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I Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7.208 The figure for Greater Rings Mountain is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City Limits figure is from the United States census of 1950. 1 Q Pages | y Today PRICE TEN CENTS VOL 68 No. 36 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 5, 1957 Sixty-Eighth Year lOthBethwareFair Opens Wednesday < Local News Bulletins COOKOUT Girl Scout leaders and com mittee chairmen will have a cookout Thursday at 6:30 p. m. at the Lake IMontonia cottage of Mrs. Paul Hendricks, accord ing to announcement (by Mrs. Claude Hambright. POOD SALE The Ladies Bible class of Grace Methodist church will sell hot dogs and homemade cakes and pies 'Saturday from 11 a. m. to 8 (p. m. at the church fellowship center. Delivery or ders are available toy telephon ing 1323. TO COLUMBIA Harry (Pete) Petersen return ed Sunday to Columbia, S. C. after serving here during the summer as assistant pastor at '.First Preslbyterian church. He is a senior at Columbia Semi nary in (Decatur, Ga. MOOSE AUXILIARY Kings Mountain Moose Auxi liary will entertain for wives of club members at the lodge on Bessemer City road Sunday at 6 p.m. The social hour will fol low the regular auxiliary meet ing at 4:30 p.m. TO CONVENTION J. C. McKinney, assistant cashier of (First National Bank, will attend the annual con vention of” young North Caro lina bankers to Ibe held at Sed gefield Sunday and Monday. (Featured speakers will 'be U. C. Weliman, incoming president of the American Bankers 'Associa tion, and U. S. Senator Sam Er vin. LEGION MEETING 'Regular monthly meeting of Otis EX. Green Post 155, Amer ican (Legion, will ibe held Thursday night at 8 p. m. at the Legion Hall. The Legion will also sponsor a dance Sat urday night, with music to-'be furnished 'by Billy Todd’s or chestra. POSTPONED The Mastenpoint bridge 'game (Scheduled 'for Thursday (to night) at the Country club has been postponed, according to announcement yesterday by Mrs. George Houser. The game will 'be re-scheduled and date oif the meeting announced. LODGE MEETING ' Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will hold a meeting for work in the first degree (Monday night. A Ibarbeque supper Will ibe served at Masonic Hall at 6 o’clock p. m. followed toy the regular meeting at 7:30 ip. m. WOMAN’S CLUB General meeting of the Kings Mountain (Woman’s club will be held IFriday night at 7:30 p. m. at the Woman’s clubhouse, the president, Mrs. Jacob Coop er,' (has announced. ROBERTS BETTER J. Ross 'Roberts, well-known Kings Mountain merchant, was reported much improved Wed nesday. Mr. Roberts has been a patient at Kings Mountain hos pital Ifor two weeks, receiving treatment for an ulcerated stomach. KIWANIS MEETING Virgil Weathers^ Shelby in surance man, will address members of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club Thursday night. The clulb will convene at 6:45 at the Woman’s Clulb. LIONS TO MEET The Kings Mountain iLions club will hold its regular meet ing Tuesday night at 7 o’clock. Program for the meeting has not Ibeen announced. ANSWERS THREE CALLS N. M. IFarr, city fireman, re ported Kings Mountain Fire department answered three calls this week. Two olf the calls, both grass If ires, were answered Sunday to Cansler street, and Monday to W. Kinfe street The third call was ans wered Friday night to Moun tain street, where an auto iblaze was extinguished in a car owned iby (Rev. J. iB. McLar *y. Fail Officials Report Plans Near-Complete It is fairtime again in the coun. tyfand the tenth season for the Bethware Community Fair which gets underway next Wednesday. The four-day event, immediate ly preceding the annual Cleve land County Fair, will continue through Saturday on the Beth ware school grounds. Bethware Progressive club of ficials are predicting this year’s event to break all previous fair records, both for attendance and for quality and quantity of ex hibitions. Fair advertisers and support ers were guests of the Progres sive club, sponsors of the fair, at a barbecue supper last Wednes day evening, and some 550 pounds of meat was sustenance for some 600 persons. As customary, Children’s Day will be opening day, September 'll, when the fair will offer rides for children at 10 cents per ride, Fair Manager Myers Hambright said. Games and contests for children will be held throughout the day, with drawings for pri zes scheduled for 9:30 p.m. and a fireworks display to follow. Fireworks displays will illumi. nate the skies each night through Saturday, September 14. R. C. Lee Riding devices will again be a midway feature and numerous other games and at tractions will adorn the midway plus various concession stands to offer food for hungry fairgoers. The Senior class of Bethware school will again sponsor a Senior booth with proceeds to be used to finance the annual class trip to Washington. As customary, ex hibits will be on display in the agricultural building and in the cafeteria. Judging of all exhibits and in other departments is sche. duled for next Thursday, An added feature at the fair this year will be presentation of a Rock-n-Roll musical show, Mr. Hambright noted. The show will be presented on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Other events are 'being planned to make this year’s fair “bigger and better”, the fair official continued. There is no general admission to the Bethware Fair. New Restaurant Opening Set La Royale Restaurant, a new Kings Mountain establishment, will open for business next Wed. nesday, it was announced yester day by Mrs. Sam Hamrick, part ner and manager. The Restaurant is located on U. S. Highway 74 in a recently completed building, is outfitted with modem fixtures and is air. conditioned. Mrs. Hamrick said the firm will serve home-cooked meals, from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., and will ca ter to private parties. The estab lishment has two private dining rooms. Mrs. Hamrick and her husband are partners in the venture, though AJr. Hamrick will not be active in its management. Ho race Kiser is assistant manager. County Boaid May .Contribute To Annoiy Cost Cleveland County’s 'board of commissioners indicated in dis cussion Tuesday the iboard .would seek to supply funds as part of the “local” share for a Kings Mountain National 'Armory. Mayor Glee A. Bridges met with the county commission and told the members of (Kings Mountain’s need and plans for an Armory and asked the county board to supply $20,000 of the "local” share, which represents 17,.5 per cent of an Armory’s cost. The state currently furnishes 7.5 percent, with federal funds sup plying the,remaining 75 percent. Federal funds are supplied only to the extent of an approved type Armory, do not hejp with fre quently desired "exuas”. (Examination ctf county records, at request of county Commis sioners Hazel B. Bumgardner and Mai A. Spangler, or., showed that the county proviued $15,000 for the construction of the Shel.by Armory in lyto. The county commission took no action, pending check on an act passed ioy the recent General Assembly allowing a county commission to levy taxes for construction of Ibuiidings. (Discussion indicated, however, Commissioner Bumgardner and Mayor Bridges reported, that the county iboard would endeavor to ■ participate. Current plans of city officials are to earmark funds for an Ar mory during the fiscal year 'be ginning July 1, 1958. (Mr. Bum gardner said he thought the county would duplicate. 'Former National Guard Com mander John H. Manning out lined details of the Armory set up here several weeks ago. He said 'Kings Mountain is high on the state list, but said federal ap propriations might not Ibe forth coming sufficiently fast to as sure fiscal 1953 construction. Ellis Buys Stock Of Lumber Finn Majority stock interests in Kings Mountain Lumber Com pany, Inc., oil C. D. Hunt and T. r. isridges, two Shelby contract ors, has oeen purchased by W. Y. Ellis, Shelby lumberman, it was announced this week. 'Effective date of the Ellis ac quisition was September 2. Jack Meroier, manager of the firm since it opened here in April 1955, said a new corporation, Ellis Lumber Company, Inc., will be formed to take over Kings Mountain Lumber Company's present assets. Mr. Mercier re tained his stock holdings and will transfer them to .the new firm. He will continue to man age the operation. Mr. Ellis awns and operates two Shelby firms, Shelby Wood Preserving Company and Ellis Lumber Company. Herald Single Copy Price Now Ten Cents The Kings Mountain Herald now sells for ten cents per copy result of a rate adjustment ef fective September 1. New Mail rates effective on September 1 were: One year $3.50; nine months $2.75; six months $2; and three months $1.25. Labor Day Awry At Post Office, As Old Glory Hangs Upside Down What a sad day lor la pa trip! What shame to patriotism, and on a holiday, too! On Labor Day, the red, white and blue of Old Glory hung up side down at Kings Mountain post office, the city’s chief fede ral installation. “Zounds’’, a former citizen, E. W. Neal, of Hickory, telephoned the Herald. "What is this Repub. lican administration doing to us?" By the time the Herald made its check-up, a post office man had spotted the errantly hung flag and was striking It again In proper fashion. But Clerk Don Crawford had a good answer. Quoth Don, “We’, re moaning the fate of the postal pay raise bill.” Mr. Crawford had a point. Though Congress passed a pay raise bill for the postmen, the bill appears headed for a pocket veto at the hands of President Eisen hower. Should the President not sign the bill within ten days of Congress’ adjournment, there’ll be no extra beans on the post men’s platter. Postmaster Charles Alexander tells the facts of the story, glean ed after the Labor Day holiday. A newly named janitor on emer. gency appointment did the up side-down job. Willie Young was the guy who dropped the ping pong ball. Young had been named to the part time job (19 hours per week) after/Grier Moss quit on Friday. In post office lingo, an emer. gency appointment is temporary and for 30 days. Postmaster Alexander confess ed to a red face, said he didn’t intend for the error to re-occur. Dogs Quarantined In No. 4 Township (A 30 day quarantine will (be enforced against dogs in No. 4 Township from September 15 through October 15. Any dogs found sitray during this time will be Shot toy (police, deputy, or dog catcher. Mayor Glee Bridges said that there have been no actual re ports of raibies in the area, tout many dogs are running loose and this condition can aid in the outbreak and spreading of the disease. City Schools Report Record 2209 Opening Day Enrollment NEW PRINCIPAL-Robert M. Ken. nedy, Jr., former Monroe teach er, is newly elected principal of East Elementary school. He suc ceeds Carroll Hambright who re signed the post and is now as sistant principal at Parker High school in Greenville, S. C. ASC Election Date Is Set The county Agricultural Stabi lization and Conservation elect ion board today announced poll ing places and'community com mittees for the election to ibe held Oct. 8. The 11 community commi ttees will nominate a slate of 10 candidates for election to posts on community committees and delegates to the county AdC convention to Ibe held Oct. 23. Anyorie in the county desiring to place a name in nomination should see a member of the local election committee this week. 'Meetings are being held this week to prepare a slate of candi dates. After the slate of candidates for each township is announced, additional names may be iplaced in nomination by securing a peti tion requesting the addition, signed toy 10 or more eligible voters. The county ASIC election com mittee is composed of: 'Howard 'Clapp, chairman; Joe Caryer, John Ed Davis and Leander Ham rick. In the list of community e ieetion committees, the chair man is listed first, followed by the vice chairman and regular member in that order. Local area polling places and community committees are: Township 4—Bethware School; Tom 'Hamrick, Conrad Hughes and Cameron Ware. Township 5—Wray Stirewalt's Store; !P. C. Ware, Frank Harmon and Wray Stirewalt. Rites Friday For Mrs. Sipes Funeral rites for 'Mrs. Ada Page Bridges Sipes, 69, who died Wed nesday in Gastonia, will be held Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock from Temple Baptist church. , Rev. Guy Walker and 'Rev. E. B. Plemmons will officiate, and burial will be in Mountain 'Rest cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church one-hour prior to the rites. Mrs. Sipes, a Kings Mountain native, was the daughter of the late Pinkney and Polly Stewart Page. She died at the home of a granddaughter, Mrs. C. J. 'Falk ner, in Gastonia. Surviving are four sons, Barney and Thurman Bridges, both of Gastonia, Edward Bridges, Tam pa, Fla., and Warren G. Bridges, of Davenport, Iowa, a daughter, Mrs. Elam Kuykendall, of Gas tonia, three sisters, Mrs. Virgie Bennett, Mrs. Dochia Boyles, iboth of Gastonia, Mrs. Macey Patter son, Kings Mountain, and four brothers, William Page, Gus Page, iBeck Page and Ben Page, all of Kings Mountain. Fourteen grandchildren and six great -grandchildren also sur vive. METER RECEIPTS Parking meters returned $164.34 to the city during the week ending Wednesday at noon. A total of $135.62 was de rived from on street meters, another $2872 from off-street meters. City Increase 96 over 1956; Park Grace Up School 'bells rang again for a rea .students this week, as record numbers enrolled Tuesday in city schools. Superintendent B. fN. Barnes reported total enrollment at 2,209, up 96 over last year, and up 77 over the previous record opening day enrollment of 2,122 logged in 1955. 'Meantime, Mrs. J. C. Nickels, principal of Park Grace school in the county system, reported opening day enrollment at 193, up :by nine over last year. ■At Grover, in the county sys tem, which began classroom work Monday, Principal James Scruggs reported 413 elementary pupils an<i 108 high school stu dents. In the city system, all divisions reported increases except David son high school, which dropped three pupils. Enrollment by divisions were: Elementary 1609, up 41 over last year and by schools as fol lows: Central 299; East 414; North 447, West 266, Davidson 183. Kings Mountain high school had 539 opening day attendance, up 59 over last. year. Davidson high school’s enrollment was 61. 8upt. 'Barnes said opening day went smoothely and that the relatively few grade population overloads were being reduced by transfers, principally volunteer. iHe said he had been question ed on the Shift Whereby a seven th grade was returned to West school and listed these reasons: 1) Loss of two elementary tea chers alloted by the state; 2) in sufficient third grade population at West school to justify two third grades; 3) 'For utilizing the available room at West school, which otherwise would have been vacant. The change aided Central classroom arrangement. A total of 232 six-year-olds en tered city schools for the first time as first graders. Other city schools totals', by grade level, are: second, 185; third, 215; 'fourth, 226; fifth 242; sixth, 165, seventh, 163; eighth, 181. The burgeoning high school papulation was reported at 198 freshmen, 165 sophomores, 110 Juniors and 127 seniors. NCEA Names New Committees New committees for the local unit of the NCEA were announc. ed Monday by Mrs. W. F. Powell, president, who presided at a lun cheon meeting. Other officers of the organi zation are John Gamble, vice president, and Mrs. John Gamble, secret ary-treas urer. Committees have been listed which include: Membership and building representatives, Miss O dessa Black, chairman, Mrs. Mar. guerite Plonk, Miss Jettie Plonk, Miss Doris Hoover, Miss Marie (Continued On Page Ten) Logan Not Booked For Firing Axe The discharge axe is not sharpened for Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan, Jr., or any other city employee, City Com missioner Ben H. Bridges, Jr., said Wednesday. Mr. Bridges was commenting on questions concerning a ru mor which was going around during the past week that Chief Logan had been asked to re sign, had refused, and would be discharged. Comm. Bridges said no city employee is earmarked for dis charge as long as he follows orders of the city commission and otherwise cooperates with the commission in following city board policies. “We must have cooperation if the board’s plans are to be ful filled,” Mr. Bridges said, add ing that rumor was unfounded and probably stemmed from the fact that the board had in structed Mayor Glee A. Bridges > to inform all city department heads, and others, of this policy. “Evidently the Mayor has done what we asked,” Comm. Bridges continued. “The policy applies to Chief Logan, the city clerk, the superintendent of public works and all others.” Charles £. W arlick Died Wednesday SUCCUMBS—Charles E. Warlick. Kings Mountain businessman, died Wednesday morning at his home on Linwood Road. He had been seriously ill for several weeks prior to his death. Two Two-Year-Olds Struck By Autos Two small children, both two year-old girls, were hit 'by cars this week. Neither was seriously injured. Robin Dail Camp is a patient at Kings Mountain hospital where she is under observation for mi nor injuries sustained when struck by a car Tuesday night around 6:58 on S. Cansler street. The car, a 1952 Buick police j reported, was driven by Oakley, Schenck, Negro, of 314 W. Ridge; street. According to reports, the Buick was traveling south on Cansler street at an estimated speed of 20 miles per-hour. The child ran into the path of the car from the west side of the street. The child, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall E. Camp, of 312 S. Cansler street, was expected to be discharged from the hospital Wednesday. The other child, Donna Gilles pie, is the daughter of Mrs. Lou ise Gill . pie, of 809 N. Piedmont avenue. Acco .rug to police reports, Saturday around 2:25 p.m. the Gillespie child was struck by a 1950 Pont’ ■ driven bv P. O. fluff, stetler, of Kings Mountain. The Pontiac, police reports stated, was traveling north on Piedmont avenue when the child darted from the west side of the street into the path of the car. The driver, whose estimated speed was 35 miles per-hour, ap plied the car brakes, pulled to the left, striking the child with the left rear fender. She received out-patient treat, ment at Kings Mountain hospital for minor bruises. Long Illness Pioves Fatal To Businessman Charles Ervin Warlick, GO, died Wednesday morning at 6 a. m. at his home on Liniwood iRoad. The longtime Kings Mountain citizen and insurance man had been seriously ill for the past three years and for the past .sev eral weeks had 'been confined to his home. IDeath was attributed to cancer. Senior partner of !C. E. Warlick Insurance lAgency, Mr. Warlick long had been a familiar figure in the business, civic and social life of the community. IA native of Gaston county, he was a son of tbe late 'Mr. and Mrs. Laban R. Warlick. iHe was born Septem ber 6, 1896. Mr. Warlick was a member of Central Methodist church, a Lion, and a past commander of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, and Of Blackwell Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served over seas in World War I. 'Attending Cherryville high school, Mr. Warlick was a star baseball player, and played in the outfield for a Cherryville team which .won two s ate cham pionships. IHe was kno'wn as an expert at bridge and competed in organized tournaments. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Madge Patterson Warlick, and three sons, Charles E. Warlick, Jr., 'Houston, Texas, Hunter War lick and John Warlick, both of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are three brothers and two sis ters, Albert Warlick, -Dorus War lick, Tabor Warlick and Miss A manda Warlick, all Of Cherry ville, and Mrs. Lucy Wright, of Hickory. 'Funeral arrangements were in complete Wednesday afternoon. Burial is to be in Mountain Lest cemetery,. 1957 fax Bills 60 Percent Paid Kings Mountain's 1957 tax levy is almost 60 percent paid, City Tax Collector J. W. Webster re. ported Wednesday. Total collec tions are $81,258.66. Estimated levy for the year is approximately $139,000. Mr. Webster said he was im pressed with the large number of taxpayers, both those owing small and large tax bills for 1957, who have qualified for the two percent discount. The discount rate during Sep tember is one percent on both city and county tax accounts. Mr. Webster also reported Au gust collection of delinquent 1956 tax accounts totaled $8,034.44. Jazz Pianist Gives Court Concert; Court Gives Pianist Nine Months By DAVID BAITY A large audience at Ci'y Re corder’s court heard a blues and boogie-woogie concert Tuesday as the professional pianist, 'Henry Woodward performed iboth before and after he was sentenced to the county jail on a charge of lar ceny. The 42-year-old Negro, who said he was a native of Macon, Ga„ tickled the ivories of a piano used in Sundays toy a 'First Bap tist church Sunday school class. iRecords showed he began his tour of crime in lAtlanta, Ga. His list included robbery, two counts of ‘burglary, simple lar ceny, larceny, larceny (from a safe, larceny from a house (two counts), and larceny from an auto. His Kings Mountain stint was larceny Of money and per sonal property, taken (from Sally Hughes, with whom he had stay ed while on a sojourn here. Sally Hughes, Kings Mountain Negress, told Judge White during Woodward’s trial that he had taken $101 and a table model radio from her house while she and her children were away at last year’s fair. When the warrant iwas taken out, Henry “Peg" Woodward had aibsconded to Virginia and was later located in the St. Peters burg, Virginia, federal peniten tiary. He (was brought to Kings Mountain immediately upon be ing released. The hand of the law dealt mer cifully with Woodoward, who iplayed a (boogie-woogie at the re quest of Jack White during a five-minute recess. His charge, a felony was about a dollar over the misdemeanor limit, and White, upon Wood ward’s request, took it into his jurisdiction, reducing the count to a misdemeanor. Thereby a possible ten-year sentence was reduced to the nine month term he received. “Peg” was' so aliased for an artificial limlb, which resulted from his being accidentally shot toy his brother. The hotel worker and piano player was seen later in the evening, smiling and talking with his police escort. The escort was driving him to Sheltoy for county incarceration. Unemployment Claims Drop By One-Fourth Claims for unemployment com pensation dropped by about one fourth during August, Franklin L. Ware, Jr., manager of the Kings Mountain branch office of the state employment service said Wednesday. Mr. Ware said the drop, from 2046 weeks of claim in July to 1548 in August, reflected slight improvement in some textile sit. uations. Slater Manufacturing Company is now operating two shifts, and Burlington Industries Phenix plant has resumed a six day work week. Thirty-one of the total in the unemployment pay claims drop were attributable to exhaustion of benefits during the current year. They had received benefits for 26 weeks. Otherwise, Mr. Ware reported, the unemployment office placed 35 persons in jobs against orders for 51. A total of 92 persons ap plied for work during the month, bringing to about 600 the number of persons listed in the ESC files who seek employment. A number of these are women registered in the recent survey to determine number of seamstresses available for work. Mr. Ware said a few had been placed in employment with the resumption of operations of a Gaffney shirt factory. Lithium Holds Labor Day Picnic The personnel Benefit commit, tee of Lithium Corporation of America, Bessemer City plant, held their annual Labor Day pic. nic Monday, September 2. Some 190 employees and their immediate families enjoyed the 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. barbecue and chicken fete. Games were played by those in attendance and the picnic supper was served at 4:30 p.m. Winners in the horseshoe con test, Ephraim Holland and Nick Martin, were awarded salt and pepper shakers and a compact, respectively, with boxes of candy going to Frank Mitcham and Samuel Starnes. Free bingo was enjoyed by the ladies with six prizes being a warded. Mrs. Fobert Campbell and Mrs. Milton Leggette were winners in the ladies shooting match. Marvin McDaniel, Clyde Robin, son. Roy llul'fstetler, Paul Mea cham, Clarence Smith, Douglas Hullender, Don Markwalder, Rob ert Campbell, Sylvester Ritchie, Jesse Joy, James M. Bridges, Ed. gar Blackburn, William Johnson, and Columbus E. Walker were presented cigarette lighters for being winners in the men’s di vision of the shooting match. Samue' Absher was awarded a silver dollar for the best score in the entire match, a 9 out of 10 mark. Winner's in the children’s money finding contest were as follows: 2 5 a: group, Carol Glenn; 6-9, Brenda Lee Whitworth; 10-13, El. wood Roberts; 14-16, Betty Whit, worth. Each winner found a sil ver dollar. Other children were -winners to a lesser degree, finding money of smaller denominations. Man Dead On Road Was Only Effigy Bill MoDaniel, of Harris Fun eral Rome, would like to trade a well-dressed effigy for a $5 ambulance fee. Mr. MoDaniel appears the vic tim of some Tuesday night prankster and has the evidence to show for it. Ralph Arrowood, Grover Road resident telephoned the fun eral home and reported ex citedly that a dead 'body (was on the side of the road near Rerndon’s Esso Station. Mr. Ar rowood also placed a call to the sheriff’s department. Mr. MdDaniel rushed to the scene, found no onlookers, 'but did find the “ibody”. It turned out to .be ■ inanimate. Some one had stuffed some decent clothes with leaves and other stuffins. A beer can represent ed the neck, a milk carton for a head. Mr. Arrowood arrived shortly, was quite embarrassed, Mr. (MdDaniel reports, on finding the "dead ibody”. He said he’d received the report from a man and woman who were passing by. Mr. 'MdDaniel brought the ef figy back, am'bulance-style. It was on display Wednesday at dty 'police station.
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