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, Walker
Continued From Page One
jjroficient in your work of pro
tecting the taxpayers you would
not have had to list any discre
pancies, there would have only
been one, the first, to list after
that the work should have been
closed down and I should have
been notified, you knowing my
phone number, your inexperience
in such work is the only excuse
you could possibly have in the
neglect of informing me before
Jhe completion of the contract.
"As for the patching you asked
me to do (which Would have not
h?n necessary if I had been in
formed as stated in the above par
agraph) this I refused to do be
cause an 8" x 3" patch could not
stay very long. I told you that
I would take the 10 ft.' section out
in each place and replace it. You
still insisted on the patch work
which any one who is capable of
being a Superintendent of Public
Works will tell you that new con
crete will not bond to old.
"Now for the grade, you -show
.ed me the level reading from your
grade hubs and there were sev
eral places three hundredth of a
foot low or high, this being per
fect on the grade Mr. Hord had
to work from. You should know
that with a 10 ft. section of stell
lorm you cannot bend a parabola
curve for the grade looks like
the roller-coaster at Coney Island,
thi? grade belnu set by you.
"In connection with the align
ment Mr. Hord was instructed by
you to follow the side-walk line
this he did until he found the
curve in the side walk, this gave
you the opportunity to proceed
lo ''burn him up" as you stated
you would do. This being an ul
terior motive from the beginning.
To make a long story short you
took a nv?oro vacation tu__create
friction on the Job.
"Mr. Hord has lived in Kings
Mountain all his life and since I
have never heard anyone, white
4)r colored, say anything agaist
Ivim 1 cannot comprehend how
it is that a newcomer to town can
make it appear that an old es
tablished person is no good and
knows nothing at all about con
struction work. 1 imagine Mr.
Hord has pojircd more concrete
than you have ridden over. As for
myself, having heen in construc
tion work for the past forty
years, 1 have never had any com- 1
plaint about my work until this '
job, and 1 have worked for the 1
1m>s| Consulting Engineers in the i
two Carol inns and numerous oth t
er states as well as for United!
States Kngineers As for the pat- i
ch work you wanted done. which ?
has previously been referred to
in this letter I tried io get a fore- 1
man to do this and they nil refus- j
ed if voo |nd anything to do with
t '? ?'*?? !:. 1'aen I asked you if you
: .;?! the work. I paying for
i!. .,iis yoit agreed to. I, having
a hilt for extra work for grading
and breaking out old driveways. |
that was supposed to have been
done by the city, to the amount
of several dollars also the amount
of $90.50 which you agreed to do
the work for. All this being de
ducted from the amount of the
contract. If - there are any dis
crepancies in the work from now
on it is your responsibility.
"I regret having found It nec
essary to write this letter."
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Korean War
Continued From Page One
young men gave their lives In
the struggle, and a number of
others were wounded on Korean
battlefields. In addition, Pvt
Billy Owen. S/Sgt. Henry R.
Franklin, and Pfc. Elmer Allen
were listed as missing In action.
Killed in action in the Korean
War werc Pvt. Rufus G Huff
stickler. Pvt. Stacy A. Mullinax,
Pvt. Dan Lall, pfc. Herman Law
son. and Pfc. Plnkney Roberts.
Among those appearing on
service casualty lists as wound
ed were Pfc. Charles E. Rowe
Ffc. Jack E . Reynolds, Pfc Floyd
K Clark, Sgt. BIUIe & Blanton.
r/.'r'u, Carro11. Pfc. Robert
(Whitey) Whltesldes, James
Brackett, and Cpl. James E. Lary.
Outwardly, of course, the Ko
rean War did not restrict Kings
Mountain, nor did it invade as
many homes as did World War
II. Except for a brief period in
the early months of the struggle
commodities were completely
obtainable. Automobiles were
plentiful in ever- increasing
number, t!iere was no rationing
of gasoline, or other commoditi
es. and,, except for a brief "run,"
there was always plenty of su
gar, soap, black pepper and oth
er commodities in short supply
during World War II.
County Tax Hate
Set At 86 Cents
The county, board of commis
sioners adopted a $1)55.369.40 bud
get Monday and set the general
.,ax ra,e at 8(5 cents per
?SUM) valuation:
1 he figures had been tentative
ly adopted the previous week.
In addition. Kings Mountain
school district citizens will pay
a tax of 20 cents per $100 valua
J I" ?, J?l'houls- makin? ??>e total
All other citizens in Number 4
township will pay only the 86
cent levy.
Of the total tax rate. 45 cents
will go to support the schools,
with 21 cents for current expen -
scb 11 cents for capital outlay,
and 13 cents for debt service the
latter a fixed expense. The return
vrom this portion of the levy is
divided among the county, Shelby
and Kings Mountain district
schools on a school population
basis. .
The budget was based on an es
timated valuation of $81,00*). 100.
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British Girl
Continued From Front Page
4 on the S. S. United States.
Miss Chishoim lives in Hast
ings, England, a city of 60,000
some 65 miles from London. Her
father, Dr. Ian Chishoim, is a
dentist her mother, a former
teacher in the schools of England,
and Diana, 21, .and Mary Joan, 11,
make up the family.
Amohg her favorite American
foods she listed peaches, which
are not common in England,
melons and cantaloupes, iced tea,
and chicken which can be eaten
with the fingers.
Her favorite American sport is
baseball, "There is a lot to it",
she commented, after attending
the eleven inning' Cherryville
Concord game at Cherryville last
week.
She also enjoys swimming and
going to a "quite unbelievable
drugstore, where, not only medl
cines, but ice cream is sold. In
England drug stores are known
as "Chemist Shops" where only
medicines are sold.
Camping in England is very
different . from the American,
>liss Chishoim, noted. Tents are
used instead of cabins, but she
continued, 'There are more bugs
in your country."
English homes are two-story
bungalow type, the weather is
much cooler, American men dress
more informally than do the
English, there are, no drive-in
theatres, few cars, and "no curb
service',, and self service grocer
ies," she related.
Miss Chishoim completed her
schooling at St. Mary's Baldslow
school this year and next sum
mer will enter a school of rturs
ing. She is a Cadet Scout and has
been a member of a Girl Scout
team for four years.
She also described a typical
English coronation night when
she and her family camped on
the streets waiting in the rain
all night for the procession to
pass by to glimpse the Queen.
Only one of the British guides
was a visitor in Kings Mountain.
The other seven visited homes in
adjoining communities.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank my many
friends for their cheering let
ters and other messages while I
have been a patient In the army
hospital, Japan. I am sorry it is
not possible to reply personally
to all of them.
SOT. CHARLES B. WRIGHT
APO 1005, San Francisco.
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