Population
City Limits
Trading Area ...............
(IMS Ration Board FIjuim)
7,206
15,000
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. June 12, 1952
VOL. 62 NO. 24
Established 1889
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
COURT OF HONOR
Court of Honor for Boy
Scouts of the Kings Mountain
district, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, will be held Thursday
night at 7:30 at Davidson Me
morial Camp. A Scout Lead
ers' roundtable will fallow
TO LUTHE RIDGE .
Members of Resurrection Lu
theran church will spend Sun
day at Lutheridge, the Lutheran
-? summer assembly grounds.
TJie caravan from Resurrection
is to leave from the church at
S o'clock Sunday morning.
FLAG DAT
Saturday is national Flag
Day and 'business firms of the
city are being aSked by the
DAR to display the United Sta
tes flag in front of their busi
ness establishments from sun
rise to sunset.
JAPAN TOUR
Lt. William R. Merritt, USNR
is spending a few days with his
family. He leaves Monday for
a special .three months tour of
duty at Yokosuka Naval Base. ;
Yokosuka, Japan. Mrs. Merritt
and two sons will stay in
Kings Mountain with Mrs.
Merritt's parents, Rev. and !.*rs. j
P. D. Patrick, in his absence. \
SPECIAL SERVICE
A special Father's Day pro
gram is planned at Central
Methodist church for next Sun
day. One special regular fea
ture is the presenting of a gift
to the oldest father and the
youngest father present at the
service. The subject of the ser
mon will be 'The Modern Fa
ther."
LIONS DELEGATE *
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Brendali,
accompanied by friends from, i
Hickory and Pittsboro, will {
leave on June 19 for Mexico
City, Mex., where Mr. Brendali
will represent the Kings Moun
tain Lions club at the conven
tion of Lions International.
The Brandalls expect to be a
way three weeks. j
UNION SERVICE
Sunday evening's union spr- |
vice foir five community chur
ches will be held at Central
Methodist church, with Rev. W.
L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce me
morial ARP church, delivering j
the sermon. The June 22 ser
vice will be held at St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church, with
Rev. P. D. Patrick preaching the
sermon.
TO BEGIN DUTIES
Miss Celia Ann Edwards,
who is to be the Youth Worker
at Centra] Methodist church
this summer, will arrive Sat
urday, June 14. She will orga
nize a College Youth Class
Sunday morning in the Pas
tor's Study. She will meet with
the Senior and Intermediate
MYF groups Sunday night. On
Monday evening she will con
fer with The Board of Christian
Education, and on Tuesdo
will be with the Senior M'tF
Council at a picnic Council
meeting at Lake Montonia.
Blackburn Declines
To Ask Second Race
The sicoBd Democratic pri
mary on June SS will be a tame
affair, as far as Kings Moud
with only om ram they can
tvelp to decide.
The only nomas on tho bal
lot bom will bo Judge W. H.
Babbitt and E Bant Parker,
who are seeking the Democra
tic semination fee a state Su
preme Court seat.
Will Blackburn, who rem sec
ond to Paul flyers for the town
skip constable nomination, de
clined to call a second ram.
failing to file before the Mon
day deadline, and Roy Bom,
who ran eeeend to Lutfcot K.
?edges, of Looks* llle, fat the
lieutenant * gwaiM nernina
tfcm, awnwiTed this week he
would not oek a emend ram.
. Mr. feiidiele stated appro
I ported Mm fa the May 91 ^pri
AMONG THE GRADUATES ? Pictured above are three Kings Mountain students recently awarded
college degrees. At left Is Charles Jackson Gamble, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Gamble, who received the
degree of Bachelor of Science In textiles from N. C. State College on Sunday. At center is Miss Peggy
Harrelson. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Harrelson, recently graduated from WCUNC. at Greensboro.
Miss Harrelson completed her course of study in February, and taught home economics at Newland
high school for the remainder of the year. At right is Charles Ervin Warlick, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Warlick, who received from N. C. State with high honors the professional degree in civil engi
neering. structural option. Also graduated from N. C. State was Robert Alton Randall, son of Mr.j
and Mrs. A. T. Randall, who received the degree of Bachelor of Science in agricultural Education.
John Albert Rolstoh. former Kings Mountain citizen associated with Kings Mountain Mica company,
received the professional degree of chemical engineer.
Terminal To Open Monday;
Paul Byers To Be Operator
c ' ' ' ' ' ? ? ? ?
First Negro Patient
Admitted at Hospital
The first Negro patient was
admitted to Kings Mountain
hospital Tuesday.
He was Alexander Adams
patient of Dr. W. L. Ramseur.
Adams, who had shown sym
toms of appendicitis, was dis
missed Wednesday.
Atlanta Resident
Killed In Wreck
One person was killed and one
not seriously injured in an early
morning accident near Battle
ground Service Station, five and
one-half miles south of Kings
Mountain, on Saturday morning
Miss Rita Koplan, 19, of Atlan
ta, Ga., died at Kings Mountain
hospital at 11:45 p m, Saturday
night of injuries received 'n the
accident. Edgar E. Peltz, 24. of
Hampton Roads. Va? waa a pis
sor.gei in his 1952 Chevrolet when
the vehicle evidently went out ff
control *nd overturned several
times at about 5 a. m. Saturday.
Miss Koplan was driving at
the time of the accident, accord
;ing to report of State Highway
Patrolman VV. D. Sawyer, who
Investigated.
Officer Sawyer said that Mr.
Peltz reported that he was asleep
in the vehicle and did not know
(Continued On Paae Biaht )
City To End j
Two Year Status
Of "Flag Stop"
Kings Mountain's new bus ter
minal is scheduled to open Mon
day under the management of
Paul Byers, .former ticket agent
and Democratic nominee for
constable.
Mr. Byers told the Herald Wed.
nesday morhing that he had
completed arrangements with
Queen City Coach Company,
owner of the terminal, to oper
ate the station and that, herring
bad weather which would delay
outside concrete work, the termi
nal would be open Monday for
all Queen City bus functions, in
cluding ticket sales, information,
and package dispatch an<^ re
ceipt.
It might be a week, Mr.. Byers
estimated, before tickets and
other necessary materials, are
obtained from Atlantic Grey*
hound, other bus line operating
schedules through Kings Moun- j
tain.
Interior outfitting of the sta
tlon is not yet complete, which
will delay opening of the lunch
room, Mr. Byers added, but he
said It would be put in operation
as quickly as possible.
Opening of the terminal will
mark the first time Kings Moun
tain passengers have had a wait
[Continued On Pace Eight )
Second Baptist Grotwd-Biealring
Ceremonies Set For Sunday At 3
Second Baptist church will
break, ground for Its new $100,
000 educational plant and church
building with special ceremonies
at the Linwood Road site Sunday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Principal speaker at the ground
-breaking ceremonies will be Rev.
Judson L. Vlpperman, D. D., pas
tor of Long Creek Baptist church,
of Dallas.
The new church plant, to
built across the street from
present church building, will be
built by Kelly Dixon, general
builder. Architects are Ormand
Ac Vaughan, of Shelby, and mem
bers of the church building com
mittee are C. M. Lankford, chair
man, Horace Benfleld. and Rev.
B. F. Austin, the pastor.
Members of the building fund
committee are J. Clyde Gladden,
H* Redmond, J. C. Clary, C. M.
Wilson, W. F. Laughter, Rev. W.
chairman, Sam McAbee, W. H.
Langford. H. M. Williams, Drfew
Jackson, Oscar Gladden, John W.
Gladden, John C. King, Harvey
Roberts, Brooks Tate, Horace C.
Wright, Forrest Wright, Roy Hud
son, Burrell Nolen, and Arils H.
Greene. ?
The church Is Extending an In
vitation to the public fo atcnd
the special ceremonies.
SPEAKER ? Itrr. Judson L. Vip
perman. D. Dm of Dallas, will da
Kvw the principal address at
ground breaidng ceremonies
Sunday aHmiouu at 3 o'clock
fas the new Second Baptist chur
ch.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts on
Wednesday totaled $153.19 ac
cording to a report from the
ctty treasurer's office.
Lions Nominate
Taft, Russell;
Elect Russell
I- - I
One portion of Kings Mouni
: tain, while conservative, is stiljl
i preponderantly Demociatic. This '
was the indication from a series
of "elections" cpnduoted Tues^i
( cay night at the regular meetingj
I ?, . Kings- Mountain Lions
club.
j In "primary" voting conducted
first, the club listed ?s its first!
choice for the Republican notni-i
nation for president Senator Ro
bert A Taft. a>id as its first choice!
for the Democratic nomination
Senator Richard Russell.
Between the two conservatives
; it was Russell by 2G to 7, though
Itwo members marked their bal
, lots "not Kefw Deal," just to be
sure.
Prior to the balloting on the
program arranged by Ollie Har
ris, four club members outlined
the relative qualifications of sev
eral of the candidates.
Howard Jackson, who spoke
about General Elsenhower, stat
ed that the general had only two
former presidents available for
comparison. They were Zachary
Taylor and U_ S. Grant, profes
sional soldiers who had became
president Both were failures, Mr.
Jackson said, though Taylor died
in a year. He said the "military
mind" would be bad In the
White House for "the military
rtiind has no respect for human
rights." He declared he would
prefer Truman, "with all his in
competent to the military
mind. :
Martin Harmon outlined the
qualifications of Adlai Steven
son, Hating them as: effective ex.
perience as a clean-up governor
of Illinois, the fact of his not
having served as a member of
"free-spending Congress"; and
that, coming from a large electo
ral vote state and area, "he can
win." It was also noted that his
grandfather was born in Nonh
Carolina.
Dan Huffstetler spoke for Sen
ator Taft. saying. "I am for Taft,
for he has a good record. Taft
has saved us from Worse trou-,
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! Street Re-Surfocing
Delayed 'til August
, A number of city stmt* were
getting a dose of the asphalt-base
; dust preventive MCO this week,
but re-surfacing of defective dty
streets hat been delayed.
Taylor Construction Company
now expects to begin the work a
oout August 15. J7 L. Robinson,
of the TAyior Company, said the
firm was required to complete a
similar Job in Winston Sa let
prior to July 1.
Only Two Rate Schedules To Be Used;
August 1 Billings Will Reflect Change
Mass Of Routine
Matters Handled
At June Meeting
Though it set up a new scale of
power rates, the city boarrt of
commissioners declined, momen
tarily, to make changes in- its
schedule of water rates at the
ntfh'ar JlmC mee,lng Monday
City Administrator M. K. Fuller
Mad suggested a new schedule of
rates scaling down to 10 cents
per thousand gallons, for users of
more than one million gallons
The Present miK?unm
Ions cCnts P"r thousand gal
Otherwise, the board disposed
of a large number of routt"e
matters: wtie
'1> Turned over to its insur
ance underwriter a claim for S105
damages presented by' Miss Doro
thy Hayes, who said she haj hit
a protruding manhole at Gan.t
and Fulton streets on the night
of May 16, resulting in damages
to car and person.
2) Took under advisement an
offer of Dorus G. Llttlejohn tS
furnish sufficient right-of-way
D?rovld^Unn ?f rf0r,h Sims s,reo(.
f,? n?, , f c,ty Would relieve
- r. Llttlejohn of the pa vine as
sesment. Mr. Llttlejohn stated he
did not feel it fair to ?iv<> ail oi'
oav- Vlfhn2fTay nnd stl" have to
P?> the paving assessment
3) Approved transfer of a taxi
fo rb^ r^P ^ vjl ? i " ; ^ ^ t^f,i^>n
for the block of Goforth street
from King to Mountain street.
TtJ ^ urned ?ver for checking (o
Tax -supervisor Clarence Corpen
ter a request from Van Powell for
rc. nd c? $139.8#. Towell 1
claimed, through his attorney. E
A. Harrlll, that his Yori: Road
rPart?heerrtTband ^ ^
rather than acres, and that he
was over-charged.
7) Voted to follow the action
as to privilege licenses of the
on r?!n ard of r?mmissloner.s
on request of Robert Wel'omn
Physically disabled, for reiief
(o? i?TSed;h:"h ???*>.
ii the same privilege
MeT^S^ed'?,e eMect ln 1951"
pr4?ij,rrSP%$i5
:KJ5n
9 > Authorized transfer of $43 -
tho i, 8urPIus accrued auring
?oemCULrert,1year and carrled over
account. aI year to Glance
accounts currently running in ex
cess of budget estimates
$10 000 ^fUtJl?r,Zed transfer of
local Lhm/ cemetery fund to
t?ni "lld^g and loan associa.
SoSld nl??o ^ the ins '"u,'?ns
mount ? e bond8 in slm,lar a
mount in escrow as security
,v?ted lo invite bids cn the
annual city audit.
12) Voted to retain Oi/icer JP
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Quarantine
Set F or Grover
veari'n?" at Grover under 15
d up tn J?8e .3re in quarantine,
cages of poUoC PmCnl " ,hr"
and^Wr."*^; *ven' Mn of Mr.
ana Mrs. Holmes Harrv is in
hospital re
% JLu for a mild case
brother n *lls ^month-old
paralvti'e m ^arry- has a non
P 'ytlc case of polio, according
bell! B'S ?f Dr" T A Cam*
ha^ Jac<?uttha Roundtree,
A.hJSfin 1 POl,? pat,ent at ^e
MERCHANTS PARTY
A large crowd Is expected to
attend the emyloyeremployee
bart>ecue of the Kings Moun
tain Merchants association to
be held next Wednesday at 7
o'clock at Lake Montonla Tic
kets should be obtained from
E. E. Marlowe, J. C. McKiijney.
J. C. Bridges, or at the associa
tion office.
KINGS MOUNTAIN CASUALTY DECORATED ? Pfc. James L. Guy
ton, TJSMC, is congratulated by Col. C. A. Barninger, Executive Offi
cer of the First Marines, upon receiving the Purple Heart for wounds
received in Korean combat. The presentation was made aboard the
Navy hospital ship USS Consolation. Guyton. the son of Mrs. James
R. Guyton of Route 3, Kings Mountain, N. C., entered the Marine
Corps in 1951.
Mauney Twins
Win $14)00 !
On T-V Show
* "* I
Miles and Ernest Maunpy, twin
concert pianists of New York
City, won a $1,000 prize on the
"Chance of a Lifetime" television
show last Thursday.
The young sons of Mr. and
MPs. W. K. Mauney. Sr., of Kings
Mountain have announced they
plan to purchase a moving van
to transport their pianos when on
tour.
According to Earl Wilson,
Charlotte News columnist, the
duo-pianists are probably the onl>
twin professionals in this hemis
phere,
The young Tar Heel musicians
won out' over several other cpn
testants on the television show
winning highest rating on an ap
plause meter.
The twins also appeared earlier
last w:eek In a recital at farrpu.*
TownHall, geting favorable men
tlons from New York music crit
ics.
Mr. and Mrs. Mauney arid :
Da\*id Mauney atended the recit- 1
al, along with Mrs. G. S. McCar- I
ty, of Charlotte.
Macedonia To Hold
Week's Bible School '
Annual vacation Bible school !
will open Monday at Macedonia
Baptist church, with registration
to begin Friday afternoon at 5 1
o'clock, according to announce
ment by the pastor. Rev. Robert
Hardin.
Mrs. B. L. Biddy will serve as
principal ol the school, which will
include classes for children from
ages four to 16.
The school will be conducted
each afternoon from 5 to 8 o
'clock, Monday through Friday,
June 20.
COMPARISON OLD
CITY ELETTmrA]
Cak y Now Receiving
Tax Pre-Payments
The city began receiving
pre payments on 1952 tax bills
and (or 1952-53 privilege licen
ses during the past week.
Mils Lucy Kiser was. the
first citizen to pay her 1952 tax
bill and Dixie-Home Stores was
the first firm to purchase the
new year's privilege license.
Joe McDaniel, assistant city
clerk, reported total tax pay
ments up to Wednesday morn
ing of S377.97, plus total privi
lege license receipts Of S697.62.
Tax bills paid during June
carry a two percent discount.
Bank Promotes
Mrs. Blanton
? ? ?
Mrs. Helen Ramsey Blanton,
veteran employee of the First
National Bank, was' promoted to
the position of assistant cashier
at a meeting of the board of di
rectors Monday. . .
Announcement was made by
P. R. Summers, president.
Mrs. Blanton, who Joined the
bank in 1M2, has been assigned
duties In almost every depart
ment of the bank, having served
as teller, secretary, and book
keeper, She handles sales of tra
veler's checks and government
ibonds and "other general-type
duties.
M^s. Blanton is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rarnsey, of
Kings Mountain. She has resid
ed in Gastonla, since her marri
age to Don Blanton, 'but retains
an active membership in a num
ber of Kings Mountain organiza
tions. She has Just completed a
term as president of the Junior
; Woman's Club and is an active
member of St. Matthew's Luth
1 eran chuecK
RATEK AND NEW
I. SVSTFM RATF.S
ICWH PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT PRESENT
SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
RES
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8.85
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14.35
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19.60
22.10
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. 2.50
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300
3.00
3.00
3.00
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5.50
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7.25
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9.00
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1950
28.25
37.00
89.50
PROPOSED PROPOSED
SCHEDULE SCHEDULE
R- 1
GfM
i 2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
3.30
4.50
6.50
8.50
9.75
11.00
12.25
13.50
15.50
19.50
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35-50
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4.50
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7.00
8.00
8.75
9.50
10.25
11.75
14.75
19.25
26.7S*
34.25*
79.25*
?Demand Charged to he ?4d M at J1.00 per KW in exo?? of 10 KW
Board Hikes^ ? : 0
Outside City
Differential
Tho Ciu fiDiird of commission
ers adopted new schedules Of
rales for sales of power Monday
night..
The hew schedules will be^ef;
fectivo wth July meter readngs
and will be reflected in bills re
ceived by customers on August
The schedule adopted follows
recommendations made by Max
Miller, Greensboro electrical en
gineer, who stated In tils report
that some bills will go up, while
others will go down He estima
ted that 8?l residential custo.
iiiers will pay mart for electrical
service, while 825 will pay less
for the service.
Only in one Instance did the
['board depart from the Miller re
commendations. It voted to- in- * v"
j, crease the differential for out
j side-city-limits customers to ?}?)
percent.
Ia his report. Mr. Miller said
that all residential .power sluiuld
I be measured on one meter and
charged from the same rate
tscaje. The new residential rate
scale will have this result, with
the city hoping to consolidate all
service by October 1. Until that
: time, the kilowatt hours used ?
? will -be totaled atul all billed as
one item.
Another new provision is t|ie
institution of demand charges
o:? both residential and commer
cial power rate schedules. A
temporary schedule of demand
i charges will be used until 15
minute interval-type demand
meters can be Installed.
Chief inequity eliminated, Mr.
Miller stated. Is the current R-l
schedule of rates/ used for bill
ing customers w ho use power for
lights only, and used for billing
the vast majority of merchants
Only exception to the two
schedules, one for residential the
other for general service (bill
itigs for businesses and industri
es using motors and other heavy
electrical equipment) will be
billings on lights City Stadium.
The r ite fom se of the stadium
will h? five 'ems per kilowatt
hour.
Under another enange of policy.,
service wiit not be discontinued
for non-payment of bills until a
reminder notice is sent the cus
tomer. However, the customer
who fails to pay by the close of
business on the 10th of the month
will be charged a one-dollar pen
alty.
Under another change, billings
will be to nearest five kilowatt
hours. Thus a 92-KVVH usage
would be billed at 90. while a 93
KWH usage would be billed al 95.
The rate schedule was not a
dopted without considerable dis
cussion, Commissioner James
Layton. in particul-ar, question.
, ing the equity of the rates. Hun -
. ter Allen, city electrical superin
; tendent. stated that he had stu
j died the Miller repor carefully,
that the rates were equitable and
that "they will eliminate our
1 present messy rates." The action
; was unanimous, on Commission,
er Olland Pearson's motion and
Commissioner Lloyd Davis' sec
, ond.
Donkey Baseball
Game Set Friday
It'll he the Jaycees versus the
All-Stars at City Stadium Friday
night in a 'Donkey Baseball
Game" to be sponsored by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Game time is 8 p. m.
The diamond game, donkey
variety, is the first to be spon
soied in Kings Mountain in sev.
eral years and Jaycee officials
are expecting a large turnout. A
"live baby" is to be given away
at the game, Chairman Jack
White has announced.
Tickets for the event went on
sale this week at 30 cents for
children and 6*) cents for adults.
Clavon Kelly and Luco Falls
are in chirge of publicity.
Team members are: Jaycees ?
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