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f Population Cheater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 The figure for Greater King* Mountain Is derived from tbe 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950. IP Pages 10 Today VOL 68 No. 47 Established 1889 Sixty-Eighth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins DIRECTOR S. E. MdSwain, manager of Joy Theatre, has been elected to fill the one-year unexpired (term of Ed Tutor on the board of directors of Kings Mountain Merchants association. Mr. Tu tor was transferred from Joy Theatre in the Stewart & Eve rett chain to Albemarle’s Stan ly Theatre. » CAKE SALE The Mary Kennedy circle of Boyce Memorial ARP church will offer for sale homemade cakes at Phifer Hardware com pany Saturday. The sale will begin at 9 o’clock a. m., Mrs. W. S. Fulton, Jr., circle chairman, has announced. LODGE MEETING. Members of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&M will meet Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic Kail for work in the first de gree, according to report of Denver King, lodge secretary. PLONK RELEASED Pvt. William L. Plonk has been released from active duty with the army at Fort Jackson, S. C. During 15 months duty, he also was on duty in Texas, Maryland, and Louisiana. % VFW MEETING Kings Mountain Veterans of foreign Wars post will hold a regular meeting Thursday night at 7:30 p. m, at City Hall. METHODIST CLASS Members of the Young Adult Fellowship class of Central Methodist church and their fa milies will hold a hamburger supper at the church Friday evening. LEGION DANCE Otis D. Green Post 155, the A merican Legion, will sponsor a dance for couples only Satur day night beginning at 8:30 p. m. Music will be furnished by Hague Sisk and his band, ac cording to announcements be ing mailed to members. MEETING POSTPONED Monday night’s scheduled meeting of the city board of ed ucation was postponed, Supt. B. N. Barnes reported, due to ill ness of Trustee J. W. Webster and absence from the city of Trustee P. D. Padgett. The ses sion had not been re-scheduled Wednesday. WITH HERALD Linda Biser, a high school sen ior, has joined the Herald staff for part time duty. Miss Biser will assist Miss Elizabeth Ste wart in social reporting and cir culation management. KIWANIS B. G. Banner, representative of O. G. Penegar Company, Gas tonia, will address members of Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at 'the club's Thursday night meeting at 6:45 p. m., at the Woman’s club. The program subject is "'Last Door to the Left” and Mr. Banner Will pre sent a humorous program on pre-revolutionary art and in terior decorating. LIONS WON’T MEET The Kings Mountain Lions club will not hold a formal meeting Tuesday night. The meeting has been cancelled to enable club members to serve as hosts at the Tuesday night Lions-sponsored basketball double header, featuring Er skine college versus Lenoir Rhyne and Gaston Hospital nurses versus Howard’s Busi ness college, of Shelby. Herald To Publish Early Next Week The Kings Mountain Herald will be published one day early next week, appearing on news stands Tuesday evening, with mail distribution on Wednes day morning. The edition will be published under its regular Thursday, No vember 28 date line. The one-day advance in pub lishing date will be made to accommodate grocers and other retailers who wish to distribute advertising messages in ad vance of the Thanksgiving holi day and also to enable mail subscribers to receive their reg ular editions in advance of Thanksgiving, rather than on Friday, a day late. The December 5th edition win appear on regular schedule. THE TALL AND SHORT OF IT — Dean Bridges meets Dean Bridges at Gardner-Webb College, and tall or short, both are top men on campus. Dean Bridges of Shelby, left, is president of the sophomore class. His counterpart from Kings Mountain, right, is freshman class prexy. Which is the all-conference basketball star and trophy win ner? He's the one on the left. (Photo by John Roberts) Relative Size Helps Identify Bridges Boys BOILING SPRINGS—'If your name is Dean Bridges and you are a student at Garden-Webb college you might be a freshman. And again you might be a soph omore. In either case you are an out standing student and a leader in campus activities. The Baptist college has two students bearing the Dean Brid. ges moniker. What’s more, both are Cleveland Countians and each is a class president. Allen Dean Bridges, a native of Shelby, Route 2, is majoring in agriculture. He is president of the sophomore class. State College is his goal for senior college study. Dean Carlyle Bridges, a fresh man ministerial student from Kings Mountain, was recently e. lected president of the freshman class. A talented debater and pub lie speaker, he plans to continue his education after Gardner Webb at Wake Forest College. "Little Dean,” the sophomore so branded by his classmates as a means of distinguishing him from "Big Dean,” is an outstand. ing basketball star. Standing only 5 feet 3 inches, he is starting guard for the Bull dog five. Last year he made 'the all-conference junior college team, received the sportsmanship tro. phy in tournament play, and was second-high scorer for Gardner Webb. “Big Dean” towers a full 12 inches over his athletic friend and looks the part of a basket ball natural. He prefers, however, to watch the game from the bleachers. , The two are not related and did not know each other until they met at Garden-Webb this fall. GAS TAX REBATE The City of Kings Mountain has received a check from the state for $478.50, representing rebate on state gasoline tax on 7,975 gallons. The rebate cover ed the quarter ending Septem ber 30, Assistant Clerk Joe Mc Daniel said. ACTING CHIEF — Former Ser geant Martin Ware, four-year vet eran of the city police depart ment and a former Cleveland County deputy sheriff is acting chief of the city department. Mr. Ware succeeded in a temporary capacity former Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., resigned. Haas Replaces Halbert Webb Amo Haas formerly superin tendent of dyeing and finishing at International Looms’ Clifton, N. J., plant, has assumed a simi lar position at Neisler division of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company. Mr. Haas has succeeded R. Hal bert Webb, now associated with Morgan Mills, of Laurinburg, in a similar capacity. Announcement was made by Alfred Maino, general manager, who also announced that James Dickey has been promoted to the position of night superintendent at the Margrace plant. Mr. Maino also confirmed the resignation of Archie Wilbanks as superintendent of yam opera tions in the Neisler division. Mr. Wilbanks will join J. P. Stevens Conmpany’s Roanoke Rapids plant. He will complete his duties Here his week. Mr. Wilbanks’ replacement has not yet been announced. One-Side Parking On W. Mountain? Hike In Outside City Water Rates? Will the city order one-side parking on West Mountain street in the two block business sec tion? Will the city up the tariff on water sales to outside-city custo mers? No action has been taken but Mayor Glee A. Bridges comment ed on both questions at last Thursday’s city board session. Mayor Bridges said he felt the city’s business district traffic pro blem would be improved in e vent one-side parking is ordered on West Mountain and added he’d had some requests that park ing be limited to one side of the street. He didn't specify which dde might be limited. The inference on water rates came in a report the Mayor read stating that the City of Burling ton has changed its policy con cerning outside-of-city water sal es in two respects: 1) it has raised outside-city rates from 200 per cent to 300 percent of in-city ra tes, and 2) it has adopted a policy to install water lines outside the city only to serve some commer cial establishments. “That's what one city has done,” Mayor Bridges remarked. The commissioners offered no comment on either question and the Mayor asked no action. Out-side water customers cur. rently pay ten percent more for their water than do customers who reside inside the dty limits. City Clerk Gene Mitcham Resigns City To Ask Insurance Bids As Current Policies Expire Board Action On Coverage Taken Thursday The city board of commission ers has voted to purchase insur ance coverage on a bid basis. The action, taken unanimously by the commission at last Thurs day’s session, specifies that a gent currently underwriting city properties, notify the city clerk 45 days prior to a policy’s expir ation. In turn, the city clerk is to notify all city agents to ask bids on the policies as they come due. Luther Bennett made the mo tion, explaining that, though he is an agent, he would not be a party to the bidding while a member of the city commission. The action followed a long dis cussion of city insurance purch asing policy, originally question ed by B. F. Maner. Mr. Rlaner has stated he felt it fair to split the insurance fees. He had suggested one agent be authorized to write all the city’s insurance, with a portion of the fees to be split be tween other authorized agents of the city. uiner acuon oy me Doaru in cluded: 1) Authorization of a loading zone in front of Logan Cleaners pick-up station in the Lynch building on S. Piedmont avenue. 2) Adoption of a resolution as suring members of the city police department that a Davidson Lake site could be used for a police men’s lodge and pistol range as long as it was confined to use by the policemen as long as its use was continued. 3) Authorized of trade of ten feet of right-of-way with Sadie Mill to implement installation ot a heavier power line. The city was to be deeded ten feet off the city s right-of-way on the south side of the street. 4) Authorized an agreement with Duke Power Company Whereby Duke can use the city’s power line right-of-way on East Gold street. Duke agrees to re pole with higher poles in order to install a heavier transmission line to serve Sadie Cotton Mills. The city will use Duke’s poles to provide service to city customers. 5) Charged off a $22 account owed by Will Adams, deceased, on the Mayor’s report the amount is uncollectible. 6) Cancelled a $40 charge to Otis Falls, Sr., for a telephone pole. Mayor Bridges said the charge was made in error. The charge concerned replacement of a pole after last summer’s storm. The Mayor said Mr. Falls insur (Continued c» Page Eight) Tracy Will Be Detour Street The city will re-route its U. S. Highway 74 detour Thursday, Mayor Glee Bridges said yester. day. Plans call for U. S. 74 detour traffic to be removed from Sims and Goforth streets to Tracy street. Mayor Bridges said the city plans to install a six-inch water line on Sims and will ‘begin the installation Thursday. He added that Goforth street is not wide enough to handle detour traffic twoway. Inclement weather delayed work on the West King improve, ments during the past week lead, ing to ‘he Mayor's prediction that at least another week, per haps two, will be required to com plete the West King job and get the street re-opened to U. S. 74 traffic. Lutherans Plan Special Services St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will hold i‘s Thanksgiving ser vice next Thursday, November 29, at 9 o'clock a. m. Both Junior and Senior choirs will present special music, and the public is invited, the pastor, Dr. W. P. Gerberding said. Annual Thanksgiving service of the Women of the church will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m., the pastor also announced. The service wiji be held in ‘the chapel and will Qe preceded by a com plimentary supper at 6:30 p.m., in the church social room. I SPORTS EDITOR — Neale Pat l rick, of Gastonia, is sports editor of the Kings Mountain Herald. Mr. Patrick succeeds David Baity, who transferred to the advertis ing and news departments. Mr. Patrick is a University of North Carolina graduate, and former sports editor of the Raleigh Times and Gaston Citizen. Flu Epidemic Appeals Waning Kings Mountain’s continuing influenza epidemic seemed to be abating on Wednesday, and. vir tually everyone was praying that the downward sickness trend, would continue. City schools attendance figures were indicative of the improve ment. Supt. B. N. Barnes, himself a weekend victim of what he term ed ‘‘the walking flu”, reported Wednesday absences in the city system at slightly more than ten per cent, down heavily from the 16 percent absent on Tuesday and the more than 20 percent absent last Friday. Druggists of the city also con curred in the opinion that the epi demic is abating. Charles Blanton, of Kings Mountain Drug Company, said he was having his first quiet mo ment in the prescription depart ment for the past three weeks, and Wilson Griffin, of Griffin Drug Store, said demands for in fluenza prescriptions and patent remedies, though still heavy, was on the downward trend. Most citizens looked to the newly arrived cold snap in the weather to help eliminate the flu. The warm, rainy weather previ ously prevailing is generally des cribed as “flu and pneumonia” weather. Mothers complain of the veritable impossibility of dress ing young children properly — they’re either too hot or too cold, and grown-ups, too, have difficul ty maintaining the proper a mount of protective clothing. Medical doctors were almost uniformly tired, after a long sea son of seeing many patients a round-the-clock. TO BE RELEASED “Reb” Wiesner, six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wies ner, struck by an automobile several weeks ago, is stoadilji improving and is expected to be released from Kings Mountain hospital Thursday. Suits Quashed As Three Pay Assessments Three Kings Mountain citizens who were facing legal action by the city for collection of street assessment balances paid their accounts last Thursday. The three are J. E. Mauney, John B. Mauney, and John Rid die. Suit had already been lodged agains' Mr. Riddle in amount of $30.37. City attorney J. R. Davis re ported the payments at the board of commissioner session last Thursday night. Balances paid included $17.14 by John B. Mauney and $71 by J. E. Mauney, Mr. Davis reported. One other delinquent on street assessment costs has made ar rangements to amortize his ac count, Mayor Glee A. Bridges re ported. Leroy Camp, charged with a balance of $72.34 and reported in ill health 'by the Mayor, has agreed to pay the city $10 per month until the account is closed, Mayor Bridges said. Collection of the street-paving assessments has been a continu ing argument between these citi zens and the administration for several months, with the citizens variously charging thlat 1) they were improperly assessed, 2) were assessed for shoddy work which didn't meet specifications, and 3) that interest charges of -Sfk'per cent per year should be waived. Under state law, the statute of limitations on collection of street improvements assessments is ten years. City Clerk Gene Mitcham said the ten year period since the assessments were confirmed was near and that the suits were contempla'ed to prevent loss of the accounts. Yule Parade Plans Shaping Santa Claus will pay a pre Christmas visit to Kings Moun. tain Wednesday, December 4, as one of many personages in the Merchants 40-unit yule parade. The parade will officially launch the Christmas shopping season in Kings Mountain and will begin at 4:30 p.m. Among parade personalities will be pretty Elaine Herndon, of Durham, Miss North Carolina, and numerous beauty queens from area schools and surround ing cities. Numerous bands and floats will also feature the pa. rade. Miss Herndon has notified the Merchants association committee, of which Charles Blanton is chair man, she will come to Charlotte by plane where she will be met by a committee of welcomers and will be brought to Kings Moun tain for the annual Christmas opening event. Representative Basil L. White, ner, of Gastonia, has also notified Mrs. Elaine Queen, Merchants Secretary, he expects to be pres, ent for the parade. Mrs. Queen estimated this week that some 35-40 units had been entered in this year’s even1 and guessed that others may still pro vide. parade entries. Boyce Memorial ARP Members Vote To Sing Hymns, As Well As Psalms Members of Boyce Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian church voted 74 to 56 to add to the musical worship service. The action broke a long tradition for the Kings Mountain church. Motion by M. A. Ware to autho rize the moderator, Dr. W. L. Pressly, to name a songbook com mittee and a counter motion by John L. McGill to authorize the board of elders to name a song book committee were withdrawn after request by Marriott D. Phi fer. Prior to the voting, conducted by written ballot, short talks in support of retaining the tradi tional Boyce Memorial policy of singing only Psalms were made by Mrs. Helen Galloway Neal, rMrs. Elizabeth McGill Gamble, Mrs. Minnie Ware Phifer and Mrs. Lona White McGill. Short talks in favor of making hymn-singing permissive were made by Ben H. Goforth, Jr., chairman of the board of deacons, by Donald Crawford, and Mrs. Juanita Hudspeth Steffy. Mrs. Johnsie P. Ware made a brief talk emphasizing need for unity in the church. Dr. Pressly, the pastor, had stated, "It is a time for talent, prayer and tact.” Until ten years ago, all Associ. ate Refotjmed Presbyterian chur ches employed only Psalms in their services. At that time, the General Synod voted to make the singing of hymns optional. Since, numerous churches have employ, ed synod-approved hymnals in cluding both Psalms and hymns. RESIGNS — City Clerk Gene Mit cham has resigned, effective De cember 1, to take the position of accountant with Carolina Pipe line Company, a natural gas pub lic utility with headquarters in Columbia, S. C. Textile Orders Up Slightly Textile business has shown per ceptible, if slight, improvement in Kings Mountain during the past three weeks. Two firms which have been running considerably below ca. pacity for several months were among those noticing increase in orders. They are Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company, and the Noisier division of the Mass achusetts Mohair Plush Company. Alfred Maino, general manager of the Neisler division of Massa. chusetts Mohair, confirmed re ports on the increase of orders here. He said the increase is “not near as much as we need” but that it would enable the firm to put 14 idle looms into produc tion and would result in longer work weeks for many employees who have been on part-time sche dules for several weeks. Several Neisler employees re. ported receiving paychecks for a five-day week last Thursday for the first time in months. Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company upped work schedules to five days three weeks ago, and anticipates maintaining this sche dule in the immediate future. Cur rently, two shifts are 'being ope rated on a five-day basis, and the third is to resume a five-day work week as quickly as machinery changeovers, now underway, are complete. Franklin Ware, manager of the Kings Mountain branch of the state Employment service, said Wednesday, “Two or three work, ers were called back to Neisler this week and 'there were no new layoffs.” Mr. Ware also reported that Park Yarn officials told him they anticipate 1958 business will com pare to 1957 and anticipate con tinuance of current five-day week production schedules. He said he had received a similar report from Mauney Mills, Inc. Linda Bisei Wins Contest Linda Biser, high school senior, was adjudged winner of the 1958 Voice of Democracy contes' spon sored toy Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, and will compete at Shelby next Wednes day for district honors. Miss Biser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Biser, and other contestants were honored by the Jaycees a*: their Tuesday night meeting, when contest results were announced. Runner-up was Paula Owens, sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Owens. Miss Biser was awarded a tro phy, and Miss Owens was award, ed a plaque. Other contestants were Linda Logan, junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lawrence Logan, and Sherry Goins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Goins. Each contestant’s address was entitled “I Speak for Democracy” and each recited for the Jaycees Tuesday. District contest winers wijl com pete at Forest City for Nor*h Carolina honors. Kenneth Pruitt was chairman of the Jaycee contest committee. Yule Club Checks In Mail Friday First National Bank will mail its 1957 Christmas club checks Friday. Bank officials say the total pay ment to club members will total $85,000, up some $15,000. over last year’s record payment. Assistant Clerk Joe McDaniel Likely Successor City Clerk Gene Mitcham has : tendered his resignation effective I December 1. Mr. Mitcham is resigning to accept ‘.he position of accountant with Carolina 'Pipeline Company, a natural gas utility, franchised to sell natural gas in South Caro I lina. I The Clerk tendered his resig. nation to the mayor and -board of commissioners on Saturday, and ‘he board has been summon ed to meet in special session to act on the resignation Thursday evening at 7:30. Indications are that Assistant City Clerk Joe McDaniel will be offered ‘lie top position and that he may accept. The position currently pays $■1200 per year, with $3900 being paid by the city and $300 by the city natural gas system, which the clerk also serves as chief accounting officer. The clerk has also served as secretary-treasur er of the city recreation com mission. Mr. Mitcham said he expects to report for work at Columbia, S. C., December 1, and will move his residence there when it is convenient for his wife, a teach, er of the fifth grade at North school, to relinquish her teaching duties. Mr. Mitcham became city clerk on February 15, 1955, succeeding Joe Hendrick. He is a graduate of LenoirJRhyne college, class of 1950, and is a veteran of three years of service in the coast guard. Mrs. Mitcham is the former Margaret Lea, of Hickory. They have two daughters. The family are members of Resurrection Lu theran church. Mr. Mitcham is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Mitcham and has been active in the work of the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce. In his letter of resignation, Mr. Mitcham recommended an in‘er im audit of both the city and gas system books, and commented, ‘‘My tenure has been most en joyable and educational. I have had the pleasure of working un der two fine administrations and with my excellent city employees, all of whom I shall remember fondly.” NLRB Hearing Next Wednesday National Labor Relations board hearing 0n petition of the United Cement, Lime and Gypsum work, ers to represent Foote Mineral Company employees as bargain ing representative will be held in the postoffice building at Charlotte next Wednesday, be ginning a1 10 o’clock. The union has claimed it holds membership cards for a majori ty of Foote’s employees and the company has denied the union contention. If customary procedure is fol lowed, an NLRB election on the question will be conducted Sub sequent to the hearing. Foote employees have twice re. jected union organizing bids, first in 1954 and again in 1956. ARP s Schedule Thursday Service Annual Thanksgiving service and breakfast at Boyce Memorial ARP church will toe held next Thursday morning a" 7:30 a.m., the pastor, Dr. W. L. Pressly, has announced. Members will gather at 7:30 a. m. at the church and the meal will be served by men of the church at 8 a. m. In charge of serving the meal are members 6f the Neil Baird Bible class. Other members of the committees are Oscar McCarter, George Mar. row, W. G. Grantham, Ben Go forth, Sr., Garrison Goforth, Mar vin Goforth, and R. S. Burton. Merchants Suspend Mid-Week Closing Wednesday afternoon was the final half-holiday for Kings Mountain retail merchants un til after. Christmas. The Kings Mountain Mer chants association announced that business, firms, according to association by-laws, will re main open Wednesday after noon and subsequent Wednes days until after Christmas to accommodate yule shoppers. Virtually all firms will close Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 28) Mrs. Elaine Queen, Merchants Secretary, said Wednesday.
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