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Population Cheater 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 Limits figure Is from the United .States census of 1950. VOL 69 No. I PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins WOMAN'S CLUB Election of officers and a re port from the state president are on the agenda for the gen eral meeting of the Woman’s club at the clubhouse Friday at 4 o’clock. The International Re lations Department is hostess for the meeting and all mem bers are urged to be present. OFFICE CLOSED Mrs. Billie G. Logan has an nounced that her office here will be closed for several days while she is in Washington, D. C. on a business trip. Mrs. Lo gan expects to return home on Saturday. ON DEAN'S LIST The Dean’s List for the fall quarter at King’s college in cludes the following students from Cleveland County: Doris Dellinger, Bobby Elmore, Betty Hord, Guy Allen Murray, Al fred Tate, and Jeanette Ivey. VFW MEETING Kings Mountain Post. Veter ans of Foreign Wars, will hold its regular meeting Thursday (tonight) at 7:30 p. m. at City Hall, it has been announced. SERVICES St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will broadcast the 11 a. m. service over radio station WKMT throughout the mon'h of January. Sunday Dr. Ger berding will speak on “The Quest Of The Wise Men". PAYNE RETURNS Dean Payne, former sales man for Cooper’s, Inc., Kings Mountain furniture firm, has rejoined the staff, General Man ager Harold Coggins announced this week. Blood Donors Give 137 Pints Kings Mountain citizens donat ed 137 pints of blood, only 13 short of the quota, at the Mon day visit of the Red Cross Blood mofoile. Rev. R. Douglas Fritz, chair, man of the Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter’s blood program, said he was highly pleased with the response. Of the 137 pints of blood col lected, 124 were furnished by in dustrial employees and Mr. Fritz listed the following donations: Margrace Mill, 26 donors; Foote Mineral Campany, 40; Burlington Mills, 18; “Lambeth Rope Corpo. ration, 8; Mauney Mills, 7; Slater Brothers, 8; Craftspun Mills, 4; Sadie Mills, 4; Park Yarn Mills, 2- Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company, 2; Bonnie Mills, 2; Mauney Hosiery, 1; Lithium Cor poration, l; and Neely Mills, of York, S. C., 2 donors. Under the credit card arrange ment a firm will qualify, Mr. Fritz’ pointed out, for six month blood credit cards for all emplo yees and their families, if 20 per cent of the firm’s employees do na^e blood. With demand ior oioou mgn, a person must have a blood donor credit card to agree to replace blood should he be administered it. Mr. Fritz said he was pleased wth the response of industrial employees to ’he credit card plan. New members of the gallon club announced by Mr. Fritz, in clude Nelson Ledbetter, Arlene Barrett Andy Huffstetler, and Hilliard Black. Other members who have donated two gallons or more include C. J. OauF Jr., George H. Mauney, Hood Wat terson William B. McSwain, Troy L Wright, Yates Harbison, John p' Lackey, J. H. Patterson, and ^Volunteer workers included Mrs J B. Ellis, Mrs. Kenneth Mc Gill, Mrs. C. F. Harry, III. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. John Mc Gill Mrs. P. G. Ratterree, Mrs. C. 3. Gault, Jr., Miss Ava Ware, Mrs Paul Neisler, Jr., Mrs. Char les Neisler, Mrs. P. G. Padgett, Mrs Arnold Kiser, Mrs. T L. Kesler, Mrs. W. P. Gerberdmg, Mrs I- W. Painter, Mrs. Philip Francis, Mrs. P. Wright. Mrs. Ver leen Herndon, Mrs. P. D. Pat rick, Mrs. Bon Blanton, Mrs. Grady Patterson. Mrs. Harry Page Mrs. David Hamrick, Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, Mrs. Cole, Mrs J. M. Rhea, Mrs. W. K. Mau ney, Jr., Mrs. Andy Huffstetler, Mrs. Jacob Cooper, and Mrs. George Houser. Mr. Fritz listed the following physicians who participated in the visit: Dr. George Plonk, Dr. Avery McMurray, Dr. Paul No lan Dr. P. G. Padgett, Dr. Ken neth McGill and Dr. Craig Jones. Oonors included: Joseph L. Hayes, fra M. Farris, Paul Pat Continued On Page Five FIRST 1958 BABY — Mrs. Doyle Norris ss pictured with her son, Scott Willard Norris, apparent winner of both the Kings Mountain and Cleveland county baby derby contests for 1958. The youngster ar rived just after midnight January 1. The youngster is the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Norris. Pictured with the mother and baby is Mrs. Jean Dedmon. a nurse at Kings Mountain hospital. (Photo by Paul Lemmons. Shelby Star) Norris Boy Wins 1958 Baby Derby Kings Mountain Arrival First In This County Scott Willard Norris, apparent ly the winner of Kings Moun tain's Baby Derby as well as the county wide contest, arrived just 12 seconds after the joyous shout “Happy New Year!" went up. Kings Mountain and Cleveland County’s first new citizen is the first child of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Norris of 613 Mauney Avenue. Young Norris made his debut into the world at Kings Moun tain Hospital just after midnight January 1, assisted by Dr. John McGill. Weighing seven pounds-seven and one-half ounces at birth, the youngster is in line for a shower ing of gifts from Kings Mountain and Shelby Merchants. The “proud papa’’ is an em ployee of Bridges Texaco Service Station. The twenty-eight year old mo ther is the former Polly Haynes, and grandparents of the new ar rival are Mr. and Mrs. Mart Hay nes and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Norris of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Norris replied to the query of how do you feel about the whole thing with, “Well, I cer tainly never dreamed ours would win the Baby Derby.” During the short interview a visitor came in for a short con versation and was overheard making plans to have a sling shot and boxing gloves on hand for the “bouncing baby boy’s” ar rival at home. Too Bad, Chewers, No P. O. Cuspidors Kenneth O. Pruitt, of the Kings Mountain postoffice staff, thought that the post office cuspidors were outmoded and took the trouble to write a recommendation to the At lanta regional Headquarters. The result of Mr. Pruitt’s recommendation, given in con nection with the post office em ployee suggestion program, is that Kings Mountain postoffice no longer has the old familiar cuspidors. They were replaced on Mon day with sand containers. Postmaster Charles Alexan der says correspondence with regional headquarters indicates an appropriate award will be forthcoming. Hezald Eired In Loot Report The Herald erroneously report ed in last week’s edition that lo cal youths Gene Layton, Lill Staggs, Virgil Hamrick, and Pete Glaze, of Gastonia confessed to a Grover break-in. The break-in should have been attributed to three Gaston Coun ty youths who confessed to the Tessener Service Station theft. Acting Chief Martin Ware told the Herald. The Herald regrets the error. Herald Headlines Give Summary 01 Area's Major 1957 Happenings Newspaper headlines recorded ! a large number of news events during the year just ending. Looking back on 1957, Kings Mountain citizens could see in re trospect that in 1957 they had generally bad their share of fun and frolic, happiness, and sad ness. City politics claimed a share of Herald headlines during the year. Kings Mountain citizens at 'the biennial election in May approv ed fluoridation of the city water supply by a 2-1 margin. The elec tion year also saw Hev. S. T. Cooke became the city’s first Ne. gro citizen to vie for a seat on the city commission 'board and saw 2135 citizens turn out to vote in a run-off election. Announcement in December that Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com pany would become an industrial citizen of the county culminated a long series of events whereby Shelby Chamber of Commerce, aided by many other county groups and individuals, sought to bring Pittsburgh to Cleveland county. Cleveland County’s econ omy is expected to be boosted considerably, 'both by construc tion of the multi-million dollar fibre glass plant and its subse quent operation. Activities of the Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce also featured top news stories. The business development firm is pro moting sale of stock in January. Launching of a new plant at Shelby by the Paul M. Neisler family, naming of Everett (Shu) Carlton as "Young Man of the Year," presentation of a gift to the. hospital memorializing Dr. Oliver Falls, physician and in-; dustrialist, purchase by.Southern Bell of a lot for future dial ex pansion, union activity a* several area firms, announcement by Haywood E. Lynch, businessman, that he would offer for the state legislature post, and voting by First Bap‘ist church members on proffer of a new church site, were among many other news e vents of the year. Death of Dorus Bess, Negro, halted the city’s non-death safety1 record. Another tragic accident1 took the life of Fred Smith, tex tile worker, at the Margrace rail road crossing, and another, the drowning of a Negro youth at the Patterson Plant pond of Kings (Continued on Page Eight) Businessmen Here Not —i It's Tag Tima; "FS-I" Fomu Are Required Nor*h Carolina and City of Kings Mountain auto license tags go on sale Tuesday. There’s no change at City Hall, where a dollar will get a motorist a shiny new 1958 license tag. But there is a big change re garding the North Carolina li cense plate, which can be ordered from the state department of Mo tor Vehicles or purchased at num erous spots throughout the state. The change is this: a license plate won’t be vended unless the owner can show an “FS-T form”, which is a certificate from an insurance agent shows that ^he automobile is covered with lia bility insurance. It’s a new state law passed by the 1957 General Assembly that became effective January 1. No longer will a citizen he able to drive, have a wreck, then offer himself as the turnip from which the other wrecked motorist can’t remove blood. He’ll either have coverage if his car is North Caro lina licensed, or ne can unve n after February 15, unless he’s willing to have a state highway patrolman hail him to court. The new law has resulted in heavy new business for virtually every insurance agent in the sta*e, but the necessity to provide cli ents “FS-1” forms has kept the insurance agents especially busy. The Department of Motor Ve hicles warns: “Don’t go up to the license counter with nothing more than money and a registration card in your hand. If you do, you will have to go back for the certifi cate and then go back to the end of the line. If you order tags by mail you should send in your certificate along with money and registration card. If you don't, this too will cause considerable delay. You can’t drive your car after February 15, without a license: you can’t buy your license with out an FS-1; and you can’t get a certificate without insurance. That answers all the major ques tions except one—“How much will it cost?” And the cost for each in dividual depends on a number of factors we are told. The best thing *o do is to see an insurance agent who can give you the cor rect answers about costs.” Martin Wreck Damages High A skid on a slippery road end ed in a costly accident for Wal ter Clifton Martin of Polkton as he motored in Kings Mountain Christmas Day. Traveling west on E. King St. he entered a curve in his 1957 Buick, lost control on the slippery pavement and skidded 25 feet. Leaving the road on the right side his automobile skidded backward for another 75 feet, go ing through a picket fence and hitting a large neon sign at Kings Mountain Court. The Martin vehicle was dam aged to an estimated $900.00 ex tent to the right front wheel, left rear fender, door, tail-light and rear. The back end was reported out of line. Also damaged was the large neon sign and the picket fence, listed at $800.00. An accident Monday, Decem ber 30 at 4:25 on N. Piedmont Avenue involved a 1949 Ford ; coup driven by Geneva Ware of 824 N. Piedmont ave., and a 1954 Chrysler driven by Oscar Har old Annis of 207 Wilson St., Mor ganton. The Ware vehicle was turning into the driveway at Mrs. Ware's resident, making a right turn in doing so. The second vehicle struck the Ware car in the right rear fender. Damage to the Ware car was estimted at $50.00 while the An- j nis vehicle received $100.00 in j damages to the right front fen- J der and bumper. There were no injuries and no arrests were made. Investigating officers were B. ' P. Cook and P. R. Sanders. Red Cress Asks Gifts Few Needy Donations to an area needy family of eight are being sought by the Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter. Mrs. J. N. Gamble, Red Cross executive secretary, said the family is especially in need of a cook stove, though donations of food an //or cloth-ng may be di-1 rected to the Red Cross office for distribution. Th" lather, Mrs. Gamble says, is without a job and the children are small. Myers’ Will Close Department Store PHESIDENT — John A. Cheshire, Jr., will be installed Thursday night as president of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club for 1958. Mr. Cheshire will si rceed Harold Coggins. Kiwanis Officers To Be Installed Richard E. Thigpen, Charlotte attorney, past president of the Charlotte Kiwanis club, and past governor of the Carolinas dis trict, will install 1958 officers of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at a ladies night event Thursday night. The banquet will begin at 6:45 at the Woman’s Club. Officers to be installed are John A. Cheshire, Jr., president, George H. Mauney, vice-president, John C. Smashers, second vice-presi dent, John L. McGill, treasurer, and W. S. Fulton, Jr., secretary. Mr. Cheshire will succeed Harold Coggins as president of the civic club. Directors to be installed are J. T. Nance, James E. Amos, W. Gurney Grantham, J. H. Thom son, William F. Young, Drace M. Peeler, and Charles Neisler. Beaver Gives Organ Recital Gordon Beaver, former minis, ter of music at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, presented his graduating recital in St. James Chapel of Union Theological Sem inary in New York recently. Mr. Beaver will receive a degree of master of sacred music upon his graduation in the spring. The pipe organ recital included “Chorale Partita” on "Oh What Shall I A Sinner, Do?” by Pachel bel; four selections by Bach, "By The Waters Of Babylon”, “From Naught Shall God Divide Me”, “Jesus Christ, Our Lord And Sav ior”, and "Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor”, and eonclued with “Medieval Suite” by Langlais. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver and son, Mark visited Mrs. Beaver’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Maun ey during Christmas. Vandals Feast At Central School Vandalizing pranksters helped I themselves to a New Year’s Eve j or morning oreakfast at Central school cafeteria. Principal Law son Brown reported to city police Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Brown had just discovered the breaking. entering and breakfasting result. City Policeman Paul Sanders, investigating the break-in along with Officer P. A. Hawkins, said a group of persons had fried eggs, opened a can of pork and beans, toasted bread, buttered it, then feasted. They also built a fire in the storage room floor. Towels had been placed over the windows to blot out the light. Officer Sanders said he had no clues but felt sure the feasters were “persons who either go to Central school or who have been students at Central school." They knew the cafeteria layout per fectly, Mr. Sanders commented. Charges of breaking and en tering and larceny could be filed agaifist the malcreants. 20-Year-Old Firm To Be Liquidated Myers Department Store, lead ing Kings Mountain retail estab lishment will be liquidated, O. W. Myers, owner of the 20-year old establishment, announced this week. Concurrently, Mr. Myers plac ed a full-page advertisement in this issue of the Herald head lined “Closeout Sale.” The news came as a shock to the business community. Other retailers, in other retail categor ies and competitors alike, found it hard to believe the news that Myers’ Department Store is to be liquidated. Mr. Myers, veteran retailer in Kings Mountain since 1932, ob served his 72nd birthday in Oc tober. He said his physical abili ties no longer permit him to ser ve the public in the manner he endeavors to serve his customers. He is not particularly unwell, he noted, but says he doesn’t feel he can continue his present active pace. He estimated it will require two to three months to liquidate the business, located at the southeast corner of Mountain street at Cherokee street in the W. S. Fulton building. Mr. Myers began his career in retailing at Gaffney, S. C., with the late J. C. Ratcliff. He later worked for the lafe H. L. Gaff ney, in Union, S. C., before join ing the W. H. Belk organization in 1932. His first chore was to move the Clover, S. C., store to Kings Mountain about two mon ths later. In 1938, he opened Myers’ Department Store, about a year later expanded with a ready-to-wear shop, now man aged by Mrs. Myers. Mr. and Mrs. Myers are mem bers of First Presbyterian church. They have two children, W. Earle Myers, of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Robert Ryan, of Char lotte. Jaycee Award Nominees Asked Kings Mountain Jaycees are in. viting nominaions for Kings Mountain’s "Young Man of 1957", Contest deadline is Monday. George Thornasson, chairman of the committee on arrange-1 ments for the annual contest, re ported nominees need no* be mem. fcers of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Any Kings Mountain man 21-35 years of age is eligible for the distinguished service a-j ward for community leadership, j Mr. Thornasson added. A judging! committee of citizens of the com-1 munity over 35 years of age will i make the selec'ion. Mr. Thornasson said nomina-: tions should be forwarded to Box I 205, Kings Mountain. The contest winner will be an- j nounced at the annual Bosses ‘Night banquet of the Jaycees on January 21. The banquet is being held in conjunc*ion with the local group’s observance of Jayceej week, a nationwide observance, January 19-26. Employers of Jaycees will be among special guests of the civic j organization at the Bosses’ Night event. Annual County, City Tax Listing Chore Gets Underway On Thursday City and No. 4 Township tax listing is underway as of Thurs day, January 2 at City Hall in Kings Mountain and Grover ac cording to announcements this week by J. W. Webster, Kings Mountain tax official, and Con rad Hughes, county tax lifter. Books will be open through January 31 at City hall every weekday except Saturday. Hours will be from 8 a. m. un til noon and 1 p. ni. until 4:30 p. m. Conrad Hughes, county lister, will follow the city schedule ex cepting a weekly visit to R. E. Hambright’s Store in Grover on Saturdays. Grover listers may contact him there on January 4, 11, 18, and 25. All property owners are re quired by law to list all real and personal property for taxes. Males between the ages of 21 and 50 are required to list for poll taxes. If you live on a farm, you are also required to make a farm re port. Also included in the listing must be owners of dogs. Mr. Hughes stated Monday that late listers will be penalized and encouraged all to list early and avoid the last-minute rush. J. W. Webster, city tax lister also urged early listing. "I want to impress on their minds,” he commented, “that waiting until the last minute always gets u jammed up, resulting in delay for the people. Early listing will save much time.” CHIEF OF STAFF — Dr. Paul E. Hendricks has been elected chief of the medical staff of Kings Mountain hospital. He assumed the duties Wednesday. Hendricks New Hospital Chief Dr. Paul E. Hendricks has been elected chief of the medical staff of Kings Mountain hospital. Dr. Hendricks succeeds Dr. P. G. Padgett. The change was ef. fective January 1. Other new staff officers are Dr. Kenneth McGill, vice-presi dent, and Dr. George W. Plonk, secretary-treasurer. Dr. John C. McGill is retiring vice-president and Dr. Kenneth McGill is retiring secretary-trea surer. City Welcomes New Year ‘S3 New Year 1958 arrived at mid night Tuesday amidst a din of noise and gaie*y at numerous private and semi-private gather, ings. As the strains of “Auid Lang Syne", traditional harbinger of a bright New Year, were played in Kings Mountain and throughout the nation, horns sounded, staid businessmen in funny hats threw confetti, and there was a heavy incidence of New Year greetings. Next day was a holiday for many folk, as majority of retail ers and financial institutions closed their doors for the day. However, there was work under way inside some of these doors. Retailers were working on year end inventory figures, always a tedious chore, and finanacial in stitutions were compiling year end statements. Majority of Kings Mountain in. dustry was back in stride after a week-long shutdown for Christ, mas holidays. City and Park Grace school youngsters were enjoying their last holiday before the long s* ret oh between resumption of classes Thursday and the Easter weekend respite. In spite of the prediction by most economic forecasters that the first six months of 1958 will be somewhat “thin", Kings Moun tain industry and business seemed confident that the wolf is hardly at the door. Re'ailers were taking comfort from good December sales figures. Some reported they met last year’s big Christmas season sales totals, while others said the final la‘e surge of buy ing placed their firms in close proximity to last year’s opera tions. Generally, retail inventories were down and several firms re ported slight buying curtailments placed *hem in a better cash po sition than a year-end 1957. Leaders Give Their Opinions On Prospects Kings Mountain’s economic prospects for 1958 range from fair to good, a spot survey of area industrialists showed New Year s Day. In total, the reports were sim ilar to those prevailing through out the nation, but textile reports showed slightly better than in i some months past. W. K. Mauney, yarn manufac turer, said that Mauney Mills, Inc., and Bonnie Cotton Mills have orders for three to four months. “Cotton of good grade is hard to get and profit margins are thin. However, we expect to operate and to provide work for i our employees.” A. S. Maino, general manager j of Neisler Division of Massachus etts Mohair Plush Company, re ! ported "good business at the ! Pauline plant, more orders need ed at Margrace plant, particular i ly for flat goods.” Mr. Maino j said it is possible, producing pile I fabrics exclusively, the Pauline j piant will move to a six-day per ! week schedule. Pile fabrics bus I ine'Ss, representing 54 looms at Margrace plant, is expected to improve. The outlook for operat ing at full production the 38 looms weaving flat goods is not | as encouraging, he reported. He is looking forward to the upcom j ing furniture markets in Chicago and High Point to up orders and I production. I Paul M. Neisler, Sr., of Kings | Mountain, head of new Dicey Fabrics, Inc., at Shelby, said his firm has a good offering of fab rics samples for the upcoming High Point market. Lithium production is expected to continue at full blast at Foote Mineral Company, in spite of re cent price cuts by American Pot ash Company. Neil O. Johnson, general manager, says, “Our plans are to operate as-we have.” In building, Ben H. Bridges, secretary- treasurer of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan assoc iation, thinks there is to be an which should give an up makets which should give an up ward shove to home building. He expects his firm to supply cash for the building of many homes, as well as for additions and re novations, during the coming year, and thinks it will match the 1957 pace at worse. Wilson Crawford, acting presi dent of Kings Mountain Business Development, Inc.: “Unemploy ment increased during 1957 and general retail business apparent ly declined during the year. This trend is not likely to be improv ed for the first half of year, but it is hoped by the officers and directors of this organization that we will not only be in business in strength by the second half of the year, but that the Business Development Corporation will be able tc help Kings Mountain’s employment situation before the end of 1958.” Charles E. Dixon, president of Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation and an auto company sales manager, thinks the auto mobile business will improve. His comment was: “It’ll be as good, if not better, than 1957." Arrest Tally Totals 107 Kings Mountain Police Depart ment arrested 107 persons during the holiday month of December. Violation of motor vehicle law's accounted for 27 arrests. Public drunkenness noted 22 offenders while violation of prohibition iaws netted 10 arrests. Six capiases were issued and six people were arrested for “other assaults’’. Larceny charges tolled five. Four juvenile delin quents also figured in the ar rests. Drunk drivers during the holiday totaled four. Three each were arrested on charges of worthless checks and for investi. gation. Non-support cases numbered two arrests as did disposing of mortgaged property. Three were arrested on charges of forcible trespass. Possession of fireworks and non-compliance with N. C. School law's noted two arrests each. Peace warrant, breaking and entering, bastardy, fugitive from S. C., violation of unemployment security laws and temporary in. sanity accounted for one arrest each.
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