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I* 'i \ Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area . . . . ; 1 5.000 (1945 Ration Board Figures) VOL 63 NO. 7 Established 1889 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February |2, 1953 16 Sixty-Third Year Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins COMMUNICATION > . An Emergent Communication of Fairview Lodge 339 A. F. & A. M., will be held Monday February 16, at 7:30, fo? work in the first degree. COURT OF HONOR Regular monthly session of the Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts is scheduled for Thursday night at 7:30 at City Hall, ac cording to announcement from Piedmont Council" head quarters. TO CHAPEL HILL . Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Blanton left Wednesday for Chapel Hill to attend a meeting of the ex ecutive commission of the Nor th Carolina Pharmacists Asso ciation in session there. PASSES EXAM Kelly Weaver, son" of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weaver has successfully taken competitive examinations for a scholarship in the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. METER RECEIPTS A total of $146.22 was collec ted Wednesday morning, from the city's parking meters, ac cording to a report toy the city treasurer's office. MAUNEY IMPROVING Carl F. Maun?y. who under went an operation at Charlotte Memorial hospital on Monday, was reported resting well Wednesday morning. T AO SALES A total of 943 Kings Moun tain motorists have purchased 1953 city arj^ license plates, aoconiing K. a report toy the city clerk's office. Deadline for purchasing tags without pen alty was February 1. PTA MEETING The Executive board of the Parent ? Teacher association of West School will meet Tues day afternoon at 2:30 p. m. In the school auditorium. Parent Teacher association will meet in the school auditorium Wed nesday Feb. 18, at 3 o'clock, ac cording to recent announce ment. ? OYSTER SUPPER The young adult class of Grace Methodist church will sponsor an oyster supper Sat urday, February 14, beginning ? at 5 o'clock p. m. at the Ma sonic HaJi Proceeds wm go to ward the church building fund and the public is invited. CASTING MONDAY Completion of casting for parts in "The Robe," to be pre sented In March, will take place at the Little Theatre of fice Monday night at 7:30 p. m., it was announced by Presi dent Bruce Thorbum this week. Anyone interested in a part in the religious drama is invited to attend- Mrs. Au drey Mauney is director of the play. Mrs. Lockrldge's Kin Die In Wreck Mr. and Mrs. Samuel David Melton of Caroleen, brother and sister-in-law of Mrs, Fred Lock ridge, of Kings Mountain, died as a result of injuries received in an auto-truck collision near Forest City last Friday. Mrs. Melton was Instantly kill ed in the crash, and Mr. Melton, brother of the Kings Mountain woman, was dead on arrival it Rutherford hospital. Funeral services for the acci dent victims were held at Caro leen Baptist church Sunday after noon, Interment was in Henrlet ta-Caroleen cemetery. According to investigating offi cers, the 19(50 four-door auto dri ven by Mrs. Melton pulled out of the Forest City highway into the path of a tanker truck loaded with 5,900 gallons of gasoline, go ing north on the Che*nee-Ruth?r fordtnn highway N. 221. Edward Broughton Putnam, 32, of Forest City, Rt.'l, driver of the truck, was treated at the hospital for shock. The Helton car was completely demolished in the wreck. About $360 damage was done to the truck which belonged to the Lutz Yelton Oil Company of Caroleen rfjffctrolman Pfc Joe Wilson who Investigated the leeMMnt, assisted of the Commissioners In Long Session World Prayer Day To Be Observed Kings Mountain's annual World Day of Prayer service will be held on Friday, Febru ary 20, at Grace Methodist church at 10 a. m. according to announcement this week by the Kings Mountain Council of Churchwomen which sponsors the service. The program, on the them* "Walk as Children of Light," will be given by Mrs. C. S. Plonk. Jr. It is the one time during i the year tho world unites in prayer and the Council of Churchwomen urges all to meet for this special service." Mrs. Jacob Cooper, publicity chairman, said in announcing the service. Foote Moving A. B. Chandler A. R. Chandler, for the past 29 months manager of Foote Min eral Company's plant here, has been transferred to the compa ny's Exton Plant at Paoli, Penn sylvania. The announcement was made toy Mr. Chandler. James E. Castle, formerly as sistant mill superintendent of St. Joseph Lead Co., Balmat divis ion, will succeed Mr. Chandler as plant manager here. He will assume his new duties on jvlon day. (Mr. Chandler will remain in Kings Mountain for a month as the company's management re presentative before assuming his new duties ?s chemist at the Ex ton plant. Mrs. Chandler was also active have been active in the civic life of Kings Mountain since moving here about two years ago. Both were associated with the Little Theatre and were active in es tablishing. the annual Battle of Kings Mountain historical dra ma. ' Mrs] Chandler was also active in Junior Woman's club activiti es. Mr. Chandler is past chair man of the city's parks and rec reation commission and is cur rently a member of that toody. The Chandlers, and son Allan, plan to move to their new home soon. Mr. Chandler also announced that Rudi Wuennenberg, plant accountant, will assume his new duties at the company's new Sunbright, Virginia, plant on March 1. Mr. Wuennenberg has been in Kings Mountain for about two years and he and his -wife have also been active in Little Thea tre activities. He is currently treasurer of the Junior Chamber of Commerce The Wuennenbergs, and son, Eric, will move to Kingsport, Teniv, In the near future. Michael Lyons has been at the local plant for several weeks as accountant. He ahd his family live on York road. HOLT COMMUNION The service of Holy Commun ion will be observed at St. Matthew's Lutheran church next Wednesday evening, Ash Wednesday, at 7:30, according to announcement by the pas tor, Dr. W. P. Gerberdlng. It will be the first of annual mid-week Lenten services at the church. s> - . Board Disposes Of Numerous Routine Matters In a long session Monday night the city board of commissioners 1) Voted $600 to the Kings Moun tain Red Cross chapter, provided such a payment is legal, after a plea for the gift had been made by Rev. p. D. Patrick. 21 Voted to refund -to E. T. Piott cost of pipe for a water line orig.nally installed by Mr Plott at a time when the city had no P pe available. Mr. Plott had com plained that he was being charg ed water tap fees "for tapping my own line". ' 3) On request of Lawrence Pat. nek authorized a slight change of roadbed on the southbound (un named) street passing Kines Mountain Cotton Oil Company 4) Heard a report from J. w. Webster, building inspector, who stated only one person in nine had responded to letters condem ning certain derelict properties. 5) Authorized extension of a water line on East Ridge street to serve the Fulton propertv at request of W. S. Fulton, Jr. 6) Authorized erection of street markers on certain unmarked o,1 ,re?uest of Postmaster W- E- Blakely. Mr. Blakely had said markers are mandatory for city carrier delivery and lack of them would prevent route exten juonscurrently planned. 7) Declared the city a bird sane tuary. wnul2er!d aJrafflc signal light installed at the corner of York road and E. Gold street. 9) Agreed to estimate cost of regrading a portion of the en trance to McGlll's Esso Station. in. *. McGill requested the esti mate and said Standard Oil Com pany would defray the costs. 10) On question of Mr. McGill instructed Street Superintendent Tom Henry to Install curbing on portion of Mountain street, to Juniper street, as previously au thorized. ? The board also heard a Mr. Mc Kee of Morristown, Tenn., offer to clean two of the city's septic tanks for $1,000. Mr. McKee also made the statement that the two tanks could serve the city ade quately if properly cleaned and properly maintained. Asked If the sewage disposal plants recommended by an engi neering firm were unnecessary Mr McKee replied that the state sanitation department has en couraged erection of such, plants as a means of cobatlng stream pollution. He indicated the plants were desirable, but not manda tory. All members of the board were present. Stolen Automobile Found Near Brevard The Nash automobile owned by Mayor Garland Still, stolen early -Sunday morning from the front ot the Still residence on North Piedmont avenue, was found a bandoned near Brevard on Tues day, city police reported. The car was found on a dirt foad about 12 miles from Brevard and wag only slightly damaged. The thief or thieves had con nected the Ignition wires and dri ven it off without benefit of key. The thief or thieves have not been apprehended. Warren Ellison, Hugh A. Lftgan, Ir. Advanced For Police Chiefs Position Two names were advanced for B|p. city's police chief vacancy Monday night, but no motions to employ were forthcoming. Clarence E. Carpenter, the per charged with responsibility of the depart ment, recommended appointment as dfeief Officer Wtftnt Elli son, who told the board he wasn't asking for the position bdtwould accept it if tendered. Commissioner Lloyd E. Davis advanced the name of Former ffixrttf Hugh A. Logan, Jr., Hr. Carpenter offered the opinion, "I don't too good." He also suggested the sheriff was interested in mmm Commissioner Olland R. Pear son said he wouldn't object to elevating Officer Ellison but did object to the appointment of Mr. ! Logan. He added, "Logan said he wouldn't come unless we all a gfeed to it, and I won't. I can't ae?? it." Early in the SUU administra tion, Officer Ellison had been temporarily dismissed on a mo tion pressed by Commissioner Pearson, who had defeated Elli son's brother for Ward 3 com missioner. , i Several eal'r for a motion fall senior offloers are In charge on their particular shifts. WORK UNDERWAY ON NURSES' HOME ? Work is now underway on construction of a modern nurses home at the Kings Mountain Hospital plant. Ground was broken for the building, being erected on the northwest corner of the hospital tract facing North Juniper street, last week. Pictured above, left to right, are V. W. Breeze, architect for the home, Joe Dixon, hospital business manager, and Clarence Morrison, Shelby contractor, who holds the contract to build the structure. In the back ground, two unidentified workmen are mixing mortar for the footings. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) District Scouts Will Hear LaFar < Lions Continuing Broom-Mat Sale Members of. the Kings Moun tain Lions club will continue this weekend their annual broom -and -mat sale for the benefit of tne blind. Hoping for better weather, the club members expect to finish their work as house-to. house salesmen of two articles manufactured by blind people in Greensboro Industries for the Blind. Brooms sell for S1.50, while the rubber doormats sell for S2.50. The Kings Mountain club's share of the proceeds is used locally for aid to the blind and other sight conservation work. Legion Endorses ! G. R. Leukhardt > Members of Otis D. Green Post j 155, the American Legion, in reg ular monthly meeting at the Le gion Hall last Friday night, passed a resolution endorsing the candidacy of George R. Leuk hardt, of Shelby, for commander of North Carolina's 4th division. Mr. LeukfldVlt is currently serving as commander of the di vision's 28th district. A disabled veteran of World War i, he has long been active In programs of the Legion and especially In the membership and disabled ^ terans fields. A former vice commander of the Shelby post, he has held po sitions on the local, district, di vision and national levela. Long a leading "<3o-Getter", he holds many state awards for securing members for the organization. Mr. Leukhardt was present at the meeting and told tl* group that his primary interests in the American Legion are member ship and service to disabled vet erans, whether Legionnaires or hot . Some 30 Legionnaires were present at the meeting. Com mander Sam Collins presided and, among the Items of -busi ness discussed, the group voted March 7 as the tentative date for a square dance. B. & L Meeting Set Fot Thursday Shareholders of Kings Moun tain Buildirg A Loan association will hold their annual meeting ?KH o'clock Trw'iwiy" in the offices of the association. The shareholders will hear re ports from officers on the past year's work and will elect direc tors for the coming year, In ad dition to transacting other nec essary business. Announcement of the meeting was made by J, C. Lackey, secre ? i i*i k I "i li ' liT' 9 . I. H. Patterson I To Chairman Fund Campaign D. R. Lafar, of Gastonia, ex ecutive vice-president of the Pied mont Council, will make the fea tured address at the annual Kings Mountain district Boy Scout ban quet Friday night at 7 o'clock at Masonic Dining Hall. The annual event, one of the features of the local observance of National Boy Scout week, which runs through Saturday, al ways attracts a capacity crowd of Scouts and Scouters. Tickets for the banquet are $1.25 and can be obtained from Ollie Harris, ticket sales chair man. Boy Scouts attended the annual Boy Scout church service Sunday night at Boyce Memorial ARP church, and heard a sermon by Dr. W. P. Gerberding. On Thursday night, the Kiwa nls club will have Boy Scouts as honor guestp. Immediately following Boy Scout Week, district officials will conduct' the annual district fi nancial campaign. J. H. Patterson is serving as chairman of the 1953 campaign, according to announcement by J. W. Webster, district chairman, and other campaign committee members are E. E. Marlowe, George H. Mauney and Paul Mau ney. Minimum goal of the fund campaign is $1,850. ? Rites Are Conducted For Mrs. Barkley Funeral rites for Mrs. A. J. W. Barkley, mother of Mrs. Edgar Sellers, of Kings Mountain, were conducted last Friday from First ARP church in Statesvllle, with interment following in the family plot of New Sterling church ceme tery. Mrs. Barkley died in an Ashe ville hospital on February 4, fol lowing a heart attack suffered a week previously. For almost all of her life she had been a resident of Statesville, but had been living recently with another daughter at Black Moun tain. Several sons also survive. KIWAMVS MEETING Fred Waters, Gastonia super intendent of schools, yrtll, speak to members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at their regular meeting Thurs day night at 6:45 at Masonic Dining Hall. The meeting will be Boy Scout night at the club and members are. to bring Boy Scouts as guesu. Mr. Waters is s former president of the Daniel Boon*. Scout council. Myeis Chairman Of Merchants' Promotion Group O. W. Myers, proprietor of Myers' Department Store, will head the trade promotion com mittee of the Kings Mountain Merchants association for the coming year. Mr. Myers was appointed to head the committee at a meeting of the Merchants association board of directors Monday. Ot hers named to serve on the com mittee are John Lewis and B, S. Peeler, Jr. The association also named a committee to investigate the fea sibility of forming a Community Chest in Kings Mountain, with Fred \\. Plonk being named as chairman, and with other mem bers including Dan Huffstetler and John O. Plonk. President J. C. "Bridges led a discussion on membership and outlined plans for a membership campaign, in wi. -h the directors will make an effort to contact all merchants not now members of the association with an invita tion to affiliate. Baird Rents Lynch Building | Baird Furniture, Inc., has rent ed from Haywood E. Lynch the new concrete block building ad joining the furniture firm. Dan Huffstetler, manager of the firm, said the expansion would double the firm's floor space and will enable the com pany to better dlspla" Its stock of furniture and to cairy a larger inventory of all kinds of furni ture. Brown Is Associated With Herndon Firm Charles T. Brown, formerly of Augusta, Ga., is now associated with J. E. Herndon Co. as mana ger of the firm's waste division. Mr. Brown assumed his new du ties last week. He and his wife are temporari ly residing at tb * home of Mrs. Fred Finger whiU. awaiting a per manent location. March Of Dimes Drive Over Top Kings Mountain Total Is $5,300, Township $11,000 n;,l|IKH.cl I a Kll.Vl.SS Wednesday hv as ' ,U>'V r?P?r'ed $>.300 in hand to date fr,.m ,ho N"iui.:ition here. ?C* --halrmon Grady Howard art' .Vathan II Heed said that arm,. soliciting has boon com pleted. and predicted that addi a I monies they import to re-" <eive will undoubtedly raise tho total to at least $5,500. a joint .statement, the co chairmen thanked the campaign solicitors and stated apnrwla lion to each donor. J,'roua . ,,3't ?ood ro''?r! we are able to make was due entirely to the Sr? f ??opora,ion accorded i rtfth from members of the soliciting committees and from ted n?d,Vii,1izens who fontribu they said W?r,hy can*Paigfi." wM?.lal f?r. NumlH'r 4 Township, which customarily assumes ap proximately one-fourth the county quota will therefore ex ceed $11,000. or almost half the county s $25,000 quota. The lar ?e township total included a 5 ? Tqfo m ,hc Funds col lected through the March, of Dimes campaign are used to treat victims 6f infantile ?paralysis, for research to find iT?oVred ,rthods of ^atment and for other related work. The total reported by Chair men Howard and Reed Included $234 collected for the fund by ! pupils of West Elementary school. Six '51 N. C. State Grads Hold Reunion ) KUMHWA, KORF:a ? Six! North Carolina officers, all ID^i graduates of North Carolina j State College, Raleigh, recently had a re-union near Kumhwa p Th? ?r?Up 'no'U(Ied Lt. George R. Tolleson, executive officer batmHatntaif' fi3' u En?inef>r Com' bat Battalion, whose wife. Eliza W W ? P,arcnts' Mr- and Mrs. vv. W. Tolleson, live at Kines Mountain; Lt. Richard M. Woo 'ten. commanding officer of the 9th Explosive Ordnance fcfead 2"ar,*rs Company, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. VVooten, Hender sonv lie; Lt. John E. Hunter am munitions officer. 725th Ordnance Maintenance Company, son of Iclcrh r . rrs" J' L- Hu"ter, Ra leigh ; Lt. James T. McKeel Ji radio officer, 25th Signal Com'! pany. whose parents live in Wash ington; Lt. Ross V. Lampe, ope ra'ions officer, 696th Ordnance HoT^nry' 80n 0f Dr- and Mrs. j. Tnh^ t, ^mpe> Ralp|gh; and Lt. ^ Gref?ory motor Officer, Si t Quartermaster Company, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parker Gre gory, Franklin. tho 1^t?hei?f/ICers "r" ,ssi?n?l to the 25th Infantry Division. Fletcher Infant's Rites Conducted Funeral services for Margaret Sue Hetcher, six -week old dau pLW Mr arul Mrft James Hetcher. were held Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from Second Baptist church. wuu? Flay Payne, Rev. Buddy nffii r1'^ and Rev Floyd Hollar officiated and burial was In Mountain Rest cemetery '"fant died at her home on Tuesday. She is survived by her parents a br?ther. George Fletcher, of the home. ? Clerk Analyzes Revenue. Advises Board To Slow Rate Of Spending City Clerk Joe Hendrick, mak ing a report Monday night to the board of commissioners on city spending during the current f Is- | cal year, advised the board to ; "go slow" during the remainder ; of the current year in order to avoid a deficit. Mr. Hendrick gave a detailed report on departmental expendi tures through January 31, the first seven months of the fiscal year, and, while percentage of budgeted expenditures were ap parently satisfactory In most in stances, Mr. Hendrlck said, "We have to receive the money before we can spend It." He said two major eatimata er rors jn preparing the budget could throw the city finances out of kilter. One, he said, was an estimate of $28,000 in receipts an ticipated from street assessments. The other resulted from power rate cuts, which cost considerable in revenue, he added. "A conservative spending po licy for the remaining five months will get us by," Mr. Hen drick estimated. Mr. Hendrick reported the city's cash balances from all funds on January 31 at $60,578.91. Among scheduled outgo items during the next five months it $27,918.75 in bond payments. *' ilflffiinf Mi' y&M CANDIDATE ? Harold Phillips, assistant superintendent of Craftspun Yarns, Inc.. is a candi date for city commissioner in Ward 4. Mr. Phillips paid his filing fee last week. O. T. Hayes is also seeking the position. Bill Logan Won't Make Ward Race City political activity slowed this week, at least outwardly. For the first week in three, no new candidates filed for office and the principal development was announcement by W. B. (Bill) Logan, prominently men tioned as a candidate for Ward 3 commissioner, that he would not seek the office. Mr. Logan said that a large | number of people had encouraged his candidacy but that he was "unable to offer at this time". "I have given the matter my thorough consideration." Mr. Lo gan said, "and I will not be a candidate in the M^y election. I I do appreciate very much the in terest evidenced in my running by a large number of people." The candidates to date: For Mayor ? " Garland E. Still, incumbent, and Glee A. Bridges. For Ward 2 commissioner - - Warren E. Reynolds. For Ward 3 commissioner ? OUand R. Pearson, Incumbent. For Ward 4 commissioner ? Harold Phillips and O. T. Hayes, Sr. For Ward 5 commissioner ? Sam Stallings. No candidates have filed for * Ward 1' commissioner, nor for the Ward 1 school trusteeship, al so to be filled at the May election. School trustees are elected only bv the. voters living In the part icular -ward. However, voters may choose a candidate in each ward for city offices, the ward arrange ment merely controlling residence of the candidates. Newest name in the speculation list of possible candidates was that of Ben A. Smith, mentioned as a candidate for Ward 3 com missioner. Incumbents not yet announcing their intentions but expected to seek re-election are James G. Layton, Ward 1 commissioner, and Lloyd E. Davis, Ward 2 com missioner. Baxter Wright, Ward. " 5 commissioner, may not seek re election, but has not made any ? announcement. C. P. Barry, Ward 4 commissioner, has said he will not offer for re-election, Tennessee Resident Funeral Rites Held Funeral rites for Leonard Gray Fulford> Sr., 63, father-in-law of the former Miss Peggy Baker of Kings Mountain, were conducted the latter part of last week at Norfolk, Virginia. Mr, Fulford, a resident of Knox ville, Tenn., died in Baltimore Me morial hospital after being in de clining health for several years. He had been receiving treatment at the hospital for a heart ail ment. Surviving in addition to his wife are one sin, Leonard Gray Fulford, Jr., of Jackson, Tennes see; his mother and two sisters, all of Norfolk, Va., and a nephew. GETS PROMOTION Connie W. Blaekwell, station ed with the army in New foundland, has recently been promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant, according to Inform ation received by his parents, Mr- and Mrs. W. E. ^lackwell. S/Sgt. Blaekwell's wif? Joined him in Newfoundland several months ago* ?;/.