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n ,-rrn KINGS MOUNTAIN HPRALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. TKuRday, PeBruary 24, 1966 rs Attention!! Parents, 0 The Ecitor Ont time Citizen Fou letter to: ; wife, son, i and T e m i e Baptist , Open family Why do you ob'eet to the c-hurch activities we lormerly en- j,,, writing this ^ j you will; joshed as Kings Mo ..iiain n.";-: know why T had to me to this' Schbol students. We w.mt yon, war-Torn Land, and parent^ to explain •vviy v,e are <(, leave my wife am rtdl allowed Social such as dances and > The impfessfon th; . dents have is that parents stopped our tivities in the school. schbot w In W:t, ’’‘tif'^. ri’io'js the ocean and' strife, -some may o S'” 'some j'ust don't care to come and do my 1 ae- are fighting here, s' know the fright of a , door during the ni^ terror aw'aiting. So child can have a land to worship God with : I If the Viet Cong are our country is nex home can die. I am give my life for cr.y w lege, I do, and so do many more famil.\. « I know while we ohly one dance in our new school this year. Wh. ? I< it be- cauoe of integration, outside in trusions, or lack of ihapciones? (Ed. Nvie: count by Su-c s in the Ganh n" February 6, 7. the Jdte )o>^' When we were in the old we had no s\u ii problems, we were umier tbe im pression that we wou d be grant ed ihore privileges ui tbe new school, But, dp wo ha\e more? No. We have fewer, if you con sider social activities as a privl , appeal cd ( au’tlc of . ,11: I features .. Carpenter, onetime Kir.,< Morntain eili- zen and f/r'i; '.fti'Jnof Miss Alda Deni. I ’ I you're free from wan fear. We sacrifice tl our lives, tj defend where our heart lie- thinking .about the side, and time goes 1 that people will have thlpi’e is no place to h There are many p - First, integration — '.Many students protested f ie integra- tlbh at first, but we could not stop it. Now, we liave accepted this change even at our school . • , . , dance. No problems pre ented i that think dra» caid> are j s>unday, pg, i themSelVes. In fact, it was one'of oiily paper. But the.v nean a lot . though there why I had Lamiiy. To j JOTtr-' the' Ijose, and • But I had; iig’o. We I you won't; nock on the; uid t;nii| tiint our I liat is f'cee' i u and me. j Among Cher".v\ iHe's very old- ot St nppei, jest and best loved cit nens is Mr. and our! John T. Carpenter, qi a of si.\ re .'.illing to! maining Confedeuite veterans .in fc and son, I Cherryville tounslvp, who, with ;d all my! his wife, makes his omc with ! his daughter, M. s. L' pey Plonk and Mr. Plonk iiB.'^onth Cherry- ville. Mr. Cat [ enter ; nd one sis ter, Mrs S;'.:ah I.ini jerger of High Shoals, are the inly surviv- I sit hereiors of a fair.Ly M children, world out-i sons and dauu'.iter.' c[ Frederick knowing ! and Barti.ara Fioneborger, Car lo die. and i penter. le. ! Mr. Carpenter will celebrate iple back I his 95th birthday anniversary on Carpenter it In Thirty Battles Mn. Deveney s Rites Conducted J The fe'lenving o< on seeing him riding a crippled i Mr. Carpenter of course ki;iow horse remarked, ‘Ser, eant, have the history of the cc Jntry. He that horse shot,” t another | was prominent in the arly politi are hdre, . free from ' sweet of t!ie place 10. and al- time, particularly yi id in Mr, Carpenter's memory, two mem- bers of his compan ( deserted and were captured, ti -d the sen tenced to be shot. efore the day set for the e.xecut >n the men were reprieved and pi ced in bat tle, Sergeant Carpent< • being ap pointed as a witness o their be havior under fire. Aft r the fight the me n deserted gain and were recaptured, fin lly being saved froii executic i by Mr. Carpenter's testimony of their bravery in battle. On mother oc casion Yankee soldiei dug holer and stood up dead Ya kce bodies as a ruse to permit t eir escape. Having been vvour ed at the battle of Petersbui'g, ust before the close of the war ind placed in a hospital at Famville, Va., six miles from the si e of Lee’s the best dances Kings Mountain High School has eve;- had. Sec ond, outside intrusions, — We admit that there weie intruders, people who are not njembers of our student body, bin this coukl be stdppod by issuing student L D. cards. Third, lack of cliap- erones — Sev’eral tc; i licrs, wlio were present during our dance as chaperones will defend our conduct. But, some few parents | feel that we need a policeman! present. If we can get one for to the people who re pect thbm. There will be no draf card urn- in.? for my family ai 1 me. I wish those man rers back home were here firh ng along vyith. us. You would ear them suimender, Sergeant Carpenter ill be no public failed to witness the rctual sur- birthday dinner, th.e immediate render but tells, as w 11 as if he family will spend the day with; h,.ad been present of everything him and enjoy a private celebra- which too'k place, tion. i I . Mf. Carpenter beg-^n his life, I conclusion of the war, which now appicach 's the_cen^ having been released from the tun’ mark on Febru rv 8,‘ 1840., hospital. Mr. Carpe^itcr returned the Beav exercisinf I Funeral rites for vcney, 63, of route A. Lee De- two, were moan and say, I wish I was back ......... .. home in the United S ates. This, in the section of Lii coln Coun-j ^o his father’s home it my friends, the draft card burn-j ty w’hich was charten 1 into Gas-* ersi'and the marchers are why j ton in 1846. nearly s3ven years , economy in thr two yea’-' we are in Viet Nam. Vnd so you | after his birth. His father, a |Iollovving the war, he was able won’t know the fight ig and the; farmer of the Peaverd an section, 'io save enough mom r to bu. bombing in our homt land. j owned extensive land: in that vi- I pray that God ta’ e the timejdnity, and althougli living in our ballgames, why can’t we get; the marchers use to )urn can their | slavery days, owned n 3 slaves as have I he had refused to r.:cept an.v skins and hides su ficient tr ■open a tannery. In 18' 0 he oper ed a tannery for the Craig and onp (Viir rianee so they Can have | he had refused to r.:cept any i Wilson Company in G istonia, re orofits could, nav fnr the extra time to pray for the i ten here in when his father’s pr perty was . until -9W when cost There are auxiliary police-:Nam, because we are here | settle^. Partly for ti at reason i he established a business ir men available that we can get. ® good reason. James R. Ivey 124th Trans. Co. 11th Trans. Bn. APO 96307 San Francisco, Calif. We want you, parents, to take into consideration the fact that we only have a bowling alley and a theatre in Kings Moun tain for recreation, and these are unsUpervised. It is a shame | _ j , and disgrace to Kings Mountain 1 AdODIS a llllSll''’>S that we do not have a recrea-! K so tional center. Teen Club, or at \pOUlSe least school dances, where our activities would be guided and supervised by qualified adults. (TS) the Carpenter children early be came good farm wo kers, the i boy, John, handling a plow in the field at the age of eight. Mr. Carpenter received his education at the school now kno.vn as lan der’s Chapel. WAR And EXPERIENCES At the age of 21. on August 27. 1861, he enlisted in ^he Confed erate army, .a memb’^r of Com pany B. 28th North Cnrolim re'j- Sgt. Maynard E. Adams, i iment. of which Rev. T. H. Ed- We feel that we are FORT BENNLN’G. UA. (AHT- NC) [Whose wife, Ethel, liv s on High-j wards, a Methodist minister iway 24 E, Bo.x 116-1:, being Park, N. C., complet d Kings Mountain, he toing pres; dent and 1 . M. Deal, secretar\ and treasurer. This co npany w’af in busmess until 1909 when Mr. Carpenter moved to Cherryville. MARRIED MISS CROUSE Nov. 3, 1869, Mr. Car renter mar ried Miss Elizabeth Crouse, daughter of Rufus and Amanda Eaker Crouse. The co iple estab lished their home at the place now known as the E arn place near Bethel church, 'vhich th( groom had built 'cefore his mar cal life of the ccun y, having been a magistrate for a numbei of years,, and also ha' ing served a s a member of the boaid of education and the cqi nty comis- sioners. Among his capacities were the petitions for the estab lishment of v'Gtihg precincts, roads, school districts and school buildings^ For 10 yea" s he was was registrar for elec ions in the Beaverdajm ^precinct. The most important of;'the elec ions was the one held after the war con cerning the return of the seced ing states to the Unit n. At the polls where ho presided 720 votes were cast, each voter taking the oath of amnesty. The ballot box was then sealed and sent to Co lumbia, at this time head of the Southern government under the military governorship of Canby. All this occurred since the days when num’bers of reiudents of his section riding ho ••eback to he Lincoln court house to vote, stopped, for the night at the Car penter home. Mr. Carpenter is a staunch Democratic, and has never voiced my other ticket since he cast ^is first ballot along with John Mdse McGinnis’ and Sheriff M. Shu- ford’s first votes for the Demo cratic party. At polit cal meet- 'ngs of those times fi ;hting and 'rinking were common, and al hough a justice of the peace, Mr. Carpenter made no attempts 'o stop them, because it would lave been we}l night mpossible nd a)«o because he enjoyed c rood fight. 1 recollecti6ns of EARLY CHERRYVILLE Cherr3Wllle only 25 years, was living in this section before he | moved here and has seen the store, church and line of cherry trbes grow Into the pimsent en terprising town of Ch«fryville. When he came here he moved nto the house where Iro^ still liv-, .j „ cd He has the distinction of be : s' ^ ng the only Gaston county Civil,'*'' baptist church of which he iKvar veteran living in a house ; bulltv-and owned ':y himself. He and his wife also have the dis tinction of bein.g the eldest mar ried couple in this section, having been mai ded 66 yeai^. They are 'ootli in good he.alth. Mr. Carpen ter reads without glasses, hears anything said in a conversation al tone of voice, an d possesses a memory anyone should be proud to own. It is really amazing how extremely well he recalls occi"- rences of any period of his life. Fbr 18 years he has been com pelled to remain in his home be cause of a broken hip, using nitches to move from room to vva.s a member. Rev. N. S. Hard in officiated at the final and interment was made in ^lountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Deveney died Thursday morning in the Kings Mountain hospital followihg several months illness. He was a native of Cleve* land County, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Deveney. He was a retired brick mason. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ocle Mae Wells Deveney; three sons, Worth Deveney of Spring- field, Va. and J. C. Deveney and Stowe Deveney, both of Kings Mountain; a daughter, Mrs. Wy lie Allen of Kings Mountain; two brothers, Arlo Deveney of Shelby and Otto Deveney of Casar; a sister, Mrs. Rufus Brackett of Casar; and 10 grandchildren. SHELBY'S SKYVUE With Nearly All Of The Biggest NOW — IN DRIVE-IN THEATRE Newest - Hits 6:45*9:15 11:45 If rbam. 'That disability has nnt at all dimmed his mental powers. He loves to talk about war life j Stnd you sould see his kindly blue eyes sparkle as he discusses it. He attributes his long life to the fact that each night before rctir ing hepTays for the continuance of his good health, and beg.s for giveness for any sin committwl unconsciously during the day. If his good health does continue lie should easily reach the century mark and that without becoming a butdef'. COLOR THIS "THUNDfiRBAlL — AND JAMES BOND AS AGENT 007 — ADULTS $1.25 — CHILDREN UNDER 12 F-R-E^E cheated and mls-treatcd, and we week airborne course at the Ar- wonder why you, parents, are my Infantrj- School, Fort Ben- opposed to social activities in nlng, Ga., Feb. 5 Kings Mountain High School. j His training, whic’i included 'five jumps from a C-130 airplane We, the students, of Kings. than 17(: miles an Mountain High School, ask you,, hour from an altitud ? .of 1.250 Midway j captain. During his four years of i ri.age for his future hr me. Of the a three-; war life, he fought in 30 historic children born to tl is couple parents, to help us re-establish social activities in our school. You are the only people who can help us. >——, Earnestly, Bay White, Senior at Kings Moun tain Nigh School Adams battles and numerous skinnishes,bthree are living: Mrs. J. Gar and suffered varied experiences, rett, 64, of Kini?s Mountain, Ru He was captured, at Hanover, fus Carpenter, 58, and Mrs. Es- Va., April 6, 1865 and taken to pey Plonk, 51, both r f Cherry New York and later being mov- j ville. They also reared five chil ed to Fort Delaware and finally dren of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ell; released in an-excharge of pris-'ott. the latter-iVIrs. Carpenter’; twters. At the battle of Fredericks-lststcr, who died, leaving the five burg nine men around him were'young children. These are: Car) killed ty bayonets, he being sav-[Slliott, Gastonia chief of police, ed only through .n Yankee offic- | Mrs. Simpson Bradley Mrs. Fle er’s kindness Mr. Carpenter was, wers Clark, and Crouse Elliott personally acquainted with Gen- j arPSf’Gastonia, and Joh n ElHott 1462 Summer St., Stamford, 1 eral Lee and often talked with, of Atlanta. Ga. Conn., attended Stamford High ! him. On one occasion, a short Being almost seven years old School. ' time before the surrender, Lee,' when Gaston county w as formed. IBS, qualified Sergea it aff ? parachutist. ^rgeant Adams ei tered the Marine Corps in Janu. ry 1^. The 25-year-old marine, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maynarc' E. Adams, Along with these recollections af Ga.ston long ago, Mr. Carpen- ‘er also has vivid rorembrances if early Cherryville. He recalls, is do other older citizens, when Cherryville was composed of a Uoi-e, £ church, half a dozen lemes, and a two mile stretch of oad lined with cherry trees. The iore was under the proprietor- ;hip of Henry Summitt, who em- iloyed five clerks to attend to he customers who came here 'rom far and near to trade. The hurch, Lutheran, was establish 'd by Albert McGinnis on the dte of the_ present Lutheran ahurcli. Mr. Carpenter, altltohgh. having lived continuousl^Cv In Among the old pieces in his home prized by the aged veteran is a mahogany piano. Franklin. Square, New York. This piano, still a very good musical instru ment, was bought long ago frur Rev. M. L. Mann who originally bought it for use in the first Kings Mountain school. .Another orized article is an old oak dress er \^th marble top, also bought from Rev. Mr. Mann Stll anoth er prized possession is a calendar at date 1911, distributed by the Gastonia Insurance and Realty Cwnpany, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the openine of the war. The calendar front oictiires Lee an d Davis, a map of the Confederate states, and numerous monuments erected in commemoration of Confederate an.ry officials and battles. The back of the c.-ilendar gives the history of prominent battles in Confederate Son g and Poetry. Mr. Carpenter is delighted to have visitors, and anyone wish ing to obtain first hand the story of His Civil war recollections should visit him and enjoy a pleasant afternoon. Here’s wishing for him as he celebrates his 95th birthday an niversary February 10, many more.y^rs, of useful, happy Ufe. li^igood to get Home.** after a day of hard work or hard play. Arid it’s plbasant to relax with cool, refrying bepr. In fact, 65% of all the beer produced in this country is CTtjoyed at home. It cheers your taste as it re news your zest. So, make yourself at home... with beer. UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Branch Bank and Trust Company Building 903,, ^ Raleigh, Ndrih Carolina II. -il r PICKUPS About the Bulls and the Bears...- E SMOOTHLY CUV "1 .. A BIG REASON WHY THEY’RE LIKED BEST! W Who's afraid of the Big Bad Bear? 3hiooII| iMO B wh bte rgaSlMl llliir Cheny i« OhiTirii’i niwi |r*.|;iitjn*p|c|n|p_ Yea get true Mepenient front tiispension; front wheels that step lightly ever bumit*. «nI awst Medals ptwide big cbU springs at all four wheels te seek ap the ieits. 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QB Interest baid every 6 montha. ■ Ragular Siiyiii^ Accounia (A) Earn 4% Daily interest tB) Interest compounded 4 times a year. This is the highest interest rate permitted by law on regular savings accounts. First-Citizens IBank Bond funds, aa waH as iiBuiar savings, are Intarad by The Fadaral Dapaeit Inauranca Cotpomtlon. ■>>
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