Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 66 NO. 19 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday May 10, 1956 Sixty-Seventh Year PRICE FIVE CENTS . Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7,206 fk, flfwl let Greater tings Mountain U derived from the 1M5 King* Mountain city directory consul. The City Limits figure Is from the United States census ol 1950. OO Pages LL Today Candidateslncrease Activity With Primary 16 Days Away Local News Bulletins COURT OF HONOR Kings Mountain District Boy Scouts of America will hold their regular Court of Honor meeting at City Courtroom Thursday night at 7:45 p. hi. A round-table discussion will be held for Scout leaders dur ing this meeting. A Cub'Scout leader’s training course will al so toe conducted at Central Me thodist church. OFFICE CLOSED Offices of Dr. T. L. Anderson, chiropractor, will toe closed Thursday, Friday, and Satur day while Dr. Anderson is at tending the North Carolina Chiropractors convention in session in Durham. MASONS TO MEET A stated communication will toe held by Fairview Lodge No. 339 Monday night at 7:30 p. m. in the Masonic Hall. HOSPITALIZED Vernon CroSby is improving at Kings Mountain hospital from left eye injuries he recei ved in a freak accident last Thursday, members of his fam ily reported yesterday. BANK HOLIDAY First National Bank will toe closed Thursday in observance of Confederate Memorial Day, a legal North Carolina holiday, the bank management has an nounced. METER RECEIPTS City parking meters returned $206.46 during the week ending noon, Wednesday, according to a report by City Clerk Gene Mitcham. He said that street meters brought in $166.05, while off-street meters accoun ted for $40.41. BUILDING PERMIT Inspector J. W.. Webster issu ed a permit Tuesday tp Wood row Brown to repair a one story frame house on Watterson street, at an estimated cost of $450. -.. ' ! UJ[ School Groups Receive Awards Honor awards were presented to the "Mountaineer” and the “Statix ‘n’ Dramatix” club at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association Convention in Lexington, Va., last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The* “Mountaineer” Is the Kings Mountain high school newspaper and the “Statix ’n’ Dramatix,” the high school radio club. Three Issues of the “Moun taineer” were judged toy Major Chester B. Goolbrick, assistant professor of history at Virginia Military Institute. The paper re ceived an achievement award last year. The '“Statix ’n’ Dramatix” sub mitted a tape on their panel dis cussion on dating for judging. This is the first year the “Statix ’n’ Dramatix" has entered S. I. P. A. competition. Melvin Linkous, program di rector of State WSLS, Roanoke, Va., judged the four radio entries and held a workshop and criti cism clinic. Representing the “Mountain eer” at the convention were Miss Dorothy Lachmund, advisor for the "Mountaineer”, Judy Cooper, and Donna Cheatham. Miss Joan ne Easley represented the “Statix ’n’ Dramatix.” License Bureau Schedule Given Driver’s license examiners will operate on a two-day a week schedule In Kings Moun tain beginning next, week, it has been announced by C. D. Fortune, member of the state highway patrol. Mr. Fortune reported that the office here would be closed Thursday (today) In observ ance of Confederate Memorial Day but would be open Friday and each Thursday and Friday to serve area citizens. H. L. Nolan and W. C. Willis are license examiners for the Kings Mountain bureau. Wells-Gardner Verbal Joust Top Week Event Politics and prospects of favo rites in the field of candidates claimed a larger share of the community’s conversation during the past week. Though major interest evidenc ed on the part of the voters cen tered on the three-man race for the 11th district Congressional nomination, the county races and township constable joust were also attracting more conversa tion. Candidates themselves were beating the bushes, offering firm handclasps and saying to friends, “Do what you can for me.” Covering Kings Mountain in the past week were Dan Moore, re gister of deeds, who seeks to re tain the Democratic nomination also sought by Wilbur (Ebb) Wright, and B. P. Jenkins, Sr. former county commissioner ’from District 4, who seeks to re gain the position he lost two years ago to John P. White, the incumbent, also seeking re-no mination. Major fireworks of thie week was provided by Cleveland Coun ty’s two candidates for the con gressional nomination. Hugh Wells charged that “politics” had been used to cause the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to refuse to grant deposit insu rance to the proposed new bank in Shelby. The FDIC ruling has prevented opening of the bank. Terming the Wells remarks as “insinuations” Ralph Gardner, member of a Washington, D. C., law firm until he announced for the congressional post, declared the inferences were untrue (as far as he was concerned) and maliciously inspired. He denied he had touched the Shelby bank matter in any detail. Wells subsequently bought newspaper space pointing out that he had not charged Gardner with being a part of the “poli tics” in the bank matter, and al so charged that the Shelby Daily Star (in which the paid advertisement was published) re fused to print his paid statement as “news.” Basil Whitener stayed clear of the fracasing, but his suppor ters here, were chortling with Continued On Page Eight Little Theatre Elects Cansler Luther Cansler was elected president of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre at the regular meeting of the organization recently. Other officers are Doug W. Swink vice-president, Tommy Owens, business manager, Mrs. Ed Tutor, secretary, and Bob Ba ker, Hilliard Black, Ben Goforth, Jr., and Bruce Thorburn, mtem bers of the board of directors. Mrs. Ed Dill, retiring president, will serve a sex-officio member of the board. Mr. Cansler has been a mem ber of the Little Theatre group for five years and has been in charge of sound effects for a number of Little Theatre pro ductions including “Sword of Gideon,” outdoor drama present ed for the past four seasons by the group, and “Utter Relaxa tion, award winning play of the Little Theatre. Mr. Cansler is employed in the offices of Neisler Mills, is mar ried, a father, and a deacon in First Presbyterian church. Two new mtembers welcomed by the group at Tuesday’s meet ing were Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hef ferman who recently arrived in this country from Dublin, Ire land. TO GIVE RECITAL — Miss Eve lyn Cline, senior at Guilford Col lege, will present a voice recital at the college on Friday evening. She is the daughter of Mrs. Rufus Oates, of Kings Mountain. Evelyn Cline To Give Recital Miss Evelyn Cline, soprano, senior at Guilford college, will be presented in senior recital at 8 p m. Friday in Memorial Hall at the college. She will be assisted by Miss Anne Cox, accompanist, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Miss. Cline has been a soloist with the Guilford college A cap pella choir, traveling throughout the northern and Southern stat es and has also done solo work for many college functions. Her program will include se lections by Gluck, Schubert, Brahms, Rachmanivoff, Hage man and others. Miss Cline, is the daughter of Mrs. Rufus Oates, of 100 East King street. Local Democrats Hold Sessions S. A. Crouse was re elected chairman of the East Kings Mountain Democratic precinct committee in a meeting held Saturday at City Hall. Other committeemen named for the coming year were Mrs. J. E. Lipford, vitje-chairman; J. Ollie Harris, Leonard A. Smith, and John B. Mauney. Chairman Crouse said Wednfes day that no official delegate was named to attend the Cleveland County convention in Shelby, but that several of the committee members expected to attend, in cluding himself. Only a few Democrats gather ed for the Wtest Kings Mountain meeting at Victory Chevrolet Company and no formal actions were taken. Precinct officers are Hugh D. Ormand, chairman, Mrs. J. H. Arthur, vice-chairman, and H. B. Jackson., Mrs. J. N. Gamble and Martin Harmon. Reports wfere not available from Grover, where J. B. Ellis, is chairman, nor Bethware, where Wayne L. Ware, Jr., is chairman. The county convention will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the courthouse. C. C. Horn, Shelby attorney, is coun ty chairman, Mrs. J. E. Lipford, of Kings Mountain, is vice-chair man, and David Royster, of Shel by, is secretary-treasurer. MOOSE MEETING Members of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 will hold their regular meeting Thurs day night at . 8:15 at the Moos^ Lodge, Bessemer City road, according to an announ cement by Curtis Gaffney, sec retary. lire Damages Dan's Furniture; Loss Estimated At Over S5.0C0 Fire resulted in damages of $5, i 000 to $6,000 early Tuesday aft- > ernoon to Dan's Furniture House and the George W. Allen residen. ce the furniture concern occupi es. The fire broke out when a floor furnace fire ignited a nearby ta pestry - covered sofa. Dan Huffstetler, owner of the furniture firm, said all the rooms In the residence in which his store is located were damaged and that nine sofas were iburned or water . damaged. Four he re ported “completely ruined.” In addition, he said his stock of lamps and tables were “cleaned out” by the fire. The loss to the furniture inven. tory was estimated by Mr. Huff stetler at $2,000 to $3,000. It was covered by insurance. The residence was also covered by insurance against fire, 'Hie Arthur Hay Agency reported. An adjustor indicated Wednesday damage to the building would run $2,300 to $3,000. Mr. Huffstetler said the firm would be closed for a few days for clean-up and building repair but added he hoped to be oper again by May 17,. Board In Split On Employee Vacation Policy City employees qualified for vacations will receive no extra pay for declining them, iby virtue of a board of commissioner split decision at the May meeting. The hoard voted 3-2 against es tablishing a vacation policy which provided extra pay to those who declined their vaca tions. Commissioner T. J. Ellison had offered the pay-in-lieu-of vacation motion and Sam Collins had seconded, but the other com missioners, J. H. Patterson, W. G. Grantham and Paul Ledford, vo ted “nay.” Mayor Glee A. Bridges ruled that earned vacations must ibe taken, with no exceptions in the pay provisions. City employ ees get two weeks annual paid vacation time after a year’s em ployment. The board also awarded con tract to A. M. Pullen & Company, Charlotte accounting firm, to conduct the city audit for 1955 56. The same firm conducted the 1954-55 audit. The Pullen firm had offered to make the audit at the rate of $5 per hour, plus out of-pocket expenses for travel and food. Mayor Bridges had told the board the Pullen Company had assured him it could make at once an interim audit of the tax office and recorder’s court books. The commissioners also author, ized advertisement for bids for curb-and-gutter and sidewalk installations for North Piedmont avenue, from Linwood Road to Stowe’s Store, per plans prepared by W. K. Dickson, Charlotte en gineer, The bids are to be receiv ed until 2 p. m. June 7. Action on the bids is scheduled for the regular June meeting that even ing. Cost of the N. Piedmont pro ject is to be borne by the State State Highway department, on reimbursement arrangement,. In other decisions, the board: 1) Took no action on a request by J. E. Mauney for relief from a paving assessment. Mr. Mauney had complained to the Mayor that the paving was originally scheduled as a WPA project, which would have been free to property owners. 2) Authorized the mayor to oil the city’s unpaved streets as a dust preventive “when needed.” The action provided only one oil ing during the current summer. 3) Approved a peition for the paving of Juniper street, from Mountain to King, when and if funds are available. 4) Approved an appropriation of $35, if it proves a legal expen se, for operation of the auto safety-check lane. The committee in charge had asked $140. 5) Authorized depositing of certain natural gas department monies in the city’s two building & loan associations, with the a mounts to be determined by the city’s gas engineer. City Clerk Gene Mitcham indicated about $70,000 would be available for deposit as not immediately need ed funds. 6) Voted a “start-over arrange, ment" with B. T. Wright, Sr., in Continued on Page Eight North Piedmont Plans Received Specifications for improve ments to North Piedmont avenue —to include installation of side walk, curb-and-guttering, grad ing and widening of hard-surfac ing—were received at City Hall Wednesday from W. K. Dickson, of Charlotte, the city’s consult ing engineer. Concurrently, advertisements inviting bids arte being publish ed. Under terms of the advertis ment, bidders have until 2 p- m. June 7 to post their bids, each of which must be accompanied by five percfent bond in cash or cashier’s check. The city reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The improvements will be made from Linwood Road to Stowe street, with sidewalk on both sides of the street. While the city is receiving the bids and awarding contracts, the cost of the improvements actua lly will be paid by the State Highway & Public Works com mission as improvements to a state highway (No. 216). The city will be reimbursed for its expenditures. Mayor Glee A. Bridges also reported receipt of plans for in stallation of a main power line from Duke Power sub-station on N. Gaston street to the Consoli dated Textiles community. The city has agreed to provide power service