Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
Hu figure for Greater King* Mountain 1* derived front
the 1855 King* Mountain city directory cent us. The City
Lindt* figure It from the United State* census of 1850.
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VOL 65 NO 43
Established 1889
Kings Mountain N. C., Thursday October 27, 1955
Sixty-Fifth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
SOCIAL SECURITY
A representative of the Gas
tonia social security office will
ibe at Kings Mountain city hall
at S:30 a. m. on Novemiber 7
and 21, it was announced toy
the Gastonia office manager,
James P. Walsh.
EASTERN STAR
Kings Mountain chapter 123,
Order of the Eastern Star, will
observe Friends Night Friday
night at the regular meeting
at Masonic Hall. The public is
invited at 8 p. m. with a short
ibusiness session to toe held at
7:30 p. m„ Mrs. D. E. Tate, wor
thy matron, said.
GRADING STARTED
C. T. Bennett Construction
Company has started grading
work on the site of the new
North Elementary School.
Work is reported to toe pro
gressing along very rapidly,
and actual construction is ex
expected to begin in the near
future. Completion date for the
school is August 15, 195b.
PLEDGED
Palmer Huffstetler, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Huffstetler,
has toeen pledged to Sigma
Phi Epsilon fraternity at Wake
Forest college where he is a
member of the freshman class.
Gill Scout Drive
Has Raised $800
George H. Mauntey, solicitation
chairman of the Kings Mountain
Girl Scout fund campaign, an
nounced Wednesday that approxi
mately $800, or 75 per cent of the
campaign’s goal of- $1,200, has
been raised.
All the reports are not in, Mau
ney added. However, it is hoped
that by this weekend all reports
Will have been received and the
goal met.
Mr. Mauney also said that the
$800 received thus-far had set a
record for donations received in
Kings Mountain. He also expres
sed high hope that local residents
will rally behind the campaign
and send the total over the $1200
goal.
Kings Mountain’s goal is a
small part of the $19,000 goal
that has bteen set for the Pioneer
Area council, of which Kings
Mountain District is a part.
R. S. Lennon is chairman of the
advance gifts work and the group
of solicitors includes the chair
man, Mrs. Fred Plonk, Dr. D. F.
Hord, Dr. Nathan Reed, Mrs.
George H. Mauney, Mrs. Sam
Davis, Mrs. Carl Mauney, Mrs.
Paul Hendricks, J. C. Bridges,
Mrs. Fred Wright, Jr., and Jacob
Cooper.
P-TA Groups List
Hallowe'en Fetes
Kings Mountain area schools
are planning traditional Hal
lowe’en festivities Monday
night. >
As is customary,, the Hal
lowe’en night programs are be
ing sponsored iby the school
Parent - Teacher associations.
Entertainment at the various
schools will include classroom
activities in the primary de
partments, including comic
movies, apple - ibohbing, spook
house, fun house, dart games,
popularity contesets, grab bags,
and similar events.
Supper will be served in the
school cafeterias and a variety
of candies, homemade cakes
and pies, hot dogs, and cold
drinks will be available.
West Elementary school’s
carnival begins at 5:30 p. m.,
with rooms to open at 6 p. m.,
Mrs. Stallings reported, with a
big and varied program of ac
tivities planned. The carnival
at Park Grace school begins at
6 o’clock, Mrs. George Stroupe,
publicity chairman, announc
ed, and East school’s annual
party begins at 7 p. m. Central
school is also planning an an
nual Hallowe’en program
Monday night, officials said.
Grover school’s annual fall
carnival and Hallowe’en party
■will be held Friday night, and
Bethware school, which resum
es classes on Monday, has not
planned a program this year,
Principal J. H. Rudisill said.
ASC Balloting
Nullified; New
Voting Friday
Cleveland county farmers will
go to the polls at township vot
ing places again Friday in the
second election to name ASC
community committeemen.
Results of the first election on
October 18 — when only 160 far
mers out of some 4,500 eligible
cast iballots — were nullified as
“non-representative” by the Nor
th Carolina ASC committee. The
first voting resulted in one or
more ties in each community.
County Agent Howard Clapp
urged all farmers to cast ballots
Friday.
All the election details will be
the same as in the first ballot
ing with the exception of the
date, Mr. Clapp said. Voting
hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5
p. m. Kings Mountain area farm
ers will vote as follows: Number
4 Township farmers at Bethware
school, Number 5 Township far
mers at Waco school.
Farmers of each community
(or towpghip) will elect a com
munity chairman, vice-chairman,
regular member, first alternate
and second alternate, from lists
of ten nominees recently made by
elections boards of the particu
lar communities,.
The ten nominees from Num
ber 4 Township are:
J. N. Hughes, Stowe Wright,
Willis Harmon, Clyde Randle, Ot
to (Toby) Williams, Eugene Pat
terson, Wayne Bess, Alex Owens,
Leonard Gamble and David
Smith.
The ten nominees from Num
ber 5 Township are:
John D. Cline, William A. Wri
ght, A. S. Kiser, Kenneth Wright,
Harvey L. Stroupe, Robert Bor
ders, ’John F. Carpenter, Giles
Sellers, Dewitt Randall, and Ho
ward Huffstetler.
The elected members will ser
ve as delegates to the October 27
county convention.
Farmers had through-Tuesday
to name additional nominees by
petition, but J. D. Ellis, ASC sec
retary, said no additional nomi
nees were put forward in any
township.
Rites Satuida;
For Mis. Hawkins
Funeral services were held in
Lexington Saturday morning for
Mrs. Sally Hawkins, 85, grand
mother of Shu Carlton of Kings
Mountain, who died at her home
Thursday.
Services wtere held at Sheets
Memorial Baptist Church, with
the pastor officiating. Burial was
in a Lexington cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton and
children attended the funeral ser
vices.
Gerberding Flays Pastors
After “Gambling” Action
Avoid Gambling
In School Fetes,
Ministers Urge
Games of chance will be gen
erally missing at the several
school Hallowe’en parties next
week, B. N. Barnes, superintend
ent of schools, indicated Wednes
day.
Particular attention to elimi
nating from the program minor
forms of chance-taking, or gamb
ling, has been called to the at
tention of school principals and
Parent-Teacher association offi
cials, Mr. Barnes said, as a re
sult of a brief letter from the
Kings Mountain Ministerial As
sociation secretary he received
under date of October 12 which
read:
“In a meeting of the Kings
Mountain Ministerial Associa
tion on October 8, 1955, the fol
lowing motion was passed:
“That communication be sent
to Supt. Barnes urging that he
call upon Parent-Teacher asso
ciations and o ther responsible
groups to avoid the use of gamb
ling and games of chance in
school programs in accordance
with state Parent-Teacher asso
ciation principles and general
good practice.
“We shall appreciate your co
operation in this matter,.’’
The letter was signed toy Rev.
A. J. Argo, secretary of the
Kings Mountain Ministerial as
sociation and pastor of First
Wesleyan Methodist church.
Supt. Barnes said he was not
aware that any gambling games
had been conducted within the
city schools and was at a loss to
know whether the ministers were
referring to past performances or
were seeking to prevent any fu
ture practice. He also noted that
the schools would have no au
thority over the actions of out
side groups, unless the school
trustees should decline to grant
use of school facilities for partic
ular functions.
Rev. Mr. Argo said the mattter
had been advanced at the Octo
ber meeting of the ministers toy
Rev,. T. A. Lineberger, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist church.
MOOSE MEETING
The regular weekly meeting
of Moose Lodge No. 1748 will
tob held Thursday night at the
lodge on Bessemer City road.
Funeial Rites Conducted Sunday
For Commissioner 0. T. Hayes, Sr.
Funeral services lor Oliver T.
Hayes, Sr., 67, Ward 4 city com
missioner, were conducted Sun
day afternoon from Central Me
thodist church. Masonic burial
rites were conducted at Moun
tain Rest cemetery by members
of Fairview Lodge A. F. & A. M.
339.
Mr. Hayes, former accountant
for the state revenue department,
died Friday afternoon at 1:15 at
Kings Mountain hospital. He had
been ill for the past five weeks.
Death was attributed to a heart
ailment, and he had also been suf
fering from kidney complications
and pneumonia.
Semi-retired, Mr. Hayes super
vised bookkeeping on a part-time
basis for several city business
firms. He was elected to the
board of city commisioners last
May in a run-off Election. He was
a member of Central Methodist
church and an active Mason. He
was past master of Fairview
Lodge and held the position of
treasurer at the time of his
death. A native of Lincolnton
county, son of the late John and
Georgia Cobb Haytes, he had lived
in Kings Mountain virtually all
his life.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Eaker Hayes, three sons,
Ernest F. Hayes, Charleston, S.
C., Major O. T. Hayes, Jr., Army
Air Force, currently stationed in
Germany, and Ned G. Hayes, of
Burlington; four daughters, Mrs.
Claude Teeter, Oakboro, Mrs. R.
William Moss, Mrs. Edward G.
Harrison, and Miss Dorothy
Hayes, all of Charleston, S. C.
Nine grandchildren also survive.
The funeral rites were conduct
ed by Rev. James B. McLarty,
FUNERAL HELD—Masonic fun
eral rites for Oliver T. Hayes, Sr.,
Ward 4 city commissioner, were
conducted Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Hayes died Friday following a
heart attack.
pastor of Central Methodist
church, who was assisted by Rev,
J. G. Winkler, a former pastor,
and by Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church.
Active pallbearers were J. E.
Herndon, Boyce Gault, Paul
Owens, Dr. O. P. Lewis, C. J.
Gault and D. E. Tate.
Honorary pallbearers were Ma
yor Glee A. Bridges, City Com
missioners Sam Collins, W. G.
Grantham, J. H. Patterson and
T. J. Ellison, and C. W. Hullen
der.
SCOUTING HONOR — Jimmy
Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. De
witt Blanton, received Scouting’s
highest honor at the September
Court of Honor when he was a
warded his Eagle Scout Badge.
Jimmy is a member of Troop 2,
Kings Mountain, and is an eighth
grade student at Central School.
He has been a Scout for three
years.
Foote Engineer
Passes N. C. Exam
\
William Eldon, Foote Mineral
Company engineer, was notified
Thursday that he has been certi
fied by the North Carolina State
Board of Registration for Profes
sional Engineers as having met
its requirements and has been li
censed as a professional engineer
in this state.
Mr. Eldon joined the staff of
Foote Mineral Company in 1950
as Project Engineer and has been
Plant Engineer for the Kings
Mountain operation since 1952.
He was previously employed by
Container Corporation as Person
nel Manager and by Pennsyl
vania Water and Power Company
as Test Engineer.
After two years naval service
and attendance at Villanova and
Muhlenburg Colleges, Case Insti
tute, Illinois Institute of Techno
logy he received the Bachelor of
Science degree in Engineering
from Drexel Institute of Techno
logy in Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania. While at Drexel he was
president of Tau Kappa Epsilon
social fraternity, president of the
student ASME section, president
of Alpha Phi Omega service fra
ternity, earned letters in varsity
swimming, was a member of
Blue Key Honor Society, received
the Ryder award for men, and
was elected to Who’s Who in
American Colleges and Univer
sities.
Mr. Eldon is a member of the
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, the Kings Mountain
Jaycees and attends St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Shblby. He
and his family reside on Haw
thorne Road.
T. B. Association
Sets Annual Meet
The annual meeting of the
Cleveland County Tuberculosis
Association will be held Monday
evening at 7:30 o’clock at the
New Health Center on Grover
Street in Shelby, according to an
announcement by Mrs. B. M. Jar
rett, executive secretary of the
organization.
The meeting will be a dinner
meet at a charge of $1.00 per
plate.
Reservations may be made uy
calling 6631 in Shelby. Dr. D. F.
Hord of Kings Mountain is pres
ident of the county T. B. Associ
ation.
Mrs. Jarrett also announced
that through the generosity of
the Kings Mountain and Shelby
Jaycees, the mobile X-Ray unit
operated toy the organization has
been completely renovated.
MASONS
Members of Fairview Lodge
will attend evening church ser
vices at Central Methodist
church Sunday at 7:30 p. m.,
Joe H. McDaniel, the secre
tary, has announced. Masons
are asked to meet at the front
entrance of the church at 7:15.
Minister Role
Not Policing,
Says Gerberding
Dr. W. P. Gterberding, pastor of
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
and president of the Kings Moun
tain Ministerial association issued
Tuesday what he termed “a state
ment of regret and protest” at
October action of the pastor’s
group concerning “gambling” by
school groups and affiliated or
ganizations.
He also termed the October 6
public meeting concerning Sun
day picture action as a “fiasco”
outside the proper function of the
ministerial group.
Dr. Gerberding, former Vice
president of the Ministerial asso
ciation, succeeded to the presi
dency on the transfer of Rev.
P. L. Shore, Jr., former Central
Methodist pastor, to Henderson
ville.
The text of Dr. Gterberding’s
statement follows:
“As a Minister of the Church,
t feel contained to make a
statement of regret and protest
in regard to a letter published in
this edition of the Herald; sent
by the Ministerial Association to
Superintendent Barnes. Said let
er accused the Parent Teacher
Vssociations of our city of ‘gamb
'ing’ at their meetings. One min
ister, at the mteeting when the let
ter was adopted, accused them of
-playing Bingo for profit. This is
absolutely untrue. They have
played some innocent games like
‘fishpond’ where a child pays five
cents and gets a five ctent toy in
return. I feel very ashamed of
ihis false accusation against a
splendid group like the PTA.
They are the fine parents of our
children, people who arte willing
to devote their time and energy
for the welfare of our youth and
our schools. In general they are
good Christian people, many of
them are leaders in our churches.
I personally wish to apologize to
them and to Mr. Barnes. I was
not present when the libelous ac
tion was taken.
“I would like to say another
word about the function of the
Ministry and the said Ministerial
Association. I was ordained a
Minister of thte Gospel, the glad
tidings of the love of God in
Christ Jesus. I believe that Gos
pel can and does change people
and that it can change society. I
am not a Minister of the Law.
Nor am I an Officer of the Law.
Nor am I a Legislator. Nor am I
a Detective, snooping into other
Continued On Page Ten
District Governor
Addresses Lions
“We must practice on a local
level the true spirit of democra
cy'” A1 Field, Hickory insurance
man and governor of Lions dis
trict 31-B told mfembers of the
Kings Mountain Lions club Tues
day night.
Mr. Field, noting that the na
tion’s new role of leader of the
world requires the same spirit of
democracy, said the role of Lions
International, numbering more
than one million members
through the world, is in render
ing service and building the spirit
of democracy on a world basis, as
well as eliminating suspicion a
mong peoples of the world. He in
ferred democracy must start at
home, it is to permeate the world.
“We must understand the other
man’s side of the story,” he stat
ed, "and working together in or
ganizations like the Lions club
will help forward understand
ing.”
He commended the Kings
Mountain Lions on their activities
for service, and urged attendance
at a January 28th convention at
Hickory, as well as at the inter
national convention next summer
in Miami, Fla.
Mr. Field was presented by
George Thomasson. Guests in
cluded Zone Chairman Gail
Bridges and Deputy District Gov
ernor Carver Wood, both of Shel
by.
Pete McDaniel gave a report on
the progress of the Lions club
fruit cake sale- and Dr. Blake Mc
Whirter reported successful com
pletion of the annual White Cane
sale for benefit of the blind.
Herald Building
General Contract
Bids Are Asked
General contract plans and
specifications for the new Kings
Mountain Herald ibuilding were
mailed area contractors last
weekend, with requests that ibids
be submited on November 4, it
was jointly announced by T. W.
Cothran, architect and Martin
Harmon, Herald publisher.
Plans for the Ibuilding, to ±>e!
constructed on South Piedmont
avenue, just south of the present
Herald building, call for con
struction of a brick and concrete
block structure 33.4 feet wide ;by
110 feet deep. In addition, the
plans provide a partial ibase
ment, intended for a newspaper
pressroom, measuring 33.4 feet by
35 feet
In all the new Herald build
ing, featuring modern-type ex
terior, will contain about 5,000
square fe'et off floor space.
Mr. Cothran said plans for the
electrical, plumbing and heating
contracts are virtually complete
and will be tendered to contrac
tors soon.
The present Herald ibuilding
has ;been sold to First Baptist
church.
Retailers To Bring
Circus Here Tuesday
The Kings Mountain Merchants
association will bring a free open
air circus to the city Tuesday.
Performances will be conducted
at 11 a. m., 4 p. m., and 7:30 p. m.,
it was announced, featuring a
performing elephant, trained
dogs, palomino horsles, a pony
drill, a trained seal, a trapeze
act, a trained chimpanzee and
other attractions.
Each show will last an hour.
In addition, an exhibit called the
Palace of Wonders will be avai
lable for a small admission
charge. It is called the "Mer
chants Free Circus,” and will set
up in downtown Kings Mountain,
probably on the lot adjacent to
Dean Buick Company.
Haircut Prices
To Increase Here
Six Kings Mountain barber
shops have announced that they
will increase the price of all hair
cuts from 75 cents to $1 effective
October 31.
One of the barbers said that
this increase was due to the ris
sing costs of materials used in
barber work, and to the fact that
a barber’s take-home pay is
small.
This samte barber reported that
the national trend, as pointed out
in a national barber’s magazine,
has set the average price of a
hairout at $1.50, and that many
daces have increased prices to
$2.
In Charlotte, a haircut, be it a
“butch” or just a trim, will cost
you $1.25. Other neighboring citi
es havte been charging $1 for over
a year.
Prices of other services, such j
as shaves and shampoos, will re-:
main unchanged.
The six shops announcing the j
rate increases are Central, Phe-1
nix, Wright’s, Gaffney’s City, and
Stroupe’s.
Paul T. Ledford,
Barry “Probables”
HERE THURSDAY — Dode Phil
lips, famed South Carolina ath
lete of the twenties, will address
members of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club at their meeting
Thursday evening. High school
football players will be guests of
the Kiwanians.
Kiwanis To Hear
Dode Phillips
South Carolina's "Mr. Foot
ball,” Dode Phillips, will addrbss
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club
Thursday evening at the meeting
at 6:45 at Masonic Dining hall.
Harold Coggins, program chair
man, said an invitation to attend
has been issued to members of the
high school football squad and
coaches.
Mr. Phillips, Erskine College
star of 1919-21, is now a drug
salesman. He is wiell-known ‘by
many Kings Mountain citizens.
In a recent column in the
Greenville, S. C., Piedmont,
Sports Editor Anthony Foy said,
"Dode Phillips is recognized as
this state’s Mr. Football.”
He recounted the details of the
Phillips legend, noting that
though Furman won the South
Carolina football championship
that year, it was the exploits of
Phillips which lived in history.
Erskine was dumped by Furman
and South Carolina, led by Phil
lips, took the rest of their games.
Against Newberry, Phillips scor
ed three touchdowns, enough to
win by five points. The third
came on 21 consecutive plays
with Phillips the ball-carrier.
Phillips also starred in basket
ball and baseball.
“Mr. Phillips is a much sought
after public speaker,” and we're
happy to be able to have him
here,” Mr. Coggins said.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts
for the week ending noon Wed
nesday totaled $196.52, accord
ing to Miss Grace Carpenter, of
city clerk’s office. The street
parking meters returned $156.
18, while off-street meters ac
counted for $40.34, she report
ed.
Laycock Is Named Administrator
Of Cleveland County Hospitals
George Wallace Laycoek, ad
ministrator of Conway Hospital,
Inc., Conway, S. C., has been ap
pointed administrator of Cleve
land County hospitals by the
county board of hospital trustees.
Mr. Laycock will assume his
duties on November 28, succeed
ing Robert L. Moser, who has re
signed effective November 15.
Interviewed by the board of
trustees last week, Mr. Laycoek
confirmed his acceptance to
Chairman Jack Dover, of Shelby,
on Monday. He will be paid $12,
000 per annum.
A bachelor, Mr. Laycock had
his first experience in hospital
management in Shanghai, Chi
na, as treasurer of two Episcopal
hospitals from 1940-45. From De
cember 8, 1941, to August 18,
1945, he was interned as a civil
ian prisoner of the Japanese
army.
Returning to the United States
after his release, he subsequent
ly served as administrator of
■Good Samaritan hospital, Char
lotte, Randolph hospital, Ashe
boro, and oined the Conway
hospital in 1952. In 1951-52, he
served as general administrator
of six hospitals and a leprosari
um in the United Nations trust
territory of the Pacific Islands.
He was onetime secretary of
the Albemarle Chamber of Com
merce and from 1928-38 was an
employee of Buick' Motor Com
pany, Charlotte, rising to the po
sition of district representative..
A native of Hamilton, Va., he
attended Stewart Business col
lege, Washington, D. C., and the
University of North Carolina. He
is an active Episcopalian and
currently president of the Con
way Rotary club, in addition to
serving as director of several
South Carolina groups, including
the South Carolina Tuberculosis
association and South Carolina
Hospital association. He is a full
member of the American College
of Hospital administrators.
The Cleveland County hospi
tals administrator is responsible
for the operations of the Shelby
hospital at Shelby and for the
Kings Mountain hospital here.
Charter Gives
Commission
Appointive Power
Who will succeed the latte Oli
ver T. Hayes, Sr., as Ward 4 city
commissioner, nor when the suc
cessor will be appointed were two
undetermined questions late Wed
nesday morning.
Under a city charter provision
of 1913, the incumbent board of
city commissioners is authorized
to fill board vacancies by appoint
ment. and Mayor Glee A. Bridges,
just returned to the city from a
League of Municipalities conven
tion at Durham, said he had not
conversed with members of his
administration concerning the
matter.
Mayor Bridges said the succes
sor might be appointed at a cal
led special session of the commis
sioners, or that decision may be
made to defer action until the
regular November meeting on
November 3.
Street speculation on part of
many citizens listed several
names of possible successors,in
cluding Paul T. (Blinky) Led
ford, defeattec^by Mr. Hayes in a
run-off election last May, and C.
P. Barry, Ward 4 commissioner
in the Still administration (1951
53). One citizen close to the ad
ministration, who asked not to
be identified said, “It’ll definitely
be Ledford.”
Other names mtentioned as pos
sible appointees for the remaind
er of Mr. Hayes’ term, which ends
in May 1957, were Ross Roberts,
onetime commissioner, Ben H.
Bridges, Jr., (no kin to Mayor
Bridges) building and loan asso
ciation manager, Eugene Roberts,
grocer, George H. Mauney, textile
official, and Clyde Jolly, another
textile man. It was generally
doubted that, should the commis
sioners fail to appoint Mr. Led
ford, they would name teither of
the other two losers in las May's
voting. These were George W.
White and Charles (Rocky) Ford.
There was considerable specu
lation on whether the commis
sioners would be able to agree
and thereby to tender the ap
pointment by unanimous vote.
Though not as pronounced as
sometimes, the present adminis
tration has ben considered to be
"split,” with Mayor Bridges, Com
missioners Patterson and Gran
thm in one wing, and Commis
sioners Collins, Ellison and the
late Mr. Hayes in another. May
or Bridgtes said he hoped it would
be possible for the board to agree
and to tender the appointment by
unanimous vote.
Though city administrations us
ed the appointive power to fill
board vacancies in 1947 and 1943,
the most recent use of the appoin
tive power in the instance of a
death of a commissioner in office
was in 1932, when Commissioner
G. D. Hambright was killed in a
grade crossing crash in Charlotte.
In that instance, the board of
commissioners appointed as his
successor the present mayor, Glee
A. Bridges. Mr. Bridges said he
had been a losing candidate in the
1931 election. He had placed sixth
in the sweepstakes type of elec
tion conducted at that time. Pro
visions then provided that the
five candidates with the most
Continued On Page Ten
Park Telephones
On Grover Circuit
Kings Mountain Military
Park now has direct telephone
service with Kings Mountain.
Ben Moomaw, park superin
tendent, notified the Herald
Wednesday morning that the
change-over of the park tele
phones from the Clover, S. C.,
exchange to the Grover ex
change had just been complet
ed. He said the change would be
beneficial in several ways, par- ■
ticularly from the standpoint of
line maintenance. The park was
responsible for upkeep of eight
miles of line. Now it will have
to maintain only about one
mile of line.
The telephone numbers at
the park are: museum, Grover
3391; superintendent's resid
ence, 3392.
Of benefit to Kings Moun
tain citizens will be the fact
that the park will be obtain
able by telephone without toll
charges.