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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 The figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city Limits figure is from the United States census of 1950. VOL. 69 No. 43 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 1 C Pages | y Today Established 1899 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 23, 1958 Sixty-Ninth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins RED CROSS Officers and directors of the Kings Mountain chapter, A merican Red Cross, will meet Thursday night at 7:45 p. m. in the office at City Hall. Mrs. J. N. Gamble, executive secre tary, has announced. COURT SESSION City Recorder’s Court, regu larly scheduled for Monday at 2 p. m., was postponed until Thursday afternoon at 2:00 in the absence of Judge Jack White. BUILDING PERMIT City Inspector J. W. Webster issued a permit to J. B. Wheel er Thursday to build a 5-room brick veneer house at the cor ner of Katherine Avenue and Henry street. Estimated cost of the structure is $7,000. GIRL SCOUTS Girl Scouts in Senior Troop 25 of First Presbyterian church have pillows for rent at all home football games here. The troop began the project this season. PRESENT PROGRAM Miss Louise Kiser’s fifth grade class at West School will present a program, “Indian Summer”, Thursday evening, October 23, at 8 o’clock itn the West School Auditorium. Of fering is for class trip. Public is invited. PARK-GRACE P-TA Park Grace school Parent Teacher association will hold its regular meeting Monday night at 7 o’clock p. m. in the school auditorium. KIWANIS CLUB Kings Mountain Kiwanians will hear a program on the Key Club by the Key club com mittee of which B. S. Peeler, Jr. is chairman at their Thurs day night meeting. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. TO CHAPEL HILL Mrs. Aubrey Mauney will go to Chapel Hill Thursday for a meeting of the North Carolina Council of Women’s Organiza tions and later to Raleigh with a committee for a conference with the governor on problems of aging in the state. The White House conferences on a ging has been set for 1961. ELECTED Miss Odessa Black, high school science teacher, was e lected secretary c^f the district science teachers during the NCEA meeting recently in Hic kory. Another Kings Mountain teacher, Miss Margaret Gofor th, is outgoing president of the social studies group. SAFETY COUNCIL The Blue Ridge Safety Coun cil will hold a quarterly meet ing October 30 at Tryon high school auditorium. Joe Austin, personnel manager of Massa chusetts Mohair Plush Com pany, will appear on a panel discussion and will discuss the topic “Accident Prevention Through Plant Inspections.” PLEDGE FRATERNITY Among 457 students pledg ing fraternities at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Cha pel Hill were Stephen Kesler, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Kes ler, of Kings Mountain, and Mike Houser, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Houser, of Graham, formerly of Kings Mountain. Both pledged Kappa Alpha fraternity. Friday Deadline For ASC Sign-Up Friday will be the final day Cleveland County farmers can execute contracts for the 1959 ASC conservation reserve pro gram, Ralph Harrill, office man ager, said Wednesday. Thus far, some 400 Cleveland farmers have signed for the pro gram, agreeing to put all or a part of their tillable acreage into soil-building crops or trees, as prescribed by the ASC. In return, the farmers will re ceive aid on implementing their soil-building practices and re ceive annual rental payments on the acreage included in the pro gram. Minimum sign-up is for a five-year period. Mr. Harrill noted that the ASC office closes at 5 p. m. Friday, the final day for signing under the 1959 program. Mohair Sues Neisler Brothers For $3,500,000 GOOD CITIZEN — Peggy Black, high school senior, is this year's winner of the Citizenship award given annually by Colonel Fred erick Hambright chapter, DAR. Miss Black Wins Citizen Award Peggy Black, Central high school senior, Was chosen recent ly by her fellow classmates and senior sponsors to receive the Daughters of the American Rev olution Citizenship award. The award, a medallion strung on red, white, and blue ribbon, is presented each year by Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter here to the senior girl who is out standing in the qualities of pa triotism, character, leadership, and service. She will also be giv en a certificate of merit which will make her eligible for a dis trict contest of the same nature. Miss Black will be given these awards at a special ceremony of ■the local chapter. If she should win the district contest, she will then represent Cleveland County in the State Citizenship competi tion. Miss Black is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Black who live on North Cansler street. In school she has won a num ber of honors and other awards: In 1958 she was inducted into the National Honor Society and now serves as the chapter vice president. She was recently chosen presi dent of the local Future Teachers of America Chapter. She has ser ved as president, vice president, and secretary of various home rooms during her high school ca reer; was a member of the Jun ior - Senior committee during her Junior year — a member of the “Milestone” annual staff in both her Junior and Senior years, for the past year has served as a stu dent math and algebra instructor for Miss Sutton and has recently been a member of the Student Council. Miss Black is an active member of Central Methodist church, Where she is a member of the Me (Continued on Page Eight) Maner Bid Is Low On City Insurance City To Save $2013 Compared To Old Contract The city board of commission ers, at a called meeting Monday night, accepted a hospitalization insurance proposal from B. F. Maner Agency, saving the city $2,013.60 over premiums paid the former contract holder. Maner represents the Washing ton National Insurance Company and presented a figure of $6,219. 72. Other proposals made were Liberty Life, $8,233.22; Tom Trott Agency for Capitol, $7,692.12; and John George, Jr., for Nationwide, $6,965.88. The board passed on streets to be resurfaced, adding Landing street, Landing street extension, Fulton street, and Sims street to the list. Branch street was also listed for a complete paving job. Also accepted was a petition for paving Cherry street. Paving contracts were award ed Neal Hawkins Company, Gas tonia on its bid of $7.75 per ton. Also approved was the pur chase of a ditching machine from Southland Equipment Company, Charlotte, for $800. An affirmative vote was taken on sending a Kings Mountain representative to accompany Governor Luther Hodges on his business seeking trip to Phila delphia, Pa. Mayor Glee A. Brid ges reported the trip will last about two days and will proba bly require an expense account of about $60. Purpose of the Hodges excur sion is to encourage businesses to relocate in North Carolina. Harold Hunnicutt appeared be fore the board and asked an ap propriation of $500 for Kings Mountain Life Savings Crew for the purpose of a radio. He report ed the appropriation would be a loan and be returned as soon as a check clears with the federal government. The board voted to purchase three radios through the civil de fense program at an estimated cost of $1500. All equipment bought through and used for civil defense can be purchased for a 50 per cent dis count. Also discussed were plans for topping trees that are rubbing e lectric wires on Bennett drive and Second street and removing bushes which are obstructing the view of traffic at the comer of Grace street at Linwood road and Lynn street at Cleveland avenue. Architect Instructed To Proceed On Plans For Davidson Gymtorium The city board of education in spected and gave approval to an architect’s plan for a Davidson school gymtorium at Monday night’s monthly meeting. J. L. Beam, Jr., Cherryville ar chitect, explained the plans which call for a 65 x 90 gymtor ium, including both boys’ and girls’ dressing rooms, a stage, a first aid room and a principal’s office, in addition to both main floor and basement storage rooms. Mr. Beam said the building would cost between $75,000 and $90,000, depending on the compe titiveness of bidding by contract ors, and final over-all dimen sions. The board instructed the archi tect to draw plans for a building 70 x 90, after it was pointed out the additional five feet would boost both seating capacity for athletic events and provide much additional basement storage. Bidders will be asked to bid on a 65 x 90 alternate plan. The plans call for the building to be constructed to adjoin the new Davidson elementary school to the west of- the present six room elementary plant. Still to be completed are final specifications and heating plant plans. Mr. Beam said "average” time for construction of the building would be six months, but that it coud require 8 months, depend ing on availability of materials. In other actions the board: 1) Accepted resignation of Mrs. Frieda Jackson, West School first grade teacher, and elected Mrs. Sara Bush, of Clover, S. C. to fill the vacancy. 2) Elected Mrs. Mary Belton Cabbagestalk, of Charlotte, to an elementary position at Davidson school. The State Board of Edu cation had allotted an addition al teacher on the basis of in creased enrollment. 3) Named Board Chairman Fred Plonk and A. W. Kincaid to attend a Chapel Hill meeting of the state school boards associa tion on November- 6. 4) Approved payment of sub stitute teachers for principals who attend the November 5-6 principals meeting in Raleigh. 5) Heard a report on efforts to! obtain land adjacent to West school by Chairman Plonk. Mr. Plonk said he and Supt. Barnes had conferred with Mrs. George, Cansler concerning a portion of her residential property and ho ped to obtain a proffer of the property. Concerning other pro perty owned by the S. S. Weir Estate, Mr. Plonk said he had been told by W. T. Weir that sav ings and loan association com mittee members had appraised the Weir Estate property the school seeks and had valued it at figures not greatly changed from previous proffers by the Weir Estate. Supt. Barnes remarked, "We don’t want to condemn, if there’s any way around it.” Mr. Plonk, Trustees J. R. Davis and P. G. Padgett expressed agree ment. (Trustee J. W. Webster had left the meeting before Mr. Plonk’s report.) EAGLE SCOUT — Noel Webster, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Web ster, has been presented the Ea gle and God and Country a wards,. highest honors in scout ing. Noel Webster Wins Award Noel Webster, high school jun ior and son of Mr. 'and Mrs. J. W. Webster, received two scouting honors recently. lAt Court of Honor last week, the Kings Mountain scout was a warded the Eagle badge, highest honor in scouting. He is also re cipient of the God and Country award, the honor being presented by First Presbyterian church at morning cHurch services recently. He is a member of Troop 1 of First Presbyterian church. Thiel Steals As Cabbie Nods A 1956 Chevrolet taxi owned by Red Ball Cab Company, 110 W. King street, was stolen early Tuesday morning while Jake Sanders, driver on duty, slept inside a building on the taxi lot. The car was later found wrecked in front of Bethware High school on Shelby Road. It had been parked by Sanders of the taxi lot and the keys left in it. Sanders awoke to find the car gone, notified city police, and the theft was subsequently rad ioed to patrolmen by the Shelby Highway Patrol office. Bill T. Whetstine, owner of the cab company, said the theft must have occurred about 2 a. m. Tues day. He also reported a truck driver picked up a man near the wreck age about 8 a. m. Tuesday and took him to a Cora Mill village address. The driver, making a regular route, continued after no tifying city police of the man he had picked up, but is scheduled to return to town Thursday to make a positive identification of a suspect. Damage to the taxi was esti mated at $700, an uninsured loss, according to Mr. Whetstine. Straight "As" For 37 At KMHS Thirty-seven high school stu dents compiled straight “A” rec ords for the first six-week term. They are: 9th Grade — Marshall Gore, Nancy Hovis, Judy Hollifield, Di anne McDaniel, Bill Ramseur, Rhea Lineberger, Gail Morrison, Betty Morrison, Kay Cansler, Sar ah Hicks, Kay Broadwater, Carol Jean Goter, Brenda Herndon, Jane Houser, Sarah Rose Lennon. 10th Grade — Annie Dilling, Sue Jean Wright, Mary Ellen Stroupe, Billie Jones, Ronnie Ross, Margaret Jackson, Mary Lillian. Lewis 11th Grade — Mike McKee Jimmy Plonk, Janice Gladden, Nancy McClure, Beatrice Moss, Carole Plonk, Elaine Burton, Jer ry Wright, Glenda Smith. 12th Grade—David Plonk Bob by Early, Mary Frances Bridges, Graeme Reeves, Mikie Lynn, Ger trude Pearson. Hugh Strickland Killed Friday In Accident Hugh Strickland, 48, was killec instantly last Friday at 1:05 p m. when the Euclid Pan he wai operating at Superior Stone I Company overturned. Coroner J. Ollie Harris said Strickland, a heavy equipment operator, had just finished his lunch and was driving the pan down a hill beaded back to his work when he apparently lost control and it overturned. He had been “stripping” that morning, removing soil from above the rock. Military funeral rites were held Sunday at 3 p. m. from Harris Funeral Home, with interment following in Memorial Park of Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. Dale Hollifield officiated. Le : gionnaires of Otis D. Green Post 155 were pallbearers. A bachelor, Strickland lived on City street. He was a native of Johnson County, Ga. Survivors include his stepmo ther, Mrs. Mamie Sorrow Strick land; four brothers, Woodrow, Charlie, both of Kings Mountain, Virion, Atlanta, Ga., Odell, Mem phis, Tenn., and six sisters, Mrs. J. D. Cooke, Winder, Ga., Mrs. Arnold Sutton, Miss Sarah Strick land, both of Memphis, Tenn., and Misses Betty Lou. Ernestine, and Joyce Strickland, all of Com merce, Ga. Sadie Employees Top Blood Givers Sadie Cotton Mill will fly the flag at the November 10th visit of the bloodmobile as the Red Cross chapter ^eeks to erase a deficit in its blood quota. Kings Mountain industries having the highest number of em ployees donate to the blood pro- j gram have the flag flying honor. j Sadie Mill has a percentage of! 50 percent, with Mauney Hosiery j following closely with 47, Foote Mineral with 40, and Lithium Corporation of America, 41. Lith ium employees aLo support the b’ood program in Gaston County. Mrs. J. N. Gamble, Red Cross executive secretary, reported these figures in obtaining mill percentages; Sadie, 102 employ-\ ees, 51 donors; Mauney Hosiery,! 150 employees, 70 donors; Foote! Mineral, 165 employees, 66 donors. | Mrs. Gamble also noted that hospital usage of blood has in-; creased here. There is no charge] for Red Cross blood and all hos-' pitals receive blood from the Red Cross, Mrs. Gamble stated. Re placement of blood is necessary to meet patient needs, she added. The local chapter was short 13 pints in its blood quota at the August visit, Mrs. Gamble point ed out. Blood donors will be processed at the Woman’s club from 11 a. m to 5 p. m. Saturday Final Day To Register Saturday will be the last day for non-registered voters to get their names on the election j books for the November 4 gen eral election. Thus far, during the registra tion period, registrars have done little or no business. Mrs. Nell Cranford, East Kings Mountain registrar, said she hadn’t added a single name to the election books. Actually, Kings Mountain and Cleveland County voters will be 7oing through the motions on November 4, as Democratic nom inees for county offices have no opposition. Band Uniform Fund at $1500 Cash in hand was $1500 Wed nesday on the $4000 band uni form fund campaign. Charles Ballance, director, said several soliciting committees have yet to make reports. Scheduled for Monday night at 7 o’clock is a covered dish supper for the Band Booster club. The supper will be held at Cen tral cafeteria and will be follow ed by a business session. Phincipal item of business will be election of a president. Eu gene Roberts has resigned. Mr. Ballance said it is antici pated motion pictures of the band’s trip to the Southeastern Band Festival at Bristol, Va. Tenn., will also be shown. 55th Floral Fair Attendance Good NEW PASTOR — Rev. Albert Hastings, of Hamptonville. as sumed duties last week as pas tor of Second Baptist church. Rev. Hastings Assumes Duties Rev. Albert R. Hastings, of Hamptonville, assumed pastorate duties last week at Second Bap tist church. The new minister and his fam ily occupied the pastorium on Thursday. A native of Forest City, Mr. Hastings was graduated from Forest City high school in 1938, subsequently worked for Coca Cola Bottling Co., Forest City, then in Anderson, S. C., where he began his ministry in thfe educa tional work of Anderson’s First Baptist church and in the Salu da, S. C„ association. He attend ed Anderson Junior college, Fur-j man University, Mars Hill col lege, New Orleans Seminary, andj recently completed the work pre- j scribed by Southeastern Semi nary, Wake Forest, in the clini- j cal training in the study of pas-, toral care, field of counseling, and the hospital ministry. He is married to the former Martha Beam of Ellenboro. They have five children, Jeanne, 16; Ray, 15; Mary Anna, 9; Allen, 2; and Francis Marie, nine months. } Mr. Hastings has served pas torates at Eureka Baptist church, Anderson, S. C., Cedar Shoals J Baptist church, Belton, S. C., Pleasant Ridge Baptist church, Shelby; Fiat Rock Baptist chur ch, Hamptonville. KIWANIS MEMBER Lawrence Hinnant joined the Kiwanis club at the civic group’s regular Thursday night meeting. The Hinnants recent ly moved here from Raleigh. Mr. Hinnant is associated with First National Bank. Sweepstakes Award Won By Mrs. Gantt BY ELIZABETH STEWART The annual Floral Fair attrae ted large crowds despite Wedries day’s rainy weather. The Woman’s Club - Garden Council show displayed numerous prize - winning entries in horti culture and arrangements plus offering of tasty food and bazaar features. Mrs. W. M. Gantt, copped thr sweepstakes award for winning the most blue ribbons in the show. The seal goes to the exhi bitor winning the most blue rib bons in both the horticulture and arrangement divisions but in case of a tie, red ribbons are counted. Tri-color seals marked the most outstanding entries in horticul ture, arrangements, and junior categories. Airs. Moiratt wares arrange ment for a country kitchen won a tri-eolor award, and Mrs. J. H. Arthur’s entry in the horticulture division, a pink hybrid tea rose, received the tri-color seal. Tri color seals in the junior division went to Suzanne Amos for her "cat’s whiskers” t pre-school through grade 4) and to Coral Ramseur (for fifth - eighth gra ders) for a miniature, "through the keyhole.” Also meriting an award of dis tinction plus a blue ribbon was a naturalist composition entered by Mrs. Moffatt Ware on the theme, "crossing the creek.” In addition to the many ar- ■ rangements which were judged was an invitation class done by garden clubs. These won favora ble comment from the judges and | from the fair visitors. Theme of yesterday’s show was “Autumn Comes to the Country side.” Complete list of winners fol-1 lows: DIVISION I, ARRANGEMENTS Section A Invitation Class (By Garden Clubs of Garden Council of Kings Mountain.) Class 1. "For the Night” — Ar rangement in deep colors, by Magnolia Garden Club. Class 2 “For the Pleasant Morning Light” — arrangement in pastel colors. By Open Gate Garden Club. Class 3. “For Food” — Compo sition of fresh fruits and vegeta bles. By House and Garden Club. Class 4. “For Rest” A tran quil arrangement. By Town and Country Garden Club. Class 5. “For Loving Care,”— a still life featuring a madonna. By Kings Mountain Garden Club. Class 6. “For AH that Makes the World So Fair" Mass ar (Continued on Page Eight) Use of Schools For Public Dances Again Appears On Board Agenda Public or script dances on city schools property, an intermittent appearer on board of education agenda for 20 years, was aired a gain Monday night. The question was posed when two members of the Order of De Molay asked thie board to use North school cafeteria for a pub lic dance during the Christmas holidays. Supt B. N. Barnes said he op posed granting of the request for several reasons, among them 1) North school patrons don’t want their building used for dance$; 2) janitorial problems would be pre sented due to the fact of holidays; 3) present board of education pol icy required renting of school facilities only to responsible par ent organizations. He noted that the Order of DeMolay is sponsor ed by Fairview Lodge AF — AM and suggested that rental request should be made by the Masonic group. He also said he felt that, should the board rent any of its properties for a public dance, that is should rent portions of the Central plant. Trustee P. G. Padgett and J, W. Webster took issue with the superintendent, Dr. Padgett on the matter of patrons opposing dancing on moral grounds to which Dr. Padgett said he didn’t agree, and Mr. Webster on the thesis that school property should be made available for un-school functions. Suggestion was made by Mr. Barnes that the American Legion building likely could be rented for the occasion and he added j that school athletic directors ob jected to damage dancing would do to the floor of the high school gymnasium. He pointed out that high' school dances at the gym are “sock" dances. Mr. Barnes further noted that1 renting of school facilities was j without his authority and a mat-i ter for the board of education. No action was taken, which had the effect of denying the DeMo lay request. The dancing matter arose a gain later In the meeting, in dif ferent detail, through a* request of Mr. Barnes to make changes in the 1938 board policy respect ing dancing on school property. The board unanimously deleted two stipulations concerning school - sponsored dances, inclu ding 1) limitation whereby only Kings Mountain school pupils could attend the dances, and 2) requirement whereby pupils had to arrive at the beginning of a dance and remain until the end of the dance. Mr. Barnes said the require ments had been unwittingly vio lated and that school officials felt the requirements had outliv ed their usefulness. Damage Action Has Been Filed In Federal Court Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, Inc., has filed suit a gainst Noisier Brothers, Inc., and others, asking damages of $3, 500,000 for alleged violation of contract delivery of patents. The suit was filed in federal district court in Charlotte last Friday and was forwarded to Asheville district for service of summons. Specifically Massachusetts Mohair, successor owner to the former Noisier Mills, Inc., char ges that Noisier Mills owned two patents (Nos. 2,632,230 and 2,656, 585) which govern and control the right to manufacture “a coile fabric” and which Neisler Mills did not convey to the purchasers persuant to both verbal and writ ten agreement effectuating sale of Neisler Mills between October 20-25, 1955. The complaint further charges that the registration of the pa tents subsequently was transfer red to Neisler Brothers, Inc., and that the defendants have wrong fully and unlawfully executed contracts licensing competitors to use the patents. Massachusetts Mohair con tends it has suffered loss of good will in the amount of $50,000; loss of royalties in an amount determinable by accounting; loss of profits of $100,000 loss of interest on the value of the pat ents since October 25, 1955; and loss of fair market value of the patents of $100,000. It also seeks recovery of attorney fees it con tends were necessitated and other damages in the total a mount of $3,500,000. Plaintiff seeks also an enjodn der against the defendants a gainst further licensing of the two patents in question, and a ward of the patents. Specifically named as defend ants, in addition to Neisler Bro thers, Inc., are C. E. Neisler, P. M. Neisler, J. A. Neisler, H. R. Neisler and J. H. Thomson. Attorneys for the plaintiff are Heywood Robbins and William H. Abernethy, both of Charlotte. Details of the complaint were obtained from the office of Tho mas Rhodes, clerk of federal dis trict court, Asheville. Critics Praise Mauney Twins The Mauney Twins, Kings Moun tain duo-pianists, pleased a New York audience at a Town Hall performance October 13 and at-, tracted favorable reviews of newspaper drama critics. Louis Bianeolli, of the New. York World Telegram and Sun wrote: “Sounding alike seems to come as natural as looking alike to Er nest and Miles Mauney Who gave a brilliant two-piano concert in Town Hall last night. "The Mauneys are identical twins in more ways than one. They are impossible to tell apart - same face, same build, same motions, exactly the same bald ness and they play as one. “Anyone wandering into Town Hall last night without warning would have suspected he was ei ther seeing and hearing double or that one of the pianists was fac ing his reflection in a mirror. “The Mauneys who hail from North Carolina, started playing the piano together at 8. They were graduated from Oberlin Conservatory together. They both hold B. M. degrees, and they both studied at Juilliard and Curtis. They have toured the country five times. “Apart from 1he bewildering similarities of looks and manner isms, the Mauneys are quite a piano team. They pack plenty of feeling in their identical hearts. (Continued on Page Eight) ASC Re-elects D. B. Blalock D. B. Blalock, Number 4 Town ship farmer, was re-elected chairman of the Cleveland Conn ty ASC organization at the an nual convention held in Shelby Tuesday. Mr. Blalock, who lives on Dix on Road is beginning his fourth year as ASC chairman. Other officers were also elect ed. They are: Warren Warlick, Lawndale, vice-chairman; Char les J. Hamrick, Boiling Springs, regular member; Carmie Brack ett. Casar, first alternate mem ber; and Warren Martin, Falls I ton, second alternate member.