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Population City Limits 7.208 Trading Area 15.000 <1945 Ration Board Pigum) VOL.62 Sixty-Second Year Kings Mountain. N. C., Friday. November 23. 1951 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENT3 Local News Bulletins BAKE SALE Women of David's Baptist church will conduct a Bake sale at Bridges Hardware Com pany Saturday night begin ning at 9 a. m. Homemade pies, cakes and other delicacies will he offered fo f sale, it was an nounced, GETS PROMOTION Joe Costner, ' son of Mrs. Daisy Cpstner of N. Cansler street, who is stationed on an (Radar) outpost in Alaska, was recently promoted to sergeant. His present address Is: AF 14-345-024, 625th Acft. Const & Wg. Sqdn., APO 942, c-o PM, Seattle, Washington. PARKING MONET The total of $138.74 was col lected from the City's parking meter* for the weekending Wednesday according to a re port; of City Clerk, Joe Hen drick. . > COMMUNICATION An emergent communication of Falrview Lodge No. 339, A. F. and A. M., will be held<Sat urday night at the Masonic Lodge hall at 7:30 p. m. for the purpose of conferring the first degree. All Masons ace invited to attend. ? MARLOWE BACK E. E. Marlowe returned Wed nesday from Conshohockken, Pa., where he had made a bus iness trip to Lee Tire Company factory. Marlowe's Center Ser vice is an area distributor for Lee products. NO MEETING The Kings Mountain Klwan is club did not meet Thursday night, cancelling the regular . Thursday night meeting due to the Thanksgiving holiday. ? - -v. r Mcraney Stockholder. Not Paper Organizer W. K. Mauney, Kings Mountain | textile executive, said Wednes day fie was a stockholder, but not I the organizer,, of a proposed newspaper jo toe published in | Kings Mountain. The Herald !had stated last | week that it had learned author itatively that Mr. Mauney had I been active in propiyting sale of | stock in the "^ntuare. Mr. Maun y added he would buy some stock 1n the Kings Mountain Herald, if any were for sale. Other details on the manage ment, ownership, and plans of| the venture were not learned. Early Morning Call Proves False Alarm City firemen answered alarm that proved to toe false early Tuesday morning. The call was placed for the Parker Street residence owned by Aubrey Mauney when the oc cupants smelled fumes about 1 a. m. No flee was found. To add to the ft in, the fire a larm stuck for several minutes, to awakjen many citizens fdr a look out the window. ABP Church Bqns Holiday Iliii'ifBMM Boyce Memorial ARP church held Its - annual Thanksgiving service and breakfast Thursday morning, with some ISO present. ; ? -Msfe- o?|Ube church, as is their custom, prepared andvj*r*i#d breakfast to the large group at tending. hwnli Included fried eggs, pork sausage, grits, hot biscuits, and coffee. vice was held hi the church audi- [ torium, 1 1 Hgl lining at 7:30t ?' ?>. More Bos* Plants On Sale Saturday The dff mrn*? ha? of Paul's plants will dor ?d this of the 10 cM 4 LUTHERAN PARSONAGE TO BE DEDICATED ? The handsome new parsonage of St Matthew's Luth eran church will be dedicated Sunday afternoon at ?:.V) at special services. The dedicatory exercises will be one of the features of the church's observance of Its 75th anniversary. The brick-veneer two story building Is located on Piedmont avenue at Ridge street and was erected on the site of the form er parsonage. . St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 75th Anniversary PASTOR ? Or. W. P. Gerberdlng U the pastor ol St- Matthew's Lu theran church. Ha il the 12th minister to serve the 75-yeaT-old church. Speidels Named dob Managers Hunter R. Neisler, retiring president of the Kings Mountain Country Club, announced at Tuesday's annual stockholders meeting the appointment ol Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Speidel, of Jack* sonvllle, Fla., as managers of the dub. - Mr. and Mrs. Speidel expect to assume thttlr duties not later than December 1, It was stated. They Will succeed Mr. and Mrs. Jr. H. Press ley. . ?v Mr. Neisler told the stockhold ers that the house committee, headed- by Dr. W. 1* Ramseur, and several directors and other club members had completed ar rangements for the , employment of Mr. and Mrs. Speidel over the weekend. Mr. Speidel Is currently a sales man for Eastman Kodak Com* pany, formerly operated a cam era shop In Richmond, Vs., and Is a former sale* manager of a Richmond optical company. Mrs. Speidel formerly lived in Charlotte. When in Richmond, she was an employee of a large catering firm, and, since that time, has managed Jacksonville's r ranell Kitchen. She Recently completed a summer course in dietics at Florida State universi ty. The Speidels have a son, age 14. Large Crowd Hears Sermon By Dr. Derrick St. Matthew's Lutheran church began its 75th anniversary series of services Thanksgiving morn ing, as Dr. C. K. Derrick, a former pastor, delivered the sermon at special Thanksgiving rites. . The church was well-filled for the service and heard Dr. Der rick, now a Lutheran minister in Atlanta, Ga., speak on the sub ject "The Soil of a Thankful Soul." "When we are not in harmony with God," Dr. Derrick s>uid, ''then the world is. in discord, as we find it today." He urged his hearers to "grow a thankful soul, without over emphasis on material things.'' "Happiness is the fruit of holi ness," he said, "and happiness is the soil of God's redemption." He declared that the members of St. Matthew's church, in the course of its 75 years of growth and spiritual work, had furnish ed a rich soil for the growth of God's. Kingdom. "The soil has been made fer tile," he concluded, "by all those who have helped to make, throu gh the years, a place for God." Dr. Derrick was pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church from January 1? 1920, to May 15, 1935. Continuance of the special an niversary series of services will continue through Sunday. On Friday evening at 6:30, a Jubilee Covered Dish will be held at t??e church. On Sunday morning, Dr. J. Lu ther Mauney, president of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia, will deliver the sermon at 11 o'clock. On Sunday afternoon, at 3:30 Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of the Lutheran Synod of North Caroli na, wilt speak at rites dedicating the new church parsonage. On Sunday evening, at 7:30, Rev. Edgar M. Cooper, of Potts town, Pa., will conduct the even ing vesper service. Pastor of the church is Dr. W. P. Gerberdlng. Dr. Mauney and Rev. Mr. Coop er are grandsons or the late J. S. Mauney, one of the founders of the St. Matthew's church. 'joins WAVY Bobby O. Whl taker, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whit aket of 144 Oriental avenue, enlisted in the Navy at the Gastonla recruiting office last week. Me will report to San Diego, California, for basic training. fty ? Underway; 11,000 letters Mailed .- Cleveland County's annual sale of Christmas seals, to aid the war against tuberculosis, began this weckjmm More than It, 000 Individuals and business firms were mailed Christmas seals, and they are requested to vMtf payment far them to the Cleveland County Tuberculosis and Health associa tion at Box 1295) >helby. *H WUllam H. Dover, chairman of the annual sale, made the fol lowing report an work done by tip} association during the past X) The association made * chest 'jWrtjt Wiltoit charge, for uygfp ^ ? Treatment wai provided indigent persons awaiting to hospitals. L. W five admission! 3) Anti-tubercufosis education ! lal programs were conducted Hk all schools and in Civic groups. 4) Expensive drugs were sup plied tat five tubercular patients. It wis pointed out by Mr. Do ver that tuberculosis claimed 40. 000 victims during the past year. In combatting the disease, he added, early discovery of tuber - mil ar symptoms is imperative in successfully combatting the dia essa, He alao added that it la the to stamp out tubemilo - fisPI 1 SYNOD HEJU> ? . Dr. P. L. Conrad, of Salisbury, president of the Lu theran Synod of North Carolina, will conduct special exercises dedicating the St. Matthew's Lu theran church parsonage Sunday, afternoon. Thanksgiving Holiday Quiet * ,.j ' - Kings Mountain observe Thanksgiving in the customary' manner. It was a quiet day In the busi ness section, and churches had large crowds for Wednesday eve^ ning and Thanksgiving morning services. I It was also a good day for the hunters, who found the weather clear and crisp and ideal for trudging through fields In search ,of quail and other small garnet Majority of retail firms were closed for the day, though ser vice stations, drug stores, and some other service trades were open for business. The postoffice closed as did city and state offi ces. A number of citizens took ad vantage of the holiday to see the annual Catawba-Lenoir-Rhyne football game at Hickory. Upcoming for the Thanksgiv ing weekend were two more foot ball engagements sure to attract a number of Kings Mountain fans. At Durham .en Saturday, lack-lustre North Carolina plays Duke In their 1951 extension of a long-term rivalry, and, at Co lumbia, S. C? Wake Forest and Sou tii Carolina get together fat what many predict will be anoth er wide-open, exciting football game. Many enjoyed bounteous Thanksp'ving dinners, with tur key still tn demand as the prin cipal main dish. Others compro mised with chicken, but almost all had something "special". ' Hie city police department re ported a quiet Thanksgiving morning an<} anticipated a con tinuance throughout the day. Retailors To Be Open All Day Wednesdays > King* Mewntaln retail firms School Boaid On Land Cost The Kings Mountain district board of school trustees authori zed the land- committee to get estimates on cost of around six. acres of property surveyed for ] use in The Davidson school de- 1 velopment progrdm at the regu lar November meeting of the group held Tuesday night at General school. Trustee Fred Plok, committee chairman, made a report on the property surveyed, a plot adjoin ing the present building which contains some five or six acres, and several houses. He had pre viously indicated that the prop- ^ erty owners were willing to see , ''for the good of the school." The board has already retain ed the services of John' L.- Beam, Cherry ville architect, for the Da- j vidson plant addition. Current, plans provide for an addition of some five rooms, including a new heating plant, to the pres ent building. t 4 Miss Alice C. Averltt, teaching consultant for the city schools faculty, was presented to the -board by Chairman Arnold Kin caid, who presided at the meet Ing Miss Averltt discussed her phase of school work with the board. This year marks the first that Kings Mountain has had a teachers consultant. Superintendent B. N. Barnes reported that all teaching va cancies had been filled and the board approved his s"gge^lo.n that schools be dismissed Wed nesday, December 19 for Christ mas and New Year's holidays, with classes to resume on Thurs day, January 3, 1952. J. R. Davis was named to repre sent the board on the teacher s home committee, replacing B. S. Neill, Who did not otfer lor re election to the board last (The board voted the Kln?s Mountain Woodmen of the World permission to sponsor a dance at the high school gymnasium and authorized Central principal Ho well Lane leave to attend a meeting of the Southern Asso ciation of High Schoo^ and Col I leges at Miami, Fla., Dec. 2-6. Rites Conducted For Mrs. Pearson Funeral services for Mrs. Mul I He Gertrude Pearson, 67, who died Monday at 9:15 at her home on Fairview street, after a three month illness, were held at Cen tral Methodist church Wednes I day afternoon at 3:30 o clock. Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr., pastor of the church of which she was BTK r riJUiKU' J. w. Phillips. Interment was in the Mountain Rest cemetery. She. was the widow of the late William P. Pearson who died in 1933. Survivors Include three sons, William E. Pearson, Robert Pear son, and James Pearson .all of Kings Mountain; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Delllnger and Mrs. Alice Connor, also of Kings Mountain; two brothers, W. D. Wallace, of Belmont and w. A. Wallace, of King! Mountain; one sister, Mrs. Cora Goode, 24 grandchildren. Christmas Club Checks ToGoOnt Officials of the First National Bank announce this week that members of the bank's Christ mas Savings Club would receive checks next weekend. The checks will be mailed on Wednesday, and will coincide with ti:?? official opening of the Christmas shopping season In Kings Mountain. It was also announced that the 1932 Christmas Savings Club will open on December 3, with the bank expecting a large in crease in number of members. P. R. Summers, president, said many inquiries have already been received regarding next year's club and that a number of business firms are planning a payrool deduction plan for em ployees who wish to join the 1!>52 Christmas Savings Club. JPInft Services Held In New Building Members of Resurrection Lu- 1 theran church held their first ser vices in their new church build- ! tag on Crescent Hill Road Wed nesday night at Thanksgiving morning. , Large crowds attended the rite* in the new ddiflce which is partially completed. A hasting plant has been in stalled and Is operative, and the in] Christmas-Opening Plans Announced By Merchants Mauney Succeeds Hunter Neisler As Club Head George W. Mauney, well known Kings Mountain business man, was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club Wednesday. He succeeds Hunter R. Neisler. Other officers elected were: Charles A. Neisler, vice-presi dent; Harry Page, secretary -irea surer; and Drace M. Peeler, as sistant secretary-treasurer. Officers were chosen by the incoming board of directors, elec ted Tuesday night by the stock holders at their annual meeting. In addition to the officers they are: Dr. W. L. Ramseur, George Houser, David Neill, W. K. Crook, Joe A. Neisler, Jay Pat terson, C. D. Blanton, and L. A. Hoke. The new board of directors will serve for about 15 months rather than a year. At the suggestion of the retir ing board of directors, the stock holders voted that the terms of office of the directors expire on the third Wednesday In March, , rather than the third Wednesday In November. It was explained that the change would facilitate i the club activities program and the work of the secretary in fil ing year-end tax reports. Annual reports were given by Dr. W. L. Ramseur, chairman of the house committee, by Otto Williams, social committee, George W. Mauney greens com mute, and by David Neill, retir ing secretary-treasurer. The re i ports showed that the club had improved the clubhouse and golf j course during the year and that several members had Joined the I club. George Houser reported that a regular series of Master Point Bridge tournaments had been held successfully during the past several months. Lions, Kiwanians Will Hear Jones Congressman Wood row W. Jones, of Rutherfordton, will ad dress a Joint meoMng of the ( Kings Mountain Kiwanls and Lions clubs on Thursday even tlng, November 29, It was an nounced this week by Dr. O. P. Lewis, of the Kiwanls club, and iOllle Harris, of the Lions club, I who arranged the Joint meeting. The Lions club will therefore not meet on their customary fourth Tuesday date. The Joint session will be held at 7 o'clock at Masonic Dining Hall. Though the Kiwanls Club regularly meets at 6:45, the meeting hour was J ' " 1 V^IUO .. -6u.?uiy meets at 6:45, the [meeting hour was Relayed slight-' ly in order not to conflict with the Kings Mountain Christmas opening parade, scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Congressman Jones has repre sented the 11th Congressional .district In the House of Repre sentatives since succeeding the I late A. L. Bulwlnkle about a year ago. CLUB PRESIDENT ? George W. Mauney is the new president of the Kings Mountain Country Club. He succeeds Hunter R. Nois ier. Bridge Benefit Tuesday Evening The Kings Mountain Woman's club will sponsor 4 benefit bridge, rook, and canasta party Tuesday night, November 27, at the Woman's clut> building witft proceeds to go to "CARE-For-Ko rea" campaign, being sponsored here by the organization. National goal of the campaign has been set at 150,000 CARE packages. Of that amount, a qua ta of 100 has been set for this city. The campaign started No vember 12. Mrs. J. K. Willis, chairman for the campaign for the Kings Mountain club, said that dona tions may be sent to her through November 27. The CARE- For- Korea" cam paign is being sponsored Na tionally by The General Federa tion of Woman'* Clubs. "The help CARE packages bring to the people in many coun tries of Europe and Asia is well known. Nowhere is CARE more needed than in Korea today. No time could be more appropriate to extend that aid than now, as Americans prepare to give thanks for the abundance we enjoy ? an abundance beyond the wildest dreams of the hungry and cold men, women, and children in South Korea," a spokesman said. The CARE packages which have 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. Deliveries will be arranged by CARE to orphanages, refugee camps and other relief centers, on the basis of greatest need. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits were is sued at City Hall Friday to Ol land Pearson, for remodeling his residence on Clenton drive at an estimated cost of $600 and to Junious H*ywocd, to build a two-jtory garage bn West King street at an estima ted cost of $900. Each was ap proved by building inspector, Kelly Dixon. War Department Reports Dan Lail Killed In Action In Korean War Private Dan B. Lall, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Lall of the Bethlehem section, was killed In action In Korea on November 8 according to word received by his parents here Tuesday from the Department of the Army. ? Pvt. Lail had Joined Co. C, 19th Infantry Regiment, a front line rifle unit, on November 2, six days before he was killed, accord ing to word received here. He had landed overseas ori Qctober 12' * | The young soldier graduated from G rover high school in 1949 and before entering service on January 19 had assisted his fa-| ther In farming. He underwent] basic training at Fort Bragg. I He was a member of Bethle-| hem Baptist church. Survivors include his parents, a brother. Pfc. Jack Lail, now stationed at Fort Bragg, ? sis ter, Miss Phyllis Lail of the home, and his maternal grand father, Rastus Dixon. t ^ k * Parade To Open Yule Shopping Season Thursday ! Santa Onus will come to Kings Mountain for his annual pre Chrlstmas visit next Thursday, as tho big feature of the Kings Mountain Merchants assocla* j tioii's 1^51 Christmas parade. The parade Is scheduled for 5:30 p. m. and will feature Christmas season floats, visiting bands, and o'her units. W. Faison Barnes, merchants association secretary, said four floats and four bands will form the crux of the parade. Floats will include two with a religious theme, one from Forest City and one entered by the Kings Moun tain Ministerial association. Bur lington Mill will enter a float, and the Kings Mountain Boy Scouts are considering entering a float. High school toands from Shel by, Gastonia and Lincolnton, In addition to the Kings Mountain band will be in the parade. Other units will include the Queen City Bus Company si mule hitch, and a new, one-and one-half-reck bus. L. A. Love, Queen City's general manager, will ride a white stallion in the parade, and Natnonal Guard units of Shelby and Kings Moun tain will participate with theii; vehicles. In additior, a number of local horsemen will ride in the parade, Mr. Barnes said. The Christmas opening will be the occasion for the first turning on of Christmas street lights "in the -business section, already hung by the city electrical de partment. Mr. Barnes said that addition al permanent-type street decora-, tions have iboen purchased this year and further enhance the Christmas-season theme. "We anticipate a fine parade and a large crowd to see it," he said. I * Lions Broom Sale Reported Successful The annual broom sale, for the benefit of the blind, conducted by the Kings Mountain Lions club was termed a success this week by John H. Lewis, chair man. Mr. Lewis said club members had sold, and citizens had pur chased, a total of 701 brooms and 163 rubber doormats. Profits from the sale accruing to the local club will be used for aiding local area blind persons and others with deficient sight. "We are deeply appreciative of the fine cooperation given us by the citizens of the community in supporting this worthy cause," Mr. Lewis said. Herald To Publish Thursdays Hereafter Tho Kings Mountain Herald will revert to a Thursday pub lication date, effective with the issue of next week. The change means that the Herald staff and shop is requir ed to advance its deadlines by one day and Herald readers and patrons are being asked to note the new deadlines a* scrupulously as possible. They are: Advertising, 2p. m. Tues days. News, 2 p. m. Wednesdays. Social news, 10 a. m. Wed. nesdays. . Pictures should be in the Herald office by Saturday to insure publication in the forth* coming edition. The advertising department will begin its outside selling Monday morning, rather than Tuesday mornings, and all ad vertisers are requested to note the change and to have their copy prepared. The Herald will be on local newsstands between S and 6 o'clock Wednesdays, rather than Thursdays, with local renders getting full distribu tion on Thursdays. Next week's issue will in clude advertising copy mark* tng the opening of the Kings Mountain Christmas ? (hop ing season and majority of re tailers are planning to have their specially purchased , Christmas fNM Ml dtapljf ?? , iiJ ? .