Established 1889
Kings Mountafci, N. C., Thursday, December 9, 1954
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SMy-FourifcYMr PRICE FIVE CENTS
MEDICATION JUTES SUNDAY ? The new brick
IMMpoag* of Grace Methodist church will be dod
fcnted Sunday following 11 o'clock services at the
Aodv with the district superintendent to con*
tet the services ol dedication, with church offi
cials taking part. The dedication culminates a
church -wide effort for a new parsonage covering
several pastorates, beginning during the tenure
of Bev. G. W. Fink, it was teported by the pastor.
Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr. (Photo by Carlisle Studio.)
WACO BBIDGE BIDS
8Sdt asked tins week by the
fltate Highway & Public Works
eommiscion on road work ' in
included one for a
brWge.'Over the Seat h . Air
line Kailroad on a county road
4t Waco. The bids are to be o
pened December 21.
, K2WANIS MEETING
Ed Gotfc*,"*iristani sper
Itftendent /mf* fbofe Mineral
Company, will address inem
t>ei ; <>f the Kings Mountain
BUwanis club at their Thursday
fifltot .nwertnB,. .Masonic Din
FOOD SALE
The Central Methodist chur
?b Woman's Society of Chris
dan Service will conduct a
food sale at C. E. Warllck In
suranee Agency on Mountain
street Saturday from 9 a. m.
antll l o'clock. Announcement
was made by Mrs. Sam Davis.
FAIBVIEW LODGE
Regular communication of
Pairvlew Lodge No. 339 AP A
AM will be held Monday nlgbt
at 7:30 at Masonic Hall. Elec
tion of officers will be held,
and all members are urged to
attend, Joe H. McDaniel, sec
retary, announced.
DEACONS ELECTED
New deacons elected by First
Presbyterian church last Sun
day were Henry Nelsler, Hu
bert Davidson, W. J. Fulkerson,
Jack Araette, and Harry Page.
BE VITAL
Rev. Kelly Dixon will con
duct a revival at Cherokee
Tabernacle beginning Sunday
night yrtth services to continue
- at 7 ft m. each evening throu
<*h December 19. Mr, Dixon is
pastor of the church* Leonard
Huffstetler win lead the song
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jipilir (nesting of the
Kktgi Mountain Optimist club
Will be held at the Woman's
Club Thursday evening at 7
o'clock.;;- ? ?? : v.- |j -;<u - .
; OF HONOR
f "< >" rt <>r iimwr forfCin^i
Mountain district Boy Scouts
*lli be held at City Ball
Thursday night at 7:45, it was
annoulppdlpiBsdmont coun
cil headquarters. ? . ? k
Grace To Dedicate
Parsonage Sunday
Mail Early, Please,
b Posftomce Plea
Mall early, please, Is the plea
of Kings Mountain postal offl
clals, as they report volume al
ready pjcking up toward the
Christmas peak. - '<
Postmaster W. E. Blakely
said Wednesday demand- Jor
two-cent and three-cent stamps
Is already up considerably and
that Incoming volume ol mall
is also increasing heavily.
He particularly noted that
mall and parcel post for dis
P0^ 8houH be j>oft?d
well In advance of Christmas
if the sender, te tot> 1^-aure
'greetings or packages arrive In
'time. He also suggested that
greeting cards get better hand
ling if sent aa first-clap* mail
bearing a three-cent stamp and
seated.
1955 Yule Club
Has 353 Members
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First National Bank reporting
a booming start Wednesday on its
1955 Christmas Savings club, with
353 accounts opened by Wednes
day morning and with Initial
week payments totaling $1,750.
Of the 353 savings club mem
berships, 54 were new members
not in the club Just closed last
week.
President Frank R. Summers
said the heavy first-week sign-up
indicates that both membership
and total savings will be consider
ably increased in the 1856 dub,
as many of thte former members
have taken increased savings
contracts^ y
He said 114 Mauney Hosiery
Company, Inc., employees have
Joined the 1955. dub, compared
to 60 completing contracts in the
1954 club.
First ? week payments are now
due, with the period to end De
cember 13. <
"There's still plenty of time to
Join," Mr, Summers said, "and
we invite all Kingstfouptaln area
citizens to become members of
the 1955 dub."
Members agree to pay from 50
cents to $5 weekly into the club.
Next December 1, they wil| re
ceive checks in varying amounts,
frbm *13 to $250. "Hte club" period
covers 50 weeks. ?.?
Grace Methodist
Bites To Follow
Morning Service
CeJIcwiory service# for the
Grace I?iethodiat_Church Parson
age will-be- held at Grace Method
dUt church, on Sunday, ? Decem
ber' 12th, 1954, following tegular
morning sfervlces^ ' W
. The Reverend C. W. Kir by, su
perintendent of the Gastonla dis
trict ol the Methodist church, Will
slated by the pastor, the Revert nd
William C. Sides, Jr. and the build
Ing committee, which includes J.
E. (Doc) Mauney, chairman, T.
Frank Ballard, Carl Gantt, Paul
??- '.Howard, Andy Huffstetler,
Roy Matthews, Pink Mayhue and
Harvey Smith.
A building fund for the erec
tion of thte new parsonage was be
gun under the pastorate of the
Reverend G. W. Fink, and. his
successors, the Reverend T. W,
Il&ger, the Reverend B. W. Lefler
and thfe Reverend G. L. Grant con
tinued its promotion. A lot was
purchased on Katherine street by
the Gastonla District Missions, so
ciety. , Construction was begun
May 31st this year. The work was
completed the latter part of July
and "Victory Sunday" for the liq
uidation of all outstanding In
debtedness was Meld on October
24th, at which time the entire
debt was paid In fulL
Furnishings for the parsonage,
which has four bedrooms, a liv
ing room, a den, a kitchen and
dining area, a built-in garage, a
bathroom and a half-hath, were
gifts of Sunday school classes, fa
milies aiyi individual mtembers of
the church and Mends of the
church. i
"The entire project received
splendid co-operation from Wefy- {
one, and as one member so aptly
stated, It WSs indeed a ?tobor of
lov^' * the pastor stated.'
THREE TTMXS
Three calls were answered
by Kings Mountain Fire de
partment this week according
to P. t>. Fulton, city fireman.
Two were answered on Mon
day, one to extinguish an oil
heater blaze on York road, the
other the residence of Bill
I-ynn, at 210 Oriental avenue.
Tuesday, around 3:05 a. m.,
firemen answered a call on
Battleground avenue/ to ex
tinguish- ah auto blaze.
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I The Kings Mountain Uttk Stone and I Elite,
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Ke? by wecUl inwml Dixon, lnch.rg.ol MM, Utter
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Ca OA??i ? *"i",l?Mk
Thousands Here
For Christmas
Opening Event
A crowd estimated at 5,000
6,000 persons packed Kings
Mountain Wednesday afternoon
for the 1964 Christmas opening
parade. '
The throng jammed the parade
route In spite of coldest weather
of the current winter and under
gray skies which gave some pro
mise of snow. Youngsters were
on hand in force to get a Christ
mas preview of their friend San
ta Claus.
All city pollcemtn were on duty
directing traffic and controlling
the crowd and were assisted by
a large detachment of Shelby po
licemen, as well as members of
the State Highway Patrol.
Merchants remained open late
for the event, keeping their doors
open until 6:45 to provide warm
th and comfort for the parade
throng.
The parade line up listed a 37
unit parade, including twelve
floats, seven high school (beauty/
queens, ied by Kings Mountain'^
police safety car
Floats included the Queen City ,
Coach Company "Jolly Ship Lol
lypop," Lance, Inc., "Cracker E*v
press," and floats of Mauney
Textile Interests, Foote Mineral
Company, Phenlx plant of Bur
lington Mills. Kings Mountain
Jaycees, and Coca-Cola Compa*
ny, Macedonia Baptist church,
Moose Lodge, and Mt. Zlon Bap
tist church, in addition to the
colorful reindeer float beating
Santa Claus himself.
School beauties appearing In
the parade included .Rachel
Neal, of Bethware school, Juan
ita (Lackey, Waco high school,
Becky Strutt, Bessemer City
high school, Dale Gold. Grover
.high school, and Katherine Ware
anVT Wan MM lOfTlS TgOtftr
tain high school. ?;<. ? "
Bands appearing in the pa
rade included those of Cherry
ville high school, Gastonla high
school, Dallas high school, Cha> ,
vis high school, Shelby high I
school, and Kings Mountain high 1
school.
Other unit* adding color to
the parade were Kings Mountain
National Guard company and
the Otis D. G.aen Post, American
Legion, color guard.
Numerous autos were included
in the parade bearing severul
official groups, including city
officials, merchants association
official*, and ministerial asso
ciation officials. A city fire truck
carried a number of youngsters
and a clown motored about on a
toy-size vehicle.
Boy Scouts and Girl Scout
units inarched in the parade and
Davidson high school glee club
sang Christmas carols.
Another colorful feature of the
parade was L. A Love, in cowboy
regalia on his white stallion, Sir
Charles Allen, JEr,
Also appearing in the parade
was the six-mule hitch of Mr.
Lowe.
units EfcUttiM (?, <ioubiif>
deck scenic bus of Qu^en Crty
Coach Company and the high
school driver training car.
Th.- f-vfiii ra arked Jhe'" formal
opening of the Christmas season
here. Christmas lights in the bus
iness district were lighted for the
first time.
Jolly Santa ChtUS, In
tlon ?ttb ftfhlnd his White pran
ci?g reindeer, tossed goodies to
UNMrovNls along the parade
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Some paraders, though lightly
clad, seemed to Ignore the pierc
ing cold.- ' ,\ 4 ^ v::A ,
City Dixectoiy
Said Assured
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A Greater Kings Mountain city
directory la assured, Neai Gris
som. president of the Kings
Mountain Optimist elate, aald thla
The Optimist Club te sponsor
ing the publication of Kings
Mountain's first dtjr directory,'
scheduled for oortpletUm ty frflrt
spring.
Mr. Grlsaom said all of the ad
vertising sales work had not been
c-mpleted. but that sufficient in
dicationa of sapportare in hand
to assure the publication of the
ri } rectory. , h, .. *;?/???
The directly census work J?
scheduled to b^jrln in January. 11
The directory will include a di
rn . -,.kr ,,? r-i in_ r"i_L -???- -- ^
gether with their pttoe of pmp!<j&.
ment. other information. It
will also twrldda a numerical
Phone ^llstl^^ bursas directory.
CITY'S CHRISTMAS SCENE ? Th? Nativity Scene pictured abore ,
is a replica of Kings Mountain's new community Christmas dec
oration, which was installed this week on the lawn of Jacob S. (
Mauney Memorial library. The massive figures are of permanent
type construction and material and will be usable in future years.
The cost oi the scene was borae by churches of the community, the
city, Interested citizens, and the Kings Mountain Merchants asso
ciation. B. S. Peeler. Jr- was in charge of erecting the Nativity
Scene.
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Eight-Member
Library Group
/)
e operating committee of Ja
cob S. Mauney Memorial library
has been expanded to eight mem
bers, by the governing library
board, H>ywood E. Lynch, com
mittee chairman reported this
week.
Under the expanded committee
arrangement, the members are ]
to serve for staggered terms, with
terms of two members to expire
annually.
Thfe eight members are:
Ono - year term: Mrs. W. R.
Cialg, Mrs. W. T. Weir. ,
TWo*' year tefmr t> r. W. L. |
Pressly, Mrs. J. E. Castle.
Three - year term: H. E. Lynch,
Mrs. W. L. Mauney. ,
Four - year term: Mrs. Hunter ^
R. Neialer, Dr. D. F. Hord.
New members under the ex
panded arrangement are Mrs.
Castle, Mrs. Neisler and Dr. Hord.
Mrs. W. L; Mauney joined the
committee several months ago on
resignation of Mrs. E. W. Griffin.
Mr. Lynch said the committee
would meet soon to organize for
the coming year.
Members of the Jacob S. Mau
ney library board, which includes
a member of the J. S. Mauney fa
mily, a member of the city board
of commissioners, and a member
of the city board of school trus
tees, are W. K. Mauney, J. H. Pat
terson, and J. R. Davis.
City Board
Session Short
The board of city commission
era held a short December meet
ing last.Thursday night, with ma
jority of thle actions, routine.
It voted to advertise for bids on
a small ditch-digger for the na
tural gas department, estimated
to cost about $4,000 by Vlnce Bee
chum, gas department superinten
dent, and asked J. W. Webstter,
gas tap salesman, to defer until
December 20, his notice that he
was resigning the position. The
board had scheduled a meeting
for Dedember 20 to receive the
ditch-digger bids.
Mr. Webster told the board he
wanted to quit December 11, and
Indicated he didn't regard the $60
Kr week salary sufficient pay.
lyor Glee A. Bridges named
Commissioners W. G. Grantham,
f. J. Ellison, and H. J. Phillip* a*
a . committee to make a recom- ,
mendatlon on the Webster mat
ter.',- !
Mayor Bridges also Informed
the board that the city required
a 400-foot easement for sewer
line rlght-ofvray frofn Paul Mail
hey for access Into the new treat
ment plant from the Llnwood |
Road Section and n>med Commis
sioners Phillips sfnd Patterson to
confer with Mr. Mauney concern
ing obtaining the right-of-way.
In other action*, thte board vot
ed:
i 1) Voted to pay Robert Hilker,
of Gaston la, $50 per month for
maintenance of the city's several
radio communications unit* (he
had been receiving $35 and had
asked the Increase due to added
unit*). !
2) Deferred action on request
of the city clerk for an addition
al office clerk drie to absence of
;tW0 -
ved purchase of a gaa
unit for Die city hall
furnace, estimated to cost
4)^,rfc?T"*m>ula"1
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Lions Will Honor
Gridmen Tuesday
Coach Dnggins
Of Appalachian
To Give Address
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The Lions club will honor the
Kings Mountain . high school
football {earn *r Hhmtihr-Halt
Tuesday night, with- E. C. Dug
gins, coach of the Appalachian
State Teachers College football
team to be the featured speaker.
The banquet is to get under
way at 7 p. m.
The - popular ASTC coach,
whose team won the North' State
Conference title and a Thanks
giving Day Burley Bowl game,
reports he will bring two of his
players with him Tuesday night
? Aubrey Elam, back, and Rick
Lippard, a 235-popund tackle.
Coach Duggins will come here
fresh from his second bowl game
of the season ? the Mountain
eers are slated to hit Newberry
on Saturday in Raleigh's annual
Elks Bowl contest. Undefeated in
North State play this season, the
Mountaineers dropped late sea
son contests to Tampa Presbyter
ian and finished at 8-2 before
taking East Tennessee State in
the Burley Bowl game.
Coach IXxgglns is a Navy vet
eran, missing the 1951 football
season while on active duty as a
Naval officer.
Ths program was arranged by
OUle Harris.
Kings Mountain high had an
other successful year on the
gridiron last season, finishing
.with a record of seven wins, one
tie and two losses, the mark not
being benefited by any of th ?
forfeits which occurred because
of use of ineligible players by
two loop teams. The 1953 team
finished with a 5-3 record.
ASTC COACH ? K. C. Duggln?.
above, coach ol the Appalachian
Mountaineers, will be the featu
red speaker at the annual Lions
club banquet at the Masonic
Hall Tuesday night honoring the
Kings Mountain high school
football team.
Water Shortage
Ovei For '54
Kings Mountain suspended
use of all auxiliary water sour
ces Monday following Sunday's
I.^avy rains' which raised the
level of the York Road resevoir
by four Inches.
City Clerk Joe Hendrick said
the city water department sus
pended pumpage at the Gold
Mine shaft and suspended In
take from the artesian wells on
Cherryvllle Road on Monday.
The suspension' of pumpage
from auxiliary sources signalled
the the formal end of Kings
Mountain's 1954 water shortage
which had resulted In a 4?tday
restriction of water consumption
for some purposes.
Cotton Farmers Will Vote Tuesday
On Continuing Marketing Quotas
Cleveland County cotton farm
ers, along with other cotton farm
ers In the South and other cotton
states, will vote Tuesday to de
cide whether cotton marketing
quotas will continue in effect for
the 1855 crop year.
The' Number 4 Township voting
place will be at Bethware School's
agricultural building, while Num
ber 5 Township cotton fanners
will vote at Waco school. The poll
ing will be conducted between 8
a. m. and 6 p.m. ?
J. D. Ellis, chairman of the
county ASC, estimated 7,500
Cleveland county citizens are eli
gible to vote in the election and
guessed that thfe vote would favor
a continuance of marketing qUO
'The Issue la not how much
acreage will be planted, for allot
'ments have already been declar
ed by the Secretary of Agricul
ture," Mr. Ellis said, "but on mar
keting quotas, similar to the ar
rangement on Wheat Should mar.
ketlng quotas not be approved,
the law provide* that parity guaj
than the top range of 82 JS percent
to 90 percent."
. A state agriculture official has
stated the result of thle vote will
determine whether cotton will be
worth 33 cents per pound, or 17
cents per pound.
All farmers who grew upland
cotton in 1954 will be eligible to
vote in the upland cotton referen
dum. At least two- thirds of the
growers voting by secret ballot
must approve the quotas if they
are to continue In effect.
The vote follows the Secretary
of Agriculture's proclamation, on
October 14, of a national market
ing quota and a national acreage
allotment for the 19? crop of up
land cotton. Such a proclamation
must be made under the law When
drop to 50 percent, rather
i Fthe prospective "total supply" of
- cotton exceeds the "normal sup
ply.'
The total supply of upland cot
ten for the 1954-55 marketing
year Was estimated In October at
21.5 million running bale* More
than 3.8 million bates above' the
normal supply of 17.7 million
I. C. Lackey
Funeral Bites
Held On Friday
Funeral services for John C.
Lackey, 74, vice-president and
director of the Kings Mountain
Building & Loan association, were
conducted last Friday afternoon
from St. Matthew's Lutheran
church.
Mr. Lackey, in declining htealth
for several years, became serious
ly ill a tVeek prior to his death
find succumbed at Kings Moun
tain hospital last Thursday morn
ing at 6:10.
A native of Gaston county, he
had spent much of his life as a
citizen of Kings Mountain. For
many years he was bookkeeper
for Kings Mountain Manufactur
ing Company and became secre
tary - treasurer of Kings Moun
tain Building & Loan association
in the mid-thirties. He was an ac
tive member of St. Matthew's Lu
theran church and for many years
served as church treasurer.
Dr. W. P. Gerberdlng, the pas
tor, conducted the final rites, and
Interment was made In Mountain
Rest cemetery. Dr. Gerberdlng 1
commented on thfe high esteem
in which Mr. Lackey was held by
a host of friends in the commu
nity.
A native of Gaston county, he
was a son bf the late James P.
and Sarah Anne Crouse Lackey.
He was married on February 12,
1903, to Miss Mary Ellen Plcnk.
Surviving are his wife, a son.
John P. Lackey, of Kings Moun
tain, a daughter, Mrs. L, W, Tur
ner, of Graham, and two sisters,
Mrs. L. M. Wolfe, Kings Moun
tain, and Mrs. W. F. S troupe,
Hammonton, Calif. Five grand
children and three great - grand
children also survive. A brother,
R. L. (Fate) Lackey, died two
weteks previously.
The body lay in state at the
church for a half-hour prior to
the funeral rites.
Active pallbearers were L. Ar
nold Kiser, James P. Lackey,
Charles Lackey, Marshall Wolfe,
Dr. Robert Bakter, and G. E. Brid
ges. Directors of Kings Mountain
Building A Loan association were
honorary pallbearers.
King Winter Blows
Low Temperatures
King Winter added his voioe
to the Christmas season this
week with a heavy dose of win
ter weather.
After a steady and sometimes
heavy rain Sunday, Monday
dawned clear and crisp and
temperatures dropped to season
al lows in Kings Mountain and
the Piedmont area. Early risers
reported a light snowfall early
Monday morning, tou^ the snow
was Insufficient to show. Char
lotte had light snow and
inches of snow was reported at
GreenSboro. #
Weather prophets Wednesday
were predicting ? respite from
the cold wave ? to toe replaced
toy higher temperatures accom
panied toy rain.
Miss Anne Dllling. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles JH11?
lug, has been elected treasurer v
of the Freshman class at Lime- .
stone college, Gaftney, S. C .
Officers are elected toy their
classmates at the -beginning of
the second term on the basis
of their grades for first term.