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Population Greater Kings Mountain City Limits 10.320 7.206 tho flgun tot donator Stag* Mountain la darltod from lk> IMS Hag. Mountain dtr •Mractory conaua. Tho City "-t** flgtu. Is train tho Uni tod Statoo eonaua of 1950. Pages Today YOL 66 NO. 29 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 19, 1956 Sixty-Seventh Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins BOOK DONATIONS ■Donations of books or gifts of money for ibooks to supply e (book cart at Kings Mountain Hospital may toe forwarded to Mrs. W. L. Mauney, book fund chairman. The cart was dona ted to the hospital toy W. G. Grantham. AT HIGH POINT HIGH POINT.—Kenneth Jen kins of Baird Furniture Co., Die., of Kings Mountain, N. C., shopped the merchandise at the Summer Southern Furni ture Exposition Building, in High Point. JOINS FORCE William Roper, Jr., of Kings Mountain has been employed as a city policeman replacing R. G. “Babe” Ware, who resign ed the police force to accept a position with the city water works. Mr. Roper is married, and resides at 212 Fairview street with his family. METER RECEIPTS City parking meter receipts for the week ending noon, Wednesday, totaled $187.03, ac cording to a report by City Clerk Gene Mitchem. Mr,. Mit chem said street meters re turned $157.46, .while off-street meters accounted for $29.57. AUTO BLAZE Kings Mountain Fire depart ment was called Monday aft ernoon to Cansler street, to ex tinguish a small automobile blaze. City Fireman C. D. Ware reported the car was owned toy Mrs. Jim Dale. ONE PERMIT Building Inspector J. W. Web ster issued a ibuilding permit Friday to Gantt & Crawford to erect a one story house on Bel-' vedere Circle, at an estimated cost of $6,500. MOOSE MEETING Secretary Curtis Gaffney an nounced this week members of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 will hold their regular Thursday night meeting at 8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer City road. KIWANIS OUTING The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will hold the first of its annual summer picnic meet ings on Thursday evening, con vening at 6:45 at Buffalo Fish Camp on Shelby highway. TIMMS BETTER Eugene Timms, Kings Moun tain grocer, Is recuperating at home after suffering a collap sed lung ten days ago at Char leston, S. C. He returned from a Charleston hospital last weekend and is recuperating satisfactorily. LEWIS AT WORK John Lewis, Sterchi’s credit - manager, is back at work aft er receiving treatment for a stomach ailment at Kings Mountain hospital. LIONS MEETING Brenda Ann Sweezy, vocalist and accordionist of Shelby, will perform for members of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their meeting Tuesday night, it was announced toy Jonas Brid ges, program chairman. The cluto meets at the Woman’s Club at 7 o’clock. Board To Take Budget Action The board of city commission ers will meet in special session Thursday night to adopt finally the 1956-57 .budget and to set the tax rate. The actions are expected to be routine. City Clerk Gene Mitcham said he anticipated the board would make only minor changes in the tentative budget adopted in late June. This budget estimate an ticipated the citv would receive and expend during the fiscal year approximately $557,000. Likewise, said Mr.. Mitcham, the tax rate is sure to be set at $1.70 per $100 valuation, the same rate .prevailing last year. It will include five cents per $100 valuation for recreation purpos es. Otherwise, the Board has sche duled a hearing on a re-zoning petition on a lot on Walker and Cajuder streets. The board will convene at City Hall courtroom at 8 o’clock. Central Chasteen Unhurt In Tuesday's Crash-Landing Jim Chasteen, 21-year-old Bes stemer City salesman, had a nar row escape Tuesday when he was forced to crash land his small Taylorcraft plane in an open field about two miles west of Kings Mountain. Chastteen, who is well known in this area as a vocal soloist, brought his single engine plane, a reconverted two-passenger mi litary observation ship, down in a rocky, terrace-filled field on the Jake Phifer property. News of the crash landing brought to the scene some 100 spectators from the surround ing area. The plane was visible in its resting place from the main highway, but spectators found the going rough in trying to reach the downed ship. Mr. Chasteen was not availa ble for comment following the crash, but was not injured in the landing. He walked to a near-by farmhouse, occupied by Ed Rey nolds, and called the Kings Moun tain police department. The young pilot had just taken off from Bridges Airport in Kings Mountain a few minutes prior to his crash landing. ■ Mayor Glee A. Bridges, owner of the airport, speculated that the ship’s gas tanks had been filled after standing empty for a period of time, this causing mois ture to form in the tanks. This same moisture probably got to the carburetor and caused the engine to fail, Mayor Bridges guessed. Mr. Chasteen approached the field over a wooded area, and re ported following the landing that he first thought he would have to land in the trees but his speed carried him over the field. The right wing of the plane suffered a broken strut and the landing gear collapsed upon hit ting a terrace, but otherwise the plane was not damaged. Mayor Bridges estimated damages at $100. Members of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department and the N. C. Highway Patrol were at the scene shortly following the accident. Most of the officers were shaking heir heads and wondering how the plane could be moved from its rocky resting place. The downed ship belongs to Mr. Chasteen, who is a student pilot, Mayor Bridges reported Wednesday. Peeler Reported Brighter Tuesday The condition of B. S. Peeler, Kings Mountain lumberman, was reported slightly better late Wednesday morning. However, he remained in what was termed a critical condition at Charlotte Memorial hospital where he has been a patient for the past several weeks. A son, B. S. Peeler, Jr., said his father was "brighter” Tues day evening. The physicians de clined to affirm the slight change as a definite trend for the bet ter. To Continue Farris Is Jailed On Arson Charge Man Accused Of Burning Own Residence Max Farris, 50-year-old textile employee, was released from city jail on bond of $1,000 shortly af ter noon Wednesday, after his arrest the day previously on a charge of arson. The bond was signed by Harold J. Phillips. Farris is accused of starting a fire which gutted his McGinnis street residence. Formal Charges were brought against him Tuesday afternoon on a warrant signed by R. H. Dil lard, statte insurance investiga tor. Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan, Jr., stated Wednesday morning Farris was first arrested Satur day morning on a charge of as saulting his wife. He made bond of $50 Chief Logan said, around 2:25 p. m. Firemen were sum moned to the Farris residence a round 7 p. m. to extinguish the fire. Around 8 o’clock the same night, Chief Logan further stat ed, Farris was again arrested on charges of public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Farris was tried in city recorder’s court Monday on these charges, found guilty, and released on payment of fines and costs of court. Dur ing this time, Logan further re lated, an investigation which stemmed from a remark by a person concerning the origin of the blaze was under way by him self, Fire Chief Pat Tignor, and state insurance investigators. Farris was charged after kero sene soaked rags and burned matches were found in the clo set of the gutted residence, Lo gan stated. Chief Logan said Farris has not admitted the charge saying he was drunk and couldn’t re member how it happened. The house, which is owned by Gene Roberts, owner of Robert’s Cash Grocery, was insured for $700. Farris, Logan reported, had a $1000 household insurance pol icy. The charge against Farris is scheduled for preliminary hear ing in City recorder’s court Mon day afternoon. Chief Logan Hits Parking Meter Laxity Police Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., says local citizens are be coming lax about putting mon ey in the city parking meters,. Chief Logan says the number of meter violation tickets being distributed 'by Officer Joe Har mon, who replaced R. G. Ware, as meter officer, has been in creasing almost daily. The' chief is urging that all Kings Mountain residents coop erate with the police department in the courtesy ticket system by inserting the proper coins in the parking meters. Goforth Wert School Principal; Hambright Named To East Post NEW PRINCIPAL — L Ben Gofor th. Jr., has been appointed to the principalship of West Elemen tary School, succeeding William George, who will be principal of the new North School. Mr. Go forth has been on the city school’s teaching staff since 1949. He is a graduate of Appa lachian State Teacher's College, and is a native of Kings Moun tain. Carroll I. Hambright, 36-year, old veteran teacher and athletic coach of Greenville, S. C., will be the principal at East Elemen tary School for the coming school year. Mr. Hambright was appointed to the principalship, succeeding Mrs. Irma W. Thomson, who re tired at the end of the past year, at a regular meeting of the City School Trustees Monday night. The new principal is a graduate of Clemson College, and received his MA degree from Appalachian State Teachers College, Boone. Mr. Hambright has held teach ing and coaching positions for the past 13 years. He comes to Kings Mountain from Davidson College where he was assistant football coach last season. He was suc ceeded on the Davidson staff by Pride Ratterree, a Kings Moun tain native. His previous work as a princi pal included the principalship of a junior high school in Dalton. Ga. He has also taught and coached in the Charlotte and Mecklenburg County schools. I. Bten Goforth, Jr., veteran of seven years in the Kings Moun Continued on Page Bight Retailer Picnic To Be Wednesday The annual Employer-Em ployee picnic, sponsored by the Kings Mountain Merchants Association, will be held at Lake Montonia Wednesday, July 25, according to a Mer chants Association report Wed nesday. “Red” Bridges, Shelby bar becue specialist, will supply barbecue for this event. Feed ing time will be at 6:30 p. m. however, there will be plenty of other activities prior to the barbecue. Horseshoe pitching, swimming and softball are a mong the earlier afternoon ac tivities that have been sche duled. Paul Walker, president of the Merchants Association, says all are invited to take part in the activities. Bethwaie School Opening Monday Bethware school will open for the summer split term, along with several other schools in the county system, on Monday. Classroom work will open dai ly at 8 a. m. and suspend at 1 p. m The split term system is used in order that children of farmers may be out of school for autumn harvesting. Principal John Rudisill an nounced this week the Bethware faculty, which includes only one new member, Mrs. Irene B. Camp, who will teach social .stu dies in the high school. Members of the elementary school faculty are Mrs. Hal Mor ris, Mrs. Hugh Ormaiid, Mrs. Bryan Hord, and Mrs. J. K. Wil lis, of Kings Mountain, Miss Kath leen Wray, Mrs. Wray Greene, Mrs. Roy Tiddy, Mrs. Randolph Lowery and Frank Sherrill, all of Shelby and Mrs. Harry Moss, of Earl. High school faculty members are William A. Powell, Belwood, who will teach science and phy sical education, Mrs. Irene B. Camp, of Shelby, social studies, Mrs. E. E. Hamrick, Earl, who will teach French and English, Mrs. Norman McGill, Kings Mountain, wtio will teach home economics and typing, Myers Hambright, Kings Mountain, ag riculture teacher, and Principal Rudisill, who will also teach mathematics. The Patterson Grove school faculty will include Mrs. W, K. Crook, Mrs. W. W. Souther and Mrs. J. L. Hallman. Mr. Rudisill said the question of transfer of one Patterson Grove teacher to Bethware would be determined by enrollment at Patterson Grove next week. He had previously reported a deci sion of the school district com mittee to make the change bar ring heavier enrollment than Patterson Grove showed last year. He said the minimum would have to be 85 to retain three teachers. Last year Patter son Grove showed average daily attendance of 65. It has been a three-teachbr seven-grade school. Leonard Bennett Services Tuesday Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 p. m. at Grace Me thodist church lor Leonard Gar field Bennett, 44, of York road, Kings Mountain, who died at the Veteran's Hospital in Columbia, S. C., Sunday following a short illness. Mr. Bennett was a veteran of World War II. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Bennett; three brothers, Theodore Ben. ne;t of Kings Mountain, the Rev. J. C. Bennett of Albemarle, and Burton C. Bennett of Gastonia; and five sisters, Mrs. Dewey Allen Mrs. W. A. Russell and Mrs. J. P. Cobb of Kings .Mountain, Mrs. H. R. Godfrey of Charleston, S. C., and Mrs. Woodrow Wise of Mt. Holly. The Rev. W. C Sides, Jr., pastor of Grace Methodist church, as sisted by the Rev. C. W. Greene, officiated. Burial was in Moun tain Rest cemetery. H. B. Jackson WU1 Join Stevens Finn Howard B. Jackson, former executive of Neisler Mills and its successor, has accepted an executive position with J. P. Stevens Company. Mr. Jackson will assume his new duties on his rteturn from a trip to Canada. He said his duties with the Ste vens firm, one of the nation’s large textile manufacturers, would be identical to the work he did here, both for Neisler and Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company. He said the Sttevens firms is expanding into the decorative fa brics field, and that his duties would require considerable trave ling to Sttevens plants. He does not anticipate, he said removing his residence from Kings Moun tain in the immediate future. Mr. Jackson becamte an em ployee of Neisler Mills in 1928 and served that firm in various capacities until last December, whten it was sold to Massachu setts Plush Company. For seve ral months, Mr. Jackson, as mer chandising manager, was a mem ber of the new owner’s managte ment committee. He resumed the mrchandising function soltely with the employment of General Manager William Ford. He was discharged three weteks ago. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Jackson attended officer candi date school and was separated from the service as a captain after duty in Texas, the Philli pines and Japan. He was a char ter mtember and first president of the Kings Mountain Lions club and has been active in civic af fairs. He is a member of First Presbyterian church. Rectently ap pointed to the County board of trustees, he said Wednesday he was rtesigning this position due to his new work. Mr. Jackson is the son of Mrs. W. T. Jackson. His wife is the former Hazel Ashcraft. Accident Victims' Rites Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Black, residents of Lakeland, Fla., and former residents of Kings Moun tain, were killed last Thursday in a head-on automobile-tractor trailer accident in Folkston, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Black and child ren had left Kings Mountain some 12 hours before the acci dent after visiting Mrs. Black’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Pearson. A native of Cleveland County, Mr. Black was the son of the late 'Roland Black and Mrs. Rose Black Correll' of Crouse, who sur vives. Other survivors include two sons, Harold E. and Michael M. Black, both of the home; and four brothers, Charles and Verlin Black, both of Crouse, and Clyde Black of Cherryville. Mrs. Evelyn Pearson Black, 25, attended Kings Mountain High School and is a former employee of Griffin Drug Company,. Sur vivors, in addition to her par ents and sons, include a brother, Larry Dean Pearson; and a sis ter, Mrs. Jack Moss of Kings Mountain. Funeral services were held Saturday at 3 p. m. from Kings Mountain Church of God. Rev. W. E. Lankford, assisted .by the Rev. Yancey Carter and the Rev. Bud Williams, officiated. Burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Central Methodist Change Service Hour Central Methodist church will make some time changes in its Sunday Worship schedules be ginning Sunday, July 22, the Rev. James B. McLarty, pastor re ports. The morning worship service will be held at 9 a. m. jvith Church School following at 10 a. m. Night schedules show Youth Fellowship Groups at 6:30 p. m. and Union Worship Service at 8 p. m. This new schedule is expected to be maintained through Au gust or until further notice, Rev. McLarty said. ATTEND MEETING Mrs. Arnold W„ Kincaid, Miss Melba Tindall, and Miss Hel en Logan attended the 20th District School of Instruction OES, in Asheville Saturday. Pharmacy Group Elects Blanton ELECTED — C. D. Blanton, Kings Mountain druggist, has been elected president oi the North Carolina Pharmaceutical associ ation for 1957-58. Alexandei Gets P. 0. Credentials Charles L. Alexander has re ceived credentials showing his appointment as Kings Mountain’s postmaster. Mr. Alexander has received a certificate signed by President Eisenhower and Postmaster Gen jeral Arthur Summerfield signi ! fy'ing his appointment. Mr. Alexander was also notified he would be informed the date he would assume his duties by the area postal inspector, W. T. Weir, acting postmaster, received a similar communication from N. R. Abrams, assistant postmaster general. Mr. Weir, who said the post office now operates on a 13 month year of four weeks each, guessed the change-over would occur on July 27th. Mr. Alexander was confirmed as postmaster by the United States Senate recently, after ap pointment by President Eisen hower several months ago. He previously had placed third in a civil service examination and ! later, had. received the endorse ment of the Number 4 Township Republican executive committee, which includes Wray A. Williams, Grady Howard, and C. P. Goforth. Mr. Weir became acting post master on January 15, 1955. He succeeded the late W. E. Blake ly, who took a disability retire ment. Mr. Blakely was killed in an auto crash. Mr. Weir is a Kings Mountain merchant and coal dealer. Mr. Alexander is a navy vete ran of World War II and is an employee of Elmer Lumber Com pany. W. M. Mooihead Said Improving W. M. Moorhead, veteran Kings Mountain Southern Railway clerk, suffered a mild stroke of paralysis Saturday afternoon as he was returning from a wedding he and his wife attended in Eas ley, S. C. His condition Wednesday was described as satisfactory by his physician, Dr. J. E. Anthony. Dr. Anthony said Mr. Moorhead would be confined to his home for several weeks. Mr. Moorhead’s illness did not become apparent until he found himself unable to get oyt of the rear seat of his car when it reach ed Greenville, S. C., on the return trip from the wedding. Kings Mountain Man Elected NCPA President C, D. Blanton, Kings Moun tain druggist and co-owyier <of Kings Mountain Drug Company, has been elected president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical association for 1957-58. Currently serving as the asso ciation’s first vice-president, Mr. Blanton will assume the presi dency next spring at the associa tion’s annual convention. Other officers-elect are: W. D. Welch, Jr., of Washington, first vice-president; Sam W. McFalls of Greensboro, second vice-pre sident; E. R. Fuller of Salisbury, third vice-president; and J. W. Tyson of Greensboro, currently serving as president of the asso ciation, member of the executive committee for a threeyear term. W. J. Smith of Chaptel Hill con tinues as executive secretary of the NCPA and managing-editor of The Carolina Journal of Phar. macy. Frank W. Dayvault of Lenoir will be recommended by the as sociation for re-commissioning as a member of the State Board of Pharmacy for a five-year term, and Paul B. Bissettefe, Jr., Wil son; E. C. Daniel, Zebulon; W. B. Gurley, Windsor; and John C. Hood, Sr., Kinston, were elec ted directors of the N. C. Phar maceutical Research Foundation. Results of the mail balloting were tabulated and announced by a board of tellers consisting of David D. Claytor, E. R. Kin ard, John A. Ranzenhofer and Robert L. Lane, all of Greens boro. A native of Forest City, Mu Blanton has been a Kings Moun tain citizen for the past 21 ylears. He was graduated by the Univer sity of North Carolina in 1926 and held positions in Lowell and Forest City before coming to Kings Mountain. He is a past president of the Kings Mountain Lions club, an elder of First Pres byterian church, and is a former member of the county hospital board of trustees. Mrs. Blanton is the former Helen Covington, of Wadesboro. Sendees Today For Mrs. Wright Funeral services will be held today at 11 a. m. at First Baptist church for Mrs. Lula Jane Wright, 78, who died at her home, 321 Waco road, Tuesday following an illness of several years. Mrs. Wright, a native of Geor gia, was the widow of the late Julius A. Wright, and the dau ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawson M. Humphries. Survivors include five sons, Kervis of Miami, Fla., Beck of Grover, W. W. of Shelby, Robert and Gene Wright, both of Kings Mountain; four daughters, Mrs. Hill Kiser of Charlotte, Mrs. J. B. Simmons, of Williston, Fla., Mrs. Jack Secrest, Shelby, and Mrs. Paul Linder of Bessemer City; 20 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. The Rev. A. T. Quakenbush, and the Rev. H. G. McElroy will officiate. Burial will be in Moun tain Rest cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church for 30 minutes prior to the services, and will remain at the funeral home until moved to the church,. Mauney Hosiery Hikes Production; Firm Resumes Five-Plus-Day Week Another phase of Kings Moun tain’s textile industry blossom- ! ed into heavier production sche j dules this week, as Mauney Hoi sery Company resumed a full i work week. W. K. Mauney, Jr., general manager, said his firm is pro ducing this week at "110 percent of capacity” and will continue this schedule. The operating sche dule shows half the firm’s men’s hosiery machines on a five-day week, with the remaining half on a six-day week, Mr. Mauney explains. Mr. Mauney said the firm had been operating for several weeks on a three-day and four-day sche dule. “We’ve • sold some socks and we’ve sold them pretty cheaply, but we’ll be able to operate on a much better schedule,’’ Mr. Mau ney remarked. Carolina Throwing Company, stretch yarn making firm of which Mr. Mauney ^s a partner, has not interrupted normal ope rations, except for a recent va cation suspension. School Opening Date Is Set For September 4 Central School will remain an elementary-high school plant, at least for the coming school year. The city school trustees decid ed in a rbgular meeting Mon day night that thte time for chang ing he Central plant entirely to a junior-senior high school was not “ripe.” Trustee J. W. Webster said, "It’s a beautiful dream—but it is not ready to materialize.” Webster made the motion that the Central plant be operated on the same basis as last term, Trustee J. R. Davis seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously. Discussion prior to the motion and vote revealed that all of thfe board members favored making the change, but on the other hand, each felt that due to space problems at thfe elementary schools the proposed change would have to wait until a later date. If Central became a junior senior high school, it would mean that East and West schools would have to use auditorium-class, room space again this term. Central is scheduled to have one class for grades 1-6, with the exception of the fourth grade, which will probably require two classes. During the last school term, almost all of the first six grades required two classes each. However, thfe new North Elemen tary School will alleviate Cen tral’s crowded condition. In other actions, the board: 1) Set Ceptember 4 as the ope ning date for the coming school year. 2) Accepted resignations of Mrs. Margie Whitesides Hall, Mrs. Catherine B. Forrester, Mrs. Inez Steele, and Robert Byers, janitor. 3) Elected Carl McWhirter as high school English teachler, and Mrs. Eugene Mitcham as an ele mentary teacher. 4) Accepted a bid of $350 by Hal Plonk for the houste located on the West School site, and re jected a bid of $15 for the house located at East School. The East School building will be used as a field house for the play ground. 5 Authorized Rowell Lane to sign the summer school diplomas as acting principal in the absence of a Central School principal, 6) Authorized the purchase of $1910 in cafeteria equipment for North School, on bid basis. Dill ing & Company, of Goldsboro, received the contract. The board declined to purchase a dish-wash, ing machine for the new build ing, after hearing Mr. Barnes’ report that the machine would cost some $1200 more than the systems now in use in other city schools. 7) Discussed the remodeling work now under way at David son School, and instructed Mr. Barnes to continue this re-model ing as fast as possible. The re novations include a nbw concrete floor and repainting of the cafe teria. 8) Authorized Mr. Barnes to hire as much temporary jani torial help as is necbssary to prepare schools for opening. 9) Heard a report from Mr. Barnes that Miss June Rogers, Bible teacher, will not be able to begin her duties before Septem- ' ber 9. Miss Rogers plans to be married September 1. 10) Authorized Mr. Barnes to make needed repairs to the house located on Thomson property, which was recently purchased by city schools. This action was ta ken upon request of Tom Gilbert, who is renting this house from the school board. 11) Heard a report from Mr. Barnes that the house on Thom son property is now covered by $10,000 insurance through The Arthur Hay Agency. 12) Heard report by Mr. Barn es that money invested in local building and loan associations had drawn $200 in interest pay ments, and that these payments had been deposited in the school bond account. Privilege License Sales Are Lagging Sales of city privilege licen ses dragged during the past week. Assistant City Clerk Joe McDaniel said sales totaled only $177.50 in the week end ing Tuesday. Total sales through Tuesday were $1755.75, a far cry from the $6,500 the city thinks it will sell during the fiscal year now beginning. Business firms are required to buy licenses during July. Penalty of five percent per ' month applies after July 31.