Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 8.256
Thl» Usu™ Greater Kings Mouirtaln U derlveil Irom
the 1955 King* Mountain city directory census. The city
Ui^ts figuie U Isom the United States census of 1960.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 77 No. 18
Estab!is.hed 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday,,May 5, 1966
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
4044
icated Choice Of Schools for 1966-67
Compliance
m
SCENE OF WRECK WHICH INJURED SMITH FAMILY — Mr. and Mrs. Howard Smith and their
two children, Billy, age 13, and Beth, age 11, were hospitalized Sunday evening as the result of in
juries sustained when their Volkswagen out© and a van-type truck collided on N. C. 18 four miles
north of Fallston. Driver of the truck, Sammy Iseihcur of Mcoresville, was charged with failure to
yield right-of-way. Smith, Kings Mountain postct^fice employee, was being discharged Wednesday
from Cleveland Memorial hospital. His wife, the former Betty Cloninger, and their daughter were
transferred yesterday from Shelby hospital to the local hospitol. Billy Smith remains a patient in
Charlotte Memorial hospital where his condition is reported "good" by his grandmother, Mrs. L.
June Cloninger. The Smiths were returning home from Western Carolina Center at Morganton
where they had gone for a visit with their son Bobby Smith. (Photo by Lem Lynch)
Clean-Up Kick-Off Deferred;
Steering Committee Named
Mayor
Major
Outlines
Areas ^
Of Filth. Dirt
By MARTIN HARMON
To assure better planning, the
city’s community-wide clean-up,
paint-up, fix-up campaign has
been delayed a week and the
new schedule calls for a month
long effort from May 21 to June
21.
Mayor John Henry Moss Wed
nesday named a five-member
steering committee for the 25-
member operating committee and
said he would name the addition
al 20 .members as quickly as he
could complete contacting them.
The steering committee in
cludes Elmore Alexander, Rev. M.
L. Campbell, Charles E. Dixon,
Mrs. George Houser and Hay
wood Brooks. The Mayor will
serve as ex officio.
At a planning session Monday
night attended by representatives
of civic, service and garden clu':s,
Mayor Moss declared, "Cle.^nli-
ness starts at our homes, at our
businesses and our city.”
He listed these major deficien
cies “to the beauty of our city,
to our morale as good citizens,
and to our health, welfare and
public safety”;
1) 574 vacant lots and 94 va-
Continued On Page 6
Assignments
Will Be Made
Bi-Hadal!y i
Kings Mountain hospital will
ocgin fully complying vvilh ttn-ms
of the 1964 civil righis act wiitiin ,
the nevt few days, Grady IK.w- ■
aid, administrator, said Wcanes- ;
day. !
A team of federal inspoctors .
visited the hospital last Fritl'.y
and found one practiee in viola- |
tion of recent c3mplianco guide- j
lines issued recently by tlie Unit-’
eci State.s surge.an general. They ;
listed another partial violation. 1
While the ho.spital desegregat- j
ed when the 1964 act making illc- j
gal tlic desegregation by pahlic
facilities of any person due to
race, creed, color or .lational ori
gm, the hospital hod net assign
ed semi-private and ward bed.s bi-
racially. »*- - -
The partial violation concerned
die staff and its dining room. Mr.
Howard explained, “We operat
ed a segregated lunch and inte
grated supper.” With heavy staff
population for lunch two dining
xa^TS were utilized. “W’ithout de-
jsh^ our White staff members
occupied one room, our Negro
staff mem'iers the other. For sup
per, only one room was needed.
All ate together.”
Following the visit of the fed
eral team, the hospital’s board of
directors voted to comply. The
pledge of compliance is In procesa’
of being filed.
The federal team included Hes-
lip Lee, Public Health .Service
compliance officer, and two men,
Ted Gamble and Dill Blackwell,
on loan for 60 days io PHS from
the social security administration.
Mr. Howard commented, “We
knew we werenot in compliance
with the .guideline order to as
sign rooms biracially and made
no effort to hide the fact from
the compliance team. They ex
pressed appreciation, saying that
West Problem
Again As 377
Want To Attend
By MARTIN HARMON
City school officials were busy
this week tallying the school
chcices for 1966-67 of 4044 pupils.
The number who made choices
compares with 4128 pupils in the
Kings Mountain school district— ]
'' 1 the membership of about a:
montli a"o.
. 1 Suoerintendont B. N. Barnes
I .‘■'•aid Wednesday his report would
|ha\o to he "general” until final
. I tabulations are completed. How-
ever, he added. "I can see al-
] readv lliat West school is in
trouble <igain. More pupils chose
.. ] West ilian there is space.”
Otherwise, he said the trend
is toward more integration,
though he could not yet determ
ine the degree.
Some 75 to 100 pupils (denend-
ing on actual membership on
April 29) did not indicate which
I school thc.Wwrsh to attend,
j On the West school situation,
i Supt. Barnes said would-be pu-
j pi’s are too manv in the fir's!,
second, fourth and sixth grades,
while noting that desired enroll
ment in the third grade is “hea
vy”.
Under the indicated organiza
tion jiian Park Grace, Bethware,
Grover, West, North, and East
schools would house grades 1
through 6. David.son would house
grades 1 through 6 and have a
class irt, special education. Cen
tral would house grades 7 and
Rites Conducted
Arnold Kiser
I Textile Leader,
Hospital Leader
Succumbs At 59
Foote ilKneral
To Be Awarded
Safety Honor
Foote Mineral Company’s Kings |®coSanc? pr’^c-
NAMED DEAN — Bill Briggs,
ivings Mountain native, has
been appointed dean of stu
dents at Pfeiffer college, effect
ive August 1.
Briggs Elected
Pfeiffer Dean
The appointment of William J.
Briggs, Kings Mountain native,
as Dean of Students* at Pfeiffer
College effective August 1 was
announced Thursday 'ey Dr. J.
Lem Stokes, II, college president.
Briggs is currently serving as
the director of Project I, the
Elemeu'ary-Secondary Et'jpcation
Act, for the Gastonia Seliool sys
tem. Prior to his present position,
he served as a teacher and then
as assistant princii^ at Hunter
Huss high school, G4stonia. i ,i i j ^
A 19^^8.g''acluat^o/Pfeiffer^col-;«^^^^^^^^
Indications may not be com
RITES HELD — Funeral rites
for Louis Arnold Kiser, Sr. were
held Sunday from St. Mat
thews' Lutheran church.
Heniian Greene
Heads laycees
1 Funeral rites for Louis Arnold
i Kis€'r, Sr., 59, president of Sadie
Cotton Mills, Inc., were held Sun
day at 3:.30 p.m. from St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church.
The Kings Mountain industrial
ist succumbed Saturday morning
in the Kings Mountain hospital
following serious illness of seve
ral weeks.
His pa.stor. Rev. Charles Eas-
i'ley, officiated at the final rites,
i and Interment was in Mountain
■ Rest cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
; the family has designated memo-
i rials to St. Matthew’s iLutheran
j church.
I A native of Cleveland County,
I Mrs. Kiser was son of the late
I Mr. and Mi's. Larkin A. Kiser.
, Educated at Oak Ridge Military
; Academy, the University of North
' Carolina and Philadelphia Tex-
i tile School, he had been associat-
I od with Sadie Mills for a num-
I her of years.
Herman Greene |/as installed j A former chairman of the
8 and also have a class in special j as president of the Junior Cham- board of Cleveland County Hos-
education. Compact, a union | ber of Commerce at the civic pitalpital Trusteees, he was in
club’s annual ladies night ban-1 strumental in organizing Kings
quet Tuesday night. I Mountain ho.spital. He was a
Highlight of the affair was ! former Kiwanian with 16 years
presentation of Jaycee Spoke,' perfect attendance record and a
Spark-Plug and Speak-Up awards pr^ident of the He
to Jaycees for worthy accom- was a Shriner and a Mason,
plish.rnents during 1965. Bob [ An active member of St. Mat-
City Eaily Bird
On Clean-Up Job
The city will haul
FREE through June 21
autos, heavy appliances, and
other heavy junk.
The cjty will raze FKKt,
through June 21 any derelict
■residence.
Kick-off day of the month
long city-wide clean-up cam
paign is over two weeks dis
tant but the city wants to get
started on he heavy work.
“The earlier the better,” May
or John Henry Mosi comment-
public Works Superintendent
Grady Yelton and Assistant
City Attorney William White
toured the city Tuesday and
listed all derelict unoccupied
dwellings.
Letters will be mailed own
ers asking voluntary razing or
repair of the derelicts.
If voluntary complianc*e is
not obtained, Mayor Moss add
ed, the city will use its inher
ent power to raze the derelicts
and sidd the cost of removal
to the owner’s tax bill.
MAY QUEEN — Elaine Dbcon
will be crowned Queen of May
in May Day festivities Friday
night at the high school.
May Day Fete
At KMHS Friday
Elaine Dixon, Kings Mountain
high school senior and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Dixe-n
will be crowned May Queen in
traditional May Day exercises
Friday evenin;^ at 8 p.m. in the
new high school gymnasium.
Members of the high school
mixed chorus, under direction of
Mrs. J N. McClure, will present
a musical “Tribute To Dixie” to
highlight the “K” club-sponsored
festivities.
Admission is 75 cents far adults
and 50 cents for students.
Kenny Plonk, president of the
student body, will crown Mis.s
Dixon. Other members of the
May Day Court are Martha Beal,
maid of honor; Jackie Smith and
Dale Byars, senior attendants;
Sandra Mullinax and Sandra
Hullcndcr, junior attendants;
Sharon Gold and Susan Howell,
sophomore attendants; and Carol
Alexander and Linda Pearson,
freshmen atteirda-nfs.
Following the program, the
Kings Mountain Recreation Acti
vities Commission will sponsor a
dance from 9 until 11 p m. at the
National Gdard Armory. A dance
band will provide music and a
group of members from Central
Methodist church will serve as
chaperofies.
LUTHERAN TOPIC
Rev. Charles Easley’s sermon
, topic Sunday at St. Matthew’s
LuUieran church will be “Sing”.
Mountain Operation will bo a-
warded top safety honors F'riday
night when the Shelby Chamber
of Co.rrmerce and the North Car
olina Department of Labor co-
sponsor a safety award dinner at
Hotel Charles in Shelby.
The Kings Mountain plant will
be cited for eight years without
a time-loss accident, the best in
dustrial safety record in Cleve
land County.
N. C. Labor Commissioner
Frank Crane will make safety
awards to 50 other firms at the
7 p.m. dinner. Dr. Geargc D.
Heaton of Charlotte, industrial
relations consultant, will be the
featured speaker.
Seven other Kings Mountain
firms will receive one-ycar safe
ty certificates.
They arc Carolina Throwing
Company, Lambeth Rope Corpor
ation, Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc.,
City Floor Service, Kings Moun
tain Machine Works. Paul Mau
ney and Company, and Herald
Publishing House.
ouflage
tices.
Ollicers To Uphold
City Ordinance Laws
Kings Mountain police chief
Paul Sanders said Wednesday
morniing that the police de
partment will immediately
start enforcing laws prohibit
ing bicycles on the streets,
parking on the wrong side, <^f
the streets and litterbuggirig.
Sanders also said that tickets
will be issued to drivers of gra
vel, sand and dirt trucks that
are overloaded.
Chief Sanders also issued a
statement to all police officers
to help in any way they can to
cooperate and enforce the
clean up project now being car
ried O'O by the city.
ROTARY SPEAKER
Rev. Carl Poston of Shelby,
director of the Neighborhood
Youth Corp of Cleveland Coun
ty, will address Kings Mountain
Rotarians at their Thursday
meeting at 12:15 at the Coun
try Club.
lege, Briggs is an August candi
date for the .masters degree from
Western Carolina college. He has
served as Y.M.C.A. youth direct
or in Salisbury and Spartanburg
and was coach at Hayesville
high school for several years. In
the summers of 1961, 1962 and
1963 he directed youth and rec
reational activities at the Lake
Junaluska Methodist Assembly.
Brigms is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Briggs, Kings Moun
tain. and is married to the former
Joyce Jenkins of Gastonia. They
have tw) children, Julie, .age
I seven, and Bill, Jr., age four.
A member of the Gastonia Op-
j timist club, he is chairman of the
i club’s boys works committee, is
j an active member of Bradley Me-
I morial Methodist church, Gas
tonia, and is vice president of the
Southwest District, The North
Carolina Education Association.
school, would house grades 1
through 12, Kings Mountain high
school grades 9 through 12.
Unofficial tabulations of pu
pils choices by schools indicated
there is to be some migration
from Compact high school to
1 Jones, state vice-presiflerit, made j thew’s Lutheran church, he was
where 966 want to attend, com-jthe presentations and installed
membership of | the officers.
903. Meantime, 147 said they' „c' ^ ^ ♦
wish to attend Compact high,
of Gardner Webb Junior college
at Boiling Springs, made the
principal address and other
pletely borne out, Supt. BaTnes j f
noted and could vary due to 1) h r m
Jack White, Mr. and Mr^. R. H.
I Bryant and Mr. and Mrs. Glee E.
: Bridges The Bryants represent-
1 ed the Lio^ns club and the
j Bridges’ represented the Kiwanis
j club.
I Recipients of the Spoke awards
for service are W. Skellie Hunt,
Continued On Page (>
Regisfrais Log
Six In Township
Registration for the May 281 Bill Hawkins, John Howze, Bill
Poppy Day Sale
To Be On Saturday
Frank B. Glass Post 9811,
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will
conduct a Poppy Day Sale on
Saturday f.or benefit of Kin^s
Mountain area needy families.
Cadette Girl Scouts in Mis.
Raymond Holmes’ troop at Cen
tral Methodist church will be
on downtown streets to vend
the poppies which are made by
disabled veterans in veterans’
hospitals.
Poppy Day is an annual pro
ject of the local post.
Two To Raleigh From Here?
VULUAM D. HARBILL
Candidote
Houso ol BcpicsontoUvM
I With primary day fast ap- I
I proaching and only slightly more..
than three weeks distant, poli
tics is taking a bigger share of 1
1 local conversations and politick- j
ing the major share of candi- j
dates’ time. .
Largely, thus far, the cam- |
paigning has been limited to |
personal visits and hand-shaking,
and the in-fighting among oppon
ents has been outwardly unno-
tlceable, if extant.
Much 'ntci«8t accrues in the
Kings Mountain to the candida
cies of Senator Jack White for
re-election and of W K. Mauney,
Jr., for the House of Representa
tives. Supporters of both think
Kings Mountain has a good op
portunity to have a member of
'■;oth branches of the General As
sembly for the first time in many
years, if ever. (The records are
not available but W. A. Williams,
Kings Mountain Republican lead-
Cvniiuuvd On Page ti
W. K. MAUNEY, JR.
Candidote
House of ‘AepresentativoB
primaries was negligible as the
j books oDcned Saturday
I Total for the township was six
I new voters, three at Bethware,
{two at East Kings Mountain, one
! at West Kings Mountain. Grover
' log.ged a transfer from East
j Kings Mountain.
I The registrars will be at the
I polling places again Saturday
I and in >la.v 14.
j While a large registration was
I not anticiiiatcd, .Mrs. J. H. Ar-
j thur, of West Kings Mountain,
i she knew there were several
I families new to Kings Mountain
i who must register if they wish to
vote.
Twenty-year-olds who will ob
serve their twenty-first birthdays
by the day of the general election
in November are eligible to regis
ter and vote in the primaries.
Persons who have moved from
one precinct to another should
register to vote.
Persons denied registration in
1964 because they could not read
and write are now eligible to
register and vote.
Fellowship Day
To Be Friday
I'lie United Council of Church
es of Kings Mountain is complet
ing plans for annual May Fellow
ship Day to be held Friday, May
6tli, at 3:30 p.m. in the Assembly
Room of St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church.
Mrs. Charles Easley is chair
man of the planning committee
which includes 'Mrs. L. L. Lohr,
Miss Teresa Dixon, Mrs. P. G.
Padgett, Mrs. -Arno Haks, Miss
Mary Ann Foster, Mrs. Betty
Anne Alexander, and Mrs. Bob
Haden., p
Mayor John Henry Moss will
address the meeting concerning
the community’s poverty and its
resources and what the citizens
are doing to oontinually improve
Kings Mountain.
The interested public is invited
to attend.
Kings .Mountain churchwomen
are a.sked to bring trading stamps
to be collected for purchasing
materials needed in the /mission
work of the National Council,
Mrs. Easley said.
White, Roy Nuckoles, and John
Strickland.
The Spark-Plug award went to
Bill Grissom and the Speak-Up a-
ward to Bill White.
Other officers installed were
Gerald Thomasson, first vice-
president; Shuford Peeler, second
vice-president; Bill White, secre
tary; and Bill Carrigan, treasur
er. Directors will be Mike Dixon,
Jake Dixon, Bill Grissom, Bill
Hawkins, Roy Nuckoles and John
Howze.
President Jacdb Dixon presided
and welcomed guests. The pro
gram was adjourned by members
repeating the Jaycee Creed.
DISCHARGED
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Barry were
discharged Friday from King.s
Mountain hospital whore they
were hospitalized following in
juries in an automobile acci
dent. They have returned to
thqir home in the Bethany
community.
the church treasurer at the time
of his death, a position he had
filled for more than 28 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Julia Wright Kiser; their son,
Louis Arnold (Johnny) Kiser, Jr.,
of Gutteni erg. New Jersey and
tw'o grandchildren. Also surviv
ing are his brother, Jesse A. Kis
er of Raleigh and two sisters,
Mrs William Ford of'Cramerton
and' Mrs. Glenn Freeman of
Salisbury.
Active pallbearer's were Glee
Edwin Bridges, Carl Finger,
Chafles Mauney, Mayor John
Henry Moss, Dr. Thomas Baker,
Peter Collins, George H. Mauney,
Don W. Blanton, Roy Howard
and Otis Falls, Jr.
Demociatic
Meeting Set
Democrats will hold biennial
precinct meetings Saturday at 2
p.m. at the respective polling
places, Chairman J. Clint New-
ton announced Tuesday.
All Democrats are both invited
and urged to attend
Principal business"*will be the
election of five committeemen,
two of whom must be women.
The committee, in turn, will
name a chairman and vice-
chairman, and one of the officers
must be a woman.
The precinct gatherings, as
they traditionally do, will pre
cede the county convention by
one week.
Mis. Charles Blanton President
Of 45-Chaich Women of Presbjtery
Ti
PRESIDENT — Mrs. Charles
Blanton heu been installed ae
president of Women of Kings
Mountain Presbytery lor o two*
year term.
Mrs. Charles Blanton Thurs
day night was installed president
of Women of Kings Mountain
Presbytery for 1966-68.
Another Kings Mountain wom
an, Miss Elizabeth Stewart, was
installed as corresponding secre
tary.
The two were elected, along
with other officers, at the annual
all-day meeting attended by 180
women representing 45 Presby
terian churches at Shelby Presby
terian church.
Mrs. W. B. Garrison, Gastonia,
was elected treasurer and Mrs.
Tom Clemmer, Gastonia, was
elected historian. Chairman of
personal faith and family life
will be Mrs. Walter Alexander of
Shelby, Mrs. Frank A. Elliott,
il'lncolriton, will head the commit
tee on leadership and resources
and Mrs. Rachel W. Patterson of
Belmont will serve as Eastern
District chairman.
Dr. C. Grier Davis, president of
Montreat - Anderson Junior col-
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