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VOL 66 NO. 38
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 20, 1956
Sixty-Seventh Year
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Bulletins
IJONS MEETING
Regular meeting of the
Kings Mountain Lions club
will be held Tuesday night at
7 o’clock at the Woman’s Club,.
Jonas Bridges, program chair
man, said he had not received
confirmation on the program
for the meeting. *
HAS OPERATION
Miss Carlyle Ware well
known retired teacher, under
went an operation Wednesday
at Gaston Memorial hospital.
CHURCH SERVICE
Resurrection Lutheran church
will resume its regular winter
schedule of services this Sun
day with Sunday School (begin
ning at 9:45 a. m. and the wor
ship serviice to be ]>eld at 11
a. m.
ADDRESS NEEDED
The correct address of
Roudie Lee Patterson, Cleve
land county man who failed to
report Tuesday for physical
examination at the county
draft board, is being sought
by the county selective board,
acording to Mrs. Clara New
man, clerk to the board.
NO FIRES
City Fireman Ted Gamble re
* ported Wednesday that Kings
Mountain Fire department
has Answered no fiire alarm
calls this month.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club will see a
motion picture “Crash and
Live” at the Thursday night
meeting of the organization at
the Woman’s Club. The film
was produced by Ford Motor
Company. The Cluib convenes
at 6:45.
EXHIBIT SECOND
Kings Mountain city schools
exhibit at Cleveland County
Fair coppled second place hon
ors, according to the judges’
announcement. The exhibit, on
the theme “The Best Invest
ment Is Time Wisely Spent,”
was prepared by. East School
undter the direction of Mrs. Gar
land Still.
REJOINS HERALD
George W. Gaynor has joined
the Kings Mountain Herald as
linotypist. Mr. Gaynor held a
similar position with the Her
ald in 1951-52. He and his wife
are living at the Parton Apart
ments, S. Carpenter st.
North School Has
Flash "Flood"
Kings Mountain’s new North
Elementary School had a flood
Wednesday and a very unusual
flood at that.
According to a report by Supt.
B. N. Barnes and Principal Wil
liam George, a gasket in a hot
watter circulating pump blew and
a two-inch water main was open
ed in the boiler room.
urnwlror rn Oflo
first report about 10 a. m. saying
^ that the cafeteria hot water sup
■ ply had been exhausted, and fur
“ ther investigation revealed water
coming from under the doors of
the boiler room.
Mr. George said he thought the
gas system was responsible for
the lack of hot water, but chang
ed his mind when he spied the
water gushing from within the
flooded boiler room.
The Kings Mountain Fire De
partment got its first call of the
month, when the firemen were
; * asked to use their pumps to empty
the water-soaked basement.
Using pumps that threw out
500-gallons of water per minute,
the firemen worked for several
hours before the basement was
emptied. Mr. Barnes said the wa
ter was approximately three-feet
deep in the boiler room and the
coal storage space, which was
empty at the time of the accident.
Water damage was slight Mr.
Barnes reported, but added that
several of the electrical motors
in the basement were drenched
and would possibly have to be
sent off to be cleaned and baked
: . out.
1
He also said that if the water
had risen any higher it might
have shorted out a good portion
of the school’s electrical system.
The main fuse and control boxes
for the plant’s furnace, hot-water
heaters, and other equipment are
located in the boiler room.
Supt. Barnes also announced
that the school would be forced
to use a “booster” hot-water sys
*em Thursday.
Bethwaie Fair
Records Fall
In All Categories
.Last week’s Bethware Fait
broke all previous records, in
cluding attendance, gross re
ceipts, quanitity of exhibits, and
otherwise.
This was the report this week
of Myers Hambright, fair mana
ger.
“It was the biggest and best
fair in the history of the event,”1
Mr. Hambright said.
All fair events proved succes
sful. Mr. Hambright said 2,022
tickets were purchased for mid
way rides on Children’s afternoon
last Thursday, when rides were
cut-rate at ten cents each, and he
said Saturday night’s crowd was
estimated at more than 4,000 by
Jake Anthony, who superintended
the parking of automobiles, a job
he’s handling again this week at
the Cleveland County fair. Park
ing space was at a premium and
extra parking areas had to be put
into service.
A slight accident late Saturday
night proved minor. A pin slipped
on one of the Tilt-a-Whirl cars
and the car was derailed, shak
ing up the occupants. Jo And
Clark, of Shelby, most shaken of
the passengers, declined medical
attention and appeared to be un
hurt after the mishap.
Bethwarfe Fair offered cash
prizes for exhibitors for the first
time in its nine-year history, and
this proved quite popular, Mr.
Hambright said.
“We owe thanks to many peo
ple for the success of this year’s
Bethware Fair,” Mr. Hambright
said. “That includes the commer
cial exhibitors, the competitors
for prizes, the many individuals
and business firms which co
operated with us, and everyone
who attended the Fair. Already,
we are looking forward to an
even bigger and better tenth an
niversary fair in 1957.”
The fair is sponsored by the
Bethware Progressive Club. Pro
ceeds are used for community
projects.
Mrs. Childers Aunt
Oi Fire Victim
Robert Pearson, 30-year-old Lin
colnton foundry worker, whose
charred skeleton was found in a
burned Cherryville farm house
Sunday was a nephew of Mrs. S.
T. Childers of Kings Mountain.
Pearson’s body was identified
along with that of Paul Brown
by personal effects found in the
ashes of the abandoned farm
house.
Gaston County Sheriffs de
partment officers are investigat
ing the fire and the dfeath of the
two men. Hints of murder have
been made by officials of the
sheriff’s department and four
persons are being questioned con
cerning the tragedy.
Funeral services for Pearson
were held Tuesday at Mt. Beulah
Baptist church with the Rev. E.
Ray Seism officiating.
Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. Florence Carpenter; his
wife, Mrs. Mildred Auten Pear
son; three children, three broth
ers, and three sisters.
Rites Conducted
For Wreck Victims
AT ASTC — Miss Margaret Rat
terree, of Kings Mountain, is a
member of the faculty of Ap
palachian State Teachers college.
She joined the staff at the begin
ning of the present school term.
Miss Ratteiee
On ASTC Faculty
Miss Margaret Ratterree, of
Kings Mountain, is a member of
the faculty of Appalachian State
Teachers college at Boone, hav
ing assumed her new duties at
the beginning of the recent term.
Miss Ratterree, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ratterree, is
professor of hygiene and physi
cal education.
She is a former teacher at Fort
Benning, Ga., where she served
during the years 1954-56, and she
previously taught in High Point.
She holds a master’s degree from
Woman’s College, University of
North Carolina, where she also
completed undergraduate studies.
Hospital Church
Services To Begin
Kings Mountain Ministerial as
sociation will conduct church ^ser
vices beginning Sunday morning
at 10 o’clock at Kings Mountain
hospital.
Announcement was made by
Grady Howard, hospital business
manager, who said that churches
of the community will rotate
yearly with First Presbyterian
church to havte charge of services
for one-year beginning Sunday.
Henry McKelvie will conduct
Sunday morning’s service in the
doctor’s library at the hospital.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts
totaled $186.34 for the week
ending Wednesday at noon, in
cluding $158.25 from on-street
meters and $28.09 from Chero
kee parking lot meters, accord
ing to report of City Clerk Gene
Mitcham.
It's Cleveland County Fair Week !
And Throngs Partake Of Fair Fun
Cleveland County Fair swung
into high gear Tuesday as dec )
ord crowds visited the fair-1
grounds for opening day festivi-.
ties.
It is the 33rd year of operation
for the county festival and offi- j
' cials are predicting that this
year’s show will attarct more■
fair-goers than in previous ytears. j
First-nighters Tuesday at the
i fair included members of the!
press and visiting radio personnel
from the area who were guests
of the fair association for sup
pler and the evening program.
George A. Hamid’s ice review,
on stage of glittering ice in front
of the grandstand, is one of the
highlights of this year’s fair. j
The Broadway show, featuring
comfedy and specialty numbers, is
being presented each night at 8
p. m. to large audiences. Inter
national champion skaters are
among the cast of performers in
"Ice Varieties of ’56,” received fa
vorably by opening night crowds.
Featured on Tuesday’s pro
gram was the crowning of Miss
Libby Haynes, of Shelby, as “Miss
Cleveland County Fair.” Miss
Haynes was sponsored by Young
| Motor Sales, of Shelby. This event
was preceded by a performance
j by Arthur Smith & the Cracker
: jacks on the grandstand at noon
followed by afternoon convertible
j races.
Gene Holter’s wild animal
i show, featuring racing ostriches
and camels, and Big Bake, the
| 71-year-old elephant that apptear
■ ed in "Greatest Show On Earth”
I will feature aftemoo* grand
f
stand shows Thursday and Fri
day at 2 p. m.
Racing, traditional favorite of
fair-goers, wjill be climaxed on
Saturday by performances by
some of the nation’s greatest
drivers and faestes cars in dar
ing feats, including the appear
ance of Joie Chitwood who will
star in the evening show in 28
hair-raising and death-defying
stunts.
As is customary, exhibit build
ings are favorite stops for coun
ty fair visitors, who inspect ex
hibits furnished by home demon
stration clubs, school organiza
tions, gardeners, and farmers
who display their wares of farm
products and vie for valuable
prizes awarded to winners in
competition.
Over 50 grownups’ and child
ren's rides are included in tlje
James E. Strates mile-long micP
way. Rides, favorites with grown
ups and children alike, were be
ing loaded with passengers, while
eating places were being filled
with fair-goers hungry for tra
ditional fair food.
County school children receiv
ed free fair tickets opening day.
Friday will be school day for
pupils of Kings Mountain eity
schools and Park Grace school.
Schools will suspend at noon.
Tony Vitales’ fireworks dis
play follows grandstand perfor
mances each evening. One of the
most well-received attractions on
the program, Vitales’ fabulous
display of “dancing wafer*’’ com
bines electrical wire, pumps, and
elaborate lighting in a colorful
fireworks showing.
Mis. Canoll,
And'Mis. Hold
Badly Injmed
Funeral services for two vic
tims of an early Monday auto
mobile accident were held Wed
nesday afternoon.
Final rites were conducted for
Marvin Cash, 24, and Larry Dale
Hord, five-month-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hord.
Still in critical condition at Ar
lington Memorial hospital, near
Washington, D. C., were Mrs. Tur
ner Carroll, 79, and Mrs. Blanche
Hord, 41, mother of the dead
child. Mrs. Carroll’s son, James
Carroll, just returned from a visit
to the hospital, said Wednesday
morning medical attendants told
him it would be a week before
the doctors could determine
whether the two severely injured
women would live.
Others injured in the wrecK
near Warrenton, Va., about 5:30
Monday morning, were Mrs. Mary
Gillespie, Mrs. Sam Smith, Miss
Catherine Cash, and Eugene
Cash, also of Kings Mountain. Eu
gene Cash, age 3, was discharged
from the hospital and returned
here with James Carroll. The
others are still receiving treat
ment but are recuperating satis
factorily from their injuries, Mr.
Carroll reported.
Virginia Trooper S. J. Abbott
offered the opinion that the
wreck occured when Marvin Cash
went to sleep at the wheel and
lost control of the car. The car,
with its eight occupants, crashed
into a tree. Relatives said Cash,
who had been employed in a
North Haven Connecticut fac
tory for several weeks, was re
turning to Connecticut. The oth
er passengers, all relatives, were
accompanying him for a visit.
Marvin Cash, Jr., age 3, was the
only passenger not injured.
Rites for the Hord child were
held Wednesday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the William Carroll
home on Piedmont avenue.
Rev. Flay Ptiyne conducted the
rites and burial was in Mountain
Rest cemetery. He was the only
child of Henry and Blanche Car
roll Hord.
Funeral rites for Mr. Cash were
j held at 4 p. m. at Midview Baptist
church, with Rev. Otis Hayes and
Rev. Kelly Dixon officiating. Bu
rial followed in Mountain Rest
cemetery. Surviving are his wife,
Gail Carroll Cash, his parents,
Vernon and Dolly Adams Cash,
three sons, Eugene, Roniny, and
Donny Cash, all at home; three
brothers, Joe, Lee and Richard
Cash, all of Kings Mountain, and
two sisters, Miss Catherine Cash
and Miss Dorothy Cash, all of
Kings Mountain.
Morris Injured
In Auto Crash
Weldon (Smug) Morris was
seriously injured about 2:40 Wed
nesday afternoon when the 1950
Nash he was driving collided
with a 1955 Chevrolet truck at
the intersection of Lake Mon
tonia and York roads.
Paul Hord, a passenger in the
northbound Morris car, sustained
minor head cuts. Jacob Andrew
Black, of route 2, Cherryville,
driver of the truck, wasn’t in
jured.
Morris has been charged by
Patrolman C. D. Fortune, who in
vestigated, with driving on the
wrong side of the road. Patrol
man Fortune said the truck was
traveling south on Highway 161
when the vehicles collided.
Morris was still in the Kings
Mountain hospital emergency
room late Wednesday afternoon,
Dr. Paul Nolan and Dr. Craig
Jones were attending him. Dr.
Nolan said Morris had a possi
ble hip fracture and possible in
ternal injuries.
The Nash was virtually demo
lished. Damage to the truck was
estimated at $75.
City Gets $33,090
From State Agencies
City coffers are richer by mors
! than $33,000 via checks rteceivec
! from state agencies last week.
Assistant City Clerk Joe Me
Daniel said thte city had receivec
a check for $859.69 from the
state, representing the quarterly
return of the city’s share of the
state intangibles tax, and hac
received $32,011 from the State
Highway Commission represent
ing the city’s share of Powel
Bill funds for street maintenance
and improvement.
RESIGNS PASTORATE — Rev. R.
E. Robbins, pastor of Bethlehem
Baptist church, has resigned ef
fective October 15 to accept the
pastorate of the First Baptist
church of Apex. Mr. Robbins has
served the Bethlehem church for
almost four years. He came to
Kings Mountain from Goodman,
Miss. He is a Lenoir native.
Bogus Checkman
Plies Trade Here
Kings Mountain merchants are
being warned to beware of a bo
gus check flasher who has been
successfully plying his illicit
trade in several areas of North
Carolina.
The check-flasher who used the
name James Brown, supported by
bogus social security card and
driver’s license identification was
successful in getting a check
cashed here at Stroupe Drug
j Company on September 8. Since,
: he has been reported in hardware
j and banking trade bulletins as
j operating in both the Wadesboro
i and Rocky Mountain areas.
The man 'follows the same for
! mat, making a small purchase,
| then presenting in payment a
check, which, ostensibly, is a pay
roll check, drawn on O. D. Yates
Construction Company, of Gray,
i Ga., to the Bank of Gray, Ga. The
! construction company is also spu
rious.
L. S. Stroupe, of Stroupe Drug
Company, said this was the pat
tern used here. The check was
i presented during Saturday after
noon peak business, after bank
ing hours. An employee accepted
the check and gave the change.
According to the bank bulletin,
the checks are drawn in various
amounts in the $47 to $49 range,
usually with odd cents, are num
bered and have all the appear
ance of being legitimate.
Merchants are being warned
to be on the lookout for the
check-flasher should he make a
return visit.
Mr. Stroupe said the man is
I five feet eight or nine inches tall,
! weighs about 150 pounds, and
has the appearance and dress of
| a construction worker.
850 Attended
Phenix Party
A crowd of 850 persons, includ
ing employees, their families and
guests attended the annual em
ployee picnic of Burlington In
dustries’ Phenix Plant Saturday
at Camp Cherokee, in South
; Carolina State Park.
After a busy afternoon of en
tertainment, the throng enjoyed
: a barbecue dinner, with all the
trimmings.
In the intra-plant softball
game, the Cardroom team, mana
ged by Colon Huffstetler, edged
;a team including members from
| all other departments, by 9-8.
Bill Belk and Dargin Childress
won the horseshoe pitching
championship.
Winners of the prize drawing
i were Pearline Laughter, Mary C.
; Hannah, Louise Hollifield, Dar
gin Cfiildress and Otto Hamm.
The festivities began at 3 o’
clock. A brief address of welocme
was made by James S. Rotan,
plant superintendent, and Rev. W.
C. Sides, Grace Methodist pastor,
gave the invocation.
Postoifice Now
Offers Ballpoints
Modernism struck the Kings
Mountain postoffice Tuesday.
Postmaster C. L. Alexander re
ceived the Kings Mountain of
fice’s shipment of ballpoint ptens
and immediately replaced the
old-fashioned stick-type pens that
have graced Kings Mountain
postoffice and others over the
nation for many years.
Mr. Alexander said the ball
point pen innovation is being
well-received from initial com
ments.
The postoffice department de
cided several months ago to re
ilace the old scratchy pens with
tew ballpoints. The new pens are
on chains attached to the desks
in the postoffice lobby.
Farmers Are Soil-Banking
Wheat; Deadline Is Extended
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City Schools
Teacheis Load
Averages 28.9
Kings Mountain City School
board of trustees met in a regu
lar meeting Monday night.
Supt. B. N. Barnes reported to
the board that the four white
elementary schools had enrolled
1,443 students for the 1956-57
term. He broke these totals down
to show that East had 385 stu
dents with 13 teachers; West has
266 students with nine teachers;
Central has 393 students with 14
teachers; and North 399 students
with 14 teachers.
With a total of 50 teachers and
1443 students, the average teach
er load is 28.9 students. This is
the smallest number of students
per teacher for several years.
Mr. Barnes reported. He said that
the average teacher classroom
load is figured at 30 students.
In another report, Mr. Barnes
said that Winthrow Brown had
resigned as a janitor in the city
school system. This report in
cluded information- dealing with
janitor’s salaries, and Supt.
Barnes said the city schools pay
$985 per month for janitors and
maids in the five city plants. The
figure includes both state and lo
cal funds.
Mrs. Paul Neisler, Jr., had re
quested that a walkway be con
structed in front of West School,
and board members discussed this
matter at length. However, the
matter was tabled until a future
meeting pending further inves
tigation.
Trustees Fred Plonk reported
; that additional efforts are being
made to purchase the Jones pro
perty, which adjoins Central
School, but that Mrs. Jones had
i been out-of-town, and he had not
| been able to contact her.
Upon motion by Trustees Fred
Plonk and J. W. Webster, Supt.
Barnes was given authority to
purchase an automatic bell sys
! tern for North School. A bid of
| $300.56 had been received for the
I installation of this system. East
j School is also scheduled to get
the automatic bell system, but no
bids have been received on this
project.
Bids for stage curtains for the
new North Elementary school
wtere announced by Supt. Barnes,
and the contract was let to Na
tional School Supply Company of
Raleigh on the basis of a bid of
$460.20. Other bidders and a
mounts of bids were Bennett
Brothers Limi ted, Charlotte,
$589.66; American Scenic Com
pany, Greenville, S. C., $599.15;
and Metropolitan Equipment
j Company, Shelby, $643.
Mr. Barnes reported to the
board that the Thomson house,
recently purchased by the board
. had been insured for $10,000, and
board members voted, upon mo
. tion of Trustees J. R. Davis and
i Fred Plonk, to insure this dwell
ing for a three-year period.
MOOSE MEETING
Members of Kings Mountain
Moose Lodge 1748 will hold
their regular weekly meeting
at 8:15 Thursday night at the
lodge on Bessemer City road,
Curtis Gaffney, secretary, an
nounced.
PRINCESS — Miss Peggy Joyce
Reynolds, high school senior, was
chosen this week to represent
Kings Mountain high school at
the 1956 Carolinas Carrousel in
Charlotte.
Peggy Reynolds |
Carrousel Enfory
Miss Peggy Joyce Reynolds
will be Kings Mountain's repre
sentative in the 10th annual Car
rousel to be held in Charlotte
Thanksgiving Day.
Miss Reynolds, a senior at Cen
tral High School, was chosen by
the student body to represent the
city in the annual beauty pageant.
Miss Phyllis Dean, a member of
the junior class, was the other
contestant in the race for Car
rousel representative.
The city's representative is 17
years-old. She is secretary of the
senior class, secretary of the Na
tional Honor Society, president,
of the French Club, is chief mar
shall, and a talented pianist.
Miss Reynolds will be crowned
princess on October 26 at lp.m.
in the high school auditorium.
She will ride in the Charlotte pa
rade in a decorated automobile
being furnished by Plonk Motor
Company.
The Carolina’s Carrousel is one
of the biggest events of the FalJ
season in the two Carolinas.
Princesses from many Carolina
cities will be on hand to compete
for the Carrousel Queen title.
Miss Jean Arthur was the
Kings Mountain Princess at the
1955 Carrousel.
Miss Rteynolds is the daughter
of Warren E. Reynolds and Mrs.
Gene Ware.
Property Auction
Set For Saturday
The home of the late W. E.
Blakely will be again put on sale
by public auction Saturday at 10
a. m.
This second auction was neces
sitated when Franklin L. Ware,
Jr., raised the high bid of $13,300
by Hugh A. Logan, Jr., by the
required five percent two weeks
ago.
The bidding will start at $13,995
when public bids are invited this
second time.
I. W. Osborne, Roy Price Vying
For Superior Court Clerk Spot
Cleveland County’s Democra
tic executive committee will meet
at 11 o’clock at the county court
house Saturday morning to nomi
nate a Superior Court clerk.
Leading candidates for the po
sition are J. W. Osborne, Shelby
attorney and onetime deputy
clerk of court, and Roy Price, al
so of Shelby and clerk of county
recorder’s court since 1951.
The nominee will be the party
choice on the November general
election ballot and is expected to
get the interim appointment from
October 1.
E. A. Houser, Jr., veteran clterk
of Superior Court, tendered his
resignation last week to resident
Superior Court Judge P. C. Frone
berger, of Gastonia. Judge Frone
'terger is empowered to make the
nterim appointment and has in
dicated he will follow the recom
mendation of the county Demo
cratic executive committee.
Kings Mountain briefly had a
candidate for the position in the
oerson of Charles Dixon, Victory
Chevrolet Company sales mana
ger. However, Mr. Dixon changed
his mind, friends reported, and
withdrew himself from consiaera
tion.
The 28-member Democratic exe
cutive committee includes the
chairmen of the 28 county pre
cincts. Kings Mountain area De
mocrats who will have a vote* in
the selection are S. A. Crouse,
East Kings Mountain, Hugh D.
Ormand, West Kings Mountain,
J. B. Ellis, Grover, and Wayne
Ware, Jr., Bethware.
Mr. Houser, who had held the
clerk’s position since 1938, had
two years remaining on his four
year term. He resigned due to ill
health, stating he felt he could
no longer handle the responsibi
lities of the office.
Mr. Osborne is currently chair
man of the county elections
board. A Shelby native, he serv
ed as deputy clerk of court under
I the late A. M. Hamrick from
; 1932-3S. He is a Methodist and is
; active in the work of the Lions
! club.
Mr. Price, a Baptist, is like Mr.
Osborne, a native of the county.
I He was born In Casar, reared in
! Mooresboro. He unsuccessfully
; sought the court clerk’s position
j against Mr. Houser in the May
1954 Democratic primary.
Fanners Have
Already Banked
Over 1700 Acres
Deadline* for Cleveland Coun
ty farmers to soil bank their 1957
wheat crop, originally set for Fri
day, has teen extended to October
5, Ralph Harrill, county ASC
manager, said Wednesday.
Meantime, Mr. Harrill report
ed, numerous Cleveland farmers
are availing themselves the op
portunity to collect an average of
$25 per acre on their wheat al
lotments. Mr. Harrill said that
1700 acres customarily planted to
wheat in this country had been
soil-banked through Tuesday.
The terms are: 1) the soil
bank agreement is for one year;
2) the government will pay the
farmers about $25 per acre for
leaving unplanted thbir wheat al
lotment; 3) the land unused for
wheat must either lie fallow or
be planted to soil-building crops
like peas or lespedeza which can
not be harvested.
There are some technicalities
effecting farmers who had allot
ments of less than 15 acres,
which all individual farmers are
allowed to plant to wheat—teven
though allotments may be less
than 15 acres. When a farmer
exceeds his allotment by planting
the full 15 acres he sacrifices only
the privilege of getting a govern
ment loan on his crop. He can
still market the full 15 acres.
Mr. Harrill pointed out that a
farmer soil-banking less than 15
acres is committed to plant no
wheat at all during the current
crop year. Thus, for small-allot
ment farms, the soil bank pro
vision hasn’t teen too appealing.
Majority of the soil-banking on
wheat has been by farmers with
quotas of 15 acres of wheat, or
more.
Last year, Cleveland County
had a wheat allotment of 11,000
acres, but many more acres were
planted to wheat, due to the 15
acres-for-everyone provision.
Mr. Harrill said he felt Cleve
land farmers have plenty of time
to decide about the soil-banking
provisions but did add that all of
North Carolina’s wheat soil-bank
ing allotment is on a first-come
first-served basis.
Harringtons
Hi Country Club
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Harrington
assumed managerial duties at
Kings Mountain Country Club
Monday.
Mr. Harrington who is 26-years
old, was formerly assistant mana
ger at Minosa Country Club in
Morganton, where he served for
16 months. Hie is a native of
Wadesboro, and is a naval vete
ran of the Korean War, serving
from 1951 until 1955.
Mrs. Harrington is the former
Miss Phyllis Boger of Kannapo
lis. She was employed as a X-Ray
technician at Valdese Hospital
prior to coming to Kings Moun
tain. Mrs. Harrington will as
sume duties connected with the
club dining hall and kitchen.
"We are happy to be in Kings
Mountain,’’ Mr. Harrington said
Monday, “and we are looking for
ward to meeting all the mem
bers of the club. I am especially
intersted in increasing the golf
participation.”
The newly • appointed club
manager was assistant pro at the
Morganton course, and has play
ed in numerous pro-amateur tour
naments in this section of the
state.
Mr. and Mrs. Harring succeed
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Byrd, who ser
ved at the club from May 25,
1954 until September of this year.
Off-To-School
List Now 147
Addition of seven to the area’s
off-to-school list brings to 147 the
number of students who have en
tered colleges and universities
for post-high school and speciali
zed training.
Diane Trammell has enrolled
at Anderson college, Anderson, S.
C., Bill Briggs is a student at Phi
fer college, George Thornburg
has enrolled at Clear Creek Bap
tist School, at Pineville, Ky., Tho
mas F. Burke has entered Bel
mont Abbey college, Bob Huskey
has returned to North Carolina
State college, Raleigh, and Bil
lie Gibbons and Peggy Joyce Gun
nells have entered Howard Busi
ness college, Shelby.