Population .
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 7.206
The figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 Kings >10001010 city directory census. The City
Limits figure Is from the United States census of 1950.
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VOL 68 No. 43
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 24, 1957
Sixty-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
I.
new books
The Magnolia Garden club
has presented Sour books to the
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li
brary. These include “The Gar
dener’s Reference Guide", Slo
wer iArrangement Workbook’’,
.“The Handbook On IFlower
Shows”, and 'Woman’s Home
Companion Garden Book.”
FLOWER SHOW
In the Herald's report of win
ners in the floral fair last week,
it was stated that ap entry iby
Mrs. George Morrow received a
red ribbon,. Mrs. Morrow enter
ed flori'bunda in the horticul
ture division and received the
(blue ribbon.
P-TA MEETING
Park Grace Parent-Teacher
association will hold its regu
lar meeting Monday night at 7
o’clock in the school auditor
ium.
AT CONVENTION
Mr,, and Mrs. Ollie Harris will
return (Friday from Atlanta,
Ga., where they are attending
the annual convention of the
National (Funeral Directors as
sociation. Mr. Harris returned
here briefly for a funeral Wed
nesday, returned to Atlanta by
air Wednesday afternoon.
ARP SPEAKER
Mis. Dale White, missionary
to Pakistan, will speak at two
services Sunday at Boyce Mem
orial uMRP church. Mrs. White
will show pictures of her work
at the evening service at 7:30
p. m., the pastor, Dr. W. L.
Pressly said.
COMPLETES COURSE
Miss Carol Ann Herndon, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Herndon of Kings Mountain
has completed the general Ibus
ness course at King's Business
College, Charlotte. She has
(been placed with Brook Bark
ley, attorney. Miss Herndon, a
1956 graduate of Kings Moun
tain high .school, enrolled at
King’s in June, 1956.
PARK
Ben F. Moomaw, superinten
dent of Kings Mountain Na
tional Military Park, invites
visiting at the park this week
end and next if citizens wish
to “see the color at the park
at its 'best.” During this season
Mr. Moomaw reported the park
was attracting crowds of visi
tors.
INCORPORATED
Application of Kings Moun
tain Business Development,
Inc., the Chamber of Commer
ce fostered company which
aims to expand Kings Moun
tain industry, has 'been approv
ed by the Secretary of State,
Attorney George Thomasson
reported Tuesday.
HOSPITALIZED
Mrs. Erkine Watterson, Kings
Mountain Drug Company em
ployee, is in Kings Mountain
hospital for treatment and ob
servation. Mrs. Watterson was
hospitalizec^ Saturday.
HOSPITALIZED
Dr. W. L. Ramseur, Kings
Mountain physician, entered
Kings Mountain hospital Tues
day for Observation and treat
ment.
LIONS MEETING
Directors of Kings Mountain
Lions cluib .will meet Thursday
night at 7 o’clock in the olffice
of Dr. N. H. Seed.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $155.35, including
$132.14 from on-street meters
and $23.21 from off-street me
ters, City Clerk Gene Mitcham
said.
PUBLIC HEARING
The city (board of commission
ers, in special session Monday
voted to hold a public hearing
on certain street improvement
assessments at the regular
meeting on November 14. The
vote was unanimous.
Chief Logan Resigns Effective November 1
RESIGNS—Chief of Police Hugh
A. logon. Jr., resigned the office
Monday. The resignation will be
effective on November 1. Chief
Logan has held the position sin
ce 1953.
Wazd Property
Auction Set
Receivers for Ward’s Seed and
Feed Store, Inc., are advertising
for sale this week personal prop
erty of the firm to be sold at pub.
lie 'auction on Saturday, Novem.
ber'2, at 10 a.m.
The sale notice is published un.
der an October 18 order of Judge
P. C. Froneberger, of Gastonia.
Items of equipment to be sold
include two trucks, counters, shel.
ving, desks, filing cabinets and
all other personal property be
longing to the corporation.
J. R. Davis, attorney, and J.
Wilson Crawford, co-receiver,
said the sale does not mean that
the firm will cease to do business.
Mr. Crawford said three flocks
of chickens are still to be “fed
out” and that arrangements have
been made to complete the feed
contracts. Mr. Davis said books
of accounts of the firm will be
maintained at the office of Davis
& White, attorneys, and that ef.
fort will ibe made to collect all
accounts owed the firm, (which
has been operated in receivership
during the past several months.
Both Mr. Davis and Mr. Craw,
ford pointed out that sale of per
sonal property and subsequent
closing of the Cherokee street
store will enable the receivers to
pare operating expenses from
$400 to $500 monthly.
According to Mr. Davis, the
Ward firm, when it went into re.
ceivership, showed debts of $65,.
000, exclusive of $30,000 shown
on the 'books of the company as
an obligation to Hal D. Ward,
founder of the firm. About 90
percent of the $65,000, Mr. Craw
ford said, is owed to feed com
panies. •
The co-receivers, Mr. Crawford
and C. B. Cash, Jr., Shelby attor
ney, are retaining the right to
sell the personal property of the
firm either separately, or as a
whole.
No Unanimity
Among Board
On Successor
Chief of Police Hugh A. Logan,
Jr., resigned Monday, effective
November 1.
The resignation was unani
mously accepted by the board of
commissioners and ended the
chief’s tenure for Mr. Logan, for.
mer sheriff of Cleveland County,
which began near the end of the
Garland Still administration in
1953.
Coleman Stroupe, police com.
missioner, moved acceptance of
the resignation and Commissioner
Boyce Gault seconded. Suggestion
of Mayor Glee A. Bridges to name
an acting chief was not accepted,
when commissioners suggested
another special session toe held
prior to November 1.
Speculation immediately arose
as to the identity of a successor
to Chief Logan, but there was
unanimity of opinion among the
several commissioners.
Comm. Stroupe said the names
of three men currently members
of the police department had
been mentioned to him, but he
declined to name them. Another
commissioner said later he’d
heard the names of Officers Mar.
tin Ware and H. L. (Tom) Glad
den mentioned for the chief’s
post.
Comm. Ben Bridges said he was
toying with the idea of combining
the police, and fire departments,
together with a to-be-created de
partment of traffic control under
a <Jirector of public safety, didn’t
know whether the idea would
be feasible or acceptable.
Comm. T. Luther Bennett said
he’d heard mentioned frequently
the name of Deputy Sheriff Geor.
ge Allen, brother of Sheriff Hay.
wood Allen, as a possible chief,
and this name was most frequent
ly heard in street speculation.
Did Chief Logan resign of his
own free will, or under pressure?
One commissioner acknowled
ged there had been several cau
causes last week concerning the
chief's office, which has long
been a political football,. He said
he had the impression that 'Police
Comm. Stroupe had decided to
make a motion to discharge Mr.
Logan at a forthcoming meeting,
whether or not he had enough
pledged votes to Obtain his dis
charge. This commissioner guess
ed that at least two more votes
were Obtained, and that this in
formation. rwas known to Chief
Logan, prior to his decision to
resign.
Mr. Logan presented his resig
nation by letter to the mayor and
board of commissioners, address
ed the mayor at Monday’s spec
ial session and said, ‘T would
like to say I’ve enjoyed working
for you, for you are fair, honest,
and an upright man.”
Mayor Bridges commented,
“Hugh has worked with me
twice, once While I was a mem
ber of the board of county com
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Dr. George Plonk
To Practice Here
SURGEON-Dr. George W. Plonk,
Kings Mountain native, will re
turn to Kings Mountain early
next month for the general prac
tice of surgery here.
Jaycees Give
Contest Plans
Plans to conduct a community
wide Voice of 'Democracy contest
were announced Wednesday toy
Ken 'Pruitt, chairman of the pro
ject being sponsored by Kings
Mountain Jaycees.
The contest this year celebra
tes its 11th national anniversary.
The local contest is an annual
project of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Voice of Democracy is a script
writing and voicing competition
which encourages high school
students to think, write, and
speak of the democratic princi
ples which have made America
great. Contest entries are judged
on the content, delivery, and ori
ginality of five minute scripts on
the sutoject, “I Speak for Democ
racy."
All 10th, 11th, and 12th grade
students are eligible, to enter the
contest which will ibe held here
at the high school auditorium on
November 14th. Following city
elimination, a contest to deter
mine the district winner will toe
held in Shelby and the state win
ner to be determined in Forest
City competes with others in
Washington, D. C.
Awards will, toe given on the
local level and interested con
testants should contact Mr.
Pruitt, contest chairman, or Daw
son Brown, Central school prin
cipal.
Center For Handicapped AskingFunds
A two-week earhipaign for
funds for the Gaston Center for
Handicapped Children will hegin
Sunday, it was announced toy
Bruce Thorlburn, a director of the
center. *
The center recently erected in
Gaston county serves a several
county area, now with 40 child
ren enrolled.
The new building site was con
tributed toy Gaston County, which
also gave about $5,000 for con
struction of the building.
At the moment eight Kings
Mountain children are studying
at the center.
The recent General Assembly
I made an appropriation to the
center, tout, ’Mr. Thortburn states,
the appropriation furnishes bnly
about one-.hird of the $27,000
budget. The remainder of the
funds must toe raised at the local
level.
Children enrolled at the center
have mental handicaps, but are
described as trainable, to make
life more interesting and enjoy
able as their bodies grow and
mature. Chief members of the
stafif are Dr. (Mary Ellen iNelson,
psychologist, and Mrs. Violet
Bagwell, ’both justified teachers.
There are four assistants.
Donations should be mailed to
the Gaston Center for the Handi
capped or to Mr. Thorbum.
STUDENTS AT GASTON CENTER--Pictured i* a group of students
at Gaston Center for Handicapped Children, which serves a four
county area including Cleveland. The center has 40 children enroll
ed, including eight from Kings Mountain. The state furnishes one
third of the center's operating budget. Ccanpaign to obtain the re
maining two-thirds will get underway on Sunday.
Surgeon Plans
To Open Office
On November IS *
Dr. George W. Plonk, general
surgeon and Kings Mountain na.
tive, will return to Kings Moun
tain early in November for the
practice of surgery.
Dr. Plonk has made arrange
ments to open offices November
15, in the George W. Mauney
building on 'W. King street in
quarters formerly occupied by Dr.
A. W. McMurry and Dr. J. W.
Harbison.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
S. Plonk, Dr. Plonk, 38, has been
a practicing surgeon in Raleigh,
in partnership with Dr. L. Gor
don Sinclair, since August 1952.
He was graduated from Kings
Mountain high school in 1936 and
was awarded the Bachelor of Arts
degree in Chemistry from Univer
sity of North Carolina in 1940. He
spent his first two years in med
ical school at the university, then
won his rtiedical degree at Jeffer.
son Medical college in January
1944. He served a rotating intern
ship at Lankenau Hospital, Phil,
adelphia, Pa., until October 1944,
when he became an army medi
cal corps officer. He remained in
the army until January 1947, ser
ving a year on surgical service at
Camp Picke*t, Va., and another
year as a battalion surgeon in
Italy. He subsequently spent 21
months in general practice at
Murphy, before returning to stu.
dy for a post-graduate course in
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Rn Total Up,
Bui Not Asiatic
There’s some influenza atoout,
tout Kings (Mountain doctors say
they have yet to find one case of
the more virulent Asiatic variety.
Three of Kings' Mountain’s
medical men had virtually the
same report. Respiratory ailments
are on the increase, 'but not too
much more than is seasonal.
iDr. Kenneth McGill, Or. (Paul V.
‘Nolan, and Dr. IP. G. Padgett all
said that the Kings Mountain
influenza cases they had seen
were not sufficient to indicate an
epidemic. None had cheeked out
any Asiatic flu, though all had
ordered laboratory tests, or said
they would, on any suspicious
cases.
Dr. J. E. (Anthony was out-of
town this week, and Dr. W. 'L.
Ramseur was ill with a heavy
cold.
The county health office re
ported from a check made last
Friday that the county’s medical
men had reported 144 flu cases
for last week. Of tne ten suspect,
ed as‘Asiatic flu, none were prov
ed out in the laboratory.
Rites Conducted
For Mis. Ware
Funeral rites for Mrs. Minnie
Lee Ware, 80, were held Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock from St.
Mark Lutheran church, Cherry -
ville, interment following in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Ware succumbed last Wed
nesday night at the home here ol
her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Corn,
well, with whom she made her
home. She had been in declining
health for several years.
A native of Lincoln county, Mrs,
Ware was the daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Weaver,
She was a member of St. Mat
thew's Lutheran church here.
Surviving, in addition to Mrs
Cornwell, are three step-daugh
ters, Mrs. Robert McGill, Mrs
John Oates, both of Kings Moun
tain, and Mrs. Laura (Dixon, o:
Gastonia. Also surviving are «
brother, Phillip Weaver, of Daliat
and a sister Mrs. George Cody, o(
Cherryville.
Final rites were conducted bj
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, St. Mat
thew's pastor.
<s>-<
School Board
Adopts Budget;
Pay Scales Set
The city board of education a
dopted a local funds budget Mon.
.day night providing for expendi
ture of $101,797.67 in current ex
penses and $131,507.22 in capital
outlay.
In other actions, the board vo
ted slight salary increases to its
corps of seven janitors, to Mrs.
Wanza Y. Davis, secretary to the
superintendent, and to Miss Gay.
nelle Scruggs, secretary to the
Central school principal.
The raises bring the monthly
pay scales (both state pay and
local supplements included) to:
Mrs. Davis, $280; Miss Scruggs,
$200.; L. A. Grier, $185.80; Eu
gene, Williams, $165; Janie Ad
ams, $96.80; John Gist, $165; Na
thaniel Thomas, $165; John Jack,
son, $147.95; and I. J. D. Jamer
son, $147.95.
In another action, the board j
voted to enroll the first grade
child of a Mr. Jones, who lives
on Floyd street, at Central school.!
Mr. Barnes explained the child'
was seven years of age, should j
have been in school last year,
would ordinarily attend East. He
pointed out that the East first
grade already numbered 36 pu
pils, compared to 34 at Central,
and that a fourth grade child of
Mr. Jones was attending Central
through volunteer transfer.
In other actions the board:
1) Accepted admission appli.
cations for several pupils outside
the city district, who are already
attending city schools on release
from the county but who had not
been admitted formally.
2) Authorized Chairman Fred
j Plonk to sign a paving petition
j for Ramseur street, on which
i North school fronts.
3) Authorized a 20-day exten
sion for substitute employment
by Mrs. George Moss, who has
been ill. Mr. Barnes said Mrs.
Moss expects to resume her duties
on October 28.
4) To comply with new state
legislation requiring schools to
purchase extended coverage insu.
ranee, voted to purchase the cov
erage when required. There was
question whether the effective
date is November 1 or January 1.
Cost, if the coverage is not re
quired until January 1, will be
$1,717 on existing fire insurance
policies.
5) Authorized the superinten
dent to make classroom space
available for the teaching of cer
tain college extension courses.
6) Authorized payment of ex
penses of Mrs. Wanza Davis to
attend the S. Piedmont district
secretary’s meeting October 26 at
Hickory.
7) Voted reimbursement of in.
cidental expenses incurred by
school officials when attending
meetings at the order of the state
board of education.
8) Voted to pay cost of em
ploying substitutes for principals
who attend the November 5-6
principal’s meeting at Asheville.
9) Voted to include in the bud.
get a $100 appropriation to de
fray expenses of Principal Law.
son Brown, should he attend a
forthcoming meeting of the Sou
thern Association of Schools at
Richmond, Va.
ONE CALL
City Fireman C. D. Ware re
ported Kings Mountain Fire
Department answered a call
Sunday morning around 7:15 to
iRadio Station WKMT. No dam
ages were reported.
DRIVE OFFICIAL — William G.
(Bill) Jonas has been named
Kings Mountain chairman in the
county-wide seal sale campaign
which gets underway on Novem
ber 15.
Jonas Named
Seal Chairman
William G. (Bill) Jonas has
been named chairman of the 1 f>57
seal sale campaign in Kings
Mountain.
Chairman of the Shelby and !
county division of the drive is
Julian Hamrick.
Announcement of drive offi
cials was made Wednesday by
Mrs. B. M. Jarrett, official of the
county tuberculosis association.
Mrs. Jarrett said the drive will
Ibegin on November 15th.
Kiwanis Club
Names Cheshire
John Cheshire has 'been elected
president of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club for the calendar
year 1958, according to report of
the club bulletin this week.
'Also elected for 1958 was Geor
ge H. Mauney, who will serve as
first vice-preseident.
These results were reported
from last Thursday’s primary
balloting (by cluib members.
'On Thursday night the mem
bership will hold its second vo
ting to determine identy of 1958’s
second vice-president and seven
directors.
Nominees for vice-president
are Ben H. Bridges, Jr., I. B. Go
forth, Jr., and John Smathers.
The members will vote for sev
en directors from this group of
12 nominees: James E. Amos, B.
N. Barnes, John M. Cross, W. Gur
ney Grantham, J. E. Herndon, Sr.,
R. M. Kennedy, 'J. T. Nance, Char
les Neisler, 'Hugh Ormand, D. 'M.
Peeler, J. H. Thomson and W. F.
Young.
Bethwaie School
Opening Monday
School Ibells will ring again
Monday at Bethware school, the
8:30 bell will herald the October
28 opening for the regular, full
day winter schedule.
Classes will begin at 8:30 a. m.
and will run through 3:00 p. m.
The Bethware cafeteria will not
be in operation Monday, but ope
ration will be in full force there
after.
October 28 also has been set as
the date for the opening of Com
pact and all Cleveland County
(Rural Negro schools.
Miss North Carolina Will Appear
In Kings Mountain Yule Parade
Pretty Elaine Herndon, of Dur
ham, Miss North Carolina, has ac
cepted an invitation to appear in
the Kings Mountain Christmas
parade on December 4, Charles
Blanton, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements, said this
’ week.
Mr. Herndon has notified the
i Merchants Association committee
! she will come to Charlotte iby
plane, where she will ibe met by
a committee of welcomers and
will be brought to Kings Moun
tain for the annual Christmas
opening event.
“We are naturally very pleased
Miss Herndon could honor our
request,’’ Mr. Blanton comment
ed.
(Miss North Carolina will be
one of many personages appear
ing in the 40-unit parade the
Merchant group is planning.
Retailer President Charles Dix
on has notified the membership
a fund-raising campaign to de
fray expenses of She event will
be conducted (beginning next
week.
ueoate mixer
In Arguments
On Proposal
Members of the First Baptist
church were voting Wednesday
night on whether to accept a pro
ffered gift from 54 members of
a 2.6 acre ‘tract bounded by W.
King, Sims and Mountain streets,
with the stipulation that a church
building be started on the site
within five years.
The voting was being conducted
against a background of acrimon
ious church political activity and
produced predictions from some
members on both "aye” and "nay”
sides of the question that, re
gardless of the outcome, a new
Baptist church would be a result.
Rev. Aubrey Quakenbush, the
pastor, did not agree with this
opinion. He felt the group which
seeks a new church site, if out
voted, would remain members of
First Baptist church as now con.
stituted. Rev. Mr. Quakenbush fa
vors accepting the proffered gift.
Both groups were predicting
victory.
One factor in the election de
cision, both factions acknowledg.
ed, is the $80,000 in cash which
the church has designated for a
building fund. What will happen
to this money, regardless of the
outcome? One member of the
stay-where-we-are faction said
court litigation is anticipated in
event the new site group loses
the election and tries to get con
trol of this fund.
Wednesday night’s vote was to
be the third on questions related
to a new First Baptist church
site.
Some months ago, deacons of
the church executed an option on
the King-Sims-Mountain site of
Dr. P. G. Padgett at the time an
Episcopal group allowed its op.
tion to lapse. Subsequently, the
church membership voted to exe
cute the option, but the majority
favoring purchase was not great
and participation in the voting
was small in comparison to the
membership. Two weeks later a
second vote was taken and the
first decision to execute the op
tion was rescinded.
After this action, ten members
of First Baptist church obtained
another option on the same site,
an option which was to expire
Wednesday, day of the voting.
However, the option was not al
lowed to expire, as 54 members
of the church subscribed the $12,
000 purchase price and executed
the option this week.
The proffer of the tract, with
building requirement stipula
tion, has the endorsment of a
majority of the 15-member (board
of deacons, (both factions agree.
There is insufficient agreement
on the majority of endorsement.
One stay-as-is proponent says
the deacons are split 11 to 4 in
favor of accepting the site, while
a new-site proponent says there
is doubt as to the position of one
deacon and the split could be 12
to 3 in favor,.
Members of the board of dea
cons are Yates Harbison, chair
man, Fred iRuth, W. (F. iMdGill,
W. T. (Weir, I. A. McGill, Harold
Crawford, John Beam, James
White, W. B. Logan, Dr. D. F.
Hord, John (H. Gamble, Jr., Joe L.
Hord, Fred Weaver, 'L. L. Benson,
and Dr. Paul Nolan.
The votes were to be taken by
secret ballot, with the board of
deacons serving as a eommittee
on-the-whole to canvas the re
sults, Rev. lMr„ Quakenbush said.
He said that approximately 730
members of First Baptist church
were eligible to vote.
The upcoming vote had attract,
ed mailing pieces, both pro and
con, to the church membership.
Community Day
Service Planned
Kings Mountain will observe
World Community Day on No
vember 1, with a religious ser
vice at First Presbyterian chur
ch, it was announced 'this week
by Mrs. B. N. Barnes, publicity
chairman of the sponsor, Kings
Mountain Council of Church
women.
Mrs. Barnes said seven chur
ches are participating in the
service, which will be featured
by an address by Rev. R. Doug
las Fritz, pastor of Resurrec
tion LutHeran church. Theme
of the observance is "The E
merging Peoples”.
Ano'her feature will be music
by a 100-voice youth choir, rep
resenting youth choral groups
among the participating chur
ches.
Mrs. Claude Hambright i s
program chairman for the ser
vice.