Population
Citf Limits 7.206
Trading Area 15,000
(1945 Ballon Board Figure*)
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 26, 1953
Sixty-TMrd Year
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PRICE f IVE CENTS
Red Cross
$6,500 In
Seeks
Drive
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Local News
Bulletins
DIMES TOTAL
Kings Mountain area con
tributions to the March of
Dimes fund campaign totaled
$5,480.91, according to report of
J- C. McKinney, who served as
treasurer for the fund.
K1WAN1S MEETING
The Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club will hear an address by
William Green, managing edi
tor of the Shelby Dally Star, at
the regular meeting of the or
ganization Thursday evening
at 6:45 at Masonic Dining
HalL
HAS OPERATION
George W. Allen, Kings
Mountain businessman is a
patient In Charlotte Eye, Ear
& Throat hospital. Mr. Allen
underwent an operation Satu
urday for removal of an eye
cataract and was reported im
proving satisfactorily yester
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FEDERAL TAX HELP
William K. Rowan, internal
revenue agent,' said this week
that the internal revenue of
fice at Shelby would be open
on Saturday through March 14
to help citizens prepare federal
income tax returns. The office
customarily is closed on Satur
days.
ATTEND MEETING
George' Morrow, J. E. Antho
ny, Jr., Marriott Phifer, Men
zell Phifer and Martin Harmon
attended a meeting of deacons
of First Presbytery, Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church,
held last Friday evening at
Scotts school cafeteria, near
StatesviUe. The New Amity
ARP church was host for the
meeting.
PENALTY ADVANCES
Penalty on unpaid 1952 tax
bills advances to two percent
on March 2, City Clerk Joe
Hendrlck reminded city tax
payers yesterday. He urged all
who have not yet paid 1952 tax
bills to avoid further penalty
by paying tax bills prior to
(Monday.
IE -HOSPITALIZED
Gilt Palls, Sr., Kings Moun
tain businessman, was re
hospitalized Wednesday after
noon at Kings Mountain hos
pital. He had been discharged
Monday after receiving treat
ment for a stomach ailment.
Annual Senior Class
Play Set March 20th
"Go West, Yount Man", Kings
Mountain high school senior class
play, will be presented on Friday,
March 20 at Central school audi
torium at 8 p. m. ^ - ^
Casting was recently completed
and rehearsals and committee
work began on Monday.
X. Ben Goforth, Jr. is directing
e play, and Mrs Gem ge Mo?
is faculty adviser.
The play will be produced toy
special arrangement with Samu
el Ftencto, New York.
Power Billings
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SssMsHlnl customers ofthe
a power SKTiet Will mstfs
Mart wMk isflsrllnj a tn
Two Kick-Off
Meetings Set
For Weekend
Kick-off meetings for Number
4 Township's 1953 Red Cross Fund
drive, which has a goal of $6,500,
will be. held Thursday and Friday
evenings, according to announce
ment yesterday by Hilton L. Ruth,
chairman of the fund campaign.
On Thursday evening, at 8
o'clock, the colored division under
the chairmanship of M. L. Camp
bell, will meet at City Hall. Some
65 colored citizens will participate
in the drive and are urged to at
tend the Thursday night meeting.
On Friday evening, at 7:30,
committee chairmen and division
solicitors are to hear Mrs. Anne
Johnson, Red Cross regional of*
ficial, outline details of the cam
paign work.
"We are looking forward to a
most successful Red Cross fund
campaign," Mr. Ruth said. "How
ever, all knows that it will re
quire real work and real digging
to meet a $6,500 goal. It Is a large
sum of money but I have no doubt
that It can be obtained."
Mr. Ruth pointed out that the
many services of Red Cross make
Irs presence martAdalotjr."1
"The blood collection program
alone makes it well worth all its
cost, not to mention its emergen
cy relief program, and service to
men In the armed forces and their
families," Mr. Ruth concluded.
Bites Conducted
For Mr. Patrick
Funeral rites for Oscar Van
Buren Patrick, 80, resident of
Kings Mountain, were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from Harris Funeral Home
Rev. P. D. Patrick officiated
and interment was in Corinth
Baptist church cemetery near
Gaffney, S. C.
Mr. Patrick died Saturday
morning at 5:30 a. m. after an
illnes of several years. His wife
Mrs. Alice Maynor Patrick died
two years ago. He was a form
er employee of Mar^race Mill.
Surviving are two sons, Walt
er G. Patrick of Blacksburg, S C.
and Oscar C. Patrick of Rich
mond, Va.; one daughter, Mrs.
Seph Wilson of Kings Mountain;
one brother, Chalmers Patrick
of Blacksburbg, S. C.; and two
sisters, Mrs. Ida Parrish and Mrs.
Will Lorry of Gaffney, S. C.
Also surviving are 18 grand
children and 16 great-grand
children.
Active pallbearers were James
Cloninger, Ray Barber, Bobby
Rhea, Fred Ham rick, L. W. Pain
ter, and Rooth Gillespie.
meter receipts
A total of $150.40 was collec
ted from the city's parting
meters Wednesday morning
according to a report from the
city treasurer's office.
J. E. Mauney
New Director
Of B. &. L
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Kings Mountain Building &
Loan association enjoyed a pros
perous year during 1952, reports
of officers showed at the annual
meeting of shareholders held on
February 12.
One new director was elected
by the shareholders, J. E. Mau
ney being named to replace the
late B. Hudson Bridges, for many
years a member of the associa
tion's board of directors.
Directors re-elected were: Dr
L. P. Baker, J. R. Davis, R. L
Mauney, W. K. Mauney, VV *M
Gantt, J. C. Keller, C. W. Hullen
der, Clyde Jolly, and J. C. Lackey
Reports of J. C. Lackey, secre
tary . treasurer, showed an in
crease in association assets dur
ing the y?ar of $116,097.44, with
the ti.lal at $852,575.73 at Decern
ber 31. The secretary's report
also showed total dividend pay
ments to shareholders during the
year of $20,142.21. The associa
tion paid out $11,131.79 dividends
jon full-paid shares, $7,046.75 on
optional savings shares, $1,596
on matured stock and $367.67 on
withdrawn shares.
Organizing for the new year
on February 17, the directors re
elected all officers and members
of the office staff as follows: W.
K. Mauney, president; J. C. Kel
ler, vice-president; J. C. Lackey,
secretary . treasurer; J. P. Lac
key, assistant secretary . treasur- <
er; and Miss Bernice Harrison
and Mrs. Louise Martin, office
assistants.
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Jaycee Minstrels
Set March 26, 27
"Jaycee Minstrels of 1953" has
been scheduled for presentation
at Central school auditorium on
Thursday and Friday nights,
March 26 and 27 according to an
nouncement by D. D. Sauhders
direotor.
Sponsored by the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, the "black
face" comedy will feature an en
tirely local cast.
Work on the production is al
ready underway and tickets are
to go on sale in the next few days.
Admission prices have been set at
60 cents for adults and 30 cents
for students, Harold Phillips, tic
ket chairman, announced.
Tickets may be purchased from
Mr. Phillips or from any Jaycee
and are also to be on sale at
several business locations.
The pioductlon will begin at 8
o'clock each evening.
Bethware Fish Fry
Friday Evening
The public, is Invited to attend
a fish fry at BethWare school be
ginning at 5:30 Friday afternoon
Sponsored by the Bethware
school athletic association, the
promotion is designed to raise
funds for the association activi
ties. John RudisiU, principal, said
supper would be served until 9
P. m. ?
Price will be one dollar for
adults and fifty cents lor children
lor all you can eat", Mr. Rudi
' sill said.
Radio Station WKMT Schedules
March 10 As Tentative Opening
Kings Mountain Radio Station
WKMT will tentatively go on the
air March 10, according to an
nouncement this week by John C.
Greene, co-owner and manager of
the station,
March 10 la the tentative com
mencement date barfing further
Inclement weather, Mr. Greene
aaid.
Studio* and transmitter of- the
new radio station are located on
the Kings Mountain - Bessemer
0tl)r Road in a building owned
fay J. B. Mauney, Hie building,
leased on a long ? term basis, has
been completely renovated inside
and out. The Interior hiu been
divided into individual offices,
studios, and a large combination
transmltte - control room.
Considerable work has gone in
to eound - proofing the building
for broadcasting purposes Resi
lient floor covering ha* been laid
in all rooms to give further sound
?proofing qualities and
stalled. "The beet audio equip-'
me lit available has been installed
for the exprese purpose of mak
ing WKMT one of the best equip
ped stations in this section," Mr.
Greene said.
A transmitting tower, rising
200 feet, has been erected for the
station's 'powerful transmitter.
Ix>cated in back of the studio
building, this tower Is to be used
in conjunction with a large size
ground wire reflector rystem to
give a good clear long-range sig
nal.
Licensed by the Federal Com
munications commission ss the
Southern Broadcasting Company,
WKMT Is coowned by Mr. Greene
and R. H. Whitaides of Rock Hill,
S. C. The station will operate
during daylight hours on the
clear channel frequency of 1220
kilocycles. ?,
. The station will be managed by
Mr. Greene, formerly of Rock
Hill. Mr. Greene it a veteran of
Co*ttmmd On Faffm Might
?iOaSi
MRS. NICKELS HONORED ? Mrs. J. C. Nickels, right, principal at
Park Grace Elementary school, was honored by the school's Parent
Teachers Association Monday night for 26 years service to the insti
tution. Mrs. James Bolin, left, president of the P.-T. A., presented
Mrs. Nickels the silver tray on behalf of the organization. (Herald
photo by Hubert Carlisle.)
Park Grace P-TAi
Honors Principal
Mis. Nickels
b , 26th Yea*
At Pack Grace
Mrs. J. C. Nickels was honored
by the Park Grace Elementary
school Parent - Teacher Associa
tion for 26 years service to the
school at the regular meeting of
the group, held at the school
Monday night.
Mrs. James Bolin,. president of
the school's P. T. A. group, pre
sented Mrs. Nickels a silver tray
on behalf of the organization at
the conclusion of a regular meet
ing of the organization.
The presentation came as a j
surprise to Mrs. Nickels and fol
lowed a program honoring the
founders of the P. T. A.
Members of Mrs. Nickels'
seventh grade class presented a
playlet on the Founders Day
theme, featuring a birthday cake ?
made of soap suds and containing |
56 candles.
Mrs. Rune Swansson gave the
history of the P. T. A. organiza
tion, founded In 1897 by a Mrs.
Birney and a Mrs. Hearst.
Mrs. Charles Mettauer gave the
devotional.
Mrs. Paul Mauney, a charter
member of the school't P. T. A.
chapter, gave a history of the
school.
Park Grace school was organiz
ed over 30 years ago, she said,5
and classes were first held In a
house on the village, Mrs. J. C.
Williams of Bessemer City (the
former Miss Sara Allison) and
the lai<? Miss Pearl Fulton were |
the first teachers.
The present building was built
in 1929, with the first classes held
there thrtt fall, two years after
Mrs. Nickels began teaching
there.
?? Mrs. Nickels, after receiving
the silver tray, said that the
school had grown from four tea
chers when she was first princi
pal to the six presently teaching {
there and that much equipment |
had been added, mainly through
the efforts of the P. T, A.
The silver tray presented Mrs.
Nickels was engraved as follows:
"Mrs. J. C. Nickels, from Park
Grace P. T, A? 26 years service,
1953".
Other officers of the P. T. A. :
group are Mrs. Ruth Lyim, vice
president, Mrs. Gtto Guyton, sec
retary, and Mrs. Henderson Hera
don, treasurer. Mrs. Lynn was a
student when the school first
opened for classes.
Some 75 persons attended the!
meeting.
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tao name*
City CI el* Joe Hendrlck said
Wednesday thai the police de
partment will begin ? check
up (his weekend on auto, own
ers who have not yet purchas
ed ctty auto license tags. A
list of tag purchasers from this
.area his been received by the
police department and Will be
on delinquents,
Assessment Bills
To Go Out Friday
' Bills let City street-paving
assessments will be mailed
Friday, City Clerk Joe Hend
rick said Wednesday.
Under payment terms provi
ded by North Carolina. Mr.
Hendrick said, the assess
ments are payable within 30
days at net, and bear interest
thereafter at the rate of one
half of one percent per month
until paid. In the instance of
these assessments, interest will
be charged after April 1, Mr.
Hendrick said.
The assessment notloes will
cover all assessments confirm
ed by the city board of com
missioners on January 12, Mr.
Hendrick added.
Boaid Holds
Brief Session
In a brief special session Tues
day afternoon, the city board of
commissioners took several ac
tions effecting the police depart
ment.
1) It authorized a committee,
including Commissioners Lloyd
Davis and Olland Pearson Jo
plan a separate entrance for wo
men prisoners to the city Jail.
Inspector T. A. Early, of the Nor
th Carolina Welfare department,
had Informed the board he
would condemn use of the Jail
If the change were not made.
2) The board voted to place
members of the police depart
ment under the North Carolina
Law Enforcement Officers Bene
fit and Retirement fund.
3) Voted to employee Everett
Bridges, Jr., as a second ' shift
desk sergeant at $125 per mon
th, and also voted to pay fees
and request appointment of
Bridges and Officer W. E. St roup
as magistrates to faciliate the
issuing of warrants.
All members of the board were
present with the exception of
Commissioner B. T. Wright, Sr.
An? J5*ri Group
To Fete Ladles
The Men's organization of
Boyce Memorial ARP church
will observe Its Ladies Night on
Monday evening at 1 o'clock with
a dinner At the church education
al building.
Ladies will be apsdal guests.
Program feature will be * 30
mlnute program of tongs by the
Lincoln Academy choir.
President Lewis Hovls will pre
skle
n*K ALARM
City firemen anewevM ? call
to 711 Landing street Wednes*
day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
and quickly extinguished a
blaze caufd from Crease Igni
tion In the kitchen, at the
home of Roily 8h*han. No
damage was reported.
Advisory Body Would Have
Special Vote In Near Future
Lions Heaid
Shelby Editor
Tuesday Night
"On our side is truth, and
therein lies our hope," William
Green, managing editor of the
Shelby Daily Star told members
of the Kings Mountain Lions club
Tuesday night.
Listing statistical evidence to
shew that Cleveland county is a j
strong county in a strong state,
and that North Carolina is a
strong state in a strong nation, j
Mr. Greene declared, "It is well
that we are strong and that we
realize we're strong for we bear
the brunt of the battle against
the Communist hordes."
Mr. Green said that Russia is
not this nation's only sore-spot.
He pointed out that England is
swinging more toward neutrali
ty, that France, through fear of
Germany and a strong Commu- j
nist party minority, is woefully
weak, and that Africa is divided
due to its religious - racial dif
ferences. India, once the friend of
the United States, is also swing
ing left, he added.
"We must be strong and re
main strong," he continued. "For
If we let up, we may lose."
Mr. Green described Cleveland
county as "the tenth county in
the tenth state in wealth." .
He said that Cleveland is se
cond in North Carolina in cotton
production, fourth in gifts to the
Christian Overseas Relief pro
gram, first in completing a civil
defense organization, and quite
likely to be first In percentage of
quota raised in the recent March
of Dimes campaign.
Mr. Green spoke on a program
arranged by Martin Harmon.
Vice-President Ollie Harris pre
sided.
Mis. Scott Dies
Of Heart Attack
Mrs. Lelvica Ramsey Scott. W,.'
resident of route two Kings
Mountain, died at the home of
A. E. Yarboro Wednesday after
noon at 1:20 o'clock of a heart
attack suffered Tuesday after
noon. . ??
She was the widow of the late
Robert A. Scott, who died in 1934.
A son, John Andrew Scott, died
In youth.
A native of Cherokee County,
S. C., she had been a resident of
Kings Mountain for many years.
She wag a member of First Bap
tist church.
Mrs. Scott is survived by two
brothers, Pierce Ramsey of Ala
bama and Albert Ramsey of
Spartanburg, S. C.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock from First Baptist church.
Rev. Gordon V/eekley, the pastor,
will of flcUte and burial will be in
Mountain Rest cemetery. The
body will remain at Harris Fu
neral Home until taken to the
church, where It will lie-in-state
for one hour prior to the service.
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ALUMNI SPEAKER ? Football
Coach Bill Dole, above, of David
son College, will speak to David
son alumni here at the Country
Club on Saturday.
Dole To Speak
Here Saturday
Davidson College's Kings Moun
tain area alumni Chapter will
hold its annual meeting at the
Kings Mountain Country Club
Saturday night at 7 o'clock.
The dinner meeting will fea
ture talks by Football Coach Wil
liam E. (Bill) Dole and Hilton L.
(Jack) Ruth, of Kings Mountain,
president of the Davidson student
body and varsity football letter
man.
Coach Dole wil! give a Wildcat
Club report and a run down on
the prospects for next year's foot
ball team, while Ruth will deliver
a report on campus activities.
Also highlighting the program
will be the showing of the David
son - Furman football game color
movies of last season in which
Furman edged the Wilcats In a
thrilling 14-13 battle.
Alumni Secretary John L.
Payne will also attend the meet
ing. The Rev. Paul D. Patrick of
Kings Mountain will serve as
toastmaster
Charles A, Noisier, chairman of
the committee, announced that
alumni in the Kings Mountain
area wishing to attend should
make immediate reservation with
him for the "stag" dinner meet
ing.
Phyllis Flowers
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Phyllis
Ann Flowers, three and one half
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ambrose Harold Flowers of
Kings Mountain, were conducted
Sunday at 3 p. m. from Macedon
ia Baptist church.
Rev. R. L. Hardin, pastor of
the church officiated, asisted by
Rev. C. L. Grant, pastor ol Grace
Methodist church. Burial was in
Mountain Rest cemetary.
The young child died last
Friday night. Surviving In ad
dition to the parents is one
brother, Jimmy Flowers.
Past Week's Political Activity
Limited; New Candidates Scarce
City political activity, of the
outward variety, was lacking dur
ing the past week, though thp
subject remained a favorite con
versation piece.
The number of formally-filed
Candidates for office remained at
nine, and there were no addition
al statements, either of announce
ment or of withdrawal from con
sideration.
No candidates had yet filed In
Ward 1 for the city commission
er's position now held by Com
missioner James O. Layton, nor
for the Ward 1 school trusteeship
held by J. R. Davis In Ward 5,
Sam S tailings was the only can
didate for city commissioner.
t. J,- (Temmg} KMw. fownw
Ward 3 commissioner, admitted
he was giving serious considera
tion to again making the race
lot that post.
' Otherwise, the developments
were specuiatory and limited.
The candidate list to date:
For Mayor ? Garland E, Still,
incumbent, and Glee A. Bridges.
For Ward 2 commissioner ? ?
Lloyd E. Davis, Incumbent, and
Warren E. Reynolds.
For Ward 3 commissioner ?
Olland R. Pearson, incumbent,
and C. L. (Curly) Elgin.
For Ward 4 commlsslonr ? O.
T. Hayes, Sr., and Harold Phil
lip?.
For Ward 5 commissioner ?
Sam S tailings.
Falls Asked
To Pzesent Bill
To Legislature
The city planning hoard has
unanimously asked Cleveland
county Representative B. T. Falls,"
Jr., to introduce legislation to
provide for a special municipal
election on the question of adop
tion of a city manager form of
government.
By its action, the five member
planning board, an advisory ap
pointive group to the city board
of commissioners, bypasses a
portion of the city board of com
missioners, which in January,
voted 3 to 2 against endorsing the
planning board's recommenda
tion for the special election.
The planning board includes J.
Byron Keeter, chairman, L. E.
Abbott, secretary, Carl F. Mau
ney, C. E. Nelsler, and Hal S.
Plonk. It seeks to have the elec
tion conducted prior to the bien
nually city election in May.
With four members of the city
board of commissioners present
at the January meeting, Mayor
Garland E. Still cast the deciding
vote in defeating the planning
board recommendation. Commis
sioners James Layton and 6lland
R. Pearson supported the ma
jority, while Commissioners B.
T. Wright and C. P. Barry oppos
ed. Commissioner Lloyd E. Davis
was absent.
The planning board has re
quested passage of a special act
by the North Carolina General
Assembly to direct, the county
board of elections to call the
special election.
Chairman Keeter ?. iule to Re
presentative Falls:
"In reference to our telephone
conversation, the City Planning
Board of Kings Mountain has by
motion duly made and accepted,
decided to contact you with
reference to passing a local act
calling for an election for or
against a modified city manager
form of government.
"We Would like to have an act
presented to the legislature exact
ly like the City of Laurinburg
had passed, with one exception.
This act can he found in the Ii)f>l
Session Laws, Chapter 5, Page 4.
"The one thing we would like
to have omitted from our act is
found in Section 5 of Chapter 5
of the 1951 Session Laws. The
thing we would like to have omit
ted pertains to the City Council
appointing members of the School
Board. We would like for our
School Board to continue to be
elected as they are now elected
by the ward system."
A copy of the salient sections of
the statute referred to, as passed
by the 1951 General Assembly
and effecting the Town of Laurin
burg, follows:
"AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR
AN ELECTION IN THE TOWN
OF LAURINBURG UPON THE
QUESTION OF ADOPTING A
CITY MANAGER FORM OF
GOVERNMENT.
"The North Carolina General
Assembly do enact:
"Section 1. That within five \
days after the ratification of this
Act, the County Board of Elec
tions of Scotland County shall
call an election as provided by
Chapter 160, Section 160-298, of
the General Statutes of North
Carolina, in the same manner as
if a petition signed by twenty
five percent of the qualified
voters of the Town of Laurinburg
had been filed calling for such
Continued On Page Eight
Bloodmobile Here
Again On March 12
The Bed Cross blood mobile
[ will return to King* Mountain
for a one -day collection on
March 12, according to an
nouncement yesterday by- Dr.
If. H. Beed.
Quota for the one-day visit
Is exported to approximate
previous goals.
Dr. land said all persons be
tween the ages of It and SO
who an la good health should
make plans to donate a pint of
blood ea the next visit of the