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?1; ?'? / Population City Limits , . . . . 7.206 Trading Area . v . . 1 5.000 (1945 Ration Board Figure*) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper VOL 63 NO. 2 Established 1839 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 8, 1953 Sixty-Third Year ? V : v ;f 14 Pages Today PRICE f=IVE CENTS Local News Bulletins ? . TO RALEIGH Mr. and Mrs. J. Ollle Harris will go to Raleigh Monday for a meeting of the. North Caroli na Embalming Board, which meets there for a two-day ses sion. MONDAY FIRE City firemen answered an a larm Monday afternoon and quickly extinguished a grass fire on Monte Vista drive. No damage was reported. METER RECEIPTS A total of $147*50 was collec ted in revenue from the city's parking meters Wednesday morning, according to a report toy the city clerk's office. COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Mountain District Boy Scouts will be held Thursday night at 7:45 at City Hall, according to announcement from Piedmont Council headquarters. TO PRESBYTERY Rev. P. D. Patrick and S. S. Weir, Jr., will serve as dele gates from First Presbyterian church and J. V. Stewart from Dixon church to the January 13 meeting of Kings Mountain Presbytery, to be at First Pres byterian church, Gastonia. LAKE MONTONIA Annual meeting of stock holders of Lake Montonia Club, Inc., will be held at City Hall courtroom Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m. All members have been urged to attend. PPPPHiMtRARLOTTE CapL Paul E. Hendricks, ar my medical corps, has recently been transferred for duty to the Charlotte examination center from Fort Jackson, S. C. TAG SALES A total* of 438 Kings Moun tain motorists have purchased 1953 City auto license tags, ac. cording to a report Wednesday by the city clerk's office. Tags must .be purchased by Febru ary 1 and price of the tag is one dollar. LIONS MEETING Rev. H. Gordon Weekley, pastor of First Baptist church, will address members of the Kings Mountain Lions club -at their regular meeting Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at Masonic Dining Hall. Frank Hoyle.Sr. Dies Of Injuries Funeral services for Frank L. Hoyle, of Shelby, father of Frank 'L. Hoyle, Jrl, of Kings Mountain, who died Tuesday of Injuries sus tained when struck by an auto mobile on December 22, will be held Thursday at 3 o'clock from Central Methodist church in Shel by. The body will remain at the residence of John A Hoyle, 317 South Thompson street, In Shelby until taken to the church for the rite*. Mr. Hoyle was 80 years of age and was in good "health before the accident He was born May 5, 1872, the son of the late Crfpt. L. J. Hoyle and Emma Higgins Koyle of Belwood. He was clerk of court for Clewlanrt County from 1906 to 1SJ18 and served as postmaster at Shelby from 1935 to 1940. He was active tn political, church and tfvk affairs and was for many years A member of the board of stewards at Shelby. Central Meth odist church. At the time of his death, he was a partner with his brbthet, George A. Hoyle, in a Shelby in surance agency. He was married on October 3, r,* 1894 to the fonner Miss Marietta , ( , Walker of Rutherford County. Mrs. Hoyle died in April, 1946. Mr. Hoyle U survived by eight children, Mrs. M. ti Barr of At lanta, Ga., Mrs. M. C. Ramsey of Greenwood, Miaa., Mrs. R. 8. Matthews of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Robert L. Wilson, Mrs. Jo.n A. Anthony and John A. Hoyle. all of Shelby. Mi* Harry D. Elck holtz of Pompona B^ach,, Fla., . and Mr. Hoyle of Kings Moun Street Assessment Hearing Monday . ! i. a ' ? ? ? . . Objections To Be Heard On Paving Fees Monday's regular January ses sion of the city board of com missioners is expected to be a busy one, with the commission ers scheduled to hold a hearing on street-paving assessments. On December 18, the city pub lished its notice of public hear ing and listed street-paving as sessments for 20 city street. In the notice, the city set the hear ing date for January 12, and in vited owners of property assess ed to appear before the board in event objection to the particular assessments. The assessments cover street paving work done by the city during the past three years. Another public hearing is also scheduled for Monday evening and involves a zoning law change. The board is considering a request to rezone a small por tion of York Road, changing it from residential area to neigh borhood trading area, at request of barren Reynolds. Other business will include receiving of regular monthly re ports. The board will convene at 7:30. Masonic Officers To Be Installed Officers for the" coming yfeai t will be Installed at a regular com munication of Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. & A. M.. Monday evening at 7:30 at Masonic Lodge hall. Arnold W. Kincatd, grand lec turer of North Carolina, will serve as installing officer, and John H. Floyd, 37th district depu ty grand master, will serve as marshal for the installation rites. Elective and appointive officers to be installed are: D. E. Tate, master; Boyce Gault, senior warucn; Emmett Ross, Junior warden;, J. C. Keller, treasurer; Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., secretary'; F, A. McDaniel, Jr., senior Stewart; L. A. Harmon, junior Stewart; James B. Simp son and A. B. Chandler, stewarts, and J. A. Walker, tyler. gf J For Mr. Gardner ? ? . Funeral services for John Jack Gardner, 70, were conducted Mon day afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Mountain View Baptist church. Rev. Floyd Hollar, pastor of the' church, officiated and burial was In Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Gardner, a resident of the Crowder's Mountain section, died at 8 a. m. Sunday. In a Concord nursing home after an extended illness. \ - The only survivor in his imme diate family Is a brother, the Rev. Lee Gardner of Greenville, S. C. ELECTED ? J. C. Bridges has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation for the coming year. He will take office on January 26, s i-Tc'eeding Dan Huffstetler. Bridges To Head Merchants Body J. C. Bridges, hardware mer chant, will head the Kings Mountain Merchants association for the coming year, according to results of association ballot ing announced yesterday. Sir. Bridges has . been elected president of the association for the year 1952-53 and will suc ceed retiring president Dan Huffstetler on January 26. W. G. Grantham, was elected vice-president of the association. Elected directors for two year terms were Fred W. Plonk, B. S. ; Peeler, Jr., John O Plonk, and Yates Harbison. Holdover directors for the for thcoming . year are Hal Ward, Haywood E. Lyncn, Hilton Ruth, O. W. Myers and John Lewis. Dan Huffstetler will serve as an ex officio director for the coming ?year. Mr. Bridges is a partner in Bridges Hardware. Kiwanis Officers To Be Installed Dr. Rembert Burgess, president j of Spartanburg Junior college and governor of the Carolines Ki wanis distrlrt, will he thd prlnrl pal speaker at the installation night meeting of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club Thursday even ing. The meeting, a ladies night af fair, will be- held at Masonic Din ing Hall at 6:45, . ? ' ? . w ? Officers to be installed are Dr. D. F. Hord, president; Paul Mauney, first vice-president; Dr. W. P. Gerberding, second vice president; Harold Coggins, secre tary; and John L. McGill, trea surer. Directors to be Installed are L. A. Hoke, L. Arnold Riser, Dr. O. P. Lewis, David Neill, Charles Nelsler, B. S. Peeler, Sr., and J. C. Smathers. Retiring president of the or ganization is Harold Hunnlcutt. Funeial Bites Fox Miss Simonton, Retired Teacher, Conducted Monday Funeral services for Miss Bes sie Stmonton, 76, widely - known retired teacher, were held (Mon day afternoon at Boyoe Memori al Associate Reformed Presbyter Ian church, with interment fol lowing at the New Hope ARP church cemetery In Fairfield Counvy, S. C Miss Slmortton died at her home here at 12:50 Sunday moniIi.e? following a stroke of paralysis suffered four days pre viously. She had been In ill health for the past five months. The funeral rites were conduc ted toy Rev. W. L. Pres*ly, pastor of Boyce Memorial church, of which she was a loyal memtoer, with Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Presbyterian church, assis ting Rev. Mr. Pressly . characterised Miss Simon ton as a woman of denial, diligence and devotion. He said she denied herself that she might give to others, proved continually diligent In all her tasks, and waa always devoted to her friends, her work, ?tkd her ? "Her name will live," he said, "because of her devotloiv" Miss Slmonton had been a cit izen of Kings Mountain for 47 years. A native of White Oak, Fairfield County, S. C., she was a daughter of the late Samuel Ro bert and Sarah Harris Slmonton. For 45 years she was a teacher In the Kings Mountain schools and for a similar period she was a teacher In the children's de partment of Boyce Memorial ARP Sabbath school. In 1949, Miss Slmonton became the first recipient of the Kings Mountain Klwanls club's tin selfish Service" award, a tribute for her long years of service to the schools of the community. Surviving aie a brother, R. T. Slmonton, of Atlanta, Ga, and four sisters, Mrs. E. A* Harrill. (Mrs. W. 3. Dllllng and Mrs. J. M Patterson, all ctf Kings Moun tain, and Mrs. S. C Cslder, of Greenville, S. C. ? Active pallbearers were Mal colm Patterson, Jack Amette, W. S. Pulton, Marriott PMfer, Booth Gillespie, and Sam R. Suber, Ella Haimon Funeral Rites Held Tuesday Funeral services for Miss Ella Harmon, 71, well-known. Kings Mountain woman, were held Tuesday afternoon at Boyce Me morial ARP Church. Rev. W. L. Pressly. pastor 6f the church, conducted the rites and was assisted by Rev. J. W. Carson, pastor of Garrison Me morial ARP church, of Ser^emer City. Miss Harmon died at 12:01 Monday morning at her home on East King street. In declining health for the past several years, she had been more seriously HI since Christmas Day, her condi tion worsening gradually until her death. Born in the Beaulah community of Cleveland county on August 27, 1881, Miss Harmon was a daughter of Peter Beam and Mar tha Lowrance Haimon. Slie came to Kings Mountain as a girl of 14 in 1895 and, with the excep tion of three years in the twen ties, when she was employed in Charlotte as a milliner and sales lady, lived here every since. In 1926, she opened Kings Moun tain's first beauty shop. She Was a loyal member of Boyce Memo rial ARP church. Rev. Mr. Pressly described Miss Harmon as a woman who exhibit ed friendliness, fortitude and faith. He said she had shown bravery in fighting her Illness, by continuing to seek health, and added, "She had many friends. Proving she was friendly, for friendliness makes friends." Interment was made in Moun tain Rest jcemetery. The body lay in state at the church for a half hour prior to the final rites. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. T. P. McGill and Mrs. Minnie H. Crawford, and a brother, M. L. Harmon, all oi Kings Mountain. A large number of nieces and nephews also survive. Active pallbearers were James Anthony, Menzell Phifer, Otto Ware, Lewis Hovis, Garrison Go forth and W. S. Fulton, Jr. Hono rary pallbearers were elders of Boyce Memorial ARP church. Cullen Speaker For Merchants .Annual banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants association wiH bp held on Monday, January 26, with Charles E. Culltn, Char lotte humorist scheduled to make the principal address, according to announcement this week by J. C. Bridges, chairman of the pro gram committee. The annual banquet, which will again be an employer-employee paffair, will be frcld nt Mouonio j Dining Hall. In addition to the address of Mr. Cullen, the program will In clude reports on the past year's work by officers of the associa tion and installation of officers and directors for 1953-54.* Tickets for the banquet will go on sale in the near future. Mer chants should make tipket reser vations with W. G. Grantham, chairman of the ticket committee, or by calling the Merchants as sociation office. - T. W. Grayson is chairman of a committee arranging gifts for the banquet. Pethel Named Choir Director Franklin bethel, formerly min ister of muftlc at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, will become or ganist and choir director of First Presbyterian church, according to recent announcement by the church's music committee. Mr. Ftthel is to assume his du ties on February 1. Members of the music commit tee are Mrs. P. M. Neisler, R. H. Webb and Dr. W. L. Ramseur. For the past several months a chaplain's assistant at Fort Bragg, Mr. Pethel will soon be released from active duty in the army. He U a graduate of Lenolr Rhyne college. His wife !* the former Miss Emelyn Gillespie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Gl)le*ple. H*W *A8TOR Rev. J. Bade Anderson, for mer supply pastor here at , First Presbyterian church, will assume pastorate duties at Ol* ney Presbyterian church In Gastonia on February 1. He and his family recently re turned from Scotland whrr<> ho has been studying tinder a scholarship at the University . ? ? A ? ?? ? ' ' < ' Annual Polio Fund Campaign To Begin Monday; Howard, Reed Co-Chairmen FORMER POLIO PATIENT TO WORK IN M \RCH O Cash of the Bethware community, contracted polio whirlpool bath when he could move only bis head, pital, where he stayed many months and had six Morganton, where he spent several weoki. in an pedic hospital before going to Camp Sutton. F DIMES ? Boyce Cash, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. four years ago and is pictured at left above in a The picture was taken qt Camp Sutton Polio hos operations. Boyce was first taken to Grace hospital, iron lung and was transferred to Asheville Ortho m , AT FIRST BAPTIST ? Kiss Bet ty Nelson, of Wilmington, has been appointed promotional di rector of First Baptist church, ac cording to announcement this week. , Miss Melton Joins First Baptist Miss Betty Lou Melton of Wil mington is joining the staff of the First Baptist Church this week as promotional director, ac cording to an announcement Mon day by Rev. Gordon Wecklcy, pas tor. Miss Melton fills one of the two newly created staff positions which the Church Conference voted into being in November. Be side the position of promotional director, the church plans to call a secretary - treasurer - music di rector in the near future. "Miss Melton comes to us tQ do an Important Job. She will be in charge of the development of a far-reaching program of enlist ment and promotion, dealing with the activities of every department of the church," said Rev. Week ley. "I know of no one more dedi cated to the Cause for which we are striving nor one who is bet ter acquainted with the function ing of Baptist work than Miss Melton. "She has grown up In the church and has manifested an ynusual ability to be creative and Original in carrying out a pro gressive program. Aside from this she has a splendid, winsome personality which enhances her work. "We are highly pleased to have her become a part of our staff," he concluded. ? , A suite of three offices is being remodeled on ths southeast cor ner of the second floor of the church. These offices adjoin a large room which was formerly used as the Young Peoples' as sembly. It will be used henceforth aS a waiting room for the offices and as a Conference room for Board meetings. TO HEAR PATTERSON Dr. 8. J. Patterson, Jr., acting director of adult work and sec retary of men's work In the Presbyterian Church, V. S., -will be guest speaker on Tuesday night at a meeting of the men of Kings Mountain TVesbytery to be held at first Presbyteri an church here. The supper meeting will be held In the Fellowship Hall of the church and will beglh at 7 o'clock. ; '--A-:': ? ? iKk - ?* ?> ? ?>:. ?*>?-. ?>va ? ;"s ' A flt rjm ? ? Next Month's Induction Call Only 23 Men In spite of a heavy draft call for February by the Army, the Cleveland County selective serv ice board's quota is the smalle&t it has been since November, ac cording to Mrs. Clara Newman, clerk to the board. Mrs. Newman said the hoard has been ordered to furnish 2& men for induction into the arm ed services on February 5. . The board induction quotas for both December and Janary was 50 men. Mrs. Newman said that virtu ally all registered 20-year-old men would have received pre induction physical examinations by the end of this month. The board is to fill pre-induc tion quotas of 60 men on Janu ary 12 and again on January 28. Jaycees Hear J. L Wilkie Members of the Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Com merce heard a talk on current projects of other clubs by J. L?. Wilkie, of Shelby, at the regular meeting. ? of ? Hrfi ? orgar.'^frtton Tuesday night at Masonic din ing hall. . Mr. Wilkie is vice-president of the North Carolina third dis trict. He was accompanied by Continued On Page Eight IN HOSPITAL E. H. Crouch entered the Presbyterian Hospital in Char lotte last Wednesday for ob servation and treatment. HEADS MEDICS ? Dr. Phillip G. Padgett', of Kings Mountain, was recently elected president of the Cleveland County Medical so ciety for 1953. Other officers named were Dr. John Hamrick, Shelby, vice-president, and Dr. II. C. Thompson, Shelby, secre tary. Casting Starts Foi New Drama Casting is underway on the forthcoming Kings Mountain Little Theatre production of "Ten l,mio Indians," a myster\ drama, and Dr. P. G. . Padgett, who is directing thrv show, has issued an invitation to all inter ested persons to try out for parts. Dr. Padgett said that the show has 11 roles, including eight male and three female parts. Any person interested in a tryout should contact Dr. Pad gett. Tax Listing Pace Keeps Officials Busy; Earl; Listing Being Urged Tax listing, which got under way last Friday, began at a fair ly brisk pace and was keeping the city and county listing offi cers reasonably busy this week. However, both Conrad Hughe*,, i county lister, and Clairence E. Carpenter, city lister, doubted hoptrty values assigned by Cola ? Layer-Trumble Compa ny, proparty appraisal firm now computing a revaluation of Cleveland 'County proper ties, will not be arbitrarily ac cepted by the county board of commissioners, H. B. Bumgard ner. District 2 commissioner, said Wednesday. Following receipt of the fig ures, all property owners will be notified of the new valua tions and will be invited to list objections to the valua tions at a subsequent hearing. Mr. Bumgardner said a num ber of citisens had Indicated they held the mistaken Idea that the values would be arbi trarily assigned, with no re sours*. "That is incorrect," he that the pace was fast enough to avoid a last minute Jam-up: "It's been pretty brisk," Mr, Hughes said, "but many people are yet to list their properties for taxes." Few business firms have yet listed, he added, and urged their i- ? i-v't J ? owners or officers to attend to the matter as early as possible. All persons are required to list their property for taxes during the month of January, with the I law providing penalities for those who fall to list. All males be tween the ages of 21 and 50 are required to list for poll taxes, and any owner of personal or real property is required to list. For some, listing for taxes is more simple this year. Due to the forthcoming property revaluation tigurea, expected to be received by the county board of commis sioners in time for use on 1953 tax bills, business firms will nesd figures for listing only Inven tories and removable personal property (such as Cash registers and similar Items). Heavy equip ment and fixtures are being ap praised, as is realty, by a special tax appraisal firm. As has been customary for a number of years, automobiles and trucks are being listed according to wholesale values appearing in current trade association "blue books". Farmers have an additional listing Job, with Charlie Ware, farm census taker. Both city and coUnty listing of ficiate are at City Hall courtroom dally except Mondays, when the county listing officials are at Round tree's Hardware In G rover, to accommodate persons In this Grover area. d- ' ? : > ????? . ' .. County's Quota For This Year Set At $25,000 Annua] March of I>imc\s drive for funds to combat polio wijl begin in Cleveland ' County, on Monday according to announce- ? inent by Dr. N. II. Reed and Gra dy Howard, co-chairmen of the Kings Mountain drive. Quota for the county is $25,000. The co-chairmen also announc ed the organization for the Kings Mountain drive. Jacob Cooper and G. C. Kelly will head ti e industrial division, A. F. Dean and G. A. Bridges will . be in charge* of the merchants di vision and the Ju jior Woman s club will conduct tht; "Mother's March" house-to-house collection. Other community chairmen In clude a former polio patient, Boyoe Cash, active young Betfi- - ware school student, his father, H. M. Cash, and VVillard Boyles in the Bethware, El Bethel and Patterson Grove section and Mrs. D. L. Harry and Mrs. W. B. liar ry at Grover, t Funds collected in the annual I appeal are used for treatment of infantile para-lysis patients and for research in combatting the disease. According to a report by Car Ids Young, of Shelby, treasurer of the county polio unit, 16 new ca ses of polio developed in the county during 1952 requiring 653 days of hospitalization and treatment amounting, to $9,930. 54 along with 28 carry over cas es from 1951 requiring 151 days and costing $8,609.32. A total of $18,539.86 was thus spent for care of polio victims of the county during the past year, Mr. Young reports. Of the 44 pa tients treated last year, only two remain hospitalized, he said. . Mr. Young reported a cash bal ance of $119.38 against out standing unpaid, bills amount ing to $2,217.11 for the year. Rites Conducted Foi Mis. Hubbaid Funeral services for Mrs. Sam B. Hubbard, 62, mother of Mrs.T. M. Ilord of Kings Mountain were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from New Hope Baptist church of Earl. Rev. C. A. Klrby, Jr. officiated assisted !>y Kev. IT. Gordon Week ley of Kings Mountain. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hubbard died at Shelby hospital Sunday morning. She had lived in Ear! for 33 years, and was the widow of the late Sam B. Hubbard, who died in 1939. She Is survived by two sons, Kenneth B.. Hubbard of Fayette ville, and Samuel B, Hubbard of Charlotte; two. daughters, Mrs. T. M. Hord ojf Kings Mountain and Mrs. J. B. Champion of Earl; a sister* Mrs. Estelle Cottingham of Latta, S. C.; two brothers. J. O. Brigman and Charlie Brigman of Latta, S. C.; and four grand daughters. 'V .c. Chapman Rites Held Snnday Funeral rites for Mrs. Martha R. Chapman, 79, of route five Shelby, grandmother of Mrs. Ed Bridges of Kings Mountain, were conducted Sunday at 2 o'clock p. * m. from Pleasant Grove Baptist church near Fallston. Rev. C. C. Crowe and Rev. D. G. Moose officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Chapman died riday at 1:30 p. m. She was tht widow of the late Kelly Chapman and was the daughter o i the late Mr. and < Mrs. Love Landlord.1" She is survived by one son, W. J. Chapman of East New Market, Md., two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Wright of Shelby and Mrs. James C. Gillis of Charlotte; two sisters. ? Mrs. Charles McSwain of Waco and Mrs. Shenck Spangler of Shelby, 14 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchtldien. - LEGION METING ' Regular January meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the A< merican Legion, will be held Monday night at 8 p. m. at the Legion Hall. Commander Sam Collins has asked that all members be present for the ' . : ?meeting.