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Population City Limits ... 7.206 Trading Area 1 5.000 (1M5 Ration Boon! Flgur**) , i VOL 63 NO. 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 3, 1953 20 Pages Today \ : Sixty-Third Year ? ? PRICE FIVE CEN'TS ens Local News Bulletins HOLT COMMUNION The annual Advent Commu-. ion will (be observed at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. New merrtbers wil also be re ceived at this service. The Lu ther League meets at 6 p. m. Sunday. ONE FIRE City firemen answered one call in the past week, accord ing to report of C. EX. Ware, fireman. Wednesday afternoon a woods fire was extinguished on the York road near the old gold mine shaft. No damage was reported. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon were $134.18, according to report of Joe MoDaniel, as- , sistant city clerk. TO GERMANY Mrs. John Fulton left for New York Monday where she sails from Fort Hamilton this week . to join her husband, Lt. John D. Fulton, on duty with the army in Straitfberg, Germany. Mrs. Fulton had been visiting her husband's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Deck Fulton. ? SAVINGS CHECKS The Art t National Bank paid out slightly more than $35,000 Monday to members of its 1953 Christmas savings club. Band Campaign Report Given Rosters of the American Le gion member ship teams were announced this week by John W. Gladdten, Pott 155 vice-comman der. ;V, 6; .vl'jj The post Is conducting a mem bership drive seeking 900 mem bers for 1954. ; . Listed on the "Blue" team, W. D. (Doc) Byers captain, are Mil lard Prinoe, F. R. McCurdjr, George J. Hull, W. H. (BUD Mor gan, H. A. Horn. Charles J. Mlt chem and Lawrence Ramsey, Members of the "White" team, Sam Collins captain, are Glee A. Bridges, Frank Adams, C. E. Warllck, Warren E. Reynolds, J. T. McGinn Is, Bill Jonas and Ja mes Bennett '? Mr. Gladden urged all members of the post to Hpcome A "Go-Get ter" by signing 10 members. The TMe "drive for funds for the Kings Mountain school band is lagging, Wilson Griffin, Chair man reported at the meeting of the Junior Chamber of Com merce Tuesday night. Mr. Griffin reported some $500 in hand against a goal of at least $1500. Several teams of solicitors not yet made full reports, he added. Funds are needed by the band now to purchase new Instruments and to repair several horns In or der to be ready for thte annual contests next spring, Mr. Griffin said. . He urged persons who have not been solicited and who wish to contribute to the band to con tact him at Telephone No. 8 or any Jaycee. Che. . may bte mail ed to "Band Fund Drive, Post office Box 508, Kings Mountain." "If you have not made your contribution to the band, fund, we ^ urge you to do so at once and help support all those who work so faithfully to make our band really outstanding," Mr. Griffin . said. Legion Teams' Rosters Given Funeral Rites Are Conducted Foi Bridges Youth Funeral services lor William Lawrence Bridges, 17-year-old Kings Mountain youth killed in stantly Thursday when struck by a freight train, were held Irom Second Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. B. F. Austin, pastor of the church, and Rev. R. L. Chaney, pastor of Eastsidte Baptist church, officiated and burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Coroner Ollie Harrip said the youth was walking home from work at Mauney Hosiery Com pany at about 3:35 p. m. last Thursday In company with Dean Smith when the fatal accident oc curred. Bridges must have decided, at thte last moment, that he was on the same track as the on-coming train, Smith told Coroner Harris, and Jumped to the parallel track into the path of the northbound freight. His body was badly mangled, witnesses reported. [- Smith got out of the path of the train and was not injured. - The accident took placte be tween the old rail underpass, lo cated between W. King and W. Ridge streets, ?*id the Elmer Lumber Co. rail siding. The two youths evidently failed to J^r the approaching northbound train, the noise being dimmed by the deep cut and the two over head bridges. _ The- train was Southern Rail s No. 4206, a freight. Young Bridges was a membfer of Eastside Baptist church. He at tended Kings Mountain hi*n school. The ftyfly formerly lived on S Gaston street but recently mov<d to the Poplar _ street near Kings Mountain Manufacturing Survivors Include his Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Brides and three brothers, Robert Eu gene Larry James and Darrell Steven Bridge8- all ?f the home. His maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rosanna Sellers, and his pater nal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Brldgtes. both of Kings Mountain. Members of Boy Sewt TVooP 13, Eastside Baptist church, serv ed as pallbearers. Ledioid Funeral Held Sunday Funeral services for Harry Lee Ledford, Kings -Mountain native who was killed instantly last week In Pennsylvania, were con ducted Sunday afternoon' at the First Baptist church here. Rev. Gordon Weekley, Rev. W. F Moore, and Rev. David Morris officiated and interment was In Patterson Grove cemetery. Serv ing as pall bearers wtere Ted Led ford, Clarence Ledford, Jr., Bob Hullender, Bill Hullender, F C. Humphries, Herbert Humphries Hayes Ledford, and D w i g h t Humphries. Survivors Include his wife; his mother, Mrs. Ella Led ford; four j brothers, Roy Ledford, Richmond, Va., Clarenc?, Earl, and Paul Led ford, all of Kings Mountain; and four sisters, Mrs. Bertha Hum phries. Mrs. Jack Hullender Mrs. Annie Murphy and Mrs. Grace White, all of Kings Mountain. Commissioners lit ? To Meet Thursday Board's Agenda Lists Numerous Major Matters I r i The city board of commission ers meet Thursday night at City Hail at 7:45 for their regular De cember mete ting, with numerous matters of importance on the a geryda. The problem of an Inadequate water supply and the continuing drought remains a continuing 1 tem on the city agenda. A related matter, at feast In part, is the scheduled calling of an election by the city board on a $600,000 bond issue, of which $250,000 is being earmarked for improvements to the water dis tribution system. Another $200,. 000 is to be Earmarked for sew age system improvements and the remaining $150,000 for recreation al purposes. The board also will consider the en masse resignation of members of the city parks and recreation commission. Reason given by Re creation Commission Chairman P. G. Padgett for action of the members was Suggestion by Ma yor Glee A, Bridges that the board pare Its number to five. A city ordinance, passed in 1950 un der state statute authority, set up a 10-member commission and the Still administration amend ed the ordinance to provide a 15 member commission. Mayor Bridget did aat Indicate what ac tion the city board will take on tile recreation commission mat ter. Also on the agenda Is a public hearing on $9,191.28 in street Im provement assessments, for pav ing, sidewalk and cUrb-and-gutter installation^ on Mountain street between Sims anl Juniper, Gold street between Sims and Juniper, Sims street btetween Landing ex tension and south end Sims. Sims between Landing and Gold, Mor ris between Cansler and Gantt, Gaston between Parker and Rail road ave., Goforth between Moun tain and King, Landing extension between Sims and' Juniper, Falls and Falls extension, Chllders street, James street, Goforth be tween Mountain and Gold, Land ing from East end to Sims street, Goforth betwteen Gold and Land ing. Mayor Bridges said the board would consider a number of new petitions for street improvements, in addition to routine monthly re ports of the several city depart ments. FALL CARNIVAL The Compact High School I annual Fall Clacnival will be gin December 4 and continue through the 5th. The Carnival will be held at Compact school | house on route. 2. There will be several attractions including Harvest Queen, Fashion Show, artd Minstrel Show. Games of chance, dancir.g, and refresh ments will be enjoyed. Pro gram will begin at 7:30 each evening. Admission will -be 10 and 15 cents. laycees Launching Their Buy-A-Can. Leave-A-Can ?Third annual Jaycce "Buy A Can, Leave A Can" Christmas project, held In conjunction with Kings Mountain area grocers, la to begin Thursday. Citizens are being asked to make purchases of staple food Items while grocery shopping during the Christmas season to be given to needy families as list ed by the Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter. Last Christmas, some 30 bas ket* of food were delivered by members of the chlb In time for ChristwiMif j , chairman of the ta activities com ? ? ? - ? nimn ni rt ??*-( * irrangfmenu ?T mg if the Ipeoup, ' y - atl gfrcery firms In the area. The club is also publishing a *ar"- ? & - ' this argtng citizens gain support the worthy pro^ct Other members of the commit tee are Sam Mitchem, Clinton Jol ly, R. G. Plonk, Jr., Robert Whlte iides *nd Curtis Gaffney. I The clJb voted to table a Vote] on the propcwd Cleveland Coun ty Health Center building but went on record as'favoring a pro posal that the county hospital board provide space for mental ly sick patients awaiting transfer to state Institutions. K. E. Morrison reported some 35 "Lite A Lawn" house markters sold and urged members to push ? Paul Walker, who announced that the next will Jh?'AJo?*t ?ffalr wfer Oty Gene Osrhewrfter, will attend, he said. Clymer, engineer at foot* Mineral Co: tifte, was a | guest of tkt dafe. 0 ON ALL-STAR TEAM ? Ollie Harris, Kings Mountain high school senior, has boon named to a backiield spot on the Wes tern (AA) Conference all-star team, selected annually by coaches in the league. Harris quarterbackod the Mountain eers new T-forxnation this sea son to a total of 1,856 yards on the ground and in the air. Ollie Harris On All-Stai Team Ollie Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ollie Harris and senior quarterback on the Kings Moun tain high school football team this season, has been selected on die Western (AA) Conference all ?tar team. Announcement of the annual selections by the loop's coaches was made by W. C. Clary, execu tive secretary of the Western North Carolina High School Ac tivities Association, according to a story in the Tuesday edition of the Hickory Dally Record. The team consists of 13 players, with ties at several positions. Members are: Ends ? Doug Padgett, Ruther fordton-Spindale, and Ronnie Austell, Shfclhy. Tackles ? Willis Setzer, Lenoir, and Sammy Butler, Morganton. Guards ? : Norman Punch, Hic kory, and Reggie Huffstetler, Bel mont. Centers ? Freddie Scott, Mor ganton, and Bill Mitchell, Shelby. Quarterbacks Ollie Harris, Kings Mountain, and Genie Tur ner, Morganton. Halfbacks ? Hume Collins, Hickory, and Willie Lefevfrs, Le noir. Fullback ? Jack Llneberger, Belmont. Optimist Group Meets Thursday The third meeting in a group looking toward the establishment of an Optimist club in Kings Mountain will be held at the Cor ner Cafe Thursday at 7:30 p. m., Tommy Owens, temporary secre tary-treasuiter of the group an nounced yesterday. The meeting will be a dutch supper affair and prospective charter members are urged to at tend. Some 20-odd Kings Mountain area men havfe already signified intent to join the club, Mr. Owens said. Initiation fee Is 980- per member and the group hopes to have an Initial membership ofi 30. Optimist International's field representative Is due here Satur day to begin the formal organi zation of the club. About a dozen men met at City Hall last Friday night and furth er discussed the formation of the club. The group voted to name the new organization the Opti mist Club of Kings Mountain. First pre organizational meet ing of the group was held Novem. ber 20th. , Optimist clubs havfc as their slogan, "Friend of The Boy." ?HH WWII - On Saturday night, Decem ber 5. there will b*.? Chicken supper at the Kln(c Moun tain woman's Club sponsored by the Grace Methodist church Supper will be served from 5: SO until 8:00 and admission will be <1-00 per plate. Numbering Deadline Set By Postoffice Citizens expecting to continue to receive city carrier mail ser viced have until January 1 to number properly their homes, Postmaster W. E. Blakely an nounced this week. He pointed out that the dead line applies principally to resi dents of streets on which num bers have been changed. Mr. Blakely also noted that cl tizens in areas where city carri er service is to be inaugurated for the first time should get their homes numbered as quickly as possible, as the postoffice hopes to be able to carry out its plan ned expansion of city carrier de livery early In 1954. Expansion of city carrier de liveries to provide service to ap proximately 550 additional hom es has already been approved toy the postoffice department and will be Implemented as quickly as the city installs street signs, which have been ordered. "It is imperative that proper numbers be on the homes by January 1," Postmaster Blakely' said; "for the carriers cannot 'be expected to deliver to the proper places improperly addressed maiL Citizens will help us great ly by complying with the new numerical arangements as quickly as possible." Many citizens have been pur chasing numbers for their hom es, while others have availed themselves of the supply, avail able free-of-charge, compliments of the city, which is collaborat ing with the postoffice depart ment in an effort to Improve the street markings of the commun ity. Joe McDaniel, assistant city clerk, said the city has ? plen tiful supply of the numbers at the ilfy nail business office. Mis. Carl Falls Wins Treasure Treasure Chest Giveaway No. 4 will takte place Thursday af ternoon in a new location ? in front of Kings Mountain Build ing & Loan association ? - with the total in the giveaway fund at $224. The hour of the prize drawing will be 3:30. Giveaway No. 3 drew about 350 persons and was completed last Friday afternoon in approxi mately 20 minutes, with Mrs. Carl C, Falls, of Waco Road, claiming the winnings on a five percent tic ket signed by her husband, over seer of the Pauline Mill weave sh^p. Mrs. Falls was given $y In trade certificates spendable at any of the 31 retail firms partici pating in the Appreciation Day trade promotion. For the first time more than one ticket had to be drawn to ob tain a winner. The first two tic kets pulled were illegible and the contest committee destroyed them. The third ticket pulled list ed the name of Mrs. W. J. Eng land, P. O. Box 23. A 20 percent coupon, It was worth $35 In trade certificates had Mrs. England, or her husband, been present. After the prescribed minute wait, the committee ordered the fourth and winning ticket drawn. Mrs. Falls, herself slightly late for the draw ing, claimed the prize on Chair man John H, Lewis' third call of the ticket. Tickets for the wteekly prize - drawing require no purchases and are available from the 31 mer chants participating in the pro motion. Rules of the contest pie scribe that a person must be pre sent to win, though a spouse is allowed to answer for husband or wife, as the case may be. A person may sign a ticket each time he enters one of the partici pating stores. Kiwanis To Fete Faculty Members Thte Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will.' honor Kings Mountain school teachers Thursday night, when members of city schools and Park Grace faculties will be guests of the club at Its regular meeting at Masonic Dining Hall at ?:4S. ftp, W. P. GeTberdtng. program chairman, said the program will f*?t*re Informal entertainn*;it, rather than a formal address. Wtth a musical program having been arranged. Dr. D. F. Hord. club president, will welcome the guests, and B. N. Bames, superintendent of schools, will predeht the teachers. HdSflE V t . I/**, i . flfej Water Level Still Dropping At Dam Artesian Wells Now Being Used As Water Source Kings Mountain continued dry during the past week, and, though I pumpage had declined to unusual- 1 ly low levels, the water level at I the city lake dam continued to ' drop. The city was getting some water I from the old artesian wells at the Cherryville Road reservoir, but pumps and motors were proving inadequate to tap the supply, properly, Mayor Glee A. Bridges said. Effort is be*ng made to lo cate motors of sufficient horse power to properly tap the supply, which, Mr. Bridges thinks, would run 75,000 gallons of water a day. State health department engi neers re-checked the wells for sanitation last Friday and found i the water usable, Mr. Bridges added. Efforts to find a huge "lake of water" in the shaft of the old Gold Mint near the present site of city lake were not yet proving fruitful. Diggers had struck rock at a depth of 210 feet and were not yet through it. "However, we know the main shaft was deeper than that," Mr. Bridges added. Hopes for rain and/or snow were expressed early In the week, but the clouds failed to produce any falling matter and were re- ) placed by djry,. shiny skies. Water Plant Operator Gteorge Moss said the city's water pump age for November totaled, 18,575, 000 gallons, or a drop of more than five million gallons from October's 23,785,000 gallons used by the city's approximately 2,000 consumers. The drop reflects the result of conservation efforts on the part of service stations and the voluntary consumption cut by | Foote Mineral Company. The ser vice stations are not washing au tos. Mr. Moss says that daily con-? sumption now seems to have leveled off in the range of 550,000 to 600,000 gallons per day. Harmon Property1 Bid Is Baised B. D. Ratterree has again rais ed the bid on the T. N. Harmon Estate property at Battleground ave. and Falls street. The bid on the propprty, being sold under commissioner's sale proced, re, now stands at $10,727.85. The increased bid tops the pre vious high bid of $10,217 of M. L. Harmon, Sr.. and requires anoth er and eighth re-sale of the pro perty, which is being advertised in today's issue of the Herald lor Saturday, December 19, at 10 a* m. The lot fronts 100 feet on Bat tleground avenue, 230 feet on Falls street, and 105 feet on ' Continued On Page Bight New 1954TCity Tags Are Now On Sale The city has received and put on sale Its new-model city au to tag, which all in-city auto owners are required to pur chase and display on their cars by February 1. The 1954 tag is not a tag at all but a decaL which is re quired to be attached to the vehicle windshield. The four- color decalcomania is gray, green, blue, and black and Is oval in shape. It shows a replica of the new monu ment at Kings Mountain Na tional Military Park against Klnc^i Mountain In the back ground. The lettering reads: "Auto License, Kings Moun tain, North Carolina, 1954, The Historical City." The license numerals are in black. R. B. Sherlin Funeral Today Funeral services will be held Thursday at m. at Harris Fu neral Home lor Richard Bird Sherlin, 79, route 1, Sharon, S. C. Rev. Gordon Weekley, pastor of First Baptist church, will offici ate and Interment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery,. Mr. Sherlin died at the home of Pink D; Roberts In Sharon, S. C., Wednesday morning after an illness of several months. A retired farmer an-1 McDowell ^ 0 Wll i or Mrs. Howell Funeral services wefe held for Mrs. Barbara Morrow Howtell, 77, route 2, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Bethlehem Baptist church with Rev. R. E. Robi>lns and Rev. P. D. Patrick officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. liowell died Sunday night In a Charlotte hospital after an Illness of sevteral months. She was the widow of the late G. M, Howell and a native of Cleveland County. She is survived by one son, W. Paul Howell, Charlotte; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel Hambright, Kings Mountain, ai>d Mrs. Pearl Holland, Bessemer City; a broth er, A. B. Morrow, Cherryville; and two sisters, Mrs. Nannie Eak er. Gastonla, and Mrs. Beulah Spake, Shelby. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and 23 grf-* grandchildren. Lions To Fete Mountaineer Griddeis Tuesday; Enright To Be On Rostrum The Kings Mountain Lions club will hold its annual Football Ban quet Tuesday night, honoring the players and coaches of the 1953 edition of the high school foot ball tea'm. Rex Enright, hfead coach at the University of South Carolina, is scheduled to deliver the feature *?4dress of the evening, on a pro gram arranged by Charlie Mass. Coach Enright will also sh>w motion pictures of some 1163 game. Tuesday night's banquet will W? held at Masonic Dining Hall at 7 o'clock. Tickets for the event are 13 each, and are obtainable from Ol lie Harris, Club president, or W. L. Plonk, program chairman. Tuesday's appearance here of Coach Enright will b* ? {fCpifci. enRaRpmPnt for the veteran Cfll-,1 verslty of South Carolina football coach, who spoke at the Lions Football Banquet Of 1M5. At that time, the USC coach had lust re turned from duty In the U. 55. Navy. ! Thla year. South Ca-olln* has enjoyed Its best football season In recent years, losing to Duke, Georgia Tech, and being upset Thanksgiving Day by Wake For est. South Carolina defeated arch rival ClemBon, neighboring Uni versity of North Carolina, and pulled its major victory of the season in trouncing West Vir ginia. The 1953 season also marked a winning season for the high school Mountaineers, under thle {tutelage of. Coaches Shu Carlton, Don Parker and John Charles. Their record of five wins, against three losses marked the first time since 1946 the Mountaineers had finished a season with bet ter than a .500 average. A capacity crowd is anticipate ed for the banquet, and yeraons desiring reservations ? should m?k? them at once, Mr. Plonk announcted. .. - i ' Among special guests Invited to the meeting are sports writers from nearby cities. Including re presentatives of the Chanette Mews. Ch?*?'o?*e Oh?e-ve*\ Shelby Daily Star, and Gastonia Gazette. Christmas Party Attracts Throng Of About 3,000 Santa Claus came to Kings Mountain Wednesday afternoon for his annual prr-Christmas visit and delighted a holiday minded throng estimated various ly at from 2,500 to 3.000 persons. Arrangements for a gigantic Christmas party had been made on Railroad avenue, where a giant fireplace had been con structed, and, to thfe strains of Yule season music played by the Kings Mountain city schools band, Old Nick came down the chimney to visit with the youngs ters of the area, and to distribute candy and other sweets. The party was arranged by the Kings Mountain Merchants asso ciation, with a committee includ ing J. H. Lewis, J. C. Bridges, and B S. Peeler, Jr., in charge of ar rangements. It marked the offi cial opening of the Christmas shopping season here. The block from Gold street to Mountain street was ropted off for the event and the large crowd was Jam packed In the area. Many others witnessed the party from other vantage points. Kings Mountain otherwise put on its Christmas-season attire Majority of the city's retail stores will be open six full days weekly from now until Christmas, according to custo mary policy of spspending the mid-week Wednesday half holiday during December in order to accommodate Christ mas shoppers. It was also an nounced that the board of di rectors of the Kings Mountain Merchants association has a dopted a resolution to recom mend that retailers observe Saturday hours during Christ mas week, December 21-24. this week, as December arrived and citizens began to work in earnest on Christmas shopping lists, party arrangements, home comings, and other holiday plans. Ministers laid plans for a busy season at the churches, celebrat ing the anniversary of the birth of Christ. School children returned to school for another short run with the books, after the Thanksgiv ing holiday weekend. Retail apparel merchants join ed the early-bird merchants in advertising Christmas wares, and the merchants held a big Christmas party Wednesday aft ernoon, with Santa Claus atten ding and passing out Christmas season goodies to hundreds of delighted, yelping youngsters. ' The retailers decorated in the Christmas motif, replacing so called "regular" windows with holiday goods, and decorating interiors lavishly. Toy merchants reported a booming business with the lay away trade, and other merchants expected big sales pick-ups In the remaining three weeks be tween now and Christmas Eve. One retailer thought the 1953 Continued. On Page Eight Cemetery Man Sad On Loss Of Auto Sam Sub?r was a "sad Sam" yesterday. The veteran city cemetery superintendent had lost his Buick automobile at about 6 p. m. Tuesday when it was struck by a train at the Cedar street crossing. Mr. Suber said that he at tempted to dodge a hole in th? roadbed while crossing from Graver road to Kings Mountain Cotton Oil Co. The left front wheel of the vehicle went into a small culvert, and the vehi cle wouldn't budge with the left rear wheel astride the out side track, and with No. 153 due to pass through any min ute. "Lawrence Patrick got on the phone but the Kings Mountain and Bessemer City stations were closed and the train had passed through Gastonia." Mr. Suler reports. "Fred Thorn burg happened by and had a flare bat we didn't know bow to work it. Charlie Dixon came up. broke the flare and rushed up the tracks 1,500 feet to (he Mauney Mill erasing. But the engineer didn't even slow down," The impact of the train mov- , ed the car off the track in a hurry, teeelng the almoet ? fiwplskl| ? demolished vehi cle late the ditch. After the crash, the train ?topped some BOO feet below the crossing, Mr. Suber related. **! liked that car," Mr. Suber satd sadly.
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