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Phillips Names
Two Committees
CHAIRMAN — Harold Phillips,
member of the Yarn brokerage
firm Radcliffe & Company and
a former city commissioner,
heads the 25-member mayoral
industry-seeking committee for
the Kings Mountoin areo.
Local News
Bulletins
NO WRECKS
City police reporfod Wednes
day morning that they did not
investigate any highway acci
dents during the past week.
ROTARY SPEAKER
Robert E. Land, summer as
sistant at St. Mattliew’s Luth
eran church, will present a
program on music at Thurs
day’s Rotary club meeting at
12:15 at the Country club. Land
is a Lenoir Rhyne college grad
uate.
Mrs.
an at
morial
SUFFERS FALL
Charles Dilling, librari-
Jacob S. Mauney Me-
library, has been eon-
fined to her home the past two
weeks after breaking her left
arm during a fall at her home.
Mrs. Dilling expects to return
to work in another week.
BUILDING PERMITS
Tile building permits were
purchased at City Hall during
the week. Luke W. Hoyle
bought a permit to build a
five-room resident, expected to
cost $10,000. on Silver street.
Robert Parton bought per
mit to add a room and bath at
800 Second street, the cost es
timate $1000.
CIRCLE TO MEET
Circle 3 of First Presbyterian
church will meet Monday at
the home of Mrs. Eloise Nickels
at 305 W. Mountain street.
POWER OFF SUNDAY
Duke Power Company will
change taps in the city’s trans
formers Sunday morning at’
6:30 a.m., Electrical Superinten
dent Hunter Allen said this
week, and city ekx'tricily will
be cut off five or ten minutes
for the change, he said.
MEETING SET
The committee on Dow’nlown
Improvements will meet Thurs
day night at 7:30 p.m. in City
Hall courtroom. Chairman John
Plonk has announced. Charles
Sellers, community planning
consultant with the Depart
ment of Conservation Devel
opment, will meet with the
group.
JOINS LIONS
John Revis, with Barwin
Knitting Mills, was inducted
into membership in the Kings
Mountain Lions club Tuesday
night by (k*orge Thomasson,
past president.
Ramsey Rites
To Be Thursday
F^uncral rites for Logan May
berry Ramsey. SO. f>f S02 F'irst
street, will be held Thursday at
4 p.m. from the home. Rev. H.
G. Clayton, Rev. Darrell Coble
and Rev. C. C. Parker will offi
ciate and interment will be in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Ramsey died at Pi a.m.
Tuesday following several years’
illness.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Ramsey, he was a mem
ber of Fir.st Nazarene church.
Surviving are his wife, Rosa
Lee Ramsey; five .sons, Lawr
ence. Harvey, Charlie. Lloyd and
Paul Ramsey, all of Kings Moun
tain; two dau.ghl(‘is, .Mrs. Jack
Wells and Mrs. Mexle Bed-solc.
both of Kin.gs Mountain; one
sister, Mrs. Guy Bennett of Kings
Mountain; 11 grandchildren; 20
great • grandchildren anrl one
great-great grandchild.
I By ELIZABETH STEWART
F'ii'st two subcommittees n
five to be appointed ,y Harol
Phillips, chairman of the newlj
named 25-mcml>er mayoral corr.
<T.ittee of industry-seekers, writ
announced Tuesday night.
Named to a conservation aiK
development dciiartment liasoi
commill(N» were Robert O South
well, George W. Mauney, C. E
Neisler III, Wilson Crawford an
Chairman F*hillips. A committc.
of gcnt’ral industrial developer
includes Scan* Morrison, Ben T.
Goforth, John Dilling, D. L. Ben
nett ami Bill White.
.Mr. Phillips said he will nam<
meml)ori of data and job oppoi
tunity cci.T.mittees within th(
next few days and that letten
will go out to the full commit let
this week.
Also attending the oi’ganiza
tional meeting at City Mail wen
Mayor John Henry Moss, Georgt
Lewis, representative of King
Mountain Indjstrial Park. J. Wil
son Crawford, pre.-iidenl of Kings
Mountain Business Development
Cnporation, and Pat Spangler
of Shelby, a charter member of
Kings Mountain Business Devel
opment Corporation and a first
vice-chairman of the board of
directors of the Stale Depart
ment of Conservation & Develop
ment.
Mr. Spangler praised Kings
Mountain for facilities conducive
to locating new industry, includ
ing recreational, educational, and
religious, reasonably - prictxl
homes, clean labor rarket and
good community attitude. He
praiswl the organization of Kings
Mountain Industrial Park, Inc.,
said he anticipated that in three
; or four years a food processing
; plant would locale in the coun-
■ ty. "We are in the hub of the |
I finest land for growing toma- '
j toes in the world’’, Spangler said,
noting that Heinz Tomato Com
pany is an industrial prospect.
"If this materializes". Spangler
said, "farmers all over the coun
ty can process tomatoes, apples
and peaches.”
A use for bi-produets of mica
mining is also needed in this
area, Spangler said, whether
glass plant or wiiatevoi*.” "We
can’t handle another industry in I
the Shelby area right now”, j
Spangler said, explaining that ]
Shel y is not able to staff its in- ’
dustry. He said Fiber Industries |
iK’cds 1500 high school graduates
to staff iw'o new plants being
built in Salisbury and Greenville,
SoiTe suggestions to the new '
committees from Spangler were:
li The C & D in Raleigh is
being flooded with inquiries now
! from industry-set'kers Get them
! details on Kings Mountain, data,
1 pertinent facts on the new Indus-
i trial Park, other sites, what you
; have to offer including job em
ployment surveys.
2) One new pl-ant with KM) em
ployees in Kings Mountain {an
mean $710,000 more personal in
come a year.
31 Sell Kings Mountain as
“bedroo.n” of Charlotte. Encour
age citizens to live here and
work in Charlotte. Payroll checks
would be spent here.
4) The industrial payroll in
Cleveland County has doubled
over the past five years. He not
ed that a chicken processor is
now looking at a site on High
way 150 North, that he awaits
an urban renewal plan before
moving his operation to the
county.
Chairman Phillips, salesman
for a yarn brokerage firm, said,
‘Tve sold a lot of goods, but
I’ve never tried to sell Kings
Mountain. I’m (*onvin(ed that’s
what we have to do.”
Mayor Moss, pltxlging his sup
port, said. ‘T have visited all our
present plants in the past six
months and I pledge to them my
wholehearted supi>ort in their ex
pansion plans and am dtxlicated
to working any num er of hours
as a footman for this committee
I and suh-committees. Ftn'l fne to
■ come in my office anytime, or
call me at homo, the mayor said,
“The Pie<lmont Carolinas is
I the California t»f the East”, May-
I ')r Moss continued, "You men
j represent a cross-section of our
j business community and I am
hononxl that you accepted re-
! sponsibility on th(‘ Kings Moun-
i tain Industrial Committee and
lam grateful for your concern for
I the ever-growing future of our
; hometown.”
Karen Fite
Mrs. Haskell Seism
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUm^AIN. N. C.
Thursday, August 26, 1965
I
Fain Hambright
Pcst'.naster Alexander pi'eslded
at the Thursday morning session
and headed the committee plan
ning the seminar for the conven
‘ n. .Mis Fain Hambright sang
“America the Beautiful” at uu
VVedn(‘.sday moining assembly
which featured addresses b>
Postal Service Officer W. T.
Marlin (tf Greenville, S. C. and
National President Henry J
Stoffer. J. B. Eason, regional
conirc ’.Ier of Atlanta. Ga and J
W. Wiiiburn, po.-'tal srrvieo of
ficer of Favetieville. made the
keynote speeches at ihe after
njon ses-iion.
The UK) p()slmaste:s, their
wives and gueds loured ;he
U.S.S. North Carolina Rattle
Jhip Wednesday afternoc:i.
At the Tliursd-ay night anquet
he orincipal address was mule
by Howard L. Cook of Washing
ton, D. r.. special executive as
st.irii to the Post.raster Gen-
ral.
D.t. Gerberdmg
Sui'vivl-ng are h:.-; wife. Mrs.
.Mildred L. Gerberding; three
'ons. Tommy GerhKmding of the
tome; Rev. John H. Ger! nrding
>[ Denver, Colorado, and Dr.
William P. (Jerberding, Jr. of
■^acilie Palisades, California;
win (laughters. Mrs. William
.Irohs of Duluth, Minnesota, and
Mrs. Carl Sailland of Seittle,
vVusliington and a f .ster daugh-
;er. Mrs. Ren Dale of Kensing
;on, M<1. Also sui viving are a
brother. Dr. R. H. Gerberding of
Mound. .Minnesota and 16 grand
children.
The family has requested that
m lieu of flowers memorials be
made lo ihe Board of W’orld Mks-
dons, 231 Ma<lison Avenue. New
York, New Y.^rk
Mis. L. E. Hinnant and Mrs.
Tohn Heniy Moss flew to St.
Aetershurg Tuesday night to at-
end the final rites.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Members of the high school
coaching staff, Bill Bates, Bill
Cashion. Don Parker and Bob
Husst'y will give the program
at Thursday night’s Kiwanis
club meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the
Woman’s club. Their subject
will be. "Football.”
FOOD SUPERVISOR — D. H.
Brown hos Joined the Burger
Barn restaurant as food and
service supervisor.
Brown Joins
Burger Barn
D. H. Brown, food service su
perintendent with the U. S. Air
Force, has joined the Burger
Barn restaurant in Kings Moun
tain. Brown will be food and
seiwice supervisor for the local
firm.
Burger Barn officials also an
nounce yesterday the opening
of their franchise division with
offices located in the Reynolds
Realty Building at 120 York
Road here.
Brown will maintain offices
there and wdll be in charge of
procurement, personnel training,
quality c'ontrol, inventory records
and accounting. He will serve all
new franchised units as well as
the model unit now operating on
York Road here.
The new supervisor is a na
tive of Lake City, Tenn.. and is
a veteran of 27 years service in
the Air Force. His specialty has
been in food service management.
His most recent responsibilities
involved the complete planning
and programming of 4,100 meals
per day at the Seymour Johnson
Air Force Base in Goldsboro.
legion Sets
Free Supper
A free ham and turkey supper
for members of Otis D. Green
.^ost 155, the American Legion,
will be held Saturday frcir 5 un-
:il 8 p.m. at the Legion Hail on
York road
The supper honors John W.
Gladden, membership chairman
for 1966, who has already signed
76 of 401 members for the year
1966.
Other events for Legionnaires
vill include: the first Go Getter
party on Thursday night Septem
ber 23. Any Legionnaire signing
'.9 members far 1966 will be eli
gible to attend.
The dance season for members
and guests will be kicked off on
Saturday night, Septorber 25,
with Don Deal and his Orchestra
to provide music.
A Gold Tournament is planned
and Legionnaires interested
.-should contact the Golf Commit
tee in care of IK) Box SOI.
President Answers
Aunt Sally's Letter
Mrs. Sarah (Aunt Sally) Payne
Groves, 90, wrote President John
son last week and she had a let
ter yesterday expreisin? the First
Family’s syrpathies that he \i
ill and a patient in Kings Moiui
tain hospital.
Mrs. Groves has been an inva
lid for several years but enjoy:*
television, especially addresser
by LBJ. The President also sent
a family picture to ^Irs Groves
The letter, delivered by friend: |
of Ml'S. Groves to her at the hos :
pital this week read: "Wlien the j
President learned you were ill. 1
he asked me to send you this let- i
ter and note and he hopes you
will gain back your slrengtii
each day and be much, much liet-
ter.” It was signed by a pre.sl-
dential assistant.
The average smoker consumed
200 packs of cigarettes la.st year.
Ceylon is on the Indian Ocean
First traces of man in India
dates back to 400.000 B. C.
Beet sugar is refined at Gar
den City, Kans.
The garfish is swift.
Railroad hospital cars used
during World War II to trans
port wounded men are still in
u.se. Twenty-five of them were
converted to cirrus cars by Ring-
ling Brothers, Barnum and Bai
ley.
I Mobile homes are now avail-
I able in Early American, Danish
I modern, French provincial, rustic
I or contemporary styles.
I The Hebrew and Roman laws
gave fathers a very rigid control
1 over their families.
The home of tobacconist R. J.
Reynolds at Winston-Salem, N.
C., will be preserved.
Cooper Infant's
Rites Conducted
Graveside funeral rites for
Robert Franklin Cooper, infant
•on of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt
Cooper of ShoLy road, were held
Wednesday at 4 p.m. from De
votions Gardens of Mullins, S.
C.
The child died at birth Wednes
day morning at 3 aim. in the
Kings Mountain hospital.
Other survivors include his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Au
gustus Ford of Lake View. S. C.
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cooper
of Mullins, S, C.
Stadium Gifts
Reach $83,395
Contri:utions to the John Gam
ble Football Stadium reached
§83,395.29 this week, Fund Direc
tor Charles F. Harry III report
ed
Mr. Harry njted that pledges
to build the new' l.OOO-seat sta
dium total $39,539.22 while actual
cash-on-hand totals S43,S5G.07.
Checks this week included
those from: Dr. W. L. Mauney,
T. Lewis HovLs, Dean Payne,
Audlcy Tignor. Robert Fleming
and Harold Phillips.
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WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Kathy
Ellison has been awarded an
A. G. Myers scholorship to at
tend G^ton Memorial Hos
pital School of Nursing.
Kathy Ellison
Wins Scholarship
•Kathy Ellison, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Ellison, has been
awai tk'd an A. G. Myers scholar
ship lo attend Gast.yn Memorial
Hospital School of Nursing tins
rall_ .She will be a freshman.
Miss Ellison is a 19.55 graduatIBp
of King.s Mountain high scIkjoF
where she was a member of the
National Honor Society, a ma
jorette, secretary of the FHA.
. usiness club. Future Teaeher s.
Science club and Latin cltub. She
was also art editor for thesrhoo!
newspaper. "The Mountaineer.”
Miss Ellison is a past w'oMhy
advisor (»f Kings .Mountain Or
der of Rainbow for Girls.
A. G. Myers scholarships are
given annually to a deserving
girl entering fJaston Hospital
School of Nursing.
Miss Anita M mtgomeiy.
daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Boyd
Montgomery, has reurned from
Atlanta. Gh.. w’here she visited
relatives and saw’ a performance
of The Beatles in Atlanta Sta
dium.
Off-tO'Sehool?
'ihe b(xl> w'as taken to
home at 2 p m^ Wednesday,
the
School Open
I Students will find highway
I work ren paving drives on their
' first (lay and science students
can expect no laboratory work
until mid-month.
[ One lack effects all, student.s
and faculty alike. Cafeteria
equipment is arriving daily, but
in dribble.s, and. as .Superintend
ent B. N. B-arnes put it, "not
enough yet to cook on”. The ta
les have arrived, however, and
.-;pare chairs are available.
Principal Harry Jaynes has an
opening day "surprise” for the
estimated l.(K)0 pupils and half
hundred staff members: He’ll
tell them whether to bring their
own lunches to school Friday, or
whether the s(’hool will use a
box lunch arrangement.
He has no intention to order
fasting.
Douglas Burton
Four Students
Win Diplomas
Four Kings Mountain area stu
dents received degrees in college
commencement e.xcrciscs last
week.
Douglas Eugene Burton, son of
R. H. Burton, received his B.S.
in biology and Judithanne Early,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Early, received her B.S. in pri
mary education from Western
Carolina college at Cnllowhee
Friday night.
Mrs. Sarah Bridges .Sei'^ni,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walt
er Hood Bridges, was graduated
Friday in summer comi.mence-
ment exercises at Lcn(»ir Rhyne
(‘ollege. Slie rec*eived an A.B. de
gree in grammar grade educa
tion.
Wife of Hubert Haskel Seism.
Mrs. Seism complet(*d her educa
tion in thi*ep yeaia by attending
summer sessions and regular
sessions the year round. She will
teach fourth grade at East school
this fall.
She is granddaughter of Mrs.
W. E. Bridges of Kings Moun
tain.
Karen Fite of 608 Stone street
I'eceived her Associate in Arts de
gree Friday during the annual
summer commencement at Gard
ner AVobb Junior college in Boil
ing Spring:-?.
Mis.s Fite is daughter of Mrs.
Clyde Fite of Kings Mountain
and the late .Mr. Fite. She will
enter VV'estern Carolina college
in the fall.
LODGE MEETING
An emergent eommunicaMon
of Fairview Lodge 3.39 AF&AM
wdll be hold Saturday night at
6 p.m. at Ma.sonic Hall, Secre
tary T. D. Tindall has an-
noumed. In observance of Past
Master's Night, supper will be
.served at 6 p.m. by the Order
ol the Eastern Star.
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