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I Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 Tho figure tor Greater Kings Mountcdn 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. 51 Established 1899 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 18, 1958 1 Q Pages | y Today Sixty-Ninth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins IN FRATERNITY Jacob George Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Harris, 204 S. Cansler St., has pledged Kappa Alpha fraternity at Duke University. IN FRATERNITY Benjie Moomaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Moomaw, is pledged to Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity at Lenoir Rhyne college where he 'is a student. GETS APPOINTMENT Hunter R. (Chip) Neisler,, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Neis ler, has recently received ap pointment as Petty Officer First Class in the Cadet Corps of Admiral Farragut Academy at St. Petersburg, Fla. where he is a student. BUILDING PERMIT City Inspector J. W. Webster issued a permit Tuesday to C. E. Cash to build three one story block houses on Watter son Street between W. King and W. Ridge streets. Cost of the four-room structures is $6,000. CONDITION IMPROVING J. E. Herndon, hospitalized at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, is slowly improv ing, according to a family spokesman. HOSPITALIZED Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Pollock, who are patients at Kings Mountain hospital, are ex pected to be discharged in a few days, their daughter, Mrs. Clarence Plonk, Jr., re ported. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts to taled $165.03 for the week ending Wednesday at noon. Included was $24 from off street meters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. TO ATLANTA Dean Spearman, salesman for Thomas Pain Products Co., Atlanta, Ga., will eave Thurs day for Atlanta where he will attend a salesman’s school sponsored by the Atlanta Sa les Executives club. Mr. Spearman won the trip in a company sales contest. ELECTED New officers, recently elected in congregational meeting at First Presbyterian church, are Harry E. Page and Luther Can sler, ruling elders; Paul Maun ey, Lawrence Patrick, B. W. Gillespie, Hubert Davidson, deacons for the class of 1961: Hunter Neisler, to fill umex pired term as deacon in class of 1959; and H. L. Campbell, elected to fill unexpired term as a deacon in the class of ‘60. They will be installed at the morning service January 11. ARFs Set Yule Program A Christmas program in song and pictures will be presented at Boyce Memorial ARP church Sunday at 6 p. m. The program has been arran ged and directed by Mrs. N. F. McGill, director of the chancel choir, and Mrs. Kenneth McGill, director of the carol choir. They have been assisted by Mrs. j. E. Gamble and the youth choir. The Christmas Story, “Joseph and the Nativity” will be pre sented', with Donald Crawford, narrator. The three choirs will unite in presenting the music. Choruses will be sung by the combined choirs and each choir. Soloists include Mrs. E. W. Neal, Mrs. W. L. Pressly, Patti Steffy, and Ben Gorforth, Jr. A women’s chorus, carol choir trios, and antiphonal choruses will feature the program. Mrs. N. F. McGill will be at the organ and Mrs. Garrison Go forth at the piano. Mrs. Donald Crawford is projectionist. The program will be presented with candelight and special dec orations will be used. Baptist Schedule Vesper Program Kings Mountain Baptist church will hold a Christmas vesper service Sunday after noon at 4:45 p. m. The Christmas Story will be portrayed by picture and song by the Junior and Adulij| choirs of the church under direction of Mrs. J. C. Brid ges and Mrs. F. A. McDaniel, Ji. The Program will be in candelight. SNOW SCENES — Frosty, the Snowman, came to town Saturday night, making like a king size Jack Frost and painting everything thickly white. The city felt King Winter's cold grip with icy roads and icy winds. But a glance at the delicately snow etched country side reminded citizens of those earlier white Christmases. Snowmen and Christmas go together — here's hoping. City Allocates $56,000 Surplus Street Work Big Addition To City Budget The board of commissioners al I located1 approximately $56,000 of 5 its general fund surplus at the De j cember meeting last week. Technically, the board passed , a budget amending ordinance which will enable the city clerk to pay accounts on departmental expense over and above the bud I get adopted last July. Some $41,000 of the total was for additional expenditures, while $15,000 covers a revised estimate of receipts on street improvement assessments. This occurred, City Clerk Joe McDaniel explained, when the commission lowered, af ter budget adoption, the property owner share of cost for street paving and curb-and-gutter in stallations. Bulk of the $41,000 goes for street improvements. Thi^ de partment was appropriated an ad ditional $25,356. In another action, the board re zoned to business area the block bounded by Battleground avenue, Falls, Cherokee and Gold streets. No objections were voiced to the change as the board held a public hearing on the proposal. The change had been asked by McGin nis Furniture Company, which said it planned to erect a retail furniture building in the block. The board also voted to adver tise public hearings on two new re-zoning requests. Hoyle Mabry requested re-zoning, from residen tial to neighborhood trading area, a 50-ft. lot on N. Gaston street, and I. H. Guion requested re-zoning of a lot at the corner of Broad street and Cleveland ave nue. Hearings were set for Janu ary 14. Other actions of the board in clude: 1) Setting of Christmas holi days for city offices from noon Christmas Eve until Monday morning December 29. It was pro vided that standby personnel would work in the sanitary, elee Continued on Page Ten Next Week's Herald Will Appear Monday The Kings Mountain Herald’s next edition will appear on newsstands Monday night. The Herald traditionally ad vances its Christmas week edi j tion, and will not appear on regular publication date, which, this year, would be on Christ mas Day. Advertising deadline for the edition will be Saturday, and news deadlines will be on Mon day. The Herald will also advance its post - Christmas edition, but only by one day. The Christmas week edition will contain special Christmas season feature material, Christ mas greetings from business firms, as well as a full comple ment of latest happenings in all news departments. Collection Rate On Utilities High The city of Kings Mountain last year collected 99.31 percent of its water and power utility billings, City Clerk Joe McDan iel told the board of commis sioners last week. "Gas system collections were even better,’’ he commented. Mr. McDaniel made the state ment in requesting that the city charge-off $137.81 in utility accounts not now deemed col lectible. The amount represented bal ances, over utility service de posits, due from customers who had moved away from the com munity. Under the city system, a card file is kept on the charge-offs and the balances are collected before service is again render ed. Some of these customers subsequently resume residence here. Education Body Buys Flagpoles For City Plants The city board of education Monday authorized purchase oi flagpoles for four city school plants. A 50-foot pole will be purchased for the Central plant, and 40-foot poles are to Ire purchased for Da vidson, North and East plants. The basketball coaching bud get of $150 was alloted by the board to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bates who are handling coaching duties of the girl’s basketball team. Members heard a report that termites have infested the north side of East Elementary school, centering in the kitchen area. They voted to let a contract to Pied Piper Exterminating Com pany for $125 for the extermina ting work. B. N. Barnes reported bids arc in for a 50-foot flagpole for Cen i tral school and 40-foot poles for Davidson, North, and East schools. J. W. Webster made a motion that Barnes be authorized to let contract for the poles. The motion was accepted unanimous ly In other reports Mr. Barnes no ted 1) E. L. Brown’s trip to Louis ville, Ky., to the Southern Asso ciation Principal’s meeting cost $68.10. 2) a piano for Central school has been purchased. 3) Contract for painting Cen tral school auditorium let to Mr. C. B. Hamrick at $550. The work is to be done during Christmas holidays. 4) Auditorium curtain bids for Central school auditorium were let to Bennett Brothers, Ltd., for i $2,233.21. 5) 150 folding chairs have been purchased for Davidson school auditorium for $3.59 each. Board members were urged to attend a dinner meeting of the county N. C. E. A. unit in Shelby at Hotel Charles Tuesday, Janu ary 6. Mr. Barnes reported the state I public school finance program will be discussed by a state com j mittee member. An eight-member Negro dele ! gation met with the education board before the session to dis cuss Davidson gymtorium plans and measures to be taken to in terest Kings Mountain's Negro youth in finishing school. An additional 20-day leave of absence was granted Miss Wilie McGill, Central faculty member, who is recuperating from a bro i ken ankle. Grace Church Sets Christmas Series Schedule of Christmas season | services and programs for Grace j Methodist church was announced i this week. ; Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., the pas I tor, will deliver a sermon Sunday I morning at 11 o’clock on the sub j ject “Has Christmas Really Come I to Your Heart?" The members of the Methodist : Youth Fellowship, under the di ! recti an of Mrs. James Jonas will I present a play on Sunday evening, beginning at 7 o'clock, entitled: “Arise, Thy Light Shall Come.” The children’s Christmas pro gram shall be presented on Wed nesday, December 24th, at 7 p. m. This program is under the dirce tion of Mr. Jiles Strickland and Mrs. Robert Davis. Presbyterians Set Christmas Party The annual Sunday School Christmas party at First Presby terian church will be held Friday night at 7 o’clock. Children in the nursery, kind ergarten, and junior departments of the Sunday School will present a Christmas program. Treats for the children and a visit from San ta Claus will feature the party. Week Holiday Begins Friday For Many Textile Employees PROGRESSIVE CLUB HOLDS BANQUET — Frank Hamrick, left, outgoing president of the Bethware Progressive club, hands the gavel to incoming president Cameron Ware as Dr. Hcry Derrick, center, looks on. Dr. Derrick, heal of the biology department at Appalachian State Teacher's college, was speaker at the club's Christmas banquet and ladies' night event Monday night. (Photo by Paul Lemons, Shelby Star) Bethware Club Holds Banquet; Ware President Why was man placed on earth | if not to dress and keep it? ques | tioned Dr. F. Ray Derrick, col ! lege professor from Boone, of I guests at the Bethware Progres sive club’s ladies’ night banquet Monday. The address, interspersed with bits of humor and philosophy, highlighted the Christmas event which attracted a large number of members, their wives, and oth er guests. Basing his remarks on his talk he had entitled, “The South Re bels,” Dr. Derrick pointed to sta tistics showing North Carolina as 44th in the United States in in come, adding, “the South rebels on low standards of living and should make wise use of its re sources.” Teacher training education, he believes, should include the three R’s and good water use, soil con servation and improvement, plus the prediction, “we’ll farm the woods and water one day.” He challenged a Pennsylvani an’s description of the South: “a land of barren fields, sunken shacks, and undernourished chil dren” with the Biblical saying of Solomon, “where there’s no vis ion the people perish." The South’s rebellion, he said, has led to improvement in agri culture, manufacture, and educa tion. He noted that 170 new in dustries had announced plans to locate in the South with 217 oth ers expanding for increased pay rolls of $63 million. “The South is a land of pro gress and opportunity,” he con tinued, “and I advise my students at Appalachian State Teacher’s college to “stay South, young men and women, stay South.” Myers Hambright introduced Continued on Page Ten Fund Campaign Leaders For '59 March Of Dimes Drive Announced Chairman of key committees for the 1959 March of Dimes were named today by Wesley Bush, Kings Mountain campaign chair man. Mr.'Bush, Kings Mountain in suraneemar, said the drive would get underway January 2nd and continue throughout the month in ordertto receive polio aid and support for a greatly expanded health program launched by the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis. J. Ollie Harris will head the industrial division in the 1959 ap peal, and Kings Mountain Jay cees, with George Thomasson as chairman, will head the retail di vision of the fund drive. Kings; Mountain Jaycees and Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Le gion, will head the special events promotion of the campaign, Mr. Bush announced. Members of the Junior Wo man’s club, of which Mrs. John H. Gamble is president, will con ; duct the annual Mother’s March on polio. Charlie Harry is chair man of the drive in Grover, and Frank Hamrick will head the ap ! peal for funds in the Bethware j community. Fund treasurer is Lawrence I (Josh) Hinnant, and co-chairmen of the committee on publicity are Miss Elizabeth Stewart and Jon as Bridges. « Stores Open Late For Yule Buyers Majority of Kings Mountain merchants will be open later than usual Friday night and ' again on Monday and Tues day to accommodate Christ mas gift buyers. On these nights the retail ‘ ers will be open until 8 p. m. They will close regularly on Saturday night and many have indicated they will ob serve Saturday hours on Christmas Eve. sjapetoj ayt jo Xjuofei^ will take a two-day Christ mas holiday. They will also be closed New Year’s Day. Lutherans Set Yule Programs St. Matthew’s Lutheran church has scheduled several Christmas programs and activities. The Children's Christmas par : ty, featuring gifts from Santa Claus, recordings, and carol sing ing, will be held Saturday after noon at 3:30 p. m. Sunday morning’s service will feature special music by the two choirs and a message on "The Annunciation” by the pastor. The service will be broadcast via Ra dio Station WKMT. The traditional White Christ mas service will be held Sunday at 5 p. m. in the new auditorium. Music, recitations, and playlets will be presented by all Sunday School departments. Offerings of goods and money will be received for the Lowman and Children’s Homes. Luther Leaguers will go caroling at 6 o’clock and will hold a party afterwards in the church parlors. On Christmas Eve, the candle light musical worship service will be held at 11 p. m. The program will include familiar carols, an thems, and vesper meditation by the pastor. Kiwanis Host To Children The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will hold its annual Father Child meeting Thursday evening at 6:45. Children of Kiwanians will be special guests at the meeting and a program to please the young folk has been arranged, including a dance act by Jo Bridges and Mary Leigh Mauney and songs by Gary Myers. It was also announced that next week’s meeting will be held on Tuesday at noon, since the regu lar club meeting date is on Christmas. Both meetings will be held at the Woman’s Club. Kings Mountain Rotary Club Gets Charter "To serve and to love is to I live,” State Senator Robert Mor | gan declared in an address | Monday night at the recently organized charter night ban quet of the Kings Mountain Ro tary club. Sen. Morgan, a Shelby Ro tarian, spoite on the aims of Rotary. He declared that Rotary at all j times seeks to retain the indi viduality of a person, while joining individuals together for group action. He said that the Rotary re quirement which limits mem bership to one person per em ployment classification is a key ' method in maintaining indivi duality, but assures a constant • spreading of ideas through the | fellowship of club meetings ! and functions. Rotary, he reminded, empha j sizes service and declared, "A j club or individual who doesn’t! i render a service isn’t worthy.” Edwin Ford, president of the | Shelby club which sponsored | organization of the Kings j Mountain club, presided, and j District Governor Gordon But j ler, of Andrews, presented the | charter to Kings Mountain president Haywood E. Lynch. Mr. Butler noted that his dis trict is the Only one in the na | tion which boasts two new Ro tary clubs this year. The other | is at Black Mountain. Tom Moore, secretary of the ; Shelby club, presented a Rotary bell and gavel to the Kings Mountain club as a gift from ! the Shelby group. B. S. Peeler, Jr., baritone, sang "Jesu Bambino”, He was accompanied by Mrs. J. N. Mc Clure. «umerous Kotarians from neighboring communities were present for the ladies night e vent. Many came from Shelby a/nd other clubs represented were Cherryville, Gastonia, Lin : cointon and Hickory. President Lynch presented special guests. Shem Blackley, j of Shelby, presented visiting Kotarians, and Tom Trott, vice j president of the Kings Moun tain club introduced charter | members of the Kings Moun tain club. A delicious turkey dinner was served by Mrs. I. Ben Goforth, j 1 and boxes of candy were pre sented the lady guests. The Woman’s club dining | room was gaily decorated in! the Christmas-season motif. Other officers of the new Ro tary club are Jack White, secre tary, Richard McGinnis, treas urer, and Charles E. Dixon, ser geant-at-arms. <Continued On Page Ten) Several Firms Are Paying Cash Bonuses Kings Mountain industrial em ployees could look forward this week to Christmas holidays, and some could anticipate some ex tra Christmas cash in the form of gift checks. Majority of textile firms plan to take a one-week holiday. They will suspend operations either on Friday night or Saturday morn ing and resume work on Monday, December 29. There are three principal ex ceptions: Margrace and Pauline plants of Massachusetts Mohair Plush company will suspend op erations for only two days — on Christmas Eve and Christmas — and will resume work Friday morning. These plants will also operate on Saturday, December 27. A vice versa situation obtains at Slater Manufacturing Compa ny, which has operated on slack schedules for much of 1957. This company, which manufactures materials for the toy and casket making trade, will take a two week holiday, suspending Friday and resuming production on Jan uary 5. Manager Ralph Johnson said employees will receive as gifts the traditional Christmas turkey. Carolina Throwing Company’s Christmas schedule compares to Massachusetts Mohair’s, with hol idays on Christmas Eve and Christinas. Operations will re sume December 26. An employee Christmas party will be held at the Legion building the evening of the 23rd. Firms announcing they will give Christmas bonuses to em ployees include Mauney Mills, Inc., Bonnie Cotton Mills, Sadie Cotton Mills, Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company and Phenix plant of Burlington In dustries. Mauney Mills will write Christ mas checks to employees on basis | of service, with employees of five | years or more of service to re J eeive four percent of earnings | and employees with less service to receive two percent of earn ings. Burlington also will pay Christmas bonuses on basis of longevity. Kings Mountain Manu facturing Company will give em ployees one percent of earnings. Other companies did not detail their Christmas check plans. Suspending for Christmas week will be Burlington’s Phenix plant, Mauney Mills, Bonnie Mills, Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company, Mauney Hosiery Com pany, Park Yam Mills, and Sadie Mills. Mauney Hosiery Company will hold its annual employee Christ mas party Friday night, also at the Legion building. A spokes man for the company said that 1958 has been a “difficult” year, but that recent indications in the trade are that the 1959 oulook is more optimistic. Lambeth Rope Corporation will take a long holiday weekend ^topping operations Wednesday ■and resuming work December 29. ■The company does not pay -Christmas bonuses but presents ■gifts to employees. Both Lambeth and Park Yarn ■Mills make vacation payments in •the summer. School Holidays Begin Friday Kings Mountain city and Cleveland county school sys tems will close after regular sessions Friday for Christmas holidays, county school goers will be home for an abbrevia ted stay. County schools, Grover, Beth ware, and Compact will obser ve holidays from Friday, De cember 19 returning Monday, December 29, covering one school week and two weekends. City schools observe holidays from Friday. December 19 until Monday, January 5. School officials noted that of ficially the holidays begin Monday,December 22, but e lated school children will have a head start on the official date with a free weekend proceed - I ing.
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