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Concrete Finn To Open Here a ' j Spangler & Sons, Shelby con crete manufacturers and contrac tors, will build a $50,000 ready mix concrete plant in Kings Mountain in the near futurt;, ac cording to announcement this week by Pat Spangler, one of the partners. The firm has purchased a tract adjoining Putnatn Brothers Ga rage trom Fred W. Plonk and will build the plant adjacent to the Southern Railway spur track. Grading began this wteek. Mr. Spangler estimated that his firm will be able to reduce by 15 percent the price of concrete delivered pn the job in the Kings Mountain area, via savings, to bte effected in many ways. The machinery for the Kings j Mountain plant is now on order and being manufactured in Mil waukee, Wis. Mr. Spangler said it is the most modern equipment of its kind and that the plant will be as efficitent as any in North Carolina. The firm will erect truck sheds, bulk cement tank, and other ne cessary construction on the 700 A foot lot on Grover Road. Cement W will be purchased by the carload, unbagged, therteby effecting a saving of six cents per bag plus bagging costs, Mr. Spangler con tinued. In addition, the close prox imity to Superior Stone Company its source of stone, will also low er the cost of finished concrete, added. * ?ons is a thriie JOUii c highway deparu*. ? Mr. Spangler said the iu>.. would employ about 20 persons when it attains full operation and he added that the firm hopes to employ Kings Mountain area peo ple. The plant should be in opera tlon by mid-May, he estimated. ? about KINGS MOUNTAIN'S SAFETY CAR ? Pictured above, with the Kings Mountain Police Depart ment's safety car, are . left to right. J. C. McKin ney, W. G. Grantham, and Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr. Chief Logan says the safety car U the first in the state. The vehicle is on loan for one year by Victory Chevrolet Company and First National Bank. It will be operated at a cost to the city of the insurance and upkeep. Mr. Grantham Is gen eral manager of the auto firm and Mr. McKinney represented the bank at the formal Installation of the vehicle. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) . CHIEF LOGAN PUTS SAFETY CAR INTO SERVICE; FULLY-EQUIPPED VEHICLE ON LOAN BY FIRMS ? ? ; Kings Mountain has the lirst safety car in the state according to Police Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., who said the vehicle will be use^ as a visible effort of the po lice department's accident preven tion and safety bureau. The fully-equipped vehicle, on loan for one year by Victory Chevrolet Co., and First National Bank, was recently put into ser Victe. It will be operated at no cost to the city, save 'insurance and gasoline, and will be traded for a new model annually. The car has been equipped with a public address system with a two-way radio, with first aid sup plies and with various othfer safe ty equipment by some 25 Kings Mountain firms, Chief Lo^'an said. Kings Mountain now has a re cord of 886 days without a traf fic fatality, Chief Logan said. Chief Logan has also organized school boy patrols at all city schools and a Junior Police Lea gue to promote safety. He released the following list of firms who donated to thte pur chase of equipment for the safety car: E. T. Plott, Contractors; Nels ler Mills, Inc.; Mauney Hosiery Company; Burlington Mills, Inc.; Bridges Hardware; McCurdy's Cleaners; Kerns Brothers; Baird Furniture Co.; Myers Department Storte; Belk's Department Store; Kings Mountain Drug Co.; City Auto & Home Supply; Superior Stone Co.; Marlowe's, Inc.; Kings Mountain Farm Center; Dean Buick Co.; Sadie Mills; Arthur Hay Insurance Agency; Dixie Home Store; Radio Station WKMT; Harris Funeral Home; Elmer Lumber Co.; Keeter'e Db partment Store; Center Service Station; and J. C. Lackey Insur ance Agency. MORB ABOUT Little Theatre Continued From Pag* On* t ? ? ;? ? , ? -V i'-Vij., ? "Senator Gallio"; Mrs. Franklin Pethol as "Photebe"; Mrs. William Herndon as "TheodoSia"; Miss Jane McGirt as "Rhoda"; Philip Baker as "Qulntus"; Hal S. Plonk as "Simon Petef"; Franklin Pet hel as "Caligula"; Sam Mitchem as "Sarpedon"' ;. and Mrs. Bruce Th or burn as "Salome". Connie Padgett plays the roje of a child, and Bruce Thorburn and Hubert Carllslte play the part of guards. Dr. R. N. Baker plays the roles of "Captain Fulvius" and "Tiberi Production committees for the production includes: Publicity ? ' Miss Jean Cash and Miss Kittle Lou Sutton. Stage settings and properties ? Delbert Dixon, Ed Dill, and B. S. Peeler, Jr. Lights and sound ? Luthter Cansler and Philip Baker. Programs ? Mrs. C. T. Car penter, Jr. Costumes Mrs. Sam Stallings and Mrs. M. A. Ware. Make-up ? Mrs. Ed Dill and Mrs. Charles A. McCarter. Choral numbers ? Franklin Pethel. Prompters ? Miss Mary Nolan and Mrs. W. R. Hudspeth. Ushers ? Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Goter, and Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett. The public Is invited to attend thte performance and no admis sion will be charged. MORE ABOUT Dr. Hord Continued from Page One Mountain was guest speaker and spoke to the group on "The Re habilitation of Tubercular Pa tients". Mr. Skelton Is pastor at the TB Sanatorium in Black Mountain. Goal of the 1953 seal sale was $8,000 and monies rectelved from, the sale of Christmas seals and bonds through March 29 totaled $6,0303, a report from the flnan- j cial committee showed. Mon*v sent by the association to state | and national organizations was $1,184.81, and the cost of the sale totaled $690. Funds to be usted by the chapter total $4,155.19. Caac finding records for 1953 as compiled by Mrs. Walter Stall ings, x-ray technician for Cleve land County, showed that the number of persons x-rayed during the year totaled 7,206. The num bter of persons suspected to have tuberculosis or some other condi tion requiring medical attention was 343. Fifteen active cases of TB have been reported in Cleveland Coun ty, and nine of these activte cases were found by the mobile unit X-ray. Of the 343 persons x-rayed and found to have some condi tion requiring medical attention, conditions of cancer of the lung, non-malignant tumors, abnormal chest conditions, heart diseastes, and lung abscesses have shown ap on chest x-rays. The number of inactive cases of TB totaled 37 against a total of ninfe active cas es found by x-ray on the mobile unit. | Seventy ex-sanatorium patibnts are waiting for admission to hos 'pitals for x-rays, Mrs. StaUings Unusual Bargain Bay In An u * lia **? t> twtid, with the majority requiring x-rays two and three times a year. Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, executive secretary, said Tuesday that the mobile unit will bo in Kings Mountain at Foote Mineral Com pany all day Thursday and will be-in front o f Bulk's Department Store Tuesday. The mobile unit is also scheduled at Park Yarn Mills, she said, on April 27 and 28. M ORE ABOUT Lithium ( Continued from front page ) could not product the tempera tures required for such a lithium hydride reaction. But the newest Plutonium or U-235 weapons were recently described by President f Eisenhower as delivering half a megaton of explosive force. These weapons, with improved dctonat- 1 ing mechanisms and souped up with a bo.oster charge of tritium j and deuterium, could produce the extreme temperatures necessary for a lithium blast." Life went on to report that lithium is more plentiful and far cheaper than the tritium needed I for maximum strength H-bombs, - and added "there is little doubt lithium hydride' can be used to make bombs that will dwarf even j the March 1 shot." Kings Mountain's Foote Miner al Company is rapidly expanding its output , of spodumene ore, from which it extracts lithium de rivatives. and Lithium Corpora tion of America recently announc ed plans for building a seven mil lion dollar operation between here and Bessemer City for the same purpose. R. S. Dickson Company, of ? Charlotte, stock brokerage house, An a recent prospectus on Lithium Corporation of America, noted: " Indeed, lithium is believ ed to be a key Ingredient in the military atomic program." " It continued: "Lithium is the lightest metal lic element, weighing only 33 lbs. per cubic foot, comparted to 108 lbs. for magnesium and 169 lbs. for aluminum. As a metal it is soft and silvery white and like sodium and potassium must be kept in airtight containers or un der- kerosene. Chemically, it is one of the most active of all ele ments, combining readily with most other substances. These characteristics are the basis for the wide diversity of developed and potential uses of lithium and lithium compounds in commercial and Industrial applications. Up until several years ago, however, ita lack of availability and high price severely restricted its use and discouraged research to de volep new applications. "Lithium Is round practically everywhere In some 40 minerals, it never occurs in pure form but in combination with other miner als, or in various mineral waters and plant ash. It is also foUnd in every organ of the human body, particularly the lungs. It is more abundant over jhe face of the earth than tin. lead, or "/.inc. but it is very thinly distributed. There are only a few commercial de posits known and these are held by the four producers." MORE ABOUT Riser To Seek MORE ABOUT War II and has served the past j two years as chairman of the ' county elections board, a post he | will relinquish Saturday when a new board of elections executes the oath of office. lie is a Baptist, member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and a veteran of , World War II. He is a native of Cleveland County and received his law degree from Wake Forest college, after attending Appalachi an State Teachers College and Bowling Green University. Solicitor Weathers has practic ed law since 1920, after attend ing the University of North Caro Una. He is a former judge of re corder's court. He is a member of the American Legion and a Baptist. Judge Elam is completing his first four -year tehn as county re corder." MORH ABOUT Bur-Mill Offer Continued From rage On - ing, or for any educational, out tural or charitable purposes, pro Aided however that the same shall I not be used for the .purpose of ; construct fng or maintaining (thereon a sewage pr garbage dis posal plant or other facility of similar, nature which would sub stantially depreciate the value of adjacent property; "3. The said land shall net ^ i used for private enterprise, for j profit or for business or reslden ! tial purposes, except as such use | may be incident to the mainte i nance or operation thereon of one I or more of the municipally owned or controlled building or facili | ties hereinabove mentioned; "4. The Grantor, its successors or assigns, shall have the right I at any time within its or their i discretion to rescind, terminate ;or modify any of the aforesaid I restrictions and conditions. Mr. Wilkins' letter, dated April [2, with information copy to Fred |W. Plonk, chairman of the city I recreation commission, follows: "In further reference to the j large tract of land owned by Hur lington -Mills Corporation near our Phenix Plant, which the City of Kings Mountain desires for re creational area, your Mr. Fred W. Plonk has outlined to our Mr. John Lathem the boundaries ol ? the area wanted, and this Infor mation has-been passed along to us. "We arc hereby offering for $12,000 fash this tract of land subject to conditions and restric tions attached herewith, which wo ix> acted upon at a special meet ing of the Kings Mountain Board of Couneilmen at 2:00 p m? Feb ruary 27, 1954. [ "It Is our understanding tMflHp is some dissent ion regarding tn?' use of this ari'a for recreational purposes. This offer is being made with the understanding that the City officials, assume the re sponsibility for seeing that Bur lington Mills Corporation is in ? no way drawn into a controversy over the purchase and use of this tract fpr social and recreational purposes. Believe you understand : Burlington Mills Corporation or iginally was .not interested in i selling this property and thai we are now agreeing to do so only from a standpoint of cooperating with the City in providing what the City feels is the most desir able location for tbis worthy pro ject. "If this offer is acccptod, we will promptly proceed with tiie drafting and execution of a deed. In replying, please advise to whom this deed should be made. Save With Retreads . . . More and more people are saving real cash and enjoying safe.-driving at the same time by using MARLOWE'S fac tory-mould retreads You can save money too. Our equipment designed to give your tires another long life. You'll be amazed at our quick service. CALL MARLOWE'S TODAY M arlowe's, Inc. fc V ? . Your Dodge-Plymouth Dealer 507 E. King St. NEW DRESSES Big selection for every size miss or missus New arrivals this week in time for Easter GLOVES Shimmering nylon, in navy blue, and glimmering white $1 to $1.95 BLOUSES Neat styles for ?aster suit complement and compli ment. ? " " $5.95 and $7.50 EASTER HATS? A very excellent selection with plenty of color and style choice. New ship ment Just arriving. $2.25 to $7.50 MEW BAGS ? Bags are cheaper now, with the cut in federal excise tax. Selection includes nylon i $1.95 to $6.30,. v k HUP* M+ oppers Now 1/3 mit
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