Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
The figure for Greater Kings Mountain is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
Limits figure is from the United States census of 1950.
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 10, 1958
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VOL 69 No. 15
Sixty-Ninth Year
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Local News
Bulletins
ELECTED
Dean Bridges, Kings A.oun
tain student at Gardner-Webb
college, has been elected presi
dent of the Baptist Student
Union for the 1958-59 school
year. Other officers are Sandra
Gibson, of S h e l b y, vice-presi
dent, and Louise Alford, of
Rocky Mount, secretary.
ON DEAL'S LIST
Miss Peggy Joyce Reynolds,
Kings Mountain student at
Woman’s college, Greensboro,
has been listed on the dean’s
list for the first semester’s
work. Miss Reynolds is a fresh
man.
KIWANIS MEETING
Speakers for Kiwanis Char
ter Night Program will be Mr.
M. E. Gambrell, past district
governor of the Carolinas of
Hendersonville. His subject
was not announced. The club
convenes at 6:45 p. m. Thurs
day at Woman’s Club.
APPOINTED
Ted Ledford, of Kings Moun
tain, has been appointed by
the county board of commis
sioners as public director of
Cleveland Dairy Herd Improve
ment Cooperative, Inc. He will
serve with six members elect
ed by the membership of the
cooperative.
METER RECEIPTS
Receipts from city parking
meters for the week ending
Wednesday at noon totaled
$133.46, City Clerk Joe McDan
iel reported. Included were
$26.48 from off-street meters
and $106.98 from on-street
meters.
WASHINGTON BOUND
Friday midnight is embark
ation date for twenty-stven
Washington-Bound Bethv, are
students. The group will stay
one week in Washington, D. C.
at the Harrington Hotel along
with their chaperones Mr. and
Mrs. Thurman Warlick and Mr.
and Mrs. Myers Hambright.
RUNNER-UP
Miss Felma Lynn of Park
Grace school became runner
up in the Cleveland county
spelling contest after tripping
on the word “Emergency". Miss
Lynn was second to the champ
ion from Waco.
Mother Of 17
Ashs Annulment
Mrs. Lucille Shope, now a resi
dent of Kings Mountain, filed
suit in Gaston Superior Court
Tuesday complaining that her
husband for 25 years, Charlie
Shope, had a wife when he mar
ried her in Georgia on March 2,
1933.
In the quarter of a century
since then, the couple have had
17 children.
Now Mrs. Shope wishes to end
the marriage, but not by divorce.
She wants an annulment.
According to Mrs. Shope, a
woman named Rilla Anderson
was married to Charlie Shope in
York County, S. C., nine days be
fore she married him in Georgia.
She said her husband left their
home, then in Bessemer City, on
August 5, 1956 and that she only
recently found out about his first
wife.
Mr. Shope’s whereabouts are un
known. He is being served with
summons by newspaper publica
tion, as the law provides in such
cases.
Mrs. Shope said eight of the
children, ranging from four years
to 20, are still at home with her.
Attorney E. A. Harrill is handl
ing the suit.
Hugh Logan, Jr.
Gets Promotion
Hugh A. Logan, Jr., formerly
assistant superintendent of the
state prison camp at Lancolnton,
has accepted the position of super
intendent of State Prison Camp
052 at Bunn, North Carolina, in
Johnston county.
The promotion for the former
Kings Mountain Police Chief was
effective March 20.
The Logan family will join Mr.
Logan in Bunn this weekend and
will be situated in their new home
by April 15, Mrs. Logan said
Wednesday.
COMPLETES SAFETY COURSE — Workers at
Lithium Corporation of America's Bessemer
City plant recently completed a 10-hour safety
supervisory course conducted by Art Graham,
of Chicago, 111., representative of Bitumious
Casualty Corporation. Pictured, front row, left
to right, are Broadus McDaniel, Hyder Walker,
Loy Bess, Bud Sherrer, Doc Glascoe, Marvin
McDaniel, Ed Abernathy, and Bruce Thorburn,
personnel director. Second row, left to right,
are Lloyd Henson, Charles Goforth, Charlie
Ballard, Jack Martin, Fred Thompson, Bob
Campbell, Don Wirick, Ed Golob, Hugh Led
better, Art Graham, the instructor, Jerry Sav
age, Howard Coley, Hubert Bowen, Bill Lind
eke, Wilson Setzer, and Sylvester Ritchie.
(Photo by Pennington Studio)
Baptist Minister
Gives Resignation
Quakenbush
Accepts Cali
To Clinton
Rev. Aubrey Quakenbush, pas
tor of First Baptist church, tend
ed his resignation at Sunday
night services.
Mr. Quakenbush resigned to ac
cept the postorate of First Bap
tist church of Clinton, described
by Mr. Quakenbush as an 1100
member church, with five full
time employees, including the pas
tor, a minister of music, minister
of education and two secretaries.
The Kings Mountain minister
will succeed Rev. J. C. Mitchell,
who recently resigned to accept
the pastorate of First Baptist
church, Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Quakenbush said he ex
pects to assume his new duties
about May 1.
The Kings Mountain pastor re
signed against background of a
church dispute over the question
of building a new church in a
new site. He told the Herald he
had no statements to make, but
was quoted in the Charlotte Ob
server as saying the church dis
pute did not produce his resigna.
tion.
Mr. Quakenbush assumed the
pastorate of First Baptist church
here in August 1955. He studied
for the ministry at Moody Insti
tute, Chicago, at Brown Universi
ty in Arkansas, and at South
eastern seminary, Wake Forest.
He held pastorates twice in Bur
lington and at Rocky Mount be
fore coming to Kings Mountain
to succeed Rev. H. Gordon Week
ly. Mrs. Quakenbush was Miss
Sally Benedix, of Kasson, Minn.
They have four children.
City Tag Sale
Record Is Set
Sales of city license tags have
set a record this year, which,
Mayor Glee A. Bridges says, is
added reason for a tag sale
clean-up campaign now begin
ning.
Sales of the $1 license tags to
taled 1,532 Wednesday, repre
senting all of the original order
of 1400 tags and a sizeable por
tion of the 275 re-order.
Mayor Bridges says a check
up of state auto tag buyers and
of tax listings show about 100
in-city car owners haven’t yet
doffed off the $1 tab.
Mayor Bridges is warning
these delinquents that they face
prosecution for violation of the
city ordinance. He notes that the
ordinance requires both purch*'
ase and display of the city auto
tags. He asks that persons who
have parked or junked cars noti
fy the police department in or
der that the record may be
cleaned.
“Buy now and avoid embar
rassment and added cost,’’ Mayor
Bridges says.
BID NOTICE
The City of Kings Mountain
is advertising for bids on a
bout 5,000 feet of 12-inch cast
iron water pipe. The bids are
to be received up to 10 a. m.
April 20.
RESIGNS—Rev. Aubrey Quaken
bush, since August 1955 pastor of
i First Baptist church, has re
: signed to accept the pastorate of
First Baptist church, Clinton.
Plonk Speaks
To lions Club
Cool judgment and decisive ae-'
tion are the prime requirements
for surgeons today, Dr. George;
Plonk, Kings Mountain surgeon,
said in an address to members of
the Kings Mountain Lions club
Tuesday.
Dr. Plonk noted that speed is of
less importance today, due to the
solving of many problems barring
successful surgery, and he added
that all surgical graduates today
are competent technically.
Following his address, Dr.
Plonk demonstrated X-Rays
which ferreted out a colonic tu
mor, a gallstone, and others which
made possible determination of
repair to broken hips.
Prior to the address, Sam Stall
ings welcomed Eugene McSwain
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20 Retailers
In Insurance
Group Plan
More than 20 member firms of
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association have joined the blue
cross hospital savings group of
fered jointly by the association
and Hospital Care Association,
Inc., of Durham.
Represented are some SO per
sons, with the largest subscribers
to date employees of Herald Pub
lishing House and Ellis Lumber
Company, Inc.
Under the group plan, the Mer
chants association handles the
billing and other paper work and
uses the low-rate, added benefit
hospital coverage as a sales aid
to membership in the retail or
ganization.
Basic benefits of the policy are:
$8 per day toward hospital room
and board, up to 70 days for any
one confinement; all hospital
“extra charges” paid in full; $200
surgical benefits.
Special features include a full
waiver of age and physical con
dition of persons desiring the
coverage and eligibility for small
firms of two to three employees.
There is no waiting period for
benefit eligibility. Pregnancy and
prior existing conditions are
waived. Rates are $7.95 per month
for a family, $5.90 for an em
ployee and one child, $2.95 per
month for a single employee.
First members of the group be
came eligible for benefits on April
1, 1958. Subsequent members will
be added each first-of-month.
J. L. Willkie, of Shelby, is area
representative. H e anticipates
membership will double, in both
number and firms, as quickly, as
he is able to explain the policy
features to remaining Merchants
Association member-prospects.
From the association stand
point, Mr. Willkie reports one
new member has already been
signed in order to avail the firm
of what Mr. Willkie terms “ex
panded and cheaper hospitaliza
tion coverage.”
COURT OF HONOR
Boy Scout Court of Honor
will be held Thursday night
at 7:45 at City Hall.
Will Pastor's Resignation Speed
Settlement OS Baptist Dispute?
Will the rsignation of th<e pas
j tor of First Baptist church en
j courage settlement of the cur
rent dispute which has produced
court action between two church
factions? .
F. A. (Pete) McDaniel, Jr., who
lodged a suit against church of
ficers alleging illegal voting pro
cedure, said, “I think the people
will get back together.” Mr. Mc
Daniel’s suit, brought on behalf
of himself and 215 other church
1 members, is pending in Cleveland
] Superior Court.
Jack White, member of the dis
| sident group and also one of the
j dissidents' attorneys, commented
that he felt the resignation of
Rev. Mr. Quakenbush would as
1 sure action on the most-recent
compromise offer of the dissi
dents.
Two members of the majority
faction, stating they had been
told by dissidents that the pres
ence of the minister, who strong
ly supported the movement to
build a new church at a new site,
i was a bar to “getting1 together”,
commented they are anxious to
see what the result will be. One
was Yates Harbison, chairman of
the board of deacons, who said,
however, he regretted the minis
ter’s decision to accept a new pas.
torate. The other was W. A. Will
iams.
On Wednesday, church mem
bers received the text of the dis
sidents’ compromise proposal,
major parts of which were offer
of the dissidents to relinquish any
right to all properties of the
Church, excepting the church
plant and furnishings at S. Pied
mont avenue and Mountain street,
to give the majority group the
church building fund of about
$88,000. and the name of “First
Baptist”. In the formal proposal,!
it was stated the attorneys forj
the dissidents would also drop
the suit now pending, if the set
tlement offer is accepted.
Currently, as result of a court
order, officers of the church are
restrained from disposing of the
building fund or real property
assets.
Two Citizens
To Complete
State Tenures
Two Kings Mountain citizens
will complete their respective
tasks as presidents of state or
ganizations at conventions next
week.
They are Mrs. Aubrey Mauney,
who will complete a two-year
term as president of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs at the annual state con
vention in Charlotte, and C. D.
Blanton, Kings Mountain drug
gist, who will complete a one
year term as president of the
North Carolina Pharmaceutical
association in convention at Dur
ham.
The pharmacists convene Sun
day through Tuesday. The Wo
man’s Club convenes Tuesday
through Thursday.
Both will present annual ad
dresses of the president on ac
complishments during the past
year and will preside at other
functions during the respective
conventions.
Medic Explain
Clinic Opposition
The Cleveland County Medical
society wants a distinct line
drawn between free examination
service of indigents and fee-bas
is examinations for those who
can afford to'pay, a statement
by the society said last week.
The statement concerned the
closing of the Cleveland County
cancer clinic and stated it was
made "in response to the recent
publications in our newspapers
of several articles concerning the
closing of the local Cancer Clin
ic”.
The Medical society statement
brought a tart editorial response
from the Cleveland Times, pub
lished at Shelby, in which the
Times stated: “The Medical So
ciety has one strong argument
against the operation of the clin
ic but for some reason or other
has not presented it. This argu
ment revolves around Socialism
! and socialized medicine. If and
| when this argument is brought
before the public the question of
j principle will again have to be
considered and acted upon ...”
The Medical society statement
read:
"The doctors of Cleveland
’ County recognize the great im
portance of early cancer detect
ion and feel that they are able
to do a good job of cancer detect -
| ion in their offices as well as diag
nosing and treating other dis
eases. The original reason for
the cancer clinic was educational
and obtaining of cancer smears
which could be done in the doc
tor’s office at that time, but no
facilities were available for hav
ing these examined without
great expense. This situation no
longer exists. All physicians in
the county now have these faci
lities available and free for the
indigent patient, and they have
always had the necessary equip
ment, instruments, etc. for mak
ing the examinations.
“Contrary to popular opinion,
most physicians would suffer a
financial loss from the closing
of the Cancer Clinic since 90%
of the patients examined at the
Cancer Clinic are then sent to
their private physicians for ex
amination and treatment.
“The doctors of Cleveland
County are proud of their heri
tage and of the traditions of the
practice of medicine in the A
merican way of life. They stand
squarely behind the concept that
no person should be denied or
fail to receive adequate medical
care because of race, creed, color
or state of finances. They also
stand squarely behind the con
cept, or belief, that in the Ameri
can way of life, those individuals
capable of paying for services, be
they dental, medical, legal, or;
even such expenses as food and
utilities, are morally bound to
do so. For the indigent people,!
they challenge any profession to
match their time, energy and in
terest that they have always
given these people.
“Likewise in regards to the
Cancer Clinic, they believe that
those who possess the means
should pay for this service. They
propose to continue to staff and
serve the local Cancer Clinic for
the indigent people only.
“In 1957 the cost of the local
Cancer Clinic was six thousand
dollars. They feel that this
money, except for the amount
required to examine the indi
gent, could better be spent either
on research or treating some in
dividual for this horrible dis
ease.
“ Contrary to popular opinion,
they would like for the public to
know that there is no unusual or
special equipment in a cancer
detection center. In fact, every
doctor’s office in the county has
many more facilities or equipment
for a complete examination, in
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W ells Won7! Seek House Seat;
Lynch Still W eighs Decision
A. A. BARRETT
C. A. (GUS) HUFFSTETLER
Soil Bank Sign-Up
Time Is Limited
—4
Central P-TA
Plans Barbecue
Central Elementary Pa rent
Teacher association will sponsor
a barbecue at thte school cafe
teria on April 19, it was announc
ed by Ray Sisk, recently elected
president of the organization.
Supper tickets will be $1.25 for
adults and 60 cents for students.
Mr. Sisk said a $5 prize will
go to the school child selling the
most tickets.
Tickets will also be available
from Mr. Sisk, Vernon Crosby,
Mrs. Wanza Y. Davis, and at city
Service Station, Bridges Hard
ware and Kings Mountain Drug
Company.
Building Bids
Me Expected
Sub-contracting bids for the
construction of a building to house
a new knitting firm here are ex
pected to be in hand this week
end, J. Wilson Crawford, presi
dent of Kings Mountain Business
Development, Inc., said Wednes
day.
He added that he hoped all bids
would be received not later than
the weekend, in order that the
directors may convene next week
to make final decisions on the
construction of the 11,200 square
foot building.
The building is to be occupied
by a firm which will produce
crocheted and trimmed sweaters
and which has indicated it will
employ 100 persons.
Site for the plant has already
been purchased from W. A. Will
iams. The site is located on Waco
Road, adjacent to the city limits.
Harrill Mails
Farmeis Notices
On Agreements
Farmers who tried to soil bank
their 1958 cotton acreage allot
ments—but who found soil bank
funds extiaused—have a limited
time in which to complete their
soil bank allotments.
Ralph Harrill, county ASC
manager, has notified these farm
ers they have 15 days from the
date of mailed notice to visit
the ASC office and to append sig
natures.
“We wish to point out,” Mr.
Harrill wrote, “that once this a
greement is signed, there will be
no withdrawing since the dead
line has passed already in which
farmers could withdraw from
1958 agreements.”
Cleveland County farmers
sought to bank in excess of 21,
000 acres, or about two-thirds of
the more than 35,000-acre cotton
allotments.
Available funds were long ex
hausted before the sign-ups were
completed, but the U. S. Congress
recently made a supplemental ap
propriation of $250 millions to
supply sufficient funds for the
soil bank program. Of this total,
Cleveland County was alloted
more than $1.6 millions.
Mr. Harrill said all the total
would be used for cotton soil bank
payments.
Cleveland’ County’s average
soil bank payment for 1958 cot
ton is $71 per acre.
Ken Baity, Football Luminary,
Ticketed For USC Gamecocks
By NEALE PATRICK
Kon Baity will definitely take
his football talents to thfe Univer
sity of South Carolina next Sep
tember.
The Kings Mountain high school
grid star made it official Tuesday
when he signed a grant-in-aid to
attend South Carolina on a full
football scholarship. He signed
the pact in the presence of two
Gamecock assistant coaches, Ral
ph Floyd and Jesse Berry, who
came Itere for the express purpose
of inking the halfback star to a
grant.
Baity visited the South Carolina
campus in Columbia recently and
passed his entrance examination,
setting the stage to sign the aid
agreement. He must sign another
grant on July 1 when the grant
in-aid program becomes official
in the Atlantic Coast Conference.'
The Mountaineer star is a three
sport standout in high school, but j
will concentrate primarily on
football in college. He was a
Shrine Bowl performer and all
state mention as well as being all
Southwest Conference for two
straight years.
He racked-up one of the great
est ground - gaining and scoring
records in Kings Mountain High
School history. He averaged six
and a half yards every time he
carried the ball in his high school
career, gaining 3,025 yards in 453
carries. He scored 144 points in
his prep career, with the 78 We
tallied in 1956 being tops in this
Baity has been tagged as a fu
USC-BOUND — Ken Baity, high
school football star, has signed
a grant-in-aid to attend the Uni
versity of South Carolina on a
football scholarship. He expects
to enroll as a freshman next
fall.
area.
ture Gamecock for several mon
ths, but he did not officially
make his college selection until
Tuesday.
He is the second Kings Moun
tain High School football star in
three years to gain a scholarship
at an Atlantic Coast Conference
school. George- Harris is at Duke
on a grid grant.
Huffstetler
Again To Seek
Constable Post
Hugh A. Wells, Shelby attor
ney, announced Wednesday ho
wouldn't seek nomination to the
North Carolina House of Repre
sentatives, as Mr. Wells had in
dicated last year.
The announcement leaves
Jack Palmer, Jr., of Shelby, as
the lone current candidate for
the nomination to succeed B. T.
Falls, Jr., now district solicitor.
Haywood E. Lynch, Kings
Mountain realtor, who also indi
cated last year he would be a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination, said Wednesday he
is still weighing the decision,
likely would decide within the
next week.
Only ten days remain before
the filing deadline, which is
noon on Saturday, April 19th.
County Elections Board Chair
man Joe Mull said he would a
bide by the letter of the law on
the filing deadline.
Of interest to Number 4 Town
ship was the filing of C. A. (Gus)
Huffstetler for another term as
township constable. Mr. Huff
stetler paid his filing fee last
Friday.
Otherwise the political front
was quiet.
Only two contests for county
wide offices have thus-far de
veloped.
Of particular interest in this
area is the three-way race be
tween Carl P. Finger of Kings
Mountain, laundryman, J. Broad
us Ellis, Grover realtor, ar.d A. A.
Barrett, Waco farmer-contractor,
for the District 2 county commis
sion seat now held by Mr. Fin
ger. Mr. Finger was appointed by
Clerk of Court J. W. (Bill) Os
borne to' succeed the late Hazel
B. Bumgardner. Under the dis
trict representative arrangement,
candidates must reside in the
district (District 2 includes Num
ber 4 and 5 townships). However,
all citizens of the county vote to
help decide the nominee.
The other contest is for county
treasurer, where John Anderson,
Kings Mountain radio advertis
ing salesman and Shelby citizen,
is seeking to unseat Mrs. Lillian
Newton, veteran county treasur
er. It is the first time Mrs. New
ton has been opposed for the of
fice she has filled since 1932.
Two incumbents who are ex
pected to file haven’t, as yet.
They are Coronor Ollie Harris,
Kings Mountain mortician, and
Clerk of Court Osborne.
State Senator Robert Morgan
has announced he will seek the
office again, but hadn't yet paid
his filing fee on Wednesday.
Voting day will be on May 31.
Mr. Well’s statement follows:
“In July of 1957, when B. T.
Falls, Jr„ resigned from the Gen
eral Assembly, I announced my
intentions to run for that office
in the forthcoming Democratic
primary in May.
“My reason for making that
statement was a sincere desire
to serve the people of Cleveland
County and North Carolina in our
State Legislature, it being my
feeling that there are many grave
matters facing our State which
must be decided upon in the 1959
General Assembly. My feelings in
this respect have not changed. It
has become increasingly apparent,
however, that the pressure of
business and professional affairs
has become so intense as to make
it not practical for me to serve
in the General Assembly at this
time.
“To those many Clevelanders
who have offered their support,
I wish to express my sincere grat
itude for the interest they have
shown in their State Govern
ment.”
Jeny Patterson
In Piano Event
Jerry Patterson, of Bethware
high school, will be one of 57
senior high school pianists who
will participate Saturday at Wo
man’s College, University of
North Carolina, in the annual
North Carolina Piano Contest
Festival.
Patterson is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Patterson and a pu
pil of Mrs. Martin Harmon.
He attained a rating of “ex
cellent” and the right to partici
pate at Greensboro at district
contests in Salisbury last month.