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i Population City Limits 7.208 Tho population U fro m tho O. 8. Qov* IUH>I ctuui report tor IKO. TIM Coaous Iwmu MtlnatM the nation's population gain tince 19S0 at 1.7 porcont par yoar. which moan* King* Mountain'! IIM population should approxi mate 780*. The trading area population In IMi, bamod od ration board- fogUtrationi at th? King* Mountain ofile*. wot 15.000. ' VOL M NO, 33 ti W Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper U Pages, a j Today Established 1889 ?'?'J*.* Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 19, 1954 Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS / local News B#tins TO ATLANTA Miss Sarajee Harrlll, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A* Har rill, left Saturday for Atlanta, Ga., where she has accepted a. position as assistant cashier at 20th Century Fox Corporation, HAS OPERATION Carl Fihgei-, owner of Finger Laundry, underwent an emer gency appendecomy at Kings Mountain hospital Tuesday night. His condition was de scribed as satisfactory Wed nesday morning.. . TANK SOLO The city sold its asphalt storage tank, located at Maun ey Mills, Inc., to R. E. McLean, of Gastonla, on Wednesday for $100. The city board had em powered the mayor to sell the tank at "best price." ' PIE SUPPER The Ladies Missionary Soci ety of Missionary Methodist church are sponsoring a chick en pie supper at the Old Mill clubhouse Saturday with pro ceeds of the sale to go to the building fund of the church. Plates are $1 each. WEEK LET SPEAKER The Reverend iL Gordon, Weekley, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church in Kings Moun tain,' will deliver the address at the first chapel exercis at Gardner -'Webb College Sep tember 13. This is the official opening exercise of the school year. ' " ?????!! ;i n. 'I * ' PLONK HAS OPERATION C.8. Plonk Is a patient in Hex hospital, Raleigh, where he is recuperating from an op eration he underwent last week. Members of his family said it 1& possible he vii U bi discharged from the hospital Saturday LOQAN ELECTED - E, M. Logan,' sheriff of Ca barrus county ?nd brother of Kings Mountain Police Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., was elect ed president of the North Car-' olina Sheriff's association at. the, annual convention of the organization at Atlantic. Beach last weekend. BUILDING PERMITS ". A building permit was issu ed 'by Building Inspectoral. Webster Monday to Beatrice Spratt to erect a one-story house on Katherine street, at an estimated cost of $6,000. TO HEAR MISSIONARY Dr. B. L. Hamilton, AHP mis sionary on MMtefrom Pakls tan, will deliver' the morning sermon at Boyce Memorial ARP chtfrch at 11 o'clock Sun day. Dr. Hamilton is the fath er of Mrs". John C. McGill, . Kings Mountain. , ? \ V PATRICK NAMED Rev. p. D. Patrick, of Kings Mountain, has been appointed a member of the committee' on supplemental offerings of the Presbyterian Synod . of North Carolina, according to an nouncement by Dr. Harold J. Dudley, of. Raleigh, Synod sec retary. ' /. . - ? two flags ' Two calls were answered this week by Kings Mountain Fire Department, according to the report of Fireman Ted Gamble. On Sunday Firemen exting uished a blaze that ignited a laundry basket at the residen ce of Harry Klmebell on E. King street. On Tuesday firemen were called to extinguish - a fire at the residence of E. H. Johnston on Myers street. The blaze, Mr. Gamble said, was conllend to the hack porch. P<xv*m#ikt4tmslcii?g Fee Short-Lived The city board of commis sioners rescinded Monday night a previous action whereby it had instituted a $20 pavement* breaking 'fee to accompany thfe cuatanutxy (35 fee for making a sewer up. On motion of Comm. T. J. Ellison, seconded bv Comqi. Harold J. Phillips, the noard voted to rescind the charge, to* who had PVd W Earth tfcto city aspects ^<use on mak ing sewer taps In lieu of pave mint *' * ' City Clerk Jm Hsndrick Mid com. Sv*' - ?* ? A- ' CREDIT WOMEN OFFICERS AND SPONSORS ? Shown above are the newly elected officers and sponsors of the recently formed Credit Women's Breakfast Club. Reading from left to right are Miss Rebecca Moss, secretary, John H. Lewis. Mrs. Faye Neal. first ?ice-president, J. T. McGinnis, representing Fred W. Plonlc Mrs. Ruby Alexand er, president, Dan Hullstetler. Mrs. Lalaye Mea cham, second vice-president, B. S. Peeler. Sr., and Miss Katy Jones, treasurer. (Herald Photo by Car lisle Studio of Shelby.) Credit Women's Club Officers Aze Installed Officers of Kings Mountain Chapter of the Credit Women'* Breakfast Club were installed at an installation banqifet Monday night at Masonic Hail dining room. , Mjss Vivian Goley, of Char lotte, who was presented by Mrs. Ethel Wilkinson, president of the Charlotte Chapter of the Credit Women's Breakfast Club, formal ly installed the officers. Miss Goley, using the candle light ritual, formally installed Mrs. Ruby Alexander as presi dent of the local chapter. Mrs. Alexander, on accepting the pre sidency, said she considered it a high personal honor in being Elected as first president of the ciuo and would do everything possible for its welfare. Other officers "thstaJletf were" Mrs. Faye Neal, first vice-presi dent, Mrs. LaFaye Meacham, se cond vice-president. Miss Rebec ca Moss, secretary, and Miss Katy Jones, treasurer. Sponsors recognized were Fred Plonk, of Plonk Motor Company, L. E. Abbott, First National Bank,' Dan Huffstetler, Baird Furniture, John Lewis, Sterchl Brothers, Inc., B. S. Peeler, Sr., Elmer' Lumber Company, and Ross Alexander, Alexander Jewelry. Mayor Glee A. Bridges gave the ' invocation, the address of wel come and presented to the Credit Women's Breakfast Club the key to the city. " Response to Mayor Bridges was given by Miss Nell Clingman, of Winston-Salem, first vice-presi dent of North Carolina State As. 8ociatlon of Credit Women's Breakfast Clubs. t Introduction of Mrs. Evelyn Ray, principal speaker of the event, and president of North Carolina State Association of Cre-' dit Women's Breakfast Clubs, was made by Mayor Bridges. In her address, Mrs. Ray said "The Breakfast Club is not a so cial club, but the main Idea is to educate members to become more efficient Hi the practice and pro Continued On Page Bight School Trustees Fill All Vacancies TO RECEIVE DEGREE ? I. Ben Goforth, Jt? high school faculty member, will receive the degree of Master of Arts in education and mathematics at summer commencement exercises at Ap palachian State Teachers college at Boone Thursday evening. Goforth To Get Master's Degree I. Ben Goforth, Jr., Kings Mountain high school teacher of science and mathematics, will receive the degree of Master of Arts In education and mathema tics at Appalachian State Tea- j chers college at Boone Thursday evening. . M.v Goforth has completed four summer terms at ASTC since his graduation from Appalachian in 1949 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and mathematics.. A Kings Mountain rtative, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L Sen Goforth, Sr., and a graduate of Kings Mountain high school. * As (Sty Adopted ton} Besolntion . -'-'v'-.. u?_ ; rjA '??/..?: When the board dl <?ity com missioners passed the resolution to issue 1400,000 in revenue bonds (or construction of a natural gas distribution system Monday night, It aet two Kings Mountain records. Jt was the first time in the city's 80-year history that a Kings Mountain administration had passed a resolution to issue re venue bonds which do not pledge the full faith and credit of t$(e municipal corporation. In revenue-type bonds, the only col lateral the bondholders receive is the installation Itself. . .. & The other record, most prob ably, waa the length of the reso lution, numbering 56 typewritten pages, legal slafe, double spaced, and Including complete details ort the bond- offering, rates to be charged gra users, provisions for protection of the bondholders, and mere than a usual number of lei-dstle "said**, thereto* fores" and ' pertaining thereto'*". Slightly boiled down, the reso lution provldea lor sale of *400, 000 In revenue bonds on Septem ber 14 by the Local Government commission in denominations of $1,000 each. The maturity dates will be: at $10,000 yearly; 1963-66 at $15,000 yearly; 1967 vm at W5.000 yearly; with the $30,000 wtaufeip on the lasu. in rl&TO. Principal payments and in terest will be due semi annually oil April 1 and October 1. Provisions make the bonds callable, should the city desire and have/ the money, after Octo ber 1, 1961, with a sliding scale ; premium for various dates of I call. . The resolution provjdes strict 1 rules requiring present and fu ture city administrations to pre pare annual budget* for opera tion of the gas system, to carry sufficient insurance on the sys tem, and to earmark receipts for up to four separate funds. The four are: bond service account, reserve account, renewal and ex tension rtaervfe fund, and the rei demotion account The city pledges, In the resolu tion, to retain competent consult ing engineers for supervision ol the -system, to charge rate* <*om nrifensurste with its debt service and expansion requirements, and to have Its books audited at least once annually by certified public accountants. % Few of the commissioners have read the complete text of the long resolution and City Clerk Joe He fid rick is dreading the mas sive task of copying the resolu tion In the city's official book of minutes. Board Adopted $472?69 Budget For Coming Year for city schools for 1954-55, a record $472,569.01, was approved and all teaching vacan cies Were filled at thfe regular August meeting of the city dis trict board of school trustees Monday night at Central school. The hoard elected four teach ' "Mfss TOarttOerito Thomason. of Greenville, S. C., a January gra duate of Furman University, elected to teach a second grade at West. Mrs. Thesis Warjipk, who taught here last year but who had resigned, elected to tbach first grade at Central. Mrs. Zuda M. Pierce, of Gaff ney, S. C., elected to teach fourth grade at East Miss Regina B. Wofford, of Cherryville, who taught at Cow pens, S. C., for the past three years, elected to teach first grade at East The record budget includes all bond money of thfe schools, in cluding $301,000 of the recent county bond issue. The break for current expenses, $85, 763-43; for capital outlay, $382, 887.68; and for debt service, $3, 917.90. In Other actions, the board au thorized Chairman A. W\ Kin caid and Superintendent B. N. Barnes to secure the sfervlrtes of a new firm to conduct the annual school audit In taking the ac tion, the board severed relation ships with George H. Emery & Co. and Plummer F. Jones who have made thfe audits for many years. Mrs. H. E. Lynch made the motion, which was seconded by J. R. Davis and carried unani mously. The board voted to offer An drews Music Co. $1,800 for a Steinway "B" grand piano for Central auditorium. The piano the board seeks is one used by thie Mauney Twins in many con certs over the nation and W. K. Mauney has offered to give $300 toward purchase of the instru ment, making the net cost to the BohooV $1,300. j Mr. Barnes reported that con struction of two classrooms in Central auditorium was awaiting approval of plans by the state fire marshal and Fred W. Plonk reported completion cf grading work on the Negro school athletic field. Mr. Barnes reported that Ma rion Packard, Shelby engineer, had not completed plans for Cen. tral school relighting and the board met a tentative meeting for Mocday at 7:30 p. m. to act on the project. Continued On Page Sight v KIWAlfIS PROGRAM The Pantomlmers, a group of Kings Mountain entertainers mimicking the Sunshine Boys, will present their act at the Thursday night meeting of the Kings Mountain Khvani* clutt, Masonic Dining hall, ?:4S. Members of the group m? P*Hf ?fil1,uf?tet,er' Buddy Goforth, and George Harris. Charles Yelton handles the record-player off stage. Bethware Fair Barbecue Set For Wednesday Annual Bethware Community Fair barbecue will be held at Bethware school Wednesday at 6 p. m, Tickets have been mailed to j program advertisers, Stokes; Wright, secretary, announced this week and additional tickets for i guests and friends may be secur ed from him. Dates of the seventh annual fair were announced last week by M. C. Poston, fair president, and head of the sponsoring organiza tion, the Bethware Progressive Club. The fair will be held on the grounds of Bethwa.c- school on September 15, 16, 17 anti 18. Other officers of the fair are Lamar Herndon, first vice presi dent; Charles E. Goforth, second vice president; Stokes Wright, secretary; Hal Morris, treasurer; Mrs. Lamar Herndon, assistant secretary; and Eugene Patterson, assistant treasurer. Myers Hambright is again ser ving as fair manager and his as sistants are Mrs. Eugene Patter son and Edwin Moore. Members of the board of direc tors are N. E. Morris, Grady Seism, Floyd Queen, Garrison Go forth, Charles Blalock, Mr. Moore, Carl C. Falls and Tom Hamrlck. ? Frank Hamrick is supbrinten- \ dent of grounds and his assis. tar. is are Leonard Gamble, in I charge of parking, and Dale Vol bracht, tickpts. John H. Rudisillj is purchasing agent and Amos; Best is assistant; I . - Di. Edwin Moll To Pieach Here Dr. Edwin Moll, of Jerusalem, will preach In Su Matthew's Lu I theran church Sunday morning at 11, and In Central Methodist ;hurch at 8 p. m. at the Union Service of live congregations. Dr. Moll was born and educat ed in Australia, served in the | famed Anzacs during World War I, at Gallipoli, then marched into Jerusalem beside General Alien by. He was a major in the Horse men then a colonel in the Royal Air Force. He studied for the Ministry in America and served large churches in California, Chi cago and Madison, Wis. He was then named general secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions, visiting and reorganizing the work in India and South Arrierlca. In 1945, Dr. W. P. Gerberding, St. Matthew's pastor, accompani ed him as Commissioner to Li beria, West Africa. After World War II, Dr. Moll was stent to Palestine to reclaim large Ger man Protestant church holdings, which had befen in the hands of the British Allen Property com mission. "He was admirably fitted for the task, being a former British citizen, fluent in the German and Arabic languages," Dr. Gerber ding noted. "He was successful in getting proxies from all the church leaders in Germany and In his negotiations with the Bri Ush. He has been at thte danger, ous post for nine years, in control I of a large hospital financed by j the United Nations as well as great orphanages and schools throughout the Holy Land. Re cently he married a Durham wo man and Is vacationing In Dur ham this gummer." Dr. Gertterdlng described him as an old-school orator and mas ter of English. "Dr. Moll's coming to Kings j Mountain will provide a real op- , portunlty for the community to hear a man of amazing ability j and wide experience," Dr. Ger- j berding continued. i Gas Tap Sales Said Booming Gas tap sales boomed this week ?a J. W. Webster, thte city's tap salesman, reported more than 200 tap* have been contracted by citi zens and business firms. Two manufacturing companies, Sadie Cotton Mills, and Kings Mountain Manufacturing Com pany, havr contracted lor t he service In their r*"pectlve residen tial areas, and Mayor G. A. Bridges has contracted for taps for all of his Landing street de velopment, City Clerk Joe Hen. drlck reported. Tap contrite are being sold at $10 during the pre-oonstructlon period to the building of the city's natural gas distribution system. Barnard A Burk, the city's engi neers have recommended a up I fee of f75 In the poet-construction City Will Sell $400,000 Gas System Bonds September 14 PRESIDENT ? Meek A. Carpen ter has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Little Tbea- j tre. Inc., fox the year 19S4-55. He Lb to assume the office in Sep tember. Little Theatre Names Caipenter * ... ? Meek A. Carpenter has befen (elected president ol the Kings Mountain Little Theatre for 1954 55, to succeed Mrs. P. G. Padgett. Mr. Carpenter, veteran Little Theatre member and performer, ; and other newly elected officers will assume office in September. Other officers elected at a meeting August 10 are: Tommy Owens, vice-president, succeeding Mr. Carpenter, Mrs. Ed Dill, sec retary, succeeding Mrs. Merle Baity; Milliard Black, treasurer, succeeding R. G. Plonk. Directors for the coming year will be Mrs. Franklin Pethel, Mrs. ISani Stallings, ? Mrs. Luther Can ? sler, Hal S. Plonk. Jeff Wells, and j Bob Rosberg, with Mra. Padgett, I retiring ' president, an ex offido director. ? ? ' j The Little Thbatre has Just j completed Us fourth successful season in presenting an outdoor J drama commemorating the Bat j tie of Kings Mountain. In addi Ition to the ni{}jor outdoor produc |tion, the Little Theatre presents ( three dramas during the winter | season. Beiyil Extiaction Progress Reported i The United States Bureau of Mines, working with Foote Min eral Company in an effort to ob_ j tain the ore beryl as a by product from spodumene refining, has [developed several technical me | (hods for extracting the ore. James E. Castle. Foote mana ger, said the methods are still "technical" and tested only on laboratory scale. As yet, the me thods have not been put to the test of actual field operations, he added. From the ore beryl is extracted the element beryllium, sought in greater supply by the federal government. p ? Barbei Contract Is Contingent On Bond Sale The city board pf commission ers met in special session Monday afternoon! tentatively letting con tract to Leo T. Barber, Moultrie, Ga.. for building of the city's na tural gas distribution system, and passing a long resolution provid ing for sale of $400,000 in natural gas revenue bonds on September 14. The board let contract to Mr. Barber, low bidder at $242,000. contingent on sale of the bonds and effective after their sale. The Barber bid was $50/K)0 below the second low bidder. If the bonds are sold on schedule, construc tion would begin about October 1, the board indicated. In other actions at the short i Monday session, the board: 1> Authorized Mitchell & Per shing, the city's bond attorneys, to advertise for bids for printing of the bonds and to accept the lowest bid. x 2) Approved petition for in stalling sidewalk on Linwood Drive, from Cleveland to Rhodes avenue. The petitioners claimed 100 percent signatures of proper ty owners. 3) Confirmed informally action of a previous meeting in reliev ing B. D. Ratterree of a $52.50 sidewalk assessment on receipt of a deed for a small strip of pro perty on West King street. City Clerk Joe Hendrick told the board thtere had been some question a bout the matter, but Commission er Harold ?J- Phillips, who had made the motion, said it was re corded correctly and other com missioners agreed they under stood the motion as it was Record, ed. 4) Passed a resolution to have 'circulars advertising the sale of | natural gas taps distributed by the sanitary department. 5) Passed a resolution to em ploy Rae Construction Company, [of Charlotte, to pave certain city streets while the firm is operat ing in this area. The Rae firm, ' now topping U. S. 29 and 74 for {the State Highway and Public | Works commission, is to do the jwork on a "when able" basis. Mayor Glee Bridges pointed out that- the Rae firm could handle | the paving work cheaper than the city, which has to haul the mix from Charlotte. v . , To a question concerning the McGlll sewage disposal tank pro ject. by Commissioner T. J. Elli son, Mayor Bridges said the city's engineer, W. K. Dickson, had re- J ported thai the State Health De partment would require installa tion of chlorinators at the new plant to treat the affluent before it flows into McGill creek. Mayor Bridges said the added eost would i approximate $2,000. He added 'that momentary approval of the Dickson plans are expected from the State Health department. To a question by the Mayor, City At torney J. R. Davis said he was Continued On Page Ten Curtain Falls On "Sword of Gideon"; More Than 1000 Saw Battle Drama The Kings Mountain Little Theatre let down the curtain for the final time Saturday night on the 1954 production of "The Sword of Gideon", and officials pronounced the 11-performance season a successful onte from all standpoints. With Saturday night's record crowd of the. season, placed at 750 by Business Manager Sam Stalling*, the 1954 outdoor battle drama commemorating the Bat. t!o-of Kings Mountain, played to more than 4,000 paying custo mers including many people from outside the two Carolinas. Mrs. P. ti. Padgtett, publicist, said conversation* with visitors to the performances at Kings Mountain National Military Park amphitheatre showed many . per sons made long trips from dis tant pari*1 of both- ?latta and others solely to attend the drama, one of four historical outdoor presentations In the two states. Mr. S tailings ternfcd the 1954 showing "n financial success", adding, that gross receipts will be sufficient to cover the full coats of the production, which were somewhat Increased over the 1953 season. Number of p^r forma n<v>s both yiaai s was eleven. One 1953 performance was cancelled by rain, and this year's opening [night performance was cancell ed when a power failure blacked (out the battleground area of iYork coumy. | Mrs, Padgett noted that com -ments from visiting (experts in J dramatics, the press, and others (testified to the artistic success of i the 1954 production which was rated much-improved over last year's showings, due to script, set and other production changes. Kings Mountain National Mili tary park logged ir its 100,000th visitor of the year 1054 at the Fri day night performance, Park Superintendent Ben Moomaw re ported. A Mrs. Perry had come from Lawn dale to see the battle drama. The park attendance this ylear continues to set new re cords, and the figure is now sev eral months ahead of last year's toUl, Director Bill Trotman, of Wlns ton -Salem, left over the weekend to Join the cast of "Unto These Hills" at Cherokee. Warrtm Hales, of Warsaw, who played the male lead of Recce McDer mott, 1a momentarily expecting a call to the armed forcea, Mrs. .Padgett reported. j. Plant for the 1955 season will i be determined soon at a meeting [ of the Little Theatre, Mrs. Pad gett said. NEW PASTOR ? Rev. Hoover E. Smith la the new pastor at Sec ond Wesleyan Methodist church. Hoover Smith New Pastor Here 'Rev. Hoover E. Smith began duties August 8 as pastor of Se cond Wesleyan Methodist chilrch, succeeding Rev. Yancey Carter. ? The new pastor and family moved last week into the church's parsonage on East , Gold street, coming here from Rose Hill where hte served as pastor of the Wesleyan church Rev. Mr. Carter resigned Au gust 1 to accept the pastorate of Ragan Mill Wesleyan Methodist church in Gaston County. Episcopalians To Form Mission Bluns /or establishment of a mission of the Protestant Episco. [pal church in ( Kings Mountain I were formulated by a group of I Kings Mountain Episcopalians iwho met last Thursday evening I it the home of Mrs. Haywood E. : Lynch. Present for the meeting were the Rt. Itev. M. George Henry, bishop of the Western North Car olina diocese of the Episcopal ' church, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Castle, Mrs. Luther Cansler, Mrs. Wal ter Garrard, Mrs. Tolly Shuford, Mrs. Ed Dill, and Mrs. Lynch. Mr. Castle, who made the an nouncement concerning the deci sion to establish a mission here, said the group will work with Mr. Finch, an Episcopalian dea con of Bessemer City, and that further announcements concern ing the mission will l>e made in the near futre. He invited all Episcopalians and others interested in the ef fort to organize a mission to con tact him or Mrs. Cansler. Police Assisting 1st Grade Parents The Kings Mountain police de partment is again suggesting and mapping safe house-to-school routes to parents of children who will enter the first grade this fall. Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., said that some parents have been con tacted by city policemen, and by opening date of school, the de partment hopes to have contact ed all parents of first graders. The service is another effort on the part of the police department ' to maintain a no automobile acci dent fatality record, Chief Logan ssid. Union Activity Reported Quiet Union organization activity at Foote Mineral Company "died down" or at least "quiet ed" during the past week, Foote "Manager James E. Castle said Wednesday. The United Steeiworkers, a . CIO affiliate, has beten endea voring to organize a local at Foote, under the direction of Ateo Bowie,, whp. i? reportedly forking out of Charlotte. Company employees have re ported that Foote'g manage ment,, In a meeting with em. ployees, pointed out what they termed advantages of a non union operation, noting that Foote Mineral Company fol lows a liberal payment policy for all employees. Including bonus arrangements, plus nu . merous costly fringe benefits in the fields of insurance.
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