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\ ' ? ?*. ? X ?- 1 s"-, V? !;-"y: ~ ?? > .???'? ?? * '.y\ ' City Limits .................. 7.206 Trading Area 15,000 (1945 Ration Beard Figure#) .. V* VOL.62 NO. 49 M. Sixty-Second Year 18 Pages Today Kings Mountain. N. C? Thursday. December 6, 1951 1 BH Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Christmas in many lands, a musical program directed toy Howard Coble will be present ed by the West School, "Friday, December. 14, at 7:30 p. m. NEW BEAUTICIAN Mis Pauline Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hayes, recently completed training as a beautician at Shelby Beauty School and has Joined Vera's Beauty Shop, According to an nouncement by Mrs. Andrew Jenkins, proprietor. ' ? AT JTRST BAPTIST Miss Barbara Matthews, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Matthews, assumed the duties of secretary at the First Bap tist church Monday. For the past three months, ' she has held a similar, position at Watts Street Baptist church in Durham. KIWANIS MEETING ? Ben F. Moomaw, superinten dent of Kings Mountain Na tional Military Park, will ad dress members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at their regular meeting Thurs day evening at 6:45 at Maso nic Dining Hall. Announce ment was made by Kev. P. D. Patrick, program chairman. Mr. Moomaw succeeded J. B. Felton as park superintendent several weeks ago.. He Is a vet eran of the National Park ser vice. LEGION MEETING Regular December meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Legion, wil be held at the Legion building on East Gold street on Friday night at 8 p. m. Christmas party plans will be discussed and 25-year pins will be presented R. B. Grigg, Byron W. Whlsnant and W. F. Stone according to an nouncement by Jack Barber, adjutant. SUPERINTENDENT Dale Vollbraoht has been e lected superintendent of the Sunday School of Davfd's Bap tist church, succeeding Ira J. Falls, who recently moved out of the church community and transferred his membership to another church. VISITING MINISTER Rev. G. W. Wilson, pastor of Central Baptist church, York, S. C., will speak at both moming and evening services at Temple Baptist church on Sunday, De cember 16, according to an nouncement tlhte week, ? TWO WINDOWS OVEN To take care at extra Christ mas season mailing, two win dows are now open at Kings Mountain postaffire, Postmas ter W. E. Plakely announced. Should demand Justify, the policy otf keeping two windows open win toe continued, Mr. Blakely said. TO HEAR HICKS Bev, J. J. Hicks will preach at the Sunday evening worship service at David's Baptist chureh at 7:30, according to announcement by the pastor, Rev. W. L. McSwain.A fornw pastor at a number of North Carolina and South Carolina churches, Rev. Hick-, now' tea ches the Dav^d Church Men's Bible class. r ? Chnrdbl 24-Hour ? . ? .-V * - _ ' '*.??? ' . * Special Rites Mark Beginning Of Regular Services In Church ? " ? ** Resurrection Members Lay Cornerstone Members of Resurrection Lu-i theran church formally moved into their church on Crescent Hill Road last Sunday, with spe cial services featuring the oc casion. Dr. J. L. Morgan, president emeritus of the United ^angel ical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina preached the morning sermon, with Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of the Synod, conduct ing the service for the corner stone laying in the afternoon. At the morning service, six per sons joined the church. They were Mrs. Robert Ledbetter, Eu gene Tlgnor, Frec't Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. E. R- Goter, Meek Foster and Sani Mltchem. There was also a baptismal service. The children baptized were Luther Philip Baker, III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Ba ker, Tony Darvln Camp, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Camp, and Sandra Gall Ledbetter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ledbetter. At the cornerstone service, Ru fus Mltchem and Fred Plonk sealed the cornerstone box, which Included a Ust of the ohuich's charter members, pic tures of previous ceremonies, copies Of church publication*, fair linen donated by the St. | Luke's Lutheran congregation j and used at the first service in the church, and a revised version of the New Testament. Nelson Ledbetter and Herbert Mltchem placed the cornerstone In the wall, and Stowe Devlnney, with motar and trowel, sealed the stone into the wall. T^ie new church building has not been completed, 'but con struction work had progressed sufficiently for the members to begin using the building. Since organization, the church has convened at West School audi torium. Garden Clubs To Conduct Sale The three garden clubs of Xlngs Mountain will sponsor a sale of Christmas decorations and foods on ^Friday, D6ccmt>?r 14, at the Woman's Club, it was announced this week. The sale will begin at 11 o' clock in the morning, continuing until the articles are sold. A mong the articles to toe offered for sale will toe Christmas trees, house and door decorations, gifts, cakes, cookies and candles. The participating clubs are: Kings Mountain Garden Club, Open Gate Garden Club, and the House and Garden Club. I Meter Man Working All Day Wednesdays The parking meter police- ' man doesn't get a half-holiday on Wednesdays during the Christmas shaping season. Some motrists learned this unhappy circumstance with damage to their pocketbooks last Wednesday afternoon, which led Chief S. R. Davidson to remind motorists that the meter officer follows merchant schedules. When the merchants are o pen on Wednesday afternoons, as they will be through De cember 19, the meter officer tags cars which park longer than the red "expired" tag per mits. Rites Axe Held Foe Mrs. Ganlt Funeral services for Mrs. Rena Frances Bobbitt Gault, 29, of Gastonia, who died in a Gastonia hospital Wednesday, November 28, at around 6:20 p. m. after an illness of four days, were conduc ted labt Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock from First Baptist church. Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr., pastor, and Dr. V. Ward Barr, of Gas tonia, officiated and interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. ? Gault was the wife of Robert E. (Buck) Gault, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gault, "Sr., of Kings Mountain. She was also a native of Kings Mountain, the daughter of Mrs. H. L. Bobbitt and the late Mr. Bobbitt. A graduate of Kings Mountain high school, she and her husband had been living on Bessemer City road in Gastonia for the past three years. She held a po sition as secretary at Piedmont Mills, Inc., and was a member of Gastonia First Baptist church. Mrs. Gault gave birth to a baby daughter on the day she died. The child survives. Other survivors, in addition to her husband and her mother, are two brothers, Rev. C. B. Bobbitt, of Vale, and Ernest Bobbitt, of Kings Mountain, and six sisters, Mrs. Elzle Bridges, Mrs. Edgar Deese, Jr., Mrs. Archie Bridges, Mrs. Denver King and Mrs. Neal Barnette, all of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Richard Hord, of Amite, La. Active pallbearers were Jack Clark, Buck Falls, Clyde Bridges and Bill Logan, of Kings Moun tain, and Giles Arndt and John Faysoux. K1SER RESIGNS L. Arnold Klser, veteran member of t*ie county welfare board, tendered his resignation as a member of the board on Monday. He said he was re signing due to recent ill heal th. The board of county com missioners did not name a suc cessor. Other members include Gene Schenck, Mike Borders and George Hoyle. . iMpfejl Addt Here, Dnukts CongWM To Levy Higher Taxes Congressman W o o d rowW. Jones made a strong economy speech to members of the Kings Mountain fUwanis and Lions clubs last Thursday evening as the clubs met in Joint session to hear the Rutherfbrdton leglsla Mr. Jones declared, "We must' keep our government safe from the outside and on the Inside too, and we can't fce*p it safe with out a strong fiscal policy." He had previously stated his doubts that the Congress will e nact an increase la taxes at the forthcoming session, In spite at Indications that the president will ask another Jarge increase And He pledged himself to vote for no increase In the federal tax bill "Unless there Is all -out Deveting his address to the general subjects of taxes and appropriations, which he re marked, now seem to be the chief business of Congress, Mr. Jones decried the mushrooming of government departments and stated that he favo**d cutting domestic department^ to the bone. He also ottered the opinion that the &*6nm budget, which ' claimed two-thirds and $67 Ml- 1 lion of the current appropriation | bill, could also be pared conald erably without harming the de fense effort at all. "How to do that la the prom-1 lem," he continued, stating that Congress Is almost solely depen dent on the luilitary for what ap propriations are required. "I think," he added, "a corps of ex Erts not responsible to the mil iry could cut the defense bud get without hurting at all." , Mr. Jones declared, "We tan! not continue deficit financing and remain solvent," and com pared the government to an In divid u a] citizen. "The ditlzen does without,* he said, "until he can do better." J Be flayed the movement of some political and social service leaders for socialized reporting its ''ruinous" effects in Britain and declaring, "It should never happen." Congresman Jones was preset, ted by Ollie Harris, lions pro Sam chairman, and I- E. Abbott, wants president, presided. A number of special guests at the meeting included State Sena tor Clyde Nolan of Shelby. !'?. wM Barnes Resigns i As Secretary Of Merchants W. Falson Barnes, secretary of the Kings Mountain Merchants association, tendered his resig nation from that position to the board of directors Tuesday aft ernoon. The resignation will be effec tive on the naming of ta succes sor -by the board at directors, though Mr. Barnes said he would like to be relieved on January 1. T. W. Grayson, association president, announced Wednesday appointment of a special com mittee to obtain ^ successor. The committee Includes John H. Lewis, J. Byron Keeter and Wil son Crawford. ? , Mr. Barnes became secretary of the Merchants association in 1949, succeeding James B. Simp son, 'and has conducted the work of the association in conjunction with his law practice. Citizens Begin Gift-Purchasing . Christmas shopping is under way in Kings Mountain. Retail firms, which first pre sented their 1951 Christmas goods In full lft*t Thursday. say that they noted a considerable amount of Christmas buying dur ing the past weekend which con tinued through the first part of the week. An increase was repor ted in gift layaways by several merchants. All report ample stocks and they don't think Kings Mountain citizens will go wanting for Christmas gift items. ' In spite of higher prices throughout the nation, some it ems are purchasable at lower than usual prices. Majority of firms dealing In ready-to-wear for both women and children have already an nounced percentage-type cuts on this type of merchandise, which means dollar savings to those buying women's and childrens' wear, either for the approaching holiday season, or as gift items. Retailers point out lhat "early shopping is just about over, since only 16 shopping days re main until Christmas, and they advise citizens to begin check ing off their shopping lists. As usual, they point out, the earlier shopper has an advan tage In selections. Board To Moot Monday Night ? ? . * The city board of commission era will held their regular De cember meeting Monday evening, beginning at 7:30. Expected to be considered at the meeting will be the engineer ing survey by Olsem Engineering Company, of Raleigh, which wiU give recommendations on Im proving tlve city's sewage distri bution system and Water distri bution syp*?ms. The report has Just been re ceived. Also expected to be on the agenda is appointment of a tax lister for the annual property listing work which begins In Jan uary. The commissioner* will a'eo re ceive routine monthtv reports from the city administrator and dty clerk. - / - - Grover Lions Plan Two Square Dance* The Grover Lions club wfll sponsor square dances on Satur day evening, December 8, and Saturday Evening, December 15, it was announced this week by Hunter Ramsey, member of the club. A string band from BJackSburg, S. C., has been obtained for the promotions, and admission will be 50 cents per person. The recently organized Grover Lions club now has 33 members The club meets at the high school dining room on first and third Monday. i, i m Lottie Goforth Hospital Bequest Was $33,939.56 The contribution of the late Miss Lottie Goforth to the con struction of a hospital in Kings Mountain totaled $33,939.56. The amount was formally ac cepted by the county board of commissioners from Dr. O. P. Lewis, trustee of the Lottie Go forth estate, at their session on Monday. The money will pay a portion of the cost of an annex to Kings Mountain hospital now under construction, which will bear her name. The resolution provides that, in the unlikely event of sale or dis solution of the Kings Mountain hospital plant, a pro-rata part of the proceeds from sale of the plant shall go to the City of Kings Mountain. The text of the resolution fol lows: "WHEREAS, the late Miss Lot tie Goforth in her Last Will and Testament nominated Dr. O. P. Lewis as trustee in her said Will and gave to him the right and authority to use all of the pro ceeds tfrom her estate in build- 1 ingor helping to build a hospital; in the City of Kings Mountain, N. C.; ? "AND WHEREAS, Dr. O. P. Lewis, Trustee, desires to carry out the wishes of the late Miss Lottie Goforth and feels that he is carrying out the wishes and desires of the said Miss Lottie Goforth as expressed in her said Will, by conveying to Cleveland County througn. Don Blanton as treasurer for the Kings Mountain Hospital the sum of $33,959.56 being all of the proceeds of the estat# ol Miss Lottie Goforth to bo usea In building or helping to build an annex or wing to the Kings Mountain Hospital; "Now, therefore, on Monday, December 3, 1951, the Board of Commissioners for Cleveland County at their regular session, upon motion of Commissioner F. L. Rollins and seconded by Com missioner H. B. Bumgardner, the following .resolution was unani mously adopted: "1) That the Board of Commis sioners for Cleveland County In behalf of the County and the Kings Mountain Hospital grate fully accepts the gift of the late 'Miss Lottie Goforth In tfhe sum of $33,959.56 and that said sum will ibe used in helping to build the annex or wing to the Kings Mountain Hospital - "2) That upon the completion of said wing, it Is ordered that same shall be designated as the Lottie Goforth Annex and same be constructed in her memory and honor; "3) That in the event the Kings Mountain Hospital should ever cease to be operated as a hos pital and should be disposed of then the pro-rata part of the pro ceeds received from the sale of said hospital shall go to the City otf Kings Mountain so that same might toe used in accordance with the Last Will and Testa ment of Miss Lottie Goforth; said pro-rata part iball be determin ed by the amount of said gift bears to the total amount of the construction of the hospital; "4) That It to further ordered that this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board of Commissioners for Cleveland County, a copy to be delivered to Don Blanton, Treasurer for the Kings Mountain Hospital and a capy to Dr. O. P. Lewis, Trustee; "5) That the foregoing resolu tion was unanimously adopted by the Board of Commissioners for Cleveland County." WOW to Give Square Dance The Kings Mountain Woodmen o t the World will sponsor a square dance at the Kings Moun tain high school gymnasium Sat urday night, beginning at eight o'clock, it was announced this Hamrick's string band, from Shelby, will furnUfti music for the dance, and Ray Smith will serve as caller. Admission will be 75 cents per person. "It's square dancing season, and we're expecting a big crowd," a spokesman for the or ganization said. METER BSCF*PT8 A total of flM.7J collec ted in revenue from the city's parking meters for the week ending Wednesday, according to an announcement from City Clerk, Jo* HendHtjgfe Lions Club Grid Party To Hold T uesday Charlie Justice To Be Speaker At Annual Fete The Kings Mountain Lions club will hold its annual foot bail banquet Tuesday night, honoring members of the 1951 high school football team and their coaches, i Feature of the banquet will be an after-dinner address by Char lie Justice, now a member of the University of North Carolina coaching staff and former all American at UNC. Art Weiner, teammate of Jus tice at UNC and himself an all American, is head coach of the high school team. '? The -banquet, for which a ca pacity crowd is anticipated, will be hold at the Masonic Dining Hal! at 7 o'clock. Admission will be two dollars per person, and Richard Barnett, in charge of ticket sales, is ask ing all members of the Lions club to 1) call ihim for reserva tions or 2) pick up tickets from him not later than Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. Barnett pointed out that, one ticket is reserved for each member of the club and that those who do not need extra tic kets need not call him. "We expect a full house and I urge members to make their gues?t reservations as early asj possible in order that none wllli be disappointed," Mr. Barnett said. The Lions club annually en tertains the high sohool ? foot ball team and it is a custom to ?bring the area's top coaches and stars to Kings Mountain. In the past, Coaches Carl Snavely, Pea head Walker, Ray Wolf, Rex En right, and others have made the feature address at the -banquet. Choral Society To Give Pageant The Kings Mountain Choral society will present Alfred Maun der*8 "Bethlehem", a pageant in three parts, on Sunday evening, December 16. Announcement of the society's second annual Christmas season choral program was made by B. S. Peeler, Jr., president. The pageant will be directed by Howard Coble, with Mrs. Au brey Mauney as accompanist. The musical presentation will Include both solo work and cho ral singing, Mr. Peeler said. The pageant will be given at the high school auditorium and will be in the form of a union service for the city, In coopera tion with the Kings Mountain Ministerial association, Mr. Peel er said. The Choral Society includes 35 members. Rehearsals ar$ already underway and further details concerning the pageant will be announced next week. cmr AUTO TAOS City Auto tags will not go on sale until January 1, a'ocording to announcement made by City Clerk, Joe Hendrick. CLUB MANAGE R ? B. B. Speldel. formerly of Jacksonville. Fla.. new manager of the Kings Mountain Country Club, assum ed his duties last week. Mrs. Speldel will serve as club hos tess and manager of the dining room. The Speldels succeeded Mr. and Mrs. J H. Pressley. Seal Sale Report Given The total of $2,730.45 has been reported ccl'octed against a quo ta of $9,000 in the annual sale of Christmas seals and bonds. The announcement was made by Mrs; B. M, J arret*, secretary of the Cle The Mobile X-Ray unit will ? be located at Pauline Mill Thursday, December 6; at Kings Mountain Manufacturing Com pany Monday, December 10; at Park Tarn Mill, Wednesday, December 12; and at the Mau ney Mill, Thursday. December 13. veland .County Tuberculosis as sociation. Of the total collected 80 percent remains in Cleveland county for the use In fighting tuberculosis. The remaining amount goes to the state association. Big portion of the money is used for the operation of the county's mobile T-B X-Ray unit, owned by the county and the T-B association. The unit makes free X-Rays of county citizens ov er 12 years of age at least once annually. - . Other functions of the associa tion are educational programs in the county's schools, industrial firms and for other groups. The X-Ray unit Is operated by Mrs. Jarrett and by (Mrs. J. I,. Raymer, registered nurse with the County Health department. Mrs. Jarrett urges that all bus iness and Industrial firms return their contributions as soon as possible. She said that "it seems that more titan half" of the en velopes received to date are from Kings Mountain and expressed pleasure at the progress ol the mall solicitations here. ? PARKING VIOLATION A parking meter violation it now in effect on Wednesday afternoons since the stores are open on that afternoon for the Christmas shopping season. Announcement was mad* by City Clerk, Joe Hendrick. Many Citizens Had Integral Part In Building Kings Mountain Schools (Ed. Note ? This la the third of a Mrin of artiClea written by the high school Journalism class on tbo history of Kings Mountain public schools. Pacts in this ar ticle aro baued on Interviews with citizens who attended the local echools and on an article written in 1934 by Mr. D. C. Man* ?n.) In 1905 the school was changed to a graded school with Profeaoor S. W. earlier (1905-1908) as the first superintendent. Since then the following have served as su perintendents, up to 1930: S. J. Hunnlcutt (1908-1909); Miss Biyte Baiter (1909-1910); J. Y. Irvin?(1910 1911); E. A. HarrlU ( 1911-1913) ; Go* (1913-1914); R. A. Yoder (1914-1915); Prank Orr (1916-1917; Miss Bonnie Mauney. now Mrs. F. R. Summer*, (1917 1918); Rev. J. E. Berryhlll <1918 1919); Theron Allen (1919-1920). Just prior to and during the First World War, the school was organized Into .9 grades with 8 teachers. The school term lapsed 8 months. Each room was heated hy a crude wpod burning heater. In the school room double desks ad ded much to the lun of the pu pils and brought additional dis ciplinary problems to the teach ers. At the front of the room there were long benches for re citation. There were no pencil sharpen ers, In fact at first only slates were used. The syb)ecta taught were arith metic, spelling, English, Latin, and, at one time, French. The classes lasted from one-half hour to one hour, with one hour for lunch. Sometimes the lunch hour was shortened so that the pupils could leave school earlier. A few Continued On Page Bight Citizens Asked To Participate In Aiding Needy "Buy a can .leave a can!" That is the slogan of the Jun lor Chamber of Commerce's city wide plan to collect food for Kings Mountain s needy families this Christmas. With some 30 grocery firms cooperating, .the Jaycees are pro moting the plan by various means of advertising, appealing to citizens to think of the needy when making their grocery pur chases this holiday season and leave something for them in the "Merry Christmas Baskets" at the stores. The local organization will col lect the Items given, prepare bas kets and distribute them in time for preparation for Christmas meals. Completion of plans for the promotion was the highlight ot the regular semi monthly meet ing of the Jaycees held at the ma sonic dining hall on Tuesday night. * Fred A. (Pete) McDaniel is chairman of the club s Christmas activities committee. J. t Mc Ginnis and Dr. L. T. Anderson are in charge of the advertising and collection committee and Luco Talis, Fred Wriyht, Jr. I aul Walker and Yates Harbison are chairmen of the packaging ahd distribution committee. Members of the advertising I and collection group Include Mr I Harbison J. C. Bridges, Harley 1 Dixon, Mr. Falls, Meek Carpen- ? CritL Jr" W,Uon I ?H M i ',.GenT T,mms' BU1 Be?m, 1 Bill Fulton, John Lewis, Ben Bal- I lard, Dr. "N. H. Reed, Mr. McDan- I lei, Dr. Anderson and Faison I Barnes. v* "Merry Christrnas Basft^ts'^ will be set up in the following 1 stores, Mr. McGinnis has announ- I ccd:' Barber's Grocery, Davis Gro- I eery, West End Grocery, Mack I Gantt's Store, E. C. Payne's Gro- I eery and Floyd Payne's Grocery. I Sal'ard's Grocery, Tom- .'I mie Ellison Grocery, Robert's I Grocery, Timm's Grocery, Ar- 9 rington s Grocery and Frank Jl Glass Grocery. S & T Grocery, Weir's Store.' * Margrare Store, Ware & Keav'fl ner, Pauline Store and Alexan<^l der Grocery. Yarboro's Grocery, Dettmar 4 9 plens Grocery, Gault's Grocery, fl L. E. Davis & Son Grocery, 8ark?,fl Continued On Page Eight || Merchants Set I Yule Schedule I Kings Mountain merchants, in I accordance with past policy and I ??? M vf ?f the Kin?8 Moun- I tain Merchants association, will 1 observe a two-day Christmas hoi- I ? and?26 ** ^ December I on Christmas schedules I hn/r H #en^. y the Assocution U board of directors Tuesday, ac- | Furniture store hours during the pro -Christmas week will ?ary only slightly from regu lar hours, Dan Huffstetler eaid Wednesday. The furniture deal ers will stay open until 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 22. and on Christmas Eve, Mr. Hull-, steter said the furniture deal ers had agreed. Furniture stor es customarily close at 6 p. m. on Saturday and at 5:30 other days in the week. cording to announcement! by W. Falson Barnes, secretary. Otherwise the directors made the following recommendations, Mr. Barnes, said: Retail stores to qbserve Satur day hours (open until 7 p. m.) from Monday, December 17, through Wednesday, December 19- ? ? Retail stores to close not later than 9 p. m., beginning Thursday> December 20 through Chrlstm^a Eve. Retail stores to be open on New Yeur'i day, for business as usual. In 1960, policies varied on the* New Year's Day holiday. Some firms remained open, while oth ers closed their doors. There was Indication that some groups, no tably the furniture stores, might again observe a holiday on Nevfi Year's Day, one furniture dealer I said Wednesday. , "The Christmas schedule is set forth strictly . as a recommend*-' tlon," Ifr. Barnes said. "Hie as sociation board of directors, feel*,, however, that general cooper*. Hon on the policy will be less con fusing to the public."