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VoL. 76 No. 45 45
Established 1889
Burned Janitor
Ia Poor Condition
George Starr
RESIGNS — Rev. L, Rames,
pastor of First Baptist church,
has resigned to accept the pas-
tciate of James Island Baptist
church in Charleston, S. C.
Baptist Pastor
Raines Resigns
Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of
First Baptist church since Junc
19539, will become pastor oi
James Island Baptist church oi
Charleston, S. C. on Decembe: |
bth.
Mr. Raines announced his re
<ignation to members of the 515
me.xrber church here at Sunday |
services.
The Raines’ came to King:
Mountain June 1, 1959 anc
cround was broken the following
Sunday for the building of the
new church on West King street
: was ocgupied ir
he building
ily, 1960 ‘with educational spact |
or 660 and a church chapel at
commodating 450. The church
has grown from 444 members in
1959 to 515, employed a full-time
music education director in 1961
has completely graded choirs for
all ages; and a Kindergarten
with a staff of three and an en-
rolirent of 41, operated simul
taneously with the school year
During the past year First Bap
tist church operated under ¢
budget of $58,252 and met all it:
financial obligations.
A graduate of Long Creek
Baptist Academy of Westmins
ter, S. C., Mr. Raines holds an
A.B. from Furman Universit
a and was a of the first | ~hurch of Cherryville, is
class in 1954 at Scuth | ‘Deaker. Mr. Carter is a nativ
He |
Alabame | "ated at the Stephens Count
castern Baptist Seminary.
did graduate work at
Polytechnic Institute,
versity and attended
leans Seminary.
Before called to the ministry |
Duke Uni
New Or
he served for five years on the | "oming to North Carolina.
'n school’ faculty of Long
reck Baptist Academy and
that period. He has served pas
torates in Laurens,
Waccamaw Association in South
Carclina 1953.59
pastor of Rocky Hock Baptist
church in Chowan Association in
Edenton, at one time the larges’
vo pastor's conferences, on sev-
eral Baptist State Convention |
committees and has been active
in the Kings Mountain Minister-
ial Association,
Mrs. Raines is a native of An- |
derson, S. C,
4 N. Barnes early last Thursday
|
{ flames, ran out the back of the
| Joe Woodward,
| «endance officer, who
|
|
!
| » Kentucky Colonel by Governo
corved as dean of boys during | 3ert Combs and in 1963 he war
Saluda and | of the Year”. He is married anc
was |
ural Baptist church in the state. |
has served as president of | terson Grove and the goal has
|
and holds an A.B. |
janitor, remains
condition after sutfering seveie
fluid, fire flashed out
sadly Bumed
In Flash Fire
George Starr, Central school
in very poor
ourns in a fiash fire at the of-
ce of schools Superintendent B.
PROMOTED — Richard K. Mc-
Mackin, Kings Mountain na-
tive, has been promoted to as-
sistant secretary of Wachovia
Bank & Trust Company of
Winston ‘Sglem.
ATLA.
Starr, in the office for routine
cleaning duties, noticed that a
Zrate nre started earlier by
Merle Scism
(ppeared to be going out. He
ound some duplicator fluid,
vnich he thought to be kerosene
i the neighboring office. When
ae doused the embers with the
igniting
Dick McMackin
Wins Promotion
Richard K. -McMackin, Kings
Viountain native, has been elect.
od assistant secretary of Wa.
‘hovia Bank and Trust Company
of Winston-Salem
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L, Mec-
Mackin, Mr. McMackin is super-
7isor of accounting and servicing
n the mortgage loan department.
Starr's clothes,
Starr, seeking to put out the
Lanting, where he was met by
schools at
tore’ off
Starr's burning clothes. Wood-
ward put his own coat arounc
Sar an rushed him to the| with Wachovia since
: * i 960, he was a senior accountant
When Miss Alice Averitt
C ng depart:
‘eaching consultant, arrived : nh the general accounting dep
nent and a supervising examin-
r in the audit department before
oining the mortgage loan de-
»artment earlier this year.
He is a graduate of Lenoir
thyne college and a memler of
the Winston-Salem Chamber of
‘ommerce and the official board
f Ardmore Methodist church,
He and his wife, the former
Anne Dilling of Kings Mountain,
sside with their family in Wins:
few minutes later, she found the
oor and of Barnes’ office burn-
.ng and teat out the fire with ¢
ypewriter cover.
Starr suffered severe burns a
»out the eyes, mouth, legs, arm
nd stomach,
Dr. Frank Sincox, one of
jtarr’s attending physicians
Wednesday said Starr is in poo
~ondition, adding “as is typics
for a patient so severely burn
1
Fire damage to the superinter on-Salem.
~ent’s office was minor in com
with scaled” paiht. anc
smoke damage in addition to th
burned floor and desk.
Wocdward was given first aid
“~eatment at the hospital fo
hand burns,
Patterson Grove
Revival Started
Revival services are in pre
‘ress at Patterson Grove Bar
ist church, Rev. Richard Plyle
nastor, has announced.
Rev, Charles Carter, pastor o’
‘he 1350 member First Baptis
Promotions and advancements
vere anfiounced by John*E. Wat-
ngton, Jr., president, following
ae quarterly meeting of the
.ank’s board of directors.
Allen
's Improving
The condition of George W, Al-
an, Jr., formerly of Kings
Tountain, was reported “much
mproved” Wednesday by his fa-
her-in-law, L. P. Stowe.
Mr. Allen underwent an oper-
tion for removal of a brain tu-
1or and remains hospitalized at
‘hospital in New
“ork. Mr. Stowe says he is able
o be out of bed some and can
se the telephone He is under
‘'oing treatment and will be hos-
iitalized for somtime.
Mrs. Stowe, in Huntsville, Long
‘sland, since her son-in-law's
yperation, is expected to return
ome Monday. Mrs. Allen is the
‘ormer Betsy Stowe.
Firemen Plan
Benefit Saturday
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire De-
partment will sponsor a barbecue
chicken supper for benefit of the
club building fund, Saturday from
5 until 7:30 p.m. att the depart-
ment headquarters in the Bethle-
hem community.
Tickets are now on sale at
$1.50.
Members of the Auxiliary to
Toccoa. Georgia and was edr
| nigh school, Mercer Universit
nd Southern Baptist Theolog®
“al Seminary He held pastorate:
‘n Georgia and Kentucky befor
In 1963 he was commissiones
| Whitesburg's, Kentucky, “Mar
the father of two children.
The services are nightly at ”
Mr, Carter will bring thr
messages nightly through Satur-
ay.
Sunday is Harvest Day at Pat
| been set at $2,100.
The congregation hopes to go
lover the $25,000 mark for their
building fund and the public is
| invited to the services, the pas-
tor continued,
TO MEETING
degree from Winthrop college.
The Raines are parents of four
High School Principal Harry
children, Margaret, Karen, Hen- |
{
|
Jaynes and Central Principal R.
G. Franklin were in Asheville
November 3 and 4 to attend the
annual meeting of state school
ry and Broadus,
Addresses of Those
principals.
the Department will also sell
homemade cakes, pies, and other
baked goods and those furnish-
ing the goodies are asked to
bring them to the department
building prior to 5 p.m.
Overseas Wanted
For several weeks the Ro-
tary Club has been seeking the
names and addresses of men
from the Kings Mountain area
who are serving overseas as-
signments in the armed forces
or in the peace corps.
“To date, they have 24 names
of those serving in this capac-
ity. In the wake of adverse
criticisms and demonstrations,
the of the Club want
these people who are serving in
the cause of world freedom to
know that thy are supporting
them in their efforts,” club
spokesmen pmmented.
Those who know of others
who are serving in this capaci
ty, should give their names and
addresses within the next week
to D. R Smith, 701 Marion
Street, 739-2212; Robert H, Go-
forth, 305 West Gold Street,
Ch 2967; The Rev. Charles W.
Easley, 200 North Piedmont
Highway De
Mayor John Henry Moss told
the board of commissioners
Tuesday night he had asked the
Traffic Engineering department
of the State Highway commission
to re-survey traffic on U. S, 74
through Kings Mountain with
aim to speed traffic flow,
Mayor Moss said the traffic
engineering department had rec-
ommended changing length of
traffic signal lights from 40 sec-
onds to 60 seconds, which had
brought complaints from some
citizens who feel the change
proved detrimental to traffic
flow.
The Mayor said he had also
asked the state officials to con-
sider marking of left turn lanes
on King street.
Avenue, 7395113; The Rev. The state officials have agreed
Howard R. Jordan, P. O, Box [to conduct the survey, he added.
47, 139-2471, Meantime, he reported that the
partment To Re-Survey
US 74 Trafticc Aim Better Flow
division engineer, W. W. Wyke
has forwarded to the traffic en-
gineering department the city's
recent request for installation of
a traffic signal light at the in-
tersection of Country Club road
and W. King street. (Country
Club road now connects directly
with Phifer road.)
Meantime, Tuesday night, on
receipt of a petition by 53 citi-
zens for installation of a traffic
signal light at the corner of Ori-
ental avenue and East King, the
commission’ voted to réfer this
request to the state traffic engi-
neering department,
Meantime, the Mayor reported
a study, with commission ap-
proval, is underway to determine
means of improving traffic safe-
ty at all the five in- -city school
plants.
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 11, 1965
Seventy-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN
Instruments
Valued At $450
Are Stolen
‘Two, Central Elementary stu-
dents are without their band in-
struments and are in hock $450
if the brand new cornet and E-
Jat ‘alto saxophone are not
found, City Schools Band Instruc-
tor Joe Hedden said yesterday.
The instruments, rented by
Steve Laney and Buddy Horn,
were stolen from a closet in Miss
Odessa Black's classroom sofne-
time Tuesday evening. The cul-
prits apparently opened a win-
dow on the ground floor to gain
entrance. to the second floor
room.
Ransacking the closet, they
threw coats, and other items
from it, apparently smoked two
filter-tip cigarettes by lighting
one match - before leaving, Mr,
Hedden said.
They did not take one brand
new saxophone which was also
in: the: room.
‘Buddy Horn's King Cornét is a
Cleveland model with Serial No.
170245. Steve Laney’s E-Flat Alto
Sax is also‘a Cleveland model
with Serial No. 171079. They are
both gold-lacquered’ and new.
Thé horn is valued at $150 and
the saxophone is valued at $300.
Bands instruments are not in-
sured by the schools.
Mr. Hedden said persons with
any information about the
whereabouts of the instruments
are asked to contact him or Cen-
tral Principal R, G. Franklin.
Craftspun Y Yams
Asks Re-zoning
"The city vored
Tuesday hs to conduct.a on | OF
lic hearing on Novémber 23 on a
request by Craft$pua Yarns, Inc,
to rezone from residential to in-
dustrial use gnation two lots
on Linwood; d.
The lots, Nos. 106 A and 106 B,
front 75.feet on Linwood road,
average 201 feet in depth, and
are adjacent to Craftspun prop-
erty. ¢
The zoning board has recom-
mended that the Craftspun re-
quest be approved.
In other actions at the regular
November meeting; the board:
1) Voted to lease for a year
the City street vacant property
of George W. Mauney for equip-
ment storage at $25 per month
(The Mauney property is across
the street from the city garage.)
2) Voted to invite bids on No:
vember 23 for a motor grader and
car for the police department
Bids on the motor grader are in-
vited with consideration for
trade-in, while the police car
purchase is to be outright.
3) Voted to accept a deed from
W. K. Mauney, Jr, for Ruppe
Street, a 50-foot street from East
Gold to Owens street.
KMHS Chorus
To Sing Operett:
The Kings Mountain hig!
school Mixed Chorus will pre
sent the operetta, “Cherrie o
Cherokee Road”, next Thursday
evening, November 18th, in Cen
tral Auditorium.
Curtain time is 7:30 p.m.
A cast of 10 will portray ir
song and dance the story of ¢
young girl trying to find he
way home. Teresa Jolly has the
title role of Cherrie and Jerr:
Ledford has the lead male rok
of Alan O'Day, young owner of
Feudal Rock Ranch. Supporting
roles are played by Gaither Bum
gardner, Freda Conner, Libby
Alexander, Reg Alexander, Bec-
ky Dixon, Ronnie Burton, Paul
Farris and Harry Fortenberry.
Tickets are on sale at $1 for
adults and 50 cents for students.
Leaf-Gathering
Machine In Use
The city put its new leaf:
gathering machine into opera-
tion this week.
Mayor John Henry Moss
said the city sanitation depart:
ment will use the suction-type
machine to gather leaves on
Tuesdays, Fridays and Satur-
days.
He asked that citizens pile
their leaves in the curb area.
Superintendent of Public
Works Grady Yelton said Wed:
nesday's rain proved no bar to
leaf: collection. -
STUDENTS LEARN BRICK. LAYING — No less than 2% students
Kings Mountain ‘high school, Brick-laying is a new course in vocational education being offered
this year at both ‘Kings Mountain and Compact high schools. The picture shows class members
getting. instruction in the course taught by James Poston. Other
“elude. ture and héme economics. Combination school and
in the distributive education and industrial cooperative training
Stadium Architects Given Go-Ahead
= Board Approves
Cost-Paring,
Inviting Bids
Architect - engineers for the
projected John Gamble Stadium
att Kings Mountain high school
| were authorized Tuesday to com-
| plete revision of plans designed
| to pare construction costs and to
| invite bids as quickly as possible.
Carl F, Mauney and Charles
| Neisler, co-chairmen of the stadi-
um fund - raising committee, met
| with members of the board of
| education, school officials and
| representatives of the architec-
| tural firm, F. Grier Morrison &
| Associates, of Charlotte, at lunch
| Tuesday.
| The Morrison representative
| outlined a plan whereby the ac-
| queduct designed to contain the
stream flowing through the pro-
| posed stadium site would be re-
| designed—with what he thought
| would result in a 50 per cent sav-
[ing on this particular installa.
| tion.
Meantime, the board of educa-
tion also authorized invitation to
bid in several categories, includ-
ing grading and drainage, stadi-
um seating, and electrical and
plumbing.
When bids were invited last
spring, only one or “turnkey” bid
| was asked. Result was that the
vocational education courses in- iin 3 ores val oy approxi-
n-the. : mate ,000, some ,000 over
hg training is provided | the $80,000 contributions sought
for constructing a 4,000-seat stae
dium
Meantime,
are learning brick masonry at
contributions and
have topped $83,000,
| reported
ICT Aids Student, Employer; =
% 16T Students
Learned Trades,
Eamed $20,000
Aim of : vocational education,
.n Kings Mountain high schoo:
and elsewhere, is to provide
training in skills to above aver-
age boys and girls who do not
plan to go to college.
This is the statement of Fred
Withers, in an address a. the
ings Mountain Lions club Tues
day night.
Mr. Withers is coordinator of
Kings Mountain high school’s in
iustrial cooperative training
yrogram, now in jts second year.
Under the ICT program, a co
perative venture between |i FoR RECN 3
ichool, student and business | pprSIDENT — Sandra Wright,
firm, the school provides “bo0K | high school senior, has been
nstruction”, via general and| president of the KMHS
textbooks, while the stu- chapter of Vocational Industrial
lent gets on-the-job training Club of America, The program
and pay) from a part-time em- | jg in its second year here.
oloyer, self an em-
1 consider myself VICA Program
In Second Year |
‘loyee of my students’ employ-
With the election of new offi-
rs’ as well as of the schools,”
cers, the Vocational Industrial |
Mr. Withers noted.
He noted that, nationally, on
Club of America (VICA) is now
in its second year at Kings
'y 649 first grade enrollees are
sxpected to finish college.
Mr. Withers reported fivst-
rear results as quite good, with
1lmost all of last year's class
wt out-of-school as gainfully | Mountain high school.
smployed in the course for which |
hey trained. He also added that |
‘he 25 enrollees earned $20,000 Cooperative Training (L.C.T.) |
ult ducation Promote
Adult Education |
The club officers for Industrial chanics, practical nursing,
Caravan
Calls Here
The “Operation Buddy" Vet.
erans of World War I Auto Car-
| avan, en route Manteo to Mur-
| phy, called at the Kings Moun-
jan Herald office Tuesday morn-
Questionnaries
T'o Be Distribut
I ding the caravan were
| a Swindell, of Elizabeth
| Cit tate commander, and Ray-
The three county school dis- | mond’ W- Jeffreys, pi Raleigh,
tricts are distributing via school | chief.of-staff and
ast state com-
children to their parents 25,000 | | mander. pas
juestionnaires designed to sur- They were greeted by Mayor
vey demand for adult education | john Henry Moss, Board of Edu-
in Cleveland County. | cation Chairman George H.
Shelby’s chapter of American | Mauney and Editor Martin Har-
Association of University Wom- | mon.
an are promoting the survey in| Accompanying the leaders were
order to aid the Cleveland In- |a group of members from Gas-
dustrial Education Center, Mrs. | tonia Barracks 621.
Lester Roark said Wednesday. | Commander Swindell said
She noted that courses will be | principal purpose of the World
offered in Kings Mountain where | War I veterans organization is
enrollment is sufficient and fa- { legislative — particularly in re-
| cilities. (Currently underway |grads to veterans pensions and
| pere is a class in commercial | veterans’ hospital services.
| floral arrangements.) | The Manteo-to-Murphy cara-
Mrs. Roark noted that adult | van was designed as a member-
education courses are offered in |ship promotion and has the en-
{ both academics and trades. | dorsement of Governor Dan K.
General education courses be- | Moore.
ing offered range from food dol-| Gastonians accompanying the
lar management, to conversa- | caravan were Commander E. I.
| tional Spanish, and elementary |Coffey, Adjutant Hoke J. Han-
| reading, writing and arithmetic. |na, Quartermaster Leland Alex-
| Other courses are immediately |ander, Dr. A. A. Heh, member.
| available in speed reading, pho- | ship chairman, and J_S. Hager
tography, art, landscaping ang
in preparation of income tax re- State Adjutant Jeffries noted
turns, the organization membership
| Trade courses are divided into | card has on its reverse side, “We
| long-term (one year), such as|support U. S. policy in Viet
| architectural drafting, auto me- |Nam"”-—also emblazoned on the
and | caravan car chauffeured by Mrs.
{ welding, and short term, such as | Jefferies.
of slide rule, brick-laying, |
‘n pay.
He said there are 28 enrollees
this year, noting, “We need more
lacements.”
Mr. Withers declared ICT can
nclude virtually any skill.
He said ICT, along with distri-
Sutive education (25 students
surrently) brick masonty, agri-
sulture and home economics rep-
resent the present offering of
vocational education in the Kings
Mountain schools.
Lions Launch
Fruit Cake Sale
The Kings Mountain Lions
~lub launched its annual fruit
~ake sale for benefit of the blind
Wednesday.
The club js again offering the
nopular Claxton three - pound
cake for $3. Both light and dark
cakes are available.
Proceeds from the sale are
used by the Lions to aid the
blind and also those with sight
deficiencies.
Gene Timms and Howard Bry-
ant are co-chairmen of the an-
nual cake sale,
Other members of the commit-
tee are Edwin Moore, George Di
aco, and Wairen Burgess,
| Wayne Odell,
ing”,
window exhibits, in radio pro- |Evans’
grams via Station WKMT, and | special music under direction of
in school assembly programs. In
addition,
open house for
friends.
dinator for Health Careers Hos:
pital District II, will be featured
speaker at Thursday (tonight's)
are: Sandra Wright, president; |use
Phillip Russ, vice . president; { small engines, power sewing and
second vice-presi- | waitress service.
dent; Larry Bumgardner, secre A so-called learning lab, for
tary; Ann Putnam, treasurer; high school dropouts who wish
and Ken Wilson, editor (report- | to complete work for high sch hol
er). | diplomas, will open this week,
The club officers for the brick: | Classes will be offered morning
laying department are: Mike | | afternoons and evenings. :
Winders, president; Phillip | Request is made that the ques-
Wright, vice - president; Bill |tionnaires be completed and re-
Weaver, second vice-president; | turned quickly. Mrs, Roark said
Johnny Parker and Harold Far- lit is anticipated that registration
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Many Events At Schools Emphasize
Annual American Education Week
Numerous events this week in jBethware school P-TA meeting
the schools of the Kings Moun. at 7:30 in Bethware auditorium.
tain district are calling attention |She will show an eight-minute
to the nation-wide observance of | film to highlight her remarks.
American Education Week. Grady Howard, Kings Mountain
The theme, “Invest In Learn- | hospital administrator, will pre-
is being featured in store | sent Miss Dinguess and E. J.
sixth grade will render
Mrs. W. K. Crook. Rev,
are holding | Plyler, P-TA president, invites
parents and all members and parents of
Bethware students to attend,
West school P-TA is sponsor-
ing a big barbecue from 11 a.m.
; Continued On Page 8
Richard
schools
Miss Lorayne Dinguess, co-or-
Stores To Close
On Two Holidays
Kings Mountain retailers will
close Thursday, Nov. 25th,
Thanksgiving Day, and Satur-
day, December 25th, Christmas
Day, the merchant board of di-
rectors voted Tuesday at the
regular monthly meeting of the
association.
Announcement will be forth-
coming on store closing sched-
ules prior to Christmas as well
as announcement of whether
stores will take a New Year’s
Day holiday.
Faille To Speak
At Oak View
Rev, Bobby Faille, missionary
to British West Indies, will be
guest speaker at both the morn-
ing and evening services Sunday
at Oak View Baptist church.
Mr, Faille will fill the pulpit
at the 11 a.m. worship hour and
at the 7 p.m. evening service,
Rev. Curtis Bundy, pastor, said.
“We invite the interested
community to hear this man of
God,” Mr. Bundy continueds
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