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mm&m. v.. J'?-? ?? ? i '-* -i?4"^.- ?".>-- * v- ? : y ?'.?. I ? City Limit* 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 * . (IMS Ration Board flgvM) - mm - .. ? Rings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 18 Pages Today VOL 64 NO. J 8 __ ? . ? Established 1889 4 Kings Mountain, N. C.( Thursday, May 6, 1954 Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Details Given On Expansion Effective Monday Kings Mountain postoffice will Inaugurate expanded city carrier service Monday morning, serving 524 additional houses. It means addition of a nfew city letter car Tier route. ? Postmaster W. E. Blakely an nounced the expansion following -visit this week by a postal in spector who gave final approval to the original expansion request and also approved several addi tions to the original list. Lewis Falls will bte the carrier for the new route. Other city car riers are Wiley Blanton and Sto kes Wright Much of the new route has been carved out of what Is now Rural Route 3. Mr. Blakely said addition of the new route would require appoint ment of a new employee and s?!d he 1b recommending from the civil Service list the appoint ment of Lal%nd L. Franks. He said Mr. Franks was second on the competitive examination and that William Harmon, who. had highest rating on thte civil ser vice listing, declined the appoint ment. Third man on the eligible ?list is Howard O. Smith. Mr. Blakely reminded residents ?n the pew city carrier route that, mail cannot be delivered until house numbers agd mall boxes ? -are up. A "I am very happy tp announce the expansion of service," Post master Blakely said, "for we have ?been working on it for a long time. The service is needed and ?will benefit numerous people." The new city carrier delivery service additions Include: Blocks lOO-SOO West Lackey Continued On Pagm T0ji> t ?>, ? , l; C.'J- . \ . ?? . ] . . . ? :V" Bulletins SUMMERS HOME First Lieutenant Frank A. Summers has arrived home from Korea and has been re leased to Inactive duty status. Lt. Summers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Summers, spent ?more than a year in Korea with the army engineers. He landed in San Francisco, Calif., last Saturday, was Jtlown to Fort Jackson, S. C., and was released on Sunday* ARP SPEAKER 1 Dr/W. C. Halll'day. mission ary to Mexico, -will deliver the evenihg serhion at Boyce Me-, morlal ARP 'church Sunday night at He will also ??how pictures of missionary work In Mexico, where he has lbeen a missionary for 25 y'ears, ATTEND MEETING ; Robert 1M. Moser. county hos pitals administrator, Grady Howard, Kings Mountain hos pital manager, and S. A. Blan- ' ton, Shelby hospital manager, ?attended the Carolinas - Vir ginia hospital conference at Roanoke, Va., last weekend. j AT STNOD Br and Mis. W. P. Geibet ?djng andW. K. Mauney are at tending a meeting of the Lu theran Synod of North Caroli 'nk, which has been in session Sine* Tuesday in Greensboro. The meeting closes today. PATTERSON GROVE Memorial ?ay services Ibe held at Patterson i Baptist church Sunday dinner to toe served folk the morning church A special song service will 1 at 2 p. m., and the ptfbl " * to attend. ?????: . * NO OPPOSITION ? J. Edwin Moor*. Patterson Grove farmer. Is on? of five members of the county board of education. Only the five incumbents filed for the nomination, tantamount to ap pointment by the 1955 General Assembly for new two-year terms. Rites Conducted Fdr Mr. Van Dyke Funeral services .for Robert Richard Van Dyke, 62, resident of route two who died at Kings Mountain hospital Sunday at 10 p. m. after an illness of several years duration, were held Wed nesday at 3 p. m, from Love Val ley Baptist church. Rev. E. M. Redding, Rav. J, Fred King, and Rev. P. D. Patrick officiated and burial was in Con cord Cemetery near Bessemer City. Mr. Van Dyke waa a native oJE GAston Coilhty, son of the late M t. and Mrs. John L. Van. Dyke. He' Was a member of Love Val ley Baptist Church and was for merly -employed at Margrace Mill. ft; Surviving ate his wife, Mrs. Ollie Padgett' Van Dyke, two sons, J. O. ahd Marshall Vim Dyke, two brothers, J. P. and -D. S. Van Dyke, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Frances Harlow, all Of Kings Mountain Bleed Donor ' ? . Ranks Increased ? " . , ? ' ? . 4 Persons with a history of jaun dice of malaria may now Join the ranks of blood donors accord ing to a change in policy announ ced by the Charlotte Regional Blood Center of the American Red. Cross. A donor with a history of jaun dice fleed r\pt be rejected unless he h'< j had an attack Within two years. Malaria la not a cause lor rejection. u*?'ess there- has been an attack or treatment within six months. t . ?>'; ?? '? u The information was contained in a letter to Dr. P. G. Padgett, Kjngs Mountalp Red Cross Chap ter blood program chairman, i Another visit of the bloodmo blle tq Kings Mountain. is schedul ed on May 19, when the mobile unit will be at the Woman's club house from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. Unemployment Leveled At 500 Until Last Week Unemployment In Kings Moun tain leveled off during the month ending April 25 at about 500 per sons per week, but took a jump for the wetek ending April 30 to 788. Franklin Ware, employment service manager, said total claims for the four- week month ending April 25 were 2,213, including 969 "new claims", the latter category also including Intermittent claims. Whten a worker is em ployed Qn an alternate week ba sis, he becomes a new claimant WMi'each application for unem ployment benefits. On the plus side during April, Mr. Ware reported his office plac ed 56 Workers. r -ljUijor soft spot at the moment is the combed yarn textile group, which finds four plants, Mauney Mills, Bonnie Mills, Kings Moun tain Manufacturing Company and Park Yarn Mills operating on al ternate week schedules. Only a few of the Kings Moun tain office compensation claim ants are nfear the end of their benefit schedule, Mr. Ware said. Th*.. cut-off has already effected some of the former employees of Frieda Manufacturing Company at Crowder's Mountain, which suspended operations last Octo ber, and which was subsequently sold to Cherryville interests. Now operated as Carlon Mills, the plant is 1ft partial operation, with [ about half the former Kings Mountain Frieda area claimants JMr . Ware said. Fisher Re-Opens Gomel Cafe . John Fisher has assumed op eration of the Corner Cafe and. will operate It as John Fisher's Corner Cafe, according to an noun cement this week. ? Mr. Ftyher, a veteran cafe op erator, took over the business Monday. He said the firm would toe o penfrom 5:30 a. m. to 11 p?nt. daily, except Sundays, when the cafe will be closed from 10 a. m. "to poon. The cafe will offer reg ular meals, sandwiches, Ice cream, and other items at popu lar, prices, Mr. Fisher saltl. s Mr. Fisher first entered the restaurant business in 1933 and has operated food-dispensing ?businesses ever since. ? - Hambright's Infant Monday !|^|paveftide rites for 'the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Prentiss Hambright were conducted Mon day at 4 o'clock at Mountain Rest Ceihetteiy;fef^$>$>^ i Anderson and Rev. P.^p. Patrick officiated. ZZ&fk child "was bom at Shelby hospital Sunday morning and di ed two'hour* The paternal grandparents are Mr: arid Mrs. Quay Hambfight and Mrs. H. L. . Cunningham is the maternal grandmother. <t . 4j . v. ?} .. ~/L' v v., ?: ] The Kings Mountain Uons club Mil hold Its sixteenth annual la dies night banquet on Tuesday prtth Sara D. Bundy, superinten dent of Farmville public schools, i ^J^SSSnramn of tha . nounced this wtselt the program plans, which will ah- Include spe cial entertainment features, in cluding music by Jimmy Chaa 1 teen, Basaemar City soloist, fav or* for tha ladM, th* cUfctomary ladle* night feature*. r Mr. Plonk aaked that !%?*>?* E HI MANAGER ? Charlie Ballard, businessman and baseball reter. a a, has been named manager of the ' Scott -for -Senate campaign in Kings Mountain. Ballard Named Kings Mountain Scott Manages Charlie Ballard, Kings Moun tain business man and veteran baseball star, will manage the Scott ? for - Senate campaign in Kings Mountain, according to an nouncement Tuesday by Hugh Wells, Cleveland County mana ger. "Scott forces in Cleveland County are mighty happy to have Charlie Ballard on our team in a managerial capacity," Mr. Wells said. "He is woil known throughout the county and else where as a stellar gtentleman as well as a great competitor. He will run a clean, hard-fought cam paign." ..y. . .. : Mr. Ballard said he had been considering returning to baseball, from which he had voluntarily retired, but had decided against It He predicted that "Scott, will carry Kings Mountain". "Mr. Scott made an excellent governor and proved he is repre sentative of all the people. He Will make a ._s__ Mr. Ballard, who o mom Washertrtte ** avenue, it A King* jwHgraL? tlve, who starred in Legiort, col lege and semi-pro baseball, be fore entering thte professional ranks where he w*s * consistent contenderWjt#^ $at t i nn cham pionship of the Western Carolina league. He in ,.n .mnv vetfttor of World War II with a long tour of duty in the South Pacific thea ter. He attended Lenoir-Rhyne college. Work Underway On 29 By-Pass Work began Tuesday on the Highway 29 by pass around Kings Mountain. - ?, 'V" ; , Crowder Construction Com pany. of Charlotte, began work on one of the culvert-type struc tures near the residence of Dr. J. P. Mauney on Canterbury Road. W. A. McNeil, of the division highway office at Shelby, said he was expecting a representative of Gilbert Engineering Company, holdfer of the grading contract, on Wednesday afterry>on to discuse that phase of the work. Gilbert had indicated, Mr. Mc Neil said, th^t their firm would begin work next week. The U. S. Highway 29 by-pass will be connected with U. S. 29 near Archdale Farms and will join with U. S. 14 and 29 near thte old Pine Knot Grill location. Plans call for the new by-pass to go under the York Road. TAG SALES < A total of 1,031 city auto li censes for 1954 had been sold through Wednesday morning, according to Grace Carpenter, of the city clerk's office. Pour of the total waa sold this past Reconsideration On Condemnation To Be Requested A petition is being circulated this week asking that the board of commissioners rescind its April 26 resolution condemning the Grantham ? Lynch - Cox pro perty for the Davidson Creek dam and reservoir. The petition further requests that the commissioners, if they do not repeal the resolution, sub mit the proposal to popular vote. At the April 26 board meeting, the resolution was passed by 2 to 1 vote, with Commissioner W. G. Grantham absent due to par tial ownership of the property. Commissioner Harold Phillips was also absent, and Commis sioner T. J. Ellison's voted "no". Commissioners W. S. Fulton ?tnd J. H. Patterson favored the reso lution. Commissioner Phillips said he had signed the protest ing petition. A spokesman for the citizens group, who asked to remain un identified, said seven copies of the petition are being circulated and that 375 citizens have al ready appended their names. The petition was drawn >by George Thomasson, Kings Moun tain attorney, who also declin ed to divulge the identity of his clients. However, he said the group seeks either repeal of the resolution or a referendum, the lattet provided toy North Caroli na's General Statutes on petition by 25 percent of the voters. * The board of commissioners proceeded with the project after approval of the State Board Of I rifiMlltli nnr.lnr ' r UtMvti, the engineer indicated his approval I *?k *'rfhictant" Ha said the pro ject would improve the city's watar lupply In very small a mtount and that' in four to five years tie city would again be facing a water shortage The state engineer tttongly recom mended investigating a larger source of supply than is availa ble at Davidson creek. He sug gested Buffalo creek as a source. ; Wlllbai the petitions would be presented iat Thursday night's regular monthly commissioners meeting, or later, was an unde cided question, the spokesman said. As ttye Davidson dam reservoir project how stands, it is set to go through, unless the board should rescind Its action. Contract has been let to O. O. Walker for building the dam and clearing the area.. Arrangements , have been completed, City Attorney J R. Davis reported. , to purchase lands from John Owens and Ed Evans, and a three-man apprai sal committee has .been appoin ted to establish the value of the Grantham - Lynch - Cox prbp erty, via condemnation proced ure. I. B. Goforth, Sr., one of the appointed appraisers, said Tues day the committee had not met and that he had heard nothing about the matter since being no tified pf his selection. < Alternate proposal suggestpd by the city's engineer, W. K. Dickson, to raise the level of the prelerft city lake dam and there by Impound more water during peak seasons, was not accepted. Another proposal was to plAce a pump on the Gold Mine shaft to extract the unknown quantity of water in the mine tunnel, which was used briefly last fall. Mr. Dickson also recommend ed attention to Buffalo Creek, but no estimates have been made on the cost of this project. Funds for the water project are Continued On Page Ten "It looks mighty good." Karr Soo?t tha formfer governor and candidate Tor the rVmorratlallA mlftation for th* V. S J Senate said Tvmdmy morning as he began a day-long tour of Cleveland Coun ty Mountain's City Mail. King* Mountain greeterspreeent I to waVcomte Mr. Stott include Mayor Glee A. Bridges. Charll? Ballard. Seotfs Kings Mountabl campaign manager, Hal ward,;! J. Bun Patterson Aft* ?gSSSSb.' Others, alto on hand were Scotf ? County Manager Hugh Wei to., 3am ignore, Tom Corrr?*R, VETERAN TEACHERS ARE HONORED ? Pictur ed above are Mrs. Claude Rhyne. center, and Mis* Carlyle Ware, right, with Lewis Ho vis, of West School Parent.Teacber association, alter Mr. Ho ?is had presented the retired teachers silver bon bon dishes as a tribute (or their service to the school. Both Mrs. Rhyne, former principal, and Miss Ware, primary department teacher, retired alter the 1953 school term. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Rings Mountain churchwomen will observe May Fellowship Day at services at Boyce Memorial ARP church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. ' Theme of this year's obser vance la "The Christian Woman's Trusteeship", and Mrs. J. A. Che shire is program chairman. Other speakers on the program are Mrs. D. F. Hord. Jr., who will discuss the topic. 'The Christian Woman A$ A Consumer", Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch who will speak on thle subject, 'The Chris tian Woman As An Economic Citizen", Mrs. B. A. Murray who will discuss the topic. "The Chris tian Woman As A Neighbor", and jMrs. E. T. Plott who will discuss. l"The Christian Woman in the Home." . :.-t. I Introductory lemarks before, the program and a devotional will be given by Mrs. Cheshire, Mrs. I Marriott Phifer, and Mrs. J, C. McGiil. ? ?, j I May Fellowship Day Is one of the three nation-wide observan ices of church women of all de nominations. World Community Day and World Day o I Prayer emphasize world needs. Way Fel lowship Day emphasizes local needs and is sponsored here an nually by the Kings Mountain Council of churchwomen. Book Tund Gills Now Total $891.60 Contribution* to tho Jacob 8. Mauney Memorial library book fund drive totaled $891.60 at noon Wednesday. Mrs. David Hamrick said that numerous solicitors are yet to report and that only a small number of reports have been received from those covering business and industrial firms. Mrs. .Hamrick also stated ap. preclation to the schools and their faculty . members for their cooperation in the cam paign. She added an appeal to solicitors to complete their work as soon as possible. New Managers * Aft Bus Station Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Rickman, I of Bessemer City, have assumed j management of the Kings Moun tain Bus Station. j Mrs. Rickman said that the ter minal will he open da Lly^and Sun days from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. Wes tern Union service, currently be ing provided from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., will also be offeted for the (full 12 hours the station is open effective on Monday. HHWsMoik. Involved ^>6* two mieOf at-hom? contests, Arc also beginning to move around with more obvious effort for vote?. These Involve the District 2 coun 0<mttnu4ii On Pag9 Tin Candidates Busy Beating Bushes; Primaty Now Only 23 Days Away There were increased evldeft^os of political activity this week as May 29 primary day neared Many candidates arte out beat ing the Pushes and paying quick hand ? shaking calls to business and industrial establishments, ru ral stores sind other spots. Chief among the visitors of the pastweek was W. Kerr Scott, the Senate candidate, who began his Tuesday tour of the county at City Hall. V , Others who paid calls during the veek Included Everett A. Houser, the incumbent clerk of court, and his opponent, Roy Price. Both Judge Reuben Elam and his opponent C. B. Cash, toured Kings Mountain, as did Sheriff Haywood Allen and his opponent, Walter Peeler. Aleo seen shaking hands with poten tial voters wee Bynum Weathers. It)*' incumbent sollcitoiC&ilJhe is " fee Mull, former the oounty elections Y - P-TA Honors Retired Teachers Of West School Miss Carlyle Ware and Mrs. C. were presented gifts of silver from the West school Parent Teacher Association at the an nual Father's Night meeting of the PTA at the school cafeteria Friday nighv. ' v The awards were mftde as a gjft of recognition of service and were presented on behalf of the PTA by Lewis Hovis. -Mrs. Rhyne retired last year ajfter serving as principal of West school for 33 years and Miss Ware taught, until last year, in the Kings Mountain city school system for 40 years. She Is a for mer treasurer of West school. 1954-55 .officers of the school j PTA were elected and instaljfcrt j after the awards were presented. jMrs. W. L. Mauney will serve as president and other officers 1ft I elude Mrs. Fried Plonk, vice-presi dent, Mrs. Hillard Black', secre tary, and Mrs. Ralph. ArroWood, | treasurer. ? Mrs. Rowel I I.nne, PTA presl- | ? dent; conducted the business elec tlon?. W. R. George, West school principal, welcomed the visitors. Sahdy Campbell and Peggy Craig, students at West school who won the annual school read-, ing contest this year, gave read ings of "The Greatest Battle Ever Won" and "Ma Takes A Chance." Refreshments were served fol lowing the program and parents, were invited to visit classrooms. Mrs. Jack White's second grade won the attendance banner. About 140 parents and teachers attended the Father's night meet ing. , j-xg ! Baby Strangles On Morning Milk Mary Jane Bolick, three-month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bolick, died of accidental strangulation at the home of her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Cln da Taylor of Bennett drive about 6 o'clock Wednesday morning, ac I cording to OUle Harris, Cleve : land County coronor. Mr. Harris said the child had jbeen given a bottle of milk and ! strangulation was due to milk entering the lungs and windpipe. According to the report of city poller the child and ner mother had b?en making their home with the baby's maternal grandmother. Police Chief Hugh A. Logan, St., and Officers Jack Stone and ?B. P.. Cook Investigated. *\tneral services will be held Thttnjter at 3 o'clock front North ok Baptist church, near Ckerryvllle. Bev. Coy Dellingor Will officiate and burial will be - In tw church cemetery. Survivors Include her parents and one sister, Vanessa Dale Bo lick. . ? ? ~ ; V
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