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[ 8 ¢ ey Section TR Hi oo Years Ago In Kings < ‘Mountain eTaking A Stroll Down Memory Lane® Populati City Limits ............ (1945 Ration Board Figures) cesses 7,208 «es. 15.000 VOL.63 NO. 43 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 22, 1953 Fa Kings Mountain's RELIABLE Newspaper Wednesday, | January 1, 1992 16 Pages Today Sixty-Third Year PRICE FIVE CENTS CITIZENS ARE ASKED TO CONSERVE ATER OATES AT HOME C, C. (Bus) Oates was dis- charged ‘Wednesday f r o m Kings Mountain hospital, where he has been receiving treatment for injuries received in an accident several weeks * ago. AT CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs, J. Ollie Harris attended the National Funer- al Association’s annual con- ference in session last week in Washington, D. C. Mr. Har- ris is a member of the Board x Embalmers in the associa- tion. ATTENDS SYNOD MEETING Mrs. Paul Mauney reported on Kings Mountain Presby- tery’'s women's work at the meeting of the North Carolina Synodical in two-day session at Winston - Salem October 13-14, FIRE ALARMS City firemen answered two calls last Thursday, according to report of Jim Lybrand, fire- man, Wednesday morning. At 3:30 p, m. they extinguished a grass fire on Falls street, and at 10 p. m. an oil stove blaze in the Parton Apartments on W. King street, No damages were reported. : VISITING MINISTER “Dr, Gordon Parkifison, of Due West, S. C, will conduct the ae at Boyce Memorial ARP | Sunday, in the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. L. Press- + rig left Tuesday for Mon- lo, Ark., where he is prea- ching at a series of services at Monticello ARP church. ATTEND CONVENTION Mayor Glee A, Bridges and City Clerk Joe Hendrick repre- sented the city at the annual convention of the North Caroli- na League of Municipalities in Asheville held from Sunday through Tuesday. A former city manager, H, 1. Burdette, now city manager of Hickory, was elected first vice-president of the organization ‘for the coming year. JOINS STAFF Mrs. Ila Morrow, of Gastonia, has joined the staff of Helen's Beauty Shop. Mrs. Morrow, be- fore coming to Kings Moun- tain, was employed by Nova’s Beauty Salon. She assumed her duties Monday. - McSwain Temporary Terminal Manager E. K. McSwain, Gastonia ter- minal employee of Queen City Coach Company, is temporarily in charge of the Kings Mountain Bus Terminal, Mr. McSwain assumed the man- agement of the Kings Mountain station last Thursday, when Mr. and Mrs. O, L, Alverson relin- quished the management, Mr, McSwain said he anticipat- ed the Queen City Company, own- er of the terminal, would obtain a manager-lessee in the near fu- ture, Meantime, he added, the station would be open from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m, seven day per week. Auxiliary Starts Member Drive The Kings Mountain American Legion A is launching currently its annual membership campaign and is inviting all el- igible women to affiliate with the organization. Mrs. Paul Mauney, publicity chairman, said that the Kings Mountain auxiliary joins the na- tional organization in the ideals of promoting peace, keeping 'A- merica strictly ‘American, and in Mountain a ' year. Mrs, C. L Jolly is presi- Bethware Ballot To Decide Committee On Vote Petition Park Grace Asks Vote; Compact Decision Awaited Bethware school district citi- zens will cast ballots in a straw vote Saturday afternoon from 1 to 5 p. m. to determine whether the district school committee asks to be included in a proposed township election on consolidat- ing the several districts into one unit. Meantime, Compact school pa- trons are expected to gather at the school Sunday afternoon for a mass meeting to hear consoli- dation proponents outline po- tential benefits of a consolida- tion and détails concerning it. However, the proponents, like- ly to be Chairman Arnold Kin- cald and Fred W. Plonk, of the Kings Mountain district school board, have their work cut out, for Compact patrons, at g meet- ing last Sunday afternoon, on show of hands, indicated oppo- sitiorr to the consolidation pro- posal and to holding such an e- lection, County Superintendent J. Horace Grigg said he was told py: iL, Adams, Compact princi- pal. Bethware district held a meet- ing, attended by an estimated 300 persons, on Monday night, with County Superintendent Hor- ace Grigg on hand to answer questions concerning the propo- sal. The temper of the crowd was anti-consolidation, one observer reported, but Chairman Clyde Randle declined a suggestion for a voice vote. He said the Satur- day straw ballot plan had been predetermined by the Bethware school committee, and that, though the vote would be unof- ficial, the committee would be guided by the results. The Bethware school commit- tee emphasized that everyone over 21 years of age vesiding within the Bethware district is invited and urged to cast a bal- lot Saturday afternoon. The wo- ting will be conducted at the two schools of the district, Patterson Grove and Bethware, Park Grace school committee signed a. petition requesting the consolidation election last week- end. Grover committee signed several weeks ago. Action by Compact ‘and Bethware remains before the issue of the holding of the election will be settled fi- nally, Spaugh To Speak To Kiwanis Club Dr. Herbert Spaugh, pastor of the Moravian church at Charlotte and a religious newspaper colum- nist, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club Thursday evening at the weekly meeting, at Masonic Lodge hall at 6:45. Dr. Spaugh will speak on a program arranged by Dr, W. P. Gerberding. : Dr. Spaugh’s “Everyday Coun- selor” appears daily in the Shelby Daily Star and in the Charlotte News, among other newspapers of the surrounding area. LIONS SPEAKER — Carl G. Mc- ‘Craw, Kings Mountain native and president of the Union Na- tional Bank of Charlotte will ad- dress the Kings Mountain Lions club at their meeting Tuesday 7 o'clock, NEW PASTOR — Rev. A. D. Holt has arrived in Kings Mountain to assume the pastorate of First Church of the Nazarene, located on S. Cherokee street. Mr. Holt succeeds Rev. C. E. McKenzie. Holt Accepts Nazarene Call The Rev. A. D. Holt, for the past two years a commissioned evangelist in the Church.of the Nazarene, has come to Kings Mountain to accept the pastoral call of the First Church of the. Nazarene here, ! He succeeds the Rev, C, E, Mec- Kenzie. NT Mr. Holt has been a minister of the Church of the Nazarene for! many years, majority of his ser- vice having been spent in Virgin- | ia and North Carolina, - He has served the First Naza-' rene church in Richmond, Va. | for two tenures as pastor, and | the Central church in Greensboro, | North Carolina became a sepa- rate district of the denomination in 1942 and Mr, Holt served as oe district superintendent until “Mrs, Holt is a musician who will aid with the church music. The Holts have one son, They moved to Kings Mountain last Thursday. $600,000 ( The city board of commission- ers likely will adopt resolutions calling for a $600,000 bond elec- tion at the regular monthly meet- ing November 5, Mayor Glee A. Bridges said Wednesday, Electioh ‘day will be set on a convenient day as soon as possi- ble, probably in early January of at the latest, the Mayor added. Following Mayor Bridges’ con- versation with the Local Govern- ment Commission in Raleigh, J. R. Davis, city attorney, contact- ed Mitchell & Pershing, New York bond attorneys, and received from them Wednesday morning, necessary legal forms for execu- tion by the board of commissions The election will implement the Commissioners Expected To Call Bond Vote November 5 W. K. Dickson report, made pub- lic last week, in which the Char- lotte engineer purported to bring up-to-date a 1949 engineering sur- vey of the city’s water and sew- age disposal facilities. The engineer recommended ex- penditure.of $250,000 for increas- hg the city’s water capacity, both filtering and watershed capacity, $200,000 for sewage disposal sys- tem improvements, including $160,000 for the building of 3 high-rate filter type plant on Mc- Gill créek, and $150,000 for a recreation plant, ayor Bridges reported last week he had received approval ‘the city’s bond issue plans m:the Local-Government Com. night at Masonic Lodge hall at |P® School Trustees Trying To Clear Property Snarl City school officials were en- deavoring to obtain a purchase agreement with Bright D, Rat- terree for a portion of the Essie Weir Estate - Ratterree property for a new Negro school elemen- tary plant, Mr. Ratterree, who is executor of the Weir Estate, met with the board in regular monthly meeting at Central school Monday at 7:30 p, m. He told the board that he felt he had not been dealt with fairly on the matter and said he had never been told the description of the portion the board sought. He said that the first he knew of condemnation action was “when I read about it in the pa: rr. Funds for the new building are being withheld in Raleigh by state board authorities until cer- tification by- the Kings Mountain |board that the local unit holds title to all land in the new 12-plus acre site. ] Bids on the project were let by the board on August 25 and the state school board approved, cn September 10, allocation of $70,- 819.35 for the building. Mr, Ratterree showed the beard a petition signed by “all but twq” property owners near location of the school and pro- posed athletic field. . He also told the board that he could not sell any of the property “until his executorship ran out” and that Mayor G, A. Bridges and the City of Kings Mountain had been given an option last August, on the entire property. Mr. Ratterree telephoned after leaving the meeting and made an appointment for Wednesday mor- ning with members of the board to visit the property sought for the sehool site. The board had passed a reso- {lution authorizing condemnation of the desired property at a spe- cial meeting on October 15 and instructing Superintendent B, N. Barnes to retain D. Z, Newton, Shelby attorney, to:handle the matter, ; The board passed a similar re- solution authorizing condemna- tion of the Tom Hunter property, also desired for the school site. Mr. Newton had been instruct: ed to attempt to get an agree ment with Mr, Ratterree before legal proceedings are begun, Mr. Newton reported that Mr, Ratter- | ree said that he would “not take less than $4,000” for the proper- ty. : Mrs. P. D. Herndon {Leaves Society Post Mrs, P. D. Herndon, for the past five years Kings Mountain Herald society editor, has resign- ed in order to spend the winter in Florida. Mrs. Herndon completed her duties with the Herald Wednes- day, and left in the afternoon for Fort Lauderdale, where she will reside with a daughter, Miss Co- ra Herndon, Miss Elizabeth Stewart, Herald staff member for the past 15 months, has been named acting society editor and will be in full charge of the department. Miss Stewart, on several occasions during the absence of Mrs, Hern- don, has handled acceptably the full work of the society depart- ment, in addition to her other duties, Mrs, Herndon became Herald society editor, succeeding Mrs, C. C. (Bus) Oates, in October 1948. Jaycees Ballot 33-0 For Consolidation Kings Mountain Jaycees are solidly behind the proposal to consolidate the schools in Num- ber 4 Township, a poll conducted at the meeting Tuesday night in- dicates. With some 33 club members present Tuesday, result of a straw ballot poll was recorded as 33 for, nqne against, ~The club numbers seme: 50-bdd: .- members, 2 the new site and ubjecting to thet m tached bareheaded gentl The Herald is indebted to Robert per reproduction. THE OLD CORNER DRUGSTORE Bonnie Mill Store, is literally the old corner drugstore operated by Tom Kendrick on the site now owned and occupied by First National Bank, The Herald has made diligent effort to identify all of the persons in the picture and has checked and double-checked with a number of citizens. All have been identified except the young man wearing the cap at the extreme right. The trio of young ladies, left to right, are Mrs. Clara Carpenter Phillips, now of Gaffney, S. C.. the late Mrs. Ferry Thomasson Meachem, and Mrs. Bess Thomasson Aberich., The gentleman around the next table, left to right, daze Charlie Russell, at that time star salesman at Holts Store which occupied the building now used by Belk’s Men's Store, George Kendrick, then police chief and father of Mrs. Will Bird, Will Parker, bookkeeper at the Bonnie Mill, and W. G. Putnam, for many years a Kings Mountain jeweler. — The above picture, retrieved recently from some debris at Morrison, Bonnie Mill & The between Mes srs. Russell and Kendrick has been identified as Adam Hord, brother of the late grocer William (Bill) Hord, and the soda jerker is Clyde Webb, now a Charlotte druggist. Exact date of the picture, made by T. R. Shuford, of Gastonia, has not been determined, but it was made prior to the time the .corner drugstore bummed. The fancy kerosene lamps show that the picture pre-dates the coming of electricity to Kings Mountain. Note that adver- tising displays feature Coca-Cola, Swamp Root. and Capudine, products still well-known today. . for lendi the pict for newspa- "hrongs Mrs. Houser, Mis.: McGill Cop Sweepstakes Winners in competition at the Kings Mountain Woman's club fiftieth anniversary Floral Fair were announced yesterday as re- cord crowds visited the Woman's Club building here. Mrs. George H. Houser won the sweepstakes prize for winning the most blue ribbons in the show. Mrs. J, L. McGill, last year’s win- ner, was runner-up. Mrs. J. H. Arthur won the sweepstake prize in the Horticul- ture division, Mrs. Paul Hendricks was floral fair prize winner of the most out- standing rose displayed in the event. Sweepstake awards to win- ners were given by Dellinger’s and Grayson’s jewelers and run- ner-up awards presented by the A & P Food Store. David Carroll won prizes for the most outstanding specimen entered by a man, and for the most outstanding specimen in the show. H. L. Campbell was winner of the most outstanding arrange- ment by a man. Laura Page won the award given by the Woman's club for the most outstanding entry by a junior, 5-11 years old, and Polly Page won the prize for the most outstanding entry for a junior girl, 12-16 years of age. Prizes were donated by the Wo- man’s Club, Dellinger’s, Gray- son’s, Kincaid Machine Shop, Bes- semer City, Marlowe's, Inc, H. G. Hastings Co. Jackson and Perkins Co., and A&P Food store. Judges were Mrs, J. W, Ander- son, Mrs. J. G, Barron, both of Rock Hill, S. C., Mrs. Ennis Jack- son, Mrs, Dean French, Mrs. Paul Kincaid, all of Gastonia, Mrs. Ceth Blanton, Mrs, Roger Laugh- ridge, Mrs, Ed Post, and Mrs, E. S. Bennett, all of Shelby. The complete list of individual @ontinued On Page Five APPRENTICE William (Bill) McDaniel has joined the staff of Harris Fun- eral Home as an apprentice. A son of Mr, and Mrs. J. D. Mc- Daniel, he-is a Korean veter- Attend 50th Floral Fair Power To Be O Sunday Afternoon Weather permitting, the city electrical department will work on the power system Sunday afternoon, from 2 to 4 p. m., re- sulting in a city-wide curtail. ment, City Clerk Joe Hendrick said Wednesday. Mr. Hendrick asked power patrons to note the scheduled cut-off and to make plans ac- cordingly. 1 First Wesleyan To Hear Missionary Dr, Marilyn P, Birch, a medi- cal missionary to Africa, will speak at the First Wesleyan Me- thodist church at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning. Miss Birch was In charge of a hospital in Africa and had experi- ence treating many of the tropi- cal African diseases such as ele- phantiasis, ulcers, and leprosy. ‘While Miss Birch is in the Unit- ed States on furlough she is work- ing at a hospital in New York state, The public is invited to hear Dr. Birch, who will speak on missionary work in Africa. METER RECEIPTS ; A total of $133.60 was collec- ted from the city’s parking meters Wednesday morning, according to a report from the city treasurer’s office. Merchants Fall Festival Sale Nearing Climax Kings Mountain retail mer- chants will complete their Fall Festival Sale Saturday, with add- ed bargains having been added during the past week to attract visitors and to please customers. The ten-day city-wide trade pro- motion has been moving along nicely, according to J, C, Bridges, Merchants association president, and he predicted that participat- ing retailers would add up even greater sales this weekend, as the sales event moves toward its cli- max—an association giveaway of a 21-inch console Traveler tele- vision set, on display at Baird Furniture, and purchased through Bryant Electric Company of Gas- - |tonia, All participating firms are pro- viding registration cards for ‘the television set drawing. No obliga- tion incurs to the registrant, who merely is required to fill out the card, signing name and address. The drawing will be conducted in front of City Hall at 7 o'clock Saturday night. Spangler’s Ready Mix Concrete Company, of Shel- by, is furnishing a transit type cement mixer for the drawing, and all of the tickets dropped in the many boxes during the 10-day period will be dumped into the mixer and given a final long whirl before the lucky one is with- drawn. In addition to the grand prize, many merchants will hold a draw- ing earlier Saturday and will give the lucky winner a valuable prize, as they did last Saturday. Some merchants gave $10 in Continued On Page Eight “You do not have to purchase a new garbage can from the City. You do not have to carry your garbage can to the street.” The above statements are the lead paragraphs in a City of Kings Mountain circular going to all citizens Thursday morning and appearing in an advertise- ment in today’s Herald. Acknowledging some “confu- sion” on their efforts to improve, speed, and standardize garbage collection service, city officials nevertheless report unusually brisk sales of standard 20-gallon galvanized garbage cans, which the city offered at wholesale cost of $2.50 beginning Monday, By Tuesday afternoon,- _and and a ‘graduate of Grover high school. “Sell-out” sign’ had been hung up on the original shipment of 11 Some “Confusion” On Garbage Rules, But Sales Indicate Cans A Bargain SE dozen garbage cans, and a new shipment of 15 dozen arrived Wednesday morning. The new statement on the gar- bage can matter points out that any garbage can of approximate- ly 20-gallon size which has a top will be consideréd standard and usable by the city sanitary de- partment, “Only the extra large cans (50-gal. drums) cannot be picked up at the réar of homes” the circular states. . The circular further points out that the effort of the city to get i garbage receptacles is being done at the instance of the State Board of Health, as a public health measure, and on the the [part of the city to increase col- Jéctions to a minimum of two each week, = Sr 2 Level 0f Water Drops; Foote Cutting Usage Kings Mountain water custo- mers are being asked by the city board of commissioners to con. serve water until a major rain. fall restores dwindling watershed capacity. The city board in a brief ses: sion Tuesday night, took note of the diminishing supply of water at city lake by passing a resolu. tion asking voluntary coopera- tion on the part of city water cus. tomers in' a conservation mea. sure. “We're in no great danger,” Mayor Glee A, Bridges said, “but we could be if we continue pre- sent consumption and no rain arrives.” The city has also asked Foote Mineral Company, the city’s lar: gest water customer, to cut down consumption as much as possible, and J. E, Castle, Foote manager here, told the Herald that his company, “ on a gamble it will rain soon”, can cut consumption of city water one-third by using water now in Foote’s private re. servoir. . “When that goes though, we'll require full service from the city, or we'll have to curtail our opera» tions,” Mr, Castle added. Work is underway, Mr, Castle continued, on a new larger reser- voir which will enable Foote to store more water during wet seasons, for use during future dry periods, 3 George Moss, city water plant superintendent, said he had con ferred with Mayor Glee A, Bridges concerning the watershed supply last Saturday and had pointed out that the water level at city lake had approached a lower-than-ever point, seven feet {below the spillway. ‘ “The inflow is practically nil” a great difference in water avail. lable, In normal periods, water runs over the spillway.” Mr. Moss said the average dai- ly pumpage has dropped slightly since the heat of summer to about 900,000 gallons per day, some 75, 000 gallons less than in mid-sum- mer. He said Foote Mineral Com. pany used 11 million gallons dur- ing the past month, or something more than one-third of the city’s total pumpage. “Citizens should not be unduly alarmed about the water situa- tion, and we don’t expect citizens to cut their water usage to their detriment,” Mayor Glee A, Brid- ges said. “However, we feel that now is the time to call for con- servation.” He suggested citizens not wash cars, nor water lawns and gar- dens, until rainfall ends the drought in the local area, : January Date For Mauney Duo The Mauney Twins, Kings Mountain piano artists, will ap- pear in Shelby for the Cleveland County Community Concert asso- ciation on January 26, according to schedule of the four-concert series recently announced by A. A. Powell, association president, Mr. Powell listed these other concert dates: y Mildred Dilling, harpist, on No- vember 12; Igor Gorin, baritone, on March 1; and Jane Hobson, soprano, on April 1. Mr. Powell said there had been delay in mailing membership cards due to slowness in arrang- ing concert dates. However, it is anticipated that membership cards will be posted early next week, he added. Members of the Cleveland as- sociation may attend concerts of other associations free of charge, and any member needing mem- bership cards at once can obtain them from Mrs, Edwin Ford or Mrs. George Carpenter, Mr. Po- well said. Jerome Hines, base-baritone, sings at Hickory Friday night, and Wilmer Lipp, soprano, sings at Charlotte on October 30, Membership cards for the Com- munity Concert series are being mailed Thursday, Mrs, Paul Mau. ney announced Wednesday mori ing, so that members will receive their cards in time to attend the concert Friday night, aE Th J) A Mr. Moss added, “Which means = This page brought to you by: Kings Mountain, North Carolina East King Street at Canterbury Road 39-0164 A
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