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?::;s - _ ? - J % . ? . Population City Limits ... 7,206 Trading Area . . 15,000 (1945 Ration Board Flgurs*) Pages Today I I.! Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. March 20. 1952 r . ? I'M Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins i " . . * *k -?,* CHICKEN PIE SUPPER A chicken pie supper will be held Friday evening from 6 o'clock p. m. 'til 9 at the Fel lowship center at Bethlehem Baptist church. The public Is invited. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $153.13, accord ing to report of Joe McDaniel, Jr., assistant city clerk. BUILDING PERMIT - A building permit was issu ed Monday at City Hall to E. T. Plott for construction of a one story residence in the White sides development at an esti mated cost of $2,400. MARS HILL CHOIR The Mars HIM college tour ing choir, under the direction of Miss Dorothy Weaver, will present, a varied program of religious music at First Baptist church here on Sunday morn ing, March 30. WORLD SERIES MOVIES Movies of the 1951 World Se ries will be shown Friday night at 7:30 p. m. at the Phe nix Plant, Burlington Mills, Inc., recreation room. Also; on the program is an animated cartoon, "Three Blind Mice." MISS FALLS HONORED GAFFNEY, S. C. ? Faylene Falls, member of the freshman class at Limestone College, has been chosen as ,a new member of Cloister, an organ ization in the Department of Religion, and also the Modern ?Dance Group. Miss Falls is the daughter of Mr. Craig Falls,, York Road, Kings Mountain, N. C. Natural Gas Hearing Monday Barring an unexpected change, in hearing date, City Attorney J. R. Davis. Planning Board Chair man and Mayor Garland Still will go to Washington this week end in order to support the city's request for a natural gas allot ment in a hearing Monday be fore the Federal Power Commis sion. The city is seeking a natural gas allotment from the Trans continental Pipeline Company line. Transcontintal, however, 13 opposing the Kings Mountain application with the plea that it be allowed to furnish the 64 million cubic feet of gas in ques tion to current customers. Also opposting the allotment are the several cities which seek addi tional gas. Mr. iDavis said he was inform ed of the activity on the part of of other cities in a letter receiv ed from FPc Wednesday morn ing. Hearing on the Kings Moun-I tain petition has been twice postponed, and Mr. Davis said he did not anticipate another postponement. . He declined to predict the out come of the allocation request, but said he thought chances are good for the city's obtaining an allocation of natural gas. Estimate of Barnard & Burk, engineers, oh cost of Installation of a distribution system is $890, 000. The city has Indicated It would finance the Installation through sale of revenue bonds. Overseas Air Mail Packages Restricted Lory* packagti to terrice men with army and fleet post office addnu can no longer be sent by air mcdL under a new edict ef the postmaster general elective March IS, Announcement of the ruling was made by George Hord, as sistant postmaster, wh- said the new requirements limit air parcel poet going to Jt*0 and lfO ndilssssls to two pounds. Sise Is also limited and the iiwslmiMi to 30 inches hi eom< ? - -m e - _ n ... j.tfc mum length ana girtn. the site ?I the poetmasfts* gsnsral ihhfl that available ** ? ' < k %t WIN SUPERIOR RATING AT CONTEST ? The Mixed chorus o! Kings Mountain high school, above, won superior rating at the district music contest hold in Charlotte last week. The chorus, front row. Howard Coble, director, Barbara Gault, Suzanne Arrowood, Mary Helen Logan. Janice Allen. Gail Sel lers, Marcelene Spake. Dolores Davidson, Evelyn Cline, Joan Thomasson. Jo Ann Careny, Maxine Eubank*, Melba Tindall, Bobbie Barrett. Shirley Payne, Sandra Hov}s, Faye Propst; second row. Katy Jones. Freida Allen. Rachel Plonk. Ruby Crawford. Joann Stewart, Ruth Crawford, Shirely Falls. Doris Jolley, Pat Smyre, Frances Sisk, Jane Ormand, Juanita Pearson; third row, Louise Patterson. | Patricia Henderson, Janell Medlin, Ruth Fleming, Haxel Greene, Bud Rhea, Bill Childers. Jack Owens.] Sherrtll Spears, Howard Blanton, Bill Ruth; fourth row, Ann Childers, Ellen Medlin, Jack Moss, Char les Mauney, Bill Briggs, Reginald Murray. Darrel Austin, Douglas Falls, Johnny Kiser. Tim Gladden, and Jack StilL BARITONE SOLOIST ? Luther McSwain, Jr.. a senior, at Beth ware high school won an excel lent rating at the district music contest at Charlotte last week. Lions To Fete Farmers Tuesday The Kings Mountain Lions club will hold its annual Farm ers' Night banquet next Tuesday night, with 125 farmers of the area to be guests for the annual event. The banquet will be held at Masonic Dining Hall at T o'clock, w'th J. Graham Morrison, retir eu Lincoln county agent and well-known humorist, as the principal speaker. Members of the committee on arrangements are H. B. Bum gardner, chairman, J. G. Darra cott and Edwin Moore. Invitations to attend the ban quet are being mailed to farm ers of the area this weekend. GUEST SPEAKER Dr N. H. Beed was guest speaker Tuesday night at the Grover Lions Club. His topic was 'Teenage Youth of Today." ? i Student Musicians Make Good Showing Two Groups. McKelvie Get Top Ratings Kings Mountain and Beth ware musicians won high ratings at the district music contest last week at Charlotte. The Mixed Chorus of Kings Mountain high school, directed by Howard Coble, won' a superior rating. The Chorus sang "Lamb of God", 16 th century choral ar rangement by Christensen and '"Morning Now Beckon", a folk song. One of the quotations of the Judges, "A beautiful job from be ginning to end ? musically speak ing an excellent piece of work." The Girls Trio also won a su perior rating with their arrange ment of "Religion Is A Fortune" by Noble Cain. The trio is com posed of Evelyn Cline, Dolores Davidson and Melba Tindall. The Girls Glee Club received good. The Glee Club sang "Pray er" from Haensel and Gretel and "Is It Raining Little Flower" by Scormolin. Melba Tindall. alto, and Dolo res Davidson, soprano, received ratings of good. Miss Tindall sang "I Heard A Forest Praying" by Peter De Rose and Miss David sun sang "The Blind Ploughman" by Clarke. Jack Moss, bass, re ' ceived excellent with his arrange ment of "Bells of the Sea" by Solman. Barbara Gault accompanied the groups. Miss Gault received ex i t Continued On Page Eighty County Commissioners Announce They Will Seek Re-Election The incumbent, Cleveland County commissioners announc ed Monday afternoon they would seek re-election, subject to the May Democratic primary. They are; Zeb V. Cline, representing Dis trict 1 (Number 6 Township.) Hazel B. Bumgardner, repre CONSTABLE CANDIDATE Enrin Ellison, of Kings Moun> tain, paid his filing fee this week foi {he elected office of constable of Number A Town ship, si'b;<?ct to the May Demo cratic primary. Will Black burn is the incumbent consta- , ble. senting District 2 (Number 4 and 5 Townships.) Fitsihugh Rolinse, representing District 3 (Number 9 and 10 Townships). A. C. Bracket, represening Dis trict 4 (Number 8 and all Town ships. t R. G. Burris, representing Dis trict 5 (Number 1, 2, and 3 Townships.) The Incumbent commission ers a:? the first citizens to an nounce for the board of com missioners. The forthcoming primary will be the first election under the rw district nomination arrang ement In die primary; register ed Democrats of the particular district will vote only for the re presentative for that district In the general election In Novem ber.j all cttixens may vote for five commissioners, one from each district. Mr. Bumgardner was appoint ed to ttte board at commission er* fey the clerk of court last spring following enactment of the .Mftelatiori arranging the Announces ? Haul a. uum gardner, county commissioner ! representing Number 4 and 5 Township*, announced this week he would seek re-election in the May Democratic primary. All In cumbent commissioners are seeking to succeed themselves. district method of 'representation | and election. He is a well-known Kings Mountain farmer. He un successfully sought nomination as a commissioner in the 1950 primary, tout polled a heavy pre ponderance of the vote in the five precincts of Number 4 and 5 Townships. Mr. Rollins, of Lawndale, was also appointed to thfc board fol lowing the increase of its mem bership to five, and Mr. Burrua, of Moorafcoro, siu on the board by appointment, have succeeded the late Henry McKinney, who died following the 19ft0 general election. Mr. Cline, of Shelby, {Continued On Page Bight) ? I * TO PREACH HERE ? Rev. John ! McSween, D. D.. prominent Pres byterian minister, will conduct a week's evangelistic series at j First Presbyterian church begin ning Sunday morning. McSween Series Annual evangelistic services 1 will begin at First Presbyterian church Sunday morning, with Rev. John McSween, D. D., con ducing the week's series of ser vices. Dr. McSween will deliver, ser mons twice on Sunday, both at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. He will preach each evening at 7:30 throughout next week and will conclude the series with two ser mons on Sunday. March 30. Dr. McSween is a native of j Timmonsville, S. C., and a former j [president of Presbyterian college, 1 Clinton, S. C. Until a few months i ago, he was the pastor of Fourth S Presbyterian church of Gfeen- f ville, S. C.. a position he resigned : to devote his time to evangelistic j and supply work. Dr. McS\yeen is j a graduate ofCoiumbia Theologi- j cal seminary and Qf Davidson col lege. "Dr. McSween's pastorate in Greenville was typical of his min istry", Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of the Kings Mountain church! said. "Not only was he loved by ' his own congregation, but he was constantly called upon for city wide services. He rendered very active service for the Red Cross and other community institutions and was a leader in the Kiwanis club. It Is a privilege to have this outstanding leader and man of God to come to our community. [ The First Presbyterian church counts it a pleasure to invite the public to these services." Softball Association j To Moot Thursday Annual meeting of the Kings l Mountain Amateur Softball asso i elation will be held at the court I room at City Hall Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. The group was organized here last spring to promote amateur softball. Last season only one league, a men's group, was ope rated under the association. Plans for tills season call for a girls loop, In addition to the mens league, and possible a church lea gue of younger players, boys and girls. Anyone interested in sponsor ing ? softball team in arty o I the leagues or proposed loops, is urg ed to attend the tweeting. Tillman Pearson Is commis sioner of the men's league. Begins Floiette Henri Commissioned To Write Drama The' Kings Mountain Little Theatre, Inc., will present a new historical drama commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain this summer. .The group voted Monday night 10 commission Florette Henri, au thor of the best selling historical novel "Kings Mountain" to do a drama on the battle for presenta- 1 tion this summer. B. S. Peeler, Jr.; president of the organization, said the com missioning of Mrs. Henri was nec essitated due to inability of the organization to complete "satis factory" contractual arrange ments with Robert Osborne; of Kings Mountain, author of the drama "Then Conquer We Must", which the group presented last summer. "Necessity of obtaining a new drama is regretted by the Little Theatre," Mr. Peeler said, "but the Little Theatre membership. voted 22 to 1 against accepting conditions which Mr. Osborne said he required." Mr. Peeler said that the con tractual agreement with Mrs. Henri calls for e simple 10 per cent royalty on net ticket sales (after federal taxes), with a $500 advance payment against jhe- an ticipated royalties. The Little Theatre would have use of the Henri play as long as it wished. "Mr. Osborne said he required a $500 advance to bind the con tract, plus a flat fee of $75 per performance. In addition, he re quired that the Little Theatre con tract to present the drama for five consecutive years, with a minimum of six performances an nually. Mr, Osborne also reserved the right to cancel the contract on GO days notice, should a profes sional company desire to pur: chase the copyright," Mr. Peeler continued. "These conditions, wore unacceptable to the Kings j Mountain Little Theatre, Inc." A resolution of appreciation j and commendation was voted) Mrs. A. B. Chandler, director, and the cast and production staff of Laura and other details of the presentation were completed. I. Ben Goforth. Jr., was named director of the next play, The Campbell's Are Cotning, a come dy of life in the Ozark hills, to be presented by the group in late ! April. Jaycees Elect Ben Ballard Ben Ballard was elected presi- j dent of the Junior Chamber of Comri.c.ce at the regular semi j monthly meeting 6 f the organiza- j tion held at Masonic dining hall! Tuesday night. Mr. Baljard heads a slate of of-; *Wrs elected for the year 19;>2- i ? ?m. which will be ion ruesday night. Mr. Baljard heads a slate oi w fleers elected for the year 1952 53. The new group, which will be installed at the annual charter night banquet in May, includes: Joe Hedden, first vice-president. Paul Walker, second vice-presi dent. Pete Mt^Daniel. secretary. Rudi Wuennenberg, treasurer. Bill Beam, sagerant-at arms i (Jaybird '. Yates Harbison. Jack White ; and Luco Falls, .each elect ed to j two-year directorships. Holdover directors are J C. j Bridges. I. Ben Goforth. jr.. ? Bill Page. The new Jayeee president will j succeed \V. K. Mauney, Jr. He won a clear majority over three j other candidates. A. B. Chandler, j Mr. White and Mr. Hedden. Vote in the presidents race and for the directorships was by sec- j ret. ballot. Presidont Mauney presided and j Bill Fulton welcomed Sam Mitch- 1 em as a new member of the or- j ganlzation. During the business session, the club voted to sponsor the Kings Mountain Boy Scout dis trict eamporee at Davidson Me morial Scout camp in May after request by Jaycee Bruce Thor burn for assistance in the event. The regular meeting scheduled for April 15 was deferred until April 21 in order that the entire membership might attend a third district meeting at Cleveland Ho tel in Shelby. Shelby Jaycees are hosts for the meeting. The club also voted to co-spon sor a testimonial dinner for Judge E. Yates Webb along with the other nine civic clubs qf the coun ty. The event will mark the occas ion of Judge Webb's 80th birth day anniversary and will be held at Gardner-Webb college on May 23. The club also approved a dona tion of f 25 to the Red Cross fund ? -Ura Board Votes Wire Fence For Stadium # LENOIR-RHYNE CHOIR TO SING HERE? The 58-voice A Cappella choir of Lenoir>Rhyne college wll sing here Sulnday afternoon at 3 o'clock in a special service at Resurrection Lutheran church. The choir is directed by Kenneth B. Lec. College Choii To Sing Here The 58.- voice A Capped a choir of Lenolr-Rhyne College will sir>g a three-part program at Resurrection Lutheran chu;ch here on Sunday afternoon, be ginning at 3 o'clock. The choir is under the direc tion of Kenneth B Lee. Among its members are Mary Mrdlin, second alto, of Kings Mountain, and H. G. Fisher, Jr., of Spindale, son of a farmer pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. The program will Include: Part I ? Leisring's "Let All the Nations Praise tlie Lord," Car issi mi's "Plorate Filii Israel," Gretch-aninoff's ' "O Gladsome Light," and Christiansen's "Praise to the Lord." Part II ? Wlllan's "Hodic Christus Natus Est,'-" Schumann's "Le, Though I Wander," Christ iansen's "A Snow Mountain," "Bread of Tears," and "Beautiful Saviour." Part III ? Liszt's "Benedictus." Rachmanioff's "Glory Be To God on High," Christiansen's "A Cra dle ilymni" Sehreck "Advent Motet (Entrance Scene),'" and the Christiansen arangement of "Built on a Rock." "We cordially invite fhe peo ple of Kings Mountain 'to hear this Excellent choir," Rev, Vance Daniel, Resurrection pastor, said in announcing the program. i m mi m ?mil TO SPEAK HEBE ? Holt Mc Pherson, Shelby newspaperman, ? will speak at Central Methodist i church Monday night. Holt McPherson I To Speak Here . , i j Holt McPherson, managing edi tor of the Shelby Daily Star and j active Methodist layman, will speak at Central Methodist 'church Monday evening at H o'clock, according to, announce ment yesterday by Rev.. J. H. [ ( Continued On Page Eight) 1945 Values Will Be Revaluation Basis; County Employs Bob Neill Values of real property and construction pricey prevail inn in 1945 will be the basis of revalu ation of property for tax purpo ses in Clevelartd County, accord ing to action of ihe county board of commissioners who met in special session Monday after noon. The i-oard also appointed Ro bert Neill. of Kings Mountain, to Ihe position of supervisor of the county's tax maps and appraisal system, the appointment to take effect on completion of ihe re valuation by iColo-Layer-Trum ble Company, engineering spec ialists in property appraisals. Mr. Neil'] is currently employ ed by Joyce Mapping Company, and will later serve in the em ploy of the Cole-Layer-Trumble firm before assuming his duties with the county. When ne begins his work with the county. Mr. Neill. will receive a salary of $300 per month, plus travel al lowance of six cents per mile. Action on the revaluation work, which is now underway, was the principal business of the Monday meeting, and prior to the decision to use 1945 values as a basis for revaluation, the commissioners studied several examples of the work as furnfth ed by Cole-Layer-Trumble. The study revealed wide di vergence in property listings, as had been contended by advoca tes of the revaluation. Among the examples: A house and lot in Shelby, which was worth $2,790 In 1945, is on the tax books at $600. (It's value in 1950 was appraised at $5,040.) A f#rm of 118-acres In Num ber 6 Townahlp worth $16,920 In 1945, Is on the tax books at $13. 415. i A farm of 54 acres In Number (Continued On Page Eight) COMftt ita ^uuiwi< ? ?"?m as N. Bridges, son o( Mr. and Mrs. Glee A. Bridges, was recently . graduated from the all weather radar observers course at James Connally Air Force Base, Texas. Bridges Receives Commission WAOO, Tex.? Thomas N. Brid ges. son of Mr. and Mrs. Glee A. Bridges, of 513 W. Gold street. Kings Mountain, was graduated j from the all weather radar oh-' servers course at James Connally AFB, Tex., It was announced re cently. He was a member of the sec ond class ofi radar cadets to re ceive commissions since the pco. gram started In September 1951. Bridges wns a member of the honor society In high school, and later attended college at Georgia Tech. Wearing the gold bars and ( Continued On Page Eight) t, . * . Installation Work To Start On March 31 I ? "? ? "? "? Construction on installation of an industrial type wire fence at City Stadium is expected to begin March 31. city officials have been notified'. Allison Fence Company has Confirmed acceptance of a bid made several months ago to con i struct a wire- fence around the [ Stadium property for $4 J47.78. i The board of commissioners '.voted acceptance of the Allison j bid at a special meeting last Frl day night. The action followed a discus sion "of recreation projects with A. B. Chandler, chairman of the city recreation commission, and was unanimous. Commissioner Olland Pearson made the motion and Commissioner Lloyd Davis seconded. All members of the board were present except Com-, missioner James Layton. Mr. Chandler had reported to the board his conversations last week with W. L. Easterling, manager of the Local Govern ment commission, state agency which superintends municipal issuance of bonds. Mr. Chandler said it was the advice of Mr, Easterling to offer a recreation bond issue to the voters, (hough that Local Government commis sion would not allow issuance, due to- several factors, including both the city's debt structure in ?lation to other capital needs, and the current ban on use of structural materials for certain uses. Mr. Chandler agreed that it would be a year, at the earliest, before a new city stadium could be readied. Only other actions of the bofcrd were routine. It voted to ask ttie North Carolina Board of Health to check the sewer and water system survey of the Olsen En gineering Company and authori zed. transfer of a taxi franchise from Bill Whetst.lne to Frank .Roper. Bed Cross Drive Is Progressing The Number 1 Township Red ' Cross ftind campaign was report t*j two-thirds completed by cam paign officials Wednesday morn infir- ; Though detailed figures of re ceipts tt) date were not announc ed. Fred Plonk, fund drive chair man, said the campaign was "two thirds complete", indicating re ceipts .of approximately $4,200. Goal of the Campaign is $6,500. Completion of solicitation worlc was reported by the business dis trict committee, the advance gifts group, and thr? residential group. Still to be completed are the so^ licit at ions by the rural, Negro, and industrial employees divi sions. Mr. Plonk reported himself and committee chairmen as "highly pleased" with the progress of the campaign, hut he urged all per sons not yet contacted to make, a donation. Persons not yet contacted should call Mrs. L. E. Abbott or Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, chairman and co-chairman of the residential division. ?ind arrangements will be made to receive, the contribu tions. Mr. Plunk said. "There's an old saying that the last mile is the hardest". Mr. Honk said, "but the goal of $6,500 can def finitely be reached. The cooperation of solicitation com mittees and of individual donors has been exceptional and we are looking forward *fo reporting soon that the goal has not only been met, but over-subscribed." Surcharge On Postals Goes OH Saturday The 10 percent surcharge on postal cards, when they are purchased in quantities of 50 or more, goes off with the c'ose of postal business Friday. Local postal officials were notified of the repeal of the postal card surcharge in the Postal Bulletin of Tuesday. The bill repealing the sur charge was approved March 12, and U effective "on and af ter" March 22. After Friday, postal cards will vend for two cents each, regardless of the quantity Pur chased. |