Kings Mountain
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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
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VOL. 68 No. 8
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, February 21, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TEAM GETS MEM
BERS — The Chamber of Commerce membership
committee used the occasion of the 50th anniver
sary celebration of Kings Mountain Buildigg &
Loan Tuesday to pick up membership checks
from W. K. Mauney. Mr. Mauney, right, is pre
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senting checks for memberships for Mauney Mills,
Bonnie Mills, and himself to Fleete McCurdy,
membership chairman. Looking on, left to right,
are Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Dr. L. T. Anderson,
acting secretary, and Dan Weiss, acting president.
(Pennington photo.)
Local News
Bulletins
SUPPER
Grace Methodist church will
sponsor a chicken supper Sat
urday in the church recreation
hall with serving to begin at 5
o’clock p. m. All proceeds will
go to the building fund of Pen
ley’s Chapel church.
MOOSE LODGE
Members of Kings Mountain
Moose Lodge 1748 will hold
their regular weekly meeting
Thursday night at 8:15 at the
lodge on Bessemer City road,
according to an announcement.
BENEFIT GAME
The Junior class of Bethware
school will sponsor a donkey
basketball game Friday night,
February 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the
school gymnasium. Admission
is 25 and 50 cents.
CAKE SALE
The Azalea Garden Club will
sell cakes at Phifer Hardware
Company Saturday morning
beginning at 9 o’clock. Pro
ceeds will be used to buy
shrubbery for planting at North
Elementary School.
KIWANIS MEETING
A film, “Bright Steel”, from
Bethlehem Steel Company will
ibe viewed by Kiwanians at the
weekly meeting of Kings
Mountain Kiwanis Club Thurs
day night. The club meets at
Kings Mountain Woman’s Club
at 6:45 p.m.
KINCAID DUE HOME
Arnold W. Kincaid, who un
derwent an operation at Baptist
hospital, Winston - Salem, last
week, was reported improving
satisfactorily Wednesday. He
is expected to return home dur
ing the weekend.
RATTERREE HOME
Major James Batterree, Army
Air Force, arrived home Sun
day morning following more
than a year’s .tour of duty in
Labrador. After a leave with
his wife and family here, he is
to report for duty in Washing
ton, D. C.
VARIETY SHOW
East school will sponsor a
variety show at the school
Thursday, February 21, at 7:15
p.m. Admission is 10 cents for
students and 25 cents for adults
and refreshments will (be avail
able from the school Parent
Teacher Association. The public
is being invited to attend.
LIONS PROGRAM
Bob Rierson, production man
ager of Charlotte’s WBTV, will
discuss ibehind - the - scenes
work in television for members
at the Kings Mountain Lions
clifb Tuesday night. He will be
prepared to answer questions
from the audience after his ad
dress, according to Jonas Brid
gest, program chairman. The
elufb meets at the Woman’s
Outo at 7 o’clock.
C. Of C. Member
List Now At 84
Triplets Said
"Doing Fine"
Baby McClure “B” and Baby
McClure “C”, two - thirds of a
set of triplets delivered at Kings
Mountain Hospital to Mrs. Willie
Meeks McClure by Dr. Kenneth
McGill on February 8, are still at
the local hospital.
Reports Wednesday were that
the two babies are “doing fine”,
and will probably .be allowed to
go home as soon as they reach
the five - pound weight mark.
Baby McClure “B” weighed in
at four pounds, six ounces; and
Baby McClure “C” four pounds,
four and three - eighths ounces
at birth.
The three Negro girls, first trip
lets born at the hospital, caused
quite a stir among the hospital
staff at the time of their birth.
The parents, who reside near Bes
semer City, have six other chil
dren, five boys and a girl. Baby
McClure “A” wbn;t home with her
mother last week,.
OFFICE CLOSED
Dr. L. T. Anderson' chiroprac
tor, announces his offices will
be closed here Thursday, Fri
day, and Saturday, while he is
attending an educational semi
nar given by Dr. James Parker,
of Texas, at Robert E. Lee Ho
tel Winston-Salem.
McCurdy Aims
At 100-Mark
Within Week
Membership in Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce increased
to 84 through noon Wednesday.
New memberships reported toy
FI e e t e McCurdy, membership
committee chairman, during the
past week included:
Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, Hoyle
D. McDaniel, W. T. Ledford, P. M.
Neisler, Sr., Hunter Neisler, C. E.
Neisler, Joe A. Neisler Sr., Foote
Mineral Company J. Wilson
Crawford, W. K. Mauney, Bonnie
Cotton Mills, Inc., Mauney Mills,
Inc., D. L. Saunders, Park Yarn
Mills Company, A. H. Patterson,
and Home Building & Loan As
sociation.
The above are cash - in -hand
memberships.
On instruction, statements have
been sent and memberships are
expected from Southern Bell
Telephone & Telegraph Company,
A & P Tea Company, and Lithium
Corporation of America.
Dues are $25 for each calendar
year.
“We are near the point for for
mal organization,” Chairman Mc
Curdy said. “The membership
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City-Wide Sale
Set By Retailers
Three-Day Event
Features Prizes
And Low Prices
Kings Mountain merchants are
collaborating this weekend on a
city - wide sales event called
“City • Wide Clearance Sale”,
with major eity retailers partici
pating in virtually all segments
of retail business.
The three - day event finds
merchants featuring numerous
bargains on top quality merchan
dise, with many retailers offer
ing special purchase values pur
chased particularly for this e
vent.
Planning- for the three - day
sales event began several weeks
ago.
Charles Blanton, chairman of
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association committee in charge
of arrangements, noted that the
retailer offerings give Kings
Mountain area citizens a chance
to buy winter goods at giveaway
prices and a chance to buy new
spring merchandise at consider
able reductions. Majority of the
merchants are specifying “three
days only” on majority of their
offerings.
An added bonus for weekend
shoppers will be more than $200
in trade certificates to be given
away at prize drawings. The mer
chandise certificates, provided by
participating firms, range in
value from $10 up. Citizens may
register at all participating stores
which include:
Dixie - Home Store, Baird Furn
iture, Belk’s Department Store,
Bridges Hardware, Cooper's Inc.,
Dellinger’s Jewel Shop, Eagle’s
Store, Keeter’s Department Store,
Kings Mountain Drug Company,
Myers' Department Store, McGin
nis Department Store, McGinnis
Furniture Company, Phifer Hard
ware, Plonk Brothers & Company
and Sterchi’s.
Associate sponsors include First
National Bank, Joy Theatre,
Kings Mountain Herald, Victory
Chevrolet Company and Radio
Station WKMT.
Other members of the associa
tion committee are Richard Bar
nette, Jonas Bridges and Menzell
Phifer,.
laycees To Attend
Meeting At Durham
A large delegation of Kings
Mountain Jaycees are planning to
attend this weekend’s North
Carolina Junior Chamber of Com
merce quarterly iboard of direc
tors session in Durham.
Among Kings Mountain Jay
cees planning to -attend are Pres
ident J. T.. McGinnis and Mrs. Mc
Ginnis, Bill Eldon, Charles E.
Dixon, -Robert H. Goforth, Jack
White, Delibert Dixon, Don Ham
bright, Louis Sabettie, and Dean
Payne.
The session opens Friday, con
tinues through Sunday.
Sunday Power
Cut-Off Planned
Many city power customers
will be without electrical ser
vice Sunday afternoon from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m., provided the
weather is clear.
The city electrical depart
ment will make a three -hour
cut - off while rebuilding trans
mission lines at *be intersec
tion of Piedmont avenue and
King street, Hunter Allen, elec
trical superintendent, said.
Majority of city customers
will ibe effected, he said.
If the weather is bad, the re
building chore will be delayed.
More Soil Bank
Funds Received
Ralph Harrill, Cleveland Coun
ty ASC manager, reported Wed
nesday that his office has taken
l, 185 applications from county
farmers to soil bank cotton acre
age.
Cotton banking, previously
stopped due to exhaustion of the
county’s original allocation of
$460,550, was resumed last Fri
day, when additional funds were
supplied.
Mr. Harrill said 7,526 acres
are involved in the applications
to date, and that these applicants
are scheduled to receive $493,
394.50.
Applications will be taken
through the month of February,
Mr. Harrill noted. He reported
that his office had been authoriz
ed to sign every cotton farmer
in the county for 10 acres or 30
percent of bis cotton acreage al
lotment, whichever Is the larger
figure.
Mr. Harrill also reported that
anyone having already made ap
plication can revise his applica
tion during the month of Febru
ary, but pointed out that, after
t'he agreement is accepted by the
county committeemen, it cannot
be changed or altered.
ASC office hours are from 8 a.
m. until 5 p.m,., Monday through
Friday. However, Mr. Harrill said
the office will be closed all day
on Friday, February 22, a holi
day for federal employees.
Farmers will get one of four
figures as their cotton soil-ibank
payments: $52, $59, $65, or $72
per acre. These figures were set
“per farm’’ by the county ASC
committeemen.
IMPROVING
Miss lassie Huffstetler, city
school :aculty member, was re
ported Wednesday as recuper
ating satisfactorily from a
heart attack suffered recently.
Dr. P. G. Padgett, her physician,
said she is still allowed no visi
tors, a customary precaution
for patients with heart condi
tions. She is at Kings Moun
tain hospital.
500 Attend B. & L. Anniversary Party
Some 500 persons from Kings
Mountain and surrounding com
munities braved cold rain Tues
day afternoon to attend the open
house celebrating the 50th anni
versary of the founding of Kings
Mountain Building & Loan asso
ciation.
Directors, their wives and em
ployees served as hosts for the
event, held at the association of
fices.
Refreshments were served and
numerous floral pieces from
friends of the association were
displayed. Favors were presented
all guests.
A ibrief ceremony was held
opening the event. Dr. W. P. Ger
berding said an invocation, Ben
H. Bridges, association secretary,
welcomed the group, and Mayor
Glee A. Bridges brought congrat
ulations and greetings on behalf
of the city.. He praised the asso
ciation for its contributions to the
community through a half cen
tury. W. K. Mauney, association
president, stated appreciation for
the good will of the community
during 50 years and pledged the
efforts of the officers and en.
ployees for “an even better fu
ture during the forthcoming 5.
years’’.
Corpmlttee In charge of ar
rangements included Mrs. ®. L
Lewis, of Bessemer City, Mrs. Ben
H. Bridges, Mrs. J. E. Mauney,
and Mrs. W. M. Gantt.
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FIRM CELEBRATES GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY —
Kings Mountain Building & Loan association cele
brated its 50th birthday Tuesday, holding open
house in the association offices. Pictured, are Ben
H. Bridges, secretary • treasurer, Mayor Glee A.
Bridges, and W. K. Mcruney, president shortly
alter the brief opening ceremonies. Some 500 per
sons attended the open house event (Pennington
photo.)
TOP YOUNG FARMER — Robert F. Cabiness of
the Lattimore community, accepts a trophy repre
senting his tit,e cf Cleveland County’s “Young
Farmer of the Year" from Bob Cox, left, state pres
ident of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, award
sponsors. Cabiness was honored last night at a
joint dinner meeting of Shelby and Kings Moun
tain Jaycees held here. Looking on from left to
right are: J. T. McGinnis. Kings Mountain Jaycee
president; Cameron Ware, runner-up for the
"Young Farmer" award; J. L. Wilkie, Shelby club
president; and Harold Dellinger, also a runner-up.
(Photo by Paul Lemmons, Shelby Daily Star).
Robert F. Cabiness Named
County Young Farmer Of'57
Falls Sent Bills
On Mayor's Pay,
Filing Deadline
Proposed legislation has .been
drawn by City Attorney J. R. Da
vis and forwarded to Rep. B. T.
Falls, Jr., to effectuate changes
in the city Charter to 1) increase
the pay of city commissioners
and to increase the maximum a
mount a board can pay the may
or to $6,000, and 2) to advance
the deadline for filing for city
and school district elective offi
ces.
Mr. Davis said he mailed the
two proposed amendments to
Rep. Falls Tuesday,.
To become effective, the chang
es must be enacted by the North
Carolina General Assembly.
The proposed amendment on
commissioner and mayor pay
follows:
“The General Assembly of
North Carolina do enact: Section
No. 1: That Section three (3) of
Chapter 684 of the 1947 Sessions
Laws of North Carolina be a
mended to read as follows:
“That the mayor ^hall receive
as compensation for his services
such sum as the city commission
ers shall determine, but not less
than fifty dollars ($50) per
month nor more than five hun
dred dollars ($500) per month;
and each member of the board
of commissioners shall receive
twenty - five dollars ($251 for
each regular monthly meeting
attended iby him or her. Section
No. 2: That this Act shall be in
full force and effect from and
after its ratification.”
The proposed amendment to
advance the filing deadline for
Kings Mountain public offices i
reads: Section No. 1: That Chap- ;
ter fifty - eight of the Public Lo- |
cal Laws of One thousand nine
hundred and thirty-nine, ibe, and
the same is hereby amended by
striking out the word five in line
two of section ten and one-half
and inserting the .word fifteen.
“Section No. 2: That all laws
and clauses of laws in conflict
with this Act are hereby repealed.
“Section No. 3: That this Act I
shall be in full force and effect
from and after its ratification."
Though fhe city board of com
missioners has not yet formally
called the biennial city and!
school elections, the law requires
that the voting 'be conducted this
year on May 14 (second Tuesday
after the first Monday).
Should the filing deadline be
advanced, it meaijs that the final
day for filing for'city and school
offices would be April 30.
The pay changes, if enacted,
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GETTING DEGREE — Moffatt A.
Ware, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
A. Were, Cr.. of Kings Mountain,
recently completed work neces
sary to receive the Bachelor of
Science Degree in Business Edu
cation at Davidson College. Mr.
Ware will graduate with his class
in June 1957. He was a member
of Sigma Phi Epsilon social fra
ternity. and starred in intramur
al sports while at Davidson.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the two weeks ending Wednes
day at noon totaled $335.72. Of
the total, $282.98 came from on
street meters, another $52.74
from Cherokee Street meters,
City Clerk Gene Mitcham re
ported.
Ware, Dellinger
Are Rumters-Up
For County Award
Robert Franklin (Bob) Cabi
ness, 28, who lives near Shelby
in the Zion church community,
is Cleveland County’s first
‘‘young farmer of the year”.
Mr. Caiblness was presented the
award here Tuesday night toy Bob
Cox, North Carolina Jaycee pres
ident, after toeing chosen by a
secret committee as the young
farmer demonstrating the most
progress during the past five
years.
Two other young rarmers re
ceived honorable mentions, and
were honored at the Tuesday
night joint session of Kings
Mountain and Shelby Jaycees at
the Woman’s Club.
They are Cameron Ware, of
Kings Mountain, and H. B. Del
linger, of Shelby.
Also present for the meeting
were a dozen Bessemer City Jay
cees.
Mr. Cabiness, in ten years, con
verted cash assets of $50 into a
net worth of $35,000. His primary
farm operation is production of
hatching eggs for the broiler ip
dustry. But he has some large
sidelines in growing cotton and
small grains. In 1955, he harvest
ed 132 bales of cotton from his
112 acres planted. Mr. Cabiness
owns the 37-acre farm he bought*
in 1951, but rents a 900-acre farm
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Political Fixes Slow To Ignite;
Hal Ward Considering Mayoral Bid
City politics apparently is off
to a slow start for the 1957 bien
nial city elections.
U'p to Wednesday afternoon,
not a .single candidate had put
his name on the firing line as
either an announced or official
candidate, and though election
day remains almost three months
distant it is customary for poli
ticking to be both considerable
and in the open by mid-February
of election years. The season has
opened as early as December 30.
Prime rumor of the week was
that Hal D. Ward, onetime city
commissioner, would become a
candidate for mayor with his
likely opponent being the incum
bent, Glee A.. Bridges. Mayor
Bridges has been quoted by
friends as planning to seek a
third term, but has made no for
mal statements.
Mr. Ward did not deny he was
considering making the race anc
acknowledged he was receiving
encouragement from severa
quarters. Long active in politics,
he Is a former highway patrol
man and for many years has
operated a seed - feed business
here. He served as Ward 5 com
missioner in 1949-51.
Other political observers do
not write off the rumor that Ward
3 Commissioner T. J. (Tommy)
Ellison may seek to step up to
the mayoral spot.
Haywood E. Lynch and J. Lee
Roberts, iboth mentioned as may
oral possibilities, have indicated
they won't make the race. Simi
lar indications have come from
Ward 1 Commissioner Sam Col
lins, who is expected to seek re
election. The Ward 1 affair may
be a repeat performance of 1955,
with W. Sage Fulton, Sr., seeking
to regain the spot Collins won
from him in a close race two
years ago.
In Ward 2, open due to t h e
forthcoming retirement of J. H.
Patterson, Dewitt Cornwell is
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