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m ?? r loin's RELIABLE Thursday, August 12, 1954 limit* Mountain SPEAKERS IN YOUTH. REVIVAL ? Three college students will lead a youth mtval at First Baptist church beginning Sunday. Tommy Funderburke, left, of Ashboro, a graduate of Mars Bill college and a Wake Purest ministerial student will con duct the week's series. Charles Story, center, of Graham, a student at Fuman University, and Pal * wmmmm if mer Mills, right, of Jacksonville, Flcu a student at Wake Forest, will present the music. Prayer service will start each evening at 7:30. song service at 7:45, and preaching at 8 o'clock. Sunday will also be Homecoming Sunday ?t the church. % Local News . . Bulletins CAlfCEB DRIVE Contributions to the annual fund campaign tor tne Ameri can Canocr Society in the Kings Mountain area totaled $659.79 this week.. The Junior Woman's club sponsored the annual drive. Goal of the cam paign was |800. CAKE SALE , Members of the Junior Wo man's club will conduct a cake sale at C. E. War lick Insurance Agency Saturday, Aug. 14, be ginning at 9:30, according, to announcement by Mrs. .Fur man Wilson, publicity chair man.' I y.i ?. i V-. ' COURT OF HONOR .? . .. Regular -Court of Honor, for the Kings Mountain Boy Scout district will convene at City Hall courtroom at 7:-?5 Thurs day evening. A Scouter Round table will follow the Court of Honor. BUMGARDNER BETTER Hazel B. Bumgardner was re ported Improving this week following a heart attack suf fered on August 2. Under ord ers of his physician he is to re main in bed nix weeks and is to have no visitors. ? WABE REUNION The Ware Reunion wilj be held this year at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe G. Hicks at Old Fort, N. C. The date for the aocaslon is Sunday, August 29. All the relatives and friends are cordially invited to. attend. ON VACATION Dr. L. T. Anderson, Kings - Mountain chiropractor, has an nounced that his office will be -closed August 16-21 while he is ?on vacation. He Is to resume .his practice on August 23. KIWXNIS CLUB Felix E. Hamrlck, of Boiling ^Springs, will give a program of -humorous readings at the reg ular meeting of the Kings /^fountain Kiwanis club Thurs day night at 6:45 at Masonic Mall. ?/ - .'^4. METER RECEIPTS Net receipts from the city's , parking mtoers ?. tor the vniak ending Wednesday at noon were $218.38, Miss Grace Car penter of the city clerk's office -.Wjpifd. . union service Sunday night's union ?vice for five city church con : gregatlons will be held at First Presbyterian church with Rev. Douglas Fritz, pastor of Resur tecuonsLutheran church, to de liver til* message at 8 o'clock. bjm 1 TO PREACH Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of Cen tral Methodist church from lm-afc VUf nil the pulpit at the Central' church Sunday morning for 11 o'clock services, according to announcement by Rev- Pbll atoifc 1ft A .si? ? ?? *1? ClvCRlwlX Drama Will End Season Saturday Ticket Inquiries Reported Heavy For Final Series Kings Mountain Little Theatre rings down the curtain on the 1964 season of "The Sword ol Gideon" with three performances this weekend beginning Thursday night Record seasonal crowds are an ticipated by Littfe Theatre offi cials for the final series of per formances, they report, since last Saturday night's performance, a sellout attracted the. . season's top crowd, and in view of a hea vier advance sale of tickets for the Thursday, Friday, and Satur day shows. Decision has been reached not to holdover past the scheduled August 12 closing. Two large groups ? one from Casar high school and a States vllle Sunday School class ? are planning to attend this weekend, the Little Theatre businesu office reported Wednesday. Mrs. P. G. Padgett, publicist, suggested that Kings Mountain citizens make reservations for the final trio/Of showings, in view of ticket demand, or plan to arrive at Kings Mountain National Mili tary park amphitheatre well in advance of th^8:15 opening hour. Mrs. Padgett also reported that Miriam Stevenson, the South Car. ollna beauty chosen "Miss Uni verse" was not able to accept an invitation to attend, being requir ed to return to Hollywood, Calif., for film work. Following the dose Saturday night, Director Bill Trotman leaves for Cherokee, where he will play a role in "Unto These Hills" for the remainder of the season. Saturday's performance , will mark completion of the fourth consecutive season for an out door battle drama, presented by the Kings Mountain Little Thea tre commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain. . ' TO MOfE' Mr. and Mrs. John Charles and family are to move Mon day to Taylorsville where Coach Charles has accepted a position as high school head coach. An all-conference tall back. at Lenoir Rhyne College, Mr. Charles has been In King* Mountain high school for the past two yean. MB OPTOMETRIST ? Dr. Blcdw M. McWhirter. of Shslby, announces the opening of offices here on Monday for the practice ol op tometry. | Dr. McWhirter To Open Practice . Dr. Blake Mills McWhirter, op tometrist, of Shelby, has assum ed the practice in Kings Moun tain of Dr. D. M. Morrison, ac cording to Joint announcement. The new optometrist will be lo cated ?n thb Morrison Building in the office used by Dr. Morri son and will begin his full time IjjjraCtice on Monday. A March graduate of the Sou thern School ol Optometry, Mem phis, l%nn., he is beginning his first practice. v Dr. McWhirter, 29 and single, is a native of Shelby, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McWhirtter. He [was graduated from Shelby high school and is a veteran of five and one-half years service In the U. S. Navy during World War II and the Korean fighting. Gym Recreation Center Is Closed ? The summer recreation center operated at Central gymnasium by the city parks and recreation commission was closed Wednes day. John Charles, supervisor of the center, reported yesterday that participation at the gymnasium was "better than last summer". The center was opened for the summer shortly after the closing of city school*. BIO Steelworkers Seek To Fono Local II Fo file Mineral Company The United Steelworkers of A merlea, a CIO *1 filiate, la seeking to organize 4 local at Poote Min eral Company. Names of persona or Employees promoting the union on?ani7-a tlon have not yet been obtaina ble by the Herald, and J An Cas tle, Foote manager, said no per son had indicated to him who the chirr organizer might fa* "We usually are last to hear about those things," Mr. Castle commented. ? Mr. Cast la did nnder I stood the ofvanhtatloifi effort Is being mada by the 8teelwoiketa. ed they undmtpod a meeting by the organisers and thnaa inter ?gtad Is joining the union had ,;V been held In Gastonia last week end ~ either TOday or Saturday ?but none couid ?lve any Infor nntlon on the exact date or what transpired. (; To a question on Pinion dif ficulty, M Ma. Castle termed the development "no difficulty. T . "We are accustomed to doing busings with unions at other plants," he aald, "and ate much more interested la our new eon I struct Ion now underway tfcftit any matter of union organizing activity." r: foote Mineral Compaq has offlcea ^ Philadelphia, which the metal lithium Is ^0t __ ? City To Seek I New Legislation :0n Tax Discounts ?rThe city commisslon Passed, a resolution last Thursday night to seek passage /^legislation by the General As se^bly to make Kings Mountain's :S y,Tnt discount schedule coincide w!th the schedule follow Sty Of Sby"11 C?UMy *"d <*? fKard passf'd the resolu vlsorCP ?f Tax SuP"r' visor. C. E. Carpenter, who said fmoIfK|M ,s causing confusion Ki.np Mountain taxpay ers and adds to the bookkeeping chores of the tax office. K-tnndeiV?thc change- ,f enacted, Mv8?hefOUntain citizens could pay their upcoming tax bills in August and still qSallij lor ,? full two percent discount Under current statute, the two peK discount period ends July 1 all ml l0J!5 Se8sion. attended by all members of the board the cwnmissioriprs aiso hoard a'p]ea rn? c,f ir ubcr> cart; taker of ?.? ? to Jiniit Its use by the high 8chool football team to actual contests and single Dre so?? Pract'ce sessions to pre with J f grass' and confirmed, ? ?"e exception, the pre viously advertised street improve ^[aoSStS8J}?ent8 for West King street and Floyd street. .J?t P' ^?tterree. owner of 105 oTwi?t vigC ?" 1118 801,111 8,de rtL g stroet- objected to the assessment on grounds this a <WW/aS *a!i fronU8e- wlth only said sal * Mr_ Ratterree said sale of the property wouldn't command the $52 Jo aSent fhP riV^ .t*d, he would convey S1Z2ZF& the prlce of ^e assessment The board passed a from th>n ^ing Mr Ratterreo te^f tL S3?,enL m'nu. tes of the meeting provide that Atvitw ??!rre? ** to convey the 22???t dty' '* "m <* "? ??? Suber's P^a, Who sug ?h? SL 1 ^ h,gh **00! use the city recreation area for prac ed 'r^y?ir 9lee Badges nam W. G. Gran Phimn. . at.terson' ancTLaroia SSSf to confer with ach?ol of ficials on the matter. In other actions, the board: ! OriLV<^! a?refund of $34.17 to Glenn Carroll, representing 20 percent differential charged out of-city power customers. The Car roll f Property had been found to be Inside the city limits, effec cllriu? I**? I' 1953< In turn- Mr. city taxes8 assessed with 2) Entered an agreement with ft. l,. Bianton to run a sewer line SfrVw a Port'on of Market d!T izn?' ,Blanton ?"pred the city poo (cost of two afeptic Htv ln? ins^a11 the ,,n? Under ^y,,i5r lCy' board has keen requiring a minimum of four homes a street before installing SSL,-""*1* M?yor Bridge* n * lne city 18 to have Continued On Page Eight B. & B. Food In New Home ] B. A B. Food Stores, Inc., Kings Mountain, grocery firm, opened Wednesday .morning in its new, modern building on S. Battle ground avenue. The opening event , will con tinue throughout the weekend with the firm offering prizes, via drawings, every hour on the hour during the three-day weekend. No purchr.se* are mandatory, with merely registration required, and all registrations will participate in a drawing for a grand prize Saturday night, it was announc ed. B. A B. Food now occupies the completely renovated building which formerly housed Craw ford's Market. The building was reconstructed by its new owner, |W. K. Mauney, and B. A B, Food | has' outfitted thte store with all new fixtures of most modern type, air-conditioning, and floor shelving. The firm is designed for near complete self-service with three checkout counters, two In front and one at back, the latter to serve customer* using a ten. car parking area off. the Mountaln Oold street ai**y. The flrm, which for seven years has operated in the Raymond Cllne building on W. Mountain street, has about 3,100 aqua* Jeet of floor space in the main floor area, plus 3,400 square feet of storage space. Including two large refrigeration. Installations, one lor produce, another tor Owners of the Ann- are H. Tom Fulttw. pHteVSent, Mrs. H. Tom IThHam i ri 41 a w fwoWy me (MVSKtffii, noracv C+. Hord. secretary - treasurer and general manager, and Mrs. t* ? * . rtwmKM noro. m: * GAS SYSTEM BID OPENING? Shown above are cit? officials as they prepared to open bids last Friday morning for the city natural gas distribu tion system. Seated, left to right are Comm. W. G. Grantham. Mayor Glee A. Bridges. Comm. W. S. Fulton. Sr- opening the first bid. Comm. J. H. Patterson. Comm. Harold Phillips, and Jack White, city Judge. Standing, left to right, core BUI , Edwards and Mr. St. Germain, of Barnard & Burk, | City Attorney J. H. Davis, A. S. Hall, of Barnard & Burlc and E. C, Nicholson, public works superin tendent Low bid was $242,000. Contract probably ] will be let Monday night (Herald photo by Car lisle Studio.) Abbott Will Head TO GAFFNEY ? L. E. Abbott, vlce.presldent and cashier of First National Bank, bas resign ed effective October 15 to become president and cashier of tho Bank of Gaffney, S. C. Doctors Report Tkiee Polio Cases Three new cases of polio were reported in Kings Mountain this week, bringing the total for the year to four. Jack Randall Elgin, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Elgin, of 405 Chestnut street, was stricken Saturday night, admitted to the Kings Mountain hospital Sunday and his illness was diagnosed as polio Monday. Dr. P. E. Hendricks, the attend ing physician, said the boy's case apptears mild, and no paralysis h?d devolped. He was discharged from the hospital Tuesday morn ing. Michael Lail. son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Lail, of Midplne community, was taken to the Ashevllle Orthopedic hospital po lio center Saturday afternoon, af ter his illness was diagnosed as polio last Friday. This child be came HI Ai -mat 2, according to Dr. W. L, lamseur, attending physician, a :d was admitted to the Kings Mountain hospital Au gust 4. Dr. Ramseur stated that the child had no paralysis Saturday but was in need of special treat' ment. Stephen Whlsnant, 4, son of Mrs. Frances Whianant, and a next-door neighbo/- of the Lall child, also becamte ill Monday, ac cording to Dr. Ramseuy, and dia gnosis of polio was made Friday. The child Is at home and is able to be up, V none Members of the Auxiliary of i ,v?. th.> a marten n f^glon, have MRMd an invitation to mtatbeni of the post antf their families to attend a picnic supper i&j^ke Montonla on August 19 at &30 P- Bl Resignation To Be Effective On October 15 L. E. (Bunny) Abbott, vice president and cashier of First National Bank, has resigned ef fective October. 15 to accept the position of president - cashier of Bank of Gaffney, S. C., a new bank recently chartered and now. being organized. Announcement was made by President Frank R. Summers, of First National, following a call ed meeting of the First National Board 6f directors Monday. Mr. i Summers said Mr. Abbott's res ignation was accepted "with re gret.' The directors named Mr. Summers and B. S. Neill, execu tive vice-president, to make re commendations for filling the vacancy. The new Gaffney financial in stitution is bein? organized by a group of Gaffney citizens head ed <by W. C. Hamrick, Jr., chair ,man of the board, and by P. E. Morgan, Jr., chairman of the building coihmlttee. Mr. Abbott joined First Na tional on October 1, 1947, as cashier, -coming to Kings Moun tain from Darlington, S. C., and Citizens Bank of Darlington. He was promoted to a vice-ppesiden cy In 1951. Since coming to Kings Moun tain, Mr. Abbott has been active in the civic, religious and social life of the community. A director of the Kings Mountain Klwanisl club, he served as president in ' 1951. He is currently chairman of the iboard of deacons of First Baptist church, and a veteran teacher and superintendent of the Young People's department. Continued On Page Eight Route Changes Are Approved Effective Monday Fifty three Kings Mountain citizens will get official transfer ral from Bessemer City to Kings Mountain, as Kings Mountain postoffice inaugurates extended carrier service on Rural Route 1. The change will fcffect 53 resi dences previously addressed Route 2, Bessemer City, and fol lows postoffice department ap proval of an inspector's recom mendation made several weeks ago. Approval of the department was received here last Friday, Postmaster W. E. Blakely an nounced. The change adds 3.35 miles to Rural Route 1, to servte: Thirty-seven residences on Lin wood Road, eight on Morrow street, eight on Jackson street, and another ten on Cleveland avenue and Highway 161. The ten on Cleveland avenue ? Highway 161 have been without any mail delivery service since May 10, when a previous route change left thte ten homes out of bcth Bes. semer City and Kings Mountain rural routes. In addition, reasonable service is to be provided to residents of Rhodes, Groves, and Catherine streets. Postmaster Blakely said he was very happy the route change recommendations had been ap proved. Assistant Postmaster George Hord said postoffice records in dicated the 53 Kings Mountain residences had carried Bessemer City addresses since the inaugra tlon of rural free delivery service In 1902. ?' ' OPTIMIST CLUB The regular monthly meeting of the Kings Mountain Opti mist cltrb, will be held Thurs day night at 7 o'clock at the City Picnic area, according to Neal Grlssom, president of the cluh. Mr. Grlssom stated in case of rain the meeting will be held at Resurrection Luther, an church. Whitesides Bays In WKMT; Bridg Southern Radiocasting Compa ny, a partnership operating Ra dio Station WKMT, was dissolv ed effective August 1 and ft. H. Whin - Ides, of Rock Hill, 6. ?., Is now soleowner, It was an nounced Wednesday by Jonas Bridges, new general manager of the station. Mr. Whitesides purchased the Interest of Jcnn G Greene, Mr. Bridges saty. The sale has not re ceived final approval of the Federal Communications Com mission, he added, tout approval is considered routine. Mr. Greene has purchased Mr. Whitesides' Interest in Station WDW, Durham, and will assume management of that station, now (under construction, on Septem ber 1. He will remain with . ' % . ? . . ? \ ? ? Greene Interest es New Manager WKMT for . the remainder of the month. Mr. Greene, as general mana ger, opened the station here on March 12, 1953. Mr. Bridges, a native of Boil ing Springs, joined WKMT a few days toefore it went on the air in 1953 and went to Newton to mecage Station WNNC wh in the company purchased that station. The Newton station was recently sold and Mr. Bridges came hack to Kings Mountain as manager of tfhe station here. ' Also accompanying Mf . Brid ges from the Newton station la Fr triK Knight, of Pageland, S. C, who will serve as staff announ cer hen. Mr. and Mr*. Knight are residing on Meadowbrook road. ?vV. VcVvV' City To Consider Contract Letting Oh Monday Night Thfe city board ol commission ers will meet Monday night at 7 o'clock in special session to let contract for the city's natural ga^. , distribution system and to com- .. plete details concerning the re venue bond issue financing. The contract will probably go to Leo T. Barber, Moultrie, Ga., !\t $242,000'low bidder among ten and exactly $50,000 under the se cond bidder, McDonough Com, pany, of Atlanta, Ga., who bid $292,000. The board met Friday after noon pfter opening the bids from ten contractors and indicated the Leo T. Barber bid would be ac cepted, provided his financial a bility, list of equipment, and ex perience references are sAtisfae-' tory. Representatives of Barnard & Burk, thfe city's engineers, said they were highly pleased at the result of the bidding, noting that the low bid was $75,000 under their minimum estimate of costs. The contract specifications re quire that the work be completed not later than March 1, 1955, though it is' also specified that gas will be used through the mains as completed. Thus some areas will receive gas service in advance of othfers. The city's con tract with the gas supplier, Trans continental Pipeline Corporation, requires that the city begin buy ing gas not later than January 15, 1955. The other bidders and their bids were: Blythe Brothers, Charlotte, $292,179.85. A. Pew-E. N.. Murray, Atlanta, Ga., $293,216. Modern Welding Company, Owensboro, Ky* $296,587.35. Sullivan-Long & Haggerty, Bes semer, Ala., $309,015.72. B & M Construction Company, Oklahoma City, Okla., ?313,892. Richards & Associates, Carrol ton. Ga., $319,920. Louisiana-Mississippi Construc tion Co., Charlotte, $383,415.39. F. L. Sholwater, Lynchburg, Va, $170,457.20. McGiiutis Finn Gets New Home McGinnis Department Store has completed arrangements with Dr. D. M. Morrison for a three year lease on the building at the corner of Mountain street and the Mountain-Gold alley and (ex pects to occupy the new location next week. The building being vacated by McGinnis Department Store arid owned by Mrs. J. E. Lipford is to be occupied by McGinnis Furni ture Company. The changes mtean an expan sion for both firms, and were an nounced by Paul McGinnis, owner of McGinnis Department Store, and by Hubert McGinnis, of Mo Ginnis Furniture Company. The building*to be occupied by McGinnis Department Store most recently housed Rainwater Fur niture Company. $50G Left On Table No Source Of Pain Carlyle Daniel, representa tive of Leo T. Barber, who left $50,000 "on the table" in enter ing the low bid for the city's natural gas distribution system, said he was not unhappy about the big differential. Being Interviewed by the board of commissioners last Friday afternoon, he said it was no particular pain to him that his firm's bid proved $50, 000 under the nearest bidder. To the Joking remark of Attor ney J. R. Davis that rumors were he had lowered his bid Just before the closing time, he laughed, "Idle rumors will get around". Then he added that the rumor was in error, that he had Sealed the bid before leaving Hager Motel for the bid-opening session. "We bid it close as we usual ly do, but we still left some pro fit In It," he told the board. Questioned about the finan cial ability of the firm, Daniel sakl, "You needn't worry about that for Mr. Barber Is a mil lionaire five times." Mr. Dantel said the firm had done gas system installations at Millen, Oa., Newberry, S. C? and had done a small Job under direction of Barnard A Burk, among others, having been In the business for tlx years.