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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 Oty Limits 7,206 Mounted/dlr <b»etor^ Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 1 C Pages ID Today VOL 70 No. 4 Established 1689 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 29, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins AT GARDNER WEBB Miss Nancy Hamrick is a mong 42 new students enroll ed for second semester class es ait Gardner Webb College in Boling Springs. The new class began Tuesday. CANCEB FUND Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick, Jr., 904 Crescent, Shelby, is treasurer of ithe Cleveland County branch of the National Cancer Society. METER RECEIPTS M Parking meter receipts for Ptlie week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $129.64, in cluding $18.18 from off-street meters and $111.46 from on meters, City Clerk Joe McDan iel reported. ROTARY MEETING Joe Craver, Cleveland Coun ty soil conservationist, will ad dress members of the Rotary club at their meeting Thurs day at 12:15 p. m. at La Royale Restaurant, according to an nouncement by Myers Ham bright. R3WANIS PROGRAM Annual report of club acti vities will be presented to the Kiwanis club Thursday even ing at 6:45 by the achievement committee, which includes Rev. J. B. McLarty, chairman, James E. Amos, William Hern don, L. A. Hoke and Dr. L. P. Baker. The club will meet at the Woman’s Club. DUKE GIFT Kings Mountain hospital will receive $1,592 from the Duke Endowment for the year ending last September 30, the Duke Endowment announced I Tuesday. Grants to hospitals Were awarded on basis of $1 per free day of care rendered. CLUB PROJECT The International Affairs department of ithe Woman’s club have tickets available for the Sunday dinner February 8th at the clubhouse. Tickets, at $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for children, may be obtained at Stroupe Drug Co., from Mrs. David Cash (phone 256) or Mrs. Grady Howard (phone 990). Tax Listing To End Friday TTax listing, the 'annual January chore whereby citizens list per sonal and real properties for tax es, will end in Kings Mountain Friday and in Grover on Satur dlay. Usually the listing period con tinues thruogh January 31. How ever, since County Ulster Conrad Hughes and City Ulster J. W. Webster work las a team, there will be no Saturday listing here. Mr. Hughes will Ibe at Grover on Saturday, as he has been on each ■iburday during the month. iPBoth Mr. Hughes and Mr. Web ster said they felt the pace of tax listing has been good and they think that vast majority of prop erty owners will, have accom plished the listing task !by 4:30 p. m. Friday. All citizens are required to list properties for ad valorem taxes, and penalties are provided for /those Who fail to list or who list late. Persons are required to hist household furnishings, inventori es, jewelry, piianos, television sets, dogs, automobiles and all other personal property. Reality is automatically listed from prior year’s records. How ever, persons who have transfer red property should note the par cels transferred with their tax Ulster. City Tag Law To Be Enforced The City of Kings Mountain bought advertising space this week to remind auto owners that the city ordinance requiring pur Chase and display of city motor vehicle tags will be enforced. The ordinance requires that all - cars owned by in-clty residents jtepiay the 1959 tags not later ■n February 15, same day they required to display North, Carolina license itaga. - City Clerk Joe McDaniel Wednesday that 859 city tajjiiVB Already been purchased. This total U, about half the number purchased during 1968. Hie tags cost $1, and are bn «aJe both at the city office and in the police station. ' HomeS&L Shows Record Assets Gain Home Savings & Loan associa tion assets showed a record in crease during 1958, A. H. Patter son, executive secretary and treasurer, told shareholders at the annual meeting Tuesday. Mr. Patterson said assets grew $457j053 to $3,222,959. He also said that the Bessemer City branch office made substantial gains during the year with the Bessemer City branch’s share of total assets at $649,455. Principal action of the share holders was the re-election of directors who are Dr. J. E. An thony, G. A. Bridges, J. H. Thom son, A. H. Patterson, Franklin H. Little, J. B. Mauney, I. G. Patter son, B. D. Ratterree, Jack H. White, and Dr. Paul E. Hen dricks, all of Kings Mountain, and R. S. Plonk, of Bessemer City. Immediately folowing the an. nual meeting directors re-elect ed all officers. Officers are Mr. Patterson, Dr. J. E. Anthony, president; G. A. Bridges and J. H. Thomson, vice-presidents; H. F. (Little, assistant secretary-treas urer; and Mrs. Emily A. Hem don, assistant secretary. The as sociation’s legal staff includes David & White and George B. Thomasson. Other points from Mr. Patter son’s report Included; 1) The association made 347 leoans during 1958 totaling $889,631, for a net increase dur ing the year of $457,053. 2) Mortgage loans at year end were 1,021 representing $2,849, 824. 3) The association added $36, 869 to reserves, bringing this to tal to $286,437, a ratio to capital stock of 9.87 percent. 4) The association borrowed no money during 1958 and main tained a liquidity between nine and ten percent 5) Hie association paid $92, 633 in dividends, an increase of $12,606 over 1957 and a record total. 6) Savings accounts at Decem ber 31 totaled $2,881,934. Mother's March Thursday Night The Junior Woman's Club will conduct the annual Mother’s Mar ch! on Polio Thursday night from 7 untbil 9 p. m. Mrs. Dick McGinnis is chair man of the house-fohouse can vass Which seeks ito raise funds for the polio campaign now und erway., Kings Mountain contributors khould leave their porch Sights burning and women will contact them during the two hours desig nated for donations, Mrs. McGin nis said. Members of the women’s or ganization will gather at McGin nis Furniture Company to be as signed streets to canvass. Mem bers of th!e 'Future Homemakers of America Chapter at Central thigh school are also assisting in this phase of the polio campaign which seeks to raise $3000 in Number 4 Township. “Our Mother’s March, aimed at the four target areas of the Na tional Foundation’s expanded pro gram, muistt 'be 'bigger a nd more vigorous than ever before,” the chairman said. “We must assure early development of patient aid programs for children suffering from arthritis and birth defects. No longer marching on poho a jlone, we hope to mobilize many more women. For women 'are concerned with the healthy grow th of children,” she continued. Wesley Bush is Kings Moun tain chairman of the effort. Political Winds Are Still Chilly Incumbents Are Expected To Run Again Though the biennial city elec tion is only slightly more than three months away, political ac tivity thus far has been limited to inside jockeying by individu als. No candidates yet formally seek any office. In May, citizens will elect a mayor and five ward commission ers, and one member of the city board of education. Though no formal statements have been made, most political observers think that members of the present city administration will seek ireelectibn to the posi tions they n-ow hold. Mayor dee A. Bridges is ex pected to seek a fourth term, and Commissioners Ross Alexander, Boyce Gault, Luther Bennett, Ben H. Bridges and Ooleman Stroupe second terms. Several months ago there was speculation that Ben H. Bridges, Word 4 commissioner and mayor pro tempore, would offer for the mayor’s seat, but that liklihood apparently has diminished. Comm. Bridges himself says he “hasn’t definitely decided.” Another who said he expected to seek the mayor’s seat several months ago Is D. L. Saunders, dry cleaner and laumdryman. A re-match from the 1957 cam paign Is possible in Ward 3, where Luther Bennett defeated Tommy J. Ellison, veteran commissioner. Whether Mr. Ellison, who said at the 1957 swearing in ceremonies, '111 see you in two years,” will offer again has not been confirm ed. On the board of education, J. R. Davis Is completing a six-year term. Though Mr. l>avis said recently he felt a six-year term too long, observers recall that at first indicated he would prefer not to offer sbc years agto. Mrs. F. A. MidDaniei, Jr., indi cated several weeks ago She might offer for the school board post Since 1957, the ward system, as It effected board of education elections, has 'been scrapped. Any citizen in the Kangs Moun tain school district is eligible to be seated for any of the five school board terms. The school board election machinery retains, however, the six-year term. Trus tees J. W. Webster and A. W. Kincaid were elected to 'terms ex piring in 1961 and Trustees P. G. Padgett and F. W. PiOnk were elected two years ago to terms expiring in 1963. Honoi Society Inducts Membeis Three seniors at Kings Moun tain high school were inducted recently into the National Honor Society. They include Carolyn Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ro bert Walker; Martha Houser, daughter of Lloyd Houser, and Don Tignor, son of Mr. and Mrs. lAudley Tignor. Participating in the exercises were Mrs. Clarence Plonk, Jr., who was the speaker, and Mrs. James Logan, who presented the music. Both are former members. Mrs. Plonk (the former Julia Pollock) is the only sophomore student ever to be inducted into (the organisation. Members of the society who presented the program were Bob by Early, David Plonk, Gertrude Pearson, Mickie Lynn, and Peggy Black. Mrs. Josephine E. Weir is the faculty advisor. Red Cross Bloodmobile Will Pay Visit On Monday; Donors Needed The Red Cross bloodmobile will come to Kings Mountain Monday, and officials of the chapter's blood program were antkipatLng the quota would be exceeded. Kings Mountain area citizens Showed a 115-pint blood giving deficit for 1968. Commenting on the forthcom ing Moodmobile visit, Mrs. J. N. Gamble, executive secretary of the local chapter, said reports Wad 'been received from six bwspi itaOs listing residents of the chap ter area who had received Red Crass bkxid. These came from Kings Mountain Hospital, Cleve land MemoiWl, Shelby; Gaston Memorial, Gastonia; Presbyteri an and Memorial Hospitals, Charlotte, and Baptist Hospital, Winston Satan. The chapter's blood need for the Jodal hospital averages be tween 2-3 pints per day and needs ait the other hospitals average 2 pints per day, Mrs. Gamble con tinued. “When a donor gives 'blood at a bkwdmobffle visit here he not only makes blood available to our local hospital 'but to other pa rtic ipating hospitals Where loved ones can get blood or blood frac tions as needed,” she added. '“Part at the blood program drawn at each bloodmobile visit is used for plasma, gamma glob ulin, scrum albumin, ftbrtnwgen which curbs hemorrhaging asso ciated with chdidhirth, and pack ed ceil,” she added. Donors w$il be processed ait the Woman’s dub from 11 a. m. un til 5 o'clock p. m. CHAIRMAN — J. C. Bridges is serving os chairman of the 1959 Heart Fund drive in the Kings* Mountain area. Donations pro vide funds for research to im prove techniques in treating heart ailments. Bridges Heads Heart Campaign J. C. Bridges, Chairman of the Kings Mountain, area heart fund drive for 1959, announced Wed nesday his soliciting organization for the February campaign. Mr. Bridges said the soliciting organization is virtually complete and noted that Kings »■ Mountain area citizens contributed more than $3,000 to this fund Hast year. Campaign committee chairmen will include Charles Blanton, re tail business; Mrs. Jack White, who will superintend Heart Sun day activities; iahd Dr. D. F. Hord, professional. Industrial and employee chair men are: W. B. Grimes, Burlington In dustries; Dr. W. L Mauney, Bon nie Cotton Mills; B. S. Peeler, Jr., Elmer Lumber Company; Jack Mereier, Ellis Lumber Company, W. M. Herndon, J. E. Herndon Company; Mrs. Clyde Kerns, Kerns Brothers; J H. Patterson, Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company; Paul Lancaster, Kings Mountain Mica Company; Prank Burke, Lamlbeth Rope Corpora tion; James E. Amos, Massachu setts MOhair Plush Company; George H. Maoney, Mauney Mills and Mauney Hosiery Company; John C. Smathers, Park Yam Mills; George H. Houser, Sadie Cotton Minis; Rialph Johnson, Slater Brothers; Mrs. George Thomasson, Superior Stone Com pany; and Jack Hauser, Waco Sportswear. Chairman Bridges pointed out that diseases of the heart and blood vessels claim 800,000 lives in the United States annually, and effect another ten million annually. Heart trouble is by far the largest killer, claiming more than twice the total than cancer, its nearest competitor for hie du bious honor. , Funds obtained in the annual campaign are used for research to discover improved, treatment techniques. Retailers Voting For *59 Officers Members of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association cur rently are balloting by mail for new officers and directors. Nominees for president are Charles Blanton, Kings Mountain Drug Company, and Jonas Brid ges, Station WKMT. Nominees for vice-president are Richard McGinnis, McGinnis Furniture Company, and Men zell Phifer, Phifer Hardware Company. The members will elect four directors from a group of eight nominees who are: James Craw ford, Allen’s Flower Shop; A. B. Mikeal, Sterchi’s; Denver King, Belk’s; Eugene McSwain, Joy Theatre; Ernest Hayes, Hayes Tire & Recapping; L. E. Hinnant, First National Bank; Franklin Little, Home Savings & Loan as sociation; and J. C. Bridges, Bridges Hardware. SALINE PLAYERS The Sauhne Players will give « performance of “Huc kleberry Finn” Thursday af ternoon at 2:15 p. m. at Cen tral high school auditorium. Admission is 35 cents for a dults, 25 cents for students. Saturday Last Day To Pay Taxes At Par Saturday will he the final day to pay 1958 city and county tax hills minus penalties. State law specifies that penalty of one percent be added, effective February 2, which is Monday. City Collector J. W. Webster said he anticipated a last-minute rush of 'prepenalty tax paying this weekend, as many taxpayers wait until a few days (before the deadline to pay tax accounts. He noted that city offices wild close Saturday at 11:30 a. m. Mir. Webster said he had not compiled a report of payments thus far in January, but estimat ed several thousand dollars have been paid this month. Through December, ciity tax payers had paid $97,968.65 against the levy (including poll taxes) of $152,603.72. Monthly penalties continue to accrue after the penalty period begins. Seven To Play At Band Clinic Seven Kings Mountain high school band members will par. ticipate in a state-wide high school band clinic at Gastonia Friday and Saturday. The seven are Ann Broadwa ter, Carol Goter and James For rest, clarinetists, Sandy Camp bell, alto saxophonist, Billy Shu ford, -trombonist, Bobby Eearly, French horn, and Le Compte Wright, bass. Friday try-outs will be follow ed by clinical work and two con certs, one by students, another by bandmasters. Frank West, Davidson college bandmaster, will be.clinic music director. He. will be assisted by Lou Bean, Hickory, Ravon Smith, Cherryville, Frank Widenhouse, Belmont, and Jack Stem, Char lotte. Mr. West will demonstrate playing of the oboe and French horn, and Phil Grant, Band of America, drummer, will demon strate drums. L. O. McCollum will demonstrate bassoon play ing. Mis. Ledf oid's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Ella Ga les Ledford, 78, were held Sun day at 3 o’clock from Temple Baptist church, interment fol lowing in the Patterson Grove cemetery. Mrs. Ledford succumbed Fri day night in Kings Mountain hospital following an illness of one month. A native of Burke County, she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Eli Gales. Her husband, Cicero Ledford, died in 1939. She was a member of Temple Baptist church. Surviving are four sons, Roy Ledford, Richmond, Va., Claren ce, .Earl. Paul, all of Kings Mountain, and four daughters, Mrs. F. C. Humphries, Mrs. Jack Hullender, Mrs. Clyde Murphy, and Mrs. Frank White, all of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Frank Pruitt, Casar, Miss Vassie Gales, Cpnelly Springs, and 28 grand children and 37 great-grandchil dren. The final rites were conducted by Rev. Jack. Weaver, Rev. Har vey McElroy, and Rev. W. F. Monroe. New School Band Uniforms Arrive The high school band’s new uniforms have arrived, and ex cepting a few minor alterations, are ready for use. Director Charles Ballance said the new uniforms will be used in a forthcoming parade through the business district and also at a forthcoming concert. The uniforms, purchased through funds donated by Kings Mountain citizens, have black coats with tails and orange trousers. The coat bears a shoul der patch with replica of the Kings Mountain National Mili tary park monuirtefct The slant top chacos are also orange. The new uniforms replace those to use by the school band for the post 20 yean. Ernest J. Mauney, 34, Died Wednesday Of Leukemia PROMOTED — William E. Horst has been promoted to assistant manager in research and devel opment in the minerals division at Kings Mountain's Foote oper ation. Hoist Gets Foote Promotion Wiliam E. Honst has been pro moted (by Foote Mineral Compa ny t)o tthe position of assistant manager, Minerals Beneficiatton Research for Research and De velopment headquarters. Mr. Horst came ifco Kings Moun tain in June 1957 from Foote's Berwyn, Pa., plant where he was a metallurgical engineer in the research and development labo ratories. A native of Normal, III., he re ceived the degree of bachelor of science from Missouri School of .Mines and Metallurgy where he received an appointment as a re search fellow in metallurgical en. gineering and subsequently his master’s degree. He was employ ed by the United States Smelting, Refining, and Mining Company at Bayniand, New Mexico prior to entering the army, and attended the Engineers Off icers Candidate school in Virginia, commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. In addition to research activi ties, Mr. Horst has written sev eral technical articles and is a member of the American Insti tute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa Phi. He is married to the former Margaret Ann Millard of Webster Groves, Mo. They have a son and daugh ter and reside in Shelby. SPO Installs New Officers New officers of the Student Participation Organization were -installed recently at Kings Moun tain high school. The event followed much com i paigning and an election conduc ted by the student body. Rev. T. A. Lineberger, president of Kings Mountain Ministerial Association, gave the address, and the mixed chorus, under di rection of Charles Balance, ren dered special music. The new officers include Jim my Blanton, president; Chip Thor bum, vice-president; and Bobbie Lynn, secretary. Death Claims Kings Mountain Conceit Pianist Ernest Jacob Mauney, 34, Kings Mountain native and concert pi anist, died at 12:30 Wednesday afternoon in New York city’s Me rial Hospital Cause of death was acute leuk emia, from whddh he had suffer ed for (the past seven years. HJe had entered the hospital Sunday. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney, of Kings Mountain, Er nest Jacob Mauney was half of a profession!! concert piano duo team with his twin 'brother Miles Mauney His parents and other members of his family were noti fied of his death at Charlotte Mu nicipal Airport, where they were Shortly to embark for upstate New York, Where the piano team was scheduled to play at a Mon day night concert. Graduated from Oberlin Con servatory of Music in 1947, Mr. Mauney and his bro ther studied further in New York (before embarking on a pro fessional piano career eight years ago. They have played concerts in virtually every section of the United States and were recently acclaimed by reviewers after a onncert at Town Hall in New Yo.-k. He was a veteran of World War II. 'Funeral arrangements were incomplete Wednesday afternoon. Interment is to be made here. Surviving, in addition to His parents, are his wife, Mrs. Doris White Mauney, a son, Christopher Glenn Mauney, and a daughter, Jeanne Mauney. Also surviving, 4n addition to his twin brother, of New York city, are three broth ers, W. K. Mauney, Jr., George H. Mauney and David Mauney, alii of Kings Mountain. Election Change Report Planned The special committee appoint ed recently to recommend possi ble changes In the city elective system probably will .report to the city commission on February 11. Ben H. Bridges, a member of the committee, said the group convened on January 21, but took no formal action. The board of commissioners had discussed the proposal on January 14 and indicated appro val of suggestions to elect city officers to four-year rather than two-year terms. Plans were ten tatively discussed to stagger the terms, with only half of the six elective city offices would be va cant each biennium. Since the plan would not be come completely operative until 1961, the board must determine which offices will be filled for two years and which offices for four years at the approaching May election. In turn, the General Assembly, which convenes Tuesday, would have to amend the present city Charter to effectuate the propos als. Other members of the commit tee are Comm. Boyce Gault, City Attorney J. R. Davis and City Clerk Joe McDaniel. Blanton's Political Memory Box Has Kings Mountain In Top Spot Kings Mountain came in for attention recently when Robert R. Blanton, mayor of Forest City and recently tapped for the For est City Kiwanis Club’s Citizen of the Year award, was being interviewed over Station WBBO. The interviewer suggested to Mayor Blanton, a brother of C. D. Blanton, Kings Mountain drug, j gist, thait political veterans are; subject to humorous situations.! The Interviewer asked if Mayor! Blanton could recall any. Mr. Blanton’s reply: “When the Honorable Wood-1 row Jones first ran for Congress,! we formed a motorcade of 25 to! 30 cars and traveled through' neighboring cities. We passed ' through Shelby with our sirens blasting away, and also in Kings Mountain, still blasting away letting the folks know about our worthy candidate. “I have a brother in Kings Mountain and we'd already told him we were coming. We circled a block to go through the city again and at this moment the police joined us and escorted us up town. I told my cohorts it was nice for them to furnish as an escort. They escorted us to City Hall. I also remarked they probably wanted to serve refreshments. “Mr. B. T. Beam and Mr. Oscar Mooneyhfim, two of our promi nent local attorneys, and Mr. Leonard Lowe, the present Soli citor of this District, got out and entered the building, leaving the rest of us in our cars. “We had begun to wonder what was holding them up, when they returned and told us we had all been arrested. It seemed that Kings Mountain had a city ordinance against sirens or op en public address system an nouncements. We were informed to report to court on a later date. “Due to efforts of Gilbert Hord, a former citizen of Kings Moun tain, sind others, we were noti fied later that the matter had been dropped." Mayor Blamlton was treasurer of the successful Jones campaign tor Congress. The incident occurred during the spring of 1950. PROMOTED—David Neill, Kings Mountain native, was recently promoted to Trust Officer by A merican Commercial Bank of Charlotte. He Joined the firm in 1953. David Neill Gets Promotion David M. Neill, native of Kings Mountain and son of Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Neill, has been promo ted from assistant trust officer *o (trust officer of American Commercial Bank, Charlotte, fol lowing action of the Board of Di rectors of the bank at their recent January meeting. Mr. Neill joined the bank’s staff in June, 1953. He is a grad uate of Davidson college, Hanov er Trust School in New York City, and the School of Financial Pub lic Relations at Northwestern University. At present he is chair man of the Financial Public Re lations Association’s trust sec tion, and is active in the Charlotte Estate Planning Council. He is married to the former Jean Webb. With their two dau ghters, Cathy, age 7, and Libby, age 5, they reside at 1242 Chand ler Place in Charlotte. Lions Heard APS Student “We have the same bonds, we have the same aims — peace in a world of turmoil.” This is the opinion of a Shel by high school senior following a summer in Germany as an A merican Field Service exchange representative. Mliss Beth Wallace, the Shelby student, spoke to members of the Lions club Tuesday night, gave her impressions gleaned from a summer in Germany, and show ed color slides of scenic and his torical shrines in Germany. Miss Wallace said she was treated as a member of the fam ily she visited. She was disappointed, she said, in Germain religion, noting that few citizens attend church regularly and that young people seem notably disinterested in re ligion. The women are more ac tive in religion than men, she said, and the churches have no youth programs. "However, the Germans don’t think the United States very Christian either,” she comment ed. Miss Wallace said that Amer ' ica is unpopular abroad today | and attributed this result to the attitude of American tourists who tend to brag, to a similar attitude among some American soldiers abroad, to some Ameri can films and literature. She had the impression foreign aid didn’t improve the situation. Percentage Low In Blood Reports Only two percent off the city’s population has donated to the Red Cross blood program though the eligibility list is 25 percent These figures came from lo cal chapter officials who are hopeful that Monday’s visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile will help to erase a deficit in the blood program. • "Because every person in the country might at some time need blood, the Wood program is a service of Red Cross that is the concern of every citizen,” an official said. The Bloodmobile wtH toe at the Woman's dub from 11 a. m. until 5 pm.