Pages Today City Limits . Trading Area 7.206 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Flguro*) Kings Mou^e hold in Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Mauney is a delegate from North Carolina. TO CONVENTION Aubrey Mauney, secretary of the Brotherhood of the United Lutheran church in America, ?will leave Thursday for Wash ington, D. C., to attend the na tional convention of the organ ization, W. K. Mauney will al so attend the convention, lea ving later in the week. TO MISSISSIPPI Mr. and Mr*. Carl Francisco, residents of Kings Mountain lor about the past two years, have moved to Springfield, where he assumed duties as assistant manager of the dairy department of Hales & Hunt er Feed Co., Chicago firm. BACK IN STATES Sgt. Harry Gosey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Gosey, re turned to the United States from duty in Kurope on Sep tember 6 and is a patient in the Hot Springs, Ark., army hospital.. Sgt. Gosey has been hospitalized for the past three months in Germany. * LUTHER LEAGUE The Young People of St. Mat thew's Lutheran church will e lect officers for the coming year Sunday at 6 p. m. Mrs. Glee E. Bridges is advisor. All youth are welcome to attend. Last Sunday Herman Mauney gave a report on the Lutheran Student Association Ashram at Estes Park, Colorado. PTA MEETING Central Elementary PTA will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the school house. "Members and parents are urg ged to attend this first meet ing of the year," Mrs. P. G. Padgett, president of the asso ciation, said. CONDUCTED SERVICES ftev. Vance M. Daniel, pas tor of Resurrection Lutheran church conducted services at the second anrtual Preaching - Teaching mission at the Luth eran churoh of the Good Shep herd at Brevard last week Bridges Bays Allen Building Paul Bridges, of Shelby, mapor partner of Bridges Auto Parts Company, has purchased the East King Street business building owned by George W. Allen. Mr. Allen, who constructed the building in 1947, said the trans action was completed on Septem ber 10. Since Its construction, the building has housed Allen's Anti ques, a business operated here by Mr. Allen since 1941. The Bridges Auto firm occupies the adjoining building and pur chase of the Allen building will supply needed additional floor spare for the auto parts firm. Under terms of the transaction, Mr. Allen is to vacate the proper ty not later than January 1, 1953, It was announced,. Mr. Allen said he expected to construct another building to house Allen's Antiques. The building purchased by Mr. Bridget is a 40 by 80 foot building of brick construction. Considera tion was not announced. ' AMONG DBAMA PERFORMERS ? Shown above are three members of the cast of "The Sword of Gideon." to be presented In its second of four weekend series of performances on Thursday. Friday and Saturday evenings. Joe Hendrick. left, plays Col. John SevleT, David Neill, center, portrays Col. Ben Cleveland, and Marriott Phifer. right takes the role of the British Officer Major George Hanger. The drama will be presented on weekends through October 4. Kings Mountain Off-To-School List Reaches 115 Addition of ten students to the area's off-toschool list for the 1952-53 term brings to 115 the number of students from the area already attending, or leaving soon, for .colleges, universities, prep schools, and specialty schools. Gardner-Webb college at Boil ing Springs retains top popularity The Herald, as its annual custom, has made a diligent effort to compile a complete list of Kings Mountain area students goiug away to school. The Herald would appreciate receiving information on an^ students omitted from the list ing published today and last Thursday, as well as correction if erroneous listings hcnre been made. Phone 167 or 283. among local area students, with 13 enrolled. Davidson College lists 11 students from the Kings Mountain area. At least two errors were noted in last week's original listing of 105 off-to school students. Bob Patterson, listed as a stu dent at Baylor University, was graduated from Baylor last spring and this year is attend ing Baptist Theological seminary at Louisville, Ky. M. A. Ware, Jr., listed as a student at Blue Ridge School, Hendcrsonville, was graduated last spring, and is a member of the freshman class at Davidson. Additions to last week's listing follows: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MO. Nancy Dickey. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN ? Jack Mauney. ASSEMBLY TRAINING SCHOOL, RICHMOND, VA. ? Sue Ruddock. GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE ? Gene Welch and Elizabeth I Sisk. N. C. STATE COLLEGE ? Paul McGlnnls, Jr. APPALACHIAN STATE TEA CHERS COLLEGE ? Pauline Hayes. BELMONT ABBEY ? Bobby Wells. NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL, CAMDEN, S. C. ? Mary Ruth Fleming. ROWAN SCHOOL OF NURS ING ? Jean Owens. Drama's Second Series To Begin Concert-on-Corner To Support Drsve The Rhythm Kings, a group of school band musicians, will play a street concert Thursday afternoon beginning at 3 o'clock in support o 1 the annual fund drive for benefit of the band. Tho announcement was made by L. E. Abbott, chair man of the campaign, which is being conducted this year by the Kings Mountain Klwa nis dub. The Rhythm Kings will set on the corner In front of the First National Bank. Mr. Abbott said the solicita tion committees are at work, but that only a few reports had been turned in by the commit tees. Goal of the fund drive is a minimum of 51,500. Mr. Ab bott said he hoped the goal would be exceeded. The funds are used to provide necessary operating funds for the city schools bond, including pur chase o f instruments, music and other supplies. Plans Being Made For Grammar Grid Plans were made at a meeting at City Hall Monday night to con tinue the Mountaineer Club gram mar grade football prog; am with Earl Marlowe and Hi'ion Ruth named as co-chairman of the ar rangements committee and Dan Huffstetler also listed on the group. The group approved a plan to sponsor only two teams this fall. For the past three years the Mountaineer Club has sponsored a four-team league. President W. G. Grantham, who presided, named the football com mittee. The group also agreed to a re quest by Bruce Thorburn, secr tary-treasurer, for a transfer of funds from the regular account In order to close out a special ac count. completing a contract with Art Weinef", high school football roach here last year. City Civil Action Was Postponed; Witnesses Told To Return Thursday Witnesses In the . civil suit whereby 47 citizens seek to re strain the employment of M. K. Fuller as city administrator cool ed their heels in Shelby until noon Wednesday, then were dismissed by Judge A. R. Crisp and told to return Thursday morning. They had been summoned to testify irt the case of Ross, et al, versus Still, et al, which had been calendared for trial in the civil term of Superior Court which op ened Monday. Two cases were still ahead of !the local civil action on Wednes day afternoon. The suit was filed last August 24 and bore the signatures of 47 persons. At the time, R. N. Par rlsh posted the $200 court cost bond with the clerk of Court. The complaint charged that the city board of commissioners had employed Hfcr. Fuller as a city manager, which is allegedly Illeg al. Peyton McSwain is attorney for the plaintiffs. Davis and White, Kings Moun tain attorneys, are defense attor neys. While the complaint names Mr. Fuller, Mayor Garland Still and all members of the present board of commissioners, David and White, in fact, are represent ing Commissioners B. T, Wright, L. E. Davis and C. P. Barry. Ma yor Still, Commissioners Olland Pearson and James Layton, at the time, did not deny the allegations in the complaint. The suit was a successor to an original suit listed as Warlick, et al, versus Still, et al, and subse quently non-suited voluntarily following withdrawal of two citi zens who signed the complaint. The second suit was filed two days after the first was non suited. ? -v , Officials Expect Largei Crowds This Weekend Hoping for improved weather ovei^the opening sessions, Kings Mountain Little Theatre officials are expecting capacity crowds this weekend for the second se ries of three performances of "The Sword of Gideon", to be Drama Tickets Reserved seats are still a vailable for this weekend's se ries of performances of "The Sword of Gideon." Little Thea tre oflicials reported Wednes day. Tickets may be obtained up to 5:30 daily at the Little Theatre office, 510 East King street. The boxoffice at the battleground Amphitheatre o pens at 6 p. m. on each perfor mance night. presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at Kings Mountain National Military Park amphitheatre. Curtair time is 8 o'clock each evening. Threatened rain cut attendance at both the opening performance last Thursday and again on Frit day, but better weather prevailed on Saturday and a large crowd witnessed the third performance. The drama, which commemo rates the Battle of Kings Moun tain, won by the colonies in a "turning of the tide" of the Revo lutionary War, was written by (Continued On Page Eight) Reception Sunday For Baptist Pastor Members of five Kings Moun tain churches have been invited to attend evening services at First Baptist church Sunday ev ening and a reception in the ed ucational building immediately following, ' Purpose of the invitation is to acquaint the community with Rev. H. Gordort Weekley. new First Baptist pastor, who assum ed his new duties on September 7. The service will begin at 7:30 with the reception immediately following. Members of First Presbyterian. Central Methodist, St. Matthew's Lutheran, Resurrection Lutheran and Boyce Memorial ARP chur ches have been invited to attend. Announcement was made by Harold Crawford. Powell Bill Check For City $27,155 Mayor Garland Still said Wed nesday he had received the city's' check for street aid under terms of the Powell Bill from the State Highway commission. The check was drawn for $27, 153.58. The Powell Bill, parsed by the 1951 General Assembly, provided rebatees to municipalities J of a portion of the state gas tax. The act provides that the monies shall be used for street work, only, including new construction and maintenance. Jaycee Poll Favors Ike By 20 to7 Results of a presidential straw vote taken at the Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday night indicated that on Novem ber 4 the 23 "straw ballot voters" will cast the following vote: Ei senhower 20, Stevenson 7. Two ballots were thrown out as impro perly marked. Three guests - voted along with 26. club members. Of the 27 counted ballots, 24 voters indicated they were regis tered at the polls, with two In dependents indicating they were not registered and one Democrat not indicating whether he was registered or not. With 20 of the 27 counted bal lots indicating that the voter was a registered Democrat, 14 jump the party to "vote" for Eisenhow er while only six stuck to the par- ? t^ candidate. There were no registered Re publicans "voting" in the straw poll, according to the indications on the.,27 counted ballots. In addition to the indicated six iT'gistered Democrats sticking to the party, Stevenson picked up his seventh "vote" from a regis tered Independent voter, 'Eisenhower picked up his six additional * "votes" as follows: two from non-registered Indepen dents; one from a. registered In dependent; two from registered ballot-casters who indicated no party; and one from the Demo crat who failed to Indicate whe ther he was registered. Of the 27 straw ballot "voters", 16 though North Carolina's elec toral vote would l>e Democratic and 11 thought the state would go Republican. Ballots for the straw vote were furnished by Kings Mountain Court. On July 15, the club in a straw vote nominated Russell, who was defeated in the Democratic cor. vention the following week by Stevenson, with Eisenhower "winning over Russell 15 to 12 with six ballots thrown out. Anthony Dairy To Deliver Here | Ed Anthony", manager of An | thpny Dairy, has announced that his firm has begun home delivery of milk and dairy products in the Kings Mountain area, with D. P. (Doc) McDaniel, formerly with Arciu.ale Farms, in charge of the retail route. The firm, in the dairy business in Gaston County since 1K96, be gan deliveries here on Tuesday. Anthony Dairy operates several farms between Kings Mountain and Gastonia. The firm is owned by Press Anthony, brother of Dr. J. E. Anthony of Kings Moun tain. ' Manager Anthony also announ ced purchase of. the retail route of State Line Dairies and an arr rangement for purchase of milk at wholesale from that firm. Another Kings Mountain area wholesale supplier to Anthony Dairy is Alex Owens of York road, Mr. Anthony said. Both sup pliers have tested, disease free Jersey and Guernsey herds, he added. "We are happy to announce op enlng of our retail loute in Kings Mountain and will be pleased to serye anyone in the area," Mr. Anthony said. City May Call $600,000 Sewer Bond Election At Special Meeting Monday The city board of commission ers may call a $600,000 sewage s>jj5tem improvements bond elec tion at a .scheduled special meet ing on Monday night. Last barrier to the calling of the election was suposedly re moved this week, when Mayor Garland E Still received a tele gram from W. S. McKimmon, en gineer for the State Board of Health, stating "Resolution pass ed by Board of Health Tuesday 9th ordering sewage Improve ments" The telegram was dated Monday. The action by the State Board of Health was a technical matter which has the effect of granting the city a certificate of conven ience and necessity to exceed the city's statutory debt limit, by law limited to eight percent of the city's total property valua tlorii The bond election will i)** fail ed to implement recommenda tions of the rtlsen Company, Ra leigh engineering firm, for thi> building of a city sewage dis posal system, and for extending sewage service to in city areas not now served by the present system. The Olsen Company, fol lowing Its survey, estimated that the construction cost would be Sf/VV'VX) The citv ?' bonded debt at the end of the recent fiscal year was $253,000. with $*0,000 of that a mount due for payment during the present year. If offered, the sewage bond election will be the third held here since 1946. Both of the pre vious electlons^returned an un favorable vote 6n the proposals, once In 1946, and again In 1949. Voted Commissioners Tabled City Jail Project Meeting in regular September meeting Monday night, the city board of commissioners received sketches on a proposed new city Jail, but tabled the matter for future consideration. J. L. Williams, Monroe, Va? ar chitect, had presented sketches for a new Jail, which he said would not cost more than $-13, 000. In other actions the board: 1) Rescinded a previous action to make one block of Cherokee street a one-way street, ordered a stoplight installed at the corner of Cherokee and E. Gold street, and voted to ban parking on Cher okee street with the exception of loading zones in front of busihess establishments. 2) Approved curb and guttcr pe titions for Floyd street, from York Road to Oriental avenue; for both sides of Gofonh street, from Mountain to Gold street; on the south side of Mountain street, for end of curbing to Juniper street; and on the north side of King ? street, from Watterson street to the hospital entrance.. 3) Ordered a 25 mile-per-hour speed limit cm Linwood Road. ?1) Adopted a resolution order ing the advertising of street as sessments from 1942 to date. 5) Voted to purchase a $10 ad vertisement in the Bethware school annual. 6> Authorized expenditure of $522.50. from the Cemetery fund for purchase of a mowing ma chine for use at the cemetery, 7) Voted to rent a parking space at $12 annually to Quality Sandwich Shop. si Authorized use of I he city water wagon to spray the Am phitheatre at the military park during the "Sword of Gideon" run as a fire preventive, provided insurance coverage on trie vehicle is valid outside the city limits, liruce Thorburn made the re quest . The c!f* .i so heard a request from Mr. Thoivburn to place "Children r? Drive Carefully" signs on Crescent Hill Road and other streets, Mr. Thorhum said motorists were using the newly re-surfaced street at a "speed way." The board agreed to 9-sk civic clubs to aid the project. Sketch<*; on' the proposed jail call for a reinforced concrete building with accommodations for 22 prisoners, a "bullpen.", of fices for the chief of police and .state patrolman, and *even seg regated areas' The architect stated his firm specialized in jail architecture, with this field rep resenting " 90 ' percent of our practice. " IN BOOT TRAINING Gillie Fails, Jr., husband of Mrs. Betty Wells Falls, enlisted in the U. S. Navy on September 2 and is now taking bc>t train ing at the U. S. Naval Training Center; San Diego, 33, Calif,, in Co. 52 o7o7. m a TO PREACH HEBE ? Dr. J. Ru pert McGregor, president of the Mountain Retreat association and president of Montreat Col lege, will deliver the message at morning worship services Sun day at 9 o'clock at Dixon Presby terian church and at 11 o'clock , at First Presbyterian church. An- j nouncement was made by Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor ol the chur Unfinished Portrait Shown Unveiling day at Kings Moun tain hospital for the Lottie Go forth Memorial portrait is not too far away. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the uncompleted portrait, being painted by J. Leo Settlemyre, Jr , Rock Hill. S. C., artist and Kings Mountain native, has been hung at Kings Mountain hospital for public view. Specifically, the uncompleted portrait was hung for criticism of detail by older citizens who knew MlsS Gnturlh in her e.irly life. The portrait is being paint ed from a photograph. Funds for the portrait were subscribed by Kings1 Mountain citizens who are honoring the benefactress of the hospital. Dr. O. P. Lewis, treasurer Of the fund, said he had received an additional gift of $10 from N- F. MeGHI. Total contributions to the fund have been S-'i 11 ? Hospital trustees, in regular monthly meeting Wednesday night, were to view the unfinish ed portrait. Crowds Throng Fairgrounds Bright sunshine greeted the opening of the 2,0th annual Cleve land County Fair on Tuesday, and continued good weather Wednesday made prospects bright for record breaking attend ance at the five-day event. Thousands visited the Fair on Tuesday, which was rural school day, with all school children in county schobls admitted free, Friday will be school day for Kings Mountain and Shelby school children, and the Kings Mountain city schools will fol low customary policy of closing at' noon for the annual fair half holiday. Tickets will be distrib uted to pupils Friday morning. The Fair will continue through Saturday night. with a full pro gram schedule. Harness racing will be the feature event on Thursday and Friday afternoons, With- AAA auto racing on Saturday after noon's program. The George Hamid Kevin? supplies grand stand entertainment twice-daily. The James A. St rates midway furnishes the carnival attract ion again, this season present' ing 27 rides and 27 shows. Fire work displays are fired each night. Judging of farm products, live stock and exhibits was completed Tuesday. The fair gates open at 8 a- m. dally. IN DENTAL SCHOOL Dean Ayers is now a student in the dental technical school at the San Diego. Calif., U. S. Naval Training Center In Class 1-W, Cuts Effective With Billings Of November 1 The city board of commission ers handed city power customers an estimated $23,000 rate cut Mon- ? day night, the action culminating almost continual discussion since enactment of new rate schedules in July. The board eliminated the sche dule of demand charges, cut resi dential rates 10 percent. . and slashed commercial rates' 20 per cent. The rate cuts will be reflect* ' o