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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7,206 Ik* lg» foe Greater Kings Mountain Is derive* from the ms nags Mountain city -tlrectory census. The City USnlts figure Is from the United States oensus of 18S0. 1 C Pa9es 1 (J Today VOL 68 No. 24 Established 1889 Kings Mountain. N. C., Thursday, June 13. 1957 _* Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Local News Bulletins TO LOUISIANA James J. Crawford, who re cently completed a course with Philieo Corp. Tech. Division in Philadelphia, Penn., has .been assigned as field engineer in electronics and radar at Hou ma, La, TO OHIO (Mr. and Mrs. David 'Kincaid halve moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where Mr. Kincaid, a mechani cal engineer, has accepted a (po sition with Warner Slwasey Company. They are residing at 16606 Ernest Avenue. UNION SERVICE Sunday night’s union service (for five city church congrega tions will Ibe held at St. Mat thew’s (Lutheran Church, (with (Rev. (Douglas IFritz, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, to deliver the 8 o’clock sermon. SINGING Chestnut Ridge Baptist church will sponsor a .program of sing ing Sunday afternoon at 3 o' clock, according to announce ment iby church officials. The public is linvited. COURT OF HONOR Regular Boy Scout Court of Honor for Kings Mountain dis trict IBoy Scouts will Ibe held Thursday night (tonight) at 7:46 p. m. SCout leader and ex plorer advisor roundtables twill ibe (held during the court. ON DEAN’S LIST Miss Cynthia Plott, daughter of Mrs. E. T. Plott of Kings Mountain, made the Dean’s list for second semester at Ander son Junior college, Registrar Margaret Garrett has announc ed. A total of 42 students made the list this semester, Miss Gar rett said. WINS HONOR Mliss Judy Gwens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Gwens, received scholastic honors in filing at an awards program held recently at King’s Busi ness College. Miss Gwens is a Junior secretarial student who enrolled at King’s in Septem ber. She is a graduate Of Kings Mountain high school. - SUFFER Women of the Church of (Dix on (Presbyterian church will sponsor an ice cream supper at the Church Saturday (beginning at 6 o’clock. (Homemade cake will also toe served, church of ficials have announced. Pro ceeds will ibe used for purchase of a piano. OFFICE CLOSED Kings Mountain offices otf Dr. L. T. Anderson will Ibe clos ed from (June 16 to J u n e ,24 while Dr. and Mrs. Anderson are vacationing at Cherry Grave Beach. The Office will re open June 24. FLAG DAT (Friday, June 14, is IFlag Day and Colonel IFrederiCk Haim bright Chapter, IDAR, urges that the flag toe displayed toy all Kings Mountain business hous es, an official of the IDAR said yesterday. TO CONVENTION Postmaster Charles IL. Alex ander and Mrs. Alexander are attending a IPostimasters Con vention in Asheville. The con vention convened Wednesday and will adjourn during the weekend. K1WANIS MEETING (Neil Johnson, manager of 'Kings (Mountain’s Foote Miner al Company plant, assisted toy (Dave Mitchell, head of Miner als (Research, will discuss, “Kings Mountain Lithiulm Min ing” at the regular Thursday night meeting df Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club. The club convenes at the Woman’s Club at 6:46 pm. LIBRARY GIFT Mrs. C. E. Neisler has pre sented the book, "The Living Past of Cleveland County” toy Lee B. Weathers to Jacolb S. Mauney Memorial Library for Colonel ‘Frederick Hamibright Chapter, DA(R. ACCEPTS POSITION John Lewis Hughes, son of Mr. and Mis. Conrad Hughes, has accepted a position with Southern Railway and reported for work Monday. He was for merly employed by Center Ser vice Station. Erwin Hughes, another son of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, is also a railroad em ployee. Five Area Students Receive Diplomas Miss Jenkins. Win Mastei's In Social Work Five Kings Mountain students are among area graduates who received college degrees in recent commencement exercises. Miss Charlotte Jenkins, daugh. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jenk ins, received a degree of master of social work from Tulane Uni. versity, New Orleans, La., in re. cent commencement exercises at the school. Miss Jenkins is a grad, uate of Catawba College of Salis. bury. Miss Ann McKelvie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McKelvie, received a bachelor of arts de gree with major in sociology from Agnes Scott college, Decatur, Ga. At Agnes Scott, Miss McKelvie was active in Christian Associa. tion work, was an orchestra mem ber and badminton doubles cham pion for three years as well as singles badminton champion for two years. She will teach in the Norwood Elementary schools in DeKalb county near Atlanta, Ga. in the fall. Miss Martha Ann Baker, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker, and George Hord, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hord, Were among graduates of Mars Hill Junior college, at Mars Hill. Miss Baker is at Ridgecrest Baptist Assem. bly grounds this summer. Samuel Bruce Huffstetler, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Huffstetler, was graduated June 2 from the University of Alabama at Tusca. loosa, Ala. Mr. Huffstetler, who received the bachelor of science degree in commerce and business administration, is employed in Oak Ridge, Tenn., by the United States Atomic Energy Commiss. ion. Mr. Huffstetler, his wife, and daughter are residing in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. County Bond Issues Approved (More than 7,300 Cleveland County citizens registered their approval Of the county’s building water and selwer lines to senve a proposed multi . million . dol lar plant df Pittsburgh Pilate Glass Company in a $43.3,000 ibond election last Saturday. Kings Mountain area citizens also voted in support Of the tiwo bond issues, one for $310,000 to supply a mammoth water line to the proposed plant site, and the other for $106,000 to supply sewer service. 'In District 2 the vote totals were: East Kings Mountain — For water 'bonds 140, against 43. For sewer ibonds 140, against 44. West Kings Mountain — For water bonds 258, against 52; for sewer ibonds 252, against 56. Bethware — for water bonds 61, against 22; for sewer bonds 50, against 22. “You people in Kings Moun tain need help, I’ll do every thing I can for you.” Mai Spangler, Sr., president of the Shelby Chamber of Com merce, made the statement at he commented Saturday night on the results of the county-wide bond issue election to furnish utilities to a proposed plant near Shelby. Mr. Spangler expressed him self as quite pleased at the more than 4-to-l margin Kings Mountain citizens had recorded for the bond issues. Grover — for water bonds 88, against 14; for sewer bonds 88, against 14. Waco — for water bonds 93, a gainst 10; for .sewer bonds 93, a gainst 10. The county-wide total was: IFor water bonds 7,335, against 210. For sewer ibonds 7,306, a gainst 226. The 35-to4 margin by which the county’s citizens approved the issue was hailed by Shelby Chamber of Commerce officials as proof of the county’s desire to have Pittsburgh locate a fibre glass plant near Shelby. It was the first time a North Carolina county had voted bonds to furnish water and sewer utility lines, customarily a municipal or private function. The bond elec tion was conducted under au thority Of an act recently passed by the North Carolina General Assembly, as introduced by Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., of Shelby. Still awaited is a state Supreme Court Act on legality of the act, (Continued on Page Bight) ANN McKELVIE CHARLOTTE JENKINS BRUCE HUFFSTETLER GEORGE HORD, JR. MARTHA ANN BAKER SEWING CLASS Kings .Mountain women in terested in enrolling in a sum mer beginner’s sawing class are invited to contact city school officials by telephoning the .school office (.phones 212 or 487). An enrollment of at least 12 students will be required for the course. One of the class sessions will feature demon stration by a Singer Co. dem onstrator of sewing equipment. City To Quit Retirement Contributions The city iboard of commission ers voted last Thursday night to discontinue its contributions to the policeman’s retirement fund on July 1, after approving a reso lution placing the officers under federal social security, retroac tive to April 1. lhe policemen had voted May 15 to go under the social security program. Action followed report elf a straw vote taken among other city employees which indicated other employees did not wish to be covered under several munici pal retirement systems and after the city clerk had reported cov erage of all employees, compara ble to the policemen, would cost the city an additional $7;400 year ly Motion to discontinue the two percent-of-pay contribution to the officer’s retirement fund was made by Ben H. Bridges and pass ed unanimously. In another action, the iboaro voted unanimously to close the section of Carpenter street which passes through City Stadium. Dean Payne, recreation commis sion chairman, had told the board that air rifle '“experts” were using the stadium lights for tar gets and that the stadium should oe locked at all times. Mr. Payne also renewed the recreation group’s request for a share of parking meter receipts and the board voted considera tion olf the request in formulat ing the 1057.-58 budget. Mr. Payne told the Iboard the recrea tion commission is nqt in position to manage City Stadium, unless specific appropriations are made for it. In other actionsi, the iboard: .1) Voted, on motion olf Luther Bennett, to invite a minister to open regular .board meetings with prayer. 2) At suggestion Of Mayor Glee A. Bridges, authorized Building Inspector J. W. Webster to con demn two houses owned by the Maud E. Hord Estate on S. Pied mont avenue, unless the houses are either repaired or razed and the lots cleaned. 3) Voted to retain all depart ment heads until July 1. 4) Tabled for investigation toy the board request olf SB. D. Ratter - ree to convey the city a 40-foot deed to an extension of North Go forth street. Mr.. Ratterree said Goforth is 50-feet wide for only one block, said he wanted the city to quit dumping water on his property. 5) Declined to rezone a 50-foot section olf Second street to neigh borhood trading area. (Harold Phillips, Cralftspun Yarns super intendent, .said his company ob jected to the building of a fruit stand across from the Cralftspun office. Mr. Phillips also q up ted W. M. Gantt as objecting to the re-zoning. 6) Heard a complaint from G. L. MdDaniel concerning a street line. He said the street was .pav ed on hia property. Mayor Bridges said he owned adjacent property, would toe glad to have the street “moved over”. * 7) Tabled until budget sessions request of George Moss, wtiter plant superintendent, for salary increases for his staff. 8) Approved a petition for con struction of sidewalk from the hospital entrance to Edgemont Alvenue and for euilb . and . gut ter on West Mountain from Juni per street to Country Club road. Mayor Bridges explained that the cuilb-and-gutter job would toe done by the city but that the state highway department would reim. burse the city for the cost. 9) Took no action on a request by Leroy Matthews for a plumb ing repairman’s license (which the city does not now grant). 10) Accepted resignations from the zoning adjustment iboard by Ben H. Bridges and R. Coleman Strouipe, both now serving on the city commission. 11) Voted to ask Southern Rail way Company to install bell sig nal lights at four in-city rail crossings, those at N. Piedmont avenue, .Baker street, Mauney Mill, and at Kings Mountain Cotton Oil Company. Comm. Ben Bridges asked the chief olf police if it wouldn’t be possible to allow right turns on red at the Linwood . N. Piedmont intersection. Chief Logan replied that such privileges would en danger pedestrians southbound on Piedmont. Comm. Boyce Gault expressed a belief the city needs to con struct sidewalk on E. Gold St., from Oriental avenue to York Rd., and also said he’s had complaints from neighbors on smoke from the Finger Laundry boiler. LODGE MEETING Fail-view Lodge 339 AIF&AiM will meet Saturday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic Hal] for work in the third degree, ac cording to announcement by Denver King, secretary. ON CHURCH STAFF — Miss Joyce Simpson, of Gray Court. S. C.» will assume duties of educa tional assistant at Central Meth odist church this weekend. Joyce Simpson On Church Staff Miss Joyce Simpson will as sume the duties of educational as. sistant at Central Methodist church on Saturday. A recent graduate of Winthrop college at Rock Hill, S. C., Miss Simpson’s home is Gray Court, S. C. Miss Simpson was a member of the Winthrop choir, was active in the Winthrop Christian associa. tion, and was president of the Wesley Foundation. She was a member of the Winthrop Thea tre. During summers she has ser ved as counselor of the South Carolina Conference camps and last year was a member of the Methodist Youth Caravan team which served the Mississippi con. ferenee. Miss Simpson will live at the teacherage. Hed tioss Uoal Still $750 Shy The Red Cross still needs $750 to meet its 1957 fund drive quota and to assure full continuance of present Red Cross services. J. Ollie Harris, chairman of the chapter here, said Wednesday a total of $500 has been obtained during the past three weeks, up ping collections to $4950. The Kings Mountain chapter was told by area officials the full quota was necessary to assure continuance of Kings Mountain participation in the Red Cross blood program, or continuance of employment of a part-time paid executive secretary. Chapter officials decided that continuance of both was neces sary, if tHe Red Cross was to per. form its needed services. "Persons who have not given to the Red Ci*oss this year should forward checks to the Red Cross office at City Hall”, Mr. Harris said. “We are gratified at the pro. gress made thus far but we still need $750, and badly.” Mrs. Lybrand Bank Officer Mrs. Louise Carpenter Lybrand, wilfe of James A. Lylbrand, has been elected an assistant cashier of First National Bank. Action was taken by the board of directors Monday on recom mendation of the officers. Mrs. Lylbrand thereby becomes the second woman to be named an assistant cashier by First Na tional. Mrs. Helen R. Blanton has held a similar position for sev eral years. Mrs. Lybrand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. James Carpenter, has been a bank employee for the past five years. Her husband is a member of the county tax ap praisal staff. City Board Holding Sessions On 1957-58 Budget Estimate Board Discusses Electric System Requirements City Clerk Gene Mitcham has presented a budget estimate to the city board of commissioners off $572,375 lor the forthcoming fiscal year. The clerk’s budget estimate arT ticipates an approximate $6,000 increase over the current year’s (budget. However, the figure is less Iby $14,000 than (Mr. Mit cham's estimate of total receipts for the year just ending. The board of commissioners has already held two informal sessions for work on the budget exclusively. The 'board met 'both Monday and Tuesday nights. On 'Monday, the board consid ered estimated capital outlay items, totaling $53,161, item by item. Some of the items had been previously approved by Bridges Administration II. 'Departmental budget items -were forlwarded toy the clerk after receipt from the particular de partment heads. Capital items included in the estimate show over $13,000 for street . paving and sidewalks, $il2,000 for the purchase off tlwo trucks for the garbage depart ment, $4,500 for the purchase of equipment to fluoridate the city’s •water supply, and $3,000 for street and traffic signal lights. The board devoted consider able time Monday night in query ing El e c t r i c a 1 Superintendent Hunter Allen on the polwer dis tribution system. The board sug gested insertion of a $5,000 capi tal item for re-building the main power line in the North Piedmont avenue section, which was des cribed as heavily over loaded. Mr. Allen told the commission the system needs re-louilding with a 4,1160-volt primary line which, he estimated, would cost at least $50,000. He said the city is furnishing about 10 percent more power to customers each year and through the4,160-line would have to be installed within five years. He said 1952 recom mendations of an electrical engi. neer have otherwise been carried out. One fixed exipense of the city is (bonded indebtedness Mr,. Mit cham reported the cost of princi pal and interest payments in the coming year Will be $53,960. (However, he reported an antici pated sunplus in this account, due to better-than-expected tax col lections, of $25,000 at July 1. Departmental budget requests were: ILi'ght and power — $157,010. (Police — $49,760. Administrative — $25,080. iFire — $18,855. Recorder’s Court — $2,475. General — $50,290. (Cemetery — $6,350. (Water and sewer — $56,857. Street — $46,000. (Continued on Page Eight) Methodist Building Is Now Debt-Free Central Methodist church has completed payments on its $80, 000 educational building con struction in 1953. IB. S. Neill, a church official and financial chairman of the iproject, said the church had paid off the final $10,000 bbligation on the two - story addition in the ipast eight months. The pastor, Rev. James B. Me Larty, said dedication rjjes are being planned. Layton Residence Question Hits City Hall; Red Makes Complaint The continuing complaint over the question of where Keith Lay ton will play Legion baseball was (brought to the attention erf the city ‘board off commissioners last Thursday night. lLayton is now on the Gastonia Legion squad and the question concerns the official residence of Mr. and Mrs. James (IRed) Lay ton. Mr. Layton told the commis sion he was being “tailed” by the police department and that he wanted to get people “off my neck”. He said Bryant Wells, a member of the Otis Green Post 156 American Legion committee, had shown him a log detailing his movements in Kings Moun tain over several days. Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan, Jr., also a member off the Legion baseball committee here, denied that his officers were "tailing” Mr. Layton, asked who was ac cused. Mr. Layton said, “Hawkins and Cooke”. Officers P. A. Hawkins and B. P. Cooke were summoned and told Mr. Layton he was mistaken. They were in the vicinity of the Layton home on Wilson street, they said, to check a drunken ness report t>n a resident further dawn the block. •But Chief Logan did tell Mr Layton, “I called the City Of Gas tonia to ask Red’s address, and was told he lived at 404 Wilson street in Kings Mountain.” (Mr. Layton, a onetiime city commissioner, is now employed •by the City of Gastonia. He says he wants his son, a pitcher, to play (Legion 'baseball in Gas tonia, thinks he has a future in baseball, and will get better no tice there. .m "v mmmmmm' t. RECEIVE AUXILIARY AWARDS — Pictured are four Kings Mountain women who received pins and chevrons in recognition of 200 hours service to Kings Mountain hospital at ceremonies Sunday at the hospital. Twenty . seven other members of Kings Mountain hos pital auxiliary were awarded pins signifying 100 hours service as hospital volunteer workers. 'Front row, left to right, are Miss Mar garet Harmon and Mrs. Genelle Pittman. Standing are Miss Frances Edens, left, and Mrs. Ben Long. Auxiliary officers are Mrs. Carl Mayes, president; Mrs. W. G. Grantham, vice . president; Miss Na omi Edens, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. L. Arnold Kiser, secre tary - treasurer. (Photo by Pennington Studio), Osborne To Name Cline Successor County Board Chairman Quits Effective July 1 When a successor toCounty Commissioner Zeib V. Cline will be appointed is indefinite, Clerk olf Superior Court J. W. Osborne said Wednesday. iNor did Mr. Osborne indicate who would ibe appointed. Mr. Cline, veteran commission, er who has served as county board chairman since 1948, sub mitted his resignation Monday due to ill health. The resignation will take effect July 1. Under the law, the clerk of superior court is empowered to appoint the successor when a county commission post is vacat ed by resignation or death. Mr. Cline himself first became a cqynmissioner by the same route. He was appointed in 1948 by Clerk of Court E. A. Houser, Jr.., to succeed the late Or. S. S. Royster. Mr. Houser acted follow ing recommendation of the coun ty’s Democratic executive com mittee. Mr. Odborne indicated he would be happy to discuss his forth coming appointment with all citizens, said he expected to con fer with Democratic precint chairmen in Number 6 (Shelby) township particularly, but would not necessarily follow recommen dations. “The responsibility for filling the office falls on me,” he com mented. Mr. Odborne had just returned to his office Wednesday morning atfter attending the North Caro lina Lions club convention at Asheville. iHe said he had not learned oi any particular candidate to suc ceed Mr. Cline. Mr. Cline is the Democra;ic nominee from District 1, in the five • district county set-up. Other county commissioners expressed both surprise and re (Continued on Page Eight) RESIGNS — Zeb V. Cline, chair man of the Cleveland County board of commissioners, has ten dered his resignation effective July I. Mr. Cline said he was re signing due to poor health. His successor has not yet been nam ed. Hearing Set On 29 By-Pass Public hearing on the proposed new construction on U. S. High way 29 for residents of Gaston and Cleveland counties will 'be held in Gastonia in the circuit courtroom on Wednesday, June 26, it has been announced by E. L. Kemper, 12th division engi. neer. The hearing will begin at 11 a. m. Mr. Kemper announced the hearing in a legal notice publish ed today in the Herald and in oth er newspapers along the potential route of U. S. 29. The highway office had previ. ously published a notice asking requests for the hearing. Some j requests were received, Mr. Kem. ! per said. Mr. Kemper was out of his of fice Wednesday, but office per. Continued On Page Sight t