Population
City Units . . . 7.206
Trading Area J 5.000
(1945 Batten Board Pigam)
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Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, October 22, 1953
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Sixty-Third Year
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Local News
Bulletins
OATES ATHOME
C. C. ('Bus) Oates was dis
charged Wednesday from
Kings Mountain hospital,
?where he has (been receiving
treatment lor Injuries received
in an accident several weeks
agcx.
AT CONVENTION
Mn. and Mrs. J. Ollie Harris
attended the National Funer
al Association's annual con
ference In session last week
in Washington, D. C. Mr. Har
ris is a member of the Board
of Errfbalmers In the associa
tion.
ATTENDS SYNOD MEETING
Mrs. Paul Mauney reported
on Kings Mountain Presby
tery's women's work at the
meeting of the North Carolina
Bynodical in two- day session
at Winston ? Salem October
13-14.
FILE ALARMS
City firemen answered two
calls last Thursday, according
to report of Jim I.y brand, fire
man, Wednesday morning. At
3:30 p. m. they extinguished a
grass fire on 'Falls street, and
at 10 p. m. an oil stove blaze
in the Parton Apartments on
W. King street. No damages
were reported.
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VISITING MINISTER
Dr. Gordon Parkinson of Due
West, S. C., will conauct the
service at Boyce Memorial AIRP
church Sunday, in the absence
of the pastor, Rev,. W. L. Press
ly, who left Tuesday for Mon
ticello, Aik., where he is prea
ching at a series of services at
Monticello ARP church.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Mayor Glee A. Bridges and
City Clerk Joe Hendrlck repre
sented the city at the annual
convention at the North Caroli
na League of Municipalities in
Ashevllle held from Sunday
through Tuesday. A former
city manager, H. L. Burdette.
now city manager of Hickory,
was elected first vice-president
of the organization for the
coming yean
JOINS STAFF
(Mrs. Ila Morrow, of Gastonla,
has joined the staff of Helen's
Beauty Shop. Mrs. Morrow, toe
fore coming to Kings (Moun
tain, was employed toy Nova's
Beauty Salon. She assumed her
duties Monday. -r
McSworln Temporary!
Terminal ^lax&ager
E. K, McSwain, Gastonla ter
minal employee of Queen City
Coach Company, is temporarily
In charge of the Kings Mountain
Bus Terminal.
Mr. McSwain assumed the man
agement of the Kings Mountain
station last Thursday, when Mr.
and Mrs. O. L. Alverson peHn-|
quished the management,
Mr. McSwain said he anticipat
ed the Queen City Company, own- ]
er of the terminal, would . Obtain
a manager-lessee in the near fu
ture. Meantime, he added, the|
station would be open from 6 a.
m. to 6 p. m. seven day per week.
Auxiliary Starts
Member Drive
The Kings Mountain American
Legion Auxiliary is launching
currently its annual membership
campaign and is inviting all el
igible women to affiliate with
vie organization.
Mrs. Paul Mauney, publicity
chairman, said that the Kings
Mountain auxiliary Joins the na
tional organization in the ideals
of promoting peace, k^ping A
raertca strictly American, and in
endeavoring to improve the eco
nomic and social programs of
the nation. ' ; .j
Membership dues in the King*
Mountain auxiliary is 93 per
year. Mrs. C. L. jolly Is presi
dent of tie organization.
In November the .auxiliary]
plans a baby contest
Bethware Ballot To Decide
Committee On Vote Petition
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Paik Grace Asks
Vote; Compact
Decision Awaited
Bethware school district citi
zens will cast ballots in a straw
vote Saturday afternoon from 1
to 5 p. m. to determine whether
the district school committee
asks to be included in a proposed
township election on consolidat
ing the several districts Into one
unit.
Meantime, Compact school pa
trons are expected to gather at
the school Sunday afternoon for
a mass meeting to hear consoli
dation proponents outline po
tential benefits of a consolida
tion and details concerning It.
However, the proponents, like
ly to be Chairman Arnold Kln
caid and Fred W. Plonk, of the
Kings Mountain district school
board, have their work cut out,
for Compact patrons, at a meet
ing last Sunday afternoon, on
srfhow of hands, indicated oppo
sition to the consolidation pro
posal and to holding such an e
lection, County Superintendent
J. Horace Grigg said he was told
<by L. L. Adams, Compact princi
pal.
Bethware district held a meet
ing, attended by an estimated
300 persons, on Monday night,
with County Superintendent Hor
ace Grigg on hand to answer
questions concerning the propo
sal. The temper of the crowd was
anti-consolidation, one observer
reported, (but Chairman Clyde
Randle declined a suggestion for
a voice vote. He said the Satur
day straw ballot plan had been
predetermined by the Bethware
school committee, and that,
though the vote would be unof
ficial, the committee would be
guided by the results.
The Bethware school commit- j
tee emphasized that everyone
over 21 years of age residing
within the Bethware district Is
invited and urged to cast a bal
lot Saturday afternoon. The vo
ting will ibe conducted at the two
<whools of the district, Patterson
Grove and Bethware.
Park Grace school committee
signed a petition requesting the
consolidation election last week
end. G rover committee signed
several weeks ago. Action toy
Compact and Bethware remains
before the issue of the holding
of the election will be settled fi
nally.
Span - To Speak
ToKiwanis Glob
Dr. Herbert Spaugh, pastor of
the Moravian church at Charlotte
and a religious newspaper colum
nist, will addreta members of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanls club
Thursday evening at the weekly
meeting, at Masonic Lodge hall
at 6:45.
Dr. Spaugh will speak on a
program arranged by Dr. W. P.
Gerberdlng.
Dr. Spaugh's "Everyday Coun
selor" appears daUy In the Shelby
Daily Star and in the Charlotte
News, among other newspapers
of the surrounding area.
LIONS SPEAKER ? Carl G. Mc
Craw, Kings Mountain native
and president of the Union Na
tional Bank of Charlotte will ad
dress the Kings Mountain Lions
club at their meeting Tuesday
night at Masonic Lodge hall at
7 o'clock.
House Numbering
Changes Oidezed
A number of city dwellers have
received notices this week that
their house numbers are * being
changed, and city officials say
they have enough numbers left
to supply perhaps 500 persons re
quiring new numbers.
City Clerk Joe Hendrick said
major changes wrought by the
new numbering system effect W.
Mountain street and W. Gold
street, with the difference in
block numbers in the past having
resulted from so-called short
streets like Cherokee and City
streets.
Under the new plan, these short
streets have been ignored in the
block- numbering arrangement.
The changes were ordered, a
long with first-time numbering
for many streets, by the city
board of commissioners at the
instance of the Post Office De
partment, which has promised ex.
teride<j city carrier mail service
as quickly as street names and
numbers are posted.
In additioh, the corrected and
added numbers will improve fire
and police protection, city offi
cials have pointed out
Numbers are available at City
Hall as long as they last, free of
charge.
The intersection of Piedmont
and King remains the center of
the city. In unpopulated residen
tial areas, the basts lor number
ing has been SO feet. In the busi
ness district, a new number Is
provided for each 25 feet. In al
ready populated residential aj"
eas, the present house scheme Is
followed, Mr. Hendrick explained.
Luco Falls and Wiley Blanton,
postal carriers, and City Clerk
Hendrick Is the city-appointed
committee handling the number
ing job. " ?
ARP FAMILY NIGHT
A family night supper will
be held at Boyce Memorial
ARP church next Wednesday
evening, beginning at 7:00 o'
clock. The Frances Hamilton
circle is In charge of arrange
ments for the supper.
Commissioners Expected To Call
$600,000 Bond Vote November 5
The city board of commission
ers likely will adopt resolutions
calling for a 1600,000 bond elec
tion at the regular monthly meet
ing November 5, Mayor Glee A.
Bridges said Wednesday.
Election day will be set on a
convenient day as soon as possi
ble, probably In early January
at the latest, the Mayor added.
. Following Mayor Bridges' con
versation with the Local Govern
ment Commission in Raleigh, J.
R. Davis, city attorney, contact
ed Mitchell A Pershing. New York
bond attorneys, and received
from them Wednesday morning,
necessary legal forms for execu
tfcn by th* >oard of commission
W. K. Dickson report, made pub
lic last week, in which the Char- 1
Iotte engineer purported to bring
up-to-date a 1949 engineering sur
vey of the city's water and sew
age disposal facilities.
The engineer recommended' ex- 1
penditure of $350,000 for increas
ing the city's water capacity, both ,
fiito-ing and watershed < apacity. I
$300, OCO for sewage disposal sys
tem Improvements, Including
$100,000 for the building of *1
high-rate filter type plant on Mc
GUI creek, and $150,000 for a
city recreation plant
Mayor Bridges reported laat
week ho *ad eceived approval
on the d V^ bond isstf plana
from the Local Governiw^.Com
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School Trustees
Trying To Clear
Property Snarl
City school officials- were en
deavoring to obtain a purchase
agreement with Bright D. Rat
terree for a portion of the Essie
Weir Estate ? Ratferree property
for a new Negro school elemen
tary plant.
Mr. Ratterree, who is executor
of the Weir Estate, met with the
board in regular monthly meeting
at Central school Monday at
7:30 p. m.
He told the board that he felt
he had not been dealt with fairly
on the matter and said he had
never bc-??n told the description
of the portion the board sought.
He said that the first he knew
ol condemnation action was
"when I read about it in the pa
per".
Funds for the new building are
being withheld in Raleigh by
state board authorities until cer
tification by the Kings Mountain
board that the local unit holds
title to all land in the new 12-plus
acre site.
Bids on the project were let by
the board on August 25 and the
state school board approved, on
September 10, allocation of $70,
819.35 for the building.
Mr. -Ratterree showed the
board a petition signed by "all
but two" property owners near
the new site and objecting to the
location of the school and pro
posed athletic field.
He also told the board that he
could not sell any of the property
"until his executorship ran out"
and that Mayor G. A. Bridges and
the City* of Kings Mountain had
been given an option last August,
on the entjre property.
Mr. Ratterree telephoned after
leaving the meeting and made an
appointment for Wednesday mor
ning with members of the board
to visit the property sought for
the school site.
The board ' had passed a reso
lution authorizing condemnation
of the desired property at a spe
cial meeting on October 15 and
instructing Superintendent B. N.
Barnes to retain D. Z. Newton,
Shelby attorney, to handle the
matter.
The board passed a similar re
solution authorizing condemna
tion of the Tom Hunter property,
also desired for the school site,
Mr. Newton had been instruct
ed to attempt to get an agree
ment with Mr. Ratterree before
legal proceedings are begun. Mr.
Newton reported that Mr. Ratter
ree said that he would "not take
less than $4,000" for the proper
ty.
Mrs. ?. D. Herndon
Leaves Society Post
Mrs. P. D. Herndon, for the
past five years Kings Mountain
Herald society editor, has resign
ed in order to spend the winter
in Florida.
Mrs. Herndon completed her
duties with the Herald Wednes
day, and left in the afternoon for
Fort Lauderdale, where she will
reside with a daughter, Miss Co
ra Herndon.
Miss Elizabeth Stewart, Herald
staff member for tfc? past 15
months, has been named acting
society editor and will be in full
charge of the department. Miss
Stewart, on several occasions
during the absence of Mrs. Hern
don, has handled acceptably the
full work of the society depart
ment, In addition to her other
duties.
Mrs. Herndon became Herald
society editor, succeeding Mrs. C.
C. (Bus) Oates, in October 1948.
Icrfcees Ballot 334
For Consolidattaii
Kings Mountain Jaycefta are
solidly behind the proposal to
consolidate the schools In Num
ber 4 Township, a poll conducted
at the meeting Tuesday iright In
dicate*.
With some 33 chib members
present Tuesday, the result of a
?tt*w ballot poll was recorded
"33 for, hone ag*'n*t
i^The^club numbers some 30?dd
THE OLD CORNER DRUGSTORE ? The above picture, retrieved recently from some debris at
Bonnie Mill Store, is literally the old corner drugstore operated by Tom Kendrick on the site now
owned and occupied by First National Bank. The Herald has made diligent effort to identify all of
the persons in the picture and has checked and double-checked with a number of citizens. All have
been identified except the young man wearing the cap at the extreme right. The trio of young ladies*
left to right, are Mrs. Clara Carpenter Phillips, now of Gaffney, S. C., the late Mrs. Ferry Thomasi>on
Meachem, and Mrs. Bess Thomasson Aberich. The gentleman around the next table, left to right, are
Charlie Russell, at that time star salesman at Holt's Store which occupied the building now used
by Belk's Men's Store, George Kendrick. then police chief and father of Mrs. Will Bird, Will Parker,
bookkeeper at the Bonnie Mill, and W. G. Putnam, for many years a Kings Mountain jeweler. The
moustached bareheaded gentleman between Mes srs. Russell and Kendrick has been identified as
Adam Hord, brother of the late grocer William (Bill) Hord, and the soda jerker is Clyde Webb,
now a Charlotte druggist Exact date of the picture, made by T. R. Shuford, of Gastonla, has not been
determined, but it was made prior to the time the corner drugstore burned. The fancy kerosene
lamps show that the picture pre-dates the coming of electricity to Kings Mountain. Note that adver
tising displays feature Coca-Cola. Swamp Root, and Capudine, products still well-known today.
The Herald is indebted to Robert Morrison, Bonnie Mill overseer, for lending the picture for newspa
per reproduction.
Throngs Attend
50th Floral Fair
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Mzs. Housei,
Mis. McGill Cop
Sweepstakes
Winners in competition at the
Kings Mountain Woman's club
fiftieth, anniversary Floral Fair
were announced yesterday as re
cord crowds visited the Woman's
Club building here.
Mrs. George H. Houser won the
sweepstakes prize for winning the
most blue ribbons in the show.
Mrs. J. L. McGill, last year's win
ner, was runner-up.
Mrff. J. H. Arthur won the
sweepstake prize In the Horticul
ture division.
Mrs. Paul Hendricks was floral
fair prize winner of the most out
standing rose displayed !n the
event. Sweepstake awards to win
ners were given by Dellinger's
and Grayson's jewelers and run
ner-up awards presented by the
A & P Food Store.
David Carroll won prizes for
the most outstanding specimen
entered by a man. and for the
most outstanding specimen in the
show.
H. L. Campbell was winner of
the most outstanding arrange
ment by a man.
Laura Page won the award
given by the Woman's club for
the most outstanding entry by a
Junior, 541 years old, and Polly
Page won the prize for the most
outstanding entry for a Junior
girl, 12-16 years of age.
Prizes were donated by the Wo
man's Club, Dellinger's, Gray
son's, Kincaid Machine Shop, Bes
semer City, Marlowe's, Inc., H.
G. Hastings Co., Jackson and
Perkins Co.. and A&P Food store.
Judges were Mrs. J. W. Ander
son, Mrs. J. G, Barron, both of
Rock Hill, S. Cv Mrs. Ennis Jack
son, Mrs. Dean French, Mrs. Paul
Kincaid, all of Gastonia, Mrs.
Ceth Blanton, Mrs. Roger Laugh -
ridge, Mrs. Ed Post, and Mrs. E.
S. Bennett all of Shelby.
The complete list of Individual
Oontinusd On Pa?e
Amnmcs
William (Bill) Mrf>anl-1 has
joined the staff of Harris Fun
eral Home as an apprentice. A
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Mc
Daniel, be is a JCorean veter
and and a graduate of Geower
hlgfi school^.;
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Power To Be Oil
Sunday Afternoon
Weather permitting, the city
electrical department will work
on the power system Sunday
afternoon, from 2 to 4 p. m., re
sulting in a city-wide curtail
ment City Clerk Joe Hendrick
said Wednesday.
Mr. Hendrick asked power
patrons to note the scheduled
cut-off and to make plans ac
cordingly.
First Wesleyan
To Hear Missionary
Dr. Marilyn P. Birch, a medi
cal missionary to Africa, will
speak at the First Wesleyan Me
thodist church at the 11 o'clock
service Sunday morning.
Miss Birch was m charge of a
hospital in Africa and had experi
ence treating many of the tropi
cal African diseases such as ele
phantiasis, ulcers, and leprosy.
While Miss Birch is in the Unit
ed States on furlough she is work
ing at a hospital in New York
state. The public is Invited to
hear Dr. Birch, who wui .speak
on missionary work in Africa.
METEP. RECEIPTS
A total of $133??0 was collec
ted from the city's parking
I meters Wednesday morning,
according to a report from the
city treasurer's office.
Merchants Fall
Festival Sale
Nearing Climax
Kings Mountain retail mer
chants will complete their Fall
Festival Sale Saturday, with add
ed bargains having been added
during the past week to attract
visitors and to please customers.
The ten-day city wide trade pro- ,
motion has been moving along '
nicely, according to J. C. Bridges,
Merchants association president,
and he predicted that participat
ing retailers would add up even
greater sales this weekend, as the
sales event moves toward its cli
max -an association giveaway of
a 21- Inch console Traveler tele
vision set, on display at Balrd
Furniture, and purchased through
Bryant Electric Company of Gas
tonia.
All participating firms are pro
viding registration cards for the
television set drawing. No obliga
tion Incurs to the registrant, who
merely is required to fill out the
card, signing name and address.
The drawing will be conducted
in front of City Hall at 7 o'clock
Saturday night. Spangler's Ready
Mix Concrete Company, of Shel
by, Is furnishing, a transit type
cement mixer for the drawing,
and all of the tickets dropped in
the marly boxes during the 10-day
period will be dumped into the
mixer and given a final long
whirl before the lucky one is with
drawn.
In addition to the grand prize,
many merchants will hold a draw
ing earlier Saturday and will give
the lucky winner a valuable
prize, as they did last Saturday.
Some merchants gave $10 in
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Some "Confusion" On Garbage Rules,
But Sales Indicate Cans A Bargain
"You do not have to purchase
a new garbage can from the City.
You do not have to carry your
garbage can to the street."
The above statements are the
lead paragraphs in a City of
Kings Mountain circular going to
all citizens Thursday morning
and appearing in an advertise
ment in today's Herald.
Acknowledging some "confu
sion" on their effort* to Improve,
speed, and standardize garbage
collection service, city officials
nevertheless report unusually
brisk sales of standard 20- gallon
galvanised garbage cans, which
the dty offered at wholesale cost
of $2.90 beginning Monday.
By Tuesday afternoon, the
"Sell-out" sign had been hung up
on the original shipment of 11
dozen garbage cans, and a new
shipment of 15 dozen arrived
Wednesday morning.
The new statement on the gar
bage can matter points out that
any garbage can of approximate
ly 20-gallon size which has a top
will be considered standard and
Usable by the city sanitary de
partment. "Only the extra large
can* (50-gal. drums) cannot be
picked up at the rear of homes"
the circular state*.
The circular further points out
that the effort of the city to get
standardized garbage receptacles
is being done at the instance of
the State Board of Health, as a
public health measure, and on the
part of the city to Increase col
lections to a minimum of two
each week.
Level Of Water
Drops; Foote
Cutting Usage
Kings Mountain water custo
mers are being asked by the city
board of commissioners to con
serve water until a major rain
fall restores dwindling watershed
capacity;
The city board in a brief ses
sion Tuesday night, took note of
the diminishing supply of water
at city lake by passing a resolu
tion ;.sking voluntary coopera
tion 011 the part of city water cus
tomers in a conservation mea
sure.
. "W<?'re in no great danger,"
Mayor Glee A. Bridges sa]d, "but
we could 1k? if we continue pre
sent consumption and no rain
arrives."
The city has also asked Foote
Mineral Company, the city's lar
gest water customer, to cut down
consumption as much as possible,
and J. E. Castle, Foote manager
here, told the Herald that his
company, " on a gamble it will
rain soon", can cut consumption
of city water one- third by using
water now in Foote's private re
servoir.
"When that goes though, we'll
require full service from the city,
or we'll have to curtail our opera
tions," Mr. Castle added.
Work is underway, Mr. Castle
continued, on a new larger reser
voir which will enable Foote to
store more water during wet
seasons, for use during future
dry periods.
George Moss, city water plant
superintendent, said he had con
ferred with Mayor Glee A.
Bridges concerning the watershed
supply last Saturday and had
pointed out that the water level
at city lake had approached a
lower than-ever point, seven feet
below the spillway.
"The Inflow is practically nil,"
Mr. Moss added, "Which means
a great difference in water avail,
able. In normal periods, water
runs over the spillway."
Mr. Moss said the average dal
ly pumpage has dropped slightly
since the heat of summer to about
900,000 gallons per day, some 75,
000 gallons less than in mid-sum
mer. He said Foote Mineral Com
pany used 11 million gallons dur
ing the past month, or something
more than one third of the city's
tptal pumpage.
"Citizens should not be unduly
alarmed about the water situa
tion, and we don't expect citizens
1 to cut their water usage to their
detriment," Mayor Glee A. Brid
ges said. "However, we feel that
now is the time to call for con
servation."
He suggested citizens not wash
cars, nor water lawns and gar
dens, until rainfall ends the
drought in the local area.
January Date
For Manney Duo
?
The Mauney Twins, Kings
Mountain piano artists, will ap
pear in Shelby for the Cleveland
County Community Concert asso
ciation on January 26, according
to schedule of the four-concert
series recently announced by A.
A. Powell, association president.
Mr. Powell listed these other
concert dates:
Mildred Dliling, harpist, c n No
vember 12; Igor Gorin. baritone,
on March 1; and Jane Hobson,
soprano, on April 1.
Mr. Powell said there had been
delay in mailing membership
cards due to slowness in arrang
ing concert dates. However, it la
anticipated that membership
cards will be posted early next
week, he added.
MemlxTS of the Clevelari as
sociation may attend concerts of
other associations free of charge,
and any member needing mem
bership cards at once can obtain
them from Mrs. Edwin ford or
Mrs. George Carpenter, Mr. Po
well said.
Jerome Hines. base baritone,
sings at Hickory Friday night,
and Wilmer Lipp, soprano, sings
at Charlotte on October 30.
Membership cards for the Com
munity Concert series are being
mailed Thursday. Mrs. Paul Mau
ney announced Wednesday morn,
tng. so that members will receive
their caTds in time to attend the
concert Friday night.
SUFFERS ATTACK
Andrew Jenkins, Joy Thea
tre projectionist, suffered a
heart attack at work Monday
afternoon. He is recelvt.f
treatment at Kings Mountain
hospital.
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