Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Thu liqti,. Is, Cleats, Mays Mountain U derteed Iras
(be I»1S Slay, Mountain city directory census. The city
'unlit by tire I, Irons the United States census el ISM.
VOL. 75 No. 52
Pages
Today
Established 1889 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. Wednesday, December 23, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT*
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"O HOLY MIGHT* IN Mf —‘ From tarliHt times. artists found In the story of the Nativity and
the events surrounding It a continuing source of inspiration and challenge to their talents.
Shown above is Petrus Chrisfus* 'The Nativity", painted by the Flemish artist about 1440-1450.
The painting is from the Mellon collection and is at the National Gallery of Art. Washington.
D. C.
Church Services Highlight
Christmas Celebration Here
#oni Churches
Have Services
Christanas Eve
Christmas Kve 11 oVl >.-k ser
vices at First Presbyterian. St.
Matthew's and Resurrect Smijl u
thcran churclKa will highlight
religious servlees in the commun
ity celebrating the annual ob
servance ol tlu* birth of c'hrisr.
Tin* candlelight services will
feature religious music of the
season.
Christ i ho Kiny Catholic
Church will- -elebrate Mass at 12
midnight. A program of tradition
al carols will lie Ming at 11:3*1
p.m. followed by confessionals
and tin- midnight mas*. Kev Ed
ward J. Beatty, past »r. said.
At First Presbyterian church
the traditional candlelight com-’
munion service will la* held at 11
p.m. Christmas anthems by the’
choir, under direction of Slrfc.
Darrell Austin, will Ik* featured ■
along with a meditation by the
pastor. Dr. Paul Ausley. Candles
will be lighted and communion
observed.
A t Resurrection Lutheran
church the Youth Choir, -unckr.
direction of Mis. Dick .McGinnis,
^uid the Junior Choir, under di
^Ktion of Mrs. Aubrey Mauncv.
Wtl present a program of carol
singing at 10:30 p.m. The Junior
Coitfumed Oh Pope €'
r
Local News
Bulletins
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LOGAN umOVED
W. -Lawrence Logan, a pa
tient at Baptist Hospital, Wins
ton-Saiem following a cerebral
hemorrhage suffered early Sat
urday morning, was reported
improving Monday night,
members of his family said.
LIBKAXY CLOSED
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial
Library’ will be dosed Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday for
the holidays, according to an
nouncement -by Mis. Helen (i.
Neal, librarian.
EPISCOPAL SERVICE
"Living- in • the Uaht" fe the
title of a sermon to br given
by the R«‘v .• Robert Iladen ar
the Uf aim. Sunday service at
. .Xnnity , Episcopal church on
Philer road.
.’ TAX LISTING
City and county tax listing
will begin Monday*. January 4.
it has been announced by Con
rad Hughes. Number 4 Town
ship lax lister, and Mrs. Judy
Hannan, city tax lister.
Three Churches
Have Services
Christmas Day
Throe churches have arranged
Christmas Day sen ices.
At Trinity Episcopal church m
Phifer road a Christmas com
munion service will he held at
10 a m. There will be Christmas
carols and a sermon. Rev Robert
!laden, pastor, announced.
Resurrection Lutheran church
will hold Christmas Day services
at 10 a.m. The S a. l ament of
Holy Communion will •*' observ
ed, Rev. George Moore, past >r.
said.
Christ the King Catholic
'ContiHMerf Oh i.
Daves Charged
In His Cousin's
Hit-Run Death
A youn" Cht.vyville rnan lias
been oh.i^od w; h murder. f >1
lowmK the '! till of his eo.isin,
Fred rheodoi . Dives, :«», on the
St: ney J'.»int road near here
.v- ui day afternoon.
I; ■ t !>v Sheriff Ha\
w n ...I* i .1 aUs that Frank
i :i !>. Daves, j-1, ran down his
* vi.-- i v.. h in auto, k.iling the
a an instantl).
i.\ • vviti.i -.is vvhi esiaped
y • y |niiit> :: in ii a sale
d.urh were t u* v ...n's wife,
l.. . K i D. vi s. and M.ss
.. ! Kud ■ . ' ryv die.
!t was M.ys j, i<i.>.,!s car an<l
i": .in .hr. L. v ;s charged
with tiielt of t ie ear.
Snenff Allen gave this ac
ts Hint:
Tile four Ill: CIHiiyv.nc m
/elr." r. When they stopped for
■*,s. Uit younger D.*ves, .said to
aa\e in ■ 1 dr.nking, got behind
iho wnooi t.» drive. Proceeding
recklessly, th oilier passengers
;t il him lo -I >i> Ho finally
turned off on the dirt road into
a >. nd pit adjacent to Mudily
Fnk Cieek. Th? three passcn
_* is walked tick io the paved
oitiiiV load. Pins drove back
on the roa I. <lr ai> off alone, but
quickly tutneil k. Apparently
a.mine the »ar at the three fir
mer passengers. he struck his
.sin. wit" eit!- : '.•! i"t seethe
•approa hing auto in t.me. or
though: the riS v er was hluffing
Daves vv. .»,»;• : tided about
n hour later. Sheriff Alim had
j> ne to Dive's father's home
when th-* vv nted nr; n drove up.
Seeing ofi.ee. >. ho tan into a
nearby stoic lie was captured
qui* kly.
C *r< tier J. OH'e Harris said
tlu* tlrlver himself barely miss,
ed death on Muddy Fork Creek.
After he slammed into a hank,
the ear was inch* away from
turning over into the creek, on
the driver's side, where the depth
of th* water was five f«*ot.
Funeral for Fred Theodore
Daves was held Monday after
noon at Cherryville's Second Bap
tist church, burial following at
M untain Rest cemetery here.
In addition to his wife. Fred
erick T. Daves is also survives!
by the parents. Annie Mae Gib
son and William M Daves of
Cherryville; a nine - year - old
daughter, Theresia Ann Daves of
the home; four stepsons. Law
iciic • Junior Griffin. Roger Doan
1 Griffin. George Eugene Griffin,
and Billy Ray Griffin, all of the
home; a brother. William M
Daves. .I, of Cherryville; and
five sisters. Mrs. Dean Ayers of
K ncs Mountain. Mrs. Dean Bos
tic <*f Gastonia. and Mrs. Bun
Morrow . Mi s. Roitort Webb, anl
M ss Patricia Ann Daves, all of
Chert'yvtllo.
lodge Sets
Installation
X e v officers Kairviow
Lo<l,v> 339 AK & AM w II bo in
stalled Monday night at 7:30 p.
m. at Masonic Hall, ’cording to
announcement by Thomas D.
T ;nrt■* 11. secretary
(Joorgo Loo of K illston. dis
11-;» t deputy grand muster of tin*
13rd Masonic 1) strict, will install
the now officers.
Fellowship Of Christian Athletes
Organization Meeting Monday 7:30
A meeting to dismiss orgaui/a
lion of a Kings Mountain area
chapter of Fellowship of Christ
ian Athletes will he held at City
Hall courtroom Monday night at
7:30.
John II. Moss, president ot
Western Carolina* League, an
flounced that three tJastonia citi
zens will attend Monday night's
meeting to outline details in
forming a local chapter. They in .
cluuf La.nel Brunncmer. presi
item of the tlastonia Chamber of
Commerce. Robert Frye, one
time Duke quarterback who is
chairman .if the Gastonia chap
ter. anti Dr. Kit want Whitesides.
Mr. Mtiss said he had «-onferred
with numerous interested citi
zens. including; pastors, profes
sional and hi.'h school athletes,
coaches and others, and finds
Con tin uni Oh Page a
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YOUTH EVANGELISTIC TEAM—Three Gardner Webb college students will lead a youth revival
beginning Sunday. December 26th. and continuing through Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at First
Ecptist church. From left, above. Nathan Lamar May of Gastonia, a freshman, who will be speak
er for the services; Samuel Young, now of Boil ing Springs and formerly of Scotland who will
be in charge of music, and Don Ledbetter of S helby. Following each service there will be youth
fcrums and fellowship.
SUCCUMBS — Mrs. Price Foil*.
Kings Mountain area native,
died Monday at the age o! 91
following a two-day illness.
Funeral rites will be held Wed
nesday afternoon.
Banett Bites
Held Monday
Funeral riles for Mrs. Ida Elia
i a both Barren. 83, were held Mon
day at 4 p.m. from Oniral Meth
odist church of whieh she was a
member.
Mrs. Barrett died Sunday
morning in the Kings Mountain
hospital following several years
illness.
A native of Gaston County, she
was the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. I)a\id Mabry and wid
ow of Kraneis C. Barrett.
Survivors inelude a daughter,
Mrs. Orange! Jolly of Kings
Mountain; two sons, Forres* Bar
ret! of Dallas. Texas, and Iloraee
Barrett of Kings Mountain; a sis
ter. Mrs. V. D. Estridge of Roek
Mill. S. and two brothers. John
Mabry of Kings Mountain anil
Dave Mabry of Paeolet, S. C. Al
so surviving are nine grandchil
dren and 21 great grandchildren.
Re\. Howard Jordan officiated
at the final rite^ and interment
vias made in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Today's Herald
Is Day Early
This week's edition of the
Herald Is publish'd a day in
advance of regular schedule.
The Herald will dose at 1 p.
m. Wednesday, re-opening Mon
day morning.
The next edition will Is- puh
lished on regular schedule, go
ing to press Wednesday night.
December 30. under date of
Thursday. December 31. ^
By a freak of the calendar, aid
ed hy Leap Year, the December
31st edition will be the 53rd
edition published during 1001.
Funeral Rites
Wednesday At 2
For Mrs, Falls
Funeral rit« >• for Mis. Sarah
Elizabeth Falls. 91. widow of
I’rice Falls, will he hold Wedne*
day at 2 pm. from Patterson
Grove Haptist church ol which
she was a member
Mrs. Kalis succumbed at I p.m.
Monday in the Kings Mountain
hospital after a two-day illness.
A native of Cleveland Countv.
she was the daughter of the late
Mr and Mrs. J. W. I'at ter son.
Her husband died m 1!U_’
Rev. Riihard Plyler. assisted
by Rev. Roy Lorkndjje. vv.il of
fieiate at the final rites and in
terment w:ll be made 'n the
cemetery of KI Bethel Methodist
church
Surviving are two daughters.
Miss Janet Kalis of King.- M >un
, tain and Mrs. lluntei Ware id
Wilmington; eight sons. 1.. H.
Kalis. Wade Kails. Hugh Falls.
Carl Kails. Comm Kails. Rufus
Kails and C S Kalis, all d Kings
Mountain, and Cyrus Kails of
Dunedin. Kla.: one sister. Mi- r.
S. Plonk. Sr of Kings Mountain:
five brothers. A If Patterson. R.
P. Patterson, fliadv Patter-on.
Dewitt Patterson, all d Kings
Mountain, and Wrav Patterson
of Dalton. (la.: II grandchildren;
and 11 great-gnandehildren.
Sunday Morning
Fire Destroys
Payne Home
Tom Payne and his sister nar
rowly eseaped death early Sun
day mo iling when the Payne
home near Bessemer City-Kings
Mountain Drive In theatre was
completely de-trov.d by Tire
•'fr Payne awakened to find
liis room filled with smoke and
Mas able to find his way out of
'I'e house He 11 entered to find
ms si .ter in a hallway but ap
en:ly >tnabl< to find he: way
out ritey Pad esi a|H*d only
briefly when the root fell in.
Cause t.l the tire has not b«>eii
determined. I w o baskets of
clishes Wrre the only contents
saved.
K:t. Mountain firemen answ
ered tin* alarm, along with
. hapel drove department in
(last on County. Both conserved
their water to ptoteet outbuild
ings. the residents* already past
saving.
ih«* Km;** Mountain depart
ni«*m ;msu« red several other
alarms in the jiast week.
<>n Thursday morning iln- fire
rron extinguished a fire in the
r« .isc pit at Phillips lid service
station on Hast King street.
other fires were comparative
ly minor. On Friday morning tin
firemen put out a motor fire at
Cannier Street Waslierette, on
Saturday night answered an a
larm which happily was false
A i iti/en had beeomo alarmed
and alh-d the department when
lie saw sparks coming out his
neighbor's chimney.
Retailers Open
Late Wednesday
Majority of Kings Mountain
retail establishments will tie
o(s-n Wednesdav night to aceom
m white last-minute Christmas
shoppers and also on Satardav.
the d:iv following Christmas.
Con 11 lined (hi /»<»,/, i,
Empty Stocking Fund Now S1768;
Pastors Anticipate $2000 For Needy
Christmas will tic merrier and
brighter for many Kings Moun
tain area families as the Empty
Stocking Kura I neared the $2.u*i
mark this week.
flifts Tuesday morning totaled
S17t*s and ministers . 1 tin- city
were still manning booths in the
business 'section seeking help for
fhe unfortunate. Last year's fund
was over SlTfMi.
Kinfcs Mountain Auto cluh is
coo|«cratitig with the Ministerial
Association by picking up good,
usuable toys and repairing them
as rheir contribution to the "Op
eration Santa Claus" project.
Footl. clothing, fut‘1. and toys
are to be distributed to the aiea
needy Wednesday and Christ mas
Eve by members of the sponsor
inn minister's organization.
H<\. C. R floods i. pastoi .it
hast (• >ld St. \\i‘sli*y,i i M“tho
•hst church and chairman of the
1!**U Empty Stocking fund pro
tect was optimistic Tuesday that
thii year’s ‘-JiIts would top S2.i .mi.
Mr. i Joodson acknowledged a
SI" check (rom Kings Mountain
Auto dub
Mr. CioodsoT) commented, "The
Kin_-v Mountain Ministerial As
sociation wants to thank all
those who had a part in the
Christmas rh«*r fund this year.
It has been a success because so
manv.t have been interested
onovaak to help."
100 families henefitted
from tile 10ul Empty Stocking
fund in the Kings Mountain
area.
“Long Weekend"
Suspension Set
By Textile Finns
Most Industrial activity in the
Kin ;s Mountain arra will be sus
(>cnded during the Christmas
H,i iu'nil, as most (ilants start
Christmas vacations Wednesday
night or Thursday m <rmng.
Majority will resume regular
schedules Monday.
lint* exci’ption is Sadie Mills
i >mpany. Resumption of regu
lar schedules is tentatively set
lor Wednesilay. Dr.-emhei .'Hi. tlc
l>«-nding ..n completion of machin
ery relocation in the picker room.
One l.i m. Lam hell) Hope Cor
(Miration, has scheduled two holi
day weekends lor production
employe’s, f: mi Thursday morn
ing to Monday morning on both
the Christmas and Xow Year
weekends.
At least a half-do/cn l.rms art?
paying »'hi istma - Iron uses lurm
ploytvs. on a length of -service
i>a> - Mauney Mills. Bonnie
Mills. Sadie C iiton M..ls, Caro
Ima I'h rowing Company, and
Maunoy Hosiery Company are
paying Cliristmas bonuses of
•ur per vent of annual pay fo
employees with live or more
years of service, and two pf*reent
to employee's of less than five
years if service Burlington In
■ 1 Us tries is also providing em
ployees with Christmas checks
on a length-of-service basis.
Firms susjiendmg .>p<-i atiotis
Thursday morning are Massa
chusctts Mi-hail Plush Company.
. .11 i i< ih Ko|«i Corporation. Sa
il.<• Cotton Mill. M.iuney Hosiery
intiany, a-nd Mauney Mills.
K.ims si., pending operations
Wednesday night arc Craft spun
Yarns, p.uk Yarn Mills. Minettc
Mills ;it <iiover. Burlington In
dustrie-.. and Bonnie Mills.
For the majority of retail
businesses. Christmas will mean
*1 ■ -y a • • day holiday on Christ
mas day.
Service establishments, how
ever. are planning a weekend
sus|M-nsion.
.\mnnj mms closing hriday
until Monday are First I'nion
National Hank. Ilomc and Kings
Mountain Savings & Loan asso
ciations. and majority of the
city's auto dealers, garages, and
auto parts firms.
Finger Laundry expects to be
closed, Thursday through Sun
day. while most dry cleaning es
tablishments will In* closed Fri
day through Sunday.
The City Hall office will be
closed both Friday and Saturday.
Kings Mountain postoffice will
also be closed Friday and Satur
day.
I Christmas Story
; By St Lnhe
.1 "</ if •>ii,a tn immh in those
Inns. Unit thin innt •»«/ n tic
• 'ii from Cm \nr August ns, that
•ill tin uxirht should he tn.ml.
Ami this taxing •'«« first inode
n'hi n Ciin in ns inis i/urrinor of
St/ mi.
Ain/ ntI m nt tn In tn.n ii. ei'i i'll
• nil' min his inm iify.
Anil Jnsi nh also irent ii/i from
< !ol ih i . on' of the i it ii of
n th. Olio Judea, u»»• the eitu of
Ihti nl. n int h is i illicit Reth'i •
In hi; i In: mist he tins of the
h on si mol liiicniif nl Ihn ni:>
Ti$ In tti.ii 1/ with Mary his ru»
poiistil wife, (M int; gnat with
>
Jn'l *•* ion, while tin 11
were then, the days wire a
eomyhshed that she shtmhl In
ilelieereil.
Anil she brough * forth her
first born son. unit wra/iyed him
in sinuldling clothes, nnd laid
him in n manger; because thcie
wus no rotmn for them in the inn.
And there wire in the mime
country xht).hints abiding in the
fold, her/inig watch over their
fbn-fc bn night.
And /•>, tin angi I of the l.ord
came njnm them, and the glory
of the l.ord sh im 1 at. nd about
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