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VOL. 64 NO. 26
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Today
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July I, 1954
Sixty-Fourth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Rites Conducted
V'- . v ? g
For Mrs. Mauney
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Local News
Bulletins
KIWANIS MEETING
Alan Newcombe, WB-TV per
former and former Greenville,
8. C., radioman, will be guest
speaker at Thursday evening's
meeting of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanls club at 6:45. The
club meets at Masonic Dining
Halt '
PODLT3Y MEETING
Kings Mountain area poul
try farmers are toeing invited
by Ted Ledford, local feed
dealer, to attend a meeting at
Betbware high school Thurs
day at 7:30 p. m. "Feature of the
program will be a 20-iqlnute
strip film, with aound and In
color, on "cage layers," a new
method of poultry farming.
TBSBS FIRES
Three fires were reported by
the fire department this past
iweek. Firemen reported two
(grass fires,- one on Graver
road, the other at 706 West- ,
Gold street. An oil stove blaze |
was extinguished June 19, at
the residence of Mrs. Ella Hope
on Clinton driven Mb damages
were reported.
' ATTENDS MEETING
Neal Grlssom, president of
the Kings Mountain Optimist
Club, and the Pantomime Sun
shine Boys, Eddie Gcforth,
SEBmSSLSiSSZ
Telton attended a meeting 6f
the Greenville, S. C, Optimist
club Monday nightr going es
pecially to present a program
for ladies night and the Instal
lation of ofidoers. "
JLITTUt EFTECT
The threatened strike of Wes
tern Electric Company em
ployees Is expected to have lit
tle effect' In the Kings Moun
tain Southern Bell Telephone
exchange Where no Western
Electric Company employees
are currently at work. A Wes
tern Electric crew completed
Installation woric on two swit
chboard positions here two
weeks ago, Floyd . Farrls, ex
change manager, said.
? "T '?
Directors of the Kings Moun
tain Merchants association, in
regular meeting Tuesday, dis
cussed. the forthcoming July
31 employer - employee barbe
cue, a Christmas opening pro
?notion, ami forthcoming trade
promotional and heard & re
port from President John HL
fjMris on worfc with the city
on tightening the city privilege
license governing peddling.
Sunday -was a record-shat
tering day for high tempera
tures, weather observers re
ported here and elsewhere. No
official reports on Kings Moun
tain highs were received, but
selby listed a high of 108 de
grees, and Gastonia listed a
high of 107 degrees. A wind
shift alleviated the heat wave
slightly on Monday but mer
cury in the thermometers was
?till pressing top levels this
George Moore, 49-year-old
"Negro farmer, reported the
first ootton bloom In the Kings
Mountain area on Monday.
\ , ife brought a bloom by the
Herald office Tuesday morn
ing and inquired if Sd Evans
?tad been In yet Evan* had re
ported first bloom for several
seasons in the past.
Moore planted his crop on A
prll 13 ?n tbe D. R. Hamrick
farm on the old Battleground
road the Dixon community.
; ? eotton
n ?
Heart Ailment
Fatal Monday
To Nonagenarian
Funeral services for Mrs. Can
dace Miller Mauney, 94, widow
of W. Andrew Mauney, oqe of
thte city's founders, were conduct
ed from St. Matthew's Lutheran
church Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock, interment following at
Mountain Rest cemetery. ,
Mrs. Mauney succumbed at 'the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Frank
R. Summers, at 10:15 Monday
morning, following a heart at
tack suffered Saturday.
Though In declining health for
the past several months, Mrs.
Mauney had continued well past
her ninetieth year an activity and
Interest in the affairs of the com
munity with which she was Iden
tified for almost 60 years.
She was a native of Catawba
County and daughter of the late
Rev. Adam Miller, pioneer Luth
eran minister, and Susan Carpen
ter Miller. She was a member of.
St. Matthew's Lutheran church
and the United Daughters of the
Confederacy. She was an active
worker in church and civic af
fairs and, in 1946, was honored
as "Good Neighbor of the Day"
on Tom Brenaman radio
show, "Breakfast in Hollywood",
a recognition for her long years
of civic service, including 6,088
hours spent In knitting more than
BOO garments for the American'
Red Cross during World War n.
She was married on December
28, 1894, to her late husband, W.
A, Mauney, long a Heading manu
facturer, banker, merchant and
pottilcai leader in King*. Moun
tain, which he helped to establish
with his brother, J. S. Mauley. W.
A. Mauney served the district sev
eral terms as North Carolina
Siate Senator.
Surviving in Addition to Mrs.
Summers an another daughter,
Mrs. J. EL Herndeo, with whom
she lived at* 108 North Battle
ground avenue, a step-daughter,
Mrs. C. E. Neisler, five grandchil
dren and one great grandchild.
The funferal service was con
ducted by Dr. H. B. Schaeffer,
a former pastor of her church,
and now pastor of Wittenburg
Lutheran church, Lcesville, S. C.
The body lay in state at the chur
ch for a half-hour prior to the
service.
Active pallbearers were Ray
Cllne, Glee E. Bridges, A. S. Ki
ser, Dr. J. P. Mauney, Dan Finger
and George House r.
TO MACEDONIA ? Rev. T. A.
Llneberger. of Durham, has ac
cepted the pastorate of Macedo
nia Baptist church, filling the
vacancy created by the resigna
tion of Rev. Robert Hardin.
Durham Pastor
Accepts Call
Rev. T. A. Llneberger, of Dur
ham, has accepted the pastorate
of Macedonia Baptist church and
will assume his duties July 11.
Rev. Mr. Llneberger comes to
Kings Mountain from Parkview
Baptist church, Durham. He has
also Served Sunset Forest Baptist
church, Belmont
He attended Gardner- Webb col
lege and Wake Forest Seminary.
Mr. and Mrs. Llneberger have
three children. They expfect to
occupy the parsonage July 6.
Mauney Presides
At Convention
Dr. W. L Mauney, Kings
Mountain chiropodist and presi
dent of the North Carolina Chirr
opodists association, presided at
the session of the association's
36th annual convention held at
Washington Duke Hotel, Dur
ham, Monday swi Tuesday.
Dr. Mauney was accompanied
by Mis. Mauney.
Highlights of the convention
Included talks toy Dr. J; B. Rhine,
of Duke University, on the sub
ject of parasychology, and toy
Dr. Charles Turchln of Washing
ton, D. C.f on the modem con
cept of foot balance.
Or. M. B. Gaines, of Hickory,
and Dr. G. F. Holt of AShevllle,
conducted a symposium on cur
rent trends In ^chiropody, and
presented methods for North
Carolina participation in this
program. .
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $143.37, according
to report of Graoe Carpenter,
of the city clerk's office.
?T Merita Bcmoa
From ? small beginning about
eight yean ago. the Kings Moun
tain Klwanls club now
growing Student Education Loan
fund now numbering eight pres
ent and former recipients of aid
for obtaining post high-school
training.
Of the total of eight Kings
Mountain area students accord
ed "loans on face," two have al
ready repaid their notes in full,
and the club's committee on
Student Education funds is in
process of further applications
for the coming school year.
In 1946, an Individual Klwani
an personally made a $500 loan
to a student but made the note
repayable to the Kings Mounted
Klwanls club. Other individuals
joined In and the Klwanls Club
Student Education Fund was lit
operation. For several years It
operated as Merely .another ac
tivity of the organization, with
out specific direction and with
out set policies, *but several coon
ths ago a permanent committee
was formed to handle the work
in more consistent fashion, The
committee numbers three per
manent members, 8. 8.. Nelll,
chairman, L. E. ..Abbott, and
Charles A. Nelsler, and three ro
tating ex offiHo members, the
club president secretary, and
iMMMMMfli three tn>
Most Retailers
To - Close Monday
Majority of the city's retail
merchants will be closed Monday,
July 5th, In delayed observance
of the annual Independence Day
holld-';' They will be open for the
full day on Wednesday, July 7,
a policy departure following re
cent vote of members of the Mer
chant* association.
Industry holidays which began
Monday will tend this weekend,
while other industrial employees
will get a holiday starting Mon
day. Park Yarns Mills ended ope
rations Wednesday for a ten-day
MWatidn- . . i
eight sMdegts to enroll at these
schools; the University of North
Carolina, Duke university, Le
noir - Rhyne, Livingston College,
at Saltatory, N. C.-, State, and at
a Charlotte business school.
Hie original loan and a loan
to another student, now a school
teacher, have been repaid In
full.
At December 3L Treasurer Mc
<3111 reported to the Klwani a
club student notes receivable at
f 1,870, plus cash available of
flTOSO. One loan has been made
since that time, and one has
T ax Pre-Payments
Reach $40,603.03
One-Fourth Levy
Paid; Discount
Deadline Today
Kings Mountain citizens and
business firms were rushing to
pre-pay 1954 city tax bills this
week, to beat the Thursday 5 p.
m. deadline and to obtain the full
two percent discount.
By noon Wednesday, Tax Sup
ervisor Clarence Carpenter had
written exactly 100 receipts for
1954 tax bills totaling $40,603.03.
and including checks from -several
of the city's largest taxpayers.
The total represents about one
fourth the 1954 levy for both ad
valormen and poll taxes, at $166,. j
404. .1
Included in Wednesday morn
ing receipts was a check for $12,
661.60 from the city's No. 1 tax
payer, Burlington Mills Corpora
tion. Burlington's undiseounted
bill for 1954 was $12,941.03.
Other firms among the city's
top five taxpayers and their gross
1954 tax bills are: Craftspun
Yarns, Inc., $7,507.51; Mauney
Mills, Inc., $5,780.54; Sadie Cotton
Mills. $4,810.07; and Bonnie Cot
ton Mills, $4,209.97.
Mr* Carpenter further report
ed that payments on 1953 tax ac
counts had edged over the 90 per
cent mark, with $114,251.03 re
ceived against the $126,126.54
levy.
Bethwaie Starts
Classes July 22
Bethware *tM #?**1sstune
July 22, with thHr regular sum
mer split-school term, It was an
nounced this week by J. H. Rudi
slll. principal.
Mr. Rudlslll said the school will
convene approximately two mon
th? and then will recess for cot
ton harvesting season.
The school will have 17 faculty
members, a gain of one teachter
over last year.
The faculty members and their
assignments follow:
Mrs. Hal Morris, Kings Moun
tain, first grade.
Mrs. JCathryn Moss, Shelby,
first grade.
Mrs. Harriett A. Carlson, Shel
by, second grade.
Mrs. Hugh Ormand, Kings
Mountain, second grade.
Mrs. Hal ttedmond. Shelby,
third grade.
Mrs. Bryan Hord, Kings Moun
tain, fourth graoe.
Mrs. Wray Greene, Shelby, fif
th grade.
Mrs. Margaret Tlddy, Shelby,
sixth grade.
Mrs. J. K. Willis, King* Moun
tain, seventh grade.
Amos Best, Bessemer City,
eighth grade.
Mrs. Mattie B. Lowtery, Shelby,
eighth grade.
Charles Jeff Wells, Kings
Mountain, English^ typing, and
coach.
Miss Nancy McGlnnls, EUen
boto. home economics and typing.
Myers Hambright, Kings Moun
tain, agriculture.
Mr*. E. E. Hamrick, Shelby.- so
cial studies and science.
Mrs. W. R. Craig, Kings Moun
tain, English and French.
John Rudlslll, Kings Mountain,
iiath and principal.
Resignations were accepted
from Mrs. Betty Gamble and Mrs.
J. H. kee, Jr., of Sheljiy.
City Offering Free
Spraying Service
The city is ottering free Insect
spraying service beginning next
Monday, E. C. Nicholson, super
intendent of public works, an
nounced Wednesday.
Mr. Nicholson said that, for the
time being, the machine will be
used only at night and by ap
Lpolntment. Plans are being for
mulated to spray outlaying dls-i
fttlcts of the clty at a liter date.
In ordw for the togging ma
chine to be efteSfcre against in
jects, Mz. Nicholson said, the afar
ha* to be still. ^
wd men will be ewdgnid to
HMIdWh^ one |? operate the
fotfger, and the?fftf " a
hoae In and around the premi
see. The sprayer Is placed on a
tractor. . v-',.. A
* the
Phone
WINNER ? C. A. (Gus) Huff
stetler won Saturday's runoff
race for the Democratic nomina
tion for Number 4 Township con
stable. defeating Ervin Ellison
by 105 votes.
Huffstetler Wins
Constable Race
Number 4 Township Democrats
went to the polls in surprising
numbers on Saturday to give C.
A. (Gus) Huffstetler the Demo
cratic nomination lor constable
n a second primary over Ervin
Ellison, who had trailed Huff
stetler in the first primary. The
total was 378 to 273, a margin of
105 votes. , -:
At Waco, the challenger, Eu
gene Bridges, overtook the first
race leader, J. Clyde Carpenter,
Thesis Were Cleveland County's
only second primary contest*.
Mr. Hu<f-tetler will probably
take office as township constable,
a position vacant since Paul Dy
ers resigned several weeks ago,
next Tuesday. The board of coun
ty commissioners has Indicated it
would appoint the nominee. The
board meets in regular July ses
sion on July & ,
Voters surprised the veteran
observers here by their interest
in the constable's run-off, though
the total of 651 was far short of
the first primary voting.
Both candidates claimed two of
the four boxes. However, the pre
ponderance for Huffstetler in the
West Kings Mountain precinct de
termined the outcome. In the
West Kings Mountain precinct,
Huffstetler led 184 to 91. He also
captured the G rover box, while
Ellison was squeezing a two-vote
margin, 148-146, in East Kings
| Mountain, - and also . winning the
I Beth ware precinct
T?> M> Ellison
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites lor "Bhomas M.
Ellison, 88, who died at his home
at 910 Church strefet Monday at
6:45 p. m. after a several months
illness, were conducted from
Grace Methodist church Wednes
day at 4 p. m.
Rev. C. L. Grant, pastor of the
church, and Rev. C. E. Oxford of
ficiated, and interment was made
in Mountain Rest ctemetery. The
body was in state at the church
one- half hour prior to the rites.
A native of Polk County, Mr.
Ellison was the son of the late
.Mr, and Mrs. Billy Ellison and
was a member of Grace Methodist
church, tftelc* married, his first
wife, Mrs. Belle Lyles Ellison died
in 1901, and Mrs. Mary Laval
Coyle Ellison, died in 1940.
Surviving are three eons, Ervln
Ellison, T. J. Ellison, and Warren
Ellison, all of Kings Mountain,
and six daughters, Mrs. W. M.
Telton, Boiling Springs, Mrs. C.
M. Ewing, Charlotte, Mrs. Frank
Leathcrrcci Mrs. Johnny
Llngerfelt, both of Sanford, Florl
da, and Mrs. J. W. Riddle and
Mr k, C. O. White, both of Kings
Mountain, .--V.
Also surviving are 54 grantf
children and 25 great-grand chll
_ as active pallbearers
were Frank Green, Frank Rot
Emmett Ross, IVey Roper, j
J^Ubos and B- S. Lynn. J
ayoee meeting will
be beU Tuesday at 7 p. as. at.
Masonic Ban. President WiK j
son Griffin reminded dtlaend
that names are still being ta
for the birthday calendar, i
?H
Funeral Bites
Are Conducted
For Miss Hicks
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Funeral services for Miss Pearl
Hicks, 68, were conducted last
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from Boyce Memorial ARP chur
ch, with burial following in Moun
tain Rest cemetery.
Miss Hicks succumbed at her
home, 203 E, King street, early
last Thursday morning, follow
ing a long illness.
Agnative of Gaston county, dau
ghter of the lute Crawford and
Martha Jane McGill Hicks, she
had lived in Kings Mountain al
most all her life. She was a well
known Kings Mountain saleslady,
having retired in October 1953
after 30 years of service at Eagle
Stores here.
She was an active member of
Boyce Memorial ARP church and
for many years taught in the chil
dren's department.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. W. L. Pressly, Boycte Me
morial pastor, assisted by Rev. P.
D. Patrick, pastor of First Pres
byterian church. The body lay in
state at the church for an hour
prior to the services.
Surviving are her sister, Mrs.
C. W. Richardson, with whom she
lived and a niece, Mrs. R. B. Kee
ter, of Grover.
Active pallbearers were George
Morrow, John L. McGill, Frank
lin Ware, Paul Hamm, John Che
shire, and Menzell Phifer.
Hospital Visiting
Hoars Same Here
As of Wednesday, there had
been no change in the visiting
hour schedule at Kings Mountain
hospital, Business Manager Gra
dy Howard said, following an
nouncement that Shelby huapitai
was relaxing visiting restrictions.
Mr. Howard said Kings Moun
tain hospital, a one-floor plant,
has a greater congestion problem
than the Shelby unit, and that,
barring a change in plan by the
board -of hospital trustees, - visit
ing hours at Kings Mountain hds.
pital will continue to be: 10 to
11 a. m.; 3 to 4 p. m. and 7 to 8
p. m.
Lone Local Racer
Left In Banning
Ronald Ivey was the last re
maining Kings Mountain con
testant in the annual Soap Box
Derby at Charlotte at 4 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, Charles
Dikon telephoned the Herald
from Charlotte.
In Oass B competition, Ivey,
sponsored by Alexander's Jewel
ry, had won his first heat in a
run of 30.4 seconds, and was a
waiting summons for his semi
finals ran.
Gary Blanton had won his first
heat in Class A, but had lost in
the second Jieat, and Ed Barry
was defeated In a firtt heat run
off with Butch Johnson, Shelby.
DAB Calls Attention To Sunday's
Independence Day Anniversary
By Ma T. M . Shalord
The Colonel Frederick Ham
bright chapter of the DAR seeks
to fencourage the patriotic obser
vance of Independence Day on
Sunday, July 4. The local chapter
voted to undertake the project
and a special committee worked
out the details. A broadcast will
be sponsored ovter Station WKMT
en Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
a r.u ministers of all city churches
hsv? bfesc asked to ofier special
prayers for peaoe at their morn
ing services. Merchants and in
dividuals are requested to display
the United States flag on this na
tional holiday.
Sunday marks the 178th anni
versary of the signing of the De
claration of Independence. To
most Americans, the Fourth of
July has come to mean vacation
time. They sometimes seem indif
ferent to its patriotic significance
?the. birthday of a free nation.
The patriots of 177ft proclaimed
this freedom, not an easy task.
First came the desire for freedom
?the will to fete free. Then came
IdAs of what freedom Is. To make
these ideals understood, it was
necessary to express them in
words. The Declaration of Inde
pendence is thte spirit of America
made sainlfest ? the spirit of
freedom set to words. America's
forefathers fought to defend and
protect this freedom. It then be
comes the duty of Americans to
day to preserve this freedom.
Ths story of the Declaration re
veals that the Second Continental
Congress In session in Philadel
phia flm beard a resolution by'
Richard Henry l>e "respecting
independency". At the same time,
a committee wu appointed to*
draft a Declaration of Indenpen
dence should the resolution pass.
The five men chotffen were John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Tho- 1
mat Jefferson, Roger Sherman,
and Robert Livingston. Actually, I
It fell Jefferson's lot to phrase |
the Important document. On July
2, 1776, Lee's resolution was pass
ed unanimously. It then took three
days of argument, discussion, and
re-wording before the Declaration
was accepted on July 4. The real
celebration came on July 8 in the
State House yard. "The big -bell
will ring at noon" was announced
far and wide. And the Liberty
Bell rang out Its message: "Pro
claim Liberty Throughout All the
Land Unto All the Inhabitants
Thereof." Then the Declaration
wis read by a Colonel Nixon tc |
a cheering and happy throng.
Thus ended thte first Fourth o:
Tuiy.
John Adams wrote: "I am apt
to believe thst it will be celebrat
ed by succeeding generations at
the great anniversary festival. It
ought to be commernoi -ted as thr
day of deliverance by solemn act- .
of devotion to God Almighty. It
ought to tie solemnized with
pomp and parade, with shows
gtrnes. sports, guns, bells, bon
Area, and illumination from one ]
{end of this continent to the other,
from this time forward, forever
On the first anniversary, a cele
bration was held in the street a of
Philadelphia, and the American,
Qmmtmi to* Mffki
* 'fed'
Peddler licenses
Will Cost More
TO OAK GROVE ? Hev. H. B.
Alexander, pastor of Harris Bap
tist church. Greenwood. S. C., has
accepted the call ol Oak Grove
Baptist church to become Its pas
tor. He will also serve Mull's
Cha4>el Baptist church.
Oak Grove Calls
Hev. Alexander
Rev. H. B. Alexander, a native
ol Cleveland county, has accept
ed the pastorate of Oak Grove
and Mull's Chapel Baptist church
es.
.4
Mr. Alexander will begin his
duties September 1, preaching
first and third Sunday mornings
and second arid fourth Sunday
nights at Oak Grove church.
Rev. Mr. Alexander comes to
'the Kings Mountain church from
Harris Baptist church, Green
wood, 3. -C., where he served 39
months. He attended Gardner
Webb college.
Mr. and Mr*. Alexander have
five children, three of whom are
at home. They expect to move In
to the Mull's Chapel parsonage
the first week of September.
Former Resident
Killed In Crash
I Lt. (J. g.) J. H. Pressley, form
er resident of Kings Mountain,
was killed in a plane crash near
Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday.
An instructor, Lt Pressley was
In an SNJ Texan Trainer with a
French cadet, who was also killed,
when the plane spun out of con
trol and crashed.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. (Buck) Prtessley, Sr., former
managers of Kings Mountain
Country club, now of Clarksville,
Twin. His Mrs. Margaret N.
Pressley, lived la' Penaactrta.
Board Enacted
Privilege Law 'if
Monday Night
The city board of commission*
ers passed the 1954 privilege li
cense ordinance at a special meet
ing Mogdny night, tightening the
provisions relating to peddling, '
and also adopted finally without
change the 1954-55 budglet of
$472,431, tentatively adopted a
week previously.
In the action on privilege li
censes the board listed the fee for
itinerant peddlers, other than
those exempted by North Caro
lina statute, at $200 per year for
each vehicle used, and listed all
other peddling as "prohibited."
Members indicated that the pro
vision would not apply to non
deposit order-taking. The action
was taken at request of the Kings
Mountain Merchants association.
Privilege licenses are purcha
sable without penalty through
July 31.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges reported
to the board that Mrs. Sinclair
Bridges, keeper of the city lake,
had agreed to the projected ar
rangement whereby she wil] be
removed fron the city payroll,
but will continue to receive free
use of the residence at the lake
and will receive fishing permit
fees for her services.
Mayor Bridges also rfe ported
that Southern Railway officials
had investigated the plea of the
city and two business firms, J.
E. Henidon Company and Eliner
Lumber Company, Inc., for wld-.
enlng of N. Railroad avenue. The
Mayor said the Railway officials
"weren't very encouraging". ^.^$1
. Tin- board also discussed with
out action two outside- city-limits
water line problems, one on Lin
wood Road, the other. on Shelby
highway. Hunter Allen, electrical
superintendent, told the board
that the city owned the Linwood
Road line and that no person* :U
other than the city, has the right
to collect a tap-in fee from resi
dents being served by that line.
He said Ben Yarboro owns the
Shelby Road line, serving 37 cus- v
tomers, but that thte city furnish
es the meters, collects the month
ly accounts, and the customary
tap-in fee. Board members said
Mr. Yarboro also requires a tap
| In fee. The matter was tabled for
; Investigation, after the board had
discussed sale of the line, meter
ing of the line at the city limits,
?ale of the meters, of, conversely,
purchase of the line from Mr.
Yarboro. City Attorney J. K. Dav
is suggested that many of the re
sidents of that area would like
to be inside the city limits.
. . Qonttnumd On Pmg* mgkt
Museum Given Horn
Used In Battle
A hu..w..s horn, reportedly
"carried by one of the Goforth
boys and blown at the Battle of
Kings Mountain", has been pre
sented to the Kings Mountain
National Military Park mu
seum by Mrs. Laura Price Wat
te rson, of Grover.
Ben F. Moomaw, Jr., park
superintendent, made the an
nouncement Sunday. He and
George Mackenzie, park histori
an, have forwarded a letter of
acknowledgement to National
Park Service officials.
Mrs, Watterson, 87, is the
daughter of the late Dr. Raynor
Price of Grover. She reported
the horn was purchased by her
father from "Uncle Blllle" Go
forth for five dollars for use
as a dinner horn on her father's
farm. "Uncle Bllile" had receiv
ed the historical object from
the owners after the battle, she
?aid.
i>r. Price gave the horr to
his son, Robert ?*. Price. *
passed it on 'a Ms
Watterson. A Mta* Ve
horn, plctt"*in?r . -<*?
ing deer, was painted by mi*.
Watterson's slst?r, Miss Eliza
beth Price, she reported.
Mr. Moomaw said that battle
records listed Preston Goforth
on the American side and thifee
brothers as participants on the
British (Tory) side. AH were re
ported slain In the battle, with
Preston and William killing
each other, according to Lyman
C. Draper, the late historian.
"We are always interested In
obtaining battle relics. While
we may not be In a position to
properly display every item, we
can preserve them for future
generations," Mr. Moomaw