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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7.206 tfe* Syuro toc Creator tinge Mountain U derived from «•» 1«6S Hog* Mount*,* city directory consul. Tbo City Units figure Is from tbo Uni tod States census of 1950. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 1 Q Pages IQ Today /OL66 NO. 12 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 22, 1956 Sixty-Seventh Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins ATTEND MEETING James A. Childers and Billy Childers attended a school for roofing and sheet metal work ers held at. North Carolina State college, [Raleigh, four days last week. CORRECTION In the Kings Mountain Herald edition of last week nylon hose ^were inadvertently listed in the Amos & Son advertisement 3 pair for $1.00. The advertisement should have read 3 pair for $2.00. The Herald regrets the error. MOOSE MEETING Regular meeting of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 wiU ibe held at the lodge Thur sday night at 8:15 ,p. m., ac cording to Curtis Gaffney, sec retary. MRS. McGILL ILL Mrs. Boyce McGill is reported to bte improving as well as can be expected at her home on Oherryville road following a heart attack she suffered Sun day night. PRIZE WINNER Pat McDaniel, of route 2, was the winner of a Bendix auto matic dryer given (by Timms Stop-n-Shop as a part of its new management sale promo tion. The drawing was conduct ed last Saturday. MUSIC rnUuHAH Choirs of First Presbyterian church will present a message of Holy Week in music at 7:30 p. im. services Sunday at First ^3 Presbyterian church. Miss Re ftk'becca Beam, church organist B$“agd choir director, will direct , the program. AT CONVENTION Dr. D. F. Hord, Kings Moun tain dentist, attended a three day dental meeting in Atlan ta, Ga., Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. METER RECEIPTS City parking meter receipts for the week ending noon, Wednesday, totaled $187.98, ac cording to a report iby City Clerk Gene Mitchem. Mr. Mit chem said the street meters re turned $15490, while off-street meters accounted for $33.68. ONE PERMIT Building Inspector J. W. Web ster issued a building permit Monday to J. E. Rhea to erect a one story block building to be used as a residence on N. Watterson street, at an estima ted cost of $3,000. BAPTIST SERVICE Professor Robert Garr and the Gardner - Webb college choir will render a program of mu sic at 7:30 p. m. services Sun day evening at First Baptist church. The program will in ft elude choral, solo, duet, and hymn arrangements. A social hour honoring the group will follow the service. Lions To Honor Farmers Of Area Tuesday Night H. B. Godfrey, administrative officer of the North Carolina Ag riculture Stabilization and Con servation committee, will make the feature address at the annual Farmer’s Night ibanquet of the Kings Mountain Lions cluib. The event will be held at Ma sonic Dining hall Tuesday night at 7 o’clock. Gene Patterson, chairman of the Lions cluib committee on ar rangements, said all area farm ers are 'being invited to the iban quet. Invitations will ibe mailed over the weekend. “We look forward to a fine ev ening of fellowship with Kings ■Mountain area farmers,’’ Mr. Pat terson said. “The event is one of the highlights of the club year, and we hope all artea farmers will make plans to attend.” Also to ibe invited will toe ag riculture officials of the county, including ASC and county a gent’s staffs, plus members of the county board of commission ers. Mr. Godfrey joined the staff of the Agriculture Adjustment A gency in 1933 and has toeen as sociated with the federal agri culture set-up since that time, during its several successive name changes. Mr. Godfrey is .billed toy the ar rangements committee as an ex pert after-dinner speaker with a well-filled stock of witty anec dotes. Other members of the Lions club arrangements committee are Edwin Moore and Otto •(Toby) Williams. Graham Him Here Monday Residents of Kings Mountain will have an opportunity to see MR. TEXAS, the world’s first Christian western movie, here Monday night. This film, starring Billy Gra ham and his entire evangelist team, is being sponsored here by the Kings Mountain Baptist Pas tor’s Association. It will be shown at high school auditorium at 7:30 p. m. The film is the first major pro duction of Billy Graham Evange listic Films, Inc. Rtedd Harper and Cindy Walker play the leading roles in the production. Produced as an experiment. “MR. TEXAS” has amazed reli gious leaders and motion picture authorities alike since its release several years ago. During the first two years, more than 5,000, 000 persons have viewed the film. From this number, over 135,000 have made decisions to accept the Christian way of life, according to records on file in Graham’s film organization's Washington, D. C., offices. To produce the picture, an en tire motion picture company was moved to Texas from Hollywood. The story revolves around the Billy Graham Crusade in Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth Texas. All the Texas scenes were actually shot around the Fort Worth area. Rodeo scenes used in the film, were shot at Hardin Simmons University in full color. The world-famous Mayo Rodeo Riders and the Hardin Simmons Cowboy band are featured in this portion of the picture. Continued On Page Ten Keeping Lice, Not Getting'Em, Disgraceful; Doctor Lists Cure . “It’s no disgrace to get ’em, but it’s a disgrace to keep ’em.” This was an average comment to last week’s news account of the lice-in-school problem aired March 12 in city court. Meantime, scores of citizens could remember that 1 ice-in school is an old problem which has Existed as long as schools themselves, and all acknowledged that the key to salvation from the vermin is quick and continu ous action to eradicate them. Dr. P. G. Padgett, Kings Moun tain physician and city district school trustee, says 24 hours is a bit brief to assurfe eradication of head lice. \ This is the treatment he pre scribes: Clip hair as short as pos k sible. Soak the head for four to F si* hours in a solution made of half kerosene and half vinegar f Follow with a thorough shampoo. . Then comb hair well with a fine a tooth comb. Repeat daily until \ all signs of “nits”, or lice larvae, \ are removed. I Dr. Padgett described as a myth thte contention that head i lice infest wails ox buildings, school desks, or other furnish es lice like hair too well,” he said. “The lice are transmitted by close contact between people, fre quently from sleeping together or from wearing caps or hats pre viously worn by a person infes ted." Dr. Padgett said danger of disease from htead lice is not great and then not from the lice themselves- Itching of the scalp from lice infestation would cause scratching, which might result in scalp abrasions. In this instan ce, a patient might be in danger of contracting impetigo, some other similar disease, or in deve loping boils. In addition to the kerosene vinegar mixture druggists have compounds suitable for curing the disease, one being a product cal led “Kuprex.” Dr. Padgett noted that all types of lice which infest humans are kin. He included both body lice, which plagues soldiers In the field and crab lice. All types, he said, seem more contractable In unsanitary situations. “It's hard to see the lice. In fact. I've never seen one," Dr Padgett concluded. “But the 'nita' are easily recognizable. A Ike-infested head isn't fre^ of U<fe until all the ‘nits’ are com pletely removed." IN SENIOR PLAY CAST—ruut«d are five students who sing hit tunes of the Roaring Twenties in "Varsity Varieties", senior class play to be presented tonight and Friday at 8:15 p. m. at Central school auditorium. Left to right are Sammy McCarter. Glenda Spake. Diane Trammell, Jerrie Lea McCarter, and Gary Allran. Seniors To Give Variety Musical Show Scheduled For Two Nights At Auditorium Kings Mountain high school seniors will present “Varsity Varieties” Thursday and Friday tevenings at 8:15 p. m. in the school auditorium. Bud Smith, one of the five stage managers said there are 6<T seniors who make an appearance in the show, most appearing- at least two or three different times during the hour and a half pro duction. The show is composed of a se ries of songs and dances and skits ranging from the Gay Nineties to the Roaring Twenties. Also heard are such songs as “Birth of the Blues," Five Foot Two,” “Just One of These Days,” “Varsity Drag,” "Sixteen Tons,” and many others. A chorus line including Jean Arthur, Frances Franklin, Billie Gibbons, Barbara Hill, Jackie Mc Carter, Judy Owens, Glenda Spake, Deride Weir, and Phyllis Wilson go through the paces of a kick line to “Get Happy” and in the second act perform the peren nial favorite “Can-Can.” The senior football letttermen have banded themselves together and in two numbers present their version of a ballet and the “Can Can.” Both of these numbers pro mise to be outstanding The danc ing' “girls” are George Harris, Mike Houser, Harold Jackson, Jerry McCarter, Joe Ormand, Bud Smith, Mearl Valentine, and Leo nard Wright. Two lavish numbers are “By the Sea” and “The Saga at the Spiked Spitoon.” The former con cerns itself with the Gay Nineties at the seashore and recaptures a Max Sennett movie involving the Keystone cops. The latter is a western drama worthy of any Hollywood movie company deal ing with gold, love, dancing girls, jealousy and finally death. To tie all of these separate eighteen skits together will be the job of Don Hord, who will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Bobby Cashion, the pianist for school’s mixed chorus, will serve as the accompanist for all musi cal numbers. Because of its immensity, seve ral organizations in the school havfe volunteeded their help. Par ticular service has been rendered by the school’s Future Homemak ers of America under the advisor ship of Mrs. John Gamble who Continued On Page Ten Teachers Oppose Canton Resolution Kings Mountain unit of the North Carolina Education as sociation voted by a substantial majority today against the Canton unit resolution which would provide that teachers stay away from the classrooms unless suitable ipay raises are vo ted by the General Assembly. W. R. George, unit president, commented, "The teachers want a raise and think they de serve it, but the vote against thfe Canton unit resolution was a substantial majority." The vote was taken on show of hands. PHI BETA KAPPA — Charles Mauney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Mauney, has been pledged to membership in Phi Beta Kappa scholarship fraternity at North Carolina State college. Raleigh, where he is a senior. Mr. Mauney is majoring in textiles and tex tile chemistry. Dr. Charles Fritz At Resurrection Dr. Charlies E. Fritz, president of the Georgia-Alabama Synod of the United Lutheran church, will deliver the sermon Sunday morn ing and assist in baptismal rites at Resurrection Lutheran church. Dr Fritz is father of the Resur. rtection pastor, Rev. R. Douglas Fritz. The Sunday morning service will launch Holy Week services as the church which will be held nightly through Good Friday. Sunday evening’s service will be held at 7 o’clock. Services Mon day through Friday will be at 7:30- The Lord’s Supper will be served at Holy Thursday services. At Good Friday services the senior choir Will sing the Stainer cantata, “The Crucifix ion.” Methodist Choir To Sing Cantata The Holy City" The 21-voice senior choir of Central Methodist church will present Gaul’s “The Holy City” at the church on Sunday evening at 7:30. Solo parts will be taken by Mrs. Delbert Dixon, sopran i; Earl Marlowe, baritone; and B. S. Peeler, Jr., baritone. Describing the two-part can tata, a feature of the church’s oo servance of Lent, Miss Bonnie Me. Intosh, choir director and orga nist, said the first part of the can tata was suggested by the pas sages of Scripture reading, “Here we have no continuing city,” and “Thy Kingdom Come”, setting forth the desire for a higher life as expressed in the words “My soul is athirst for God.” Miss McIntosh said the second part of the cantata was sugges ted to Gaul toy the words, “I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away.” With the exception of two hymns, a verse from Milton and three verses from “Te Deum,” khe added, the words of the can tata are entirely Biblical. The choir members are: Sopranos — Jane Byars, Jane Crocker, Mrs. Delibert Dixon, Shir ley Falls, Winifred Fulton, Dor othy Goforth, Jean Hicks, and Mary Alice McDaniel. Altos — Ann Byars, Linda Bi ser, Barbara Hill, Kay Mildred ter, Mrs. J. It. McClure, Mildred McDaniel, and Mrs. Y. F. Throne burg. Tenors — Jacob Dixon, Buddy Murray, and Arthur Walker. Basses — 'Rev. James MCLarty, Earl Marlowe, and B. S. Peeler, Jr. Jaycees Elect I. T. McGinnis Kings Mountain Jaycees listen ed to an a&d^ess by fcongression af Candidate Ralph Gardner Tuesday night then proceeded to hdid a rough-and-ready club elec tion of 1956-57 officers. The result was hard-sledding for the nominating committee slate, as only two of the commit te’s nominees were elected to the specified positions. The voting was close, the speech-making ar dent, and there were numerous run-offs, resulting from ties in the early voting. The Jaycees finally elected J. T. McGinnis president in a hot con test with Clavon Kelly, the nomi nating committee suggestion. Other officers elected were: Delbert Dixon, vice-president; R. G Plonk, second vice-president; Ed H. Smith, secretary; Bob Ma ner, treasurer; Dr. Blake McWhit ter, jaybird; and William Law rence Plonk, Charles Blanton, and Dean Payne, directors for two-year terms. Bill Jonas, retir ing president is ex officio state director for the coming year. In addition to Clavon Kelly for president, the nominating com mitee slate was R. G. Plonk, first vice-president; George Thomas son, second vice-president: Gene Mitcham, secretary; Harold Cion, inger, jaybird; and J- T. McGinnis and Lou Sabetti, directors for two-years Holdover directors with a year's term remaining are Clin ton Jolly, William Herndon and Charlies Dixon. The nominating committee in eluded Charles Alexander, Gra dy Howard, Wilson Griffin, J. T. McGinnis and Bill Jonas. Citizens Contemplate Kefauver Win; Ben Sessoms Seeks Constable Job The Minnesota primary tests of ruesday claimed top interest in politics here this week, in spite of several local level developments including: 1) Announcement by Ben Ses soms, former city policeman, that be would oppose Incumbent Gus Huffstetler for the Democratic nomination for township consta ble. 2) Speaking engagements be fore civic clubs by Congressional Candidates Ralph Gardner and Basil Whitener. 3) Formal filing for renomina tion by all incumbent county com missioners Though Minnesota is far-dis tant, local area citizens expressed nterest in the primary voting ind speculated on the results, vhich found Senator Estes Kte 'auver, pre - voting underdog, claiming at least 24 of the state's W convention delegates. Local ci jzens wondered if the results mar ced the end of Adlai Stevenson’s ifforts to carry the Democratic itandard into the 1966 campaign. Gtmtfmtnd On Tnn CANDIDATE — Ben Season*. city employee, tiled hts candidacy Monday for the Democratic nom< inatton lor No. 4 Township eon Area Red At Halfway M PRESIDENT — Jack White, Kings Mountain attorney, was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club, Inc., for 1956-57. He succeeds Henry P. Noisier. White Elected Club President Jack White, Kings Mountain at torney, was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country club for the coming year at a direc tor session last Saturday morn ing. Mr. White succeeds Henry P. Neisler. Other officers namted were Fred J. Wright, Jr., vice-presi ; dent; R. S. Lennon, secretary treasurer; and J. E Herndon, Jr., assistant secretary-treasurer. The organizational directors meeting followed Friday night’s annual stockholders meeting at which the ''fcWCRhblders named .these members as directors for one-year ternSs: Jack White, John (Cheshire, Grady Howard, George W- Mauney, Dr. N. H. Reed, Jack Arnette, Fred Wright, Jr., J. E Herndon, Jr., R. S. Lennon, W. S Fulton, Jr., Dan linger, and P. M- Neisler, Sr. The. stockholders convened for a steak dinner and to hear re ports on the past year’s opera tions. Retiring President Henry Neisler said he felt the club had enjoyed a good year, noting par ticularly house improvements and membership increases, and call ed on other officers and commit tee chairmen for reports. Jack White, retiring secretary treasurer, John Cheshire, retiring assistant secretary - treasurer, gave the financial summations of the year’s work. Tom Kesler, house committee chairman, cited kitchen equip ment additions and building of Continued On Page Ten Peach Crop Still In Good Shape Peach crops in the Kings Moun tain area have not been damaged too much thus far by cold weath er, according to reports received Wednesday. , Mrs. Wayne L. Ware reported that although the cold snap had killed a few peaches, the percen tage was not too high. Another report from Mrs, R L. Plonk Indicated that although the Plonks had not checked their or chards Wednesday they felt the damage has not been great. Both indicated that Wednesday night’s weather may hold the de ciding factor as to the damage. However, most peach growers are keeping their fingers crossed since last year's crop was des troyed by a freeze on March 27. Most people felt that Wednes day’s rising temperatures might indicate that winter’s icy fingers had been felt for the last time this spring. Bouligny To Map Electrical Lines The city win contract with R. H. Bouligny & Company, of Charlotte, for engineering servic es in mapping needed lines in stallations to serve the Consoli dated Textiles community, City Clerk Gene Mitcham said Wed nesday. Mayor Glee A. Bridges and Electrical Superintendent Hunter Allen had been authorized to con tract an engineering firm to han dle the work. Under terms of the Bouligny offer, the firm win get a fee based on ten percent of the ac cepted contract. Bouligny is an e&ctrical contractor- If the firm receives the contract, on bid. it would relinquish the engineering fee. Grover Leaders Report Campaign Quota Exceeded Red Cross collections in the 1956 fund drive campaign total ed $2,860 Wednesday and James E. Herndon, Jr., chairman, said the amount represented 51 per cent of the drive quota Quota of the campaign in Kings Mountain and number four town ship is $5,545. Mr. Herndon, who said that all collections had not been report ed, noted that Grover had com pleted its drive donating $373.85 against a quota of $300. Co-chairmen in Grover were Holmes Harry and Bob Ham. bright. Mr. Herndon expressed appreciation to Grover citizens and solicitors who, he said, “had done an exceptional job in raising more than their quota in a short time.” Colored citizens of the com munity are to meet Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m- at City Hall to re port on solicitations. Officials anticipate that the drive will be completed in ten days. Plonk Case Clues Beach Dead-Ends Sheriff Haywood Allen report ed Wednesday that there have been no new developments in the $13,700 C. S. Plonk robbery,. ‘‘I have all available men working on the case,’’ the Sheriff said, “'but so far we have come up with nothing new." I have been working on the case myself since my return Saturday.” Sheriff Allen said clues to the robbery were at a minimum. He added that he and his men have been running down leads in ad inning counties without success.' ] The bold Sunday morning rob bery was committed March 11 while Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Plonk were attending Sunday worship services. The thieves beat open a safe in the Plonk home and took $12,500 in cash and diamond rings valued at approximately $1200. Mr,. Plonk had picked a sus pect from “mug-shots" furnished by the SBI, but an investigation revealed that this particular man was in a South Carolina jail at the time of the robbery. A week before the robbery, a man had come to ihe Plonk home during church hours and knock ed. Mr. Plonk answered the door and the man asked for directions and other information. It was this man that Mr. Plonk attempt ed to recognize from the pictur es. Officers working on the case seem to think that the as yet un identified man might have been "casing" the house. Officers also surmised that more than one man was Involved in the robbery. The thieves used a sledge-fiammer and crow-bar to gain entrance to the safe which was kept in a storeroom. Included in the loot were h few $100 bills and 100 silver dollars. State Bureau of Investigation officers have been assisting the sheriff’s department in the inves tigation. ELECTED — John Gamble, eigh th grade teacher at East school, was elected president of the Kings Mountain unit of the Nor th Carolina Education associa tion for 1956-57. He will assume his duties next autumn. He will succeed W. R. George. Seven To Attend NCEA Convention Seven Kings Mountain school teachers will represent thfe Kings Mountain unit of the North Caro lina Education association at the Asheville convention which opens Thursday night Delegates from the Kings Mountain unit will ble President W. R. George, John Gamble, Mrs. F. S. Morrison, Mrs. James Lo gan, Mrs. Carl Logan, Mrs. Jack White and Mrs- John Gamble. At a meeting held recently, the ! Kings Mountain unit elected offi cer* -for thp 1956-57 school term. Thety are: , John Gamble, presi dent; W. R. George, vice-presi Jent; and Mrs. George Moss, sec retary-treasurer. The Kings Mountain unit was meeting Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 to consider the Canton unit resolution and other matters re lating to instruction of delegates. Argo To Preach Easter Sermon :Rev. A. J. Argo, pastor .of First Wesleyan Methodist church, will deliver the sermon at the annual Easter Sunrise service at Mountain Rest cem etery. Announcement was made this week by Rev. R. Douglas Fritz, pastor of Resurrection ‘Lutheran church and president of the Kings Mountain Minis terial association, which spon sors the annual community wide religious event. , Other ministers who will take part in the service are Rev. Aubrey Quakenbush, pastor of First Baptist church, and Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of First Presbyterian church,. The Kings Mountain school iband.also will participate in the service, which will begin at 6:30 a. m. Short Stretch (H 29 Dangerous, Claims Ten Lives Since August By BOB HOFFMAN Has the recently opened strip of U. S. 29 become a highway death trap for motorists? Fatality records for the by pass seem to indicate that it is the most dangerous seven . mile stretch of highway in Western North Carolina. Six persons have met their deaths in automobile accidents there since its opening October 17, 1955. In addition, four other persons were killed on the by pass before it was opened to traffic. This makes a total of 10 high way fatalities in the period Au gust 4, 1955, to March 15, 1956. The toy-pass death roll started on August 4, 1955, when a two car headon collision took the lives of all occupants in the ve hicles. This was some 10-weeks ■prior to the opening of the high way. Persons killed in this mis hap were Paul Kenneth Furr, 19; Ronnie L. Black welder, 21; Mrs. Mary Emmallne Sensing Grigg, 41; and Lyman E. Champion. Fred McClure, 24-year-old Tra veler’s .Rest, S. C., man, was the fby-pass’ next victim. McClure was fatally injured while riding a motorcycle January 1. Two weeks later, Janua.-y 15, ■Grady William Montgomery, 42, of Grover, was injured in a two car accident on the dangerous highway. Mr. Montgomery died in Kings Mountain Hospital 10 days later. Then March 12, 1956, the rec ord for the 'bloodiest accident of them all was tied when four per sons were killed in another two car headon collision. Garnett C. Jordan, 42; Mrs. Laura Buffaloe, 23; Mrs. Charles Anderson, 80; and Mr. Charles Anderson, 87; were the victims of the latest accident. All but Mr. Anderson died within 30-minutes of the wreck. Mr. Anderson died Thursday morning in Kings Mountain Hos pital. Another injured person, Mrs. Garnett Jordan, may not live. Her condition has been list ed as critical in the Charlotte hospital to which she was trans All but one of Cleveland Coun ty's seven 1956 traffic fatalities have occurred on this highway. Highway Patrol reports indi cate that most of these accidents have occurred as a result of dri ver carelessness, a factor that can be controlled by the Individ Continued On Page Ten