Population
City Limits 7.206
Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figuw)
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VOL.63 NO. 6
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Sixty-Second Year
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Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday, January 31. 1952
Established 1889
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METCR RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending: Wednesday noon
totaled $139.27, according to
report of City Clerk Joe Hen
drick.
LITTLE THEATRE
Regular February .meeting
of the Kings Mountain Little
Theatre, inc., will be held at
the organization's office on
East King street Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
IN NEW TORK
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gran
tham, of Victory Cheverolet
Co., are in New York City this
week attending the National
Automobile Dealers Associa
tion annual convention which
ends Saturday.
WITH RAINWATER'S
Bill Moss, formerly associat
ed with Sears-Roebuck in Shel
by, has Joined Rainwater Fur
niture Co., as a salesman and
collector^ according to an an
nouncement by George Quick,
manager.
DISTRICT DIRECTOR
W. W. Tolleson has been no
minated as a district director
of Association of Citadel Men,
according to Information re
ceived here.
McSWAIN ELECTED
LOUISVILLE. Ky. ? The Rev.
Haburn L. McSwaln of Kings
Mountain, N. C.,, has been na.r?
ed president of the 1952 class
of the Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary in Louisville,
Ky. ". . '
STATE INCOME MAN
A representative of the Nor
th Carolina state department
of .revenue will be at City Hall
on February 13 and 20 (Wed
nesdays) to assist tax payers
in filling out state incou.e tax
forms, free of charge, it was
announced this week. Hours
will be from 8:30 a, m. until
5 p. m.
GROVER LIONS
GROVER. ? The Grover Lions
club will sponsor a box supper
and cake walk on Saturday
night at the Grover school
gymnasium, according to an
nouncement by Hunter Ram
sey, official of the club. The
public is invited to attend.
ALLRAN PROMOTED
Robert AHran, son of Mrs. A.
L. Allran of Kings Mountain,
? was recently elected a vice>
president of the Surry County
?Loan & Trust Company of Mt,
Airy. Mr. Allran has been as
sociated with jhe Alt. Airy
'bank since his discharge from
service following World War
II.
CITY TAG SALES
A total of 876 City auto lh
, cense tags for 1952 had been
sold through Wednesday aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock, aocording
to report of City Clerk Joe
Hendrlck. Deadline for pur
chase of thq tags is close of
business January 31. The tags
will cost $1.05, after Thursday,
? and in addition, motorists will
take a chance of being cited to
court for failure to display the
tag, Mr. Hendrick stated.
COMMUNION SERVICES
St. Matthew's Lutheran chur
ch will observe the Festival of
the Transfiguration Sunday
with Holy Communion services
following both the 11 o'clock
service and 7;3o evening sec
vice.
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IN HOSPITAL
Warren Reynolds, Kings
Mountain automobile dealer,
is a patient in Presbyterian
- ? hospital, Charlotte, where he
is receiving treatment for a
back ailment
Pharmacy Group
Taps Blanton
Charles Blanton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. D. Blanton, of Kings
Mountain, was tapped recently In
to membership of Rho Chi, na
tional honorary pharmaceutical
fraternity at the University of
North Carolina.
A Junior, he was one of eight
members of his class tapped for
membership. Membership re
quirements are based primarily
i on attainment of a minimum
?dhoi*st!c average of 92.5.
Blanton was also recently elect
ed to the University of North Car*
ollna Student Council.
Dickson Firm
Gas financing
Proposal Made
"You folks should know defi
nitely that you want gas before
going to Washington to seek an
allocation," Ed Wulborn, repre.
sentative of R. S. Dickson Com
pany, of Charlotte, told members
of the city board of commission
ers at a special meeting Janu
ary 23.
Mr. Wulborn appeared before
the board to offer the services of
his company in financing a city
natural gas distribution sys
tem.
He said that the Federal Pow
er commission, which has appli
cations for much more gas than
is currently available, is looking
for reasons to turn down appli
cations and that any indication
of indecision on the part of the
city would result in a turn
down.
Mr. Wulborn explained points
of law governing the Issuance
of revenue bonds on the part of
cities and said his company
would enter into an agreement
to handle the pre-sale work for
1.5 percent of the total bonds
sold, should some company oth
er than R. S. Dickson purchase
the bonds. He said the fee would
be one percent, if the city agreed
to pay fees of the bond attorneys
and advertising costs. Should R.
S. Dickson Company buy the
bonds, no fee would be charged.
He said the current market on
revenue-type bonds, which do
not pledge the full credit of the
city, has been ranging from 3.69
percent to 4.2 percent. >
To questions put by City At
torney J. R. Davis, Mr. Wulborn
said a defaulting on the bond
payments would mean the bond
holders could take over the .dis
tribution system. He also said
a system could be installed
within three months of the date
the money from sale of bonds is
obtained, and suggested that the
bonds be made callable at an
early date. Advantages of an
early date would make it possi
ble' to refinance at lower inter
est rates, he said.
The city had previously plan
ned to appear before the FPC in
Washington on January 28, but
has been notified that the hear
ing was postponed to March 3.
Report of Barnard & Burk, en
gineers, had not been received at
the meeting, but City Adminis
trator M. K. Fuller said it was
expected momentarily.
Actions by the board at the
meeting included:
1) Acceptance of a counter
proposition by Stater Manufac
turing Company, whereby the
city will install an eight-Inch
water line on York Road, from
Gold street to the Slater mill,
with the Slater firm paying cost
of 700 feet of the line. The city
will pay for the additional esti
mated 2Q0 feet. Slater had sug
gested it would be advantageous
for the city if the line ran along
the road, rather than across p*<
vate property. A previous sug
gestion was iq secure a 700-foot
right-of-way across the Ameri
can Legion property from Gold
street, with Slater, defraying all
costs.
2) Ordered professional bonds
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City
150
Blood Quota
Pints Friday
Thursday Lost Day
To List For Taxes
Annual J952 tax listing is to
, end Thursday.
Listing business at City Hall
courtroom, where B. D. Ratter -
ree, Number 4 Township list
taker, and Clarence Carpenter,
city list taker, have been del
uged for the past 10 days, was
still brisk Wednesday, with
only one day remaining.
How many persons had com
pleted listing was not aralla
ble, but Charlie Ware, hr,nd
ling the farm census, said only
about 80 percent of the farm
ers of the area had reported to
him.
Penalties apply for those who
fall to list their properties dur
ing the month of- January. The
maximum is 10 percent of the
amount of the tax bill.
Special Seivice
For Vets Sunday
A spcclal service commemorat
ing the ninth anniversary of the
death at sea of the famous "Four
Chaplains" will be held at Cen
tral Methodist church Sunday
evening at 7:30.
Announcement of the spedial
service, at which members of Otis
D. Green Post 155, American Le
gion, will be special guests, was
made by Rev. J. H. Brendall the
pastor.
The service here is at the sug
gestion. of the national comman
der of the American Legion, who
is urging "a nation-wide move
ment for a spiritual re awakening
of the people of America in one
of the dark, hours of our country's' I
history". ? ? j
The nation-wide launching of
the movement Sunday comes on
the ninth, anniversary of the sink
ing of the U. S. Transport Dor- ]
Chester. Before the ship sank,
four chaplains representing three
faiths? "Votestant, Jewish, and
Catholic? gave (heir life-belts to
enlisted men, remained aboard
and went down with the ship.
"We invite all Legionnaires and
service veterans as special guests
at this service," Mr. Brendall
said.
Country Club Party
To Be "Hobo Night"
Regular monthly Club Night
at the Kings Mountain Country
Club Saturday night will take
the form ,of a Hobo Party.
It is being advertised as "Club
Night at the Hobo Jungle." Priz
{ will be given for the couple
aajudged "best -dressed."
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Page and
Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett are
hosts for the party.
Dinner will be served at 7:30.
Members are asked to phone the
club for dinner reservations as
early as possible.
Dover Will Get Taxi Franchise
He's Sought For Several Years
Forrest Dover, who has been
seeking a taxi franchise for three
years or more, will get one> ac
cording to action of the city
board of commissioners Tuesday
night
The board, following three
meetings in six days which in
cluded discussion of. the taxi
franchise business, seemingly
settled the' matter Tuesday night
when It voted to raise the limit
on taxi franchises to 22, one more
than the limit- In vogue for five
year"
Prt- ously, on Wednesday
January 23, the board had voted
to up the limit to 23 in a split
3-2 decision, on a motion toy
Lloyd Davis, seconded by Olland
Pearson, and supported by May
or Pro Tempore James (Red >
Layton, who was presiding in the
absence of Mayor Garland Still.
B. T. Wright, Sr., and C. P. Bar
ry opposed.
Mr. Davis, in offering the mo
tion, made It plain he was prin
cipally interested in "getting
Dover off ray neck."
following that action, the
city's taxi opera tore became
somewhat ?xclted about the up
ping of the limit and asked for
a special board meeting to pro
test. The board convened again
the following afternoon (Janu
ary 24), and Jim West, Shelby
attorney, was on hand to plea
for the taxi operators that, the
limit Of 21 was quite sufficient
However, Lloyd Davis . was ab.
sent Mr. l?yton was late, and
the other board members accept
ed the opinion at Mr. Wright that
all should tee present when the
cab franchise action was recon
sidered. *
A special meeting was sched
uled for 7:30 Tuesday night.
Meantime, the cab operators
agreed among themselves not *?
protest the franchise increase
Word got around that the Tues
day night meeting was cancell
ed. All didn't get the word, and
Mayor Garland Still reissued
the notice of meeting, which re
sulted in amending the action
and setting the limit at 22.
The motion granting Mr. Dov
er a cab franchise, made by Mr.
Davis and seconded by Mr
Wright, Included the provision
that he "qualify** within 30 days,
which, members of the board
said, meant that he should ob
tain a vehicle, show evidence of
required insurance coverage, ob
tain an off-street parking lot,
and buy the $50 franchise within
a month. The action was unani
mous.
Mr. Dover, who was at the
meeting Tuesday, said he ex
pected to qualify in plenty of
time. Frank Price and Bill Whet
stine, for whom Dovter had pre
vlously worked as Cab driver
said hi* driving had been satis
factory to them. '
Mr. Dover had first sought a
franchise several years ago. and
had sought one intermittently
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^Banquet
Tuesday Night
A capacity crowd is expected
Tuesday night for the annual
Kings Mountain District Boy
Scout banquet, according to
statement this week by Ollie
Harris, acting chairman of the
district.
Rev. Harlan Harris, pastor 6f
Shelby's First Baptist church,
will make the feature Address ot
the evening.
The banquet will be held at
the Masonic Ledge Hall begin
ning at 7 o'clock, and tickets are
now on sale at one dollar each.
The Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce is serving
as host for the banquet.
Other business at the meeting,
will Include annual reports of
district, officers.
The banquet Is one of the lo
cal features of the annual ob
servance of Boy Scout week. ?
On Sunday, February 10, Rev,
T. L, Cashwell, Jr., will preach
the annual Boy Scout sermon at
First Presbyterian church. It
will be a union service.
More Meters
To Be Installed
Actions of the c>ty 'board of
commissioners at Tuesday
night's speciai meeting iraclud
ed:
1) Ordering of installation of
parking meters on the East side
6f Piedmont avenue, from Moun
tain street to King street, order-'
lng of installation of parking
meters on S. Battleground aven
ue at the zone formerly used as
a city bus stop, aijd restriction
of* parking to 10 minutes from
the Harris Funeral Home drive
way, south to Mountain street.
2) Authorization of numbering
seats on the concrete bleachers
at City Stadium.
3> Cancellation of ? $3.09 tax
bill for 1960 charged to J. R.
Yelton. which C P. Barry mid
was listed in error. Mr. Yelton la
a hoapMa! patient in another
county, and Mr. Barry said the
listing was done by Mr. Yelton*
father.
All the actions were unani
mous. with all member* present.
Bank Installment
Loan Department
In New Quarters
The First National Bank is
transferring its installment loan
department to the second floor
of the Dr. J. E. Anthony build
ing, effective Friday.
The department will be loca
ted in the offices formerly occu
pied by Dr. Paul E; Hendricks,
who is now oh active duty with
the army medical corps. The of
fices have been completely cen.
ovated and redecorated.
All installment loans and re
payments will be handled In the
new quarters, under, the direction
of Dick Cannady, department
manager, it was announced.
This office will be open dally
from 9 a. m- to 1 p. m., and from
2 p. in. to 4:30 p. m., with the ex
ception of Wednesdays, when
the department* will close at
noon, and Saturdays, when the
department will close at 1 p. m.
City Tax Levy
Two-Thixds Paid
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In spite of the fact that two
thirds of the city's 1951 tax levy
had been paid through the close
of business Monday, some 1.200
citizens who had not paid 1951
tax bills received second notices
Wednesday. ?
City Clerk Joe Hendrick said
the notices were mailed Wednes
day morning. They reminded the
1.200-plus persons that a penalty
of one percent applies if the bills
are not paid before the close of
business Friday, February 1.
Totai payments ot. 1051 tax
b'ills through Monday wefe $73,
865.89, with several other large
payments having been made
Tuesday a'nd Wednesday morn
ing.
Or the jUtlal,, $12,068.42 had been
paid since January 1.
The total 1951, tax levy for the
city was $109,182.47.
Similar penalty applies on un
paid 1951 county tax bills.
Vance Wright's
Rites Conducted
funeral services for Vance
Clifton Wright, 52, of Sevejen.
Marylahd, a former citizen of
Kings Mountain, were conducted
Monday at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
He died Friday morning at his
home in Maryland of a heart at
tack.
Mr. Wright was a former civil
service employee.
He married the former Miss
Lucielle Ramsey March 30, 1918.
Mrs. Wright, a citizen of Kings
Mountain, survives along with
the following children: Miss Ma.
rie Wright, Miss Peggy Wright
and Troy Wright of Kings Moun
tain, Wilton Wright of Washing
ton, D. C? and Paul Wright, now
serving with the US Army in
Germany,
Ih 1947, Mr. Wright was mar
ried to the former Miss Callie
Winters, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., who
also survives.
Other survivors include three
sisters, Mrs. June Hartsoe, of
Black3burg. S. C., Mrs. Bob
Woods, of .Shelby, and Mrs. Cas
sis Jones of Kings Mountain;
four brothers, Floyd Wright, of
Ellenboro and Edward, Fletcher
and Boyce Wright of Kings
Mountain. Four grand-children
also survive.
Among local area residents
attending the funeral were Miss
Marie Wright, Miss Peggy Wrl-,
ght, Troy Wright and Mrs. June
Hartsoe. v/: ;. , ,
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. White
Funeral services for Mrs. Pan
sy Myrtlf White, 44, Who died
Monday morning around 11
o'clock, were held Wednesday at
4 p. rt. at lemple Baptist church.
Rev., W. F. Monroe, the pastor,
officiated and burial was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. White succumbed at Kings
Mountain hospital after suffering
a cerebral hemorrhage during
church services Sunday rooming.
She was a resident of Linwood
road and was a former resident
of Dallas.
She was a member of Temple
'Baptist church and was a former
employee of Bonnie Cotton Mill.
Mrs. White is survived by her
husband, Columbus B. White;
three brothers* Ernest Gragg, J.
B. Gragg and Trsnt Gragg, all of
Gastonta; four sistart, Mrs. Wal
ter Brannon and Mrs. Theodore
Roberts, of Gastonla, Mrs. Grier
Jenkins, of Dallas, and Mrs. R. D.
Cook, of Kings Mountain.
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Kincaid Declines To Run
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For Representative Post
Home B. & L.
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Reports Good
Year In 1951
Homo Building &. Loan asso
ciation enjoyed a. prosperous
?year in 1951, according to report
of A. H> Patterson, secretary -
treasurer, presented at the an
nual meeting of shareholders of
the association last Thursday. -
The shareholders re-elected all
directors for the coming year,
and, in session following the
shareholders' meeting, the di
rectors re-elected all officers. Of.
ficers are Dr. J. . E. Anthony,
president; G. A. Bridges, vice
president; J; H. Thomson, vice
president; and A. H. Patterson,
secretary . treasurer.
Directors include the officers,
L. A. Alexander, I. G. Patterson,
J. P. Mautjey, B. S. Peeler, arid
B. I). Ratterree.
Mr. Patterson reported that the
association had made 140 mort
gage loans during 1951, totaling
of $263,501.38. The loans includ- j
ed 46 new construction loans to- 1
taling $121,360.03; 43 home-pur
chase loans totaling ?89,504.46;!
and 50 loans of other typos to-1
taling $52,336.89.
The association paid divi
dends to shareholders during
the year, at three percent, total
ing $28,103.18. It added $14,000
to its reserve' for contingencies,
bringing the total of the reserve
{und to: $83,000. Shareholders
numbered 1.297. including 1,177
white citizens and 120 colored ci.
ti^cris.
Flaming rate for the year, aft
er addition to the reserve fund,
was 4.2182 percent.
The association assets at De
cember 31, 1951, were $1,014,422.
68.
J. R. Davis, association attor
ney, explained to the sharehold
ers new federal tax laws affect
ing the association,,
Vict -president G. A. Bridges,
presided.
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Sauline Players
Here Friday
The Sauline Players will make
their annual appearance here on
Friday (February 1). Two perfor
mances will be given.
The matinee, "Tom Sawyer", is
scheduled to begin at 1:15 p. m.
at Central auditorium. Admission
for students of grades one
through eight will be twenty
cents and for students of grades
nlne'through twelve, thirty centi.
"Father Knows Best" is to be
given at 8 p. m. on Friday night
in the high school auditorium. Ad
mission for students of grades
one through eight will be twenty
five cents and for students of
grades nine through twelve and
auults, fifty cents. Persons desir
ing tickets are urged to contact
any member of the Junior class.
The Sauline Players appear
ance in an annual event, spon*
sored by the Junior class of the
Kings Mountain high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Josef Sauline, of
Belmont, with their all-star play
ers, have presented numorous
plays during their many years
of appearances at Kings Moun
tain High school.
CANDIDATE ? Robert P. Mor
gan, of Shelby, has announced
that he will be a candidate for
the North. Carolina Senate, sub
ject to the May Democratic pri
mary. Mr. Morgan opposes Sen
ator Clyde Nolan, who has an
nounced he will seek rc-nomina
tion.
Morgan Opposes
Nolan For Senate
?
Robert F. Morgan, Shelby bus?
inessman, is - a candidate for
27th district' Senator subject trs,
the May Democratic' primary.
Mr. Morgan ? opposes Senator
Clyde rtolan. also a Shelby bus
inessman, who announced his
candidacy for re-election one day
before Mr. Morgan threw his hat
into the ring.
The two announcements are
tli?' first of .the ' currehi county
political season.
As 2TtlT district Senator, the
Cleveland representative- also
represents, Rutherford anil .\Jc
IJoweH conn tics. However, by
agreement anion*,' Democrats of
the district, Cleveland has one
of the two list I'M senators each
biennium.
Mr. Morgan, a 2T> year-old
World War II veteran, made no
formal statement concerning his
candidacy except to announce
that he would support a state
wide referendum on the legal
sale of liquor.
The state currently has a
county option system and dry
leaders have pressed Jor several
years for a state wide vote. Sev
eral legislatures have failed to
pass legislation whjch would
have provided such a referen
dum.
Mr. Morgan also said he would
be glad to state hiS opinions on
"any issue ifhich might arise
in the campaign."
He is associated with his fa
ther, O. Z. Morgan, in a feed and
seed business and ,s president of
the Cleveland County Ginners
association. He is a Mason, a
well-known lay leadeT of Beaver
Dam Baptist church, a Rotarian,
and member of the VFW and
American Legion. He entered the
Air Force as a private in 1942,
serving in both the Atlantic and
Pacific theatres, and was a cap
tain When discharged. He was
chairman of the successful 1951
March of Dimes campaign in
Cleveland County.
March Of Dimes Drive Very Short;
Benefit Square Dance On Thursday
A big gala "ole -ilme square
dance" has been set for Thurs
day night at the Americarf Le
gion hall with all proceeds to go
to the March of Dimes drive as
officials of the annual appeal
here report that It "looks like
we're going to be between $3,000
and $4,000 short" of the Number
4 Township quota.
Jack White, township chair
man, reported yesterday that
only some $2,235 dollars has ac
I tually been turned in, with re
j>orts still to come from a major
ity of the campaign divisions.
He urged all division heads to
make their reports as soon as
possible. , . .
The Thursday square dance
will begin at 8 o'clock and , ad
mit ion will bo one dollar, per
peitoon, Mr. White said. Ham
rick's String Band, of Shelby, has
been contracted to furnish the
music and Ray Smith has offer*
ed to call the dances free of
charge. "The American Legion is
not charging us rent for the
building, so practically all the
proceeds will go into the polio
fund drive," he added.
Chairman White appealed to
all citizens who have hot been
solicited and who wish to con
tribute to contact him or mail
or bring in contributions to his
office this week. He also sugges
ted that contributors might make
use of the numerous "Iron lung"
banks placed in business houses
all over the township.
According to reports t'o date,
contribution^ turned In other
than individual, were listed by
Mr. White as follows (most fig
ures approximate.)
* >463 ? Margrace employees.
$338? Civic Clubs.
$263 ? G rover (City).
$163 ? Grover (schools).
$156? Mother's March.
$90 ? Talent Night
$168 ? East Elementary.
$234.13 ? West Elementary.
. . $100 ? Sadie Mill.
$100? Park Yarn Mill.
Kings Mountain
Man Won't Run
"At This Tune"
1 Arnold W. Kincaid, prominent
ly mentioned during the past
week As a 'possible candidate for .
i the Democratic nomination tor
I Cleveland County representative
'to the North Carolina House of
Representatives, said yesterday
he would not seek the office in
[the May primary.
Mr. Kincaid. currently chair
i man of the city school board,
I said he had seriously consider
ed making the race but that the
current plans of the school board
for a considerable building pro
gram was the principal factor in
his decision not to offer for the
House of Representatives.
' The school . board has been
j laying (dans for a building pro- ?
j-gram to include improvements .
' in the Davidson Negro school
plant, and. for the construction
[of an additional elementary
building for white children.
Infcrentially, Mr. Kincaid left
the door open for future years
stating he declined "at this
time" to offer.
His statement follows;
"I have seriously considered
offering my candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for Cle
veland County representative in- ? ^
the North Carolina Hbuse of Re
presentative's, and it has been
most gratifying to me to receive
marty indications of support
from ail parts of the county.
"However, I am also keenly
interested in the u looming
building program of the Kings
Mountain city schools. I regard
the forthcoming two years as
most important to the progress
of the schools and, having some
three years to serve on my cur
I rent .term jis school trustee, feel
[ it. necessary to continue to serve
in that c.tpapity. Therefore, I
i shall nui be a candidate at this
? time.
"1 appreciate deeply the many
statements of Cleveland County
people that they would tender ,
me their unqualified support,
should I seek to be their repre
sentatives."
Mr. Kincaid, a Bessemer City
industrialist, Is a prominent Ma
son and lay leader of Kings
Mountain's First Baptist church.
He is currently serving as Wor
thy Grand Patron of the North
Carolina Order of Eastern Star.
As yet, no candidates have of
fered for the seat in the state
House of Representatives, thou
gh Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., of Shel
by, is regarded as sure to seek
re-election to a fourth term.
Funeral Held
Foi W. H. Webb
Funeral services for William
H. (Bill) We>bb, 52, former Kings
Mountain theatre operator, were
held at his home in Shelby Mon
day morning with burial follow
ing in Shelby's Sunset ceme
tery.
The rites -were conducted by
Rev. Frank Jodan, pastor of Cen
tral Methodist church, of which
Mr. Webb was a member, with
Rev. Harlan Harris assisting. .
Mr. Webb died on Saturday,
following a heart attack suffer
ed the previous day.
For a number of years, Mr.
Webb operated the - Imperial
Theatre here, of which he was
part-owner, first in the early
1930's, and again, for three
years, from 1948-50. He was a
nephew of Claude Webb, present
operator of the Imperial Theatre.
Mr. Webb was sole owner of
the Carolina Theatre at Shelby,
and held part interests in sever
al other motion picture theatre
properties.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Franklin Webb; a
daughter, Miss Barbara Webb;
his mother, Mrs. J: E. Webb; five
brothers, Giles, James, Charlie,
Fred and Ha) Eugene Webb, all
of Shelby; and five sisters, Mrs.
J. O. Lutz, Mrs. Clarence Carpen
ter, and Mrs. Frank Watson, all
of Shelby; and Mrs. Bill Elkln
and Mrs. John G. Hammond, both
of Asheville.
REPORTED IMPROVED
The condition of W. E. Blake
ly, Kings' Mountain postmaster
who is a patient In Charlotte
Memorial hospital, was report
ed improved Tuesday.