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Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area . 1 5.000 (1945 Ration Board Pigum) VOL 63 NO. 23 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 4, 1953 ? ?> Sixty-Third Year ? < 16 Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletin GRADUATED Sarah 'Falls, daughter of Mr. and (Mrs. Cyrus Falls, of Dune din, Fla., was among the 223 graduated 'from the Clearwa ter Senior' high school last week. KIWANIS MEETING Charles Richard Bberhart, professor of Bible at Davidson college, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwa nls club at their regular meet ing Thursday night at 6:45 at Masonic Lodge halL COURT SESSION Kings Mountain (Recorder's court will be held Thursday (today) at ? o'clock. Court was not in session on Monday aft ernoon and docketed cases are to ibe heard in today's session. WITH BANK David M. -Neill, well-known Kings Mountain nv\n, has ac cepted a position in the trust department of American Trust Company, of Charlotte. Mr. Neill, lor the past several months associated with Equit able Life Assurance Company, began his new 'duties Monday. TO JOIN BANK H. L. (lack) Ruth, Jr., son of Mr, and Mrs. Hilton Ruth, has accepted a position with A* merktan Trust Conwany, of Charlotte, and will bfgh\ his duties MOOTS?: iMT .'Ruth, grad uated in the Class of 1963 at Davidson college, was presi dent of the student body dur ing his senior year/ SPECIAL COMMUNION The service of Holy Commun ion will Ibe cfo served at St; Matthew's Lutheran church Sunday morning at 9 o'clock, according to announcement by the pastor. Regular 11 o' clock Sunday morning service will also he held. TO GERMANY Major O. T. Hayes, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Q. T. Hayes, has received orders from the Air Force for duty in Germany. He is to leave for Germany July 1. He is now on duty at Shaw Field, Sumter, S. C. Major and Mrs. Hayes, and family spent the weekend with Major Hay es' parents. TO HEAR MISSIONARY Miss Dorothy Dagenhart, ARP medical missionary to Pakis tan, now on furlough, will speak at Boyce Memorial ARP church at 11 o'clock services on Sunday LIONS MEETING Jack Palmer, Shelby morti- ? clan, will speak to members of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night at their meeting at Masonic Lodge hall at 7 o'clock, aocording to an nouncement toy W. L. Plonk, program chairman. PETERSON BETTER W. R Peterson, who suffered a heart attack while at work at Ware -Peterson Grocery last Thursday, was reported impro ving Wednesday. He is still confined tc bed. SUMMER ASSISTANT James D. Newsome. student at Columbia Theological semi nary, arrives this, week to ser ve as assistant' for the summer to Rev. P. D. Patrick, pairtor of First Presbyterian anrt Dixon churches. He will deliver the sermons at the churrles on Sunday- ( MTi? ?rw A total of c ted fro~> th? "idn meters Wed.iesds^y according te a report from the city clerk's office. ; STATE BEAD ? C. L Shupiag, Jr* above, state commander of the American Legion, will Install new officers of Otis D. Green Post 155 at the Legion Hall Friday night. Legion Officers To Be Installed ' C. L. Shuping Jr., of Greens boro, state American Legion commander, will install new of ficers of Otis D. Green Post 155 at the regular meeting of the organization at the Legion Hall on Friday night at 8 o'clock,. Ci E. Warllck is to toe installed as commander and John Glad den and Sam Collins as vice com manders of the local post. Other officers to be installed are C. T._ Carpenter, Jr., adjutant ; Pied Halthcox, finance officer; James Bennett, chaplain; Hubert Aderholdt, histon&h; ? Clyde Whetstlne, serjeant-at-arms; and Sill Jonas, (Millard Prince and Ross Alexander, members of the executive committee. Mr. Warliok will succeed Mr. Collins as commander of the or ganization. He is a veteran of ! World War I and was an org^nl- ! zer of the post, in. which he serv- j ed as the first adjutant. He has 1 also served Post 155 as athletic j officer and is a past -commander | of the VFW post. Mr. Gladden, Glee A. Bridges and Warren E. Reynolds are j members of the Installation j night committee. ? Board To Meet j Thursday Night | The city board of commissien- | ers will hold its regular June j meeting Thursday night at 7:45. | Agenda for the meeting had not yet' been completed yester day, but Included among the items of business were consider ation of monthly reports, and re ceiving ai .bids for about 1100 feet of cuib-and-gutter work for W. Gold street, between Sims and Juniper street. SUMMER SCHOOL A six-week term of summer school will begin at Kings Mountain's Central school on Monday. Miss Odessa Slack and Miss Helen Logan will conduct the school. Diplomas Given To 62 Graduates Medals, Awards Are Announced At Finals Event Sixty 'two Kiivgs Mountain high school seniors received diplomas at annual commencement exer cises at Central auditorium on Monday night and heard an in spiring message by Dr. Phil El liott, president of Gardner-Web!, Junior College. Dr. F. J. Hay, of Dillon, S. C., former pastor here over 30 years ago, delivered the? com mencement sermon at the audi torium on Sunday night. Rev. Vance Daniel gave the in vocation Monday night and A. W.. Kincaid, chairman of the school board, introduced Dr. El- | llott. The high school mixed ! chorus, directed by Miss Manga- i rent Cole, rendered "Borh to be Free," by Williams, after the ad- j dress. Rowell Lane, high school prin- j clpal, presented the diplomas and announced that 23 students had received honor seals: Freida Allen, Linda Baity, Bobbie Bar rett, Connie Bennett, Joyce Biser, Grace Carpenter, Joan Caverw, Dolores Davidson, Shirley 'Falls, Louise Gladden, Shirley Houser, Sandra Hovis, Maxine Jackson, David Kincaid, Anne McKelvie, Janell Medlin, Inez Odell, Bob bie Oxford, Betty Pearson, Mar gie Tesseneer, Joan Thomasson, Cornelia Ware and Kelly Wea ver,' . Sonny McDaniel, senior class president, announced that the class was presenting the school with several cement benches which were on order and would be paid for from class funds when the shipment arrives. Dr. P. G. Padgett, member of the school board, presented med als to the following: Donald Gladden, East Elemen taiy school, Neisler Declamation medal and East Elementary P-TA Declamation medal. Evelyn Wright, East, Baker Reading medal and East P-TA Reading medal. Frank Hoyle, in, West Elemen tary sohool, Gofofth Declamation medal. Jean Hicks, West, Ware Read ing medal. Jeanne Plonk Centra! r?r ait Teacher Reading medal for 1952 school year Elizabeth Brown, Central Par ent - Teacher (Reading medal for 1953 school year. Kenneth Roberts, Central Par ent - Teacher association Decla mation medal for 1952. Daniel Riser, Central Parent Teacher association Declamation medal for 1953. Alfred Wright, Central, Davis Declamation medaL Lyvonne Lindsay, Central, Ful Continued On Page Bight Many Kings Mountain Churches Ready To Start Bible School Vacation Bible school at a large number of Kings Mountain area churches Is about to begjn. Some churches will hold regis tration Friday morning, and will get down to work on Monday. Others will not begin until Mon day. Length of terms will vary, some operating a week, others for ten days or longer. Following is a summary 6f Va cation Bible school announce ments received by the Herald this week: First Presbyterian. Bible school will begin Monday aad continue through June 19, with classes convening from 8:30 to 11:30 a. m. * Grace Methodist church will register its Bible School students on Friday morning from 9 to 10 o'clock and will hold clashes all next week, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 to 10:30 a. m. Classes will be held for all ages through Intermediates, accord ing to announcement by Mrs. Paul Howard, director Of the schooL 1 St. Matthew's Luthwn church to flfMk day at 9 o'clock. teptist I'hurrh Mi'olc school will begin with a Sunday afternoon registration at 2:30, with classes arranged for chil dren age three to 17, according to announcement by Frank Wright, principal, and Rev. B. F Austin, pastor. Boyce Memorial ARP cnurch Bible school begins Monday mor ning, with classes convening dally at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Claude Ham Aright is directing the Bible school. iFirst Baptist church also will hold a Friday morning registra tion, with a record attendance anticipated, and refreshments to be served. Following the regis tration the entire asamblage 1? to form for a parade which will follow a police escort through the business and residential dis tricts of the community. Regular classes will be conducted for two ?MB' beginning on Monday, from 9 to 11:30 a. m. Mondays through Fridays. Classes will be held for children age three throw, gh 17, and handwork, musical ac ttvtlee and character study peri ods will be used, according to an nouncement by RoweU Lane; who is serving as principal of the RESIGNS ? Rev. J. W. Phillips, veteran Kings Mountain minis ter. announced Sunday he was resigning the pastorate oi First Wesleyan Methodist church. Phillips Resigns Local Pastorate Rev. J. W. Phillip, for the past seven years pastor at First Wes leyan Methodist church, here, announced his resignation at morning services Sunday. Rev. (Mr. Phillips came here seven years ago from the pasto rate of Clement Memorial Wes leyan. Methodist church, at Alta Vista, Va., and during his tenure here has enjoyed a successful i pastorate. In addition, he has been active In civic as well as religious affairs, having served as chairman of the Kings Moun tain Boy Scout district, Piedmont Council BSA vice-chairman for , Cleveland county, and having i served as president of the Kings j Mountain Ministerial assocla- ! tlon. Rev. Mr. Phillips is a native of ? McAdenvllle. Guard Company To Camplrae 14 I Some 50 members of Kings t Mountain's I "ational Guard unit are scheduled to attend annual summer encampment at Fort! McClellan, Ala., June 14-28. Captain Humes Houston, com- ' mander of Hq. & Hq. Co., 3rd battalion, 120th infantry, 30th division, made the anouncement. As a part of the unit's recruit ing drive, the company has set up a display at Joy Theatre in connection with the showing of the movie, "Thunderblrds", a World War II story of the 45th division, a National Guard outfit. It will be on display Thursday for the last day. Capt. Houston also expressed appreciation to Kings Mountain employers who are and have been letting employees have time off from their Jobs to attend the en campments. Mozelle Masters On Chuck Staff Miss Mozelle Masters, at A/von - dale, will come to Central Meth odist church Monday to assume the position of Director of Chris- ! Han Education. | Miss Masters, daughter of Rev. j and Mrs. V. R. Masters, of Avon- 1 dale, has just completed her vork at Greensboro College and received her degree in the field of Religious Education. Miss Masters has had. experi ence in a wide variety of church activities, with special emphasis*, on children's and youth work, i She has also had camping ex perience. The pastor, Rev. Phil Shore, said, "We count ourselves fortu nate in obtaining the services of this well-qualified and compe tent director." nsixnva permits A total of $33j00 has been collected through the city clerk's office in fishing per mits, according to a rpport from that office Wednesday morning.-., >/> .,;r Three-Month Union Service . Schedule Given Five King Mountain churches will launch their seventeenth summer season of union services on Sunday evening. Rev. Vance Daniel, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, will deliver the sermon at First Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock, in the first of a three-month se ries continuing through August o(J, Participating churches are Boyce Memorial ARP, St. Mat thew's and Resurrection Luther an, Central Methodist and First Presbyterian churches. On the following Sunday, June 14. the union service will be at St. Matthew's Lutheran church and will be featured by the cor nerstone laying service for the new church edifice now under construction. Other 'services this month will be: JllnP 21. at ARP, Rev. P. L. Shore < June 28, at Resurrection Lutheran, Rev. VV. L. Pressly. July services are scheduled as follows: 5, Central Methodist, Rev P. D. Patrick; 12, First Presbyterian, Rev. YV. L. Press ly; 19, ARP, Rev. Mr. Daniel; 26 Resurrection, Rev. Mr. Patrick. August services: 2. ARP Dr. W- Gerberding; 9, St. Mat thews Lutheran, Rev. Mr. Shore 16. Central Methodist, Rev. Mr. Daniel; 23, Resurrection Luther an, Rev. Mr. Shore; 30, First Presbyterian, Dr. Gerberding. Firemen Have Busy Weekend . ? I The four-room dwelling of Mrs Florence Jordan, Cansler street Negro resident, was destroyed Saturday night by fire, according to Kings Mountain firemen who answered the fire alarm call at around 9 o'clock that night. Building and furnishings of the home were completely de stroyed with the exception of a television set, firemen said, and the ?laze was fought for well ov er art-hour. Funds and clothing were being raised for Mrs. Jordan Wednes day, city police officers and fire men reported. She was llvine a lone. 6 ; Sunday night at 11.45 a call was answered to the Marshall Heavner residence on Shelby 1 road. The blaze, which started in the sub-flooring of the basement garage of the home resulted in damages to the basement and automobile In the garage esti mated (by C. E. Warlick Insuran ce Agenqy at from $1600 to *1700. Other parts of the home were damaged by smoke. Firemen fought the blaze un til 1:30. A. caii was answered at Con solidated Textiles Friday morn ing. The blaze reportedly started in the cloth room of the plant and was extinguished by the fire department Slight damages were reported. Origin of the fires had not been determined. Three Are Named For Boy's State Ranny Amette, Richard George and Sherrill Spears, members of the rising senior class of Kings Mountain high school, will repre sent the school at annual Boy's State to be held in Chapel Hill June 14-21. Representatives are sponsored by the Klwanis and Lions clubs and Otis D. Green Post 155 and are chosen by school authorities an basis of scholastic ability and conduct rating. Annual Tar Heel Girl's State convenes at Woman's College, Jnlverstiy of./ North Carolina, June 28-July 3. Miss Susan Moss and Miss Ann vfobley Dilling, rising seniors, >vill represent the school. Appli ants are chosen by the local American Legion Auxiliary on basis of enthusiasm; co-operation, nonesty, dependability, capability, ?nd qualities of leadership. Girl's and Boy's State was ori ginated by the American Legion *nd established as Americanism projects to provide ample oppor tunity for high school students jf the state to study and practice citizenship. RECEIVE COLLEGE DEGREES ? Pictured above ate four Kings Mountain students awarded degrees from colleges and universities during the past week. Top row. left to right is Miss Peggy Anne Mauney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. and Miss Pau line Mauney. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paid Mauney. both of whom were graduated Monday from Woman's College, University of Nor th Carolina. Below, left to right ax? William Mauney Heradon, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Heradon, graduated Monday from Davidson college, and William Demauth Blanton. son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Blanton, graduated from Wake Forest college. Miss Pauline Mauney was graduated magna cum laude, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts In music. Miss Peggy Mauney received the degree of Bachelor of Science In home economics. Mr. Heradon received the degree of Bachelor of Science and Mr. Blanton the degree of Bataelor of Arts. Ware Is Promoted To ESC Position Kings Mountain , Man Assumed Duties Monday j Franklin L. Ware, Jr., well ' known Kings Mountain citizen, has been appointed manager of the Kings Mountain (branch of fice of the North Carolina Em | ployment Security commission. He assumed his new duties Mon | day. Mr. Ware, son of Mr. and Mrs. | F.. L. Ware, Sr., succeeds the late Mrs. Mary B. Goforth. A life-long resident of Kings Mountain. Mr. Ware has been a member of the staff of the Gas tonla branch office of the Em ployment Security commission for the past rflx and one-half years, where he was assigned to | duties in tooth the claims and job placement divisions. He has also done temporary work during the ! ?period in the Kings Mountain 1 office. A graduate of Erskine College, . Mr. Ware is a former school teacher and a veteran of 30- 1 months duty In the army during World War n. Mr. Ware is an active member of Boyce Memorial ARP church, currently serving as a member of its board of deacons. Mr. and Mrs. Ware and three BRANCH MANAGES ? Franklin L. War*. Jr., hat been appointed manager of the King* Mountain branch of the North Carolina Employment Security commis sion. Mr. War* has boon promo ted from his position as a staff member of the Gastonia branch. children. Melvin, Edwin and Marcia, live at 311 North Cansler street. KING BETTER Grady W. King, well known auto mechanic and fire chief, was reported Improving stead ily this week. Mr, King has been ill for the past month. $774100 Educational Building Voted I By Central Methodist Chuich Sunday Members of Central Methodist church approved plans tor an Ad dition to the church school build ing at services Sunday morning. The planned addition, which would face on South Piedmont avenue, Is estimated to cost $77, 000 and would be two stories high, containing class rooms, recrea tion room, a nursery, a ladles lounge, ? small chapel and a new heating plant. The proposal was submitted to the church by the board of ste wards program and planning committee bn May 24. It was ap proved by a large majority of voters on Sunday. B. S. Neil] has been named to head the fund drive committee. Work on the project Is expected to begin as soon as funds are ob taln?k (For architect's drawing of proposed addition, see page 6, sec tion one.) Campbell Named City Surveyor; Tax Map Adopted The city board of commission ers has set the tentative 1953 tax rate at $1..' per $100 valuation. The action was taken by una nimous vote a( a brief special session Monday evening. Final action on the tax rate is schedul ed for July. Based on an estimated gross valuation of $9,500,000, the $1.30 tax will produce a levy of $123, 500, which compares with a levy of $109,724.58 produced by the 1952 tax rate of $1.70. Estimating a ten percent de linquency based on experience of prior years, the board members elected the $1.30 rate as opposed to a rate of $1.25. The board mem bers noted in their discussion the fact that the county board of Tax Discount City taxes for 19S3 are now payable and are subject to a discount of two percent throu gh the month of June. The tax bills will be payable at the . rate of $1.30 per $100 valua tion. Should valuation be changed by the county board of equalization and review, or should the city's tentative tax rate be changed, proper ad justment will be made, city tax officials pointed out. equalization and review has not yet completed action on a num ber of valuation complaints re sulting from the countywide re valuation of property. Through May, or 11 months of the current fiscal year, the city had collected 89-plua percent of the total 1952 levy for real, per-' sonal and poll taxes. Taxpayers had paid into city coffers, Assis tant Clerk Joe McDaniel said, $101,313.05, against the total bill ing of $113,040.08, the latter total including $3,315 in poll taxes. The board also, in a technical action, passed a resolution in which it adopted as the official city tax map, the tax map pre pared by Joyce Mapping Com pany. In another action, the board ap pointed Charles B. Campbell as city surveyor. Mr. Campbell will receive no salary but will be paid on a $15 per diem basis. All members were present ex cept Commissioner W. G. Gran tham. Miss Haneycntt To Begin Woik Miss Blenda Huneycutt, of Kannapolis, assumes 'the duties of Director of Promotion and Mu sic at First Baptist church on Monday. Of her the church's pastor. Rev. Gordon Weekley, made the following statement: "Miss Hun eycutt served as Educational Di rector of the church last summer and did a particularly effective Job In this capacity. Actually, she was leader of our church during this period for we were without a pastor at that time. Her talents and abilities were revealed so prominently that when it became apparent that we needed this position filled and that Miss Huneycutt was now available for permanent work, there was a spirit of imme diate unanimity among the peo pie to offer this .position to her. It goes without saying that we are delighted she has felt led to accept our call. "Miss Huneycutt has marked abilities as a religious leader, especially of the young people. She comes from a family of Bap* ttst preachers and Is imminently qualified also by virtue of her training and experience, having graduated from Mars Hllh Col lege, Baylor University, and the Carver School of Missions la Louisville. Ky-" As Director of Music and Pro motion, Miss Huneycutt will su perintend all phases of detailed promotional wprk in the church and supervision of the four -choirs. She will play the organ for the services of worship. Miss Huneycutt has Just corm pleted study in the Louisville seminary for a degree (a religi ous education. ; RECEIVE DIPLOMAS Betty Faye Ledford and Jean Elizabeth McRae, of Kings Mountain, were among 70 so phonows of Gardner-Webb college who received diplomas at the school's 46th commen cement this week.