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?e of Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 This tlgurs lor Oroatsr Kings Mountnln is derhrod lima llio tlSS Kings Mountoia dty dlroetorv ceasos. Tba dt? UaOts liguro Is Irons tho Ualtod Slotos census of ItMO. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today 1 fhP id in icl3nt [iail- ^ash- later lOttKl and 1962 It. or- host f the ext- Iway VOL 76 No. 10 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 11, 1965 Seventy-Sixth Year PRICb TEN CENT* Decision Due Soon On Improvements To Phifer Road QFflCIALS OF FOOD FIRM — Of.idols of The Burger Cotpera- tion. from left Lester Roark and Roland Hamrick. Jr., of Sbell>T. and Jock White, of Kings Mountoin, look over blueprints for the drive-in restaurant they plan to ere.-t on a portion of the Sinter property ou York Rood. (Herald photo by Bill Jackson.) Bethware P-fA Donates $300 For Stadium B<'thware school P-TA’s of $3(K) lo the John Gamble Stadi um fund brought actual cash-in- hand lo $17,024.62, Treasurer Charles F. Harry III reported Wedr»esday, up $S86 for the week. By crossing t.he $50,000 mark last week, the $80,000 campaign became three-fourths complete. Other cash gifts reported by Mr. Harry during the past week included these contributors; Roj. ert L. Haden, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Munson, Mr. and Mrs. Lawience L. lohr, Carlton B. i Harris, Ki n Cashion. Carl Mc- 1 Whirtcr, Mis. Riuh P. Beam. I Mrs. Krma W. Thomson, Sue Borders, Don Parker, Kings Mountain Garden club, Medical Pharmacy, Dorothy P. Etheridge and Dewey Caldw’ell. Architects are planning \v. ik ing drawings for construction of the stadium south of the new | high school plant on Phifer road, j The stadium will have a si uting ! capacity of 4 'KX>, will ai.so W equipped tor t ack and will hiv\ i an ample pie.sshox. j I A m of the ^und-i .n^ing or.i* : .mitteo is to have th.^ .s .nd.un heady i n use when the foo i season opens in liep.emhcr. Mrs. Wares Rites Conducted , Newton Favors Harry Is Seeking Re-election Hearing On US 74 By-Pass Thruway Route Decision Asked By Mayor Bridges School Trustee Sole Addition To Candidate List B. Holmes Harry, of Grover, I is seeking re-election to the Kings Mountain school district board of education. Mr. Harr>*, an exwutive of Min- elte Mills, Inc., and Har-Gray Mills, was elected to a four-year term in 19G1. He was one of two members of the board of eilucation el<*cted in | 1961 follow'ing effectuation of the area school consolidation. By MARTIN HARMON ] ^ , 1 Under terms of a si>ecial act of Public hearing is due soon on : the General Asscm-^ly, it was the proposed U. S. 74 tliruway, or provided that two members of oy-pass. Highway Commis-sioner | the five-member board would re- GllADVA/VZ — James C. Hon- ton has received his B. S. in ... hj ini'MZVUOii from East j particularly Cav'Oii;ia college and is attend ing iTavcl Officer's Candidate School in Rhode Island. Clint Xewion said Wednesday. M(‘antim(', Commission Direc tor \V. B. Babcock told Mayor, Glee A. Bridges he would inform him oi progio's on the thruNvayj project w'ithin a few days. Mayor Bridges told Mr. Bab cock the city and residents along! the corridor route needs to know j omething definl.ive on the pro- : ject soon, in order to schedule j spring sirocl-paving. He mention- '■ Alexander street. Funeral rites for Mrs. Esde I Smith Ware, 73. widow' of Rob- 1 I ert E. Ware, w'cre he d Sunday at i j3 p.m. from the Chapel of Harris , ! Funeral Home, i.ite men fnl- ' !o»v.ng in Bethlehem cemetery. M s. Ware died S.'.turday at .> a.m. A native of King.< Mountain, she was the dr.ugirer of the late i ■ isiies Him \ "The residents don’t want to. ■ pay a street paving assessment,. j nor does the city want to should- ; I or its -share of the expense, if the! i street is to be in the path of thej hn > thruway, ’ ‘ iiabcock. the Mayor told Mr.! J rJ9 WuvS GRANT ^ Dr. C. DeWitt Blanton, Kings Mountain na tive* has won a Notional Insti tute of Health grant for $34,498 at Auburn University where he is a chemistry professor. ^>34,498 Research Giant To Blanton A National Institute, of Health Grant, totaling $3l.49S over e period of three years, has b<*en awarded to Dr. C. DeWiU Blan ton, Kings Mountain native and associate research professor of pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistiy at Auburn University, Alabama. Work on “Heterocyclic Analogs of Biologically Active Indoles" began March 1. The researeV project will study s>'ntheti/.cd serotonin. Serotonin, a chemical com- ()Ound found in the body, has bebh linked in theory lo certair common mental illnesses, includ ing schizophrenia. Dr. Blanton hopes to be able to increase ♦he activity of serotonin or to coinf up with an antagonist without increasing the toxic effect to the individual. A son of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Blanton of Kings Mountain. Dr Jilanton joined the faculty of the School of Pharmacy in Septem her. He graduated from Westein Carolina college and received the Ph.D. from the University of Mississippi. Post-doctoral work was done at Indiana University. Dr. Blanton is a member of American Chemical Society, the American Association for the Coni'muiil On Page 8 Drive-In Finn To Be Located On York Road 'Phe quick service, 15-cent ham burger is co.Tiing to Kings Moun tain. Construction of a building for :he new’ business is expected to )egin next week and will rt'pie- *.ent a tital investment of some j6.>,0t)0. it was announct^d by o'- f.cials of the company. A one-acre tract of the Slater Mill property o:i York Road has )ccn chosen for the IcK Jtion. Tlie ite is 19.0 by 200 feel and will .rovide spacious grounds and '•>arkin; spaces for 60 cars. Jack White, local attorney and '.late senator, is president of the lewly formed firm which will be mown as The Burger Coi'pora- ion. Roland M. Hamrick. Jr.. Oielby building contractor, will orve as vice president, and los er Roark, Shelby insurance nan. is secretary-treasurer. The Burger Corporation was ormed t.> operate the local firm ind also to handle franchise op- Com rill «rrf On Page H JiTCS C. Bla.ilon, son of Mr. .'.nd Mrs. C. Dc\V:t: Jilanton. of ; A-.ngs rrirumtuin. has received n bachelor ot Science degree in Mr. and Mrs. North Srith. .She I bu.sinc.ss education from East | was a TnemboY of Central Meth- ■ Caiolina college following the | winter quarter. i Mr. Blanton was a member of \ Kappa Alpha Order, a social ! fraternity, and held the office of vice-president. He also held the position as supervisor of the j East Carolina College Cafeteria | where he worked dui ing his four j years in college. ■ odist church. j Surviving are her son, R. E. I Ware, Jr. of Kings Mountain; I tw'o daughters, .Mrs. Liddie Bak er of Washington. D. C. ami Mrs. ■ John F. Heavner, Jr. of Cheny- iville; two brothers, Robert Smith of Pompano Beach, Fla. and Walter Smith of Kings Mountain; and two sisters, Mrs. Guy Rob erts of Shelby and Mrs. Clyde Gamble of Waxhaw. Rev. Howard Jordan officiated at the final rites. Williams Heie In New Post Commissioner Newton said some "prcs.sures*' had been noted .r ciiange tile corridor projection c. several months ago. A delega tion trom the Kings Mountain .oun:ry ..lub went to Raleigh in an efiort to obtain change of the , gjj? years projection to the west of the club' side w'ithin the . school district area without the city limits of The Red Face For several weeks the Herald has infe.'red, if not sueciiv .ly stated, that the term of only one board of education mem ber expired in May. B. Holmes Harry, elerr(*d to a lour-yeai term in 1961. iK>.sted his tiiing fee Saturday. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., : .says his face is red like the Herald's. i “I thought he had two more ' years to sene and I started to decline his $5," Mr. McDaniel commented. Kings Mountain, while three would reside within the bounds of Kings Mountain. Oi School Road By MARTIN HARMON t T)ecision a.s to what improve- I ments will be made to Phifer ! Road to serve the new area high .school should be made within two weeks, Highway Commis sioner Clint Newton said Wed nesday. Engineers are at work on the pi'oject. There is no question on wheth. er the road will be improved, Mr. Newton said. 'The question is whether the road will be widened to 24 feet or made a four-lane 44 foot road. Mr. New’ton said he favored the four-lane road, adding, 'T want the highest type facility obtainable.*' The narrow bridge across Bee son’s Creek will be eliminated, according to current engineering plans and will be replaced by a culvert. Commissioner Newton said the heavy traffic on the road today, which serves commuters to Mass achusetts Mohair Plush Com pany’s Margrace plant and Park yarn Mills, will be augmented by leavy school traffic and football ame Traffic. Cc^nmissioner \ew‘on said de. ‘ision to main'ain Phifer Road IS a two-lane .‘^irip would prob- \bly necessitate an access road rom the west, off U. S. 74. The act provided that the two cu'sidc-(*iiy electees would sriwc six and four-year term.s, respec tively. the electee receiving the highest numoer of votes to serve prop<‘rty. There have also been individ ual objections. Tiie corridor proj('ction indi cates the Ihruway would leave present U. S. 74 west of Maple U^f Steel Company northw'est- erly, overpassing N. C. 161, un- * , .1. T- •* I o. 4^0 i cierpassing the Southern Railway [ y* A member of the United States . --i,_ Phpniv Plant of I week. Subsequently, the act specified, -'ll Mectees would serv’e six-year terms. Also sleeking re-election is Mrs. Lena W. Mctrill, elected to the board in 1959 anc‘ seeking her second six-year term. She is op posed by Robert Smith. Mr. Harry' was the lone addi- ’ tion to the candidate list during Naval Reserve for six years, Blanton left March 6 for New port, Rhode Island, v^•hcre he w'ill at lend Offic er's Candidate School to seek a co.Timission as an Ensign. Bieitda Dies, Campaign Ends Jimmy Williams of Greenville. S. C.. has assum(*d dulio.s as manager of Union Bus Terminal. Ho suceeeds Mr. and Mrs. Bill ^ ; W’hetstine. I Mr. W’illiams comes to Kings | j Mountain from Trailway Bus ' Company’ of Charleston. S. C. Death has ended the life The new manager has an- five yoar-old Br(*nd:a Joyce Car- nouncod that the local terminal pc nter and the fund-raising cam- will bo open seven days a w'oek paign to keep her mother, Mrs. Monday through Sunday’, from, \V. M. Carpenter, by her side at i 6:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Western ; University of Nortli Carolina Me- Union services will be available morial hospital at Chapel Hill. Monday’ through Saturday from I 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The candidates to date: For Mayor — Mayor Glee A. Bridges. Kelly Dixon, adn John Henry’ Moss. For Ward ] Commissioner - Garland E. Still. For Ward 2 Commissioner W. S. Biddix and Tliomas B. Eu- hank«. For Wa'd 3 Com^p^s-ion^r Commissioner Newton said the Comm. T. J. Ellis.m and James L. 'thruway is a joint federal-state: G lyton. project and that a public hear- For Ward t Co r.missioner 1 ing is required by federal law. ; Comm. Norman King and Dt'wey ' It will be held at City Hall, he A. Styers. added. ofi Budgeted for this fiscal year (ending June 30) was estimated costs of detailed planning and right-ol-way. I Burlington Industries and the old | Phenix Mill (now owned by; Craflspun Yarns. Inc.). Northwest ji Piedmont avenue, the road ! would begin to curve southwest- 1 erly, skirting the Edgemont Drive j ■ extension residences and conver- , ging vvi:h U. S. 74 west near the ^ Marvin Goforth residence. i CANDIDATES—B. Hohnes Hax- r,, fieelcs re-election as q Kings Mountcrin district srhool trustee, and Thoma.s B. Eu banks is o candidate lor Wald 2 city commissioner. Bsard To Call May Election The city board of c’ommission- ers will for rally call the bien nial city and school'oard elec tions Thursday night, principal item of business on the agenda. Mayor Glet* A. Bridges said Wed nesday. Tlie commission will ratify the State Highway commission sug gested speed limits on state : highways trar.sversing Kings Mountain a condition n^quired I for slate signing and signaling. ] The commission will also con- j.sider several street - paving peti- ' tions. ' Hal S. Plonk is exptvted to ap pear before the hoard to request ,e boN.. N..N.. N-. .-N .annexation t> the city of about 130 acres northwest of road which the owners Mrs. Carpenter s Rites Conducted Fur.oral rites for Mrs. Mattio I Carpe nter, 77, widow of Charles 3. Carpenter, were held Friday at I 3:30 p.m. from Pentecostal Holi- i ness church on Second street in- : terrrent following i;i Mountain i Rest cemetery. MT'. Carpenter died last V*'pd- iiesday in (he King.s Mountain hospital. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Charles Sims of Chicago, HI., Mrs. Thelma Dottmarr of Gastonia, Mrs. Etta Bennett of Great Falls, S. C., and Mrs. Ber tie Stewart of Kings Mountain; three sons Gary’ Carpenter of Kings Mountain, Everett Carpen ter of Virginia Beach, Va., and Charles P. Carpenter, Jr., of Chi cago, III., and a sister, Mrs. Bes sie Wells of Kings Mountain. Rev. Jerry Grigg, Rev. Floyd Hollar and Rev. Darrell Coble of ficiated at the final rites and in terment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Sural Citizens Evidence Interest In More Toll-Free Phone Service j CotKcmcd citizens contributed $197.86 ill tins cause, of which ; $90 was used by Mrs. Carpenter i for living cxpen.ses at Chapel The balance of $107.86 was i for tunoral expense.^. Deal Band Feature Of Legion Dance Mayor To Attend Power Session .Mayor Glee A. Bridges, along .with other representatives of the I slate's power-distributing cities, Roxioid i ''‘ill go to Raleigh Friday for a plan to ' meeting to further these cities’ F )r Board of Education Mrs. develop as a residential sub-divi- ’efforts to prevent legislation ini- Lena W. McGill, incumbent, and : sion. mical to their interests. Rnbort «Bo' • .'-'mith. i ! nieeling will be convened For Board of Education tout- Majority of the maximum Raleighs Memorial auditori- side citv district* R. Holmes l si>oe(l limits will he 35 miles per 1 uni at 1:30 p.m. Harry. * i hour. ' Phil Horion. Shelby city man- I ager, is chairman of the execu- There are these exceptions: Slimnafitic Class To Benin Heie Ladies Kxere se classes will he- i , h.-.,,-, gin at the National Guard Arm- | live committee of North Caro- The contributors were: PAGE — Lorry Burton# high school sophottoro and son of Mrs. La¥rtonco Burton and the lotto Mr. Burton# hos boon se lected by State Senator Joeck H. White to serre as a page dur ing the second half of the N. C. Generol Assembly in Ra leigh. Toll • fre<? telephone service ^rom Kings Mountain to Gas tonia and Dallas, and vice versa, vill not be inaugurated until May 19, but already interest is x»ing evidenced in rural areas for toll-free service throughout i the county and to Cherryv’ille in ! Jaston county’. j William Lawrence Plonk, Kt. 1 dairyman, said he had discuss ed possibility of the toll - free service with citizens in other parts of the countv. as well as ; with Bryan Houck, Southern Bell manager in this area, and Floyd Harris, Southern Bell’s Shelby | manager. | Cherryville is connected with i the Waco exchange, Mr. Plonk j said. I It is anticipated that the pro posal w’ould follow a format somewhat similar to the Kings Mountain - Gastonia toll . free movement. Sufficient indication of intcr- bst w'ould result in Bell’s making a rate study to determine addl- Continued On Page 8 ory Friday. March 19. and the one-hour class will continue for two wt'eks. Mrs. Marshall Chambers, tele phone 487-4407 after 3:30 p.m., will accept rescr\’ations. A regis tration fee of $2 will be charg ed. Foi Bienda loyce Caxpentei James Kenneth Carpenter, seven, threw water on his sister and ran to a neighbor’s house for help. Besides her parents, she is sur vived by four brothers, William David Carpenter, Billy Gene Car- 1 James Kenneth Carpen North Carolina Me-; Donald Deal and his orchestra will play ior Saturday night’s dance at Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion. The dance is for members and their guests. The Legion dining room will be open from 5 p.m. Westover Baptist church WMU Dancing will be from 9 p.m. $10. t to midnight. Admission is to cou- Will Alien $5. ^ , Sites Condoded On Monday Phillips r>6 Service Station $7.96. Bon T. Goforth $2. Robert (Bob) Smilli $2. ; A VA AfAVBll*V j Gene Goforth $5. ! Anony’mous gift from Chapel | Funeral riles for Brenda Joyce Hill $5. I Carpenter, five-year-old daughter Young Adult Cla.ss, Central:of Mr. and Mrs. William Melton Methodist Church $23.80. i Carpenter, were held Monday at Kings Mountain Herald $5. 3 p.m. from Oak Grove Baptist Dewey Caldwell $5. I church, interment following in J. Lee Roberts $5. ; Mountain Rest cemetery. City Employees $26. | The youngster died Saturday KM Ministerial association $10.; morning in North Carolina Me-;: ^ William Melton Caroen. Post 9811. VFW Sio. ! morial hospital at Chapel Hill 19| J®’; J", all of Thf home; and a KM Kiwanis Club $10. ; days after she suffered third^^j lister. Kathy Ann Carpenter of iTom Oak to | jjna Municipally-owned Electric . Battlegr.iund avenue »N. t . 216> j systems. the maximum speed u.ll be Hm , Horton expressed confi- deni’o Wednesday afternoon that The maximum sihuhI will he 45 [the power-distributing cities will miles per liour on BaitlegrouiKl. | win their battle. 1) From Hawthorne r o a d j ’'We are now bqual partners at south to the city limits; 2) on York Road (N.C. 161) from King south to the city lim its; and 3) on U.S. 74 from Oriental avenue east to the city limits. A state law provides that the | city may limit speeds, during i school hours, to 2-5 miles per ; hour, on a state road adjacent to a public or private school. elementary Some Stores Open the conference table," Mr. Hor ton commented. At the instance of Governor Dan K. Moore, representatives of North Carolina’s Rural Elfectric Cooperatives and public utilities met in Dct'embcr to harmonize their differences. In process, the two groups proposed legislation which would abrogate the power of cities to Frank Ware Class of Oak Grove i gree burns in a fire at he Baptist Church $5. ! at 319 Gillespie street. Oak Grove Baptist Church $10. Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri can Legion $10. Piedmont Bapti.st Church Mother's Class East Gold Street Methodist Church $18. Aiionymou;^ $3. Wesleyan Severely burned from the waist j up, the youngster was transfer red from Kings Mountain hos pital to Chapel Hill the same day she was burned while putting coal in a stove at her home. The fire shot out of the stove and caught her clothing on iire. j the home. Also surviving are her matern al grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Peii rf Kings Mountain and her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Artie Carpenter of Kings Moun tain. Rev. Floyd Hollar officiated at Ulc fiaai rites. acquire lines of other sellers in areas annexed to the city limits. Mr. Horton said he hoped, at worse, that he law will remain mm mm ^ «■* J " J I BS Is. At bost. hc added, the Gen- All Doy W©Cln©SClOY® Assembly will enact a for- Al least thivo Kings Mountain j mula for purchase and/or sale stores have said they will remain j of power distributions facilities, open all day on Wednesdays, ef-j South C..roIina has such a for- fcctive Wednesday, March 17th, !mula. the various managers announced I Meantime. Mr. Horton said the this week. j power-selling cities have called They are Bern’s Department! a moratorium on lobb>ing. pbnd- Store. Rose's ajid Eagle’s Stores, | ing a meeting with representa- plonk Brothers suspended its tives of the utilities and coops, half-holiday on Wednesday sev eral weeks ago. Most Kings Moui tain mer chants have suspended opera, tions at noon on Wednesday, a policy long in vogue by the rc- uiil meichauUN PRESBYTERIAN Dr. Paul Ausley will deliver the sermon topic, “Unbelief", at the Sunday morning service at 11 o’clock at First Presby* uuian cbUrciL . ^ » -ri I,’,