Population City Limit* 7,206 Trading Area 11*009 (IMS Ratten Board Plgum) VOL 63 NO. 40 Established 1889 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October I, 1953 Pages Today Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS City Will Honor Soldier Local News Bulletins 'MMi REUNION Annual Hugh K. Roberts olan reunion will toe held Sunday, October 3, at Antloch Baptist church. Dinner will be served picnic style and all descend ants, and friends are invited, according to announcement re ceived this week. CLUB DIRECTORS Directors of the Kings Moun tain Country Club will hold a dinner meeting at the club house on Tuesday evening at 7:30, it was announced this week. ? ?-? , FROM HOSPITAL Mrs. Mearle Beatty, member of the clerical staff at Belk's Department store, has been discharged from Gaston Me morial hospital after toeing hospitalized for several weeks. She returned home Saturday. BETHWARE SCHOOL Bethware school will open for the fall term on Monday, Octo ber 12, Principal John Rudisill announced yesterday. "Hie school has been closed for the harvest season. MStBB RECEIPTS A total of $158.05 was collec ted from the city's parking meters Wednesday morning, - according to a report from the city treasurer** office. CHURCH SALE The Young Married ladies' class of Patterson Grove chur ch is sponsoring a hotdog, Ice cream, and cake sale Saturday at Patterson Grove school. Pro ceeds of the sale, which, begins at 5:30 p. m., goes to the build ing fund of the church. At 7:30 an auction sale of quilts and other hand-made articles will ?be held. PLANT SALE The Kings Mountain Garden club will again sponsor a plant sale on October 13. McQueen's Nursery of Whiteville will a gain have plants, bulbs, shrub bery. The public Is invited to attend the sale which will be at 300 West Gold street, the va cant lot across the street from the JJ L. McGill residence. _ . . . ? ? , . . ? GOFOKTH MEMORIAL The family of the late Mrs. Ben H. Goforth have presented to Boyce Memorial ARP church a pair of brass candelatoras and matchlng-flower container as a memorial. The presenta tion was made Sunday on the occasion of the baptism of her grandson. APPROVAL GIVEN Postmaster W. E. Blakely said he had been Irtforiped toy the postoffice department that it' had approved . recommenda tions of the postmaster and Inspector Keever for route ex pansions here and instructed the postmaster to notify the ' department when the city has complied with Its agreement to n?me and number city ? streets in the areas covered. y ___ Gillespie Home After 1,012 Days As POW Sargeant First Class Bailey Gillespie, 23, arrived home Mon day night after 1,012 days as a Korean prisoner of war. He will be formally recognized at the Kings Mountain-Forest City foot ball game at City Stadium Friday night. It was a happy homecoming for the Gillespie Family here, as the young soidier was met by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vester Gillespie, three brothers, Bill, Frank a"d Lloyd and a sister, Lana. Sgt. Gillespie was scheduled to arrive home on Friday but chang ed his cross . continent course and spent a few days with a bud dy, Gerraro DeRoda, from his POW camp days. He landed in San Francisco on Wednesday, September "3 a board the U. S. A. T. General R. L. Hawze. He is on a 30-day con valescent leave and is to report to Fort Jackson, S. C., on October 28. Sgt. Gillespie received a perso nal letter from Lt.-Gen. A. R. Boiling commanding general of the Third army. He has also been awarded the Korean Defense Ribbon with two silver stars, having seen action in 10 battles in Korea. His other decora tiorfs Include the Purple Heart, the UN Ribbon, American Defense Ribbon, the Japanese Oc cupation Ribbon and three Presi dential Unit Citations. Sgt. Gillespie was captured on November 27, 1950 in the Won: san area. His unit, a 22-man aid station (Med. Co., 27th Rtegt., 25th Inf. Div.), war on a motor march to a new position when ambushed by a group of Korean reds, who opened fire and pinned the Amer icans down. Only six of the group remained alive and were captur ed, he said. Sgt. Gillespie was founded by hand grenade frag ments during the action. He was forced to hike for 10 days to reach Camp No. 5 at Pyucktong, where he was impri soned until August 1952. He was then moved to Camp No. 4 at Welwong and stayed there until he was shipped to Freedom Vill age at Panmunjom. He was pro Continued On Page Eight AT CONFERENCE Mrs. Franklin Pethel of Kings Mountain, Gaston county so cial worker, is attending an ( "American Social Workers" conference In session at Jack sonville, Florida, this week. Kings Mountain Churches Tc loin In World Communion Observance Majority of Kings Mountain churches will join other Christian churches throughout the world on Sunday in observing World Wide Communion Sunday. The Interdenominational move ment has been annually observed in Kings Mountain for many years. . A spokesman for the Kings Mountain Ministerial association said, "The idea is- for each church to celebrate Holy Com munion according to its own cus torn thereby signifying the one ness of all Christian believers." The first service of the day will be held in the Fiji Islands, where Sunday dawns first. Holy Communion services will continue to gird the globe for the remainder of the day. The Kings Mountain Ministeri al association is urging every citizen to attend the church of his choice to observe World-Wide Communion Sunday, the spokes man continued. GROVER COMMITTEE PETITIONS CONSOLIDATION ELECTION? Members of the Grover school committee met at Grover school last Thursday night und formally petitioned the county board of education to call an election on the proposal to consolidate the schools in Number 4 Township. Pictured above signing the petition is W. B- Harry, chairman of the Grover group, right. Other mem bers of the committee are. left to right. G. R. Roun tree. Charges Dixon, Frank Royster and Carl Mc Ginnis. (Herald photo by Joe Hendrick for Carlisle Studio.) Consolidation Vote Sought By Grover i Grover Board First To Sign Vote Petition Members of the Grover school district formally petitioned the county board of education to call a vote on the proposal to consoli date the school districts In Num ber Pour Township at a meeting of the committee at Grover school last Thursday night. All members were present at the meeting and all signed the petition. The members are W. ]B. Harry, chairman, Charles Dixon, Carl McGinnis, G. R. Rountree and Frank Royster. The committee was the first to receive1 the petition from J. H. Grlgg, county superintendent of education. The petition Is schedul ed to go to the Park-Grace com mittee next. Petition of the election on the proposal is tl)e first step to be taken by the districts involved. Other districts are Bethware and Compact. According to an assistant state attorney- general, all districts must petition the election in order for the citizens of the township to be able to vote on the consoli dation proposal. Consolidation was first recom mended for the township by a state school board school plan ning committee after a survey Continued On Page Eight Street-Naming Set By Board Thursday The city board of commis sioners will consider re -nam ing certain city streets and naming previously undesigna ted ones at their regular meet ing Thursday night at 7:45, according to announcement this week. Joe Hendriak, city cleric, said the commissioners will act on the street naming in accord ance with those names shown . on a map from which a replica is published in today's edition of the Herald, Page 5, Section 1. Mr. Hendriclc who served m a committee of three working on the recommendations, said the board Invites citizens to Inspect the map and to appear at Thursday nighfs meetings if the new street designations displease them. Otherwise, the map will be adopted as now prepared. Working with the city clerk on the street-naming were Wiley Blanton and Luco Falls, Kings Mountain post office carriers. City Limits Line Chech Voted City Surveyor Charles B. Camp^ bell will survey the eastern city limits line in order to determine whether the J. E. Mauney resi dence is in the city limits, in ac cordance with an action by the board of city commissioners In a brief special session Tuesday night. Mr. Mauney has regarded him self as outside the city limits and has not paid city taxes. The new county tax map, which was com pleted during the past year by Joyce Mapping Company and which has been adopted as the official county property map, shows the Mauney residence in side the city limits. The survey will determine whe ther Mr. Mauney is liable for city taxes, the board indicated. In other actions, the board ac cepted a petition for laying of a sidewalk on the east side, of Pied mont avenue, from Linwood road Continued On Page Eight Byers Leaving Bus Terminal For Police Work Paul Byers. Number 4 township constable and manager of the Kings Mountain bus station since it opened June 20, 1952, said Wed nesday that he was relinquishing management of the bus terminal effective Wednesday night. "I'll be here Thursday morning, but only for the bus companies to check me out", Mr. Byers said. The change has been Impend ing for several months, but Mr. Byers said Queen City Coach Company, owner of the terminal, had not obtained a replacement, or. at least, had not the last time he had discussed the matter with Queen City officials. Mr. Byers, who doubles as a county deputy sheriff in addition to his elective position as con stable, said he would devote full time to his police duties. - Kings Mountain was without' a bus terminal for more than two years, during which time the community was a flagstop, until Queen City Coach Company built the present modern terminal on West King street. Harmon Property Re-sale Saturday The T. N. Harmon Estate lot at the corner of Battleground avenue and Falls street will be sold under commissioner's sale procedure for the seventh time Saturday morning, beginning at 10 o'clock. ... The bidding will start at $9,507. 75, the present high bid of M. L. Harmon, Sr. Mr. Harmon on Sep tember 15 raised the bid of B. D. Ratterree by the legally required five percent, necessitating anoth er re-sale. Mr. Harmon and Mr. Ratterree have been the principal bidders in a continuing sale that begain last May. Under commssioner's sale pro cedure, after a particular auction, the bid remains open for ten days. During that time, the bid may be raised by five perctu . If it Is not raised, then the sale of the property is confirmed. Martin Harmon is commission, er and Davis and White are at torneys for the T. N. Harmon Estate The lot is occupied by a two-apartment frame dwelling, and fronts on Cherokee street as well as Falls street and Battle ground avenue. The dimensions of the lot are 100 x 200 x 105 feet. City Valuation $9,336,968; Tax Notices Mailed More than 2.2<X) Kings Moun tain citizens will receive ' 1953 city tax notices beginning Fri day, when 'all ol them will be dropped into the mail. ... Clarence E. Carpenter/city tax supervisor, said that the notices will cover 65.1 percent of the 1953 tax levy of $123.69259. This means that numerous Kings Mountain taxpayers have al ready paid their current taxes in advance, the $41,979.87 4rr pre payments amounting to 33.9 per cent of the tax levy. The city's total property val uation for 1953 is $9,336,968, to tals obtained toy Mr. Carpenter show. The figure is complete, he Biggest Taxpayers The city's 1953 tax valua tions show three textile firms as the city's largest taxpayers. Burlington Mills gets the big gest city tax bill, followed by Craltspun Yarns,. Inc., in sec ond place, and Mauney Mills, Inc., in third place. said, with the exception of the valuation of Southern Railway Company's Kings Mountain pro perties. This figure is supplied by a state agency and, in 1952, was $189,000. Of the total valuation, corpor ations and other business firms list $4,239,025, while individuals hold the additional $5,097,943. Individuals listed valuations show $3,922,018 in real property, $130,940 in merchandise and fix tures, $88,837 in property above the $300 personal household ex emption, $865,392 in automo biles, and $90,756 in assorted ra dios, television sets, jewelry, guns and similar articles of property. Corporations and other busi ness firms list valuations of $3, 005,144 in real property, $884,480 in merchandise and fixtures, $89,477 in automobiles and trucks, and $259,924 (exclusive of Southern Railway Company) In corporation excess. The city's current tax valua tion and levy compares with the $6,455,077.^4 valuation of 1952 and the City tax levy of $113, 051.81 (Including poll taxes). This year, for the first tLme, pro perty values assessed toy the county In its general revaluation of properties have been applied for tax purposes. The figures therefore, do not indfeate that the city's taxable properties in creased in value by one-third during the year. Lions Club To Begin Second Annual Rummage Sale Thursday Morning The Kings Mountain Lions club will open its second annual Rum mage Sale Thursday morning, continuing on Friday and Satur day, and with initial plans calling for a month-long sale on each weekend through October. For the Rummage Sale the Lions 'club wHl occupy the Put nam building on Mountain street, which was Just vacated this week by Wee Folk Shoppe, Dan Huffstetler and J. W. Web ster. are co-chairmen of the pro ject: In a statement, they said, "We believe this year's Lions Rum mage Sale will be bigger and bet ter than last year's. Generally speaking, our inventory is more varied and there are many ex cellent .values to be offered. Some of the garments are practically new. "Our intentions arc to continue the sale through each weekend in October. However, that will depend on how fast we dispose of our inventory and on how much we can add to it." Saunders Dry Cleaning is dry cleaning all garments requiring cleaning. Citizens who have old clothes to donate for the sale, proceeds from which benefit the Lions club project fund, should call either of the co-chairmen or Ol lie Harris, club president, Mr. Huffstetler said every type of garment, for men, women, boys, and girls, are being offered in the sale. "The prices are ridiculously low on almost all these items, but best buys will go to earliest shoppers, he pointed out. In-City Residents Favor 29 By-Pass HERE NEXT WEEK? Dr. H. Gor don, Pittsburgh minister, will conduct services each evening at Boyce Memorial ARP church be ginning Monday night. Di. H. G. Harold To Preach Here Rev. II. Gordon Harold, D. D., of Pittsburgh. Pa., will preach a series of services at Boyce Me morial Associate Reformed Pres byterian church, beginning Mon day evening. The services are the annual fall preaching series of the ARP church. Dr. ?Harold, since 194S, pastor of Beljefield Presbyterian church, Pittsburgh, near the University of Pittsburgh, has been regularly invited to conduct Sunday ves per's at the university's Heinz Chapel. He held the pastorate of Clin ton Avenue Presbyterian church, Newark, N. J? from May 9, 1948, until his call to the Bellefield church. ? A native of Missouri, he is the son of an active Presbyterian minister. He attended Maryvllle College, Maryville, Tenn., and was graduated in 1927. He taught school a year and entered Prince ton Theological Seminary, where he received his Bachelor of Theo logy degree in 1931. He later stu Continued On Page Eight Half-Hundred Citizens Attend Public Hearing Fifty Kings Mountain area olti Zens, plus city officials, gathered at City Hall Tuesday night for the public hearing concerning the proposed U. S. Highway 29 by pass, and. only minor inference of objection to the proposed re routing was voiced. Bob Drake, of Foote Mineral Company, which .owns mining de posits in the area South of Kings Mountain where the by-pass will transverse, indicated objection, hut Mr. Drake explained that his company was concerned about the routing of the by-pass, rather than the question of Whether the by pass should be constructed. Division Highway Commission er June F, Scarborough, of States ville, presided at the session and first explained that the hearing was being held in accordance, with federal regulations and was for the purpose only of h?aring objections by in-city citizens to the by pass on the grounds of "economic impact". None objected and City Attor ney J. R. Davis and First Nation al Bank President F. R. Summers spoke in favor of the proposed by-pass. To questions from Mr. Davis, Mr. Scarborough and Lewis B. Peck, division engineer, said that right-of-way would be obtained for a four-lane road, that four lane construction is being sought, but that original building would be, they anticipated, only two lanes. Both said they felt that four lanes would be built befort too many years. Mr. Peck also said that Shelby citizens are highly pleased with the U. S. 74-A by pass around Shelby, and both Mr. Peck and Mr. Scarborough said pressure for bypass construction Is on highway officials from almost every community of any size within the 12th division. Mr. Peck said the highway de partment engineering staff esti mates grading and structures for the proposed by-pass will cost S'IOO.(XK). Citizens outside the city limits Who might wish to protest the by-pass, or its routing, should file protest through the county com missioners to the State Highway and Public Works commis'sion, Mr. Peck added. Cathey Orchestra At Club Saturday Dinner and dancing, featuring the music of Lewis Cathey and his orchestra, will' highlight the regular monthly club night party at the Kings Mountain Country Club Saturday night. The party has been designated "Fiesta Ball" and dinner is to be served at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Powers have served as chairmen of the com mittee on arrangements and oth er members of the host and hos tesses committee are Mr. and Mrs. John Cheshire, Mr. and Mrs. David Nelll and Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Ramseur. 1 Reservations are t>eing request ed by noon Saturday. Map Shows Tentative Route Of Proposed Highway 29 By-Pass South Of City % '.rf- ? ? . , ? . ... V : V ' '? ' ?? ? * ? ' - ^ ' * ?- V : ">? : >'&% *V- , ^ (the single. M** pwp*rtj) ttat A* W'iMiiaf fMt south in the vicinity of tho Foot* Minora* Company plant Mr. Nek said. Ho emphasised that tho route map to tentative but addod that groat changes in tho route, as shown on tho map. aro not an ticipated. Aor rding to tho notation on tho hluoprlat, right-of-way win ho obtained 130 toot on each sido of flto route 11ns. Tho nota tion was also mado that property ownership, whre shown, is not noosssarily accurate. Tho proposed by-pass was discusssd by high way department officials at a bearing here Tuesday night. Much interest was evidenced in the new routings shown by the above map. (too story above, column 1.) . .? A -'^7. 'V. ; : ? :/A
