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0 Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 IVi dguie for Greater Tinge Mountain le derived from the IMS Tinge Mountain city directory census. The City Units flgute Is Iron the United States census of 1950. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Qfl Pages gjj Today VOL 68 No. 12 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 21, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 Swan President Of New C. Of C GRADUATED — Jerry King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denver O. King, was graduated March 13 from Western Carolina college with the Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. He is married to the former Sally Leigh, of Gastonia. Mr. King plans to enter the navy cdr force. » Local News Bulletins attend meeting (Mr. and Mis. C. J. Gault, Jr., attended a meeting of Philco dealers in Charlotte recently at Brown, Rogers, Dixson com pany. Mrs. Gault was winner of one of the 21-inch console model Philco televisions offer ed as door prizes. SALE ■North school P-TA will spon sor the sale of hotdogs, ham burgers, homemade cakes, pies and candies at the school Fri day, March 29, during the hours of 5:30 'and 8 o’clock p. m., it was announced this week. Proceeds will go to the P-TA. FATHER'S NIGHT Central P-TA will observe Father’s Night at a program to be presented at the regular meeting Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Theme of the program is "What Fathers Do On P-TA Night” and will be given toy E. IR. Got er, Sam Weir, H. L. Campbell, Fred Lockridge, Alton Ivey, Bruce Thoitoum, Jim White, and EL L. IRrown. Refreshments wHil toe served. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending at noon Wed nesday totaled $186.96. A total of $156.20 was gleaned from on street meters, another $30.76 from the Cherokee Street .park ing lot meters, City Clerk Gene Mitcham reported. AUXILIARY American. Legion Post 155 Auxiliary will hold its regular meeting Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W. D. Byers on Shelby road, ac cording to announcement by Mrs. Sam Collins, auxiliary .of ficial. ' ON CHOIR TOUR Miss Lyvonn^ Lindsay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lindsay, is a member of the 35-voice Limestone college choir, which recently began a spring'tour which will cover 14 South Carolina cities. CLINIC Pre-School Clinic for children who will enter first grade in September will toe held at First Baptist church the mdrning of April 17 from 9 o'clock am. un til 12 noon, it was announced this week. Group Organized Formally At Meeting Monday Carl H. Swan, president of Craftspun Yarns, Inc., was elect ed first president of Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce Mon day night as some 30 members gathered ' at the organization meeting. The group elected Dan Weiss, vice - president, and voted to con tinue Dr. L. T. Anderson as act ing secretary until a permanent secretary is Obtained. Elected directors were: J. Wilson Crawford, B. S. Neill, Martin Harmon, W. K. Mauney, Clyde Bennett, Warren E. Rey nolds, F. R. McCurdy, Sam Col lins, Glee A. Bridges, Fred W. Monday, May 6, will be the deadline for becoming a char ter member of the newly-or ganized Kings Mountain Cham ber of Commerce, the organiza tion voted Monday n'ight. The board of directors, con vening shortly after the gener al membership meeting, con tinued to discuss organization plans and formulation of by laws. W. K. Mauney was narked Chairman of the finance com mittee. President -Carl H. Swan nam ed a three-man committee, in cluding Bruce Thoiiburn, Chair man, Dan Weiss and Martin Harmon, to make recommenda tions for a permanent secre tary. Plonk, George B. Thomasson and Bruce Thorburn. In assuming the chair from Acting President Weiss, Mr. Swan said, “I will promise you wholeheartedly to do a job to the best of my ability.’’ He said the first year is the "big test”, that the organization could be made to live and pros per or let die. "The purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is to expand the economy and to make it grow in the right directions,” Mr. Swan continued. “We will not rush into projects but will try to examine them and see that they are soundly based.” Citing the importance of the textile and mining industries to the community, Mr. Swan said the exploitation of lithium for nuclear energy is “unlimited”. He reviewed the progress of Scranton, Pa., in obtaining • new industry after the decline of the anthracite coal mining and silk throwing industries, said Scran ton had obtained 27 new firms in 17 years and that only one had failed. He noted that the commu nity should take a 'hard look” at .potential industrial citizens to determine “whether we want them.’’ I City Purchases Radio Equipment From Motorola The city 'board of compiission ers met last Thursday afternoon in a special meeting and voted to accept a 'bid of $5,011.95 from Motorola, Inc., for radio equip ment. General Electric Company had entered a slightly lower bid by $<79, but City Clerk Gene Mitcham said he was told General Electric had made some equipment sub stitutions. The .purchase includes a radio base station, seven mo bile units, allied equipment, and its instayation. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said the Motorola Company had agreed to sell some of the city’s obsolete equipment and, by Wednesday, had already sold one piece. May or Bridges also said he felt Gen eral Electric company had ad vance information on the amount of the Motorola bid whioh had been opened following notice of bid publication, at a previous meeting. The vote to accept the Motoro la bid was unanimous with all commissioners present except T. J. Ellison. Mr. Mitcham .said the funds are unbudgeted for the radio e quipment purchase and that the bid was accepted on Motorola’s offer to allow the city to defer payment until the new fiscal year begins July 1. He also said the net cost of the equipment to the city will be $1, 883, the city to 'be reimbursed the remainder iby the state civil de fense organization. Delbert Dixon To Head Jaycees Delbert Dixon was elected -pres ident of the King-s Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce for 1957-58, as the Jaycees held an nual elections. The campaign speeches and voting required more than two hours, resulted in contests for ail offices, and found two members of the nominating committee slate failing of election. The counts -were not -announc ed Iby Jaycee officials but were described as “close”. ■Mr. Dixon edged George Thom asson for the -presidency. For first vice - -president, Char les E. Dixon defeated Dean Payne, the suggestion of the nom inating committee, and Raymond (Whistle) Goforth a nominee frdm the floor, defeated Don Hamibright for jaybird. Other officers elected were: Bob Maner, second vice - presi dent; Rudy Frazer, secretary; William Herndon, treasurer; and J. T. McGinnis, state director. Elected directors were R-olbert E. Goforth, Eugene Mitch-am, 'Fred Weaver, and Jim Lyhrand. The nominating committee in cluded Grady 'Howard, Wilson Griffin, Bill Jonas, Lou Satoettie, M. D. Phifer and J. T. McGinnis. The new officers will -be in stalled in May. MOOSE MEETING Memlbers 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. Elmer Turner, 31, Killed Monday In Auto Crash Near Bessemer City Elmer Turner, 31-year-old Gro. ver man, was killed in an auto mobile accident in Bessemer City about 6:45 p. m. Monday when a car in which he was rid ing went out of control and was struck by an oncoming vehicle. Another passenger in the car, Ansel Bolin, also of Grover, route 1, is in Gaston Memorial hospi tal with serious injuries. Two persons in the other ve hicle, Worth A. Smith and Eu gene Lefevers, both of Kings Mountain, were hospitalized at Kings Mountain hospital and la. ter released. Both were said to have suffered cuts and bruises. The driver of the death car, John Ervin Bolin, 22, of Grover, route 1, has been charged with manslaughter in connection with Turner’s death. Bolin, who was I just recently discharged from the i Navy, was placed under a $10, 000 bond. According to police reports, the Bolins and Turner were in a car coming into Bessemer City from Kings Mountain. The car was said to have skidded on wet pavement on a curve and was struck broad. side by the second vehicle, opera, ted by Lefevers. Turner was a native of Cher okee County, S. C., son of the late Hook T. Turner. His mother, Mrs. Lettie Bell Turner, of Grover, survives. * Other survivors include his wife, Betty Jean Mullinax Turn er: two sons, Roy Dean and David Richard Turner; one daughter, Margaret Jean Turner; a broth er, Lloyd T. Turner, Kings Moun. tain; and seven sisters, Mrs. Nick Bolin, Mrs. Carrie Turner, both of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Bill Ivey, Mrs. James Bolin, Miss Jessie Turner, Mrs. Clyde James, all of Grover, and Mrs. Frank Appling of Spartanburg, S. C. Mr. Turner was an employee of Margrace Mill, Neisler Division, Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., here. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p. m. at Antioch Baptist church near Grover, with the Rev. A. C. Martin, the Rev. Wray Barrett, the Rev. Ray WiL ght, and the Rev. Wayne Haynes officiating. Burial was in Antioch cemetery. Pearson Seeks Ward 2 Post; Plonk, Padgett Are Running CANDIDATE — Tilman Pearson became the fifth candidate for Ward 2 commissioner this week as he posted his filing fee. Mr. Pearson opposes A. Dewitte Corn well, Boyce Gault, Bryant Wells, and J. C. Clary. Neal Funeial Rites Friday M. C. Neal, 79, died at Kings Mountain hospital at 10:20 Wed nesday morning, following a heart attack. The El Bethel ' ommunity far mer had suffejed the attack shortly before being taken to the hospital,. He had been in declin ing health. A native of Cleveland county, Mr. Neal was a son of the late Marion and Naomie Ware Neal,. He was a member of El Bethel Methodist church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Dovie Bowen Neal, three daugh ters, Mrs. David Hamrick, Mrs. Pink Anthony and Airs. Edward Anthony, all of Kings Mountain, three sons, Fred Neal and Dewitt Neal, both of Kings Mountain, and Paul Neal, Marietta, Ga. Al so surviving are a sister, Mrs. Ralph Early, of Kings Mountain, 16 gjrand - children and two great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock at El (Bethel Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. Frank E. Blalock, officiating. The body will lie in state at the church from 2:30. Burial will toe in the church cem etery. Hams Organize Defense Unit Amateur radio operators of Cleveland county organized a county net Tuesday night to .work in the state’s civil defense or ganization. Ed Patterson, of' Shelby, was named radio officer for the coun ty organization, with Floyd Wil lis, of Shelby, alternate for Shel by, and Harold R. Hunnicutt al ternate for Kings Mountain. Mr. Hunnicutt’s station, W4UJR was designated net control sta tion, and Mr. Willis’ station, W4PZH, was designated alternate net control station. The group took required loyal ty oaths. Mr. Hunnicutt said the county net would be assigned a fre quency dhannel and would like ly work nightly for a 15-minute stint. He said a training program in procedures will ibe inaugurat ed. The group heard an address: •from B. .Riley Fowler of Morgan - ton, civil defense director for Reg ion F and a short talk from Dr. R. P. Anstett, county civil defense director. Radio operators present at the meeting were Harold R. Hunni cutt, T. W. Jackson, Charles Alex ander, W. K. Crook, Steve Kesler, and Carl Logan, all of King Mountain, Edwin Patter.;on Floyd Willis, Howard Ervin, A thos Rostan, Malcolm Spangler, all of Shelby, G. E. Pilgrim and Buford Lancaster, both of Forest City, and J. V. Tarpley, Jr., of Bes semer City, Pearson Fifth Candidate Out For Ward 2 Job Still another candidate, Tilrnan Pearson, entered the Ward 2 race for city commissioner this week, and Fred W. Plonk and Dr. P. G. Padgett, incumbent sdhool board trustees, ipaid filing fees for re election to six-year terms. Mr. Pearson, who sought the Ward 2 spot two years ago, changed his mind from a week ago, when he said he wouldn’t run. He becomes the fifth con testant in the Ward 2 'field. Mr. Pearson is an employee of Craft - spun Yarns, Inc. Dr. Padgett, originally elected to the sdhool hoard from Ward 4. and Mr. (Plonk, elected from Ward 5, seek re-eleotion to their sec ond six-year terms. However, they are no longer running as ward representatives, the 1955 General Assembly having chang ed the voting law to scrap the ward system as it applied to school trustee elections. It will be the first time in 20 years school trustees have been elected by the voters at large, the ward system having become operative for^lhe first time in 1939. ine additional filings brought to 18 the number of Kings Mountain1 citizens seeking the eight elective city hall and school positions to be filled at the city election on May 14. Other than the actual filings political activity was limited to -ariy . round sparring among op ponents already announced, and a few speculations on the identi ty of further candidates, if any. J. Lee iRoberts, East Kings Mountain ibarber and magistrate, was reported interested in enter ing tlhe race for mayor, already numbering Mayor Glee A. Brid ges and Former Mayor Garland E. Still. Mr. Roberts acknowledg ed he was receiving considerable encouragement from friends -to run for mayor, did not give the possibility a definite “no.” Clarence E. Carpenter, former city tax supervisor, called the Herald Wednesday afternoon to say he was still considering mak ing the race for mayor. Another rumor was that Fleete McCurdy, dry cleaner, who had previously indicated he wouldn’t seek the Ward 3 commissioner spot, might be changing his mind as a result of heavy encourage ment this week to oppose T. J. (Tommy) Ellison. Mr. McCurdy also acknowledged the encour agement, .said, “I’m still not run ning." Mr. Ellison is the only candidate for a city hall post still unopposed. The political line-up to date (Continued On Page Five) SEEK RE-ELECTION — Fred W. Plonk- left, and Dr. P. G. Padgett, right, filed for re-election this week to six-year terms as city school trustees. Each seeks a second term on the board, both having been first elected in 1951. Negroes Asking New High School Power To Be Oil Again On Sunday Power service will toe inter rupted again Sunday afternoon as the city electrical depart ment continues line rebuilding work at the Piedmpnt-King in tersection. Hunter Allen, electrical sup erintendent, said the power will be off from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., and toe asked that custo mers make arrangements to toe without service. Majority of the city’s power customers will toe effected. The cut-off will not be made if the weather is inclement. Fabric Fiim Lays-Off 70 Neisler division of Massachu setts Mohair Plush company handed lay-off notices to 70 em ployees during the past week. Joe O'Shields, personnel man ager, said the lay offs resulted from lack of orders, the latter a result of “the seasonal nature of the textile business.’’ He said the Kings Mountain plant was employing some 975 persons prior to the lay-offs and fhat the lay-offs were much less than during the same period last year. Baines Checking Negro Gymtorium Costs. Prospects Kings Mountain’s Negro citi zens are wanting a new high school, according to a report pre sented to the City Board of School Trustees at its monthly meeting Monday night. Supt,. B. N. Barnes reported that the Rev. S. T. Cooke and the Rev. R. !L. Garvin had talked to him about the matter. The ministers said they represented a large number of Negro school patrons, who desire a new high school, according to the superintendent’s report. Board members discussed the matter, and heard Supt. Barnes report that the state will not a gree to 'building any new three teacher high schools. Mr. Barnes was authorized 'by the board to investigate possibili ty of building a new gymtorium on the new elementary school site for the Negro students. The board also' authorized the pur chase of new folding chairs for the Davidson auditorium. Approximate cost of a gymtori um for the Negro school would he $80,000, Mr. Barnes added. (Continued On Page Five) JAYCEES GIVE HOSPITAL TELEVISION SET — The Kings Mountain Junior Chamber oI Commerce has presented a television set to Kings Mountain hospital for use in the hospital lobby- Pictured with Jaycee officials at the formal presentation last week are three members of the hospital's "pink lady" staff of volunteer workers. Pictured. left to right, core Mrs. Eugene Patterson, Delbert Dixon, Bill Jonas. Jaycee President J. T. McGinnis, Jr., Mrs. J. T. McGinnis, Jr., and Mrs. C. J. Gault. Jr. The Jaycees purchased the set with proceeds from a recent waste paper collection. (Pennington Studio photo.) 133 Eligible To Cast Ballots In NLRB Voting Employees of Lithium Corpor ation of America’s Bessemer City plant will vote Friday to deter mine whether they shall be re presented. in the future by the AFL-CIO Steelworkers Union of America. The election will be conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. A total of 133 employees have been declared eligible to vote in the election, Bruce Thorbum, company public relations director reported. Initially, he said, eligi bility of 14 employees to partici pate in the election was ques tioned. Eight were ruled eligible to participate, while six were not. The voting will be conducted during two periods by the NLRB. Lithium’s “A” and “C” shift employees will vote from 7:30 to 8:30 a. m., while the polls will be open to accommodate “B” shift employees from 3:30 to 4 p. m. The election Was ordered fol. lowing petition for a union repre sentation vote by the Steelwork ers last December. The election marks the second effort of labor unions to organize the Lithium plant. On November 18, 1955, employees rejected un ion representation by a narrow margin. In that election, two un. ions, the AFL Operating Engi neers and the Steelworkers, were seeking recognition as employee bargaining agnt. Friday’s will be the fourth la bor election in the immediate area in recent years. Employees of Foote Mineral Company, other major lithium producer here, have twice defeated union organ, izing efforts by large margins. Country Club Session Held Rings Mountain Country Club stockholders met in annual ses sion Tuesday night, elected di rectors for the coming, year, and heard re]>ort,s on club activities during the past year. The stockholders unanimously elected as directors ,R. S. Lennon, Grady Howard, W. S. Fulton, Jr., J. E. Rhea, J. Ollie Harris, Tolly Shuford, George -W. Mauney, Sam Stall inigs, George Thomasson, John Koopman, Bruce Thorburn and Joe A. Neisler. The slate of directors had ibeen recommended toy a nominating committee whidh included George H,. Houser, chairman, C. D. Blan ton and W. L. Plonk. The new and retiring boards of directors will convene at the cluto Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock to elect officers and organize for the coming year. President Jack White presided at the session. Secretary-Treasur er R. S. Lennon read a detailed financial report <on clu'b opera tions, and reports were made toy P. M. Neisler, Sr., chairman of the greens committee, by Dr. N. H. (Reed, chairman of tthe house committee, and toy W. S. Fulton, Jr., chairman of the membership committee. Mr. White summated the work of the social committee.. Mr. Lennon reported 69 of 134 members represented at the meeting, either in person or by proxy. Lions To Fete Farmers Tuesday Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club will be hosts to farmers of the area next Tues day night at their annual Farm er’s Night banquet. John Rudisill, chairman of the committee on arrangements for the event, .said invitations are being mailed to more than 125 area farmers. , Featured speaker for the event will toe J. J. Tarleton, superinten dent of Rutherford County schools. Mr. Tarleton is a speaker who accents humor and anec dotes. “Wo are anticipating an en joyable Farmer’s Night banquet,’’ Mr. Rudisill said. “The Farmer’s Night event is one of the high spots of every year and we hope all farmers of the area will find it convenient to attend.” The banquet will be held at the Woman’s Club, beginning at 8 o’clock,. KIWANIS MEETING The Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club will hold its weekly meet ing at the Woman’s Club Thursday night at 6:45 o’clock. The program will be a film en titled “Mining for Nickel”.
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