Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7.206
Ik* flgur* tor Greater dog* Mountain I* derived from
tko 1855 King* Mountain city directory c*n*us. The City
limit* flgur* U (rom th* United Statu o*n*u* of 1950.
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VOL 68 No. 13
Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 28, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS
Lithium Workers
Defeat Union Bid
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Local News
Bulletins
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,
Curtis Gaffney, secretary, an
nounced.
CLINIC
Pre-school clinic for children
who will enter the first grade
at Central School in September
will be held April 17 from 9 o’
clock a.m. until 12 noon at'First
Baptist Church.
GRADUATE WORK
Rev. Eob Patterson, of Louis
ville, Ky., a recent graduate of
Baptist Seminary in Louisville
is doing graduate work and is
assistant to the professor of
Old Testament theology there.
He is pastor of a church in
Owenton, Ky., where he and his
wife reside. 'Rev. Patterson is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt
Patterson.
TO ATTEND HEARING
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Thorburn
and a delegation of Gastonia
citizens are planning to attend
the Thursday hearing in 'Ra
leigh concerning funds for
trainable retarded children.
The hearing is scheduled for
2 p. m. before the General As
sembly’s joint appropriations
committee.
TOWER READY
A Ground Observer Corps
tower, for airplane spotting,
has been prepared at the top
of City Hall. The cupola of City
Hall has been renovated with
movable windows and a door
has been cut to allow Observ
ers to stand on the cupola’s
ledge. Access is by interior
staircase. The GOC is a civil
defense unit.
Nine Attended
Pay Hearing
A group of nine citizens from
Kings Mountain attended a pub
lic hearing before the joint ap
propriations committee in Ra
leigh Tuesday in support of pre
sentations of the requests of
United Forces for Education for
higher teacher salaries.
Attending Were B. N. Barnes,
Lawson Brown, Miss Alice Aver
itt, Donald Parker, Eugene Rob
erts, Mrs. Gene Cole, Bright D.
Ratterree, Bill 'Young, and James
Houser.
Approximately 2,500 persons
from the entire state attended
this meeting, Mr. Brown reported
Wednesday.
The United Forces’ requests
followed closely those of the
State Board of Education in re
gard to teacher salary increases.
The proposed teacher raise of
19.31 percent received enthusias
tic support from the large crowd
present.
John Foster, Greensboro 'busi
nessman, who heads thfe N,. C.
School Boards Association, Inc.,
Stated that the people of North
Carolina would be willing to bear
additional tax burdens in order
tb put the teacher salary increase
program across.
The United Forces for Educa
tion is composed of .several or
ganizations. They include N. C.
School Boards association, Inc.,
N. C. Educational association, N.
C. Congress of Parents and Tea
chers, N. C. Grange, N. C. Univer
sity Women, and the N. C. Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
O'Shields Resigns
Pensoiuiel Post
' V I
Joe O’Shields, personnel man
ager of Noisier Mills division of
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company has resigned, effective
■within the next month, to accept
a similar position with another
concern, which Mr. O’Shields said
he was not yet at liberty to name.
Mr. O’Shields joiped Massachu
setts Mohair here about a year
ago.
William Ford, general mana
ger, was in New York city Wed
nesday. He had not yet announc
ed a replacement for the person
nel position.
Vote 75 To 42
Against Effort
Of Steelworker
Employees of Lithium Corpora
tion of America’s nearby plant
defeated bargaining representa
tive in a National Lalbor Rela
tions Board election last Friday.
The vote was 75 against the
union, 42 for the union.
Of 133 eligilbles, 131 cast bal
lots. Ten were challenged by the
union representative and four
were voided by Miss Mable D.
Stewart, NLRB representative
who conducted the election. Miss
Stewart ruled the intent of the
four voters was not clear.
The election was conducted
quietly during two voting peri
ods, one in the morning, the sec
ond in the afternoon ending at
4 p. im.
The ballot box was opened and
the ballots unfolded and sepa
rated in the presence of both
company and union representa
tives.
Joe Rhea, of Kings Mountain,
served as company Observer for
the election, and Harold Farns
worth, route 3, Kings Mountain
was observer for the Steelwork
ers.
Company officials said they
were pleased at the outcome,
particularly in view of the wider
margin by which the employees
declined to approve the union. On
November 18, 1955, two unions
lost a bid to organize the Lithi
um employees by the narrow
margin of 70 to 63 votes.
Hamrick Heads
Bethware Club
i ,
Newly elected officers of Beth
ware Progressive Clut> assumed
their duties at Monday night's
regular meeting.
Taking over as president was
Tom Hamrick, who succeeded La
mar Herndon. •
Other officers are Willard Boy
les, vice - president; Marion Dix
on, second vice - .president; Men
zell Phifer, treasurer; Hal Mor
ris, assistant treasurer; Stokes
Wright, secretary.
Directors include Cameron
Ware, Boyd Harrelson, and Frank
Hamrick, all with terms expir
ing in 1958, Jim Yarbro, Charles
Spearman, and A. L. Putnam, all
with terms expiring in 1950, and
Clay Poston, Mearl Seism and
Ted Ledford, all with terms ex
piring in 1960. Lamar Herndon is
an ex Officio memlber of the
board.
At a director's meeting Monday
night, tthe board voted to douibfe
to $300 the appropriation it has
been making to the Bethiware
School committee to aid in em
ployment of basketball coaches
for the 1957-58 school term.
Hoffman Taking
High Point Post
Robert L. Hoffman, Kings
Mountain Herald sports editor,
has resigned, effective April 6,
to accept the position of assis
tant sports editor of the High
Point Daily Enterprise.
Mr. Hoffman joined the Her.
aid in September, 1955, succeed
ing Charles T. Carpenter, Jr.
He had previously held news
writing positions with the Gaston
Citizen and Gastonia Gazette.
In addition to serving as sports
editor here, Mr. Hoffman has
done general news writing and
served several advertising ac.
counts. He is currently a director
of the Kiwants club.
Funeral Rites
Are Conducted
For Mrs. Bird
Funeral rites ror Mrs. Rossie
Kendrick Bird, 75, for 57 years a
citizen of Kings Mountain, were
held Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock from First Baptist dhureh.
Mrs. Bird, who had Been seri
ously ill for several weeks, died
Monday morning at 6 o’clock at
Winston - Salem’s Baptist hos
pital. Death was attributed to a
brain tumor.
Born in Waco, Mrs. Bird was
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Kendrick. She
was the widow of William C.
Bird, late Southern Railway en
gineer who died in 1936, and a
former saleslady for Plonk Broth
ers and Company.
Mrs. Bird was a former mem
ber of the Kings Mountain Wom
an’s Club and a member of First
Baptist dhureh.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Harold Crawford, and three
grandchildren, Billie Bird Craw
ford, Harold Crawford, and Mar
garet Jane Crawford, all of Kings
Mountain.
The funeral rites were conduct
ed by Rev. Aubrey T. Quaken
bush and interment was made in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Active pallbearers were George
Moss, Fred W. Plonk, Dan Fin
ger, Yates Harbison, Ed Henry
Smith and Dr. D. F. Hord.
Steve Caipentei
Best Spellei
Steve Carpenter, sixth grade
student at East school, was win
ner of the city schools spelling
contest Wednesday afternoon and
will represent Kings Mountain
schools in the Charlotte Obser
ver’s annual spelling contest.
Young Carpenter is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Rommie Carpenter,
Of 406 Stone street, and competed
with Brenda Ford, eighth grade
North school student, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Ford; Joan
McClure, fifth grade West school
student, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. McClure; and Donald Cham
pion, eighth grade Central stu
dent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Champion.
Miss Alice Averitt, city schools
teaching consultant, directed the
contest and others teachers iwho
served on the committee includ
ed Mrs. Margaret Spratt, of Cen
tral school; Miss Ruth Biiggers,
of North school; Mrs. W. L. Ram
seur, of West school; and Mrs.
Bill Jonas, of East school.
First National Bank presents
medals annually to the winners
in the elementary contests.
Accreditation
Inspection Set
Kings Mountain hospital will
undergo an inspection Tuesday
which, officials hope, will result
in full accreditation for general
hospital status. i
Dr. Carl M. Dumbauld, of the
Joint Commission of Accredita
tion of Hospitals, will make the
inspection.
The Joint Commission includes
as participants the American Col
lege of Physicians, the American
College of Surgeons, the Ameri
can Hospital association, the A
merican Medical association and
the Canadian Medical associa
tion.
The inspection will include
check of hospital records, organ
ization of the medical staff, a
check of facilities, and other mat -
ters.
The hospital was granted pro
visional accreditation some 30
months ago.
ANSTETT TO SPEAK
Dr. R. P. Anstett, civil defense
director for Cleveland County,
will he the guest speaker at the
weekly meeting of the Kings
Mountain 'Kiwanis Clulb Thurs
day night. The club meets at
the Woman’s Club at 6:45 o’
clock.
Little Theatre Corned; "late Love"
To Be Presented Friday, Saturday
Kings Mountain Little Theatre
members will present Rose maty
Casey's romantic comedy, “Late
Love", at the Woman’s Club Fri
day and Saturday evenings at 8
o’clock.
Tickets are available from any
member Of the Little Theatre or
Woman’s Club or may ibe pur
chased at the door for one dollar
for adults and 50 cent's for stu
dents and children.
Leading roles in the show will
Ibe portrayed by Mrs. M. A. Ware,
Sr., and Milton Houston as the
mother and son, Mrs. Ed Tutor, as
the portrait painter, Sam Stall
ings, Tommy Owens, Mrs. Sam
Stallings, and Becky Tutor.
Action of the comedy, a Broad
way hit, takes place in the coun
try home of a successful Connec
ticutt novelist. The play tells the
story of a woman who browbeats
the household of her widowed
son, granddaughter, and others
until a portrait painter comes on
an assignment to paint the emi
nent son’s picture.
First produced in Dallas, Texas,
in March 1953, the play was
bought for Broadway production
and presented in New York in
October of that year, continuing
through a successful engage
ment until January 1954.
Week Of Politics
Limited To Rumor
PRESIDENT — Bruce Thorburn
has been elected president of the
Kings Mountain Country Club for
1957-58. Mr. Thorburn succeeds
Jack White.
Thorburn Named
Club President
Bruce Thorburn, public rela
tions director of Lithium Corpora
tion of America, was elected
president of the Rings Mountain
Country Club as the recently
named board of directors met last
Friday.
Mr. Thorburn succeeds Jack
White.
Other officers elected were
Grady Howard, vice - president;
Sam Stallings, secretary; and
George Thomasson, treasurer.
Convening again Tuesday
night, the directors announced
appointment of the following
committees:
Social: Bruce McDaniel and W.
S. Fulton, Jr., co-chairmen, Mrs.
Bruce McDaniel, Mrs. W- S. -Ful
ton, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Pee
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Craw
ford, Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mau
ney, Jr., and Mr,, and Mrs. H. D.
McDaniel.
House: J. E. Rhea. and Ollic
Harris, co-chairmen, ’George H
Houser, J. C- McKinney, Charles
A. Neisler, and J. C. Smathers.
Greens: Joe A. Neisler and
John Koopman, co-chairmen,
Jacob Cooper, G. C. Kelly, Fred
Wright, Jr., and Amos Dean.
Membership: George W. Mau
ney and T. M. Shuford, co-chair
men, and Joe N. McClure, Hunter.
Neisler, Cart Finger and Martin
Harmon.
Ways and Means: George W.
Mauney, chairman, George
Thomaisson, Joe A. Neisler, Grady
Howard and T. M. Shuford.
Horvath Sells
Lowell Plant
NEW YORK — Ernest, Horvath,
president of Massachusetts Mo
hair Plush Company, Inc., and
Harold Ansin, president of Joan
Plush Mills and Joan Faibrics
Corp., jointly announced that
Joan had purchased the Lowell,
Mass., weaving and finishing
mill of Massachusetts Mohair
Plush Co., Inc.
Mr. Horvath announced that
Mass. Mohair Plush Co. has
transferred 100 looms from Lo
well and Salmon Falls to its
Southern division at Kings
Mountain, North Carolina, where
its furniture, drapery, upholstery,
etc. operation is now concentrat
ed and in production.
Mass. Mohair wil‘1 continue to
operate its 12,000 - spindle Brad
ford yarn division at Lowell.
Mr. Ansin stated that JOan will
operate its new Lowell Division
for the production of industrial
fabrics and coating, and that its
Lowell operation will he expand
ed iby adding additional equip
ment which he has recently pur
chased from Tingue Mills, Sey
mour, Conn. In addition to oper
ating its new industrial fabric
and coating division, Joan will
continue its plants in Woonsoc
ket, R. I., Nasonville, R. I., and
Hickory, N. C, as heretofore.
Preservation of jobs for some
600 New England textile workers,
and consolidation of its multi
mill spinning and weaving oper
ations were cited by Ernest V.
Horvath as among the major con -
siderations in the .sale of t h e
company’s weaving and finish
ing mill.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending at noon Wed
nesday totaled $179.79. "Phe
city elertc reported $147.97 tak
en from on-street meters, an
other $31.88 from the Cherokee
parking lot meters.
No New Filings
During Week
For City Posts
City politics simmered last
week, without any new ingredi
ents in the form of candidates
being added to the political pot.
Though the candidate total re
mained the same, there were still
rumors that all the filings are
not complete and that others will
add their names to the ballot be
fore the April 29 filing deadline
and perhaps sooner.
J. Lee Roberts had no com
ments on the rumor he will enter
the mayor’s race against Glee A.
Bridges, the incumbent, and for
mer mayor Garland E. Still,.
Fleete R. McCurdy, dry cleaner,
was still withstanding strong
urgings that he oppose veteran
Commissioner T. J. (Tommy) El
lison for the Ward 3 position on
the board. Mr. Ellison is com
pleting his eighth year on the
commission and is seeking re
election to a third consecutive
term.
A Wednesday rumor that Otis
Falls, Jr., might make the race
against Mr. Ellison, hut 'Mr. Falls
said, “I douht it”.
Also mentioned was David L.
Saunders, who serv^l briefly on
the board several years ago by
appointment, 'filling a vacancy
created when a commissioner
moved away from the city.
Principal other rumors con
cerned Ward 5, where T. W. Gray
son, jeweler, was reported con
sidering making it a four - man
race. Already in this contest are
W. Gurney Grantham, seeking re
election to a third term, Rev. S
T. Cooke and R. Coleman Stroupe.
Numerous political observers
were offering the opinion that a
‘‘dark horse” would yet enter the
race for mayor, but none seemed
able to identify him.
School board politics remained
quiet, with only two incumbents
Fred Plonk and Dr. P. G. Padgett,
having filed for re-election to six
year terms. For the first time in
20 years, school trustees will be
elected at large. The ward sys
tem no longer applies to school
trustee elections, result of a 1955
act of the General Assembly.
The candidates to date:
'For Mayor — Glee A. Bridges
and Garland E. Still.
For Ward 1 Commissioner —
Sam D. Collins and Ross Alex
ander.
For Ward 2 Commissioner —
J. C. Clary, A. Dewitte Cornwell,
Bryant Wells, Boyce Gault, and
Tilman Pearson.
For Ward 3 Commissioner —
T. J. (Tommy) Ellison.
For Ward 4 Commissioner —
Paul D. Ledford, Ben H. Bridges,
and Charles W. Ford.
For Ward 5 Commissioner —
W. Gurney Grantham, R. Cole
man Stroupe and Rev. S. T.
Cooke.
For School Trustee (two posi
tions open) — Dr. P. G,. Padgett
and Fred W. Plonk.
State To Widen
West King Street
Widening of a portion of West
King street, including building
of curbing, guttering and side
walk, -iwi'B 'be done by the State
Highway Department subsequent
to July 1.
June F. Scarborough, 12th divi
sion highway commissioner, has
so notified Mayor Glee A. Brid
ges.
The construction will toe from
the present end of sidewalk at
the entrance to Kings Mountain
Hospital, to the city limits. Both
sides of the street will be widen
ed.
The highway department al
ready has sufficient right-of-way
for the project.
lack Stone Resigns
As Police Officer
Jack Stone, veteran city police
man, has resigned from the force,
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said this
week.
Mayor Bridges said Mr. Stone
had been suffering from ill heal
th, and that his termination pay
included accumulated sick leave
and vacation pay.
(Mr, Bridges said he under
stands Chief of Police Hugh A.
Logan will recommend appoint
ment of Ellis King as replace
ment for Officer Stone at the
April meeting of the city com
missioners.
Mr. Stone is a patient at Kings
Mountain hospital.
Suit Against
McGill Brothers
Set For Mondav
A civil suit against two Kings
Mountain physicians and a Char
lotte physician is scheduled to be
heard before Judge J- C. Rudisill
Monday in the March . April term
of Cleveland County Superior
Civil court.
William J. Bailey, 24, is seeking
$150,000 from Dr. John C. McGill,
Dr. Kenneth McGill, both of
Kings Mountain, and Dr. Thom
as H. Wright, Jr., of Charlotte.
He charges in the complaint
that he was “wrongfully” com.
mitted to the state asylum at
Morganton.
Bailey said that he was com
mitted to the hospital on October
18, 1954, and alleges that prior to
this time he had been a patient
at Kings Mountain Hospital un.
der the care of Dr. John C. Mc
Gill.
He said the physician “admin,
istered or instructed others to
administer large doses of “pain
killing drugs” which kept him un.
conscious for long periods of
time.”
The plaintiff alleges Dr. Mc
Gill asked his brother and Dr.
Wright to make examination’s;
“of the mental condition of the
patient.” Bailey terms the exam,
inations “hasty and superficial.”
Dr. Kenneth McGill, the com
plaint charges, “wholly neglected
and failed to make any mental
examination . . . but simply sign,
ed and executed the affidavit.!!
The complaint continues to
say that Bailey was taken to
Charlotte Memorial Hospital on
Oct. 15, 1954, for an examination
by Dr. Wright pursuant to an or.
der by the Cleveland County
court clerk.
Bailey said he was taken to the
hospital in a “drugged and semi,
conscious condition.” Dr. Wright’s
examination, the suit alleges,
was “so superficial as to be total
ly inadequate.”
Bailey is represented by Par
ker Wheedon, Charlotte lawyer,
and Hugh Wells, Shelby attorney.
Defense attorneys include
Falls & Falls, John Mahoney and
Horace Kennedy, all of Shelby,
Carpenter and Webb and Hunter
Jones, all of Charlotte.
Rudisill Resigns
Rethwaie Post
John Rudisill, for the past nine
years principal of Bethware
school in the county system, has
resigned that position effective
at the end of the current school
term.
Mr. Rudisill did not announce
his future plans but said he ex
pected to remain in the teaching
profession.
A graduate of Lenoir . Rhyne
college, Mr. -Rudisill attained a
Master of Arts degree at Appa
lachian State Teachers college
last summer. He was high school
football coach here for one year
prior to accepting the Bethware
principalship and had previous
ly taught in the Tarboro schools.
Mrs. Rudisill is the former Mar
tha Padgett, of Gastonia, and is
clerk - bookkeeper for Sadie Cot
ton Mills. They have three chil
dren, John, Robert, and Martha
Rudisill.
Band Members Turn
Candy Salesmen
Got a sweet tooth?
If so, you can do the Senioi
Band 01 Kings Mountain a favoi
by purchasing a ibox of candy
from a band member.
The band members started
their 1957 money - raising cam
paign in the oity Wednesday.
This year’s project is selling can
ay. Each band member will be
required to sell 15 boxes of candy
at 50 cents per box to resident1;
of this area.
The candy comes in a variety
of types, including dhocolate
coconut, and almond, according
to an announcement from a bane
spokesman.
The candy sale will continu
through April 3.
Assembly Ratifies
Local Legislation
PRESIDENT — George W. Mau
ney, cotton dealer and ware
houseman, has been elected
president of the newly - named
Kings Mountain hospital board
which will form a non - profit
corporation for operation of the
hospital under lease from Cleve
land County.
Mauney Heads
Hospital Board
George W. Mauney, Kings
Mountain cotton dealer a n d
warehouseman, has been named
president of the recently appoint
ed Kings Mountain hospital
board.
Other officers named were W.
L. Plonk, vice - president, and
Hugh Davis, of Waco, secretary.
Mr. Mauney and Mr. 'Plonk art
former county hospital trustees,
while Mr. Davis is a present
member of the county body..
The officers, plus Holmes Har
ry, of Grover, and George Thom
asson will serve as the (board’s
executive committee, according
to the action taken at Monday
night’s organizational meeting.
The group also passed a mo
tion to make the hospital chief
of staff and a member Of the
county board of commissioners
ex officio members of the hospital
board.
Present chief of staff is Dr. P.
G. Padgett.
Other members of the board,
which is to form a non - profit
corporation to operate the ho«
frital under lease from Cleveland
County, are R. B. Keeter, Grover,
George H. Mauney, Charles A.
Neisler, Luther T. Bennett, and
Lamar Herndon.
Grady Howard, hospital busi
ness manager, said the board
hoped to obtain its charter and
be in position to assume opera
tion of the hospital by July 1.
Sheiry Kelly Is
Spelling Winner
Sherry Kelly, 11th grade stu
dent at Central High School, will
receive the First National Bank
medal as winner of the 1957 high
school spelling contest.
Miss Kelly won the coveted a
ward over contestants from each
of the other three high school
grades.
Finalists from each of the
grades were: Freida McGinnis,
9th grade, Tillie Arrowood, 10th
grade, Miss Kelly, 11th grade,
and Peggy Joyce Reynolds, 12th
grade.
In a spell-off to determine a
winner, Miss Kelly won over the
other contestants.
ATTENDS MEETING
D. B. Blalock, county ASC
committee chairman, attended
the rtate ■ wide ASC conven
tion in Asheville, the meeting
held Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday at George Vander
bilt Hotel.
Lions Launch Annual Broom Sale,
Also Offer Other Household Items
me Kings Mountain Lions
club has opened Its annual
broom sale for the benefit of the
blind..
In addition the Lions are also
offering for sale two additional
items, an ironing board cover
($2) and a set of dish cloths ($1).
The brooms, as usual, sell for
$1.50, and are obtainable from all
members of the Lions clu'b.
All the products being offered
for sale are manufactured at
Greensboro Industry for the
’Blind, an industry manned corn
pletely by blind persons, with ex
ception of the manager.
Sale of their products by Lions
clubs throughout the sfate pro
vides gainful employment for the
blind employees.
The industry was established
through efforts of the North Caro
lina Association of Lions clubs.
Eugene Timms is chairman of
the sale project.
“We urge the purchase of these
household items,’’ Mr. Timms
said. "It is a chance to help the
blind and the products are worth
the asking price.”
Filing Deadline
Advanced; Mayor
Can Make §6,000
Changes in state laws increas
ing tihe pay of Kings Mountain’s
mayor and city commissioners
and advancing the filing date for
city and school hoard elective
offices were ratified by tihe North
Carolina General Assembly last
week.
The bill to up the salary of the
city commissioners to $25 per
regular monthly meeting attend
ed and to make it permissible to
pay the mayor in the $50 to $500
per month range was passed
March 19. City commissioners
currently receive $10 per regular
monthly meeting attended. The
commissioners previously have
been permitted to pay the mayor
from $50 to $300 per month.
(Mayor Glee A. Bridges, serving
as full . time mayor, is paid $300
per month.)
The ibilj to advance the filing
deadline compares to the former
law that allowed candidates to
file for city and school board of
fices up to five days prior to the
election. The new law means that
the final day to file for elective
office this year will be April 29.
The city election will be conduct
ed on May 14.
It is unlikely the mayor's pay
will be changed by the board,
city officials say, prior to the next
fiscal year, due to the fact the
funds are unbudgeted. What ac
tion will be taken on commis
sioner’s pay (where the new law
stipulates $25 per regular month
ly meeting attended) is not
known.
The two (bills were introduced
by Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., at the re
quest of the city hoard of com
missioners.
Retailer Groups
Named By Dixon
Appointment of standing com
mittees of the Kings Mountain
i Merchants association has been
! announced iby Charles E. Dixon,
president.
Included are:
Trade promotion -— Jonas Brid
ges, chairman, Richard McGinnis
and Odus Smith.
Christmas promotion commit
f - - Charles Blanton, chairman,
John Warlick and Ross Alexan
der.
Annual picnic committee —
Yates Harbison, chairman, Ed Tu
tor, Menzell Plhifer,.
Membership — Gene Timms, *
chairman, and Paul Walker.
In a bulletin to members, Mr.
Dixon also noted regular'holidays
for the remainder of the year as
follows: Easter Monday, April 22;
Thursday, July 4; Labor Day,
Monday, September 2; Thanks
giving Day, Thursday, November
28; and Christmas, Wednesday,
December 25.
Education Advances
To Be Celebrated
Kings Mountain unit of the
North Carolina Education Asso
ciation will celebrate the 100th
year of educational progress in
the nation and in North Carolina
with a Centennial Birthday Par
ty to be held in the multi-'purpose
room at North School on April
4.
The theme will be “A Century
of Progress Through Education.”
There will be a historical dra
ma depicting Kings Mountain's
progress in education over the
past 75 years. A narrator will
present various episodes which
will be acted toy high .school stu
dents. The draima is under the
direction of Miss Jerrie Bundrick,
high school English teacher.
The dinner will be climaxed by
the cutting of the toirthday cake.
Memlbers of all civic groups
and other citizens have been in
vited to attend.
“Flat-Top" Haircuts,
Shaves To Cost More
Some barber prices will in
crease in the city effective
April 1, according to an an
nouncement toy a spokesman
for the Associated Master Bar
bers of Kings Mountain.
This announcement reported
that a "flat-top” haircut will
cost $1.25, and shaves will in
crease to 75 cents.
All other prices will remain
the same.