r e Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 Ik* figure tor Greater Tings Mountain Is derteed from ks 1(65 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City limits figure Is from the United States eonsitk of I960. VOL 66 NO. 8 Established 1889 PRICE FIVE CENTS Kings Mountain N. C., Thursday, February 23, 1956 Sixty-Sixth Year 1 C Pa9es ID Today Local News Bulletins HOSPITALIZED Harold Philips, superinten dent of Craftspun Yarns, Inc., is in Kings Mountain hospital where he is recuperating after undergoing a minor operation last week. MOOSE MEETING Regular meeting of Kings Mountain Moose lodge 1748 will toe held at the lodge Thur sday night at 8:15 p. m., ac cording to announcement toy Curtis Gaffney, secretary. GRASS FIRE Kings Mountain Fire depart ment answered a call Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire on Gaston street, Warren Ellison, city fireman, reported. CORRECTION Miss Shirley June Falls, of 307 E. King street, is not the Shirley Falls involved in an accident as reported in last week’s Herald. The Miss Falls injured in the accident resides at 221 Waco road. HONOR STUDENT Bobbie Ban^tt, of route 1, Kings Mountain, was one of 195 students making the Dean’s last at High Point Col lege during the first semester, according to a report from the college. A student earning a grade average of “B" or ibetter on all courses is admitted to the Dean’s List. FAIR VIEW LODGE An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF & AM for work .in the first degree will be held at Masonic Hall Monday night at 7:30 p. m., ac cording to announcement by James Simpson. AT CONVENTION J. H. Arthur, superintendent ol Superior Stone company, is in Chicago, I1L, attending a Rook Crushers convention in session there until Friday. METER RECEIPTS City Clerk Gene Mitchem re ported Wednesday that city parking meter receipts for the week ending noon, Wednesday were incomplete. Mitchem said the key used to unlock the street meters was broken and that a new one had been order ed. However, until the new key arrives, it is impossible to col lect the money from-street me ters. He added that off-street meters returned $30.87 for the week. Childbirth Tough For Rev. Mr. Fritz Expectant fathers don’t nec cessarily settle down, even aft er the baby arrives and it’s ci gar-passing time. His parishioners are telling this tale on Rev. Douglas Fritz, Resurrection Lutheran pastor: Shortly after his newest (and second) arrival, Rev. Mr. Fritz was visiting his wife on a Sun- * day morning at a Gastonia hospital. He stayed as long as he could before rushing out to return to Kings Mountain and his customary 11 o’clock prea ching engagement. , The ministerial auto was rolling along the four-lane strip between Gastonia and Kings Mountain when the min ister heard the painful screech of a patrolman’s siren. Embarrassed, the minister presented his license and re ported the circumstances. The patrolman grinned, shook the ministerial hand, and said, "Godspeed.” No ticket was written. But that isn’t all. At a sub sequent meeting of the Minis terial association, Mr. Fritz’ confreres of the cloth were teasing him heartily about an other lapse. Mr. Fritz, it was changed, completely forgot, in the excitement of the situa tion, a radio speaking engage ment via WKMT. j Kings Mountain Lawyer To Push District Effort Jack White, Kings Mountain attorney, will manage the 11th district campaign of Basil White ner. Announcement was made con currently here today by the can didate and his manager. Attorney White, Judge of city recorder’s court, is a partner in the law firm of Davis & White.-A Wilson native, he attained both undergraduate and law degrees at Wake Forest college and began practicing here in 1951. His wife is the former Dorcas Cline, of Fallston, Cleveland county, Mr. White is a prominent member of First Baptist church. In commenting on his appoint ment as district manager for Whitener, Mr., White said, “I wel come the opportunity to aid Ba sil Whitener in his campaign for the Democratic nomination for 11th district Congressman. Mr. Whitener has made a successful record and has made it the hard way. Son of poor parents, he put himself through school by hold ing a textile job while attending school. He went on to college and law school by the same method, working in the college dining room during school terms and spending the summer in Gaston textile plants. His long record of activity in Young Democratic and Junior Chamber of Commerce ac tivities, as well as his ability as a lawyer, his excellent record as solicitor of the Gaston-Mecklen burg district, and his long and continuing efforts to improve the lot of the youth of his area, emi nently qualify him to represent the district in Congress. In addi tion, he is a navy veteran and an active Methodist layman. “We expect to conduct an ac tive, and winning, campaign.” Mr. Whitener said, “It is not necessary for me to say how prbud I am to have a young man the caliber of Jack White to manage my campaign for Con gress. Mr. White has demonstra ted keen ability in the law, and in the courtroom as judge, and in many allied activities as civic and church leader. He is ideal in age, spirit, and qualification to conduct the active campaign we have mapped for the whole seven county district.” National Guard Seeking Recruits, Headquarters and Headquar ters Co., 120 Inf. Div., Kings Mountain National Guard, will' hold open house Saturday as the unit conducts a one-day recruiting campaign. Capt. Humes Houston said Tuesday that visitors are invited at the armory between the hours of 1 o’clock and 5 p. m. and noted that recruiting awards are to be presented to the men who report the largest number of recruits Continued on Page Eight CAMPAIGNER — Jack White, Kings Mountain lawyer, will manage the 11th district Con gressional campaign of Basil Whitener. Anthony Youth Faces Operation The condition of Tony Antho ny, seven-year-old Bethware school student, Who was struck' hy an automobile as he disem barked from a school bus some 10 days ago, is reported much improved. Young Anthony, a patient at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, is said to tbe scheduled to undergo surgery th’ere Thursday morning. Reports indicate that he had head injuries that have resulted in pressure on the brain. Thg operation will he performed in an effort to remove this pressure. Tony, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Anthony, of Shelby road, was struck by an automobile op erated by Thomas G. Bowen of Forest ((City as he crossed the highway from a stopped school bus near his home. Bower has been Charged with failing to stop for a school bus and with reck less driving. He is scheduled to appear in Cleveland Recorder’s Court Friday for a hearing. Relatives of the boy said Wed nesday that his doctors are well pleased with his rapid recovery. The lad received no injuries oth er than the head injuries, the relatives said. Boy Scout Fund Now At $250 Contributions totaling $250 nave been received in the cur rent Boy Scout fund campaign. Drace M. Peeler, Kings Moun tain district finance chairman, said the contributions have been received entirely from the letter campaign begun last week, In turn, he pointed out that the minimum goal is $2,000 and he urged citizens who have not yet made contributions to forward them to him. (He added that business and in dustrial solicitations will be made next week. Dixon Area Surveying Preliminary To Major U. S. 29 Improvements By MARTIN HARMON Survey work in the Dixon com munity recently toy a Hickory en gineering firm is preliminary to possible construction of a new portion of U. S. 29, including the by-passing of both Charlotte and Gastonia. This statement was made Wednesday toy E. L. Kemper, of Shelby, division highway engi neer. Mr. Kemper told the Herald the road, when and if touilt, would toe a “super-duper interstate road with no grade connections.” When and if it will toe touilt, Mr. Kemper professed not to know, stating that pressure for funds for road-touilding remains unusu ally great in spite of record col lections of highway fund reve nues. The surveying toy the Hickory firm, Rex Miller A Company, was actually being done, Mr. Miller had previously informed the Her ald, for Airways Engineering, Washington, D. C, which firm had been retained toy the State Highway A Public Works com mission for an aerial survey. “Aerial surveys cover a two mile strip,’’ Mir Miller sajd, “and some ground survey work is re quired in conjunction with it. That’s our job." Mr. Kemper said the survey had no connection with the dis cussed toll road which some want to see built to link, event ually, with the West Virginia toll road. Discussing further the U. S. 29 situation, Mr. Kemper said, ‘There’s not much way to im prove the Gastonia traffic situa tion any further without toy-pass ing.” Passage toy the federal Con gress of the pending highway appropriation toill — which calls for a widely expanded funds for federal . state building of inter state roads — probably would speed the project now toeing mapped aerially, Mr, Kemper in dicated. “In spite of the great improve ments to U. S. 29, both in the Kings Mountain area and else where," Mr,. Kemper continued, “U. S. 29 still doesn't come up to inter-state road specifications. There are too many grade con nections.” , . . ■ ' > Woman's Club Diiects Appeal Foi Heart Fund The Kings Mountain Woman’s club will handle a mail solicita tion for contributions to the Heart Fund in this area, it was announced today. Mrs. Paul E. Hendricks will serve as chairman. The drive is part of a nation wide effort to fight heart and blood vessel disease, according to Mrs. Hendricks. “The money will go to speed heart research, which is being conducted here in North Carolina through the North Carolina Heart Associa tion, and on a national level through the American Heart As sociation, to which the state group is affiliated,” said Mrs. Hendricks. "The problem of heart disease is a staggering one. About ten million Americans are suffering from diseases of the heart or blood vessels, half a mollion of them children, and every year more people under 65 die of these diseases than from all other causes combined, including acci dents.” Mrs. Hendricks pointed out that, with a problem of this scope, the most important help to the individual who has or may have heart disease, will come through research. “At present, 90 percent of the causes of cardio vascular disease are unknown,” hence the-urgent need for continued research, and .causes, better diagnosis, and treatment.” Mrs. Hendricks con tinued. “Rheumatic fever, the greatest threat to children, can be preven ted through use of antibiotics when a child shows symptoms of a strep infection. Another form of heart disease, bacterial en docarditis, may also be prevented through penicillin or other of the modern drugs, it has been found. And new wonders are being per formed every day in heart sur gery to repair damaged hearts and blood vessels/ “Other uses for donations to the Heart Fund are in the edu cation of physicians to keep them posted on new devel8pment£ in diagnosis and treatment, and in education of the public on what is known so far about methods of prevention, but our first interest is in promoting the best means of helping the person who now or has or will have heart disease; and that, we believe, is research for new knowledge about tlje causes of what has grown to be the nation’s Number One Killer,” she concluded. Heart fund contributions shoul<} be mailed to Dr. Paul E. Hendricks, campaign treasurer, PO Box 829. Dr. Hendricks is a member of the Cleveland County Heart Association. Merchants Hold Annual Banquet A near-capacity crowd of Kings Mountain retail salespeople filled Masonic Dining hall Monday night for the annual Merchants association employee - employer banquet. They digested a hearty diner with the aid of a humor-filled address by Sam D. Bundy, Farm ville, schoolman, and witnessed installation of officers and direc tors for 1956-57. Paul Walker was installed as president, and made a brief talk expressing appreciation for the confidence in him and other offi cers newly elected, and pledged his best efforts to "further the good record of the association.” Other new officers are Charles H. Dixon, vice-president, and Charles Blanton, Yates Harbison, Menzell Phifer and Ed Tutor, di rectors. Thi directors will -serve two-year t«jrms. Hqld-over direc tors, with terms expiring in 1957, are Richard Barnette, Jonas Bridges, Bill Jonas, and William Plonk, with Sam Collins, outgo ing president, a director ex offi cio. Retiring directors were John Lewis, Hubert McGinnis, Martin Harmon, and Dan Weiss. In his report, Mr. Collins, who presided, stated that the asso ciation had enjoyed an active and prosperous year, had been ab le to Increase its cash assets, and added that the merchant-sponsor Continued On Page Bight ■ Roberts And Son Give Lot To City District Schools I -• • . ‘ V ■' ■ • t * ** ‘ - ' t ? V . ^ ' •: Davidson Names Pride Rattenee To Coaching Post Pride Ratterree, Kings Moun tain native and Wake Forest line coach, will be an assistant foot ball coach at Davidson college next year. This announcement came to the Herald ■ in a telephone conversa tion with public relations offi cials of the Fresbyteriar* school Wednesday morning. Dr. John R. Cunningham, pre sident of the college, released a statement announcing that Car roll Hambright, assistant football coach and head swimming coach, has resigned effective at the end of the current school year. Dr. Cunningham said, “Car roll Hambrighj leaves Davidson with the appreciation of the ad ministration, faculty, and student body. He has proven himself a loyal member of the Tavidson friends by his many acquaintan ces, We are very sorry to lose him.-. Head Coach Bill Dole said, “Hambright has done a good job at Davidson, and is one of the finest men I have ever known. All of us wish him well. We are very fortunate in being able to replace him with a man of Pride Ratter ree’s ability and calibre.” Ratterree has served as line coach at Wake Forest for the past two years, but was caught in the change over at the Baptist institution when Paul Amen re placed Tom Rogers as head foot ball coach. Amen has already named his assistants for the com ing year, and Ratterree was not among them. Prior to his Wake Forest posi tion, Ratterree was football coach at Staunton Military Academy and an assistant coach at Lenoir Rhyne college. Mr. Ratterree is a graduate of Wake Forest and played profes sional ball with the Chicago Car dinals at one time. He will assume his duties at Davidson on August 1, 1956. Hambright, a former Clemson gridiron great, came to Davidson in 1952 in his present position. Prior to this, he was football coach at Greer High School, Greer, S. C., and was also with Charlotte Tech High School dur ing the years 1946-49. Mr. Hambright did not indicate his future plans. Ratterree is the son of Mrs. Pride Ratterree, of Kings Moun tain. Ed. Patterson Rites Conducted Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 a. m. at Harris Funeral Home for William Ed ward i(Ed) Patterson, 71, of 403 Railroad avenue, who died at his home Monday afternoon follow ing an illness of three weeks. Death was attributed to a heart condition. A native of Cleveland county, Mr. Patterson was a member of a prominent Kings Mountain family,. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Patterson. Surviving are a brother, Geor ge W. Patterson of Gastonia; and /two sisters. Mrs. G. D. Hambri ght of King* Mountain, and Mrs. Charles Borders of Jacksonville, Fla. The Bev. R. IX Patrick officia ted, with Iburiai following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Pallbearers were P. D. Fulton, Wyatt Blalock, Hugh A. Logan, Lindsay McMackin, J. L. McGill, and Tom Davidson. UONS MEETING The Kings Mountain Lions Club will hold its regular meet Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at Masonic Hall. Dr. Nathan Reed is in charge of the program. A ■■ 'Jfi ■ t: Truth Still Better Than Fictional Tale The old saying "Truth is stranger than fiction” was well proven here this week. A 1955 green Ford pick-up truck had been >parked on the Dean Buick lot since October, but no eyebrows were raised because motor company offici als thought the truck belonged to the City of Kings Mountain. Meanwhile, police officers checking the lot saw nothing wrong with the truck toeing parked there, since they thought it was the property of Dean Buick Company. However, the two organiza tions got together and found that the truck 'belonged to nei ther the city nor Dean Buick. A hurried check toy police of ficials revealed that the truck had 'been stolen in Maxton, last October 29, and that no word as to its whereabouts had been received. The truck, which had been a bandoned on the Dean Buick lot, is toeing returned to its owners,, tout the .thief’s trail is a bit cold after nearly four months. * Mrs. Hamricks Rites Thursday Funeral services will be held Thursday at 3 p. m. at Patterson Grove Baptist church for Mrs. Sally Hoyle Hamrick, 79, of route 3, Kings Mountain, who died Tuesday afternoon following a long illness. Mrs. Hamrick was a member of a prominent Cleveland Coun ty family, and had lived on route 3 for the past 48 years. She was a charter member of Patterson Grove Baptist church. She and her husband, Oeophus Hamrick, celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary last year. Survivors, other than her hsu band, include five daughters, Mrs. Glee A. Bridges, of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Broadus McGinnis of Cliffside, Miss Mae Hamrick at Ijome, Mrs. Hazel Allen of Shelby, Mrs. Talmadge Beam of Hickory; two sons, Da vid Hamrick of Kings Mountain, and Ben Hamrick of Kings Moun tain; and 14 grandchildren. The Rev. J. J. Thornburg and the Rev. W. T. Furr will officiate. Burial will be in Paterson Grove cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church for 30 minutes prior to services. Pallbearers will be Sam Ham rick, Tom Hamrick, Arthur Lee Putnam, Ralph Allen, Henry Clay Cabiriess, and Everett Lovelace. STILL HOSPITALIZED Dallas Hoyle, Lake Montonia caretaker, is still under treat ment and observation at Kings Mountain Hospital. Mr. Hoyle was hospitalized after becom ing ill some 10 days ago. Gift Includes 2.15 Acres For North Plant Kings Mountain city schools re ceived a realty gift Monday night. At the regular monthly meeting held in the superintendent’s of fice, the board accepted a war ranty deed for 2.15 acres adjoin ing the new North Elementary school property from J. Ross Ro berts. The lot was given to the schools by Mr. Roberts and his son, Eugene Roberts, Chairman Arnold W. Kincaid accepted the deed from Mr. Ro berts and said in behalf of the board, “We appreciate more than you’ll ever know this gift, and the help you and your son have given us in the procurement of land for the construction of the new North Elementary School.” J. R. Roberts present to make the conveyance, replied, “I have always been in favor of our schools.” Other business on the agenda included the passing of a resolu tion on social security, a routine matter. This resolution okayed locally a previous Vote by state school teachers whereby teachers will be covered by social securi ty benefits. The biggest discussion of the meeting came on the type of floor covering used in the new North School building. The contract, as let, called for plastic or rubber ized tile on the floor, but board members expressed conviction that terrazzo tile, such as is used in postoffices and other public buildings, would provide the "most floor for the money.” After a long discussion of the pros and cons of terrazzo tile, the board voted that bids be tak en to determine the additional cost of terrazzo aver other types of tile. One board member said that in his opinion the terrazzo would outlast two or three plastic tile floors, and that the additional cost of the better material shouldn’t run over $1500. McCarter Candidate For Scholarship Don McCarter, Kings Mountain student at Lees-McRae college at Banner Elk, is among junior college students under consider ation for a Morehead scholar ship to the University of North Carolina. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mc Carter, the Kings Mountain Lees McRae student is to be inter viewed by the central Morehead Scholarship committee at Ohapel Hill on February 24 and 25. He was nominated by Eees-McRae officials. The scholarships are granted for one year at the time and are worth $1250 in cash. They are re newable annually. May oi Pushing Community Adoption Of United Fund For Charity Drives Mayor Glee A. Bridges used the rostrum at the Merchants asso ciation banquet Monday night to make a plea for adoption here of a United Fund campaign “to eliminate all this continued so liciting.’’ The Mayor said civic organiza tion members and leadership are discussing the possibility of con solidating as many fund raising campaigns as possible into one large effort and he asked an ex pression of the 175 persons on their feelings concerning the pro posal. There was a scattering of up lifted hands when the Mayor asked a vote. None raised a hand in opposition to the proposal and Mr. Bridges remarked, “I can as sume it’s unanimous.’’ However, several comments were heard in dicating some non-voters weren't fully informed or wanted to in vestigate the proposal further. The Mayor suggested that the merchants Install the payroll de duction method of giving for their employees as a means to assuring obtaining large a mounts of cash in a one-time per-year campaign. Gastonia, Charlotte, Shelby and Hickory employ United Fund or Community Chest campaigns for charitable money - raising. The idea has (been advanced here In the past hut has not yet been tried. Essential argument in favor of the United Fund type of effoit is the saving of volunteer manpower, with one crew of so licitors doing the job for all charities and welfare funds, ra ther than conducting several dif ferent fund campaigns during the year. Most Area Firms Face Increases In Wage Scale Pencils, adding machines, and computers were working busily this week in many Kings Moun tain industrial establishments, as virtually all endeavored to figure the impact of the new $1 per hour minimum wage law which becomes effective March 1 A few firms were through fig uring and at least two had no figuring to do. Mauney Mills, Inc., estimating the wage changes would add a bout eight percent on the regu lar weekly payroll, were instal ling the wage increases this week, George H. Mauney reported. “We’ve sharpened our production and don’t think the increase will hurt us much,” Mr. Mauney com mented. Burlington Industries’ James Rotan and Foote Mineral Com pany’s Ben H. Goforth, Jr., said the wage change would not effect them. Mr Rotan said no Burling ton Phenix plant employee had made less than $1 per hour since last August. Mr. Goforth said Foote’s basic minimum is $1.18 per hour. Acknowledging the new federal minimum would cause changes were William Ford, general man ager of Neisler Mills division of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, and J. M. Cross, sec retary-treasurer o f Craftspun Yarns, Inc. Both, however, were not ready tb report finally the potential impact of the change. Mr. Ford commented, “We’re in the middle,” and Mr. Cross said it would be early next week be fore Craftspun’s figures and new wage scales are complete. J. H. Patterson, superintendent of Kings Mountain Manufactur ing Company. said his firm w&uld do some raising, though only a few employees, he added, now' receive the company's basic mini mum of 80 cents per hour. Lambeth Rope Corporation will be effected only on its apprentice pay, Superintendent J. T Mal colm reported. The basic’ mini mum at Lambeth is now $1.15, except for apprentices who start at 85 cents per hour. Lambeth em ploys 92 persons. Superior Stone Company has already instituted wage increases to conform with the new statute. Kerns Brothers will also be ef fected by the change, Clyde Kerns said. He added, “We only know that we are covered by the law and that hourly rates will go up.” J. C. Smathers estimated that the overall payroll of Park Yarn Mills would increase eight per Continned On Page Eight Candidates Visit City Increased evidence that Kings Mountain will be a major battle ground in the warming campaign for the district Congressional campaign came from all three candidates this week. Basil Whitener named Kings Mountain attorney Jack White as his district campaign manager. Ralph Gardner and his wife, Carrie, spent Tuesday afternoon and much of Wednesday on a hand shaking tour of the city. Hugh Wells and his publicist, Les Roark, invaded the city in quest of votes Wednesday after noon. All three candidates are now “official," each having paid the $225 filing fee to the state elec tions board. Voting day is slightly more than three months away, but the deadline for filing for state of fice is less than a month away. The trio of candidates, one from Gaston county and two from Cleveland, seek to succeed Wood row W. Jones, of Rutherfordton, first as Democratic nominee, sec ond (and principally) as 11th dis trict Congressman. In the seven county district, Democratic nomi nation is considered and has al ways been tantamount to election. In 1828, the late Congressman Charles R. Jonas, Sr., a Republi can, defeated the late Congress man for the 10th district House of Representatives post. Howev er, the district has been re-carved since that date. Each of three candidates let it be known they were mapping an active and aggressive campaign. • Other political development of the , week was announcement of John Frederick, of Charlotte, that he would again seek nomination as state commissioner of insur ance, a position now held by Charles F. Gold, of Rutherford ton.