Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7.20G
figure for Greater tings Mountain Is derived from
tite 196Sj Kings Mountain city directory census. The City
Limits figure is from the United States census of 1950.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 66 NO. 43
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November I, 1956
Sixty-Seventh Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
TO TEXAS
Pvt. William Lawrence Plonk
left Wednesday morning to re
port for duty at Fort Sam Hous
ton, San Antonio, Texas.
PRESBYTERIAN
Miss Frances Summers,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
•ft. Summers, will sing at morn
ing worship services Sunday
morning at First Presbyterian
•church, it was announced 'by
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts
for the week ending Wednes
day at noon totaled $179.41, in
cluding $150.15 from on-street
meters and $29.26 from off
street meters, according to re
port from Miss Grace Carpen
ter of the city clerk's office.
SUFFERS INJURY
Mrs. W. J. Crawford is a pa
tient in Gaston Memorial hos
pital, where she is receiving
treatment for a broken leg.
Mrs. Crawford suffered the in
jury Sunday at Hendersonville,.
She was first hospitalized there
and subsequently was brought
to the Gastonia hospital.
ACCEPTS POSITION
Miss Rachel Neal, grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Neal, has accepted a position
with Garrison General hospi
tal, Gastonia.
) KIWANIS PROGRAM
Members of the' Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis Club will hear an
address Thursday night toy Dr.
Jame G. Huggin, Gastonia
Methodist minister. Dr. Huggin
is Gastonia district superinten
dent. The club meets at 6:45 at
the Woman’s Club.
FOOD SALE
Friendship and Philathia
classes of Grace Methodist
church will sell hot dogs, cake,
coffee, and cold drinks Satur
day beginning at noon in the
new Grace church fellowship
hall. For delivery service, or
ders may toe placed until Sat
urday by notifying Mrs. Andy
Huffstetler {phone 1367) or on
Saturday by telephoning the
church (phone 1325).
INDUCTED
Miss Billie Gibbons, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gib
bons, has been selected a mem
ber of Alpha Iota sorority at
Howard’s Business college,
Shelby, where she is a student.
She will also toe one of six stu
dents to represent the school at
Christmas banquets to be held
in Shelby and Charlotte. Her
escorts will toe Jake Dixon and
Fritz Moorhead.
NURSING COURSE
^ Persons interested in enroll
m ing in a home nursing course
to be conducted by Kings
Mountain Bed Cross chapter
are being asked to notify the
local Red Cross, according to
Mrs. J. N. Gamble, executive
secretary, who .said that if suf
ficient number is interested a
course will available.
HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT
Kings Mountain Hospital
has purchased two items of
new equipment including an
electro-surgical unit to be used
in iprostatic and cancer surgery
and a Scanlon and Morris or
thopedic table to toe used in
treatment of all fractures and
casts, it was announced toy
Grady Howard, 'business mana
ger.
General Election
Facts Are Listed
Following are facts concern
ing next Tuesday's general e
lection;
Polls open at 6.30 a. m.
Polls close at 6:30 p. m.
Number of ballots: four, in
cluding presidential, state,
Fcounty and township ballots.
Number 4 Township polling
places: East Kings Mountain at
City Hail courtroom; West
Kings Mountain, at Victory
Chevrolet Company; Bethware,
at Bethware school; Grover, at
Grover fire station.
Estimated vote: Cleveland
County, 18,000; Number 4
Township, 4,000.
Lithium Firm Ups Pay Scale
175 Employees
To Get Boost
In Paychecks
Lithium Corporation of Amer
ica will raise wages at its Besse
mer City plant from eight to 12
cents per hour, effective Monday,
it was announced yesterday by
Bruce Thorburn, personnel man
ager.
Mr. Thorburn said the increas
es will effect the wages of all
hourly-paid employees.
The company employs some 175
persons in addition to executive
personnel.
Lithium Corporation thus be
comes the seventh Kings Moun
tain area firm to boost wage
rates in the past month. Others
include Foote Mineral Company,
the other lithium producer in the
Kings Mountain area, Massachu
setts Mohair Plush Company,
Burlington Industries, Slater
Brothers, Inc., Park Yarn Mills,
and Lambeth Rope Corporation.
The Lithium wage boost will
add approximately six percent to
the firm’s annua! payroll.
Mr. Thorburn said company of
ficials are well-pleased with the
progress of the local plant’s op
eration and have commented fa
vorably on the “splendid job
done by employees.”
Lithium Corporation’s home
offices are in Minneapolis, Minn.
Hunnicutt Buys
Appliance Center
Harold Hunnicutt, former
Neisler Mills plant engineer and
longtime Kings Mountain resi
dent, announced Tuesday that he
had purchased the Appliance
Center, retail appliance outlet, lo
cated at 243 South Battleground
avenue.
Mr. Hunnicutt said that the
transaction was completed Tues
day. He added that the policies
and business operations of the
firm would continue as in the
past. The firm was purchased
from Herbert and Gene Mitcham,
former owners.
Appliance Center is dealer a
gent for Westinghouse, Universal,
and Admiral products, and is
Kings Mountain Temco gas heat
er distributor. The firm also en
gages in the installation of all
types of gas equipment.
Mr. Hunnicutt is a native of
Union County, and is married'to
the former Miss Margaret Neis
ler. They have two children, Dick
and Sue, and reside at 414 North
Piedmont avenue.
He is a member and past-pres
ident of the Kings Mountain Ki
wanis Club, and is a member of
Kings Mountain Country Club.
Mr. Hunnicutt is an amateur ra
dio operator, and is very active
in nationwide “Ham” operations.
Mrs. Herbert Mitcham will re
main with the firm in the role of
office worker and sales lady.
Gene Finney, gas specialist, will
also retain his position with the
Appliance Center, Mr. Hunnicutt
reported.
MOOSE MEETING
Curtis Gaffney, secretary of
Kings Mountain Moose Lodge
1748, announced members of
the lodge will hold their regu
lar weekly meeting Thursday
night at 8:15 at the lodge or
Bessemer City road.
KMHS Gridders
To Invade Shelby
ACCEPTS POST — Rev. Harris C.
Mooney has been appointed dea
con-in-charge of Trinity Episco
pal mission and he and his wife
have moved into the St. Andrew's
church rectory in Bessemer City.
Mooney Accepts
Episcopal Post
The Rev. Harris C. Mooney has
been appointed Deacon in-charge
of Trinity Episcopal Mission,
Kings Mountain, by the Right
Rev. M. George Henry, Bishop of
the Episcopal Diocese of Western
' North Carolina.
The Rev. Mr. Mooney is a grad
uate of Riverside Military Aca
demy, Gainesville, Ga., the Uni
versity of Georgia; and Seatoury
Western Seminary, Evanston, 111.,
an Episcopal Seminary. He is a
native Georgian, and has served
as Deacon-in-charge of Grace
Episcopal Church, New Lenox,
111., and St. Paul’s Church, Man
hattan, 111., prior to his present
appointment. Mr. Mooney will be
ordained a priest in February,
1957.
The new minister is married
and his wife is a native Californ
ian. They are living in the rec
tory of St. Andrew’s church in
Bessemer City.
Jaycee Paper Drive
Scheduled Sunday
The Kings Mountain Jaycees
announced that another paper
drive to secure funds for civic
projects would be held Sunday
afternoon November 4.
A spokesman requested that
anyone having waste paper call
J. T. McGinnis at 138 or Delbert
Dixon at 25 to -arrange for col
lection of waste paper, maga
zines and cardboard.
The Kings Mountain Jaycees
also acknowledged receipt of Let
ters of Appreciation from the
Kings Mountain Schools for the
raincoats purchased * for the
School Safety Patrols and in turn
wish to thank the local citizens
and business establishments for
the waste paper which has made
this and other projects possible.
Championship
Oi Conference
At Stake Friday
By BOB HOFFMAN
Herald Sports Editor .
It’s the .battle of the year in
| Cleveland County! !
Duke-Carolina, Clemson-South
! Carolina, Democrats vs. Republi
j cans — all of these 'battles will
| be secondary to the one to be
I fought in Shelby’s ballyard Fri
: day night.
The Kings Mountain Moun
taineers, undefeated in eight out
' ings this year, will invade Shel
by to battle the strong Shelby
Lions in a game that will proba
bly determine the Southwestern
AA Conference championship.
Also at stake is the Cleveland
County championship.
Shelby has lost three games
and tied one during the season,
but are not being taken lightly.
The Lions’ lone conference loss
Law.son Brown, principal of
Central High School, announc
ed Tuesday that tickets for the
Kings Mountain-Shelby foot
ball game will be on sale at
drug stores in Kings Mountain.
Mr.Brown said the tickets
would be on sale at Kings
Mountain Drug, Stroupe’s and
Griffin Drug in the city. Tick
ets are priced at $1 for adults
and 50 cents for students.
of the year came at the hands ef
the Lincolnton Wolves in Shelby
Saturday night.
Losses outside the conference
came at the hard of Hickory and
Marion, and LenoL, top-running
team of the Northwestern AA
loop, tied the Lions in a 0-0 bat
tle.
Kings Mountain has taken the
measure of eight opponents with
out too much trouble. The biggest
scare of the season came in the
opener, when the Mountaineers
eked out a 6-0 win over Bessemer
City..
Since that time the going has
■been relatively easy for the boys
Continued On Page Ten
Blalcck Again
ASC Chairman
D.. B. Blalock, Kings Mountain
farmer, was re-elected chairman
of the Cleveland County ASC
committee at the county conven
tion held last week.
Committeemen were elected on
October 23 and the 11 township
chairmen, ex officio delegates to
the county convention, met at the
ASC office Thursday to elect of
ficers.
Mr. Blalock begins his second
year as a county chairman.
Other officers named were: R.
W. McBrayer, vice • chairman,
Warren Warlick, regular mem
ber, A. K. Harris, first alternate
and Charles J. Hamrick, second
alternate.
Meeting Set To Discuss Hospital Opeiation Plan
R. Z. Thomas
Two hospital administration
experts will discuss the “pros”
add “cons” of leasing Cleveland
County’s two hospitals to non
profit corporations at a meeting
to be held in Shelby Tuesday
j night.
The meeting will be held at
Fellowship Hall of First Presby
terian church at 8 o’clock, and
George W. Laycock, hospitals
administrator has issued invita
| tions to members of the county
; board of commissioners, board
: of hospital trustees, legislative
! delegation, the respective medical
staffs and other groups to at
i tend.
! The speakers will be R. Z.
i Thomas, administrator of Char
i lotte Memorial hospital, and
I Marshal! Pickens, executive di
! rector of the Duke Endowment,
| also of Charlotte.
I Continued On Pane Ten
Marshall Picketts
SPEAKER — Dr. Harold J. Dud- i
ley, of Raleigh, will begin a week .
of special services Sunday at j
First Fresbyterian church. Both
morning and evening services '
are planned throughout the,
week.
Dudley To Speak
To Presbyterians
Dr. Harold J. Dudley, of Ra
leigh, general secretary of the
Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina, will conduct a week of
special services at First Presby
terian church beginning Sunday,
Week-day services will .be held
at 10 a. m. and at 7:30 p. m. with
the services to close at evening '
services November 11. Dr. Dudley
will speak at morning and even
ing services Sunday, November 4.
Born in. Richmond, Va., Dr. Dud
ley was educated at Hampden
Sydney college in Virginia,
taught and coached at Woodbury
Forest school, Orange, Va., and
later graduated from Union
Theological Seminary. From
1929-1932 he was director of Re
ligious education and assistant
pastor at First Presbyterian
church, Lynchburg, Va„ and sub
sequently .served churches in Kin
ston, Birmingham, Ala,., and Wil
son until 1951 when he was nam
ed synod secretary.
In both high school and col
lege, he participated in athletics,
earning letters in the major
sports.-Later he was signed as
catcher by the St. Louis Cardi
nals and was sent to Syracuse, N.
Y., in the International League
for the 1926 season. However, he
gave up baseball due to his ob
jection to Sunday games and his
decision to enter -the ministry.
For years he has directed recrea
tion in young people’s camps and
conferences, specializing in .sing
ing, folk games, and crafts. He
served as moderator of the Synod
in 1953 and during the fall of the
same year was chosen by the
News and Observer as “Tar Heel
of the Week.” He Is married to
the former Miss Avis Fountain,
of Tarboro. They have one daugh
ter, Mrs. Harry B. Dew, of Wilson.
“We invite the public to attend
these special services,” Rev. P. D.
Patrick, pastor, said in making
the announcement.
City Re-imbursed
For Piedmont Job
Assistant City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel reported this week that
the city has .been reimbursed
$20,040.20 by the State Highway
and Public Works commission for
the North Piedmont avenue street
improvements.
The job cost the city $24,586.20,
Mr. McDaniel said. He reported
that the city was not reimbursed
for engineering expenses nor for
sidewalk construction. The side
walks were constructed on a 50
50 share basis with property own.
ers fronting the sidewalks. Mr.
McDaniel said all these assess
ments have been paid.
J. C. McKinney's
Mother Succumbs
Mrs. J. A. McKinney, of Ruth
erfordton, mother of James C.
McKinney of Kings Mountain,
died Wednesday.
She had been ill for several,
months.
Funeral arrangements were not
available late Wednesday.
Surviving, in addition to her
son here, are her husband, a dau
ghter, Mrs. J. I. Parrish, Ruth
erfordton, and three sons, Paul
and Glenn McKinney, both of
Cliffside, and Carl McKinney, of
Spindale.
Group Talks
Formation
Of C. of C.
A group of Kings Mountain
businessmen discussed organiza
tion of a Chamber of Commerce
Monday night, and scheduled a
meeting for November 12 to dis
cuss further plans for forming
the organization.
Some 15 persons were present
at the Monday night session at
City Hall, Including Mayor Glee
A. Bridges, who reported receipt
of an inquiry concerning an in
dustry which wishes to locate a
plant somewhere in the South.
The industry, unidentified, had
first contacted the State Depart
ment of Conservation and Deve
lopment, who in turn, had for
warded a questionnaire to Kings
Mountain, one of four cities in
vited to reply.
The industry seeks a tract of
30-50 acres with streams capable
of handling waste, needs 5.5 mil
lion cubic feet of gas daily, up
to one million gallons of water
daily, and other facilities.
The Mayor reported he was
compiling the information.
Dan Weiss, Kings Mountain
merchant, presided at the Mon
day night meeting. Others pre
sent included H. D. McDaniel,
Sam Collins, James Tart, Odus
Smith, Bruce McDaniel, Carl Fin
ger, W. S. Fulton, Jr., Warren
Reynolds, Dan Huffstetler, Mar
tin Harmon, Bob Hoffman, and
Ted Gamble. Martin Harmon
agreed to write the Southeastern
office of the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce to invite a Chamber of
Commerce official to attend the
November 12 session.
Mr. Weiss suggested that
Kings Mountain could use some
additional payrolls and said an
organization should be formed to
handle inquiries such as the one
received and to seek other firms
now locating in the South.
Oak Giove Sets
Harvest Day
Oak Grove Baptist church will
observe Harvest Day at Sunday
services, it has been announced
by Rev. James Holder, pastor.
Goal of the program is an of
fering of $1500. Sunday School
at 10 o’clock will be followed by
the sermon by the pastor at 11
o’clock.
Special music will be a feature
of the service. Diniier will be
served at the noon hour.
“We invite all members of the
church and former members to
attend the special program,” Mr.
Holder said.
CITY BOARD MEETING
The city board of commis
sioners will hold their regular
November meeting Thursday
night at 8 o’clock at City Hall
courtroom. Mayor Glee A. Brid
ges said the agenda appeared
“short and routine.”
SPEAKER—Mrs. Louis G. Rogers,
of Charlotte, Republican National
committeewoman, will make the
principal address at a county Re.
publican rally in Shelby Friday
night.
Republicans
Schedule Rally
Cleveland County Republicans
will hold a rally in Shelby Fri
day night, with Mrs. Louis G..
Rogers, Republican national com
mittee woman to make the prin
cipal address.
J. Worth Silver, county GOP
chairman, described the gathering
as a “couirtywide Eisenhower fel
lowship rally” and urged all
Cleveland Republicans to attend.
Also invited to attend the rally
is Kyle Ilayes, of North Wilkes
boro, GOP candidate for gover
nor.
The rally will get underway
at the Shelby Community center
at 8 o’clock.
There is no admission charges.
Mr.. Silver said refreshments
would be served, buffet style, and
also stated that door prizes will
be given.
‘‘We want everyone interested
in the re-election of President
Eisenhower and Vice-President
Nixon to attend, ‘‘Mr. Silver said.
“Peace, progress and prosperity
will be the theme of the rally.’.’
“We believe there are a lot of
people who like the kind of
government we’ve had for the
past few years and we want to
bring them together for a good
fellowship rally, “Mr. Silver add
ed.
Patterson Grove
To Begin Revival
Rev. H. G. McElroy, pastor of
Temple Baptist church, will be
gin a week’s revival Sunday night
a t Patterson Grove Baptist
church.
Services will be held nightly
through Saturday, November 10,
at 7 o’clock each evening. Spe
cial singing will also feature the
meeting.
"We invite the public to attend
these services,” Rev. J. J. Thorn
burg, pastor, said.
County Democratic. Hom, Silver
Agree—Differ On National Result
Cleveland County will return a
Democratic majority in next
Tuesday’s voting for the presi
dency, Cleveland County’s two
political party chairmen agree—
but here the agreement ends.
C. C. Horn, Shelby lawyer and
Democratic party chairman says
Cleveland County will add to the
2100-plus majority it gave the
Democrats in 1952 and adds con
fidently, ‘That’s conservative.”
J. Worth Silver, Shelby realtor
and county Republican chairman,
acknowledged Wednesday morn
ing that his party won’t capture
the county and admitted, “We
probably won’t do quite as well as
last time.” But he didn’t talk in
terms of a 3500-vote majority for
the Democrats.
Nationally, the two are at con
siderable variance.
Silver, who has silver hair to
match his name, had a confident
glint in his eye when he com
mented on the national voting
picture, “Why. we’ve got it made”.
Silver likes Richard Nixon, the
vice-president, too. “They’ve tried
hard, but they can’t pin a thing
on him, never could provj he
called the Democrats traitors.”
Mr. tHorn was feeling good
Wednesday morning over a let
ter he had just received from a
California politico who had writ
ten that California, in the GOP
camp in 1952 and also put in the
GOP camp this year by virtually
all the polling experts, appeared
50-50 with a touch-and-go race
likely to end with a Democratic
majority.
“If we get California, there’s
going to be a change in the res
idents of the White House,”
Chairman Horn opined.
Mr. Horn pointed to the heavy
registration figures throughout
the county as evidence of his
claim that the Democratic ma- j
jority will de doubled next Tues
day.
"The farmers are tired of Ei
senhower prosperity, and next
Tuesday’s results will show it. j
The farmer hasn’t enjoyed any |
prosperity under this Republican 1
administration.”
Mr. Silver gave the back of his '
hand to • the Democrats on aiio- j
ther score. Asked why the GOP j
hadn’t filed a slate of county!
candidates lately, Mr. Silver said |
“Democrats changed the law to
require that candidates file for 1
office in person.” Mr. Silver said I
he couldn't get his Republican I
confreres to file their candidaci
es.
“I used to file ’em myself”, he
said.
In spite of Friday night’s Shel
by - Kings Mountain football
game, the veteran GOP leader
thiiiks he’ll have a good turnout
for the county GOP rally at Shel
by’s community center.
The Democrats staged their
rally last week, attracting 800 to
hear Senator Gore of Tennessee,
who also spoke at Shelby’s Com
munity Center.
Segistiars Opine
Local Balloting
Will Be Heavy
Kings Mountain area citizens
will join other citizens through
out the nation Tuesday in east
ing votes in the general election.
Chief interest here is in the
presidential election, between
President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Republican, and Adlai Stevenson,
Democrat. The vice - presidential
nominees are Richard M. Nixon,
Republican incumbent, and Sena
tor Estes Kefauver.
Registrations have been con
sidered heavy by the registrars.
Last Saturday was the final day
for registering and Kings Moun
tain registrars had a busy day.
Mrs. Nell Cranford, East Kings
Mountain registrar, added 79
names to her pollbook, including
(19 Democrats, nine Republicans
and one independent. More wo
men registered than men, Mrs.
Cranford said. In addition, many
people came in to establish that
they were registered. During the
registration period Mrs. Cranford
added 170 names to the East
Kings Mountain books.
Mrs. J. H. Arthur, West Kings
Mountain registrar, reported ad
dition of 183 names to the West
Kings Mountain book, including
111 last Saturday. A total of 81
listed themselves as Democrats
while 27 were of the Republican
faith and three said they were
independents. Mrs. Arthur also
had a busy day checking names
of persons previously registered.
Both Mrs. Qranford and Mrs.
Arthur thought that election day
would be a busy one at the polls
here.
At Grover, J. B. Ellis reported
he had added some 30 to 40 nam
es to the pollbooks, said most
were Democrats.
Mrs. H. A. Goforth, Bethware
registrar was not available Wed
nesday.
The polls open Tuesday morn
ing at 6:30 and will remain open
for 12 hours, closing at 6:30 p. m.
In addition to the presidential
election, citizens will help elect
a governor, other state officers,
a congressman and county and
township officials.
The Republicans have no can
didates for township and coun
ty offices, and none for United
States Representative. Sure of
election therefore, are the De
mocratic County Commissioner
candidates, all incumbents, State
Senator Robert Morgan, State Re
presentative B. T. Falls, Jr., Con
stable Gus Huffstetler, and Con
gressional Nominee Basil White
ner, as well as other local and
district Democratic candidates.
Governor Luther Hodges is op
posed by Kyle Hayes, Republi
can, of North Wilkesboro.
Other contests include:
For U. S. Senator — Sam Er
vin (D), vs. Joel A. Johnson.
For Lieutenant - Governor —
LutherBarnhart (D) vs. Joe A.
Dunn.
For Stale Auditor — Henry
Bridges (D) vs. William White.
For State Treasurer — Ed Gill
(D) vs. Calvin Monroe Adams.
For Attorney-General—George
Patton (D) vs. C. E. Hoyle.
For Superintendent of Public
Instruction — Charles F. Carroll
(D) vs. T. E. Story.
For Commissioner of Agricul
ture — L. Y. Ballantine (D) vs.
Fred Keith.
For Commissioner of Insuran
ce — Charles F. Gold (D) vs. Da
vid W. Lee.
For Secretary of State — Thad
Eure (D) vs. Grover C. Robbins.
For Commissioner of Labor —
Frank Crane (D) vs. J. M. Stan
di.
New Ballot Box
Demands "No Fold"
Voting Tuesday?
Then please don’t fold your
ballots.
Kings Mountain precincts at
City Hall and Victory Chevrolet
Company will be using new bal
lot boxes for the general elec
tion and these specially design
ed boxes are made to stack the
ballots properly without fold
ing. Folding the ballots will
cause the election officials
much extra work when counting
time begins, a registrar point
ed out.
The specially - designed and
patented ballot boxes are be
ing used in the county “on
trial”. If the election officials
like the result, the county com
missioners may buy them.
The boxes, the manufacturers
claim, will speed the work of
election officials in tallying the
election results.