County to decide three bond issues Saturday in Kings Mountain
Countywide bond election set for Saturday with three questions totaling 2 750 000 dollars for school construction hospital plant and county health center. Voters may approve or reject each issue. a second ballot asks for tax levy authority up to eight cents for hospital operations. If approved Kings Mountain would get 301 000 for schools 73 000 for hospital upgrades and the health center would provide housing for the county health department. No absentee voting allowed.
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Kings Mountain Area
Cleveland County
Satuday
Balot Butsa
PTA
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain Hospital
Noth Carolina
Elections Board
J. W. Osborne
Court of Honor Meets at Kings Mountain City Hall
Regular Court of Honor for the Kings Mountain Boy Scout district convenes at City Hall courtroom 7 45 Thursday evening. A Scouter Round table will follow. Captain Grady Howard Marine Corps Reserve reports for a two week training stint to LeJeune last Saturday. Mrs Florette Henri of New York arrives in Kings Mountain today for auditions for The Sword of Gideon at the Kings Mountain Little Theatre guesting with Mr and Mrs Aubrey Mauney.
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Court OF Honor
Kings Mountain Boy Scout District
City Hall
Grady Howard
Marine Corps Reserve
LeJeune
Florette Henri
New York
Kings Mountain
Sword of Gideon
Little Theatre
Aubrey Mauney
Kiwanis Program Features Tuberculosis Association Leader
Mrs BM Jarrett executive secretary of the Cleveland County Tuberculosis Association will headline the Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club program Thursday at 6 45 PM in the Masonic Dining Hall Dr D F Hord arranged the program. Building permits approved June 1 for Creschart in De vel street realty of Jackson and Monroe with estimated cost to be announced. Mr and Mrs Martin Harmon will attend the 82nd NC Press Association convention at Lake Junaluska speakers include Joe Alsop and Carl Sandburg. T A Pollock discharged from hospital after a stroke but remains seriously ill with condition improving.
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Kiwanis
BM. Jarrett
Cleveland County
Kings Mountain
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Dining Hall
D. F. Hord
J. W. Wetter
Creschart
Devel Street
Jackson
Monroe
Martin Harmon
Lake Junaluska
North Carolina Press Association
Joe Alsop
Carl Sandburg
Letters Support Bond Issues
A series of letters from county wide committees urging voters to support bond measures in Cleveland County. Dover Ford co chairs of Committee for Better Schools appeal to vote YES for the 2 5 million school bonds and mention a 220 000 hospital proposal supported by Kings Mountain Hospital Trustees Plank and Blanton. The letters emphasize civic duty and community improvement.
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Commit ‘Tees
Cleveland County
Jack Dover, III
Eawin Ford
For Better Schools
John W. Suttle
Kings ‘Mountain Hospital
Area Students Among Graduates and Bond Vote Details
Area students are among graduates as the county issues a bond election this Saturday with polls open 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Two ballots cover three bond issues with yes or no choices. Duke medical graduate Ben T. Jackson, son-in-law of J. R. Day, is among graduates. Garland Everette Still Jr arising as a Second Lieutenant is also noted among the recent commencements.
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Kings Mountain Area
Ben T. Jackson
J. 'R. Day
Duke University
School of Medicine
Julian Harold Jackson
Jacksonville
Fla
Jean Davis
Kings Mountain
Garland Everette Still, Jr
G. E. Still
City adopts tentative 1954 tax rate of 1.70 per 100
The board tentatively sets the 1954 tax rate at 1.70 per 100 valuation, up from 1.30 in 1953, with a poll tax of 2 dollars for men aged 21 to 50. The rate is subject to final action, but 1.70 is expected to stand to fund a 600 thousand water sewer recreation bond. Prepayment discounts apply in June. The levy would be 163978.45 on a 9,635,053 valuation, plus an estimated 2426 from the poll tax.
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Board of Commissioners
Glee A. Bridges
Second Primary Here June 26
Ervin Ellison, the second-placer in the Number 4 Township Democratic primary, seeks to overtake Gus Huffstetler in the upcoming second primary on June 26. Polls open 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Bethware Grover East Kings Mountain and West Kings Mountain precincts, with no registrar opening. Continued on Page Eight.
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Ervin Ellison
Fannner
J. Osborne
Ellison
C. A
Gus) Huffstetler
Bethware
Grover
East Kings Mountain
West Kings Mountain
City Board Lets Major Filter Plant Contract
The city board awarded the major addition to the water filter plant to Lee Construction Company of Charlotte for 134999, the lowest bid among ten. The upgrade doubles capacity to two million gallons daily. The session also approved oil for unpaved street dust control and purchase of 12 dozen 20 gallon metal garbage cans at 2.50 each to offer residents at cost.
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City Board of Commissioners
Lee Construction Company
Charlotte
W. K. Dickson
Lee Construction
Crosby Construction Company
Union, S. C
Monroe Hardware ‘Company
J. E. Herndoth
Peeler
N. Railroad Avenue
Ridge Street
Ithern Railway Company
Bass
Heads of Partments
Gas Project Go Ahead Approved in Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain board of commissioners unanimously approved a city natural gas engineering contract with Barnard & Burk of Baton Rouge Louisiana. Avanta representative Arthur Hal said the firm will prepare plans and specifications for a city distribution system and aim for a July contract. The deal, tied to revenue bonds, keeps the engineer at $1 per year plus six percent of construction costs.
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Kings Mountain
Arthur Hal
Avanta
Barnard & Burk
Citianne
Board of Commissioners
Baton Rouge
First 1954 Wheat Tests 61 Pounds at Ware & Sons
Ware and Sons, Kings Mountain grain storage firm, received its first 1954 crop wheat Monday. M. A. Ware called it the best he had ever seen. The initial load tested 61 pounds per bushel and came from Pink McSwain in the Antioch church community.
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Ware & Sons
Kings Mountain
M. A. Ware
Ware
Pink McSwain
Antioch Church
Health Office Work Reported in Kings Mountain Area
Dr Z P Mitchell Cleveland County health officer outlines the county health department needs for a modern health center and bond issue plans. Estimated building cost 72500 with state and federal funds contingent on county share. 910 school children examined, 283 home visits, 26 crippled children, 28 Gaston Hospital visits, 43 active tuberculosis cases with 248 home visits in Kings Mountain area last year.
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Z.P. Mitchell
Cleveland County
Kings Mountain Area
Bert
State Medical Care Commission
Mitchell
Health Department
Cleveland County Health Department
Kings Mountain
Gastonadic
Jeeta Siver Dallas Grill Mi and 34rs June 1
Herbert A. Hill transaction effective June 1. Details appear in the clipped notice.
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Dallas Grill
Herbert A. Hill
Barnes Says 12 More Classrooms Needed in Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain Schools Superintendent B N Barnes told the Lions Club that the city needs 12 additional classrooms immediately to avoid cramming, warning that future growth will require shifts or converting space like the central auditorium. He supported Saturday’s county vote on school bonds and noted the debt service will ease by 1956. Barnes urged focus on vocational training amid teacher and space shortages, stressing growth hinges on current students and future enrollments.
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B. N. Barnes
Kings Mountain Lions Club
Barnes
Kings Mountain
Lsted
Lions Club
Mr. Barnes
W. L. Plank
Ollie Harris
St Matthew's Sets Baptismal Services
Infant baptismal services will be held at St Matthew's on a Saturday morning. The Junior and Senior choirs will perform pieces including Beautiful Savior and Break Forth Into Light. Certificates will be awarded and refreshments served after the ceremony.
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Seeyies
Fisher, Jr
U S Highway 74 To Be Tie Surfaced
The State Highway and Public Works commissioner awarded a 764 mile resurfacing contract to Rae Construction Company in Charlotte. U S 74 from York Road to No 274 at Gastonia will be hot mix resurfaced on both lanes, per Shelby Division office spokesman Roger McGimsey.
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State Highway and Public Works
Rae Construction Company
Charlotte
York Road
N.o
Gastonia
Roger McGimsey
Shelby Division
Free Transportation To Polls Offered In Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain area PTA and local school groups provide free transport to polling places this Saturday. School offices and a dispatch station will operate all day for those seeking the ride. For details call Bethware 78252 Central 487 East 1013 West 659 or Davidson 810.
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Kings Mountain Area Pta
Bethware
Central School
Kings Mountain
East School
Phonie
West School
Davidson School
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Fullock
T. A. Pollock
Pia
Ostel
The
Carl Logan
State Board of Education
Carlisle Studio
Health Office
St. Matthew's
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