, .1 . . ? ? . Population City Limits 7,206 Trading Area 15,000 (IMS Batten Board Figure) VOL.63 NO. 11 Sixty*S?cond Tear Kings Mountain, N. C? Thursday. March 13. 1952 Established 1889 14 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS ijLocai :-:.8ws Bulletins TAG SALES 1,099 The city has sold 1,099 auto license plates, City Clerk Joe Hendrlck said Wednesday. METER RECEIPTS City pairing meter receipts lor the week ending Wednes day at noon totaled $146.46, ac cording to report of Joe Hen ?drlek, city clerk. , ... COURT OF HONOR ^ The Boy Scout Court of hon or Kings Mountain District, ?will ibe held Thursday, March 13 at 7:30 p. m. A Scouter Roundtable will 'be held. OYSTER STEW The Woodmen of the World Is sponsoring an oyster stew ^Saturday from 6 o'clock p. m. 'til .9 at the Woodmen hall. Public lis. Invited. GUEST TEACHER Nat White, United States Commissioner, lecturer and teacher will teach the Ladles Bible class of the Pretfbyterian church Sunday morning. BACK AT WORK Claude Webb, manager of the Imperial Theatre, was back at work this week. He had been a patient at Shelby hospital for several weeks. IN KOREA Lt. George Tolleson, of Kings tMountaln, hai arrived in Ko rea according to Information received by his family here. He Is serving with the 65th Combat Engineer battalion, .which is attached to the 25th Infantry division. ; RECEIVES CAP Miss ah eta Gamble, student nurse at Presbyterian hospital; Charlotte, was ' amoqg the .group of students receiving nupse's caps at a special pro gram at the hospital last Sat urday. Miss Gamble Is the ?daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W, Gamble. ELECtED OFFICERS At a meeting of the Delta Kappa Gamma held in the Masonic Temple Saturday in Gastonia, Mrs. E. W. Neal was elected president, Miss Gussle Huffstetler, corresponding sec retary. K M. Students In District Music Event The Mixed Chorus and Girls Chorus, of Kings Mountain high school, under the direction of Ho< ward Coble, will enter the District contest In Charlotte Thursday,. The Mixed Chorus will sing "Lamb of God" by F. Melius Christiansen and -Morning Now Beckons" by C. F. Manney. The Girls Chorus will sing "Is It Rain ing Little Flowers?" by A. ?ouis Scarmolin and "Prayer from Haensel and Gretel" by C. F. . Manney. Soloists for the occasion will be Jack Moss singing "Bells of the v Sea" by Alfred Solman, Dolores Davidson, "The Blind Plowman" by Robert Coningsby Clarke, and Melba Tindall, "I Heard a Forest Praying" by Peter De Rose. The trio( composed of Melba Tindall, .Evelyn Cline, and -Dolo res Davidson, will sing "Religion Is A Fortune" by Noble Cain. Th? choruses and solos will be accompanied by Barbara Gault, who Is entering the piano contest and Is playing "Sonata, by Bee thoven, "Invention 3" by Bach and "Pavene" by Ravel. City Property Maps Available Thursday Robert N?UL reproee ntafcve of Joyce Mapping Company, will be at City Hall (Mayor's office) all day Thursday to show local property uwneii ae rial mape oa which they may locate their real property. The map* show la detail the rooftops of Kings Mountain buildings and the ^contour of out and are ea*ily recognisa ble. The work beior done by Mr. Keill is m prelode to the ie valuation of pseperWe* tar tax purpoMs. which Is new under Cashwell Resigns i - , \ ? ?* ? ? .? ? . , .. . ? * *_? Baptist Pastorate RESIGNS ? Her. T. L. Cash well, Jr., for the past 18 months pastor ol First Baptist church, has migntd to accept the pas torate College Avenue Baptist church at benoir. Dog Vaccination Schedule Given Dr. J. P. Mauney, Kings Moun tain vet&rinariaYi who is conduct ing a series of dog vaccination clinics in the Kings Mountain area announces this week another series of clinics for Friday. . " Dog vaccination clinics have been held throughout Cleveland County under sponsorship of the county health department. Dr. Mauney's Friday morning schedule follows: . Harmon's Service station. Shel by road, 9:00 to 0:30. Lall's Store, Bethlehem road, 9:30 to 10:00. - McSwaln Service Station. Beth Ware, 10:00 to 10:30. Herman Cash Store, Shelby road, 10:30 to 10:45. Garrison Goforth's Service Sta tion, Shelby road, 11:00 to 11:30. Blalock'8 Park-Inn, Shelby road, 11:30 to 12:00. . Dr. Mauney will be at City Hall Friday, March 21 for s the final time. Bennett Street Work Deferred The opening of Bennett Street to Cleveland avenue has been deferred pending a decision by the city board of commissioners on the city recreation project, Commissioner Oland Pearson said this week. Carrying out of plans for the reoreation project would neces sitate a change in location of the projected road-bed, Mr. Pear son said. The Bennett street opening was approved by the board sev eral (months ago. ? ? Minister Accepts Call To Lenoir Effective May 1 Rev. T. L. Cashwell, jr., pastor of First Baptist church since September 1950, tendered his resignation to the congregation following morning services at the church Sunday morning. Mr. Cashwell resigned, effec tive April 30, to accept the pas torate of College Avenue Baptist church in Lenoir. 'in a v letter of resignation, which he read to the congrega tion, Mr. Cashwell described his more than 18 months in Kings Mountain as "happy days in the work of, the Kingdom." The College Avenue Baptist church at Lenoir was organized in 1910 and numbers a member ship of 1,450. The pastorate of Mr. Cashwell has been a prosperous one, with major portion of the debt of the church for building of the edu cational building now paid. The Educational building was virtu ally completed prior to Mr. Cashwell's arrival here, but was opened during his pastorate. He has also been active, in ci vic affairs, currently serving as chairman of the Red Cross chap ter's blood collection committee. A recent visit of the Red Cross Bloodmcbile resulted in record collections here. (Mr. Cashwell is the son of Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Sr., veteran Gas tonia Baptist minister. McSween to Give Sermon Series 'Rev. John McSween, D. D., prominent Presbyterian minis ter, will conduct a week's series 7>f services at first Presbyterian qhurch here beginning March 23, according to announcement this week. Dr. McSween, former president of Presbyterian College, Clinton, S. C., and recent pastor of Four th Presbyterian church, Green ville, S. C., wil preach at both morning and evenings services on Sunday, March 23 and Mar ch 30. He will preach each even ing at 7:30 during the week's re vival series. Dr. McSween Is now devoting his time to evangelistic work. ON DEAN'S UST Miss Pauline Mauney, dau ! ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul ?Mauney/" and Miss Pegigy Mauney, daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, were on the Dean's list at Woman's ' college for the first seme^.r. Dewey Randall Completes 30 Yeais Of Perfect Bible Class Attendance ^ Highlight of the celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the Summers Bible Class of St. Mat thew's Lutheran church, held Sunday morning, was the recog nition of Dewey P. Randall, cur rently class president, for 30 years of perfect attendance. In honor of Mr. Randall, the class presented him a Hamilton wrist watch, suitable engraved. The presentation was made during morning services by , the pastor. Dr. W. P. Gert>erding, who quoted from Psalm I: "Blessed is the man . . . whose delight if in the Law of the Lord . . . "He commended Mr. Randall for his faithfulness and reminded that the good record of Mr. Randall would influence others. Prior to morning services, the class, With a nurtfber of former members and Iqvlted guests, met at the church (or breakfast at 9 o'clock. Ray Cline presided and read greetings from Miss Laura Plonk, of Aahevtile, ? former teacher, and from the Rev. H. B. Schaeffer, D. D., pastor of the church in 1922, when the class waa organized. Dr. Gerberding gave a short message, and the class presented Mrs. Prank R Summers, for many year* teach er of the claas, a silver vaae In scribed with names and dates, In appreciation of her many year* of aervlce. w. M. Elgin gave the invocation and John B. Etters offered a prayer. Hie breakfast meeting ended with the singing of "Blast Be the Tic that Binds" SsaiK&Xr ' r v v Iiwm?/mu ? >mw?| If. hunanll, well-known Kings Mountain d tisen, was honored Sunday by Btmbtn of tk* St Matthew's lion. *n?e group attended the 11;00 o'clock service in a body. The Summers Bible Class was organized March 12, 1922, as a missionary class. Mrs. Summers (then Miss Bonnie Mauney) was its first teacher. Other teachers of the class during the 30-year period include Mrs. O. B. Carpen ter, Miss Laura Honk and A. E. Cllne. followed by the Mizpah bencdlc Lut heron church S Class for 30 far* irs Bible rfect at I ? RECEIVES BRONZE STAR MEDAL IN KOREA? Marine First Lieu tenant Everette L. (Shu) Carlton, former coach at Kings Mountain high school, has been awarded the Bronze SJar Medal for heroic achievement in Korean action. Lt. Carlton is shown above, left, re ceiving the medal during field ceremonies in Korea. Lt. Col. H. H. Evans, of Texas City. Texai, battalion commander, 'is making the presentation. (Engraving courtesy The Charlotte News.) Shu Carlton Wins Bronze Star Medal Former Coach I ? I Commended For Heroism Marine First Lieutenant Ev erette L. (Shu) Carlton, former ly of Kings Mountain, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement in con nection with operations against the enemy in Korea. Commander of a platoon of the 1st Marine Division Tank battalion, Lt. Carlton was cited for leaving his tank to success fully evacuate a wounded Ma rine infantryman from a mine field which was under intense >?nemy rifle, machine gun and., mortar fiire, : l#t. Carlton, who was called from his duties as teacher and football coach at Kings Moun tain high school last March, has been in Korea since August. 1951. He is also a veteran of com. bat action in World War II. He is expecting to be rotated from Korea in May and is to be discharged in June. His wife, Louise, and daugh ter, Deborah, now live at 211 North Grove street, Lincolnton. He is the son of Mr. and Mij. William C. Carlton, of Winston t Saiem. The citation reads; "For heroic achievement in connection with operations a gainst the enemy while serving with a Marine tank company in Korea on 11 Sept. 51. A tank pla toon commander, 1st Lt. Carlton wai occupying firing positions in support of an attacking infantry regiment when the ?rea was subjected to intense enemy small arms and mortar fire. Looking through his vision block, he observed a Marine in fantryman fall wounded about oi)e hundred yards distant, in terrain which denied the maneu ver of tanks. Without hesitating, he fearlessly dismounted from his tank and dashed through tb^ tConfinucd On Page Eight ) Civic Groups In Joint Meet The Kiwanis club has invited other civic clubs and cit^ gov ernmental representatives to at tend it's regular meeting Thurs day nfcght at which municipal water system fluoridation will be discussed. The meeting is set for 6:45 p. m. at the Masonii. dining hall. Dr. D. F. Hord made the an nouncement. Dr. Z. M. Stadt, public health dentist of the City of Charlotte, and director of the scht'Ols den tal program there, will discuss the process. Members of the Lions club, the Junior Ohanmbfr of Commerce, the City Board of Commissioners and the City Planning Board are being Invited to attend, Dr. Hord naid. The Joint meeting is expected to begin efforts to fluoridate the city's water system. (Dentists have, in tfce past few years, been citing the effect of fluoridation of drinking water in cities where the water already contains the proper amount of fluorine and others .where the addition of fluorine is controlled. Less den tal decay, especially among young children, was noted where drtniking water contained the proper amount of fluorine, they report. >"'? Bethwaie School Takes "Flu" Holiday Though there is still a con siderable Incidence of llu in the community, reports from school officials and druggists indicated that -the epidemic here, was still lessening this week. Bethware school, however, closed Wednesday afternoon for the remainder of the week. | . Principal John Budlslll said attendance had dropped to 79 percent on Tuesday and was off to 75 percent on Wednes day, though ho credited part of the Wednesday absences to a misunderstanding concern ing closing of the school. A Tuesday newspaper account said health and school off lei ? als were considering a "llu I holiday." Mr. Rudlslll said bo believed some parents read the story, assumed the school was already closed and kept ; their children homo. Regular schedules will be resumed at Bethware Monday morning. B. N. Barnes, superintendent of city schools, reported aver age ' attendance re-approach ing normal this week, with an attendance figure of 91 per cent both Monday and Tues ? day. i G-W Students To Have Program Students of Gardner-Webb col lege will be featured this Sunday night in a special service to he presented at the First Baptist church during the worship hour at 7:30,- according to an announce ment of Rev, T. L. Cashwell. Jr., pastor. The entire service will be con ducted by students from the col lege. The program will consist of [congregational singing inter spersed with prayer and special numbers by the students. Brief personal experiences will be told as the- students discuss the sub ject : "What Christ Means to Me j While in College." The evening sermon will be brought by Jack j Holt af Winston-Salem, N. C. Mr. ' Holt is president of the Student Government and a star football . player. Other students who will repre sent the college on the program i are: Mrs. Jack (Barbara* Holt [who was Home-Coming Football Queen; I>erTy Huffst-tlef of Bel ? ont; Nadlne Oswalt of States ville; Sara Lee Hamrk-k of Besse mer City; and Fuad Sakhninl of Nazareth. This service Is designed to bring real lnftplratlon to the young people of the church and the older ones as well, stated Mr. Cashwell. A cordial Invitation is extended to aM to attend this ser^ vice. $157 Recovered From Legion Machines Kings Mountain police recover ed a total of $157.35 from the American Legion slot machines which were destroyed last week, according to a report of C. E Carpenter, clerk of court. . The money was turned over to Cleveland County general fund in lieu of the school fund formerly designated by Judge E. A. HarrUl h? Recorder's court action of March 3, he said. Chairman Says Red Cross Drive Is Half-Complete The Number 4 Township iRed Cross fund campaign is at the half way mark, Fred W. Plonk, chairman, estimated Wednesday. Goal of the campaign is $6, 500. and Red Cross officials ex pressed themselves as highly pleased as the progress of the campaign thus far. "At the same time, we recog nize that the last half will be the hardest." Mr. Plonk said, "and we "hope all members of the several solicitation committees will redouble their effo?!s to give evefy industry, business and In dividual an opportunity to make a donatfori.". Mr. Plonk .said that all the committee members were highly enthusiastic at the begining of the campaign and that 'the en thusiasm had been followed by hard work."> "We mean to meet the quo ta," he added. ?Members of the Negro divis ion held their organization meet ing Monday night at City Hall, with a .large crowd present, in spite of the heavy rain. L. L. A dams, chairman, presided, and Mrs. J. N. Gamble, Red Cross secretary, addressed the group. Chairman Plonk al.so made brief remarks concerning the cam-i paign. Mrs. .Arnold Klser, publicity chairman, reminded of the val ue of the Red Cross blood collec tion service with a local ex ample. A young (boy has a blood disease and must nave transfu sions twice annually. He Is cur rently receiving his semi-annu al, life-saving transfusions, which are the result of the Red Cross blood collection service. Mrs. Klser also stated appre ciation to merchants of the city for their contribution of window 9pace in promoting the Red Cross appeal. Mrs. Klser said she had received many favorable comments on the elective win dow displays and regarded them as a "real contribution" to the success of the fund campaign. Persons not yet contacted, due to absence from home or other reasons, who wish to give should contact Mrs. L. ?. Abbott, chair mank or Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, co-chairman, of the residential division, Mrs. Kiser said. Local Students Have Drama Roles Kings Mountain students at Plonk School of Creative Arts, of Asheville, are cast In two plays which will be given Saturday ev ening at 8:30 at the school au ditorium, Sunset Parkway at ! Charlotte street. Both plays will be presented, at one performance. Shirley Houser and Nan 'Jean Gantl are cast In "Reciprocity," by Martha L. Levering, while Nancy Plonk, a member of the faculty, takes a role in James M. Barries "The 12-Pound Look." A number of Kings Mountain citizens are expecting to attend the performances. The plays also are to be giv en as part of rhe Carolina Dra matic Festival to be held April 23-28 at Chapel Hill. ? LEGION SUPPER Members of the American j Legion post, their families and j guests are invited to attend a supper at the Legion Hall Sat urday night from 6:30 to 9 p, m. ' The suppers are .to be held at the Legion Hall every I Saturday nhJht. Little Theatre Piesents "Laura" Saturday Night; Crowd Expected The Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present Laura, a three-act mystery drama by Vera Caspary and George Sklar. at. Central school auditorium Satur day night. Curtain time Is 5 o'clock. Advance Sale of tickets has been steady, officials report, and a large audience is anticipated. Ticket*, priced at 75 cents, will be on sale at the door. _ Mrs. Alfred B. Chandler, direc tor, has set dress rehearsal for Friday night and the group has planned a party afterwards at the Woman's clubhouse. The cast includes: Bruce. Thorburn, as Mark Mc Phtrson, a detective. Bob Golorth, as Danny Dorgan, a music lover. R. B. Osborne, as Waldo Ly ? decker\ a critic. Dolbert Dixon, as Shelhy Cur penter, a playboy. Mrs. W. J. Melcher, as Bessie Clary, a servant. Mrs. Sam Stallings, as Mrs. Dorgan, Danny's mother. Miss Bernice Harrison, as a girl. i Sonny McDaniel, as Olsen, a plainclothesman. The play features an oil paint ing of a girl identified as the vic tim of a baffling murder. The investigating detective, In study ing the portrait in search of a clue to untangle the mystery, falls in love wltl' the picture girl and suspence mounts until the murder is solved. The play Is based on the novel by Vera Caspa'ry. Board's Monthly Session Routine FUNERAL CONDUCTED ? Pinal rites were conducted on Sunday afternoon for C. P. Harry, Sr., prominent Grover industrialist. Final Rites Held For C. F. Harry j ? ? ' . | Funeral services for Charles Franklin Harry, Sr., 66. promi nent Grover Industralist, were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Shlloh Presbyterian church at Grover. Rev. Park Moore, the pastor; Rev. J. T. Dendy, a former pastor, and Rev. S. M. Hughes, pastor of Grover First Baptist church, offi ciated and burial was In the Har ry Mauseleum In Grover ceme tery. Mr. Harry died Saturday at 7:20 a. m. at Kings Mountain hos I pita) of <t heart condition. He had [been in serious condition for a [week and in declining health for the past several years. A native of Grover, he was born October 21, 1885, the son of the late D. F. C. and Frances Gold Harry. On February 5, 1908, he was married to the former Miss Effle Holmes, who survives. In 19,19, he founded the Minette Mills, Inc., of which he was presi dent. He was a member and chair man of the board of deacons of Shiloh Presbyterian church and was a member of State Lipe Lodge, A. F. & A. M. Surviving in addition to his wife, are four sons. C. F. Harry, Jr., David L. Harry, William B, ! Harry and B. Holmes Harry, all j of .GroVer, and three daughters. Mrs. SaDelle Uzzell, of Asheville, jMiss Frances Harry anil Mrs. Jeanette Rountree, both *>t Grov jer. Also surviving arc two hroth iers. Rev. W. G. Horry, of Warm jSprings. Ga.. and B. H. Harry, of ' Grcver, a sister. Miss Margaret | Harry, of Greenville. Ga.. and 16 ? grandchildren. The funeral services were at tended by many friends, who fill ed the church and churchyard. { Supervisors o i idinette Mills, Inc., served as active pallbearers. 'They were James Byers. Sam : Strain. Bub Gold, Arthur Davis, Martin Hardin. Curtis Ham j bright. Bill McCarter and Fred i Cockreil. Deacons and elders of Shiloh church and members of .State Line'L/xige served as honorary 1 pallbearers. COURT OF HONOR ] Boy Scout court of honor will i be held at City Hall tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock. A "Scouter Roundtable" meeting will be held during the court. ? ? J Rumored Firing Of Police Chief Not Mentioned The city -hoard of commission ers held a routine meeting Mon day nipht in their regular' mon- - thly session. . " Though the rumor had been rampant that the board would dismiss S. R. (Pop) Davidson as chief of police by a split vote, . the police department a range ment was not mentioned during ? the course of the meeting, which was adjourned in near record time of less than two hours. The board: 1) Named Jack White, attor- ?} ney, as solicitor of recorder's A court? at a salary of $100 per month, without any addition to the court cosj fees. 2) Turned over for collection delinquent tax drills to Mr. White, at a fee of 10 percent of collections. 3> Voted installation of a sew " er line on Hawthorne Lane, aft er request for sewer service had been made by Rufus Mitchem, in behalf of his son Gene Mit chem, who fs constructing a home. 4) Deferred action on a new proposal by R. S. Dickson Com pany to render aid on issuance of natural gas system revenue bonds at a fee of one-half of one per cent of the bonds issued. 5) Took no action on a request for $600 lor the Red Cross. Ques tion of the legality of such an expenditure was advanced. 6) Named Commissioners Oil and Pearson and Baxter Wright as a committee to wofk with the chief of police In choosing sum- \ mer police uniforms. Hie board accepted a proposal by Plonk Brothers & Company to sell the. uniforms, to Include pants and caps, at cost plus ten percent. It voted to purchase summer shirts from Myers' Department Store. j 7) Adopted a resolution where j by the board asks the county | board of commissioners to em ; ploy the Cole-Layer-Trumble company to revalue farm prop-; j erty oh the same basis the firm ; is handling the city property of j the county. This action followed I a statement' by Commissioner James Layton that he under ; siood - the rural portion of the revaluation work wot} Id he han- -| Jdled oil a declaration -by owner i basis.. All the actions were unani | mous, with all members of th?> . - board present. ' Rumor concerning a change in ' lire police, department had been [street- talked all day Monday, , I with some saying thai Chief Da- . ? ; vldson was already dismissed. One .commissioner, opposed to the change, following the meet ing admitted surprise that the ! ? proposal Was not mentioned. Easter Buying Is Beginning With Easter exactly one month | away. Kings Mountain mer r chants expect an upturn in buy. ing, beginning this weekend,, for the annual holiday observance, Easter was early on ' the cal endar last year, falling in Mar ch; but is considered "late" this i year. Majority of merchants report 1 their stocks ample to handle all ; j demands for Easter goods. Gen-, j erally speaking. Easter buying \ concentrates on apparel, with particular attention to children's j wear, as well as male and femi nine attire. ; Some apparel merchants com plain of slow shipments of some items, but both express and par |cel post shipments have been in creasing in the past few days, with the result an enhancing ofy^. the offering, of Kings Mountain I stores. Eariy-bijd buyers have al ready been at work purchasing - Spring and Easter outfits for themselves and their families. ; Prices on most apparel Items are no higher than last year, and some, in fact, are lower. CHOIR TO SING The Lenolr-Rhyne Colloge Acapella choir, directed by Kenneth B. Lee, will sing a concert here at Resurrection Lutheran church on Sunday afternoon, March 23, at three o'clock, according to announ cement fcy the pastor. Rev. Vance Daniel. 1 I

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