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ARCHITECTS CONCEPTION OF NEW BANK BUILDING — The
drawings show both front and side views of the orchitect's con*
ception of the new First Union Notional Bonk building to be
constructed on S. Battleground ove. about a half*blo^ north of
Population
Greafer Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits ' 8,008
TtaU figvt* lor Grectter Ktngt MountolD U derived Itom
Um less Unir* Mountain city directory census. The city
Hwdte lieuio U IroA the Uaited States coasut ol i960.
the present bonk building. The two-story structure will boast
two drive-in windows, and elevator, and will provide about
three times the floor space of the bank's current quarters.
KINGS MOUNTAIN GIRL MRS. FSU — They were giving her
valentines onyhow Monday but first graders at Caroline Bre
vard school in Tallahassee, Fla., had an extra-special reason
for showering their teacher, Mrs. Charles D. Preston, odrove,
with their crayon-drawn creations. Over the weekend she'd
been elected Mrs. FSU. Pretty Pat Owens Preston, the wife of a
doctoral student in geology at Florida State University, was
selected by a panel oi judges for beauty, poise and homecrafts.
Her favorite hobby is sewing and she mode the clothes she
modeled in the contest with 10 other student wives. First grad
ers are D. L. Sapienza and Yvonne Hargiss. Mrs. Preston is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Owens of Brings Mountain.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL 77 No. 7
Estabtivhed 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 17, 1966
•Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Doctors Set Clinics On Voluntary Medical Care
* V . or
First Union Plans
First Union National Bank an- <
Bounced plans today for construe- t
tion of a modern, two-story bank i
building in the 100 block of i
South Battleground Ave. '
In announcing the plans, P. M. |
Neisler, Sr., chairman '^of tlie i
Kings Mountain board, and Carl
G. McCraw, president, stated that
the present banking operations
will be imoved one-half block
north when the building is com
pleted in the early fall.
. The lot contains 14,000 square
feet, which will allow ample '
parking as well as room for
drive-in i anking facillties.vThe
modem, two-story building will
be of brick and glass construc
tion, containing a total of 6,688
square feet, with elevator serv
ice to the seco-nd floor. Outside
dimensions of the building are
88’ X 38’.
The building has been design
ed for a full-«ervice bank, offer
ing considerable expansion area
for future growth. In addition to
normal banking facilities, there
will be an installment loan de
partment .and the board of direc
tors room. 'The latter, which will
contain 4^«quare feet, will also
be available as a community
room for public use, President
Mc&aw, a native of Kings Moun
tain, stated, “we are delighted to
Ibe able to provide this new facil
ity to serve better our imany cus
tomers and friends in the Kings
Mountain area.’*^
Final plans have been complet
ed for the project, and bids are
being prepared.
Architects for the building are
Ferebee, Walters and Associates.
Heart Sunday
Canvass Sun^y
Kings Mountain area citizens
will be Invited to give to the
Heart Fund via a house-to-house
solicitation on Sunday.
Sunday is Heart Sunday and
volunteer workers will be knock
ing on doors Sunday afternoon
for funds to fight heart diseases.
Carl Wilson is Heart Sunday
chairman, and Mrs. Fred Withers
and Mrs. E. W- Brldiges are co-
chairmen. Kings Mountain over
all co-chairmen Is the campaign
are Thomaa Tate and R. Eievere
Smith.
Tha co-chairmen said persons
' not contacted during the canvass
may mail their contributions in
care of them at their re.sidences:
- Mr. Tate at 912 Sherwood Lane
or Mr. Sunith at 701 Marion
street. .
Kings Mountain women who
would serve as volunteers fbr the
Sunday canvass are asked to
contact Mrs. Withers, 739-4725, or
Mrs. Brldees, 739-5663.
RITES THURSDAY — Funeral
for Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Wil
son will be held Thursday at
3 p.n^ from Antioch Baptist
churclv Mrs. Wilson died Mon-
day at the age of 75.
Rites Thuisday
For Mrs. Wilson
Funeral rites for Mrs. Martha
Elizabeth Wilson, 75, widow of
John Henry Wilson, will be held
Thursday at 3 p.m. from Antioch
Baptist church.
The body will lie in state at
the church wie-half hour prior to
the rites. Rev. Wayne Tuttle will
officiate, and interment will be
In the church cemetery.
Mr§. Wilson, ill the past sev
eral months, succumbed Monday
morning at 5 a.m. at her home
on route two. A native of Chero
kee County, S. C., she was a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Bud Turner. Her husband
died in 1955. She was a member
ol Antioch Baptist church.
Surviving are three sons, -Mon
roe Wilson pf Grover; Ira Wil
son of Fairbanks, Alaska; and
Robert Wilson of the home; a
step-son, Frank Wilson of Shel
by; five daughters, Mrs. Theo
dore Huffman, Sr., Mrs. Lucy
Chaney, Mrs. Jeanette Wylie, all
of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Claude
Moore of Grover and Mrs. Lillian
Elkins of Dover, New Hamp
shire; 56 grandchildren, 4wo of
the home, Lawrence Stewart and
Etonny Coffee; 36 great-grand
children.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Gertie Norman of Blacks
burg, S. C. and Mrs. Sally Ernie
ol Gaffney, S. C-; and one bro
ther, Dewey Turner of Kings
Creek, S. C.
Mrs. Wilson and her two grand-
Continued On Page i
Catholic Priest
Claience Hill
SHcenmbs At 47
PondL^al Requiem Mass lor
Rev. Clarence Hill, 47, pastor of
Christ the King Catholic church,
was offered last Wednesday at
St. Leo’s church in “Winston Sa
lon, interment following in Wins
ton Salem.
Father Hill died 'suddenly Fob.
7 following abdominal surgciy.
In declining health for the past
several months, he was granteJ
a temporary leave of absence
Jan. 17 so that he might prepare
for surgery after a brief rest in
New Smyrna Beach, Fla. He en
tered Forsyth Memorial hospital
fo r surgery Feb. 2 for the re
moval of a benign abdominal tu
mor. Death came as a result of
an internal hemorrhage.
Ordained Oct. 26, 1946, Rev.
Hill served as assistant pastor ai
3acred Heart Church, Whiteville
St. Anthony’s, Southern Pines;
St. Catherine of Siena, Wake For
est; St. John’s Waynesville; and
3t. Leo’s in Winston Sale.n. He
was appointed pastor of Holy
Rosary, Lexington in 1952. Fa
ther Hill later represented the
Diocese for two years as Director
of the Diocesan Home Mission
Apostolate. Returning to North
Carolina in 1956, he served pas
torates at St. Paul’s Henderson;
St. Ann’s, Edenton and St.
Francis de Sales, Lumbtrton
where he remained from 1960-6,5.
He came to Kings Mountain in
1965.
Surviving are his identical twin
brother, Father Lawrence J. Hill,
pastor of St. Francis of Assisi,
Lenoir; his mother, Mrs. Mary
M. Hill and a sister, Mrs. Mau
rice de Brabander of Lansing,
Mich.; Msgr. Peter McNemey,
pastor of Qur Lady of Grace
church, Greentl^oro, and Vicar
General of the Diocese delivered
the funeral sermon. Msgr. Mc
Nemey had been Rev. Hill’s pas
tor during the period which he
served as assistant at St. Mary’s
Sn Goldsboro.- : .
Marshall Rauch
Auto Inspection
Stations Bnsy "^
A state-wide automobile inspec
tion program began today and
the six num(:er 4 township in
spection stations report business
good.
The six stations approved in
number 4 township are South-
well Ford, Victory Chevrolet,
Jolley’s Amoco Service and Mc
Gill’s Esso Sei-vicp, all in Kings
^cuunuuiif .oSTCiTicro Lrftijn
Grovel* and Babb’a Garage on
US 74 West.
The cwnpulsory program is the
first since the ill-fated and short
lived inspection law during the
iate^orti^.
The inspection fee is $1.50.
Headlights, horn, direction sig
nals, brakes, windshield wipers
Continued On Page 6
CANDIDATE — Marshall A.
Rauch, Gastonia citizen and
Bessemer City monufocturer,
announced Wednesdoy he will
be ‘a candidate for the state
senate. His entry brings to
four the candidates seeking the
two Democratic nominations in
the 29th district.
PPG Honors
Six Nonunees
“Excellence is the result of
dedication and pride,” Jack
Schweppe, manager of Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company’s Shelby
plant, said Wednesday at the
company’s luncheon homorong six
nominees for the PPG annually
awarded National Merit scholar
ship.
“Pride not only^oeth before a
fall,” he continued, “but it pre
cedes excellence.”
“Let us be pleased with what
we have in education,” he added,
“hut not complacent.”
The six nominees, each pre
sented a $25 United States sav
ings bond by the host firm, are
Win Goter, of Kings Mountain
high school, and Clyde Nolan,
Jr., Rickey Tignor, John Cabin-
ess, Ernest Arnold, and Robeit
Callahan, all of Shelby high
school.
It was a busy day for the
nominees, interviewed both morn-.
Ihg “BiRt uftemoon by a three-
me.nber selection panel, includ
ing Dr. Joyce Shealy, Queens
College psychologist, E. G. Wi
therspoon, dean of engineering,
and Edwin White, assistant dean
of admiaaionB' at Davidson
lege \i
Members of fhe panel spoke
briefly, commending the notni-
Continued On Page Q
The race for the two 29th di!»-
trict Democratic nominations iur
the^North Carolina Senate be
came a four-man affair Wednes
day with announce rent , y Mar
shall A. Rauch, former Gastonia
dty councilman and manufactur
er, that he is a candidate.
Already in the field ai'e Sena
tor Jack H. White, of Kings
Mountain, Senator L. B. Hollo-
well, of Gastonia, and Superior
Court Solicitor Max Cliilcleis, of
Mt. Holly.
Mr. Rauch said: "In offering,
as a candidate for the State .Sen
ate, I realize the great responsi
bility that I will ha\(' to the jk?o-
ple of Cleveland and Gabon
Zlounties. If elected. I will repre-
'sent all of our' people I will be
available to every one of our
citizens at any lime to discuss
any, of their problems and their
ideas for the better cariduet of
our government. I intend to de
vote my full time and energy to
better serving our State and mak-
inig known the needs of our area
in Raleigh.”
■Born February 2; 1923, Mr
Rauch attended Duke Unixersity
where he played varsity basket
ball, later served in the army in
fantry during World War II in
the European Theater, winning
the Combat Infantry medal.
He holds the Gastonia Jj^'c^eps
Distinguished Service Awai^d
(1957); was mayor pro tempore
and city councilman 1952-54 and
1961-63 and served on the council
through 1965. He won the Wom
an’s Club Community Service a-
ward in 1964.
,He served for four years as
Continued On Page 6
Aid In Filing
Applications
To Be Offered
'.pu* . mI^TIN HARMON
The Kings Mountain Hospital
! medical staff. Mayor John Henry
I Moss and county welfare depart-
I ment officials arc* rdvismg citi-
',/.on.s 65 years of age and older to
seriously consider joining the
voluntary federal government
plan for extended medical care
.1 benefits.
Cunciirrently, the medical staff
will conduct clinics each 'I’iks-
day afternoon l)cginning J''el)’u-
■ary 22 and continuing iliroug.b
.March 29 at City Hall courtrom.i
frnm 2 to 5 p.m. i
“Pui'pose of these clinics,” Dr
Frank Sinco.x, ehaii raan of tae
medical staff of Kings Mountain
hospital said, “is to prc)\ide in
formation to persons eligible or
soon to be eligible and to pr.a-
.yide assistance in filing the ap
plications if such assistance is de
sired.” Eligible age is 05. Dr. Sin-
cox noted tliat anyone who will
be 65 by June -30 will be eligible
both for the automatically appli-
ca ;le medical care plan and also
for the voluntary medical insur
ance plan.
The cost of additional medical
insurance is $3 perimonth
Miss Ruth Rjce, assistant man
ager of the area social security
office in Gastonia, said Wednes
day two principal groups seem to
be slow in filing applications for
the additional coverage: 1) wel
fare recipients and 2) persons
age 65-72, still- employed, and
therefore not jbeeiving social se
curity payments.
Application blanks 'have been
mailed to all known welfare re
cipients, Miss Rice said, but no
contact has been made with the
persons_65-72 still in covered em
ployment.
Deadline for making applica-
Continued On Page (>
Former Citizen
Mrs. Katherine Falls Frazier.
Former Citizen, Buried Saturday
Funeral services for Mi’s. Kath
erine Cassels Provence Falls
Ffazier, former Kings Mountain
citizen, were held Saturday morn
ing at Trinity Episcopal ohurch
in Statesville.
Mrs. Frazier, in her late eight
ies, died at noon Thursday at
Statesville’s Davis hospital. .
A South Carolina native, Mrs.
Frazier was born at the ances
tral plantation of her grandpar-'
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Cassels,
by whom she was reared. Her
mother, a daughter jof Captain
John Wesley Wilkes, of Raton
Rouge township, died when Mrs.
Frarfer was two. Her parents
were Benjamin Franklin and
Alice Cornwell Wilkes Cassels.
Mrs^ Frazier was educated at
Chester, S. C., gr^ed schools and
at Asheville coljege. She. taught
school In New Mexico, South and
North Carolina, was active in the
work oi thf Daughters oi ;the
American Revolution, in civic
work whereever she lived, and
maintained a continued interest
in eduedtion.
Thrice married, -her first hus
band was Dr. David M. Provence,
of Rutherford College, to whom
she was married on the day of
her grandmother’s golden wed
ding anniversary. He contracted
tuberculosis and they went to
New Mexico in the interest of
his health. He succumbed in 1909.
-at Woodside, her grandparents’
home.
After coming to Kings MOun^
tain to teach school, she was
married to Dr. Oliver Green
Falls, founder of the Cora Mill,
now Craftspun Yarns, Inc. They
lived at the comer of Piedmont
and Lanwood avenues, the resi
dence now owned by Mrs. W. M.
Gantt. Dr. Falls died in 1929.
In 1934, she married George L.
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EAGLE SCOUT — Charles Eas
ley, 13-year.old son oi Rev. ond
Mrs. Charles Easley, is recipi
ent of the Eagle Scout award,
highest honor in Boy Scouting.
Easley
Eagle Awazd
Charles W. Easley, Jr., 13-
year-old son of Rev. and Mrs.
Charles W. Easley of Kings
Mountain, received his Eagle
Scout badge, highest award in
Scouting, at Suhday services at
St . Matthew’s Lutheran church.
Young Easley’s father is minis
ter, of the church. Troop 91
Scoutmaster Otis Falls, Jr. pre
sented the award to Eagle Scout
Easley.
Active in Scouting the past
five years, Easley joined thg Cub
Scouts in Lexington, S. C. and
was a member of Troop 93 of
Kannapolis. He was awarded the
Webelos badge in Cub Scouting.
An eighth grader at Central
school, ^sley is grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. W. Kr Bossart of Are
na, Pa. and Mr. and Mrs. L. T.
Easley of Pawleys Island, S. C.
Mrs. Paul Howard
"Bonanza" Winner
Another Kings Mountain wom
an is a winner in the WBT Char
lotte radio program,, “Bonanza”.
Mrs. Paul A. Howard answered
correc*t4y a Monday morning call
with the words. “January is.
March of Dimes Month”, the slo
gan for a week during the month
and has received her check.
Listeners apply for a bonanza
clpb card and receive a number.
A number is called and the lis
tener has 11 minutes in which to
dial the station and give tlie cor
rect aijswer.
There was an extra spedal
reason Monday when a first
grade class at Caroline Brevard ,
School in Tallahassee, Fla. gave
teacher valentines — she’d been
named “M>s- FSU.”
Mrs. Charles D. Preston, wife
of a doctoral student in geology
at Florida State University, won
the honor in a contest Friday
night in which 10 other wom
en also student wives, participat
ed. '
As -Mrs. FSU Mrs. Preston, the
former Patricia Owens 'of Kings
Mountain,"(her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred M. Owens, live at 204
E. King St.) will be hostess dur
ing the next year at functions of
the Dames Club, anJorganization
of student wives. The club award
ed her and her husband a week
end at the Hattfaiian Village in
Tampa (they’ll probably take it
next July 4) and she received a-
bout $50 in gift certificates as a
result of winning the title.
iVIrs. Preston, 26, teaches first
grade at Caroline. Brevard and
her scholars were ready with
their valentines for her..,
Pat Preston and two of her
best girl friends at Erskine Col-
k'ge. Due West, S. C., all met
and married brothers going to
school at Clemson College, about
20 miles away. The brothers are
sons of Dr. John M. Preston of
Columbia, S. C. director of public
health for Richland County, and
Mrs. Preston.
Pat’s friend Liz Sessions of
Marianna. Ark., married John M.
Prestem, Jr., a twin of Charles,
and they now live at Chattanoo
ga, where he is an architect; Kay
Kirkpatrick of Newport, Tenn.,
lurried a yobngdr brother, Les
lie, and they live at High Point,
N. C., where he is an electrical
engineer.
She married Charles Preston
2>4 years ago and accompanied
■him to Emory Univerrity, where
he got a master’s degree, and
then to FSU in May, 1965. She
got her bachelor’s’ degree from
Erskine in 1961 and has taught
fqr four years, at High Point, De-
Kalb County, Georgia, and sinefe
September in Tallahassee.
In addition to being a beauty
(she has light brown hair, blue-
green eyes, is five feet four and
weighs ioo lbs.) she’s handy with
a sewing imachine. She m®6e the
clothes she modeled in the Mrs.
FSU contest.
In addition to sewing she’s in-
terested in her husband’s hobbies,
hunting and fishing, and they
expect to get in a good deal of
Florida hunting and fishing by
the time he gets his Ph.D. in
1968.
A first grade teacher at Caro
line Brevard school in 'Tallahaz- .
see, Mrs. Preston taught previ-
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