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Population City Limits.7.208 The population In from the W. S. Oooerruneat ana report tor 1950. The Census Bureau estimates the nation's population gala since 1950 at 1.7 percent per year, which means Kings Mountain's 1954 population should approxi mate 7609. The trading area population In 1945. based on ration board registrations at the Kings Mountain office, was 15.000. Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper — ... ^ 5"**i — - .V, ... ^ ^ IA •>m In 11/1/ R R A-Tc- ■ ■■ Papes Today VOL 65 NO. 3 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 20, 1955 Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS FORMAL OPENING PROGRAM ANNOUNCED— The formal opening of the new $77,000 education al building, shown in architects sketch above, will be observed by members of Central Metho _ dist church during the week beginning Sunday. The public is invited to open house at the church Sunday from 2:30 to 4:30 o'clock. Local News Bulletins TO ABERDEEN, MO. Pvt. Carl Herman Mauney,' aon of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Mauney, has completed basic training at Fort Jackson, S. C„ and ihas orders to report for duty January 28 at Aberdeen, IMd., at the army proving proving grounds. SHRUB SALE Annual shrubbery sale of the Kings Mountain Garden club will ibe conducted February 3, beginning at 9 o’clock on the vacant lot on West Gold street across street from the J. L. Mc Gill residence, it was announ ced this week. I JONS PROGRAM Major W. B. Lentz, executive officer of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, will address members of the Kings Moun tain Lions cluib at their regu larm eeting Tuesday night at Masonic Dining hall. The cluib meets at 6:45. The program was arranged toy Chief or Po lice Hugh A. Logan, Jr* - ■ «a TAG SALES A total of 328 city auto li-. censes for 1955 have ibeen pur chased at the office of the city clerk, it was announced Wed nesday. Fifty-three of the total were purchased this week. WEIR MANAGEMENT Management of Weir's Coal and Weir’s Grocery, located at Park Yarn Mills, will Ibe und er the direction of Miss Bertha Blanton, and Olbreen White, it was announced this week toy W. T. Weir, owner, who relin quished active management of the businesses to become act ing Kings Mountain postmas ter. ON DEAN’S UST Miss Joyce Biser, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. M. H. Biser, has toeen listed on the Dean’s list for’the fall term at Appa lachian State Teacher’s col lege, Boone. TO PRESS INSTITUTE Mr. and Mrs* Martin Harmon will go to Chapel Hill Thurs day where they will attend the annual Mid-Winter Press In stitute sponsored jointly by the University of North Caro lina, Duke university, and the North Carolina Press associa tion. Polio Fund Benefits By Bowlers' Misses The note read./.i.. "terrible bowling, but it was for a good cause.’’and inclosed was seven dollars and a nickel. The money was designated for the annual March of Dimes drive for funds to fight polio and was from the Kings Moun tain Bowling League. Players in the four-team loop had assessed themselves one penny for each pin they failed to knock down at the regular weekly matches at Shelby Community Center on Monday night. Twenty Kings Mountain bowlers comprise the league. The money was turned over to Ben H. Bridges, co-chairman of the drive now underway, on Tuesday. Central Methodist To Open Building Formal Services And Open House Set For Sunday Formal opening of the new ed ucational building at Central Methodist church will be observ ed for a week beginning Sunday morning, with Kings Mountain citizens being invited to an open houste Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock. Conducted tours of the new building will be carried out and visitors are being asked to enter at the Piedmont avenue entrance to. the new building. Rev. C. W. Kirby, superinten dent of the Gastonia district, will deliver the sermon on Sunday morning. Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr., pastor, Paul Walker, Sunday School superintendent, and J. R. Davis, of the board of stewards, will make statements of appre ciation. Thte Young Adult class,* the Daughters of Wesley class and ‘the Youth Department will as sist in the open house Sunday afternoon. On Sunday evening at 7>30 o’ clock, Rev. J. Garland Winkler, a former pastor and superinten dent of the Marion district, will deliver the sermon. Earl Mar lowe, Jr., president of the Senior Youth Fellowship will make a statement of appreciation. •Program for the week also in cludes four other services. On Monday at 7 p. m. the church will honor the church school staff, thte building commit tees and the official board at a supper meeting. Dr. Wilson O. Weldon, pastor of Main Street Methodist church of Gastonia, will be the guest speaker and Rev. Mr. Kirby will express ap preciation to thte honored groups. The supper is to be prepared and served by members of the Wo Continued On Page Sight RITES HELD — Final rites for J. A. Walker, 72, prominent Kings Mountain Mason, were conduct ed on Sunday. Walker Rites Held On Sunday Funeral service for Joseph Al len Walker, 72-year-old retired textile worker and prominent Mason, were conducted from Central Methodist church Sun day at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. P. IL. Shore, Jr,., officiated and Masonic Jburial rites were conducted at 'Mountain Rest Cemetery by 1>. C. Wright of Mooresboro. Members of Fair view Lodge No. 339, A. F. & A. M., which he served as tyler for 20 years served as honorary pall bearers. Mr. Walker t-died at Kings Mountain hospital Friday a round 3:30 p. m. following a se rious illness of three weeks. He was the son of the late James Wesley and Catherine Johnston Walker and his wife, Mrs. Julia Hartsoe Walker, died in April, 1952. A native of Gaston County, he Continued On Page Eight First Big Snowfall In Years Blankets Kings Mountain Area It snowed. Kings Mountain was digging out Wednesday from its first ma jor snowfall in several years, to the delight of the community’s youngsters — many of whom had never seen the white blanket — and to the inconvenience of many citiztens, who were not equipped to cope with this form of na ture's activity. A cold rain which began short ly after dark Tuesday night turn ed to snow in a few hours and continued all night, leaving a five inch covering in its wake. Some school children plodded and paddled to the city’s schools, then waded home again as school officials declared a weather holi day. Taxicabs did their most rush ing business in several years, as cars were either immovable or couldn’t make the main streets, which were generally passable as a result of highway department and city clearing work. Service stations quickly sold out their supply of chains, one operator remarking, “Yes, I sold minfe pretty quick, then helped some of the other boys get theirs sold." Garage wreckers also did busy duty, and merchants found their first run on rubber foot wear in many seasons. Generally, these stocks were low and one merchant had put in a rush or der by telephone in hopes the shipment would arrive before the snow melted. Gast major snowfall herb, He rald records indicate, was in ear ly 1948. Also welcoming the snow, in spite of the fact many were snow ed in temporarily, were the ar ea’s farmers, remembering two hot dry summers and noting that rainfall during the winter season has been below normal. Farmers feel the snow will help consider ably their crop prospects for 1955. Most services were working normally, though some tele phones were reported temporari ly out of actioa Hoke Bid Low On Electrical lob For School Low bid of $4,100 by L. A. Hoke, Kings Mountain electrical con tractor, for re-lighting Central school was accepted by the Kings Mountain city district board of school trustees at the regular monthly meeting of the group at Central school Monday at 7:30 p. m. Thrbe bids on the project were opened at the school last Friday. Other bids were $5,230 by Grigg Electric Co., of Shelby, and $12, 000 by Medlin Electric Co., of Mt. Pleasant. The board also voted to exe cute options for some 15.3 acres of property totaling $7,625 for thte proposed new North elemen tary school as follows: Mrs. Mattie C. Stowe, 7.55 acres, $3,775 and Mrs. Stowe, ,34 acre and house facing N. Pied mont, ave., $1,000. Mrs. Minnie Heavner, 2.92 ac res, $1,460. Dr. W. L. Ramseur, 1.96 acres, $1,200. Hugh Williams, .38 acre, $190. A gift of 2.15 acres is- being made by J. R. and E. R. Roberts. Som'e three acres remain to be purchased in the tract, school of ficials stated, and the board took action to obtain it. The board passed motions to offer the F. J. Carpenter Estate heirs $700 for less than an acre and to offer Mrs. B. I. Mull $600 for approxi mately an acre. Fred Van Wageningfen and T. W. Cothran, Shelby architects who have been retained to draw plans for the proposed new struc ture, were present at the meteting and discussed with the board the type of construction, number and type of rooms to be constructed, roads, and size of cafeteria and auditorium. The board askted the architects to make preliminary sketches of the building prior to making of detailed sketches for submission to the state school i board for approval. Marion M. Packard, Shelby en gineer who drew plans for the Central re-lighting project, was also present. Mr. Hoke said Tuesday that he plans to start work immediately on the pri mary department phase of the project. Major work in the main portion of the (building is to be gin June 1. The Iboard authoriz ed Trustee Fred W. Plonk and Superintendent B. N. Barnes to purchase fixtures for the joh. Bids on the work called for the contractor to install fixtures pur chased toy the hoard. Mr. Barnes reported that the new addition at East school and the new Davidson elementary [building were still not ready for acceptance, with minor changes required. * The board voted to extend Miss Gussie Huffstetler’s permis sion to employ a substitute tea cher, to give a bell from David son school to Faith Baptist chur ch after Mr. Barnes reported that approval of the gift had been made toy the school’s Parent Teacher association, and voted to claim all building and loan association dividends and depos it the money in the general bond account. The Iboard also authorized a new survey of land needed for East school and discussed pur chase of additional land for West school. Mr. Barnes reported surrender of a $10,000 toankr cer tificate and told the tooard that all the funds ($301,000) from the last county bond issue will Ibe available during the year,. The tooard also discussed insurance on property recently purchased and on new school buildings. All members were present ex cept Dr. P. G. Padgett. Girl Scout Dinner To Be Held Friday The Pioneter Area Girl Scout an nual meeting will be held at the Kings Mountain Woman’s club building Friday. Ttys will be a dinner meeting and all adult scouters and parents of scouts are invited. Dr. Harry Moffatt, pastor of Gastonia’s First Presbyterian church, will be the speaker. Din ner will be served at 7 o’clock. Tickets are $1.50, and reserva tions may be made by calling Mrs. Harry Page, Mrs. T. L. Hovis, and Mrs. P. E, Hendricks. TO WOODRUFF, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Darracott will move Friday to Woodruff, S. C., where Mr. Darracott will Ibegln operation of a new wholesale auto firm. They will live in Woodruff at Poole A partments, West Georgia street. The Darracotts have sold their Meadowbrook Drive home to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hamrick. Burlie S. Peeler, Jr., Named Young Man Of Year For ’54 JAYCEES FIRST DSA AWARD WINNER — Burlle Peeler. Jr., third from left, was named Kings Mountain's Young Man-of-the-Yeax for 1954 at the first annual Distinguished Service Award banquet of the Junior Chamber of Commerce on j Tuesday night. Pictured, lcit to right, are Wilson Griffin, Jaycee president, Lambert Swartz, of Charlotte, who announced the winner, Mr. Peeler, i and R. G. Plonk, Jr.,, DSA committee chairman. I (Photo by Carlisle Studio.) R. F. Elam, 76, Dies In Accident Farmer Killed When Tractor Overturned « Richard Fuller (Dick) Elam, 76-year-old farmer of route two, was instantly killed near his home Tuesday afternoon at 4:10 o’clock in a tractor accident. Funeral service will be conduct ed Thursday afternoon at 3 o’ clock from Bethlehem Baptist church, where the body will lie instate for one-half hour prior to the rites. Rev. R. E. Robbins, the pastor, and Rev. Gordon Weekley, of Charlotte, will offi ciate and burial will be in Moun tain Rest cbmetery. Mr. Elam was driving the ve hide on his farm near his home off Shelby road when a front wheel ran off into a seven-foot gulley. Paul Barnette, 15-year-old youth who was riding the rear ol the tractor, said that he jumped but Mr. Elam attempted to back into the road and the vehicle flipped over into the gulley, pin ning the victim underneath, Act ing County Coroner Neil Grissom reported. The victim sullered a depress ed fracture of the skull and died instantly, Mr. Grissom said. Mr. Elam was a mtember of Bethlehem Baptist church. He was the son of the late Phil lip Ramseur and Mary Barber Elam and was married to the former Sallie Roberts, who sur vives. Also surviving are three sons, Richard Broadus Elam of Gas tonia, Philip Ramseur Elam of Mars Hill, and John Edgar Elam of Bladbnboro; three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Vance of Macon. Ga., Mrs. Sarah Viola Smith of Bladenboro, and Mrs. Alice Eve lyn Gamble of Southern Pines; and 14 grandchildren. Vernon Crawford of Earl, De witt Crawford of Shelby, and Wayne L. Ware, Jr., Cameron Ware, Clarence Plonk, Jr., and Hobart Dye, all of Kings Moun tain, will serve as active pallbear. ters. Honorary pallbearers will be Fuller McGill, E. W. Griffin, Sr., J. T. Teague of Bessemer City. M. A. Ware, Sr., Dr. Luther P. Baker, C. E. Dengler, Campbell Phifer, R. B. Cherry of Gastonia, Jake Phifer, Lyman Martin of Blacks burg; S. C., Tom Blalock and R”.sh Dixon. MOOSE LODGE MEETS The regular meeting of Moose Lodge No. 1748 will he held Thursday night at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road. Falls Bill Would Amend 1951 Act A bill to change the method of nominating Cleveland coun ty county commissioners was introduced in ‘ the General As sembly by Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., January 10. It was referred to the calten dar committee. The bill of Rep. Falls pro vides that all citizens may vote in the respective party prima ries for five commissioners, though the bill does not change the provisions of the 1951 Act. Under the 1951 Act citizens vote only for one candidate from their particular district. KIWANIS PROGRAM The Kiwanis club achieve ment committee will report on tyie club’s work of the past year at the regular Thursday night meeting at Masonic Din ing hall at 6:45. G. C. Kelly is chairman of the committee. Neislei Leases Double Shoals Textile Plant Nbisler Mills, Inc., has leased the Double Shoals yarn mill from Slater Brothers, of Patterson, N. J., and will get it into production within the next fortnight. Paul M. Neisler, Sr., treasurer of the Kings Mountain firm, said production of the 3,600-spindle plant would be used by Neisler to supplement its present sources of yarn for manufacture of drap ery materials, furniture cover ings, and other related products. The Double Shoals plant had been idle since last April. Tom Moore, of Shelby, will be office manager at the new plant in the Neisler group, while Mr. Baker, manager of Neisler’s Bel mont plant at Shelby, will be su perintendent. The mill will be known as Neisler’s Belmont No. 2. The plant is expected to em ploy in excess of 75 persons. Other plants in the Neisler or ganization are Margrace, Patri cia and Pauline plants here, a nother at Ellfenboro, and one each at Mayo and Pageland, S. C. Officers of Neisler Mills, Inc., in addition to P. M. Neisler, are C. E. Neisler, Jr., president; H. R. Neisler, vice-president; and J. A. Neisler, secretary, > ' ________ Jaycees Made Service Award Tuesday Night Burlie Peeler, Jr., 26-year-old lumberman and civic leader, was named Kings Mountain’s Young Man-of-the-Year for 1954 at the regular meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. Announcement of the winner of the club’s initial distinguished service award, to ‘be given annu ally, was made toy Lambert Swartz, winner of Charlotte’s DSA award for 1953 and a past president of the Charlotte Jay cees. The winner, who is a former Jaycee, was present at the meet ing, evidencing his civic inter est ‘by accepting a request to tape-record the meeting for the club’s files. Exhibiting much surprise at the announcement, Mr. Peeler said, ‘I feel a little selfish about this . . ,. all the things I’ve done . . . were for my own pleasure. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Selected by a secret committee of Kings [Mountain men above 36 years-ofage, namer of the winner of the first annual award was a closely guarded secret, known only to DSA Chairman iR. G. Plonk, Jr., and the five-mem ber selection committee. iiaiuca ui uuicib uuiiuiiciitui lur the award by citizens of the area will not be disclosed and neither I will the names of the selection committeemen, Chairman Plonk told the large number of Jaycees and their guests. The selection was made strictly by the nation* al and state rules governing the project, he said. Mr. Peeler, who is single, will be 27 years-of-age on January 29, and has been active in chui* Ch, civic, social and business af fairs of Kings Mountain for the past several years. He is a member of Central Methodist church, is a ipast member of the church’s board of stewards and is now serving as assistant to the choir director and as chairman of the music committee. A member of the Kiwanis club, he is now serving as first vice president and is a past director and past second vice president. He served as president of the Kings Mountain Choral Society for two years and for two years was a member of the board of directors of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association. An active member of the Lit tle Theatre, which he helped re organize several years ago, he took a prominent part in the or ganization and production of “Sword of Gideon,’’ drama of the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain. He is a past I Continued On Page Eight CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT POST OFFICE— Pictured above are W. T. Weir, newly appointed acting postmaster, receiving a handshake of con gratulations from W. E. Blakely, right, retiring postmaster, as Postal Inspector F. E. Hayes looks on. Mr. Hayes, a Kings Mountain native, is a vet iron postal official recently transferred to thi* ** trict. Mr. Weir assumed the duties of the office »ast Saturday afternoon. Mr. Blakely retired Jan uary 15 after more than 18 years as Kings Moun tain postmaster. (Photo by Furman Wilson.)
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