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SING HEBE SUNDAY ? Don Busker's gospel singers, pictured above, will bo among the groups hers (or o Gospel Song Festival scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the high school audi* tofiuip. The festival Is being sponsored by the Men's Bible doss of Second Baptist church. Other groups to be heard include the LeFev res. and Concord's Roberta Gospel Singers. Advance ticket sale is underway. Board Suspended Meter Zone Fines Loeayjbigi Bulletins ? ASKING METERS Net receipt* from the' city's parking meters for the week ending Wednesday at noon were $171.70, as reported toy Miss Grace Carpenter, of, the city clerk's office. TO HEAR PARKER Don Parker, high school fac ulty member and instructor of the newly instituted driver training program, will discuss the new course at the Thurs day evening meeting of the Kings Mountain Kltfanls club, 6:4$, at Masonic Dining Hall. ?- _______ TO FRKSRYTERY Rev. P. D. Patrick, Meek Or mand, and J.,G. Darracott will represent the First Prestoyteri an and Dixon churches at a meeting of Kings (Mountain ?Presbytery at Union church in Gastonia Tuesday. ? ? X-RAY men Cleveland County mobile x ray unit will be here In front of BeBc's Department store Thursday, September 16, from 10-13 and 1-4. Announcement was made by Mrs. B. M. Jar rett, of Sjfielby. SATTTHDAT PIRE Firemen were called to ex tinguish two minor fires Satur day, according to a report of Fireman C. D. Ware. The first blase, a grass fire on Battle ground avenue and Wells at 5:20 p. m. called at 9:40 p. m. to extinguish a burning at the City Home and Auto SuDOiyCO m"mWlr7/r *^1 ? 'is V-. Vf Morrison, Foote Miner npany pucchastag agent, a successful forces land Hi the company'! Stinson Monday afternoon. Mr. Morrison said the engine a takeoff ud 1* a field farm off 4Mb who in the City Merchants Ale Sustaining Courtesy Plan The day of exasperating pink tickets ? signifying over-parking in a "meter zone ? is over in Kings Mountain for at least six months. The city adopted on a six-month trial basis last Thursday night a new system, whereby over-park era will benefit by a Courtesy Nic kel Plan. Under the plan, the me. ter policeman will put a nickel in the meter for an over-parker, then tuck an envelope under the car's windshield wiper inviting the mo torist to pay back the nickel ? either to a policeman, a merchant, or by mall to the Kings Mountain Merchants association. The plan was adopted at the behest of the Merchants associa tion and Is a copy of a similar plan reported by Chief of Police Hugh Logan to be working quite well in Smithfield. " ' Hie Merchants association is paying the coat. of the new plan, which was installed last Saturday; morning. Actually, merchant of ficials think the association might show a small profit on the trans action, since many motorists, pleased to avoid a ticket, re-paV the courtesy debt in greater sum than the gift nickel. Though the system has been working too short a time to deter Continued On Page Bight Area Ofi-To-School Group Lists K Students Attending 60 Schools The Kings Mountain area will send 131 students to 00 education al institutions, college, universi ties, prep schools, nursing schoola, business schools, seminaries, and specialized schools tills year, ao "I ? r to a list compiled by the I \ year some 103 students-are listed at 37 major colleges and universities, five students are en rolled at nursing schools, nine rT.')17H?- Herald jpdanf to list all the Kings Mountain area students enrolling at col leges and universities for post high school training. While evfery effort is made to avoid omissions, the , tiara Id recog nizes that possibility and in vite* any student not listed to convey the Information to the Herald. . . - . r- i at tffede schools, two at SMptdmry | [school#, and 12 at graduate schools. ,.*>? J Gardner Wpbb Junior ooUege, I at ^oiling Springs, heads the list wiui 12 area ttudenta enrolled tor the fail term, and Appalachian State Teacher's college, at Boone, lists eleven local students. Lenoir Rhyne college, at Bktooty, lists Jm ten area students, western Caro lina college, at Cullowhee, lists nine, and North Carolina State college, at Raleigh, lists eight. | Lees-McRae Junior College, at Banner Elk, and Davidson college list five each. Hie list of Kings Mountain area students and their schools are as follows: APPALACHIAN STATE TEA CHER'S COLLEGE ? Jake Hord, Jr., Faylene Falls, Suzanne Arro wood, Bob Goforth, Joyce Biser, Jane Goforth, Frances Sisk, of Bessemer City, and Ellis Tate, Tommy Keeter, Donald Bails, and Sally Davis, all of Grover. LENOIR-RHYNE COLLEGE? Jim Klmmell, Janice Allen, Gene Mauney, James McGinnls. Rachel Plonk, Richard White. Dick Mc Macklir, Jean McRae Diaz, W. P. Fulton, and Maxlne Jackson. NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE David Klncakl, R*n Hudson, Fred Kiser, Johnny XI aer, Charles Mauney, Jimmy Ca veny, Paul McGlnnls, Jr., and Jack Prlnoe. WESTERN CAROLINA COL LEGE Bob Hullender, Carroll Bridges, Bill Ruth, Gene Patter CcmtkHiig Oh Hgm Gas Bonds Sold; Gas System Work Will ?tart Soon City ot Kings Mountain gas re venue bonds wlere sold to Courts & Company and associates, ot Atlanta, Ga., on low bid of 3.55 percent interest in competitive bidding Tuesday. * The low bid on the $400,000 's- ] sue, with five firms seeking the bonds, compared with the high bid of Ira Haupt, New York, at 3.80. Mayor Glte A. Bridges said he and other members of the city ad ministration regard the sale as highly successful for revenue bonds and added that Leo T. Bar 1 >ei\ the Moultrie, Ga., contractor for the construction of the natur al gas system, informed him Tuesday that the firm would be gin work on installing the system "within a few days". The con struction contract calls for pay ment to Barber of $242,000 for building the city's gas system. Until construction is underway; citizens may obtain gas taps at $10. After-the construction period, the city's engineers have recom mended a tap fee of $75. Contract Let For Power Line The city board of commission ers let contract Wednesday morn, ing to Skyline Construction Co., of Asheville, for a power line to serve the filter plant and dam pumping stations. Bid was $13, 040. The board also discussed rais ing the dam at the preatent city lake by four feet and authorized Mayor Glee A, Bridges to secure a firm price on the Job, which the mayor reported as estimated at less than $1,000 by E. C. Nichol son, city superintendent of public works. Seven bids were opened at Tues day's special meeting, held at City Hall Tuesday at T j?. m. Bryant Electric Co., of Gastonia was se cond low bidder at $15,042 and R. H. Bouligny of Charlotte bid $15, 792. High bid was $20,804. Motion 'to accept the low bid was made by Commissioner W. G. Grantham and was seconded by Commissioner W. S. Fulton, Sr. Commissioner Harold Phillips was the only other 'member of the board present. W. K. Dickson of Charlotte, en gineer for the city, opened the sever! bids and 10 representatives from the seven bidders were pre sent. The new circuit will run from the Duke Power sub-station to the city limits on York road and will serve only the city filter plant In side the city. The new circuit will Join the present circuit at the York road city limits, with .the did line continuing to serve out of-eity patrons and pumping sta tions at the present city lake and the new city water resevolr. Mayor Bridges reported that the plan to raise the present dam by four feet will not necessitate re-routing of N. C. 161 and the state highway ' engineer has ap proved the project. Plaps call for constructing a concrete wall 72 feet long, 30 inches wide at the bottom tapering to 15 jnches at the top and four feet high. The wall will increase the storage ca pacity of the city lake by 15-20 million gallons, Mayor Bridges es timated. The lake level is now low Continued. On Pago Bight' LEADER ? Mr*. Frank H. Lea Tell, Christian Home counselor for the- Southern Baptist conven tion, will be the teacher at a Christian Home conference at First Baptist church - beginning Monday night. Conference Set At First Baptist Next week, Monday through Friday. First Baptist church will sponsor a Christian Home con ference, to be led by Mrs. Frank H. Leavell, Christian Home coun selor for the Southern Baptist Convention. She will teach her book, "Build ing a Christian Home." This book has been printed in several edi tions and one revision. "Mrs. Leavell is one of our most popular speakers and teachers," said Rev. Gordon Weekley, pas tor of the church. "Her classes are by far the most well-attended each summer at the Ridgtecrest Baptist Assembly. Her treatment of domestic, marital, parental and Juvenile problems is unique. They can't find classrooms large enough to accommodate all who want her course," he said. In addition to this class, which will be for young people and a dults, two more classes will be taught during the Conference. Mrs. Roy Bradshaw of Dallas, stfete - approved junior worker, will teach "You and Your Family" i for iunior-age children nine through twelve. Rev. H. G. McElroy, pastor of Temple Baptist church of Kings Mountain, will teach the Inter mediate book, "Tomorrow You Marry." The Nursery and a supervised playroom will be provided for the convenience of parents who have children below ihe age of nine. Sessions will be held each night throughout the week, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Leavell wil} be heard ovej Radio Station WKMT each rpornlng during the week at 9 a. m. Bites Conducted For CpL Belk Funeral rites for Cpl. North H. Belk, 50, klllied In an accident In Germany August 26, were con ducted from' Second Baptist chur ch Sunday afternoon, Interment following at Grover cemetery. Cpl. Belk, members of his fami ly were notified by his command ing officer Monday, was found dtead after he fell into a deep hole where construction work was in progress in an unnamed city in Germany. Rev. R, H. Redmond arid Rev. Floyd Hollar officiated and mill' tary burial rites were conducted The body lay in state at the chur ch for one-half hour prior to the service. Cpl. BSelk was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Y. Be lk and had served In the U. S. Army for 19 years. He formerly resided in Kings Mountain. Surviving are three brothers, Continued On Page Bight Lions, Woman's Club IF* Soli Used Clothes The Kings Mountain Lions club and Kings Mountain Wo man's Club will participate s Jotntly in a forthcoming sale of used' clothing, it was an nounced by officials of the two organizations Wednesday mor ning. v. 0 For the past two years the Lions club has conducted an autumn rummage sale, offering articles of used clothing at bar 'T'y . in prices. m Officials of the Lions clrj said that expansion of the N)i to include the Woman's Club, M intended to broaden the in vwwtory and strengthen ; the sales ataff. '? 2? - Full details of the sale will be announce later. Jacob Cop per, LkJM president, and Mrs. George Houaer, Woman's Club pr??sid??nt, askPd citizens to aavia their clothing tor a pick-up by representatives of the two orga nizations. Water Level Decline Slowed As City limits Consumption Both Streams To Reservoir Completely Dry With restricted consumption, Kings Mountain was holding vir tually even on its ,water supply Wednesday, city officials report* ed. Since last Friday morning at 6 a. m., it has been amisdemeanor for Kings Mountain citizens to use city supplied water for 1) car washing. 2) lawn and shrub watering, 3) wetting down coal, or 4) any other unnecessary pur pose. The city board of commis sioners passed the ordinance last Thursday night as a temporary emergency measure to force con servation of the city's meager water supply. Penalty for viola tion of the ordinance is a fine of 125 and 30 days in Jail. Fox* outside-city water custo mers, the law has no legal effect, but the city board ruled that fai lure of these cutomers. to abide by the ordinance would result In suspension of service. Mayor GItee A. Bridges report ed Wednesday morning that re sumption of use of the Gold Mine shaft as an auxiliary source on Monday meant that about 400,000 gallons^of water are being pump ed daily into the York Road rese voir ? now the only source for the resbrvolr with both streams normally supplying city water completely dry. In addition, the city obtains about 100,000 gallons daily from the artesian wells at the Cherryville Road water tank. -< The Mayor further stated there have been no instances of viola tion of the conservation ordi nance, but said the Situation could still become more critical if rains don'i arrive soon. The Gold Mine shaft water line went up several feet while the pump was out of aption, but this supply is now re garded as temporary. The Mayor said the Gold Mine pump line now extends to a depth of 200 feet and that the bottom of the shaft is estimated at 260 felet. Pumpage figures have plum meted since the conservation or dinance was passed. George Moss, filter plant operator, said Tues day's pumpage was 473,000 gal lons, about half the normal dally pumpagfe during July and August. Monday's pumpage was 495,000 gallons, 'while Sunday's total was 410,000 gallons. Mayor Bridges said the water level at the York Road resevoir dropped only three-quarters of an inch during the 24 hours ending at 6 a. m. Wednesday. Meantime, the city administra tion discussed possibility of add ing four feet to the resevoir dam io impound additional water. Foote Mineral Company, major city water customer, Is In no Im mediate difficulty, Manager Ja mes E. Castle told the Herald, slncte it now re-uses its wash wa ter. However, clean water will be required eventually, as extraction of waste and chemicals continues. Officials were hopeful the ap Continued On Page Sight NLRB Schedules Thursday Hearing On Union Plea To Organize Foote The National Labor Relations Board will conduct a hearing In Gastonia at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon to determine whether an election will be held at Foote Mineral Company on the question of Union representation by the United Steelworkers of America, CIO. The hearing Is the result of a petition filed by the Union request ing recognition as the employee bargaining representative at Foote, and la recorded by the nlrb as Case No. J1 RO-67R The hearing is scheduled for Gastonla's City Hall, with repre sentatives of the NLRB, the Steel workers and Foote Mineral Com pany to be present. - The union, in It* petition, seeks to represent all maintenance and production employees, estimated by the union at approximately 130 person*, but excluding engineers, office-clerical employdMLviwrtfcfc men, guards, professional and su pervisory employees, fe;"* The Steelworkers have claimed that more than half of Foote's employees havto signed union membership cards, a claim refut ed by James E. Castle, Foote Mi neral manager. ? ,< ? _ t Te?t of whether an election will be ordered by thte NLRB is a union membership sign-up by 30 percent of employees eligible for union membership. Mr. Castle said he understood about two-thirds of Foote'a em ployees, Including some who had previously signed union cards, had signed a petition f> the NL RB during the past week stating they did not want union represen tation- He doubted, he said, the petition had any legal standing with the NLRB, but noted that some of the employees Indicated they had signed union cards after "misrepresentations" by organi zers. . ! Alec Bowie, of Charlotte, in charge of the organization effort to r the Steelworkers, expressed confidence that an election would be ordered and that the voting would result In establiahment of a local at Foote. He said union dues are $3 per month, with half remaining with the local and the other half to go to thte national Steelworker organization. Mr. Bowie said nearby Steel worker locals Include three in Charlotte and one at Badln. MOOSE LODGE RECEIVES CHARTER ? Charter was presented Kings Mountain Moose Lodge No. 1748 at Institution services held at the Community Club on Bessemer City highway Sunday after noon beginning at 2:30 o'clock. Warren E. Rey nolds was installed governor of the new organi zation and teams from the Hickory and Charlotte lodges conducted the rites. Pictured at the Sun day service are. front row, left to right, Sergeant at- Arms Clyde Whetstine; Past Governor Fred Dixon, Junior Governor C. A. McCarter, Governor Reynolds, Treasurer Ross Alexander and Secre tary George Lublanesld; back row, left to right. Installing Officer S. .Llngerfelt of .Morganton; Membership Director Rocky McGirern; Trustee George Newton of Bessemer City; Lee Roberts, Jim Gibson and Lawrnce Bennett, the latter three standing in for Trustee E. T. Plott, Trustee j. W. Webster and Prelate Luther Bennett; Inner Guard George Stroupe; Outer Guard Johnny Patterson; Supreme Lodge Auditor Milton Hansen, of Wash ington, D. C.; and Instituting Officer Harold Isen hour of Hickory. The Kings Mountain lodge meets each Thursday at 8:15 p. m. at the Community Club. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Bethware Fair Is Underway; County Fair Open Tuesday New Features On Big Program Of County Fail i % ? Cleveland County 31st annual county fair, the nation's biggest, opens Tuesday with Dr. J. S. Dor ton promising new and exciting events for the annual event. New features on the five-day fair program Include the General Electric House of Magic exhibit, showing in the South for the first time, a four-show genuine Wes tern rodeo, replacing the harness racing of former fairs, a Cleve land County wildlife exhibit, and a replica of an old Cleveland County village. Fair activity has already been noted in Kings Mountain, where the Junior Chamber of Commerce Continued On Page Eight HEBE SUNDAY ? Ox. T. S. Pau lus, president of India's largest Christian college, will speak at St Matthew's Lutheran church Sunday evening at 7:30. It will be a Joint service for several downtown churches. (See story, page I, section 2.) Eanes Accepts Church Position Thomas Eanes, of Greenville, S. C., a graduate of Furman uni versity with a degree in music, has Joined First Presbyterian church as Director of Music and Youth Activities. Mr. Eanes, who began his du ties Tuesday, has served two years in the -navy and while In the navy attended the Chaplain's School at William and Mary Col lege in Virginia. Since being dis charged, he has worked in New York City and also studied one summer at Union Seminary, School of Saci *d Music. Mr. San aa worked as'a vocal coach and accompanist for singers of opera, conceit and oratorio. Re els6 taught piano and ha* spent six season* as coach and assistant conductor of the opera company Chautauqua, N. Y. In addition, Mr. Eanes has had various experiences both In the South and in New York as or* ganist and director of church choirs. He succeeds Franklin Pe Bethware Event Will Continue Three More Days Bethware Community Fair o pened officially at 1 o'clock Wed nesday afternoon for its seventJi annual showing of Number 4 Township farm-and-home pro ducts, including crops, kitchen ? delicacies, and fancywork. Judging of the exhibits and departments will take place Thursday. James Williams riding devices are <back again to delight the children, and the BethwaTe school cafeteria will ibe open dai ly, serving sandwiches from the 1 p. m. opening hour until 5 p. m. then offering a full-course din ner featuring homemade pastri eg. _ ' 1 [ Fireworks displays are sched uled nightly at 9:30. > Many area distributors of housewares and farm machinery are showing at the Bethware Fair and a nightly prize drawing ? with fair -goers eligible mere ly by signing their .names ? 1s also scheduled. Wednesday was Children's Day. "We cordially Invite Kings Mountain and Number 4 Town ship citizens and their neighbors to attend the Bethware Fair," Fair Manager Myers Hambrlght said Wednesday. "We have some excellent exhibits, in spite of the drought, and we feel those attending the fair will have an enjoyable outing." The Bethware Fair ends Satur day at midnight. Admission to the fairgrounds is free. New lias Station Schedule Given The King* Mountain Bus Ter minal - Western Union office on E. King street will observe temporarily the following sche dule: Dally, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays, 1 p. m. to 5 p. m. ' Announcement was made Wednesday by Mrs. Edith Car rigan, new manager of the ter minal. If the schedule Is varied, further announcement will be 1 made.