Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7,206
The figure for Greater Kings Mountain is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City
Ltaift* figure is from the United States census of 1950.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
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VOL 68 No. 37
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 12, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
SCHEDULE CHANGE
The fall schedule for pink la
dy duty at Kings Mountain
hospital is now being drawn
up Anyone wishing to change
their hours or get additional
hours should contact Mrs. Ho
ward Jackson, Mrs. Gurnie
Grantham, or Mrs. Carl Mayes
immediately, according to an
announcement by the hospital
auxiliary.
REUNION
Annual Tate family reunion
will be held Sunday at Anti
och Baptist church with picnic
dinner to 'be served on the
church grounds at the noon
hour, according to announce
ment Tuesday.
ONE BUILDING PERMIT
Building inspector J. W. Web
ster issued a 'building 'permit
'Friday to Haywood 'Lynch to e
rect a house on Stowe 'Acres, at
an estimated cost of $3,000.
HOSPITALIZED
Mrs. George Moss, Kings
Mountain high school faculty
imemlber, is a 'patient at Kings
Mountain hosiptal, where she
underwent an emergency oper
ation Monday night.
TO CONVENTION
Tire Chief and Mrs. Pat Tig
nor are in New Orleans, La.,
this week where they are at
tending the annual national
convention of firemen.
DISCHARGE D
Police Chief Hugh A. Logan,
Jr: was released from Kings
Mountain hospital Tuesday af
ter a week’s convalescence and
.should return to work after a
week’s rest.
TWO FIRES
Kings Mountain iFire depart
ment answered two fire alarms
this week, C. SX Ware, city fire
man reported. Saturday, a
tround 8:50 a. m. an oil hot wa
ter heater blaze was extin
guished at the residence of Z.
W. Sullivan, 100 S. Sims street.
Sunday, around 5 ip: m., fire
men were called to the resi
dence of Earl Cloninger, Juni
per street, to extinguish a blaze
Which had ignited a cooking
vessel on an electric stove. No '
damages were reported.
Miss Hartsoe's
Bites Thursday
Funeral services for Miss Myra
Lenora Hartsoe, 77, who died
Wednesday morning, will be con
ducted Thursday afternoon at 4
o’clock from §t. Matthew’s Lu
theran church.
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of
the church, will officiate, and
burial will be in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Miss Hartsoe, native of Gas
ton county, was the daughter of
the late Daniel M. and Mary Ema
line Hallman Hartsoe. She had
lived here for a number of years
with the family of her sister, the
late Mrs. J. A. Walker. She was
a member of St Matthew’s Lu
theran church and a former em
ployee of Kings Mountain Manu
facturing company.
She is survived by a number of
nieces and nephews. :
Canipe To Lead
Baptist Services
Rev. J. C. Canipe, of Henderson
ville, president of the Baptist
State Convention, will conduct a
stewardship revival at Macedonia
Baptist church this weekend.
Rev. T. A. Lineberger, pastor
of the church, made the announce,
ment and said that the services
would be conducted Friday, Sat
urday, and Sunday evenings at
7 o'clock p.m.
City Paving Work
Will Start Soon
Residents on several city
streets now enjoying dust baths
can anticipate relief in the near,
future. '
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said
Wednesday the city anticipates
its fall paving program will
get underway about September
20.
Neal Hawkins, Gastonia con
tractor, will t>e paving contrac
tor.
Mr. Bridges says the city is
endeavoring to have all streets
in the fall paving schedule
ready for paving before the
contractor arrives, in order that
all may be paved at one visit.
"This saves money,” the May
or commented.
Maino Is Named
Neisler Manager
Connecbcutt
Man To Assume
Post Monday
Alexander J. Maino will assume
the duties of general manager
of Neisler Mills division, Mass,
achusetts Mohair PluSh Company,
on Monday, it was announced
Wednesday by Ernest Horvath,
president.
Mr. Horvath made the announ
cement from New York and ex
pects to be here Thursday.
'fhe new general manager will
fill the vacancy created by the
resignation of William Ford early
in August.
Mr. Horvath said the new man.
ager has wide experience in tex
tile manufacturing, will come to
the Neisler division from a vice
presidency in charge of product,
ion at Wauregan Mills, Wauregan,
Conn.
Mr. Maino was in Kings Moun
tain to inspect the Neisler divi
sion operation.
Warlich Rites
Aie Conducted
Final rites for Charles Ervin
Warlick, 60, were conducted last
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock
from Harris Funeral "Home, in
terment following in Moun
tain Rest cemetery.
The well-known Kings (Moun
tain citizen and insurance man
died last Wednesday morning.
(He had been seriously ill several
weeks prior to his death.
Senior partner of C. E. War
lick Insurance Agency, Mr. War
lick long had 'been a familiar
figure in the 'business, civic, and
social life off the community. A
native of Gaston county, he was
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Lai ban 'R. Warlick. He was a
memlber of Central Methodist
church, a Lion, and a past com
mander of the Otis D. Green
Post 155, American Legion, and
of Blackwell Post, Veterans off
Foreign Wars. (He was known as
an expert at bridge and com
peted in organized tournaments.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Madge Patterson Warlick, three
sons, Charles E. Warlick, Jr.,
Houston, Texas, and John and
Hunter Warlick, (both of Kings
Mountain, three brothers and two
sisters, Albert Warlick, Doras
Warlick, Talbor Warlick, and Miss
Amanda Warlick, all of Cherry
ville, and Mrs. Lucy Wright, of
Hickory.
Rev. James B. McLarty, pastor
of Central Methodist church, con
ducted the service. Pallbearers
were Jack Crouch, Bill Allen,
James Lybrand, Furman Wilson,
Joe MdDaniel, and J. W. Warlick:
Dog Quarantine
Effective Sunday
Septemiber 15 marks the start
of a 30 day quarantine which
iwill ibe enforced against dogs
in No. 4 Township.
Any dogs found stray during
this quarantine, whioh runs
Ifrom Septemiber 15 through Oc
tober 15, will ibe shot by police,
deputy sheriffs, or the dog cat
cher.
Mayor Glee Bridges said
there are no actual reports of
rabies in the_ area, but many
dogs are running loose and this
condition can aid in the out
break and spread of the dis
ease.
Garrison Ware's
Rites Are Held
Final rites for Garrison A.
Ware, 59, were held Tuesday
morning at 10 o’clock from Boyce
Memorial ARP church, interment
following in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
Mr. Ware succumbed Sunday
night at Kings Mountain hospital
where he had 'been hospitalized
for injuries sustained in a fall.
He was a native of Cleveland
county, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William Alexander Ware and
a member of Boyce Memorial
ARP church.
Surviving are two brothers and
five sisters. They are M. A. Ware,
Kings Mountain, and Freno Ware,
of Goldsboro, and Mrs. W. S. Ful
ton, Mrs. Campbell Phifer, Mrs.
John L. McGill, and Miss Ava
Ware, all of Kings Mountain, and
Mrs. L. L. Stroupe, of Charlotte.
Dr. W. L. Pressly conducted
the service. Pallbearers were W.
S. Fulton, Jr., M. D. Phifer, Wen.
dell Phifer, Lawrence Stroupe, Jr.,
Dale Stroupe. and Jerry Stroupe.
VFWPost
To Organize
Organization of Kings Moun
tain VFW Post 9811 will feature
a meeting at City Hall courtroom
Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.
Announcement was made by
Rhea Barber, temporary comman.
der of the organization, who is
inviting all members and any
eligible prospective members to
attend.
Committees to nominate offi.
cers will be appointed at Tuesday
night’s meeting, Mr. Barber said.
The official ail so said he is urging
all former members who may
have in their possession military
rifles to return them to Chief
Hugh A. Logan, Jr.
Frank Glass is serving as tern
porary service officer.
74 Students
Transferred
To Ease Loads
Transfer of 74 pupils from one
elementary school to another in
the city system has handled ma
terially the grade-over-load pro
blem, Superintendent B. N. Bar
nes said Wednesday.
Top grade load for any teach
er is now 36, and this occurs in
only a few situations, Mr. Bar
nes added.
Of the 74 transfers,, 35 were
“legal”, that is, parents made
legal application for transfer.
The other 39 were “volunteer”.
Comparison of fifth day en
rollment figures for this year and
last year showed city school (pop
ulation wiih a heavy gain over
1956-57. The figures showed a to
tal white elementary school pop
ulation of 1452 compared to 1426
last year and 538 high school
students compared to 481 last
year. The whLe pupil population
gain in the city schools is -83.
Davidson Negro elementary
school listed an M-pupil gain
at 193 o^er 182 last year. David
son high school, however, show
ed a drop of six, listing only 62
pupils on Tuesday.
'Legally transferred students,
effected by iboard action Thurs
day and 'Monday, 'by the board
of education were:
Central to West-William Kemp
Mauney III, Mary Leigh Mauney,
Christopher Pressly, and Law
rence Patrick, Jr.
North to West--Eleanor Ann
Ware, Thomas Hilliard Black,
and Jan Elimline Williams.
East to Central--'Deborah Ann
Wilson, Jerry P„ Manning, iDoyle
'Dean Self, Wayne Edward Child
ers, Kathie Wright, Beverly Wil
son, Rita Caveny, Wanda 'Adams,
Lillie Mae Childers, William
Smith, David Jones, Walter Hull
Lee, Rodney 'A. Smith, Arnold
Jackson, Jr., Barbara Wright,
Donna Kay Manning, t>ennis
Childers, Samuel Mauney, Geor
ge Fletcher, Martha Howard, Lin
da Lee Bennett..
West to Central-Charles Styers,
Roy Ediward Huffstetler, Betty
Jane Gaddy, Betty Ann Styers,
Margaret Logan, and Danny
Gaddy.
East to West--Mary Ann Mc
Curdy.
In addition to acting on the
transfer applications, the (board
accepted applications of seven
students from the county school
district and assigned them as
follows:
To West school--Thomas^ D.
Tindall, Jr., Mark V. Goforth, and
James Dickey, all first graders.
To Central school—Michael Bo
heler, Becky Jean Phifer and
Steven Sisk, all first graders, and
Larry Bridges, sixth grade.
City school population by
schools on Tuesday was:
Central Elementary 321, off 33
from 1956; East 416, off 13;
'North 442, up 46; West 273, same
figure as last year.
BOARD MEETING
The city board of education
will hold its regular monthly
meeting Monday night at 7:30
in the office of Supt. B. N. Bar
nes at Central school.
It’s Fair Time In Cleveland
Tenth Bethware
Community Fair
Now Underway
Bethware Community 'Fair op
ened for its tenth annual showing
Wednesday afternoon.
Manager Myers Hambright re
ported that Wednesday alfternoon
was largely given to placing of
agricultural exhibits and that a
large crowd is expected to at
tend the four-day event.
A full program of events is
scheduled for each day, with
'fireworks topping off the even
ing's entertainment shortly be
fore closing time.
Thursday will be Children’s
(Day,' which means that young
sters can enjoy the rides of the
R. C. Dee (Riding Devices for the
bargain price of ten cents up to
5:30 p. m.
In addition to the agricultural
and home products exhibitions,
ten commercial firms are show
ing at this year’s Bethware Fair.
Bethware school groups are
operating several concessions.
One getting advance notice is
the Future Farmers of America
ducking machine. The Bethware
Senior class and the women’s di
vision are oiperating concession
stands and offering home-cook
ed foods, including pie and cake,
in addition to the proverbial fair
fare of hamburgers, hot dogs and
other hot food and drinks.
(Majority of commercial firms
are Offering prize drawings, with
the only requirement being regis
tration. There is no admission
Charge. The drawings are con
ducted at 9:30 p. m.
The Fair is sponsored by Beth
ware Progressive Club.
Compact Fair Set
For This Weekend
Compact Community Fair
will open for a two-day run
Friday.
The event is held at Compact
school on the Dixon Road. Ex
hibits will feature agricultural
products grown in the com
munity and a special program
at the school Friday night will
feature Genial Gene, who bills
himself as “the daddy of all
jive—jive that will keep the
world alive."
Tickets for the jazz show are
on sale by the Compact elev
enth grade NFA club.
Ciawf oid Named
S&LDirectoi
J. Wilson Crawford Kings
Mountain realtor has been named
a director of Kings Mountain
Savings & Loan Association.
Announcement was made Wed
nesday by Ben H. Bridges, asso
ciation secretary, who said Mr.
Crawford was named by the
board of directors Tuesday.
Mr. Crawford fills a vacancy
created by the resignation of
Clyde Jolly, now a designer for
a Rutherfordton textile concern.
A former grocer, Mr. Crawford
is currently co-receiver for
Ward’s Seed and Feed Store. He
attended Mars Hill college and
was graduated from Erskine col
lege. Mrs. Crawford is the former
Eloise Summerford, of Clover, S.
C.
Big Five-Day
Cleveland Fair
To Open Tuesday
Next week is Fair Week in
Cleveland county Which means
that the-school children and
some of the older children too
are already in a state of excite
ment over prosipects of cotton
candy, the ferris wheel, and o
ther attending features of the
fair.
<It is the 34th annual presen
tation of the Cleveland County
Fair which will open with a full
prograrfr next Tuesday.
As customary, 'Friday is school
day for pupils of Kings Mountain
and Shelby schools systems, and
Tuesday, opening day, is school
day for pupils of the county
schools. Free tickets are 'being
mailed to the various school
systems.
Billed as top artists at the
Shellby fair this year are the (Lone
Banger, horse, Silver, pal, Ton to,
and lassie, America's most be
loved dog. They will 'be seen from
the grandstand on Tuesday and
Wednesday afternoons.
■NASCAR sanctioned races will
feature the fair program on
Thursday and Saturday, and
Cleveland county drivers who
qualify are invited to partici
pate in the Thursday afternoon
race of 1946-54 hardtop model
cars. The 100-mile Grand Nation
al race will begin at 3 o’clock
on Saturday afternoon, and at 10
p. m. Saturday Joie Chitwood and
this daredeidls will perform.
Nightly, at 8 o’clock, grand
stand patrons will see a colorful
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Commercial Water Schedule
To Be Considered By Board
West King
Improvement
Job Approved
The State Highway and Public
Works commission has author,
ized the division engineer to pro
ceed on the West King street
curb-and-gutter project, Division
Engineer E. L. Kemper has writ
ten Mayor Glee A. Bridges.
The project will also include
widening of the highway from
the hospital entrance to the west
city limits.
The expense will be paid for
by the highway commission. How.
ever, the city must supply the
engineering, accept bids and let
contracts for the project. The
highway commission will reim
burse the city for the cost of the
work.
The West King improvement
job was held up when the new
seven-man highway commission
assumed its duties.
The improvements are a part
of the improvements to U. S. 74,
on which a second double-lane
is now under construction.
Mayor Bridges said the city’s
engineering firm, W. K. Dickson
Company, Charlotte, will be here
Friday to begin preliminary work
on preparation of specifications.
Wray Stewart's
Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for T/Sgt. Wil
liam Wray Stewart, 46, were «on.
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 4
o’clock from Dixon Presbyterian
church.
Military burial rites, conducted
by airmen of Donaldson AFB,
Greenville, S. C., were held from
Antioch Baptist church cemetery,
with members of Otis D. Green
Post 155, the American Legion,
serving as pallbearers.
The Kings Mountain service,
man joined the Air Force 15 years
ago. He had been stationed at
Dover, Delaware AFB since July
when he arrived from duty in
Japan. He had been ill for seve
ral weeks, hospitalized at the Phil
adelphia, Pa., naval hospital
where he died suddenly last
Wednesday night at 8 o’clock.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was a son of the late Russia
Adeline Ham-bright and John An
derson Stewart.
Surviving are four brothers and
two sisters, Mrs. James Owens
and Mrs. Howard Haskins, and
Dan, Charles, George, and H. K.
Stewart, all of Kings Mountain.
Rev. P. D. Patrick .conducted
the final rites, assisted by Rev.
E. O. Gore and Rev. W. P. Bum
gardner.
Mis. O'Fanell's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Harriett
Brown O’Farrell, 79, were held
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from First Presbyterian church,
interment following in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
Mrs. O’Farrell, widow of Cap
tain Oscar Cameron O’Farrell,
succumbed at Kings Mountain
hospital last Friday at 5 o’clock
after an illness of six weeks.
Mrs. O’Farrell was a charter
member of the Thursday After
noon Book club and of Kings
Mountain Woman’s club. Her hus.
band, a Southern Railway conduc
tor, died in 1948. She was the
daughter of the late James Wil
liam and Margaret Blair Brown
and a native of Mecklenburg coun
ty.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Hayne Blackmer, Kings
Mountain, and Miss Katherine O’.
Farrell, of Washington, D. C., a
son, James O’Farrell, of Kings
Mountain, and a sister, Mrs. J.
C. Patrick, of Kings Mountain.
The service was conducted by
Rev. P. D. Patrick, pastor of the
church. Pallbearers were Booth
W. Gillespie, Harry Page, Hall
Goforth, B. F. Maner, S. S. Weir,
Jr., and J. W. Webster.
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KIWANIS CLUB
Mrs, A. B. Pearce, of Charlotte,
executive director of Char
lotte’s Florence Crittenton
iHome will address members of
Kings Mountain Kiwanis cluib
at the club’s' regular meeting
Thursday night at 6:45 p. m.
The program is being sponsor
ed by the club’s Boys and Girls
work committee.
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Area Students
Off - To - School
103 Leaving
Foi Schools
And Colleges
Among the vast number cxf
registrants in colleges and prep
schools this Septemlber will Ibe at
least 102 students from the
Kings Mountain area.
The area students are enrolled
in 31 colleges and 16 specialized
schools in 12 states including
North Carolina.
Western North Carolina college
at 'Cullowhee heads the list with
eight area students enrolled for
the fall term, with two other
North Carolina colleges, Lenoir
iRhyine, at Hickory, and Univer
of North Carolina at Chaipel
Hill Ibeinig the second with sev
en students enrolled at those in
stitutions.
Several students are enrolled
in schools and colleges for spec
ialized training leading to nurs
ing degrees, courses in business
administration, and work as lab
oratory technicians and secre
taries.
The Herald annually seeks to
list all the Kings Mountain,
area students enrolling iin col
leges and universities Ifor post
high school training. Recogniz
ing the possibility of ommis
sions, the Herald invites any
student whose name may have
been omitted from the list to
notify the Herald.
[During the 1956-57 school year,
some 147 students from Kings
Mountain and Grover iwere en
rolled in various institutions. Of
this group, some did not return
to school this fall and others re
ceived college degrees during the
term Just ended.
Area students and the schools
they attend include:
WESTERN CAROLINA COL
LEGE--Elaine Pruette, Sherrill
Spears, Gene Patterson, Eddie |
Goforth, David Falls, Roger Mul
lis, Dewitt Blanton, Jr., and Tho
mas iF. Burke.
UiNTVT-Oi 1'Y OF NORTH CAR- |
QLINA-- Harold Jackson, Nick
Smith, Dick MdMaekin, Jim
Heavner, Delvin iHuf’fstetler, Wal
ter Gritiin, and Tommy Baker.
iLBNGM-IRHYNE COLLEGE
Robert Neislcr, 'Donna Cheatham,
Juanita Lackey, Anita McGinnis,
John McGinnis, Bill Mitcham,
and Dale Gold.
APPAILAIOHUAN STATE TEA
CHER'S COLLEGE--Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Keeter, Dean Westmore
land, Ellen 'Baker, Janice Moore,
and Buddy Mayes.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE
COLLEGE • -Mike Houser, Jim
Caveny, and Earl Marlowe.
GARDNER WEBB COLLEGE
'Norris Camp, Becky Harris, Bill
Greene, Virginia Cash, and Char
les Bridges.
WOMAN'S COLLEGE -- Peggy
Joyce Reynolds, Jeanne Plonk,
and Margaret Hambright.
WAKE 'FOREST COLLEGE --
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CHAIRMAN -Fleete R. McCurdy.
Kings Mountoin dry cleaner, was
named chairman of the city rec
reation commission Monday
night. He succeeds Dean Payne
as chairman. Mr. Payne resign
ed prior to moving to Florida.
Constitution
Week To Begin
Col. Frederick Hambright Chap,
ter. Daughters of the American
Revolution, is calling attention to
the annual observance of Consti
tution Week, beginning Tuesday.
The week of September 17-23
has been proclaimed Constitution
Week in North Carolina by Gov.
ernor Luther Hodges.
Mrs. F. R. Summers, spokes
man for the DAR chapter, com
mented, “We feel all, citizens
should be more cognizant of the
benefits all derive from the U
nited States Constitution.
Business firms are being asked
to display the United States flag!
daily during the period.
The organization is also calling;
attention to the American’s
Creed, text of which is:
“I believe in the United States
of America as a government of
the people, by the people, for the
people; whose just powers are
derived from the consent of the
governed; a democracy in a repub.
lie; a soverign Nation of many
soverign states; a perfect Union,
one,and inseparable; established
upon these principles of freedom,
equality, justice and humanity for
which American patriots sacrific
ed their lives and their fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty
to my country to love it; to sup
port its Constitution; to obey its
laws; to respect its flag; and to
defend it against all enemies.”
WELFARE WORKER
Mrs. Elaine iBiggers, of Shel
by, case worker for the county
welfare department, has office
hours ki Kings Mountain each
Thursday from 1 to 4:30 p. m.
at City Hall. Citizens may con
tact her here or in Shelby at
the Shellby office.
Motorists Wince As City Resumes
Whammy Use; 19 Get Tickets
The city police department put
out the whammy again last Fri
day after a several-week respite,
and the result through Tuesday
night was 19 motorists nabbed
for speeding within the city limits.
Of the total, 15 submitted to
the evidence of the electrical
speed-timing device, paid costs of
court of $14.10 each. Another,
nabbed Tuesday night, Nathaniel
Whitworth, Shelby Negro, posted
bond. Three others, Earl Otis
Smith, Floyd O. Morris, both of
Kings Mountain, and Karl A.
Keaton, Morganton, were issued
citations to court.
The whammying of three Besse
mer City citizens, returning from
Friday night’s football game here,
caused some complaints from the
neighboring community. Besse.
mer Mayor George Hook called
Mayor Glee Bridges, and other
citizens chimed in.
Paying the costs on submis
sions for whammy-logged speed
violations were Furman E. HoL
land, Robert Evrett Cole, and
William Sam Stinnett, all of Bes
semer City, William Horace Man.
ley and Larry R. Wright, both of
Shelby, and these Kings Moun
tain citizens: Glenn E. Etters,
Jerry K. Smith, Sam D. Collins,
Leroy Gene Champion, Clyde Er
vin Connor, Jimmy Kay Bell, Es
sie McFalls Jackson and Betty A.
Daves.
The whammy first got into use
last spring, minus prior advertise. |
ment, and put more than 40 per-'
sons through recorder’s court £>r
speeding, either via submissions
or actually in court. The intro- j
duction of the speed-timing de-|
vice caused considerable com
plaint and after a few days use
the device was put in moth balls’
in the City Hall basement.
One city commissioner remark
ed recently there had been nume.
rous complaints on fast-driving
on city streets and it appeared
the whammy was the only answer
for effecting a slow down.
Lowei Rates
Foi Big Users
Considered
The city 'board of commission
ers will consider Thursday night
adoption df a commercial water
rate schedule, likely to ibe con
siderably lower than rates which
large users would now pay. The
board may also take action to
adopt additional rate breaks in
the commercial power schedule.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said the
adoption of a commercial water
rate .schedule is under consider
ation to help in the attraction
of new industry to Kings 'Moun
tain. 'He did not indicate the
minimum usage which would
qualify a firm for the commer
cial water rate schedule, but in
dicated the iboard is considering
a schedule which would average
about 10 cents per 1,000 gallons
of water for firms using great
quantities.
Indications from Commissioner
Ben Bridges on the 'power rate
possibilities are that the board
may adapt a rate of 1.2 per ■'kilo
watt hour on all over 5,000 KWH,
and perhaps one cents per KWH
on all over 10,000 KWH. These
changes would give some relief
to large commercial users who
have lodged strong protests on
last February’s base rate increase
'from .88c to 1.4 cents per KWH.
Mayor Bridges also said the
board may consider approving of
a petition ilf sign-ups are comple
ted, for the paviqg of Ramseur
street to serve North School. He
said the sign-ups are "going
well”, indicated the petition will
represent about 100 percent of a
Ibutting property if the ‘board of
education agrees, which he anti
cipates.
Cheapest city water rate today
on the lone rate schedule is 15
cents per 1,000 gallons on con
sumption over two million gal
lons per month. State Depart
ment olf Conservation and Devel
opment Officials have indicated
that many North Carolina com
munities offer 10c per 1,000 rates
•to large users.
North School
Is Accredited
North Elementary school has
t>een placed on the accredited
list lor 1957-58, according to an
nouncement 'bv A. B. OorrJbs, dir
ector of the aivision of elemen
tary and .secondary education at
the state department of public
instruction.
iMiss Madelline Tripp, assoc
iate in the division of elemen
tary and secondary education, in
formed W. IR. George, North prin
cipal, “Congratulations on the
good woijk done by you, your fac
ulty, and community which has
resulted in an improved program
of instruction meeting require
ments lor accreditation.”
Mr. George said "It was quite
an achievement for North school
to have met these requirements
in the first year of operation.”
iHe added, ‘Today’s schools
must not only meet the physical
requirements but must also meet
requirements for a good instru
ctional program. Physical equip
ment alone does not make a good
school. It is only when the phy
sical equipment is used to pro
mote worthwhile learning situa.
tions that we can acclaim the
school as a good one. The facul
ty olf North school and the local
■school ‘board saw that both needs
of North school were met in a
single year.”
preparatory ro rne evaluation
iby the State Department otf Pub
lic Instruction, the faculty of
North school participated in a
series otf ten professional-growth
meetings. Topics studied includ
ed: “Our Philosphy of Educa
tion,” “What is a Good Elemen
tary School?” “What are the
Qualities of a good teacher?”,
and "The Curriculum of North
School.”
A self evaluation was made by
the staff. Through the P-TA par
ents were called in to partici
pate in these s'tudies. The con
tributions made toy the parents
enabled the school to gear its
program to community needs.
PRESBYTERY
Kings Mountain Presbytery
will hold its fall meeting
Tuesday, September 17, at West
Avenue Presbyterian church in
Gastonia. Presbyterian church
es from this area will toe re
presented at the session.