City Board Calls $600^000 Sctva^c Bond Election For D&cGmbsr 6 ? ? ' ; ; ? . ? ? ? ? - ' ' ? ? ' " ' i "? ? * Popnlation City Limit* 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (IMS Ration Board Figuna) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper VOL 62 NO. 39 14 Pages Today Established 2889 ? * % ? ?? Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 25, 195/ Sixty-Second Year PRICE FIVE CENTS ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF NURSE'S HOME ? Above is an architect's sketch of the proposed nurse's home for Kings Mountain hos pital, for which bids will be invited ***on by the county hospital board of trnstee.s, following approval of the project by the North Carolina Medical Care commission. Plans for the nurse's home were drawn by V. W. Breeze and Associates. Inc., Shelby architectural firm. Local News Bulletins EASTERN STAR Regular meeting of OES will be held Friday night at eight o'clock in Masonic Hall, ac cording to announcement by Mrs. Louise Martin. All mem bers are urged to attend the meeting, she said. RETURNS TO DOTY Corporal James W. (Jim) Cobb left for his base at Indi an Springs, Nevada, on Mon day after spending a two week furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Cobb, 212 S. Pied-morU avenue. WOW SQUARE DANCE The Woodmen of the World will sponsor a fish fry (or chicken) and square dance at Buffalo Fish Club on Shelby road Saturday night at 7:30 p. m. The public is invited to at tend, Ray Smifh. who made the announcement,' said. FbOTBALL OFFICIAL Bruce Thorburn. Kings Moun tain football official, was re cently elected vice-president of the North State Football Offi cials Association. 300-member group that works most high school games in the western half of the state. X-RAY UNIT KERE The Cleveland County Mobile X-Ray unit will be located in Kings Mountain on Thursday at the usuaj up town location, in front of Belk's Dept. Store The unit will be open from 10 a. m. to 12 noon, and from 1 until 4 p. '.fti. and ail citizens are urged to visit the machine for free cfiest X-Rays. QUILT SALE A quilt sale, sponsored by the Young Married Women's class of Patterson G*ove chur ch will toe held at Patterson Grove school Saturday, Sep tember 27, beginning at 5:00 o'clock p. m. Other handmade articles, hot dogs, icecream, cake, pies, cold drinks, will be sold. Proceeds win go to the building fund of the church. St. Matthew's Church To Install Ofiicers i Officers and teachers will 'be installed at the morning service tn St. Matthew's Lutheran chur ch Sunday, The following have been elected to serve the coming year: Supt. Joe Hedden; Junior Supt.. Mrs. Helen Blanton; Be ginners. Mrs. Jacob Cooper; Nur sery, Mrs. Mary Mauney; Secre tary, James Simpson; Assistant, Secretary, Johnny Kerns, Otis Falls, Jr.; Piftnlsts,' Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, ?h!rley Houser, and Virginia Summers. Teachers: Mrs. Clauston Bum gardner, Dan Finger, Dr. Robert Baker,' Mrs. W K. Mauney, Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Mrs. Jacob Maun ey. Mrs. R- L. Plonk, Mrs. Robert Allen, Mrs. Carl Mauney, Mrs. Arnold K'.ser, Ruth Randall, El len Medlln, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Summers, ,|and Jacob Oooper. 1 : vi 'k , ? :? State Approves Nurse's Home Hospital Plant To Add Modem $40,000 Home Plans for a 13-bed, eight-room nurse's home for the Kings Mountain hospital plant have been approved by the North, Car olina Medical Care Commission, and bids on the home will be In vited in the near future, accord ing to announcement this week by the hospital board of trustees. The nurse's home is to be con structed on Juniper street on the northwest corner of the hospital nroperty and will be of modern design and brick, fire-proof con struction, conforming to the ar chitecture of the hospital itself, i Plans for the nurse's home were drawn by V. W. Breeze & Associ ates, Inc., Shelby architectural firm. The architect's estimate of cost is $40,000, with the funds to be supplied jointly by the federal state and county governments. Construction of the nurse's hoine will round out the major construction on the Kings Moun tain hospital platit, which has been in operation for about IS months. Recent opening of the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing ghve the hospital a 3frbed patient Methodists Open WNC Conference A number of Kings Mountain Methodists went to Charlotte Wednesday for the opening of the annual Western North Carolina Methodist Conference". As is customary, particular in terest is being evidenced in the conference's ministerial assign ments, with Rev. J. H. Brendall, pastor of Central Methodist church, not expected to return, since he is completing his fourth year hs pastor of the local church. Rev. B. W, Lefler is completing his first year as pastor of Grace Methodist church. i . B. S. Neill is delegate from Cen tral church, while Mrs. J. E. Mau ney is the delegate from Grace church. t . Band Fund Total Reported At $550 Contributions to the city schools band fund now total S550, Chairman L. E. Abbott said Wednesday. The amount includes S400 in hand and an additional S150 reported, Mr. Abbott said. Re ports from most soliciting groups are incomplete, he add ed. The street concert conducted last Thursday by the Rhythm Kings resulted in donations of ' S36.12 to the fund. Minimum goal of the fund is SI, 500, and indivirt'.mlo are asked to for ward contributions to Mr. Ab bottl. Barry Won't Run For Bocrd Again C. P. Harry, Ward 4 commis sioner, Will not seek re-election next May, according to a state ment he made at the meeting of the cLtv board of commissioners Monctay night, and which he con firmed following the meeting. During a discussion between Mr." Harry and Commissioner Ol land Pearson. Mr. Barry said, "I'm throjgh." The statement came during a board discussion on results of last, week's Court action to re strain the activities of the city administrator , and following a statement by Mr. Pearson calling for the resignation of City Ad ministrator Fuller. Mr. Harry heatedly remarked, "This has been hashed over and hashed over again." Mr. Pearson replied that he (Pearson) haul run for office on an anti-city manager ticket and invited Mr. Barry to offer himself for reflection. Mr. Barry replied, "...I'm through.". RETURNS HOME Mr?. Eugene Matthews re turned home Sunday, from Edgewood Sanatarium, Orange burg, S. C., where she has been a patient for the past several weeks* Bennett Awarded Contract To Build New St. Matthew's Lutheran Church C. T. Bennett Construction Company was awarded the con tract for the building of the new St. Matthew's Lutheran church, by unanimous decision of the church building committee Tues day. ? The Bennett Company was a warded the general contract, which is exclusive of organ erec tion, installation of pews and ot her specific items, at $178,000. The contract also includes recapping of the church parish house with limestohe, to conform in appear ance to the new church, and the removal of the present church structure. I Work on dismantling the pre sent structure is expected to be gin toon, and the construction work is expected to require about a year. Architect for the new St. Mat thew's Lutheran church Is J. Fre derick Lawson, now of Winston Salem, and an InternationaJly known architect. Mr. Lawson Is architect for the building of the new Wake Forest college plant at Winston-Salem. Members t>f the St. Matthew's Lutheran church building commit tee are W. K. Mauney, D. C. Mau ney, Dr. J. P. Mauney, Dr. W. L. Mauney, Mrs. F. K. Summers, Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Mra. L. P. Baker, Mrs. Helen R. " Blanton, George W. Mauney, Dan M. Fin ger, Glee E. Bridges. Clyde Kerns, RAy Cline, Carl F. Mauney, R. L. Plonk and L. Arnold Klser. Total cost of the new church will exceed $200,000. Schools Schedule Nine-Progiam Guidance Series First of a series of ten pro grams, designed to promote un derstanding of children and eli mination of problems interfering with their educational progress, will be held Tuesday evening at 7:30 at Central School auditori um. Announcement of the series, which the public Is - being urged to attend, was made by Miss Alice Averitt, teaching consultant in the city schools. Tuesday evening's program will include the socio-drama "Do W? Have Problems?", a motion pic ture film depicting the guidance problem of a second grader, to be followed by an open forum dis cussion. The socio-drama commit tee includes I: B. Goforth, Jr.. Miss Helen Logan, and Mrs. Au drey M. Pajje. Planning committee for' the nine-program series, continuing through November 25. includes I. B. Goforth, Jr., Mrs- Josephine Weir, Miss Helen Logan, Mrs. Audrey M. Page, Mrs. Winnie M. ?Still. Mrs. It'?alie Suber. D L. Parker, Mrs. Made L. Covington, Mrfc. J. II. Thomson, Mrs. C. Q. Rhyne and Howell Lane. "The purpose of . the study,"., Miss Averitt said, "is to identify and eliminate insofar as possible, any probjem that might inter fere with the child's progress and I adjustments in school. Parents arc urged to take advantage of this study. Such a coufte will off i er a bridge by which the home and the school may work togeth er more effectively lor the good of the child. The public is urged to attend all those meetings." Three consultants will aid in the institute. Dr. J. II. Oswalt, associate professor of education of Davidson college; Dr. Robert Dyer, of Gardner- Webb college ; and Miss Ella Stephens . Barrett, of the state department of public instruction. The program for the nine meeting series will include lect ures. films demonstrations, dis cussions and dramatic skits, i Second in the series of programs jis scheduled for October 9, and will feature a lecture by Dr. : Ostwalt on "Children's Behavior Problems." in addition to. a film jon the development of mental health in the home. Other programs are Scheduled as follows: October 14, tat 3:30 p. m.? " Learning to Understand Children '. two filpis on diag nosing and remedying children's problems; On October 23, a lect ure by Dr. Dyer on "Emotions and How They Grow"* October 1 28. - a lecture by Miss Barrett on "Guidance in Personality Devel opement Through Currieular Ac tivities"; on November 6, class room demonstrations on person ality development through cre ative activities and through hu man relations classes; on Nov ember 11, a play is to be given by the West school seventh grade on November 20, a play to be presented by the high school home economics department; and on November 25, a panel discuss ion, directed by Mrs. Weir, on the subject "Do We Solve Problems?" GOING TO GEBMAIfT Sgt. W. L. McMaekin, 'Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Me Mackln. has been assigned to duty with the army in Germa ny and is now in New York a waiting transportation to his new post. Board Restores Budget Balance Out Of Surplus The Board of commissioners transferred 525,000 from its sur plus balance at June 30 to the current budget Monday night, to replace anticipated revenue lost through a previously approved slash in city power, rates. Specifically, on 3-0 vote, the board transferred $3,782.10 to the street department budget to pay the excess over the original $25,; 000 contracted for street re-sur facing with Taylor Construction Company, and $526.52 to pay for additional expanse over original estimate on construction of new bleachers at City Stadium. The remainder was placed in the. con tingency fund for future assign ment to particular budgetary needs. Commissioner Olland Pearson abstained, remarking, "One way to re balance the budget is to put back the cuts in power rates." Commissioner James Lay ton, pre sent early in the meeting, had left the session. In other actions, the board: 1) Received from S. Leigh VVil son, attorney with the North Car olina League of 'Municipalities; a code book of city ordinances since 1911. , ? 2) Authorized paymeht of a $51 statement from lite state Utilities commission for transcript of tes timony in the natural gas hear ing;. 3) Authorized installation of a street light near. the M. E. Hope residence, 4) Authorized payment to Mrs. Sallie Fulton of $200, as damages to her property on the opening of North' Cansler street. (The city action was by previous agree ment and supplemented $300 paid by the state highway commis sion.) 5) Authorized re-surfacing by the city street department of por tions of Piedmont avenue and E. Parker, Ridge, City, and Watter son streets. 6) Authorized a pay increase to $G0 per week for Ernest Martin, city pipe-layer.' 7) Designated Arnold Falls, formerly, in the street depart ment; as' city receiving clerk at a salary of $55 per Week. S) Accepted the resignation of ' Kelly Dixon as city building in spector. 9) Authorized payment of $33 in witness fees, assessed the city | in civil action against the city decided last Thursday." 10> Set up a finance, committee, including Commissioners DaVis, Pearson and Barry, to approve for payment city accounts over $100, and to serve as a city pur chasing commission. lit Authorized the mayor to J countersign city checks. . 12) Authorized retaining of a surveyor for a survey of severil streets to determine whether suf ficient rights-of-way are obtain able for improvements to the streets. Hord Nominated By Kiwanians Members of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club nominated l>r. j D. F. Hord. Jr., to 'serve as presi- J dent for the year 1953 at their meeting last Thursday night. Nominees 'or other offices in cluded: First v ire- president, Paul Mauney and Giee K. Bridges. Second vice - president, J. C. Bridges' and Dr. W. P. Gerber ding. For seven directorships. John C. Smathers. David Neill, Charles Nelsler, M. A. Ware. I.. A. Hoke. B. N. Barnes. L Arnold Kiser, B S. Peeler, Sr.. Dr. O. P. Lewis, J E. Herndon, R. L. Mauney and Arnold W. Kincaid. T|>e election will be conduct ed at the meeting of the club on October 2? Howard To Resume Insurance Post Grady Howard. Kings Moun tain businessman recently re leased from active duty with the Marine Corps, will resume his position as Metropolitan Life In surance Company agent 'n Kings Mountain next Wednesday. Mr. Howard replaces Charles Connor, who has served as Kings Mountain agent for the past 18 months. Mr. Connor Is being transferred to Llncolnton. Mr. Howard joined Metropoli tan as Kings Mountain agent in 1946. A World War II veteran, he was recalled to active duty with the marines early In 1951. Crowds At Drama Showing Increase Author To Attend Battle Drama This Weekend Mrs. Florette Henri, of New York City, author of "Sword of Gideon", is expected to attend per formances this weekend at the amphitheatre at Kings Mountain National Military park as the pro duction begins its third week Thursday night, B. S. Peeler, Jr., president of the Kings Mountain Little Thea tre, sponsors of the battle drama, made the announcement. Mrs. Henri is scheduled to arrive at Charlotte airport at 3 p. rh. Fri day, along with her husband, Ray mond Henri, New York advertis ing executive, and "their son. . Arrangements are being made to greet the Henri's at the air port, lie said. They will bo guests of Mr, and Mrs. J, W. Atkins, of Gastbnia, during their stay. ? J In attending "Sword of Gideon" Mrs. Henri will be breaking a cus tom of long standing. She was Un able. to attend the performance of her first play "The Earl of Sur rey" when it was presented in California in 1936, and the play Was awarded the coveted Max well Anderson award. Since that time she has not attended any of her plays, and ali of them have been successes. Another of her plays received a runr.er up award in the same Maxwell Anderson award contest sponsored by the Dramatists Alliance. She said, "I'm not superstitious about it though." People Who have seen the drama about the Battle of Kings Mountain feel that there is no reason for the author, to. fear breaking her tradition at this date. The drama had already proven itself a success. Mr. Peeler, general manager of the production, said "We are hap py and proud that Mrs. Henri is coming down to See t!." nlay. We feel that she in turn Will be pleas ed at the way "Sword of Gideon" has been brought to the stage.1' Three performances of the dra- j ma were presented last week, ; with the largest crowd of the sea- 1 son on hand for the Saturday Continued on Page eight Archdale Herd Brings $27,000 (Guernsey breeders throughout the area bid more than $27,000 for the 96 registered animals of (tie Archdale farms herd, sold at auction last Thursday. P. M. Neisler, treasurer of Neisler Mills, owner of Archdale Farms, said he had- not received final sale totals from Sal ley Sales Service, which conducted the sale,* but that the figure of $27,000 was approximately correct. The reigstetvd herd was sold, following announcement that the dairy was ' discontinuing whole sale add retail sale- of milk. DRAMA TROOPER ? Little Miss Charlotte Harrill. above, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Har rill, can be seen in "Sword of Gideon," drama of the Battle of Kings Mountain, as one of the McDowell children. Goie Buying McMaclrin Fiim Sato of McMackin's Esso Ser vice to Marshall Gore will be con summated .Saturday, according tq joint announcement this week by Mr. Gore and VV. L. McMackln. Mr. McMackiri will terminate bis duties at the firm, located on Battleground Avenue, at the close of business Saturday. Mr. Gore, for the past nine months a salesman with Mar lowe's, auto accessory and appli ance firm, said be would operate, the business under the trade name of Gore's Esso. Mr. MeMackin has operated the: business for the past two years. Call Is Issued For Plane Spotters A minimum of four additional airplane spotters is needed for the Kings Mountain cnjl defense organization, ? Ollie Harris, civil defense cllail n an, said yesterday. He asked that persons willing to serve . as volunteer aircraft spotters contact Tod Gamble or Jim Lybrand at the City Hall fire station. Both Mr. Gamble anil Mr. Lybrand are no& serving as spotters. capacity. KIWANIS PROGRAM Dr. J. G. SpFjift, Duike univer sily professor, will- address , members, ?>f the Ki.ng.s "Moun tain KiWanis club Thursday night on the subject "Two De cades of Discovery its Para psychology." Dr. Spratt will., speak on a pro, run arranged t>y the clubs attendance com mittee of which L Arhojd Ki ser is chairman The chtb cop* venes at Masoivie Dining Hall at 6:13 Thursday evening. Both Sides Claim Victoiy Alter Court Judgment In Civil Action Both sides claimed victor i-. the civil Action against the city lodged by Ollene Ross and oth er citizens, following judgment handed down J>y Judge A. R. Crisp in Cleveland Superior Court last Thursday. The judgment was issued after agreement by both parties to forego a hearing by Jury. Technicajly, the petitioners, represented by Peyton McSwain, appeared to win the suit, the, judge issuing a restraining or der to prevent City Administra tor M. K. Fuller from acting as a City Manager or performing any ministerial functions not specif-, ically delegated by th'e board of commissioners or by the mayor, and the city was ordered to pay certain court costs. But the defendants, represen ted by Davis and White, also claimed victory, taking the posi tion that the city administrator had not assumed .any undue au thority. It was a loss for some among the petitioners vVho had hoped to restrain the employment of Mr, Fuller, or other person, in the same capacity. Key word in |he judgment is '?ministerial." the judgment li mjitng Mr. -Fuller to i/crformancc of "purely ' ministerial" duties. Thai there is considerable ques tion aii to !li,> legal definition was indicated Monday n i t? h t at the , commissioners' meeting. Mayor Garland -Still and Com misSioner ( Hlaiiii Pearson stafed objections to many particular duties other members of the hoard felt' the city administra . tor can- legally perform. The re suit was (hat City Attorney J. H Davis was instructed to make a tvheok of the statutes and report to the board at its special meet ing next Tuesday night particu lar functions the city admini trator may exercise. While all the commissioners and the mayor technically were defendants in the action, the mayor and Commissioners Pear son and Layton had not denied the allegations. , To hieet the requirements of the judgment, the board, which had last summer delegated the hiring and firing authority to department heads, Monday night | rescinded the resolution and ; formally "employed" all per (Continued On. Page Eight) Board of Health Oideis Sewage Improvements __ -5 ' The city board of commission ers adopted a resolution Monday night calling for a $600,000 sew er Improvements bond election for December 6. The bond election, if approved, would enable the city to comply with an order of the State Board of Health to construct a sewage disposal plant in accordance with heeds outlined In a survey by - Olsen Engineering Company of Raleigh. The board first adopted a res* olution calling for the bond elec tion .on November 8, but rescind eel the action and set the date for December 6 when question con cerning conflict with ? the No- '? vember 4th general election was advanced. The original bond issue vote was unanimaus, with all mem bers present and voting. The date- change motion was 4-0, Commissioner James Layton be ing absent at the time. Mitchell & Pershing1, New York bond attorneys are preparing the necessary legal resolutioons and 'other data required for the bond election and the commissioners have scheduled another special meeting for Tuesday night to -complete '-details for. the bond e lection. ' . .'Text of the .resolution of the State Board *?f Health ordering ?the- city to make sewerage im provements follows: "Whereas, the North Carolina [ Slate '-Board of Health finds: "THAT, the Town of kings Mountain, North Carolina, hav ing a population of 7,200, aeeojd ing to the 1950 Census, is not provided with an adequate sew age collection and disposal sys tem. and "THAT, extreme, nuisance con ditions have arisen because ot Insanitary privies;, . unsatisfac tory septic tank installations, and inadequate municipal sew age tr.-atmont plants, which dts | chaise partially raw- sewage to McCnll, Potts, atwi Beeson Creeks, three small streams within the 'dose vicinity of. Kings Mountain, and ' . "TllAT, the use of these in Sanitary privies and septic tanks, and the discharge of this part i ; ally raw sewage into the three 'small streams named above, is daivgf ipus to the public health and I'KMti's a nuisance, and' WHEREAS. the North Caroli na State Board of Health deems it 'expedient and, necessary for the pr?'\ cttYion "if ituis'artces and till- project ion of the public heal- . tli that fite Town of Kings Moun tain install, maintain and op erate an adequate sewage col lection system. -Mid the neces sary ;vpi>ro\'e'd se.vage treat ! men-t plains to 'correct this. situ ation , , NOW, THEREFORE, it 'is or dered by the State Board of Health: THAT, the Town of Kings Mount. un, North Carolina, pro i-Cfii forthwith to construct and put into operation an adequate system of sanitary sewers an