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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7.206 The figure tot Grader Tings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City Limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950. VOL 66 NO. 23 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday June 7, 1956 Sixty-Seventh Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins OFFICE CLOSED Offices of Dr. L. T. Anderson, chiropractor, will he closed June 7 - July 1 while Dr. and Mrs. Anderson are on vacation. ARP SPEAKER Rev. P. G. Corone, ARP mis sionary from Mexico, will de liver the morning sermon at Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday at the 11 o’clock ser vice, it was announced toy Dr. W. L. Pressly, tpastor. STATED COMMUNICATION The regular monthly meet ing of Fairview Lodge No. 339 A. F. & A. M. will be held Mon day night at 7:30 p. m.. in the Masonic Hall. TO BE INSTALLED ' David D. Saunders, of Kin&s Mountain, will be installed as commander of the 28th district of the American Legion at the Legion convention in Charlotte Saturday. Mr. Saunders was elected to the position at the district convention in Shelby recently. TO EUROPE Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney, and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Herndon leave Friday for a trip to Eu rope. They expect to return home August 7th. UNION SERVICE Second in a summer series of union services will toe held Sunday evening at 8 o’clock at First Presbyterian church, with Dr. W. P. Gertoerding, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church delivering the sermon. ASSUMES DUTIES George Nickels, student at Columbia Theological Semi nary, Decatur, Ga., assumed duties Monday as summer as sistant to Rev. P. :D. Patrick at First Presbyterian church. ATTENDS SCHOOL Tommy Owens, representa tive of the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company in Kings Mountain has recently returned from the company home office in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he attended the Company’s Home Office Train ing School for Life underwrit ers. BIDS RAISED Initial bids on the six prop erties of the A. E. Cline Estate have all been raised and re sale of the properties will ibe conducted on June 23, Attor ney Jack White said yesterday. J. iR. Davis is trustee for sale of the properties which attracted aggregate bids of $13,100 at the first sale May 26. BAPTIST SERVICE Dr. P. L. Elliott, of Gardner Webb college, will speak on “Higher Citizenship” at 11 o’ clock morning service Sunday at First Baptist church. Speak er at the 8 o’clock evening ser vice will he Ernest Klutz, pres ident of the state Baptist bra ident of the state Baptist 'bro SPECIAL PROJECT Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748, as a special project, pur chased shoes-amounting to $158.70 “for needy children in Kings Mountain and Bessemer City area during the school just ended, is announced by an official of the lodge. METER RECEIPTS City parking meters return ed $199.63 for the week ending noon, Wednesday according to a report by Miss Grace Car penter of City Clerk’s office. Miss Carpenter Said street me ters accounted for $163.03, while off-street meters brought in $36.60. GROVER TOPS QUOTA Shiloh Presbyterian church has topped its quota in the N. C Presbyterian Synod’s fund campaign for higher education by $2,269. Grover pledges to taled $6,075. First Presbyteri an, of Kings Mountain, has pledged $3,045, recent reports show. BUILDING PERMITS Building Inspector J. W. Web ster issued a building permit Thursday, May 31, to Dr. N. H. Reed to erect a one story brick residence on Edgemont drive, at an estimated cost of $12,000. Friday, a permit was issued to Delbert Dixon to remodel a house on W. Sims street, at an estimated cost of $1,800. El Bethel Church Has Homecoming RECEIVE DIPLOMAS — Miss Nan Jean Gantt, above, was graduated irom Plonk School of Creative Arts last Friday and Reginald A. Murray, below, was graduated from Duke University Monday. Two Students Get Diplomas Two more Kings Mountain students received college diplo mas in graduation exercises dur ing the past week. Miss Nan Jean Gantt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gantt, received her professional literary artistic diploma last Friday at the Plonk School of Creative Arts, Asheville. Reginald Alton Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Murray, was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Duke university on Monday. Mr. Murray also re ceived a second lieutenant’s com mission in the air force reserve and expects to be called for active duty for three years during the ensuing 12 months. Miss Gantt will leave soon for Cherokee where she has accept ed a contract with the summer drama association producing “Unto These Hills.” In thle fall, she will continue her studies at Staley College of the Spoken Word, Brookline. Mass. While at the Plonk school, Miss Gantt appeared in numerous dra. matic productions. She read in recital Molnar’s “The Swan” and Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juli et." Gerberding Notes Fifth Year Here Reverend W. P. Gterberding has selected “A 5 year Pastorate” as his theme for the Sunday morning Service at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. He preached his first sermon as pastor , of the congregation five year ago Sunday. At this service Jimmy Blanton will receive the Pro Dleo et Patria Boy Scout Award. He recently received the Eagle Badge in church, but this is considered a higher distinction. This is the first such medal earned in Troop 2 in several years. The Vacation Bible School will conclude a six-day session with a program Saturday morning at 10:30 a. m. Therte will be awards for attendance and a display of work done. Refreshments will be served following this service. Teachers in thb school are: Mmes. Johnny Kerns, David Mauney, Carl Finger., William Herndon, W. K. Mauney, Jr., James Simp son; Misses Ellen Baker, Nell Ramsey; Gordon Beavter, W. P. Gerberding, AT MEETING George Moss, city water plant superintendent, is attending a state water works school in session this week in Raleigh. Memorial Gifts Aie Accepted At Sunday Rites El-Bethel Methodist church re ceived memorial gifts Sunday as a feature of traditional homecom ing day services. Attended by membfers, and a large number of visitors, the ser vice included traditional dinner on the ground^ and an afternoon program of singing. Rev. C. W. Kirby, district sup erintendent,, delivered the dedica tory sermon. He based his text on scriptural reference to Mary Magdalene’s visit to Christ, not' ing that thie woman with the ala baster box remembered a friend who had done something for her.” He added, “ The thing one does in His name will live forever.” Rev. J. M. Barber, pastor of the church, S. E. Heavner, and J. T. Barber assisted in the ser vice and announced memorial gifts which include: The altar set, gift of Margaret Durham Robey, in memory of her grandparents, James W. and Regina Stone Tracy. The hymn board, gift of the Cub Scouts and childrden’s de partment of the church. The cross, gift of the Methodist Youth Fellowship of the church. The transoms, in memory of Sarah and William Dover, by their family; H. W. and Elizabeth Gamble, by their family; John North and Margaret Smith, by their children and by Mrs. Grady King. The new stainglass windows, in memory of Lafayette and Myrtle Eaker, by their family; Sarah Lambeth Phifer, by her family: Robert and Catherine Harmon, by their children; Alexander and Rachel Harmon, by their child ren; Boyce II. Stone, by his ffffh er and mother; W. Frank Go forth, by his wife and children, and in memory of Edgar and Fannie Harmon, by their child ren. Penley's Chapel Sets Homecoming P e n 1 te y ’ s Chapel Methodist church will observe homecoming at Sunday services, it has been announced by Rev. Leonard Huff stetler, pastor. Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., pastor of Grace Methodist church, will speak at the 11 o’clock service. Dinner will be served at 12:30 followed by a program of sing ing at 1:30 p. m. Mr. Huffstetler invited all members and former members of the church to attend. Zachary To Lead Revival Series Rev. Doylfe Zachary, Greenville S. C., evangelist will conduct the Zachary Bible deliverance cam paign here beginning Friday with services scheduled nightly at 7:30 P. m. Announcement of the revival was made by Rev. C. E. Lank ford, pastor of the Church of God. Rev. Lankford said the tent meeting would be held at the old circus ground location. Bobby Sustar will lead congregational singing and Rev. and Mrs. Lahk ford will assist in the song ser vice. ESCS Office Will Occupy New Quaiteis The Kings Mountain office of the North Carolina Employment service will move about July 1 from its present quarters on Che rokee street to the Railroad ave nue building formerly occupied by Ware & Burton grocery and Plonk Brothers grocery. Joint announcement was made yesterday by Franklin Ware,man ager of the Employment service office, and by W. L, Plonk, for the W. L. Plonk Estate. The grocer-market equipment was being removed Wednesday and plans completed to renovate the building for occupancy by the employment service. Mr. Ware said the location change was dictated by the need for additional floor space. The Employment office has been in the Bridges building on Cherokee street since it opened here in 1945. Board To Gather Twice Thursday The city board of commission ers will hold two meetings Thursday. The board will gather informal ly at 2 o’clock in the afternoon to reveiw bids on improvements to North Piedmont avenue,- in cluding installation of curbing, guttering, and sidewalks, as well as widening of the road from Linwood to Stowe street. The board will meet in regu lar monthly session at 8 o’clock Thursday night, probably to act on the bids, and also to consider other regular business. Among items tor consideration will be adoption of the 1956-57 privilege license ordinance and other matters which Mayor Glee A. Bridges termed as "routine.” Work is already underway on the city budget for 1956-57, City Clerk Gene Mitcham reported. However., he said, he doubted ac tion would be taken on it until later in June at a special session. Crenshaw Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’ clock at First Methodist church in Belmont for Mrs. Miriam Go forth Crenshaw, 53, daughter of I. Ben Goforth, Sr., of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Crenshaw's death was re ported to have been from can cer. Born April 26, 1903, she had lived in Belmont for a number of years. Survivors include her husband, her father, two daughters, Mrs. James Boger of Belmont and Miss A’on Crenshaw., who is a member of the sienior class at Salem college; two brothers, I. Ben Goforth, Jr., and Robert Go forth, both of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mrs. W. K. Hudgens and Mrs. Robert Thorne, both of St. Petersburg, Fla., and two grandchildren. The Rev. Joseph R. Bogle, pas tor of First Methodist church, of ficiated. Burial was i'n Greenwood cemetery. THORBURN NAMED Bruce Thorburn, of Kings Mountain, has tl^een elected a director of the recently organ ized Gaston County Center for Handicapped Children. Plans call for the center to serve Gas ton, Cleveland, Mecklenburg, and Lincoln counties. Cotton Manufacturer Winget To Address Kiwanians Thursday A. K. Winget, o 1 Albemarle, im mediate past president of the American Cotton Manufacturers association, will address the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at the Thursday night meeting at the Woman’s Club at 6:45. A onetime Gastonia merchant, Mr. Winget entered the textile business in 1909 in Gastonia. In 1921 he joined Efifd Manufactur ing Company at Albermarle as secretary-treasurer, subesequent ly became president and treasur er, and when this firm was mer ged with American Yam & Pros cesing Company of Mt. Holly In 1952, became board chairman of the merged firms. Long active in textile trade as sociations, Mr. Wingate has also been busy In civic and religious enterprises as a Presbyterian el der, Mason, Scouter and Ro tarian. He holds the Silver Bea ver award in Scouting and is a past president of the Albemarle Rotary club. Mr. Wftiget is the father of Mrs. W. L. Mauney, of Kings Mountain. He is a native of Meek, lenburg county. TO SPEAK HERE — A. K. Win get. Albemarle textile executive, will address members oi the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at their Thursday night meeting. Whitener Is Still Pondering Decision To Call For Run-Off Scholarship Fund Honors Ranny Amette Founding of the Ranny Arnette Scholarship fund was announced this week by the First Presby terian church Sunday school class of which he was a member. Mrs. B. F. Maner will serve as secretary avid Charles Neisler will be treasurer. Mr. Neisler said that several citizens had expressed the desire to provide gifts in memory of the late Kings Mountain airforce man who was killed last month in Korea. Mr. Neisler said the scholar ship fund would be administered on basis of receipts and that any recipient would not be restricted concerning college he or she plan ned to attend. Resurrection Church Sets Trip The congregation of Resurrec tion Lutheran church will make a trip to the Lowman Home for the Aged and Infirm at White Rock, S. C., Sunday. It will become the custom for this congregation to set aside one Sunday at this season of the year for a congregational visit to one of the institutions which the church helps to support. Services are conducted at the institution instead of here at home. Last year the congregation visited the Lutheran Assembly Grounds at Arden. Members of the congregation will meet at the church at 9 a. m. in order to pool their cars. Upon arrival at White Rock, the congregation will spread a picnic j lunch together. After lunch, ser vices will be conducted In the Chapel with the message being delivered by the superintendent ! of the Home, Rev. Leroy Black welder. After the service, the members wil] be given the op portunity of seeing first hand the work of this fine institution, and of visiting with the patients. Rev. R. D. Fritz, pastor of the Resurrection congregation stated that the purpose of the congre gational outings were several. “First of all, it promoted con gregational fellowship. Then too, it broadens our knowledge of the Church’s ministry and work. At the same time, we do a lot of good for the people at the home by showing our interest and con cern. And finally, this serves as a sort of congregational picnic with a purpose.” Members are being encouraged to bring the entire family and as many friends as would care to go. Job Picture Looks Brighter Employment In Kings Moun tain will be higher in June than it was in May, Franklin L. Ware, manager of the Kings Mountain office of the state employment service, said Wednesday. Mr. Ware said resumption of some third-shift schedules at Neisler plants represented the principal change in the situation. May unemployment compensa tion claims jumped to 1937, an average of almost 500 per week, but Mr. Ware anticipates this figure will drop on his four-week i report for June. During May, the employment service referred 86 persons to 74 job openings and placed 64 persons. At the end of May the office listed 400 job applicants in its files, including 50 recent high school graduates. Local Jaycees View Niagara Falls Film Kings Mountain Junior Cham ber of Commerce members saw a documentary film on Niagra Falls at the regular meeting of the club Tuesday night at Kit gs Mountain Woman’s Club. The 16mm sound-color motion picture, titled "White Thunder," was produced by Ford Motor Company,. Unique camera shots of the Cave of the Winds, Horse shoe Falls, the Great Whirl pool, and of the well-known tour boat, Maid of the Mist, high lighted the film. 1 President J. T. McGinnis pre sided over the business portion of the meeting. FULTON HEADS NATIONAL GHOUP — H. Tom Fulton, of Kings Mountain and Wartrace, Tenn., was recently elected president of the Tennessee Walking Horse Association of America. Mr. Fulton, a former Kings Mountain mayor, succeeds S. H. Arnholdt, of War saw, Ind. Horse Association Elects Tom Fulton « Walking Hoise Group Chooses Former Mayor H. Tom Fulton, of Kings Moun tain and Wartrace, Tenn., was elected unanimously president of the Tennessee Walking Horse Association of America at the re cent meeting of the organization held in Lewisburg, Tenn. A former Kings Mountain mor tician, Mr. Fulton was given a standing ovation on his election which a neighboring newspaper reported was in tribute to his work in promoting the Tennessee Walking Horse breed. He is a former president of the j North Carolina Mortician’s as- i sociation and of the Kings Moun-: tain Lions club. Mr. Fulton is at present re siding at beautiful Sunrise Acres,' i one of the outstanding horse breeding farms in Tennessee near I Wartrace, where he is engaged in raising horses and colts in part ner with E. H. Uagett of South Miami, Fla. He has been active in horse business all of his life and has dealt with walking hour es for the past 17 years. Mr. Fulton pointed out that I there is a definite upward trend 1 in the walking horse business and due to the increased demand, \ there is a present shortage in j good pleasure horses. He also1 stated that overall interest is run- j ning high and that the Associa-! tion now has approximately 1400! Continued on Page Eight I Reading Clinic Is Open For Enrollment Supt. B. N. Barnes is urging all parents interested in enrol ling a child in a reading work shop being conducted by Miss Alice Averitt this summer, co'n tact Miss Averitt immediately. This same workshop was con ducted last summer by Miss Ave ritt, and was very favorably re ceived by parents of the city. Supt. Barnes added that many parents had expressed interest in the reading course, but that a list of students expecting to attend would have to be submitted in the next few days. \ Peeler And Coggins Kiwanis Delegates B. S. Peeler, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Coggins, members of Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club, will attend the 41st annu al convention of Kiwanis Inter national at Son Francisco, June 17-21. "Mr. and Mrs. Coggins have al ready departed for the West Coast, and Mr. Peeler expects to leave Saturday by special train. He will travel on a train set up for Kiwanians along the Eastern coast. This train will travel through Canada and Yellowstone Park on its scenic route to the convention. Mr. Peeler is president of the Kings Mountain . Kiwanis Club, and Mr. Coggins is first vice president. Lions Club To Hold Ladies Night; Dr. Brokhoff Will Make Address Dr. John R. Brokhoff, of Charlotte, will make the princi pal address at the annual Ladies Night banquet of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tutesday evening. The event will be held at the Woman’s Club at 7 o’clock. In addition to the address of Dr. Brokhoff, the evening’s en tertainment win feature special entertainment. President Gene Timms will preside. Dr. Brokhoff, pastor of Char lotte’s St. Mark’s Lutheran church, is a native of Pottsville, Pa., and a graduate of Muhlen berg College. He held pastorates in Richmond, Marion and Roa noke, Va., a’nd Atlanta, Ga% be fore assuming the Charlotte pas torate last year. In addition to his ministerial work, he has served as a visiting professor of homilectics at Emory university, and has had published several sociological • religious books. He spoke here recently at a joint meeting of the Brotherhoods of St. Matthew’s and Resurrec tion Lutheran churches. Program committee for the la dies night event' includes W. L. SPEAKER—Dr. John R. BrokhoU. Charlotte, minister, will presen' the principal address at the an nual ladies' night banquet of the Kings Mountain Lions club on Tuesday evening. Plonk, Wilson Crawford and Charlie Moss. 4 Gardner Forces, Expecting Call, Schedule Rally Basil VVhitenter was still pond ering Wednesday his option to call a second primary in the quest between him and Ralph Gardner, of Shelby for the 11th district Congressional nomination. Jack White, his district cam paign manager, said he doubted there would be any official an nouncement, if any, before the weekend and therefore near the deadline for Whitener to signify/ his intentions to the North Caro lina Elections board. The elections board was metet GARDNER BARBECUE Kings Mountain will have at least 50 cars in the motor cade to Forest City Friday for the Gardner-for-Congress bar becue, Kings Mountain Manag er George Thomasson said this week. Kings Mountain area Gard ner supporters plan to leave from City Hall at 5 p. m., Mr. Thomasson added. Rutherford county Gardner supporters are holding a dist rict-wide barbecue and fish fry, scheduled to begin at 7 p. m. at the P'orest City Municipal park. ing in Raleigh Wednesday morn ing to certify the returns of the May 26 Primary and was expect ed to confirm the “unofficial of ficial” returns gathered by the respective candidates which show ed Gardner with a 394-vote bulge over Whitener out of a vote to tal which neared 42,000. Hugh Wells was the third-runner. Manager White, the Kings Mountain attorney., continued to talk lack of funds to make the campaign, though some Whitener supporters insisted the necessary wherewithal had been pledged. Gardner supporters shared this opinion and pointed to the fact that this was the same unwar ranted "poor-mouth” strategy the Whitener supporters employed prior to the May 26 primary. Political analysts throughout the district agreed that the prob lem for both candidates would be to get their supporters to come to the polls In proper num bers and meantime looked to oth. er “help” in second primaries on county and township level. There will be a second pri mary contest in 11-precinct Gas ton township of Gaston county for constable. There will be two constable run-offs in Cleveland, in five-precinct Shelby township and in one-precinct Waco town ship. Jack White said that Polk county will have a runoff for the state House of Representatives. Neither side in the probable run off primary are inactive. Gardner supporters in Ruther ford county have scheduled a dis trict-wide barbecue at Forest City Friday night as a Gardner rally— obviously in answer to the torch light parade which Whitener for. ces staged last Friday night. The Gastonia Gazette reported 250 cars carried Whitener supporters to the Whitener home where the Gaston candidate was encourag ed to call for the second voting on June 23. I he visitors dropped in some cash and Manager Jack White predicted Whitener would get 75 percent of the Wells votes of the first primary, the Gazette report ed, adding White further predic ted, ‘‘We’ll do better in Kings Mountain next time.” In the first primary, Whitenler showed a 75-odd vote deficit to Gardner in totals from the two Kings Mountain precincts. Tag Day Sales Top $250 Mark “Library Tag Day” sales last Saturday returned approximately $250 for the book fund of Ja cob S. Mauney Memorial Library. An official tally on the amount of money received from tag sales could not be obtained Wednes da, however sources near the li brary indicated that at least $250 had been received. Mrs. W. L. Mauney was in charge of the Tag Sale. She had reported earlier that it was hop ed at least $500 could be raised for the purchase of new books. Mrs. Mauney cited the city’s growing population as a great reason for increasing the libra ry’s total number of volumes. At the present time, the library has approximately 5,000 volumes in its shelves.
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