Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7.206
The figure for Greater Rings Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 King* Mountain city directory census. The City
IMS, figure Is from the United States census of 1950.
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VOL 68 No. 38
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 19, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
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IN ATLANTA
Mr. and Mrs. Y„ IF. Throne
bung have been in Atlanta, Ga.
attending a meeting of Full
man conductors and their wives.
Mr. Thronelburg is employed
by Pullman Comlpany Of Atlan
ta.
PARK GRACE P-TA
Park. Grace school Parent-Tea
cher 'association will hold its
initial meeting of the school
year Monday night at 7 o’
clock at the school auditorium,
according to announcement by
iMrs. George Stroupe, publicity
chairman.
ATTEND MEETING
Mr. and IMrs. Auibrey Mauney
were at Sea Island, Ga. last
week to attend a meeting of
the 'Carded Yarn Association.
Mr. Mauney is secretary-treas
urer of Kings Mountain Manu
facturing company.
ATTEND MEETING
Rev,. P. ID. Patrick and C. D.
Blanton represented IFirst Pres
byterian church at a meeting
of Kings Mountain Presbytery
Tuesday at West 'Avenue Pres
byterian church in Gastonia.
WEST P-TA
West school Parent-Teacher
association will hold its regu
lar meeting Wednesday, Sep
tember 25th, at 3:30 p. m. at
the school 'auditorium. The
meeting was originally sche
duled far September 18.
ATTEND MEETING
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Harmon
attended a luncheon meeting
of the board of directors of the
North Carolina Press associa
tion in Chapel Hill on Satur
day. fltoe meeting was ‘held to
lay plans for the Mid-Winter
Press Institute to Ibe held in
January.
CENTRAL P-TA
Central school Parent-Teacher
association will hold its regu
lar meeting Wednesday 'after
noon at 3:30 p. m. in the school
auditorium. A parent-teacher
conference will be ihCld in the
.school classrooms following
the meeting.
FAIR VIEW LODGE
Oamimiunication of IFainview
Dodge 339 AlF and AM for work
in the first degree will Ibe held
Monday night at 7:30 Ip. m. at
Masonic Hall, 'according to an
nouncement toy Denver King,
searetary.
KIWANIS CLUB
Kings Mountain Kiwanians
will toe shown the film, "The
Green Harvest’’ sponsored toy
the Weyerhouser Timlber (Pro
ducts company of Portland, Or
egon at the regular Thursday
nigjht meeting. The Club con
venes at the Woman’s club at
6.-45 p. m.
JAYCEE PROJECT
Kings Mountain Jaycees are
manning the county fair’s
grandstand concession booth a
gain this year. All the custo
mary inventory--sandwiches,
cold drinks and sundries--is
toeing offered for sale toy the
group, proceeds to benefit the
club’s civic projects.
ARP Program
Set Sunday
Mrs. E. W. Neal, one of a group'
of recent tourists to the ARP mis
sion stations in Mexico, will des
cribe highlights of the trip at the
evening service Sunday at Boyce
Memorial ARP church.
Theme of the program will be
“A-Visit to Mexico”, and Dr. W.
L. Pressly, pastor, has invited
others of the community to join
in the service. ,,
Mexico, a country of contrasts,
will be discussed as to tourist
attractions, as well as native
crafts, arts, education, religion,
and the Mexican’s reaction to pro
gress in the various fields of ag.
riculture and living conditions.
The tour was conducted by Paul
Gnier, Jr. and the group visited
Monterrey, El Mante, Tamjuco,
Valles, picturesque Taxco, the sil
ver mining center, Toluca, known
for its baskets and other woven
products, and Mexico City, a me
tropolis of four and one-half mil
ium people and home of the
famous university.
Others who made the trip from
Kings Mountain were Miss Eliza
beth Anthony and Dr. and Mrs.
W. 1* Pressly and son, James
Alien Pressly.
Settlement Of Suits Clears
Carolina Mines To Operate
Sheltons Win
Concessions
In Settlement
The way -has ibeen clearer, ap
parently, for the launchimg otf o
perations at Carolina Mines, Inc.,
which plans to mine and process
kyanite ore.
J. E. Horton, major stockholder
of Cleveland Minerals Company,
Inc., oonlfirmed settlement of liti
gation brought against Cleve
land Minerals, Carolina Mines, J.
U. Mullinax and A. S. McCulloch,
Carolina Mines president.
Cleveland Minerals holds a
mineral deed to properties bear
ing kyanite and owned by heirs
of Mrs. Bertha 'Parker Shelton. In
turn, Carolina Mines has con
tracted to mine the property on a
royalty basis.
Under terms of the settlement,
the Shelton heirs won increase of
royalty from 25 cents.to 45 cents
per ton of ore removed plus $7,
500 in cash and a minimum
guarantee of $4,000 per year.
The Shelton heirs had charged
Cleveland Minerals and the other
defendants with a breach of a
greement on grounds operations
had not begun within a reason
able time.
Mr. (Herndon said he was hap
py the litigation is settled.
Previously, Carolina Mines’
spokesmen had said operations
could not begin until the (litiga
tion 'Was settled. The company
had spent virtually all of its
working capital, plus borrowed
funds, to complete the processing
plant, lenders were unwilling to
supply any further funds until
the suits were settled. In turn,
the Securities and Exchange
commission appeared unwilling
to allow further sale of stock un
til litigation was off the courl
docket.
Mr. (Herndon said he had ibeen
told by President McCulloch that
O. S. Caldwell, of Chicago, assist
ant general manager, would Ibe
on the scene shortly to superin
tend launching of mining and
processing operations.
Charlie ICaj^h, .watchman at 'the
plant, said Wednesday he had
not learned when Mr. Caldwell
would arrive, but guessed it
would not ibe before October 1,
Mr. Cash said a needed piece Of
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Dog Quarantine
Is Now Underway
Kings Mountain’s dog popula
tion iwas reduced by five during
the first (four days of the dog
quarantine imposed on No. A
Township.
No general area could be noted
other than two dogs ibeing taken
on Waco iRoad.
(A tally sheet of dogs killed is
being kept at City Police Depart
ment in order (that the countj
dog warden can compile the
number of dogs taken in the
township during the quarantine
The quarantine, now four days
spent, will last until October If
and any stray dogs will toe slhol
on sight by city policemen oi
county officials.
'Purpose of the quarantine -is
to rid the area of a great num
Iber of stray dogs which are in
festimg the township. The condi
tions, according to authorities
could aid in the contraction anc
spread of rabies, although nc
cases have (been reported.
Whammy On Short
Duty; Nabs Three
The whammy was again put
in operation by city police Fri
day. Thfe result: three motorists
nabbed for speeding within the
city limits.
The three, Frances Self
White, and Jeannette C. Sur
ratte, tooth of Kings Mountain,
and Michael T. Ledford, route
2, Kings Mountain, submitted
to the evidence of the electrical
speed-timing device and paid
costs of court of $14.10 each.
They were nabbed by the
whammy compared to 19 nab
bed during the previous week.
Desk Sergeant-Clerk Buck
Bridges said the rain may have
cut the week’s catch, since the
whammy isn’t used much In
wet weather. He indicated Wet
weather doesn’t help the wham
my’s batteries, also proves dan
gerous to motorists who might
spot the rubber tube and jam
brakes to pare speed.
Mis. Caldwell's
Rites Conducted
IFuneral rites for Mrs. Effie
Mullis Caldwell, 79, were held
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 ip. m.
(from Macedonia Baptist church,
interment following in Patterson
Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Caldwell, iwidow of IHenry
Caldwell succumbed 'Friday
night at 7:30 <p. m. at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Tom Smith. She
had been in ill health for several
months.
iA native of Lincoln county,
Mrs. Caldwell was a daughter of
the late (Mr. and Mr?' Jonathan
Mullis. Her husband, (william
(HenryCaldwell,died in.1924.
Surviving are two sons, 'Dewey
and (Millard Caldwell, (both of
Kings Mountain, five daughters,
Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. J. J.
Jenkins, Mrs. (Lester Welch, Mrs.
Tom Smith, all of Kings Moun
tain, Mrs. IW. P. (Gore, of Oak (Rid
ige, Tenn., and a brother and two
sisters, Miss (Elizabeth Mullis,
Mrs. .Worth Anthony, and 'Horace
Mullis, all of Lincolnton. Also
surviving are 24 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
iRev. T. A. Lineberger and Rev.
E. O. Gore conducted the services.
Pallbearers were Ken Jenkins,
John Caldwell, Dewayne Caldwell,
Bill Caldwell, Donald Welch, Har.
old Adams, Phillip Gore, and Bar.
ry Smith.
VFW Post Meeting
Set For Tuesday
Kings Mountain VFW Post 9811
will meet for an organizational
meeting Tuesday night at 7:30
p. m. iat City Hall, according to
announcement by Rhea Barber,
temporary chairman.
The meeting was postponed
from Tuesday because of bad
weather.
All members of the VFW and
any eligible prospective members
are Invited to attend the meeting,
Mr. Barber said. Committees to
nominate officers will be appoint,
ed.
LIONS TO MEET
John Gamble, Kings Mountain
high school football coach, will
address members of the Kings
Mountain Lions Ciub at the
club’s regular Tuesday night
meeting. The oluib convenes at
the Woman’s club at 7 o’clock.
Maino On Job As General Manager
Of Massachusetts Mohair Division
Alexander J. iMaino, a Massa
chusetts native who (forsook law
practice to follow in his family’s
footsteps in the textile business,
assumed the duties of general
manager of (Neisler division,
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company, on Monday.
Mr. Maino comes to Kings
Mountain from Wuragan Mills,
Wauregan, Conn., where he was
vice president in charge of pro
duction. He said Wauregan made
fine-grade oxtford cloth for shirts,
such as the (Hath away, for Brooks
Brothers, the New York clothing
firm, and others.
A graduate of' Northeastern
university, Boston, Mass., Mr.
Maino obtained a law degree
from Suffolk university.
"My family was in textiles and
I guess textiles were in my
blood,” he commented. He said
a (brother obtained a law degree,
also Ignored the bar for a ca
reer in textiles.
As head oif the seven-plant
Neisler division, Mr. Maino suc
ceeds William 'Ford who resigned
early in August.
The new general manager said
he is working diligently to ac
quaint himself with the workings
of the Neisler division.
■He said he had been acquaint
ed with yarn production for many
years, 'helped design a spinning
frame to handle novelty yarns in
the depression which enabled
one firm to show profits during
the depression years. He also
said he’d had designing exper
ience, and was acquainted early
in its development with the spin
ning of rayon and other acetate
fibres.
Mr. Maino is married and has
a four-year-old son.
The Neisler division includes
two plants here, others at Page
land and Mayo, S. C., and Ellen -
boro, Shelhy, and Doulbie Shoals
in North Carolina.
Weathers Says
Star To Favor
Armory Project
The Shelby 'Daily Star will sup
iport the county’s supplying funds
for the ibuildinig of an Armory
here, Publisher (Lee B. Weathers
has written a Kings Mountain ci
tizen.
Mr.. Weathers was replying to a
complaint from George W. Mau
ney on a recent Star editorial, in
which the Star expressed the
viewpoint the county commission
should ibe sure a need for a Kings
Mountain armory exists.
Mr. Weathers, who noted that
the Shelby lArmbry is seldom us
ed for puiblic functions since the
opening of the Shelby Commun
ity center, wrote Mr. Mauney:
“Our editorial was based lar
gely on the fact that the Shelby
armory is rarely used. This is
due to the fact that we have a
community center where most all
our public gatherings are held.
“This you do not have, conse
quently I think if Kings Moun
tain had an armory it would ibe
put into better use than ours. I
do notibeliieve you have any large
auditorium except at the schools,
particularly your central 'High
which is no doubt an inappropri
ate place for large gatherings.
Consequently, I favor and think
the county commissioners should
appropriate some county funds
to aid you.
‘1 am informed that when our
armory was built the federal gov
ernment provided $70,000 Of the
cost, the county $15,000 and the
city $15,000. It has a seating ca
pacity of about 2200. The man in
Change says a fee of $50 a day is
changed when there is no admis
sion charged, and a fee of $100 a
day when an admission charge is
made at the door. Consequently,
it is rarely used except for one
night a week guard drill and one
night a week for night firing, so
really we 'have in our armory a
taxpayer investment of about
$100,000 in a building which is
put to little use.
In your case it would 'be differ
ent, and I am sure When the need
of a community meeting place is
pointed out by Mayor Bridges,
the county will go along with
your request. I certainly favor it."
City To Adopt
10-Cent Aveiage
Industrial Rate
The city iboard of commission
ers voted last Thursday night to
adopt a commercial (water rate
schedule averaging ten cents per
1,000 (gallons for large users.
(Actual adoption of the schedule
will come when determination is
made on What the minimum
monthly usage should ibe for a
firm to qualify for the indicated
industrial rate.
The commission also told
Fleete MoCurdy, newly-named
chairman of the city recreation
commission, that the commission
“should still meet'’, in response
to Mr. McCurdy’s question.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges inform
ed (Mr. McCurdy that Jake Early,
city recreation director, would 'he
employed in the public works de
partment and had expressed
willingness to give part-time, off
hour service to the recreation
commission during the winter
months. Comm. Ben Bridges sug
gested an early joint session of
both city and recreation com
missions to harmonize aims.
Majority of the other (board ac
tions were routine. The .board ac
cepted a low bid of W. Marion
Dixon, at $1235, for repairing the
leaky City 'Hall roof. Kings
Mountain Sheet Metal bid $1395.
In other actions the Iboard,
1) Decreed no Sunday fishing
in either city water resevoir, af
firming a prior policy.
2) Approved transfer Of funds
from a general fund surplus to
defray capital cost of a new Bur.
roughs accounting machine.
3) Cancelled a $36 account for
grading charged to E. A. Harrill.
Mr. iHarrill said he had agree
ment with the city to do the
grading In return for street right
of-way for 'improvements to
Childers street. The account was
'filed in 1954.
4) Charged off several utility
accounts as uncollectible. Depos
its had failed to cover the full
(drtn.tinu.Ki1 on Pana Eiaht)
Phone Seivice
Nonnal Here
Phone service in Kings Moun
tain was normal here this week,
in spite of a strike of Western
Electric employees of the Com
munications Workers union.
Mrs. Jack Amette, supervisor,
said the Kings Mountain ex
change has no Western Electric
employees.
Both local and long distance
calls were being handled without
delay.
County Board
Pledges Help
On Utilities
Cleveland County commission
ers assured the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
it would help the Kings Moun
tain area with industrial expan.
sion.
Specifically, the commission
gave the Chamber of Commerce
a letter stating it would "coope
rate in furnishing water and sew.
er facilities as far as legally pos.
sible to improve the health and
sanitary conditions of any com
munity near the city of Kings
Mountain.”
The letter was given on request
of Wilson Crawford and Warren
Reynolds, representing the Cham
ber of Commerce, who explained
the board action would aid the
rivic group in endeavoring to at
tract a new industry to Kings
Mountain.
Mr. Crawford told the com
mission he did not know the name
of the interested concern, but that
he had been assured by the state
Department of Conservation and
Development that the company
was a reliable and knowledge
able manufacturer.
The vote On the letterof intent
was unanimous.
Gas Prices Off
Slightly This Week
Gas prices were generally two
cents lower in Kings Mountain
this week, though the new price
slashing was far from approach,
ing the “war” of several weeks
ago.
Regular merchandizing outlets
of major oil companies had pared
the price two cents on instruc
tions from distributors.
The new war popped again in
Charlotte Saturday.
Whether it would become a
“hot” war, or shortly dissolve was
not guessed by most dealers.
One independent was offering
gas three cents lower than the
30.9 cents for regular grade post
ed at majority of stations.
Mud, Rain Top Fair Agenda
Rains Prove Hurt
First Two Days;
Kids Don't Mind
Cleveland County fairgoers e.
quipped themselves with raintogs,
and even though weathermen had
predicted rain, the fair crowd was
present for opening day at the
county fair.
Inclement weather curbed open,
ing night activities at the spec
tacle, but rain didn’t curb the
children’s excitement Tuesday af -
ternoon at the appearance of one
of the main attractions, the Lone
Ranger and Tonto.
Tuesday night visitors included
representatives of the area press
who were guests of the fair as
sociation at supper. Bad weather
postponed the initial performance
of George Hamid’s “Stairway to
the Stars”, but visitors who brav
ed rain and mud previewed the
numerous exhibits.
Kings Mountain won at least
two awards in exnibits.
Boy Scout Troop 1, of Kings
Mountain, won first prize award
for its exhibit in the Boy Scout
division, and Kings Mountain’s
West school copped a second-place
award for its exhibit on the theme
"Tar Heels Step Forward” in the
school exhibitions.
Tuesday was County School
day, but school tickets were also
being honored yesterday. Kings
Mountain and Shelby school day
will be Friday. As customary,
Kings Mountain schools will sus
pend operation Friday at noon
to allow school students to at
tend the fair.
Billed as top artists for the
exposition this year were the Lone
Ranger and Tonto, horses Silver
and Scout, and Lassie, billed as
the world’s most beloved dog. All
appeared in the opening show on
Tuesday except Lassie, mistaken,
ly showing in New York. Lassie
flew in tor yesterday's perfor
mance.
Thursday events will feature
amateur stock car races begin
ning at 2:30 p.m., with local quail
fying entries invited. The NAS
CAR-sanctioned 100-mfle Grand
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Barton Rites
Are Conducted
Funeral services for Rodney M.
Burton, 74, Patterson Grove com.
munity farmer, were held Mon.
day afternoon at Patterson Grove
Baptist church. Interment follow
pd in the church cemetery.
Mr. Burton died early Sunday
morning at his home. He Wad
been ill for several years.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. “Judy” Burton. Mr. Burton
and his wife, the former Essie
Goforth, observed their fiftieth
wedding anniversary in February
1957. Mr. Burton was a member
of Patterson Grove church.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are four daughters, Mrs.
Grover Green, Mrs. Sam Carroll,
Mrs. Ray Neeley and Mrs. Robert
Hallman, all of Kings Mountain,
and two sons, B. T. Burton and
' R. H. (Doc) Burton, also of Kings
! Mountain. Another son, George
| Burton, died in infancy. Also sur.
I viving are two brothers. Bill and
June Burton, both of Kings Moun.
tain, 11 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
The final rites were conducted
by Rev. J. J. Thornburg. Rev. W.
L. Pressly and Rev Flay Payne.
Pallbearers were C. S. Plonk,
Jr., Paul Ware, Howard Goforth,
Lester Burton, Charles Ford, and
Chester Cash. Junior pallbearers
I were Wayne Burton, Douglas
Burton, and Charles Green.
, Grand-daughters and nieces serv.
i ed as flower bearers.
Garbage Pick-Up
Schedule Changed
Mayor Glee A. Bridges has
announced a new schedule for
pick-up of garbage in the city
business district effective Mon
I day.
There will be no Sunday col
| lection, Mayor Bridges said, but
I pick-up daily will be at lo’clock
■ p.m., and the Saturday collect
I ion will be at 10 o’clock a.m.
Development Group Given
Go-Ahead Signal By C. of C.
Jaycees Grossed
60c Tuesday, Pray
For Sunshine
Among the folk oraying for a
little sunshine to bless the Cleve. j
land County fair this week are
members of the Kings Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The Jaycees are handling the
grandstand concession at the Fair
and had everything in readiness
for Tuesday’s opening. Project
Chairman Gene Mitcham remark,
ed, “Everything supposed to be
hot was hot and everything sup
posed to be cold was cold. Not
only that, but a full complement
of Jaycees was on hand to serve
the public. But the rains came.”
Mr. Mitcham reports gross
sales of the grandstand conces
sion on Tuesday at 60 cents, a
bit under par for the course. He
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ro BALTIMORE--Rev. Demauth
Blanton. formerly of Kings
Mountain, has assumed duties of
issistant pastor of University
Baptist church. Baltimore. Md.
Blanton Takes
Baltimore Post
Rev. Demauth (Blanton, son of
Mr., and IMrs. Wiley 'Blanton, of
Kings Mountain, 'has accepted an
assistant 'pastorship at the 4,000
memlber University 'Baptist chur
ch of Baltimore, Md.
Rev. Blanton left Raleigh (Fri
day to assume his new duties.
'For the past several months
Mr. Blanton has 'been serving as
assistant chaplain at the State
Hospital, Raleigh.
Mrs. Blanton will join her 'hus
band in three or four weeks.
School List
Now Totals 119
Addition of 16 to the area off
to-school list brings to a total of
119 the number of Kings Moun
tain area students who are en
tering colleges and universities
for post-graduate training.
Sarah Mae Hamrick and Nancy
Bell have enrolled at Appalachian
State Teacher's college for the
fall term, and Carl Cole and John
The Herald annually seeks to
list all the Kings Mountain area
students enrolling in colleges
and universities for post high
school training. Recognizing the
possibility of omissions, the
Herald invites any student
whose name may have been o
mitted from the list to notify
the Herald.
Seism have entered North Caro
lina State college at Raleigh.
Enrolled at Emory University
is Dwight Ware, and Jesse Put
nam has entered the University
of North Carolina for the fall
term. Jane Byars is a student at
Gaston Memorial Hospital School
of Nursing, and Kenneth Tesse
neer, and Bob Priester, both of
Grover, are students at Clemson
college. Dean Bridges has enroll,
ed at Gardner-Webb college, and
Betty Ann Bell has enrolled for
the fall term at Western Caro
lina college at Cullowhee.
Also enrolled at Gardner-Webb
college are Sandra Champion,
Fairy Lee Davis, Bill Greene, So
lon, Moss, and Richard Spencer,
ONE PERMIT
Building Inspector J. W. Web
ster issued a building 'permit
last Thursday to IH. R. Grigg to
erect a house on Second street,
at an estimated cost of $3,000.
Two-Month Statement Indicates
City To Show Handsome Surplus
The city appears well on its
way to building a sizeable sur
plus during the current fiscal
year, financial report on the first
two months’ operations indicate.
During the period, the city had
collected $178, 564 of its estimated
annual receipts of $563,522 and
had disbursed to all funds only
$84,937.
Big portion of the surplus is
likely to come from sale of power.
During July and August, the
city recorded more than $55,000
in power sales revenue, for an
indicated total of more than $330,.I
000. This would give the city a
$26,000 bulge over revenue esti
mates of $304,000 (which was less
than actual power sales last
year).
Meantime, light and power de.
partmental expense during the
two months was only $22,408, for
an indicated annual rate of $132,. j
000. This would be $23,000 less’
than the $155,460 the commission
estimated the light and power de.
partment would require.
Another schedule sure to return
a surplus is collection of back
taxes. The city estimated it would
collect only $5,000 from this
source, has already banked $8,152,
likely will have some more re
ceipts under this schedule. An
other small bulge is in Powell
Bill receipts, which topped the
budget estimate by $515.
The financial statement showed
that all city departments were
living within their budgets, with
several spending at a rate likely
to produce surpluses.
The finally adopted budget was
about $3,000 less than the budget
for the preceding year, some $40,.
000 less than the city’s actual
gross receipts of last year.
A cut in tax rate will mean that
tax receipts for the year will be
less than last year. Estimated
tax receipts were $134,277, and
$64,546 of this sum had been col.
lected through August 31.
Plonk Reports
Plans To Form
Corporation
The Chamber of Commerce
board of directors Monday gave
a go-aheaO signal to a committee
named to plan organization of a
business development corpora
tion designed to encourage the
location of new industry here.
(Fred W. Pionk, chairman, out
lined plans for the organization
at ’Monday's director session and
the board authorized the com
mittees to proceed.
Mr. Plonk said he had examin
ed the corporation certificate of
the Shelby development corpora
tion, felt his committee could
make a final report within a few
days. He suggested .stock be sold
at $10 per share in order to
broaden its sales appeal.
Carl Swan, Chamber of Com
merce president and also presi
dent of Craffspun Yarn, Inc., sta
ted he felt his firm could pro
mise sale of $2500 in stock in the
proposed corporation.
Generally ,the corporation ar
ranges financing and superin
tends the construction of indus
trial buildings for new firms de
siring to locate in the community,
in turn renting the buildings on
a lease-purchase option.
Other members of the commit
tee are W. K. Mauney, Dan Weiss,
George Thomasson and (Martin
Harmon.
The Chamiber directors also
voiced approval of a current sur
vey being completed this week
and designed 'to attract a manu
facturer who would employ 150
persons. The manufacturer’s rep
resentative visited Kings (Moun
tain. on invitation of the state
'Department of Conservation and
(Development, three weeks ago.
President Swan also reported
further inquiry from a firm de
siring to locate in the Carolinas
for the manufacture df school
furniture.
City Projects
Bids Invited
The board of city commission
ers will meet in special session
next Wednesday night at 7:30 to
open bids on several public im
provement projects.
Two notices inviting bids are
published in this week's edition
of the Herald.
The projects include:
1) Improvements to West King
street, from the hospital entrance
to the city limits, including wid
ening of the road bed, install
ation of curb-and-gutter and
sidewalks on Ibith sides of the
street,. The state highway com
mission will reimburse the city
for expense of this project.
2) Sidewalk construction on
iRamseur street and Mountain
View street.
3) Cuilb-and-gutter construct
ion on West Mountain street.
The specifications are obtain
able at the City iHall office and
.sealed bids will (be received un
til Wednesday night’s meeting
time.
Water Cut-Ofi Hard
On Sunday Dinner
Sunday dinper was a 'bit brief
for numerous Kings Mountain
residents- result of an early s
Sunday wreck which decapita
ted an aged fire hydrant on E..
'King street in front of the H. R.
Parton home.
The old hydrant, Public Works
Chief Grady Yelton explained,
had no valve causing a water
cut-off while t'he damage was
repaired and the hydrant re
placed.
The cut-off, from 7 a. m. to
.2 p. m. meant that residents on
King street, from Diiling to
Piedmont, on Piedmont, from
Mountain to Ridge, and on
Mountain street, from Cherokee
to Gaston, had no water ser
vice.
One resident complained she
served sandwiches and fruit
juice for Sunday dinner, had
difficulty finding sufficient
drinking water, let alone e
nough for a Sunday morning
bath. She thought some noti
fication should have 'been giv
en the waterless citizens.
‘What would have happened,”
she wondered aloud, “if I'd
'been brushing my teeth?”
Supt. Yelton hopes there won’t
ibe anymore wrecks. He and his
crew would prefer to reist on
Sunday.