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NO. 51
Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper
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Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 17, 1953
Sixty-Third Year
Pages
Today
PRICE FIVE CENTS
APPEAR HERE FRIDAY ? Ac* Richmond and his Sunshine Boys,
pictured above, are among the featured entertainers scheduled to
appear here Friday night at the high school auditorium in a gospel
song program billed as an all-night singing. The quartet sings over
W8B-TV.
local News
Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
at soon -totaled $162.10 ac
cording to report from the city
treasurer's office yesterday.
FOR CHILDREN
On Monday evening at 7 o'
clock the Imst Presbyterian
Sunday School will have Its
annual ChrUtmas tree. This
program is especially design
ed for children, and the pro
gram will ibe given <by the
children, it was ahflotmced.' -^
COMMUNICATION
Members of Palrvlew Lodge
339, A. T. * A. M.. will hold ail
emergent communication for
work in the third degree on
Saturday night at 7 o'clock 'at
Masonic (Hall, according to
announcement toy Joe McDan
lel, in i ijtijjl
XIWAK1S PROGRAM
The Kings Mountain Klwan
is club will hear a special
Christmas program, including
"?$rol - singing and a Christmas
message toy Rev. Phil Shore,
pastor of Central Metho
dist church, it the clufo meet
ing Thursday evening, . 6:45,
Masonic Dining Hall.
Employees of Mauney Hosi
ery - Company mWll hold a
Christmas /party at the plant
Friday afternoon at 3 p. m., as
the Arm mapmtd a operations
for a week's Christmas holi
day, according to announce-.
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ON HONOR ROLI.
mm Wel^J^Migs Moun
_ tain, student at Gardner-Webb
college, Belling Springs, is list- \j
ed on the college's general
honor roil for the fall semes-,
ter term. The honor roll listing
requires a student to attain an
average of or -above for the
grading period. v U\
f" YULE PROGRAMS ' :V
of Grace MethOjfflp
church will present a Christ
mas program . at the church
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
The program is under "the dt*
rectkm <?f Paul Howard Mri
Mr. and Mrs. Pink Mayhew.
On Christmas Eve, the child
ren of the church, under the di
rection 'of Mm. and MM- Lea?|?
>19} Huffst lokler, will present
a special program at 7 oVslock.
Herald To Ammo
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Ail-Night Singing
Friday to Feature
Sunshine Boys
Three quartets will perform at
Kings Mountain high school au
ditorium Friday night in a pro*
gram of gospel songs billed as an
all-night singing.
Thfe program will feature the
appearance of Ace Richmond and
his Sunshine Boys, of Atlanta,
Ga., the Toney Trio, with Jack
Moss, and Kings Mountain's
Kingmen's quartet
I?an Huffstetler, who made ar
rangements for the songfest, said
the Sunshine Boys have Mien to
gether for 14 years, singing over
WSB Atlanta, and, more recently,
with WSB TV. The quartet has
also made numerous moving pic
ture shorts, he added.
The program win bfegfn at 8
o'clock and will continue "as long
as the audience wants It", Mr.
Huffstetler said.
As an added attraction for chil
dren, Santa Claus himself will be
on hand, Mr. Huffstetler contin
ued.
Admission will be one dollar for
adults, fifty cents for Children.
Children undfer school age will
be admitted free.
Mr. Huffstetler also announc
ed that the Sunshine Boys would
make a personal appearance at
the studio of Station WKMT on
Friday afternoon from 4 to 4:45
p. m. x
Hosiery Finn
Gets QM Order
Mauney Hosiery Company, of
Kings Mountain, has been award
ed a contract by the Department
of Defense quartermaster pur
chasing agent to make 306,400
pairs of army socks, according to
recent announcement in Washing
ton.
Value of -the contract, awarded
on bids submitted last September,
is $97^56^8.
W. K. Mauney, .Jr., general
manager of the Kings Mountatn
firm, said that 60 percent of the
socks will be packed for domes
tic shipment, 40 percent for ex
port shipment. . -iV
KING IN HOSPITAL
Grady King, Kings Mountain
fife chief who has been 111 for
the P??t several months, was
hospitalized Wednesday for a
few days special treatment at
Gaston Memorial hospital.
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Fred Plonk Heads
Recreation Body
Nelsler, White
Named; Lavton
Is Retained
newly- pared city parks and
recreation commission held an
1 z a 1 1 o n al meeting last
di al*ernoon. electing
plonk. chairman, Hun
reruSlter' vlce^ha,rman. and
Jack White, secretary.
^r2.1?Wednesd?y at no?*' the re
creation commission and the city
board of commissioners held a
wCheo"t meeting at -the
Kings Mountain Country Club
and Informally discussed alma
and operating policies.
. th?lr meeting, accord
ing to Secretary White, the new
commission approved the present
recreational program, as It is now
operating, and retained James W.
(Red) Lay ton An his position as
recreation director. It also set a
regular bi-monthly meeting sche
dule for the second and fourth
Wednesdays.
The city board of commission
ers, after the en masse resigna
tion of the former commission
members, pared the board to six
members. Still vacant Is a onte
year term of office on the com
mission.
According to Secretary White,
the city commission told the re
creation group at yesterday's in
formal meeting that it had com
p et* operating authority in all
dictions, except that It is limit
ed in obligatory authority to the
extent of its appropriations. Un
der present policy, the city ap
propriates $125 weekly of its
parking meter receipts to the
parks ^and recreation commission.
Members of thte commission,
cither than the officers, are John
La them and W. K. Mauney, Jr.
Mis. Cobb Wins
Treasure Chest
Mrs. Foley Cobb, of 212 S. Pled
mont ave., was last week's Ap
preciation Day winner In the
Treasure Chest promotion of a
group of Kings Mountain retail
arms.
Mrs. Cobb'? ten percent ticket
was good for $18 in trade certi
firms8 8pendable at Participating
J* 2Jur8day afternoon at 3:30,
Treasui^ Chest drawing
switches to Railroad avenue, In
front of Cooper's, Inc.. whfere a
Chest.0' ^ 10 111 th#
Again thii Week, individual
merchants are expected to add
consolation prizes of merchan
Srriall" L<WU' promotion
chairman, said yesterday.
of consolation prizes
Tnhn.^ W*r* Mr? Virginia
Johnson, route 1, Genola R?y
rpu^ 3- W. D. Bennett, and John
mo? ^f?rd' ?ad ^a^a Ded
2t?I dT^l^0*
If I run, I'm gonna run to
Win- . . , * .. .
? This was the statement of For
mer Governor W, Kfict Scott, the
Haw River sqti're, as he visited
Kings Mountain Friday, In
A continuance of his "sampling"
of political opinion in the state,
a preliminary to a projected cav..
palxn for the Democratic nomi
nation fof the United States Se
nate. > ..'-As .. &?.<?* ?v.(
C Of 'course, there is not much
question whether Mr. Seott will
run. i He's been running fer
months, and an aide Indicated the
rmttfcf of Scott's running has
now becqme one of ''ming. Will
he amtocmce formally early* in
January, or late In January?
But there will he no Scott tic
ket, with Seott friends running
for vacant state offices. >
MUSIC DIBECTOR ? Mrs. Tom
my Owen*, above, native of Ma
rlon and graduate of Appalachi
an State Teacher* College, is j
now masic director at Resurrec
tion Lutheran church. She is
also teaching public school mu
sic at Clover, S. C.
Loan Associations
Pay Dividends 21st
Kings Mountain's two building I
and loan associations, Kings
Mountain Building & Loan asso
ciation and Home Bjillding &
Loan association announced Wed
nesday morning that regular
year-end dividends on saving? ac
counts have been declared and
will be paid effective Monday;
December 21.
Both A. H. Patterson, secretary
treasurer of Home Building &
Loan association, and Ben H.
Bridges, assistant secretary of
Kings Mountain Building & Loan
association, said that the pay
ments Will be ready by Monday.
Dividends will be paid for the
six-month period at the custom
ary annual rate of three percent
Dividend checks on full-paid sav
ings shares will be mailed. Divi
dends on optional savings shares
will be available to holders of I
this type savings share at the re
spective association offices on
Monday.
Bond
oobs To' Open
Registrars will be at the five
City polling places on Saturday
as the registration books open
for the Ant time for the Janu
ary 16 bond issue election.
Registrars wfli be at the polling
places from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. in
order to register new voters and
to handle transfers.
Citizens will answer "yet" or
'no" to four questions on Janu
ary 16, the answers to determine
whether the city shall issue $200,
000 In bonds for sewer system im
provements, 1350,000. for water]
system improvements, and 1150,
000 for recreation system im
provements. The voters' answer
to a fourth question win deter
mine whether the city shall have
the authority to levy a five-cent
tax to operate a recreation pro
gram. . ^ y- ; ? v ;
JVoilowing are the Averal vot
ing places and the registrars at
each:
Ward 1 at City Half. C. L.
Black. -4
Ward 2 at City Han, Mrs. H.
R. Parton. C
at P hen ix Store, Mrs.
Roth
Ward * at Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Company club
room, C. P. Goforth.
Ward 5 at Victory Chevrolet
Company, Mr*. J. T. McGinnis,
lifctS -
The books will be open also on
SMXO'dMf r
Saturday, January 3.
ftjpfe* otral* llJfljPjS
\ 'Mr* Lafaye Davis Meacham
Wned the staff of KlW
[Methodist Choii
To Give Annual
Yule Program
"The senior choir of the Central
iMethodist church will present
"The Story of Christmas1" cantata
by Matthews, on Sunday after
noon, at 4 o'clock.
In the 25-voice choir art?: So
pranos, Ann Byers, Jane Crocker,
Sue Dixon, Shirley Falls, Wini
fred Fulton, Mozelle Masters,
Mary Alice McDaniel, Mildred
McDaniel, and Dorothy Smith.
Altos, Martha Carpenter, Bar
bara Grantham, Carolyn Pay
sour, and Ruey Throneburg. Ten
ors are Jacob Dixon, Earl Mar
lowe, Buddy Mayes, Reginald
Murray, Gene Patterson, Arthur
Walker.
Basses, Meek Carpenter, Del
bert Dixon, Oren Fulton, Eddie
Goforth, B. S. Peeler, Jr., and
Rev. Phil Shore, Jr.
The Soloists for the cantata are
Shirley Falls, Dorothy Smith, Sue
Dixon, Earl Marlowe, and B. S.
Peeler, Jr. The choir is under the
direction of Bonnie Mcintosh, as
director and organist.
This cantata was written to
commemorate the Advtent and
Epiphany season. The music is
written in the twentieth century
style and the text is party taken
from the Bible. The public is in
vited to attend.
Phenix Party
Held On Sunday
Annual Christmas party for
employees at Plvenix Plant, Bur
lington Mills, Inc., was held at
Joy Theatre Sunday afternoon at
2 p. m. with some 1,500 persons
Ifrtgafllng',
Rev. A. J, Argo, pastor of First
Werteyan Methodist church, gave
the invocation and Superinten
dent J. T. La them welcomed the
guests.
Several color * cartoons were
shown before the arrival of Santa
Claus, the feature attraction.
Four 12-pound hams were giv
en away, with Addie Mae Baity,
Jesse Henson, Ullls King and Vir
ginia Beatrice Long the winners.
Two-pound fruit cakes were a
warded Eugene Allman, Nellie
Head, Roy Pearson, Helen Car
penter, James Reinhardt, Clar
ence Griggs, Frank Owens, and
Clyde Fite.
Popcorn was served all guests
and upon leaving Santa gave each
employee's child 10 years of age
or younger a treat bag, contain
ing threle oranges, three apples,
three tangelos; candy, a bag of
mixed nuts, a box of crayons, a
color book, a flying saucer and
launcher, a roaring roadster, a
horn, an inflated ball and a bag
of balloons.
Parris Aldridge introduced spe
cial guests, including Rev. Wal
ter Flay Payne, pastor of Mission
Baptist church, Rev. and Mrs. C.
L. Grant, of Grace Methodist
church, and Mayor Glete A.
Bridges was chairman of the
treat committee. k -
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Harmon Property
Re-sale Saturday
The T. N. Harmon Estate pro
perty at the corner of Battle
ground avenue and Falls street
will be re-sold Saturday under
commissioner's sale procedure
with the bidding to begin at $10,
727 JB.
Present high bid was made by
B. D. Ratterree.
The tale will be conducted
starting at 10 o'clock on the lot
occupied by a two-apartment
frame dwelling.
Saturday's sale of the property
will be the ninth.
Martin L. Harmon, Jr. is com
missioner, and Davis & White
tre attorneys.
School To Give
Yule Program
"The Christmas Story" as ar*
raaged by Paul Yoder, will be pre
sented Thursday night at 8
o'clock in the high school audi
torium by numerous school
tTT$M story wHl be dramatised
by music, tableau, and pantomime
Wittrthe band, mixed chorus, and
members of the student body par
tirlpating. Alfred Wright is the
narrator.
The public is lqvited to attend.
Thar* will be no arfmteeta i
Heavy Rains Ease
Drought Problem
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Heavy Rainfalls
Diminish City
Water Worries
tinuing worry of city officials for
the past three months concerning
the city's water supply. b
Conservation measures, in force
for several weeks, have been re
th? cUy is Se?lng a
S?rr?mo"nt ot water from the
fro J H Khaft' as we,l as
from the artesian wells on
Cherryville Road, one time sole
source of city water.
darnel W3ter ,evel at the city lake
dam is now about three feet a
bovie the low point during the
drought, enabling the city to
pump water from its middle, or
second intake valve, which means
the water reaching the city filter
station contains less mud and
Pumpage from the filter sta
a 47"f Watcr dr?PPPd to
a 475,000 . gallons pfer day aver
age during the past week, indi
cative of the estimated 110,000
gallons being obtained from the
artestan wells, which doesn't
1Sr throuBh the filtering plant.
Mayor Gl^ A. Bridges esti
mates that the flow into the city
lake from the Old Gold Mine
a Au 8t 425,000 gallons per day.
At the moment the city is adver
tising for bids to obtain a perma
nent-type pump which can be us
ed as nefeded to increase the citv
lake supply Mayor Bridges said
the Gokl Mine shaft is not di
minishing, in spite of thfc huge
volume of water withdrawn.
| , Foote Mineral Company con
tinues to operate on half its cltv
wrfter ration but has Informed the
city it would like to Increase Its
consumption effective January l
If the city's supply permits it!
toote normally uses about 11,000,
000 gallons of city water month
Walker Buys
Sandwich Firm
A. K. Walker has purchased the
business known as Quality Sand
wich Company from Claude Ham
bright, according to Joint an
nouncement this week.
The transaction was effective
as of last Saturday.
Mr. Walker, who has been as
sociated with the firm for the
past thrtee and one-half years as
a distributor, said he would con
tinue the company operations as
formerly, with the same person
nel. The firm distributes sand
wiches in Gaston and Cleveland
counties.
Mr. Harrtbrlght purchased the
business from Hunter Spearman
about a ylear ago.
TULE SCENE
The Young Peoples ofganlza
tions of First Presbyterian
church will sponsor again this
year the live outdoor Christ
mas **ne on the church lawn.
Panted each night,
22. and 24, from I
7.30 to 8:30 p. m.
LIFE MEMBER ? J. A. Walker 1
wa* honored by members ol
Fair view Lodge 339. A. F. & A.
M.< Monday night, when they
?oted him a life member ol the
lodge, an honor accorded for ex
ceptionally meritorious service.
Masons Elect
Boyce Gault
Boyce Gault was elected mas
ter of Falrvlew Lodge 339, A. F.
& A. M., for the coming year, and
Joe A. Walkler, veteran member
of the lodge was voted a life mem
ber at Monday night's communi
cation. '
Other officers elected, all of
whom wijl be installed oft De
cember 28, are Emmett Ross, se
nior warden, J. B. Simpson, Ju
nior warden, J. H. McDaniel, sec
retary, J. C. Keller, treasurer, and
Paul Walker, three-year trustee.
Mr. Keller and Mr. McDaniel
were re flected. Holdover trustees
are Paul Owens and Ollle Harris.
The honor conferred on Mr.
Walker is considered the highest
a blue lodge can bestow. Mr. Wal
k'er became a member of Fair
view Lodge on January 20, 1922.
Pressly Heads
City's Pastors
Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of
Boyge Memorial Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church, was
elected president of the Kings
Mountain Ministerial association
at the associations meteting Mon
day at the Central Methodist
church. Mr. Pressly succeeds Rev.
B. F. Austin, pastor of Second
Baptist church.
Other officers elected were:
Rev. Gordon Weekltey, pastor of
First Baptist church, vice-presl
dent; Rev. W. P. Gerberdlng, pas
tor of St. Matthew's Lutheran
church, program chairman; and
Rev. Boyde Huffstetler, pastor of
El-Bethel Methodist church, sec
retary-treasurer. All are to serve
for the calendar year 1954.
At thte association's meeting,
consideration was given to wel
fare problems, the spring pro
gram of the association and the
conduct of ifeliglous programs on
the local radio station.
Merchants Board Seeking To Build
lire Under Bell For Dial Service
Officers and director* of the
Kinga Mountain Merchant* asso
ciation directed & thtem
bers of {he association, civic clubs,
industrial firms, and others this
week urging them to press South
ern Bell Telephone St Telegraph
Company for installation Of dial
service in Kings Mountain,
The letter, over the signature
of J. C. Bridges, Merchants As
sociation president, suggested
that letters urging dial service In
Kings Mountain be addressed to
C..L. i "ii. general dl vis loo com
mercial manager, at Charlotte,
|^^^j|p)^piyp^i:dl?tglet com
mercial manager, and to W. B.
Wadte, district traffic manager,
both at GastonJa.
In tht letter of the association
president, was Included a copy of
another lettir addressed to South
ern Bell officials fay Mayor Glee
A. Bridge*, text of the latter quot
ed aa follow*} i . r: , ' j
"The Board of Commissioners
?t our Uat regulffr meeting went
on record as being unanimously
in favor of a dial system for
Kings Mountain.
"It was pointed out that nearly
all small towns and communities
in this neighborhood are now on
the dial system. It was also point
led out that our telephone service
in Kings Mountain la very poor.]
Many complaints from both resi
dent and business telephone sub
scribers have been voiced to us.
It urged that the telephone
company take Immediate steps to
install a modern dial system in
our city.
[', "We invite you to check with
your telephone subscribers, - es- 1
peeially the business -firms In
Kings Mountain and aak them
what they think of the service
they are receiving.
"we await your immediate re
f>
Bell Manager
Lott Answers
Mayor's Letter
There are no immediate inten
tions on the part of Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Company
to install a dial telephone system
in Kings Mountain. C. L,. Lott,
North Carolina manager of the
company, has written Mayor Glee
A. Bridges.
The letter dated, Tuesday, was
a reply to Mayor Bridges' re
cent letter requesting dial ser
vice for the community, .and stat
ed, "When the demand for tele
phone service at Kings Mountain
is such that the existing office
has reached its capacity, which
appears at the moment to be some
years in the futurfr, we would at
that time expect to undertake the
installation of dial equipment as
a means of caring for future
growth, provided, of course, our
financial resources at that time
would permit such a program."
The answer was practically thte
same given by Southern Bell a
bout three years ago when H. G.
Alexander, then North Carolina
manager, indicated to a citizen^*
group here that Kings Mountain,
due to adequacy of spacte in the
present exchange quarters in the
Fulton Building, would be among
the last North Carolina cities In
the Southern Bell system to see
dial service inaugurated.
Mayor Bridges wrote the South
ern Bell official following a re
cent resolution on the subject by
the city board of commissioners.
The text of the Lott letter to
Mr. Bridges follows in full:
"Thank you for your letter of
December 9, advising us of thle
feelings of the Board of Commis
sioners with regard to the estab
lishment of a dial system at Kings
Mountain. I appreciate your
bringing to my attention the fact
that some of our customers in
your city have found reason to
complain of thb telephone service
currently being furnished there.
I have arranged for Mr. B. B.
Brown, our Gastonia District
Manager, to make an immediate
investigation of the matter and
to take whatever steps are nec
essary to insure that a satisfac
tory grade of service Is furnish
ed. Although design and the ser
vice furnished over this system
shouV be of high quality and
within the standards which our
Company tries to maintain
throughout the area we serve,
"Kings Mountain has shown
phenotnenal growth since the last
war as shown by the fact that in
1945 there were 598 telephones in
service in your city and this num
ber has now reached 2309 or an
increase of 286% in the eight year
period. To cart? for this growth
our Company has spent large
sums of money for new plant to
expand both our cable distribu
tion system as well as the central
office equipment to which it is
connected. During this period of
expansion we have ntearly quad
rupled the amount of operating
equipment in the exchange build
ing and although the equipment
ad(ted has necessarily been of the
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Stores To Be Open
Later Next Week
Majority of King* Mountain
retail merchants will obMrre
Saturday hours beginning
Monday, December 21, and
continuing through Christmas
Ere.
This means that department
stores will be open until 7iftJ
o'clock each day. Monday
through1 Thursday, that furni
ture and hardware store* will
close at 6*30, and tba? grocers
will be open until 7:30 or later.
The calendar break this year
means that majority of retail
ers will observe a long week
, end Christmas holiday, closing
Christmas Eve and re-opening
the morning ef Monday. De
cember 2t.
The merchants are suspend
ing the New Year's Day holi
day, due to the long Christmas
weekend, a bulletin from the
Kings Mountain Merchants as
sociation stated Tuesday.