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Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 30, 1954
Sixty-Fourth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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MOUNTAINEERS WIN BIG ONE ? Kings Moun
tain high school's football team defeated Cher
xyvilie here last Friday night 20-6 and the above
photo was taken as Halfback Earl Marlowe, led
by Tackle Bud Mayes, (center) crashed over the
visitors goal for Kings Mountain's first touch
down, knotting the game ait 6-alL Other players
who can be identified are Halfback Charles Smith
and Quarterback George Harris in the back
ground. Cherryville Guard Brother Blackwelder at
extreme left (No. SI) and End Eddie Goforth. ex
treme right. The action was typical of the hard
fought contest, witnessed by a big turnout of fans.
(PhQto by TimHord.)
Local News
Bulletins
Clubwomen Name
Margaret Goforth
HAMBRIGHT REUNION
Annual Hamibrlght reunion
will be held at Antioch Baptist
church -near Grover Sunday,
October 10, with a picnic din
ner to be served at 12 o'clock.
Announcement was made by M.
D. Phiier, president of the clan.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Maun
ey and Mr* and Mrs. W. K.
Mauney, Sr., attended the Na
tional Convention of the Unit
ed Lutheran Church in three,
day session on Atlanta, Ga.,
last weekend. Audrey Mauney
was elevated from the office of
recording secretary to third
vice- president. '
INVITED
The Gaston American Legion
post Drum and Bugle Corps
has been invited to represent
the University of Maryland
when the Terps play Wake
Forest at Winston-Salem on
October 9. B. 3. Neill, Jr., is
president of the unit.
ATTEND MEETING
Mrs. Douglas Fritz and Mrs.
C. Q. Rhyne represented* Resur
rection (Lutheran church at an
all-day study class at St.
Paul's church in Dallas on Sat
urday. \ ,'-;v
ROBERTS REUNION
The annual Hugh K. Roberts
reunion will be held Sunday at
Antioch Baptist church, near
Grover. Dinner will be served
picnic style and ail friends of
the families are invited to at
tend, stay for the business ses
sion and hear Mrs. Eld Jenkins
or Charlotte give the history
of the clan for the first time.
Officers are R?v. G. W. Coop
er, president, and Miss Annie
B. Roberts, secretary;
LACKEY TO CHARLOTTE
Rev. Jacob L. Lackey, Kings
Mountain native and pastor of
Hickory's St. Tlmothy'? Luth
eran church, has accepted a
call to assume the pastorate of
Christ Lutheran church, Char
lotte. The Charlotte church wa^
recently organized and has
been meeting at Queens Col
lege. 'It anticipates building
a church in the near future.
Mr. Lackey will go to Char
lotte about November L If
TO aOKOa TEACHERS
TJte Kings Mountain Kl wan
ts club will entertain faculty
members of Kings Mountain
schools a# Its meeting Thurs
day night at 7 o'clock at (Ma
sonic Dining Han. < Shelton
Hutchinson, of Charlotte, will
present an entertainment pro
gram. ? / ..?
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BUILDING PERMIT
A building permit w*s Issu
o< 1 to Fred Gallant Friday by
Building Inspector J. W. Web
ster to erect a one story house
at an' estimated cost of #9,00(X
firemen answered a call
Monday afternoon around 1:15
<**ckfck to extinguish a woods
fire at the end of Owens street,
according to C D. Ware. Plre
man. rS*.. ?' jtfe . .-;i - V
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District Meeting
Held Wednesday
At Woman's Clob
Miss Margaret Goforth .was
elected vice-president of District
IV, North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs, at the district's
annual meeting hero Wednesday,
and several awards were won by
the Kings Mountain club*. : ' ?
The Kings Mountain Woman's
club and the Junior Woman's club
were hostesses to the district at
the newly-reno va tted and expand
ed Woman's club building. The
Woman's club was observing its
50th anniversary.
At Wednesday's meeting, the
Woman's club received three hon
orable mentions in community
sbrvice, as the most outstanding
senior club, and in child welfare
se;?ioe. The club also placed se
cond in increased attendance,
third for year books, and the Ju
nior club placed second for year
book entries.
Mrs. Gfeorge Houser, president
of the local club, and Mrs. D. R.
Mauney and Mrs. C. A. Rudlsill,
of the Cherryvllle Woman's club,
tied for first plrfce in district and
state favorite recipe contests.
Mrs. Houser entered a recipe for
Zwieback Ide Box 'cake, and the
Cherryville recipe was for Sher
ry cake.
I The Gastonla Junior and Senior
clubs- won the most outstanding
club awards for the* year. The
Shelby club won the community
service awaiM for 1954.
Officers elected, In addition to
Miss Goforth, were Mrs. Charles
Forney, Jr., president, and Mrs.
Ralph Spangler, secretary. Both
are . of Lawndale.
Mrs. Edwin P. Brown, of Mur
freesboro, federation president,
gave the principal address. She
told the group that, "Club women
need responsible, dedicated, and
loyal leaders" and also outlined
women's work in the American
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Woman's Club Sets
Open House Sunday
The Kings Mountain ' Wo
man's Club will hold open house
Sunday afternoon at the Wo
man's club building.
Mrs. George Houser, presi
dent of the Woman's club, issu
ed an invitation to the public
to visit the club Sunday after
noon from the hours of 3 and 6
o'clock.
The club house has been com
pletely renovated and a large:
addition has been recently fin
ished.
Castle Outlines
Union Drawbacks
Foote Mineral Company Man
ager James E. Castle, In a six
page letter last weekend, told
Foofe employees "you stand to
lose if this Union were to come }n
here and you stand to gain by
keeping it out."
Outlining details of the voting,
including the place of the election
and the hours, he suggested a pos
sibility the United Steelworkers
might decide to withdraw from
the election, and told the employ
ees the union was primarily in
terested in getting money from
them. '
Mr. Castle contended thte Foote
pay scale Is highest in the entire
area and that no employee had
been required to pay union dues
to obtain it, and he further noted
thte company fringe benefits, in
cluding hospitalization and life
Insurance coverage, vacation pay
and paid holidays, which are pro
vided at company cost.
The Foote manager further re
viewed the economic difficulties
occasioned for employees by
striktes, flayed union violence in
other areas And told the Employ
ees "it won't do to assume thi?>
couldn't happen here.'*
He also branded as untrue in
ferences he credited to the union
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' Wjftfnrtflin Lions Conducting
MMHMine Sale This Week
? The Kipg? Mountain Lions club
Is conducting in Kings Mountain
this weekend its annual White
Cane sale for the benefit of the
state's blind.
C.Iub committees aM soliciting
funds, through sale of the White
Catfe pins in various areas of the
community, and, on Saturday, a
group of girls will conduct a
street sale, it w As announced by
Bamette, chairman of
ooimnfttiH pa the project.
.irocetids will go partially
to the N. C. State Association for
the Blind ?Hd partially to the
Kings Mountain club for local ar
ea sight conservation work.
Conducting Saturday's street
sale will be Virginia Ramsey,
Shirley MdNeeiy, Brenda Barnet
tte and Kay Barnette.
The North Carolina State Asso
ciation for the Blind has provided
services for the blind on a state
wide b*?ii for 20 years. This Is
the ohiy state-wide voluntary a
gency of Its ktad, with so admin
iBtrative expenses. All |tS funds
rtt on tfcte blind either di
orto^^ly, di^ct^on
CmriiM, Indirectly on education
al materials dealing with the pro
blems of the blind arid the need
for better tfrye care to prevent
blindness.
The Association was organized
by the Lions and other civic-mind
ed individuals In Statesvllle, Sep
tember 1934. The main objective
was and still Is -? to help the
blind help themdeives.
This is a lay organization whose
membership is open to any per
son who is Interested In making
this state a better place for blind
citizens to live and work* It
bridges ?he gap between what the
Lions clubs and the state agency,
the Commission for the Blind, can
The only criteria for it* Ser
vices are that there is a need and
there J s no othbr resource avail
able.
The services provided include
providing glasses, cloths* food,
medical and dental services, edu
cation ,1|\' and craft materials,
White Cane walking sticks, ra
dios tor old, shut-in blind: vibra
phones for the deaf blind, and a
summer institute for mothers of
'firs strftool blind
Churches Starting
Loyalty Campaign
Communion Day ;
Sunday To Begin
Nine-Week Drive
Majority of Kings Mountain
churches will observe World Com
munion Day on Sunday and will
launch concurrently a nine-week
church loyalty campaign, which
spokesmen for the Kings Moun
tain Ministerial association say is
the most far-reaching organized
effort ever undertaken here.
Worldwide Communion Day,
recognized by nearly all Christian
groups, is considered by the as
sociation as the appropriate day
for the beginning of the cam
paign. The Sunday "following
Thanksgiving will be the last day
of the attendance crusade. Nine
Sundays are included.
Detailed plans for promotion of
the campaign have been inaugu
rated by the leaders of the asso
ciation. Civic groups, schools, and
church groups are being contact
ed and appealed to to promote the
campaign. Newspaper facilities
and radio time have been obtain
ed, and various promotional ma
terial will go out through these
sources.
"During Ihe post-war years a
noticeable increase in emphasis
upon chuffch life has been seen
throughout the nation. President
Eisenhower makes constant re
ference to national need of a dee
per spiritual life. Many civic and
veteran groups are outspoken In
their support of Church life. The
trend is general," a spokesman
said.
In announcing the campaign,
Rev. W. L. Pressly, president of
the group, said, "For several
years churches all over the world
have celebrated the ?acramtent of
the Lord's Supper on the first
SabbaUr~Of October. In most of
the churches in our state, men,
women, and children will gather
Sunday for this occasion."
"All that humbly put their trust
in Ilim, and desire His help that
they may lead a holy life; all
that are truly sorry for their sins,
and would be delivered from the
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W. C. Sides, Ir.
Giace Pastor
Ministerial assignments at the
annual Western North Carolina
Methodist conference at Ashevllle
last weekend resulted in only one
change in Kings Mountain area
Methodist pulpitp
Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., for' the
past four years pastor of Leba
non Methodist church at High
Point, will succeed Rev C. L.
Grant as pastor of Grace Metho
dist church. Rev. Mr. Grant, com
pleting a two-year - tenure as
Graoe pastor, will become pastor
of Stokesdale Methodist church.
Returned - to Kings Mountain
lor third successive years are
Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr., of Central
Methodist church, and Rev. Boyce
Huffstetler, of El Bethel Metho
dist church.
Other assignments of particu
lar interest to Kings Mountain
area Methodists Include:
RJev. V. R. Masters, father of
Miss Mozelle Masters, Central
Methodist religious education di
rector, was named pastor of West
Jefferson Methodist church, af
ter serving the Avondale Metho
dist church. I
Rev. C. C, Washam was return- 1
ed as pastor of Odell Memorial
Methodist church at Bessemer
Ci '-"I
. C. E. Murray, brother of
Boyer Murray and Mrs. Y. F.
Throneburg, of Kings Mountain,
was named assistant pastor of
Main Street Methodist church,
Gastonia.
Rev. J. G. Winkler, former Cen
tral Methodist pastor, was con
tinued in his position as superln
i?T"*??nt of the Marion district
Rev. J, H. Brendall, former
Central Methodist pastor, was re
turned for a third year to Trinity
Methodist church, Ashevllle.
' Rev. B. W. Lefler, former Grace
Methodist pastor, was returned
as pastor of the Lowell -St oney
Point charge.
Rev. Mr. Sides, in Kings Moun
tain Tuesday, expects to move
here next week and will assume
the Grace pulpit on Sunday, Octo
ber 9.
afsM01*?3 ~~ Ceorge B- Thorn
as son. Kings Mountain lawyer
was named solicitor of citv\e'
COUrt Mon<>ar night by
I !^!t^fard. ?f conunissioners. The
month" ? VQCant for
Mayor And Clerk
To Make Trip
P;^y|?H^KS"nyn?o0BLy
ESLWy a^n,??n
York to attonn ^onday to New
*uix to attend to matters affect
ing the city's natural gas pro^.
* ne trip was authorise) ? ?
sssirv of the city
or commissioners Monday nleht
In Raleigh, the city of?,
the S?tateU Hf?^angements w,th
nt? ?n,s"""lon Una lo cross the
<& in_
Clerk 4J sS.li.e'K?;
it wa8trj5nrf8 ,aUthorized *fter
his con.ra?, J^on
Mvssssssas^
rand low bidder. ? se'
n.mlne??,'!,,f?b<,ard ?>"??! two
?he gas arc rrs
( tigation certification, stating
l4r?ui P?, gal actions had been
Initiated to prevent the city's en
chanld^the^"^"088 The other
cnanged the bond paying agent
ni.? ^?est of Courts & Asso^
dates, successful bidders for the
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M From Area
In Draft Group
sst
-ive^ssr Cmm"
davanS W,U furn,?h ?n Mon
lndyuS!M>r ^ <* 30 men for
The eleven area men included
S?J??%t?sr moumJ? 22
25d bS5S? w w,th tne ci*ve
but now "ving else
York % ? Were Ross ???o ry.
*onc, s, C., and Blake Pa imiU
Hudson, Charlotte Others in
ssr ^sgfcftaws
&ofFWWer8^,,en J"m<* Yar?
ler and y Leon Batch
t. ^r*- fj*ra Newman, clerk to
the board said that m^ ^ ^
gig* b^n? inductfed born In
~ , DEAOUKK TODAY
C. E. Carpenter, city tax col
lector, reminded Kings Moun
tain citizens yesterday that the
deadline (or one percent tax
prepayment discounts on 1954
city taxes Is September 30 The
discount becomes half of one
; percent on FHday, he said.
Lake Montonia
Standby Source;
City To Use
Davidson Creek
?/^Va,f<nSh?rt KlnSs Mountain
was still praying for rain and
seeking new sources Wednesday
I he city was putting a bowl as!
sembly ? good for five more feet
of depth, on the Gold Mine shaft
piping, was anticipating tapping
the Davidson Creek dam supply
by the weekend, and had obtained
I permission to get some water
whten absolutely needed ? from
Lake Montonia.
The Gold Mine shaft, the city's
main source since both creeks
serving the city reservoir on York
Koad, was out of action Wednes
day, as the city added a mecha
nism which wil) be required whfen
more pipe is leceived. Mayor Bri
dges s?jid the pipe was shipped
from Kansas City by express on
Wednesday. He said the Davidson
stream would probably be tapped
during the weekend and that he
fcd'he dty would Obtain about
iuu.uo 0 gallons of raw water dal
ly from this source. ?
Mayor Bridges said he had con
tacted President D. C. McSwain
| and Vice-President O. P. Lewis of
I the Lake Montonia club and ob
tained voluntary agreement for
the city to tap the Lake Montonia
source "when absolutely needed,
as needed". All of the lake's sup
ply will not be drained at one
| 'ime. the Mayor added, saying he
I hoped other sources would be suf
jficient td preclude use of Lake
Montonia water until rains re
plenish the supply.
Meantime, the level In the city
lake reservoir continued to drop
at About one inch per day, Mr.
Bridges said, and consumption
remained at approjdmately the
same restricted average. Water
Plant Operator Georgfe Moss said
the average finished water pump
age for the past week was 447000
gallons daily, and he placed the
raw water usage at about 500,000
gallons per day.
ii ^ayor Bridge8 said the power
llnle to the Davidson Creek dam
was dud for completion on Fri
,?dded that Contractor
o. o. Walker did not anticipate
ceasing work on the dam con
structipn. The dam is now about
^ feet high. Mayor Bridges said
specifications call for' a 65-foot
dam.
The Gold Mine shaft pumpage
was scheduled for resumption
Wednesday afternoon.
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Linda Plonk Injured
In Fall On Tuesday
J Linda Plonk, six-year-old dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. vVray A
I Plonk, Is a patient in Memorial
j hospital, Charlotte, following
| acute neck injuries received in a
jiall from a hammock Tuesdav
(afternoon.
j The accident occurred about 5
0 Ciock at the home of Mr. and
| Mrai Fred Plonk on Crescent Cir
! cle.
1 The child was admitted to
Kings Mountain hospital immedi,
ately after the accident and was
transferred to Charlotte Wednes
day Dr. John C. McGill, tht? at
tending physician, said her con
dition was satisfactory and that
she was resting well Wednesday
morning.
9JULS
A sale of hot dogs, pies, ca
kes, ice cream, drinks, quilts,
handwork, and can goods will
be held Saturday, October 9, at
5 o'clock at Patterson Grove
church. The sale will toe spon
sored by the young married la
dies class of the church.
Foote Employees
Vote Wednesday
TO PREACH HF.RE ? Rev. L. M.
Allison, Jr., of Statesville, will
preach a week's series of ser
mons at Boyce Memorial ARP
church be9inning Monday night.
Allison to Preach
At ARP Services
Annual special services at
Boyce Memorial ARP church will
begin Monday night, with Rev.
L. M. Allison, Jr., of Statesville,
pastor of Pressiy Memorial ARP
church, to deliver the week's se
ries of sermons.
Rev. Mr. Allison head's the
Young Peoples Christian union
work of the ARP Synod and is a
member of the board of trustees
of Erskine college.
Services will be held each ev
ening Monday through Friday
at 7:30. Mr. Allison will conclude
the series at services on Sunday
morning, October 3
Special music for the services
will be under the direction of
Mrs. N. F. McGilL.
Mr> Allison's sermon subjects
through Wednesday will be:
Monday, "What About Jesus
Christ?"
Tuesday, "The Greatest Thing
In the World."
Wednesday, "The Fifth Gos
pel."
New Church Lists
Regular Services
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Rev. Kelly Dixon announced
this week a regular schedule of
services for Cherokee street Ta
bernacle. a new Kings Mountain
inter-denominational church.
Prayer services will be held at
7 o'clock feach Saturday evening,
With Sunday services to be "held
regularly at 10 a, m., Sunday
School, and preaching services
at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m.
The new church utilizes the for
mer Bynum Chapel Negro church
which has been purchased from
the Negro group. The interior of
the church building has been ex
tensively redecorated. The church
is located at the convergence of
Cherokee and Dixon streets.
BARNS BURN
Two barns were destroyed
by fire in the Dixon section
Monday. A new barn, pwned
?by Nevitt Hughes, was burned
Monday around 2 a- m., while
the barn of Mrs. J. W. Farris
was <burned Monday around 2
p. m. - ,
Funeral Held Monday Foi C. A. Eury .
Who Published Herald From 1907-11
Funeral services for Claude A.
Eury, 75, from 1907-1911 editor
and publisher of the Kings
Mountain Herald, were conducted
at Raleigh Monday, following Mr.
Eury*s death on Saturday at
Duke hospital, Durham.
,ilr. Eury had undergone ma
jor sdrgery at Duke on September
8, after entering New Bern hos
pital August 23.
Mr. Eury was publisher of the
New Bern Sun Journal, a position
he had hield since 1935.
Mr. Eury was bom In Cabarrus
County In October 1880. His pa
rents moved to Gaatonia shortly
thereafter, where he attended
grade school and Oakland Insti
tute. He subsequently served In
thfe navy for lour years, am) sub
sequently served on the staff of
the Gastonia Gazette, before huy
llng the Kings Mountain Herald.
After leaving Kings Mountain,
he was associated with newspa
pers In Raleigh, Winston-Salem,
Henderson, and Danville, Va. A
former president of the North
Carolina Press association, he
was a member of the association's
board of directors at the time of
his death. He was a- Methodist
and a charter member of the Su
dan Masonic Temple at New
Bern.
Surviving are his widow, a son,
Claude A. Eury, Jr., Raleigh, a
Kinddaughter, Mrs. Anne Eury
tier, of Louisville, Ky., a broth
er. James EUry, of Bessemer City,
and two sisters, Mrs. John Lind
say, Caatonia, and Mrs. John W.
Moore, of Junaiuska.
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Voting To Decide
Issue Of Union
At Foote Plant
Foote Mineral Company em
ployees will vote next Wednesday
to. determine whether a majority
or eligible employees want the
United Steelworkers of America
,, as t'10'r representative.
I ho voting, under order and
supervision of the National Labor
Relations Board, will be conduct
e<j between the hours of 6:30 a. m
and 8:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. and
P' m- in the former drafting
room at the company's engineer
ing building.
Management of the company,
In a letter to (employees this week,
noted that approximately 155
men are eligible to vote In the
election.
Both company and union will
have three representatives at the
polls to check the eligible voting
list. Challenges are expected to
?be few since tfle NLRB lias filed
to both union and company an
eligible list of employees, which
includes- machine operators, util
ity men, technicians, mechanics,
drillers, laborers, production and
maintenance helpers, oilers,
group leaders, storeroom keep
ers, shipper, janitors, warehouse
record clerk, powder men and
surveyor's helpers. Specifically
excluded are office clerks, prt?
fessional and supervisory em*
ployees a, 1 watchmen. The list
was taken from the September 9
payroll of the company. Any
persons who have left or Joined
the company since that date will
not ibe eligible to vote.
Preelection activity has been
outwardly quiet, but both antl
union and prounlon employees
ar? Expected to speed their poli
ticking between now and next
Tuesday's voting. Anti union em
ployees have scheduled a steak
dinner for the city picnic area,
off Cherryville Road, on Tuesday
n'ght, and pro-union employees
were reported planning a similar
rally.
Outside observers close to the
situation predict a close vote and
both groups are making para
mount the matter of all their par
tlsans getting to the voting booth.
The union organizier, Alex Bowie,
claimed several weeks ago he
held a majority of workers' signa
tures on union membership cards
Subsequently, a petition opposing
the union forwarded to the NLRB
| contained signatures of 110 Footb
I employees, some of whom said
1 they had signed union cards pre
viously undor "misrepresenta
j tions".
Last word to date from the
company was a letter to all em
ployees from Manager Castle un
der date of September 23, Min
ing Engineer Ed Goter said.
Information on Steelworker ac
tivlty was spotty. Mr. Bowie, the
Steelworker organizer, was not in
his Charlotte offide Wednesday^
and Mrs. Anne Hannah, a secre
tary for the North Carolina State
Industrial Council (CIO) said Mr
Bowie had attended the Steel
workers national convention last
week and was not expected to re
turn until Octobter 2. Mrs Han
nah guessed that preelection ac
tivity on the part of the union was
In the hands of a local committee.
K,????r,ng ,or the unlon *t the
NLRB hearing in Gastonla re
cently were Foote Employees Wil
liam Lyons. Claude Taylor, Char
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lumping Parcel Post
Possibly Kincoid's
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Last week's Jumping piece of
parcel post at Kings Mountain
postofflce may have been re
leased too soon, for Arnold W.
Kincald thinks the frog was
his.
Mr. Kincald had ordered two
pair of frogs! from William
Trlcker Company, Saddle Rlv
l,?*", N. J., and on last Wednfes
, day at noon he received his
shipment. However, the ship
ment turned out to be nothing
, but an empty box, all four frogs
having escaped.
Mr. Kincald thinks the lone
bullfrog released from the cap
tivity of a mall sack may have
belonged to him. Mr. Kincald
wanted the frogs for his lily
pool and was planning to re
order. \