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i) Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 n* D|un for Greater Itegi Mountain u derived from the 1955 Zings Mountain city directory census. The City Units figure Is Iron the United States census ol 1950. 1 Q Pages IQ Today VOL 68 No. 26 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 27, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE FIVE CENTS Kings Mountain Lad Derby Champ -$ Local News Bulletins ► ON DEAN'S LIST Charles Shytle, Kings Moun tain student at (Belmont Abbey, was listed on the dean's list for the semester just ending. (Mr. Shytle, husiband of the former Miss Rita Gamlble of Kings Mountain, is a rising senior at the Belmont school. ATTEND MEETING Rev. P. D. (Patrick and (Dr. P. G. Padgett represented 'First Presbyterian church at a meet ing of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina in session Tuesday and Wednesday in Montreat. ATTEND CAMP 'Roddy iHouser, Vicky Goforth, and Calvin Humphries are at tending a (week’s Junior camp at Kings Mountain Presbytery Camp, Saluda. They were ac companied toy Pete Peterson, summer suplply pastor at First Presbyterian church, iwho is serving as a counsellor. UNION SERVICE Dr. !W. SL. Pressly, pastor of Boyce (Memorial AIRS’ church, will deliver the message Sun day evening at 8 o’clock at un ion service at IFirst (Presbyteri an church. KIWANIS CLUB Attorney Jack White will pre sent a program on "Wills and Estate Planning” at the regular Thursday night meeting of the KSwanis clulb. The club conven es at the Woman’s club at 6:45. HAS OPERATION Maywood E. ILynch, Kings Mountain merchant, has re turned home after undergoing a throat operation at the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital in Charlotte Tuesday. His condition is reported as satis factory. TO NEW JERSEY Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moss, Jr. and sons, Hunter Moss and John (Lindsay Moss, have mov ed to Dixon, New Jersey, where Mr. Moss is employed by J. P. Stevens Company,. They for merly occupied a residence here on Grover road. HOSPITALIZED Mrs. Andrew Jenkins, Kings Mountain beautician and man ager off Sudie’s Beauty Shop, entered Charlotte hospital Sun day. She underwent an oper ation on Monday. DIRECTORS TO MEET Retiring and recently-install ed officers of the Kings Moun tain Lions Club will hold a joint meeting Friday night at 7:30 at the office of Dr. Nathan H. Reed. FULTON AT HOME W. Sage Fulton iwas dis charged from Kings Mountain hospital last Saturday. He had ibeen a patient for two weeks, after suffering a heart attack. His family reports his condi tion improving. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at ( noon totaled $173.57, with $149.61 reported-from on-street meters, another $23.96 from Cherokee lot meters. WOMAN'S CLUB Installation of new officers of the Junior Woman’s club will feature the regular meeting Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Woman’s Club. M. A. Ware. Ir* Takes New Post Moffatt A. Ware, Jr., left Mon day for Atlanta, Ga., where he I j has accepted a position with Ark ' ansas Oil & Fuel Company. Mr. Ware, since his graduation from Davidson college, has been associated with Ware & Sons here. Mrs. Ware, the former Ann Mayes, and their family will move to Atlanta as quickly as liv ing quarters can be obtained. Tony Hampton Top Soapboxei; To Go To Akron (Special to the Herald.) CHARLOTTE. — Tony Hamp. ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hampton, of Kings Mountain, won thte Carolinas Soapbox Der. by in Charlotte Wednesday aft ernoon and will carry his banners to Akron, Ohio, for the national and international competition. Young Hampton placed first in Class A competition, then com. piled a winning time of 30.08 sec. onds for the course in the run-off between Class A and B winners. His victory Wednesday won him $200 cash prize, a trophy, other prizes and a plaque for hav. ing the best-built soap-box. Two other Kings Mountain en. trants did well, too. Mike Dixon, who placed third in Class A, placed fourth in the run-offs. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dixon and was sponsored by Phifer Hardware Company. Freddie Foster, sponsored by Piedmont Washerette, placed third in Class B (ages 11 and 12). One accident was reported. Danny Bagwell, sponsored by Craftspun Yarns, Inc., wrecked his auto and couldn’t compete. He himself was unhurt. Grand winner Hampton was sponsored by the Liberty Life Insurance Company branch of. fice here, of which his father is manager. Numerous Kings Mountain cit. izens witnessed the derby. Fruitland Camp To Open June 30 R. A. camps for boys will be held at Fruitland Baptist Camp at Hendersonville, N. C. from June 30-July 3, and 'from July 3 July 6. Registration for each camp is to begin at 2:30 P. M. on the day that the camp starts. The pro gram will begin at 5:00 P. M. Total camp fee is $6.50 per camp, er. There is plenty of room if you hurry, reported Camp Director T. A. Lineburger. One dollar registration fee should be sent to T. A. Lineber ger, R. F. D. 2 Kings Mountain, N. C., (Phone 568-J) for every 'person who wishes to attend. Late comers should bring the to. tal fee with them to the camp. ‘Those who attend will enjoy the cool mountain weather, gam es, swimming, hiking, good food, missionaries, and mission films,” said Lineberger. Seven Faculty Members Needed Seven teacher vacancies exist in the city’s schools faculty for the coming school term. Applications are toeing sought for a teacher of high school Eng lish, a toand instructor, a Bible teacher, an elementary princi palship post, and Hwo elemen tary teaching positions. Carroll Hamtoright, East school principal, J. C. (Hedden, city schools band director, and Mrs. June 'Rogers Knox, Bible teach er are among those who have resigned. wmsm HOSPITAL LEASE PRESENTED — County Com missioners Hazel B. Bumgardner gives George W. Mauney, first president of Kings Mountain Hos pital, Inc., a lease from the county board of com missioners to the newly-formed non-profit corpor ation as Fitzhugh Rollins, vice-chairman of the county commission, looks on. The corporation as sumes management of the hospital here July 1. The lease was conveyed June 19 at a joint session of the retiring county hospital board and direc tors of the Kings Mountain and Shelby hospital corporations. (Photo by Paul Lemmons, Shelby Daily Star.) Power Rate Hike Complaints Aired tiate increase Costs Hospital S250-S400 Month The city’s commercial ipower rate increases, made elective last (February was attacked Monday night, and resulted in the city (board of commissioners ordering a new cost . study of Duke Pow er Company’s (billings to the city. Principal spokesman was Grady (Howard, manager of Kings (Mountain hospital, who told the board the increase is costing the hospital from $250 to $400 per month. Also registering com. plaints were B. S. Peeler, Jr., of Elmer 'Lumber Company, and Martin Harmon, Kings Mountain Herald. Mr. Howard said the hospital uses from 35,000 to 40,000 kilo watt hours per month, and add ed the hospital board feels the 85 percent increase in the base rate schedule '“excessive.” The rate was upped from .88 cents per KWH to 1.40 cents per KWH. Mayor Glee A. Bridges sugges ted the city shouldn t charge rates any less than Duke Power Company. Mr. Harmon rejoined that Duke Power pays taxes, while the city collects taxes. In another action the board re enacted the 1966 privilege license without change. The licenses are purchasable in July.. The 'board also listened, with out action, to pleas of Dean Pay ne, chairman, and Charles Dixon, member oif the recreation com mission, (for appropriation ol parking meter prolfits for com mission use. Both explained that the commission had set up a "re stricted” $11,000 budget and that failure to appropriate would vir tually kill all plans for a year round recreation program. Comm. IBen Bridges Objected that the commission had no winter program mapped and that the only winter expenditures would ibe for the director’s sal ary. Mr. Payne said the commis sion has plans for a winter pro gram to be paid for by donations. In other actions, the board: 1) Voted to charge a fee of $15 (Continued On Page Ten) Kings Mountain National Guard Lost Kitchen Tent In Bragg Blow The 712 officers .and men of Kings Mountain’s National Guard company returned from a two week encampment at [Port Bragg Sunday none the worse for wear, in spite of a 7)81116 with the ele ments that cost the lives otf two Kannapolis Guardsmen and in jured 47 others of the same com pany. , CApt. Humes Houston, com manding officer of the Kings Mountain headquarters labels as plain “scuttlebutt” the tale of some local guardsmen that a last-minute change of orders mo ved the Kings (Mountain compa ny away from the area Where the Kannapolis company was located and where lightening produced by a summer storm struck. Capt. Houston’s comment: “Or ders for the tiwo-week operation by the Old Hickory division had been cut for three months.” He said the Kings (Mountain company was aibout a mile away (from the Kannapolis company, which got the brunt of the elec trical storm. IHe reported the company’s kitchen tent-fly as the local unit’s only casualty. It was blown dawn twice, the .poles snapping like toothfpicks. He de scribed the tent as a total loss. Capt. Houston said he wasn’t informed of the storm tragedy until about an hour after it oc curred. “^National Guard training paid off for the Kannatpolis company,” he commented. “Had it not (been for the discipline there would have been more casualties.” Merchants Picnic Scheduled luly 24 Annual employer-employee pic. nic of the Kings Mountain Mer chants association will be held Wednesday, July 24, at Lake Mon tonia, according to announcement toy Mrs. Elaine Queen, Merchants secretary. Mrs. Queen said the meal will toe served at 6:30 p.m. and all em. ployees-employers and their fam ilies are being invited to attend. Mrs. I B. Goforth, Sr. will serve the meal. The menu will include country ham, fried chicken, pota to salad, slaw, deviled eggs, sand, wiches, tea, lemonade, and des sert. Committee on arrangements for the event are Yates Harbison, chairman, Ed Tutor, and Men zell Phifer. The picnic group will be shown a free movie at Joy Theatre fol lowing the supper. Jnly Fourth Holidays Set Most of Kings Mountain’s up town businesses will be closed all day Thursday, July 4th', as will major portion of city industry which will close the full week to give textile employees a week’s holiday. All city offices, with the ex ception of the police department, will take a holiday Thursday. Al. so closed will be, offices of the Employment Security Commis. sion, the two savings and loan associations, the city postoffice, First National Bank, the city bar ber shops, and the Kings Moun tain Herald. RETAIL SCHEDULE Retail business firms in the city will close all day Thursday for the Independence Day hol iday but will remain open all day Wednesday, July 3, accord ing to report of the Merchants association. A few of the busi nesses such as service stations and restaurants remain open. The city’s dry cleaning indus. try will be closed from July 1-6, re-opening on July 8. Finger Laundry will close Saturday at 12:30 for the full week. Piedmont Washerette will close for the hoi. iday July 4. An exception in the industrial holiday schedule is Burlington Industries which has scheduled its annual week’s vacation for Phenix Plant employees the last week in August. Bonuses of four percent based on annual earnings are paid to employees having five years service, and bonuses of two percent, based on annual earn ings. are paid to employees hav ing less than five years service. Craftspun Yarns will close Fri day to give employees a week off. Craftspun’s vacation policy also corresponds with Burling^ ton. Park Yam Mills will close Sun. day night, reopening on July .8. Employees of Park Yam having one year or more service with the firm receive two percent bo nuses based on annual earnings, a mill official said. Neisler Mills division of Mas (Continued On Page Ten) S & L Dividends Set New Record At 569,988 Kings Mountain savings and loan associations are preparing to pay record semi-annual divi dends as of June 29, directors of the associations having already declared the payments at the annual rate of 3*4 percent. It is the first payment under the indicated rate increase or dered .by the associations in late December. The aggregate payments to savings account shareholders will be $69,988.24,. (Home Savings & Loan associa tion will pay shareholders $37, 761.04, while Kings Mountain Savings and Loan association will pay shareholders $32,227.20. Both A. 'H. Patterson, secre tary-treasurer of the Home asso ciation, and Ben H. Bridges, sec retary-treasurer of the Kings Mountain firm, say the semi-an nual payments set new dividend records. Home Savings and Loan asso ciation will mail checks to hold ers of full paid shares a total of $20,071.72, and will add to the accounts of optional savings shareholders $17,689.32. The Home firm’s payment is up nearly $10,000 over June 1956, up albout $7,000 over De cember 1956 payments. This as sociation paid dividends of $28, 078.85 last June, and $30,857.08 last December. Kings Mountain Savings and Loan will pay $15,490.70 to 265 holders of full-paid shares and add $16,736.50 to its 690 optional savings accounts. The Kings Mountain firm’s payment is up nearly $10,000 over the $22,308.40 paid last June up more than $7,000 over the $24, 91320 paid last December. IWhile the rate raise accounts for some df the increase, both as sociation officials say savings total have increased during the past six months. Lions Officeis Aie Installed J. W. Webster took over the president’s gavel of Kings Moun tain Lions club Tuesday night, as officers were installed for the clulb year beginning July 1. The installation was conducted iby iGail Bridges, of Boiling Springs, deputy district governor. Prior to the installation, the clulb had received reports from retiring President Nathan Reed and Treasurer F. A. McDaniel, Jr,. Two neiw members, Jim Jonas and R. G. Whisnant, were wel comed by Sam Stallings, a past president, the district governor awarded a ‘ 100 percent secre tary” pin to George Thomasson. New officers and directors, in addition to Mr. Webster, are: j James Houser, Paul Walker and Richard Barnette, vice-presidents; C. P. Barry, secretary; F. A. Mc Daniel, Jr., treasurer (re-elected); Grady Yeiton, Lion tamer. Rev. R. Douglas Fritz, tail twister; Lawson Brown, Jonas Bridges and Odus Smith, two-year directors. Directors with a one-year term remaining are Hal S. Plonk, J. C. McKinney, and Edwin Moore. Star Favorable On Local Area Representative Prospects for the Kings Moun tain area’s producing a successor to Rep. B. T. Falls, Jr., were bri ghtened Tuesday, when the Shel by Daily Star editorialized in fa vor of the proposal advanced toy numerous Kings Mountain citi zens. .Rep. Kails becomes District So. licitor Kails July 1 and it is in the power of Governor Luther H. .Hodges to name a successor. How ever, Cleveland Democratic po litical leaders don’t anticipate a gubernatorial aippoinment bar ring a special session Of the Gen era! Assembly between now and next spring’s primary. Governor Hodges, away from (Raleigh attending the Governor's conference, could not toe reached for a statement .Wednesday morning. His personal secretary, Mrs. Margaret (Birrell, told the Herald toy telephone, “I doutot the Governor has given much thought to the appointment, since there are numerous other appointments the Governor is now considering and must make at once.” Chief speculation on a Kings Mountain successor to Rep. Falls has Centered on County Coronor J. Ollie Harris, the mortician. Other names mentioned have in cluded W. L. Plonk, merchant and onetime secretary to the late U. S. Congressman (later Judge) E. Yates Webb, C. D. Blanton, drug gist and current president of the North Carolina 'Pharmaceutical association, Jack White, attorney, Wilson Crawford, realtor, Char les E. Dixon, auto sales manager, and A. W. Kincaid, machine shop owner and Eastern Star leader. Last Kings Mountain member of the General Assembly was the late Senator H. Tom Fulton, Sr. 1925-27. Attorney J,. R. Davis ser ved in the House of 'Representa tives 1923-25. The Star's editorial, entitled “An Opportunity for Kings Moun. tain," follows: ‘Speculation has already start ed as to who will replace iB. T. Falls, Jr., as representative to the General Assembly fr6m Cle veland County since he has been appointed district solicitor. ‘Word comes that it may be (Continued On Page Ten) Harmon Elected NCPA Director Martin Harmon, editor of the Kings Mountain Herald, was elected a director of the North Carolina Press association at the closing session of the Press as sociation’s 85th convention at Nags Head last weekend. Mr. Harmon was elected for a term of three years. Officers elected were Henry A. Dennis, publisher of the Hender son Daily Dispatch, president; James M. Harper, Jr., of South port, editor of the State Port Pi lot, vice-president; Miss 'Beatrice Cablb, puiblihser of the Morgan - ton News-CHerald, secretary-trea surer; and Clarence Griflfin, For est City Courier, historian. (Also elected a director for three years (was Carl O.. Jefferies, Greensboro Daily News. Holdover directors are Ashly B. Futrell, Washington Daily News, H. Clifton Blue, the Sandhill Citi. zen at Aberdeen, Don Chipman, Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, and J. A. Gray, Syllva Herald. Board Discharges Newest Policemen 'I Special Mail Fees To Advance July 1 Kings Mountain postoffice will initiate new fees on its special mail services effective July 1, according to announce ment by Postmaster Charles Alexander. Minor rate increases will be reflected on registered and in sured mail. Certified mail will carry a fee of 20 cents instead of the previous 15 cent fee. Money orders in small amounts will show an increase of approxi mately five cents over previous like amounts. Special delivery fees will 'be increased from 20 cents to 30 cents. Special hand ling fees will be 25 cents, 35 cents, and 50 cents. Previous fees were 15 cents, 20 cents and 25 cents. Correction of mailing lists will toe increased from one cent per name (minimum 25 cents! to five cents per name (minimum one dollar) Form 3579 notices to sender for un deliveraible publications will be increased from three cents to five cents each. Schools Support Tax Rate Hike The city 'board of education will join the county schools in asking levy olf 1937 taxes on the basis ol 28 cents per $100 valua tion for current expense, 10 cents per $100 valuation for capital out lay, and 20 cents for city supple ment. Action on a tentative budget based on the tax rate was taken at the board’s regular Monday night session. Board members also heard re ports and appointed a committee of three to formulate recommen dations for a school improve ments program. Chairman Fred W. Plonk, J,. W. Webster, and Supt. B. N. Barnes were authorized to receive bids for installment of an adequate hot water heating system at the Central plant and on recovering of the West school roof. Supt. Barnes reported that John Cameron and W. L. Latham, of the division of school planning at the State board of education, had surveyed on May 21 to ad vise the board on the next step in the school’s building program. Spot maps and other materials are being prepared, Mr. Barnes added. Improvements to Central au ditorium and other school prop erties were also suggested in the board’s discussion of needed im provements and responsibility delegated to that committee. IMr. Barnes reported that sum mer school classes were well un derway and added tttat a large number had enrolled in the adult education typing courses. In other actions, the board: 1) Awarded contract to the low bidder for erection of a wall at Centra! school. Spangler and Sons bid Of $450 was unanimous ly accepted for the job. 2) Voted to increase the 1956 57 salary otf Mrs. Wanza Y. Davis, secretary to the superintendent (Continued On Page Ten) Once-In-Demand Teacher's Home Accommodations Going Begging By ELIZABETH STEWART The city teacherage needs more customers! Reporting Monday night to the city board of education on oper ation of the teacherage, Mrs. Hill Carpenter opined that con tinued service defends upon get ting more occupants, a hard task she is quick to admit. An even harder task has been Mrs. Carpenter’s management of the teacherage and her ‘‘cutting of corners’’ on the small income the teacherage has produced, she said. Six teachers lived at the teach erage during the school term just ended Four of these will return in September and two other church workers will occupy rooms bringing to a total of six the number of occupants. The large dwelling will acco mmodate 15. 'La«k of tenants was credited to Cwo factors: 1) Some teach ers commute 2) Few single teach ers apply for teaching posts here. "We re sympathetic with the situation and will cooperate in any way,” Supt. B. N. Barnes re marked. Of seven vacancies on the school faculty, Mrs. Carpen. ter hopes several can be filled by unmarried teachers who may de sire to iive in town. iPrico of room and board at the teacherage varies from $39 to $4-4.50 per month. Meals are .served twice daily and all meals are served on the weekend. Should the teacher prefer to go l home for the weekend, a deduc tion is made in the amount she pays. Board memlbers were quick to agree that the rate was “too j cheap’’ and suggested a raise was in order. However, Mrs.! Carpenter said it was not her in tention to up the price if another solution could ibe made. The teacherage is available, not only to .women in the teaching profes sion, but to other area women workers who may prefer to live ■ in town. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter assum ed management of the teacher age here In 1950. This has been the first year the number of roomers has dropped below sev en*. Should no other teacher move i in the teacherage in the fall, an income of $172 monthly, barring an increase to charges, .will be (Continued On Page Ten) King, Ropex To Leave Force As Of June 30 The city board of commission ers ordered discharge June 30 of Policemen Ellis King and (Bill Roper most recently employed on the city force to implement the board’s agreed-to slashes in Chief Hugh A. tLogan’s (budget request. The action came on recommen dation of Police Commissioner K. Coleman S troupe, who said dis cussion with other board mem bers indicated that the last-in first-out paring method seemed most fair. Chief Logan declined to recom mend, remarking he would have to abide by the board’s decision. Comm. Luther Bennett said he a. greed to the "lifo” method, pro vided abilities were equal. The unanimous board action provided that Officers King and (Roper would receive whatever va. cation pay they might be due. Dean Payne, attending the ses sion in 'behalf of the recreation commission, asked if he could comment and was told to pro ceed. 'Mr. Payne suggested, “The colored officer idea is not too pop ular. He doesn’t win his cases and he has a car by himself which is expensive.” iComm. Strouipe also presented (Chief ILogan a proposed iwork schedule for the men in his ab breviated department which would retain the eight-hour day. It provided that the chief work one shift during vacations and that a "swing” officer fill in to provide each officer a day off weekly. The Chief complained that there are 11 officers and on ly seven days in a week. He said the schedule wouldn't work. Mr. Logan also pointed out that the budget figure for salaries did not allow pay of $5 per month extra for the three department sergeants^ The board took no ac tion, 'but some indicated the pay item could ibe squeezed from oth er expense items. Negro Burned In 1 A.M. Fire •Fire, about 1 o’clock Wednes day morning, razed the top floor of the Cansler street residence of Mrs. Emma Lathers Spencer, aged Kings Mountain Negress. Fire Chief Pat Tignor said the fire started in the bedroom of Dillard McCoy, Negro boarder, who escaped the burning build ing by climbing through a win dow onto the front porch roof. McCoy was treated Wednesday morning by Dr. John McGill for second degree burns of the face, neck and hands. Chief Tignor stated investiga tion indicated the fire originated in a mattress from a lighted cig. arette dropped by McCoy. Thp dolwnstairs of the resi dence, Mr. Tignor said, was not burned, tout did sustain consid erable smoke and water dam age. City firemen were out on the call approximately one and a half hours. A call was also answered last Thursday by firemen to Massa chusetts Mohair Plush Company, Margrace plant, to extinguish a flash-fire originating in a dryer. No damage was reported. Goring Victim Is Improving William A. Seism, 79, sustained nine broken ribs and bruises Saturday at 6 p.m,. when a bull owned by the Kings Mountain farmer attacked him. Mr. Seism is a patient in Gas ton Memorial hospital, Gastonia, where his condition was reported satisfactory by the attending physician. He was to have un dergone more X-rays yesterday morning, his wife said. Mr. Seism was in the pasture when attacked toy the animal and was apparently unaware that the bull was nearby. The animal, bought by Seism about a year ago, had never been known to attack anyone before. JAYCEE MEETING John M. Balmer will deliver a talk, “Lighting In The Home and Around The Home,” illus trated with slides at the Tues day meeting of the Jaycees. Balmer is with the General Electric Lamp department. The Jaycees convene at 7:30 at Wo man’s Club.
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