Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 The figure lor Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits ligure is from the United States census of 1950. Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 2, 1958 Sixty-Ninth Year 1C Pages lU Today PRICE TEN CENTS VOL 69 No. 40 Established 1899 local News Bulletins HOMECOMING Homecoming Day services will be held Sunday at East Side Baptist church, with Rev. Carl Greene, pastor, and Rev. R. L. Chaney, a former pastor, to speak at 11 a. m. Dinner will follow, and special sing ing will begin at 2 p. m. All singers are invited to partici pate. FAMILY NIGHT Dixon Presbyterian church will hold family night at the church Saturday night, with supper at 6:30 p. m. to be fol lowed by a program on church extension, “Building the Chur ch”. Women of the church are planning the program. LEGION MEETING Regular meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Le gion will be held at the Legion Building Thursday night at 8 o’clock, according on announ cement by Ray Cline, comman der. RANDALL REUNION Descendants of William and Sara Ross Randall will hold a reunion Sunday in the fellow ship hall of Bethlehem Baptist Church. The reunion will begin following morning church ser vices. TO FORT BENNING Sgt. L. J. Morris will report for duty this week end at Fort Benning, Ga| Sgt. Morris has recently returned to the United States after three years of duty in France. Mrs. Morris is the former Virginia Plonk, of Kings Mountain. NEW MEMBERS Jimmy Dickey, of Kings • Mountain, was inducted into membership by Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club at the civic club’s regular Thursday night meeting. PRESBYTERIANS Rev. P. D. Patrick, field rep resentative at Columbia Semi nary in Decatur, Ga., will de liver the Sunday morning mes sage at First Presbyterian church and conduct the com munion service. Mr. Patrick was the Presbyterian minister here until Sept. 1 when he be gan his new duties. FIRE City Fireman C. D. Ware said Wednesday the depart ment had a call to 207 N. Tra cy Street Monday to douse a blaze in a shorted-out electric stove. Minor damage to the stove was reported and no da mage to the house. PLEDGES FRATERNITY James A. Pressly, of Kings Mountain, was among 235 Da vidson college students pled ging social fraternities follow ing rush week. Mr. Pressly, a freshman, pledged Pi Kappa Phi fraternity. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Pressly. Scouts To Deliver New CD Phamplet Kings Mountain Boy Scouts will join some 5,700 Scouts and Explorers of the Piedmont Coun cil as the Scouts mobilize on Oc tober 11 for their biggest Good Turn of 1958—delivery of the Federal Civil Defense “Handbook for Emergencies” to every home in this area. High light of the Boy Scouts of America National Safety Good Turn, the handbook delivery is -being duplicated in every town and city across A merica. Starting at 9 a. m. on “Deliv ery Day”, Scouts from 301 local units will carry safety messages and the CD booklets to homes in assigned territories. Distribution centers for each area of the Council and details for delivery of the handbook were set up and organized by a committee of vol unteers under Dr. H. S. Plaster of 9heltby, N. C., Council Health and Safety Chairman, and W. T. Dibben of Shelby, N. C., Council Chairman for Civic Service. The handbook is a guide to help families prepare for natural and man-made disaster. It em phasizes five steps to safety, covering such topics as home shelters, flood and hurricane preparations, first aid, warning signals, Conelrad instructions, fallout protection, and commu nity emergency planning. In the Kings Mountain district, Dr. P. G. Padgett is chairman of health and safety, and Paul Mauney is civic service chair man. ASC Committees To Be Elected In Thursday Vote Cleveland County farmers will choose. ASC committeemen Thursday, in voting at 11 com munities. The voting will be conducted from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. Local area voting places are: Number 4 community, at Beth ware school; Number 5 commu nity, at Ray Strewalt’s store in Waco. In each township, the nominee receiving most ballots will be community chairman and dele gate to the October 21 county convention. Nominee placing second will be community vice chairman and alternate conven tion delegate. Nominee placing third will be the regular member of the. community committee, and nominees placing fourth and fifth will be alternate members. Number 5 community nomi nees are William Wright, Earl Eaker, Charles A. Goforth, Glenn Sperling, Giles C. Sellers, Cole man Goforth, Kenneth Wright, Clifford Hamrick, William Law rence Plonk, George Dover, Louis Sellers, Lamar Cline and A. T. Randall. Number 4 community nomi nees are Stough Wright, Alex Owens, Clyde Randle, Willis Har mon, Otto Williams, Hugh Falls, Nevette Hughes, Lamar Herndon, Howard Herndon, Jim Yarboro, H. K. Dixon, and Leonard Gam ble. County ASC officers are D. B. Blalock, of Kings Mountain, chairman, Warren Warlick, of Lawndale, vice-chairman, and Ralph Harrill, office manager. Still loins USDA In Davie Conuty Garland E. Still, Jr., for two years vocational agriculture in structor at Richfield high school in Stanly county, has resigned to become soil conservationist for the United States Department of Agriculture in Davie county. As soil conservationist, Mr. Still will be responsible for the Davie county soil and water con servation program. At Richfield high school, Mr. Still directed activities of the Fu ture Farmers of America chapter which won various district con tests and placed first in the 1957 state dairy judging contest. Mr. and Mrs. Still will reside at Mocksville. Legion Schedules Series Of Dances Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri can Legion, has announced plans for three fortnightly dances. Square and round dances will be held Saturday nights October 4, 18, and November 1. It was also announced that the Legion kitchen will be open each Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening. IN NEW ASSIGNMENT — Capt. Joe R. Penland. Kings Mountain native, has become deputy chief of staff of personnel of field command at the armed forces special weapons project, Sandia base. New Mexico. Penland Gets New Assignment ALBUQUERQUE — Capt. Joe R. Penland, veteran Navy offi cer recently assigned to Sandia Base here, has been named Dep uty Chief of Staff for Personnel of Field Command, Armed Forc es Special Weapons Project. He succeeds Capt. M. W. Cole man, who held that position the last two years. Captain Coleman was named commanding officer of the USS Ticonderoga, an at tack aircraft carrier in the Pa cific Fleet, in mid-August. Captain Penland also assumed command of the Naval Adminis trative unit at the local base, succeeding Capt. Daniel C. Good man in that capacity at a change of command ceremony recently Captain Goodman is deputy chiel of staff for operations of the Field Command headquarters. A native of Kings Mountain, N. C., Capt. Penland has been in the Navy since 1929 and was com missioned upon graduation from the U. S. -Naval Academy at An napolis, Md., in 1935. He holds the coveted Navy Cross plus- the Air and Bronze Star medals for World War II duty on the aircraft car riers Enterprise and Nehenth Bay. His wife, Martha, and sons, Robert, 16, and Joseph, 10, ac companied him to his assignment here. They reside on base in Quar ters 1720. Captain Penland is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Pen land, Kings Creek, S. C. He gra duated from Kings Mountain high school in 1929. KIWANIS CLUB Charles K. Foy, principal of Gastonia’s Peeden Elementary school and past president of the Gastonia Toastmaster’s club, will address Kings Moun tain Kiwanians at their Thurs day night meeting at the Wo man’s club. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. City To Re-Top Canslei, Other Streets 01 City The city board of commission ers approved Monday re-surfac ing and other improvements for numerous city streets. Included in tHe group approved at the special session were: Resurfacing of Cansler street from Hawthorne road to W. King street; resurfacing of Cansler street from W. King to Childers street; resurfacing of Cansler from Childers to Walker street; resurfacing of Childers from Can sler to Tracy, resurfacing of Broad street and resurfacing of the Sadie Mill loop; also Paving of Branch street, from Bennett drive to Cleveland ave nue, and paving of Bridges street from Ramseur street to the city limits, if and when petition is re ceived and when funds are avail able. In another action, the board ac cepted a bid of $3,044.50 from O. O. Walker,, contractor, for instal lation of a sewer pump station on Country Club road. The board also authorized trade-in of a Burroughs adding machine for tHe city office at a trade-in price of $154, the funds to be paid by the city natural gas system. Cautheiization Reveals Chances Good For Gregory Rev. John Gregory, Kings Mountain citizen suffering from a natal hole in the heart, repor ted* Wednesday successful heart cautherization was performed on him by a staff of four doctors at Baptist Hospital in Winston Sa lem Friday. "Hie cautherization process was to explore the interior of the heart, confirm earlier diagnoses, and give knowledge of the chan ces of successful heart surgery. Rev. Gregory said his doctors revealed the process confirmed their earlier diagnosis and he “has a good chance for recovery.” The former Park Grace Naza rene pastor said the trouble was, caught in time, and it has just j started getting really serious. Heart surgery was postponed | for a month, the Baptist Hospi-I tal heart machine, or blood pump, being temporarily out of com mission. A new part has arrived at the hos pital and as soon as the machine is repaired and put into sound working condition, the op eration will proceed. Penicillin treatment was pre scribed again for Rev. Gregory, a 1,000,000 plus units to be admin istered. A 1000 calorie diet was also advised, giving Gregory a chance to lose any excess weight and alleviating possible strain on the heart after surgery. The Rev. Gregory said he was glad to know the operation can be performed with good chances for recovery, but most of all he is glad to finally be over the long waiting. The heart disease, covering ov er a two year tenure, has depleted Ftev. Gregory’s finances to the vanishing point. A special fund has been organ ized by a close friend, Mr. Frank Rippy. Medical bills have piled1 high during the many months1 and Rev. Gregory is badly in need of assistance. All contributions should be for warded to Mr. Rippy and will be acknowledged in the HERALD. Lithium To Pay Stock Dividend Lithium Corporation of Amer- | ica, Inc. has declared a four per cent stock dividend on shares j of the Corporation. The dividend I is payable on December 1, 19581 to stockholders on record Nov. 3, 1958. The Corporation declared stock dividends on three per cent in 1957, six percent in 1956 and five per cent in 1955. Lithium Corporation’s shares were listed on the American Stock Exchange on September 17. Herbert W. Rogers, president, said 1958 earnings are running almost 60 per cent ahead of 19 57. Policeman Cooke Resigns Position City Policeman B. P. Cooke, a • member of the force since May ; 1953, resigned last Friday. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said ap- ; plications for the vacant post are : being received by Chief Martin Ware and that the city commis sion will name a replacement when the Chief is ready to make a recommendation. Mr. Cooke said he Is taking a new job, but did not say what it 5 will be. He said, “I’ve enjoyed ] my work here and I appreciate! the the cooperation the people of wn part, or other church offi •ers, to deny any church group rom holding any service it night wish to conduct. “We do appreciate the fact that he early service was concluded >rior to the hour the regularly cheduled services begin,” he •ommented. Mr. Weir said he did not know,: is of Wednesday morning, who could conduct the upcoming 9 i. m. service Sunday. As of Wednesday, no decision (ad been received on litigation ecently aired before the North Carolina Supreme Court. The 'ourt heard an appeal by the ma-1 ority group on a Superior Court j njunetion restraining church of icers from disposing of real! >roperty or building fund assets >f the church. The disagreement concerns' ast October’s church vote, vhereby the church voted 235 to 63 to accept a gift building site, ; he gift contingent on the chur ■h’s launching construction of a tew building within five years. Heavy Interest Is Surprising To ASC Officials Some 800 Cleveland County farmers have requested estab lishment of 1959 conservation re serve program payment rates, thereby indicating an interest in participating in the long-term United States Department of Ag riculture conservation program. Ralph Harril, manager of the county ASC office, said ASC of ficials had been surprised at the number of requests. The conservation reserve pro-' gram represents a considerable change from the past few years, when a farmer could join the program for as little as one year, and allow reserve land to lie fal low. Minimum sign-up period in the new program is five years, and the owner is required to plant a cover crop on the land reserved, either pasture grass, serica, Lespedeza, or plant trees. Sign-up periods for a tree grower is ten years. Average payment rate for Cleveland County will be $17 50 per acre, or $19.25 per acre for a form owner who puts all of his acreage in the conservation re serve program. Under the former program soil bankable land was limited to a particular number of acres, bas ed on acreage planted to cer tain crops In previous years. Un der the new program,’ a fttrmer may put all His acres in the re serve program. Mr. Harrill said applicants for establishment of a payment rate would receive notification of the amount by October 10. Interstate 85 Projects Set The State Highway commis sion Tuesday approved for pro gramming additional sections of Interstate route 85 which will con nect the Charlotte by-pass and the new four-lane section now being completed by South Carolina to the state line at Grover. The local area project is for 10 miles of grading, structures and paving, from the South Carolina border to a point east of Kings Mountain. Several miles of U. S. 29, from a point west of Highway 161 to Archdale Farms, now is only dual lane. This portion of the Inter state 85 project anticipates con struction of an additional dual lane and a new four-lane section to link with the South Carolina road, now being constructed to enter North Carolina south of the present road-bed. (Interstate 85, the designation of one of four roads crossing North Carolina un der the federal supplement, lim ited access road program, is vir tually co-terminal with U. S. 29 in this area.) A highway commission spokes man said that the Tuesday action gave highway commission engi neers light to proceed with plan ning and designing of the high way links. However, he said, con struction might be two years, or more, away. The three Chariotte-Grover sec tions of Interstate 85 approved for programming were: From South Carolina line to east of Kings Mountain, grad ing and structures and paving, 10 miles. Project in Gastonia area to con nect with Kings Mountain-to South Carolina section and Gas tonia-Charlotte section, 12 miles, grading and structures. From point northeast of Gas tonia to end of Charlotte bypass, grading and structures for 6.5 tniles; paving of this section plus another section. 11 miles. First Baptist Deacons Named First Baptist church, in a bus iness, session September 24, e lected five deacons to serve three year terms. Elected were Paul Cole, A. W. Kincaid, W. F. Laughter, W. B. Simpson and W. A. Williams. Holdover members of the 15 man board include: Terms expiring 1960, John H. Gamble, Jr., Joe L. Hord, Dr. Paul Nolan, Fred Weaver and L. L. Benson. Terms expiring 1959, Yates Harbison, W. B. Logan, John Beam, James E. White and Dr. D. F. Hord.