North Carolina Newspapers

Guard Defeats Cherry ville, 6-3, I In Tournament The newly-organized National Guard softball team made an impressive debut in i)ts first game in Ithe slow-pitch district tournament at McAdenville. Organized expressly to enter the district meet, the local Guard club defeated Carolina Freight of Cherryville, 6-3, its first game last week. The victory advanced the Kings Mountain team in the winners bracket of the big dou ble-elimination event which has 33 teams battling for honors. Rain has delayed the tourna ment since the opening days, and National Guard is awaiting its next opponent, probably Thursday or Friday night of this week. Bill Morgan hurled the victory for the Guard in the opener, and he was backed up by three ma tes with two hits each. Lefty Moss was the big gun, with a homer and single in three trips to the plate. H-is homer was a tremendous clouit over the scoreboard in right field. Gerald Hipps and Kenny Metzger, bro ther of the junior’s Roy, aiso had a couple of knocks in three trips for the local team. The National Guard team was organized only a couple of weeks ago after most of the players had played during the league season in a Gastonia loop with Phenix Bulmil outfit. Members of the Guard team are Lefty Moss, Gerald Hipps, Bill Morgan, Holland Smith, Fred Kiser, Floyd Peterson, Kenny Metzger, Gene Tignor, Don Tig nor, C. J. Holland, Ronnie Kin caid, Tony Tompkins, Steve Har mon, Joe Bill Cornwell, and John McGinnis. BR1 All-Stars Defeat Moose The Babe Ruth League all stars used two big innings to de feat the loop-leading Moose club, 9-8, in the circuit’s annual star contest at City Stadium last Wednesday night. The stars tallied five times in the first frame and added three clinching runs in the sixth for the victory. Four pitchers shared the mound duties for the all-stars while three moundsmen worked for the Moose team. The pace-setting Moose outfit outhilt the stars, seven-to-four, but 11 walks, a couple of hit batsmen and three errors aided the winners. Tommy Barrett of the Mar giaoe team led the Stars with two singles with Hambright and Rains gamering the other knocks. Jimmy Rickard was the big gun in the Moose’s attack, with a double and two singles. Wally Harris slammed a triple, and Ed die Huffsitetler, Mike Huffstick ler, and Don McNeeley singles for the losers. All star pitchers fanned a (total of 15 Moose batters in the seven inning affair, while Moose moundsmen whiffed ten. Moose threatened in the last of the seventh with two runs and had Ithe tying run on third base when the final batter fanned. Linescore: All Stars 500 103 0—9-4-2 Moose 102 300 2—8-7-3 Gibson, Melton, Cash, Barrett and Bolin. Harris, Adams, Walker and A dams, Harris. Baseball League . Seeks D Status ^ North Carolina’s newest pro baseball league will apply for D status for the 1960 season. Organizer John Henry Moss of Kings Mt. said that the sdx mem bers of the proposed loop agreed to seek the D rather than rookie Status for itheiir initial season. Six clubs have agreed to join the circuit and at least three others are seeking membership. Members are Hickory, Newton, Lenoir, Morganiton, Staitesville, and Rock Hill, S. C. The three applying for membership are Shelby, Forest Gity and Moores yille. Mass is due to meet wifth Shel by officials Thursday night to discuss possibilities of entering the league. League directors tentatively a greed on a breakdown of person nel as ten rookies, six limited service men and one veteran. Li mited service players are those with less than three years of pro experience. Gory Stewart Hurls Victory For Dixon Gary Stewart hurled a three hitter and fannied 14 as the Dixor team defeated Antioch, 54), in a junior league gamte last Thurs day. Jackie Hughes paced the win ners at the pflatse with a homer, double, and single. Jerry Gilliam doubled and singled far Dixon and Micky Carter obtained the other hit, a Single. Andy Hambright and Tony Black patched for Antioch.. iBud Stewart is the coach of the Dixon team and Dean McOnaw and Broad Beam coach Antioch, Colored News By Connie Gordon Brown 107 Carpenter Street During thte week of July Four th Mr. and Mrs. Plato Pressley bad as a bouge guest, Mrs. Lloyd Smith of Philadelphia, Pa. She is an aunit of Mrs. Pressley. A family picnic was given at ithe home of Mr. and Mrs. Plato Pressley on the 4th of July. Out-of-town guteists included Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Butler, Mrs. Shirley Davis, Mr. Charles Jones, Mr. Danny Butler, Mrs. Lloyd Smith and Mr. Juniilous Lit tlejohn, all of Philadelphia. Other visitors were Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Moore, Frankie and Annette Wells, Mr. and Mrs. George Gaffney and daughters, Sybil and Kathy, Mr and Mrs. Robert Petty, and Mrs. Oardeila Knuckles and daughter, Step henie of Gaffney, S. C. Therte will be a supper Satur day evening on the lawn of Mr. Rufus Davis, given by Miss Rath line Guyton for the benefit of the Senior Usher Board of St. Paul Methodist church. Gaililefe church Will conduct prayer services Friday night at 7:30 at Vestibule AME Zion chur ch. The Senior Class of 1949 of Davidson high school reunion Wll be held ‘Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. in the Davidson auditori um. Rev. MdMiilller, pastor, and congregation will Wold their ser vices at Shady Grove. Baptist church Sunday at 11 a, m. and 7 p. m. Rev. and Mrs. McDowell and Joe Fisher of Catawba were din guests of Mary Burris July Mrs. Jante Rhyne of Gastonia was a weekend guest of Mary Burris. Church union services will be held Sunday afternoon at three o’clock at St. Paul Methodist church. GALILEE NEWS By Mrs. Dorothy Crocker The annual Woman’s Day pro gram will bfe held here Sunday, July 26th. The sermon is at 2 p. m. by Fev. T A. Dever of Besse mer City. The affair is sponsored by the Woman's Society of Chris tian Servide. An August revival Will begin the first Sunday in August. Home Coming will also be on that day. Dinner will be served at 1 p. m. Pastor is Rev. McDowell. Webber-Thomas Vows Exchanged Miss Jacqueline Paye Webber of Kings Mountain and A/1C ! Reuben Thomas, Jr., of Bessemer City, were united in marriage Tuesday evening in a 6 o'clock wedding performed alt the home of the bride’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Whitworth. The vows were pledged before a background of palms and fern. Wrought-iron baskets held white and orchid gladioli. Given in marriage by her fa ther, (the bride wore a gown of Skinner’s Bouquet taffeta and Chantilly lace. Her fingertip len gth illusion veil was attached to a matching headpiece, and she carried a lace-oovered white Bible topped with a white orchid. Mrs. Juanita Starr attended the bride as matron of honor, and bridesmaids were Miss Ro gerline Spencer and Miss Delilah Whitesides. The matron’s gown was a ballerina-length dress of ice blue satin and lace. Other at tendants wore ballerina-length gowns of blue taffeta and lace with bandeau and slippers to match. They carried bouquets in pastel tones. Frances Webber served as the bridegroom’s best man. Ushers were Winsiton Webber, brother of the bride, and A/3C Vernon Dudley, of Goodfellow AFB, San Antonio, Tex., the bride’s cousin. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Esper Webber of Kings Mountain, was graduated from Lincoln high school and attend ed Johnson C. Smith University. She is employed in Gastonia at North Carolina Orthopedic Hos pital. Now in the Air Force station ed in New Mexico, the bride groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben' Thomas of Bessemer City. He is also a graduate of Lincoln high school. The couple and wedding party greeted guests on the lawn im mediately . following the cere mony. After a trip by car to Mex ico, Mrs. Thomas will return to the hoffne of her grandparents until she rejoins her husband foi his overseas tour of duty. Earl Plant To Start Operating Year Ahead Of Initial Schedule The new plant of Fiber Indus trjjas*.li}c,.nyw under construction a)t Earl, will bfe producing com mercial quantities of Terom poly ester fiber by the middle of 1960, Jamies H. Black, company presi dent, told the Shellby Klwanis Olub, ait its weekly meeting last Thursday. Mr. (Black said (the schedule to start production one year earlier than originally planned had been made possible by the granting of a license to Fiber Industries by E. I. dUPomt de Nemours & Com pany, Inc., which permits the Shelby company to produce and market a polyester fiber in the United States before expiration of the basic patent in July, 1961. O riginally, it was anticipated the new plant would not get into pro duction before 1961. The polyester fiber, known chemically as polyethylene tere phthalaie, currently one of the fastest growing synthPic fibers. It was developed in 1941 in the laboratories of Calico (Printers’ Association, (Ltd. in Great (Bri tain. Rights to manufacture and market the fiber in the United States were sold by Calico Print ers to DuPont. In his speech last night, (Mr. Black also reviewed Fiber Indus tries’ contribution to .the commu nity's economic development dur ing its first six months of oper ation in Shelby. Hie said the com pany had spent more than $3 mil. Mom for labor and material (much of which, he pointed out, cme from local suppliers) since ground for .the new plant was broken last January. A total of 257 men are now en gaged in construction work at the plant site, Mr. (Black said, . with new workers being added almost daily.' He indicated the construc tion force would (total about 400 by September with a further rise to 750 predicted for the peak con struction period in November and December. Initially the Shelby plant will have 450 full time employees. When ful production status is Peached, the plant will have 1,500 employees for an annual pay roll of $10 million. Mr. Black also listed the fringe benefits which Tiber Industries will provide in addition to a fab wage to its operating employees. These include a health plan which covers medical and surgical care for employees (and their families and life insurance coverage. Oth er benefits edited by Mr. Black were paid vacations and holidays, Strict safety regulations and ex cellent in-plant working condi tions. NOW'S THE TIME +o clear away rubbish and dangerous combustibles/ J A HP PONT FORGET THE BASEMENT, I FOR THAT’S INHERE Vs OF AU HOME j FIRES START/ New Forester Begins Work The County Commissioners of Cleveland County in cooperation wish the N. C. Department of Conservation and Development, Division of Forestry have estab lished a posiiitian for the employ ment of a graduate Forester. Thomas Paul Davis, a June Mitcham Dies In New York City Woodrow Mitcham, 47, former Rings Mountain citizen died in New York Monday night after undergoing an operation for a kidney ailment. He had undergone a similar operation two years ago. The body, being returned here for burial, was due to arrive Wednesday. Funeral arrange ments, being handled by Dock ery Funeral Home, Shelby, were Still incomplete. A former employee of Griffin Drug Store for many years, Mr. Mitcham had lived in New York since his discharge from the army after World War II. He was a television repairman. He had served in the army about three years. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Martha Jackson, also a for. mer Kings Mountain citizen, a daughter, Barbara Ann Mitcham, and three brothers, John Mitch am, Kings Mountain, Ernest and Dennis Mitcham, both of Win ston-Salem. Midpines Club Plans Contest The Midpines Community Bet terment Club is making plans for a community development contest, the members decided at a recent meeting. Howard Clapp, county agricul tural agent, had previously dis cussed a community betterment program. He noted the success of other areas within the state and made mention of the available help within the county. The de velopment contest is under spon sorship of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. Members also voted to invite speakers ito present programs on hygiene, citizenship, law, dentis try, and Other subjects. The next neeiting date is August 22. Mis. Raegan's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Blanche Wilson Reagan, 59, prominent Charlotte woman and former Kings Mountain citizen, were held Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. from Miller and Kerns Hawthor ne Chapel, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Reagan, wife of W. Clyde Reagan, died Tuesday in a Char lotte nursing home following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late John T. and Nancy Flexico Wilson and was fr 31 years associated with Aetna Insurance Group, retiring in 19 51. She was voted Charlotte Bus iness Woman of the Year in 19 51. She was a member of First ARP church of Charlote. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a sister, Mrs. J. V. Galloway of Dallas, Tex., a bro ther, W. Glenn Wilson of Char lotte, and a nephew, Robert Ben son of Concord. Church School Begins Monday Vacation Church School will be conducted next week iait Cen tral Methodist church, with all children in thie Sunday School dparrtimenttB invited to partici pate. The first session of ithe school will be held Sunday morning at 9 a. m. with the week’s session to begin Monday afternoon at 5:30 and continue until 7:30 p. m. nightly. Mrs. D. R. Hamrick and Mrs. flCathieen McCluney are serving as superintendents for the school. Presbyterians Elect Moore Rev. Park H. Moore, a former pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian church of Grover and now of Gastonia, was elected moderator of Kings Mountain Presbytery at Ihe meeting Tuesday at Olney Presbyterian church in Gastonia. Mr. Moore is pastor of Arm strong Memorial Presbyterian church in Gastonia. Kings Mountain’s two Presby. terian churches were represen ted at the meeting. Dr. Paul Aus ley, pastor, and Elders Luithei Cansler and B. W. Gillespie rep resented First Presbyterian chur eh. George Harper, student sup ply pastor, and Thomas Humph ries, deacon, represented the Di xon church. i graduate in Forest Management N. C. State College, and a resi dent of Cleveland County, began the duties of Forester July 16. Mr. Davis has his office on the second floor of the Agriculture Building !tn Shelby. Mr. Davis attended No. 3 high school. He is a member of the Pleasant Ridge .Baptist church, is a member of XI Sigma Pi, am honorary Forestry fraternity; a member of the Society of Amer ican Foresters and the American Forestry Association. He as mar ried to fhe former Miss Mary Gil lespie of Shelby and thby reside at Swains vi lie. Mr. Davis’ work will be diviri ed into throe phases; Forest Fire Control, Forest Management As. sistanioe, and Information and Ed ucation. During the summer mon ths, he will be concerned largely With landowners din the county who wish to contact him for any type of forest management prac tices. Mr. Davis can he reached at his of fide each day (Monday! through Friday from 8 to 8:30. Frank Craven, District Fores ter of Belmont, was in Shelby on Thursday getting the program of work lined up for the new Fores ter. In 1954, about 58 per cent of North Carolina was in farm lands. 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