Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
n» figure for Greater Tinge Mountain le derived from
«be IKS llnge Mountain city directory census. The aty
Unfit* figure Is Iran the United States census of 11S0.
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| D V o d a y
VOL 68 No. 15
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April I I, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PRINCIPALS 1>N CONVENTION — Pictured are
Mrs. C. Gordon Maddrey, of Ahoskie, vice-presi
dent of the North Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs, Governor Luther H. Hodges, and Mrs.
Aubrey Mauney, of Kings Mountain, federation
president, who were present in High Point last
weekend for the annual State convention of
Women's Clubs. Governor Hodges was principal
speaker for the banquet which featured his ad
dress on "Governments Do Not Preserve Them
selves.” The convention accepted the governor's
ihvitation to appoint representatives to the State
Travel Council on Highway Beautification and
also established an annual SI.000 scholarship to
the Greater University for worthy North Carolina
girls. <
Local News
Bulletins
WEST P-TA
West school P-TA Iwi/lil hold
its regular imeettinig Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock iP- m. in
the school auditorium. IPupils
Of Miss Marjorie iHord’s first
grade (will present the pro
gram.
P-TA MEETING
Bast school P-TA will hold
its Tegular monthly meeting
Tuesday afternoon, April 16, at
3:30 p. m. in the school audi
torium, according to announce
ment by P-TA Officials.
BARBECUE
There will be a’bailbecue and
bazaar at Bl. Bethel clubhouse
Saturday from 11 o’clock a.m.
until 9 p.m. sponsored by El
Bethel Methodist church. De
livery service may be Obtained
by telephoning 444J3.
ON DEAN’S LIST
Willlialm IH. 'Rouri and Alvin J.
Secrest, (both Of Shellby, were
among 179 UiNC students on the
dean’s list for the fall semester,
according to the registrar. Se
cret# is the nephew of Mr. and
Mrs. tt. D. Simmons bf Kings
iMounltaiin.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
Members of Che city board of
sdhooi trustees are scheduled to
meet in regular montthly ses
sion Monday night at 7 o’clock
ait the edifice of the superinten
dent 'at Central school.
NO JATCEE MEETING
Regular Tuesday night meet
ing oif the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce will not be held.
President J. T. McGinnis said
the (meeting has been cancelled
due to the fact the Jaycees will
attend en masse the April 18
district meeting at !Mt. Holly.
OFFICERS ELECTED
Congregational officers of
Boyce (Memorial ARP Church
were elected last Sunday. They
include: IBryant Wells, chair
man Of the congregation, Mrs.
Noronan McGill, secretary, and
W. 8. (Pulton, Jr., treasurer.
METER RECEIPTS
(Parking meter receipts for
the (week ending Wednesday at
noon totalled $191.95, including
$159 from on-street meters and
532.95 from Cherokee 'parking
lot meters, according to report
of Gene MitCham, city clerk.
COURT OF HONOR
KSourt of Honor for Kings
Mountain district Boy Scouts
will be held at City Had] court
room Thursday night at 7:45.
'A Cub (Leader’s training course
will be convened at the same
hour at Central Methodist
fhurch.
ATTEND FRESBYfERY
Rev. W. IL. Pressly, Oscar Mc
Carter and Don Crawford rep
resented Boyce (Memorial A&P
Church at Tuesday’s meeting of
the (First ARP Presbytery at
Plaza Hills church, Charlotte.
Postal Service
May Be Trimmed
Alexander Gets
Paring Orders
Effective 13th
Unless Congress succumbs to
the service - paring threats of
Postmaster Generali Summerfield,
or vice versa, Kings Mountain
citizens will (fin'd themselves
m atm nig do With much . restrict
ed mail service effective Satur
day motning.
■The Postmaster General has
used the service - paring threat
to pressure Congress into appro
priating $47 millions to operate
the postdflfice through the re
mainder of the fiscal year. Mr.
Summerfield claims the present
fiscal year appropriation Is in
sufficient to continue the same
services and has notified Charles
Alexander and other postolfifices
throughout the nation to make
these Changes effective Saturday:
1) to close on Saturdays (the
present postotflfice schedule here
is 8 a. m. to noon), and 2) to sus
pend allll Saturday city and rural
carrier deliveries with the excep
tion of special delivery messen
ger senvice.
(Effective next Monday, the
Postmaster General has ordered,
the paiStofflce here will operate
on an eight and one-haTf-hour
day, opening at 8:30 a. m. and
closing the window's at 5 p. m.
Currently the daily schedule is 8
a. m. to 6 ip. m.
rflwo Changes are to become af
fective April 29: 1) suspension of
money order service; and 2) sus
pension of third class mail ser
vice, with the exception olf medi
cal items.
PoslfmaSter Alexander said Sat
urday activities at Kings Moun
tain pastoffice, if the order sticks,
will :be limited to collection of
mail posted , in the outgoing mail
deposit boxes and the dispatch
of one outgoing mall Shipment.
ELECTED — K. E. (Bed) Morri
son was elected governor of the
Lodge 1748. Loyal Order of the
Moose, at annual election of of
ficers last week.
Moose Elect
K. E. Monison
Kenneth E. (Red) Morrison
was elected governor of Kings
Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 at
the annual election of officers
held last Thursday at the Lodge
on Bessemer Oity road.
The voting was conducted 'from
noon to 8:30 p. m.
Mr. Morrison succeeds Horace
Brown. Both are residents of
Icings Mountain.
Other officers elected were ju
nior governor, George Newton, of
Bessemer City, re-elected for a
second term; prelate, J. M. Queen,
of Bessemer City, succeeding
Clyde Gardner, Bessemer City;
trustee (one year) Warren Har
mon, of Bessemer City, succeed.
(Continued on Page Eight)
List Of Candidates Is Unchanged;
Banett Two-Dav Mayor Candidate
City politics showed evidences
of the influences of spring
weather this week, as candidates
moved about .more briskly in ef
forts to corral votes for the May
14 election.
There were no new candidates
at presstime Wednesday though
there had ibeen one briefly.
On Saturday, Charlie Barrett
paid his $5 filing fee and entered
the race for mayor. On Monday,
Mr. Barrett returned to City Hall
and officially withdrew from the
hustings. City Olerk Gene Mlt
dham said Mr. Barrett remarked,
“I filed just for one.” Mr. Mit
cham also noted it is against city
policy to refund filing fees. The
two-day candidacy cost Mr. Bar
rett $5.
'Another rumor getting credence
in some circles was that Ward 3
Commissioner T. J. (Tammy) El
lison, already filled for a fifth
term as commissioner, may
arrange his mind to up this sights
to the mayoral spot. Mr. Ellison
acknowledged he was getting
evidences of support for the top
spot, but indicated he would re
main as is, a candidate for re
election.
Certain supporters of Luther
Bennett, Mr. Ellison’s opponent,
were reported promising Ellison
backing for mayor.
Still completely quiet was the
school trustee portion of the Ma\
14 voting. Two candidates seel
two places on the five - persor
board. Dr. P. G. Padgett and Fret;
W. Plonk are asking re-election
Contests are assured for all tht
six city hall posts.
Deadline for filing for city o:
school aflfice its April 29. •"
The list of candidates:
(Continued on Page Eight)
Bethware To Vote On “Split Term”
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City To Hold
Fluoridation
Referendum
The city board of commission
ers voted unanimously last
Thursday to conduct a referen
durn on the question otf fluoridat
ing the city’s water supply.
The board acted on the recom
mendation of Mayor Glee A.
Bridges.
The voting iwill be conducted
at the biennial city election on
May 14.
In another action, the board
voted to investigate possibility of
upping the city’s annual appro
priation to the city . owned Mau
ney Memorial library operating
fund toy $300. A five member
delegation visited the board and
made the request. Mrs. WJL. Mau
ney was spokesman for the
group, which also included Mrs.
Hunter Neisier, Mrs. J. N. Mc
Clure, Mrs. John Cheshire, Jr.,
and Mrs. Tolly Shuford.
Mrs. Mauney outlined the need
of the library for new books and
said the library’s operating funds
currently do not permit sufficient
purchase to satisfy reader de
mand. The Mayor suggested that
the group request similar aid
from the county commission. The
City, in the current fiscall year,
appropriated $900 for the library,.
In other actions the board:
1) Employed Ellis King as a
city policeman, replacing Jack
Stone. The appointment is effec
tive April 15.
2) Tabled acceptance oif a deed
from IB. [D. Ratterree for exten
sion of N. 'Goforth st. The deed
would have conveyed a 40 - foot
strip. The .board seeks 50 feet.
3) Talbled for checking a re
quest toy Fred W. ’Plonk for relief
on paving costs of Hawthorne
Road in Orescent Hill. Mr. Plonk
contended his realty firm bad
borne cost otf some otf the grading
work on Hawthorne.
4) Authorized advertisement of
bids for cuilb - and - gutter con
struction on one bloek of N. Go
forth street.
5) Named J. R. Davis trustee of
the city for deposit of $20,000 in
water and power deposits in the
bity’s two savings and loan asso
ciations.
6) On request of Virgil Self,
voted to call a hearirig on Mr.
Self’s petition for re-zoning of a
50-ffc. lot on Gillespie street from
residential zone to neighborhood
trading area. The hearing is to be
held May 2.
C Of C Group
Holds Session
Directors of Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce, Inc., met
at the otflfice of President Carl H.
Qlwan Monday night, discussed
ihdustiriail expansion (prospects,
and named a finance committee.
The grouip also laid plans for
continuation off a drive for char
ter members and voted to defer
for 90 days employment of a paid
manager for the .organization.
Specifically discussed were in
dications toy a garment manu
facturing firm that it is interest
ed in locating in Kings Mountain,
provided an 18,000 square fcot
building can be erected on a
lease - purchase arrangement.
The board instructed President
Swan to arrange an appointment
and he and several members of
the .board are to visit the firm
and discuss further the needs of
the company and what the city
may be able to provide.
Mr. Swan also reported inquir
ies had been received from two
companies manufacturing trail
ers.
iNamed to the finance commit
tee, off wthich W. K. Mauney had
been previously named chair
man, were J. C. Smambers, Ed
Goter, J. N. McClure, C. T. Ben
nett, B. S. Neill and Jack Cross.
Dr. L. T. Anderson agreed to
continue in the capacity of act
ing secretary until permanent ar
rangements are made.
Former Resident
Dies In Spartanburg
Arthur Lee Solesby, 65, former
Kings Mountain resident and
father of Mrs. (Howard Sander:
of Kings (Mountain, died Tuesday
afternoon 6t 5:30 at his home ir
Spartanburg, S. C.
(Funeral arrangements Iwere in
complete (Wednesday, (pending
arrival of a son from Californic
Other survivors include a sot
Patrolmen Are Not Assigned
Arrest Quota, Says Lambert
Senior Class
To Give Play
Kings Mountain high school
seniors will present the three-aet
comedy, “Papa Says No,” at the
school auditorium Thursday and
Friday evenings at 8 o’clock.
Mrs. Rdbert Whltener is direct
ing the production which in
cludes a large cast of seniors.
Three performances of the play
by Felicia Metcalfe .will tbe given
by the students, the first show to
be held Thursday (this after
noon) and two nfght performan
ces, Thursday and Friday.
Admission is 50 cents for stu
dents and 75 cents for adul ts and
tickets may be purchased from
any senior class memlber or at
the door.
IRoles in the comedy wild be
portrayed by Bay Horne, who 'has
the part of Alonzo K. Page, dic
tatorial Hyusiness man; Ellen Bak -
er as Janet Page; Jim Heavner
as the fiance of Janet Page; Jean
ne Plonk as Luella Watts; Jane
Yaiibrouigh, as Mrs. Helen Carter;
Joihn McGinnis as, Pete Carter;
David Baity as Bill Sykes, desk
Clerk at the Florida hotel where
action Of the show takes place;
Charles Bridges as the bellhop;
Pat Brooks as the elevator opera -
tor; Joyce Early and Mary Ann
Beam as the waitresses; Jane
Osborne as Mrs. Hawk-ins; Billie
Gail Welch as Genevieve (Haw
kins, and Hoyle Burton as the de
tective.
iProceeds will be used by the
group to purchase the Class gift
for the school,.
Lutherans Set
Holy Week Services
St. Matthew’s Lutheran churei
will observe Holy Week, with .
full schedule of services begin
ling Sunday morning at 11 o’
clock.
Patrol Official
"Knows Nothing"
Of Such System
(Major David (Lambert of the
North Carolina Highway .Patrol
and patrol publicist Bill Crowell
visited the Herald Tuesday to
protest a recent Herald editorial
in which allegations iwere infer
red that patrolman are operating
unrder an arrest . quota system.
Major Lambert said such a pol
icy is not the policy of the patrol
as (he knew it, nor that of L'd
Scheidt, the ex-IFIBI investigator
now 'North Carolina Motor Ve
hicles commissioner.
Major Lambert quoted Mr.
Scheldt's “repeated” instructions
as follows: "You Shall make an
arrest when the .infraction is a
Clear - cut arid substantial viola
tion of the motor vehicle Haws
and shall not make an arrest
when the violation is not olear
cut, is trivial or (borderline.”
The Hera'ld editorial was based
on statements by a .former high
way (patrolman who .said be (had
been "called on the carpet” twice
for failure to make sufficient ar
rests in (particular months. The
editorial critized Mr. Scheldt's
policies as perhaps being suit
able for the malefactors sought
'by the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation, Ibut not for the average
motorist, who is a law-abiding
citizen.
The editorial also referred to a
Rowan county patrol dismissal
which, the Herald thought, bad
arrest . quota overtones. Major
Lambert denied that this was
true, said the case involved side
line activities of the patrolman
Continued On Pane Eight
'Joyce Plonk,
Styeis Win
Carl Styers, East school sixth
grader, and Joyce Plonk, Central
school eighth grader, won an
nual grammar grade declaiming
and reading contests Wednesday.
Styers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Styers, declaimed “I
Speak for 'Democracy” toy 'Eliza
-toeth Evans, and thereby iwon the
annual Neidler Declamation med
al awarded by Mrs. C. E. iNeis
ler.
Miss 'Plonk, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. lHal S. Plonk, read the
humorous reading, “Trimming
Her Husband”, to win the Baker
Reading medal given annually
by Dr. IL. P. Baker.
Other school representatives in
the declaiming contest were Ken
neth Barnes, Central, Lynn Che
shire, West, and 'James Laughter,
North.
Other school representatives in
the reading contest were *Sara
Hendricks, West, [Linda Bennett,
Bast, and Sue iHunnicutt, North.
Judges were B. F. Maner, J. E.
Houston and Ben iH. Bridges.
NAMED PRINCIPAL — Joe C.
Hedden, Kings Mountain band
director, has been elected princi
pal of Piedmont high school in :
Lawndale. He assumes his new
duties in July.
Hedden Named
To Piedmont Post
Joe C. Hedden, city schools
'band director, has resigned to be
came principal of Piedmont hiigth
sdhoal in Laiwndalle. The Hedden
family expects to move'to Lawn
dale in July.
A native of Sylva, iMr. Hedden
caime to Kings Mountain 11 years
ago. He was graduated from 'Wes
tern Carolina college, receiving
his master’s degree from George
Peabody college at Nashville,
Tenn. !He served as a lieutenant
in World War II.
IMr. IHedden is a member and a
past 'president of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, a former
Kiwanian, and a member of the
‘ American Legion and Masonic
Lodge. He is a former Sunday
! School superintendent of St. Mat
! thew’s Lutheran church.
Mrs^ Hedden is the former'Miss
Frances Crouse, of Kings (Moun
tain. They have two so is.
iRoscoe iBiilings, Piedmont
school principal, plans to enter
private 'business.
Mining Film
Being Foimed
A new Kings Mountain cor
poration, to be known as Ardh
da'ie'Mines, Inc., is being formed,
it was announced this week toy
C. E. Neiisler.
Mr. Neisler said Tom Miller,
Charlotte attorney, is currently
drawing the necessary legal pa
pers for forming the corporation
which will explore for mica on
the Neisler . owned Archdale
Farm properties.
(Mr. Neisler said the incorpora
tors will toe I. M.. Allen, C. T. Ben
nett and J. A. Neisler.
Kiwanians To Honor Key Clubbers
At Charter Night Event Thursday
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club
will hold its annual Charter
Night Banquet Thursday ni'ght,
as the club honors Key Clulb rep
resentatives of schools here and
in surrounding towns.
Expected to attend the dinner
at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s olulb
are Key Club members from
Shelby. Gastonia, and Kings
Mountain schools, the cluibs’ ad
visors and Kiwanis sponsors, and
wives of Kiwanians.
Principfel speaker for the event
will, be Sam Bundy, Farmvi'lle
public schools superintendent.
Mr. Bundy’s .son, Jaimes H. Bundy,
newly . elected governor of the
Carolinas District of Key Olulb In
ternational, will also be a special
guest.
A past governor off Kiwanis In
ternational, the speaker is a
member of the Kiwanis district
Key Olulb committee and has
spoken Ibetfore numerous busi
ness, fraternal, civic, church, and
school groups. Educated in the
Farmville schools and at Duke
University and East Carolina col
lege, Mr. Bundy has been super
(Continued on Page Eight)
SPEAKER—Sam D. Bundy. Farm
ville schoolman, will make the
principal address at Thursday
night’s charter night banquet of
the Kiwanis club. Also present
will be James Bundy, his son
president of the Carolinas dis
trict of Key Clubs. The local Key
Club will be honored at the even
W:$tnct rations
To Vote April 17;
Rules Listed
Bethlware school district pa
trons Willi vote next Wednesday
afternoon on the question o<f a
bandoning the so-called "split”
term, which has long been in
vogue at Bethware and majority
of other county sdhools.
Also voting on the question the
same cfqy will be patrons otf Lat
timore and Numlber 3 schools in
the county system. On recent pe
tition, Boiling Springs school will
vote on tihe question in May.
The voting will be conducted
from 1 to 6 p. m. April 17 at both
Betihiware and Patterson Grove
schools.
Rules of voting procedure a
dopted by the county board of
school commissioners provide
that patrons will be allowed one
vote per student, grades one
through 11. Seniors will not pro
vide their parents a vote. Either
parent may cast the votes for all
children in Hite family.
The result shall] be determined
on basis of majority of tlhe votes
cast.
Currently, Bethlware and other
county schools hold a six - week
summer session, then suspend
sessions during tlhe autumn liar
vest season.
Some three years ago Betih/ware
patrons soundly defeated a pro
posal to eliminate the split term
schedule.
IProspects, some Bethlware pa
trons report, are .tfoalt tlhe split
term will be voted out at next
Wednesday's election. These pa
trons say numerous patrons have
changed their position on tihe is
sue, with the cut in cotton acre
age and advent of soil . banking
hawing eliminated one of the
major reasons for using the split
term,
Park Grace school here, a coun
ty grammar sdhool, has always
a d oipt e d schedules coinciding
with the city system. Grover
school, also in the county system,
has operated a straight term for
several years after a vote by pa
trons.
Man Caught
After Chase
Three charges are scheduled to
be heard in City Recorder’s court
Monday afternoon against a
Reidsville automobile driver who
led police on a 100-mile-per-hour
chase Monday afternoon.
Reckless driving and speeding
75-miiles-iper-ihour were placed a
gainst Amos Turner Burton, 32,
by Kings Mountain Police De
partment When tlhe chase finally
ended Monday afternoon on West
Franklin avenue, Gastonia. A
third charge, assault with a
deadly weapon, was also placed
against Burton toy State Highway
Patrolman B. R. Lyerly.
Burton was given an active
sentence Wednesday morning in
a Gastonia court on charges of
assault with a deadly weapon
(the oar), hit-and-run driving,
reckless driving, and speeding,
which grew' out Of the same in
cident.
The 100 - mile - per - hour
chase began Monday afternoon
when State Patrolman iLyeilly
spotted Burton speeding on King's
Mountain highway. Patrolman
Lyerly chased the ear into Kings
Mountain, down East King street,
and finally into Carpenter
street, which was blocked by a
closed gate. Lyerly stated he left
his car to make the arresit and
Burton threatened him with a
monkey wrench. The patrolman
stated he re entered his oar to
ask for help. Burton re entered
his car, and headed back north
on Carpenter street.
Meanwhile, CSty Policeman
Paul Saunders said, he and Po
liceman Tom Gladden were cruis
ing on East King street, noticed
the commotion and realized Bur
ton was trying to escaipe. The city
officers blocked tihe Carpenter
street entrance. As Burton, Offi
cer Sanders stated, approached
the roadblock, he veered his car
to the right, cutting across the
lawn of L. P. Stowe’s residence,
and back into East King street.
Officers Sanders and Gladden,
and Patrolman Lyerly as well as
other troopers, Gaston county,
and Gastonia officers joined the
chase.
Burton was finally stopped be
tween Limwood and Webb on
West Franklin avenue, Gastonia,
when Gastonia Policeman J. C.
Brown got close enougih to Bur
ton's 1950 Ford to pin it into the
thickening W. Fmnklin traffic.