Fire Destroys
Champion's Gin
Champion's Cotton Gin, in the
Oak Grove community, burned to
f.; the ground Saturday morning a
round 3 o'clock.
Kings Mountain fire depart
ment answering the call around
i ,3:20 a. m. were unable to save
the gin building, but did prevent
tNe office and other nearby build
i ings from burning.
The gin was originally built ap
proximately 49 yea^s ago and one
of the oldest in the area, was own
ed by T. A. Champion and was a
family enterprise. Insurance of
$45 ,000 did not completely cover
the estimated loss of $75,000 of
the building.
Two cither calls were answer
ed by the department this week,
one Saturday night to Cleveland
ave., to extinguish an auto blaze,
the other, Tuesday to Grace st.,
to extinguish a grass fire.
Scouter 'Round-up"
At G-W On Tuesday
SHELBY ? Officials of the
Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of
America, are announcing that the
annual "Scouter-Cubber Round
Up" will be held at Gardner-Webb
College at Boiling Springs on.
Tuesday, November 16, at four
o'clock and conclude with a ban
quet starting at 7:15 o'clock.
At six o'clock a streamlined
meeting of the executive board
will Ik- held to receive reports
from the various committees and
to check on progress being hriade
in the "Round-Up" program and
tfoals set for 1955.
The dinner meeting will be held
at. the Gardner Memorial Build
| ipg at 7:15 o'clock at which time
officers for 1955 will be elected.
VV. A. Dobson, Regional Scout
Executive of Atlanta, will make
the principal address.
. Both exports and domestic mill
consumption of cotton are (ex
pected to Increase over 1953-54.
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PLAYING LAST SCHOLASTIC GAME ? The nine
Kings Mountain high seniors above are scheduled
to play their final scholastic game for the Moun
taineers at Belmont on Friday night. A win would
give Coach Shu Carlton's eleven a share of the
loop crown- Pictured, left to right, are Co-Cap
tains Charles Smith . Earl Marlowe. Dewltt Blan
ton, Eddie Goforth, Charles Yelton, Buddy May
es. Co-Captain Ken Cloninger. Ken Cook and Pal
mer Huffstetler. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
Organ Series Begins
At Davidson Sunday
DAVIDSON. ? John Fesperman,
college organist, for CataWba
College In Salisbury, will be pre
seated In the first of the 1954-55
organ recitals at Davidson Col
lege on Sunday afternoon, No
vember 14, at 4:30 p. nv, Donald
Plott, director of the department
of music at' Davidson College,
has announced.
A native of Kannapolis, Mr.
Fesperman is presently an asso
ciate professor of music on the
Catawba College faculty and is
also filling the temporary posi
tion as college organist and in
structor in organ at Davidson
College, his Alma Mater, In the
absence of Philip Gehring who is
on a Sabbatical Leave.
Mr. Fesperman received his B.
S. degree from Davidson College
in 1948, and has studied at Yale
Divinity School.
The Sunday recital will feature
the Bach "Trio Sonata II in C. Ml
rtor," the "Organ Sonata No. 1"
by Hlndemith, selections by Vle
rne and the Max Reger "Tocata
in D Minor." Mr. Fesperman will
begin his program by playing
Bach's "SL_ Anne Prelude" and
close with the "St. Anne Fugue."
The series of organ recitals,
as in past years, will be held in
the Davidson. College Presbyteri
an Church, beginning at 4:30 p.
M. The series is presented annu
ally by the Davidson College de
partment of music without char
ge. Other programs on the series
will feature Richard Peek on
February 6, and Dr. Helnrlch
Fleisher on Marih 7.
U. S. AIRFORCE RECRUITING
Sgt. C. E. Strickland, U. S.
Airforce recruiting officer, said
this week there are now open
ings in all fields of the U. S.
Airforce, and persons desiring
information may do so by con
ta '"ng him at the Kings
M ;tain, post office Friday
from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m.
The Navy supervises more than
200 reserve industrial plants, in
cluding copper smelters, aircraft
engine factories and ammunition
plants.
The Navy cares for almost 18,
000 patients a day in 29 hospitals.
The Navy probes the atmos
phere 40 miles high above the
North Pole for information on
cosmic rays.
ST. MATTHEWS
Lutheran Church News
Three circles met this week
with interesting programs on
Palestine today, with reference
to Lutheran work there.
The Wetek Day School on Tues
day afternoons is growing, with
new children every week.
The pastor and W. K. Mauney
attended the meeting of the Sou
thern Conference Wednesday.
Last Sunday Pastor Gerberding
preached the first of two sermons
on Stewardship using the world
wide work of the Church first.
Next Sunday the local program
. will be discussed. Members may
make thfelr pledges for 1955 at the
service Sunday.
The Pastor will broadcast the
morning Devotions over WKMT
at 9 each morning next week be
' ginning Monday.
" The Church Council will meet
Monday at 7:30 p. m.
The Choirs are working hard
under the direction of Gordon
Beaver, for Dedication Week
services.
The Sunday School has had sev
eral new pupils recently. The
children's rooms have been reno
vated and made more pleasant.
Road Commissioner
Gives '54 Report
RALEIGH ? The State High
way Commission has graded and
paved 106.05 miles in the Twelfth
Highway Division since January
1954, Commissioner June Scar
borough of Statesville reports.
The Twelfth is composed of
Alexander, Catawba, Cleveland,
Gaston, Iredell, and Lincoln coun
ties. Division- headquarters are
in Shelby. E. L. Kemper is divi
sion engineer; J. D. Peek is as
sistant division Engineer. P. D.
Miller is district engineer at
Statesville; H. H. Weaver Is dis
trict engineer at Shelby.
In Cleveland County, the State
highway forces graded, placed a
bast, installed drainage and pav
ed the following roads, and their
lengths: Herndon Road (old
Route 29), 1.4 miles; Edgar Moore
Road, 1.4 miles; Meade Store
Road, 2.3 miles; from Casar,
crossing NC 10, east to Junction
with county road near St. Paul
church, 3.5 miles; John Crowder
I Road, one mile; and Elizabeth
1 church Road, 0.2 mile. State high
I way forces graded, placed a base
j and installed drainage on the fol
lowing roads, and their lengths,
which were paved with a bitumi
; nous surface treatment by con
tract forces; Allen's Store Road
via K " W Packing Company, 3.6
miles; Dellinger Street to Charles
Road, 1.9 miles; tjord Road from
Waco West, three miles; Padgett
Road, 2.1 miles; Rob Wilsop
Road, 3.2 miles. Contract forces
graded, placed a base, installed
drainage an dpaved from NC 18,
0.1 mile north of Fallston for 2.8 .
miles to Cleveland and Lincoln
County line at Tillman Store. AU
these newly-paved roads- are 18
feet in width.
Aid to the permanently and to
tally disabled is given in this
State to persons between the ages
of 18 and 65 who are in need and
are found to bit permanently and
totally disabled and are not in
mates of publlt institutions.
Minor Auto Accident
Reported By Police
A minor automobile accident
with property damages estimated
at $2 was reported by police to
have occurred Friday at thte in
tersection of Mountain street and
Battleground ave.
The accident occurred, police
stated, when a vehicle driven by
Kathleen Lovtelace Patterson, of
route 3, rolled backwards and
gtruck the front grill of a car
driven by Thomas Dotson, of
route 2. Both vehicles were park
ed awaiting the changing of a
traffic signal. The accident was
investigated by Officers W. G.
Ellison and B. P. Cook.
Byars Faces Trial
On Larceny Charge
Roy D. Byars, 24, Patterson dr.
cite, was arrested Tuesday by Of
ficers Bill Bell and B. P. Cook
and charged with temporary lar
ceny of an automobile.
Byars was arrested on a com
plaint brought against him by Ly
man E. Champion, of route 3.
Trial for Byars, who was being
held Wednesday In lieu of a $200
boni, has been scheduled for
Tuesday in Shelby's recorders
court.
ARMY RECRUITING
Sgt. Aldie Greene, U. S. Army
recruiting officer, said this
week that there are now open
ings in all fields of the Army,
and persons joining now are
guaranteed their choice in any
chosen field. Any person desir
ing information may do so by -
contacting Sgt. -Green at Kings
Mountain postoffice lobby Fri
day from 9 a. m. until 3 p. m.
or by calling Shelby 2126.
On December 7th, 1941, the U.
S. had 54 destroyers in' the Paci
fic Fleet. Today there are 125.
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Presbytery Sets
Training School
*Vhe Mountain Presby
tery of the Presbyterian church
will hold Its annual Leadership
Training School November 14-18,
1954; at the First Presbyterian
church, Gastonia, N. C., each
evening at 7:30. ??
Mrs. Margaret Stlllwell, area
worker for Kings Mountain and
Mecklenburg Presbyteries, wiU
teach a course in "Ways of Tea
ching." . ? . . -
Rev. James L. Mays, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church,
Lincolnton, N. C., will teach *
course entitled: "Palestine Yes
terday and Today."
Mrs. Francis Brooke, wife of
the pastor of the Presbyterian
church, Abingdon, Va., will teach
a. course on "Teaching Primary
Children."
Dr. Harold Dudley. General
Secretary of the J5ynod of North
Carolina, will teach a course in
"Recreational Leadership.''
MWs Mary Ellen Jackson, direc
tor of Christian Education at the
First Presbyterian church. Ander
son, S. C,, will teach a course in
"The Child's Approach to Reli
gion." '
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