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t . < . . - - . - ?' y . ? \ . . . v ? . , Population City Limits 7.206 Tracing Area 15.000 (IMS Batlon Board Flgwaa) Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 14 Pages Today V VOL 64 NO. 1 1 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 18, 1954 Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS D. Gift To Woman's Club Local News 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 last week. - OPTIMISTS MEET Members of the Kings Moun tain Optimist dub heard an outline of Boys Work activities in District 18, Optimist Inter-' national, toy 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, according to report by the city clerk. Mis. Ora Blanton Bites Contacted 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 hter 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. * Surviving are four sons, Paul Blanton of Bessemer City, Grady Blanton, of Shelby, and Yates and Dewltt Blanton of Kings Mountain; three daughters, Mrs. Clarence Dixon, Mrs. Bertha Bid dlx, and Mrs. Elbert Bridges, all of Kings Mountain; 30 grand children; 48 great ? grandchil dren; and two great-great-grand grandchildren. * , ? Also three brothers, S. D. and Charles Jolley of Rush -Springs,' Okla., and Denton Jolley of .Da vis, Okla., and four sisters, Mrs. Duff Durham, of Arizona, Mrs. J. N. Dellinger of Shelby, Mrs. H. C. Mullican of Shawnee, Okla., and Mrs. S. S. Beam, of Home stead, Fla., also survive. Finn h He" Building . Bart-Vy Brother* Food Store opened for business in iu new building on York Road Monday morning. Pete Berkley, genferal manager,, said a formal opening will be held MB. weekend. The new brick building waa built for Berkley1? by Warren Reynolds. 5>rrthfer announcement on the opening will be made next week, Mr. Berkley said. ;? Money Order Record Set On Tax D-Day Kings Mountain poatofflce waa a busy piece Monday, with j normal Monday activities B swelled heavily by money or der purchases and last-minute 1 mailing of income tax forms. Postmaster W. E. Blakely ?aid the money ofder window set ? new record on Monday toy Issuing 373 rhoney orders, totaling mote than $7,900. f* Majority of the money went H. B. Bumgaidner Running; Three Out 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 weeks ago which had seem ingly cooled. Wednesday morning Mr. White could not be reached for a statement, but he had Indi cated Monday art-Announcement would be forthcoming shortly. Mr. Falls put his hat In the ring last Thursday, seteking re-nomi nation and re-election to a fifth terra. 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 bbst Interests of all the peo ple," Mr. Bumgardner said, "and I shall continue to follow th&r aim. I have enjoyed serving the people of Cleveland County and of District 2." :? Mr. Cox, in an announcement statement accompanying his fil ing for the constableshlp, indicat ed hfe would attend principally to non-criminal matters if he is elected township constable, leav ing to the Sheriffs organization other phases of law enforcement work. He said: "If nominated and elected con stablte of Number 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 system 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 ai town patrol offi oe? Tokyo, Japan, with the 720th MP battalion. He it the son of Hp. and Mrs. B. F. Cox. Victory in the primary will pro bably mean immediate appoint ment as constable, a prerogative of the county board of commis sioners. METER RECEIPTS . Net receipts from the city'* parking meters for th? week ending Wednesday at noon were $141.40, Joe H^ndrlcfc, of the city clerk's office, reported. Kings Mountain Masons ToOhtttlve 80 th Birthday At Satnxday Banquet Kings Mountain Masons will observe their 80th anniversary Saturday evening at the annual ladies night banquet of Pairview Lo4?fc &??. a t. a a. m? td jH held at Masonic Dining Hall at t T/Hartaell, of Conod(Nu jMtt grand master of the Grand I^odge of Nofrfh Carolina, will make, the principal address. Mr. Hart sell la a prominent attorney. Another feature of the banquet program will be presentation of 'Membership rrrtlfiratos to four members of the lodge and presentation of life memberships to Joseph Allen Clarence Tracy Cornwell. John H. Floyd, district deputy grand mas ter, will make the awards and will also present certificates to living past masters of the lodge. Mayor Glee A. Brldgfefc, a mem ber of the Lodge, will give the ii lilidfc ITWcl mi and Mrs. A. W. Kincald $m respond. A. W. Kincaid win Davidson Creek \ . Go-Ahead Given Board To Obtain Detailed Plans, Bids On Project The city -board of commission ers has tentatively decided on utilization of the Davidson bran ch for an increased source of water. < Without formal decision, the board voted in special meeting last Thursday night to obtain detailed engineering reports and subsequent bids on the Davidson .branch project, the bids to be obtained on a "right to reject" basis. The property owned jointly by W. G. Grantham, Ward 5 com missioner, Haywood E. Lynch and Box Cox, required to utilize the Davidson source would be obtained by condemnation, on advice of the North Carolina at torney general. Concerning the obtaining of the Grantham ? shared property City Attorney J. R. Davis read an opinion from the attorney general in which he suggested a legal meafts of obtaining the property would be via condem nation proceedings, with Com missioner Grantham taking no part in any board action, or res olution concerning the water project. When the water discus sion began, 'Mr. Grantham left the meeting. - "mnatfting members ot ty board took a dim view of raising the present dam, morte than three to '?ur feet, as embodied in one of the Dickson estimates for in creasing supply, and the board ruled out two new Dlckson-sur veyed sources as overly -expensive ??utilization of Abernathy or Dairy branch and Crowder's Creek. It was estimated the Dairy branch could be utUltized for $108,000 and that Crowder's Creek use would require $178,000. Mayor Glfee A. Bridges and sev eral board members offered the opinion Engineer W. K. Dickson's estimate of $91,000 for the David son branch utilization is high. In other actions the board: 1) Tabled for further considera tion the talks with Duke Power Company on serving two outsldfe city customers, Bennett Brick and Tile Company and Lambeth Rope Corporation. Duke is declining the city's request to assume the ?ervlce jr.b, stating it is too ex pensive. liJU Brown, of Shelby, Dukte representative, outlined the problems to the board. 2) Authorized cancelling of $62 25 in bad debts in the utilities ac counts. It was explained that de posits were insufficient to cover unpaid bills of persons who had moved away. s 3) Named J. H. Patterson as the board's representative on the Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li brary board. 4) Accepted the resignation of Tommy Owens, utilities billing clerk, and voted to increase the salary of Joe McDanie], assistant clerk, from $275 to $290 per mon Continued On Page Bight HEADS CLUB ? George H. Hou ser was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club lor the coming year at an organ isational meeting of the Incom ing board of directors Wednes- j day. George H. Houser Club President George H. Houser was elected | president of the Kings Mountain , Country Club for 1954.-55 at the nygartiTiatlonal meeting of the newTWW df directors Wednes day afternoon. Mr. Houser succeed" Harry E. Page. Other officers elected are: Drace M. Peeler, vice-president; John C. Smathers, secretary treasurer; and Henry P. Nelsler, assistant secretary-treasurer. The organizational meeting of the board of directors followed the annual meeting of stockhold ers held Tuesday night. Stockholders had elected 12 di rectors, W. G. Grantham, Dr. Craig Jones, W. R. Craig, Jr., Henry Neisler, George H. Mau ney, D. M. Peeler, J. H. Patter ton, Jofe A, Nelsler, W. J. Fulker son, Ollie Harris, John C. Sma thers and George H. Houser. in unanimously adopting the report of a nominating committee which Included F. R. Summers, chair man, ITonter Neisler and B. S. Peeler. Reports by Mr. Page, the rttlr lng president, Drace Peeler, retir ing secretary ? treasurer, W. L. Mauney, and from stand commit tees showed the club enjoyted an active year which featured Im provement to clubhouse, golf course, and plant. President Page reported plant to air-condition the club dining room and ?ald concrete shuffle board courts have Just been Installed. He said the iclub had reduced its indebted ness by 13.000 In the past year. Reports of standing commit tees were made by Dr. W. L* Mau ney, housfe committee, J. C. Brid ges, membership, Tolly Shuford, social and G. C. Kelly, greens. U. S. 29- By-Pass Bids Are Asked The State highway * Public Works commission has called for bids on grading and structures for the U. S. 29 by-paaa around I Kings Mountain, in a general call for bids to be opened on March 30 considered at a meet ing on April 1, E. L. Kemper, division engi neer, s?;d the Highway Commla slon baa allocated >600,000 for the project and that this amount should cover fhe bids and right of-way on the 7.21 miles which 'tiy -parses Kings Mountain to tt?e| south. __ ?The by pass route leaves U. 8. 29 at a point 3.3 miles north of the Sofoth Carolina line and runs east and northeast to a point ad- 1 lucent to U. S. 29 and 74 eaat of | Klitc* Mountain. Mr. Kemper said that money! has alao been allocated by the commission to cover with not mix U. S. 74 between here and Gastonia. He said the contract | night be let in June. < Parks. School Boards Baying Williams Tract Kings Mountain's board of school .trustees and parks and re creation commission have entered an agreement to purchase some 16 acres of pr9perty from Wray A. Williams at a cost of $12,000. The property adjoins, on the north, the new Negro elementary school site. The recreation com mission will use its portion as the site of the Negro swimming pool approved by the voters last fall. The school board needed addi tional property to meet state school board acreage requirte. mentfc for the new plant, construc tion of which is well underway. An athletic field will be built on the school's portion of the new property. Completion of the agreement was reached Tuesday after the school board, in regular month ly session Monday night, voted to purchase Its portion of the tract at a cost of $6,000. The city will pay the other $6,000 from bond money voted for thie recrea-, tion projects. The school board first had in tended to purchase other lands for the Negro athletic field but plans to condemn a portion of the Weir-Ratterree land south of the new building ran .Into a snag whten many residents in the vici nity petitioned against use of the property for an aihletic field. Tom Hunter, who owns a new re sidence on another part of the first proposed site, also had re fused to sell. Those properties will not now be needed by the schools. Fred W. Plonk, chairman of the recreation commission, said yes terday that his group is now in process of hiring an architect for the swimming pool construction. Charles Graves, Atlanta recit ation engineer, has been retained by the commission to make pre liminary location and plat plans for both the white and Negro re creation areas, he reported. Mr. Plonk also said that pre liminary agreement has been reached with Burlington Mills, Inc., for the city to acquire a tract located w;est of Cleveland avenue for the whitte area. "We hope to complete . arrangements with Burlington in the next week or so and plan to begin work as soon as possible on the two pro jects," he said. Griffin Named Jaycee President Wilson Griffin, Kings Moun tain druggist, was named presi dent of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the club's annual election held at Masonic dining hall Tuesday night Other officers elected were: " Bill Jonas, first vice .president. W. C. Kelley, second vice pres ident. Bill JSldon, secretary. Bill Page, treasurer. Bob Cox, sergeant at-arms. Harold Cloninger, Sam Mitch em and George Thomasson were elected to two-year directorships. The new slate of officers will be sworn In on May 4. K. E. Mor rison, Harold Phillips and D. D. Saunders are hold-over direct ors. Mr. Griffin defeated J. T. Mc Ginn '.."v currently first vice pres ident, for the presidency. Mr. Kelley, who was nomina ted from the floor Tuesday night, was elected on a third ballot in a close contest with Mr. Morri son. Mr. Jonas, Mr. Eldon and Mr. Page were named py accla mation. Mr. Cox defeated Curtis Gaff ney in a close vote and R. G. Plonk and C. T. Carpenter, Jr., both nominated from the floor Tuesday, were eliminated in the contest for the three director ships. "This organization is a group working together for civic im provement. I . appreciate your confidence and renuest the sup port of all Jrycstt.in our en deavors during the coming year," Mr. Grlfln said upon ac cepting the presidency. j Yates Harbison, ?d Smith and J. C. Bridges are members of the social . committee, which will make arrangements for the to' stallation meeting May 4. President Paul Walker presid ed and 40 members were pres ent " Ralph Plow was welcomed as a new member by Grady How ard. Bill Hudspeth, who spon 0nt rinued On Paav Bight pm Kiwanis President To Speak Friday TOP KTWAN1AN ? Donald T. Forsrthe, president of Kiwania International w.ill visit Kings Mountain Friday and will ad dress representatives of area clubs at a meeting Friday night. Erskine Singers At ARP Sunday The Erskine College Choral eers. under the direction of Miss Helen Llgon, will present a wor ship program in songs at the Boyee Memorial ARP church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock services. PreceJlng the program, Dr J. M. Lesesne, Professor of History at Erskine, will deliver a short talk on the college. The Choraleers will present as their selections: "The Heavens Are Telling," toy Haydn; "Oh Praise Jehovah," by Mozart; "Oh Lord Thou Hast Formed My Ev ery Part," by Bach; "Hallelujah", by Mozart; "How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings," by Liddle; "The King Of Love My Shepherd Is," by Shelley; "?)h God, My Heart Is Fixed On Thee," toy Roberts? and "The Lord Is My Shepherd," by Blschoff. Two selections rendered toy the quartet will toe ' "Out Of The Deep," toy Gluck, and "How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me," by Pflue gen. A selection by Costa, "I Will Extol Thee," will be sung by Miss Frances Gettys. The Choraleers Include: Sopranos: Frances Gettys, Hel en Ligon, Dorothy Willis, Bettie Robinson, and Phyllis Estes, al tos; Judy Sherriil, Julia Smith, Ann Macfie, and Carol Aull; ten ors: Frank Sellers, Frank White, Jon Brawley, and Del Rucker; basses: Melvin McWhlrter, Bill Bowie, Bill Terry, Bob Elliott, and Marshall Parker. Ill Businessmen Are Back On lob Three Kings Mountain business men are back at work after being ill or hospitalized. L. A. Hoke, who suffered a pos sible heart attack 10 days ago, was back on the Job Monday. Otis C. Falls waa released from Kings Mountain hospital Monday after recuperating from a sto nach ailment. J. H. Patterson returned from Raleigh Sunday after undergoing a minor operation on Friday. Kings Mountain Will Be Host To Top Kiwanian; The president of Kiwanis In- j ternational will address the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club Friday night, at a meeting cxpected to attract representatives of all | clubs in Carolinas Division 1, as well as representatives from most clubs of Divisions 2 and 9. Donald T. Forsythe, of Carth- J age, 111., publisher of a. weekly newspaper, will address the stag assemblage at Masonic dining hall at 6:45. Dr. D. F. Hord, past president of the local club, sai^ 21 clubs have been invited to send repre sentatives to the Friday night meteting. The visit here will be one of only four the International presi dent will make in the Carolinas. The other plubs on the Forsythe itinerary are Charleston, S. C., Columbia, S. C., and Charlotte, Dr. W. P. Gferberding, president of the Kings Mountain club, and President Forsythe attended Thiel College ? though at sepa rate times ? and are personal friends. Mr. Forsythe is a promi nent Lutheran layman. i In addition to Mr. Forsythe's ' address, special music has been arranged for the Friday night meeting, featuring William Col lins, minister of music of Main Street Methodist church, Gaston la. Dr. Hord said that Mrs. For sythe will be the honoree &t a dinner at the Kings Mountain Country Club, with wives of Kl wanians as hostesses. Dr. Hord said hte anticipated a crowd of 200 Kiwanlans and guests. The visit of Mr. Forsythe Will mark the first time an interna tional civic club president has made a formal visit to Kings Mountain. Among Kiwanis officials at tending the meeting here will be District Governor C. J. (Skinny) Hyslup, of Elkin, District Secre tary Herb Hennig, of Darlington, S. kC., and Lt, Governor Stanley Moore, of Morganton. Broyles Series To End Sunday! Large congregations have been attending the services at First Prtesbyterlan church conducted this week by Rev. Vernon S. Broy les, D. D. At the morning service, 10:00 a. m., a study of the Book of Ephesians Is being conducted. The subjects for the evening and Sunday service* are: Thursday, 7:30 p. m. ? "Get ting Along Together"; Friday,' 7:30 p. m. ? "The Kingdom Is ! Here"; Sunday, 11:00 a. m. ? "The Sheer Daring of the Gob j pel"; and Sunday, 7:30 p. m. ? "The Church WTll Win". Kings Mountain Lions To Entertain Fanners at Annual Banquet T uesday LIONS SPEAKER ? Frank Jeter, of Ralelgti. will ndrti? ? tho an nual Farm* r*? Night banquet of tho Kings Mountain Lion* club "t'.-ht V - -- ?? Kings Mountain Lions club will hold its annual Farmer's Night banquet Tuesday, with Frank ter, chl??f of the N. C. State col lege school of agriculture infor mation service, as featured speak er. As Is customary, the Lions club Is extending an invitation to at tend to all farmers of the area. the meeting will be held at Ma sonic Lodge Hall at ? o'clock, Members of thfe eommitte on arrangements are W. L. Plonk, Edwin Moore and Eugene Patter- ] son. Mr. Plonk, In announcing the program, said, '"We are particu larly hapqy to have Frank Jater speak to us on Farmer's Night He 1* among the best- of humor ous speakers. We hope all Kings Mountain area farmers will make j plans to attend the Farmer's j Night banquet, which the Lions | Contitntmj OH Page Sight Funds Earmarked For Auditorium Memorialize Wiie D. C- Mauney Is giving the Kings Mountain Woman's Club $8,000 to be 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. Mauttey's 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 addi tion to the present plant of 25 feet and will soon present the proposals to the membership for action. Meantime, carrying out of thb 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. Cart 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". Shore 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 4 the program will be: Rev. Doug las Fritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, invocation; Rfev. 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. f 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 comer, Postmaster W. E. Blakely said yesterday. Posts for the collection *boxes ? have arrived and the postmaster . said1 he had notified the assis tant postmaster general that all Is in readiness for the extension of service. Postmaster Blakely said he had asked that sn inspector be sent here at once to supervise the re arrangement of service to threv carriers, rather than two.