TO KOREA
Charles L. Clary, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Clary, at Kings
Mountain, was to leave from
Camp Stoneman, Calif., Mon
day for duty In Korea. He
days here before
reporting to Camp Stoneman.
METEB RECEIPTS
A total cf 9333.61 was collec
ted from th? ?Uy'8 parking me
ters Tuesday morning, accord
ing to a report by the city
treasurer's office. The collec
tion coveted the period since
the December 17 report, he said.
communion
Holy Communion will be cfb*
served at St. Matthews Luth
eran church Sunday at a spec
ial 9 o'clock service Sunday
morning, in additld? ;to the
SPECIAL SERVICE
Demauth Blanton, Wake For
est pre-ministerial student,
was to conduct a special serv
ice at First Baptist church
??? m
the service commemorating
the ending of the old year and
beginning of the new.
ttnrrus stroke
Miss Bessie Skuonton is se
riously 111 at her home on Cast
King street, after suffering A
stroke of paralysis early Wed
nesday morning. Mist Simon
ton, well - known retired tea
cher, bad been recuperating
from * similar illness suffered
several months ago.
Laundrjj^succes
Listing Officials
At City Hall
Beginning Friday |
!* ; ' " ' ?
Annual tax listing gets under
way Friday for both city and
county, with list takers scheduled
to bt> on duty at City Hall court
room dally, except Mondays,
throughout the month o! Janu
ary.
Clarence Carpenter is the city
Hat taker and Conrad Hughes is
serving as Number 4 township
list taker. ? . . V
Charlie Wats Will again handle
the farm census for Number 4
Township.
?except Mondays VJMH
Hater will be at GroverTI
city property owners must also
list in the county, city listing also
will be suspended on Mondays to
avoid confusion, Mr. Carpenter
Max Hamrick, county auditor,
Mid Wednesday that the county
expects to use its new set of pro
perty values, soon to be received
from Cole-Layer-Ttumble com-'
pany. It will not effect general \
tax listing, except thg* realty will
have no vans listed with It, nor
will business and industrial equip
ment. Businesses and industries
are required to famish values of
Inventories and sQUlpment addi
tions, and individuals will list
personal property as they always
have:. . .1
All men between the ages of
21 and 50 are required to list for
poll taxes.
The law requires that all per
sons list property for taxes dur
ing the month of January, and
penalties are provided for those
who fall to list their properties
by the end of business January 31.
lite tax listers wBl be on duty
from 8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m.
% mo xiwjurs msxtuvg
' Members sf -the ring* Moun
tain Ktwanls club take a holi
day Thursday night, due to
the New Tear's holiday, and
will not hsid their regular
Thursday evening meeting.
Next meeting win be on Jan*
uary 8 and will feature instal
lation of officers for the com
ing year, ft will be a ladies'
nfrhtmsertrtg
mcisifeoi roltTtew Lodge- 339, A.
P. & A. for th? coaling fMh
Kr. TaU will sacOMd Paul;
Masonic Mast6i
D. E. (Dickie) Tate was recent
ly elected muter of Falrvlew
Lodge 339, A. F. * A. M. Mr.
Tat* will succeed Paul Owens.
The new officers were elected
at a stated communication held
on December 8, and they will be
installed, along with appointive
officers, at communication to be
held ih the near future.
Other officers chosen for the
coming , year are: Boyce Gault,
senior warden; Emmett Ross,
Junior warden; J. C. Keller, trea
surer; and Joe McDanlel, Jr., sec
retary.
Board Holds Short
Special Mooting
The city board of commission
ers held * brief special meeting
Monday afternoon.
Two actions were unanimous:
1) approval of payment of $193.
69 to Mitchell and Pershing, New
York bond attorneys, for profes
sional eervtees in connection with
the reeent sewage bond election,
and 2) approval of proposal of
M. ft R. Granite Company to
ereet an entrance at Mountain
paid shares, *3,803.19 on optional
savings shares, $1416 on lnatal)
meat shares, and $93.32 on wttfc
<lr*wn j
J*, E. Abbott, vlc*-prt*Jdent and
cashier of First National Bank.
Mid year-end Interest paymwu
on savlui'l/ accounts totaled
$5,100 v^vE, -
Reports %*^full-year ?$j
s 17,500 Drive;
city
8 Wiu
As the books of Father Time
closed on the year 1952, Kings
Mountain citizens could look back
on a Leap Year which was gen
erally prosperous and happy, ex
citing in many respect*, and, lor
most, with pleasant events having
been more nunMn^u8*- Mri?r un
pleasant ones.
Examination of the principal
news headlines of the year, from
the files of the Kings Mountain
Herald, list a wide variety of ac
tivities attracting the interest of
Kings MountaLi people.
The city and township shared
with the nation the top news story
of the year: the election of Gen
eral Dwight D. Eisenhower as
the -first Republican president In
two decad<k For the first time
24 yea*-s, i^umber 4 Township
ted RepwUlcan, and Kings
ntaln remained in the Demo
column % a bare margin
big national
had Its
area boys continued to enter the
several branches of the armed
services.
The war cost the Uvea of Pfc.
Harvey Lawfcon and Pfc. Pinkney
Roberts. .
Tragic accidents brought death
to DenVer E. Gladden and to
young Kenneth Dean Whlsnant j
The Kings Mountain Little The
atre presented S new drama "The
Sword of Gideon", which com
memorated the Battle of Kings
Mountain, and, though plagued
by bad weather during the first
portion of the. showing, reported
a successful run.
City Hall continued to make
much news, and the citizens fell
ed to approve a large 9600,000
sewer improvements- bond issue.
An FPC trial examiner recom
mended an allotment of natural
gas for Kinga Mountain, but re
ports have been received that ex
ceptions to the trial examiner's
report have been filed.
The Woman's Club held its
most successful Floral Fair, and
all civic clubs enjoyed an active
12 months. Citizens and business
firms, as customary, supported a
lerg* n'unMt of charities and re
ligious institutions.
Well-known citizens removed
by <)e?th during the year were
Mrs. D. C Mauney, C. C. (Shorty)
Edens, W. A. Smell, W. H. Jen
kins, 1. F. Moss, John J. Ray,
Floyd Bridges, S. A. Mauney. D.
ttyjpaysour, Mrs. Sara Phifer,
Tom N. Harmon, C. F. Harry of
Graver, George Cansler, C. C.
Lynn. D. H. McDanlel, Lonnie
Henderson and W. L. Blackburn.
The year's major news evaftt*
in Kings Mo*r-?n summariz
ed In the following headlines:
on Bell
Rate Bid; Mauney Hosiery Now
Marketing Textron Line; Stal
My Hosiery ; Pen
Is NOW History,
, . totals Cost More;
Ktwaniane to Hold Installation
Banquet; Annual Tax Listing Be
gan Hers Tuesday; Merchants
Name Ms|. John Lewis; March
i to get Under
? Chairmen of
Headlines Recozd
Kings Mountain's
Events 0! 1952
Mrs. Carl Mayes
Is Contest Winner
cate Flu Epidemic Now Waning;
Throng Att?ads Masonic Ban
quet; Cashweil Resignc Baptist
Pastorate; Shu Carlton Wins
Bronze Star Medal; Easter Buy
Hi la Beginning; Little Theatre
Preeinti "Laura" Saturday
Night, Crowd Expected; St? *? J
Musicians MtMt Good Showutg;
Board Votes Wire Fence For Sta
dium; Florette Henri Commis
sioned to Write Drama; Natural
Gas Hearing Monday; Cash He
Trial Reached Jury Late Wednes
day; City's Political Volcano
Bnvta With Indictments; "Then
Conquer* Compromise Not Ind!
cated; Forest City Man injured
Here; Kings Mountain Hospital
To Olisf ?e First Birthday Anni
Citizens Are Asked
To Conserve Water
Services; Kincaid Declines toj
Run For Representative Post;
Dickson Firm Gas Financing Pro
posal Made; Bank Installment!
Loan Department in New Quar
ters.
February
Police Confiscate Post Slot Ma- 1
chines; Airman Owensby Says
GFs OK; Shock Near- Fatal to
Grover Man; Connor, Thorburn
to Head Scout Drive; January
Postofflce Receipts Show Hike;
Services Sunday for Pvt. Lall;
Former Herald Printer Dies;
Davidson School Building Defer
red Pending Visit of Official;
Merchants Chooso New Officers
for Year; Children Burned As
Stove Overturns; Township ;
Raises $4,806 for Polio; City Au
thorizes Study of Rates for Elec
tricity; (6,500 Red Cross Cam
paign To Start; Winthrop Choir
Here on Sunday; T. N. Harmon
Funeral Rites Held Tuesday;
Mauney Legion Athletic 1X^4;
World Prayer Day Will Be Ob
served; Former Citizen Dies In
Wreck; King Winter Hits Late
With City's Heaviest Snowfall In
Four Tears; Little Theater Play
Date Set.
"Laura" Tickets Are Now . On .
Sale; Board Declines Approval of
[Recreation Bond Vote; Hay In
Firm Honored; Improved
Kings Mountain citizens were
asked yesterday to conserve
water as much as possible (or
two weeks beginning Monday
George Mom, city filter plant
superintendent, said that, wea
ther permitting, work on re
building the two filters at the
Deal street plant would begin
on Monday and that, with one
filter out of action, the plant's
capacity would be cut neferly ?
in half.
Yule Decoration
Contest Victors
Are Announced
Mrs. Carl Mayes, 503 East
Ridge street, was the grand prize
winner of the Christmas-decorat
ed door contest, sponsored Jointly
by the Garden Club Council and
First National Bank.
Mrs. Mayes' entry, a unique
Christmas tree design, was ad
judged winner o f the divisional
prize in the division lor Garden
Club resident*, and also won the
grand prize of a $25 savings bond.
Winners of five dollar division
prizes in the other 12 divisions
Wtte:
U?m Tex MID. Mrs. Clemmle
M. Lankford, J Church street.
Craft3pun Mill, William Car
penter, 38 Third street
Burlington Mill, Mrs. John
Houser, 90 Hill street.
Pauline Mill, Miss Erlene Gur
ber, 210 Walker street.
Sadie Mill, Elbert Martin, Mau
ney avenue.
Bonnie Mill, A. B. Summltt, 41
Spruce street.
Mauney Mill, Miss Myrtle San
ders, 11 Pine street.
Margrace' Mill, Mrs. John S.
Jenkins, 207 Second street.
Non-Garden club residents,
Mrs. Bruce Thorburn, 508 Cre
scent Hill road.
Park Yarn Mill, Mrs. Raymond
Foster, House 58, New Hill.
Colored residences, Otis Tomes,
102 Tracy street.
Mrs. M. A. Ware was chairman
of the Garden Club council com
mittee which handled details of
the contest. About 60 persons en
tered the decorated-door contest
and Judges, three Bessemer City
citizens, reported a difficult Job
In determining the winners.
Prizes were furnished by First
National Bcnk.
The door to the front entrance
of the Mayes home was made into
a shining Christmas tree. A back
drop of silver-green plastic screen
was cut into the shape of a ay
metrical evergreen, and the tree
was decorated with miniature
Christmas toys ? horns, drums,
angels, reindeer, and other arti
cles. Around the door facing lob
lolly pine needles formed a bor
der enclosing the tree. A spotlight
was used to make the decorations
visible at night.
?ArriST SERVICE
"The Two Symbols of Cal
vary will be the subject of the
sermon of Rev. H. Gordon
Week ley on Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock as he discusses
the two church ordinances,
baptlam and the Lord's Sup
per- Both ordinances, will be
observed at the Sunday morn
Infikervlee.
5v/ V- -"I ? ?
RUNS FOR MAYOR ? Glee A.
Bridges, King* Mountain busi
nessman, filed his candidacy (or
mayor on Tuesday. He is the
lirst candidate lor office in the
forthcoming May city election.
January Draft
Quotas Listed
Cleveland county Is to furnish
SO men tor induction Into the
armed forces next Wednesday, ac
cording to Information from the
selective service bo-rd office In
Shelby.
It will be the only induction
call of the month for the Cleve
land county board, and the first
induction call filled since Decern
ber 1.
The board has two large pre
induction quotas for January,
with orders to furnfsh 60 men for
pre- induction physical examina
tions cn January 12, and another
GO men for pre-induction exami
nations on January 28.
Bethany Native
Accident Victim
Claude A. Tarte- 27, resident of
the Bethany section, was killed
Saturday, December 27, In Blue
field, Weft Virginia, in an auto
mobile accident.
Mr. Tarte left home at 7 o'clock
last Saturday morning and was
believed to have been alone at
the time of the accident. He
was enroute to Cleveland, Ohio,
where he was employed by the
Fisher Body Works.
Mr. Tarte is a veteran of World
War II. Details of the accident
were not available.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Irene Bohlyn; four child
ren, Lillian, Claudette, Brenda,
and Mickey; his parents, (Mr.
and Mrs. E- L. Tarte; one sister,
Mrs. Allen Haas of Gastonla and
6ne brother, Pvt. E. L. Tarte in
Oakland, 'California.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete pending arrival of a
brother, Pvt. E. L. Tarte, who is
stationed in California. ,
TAG SALES
Sale of 1953 City tags totaled
320 Wednesday according to a
report by the City Clerk's of
fice. Tags must be purchased
by February 1, 1953, and price
of the tag Is one dollar.
CHyWasBeadyToWelcome Arrival
<H Nsw Year In Traditional Ways
King* Mountain ww all vet to
welcome the New Year Wednes
day, with the celebration for
both New Year's Eve and New
Year's Day In traditional pat
Many private partM* ware
scheduled for Wednesday even
ing, with friends gathering, to
welcome the New Year. House
wives were preparing black eyed
peas and hog jowl for New
Year's Day dlnnera. I
The Kings Mountain Country
Club waa planning Its customary
imr wttli mid
night breakfast and ai?"Cal en
tertainment. and church group*
- gathering lor watch servi
New Year'* Day wf!l be a hoi
Id ay for some Kings Mountain
citizens. Majority of Kings
Mountain retail stores, as well
as all financial Institutions, will
close for the day. With the re
sumption of the Wednesday aft
ernoon half r bolidaya. it m?snt
a one-andooe-hslf-day hoM
dsy for salespeople.
-Jndu?try, hack on 'jmrnRbtf
schedule after the Christmas
week holidays, will follow regu
lar achedukig^
Afternoon fare for football fans
will hf ?h*? ?u?vorJ!l howl foot*
| t>all games, with radio
all of them, and
mimil suEaa
$
tr la?
Businessman
Formally Filed
Tuesday Morning
Glee A. Bridges, prominent
Kings Mountain hardware mer
chant and former county commis
sloner, Tuesday morning paid the
five-dollar filing fee and an
nounced his candidacy for mayor,
subject to the biennial city elec
tion in May.
Mr. Bridges had bee>; rumored
as a mayoral candidate for sev
eral months. However, his filing
was somewhat earlier than first
filings in previous city election
years.
After filing for office, Mr.
Bridges made the following state
ment: ?
"In announcing as a candidate
for Mayor of the City of Kings
Mountain, I want to emphasize
the fact that I am not being
sponsored by any person or group
of persons, but am coming out
on my own, and, if elected, will
go Into office with no strings at
tached.
%
?1 promise, if elected, a fair and
square deal to every person re
gardless of his or her station In
life. I am for a progressive, big
ger and better Kings Mountain.
"I am taking this means to ask
the 100 percent support of every '
citizen of our fair city."
Mr. Bridges has been a Kings
Mountain businessman for 33
years. Currently he is salesman
at Bridges Hardware, a firm
which he conveyed to his sons
two vears ago. He Is vice-presi
dent )t Home Building & Loan
Association and a director of
First National Bank. A promi
nent Baptist layman, Mr. Bridges
is an active member of First Bap
tist church, a 32nd degree Mason,
and a Klwanian. He Is a past
president of the Kings Mountain
Klwanis club, three times past
president of Otis D. Green Post
155, American Legion, a former
City ftchoOl trustee. He la a for- ~~
mer city commissioner, having
served the major portion of one
term by appointment. He la a
navy veteran of Vorld War I.
Former Citizen
Dies !a Hickory
Funeral rites tor W. L. Long,
81, retired Hickory grain broker
and a former Kings Mountain
citizen, were conducted Sunday
afternoon at the First Methodist
church in Hickory.
Mr. Long, a cousin of Mrs. A.
H. Patterson, of Kings Mountain,
was associated with his uncle
here in the grocery business a*
round the turn of the century, m
before going to Hickory in MOO*
where he first entered the mer
cantile business and later be* :f
came a leading grain broker.
Mr. Long wai; $M|
Mecklenburg County, a
the late Joseph Lee and __
beth Jane Clark Long, and
the youngest and' last sur
member of a family of _
ren. He was born on June
1871. Mr. Long was married
Miss Georgia Rose Currie of Gi
ton County, who survives
the following children: Mrs. .
ble L. Waggoner of Charlotte,
Mrs. Sidney R. Griffin of Sail
fax. and^V. H. Long of Spartan
burg, S. " Also surviving are
two grai. iren anu five
great - gran<i< hiidren.
Herndon Complete* '
Mown Forking Lot
. J. E. Herndon Is announcing
this week the completion of a
parking lot on Cherokee st
An i old residence, which
merly occupied a portion
lot, has been removed,
large lot graded and >tc
provide about 40 parking
fe
% ?
for rent