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? v *" ' *- "it *' '? ??* * t ' ' Population City Umits 7*208 Trading Area . . . . J 5.000 ? ? ? ' ? - (IMS Ration Board Flguu) VOL (A NO. 2A TT IB Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 17, 1954 Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Township Heartily Favors County Bond Issue Proposals I - * 'i 'J, ?'? '?* .- ' 1 Ileal News Bulletins ' ? MEETING SCHEDULED A meeting of the Loyal Or der of Moose was scheduled last night (Wednesday) at 7 o'clock at City Hall. Rocky Mc Givern, Western North Caroli na membership director was to conduct the meeting. BIBLE SCHOOL Closing exercises tor the Bi ble school at First Presbyteri an church will be held Sunday morning at 9:45. Announce ment was made by Franklin Pethel, minister of music, who Invited all parents and the public to attend the exercises. LIONS INSTALLATION D. ?. Mauney, of Cherryville, former district governor, will install 1954-95 officers of the Kings Mountain Lions club at the meeting of the club Tues day night at 7 o'clock at Ma sonic 'Dining Hall, It was an nounced by Wi. L. Plonk, pro gram chairman. < ? . KIWANIS PROGRAM Bill Trotman, director of the forthcoming 'Sword of Gide on" production, will speak to members of the Kings Moun tain Klwanls -club at their Thursday night meeting, Ma sonic Dining Halfc at 6:46. ItnLDmO PERMIT - A peji..".ii v?as issued June 10, by BuiWftffc inspector J.* W. ! Webster to Star Houseeraft, Ina, of Greensboro, to apply siding on a residence located on Sipes street, at km estimat ed cost of fTOO. ? >,;? ? METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $153,32, ac cording to report by Joe Hen drick^ City clerk. CLASS PICNIC The Phebean class of First Baptist church will hold a class picnic at Lake Montonla Thur sday, June 24, at 7 o'clock. An nouncement was. made by Mrs. Howard Ware; a member of the class, ' ?>" Cancer Fund Beaches $885 W. R. Hudspeth, chairman of the Junior Woman's club com mittee Handling Kings Mountain's annual fund campaign for the American Cancer society, report ed on Wednesday collections of $605.39. A minimum of $800 fs desired for the cancer.research-treatment fiuid, Mrs. Hudspeth said, adding that the work of soliciting is con tinuing. She asked that persons Who have not yet donated- to thte fund forward contributions. Voters Say "Yes" On All Issues. Hospital Levy Kings Mountain area voters joined the majority dt their Cleveland County neighbors Sat urday, as Number 4 township gave hearty support to three couhty-wide bond issue proposals and also favored a proposal to increase the allowable tax for maintenance and operation of the two hospital plants. Most favored among the $2, 750,000 total of construction bond isques was the school construction proposal, the township approving the borrowing of $2,500,000 by 780 to 146. The township favored the $220,000 hospita'. bond issue proposal by 711 to 188 and the $30,000 health center proposal by 643 to 229. The township answered "yea" to the question of increasing the allowable hospital maintenance tax from five to eight cents per $100 valuation only slightly less strongly, by 627 to 280. The official county-wide totals (see box page 5, section I) werte: School bonds, 3169 to 1748. Hospital bonds, 2918 to 1873. Health center bonds, 2799 to 1840. Hospital maintenance tax, 2664 to 2216. Voting in the Kings Mountain area was considered brisk for bond elections, though nothing to compare with the recent May 29 primary, and therefore no great strain to the respective election officials, who managed the voting with speed and efficiency. Kings Mountain area schools will receive $693,000 from the $2,500,000 school bond issue as follows: Kin?s Mountatedlatrlct, $301,000, Bethware $70,000, Park Grade $34,000, G rover $84,000 and Compact $204,000. The city board qf school trus tees will meet in regular monthly session Monday night and will discuss plahs for using the new construction money, according to information from the superinten dent's office. ? Immediate utllitization of the bond issue money for hospitals is (expected, in view of former ap proval of the State 'Medical Care commission of county proposals to add 14 beds and other facilities to Kings Mountain hospital and 50 beds to Shelby hospital. The same situation exisits on the county health center. Both pro jects are joint- federal-statte-coun ty projects, with federal >nd state agencies having agreed to supply , more than two- thirds the total required. County Commissioner Hazel B. Bumgardner said this wetek that the board of hospital trustees has requested that the county levy a tax of five cents per $100 valu ation for hospital maintenance as compared to the 3.75 cents levi ed In 1953. Mr. Bumgardner said he anticipated approval- of the request. ; Ed Barry Wins "Warm-Up" Race Edward Barry won the Jaycees "warm-up" race here Wednesday afternoon. Frank Granam finish fed second and Ronald Ivey third fn the downhill run which got underway shortly after 4 p. m. Doha Id Parker took fourth place and Gary Blanten and Reg gie Painter' tied for fifth. Eight racers contested, for the Continued On Page Bight **eie W ^abauM'f Hp foe At Large ________ . % . Bobby Joe Duncan, 1?, of Third street, wai still at large Wednes day morning after escaping from a road gang on Highway 74, sev en miles ... est fjMfcitherfordton Monday, 'Tj.V ?' Duncan was sent to Spindale prison camp after falling to meet conditions of a tence received Mi der*a court Mere or and-rUn driving. JPP^ Ray Hilton Jps8\ip, of Greemk boro, who escaped with Duncan E apprehended Monday night e Nebo section by Um % County Sheriffs department. According to Chief Hugh A. Logan On first tip that Duncan Mountain was turned in by a taxi driver who had been called by the escapees. Logan, said that after receiving this information, he notified the Sheriffs depart ment Oa information received that the two escapees were n6ar Kings Mountain, Sheriff Haywood Ai rt said, Troy Pattersorf, M, of frd County's Greenhli. Was apprehended at a block. Alien said the youth tied that, on promise of pay Jt from Duncan and Jcssup, helped the convicts to escape, fitter son, charged with aiding and abetting the escape of priso ners by Rutherford County, made bond ol $1000. | - i ;? BBB to TAYLORS VILLE ? John Char. 1Mb Kings Mountain high school assistant coach, has tosignod his position hot* to booomo hMd coach of Taylorsrille high school. Chaxles Accepts Taylorsville Post John Charles, assistant coach and "B" team coach for Kings Mountain high school the past two years, has tendered his re signation to become head coach at Taylorsville high school, ac cording to announcement this week. ? Mr. Charles, currently the city's assistant recreation director, will assume his new duties in mid August to conduct early season football drills. He came to Kings Mountain aa eighth grade teacher and as sistant In athletics after serving as assistant coach at Valdese high seheWfl ??? Mr. Charles was a backfield 8 tar at Le'noir-Rhyne college, af ter serving In the army during World War IL He Is a native of Pennsylvania. At Taylorsville Mr. Charles will succeed Hanley Painter, going to Lenolr-Rhyne. college as assistant .coach, a position recently vacated by Pride Ratterre, Kings Moun tain native, who is a new member of the Wake Forest coaching staff. Pre-Payments Trickling In Kings Mountain citizens began pre-paying their forthcoming 1954 city tax bills during the past week Tax Supervisor Clarence E. Car penter reporting total gross 1954 collections through Wednesday noon at $4,232.62. The board of commissioners re cently tentatively set the 1954 tax rate at $L70 per $100 valuation and the poll tax at $2. While the rate la subject to change, indica tions are that the tentative rate will become the rate finally set. Persons and firms pre-paying their 1954 tax bills during June obtains two percent discount. First 1954 payee was Mrs. Mis souri Jackson Morgan, E. King street. Mr. Carpenter also reported coL lection during the current year of $10,632,57 in previously delin quent taxes for the years 1945-52, the total not Including penalties and also exclusive of payments 6n 1944 delinquencies. Payments for the year 1953 edg ed up through June 12 to $112, 758.80, 89.4 percent of the $126, 072,56 levy, Mr. Carpenter report ed. 1 A;. '. / ? ' Cleveland Lands Mauney Twins A* 'Top" Concert Kings Mountain's Mauney Twins, the duo-piano ^rtists, re ceived the praise of the Cleveland Plain Dealer's music critic follow ing a concert in Cleveland, Ohio, last Thursday evening, when the Kings . Mountain duo appeared with the Andre Kostelanetz or- ] chestra. The review, from the June 11 j Plain Dealer, follows: "Primarily zoological, th? "pop" concert of the Cleveland Sum mer Orchestra, under Andre Kos telanetz, In Public Hall last night devoted a large part of the pro gram to beasts of various tdne* painted idiosyncrasies, the piece de resistance being Saint-Saens' 'Grand Zoological Fantasy, Car nival of Animals.' "In this entertaining portrayal of what was neither vegetable nor mineral, the orchestra had the ex pert assistance of the twin du?; pianists, Ernest and Miles Mau ney, plus the narrating help of Bill Randle, who, in spite of the fact that his voice dropped to in audibility at every punch linte, added to the merriment by recit ing Ogden Nash's amusing, ver ses, composed to add fun to what Saint-Saens had made funny. "The Mauney twins are pro ducts of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. They studied there with the pianist, Arthur Dann, and graduated in 1947. The director of the Oberlin Conservatory, Da vid R. Robertson, and his wife, with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stegg, were present to join in the voci ferous applause whicH greeted the duo-pianists. They responded with encores, including Weber's "Per petual Motion" and the "Brazili eras" from Milhaud's "Scara mouche" Suite. "Kostelanetz stole a little wind from the sails of the perennial Viennese evenings by opening with the Overture to "Die Fled ermaus" by Johann Strauss II and following with "Pizzicata Polka" of Josef and Johann Strauss, II, Schubert's "Marche Militaire," the "Tritsch-Tratch" PolKa and ' By the Beautiful Blue Danube" of J. Strauss, 1L . . "All this was poured forth with inspiriting effect, recalling the good old days which everybody is happy to be reminded of, even though they arte too far away to be remembered. * "Somewhat closer to the pre sent scene was the last group, which included Chabrier's Rhap sody, "Sspana," the Rogers-Ben Continued On Page Eight i Spotty Textile Market Slows Decision On July 4 Holiday Four Fiims Set July 4 Holiday Closing Policy A preliminary and incomplete survey on Wednesday of Kings Mountain area industrial estab lishments indicated no firm group policy as yet for traditional Inde pendence Day holidays, the inde cision of some firms underlining & spotty textile market which has existed for the past three months. Four of the textile manufactur ers surveyed had set holiday schedules. Burlington Mills Corporation's Phenix plant will be closed during the wefek of July 5-12, as will Loomtex Corporation. Craftspun Yarns, Inc., will close the previous week, from June 2b, resuming op erations on July 5, C. G. Kelly, vice-president and general mana ger, also announced that Craft spun would pay bonuses, basfed on earnings, of two percent and four percent, the larger amount to be paid to employees with five or more years of service with the company. Lambeth Rope Corporation will closte a portion of its plant for the week July 5-12, but will also operate part of the production machinery.'- ? ? George H. Mauney, of Mauney Mills, Inc., said this firm is ope rating this week a full five days, but without orders. If yarn orders are received there will be no holi day, with the alternative a furth er curtailment of operations. A similar situation exists, he said, for Bonnie Cotton Mills. *' J. H. Patterson, superintendent of Kings Mountain Manufactur ing Company, said his firm is operating on a threeday wetek and also indicated receipt of or ders would determine policy. Park Yarn Mills, operating sin ce April on an every-other-week schedule, reported shipments of yarn somewhat improved, but J. C. Smathers, secretary-treasurer, said holiday plans are still inde finite.; ? PANTOMIMVXS OH FRIDAY SHOW ? Mcturod an throe of the who mimic to i???U of Boy*, or radio. Mnkko. and ooncort stago. Tho Pan Friday will a%ht at bk? beginning at 8:15. will fcO ?. G?U Old also win ?? ChJldori etaroot la a on at T o'clock and ad At Huff*t?t Bat proooot lor th* photo Ororpo Barrio, who dMdod time at _ . . loaf Arnette, I -SkBW ? ' I"?/ fts M M> < ? 1 ?*& | . ;>T#r me A& IIP ' . ? & &? ? mim' ? ^11 LvfBFrP OLD WATER WORKS PICNIC AREA ? Pictured above U a scene of part of the city picnic area located at the former city water works site. The area was officially opened to the public on June 6 and work was practically completed Wednes day. The wooded area features three barbecue pits, 12?picnic tables with seats attached. 20 log benches, four sets of double swings, a wading pool, and plenty of sand. The area, which U light ted, Is to be open until 10:30 p. m. A concession stand will be located there and toilets are avail able. The area is located at the north city limits near the intersection of McGinnis and Ramseur streets ana may be reached from Cherryrille road (North Piedmont avenue) or from North Cansler st??-* (Herald photo by Carlisle Studio.) Kings Mountain ! B & L Dividends j To Total 515^45 Kings Mountain Building & Loan association will pay $15, 245.77 in -dividends to Sharehold ers on June 30, according to an nouncement by Ben H. Bridges,, secretary-treasurer. I Mr. Bridges said the semi-an nual dividemTts based on the cur rent rate of three percent per an num and will include dividends on full-paid shares of $6,340.85; di vidends on-optional savings shar es of $5,916.36, and dividends on installment shares totaling $2, 988.56. Mr. Bridges noted that the in i stallment stock dividends will be i the last paid under that category, jail these accounts being transfer, red to the optional savings share category to simplify bookkeeping and in line with suggestions of state auditing officials. The change will effect in no way the rate of return or method of pay ment, Mr. Bridges added. Dividend checks will be mailed soon to holders of full-paid shar es and holders of optional sav ings shares who have their ac counts credited at the office of the association subsequent to June 30, Mr, Bridges stated. TAKES COURSE Dr. Paul Hendricks will re turn Thursday from Winston Salem where he was among other doctors of the area en rolling for a three-day post graduate course in cardiology at Bowman Gray hospital. He was accompanied by Mrs. Hen dricks and their children. 1 1 * :? 1 1 1 | 1 1 " ?? 1 - ???" Secrecy Art Rep Harmon Elected < Martin Harmon, e^tor of the Kings Mountain Herald, was elected vice-president of the North Carolina Press association for the year 1954-55 at the 82nd annual convention at Lake Juna luska last Saturday. The association elected as its president, Holt McPherson, form er managing editor of the Shelby Daily Star and now editor of the High Point Enterprise, and re elected Miss Beatrice Cobb, pub lisher of the Morg*giton News Herald, secretary-treasurer, and Clarence Griffin, of the Fortest City Courier, historian. Directors elected were Dante Germino, business manager of the Durham Herald, Leslie Thompson, of the Whiteitolle News-Reporter, Tom L. Robinson, publisher of the Charlotte News, Jay Husklns, of the Statecvllle Daily Record Landmark, Eric Rodgers, Scotland Neck Common wealth. Weimar Jones, retiring president, is an ex officio mem . Continued On Pap* Bight Kenneth H. McGill To Practice Here y mMmjl f TO PRACTICE HERE ? Dr. Ken neth R. McGill will more to Kings Mountain within the next few weeks to become associated with his brother. Dr. John C. Mc Gill. in the general practice of medicine. Battle Drama Cast Listed By Keen Oliver Final announcement of speak ing parts for "The Sword of Gi deon" was made early yesterday by Director Bill Trotman. Due to a smaller turn-out than had been expected at try-outs, which were Continued On Page Bight eal Predicted; To NCPA Office Medical Doctor To loin Brother. Dr. John McGill Dr. Kenneth H. McGill, will come to Kings Moyntaln within the next few weeks to become associated with his brother, Dr. John C. McGill, in the genferal practice of medicine. Dr. Kenneth McGill is noto com pletlng a residency in medicine and surgery at Baroness Erlang er hospital, Chattanooga, Tenn. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Modical school, Nash. ? vllle, Tenn., and subsequently in terned at Vanderbilt University hospital, specializing in obstet rics, gynecology and pediatrics. He attended Erskine College for two years, thfen served with the army" In .Europe attached to the Bearcat division before re turning to Erskine to complete his undergraduate work. His wife is the former Miss Nancy Thomson, of Senoia, Ga ls also a graduate of Erskine Col lege. Mrs. McGill subsequently re ceived the degree of Master of Music from Southern Baptist seminary, Louisville, Ky. They have a son, Kenneth McGill, Jr., age two. Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth McGill recently purchased thte residence at 505 Crescent Hill Road former ly occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. I W, Tolleson. Dr. John C. McGill said that his offices ->ver Kings Mountain Drug | Company are being expanded to provide his brother with a four room suite. They will share la boratory and X-ray facilities. Dr. John McGill Expects his brother to arrive here subsequent to July 1. The brothers are sons of Dr. \V. K. McGill, Clover, S. C., medi cal doctor, and Mrs. McGill. Dr. John C. McGill began the prac tice of medicine here in October 1351, following a Joint practice of two yfears In Willlamston, S. "Booze" To Go Down The Drain Saturday * Intoxicating beverages con fiscated by the Kings Mountain Police department will be dis posed of at a public ceremony at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. The liquor, Police Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., said, will be pour ed down a storm drain at the corner of S. Piedmont ave. and Mountain street. In front of Fisher's Corner Cafe. Chief Logan invited the pob > 11c to witness the "pouring".