Population
City Limits . . . . . 7.206
Trading Area 15.000
(IMS Batlon Board rigaiw)
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
VOL 63 NO. 31
12
Pages
Today
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, July 30, 1953
Sixty-Third Year
PRICE FIVE CSMS
Bloodmobfle Unit
Here Again Friday
Local News
Bulletins
ATTEND MEETING
Rev. and Mrs. P. D. Patrick
attended the' Executive Com
mittee semi ? annual meeting
of the board of Church Exten
sion of the Presbyterian Synod
of North Carolina in session at
Wrightsville Beach the latter
part of last week.
KIWANIS PICNIC
Members of the Klwanls
clubs of Kings Mountain and
Shelby will be guests of the la
dies of El Bethel church Thurs
day night at a picniic dinner
to be held at Bethware school
beginning at 7 o'clock, It was
announced in the club bulle
tin.
TO RALEIGH
Miss Zelda Ann Hope, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hope, has accepted a typist po
sition with the State Capitol
Life Insurance Company In
Raleigh and assumed her du
ties Monday. She graduated
in June from N. C. School For
the Deaf In Morganton.
UNION SERVICE
Sunday night's union service
will be held at Boyce (Memori
al ARP church with Dr. Ww P.
Gerberding, pastor of St Mat
thew's Lutheran church to de
liver the, message "The Royal
Bounty/' at 8 o'clock. Special
music will be furnished by the
Youth Choir under the direc
tion of Mrs. J. E. Gamble.
JOINS SCHOOL
Mrs. F. A. McDaniel, Jr., has
joined the Jack and Jill Kind
ergarten staff for the forthcom
ing year, according to announ-.
cement by Mrs. Coman Falls,
director. Mrs. McDaniel the
former Miss Jo Ann Walker, is
a former city schools Dr^unatic
teacher. She is a graduate of
Brenau college.
WOMAN'S CLUB
A meeting of the "Oman's
Club, which has be r> called
to present the new constitu
tion and by-laws, will be held
Tuesday night at 7:30 at the
club house. All members are
urged to attend, Mrs. "Paul
.Hendricks, said in making
the announcement.
Bites Conducted
Fox Elsie Jolley
Funeral services for Miss Elsie
Jolley, 45, resident of route 2, who
died last Thursday morning at
5:45 a. m. following a three mon
th Illness, were conducted Satur
day at 4 p. m. from Macedonia
Baptist church. .
Rev. R. L. Hardin, the pastor,
officiated, assisted by Rev. E. O.
Gore, Rev. Earl Oxford, and Rev.
John Hicks.
The body lay in state at the
church one-half hour prior to the
service, and interment was in the
Oak View Baptist church ceme
tery,
A native of Kings Mountain,
Ml* July OHOiim
S. C. Jolley and the late Sarah
Jane Ware Jolley who died Janu
ary 30 of this year. She was em
ployed by Margrace Mills
and was a member of Macedonia
Baptist church. v
Surviving in addition
father, S. C. Jolley, are three
brothers, R. A, Jolley, James Jol
ley, and O. E. Jolley, all of Kings
Mountain, and two sisters, Mrs.
H. R. Boheler and Mrs. P. E.
Moss, both of Kings Mountain.
Serving as pallbearers MHMt?
James Gibson, Earl Moss, Char
les Boheler, Roy Boheler. Spur
geon Boheler, and Bill Bohelei.
Bethany Community
Entertains Lions
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club, their families
and guests met at Bethany school
Tuesday night where ladle* of
the Bethany ARP church served
them a bountiful picnic dinner.
About ISO persons were present
to dine off long tables laden with
Aiea Leaders
To Obtain Donois
Axe Appointed
The Woman's Club building is
expected to be a busy place Fri
day when Kings Mountain area
citizens respond to a call for
blood donors to help replace sup
plies of gamma globulin used in
Catawba and Caldwell counties
recently to help fight polio epi
demics in that stricken area.
The Red Cross mobile blood
collecting unit will be located at
the Woman's Club from 11 o'clock
Friday morning until 5 p. m.
Dr. L. T. Anderson, public
health chairman of? the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, sponsor
ing recruitment of donors for
the Friday visit, reports the club
earnestly at work on the project.
Recruiters around the area
have been turning In good re
ports on donor pledges to give
blood, officials of the blood ser
vice program have announced.
Carl F. Mauney, bloodmobile
recruitment chairman, this week
announced the following appoint
ments as captains In the recruit
ing program: Jacob Cooper, Bon
nie Mill; Bruce Thorburn, Bur
lington; Hilton Ruth, Business
district; G. C. Kelly, Craftspun;
J. K. Patterson, Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Co.; Harry Page,
Pauline; Lee Roberts, Loom-Tex;
Leonard Smith, Sadie; Nelson
Ledbetter, Mauney; Sam Stall
ings, Mauney Hoisery; B. S. Pee
ler, Jr., Elmer Lumber Co.; W.
J. Fulkerson, Margrace; J. C.
Smathers, Park Yam; J. T. Mal
colm, Lambeth Rope Co.; C. W.
Cradle, ' Slater Bros. ; and BilT
Harry, Grover.
Bloodmobile officials are ex
pecting to add many new names
to the "Gallon Club", donors who
have contributed a gallon of
blood to the program, on Friday
and urge the many citizens who
are near that mark to gain mem
bership as early as possible.
Walter Wilson
Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Walter H.
Wilson, 56, who died Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock in Oteen
Veterans Hospital, will be con
ducted today at 4 p. m. from Se
cond Baptist church.
Rev. B. F. Austin, the pastor,
is to officiate, assisted by Rev.
W. H. Redmond and Rev. Morris
Baker. The body will lie in state
at the church one-half hour pHor
to the service.
interment will fofrowln Moun
tain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Wilson, a -Llnwood Road
resident here for 14 years, had
been seriously 111 for three weeks.
He was a World War I veteran,
a member of the WOW, and an
active member of Second Baptist
church.
A native of Cherokee County,
S. C., he was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Wil
son and was formerly employed
by Burlington Mills as a master
mechanic.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Louzetta Lovelace Wilson, two
sons, Furman Wilson of Kings
Mountain, and Paul Wilson of
Chicago, Illinois, one grandchild,
and one brother, Hogue WUson
of Calhoun Falls, S. C.
Three New Teachers
At Penh Grace School
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.Three new teachers have been
elected to the Park One* Ele
mentary school faculty, accord
ing to Mrs. J. c. Nickels, princi
pal.
The new teachers are Mrs.
Clay Poston, Mrs. James Mercer,
and Mrs. James H. Page, all of
Kings Mountain.
They will replace three teach
ers, Mr*. Frank "Boyle, Mrs. Boyd
!Mlntck, and Mrs. Carl Davidson,
who had resigned since the past
school year.
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Two Local Marines
Arrive In Country
Marine Pie. George Owens, jr.,
and Hospltalman Angelee Perry
are among 2,660 veterans of ac
tion with the First Marine Divis
ion In Korea who are being pro
cessed at San Franclaoo after
arrival In this country.
Pfc. Owens Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Owens of route
2 and Hospitahnan Perry I? the
son of Mrs. Etta Perry of Wat
terson street.
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KINGS MOUNTAIN LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS? The Phenlx Plant Burlington Mills. Inc., Little
League team, above, won the pennant in the Kings Mountain Little League this season, finishing two
and one- hall games ahead of Park Grace. Coached by James Connor, the BurMil entry started slowly
but began winning around June 1 and kept up with the pace set by the Kiwanis and Park Grace
teams until mid-July, when the champs went out front to stay. Burlington posted victories in the last
seven league games to nail the pennant down on July 21. Kiwanis finished in third place, with Jay
cees in last place. Burlington tied Jaycees in 1952 for third place in the league, Kiwanis winning the
championship and Park Grace finishing second. Pictured are, left to right, front row, Jerry Holll
field, Don Tignor, Dean Burton and Joe Dean Champion; middle row, Don Smith, Johnny Carpen
ter, James Robbs, Ronny Pearson and Coach Con- nor; back row. Dean Fleming, Jerry Wright Buddy
Connor and Chalmers Johnson. (Herald photo by Carlisle Studio.)
Korean Armistice
live Local Men
Lost Their lives;
Three Missing
When the shooting stopped in
Korea Sunday night, it marked
the end of 37 months of piece
meal war for the United States,
its allies, and for the citizens of
Kings Mountain.
It was a new chapter in nation
al history, ending a war in which
the nation was not completely,
unquestionably the victor, and
Kings Mountain citizens viewed
the truce ? signing calmly. There
was no celebration, no blowing
of whistles, sounding of sirens.
Almost everyone said, "I'm
glad it's over," and the biggest
grins were reserved for families
of men in Korea, or parents of
those about to enter service, for
now the big danger of casualty
was over, at least temporarily.
The attitude here was duplicat
ed throughout the nation and was
expressed by President Elsenhow
er, army leaders, and other gov
ernment spokesmen. There -was
no statement of surety that the
armistice would result in perma
nent peace.
Though far-distant from the
roar of guns halfway around the
world, Kings Mountain and its
citizens nevertheless were not
isolated from th? terrible effects
of the Korean war itself.
At least five Kings Mountain
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Tentative School
Opening Sept. 1
Tentative opening date forj
Kings Mountain city schools
and Park Grace Elementary
school of the Cleveland Coun
ty system is Tuesday. Septem
ber 1.
B. N. Barnes, city schools su
perintendent, made the an
nouncement yesterday and
said that the official opening ;
date will be set by the school j
board.
Mrs. J. C. Nickels, principal,
said Park Grace would begin
the school year on the same j
date as Kings Mountain .
Men of the Church
To Meet On Friday
Men of the Church of First
Presbyterian church will hold it's
first monthly meeting Friday at
7 p. m. at the church.
Bob Osborne, president of the
recently organized group, made
the announcement and invited all
men interested in work of the
church, whether Presbyterians or
no, to meet with the organization.
After supper, served by men of
the group, an interesting pro
gram will be presented.
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METER RECEIPTS
A total at $140.85 was collec
ted from the city's parking
meters Wednesday morning,
according to a report by Joe
Hendrick, city clerk.
English Visitor Adores Soda Ban,
But Declares Insect Crop Too Big
"What I like most about thl?
country 1b It* people", Lissa
Chlsholm, 17 ? year ? old British
Scout guide, said Saturday.
Miss Chlsholm, one of eight
British guides and 42 other Eu'
rope an Girl Scouts and leaders,
arrived In New York from Eng
land June 16, where they under
went an orientation program with
other scout teams.
The visit was made possible
through the Juliet Low fund for
Girl Scouts, its purpose is to fur
ther international friendship.
Scouts making the trip were
chosen on basis of attainment in
Girl Scout work, leadership, train
ing. and individual adaptation
with other groups.
The eight British guides ar
rived in Gastonla, Belmont, and
Kings Mountain last Wednesday,
Miss Chisholm has been a guest
of Miss Anita McGinnis. daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul McGin
nis, while here.
They sail homeward September
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ENGLISH VISITOR? LUm ChU
holm, English Girl Scout, was a
rliltor ?t tho Paul McGinn 1*
homo last w?Wad. ' Sht to a
mtmg a nanbv of English G.rl
Scouts visiting this couniry U>L
Cherryville Road
Telephone Cut-In
Listed As "Soon"
"Soon" was the tag placed on
Just-arond-the ? cwfter telephone
service for some 150 dwellings on
Cherryville road this week by E.
Floyd Farris, of Shelby, manager
of the Shelby area office.
Mr. Farris cfeclined to name an
exact date for a cut-in to Cherry
ville Road homes, but said the
construction work is progressing
well and that the cut-in date now
is not far off.
Another area soon to have tele
phone service is the Compact
community - Grover Road section,
Mr. Farris added.
Mr. Farris said construction
underway will provide service for
100 dwellings not now benefited
by telephone service.
Funeral Held
For Mrs. Hehn
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
garet Phifer Hehn, 35, wife of
Otto Hehn and native and for
mer resident of Kings Mountain,
were conducted Sunday at 3 p. m.
from El Bethel Methodist church.
Rev. Boyce Huffstetler, the pas
tor, officiated, assisted by Rev. J.
G. Winkler of Kannapolis, a for
mer pastor of Central Methodist
church here.
Burial was In the family plot
in El Bethel Methodist church
cemetery.
Mrs. Hehn, resident of 1441
Greenwood avenue In Charlotte,
died Friday morning at 11:05 a.
m. following a five-year illness.
Death was attributed to multiple
schlerosls.
She was a past president of the
Kings Mountain Woman's Club,
a former president of the Cleve
land County Home Demonstra
tion Club, and three - term presi
dent of the Woman's Society of
Christian Service. Before moving
to Charlotte two years ago. she
was an active member of Cen
tral Methodist church here.
Mra. Hehn was the daughter of
Mrs. Delia Ware Phifer of Char
lotte and the late Ben D. Phifer,
who died In January of this year.
She was a graduate of Kings
Mountain high school and Queen's
Business college In Charlotte.
She was a member of Char
lotte's Hawthorne Lane Metho
dist church.
Surviving In addition to her
husband and mother are two
daughters, Yvonne and Paula
Hehn, and One sister, Mrs. Vera
Phifer Bundy of Rock Hill, S.
C.
Serving as active pallbearers
were Bud Ware. Cameron Ware,
Wayne Ware, Jr.. rtarold Cole
Ware, Boyer Murray, and Warren
Gamble.
TUESDAY FIRE
City firemen answered a call .
to fill West Gold street late
Tuesday afternoon and exting
uished m grata fire near the
home. No damages were re
ported by firemen Wednesday
Little Theatre
Opens Season
Production
Successfully
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EVANGELIST ? Rev. B. B. Cald
well, of Greenville, S. C., will
conduct revival services at Oak
View Baptist church beginning
August 10, it was announced this
week by the pastor. Rev. Earl
Oxford.
Oak View Baptist
Revival To Start
Rev. B. B. Caldwell, radio evan
gelist, tiiule leat her, and pastor
of West View Baptist church in
Greenville, S. C? will conduct a
revival at Oak View Baptist
church beginning August 10.
Services, which begin at 7:30
each evening, will continue
through August 1G.
Rev. Earl Oxford, pastor of
the church, made the announce
ment and Invited the public to at
tend the services.
Blackburn Sale
At 10 Saturday
Commissioner's resale of the
property of the late W. L. Black
burn will be conducted Saturday
at 10 a. m. at the site In Grover.
The bidding will begin at $8,400
on the large block of property,
which includes a dwelling and
several outbuildings. Resale was
necessitated by a five per cent
increase of the original bid by
J. B. Ellis.
Glenn Roundtree was the high
bidder at SS.000 at the first com
missioner's sale.
G. S. Blackburn is the commis
sioner.
Telephone Rental
Rate Hikes Listed
Telephone rental rate increases,
recently granted Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Company
by the North Carolina Utilities
commission, were reflected in
May 1 billings and applied to
Kings Mountain exchange rates
at follows:
Business, per month $1-45; two
party, $1.10; four-party, 85 cents.
Residential, per month:, one
party, 45 cents; two party and
four-party. 25 cents.
Rural, per month: 45 cents.
In addition, the 15 percent fed
era! excise tax also applies to the
added rpntal fees.
E. Fu.yd Farris, Shelby area
manager, reported the increases.
Contractor Walker Says Complaints
On Curbing Due To Henry-Hord Feud
O. O. Walker. Kings Mountain
contractor this week labeled com
plaints of poor workmanship by
Tom Henry, superintendent of
public works, as the continuance
of a personal feud between Henry
and J. D. Hord, foreman on the
West Gold street c^rb-and-gutter
job.
The Walker statement was con
tained in a detailed letter to the
superintendent of public works,
under date of July 25, In which
Mr. Walker replied to the Henry
charges.
Mr. Walker evidently has set
tled with the city, having accept
ed a check tor $1,963.63 for the
curb-and-g'jfter construction, a
sum of $143.29 less than the $2,
106.92 contract amount.
Text of the Walker letter fol
lows:
"In regards to your lengthy
letter of July 17, 1953, to official
ly Inform me about the Curb and
Gutter on Gold Street, which you
regretted so much in doing. Your
statement of your being so much
responsible to the taxpayers, I
being one, appreciate that very
I much. But as for Mr. Hord's In
experience, incompetence and
poor workmanship, I was inform
ed of this the Saturday before
Mr. Hcjrd started to work by you.
On that day you said that you did
not like him (Mr. Hord) and that
you were going to "burn him up".
At that time I asked you what you
had against him and you told
me of some trouble that you had
with his son-in-law.- I regarded
that as irrelevant and immaterial
to my question. I told you then
that was childs play and you said
"No. I am goi/ig to fire his son
in-law and I don't like Mr. Hord."
To this I said, "Stop this foolish
ness and act like a man." I then
called Mr. Hord over to where
we were and asked you both If
you thought you could get along
on the joh. and you and Mr. Hord
agreed you could. Thinking every
thing was settled I left to return
to my work in Gibsonville, N. C.
"Then your letter arrived tell
ing me that thefre were discrepan
cies in thickness, grade align
ment, finishing, curing, testing,
and driveways. If you had been
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Second Series
Of Performances
Starts Thursday
"Sword of Gideon." the historl*.
cal drama commemorating the
Battle of Kings Mountain, be
gins its second of four weekend
showings Thursday night, with
a successful opening -series of
performances behind if.
Blessed with good weather; the
outdoor drama played to virtual- .
ly capacity crowds, both on o
penlng night and on Saturday
nig'it. Friday night audience
was described as a "little light,"
but advance ticket sales for the
performances this weekend have
been brisk.
The drama attracted tourists
from throughout the Southeast
during the weekend, with many
box office ticket purchases, offi
cials reported, leading them to
infer that the switch of dates to
summer will increase attendance
from other areas.
Kings Mountain Little Theatre
Is sponsoring an historical dra
ma for the third consecutive
year.
Among the first night specta
tors was State Senator John D.
Larklns, of Trenton, and Rep. ?
Arthur Goodman, of Charlotte,
Rep. Robert H. Mollohan, of the
first district of West Virginia,
has Informed Little Theatre offi
cials he will attend the showing
of August 13 and U. S Senator
Estes Kefauver? of Tennessee,
has written that he hopes to at
tend the drama.
Press notices have been com
plimentary.
Several members of the cast
were to appear on WBTV Wed
nesday afternoon in a skit ad
vertising the production, which
will continue to be presented on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings through August 15.
Tickets are obtainable until
5:30 p. m. daily at the Little
Theatre office on E. King street.
They go on sale at the amphi
theatre box office at Kings
Mountain National Military Park
at 6 p. m. on show nights. Ad- v
mission is $2 for reserved seats, ?>
$L20 for general admission, and
60 cents for children.
Baker Winnmg
Plane Contests
Tommy Baker, Kings Mountain
model piano expert now serving
in the Air Force, is continuing
his mastery of the model plane
exhibiting field this summer as
he represents the Air Force in
many contests.
Airman Baker has won first
place in Class 1/2 A Control Line
Speed and Hand Launch Glider
in contests at Keesler Field.
Miss., and has competed in the
AF world wide championship at
Montgomery, Ala/bama.
In Alabama he captured three
first place awards, winning the
Class A, B( aAd Class D Control
Line Speed awards ? and was
named first place winner in the
1/2 A Control Line Speed air
plane contests. He also won the
High Point championship trophy
and is now in competition In the
National Model Airplane Cham
pionship contest being held at
Willow Grove, Fa,
Stationed with the Air Force
at the International Air Base.
West Palm Beach, Florida. A/2C
Baker Is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
L. P. Baker and husband of the
former Miss Mary Beth Hord, of
Kings Mountain.
Baptist Brotherhood
To Hear Fleischer
Former Rabbi Jerome Fleis
cher of Charlotte will be guest
speaker at a Brotherhood Fish
Fry of First Baptist church next
Tuesday evening. His subject will
be "A Rabbi in Chains." The time
will be 7:30.
The fish fry will be nek! out
doors beside Buffalo Creek, at
tables arranged for outdoor fries
by Buffalo Fish Camp, according
to an announcement by Rev . Goi
don Week ley. pastor of the
church.
George W. Allen. Is president
of the Brotherhood. Dr. D. F.
Hord is chairman of the program
committee and L. E. Abbott is
chairman of the social committee.
The p-.tblic is invited to attend
the program, which will begin at
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