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Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Thii figure for Greater Kings Mountcdn 'j derived Ireni
the 195S Kings Mountalo city directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United Stotes census of 1M0>
VOL. 76 No. 30
Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper
Pages
Today
Estabiished 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 29, 1965
Seventy-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN CENT‘
Johnson Orders Manpower Build-Up, Draft Doubling
KM Knit Fabrics
To Build Plant
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WINS SCHOLARSHIP — John
Allyn Cheshire, IlL has won a
scholarship to The Citadel for
the coming year.
Cheshire Wins
Citadel Grant
John Allyn Cheshire, III, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Chesh
ire, Jr., of Kinijfi Mountain, has
been awarded a President’s Hon-
^^ary Scholarship to The Citadel.
®Bv^irtually a straight *‘A” stu-
^(Pnt, Cheshire graduated fr:xTi
Kings Mountain high school in
June and will enter the militar>
college this fall. During his four-
ycar-career in high school, he
was a member of the football
and track teams, the band, the
Monogram club and the National
Honor Society. He served as
president of the Key club, treas
urer of the Science club, and
vice-pi'esident of the Science club
These scholarships have Leen
made available each year to out
standing hli?h school graduates
and outstanding members of the
current junior, sophomore, and
freshman classes at The Citadel
by Gen Mark VV. Clark, who re
tired as president of The Citadel
on June 30.
OED Objections
Are Reported
Objection.^- by an official of
the federal Office of Fkiucation to
Kings Mountain’s school pupil
as.signment plan involve techni
cal phrasing, Superintendent B.
N. Barne.s reported after a Ra
leigh conference Inst week.
Supt. Barnes conferred with
C. C. Ring of the Office of Educa-
lion.
« .4 particular point was made
ncerning faculty employment.
Supt. Biirnc? said, wi’h the sug
gestion made by Dr. Ring that a
statement be included declaring
no teacher would he discharged
duo to race because of loss of
pupils.
Early Wednesday morning,
Supt. Barnes .said he hoped ?o
present rerommendeti modifica
tions to the board of education
early next week.
Drivel's Ed Gloss
May Be Scheduled
A new summer class in driv
er’s education will be offered by
the city schools if there is suffi
cient intoix’st. Supt. B. N. Barnes
said Wednesday.
Mr. Barnes noted that several
students had made application
for classroom work in driver’s
educatio-n and that another class
had not been scheduled this sum
mer.
“However”, the superintendent
added, “if enough students want
it. we will offer another class
this summer.”
Mr. Barm'S invites intt?rcsted
students to contact his office.
-He s-aid a “crash” course is
anticipated in order that the -iS
hours of instruction may bo
completed befoie the autumn
^'•rm begins August 26.
^^The General Assembly of ’65
designated the public schools as
responsible for driver education
of both students attending priv
ate schools and of school drop
outs prior to graduation.
Knitting Firm
Began Operating
I Two Months Age
I Kings Mountain Knit Fabrics,
; Inc., is constructing a 5,000
' -quare foot building at the site
i of the old S & T Grocery build-
i ing on S. Railroad avenue.
George H. Mauney, president
and ti'easurer, said the fiim be
gan th'* manufacture of knitted
terry cloth and velours in the
Old store building in May. The
store building has been moved to
I provide a site for the new con-
crete-and brick building.
Though he termed the opera-
lion “small", President Mauney
said initial operations, with some
eight oT.ployees, had been en-
oouraging^
He estimated the firm will em
ploy 25 persons when the opera
tion “gets going”.
' The new building is designed
j for easy expansion.
Other officers of the corpora
tion are Mai-vin McCarter, vice-
president, and S. R. Suber, Jr.,
.-«ec*retary.
The officers are principal
stockhedders.
Tommy Baker, 11,
Emulates Dad
I Dr. Thomas P. Baker and his
i 11-year-old son, Tommy, are a-
! mong the more than 1500 en-
I trants in the National Model Air-
j place Championships, which got
! underway Monday at the Naval
Air Station in Williow Grove, Pa.
The Meet, often called the
World Series” of model avia
tion. rung through Saturday.
Contestants in the 34th Na
tional Championships and the
fourth to be held in Pennsyl
vania range from six to 60 years
old and represent 50 states, Can
ada, Mexico, Puerto Rica, Scot
land. Germany and South Aus
tralia.
The Meet is conducted by the
Academy of Model Aeronautics
of Washington, D. C., model avi
ation’s governing body.
The U. S. Navy is acting as
host to the Meet for the ISth
consecutive year. The last Na
tional Model Meet hold at Naval
Air Station, Willow Grove, Pa.,
was in 1961.
Competition in the Nationals
is divided into three age groups:
11) Junior Class, open to those
less than 16 years old, (2) Senior
Class, open to contestants be
tween 16 and 21. (3) Open Class
for contestants over 21.
The (*on!estants will fly their
mo<lels in events ranging from
freefli?ht gas to radio-control,
control-line speed, jcl and team
racing contests. In the Navy car
rier events, the modelei'S will fly
ihoir gas engine planes off and
land aboard the deck of the min-
isture aircraft earner, the USS
SMAX.L FRY. Seaplanes will
take off from the specially con
structed lake at Naval Air Sta
tion, Willow Grove. Pa.
Contestants winning first, sec
ond and third place in each
event will be awarded a trophy
while the Grand National Cham
pion receives a perpetual chal
lenge trophy.
'
CITY WINS SAFETY AWARD — The City of Kings Mountain last week won o sofety award from
Southern Cress Corporation of Atlanta, Go., fol lowing a gas leakage survey made in the natural
gas system recently. In the photograph above prady Yelton* superintendent of public works, and
Mayor John Henry Moss hold the certificate presented the natural gas department as gas depart
ment employees, Ambrose Sellers, left, and Freuik Blanton, far right, look on. The mayor noted
thot the city is pleased to hove this recognition ond will continue to strive to continue its pro
gram of safety and service to its notural gos customers.'* The award was made for the city's quick
follow-up in sealing 17 "B" and 55 leaks in the 37 miles of distribution lines. There were no
major ("A") leaks. (Herald Photo by Bill Jackson),
Board
Zoning Ordinance
Board Amends
Multiple Unit
Zoning Section
The city board of commission
ers amended the city zoning or
dinance Wednesday night to
change side yard lot line dis
tance requirements to a mini
mum of 25 feet for -multiple unit
dwellings.
None appeared to oppt'jse the
change, which will permit An
chor Development Company to
build a 12-unit apartment on the
.McGill lot on West Gold street.
Thelot is adjacent to properties
of Mrs. Pauline Weaver and Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Dixon.
The Anchor firm initially
sought to build two 12-unit de
partment houses on the lot which
fronts 194.6 feet on Qpld street,
but the city delayed issuing build
ing permit for $209,000 on
grounds the proposed construc
tion contravened Section 4D of
the city zoning ordinance. Pro
posal to alter the ordinance was
opposed l)y neighbors and the
city board tabled. Tlie new pro
posal, adopted Wednesday, will
permit a one-unit apartment
hou.so.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
Anchor officials have indicated
they will make the Gold street
residence somewhat more lux
urious and also have indicated
an investment of about $125,000.
Three-room and four-room apart
ments are planned.
The board also annexed one
lot to the city limits, the Joe
Salmons residence on Boyce
Continued On Page 6
^lonei-Mortidaii Harris Needed
Only Wrecker Alter Head-on Crash
Coroner J. Ollie Harris, 51. is
glad the assistant coroner wasn’t
needed following a Saturday af
ternoon wreck on McDaniel road
in the Bethlehem community.
Mortician Harris is also glad
the wreck did not require Harris
Funeral Home’s ambulance serv
ice.
Sharing Harris’ feelings is
Ji»mmy Lovelace, 18.
The two, Harris en route the
Elbert Wright home prior to a
funeral in a black Cadillac, and
Lovelace in a ’64 red Falcon,
leaving the Wright home after
taking hits grandmother there.
collided head-on at 1:50. Both
were driving alone.
Wi’eckers were req-uired to re
move the almost totally-destroy-
e<l Falcon-graduation gift to
their son from Mr. and Mrs. Er
vin Lovelace, Route 2 and the
Harris Funeral Home Cadillac,
its front damager to the extent
of about $1200.
Neither driver was injured.
Patrolman Ralph McKinney,
who investigated the accident,
charged Lovelace with driving
on the wrong side of the road.
Trial is scheduled before Magis
trate J. Lee Roberts.
SPEAKER Mrs. E. M. Ander
son of West Jefferson will
moke the principal address ot
Thursday night's dinner meet
ing of the Cleveland County
Women's Democratic club to be
held in Shelby.
Democrat Women
To Hear Editor
Mrs. Ed M. Anderson of West
Jefferson. long active in the
Democratic Party and publish
er of five non-daily newspapers,
will make the address at Thurs
day night’s dinner meeting of
the Cleveland County Women’s
Democratic club at Governor’s
Inn in Shelby.
The 6:30 p.m. affair is planned
as one of a regular calendar of
events for the 185-member wom
en’s county political group of
which Mrs. Warren Gamble of
Shelby is president^
Mrs. Anderson will speak fol
lowing dinner.
A past president of the North
Carolina Federation of Women’s
Clubs. Mrs. Anderson served as
national treasurer of that or
ganization for two terms. She is
a member of the University of
North Carolina board of trustees
and on the board of directors of
the N. C. Development Associa
tion and Ashe County Memorial
hospital. She is also a former
director of the North Carolina
Press Association. She is pob-
Usher of five newspapers, includ
ing the Forest City C^ourier and
Spindale Sun. She is also presi
dent of Radio Station WBBO,
Forest City, and WPNC, ©re-
Contimwd On Pago $
KMHS Architects
Final Inspection
Will Be Friday
Architects for the new Kings
Mountain high school plant will
conduct final inspection on the
work of General Contractor R.
H. Pinnix & Company Friday.
Thomas H. Cothran said Wed
nesday, “There will be some fin
al adjustments and touching up.
but the general contractor’s work
is for the most part complete.”
Meantime, he said the state de-
parment of public instruction has
been invdted to set a date for its
inspection.
The Pinnix finm has an August
1 completion deadline.
Meantime, John Church, dis
trict highway engineer, said
continuing rains had delayed the
highway department’s paving of
driveways into the school. Work
had been scheduled to start Tues
day and will gel underway as
quickly as weather permits, Mr.
Church said Wednesday after
noon.
He added that Phifer road will
be widened by six feet to a 24-
foot roadbed as. quickly as the
weather and work schedules per
mit. Widening will be from
Mountain street to Fulton road
(Secondary Road 2323). The nar
row bridge over Beeson’s Creek
at Bennett Brick and Tile Com
pany already has been replaced
with a pipe ai'ch providing 24-
foot roadway, plus six-foot shoul-
dei*s.
Mayor John Henry M^ss said
the city will provide natural gas
sei-vice to the school and school
area with installation to start
Thursday, with work on install
ing sewage service to the school
to begin as quickly as the boai-d
of education provides necessary
casements.
Architect Cothran said some
equipment deadlines against the
August 26 scheduled opening date
are “pushing”. Contract for Caf
eteria equipment was let July 16
to Gardner & Benoit, of Char
lotte, who promised to meet the
due date.
I-Way To 2-Way
Block By August 10
A one-way street N. Gaston
from Ridge to Parker—will be
come two-way by August 10.
The city board of commission
ers voted the change Wednesday
night to become effective August
10. It was noted that Central
school will be housing non-driv
ers, except faculty, when schiool
opens and that less parking area
will be required.
The delay in effective date will
permit city crews time to change
the parking lanes from angle to
jparallel and to re-sign the street.
County Selective
Service Board
“On Stage" Again
By MARTIN HARMON
Cleveland C tuniy's selective
service roard has been out of the
news limelight since the cessa
tion of the Korean War, but was
on stage again Wtxlnesday as
President Johnson announced the
monthly draft call would double
to 35,(KX) men.
Harbinger of lotlay’s develop
ments came to Cleveland County
last month, whm the selective
•eivice b^;ard was oidered to
supply 40 men.
Mrs. Clara Newman, secretary
to the Iward, said July’s was
quite the largest call filled in
many years. Tlie long customary
monthly call for draftees had
been eight to ten men.
July’s call has already been
filled.
As of Wodnes<lay, the call for
August (the ninth) was again
ten men.
The August call will be filled,
•Mrs. Newman said, by men born
in 1945. the large July draft de
pleting the board’s draXtable
pool of men born in 1944.
Mrs, Newman did not specu
late on what irhangt's the doubl
ing of the draft would have on
either numbers or deferment
policies.
In the past, it has been policy
to defer students maintaining
grades considered satisfactory by
their schools. Nor has the board
been calling married men.
‘Members of the selective seiw-
ice board are R. B. Dellinger,
cJiairman, Ray Allen, W. M Al
exander, C. T. Talbert, Patter
son Springs, and W. W. McCar
ter, Grover.
Mayor Conieis
With Garrison
Mayor John Henry Moss and
Highway Commissioner W. B.
Garrison, of Gastonia, discussed
briefly the U.S. 74 by pass plans
here Monday.
Mayor Moss reviewed with
Comm. Garrison the by - pass
plans to date, as relating to
Kings Mountain area citizens, in
cluding the May 5 public hearing,
Mayor Moss’ request and High
way Director W. F. Babcock’s a-
gieement for a second hearing,
and Director Babcock’s agree
ment for advance posting here
of the by-pass corridor map.
Comtm^ Garrison told the May
or he preferred to defer com
ment on the by-pass plans, pend
ing the August 5 meeting of the
highway commission and fur
ther discussion of the project
with the director, location engi
neer and other officials.
Comm. Garrison was sworn as
a member of the highway com
mission early in July.
Comm. Garrison told the May
or he would servo the people of
this area and his district "faith
fully and conscientiously.”
Mayor Moss commented, “It
was an extellent meeting. I look
forwaid to working with Comm.
Garrison on matters concerning
state - maintained streets and
roads in Kings Mountain and
the Kings Mountain area."
Re hearing on the by pass pro
ject has not been set.
IN NEW POST — Charles Jeff
Well8« Kings Mountain native,
has been named supervisor of
Dovie County Schools in
Mocksville for the coming yeax^
Jell Wells
Is Promoted
Charles Jefferson Wells, Kings
Mauntain native, has been nam
ed supervisor of Davie County
Schools for the coming year.
Mr. Wells, son of Mrs. Whit
ney Wells of Kings Mountain and
the late Mr. Wells, served during
the past year as assistant prin
cipal at the Davie County high
school. He will assist James £.
Everidge in the administration
of the county school system.
A graduate of Western Caro
lina college, he earned his mas
ter’s degree from Appalachian
State Teachei*’s college. He has
taught school in Haywood Coun
ty and Cumberland County and
has served as recreation director
in Charlotte. He taught at the
Davie high school for four years
prior to becoming assistant prin
cipal last year
Wells sei’ved two years in the
Army during the Korean Con
flict.
Married to the former Ann
Hogue of Blacksburg, S. C., they
are the parents of two cliildren,
Kim Wells, age two, an<i Bunny
Wells, age four months.
The Wells family reside at 643
Wilkesboro strret in Mocksville
and are imembers of the Mocks-
villo First Baptist church.
Strickland Rites
To Be Friday
Funeral rites Lor Ernest Evans
Strickland, 63, will be held Fri
day at 3 p.m. from Gold Street
Wesleyan Methodist church. In
terment will be in Mountain
Rest cemeter>'.
Mr. Strickland died at 11:40
p.m. Tuesday in the Kings
Mountain hospital.
He was the son of the late
Saimuel and Laiura Shives Strick
land.
Surviving are his wife; a son,
Thomas Strickland of Kings
Mountain; and four daughters,
Mrs. Dorothy Pennington and
Mrs, Peggy Jones, both of Kings
Mountain, Mi-s, Betty Gantt of
Hickoiy and Mrs. Frances Pen
nington of Grover. Also surviv
ing are two sisters, Mi's. Bessie
Howell and Mrs. Lillie Ramsey,
both of Chen-j-ville. and 15
grandchildren.
Rev. Clyde Goodson and Rev.
Lester f^la-nton will officiate at
the fina
Teeth Added To Speeding Warning
As City Buys Its Second Wbamniy
To paraphrase Little Orphan
Annie, "The Whammy will get-
cha, if you don’t watch out.”
In Kings Mountain, there will
soon be two whammies.
In this instance, the “wham
my”, as most auto drivers know,
is a radar device which records
speeds of passing autos. Undue
speed on passing tlie radar sta
tion dictate 1) a conference with
the cops, 2) payme4it of a speed
ing fine, and 3) points against
the caught motorist’s driver’s li
cense.
Several years ago the city in-
vestetl in its first whammy and
has employed it since periodical
ly when drivers attempted to
convert city streets into speed
ways.
Last week, the city ordered a
second machine, diue for arrival
momentarily.
Already, Chief of Police Paul
Sandcra has warned motorists to
slow to speed limits applicable.
Mayor John Henry Moss noted
“I’ve never liked the whammy
and the city prefers not to use
it. However, in view of the many
reports and complaints from cit
izens all over the city about
speeding motorists, the city has
little alternative but to take
steps to slow traffic.
“Speed limit signs are being
erected on all streets and other
traffic signals such as “children
playing”, are being erected to be
sure all motorists and pedestri
ans are aware of safe speeds on
particular streets and in particu
lar areas.
“We must protect the public,”
he added.
The Mayor averred he hoped
the $500 investment in Whammy
No, 2 would prove a poor invest
ment, adding, “We don’t want
arrests for traffic violations. We
want safe diuvlxie.”
SOaiO Moie
Troops To Go
To IHet Nam
President Johnson said at a
Wednesday news conference
1) U. S. Military forces in Viet
Nam will be increased by 50,000
men to 125,000; and
2) Monthly selective service
calls will be doubled to 35,(X)0
men from
He also told newsmen and the
nation by radio and television
that Cwigress will be asked for
additional appropriations to meet
the increase costs of South
Vietnamese support.
At this time, he added, there is
no need for mobilizing reserve
forces and national guard units
to active duty.
The President also said he had
instructed U. S. Ambassador to
the United Nations Arthur Gold
berg to ask of the secretary-
general “all the resources, ener
gy, and immense prestige of the
United Nations be employed to
find ways to halt aggression and
bring peace in Viet Nam.”
This announcement was receiv
ed with surprise by the Capitol
press corps.
To questions, the President re
plied that 15 effoins had been
made to start discussions aimed
at peace—all without response.
He declined to speculate on re
action to the additional Viet Nam
manpower build-up by Red Chi
na.
The President declared, “We
will not surrender. And we will
not retreat.”
Mn. pumps
IKes Wednesday
Mrs. Clara Carpenter Phillips,
77, of Gaffney, S, C, Kings
Mountain native, died Wednes
day night at 6:10 p.m. after an
illness of one year.
Wife of J. Vernon Phillips, Sr.,
Khe was f. daughter of the late
Anderson P. and Callie Hoke
Phillips. She was a member of
Gaffney’s First Baptist church
and had been a Gaifney citizen
Cor 44 years.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
Surviving are her husband;
her daughter. Mrs. Elizabeth P.
Browm of Gaiffney; two sons, J.
V. Phillips, Jr., of Gaffney and
Bill Phillips of Kingsport, Tenn.;
two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Long of
Jaclcsonville, Fla., and Miss Fan
nie Carpenter of Kings Mountain;
and two brothers, Clarence E.
Carpenter and C. T^y Carpenter,
Sr., both of Kings Mountain. Al
so surviving are five grandchil
dren.
Mauney Fum
Wins Contract
A contract for 117.000 pairs
men’s black stretch type cotton
nyHr* socks, at a total cost of
$33,333.30 (unit cost $^9 has
been awarded by the Defense
Personnel Support Center in
Philadelphia to 'Mauney Hosiery
Mills, Inc., Kings Mountain,
The Center is an activity of
the Defense Supply Agency.
This is a firm, fixed-price con
tract awarded after negotiation.
The contract was awarded under
Request for Proposal DSA-1-65-
NEG-1849. Proposals were re
ceived until June 28, 1965. It was
awarded to the lowest responsi
ble offeror whose proposal con
formed with all requirements of
the solicitation.
Mis. Gantt's
Father Dies
Rev. A. B. Dennis, 89. 200
Montford avenue, AshevUle. fa
ther of Mrs. W. M. Gantt of
Kings Mountain, died 'Tuesday,
July 27 at Aston Park hospital
in Asheville.
-Rev. Dennis was a retired
Methodist minister of the West
ern North Carolina Conference.
He was born April 5, 1876 and
an active minister for 34 years.
The funeral will be held at the
French Broad Methodist church
in Asheville at 11 a.m., Friday,
July 30.
In lieu of flowers the family
requests that memorials be sent
to the French Broad Methodist
church in care of Rev. E. O.
Peeler*