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Population City Limito. 7.206 n» popukrUon U from the U. S. Gomnnt mom Kftit ter IWO. Thi C*n.u» Bureau estimates the nation', population gate ilnce 18SO at 1.7 percent per year, which Of row King. Mountain'. 1954 population should approxi mate 760*. The trading area population la 1945. based Hi rati on board registrations at the Kings Mountain 1C Pages 10 Today VOL. 65 NO. 26 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 30, 1955 Sixty-Fifth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS NINTH CEASE OF KINGS MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL 1912—Pictured Is the high school's ninth grade class of 1911-12 taught by Miss Crawford Sledge. Members of the class are: back row, left to right, the late Dewitt Keller, Paul Mauney, Carl Plonk, Curtis Weir, and Arthur McGill; second row, left to right, the late Boy Keller, Dora Grice, the late Miss Lee Mode, Mrs. Jennie Hord Little john, Mrs. Margaret Hord Anthony, Ethel Parker, Mrs. Willie Cornwell Thurman, Horace Jtudisill and Miss Sledge; front row, left to right, Mrs. An na King Dilling and Miss Sara Hamseur. Local News Bulletins UNION SERVICE George Grissom, assistant pastor at First Presbyterian church, will deliver the sermon at union services Sunday at 8 p. m. at Resurrection Lutheran church. METER RECEIPTS Receipts from city parking meters for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $16.20, it was reported by Miss Grace Carpenter, of the city cletfc’s office. TO CONDUCT SERVICES Rev. H. T. Cook, pastor of Second Baptist church, begin ning Sunday, will conduct for the next five weeks the regu lar weekly Sunday morning church services over Radio Station WKMT. RAE BIDS LOW Rae Construction Company, Charlotte, was low Ibidded on a Cleveland - Gaston state high way commission project to re surface 13.95 miles, including the re-surfacing of N. C. High way 161 from Bessemer City to the South Carolina state line. The commission meets Thurs day to review the bids. HOMECOMING Midview Baptist church will hold homecoming at services Sunday with dinner at 12 noon and a song service in the aft ernoon. Singers expected to at tend include the Starlight quartet, the Kingsmen, and the Byers quartet. England To Play Lead In "Valpone" Hal England, formerly of Kings Mountain, will protray the lead role of Mosca in Ben John son’s classic comedy “Volpone” when it opens July 16 at the Thea tre of the Silver Spruce in Steam boat Springs, Colorado. The play is being sponsored by the Perry Mansfield School of the Theatre. The Elizabethan comedy ridi cules man’s lust for gold and the plot is motivated by the effects of this lust on four Venitian leg acy-hunters who are desirous of inheriting the fortunes of the rich, dying Volpone. Volpone’s slave, Mosca, who serves as the author’s spokesman, finally out wits the lot of the misers, in herits all the money and distri butes it freely through the streets of Venice. Herald Offers Dime For Old Editions The Herald will pay ten cents each for certain old cop ies of paper f’om 1945 and 1946. The Herald is endeavoring to complete extra files of these two years in order to give them to Jacob & Mauney Me morial library. The library,cur rently has complete Herald files from 1947 and the librari an reports they are used fre quently toy its patrons. Issues of the Herald desired are: 1) A11 those for the month of January and February 1945. 2) The issue of July 4, 1946. First Baptists Buy Plonk Property Second Lot On Cheiokee Is Acquired Members of First Baptist church voted at a congregational meeting Wednesday, June 22, to purchase the Cherokee street lot ol C. S. Plonk and Mrs. J. O. Plonk at a price of $15,000. The lot adjoins property re cently purchased by First Baptist church from J. R. Davis. The Plonk property fronts 100 feet on S. Cherokee street and also adjoins the property of W. S. Fulton. The purchase of the Plonk property brings to four the number of properties being pur chased by First Baptist church in obtaining property for future expansion of the church plant. The church has previously pur chased the property occupied by Herald Publishing House, an ad joining lot formerly owned by D. C. Mauney, plus the Davis pro perty. The transactions totaled $42,700. First Baptist church has al ready removed art old frame dwelling from the former Davis property and anticipates razing the brick buildings on the Plonk property, members have indicat ed. Bites Thnrsday For Mr. McDaniel Funeral rites for Thomas Al bert McDaniel, 76, who died Wed nesday morning in Kings Moun tain hospital, will be conducted Thursday (today) at 4 p. m. from Missionary Methodist church. Rev. Spurgeon Scruggs, Rev. R. L. Chaney, Rev. W. H. Red mond, and Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., will officiate, and Interment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the ser vice. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Callie Pearson McDaniel, four sons, Logan McDaniel, T. A. (Bud) McDaniel, Jr., and Broadus McDaniel, all of Kings Mountain, David McDaniel, Jacksonville, N. C., and a daughter, Mrs. James Williams, of Kings Mountain. Six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive. Ten More Enrollees Heeded For Typing Indicated registrations for a summer typing course at Kings Mountain high school are still insufficient to enable the offer ing of the instruction. Supt. B. N. Barnes said ap proximately 10 persons, or a bout half of estimated number required, have indicated they would enroll for a six-week typ ing course which would provide one unit oi higfi school credit. The course would be open to adults as well as high school students. Persons interested in the in struction should call the super intendent’s office this weekend at the latest. Tuition would ap proximate $20, Mr. Barnes said. Ware & Barton Grocer; To Close Ware & Burton, Railroad ave nue grocery firm, will suspend operations effective Friday. Paul Ware, co-owner of the firm with R. H. Burton, said the inventory will be sold to Commu nity Grocery, a three-way part nership between himself, Mr. Burton, and W. R. Peterson. Com munity Grocery is located at the convergence of Waco road and Walker street and is under the management of Mr. Peterson. Ware & Burton has operated since February 1953 in the build ing owned by the W. L. Plonk Estate. Bible School Ends At Grover Church Allen Memorial Baptist church, of route 1, Grover, closed Vaca tion Bible school last week. The school began classes June 17. Average attendance during the school was 48. Officers of the school were Mrs. W. J. McKinney, principal; Mrs. Bill Allen, intermediate su perintendent; Mrs. George Fort enberry, primary superintendent; and Mrs. Wilbur Owens, junior superintendent. LIBRARY Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library will close Monday for the Independence Day holi day, it was announced by Mrs. Charles G. Dllling, librarian. Financial Firms Paying Dividends; June 30 Payments Total $44,708 Kings Mountain area citizens are currently sharing in a $44, 708.48 dividend melon being paid by Kings Mountain financial in stitutions on savings accounts. Home Building & Loan asso ciation is paying semi-annual di vidends of $24,455.16, it was re ported by A. H. Patterson, secre tary - treasurer. Checks totaling $12,635 were mailed Wednesday to holders of full-paid shares in the institution, while holders of optional savings shares will have $11,820.16 added to their accounts. Kings Mountain Building & Loan association semi-annual di vldends total $17,067.32. Ben H. Bridges, Jr., secretary - treasurer, said checks mailed Wednesday to holders of full-paid shares totaled $8,826.12, while an additional $8, 441.20 will be added to the ac counts of optional shareholders. First National Bank, President F. R. Summers reported, is cre diting semi-annual interest of $3, 186 to its savings accounts. The total of payments for the six months ending June 30 com pares with $39,772.18 paid to sav ers for the period ending last December 31. Citizens Plan For July 4th Holidays i Greyhound Bus Strike Settled After 82 Days The long strike of Atlantic Greyhound bus drivers appeared settled this week, but the big two toned blue - and - white carriers were still absent from Kings Mountain streets and nearby highways. Mrs. Edith Carrigan, manager of the Kings Mountain Bus Ter minal, said she had received no notification concerning resump tion of Atlantic Greyhound sche dules, but added the hope that the Greyhound buses would be running prior to this weekend’s peak season at the July 4th holi day. The ten-state strike appeared to be at an end Monday when company and union negotiators reached an oral agreement on terms of a new contract and sub sequently signed it. To become effective it was nec essary for the contract to be rati fied by members of the AFL Mo tor Coach Employees union, whi ch has 724 members. rPVir> efrib-A woo QO aIH X. AAV, OVAAAfcV, >> uo G<m UUJto v/iu when the settlement was effect ed. The strike halted Greyhound schedules in North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsyl vania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida and the District of Columbia. Lions Officers Are Installed The Kings Mountain Lions club completed its year 1954-55 Tuesday night, as attendance a wards were announced for the past year, and as Worth Morris, of the Shelby club, installed offi cers lot the coming year, ; New officers of the club are Gene Timms, president; Dr. Na than H. Reed, first vice-president; J. W. Webster, second vice-presi dent; James Houser, third vice president; George Thomasson, secretary; Richard Barnette, trea surer; James Rollins, tail twister; J. Lee Roberts, assistant tail twister; and Paul King, Lion ta mer. Directors elected for two year terms were Carl F. Mau ney, H. B. Jackson, and W. L. Plonk. Directors elected for one year terms were Baxter T. Wright, Sr., and Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr. Charlie Moss is a holdover di rector for one year. Following his installation, Pre sident Timms, who succeeds Ja cob Cooper, gave a brief report on the Lions International con vention held last week at Atlan tic City, N. J. Mr. Timms was del egate from the Kings Mountain club and one of 400 North Caro lina Lions attending the conven tion. Mr. Morris also inducted two new members, Fred McDaniel, Jr. and Fred Mercer. Receiving attendance awards from George Houser, attendance chairman, were C. P. Barry, Ja cob Cooper, Martin Harmon, Ol lie Harris, John Lewis, Hugh Lo gan, J. C. McKinney, W. K. Mau , ney, Jr„ Edwin Moore, Charlie i Moss, Dr. D. M. Morrison, Tom Pollock, J. Lee Roberts, James Rollins, Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr., Sam Stallings, Eugene Timms, George Thomasson, B. T. Wright, Sr., Fred Wright, Jr., C. D. Ware, E. K. Whitener, Sam Weir, Hal Plonk, Paul King, W. L. Plonk, Dr. N. H. Reed, Richard Barnette and J. W. Webster. Two Books Given To Mauney Library Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney have presented two religious books to Jacob S. Mauney Memo rial Library in memory of the late Joseph Calvin Plonk. They are “Golden Moments of Religious- Inspiration” by Ruth Elmquist and "The Glory and Wonder of the Bible” by Daniel A. Poling, Mrs. Charles G. Dill ing, librarian, said. Evans Has First '55 Cotton Bloom Ed Evans regained first place this year in the annual cotton bloom derby. The Negro farmer brought a cotton bloom- to the Herald of fice last Friday for the first reported in the area from the 1955 planting. George Moore was first to re port a bloom from the 1954 crop. Evans and his wife have 14 of their 119 acres planted in cotton. His farm is located near Davidson Boy Scout camp. N Paring Police Roster Faces Board At Thursday Meeting ON KIWANIS ROSTRUM—J. E. Kunneycuu, lormer higli stfnool principal and now superintend ent of Rockingham city schools, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at their meeting Thursday night at 6:45 at Masonic dining hall. Mr. Hunneycutt is a former secretary of the Kings Mountain club. City Wins Honor In Safety Test Kings Mountain was among the cities of the United States under 10,000 population receiv ing honorable mention for 1954 in the National Pedestrian Pro tection contest. Notification was recently re ceived by Mayor Glee A. Bridges in a letter from Andrew Sordoni, president of the American Auto mobile association, Washington, D. C., sponsor of the contest. Congratulating the city on its safety work and record, Mr. Sor doni wrote also that “the im provemen in pedestrian experi ence continues to be one of the bright spots in the national traf fic accident picture.” He said that pedestrian deaths have decreased 49 percent since 1937. During that period, non pedestrian traffic fatalities have increased 18 percent. The letter continued, "The winning of this national award reflects credit on your adminis tration* as well as on cooperating safety organizations and the cit izenry. Deserving of special com mendation is Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan, Jr., who served as contest representative and completed the Kings Mountain report.” A plaque, emblematic of the honor, will be presented the city soon. Drama Publicist Oil Atlanta T-V While attending the national Junior Chamber of Commerce convehtion in Atlanta June 20-24, Ed Smith, publicist for “The Sword of Gideon,” appeared on several radio and television pro grams in the Georgia capital. Mr. Smith was interviewed on WSB-TV, the Atlanta Journal station affiliated with the NBC network, and on WAGA-TV, the CBS station in Atlanta. “I really got to spread the word about Kings Mountain,” Mr. Smith said, “using photographic slides from the drama to illustrate what we talked about.” Quite a number of area citizens who have appeared in the battle ground production appeared in costume on TV screens in Georgia and South Carolina. Among those pictured on the slides were: Meek Carpenter, R. G. Plonk, Jr., Jean Cash, Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett, W. P. Fulton, Bob Goforth, Su san Moss, Hillard Blaok, and many others in crftwd scenes. Several pictures of the Kings Mountain National Military Park were also used. PRESBYTERY CAMP Linda Morris, Jackie Arnette, Derice Weir, Flem Mauney, Joe Campbell, and Bud Smith at tended a week’s conference at Kings Mountain Presbytery camp last week. George Gris som, First Presbyterian church summer pastor, was a counsel lor. uiy Lxpectea To Stop Brash Removal Service Police lay-offs and brush-haul ing policy will claim prime atten tion of the city board of commis sioners Thursday morning at a 10 o’clock special session at City Hall. The board will also conduct a hearing, as previously advertis ed, on more than $11,000 in pub lic improvements assessments for street - surfacing and curb and-gutter installations. The police department cut back 1 bee:i dictated by action ''€■ rd of commissioners in tent. / adopting a 1955-56 KllHnrn fnw ov% 11 movt i-Ui Uil mun police tree. Current number of policemen on the force is 14. Since the new year begins opera tive on Friday, the board must either decide to amend its police department budget upward or cut the force. Which policemen will get the axe has not been indicated. Mayor Glee A. Bridges has pre viously said it would be the duty of the chief of police to recom mend three for cut-off. Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., said this week he was awaiting “official" instructions from the commis sioners on the budget paring. The cut back will also require drastic revision of policemen’s duty sche dules, the Chief noted. The brush-hauling suspension was discussed at a board session two weeks ago without actfon, but Mayor Bridges issued a state ment last week in which he said the city could not maintain with present revenues twice-weekly garbage service and also handle brush-hauling from residences. Again yesterday, the Mayor warned citizens not to trim shrubs and trees with the expec tation that the city will remove the debris. “We now have a long list of re sidents who are awaiting this service,’’ Mr. Bridges said, "and since the board of commission ers may take action at its sche duled special meeting June 30, to discontinue city brush - hauling service July 1, it is impossible to make a definite promise as to whether the brush will be remov ed by the city.” “Twice a week garbage pick-up and also brush . removal service cannot be maintained with pre sently anticipated income,” Mr. Bridges said. “We want to con tinue the twice a week garbage pick-up and feel maintaining this service is more important than providing brush-removal service,” he said. Mr. Bridges estimated the cost of maintaining the brush hauling service at $9,000 per year. The improvements assessment scroll includes curb-and-gutter in stallations on Meadowbrook rd., and paving improvements on Stone street, Baker street, Ram seur street, Gantt street, Joyce street, Clay street, Elm street, and Crescent Circle. GRADUATED — James Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Moss, recently received the decree of Bachelor of Divinity from Col umbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Ga. Moss Receives Divinity Degree James Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Moss, recently re ceived the bachelor of divinity degree from Columbia Theologi cal Seminary, Decatur, Ga. A graduate of Kings Mountain high school and King college, Bristol, Tenn., Mr. Moss is under appointment by the World Mis sion board of the Presbyterian church as a missionary to Brazil. He will preach in this country for one year before being sent to the foreign field. In the interim, he is serving as pastor of the Fifth Creek and Bethesda Presbyterian churches near Statesville in Concord Pres bytery. Mr. Moss is recuperating from a knee operation at a States ville hospital but expects to be back in his pulpit for Sunday services. He was injured while playing college football. June Gas Billings Totaled $453185 City gas billings for the month ending June 17, to be mailed 155 customers Friday, total $4532.85 In addition to the 155 custo mers, the city had received five more deposits for gas service last Thursday. The billings for June, reflect ing additional customers, were increased from the previous mon th, when 140 customers were bill ed for an aggregate of $4339.33. MOOSE MEETING Members of the Kings Moun tain Moose Lodge No. 1748 will hold their regular meeting Thursday night at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road. County's Tentative Tax Rate $1.14; Budget Estimate Is S2.799.265 The Cleveland County board of commissioners has tentatively approved a 1955-56 budget of $2, 799,265.68 and has tentatively set the 1955 tax rate at $1.14 per $100 valuation. The $1.14 rate is a 19-cent in crease over the rate prevailing last year. The increase was at tributed principally to higher debt service requirements arising from last year’s voter-approved bond issues for schools, hospitals and the county health center building. The tax and budget estimates are based on a property valuation of $81,000,000. The tentative bud get also anticipates use of a $108, 542 surplus from the fiscal year ending Thursday. In addition to the county-wide rate of $1.14, citizens of Kings Mountain school district will al so pay the 20-cent special school district tax, which means a total of $1.34 per $100 valuation. Appropriations By far the largest portion ol the county budget is earmarked for school operations. This ex penditure will require $2,259,440. 95, and represents 60 cents of the general $1.14 tax rate, of this to tal $234,950.55 is for debt service. Otherwise, the county expects to spend during the ensuing 12 months $198,500 for general ope rations, $38,000 via the poor fund, $50,502.15 in other than schools debt service, $47,728 in old age as sistance, $28,420 in aid to depen dent children, $10,650 in aid to totally disabled persons, and $4, 710 in aid to the blind. The county board included a tax of 7.7 cents for operations of the county hospitals, virtually <the allowable eight cents per $100 which can be levied for this pur pose. The anticipated expenditure for hospital operations is $59, 055.94. Other planned expenditures in clude: operation of the cpunty health department, $34,938.64; county portion of farm extension operations, $21,670; county ac countant, $6,500; welfare admin istration $32,650; and rabies con trol program, $6,500. Holidays Vary From One Day To Full Week Kings Mountain area citizens were preparing this week for annual Independence Day holi days. While customary holidays are to be enjoyed by some citizens, others will have shorter-than normal vacation periods. Planning regular vacations for the week of July 4th are Phenix Plant of Burlington Industries, Bonnie Mills, Mauney Mills, Sa die Cotton Mills, and Slater Man ufacturing Company, while Craftspun Yarns will suspend op erations from July 1, a day prior to the other suspensions. Neisler Mills will close for only two days, July 4 and 5, and Park Yarn Mills will shutdown for one day only, on July 4. Lambeth Rope Corporation has announced a week’s vacation with pay, but is inviting any of its employees who will to work a regular schedule. Kings Mountain Manufactur ing Company will operate on a regular schedule. In addition to Lambeth Rope, Craftspun, Burlington, and Park Yarn Mills have announced they will make vacation payments to employees. Also to close for the week is the city’s laundry . cleaning in dustry. Majority of the city retailers will close for the day, as will the First National Bank, building & loan associations, Kings Moun tain postoffice and Kings Moun tain branch of the state employ ment service. Kirigs Mountain Drug Com pany and Stroupe Drug Com pany have announced they will be open on Monday for prescrip tion service only, from 9:30 a. m. to 11:30 and from 3 to 5 p. m. Griffin Drug Company announc ed it would be open on regular schedule. Elmer Lumber Company will take a one-day holiday, closing Monday. Many citizens are planning va cation trips to beach and moun tains, while others envision rests at home, or at least diversions for yard work and gardening, home repairing, and other odd jobs. Golf course, swimming pools, and other recreation spots are ex pected to have a peak-of-season rush. Merchants anticipate a busy weekend supplying travel and va cation needs for Kings Moun tain citizens. Most report their inventories in good condition with summer goods of all kinds, from apparel to fishing gear. Series 01 Thefts Aie Reported A series of petty break-ins and thefts were reported by Kings Mountain Police department this week. Mayor Glee A. Bridges report ed that sometime during Monday or Monday night that thieves or a thief entered a hanger at Brid ges Airport. Police stated entry to the hang er was made through a broken window on the east side. The culprits were thought by police to have first used a glass cutter and then completed the breaking of the window by knocking out three panes with a brick. Noth ing was reported missing. Bill Morgan, of Weljs street, reported Saturday that his home had been entered by burglars sometime Friday night. Entry was gained through a window on the east side of the house after the screen had been removed. Po lice reported a Negro was seen at the Morgan residence around 2:30 a. m. Nothing was found missing. Two complaints were received this week of items stolen from parked cars. Sunday, Rev. John Gregory re ported that someone entered his car taking a pair of sun glasses, a brown leather case valued at $18, a bottle of cough syrup, and checkbooks. The checkbooks were found later, police stated, in woods near the Gregory residen ce. The car was parked on Lin wood road. Bob Herndon reported to po lice that his car was entered by culprits who swiped a pair of pa jamas and women’s shorts. The car was parked on Battleground ave., in front of Kings Mountain Drug Company when entered, he said.