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f ? r - 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 ) >."? ?: ? . - .. 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 ?r. ? ^ , A: - - . - _ ? _ i > Mam 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. ?? ' - ? 1 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^ * ? ?- ' > 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.