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. 1965 ILD MPS r4 vtfu.ue IL >LD MPS LUk* H VAU.« :iLD IMPS uuk f LD MPS ^ Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 This flmr« lOK Ort«rtti Klngft Mpuntcda d«rlv«d Irvm lb* 1951 Kind* Mouatfldn city dircetoiy eeutiu. Th* city Units Ufure Is from tb* Unltod Statoi coaaui of 1950> VOL 76 No. 46 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today EsfabSsSed 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 18, 1965 Seventy-Sixth Year PRICE ten cent First Union Acquires Herndon Lot Phillips Resigns ^ . tt i*r. Industrial Gionp DowntowD Uplitt broup Chaiimanship • i * ,* lo tonsider incorporation f V Committee Will Meet Thursday | Harold Phillios rosipned Wrd- : ncsday as chairman of the may ' or’s industrial development com mittee. . 1 Mi\ Phillips, who n^ently ac* I cep;cd the chaii .ranship of vhe Cleveland Coinmu.iity Aclio j c;:minitlcc, a cauniywide un. epensored by the Cleveland As i sociaiion of Governmental Of liciaJs, said, *‘I f^el 1 cannot il justice to Iwth.” Mayor John Henry Moss, i ; annouiiv'in i Mr. Phillij)’s res:g I nation, said, ' I thank Mr. Ph:l I lips for hi.s servire as an effet I tive rnd energnic chairman o I the industrial development com i mittec and I rg'*et very mud PRESENTED NEW CAR — Charles E. Dixon, left, and W. G. Grantham, officials of Victory Chev rolet in Kings Mountoin, present Thomas J. McGrow, vice-president of Gardner-Webb College with the keys to a new Impala Chevrolet. The fir m goye the college the car for use of the vice- preeldont. Xa the background are, left to right. Dr. Eugene Poston, president of Gardner-Webb Col leger Charles Mouney, chairman of the success ful campaign by the college in the Kings Moun toin aroa cmd Alaconder Elmore, assistant vice- president of the First Union National Bank of Kings Mountain. his dL.':si.:n to lesign. "I realize, of course,” th' Mayor continued, “that the work of the com.T.unity action commit tee holds great potential for the vvelfare of Cleveland county and I know Mr. Phillips will make a hard • working and successful chairman.” Local News Bulletins LEGION DANCE • American Legion Post 155 'ill sponsor a dance for mcm- ers and guests Saturrfhy night from 9 until 12 p^m. at the Post Hall. Buddy Estes will provide music for dancing. The kitchen will be open from 5 p.m. ' Leaf-Goiherer i On Extra Duty WOMAN'S CLUB Kings Mountain Woman’s club will meet Monday night at 7:45 p.m. in the club lounge. A meeting of the board of di rectors will convene at 7 p.m., Mr.s. John A. Cheshire, presi dent, said. RECUPERATING Baxter Payseur, who under went surgery Friday at King.s .Mountain hospital, is rocupor- ating .satisfactorily at 1) i s home. Mr. Payseur was dis charged from the hospital Fri day. EMERGENT COMMUNICATION An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339, AF & AM, will be held at the Lodge Building at 6 o'clock Saturday. Supper will be served at 7 p.m. AUCTION SALE Grover Rescue Squad will conduct an auction sale and sell hotdogs and hamburgers Saturday * eginning at 7 p.m. the squad building at Gro- Vr. Floral Class 28 Complete KM Training Center Course 1 j Twenty-eight Kings Mountain i lea citizens — 25 women and I three men — have completed a 110 liour course in floral arrang- I ing (M/nducted by the Kings I Xl )untain Training Center Mrs. J, R. Thompson, of O.angeburg. S. C., conducted the ' final examinations on Monday ; night, closing session of the ‘ school, and students exhibited : r.irangements they had made i themselves. ! A coffee hour was also held i in the courtroom of City Hall i where classes have t^ecn held on : Monday and Thursday evenings. Practical work with flowers has been emphasized in the I course, including the six princi- ' pies in the art of designing; co^ jlo:; and aiTangements for the ! church and home. i Completing the course were: Mrs. Edna Childers, Mrs. Ethellcerns a petition by Craft.spun The city's new leaf-gathering "vacuum cleaner” is being put to near daily use "by popular demand”, Mayor John Henry Moss said Wednesday. The leaf-gathering macirine makes comparatively shoii work of the former chore of dumping large leaf-filled ham pers or pitchforking great piles of leaves. Mayor Moss said the leaf- gathering crew will be at work daily except Mondays until all the leaf debris is collected. Hambright Rites I Held Wednesday Funeral rites for Mrs. Mamie 1 Kytle Hambright, 74, widow of Harvey L. Hambright. were held Wednesday at 4 p.m. from Mace donia Baptist church, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Ha-tj: right succumbec Sunday night at 10:50 in the in tlic Kings Mountain hospital foil/wing illness of several months. She was a native of Georgia d^iughtcr of the late Mr. and Mrs. Warren Kytle. She was a member of Macedonia Baptist church. Surviving are her son, Fred Herndon, of Kings Mountain; her brother, Calvin Kytle of Gaineswille, Ga., and two sisters. Mrs. Frank Anglin of Gaines ville and Mrs. Lam Davis of New Holland, Ga. A grandchild also survives. Rev. Wayne Ashe officiated at the final rites. Hoard To Meet Tuesday Night The city board of commission ers will meet in special .session Tuesday night at 6:30 at city hall courtroom to conduct a hearing on a re-zoning petition and to receive bids for two pieces of equipment the city expects to purchase. The re-zoning hearing con- Childors, Mrs. Mae N. Houser, Miss Naomi Edens, Mrs. J P. I layhue, Mrs. Clyde Fite, Sirs. Opal Camp, Mrs. Doris Roper, Ml'S. Agnes Sandei's, Ronnie P'ranks, Mrs. Elmer Hardin, Mrs. Ruby Co.x, Mrs. Goldie McDaniel, Yarns, Ine., for re-zoning to in dustrial use designation of two lots on Linwood road, fronting 75 feet and averaging 201 feet in depth, and lying adiaceiit to present Craftspun property. Robert Lowe, of Craft.spun, said SUNDAY — The Right Rev. M. George Henry, of Ashe ville, Episcopal Bishop, will fill the pulpit at Sunday services at Trinity Episcopol church on Phifer road. Jishop Henxy Here Sunday The Right Rev. M Henry, Bishop of the . .'<orth Carolina Conference of .lie Episcopal Church, will make .us annual visit and confirma- «on address at Trinity Episcopal .nurch, Phifer road, Sunday. The citj-’s downtown develop- .Tient committee will convene at •ity hall courtroom at 7:30 Thursday night. Two principal items are on the agenda, Chairman John O. Plonk, j Jr., has announced. I Officials of Southern Railway 1 Jompany, including division su perintendent J. D. Brosnan and .^ther.s, are scheduled to confer I with the committee on po.ssibill- \ j ties of beautification of the rail- | j way company’s right . of • way I which bisects the community. j The committee will also con- ;sider forming a non profit cor- ! poration for furthering the com- j mittee’s efforts in general reno- I vation of the downtown business ! area. j Under terms of the proposed ! articles of incorporation, the non profit corporation would bo 1) empowered to promote and Gcor'^e 1 ® ^ ® ^ ^ ^ ^ rehabilitation of WesteTm' hlighled areas in the business 2) to collaborate with all pub lie and civic agencies mutually interested in the same project, 3) to develope a program de signed to aid the flow of traffic, 4) to acquire and dispose of real and personal property, 5) to borrow and raise monies necessary for the corporate pur poses, I 6) to accept contributions, and Rev. Robert R. Haden, Priest- ! . at such time as the corpora- *n-Charge, said that Bishop Hen- i might be dissolved, to con- .y will come from Asheville and Bishop Henry will fill the pul pit at the 11 o’clock worship service and will be honored by the congregation at a luncheon | .oilowing the service. Luncheon j .vUI be served in the church fel-1 lowship hall. .vill conduct Confirmation dur- .ng his annual visitation. Schedule of services at Trini- y have -een earlier during the -ummer months, but the regular all schedule has been I'esumed. .»unday School for adults and jiiidren begins at 10 a.m. with .he worship hour following at .i, Mr. Haden said vey any remaining assets to a tax exempt charitable, religious, educational or scientific organi zation. The committee i.s expected to determine at Thursday night’s meeting size of the directorate, terms of offices, and other perti nent matters. Bums Fatal fo Janitor Miss White Dies At 87 Sco«t-0-Rama Opens Saturday The annual Cleveland District Scout-O-Rama for Boy Scouts will be held Saturday and Sunday with the public invited on both days from 2 until 5 p.m. Dr. H. S. Plaster, president of the Piedmont Council. Boy Scouts of America, will officially open the program at 2 p.m. Saturday at Shelby Park. All Scouts in uniform will be Funeral for George admitted free and units will sell i Jentral school janitor, tickets at 25 cents. There will be 1 .Sunday at 3 p.m. from Wesley exhibits on display by the vari- Jhapel church, interment follow- ous Scout units in the county. ,ng in the church cemetery. Co-chairmen of the Scout-O-1 R:ima are W. Donald Crawford 1 Starr died at 7:23 p.m.} s^-nday in the Kings of Kings Mountain and Roland Thursday of burns received in a hospital fallowing a Whitmire of Shelby. (flash fire November 4th in the Mr. Crawford noted that of Schools Supt. B. N. Starr, 46, was held CARNEY WILL SPEAK Dr. Kent Carney will upeak on "Impi'essions of Socialized Medicine In Britain” at Thiurs- day’s Rotary club meeting at 12:15 at the Country Club. Dr. Craig Jones is program chair man. .Mrs. Etta Bennett. Mrs. Mdiy \ Wednesday, his firm has no im- j Margaret Bry'ant. Mrs. Mary Al-1 mediate plans for improving the 1 Ion, Ml'S. Georgia Gore, Mrs. ] property but has purchased it for i Shirley P. McMurr-ay, Mi's. Ellen j po.*^sible future development, j Fester, Mrs. Ethel Clayton, C. | Tlie re-zoning request lia.s the E. Stroupe, CIcmmie Lankford, i endorsement of the zoning board. Mrs. Inez Hawkins, and Mrs. C. i The city will receive bid.s on a j M. Lankford. Two Shelbians et- j car for the police department and BankBemodeling Its BnUding First Citizens Bank & Trust Company expects the building it has leased on West Mountain for a Kings Mountain branch ta be ready for occupancy within five tp six weeks, Harold Sum ner, vice-president in charge of the Gastonia branch said this week. pTrst Citizens purchased a city building permit for alterations of the building, leased from Dr. D. M. Morrison, and estimated at $5,009. Kelly Dixon is In charge of the alteration work. When final approval to esta blish the branch here was re ceived from the Federal Deposit ^tesurance Corporation, George ^B-oadrick, of Charlotte, another ^ice-president, said his bank re garded the opening location as temporary and expects to ac quire proprty and construct a building ”as quickly as posable”. tending two sessions were Mrs. E. A, Dunlap and Mrs. Saul Jor genson. KIWANXS CLUB Harry Jaynes, principal of Kings Mountain high school, will speak on "Progress And Problems Of A Now Consoli dated High School” at Thurs day's Klwanis club meeting at 6:45 at the Woman’s club. lor a motor grader. Mayor John Henry Moss said Wednesday no further business is currently listed on Tue.sday's agenda. ?eout-0-Rama is a new and dif ferent Boy Scout event. It is a show composed of different Scouting skills demonstrated by many Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops and Explorer Posts. Purpose of the Scout-O-Rama, Mr. Crawford said, is lo provide Boy Scouts with an exciting ad venturesome experience, to stim ulate unit activity and to inter pret correctly the program of Scouting to all who attend. HOSPITALIZED Wesley Ki.'^cr is a patient in Veterans hospital at Columbia. S. C.. where ho is undergoing treatment for dermatitis. Ho is Improving, his wife reports. Patterson Grove Raptist Church Within $153 Oi Sanctuary Goal A Harvest Day offering of $2,- 217.48 Sunday brought the Pat- torsoii Grove Baptist church building fund only $153 shy its goal of $25,000 for a new sanc tuary . Special services were held at the 11 o’clock service. Goal fof the day’s special fund-raising service was $2,100. Rev. Richard Plyler, minister of the church, announc'cd to mem bers of the congregation that 12 new members had been received since October 1 and noted an in crease in Sunday School attend ance. The Patterson Grove Sundav School, the minister added, is now engaged in a program of advance to enlist 52 new Sunday School members. Retailers Buy Yule Decoration Kings Mountain Merchants As sociation board of directors, meeting Friday morning in the Association office, voted to pur chase more Cliristmas lights to taling $391. I The addition will mean pole I coverings for five jmsts on down- j town streets, inchuling an eight- ! foot-tall star which lights up i with a 15 foot garland of 10 ; bails which twinkle from each ; post. Barnes. Attempting to start a fire in a grate, Starr inadvertent ly used duplicating fluid he mis took for kerosene. Fire fla.shcd out. igniting his clotlies. Joe Lee Woodward, schools at tendance officer, tore off the Ne gro man’s burning clothes, put his own coat around him and rushed him to the hospital. Starr : had suffered severe burns about the eyes, mouth, legs, arms and stomach. Woodwarci was treated ; for hand burns. A native of Gaston County. Starr was a longtime resident of Kings Mountain, son of the late Funeral rites for Miss Georgia White, 87. were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Pattei'son Grove Eaptiii church of whicli she was a Tember. Rev. Richard Plyler officiated at the final riles and interment was in the cluirch cemetery. Miss White dux! at 4:30 a.m. Mountain two week illness. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Mr. and NIrs. Crawfoi'd White. She is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. IN NEW POST — W. D. (Red) Morrison has purchased Lin wood Crown Service Station from Gene Early. He was form erly ossodoted with Victory Chevrolet Company for 17 years. Morrison Has New Duties Here W. D. (Red) Morrison, service manager of Victory Chevrolet Company the past 17 years, has purchas^ Linwood Crown Serv- ice Station from Gene Eiarly and is operating the business at the corner of Linwood Road and CTev'eland Avenue. Mr. Morrison assumed his new duties this week. A native of Kings Mountain, Mr. Morrison joined Victory Chevrolet parts department fol lowing a tour of duty with the Army in World War II. He is a Legionnaire, a past commander of American Legion Post 1.55. Mrs. Morrison is the former Christine Gallant. The Morrisons and their four children reside in the Oak Grove community^ Firms To Close On Thanksgiving Kings Mountain merchants will close Thursday, November 25th, Thanksgiving Day. Local retailers suspended half day closing on Weflnosday some- Service Station Property To Be New Bank Site By MARTIN HARMON R. S. Lennon, vice-president in charge of Kings Mountain’s First Union National Bank, announc ed Wednesda.v acquisition of a portion of the J. E. Herndon property on South Battleground avenue for construction of the new 'canking house the bank an nounced several weeks ago it would build. Th property purchased by the bank now is occupied by Ted Gamble’s Shell Service and will abut the building occupied by Blackmer & Company, B. F. Ma nor Insurance Agency, and Bridges Radio & T-V Service. The property fronts 100 feet on South Battleground and is 120 fetl deep. Architects are now developing plans for the new bank building which officials initially said will be two stories. Mr. Lennon said he anticipat ed the architects will be ready to present preliminary plans to the Kings Mountain ‘hoard of directors in the near future. The service station property will be razed. Cost estimates of the project await the architects’ report. Mr. iLennon did not commemt on First Union National's plan for future utilization of their banking house at the comer of South Battleground and West Mountain which the bank will vacate. Thanksgiving Rites Planned Three Kings Mountain church es plan Thanksgiving Day break fasts and six area churches have scheduled Thanksgiving Day services. Traditional breakfasts will be served at Kings Mountain Bap tist church, Central Methodist church and Boyce Memorial ARP church. Morning services will include Thanksgiving Day Mass at 11 a. m. at Christ the King Catholic church; a combined service of worship by Trinity Episcopal church and St. Andrew’s Episco pal church at 10 a.m. at the Bes semer City church; a 10 a.m. wor ship service at St. Matthew’s Lu theran church; a 9 a.m. worship service at Kings Mountain Bap tist church; a 7:30 a.m. worship service at Boyce Memorial ARP church and an 8:30 a.m. worship service at Central Methodist church. Virtually all other churches plan special services at mid- time ago. In addition to depart- | prayer services next week ment stares food stores \v^l re-, services this Sun- mam open all day next Wednes- dav to accommodate housewives 1 ' BREAKFASTS busy fillmg their larders for the I Methodist Men of Central Moth- holiday. ' odist church will serve the an- Drug fores will operate on Thanksgiving breakfast at abbreviated scliedule to give cus- - tomers prescription service. Kings Mountain Drug Company will be open for prescription service from 2 until 5 p.m., and for emergency prescriptions pa trons of Griffin Drug Company and Me<iical Pharmacy may tele phone the owners at their resi- (ie<iccs. 7 a.m. next Thursday. An early breakfast will be served to those people who must be at work by 7 a.m., President Gail McDaniel said. A special Thanksgiving offer ing will be received at the 8:30 a.m, worship service for the Chil dren’s Home, Winston Salem. Continued On Page 8 Hearing For Margaret McClain Response Good On Charge Of Murder November 29 jg yp Appeal A Kings Mountain Negro wo-j curred. Tlie Kings Mountain United man was charged al noon Satur- j Mrs. McClain said that she had Fund Drive is receiving good re- day with the slaying of her hut?-1 returned home from Gastonia a- sponse from reports being made band, who died blood loss from a earlier that day in of excessive knife wound the emergen-' William and Mrs. Susan Hunter cy room of the Kings Mountain Starr. He was a veteran of World : Hospital. War H. I Charged with murder in a war- Surviving are two brothor.s. Wesley Starr of Crouse and Ladd Starr of Cherryvillc: and a sis ter. Mrs. Henrietta Akins of Washington, D. C. The congre;;.?tion anticipales | The lights will be installed by breaking ground for the new j tlie city electrical crew and will sanctuary in the spring, Mr. Ply- i be turned on tlie evening of ler said. ; Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 25th. “We invite all who do not bave| Prsent as visitors were Mayor a church home in the commun- | John H. Moss and Cit.v Electrical ity to attend our services”, Mr. i Supt. Hunter Allen, along with Plyler continued. i a representative of the company George Allen Home After Operation George W. .Mien, Jr., formerly of Kings Mountain, who under went an operation recently for removal of a brain tumor, was; able to leave the hospital Sat- ! urday. his mother-in-law, Mrs. L. P. Stow.-e, said yesterday. i Mrs. Stowe returned home • Monday after being in New York | for several days with the Aliens.' Betsy I rant signed by Police Officer Jackie Barrett is Mrs. Margaret McClain. 30. She is being held in jail aw’aiting a November 29 pre liminary hearing in Kings Moun tain Recorder’s Court. Dead is J. Hue MoIx*an, 32, of 411 Morris Street, Coroner J. Ol- lie Harris said he died at 3:40 a.m. from shock and loss of blood. Harris said that McClain had been stabbed once in the right leg. Ac'cording to the police and coroner’s report the couple had been arguing. Mrs. McClain said that her husband tried to cut her, but slic hit him, he fell and cut himself in the leg. Officer Barrett said that the Harvest Day is an annual pro gram held during the Thanks giving season. offering the Christmas decora tions for sale. President Bill H. Brown pre- bided. I Mrs. Allen is the former Stowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. knife which apparently did the I Stowe. ; damage was found outside the I Mr. Allen’s address is: 30 Suy- ^ home in the yard. Barrett said j dam Drive, Huntington Station,; the stabbed man did not leave [Long Island, New York» . Ulic house after tlie cutting oc* round 3:15 a.m. Saturday and she and her husband got into an arg ument. The stabbing followed and Mrs. McClain said she called the local life saving crew. She alleges she made the call for help within five minutes after the stabbing. Mr. McClain was aliv'e when he arrived at the hospital. There was evidence that Mrs. McClain had tried to stop the bleeding with a rold towel. Mrs. McClain was placed in jail under orders of the coroner at 5:15 a.m. be<'ausc of the lack of details from the wife about the alleged aaldent. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at St. Paul’s Methodist Church in Kings Mountain. Survivors in clude his wife; throe sisters. Miss Pearline McC'Iain and Mrs. Inez Burris of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Carrie Bell Dixon of Dillon, South Carolina; two brothers, James McClain of Kings Moun tain and Joah McClain of Balti more, Maryland; lliree neices and two nephews. by No. 4 Township Volunteer workers in the 1966 campaign to raise $20,656. Co-Chairman Elmore Ale.xander said that reports are to be turn ed in at a meeting of workers and drive leaders on Monday, The eight participating organi zations and their budgeted re quests are: Kings Mountain Rescue Squad, $3,720. American Red Cross, $5,000. Boy Scouts, $4,936.96. Girl Scouts, $1,500. Kings Mountain high school band $3,000. Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li brary, $1,000. Compact high school band, $1,- 000. Kings Mountain high school Choral Group, $500. One gift via the United Fund sufficies for many, Mr. Alexan der pointed out, and ho invited citizens not contacted by a UF volunteiT to mail their donation to Mrs. Helen R Blanton, UF treasurer, d/o First Union Nation al Bank.