Population City Limits 7.206 Tracing Area 15.000 f. ; ? ? . y :?/ (IMS Ration Board Flguraa) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper VOL 64 NO. 1 1 Established 1889 ? - Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 18, 1954 Sixty-Third Year D. C. Mauney Making $8,000 Gift To Woman's Club PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News . 4 * ' " Vy ?* Bulletins DIRECTORS TO MEET Directors of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association will meet at the association office on Tuesday, at 3 p. m., accord - ing to announcement this week. AT BEAUTY SHOW Mrs. George Morrow returned home Sunday from New York, where she represented Helen's Beauty Shop - at the Interna tional Beauty Show held there at the Statler Hotel ,0?5t week. OPTIMISTS MEET Members of the Kings Moun tain Optimist club heard an outline of Boys Work activities In District 18, Optimist Inter national, (by W. Chess Free man, of Gastonla, district di rector, at Its meeting last Thursday night. TAG SALES A total of 915 Kings Moun- . tain motorists had purchased 1954 city tag "stickers" at noon Wednesday, accord* ng to report by the city clerk. Mi&. Oxa Blanton Bites Conducted Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Blanton, 82, wife of the late Rev. James Crowell Blanton, founder were conducted Saturday at 3 o'clock from Oak Grove Baptist church. Rev. C. C. Crowe, pastor of the church, officiated and was assist ed by Rev. W. F. Monroe and Rev. Luther Hawkins. Interment was made in the church ceme tery. Mrs. Blanton succumbed at hfer home at 209'Linwood road Thurs day morning at 8:55 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. She was a native of Cleveland Coun ty, daughter of the late Stanford and Mary Durham Jolley, and was a charter member of the Oak Grovte church. 4 Surviving are four sons, Paul Blanton of Bessemer City, Grady Blamon, of Shelby, and Yates and Dewltt Blanton of Kings Mountain; three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, Mrs. Bertha Bid dix, and Mrs. Elbert Bridges, all of Kings Mountain; 30 grand' children; 48 great ? grandchil dren; and two great-great-grand grandchildren. ? - , Also three brothers, 3-D. and Charles Jolley of RuWJi -Springs, ? Okla., and Denton Jolley of Da vis, Okla., and four sisters, Sirs. Duff Durham, of Arlaona, Mrs. J. N. Dellinger of Shelby, Mrs. H. C. MulUcan of Shawnee, Okla., and Mrs. S. S. Beam, of Home stead, Fla., also survive. Barkley Film In' New Bidding ~ ? ? ? Barkley Brothers Food Stare opened for business In it* new building on York Road Monday morning: Pete Barkley, general manager, > said ? formal opening will be held next weekend. The new brick building waa boilt for Barkley** by Warren Reynokb. Further announcement on the opening will be made next week, Mr. Barkley said. Money Order Record Set On Tax D-Doy / Kings Mountain postofflce was a busy place Monday, with normal Monday activities swelled heavily by money or* der purchases and last-minute mailing ot income tax forma, Postmaster W. E. Blakely said the money order window aet ? new record on Monday toy Issuing 373 money orders, touting more than $7,900. Majority of the money went | to Raleigh, representing North { Carolina Income tax payments. - " H. B. Bumgaidner Running; Three Ont For Constable County Commissioner Hazel B. Bumgardner, of Kings Mountain, will seek renomlnatlon In the May Democratic primary, he an nounced Wednesday. Meantime, a three-way contest developed for the now-vacant po sition of Number 4 Township con stable, as Robert G. (Bob) Cox, paid his filing fee Wednesday. C. A. (Gus) Huffstetler, former city policeman, paid his filing fee last week. Ervin Ellison became the third candidate, formally filing Wed nesday afternoon. Otherwise, Kings Mountain and Shelby buzzed anew with rumor that Jack White, Kings Mountain attorney and judge of city recor der's court, would oppose B. T. Falls. Jr., for the North Caro lina House of Representatives. It was a revived rumor from sev eral wefeks ago which had seem ingly cooled. Wednesday morning Mr. White could not be reached for a statement, but he had indi cated Monday an announcement would be forthcoming shortly. Mr. Falls put his hat in the ring last Thursday, seeking re-nomi nation and re-election to a fifth term. Rep. Falls served In the General Assemblies of- 1943-49-51 53. Commissioner Bumgard ner, who seeks the District 2 Demo cratic nomination for county com missioner, sleeks his second full term. He was appointed to the board in April 1951, after the dis trict arrangement was adopted, and was re-nominated without op position a year later. "It has been my intent to serve the blest interests of all the peo ple," Mr. Bumgardner said, ?'and I shall contlttue to follow tft&f aim. I have enjoyed serving the people of Cleveland County and of District 2." x Mr. Cox, in an announcement statement accompanying his fil ing for the constableship, indicat ed hfe would attend principally to non-criminal matters If he is elected township constable, leav ing to the Sheriff's organization other phases of law enforcement work. He said: "If nominated and elected con stable of Nr nber 4 Township I do not expect to devote much of my time, except in emergencies, to criminal law enforcement. Since the establishment of the paid deputy systtem in Cleveland county, It seems that the town ship constable can be of greatest service by handling civil duties of the constable's office, includ ing serving of summons and re lated work." ? Mr. Cox, an auto salesman since he was relieved from active duty with the army eight months ago, served for more than five years as a military policeman. In. eluding duty as to*"n patrol offi cer,' Tokyo, Japan, with the 720th MP battalion. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cox. Victory in the primary will pro bably mean Immediate appoint ment as constable, a prerogative of the county hoard of commis sioners. METER RECEIPTS Net receipts from the city'* parking meters for the week ending Wednesday at noon were $141.40, Joe Hendrlok, tA the ctfy clerk's office, reported. Kings Mountain Masons To Observe 80th Birthday At Saturday Banquet King* Mountain Masons will observe their 80th aimfrersary Saturday owning at the annual ladle* night banquet ?>f ^PahrVfe# Lodgte 336, A. F, * A IC to ho held at Mason}? Dining Hall at 7:15. , ' Luther T. K irtsell, of Concord, Htt grand master of the Grand Hw?gtf ' MoHh Carolina, ? W& make the principal address. Mr. Hartsell is a prominent attorney. Another feature of the banquet program will be presentation of 25-yfear membership certificates to four members of the lodge and presentation of life membership* to Joseph Alien Walker and to Clarence Tracy CornweQ, John H. Floyd, district deputy grand mas ter, will make the awards and will also prwfrnt ? Funds Eannazked Foi Auditorium Memorialize Wife D. C. Mauney is giving the Kings Mountain Woman's Club $8,000 to bfe used in completing the original design for the Wo man's Club building calling for an auditorium. The gift was tendered in honor of Mr. Mauney'? wife, the late Sadie Fisher Mauney, charter member, active worker, and sev eral times president of the Kings Mountain Civic League and its successor organization, the Kings Mountain Woman's Club. Mr. Mauney's gift was accepted by the Woman's Club executive board at a meeting Monday after noon and was tendered in a let ter dated March 9, as follows: "As it was the desire of my wife," Sadie F. Mauney, to see the original plans of the Woman's Club completed and because* of her love and interest In the Wo man's Club of Kings Mountain, I would like to give the Sum of $8,000.00 to be used to build and equip a stage in the club audi torium, also redecorate and fur nish the auditorium with neces sary seating facilities. "After the completion of the above, any remaining funds may be used for Improvements." The Woman's Club board has been considering a possible addl don to the present plant of 25 feet and will soon present the proposals ic the membership for action. Meantime, carrying out of thte stage improvements, which Mr. Mauney's gift provides, will be delayed until the membership decision. The addition project Is to be Investigated' by a joint group, In cluding members of the finance and house committers, of which Mrs. Carl Mayes and Mrs; Jacob Cooper respectively are chairmen. . Mrs. Paul Hendricks, publicity chairman, said the board accept ed the gift of Mr. Mauney "with grateful appreciation". Shoie To Preach Sunrise Sermon Plans for the annual city-wide Easter Sunrise service were an nounced at a breakfast meeting of the Kings Mountain Ministeri al association Monday at the Rec reation Building of the First Presbyterian church. Rev. Phil Shore, Jr., pastor of Central Methodist church, was named to preach the sermon. It was announced that the high school band will play for the ser vice, as has been customary In the past. The Choral Group, under the direction of Franklin Pethel has been invited to provide spe cial music for the occasion. Other ministers taking part in the program will be: Rev. Doug las Fritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, invocation; Rlev. Boyce Huffstetler, pastor of El Bethel Methodist church, leading the Lord's Prayer; Rev. W. L. Pressly. pastor of the Boyce Me morial ARP church and president of the Ministerial association, greetings to the people; P. D. Pat rick, pastor of First Presbyteri an church, reading of the Scrip tures; Rev. A. J. Argo, pastor of First Wesleyan Methodist church, benediction. The hour of the service is to be announced later. It is determined by the exact hour of sunrise. The service will be held in the central portion of Mountain Rest Ceme tery where the large white cross stands. Plans for this year's sunrise service were in the hands of a committee including Rev. B. F. Austin, Rev. H. Gordon Weekley, Rev. W. L. Pressly and Rtev. P. D. Patrick. City Carrier Extension Near City carrier service for more than 550 Kings Mountain citi zens not how receiving home de livery of their mail is Just a round the corner, Postmaster W. B. Blakely said yesterday. Posts for the collection "boxes have arrived and the postmaster Said' he had notified the assis tant postmaster general that *11 -Is in readiness for the extension of services Postmaster Blakely said he had asked that an inspector be sent here at once to supervise the re arrangement of service to- three carriers, rather than two.