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City Limits 7,206 Trading Area 15.000 (1945 Ration Board Figuros) VOL 62 NO. 41 Established 1889 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 9, 1952 18 Pag e s Today Sixty-Second Year PRICE FIVE CENTS ??????????MSaHaaBVHHMMMHi BUND WORK AS TRANSCRIPTIONISTS ? Purpose of the activities of the NoVth Carolina State Association tor the Blind is to train blind citizens for positions they can fill. Shown above are trained blind persons at their desks at Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, where they aro serving as medical transcriptionists. The annual White Cane sale, to be conducted Saturday by the Kings Mountain Lions club, provides funds for the training of North Carolina's blind citizens. Lions To White G Sale Local News Bulletins COURT OF HONOR Regular meeting of Boy Scout Court of H nor wili be held in City Hall Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. Added feature of the meeting will be a scouter roundtable, it was announced. METER RECEIPTS A total of $156.92 was collec ted from the city's parking meters Wednesday according to a report by the treasurer's office.. HOMECOMING David's Baptist Church will observe annual homecoming exercises Sunday, October 12, following the regular morning services. ! A picnic dinner will be spread, with music and fel lowship to follow in the after noon. "Everyon o isinvlted to ' attend," Rev. MoSwain said in making the announcement. REVIVAL SERVICES Revival services will be con ducted at Macedonia Baptist church, beginning Sunday nlghi, October 12, at 1 o'clock, and continuing through the morning service October. 19. Rev. Reeves Cline, pastor of White Hill Baptist church, Kannapoiis, will conduct the services, with Ew Powell of Gastonia, .in charge of the singing. Announcement was made l> yt the pastor, Rev. R. L.. Hardin. Kiwanis-Jaycees To Hear Snyder Dr. R. S. Snyder, Charlotte min ister and authority on Russia, will address a joint meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis cJub and ?Junior Chamber of ^o nmerce on October 16, ac cording to announcement by Harry Page. The joint meeting will be held at the high school cafeteria, but Dr. Snyder wili speak In the auditorium, with other civic groups and all citizens ln%rited to attend. Dr. Snyder has traveled ex tensively in Russia and only re cently made a trip to Russia and other European nations. The title of his address will be "Communism, Threat of the Future." Democratic Rally Date October 28th Kings Mountain area Demo crats will bold their pre-elec tion rally on Tuesday night. December 28, with Rep. Wood row W. Janes delivering the principal address. The rally had been tenta tively set I Or the previous night, but October 28th date was set to avoid conflict with a similar rally in Shelby. Confirmation of the date was announced yesterday. The rally will be held at City Ball courtroom. '/ .1 ? Annual Sale Aid To Blind Rehabilitation The Kings Mountain Lions Club will conduct its annual White Cane sale, for the benefit of the North Carolina State As sociation for the Blind, on Satur day, according to announcement by C. D. Ware, chairman of the club's annual project. '? * | White Cane pins will be vfended on the street by a group of high school girls, and Lions club offi cials are hoping for a record sale. The North Carolina association for the blind Is one of three North Carolina groups working to aid the blind, the others being the Lions Clubs of North Caro lina and the North Carolina Coir, mission for the Blind, The association was formed in 1934 and one of its purposes is to sOek legislation to create the state agency which now handles all governmental matters pertain ing to the blind and their reha bilitation. Principal program of the Kings Mountain Lions Club and Lions Internationa: i.? aid to the blind. Among the activities aiding the blind made possible by last year's White Cane Sale was an institute for mothers of pre-, school blind children. As a gen eral policy, the association seeks out and aids bli'id people to be come self-supporting, particular ly in . instances where such aid is not available, privately. Macedonia Revival Begins Sunday Revival services, With Rev. Reeves Cline, of Kannapolis, con ducting, are scheduled to begin at Macedonia Baptist church on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. The announcement was made by Rev. R. L. Hardin, pastor. Services are to be held each day at 1 p. m. through Sunday, October 19 and Ed Powell, of Gas tonia, will conduct the Singing. Rev. Mr. Cline is pastor of White Hill Baptist church in Kan nappolis. "Everyone is cordially invited to attend these services," Rev. Hardin said. New Methodist Ministeis Arrive, To Preach First Sermons Sunday . . % Kings Mountain's two new Me thodist ministers will deliver their first sermons on Sunday Both Rev. Phil Shore, Jr., pas tor of Central Methodits church, and Rev. C. L. Grant, pastoY of tor of Central Methodist church, busy Wednesday moving Into their new homes here. Rev. Mr. Shore, who comes to Kings Mountain after serving the Gkbsonvllle Methodist chur ch for the past year, previously served for five years as pastOT of Greensboro's -Mulr's Chapel church, Ke has $lso served as pastor at S'onevllle and as di rfc^tor of the Wesley Foundation at Chapel Hill. For three years a navy chaplain, he served in the South Pacific Theatre attached to the Pirst Marine division. He was gr^ftyatcd from Dul^e uni versity in M05 and received the degree o 1 Haefielor of Divinity in 194c, alsso from Duke. Mr- Snore was born in Mocksvllle and his father, Rev. P. L. Shore, Sr., also a Methodbt minister, now serves ( Continued On Page Bight) CkACE ' PASTOR ? Re*. C. L. Grant is the new pantor of Grace Methodist church, succeeding Rer. B. W. Lefler. Mr. Grant comes to Kings Mountain from Sou t)l Fork church near Hickory. Radio Station Construction Is Progressing Progress on the construction of Radio Station Vv KMT, Kings Mountain, is going forward and the station may get on the air waves by the middle of Novem ber, John Greene, partner in the enterprise said this week. Mr. Greene, who terminated his duties with Station WRHI, Rock Hill, S. C., last Saturday, and R. H. Whitesldes. Rock Htll businessman, are partners in the radio station and have filed ap plication with the Federal ?Com munications Commission to pur chase the permit to operate a station. Mr. Greene said that approval of the permit transfer.is expected momentarily. The radio firm has leased the building on the Besse mer City Road owned by John Mauney and located just across the county line in Gaston county. Mr. Greene said work on renovat ing the building Is virtually com pleted and that the radio tower has been purchased and shipped. Some equipment has already been received and Installed, he added. Mr. Greene said that the origi nal permit granted permission to operate a 500-watt station, broad casting on 1220 kilocycles, but that application for permission to operate a 1,000-watt station was filed with the. FCC at the same time request was made for transfer of permit to the Greene VVhitesides partnership. Original permit was granted to Kings Mountain Broadcasting Company, a corporation. High School Seniors Name Annual Stall Staff for the 1953 "Milestone", Kings Moyntain high school year book, was ejected by the senior class recently, Linda Baity was named editor of the publication. Named as associate editors were Cornelia Ware, Connie Ben nett, Grace Carpenter, Joan Cave ny, Peggy Crocker, Jim Kimmell and Lossie Lynch. Ben Hudson was named busi ness manager with the following voted to his staff: Shirley Houser, Mario Cobb, Shirley Falls. Joyce Biser, Dolores Davidson, Darrell Austin and Anne Dilling Bobbie Oxford was named as circulation manager with Anne McKelvie, Pat Henderson, Margie Tesseneer, Gail Sellers, Rebecca Moss, Janel Medlin and Lee Jack son as assistants. Named to the photographic staff" were David Kmcaid, Bill Briggs, Elizabeth Camp and Nora J. Deese. Board To Meet Monday Night Rmgular 'October meeting of the city board of ?? >mmissioncrs is .scheduled for Monday night at 7:30. Principal business on i tie a gonda will be formal action on resolutions to set up the $600,000 sewage system bond election, al ready called for December G, in cluding appointment of officials for the special election. The election resolutions, pre pared by Mitchell and Pershing, New York bond attorney, were received by City Attorney J. R Davis this week. Other business will include receiving of routine reports. TO HEAD KIWANIANS ? Dr. D. F. Hord, Jr.. Kings Mountain dentist, has been elected presi dent of the Kings Mountain Ki wanis club for 1953. Election of officers was conducted last week by the club. Kiwanians Elect Officers For 1953 The Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club elected officers and directors for 1953 at the regular meeting of the organization last Thursday evening. Dr. D. F. Hord, Jr., Kings Moun tain dentist, Wilt serve as presi dent, succeeding Harold Ilunni Cutt. Dr. Hord was the only nomi nee tor the office. Other officers elected last week are Paul Mauney, first vice-presi dent, and Dr. W, P. Gerberding, second vice-president. Directors choseft for next year are: John C. Smathers. David Neill, ChaVles JWeisler, L. A. Hoke, L. Arnold Kiser, B. S; Peeler, Sr., i and Arnold W. Kincaid. Ostwalt Speaks ? Thursday Night j Second and third in a nine-pro gram series on child guidance are scheduled for the ensuing week at Central School auditori um. On Thursday night, at 8 o'clock. Dr. J. H. Ostwalt, education pro fessor at. Davidson college, will make the principal address, dis cussing "Children's Behavior Pro blems". Dr. Ostwalt's address will be followed by a motion picture entitled "Palmour Street", which outlines the development of men tal health in the Ijome. On Tuesday afternoon at 3:30, a motion picture "Learning to Understand Children", will l>e shown. This film outline? the teacher's approach in diapnoslng the problems of her students, and a remedial program. The series of programs on the theme "Learning to Understand Our Children ' will continue through November 25. It is being conducted by a faculty committee which is urging attendance hy all parents of school children: Dr. Oswalt is a former air force colonel and has been a. member of the Davidson college faculty since 191S. Dramatists Map 1952-53 Plans The Kings Mountain Little Theatre will present three major productions during its 1952-53 Sea son. according to decision of the group at its Tuesday night meet ing. The organization also laid plans for the sale of season tickets for. the .uree productions, and wel comed six new members into the organization. They are Bill Briggs, Phyllis Ware, Phillip Ba ker and Mrs. Merle Beatty, of Kings Mountain, and John Curtis and Jane Looper, both of Besse mer City. .An Invitation to join the orga nization had been extended to all persons interested in dramatics. I>r. P. G. Padgett, an officer of the organization, said that any person interested in joining the Little Theatre contact him or some other officer. There are no membership fees, the only re quirement being that the mem t>er be interested in the work of the organization. He pointed out that not only actors, but set de signers, production people, and others, are needed in the organi zation. Jimmy Spivey is new president of the organization, succeeding B. S. Peeler, Jr. PLEDGE FRATERNITY Hugh. Nejsler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. NeUler, of Kings Mountain, and Moffatt Ware. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ware, have pledged Sigma Phi Bpsilon social fraternity at Davidson College.. Friction Aired At Thursday's Board Session Friction in the city's depart ment of public works was aired at a .special meeting, of the city .board of commissioners last Thursday afternoon, but only a minority of the board was pres ent to bear the discussion. Present were Mayor Garland Still and Commissioners Oliand Pearson and James LaytOn, while Commissioners Lloyd. Da -Vis, C, P. Barry and B. T> Wright were absent. Mr. Pearson said two city em ployees, whom he named as Ken Steppe and Boyce Ware, had charged Tom Henry, assistant superintendent of public works, with using city materials in building a residence. Mr. Henry exhibited a file ot invoices to himself as evidence that only his own property had been used, Later Mr. Steppe was called into the session and expressed disgruntlemer.'. with Mr. Henry's job assignments, stating, "I told you I wanted to be treated like a white man." He inferred he was getting "all the dirty work," though he later admitted, in re ply to a question by Mr. Henry, that the assistant superintendent of public works never shirked doing any job himself. Mr. Steppe had said, " I don't get as good a break on the job. I have to handle a pick -?wid ?sho vel, while a Negro drives the truck." Kutrther discussion indicated the colored man referred to had been discharged. Mayor "Still questioned the employment of Kenneth Davis, son of Commissioner Lloyd Da vis, as a $-12 per week employee at the city water plant, saying, "He goes to school, he plays football, when does he work?" I City Administrator M. K. Full er said that Davis handles the -thiixl shift at the water plant and that his duties are to see that the reservoir tanks are fill ed. To the mayor's remark that the job should be eliminated, Mr. Layton said that the matter should be settled when Commis sioner Davis was present. Fire Prevention Parade Thursday Highlight of the Junior Cham ber of Commerce observation of "Fire Prevention Week" in Kings Mountain, a parade featuring the school band, fire trucks and other displays, was rained out Wednes day and will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p. m. J. T. McGjnnjS, chairman of the club's fire prevention committee, made the announcement and urg ed citizens to eliminate all fire hazards in their homes and ta observe caution at ajl times in dealing with fire making, whether lighting a rigarefte firing hea ters, "Many firrs each year are in dwellings, caused principally by matches and careless smoking habits and faulty electrical wir ing and appliances. Home fire safety is a family responsibility. Kvery member* of the family has a vital irtterest and should take part in a checkup to find and eliminate fire hazards," Mr: Mc Ginnis said. The Jayeees Are providing check lists for home fire hazard checks and Mr. McGinnis said he would bo glad to give them to anyone who requests one. "Most industrial plants and stores are .fire safety conscious", Mr. McGinnis said, "but many home owners are not. We are try ing to impress upon Kings Moun tain citizens the need for keeping their homes, and businesses, free of fire hazards ? before fire strikes." The Kings Mountain Fire De partment Is cooperating with the Jayeees in observance of fire pre vention week. Birthday Calendar Deadline Nearing Jack White, chairman of the Junior Chamber of Commerce community birthday calendar project, announced this week that deadline for citizens placing their names on the calendar is fast ap proaching. Persons listed under their birth dates on the calendar are eligible to receive many" prizes being a warded by participating mer Chants. Names must b<> turned in by October 26. Mh White said. Persons desiring to participate in the -birthday calendar are urg ed to contact a Jaycee, who will explain the project. Jayeees are {located in many uptown firms, Chairman White said. ? ? ARP MINISTER ? Rev. Robert Marshburn, pastor of Statesville ARP church, wili conduct a week's series of services begin ning Sunday morning at Boyce Memorial ARP church. ARP Services To Start Sunday Rev, Robert Marshbum,. pastor of Statesville ARP church, will deliver a series of sermons be ginning Sunday at Boyce Memo rial ARP church. The series 'begins at regular morning services at 11 o'clock Sunday morning, and it will con tinue with services each evening at 7:30 through Friday, October 17. Rev. Mr. Marshburn is a gradu ate of Princeton University and of Princeton Seminary. He for merly served a pastorate in Com merce. Ga., and has done missio nary work in South America. "The series of services and ser mons by. Rev. Mr. Marshburn is the annual fall preaching series, at Boyce Memorial church and wc are very fortunate to have Mr. ,Ma,r$hburn with us," Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of the church, said I in making the announcement. "The public .is invited to attend any or all c,f these services." laycees Organizing Bessemer Chapter : Some 30 odd young Bessemer City men met with Jaycees from Kings Mountain, Shelby, Ashe ville and Gastonia in Bessemer City Wednesday, October 1 to be gin formation of a Junior Cham ber of Commerce organization. . Don Carpenter was elected tem porary president of the fledgling Jaycee group. Neill Carson was named temporary vice-president. Bill Kincaid temporary secretary j and Jim Shuford temporary trea .surer. Mr. Carpenter appointed a by laws committee consisting of Everette Lutr., Warren Harmon, Forney Lowe, Bob Lowe and Bob Kincaid jt. Bill Snow, of Asheville, state extension chairman, and J. L. Wil kie. third, district vice president, attended the njeeting. I Witscn Griffin, Kings Moun tain extensions chairman, is in charge of forming |the new club. Little Theatre's Outdoor Drama Completed Season Saturday Night The Kings Mountain "Little, Theatre closed its 12-performance season -Saturday night of "The .Sword of Gideon", having played to approximately 1,000 persons. The presentation of the outddor drama, commemorating the his toric Battle of Kings Mountain at Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park was termed ''success ful" by Sam Stallings, business manager of the production, and hy other officials of the Little Theatre. The drama opened on Septern ber 11 and continued on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday even I ings (nf four subsequent wbek jends. It featured' a large cast from Kings Mountain. Gastonia, Shelby and other surrounding communities. 'The Sword of Gideon"* was written by Florette Henri. \'ew York author, and was di reeled by Mrs. M. A. Ware. Mr. Stallings said the Little Theatre has scheduled a meeting for October 21 to receive final reports on this year's production and to determine whether .< the commemorative drama will he produced in 195.1. In a statement yesterday, H. S. Peeler, Jr., recent lyretired presi dent of the Little Theatre, ex pissed appreciation to the Com munity for its support of the pro ject. "Presenting an outdoor drama is a large undertaking for an am ateur group, arui our success would not have t>ecn possible had it not be^n for the great measure of cooperation' given by rrlcmbers of the cast, industry and mer chants of Kings Mountain, the City of Kings Mountain, the King Mountain Herald and many others. On behalf of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre, I ex tend our .deep appreciation," Mr. Peeler said. Pre-Election Registering Period To Begin Registration hooks tor the No vember 4 111 general election open Saturday for the first time at all precinct polling places, and with most interest being evidenced In a general election since 1928. * Customarily the general elec tion in. Kings Mountain and Dem ocratic North Carolina hag been a lack-lustre affair, with the city joining the state in returning a large Democratic majority. However, registration is expect ed to be somewhat heavier than customary due to the considerable interest being generated in the heated presidential campaign. Number 4 Township reglstra lion places and the precinct regis trars are: Kast Kings Mountain, at City Hall courtroom, Mrs. Nell Cran ford, registrar. West Kings Mountain, at Vic tory Chevrolet Company, Mi's. J. 11. Arthur, registrar. Hethware, at Hethware .school, Mr,*}, ,11, A. Goforlh, registrar. .(?rover, at T. S. K cot or Dry Goods store. Hroadus Kills, regis trar. . Tne 'registrars will lie At their desks from 9 a. m. to <3 p. m. to register eligible voters, as well as to enter transfers on their books. To register to vote in -the elec tion, a person must have been a citizen of the state for one year and of the precinct in which he votes for four months. Persons who have voted in, or who have registered for county elections since 1950 are properly registered. However, it was point ed out by Joe T. Mull, chairman of the rounty elections board, that persons in doubt about their registration should make a check of the registration books. Priftr to the 19?K) Democratic primaries, a new registration Was called. While t hero are no county con tests, to fro decided, there are Re publican Democrat jousts at dis trict, state and national levels, i with tlie quadrer.nial presidential campaign topping the list. The registration books will be open on three successive Satur days through October 2r>, with Saturday, November 1 set aside as challenge day. Sonny McDaniel To Head Seniors .. . Sonny McDanie] has been nam ed president of the senior cjass at Kings Mountain high school. The 1953 graduating class nan* j -ed him as president in A, recent j election. Other officers elected were D.jr rell Austin. vl.- e -president: Janell | Med 1 in, secretary; and Dolores Davidson and I'eggy Crocker, co treasurers. Class motto, ind a Way or Make One , class colors, baby blue and white, and class flower, red rose, were also selected. Sarah Frances Mauney and G<?ry DoVinny were selected as class mascots. TO GREENVILLE Harold' HunrtiCNtt left Wed nesday to attend a textile show held. in Greenville. BBBBBBBBF jmBHUHI ~~~ SEMINARY HEAD ? Dr. Ben R. Lacy, J r? president of Union. Theological Seminary, will de liver the sermon at morning ser vices Sunday at First Presbyter ian church as the Kings Moun tain church, observes "Union Seminary Day." Seminary Head To Preach Here Dr. l$en R. Lacy," president of Union Theollgical Seminary, Richmond, Va? will deliver the sermon at 11 o'clock services at First Presbyterian church Sun day, according to announcement by the pastor, Rev. P. D. Patrick. Dr. La^y will speak here on the occasion of "Union Seminary Day", being observed in each church of Rings Mountain presby tery. Students, faculty members and other representatives of the seminary will conduct the Sun day services in all churches of the presbytery. Union Theological seminary is the largest seminary of the Sou thern Presbyterian church. Stu dents enrolled come from 25 states and nations. It is the old est seminary of any denomination irt the South. Dr. Lacy, ordained to the minis try in Wl l, has hern associated with the seminary since 1926: Me was moderator of the ' synod of the church in lfT>0 and is the au thor of "Revivals in the Midst of the Years". A graduate, of Davkl son college, he was Davidson's first Rhodes scholar, later serv ing in France as- a chaplain in World War I, lie is a trustee of <v Ilatfipdcn Syndey College. Three Fires Listed During Past Week Kings Mountain Jaycee.s and ?Fire DepartfnentV observation of fire pri vi'rft ion week seems to ? have been well ? timed? three fires have been reported here du.Hng the pa.-St week: On, Tuesday, firemen answer ed a call to B & B Soda Shop where a stove had ignited. caus ing slight damage. On last Saturday morning- at ."> in a, in. two persons 'were in jured in a fire resulting from a portable oil stove at the Mack GVi nt I Apartments on Linwood road Young Herman Clemmons suffered second degree burns and a man suffered burns and bruises after jumping out of an upstairs window. Damage to the dwelling was estimated at sever al hundred dollars by Fire Chief Orady King. On last Thursday at 8:30 p. m... firemen extinguished a bla/e at the Walter Bess resi dence on Landing street. ? ' Band Fund Total Reaches $845.23 Contributions to the Kings Mountain band fund Increased to S845.23 during the past week, according to report Wed nesday by L. E. Abbott, chair man of the fund campaign be ing conducted by the Kings Mountain Kiwanir. club. The total left $654.77 re quired to meet the minimum goal of $1,500, , Mr. Abbott said several re ports from soliciting commit tees are yet to be received, and he urged citizens and bus iness firms who have not yet made a donation to forward one to him.
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