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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7.206 lie figure to. Greater tinge Mountain In derived Iron the IMS Klage Mountain city 'll rectory ceneue. The City Unite figure le from the United Staten oeneue of 1950. OH Pages ZU Today VOL. 66 NO. 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 13, 1956 Sixty-Seventh Year PRICE FIVE CENTS BED CROSS EMERGENCY FUND IN ACTION — At a German Red Cross field kitchen ol a refugee camp near Vienna, a two-year-old Hungarian is fed by her mother with the assistance of an Austrian Red Cross coluntee. The tiny refugee and her parents, who crossed the border one week ago, are among the thousands of refugees being cared for at camps in Austria. United States citizens are currently raising a five million dollar fund to help the Hungarian refugees Approximately S150 of a Kings Mountain goal of $500 for this releif fund has been raised, according to local Red Cross workers. (ARC Photo) Hospital Shows $19,639 Profit local News Bulletins < EAST SCHOOL There wille ibe a call meeting ■of East school Parent-Teacher association at East school Thursday afternoon at 3:30 p. m. for the purpose of electing a delegate to the P-TA conven tion in New Bern. ^ elected GREENSBORO — Gary All ran, freshman at Greensboro college, was recentlye3lected cor responding secretary of the - newly-organized Men’s Student Government on the college campus. He is also a member of the psychology clufb and the basketball team. COVET OF HONOB [Regular monthly court of honor for Kings Mountain dis trict Boy Scouts will be held Thursday night at 7:45 at City Hall. Cub leader’s training course will be conducted at Central Methodist church, be ginning at 7:30. SPENCER ILL [Richard Spencer, manager of Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, was hospitalized Monday with a stomach ailment. He became ill" while working at the store Monday morning. He was re ported improved Wednesday ' but was still in the hospital for observation. LEGION SVPPER Members of Otis D. Green Pist 155, American Legion, will eat a turkey dinner Saturday night, it was announced this week by Eugene Gidson, enter tainment committee chairman. Dinner, which will toe free to members, will be served begin ning at 6 p. m. Retailers Announce ’ Pre-Holiday Hours Majority of Kings Mountain retailers will observe Saturday hours on the final three shop ping days prior to Christmas (December 21, 22, and 24.) Announcement was made this week on decision of the board of directors at the Kings Mountain Merchants associa tion. The action follows past custom of the retailers to give last-minutfc shoppers extra time for gift- buying. The directors previously had voted to take a two-day Christ mas holiday, both Christmas Day and December 26, and also to observe New Year's Day as a holiday. Result Contrast To 1955 Deficit, Report* Reveals.. Kings Mountain Hospital showed a net profit of $19,969. 83 for the nine months ending September 30, audit report for the period reveals. ' The black ink figure contrasts with a deficit recorded for cal endar year 1955. The audit peri od was changed to a new fiscal year basis at the suggestion of the Duke Endowment, hospital officials reported. Manager Grady Howard cred ited the improved showing of the hospital finances to three fac tors: 1) Improved collection of accounts, including a large a mount deemed uncollectible by the auditors who handled the 1955 audit; 2) an increase in tax monies paid by the county; 3) a decline in number of charity patient days. “We are naturally pleased to show our results in black ink, rather than in red,” Mr. Howard said. The audit, conducted by Smith & Grisette, of ‘Lenoir, certified public accountants, reveals the 50-bed plant’s net worth or “sur plus” is now $636,058.06, includ ing fixed assets (land, buildings, and equipment) of $575,984. During the nine-month period, the hospital added assets of $22, 805 and added only $584.13 to its liabilities, the auditors noted. Cash on hand at September 30, totaled $23,896. During the nine months, Kings Mountain Hospital had net in patient income of $153,153 and another $4904 from out-patients. In addition it received $10,875 via county taxes, $3808 in grants from governments for charity cases, $739 from the Duke En dowment, $606 from the Kate Reynolds Foundation, $2953 in contributions, and $363 from sale of concessions. The total income was $177,684. A detailed analysis of income shows that room and board re turned more than $86,000, while sale of drugs accounted for the next largest revenue at $35,000. Laboratory fees returned over $18,000 and X-Ray fees return ed more than $13,000. The hospital spent $146,915 and $10,788 was deducted for de preciation of plant and equip ment. Largest outgo item was pay ment for nursing service, total ing nearly $44,000. Other expense items were: dietary, $20,754; ad ministrative expenses, $18,528, and pharmacy, $13,146. Plant operations cost the hospital $9, 245, including $5,429 for electri city, fuel and water. The X-Ray department cost the hospital $9, 364 and laboratory operations’ cost $4,612. The report showed that the hos Continued On Page Eight Steelworkers Ask NLRB Election At Lithium 4 Blocking Award Won By Marlowe Plonk Trophy Award Is Made At lions Event David Marlowe, junior tackle, is the fourth winner of the Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy, awarded annually to the Kings Mountain high school football player ad judged by his coaches to toe the outstanding blocker on the team. The trophy was awarded Mon day night and was the highlight of the annual Lions Club football banquet. Marlowe, bon of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Marlowe is the first non senior to win the award and also the first tackle to win the tro phy. Previous win ners are Eonnie Layton, end, 1 9 5 3 Charles Yelton, guard, 1954, and Joe Meek Ormand, center, 1955. Layton and Ormand are now in the air force, while Yelton i,s a student at Lenoir-Rhyne college. Coach Shu Carlton presented the award. He said the coaches found the selection difficult, tout reviewed movies of this year’s games and found Marlowe “turn ed in a consistently fine job.” Mariowe said, “1 don’t think I deserve it but I sure do appreciate it. I know I played with a great team.” Pat Preston, assistant coach at the University of North Carolina, made the principal address and praised the team for winning the conference championship. He outlined the methods the University uses in what he term ed “guiding” a good football prospect to enroll at Chapel Hill. “We kinda shy clear of the term ‘recruiting,'” Preston laughed. He described the tests as the “S” test. A football prospect is sought by the University, he said, if he makes satisfactory grades in scholastic /work, if he has suffi cient physical .size, if his football skills are good, if he has “savvy”, and if he has speed. Coach Preston told several stories to illustrate his points. He said a boy can ibe “ibooksmart”, yet can't learn which opposing player to block on an offensive play. On the other hand, he not ed, a player has to pass his work to ibe eligible. “Most of you fellows can assure yourself of a college education by .playing football,” he added, and said a four-year football scholarship is worth about $5,000. He pointed out that football scholarships may have a higher dollar value at denominational Continued On Page Eight Saturday Postal Schedules Extended Kings Mountain postoffice will be open until 6 p. m. on Saturday and again Saturday, December 23, Postmaster Charles L. Alexan der announced yesterday. Mr. Alexander says that vol ume of postal business indicates the Christmas rush is .beginning. Mr.. Alexander repeated an old dictum: “Please mail early and avoid the last-minute rush.” er because it is a state school and your parents are already paying ELECTED — Thomas Tindall. Kings Mountain insurance sales man has been elected Worship ful Master of Fainriew Lodge A. F. & A- M., No. 339 for the com ing Tear. Tindall Elected Masonic Master Thomas D. Tindall was elected Worshipful Master of the Fair view Lodge No. 339 Monday night as the Masonic lodge elected of ficers for the coming year. Mr. Tindall will succeed Lester A. 'Harmon as Worshipful Master of the local lodge. Other officers elected were Odus Fredrick Weaver, senior warden; T. Frank Ballard, junior warden; W. Brgce Thorburn, treasurer; and Denver O. King, secretary. Officers appointed were Isaiah C. Davis, senior deacon; J. Ed ward Bumgardner, junior dea con; Wray E. Bumgardner, senior steward; Alex B. Owens, junior steward; James B. Simpson, chaplain; and H. V. Herndon, tyler. Lester A. Harmon, .past master, was named to the board of trus tees for a three-year term. Other trustees for the coming year are Boyce H. Gault and George W. Mauney. The new officers will be in stalled Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at Masonic Hall. John Floyd, past district deputy grand master of the 37th Masonic district and past master of Fair view Lodge No. 339, will serve as installing officer. Paul W. Owens will serve as acting marshall for the installation services. Schools List Yule Holidays A portion of this area’s school pupils will begin Christmas hol idays this week, while others will start their vacations next week. All city schools, along with Park Grace school, will close Fri day and will re-open Monday, December 31.. County school schedules are a little more diversified with Gro ver closing Friday, December 21, and starting classes again Janu ary 2. Bethware and Compact schools will close on the same date, De cember 21, but will report back on December 31. DEACONS First Presbyterian v church congregation elected four new deacons Sunday. Elected were B. F. Maner, Charles Blanton, Harry Page, and Jftabert H. Go forth: , Southern Bell Cuts In Six More Kings Mountain-Shelby Circuits Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company cut in six additional circuits between Kings Mountain and Shelby on Wed nesday. Floyd Farris, manager of the Shelby and Kings Mountain ex changes, in making the announ cement, said the new circuits bring to 17 the number of lines available free to patrons of both communities for Kings Mountain* Shelby calls. He also added that one more circuit will be cut in during the next few,days. The cut-ins will complete plans of several months ago to provide more lines for Kings Mountain - Shelby traffic. “We believe," Mr. Farris sta ted, “that 18 circuits will provide adequate service between the two communities.. Studies were made prior to the line installs tlons and they indicated that 18 circuits would eliminate virtually all delays in telephone service between the two cities." At peak traffic times, opera tors sometimes have had to re port “ail my Shelby lines are be ing used," resulting in delay in completing the calls. 4 Funeral Rites For Mrs. Fulton Thursday at 3 Funeral rites for Mrs. Bertie Lee Fulton, 77, wife of Charles L. Ful ton, will toe held Thursday after noon at 3 o’clock at Central Meth odist church. Mrs. Fulton died at 2 o’clock Wednesday morning at Gaston Memorial hospital where she had been a patient for a week. She had suffered a broken hip a week ago and had undergone an , operation on Tuesday,. Death was attributed to heart failure. Though she had ibeen in declin ing health, her death had not been anticipated. Mrs. Fulton was a native of York county, S. C., a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Fulton. She had lived most of her life in Kings Mountain. She and her husband were married on May 9,1900. A member of Central Methodist church she had been active throughout her life in the work of the church. Surviving in addition to her husband are two daughters, Mrs. Hugh Hoke, Lincolnton, and Miss Winifred Fulton, Kings Moun tain, and four sisters, Mrs. W. C. Putman, Mrs. E. B. Olive, Mrs. Grier McDaniel and Mrs. A. L. Allran, all of Kings Mountain. One grandson survives. Funeral rites will be conducted toy Rev. James B. McLarty, Cen tral Methodist pastor, who will be assisted by Rev. J. H. Brendall, a former Central Methodist pas tor. Burial will toe in Mountain Rest cemetery. Toys And Food Asked For Needy Two charitable campaigns are underway in Kings Mountain, and both are designed to make Christmas brighter for the needy. The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce is again sponsoring its “Buy a can, leave a can” appeal for food. Citizens are asked to depoSit food in bas kets at all grocery stores, or, if they prefer, to give cash in coin boxes located in many business firms throughout the city. The Moose Lodge, American Legion, and police department are seeking toys to distribute to children of needy parents. Both new toys and used toys in good repair are sought. The American Legion, which will hold a supper Saturday night at the Post Build ing, has asked all Legionnaires to bring a toy to the supper. K. E. (Red) Morrison is chair man of the Jaycee project and Dean Payne is chairman of the Moose - Legion - Police Depart ment project.. Democrats Won't Pay For GOP Ads C. C. Horn, Shelby lawyer and chairman of the county’s Democratic executive commit tee, addressed the Herald ov er the weekend in tart terms. He wrote: "Please be advised that the bill attached to page 7 and ad dressed to Cleveland County Democratic Executive Com mittee is evidently in error. The Democratic Executive Committee would not pay for the ad or even contract for such an ad as appears on page 7 of your November 1st issue. "It is true that as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee I authorized you to carry an ad in behalf of the Democratic party but certainly not for the Republican party. You will please check your rec ords and correct this error." Customarily, when the Her ald bills out-of-town customers, it attaches what the trade terms a "tear sheet” of the paper showing the advertise ment the customer ordered. Inadvertently the “tear” sheet” accompanying the state ment to the Democratic Execu tive Committee was not Dem ocratic copy at all, but the No vember 1st advertisement of the county’s Republican Execu tive committee urging support for re-election of President Eisenhower. The Herald’s red-faced com ment to Mr. Horn, when re turning the proper supporting tear sheets: “We don’t blame 1 you. Amen!” » City May Increase Some Power Rates ELECTED — Rev. A. T. Quaken bush. First Baptist church pastor, has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial As sociation. He succeeds Rev. Doug las Fritz. Pastois Elects Quakenbush Rev. A. T. Quakenbush, pastor of First Baptist church, was e lected president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association at the group’s regular meeting Monday. Other officers include Rev. Hoover Smith, pastor of Gold Street Wesleyan Methodist chur ch, vice - president; Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., pastor of Grace Meth odist church, secretary - treas urer; Rev. H. G. McEIroy, pas tor of Temple Baptist church, chairman of the radio committee, and Rev. J. W. Phillips, pastor of First Wesleyan Methodist chur ch, chairman of the hospital com mittee. Rev. Douglas Fritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, is outgoing president. Coralee Fabrics Is Expanding Coralee Fabrics, Inc., the pilot plant operation started last year by Craftspun Yarns, Inc., is ex panding. Carl Swan, Craftspun president, said Wednesday details are not yet ready for public announce ment, 'but he confirmed that the Coralee subsidiary had leased from the D. C. Mauney Estate the complete building formerly hous ing Kings Mountain Laundry. Previoulsy, Coralee had used only half of the building. Coralee has also asked the city for increased power service. Tht Coralee firm has been manufacturing curtain materials and has been manufacturing some knit products. Christmas Club Numbers Over 800 More than 800 persons have joined Fifst National Bank’s 1957 Christmas Club, Mrs. Helen iR. Blanton, assistant cashier report ed Wednesday. The membership roll is still open with third weekly payments due this weekend. Mrs. Blanton said she antici pates total membership, when final memberships are filed, will reach. 1,000. Commercial Rate Schedule Being Studied Via a discussion to furnish po wer rates to Coralee Fabrics, Inc., the city administration a gain opened the door last Thurs day night to a boost in its com mercial power rate schedule. The city commissioners, sever al months ago, appointed a com mittee to investigate the power rate schedule — particularly as it applied to commercial custo mers — but no action was taken by the commissioners when the committee completed its work. Mayor Glee A. Bridges con tends, along with other city of ficials, that the city sells power to some commercial customers cheaper than does Duke Power Company. He said he had figures from Bennett Brick & Tile Com pany, one time city customer now purchasing power from Duke direct, and inferred that the Ben nett firm pays Duke more for its service than it did the city. The Mayor didn’t list the figures. Electrical Superintendent Hun ter Allen and Assistant City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., said the city sells some customers at “less than cost.” Both agreed that the large users enable the city to lower its base rate with Duke, but they could not determine the extent. Commercial customers here pay .88 of one cent per kilowatt hour after they have used 2500 during a 30-day billing period. Commissioner Sam Collins, long a booster of Increased po wer rates, said, “We should charge all commercial accounts Duke rates.” The commissioners voted to furnish Coralee Fabrics their re quired power and to examine the rate schedule later. It was esti mated the cost of installing ser vice to Coralee would be $1200. Since the meeting, City Clerk Gene Mitcham said, it was learn ed that Coralee would require much more power in the near future, and it is expected that Duke Power Company will be in vited to furnish the power for the firm on Childers street. Otherwise the commissioners: 1) Heard B. F. Maner, Kings Mountain insurance agent, ask to furnish the city a portfolio on its insurance holdings, together with recommendations concern ing gaps in coverage. The com missioners were silent and Mr. Maner again suggested the city should work out an arrangement giving the Maney agency a split on commissions earned by agents handling city insurance. The board agreed informally to invite Agents C. E. Warlick and Miss Helen Hay, along with Mr.. Ma ner to attend a forthcoming meeting and to discuss the Man er proposal. 2) Voted to re-zone the neigh borhood trading area, a lot front ing 150 feet on W. King street. 3) Confirmed unpaid street im provement assessments on three streets, Rhodes avenue, Brice street, and Katherine avenue. (Mayor Bridges said all Watter son street assessments had been paid.) 4) Discussed, without action, possibility of refusing to issue a privilege license to a fortune teller. Mayor Bridges told the board, “One wants to come in side the city limits.” The privi Continued On Page Eight Stockholders of Carolina Mines Hold Meeting, Elect Directors Carolina Mines, Inc., stockhold ers revamped their board of di rectors Saturday as they met in annual session postponed from last February by federal court order. In contrast to the legal strife which had halted the company’s stock sale and the building of its plants for production of kyanite, the Saturday meeting was gen erally harmonious and all the de cisions of the stockholders were by unanimous vote. A total of 63 stockholders were present and 278,566 shares were represented either in person or by proxy. Only bickering occurred when J. J. Mullinax sought to complain about stock issue to President A. S. MacCullough and to certain Chicago stockholders. Mr. Mac Cullough answered by telling Mr. Mullinax “this matter was settled in federal court before Judge Wil son Warlick.’’ Directors elected were: A. S. MacCullough, D. S. MacCullough, and A. E. Lowan, all of Vancouv er, B. C.; Roy O. Palmquist, Dr. E. J. Press and O. S. Caldwell, all of Chicago; J. E. Herndon, of Kings Mountain; and L. V. Sutton, and P,. J. Baugh, Jr., both of Charlotte. Following the stockholders' Continued On Page Eight Labor Board Hasn't Yet Set Hearing Date The AFL-CIO Steelworkers union has asked the National La bor Relations Board for a union representation election at Lith ium Corporation of America’s Bessemer City plant. Hearing on the petition has not been set, but Lithium Cor poration officials have been ask ed to furnish the NLRB a list of employees who would be eligible to vote in a representation elec tion. Bruce Thorbum, Lithium per sonnel manager, said he was fil ing the roster of eligibles with the NLRB. It will be the second effort of labor unions to organize the Li thium plant. On November 18, 1955, employees rejected by a narrow margin an effort by both the Steelworkers and the AFL Operating Engineers to becoming representatives of Lithium em ployees.. By custom, the union claims in its labor election petition that it has sufficient members to repre sent the employees. The company denies the allegation at an NLRB hearing and an election is or dered, with the election result de termining whether the particular union will be bargaining agent or whether the employees will remain “non-union.” In a circular distributed by the Steelworkers at the Lithium plant last weekend, the union claimed a majority of Lithium Corporation’s Bessemer City plant employees had signed membership cards. The circular further reported that the Steel workers had petitioned for an e lection and added, "Remember, 1,200,000 persons can’t be wrong.” It customarily requires the NLRB several months to com plete the hearing on the petition and to set up machinery for an election. Mr. Thorburn and other com pany officials had no comment on the Steelworkers action. BurMil Party To Be Sunday Christmas operating schedules for Phenix Mills of Burlington Industries were announced to day by plant superintendent J. S. Rotan, who also reported plans for the annual children’s Christ mas Party. Superintendent J. S. Rotan said Christmas holidays at the Phenix plant would be observed from the end of the second shift on December 22nd until the begin ning of the third shift on Decem ber 26. The annual Christmas party for employees’ children will be held at 2 o’clock Sunday after noon in the Joy Theater. Santa Claus will be on hand and gift bags containing toys, candy, fruits and a variety of other gifts will be distributed to all Em ployee’s children 10 years of age and younger. Prior to distribu tion of the gifts there will be a brief Christmas program consis ting of movies and drawing for door prizes. Approximately 700 persons, in cluding children and parents, are expected to attend. “Christmas" Herald Will Be Advanced The annual Christmas week issue of the Kings Mountain Herald will be published under date of December 24. Traditional, the Herald ad vances its Christmas week edi tion to appear the day prior to Christmas. Actually, the paper will be published on December 23 and will appear on news stands that night. The issue will feature Christ mas greetings from Kings Mountain merchants, tradition al Christmas “copy,” last-min ute gift suggestions, and the regular content of news, sports, and society events. Advertising deadline for the edition will be 2 p. m. Saturday, December 22. News deadline will ibe 3 p. m. Sunday, Decem ber 23. Persons desiring pic tures in the Christmas week edition should file them with the Herald not later tHan De cember 21. The December 20th edition will appear on regular sched ule.