' C. T, Benntett Construction - Company, of Kings Mountain, ap. feared to be low bidder on the construction of two city swim ming pooLe and two bath houses, following the bid opening Wed nesday. ? Bennett's combination bid of $104,000, was low in preliminary totaling. lie estimated completion of the wujk within six months o! contract fefsrd Ingold AJOmpany. XI I c k o r y plumbing firm, was low bidder among thitee firms for the plumb ing contract at $6,815, and the electrical bid opening was held over, with only two firms filing bids. Action on awarding the con tract* may be taken by the city ' board of commissioners at a spe cial meeting Monday night, Fred W. Plonk, chairman of the city parks and recreation commission, told the . assembled contractpra. Mayor Glee Bridges was present, but other city administration members were absent. All mem-, bprs of the parks commission were present except John Lath em. Bennett Construction Company bid $27, WW on the building of two - bath houses, $70,240 for the build ing of two swimming pools. Gil bert Engineering Company, of Statesvllle, entered a net hid of $78,770 (including an ^alternate plan deducticfn) for the pools, but preliminary totaling Indicated the low bid of Bennett for the bath houses, coupled with the Gil bert bid, would total $106,017, higher than the Bennett combina tion bid of $101,000: A total of nine firms entered bids on the general contract. Plans Knri specifications for the two pools, one to be built on the so-called Burlington Mill recrea tion plartt site being purchased from Burlington Mills Company, and another to be built on the sitfe b<*ing obtained from Wray A. Williams, wore prepared by Char les M. Graves, Atlanta, Ga.. parks and recreation engineer. Six Tram* Entered In Men'i Softball Six teams are entered in t)? Men's Softball League and Elite King Is serving, as commissioner Red Layton. recreation direc tor, made the announcement. ? The league, operated >by mem ber clubs lor several years prloi to last season when Kings Moun tain teams participated in Shel by. is composed of teams from Craf&mih Yarns, Inc., Foott Mineral Co., Phenix Plant, Bur llngton Mills, Inc., Nelsler Mills Inc., Optimist Clu?b and Mer chants. ?* . Games are scheduled on Tues days and Fridays through Jul> 23rd, with th? exception o t th<> week of July 4-11. The schedule next week: Friday ? Optimist at Crafts pun, Phenix at Foote. and Mer chants at Nelsler. Tuesday ? Crafespun at Mer chants, Phenix at Optimist anii ! Foote at Nelslef. . | Filter Plant Bids Invited By City The City of Kings "Mountain is advertising this week for bids on the construction of an addition to the city's water filter plant. The bids are to be received un til 7 o'clock June 3 and will be opened at that time. Plans and specifications may be obtained from the city's engi neer, W. K. Dickson, 404 >4 S. Try. jon st., Charlotte, from the office of the General contractor's asso | elation, Charlotte, and are open | for public inspection at the office ; of the city clerk. Customary requirements gov erning presentation of bids, to ?gether with bid bonds, and other 'details are required, and the city reserves the right to reject all j bids. School Groups Will Collaborate In "Music Festival" On Thursday A Musical Festival including performances by the Kings Moun; tain Central school Senior, and Junior li.inds, Mi.\.'d Chorus, and The Pnntomimcrs quartet will be presented at tlje high school au. ditorium Thursday night at 8:15. Selections hy the Senior band will fealure classical, semi-classi cal, and pojudar music, marches, novelties, and Latin American numbers. Among the numbers to be played will be "When the Saints Go Marchin' In", "Blue Fantasy", "El Capltan", "The Worldglobster". "His Honor", "?'Working on the Railroad." "Mexican Overtures." "If Thou Be Near", by Bach, and "Huedi gungsmarsch", by Grieg. - Tht* Junior band, including all grammar gr;ide students, will ! play two marches and two over tures. The Mixed Chorus will present selections composed of spiritual, popular and novelty number j, A mong the numbers will bo "Bo ri 'To Ue Krer", "Good News", t "Climtiin* Up the Mountain", "I'll See You in My Dreams'*, "Blue Moon", "You'll New;- Walk Alone", "Country Style", and "Ok lahoma", from the show hit ''Oklahoma." Palmer Huffstetler, Hud Mayes, .Honnie Layton, and Ranny Ar nettle, pantomiming the Stinshine Boys Quartet, will present as their selections 'This Little Light of Mine", and "Every IXay V\M1I Be Sunday". The *'*vn U are under the direc tion of Joe Hedden, and the Mlx k?d Chorus is under the direction ?ol Mis.'i Margaret Cole. Police Report Minor Accident Only one minor accident was reported it?y the Kings Mountain Police Department this week. On Thursday, police reported, a car driven iby Zaehorial Phil lips 'Hughes of Nelly's Ford. Va ran off the road and slid into a side ditcto. T>ie accident occurred on U. S. 29 South. Bnildlng Permit Issued For School Building permit for a new four-room structure at East Ele mentary school and to alter ations to the present building was approved Wednesday by Building Inspector J Webster. Cost was given as $45,000. Contract for the construction of the building and remodeling was lot April 23, to Frank D. Mc Call, of Drexell. Three -building permits were approved fcy Inspector* Wabster Monday. A permit was Issued to Dr. John McGill for remodeling of his residence on Crescent Hill at an estimated cost of $3,000. Inspector Webster approved a permit for Z?b Grtgg to erect a 5-room tiouse on First street, at an estimated cost of $3,500. E. L*e Blanton's application tot the erection of a one-story house located on Margaret street MORE ABOUT lames Pressly Continued from Pr.ge One all of Troop 5. Nature Study ? Hugh Mayhue and Steve Kiser, Troop 8. I Scout Master Bill Freeman, of j Troop 1, Shelby, was awarded merit badges in automobillng and cooking. , School Money Needs Talked Even with the ?$301,000 the Kings Mountain school district expects to receive from the forth coming county vvide school bond issue, the district will be short of funds to provide classrooms needed today. ? This was the statement of Ar nold W. Kincaid, chairman of the city district school hoard, at a public meeting Tuesday night to discuss details of the forthcom ing bond issue electioix. He nWde the statement in response to a question from J. II. Patterson, city commissioner and Central school patron. Supt. B. N. Barnes had opened I the meeting with an outline of j details of the bond Issue, and he and Mr. Kincaid shared the ros | itrum in presiding over the two ' hour meeting attended by an es j timated 100 persons. I "Some ask," Mr. Barnes said j i"Can we afford the bind issue?, ; My answer is: Can we afford not to pass the hond issue? We are al ready short of space and failure to pass the bond issue will not lessen the number of children for which we are bound by law to provide desk and classroom space." The discussion showed that nu merous teachers are burdened with heavy over-loads. so:ne with 38 pup(ls and more per class. Tt | was also noted that one class convenes in the Central auditor! | am, in competition with band in j struetion conducted on the audi ; torium stage, and that both East and West schools no longer have auditoriums, both having bWn di vided for classrooms. Principal Rowell Lane noted af ter the meeting that, if 13 new classrooms over and above pre sent building programs could be ; provided by next September, thfe space problem would merely be "even", or returned to the situa tion of a few years ago, without provision for future enrollment gains which arte sure to occur, | population figures show. Among the facts stated were: 1) Kings Mountain will share I from the building money on the [basis of its school enrollment, or 12.04 percent of the total. 2> Additional taxefe required to support the issue, at an estimated 20 cents per $100 valuation, will not increase the school construc tion tax rate total as high as the previous peak In Kings Mountain In 1937. ? i in ii i. ? ? ' n - ? ?? ? ' was approved at estimated cost of *8400. On Friday, a (building permit was issued to R. G. Whisnant, of 607 Mtadowbmk mad. foa the erection of a one-room addition to his residence at an estimated cost of $1,700. Area Pre-inductees Left Shelby May 1 James Smith, Jft, 20, and John ny Wray Conner, 21, were among the 14 Cleveland County pre-in ductees who left for Charlotte Wednesday, May 12 for Physical examinations, Mrs. Clara New man, of the Cleveland County Se lective Service office, said. Haywood Johnson, 28, Negro, of King*. Mountain, William Meeks, 29, and Willie Roscoe Moore, 28, Negroes of Shelby* Mrs. Newman also said, failed to report for pre-lnduction examina tlons, and are now listed as de linquent. V. School Board In Busy Session *: ? -v The Kings Mountain school ! board, In regular monthly meet ing at Central school Monday ; night, voted to get immediate ac ' tion on a ptah for relighting Cen Itral school building from Engi neer M. M. Packard of Shelby or ' to contract another engineer for j the job. | The board had authorized the (engineering' survey late- in 1953 and Superintendent B. N Barnes reported that Mr. Packard, who had accepted the job, said that he' was working on the plans but did not have them ready. The w-^rd instructed Mr. Bar nes to contact Mr. Packard im mediately and secure his plans or to contract another engineer | to do the work. The board wants ; the job completed prior to open-^, ing of school in September. The board authorized Joe Hed 'den, band director, to conduct a summer band program on the ! same basis as last summer, pro- j videci he has 45 students enrolled, after discussing the matter with i him. , The board discussed a Hag pole lor Central school and Trustee P. G. Padgett and Mr. Barnes were named to a committee to decide on type and location. A previous graduating class left some $85 lor the -pole and the board sev eral months ago voted to pay the additional cost to complete the 1 project. ' The board voted Miss Gussie \ Huffstetler an extension of leave, authorized a payment of $6,000 for land at Davidson school and gave Mr. Barnes authority to hire teachers prior to board action. The board granted the recrea- j tion commission authority to use I Central gyrrtnasium during the 1 summer. ' Mr. Barnes reported that Miss Mary Ann Stamey of Lattimore ! did n5t accept a teaching contract voted her, that work had begun on the new East school construc tion, that the new Davidson build ing was almost complete and that $10,000 each had been invested In Kings Mountain and Home Build ing & Loan associations, leaving $20,100 on Interest at First Na tional Bank. The board also heard a letter from a Charlotte dealer concern ing a piano W. K. Mauney had for sale. The group instructed Mr. Barnes to get further infor mation on the matter. Chairman A. W. Kincaid presid ed and Trustees Padgett, J. R. Davis, and Fred W, Plonk were present. Politics Still Quiet Subject Political activity quickened no ticeably (or the .May 29 Demo cratic primary last week, but pub lic interest still remained at un usually low levels in comparison jwith former campaigns. . j Still devoid of fireworks that j excite the c^.-sMtuency was the [statewide headliner fietween Sen (ator Alton Lennon and Former I Governor W. Kerr Scott, a race | involving a total of seven candl I dates. At the local level, candidates seemed still content to do "perso nal politicking"; Both Hazel B. Bumgardner, thte incumbent, and L.. Arnold Riser, the challenger, in the race for this area's county commissioner nomination, were reported covering the two-town ship district well in their vote getting efforts. This racte will be decided by voters of five pre cincts. the two in Kings Mountain, Waco, Bethware, and Grover. At the county level, most ol the races remained a tan* affair, as did the* township constable's con test between Ervln Ellison, Bob Herndon, Box Cox. and Gus Huffstetler. The county races are between E. A. H outer, the incum bent, and Boy Price for clerk of Superior Court; between Hay wood Allen, the Incumbent, and Walter H. Peeler, foT sheriff; be tween Reuben Elam. the Incum bent, and C. B. Cash, 1904. He later studied at Prince ton seminary and the doctorate was conferred on him by Ers kine College In 1939. ! -Dr.. Kerr was twice married, I first to Miss Margaret Eugenia McElroy, who died In 1913, then to Miss Eleanor Martin. Surviv ing are Miss Rebecca Kterr, a daughter by his first marriage, and two children by his second marriage. Rev. Russell Kerr, now pastor of Mint Hill Presbyterian church at Matthews, and Mrs. W. P.- Grler, Jr., of Rock Hill, wife of an ARP minister. MORS ABOUT Petition Signer* | Continued Pram Page One i rett, V. Grace Barrett, Angle Na | vy, Laura Payne, Paul Putnam, | Edna Putnam, John O. Hutto. I Mrs. W. M. Mullinax, Mrs. F. CL j Barrett, F. C. Barrett, Mrs. Tres isle Gladden, Mrs. Everette Med lln, Mrs. Luther Barrett, Luther Barrett, Drew Jackson, Mrs. Leo na Fite, C. B. Fite, Bill Downey, Glenda Downey, Hattle Downey, Mack Conner, Charles Peterson, Julie Peterson. Mrs. Mack Con ner, H. G. Tate, Mrs. Grady Tate, I Bertie Thompson. Altha May Beamter, Lucille Bar ber, Cora Barnett, Ozelle Brooks, Geneva Roper, Kate Smith, A. H. Arey, W. T. Dagenhart, ........ ' Biddix, M. A. Carpenter, W. E. Kuykendall, C. C. Smith, C. H. Hoper George J. Hope, Andy Huff stetler. J. P. Harris, J. C, Nance, J. F. Cunningham, Cecil C. Smith, James G. Howard, Jim Ballard, George Smith, John Foster, Jr., Lorena G. Foster, James J. Falls, Harvy Smith, Doytt Falls, Nell Falls. Frank Roper, John G. Fer ris, Jr., Ernest Couser, Carroll Crawford, W. W. Morehead, Ethel Morehead, James Cole, Furman Gladden. Edna Gladden, Lander. Short, Minnie Short, F. F. Moss, Laura Moss, Charles Ramsy, Ma rie Ramsy, Jack Kennedy, Marie Kennedy, C. H. Cole, Mrs. C. H. Cole, E. W. Bobbltt, Mrs. Fay Jackson, T. R. Barrett, Odell Lovelace, Mrs. T. R. Barrett, Mrs. Bill Thrasher, Mr*. Jeanette R. Beal, Nathan H. Kelly, W. L. McMackin, Ruth Brady, Charlie B. Barrett, Blddie Barret* Jim my Hardin, Rey Alexander. Helen Alexander, Eugente Tignor, Dot Tignor, Betty Smith, Ray Hardin. Rufus Hall. Saltle Coetner, I .ore na Falls, Bessie Hamm. Jethro Hamm, Charles Hutching* Edna Hutchins, Vlrgel Hamrick, Ophe lia Hamrick. Floyd Reynolds Kathleen Reynolds, Richard Wood. Colean Wood. Floyd Wll llama. Luco Falls, Nell Parker. Jack Smith, W. E. Kuykendall. Mrs. Margaret Kuykendall, Cla ra Ross, Fred Klser. Coleen Klser. Biir.lMin, Sara Bolln, Rosa Wright, W. H. Anderson. Mrs 'Bertie L. fcockridge, David L Lock ridge, John L??dfont Mrs. Beasle Ledford, Troy Li* Wright. Mrs. Troy Lee Wright, Fred JONfc Minnie Mae Jones, J- P. Miller, Mrs. J. P. Miller, Harold '.G. Barkley, Louise W. Barklflp, J. D Jackson, O. W. White, Ethel White, Nellie Mae Wllllama, Jac kie Falls, Mrs. Clara** Smith. Clarence Smith. Ml*. Bill King. Bill King. Bruce McPaitiaL Mrs. jW. T. bagenhart. j KINGS MOUNTAIN . Hospital Log VISITING HOURS | < Deal f. 10 to 11 a- m.' t 3 to 4 p. m. and 7to8p.m> PATIENT LIST AT NOOM WEDNESDAY: Nancy Cross. . Coleen Crawford, 600 Walnut street, Chbrlotte, admitted Thur sday. Martin Howell, route 1, Gasto nla, admitted Thursday. Karen Loy, 402 Houser street, Chcrryville, admitted Friday. Mary Lee Murray, route 1, ad mitted Saturday. C D. Gladden, Box 14,. admit ted Sunday. Genelle Pitman, Llnwood road, adiqitted Sunday. ' Maggie DOtson, 804 Third street, admitted Monday. Marshall McLure, route 1, ad mitted Monday. Tom Pollock, 310 E. King street admitted Monday. Mrs. Herman Sparks, BOx 653, admitted Monday. Mrs. Clyde Bumgardner, route 2, admitted Tuesday. Mrs. Jack Collins, route 1, Gro ver, admitted Tuesday. N Mrs. John Fisher, 309 Railroad ave., admitted Tuesday. Paul Ludtadoo, Box 333, El lenboro, admitted Tuesday. Billy Purvis, Pai?k Grace Com munity, admitted Tuesday. James Purvis, Park Grac? Community, admitted Tuesday^ Edgar Slsk, Box 214, Chenry vllle, admitted Tuesday. . Mrs. Ray Tomlln, route 1, Gro ver, iadmltted Tuesday. ?? Hazel Roberts, route 1, admit ted Wednesday. ^Virginia Perry, 108 N. Watter son street, admitted Wednesday. -Estelle Tyler, route 1, admitted Wednesday.. % MORE ABOUT Moss Funeral Continued From Front Page Mrs. R. W. Northcutt, Mrs. Paul M. Nelsler, Sr., and Mrs. E. A. Smith, all of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Frank L. Hoyle, Jr., of Henderson ville. A sister, Mrs. B. M Ormand, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren also survive. Active pallbearers were Hugh Ormand, Lloyd Ormand, C. T. Carpenter, Jr., and Meek Carpen ter, all of Kings Mountain, J. C. Williams of Bessemer City, and Floyd Allison of York, S. C. Dea cons and telders of the church ser ved as honorary pallbearers. Members of the Thursday Af ternoon Book Club and of Mrs. Moss' circle served as flower bea rers. Truancy Count Before Court - Prayer for judgment was con tinued for 30 days by Judge Jack White for Ivey Smith, , of Second street, charged with noncompli ance with the North Carolina School law in City Recorder's court Monday afternoon. - The defendant, pleading gUilty to the charge, stated that she worked on the first shift and unaware when her son, Johnny Smith, 15. was absent from school. Rowell Lane, principal cf Cen tral school and Truant Chl'/xr M. C. Posjon testified as to the youth's absentee record. Arresting officers were W. G. Ellison and P; R. Sanderj. Hilton Grady Gretene, of 1521 W,. Rhyne street, Gastdnla, en tered a plea of nolo-eontendere to charges of driving while drunk, and was sentenced to six months on the roads. Sentence was sus pended on condition that Greene be of good behavior for one year, pay a fine of $100, costs of court, and drivers license be revoked for a period of one year. J. D. Selgie, route 2, Cherry ville, pled guilty to charges of Il legal possession of non tax paid whiskey, and was given % 90-day sentence on the roads, judgment suspended on condition that the defendant pay a fine of $5, and cost? of court. Four defendants tferfe found guilty of public drunkenness. A trial by Jury was requested by Amos P. Stacy, charged with abandonment afid non-support. Three cases against Fred T. Daves of N. Elm street, Cherry ville, charged with speeding; Ja cob Durrls. and Polly Nalley charged with operating a vehicle without license, were continued^. Bond of $23 was forfeited for Thomas Mitchem MORE ABOUT KIwanis Banquet (Continued from front page) nold W. Kincaid will say the In- 1 vocation. President W. P. Ger berding will welcome guests and Rev. Gordon Weekley will wel come the ladles. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney will respond and H. Law. rence Patrick will present' Mr. Smith. The ladies night committee in cludes J. C. Bridges, chairman. William Herndon, Drace M. Pee ler, Charles A. Neisler, and John C. Smathers. The event will be held at Ma sonic Dining Hall. MORS ABOUT "Sword Of Gideon" Continued From Puge One. with dramatic art was as a stu dent ol R. J. Reynolds high school at Winston-Salem when he play ed the part of a "brown potato" iii a school play. In his senior year at high school he wrote a full-length play "Blackboard", a symphonic drama. He also com posed the music and played the lead. Nex* year, as a freshman at Davidson college, he entered "Blackbeafd" In the competition for the Vereen Bell Memorial a ward for creative writing and won first honors. Archibald Rut ledge, South Carolina's poet lau reate, judged the contest and commented, "Mr, T-^tman's play deserves to rank with Paul Green's 'Lost Colony*. While at Davidson, 1950-52, he playted roles with the Red and Black Masquers and with the Charlotte Little Theatre, taking parts in "Strange Bedfellows" and "Two Blind Mice", At Chapel Hill, where he had transferred in the spring of 1952, Mr. Trotman playfed roles in nu merous Playmaker productions, designed lighting for "Inspector i General" and was stage manager for "Kiss Me Kate' . Since his graduation in 1953, he has re malhed at UNC, where he is stu dying for a master's degrtee in dramatic art. Mr. Trotman succeeds as di rector Nicholas Moss, Kings Mountain native and Wagner , College speech professor, who I was unable to accept, the director ship for the forthcoming season. "Sword of Gideon" was written for thte Little Theatre by Florette Henri, New York novelist. The nation's farmers will have to feed about 200 million United States citizens by 1975. RFD Boxholders Urged To take Pride In Boxes \ King? Mountain began Monday the observance of. "Rural Mall Box Improvement Week", ac cording to announcement by Post master W. E. Blakely. Aim of the week's observance, Mr. Blakely said, is to encourage patron* of the rural delivery ser vice to provide suitable mail re ceptacles and to erect them so they are readDy, accessible to tn>> carrier and present a neat appear and. Rural mall boxes which are riot properly erected or In good serviceable condition retard the delivery of ? mall and expose it to damage from weather/ he added. Mr. Blakfely pointed oqt that boxe: be maintained in a condi tion that will assure proper pro tection to mail placed therein, that the names of box owners be Inscribed on the side of the boxes visible to the carrier as he ap proaches them, and that the boxes and their supports be kept paint* .?L'; The postmaster said he Inspect ed boxes on Rural Route 1 on Tuesday and reports that a few n rod replacing and others need Improvements. . "It should be a matter of per sonal pride that a family's mall box meets postal requirements and is neat and attractive. On rural routes it Is the family's "front door", the first place about the home the passerby sees. If anyone has a question about re quirements or improvements, I would be happy to assist them," Mr. Blakely said. CORRECTIONS < . ' ' , : The following errors and omissions appear in the Sterchi's advertisement of this issue, Page 3, Section Two. ? - In Used Turniture, a S69.95 lawn mower should be listed as a power-mower. $18.95 Tables, unpriced, are Offered at $9.66. " Mattress & Springs listings should read: "Mattress and Box Springs."