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PRICE FIVE CENTS I Local News I J Bulletins |l TO PRESBYTERY R. G. Plonk and J. G. Darra- . co tt will serve as delegates from First Presbyterian church to the January 15 meeting of Kings Mountain Presbytery, to be at Armstrong Presbyterian church, Gastonia. ATTEND MEET Joe N. Dixon, business mana ger of Kings Mountain hospi tal, attended a meeting in Charlotte Wednesday of the North Carolina Hospitals Asso ciation. ? ? MAUNEY IN HOSPITAL Ernest Mauney, well-known pianist and son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney, is a patient at Charlotte Memorial hospital for leukemia. He entered the hospital last Friday AT STERCHI'S Mrs. Eugene Goforth has joined Sterchi's as bookkeeper, replacing Mrs. Eugene Timms who is resigning. Mrs. Goforth formerly held a similar posi tion with the firm. TO CHICAGO J. Kcnnon Blanton, manager of Sterchi's, will leave for Chi cago, 111., Saturday, where he will attend the annual winter Furniture Mart. WITH MAPPING FIRM Bob Neill, prominent young Kings Mountain man, joined the Joyce Mapping Co.. on De cember 3. Formerly with Mar grace Mill, Mr. Nelll Is assist ing his new firm with the map ping" of the cities of Kings Mountain and Shelby. AT KEETER'S D. E. (Diokle) Tate has join ed Keeter's Department Store as salesman, h cording to an nouncement by J. B. Keeter. Mr. Tate, formerly a part-time salesman with the firm, fills The vacancy created by the res ignation of Paul McGinnis. KIWANIS MEETING W. W. Tolleson, chairman of the 1951 Kiwanis Club Achieve ment committee, will be in charge of the program at Thursday night's meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club, which convenes at 6:45 at the Masonic Dining Hall. RE-MODELING The First National Bank is remodeling and renovating the offices formerly occupied by Dr. P. E, Hendricks for use by the bank's' personal loan do-, partment. according ? to an- , nouncement by F. i?. Summers, president. .Dick Caniiady is manager of the personal loan department. CLUB NIGHT Kings Mountain Country Club night will be obsrt-ved Saturday night, buffet dinner to he served at 7:30 with a spec ial attraction to follow.. Members are asked to note the change in time. This month club night is the second Satur day night due to the New Year's Eve party. Rites Conducted Foi Mrs. Wells Funeral rites for M/ ?. Mary Sain Wells, 76, wi*e"of Clarence W. Wells of the Bethware com munity, were held Wednesday afternoon at El Bethel Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. JR. 1*. Foirbis, assisted by Rev. W. L. McSwain, officiating Interment was made in the church cemetery Prior to the rites the body lay in state at the church igr afialf hour. Mrs. Wells died at Shelby hos pital Tuesday at 1:15 p. m. She had been in ill health Tor the past year and . suffered a stroke of paralysis Sunday night. She was a meriifber of El beth el church. Mrs. Wells is survived by her husband, Clarence W. wells; three sons, Carl H. Wells of Char leston, S. C? Guy Wells of Wash ington, S. C., and Hubert R. Wells of the home and Washington, D. C.; and four daughters, Mrs. Lee Devenney and Mrs. L. V. Hoyle of Bethware community, Mrs. Clyde Horuser of. Los Angles, Calif., and Mrs. Lottie Kale of Shelby. Also surviving are three, , sla ter*. Mrs. Bob Brooks, of Lawn dale, Mrs. Lora Powell of Hick ory, Mrs. Uaura Chllders of Vale, ' a brother, Ed Sain o t Vale; 15 grandchildren and seven .Treat grandchildren. ? ? ' / >'V' ' * &' ' ' ''Jll I Junior Woman 9s Club Seeking Old Clothing City's Needy To Be Aided By Civic Group The Junior Woman's Club will begin Monday a used clothing collection for the benefit of the city's needy. The collection will continue throueh Friday. Janunrv 18, and all citizens are be! r quested to contribute clot which they no longer use. Mrs. J. W. Webster, co-chair? man of the collection, said all sizes of clothes are wanted, from infants' wear to adult clothing. She pointed out that the clothes need not be cleaned, that this would be handled by the Junior Woman's Club. Citizens are asked to leave the clothing contributions at the Red Cross office, at City Hall, on any morning next week. Citizens not able to deliver the clothing to the Red Cross office are asked to call Mrs. A. B. Chandler at 735-J. Ar rangements will be made by the Junior Woman's Club to pick yp the bundles. "All the clothing will be distri buted to Kings Mountain persons Who need it and need it badly," Mrs. Webster pointed out. "We are sure that attics and closets are full of old clothing, no longer used, either because it is some what worn or outgrown. They have a value to- needy persons who have nothing to wear. Other members of the Junior Woman's Club committee hand ling the project are Mrs. Grady McCarter, Mrs. A. B. Chandler, Mrs. W. R. Hudgpeth, Mrs. Paul Ware, and Miss Diana Gamble. McCcaw Named Bank President Carl G. MeCraw. Kings Moun- 1 tain native, was elected president I of the Union National Bank of : Charlotte on Tuesday. Mr. MeCraw has formerly held the position of executive vjee- , president. I le succeeds in his new position George S. Crouch, who was' elevated to chairmanship of ! the board of directors. Promoted to assistant vice-pres idencies. from former positions \ as assistant cashiers, were W. J. Smith, Jr., and C. C. Hope, Jr.. 1 two men who worked briefly at the Firs.t National Bank here sev- ' eral years agd "on loan" from the j Union National. All of Mr. McCraw's batfking experience has been with' the Union National, by which he was employed in 1924 as a ruririer. He j has advanced through virtually ' all the bank's departments to the presidency. ARP Men's Group Has Ladies Night Some 125 persotis were present Monday night for the first la dies night of the Boyce Memori al AftP Men of the Church or ganization. The group heard an interest ing, humor-filled address bv Dodc Phillips-, director of btgh school physical education for the South Carolina Department of Education, and ate a sumptuous turkey dinner. Mr. Phillips, a former Erskine College student, coach and offi cial, declared that "America is too prone to take up the new, Just because it Is new." He sug gested a rededlcation to the old, basic principles of Christianity. W. S. Fulton, Jr., men's group president, served as tdastmaster, and Marriott Phlfer presented Mr. Phillips. J. L. McGill wel comed the ladles, and Mrs. John Cheshire responded. Special mu sk was rendered 'by Mrs. E. M. Leopard and Howard Coble, of the city school faculty. Rev. W. ?L. Pressly gave the invocation. TO PREACH HERE ? Rev. Lewis H. Lancaster, veteran mission ary to China, will preach Sun day at services at First Presby terian and Dixon Presbyterian churches. China Missionary To Speak Sunday Rev. Lewis Holladay Lancas ter, veteran Presbyterian mis sionary to China, will conduct services at Firs t Presbyterian services at First Presbyterian here on Sunday. i, Now assistant to the executive secretary of the Board of World Missions, Mr. Lancaster has been in and out of the Orient as mis sionary and churchman since 1916. He will preach at hoth morning and evening services Sunday at First Presbyterian church and will conduct the regular 3:30 ser vice at Dixon church on Sunday afternoon. , Except lor brief service as' 'a Presbyterian minister in church es in Tennessee and Alabama. , during periods when the state de- ? partment had ordered missionar ies out of China, almost all of Rev, Mr. Lancaster's ministry has been spent in the Far East, "It is a privilege to have a man so versed in the conditions of t'.io.. Orient in our midst and the pub^' lie is cordially invited to hear him," Rev. P. D. Patrick, the pas tori said in making the announce ment. Diane Theatre Manager Killed -r--' ; llarvey Elliott Bynum,. 19, man ager of the Diane Drive-In Thea ter near Gaston la ,was fatally in- : jured Slinday morning in an auto- \ mobile accident on the. Lincoln Gastonia highway near the Lin colnton city limits. He died Sijp- j day morning in a Lincolnton hos pital. Bynum is survived by his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. By- ! num, two brothers and three sis ters. The funeral was held Tuesday morning at the South&ide Baptist church, Rev. W. L. Harkey offi ciated. ? ' Lutheran Group Sets Evening Rites Resurrection Lutheran ? church will begin a regular schedule of Sunday evening services on Sun day, January 13, according to an nouncement by the pastor, Rev. Vance Daniel. Meetings for young people. In eluding the Luther Leagues, will be held at 6:30, with a church vesper service to follow at 7:30. On Sunday, a program will be gi ven for children, ages six to 11, with older children to begin work on Luther's Ca?echlsm. At the vesper service, the pas tor will begin a study of the Book of Revelation, with a question - and-answer period to follow the sermon. Tax Business Slow; No City Listing Mondays, With Rattenee At Grover City residents were reminded this week that A o city tax listing can be accomplished on Mon days for the remainder of the ?mont-h, with Qninty List Taker R. D. Rattenee scheduled to be in Grover on those dates, Janu ary 14, 21 and 28. City List Taker Clarence E. Carpenter maid yesterday that the city books would not be open on January 14, 21 and 28. The' list takers estimated a round 2S percent of the town ship's citizens had listed during the first seven listing days, with 16 days remainir^ Jtor Kings Mountain area citizens to list without penalty, time is fast running out ! Business at the City Hall list ing place was very slow Wednes day, bringing the comment that merchants should be using enough of their weekly half holiday for listing purposes. The list takers will be at City hall every day (except Mondays) frotn 8:90 a.m. to 5 p. m. ' "And that Includes Saturday after noons," the listers said. City To Seek Natural Gas Allocation Kings Mountain will file an application with the Federal Po-' wer Commission for an alloca tion of natural gas. This action was taken at a special meeting of the city board of commissioners held at-. City Hall- Monday night after recom mendation by A. S. Hall. engi. ncer with Barnard & Burk Engi neers, who have been retained by the city to make a survey 10 determine the feasibility of in stalling a natural gas distribu tion system. The application must be filed hv January 18. The board voted -unanimously to apply for the allocation, after motion by ' Commissioner James Layton. The board also agreed to S^nd the city attorney and a board member to .Washington for the hearing January 28, at city ex pense, after recommendation by Mr. Hall. Mayor Garland E. Still presid ed and all members of the board were present at the meeting,) which had been designated as a i "public meeting." Others present were Mr." Hall, Hal S. Plonk, City Attorney J. R. Davis, City Clerk Joe Hendrick, City Administrator M. K. Fuller, and Ollie Harris. Several other items of busine&s were discussed before the gas matter was brought up. Tom Moore, representing Sla ter Brothers, re-appeared before the board in connection with his request for Installation of an eight-Inch water main to serve a sprinkler system in the com pany's building here. The board had informed ,the company that it could not install the main and Mr. Moore told the group that he was "frankly disappointed" in the matter Just 'before leaving the meeting. After discussion of the matter and on motion by Commissioner Oil and Pearson, seconded by Commissioner Lloyd E. Davis, the board voted unanimously to inform the firm that the city would install the main provid ing the company purchased the. material and provides the right of-way. I . Mr. Filler presented a contract from ihe.Purol Company furn ishing the city with, a right-of way for' a water main to the novv bus station from Railroad ave nue. The board authorized Maj ? ?or Still to sign the contract ?' pti motion by Commissioner Wright. Mr. Fuller informed the board that E. T. Plott had requested the rity.to install water mains in two blocks of he Whltesides property oft Linwood road aind' wanted an agreement for refunds on the cost of the pipe, which he was to furnish, when the property is developed. On motion of Commissioner Davis, the board voted. to install; the mains and to refund Mr. Plott an amount of the cost of I the pipe for each house built onj the property.' Mr. Layton abstain- 1 ed. At the conclusion of the meeting, the matter again came up, the motion "was withdrawn and the board instructed Mr. Ful ler and Attorney Davis to draw up a "main line extension agree ment" for use between the city and any citizen. The agreement would require a devefoper to bear all costs of .the installation, with the city to refund him a cer tain amount when customers were added to the line. Upon recommendation by Mr. Fuller, the board voted to extend Continued On Page Eight Rites Thursday For J. G. Moore Funeral services for James Gordon Moore, 57, who died sud denly at his home on route one Tuesday morning around 9:45 o'* clock, will.be held at Oak Grove Baptist church Thursday at 3 p. m. . Rev. C. C. Crowe will officiate anH burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will lie In state at the church from 2:30 p. m until the hour of the service. Mr. Moore suffered a heart at tack after entering his automo bile and turning on the ignition swith. He had been in ill health for the past year. He was a veteran of World War I, serving as a private In Co. C, 305th Machine Gun battalion, A. E. F., in France. He was a mem ber of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American legion, of Kings Mountain. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Junle Proctor; two sons, James G. Moore, Jr., and Wlllard D. Moore, of Kings Mountain; five brothers, Tom Moore, of Shettry, and Plato, Samuel. John and floyce Moore, all of Cherry - vllle; and three listen, Mrs. M. C. Meal and Mrs. Howard Green, both of Sines Mountain, and Mrs. Hugh Sellers, of Ch*rry>llle Differences Between Firemen, Board Were Ironed Out Wednesday Morning Bank Directors Are Re-Elected; Abbott Elevated Stockholders of First National Bank held their annual" ,'meeting Tuesday, re-elected directors and I hiring reports oi officers on 1951 business. The directors, in session follow ing the annual" meeting, made on ly one change in its officers set up, naming L. E. Abbott vice-pres ident and cashier. Mr. Abbott had held the position of cashier. Report of the officers to the stockholders showed that 1951 was a prosperous, active year in which it increased its assets by approximately $68,000. and its re serves by approximately $21,000.' 1 he hank's total assets at Decem ber 31', 1951, were $4,148,215.17 President Frank R, Summers reported that the bank, on De cember 31, was servicing 5,055 active accounts, including 1022 savings accounts. 2.575 checking accounts, and l,458?loan accounts. The loan accounts had been made, he said, in virtually all categories, commercial, indus trial. agricultural, residential and personal. Officers of the bank, in addi tion to Mr. Summers and Mr. Ab bott, are B. S. Neil), executive \ ice-president, R. L- Mauney, vice president and J. C. McKinney, as sistant cashier. Directors are Dr. L. P. Baker, G. A. Bridges, W. K. Mauney, R. L. Mauney, B. S. Neill, P. M, Nels ter, F. R. Summers and M A Ware. ' Marlowe Selling Service Station Iy. E. Marlowe, for the past 14 years owner of Center Service announced .this week is dis. posing of tin; sen ice station por tion of that business, effective at the close of business Saturday, ' .Mr. Marlowe is selling the ser vice station department to Clyde V\ hetstine. a veteran, employee., and to James Gibson Both Mr W'hetstine and Mr. .Gibson 'will be active in the new partnership. terms of the sale agree ment. Mr. Marlowe will retain the other portions of his business which include wholesale and re tail distribution of tires and auto motive accessories, and retail sales of appliances and related merchandise. Mr. Marlowe will operate' the portion yf the bust ness he is retaining under the trade name "Marlowe's", wh'le Mr VVhetstine and Mr. Git, on Will operate their service siation under its former, trade name "Center Service". Mr. Marlowe said that Jack Ar net te, present manager of the ser vice station department, would join "Marlowe's" as shipping and service manager. Mrs. Walter Ij. Harmon will serve as bookkeep er. and that Marshall 'Gore will replace Mr. Whetstine as sales man. Mr. Marlowe is area distri butor for Lee tires and other au tomotive products. Mr. Whetstine has been associ ated with the Marlowe ?firm for the past 13 years, with the excep Hon of service in World War II with the Air Force, including 31 months in the Pacific Theatre He s a member of First Presbyter ian church and the Lions club. Mr. Gibson, also an Air Force Veteran of 30 months in tho Paci fic Theatre is a Margrace Mill overseer. He attended N. C. State college and Is a -member of Gra?e Methodist church. * Marlowe's will occupy the . i^ng Lat 222 w< Mountain street, where the appliance divi sion has been located. The service station is located at the corner of Battleground ani Mountain. It features Gulf pro ducts. H RECRUITER HERE Sgt. Dewey Lowe from the Shelby Recruiting of/ice is In Kings Mountain on Mondays all day, and each Wednesday afternoon. He Is stationed in the Postoffice ! building. All non -prior service men are re quired to have birth certifi cates only. Men who have had previous military service are required to have last dischar ge papers. Sgt Lowe Is re cruiter lor the Army and Air Force. __ r - ? ? -5 Wilson Will Receive Silver Beaver Award .. H. C. Wilson, active Kings Mountain Scouter, will be among throe ScoUtors of the Piedmont Council to receive the Silver Beaver Award at. annnuai meet ing of the ll cotfnty council in Gastonia Monday evening. The Silver Boaycr Award, a mong the highest awerap- given j in the Scouting program, is made to individuals for extraor dinary service to the Scouting program on district and council level. Also to receive the 'award are S. H. Helton, of StatesvilJe, and W. A. Wlllinglvam, of Mt. Holly. Mr. Wilson has been active in Scouting since 1935, servir/^ lirst as assistant scoutmaster, then scoutmaster, of Troop 1 Kings Mountain until 10-18. He is cur rent chairman of the Kings Mountain district and has been a member of the Piedmont Council executive board since 1911. Dur ing World .War II. he was the council's emergency service chairman, and has been active in the deve!6pment of Carl W,. Davidson Memorial Scout Camp. Stadium Committee Met Monday Night ? The City Stadium planning committee met at City Ilail Mon day night and voted several recommendations to be forward ed to the city board. The group also dro'v up some dozen additional reou/.-.menda tions for improvements at City Stadium which were held for fur I titer study and planning. Committee members present i were Hugh Ormand. Sam Coll it);- I Fleete Mr-Curdy and C. T. Car pender, Jr. Mr. Carpenter was named temporary ?? h a i r m i. n. Other members of the- commit tee ! are Hilton Kuth.nnd WW. Toile: son. Rocomrrien.dalioiis ap p r o v e.tl and forwarded to tlie < iiy b??ard included closing* o|- (he poriioji ot ? Carpenter street within the sta dium property to coinside. with fencing of the Cemetery property, I grading of the east batik, grading of the field to provide proper . drainage, planting of Jul iianks ' to prevent washing iwtt and 'V- ? arrangement of the field to get i it. ready for th<j coming high, school baseball season. NEW SCOUT TROOP A new boy ScOut Troop will be sponsored by the Brother- j hood of Resurrection Lutheran ? church, it was announced this week by Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor of the church. I,. C'. Dett- i mar has been named scout- ' master and the first meet big of the new troop will be held at the church Monday evening at 1 7 o'clock. Scout -age boys vvho wish to Join the troop are in- i vited to attend, Mr. Daniel said. 1 Wilson, Kings Mountain Scouter, will receive the Silver Beaver a ward (or service in the Scouting program at the annual meeting of the Piedmont Council in Gas tonia Monday night. McGimiis Store To Open Friday I McGinnis Department Store, <i new Kings Mountain retail lirm.j will open on Friday, according to] announcement this week by Paul McGinnis, well-known Kings Mountain citizen. The new firm will lie located in' the building on West 'Mouiir ! tain street owned by Mrs. J K. j l.ipford and adjoining Baij<l Kurniiore, Company and McGin nis Furniture Company. Civtil: December 31; .il had been oecupi ed by Dixie Bargain Store, a branch of Hooter's. Iiuv. .\Uiicn' was. dused by the Keeter fjrin 1)1! tlial lliltt*. Mr, M'-fJinnis sjid his new lirin will. be-Individually .owned by himself and that it will offer general dep'arfiineiit store lines hi popular-priced merchandise. [ Mrs jack Kennedy. ,i former I employee of Dixie Bargain Store. \ wi!! Iff' u merrihe: of The .sales- ; staff. Mr. McGinnis said. Mr. McGinnis. veteran em ployee of Keeter's. inc., is a 'rta tivj? of Kings Mountain, a soil of Mr and Mr*. W. liuihle MoGih ilis.. H?* fil'sl joined tilt- K> eici :i!:n on a part.-limo ha: is in p?;u and had been associated wiiii it regularly since l'.t.Vl, in recent, years having held the position of general .manager. He resigned on January 1. He is a member of Rpv urrection Lutheran church, a Mason ami a Lion. Mrs. Mc Ginnis, is the former Mi.ss Ethel Hamrick. A formal opening of the firm, will be held , in the near future, Mr. McGinnis said. . All City Schools Had Lunch Rooms By 1942; 12th Grade Added In 1942 By 19-11. W. P. A. lunch rooms had boon placed in all' white schools and the vocational econo mics department was established. The corner lot adjoining the high school was purchased for additional playground space. West school was accredited. In 1342, the twelve-year pro gram of the High Sfchool was in stituted, although pupils wflo could not return for the twelfth year were granted an eleven-year diplonr. 1. v' icy of awarding eleven-year a., ' .veiye-year diplo mas was continued until the state officially adopted the twelve-year program. During those years, pu COBRECTION B. N. Barnes succeeded Claud Grig? as superintendent of the city schools on July 1, 1934, in stead of 1933. pils completing the twelfth grade wore white gowns at commence*" ment, while those completing the eleventh year wore gray. In that same yean 1943, upon recommendation of the board of education, the' special supplemen tal levy on the Kings Mountain school district was reduced four cents. In 1944, Central school play ground was graded and beautifi ed by the Central P, T. A., aided by the city. _ In 1945-46, a pountywide bond ejection was. offered to raise money for the remodeling of the present buildings an(l the erec tion of new ones. The bond sale was approved by the voters. Fold ing seats were placed in the gym nasium. Floodlights for the ath letic field were presented to the school by the Kiwanis Club. In the following year, 19-17, ri public address system was placed in Central school. Neisler Mills presented the school with a bus th'at was painted In the schooi colors, black and gold. This bus Is: used by athletic teams, bands, glee club, and other groups mak ing educational trips. The family of the late Jacob S Mauney, presented to the city of Kings Mountain a beautiful teach ers home In connection with the city library. The Ciine property adjoining West school was purchased to be used1 as a playground. In 19-18, a small brick house and owned' by Mrs. Nell Thomp son and adjoining the high schoo'. sampus. w.?s purchased. The gar age was removed in order 1p make room for a new brick gar age for the school bus. The vete ran's class in brick laying was established at Daviflfcon school and this groijp erected the bus Continued 0* Page Bight > 'm ? Re-Instituted Wright Motion Gets Approval Differences between the mem bers of the city's .volunteer fi-e department and the Vlty board of co.-rim.sslohcrs to .\ii appearan ces were seUled Wednesday morning. . I be commissioners, at a speci al meeting, passed unanimously the re -instituted motion of Com m.ssmtver Baxter Wright to let tin fire chief operate the depart ment to the best of his ability. Commissioner c. I'. Barry second ed with the remark that he be J ed the whole trouble had been due to "misunderstand ings." The action followed a discus sion between the board members, representatives of the volunteer firemen, and L. D. Murphy, of Raleigh. representing the South eastern Fire Underwriters asso. elation. _ Others present included Chief Grady King, Fireman Pat Ticnor, Hremanoilie Harris, CommisI si^ejLloyd Davis, city Attorney ? ;iru' City Administra ,?r , ?,Kl lKl|Jler. and Mayor Gar. land Still,, who presided. According to Chief King, one of the bones of contention among the volunteer firemen was in s ructions of the city board to have the two paid firemen on duty answer grass fire and auto fire alarrty>, Mr. King '.said the iremen ielt that they should get the easy Jobs as well as the rTfh ?nes. a statehient support ed toy Mr. Harris, and Mr. Tinno-. Another, pointed out by Mr. Tie hor, was the fact that several a. arms had been answered with ,ho rhiof having been noti <>?mmlssl.\oer Davis "said . ho had heart! , , unplaints about tliauhead firemen." (.'hie/ Km,' replied that, this was due to two m.Un faoiurs: D due to under V. ' , n-'iuifementsv smaller riles did n??i reqinre f ? 1 1 USP ?' ' (hp men o,, department; 1 ' t . i ? ??t oldi'-i' n:?'!i a mono ?he \ ojunteers were \ ahiable for in. ?Mrucunj.. le-s- trained. newer nieii. Mr.. Davis s,ii?| the expfa n - <in<>n is J j < * 4 i ' Jurn - Mr Harris had previously "U| ,,K?! the question of calling gen?>ra.| alarms Un firts [Was a matter of principle rather | "an < he m'xnev involved, adding it was hi.-; opinion thai the mem bers of the department were in terested firs; in doing the job since damage to clothes, Joss of im< and related factors meant that there oouid-be J 1 1 :)?? profit in the business ?,( volunteer fire Hri'ihn'i "Is" !'"imc(1 out tn.it the department had been of minor cost to the city. Only question which had ap peared a fa-tor in the disagree ment left "as. was" concerned an order; by the board to put a ra *???ne 0t ,h'* fir'' '?cks, ra Aer than on the chiefs auto Mr. Murphy had remarked that most one-radio cities instafl hm ?h?" i <ars of ,hcir chiefs, f ? . V %Vf>rr also desirable . U * aS wel1- Without hers /orrnal action, mem bers of the hoard indicated thev "7hC (ufur?' P""-chasc an n ' nf ? to br ir-s'alled in the chief's car. Asked if the fire department were no, doing a good job! Mr Murphy said he had received no S?Wn?? /rf>m 'nsu ranee firms, nroMh ,n(iifa,rd lt had !>een bp cating efficiently Polio Drive Benefit Amateur Show Set An amateur show for the ben efit of the March of Dimes will be held at the high school au ditorium Friday evening, Jan uary 18, it ?.-as announced this week. 2>an Huffstetle; and Joe Hed d'en are co-chairmen of entries for the event. Mr. Huffstetler said that a number of acts have alreay been obtained and that ' more are desired. No admission will be charg ed. but a free will offering will be tbtken. Members of the Number 4 Township March of Dimes or ganisation were busy this week making solicitations and Jack White, chairman, said the work was "going welL" i