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> Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 7,206 The figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the lb65 Kings Mountain city directory census. The City Limits figure Is from the tfnlted States census of W50. Q Pages I y Today PRICE TEN CENTS VOL 69 No. 4 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 23, 1958 Sixty-Eighth Year Labor Election At iroote I aptist Differences Court iMti i>; :>*Tv' i HONOR SOCIETY HOLDS INDUCTION — The Kings Mountain high school chapter of the National Honor Society inducted three new members in recent exercises. New members. Standing, left to right, are Becky Blanton, Ruth McCurdy, and Jean Hicks. Other members of the organization, seated, left to right, are Sher ry Kelley, Judy Cooper, Ann Falls, Diane Cans ler, Steven Kesler, Polly Page, president, James Pressly, Norma Kay Hamrick, Linda Biser, and Jane Byars Gilbert. (Photo by Carlisle Studio) Local News Bulletins NO FIRES Kings Mountain Fire Depart ment reported no calls during the January 15-22 period. SCHOOL PROGRAM Pupils of Miss Louise Kiser’s fifth grade at West school will present the musical program, "A Bit of Holland”, Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. The offering to be received will go toward funds for a class trip. RECEIVES AWARD Calvin Humphries, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Humphries, and Gary Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Stewart, received certificates and awards Sunday at Dixon Presbyterian church for reciting the child’s cate chism. P-TA MEETING Miss Julia Abernathy, teach er of Bible in the city schools, will present the program Mon day night at the regular meet ing of the Park Grace school auditorium. The meeting will be convened at 7 p. m. TO INSTITUTE Mr. and Mrs. Martin Harmon will go to Chapel Hill Thursday where they will attend the an nual Mid-Winter Press Institute sponsored jointly by the North Carolina Press association, Diike University and the Uni versity of North Carolina. PRESBYTERY Rev. P. D. Patrick and B. M. Ormand represented First Pres byterian church and Dan Ste wart represented Dixon Pres byterian church at the lunch eon meeting of Kings Moun tain Presbytery in Lincolnton, Tuesday. RETURNS HOME Harry E. Page, of €04 West Mountain St., returned home Wednesday from Memorial hos pital in Charlotte where he has been a patient for several days. meeting Annual meeting of sharehold ers of Home Savings & Loan Association is scheduled for January 28th at 5 o’clock p. m. in the association offices, ac cording to, announcement by officials. KIWANIS Carl B. Hyatt, Jr., of Asheville, lieutenant governor in Kiwanis division 1, will make the ad dress at the Thursday night meeting of Kings Mountain Ki wanis club. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s elub. CITY AUTO TAGS A total of 437 city tags had been sold at 4 o’clock Wednes day afternoon, City Clerk Joe MdDaniel reported. The tags are on sale for $1 at City Hall office. Typing Course To Be Offered Adult typing classes will be available at Kings Mountain high school in March if there is sufficient interest in the course, Central Principal Law son Brown has announced. Interested persons are being invited to notify Mr. Brown at the Central school office. Pupil registration will depend upon the days the course will toe available to the public. The two-hour course may be offer ed either in the afternoon or at : night, Mr. Brown added, possi bly from 4 until 6 p. m. or 6:30 Retailers Voting For New Officers Members of the Kings Moun. tain Merchants association are balloting currently to elect offic ers for the coming year. Candidates for president are Richard Barnette and Mnrtin Harmon. Candidates for vice-president are T. W. Grayson and Glee E. Bridges. The merchants are to elect four directors from the following eight nominees: Paul McGinnis, W. F. Young, L. S. Stroupe, A. B. Mikeal, Eugene McSwain, J. C. McKinney, J. T. McGinnis, and Fleete R- McCurdy. Holdover directors, with terms expiring in 1959, are Richard (Dick) McGinnis, Qdus Smith, Eugene Timms, and John War lick. Deadline for return of the post card ballots is January 29. All members are being urged to return their ballots at once. YOUTH SUNDAY Youth Sunday will be obser ed Sunday at First Presbyter ian church, and young people of the church will conduct the morning worship service. They will present talks on the work of their organization, and Miss Polly Page, president of the Senior High Fellowship, will present the theme. Special mu sic will be presented by the Youth and Junior Choirs. Honor Society Inducts Three New Members The Kings Mountain high school chapter of the National Honor Society inducted three new members from the senior class at an assembly program Friday afternoon. The newly inducted members are Ruth McCurdy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fleete McCurdy; Beckie Blanton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Blanton; and Jean Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hicks. Charles Blanton, Kings Moun tain druggist, addressed the as sembly on “Service”, one of the four cardinal principals of the honor society. The three remain ing principles, scholarship, char acter, and leadership were in:er preted by old chapter members. Other members explained the symbolism of the colors and motto and gave requirements for membership. The names of the members during the past four years were read from the scroll by Secretary Norma Hicks. The new members were tapped and escorted to the stage where they signed the scroll, lighted candles and were given the oath of membership by President Polly Page. Member ship cards were issued to the in ductees by Principal E. L. Brown. Sherry Kelley concluded the pro gram by singing “One Little Can dle". Invited guests were parents and friends of the old and new society members. BURTON AT KINGS King’s Business College in Charlotte has just opened its winter session with an enroll ment of 520, the largest Janu ary enrollment in the history of the College. William Hoyle Burton, of Kings Mountain, is among the 80 freshmen enroll ed. Mr. Burton, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Allen Burton, is a recent graduate of Kings Mountain high school. He is taking the junior accounting course. Baines Lists South School Plant Third On Needed Buildings List Supt. of Schools B. N. Barnes lists a South elementary plant as third on the list of immediate needs for city school construction, he told several school board members in an informal post meeting session Monday night. Mr. Barnes pointed to a previ ous board decision to project building of a gymnatorium for Davidson school and a three room addition to West school as of immediate need and within the bounds of currently available funds. lie said he would favor build ing of a South elementary plant now. were funds in hand. Total available for current construction and site purchase is estimated at $150,000-$160,000 —including $50,000 state bond funds not yet spent. Mr. Barnes noted that the North School plant cost in excess of $250,000. There is immediate need for the three-classroom addition pro jected for West school, Mr. Bar nes said, telling the board mem bers that current school popula tion assures the addition of four teachers—almost five—to city school faculties for the term be ginning September 1958. if the current attendance trend is con tinued through the remainder of the year, as is anticipated, the school system will qualify for two additional state-allotted ele mentary teachers and two addi tional state-allotted high school teachers next year. Count of the May 1957 school population may show the fob lowing potential enrollments, grades one through eight, if South school were in the city system and if present district boundaries are maintained: (Continued On Page Ten) Majority Group Is Anticipating Miring Counsel BY MARTIN HARMON First Baptist church members were likely to decide in congre-; gational meeting Wednesday ^ night to retain legal counsel to; represent the majority opinion of j the church in litigation begun; last Friday by the group oppos ing abandonment of the present church plant. Yates Harbison, chairman of | the First Baptist board of deac-j ons, said the recent legal actions j will be summarized and added, “I feel sure recommendations will j be made for appointment of a i committee to retain legal coun sel.” Again, Mr. Harbison explained he spoke only as a member of the church with one vote. Individuals among the new-chutch-on-a-new site majority have discussed the legal situation with attorneys, but they were not speaking in behalf of the church, nor could, they without a church vote of ap. proval, Mr. Harbison pointed out. Attorneys for the minority group, Jack H. White, of Kings Mountain, and Horn & West of Shelby, were successful in ob taining a temporary order from Resident Judge P. C. Froneber ger Saturday restraining the pas tor of First Baptist church, deac ons, trustees and other employees from disposing of the real assets of the church or the building fund assets. The defendants are to show cause before Judge Dan K. Moore, in Cleveland Superior Court on Monday, why the order should not be continued. The plea for restraining order was asked b; F. A. (Pete) Mc Daniel, Jr., member of the mino rity group, on affidavit. Joining Mr. McDaniel in signing a $500 surety bond to assure expenses of the action were Glee A. Brid ges and Mrs. J. E. Lipford. The action results from long and continued differences of o pinion among church members on ' the question oj abandoning the j First Baptist church property at ] the corner of Mountain and Pied, mont and building a new plant j at the corner of W. King and | Sims street, a site owned by the church on gifts by 54 of its mem. bers. The church accepted the gift, together with the stipulation that a church must be erected on the new site within five years, on October 23 by a vote of 235 to 163. The vote itself culminated long I discussion in which the church first voted to build on a new site, then recinded the decision in a subsequent election. Attorney White said the group he represents seeks a continued restraining order until February 6. when it will file a formal com plaint. Mr. White said the restraining order merely prevents disposal of church real assets and the assets in the church building fund, does not restrict regular church operations or payment of paid church employees. Mr. McDaniel’s request for restraining order was filed a gainst the following defendants: Rev. A. T. Quakenbush, the pas tor, Fred H. Weaver, F. R. Mc Curdy, Isaac McGill, J. Lee Rob (Continued On Page Ten) RECEIVES JAYCEE AWARD—B. S. Peeler, Jr., left, presents the "Young Man of the Year" a war<3 for 1957 to Charles Dixon, Kings Moun tain auto salesman, as Delbert Dixon. Joyces president, looks on. The Junior Chamber of Commerce annually makes the distinguished service award at the club's Bosses’ Night ban quet. (Photo by Pennington Studio) Coroner Rules Fatal Accident Was Unavoidable Cleveland County Coroner J Ollie Harris has ruled the acci dent January 13 which took the life of Fulton Everhart as “un avoidable.” Mr. Harris said no inquest was held. Mr. Everhart, 58-year-old agent: for Virginia Life Insurance com pany in Kings Mountain, was killed instantly when he stepped : into East King Street in the path of an automobile. He reportedly had waited for one automobile to pass, then stepped into the path of a vehicle operated by Donald | i Conner, 23. The driver of the car was held under recognizance bond pending , the investigation by the coroner i and city police department. The accident is Cleveland I County's first traffic fatality of 11958 and Kings Mountain’s first '■ i pedestrian fatality since Decern ber 8, 1951. Jaycees To Name "Farmer Ol Year" i Kings Mountain Jaycees will hold a joint meeting with Shelby Junior Chamber of Commerce in ] Shelby February 3rd. Delbert Dixon, president of the local organization, said announce ment of the “Young Farmer of i the Year” winner for 1957 would . be made at the joint meeting. President Dixon also invited Jaycees to attend the district meeing in Rutherfordton Janu | ary 30 and announced that a quarterly board meeting was set for February 14-16 in Rocky ! Mount. OFFICIALS OF NEW ORGANIZATION — Officers and directors of Clevelanl County Drug Association gathered Sunday at Kings Mountain Country club for the January meeting. Carl T. Baugus. Jr., of the Pharmacy Extension Service, addressed the group. Pictured are. left to right, C. D. Blanton, director; Carl Jolly, first vice-presi dent; Wilson Griffin, secretary-treasurer; C. Rush Hamrick, second vice-president; Robert Beason. director; Hugh Lee Irvin, director; Paul Webb. Jr., third vice-president, and Robert Kiger, president. Charles E. Dixon Young Man Of *57 Methodist Juniors To Conduct Sale The Junior Department of Grace Methodist church will sell hot dogs, homemade cake, drinks and coffee at the church Fellow ship Hall Saturday morning, be ginning at 11 o’clock. The group will also offer de livery service. Persons wanting lunch delivered should call 1325. Mrs. Plato Heavener and Mrs. Emmett Ross will direct the pro ject. i McCarter Named For Appointment WASHINGTON — Basil L. Whitener has submitted the nom ination of Jerry Kenneth McCar ter to the Maritime Administra tion as a candidate for the com petitive mental examination for appointment to the United States Merchant Marine academy. Young McCarter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCarter of 608 West Gold Street, Kings Mountain, is a student at Erskine College, Due West. He is a member of Boyce Memorial ARP church in Kings Mountain. His church activities have included service as treasur. er and president of the YPCU, supply Sabbath school teacher in the summer, and member of the (Continued On Page Ten)' Fourth Winner Of DSA Award Auto Salesman BY ELIZABETH STEWART Charles E. Dixon, Victory Chev rolet company sales manager, is Kings Mountain’s "Young Man of the Year” for 1957. Presentation of the distinguish ed service award to Mr. Dixon was a highlight of the Bosses' Night banquet Tuesday of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It is the fourth year the civic club has recognized a Kings Mountain man for outstanding community achievement. The re cipient was selected by a secret committee of prominent citizens over 35 from nominations sub mitted from individuals. B. S. Peeler, Jr., a former award winner, presented the handsome plaque and certificate to Mr. Dix. on, and commended him for his numerous civic accomplishments during 1957 and congratulated the ^uto salesman for sporting a winner in last year’s Carolinas Soapbox Derby. Mr. Dixon, promi nent in derby promotion the past five years, has encouraged nume rous youngsters to enter the Charlotte competition and in past years Kings Mountain has fur nished more entries in the an nual event than has any other city except Charlotte. Principal speaker for the ban <Continued On Page Ten) 7.0. Ellis, Giovei Businessman, Leading "Possible" For County Post J. Boadus Ellis, Grover busin essman, was a leading possibility Wednesday for appointment to the county board of commission ers replacing the late Hazel B. Bumgardner. Mr. Ellis, succumbing to heavy encouragement from his Grover neighbors, told the Herald he de cided Tuesday night he will ac cept the position if it is tender ed by Clerk of Superior Court J. W. (Bill) Osborne. Mr. Osborne is empowered by law to replace va cancies on the commission. J. Wilson Crawford, prominent ly mentioned as a possibility, ac knowledged he had been urged to accept the appointment, if ten dered, but said he wouldn’t be able to accept. Others mentioned include Carl F. Mauney, L. Arnold Kiser, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Joe A. Neisler, Sr., and Dr. D. F. Hord. Mr. Osborne said Wednesday he would like to appoint a suc cessor to Mr. Bumgardner by Feb ruary 3, next regularly schedul ed meeting of the county board ol commissioners. He added, “I’m still listeninr for the name of the person, o persons, the folk in District 2 want.” District 2 is comprised of Num ber 4 and 5 Townships and i; generally bounded by Waco, Buf falo Creek, Grover and the Gas ton county line. Mr. Bum gar dner represented the district from the time it was created ir an act increasing the count} board membership to five. Mr. Ellis commented, “I have i come to the conclusion that if I tendered the opportunity to ser | ve the county, I ‘hould accent it j My business duties now permit j me the time I feel a county com | missioner service would require.” 251 Employees Are Eligible To Ccst Votes Foote Mineral Company em ployees will cast ballots next Wednesday to determine wheth er they will designate a labor union as bargaining r nresenta tive or whether they will remain non-union. It will be the third time since 1954 that organized labor has sought an inroad at Foote, one of the nation’s three major lithium ore producers. Seeking the representative des ignation next Wednesday is the United Lime, Cement and Gyp sum Works, AFL-CIO, which rep resents Foote employees at Sun bright, Va., plant. Ben H. Goforth, Jr., Foote per sonnel manager, said he had been notified by the National La bor Relations board, which will conduct the election, that 251 : end a representative here to conduct the election, that 251 Foote employees are eligible to participate in the voting. Voting hours, Mr. Goforth re called, will be from 6:30 to 8 a. m. and from 2:30 to 4 p. m. As is customary, both union and management will name two em ployees each to act as observers. Organizer for the Cement Workers is Vernon Johnson, a Vi'rgihian, who organized the Sunbright, Va., workers. Mr. Johnson could not be reached by telephone Wednesday morning at Holiday Inn Hotel on Wilkinson Boulevard, where he has been living for the past several weeks. Mr. Goforth said chief union representative among Foote em ployees is Lyman Robbs, a weld er. Mr. Goforth also said the pat tern of pre-vote politicking has been quite different from previ ous Foote labor elections. Mr. Johnson, he said, has apparently been content to tell employees they have an excellent place to work, but that the union can help make it even better. “Try us, and see,” Mr. Goforth said, has been the tenor of the union plea. The company, too, has been quiet in its efforts to prevent un ion success, management princi pally pointing out the facts of the company’s and the workers’ pre sent situation. Manager Neil Johnson, in a letter last week to Foote employees accompanying annual W-2 income tax with holding forms, pointed out that the average Foote employee col lected $655.41 during 1957 in ex tra or “fringe” benefits. Mr. Johnson noted that $296.64 of the total was statutorily required, but that the greater portion, $358.77, was voluntarily granted by the company. The voluntary benefits, he noted, included free life and hospitalization insuran ce, six paid holidays, a company pension plan, Christmas bonus, vacations and sickness and acci dent insurance. In 1954, Foote employees re jected heavily the United Steel workers bid, and in 1956, Foote employees rejected, again by a wide margin, the organizing bid of the Operating Engineers union. Expansion Finn Lists Prospect Kings Mountain Business De velopment, Inc., the recently for med corporation seeking to ex pand Kings Mountain area in dustry, has begun preliminary negotiations with a sewing firm which has expressed interest in locating here. J. Wilson Crawford, president, said the firm, which he declined to name, indicated it would have initial employment of 80 people, and would require a new build ing of 10,000 square feet of floor space. In turn, the firm wants the building constructed so that it could be doubled in size. It would want a lease-purchase rental arrangement. Mr. Crawford said a represen tative of the firm had conferred here previously with two direct ors of the corporation, W. K. Mauney and Fred W. Plonk. The directors of the firm met at City Hall last Friday night and authorized opening of nego tiations with the firm. Stock certificates are to be printed this week end and will be ready for issuance soon. Fred W. Plonk, co-chairman of the stock sales committee in charge of the merchant and pro fessional division, reported at the meeting he held some $20,000 in stock purchase commitments.
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