Population
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Greater KiUjS Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
The ftguie lot Greater *inys Mountain is derived from
U»#> 1965 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City
Umiis ttguie is from the United States census ol I960.
Sixty-Eighth Year
VOL 68 No. 22
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 30, 1957
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CHARLES F. MAUNKY
' JOE DONALD ROBERTS
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FRED KISER
WILLARD UPCHURCH
HUNTER WARLICK
PATSY WRIGHT
Seven Students
Receive Degrees
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Local News
Bulletins
POSTAL HOLIDAY
Kings Mountain postotfic^
will be closed Thursday, In olb-j
servance olf Memorial Day, aj
national holiday, it iwas an-1
n ouneed iby Charles Alexander^
postmaster.
METER RECEIPTS
(Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $175.79, City Clerk
Gene Mitcham reported. On
street meters returned $149.06,
while the Cherokee lot meters
returned $26.73.
CLUB NIGHT
Clulb night will 'be Observed
att Kings Mountain Country
<?lu!b Saturday night. Bulffet
dinner will be served at 8 pm.,
[Reservations are requested by
noon Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce McDaniel and Mr. and
Mrs. Drace Peeler will Ibe hosts.
KIWANI5 MEETING
Dr. P. G. Padgett, Kings
Mountain physician, will ad
dress merrtbers of the Kings
Mountain Kirwanls Olutb at their
regular meeting Thursday
night at 6:45 pan. at the Wom
an’s cltfb.
’ Seven Kings Mountain students
were among graduates of colleges
and universities during the past
week. _
I George Hunter Warlick,
of Mr. and Mrs! C. E. Warlick,
and Moffatt A. Ware, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Ware and hus.
bapd of the former Miss Ann
Mayes, were among the 163 Dav
idson college seniors awarded de.
grees. Both Kings Mountain men
received Bachelor of Science de.
grees in business and economics..
Both were members of Sigma Phi
Epsilon fraternity at Davidson.
Willard Howard Upchurch and
Miss Patsy Earlene Wright were
among students who graduated
Tuesday from Gardner-Webb Ju
nior college. Diplomas were a.
warded the 67 graduates by Dr.
P. L. Elliott, president.
Fred Kiser, son of A. S. Kiser,
received a Bachelor of Science
degree Sunday in agricultural
engineering from North Carolina'
State college. A member of the A.
.merican Society of Agricultural
Engineers and a member of
State’s Inter . Dormitory council,
Mr. Kiser also received a com
mission as a second lieutenant in
Continued, On Page Sight
Campaign Over, But Issues
Remain For City Fathers
sewage tee,
Sunday Law
To Be Aired
By MARTIN HARMON
The din of campaigning is
over, but some issues remain to
be settled at City Hall.
One of them is the question of
Sunday recreation.
Another is imposition of a sew
age fee.
The city is in the Sunday recre
ation business via its swimming
pool operation. (Management of
the Joy Theatre wants to open
its movie house on Sunday. The
city board approved Sunday mov
ies briefly two years ago, then
back - tracked under heavy pres
sure from some ministers and
some churchmen.
Ef and when the issue comes
before the board of commission
ers, it appears likely that the
board will call a referendum on
the question. It is likely to be
phrased “Sunday recreation ra
the* than merely Sunday movies.
Economically, should Sunday
sports be completely banned, it
would be a blow to the recrea
tion commission’s tight and mea
ger budget.
The sewage fee proposal is
likely to come up in budget fig
uring. In caucus on the forth
coming year's (budget, the retiring
administration was pretty well a
igreed on adding a sewage fee of
50 cents per toilet to citizens
served with sewage. It was esti
mated this revenue would enable
the city to pare the tax rate by
25 cents, an estimate used by
Mayor Glee A. Bridges in one of
his campaign mailing pieces.
iWhat the five newly - elected
memlber.s of the commission think
Of this idea remains to be seen.
It is recognized as politically
“hot”.
The new commission is expect
ed to be conservative, since it
was elected with conservative
backing.
Personnel changes are expected
to Ibe felw, if any.
Chief target off the campaign
ing among city .personnel was
Chief off Police Hugh A. Logan,
Jr., but the big majority polled
by Mayor Bridges Tuesday may
have taken the heat offlf Mr. Lo
gap.
The policy off requiring citizens
to ipay their (bills owed to the
city, such as taxes, street assess
ments, and other charges is ex
pected to be continued, with use
off garnishment and other legal
procedures iff necessary.
Early Services
Aft Resurrection
Resurrection Lutheran church
will hold Sunday services, begin
ninig at 9:15 a.m„ effective Sun
day.
The church is re-instituting the
earlier summer schedule and will
follow it during the summer, Rev.
I Douglas .Fritz, the pastor, said.
Sunday school will follow the
morning service, beginning at
10:15.
I (Mr. Fritz said that the church
Ifound the early schedule most
[satisfactory last summer.
MOOSE MEETING
'Memlbers of Kings Mountain
Lodge 1748 will hold their reg
ular Thursday night meeting at
8:15 at the lodge on Bessemer
City road, according to an an
nouncement.
PRESIDENT — J. W. Webster, city
tax collector, Tuesday was elect
ed president ol the Kings Moun
tain Lions club for 1957-58- He
will succeed Dr. N. H. Reed.
I. W. Webster
Lions President
J. . W. Wewstei^ was elected
president of Kings Mountain
Lions cluib for 1957-58 at the
meeting of the club Tuesday
night.
Mr. Webster will succeed as
president Dr. Nathan H. Reed.
Other officers elected were:
James Houser, first vice-presi.
dent; Richard Barnette, second
vice-president; Paul Walker, third
vice-president; C. P. Barry, sec
retary; F. A. McDaniel, Jr., treas. |
urer; Grady Yelton, Lion tamer: j
and Rev. Douglas Fritz, tail
twister.
Directors elected were: Hal S.,
Plonk (to a one-year term sue-;
ceeding Mr. FritzL and, for two-i
year terms, Odus Smith, Lawson 1
Brown, and Jonas Bridges.
i
:
Garland Still
Pays Tax Bill
Ex-Mayor Garland E. Still paid
the city tax collector $77.03 Wed.
nesday morning.
The amount represented Mr.
Still’s city tax bill for 1955 and
1956.
A candidate in Tuesday’s elec,
tion, Mr. Still said he had been
threateneed with foreclosure of
Horseshoe Grill by his opponent,
Mayor Glee A. Bridges, in a Mon
day radio talk.
City Tax Collector J. W. Web
ster said it is possible to fore
close for taxes, after judgment is
obtained. However, he added,
when property is attached for tax.
es, the taxing authority is respon.
sible for safe - keeping of the
property, keeping it insured
against fire and other hazards.
Mr. Webster said Mr. Still’s tax
account is now up-to-date. No
foreclosure actions had been tak
en, Mr. Webster added.
ELECTED
Miss Susan Moss, rising sen
ior at Meredith College, has
Ibeen elected dramatic editor of
the Meredith newspaiper, “The
Twig”. Miss Moss will arrive
borne for summer holidays on
Thursday. She is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Geoi^e Moss.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
City Run-Off Election
May 28. 19S7
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward
For Mayor 1 2 3 4 5 Totals
Glee Bridges 155 226 126 238 503 1248
Garland Still ~ 88 132 216 190 201 827
Ward 2 Comm.
Boyce Gault 192 239 199 293 536 1459
A. Dewitte Cornwell 51 118 137 141 164 611
Ward 5 Comm.
R. Coleman Stroupe 120 163 253 322 223 1081
W. Gurney Granthaml27 192 89 113 473 994
Total Votes 249 374 347 441 724 2135
Nursing School
Applications
Are Invited
•Plans for opening of a sehool
Of practical nursing at Shelby
Hospital, were announced this
week iby George W. Laycock, ad
ministrator.
'Mr. Laycock said he hoped a
full class of 18 students will be
enrolled to 'begin the 12 - month
course on July 1.
Applicants for admission must
foe between the ages of 17 and
50, must have completed high
school and be prepared to take
entrance examinations, must be
in good health, furnish character
references, and must pay a regis
tration fee of $2'.
The tuition fee of $40 for the
full year’s course covers cost oi
textbooks, medical dictionary
uniform rental, laundry and one
meal daily. While in training, the
student will earn $10 per month
during the second four months,
and $20 per month during the
final four months.
(Mr,. Laycock said the program
has been fully approved by the
secretary Of the State Board of
Nurse Education and Registra
tion.
Inquiries should be addressed
to the Shelby School of Practical
Nursing, Shelby, N. C.
•Mr. Laycock said only white
applicants will be accepted in the
first class, but that plans call for
enrolling a class of Negro appli
cants in the near future.
AN EDITORIAL
Mayor Glee A. Bridges
wondered out loud Wed
nesday morning how long
it would require the com
munity to settle down aft
er the bitter and some
times brutal fireworks of
a short but concentrated
election season.
The answer was, and the
Herald believes it correct,
-that the community tem
per started cooling by
noon on Tuesday.
Ex-Mayor Garland Still,
the phamplet expert, had
called Mr. Bridges about
10:30 election night to con
gratulate him on his vic
tory.
Mayor Bridges would
have done the same had
the score been reversed.
That will be the situa
tion with everyone.
There’s nothing like a
count of the votes to cool
tempers and to relieve
tension.
Kings Mountain has a
completely new city board
of commissioners and a
veteran mayor. Like all
new men on the city board,
all have much to learn and
they acknowledge it. Odds
are this group of five men,
Ross Alexander, Boyce
Gault, Luther Bennett,
Ben Bridges and Coleman
Stroupe, will feel their
way before taking rash
steps.
Commissioner Bridges
wants to eut the tax rate,
is aiming at a 15-cent cut,
has already begun to real
ize he will do well to slice
‘ the rate a nickel, unless
some other revenue source
is tapped. Money has to
come in before it goes out,
and there has never been
a government agency
"caught up”.
The Herald congratu
lates the winners in the
two voting sequences,
wishes each well in the
two years ahead. The
glamour of the campaign
is over and hard work is
on the drawing board.
HONORED — Mrs. Lena Ware
McGill was honored by Erslrine
College (Saturday when she was
awarded the Mary Mildred Sulli.
van award.
Erskine Honors
Mrs. Lena McGill
' Mrs. Lena Ware McGill, of
Kings Mountain, has been award
ed the Mary Mildred Sullivan a
ward Iby JErskine college.
The presentation was made at
the college last Saturday during
alumni day activities.
(Mrs. (McGill, a graduate of Er
skine college, was selected for
the award on basis of exemplify
ing the traits of character and
activity which characterized the
late Mrs. Sullivan, in whose
name the a/ward is given by the
New York Division, United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
Mrs. MCGill is a former mem
ber of the Erskine college board
of trustees, has been active in the
affairs of the college for many
years, and in alumni activities.
She is chairman of Boyce Memo
rial AtRP church's Erskine college
scholarship fund.
She is the wife of John L. Mc
Gill, partner in Kings Mountain
Drug Company.
Text of the certificate accom- ;
panying the medallion award!
follows:
“iHoiw beautiful is the power of
appreciation of excellence in the
life of another whose manner of
living is a benediction to man
kind, and how equally beautiful
is the open expression of appre
ciation and approval!
"The overflowing of that grate
ful impulse kindles anew the
same fine qualities in the hearts
of those who yield to it, and pours
now nourishment and encourage
ment into the generous hehrt of
the benefactor.
“Conscious of the loveliness
and power of these relationships,
the Chapter desiring to express
grateful appreciation and en
couragement to those whose
lives augment the happiness and
development of mankind 'by their
benevolent activities and unself
ish aims, has caused a Medallion
to ibe made which may be pre
sented to such persons in evi
dence that their generous natures
and outstanding usefulness in
mankind are recognized with cor
dial approval and profound grati
tude.
“The Medallion bears the name
of her whose name the Chapter
adopted, and who, as their lead
er, was followed in devotion for
(Continued on Page Eight)
Stroupe Unseats
Grantham By 87
Tuesday Run-Ofi
Attracted 2135
For New Record
Kings Mountain citizens broke
a voting record again Tuesday
as they re-elected Mayor Glee A.
Bridges and stamped their ap
proval on two city commissioner
candidates. A total Of 2.135 per
sons went to the polls, 137 more
than the May 14 record-breaking
total.
Elected were Boyce H. Gault,
for Ward 2 Commissioner, and
R. Coleman Stroupe, for Ward 3
Commissioner.
Mr. Stroupe unseated tiwo-torm
commissioner W. Gurney Gran
tham, in a close decision which
found iMr. Stroupe capturing the
gonfalon toy a slim 87 votes out
of 2,075 cast.
If there was any surprise in the
Tuesday result, it was the hand
some margin by which Mayor
Glee A. Bridges repulsed Former
Mayor Garland E. Still.
Pre-election speculation 'by
both Bridges and Still .supporters
OATH-TAKING
.Newly elected city officials
will take their oaths Of office
Thursday morning in ceremo
nies at City Hall cohrtrooim. The
hoard of commissioners met
briefly Wednesday morning to
canvas the Tuesday run - off
election reVurns, found no dis
crepancies between the offjcal
total and the unofficial returns
gathered Tuesday night.
figured the mayoral race “close”,
as the speculators had placed the
Ward 5 race. The speculators
were right on Ward 5, wrong on
the mayoral tussle.
The campaign was marked by
heavy propaganda reminiscent rf
the nineteenth century, when ell
politicians invested in p.upag^n
da organg.
Mr. Still, an expert at laimpoon
ery, kept the populace excited
with near - daily bulletins at
tacking the incumlbent mayor and
his supporters. After the May 14
voting, Mr. Bridges replied in
kind. Both candidates were criti
cized by some citizens for using
“muddy” campaign tactics. Mr.
Still felt his only chance was to
excite the voters. Mr. Bridges said
he had to fight “fire with fire”.
The mayoral count was: Brid
ges 1,248, Still 827.
The commissioner races had
undertones of bitterness, but us
ually this was created by sup
porters otf the candidates rather
than the candidates themselves.
In Ward 2, iBoyce H. Gault,
longtime citizen and grocer
soundly trounced A. ©ewitte
Cornwell, also a grocer. Mr. Corn
well is a Kings Mountain native,
had returned here only four
years ago. Mr. Gault led the first
race Iballoting by a good plurali
ty tout failed to obtain a majori
ty. Both Mr. Gault and Mr. Corn
well were cprdial throughout the
campaigning, in spite af efforts
(Continued on Page Eight)
Commencement Exercises To Begin
Sunday For High School Seniors
Commencement exercises for 63
Kings Mountain high school sen
iors wiH .be conducted on Sunday
and Monday evenings.
On Sunday evening, Ri»v. P. D.
Patrick, pasior of First Presioy
terian cnuren, will deliver the
commencement sermon. On Mon
day evening, Dr. John R. Cunn
ingham, president of Davidson
college, will make the commence
ment address.
Both programs will begin at 8
o'clock.
On Sunday evening, Kings
Mountain ministers, as is tradi
tional, will toe principals on the
.program. Dr. W. P. Geilberding
will say the invocation, and Dr.
W. h. Pressly will read Che Scrip
ture. Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., will
tprouounce the benediction. E. L.
drown, high school principal, will
present Mr. Patrick.
The high school girls’ chorus
will sing Williams' 'Born to be
Free”.
On Monday evening, members
of the graduation class will take
major pares on the program.
(Miss Ellen Baker will present
Dr. Cunningham, and Miss Jean
ne Plonk will say the invocation.
Curtis George, class president,
will present a gift to the school
from the seniors, and Dean Brid
ges will say the benediction.
Diplomas will be presented by
Superintendent B. N. Barnes.
The girls’ chorus will sing
“You'll Never Walk Alone’’, as
arranged by Rigiwald.
Other class officers are Thom
as Gilbert, vice • president, Miss
Peggy Joyce Reynolds, secretary,
and Hoyle Burton, Mrs. Darts
Cloninger and Miss Jeanne Plonk,
home-room treasurers.
Senior class sponsors are Misi
Helen Logan, Miss Janet Scog
gins, and Mrs. W. T. Weir. The
mascots are Michael Causlby and
Mary Ann Bennett,
The class motto is ‘They con
quer who betieve they can.'
The class colors are red and
white.
LIONS DIRECTORS
’Directors of Kings Mountain
’Lions clulb will convene Thurs
day night at 7 o’clock in the
office of Dr. Nathan H. Reed.
GLEE A. BRIDGES
re-elected
Mayor
BOYCE H. GAULT
elected
Ward 2 Commissioner
elected
R. COLEMAN STROUPE
Ward 5 Commissioner
Run-Off Election
SIDELIGHTS
Everyone interviewed is glad
the city election is over. Most
subscribe to the theory that a
spring political campaign is good
for the spirits, but they also add
the note that enough of a good
thing is sometimes too mucn.
Dewitte Cornwell, losing candi
date in Ward 2, has a good 'neaj ’
for predicting the total vote. Mr.
Cornwell predicted the (May j.4
voting would total 2,000, missed
by two. He predicted the May 28
run off would attract 2,100 to toe
polls. IHe was short iby 35.
It was a new record Sfor city
voting, topping the recently set
record of May 14 by 137 votes.
The big vote suited Rochelle Con
nor, the veteran Ward 3 election
official, fine. Mr. Connor figures
if folk don’t vote they don’t na\e
any right to complain.
'Rev. W. C. Sides was one of the
tally men at the Ward 3 counting.
He handled his job with expert
ness and dispatch. An observer
congratulated him on his abiTity,
suggested he might have had
plenty of training at Methodist
conferences. Rev. Mr. .Sides ad
mitted he had.
Mrs. Herman Yawn, the Ward
4 registrar, is appreciative oti the
city’s painting ot the ballot box
es, but suggests two coats were
/Continued on Page Eight)
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