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Population Greater Kings Mountain City Umits TMa Ogata to* tha IMS nags Barits Haws is 10.320 8,008 to* Orsatsr nags Mountain u SstiTsS trsai Msualma city Bnclwr csss us TBs city aaa si l«M. VOL. 75 No. 8 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 20, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year 14 Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS r Local News Bulletins *--HgffifrecKrfs-' Parking motor rerrlpts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $191.30. including $122.»» from onstreet meters. $51 in over parking fine*, and $11.50 from off-street meters. City Clerk Joe MoDaniel, Jr., reported. P-TA MEETING •ick II. Whin. Kings Mountain yer and judge of city record ers court. stressed the import ance of will making at Tuesday's Parent-Teacher Association meet hiK at Cast s'hooj. Principal I*. M. Kennedy gave the devotions and refreshments were served in the cafeteria. TO MEETING Dr. Paul K. Ausley. pastor of First Presbyterian church, is at tending a two-day meeting of the Council of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina in Raleigh yes terday and today. The Council includes representatives of the nine Presbyteries of the Synod. CHURCH BENEFIT Christ the King Catholic church , will serve chicken barbecue din ner and supper Sunday at the American Legion Hall. Sen ing of dinner will be from noon un til 2 o’clock and serving of supper will be from 5 until 8 p. m. Pro ceeds will go to the church. DIXON SERVICE Students from Davidson college will fill the pulpit at Sunday morning worship services at 9:30 a. m. at Dixon Presbyterian chu rch. A family night covered dish supper will be held at 6 p. m. and the students will lead a Sunday evening services at 7 p. m. ^ WINS PROMOTION Ha/IC Horace Dean Bowen, son of Mr. and M»r. W. G. Bowen, recently won his promotion from A-2C to A/IC while serving at Davis Month a". AFB in Tucson. Arizona. Airmen Bowen anti Mrs Bowen, the former Judy Barrett, live in Tucson at Apartment S. 1301 N. Columbus Blvd. Traffic Signals On Part-nme Only The three recently - installed traffic signals near Central. Da vidson and West schools now provide stop-go instructions to motorists during school hours. By action of the board of com missioners the three traffic sig nals are now giving stop-go sig nals from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. At all other times, the signals are flashing “caution". The signals are at West Moun tain and South Watterson; North Piedmont and Ridge; and at North Watterson and Parker. Local Seniors In PPG finals Three King* Mountain high school seniors John Tria, Jr., Phyllis Pusey and Joan McClure ftirr am<%ig eight high school ^Jdents ki the area who have qualified as fir alists in the com petition for a Pittsburgh Plate Glass Foundation scholarship be ing offered for the second year. The eight will be interviewed by a three member scholarship committee Friday to determine the winner. The students were designated finalists in the PPG foundation scholarship program by the Na tional Merit Scholarship Corp., which evaluated their results on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given last March. The eight fatalists qualified from among 35 applicants from desig nated high schools in Cleveland County and cut rounding area. A scholarship committee is composed of If Edmunds White, associate dim-tor of admissions. Davidson College; James D. Far rar, director of admissions. Wash ington and Le- University; and Elliott B. Grover, head of ihc Department o' Texti'es at N. C. State College. They will consider such factors as scholarship rt*c oitls, principal's endorsement, motivation, leadership and other IH-rsonality characteristics in se lection of the winner. A student will receive a four year scholarship, ranging from $250 to $1,500 annually, depend ing on the student's actual finan ual need. ■\ luncheon will he held Friday Ip North Lake Country club in Shelby. Other finalists, all from Shelby high school, are Stephen F. Let*. Tony Hicks. Thomas B. pepriest, Gant Mm tad sally JtaffMy Missed Days Pot End Of School On Jane 3rd The Kings Mountain District Board of Education voted to ex tend the termination of the 1963 64 school year until June 3 in order to make up the lost days during the year due to bad wea ther conditions at its regular nioeting .Monday night. There were four days in this year’s school term that were mis s’d due to bad weather condi tions. and one day of school was missed as a result of President Kennedy’s death. The regular school term was previously scheduled to end on May 27. ino tsoard alto voted to make up any additional days missed tho Saturday following the dav missed, unless the day missed tails on Friday, then It would be made up the following Satur day. Supt. Barnes informed the Be ard that many of the high school students were employed by local merchants to work Saturdays, and if a day was missed due to bad weather, and the dav missed fell on Friday, it would present quite a few problems to the Sat urday working students. The Board's decision followed discussion after Supt. Barnes in formed the Board that the County Board Of Kducation had recently voted to extend the termination of school one week and make up any additional days missed on the first Saturday following the day missed. In oth«-r actions, the Board vo ted to accept c. K. Wariick's In surance Agency's rccommenda Mon that additional insurance coverage be obtained for the City School buildings and their con tents. Mrs. 0. E. Warlick, meeting with the board, recommended that the-board purchase addition al roverage for properties. Values had been estimated as rising two per eent due to increased build ing costs. Since the most recent appraisal. I he additional assessment was estimated by Mrs. Warlick as be in” approximately $65,000 in ad ditiona! < •overage, and would increase the insurance premium $135 per year. Supt. Barnes read a letter from the Countv-wide survey committee of Raleigh concerning the survey of Cleveland County schools. The Board took no action on the plan, and Supt. Barnes informed the Board that the survey would con sist of a detailed inspection ot all Kings Mountain schools. The Board authorized Supt. Barnes to make separate pay men Is to Compact coaches in volved in coaching tnaior sports at Compact high school. The Board had previously vot ed to pay the head coach of each of the three major sports $30 per month for services rendered. Coach John Blalock had reques ted that authorization for pay■ meat of supplements be awarded assistant coaches at the school. The Board’s decision gave Supt. Barnes the authority to make separate payments to head coa ches and assistants, not to exceed $3d per month. No action was taken regardin'; repairs to the Bethware School 1 building roof, the cost of which has been estimated at Sl.tMO. Supt. Barnes read a letter from Mrs. J. K. Willis, seventh grade ; teacher at Bethware school, re questing authority to take her class on a two-day trip to Char J lesion. S. C. Tlie Board approved ; the request with the stipulation that no school time would be alio ted for the trip. Authorization for travel ex penses was approved by the Board for Mrs. Wan/a Y. L/avts, Supt. Barnes' Secretary, to attend ' the State Secretary's Convention which is to bo held at Durham March 5-7. Kxpenses. not to ex iced $%, were granted, i A definite date for the begin ning of the summer school term Continued On Pn«/c 8 HERE THURSDAY Dr. I. Beverly Lake, candidate lor the Demo cratic nomination tor governor, wilt visit Kings Mountain and tour the city Thursday afternoon. He will address the Kiwanis club Thursday evening. Candidate Lake Heie Thursday Dr. I Beverly Lake, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, will bring his cam paign to King.*: Mountain Thurs day. He is expected to arrive here anout 2 p.m. and will s|>end th afternoon tour ng the city and greeting prospective voters, his Cleveland Count y manager. Charles I). Robertson, of Shelov. said Wednesday. On Thursda\ evening at 6:45 he will make a formal address at t h e Kings Mountain Kiwanis cluh. He will he* presented by Jonas Bridges manager of WKM T Kings Mounaitn. Dr. l*ake will he the third of five candidates for t In Democratic noninatiaon lor Gov ernor to visit Kings Mountain, having h<>en preceded by Dan K. I Moore, of Sylva. and 4.. Richard* son Preyer, of Gnvns’ioro. Dr. Lake is making Itis se<-ond bid for the governor'.- of fin*. In I960, he trailcii (lovernor Terry Sac. ford in a second primary by 71.(100 votes. I!*- had previously served as assistant attorney gen eral. having resigned during the Hodges administration due to dif ferencos on segregation policy. He ran in 1960 as an avowed segregationist, hut he has made only limited reference to this is sue during the nresttat campaign. He has. however, been a critic of the Sanford administration, and has tangled publicity with party leaders several times since Gover nor Sanford assumed office. Dr. Lake is a native of Wake Forest and is former professor at Wake Fores' law school. He is a graduate of Wake Forest, class | of '25, and from Harvard law j school, in 1929. GOP Convention Shelby Saturday Kenneth rnomas, republican I Chairman for the Tenth Congres sional District. announced that the District Convention hail been called to be held at tin* Court ; House at Shelby, North Carolina, at 2:30 pan. on Saturday. The business of the convention will consist of the report of the credentials committee. report of the resolutions committee, elec i tion of officers. and election of delegates and alternates to the Republican "notional convention ' to he held in San Francisco in I July. The officers to Ik1 elected will he a district chairman, vice-chair man, secretary and treasurer. The convention wil’ also recommend members oi th< State Executive committee from the Tenth dis (trict. MISSION STUDY A H«»me Mission study for First Baptist church and seven other arra Baptist churches will be held Thursday night beginning at BJO ' p. m. Numerous church leaders will conduct the study which is open to the interest'd public. Young (Really Young) Vandals Ransack Faith Baptist Chunk Three youny vandals, ages five, and eight years, ransacked the' Faith Baptist Church. located on Bennett Drive. Sunday afternoon it was reported bv polite officers. Officers Ellis King and Bynum Cook report that the three young sters. a five year old and two eight year old’s, entered the chu rch after morning services Sun day and proceeded to deface pro perty. damage's of which were estimated at over S10U. The officers stated that window panes were broken, table* and «bato WWB Ilk—fUl « CfeM*1 elier broken, books and oilier lit erature destroyed, and diim.ijji" sust.lined to the ehureh piano. After receiving a call that the church had been entered, police »((km investigated the break in, and information led the offi «*crs to the honn-s of the guilty vandals. The three youths readily ad milted the vandalism, and the parents of the three boys were reported as having accepted thi res ponsibility of payment lor da mages incurred. White Is Defii Employee Jailed On Hold-up Count Optimist Club l ourth In State K.nn-- Mountain Optimist cliih was rated fourth in North Caro lina f:.r the month of January. President R. \V. Hurl hurt has been notified. Durham rated first. Mooresville second. and ljucen City of Char lotte was third. Ratings arc based on member- ' ship increase’, attendance |»er.ent ag. and a.-tivitics, Westmoreland Rites ThnzsdaY funeral rile, ror Jpj.sc- Floyd (Crap i Westmoreland, SO. of Gro vei. will he held Thursday at 4 i>- m. from Grover's First Baptist ehurch of which he was a mem ber. Tito body w*.i taken to the home Wednesday n:-.;ht from Harris Funeral Home and will lie-in state until 3:30 p.m. today. Rev. W. F. Monroe, assisted by I)r. Sm-ot Baker and Rev. Fred Crisp, "'ill officiate, and interment will lx in Grover cemetery. A native of Hickory Grove. Mr. Westmoreland was the son of the late John G ard Mary Boheler Westmoreland. A former |>olice man and deputy sheriff >f Grov er. he was a veteran ui World War II He is survived by his wife. Mrs. Nina Roark Westmoreland: five brothers. Pi I Westmoreland of Knoxville. Tenn.. il. A West mon-land of Kingsport. Tenn.. W. K. Westmoreland of Pittsburg. Pa, and J. B. Westmoreland of Grover; and tv\o sisters. Mrs. H. L. Beam of Grrver and Mrs. J. ii. Bemiett of Houston. Texas. Mr. Westmoreland succumbed Tuesday in the CheroKoe Memor ial hospital after an illness of several weeks. New Agreement On Library rh«* <*it>• commission approved last week an amendment to its agree m<4it witc the Jacob S. Mauncy family which will change the operating direction of Jacob S. Mauncy lihiary. The resolution provides 1> for cessa^pn of us-* of the library as a teacheiage and it makes the agreement conform to state sta tutes on library operation. Specifically, t!•»«» library will be managed in the future by a non paid group of sir trustees, ap pointed by the city commission. Initially, two will he appointed for two years, two for four years, and two for s.\ years. Subse quently. appointments will he for six years. Not more than one memlicr of tin* city commission may serve under the library board. I nder the prior arrangement. th<> three-mem her library board was in char,'** of operation of the plant itself and superintended the teacherage. It included a tepre , sentative of th city commission, a representative of the board of education, and a member of the1 Jacob S. Mauney family, donors of the library. Operation of the library was .conducted by a seven-member |j. brary operatinr board. Demand for housing by teach ers diminished from a 19.il .i2 peak. Meantime, increase of vol umes and use o; the library posed a til's'll for add-tional space for the library itself. Struetural changes interior re modelfeto and general redecorat ing of the plant were effected last year at a tost to the city of slightly in ex.-ess of SU.tMN). It was indicated the city would ap|>oint the new library trustees next month. SCOUT SERVICE Boy Stouts of first Presbytei lan chureh led the morning wot ship service Sundav at 11 a.m. Ka ule Scout Larry Patrick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence P*tr>ck. delivered the message on “On the I mil." A1 Robert Jones Bound Over 1o High Court Robert II. J< nes, l!l. employet «>f Kind's Mountain Sheet Meta Works since >io\ ember. allegedly held up his employers at gun point Saturday and demanded »».w anu transportation to .--.or. da. Mrs. \V. A. Childers >.j.d Jones, who had lived in the Coopertown section of Cherryville road since coming to Kings Mountain from Jonesville. S. rang their door bell about l n.m. Saturday. Mrs. Childers answered the door, told the youth iwho asked to see Mr. Childers* to "mmc in.” Mr. Chil ders was using the telephone. Mrs. Childcr.- said she didn't know the boy since ihe hadn't worked at the family firm foi sometime. She said .1 nines had taken the day off Friday on what hi* said were “business reasons" and had been paid by Mr. Chil ders. lie was to have reported for work again Monday. Hound over to Superior Court Tuesday morning <*n a charge of robbery with firearm-;. Jones ap i/oaled two other case:* in wh-ctr lie was soitencttl to is month each on individual charges of as sault by pointing a gun Mrs. Childers described events at her home Scutrday afternoon as ••narrowing.’ •Jones waited until Albert iia. finishiil his teiephone conversa tion". Mrs. Chi ders said. Then he pulled a pistol from under his belt and demanded a chock for S150", she addi-d. The boy repeated his munitions of going to Fl< rida and said if Mr. Childers wouhti't accompany him he'd carry Mrs. Childers as a hostage. Mi's. Childer said her husband left for the si-eet metal firm to draw a chec': for the youth aftei Jones promised he wouldn't harm her. Jones warned them both not to call officers, Mrs. Childers said. However. Mr. Childers ealleil his son-in-law. Solon Moss. fr«>m ihe sheet metal firm and also called officers to meet him at his business office on Waco road Mr. Moss went to his molhei in-low's home on pretense of re turning a bon owed item. Mrs Childers, who sail) she didn't know her sifii-in-law was als > carrying a weapon, tried to serve the boy dinner made coffee foi the three of them while they they waited foi Mr. Childers to return, and tried to reason with Jones. “He got croff with rr.r- on** time", Mrs. Childers said. She said Jones hail the Run pomied at her for hours. "It was after Solon came that I managed to heat some water on the pretense of making cof f**e". Mrs. Chihiers continued. “It was hard to pour boiliii" wa ter on that hoy even though I was afraid someone would Ref hurt." It was while Jones and Mrs. Childers wen* in the dinette for coffee that Mrs Childers dashed a pan of hot water into Jones’ face and Jones was raptured. Moss rushed into the dinette, pulled hie pistol. Ho said Jones’ Run tamed when Jones tried to shoot. Mrs. Childers, who hail fled, said she referred to the house to call her husband who came im mediately with officers. Jone.. «as jailed at Shelby. Jones was di scribed as a "Rood worker who had Riven no trouble previously." lie Rave no reason for the robbery, Mrs. Childers saiii. except that lie wanted to ro to Florida. Mrs. Childers said the hoy tame to their home ridinR a bicy cle. He was sol er, she said. PRATER DAT SERVICES Virtually all KitiRs Mountain area churches held World Day of Prayer services Friday from ll:l.i until U:-IS a m. Merchants »n town closed their businesses Urn UwdlU mm lite Senate Candidate STEPPING DOWN Stcte Hcpre sentative Jack Palmer. o{ Sh< .by. announced lo t week ho will not seek re-election. Mr. Palmer re presented Cleveland county in the House for three terms. Stroke Is Fatal To Rev. Oxlor;! Itov. ('hail*- Kail o pastor of (Vk Vto\. IJapti>: church for If \«vns. iicnhcd Wednesday tnornin;- a.H i ullei inn a stroke. Mr. Oxford did ,n t:i.* lo hospital about 3:3o . Born April i. 1*41 ] in Ifurko County. 'Ir Oxford w.is the --on of ttic late Isaac and laola Or. rty Oxford. Before cumin to Kings Mountain. he served pastor _ of the Southsidc I; ami Smyrna lsuptist ihui . Morgan ton. Surviving are Ids wife. \|» Juanita Moore Oxford: t w ■ < (laughters. M.s Andrew Mia. ' Morganton aid M i Jan Rhyne of King.. Mnu itain: '>n< son, Charles Karl Ox ord. Jr. of the home: and a hrotner. (. . tu !• Oxford of Mnrr.inton. I'uneral rite1 will lx* hold Kri day al 2 p.rr.. from * >ak View Baptist < hurrh. Rev. Stephen M Morrisett will officiate at the fi nal rites and interment vmII be in Forest Hill iv:wtpij at Moi gaitton. The bod\ will l>- iroui-'ht P Kirksey Funeral Homo I '• canton to the homo on Yorl road Thursday at _ p.m. and will Ii<* it: state until one hour h. foro the serv .cos. Deacons of the ohm -i will serve as arti\ • pnllheatc ami ministers of the Kin^s Mountain Ministerial Assoo.ation will »o:vc as honorary p; llbearer.. Vilagers Win Talent Event The Vilaser* a fiw-pioro folk singing string band, won top ho not s Saturday night at he first annual talent show of the Km .s Mountain Optimist dub. Rtatnor-up was anothoi \ -all/ Mlg outfit, the a!lg:ll itluoiM'lls of (iast ciui. Members of Hip win• 1.:i ioup woiv Debbie llurlhun, Don Hurl hurt. Phillip Wright, i»< \ Si. \\ an and Jackie Uix a. all K i ■ Mountain high school studi Stow art and Wright .10 ..-aitai ists. The group played and s.m ■ "If I Had a I.' rumor". The icn dition was vorth Sill 111 ill <vi tificato to each mcmbci of in. group. Judges wore 1i. S. P««e|oi lr.. and Mis Austin Hum :ai a> l-nvr. iico Adams i.n.inui <»: the club's oomniittoo on ar .. r:< ments, sor.ed as master o! ocx monies. Following the talent event. the Impalas olajo.i lor 1 dance. Rumors Wrong On Switch ".rr Rouse Seat r> MARTIN HARMON Hu * * !■ t.,e . hi.i .1 v .I.H' ii \\ *■. K n * '!•> ; ■ '.'i alio e. Vt.ll v.': th ■ 1 *. no Tat • i:. * i > the .tls: .1 str! ■ it • ■' Clev i il t'ou 3 i 11. i • ifiarrrle ! ha<i am uneiil h .."I.!*., ri il,. in-el; n; f.i •tr'ii.ir nt t,v Si-m -in- Kohe F. Mot,; it l;ia' he uuitai t see n-■•-!«■ tion Hum is that Mr. Whin- migl • ; ,\s sernbly cal iii lead lie, in spread f••1! i * i’!-• a.inounrement by Hep. j.* I‘a Inter, ,ii . ; i Tii'i! nay th.'*! re would noi seek re-i 1 i on aftei three terms of serv ee. Mr. I’alm".'s atiiioum-ement ••ante as a sen-rise to many |> >Ii t.eal observers .v-knowled -iri^ that lie had re '"!'c(l several -ii'tire ■ • ons liiat >• ehare'e his intentions ami of - fi.'- I!i<- IIoe;e -e.it. Mi. White • I I feel t <!is ''i t p.i\ tosvriteli the middle n. tii. sTeatn and I ol»l:«• ?t«*»> i > ihoM' wnn ini tially <><[(• til '.tpjjint of my ran dida.-y rot the Senate to remain • the lilt. ! v . • lld.n't lie do Mitr rny supp i tors riyht to '•han,:<- " Meantime. there was a paucity •>f rumors as to idem My of ran ' date o ' candidates to succeed Rrp. palmer, A mon rhosi- mentioned .n a "possible" i; t. Lyndon Hobbs. Jr.. Shelby lawyer. Mr Ho'.ih* saal VV«*dnosday af tcrn ior ho douoted most morion :y ho would o*•or |or the House nomination, but dill not complete ly • lose the do ,i with an unequi vocal "no”. Otherwise, political act vity was limited din iio the pa-t week. Roliert V. (Bob' t'abi-aess. of Lawndale. was the lone new can didate of the week. le is the ihird to fill foi tho five mombe ■onnty ImuiI . . od:. c m Others a ho filed prev iously are Charles A K ott. Polk lie. end Poll.lid Ale\ inder. Mih reshoio None are incumhents To date, there is a throe-way mlest for the !' sti i t Domo :at r nomination to the county hoard of commissioners, inrltid :i ’ S.u, con Hewitt. C tries A. Bridee-s. and I I> il>ic> Tucker. Other contest to date is foi re ; sto of lii-i ds. between Ivey Wh snant. iivembrnt. and Ralpi .1. Tucker. assistant • ounty ta* inlk'dor. Hosui!*l Share Total S4200 Ki i’s '1( uniniii liiispi'al's >!uiv .11 l>u!. K'ndi.w *1)1 ;t|»|>i' pri.Uions of SI wa:i S1.2i"l fi»r 1:'•"* up some $1.171.mi from Tin* Him al«l . tl\t-iI *ntl> I ! • v.-;t I's ■ l* | >1 If. . it SI , 013.‘Ml in a ii<‘V s slor' las; »wl. P'.tal at Roilin>: Sprint's will i< .'«■ $1 ,ul.; (si aVl<! ('lev-•lan.I Mi im.il hospital at Shtlby will et $;•. 1123.00. nie runds. i ased on eharlty eare in the fiscal year which end ed Srplrani'i Hi, an- beins dis trihnted m 1 n hospitals and I'l child cuv m millions in the two stales. Hospitals ro-eiv ShPJ.PJl .00 of the tot il Kxplainino t - Il hospitals are tss.-icd ip i,,, iia-is ,if SI a day for c.t li fiv e day of ate. Mai sh all I Pick'-ns. | comment secre tary. said th s.- appropriations . rino to S.T..S1' 17." 'if. th. oontri liut oi s made in .’If* i isiscculive veils to ,1-s't lto>i'.tals and ‘rid care i tstit at ion# >| the two s .lies in then charity service*. Heart Sunday Srnrhv; Canvas Set Honse-to-Honse Sunday Afternoon Heart Sunil ly on Sunda\ will tit. I««!<• a nui'M -to-housc fanv>i» anil a road'-dt* k lor funds foi lienefit of the »!*•>! llea.t Kurd. K. S a it Morrison. chairman of ih«* 19(>f Heart Fund appi'.il .n K:n4» 'I ‘untair., said that !»<•• Kinjfs Mm tain INs w S«|iia ! will condui t a loud block Sntidii;. afternoon and ' olunte •< workei s will ralivass tti-> mni iunit\ !■ > funds for the I hart Drive. Heart Sunday chad o\;.n is M: . .lack 11 iVhite. Rainlxm Girl* will conduct sale of tai:s anti balloon-. Satur Jay morning from h a.r.t. until 12 liuuu iu* beotiiu ul Ulc Hum I' d Mary Ann .Morrison is chan man •; th > [>hasc of ihi* Heart Drive and oihe.s who will assist in Tag t>a> arc Jaiic Ju ly Mori.-.in. Joytc D.xon, Ik>:i 11a Kaher. Sandra Unllencioi, No. Ta Kino. Lihb) Alexander. I., da Kobi*rt«. Iran Dms. l.inda Sherrvr. Jutlx |vc\. KiU.\ Kill son. Dale tl 'forth. Ann Saunders and Elaine Dixon. Proceeds from benefit budge (Mines Saturday totaled S11 "Tlio r inuruiV'ity is responding well to !h;s \. iir‘> Heart Fund Drive itid sirilrihutio'Mt are ex peeled to sad a record in giving" Chaniuan Uvu;i*uu coiuaie.utu. CANDIDATE--Spurgeon Hewitt, ol Polkv:lle, is o candidate for l!u Democratic nomination for county commissioner from dis tuct loui. He is among three can didates seeking the nomination. Ir. un-.bent John D. White isn't sc< king re-election. City Board Session Noisy In .1 noisy m »>.<»n Inst Thurs • lay. tiu- r ii\ ooard of oommis Si'iRtTs (lis.’i^scd possibilttv *f • ->nstiu ini; a i.nlioad underpass, took a slum m i- ..f routine ;»• lions. ■' n I fu l is< If .mused ol “hljekmail. Ckivon Kelly chatted th • ‘* kr 1' . <••• ••rnin sail* •: a Monro*’ avenu • 1**1. Ke’lv ob:'vi*'d lo reports. fh«* e.ty would use i!io lot. unit's it at a toed a minimal I> •• of ■ HO faf it. ) •t u'iliiy poll’s Tn > tin* ..ommiSMon only th;.t p. i-ilify of use of tin* lot for that pm p ' • had b*M*n dis i-tissi’d at i ptovious meeting. 'The <-ity ivnts a lot foi polo storage at >11 prr.viMr. • A day previously to \!i Kelly's ippeaianoe. tho lot hail lieen con firmed to .1 ;ti Mi’liraver, of ''hi'lby. for Mr K. Ily had hid <‘o to t;i,. |nt at the initial allot toil. Tho hid was tala’*! to $.V» by Mi Vf< ivt’i no, dating a ie-sale aixtion. when Mr. Mo. Braver |M.st,.(| th*- S.TVI hid. it was not rais’d withr.i the t*-ti day legal period * I'ov.itv i< sal.-. rho h.ard (ll' iss. .1, Without action. \ i> or Clee A. lir report o| 1 i"i ’ or U’gest.ons th.it :in untie.pass .nst ucted. I’lii' Mayor jyui the project would ro t S7 "ufi ;md w >uld n*. <|U:rc a hoi: I sue. II,. >aid th** underpass could eliminate up to three rail cross wigs. Sam Sutler, cemetery superiii te dent who i- < l • m.,« Mai. h 1. ai :m*.i hI 'a’eiie the hoard to note that he h id Ivc .nit’ erme te v superinn'’.dent year.* pie \ louslv In other a liens, the hoard: 1 \ i [ited low lid of South. a II M. on ('iR-|ian> at S2.M7 for a truck eh is.s for a dump truek. A’ ai ov ii : i ansfe, of S2od fie-n tile i vil defense fond for Use i;t ■ I "’ey eland Life Saving a IL m ue Squad. bringing total 1 ■ appropriati i for tho year to $7 I. t \iitr -d tw st et • being cut from Floyd striwt sou ill. is Hou se i street and Marie street. I* Approve,' installation of • inh and guttri i hotii sides .f Mitchell street. •*»' Voted to advertise a used truck for sale at auctiori. Approved. wl n and if funds are available editions to: pave install sidewall and gutter on Alexander street, from Fulton h La key: and install curb one guttei mi Cleveland avenue, frun Hast Kin to Last Kidge stnvt. 7 Ag.ivd n. appropriate ahou S'ti;» for put se of a Rreatha ’y/er. dev i-e tor determining i ext year. Meantime, the <ompany it to furnish the device tor use "i a trial basis. Utility Bill News Will Be Improved The news for city utility cus« turners, particularly those who heat their luniMti ami establish* ments. will be better when they receive their February 39 state* ment*. Mow much bettet. •>!< Jo. McDaniel. Ji . said ■ 111 vary with particular customer*, hi t the total billings definitely will tie lower than those of January reflecting somewhat warmer tempiTa turps. The current month's ■v»*<tinr,s are still in protest) of tabulation ami linui totals aren't yet avail* abiu. 1 t
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