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Population
City Limit* 7.206
Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Batton Boatd Figuras)
Sixty-Second Year
IMlUMiliai Mill MMti'dl in m him i? iiiintm mi ?
Kingi Mountain, N. CM Thursday. March 6. 1952
Establiihed 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
AT STE SCSI'S
iMrs. Betty Crawford has Join
ed Sterchl'a as bookkeeper, re
placing Mrs. Eugene Gofortl).
Mrs. Crawford has just return -
. ed from Seattle, Washington, '
?where she was with her hus
band, Bdbby Crawford.
OPS VISIT
Archie S. Reynolds, of the
Charlotte district Office of
Price Stabilization, service sta
tion unit, will be at the office
of the Kings 'Mountain Mer
chants association Monday af
ternoon to assist Kings Moun
tain area business Then with
OPS problems, is was announ
ced thi week.
REGULAR SCHEDULE
Mrs. Charles Dilllng, librari
an of Jacob S. Mauney Memo
rial library, announced that
the library will be opened on
regular schedule for the re
mainder of the week. The li
brary has been closed due to
the absence of Mrs. Dilling
who was out of town.
LIONS DErER MEETING
The Kings Mouhtaln Lions
?chib will not hold its regular
ly scheduled Tuesday meeting
next \yeek. but will Join the
Klwanls Club in a Joint meet
ing on Thursday, March 13, ac
cording to announcement yes
terday by Sam Stallings, pres
ident.
LEGION MEETING
Regular monthly meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri
can Legion, will be held at the
Legion Building Friday night
at 7:30. Feature of the meeting
will be showing of motion pic
tures of the national conven
tion.
MSTBB RECEIPTS UP
Parking muter reclpts total
ed $159.75, for the week ending
Wednesday at noon, according
to report of City Clerk Joe Hen
drlck. The total was $24.67
more than put In parking me
ters the previous week.
Huong Attends
Masonic Banquet
Some 200 Masons their wives
and guests attended the annual
banquet of Fa Lr view Lodge No.
339 A. F. & A. M., held In the Ma
sonic dining room Friday night,
February 29.
Arnold W. Kincald, a past pas
ter, acted as master of ceremoni
es. The National Anthem was
sung toy the group, followed
with, the invocation given by L.
L. Benson.
A roastpork dinner with ac
companying delicacies was ser
ved toy ' the Kings Mountain
Chapter of Eastern Star.
Special music was furnished
by Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, of Shelby,
who delighted the guests with
her accordion renditions.
Paul Owens, worshipful mas.
ter, welcomed the ladles, and the
response was given toy Mrs. P.
D. Herndon.
John H. Floyd, another past
master of the lodge, recognized
the Masonic widows f.reaent, I
each of whom was given a cor
sage of white carnations.
Mr. Kincald presented Charles
A. Pugh, of Gastonla, who intro- 1
duced the speaker, Herbert M.
Foy, Grand Master of North
Carolina. .
Mr. Foy made a' forceful speech
on Masonry, outlining where it
originated, what is known about
It, and what It means to the
world today. He said 3,500,000
men as Masons, that 62 of the 96
signers of the Declaration of In
dependence were Masons, that
50 percent of the leaders in the
world today are Masons, includ
ing 22 United States Senators.
Mr. Toy concluded that Ma
sonry Is "most worthwhile," and
he challenged the assembled
(Masons to keep the work of the
order to the forefront, as their
forefathers had in years gone by.
Glass To Observe
30th Anniversary
The Summers Bible class of St
{Matthew's Lutheran church is
observing Its 30th anniversary
with a breakfast at the church
Sunday morning at 9:30.
A special program has been
prepared and all members have
been notified. .
y Cards, sent to member* of wm
class and to all former members,
MfiMted replies as to whether
they can attend to President
Dewey t. Randall.
STUDYING OIL FA1NTZN<& TO FIND A MURDEHEH? Pictured above at a rehearsal are members of the
cast of "Laura." a mystery-drama to be presented at Central school auditorium on Saturday. March
IS, by the Klnffs Mountain Little Theatre. Inc. The painting plays an integral part in the plot From
left to right are Delbert Dbcoa, Bob Osborne. Mrs. A. B. Chandler, director. Bruce Thorburn and Bern
ice Harrison. (Photo by Hubert Carlisle, of Carlisle Studio.)
"Laura" Tickets
Are Now On Sale
little Theatoe
To Give Mystery
Drama March !5
Ticket* went on tale this week
for hamra, # three act mystery
drama to be presented by the
Kings Mountain Little Theatre,.
Inc., at Central school auditorium
on March 15.
Mrs. A. B. Chandler, director,
this week announced committee
rosters appointed for the produc*
tion. .
The committees includes:
Miss Emelyn Gillespie and Mrs.
Rudi Wuennenberg, properties.
Meek Carpenter, Mrs. H. C.
Campbell and Bob Osborne, pub
licity.
Mrs. C. T. Carpenter, Jr., and
Mrs. Bruce Thorburn, tickets.
Mrs. F. A. McDaniel, Jr., and
Mrs. Faison Barnes, makeup.
Mrs. Barnes, wardrobe coordi
nator.
Mrs. E. M. Leopard and Mrs.
I. Ben Goforth, Jr., prompters.
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and Mrs.
O. Z. White, program.
Mrs. Jack White, Mrs. Clay Pos
ton, Mrs. Dudley Rainey, Mrs.
Bill Hudspeth and Mrs. -Frances
Mitchem, entertainment.
B1U Melcholr, lights.
MrS. Poston, Faison Barnes,
Jack White, Jimmy Spivey, Rudi
Wuennenberg, Sam Stallings,
pudley Rainey, A. B. Chandler,
Dick Canady, O. Z. White, Jr., B.
S. Peeler, Jr., and I. Ben Goforth,
Jr., stage.
Mr. Peeler, Dr. and Mrs. P. G.
Padgett, Mrs. M. A. Ware, Mrs.
Mauney and Mr. Chandler, ush
ers.
Final plans are to be discussed
at a meeting of all committees
Saturday night at the home' of
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thorburn,
Mrs. Chandler said.
Dress rehearsal will be held on
March 14 and afterwards a party
for members and their guests has i
been set for the Woman's club
house.
Members of the cast of Jjawra
are Miss Be mice Harrison, "Bruce
Thorburn, Delbert Dixon, Bob Os
borne, Mrs. Sam Stallings, Mrs.
Bill Melche*\ Bobby Goforth and
Sonny McDaniel.
"Laura features an oil painting
( Continued On Page Eight )
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Friday Receipts
'On Taxes lamp
City tax payment* mn hea
viest of the month on February
29, as over-due taxpayer* paid
In II.OM,ga to avoid further
penalty on 19S1 tax Mils, City
Cleig^Joe Hendrick reported
Penalty for non-payment of
1951 tax bills advanced to two
percent March !?
Beginning in April the pen
alty on unpaid 1951 tax bills
will advance at one-half if one
percent pet month. A similar
schedule applies to unpaid
county tax bills.
]S?e league
?tocers Named
Dr. W. P. Gerbei '.i ig, pastor of
St. Matthew's Lutheran church,
was named president of the
Kings Mountain Little League,
which expects to field four Juve
nile baseball teams this sum
mer.
Other officers elected are
Bruce Thorburn, vice-president,
Charles T. Carpenter, Jr., secre
tary, W. J. Fulkerson, treasurer,
and James (Red) Lay ton, com
missioher. ,
Team memberships will be li
mited to youngsters between the
age of nine through twelve.
The Kings Mountain League
will be affiliated with the Gas
tonla association. Planning to
field the Kings Mountain entri
es are the Kings Mountain Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, Kings
Mountain Klwanis club, Phenix
Plant of Burlington Mil}, and the
Margrace and Park Yarn mills.
Kiwanians To Hold
Charter Night Event
Athos Rostan, general mana
ger of Waldensian Bakery at
Shelby, will make the principal
address at the Charter Night
meeting of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis cltib, Thursday night at
6:45 at Masonic Dining hall.
The Charter Night affair is an
annual event, at which wives of
Kiwanians are guests.
Improved School Attendance Figures
Indicate Fla Epidemic Now Waning
Wednesday's attendance figur
es In city schools indicated the
heavy influenza epidemic, which
has been keeping doctors and
druggists on heavy-duty sched
ules, is abating.
Wednesday attendance in
vrtilte schools of the city was 89
percent, only six percent lower
than the customary maximum of
95 percent, white attendance at
Davidson Hagro school was 87
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percent, up n*? per cent nom
the previous day, the attendance
low point at Davidson school.
Low polttt for city schools dar
ing the past several weeks ?c
curred on February 26, day of
heavy snowfall, when white
schools of the city recorded 312
absences and barely' reached the
80 percent attendance figure.
Superintendent B. If. Barnes,
who supplied the attendance re
port, said that an attendance
drop below the 80 percent figure
usually results in closing of the
schools, as occurred In some
neanby communities.
Mf^*ity of the essences he
cred.Jd to the flu epidemic.
"We hope the epidemic has
passed its peak," be said.
Johnston Bill
Would Repeal
Postal Surcharge
The 10 percent surcharge on
postal cards, when bought in
numbers greater than 49. may be
eliminated soon, according to in
formation received by George
Hord, assistant postmaster.
Mr. Hord had reported to the
National Association of Postal
Supervisors considerable com
plaint at the local postoffice,
?both on the postal card surchar
Sand on the towered restric
ns on size andf weight limits of
parcel post charges.
Jesse V. Horton, the associa
tion legislative representative,
wrote that a bill to repeal the
postal card surcharge law had
already been approved by a Se
nate committee and was expect
ed to be passed by the Senate
on the next calendar call. He
also offered the opinion that the
House of Representatives would
take similar action, once the Se
nate passes the bill.
Mr. Horton did not offer any
immediate hopes that restric
tions on parcel post shipments
would Ibe eased. He wrote: "The
law reducing the parcel post
weight and size limits was spon
sored bv the Railway Express
Agency and its employee organ
izations and was parsed over the
objections of the Postmaster
General. A bill to repeal the re
strictlons has been introduced
by Senator Langer, of North Da
kota, and is *being considered . . .
The fact that the law was pass
ed by both the House and the
Senate last fall without opposi
tion would indicate that repeal
may be without much sup
port . . .
W. C. Beam
Funeral Held
Funeral services for Wil.iam
Carroll Beam, 62, native of the
Bethlebem community anc* for
23 years a weaver at G rover's
Mlnette Mill, were held Saturday
afternoon at Grover Baptist
church.
Rev. s. M. Hughes, pastor of
the church, conducted the rites
assisted by Rev. W. a. Hoffman
and Rev. Park Moore. Iterment
was made at Grover cemetery
with Masonic burial rites being
conducted by members of Stato
J Line Lodge.
Mr. Beam died at his home
Friday morning at 7:25) follow
it>g a three-months illness.
He was a member of the Gro
ver Baptist church, the Masonic
American Leilon and
VFW. A veteran of World War I,
he had served In the 81st divis
ion. He was the son of Mrs
Amanda Bookout Beam, and the
late John Beam.
a^*v1v15^ mrc hte wlf*' Mrs.
Addle Kendrick Beam, three
brothers, Marlon Beam, of Kings
Morjttatn, Grady Beam and Ves
ter Beam^boQi of Badin, and two
WCCmmp, at Ba
SEiJZLPS C W ***<"* of
wraunotm, va.
Prior to the funeral rites the
s*; *?
Lake Montonia
Stockholders
Hold Meeting
Dorus C. McSwain. of Gastonia,
was re-elected president of the
Lake Montonia Club. Inc., at the
annual meeting of stockholders
of the organization held at City
Hall Tuesday night.
J. Pat Tignor, of Kings Moun
.aln was named vice-president.
Br S. Neill, Jr., of Gastonia. and
Harry Page, of Kings Mountain,
were re-elected secretary-treas
urer and assistant secretary
treasurer.
Carl Mauney. of Kings Moun
tain, retiring vice-president, and
Howard Whisnant of Gastonia,
were named to three-year direc
torships, replacing J. w. Grimes,
of Kings Mountain, and Claude
Wyrick, of Gastonia.
Holdover directors of the or
ganization are W. T. Spencer
and Dr. O. P. Lewis, one-year;
and W. R. Huskins and H. L.
Ruth, two-year. ?
The group voted to advance
the date of the annual meeting
to the second Tuesday of each
January instead of the first
Tuesday Of each March.
Reports were heard from the
president, the road committee
and the fish committee.
The number of associate mem
berships was cut from 30 to 25
for Cleveland and Gastoft ^un
ties and a motion to raise the
price of the .memberships from
$35 to $45 was defeated, |
Luther Hodges
Visits In City
Luther H. Hodges, candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for lieutenant-governor in the
May primary, was in KIj's
Mountain last Friday in behalf
of his candidacy.
A former ECO official in Ger
many, and, for many yea is, gen
eral manager of the Marshal
Field textile enterprises at
Leaksville, Mr. Hodges said he
was running "as a business man
candidate."
He said it h^d S>een proved
that businessmen could conduct
political affairs with efficiency
and that he felt businessmen in
a position to serve should be
willing. ' -
Mr. Hodges is now retired.
He said he was not running at
the behest of, or as the -chosen
candidate" of minority groups.
He said he was seeking the
lieutenant -governorship on the
basis of his experience in >bu.^
ness and with a desire to "serve i
the people of North Carolina whol
have been quite good to me."
Other announced candidates'
f*1.? lieutenant - governor
nomination are State Senator
Roy Rowe, of Buigaw, and May
or Marshall Kurfees, of Winston- 1
Salem.
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Girl Scout Cookie
Sale Scheduled
The Girl Scouts of the Pioneer
Area Council are planning a
Cookie Sales campaign to begin
March 12.
The purpose of this year's sale
is to raise funds for development
and maintenance of the Coun
cil's two camps. Profit from cook
ies sold v y the White troops will
be used i'or maintenance and
improvements of Camp Rotary.
This camp opens its gat^s for the
14th season on June 23rd. It is
available for use of troops year
round.
Profit from cookies sold by the
Negro troops will bp used for- de
velopment of their newly acquir
ed site located on Crowder*s
Mountain, end named Camp Kl
wanis. Plans are underway for
some type of camping on the site
this summer.
The cookies sell for 40 cents
per box and fourteen and a half
cents from each box will go to
maintenance and development
of the camps and three cents will
remain In the treasury of the
troop to which the girl belongs.
Five Area Men
Axe Inducted
Five Kings Mountain area men
were Inducted Into the armed
forces at the Charlotte induction
station last Tlmrsday, via the
Cleveland County Selective Ser
vice board.
The five local area men Inclu
ded: Paskel Bryant Slayton, Jul
es Elbery Seism, Jr., Henry Parks
NeLsler and James Edward Lary,
all of Kings Mountain, and John
William Smith, of Grover.
Report w?v? made by Mcs. CIw
ra Newman clerk to the county
?elective service Ward.
Board Declines Approval
Of Recreation Bond Vote
FPC Postpones
Gas Hearing
Until Maich 24
The Federal Power Commis
sion hearing on the request of
the City of Kings Mountain for
an allotment of gas from the
Transcontinental Gas pipeline
has been postponed until Marcl^
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The hearing was previously
scheduled for Monday and City
Attorney J..K. Davis, Mayor Gar
land Still and Planning Board
Chairman Byron Keeter were to
represent the city at the hearing.
Mr. Davis said he received a
registered letter from the Feder
al Power commission last Thurs
day morning notifying him of
the postponement.
The FPC said that Transcon
tinental Pipeline Company was
objecting to the granting of al
lotments along the line, and Is
asking that it be allowed to sup
ply present customers along the
jlpe with additional g*?s,
Following receipt of an engi
neering survey whioh showed
the operation of a natural gas
system feasible, the city board
of commissioners voted to re
quest the allotment. If granted,
the city would endeavor to build
a distribution system at an es
timated cost of $890,000. (The
cost estimate is also based on
the survey by Barnard & Burk,
Baton Rouge, La., engineers.)
Hay Insurance
flim Honored 7
Hie Arihur Hay Agency, Kings
Mountain Insurance agency,
which represents The Fidelity
and Casualty Company of New
York, a member company of the
America Fore Insurance Group,
has Just been presented with the
company's engrossed scroll in
token of more than 25 years' re.
presentation.
Presentation was made by G.
W. Kassebert, resident manager
for the company. The scroll was
accompanied by a letter from
President Frank A. Christensen
whkfh said:
"It Is with great pleasure that
my associates and I welcome you
Into ftie "Old Guard" ? that as
sociation of agents and company
employees who have been con
nected with the companies of
the America Fore Insurance
Group for over 25 years.
"Our company has grown and
prospered greatly during the pe
riod of your association with us,
and we wish to acknowledge
your contribution to this success.
"We thank you for your loyal
ty and sincerely trust that your
splendid representation of this
company will continue for many
years to come."
The Hit y Agency was founded
in 1883 by Lewis G. Hay, grand
father of Miss Helen Hay, now
senior partner In the Kings
Mountain agency.
CANDIDATE ? B. T. Fall*. Jr., of
Shelby, announced last week he
would be a candidate for re-elec
tion as Cleveland County's repre
sentative to the North Carolina
General Assembly.
Falls, Mooie
Ask Re-election I
Two Cleveland County elective
officials announced last week
end they would seek re-election.
On Thursday, B. T. Falls, Jr.
Shelby lawyer, three-time Cleve
land representative to the North
Carolina House of Representa
tives, announced he would seek
his fourth term. On Friday* Dan
Moore, register of deeds, an
nounced he would seek re-elec
tion to a second term.
Both seek the Democratic
nominations, subject to the May
primary.
Announcement by Mr. Falls
and Mr. Moore bring to four the j
number of announced Candida- 1
tes for county offices.
Lone contest to date is for the
Senate seat in the General As
sembly, sought by Clyde Nolan,
M Shelby, the Incumbent, and
Robert Morgan, Shelby feed
dealer.
Other offices to be filled in the
1952 elections include five coun
ty commissioner posts and five
county school commissioner
ships. Winning of the Democra
tic primary is tantamount to e
lection in Cleveland county.
Mr. Falls served as Cleveland;
representative in the General,
Assembly sessions of 1943, 1949
and 1951. In a statement accom
panying his announcement, hei
said, "1 hereby announce as a j
candidate for re-election to the'
House of Representatives from
Cleveland County, subject to the
Democratic primary in May. I
trust that my record of service
wijl meet with the approval of
the people of Cleveland County.
My seniority of service places me
in a position to more effectively,
serve the people of my County;
and State. I feel that I know the
people of Cleveland Connty find
the things that they stand for. I I
shall strive to represent them to
the best of ray ability. 1 will ap-|
preciate the support and influ
ence of all those who approve my
record of service.
Mr. Moore, formerly a Boiling
Springs farmer, was elected feg-j
ister of deeds in 1918.
Red Cross Campaign Is Underway;
Some Workers Busy In Monday Rain
The annual Number 4 Town
ship Jted Cross fund campaign
is underway this week.
In spite of Monday's heavy
rains, several members of the
solicitation committees began
work on schedule, and the work
of all divisions was going at a
brisk rate by Wednesday.
John iRudisill, Beth-Ware
school principal and chairman of
the rural division, held a lunch
eon meeting of bis group on
Monday and reported that pros
pects are good for the rural area
solicitation.
'Hie Negro division will hold a
meeting on Monday night. L. L.
Adams, principal of Compact
school, is serving as chairman,
with J. A. Gibson, principal of
Davidson school, as co-chairman.
Mrs. Arnold Kiser, publicity
chairman of the fund campaign,
said that Miss Hope Buck, are*
Red Cress representative from
the Atlanta regional office, visit
ed the chapter this week and ex
pressed the opinion that the
Kings Mountain chapter's cam
paign would be ? successful one.
Quota Hoc the Dumber 4 Town
ship campaign Js $6,500, with 64
percent ?t the fund to remain
with the local chapter for work
in the township.
First progress reports on the
campaign are due next week,
Mrs. Kiser said.
Fred W. Plonk, fund campaign
chairman, said he hoped the
campaign could be successfully
completed at an early date.
"We have an excellent group
of workers," Mr. Plonk said, "and
I feel that the minimum quota
will be obtained. It is a large
amount of money, "but, if each
person does his part, there will
toe no difficulty in meeting and
over subscribing the quota. The
funds are badly needed, 'both at
home and toy the American JRed
Cross, which will receive the
smal portion of the Number 4
Tqwnship receipts. Non* knows
?where or when disaster will
strike, as it did last week In Fay
ette</Me, Tenn. But when it
strikes, the Red Cross will be
there to give aid. Our chapter
area citizens will do their part
in making these necessary Red
Crms services available."
Officials Plan
Haleigh Talks
On Bond Matter
The city board of commission
crs in a special session Monday
night, declined to approve a mo
tion to offer a $250,000 boftd Is
sue to build a city recreation
Plant. However, it did approve
a motionjo send A. B. Chandler,
cfty recreation commission chair
man, and two commissioners to
Raleigh to discuss possibilities of
holding a recreation bond vote
with W, L. Kasterling, secretary
of the North Carolina League of
Municipalities. Th<? League has
legal supervision over the offer
ing of municipal bond issues.
The board met Monday at the
request of Mr. Chandle-, City
Clerk Joe Hendrick sj\id. Mr.
Chandler asked Home, indication
that it would support the cur
rent plana of his eornmlseion for
n city-wide relation p\^ni
motion to offer the bond
issue, offered by James* (Red)
Layton, failed to obtain a sec
ond The motion by Mr. Layton
to discuss the matter with Mc.
Kasterling was seconded by Oil
and Pearson and unanimously
carried, with ali commissioners
present.
City Attorney J. R. Davis had
previously told the board, fol
lowing a visit to Raleigh to dis
cuss possible water and sewer
bond issues as well as a natural
gas system revenue bond issue,
that Mr. Kasterling had taken a
dim view of the recreation bond v
proposals, in view of the consid
eration of tlie other projects.
Discussion was advanced on
the collection of unpaid city tax
I bills for prior years to 1951 and
suggestion was made that the
tax accounts be turned over to
W. Falson Barnes, attorney, for
collection. However, the matter
was deferred wlthdut action,
Moze Vaccination
Clinics Friday
Dr. J. p. Ma-uney, Kings Moun
tain veterinarian who is conduc
ting a series of dog vaccination
clinics in the Kings Mountain
area, Sported excellent re
sponse to the clinics l&st week
and announced another series
for Friday.
Dog vaccination clinics havo
been held throughout Cleveland
County under sponsorship of the
county health department in an
effort to stamp out rabies in the
county.
Dr. Mauney will be at City
Hall Friday afternoon from 2 to
4 o clock. He had previously sta
ted that city residents-were slow
er to respond to the vaxx;inatlon
call than rural citizens.
Dr. Mauriey's Friday morning
schedule follows:
Shady Rest, Cherryville Road.
9:00 to 9:15.
T. H. Eaker s at Mary's Grove
9:30 to 9:45.
Barrett's Grocery, Cherryville
Road, 10:00 to 10:15.
Stowe's Grocery, Cherryville
Road, 10:30 to 10:45.
Robert's Cash Grocery, Cherry,
ville Road, 10:45 to 11:00.
Pauline Store, 11:00 to 11:15.
Ware & Heavner's Store, Wa
co Road, 11:30 to 11:45.
Carver Blanton, county dog
warden, has pointed out that
the law requires annual vaccina
tion of dogs against rahies. The
vaccination fee is one dollar.
Property Maps
Will Be Shown
Robert Neill, representative
of Joyce Mapping Company,
said that a mix-up had occur
red in the scheduling for show*
ing of aerial property maps of
the Kings Mountain area, re
sulting In postponement of the
presentation, which had been
scheduled for Tuesday and
: Wednesday.
He said aerial maps showing
city properties and immediate
ly adjacent areas would be a?
Tollable at City Rail next Wed
[ need ay and Thursday, and he
invited property owners to see
the maps and to identify their
properties.
The mapping and locating
work is a prelude to the reval
uation of properties for lax
purposes, which Is now under
way.