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Population City Limits.7.206 The population is from the V. S. Government census report tor 19S0. The Census Bureau estimates the nation's population gain since 1950 at 1.7 percent per year, which ■Mans Kings Mountain's 1954 population should approxi osate 7606. The trading area population in 1945, based on ration board registrations at the Kings Mountain “ 15,000. Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper 1 - — ■ .... fl. ^ jH 1G Pages ID Today VOL 65 NO. 8 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 24, 1955 Sixty-Fourth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Bridges, Fulton And Grantham File Notices For Re-Election Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS Receipts from the city’s park ing meters for the week end ing Wednesday noon totaled $145.27, Miss Grace Carpenter, eC the city clerk’s office, re ported. OPTIMIST CLUB Regular meeting of the Op timist cluib will be held Thurs day (tonight) at 7 p. m. at the Woman’s club, according to announcement Wednesday Iby Neal Grissom, the president. FAMILY NIGHT Next Wednesday night, Mar ch 2, the congregation of the First Preslbyterian church will meet at 7 p. m. for a “Family Night’’ covered dish supper. There will be a fellowship pro gram following supper. GRASS FIRE Firemen answered one call this week, according to Fire man Ted Gamble. On Tuesday, firemen extinguished a 'grass blaze at Burlington Mills. ON HONOR ROLL Betty Ledford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Ledford, was listed on the honor roll for the first semester at Car son - Newman College, Jeffer son City, Tenn,. Miss Ledford is a senior. 1 MOOSE LODGE The regular meeting of Moose Lodge No. 1748 will be hetd Thursday night at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road. All members are urged to attend. TAG SALES A total of 1,019 city auto li censes for 1955 have 'been pur chased at the office of the city clerk, it' was announced Wed nesday. Seventy-one of the to tal were purchased this week. PRESBYTERIAN SKIT The Junior department of the First Presbyterian church will present a skit, “You Are There” at the Sunday evening service. This program, a continuation of the World Missions Empha sis Season, is under the direc tion of Mrs. P,. D. Patrick, and will include special music 'by the Junior choih ATTEND MEETING Mrs. J. N.. Gamble, and Mrs. Pride Ratterree, local Red dross officials, are attending a one day Home Service meeting held toy Stanley County Ameri can Red Cross Chapter in Albe marle. Mrs. Gamble announc ed the Red Cross office will be closed today (Thursday.) at black Mountain Freland Tidwell, veteran su perintendent of the city’s wa ter and sewer department, is a patient at Black Mountain sanitarium. He entered the hospital two weeks ago. Mem bers of his family say he is progresinig satisfactorily, thou gh his Hlness has not been fi nally diagnosed. BUT HOME Mr. and Mrs. F.. A. McDaniel have purchased from Crescent Hill-Development Co., the Mea dowibrook Road residence of Mr. and Mrs. Hal S. Plonk. The Plonks expect to ibuild a new residence and are to give the McDaniels occupancy August 1. PHOTO IDENTIFIED The unidentified girl in the picture of the Central school fourth grade of 1915, published in last week’s Herald, was the late Miss Dosie Franklin, a sister of Mrs. Freland Tidwell. Leukemia Is Fatal To Richard Canan ‘Military rites were held Wed nesday at San Deigo, California, for Richard Canan. 28, of Pas adena, California, brother of Mrs. Ed Goter. Mr. Canan, an army veteran, died in City of Hope hospital, Pasadena, California, February 16. from acute leukemia. Mrs. Goter ldft for California toy plane Feibruary 16, and ex pects to return next week. SURGEONS' NEW OFFICES — Pictured above are the new offices of Dr. J. W. Harbison and Dr. Avery McMurry, Kings Mountain-Sbelby sur geons, which they opened recently. The offices are located in a new addition to the Blackmer & Com pany building on West King street, near Kings Mountain hospital. surgeons upen New Offices Near Hospital Dr. John W. Harbison and Dr. Avery W. McMurry, are announc; ing this week opening of new of fices adjacent to Kings Mountain hospital. The surgeons’ new quarters are located in a new addition to the offices of Blackmfer & company and Kings Mountain Bonded Warehouse. Dr. Harbison and Dr. McMur ry, who practice surgery here and in Shelby, opened offices in Kings Mountain a year ago in the basement apartment of the George W. Allen residence on E. King street. Their office schedule will re main the same, with regular hours on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons for consulta tion and post-surgical care, they ; announced, adding that they are i available on dall for surgical problems at Kings Mountain hos pital at any time. “We feel the new location will be an added convenience to both patients and ourselves," the sur geons said, in announcing open ing of their new offices. First Cas Bills Total $427.98 The city’s first 27 natural gas customers will receive bills ag gregating $427.98 on March 1. It will be the city’s first income from the new distribution system still under construction. The total includes $110.96 charged to-the city itself for gas service (for heating) at City Hall. Under the $400,000 revenue bond arrangement of the natural gas system, the city gas department bills the city as it does any other customer, which will be required until the gas system bonds are retired, Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., re ported. ' On Wednesday, the city had ac cepted 46 meter deposits for gas service. V. L. Beechum, depart ment superintendent, said about 40 are receiving gas service. AT LACKLAND Franklin Plott, son of Mrs. E. T. Plott, who enlisted sever al weeks ago in the service is receiving basic training at Lackland AFB, San ' Antonio, Texas. Prior to entering the service, Airman Plott attended Presbyterian Junior college, Maxton. _ Mitchem Is Named To Clerk Position CITY CLERK — Gene Mitchem, Kings Mountain native, was named city clerk bY the board of commissioners on Monday, suc ceeding Joe R. Hendrick, re sig' sd. Mr. Mitchem assumed his duties Tuesday. Four Tapped By Honor Group Four Kings Mountain High school students were tapped Fri day for the school’s National Honor Society. The society, which dates hack to 1937, bases the selection of students inducted on several fac tors Including an “A” average on conduct and no lower than a “B" average on grades. Students selected Friday were Joyce Owens, Joyce Dixon, Joyce Gladden^ and Peggy Rippy. Other members are Anita Mc Ginnis, Dewitt Blanton, Christine Still and Martha Baker. Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of St. Matthfew’s Lutheran chur ch, spoke on the ideals of the so ciety, scholarship, • leadership, character, and service. Mrs. James Logan sang, “I Would Be True” to close the pro gram. i«! Recreation Body Asks Civic Clubs To Accept Plant Expansion Tasks The city parka and recreation commission assigned suggested projects to civic groups repre sented at a meeting at City Hall courtroom last Thursday night. 7 he group asked the clubs to co-operate in improving the city's recreation facilities as follows: Kiwanis Club and Fairview Lodge No. 339, A. F. & A M. — construct tennis courts. Senior and Junior Womans Clubs — provide playground equipment. Junior Chamber of Commerce — construct a miniature golf course. Lions Club — provide a Merry Go-Round. I Optimist Club —construct shuf fleboard courts. Moose Lodge No. 1748 and American Legion Post No. 155 — complete construction of a Little i League baseball field. Kings Mountain Carden Coun cil — provide shrubbery and walks. The meeting was called by the Jaycee board of directors, which was present, and jaycee President Wilson Griffin presided. Some 25 persons attended the meeting, in cluding all members of the rec reation commission except H. R. Neisler.. Jack H. White, secretary of the Continued On Page Eight Board Amends Budget, Adding $16,135 to Total Gene Mitchem, Kings Moun tain native recently released from active duty after three years ser vice with the U. S. Coast Guard, was named city clerk Monday night at a special session of the board of commissioners. Mr. Mitchem assumed the du ties of the office on Tuesday mor ning and replaces Joe Hendrick, who has resigned. Mr. Hendrick will complete his duties on Mon day. Mr. Mitchem wjfll receive a sa lary of $325 monthly. In other actions, the commis sioners amended the 1954-55 bud get by a total of $16,135.67, add ing this amount to the estimated outgo for the fiscal year and raising the grand total to $488, S66.67. The money became avail able through refund to the gen eral fund by the gas department of advances previously made. The added total was earmarked as follows: $745 for repair to filter plant roof; $13,595.67 to the light and power department; $1,795 for purchase of a police car. The actioi was taken on recommen dation of City Clerk Hendrick, who noted that the power depart ment has forthcoming extraordi nary expenses in running lines to the two city swimming pools. The board named S. A. Blanton acting superintendent of the wa ter and sewer department. Mr. Blanton will assume temporarily the duties of Freland Tidwtell, who is a patient at Black Moun tain sanitt.rium. in otner actions me ooara: 1) Ordered a cost survey on opening of Mauney avenue, ap proved "when and if funds are available” by the Still adminis tration in November 1952. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said D. C. Mau ney, who originally requested the street ppening, sought action. 2) Approved installation of a sewer line on the north end of Edgemont Drive, provided pro perty owners pay the cost of the pipe. Mayor Bridges said the pro perty owners had expressed will ingness to pay for the pipe, and listed them as Jack White, John ny Kerns. Clyde Kerns, C. E. War lick and J. H. Arthur. 3) Approved an old petition for the paving of Baker street, pro vided sufficient right-of-way is furnished. 4) Referred to E. C. Nicholson for checking a request of Dr. W. L. Ramseur for openingof a por tion of Gantt street. Dr. Ram seur had inquired of the city what easements were required to ob tain opening of the street. 5) Took no action on installa tion of 400 feet of Sewer line on Juniper street. Mr. Nicholson said two tap fees had been paid. The board indicated the installation would have to await completion of previously approved Installa. tions. 6) Instructed City Attorney J. Continued On Page Eight Mrs. Piessly Is National Essay Contest Winner Mrs. W. L. Pressly has been notified by “The National Gard ner”, a publication of the Na tional Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc., that she is first-place winner in a nation-wide bssay contest. Mrs. Pressly entered an article on the required subject "How Our Club Produced Our Most Interest ing Horticultural Program”, de scribing a trip of Kings Mountain Garden Club to view and inspect the camellia and azallea gardens of Mrs. Paul Kincaid, of Gastonia. The article is to appear in “The National Gardener in the April May issue. The award is to be presented at the annual convention of the National Council of State Gar den Clubs, Inc., in Chicago, 111., in May. A prize of $25 accompa nies the award. Mrs. Pressly, long active in gardening, is an accredited judge, She is the wife of Dr. W. L. Press ly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church. Kiwanis To Hear Famed Jet Pilot Col. W. W. Milliken, U. S. Air National Guard jet pilot who holds the speed record for a flight from Los Angeles to New York, will address the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club Thursday night. Col. Milliken, who set the speed record on January 2, 1954, will speak on a program arranged by Paul Mauney. Col. Milliken lives at Washing ton, D. C., and is a salesmafc for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com pany. A fighter pilot in World War II. he was snot down and ! imprisoned before being released during the Allied advance. Col. Milliken’s ripcord flight last year covered 2,445 miles and re quired only four hours, sixteen ninutes, sixteen seconds, for an iverage speed of 591 miles per lour. He landed in New York with his fuel tanks virtually empty. He is to fly to Charlotte Thurs iay from Washington in an F-86 'abre Jet, he has informed Mr. Mauney. New Building Begun By Gaults Gault Brothers, Kings Mountain grocery and home appliance firm, began work Tuesday on a new building at 415 N. Piedmont ave., adjacent to their present lo cation. C. J. Gault, Jr., and Boyce Gault, operators of the firm since 1939, said they expect to occupy the new building which will house both a self-service grocery and appliance establish ment, about May 10. Contracts were awarded last week to Mel vin Wright and Hunter Ware, and excavation work was begun on Tuesday. The building, of brick, con crete and steel, will be 65 x 75 feet. It will include a separate department for the appliance di vision. Four large plate glass windows on the front, latest type shelving, and displays, and floor space double the previous build ing will be features of the new plant, the officials noted. The store will be heated by natural gas and will provide off street parking for customers, be ing placed 75 feet back from the street. Gault Brothers is franchised dealers for Philco, Bendix, Cros ley, Universal, and Admiral home appliances. City Tax Discount Period Extended The North Carolina Senate passed and ratified into law last week House Bill 23, previ ously approved by the House of Representatives, to change the City of Kings Mountain’s tax discount period. Under the new law, introdu ced by Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., at the city’s request, Kings Moun tain citizens can obtain the full two percent discount on annual tax bills provided they pay their tax discounts by Au gust 3L. Previously, the city bills had to be paid by June 30 to qual ify for the full discount. The new law means that the city’s tax discount policy will coincide with Cleveland Coun ty’s. Pearson Seeks Ward 2 Post; Mrs. Lynch Will Not Offer Five Candidates Now Seek Office; No Contests Yet Three members of the Bridges administration, Mayor Glee A. Bridges and Commissioners W. S. Fulton, Sr., and W, G. Grantham, filed candidacies for re-election ruesday, and Tilman Pearson fil ad notice of candidacy Monday for Ward 2 commissioner. All paid their filing fees, bring ng to five the number of candi dates seeking election to city positions in May. George W. White filed for Ward 4 commi ssioner last week. All seek diffe r e n t positions, which means that no contests yet exist for any MR. GRANTHAM of the Six City tositions to be filled. Another official announcement :arae from Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, Ward 2 school trustee. Mrs. Lynch called thie Herald to announce that she would not seek re-election in the May ’voting. Mrs. Lynch was elected to the school board for a six-year term in May 1949. Mr. Fulton seeks re-election as Ward 1 commissioner, while Mr. Grantham seeks re-election as Ward 5 commissioner. It had been generally anticipat ed that Mayor Bridges and Mr. Fulton would seek re-election, but Mr. Grantham had indicated he might not offer again. All three incumbents are seeking their se cond terms in the particular posi tions. Mayor Bridges, a hardware man, served as a commissioner several years ago and was for many years a member of the county board of commissioners. He is a member of First Baptist church. Mr. Pearson, who lives at 402 3arker street, is an employee of 3raftspun Yarns, Inc. He is a nember of First Wesleyan church tnd the Redmen, and seeks poli tical office for the first time. Mr. Fulton is a partner in Ware & Sons, feed manufacturers and wholesale grocers. He is an elder of Boyce Memorial ARP church and a Kiwanian. Mr. Grantham is general man ager of Victory Chevrolet Com pany. He attends the ARP church, also belongs to the Kiwanis club. The filing activity of the past week left unsought three posi tions to be filled in the May vot ing, including Ward 3 commis sioner, and both Ward 2 and 3 school trustee positions. T. J. El lison, Ward 3 commissioner, has been mentioned as a candidate for rpayor. Arnold W. Kincaid is the incumbent Ward 3 school trustee. Harold J. Phillips, Ward 4 commissioner, confirmed this week that he will not seek re-elec tion. He did not comment, how ever, on rumors that he will seek the mayoral spot. Prospective candidates, if nu nerous, were not making their intentions public. One rumor list ed C. P. Barry, Ward 4 commis sioner in the Still administration, as a possible candidate for this position, and Hilton Ruth was re. ceiving encouragement to offer for the Ward 2 school trustefe spot being vacated by Mrs. Lynch. SEEK HE-ELECTION — Mayor Glee A. Bridges, left, and W. S. Ful ton, Sr„ Ward 1 commissioner, filed notices of candidacy Tuesday for re-election. Also filing Tuesday was W. G. Grantham, Ward 5 commissioner. Tilman Pearson filed Monday for Ward 2 commis sioner. , Fashion Show Set For Tuesday Night womans utu> Is Presenting World Day Of Piayei Observance Is Friday; Local Services Listed Kings Mountain will observe I World Day of Prayer Friday. Two community-wide services 5 are scheduled, one at Grace Me thodist church at 10 a. m., the other at First Presbyterian chur-1 ch at 5:30 p. m. In addition, a j service is planned 'or Negroes at St. Paul’s Presbyterian church at 7 p. m. » ] Grover area citizens will ob- : serve World Day of Prayer with a community service at 7:30 at Shiloh Presbyterian church. The Grace Methodist service, to be conducted by the pastor. Rev. W. C. Sides, has been ar ranged to accommodate citizens who would be unable to attend the 5:30 p. m. service. Emphasis by the sponsoring Kings Mountain Council of Churchwomen is on family atten dance at the services. The First Presbyterian service will include an organ prelude by Thomas Eanes. Rev. P. L. Shore. Central Methodist pastor, will conduct a meditation and prayer period, and Mrs. Janies B. Simp son will serve as narrator lor a film “Because Women Pray". Rev. P. D. Patrick will say the bene diction. Offerings to be taken at the services are used for a wide va riety of charitable purposes. ELECTED — Rev. A. J. Argo has been named chairman of the Eible-in-the-Schools committee. He succeeds Rev. P. D. Patrick. Schools Bible Body Names Argo Rev. A. J,. Argo, pastor of First Wesleyan 'Methodist church, was named chairman of the Bii>le-in the-Schools committee last Fri day, as ministers and lay leaders of majority of the city’s church es met for a luncheon meeting at Central cafeteria. Rev. Mr. Argo succeeds Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Pres byterian church, who has headed the committee continuously since it was formed 15 years ago. Mr. Patrick has requested selection of a new chairman. Others named with Mr,. Argo were Rev. Douglas Fritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church. Dr. D. F. Hord, J. B. Keeter, who will serve for the 16th year as fi nance chairman, and B. &. Neill, Continued On Page Eight Assembly Changes "Warrant" Statute Potential law-breakers, who have been enjoying a respite from arrest due to a quirk in the state’s law pertaining to warrants, are being warned that the honeymoon is over. Chief of Police Hugh A. Lo gan, Jr., noted this week that the General Assembly has re vised the law to make it possi ble for an officer to arrest per sons for misdemeanors with out having previously obtained a warrant. The revised statute provides that an officer may arrest a person on “sight of the misdemeanor." The ruling of the attorney general on the old statute re quired officers to obtain war rants before arresting persons for misdemeanors. Chief bene ficiaries of the ruling were those about to be arrested for public drunkenness.
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