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Population City Limits 7.206 Trading Area 15.000 (IMS Ration Board Figure*) Kings Moontcdii's RELIABLE Newspaper VOL. 64 16 Pages Today Established. 1 889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 3, 1954 1 'M:! 'I M Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Phyllis War* Doris Lackey Ramona Allen Local News METER RECEIPTS ' Net receipts from the city's parking meters ending Wed na?4?X J# . noon ^wew 1201.45. as reported by Joe Hendrick, city cleHc. klWANLSPROGRAM Mrs. Lou Lovelace, represen tative of Fletcher School of Dancing, and nine .students at the school, will present an en tertainment program for mem- . 4>ers it the Kings Mountain Ki- > wanls club at their Thursday night meeting at 6:45, at iMa sonic-Dining Hall. TO SYNOD Dr. W. L. Press ly, the pastor ? and Lewis Hov is, elder, left Tuesday for Bon Clarken, where they are representing Boyce Memorial ARP church at the annual meeting of the ARP Synod. UONS PROGRAM B. N. Barnes, city sdhools su-? perlntehdent, will outline de tails of the forthcoming school construction bond issue elec tion .at the Tuesday night meeting 9 f the Kings Mountain Lions club. The club meets at 7 o'clock ? Masonic Dining Mall. r r . : ' ' CORRECTION Harry Page succeeds - IR. B. Osborne as president of the men's organization of First Presbyterian churcfh. A newe story In last week's Herald listed J. W. Webster as the president of the organization last year. The Herald is glad to make this correction. ATTKWD CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Maun ey and Gene Mauney attend ed a: convention ol the Na tional Council of Boy Scouts of America which was held in Washington, D. C., last .week end, (May 28-29. Miss Evelyn Cline; student at Guilford College, Was a warded tbe.Reece Music. Schol arship at commencement exer cises at the college Monday. A junior, Miss Cline i* the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. ft 8. Oates. s^^^BMelSCHOoL fagfi Daily Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian church begins Monday morning at 8:46 with classes t.. i,<? held each day for two? weeks until 11:15. Children agea 4-14 may enroll in th*Si??ooU^tc*'f? -"r at the corn held mora!** at the school. Erskine College, Due West, S. C., conferred on Rev. William L. Pressly, pastor of Royce Memo rial ARP church of Kings Moun tain, the honorary degree ? of Doctet Dtvinttr' at ?nntnii~ commencement exercises Mob day- : The Kings Mountain minister was among a number of area ci tizens and. students receiving degrees from colleges, universi ties, and Junior colleges. Others include: Miss Iris Patterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Patterson, graduated from Erskine College magna cum laude with the de gree of Bachelor of Arts. At Ers kine, Miss Patterson was a mem ber of the college choral society and was president of the Future Teacher's of America, college campus organization. ? Miss Dorothy Smith, niece- of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Grantham, was graduated from Greensboro College with the degree of Ba chelor of Art*, .with a major in Spanish* At Greensboro, Miss Smith was president of the Inter "colleglate Spanish council and was a memfber of the Glee club. She has enrolled as a Bi-Llngual secretary at Interboro Institute in New Yortc City. j, . Miss Doris Lackey, daughter of Mr Mm. J, M. Lackey, was : graduated ; from Lenoir fthyne college with an AB degree in Elementary Education. While at Lenoir-Rhyne, Miss Lackey was active In the YWCA, Association for Childhood Education, Student Cabinet, Religious Council, Wo men's Hall Commission, Wo men's Missionary Society, Col lege Sunday School, and served as assistant in the Biology de partment Joseph Andrew Nelsler, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. X A. Nelsler, Was graduated from Davidson Col lege with the degree of Bachelor of. Science. He served as secre tary - treasurer of Sigma Phi Ep sllon social fraternity, and re ceived recognition this year for "contributing the most service" to the fraternity. He was also chairman of the committee. Louis Arnold Riser, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. h. Arnold Klser, was graduated from. Oak Ridge Military Institute and received Til* Scholarship award presented annually to the student in . the JuQjor college division who at tained the highest grade his se nior year. He was vice-president of the senior class, captain of the basketball team, and was on the all-state1 Junior College basket ball teanj. Miss Ramon a Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Hunter Allen, was graduated with an AA de^ gree from Lees-McRae Junior College at Banner Elk. MJss Al len was a member of the social board and was chosen Home coming Queen last year. Miss Phyllis Ware, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ware, was graduated from Mars Hill Junior College with an AA degree. Miss Ware was an officer of Clio (Lit erary Society, was on the Dean's list, and was a member of the band and Music Honor club. Dr. Pressly is a graduate of Erskine College, Class of 1925. He received the degree of Master of Theology from Princeton Sem inary, Princeton, N. JL, in. 1932, and subsequently served as pas tor of Greenwood ARP church until 1946, when he assumed the feoyce Memorial ARP pastorate here. He is the son of Dr. J. H. Pressly, a -retired ARP minister, and the late Mrs. Pressly, of Sta tesville. Auxiliary Poppy Day Rept#dM Successful The American Legion Auxili ary reported a "sellout" on an nual Poppy Day last Saturday, with profits of $216.75. Hallle Ward again -took honors for the top saleslady, with $51.80 In sale*. Maude Boheler was se cond, at $18 JH, and Libby Med line third with $18J5. "It went over in a big way", a spokesman for the Auxiliary reported.. Woik Now Underway On Majoi To Woman's Club Building ^ ' ? ? j Ground wa? broken thl* week J for a major addition to the Ktfigs Mountain* Woman'* Club build* ing on Eaat Mountain street, the addition estimated to cost approx imately $15,000. Crescert Hill Development Company is contractor la chargirf of Uic work, which will include building of an auditorium of 180 capacity, two office rooms, stor age room and closet, on the top floor, and expansion of the ground floor dining room to a capacity of 290 persons and build ing of a ladies lounge. Mrs George Houser, Woman'a Club president, said the club has also voted to modantes tltt -ktt chen. She added that the ehib hopea to provide parking apace, both on the eAat and aouth aidea of the building. Completion of the project la acheduled tor- Septem ber 1. ->v ? >-.>* .? The addition outside measure ments, according to plana of Van Wttenbtgen and Cothran, Shelby architectural firm, are 48 feet by 25 feet. . J -? . The construction la under the direction* of the club's house and fWMWia committees. Mm. Jacob Cooper is chairman of the houae committee, and Mrs. Carl Mayes If chairman of the finance com mittee. * UiH 'ibii >"?. __1. ?- I nr L. A. Kisar, Jr. FPC Approves City Petitton For Natural Gas! Kings Mountain was notified by registered letter Saturday that the Federal Power Commission had approved its request for per mission to sell natural gas and that the commission had alloted the <4 ty 1325,000 cubic feet ot gas per day, the amount ' asked. City Attorney J. ft. Davis, no tified of the approval, said the decision is final and that oppo nents of the gr^nt have no re course. Action of thte FPC completes the long action, covering more than two years, in which the city' has sought permission to add the natural gas utility. Under the plan advanced in support of its application, the city will issue revenue bonds to cover the outlay required to install lin es from thte large pipeline which crosses York road near the home of Richard Owens.. The City board of commission ers may discuss the project at the Thursday night meeting. Revenue bonds do nbt pledge the full faith and credit of thte city, and may be Issued without a vote of the citi zens. The distribution system install ation cost has been estimated In excess of $400,000. Receplts from sale of the gas would be used to pay financing costs. The city's Engineers for the project are Barnard & Burk, of Baton Rouge, La. - ? ? ?? ... ...? City Condemns ftjuute; Tract In a brief special session last Thursday morning, the city ?board of commissioners unani mously passed a resolution to condemn 2JS6 acres of land be longing to Paul Mauney. The land is to toe utilized In the city** rebuilding and expansion of the McGlll sewage disposal plant. The board also voted to pay B. 1>. Ratterree, Clyde Kolan, and I B. Goforth, Sn, $10 each for their work fci appraising the value of the Grantham - Lynch property condemned toy the city for use In the Davidson Creek reservoir. J. R- Davis, city attorney, said ?he had filed the condemnation action in Gaston Superior Court, sin go the property lies in Gaa ton county. Summons notice had not toeen served, on Wednesday, pending determination of whe ther it I* mUmMr to summons Ifii/lBfc.'Matinry ...'ho sailed |Mft Saturday for Kuropfc' i i ? Mp 1NM# ' Mid Wr Mauney had declined to sell the property to the city, legal procedure for the condemnation la the same, Mil Davi* said, as was followed in lh# Grantham < Lynch prop erty condemnation, with Che city and nr. Mauney to appoint an appraiaer,1fcd the two** choose a third appraiser. Should the de ciskm of the appraiser* not tor ?ceeifled toy either party, appeal action would toe in orler In Qua* ton Superior Court. avor 7n 's' One New Face Among Nominees For County Posts Cleveland , County Democrats favored the incumbent in last Saturday's, primary on both state and county level. The county, casting 9,588 votes in the "big Senate" race, favored U. S. Senator Alton A. Lennon, In the much-advertised, htated contest over W. Kerr Scott. The county gave Senator Len non a 952-vote lead over Former Governor Scott, who was the un official winner in the state with a clear majority of more than 5,000 votes. Scott's unofficial vote total had reached 310,000 Wed nesday for a new record total, Certification awaits convening of the North Carolina elections board on Monday to make the of ficial canvas. Senator Lennon conceded Wednesday after the Associated Press reported that the official canvases by the coun ty boards Tubsday totaled a Scott triumph over Senator Len non and five other candidates. Only at the county's district le vel was a challenger favored. Democrats of District 5 choosing J ohn D. White their new nominee for county commissioner over In cumbent Ben P. Jenkins. District 1, which includes only Number 6 Township, had a hot and close race for that county commission ership, Incumbent Z. V. Clin? edg ing Challenger E. F, McKinney by a margin of 14 votes. Otherwise, the Democrats In dicated various but comfbrfable majorities that they preferred the statu* qjmr\ , Thfcy re nominated Sheriff Hay wood Allen, who topped the tic ket, Judge Rueben L. Elam, Solici tor Bynum Weathers, and Clerk of Court E. A; Houser, Jr. The HouserPrice contest was the closest among county-wide races, but Mr. Houser had plenty of room to spare with a majority 'in excess of 2,000 votes. The county voters Joined with the state-wide majority in sup porting Edwin Gill, who gained easy re-nomination as state trea surer over Joshua James, and Charlie Gold, who also won hardi ly in his rle-nomination bid for state insurance commissioner ov- i er John Fletcher. Williams Buys Gantt Grocery W. M. Gantt, a Kings Moun tain grocer since 1925, has sold his business, located on Linwood Road near Craftspun Yarns, Inc., to Hugh Williams. The transaction was effective at the close of business on Satur day. Mr. Williams has been employ ed by Mr. Gantt for a number of years. , >: " Sale of the business involved inventory and fixtures, Mr. Gantt j rtetainlng the building. Rev. Mi. Austin Resigning Soon After 12 Yean At Second Baptist ? In. E F. Austin ] MMtrtfTMM* after a 12-tmt at the #md W to Toliw Into ! r , After 12 years as pastor of Se cond Baptist church, RJev. B. F. Austin announced this week his resignation, to become effective June 27. , Rev. Mr. Austin came to Kings Mountain, August 1, 1942, from the Flint Groves Baptist church, Gaston la. At the time Rev. Mr. Austin as sumed his duties as pastor of the church, the membership was 400. The present membership of the church is approximately 600. Among some of the accomplish ments during his pastorate were the organization of the young people's work and a graded Sun day school. The congregation has also recently moved into * new fl 00,000 building, erected under Mr. Austin's leadership. New Baptist churches were al so organized and sponsored which drew on the membership of the Second Baptist church. Second Baptist church is now operating full tin* the Burlington Mission. "Personally." Rev. Mr. Aiistin. ?aid, "I have been happy with . Continued On Poq* Bight CONSTABLE RACE LEADERS ? Pictured la Errin Ellison, left run ner-up, to C. A. (Cub) Huffstetler, right. In the four-man race for1 Number 4 Township constable nomination last Saturday. Mr. EUl- j son said this week he would call for a run-off. Mr. Huffstetler led Mr. Ellison, 72S to 559. Others in the contest were Robert G. Cox and Robert E. Herndon. Ellison Will Ask Constable Run-Off Huffstetler Led Four-Man Race For Constable ? - m Ervin jElltson, second high In the four-man race last Saturday for the Numbter 4 Township con stable nomination, said Monday he was calling for a second race. Mr. Ellison ran second, with 559 votes, to C. A. (Gus) Huffstetler, former city policeman, who poll ed 725 votes to lead his three com petitors. Mr. Huffstetler failed to gain a majority by 159 vottes. He led Mr. Ellison by 146 votes. Robert G. (Bob) Cox was in third place with 277 votes and Ro bert E. (Bobby) Herndon was fourth with 205 votes. The voting for each of the township precincts followed that order with the exception of Beth-, ware, which gave Mr. Ellison 90 votfes to Mr. Huffstetler's 31. Mr. Huffstetler led at both Kings Mountain precincts and at Grov er. J. W. Osborne, of Shelby, chair man of the county elections board, said Wednesday morning that Mr. Ellison had not yet made formal request of the board to call the run-off election. Dead line for calling run-off elections in county or township offices is Monday. SUMMER SCHOOL Summer school will begin Monday at the Kings Moun- . tain high school with registra tion on that day, according to an announcement by Rowell Lane, principal. TEMPLE PASTOR ? Rev. H. G. McElroy has accepted the pas torate of Temple Baptist church. He succeeds Hot. David Morris, who resigned two months ago. H. G. McElroy Temple Pastor Rev. H. G. McElroy, of Shelby, accepted the pastorate of Temple Baptist churgh and assumed his duties Tuesday. Rev. Mr. McElroy comes to Kings Mountain from Mulls Cha pel Baptist church, near Shelby. He also served Community Bap tist church, near Polkville. He attended Gardner-Webb col liege, and Limestone college, of Gaffney, S. C. Rev. and Mrs. McElroy have three children, Michael, 10, Bob by, 8, and Brenda Gale \ They were to move Into the parsonage this week. Retailers Talk Anti-Peddling Directors and members of the Kings Mountain Merchants as. sociatlon discussed further plans for tightening the city's laws and tax structure to prevent peddling at a supper meeting Monday. ' President John II. Lewis waa to confer with City Attorney J. R. Davis prior to action of the city beard of commissioners on the coming year's privilege license ordinance. In other actions, the group voted to hold the annual em ployee - employer toaitoecue at Lake Montonia on July 21. Hilton Kuth and Yates Hatblson were named as a committee to super Intend arrangement^. The (board received-reports on the recent Dollar Day* promotion and discussed future events of similar type. Township Gives Large Majorities To Office-Holders Kings Mountain area Demo crats voted briskly all day Satur. day and the majority had a good day at the polls as Number 4 Township totals showed the ma jority had supported all the win ners with one major exception. Thlp exception was the township failure to support W. Kerr Scott; the winning nominee for the United States Senate. The town ship total showed Scott in arrears by 225 votes. The tally was: Al ton A. Lennon, 950; W. Kerr Scott 725. Bethware was the only town ship prtcinct voting "right". Oth er totals in the township for the five other Senate candidates were Alvin Wingfield. 21; Sprin kle, 5; Bostick, 4; Turner, 6; and Boyd, 9. The township joined with Waco in No. 5 Township to give Hazel B. Bumgardner a clean sweep in all the five precincts in his race Official Returns Published on page 3, this sec tion, of today's issue is the of ficial elections returns for Sat urday's primary, as certified by the county board of elections Tuesday. The box score omits the Senate short term, county commissioner races other than in District 2, and constable rac es in townships other than Number 4. All other returns from the 28 precincts are In cluded. against L. Arnold Kiser for the District 2 county commissioner ship. Mr. Bumgardner polled 1. 313 votes to Mr. Klser's 750. The closest was at Grover, where the total favored Bumgardner by four votes 78-74. The township was with the county on helping decide all oth er state and county offices. Sher iff Haywood Allen was by far the ticket leader, polling 1,436 votes in the township to steam roller W. H. Peeler, who received 307 votes. Though the township gave Clerk of Court E. A. Houser an approximate 3-2 margin in his re-nomlnatlori bout with Roy Prlcfe, East Kings Mountain was ' close, Mr. Houser taking the box I by only seven votes. The town ship total was: Houser, 992; Price, 689. Other township totals were: For North Carolina treasurer Edwin Gill, 943; Joshua James, 503. ; For North Carolina Insurance commissioner ? Charles F. Gold, 953; John Fletcher, 454. . For Judge of county recorder's court ? Judge Rueben L. Elam, 1,020; C. B. Cash, Jr., 615. For county solicitor ? Solici tor Bynum Weathers, 1,086; Joe F. Mull, 568. ? >? Rural Caniei Exam Scheduled Notice of a forthcoming civil service examination for a rural carrier position at Kings Moun tain postoffice has been posted on the postoffice bulletin board. Closing date for applications la June 22. The opening is now being filled by Harold Glass, temporary ap pointee. Salary for an appointee I without prior civil service experi ence is $3,618 per year, plug nine cents per mile expense allowance. Required forms are Standard ' Form 124, Admission Card X46-80, and Standard Form 15, obtain able, along with Form AN 1977 (Which details salary and other information), either at the Kings Mountain postoffice or from the United States Civil Service Com mission, Washington 25, D. C. The examination will be glvten at Gastonia on a date subsequent to June 22. cmr TAX REPORT City tax collections on the 1953 levy of $126,075.93 Increa sed to $112,295.77 through June 1, or 89 percent of the le vy, Clarence Carpenter, tax supervisor said Wednesday. Mr. Carpenter reminded that the penalty rata on unpaid 1953 tax bills Increased to 3.5 percent on June 2.