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Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Established 1869 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 28, 1955 Sixty-Fifth Year Of) Pages 4.U Today PRICE FIVE CENTS SOME LIKED IT AND SOME DIDN'T — Dr. Salk's product came to Kings Mountain last Friday and got varied reactions from its recipients, as samp led above by tbs camera record. At upper left, Leslie Joy seems to think the shot-taking fun as he cooperates with Mrs. Yates Harbison and Miss Idthia Lankford, Kings Mountain nurses. Dr. Z. P. Mitchell (top right) finas Johnny Smith a bit balky as he starts to pop the needle. At bottom left, Jake West smiles as Dr. James Lane admin is ters the anti-polio vaccine, but Patti Steffy, be low, right has to be forcibly restrained by Dr. W. L. Ramseur. At top inset, Frances Kay McSwain joins the satisfied customers, but Donna Payne, below inset, looks a bit unsure about the whole business as Dr. Mitchell aims his needle. In all, 507 youngsters of first and second grades received the Salk vaccine in last Friday's mass innocula tions. Shot No. 2 in the three-shot treatment is scheduled for May 13. Local News Bulletins ON DEAN'S LIST Jane Ormand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ormand, and Don McCarter, son of Mr,, and Mrs. Oscar McCarter, were listed on the dean’s list for the second semester at Lees-McRae Junior college, Banner Elk. FAMILY NIGHT The children’s department of Boyce Memorial ARP church will sponsor a family night supper Wednesday at 7 p. m. as the church observes Nation al Family week. MEN'S MEETING Men of Kings Mountain Pres bytery will hold a sapper meeting in the' fellowship hall of First Presbyterian church Sunday at 6:30 ip. m. At 4 p. m. Dr. J. iG. Patton, executive sec retary of the general council, will address the group. SOCIAL SECURITY A representative of the Gas tonia office of the Social Se curity administration will be at City Hall to handle social security matters with Kings Mountain area citizens on May 2 and May 16, from 9:30 a. m,. it was announced toy Joseph P. Walsh, manager. KIWANIS MEETING Dr. P. G. Padgett will address members of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis cluib at their reg ular meeting Thursday night at 6:45, recounting details of his recent trip to a meeting of the American Academy of General Practice at Los Ange les, Calif. His subject will Ibe “This and That.” The club con venes at Masonic Dining Hall. CARPENTER IMPROVED Clarence E. Carpenter, city tax supervisor, who has been in serious condition following an operation at Memorial hos pital, Charlotte, was reported improved Wednesday. He is not regarded as out of danger, members of his family report, and he is allowed no visitors. OPTIMIST CLUB Regular meeting of the Opti mist club will be held Thurs day at 7 p. m. at the Woman’s club. Announcement was made by Neal Grissom, the president. ACCEPT POSITIONS Mrs. Bobby Crawford accept ed the position Thursday, A pril 14, as bookkeeper with Belk’s Department Store. Mrs. Crawford succeeds Miss Joan Bridges, who has accepted a position with First National Bank. School Children Get Polio Shots Salk Vaccine Administezed To 507 Here In a mass inoculation Friday morning some 507 first and se cond graders of Kings Mountain City schools, Park Grace school, and Mrs. Luther Cansler’s pri vate school received for the first time the newest of new miracle drugs, Salk vaccine. The second shot is scheduled to be given Friday, May 13. The third, a booster shot, will be ad ministered six or seven months later. Friday’s inoculations were giv en via assembly line method by teams of local doctors and nurses, Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, Cleveland County health officer, and nurses from the County Health office. The following is a breakdown as given by the health depart ment of the number of children in each school who received the vaccine last Friday: Central school 163, East. Elementary sch ool 138, West Elementary school 111, Davidson school 35, Park Grace school 55, and Mrs. Luther Cansler’s private school 5. Smith Bites Held Wednesday Funeral rites for William Franklin Smith; 63, who died •Monday morning of a heart at tack, were conducted Wednesday at 5:30 p. m. from Macedonia Baptist church. Rev. T. A. Lineberger, the pas tor, and Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Presbyterian church, of ficiated, and interment was made in Mountain Rest cemetery. A son of the late William and Sarah Elizabeth Laughter Smith, he was an employee of Margrace Mill and a member of Macedonia Baptist church. ^ His wife, Mrs. Dessie Carr Smith, survives in addition to four sons, Vernon L. Smith, Ja mes Smith, and Jack Smith, all of Kings Mountain, and Clyde Smith, in Korea, and three dau ghters, Mrs. Hobert Dye and Mrs. Roy Pearson, both of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Frank Dur ham, of California. Two brothers, James Smith, of Shelby, and Bob Smith, of Flori da, also survive in addition to ten grandchildren. Mosquito Sprayer lo Be Demonstrated Southern Pest Control Com pany, of Charlotte, will demon strate its Dyna-fog machine, de signed for mosquito and other pest control, behind the Bonnie Mill op Thursday afternoon at 6 o’clock. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said the Charlotte company seeks to sell the machine for use in the city's mosquito-control efforts. The city board of commission ers will be on hand to witness the demonstration, and Mayor Brid ges issued an invitation to the public to see the demonstration. Access to the demonstration area is from S. Cherokee street. Lions Nominate Gene Timms Gene Timms, Grover Road gro cer, has been nominated for presi dent of the Kings Mountain Lions club for 1955-56. Other officer nominees for the year beginning July 1 are: Dr. Nathan H. Reed, first vice-presi dent; J. W. Webster, second vice president; James Houser, third vice-president; George Thomas son, secretary; Richard Barnette, treasurer; James Rollins, tail twister; J. Lee Roberts, assistant tail twister; and Paul King, Lion tamer. \ Director nominees include: W. L. Plonk, Howard B. Jackson, and Continued On Page Five Lloyd E. Davis Seeks Ward 2 Post City Pollbooks Will Be Open Two More Weeks Registration books for the May 10 city election will remain open for two more Saturdays, with the final day on May 7 also being Challenge Day. City Attorney J. R. Davis said the election notice, as published, specified that the books be open for four successive Saturdays and that this plan should be followed. Meantime, city registrars had a relatively busy day last Satur day, considering the fact that no new registration is required. Particularly brisk was the Ward 5 activity, where Mrs. J. T. McGinnis, Jr., said she had added 30 new names and eight trans fers to the poll books. Mrs. H. R. Parton, Ward 2 reg istrar, said she added 12 new names, in addition to several transfers, last 'Saturday, while C. L. Black, Ward 1 registrar, re ported a total of 20 new regis trants for both days the books have been open. He also reported transferring five citizens “in” and five “out". Mrs. Ruth Bow ers, in Ward 3, and Mrs. Ralph Hullender, in Ward 4, could not be contacted Wednesday for their reports. To vote, a citizen must be regis tered on the city pollbooks. Regis trars note that persons who have changed residence since the last city election should obtain trans fers. The voting places, where the registrars will be on duty again Saturday, are: Ward 1 and Ward 2, City hall; Ward 3, Phenix Store; Ward 4, Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company club house; Ward 5, Victory Chevro let Company. School Vote Bill With Delegation The proposed bill to change the method of electing school trustees in the Kings Mountain district was forwarded to Rep. B. T. Falls and Senator Robert Morgan last weekend, J. R. Davis, city attorney and school board member, said yesterday. The bill prqyides for scrapping of the ward system, as it effects school trustee elections, effective in 1957. The bill would provide that trustees be allowed to seek office from any area of the schodl dis trict at any election and also pro vides that all voters be permitted to vote in all school trustee elec tions. The staggered six-year term arrangement would be re tained. Under the present voting sys tem, prevailing since 1939, a can didate must reside in the ward in which he seeks to represent and is chosen solely by the voters residing in the particular ward. The change proposal was ad vanced by Mrs. H. E. Lynch, vice chairman of the school board, and unanimously approved by the five member board. Mr. Davis said Wednesday he had received no acknowledge ment from Rep. Falls, whom he had asked to introduce the bill, after referring it to the attorney general’s office for a check of technical correctness. He antici pates a reply within the next few days, he stated. METER RECEIPTS Net meter recipts from city’s parking meters for week end ing Wednesday at noon were $164.90, Miss Grace Carpenter, of city clerk’s office reported. Morrison Address Will Feature laycee Ladies Night Event Tuesday J. Graham Morrison, former Lincoln agent, will be the featur ed speaker at the annual Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce Ladies night banquet to be held Tuesday night at Ma sonic Dining hall. The program will begin at 7 o’clock. Details of the annual event were announced Wednesday by Jack White, chairman of the com mittee on arrangements. Other features will include in stallation of officers for 1955-56 by Red Garganus, now a Jaycee national director and at present a candidate for North Carolina Javcee president. Also billed for the event is spe cial musical entertainment by an out-of-town group of singers. Favors will be given the ladies and a prize drawing will be held, Mr. White added. Grady Howard, a past presi dent, will serve as toastmaster and Charles Dixon will welcome the ladies. Mr. Morrison, who specilizes in humorous philosophy, retired se veral years ago after serving for many years as Lincoln county agent. He has spoken in Kings Mountain previously at special events for other clubs. Officers to be installed are: William G. (Bill) Jonas, presi dent; Clavon Kelly, first vice president; Herbert Mitcham, se cond vice-president; R. G. Plonk, Jr., secretary; Louis Sabetti, trea surer; Delbert Dixon, jaybird, and Charles Dixon, William Hern don, Clinton Jolly, and Dean Payne, directors. GETTING READY FOR STRAW HAT DAY—Sam Collins, left, presi dent of the Kings Mountain Merchants association, and Richard Barnett, right, chairman of the organization's trade promotion com mittee. are pictured trying on some 1955 model straw hats in prep aration for the current summer season. The Merchants Association president has designated May 1 as Straw Hat Day in Kings Moun tain, official day for men to swap winter headgear for cooler straws. (Herald photo by Pennington Studio.) Telephone Strike Enters 46th Day Greyhound Bus Strike Marks Its Third Week Two strikes affecting the pat tern of living in Kings Mountain continued Wednesday. For Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company and the striking CWA phone operators, it was the 45th day. It was the 21st day the familiar Greyhound buses had been missing from Kings Mountain Bus terminal and the surrounding highways. There was little outward chan ge in either situation. Kings Mountain members ' of the Communications Workers union were still picketing the Southern Bell office in the Ful ton Building, though the picket ing schedule had been cut to 12 hours daily, from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. The strikers here were 8® per cent “solid’;, striking employees reported. Of the original 25 em ployees who went out on strike 45 days ago, 20 are still out. Five switchboard operators had re turned to work during the past ten days, leaving 17 switchboard operators and three service-main tenance men on strike. From the company standpoint, service had been improved, as temporary workers were employ ed to fill the gaps at the switch board. Meantime, the company claimed more and more striking workers are returning to their jobs, a claim countered by the union, which told local members 41,000 of 46,000 employees are still out. Over the weekend, three South ern governors sought unsuccess fully to get the company and union to resolve their differences. The statement from the gover nors blamed both company and union for a stubborn attitude. There was little news in the strike of Atlantic Greyhound dri vers. Queen City Coach Company was doubling its runs where pos sible, and passengers southbound found themselves routed via Shelby. No bus service is current ly available from Kings Moun tain to Grover and Blacksburg, S. C. Mrs. Lennon Named To Central Faculty Mrs. R. S. Lennon will assume duties as seventh grade teacher at Central Elementary school on Thursday. She will replace Joe Lee Wood ward, who has resigned after serving as interim teacher for Miss Gussie Huffstetler, Superin tendent B. N. Barnes reported Wednesday. Miss Huffstetler has been granted a leave of absence. Mr. Woodward has accepted full-time employment with War ren Gardner’s of Gastonia. Mrs. Lennon taught in the Mul lins, S. C., public schools before moving to Kings Mountain last December. Her husband is vice president and cashier at First National Bank. ELECTED — Don McCarter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCarter, has been elected president of the student body at Lees-McRae Ju nior college. Banner Elk, for the 1955-56 school term. McCaitei Heads Student Body Don McCarter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCarter, has been elected president of the student body at Lees-McRae Junior col lege, Banner Elk, for the 1955-56 term. A freshman, he is vice-presi dent of his class, a member of the Christian council, the foot ball team, and is a member of Delta Psi Omega, natibnal hono rary Dramatics fraternity. He had the leading role in the play, “Butte to Paradise”, and was a member of the cast of “Arsenic and Old Lace” recently given by the group. He is on the dean’s list and was one of three students select ed recently to serve on a commit tee to help revise the school’s constitution. Cancer Fund Gifts At S525 Kings Mountain passed the half-way .mark on its contribu tions to the National Cancer fund this week, and Mrs. J. P. Mauney, chairman, set Friday as the official wind-up of the fund campaign. Contributions had reached $525 — against a $1,000 goal — Wednesday morning, and Mrs. Mauney said numerous soliciting committees had not yet reported, or had made only partial reports. Mrs. Mauney urged all cam paign workers to complete their assignments by Friday and to make final reports. She also invited contributions from persons and business firms who have not yet made donations. "Funds are necessary if the battle to defeat cancer is to be won,” Mrs. Mauney said, “and $1,000 is not a large amount of money for this community to con tribute to this worthy purpose. A gift today may save a life tomor row/’ New Candidate Brings Total In Held To 20 The race for Ward 2 city com missioner became a four-man af fair early Wednesday afternoon as Lloyd E. Davis, former com missioner from that ward, filed notice of candidacy with the city clerk. Mr. Davis served in the Still administration (1951-53) after winning a run-off election with the late C. C. Edens by seven votes. He was unsuccessful in his re-election bid in 1953, trail ing J. H. Patterson, the incum bent, and Warren Reynolds. Mr. Davis opposes Mr. Patter son, Tilman Pearson, and Clar ence G. Myers, who had previous, ly filed. Mr. Davis’ filing brings to 20 the number of candidates seeking political offices at the May 10 election. All city office candidates have opposition. Arnold W. Kin caid and J. W. Webster, seeking the two school truste positions to be filled on May 10, are unoppos ed. There was a noticeable quick ening of the pace of politicking during the past week and a conse quent increase in interest among FILING DEADLINE Deadline for filing for fitv and school board elective offi ces, subject to the May 10 elec tion, is 4:30 next Wednesday afternoon, City Clerk Gene Mitcham noted yesterday. citizens. More people were in quiring, “What do you thing of the election?”, and there was speculation on the prospects of favored — and disfavored — can didates. Question remained on whether the ballot list was filled, with six days remaining to file for of fice. There were few rumors of pros pective candidacies and many ex pressed the opinion that the final week would find no additional candidates entering the field. However, C. L. (Curly) Elgin, who sought unsuccessfully the Ward 3 commissionership in 1953, called the Herald to say he was considering seeking the same spot again. Chief interest during the past weekend was evidenced in the four-man Ward 4 commissioner’s contest and the three-man may oral tussle. Mayor Glee A. Bridges is seek ing re-election and is opposed by two former city commissioners, Olland R. Pearson and Baxter T. Wright, Sr., both of whom served in the Still administration. In Ward 4, O. T. Hayes, Sr., Paul (Blinky) Ledford, George W. White and Charles (Rocky) Ford, are vying for the office. All have known pockets of support and many observers are predict ing a run-off election will be re quix-ed to determine the final win ner. In event a run-off election is required, it will be held, accord ing to city statute, on May 24. Mr. Davis is manager of Kings Mountain Bottling Co., Inc., and also works at the Carolinian Weaving Company at High Shoals. He is a member of First Wesleyan Methodist church. He and his family live on Bennett street. The candidate line-up to date: For Mayor — Glee A. Bridges, incumbent, Baxter T. Wright, Sr., and Olland R. Pearson. For Ward 1 Commissioner — antjj aBvd uq panm^uoj Hail Damage Light Here Kings Mountain was visited toy rain and hail early Sunday aft ernoon, but escaped the worse portion of the storm which did heavy damage in many surroun ding areas, notably at York, S. C. Area farmers said the hail did some minor damage to grain crops, already hurt earlier by a late-season freeze, but nothing to compare with the damage in the York area. Several citizens reported ibeing caught in the hailstorm. City policeman S. R. (Pop) Da vidson, visiting kinfolk in York, said the damage wrought to au tomobiles and buildings was very heavy and he said grain fields along the highway beat to the ground. J. E. (Zip) Rhea said he and Fred Wright, Jr., had to quickly curtain a fishing expedition near York when the storm arrived. They brought a minnow bucket full of goose-egg size hail pel lets home with them. Their car escaped damage. CANDIDATES — Lloyd E. Davis, top, filed Wednesday for Ward 2 commissionership. He opposes J. H. Patterson, Tilman Pearson and Clarence G. Myers. R. Cole man S troupe, below, opposes W. G. Grantham, the incumbent, for the Ward 5 city commissioner ship. Deadline May 3 For Postmaster Applications Deadline for applying for the Kings Mountain postmastership is midnight Tuesday. Applications to be acceptable must be postmarked prior to mid night May 3. Full information on the re quirements for postmaster at Kings Mountain plus application cards are obtainable from Acting Postmaster W. T. Weir. Mr. Weir said several citizens have obtained the information bulletins and application cards, though he did not know how many applications had been filed. Mr. Weir was named acting postmaster on the retirement of Postmaster W. E. Blakely several months ago. He said he would seek the permanent appointment. The Civil Service commission announcement concerning the ex aminations specified that a com petitive written examination will be given all acceptable applicants at Gastonia on a date to be an nounced by the commission. Basic requirements of appli cants include two years of busi ness experience, residence within the delivery area of the Kings Mountain postoffice, and United States citizenship. Applicants must be between 25 and 63 years of age. Veterans preference rules of the civil service commission will apply. The position pays $5,470 per annum. Bondsman Dixon Found Not Guilty Charles Dixon, bondsman, was found not guilty by Judge Jack White Thursday, April 21, in City Recorder’s court of aiding and abetting Sammy Boyce, Negro, in issuing a worthless check. Boyce, on a previous charge preferred by Dixon, was found guilty of issuing a worthless check. Boyce’s 60-day road sen tence was suspended on condition that he pay Dixon the amount of the worthless check and costs of court. Boyce testified the check given to Dixon was to be held and not processed through the bank. Boy ce further stated that it was a greed the amount of the check was to be paid to Dixon in week ly payments. Dixon, Boyce con tended, accepted the check know ing there were insufficient funds in the bank to cover the check. Dixon testified that the check issued by Boyce amounted to $50 and was accepted for providing a $500 bond for Boyce. The check when processed through the bank was found to be worthless, Dixon testified.
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