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VOL 70 No. 9
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 5, I9S9.
Seventieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
SENIORS PRACTICE PLAY — Four members ol the Senior play east
are pictured above following play rehearsals. Left to right, are Tillie
Arrowood, Carolyn Walker, Barry Smith, and Philip Padgett. The IS.
member cast will present the three-act comedy, "Spring Green". Fri
day evening in the school auditorium.
local News
Bulletins
JAMBOREE
Kings Mountain Girl Scouts
will kickoff the week of Girl
Scout aattiwtias at a Jamboree
Saturday morning at 9:30 at
First Presbyterian church. All
area Girl Scouts are invited to
participate.
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM
wffiU. be held Monday night at
7:30 p. m. for work in the sec
ond degTee. The masons meet
at Masonic Hall.
IN PLAT
Miss Christine Still, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Still,
will be one of the performers
in the Palmetto Players pro
duction of “Romeo and Juliet”
at ConveiSe College, Spartan
burg, S. C. March 12-14. A
senior, Miss Still will join a
cast of 40 players, in the role of
a servant.
ROTARY CLUB
Dr. George Plonk will be the
speaker for the weekly meeting
of the Kings Mountain Rotary
club at the Royal Restaurant
Thursday at 12:15 p. m. Geor
ge W. Mauney is in charge of
the program.
KIWANIS CLUB
Kings Mountain Kiwanians
will view the color film, Char
lie’s Haunt”, a safety program,
Thursday night at 6:45 p. m.
at the Woman’s club. Edgar
Bergen, Charley McCarthy, and
Mortimer snerd are featured in
a humorous program.
ANTHONY E.iTURNS
Dr. J. E. Anthony resumed
his practice this week after
spending several weeks in
Florida.
LIONS PROGRAM
Kings Mountain Lions club
will meet Tuesday night at 7
o’clock at the Woman’s Club.
Dr. N. H. Reed is in charge of
the program.
BARBECUE
Members of the Grover Lions
club will sponsor an all-day
barbecue Saturday in Grover,
with Red Bridges to prepare
the food, Charlie Harry, spok
esman, said.
COURT OF HONOR
Court of Honor for Kings
Mountain district Boy Scouts
will be held Thursday, March
12, at 8 p. m. in the education
al building of Central Metho
dist church.
Board Approves
Gymtorium Plans
Kings Mountain board of edu
cation approved architect’s plans
Monday for the construction of a
gymtorium at Davidson school.
On Thursday, Supt. B. N. Bar
nes and John McClurd, associate
of Architect J. h. Beam, of Cher
ryville, will go to Raleigh to pre
sent the plans for approval to the
State Board of Education’s de
partment of school planning.
On approval from the state de
partment, Mr. Barnes said, the
education board will be ready to
advertise for hids on the new in
f. allation.
The gymtorium will be built
adjacent to the elementary
school off Wattenson street.
The board expects that the new
installation will be ready for use
during the 1959-6U school year.
Spring Green
Senior Play
Friday Night
Kings Mountain high school se
niors will present the three-act
comedy, “Spring Green,” Friday
night at 8 p. m. in the School au
ditorium.
The 15-merrtber cast is being
directed fay Miss Delores Blan
ton.
Proceeds from the production
will go to the activity bus fund,
a current project of this year’s
graduating class.
Written by Florence Ryerson
and Colin Clements, the comedy
Is a story of small town people
and the change an army officer
and 'his son (brought to their lives
when disappointed to learn the
dashing young soldier was inter
ested in nothing but earthworms.
(Elizabeth Brown has the role
of Nina, charming mother of two
children; Cornelia Houser por
trays Mrs. Rumble, an add char
acter with tart kindliness under
neath; Tlllie Arrowood plays the
role of Seattle, 10-year-old bundle
of vitality; Haffle Ward has the
role of Tony, typical modem
girt; Patsy Foster portrays Pink
ie, interested in only boys; and
Barry Smith has the role of Dunk,
head of the high school wolf
pack.
l>avid pionik portrays Bing,
goodnatured overgrown boy;
Brenda Thornburg has the role of
Genevieve, neighborhood nui
sance; Philip Padgett portrays
Michael, a likeable chap, althou
gh years in the army have given
him a terrifying gruffness; Bob
Iby Early has the role of Newton,
shy, reserving; Betty Sue Kirby
portrays Eula, sweet, understan
ding; Gilbert Brazzell has the
role of Dr. Blodgett, absent-min
ded; Norman Bumgardner has
the role of Dunk, Buddy Smith
has the role of Billy, and Steve
Kiser portrays Mr. Putnam, forc
ed into inaction by illness takes
it out in bellowing and running
his wheelchair like a Jugemaut.
Smith To Speak
ToMeichants
Walter W. Smith, Rutherford
ton insurancemian, will deliver
the principal address at the an
nual banquet of the Kings Moun
tain Merchant’s association on
March 16.
Tickets for the event will go on
sale this week end at $1.75 per
person.
The banquet is an employee
employer affair and annually at.
tracts a large crowd. It will be
held at the Woman’s Club.
Temple Chuich
Reports $15,000
Bonds Are Sold
Temple Baptist church has
sold $15,000 in bonds through
Wednesday at noon.
The total represented one-four,
th of the $60,000 issue the church
is seeking to sell to finance
building of an educational build.
Ing.
It Is the first time a Cleveland
County church has used bond fi
nancing for plant expansion.
\J. Cole, representative of an At
lanta, Ga., firm which is superin
tending the bond issue sale, said
Wednesday he is pleased with
initial response to the sale.
A 26-member team of church
members is selling the bonds
which will return five percent in
terest, payable semi-annually, to
the purchasers. The bonds will
mature and interest will be pay
able at six-month intervals on
April 1 and October 1.
A sales training session was
conducted Monday night and a
kick-off banquet was held Tues
day night.
An office has been Kit up in
the church and salesmen keep
in constant contact by telephone,
logging issues sold and unsold.
The bonds are available in de
nominations of $100, $250, $500,
and $1,000 and will bear simple
interest of five percent. First Na
tional Bank will serve as pa vine
agent and will also offer a bond
purchase financing plan where
by bond buyers may acquire
bonds at ten percent of the face
amount. The bank will lend the
balance and the bond loans will
be repayable at up to 24 months
on the $1,000 bonds and in short
er terms for lower denomination
bonds.
Telmple Baptist church has a
membership of 349. Its current
annual operating budget is $18,
861, and receipts for the past
year topped $20,000. The church
plant is located at Fulton and
Cansler streets on a tract front
ing 280 feet on Fulton.
ARP's To Note
60th Birthday
Boyce Memorial Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church will
celebrate its 60th anniversary on
March 15.
A pageant, written and direct
ed by Mrs. M. A. Ware, will fea
ture the celebration. Church
members will participate at the
11 o’clock services. The pageant
wiill give attention to the doc
trine of the church, from its
founding in Scotland.
Picnic dinner will be served at
the church following the service.
Booklet On City
Being Published
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce is publishing a new
booklet of faots on the Kings
Mountain area.
The eight-page booklet is a
compendium of community as
sets, showing Kings Mountain a
well-balanced area. Pictures of
public buildings are included.
Particular attention is given to
public facilities and quasi-pub
lic firms, along with a synopsis
of Kings Mountain’s claim to be
ing North Carolina’s “historical
city.”
The new booklet is expected to
be available within the next
week.
Six Candidates File For City Offices
DAVID L. SAUNDERS
J. CLYDE GLADDEN
PAUL T. LEDFOfilT
R. COLEMAN STHOUPE
CURTIS V. GAFFNEY
C. GLENN WHITE
Walker Bid
Appears Low
On Gas Job
The city board of commission
ers held a special session Tues
day might but postponed decision
on two items of business.
The city’s insurance agents
asked ithe board to determine
whether the city’s insurance pre
miums will be split on an a
gency or agent basis, and the
board tabled for report from the
board’s insurance committee,
which includes Ben H. Bridges,
Luther T. Bennett, and Ross Al
exander.
The boad also received bids on
encasing and lowering by two
feet 240 ft. of gas line on the
York Road. C.. O. Walker, of
Kings Mountain, was apparent
low bidder at $3200, with provisio
for extra compensation should
the pipeline have to be cut and
a temporary service line install
ed. G. A. Perkins, of Foresf City,
posted a bid of $3871.60, with an
extra of $15 per cubic yard «of
rock, should rock be encountered.
La-Miss Construction Co., Char
lotte, bid $4400. Mr. Walker, who
was present at the meeting, said
he had learned since posting the
bid that the extra for which he
provided would not be necessary.
On request of Fleete JdcCurdy,
chairman of the city recreation
commission, the board approved
purchase of $419 playground e
quiprnent for the Davidson play
ground and purchase of two ten
nis nets for the Deal street tennis
courts.
On suggestion of Ben Bridges,
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MAP PLANS FOB WOMANLESS WEDDING —
Pictured are four members of the Special Pro*
Jects committee of the Woman'* club who are
pictured discussing plans for the May 13-14 Wo
manless wadding to be staged at the Woman’*
club. Some 60 men of community will partid
pate in the event. Left to right am Mis. Grady
pen ter, chairman ol the committee, and Mrs.
Charles Blanton. Other committee members,
not present when picture was made, are Mrs.
Norman McGill, Mrs. John Cheshire. Mrs. Ben
Grimes, Mrs. Paul Nolan, and Mrs. Fred With
ers, who is directing the show.
(Photo !*w Smninrtmi Bhutto)
DR. F. L. CONRAD
Bev.Mi.Mooxe
To Be Installed
Rev. George T. Moore will be
installed as pastor of Resurrec
tion Lutheran church ait Sunday
morning services at 11 o’clock.
Dr. F. L. Conrad, president of
the United Evangelical Lutheran
Synod of North Carolina, will de
liver the sermon and coriduct the
installation rites.
Dr. Conrad is well-known
throughout the state and his
tenure as president has been
marked by particular attention
to the organization of mission
churches. He was actively inter
ested and helpful iin the organi
zation of Resurrection Lutheran
church when It was founded in
1951.
Rev. Mr. Moore became pastor
of the Resurrection church last
month, holding his first service
on Ash Wednesday, February 11.
Since that time services have
been held on each Sunday and
Wednesday. This schedule will
continue until the week prior to
Easter when services will be held
nightly. The Lenten season will
be climaxed with a sunrise ser
vice on Easter morning and reg
ular 11 a. m. services.
Miss McDowell
New City Teacher
Miss Peggy McDowell, of the
Green Creek community near
Try on, has been elected a mem
ber of the city schools faculty
and will assume her duties on
Monday.
Miss McDowell, just complet
ing her undergraduate work at
Appalachian State Teachers col
lege, wll succeed Mrs. William
Jonas, third grade teacher at East
school, who has resigned effect
ive Friday. *
Rudisill Kin
Tp Numerous
Local Citizens
Ben Rudisiilil, kinsman of num
erous Kings Mountain citizens
and president of Carlon, Inc.,
at: Orowder’s Mountain, his wife,
Jack Hillman Scott and Mrs. F.
D. Quinn, Jr., all of Cherryville,
were killed Tuesday afternoon in
the crash of a plane near South
mont in Davidson county.
Rudisill, president and treasur
er of Carlton Yarn Mills, of Cher
ryville, of which the Crowder’s
Mountain plant and Cartex, Inc.,
at Salisbury, are corporate sub
sidiaries, was a nephew of Mrs.
Arthur Crouse and Miss Annie
Rudisill, of Kings Mountain. He
was a cousin of members of the
late J. S. Mauney family.
The private plane crashed
shortly af ter 4.p. m., as the quar
tet was returning to CherryvMile,
where Mr. Rudisill maintained a
private landing strip. The four
had left Cherryville at 9 a. m.
Tuesday. Mrs. Rudisill and Mrs.
Quinn had been taken to Chapel
Mill while the two men went to
Aberdeen on business.
Rudisill and Scoot t returned to
Chapel Hill for their passengers
and took off at 3 p. m., Roy
Brock, of the Chapel Hill airport,
reported.
Douglas Municipal Airport at
Charlotte reported a radio call
from the Rudisill plane at 3:57,
the pilot saying he was lost in
heavy clouds. At 4:08, the pilot
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13 Candidates
Now In Field
For Seven Posts
The first week in March was a
busy one at Oity Hall as no less
than six citizens posted their fil
ing fees and thereby signified
their fonrhal intention to seek
public office.
Five of the candidates are for
city office while another seeks a
board of education post.
The new candidates:
For board of education, Mrs.
Lena W. MCGill, who will appose
Mrs. F. A. (Boots) McDaniel, Jr.,
for the position being vacated by
J. R. Davis.
For city offices:
For Ward 3 commissioners, C.
Glenn White, one time board of
education member, who opposes
Incumbent Luther T. Bennett and
ex-Oommiissioner T. J. (Tommy)
Ellison.
For ward 4 commissioner, J.
Clyde Gladden and ex-Commis
sioner Paul T. Ledford. Gladden
filed on Monday, Ledford on
Tuesday. They seek the commis
sion seat 'held by Ben H. Bridges,
mayor pro tempore, who is ex
pected to seek re-election.
For Ward 5 commissioner, In
cumbent R. Coleman Stroupe and
Curtis V. Gaffney, both North
Piedmont avenue barbers. Gaff
ney filed last Thursday and
Stroupe made it official he’ll de
fend his seat by filing on Tues
day.
The past week’s filing activity
brings to 13 the total number of
candidates who ask the voters to
elect them to six City Hall and
one school board elective offices.
Contests are assured for each
position with the exceptions of
Ward 1 commissioner, where only
Incumbent Ross Alexander has
entered his name on the ballot,
and in Ward 2, where no candi
dates are yet in the field.
Political talk indicates there
will be contests for all posts. C.
H. (Cat) Houser has been consid
ering opposing Alexander, and
another Ward 1 name mentioned
more frequently recently Is that
of Ray Cline, completing his sec.
ond tenm as commander of the
American Legion post.
in Ward 2, Incumbent Boyce
Gault is expected to seek re-el
ection. Among those mentioned
as opponents are Dewitt Corn
well, who was unsuccessful in a
bid for the city commission last
year.
Another likely city board can
didate is George W. Mauney,
cotton dealer, and president of
Kings Mountain hospital. Mr.
Mauney acknowledges he is re
ceiving encouragement to make
the race.
Friends of Charles E. Blalock
say he is pretty sure to enter the
mayor’s contest, which would
make the race a four-man con
test between Mayor Glee A. Brid
ges, seeking a fourth term, ex
Mayor Garland E. Still, and Da
vid L. Saunders.
Observers doubt that the board
of education contest will remain
a distaff affair, reporting several
other citizens interested in mak
ing the race. Drace M. Peeler is
considered a likely candidate, as
is George H. Mauney. The name
of Dr. D. F. Hond and George H.
Houser are others entering the
speculation on the school board
lineup.
One school board "possible”
said he wouldn’t be a candidate.
Fleete McCurdy said his name
could b(* removed from specula
tion.
The election will be conducted
on May 12. Filing deadline is 15
days prior to voting day. Candi
dates must file in writing with
the city clerk and post a $5 filing
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Beware Bogus Learning Peddlers!
Police Sent One Packing Tuesday
Cilty police and school officials
issued a joint warning Wednes
day urging all citizens to use
care in purchasing corresponden
ce courses. '
On Tuesday, city police detain
ed a man reputedly representing
a Miami, Fla., correspondence
school, found he was unlicensed
tto sell his courses in North Car
olina and ordered him to pack
his gear and leave the commun
ity.
Officer Bill Roper said a check
up with individuals approached
by ifche salesman showed that he
had offered variable terms to
several different “prospects.”
“He hadn’t made a sale, so we
couldn't book him.” Officer Ro
per said. "But we felt sure he
was running a racket.”
Central Principal Lawson
Brown saw he had received a
bulletin the previous day from
the North Carolina Department
of Education calling attention to
state law which requires a cor
respondence schools salesman to
obtain license from the depart
ment before offering his courses
for sale.
Licensed solicitors have pocket
cards signed by Dr. Charles Car
roll, state superintendent of pub.
lie instruction, and bearing a pic.
| ture of the solicitor.
"Always ask to see the licen
se,” Mr. Brown suggested.
Officer Roper said the Florida
salesman produced a Florida lic
ense; but not a North Carolina
one.
As of Januafry 20, only 12
firms were licensed to sell cor
respondence courses int he state.
The licenses are granted only af
ter a check Is made -aa reliability
of the particular firm applying.
MRS. LENA W. McGILL
Employment
Steady Here
Kings Mountain area employ
ment remained steady during
February, Franklin L. Ware, Jr.,
manger of .the employment ser
vice branch office, said this
week.
The employment service re
ported a steady influx of job car
ders and added Ithat one firm
was accepting trainees due to
lack of skilled persons for some
jobs.
During February, the employ
ment office filled 68 job orders,
against 84 received.
Pay claims for unemployment
compensation declined slightly
during February to 1424, off 111
from January, for an average of
371 per week.
Mr. Ware noted an increase in
job applicants to 172. He said
some are new entrants into the
employment market, while
others are on jobs currently, but
jobs inferior in pay and techni
cal skill to the particular em
ployees’ training and ability.
In .the curent issue of the Her
ald, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Com
pany, of Shelby, is inviting job
applications in several categor
ies, including bookkeeping mac
hind operators, comptometer op
erators, electricians and others.
The Pittsburgh plant is sche
duled to go into operation in the
near future.
Band Concert
Tuesday Night
The Kings Mountain high
school band will be presented in
public concert Tuesday night at
8 o’clock at the high school aud
itorium.
The band will play a two-part
program, including four state
contest inumbers, Grundman’s “A
Westchester Overture’’, in Grade
III, and Walters’ “Three Scenes”,
Grundman’s “Fantasy on Amer
ican Sailing Songs”, and Bach’s
"Prelude and Fugue in B Majoar”,
all Grade IV selections.
Other band selections will in
clude the Begelow march, “The
N. C. . 4”, Skomicka’s overture
“Eroica”, Sousa’s march “The Li
berty Bell’, and Huffine march
“Tern Bases”, and the Skornicka
Kiebner “Serenade”.
Douglas Burton will be featur
ed as cornet soloist in Llewel
lyn’s “My Regards”.
Sam Weir, president of the
Kings Mountain Band associa
tion, Will make a talk at inter
mission.
Admission is free.
The concert precedes the dis
trict contests at Hickory on
March 12-13.
Lightening Strikes
Twice In Same Spot
Lightening can and does
strike twice in the same place,
at least in Grover.
Last August, during an elec
trical storm, a bolt of fire from
the skies invaded the home of
Ralph Spake, a neighbor re
ports. The kitchen stove was
the focal point and damage
included burned out fuses and
the stove’s clock.
During Sunday afternoon’s
electrical astronomical distur
bance, the Spake's kitchen
stove took another charge.
This time the results were
much better.
The clock started running a
galn and keeping correct time.
At least, that’s the report 48
hours after the latest electri
cal invasion.