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VOL 64 NO. 23 16 Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 10, 1954 Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENIS Saturday Local News Bulletins . ? - - *?' A ' ' ' ' ? ' ? COURT OF RONOB Regular Court of Honor lor the Kings Mountain Boy Scout' district will convene at City Hall courtroom at 7:45 TJiuf? day evening. A Scouter Round - table will follow the Court of r ' ? ?. i1 1 TRAINING DUTY Capt. Grady Howard, Ma rine Corps/reserve, reported for . a two-week training stint to -Camp LeJeune last Saturday. Capt. Howard, 'business man ager of Kings Mountain hos pital, is a veteran of two peri ods of active duty in the . Ma rine corps, first in World War II and subsequently during the Korean Wa^-V^V-^ f'? , . ;?! HEBE THURSDAY Mrs. Florette Henri, of New York, will come to Kings Moun tain today to attend try-outs lor **1*16 Sword of Gideon," Kings Mountain Little Theatre production. She will be a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. law A WIS PROGRAM V Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, executive secretary of the Cleveland County Tuberculosis associa tion, will feature the program of the Kings Mountain Kiwan is club Thursday evening, 6:45, at Masonic fining Hall. Dr. D. F. Hord arranged the program. BUILDING PERMITS \ ; m m 1 1 1 1 was approved June "l by Building Inspector J. W. Webster for Crescent Hill De V?lo*W?nt Xnc, .to con struct a residence on the com er of Jadkson and Monroe streets, at an estimated cost of ? $5,000. ? TO CONVENTION - Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hannon <wlll go to Lake. Junaluska Thursday to attend the 82nd, annual convention of the Nor th Carolina Press association. Among the featured speakers will be Joe Alsop, syndicated columnist, and Carl Sandburg, poet and philosopher. POLLOCK HOME T. A. Pollock was discharge ed from Kings Mountain hos pital, where he had been re cuperating from a heart attack, . Tuesday morning. While Mr. Pollock's condition la stiU' jg garded a$ serious an^^jij^ seeing no visitors, his condi tion is .considered much im ? proved over the past two weeks, meiutowM gto family said Wednesday.- 'c. Letters Support Wm$ \ ? ????<? ? ? , Xi A series of letters from commit tees favoring phases of Satur MjrfP'.tMMWral bond issue prorpos W. det ormined ftl COUnty wide voting, were received this week iby citizens here and throu ghout Cleveland County. The letters included a final appeal from jack Dover, in, and Edwin Ford, co-chairmen of the Committee for. Better , Schools, urging support of the fJL500,000 school bond election, and from mgyfijto W. Suttle, the vetasart Baptist minister, and from Kinge Mountamfrospffsi T? u<%wl| X* Plonk and C. D. Blanton support IDC buspiial bond ?TOO Dovet-Ford lett < support tag tit* Njkiool bond Issue fol ^Our Committee Fdr Better Schools:-, is -ending you this last letter as tut appeal to vote YES Sato *1 ay, June 12, for School Bonds. "We believe that the people of Cleveland County are vitally in* terested in our school& They have always indicated their ap proval by their fvote. "We have shown you the needs. We have tfiown you can afford :*hem. tho ttsue now i? ?lew? Children tontirrue to gi?w up Wr can not ' wait! V^e can not stand still! We ?? either *o forward- or slip back. rr-2 "Wo -believe jou have confl '3ftt?p* and faith in the future 'M and fn the wisdom and good "? jjudgment of your School Board*. They have assured you that no CmiMm mad On Pag* Tkfwm ? ' ' .'?> ? -hi- ?? L " ??? K . ? ?'?> 'tk*'' "-n ? ? K-.tit.' \Mt fiftf Tentative '54 City Tax Rate Garland 3ttH> Jr. Fact* SUit' Listed On Bond Eloctto* Following are (acta concern ing the special countywfde bond issue election to be con ducted on Saturday: ' folli open 6:30 a. m. Soils close 6:30 p. in. umber of ballota: Two. One I Including three bond Issues, on which tte ' voters may eMct "yes" or "no" answers for either or all; the second Includ ing one question to be answer ed "ye*V or "no" on the question of Increasing the allowable County tax for hospital opera tions, from five to eight cents per $100 valuation. flings Mountain area pre cinct voting places: East Knt0f| Mountain, at City Hall; Wast Kings Mountain, at Victory , Chevrolet Company; Bethfraip at Methware school; G rover at Meter's tXry Goods S|ore, May Postal Portal tain poa 19M. month tn ^ ^7 of last year Seven additional Kings Moun tain area citizens were among stu dents of colleges and universities receiving degrees in commence ment exercises during the past week. - vV.% Ben T. -Jackson, son-in-law of Mr. and Mr*. J. R. Davis was graduated Monday from Duke University's School of Medicine with an MD degree. | He if this son of Mr. and Mrs. Jullaif Harold Jackson of Jack sonville, Fla., and la married to the former Miss Jean Davis, of Kings Mountain. Garland Everett? Still, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Still, and now a Second Lieutenant in the Air force, was graduated from North Carolina State College, at Raleigh Dedsmber 17, 1963. De grees were awarded at annual commencement exercises at the college op Monday. JHe received a bachelor of science degree in ag ronomy.- f ;1; . 'Ms'',?? I Miss Shirley Elizabeth Arthur, dsughtar of Mr. and *S*a. J. H. Arthur, waa graduated iHonday JjHth an A ft degree Dukr UrtlvereKy In Durham. She waa * member Of the TMCA cabinet, PW Mu #or oilty, and waa on the Dean's list. She Can graduated from fceace Junior College be tor* entering DulW- ' ^ \VJIarold Franklin En^an^ion Of Mr. and Tkfrs. Wf f. En^ia** of Camden. 3, C., former resl dent* Of Kings Mountain, reoelv Continued On Pa00 Mi cM I ' t t >7 -? ' ' The board of commissioners tentatively has set the city's 1954 tax rate at $1.70 per $100 valua tion, up 40 cents per $100 from the 1963 rates of $1,30 per $100. j The board set the poll tax. at $2, same rate as in 1953. Poll tax es apply only to men between the ages of 21 and 50. While the tentative rate is not final ? subject either to increase or decrease ? the commissioners Indicated they would stand by the $1.70 rate. Budget work had not been completed at the time the board took its action last Thurs day night, but preliminary work dictated the $1.70 rate, Mayoi Glee A. Bridges said at the meet ing. He pointed out that the 40-cent increase will be required to de fray costs of financing the $600, 000 water-sewer-recreation ? bond issue approved by vote of citizens in January. At that time, the es timate of the cost of the bond Is sue was 42 dents per $100 valua tion. Tentative setting of the rate is .customary in late May or early June to enable citizens who wish to pre-pay their forthcoming tax bills to obtain the fu l two per cent discount, applicable to pre payments made during the mon th of JunB. . A change in the rat* finally adopted results in added book keeping work in the tax office, since a reduced rate requires re fund. checks and an increased rate requires bill to pre-payers for balances due. ? The $1.70 rate will niean a tax levy of $163,978.45 on the city's valuation of $9,635,C53. The $2 poll tax is est' mated to return an additional $2,426 into city cof fers. The total levy of ad valorem and poll taxes for 1953 was $126,- ' 075.93. - Second Primary Here lune 26 Ervln Ellison, seccnd-ruriner in the Number -4 Township race for the Democratic nomination for constable, formally requested a Second primary last Thursday, ac cording to announcement by J. W. Osborne, county elections board chairman. v . ? V . Mr. Ellison will seek to over take C. A. (Gus) Huffstetler, who led the ?otirg tor the now-vacant constable's position. The second primary will be conducted on June 26, with the same election officials who handl ed the May 29 voting in charge of the brUoting. The polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m. at Bethware, Grover, East Kings Mountain and West Kings Mountain precincts. There will be no opening of tip regis tration books. balloting on May 29, Mr, Continued On Page Bight fijjfftiject Go-Ahead Approved; Wiilu Indicated By October -r The City of Kings Mountain has (authorized Its natural ga a engi neering firm to proceed wfth [plans and specifications for a city distribution system and the engineer's representative said his firm would aim at a July contract* letting. ' -Arthur Hall, of Atlanta, the Barnard 6 Built representative, further stated that the system should be in operation by October and autumn heating season. ' 11*, project previously estimat ed to cost $400 000 to t500,000 in briefs filed with the er commission, is to be financed by revenue bonds of the city, wttlfj only receipts from the sale of na tural gas pledged to defray the financing eoets. A citizens vote is not required for revenue bond*. The action of the board of com miftslonef%' ta}Ml Unanimously Mmi % : u last Thursday night, r i/ectuates a contract with Barnard * Burk, of Baton Rouge, La., entered into in 1951 by the Still Administra tion. Under the terms of the con tract, Barnard & Burk was re tained by the city for engineer ing service at tl per year, with the stipulation that the engineers would redelve a fee of six per cent of the construct km cost when and If the gas system was built. Under ^stbnates and state ment* of Barnard St Burk, It was contended to the FTC that the* po tential demand for natural gas service by Industrial, commercial and residential citizens would Jus tify the allotment of gas and Would |>e a favorable business in vestment for the city, which al ready operates a profit-making power distribution system. It Continued On Page Bight V> CROWDED CLASS AT EAST SCHOOL ? A sample >! the space problems facing county and city school officials is the picture above snapped Just before scbool ended of Mrs. Carl Logan's first grade at East scbool. Enrollment was 37. seven more than the average docreed by the State Board of Education. The same situation existed in numerous other 1953-S4 term classrooms. For next year, on the basis of increased enrollment the city district has been allotted lour additional white teachers. School officials say they are plan ning make-shifts. Including further use of audi torium space, to prorlde quarters for the teachers and their oTerflow classes. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Contract Is Let For Filter Plant City Will Oil 1 Streets/Sell Gaibage Cans The city board of commission ers let contract to Lee Construc tion Company, of Charlotte, the low blddej- at $134,999, for a ma jor addition to the city's water filter plant at the regular June meeting of the board last Thurs day night. The contract was let on recom mendation of W. K. Dickson, the city's engineer, who described the bid as "quite favorable". Lee Construction was low among ten bidders. Second was Crosby Con struction Company, of Union, S. C.j, at $135,900. The addition is designed to double the capacity to two million gallons per day. - Otherwise, in a busy session, the board voted to purchase oil for distribution of all unpaved city streets as a dust preventive, and voted to purchase 12 dozen metal garbage cans, 20-gallon ca pacity, from Monroe Hardware Company, which It will offer at cost of $2.50 to citizens. The board also received a let- 1 ter from J, E. Hernddh and B. S. Peeler,' urging support for a pro posal to widen N. Railroad ave nue from the old overhead ' ridge to Ridge street, and Instructed the mayor to determine what a greement could be reached with Southern Railway Company, which owns the property, as well as -the street right-of-way. In other actions the board; 1) Restricted use of all city owend vehicles to official busi ness. Che order to apply to all employees except heads of de partments. 2) Voted to Include in thte forth ' Continued On Page Bight Fits! '54 Wheat Tests 61 -Pounds Ware & Sons, Kings Moun tain grain storage firm, receiv-' ed its first 1954 crop wheat Monday, and M. A. Ware said it was "the best I've ever seen". Mr. Ware, who handles the firms grain storage operations, said the initial load of wheat tested 61 pounds per bushel. The wheat came from the farm of Pink McSwain, who lives in the Antioch church community. Health Office Work Reported Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, Cleveland County health officer, called at tention to needs of the county health department for a modern health center, and also outlin ed the services of the county of fice In attending to the public health needs of Kings Mountain area citizens, who will consider Saturday a $30,000 bond issue for construction of a health center 'building. . cost ot the ?building is 572,500, but the remainder of th funds have beerf. promised by the State Medical Care commis sion and federal government, provided Cleveland County can provide Ha share. Dr. Mitchell's summary of 1953 health department services to Kings Mountain area citizens follows: "The Cleveland County Health department serves all the citi zens of Cleveland County, it maintains regular schedules at City Hall in Kings Mountain on "riday afternoons from 2 to 4 p. m., tout this is |ust a very small part of the work in Kings Moun tain. Here are a few of the \ctiv Itles of the department in Kings Mountain and vicinity last year: "910 school children were ex amined in school, pre school and special examinations. There were 283 home visits to school children and their parents, to in terest them in bettering the health of their children. **We have 26 active cases of crippled children in our files, and 84 home visits were made to these children. There were 28 visits to the Gastonia Orthope dic Hospital most of these visits the public health nurses made taking the children. "We have 43 active cases of tuberculosis In the Kings Moun tain area with 248 home visits to mew cases. Home treatment was given: in some cases while await mg admission to the sanatorium. Juiraea give certain number of these patients Streptomycin, l?1 ,M *? *lv*n twice Continued On Page Three LEASES CKLL Wll Butler has leased Sliver Dollar Grill from Mr. and Mrs. Heit>ert A. Hill. The transac tion was effective June L ? Barnes Says 12 Moie Rooms Needed Today "Next year we're going to have to run some classes in shifts or cut up Central auditdrlum for classrooms," B. N. Barnes, su perintendent of city schools,' told members of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. Mr. Barn* further stated to day's absolve minimum need for additional classrooms in the city system is 12, without any provi sion for already mapped school population gains in future years. He spoke In support of Satur day's county-wide election for school construction bonds. Commenting on the recent non , segregation ruling of the United States Supreme Court, Mr Bar ,'nes dedared, "The ruling, regard I less of our feelings on the right , ness or wrongness of the decision | of those nine men, did not build a single classroom anywhere, nor did it remove from Kings Moun tain a single child. We cannot cut off our noses to spite our faces." The school official acknowledg ed that Saturday's issue will not provide all the classrooms need ed for the coming 20 years, but added that the issue had to be tailored "to fit our pocketbook". The county can afford the out lined building program, he con tended, not|ng that the peak debt service load two years hence will be less than was carried locally in the period 1939-42. Mr. Barnes agreed, he said, to suggestions by citizens for In creased attention to vocational training In the public schools, and listed two limiting situations, a lack of qualified teachers and a lack of quarters. "The future of this county, de pends hot on me, nor on the mem bers of the Lions club, but on the youngsters now in school and soon enrolling," Mr. Barnes con tinued, adding, "When September comes I frankly don't know where we're going to put the children." He had previously outlined the growth of the school population, by a comparison of faculties 20 y?ars a*; o. In 1933, the city sys tem . faculty totaled 37, he said,' compared to 65 for the year Just ended and 69 already allocated for 1954-55. I hate to put these children in some of the cubbyholes I've had to put them in," Mr. Barnes de clared W. L. Plonk presented Mr. Bar-, nes, and Ollle Harris, club presi dent, outlined briefly ' the bond issue proposal for building a county health center. St. Matthew's Sets Baptismal Services Infant baptismal services will be held at church services at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Sun day morning. The Junior choir under the direction of H. <3. Msh<v, Jr., will sing an arrange ment of "Beautiful Sailor" and the Senior choir will sine the an them, "Break Forth Into Joy.** Commencement exercises for Bible school will b* held Satur day morning at 10:30 with cer tlflcates to be awarded and re freshments to be served. ? Queries Include School, Hospital. Health Center Building Funds Kings Mountain area citizens Vrtll join their neighbors through out Cleveland County on Satur day, as they take part in a coun ty-wide bond issue election. Polls will open at 6:30 a. m. and close as 6:30 p. m. Aggregate .total of the bond is sue proposals is $2,750,000, includ ing $2,500,000 for school con struction. $220,000 for hospital plant construction, and $30,0b0 for building a county health center. The questions appear on one bal lot but a citizen may votte "yes" or "no" on any of the three is sues, or on all of them. In addition, on a second ballot is a question on which the citi zens will say "yes" or "no", ask ing whether the county commis sioners shall be authorized to^levy a maximum tax of eight cents pter $100 valuation for hospital operations. The present authority of the county commissioners Is limited to five cents per $100 val uation for hospital operation and maintenance. No predictions have be??n forth coming on the anticipated vote, but bond issue elections custo marily do not attract the citizens as do elections involving person alities. In the past week intensive work on the part of citizens' groups supporting each of the three bond issues has been Evident. School officials and PTA groups are working diligently to get out the voters and to obtain passage of the school bond Issue. Overload- 1 ed classrooms are the main theme" of the pro-school bond group. Al so active are supporters of the hospital bond issue proposal, as well as the health center group, each of these pointing out the fa vorable grants from state and fe deral governments awaiting the county's approval of a minor por tion of the total planned expendi tures. ? Meantime, the county commis sioners, in a statement on Mon day, noted that the aggregate bond issue proposals, if passed, will cost in taxes approximately 26 cents per $100 valuation, based on current county property totals for tax purposes. The board Is sued the statement for "clarifica tion" of the cost question an(l further noted fchat it wanted to follow whatever course the vote of citizens dictate Saturday. From the school bond lssufe, If approved, Kings Mountain will receive $301,000, and from the4 hospital bond issue, if approved, $73,000 to bring Kings Mountain ' hospital into standard status with a 50-bed plant, and added service facilities, compared to the present 36-bed capacity. The health dsnter bonds, if ap proved, will provide new county owned space, rather than the pre sent rental quarters housing the county health department. No absentee votes are allowed In special or primary election* under Nofrth Carolina statute, ? Elections Board Chairman J. W. Osborne, said yesterday. U. S. Highway 74 To Be Re-Surfaced The State Highway and Public Works commission let contract for 7.64 miles of resurfacing Tuesday to Rae Construction Company, Charlotte, the project Including "hot-mix" re-surfacing of U. S. 74 from York Road to N. C. 274 at Gastonia. Boger McGlmsey, of the Shelby division office, said both lanes of U. S. 74 will be resurfaced. Free Transportation To Polls Available Kings Mountain area P-TA and other school organizations are offering free transporta tion to the voting places Satur day for all persons who desire it. School offices will be open all * day and the dispatching station for the free-transportation ser vice. Patrons of this several area schools say a telephone call to any of the following will ob tain the service at the conveni ence of the citizen: Bethware, Bethware school. Phone 782-R-2. Central School, Kings Moun tain, Phones 212 or 487. East School, Kings Mountain, Phonfe 1013. . West School, Kings Mountain Phone 659. Davidson School, Kings Mountain, Phone 810-J.