Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 n» figure for Greater Tinge Mountain le derived from «be IKS llnge Mountain city directory census. The aty Unfit* figure Is Iran the United States census of 11S0. 1 C Pages | D V o d a y VOL 68 No. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April I I, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS PRINCIPALS 1>N CONVENTION — Pictured are Mrs. C. Gordon Maddrey, of Ahoskie, vice-presi dent of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, Governor Luther H. Hodges, and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, of Kings Mountain, federation president, who were present in High Point last weekend for the annual State convention of Women's Clubs. Governor Hodges was principal speaker for the banquet which featured his ad dress on "Governments Do Not Preserve Them selves.” The convention accepted the governor's ihvitation to appoint representatives to the State Travel Council on Highway Beautification and also established an annual SI.000 scholarship to the Greater University for worthy North Carolina girls. < Local News Bulletins WEST P-TA West school P-TA Iwi/lil hold its regular imeettinig Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock iP- m. in the school auditorium. IPupils Of Miss Marjorie iHord’s first grade (will present the pro gram. P-TA MEETING Bast school P-TA will hold its Tegular monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon, April 16, at 3:30 p. m. in the school audi torium, according to announce ment by P-TA Officials. BARBECUE There will be a’bailbecue and bazaar at Bl. Bethel clubhouse Saturday from 11 o’clock a.m. until 9 p.m. sponsored by El Bethel Methodist church. De livery service may be Obtained by telephoning 444J3. ON DEAN’S LIST Willlialm IH. 'Rouri and Alvin J. Secrest, (both Of Shellby, were among 179 UiNC students on the dean’s list for the fall semester, according to the registrar. Se cret# is the nephew of Mr. and Mrs. tt. D. Simmons bf Kings iMounltaiin. SCHOOL BOARD MEETING Members of Che city board of sdhooi trustees are scheduled to meet in regular montthly ses sion Monday night at 7 o’clock ait the edifice of the superinten dent 'at Central school. NO JATCEE MEETING Regular Tuesday night meet ing oif the Junior Chamber Of Commerce will not be held. President J. T. McGinnis said the (meeting has been cancelled due to the fact the Jaycees will attend en masse the April 18 district meeting at !Mt. Holly. OFFICERS ELECTED Congregational officers of Boyce (Memorial ARP Church were elected last Sunday. They include: IBryant Wells, chair man Of the congregation, Mrs. Noronan McGill, secretary, and W. 8. (Pulton, Jr., treasurer. METER RECEIPTS (Parking meter receipts for the (week ending Wednesday at noon totalled $191.95, including $159 from on-street meters and 532.95 from Cherokee 'parking lot meters, according to report of Gene MitCham, city clerk. COURT OF HONOR KSourt of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will be held at City Had] court room Thursday night at 7:45. 'A Cub (Leader’s training course will be convened at the same hour at Central Methodist fhurch. ATTEND FRESBYfERY Rev. W. IL. Pressly, Oscar Mc Carter and Don Crawford rep resented Boyce (Memorial A&P Church at Tuesday’s meeting of the (First ARP Presbytery at Plaza Hills church, Charlotte. Postal Service May Be Trimmed Alexander Gets Paring Orders Effective 13th Unless Congress succumbs to the service - paring threats of Postmaster Generali Summerfield, or vice versa, Kings Mountain citizens will (fin'd themselves m atm nig do With much . restrict ed mail service effective Satur day motning. ■The Postmaster General has used the service - paring threat to pressure Congress into appro priating $47 millions to operate the postdflfice through the re mainder of the fiscal year. Mr. Summerfield claims the present fiscal year appropriation Is in sufficient to continue the same services and has notified Charles Alexander and other postolfifices throughout the nation to make these Changes effective Saturday: 1) to close on Saturdays (the present postotflfice schedule here is 8 a. m. to noon), and 2) to sus pend allll Saturday city and rural carrier deliveries with the excep tion of special delivery messen ger senvice. (Effective next Monday, the Postmaster General has ordered, the paiStofflce here will operate on an eight and one-haTf-hour day, opening at 8:30 a. m. and closing the window's at 5 p. m. Currently the daily schedule is 8 a. m. to 6 ip. m. rflwo Changes are to become af fective April 29: 1) suspension of money order service; and 2) sus pension of third class mail ser vice, with the exception olf medi cal items. PoslfmaSter Alexander said Sat urday activities at Kings Moun tain pastoffice, if the order sticks, will :be limited to collection of mail posted , in the outgoing mail deposit boxes and the dispatch of one outgoing mall Shipment. ELECTED — K. E. (Bed) Morri son was elected governor of the Lodge 1748. Loyal Order of the Moose, at annual election of of ficers last week. Moose Elect K. E. Monison Kenneth E. (Red) Morrison was elected governor of Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 at the annual election of officers held last Thursday at the Lodge on Bessemer Oity road. The voting was conducted 'from noon to 8:30 p. m. Mr. Morrison succeeds Horace Brown. Both are residents of Icings Mountain. Other officers elected were ju nior governor, George Newton, of Bessemer City, re-elected for a second term; prelate, J. M. Queen, of Bessemer City, succeeding Clyde Gardner, Bessemer City; trustee (one year) Warren Har mon, of Bessemer City, succeed. (Continued on Page Eight) List Of Candidates Is Unchanged; Banett Two-Dav Mayor Candidate City politics showed evidences of the influences of spring weather this week, as candidates moved about .more briskly in ef forts to corral votes for the May 14 election. There were no new candidates at presstime Wednesday though there had ibeen one briefly. On Saturday, Charlie Barrett paid his $5 filing fee and entered the race for mayor. On Monday, Mr. Barrett returned to City Hall and officially withdrew from the hustings. City Olerk Gene Mlt dham said Mr. Barrett remarked, “I filed just for one.” Mr. Mit cham also noted it is against city policy to refund filing fees. The two-day candidacy cost Mr. Bar rett $5. 'Another rumor getting credence in some circles was that Ward 3 Commissioner T. J. (Tammy) El lison, already filled for a fifth term as commissioner, may arrange his mind to up this sights to the mayoral spot. Mr. Ellison acknowledged he was getting evidences of support for the top spot, but indicated he would re main as is, a candidate for re election. Certain supporters of Luther Bennett, Mr. Ellison’s opponent, were reported promising Ellison backing for mayor. Still completely quiet was the school trustee portion of the Ma\ 14 voting. Two candidates seel two places on the five - persor board. Dr. P. G. Padgett and Fret; W. Plonk are asking re-election Contests are assured for all tht six city hall posts. Deadline for filing for city o: school aflfice its April 29. •" The list of candidates: (Continued on Page Eight) Bethware To Vote On “Split Term” •---<*s--- - City To Hold Fluoridation Referendum The city board of commission ers voted unanimously last Thursday to conduct a referen durn on the question otf fluoridat ing the city’s water supply. The board acted on the recom mendation of Mayor Glee A. Bridges. The voting iwill be conducted at the biennial city election on May 14. In another action, the board voted to investigate possibility of upping the city’s annual appro priation to the city . owned Mau ney Memorial library operating fund toy $300. A five member delegation visited the board and made the request. Mrs. WJL. Mau ney was spokesman for the group, which also included Mrs. Hunter Neisier, Mrs. J. N. Mc Clure, Mrs. John Cheshire, Jr., and Mrs. Tolly Shuford. Mrs. Mauney outlined the need of the library for new books and said the library’s operating funds currently do not permit sufficient purchase to satisfy reader de mand. The Mayor suggested that the group request similar aid from the county commission. The City, in the current fiscall year, appropriated $900 for the library,. In other actions the board: 1) Employed Ellis King as a city policeman, replacing Jack Stone. The appointment is effec tive April 15. 2) Tabled acceptance oif a deed from IB. [D. Ratterree for exten sion of N. 'Goforth st. The deed would have conveyed a 40 - foot strip. The .board seeks 50 feet. 3) Talbled for checking a re quest toy Fred W. ’Plonk for relief on paving costs of Hawthorne Road in Orescent Hill. Mr. Plonk contended his realty firm bad borne cost otf some otf the grading work on Hawthorne. 4) Authorized advertisement of bids for cuilb - and - gutter con struction on one bloek of N. Go forth street. 5) Named J. R. Davis trustee of the city for deposit of $20,000 in water and power deposits in the bity’s two savings and loan asso ciations. 6) On request of Virgil Self, voted to call a hearirig on Mr. Self’s petition for re-zoning of a 50-ffc. lot on Gillespie street from residential zone to neighborhood trading area. The hearing is to be held May 2. C Of C Group Holds Session Directors of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, Inc., met at the otflfice of President Carl H. Qlwan Monday night, discussed ihdustiriail expansion (prospects, and named a finance committee. The grouip also laid plans for continuation off a drive for char ter members and voted to defer for 90 days employment of a paid manager for the .organization. Specifically discussed were in dications toy a garment manu facturing firm that it is interest ed in locating in Kings Mountain, provided an 18,000 square fcot building can be erected on a lease - purchase arrangement. The board instructed President Swan to arrange an appointment and he and several members of the .board are to visit the firm and discuss further the needs of the company and what the city may be able to provide. Mr. Swan also reported inquir ies had been received from two companies manufacturing trail ers. iNamed to the finance commit tee, off wthich W. K. Mauney had been previously named chair man, were J. C. Smambers, Ed Goter, J. N. McClure, C. T. Ben nett, B. S. Neill and Jack Cross. Dr. L. T. Anderson agreed to continue in the capacity of act ing secretary until permanent ar rangements are made. Former Resident Dies In Spartanburg Arthur Lee Solesby, 65, former Kings Mountain resident and father of Mrs. (Howard Sander: of Kings (Mountain, died Tuesday afternoon 6t 5:30 at his home ir Spartanburg, S. C. (Funeral arrangements Iwere in complete (Wednesday, (pending arrival of a son from Californic Other survivors include a sot Patrolmen Are Not Assigned Arrest Quota, Says Lambert Senior Class To Give Play Kings Mountain high school seniors will present the three-aet comedy, “Papa Says No,” at the school auditorium Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Rdbert Whltener is direct ing the production which in cludes a large cast of seniors. Three performances of the play by Felicia Metcalfe .will tbe given by the students, the first show to be held Thursday (this after noon) and two nfght performan ces, Thursday and Friday. Admission is 50 cents for stu dents and 75 cents for adul ts and tickets may be purchased from any senior class memlber or at the door. IRoles in the comedy wild be portrayed by Bay Horne, who 'has the part of Alonzo K. Page, dic tatorial Hyusiness man; Ellen Bak - er as Janet Page; Jim Heavner as the fiance of Janet Page; Jean ne Plonk as Luella Watts; Jane Yaiibrouigh, as Mrs. Helen Carter; Joihn McGinnis as, Pete Carter; David Baity as Bill Sykes, desk Clerk at the Florida hotel where action Of the show takes place; Charles Bridges as the bellhop; Pat Brooks as the elevator opera - tor; Joyce Early and Mary Ann Beam as the waitresses; Jane Osborne as Mrs. Hawk-ins; Billie Gail Welch as Genevieve (Haw kins, and Hoyle Burton as the de tective. iProceeds will be used by the group to purchase the Class gift for the school,. Lutherans Set Holy Week Services St. Matthew’s Lutheran churei will observe Holy Week, with . full schedule of services begin ling Sunday morning at 11 o’ clock. Patrol Official "Knows Nothing" Of Such System (Major David (Lambert of the North Carolina Highway .Patrol and patrol publicist Bill Crowell visited the Herald Tuesday to protest a recent Herald editorial in which allegations iwere infer red that patrolman are operating unrder an arrest . quota system. Major Lambert said such a pol icy is not the policy of the patrol as (he knew it, nor that of L'd Scheidt, the ex-IFIBI investigator now 'North Carolina Motor Ve hicles commissioner. Major Lambert quoted Mr. Scheldt's “repeated” instructions as follows: "You Shall make an arrest when the .infraction is a Clear - cut arid substantial viola tion of the motor vehicle Haws and shall not make an arrest when the violation is not olear cut, is trivial or (borderline.” The Hera'ld editorial was based on statements by a .former high way (patrolman who .said be (had been "called on the carpet” twice for failure to make sufficient ar rests in (particular months. The editorial critized Mr. Scheldt's policies as perhaps being suit able for the malefactors sought 'by the Federal Bureau of Inves tigation, Ibut not for the average motorist, who is a law-abiding citizen. The editorial also referred to a Rowan county patrol dismissal which, the Herald thought, bad arrest . quota overtones. Major Lambert denied that this was true, said the case involved side line activities of the patrolman Continued On Pane Eight 'Joyce Plonk, Styeis Win Carl Styers, East school sixth grader, and Joyce Plonk, Central school eighth grader, won an nual grammar grade declaiming and reading contests Wednesday. Styers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Styers, declaimed “I Speak for 'Democracy” toy 'Eliza -toeth Evans, and thereby iwon the annual Neidler Declamation med al awarded by Mrs. C. E. iNeis ler. Miss 'Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lHal S. Plonk, read the humorous reading, “Trimming Her Husband”, to win the Baker Reading medal given annually by Dr. IL. P. Baker. Other school representatives in the declaiming contest were Ken neth Barnes, Central, Lynn Che shire, West, and 'James Laughter, North. Other school representatives in the reading contest were *Sara Hendricks, West, [Linda Bennett, Bast, and Sue iHunnicutt, North. Judges were B. F. Maner, J. E. Houston and Ben iH. Bridges. NAMED PRINCIPAL — Joe C. Hedden, Kings Mountain band director, has been elected princi pal of Piedmont high school in : Lawndale. He assumes his new duties in July. Hedden Named To Piedmont Post Joe C. Hedden, city schools 'band director, has resigned to be came principal of Piedmont hiigth sdhoal in Laiwndalle. The Hedden family expects to move'to Lawn dale in July. A native of Sylva, iMr. Hedden caime to Kings Mountain 11 years ago. He was graduated from 'Wes tern Carolina college, receiving his master’s degree from George Peabody college at Nashville, Tenn. !He served as a lieutenant in World War II. IMr. IHedden is a member and a past 'president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, a former Kiwanian, and a member of the ‘ American Legion and Masonic Lodge. He is a former Sunday ! School superintendent of St. Mat ! thew’s Lutheran church. Mrs^ Hedden is the former'Miss Frances Crouse, of Kings (Moun tain. They have two so is. iRoscoe iBiilings, Piedmont school principal, plans to enter private 'business. Mining Film Being Foimed A new Kings Mountain cor poration, to be known as Ardh da'ie'Mines, Inc., is being formed, it was announced this week toy C. E. Neiisler. Mr. Neisler said Tom Miller, Charlotte attorney, is currently drawing the necessary legal pa pers for forming the corporation which will explore for mica on the Neisler . owned Archdale Farm properties. (Mr. Neisler said the incorpora tors will toe I. M.. Allen, C. T. Ben nett and J. A. Neisler. Kiwanians To Honor Key Clubbers At Charter Night Event Thursday Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will hold its annual Charter Night Banquet Thursday ni'ght, as the club honors Key Clulb rep resentatives of schools here and in surrounding towns. Expected to attend the dinner at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s olulb are Key Club members from Shelby. Gastonia, and Kings Mountain schools, the cluibs’ ad visors and Kiwanis sponsors, and wives of Kiwanians. Principfel speaker for the event will, be Sam Bundy, Farmvi'lle public schools superintendent. Mr. Bundy’s .son, Jaimes H. Bundy, newly . elected governor of the Carolinas District of Key Olulb In ternational, will also be a special guest. A past governor off Kiwanis In ternational, the speaker is a member of the Kiwanis district Key Olulb committee and has spoken Ibetfore numerous busi ness, fraternal, civic, church, and school groups. Educated in the Farmville schools and at Duke University and East Carolina col lege, Mr. Bundy has been super (Continued on Page Eight) SPEAKER—Sam D. Bundy. Farm ville schoolman, will make the principal address at Thursday night’s charter night banquet of the Kiwanis club. Also present will be James Bundy, his son president of the Carolinas dis trict of Key Clubs. The local Key Club will be honored at the even W:$tnct rations To Vote April 17; Rules Listed Bethlware school district pa trons Willi vote next Wednesday afternoon on the question o