Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7,206
The figure foe Greater Zings Mountain is derived from
the 1965 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City
Limits figuxe Is from the United States census of 1950.
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Kings Mountain N. C. Thursday, February 16, 1956
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COMMUNICATION
An emergent communication
of Fairview Lodge for work in
the first degree will be held
Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at
Masonic Hall, according to an
nouncement made Iby J. !B.
Simpson.
BOARD MEETING
The regular monthly meeting
of the Kings Mountain City
School board will be held Mon
day night at 7 p. m. Supt. B. N.
Barnes reported Wednesday
that only routine busines mat
ters are scheduled to be dis
cussed at that time.
APPRECIATION
Two Kings Mountain organi
zations, Otis D. Green Post 155
American Legion, and Kings
Mountain Lions club, have re
ported receiving letters of ap
preciation from George Lay
cock, county hospitals admini
trator, for $250 gifts for furn
ishing rooms in the new wing
of the Kings Mountain hospi
tal. The new wing is nearing
completion.
NAMED CHAIRMEN
J. W. Webster and Dr. Blake
McWhirter will serve as co
chairmen of the annual Lions
club broom sale to Ibe conduc
ted soon, it was announced
Tuesday by Gene Timms, Lions
president. Proceeds benefit the
blind.
HOSPITALIZED
Dallas Hoyle, Lake Montonia
caretaker, is in Kings Moun
tain Hospital for treatment and
observation' following an ill
ness this past weekend. Dr.
Paul Nolan reported Wednes
day that Mr. Hoyle is getting
along well.
QUARTET TO SING *
The Melody Quartet of Kings
Mountain will present special
music at the regular Sunday
evening service at Penley’s
Chapel Methodist church, it
was announced by Leonard
Huffstetler. The service will be
gin at 7 o’clock.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts
for the week ending noon,
Wednesday totaled $150.46, ac
cording to City Clerk Gene
Mitchem’s report Wednesday.
Mitchem said the street me
ters returned $116.96, while the
off-street meters accounted for
$33.50.
MUSICAL PROGRAM „
The Lutheran Seminary Choir
of Columbia, $5. C., will pre
sent a musical program at Res
urrection Lutheran church here
on Sunday evening, March 4.
The Rev. Richard Fritz, broth
er of Rev. Douglas Fritz, of
Kings Mountain, will conduct
the program. The Lenoir-Rhyne
Choir will also be in Kings
Mountain Afcril 8, for another
program of music at the chur
ch. -
ON HONOR ROLL
Miss Anne Dilling, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dilling,
has been listed among the hon
or students at Limestone col
lege, Gaffney, S. C., for the first
semester of the 1955-56 ses
sion by Dean Harold P. Wheel
er. To merit the classification, A
student must have grades of A
on at least half of her subjects
and an average of at least B
on the other half.
HONOR STUDENTS
Donald Eugene McCarter, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCar
ter, and Jane Kathryn Ormand.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Ormand, both of Kings Moun
tain were Included in students
making the Dean’s List at
Lees-McRae college for the first
semester of the 1955-56 school
year. To be placed on the
Dean’s List, a student must
have made no grade of less
than a “B” for the semester.
Webstei Issued
Huee Permits
Three building permits tdtal
ing $15,200 were issued this week
by Building Inspector J- W. Webs
ter.
Wednesday, a permit was issu
ed to Plato Heavner to remodel
a house on Patterson circle, at
an estimated cost of $700.
Norman King was issued a per
mit Monday to build a house on
N Piedmont ave., at an estimated
cost of $8,000.
Friday, Crawford & Gantt, Inc.,
was issued a permit to erect a
house on Belvedere circle, at an
estimated cost of $6,500.
Retailer Banquet
Set For Monday
SPEAKER — Sam D. Bundy,
Farmville school superintendent
and humorist, will address Kings
Mountain retail merchants and
their employees at the annual
banquet of the Merchants asso
ciation Monday night.
ISO Attended
Scout Banquet
A near capacity crowd of ap
proximately 150 Boy Scouts, their
fathers and friends flocked “ to
Kings Mountain Woman’s club
Monday night for the annual
Scout-Father banquet.
Principal speaker for fhe occa
sion was Alfred Boyles, publicity
director for "Horn in the West.”
Much to the delight of the crowd,
Boyles turned out to be a former
professional magician, who thril
led the boys with his feats of
magic for some 30 minutes.
In the serious portion of his
speech, Boyles said, “I am distur
bed about the indifference con
cerning the principles that have
made this country great. The
Communists are hitting at our
weak spots every day, and have
caused great disturbances in
this country in our churches,
schools, and in many cases in our
government.”
He added, “Scouting is a thorn
in the side of Communism, and
they know it. The Boy Scouts of
America give them one less weak
spot to hit, and Scouting is based
on the fundamental principles
of our way of life.”
Boyles called upon the men pre
sent to see that Scouting does not
die, and that the program is
carried on in the same fine man
ner. that has been experienced in
years past.
Unaries lv. Jtsryam, presmem
of the Piedmont Council, brought
greetings to the group from the
Council. Bryant added that of the
many Father-Scout, banquets he
had attended, Kings Mountain’s
was the finest he had witnessed.
He also gave high praise to Aub
rey Mauney for his fine work in
preparing the programs present
ed to each Scout and father at
tending. Bryant also said that
this was the most promising
thing in the way of scouting to
take place in the city during the
past three years.
Booth Gillespie, chairman of
the Kings Mountain District, al
so had praise for the fine res
ponse shown the banquet, and
for the many workers that made
it possible.
Aubrey Mauney, district com
missioner, gave a report on
Scouting in Kings Mountain to
day as compared with 1937-38-39.
He said that during the three
year period, when Scouting reach
ed its peak here, the city had
10 troops and 150 active Scouts.
Today’s figures show just five
troops.
A comparison of the Piedmont
Council showed that during the
late 1930’s, the Council had 3,500
Scouts. Today that number is set
at 5,000, with another 1,000 active
Cub Scouts.
Mr. Mauney urged everyone
present to do their part to see
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Reservations
Reported Heavy
For Annual Fete
A record attendance is being
predicted by officials of the
Kings Mountain Merchants asso
ciation for Monday night’s annu
al Employee - Employer banquet.
The event will ibe held at Ma
sonic Dining hall at Y o’clock,
with Sam D. Bundy, Farmville
humorist, to make the featured
address.
Tickets are now on sale at $2
per person and Mrs, Elaine
Queen said advance reservations
are largest in history. She asked
that association members deter
mine their ticket requirements
and telephone her office as
quickly as possible.
Sam Collins, the association’s
retiring president, will preside at
the session and will make the
annual president’s report to the
association.
New officers and directors for
1956-57 will Ibe installed and spe
cial favors will be given the la
dies.
Mr. Bundy, the principal speak
er, is superintendent of Farm
ville public schools, a post he has
held since 1947. He was previous
ly a principal of schools in Dup
lin, Edgecombe and Martin
counties and secretary of the
Farmville Chamber of Commerce
and Tobacco Board of Trade. He
is an active Mason, a member of
the Disciples of Christ, and a Ki
wanian. He holds an A. B, degree
from Duke University and ob
tained an M. A. degree at East
Carolina college in 1948.
Jaycees Extend
Stock Sale Time
Kings Mountain Jaycees will
have North Carolina Business
'Development Corporation stock
for sale until after Monday, Feb
ruary 20, Wilson Griffin, shies
project chairman, announced
Wednesday.
> North Carolina’s 107 Junior
Chamber of Commerce organiza
tions are attempting to sell some
$200,000 of the stock for the
business development corpora
tion.
The stock sells for $10 a share
and may be obtained from any
member of the local Jaycees.
He also reported that the sale
has been brisk in Kings Moun
tain, but that it has not yet met
the club’s expectations.
The corporation is being estab
lished to encourage and offer
financial assistance to persons
wishing to start new industries or
to enlarge old ones, in suitable
locations in the state.
Governor Hodges and other
state officials say this project
would be a big boost in locating
new industries in the state. It
will also make capital for these
industries available.
Full information on the stock
in-the Business Development Cor.
poration, can be obtained from
Bill Jonas, phone 33, Wilson Grif
fin, sales chairman, at phone 8,
Bill Eldon, at Foote Mineral Co.,
phone 1000, William L. Plonk,
phone 1133-W, or Charles Dixon,
Victory Chevrolet Co., phone 49,
Junior Women, Mill
Will Aid Hospital
The Junior Woman’s club and
Neisler Mills division of Massa
chusetts Mohaif and Plush com
pany are furnishing draperies for
the new wing of Kings Mountain
hospital.
Members of the club had vo
ted at a recent meeting to inves
tigate a project at the hospital
and members voted approval of
the drapery project yesterday.
Neisler Mills is furnishing ma
terials for the drapes, and mem
bers of the club are to do the
sewing on March 1st.
Churchwomen To Observe Annual
World Day Of Prayer On Friday
Kings Mountain churchwomen
will hold World Day of Pray dr on
Friday, joining other churchwo
men all over the world in the an
nual observance.
Mrs. W. L. Mauney is chair
man of the Kings Mountain
World Day of Prayer rites, which
will be held at two services, one
at Boyce Memorial ARP church
at 5 o'clock, and the other, a Ne-_
jgro service, set for 7:30 tfc St.'
j Paul’s Methodist church.
1 Taking part in the service at
Boyce Memorial ARP church will
be Mrs. Fred Wright, Jr.. Mrs.
J. E. Mauney, Mrs. L. P. Baker,
Miss Elizabeth Anthony and Mrs
W. T. Weir.
An offering will be taken for
Christian missions and women
are alsot asked to bring old nylon
hose to'be sent to Japan for use
in making special items
A business session will be con
ducted to consider the organiza
tion’s 1956 budget.
Auto Tags Can Cost
Up To $2 Thursday
The pric<? of city auto licens
es may be $2 Thursday.
The tags will still be on sale
at City Hall at $1, but a moto
rist apprehended without one
on his vehicle will be faced with
buying a dollar tag plus a $1
penalty, Chief of Police Hugh
A. Logan, Jr., said.
A total of 878 vehicle owners
were safe at 4:30 Wednesday,
final day for using 1955 licens
es. That was the sale total re
ported by the Clerk's office and
the police department. Esti
mates are that 1200 vehicles are
owned by Kings Mountain citi
zens.
Loud Muffler
Problem Aired
Should the city board curb the
sale of "gutted” mufflers here if
the city police department is go
ing to arrest drivers for having
them on their cars?
This was one of the questions
put to Chief Hugh A. Logan in a
mass meeting held Wednesday
night to discuss the putffler
problem in the city.
Logan had called the meeting
to discuss the problems with in
terested drivers, some 50 of which
attended the city hall gathering.
City Solicitor George Thomasson
was on hand to read the statute
dealing with use of mufflers, and
to explain the law.
Recently the city police depart
ment has made increased efforts
to deal "with the noisc-i^aking
problems created by the mufflers.
This campaign has resulted in the
arrest of several youths.
Several of the boys attending
Wednesday’s meeting has paid
the costs of court for having im
proper mufflers, and they were
the principal ones who spoke in
favor of using mufflers.
The boys contended that muf
flers held their cars run' pooler,
and that several large trucking
concerns use mufflers for this
reason. Chief Logan said ne did
not know if this were true, but
that automotive engineers should
make them standard equipment
if it is true.
One of the boys suggested that
the city board pass an ordinance
prohibiting the sale of “gutted”
mufflers'or “cut-outs” if they can
not be lawfully used on automo
biles. They reported, in the dis
cussion, that several dealers a
round the city sell "gutted” muff
lers.
Chief Logan indicated he was
willing to take the matter up with
the board at its next meeting.
Another violent protest lodged
by the youths was the use of the
mufflers on trucks passing
through the city. They contended
that trucks make much more
noise than the use of the muff
lers on their private automobiles.
Chief Logan ended the meeting
by warning the boys> that viola
tors may still find themselves in
court on improper muffler charg
es.
Morgan, Moore
Running Again
Two Cleveland County Demo
cratic incumbents — State Sena
tor Robert Morgan and [Register
of Deeds Dan Moore — have an
nounced they will seek re-nomi
nation in the May 26 primary.
Meantime, a Marion citizen
with both Cleveland and Gaston
county kinship, issued a trial
balloon to determine whether
sufficient support is available
for him to offer for 11th district
Congressman.
The Marion citizen is Hugh
Beam, a Gaston native, who is
superintendent of schools in Mc
Dowell county. He also holds a
law degree.
Should he enter the race, he
would oppose Cleveland candi
dates Ralph W. Gardner and
Hugh Wells and Gaston candi
date Basil Whitener. Beam is Mc
Dowell county Democrat chair
man.
State Senator Morgan seeks a
third two-year term. Register of,
Deeds Moore seeks a second four
year term.
Lenten Services
To Start Sunday
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
will hold three services each week
during Lent.
On Sunday morning at 11
o’clock the theme will be “Jesus
and our Choices.” In the evening
at 7:30 there will be a service be
ginning annual Week of Prayer.
Other prayer services will be
held Monday, Tuesday and Thurs
day afternoons and Friday even
ing at 7:30. Wednesday evening
Lenten Service at 7:30 will be on
“Washing Dirty Feet.” At these
services the Passion history is
read, Lenten hymns and prayers
are used, with brief meditation
by the pastors.
Kings Mountain Mica Plans
Expanding Mining Operations
Kings Mountain
Building & Loan
Had Record Year
Stockholders of Kings Moun
tain Building & Loan association
held their annual meeting lues
day afternoon, heard reports
showing J.955 the association’s
most prosperous year, and re
elected all directors.
Following the stockholders
directors convened and re-elect
ed all officers, who are: W. K.
Mauney, president; J. d Keller,
vice-president; W. M. Gantt, vice
president; Ben H. Bridges, secre
tary-treasurer; Mrs. Ruby H. Ba
ker, assistant secretary - treas
uer; Mrs. Louise H,. Martin, clerk;
and J. R. Davis and Jack H.
White, attorneys.
Directors re-elected are Dr. L.
P. Baker, Ben H. Bridges, J. R. Da
vis, W. M. Gantt, Clyde Jolly, J.
C. Keller, :R. L. Lewis (of Besse
mer City), J. E. Mauney, R. L.
Mauney, W. K. Mauney, T. C.
Summer (of Cherryville), and G.
G. White.'
Secretary Bridges presented a
printed report to stockholders
showing both activities and sum
maries for 1955 and comparisons
in assets and liabilities for the
period 1952-55. During the four
year period, the report showed,
total assets of the association
have virtually doubled, as have
savings accounts, and mortgage
loans increased during the peri
od from $765,000 to $1,337,039.
During 1955 association assets
jumped 36.95 percent to $1,680,
877.41, while savings increased
by 47.78 percent to $1,570,778.39.
Dividends paid during 1955 total
ed $26.722 94.
During 1955, the association
made 254 loans totaling $552,
83V.58, including 60 for construc
tion of new homes, 30 for pur
chase bf homes, and 164 for re
modeling and other purposes. At
year-enti, the loan portfolio
showed 745 loans, averaging $1,
794.68 each. Mr. Bridges reported
the savings total included 665
optional savings accounts and
243 full-ipaid stock accounts, at
an average of $1,729.93 per ac
count. During 1955, the associa
tion opened 296 new savings ac
counts.
Association reserves at year
end were; $75,583.60 contingency
reserve, and $28,287.69 reserve
for-bad debts.
Financial Firms
To Close Wednesday
Kings Mountain financial in-.
stitutions will join others in the
area next Wednesday in observ
ing the George Washington birth
day anniversary as a holiday.
First National Bank, Kings
Mountain Building & Loan and
Home Building & Loan officials
said they would be closed for the
full day.
F. R. Summers, president of
First National Bank, said banks
and other financial firms in Shel
by, Gastonia and other surround
ing communities have also an
nounced they would take Febru
ary 22 as a holiday.
Herndons Son
Fatally Stabbed
Albert Herndon, 38-year-old
Negro of Charlotte, and a son of
Rev. Fred Herndon of Kings
Mountain, was stabbed to death
at his home last Friday night.
Charlotte police reported that
Janie Brewer Thomas, 22-year
old Negress of 612 West Tremont
avenue, has admitted stabbing
Herndon. She told the officers
that Herndon had been slapping
her children.
The girl is being held without
bond in the Charlotte jail on
charges of murder.
The murder weapon, according
to officers in Charlotte, was a
butcher 'knife. The fatal wound
was beneath Herndon’s left
shoulder blade, where the girl
said she stabbed him in the back.
Local survivors include his fa
ther, his step-mother, Bessie
Herndon; a brother, Robert Heri\
don; and a half-sister, Eloise
Jackson. A sister, Lucille Hern
don, of Charlotte, also survives;
along with Herndon’s wife and
two small sons.
Funeral services were held in
Charlotte Wednesday afternoon,
with burial following in Bynum
Chapel cemetery here.
C. L. Alexander
Postoffice Nominee
Nomination Sent
To U. S. Senate
By President
Charles L. Alexander, 34, Kings
Mountain native and World War
II veteran, was nominated for!
Kings Mountain postmaster by |
President Eisenhower last Fri
day.
Alexander’s nomination was
sdht to the U. S. Senate for con
firmation, along with names of
17 other Carolinas postmaster
nominees. The Kings Mountain
position currently pays $5,904
per annum.
On Wednesday, Mr. Alexander
said he had received no formal
communication regarding his no.
mination, though at least two
postmaster trade associations
had written congratulatory mes
sages and had invited his mem
bership application.
If confirmed, as anticipated,
Mr. Alexander will succeed W. E.
Blakely, who resigned 13 months
ago. W. T. Weir is serving as act
ing postmaster.
Mr. Alexander pieced third in
competitive civil service examina
tions for the postmastership last
May, He won the endorsement of
the township Republican execu
tive committee in . December.
Though a registered Democrat,
Mr. Alexander is a practicing Re
publican and himself was a mem
ber of the township executive
committee until he resigned to
take the postmaster examination.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Alexander, the postmaster nomi
nee is a veteran employee of El
mer Lumber Company, where he
has been employed for the past
nine years. He is payroll clerk,
handles general bookkeeping du
ties, and does part-time estimat
ing work. He is chairman of Ma
cedonia Baptist church building
fund, a former deacon of the
church, and a past director of
the Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce. In World
War II, he served as a yeoman
aboard amphibious type vessels
in the Atlantic.
Mrs. Alexander is the former
Miss Ruby Moss. They have two
children, a boy, age 7, and a girl,
2.
Youth Faces Two
Larceny Charges
Thomas Jenkins, 17-year-old
youth of route 2, Kings Mountain,
will face charges of temporary
larceny of an auto and larceny
of property in Cleveland County
Recorder’s Court Friday.
Young Jenkins is accused of
taking a 1950 Mercury automobile
belonging to Mrs. Gene Jenkins
without permission Monday
night. He is also charged with
stealing a metal serving tray
from the Silver Dollar Grill on
Grover highway on the same
night.
AT DAVIDSON
Rev. P,. D. Patrick, pastor of
First Presbyterian church, at
tended a meeting of the 'board
of trustees of Davidson college
held at the college Wednesday.
NOMINATED — Charles L. Alex
ander was nominated last Friday
by President Eisenhower to be
Kings Mountain postmaster. The
appointment awaits confirmdtion
by the United States Senate.
Ersldne Singers
At ARP Sunday
The Erskine College Choral
eers, under the direction of Ar
thur Tennent, will present a wor
ship program in songs at Boyce
Memorial ARP church Sunday
morning at the 11 o’clock ser
vices.
Sunday’s services will be the
fourth annual presentation of a
musical program here by the cho
rus composed of 21 students.
The Choraleers will present as
their selections: "Now Let Every
Tongue Adore Thee” by Bach,
“Hear My Prayer,” Arkhangel
sky, “God So Loved the World,"
Stainer,” “Cimond,” Grant
"Were You There,” Negro spiri.
tual, “Lonesome Valley,” White
spiritual, “For All the Saints,”
Vaughn Williams, and “Allelm
jah,” by Thompson.
Vocal selections by Miss Fran
ces Gettys, soloist, will include
“My Task” by Ashford and “My
Heart Ever Faithful” by Bach.
Mr. Tennett, the director, is
head of the music department of
the Due West, S. C., institution.
Miss Ann Patrick will be accom
panist for the group.
Dimes Drive
Reaches $3,000
Kings Mountain’s March of
Dimes campaign has netted only
60 per cent of its $5,000 quota,
according to co-chairman Charles
Dixon.
Mr. Dixon reported Wednesday
that only $3,000 of the quota has
been reached.
The Kiwanis club auction at
station WKMT last Wednesday
raised some $310, Kiwanis Presi
dent Sonny Peeler reported this
week.
Dixon indicated that the $3,000
figure would include money that
has been raised and not turned
in. He added that any further
donations for the campaign
would be welcomed.
Tony Anthony Is Still Unconscious
Aftei Being Hit By Car On Monday
Tony Anthony, seven year-old
Bethware School student, who
was struck by an automobile
Monday afternoon as he left a
school bus, has been transferred
to Charlotte Memorial hospital.
Reports are that the boy’s condi
tion is serious, and that he had
not regained full consciousness
Wednesday.
Tony, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. P. Anthony of Shelby road,
was struck by a car driven by
Thomas G. Bowen, 22, of Forest
City, as he crossed the road about
one mile west of Kings Moun
tain Highway 74.
Bowen was reported to have
been traveling west on Highway
74 at the time of the accident. He
was meeting the school bhs when
it stopped to put off some child
ren, Patrolman D. W. Spratt re
ported.
Spratt added that Bowen tried
to stop, but struck the child and
then drove his car into a ditch.
The driver was charged with
failing to stop for a school bus
and with reckless driving. He will
be given a hearing in Cleveland
Recorder’s Court Monday.
The school bus driver, Charles
Ray Seism, 17, told Patrolman
Spratt that his stop sign was out
and displayed at the time of the
accident.
turn to mine
Moss Property
Foi Scran Mica
By MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain Mica Com
pany, Inc., is moving toward ex
pansion of its production of scrap
mica for which there now is un
precedented demand.
Paul Lancaster, manager, said
Wednesday his company is be
gin.».ng initial construction of fa
cilities on the Charles H,. Moss
farm on Grover Road, on whiclj
leases were obtained about six
years ago. Mr. Lancaster said
tests show very heavy deposits
of hi^h grade scrap mica on the
150-acre tract and said work is
progressing on the building of an
18-acre lake—first requirement
in launching mica operations in
a new area.
Kings Mountain Mica, formed
in 1950, and its predecessor, have
been mining scrap mica on the
J. Bun Patterson property north
of the city since 1948. Mr. Lan
caster says conservative estima
tes of reserves are placed at 25
to 30 years and he says the Moss
property is equally rich in mica
deposits.
Peak demand for scrap mica,
both wet and dry ground, is re
sulting from its uses in manu
facture of high-grade paints,
plastics, welding rod coatings,
rubber goods and in joint ce
ments, the last a relatively new
use, Mr. Lancaster noted.
Kings Mountain Mica current
ly is operating on a three-shift,
six-day week and employing 42
persons. In 1948, Mr. Hendricks,
an ex-road building contractor,
acquired leases and began min
ing the Patterson property. He
formed Kings Mountain Mica
Company, Inc., in 1950. Officers
are: James B. Preston, Jr., otam
ford, Conn., president; Mr. Hen
dricks, of Shelby, vice-president;
Hamilton Douglas, Atlanta, Ga.,
secretary; and Roy H. Gunter,
Spruce Pine, treasurer.
Mr. Lancaster terms the cur
rent operation “one of the larg
est and most modern scrap mica
recovery plants in North Caroli
na, and that means the United
States.”
Kiwanis Club
To Heai laycock
George W. Laycock, Cleveland
County hospitals administrator,
will address the Kings Mountaii^
Kiwanis club on Thursday even
ing, it was announced by John
Cheshire, program chairman.
The speaker will be presented
by Grady Howard, business man
ager of Kings Mountain hospital.
Mr. Laycock is a veteran hospi
tal administrator who assumed
ihe duties of managing Cleve
land County hospitals late last
November. He came to Cleveland
from Conway, S. C., and had pre
viously served hospitals at Char
lotte, Asheboro, and in Guam.
, During World War II, he was
interned in Shanghai, China, for
four years by the Japanese, after
going to China in 1940 as treasur
er of the Episcopal Diecese of
China.
The club convenes at 6:45 at
Masonic Dining hall.
Mis. Wilkinson
Dies In Newton
Mrs. Hoyle A. Wilkinson, 64,
mother of Mrs. Kenneth Delling
er of Cherryville, died in New
ton Hospital, February 1, follow
ing an extended illness.
A native of Catawba County,
Mrs. Wilkinson resided on route
1, Maiden.
Funeral services were held at
First Baptist church in Maiden,
and burial was in St. Matthew’s
Reform church cemetery.
Bus Station Grill
Closes; Hours Alter
Kings Mountain’s Bus Station
Grill, operated hy Ernest Ray,
of Gastonia, closed Tuesday.
The Bus Station and Western
Union office will continue to
operate under the management
of Mrs. Edith Carrigan on the
following schedule: daily, 8 a.
m.. to 8 p. m.; Sundays, noon
to 6 p. m.
Since the grill had opened
the bus station had been open
until midnight.