Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 1 5,000 (IMS Batton Board Figure*) VOL. 63 NO. 28 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 9, 1953 Sixty-Third Year U Pages Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins UNION SERVICE Sunday night's union ser vice for five city congregations will be held at First Presby terian church with Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memo rial ARP church to deliver the message at 8 o'clock. KIWANIS MEETING Miss Elizabeth Zacharias, 17-year-old German exchange student, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwan is club at the Thursday night meeting at Masonic Dining Hall at 6:45. TO HIGH POINT Among Kings Mountain furn iture men attending the mid summer High Point market Wednesday were Dan Huffstet ler, manager of Baird Furni ture, Inc., and K. C. Morrison v and Dean Payne, of Cooper's, Inc. JOINS FIRM Miss Mary Dixon, a gradu ate of Charlotte Beauty school, has Joined the staff of Sudie's Beauty Shop and assumed her duties this week. Announce ment was made 'by Mrs. An drew Jenkins. SPEAK SUNDAY Rev. C. C. Parker Of Marion will speak at morning and ev ening services at Temple Bap tist church Sunday according ing to announcement received here this week. Tithe of the ev ening service is 7:30. LEGION MEETING Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the A m erica n Legion, will be held at the Legion Hall Friday night at 8 o'clock. Commander C. E. Warlick has urged a lar ge turnout of members (or the meeting, first in the new dub year. RESIGNS W> W. Wright, who has been a driver's license examiner in this area for the past several years has resigned from that ? post, according to announce ment this week. METER RECEIPTS A total of $141.35 was collec ted from the city's parking -meters Wednesday morning, according to a report toy the city treasurer's office. HOSPITALIZED George Stalllngs, six-week old son of Mr. and (Mrs. Sam Stalllngs, underwent an oper ation at Kings Mountain hos pital Sunday. His condition was reported as improved Wednesday. AT CONVENTION BLOWING ROCK ? Dr.. Jacob Mauney at Kings Moun tain attended the Joint meet ing of the North Carolina Ve terinary Medical Association and the South Carolina Assoc! ? atlon of Veterinarians which was held at Mayvlew Manor, Blowing Rock, last week. SACK FROM CHICAGO Kennon Blanton has return ed from Chicago, 111., where he attended the semi-annual furniture market, along with the 0TT other managers of Ster rfii stores and Sterchi officials. COURT or HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Soouts will be held on Thursday night at 7;4S at City Hall courtroom, according . to announcement - from Piedmont Council head quarters. IN TRAINING Miss Sarah Falls, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Cyrus Falls, has entered Mease Hospital school of X-Ray Technology, Dunedin, Fla., after graduation from Clearwater Senior high, school, Clearwater, Fla. The two-year course leads to a de gree in a specialized field of medical science. , - SESSION NOT SET Regular July meeting of the hoard of commissioners, post poned from July 2, had not been set Wednesday, accord ing to CKy Clertt Joe Hendrick Mayor C. A. Bridges was out of-town as were a number of cf% commissioners. LAUNDRY CLOSm 8unahttia ? Laundry . closed Monday, 4). D. Sanndars, oper ator of the firm, said yester day. Mr. ga?mft?s .had been operating the ttfcm under a rental arrangement with IX C. Mauney since late December. School Committees To Meet Monday Further Talks On Consolidation Plan Scheduled Area school committeemen meet again Monday night, at'Gro ver school at 7:30 p. m., to dis cuss further plans for consolidat ing rural areas into the Kings Mountain school district. The Monday night session will be the fourth in a series of meet ings on the proposal, which was recommended by state school of ficials, and will be the second at Grover school. Previous sessions were also held at Bethware school and Kings Mountain Cen tral school. Among items of business to be considered Monday night are rul ings and opinions on various bar riers to the consolidation as re ceived from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the attorney-general. It is also possible that a report will be made by the committee appointed to investigate site pos sibilities for a consolidated high school, one school official said. Members of the committee are W. B. Harry, Grover, J. C, Ran die, Bethware, and F. W. Plonk, Kings Mountain. Basic recommendation of the state school planning board was that the area effect a consolida tion and construct two modem high schools, one for white stu dents and one for colored stu dents. Postal Receipts Gain Slightly Postal receipts at Kings Moun tain post office showed a slight gain during the first half of T)53, according to report yesterday by Assistant Postmaster George B. Hord. Receipts for the six months end ing June 30 totaled $24,320.45, exactly $547.21 more than the $23,773.24 received during the first two quarters of 1952. The percentage increase was slightly more than 2.3 percent. . Indications are that the 1953 calendar year receipts will easily top $50,000 and, perhaps, set a new record for postal receipts at the Kings Mountain postoffice. Retention of first class status for the Kings Mountain postoffice is assured, barring any change in the method of determining sta tus, Mr. Hord said. Under present schedules, a postoffice attains first class status when its annual receipts total $48,000. Receipts for the final or Christ mas quarter are cuftomarlly hea viest during the year, he said, but added that third quarter receipts are customarily the lowest during the year. Money order fees are not desig. nated as ordinary "receipts" and are not Included In the totals glv en. TUESDAY FIRE City firemen answered an a larm Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. to a home on Second street at the Cora Mill village. The fire began In the kitohem of the home, and no damage was reported. Privilege License "Business" Brisk Kings Mountain business firms required to buy privi lege licenses had paid S1.635. 37 into city coffers for new model 419S3 licenses through Tuesday. City Clerk Joe Hendrick said the buying pace is very good, but he also recommended that all businessmen buy the licen ses at once, in order not to be caught after the July 31 dead line. Penalty of five percent per month applies after July 31. Last year's 1952-53 licenses ex pired on June 30. The city estimates it will re ceive $6,000 in revenue from licenses during the fiscal year which began last Wednesday. Plonk Appointed Hospital Trustee The Cleveland County ' "Thank you Kings Mountain, and may God bless you alL" V Bethware School Summer Term Opens July 20th Bethware school will open for a two-month summer short term on July 20. according to announ cement this week by John Rudi slll, principal. Mr. RudisllI said the school will convene for an eight -week term, and then will recess for cotton harvesting season. The school will have a 16 member faculty, including ten teachers of primary and elemen tary grades and six high school teachers. The elementary faculty mem bers and their assignments fol lows: Mrs. Kathryn . Moss, Shelby, first grade. Mrs. Hal Morris, Kings Moun tain, second grade. Miss Doris Rucker, Shelby, sec ond and. third grades. Mrs. Hugh .Ormand, Kings Mountain, third grade. Mrs. Bryan Hord, Kings Moun tain. fourth grade. Mrs. Wray Greene Shelby fif th grade. Mrs. Margaret Tiddy, Shelby, sixth grade. . Mrs. J. K. WilHs, Kings Moun tain, seventh grade. ' Amos Best, Bessemer City, eighth grade. Mrs. Mattie B. Lowery, Shelby, eighth grade. High school faculty members and their subjects are: Charles Jeff Wells, Kings Mountain, English, history, and coach. Mrs. J. Hardin Lee, Jr., Shelby, science, history, typing. Miss Betty Sue Roberts, Shel by, home economics and typing. (Myers HanrVbrlght, Kings Mountain, agriculture. !Mrs. W. R. Craig, Kings Moun tain, English and French. John Rudisill, Kings Moun tain, math and principal. Chiropodists Elect Maoney Dr. William Lawrence Mauney, of Kings Mountain, was elected president of the North Carolina Chiropody association at the an nual convention of the organiza tion held in Winston -Salem last week. Other officers elected at the 35th annual convention were Dr. Robert W. Getchell of Goldsboro. vice-president, and Dr. Morton Gaines of Hickory, secretary treasurer. Dr. Charles. Darby of Statesvllle was elected to a three year term on the State Board of Chiropody Examiners. The association also accepted a new member, Dr. Donald Came ron of Roanoke Rapids. His elec tion increased the association's membership to 36. Mrs. A. W. Oldham of Greens boro was elected auxiliary .presi dent; Mrs. Charles Darby of Statesvllle, vice - president, and Mrs. R. J. Stewart of Winston Salem, secretary - treasurer. Next year's convention will be held in Durham. Dr. Mauney maintains offices in Shelby. Foote Sonbrighf Plant Opened Foote Mineral Company has opened its new Sunbrlght, Va., li thium chemical plant according to a recent news story by J. S. Riley appearing in the Knoxville, Tenn., News-Sentinel. The Stfnbright plant la a part of Foote's $3,000,000 expansion program, which la trebling its Kings Mountain plant production. The news account continues: "Sunbrlght was selected as the plant site because of hs deposits of raw materials, power, water, good labor, and transportation fa cilities. Limestone la high in cal cium suitable to mix with th? lith ium ore shipped for Kings Moun tain, N. C. "Appalachian Power Co. h^s built a 33,000- volt line from Oat? City to the plant. Also a substa tion. "A kiln, 340 by 10 feet, one of the largest ever made, posed pro blems In manufacturing and han dling. Ten Southern Railway flat can were strung together to sup port the five sections. "The Sunbright plant Is design ed to process approxlcately 1900 ton* of spoduntone per month. Kinos Mountain capacity la being tripled to meet the requirement. It takes more thfcn 190 tons of raw ore to provide one ton of lith ium. "The B^tw-Knox Construction Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., has had the lob ot designing and Installing the huge equipment. Harry Bar rentine, construction supertnte* dent, goes from here to Walla Walla, Wash., for another big jobr ' School Trustees Vote Of Cafeterias At East, Construction West Schools YOUNGSTERS BUSY AT RECREATION CENTER ? Shown above is a candid picture taken at the high school gymnasium, which is the hub of activi ties of the summer recreation program being offer ed by the city recreation commission. Ping-pong is attracting the attention of the group in the | foreground, while group activities suit other children. These are Just a few of the activities in the several-rini. circus being directed by James Layton and John Charles. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Drama Progress Pleases Director 'Swoid of Gideon' Cast Announced; I Opens Inly 23rd "It's coming along wonderfully and we've a very, very good cast," Nick Moss said this week as he commented on the current sum mer's production ot "Sword of Gideon", the commemorative dra ma of the Battle ot Kings Moun tain which opens for the 1953 season two weeks hence on July 23. Mr. Moss, a native son and pro fessor of speech at Wagner col lege in New York, is directing the drama production for the first time, though he has contributed part-time service to both the 1951 production of "Then Conquer We Must!", and to "Sword of Gideon" last year. A huge cast has been working diligently for several weeks on the production and has begun full-length rehearsals at Kings Mountain National Military Park amphitheatre. Leading the cast are R. C. Plonk, Jr., who plays Reece Mc Dermott, and Jean Cash, who suc ceeds Ellen Atkins in the role of Sally, the play's heroine. Meek Carpenter again takes the role of Whtttacre, which he success fully portrayed last yeaj:, and a nother holdover performer is Dr. Phillip G. Padgett who again takes the part of the humorous Billy Rover, in which he starred last year, Newcomers to the drama team this year and In major roles are W. P. Fulton, who will play Col. Continued On Page Bight School-Entering Age Lowered By IS Days Children who become six years of age on or before Oc tober 15 may start school in September according to an nouncement by B. N. Barnes, city schools superintendent. The mw ruling advances the age limit by IS days over the date, October 1. which bad been used for the past several years. The October 15th date was set by the state board of education at its last meeting. If a child's birth date is Oc tober 16 and he becomes six years old on that date, he may enter school according to a rul ing of the stat? attorney gen eral. Mr. Barnes said. Harmon Property Re-sale Saturday Remaining parcel of realty of the Thomas N. Harmon Estate will be auctioned for the third time Saturday morning at the site, beginning at 10 o'clock, ac cording to Official notice of the commissioner. ? ? Bidding on the property, the corner lot at Battleground ave nue and- Falls street occupied by a two-family frame dwelling, now stands at 17,38150, with B. D. Ratterree the high bidder. The bidding at Saturday's sale will begin at Mr Ratterree's figure. Following the Saturday sale, bidding will remain open for ten days. Jaycees Will Sponsor Area Softball Tournament At Stadium In August ? The aUte district seven (mid west) Softball tournament will be played at Ctty. Stadium on Au gust 7-8 and 13-14-15 according to announcement by K. E. Morri son and Harold Phillips, co-chair - nien of the sponsoring Junior Chamber of Commerce commit tee. Some twenty men's Softball teams from the district are ex pected to enter the tournament here, Jess Taylor, of Shelby, dis trict commissioner has announc ed. Advance sale of tickets for the big event 1 s to begin next week, Mr. Morrison said. Tickets are priced at 25 and 80 oents. Teams wishing to enter the toornament iV . crack at the state championship must contact Mr, Taylor in Shelby before the entry deadline. Two . Kings Mountain entries are expected. Craftapun of the ounty recreation league has an nounced entry of It's team and Burlington's Phenix Plant Is or ganizing an All-Star entry. Foote Mineral Co. of the county loop is also considering entering the af fair. Four games are slated for Au gust 7 and 8, beginning at 6 p. m. Committees for the tournament were announced ?by Mr. Morrison at the Jaycee meeting Tuesday night. They are: Program advertising Char les Dixon, Bill Fulton, Delbert Dixon and Bill Jonas. Programs and tickets - C. T. Carpenter, Jr., and Bill Page. Pre-sal* of tickets ? L. T. An derson (ticket treasurer* and Ed H. Smith. Park ? Mr. Phillips and Mr. Morrison. Field caretakers ? Neil Hui lender, Arnold Falla, Lewis Falls and Curtis Gaffney. Concessions ? Grady Howard and Dean Payne. Scorekeeper ? C. T. Carpenter, Jr. Funeral Rites Held On Monday For Mrs. Ware Mrs. Emma Brown Ware, 76, wite of F. Luther Ware, died In Charlotte Memorial hospital Sat urday at 8:15 p. m. following sev eral years of declining health. A native of York county, S. C. she wm born November 18, 1877, the daughter of William Davis and Ann Scoggins Brown. Mrs. Ware was a devoted mem ber of Boyce Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, where funeral rites were conduct ed Monday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of the church, officiated, and Inter ment was in Mountain Rest ceme tery; Surviving in addition to her husband, Franklin Luther Ware, Sr., are two sons, W. Brown Ware and Franklin L. Ware, Jr., both of Kings Mountain and two dau ghters, Miss Annie Mae Ware of the home, and Mrs. J. D Lesslie of Fort Mill, S. C. A sister, Mrs. R. C. Caveny of Rock Hill, S. C. and eight grand children. also survive. Serving as active pallbearers were David Pursley, Leoit Purs ley. Jakie D. Hambright, Albert Brown. Masorv Caveny, and Her bert Caveny, all nephews of Mrs. Ware. Deacons and Elders of Boyce Memorial ARP church serving as honorary pallbearers included John Cheshire; Hoyle Mabry, I. G. Patterson, Lewis Hovls, M. L. Harmon, Sr., Menzell Phlfer, and Clarence L. Black. Patterson Grove Bible School Set Vacation Bible school will be gin at Patterson Grove Baptist church Monday morning at 8:30 with a preparatory service for the Bible school to be held Satur day evening at 2:30. ? Rv,v. J. J. Thornburg; pastor of *he church, said in making the announcement that the public is Invited to attend the school class es. Mrs. Ilia Flpp is Bible school superintendent. Closing Sunday Revival se-vtres are continuing at Dixon Presbyterian church each evening at 8:30 with ser vices conducted by Rev. Eade An derson, pastor of Olney Presby terian church In Gastonia. The services will close Sunday night. Bible school classes for ail ages are being held each even ing. beginning at 7:15. James D. Newsome is superin tendent of the Bible school and Franklin Pethel Is directing mu sic. , ? Rev. Pat? H. Moore, pastor of Shlloh Presbyterian church in Grover. will speak to the adult Bible class tonight at "P.iS. Two Additions Will Release Three Classrooms ? Kings Mountain district board of school trustors, in special ses sion last Saturday, authorized ar chitects to draw plans for cafe teria additions at East' and West Elementary Schools. The hoard authorized V. W. Breeze and Associates, of Shelby, to draw plans for addition of' the new structure at West school. The group also authorized J. L. Beam Architects, of Cherry ville, to draw plans for addition of a cafeteria and for adequate lighting at Kast school. The two new additions will re- ! lease thVee classrooms now being us"d for lunchrooms and will i help relievo crowded classrooms, j The new structure at West school will release two class- I rooms, one now being used as a j lunchroom and another being us ed as a library. The new East school cafeteria will release one classroom. The board instructed the archi tects to submit their plans at the earliest possible date and instruc ted them to design the new cafe terias for dual use as libraries. The bond also studied the 1953-54 budget and approved tax requests to the county board of commissioners for funds for the school year. Superintendent B. N. Barnes met with the county commission ers on Monday and presented the request on levying of the full 20 cents special Kings Mountain dis trict tax. Mr.' Barnes also informed the county commissioners that Kings Mountain needs some $400,000 a bove funds now available for new school construction. El Bethel Sets Benefit Barbecue El Bethel Methodist church will hold a benefit barbecue at the church all day Saturday, it was announed this week by Pete Heavener chairman of the com mittee ot. arrangements. The church will begin seving barbecue dinners at 11 a. m. Sat urday morning, and will contin ue all day until 9 o'clock In the evening. Price will be $1.25 for adults and 50 cents for. children. Other members of the commit tee on arrangements are Mrs. Leonard Gamble, Noble Parker, Rev. Boyce Hutfstetler, Boyd Harrelson, and Leonard Gambia. Highway Chief Sets First Ot Hearings June Scarborough, of States ville, commissioner for the 12th state highway division, will be in the district engineer's office, lo cated on Route 21, five miles north of Statesville, Monday to receive and hear delegations con cerning road matters, beginning ?t 10 o'clock, L. B, Beck, division engineer- said this week. This new 12th division is com posed of Alexander, Iredell, Ca tawba, Lincoln. Cleveland and Gaston counties. In the past, these meetings have always been held in the di vision office at Shelby but Com missioner Scarborough plans to alternate the monthly hearings in the counties of the division. Be fore the second Monday of each month, notice will be given as to where the meeting will be held, Mr. Peck added. B. & L. Shareholders To Meet On Tuesday Shareholders of Kings Moun tain Building A Loan association ? will hold a special meeting at the office of the association Tuesday night at 7:30. according to announcement by J. C. Lack ey, secretary -treasurer. Principal purpose of the meet ing will be consideration of cer tain amendments designed to modernize the charter governing operation of the association, Mr. Lackey said. The shareholders will also con sider such other business as may be presented, according to the announcement.