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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7,206 (kt flguio lot Greater rings Mountain It derived from tko IMS Kings Mountain city 'll rectory census. The City limits figure Is from the United States oensus of 1SS0. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper U Pages Today VOL. 68 No. 9 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 28, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins DIXON SERVICE Mrs. Park Moore ol Gastonia will show slides on missionary work in Africa where her moth er is a Presbyterian missionary worker, at Dixon Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon at 3:45 p. m., Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor, announced. LEGION MEETING .Regular monthly meeting of Oris D. Green Post 155, Ameri can Legion, will .be held Friday night at 8 o’clock at the Legion Building. Division Four Com mander Joe Swing will attend, and a nominating committee wil'l 'be named to make recom mendations for next year’s of ficers, it was announced by M. A. Prince, adjutant. AT CONVENTION A numlber of Kings Mountain citizens are in New Orleans, La., this week Where they are attending the annual conven tion of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. In New Orleans are Mr. and Mrs. Ed •Goter, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Kesler, Mr. and Mrs. Joe McClure and Bob Rosiberg,. kiwanis meeting E. Floyd Farris, Southern Bell Telephone manager in this area, will be the guest speaker for the weekly meeting of Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club Thursday night. The club meets at Woman’s Club at 6:45 o’ clock. ATTEND MEETING Mayor Glee A. Bridges, City Clerk Gene Mitcham and As sistant Clerk Joe McDaniel spent Friday and Saturday in Chapel Hill, where they attend ed an institute on municipal purchasing. The session was sponsored by the Institute of Government. f METER RECEIPTS , Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled only $59.64, in cluding $52.54 from on - street meters and $7.10 from Cherokee parking lot meters. .The drop was attributed to the weekend free parking during the three day city - wide sale sponsored by the Merchants association. COMMUNICATION SET An Emergent Communication will be held at Masonic Hall Monday, March 4, at 6 p. m.'by Fairview Lodge 339, A. F. & A. M. The Shelby Lodge 202 will do work in the 3rd Degree. A supper will be served for mem bers. Plates are $1 each. MOOSE LODGE TO MEET Secretary Curtis Gaffney an nounced 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. Two Local Bilk Are Introduced The two local hills recommend ed by the city board of commis sioners have been introduced in the North Carolina House of Rep resentatives by Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr. Both were introduced last Thursday. The bill to raise the salaries of city commissioners from $10 per monthly meeting attended to $25 and to raise the permissible monthly salary paid the mayoi from $300 per month to $500 pe month was seri|t to the commit tee on salaries and fees and re ported favorably on Friday. The bill to amend the city law to require candidates of city and school board offices to file notice erf candidacy 15 days prior to the election (rather than the current live days) was sent to the com mittee on counties, cities and, towns. Students Make Hospital Drapes New draperies for Kings Moun- i tain hospital have been made by the high school home economics classes, hospital business mana- j ger Grady Howard announced‘ this week. j Draperies for rooms in the new whig previously had been made j by the Kings Mountain Junior Woman’s Club. Mr. Howard said the new drapes for the 12 rooms complete the decorating and re decorating job. Mrs. John Gamble is teacher of " home economics. hitnr Limits Extension Effort “Doubted” South Area Citizens Said Against Take-In A political rumor of the week end, which gained momentum heavily for a few days, appears to have less basis in fact. The rum-jf was that the city would make an effort to extend its city limits, particularly to bring inside the Park Yarn Mill and Margrace 'Mill areas. Questions to several persons who might become involved, through their present public po sitions, brought these answers: fiep. B. T. Falls, Jr., of Shel6y, who would probably handle leg islation on the matter (if any), said, “I haven’t heard anything about it." Mayor Olee A. Bridges, just back from a Chapel Hill meeting, said he hadn’t heard anything either, added he would oppose it, on grounds the city wouldn’t have the funds to take city services quickly to the outside areas. City Attorney J. R. Davis said, "I don’t think there’s much to that. It would depend on the at titude of the people in the out side ajeas." Mr. Davis added that a vote on annexation could be called if 15 percent of the resi dents in the affected area peti tioned for an election. He said it it also possible to arrange an e lection where ibolth in-city and outside - city residents partici pate, but Mr,. Davis didn’t think this method would ibe used — said it wouldn’t be fair to the outside residents. Fred W. Plonk said he was op posed to the city limits extension and had found virtually all citi zens in the Park Yarn - Margrace area apposed. Another member of the opposition said at least 09 percent of the persons he had contacted ‘‘don’t want it”. Rep. Falls said further he would not handle any legislation on the matter without a formal resolution from the city iboard of commissioners. The rumor first gained cred ence at a recent school board ses sion. The school iboard has been considering Obtaining a site for a proposed new elementary school in the .south portion of the city. Action was delayed at the recent meeting, on grounds a city limits - school district lim its extension would change the center of population and there fore dictate a different school site. Music Contests This Weekend Kings Mountain school musi cians will take part in annual district contests this weekend. The high school girls chorus, directed by Mrs. (Richard McGin nis, will sing at Salisbury’s Ca tawiba college ait 3:30 Friday aft ernoon, while the (band, under the direction of Joe Hedden, will play it Concord Friday night at 9 o'clock; Four piano pupils of Mrs. Mar tin Harmon will play at Oatawiba college Saturday. They are Peggy Reynolds and Jimmy Plonk, in the senior high school division, and Joyce Plonk and Jerry Pat terson in the junior high school division. Cooke May Get New Trial Order North Carolina Attorney Gen eral George Patton failed to ar gue against a new trial for George Cecil Cooke, Kings Mountain native sentenced to death for murder, in a hearing before the State Supreme Court Tuesday. Cooke’s attorneys, C. C. Horn and A. A. Powell had told the court Judge Hugh Campbell had erred in failing to instruct the Superior Court jury Cooke’s fate had it recommended mercy. Such a recommendation would have been a mandatory sen tence of life imprisonment. The attorney . general agreed that the Cooke case was similar to two on which the court had ordered re-trials. Cooke was sentenced to death for the murder of Dan Hollo man, Mooresboro grill opera tor, on September 10. A high court decision is expected "in a bout ten days. Observer To Charge For Obituary Notices With the exception of very brief information, the Charlotte Observer will be charging space rates for majority of obituaries, effective March 1. Notices of the change in policy have been mailed all Charlotte Observer correspondents and to all Carolina funeral homes. The funeral homes are to process the paid obituaries and to collect for them at the rate of 40 cents per line of eight-point type. The free death notice will in clude only this information: name, age, residence, time and place of death, time and place of funeral. “On truly newsworthy deaths, the Observer will continue to carry major stories, giving full biographical background, survi vors, etc.,” Editor C. A. (Pete) McKnight, wrote all Carolina fu neral directors. Both Kings Mountain funeral directors, J. Ollie Harris and Frank Sisk, said they weren’t happy with the Observer’s policy Change, and both indicated they will not urge families of deceas ed citizens to use the Observer’s facilities for other than the brief, free notice. The funeral directors are to be paid 20 percent of the paid obit uary cost. However, they are to file the information by prepaid telegram or telephone. 'Robert L. Hoffman, Herald sports editor, is the Observer’s Kings Mountain area correspon dent. The Observer editor has asked correspondents to file copy on deaths of persons considered prominent, suggesting the per sons should be well - known out side the city and county. The Observer, according to most recently received Audit Bu reau of Circulations reports, has largest circulation here of any daily newspaper. For the year ending March 31, 1956, the Ob server’s average net paid circula tion in Kings Mountain was 1, 078 daily, and 1,274 Sundays. The Charlotte News was second with 810 average net paid. "Whammy" Tabs 15; Don Glass Plea No! Guilty The City of Kings Mountain’s “whammy” was back in opera tion during the past week, and at least 15 persons felt its sting. Thirteen defendants submitted and paid $14.10, costs of court, prior to Monday’s session of City Recorder’s Court. One capias was issued for a speeder who failed to appear, and another defendant came close to being the first person to beat the electrical tim er rap in the city court. Don Glass, Grover road grocer, pled not guilty to charges of speeding 45-miles-per-hour in a 35-mile zone. City officers testified that Glass crossed the “whammy” on Battleground avenue, just inside the city limits, at a speed of 10 miles per-hour over the legal limit The defendant contended that he had been warned by a motor ist flashing his lights that the “whammy” was out and and that he checked his speed at 37-miles, per-hour when he crossed the elec, trical speed timing device. It has been police department policy, according to Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., to allow a person eight to 10 miles per hour over the limit without being cited for a viola tion. Judge Jack White found Glass guilty as charged, but continued prayer for judgment for 30 days. He did not assess the defendant with the court costs. Included among those defend ants paying the costs for speed ing were: Davis Bob Short, Jim my H. Hawkins, Louis Engel, III, Garland Martin, Theodore Roose. velt Flowe, Charles Lee Beam, G. B. Bridges, Ray P. Robinson, Clyde M. Hoyle, Kenneth G. Rop er, Edwin A. Decker, Bessie Park er Biggerstaff, and Clyde George Putnam. > Rabies Clinics Set Here Friday Dr. Jacob P. Mauney has an nounced the rabies vaccination schedule for Kings Mountain and the surrounding vicinity. Dr. Mauney also announced that a new chick embyro vaccine will be used this year for vac cination of dogs as a rabies pro-1 vention measure. This new type vaccine will give immunity for three years, as compared with one-year for the old vaccine. Dogs must be six-months-old or older to get the new vaccine. The law requires that a dog four months-old and older be vaccinat. ed. If a four-months dogs is vac cinated, this dog will be given the vaccine protecting him against rabies for one year only, and will have to be vaccinated again next year. Dr. Mauney said prices of vac. cination was $1 at clinics, and $2 at his office on Canterbury road. The clinics Friday March 2, are as follows: 9- 9:15 a. m.—Baity’s Grocery off U. S. 74. 9:15-9:30 — Claude Harmon’s Service. 9:30-10 a. m. — G. A. Lail’s Service. 10- 10:30 — Cash’s Grocery. 10:30-10:45 — Stone’s Service. 10:45-11 a. m. — Beth ware School. 11- 11:15 — Garrison Goforth Service. 11:15-11:30 — Blalock’s Park In. 1-2 p. m. — City Hall. Bridges, Ledford, Grantham Pay Filing Fees For City Jobs FILE FOR CITY OFFICES — Pictured are three incumbent members of the city administration who this week posted filing fees for the forthcom ing May city election. Left to right are Ward 5 Commissioner W. G. Grantham. Ward 4 Commis sioner Paul Ledford, and Mayor Glee A. Bridges. Mr. Bridges and Mr. Ledford filed Monday, while Mr. Grantham posted his filing fee Tuesday. Bloodmobile Visit Set For Monday Blood Short; Quota Upped To 143 Pints The Red Cross bloodmobile will make a one - day collection in Kings Mountain Monday as Kings Mountain area citizens are being asked to donate 143 pints of blood to the regional blood bank. Donors will be processed at the Woman’s Club from 11 o’clock until 5 p. m. Red Cross officials pointed out that goal of each scheduled visit of the unit during the year is 125 pints of blood but that the chap ter had been asked to secure a 15 percent increase for stockpil ing of serum albumin. Thus, the chapter seeks to obtain 143 pints of blood at Monday’s visit. Serum albumin is used in treat ment of severe shock and liver damage, Red Cross blood program Chairman B. F. Maner pointed out. “It requires eight pints of whole blood to make one pint of serum albumin," Mr. Maner add ed. Civil Defense seeks a quota nationally of 400,000 pints of blood for stockpiling serum al bumin. Citizens who have not donated blood since the September visit of the ibloodmbbile may wish to renew their certificates aj Mon day’s visit, Mrs. J. N. Gamble, executive secretary, said. Under the blood program, credit cards are renewable each six months. Mrs. Gamble reported that Mauney Mills’ employees James L. Bennett and Fred P. Cosset; and Mrs. Janie Boheler, employee of Margraee Mills, had answered emergency calls for blood for lo cal patients this week when blood was not available for the patient from the Charlotte cen ter. Several Kings Mountain plants are included in the Red Cross group participation plan and furnish blood donors. Citizens who need transporta tion may telephone any of the city taxi firms and free trans portation to Che Woman’s Club will be available, Mr. Maner add pH. Local Man Quizzed In Lincoln Robbery Frank Small, 18, who lives in a trailer on Shelby highway near here, was picked up Tuesday night by Lincoln County Sheriff Department officers for ques tioning concerning a recent rob bery in Lincolnton. According to reports from the officers, a transient septic tank cleaning crew was working in the neighborhood where an 84-year old woman was robbed of $250. Small was released Wednes day, after four persons in Lin colnton failed to identify him as a member ofthe septic tank crew, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s of fice reported. Churchwomen Plan March 8 Program Kings Mountain churchwom en will observe World Day of Prayer at services March 8 at 4 o’clock p. m. in Central Meth odist church. Announcement was made by Mrs. B. ft. Barnes, publicity chairman, who invited the pub lic to participate in the ser vice. Feature of the program will be special music hy children’s choirs from various churches of tho community, Mrs. Barnes said. Mrs. W. L. Pressly is pro gram chairman for the obser vance, one of three programs sponsored annually by the Kings Mountain Council of Churchwomen. K. M. Park Age 26 Sunday Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park was established 26 years ago Sunday, March third, When President Hoover signed the Act of Congress that set up the park. This legislation was the culmi nation of 52 years of hard work and constant crusading 'by the civic leaders in the surrounding counties of 'both states to have the nation formally recognize the fact that the subtle influence of the patriot victory in October 1780 in the Battle of Kings Mountain was the first mile-post on the road to victory at Yorktown, Vir ginia, a year later. Since the establishment and later operation as one of the units of the National Park Service more than a million visitors have paid tribute to the valor of their fore fathers Jay visiting the ibattlefield and museum. A year ago, the 175th anniver sary was commemorated by in stalling an illustrated lecture program in it'he visitor center that has proved popular with school, patriotic, church, and other or ganized groups. C 01 C Members Near 100-Mark McCurdy Reports Memberships in Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce near ed the 100-mark this week, with a total of 96. Additional memberships sold during the past week totaled 12 and left only four memberships shy of the ibasic 100 . member goal, when the organizers have indicated they will call a general membership meeting and ask for the election of permanent offi cers. Present acting officers are Dan Weiss, president, and Dr. L. T. Anderson, secretary - treasurer' Fleete R. McCurdy is member ship committee Chairman and has been assisted by the acting officers and numerous other vol unteers. Mr. McCurdy has called what he thinks will be the fipai pre organization membership meet ing for next Tuesday night at 8 o’clock at City Hail courtroom. “I hope all membership com mittee members will complete their solicitations prior to next Tuesday’s meeting,” Mr. McCur dy said. New memberships reported this week include Craftspun Yarns, Inc., three in the names of Carl H. Swan, Jack M. Cross and Harold Phillips, Mauney Hosiery Company, Inc., H. G. (Pete) Bark ley, Fred H. Weaver, Dr. Craig Jones, Burlington Industries Phe nix Plant (two), Sterchi’s, Elmer Lumber Company, Inc., (2) in the name of D. M. Peeler and B. S. Peeler, Jr. W. H. Haimon Rites Set Today Funeral services will be held today at 2:30 p. m. at Harris Funeral Home for Wright H. Harmon, 77, 109 City street, who died Wednesday morning in Kings Mountain Hospital following an illness °f several years. Death was attributed to a heart attack. A native of Cleveland County, Mr. Harmon was a retired textile worker. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Holmes Harmon, and a member of First Baptist Church. The only survivor is his wife, Mrs. Glennie Beattie Harmon. The Rev. A. T. Quakenbush, pas. tor of First Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Moun tain Rest Cemetery. Red Cross Fund Drive Will Begin; Quota Of $5,864 To Be Sought Here Kings Mountain area citizens will be asked during the month of March to give $5,864 to the Red Cross, J. C. Bridges, Kings Moun tain chapter fund drive chair man, reported Wednesday as he announced his solicitation organ ization for the 1957 fund cam paign. Mr. Bridges noted the Kings Mountain chapter quota is slight ly higher than last year. He has ibeen informed, he said, that Red Cross funds are depleted due to the emergency aid furnished Hungarian refugees and the e mergency aid provided flood vic tims in numerous areas of the nation. On the local scene, Mr. Bridges pointed out that the Red Cross handles numerous services for area citizens, emergency relief, as a liason agent between citi zens and the armed forces, and in numerous other ways. Mr. Bridges said his .campaign organization is virtually com plete, with only a Chairman for Grover to toe named. These citizens will serve as the campaign committee: John C. Smathers, advance gifts; business, K. E. Morrison; residential, Mrs. James B. Simp son; Negro division, Rev. S. T. Cooke; rural, J. Edwin Moore; clubs and organizations, R. S. Lennon; outlying business areas, Fred H. Weaver; industrial em ployees, William A. C. Eldon; professional, Dr. IX F. Hord; schools, Carroll I. Hambright; ■public employees, J. W. Webster; business employees, B. F. Maner. Incumbents Seek To Retain Present Posts Kings Mountain's ibiennial city political season officially opened this week as three incumbents paid $5 filing fees and thereby assured that their names will be on the May election ballots. The three are Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Ward 4 Commissioner Paul Ledford, and Ward 5 Com missioner W. G. Grantham. Mayor Bridges and Mr. Gran tham seek re-election to third terms in their respective posi tions. Mr. Ledford seeks election to the position he has filled on appointment since the death of O. T. Hayes, Sr. Other political developments of the week were negative, Hilton L. Ruth, who had been expected to offer for the Ward 2 commi.s sionership to become vacant due to decision of J. H. Patterson not to seek re-election, said he would not be a candidate. W. S. Fulton, Jr., made a similar pronounce ment, also said he did not expect to be a candidate for the city school board. Another won't run indication came from Wilson Crawford, mentioned both as a mayoral candidate and city board candi date. Ward 2 speculation continued to mention these names: Tllman Pearson and Lloyd E. Davis, iboth of Whom sought the post two years ago, and Dewitt Cornwell. Also mentioned as a possible dark horse candidate by some sources was L. Arnold Kiser, while J. C. Clary another possi bility. With three already in, it was generally anticipated that all in cumbents, except Mr. Patterson, would seek re-election. Sam Col lins is expected to offer again in Ward 1 and T. J. (Tommy) Elli son in Ward 3. Hal n. Ward said he expected to make a decision shortly on whether to oppose Mayor Bridges. Another rumor is that Kings Mountain may have its first Negro candidate for public office this year in the person of Rev. S. T. Cooke. Ben H. Bridges, Jr., is consider ed by some observers a “sure” candidate to oppose Mr. Ledford in Ward 4. School trustee politics continu ed outwardly quiet. Terms of Trustees Fred W. Plonk and Dr. P. G. Padgett are expiring,. Neith er has indicated he will, or won’t, seeK re-election. It is possible, some observers say, that women candidates may offer for the va cancies. Mrs. O. P. Lewis has been mentioned as a prospect. Eugene Roberts has also been mentioned as a possible school trustee can didate. School board elections will be city-wide this year, the ward system having been scrap ped by legislative act two years ago. Mayor Bridges said merely, “I’m running on my record.” He has served two terms as mayor, being first elected in 1953. For the major part otf the current term he has been a “full - time” mayor. Mr. Bridges is a Kings Mountain businessman and for mer ' chairman of the county board of commissioners. He is ac tive in affairs of First Baptist church, the Kiwanis Club, and the Masonic Order. Mr. Ledford is an employee of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company and a member of Tem ple Baptist church. Mr. Grantham is general manager and president of Victory Chevrolet Company, al so a Kiwanian. He attends Boyce Memorial ARP church. Jaycees To Make Paper Collection Members of the Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Com merce will conduct a waste paper pick-up Sunday afternoon begin ning at 2 o’clock. Citizens are asked to leave their waste paper on curbings in front of their homes. Persons with particularly large amounts should call J. T.. McGinnis, presi dent. Mr. McGinnis said proceeds from sale of the waste paper would pay for a television set, already purchased and given to Kings Mountain hospital for use in the lobby.
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