Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
n* figure ter Greater ting. Mountain U derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City
Limits figure is from the United States census at 1950.
VOL 66 NO. 22
Sixty-Seventh Year
H Pages
Today
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday May 31, 1956
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RICHARD H. WEBB, Jr.
JOHN LAWRENCE STILL
RICHARD K. McMACKIN
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WILLIAM P. FULTON
paul h. McGinnis, jr.
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LOUIS ARNOLD KISER. Jr.
GENE BAYMOND WELCH
EVELYN CLINE
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BOB E. PATTERSON
DONALD E. McCARTER
JANE ORMAND
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MARGARET McLARTY
MRS. BETTE L. PASSAMANI
SARAH JACKSON
College Students
Receiving Degrees
Local News
Bulletins
BIBLE SCHOOL
Bible school will start at
Eastside Baptist church Mon
day, June 4. Enrollment day
will he Saturday, June 2, at 10
a. m.
KIWANIS MEETING
Kngs Mountain Kiwanis Club
will hold its regular weekly
meeting Thursday night at 7
o’clock at the Woman’s Club.
Program Chairman John Ches
hire reports that no definite
program has been set at this
time.
LEGION TO INSTALL
Newly elected officers of Otis
D.k Green Post 155, American
Legion, will be installed at the
meeting pf the organization
Friday night, it was announc
ed iby Millard Prince, assistant
adjutant.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts
for the week ending noon,
Wednesday totaled $176.91, ac
cording to a report from City
Clerk’s office. Street meters
returned $143.11, while off
street meters accounted for
$33.80, the report Indicated.
ONE PERMIT
Building Inspector J. W. Web
ster issued a building permit
Thursday to H. E. Lynch to e
rect a one story house on Blan
ton street, at an estimated
co + of $3,500.
MOOSE MEETING
Kings Mountain Moose Lod
ge 1748 will hold their regular
weekly meeting Thursday
night at 8:15 at the lodge on
Bessemer City road, according
to turtis Gaffney, secretary.
TWO FIRES
City Fireman Warren Ellison
reported Kings Mountain Fire
department answered two caljs
this week. One was answered
Thursday to the home of Hu
bert McGinnis, Shelby road;
the other, Monday to Linwood
road to extinguish a grass fire.
WINS MEDAL
Donald McCarter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar McCarter, was
winner of the Fidelity medal,
given annually by Mrs. Frank
Camp to the Lees-McRae so
phomore voted best-all-round
student by the student body.
McCarter was salutatorian of
his class and maintained an
“A” average through the two
years he was at Lees-MoRae.
He plans to enter Georgia Tech
next fall.
Kings Mountain
Has Many Names
On Diploma Lists
A large numbfer of Kings
Mountain college students are
completing undergraduate work
and junior college courses at col
Jeges throughout the nation this
Week.
Among them:
Mrs. Andy Passamani, daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Lan
caster, will receive the bachelor
of science degree in commerce
Sunday from Winthrop college
where she was an honor student
and a member of Beta Alpha and
Kappi Delta Pi honorary frater
nities. She completed undergra
duate work in July 1955 and be
gan teaching in Clevenger Busi
ness college at Sumter. She is
employed by Shaw Air Force
Base at Sumter, S. C. Mrs. Pas
samani is the former Miss Bette
Lancaster.
Miss Sarah Jackson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Jackson,
received the bachelor of science
degree in business education from
Montreat college Monday whre
she was a member of the college
chorus, on the staff of the “Sun
Dial,” college yearbook, a class
officer, on the dean’s list, and ac
tive in other campus activities.
Miss Jane Ormand, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ormand,
was graduated from Lees-McRae
Junior college Monday. She was
a member of the Young Demo
crats club, the Sullivanian soro
rity, the Ontaroga staff, the girl’s
basketball team, the Christian
council, the Bobcat Tales staff,
Phi Theta Kappa, and the wom
en’s athletic association.
Don McCarter, son .of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar McCarter, who gra
duated from Lees-McRae Junior
college, was president of the stu
dent body, member of the Green
and Gold Masquers, the Mono
gram club, football team, Delta
Psi Omega fraternity, the Chris
tian council, Phi Theta Kappa
fraternity, the Demosthenians,
the choir, the student-faculty se
Continued on Page Eight
PRINCIPALS IN CLOSE RACE — Basil Whitener. left, trailed Ralph
Gardner by 428 votes in latest returns from last Saturday's 11th dis
trict Congressional race. Gardner failed to attain a clear majority.
Whitener has the choice of decision to call for a second primary. He
has until five days after the June 6 official canvas of the votes to
reach a decision. Final totals gathered by the Associated Press show
Gardner had 19,654. Whitener had 19,226, and Hugh Wells 4,013 in
the seven-county district.
Gardner Margin
Said 428 Votes
Basil Whitenei
Pondering Call
Foi Runoff Race
Runner-ups in statewide and
district primary contests will
have until five days after June 6
to call for a second primary,
State Board of Elections Chair
man Raymond Maxwell told the
Kings Mountain Herald toy tele
phone Wednesday afternoon.
However, Mr. Maxwell added,
no state office runner-uip should
await the deadline, due to the
virtual physical impossibility of
printing and distributing ballots
to the 100 county election boards.
Ldcal interest in the second
primary conjecture hinges prin
cipally on the prospects of a
June 23 run-off for the 11th dis
trict Congressional seat toeing
vacated toy Rep. Woodrow W.
Jones.
According to the Shelby Star
Continued From Front Page
Early, Miss Amette, Mauney Win
Honors; 74 Seniors Get Diplomas
Robert Early, Jacqueline Ar
nettte, and Flem Mauney won
coveted honors at Kings Moun
tain high school for the year 1955
56, according to announcement at
school graduation bxercises. Mon
day night.
On Monday, 74 graduating sen
iors received diplomas aftfer hear
ing Dr. J. H. Ostwalt, Davidson
college professor, deliver the add
ress to graduates,.
Principal Rowell Lane awarded
diplomas.
Thfe complete list of medal win
ners follows:
Flem Mauney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Mauney, Baush &
Lomb Honorary science award
and national merit scholarship
corporation, certificate of merit.
Jacqueline Arnette, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Amette, Ki
wanis citizenship medal and Dan
forth award.
William Greene, son of Mrs.
Ruby Greene, Davis declamation
medal.
Robert Early, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Early, First National
Bank spelling medal and Plonk
Continued cm Page Eight
TO FILL PULPIT — Demauth
Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wiley Blanton, will fill tbe pul
pit at morning services Sunday
at First Baptist church. Mr. Blan
ton is in the pastoral care depart
ment of Baptist hospital, Win
ston - Salem, and will return to
Southeastern seminary next fall
to continue study toward a de
gree in theology.
City's Dirt Streets
Now Getting Oiled
Mayor Glee A. Bridges an
nounced Wednesday that oiling
work on all of the city’s dirt
streets should be completed to
day. This work was started last
week.
Mayor Bridges added that only
one coat of oil has been autho
rized by the city board of com
missioners, and that the streets
should not be used until the oil
is dry. Using the streets before
they are dry will cut the effecti
veness of the oil he said.
The largest portion of the oil
ing was done in the Linwood
and Crescent Hills sections of the!
city. * -
Democrats Favor Incumbents;
Huffstetler Constable Victor
Carpenter's
Tax And Court
Books In Order
Accounts of the City Tax Col
lector and Recorder’s Court Clerk
Clarence E. Carpenter wfere in
good order, auditors for A. M.
Pullen & Company, of Charlotte,
told the city board of commis
sioners at a special session May
23.
The accounting firm was re
porting on an interim audit of
these accounts for the current
fiscal year through April 15, cov
ering the period Mr. Carpenter,
now on leave of absence, handled
the work of these two offices this
year.
The accountants reported that
the recorder’s court accounts
“balanced to the penny” and re
ported than an overage of $14.67
in the tax office accounts.
Auditor Hewitt noted, “It is
possibie I could have made a mis.
take in my adding machine en
tries, but I would not advise
spending the money to recheck
all those figures.”
Mr. Carpenter was present for
the session,, which also found the
auditors critizlng heavily the
city court’s "credit” system on
collection of fines and court
costs.
Mr. Carpenter remarked, “I
never liked the credit system, but
the Judge has authority to au
thorize it in any individual case.”
Auditor Hewitt suggested the
commissioners confer with Judge
Jack White to see if this “credit
system” could be eliminated.
Board members and Police Chief
Hugh Logan, Jr., were dubious.
The city’s jail space is limited
and not designed to house prison
ers for long stopovers.
In othter discussion concerning
the interim audit, the Pullen au
ditors recommended several pro
cedural changes in maintaining
tax office records which were ap
proved by the commissioners.
Particularly, me board changed
procedure with reference to
“back taxfes.” Taxes more than
three years old will be labeled
“back taxes,” and recordkeep
ing on these accounts consolida
ted. The auditors said it would
be a better system and would
save auditing expenses. In addi
tion, the board instructed the
Mayor (at hiss request) to push
collection of these old accounts.
EARLY COMMUNION
St. Matthew’s Lutheran chur
ch will hold a special Com
munion Service at 9 o’clock
Sunday morning, especially
arranged for those who were
unable to attend last Sunday,
particularly college students
and parents.
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Principals Post
Resigned By Lane
Central Official
Plans To Study
For Ministry
Rowell Lane, Central School
principal for the past eight years,
is resigning his position to enter
a Baptist Seminary this fall.
Mr. Lane revealed these plans
in an interview Wednesday morn
ing. He had notified the City
School Board of his resignation
plans by letter Tuesday.
The letter to the school board
had not expressed the reason for
Mr. Lane’s resignation, and the
board members accepted the rfe
signation reluctantly.
Mr. Lane said Wednesday that
he had been pondering his deci
sion for 25 years and had al
most resigned two years ago for
the same reason.
He added that the 1955-56
school term was the best school
year he had experienced since
his return to the teaching profes
sion following World War II. He
expressed his gratitude to Supt.
B. N. Barnes, the school board
members, and to the students for
their fine cooperation during his
stay here.
A native of Bostic, Mr. Lane
graduated with a B. S. degree
from Wake Forest College in
1937. He returned to Wake Forest
RESIGNS — Rowell Lane, Cen
tral School principal, announced
Wednesday that he is resigning
this position to enter a Baptist
Seminary next lall. Lane has
served as principal of the local
school for the past eight years.
in 1948 to obtain hies MA degree.
He came to Kings Mountain from
Marion High School in 1948., suc
ceeding J. E. Hunneycutt as prin
cipal of Central School.
He is a veteran of World War
II, having served four years and
bight months in the U. S. Air
Continued on Page Eight
Fluids Sought For Library Books;
Library Tag Sale To Be Saturday
Saturday will be “Library Tag
Day” in Kings Mountain.
Similar to poppy sales by the
American Legion and the Lions
club’s White Cane sale, the fund
raising effort will find Kings
Mountain Girl Scouts Inviting ci
tizens to purchase a library “tag”
for any amount the donors wish
to pay. Proceeds will go to the
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li
brary Book Fund.
Mrs. W. L. Mauney, in charge
of the Tag Day sale, said that
Kings Mountain’s library is sore
ly short of books in view of the
city’s population and 1955's hea
vy circulation totatl of 20,771.
The library numbers among its
stacks only 5,000 volumes of all
kinds of books, including encyclo
pedias and other reference works.
Mrs. Mauney noted that the
city’s 1955 population was over
10,000 and added that total cir
culatlon of books in 1955 included
7500 among children.
“Only $200 was spent for new
books In 1955, which does not
compare to the needs,” Mrs. Mau
nley stated.
The library operates on a small
budget. It receives $1200 annual
ly ( which takes care of salary
requirements), from the city and
county governments and anoth
er $300 income from teacherage
rentals. Book money must be de
rived from outside sources, Mrs.
Mauney said.
She said the library board
hopes to net at least $500 in Sat
urday’s tag sale.
Jacob S. Mauney Library was
given to the city in 1947 by child
ren of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ja
cob S. Mauney.
Edwin Moore,
Bumgardner
Renominated
Cleveland County Democrats
liked its current governing bod
ies and officials, they showed
Saturday, as they handed i’ncum.
bents clear-cut majorities in the
Democratic primary.
In addition, the county’s Demo
crats honored a name long fami
liar, as they gave Ralph Gard
ner, son of the late governor, a
large majority over both his two
opponents for the 11th District
Congressional nomination. Hugh
Wells, also of Cleveland, placed
stecond, and Basil Whitener, the
Gaston entry ran third.
In Number 4 Township In
cumbent Constable C. A. (Gus)
Huffstetler spreadeagled a field
of seven candidates to win re
nomination by a clfear majority.
Elections Board Chairman J.
W. Osborne said the primary ac
tion on Saturday was marked by
peace and quiet. When the board
sat Tuesday morning for the of
ficial canvas, it received no com
plaints. There were only minor
corrections to the unofficial re
turns gathered Saturday night.
The county’s Democrats reno
minated Hazel B. Bumgardner
of Kings Mountain, Zeb V Cline
of Shelby, and John D. White’
route 1, Lawndale, as candidates
for county commissioner All
posted reasonably easy victories
In District 1, Cline defeated
George V. Leukhardt 6367 to 2210.
Bumgardner defeated J. D Har
mon, in District 2, by 5233 to 30
29, and in District 4, White de
****** B-p- Jenkins, Sr., 4652 to
3375. Voting for commissioner
was county-wide for the first time
sinde 1950,
Register of Deeds Dan W.
Moore withstood the challenge
of Wilbur W. Wright, 5837^
3035, and all five incumbents of
the county board of education
werte renominated. The unofficial
vote totals were: B. Austell 6474*
Edwin Moore (of Kings Moun
n?in Forney, Jr., 5
710; Walter Davis, 5709; and W.
H. (Coot) Lutz, 5632. The lone
challenger Dr. Richard Maybin
trailed at 5017.
Ti.nt»N» 5 Township at Waco.
Jote R. Barrett posted 124 votes
for constable, against runner-up
Lemuel Beattie’s 94. Jack R Page
had 40, giving Beattie the oppor
tunity to ask for a run-off, which
he must do by Monday
STATE TICKET
As they did in county races
Cleveland Democrats liked the in
cumbents for state office nomina
tions. Governor Luther Hodges
swamped three other opponents
here as he did in state-wide bal
loting, L. Y. Ballentine, for Cora
missioner of Agriculture, Charles
G. Gold, for Insurance Commis
sioner, and Senator Sam J. Ervin^
Continued On Pago Sight