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Population CltY Limits 7,206 Trading Area 15,000 (IMS Batlon Board Figure#) Local News Bulletins! COURT OF HONOR Boy Scout Court of Honor, Kings Mountain district, will toe held Thursday (tonight) at 8 o'clock in the City Hall. A Scout Leaders' Roundtatale will be held also. TRANSFERRED ' Sgt. Bill McMackln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay McMac kin, is being transferred from Orlando, Fla., to Philadelphia for training in recruiting duty. ON HONOR ROLL Donald Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson, was listed on the Honor roll for the winter quarter at Western Car olina Teachers College, accord ing to an announcement of Miss Addie Beam/ registrar of the college. ON TOUR Miss Marion Arthur left To-, kyo, Japan, on April 5th via CAT airlines for a two weeks tour of Bangkok, Thialand, (Siarti), Hong Kong, China and Teipei, Formosa. BUILDING PERMIT A building permit was issu ed at City Hall Wednesday April 2, to Dan Huffstetler ifor construction of a one story building to toe used as a motor court on E.. King street an estimated cost of $5,000. ASSUMES DUTIES Ralph G. Ware assumed du ties as city policeman this week;' Mr ware replaces J. O. Thompson, who resigned sev eral ac to take a posi tion with Maryland State po lice. IN BOSTON B. N. Barnes, superintendent of schools, left Saturday for Boston, MaSs., wh&re he is at tending the divisional meeting of the American Association, of School Administrators. WRIGHT BETTER Fred Wright, Jr., Kings Mountain businessman, is recovering from a major ear operation he underwent at Charlotte Eye, Ear,- NOse and Throat hospital last week. He returned from the hospital Sat urday. LEGION CANDIDATE C. L. Shuping, Greensboro lawyer and candidate for com mander of the North Carolina department, American Legion, was in Kings Mountain last Friday in behalf of his candi dacy. KIWAN1S WONT MEET The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will not hold Its regular Thursday night meeting. A large number. of Kings Moun tain Kiwanlans attended the intef-club meeting at Lincoln ton Tuesday tdght, which re placed the regular -meeting here. LEGION MEETING Regular April meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the A merican Legion, will be held at the Legion Building on East Gold street Friday at 7:30 p. m. All members are urged to attend. Nominating committee report will toe made. ATTEND FHESBTTERT Rev. W. L. Pressiy, pastor, M. L Harmon, elder, and Menzell Phifer, deacon, represented Boyce Memorial ARP church at the meeting of presbytery at Mooresville Tuesday. Merchant Members Have New Emblems Attention is being called this week to the new emblem deno ting membership in the Kings Mountain Merchants association, which have just been distribut ed to members. Most member merchants are displaying the red, gold and black decalamaniaa on their doors <fr shop windows, and a number of merrtber merchants are displaying the enjlblerns In their advertisements which ap pear in today's edition of the King* Mountain Herald. The "decal" reads: "Buy at Home ? Kings Mountain Mer chants Association v Member 1962" r mmm ? * THREE GENERATIONS OF CHURCH TREASURERS ? When W. S. Fulton. Sr.. lower left retired Sunday as treasurer of Boyce Memorial ARP church and turned the duties of the office over to his son, W. S. Fulton. Jr., lower right, the new treasurer became a third generation treasurer of the church. The late W. A. Ware, upper left, grandfather of W. S. Fulton, Jr., turned the treasurership over to the late W. P. Fulton, upper right, great-uncle of the new treasurer early In this century. W. S. Fulton, Sr., succeeded W. P. Fulton in 1922. F ulton Ends 30-Year Tenure As Treasurer Son Succeeds His Father In Chuzch Post "This is the best year we ever had." W. S. Fulton, Sr., reported to the congregation of Boyce Me morial Associate Reformed Pres byterian church on Sunday, as he read the 1951-52 church financial report and thereby completed 30 years of service as treasurer of the church. On March 30, his son, William S. Fulton, Jr., had been installed to succeed his father. The new treasurer, William Fulton, is a double third genera tion treasurer of Boyce Memorial church. W. S. Fulton, Sr., became treas urer of the church in 1922, suc ceeding his uncle, the late W. P. Fulton, former Kings Mountain merchant, and W. P. Fulton had succeeded as treasurer, W. A. Ware, grandfather of the new treasurer and father-in-law of W. S. Fulton. But this account concerns prin cipally W. S. Fulton, Sr., who came to Kings Mountain in 1902 and was accorded the job of jani tor of the church. Though he later became treasurer, Mr. Fulton nev er completely relinquished his janitorial duties, for, during many long years, he has been, In effect, the hon-salaried building superintendent of Bdyee Memor ial church in somewhat of a ''min ister without portfolio" capacity. Mr. Fulton admits that keeping the financial records of a church Is a somewhat tedious task, with ( Continued On Page Eight) Theatre Comedy To Run Two Nights 'The Campbell's Are Coming" next production of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, will be presented on two nights ? Monday and Tuesday, April 21 and 22 ? at Central auditor!-, um, it was announced this week. I. Ben Coforth. Jr., is direc tor of the play, a three-act comedy of life in the Smoky Mountains. Holcomb Returns From Korea Tour SFC Ben Holcomb, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Holcomb who live at Park Yarn Mill, arrived at Seattle. Wash., last Friday night, returning from a two-year tour of duty in Korea. Sgt. Holcomb served in Korea as inspection officer with the 388th Ordnance battalion. An army careerman, he has been in the army since 1940, and he served 46 months in combat during World War II. LIONS LADIES NIGHT Annual Ladies Night ban quet of the Kings' Mouhtain Lions club will be held at Ma sonic Dining Hall the evening of April 22, with a special en tertainment program to be pre sented by Bob Heckard and Dave Carroll, of Winston-Sal em. The duo will present a pantomime act and are high ly - recommended entertainers, Ejlle Powers, chairman of the committee on arrangements,, said In making the announce ment. Giover Soldier, Elinei G. Allen, Is Now Reported Killed In Action Pfc. Elmer G. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Hoyle Allen, of Route 1, Grover, previously re ported missing in action in Ko rea since February 13. 1951, has been listed as Killed in action. Message from the War 'Depart ment was received by his par ent* on March 30, and he waa listed on the army's casualty list of Monday. - Mc. Allen, after serving for a year In the army, re-entered the army by selective service In Sep. temiber 1950. He went to Korea in December 1950 and served with the Second division as an infantryman. Pfc. Allen is survived toy his parents, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Allen, of route. 1, Graver, three brothers, David Allen, Aiken, S. C,, Larry Allen and Dale Allen, at home, and two alateTS, Miss Joyce Allen, at home, and Mrs. Doris Smith, of dvarlote. -% . - - ? - . ; ? ? : ; ? 1 ??' ^ little Theatre To Talk Diama With Mis. Henri Mrs. Florette Henri, New York writer, commissioned by the Kings (Mountain Little Theatre to write a new drama of the Bat tle of Kings Mountain for 1952 production, will arrive in Kings Mountain Friday morning for a busy two-day schedule. Mrs. Henri (pronounced Hen ry) will survey the Kings Moun tain Battleground amphitheatre site and confer with park offi- j cials and Little Theatre officials concerning the proposed new; drama. B. S. Peeler, Jr., president Of the Little Theatre, said Mrs.! Henri would arrive here at 8:49 1 Friday morning aboard the Sou thern Railway "Peach Queen". She will be met by a delegation of Little Theatre "officials and will spend the major part of the day at the battleground. At 6 o'clock in the evening, Mr. Peel er will be host at dinner at his homo to Mrs. Henri and directors; of the Little Theatre, with Mrs.'t Henri scheduled to speak to ] members of the organization at the E. King street office, at 9:15. On Saturday evening, Mrs. Henri will be entertained at din ner at the Kings Mountain Coun try Club at 6 o'clock, with a press conference scheduled at 7 o'clock and open house at 8 o'clock. Mr. Peeler said all per sons interested in the produc tion are' cordially invited to at tend the open house. Mrs. Henii, author of the novel "Kings Mountain,1' is to return to New York late Saturday ev ening. Strikes Effect Here lis Minor Kings Mountain is thus far little effected by two strikes in nation-wide communications or ganizations. Telephone service !.as contin ued "normal" here since Sunday night when many telephone workers went out in some major cities of the nation. First restriction came Wednes day afternoon, caused by the 1 o'clock walkout at Charlotte. The local office was restricting long distance calls to and through Charlotte to those of an "emerg ency" nature. The walkout was for a union meeting and there was no speculation here as to whether the walkout would be continued. Western Union here was able to supply restricted service, sending telegrams to other cities similarly unhampered by the strike and not takirVg messages to offices where the strike was on. El Bethel To Hold Sunrise Services Easter sunrise services will be held at El Bethel Methodist chiureh Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. Rev. R. L. Forbis, pastor, made the announcement and also said that regular Sunday School will be held at 10 o'clock, with the Eftster service to begin at 11 a, m. A ehildrens service will be held at 7:30, he said. The pastor also announced that revival services will continue at the church this week, with ser vices each day at 7:30 p. m. Meter Theft Shows Dick Tracy Angle Shades of Dick Tracyl . Someone, probably a youngster, has stolen the "line" from one of the famous comic hero's vtllians. Yep, Kings Mountain police found a parking meter missing from in front of First National Bank several week ago. And, 'sho 'nuff, the missing item was uncovered last week? In the Bonnie Mill resevolr. Bob Ware, shop foreman at the mill, made the discovery while cleaning out the pond. Mr. Ware notified the police de partment and so far no further developments have been reported. The exact amount of money in the parking meter was unknown. n . - BOARD TO MEET Regular monthly meeting of the city board of commission ers will be held Monday night at 7:30. A variety oi routine , 1 business Is on the agenda, M.i K. Fuller, city administrator said. ? ? ; : < Retailers To Close On Caster Monday Majority of Kings Mountain retail stores will be closed on Monday for tbe annual Easter Monday holiday, giving retail pet tonne! a long weekend hol iday. ? Also expecting to close ore ' the First National Bank. Home Building & Loan and Kings Mountain Building & Loan. ' The merchants will also oh- . serve the customary Wednes day afternoon half-holiday, according to by-laws o f the Kings Mountain Merchants association, President Dan Huffstetler announced. Trio Of Wrecks On Highway 29 At least two persons were ser iously injured in a trio of acch dents on U. S. 29. two near Grover on Saturday, and another near Macedonia Baptist church on Tuesday. Harold D. Barrett, 26. airman from Gaffney, S. C., on his way hack to his station at Lang ley Field, Va., suffered serious lacera tions about the head in the Tues day accident. He was reported as in an improved condition at Kings Mountain hospital yesterday af ternoon. . Barrett had hitch hiked a ride With Elmer Sheldon, of Charlotte. General Electric Sales representa tive, in a 1950 Buick. Sheldon was slightly injured, suffering lacera tions about the head, and was ad mitted to the hospital. State Highway Patrolman VV. D. Sawyer said the Buick, travel ing north on GrovOr road, ran un der the rear of a McLean Truck ing Co. tractor-trailer which was turning oft the highway at the little-used Margrace crossing near .Macedonia phurch. The accident occu red about 3:30 p. hi. Front end of the Buick was de molished, Officer Sawyer report ed. J. D. Martin, of Grover, suffer *k1 serious facial cuts in an acci dent near Battleground Service Station on Grover road Saturday night around 7:30 p. m. Martin's vehicle collided with another auto driven by Arthur White, of Grover. Mr. White suf fered a broken knee cap and Roy Turner, 10. a passenger in the Martin vehicle, was only slightly injured. In an accident near the state line on U. S. 29 at Grover on Sat urday afternoon around 12:15, Mr; and Mrs. Tom C. Henderson, of High Point, suffered painful injuries when their, auto and a vehicle driven by A. D. Cochran, at Grover, collided. Mr. Cochran was also injured. Chorus To Give Spring Program Kings Mountain high school mixed chorus will hold its annual Spring Concert on April 17, 1952 Thursday night 8:00 o'clrick in the high school auditorium. The mixed chorus received a superior rating at the contest this year for the first time. The pro gram will include: Scared, patrio tic, choral readings, Negro spirit uals, folk songs and show tunes. Mrs. Katherine Mauney's "Then Conquer We Must" will be heard for the first time in concert form. Another number of partlculiar in terest will be a choral reading of "The Gettysburg Address". The chorus is accompanied by Miss Barbara Gault and directed by Mr. W. Howard Coble. Group 1 Sacred: Lamb of Go<L-~ 16th century choral. The Holy City r? Adams. Hail, Our Redee fix er ? RhP/i , Group IT Dramatic: Then Con quer We Must ? K. Mauney. The Gettysburg Address ? Peace. Group III Negro Spirituals: I Want To Be Ready ? Cain. Reli gion Is A Fortune . . Cain (sung by Girls Tior. Certainly Ix>rd -- Kirk." Group IV Folk Songs: Morning Now Breekons ? Czecho-Slovagian Sourwood Mountain ? Kentucky. Kentucky Babe ? Gelbel. Erie Ca nal ? Early American. Country Style ? Square Dance. Gfoup V Show Tunes: Make Be leive ? Kerns. Blue Skies ? Ber lin. Syncopated Clock ? Ander wm. Oklahoma ? Rogers & Ham mers tein. -H PARKING METERS ' f A total of $158.58 was collec ted from the city's parking me ters for the week endlr>g Wed' nesday, according to a report of Joe Hendrlck, city clerk. Easter Sunrise Service Plans Aie Completed Plans were reported complete yesterday for Kings Mountain's annual community-wide Easter gUnrise Service, to tbe held at Memorial Park of Mountain Rest cemetery. The service'ls to begin at 6:15. Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Presbyterian church, who is in charge of arrangements for the service, annually sponsored by the Kings Mountain Minister Citizens driving their auto mobiles to the community- j wide Easter Sunrise service at Mountain Rest cemetery are being requested to use the Dll ling street entrance. ial association, said that the silo j would be changed n> (he high school auditorium in event of j rain. He also announced that church ! bells would be tolled and chimes! played by churches throughout) the community beginning at 5:45 a. m.. a half-hour prior to the service. ? I Rev. J. W. Phillips, pastor of First Wesley an Methodist ih ar ch will deliver the Faster mes sage on the topic, "When the Morning Comes." The community chorus, under the direction of B. S. Peeled. Jr.. will sing the call to worship, and Rev. J. 1J. -Brendall. pastor of Central Methodist church, will pray the invocation. Rev. T. L. Cashwell, Jr.. pastor of First Baptist church, will read the Scripture, and Rev. W. L. Press ly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church. wil pray the Easter prayer. Rev W. P. Gerberding, pastor of Sr. Matthew's Lutheran church, will jxronounce the bene diction. The .community chorus will sing "Cod So Loved the World," "Awake. Awake." and "Christ the Lend Is Risen To day." The Easter Sunrise serviee an nually attracts a large crowd. "We expect attendance- records tc> fall Easter morning," Mr. Patrick said Red Cioss Total Still Climbing "We think we'll make it," Fred Plonk, chairman of the Number 4 Township Red Cross fund drive said Wednesday morning. Mr. Pionk reported receipts climbing slowly toward the town ship quota, with a number of divl: sions still to make final reports. He reported the residential divi sion had exceeded its quota which was "the highest ever". "The workers in this division have done exceptionally well," Mr. Plonk said, "and much credit is due Mrs. L. E. Abbott, chairman, and Mrs. Aubrey Maunoy, co-chairman, of this division". Communion Service At Boyce Memorial A special pre- Easter commun ' ion service will be held at Boyce Memorial ARP church Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, according to announcement by the pastor, Rev. W. L. Pressly. The candlelight service will bo featured. In addition, by a musical reading by Miss EHzabeth An thony and special music by the choir, under the direction of Mrs. N. F. McGiU. Mrs. M. 'A. Ware will decorate the church for the special service. ? > , ^ - . .. Central Methodist Has Bargain Day i - % - Lait Sunday was bargain day at Central Methodist chur ch. ? With a i Uled church. Rev. J. H. Brendall, the pastor, passed over the customary ritual of calling the stewards to pass the collection plates... One member of the church finance committee said. "It pobably cost us $300." One member of the church guessed Mr. Brendall was ov ercome by the extra good bap tismal "business." He had baptized 12 youngsters, . re marking, "Some say they come cheaper by the dozen, but I j believe they come sweeter by the dozen.-" Members of the church say j they don't remember a similar bargain day in history. ' ? * ' j Schools Schedule Series of Clinics ? ? ? A so r ips of pfo'sehool clirtics for children expecting to - enter school for the first time next fail vvaji announced this week by I?. N, ' Barnes, superintendent .? of city schools. The schedule follows: Kast school. April 23, begin ning at 0:30 a nv Central school. May 1. be^iiv, fiing at Di.V) a. m; . West school. Ma j 2,. beginning at 9:30 a. m. Davidson school, April 17. be ginning at 1:30 p. m. Mr. Barnes is urging all par ents of children who will start school next year to make arran gements to bring their childreni to the schools their children will' enter. "The preschool clinics are very important," he said, "for. our potential enrollment determ ines teacher allocations by the stale. In- addition, it makes school much ensier for' the be ginning children when required innocuiations are already be hind them." To enter the first grade, a child must- be six years of age on or before October 2. The law reads October 1, Mr, Barries said, but the attorney general has ruled that a child born on October 2. has attained his sixth birthday on October ), and thus can enter the public schools. "Lily Parade" To Help Fund Mrs. Helen R Jilanton, Kings Mountain chairman of the annual taster Seal drive, announced to day that the Lily Street parade will he hold in Kings Mountain on Saturday, April ]2th from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. This is the finai soli citation for contributions to help ing the crippled children and adults of Cleveland c'ountyl Mrs. filanton, president of the local Junior Woman's club, under whose auspices the St roc ? sales is being conducted, said that club members wfi 11 be at a table in downtown Kings Mountain on Saturday, and that all those who wish "to contribute or contribute more will have an opportunity to do so. The national Easter Seal drive which has been underway since March 13tht will be concluded Easter Sunady. Over 90 per cent of funds contributed In Cleveland county will remain in the county for the benefit of local handi capped. County Political Front Is Quiet; Kisei Undetermined; Roberts Files Political activity In preparation for the May 31 Democratic pri mary was still limited this week. There were these developments: 1) Two LaNvndale men, R. A. Warlick and Charles D. Forney, Jr., the latter a son of an Incum bent school commissioner, filed notice of candidacy for the county school board. The two new candi dates brings to six the number seeking the five Democratic nomi nations, among them Wayne L. Ware, of Kings Mountain. 2) Hazel B. Bumgardner, A. C. Brackett, and F. L. Rollins filed Monday for their respective dis trict county commissioner nomi nations. 3) L. Arnold Kiser, rumored as a possible candidate for the Dis trlct 2 county commissioner noml nation, opposing Mr. Pumgard ner. said he had "no information" at .2 o'clock Wednesday as to whetherhe would make the race. 4? J. Ix>e Roberts, Number 4 Township justice of the peace, fil ed Tuesday for re-nomination. Deadline for filing notice of candidacy Is April 19. principal county contest to date is between Robert Morgan , and Senator Clyde Nolan, both of Shelby, for the North Carolina .Senate. On the state; level, the guberna toiral Joust for the Democratic nomination between W. B. Um stead, of Durham, and Hubert Olive, of I^exington, was warming up, with Mr. Olive ftrlng a salvo of charges and with Mr. Umstead answering In kind. Many To Get Long Holiday This Weekend Kings Mountain was preparing for Easter this week, with special church services paramount ing the activities of many of Kings Moun tain area citizens. Almost all churches had sche duled' special services, and atten dance at Easter Sunday services was expected to reach record pro portions. Easter will also bring holidays' to a large proportion of the com munity. City and Park Grace schools will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday,, resuming regular schedules on Tuesday morning. Majority of retail stores wlU close on Easter Monday, as has been a custom hero for many years, while other firms will ope rate on abbreviated schedules. Merchants were expecting a final buying rush for the forth comftig weekend and reported am ple stocks to take care "of the last minute Easter-season buying',; in eluding both apparel- and gift items Florists were already jam packed with orders and expecting . considerably more. Easter egg hunts wore the or der of the day during ihv week, with more scheduled for the week end by . church and social groups. Among industry, I'homx Plant, Burjlngton Mills, has1 announced that the mill will be closed on , Monday, resuming schedule on Tuesday. City Hall offices wjll be closed Easter Monday. Cancer Campaign Quota Is $750 r* :? ' ' ? ? ?'???' . Kings Mountain's quota in the annual Cancer Fund campaign is $750. Mrs. George Allen, chair man of the 1952 fund drive, an nounced this week. The fund campaign, a project of the Senior Woman's club, will begin next week. Other members of the commit tee an? Mrs. W, W. Toileson and Mrs. J. H. Arthur. Proceeds from the nation wide campaign are used for research in determining improved means of discovering the disease and of curing it. Mrs. Alien pointed .out that cancer is the "Number 2 killer." among diseases. "Kings Mountain has always met its quota and 1 feel it will again." she said in making the announcement. K. M. Florists Sold On Monday Mrs. Charlie Blalock and Mrs. Donald Crawford announced sale this week of Kings Mountain ' Florists to Mrs. Dean Spearman, Mrs. Guthrie Hamrick and George A. Hamrick. The sale was effective Mohday. The new owners will continue to operate the business at its present location on West Mountain street, and Mrs. Blalock will assist the new owners through the Easter' season, it was announced. The firm will continue' to operate un der the same name. Mrs. Blalock and Mrs. Craw ford opened the florist three years ago. St. Matthew's Plans Four Easter Services Special Easter services will be held at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, beginning Thursday ev ening, according to announce ment by the pastor. Rev. W. P. Gerberding. Maundy < Holy > Thursday will be observed at 7:30 p. m. with ;i Holy Communion, with special music by the high school girls' trio. Good Friday will be observed with a special service, also be. ginning aj 7:30, which will In- 1 elude the Passion Story, the pas tor's meditation on "Calvary," and special music by the 50 voice high school mixed -horus. Easter services will be held at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. The chur ch will be decorated with, a me morial garden of lilies and the choir will sing three Easter an? thems. , IN HOSPITAL ' I. Grady Patterson entered Charlotte Memorial hospital Monday for a general check up and observation.