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Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 10, 1955 Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. 65 NO. 6 IP Pages IQ Today Population City Limits .7.206 The population U from the U. S. Government census report for 1950. The Census Bureau estimates the nation's population gain since 1950 at 1.7 percent pfer year, which means Kings Mountain's 1954 population should approxi mate 7606. The trading area population In 1945. based on ration board registrations at the Kings Mountain office, was 15.000. s PLAQUE HONORS MRS. MAUNEY—The Woman’s Club presented a plaque honoring the late Mrs. D. C. Mauney, charter member and former president, at a meeting of the organization Friday night. Pictured are Mrs. George Houser, left, daughter of the late Mrs. hfcruney, current president of the Woman's Club, and Mrs. A. H. Patterson, right, also a Woman's Club co- founder, who made the memorial remarks. (See story page 5. this section. Photo by Carlisle Studio.) Local News Bulletins MSS. OATES IMPROVING Mrs. C. C. (Bus) Oates is im proving rapidly from a recent operation at Baptist hospital Winston - Salem. She was dis charged from the hospital last Thursday and is recuperating at the home of her mother, Mrs. D. J. Cottrell, College street, Boone. HOSPITAUZED Carl Finger, owner of Finger Laundry, entered Kings Moun tain hospital Wednesday for treatment ahd observation for a back ailment. SUMMERS HOSPITAUZED Fu' R. Summers, president of First National Bank, is a pa tient in Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, receiving treatment /or pneumonia. Mr. Summers was admitted to the hospital last Friday and was reported Wednesday to ibe recuperating satisfactorily. CAKE SALE The Ruth Sunday School class of Oak Grove Baptist church will conduct a cake ■ale Friday at 1 p. m. and Sat urday beginning at 9 a. m. at Relba’s Dress Shop, it was an nounced this mreek. AT cnr HALL The State Department of Revenue will have a represen tative at City Hall from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. Wednesday, Feb ruary 16, and Saturday, Feb ruary 18, and each preceding Wednesday and Friday until April 15, the final filing date «f State Income Tax, Deputy Collector P. F.. Hege, of Shel by, announced this week. STORY HOUR Story Hour at Jacob S. Mau ■ey Memorial Library will toe held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. All children of the oommunity are invited to at tend. AT PRESBYTERIAN Mrs. J. C. McGill will speak on India” at the evening wor ship service Sunday at 7:30 p. m., at First Presbyterian chur ch. Mrs. P. G. Padgett is in charge of the program. A seri es of Mission programs have been held at the church during the World Mission season. DINNER SUNDAY The Welfare and Internation al Relations Department of the Woman’s cluib will sponsor a ham and turkey dinner at the Woman’s club at 12:30 Sun day. Reservations may toe pla ced toy telephoning Mrs. J. A. Oieshtre, Jr., at 321. VEHICLE OWNERS The following 1955 North Carolina vehicle license plates have been turned in to the po lice department, where owners may reclaim them: No. N-4417G and truck numbers 912-269 and 893-409. RESIDENCE SOLD Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Parsons have sold their E. King street residence to Mr. and Mrs. Her man Campbell, who expect to occupy the home In about two months. Me. and Mrs. Parsons expect to move to Lumberton. Mr. Parsons is the retired city public works superintendent Kiwanis To Hear Billy Joe Patton Morganton Man, Ike's Golf Pal. On Clnb Rostrum Billy Joe Patton, the golfing friend of President Eisenhower who almost won the Augusta [Masters tournament last spring, I will address the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at their meeting Thursday night. Mr. Patton, a Morganton lum berman iby profession, surprised the golfing world and captured the huge crowds at Augusta last spring when he led the tourna ment through the third round, only to be edged by old Pros Ben Hogan and Sam Snead at the windup. As a result of his golfing pro wess, Mr. Patton has 'been in considerable demand for public appearances and only on Satur day accepted the Kiwanis club’s invitation to appear here. The program was arranged toy Char les Neisler. Patton is an amateur golfer. He recently spoke in Shelby, and is reported toy a national maga zine as a “speaker with a fine original mind.” Many honors have come to him in the sports world during the past year, recently receiving the Gold Tee award of the New York Golf Writers association as the man who did most for golf in 1954. He is a front-runner in the current voting for North Car olina’s annual Teague award. Harold Coggins, club vice president and program chair, man, said he was highly pleased at the acceptance of Mr. Patton and looked forward to an inter esting program. Members of other civic clubs have been in vited to attend the meeting at the cost of the dinner. Mrs. lenkins* Trial Set For Saturday Trial for Edna Jenkins, of Pine Ridge Community, on charges of violation of prohibition law and operating a disorderly house has .been scheduled for Friday in Cleveland Recorder’s court. Mrs. Jenkins, who is free und er a $1,000 bond, was arrested Sunday toy Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department. JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB The Junior Woman’s club will conduct a sale of cakes, pies, and candy at C. E. War lick Insurance Agency Satur- , day morning .beginning at 9 , a. m. Welch Baby Dies By Suffocation Paul Howard Welch, 4-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Howard Welch of route 1, died of accidental suffocation Sunday morning at 3:40 a. m. Coroner Ollie Harris said the infant was sleeping with his pa rents. The child was rushed to Kings Mountain hospital, he re ported, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Funeral rites were conducted Monday at 3 p. m. from Oak Grove Baptist church. Rev. Hoyle B. Alexander, the pastor, officiat ed, interment following in the church cemetery. Surviving, in addition to the parents, are the child’s paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Welch, and the maternal grandfather, Burgan Proctor, of Grover. $4,500 In Sight For Polio Fond J. C. McKinney, treasurer of the_ Kings Mountain March of Dimes fund campaign, reported cash in hand of $3,354.45 and at least $4,500 “in sight” Wednes day. Mr. McKinney said his cash total does not include the $700 raised for the fund by the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, any business dona tions which are being solicited by the Optimist Club, and num erous industrial division contri butions, among others. Co-Chairman Ben H. Bridges, Jr., and Treasurer McKinney es timated Kings Mountain would contribute a minimum of $4,500 to the fund to fight polio and voiced the hope that the total would reach $5,000 — Kings Mountain’s usual contribution. Mr. Bridges, in turn, urged all solicitors to make final reports this weekend, if possible. “We want to clean it up, find out where we are, and make the fi nal report,” Mr. Bridges said. The Kiwanis club reported more than $300 realized by its joint auction project for the Mar ch of Dimes conducted with Ra dio Station WKMT on February 2. W. J. Fulkerson is co-chairman of the campaign in charge of the Industrial division. MOOSE LODGE The regular meeting of Moose Lodge No. 1748 will be held Thursday night at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road. Boy Scoot Week Underway; Scoots To Take Over City Posts Satoiday Stoats will close observance of Boy Scout Week on Saturday, taking over city governmental of. ffces during thb morning hours and exhibiting displays of Scout activities in the afternoon. Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., an nounced plans for Scouts to act in city capacities and Jack Hul lender, veteran scoutmaster of Troop 5, listed plans for the dis plays. Among the displays are: first aid — by Troop 7 across from First National Bank; communl cations — by Troop 1 across from Belk’s Department Store; and cooking and camping — by Troop 6 across from Center Service. Window displays will be pre sented at Belk’s by Troop 5 and by Cub Scouts. Other troops will exhibit window displays at other firms, he added. Kings Mountain troops have been participating in the obser vance of the 45th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America dur ing Scout Week, which began on Sunday. Hendrick Resigns Ci ty Clerk Post B. & L Elects White, Summer New Directors Directors of Kings Mountain Building & Loan association, in session following the annual shareholders meeting Tuesday, passed a resolution to apply to the Federal Housing administra tion for permission to make FHA and veterans GI loans. Ben If. Bridges, Jr., secretary treasurer, said he understood that approval was a mere formality. The shareholders, with 45 per sons represented in person or by proxy, heard reports from offi cers on a prosperous 1954 and elected two new directors, filling one vacancy, and declining to re elect cne director, C. W. Hullen der. The new directors elected are C. G. White, of Kings Mountain, and T. C. Summer, of Cherryville. Mr. White is a former superin tendent, of Phenix (now Loom Tex). Mill. Mr. Summer is owner and general manager of Cherry ville’s Dixie Lumber Company. The board vacancy had existed since the death of J. C. Lackey. Other directors, all re-elected, are Dr. L. P. Baker, Ben H. Bridges, Jr., J. R. Davis, W. M. Gantt, Clyde Jolly, J. C. Keller, J. E. (Doc) Mauney, R. L. Mauney, W. K. Mauney, and R. L. Lewis, of Bessemer City. The directors re-elected W. K. Mauney president, Ben H. Brid ges,. Jr., secretary-treasurer, and J. C. Keller, vice-president. They elected W. M. Gantt to the vice presidency created by the death of Mr. Lackey, and elected Mrs. Ruby H. Baker assistant secre tary-treasurer. Mr. Gantt, Mr. Keller, J. E. Mauney, Mr. Bridges and Presi dent Mauney were named to the executive committee, Davis & White were re-named attorneys for the association, and a six man appraisal committee was elected, including Mr. Gantt, Mr. Keller, J. E. Mauney, Mr. Brid ges, Mr. Summer and Mr. Lewis. Secretary Bridges’ report, on operations during the year ended December 31 showed loans had increased by 20.8 percent to $1. 048,465.18, savings accounts up by 31.8 percent to $1,063,053.51, and total assets up 27.5 percent to $1,227,389.84. Of a total of 689 loans out standing, Mr. Bridges said, 317 were loans made in 1954, includ Continued On Page Eight Herald To Build On S. Piedmont The Kings Mountain Herald will construct a new building on its own lot, now occupied by the residende at 206 S. Piedmont ave nue, near the present Herald building. The Herald recently sold its present building to First Baptist church at a purchase price of $13,700. Tne church also has ac quired the 22.5 by 150 foot lot of D. C. Mauney, which immediately adjoins the Herald building. Meantime, the First Baptist trus tees, had indicated the church might wish to obtain the other Herald lot and were seeking oth er property to be used in trade for it. Jack White, one of the trustees in charge of the negotiations, told the Herald this week efforts to obtain other suitable property for the new Hterald building had failed and to proceed with build ing plans. Under terms of the agreement, the Herald will continue to oc cupy its present building until the new building is completed and the printing plant is movted into it. The Herald is offering for-sale for removal of the frame dwell ing at 206 S. Piedmont avenue and will begin work soon on building plans. Theatre Is Asking For Sunday Movies Tutor Asks City For Relaxation Of "Blue" Law The city iboard of commission ers last Thursday night tabled for action at a subsequent meet ing a request by Ed Tutor, man ager of Joy and Dixie Theatres, for amendment of the city’s blue laws to allow Sunday movies. Mr. Tuto told the board of com missioners his company, Stewart & Everett, of Charlotte, is now in the position of having to bid for pictures against neighboring drive-in theatres, which operate on Sunday, and that it would not be possible to support his com pany’s ‘quarter million dollar in vestment in Kings Mountain” in the face of this new factor in ob taining first-run motion pictures. Mr. Tutor, in asking permis sion to show Sunday movies, in vited the commissioners to set the hours the movie houses could operate on Sundays and to approve, if they wished, tjie Sun day showings. To a question, Mr. Tutor indicated his firm would like to operate from 2:30 to 6 p. m. Sunday afternoons, and 9 to 11 on Sunday evenings. Mayor Glee A,. Bridges sugges ted that the commissioners make inquiry of citizens concerning the request and indicated the board would consider the matter further at a subsequent meeting. The board took steps to trans fer to Duke Power Company Phi fer Road outside-city power cus tomers, including eight residen ces, Bennett Brick & Tile Compa ny and Lambeth Rope Corpora tion. Duke had inventoried the city’s Phifer Road power faciliti es at $815.47, other than trans formers and meters, and had in dicated it would pay this price for the properties. In turn, Duke wanted an agreement that the city would not seek to resume service in the area, should the city limits toe expanded. Com missioner T. J. Ellison objected to this provision, and his motion to sell Duke the facilities includ ed the proviso that the city would reclaim residential custo mers should the city limits be expanded, with the city to reim burse Duke for the lines and oth er materials on the same basis it is now offering to sell. The city would salvage its meters and transformers. In another action, the 'board voted to serve outside-city resi dents on Shelby Road with city water, provided the property owners pay pipe cost of a six inch water line. Mrs. J,. M. iRhea, in toehalf of herself and others, had requested the service. In other actions the 'board: 1) Voted to purchase a car for the police department from Plonk Motor Company, if funds are available. Plonk Motor was low bidder among two, at $1649. 80. Smith Chevrolet Company, of Gastonia, bid $1,742. 2) Approved a petition from property owners to hard-surface Stone street (to Clay street), sub ject to completion of prior ap proved work and availability of funds. 3) Relieved J. W. Webster of his three-hours-per-day assign ment to work with the Barnard & Burk gas engineers. 4) Deferred appointment of a replacement to Fred W- Plonk as a member of the city recreation commission. Mr. Plonk agreed to serve on the commission through completion of the present build ing projects. He told the 'board Continued On Page Eight Clerk's Report Shows Spending Of City, Budget Comparisons. For Seven Months Joe Hendrick, city clerk, made the following report to the hoard of commissioners last week on expenditures of the city during the first seven months of the fiscal year 1954-55. The report includes comparisons with departmental budgets and balances available for the remaining five months: Cemetery .. Administrative Dept. .. Street Dept....... Sanitary Dept . Police Dept. . _....... Fire Dept... General Dept. Water and Sewer Dept. ...... Light and Power Dept. Recorder's Court .. midget 7,175.00 16.229.00 61.500.00 21.500.00 48.414.00 17.070.00 56.477.00 50.764.00 113,390.00 3,600DO expense 3.978.63 9,79108 22.873.35 16,593.47 27,948.64 11,334.11 34,335.74 29,910.71 72,395.53 1,950.90 Balance 3,196.37 6,507.82 38,626.65 4,906.53 20,465.36 5,735.89 22141.26 20,853.29 40.994.47 1,649.10 Hospital Addition Bids Being Asked Invitations to bid for con structing a 14-bed addition to Kings Mountain hospital are to be advertised this weekend, Grady Howard, hospital busi ness manager, said Wednesday. The bid notice specifies that the bids will be opened on March 8 by the hospital trus tees. Ormand & Vaughan, of Shel by, are architects for the addi tion, which will provide ten new private rooms, and expan sion of service installations, bringing the hospital to 50-bed capacity. Munson Heaid By Lions Club "We expect to toe here from now on,” G. A. (Munson, general manager of the Bessemer City plant of Lithium Corporation of America, said Tuesday night, as he reviewed the history and growth of the metal lithium for members of the Kings Mountain Lions club. Mr. Munson made the remark in answer to a question concern ing the size of the lithium ore deposits in this area. He did not know, he said,! whether the Grover - Lincolnton spodumene belt is the world’s largest, but said there is a great amount in this mineral belt. Mr. Munson said lithium was isolated about 1800 by a Swedish chemist and was first used a cen tury later in the Edison storage battery. It was subsequently us ed toy Germany in the latter sta ges of World War I, for an alum inum - lithium alloy. During the 1920’s a mid-west potash compa ny found much of it in its by products and developed some mi nor uses for it, with World War II bringing on the big demand for the metal and its salts. It was first used on airplane radio aerials, for coloring of flares, and other w’ar products. After V-J Day, he added, the government cancelled its con tracts, and it was 1948 before new uses were developed that justified the heavy expansion by Lithium Corporation and Foote Mineral Company, which, today, operate the only chemical extrac tion plants in the Western world. He listed major uses today as in petroleum products, ceramics, glass (giving the same quality that makes Pyrex unbreakable at high temperatures), in air conditioning as a de-humidifier, in wielding rod fluxes, in bleach es, and in metalurgy, particular ly in copper-steel alloys. He also described development of extraction methods from the originally used sink-float pro cess, to today’s‘modern chemical Continued On Page Eight I Joe McDaniel Will Become' Acting Clerk Joe R. Hendrick, city clerk since the early days of the Gar land Still administration, resign ed Monday night, the resignation to be effective February 28. The board of commissioners met in special session Monday night to act on the resignation, accepted it, and voted to promote Assistant Clerk Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., to the top position. Howevbr, Mr. McDaniel declined the ap pointment and was named act ing clerk, effective on Mr. Hen drick's leaving datp. Mr. McDaniel had once before declined the clerk’s job, during the Still administration and prior to the employment of Mr. Hen drick. In other actions Monday night, the board approved and called public hearing for March 3 on numerous street-paving assess ments. The assessment scroll cov ers paving costs on the following streets: Mauney avenue, the al ley between Mountain and Chero kee streets, and portions of Sims street, Oriental avenue, Carpen ter street, and Edgemont drive. The hearing notice appears on Page 2, Section 2, in today’s He rald. The board also approved re quest of Park Yarn Mills to pur chase water from the city. Under the board action, Park Yarn Mills would take water with its own line at the city limits and would be an interruptible custo mer subject to cut-off should wa ter supplies get low. Mr. Hendrick said he was re signing to move to Florida, but did not announce what employ ment he bxpects to obtain. He did say it would in no way be con nected with government work at any level. Mrs. Hendrick is an Continued On Page Eight Rites Thursday For Rev. Rixler Funeral rites for Rev. Charles R. Bixler, 41, pastor of Gastonia’s Armstrong Memorial Presbyteri an church who died suddely ruesday morning of a heart at tack, will be conducted Thurs lay morning at 11 o’clock in Sastonia. Mr. Bixler, pastor of the Arm strong church since 1951, served as a supply pastor here for sev eral summers for Rev. P„ D. Pat rick. Rites will be conducted by Mr. Patrick, pastor of First Pres byterian church, Rev. J. Eade Anderson, and Rev. Hoyt Evans, both of Gastonia. A son of the late Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Bixler, missionaries to Bra zil, he came to the United States from Brazil at the age of 15, was educated at Stony Brook school, Long Island, N. Y., Davidson col lege, and Columbia Seminary. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Miss Sara Matthews, a dau ghter, two sons, two sisters, and four brothers. Memorial funds for the education of Mr. Bixler’s children may be sent to Reece Huffstetler, the session of the Armstrong church, or Rev. Mr. Patrick. Political Pot Producing Confab, If Not Candidates; Mayor To File City political talk was getting a good play in Monday’s first-of season spring-type weather, but no formal activity yet had occur red on Wednesday. However, action is expected by next week, Mayor Glee A. Bridges indicating he would file for re election within the next few days. The fact of political stirrings was obvious in conversations a mong office-holders and others. One rumor listed a long field of mayoral candidates, with names of Former Mayor H. Tom Fulton, Harold Phillips (who has stated previously he won’t run for re-election as Ward 4 com missioner), Former Mayor J. E. Herndon, G. Glenn White, and Formfer Mayor Garland Still pro jected into the conversations. Several quoted Mr. Fulton as say. ing he would definitely run for the mayoral job he held 1947-49. It was thought most likely that Mr. White, a former school trus tee, might make a bid for the Ward 3 commissioner post now held by T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, himself also mentioned as a mayoral candidate. W. Sage Fulton, Sr., seemed closer to seeking re-election as Ward 1 commissioner, as he ad mitted he was receiving numer ous urgings to rle-offer. Ward 5 j Commissioner W. G. Grantham still listed himself in the "I don’t ; know class”, and indicated he would bow out, if some other suitable candidate seeks election. Ward 4 activity still was out wardly quiet, with George H. Mauney still the chief name be ing mentioned. The Pearson brothers, Tilman and Olland, had made no further pronouncements in connection with their intentions to seek the Ward 2 and Ward 3 posts. How ever, political observers reasoned that neither would benefit by the other’s candidacy. Olland Pear son, Ward 3 commissioner in the | Still administration, was defeat ed for re-election two years ago by Mr. Ellison. J. H. Patterson is j expected to seek re-election as Ward 2 commissioner. School board talk was blank. Two school trustees’ ii rms expire this year, those of Ward 2 Trus- j tee Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, and Ward 3 Trustee Arnold W. Kin caid, current board chairman. The election will be held on May 10, with a run off election, if required, to be held two weeks later. Filing fee for each office is $5. RESIGNS — Joe Hendrick, city clerk for more than three years, has resigned effective February 28. Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., has bees named acting clerk. Boaid Members Talk Gas Work The board of city commission ers at their meeting last Thurs day night authorized City Clerk Joe Hendrick and Gas Commis sioner W. G. Grantham to pur chase liability insurance to cover its gas system operations. It was the only formal action on the gas system operation, but much discussion concerned the new city enterprise, with Arthur Hall, representative of Barnard & Burk, engineers, discussing thfe progress of construction and oth er phases of the operation with the board members. Mr. Hall invited the city to re tain Barnard & Burk as consult ing engineers for the post-con struction period and said the com pany’s fee is sometimes based on a monthly stipend and sometimes on a percentage of gross receipts. He told the board he thought the city should check its gas ex penditures a little more carefully, pointing out that $50,000 of the Kings Mountain Natural Gas System had 33 potential cus tomers Wednesday at noon. The utilities department of the city reported this number of deposits for service. V. L. Bee chum, superintendent, said 27 would be served by gas by the end of the day Wednesday. original $400,000 revenue bond is sue should be put into an exten sion and expansion reserve fund. He also estimated that at com pletion of construction the city would have spent about $327,000. He reported that Leo T. Barber, the contractor, had received $201,000 of his $242,000 bid, and William Gilmore, also of Barnard & Burk, said actual payments tp the contractors would total about $255,000, with the $13,000 differ ential resulting from city request ed and approval specification changes. City Attorney J. R. Davis said he had received an opinion from the North Carolina attorney gen eral stating that the city has the right to sell gas outside the city limits, and, if not, that Bennett Brick & Tile Company wanted to buy gas at the city-limits and would install its own line from that point. Mr. Hall suggested that the city not supply too many interrupti ble service customers, noting the problem of keeping demand in Da lance throughout the year. Vince Beechum, city gas super intendent, reported 20 customers, and Mr. Hall suggested that ano ther installation crew might be nebded to obtain customers more quickly. Mayor Bridges and Gas Commissioner Grantham com mented they would be willing to Continued On Page Eight Young Fanners At N. C. State John J. Seism, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Seism, and Paul Ric hard Grigg, of Lawndale, are at N. C. State College attending the two-week short course jointly sponsored by the North Carolina Bankers association and the col lege. Thfe two young farmers went to Raleigh under sponsorship of the county’s banks, including two at Shelby and First National of Kings Mountain. R. S. Lennon, vice-president and cashier of the First National of Kings Mountain, was the county key banker in charge of arrang ing the enrollment of the Cleve land youths, who wtere nominated by county extension department and other farm officials. The two-week course will em phasize modern farming.
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