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City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board FigmrM) VOL.63 NO. 3 Sixty-Second Year Kicgs Mountain. N. C., Thursday, January 17, 1952 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News ? ? ' . v ? ? ? Bulletins BUILDING PERMIT A building permit was issued to W. K. Mayney Thursday, / January 10, at City Hall lor the construction of a residence on Cansier street at an estimated cost of $1,000. . ON DEAN'S LIST Carl Moss and Virginia Led ford, were listed on the Dean's list at Kings Business College lor the fall term, according to college officials. AT KEETER'S '? Mrs. A. A. Allran has joined Keeter's Department Store as saleslady in charge of the baby, children and gift departments, according to an announcement by J. B- Keeter.^lrs. Allran was formerly with Dixie Bargain Store. ELECTED CHAIRMAN Ray. Kiser son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Kiser, was elected chairman of the association of Mecklenburg county agricul tural workers in regular ses sion Monday, January 7th. - WITH MOTOR CLUB James (Red) Layton Ts now associated with the Carolina (AAA) Motor Club as an insur ance salesman. He is to serve the Kings Mountain district. OFFICE SCHEDULE The ofrice schedule of Mrs. John H. Lewis, Merchants as sociation secretary, will be 9 a. m. to noon, and 2:30 to- 5:30 p. m., it was. announced this week. PROMOTED Thomas M. Strickland, Sani tarian with the Cleveland County Health department, has been promoted to the rating of senior sanitarian by the North Carolina Board of Public Health. The promotion was made last wc-ek. 662 TAGS -SOLD Kings Mountain Car owners had purchased a total of 662 city auto tags through Wed nesday morning, according to report of Joe 11. Mc Daniel, Jr., assistant city clerk. Deadline for purchasing the tags with out penalty is January 31. McCURDY SALESMAN F. R. McCurdy has Joined Falls Supply Co., of Gastonia, as a salesman of laundry and dry-cleaning supplies in this area. Charles Wilson, formerly employed by Union National Bank in Charlotte, will assume duties as manager of McCurdy Dyers - Cleaners. Announce ment was made by Mr. McCur dy. McCLAIN NAMED E. C- <Red) McClain, former Kings Mountain citizen and now manager of Sterchi's at Shelby, was named this week as chairman of the trade pro motion committee of the Shel by Chamber of Commerce's merchants division. ATTENDS SEMINAR Dr. N. H. Reed, Kings Moun tain optometrist, attended the Charlotte district seminar of the North Carolina Optometrlc society held at Hotel Charlotte Sunday and Monday. The sem inar was conducted by Dr. A. M. Skeffington. KIWANIS MEETING C. Rush Hamrick, Sr., of Shelby, will address members of the Kings Mountain Klwan 1s club at their regular meet ing Thursday night at 6:45 at Masonic Lodge hall. Mr. Ham rick, a veteran Shelby Klwan . Ian, will speak on a program arranged by the attendance ' committee. TO, SHAW FIELD Capt. O'. T. Hayes, Jr., Army Air 'Force B-26 pilot, is visiting his parents here prior to report ing for duty at Shaw Field, Sfrmter, S. C. He Is "being transferred from Langley Field, Va. Capt. Hayes is a combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. LIONS MEETING Archie F. Coleman, public relations counselor . for - the North Carolina Optomelric so ciety, will adress member* of the King*1 Mountain Lions club at their meeting Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at Masonic Lodge Hall. The program was arrang ed by Dr. N. H. Be d. Mr. Cole man addressed the club last year, reporting his activities as a 'secret service agent dur ing World Wat II. He now re side* at Southern Plnea Mrs. Gairison Willed Estate To Chuzch Units Major portion of the estate of Mrs. Frances Nalr Garrison wW go to agencies of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, according to her will as recently filed for probat6 in Cleveland Su, perior Court. Campbell Phifer, executor of the estate, estimated its value at approximately $6,000. The will of Mrs. Garrison car ried out the directive o f her late husband, Dr. J. M. Garrison, for many years pastor of Boyce Me morial ARP Church, as expressed in his will dated August 11, 1930. Mrs. Garrison named in her will as co-executor "her niece, Mrs. Margaret Nair Wilson, of Clifton Forge, Va., but Mrs. Wil son declined to qualify. The residue of the estate, aft er deductions of expenses and in dividual gifts, will be divided e qually between the ARP Church Home Mission board, the ARP Church Foreign Missions board, and the Endowment Fund of Erskine College Theological seminary. Individual bequests made by Mrs. Garrison included: To her niece, Donna Harriet, of Chicago, 111.^ a savings account at First Nammal Bank, Kings Mountain, totaling $390. To her great-nephdw, James David Wilson, to James Donald Stroup, and to Mrs. Minnie Mc Faddcn, $25 denomination war bonds each. To Mary Burris, her "faithful servant," $100. To her niece, Claire Nair, one half-dozen silver knives and forks and one-half dozen silver Ice tea spoons. To Hal and Hallie Garrison, dining room furniture consisting of table, buffet, side table and six chairs. To her nieces, Eva Nair Eng land and Margaret Nair Wilson, personal belongings consisting of bed linens, dlsftes, f^at silver^ table Hnervs, that they desire. Mrs. Garrison willed to Boyce Memorial ARP church the ? re mainder of kitchen utensils and china "that will be suitable for the kitchen and dining room ot the Boyce Memorial ARP church" j and a sectional bookcase to the I Boyce Memorial ARP Sabhath school "to be placed upstairs \Vith the hope that this may be the means of starting a Sabbath School library." ' Mrs. Garrison directed that no J bond be required of the executor. The will was dated December j 14, 1948, and was witnessed by W. E. Blakely and N. F. McGill. The will of Dr, J. M. Garrison, whp died 13 years ago, directed that the residue of the estate go to the three agencies of the As sociate Reformed Presbyterian church following the death of his wife. However, his- will provided that Mrs. Garrison was to have full jurisdiction and control over] the estate for her life-time, with full authority to administer and sell any portion of it, within her discretion. Penalties On Unpaid 1951 Taxes To Begin Kings Mountain citizens who: have not paid their 1951 tax bills were reminded this week by City Clerk Joe Hendrick that penaltl- 1 es apply February 2. Tax bills paid by February 1 are payable at net. After that date a penalty of one percent ap plies for the month ?f February, with additional penalties of one half of one percent for each mon th thereafter. MAUNEY BETTER Ernest Mauney, a leukemia patient at Charlotte Memorial hospital, was reported Wed nesday to be responding "very favorably" to treatment. Good Response To Old Clothing Collection Is Reported Ry Club Initial response to the appeal by the Junior Woman's Club f or old clothing for the city's nleedy has been highly satisfactory, Mrs. J. W. Webster, chairman of the club's collection committee, said Wednesday. More are needed, rfhe added, and expressed the hope that large gifts of clothing will be made Thursday and Friday. Citizen* have been requested to contribute all clothing which is not In use. They are asked to leave their bundles at the Red Cross office at City Hall, morn ings through Friday, or, if they cannot deliver their bundles, to call Mrs. A. B. Chandler, at 735J, wi:o will make arrangements to pick up the clothes. ; Clothes of an sixes and'descrip tions, from Infanta' wear through adult sizes, are desired, Mrs. Web ster said. They need not be clean ed, Mrs. Webster said, since the Junior Woman's Club will have the clothes cleaned prior to dis tribution. - % ? . * ? * ? "Theqp are many needy people in Kings Mountain," Mrs. Web ster said, "and they can make good use of clothes which are frayed, out-of-style, or outgrown. We don't believe we could get too many." Members of the Junior Wo man's Club committee handling the collection project, in addition to Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Chand ler, are Mr?. Grady McCarter, Mr*. W. R. Hudgpeth. Mrs. Paul Ware and Miss Diana Gambia. SOUTHERN PRESENTS STEAM WHISTLES ? Two steam locomotive whistles, which most probably had been through Kings Mountain many times be fore diesels took over, came to town Friday to stay. George ?. Potter, of Charlotte, presented the whistles, on behalf of Southern Railway, to Margrace Mill and to Mauney Hosiery Mill for ''retirement" duty as mill whistles. Pictured above at the presentation at the 4?pot here last Friday are, left to right, Edward M. Roscoe,- of Gartonia, SR general agent, L. L. Benson, local agent Leonard Ware, Joe Thomson Margrace Mill officials. Cline Barber, Carl F. Maun ey, Mauney Mill official, W. M. Moorhead, and Mr.Potter. (Herald photo by Carlisle Studio.) Southern Presents Steam Whistles Here ? * . ? ' ? * l" ' * : ? ' " ? ? ? V \ ..." ? '' ? . A Neisler, Mauney Officials Accept Gifts Here Friday Two steam whistles, formerly a part of Southern Railway loco motives which most probably journeyed regularly through fcmgSTWotintafn for-many*yehTS. were "retired" to Kings Moun* tain last Friday. Pulled off the line when the steam vehicles were replaced by diesel engines, the whistles will j now become a part of the life of j the city. They were i^iven by the j rail pompany to Margrace Mill and to Mauney Hosiery Mill and will most probably be used by j those industrial firms to signal j shift changes. The pair of steam whistles are| the first to be given to Kings" Mountain firms and, according i to George C. Potter, of Charlotte, assistant freight traffic manager for the Southern Railway Sys tem, close an era of progress as the- diesel replaces the steam en gine on the road. The dieselization program is to be completed in 1952, Mr. Potter said, and at that time 90 percent of the company's motive power Will have jeen switched from the traditional steam locomotive. And all the- new dlesels wnl W equipped with a new type horn, which has already replaced the fog-horn type on earlier models. The new whistle is similiar in tone to the old steam whistle and was developed after much protest by citizens of the log-horn, whistle first installed on the new engines. Mr. Potter said the company's policy of giving bells was inau gerated a number of years ago when F. T. Miller, of Greensboro, a civil engineer, approached offi clals for a locomotive bell to re place one destroyed by a fire at Bethena church near Hickory. The Southern had begun replac ing the steam and after an adver tising campaign featuring "A Bell for Bethenla", the company's supply of bells over 400, was ex hausted by similiar requests. Many engineers have become musicians with the old steam whistle, Mr. Potter said, and their ( Continued On Page Five ) Red Cross Asks Aid Foi Needy Family The Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter issued an appeal yesterday f or mattresses, springs, bed linens and cover ings, and cooking utensila to help make a needy family self sufficient. This is the situation Mrs. J. N. Gamble, Red Cross secre tary rope ???: - The husband, a chronic alcoholic, is serving a road term. Total income of the wife and four children is $75 per month, via the public wel fare aid-to-dependent children program. A small house has been obtained for the family for S15 per month. If lurnUh ings can be obtained, the fam ily will be able to get along, but no money is available for house furnishings. Persons who have cooking utensils, bed coverings and lin ens, and other household furn ishings available should con tact the Red Cross office at City Hall, phone 247- W. Jaycees Heard West On Polio " ' ? . . I 'i'oiio is ;he only disease of: epidcmic proportions that is on i the increase in the country to- j day," Jim West. Shelby attorney and co-chairman of the Cleve- i land County March of Din.es 1 drive, told Kings Mountain Jay cees at the club's regular semi monthly meeting at Masonic din ing hall Tuesday night. "Science Is controlling most ! other diseases but during the j past several years, 33,000 new ca. | ses of infantile paralysis- have! developed each year," he contin ued. In .reporting on polio cases in the county during 1951," Mr. ! West told the group rhat four of I the 11 new cases had been from Number Four Township. With 28 carry-over cases from 1950 and earlier, the county spent almost $18,000 last year and had to ac cept a grant of $4,150 from the National Foundation to pay the bills. Bills totaling over $2,000 are unpaid. "Cleveland County was ovef $6,000 srtiort of paying for Jits own polio cases last year meaning the rest of the country had to help in treatments of our own vic tims. Our quota this year Is the highest ever, $23,000. If every resident of the county .could stay in a polio hospital for one hoar, no drive would -be needed ? the money would come pouTing In. "Every dime that goes into the March off Dhres and Dollars ' is used .wisely, in research Or treat ment of victims," he continued. "The National Foundation has poured millions into research. We know how' to treat the after effects to minimize them. In 1944, the nation had over 50 per cent fatalities In polio cases ? that ratio has been cut to a hout five percent. Science has discovered the three viruses that cause polio ? they're looking for a drug or a serum to conquer the disease," he said. Mr We-tt WAS introduced by Jack White, program chairman, who collected $38.25 frcm the metirfbcia present for the Drive. f> ? " I - ? ? ' . . Gambling Cases On 28th Docket Six men were arrested by Kings Mountain police early Sat urday morning: and charged with Rambling. Cases are docketed for triaj in City Recorder's Court Monday, January 28th. James (Red) Layton. Sam Col lins. James C. Mullinax, Robert O. Hord, Robert E. Flemings were charged with gambling and Carl Blanton was charged with aiding and betting in gmbling, accord ing to police records. Officers P. R. Sanders, A. C. Stewart, and Ed Martin made the arrests around 7 a. m. Satur day after police had received an nnunyrttous telephotl^ 'Cin!^' ?*-? porting that; "a gambling game" wiirf "going on right at City Hall." Hamrick Recovers Stolen Truck A Chevrolet truck,, owned by Frank Hamrick and stolen Sat urday night while Mr. Hamrick was visiting his father-in-law Bun Patterson, was recovered in Lan caster, S. C.. Sunday evening by South Carolina Highway Patrol officers, according to a report by City police. Wilson Wood row Roberts was arrested in Lancaster and charg ed with the theft of the. truck, driving drunk, recklcss driving and speeding, according to police reports. Police' reported Roberts receiv ed a sentence of 5-months in Lan caster jail in court Monday morn ing on charges of driving drunk, reckless driving and speeding, He is to be tried in Cleveland County ; Recorder's court for larceny of an automobile. Wilson Receives Beaver Award H. C. Wilson, active Kings Mountain Scouter, received the Silver Beaver Award Monday night in Gastonia at the annual meeting of the Piedmont Boy Scout council. Others who received the award Were S. H. Helton, of Statesville, and W. A. Wiilingham, of Mt. Holly. The award is made to Indivi duals for extraordinary service to the Scouting program on dis trict and council level. Those attending the meet from Kings Mountain were: Bruce Thorburn, Ollie Harris, Rev. W. P. Gerberding, Aubrey Mauney, Jay Patterson, Henry Kennedy, Jr., and Mrs. H. C. Wilson. Two Men Injured In Accident Here Two men were Injured, one painfully, in a wrock Wednesday morning around 11 o'clock near the city limits on GroVer road. Cpl. Woodrow J. Mclntyre re ceived minor facial cut? and Lee "Snag" Ormand received head in juries when a '41 Ford, driven by Mclntyre ran Into the back of a Kern's Brotheri* truck, accord ing to police reports. Both were taken to Kings Mountain hospital, where Cpl. Mclntyre received first-aid treat ment and was released and Mr. Ormand was hospitalized. J Cpl. Mclntyre has been charged with driving drunk and reckless driving, according to officer Ed MArtln, who investigated. BurMil Offers Trade Of Site Desired For Recreation Plant 35 To Report For Induction Into Services Thirty-live Cleveland " county men will go to Charlotte Tuesday for induction into the armed ser vices, via the selective service system. . Announcement was made by Mrs. Clara New man, clerk to the Cleveland County selective ser vice board. On January 29, the1 board will send another 33 registrants to Charlotte for- pre- induction ex aminations. . The February induction call is smaller. The Cleveland board has been ordered to furnish 20 men for induction on February 28. It has also been ordered to furnish 3? registrants for pre-in ductionexaminations on Febru ary 25. Mrs. Newman said the major ity of the Cleveland board's Jan uary induction group underwent initial physical examinations last February.1 First District YPCU To Meet Sunday The third fpjarterly meeting of the Virst District of the V. J*. C. U. of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian. church will be held Sunday afternoon at Uoycc Me morial ARP church at 3 o'clock. The theme of the program is "Opportunities For Servi ng Christ Through Vocations." Miss Betty Foy, of Pisgah ARP church in Gastonia, is in charge of the program. The district includes The First ARP churchi Second ARP church, and Pisgah ARP church, Gaston ia, Garrison Memorial ARP church, Bessenrter Clty;-Crowder's Creek ARP church and Boyee Me Morial. , Misses Bernice Harrison and Dot Fulton accompanied by Mrs. J. E. Gamble, will render social music. ' . ? .. I Post Makes Plans For 1952 Juniois Temporary plans were made to 1 continue the junior baseball pro gram at the regular January i meeting .of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Legion, held at ] the Legion Building on East Gold j street last Friday night. Members voted approval of a suggestion that Commander War ! ren E. Reynolds seek information on coachihg possibilities. Finance Officer Fred Haithcox told the group that the 1951 sea son's operation sent the. post some $2,000 into the red. Plans were discussed as to methods of raising funds for continuing the program. Commander Reynolds inform ed the group that the pdfct execu tive eommitte had voted to spon sor the next visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile and that ef forts are to be made to get every veteran in the Kings Mountain area to donate a pint of blood. Ar rangements were announced for I those desiring transportation to the Woman's club to telephone the Legion Building (Phone 427 W) on the day of the next blood-! mobile visit. Ollie Harris was named chair man*" of the graye registration committee, it was announced. Adjutant Jack Barber an nounced that 153 members had paid their 1952 dues, as compared to a 238 total for 1951. Friday's Amateur Show To Benefit March 01 Dimes Financial Drive An amateur show for the ben efit of the 1952 March of Dimes campaign will toe presented at the high school auditorium Fri day night at 7:30. No admission will be charged, but a free will offering will be taken. Dan ^Huffstetler, co-chairman with Joe Hedden of entries for the entertainment program, said this week that a large number of entries, featuring many different 4ypes of entertainment have beerr obtained for the event. Among individuals and groups who will perform on the benefit ?how . are the Twilight Quartet, radio singers, Hub McGlnnia, jazz pianist, the Mountaineer Hotshots, a group of high school musicians who have won high honors in u.nateur competitions in the area, iarid Delvtn Huffstet ler, now in the navy at Charles ton, who will present his "Mam my" Imitation of the late AI Jolson. A cako walk will be conducted a.s an added attraction, Mr. Huff stetler said. The show has been arranged to help Kings Mountain reach its goal in the March of Dimes fund campaign for the benefit of the National Foundation for Infan. tile Paralysia "Friday night's show will be a good one," Jack White, chairman of the Number 4 Township polio drive said, "and we hope the au ditorium will be packed and jammed for the performance.! It'll be a good chance to enjoy: a full evening's entertainment and to help a worthy cause In the process." I MERCHANTS SECRETARY1? Mrs. John H. Lewis, former saleslady at Bellas Department Store, as sumed the duties of secretary of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association Monday, Jan. 7. She succeeds W. Faison Barnes who resigned several weeks ago. Merchants Plan Annual Banquet Annual employer - emplftyee banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants association will .be held at Masonic Lodge Hall on February 18, according to an nouncement this week by Mrs. John H. Lewis, secretary of the association. Mrs. Lewis said directors met this week to set plans for the an nual banquet, which will also in clude election of officers for the coming year. Named to serve on the nomi nating committee were Glee E. Bridges, Menzell Plnfer and Paul McGinnls. Membej?-4?f the banquet com mittee include: * Glee A. Bridges, program. T. \V, Grayson, food, and Paul Mc Ginnis and. Dan Huffstetler, tic ket sales. Tickets- will be on sale soon a! $2.00 each, Mrs. Lewis said. Jewel Shop Reports Saturday Theit - ? - . City police arc on the lookout for two Negro women whom they I suspect of stealing two trays or rings from the Jewel Shop Sat- ; urday afternoon. The rings were valuer] at ap proximately $4.00 by T. W. Gray son, owner of the establishment, who said the rings were missed about 5 o'clock. Chief of Police S. R- Davidson j said Wednesday at fioon no ar j rests had been made. ~~P~ Masons Install i Officers For '52 Paul W. Owens was installed for his second year as worship ful master of Fairview Lodge 339, A. F. & A. M? at a stated com munication held Monday night at the lodge hall. Other 1952 officers installed werer D. E. Tate, senior warden; Bovce Gault, junior warden; J. C. Keller, treasurer; Paul W. Walk er, secretary* Fred A. VfcDaniel., Jr., senior deacon; Emmett Ross,' Junior deacon; F. C. Wright, steward; J. A, \yalker, tyler; and Rev. W. L. McSwain, chaplain. The installation rites were conducted by John H. Floyd, past master, with C. J. Gault. Jr., past master, acting as marshal. Chandler Makes Piogiess Report To City Boaid Burlington . Mills Corporation will trade the city a 17-acre tract off the Bessemer City Road for a stadium site in return a similar size tract outside the city limits, A. B. Chandler, chairman of the city recreation committee, told members of the city hoard Mon day night, The statement was made in a report by Mr. Chandler t o the h,oard on progress made by h^ committee toward planning a long-term program to build /ec reatioiial facilities. . Mr, Chandler said he felt that the "trade" offer was merely in surance oft the part of Burlington Mills that the property would be used for its intended, purpose, . and that his committee was in vestigating means of accepting the offer. The Chandler report, accom panied by maps prepared by En gineer Charlps Graves showing a proposed city-wide recreational layout, highlighted the regular January meeting of the board at which only one formal action was taken. The board, by unani mous vote, approved a petition for the, paving, of May street. The Graves, layout calls' for building of a stdium on the Bur lington Mill tract, along with other jecreatiOnal units. He said his committee regarded handling or the BurMil offer as its No. 1 job. After that, he said, would come financing the estimated $350,000 project, or portions of it. He: said he thought the propect covild be financed by a combina tion of gifts and bond sales. Dan Huffstetler appeared be fore the bbard to ask what 'bad been done about collection of privilege license taxes on sale of electrical appliances for pr.or yaers. No tacit answer was given; and Mr. Huffstetler said he wanted a refund on his pay ments for pTior year's if other dealers weren't required to pay up. To a question by Commis sioner B. T. Wright, Sr., who. questioned the wisdom 01 the administration's goirtg back fur ther than its term of office, Com missioners QUand Pearson and James (Red) Layton said they felt the board "should go all the wt?y." City Attorney Davis had previously offered the opinion that the city could require pay ment of unpaid privilege tax accounts as far back . as five years. Without action, the board in dicated it would assign Clarence Carpenter to check the privilege license tax matters on the com pletion of annual tax listing,. Another item on the lsted a genda on wheh ino action was taken concerned back taxes for the years 1932-50. Suggestion -was made by Mayor Garland Still that Attorney Jack White he giv en the job of collecting all un Continucd On Pago Eight Rites Conducted Foi Mi. Rhea Final rites for Grady Alexand er Rhea, 58, were conducted from First Presbyterian church Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock. Rev. P. D. Patrick officiated, assisted by Rev. Robert Hardin, pastor of Macedonia Baptist church, and interment was iri Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Rhea died at his home on route 2 at 1:20 Saturday morning after five years illness. He had - suffered a cerebral hemorrhage a few days previously. Mr. Rhea was a native of Cleveland county and was a form er employee of the Margrace Mills. He was a member of the Pirst Presbyterian church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Dora Dixon Rhea; six sons, El mer and Bobby Rhea of Kings Mountain. Clyde Rhea of Grover, J. D. Rhea of Lowry Field, Colo rado, Jack Rhea of the Navy, Norfolk, Va.. and William Rhea of the Navy, San Diego, Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Jennings Hinson of Asheville, Mrs. Martin Folding of Phoenixville, Pa., Mrs. Fred Hamrlck and Linda Rhea of Kings Mountain; four sisters, Mrs. George Barber, Mrs. L,. E. Deese, and Mrs. Charles Dengler, of Kings Mountain and Mrs. O. O. Walker of Winston-Salem; and seven grandchildren. Pallbearera were J. G. Darra cott, E. T. Plott, Dave Rae, Hall Goforth, June Clonlnger, and L* W. Taylor.