- . * . N ? Local News Bulletins KIWANIS PROGRAM John Cheshire will In charge of the program -at the Thursday night meeting of the Kings Mountain Klwanis cluib and will show a travel film distributed by Esso Standard Oil Company. The club meets at Masonic Dining Hall at 6:45. WILXJAMS BETTER Wray A. Williams, prominent Kings Mountain farmer, Is re cuperating satisfactorily at Kings Mountain hospital fol lowing an operation last F*' 4ay. LITHIUM OFFICE . .Lithium Corporation of A merlca wil open an office this weekend on the Bessemer City Road, utilizing ,the building formerly known as Absher's Grocery, according to announce ment by E. T. Plott, Kings Mountain representative of the cofnpany. a^ifcl'SCHOOL CLINIC Annual p re-school clinic for children entering 1 Central school f ir:, t grade in. the 1954 55 school term next September will nal purposes, property own that the cttya kA M . .a ' ? - - aKj_ nr??rt was first scheduled for torlgq^fiHEJiii postp||e|i' ? -r d : " The program will todudfc sev eral numbers which the band win enter In state competition and ot her selected pieces. Nc admission twill be oharged. ?nrl the public is invited to attend. W& ' ? fcy ff zljgluiQt > 4. '*'*+?* > " * ?"(*? 4'* ' mocratic nominations to county political ofltcos who have entered the political arena during the past wk. At top lott is L. Arnold Kisor, Kings Mountain textile executive, who seeks the nomination for District 2 county commissioner. and at top right la Judgo Houbon Elam who announced be would seek re-election. At bottom loft is Joe MulL Shelby Lawyer, who is contesting Incumbent Bynum Wea thers, bottom right, for the nomination for solicitor. Life Says lithium Used In H-Bomb * Magazine Says Hydride Triggered Bomb, Lithium i hydride is a chief com t.he hydro?en bomb, H5? Z1.****? reported In Its April 5 issue. t tltei "Po^g on the March! 1 bomb test, said: JT** ^lMa,t ? ? ? ? now >?>"i 1t,? a new kind of bomb using lithium hydrldfe, a com pound of lithium and hydrogen, i It has long been known that lith ium and ordinary hydrogen heat ed to millions of degrees would combine in a fusion reaction as powerful as the fusion of the -?iVteL;,hydro8en"' deuterium and tritium. Older A-bombs 1 Continued On Page Five Lutheran Furniture ^ Veteran Seagoers The altar, pulpit and lectern for the new St. Matthew's Lu theran church are now veteran steagoers. Due to the strike of long shoremen in New York, the chancel furniture has had to raaKe five Atlantic crossings. Shipped via the SS Queen Eli zabeth which twice arrived at New York and could not unload, the furnlturt is expected to be docked soon, if It has not al ready, since the strike ended over the weekend. The three articles of furni ture were carved in England. GRASS FIRE Kings Mountain firemen ex tinguished a grass fire on O wens street Saturda-. accord ing to a report from Ted Gam ble, city fireman. Woman's Club To Sponsor $8,000 Fund Campaign For Library Books | The Kings Mountain Woman's club, in collaboration with nu merous other civic groups, will conduct a finanlcal campaign latte this month designed to raise <8,000 for books for J* cob S. Mauney Memorial Library. Announcement of the forth coming financial campaign made Wednesday by Mrs. David Hamriek, chairman of a special Woman's Club committee, which also Indiaiw Mrs. John L. Mo flfjf Tflr "T O. Patterson and" Mrs. Phillip Short, The fund-rais ing will be concentrated In the four day period, April 36^0. * yj Advance publicity on the finan cial campaign is now beginning and will contiiM* throughout the month, on Monday morning at 10: IS, Mrs. E. W. Griffin will serve as moderator on a panel dis cussion to be heard over Radio Station WKMT. Others partici fating will be Rev, W. L. Pressly, member of the library board. Mrs. Charles Dilllng, librarian, and Mr?. Hamrlck, the campaign chairman. Mr?. Hamrlck noted that the full proceeds of th# campaign will b?' used in Kings Mountain, a?| contrasted with most money-rais ing efforts, which finds varying portions going to state and na tional headquarters. "All this money will remain hare to buy new book* for the library," Mrs. Hamrlck said. - Among the advance plans fbr publicM^g tha d-h'e will be an open house stthe Hbrary on April 22. Mrs. .Hamrlck announced. All packers of Number 4 Town ship and numerous other groups will collaborate in th* campaign, she continued. Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li brary was a gift to the city that was conveyed by the children ot the late Mr. and Mr*. Jacob S. Mauney In November 1M7. vV'-~v lit '? ,'i. 0 0. Walker Is Low Bidder At $62,066.46 The city board of commission ers let contract Monday to O. O. Walker, the low bidder, for build ing of additional water reservoir on Davidson creek. The bid of Mr. Walkter, a Kings Mountain contractor, was $62,066. 46. ?Other bids were: P. T. Withers, Gastonia, $66, 073.60. Boyd & Goforth, Charlotte, $78, 529. Gilbert Engineering Company, Statesvllle, $84,543. C. W. Gallant, Charlotte, $98, 280.30. The city's engineer, W. K. Dick son, of Charlotte, expressed him sfelf as pleased with the bids and the board quickly accepted Mr. Walker's low bid. Under the plan being adopted by the board, a dam will be built to form a reservoir on Davidson branch, and water from this dam will be pumped to the present city lake In low periods. Engineer Dickson estimated the minimum daily amount obtainable from this source at a half-millon gal lons of raw water. Under changes In the bid no tice made at a previous meeting of the board the bidder has 150 days in which to complette his con tract. Major items in the bid estimate breakdown of Mr. Walker were $38,353 for building of the dam and $17,600 for 4.000 feet of six sioner Harold Phillips was named ' city boxing commissioner, at re quest of Attorney E. A. Harrill, and City Clerk Joe Hendrlck wa? authorized to refund to L. H. Do ver $2 for a building permit. May or Glee A. Bridges reported that Mr. Dover decieded not to erect the outbuilding hie has planned. Commissioner T. J. Ellison re commended that the city Install a concrete spillway on S. Cansler street, in the vicinity of Fred J. Wright & Sons, to alleviate a drainage problem, and it was or dered by the board on unanimous vote. The board deferred action for investigation of complaint from Dewitt Patterson that his paving assessment on Goforth street was highly out-of-line with that of Sims street. The board approved placing of an order for six-inch pipe for in stallation off Piedmont avenues and on Linwood Road, on request of E. C. Nicholson, superintend dent of public works. Mayor Bridget reported that State Highway and Public Works commission officials had told him nothing definite would be known about installing curb-and-gUtter on' North Piedmont avenue until after July 1, start of a new fiscal ytear. He also said the highway department expected to widen Highway 74 from the hospital en trance to the city limits, with black-topping. Bites Conducted For Mrs. Morrow Funeral services for Mrs. Alice Morrow, 59, widow of the late James L. Morrow and resident of 808 Grace street, were conducted Tuesday at 3 p. m. from True Gos pel Tabernacle. Rev. Lynn OToole, Rtev. Clyde Maloney, and Rev. H. S. Scruggs officiated, and interment was made in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Morrow succumbed In Kings Mountain hospital Sunday night st 8:10 p. m. after an Ill ness of six months. She was a na tive of Gaston county and was a member of True Gosptel Taber nacle. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and Martha Goble Robinson. Surviving are three sons, Har? ' v*v D. Morrow, Kings Mountain, R-\lph T. Morrow, Charlotte, and j Carl L. Morrow of Roanoke, Va., ?and one daughter, Mrs. Vlrcrio Lou Ms Cole of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are two broth ers, J. C. Robinson of Forest City and A. 8. Robinson of Lenoir, ana three sisters, Mrs. Pyler Buff. Chester, S. C., Mrs. H. D. Laws, Kings Mount*- r.nd Miss Mar tha Robinson of Gastonla.