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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 n* figure lor Greater King* Mountain U derived tram fi* ld55 Onga Mountain city directory ceneus. The city UmHn figure le from the United State* ceniu* of 18S0. VOL 70 No. 15 ; 1C Pages § y Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 16, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Ross Alexander Not Withdrawing Local News Bulletins NO PERMITS City inspector J. W. Webster issued mo building permits dur ing the past week. HOSPITALIZED Mrs. La Faye Meacham, for mer Herald employee, is still convalescing in Kings Moun tain Hospital from bronchial pneumonia. HOT DOG SALE The Senior High Youth Fel lowship of Central Methodist church will sell hot dogs Sat urday from 3 o’clock until 7 p. m. at the church. ON DEAN'S LIST Martha Ann Baker, Nancy L. Bell, and David Nelson Smith were among area students list-) ed on (the dean’s list for the winter term (December-March) at Appalachian State Teach er’s college. Miss Baker is a senior, Miss Bell a junior, and Mr. Smith a freshman. , * I SPEAKER Graeme Reeves, Kings Moun tain exchange student, will speak at a joint meeting of Boyce Memorial ARP church circles Monday night at 7:30 p. m. The groups meet at the church. SEEK ADDRESS The Cleveland County Select ive Service Bureau 4s seeking the correct addresses for the following area men: Dixon Le roy Styers, Wiley Lee Sanders, Robert Sylvester Williamson, and Ronald LeRoy Romine. SONG SERVICE Missionary Methodist church on Second street will hold a program of special singing Sunday, April 19, beginning at 2:30 p. m. Singers are invited to partiepate and the public is invited. CAKE SALE Wives of members of Cleve land County Life Saving Crew will sell homemade cakes Sat urday beginning at 9 a. m. at Bridges Hardware Company. Proceeds will go to the organi zation. CHURCH SUPPER Women of First Presbyterian church will hold the annual birthday party Monday night at 7 o’clock, with covered dish supper to be spread in the fel lowship hall. The offering sup ports the lay workers train ing schools in (Brazil. FASHION SHOW Firslt year Home Economics students of Mrs. John H. Gam ble will present a fashion show Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 p. m. in the high school audi torium. The students will mo del the garments (they made in class. WAFFLE SUFFER The American Home Depart ment of the Woman’s club Is sponsoring a waffle supper Friday, April 24th, from 5:30 to 7:30 p. im. at the clubhouse. Plates are $1 for adults, 50 oenits for children. JOINS IVEY’S Mrs. J. H. Medlin has resign ed her sales position at Keet er’s Department Store to join the alteration department of J. B. Ivey & Company of Charlotte WITH DRUG FIRM Robert. E. Martin, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. (Abie) Martin, has joined Walgreen Drug Company as a merchandiser in the Southeast district. He left Monday for Leesburg, Fla., where he will assist in the op ening of a new drug firm. ATTEND SYNOD Dr. W. P. Gerberding and Carl F. Mauney.’St Matthew’s. Lutheran church, and Rev. George T. Moore, Resurrection Lutheran church, attended the annual meeting of the North 1 Carolina Lutheran Synod held i at Winston Salom last week. 1 ' < t Commissioner Will Remain InWard IRace Ross Alexander, Ward 1 com missioner and candidate for re election, will not withdraw from the race, he said Wednesday af ternoon. Mr. Alexander acknowledged that he had contemplated a with, drawal, due to the possibility he may move from Ward 1 subse quent to the May 12 election. “It appears now, however, that I likely will remain a resident of Ward 1,” Mr. Alexander stated. Possibility of moving develop ed when Mr. Alexander comple itted arrangements with the Kings Mountain Country Club board of directors to become manager of the club. It was anticipated ini tially that Mr. Alexander would maintain residence in the club house, as previous club managers have. Subsequently, however, President Ollie Harris said, it is not imperative nor definite that the manager will live at the clubhouse. “I have made arrangements to lease the club concessions on a 90-day trial basis,” Mr. Alexan der said. “At the end of that per iod, the club directors and I will decide mutually whether the lease will be continued for a lon ger or indefinite period.” The Alexander withdrawal ru mor was the major political one of the week. Mr. Alexander is opposed by C. H. (Oat) Houser. umerwise, with voting day less than a month away, "Kings Moun tain was -in the midst of one of its quietest oity elections since 1945, in spite of the fact that tsere arc contests for all the six City Hall offices and for the one schol board post Candidate calling cards yvere appearing in greater profusion and there was a pick-up in per sonal solicitation for votes via hand-shaking, but the campaign thus far has lacked the fire of those of the past decade. -Would-be candidates have un til April 27 to pay their filing fees and get their names on the ballot. However, most political observers continue to believe that the races are set and that (Continued on Page Eight) Mis. Hemdon Is Elected Mins. Frank Hemdon wals teiect ed president Of -the Southwestern District Home Demonstration cfluhs at the annual meeting Tues day at Tryon high school in Gas ton county. , Mrs. Herndon, a member of the El Bethel Home Demonstration «Wb which sent 15 of its 22 ac tive members to the meeting, was district vioe-presidtent last year. Cleveland County also won the attendance gavel, with HDC members from -tbits county total ing 123. Other county dubs re presented were Patterson Grove, with 11 of its 26 members pres ent; St. Paul by 11 of 17; Casar by 10 of 20; snd Padgett, Polk vtlle, and IBeQwood dubs, nine members each. Mrs. Norman Brown of the E3 Bethel dub gave the devotional. The address was made by Dr. O. B. Copeland, Extension editor at NT. C. State college. NOT WITHDRAWING — Ross Al. exander, candidate for re-election as Ward 1 commissioner, said Wednesday he's not withdrawing as had been rumored earlier in the week. City Election Registration Books To Open Registration books for the May 12 city election will be open for the first time Saturday. They will be open for four con secutive Saturdays at the five ward polling places. The registrars will be on duty from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and per sons not now registered, or Who require transfers Should see the election officials if they expect to vote. The registrars and thle polling places are: , Ward 1 — C. L. Black, at City Hall. Ward 2 — Mrs. H. R. Parton, at City Ha'll. Ward 3 — Mrs. Ruth Bowers, at Phenix Store., Ward 4 — E. O.,White, at Kings Mountain Manufacturing Com pany clubroom. 'Ward 5.—• (Mrs. J. T. McGinnis, at Victory Chevrolet Company. Saturday, May 9, will be Chal lenge Day. Kiwanians Set Charter Night Kings Mountain Kiwaniams will bold their annual Charter Night banquet Thursday night at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. Oscar Welch, Kiwaniis Lieuten ant Governor of Division I, will deliver the principal address at the event to Which wives of Ki wanianis will be special guests. Mr. Welch 'is principal of the schools of Oherokee, N. C. (Presentation of perfect attend ance awards to members will also be a highlight of the event ex pected to attract a lairge crowd. Local Musicians Win State Honors Jerry Patterson, Bethware high school piano student of Mrs. Mar tin Harmon, was awarded a II, or excellent rating at senior high school state piano contest held in Greensboro last Saturday. In a state band contest held in Greensboro Tuesday, the Kings Mountain high school band was awarded a III rating. To be eli gible to participate, bands must have been given a superior or ex cellent rating at the district con test. Kings Mountain’s band was ra ted as excellent in its district meet in Hickory several weeks past. Craftspun Silent; Receivers Say Hiey Hope To Get It Running Soon “We hope to keep Craftspun, tnc., in operation,” Russell O’ Malley, member of the law firm retained by trustees in receiver ship for Scranton Company, told the Herald Wednesday. Mr. O’Malley continued, “The shutdown, I hope, is (temporary.’’ Croftspun is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Salaniton Com pany. Mr. O’Malley said that a Scran ton banker, John F. Murphey, senior vice-president of North eastern Pennsylvania National Bank and Trust Company, has been named co-trustee in receiv ership, along with J. Julius Levy, named trustee two weeks ago by a federal district. Scranton Com pany had petitioned for permis sion to reorganize under Chapter 10 of the federal bankruptcy act Craftspun operated its yam n a king and novelty firms through Saturday, following President Carl H. Swan’s state ment of Wednesday that he had ieen instructed to operate. Mr. O’Malley explained that the trustees must obtain court permission to issue trustee’s cer tificates or bonds to enable the trustees to operate. He added, . “Someone must also be found , who Will lend the money.” He < said court-approved trustee bor- < rowings take precedence over other liens against physical pro- « perty of a firm in receivership. , “We are interested here in op erating Scranton Lace Company 5 (another subsidiary) and, though we are several hundred miles a- : way from Kings Mountain, wte ' are just as interested in opera ting there," Mr. O’Malley com mented. He said he could not make any ( predictions concerning the Craft spun situation. , Craftspun lists 265 employees on its payroll. Some merchants reported they found last week’s Craftspun pay roll checks temporarily uncash able, but that they were cleared : later. Another Fluoridation Vote May 12th Heanng Shows Few Moderates On Fluoridation Kings Mountain citizens, along with some out-of-towners, voiced their feelings about fluoridation of public water supplies at a hearing at City Hall April 8. The out-of-town contingent in. eluded Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, county health officer, and Dr. E. A. Pear son, director of oral hygiene for the State Board of Health. Other professional men present were Dr. D. F. Hord and Dr. Robert N. Baker, Kings Mountain dentists, Dr. C. M. Johnson, dentist with the State Board of Health now living here while working in Cleveland County, and Dr. Ken neth McGill, president of the Kings Mountain hospital medi cal staff. Some of the comments: Dr. Kenneth McGill — “All the literature I’ve found shows no ill effects if the proposed propor tions are maintained.” Dr. R. N. Baker — ‘‘Statistical ly, youngsters have less tooth decay with fluoridation and it’s particularly helpful to those getting fluoridated water from birth.” Mrs. M. A. Ware — ‘‘Towns wouldn’t be being sued if fluori dation weren’t harmful. We can do without teeth, but we can’t live without a heart, kidneys and oher vital organs.” Mrs. Ware la ter remarked, “Don’t force it on those who don’t want it." W. K. Mauney — “I will be 70 an July 4th. I’ve been drinking water and I have all my teeth. My brother-in-law, E. J. Hoffman, is a chemist, and he bitterly op poses fluoridation. Children don’t drink much water. They drink milk. I think we have other things worse-needed.” Dr. MitcheU — “This is a nutri tional thing, not medical. It com pares to vitamin-enriched bread. The American Medical associa tion committee finding of 1956 was that one part of fluorine per million gallons wiU reduce caries in children’s teeth up to age ten. It advises a lower imputation than some naturally fluoridated supplies.” Dr. Pearson (who remarked he was at the meeting by coinci dence) — “Dental practitioners In the state have no hope of rea ching all the young children’s teeth. Bauxite, Mo., has 33 parts per million gallons in its drink ing water and it was found that fluorine caused blemishes in teeth, but there was no decay. Research has shown that 1 to 1.5 ppm eliminated these blemishes No published reports say that this amount hurts anyone. The great majority of all health folk today favor fluoridation. The State Board of Health heartily endorses fluoridation." A. H. Cornwell — “Don’t put it in that mess we’ve got now. It’ll be impossible to drink it.” Ben A. Smith — “Most of us have our teeth, and old folk have better teeth today than young folk. I voted for it before, (Continued on Page Eight) Hospital Tax Not Divertible The North Carolina attorney general has opined that Cleveland bounty’s maximum eight-eent tax | for hospital operations can’t be! used for plant expansion, Kings! Mountain Hospital officials werej bold by the county commission 1 Monday. However, President George W. Mauney said, the commission told the hospital to continue its ex !>ansion plans and that other means of building aid would be sought. The hospital officials, noting ' hat only six cents of the maxi- ‘ num teigWbeent levy, is not being Charged, had suggested that the , idditional two cents be levied to lid a proposed 25-feed expansion 1 rf the hospital plant. i The hospital is subject to over rowding periodically and offi cials say additional facilities are teoessary if they lare to meet de nand for service. In Kings Mountain for thb I lions Parmer’s night banquet Tuesday, J. B. ElMs, of Grover, jaunty commissioner from Dis- * Tict 2, said he hoped some way . Jan be found to help the Kings Mountain situation. The hospi tal is managed and i >ptenated by a non-profit corpor- 3 Jtion, Kings Mountain Hospital. 1 Inc., which leases the property '1 can the county at $1 per year. Attending Monday’s county 00m- '• nission session. In addition to 1 Resident Mauney. was Business < Managter Grady Howard. J PHENIX EMPLOYEES GIVE TO FUND — Mrs. Arilla Fisher is pictured above presenting a check for S220.50, a gift to the cancer drive from employees of Phenix Plant Burlington Industries, from its community fund. William Herndon, drive chairman, accepts the gift as J. D. McNelly and Mrs. Lloyd McFalls observe the proceedings. Mr. McNelly represents the employees of third shift carding; Mrs. McFalls the third shift spinning department; and Mrs. Fisher the third shift winding department. (Herald Photo by Pennington Studio) Dr. Hord, For Fluoridation, Lists Reasons For Position Churchwomen Favoi 75-Gent Minimum Wage The Kings Mountain Council of Ghurchwomen is supporting the General Assembly bill to increase thfe North Carolina minimum wage to 75 cents per hour. • Mrs. Robert Rosberg, chairman of the council’s Christian Social Relations committee said this week that letters from the coun cil have been addressed to Sena tor Robert Morgan and Represen tative Jack Palmer, Cleveland bounty’s General Assembly dele gation. The bill has been ratified by the House of Representatives with the bill not to apply to hos pitals. It awaits action in the Se nate. Churches im the Kings Moun tain council include: Boyce Me morial ARP, Central Methodist, First Baptist, First Presbyterian, Grace Methodist, Kings Moun tain Baptist, Resurrection Luth eran, and St. 'Matthew’s Luther an. . The letter to 'the Cleveland re presentatives follows: “We feel that passage of a sev enty-five cents (75c) minimum wage law for coverage of work ers dm service-type industries is just, necessary and past due. In fluence of a small minority has prevented passage in previous /ears. “By bringing these workers in o consideration for coverage, <no-t >nly is more purchasing power made available, but increased state revenues Will result. Out side industry rates overall stand ard of living in a community much higher than cheap labor, rhese industries always seek a fi nancially healthy community for heir new locations. "Wte trust that you will cast /bur vote in behalf of the mtoi num Wage law in the interest of ell Cleveland County citizens and ill North Carolinians.” Beam, Baines Were To Confer Cherryville architect J. L. Beam vas to confer Wednesday after loon with City Schools Superin. endent B. N. Barnes on efforts o pare the proposed Davidson ■chool gytmtorium to specifica ions to meet the city schools milding budget. The schools had budgeted $75, 100 for the Davidson project, and ow bids on the desired plan to aled $107,000. Mr. Barnes announced the chool board will meet as sche luled next Monday and will dis uss the gymtordum plans and e-election of teachers. ■ ■ Air Raid Alert Set For Friday A state-wide civil defense air raid alert will be conducted from 11:30 to noon Friday. The practice alert will test ithe efficiency of the state’s air raid alert system, now depend ing wholly on the RACES com munication network. All regular television and ra dio broadcasts will be suspend ed for the half-hour, Civil De fense Chairman J. Ollie Harris said. - Students Win School Contests Elaine Dixon, fifth grade stu dent at West School, and John Tria, seventh grader at North school, won the city-wide read ing and declamation contests Wednesday afternoon. Judges in the contest were Mrs. Ercie D. Cornwell, supervisor of Cleveland County schools, Boyce Morrison, supervisor of Shelby city schools: and B. F. Maner, insuranceman. The winner of the reading me. dal, given annually by Dr. L. P. Bker, recited, “The Bells of Eden Valley” and young Tria, who won the Neisler declamation medal awarded annually by Mrs. C. E. Neisler, recited, “I Am An Ameri can.” Other reading contestants were Rita Caveny, East school fifth •grader; Linda Roberts, North school sixth grader; and Sarah Hendricks, eighth grader from Central school. Other contestants in the decla mation division were Kenneth Barnes, Central school eighth grader; Jerry Ramsey, East school fourth grader; and Neil; McCarter, sixth grader from West school. P-TA MEETING Showing of the film, “Facing Teenage Problems” and pres entation of a panel discussion will feature the Monday night meeting of Central school P TA. The public is invited to the meeting at 7:30 p. m. in the | school auditorium. Dentist Leadei Of Fluoridation Proponents Here Dr. D. F. Hord, Kings Mountain dentist and leader in ithe move ment to fluoridate the city water supply, made a statement -this week in favor of fluoridation. The statement follows: "Recently there has developbd some opposition ito the addition of fluorides to the city water sup ply. The following represents my views after a careful study of t'he literature and sets forth some of the reasons I support the,Fluori dation. "Fluorides have been classed as poisons. This is true. Chlorine, iodine, aspirin, Vitamin D and many other drugs used in modern medicine are also classed as pois ons. Carefully calculated dosage determines the difference foe. tween 'a poison and a safe, useful, beneficial medicine. The machin ery that has been devte loped for the addition of fluorides to Water supplies it so effectively calibra ted that dosage can be controlled to one part in ten million parts. "It -has been said that dental caries is not a oommtfhicable dis ease and therefore is not a pub lic health problem. It is true that caries is not communicable'. But any disease that affects more -than 90% of the population is cer tainly a matter for public health consideration. -If this were not! -true our United States Public; Health Service would have no Dental Division, nor would oUr North Carolina State 'Board of Health have a Division of Oral Hygiene. These agencies are a mong the many that have appro ved the addition of Fluorides in concentrations of 1 part per mil lion as being safe to the individu al and -beneficial in the reduction of tooth decay in children and teen agers. If ‘here wbre any real or suspected o anger in .this do sage the Pure Food and Drug Ad ministration would have intervan. led. "The point that "only a com parative few will benefit from (Continued on Page Eight) Winn-Dixie May Build New Store; Piedmont-Cherokee Options Held Winn-Dixie Stares may build a lew super market on property located on Cherokee street and Piedmont avenue. J. Wilson Crawford, who is ser ving as agtent for Winn-Dixie, con firmed this week that he holds options an property fronting 200 feet an Cherokee Street and an other 170 feet on Piedmont Ave nue. The Piedmont avenue property adjoins the Herald budding and includes lots of Mrs. latcHe Whi sht, the D. C. Mauney Estate, and Mrs. Boyce Barfly. The Cherokee street property includes 100 feet ownled by First Baptist church and an adjacent 100 feet owned by Glee A, Bridg es and David Hamrick. Charles Harrison, Gastonia en gineer, was surveying and topo gnaphing the property thiis week. Mr. Crawford said he was not at liberty to divulge other details of thte proposed new super mar ket at this time. Winn-Dixie has operated in its present location since 1957 in the S. Battleground avenue building owned by Dr. D. M. Morrison, It had previously operated at Dixie Hlome Store in the budding now owned toy Griffin Drug Store. Board Members Are Committed To Implement Kings Mountain citizens will state preferences for and against fluoridation of the city water supply for a second time May 12. Tire result again will be infor. mational, but the members of the commission said that they, if re elected, would abide by the vote. To a question, the board agreed that a one-vote majority would be a majority. Decision of the board of com missioners, which met in special session Monday night, was una nimous. All the members of the commission, as well as Mayor Glee A. Bridges said they felt a new vote is in order in view of the varied and strong opinions on the question. The board action followed a public hearing the previous week which attracted some 35 citizens and which emphasized the differ ences of opinion since Dr. J. E. Anthony made a public state ment opposing fluoridation of the city’s water supply. The citizens voted about 2 to 1 in May 1957 in the first in formation referendum in favor oi fluoridation. The decision of the electorate was not implemented, though the item had been budgeted. Commenting on this matter, Mayor Bridges said Monday night that the $5,000 originally ticketed for fluoridation was found insufficient to purchase the equipment and to take the safety precautions necessary for instaiiation of the equipment at the filtering plant. At Monday night's session, the board also approved advertising a public hearing for the May 13 meeting on a petition to rezone 334 feet fronting on Waco Road from residential to neighborhood trading area. The property is ow ned by the J. F. Ware Estate. Mis. McDaniel's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Carolyn Early McDaniel, 26, were con ducted Sunday at 4:30 p. m. from First Baptist church, interment following in Mountain Rest cem etery. Mrs. McDaniel, wife of Grier L. McDaniel, Jr., died suddenly Friday afternoon. A native of Cherokee Falls, S. C., she was the daughter of Mrs. Clarenoe L. Early of Kings Mountain and the late Mr. Early. She was graduated from Kings Mountain high school and attend ed Limestone college. As a mem ber of the Kings Mountain Hos pital Auxiliary, she had served 335 hours as a Pink Lady alt Kings Mountain hospital She was sec retary of the Junior department of First Baptist church. Surviving, in addition to her husband and mother, Ls a bro ther, Clarence Lee Early, of Spruce Pine. The final rites were conducted by Dr. E. V. Hudson, assisted by Rev. A. T. Quakenbush. Taxpayers Rush To Meet Deadline Whew! Just made it! Or did you? Subject: taxes — state and federal. Did you drop your re turn in after 6 p. m. Wednes day evening? If you did, '’han ces are, you didn’t make the deadline. Ken Pruitt, post office work er, said Wednesday afternoon the usual policy of the Kings Mountain Post Office Is to can cel out all mail at 6 p. m. in the evening. All mail in the slot after that time is left un til 6 a. m. the following day. City postmen were busy Tuesday and Wednesday, can celling out some 3041 pieces of mail Tuesday, the brunt of which, said Mr. Pruitt, was to Raleigh and Greensboro. Up to 3:30 p. m. Wednesday afternoon 1950 pieces of mail were cancelled out, but the to tal was expected to be close to the Tuesday marie. Ci ty carriers had not reported in at that time. That old expression used to be “Beware the Ides of March" until the 30 day extension. The extension only gave 30 more days to procrastinate. Oh well, the worry's gone for another year.
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