Population
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Trading Area 15.000
(1945 Ration Board Figure*)
VOL 63, NO. 4 1
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Established 1889
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 8, 1953
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Pages
Today
Sixty-Third Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FORMAL OPENING OF NEW SECOND BAPTIST STRUCTURE SUNDAY ? The congregation of Sec
ond Baptist church will observe Homecoming Day Sunday, when the new church edifice will be for
mally opened and used for the first time for cdl Sunday services. Lunch will be served on the
grounds and a cornerstone . laying service will be held at 2 p. m. The old building, used by the
church for 31 years, is located across Llnwood drive from the new structure. (Photo by Carlisle Studio)
Local News
Bulletins
XJBCUQN MEETING
(Regular October meeting of
Otis D. Green Post 155, Amer
ican Legion, will toe held at
the Legion Hall off E. Gold
street Friday evening at 8:00
o'clock, according to announ
cement toy C. E. Warlick, post
commander.
KIWANIS MEETING
Randolph Norton,? Charlotte
Observer staffer and the pa
per's literary critic, will ad
dress members of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club Thurs
day night as the civic club ob
serves national Newspaper
Week. The club meets at Ma
sonic Dining Hall at 6:45.
BACK ON DUTY
Pfc. Norman McGill, son of
Mr. and Mrs. N- F. McGill, has
returned' to duty at Fort Mc
Clellan, Anpiston, Ala., follow
ing a month's leave during the
ilness of his father, who is now
recuperated.
City firemen extinguished a
grass fire near the railway
depot Sunday afternoon about
3:90. No damages were report
ed, according to report ot As
sistant Fire Chi5f,.Tfcd Gam
ble, Wednesday morning. .
AT BEAUTY FESTIVAL
Mrs. Annie Mae Howie, Miss
OUle Hartsell, Miss Bessie Lee
Bumgardner, and Mrs. Hoyle
Matory represented Kings
Mountain beauty firms at the
North Carolina Beauty Festi
val in three-day session this
week at the Hotel Charlotte.
REUNION SUNDAY
Descendants of the late Col.
Frederick Hambrlght wil hold
their annual clan reunion Sun
day, October 11, at Antioch,
Baptist Church. Following the
picnic dinner at 12:30 the
group will hear an address by
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of
First Presbyterian church here.
James Hambright, of Clover,
S. C? president, wil preside.
COMMUNICATION
A regular communication of
Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F
A A. M., will toe held on Mon
day October i% at 7:30 p. m.
at the Kings Mountain Maso
nic Lodge. Joe McDaniel, sec
retary, made the announce
ment.
inonthly meeting of
the exeoattve committee of
Otis D. Green Post lft5. the
American Legion, wfllbe held
Thursday at 5:30 p. nv. at C. X.
Warlick Insurance Agency. All
members of the committee are
urged to attend and club mem
'Ben Mjpjied.
:f# LMDS row i > m
C. D. Blanton, Kings Moun
tain druggist, was forum lead
SUNDAY FIRE
t
TO MEET
Second
Church
Baptist
Will Open
All-Day Services
Will Feature
Homecoming Day
Second Baptist Church will for
mally open its new church build
ing on Linwood1 Road Sunday
when it Observes Homecoming
Day with all-day services, din
ner on the grounds, and corner
stone laying rites.
On last# Sunday, the church
held its first service in the hand
some new brick structure which
lies across the street from the
old brick building, now too small,
which Second Baptist church has
used for 31 years.
But Sunday's services will be
the official and formal opening,
it was announced by C, M. Lank
ford, leading layman and chair
man of the church building com
mittee.
The church structure, designed
by Ormand and Vaughan, Shelby
architects, will seat 450 persons
in the sanctuary, plus 52 in the
choir and 75 In the balcony. There
are three large assembly rooms
in the three-story plant, 23 class
rooms, the pastor's study, library,
secretary's office, and thie? mo
dern rest rooms.
The building is heated by a the
rmostatically - controlled hot wa
ter system, and the lighting fix
tures are modern in every re
spect, and designed to blend with
the interior furnishings and fix
tures. , ' .
Mr. Lankford said, "On bohalf
of the church, I wish to thank
everyone who has had any part
in any w^y in the erecting of the
new church building. We extend
to all a welcome to the opening
day service on Sunday and send
a special invitation to the con
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UONS SPEAKER ? Dr. P. G.
Padgett, chairman of the city
parks and recreation commis
sion, will discuss plans of the
commission for a recreation
plant at a meeting of the Kings
Mountain Lions club Tuesday
night at 7 o'clock. The program
was arranged by Howard Jack
son. The club meets at Masonic
Dining HalL
Bethware Resumes
Classes On Monday
Bethware school is to open for
the fall term at 8:30 a. m. iM&n
day, after being closed for over
a month for the harvest season.
Principal John Rudislll made
the announcement and said that
Patterson Grove school would al
so open Monday.
Compact school made no an
nouncement, but It is thought
that county unit will resume
classes same time.
Mr. Rudislll said that Beth
ware will operate the full day,
closing at 3 p. m., and that ths
lunchroom will also be open.
Fiftieth Woman's Clnb Floral Fail,
"Autumn Harvest," October 21st
Advance copies of the official
program for "Autumn Harvest",
the Kings Mountain Woman's
Club's fiftieth annual floral fair,
are in the hand's of the commit
tee In charge of arrangements
for the event, and the programs
will be ready for mass distribu
tion this weekend.
The program gives full details
concerning the forthcoming *?
vent, which for years has not on
ly attracted great throngs of
Kings Mountain area folk but
citizens of many other neighbor
ing communities as well.
The program contains full de
rails concerning the event, in
cluding rules of competition irt
all divisions, prize listings, sche
dule of Judging and other pert!
[neat data, M well aa a large
' buaBmg and industrial firms.
The event will be held October
21, and will be open to the public
at 12:30 to 7:30 p. m. Admission
will be fifty cents for adults, ten
cents for children. As has been
the custom in the past, lunch and
dinner will be served.
Committee chairmen for the
event are: Mrs. O. W. Myers, pub.
licity; Mn. George Houser, ad
vertising and awards; Mr*. N. P.
McGill, hospitality; Mr*. J. &
Herndon. judges; Mrs. Ben Beam,
soliciting; Mrg. Paul Hendricks,
schedule and staging; Mrs. E. W.
Griffin, entry and classification;
Mrs. Sam Davis, Junior division;
Mrs. J. H. Arthur, aprons; Mrs.
J. B. Palls, candy; Mrs. A. W.
Kincald. cakes, and pies; Mrs. B.
B. Speldel, kitchen; Mrs. Jay Pat
terson, dining room; Mr*. H. R.
Parton, ice cream; and Mrs. J.
K. Willis, cashier.
$600,000 Bond Proposal Is Outlined
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Campbell Survey
Shows Mauney
Home Out Of City
The J. E. (Doc) Mauney resi
dence is outside the city limits
by 30 feet, according to the find
ings of Charles B. Campbell, city
surveyor, and is reported by City
Clerk Joe Hendrick.
Mr. Hendrick said that Mr.
Campbell completed his survey
of the city limits line Wednes
day morning at 11:30 and that
the survey determined that the
cjty limits line angles to leave
the M?ui)ey residence, outside
the city limits, though a portion
of the lot is inside the city lim
its.
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The property has always been |
considered outside,, both hy Mr.'
Mauney and by previous city tax j
collectors. However; the- tax map
of the county, as prepared ' y the
Joyce Mapping Compapy, show
ed the Mauney residence inside
the cit^- limits, and the city
board of commissioners ordered
a survey to determine whether
Mr. Mauney would be liable for
1953 tax bill on the home site,
as well as for five prior years.
B. & L Finn
Is Remodeling
Kings Mountain Building &
Loan association has begun a
$10,000 renovating and remodel
ing program designed to make
its quarters completely modern
in every respect, it was announc
ed by association officials this
week.
The remodeling program calls
for installation of a central heat
ing and air-conditioning plant,
new Tront, ecoustical tile ceiling,
and new interior fixtures.
The firm is also expanding its
floor space by removing the peti
tion which formerly divided the
building in two.
Kelly Dixon, general builder,
is superintending the remodeling
program, Page AirConditioning
Company, of Charlotte, is install
ing the heating - air - conditioning
system, and Morgan Fixture
Company, Charlotte, is supplying
the new office fixtures, which
will include modern teller's stalls,
and officers quarters. The new
front will be of Mosaic tile and
scarred stucco.. The ceiling is be
ing lowered and new lighting in
stalled.
The space in the hack portion
of the building will be occupied
by J. C. Lackey Insurance Agen
cy. Martin Printing Company has
moved the principal portion of its
plant to the building formerly oc
cupied by Davis Sheet Metal on
Cherokee street.
lions Rummage
Sale Continues
The Kings Mountain Lions
club will continue Its second an
nual Rummage Sale this week
-end on Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday.
The sale is underway in the
Putnam building on W. Moun
tain street, and members of the
club sales committee reported
good initial volume last week
end. ,
J. W. Webster and Dan Huff
stetler, co-chairmen of the sale
?r.ummittee, said more offerings
hav*> been added during the past
week. They say they anticipate
a big sales volume during the
coming weekend. Almost all
types of apparel are being of
fered, for men, women, boys and
girls.
Nursery To Conduct
Sale Here Tuesday
McQueen's Nursery, of White
ville, will conduct a one-day
plant sale here next Tuesday, be
ginning at 8 a. m., under sponsor
ship of the Kings Mountain Gar
den Club.
The sale will be conducted at
300 W. Gold street, the vacant lot
acfoss the street from the John
L. McGili residence.
Plants, bulbs and shrubs will
-be offered for sale.
I^TCirden Club official pointed
out that plenty of parking space
will be availabffL ..
AT GABDNEB.WSBB
Harold Dean Pearson, of
Kings Mountain, la among i|?V
area students enrolled at
Gardner Webb college for the
1953-54 fall term- A second
year student, his name mi
not listed on the area's list
ings in previous editions tit
the Herald.
TO HEAD KIWANIANS ? Dr. W.
P. Gerberding. pastor ot St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church, has
been elected president ot the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club
lor the year beginning January
1954.
Kiwanians Elect
Dr. Gerberding
Rev. William P. Gerberding, D.
D., pastor of St, Matthew's Lu
theran church; will serve as pre
sident of the Kings Mountain Ki
wains club for the year 1954, ac
cording to result of annual club
ejections conducted last Thurs
day evening.
Dr. Gerberding, who will be in
stalled along with other officers
in Janu&ry, will succeed Dr. D.
F. Hord, Kings Mountain dentist.
Dr. Gerberding currently is serv
ing as the club's second vice-pre
sident.
Other officers elected toy the
club were J. C. Bridges, first vice
president, and B. S. Peeler, jr.,
second vice-president.
Directors elected for the com
ing year were G. C. Kelley, M. A.
Enloe, B. S. Neill, Rev. H. Gor
don Weekley, John O Plonk, Jr.,
Harold Phillips and George H.
Mauney.
The club secretary and club
treasurer are appointive officers
named by the directors after in
stallation.
Rites Conducted
For Ben T. Long
Funeral services for Ben Tracy
Long. 58,. resident of 103 Parker
street, who died Monday night at
8 p. m. after an illness of sever
al weeks, were conducted Wed
nesday at 4:30 p. m. from Cen
tral Methodist church.
Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr.., paster of
the church, officiated, assisted
by Rev. H. Gordon Weekley. Bur
ial was in Mountain Rest ceme
tery. ? .
Mr. Long was a native of
Kings Mountain, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John P- Long. He
was formerly employed as a
weaver at Margrace Mill here
and was a member of Central
Methodist church.
He .was married to the former
Miss Ida Jane Gray, who sur
vives. . ,
Surviving in addition to his
wife are a son, Ben T. Long, Jr.,
of Greenville, S. C., and three
grandchildren.
, Serving as pallbearers were C.
E Warllck, E. E. Marlowe, D. L.
Saunders. J. C. McKinney. J. D.
Smith, and Ralph Ware.
Oates Injured
In Accident Here
C. C. (Bus) Oates. Kings
Mountain mechanic and service
station attendant, sustained se
rious injuries last Thursday
when he was run over by a roll
ing tractor-trailer truck while he
was pdju&ting the truck brakes.
Inr. Oates tried to stop the
truck by shifting his position
when it started to roll, tout was
caught by a set of the rear tire
wheels Pressure of the tractor
trailer against Mr. Oates* body
stopped the moving vehicle.
The truck is owned by the In
terstate Trucking Co., of High
Point. It was loaded with furni
ture and was toeing driven b<y
Melvln Rice, of Hfch Point
Mr. Oates sustained six brok
en ribs, a fractured elbow, and
shattered nerves of his left arm.
His vision was partially impaired
fay the injjurles.
He is receiving treatment for
the Injuries at Kings Mountain
hospital, where his condition
was reported as satisfactory
Wednesday morning.
1%e accident occurred *t Oates
Shell Service station on E. King
?treet TtiunkUy afternoon about
6:45 o'clock.
Finger Purchases
Laundry Property
New Owner
Hopes To Open
Within Month
Carl p. Finger. K togs Moun
tain native an<I for. the past soy.
en years a Cherrvvjlle l.uinderer.
I has purchased the laundry ixniiiv
itnenf of the former Sunshine
? Laundry from D. C. Maunev in
a transaction completed Monday'
Mr. Finger said he had also
obtained a lease purchase option
on the Cleveland avenue buildinir
occupied by the laundry and also
owned by Mr. Mauney, and that
he hoped to be able to begin laun
f 'jy. service in Kings Mountain
within three weeks or a month at
most.
The new firm will be operated
under the trade name of Finder
Laundry.
The completion of the transac
tion means that Kings Mountain
will again have a laundry, and
that Mr. Finger win transfer the
full operation of Cherryville
Laundry here.
"I am very happy to have been
?able to obtain the laundrv in
Kings Mountain." Mr. Finger
said. 'For the past several
months we have needed to in
crease our production capacity
and physical arrangements of
our building In Cherryville and
other limiting factors prevented
further expansion of our Cherry
ville plant.
'A considerable and increasing
nortion of our business volume
has been coming from Kings
Mountain, and the transfer of our
operations here will give us the
greater capacity we have been
needing, both to serve our old cits
tomers. in Cherryville and Kings
Mountain, as well as new custo
mers."
Cherryville Laundrv will con
tinue to operate on the present
basis until thP Kings Mountain
plant has been completely readi
ed to provide prompt and effi
cient laundry service. Mr. Finger
added. "There will be no break in
service j0 OIir customers."
Mr. Finger said that Luco Jen
kins, Kin^s Mountain representa
tive of Cherryville Laundry, will
continue in the same canaelty
with the new Finger Laundrv. as
will Harold Carpenter. Cherry
ville representative.
He said the laundry would em
ploy 12 persons for production
work when |t begins operation.
Mr. Finger is the son of Mrs.
Belle M. Finger and the late Fred
E. Finger, for many years a pro.
minent and popular Kings Moun
tain druggist. He was educated
in Kings Mountain high school
and attended N. C. State college
A veteran of World War II, he
served in .the Air Force for more
than three years in World War
II. including 18 months in the Eu
ropean Theatre of Operations
His wife is the former Miss Carol
Newby. former teacher in the
city school system and also a for
mer employee of First National
Bank. They have two children.
HOME PROM KOREA? Cpl. Wil
liam (Bill) Cashion came home
last week, after spending the
past year in Korea with the U.
S. Marine Corps. He was honored
Saturday at a homecoming party
attended by more than 150
friends and relatives.
Korean Veteran
Gashion Honored
Cpl. William Z. (Bill) Cashion
was honored iby more than 150
relatives and friends last Satur
day at a surprise picnic-style
barbecue given at the home of
his wife's parents Mr. and Mrs.
Cfaig Falls, on York Road.
The son of Mr. and Mrs, W. S.
Cashion, who assisted in arrang
ing the homecoming party Cpl.
Cashion returned to the united
States from Korea aboard the
USAT General R. L. Haw7.e on
September 23. He spent a year in
Korea with the United States
Marine Corps serving with the
Shore Party batallion of the
First Marines. His last duty in
Korea was at Freedom Village,
where his company set up tents
and built temporary buildings, j
The all afternoon party was
attended hy a large number of
Kings Mountain area people
who gathered to munch barbecue
and pastries and to welcome
Cpl. Cashion home. The corporal
is now at Camp LeJeune await
ing discharge. He entered the
Marine Corps in 1951.
A former Kings Mountain high
school football luminary and a
charging fullback who scored the
lone and winning touchdown
when Kings Mountain last de
feated arch -rival Shelby, Cpl.
Cashion later attended Gardner
Webb college and NeWborry cc.
lege, and is now making plans
to resume his studies probably
at Newberry.
Visiting Cpl. Cashion here over
the weekend was another Korean
veteran John Hurlbert, of Wichi
ta, Kans. ?*
Mrs. Cashion Is the former
Miss Joyce Falls. They were
married in 1950
laycees Call Citizens Attention
To Annual Fiie Prevention Week
Members of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce are distributing
literature urlng citizens to take
steps to prevent fire. The project
is a part of the Kings Mountain
observance of Fire Prevention
Week, October 4-10.
Arnold Falls, chairman of the
club's fire prevention committee,
announced at Tuesday's meeting
of the organization that partial
distribution of the literature had
been made and urged Jaycees to
assist in distributing the remaind
er.
Mr. Falls also urged Jaycees
and all citizens to follow the safe
ty check list Included In the li
terature and perhaps prevent a
fire in their homes, offices or
plartta.
He also said that a movie trail
er on fire prevention la being
?hown this week at Joy Theatre.
"The beat time to fight fire ia
before the blaze starta," he said.
"Remove fire traps from your
premises and do everything you
can to prevent fires and urge
others to do likewise."
Tommy Owens, employed in
thi dtjr office {$ dttjr
hall, was wflcomcd as a new
member of the club by Joe Ired
den, membership chairman.
I^ewis Flails, co-chairman of the
Community Birthday Calendar
project, urged Jaycees to rush the
selling of birthday entries for
the calendar and announced that
the project must bp completed be
fore tht- end of October.
Jack White. Kings Mountain
attorney, made a talk on legali
ties concerning wills and deaths
where no will is left (Intestate
deaths). He told the club that a
person can make as many wills
during his lifetime as he wishes,
but that the latest one rtfade
would be the legal document.
He also explained manv sltua*N
tlons that might occur following
intestate deaths and Involving
.settlement of real and pergonal
prooerties.
He urged that everyone look
into the matter of making a will
and answered many questions
posed bv the members present.
President Paul Walker presid
ed it the meeting, held at Masonic
dining hall with same 30 persons
Water, Sewage
Improvements
Total $445,000
Citizens of Kings Mountain
may ho asked to approve the is
suance of $600,000 in bonds in
eluding $145,000 for watershed
and filter plant expansion, and
$300,000 for sewage system im
provements -- according to a
mimeographed listing of propos
ed improvements distributed to
members of the oily board of
commissioners at their mooting
last Thursday night.
Mayor < ?|oe A, 1 Jritlges .declar-'
Od t In* proposal sheet 'nothing
defiaite" and added iluit he more-.
!\ wished tiie hoard')'" be giving
the id'opusals thought and con
sideration. lie said he expected
lo confer with North Carolina
Local Government commission
authorities concerning the bond'
issue matter wlu'n in Raleigh Oc-.
tober 13.
Mayor Bridges further said
that the revised report of Engl
neer \y. K. Dickson, who is now
bringing up-to-date a 1919 survey
on the city's sewer needs, had
not been received.
The estimates are broken down
as follows:
For sewage system improve
ments, $300,000; including $123,
000 for sewer lines, $77,000 for
improving the McGill septic tank,
$60,000 for improving the Ware
disposal plant, and $40,000 for
improving the King plant.
For water plant improvements
$55,000; including $30,000 for an
addition to the present water
plant building, $21,000 for mixing
and sedimentation basins, and
$4,000 for pumps and accessories.
For increasing the capacity of
the dam at the city's watershed
off York Road. $SO.OOO; including
$9,000 to raise the existing dam
by. 20 feet. $45,000 for site clear
ing, $16,200 for forming, $1,700
for rock excavation. $2,100 for
earth excavation, and $6,000 for
reinforcing steel.
For park, land and swimming
pools, $150,000.
For street improvements, pav.
ing, curbing and guttering, $15.
000.
West Cafeteria
Bids Ate Asked
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Advertisement seeking bids for
construction of a kitchen and
cafeteria addition to West Ele
mentary school is published this
week.
Scaled proposals on the gener
al contract and the plumbing,
heating and electrical contracts
will be opened publicly at Cen
tral school on Tuesday, October
20, at 10 a. m, .
V. W. Breeze and Associates,
of Shelby, is the architectural
firm in charge.
Plans, .specifications and con
tract documents are open to pub
lic inspection at Superintendent
B. N. Barnes' office at Central
school and prospective bidders
may obtain a set of plans at Mr.
Breeze's office In Shelby upon de
posit of $25.
The new addition, when com
pleted. will release two class
rooms now being used as a cafe
teria and library. The school
board voted on July 4th to pro
ceed with the construction of the
new addition and Mr. Breeze was
retained as architect.
The new structure will be add
ed to the southeast corner of the
present building and will front
on West Mountain street and on
South W&tterson street.
Rites Thursday
For Dr. Norman
Funeral services for Dr. John
Standing Norman, 76, retired
phys'cian, will be held at 11
o'clock Thursday morning at the
home of his daughter. Dr. Doro
thy Norman Glenn. Oakwood
avenue. Brookwood, in Gastonia.
Dr. Norman, one-time Kings
Mountain practicing * physician
and again a citizen ?f Kings
Mountain for the past six years,
succumbed at 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning At the home of Dr. Doro
thy GtaMrt m Gastonia. He had
tilth ?tfrlously sMl for several
montharand had Been hospitalized
tor many weeks up until two
weeks ago.
The services for Dr. Norman
will be conducted by Rev. H. Gor
don Weekley, pastor of Kings
Mountain's First Baptist church,
of which Dr. Norman was a mem
ber. by Dr. V. Ward Barr, partor
of the First Baptlat church, Gas
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