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