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Population Greater Kings Mountain ' 10,320 City Limits 7.206 Ik* flgmo lot Greatar flsgi Mountain I* krlnl from tk* MSS Xing* Mountain dty -Uroetory census. Th* aty Unfits figure is from th* Unliod Statu census of 1350. 1P Pages IQ Today VOL. 68 No. I0 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 7, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins i MOOSE MEETING 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. ONE PERMIT J. W. Weibster, building in spector, issued a building per mit Wednesday to H. E. Lynch, to erect a house on Blanton st., at an estimated cost of $2,000. ARP SERVICE Boyce Memorial ARP church will resume Sunday evening service schedule Sunday even ing, Dr. W. L. Pressly has an nounced. Vesper services have been held during the past three months at 5 o’clock each Sun day afternoon. The evening service Sunday is at 7:30 p.m. GIRL SCOUTS A meeting of Girl Scout of ficers and leaders in Kings Mountain will be held at Cen tral Methodist church fellow ship hall Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., Mrs. Claude Ham bright has announced. SALE Intermediate MFY of Central Methodist church will sell hot dogs, homemade cake, cold drinks, and coffee Saturday from 5 until 7 p. m. at the church. LICENSE EXAMINERS North Carolina driving li cense examiners are in Kings Mountain each Thursday and Friday to take applications for driving licenses, both new and renewal. The examiners are on duty both these days each week at City Hall courtroom. KlWANIS. MEETING The.Rev. J. A. Fitzgerald, pas tor of First Methodist and Palm Tree Methodist churches in Lawndale, will be the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club Thursday night at the Woman’s Club. The meeting is scheduled for 6:45 o’clock. COMMITTEE NAMED Otis D. Green, Post 155, A merican Legion, officials have announced the nominating committee to bring nominees for post offices before the mem bership. The committee con sists of John Gladden, chair man, Richard McGinnis and Odus Smith. » > I HORD NAMED L. Gilbert Hord, onetime as sistant cashier of Firs* Nation al Bank here, has been appoint ed cashier of the Northwestern Bank, of Hickory, it was an nounced recently :by Wade H. Shuford, vice '- president Mr. Hord joined the Hickory (branch .February 1, 1956, as assistant cashier. His wife is the former Louise Patterson, of Kings Mountain. PASSED BY HOUSE The bill to raise the pay of city commissioners and to grant the commissioners per mission to pay the city’s mayor uip to $500 per month was pass ed iby the North Carolina House of Representatives on February 23. Sent to the Senate, it was sent to the committee on sal aries and fees. Two Pianists Get Top Awazds Two area high school pianists won top ratings of “superior” in district music contests held last weekend at Salisbury. Awarded ‘'I” ratings were Joyce Plonk, Kings Mountain high school, and Jerry Patterson, Bethware high school. Both play ed in the junior high school divi sion. Playing in the senior high school division piano contests were Jim Plonk, awarded a rat ing of “II” or “excellent”, and Peggy Reynolds, awarded a rat ing of “III” or “good”. All are pupils of Mrs. Martin Harmon, The school (band, directed iby Joe Hedden, played at Concord Friday night, and was awarded a rating of "II” or “excellent". "Hie Kings Mountain high school glee club, directed by Mars. Richard McGinnis, sang at Salis bury Friday and was awarded a rating of “111" or “good”. Eight More Candidates Seeking City Hall Positions LIFE MEMBERS in PS AWARDED — John Gladden and Clyde Sanders, members of Post 155, Ameri can Legion, were presented life-memberships in that organization at the regular post meeting Fri day night. Pictured above at presentation cere monies were (left to right) front row, Joe Swing, District 4 commander, W. D. "Red" Morrison, Post 155 commander, Mr. Gladden and Mr. Sanders; back row, Earl Johnson, Cliffside post commander, Millard Prince, Post 155 adjutant, and D. D. Saun ders, Division 27 commander. Recent Spotty Employment "Leveling Off" Though claims for unemploy ment compensation increased slightly during February, Kings Mountain’s recent spotty employ ment situation appears to be ‘‘leveling off”, Franklin L. Ware, manager of the state employ ment office here said Wednes day, At the moment, the employ ment office lists no “spot points”, plants the employment office staff visits to take unemploy ment compensation claims. One was eliminated last week when Craftspun Yarns, Inc., got back into full production. Craftspun had made extensive machinery changes over the previous two months, changing the location of virtually every piece of machin ery. During the month of February, claims for unemployment com pensation totaled 1,840, for an average of 460 per week. At month’s end, the job-seek er’s file totaled 434, including 122 new applicants for employment. During February, the office had 48 job orders, and filled 42 of them. Ten Are Named For New Board A ten-man ■'board of directors for Kings Mountain hospital was approved Monday by the county board of commissioners. The directors will be expected to organize a non-profit corpora tion for the operation of the hos pital here, and, in turn to lease the plant from Cleveland County. The proposal has .been talked for several months and has the endorsement of the county .board. Plan of operation is for appoint ment of directors for staggered terms of five years. After the original appointments, the direc torship vacancies would be filled by the board itself. Named by the commissioners (Continued On Page Eight) Blood Collection Quota Is Topped ■< Postoffice Plans Drive-Up Box Driveupmail .service soon will be inaugurated 'by Kings Moun tain postoffice, it was announc ed yesterday by C. L. Alexander, postmaster. A motorist courtesy box, the postoffice calls it, will be erected on the curbing in front of the postoffice. Equipment, which had been ordered for several months, arrived this week. Mr,. Alexander said the mail dropped in‘ the courtesy box would be collected prior to each disipaich of out-going mail. College Day Sendee Planned Boyce Memorial ARP church will observe Erskine College Day at Sunday morning worship ser vices, according to announcement toy Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor. Speaker for the service will be Dr. J. M. Lesesne, president of Erskine college, at Due West, S. C., and an octet from the school Who will furnish a program in song. Musical selections will include “O Sing Unto the Lord”, Hassler; “Hear My Prayer, O God”, Arca delt; ‘'Brother James”, air, Jacob; “Lamb of God”, Christiansen; *'P.salm 33”, Mueller; “Psalm 123”, Lockwood; “Psalm 148”, Holsh, "Sanctus”, Gounod, "Sanc tus”, Faure, “Light Divine”, Mas cagni, and several solos. The service will toe (broadcast over .Radio Station WKMT.. NO FIRES C. D. Ware, city fireman, re ported that there have been no fire alarms answered toy the department this week. Reservations Heavy For Annual Merchants' Banquet Monday Night A crowd of 200 Kings Mountain retailers and their employees is expected to attend Monday night’s annual (banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants asso ciation, association officials re ported Wednesday.. Advance reservations for the e vent — to be held at the Wom an’s Club Monday night at 7 o’ clock — indicate a record crowd, Mrs. Elaine Queen, association secretary said Wednesday. Deadline for reservations is ; Saturday. The banquet will feature an entertainment .program, with Joe Franklin and his Mimosa Boys furnishing a fare of musical skits. I The group performed several weeks ago before the King Mountain Dions club. Jonas Brid ges will present the Bristol, Tenn entertainers, who broadcast regu larly via radio and television. Retiring President Paul Walk er will preside over the meeting, will present special guests, and will make a report on activities of the past year.- Richard Bar nette will supervise distribution ,of gifts to the ladies, and J. C. Bridges, a past president, will install new officers and direc tors. Members of the Credit Women’s Breakfast club will be .presented and a report will he made on ac tivities of this organization. To ibe installed are Charles E Dixon, president, Jonas Bridges, vice - president, and John War lick, Eugene Timms, Odus Smith and .Richard McGinnis, directors (each for terms of two - years) Holdover directors with one-yeai tenure remaining are Charles Blanton, Yates Harbison, Menzei 1 Phifer, and Ed Tutor,. The retir ing president is an ex officio member of the new board. Retiring directors are Richard Barnette, Jonas Bridges, Williair. Jonas and William Plonk. Citizens Donate 166 Pints, 23 Over Request Kings Mountain area citizens | contributed 166 pints of blood to the Red Cross bloodbank at the visit here Monday of the Red Cross bloodmobile. Goal of the collection was 143 pints, the quota upped by 18 pints I to secure blood for stockpiling of j serum albumin. The chapter had accepted a 15 percent increase in its quota from Civil Defense which is seeking a quota national.1 ly of 400,000 pints of blood fori stockpiling serum albumin. B. F. Maner, blood program chairman for the local chapter, noted that donors included 38 em ployees of Foote Mineral compa. I ny, 24 Lithium Corporation em ployees, and 31 employees of Mauney Mills. These companies are among plants included in the, Red Cross group participation plan and have exceeded their quotas in furnishing blood don. ors, Mr. Maner added. List of donors at Monday’s bloodmobile visit follow: Marion W. Johnson, Gene C. Whitworth, Bernice H. Shehan, Oliver B. Armstrong, O. D. Stiles, John O. Vandyke, C. O. Lavender, W. H. Anderson, ‘Pinkney G. Pos ton, Herbert Stevenson, Margar et S. Moore, Irene H. Hicks, Eve. lyn Greene, Miss Eva P. Moore, Ray W. Cline, George H. Maun ey, Ina Mae Blanton, Bruce W. Thorburn, Alton P. Melton, Paul D. Bell, Donald L. Payne, Lay. Ion L. Rowland, Austell Bettis, Jr., Clyde O. Taylor, Amos B. Roberts, Marvin B. McDaniel, Ed. ward L. Green, Jessie E. Wash bum, and John M. Blanton. Fred T. Green, George L. Rec tor, Joe S. Wyte, Mrs. Lucille Randall, Mrs. Helen Rose Owens, Robert L. Wilson, Charlie And. erson, Martin L. Wilson, Jr., Jer ry I. Savage, Gordon D. Varner, James E. Cox, Stonewall J. Han non, George E. Franklin, Hood Watterson, Azri J. Jamerson, Wil bur G. Smith, John H. Howell, Sam A. Absher, Russell E. Smith, Herman T. Cash.. Haskel L. Bo heler, Robert P. Ware, Odus E. Webb, Fred S. Prichard, Sam H. (Continued on Page Eight) Lrcal Airman Safe After Korean Crash S. Sgt. Robert J. Forrest, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. For rest of 833 East King street, was a passenger on a C124 Globemas ter transport plane that crashed in Korea on February 22. Sgt. Forrest was not seriously injured in the crash. He was ex amined in an Army hospital and released. According to his fath er, Sgt. Forrest is a flying crew member, and was assigned as a crewman to the plane. The sergeant and his Wife and three children live in Japan. He has been in service over six years. Warren Ellison Is Not Guilty Of Drunk Driving Warren G. Ellison, member of the city fire department and for mer city policeman, was cleared of a drunk driving charge in City ■Recorder’s Court Monday after noon. , Ellison finally entered a guilty plea to a charge of reckless driv ing and was given four months on the roads, suspended upon payment of a fine of $25 and the costs of court. Charges of drunk driving were brought against Ellison by Pfc. D. W,. Spratt of the State Highway Patrol. He said he observed Elli son driving a car with two wheels on the shoulder of the highway on York road on the night of February 11. Ellison’s attorney, John Ma honey, put a long parade of wit nesses on the stand testifying to the defendant’s Character and reputation. Included among these were Mayor Glee A. Bridges, A. Dewitt Cornwell, and Police Of ficer Paul Sanders. Also taking the stand in Elli son’s behalf were C. D. "Red’ Ware, Ken Davis, Paul Hord, ana Police Officer J. D. Barrett. Ware and Davis were present in the police office when Ellisor. was brought in. Both testified that he was not drunk and acted “normal”. Officer Barrett booked the de fendant, but said on the stand that he did not smell any alco hol, and did not have an opinion as to whether Ellison wa$ drunk or sober. Ellison had testified earlier that he had drunk three cans of beer from 1:30 p.m. until 7:30 p. m. on the day he was arrested. He said the reason the oar wheels were off the pavement was due to "play in the steering”. Patrol mAh Spratt testified that lie followed Ellison’s vehicle to ihe American Legion hall and talked to the driver for sometime there. He added that Ellison told ,iim he 'had imbided too much to drive. Judge Jack White said he did not think evidence had been pro duced iby the state for a drunk driving case, but allowed Solici Day Of Prayer Services Friday Kings Mountain churchwomen will ooserve World Day of Pray er at 'a service Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock in Central Methodist church. Mrs. W. L. Pressly is .program Chairman and the public is being invited to attend. Purpose of the observance, Mrs. Pressly noted, is to unite Chris tians in a bond of prayer and to make an offering for Christian missions at home and abroad. In the United States, the World Day of Prayer service is siponsored 'by the General Department of Unit ed Church Women of the Nation al Council of Churches of Christ. Kings Mountain Council ol Churchwomen annually sponsoi World Day of Prayer, World Com munity Day, and May Fellowship Day. .Rev. J. a. McLarty, Central Methodist pastor, will give the invocation following the singing of the hymn, “Publish Glad Tid ings”. Miss Ellen Daniel, Mrs. Aubrey Quakenoush, and Mrs. Fred kutn will render the selec tion, “Sweet Hour of Prayer”, fol lowed .by the scripture reading by Mrs. William Herndon and pray er for world peace by Mrs. ft. H. Webb. In the program, a pantomine are Mrs. P. G. Padgett, narrator; Priscilla Padgett, Charles Pad gett, Mrs. George Thomasson, Mrs., J. C. McGill, Mrs. Charles Ballard, Mrs. G. W. Hampton, Mrs. Carl Mayes, Mrs. J. A. Hous er, Mrs. James Rollins, Tina Hou ser, Mary Jo Hord, and Paul Rol lins. Mrs. Earl Ledford will offer prayer for World Missions before Mrs. Andy Huffsfetler and Boy Scouts from various churches re ceive the offering. Boy Scouts who will serve as ushers include Jim Rollins, Noel Webster, Mike McKee, Belly Shuford, and Phil Mauney. The Children’s Choir of Resur rection Lutheran church, under direction o* *;ev. Douglas Fritz, and the Carpi choir of Boyce Me morial ARP church, under direc tion of Mrs. Kenneth McGill, will sing the anthems. Mrs. J. N. McClure will be or ganist. The benediction will be offered by Rev. W. C. Sides, Grace Methodist pastor. Three Wards Have Contests; Four Seek Ward 2 Position aw mmmm ROSS ALEXANDER SAM D. COLLINS _ candidates for ward l commissioner * • ■ : ' A. DEWITTE CORNWELL BOYCE GAULT Candidates for Ward 2 Commissioner R. COLEMAN STROUPE REV. S. T. COOKE Candidates for Ward 5 Commissioner Eleven Candidates Now In Field; Speculators List Many Prospects i ne wave oi candidates ior city office during the past week put the total of city office - seekers officially filed at 11, produced contests for three of the six city elective positions, and brought further speculation as to what other candidates will offer and what races will result, if any. No candidates had entered their names for Ward 3 commis. sioner, or for city school trustee (where two six . year terms are to be filled), and Mayor Glee A. Bridges was still without opposi. tion, as was Ward 4 commission, er Paul W. Ledford. One question being asked was: Will Mayor Bridges have oppo sition? Though election day is slightly more than two months away, there appeared to be few citizens who might joust with the Mayor. Hal D. Ward was still undecided Whether he would make the race, but sounded less like a mayoral candidate than he did a week ago. In Ward 3, T. J. (Tommy) El lison, vereran incumbent, is ex. pected to seek re-election, but had not yet filed. Names of sev eral possible opponents were be. ing mentioned, but few were evi dencing great interest in offering for the position. These included Wilbur (Mutt) Smith and Luther T. Bennett. Other names men. tioned in speculation were Otis Falls, Jr„ Yates Harbison, and James Gibson. In Ward 4, Ben H. Bridges, Jr., was still listed as a “sure” candi. date and friends said he would likely file within the forthcomin„ weeK. ajso expected to offer is Charles (Rocky) Ford, who ran a close third in the four-man first race two years ago. In Ward 2, where four candi dates are already vying for the post being vacated by J. H. Pat j terson, there was strong liklihood I of more candidates to come, Til. j man Pearson who ran second to i Incumbent Patterson two years j ago indicated he would file within j a few days, and Lloyd E. Davis, onetime commissioner, was also I being mentioned as a possible j candidate. In Ward 5, already a three-man j race between Incumbent W. | Gurney Grantham, Rev. S. T. Cooke and R. Coleman Stroupe, | there was also a liklihood of j more candidates. Former Com. 1 missioner Baxter T. Wright was considered a possible candidate, as is Dan Weiss, merchant. It was also possible another Negro candidate would enter the field. Raleigh Brown, Burlington Mill Phenix plant employee, was re ported considering filing for the I Ward 5 post. School board politics remained j quiet. Mrs. O. P. Lewis, rumored as a possible candidate, told the ; Herald she would not seek one of the two positions to be filled at the May 14 election. Fred W. : Plonk and Dr. P. G. Padgett, the | incumbents with terms expiring, | have not made known their in. 1 tentions. Eugene Roberts, W. J. Fulkerson and \V. S. Fulton, Jr., have been mentioned as possible candidates. Mr. Fulton has indi cated he won’t seek the office. (Continued on Page Bight) Negio Minister Files Candidacy For Ward 5 Spot Kings Mountain’s previously luke - warm spring political cam paign waxed warmer during the past- week as eight additional candidates posted filing fees for city elective offices. Included in the eight was the first Negro candidate for a city office in known history in the person of Rev. S. T. Cooke, minis ter and barber, who seeks ithe Ward 5 commissioner post. He seeks to oust Incumbent W. Gur ney Grantham, w'ho had previ ously filed. Still a third candi date filed lor the Ward 5 post, R.' Coleman Stroupe, N. Piedmont avenue toarlber, entered the race Monday. Mr. Stroupe ran for the office in 1955, losing to Mr. Grantham,. Contests also developed for the Ward 1 and Ward 2 commissioner positions. In Ward 1, Ross Alexander, owner of Alexander’s Jewelry, filed for commissioner Monday morning, and Sam D. Collins, the incumbent, filed for re-election on Tuesday morning. Mr. Collins was elected in 1955, owns and operates City Home and Auto Supply. In Ward 2, four candidates put their hats in the ring for the po sition being vacated by J. H. Pat terson. Filing for Ward 2 com missioner this week were Bryant Wells, Charlotte News circulation representative here and former motion picture projectionist, A. Dewitte Cornwell, owner of Corn well Grocery, J. C. Clary, owner of C. C. Scrap Iron & Metal Co., and Boyce Gault, partner in Gault Brothers Grocery. Mr,., Wells and Mr. Cornwell filed for the com missioner’s position on .Monday, Mr. Clary on Tuesday and Mr. Gault Wednesday. There were still no contests for mayor, where Glee A. Bridges seeks re-election, for Ward 4 commissioner, where Paul W. Ledford seeks election to the po sition he now fills by appoint ment, and for Ward 3 commis sioner, where Incumbent T. J. (Tommy) Ellison is expected to seek re-election. Nor has there been any ac-. tivity for school district trustee. Terms of Dr. P. G. Padgett and Fred W,. Plonk expire this year. Scout Troop 2 Is Reorganized Troop 2 Boy Scouts, Kings Mountain, founded in 1924 under sponsorship of St. Matthew’s Lu theran church, but inactive for the past few years, has been re organized, Dr. Jacob P. Mauney, institutional leader of the troop reported this week. Dr. Mauney said the troop has a full quota of Scouts with 32 members and three full troops. J. E. Herndon, Jr., is serving as scoutmaster, Charles Ramsey as assistant scoutmaster, T. C. Mc Kee, Otis Falls, Jr., and Carl Swan, Jr., as explorer leaders. Eagle Scouts Mike McKee, Jim Blanton and Phil Mauney are the three patrol leaders. The church also sponsors a Cub Pack. Mrs. George H. Mauney and Mrs. Ben H.. Bridges, Jr., are den mothers and George II. Mauney is den master. Rabies Clinics Aie Continuing Rabies clinics, begun last week, will be continued this Saturday, Dr. Jacob P, Mauney, Kings Mountain veterinarian, has an nounced. This Saturday’s schedule fol lows: 9-9:30 a.m. at Grover school. 9:30 to 10 a.m. at White Service Station on U. S. 29. 10 to 10:30 a.m. Herndon Ser vice Station on U. S. 29. 10:30 to 11 atm. at Glass Gro cery. 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Park Grace school. Being used for the first time this year, for dogs over six months of age, is a new vaccine which gives immunity against (Continued On Page Eight) %
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