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I Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7.206 Ths Sgw« (of Great rr kings Mountain U derived from the I9SS Sag* Mountain city directory census. The City limits figure Is from the United States eetisus of ISSO. 1C Pages 10 Today VOL 68 No. 5 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 31, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS “Mother’s March” On Polio To Be Held Thursday Night ft Door-To-Door Solicitation Is Planned The Junior Woman’s Club MU conduct the annual Mothers March on Polio Thursday mg from 7 o’clock until 8 p m. Kings Mountain citizens who wish to contribute to the cam paign to secure funds for infualJ‘ tile paralysis should turn thei porch lights on and members o the club will pick up their dona tions. Citizens who are not con tacted toy a member of the cluto and who wish to donate to the drive Should telephone the Wom an's cluto (number 9135) from 8 o’clock until 8:30 p.m. and member of the club will pick up the donations. Mrs. James Alexander is Junior Woman's club chairman of the fund - raising effort which seeks to raise $3?535 in the Kings Mountain area. Co-chairmen of the drive here are Jonas Bridges and Ollie Har 1 Local News Bulletins duke gift Kings Mountain hospital was allot ed $739 toy the Duke .Foundation for hospital chari ty patients during last year, according to report announced Wednesday^ Duke Foundation distributed over $203,000 to hospitals of the two Carolinas. METERS NOT "ROBBED" The city .police department did not make its customary collection of parking meter re ceipts Wednesday. With wet weather the money won’t .pass through the counting ma chines. A two - week collection will toe made next Wednesday, weather permitting. SEAL SALE DRIVE Contributions of $6,213.65 have been received in the Cleveland County seal sale drive, according to announce ment by William Eldon, Kings Mountain area seal sale chair man. Citizens should forward their donations to the county TB office. » MISSION RALLY Presbyterian churches of Kings Mountain Presbytery will hold a World Mission rally at Gastonia First Presbyterian church Thursday (tonight) at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Hugh Bradley, missionary to China, will be the speaker. Kings Mountain Presbyterian Church will be represented at the rally. ROPER TO SPEAK Sheldon M. Roper, well known Lincolnton attorney and Methodist lay leader, will be the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club Thurs day night. The club meets at 6:45 .p.m. at Kings Mountain Woman’s Club. VARIETY SHOW West school fifth grade will present a musical variety show Friday night, February 1st, at 8 o’clock at the school. Stephen Foster music, songs, and dan ces will feature the .program. A collection will be received with proceeds to be used for a class trip. CITY AUTO TAGS A total of 617 Kig.s Mountain auto owners had purchased city auto licenses through Wednesday at noon, Assistant City Clerk Joe McDaniel said. This'is less than half the total sold last year. Penalty for fail ure to buy the licenses will ap ply after February 15. LICENSE OFFICE The state driving license of fice will not be open here on Thursday at City Hall but will be open on regular schedule on Friday. H. L. Nolan, state driv ing license examiner, said ill ness of one examiner will pre vent the office’s opening on Thursday. DIMES HELP THESE — Here are two Kings Mountain area polio patients who are aided by con tributions made in the March of Dimes campaign. Odessa Luns ford. above. 16, 80S Church street, was stricken in 1954. Linda Sue Burris, below, route 1. Kings Mountain, is now age nine. She, too, was stricken in 1954. Both are receiving treatment toward rehabilitation through the Cleve land County Polio Foundation. Legion To Talk Junior Baseball Members of Otis D. Green, Post 155, American Legion, will hold their regular monthly meeting at the clubhouse on Friday, Febru ary 1 at 7:30 p. m. Junior Bosebal! for 1957 is a.' mong the big items of business scheduled to be discussed. The future of the Legion . sponsored project in Kings Mountain may depend on the outcome of this meeting. Fleete McCurdy, post athletic officer last season, is expected to again get the nod from post members. However, one big hur dle facing the local Legionnaires >at the present time is the prob lem of getting a coach for the Junior baseball team. Gus Hartsoe coached the squad last season. Coach John Gamble of the Central High School staff has been approached about the job, but has turned it down. Oth er coaching prospects being men tioned are Lawson Brown, prin cipal of Central School and a former professional ball player, and Gene Kirkpartick, who han dled the Shelby Blues entry in the Legion wars last year. LUTHERAN SERVICES Sunday morning church ser vices during the month of Feb ruary at St. Matthew’s Luth eran church will be broadcast over Radio Station WKMT at 11 a.m. each^ Sunday. Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor, will deliver the Sunday morning message on evangelism. Dr. Paul Graf, of Minneapolis, will ibe the visiting speaker at the Febru ary 10 service. Campaign Lags With Only $1433 01 Quota Raised Total donations for the 1957 March of Dimes fund campaign in Kings Mountain totaled $1283. 67 at noon Wednesday. However, the Kiwanis - Lions Radio Auction held Wednesday afternoon put another $150 into the polio pot. These donations include $241. 89 collected at Central School, and $160.20 from East School. It also included fund’s raised through the Jaycee Roadblock, and the Blue Crutch Sale con ducted by the American Legion with the help of the Boy and Girl Scouts of the city. No report had been received from Davidson School, where Mrs. Johnny Leach is chairmaln, according to Charles Dixon, chairman of school donations. Also no business or industrial do nations have been reported. Kings Mountain’s quota for the 1957 drive was $3535. Jonas Bridges and J. Ollie Harris are co chairmen of this year’s cam paign. Aubrey Mauney, one of the Ki wanians working the radio auc tion, reported that all items a vailable were sold. He added that the bidders got .bargains, with the selling prices averaging a round 75 percent'* of retail price. The Lions Club collected the i tems to he auctioned, while the Kiwanians handled the selling end of the project. Lithium Plans Education Aid Lithium Corporation of Ameri ca is installing a company-spon sored educational program for its employees, according to an nouncement made this week by Herbert Rogers, of Minneapolis, Minn., company president. Details of the program were outlined here by Bruce Thorburn, Bessemer City plant public rela tions director. Mr. Thorburn said the com: pany would provide major fi nancial assistance to any em ployee of two years service with the company for correspondence courses or for night instruction at nearby high schools, colleges, and vocational schools. The program, Mr. Thorburn ex plained, is designed and expect ed to help employees help them selves toy improving their abili ties and skills in present jobs and to qualify them for future 'jobs. The company prefers that its employees undertake courses in the sciences, mathematics, mechanics or business, but places no strict limitation on courses the employees may stu dy. BUILDING PERMITS Building Inspector J. W. Webster issued two building permits this week. A permit was issued Tuesday to Charles Harrison to erect a house on Belvedere Circle, at an esti mated cost of $4,50Q. H. D. Mc Daniel was issued a permit Wednesday, January 23, to e rect a house on E. Ridge Street, at an estimated cost of $10,000. LATE DR. FALLS — D*. Oliver Green Fcdls (1857 . 1930). Kings Mountain physician - industrial ist was honored by his widow last week when she presented a gilt valued at more than $2,200 to Kings Mountain hospital. The hospital laboratory will be nam ed in his memory. Hospital Naming Lab Foi Falls As was anticipated, the county board of hospital trustees, at their January 23 meeting, accept ed with appreciation Mrs, Kath erine Falls Frazier’s gift to Kings Mountain hospital and voted to use a portion of the funds to pur chase a spectro - photometer for the hospital laboratory. Specifically, Business Manager Grady Howard was authorized to sell 25 of the 50 shares of South ern Railway stock — donated by Mrs. Frazier in memory of her late husband,: Dr. Oliver Green Falls—to purchase the laboratory test-making apparatus. The trustees also voted to name the Kings Mountain hos pital laboratory the Oliver Green Falls Memorial laboratory. A suitable plaque will be installed. The other stock will be used to purchase other needed equip ment. The spectro - photometer is described as a highly accurate testing machine which will per form 339 clinical tests. Present laboratory equipment can man age on ly 44. Dr. Falls was a native of Num ber 4 township, born March 7, 1857. He was the son of Alfred V. and Fannie Neal Falls. Dr. Falls attended the Bell military academy here and was graduated from the medical department oi the University of Maryland. He subsequently practiced medicine for 18 years at Clinton, S. C. Dr Fills returned to Kings Mountain in 1900 where he and the late Captain Freno Dilling, his broth er-in-law, organized the Cora Mill (now Craftspun Yarns, Inc.). He never practiced actively after returning here, though he was a vailable to friends and kin for emergency medical treatment. He retired as president, secretary and treasurer of the Cora Mill in 1928. He died on April 6, 1930. At his death, Dr. Falls was president of the Home Building and Loan association, and serv ed as county commissioner in both Cleveland and Gaston coun ties. He also served on the East Kings Mountain ,'board of educa tion. He was an elder of Boyce Memorial ARP church. He and other heirs of A. V. Falls gave the site on which the church still stands. Mrs. Frazier, nee Katherine Cassels, was the widow of Dr. David Provence, of Barnwell, S. C., when she was married to Dr. Falls on October 24, 1918. Subse quent to Dr. Falls’ death she was married to the late George Fra zier, of Statesville. The value of Mrs. Frazier’s gift was placed in excess of $2,200. Kiwanis, Doctors Promoting Fluoridation Of Water Supply Home B. & L Directors Re-Elected Home Building & Loan Asso ciation may, within the next few weeks, change its corporate name to "Home Savings and Loan As sociation, Inc." This was one of the permissive action > voted at the annual meet ing cl stockholders January 22, when the stockholders also au thorized the directors to set up an employee pension plan, au thorized change of annual meet ing date “if deemed necessary by the directors”, and jcompliment ed the staff for its work during 1956. The stockholders also re-elect ed all directors, who are: Dr. J, E. Anthony, G. A. Bridges, J. H. Thomson, A. H. Patter.son, W. F. Young, L. L. Alexander, J.B. Mau ney, I. G. Patterson, B. D. Rat terree, Jack H. White, and Hal D. Ward. Subsequent to the stockholder session, the direc tors re-elected all officers. Dr. J. E. Anthony is president, Mr. Bridges vice - president, Mr. Thomson vice - president, A. H. Patterson is executive vice-presi dent, secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Emily A. Herndon is assis tant secretary, and Mr. Young is assistant treasurer,. A. H. Patterson, in his report on 1956 operations, told the stockholders that assets had in creased by $391,589.36 to $2,354, 639.06, that dividends had been paid totaling $58,926.66, and that association reserves had in creased by $34,502.08 to $205,604. 41. Reserves at year end totaled, Mr. Patterson noted, 9.6 percent of the association’s withdrawable accounts. Other items in the report were: 1) The association made 246 mortgage loans during the year, bringing total loans to $2,051, 165.32 an increase of $228,693.80. 2) Outstanding at year end were 802 mortgage loans and 31 share loans. 3) A total of 1454 savings ac counts were held at year end totaling $2,147,412 up from $1, 789,861 the previous December 31. Area's Part Heavy In Mineral Surge How much of the Carolinas’ 24 million dollar increase in mineral output since World War II can be attributed to Kings Mountain area mining operations? Local mining officials were interested Wednesday in t h e report of the Department of Commerce field office at Char leston, S. C., which showed the $24 million increase. Local folk were quick to note that the addition of Foote Min eral Company (which has heavily expanded the Solvay Processing Company World War II operation), of Lithium Corporation of America, and of Kings Mountain Mica Com pany, Inc., would indicate that Kings Mountain area mining operations contributed perhaps a major percentage to the North Carolina increase of over $19 millions. Cotton Soil Bank Sign-Ups To Start Funds Available To Withdraw 6,000 Acres Cleveland County farmers will start soil - banking cotton Fri day. Ralph Harrill, Cleveland ASC manager, has notified farmers to make soil bank applications at the ASC office beginning Febru ary 1. He said the sigh-ups will continue through the month of March, or until Cleveland's $460, 550 cotton soil .bank allotment is exhausted. Mr,. Harrill estimates the soil bank allotment will take aibout 6,000 acres of land out of cotton production this season, or ap proximately 17 percent of the county’s 34,500 - acre cotton al lotment. Farmers will get one of four figures as their cotton soil-bank payments: $52, $59, $65, or $72 per acre. Mr. Harrill said the figures 'vcre set “per farm” toy the county ASC committeemen, , who toased decisions on a normal year yield, the operator himself, his work force and his equip ment. It was noted that if a far mer feels he should have a high er acreage payment he can file application and have his com plaint considered. A farmer may soil bank either 30 percent of his allotment or 1C acres, Whichever is the larger figure. Mr. Harrill noted that a farmer who wanted to soil bank a very large allotment should make application at the time he banks the permissible amount. Should .soil bank funds not be expended, these added applica tions would toe honored on a first - come-first-served ibasis. When a farmer soil toanks his cotton for 1957 he agrees to 1) let the soil banked acreage lie fallow, or 2) plant on it a con serving crop under ASC super vision. Mr. Harrill noted that the ASC would pay half the cost of the .soil improvement practice. Gantt Resumes Grocer Role W. Mack Gantt announced Wednesday that he resumed op eration of the grocery store on Linwood Drive, which has been operating as William’s Cash Gro eery for the past 30 months. Mr. Gantt, a veteran of some 30 years in the grocery business said his business hours would be from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. Plan; were not complete as of Wednres day afternoon closings, but he said that he would probaibly fol low the hours of the city’s othe: merchants. Majority of the city’: business firms close at noon or. Wednesday. Graf, Lineberger Lutheran Missioners MrSSIONER — Dr. Paul Luther Graf, Minneapolis, Minn., Luth eran minister, will be the visit ing miss loner at St Matthew's Lutheran church during the Charlotte area evangelism mis sion February 10-14. Dr. Paul Luther Graf, pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran church, Minneapolis, Minn., will be the missioner at St. Matthew’s Luth eran church during the February 10-14 evangelistic mission. Dr. Graf will deliver sermons twice on February 10 and even ing sermons subsequently through February 14. The North Lima, Ohio, native, is described by the St. Matthew’s pastor, Dr. W. P. Genberding, as “a great leader of the church i throughout the land and an elo quent .speaker-” Dr. Graf serves one of the na tion’s largest Lutheran churches. It’s membership totals 4,228. Dur ing 1956, the church logged 300 accessions and attendance at services at 82,856. The church budget exceeds $200,000. Dr. Graf has served as pastoi of the Minneapolis church since 1950. He previously was steward ship secretary of the Synod of the Northwest, and served pastorates at Kenosha, Wis., and Walters, Minn. He was graduated from Continued on Page Eight MISS!ONER — Rev. Corley R. Llneberger, Hendersonville, Lu theran pastor, will be the visit ing missioner at Resurrection Lutheran church during the Charlotte area evangelism mis sion in February. Rev. Corley R. Lineberger, pas tor of Grace Lutheran church a' Hendersonville, will .be the visit ing missioner at Resurrectior Lutheran church here during the February 10-14 evangelistic mis sion of Charlotte area Lutherans 'Rev. Mr. Lineberger receivec his undergraduate education a Atlantic Christian College am studied for the ministry at th< Lutheran seminary, Columbia, S C. Prior to going to Henderson ville, where he currently is pres ident of the ministerial associa tion, he served the Maiden Luth eran church for three years. H is an army veteran and is now ; VFW chaplain. Mr. Lineberger is also a musi cian,. When the Hendersonvill schools were without a band di rector, the minister served a substitute for a semester until ; full-time director could toe oto tained. Rev. Mr. Linetoerger will preae at Resurrection church on Sur day morning and evening, Febrt (Continued On Page Sight) added DUTIES — Devere H. Smith has been named adminis trative assistant to Operations Manager Neil Johnson at Foote Mineral Company. Mr. Smith will handle the new duties in addi tion to his former tasks as ac countant for the company. Smith Assigned Added Duties Effective January 1, 1957, the position of administrative assis tant was created by the Foote Mineral Company plant at Kings Mountain. DeVere R. Smith assumed the responsibilities of this position in addition to retaining those of plant accountant, according to an announcement by Neil O. Johnson, operations manager. Mr. Smith reports directly to the operations manager in the new post, and is responsible for the development, administration and control of the accounting, pur chasing, warehouse, plant securi ty and general office activities of the operation. A native of Norfolk, Nebraska, Mr. Smith attended George Washington University and Duke University. He began work at the local Foote operation May 6, 1953 as plant accountant and office manager, and for a time was al so responsible for the personnel management activities. Prior to coming to Kings Mountain, he was employed by Government Services, Inc. for seven years in Washington, D. C., and Fontana Dam, N. C. He resides in Crescent Hill with his wife and two chil dren. Tax Penalty Deadline Near Penalty on unpaid 1956 city and county tax .bills applies on Saturday. This means that one percent penalty will be added to all 1956 tax accounts not paid .by the close of business on Friday. Both city and county collectors anticipate the customary last minute rush to avoid penalty. City Collector J. W. Webster noted that his office closes at 4:30 Friday, and also noted that additional penalty applies at the rate of one-half percent per month after February. About 80 percent of the city levy totaling $163,184.85 has been paid. Through December 31, tax payments to the city were $118, 155.07. Mr. Webster said about $15,000 has already been paid into his office during January. The Kings Mountain levy in cludes the $1.70 per $100 property tax levy and the $2 poll tax levy on males age 21-50. Mr. Webster who issued a warning to persons owing taxes for 1955 and prior years. He .said he would begin in February ac tion to collect these tax bills and would use garnishee, attachment and other legal processes to ob tain payments and clear the old accounts from the city’s receiv ables list. Suggestion To Fluoridate Watei Revived Directors of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis Club went on rec ord Friday night at a regular di rector’s meeting as favoring the fluoridation of the city water supply. The directors adopted this pro ject as one of several for the club this year. This action followed a long discussion concerning fluo ridation, during Which time Dr. Paul Nolan and Dr. D. F. Hord pointed out the benefits and low cost of such a move. Dr. Nolan reported Wednesday that the Kings Mountain Hospi tal medical staff also went on record as favoring the fluorida tion plan at a meeting Monday night. Fluoridation is recommended by some medical and dental au thorities as being the answer to the problem of tooth cavities. Kiwanis directors stipulated that the motion be brought be fore the Public Affairs committee for any action the committee deemed necessary. Members of he Public Affairs committee are Arnold Kiser, chairman, John Smathers, direc tor, Jim Anthony, Glee A. Brid ges, J,. ft. Davis, and Hunter Neisler. This proposal is not new in Kings Mountain. The idea was proposed some four or five years ago, but was tiprned down at that time dUe to "lack of fundst". Dr. Hord told the directors Fri day that it would cost approxi mately $750 a year to fluoridate the city’s water after the fluori dating equipment was purchas ed. He did not estimate the a mount required to purchase the equipment. This question of fluoridation is one that has caused no end of controversy in North Carolina Continued On Page Eight Whammy Take Falls Heavily The city’s “whammy” — the electric speed - timing device installed hy the city police de partment on January 17 — put only seven persons in city court Monday, as compared to the 44 it sent up tor speeding the pre vious court day a week ibefore. The “whammy” is ibeing used sporadically on various city streets. The policemen may set up on King street in the morning, Piedmont avenue in the afternoon, Cleveland avenue the next day, or vice versa. Other "whammy” notes: 1) The Herald’s report of last week listing victims of the de vice included the name . of Harold S. Falls. The name should have read Harold L. Falls. A check-up revealed that the name had been incorrect ly copied from citation slip to warrant and court docket. Har old R. Falls called the error to the Herald’s attention, said at least 25 persons had variously teased him and sympathized •with him about his troubles with the “whammy”. Harold ,R. Falls is an overseer at Craft spun Yarns, Inc. Harold L,. Falls is a city mail carrier. 2) Miss Billie Gibbons, city court clerk, said she had paid Attorney George Thomasson, the court’s fee basis solicitor, $203 for the month of January. The payment represented $3.50 per defendant found guilty, but excluded the $3.50 on all “whammy” victim defendants who submitted. Miss Gibbons said she deducted the fee on instructions of Mayor Bridges. 3) City Clerk Gene Mitcham guessed the question of the fee • waiving agreement be tween Mayor Bridges and George Thomasson would be discussed at the city board’s February 7 meeting,. Mr. Thom asson’s fee basis schedule was set by the board of commis sioners. 4) Minimum court costs cus tomarily are $14.10 (excluding jail fees, witness fees, fines, etc.) Of the total $3.50 goes to the solicitor, $2 to the State of North Carolina, and $8.60 into the city’s general fund. The city pays the judge’s salary and the clerk’s salary, in addi tion to purchasing necessary bookkeeping supplies and oth er requirements.
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