*"^1^8' ?toctlonateli S^sSSS * thnwi ^ n1, She had ?hm. *? . SSmS^*^ ?"? ^3 ii-i?'0 P"*"or USf*' Jo'in ?. aun ""A tori jww. "?"Juki's Sixty. on i? ?/?. I STS *nd *?* **?* ,Saptlj? "'i *eynoldt w C+roUn*, I I the late Joe fi i>. ^vidow />? | fi?J a ca/e j^JWiNjto op J I w many year* 5?S? fountain / Survi^*^- He died 1? j ?g 'J**** E. LlttlelSt ? brothe*,f I City, and CfcarW^J. ?f Johnaon Clty^v?' tJtt,e**n,/ / eral niece* and ? ? - 1 ?* ?f? T- ?? L. olaa* | Jj* w?? ? ^fch 'asr* n-^i. rs?^ i&tzvszhg National Guard Gets Top Rating At Inspection The Kings Mountain National Guard unit received its higest at tainable rating, folowing an in spection by the inspector general tin November 7, acording to re port anounced by Capt. Humes Houston, commanding oficer o? the Kings Mountain company. Highest rating attainable by a non-full-strength unit is "excel lent", Capt. Houston said the inspec tion was "stiff" and Including in dividual questioning of each mem ber of the National Guard com pany. In spite .of the fact that the company's motor pool facilities are not as ideal for individual in struction as an armory, Capt. Houston said not one individual failed to answer the questions put by Col. Salmon, the inspector gen eral of the Third Army area. Officials Report Roses "Sold Out" The Living Beautiflcation com mittee this week (reported a com plete sell-out of the first order of 1,000 roseS, In the first step of a long-term city beautiflcation program. The full shipment of plants, Paul's Scarlet Climbers, h?ve been received and delivered to purchasers, with much of the planting having been supervised by the Living Beautiflcation committee. Byron Keeter served as chair man of the sales committee. It was announced that proceeds from the first sale will, be ce-ln vested In the further purchase of rose plants. Part of the addition al plants will be used In the beautiflcation of the banks along the Southern Railway, the hos pital, armory, and Mountain Rest cemetery grounds. In commenting on the sale, of ficials of the committee stated that they wished to thank all who had cooperated in the pro ject by purchasing rose plants, and to the women who worked tirelessly to make the project a success. The committee also Issued special thanks to a number of individuals and business firms who aided the work Including the Bonnie Cotton Mills, Lam beth Rope Corporation, Mauney Mills, Pauline Mills, Kings Mountain Manufacturing Com pany and Sadie Mill, which fi nanced the initial purchase of plants, and these individuals and firms which furnished trucks and personnel for delivering and planting the roses: M. K. Fuller, Sam R. Sufber, City of Kings Mountain, Bycon Keeter, Carl Mayes, Victory Chevrolet Compa ny, Dean Bulck Company, Plonk Motor Company, Elmer Lumber Company, Patterson Oil Compa ny, George H. Mauney, George Houser, Pete Barkley, Ward's Seed and Feed Store, Sam Davis, G. A. Bridges and J. E. Herndon. The committee also acknowl edged gifts of handbills from the Kings "Mountain Herald, photo graphic work by Carlisle Studio and fertilizer by Bridges Hard Continued On Page Bight LUTHERAN SPEAKER ? Dr. J. Luther Mauney, son of a Kings Mountain native. will bo on* of Mmal visiting ministers 10 con* duct spoclal services at 8t Mat thaw's Luthoran church, begin ning Thanksgiving Day. In ob servance of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the church. Dr. Mauney Is president of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia. tatheran Rites Begin Thnisday Special services marking the 75th aniversary of St. Matthew's Lutheran church will begin Thanksgiving morning at 10 o' clock. Rev. G. K. Derrick, of At lanta, Ga., will deliver the iermon at the special Thanksgiving mor ning "service. He is a former pas tor of St. Matthew's church. Aniversary services will con tinue throughout the weekend. "A church supper and social will be held on Friday evening, No vember 23, and visiting minister^ wil conduct three services on Sun day, November 25, At morning services, Dr. J. Lu ther Mauney, president of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia, will preach the sermon. Dr. F. L. Con rad, president of the North Caro lina synod, wilt dedicate the new church parsonage In the after non, and Rev. Edgar M. Cooper, formerly of Kings Mountain, will conduct the evening vesper ser vice. Invitations to attend the aniver sary services have been mailed to Lutheran officials and former | members and pastors of the j Kings Mountain church. Dr. Mauney is the son of the late Rev. John Mauney, Kings Mountain native. Methodists To Hear Gastonia Layman Mr. M. A. Parrish, General Superintendent of the Main Street Methodist Church, of Gas tonia will apeak at Central Meth odist church next Wednesday at 7:00 p. m. He is speaking in the "Know Your Church' 'Series and his subject is: Rightful Expec tancies of Parents and Teachers". Mr. Parrish is recognized as an authority on Sunday School work. He Is an attractive speaker and a large congregation is expected. The public is invited. All members of the Sunday School Staff as well as members of the Board of Education and all parents are to be honor guests. "Man Who Came To Dinner Chosen For little Theatre's Next Show ? The Kings Mountain Little | Theatre announced this week I that It would present The Man Who Came To Dinner" as its first play of the 1951-32 season. Tlie play, a stage and screen comedy, will be given at the high school auditorium in ' De cember, though the dates are still tentative. The play concerns a famous pi ay right, lecturer, and wit, who grudgingly attends a dinner at the home of fl)? 4tanleys, in a smaU fW?He making his departure, he slips on some Ice on their front *t*P*> *nd In jures Iris hip, thereby being made wppd' weeks. Here the Man makes him self thoroughly obnoxious, and makes life miserable for every one. His temper, his mannerisms, and his Insulting language quickly drive everyone else into a nervous frenzy. "The Man Who Came To Din ner" was written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman and was first produced at the Music Box Theatre, New York, Ootofoer 16, 1939. It became a smash hit. and later was made into motion picture starring Monty Wooley as the man who came to dinner. The role of the "man" will toe played by Faison Barnes. The interpretation of the character takes in * wide range of situa tions from the sut/llme to the ri diculous. Full of laughs, tlte play PfattK comedy designed to appeal to young and old. The play is now In production and la directed by Miss Emelyn Gillespie. Staging is by De*bert Dixon and B. S. Peeler, Jr. .. Plonk Reports Bus Company Losses Heavy The Kings Mountain Bus Com pany will suspend city bus ser vice December l, according to decision of the city board of com missioners Monday. The board granted the bus company's request lor temporary suspension of its city 'bus ser? vice franchise requirements, ef fective December 1. Fred W. Plonk, appearing be fore the board on behalf of the company, said It had lost money heavily during the past two years, and stated -that city bus service "does not now seem re quired." He said the company wanted to be lp a position, eith er to sell the franchise, or to re sume operations should the de mand for such service Increase. Motions granting the compa ny's requeat were passed unani mously, with all commissioners present. In other actions at the regular November meeting, the board: 1) Authorized transfer of two taxi franchises to Frank Roper, one now toeing held by Jake England and another being held by Coley Freeman. 2) Appointed a committee to investigate the feasibility of set ting up a city dog pound, alter Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county health officer, and County Commission er Hazel fiumgardner had out lined plans of the county gov ernment 'o* employing a dog warden. Members of the commit tee named were Commissioners James Layton, City Administra tor M. K. Fuller, and City Attor ney J. R. Davis. 3) Ordered a two-way radio Installed on Fire Chief Grady King's car removed for installa tion on one of the city's fire trucks. 4) Authorized the mayor to seek a natural gas allocation, on behalf of the city, from the Fed eral Power commission, at the suggestion of A. 3. Hall, engi neer. Purpose of the request is to prevent an allocation sought by Public Service Company of North Carolina, Mr. Hall said. 5) Amended a city ordinance to permit sale in the city of cap busters, caps and sparklers. 6) Ordered the payment of parking meter fines at the city office. (Some of the fines had been paid at the police depart ment desk). 7) Accepted street -paving re quests for hard surfacing of Ben nett street and Grace street. 8) Voted to advertise for bids on a carload of six- Inch cast iron pipe. 9) Voted to suspend water tap charges for several residents on Bridges street. (The action solv ed a problem created fby conten tion of the residents that they had paid a fee when meters were Continued On Page Eight Herald Will Advance Publication Date The Kings Mountain Harold will advance lis publication date to Thursday, effective with tin last Issue In Ifovem. ber. The chang* in scheduled. a reversion to the former publi cation date followed until May 2, 1947. will mean that the edi tion which would ordinarily appear under date of Novem ber 30. will be published under date of November 29. which co , Incides with the opening of the Chrlstn.* shopping eeaeon and the anuaal Merchant* As* soclation Christmas parade. The change Is made at the request of several merchants who feel that earlier publica tion each week will enhance the value of their advertising. Benefits to readers will Include Improved advance news treat ment for organisations which meet on Thursday night. The change to a Friday pa per was made due to limita tions of physical equipment. This situation was isinsillsd In July of this year/ and the staff expanded to better handle the work of the nswspupss. All denrtltnee wOl be ad vanced one day. rnll details m theee ilswitlinee will be pah lished in neat week's edition, which will be the loot edition apptann^ oo CM pMMit Fri day date.