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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 The figure lor 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. VOL. 69 No. 25 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 19, 1958 Sixty-Ninth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins REVIVAL Rev. Robert Harris, of Ashe ville, will conduct a week’s re vival meeting at Chestnut Rid ge Baptist church on July 13, it was announced by Rev. W. L Thornburg, pastor. Mr. Har ris will preach beginning with the July 15th service at 7:30 p. m. nightly through July 19. ATTEND MEETING Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg. Miss Grace Davis, Mrs. Fred Wright, Sr., and Mrs. Charles A. Go forth, Sr., represented Central : Methodist church at a thre'e- : day district meeting last week j of the Women’s Society of : Christian Service in the Meth- j odist churches in Western North Carolina held at Lake Junaluska. LODGE MEETING An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&M for work in the third degree will be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic Hall, ac cording to announcement by T. D. Tindall, secretary. ON DEAN'S LIST Miss Cynthia Plott, daugh ter of Mrs. E. T. Plott and a recent graduate of Anderson Junior college, was named on the Dean’s list for the second semester. Some 44 students made all A’s and B’s to earn places on the dean’s list for the past semester. AT MEETING Mrs. J. W. Gladden, Mrs. W. D. Whitesides, and Mrs. Ben Long represented Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion Auxiliary, at the auxiliary con vention in Asheville last week. MOVES Kings Mountain Beauty Shop operated by Miss Winifred Ful ton has moved from its down town location on Mountain St., to the Fulton residence at 512 West Mountain Street. FIELD DAY Boy Scout Field Day will be held July 12th at 3 p. m. at Deal St. Pool. Trophys will be awarded ip eight events, in cluding dashes, jumps, and swimming, Don Crawford has announced. FOOTE SUPERVISORS Archie McGee, of Philadel phia, Pa., internal auditor for Foote Mineral Company, dis cussed auditing procedures at a quarterly meeting of super visors of Foote’s Kings Moun tain plant last Thursday. The dinner session was held at Kings Mountain Country Club. HOMECOMING Homecoming will be held Sunday at Enon Baptist chur ch. Rev. W. P. Bumgardner will preach at the morning worship hour and picnic dinner will be spread at the noon hour. Spec ial music will feature the af ternoon song service. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $131.27, with $18.78 from off-street meters and $112.49 from on-street me ters, Mrs. Houston Wolfe, as sistant city cler|<, reported. HOSPITALIZED The condition of A. P. War lick, hospitalized in Gaston Memorial hospital for blood poisoning of the left foot, had worsened Wednesday, his wife reported. Mrs. Warlick said her husband’s condition had shown some improvement the day before. TO WASHINGTON Mrs. Marcelle B. Navey, dau ghter of Mrs. Florence Blanton and the late Mr. E. W. Blan ton, will leave^Qnfagi^tjr Van couver Washington where sh«. is b/eing sent as a delegate to' t.'ne national meeting of the A merican Association of Instru tors of the Blind. On her re turn, she will go to New York where she will teach and ser ve as assistant coordinator in a workshop in Arts and Crafts ! First Baptist Committee To Meet Weekly First Baptist church's joint con ference committee on the church dispute regarding building on a new site met for the first time last Thursday night against a background of arrival at the North Carolina Supreme Court of the majority group’s appeal of a Superior Court Judge’s ruling. Specifically, the appeal, filed in behalf of the majority group by its attorney, seeks to set aside; a ruling by Judge Dan K. Moore —now retired from the bench— j denying motion for non-suit of litigation brought by the dissi dent group. Last Thursday’s meeting was described by Yates Harbison,' chairman of the First Baptist] board of deacons and also named chairman of the joint conference committee, as no more than an; organizational meeting. He said the group talked in formally and agreed to meet for further discussions on each sue-; ceeding Thursday night at 8 o’ clock. Other members of the commit tee are: For the majority group—James E. White, Dr. Paul Nolan and W. j A. Williams. For the minority or dissident group — W. T. Weir, Glee A. j Bridges and Harold D. Crawford, j The church has charged this' group with formulation of a point report for consideration by the church membership. Mr. Harbison declined to pre dict when such a report would be completed or forwarded to the church membership. The majority group, supported by a 235-163 membership vote, i wants to build a new church plant; on a new site at the comer of | W. King and Sims streets. The dissident group opposes the ' building of a plant on a new site and has lodged legal action to abrogate the church vote, charg ing undue duress on the part of the former pastor Rev. Aubrey Quakenbush, and other alleged illegalities. Meantime, the dissident group, -before former Judge Moore, was able to obtain an injunction pre venting the pastor, trustees and officers of disposing of any of the church’s real assets or its build ing fund asset of about $90,000,: pending settlement of the suit; now pending in Cleveland Superi- j or Court. Officers Named By DeMolay vxxictrrs were xiaxiiea by Kings Mountain chapter, Ord er of DeMolay, at the group’s reg ular Thursday night meeting at Masonic Hall. The new officers include Jimmy Blanton, scribe; Mac Lennon, se nior deacon; Glenn Etters, junior deacon; Bruce Thorbum, senior steward; Buddy Kircus, junior steward; Bobby Early, chaplain; Johnnie Williams, almoner; Mike McKee, marshal, and Wray Plonk, standard bearer. Preceptors named were Arthur Allen, Mike 'Ledford, Eddie Hern don, Norma Bumgardner, Phil Mauney, Bud Bumgardner, and Paul Hendricks. Orator is Don McKinney and sentinel is Tommy Martin. The other officers, reeenty in stalled, are Dewayne Caldwell, master councilor; Phil Padgett, Jr., senior counciler; Barry Smith, junior counciler, and Richard Mc Daniel, treasurer. Order of DeMolay meets week ly on Thursdays at S p. m. Throwing Firm Plans Addition Re-Zoning Clears' Way For Adding To Yarn Firm Carolina Throwing Company, producer of nylon stretch yarn, contemplates beginning in the near future construction of a two story addition to provide 3456 more feet of floor space. The company was successful last week in obtaining rezoning of property on the east side of Cansler street to permit the ad dition. It is understood the addition wil provide the company both space for production machinery and needed storage space. The addition will be built of brick, with mill flooring. Bids are currently being receiv ed. It is anticipated the addition will enable the company to pro duce greater quantities of stretch nylon yarn, used primarily in the manufacture of men’s hosiery, at less unit cost. Carolina Throwing Company, Inc. is owned by W. K. Mauney, Jr., Carl F. Mauney and Howard B. Jackson. Mrs, Ware's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Flossie Kendrick Ware, 81, who died Monday morning at 1 a. m. in Kings Mountain hospital, were held Tuesday at 4 p. m. from Harris Funeral Home. Rev. James B. McLarty and Rev. P. D. Patrick conducted the final rites. Burial was in Moun tain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Ware, a Kings Mountain native, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs John T. Ken drick. She was the widow of Julius Ware who died in 1931. She was a member of Central Methodist church. Surviving are three sons, Hor ace and Fred Ware, both of Kings Mountain/ Paul Ware, Charlotte, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Harri son, of Gastonia, Mrs. George Horne, Kings Mountain, and four sisters, Mrs. Agnes Thomasson, Mrs. Mary Lipford, Miss Marga ret Kendrick, all of Kings Moun tain, and Mrs. T. L. Ware, Sr., of Mount Holly. Twelve grand children and two great-grandchil dren also survive. Club Elects Miss Goforth Miss Margaret Goforth, city schools faculty member, has been elected divisional chairman of areas of the International Af fairs Department, North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs. A former vice-president of Dis trict IV, Miss Goforth has been active in the affairs-of the Wo man’s Club on both local and state levels for several years. She will be one of the leaders Thursday at the Council-Institute on departments to be held in Raleigh. MEETING New officers of the Kings Mountain Garden Council will meet Wednesday morning at 10 a. m. 'at the home of Mrs. Henry Neisler on Phifer road. Political Activity Still Quiet; Second Primary Ten Days Distant County Democratic politics re-1 mained outwardly quiet this week, though second primary voting day is only ten days distant. Particular interest here and throughout the county is in resol ving the contest between Carl P. Finger, Kings Mountain laundry man and incumbent county com missioner, and J. Broadus Ellis, the Grover challenger. Comm. Finger was a 149-vote leader in the first primary voting on May 31. However, he failed to obtain a majority over Mr. Ellis by 365 votes, as A. A. Barrett ran third. The first prfmary totals were: Finger 2428; Ellis, 2279; Barrett 919. Mr. Ellis notified the county Ejections board he was calling the se^ond primary voting on June 9. (fdy other race to be settled in the '!econd primary voting is a towns^f affair. In No. 6 Town shin (^helby>. c- E- Fisher, who ran sf'oond on May 31, asked for! a second voting in his effort io unseat Joe Moore, the incumbent constable. Predictions, to the moment, are for a light vote on June 28. Only about 6,000 persons voted on May 31, when there were six county wide and numerous township ra ces to settle. Observers are vari ously predicting a June 28 total of 2500 to 3500 votes. The campaigning has been lim ited to personal work by the two candidates and no issues concern ing county government have been advanced. Mr. Finger and Mr. Ellis have similar histories. Both are natives of the -county, and both are ser vice veterans, Mr. Ellis having served in the navy in World War I and Mr. Finger in the air force in World War II. Mr. Ellis is the son of a former county commis sioner. Mr. Finger serves on the commission by appointment, hav ing been named to succeed the late Hazel B. Bumgardner, Kings Mountain poultryman. F-. :: 'x-ysmemxs AT UNION SERVICE — Dr. Eu gene Few, superintendent ol the Gastonia district cf the Western North Carolina Methodist confer ence, will deliver the sermon at Sunday night's union service at Central Methodist church. Dr. Few Union Service Speaker Dr. Eugene C. Few, superin tendent of the Gastonia district of {he Western North Carolina Methodist conference, will deliv er the sermon Sunday night at this week’s union service. The service will be held at Central Methodist church, begin ning at 8 o’clock. Dr. Few, who holds honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees from both High Point college and Duke University, is a veteran Methodist minister who has serv ed many large Methodist church es, including Edenton Street church, Raleigh, Druid Hills church, Atlanta, Ga., Riverside Park Church, Jacksonville, Fla., West Market Street church, Greensboro, and Myers Park church, Charlotte. He was assign ed Gastonia district superinten dent at the recent annual con ference at Lake Junaluska. In addition to his work as a pastor, Dr. Few has served as contributing author to three de votional books, “God’s Answer’’, "The Book of Daily Devotions” and “A Spiritual Diary”. Dr. Few’s sermon will be the third in the summer’s series of union services. Hullender Trio Holds Reunion Louise Hullender Tucker, Lar ! ry Hullender, and Bobby Fullen , der, sister and brothers, were re united this week after a sepa i ration of 10 years, j The separation came as a re sult of the children growing up, joining the services or school, and moving away. Larry, a resident of Tacoma, Washington, for the past ten years, came into the Herald of fice Tuesday afternoon with his sister. When asked how he came to locate so far away he replied he was stationed there while ser ving in the U. S. Army and met a girl. After being discharged from the service he went back for a | better look and ten years, one j marriage, and two children later ! he returned to Kings Mountain for a visit with his family. The girl was Patty Lindstrom i of Tacoma and children are Ste vie, age 5, and Carol, age 10. Mr Hullender is employed by i Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company as 1 a route salesman. The Hullenders will return to Tacoma this weekend, but hope their next reunion will not be as far distant as the fir&t. Summer School Now Underway It was back to school for num erous students attending Kings Mountain high school’s summer school. With recent emphasis on science, biology and general sci ence students began a week earli er than Tuesday’s enrollees for English and American history. Science time has been upped to ISA hours, an increase of 20 hourkkfyar last yea s schedule. In^<u^Tors imcl'.kle Mrs. George Moss, English; Mr. E. L. Brown, American history; and Miss Odes sa 141^^ science, t FiveOay week school day’s be ginning at 7:45 and ending at 1:00 p. m. will conclude July 30. Living Giving , Brokhoif Says At Union Service by ANNE HARMON “Faith, resources, and a life guiding principle of giving are the requisites which are needed if we are to launch out into the deep and reach the port of success.” This was the statement of Dr. John Brokoff. pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran church of Charlotte, speaking to members of the Luth eran, Presbyterian, Methodist, and ARP Churches at the second union service of the 1958 series at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church Sun-: day night. Using as a text Luke 5:4, the verse in which Jesus told Simon to “launch out into the deep,” Dr. Brokoff compared life to a sea and every life to a little boat. He used as a parallel the illustration of the ill-fated voyage of the young North Carolinian who tried sailing his poorly equipped boat, “The Impossible” from Wilming ton to Bermuda. Dr. Brokoff remarked that since he named his boat “TThe Impos sible” the young man showed lack of faith. “We must believe in ourselves, our fellow man, and our God, and with God’s help we can conquer any obstacle.” The would-be Bermuda visitor didn’t have food or other supplies sufficient for the journey. From this, Dr. Brokoff said, we can learn to “count the cost before we go on a venture.” "Are we willing to pay the price?” he asked. "Jesus said we must deny ourselves.” Success does not come easily. We must fight for it and work for it, if we accomplish anything really worthwhile. The Charlotte minister conclud ed his remarks with the statement that life is built on the principle of giving. “We must give, and give and give”, he said. "Life was nev er meant to be conserved, and it matters not how long we live, but how well.” Discussing the fact that the Wil mington “sailor” had only a re ceiving set for radio communica tion, Dr. Brokoff said, “Be sure to launch out with the right princi ple — giving instead of receiving. If you do, your work will be a blessing to all mankind and a glory to God.” Mis. Cochrane In Play Role Mrs. Margaret McLarty Coch rane, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. McLarty of Kings Mountain i played the role of “The Nighten i gale” in the production of “The Emperor’s Nightengale” present ed recently in New York by Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. Both Mrs. Cochrane and her husband, William Cochrane, are completing their second year at the New York school. The play was presented as part of a week long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the play house. “The Emperor’s Nightengale”, written by Dan Theroh, is based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson. Presented in authenic Kabuki style, the choreography work was under direction of Miss Yuriko, well-known coreographer of Broadway plays. Amateur Athletes Sustain Injuries Two Kings Mountain players j were injured in baseball and j softball action Tuesday. Wayne Ledford, 15-year old ! youngster from the Patterson Grove community, suffered a | broken jaw when struck by a | thrown ball in a Babe Ruth j League game at City Stadium Tuesday afternoon. The jaw was i set by Dr. D. F. Hord Wednesday ! morning. A member of the Rebel team, Wayne was hit in the face by a thrown ball when he was sliding into home following a wild pitch by the Margrace pitcher. The cat cher retrieved the ball and was attempting to nab the runner at the plate when the toss hit the runner. Joe Bill Cornwell of the Mer chants team of the Slow-Pitch Softball League suffered a back : injury in a collision with an Os | age player while running the | bases in a league game at Bess j emer City. Cornwell was removed to Kings Mountain Hospital and re mained there overnight Tuesday, pending X-Rays Wednesday. His physician, Dr. John McGill, said that Cornwell probably would be released from the hospital Wed nesday afternoon if X-Rays did not show a fracture. Grade Arrangement Change Considered In City Schools Hospital Board Names Barrett, Jack Herndon Jack Herndon, of Grover, and A. A. Barrett, of Waco, have been appointed to the board of direc tors of Kings Mountain Hospital. Inc., it was announced this week. The two new appointees, who will serve for five-year terms, will succeed R. Burris Keeter, of Gro ver, and Hugh Davis, of Waco, on the ten-man board of directors of title non-profit corporation which now operates the hospital on lease from the county board of com missioners. The board will hold a dinner meeting at Kings Mountain Coun-! try Club next Wednesday night, when the newly appointed mem bers will be seated and the board will also organize for the coming year. George W. Mauney, of Kings! Mountain, is president of Kings Mountain Hospital, Inc. Directors with unexpired terms of office are George W. Mauney, George H. Mauney, Charles E. Neisler, Lamar Herndon, Holmes Harry, Luther T. Bennett, W. L. Plonk, and George Thomasson. Mr. Barrett is a Waco contrac tor - farmer. Mr. Herndon is a department manager for Sears-Roebuck in Shelby. He is a son of the late Lester Herndon, former county. commissioner. Burlington Sets Vacations Most plants of Burlington In dustries in Gaston County will observe vacation schedules dur-, ing the July 4 week, according to1 announcement today by managers and superintendents of the various units. I Two exceptions will be the Cramerton and Flint plants, which will be shut down for va cations the split week of July 27-August 3. These two plants will; also be closed both Friday and Saturday, July 4 and 5, to en able their employees to enjoy the holiday week end. Robert O. Craig, Jr., group man ager for Burlington Spinning! plants in the area, said that the; Ranlo, R. C. G. Love and Phenix plants would close at the end of operations June 27 or 28. George Jubrias, D. C. Gunter and Ben Grimes are respective superinten dents of these plants. The Mo dena plant of Klopman Mills, a Burlington member company, will observe the same vacation week, according to superintendent Alex James. James D. Barbee, Cramerton executive vice-president and gene ral manager.said his plants would shut down for the vacation week at the close of operations July 25, or 26. Fred Daugherty, Flint plant superintendent, announced a sim-; ilar schedule. Burlington’s Gaston terminal and warehouse will stagger ope rations during the vacation peri ods in order to maintain service as may be required to the manu facturing units it was announced by Garrett Woodward, terminal manager. Vacation pay will l>e distributed to employees as in the past, prior to closing down for the vacation! week. WINS AWARD — Dean Bridges, Kings Mountain Ministerial stu dent, was among winners of Eastern Star scholarships pre sented last week at the Grand Chapter meeting in Asheville. Bridges Wins OES Award Dean Bridges, Kings Mountain student at Gardner-Webb college and son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Bridges has won the Eastern Star Training Award for religious leadership for the second consecu tive year. The award was presented to 18 North Carolina ministerial stu dents at the 53rd annual session of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina, Order of the Eastern Star. i The scholarship totaling $200 and applicable at any college the winner wishes to attend was pre sented during the Eastern Star meeting in Asheville June 912. Bridges, a college sophomore, is sponsored by Kings Mountain chapter 23, OES. Hoyle To Speak To Kiwanians Jack Hoyle, superintendent of the Cleveland County Welfare department, will address mem bers of the Kings Mountain Ki wanis club at their Thursday night meeting. Mr. Hoyle will discuss the forthcoming opening of a wel fare department branch office here. He will speak on a program arranged by J. H. Thomson. The club convenes at 6:45 at the Woman’s Club. Born and reared in Cleveland county, Mr. Hoyle attended Waco high school, and was graduated from Gardner-Webb college and Wake Forest college. He holds a Master’s degree in social work from the University of North Car olina. He previously served as a case worker in Burke and Cleveland counties before joining the North Carolina Department of Public Welfare as supervisor of child caring institutions. He be came superintendent of public welfare in Cleveland County on June 1, 1957. Mr. Hoyle is a navy veteran of World War II. ON NAVY DUTY Lt. (j. g.) I. Ben Goforth, Jr., naval reserve, left for Wash ington, D. C., last weekend for a month's active duty. City Fathers Admit To Confusion But Buy Three Insurance Policies Granting of insurance con tracts, on bid, was a principal i tem of business at the city com mission’s regular session last Thursday night. Out of the con siderable discussion and some confusion, the results were: 1) Awarding to John I George, agent for Nationwide Insurance Company, comprehensive general liability, workmen’s compensa tion coverage, and employer’s liability coverage, for an aggre gate premium of $4,731.27. 2) Awarding to B. F. Maner In surance Agency a scheduled pro perty floater and fire coverage policy on City Hall for a per mium of $73.45. A belated result was a refund to the city by Tom Trolt Insur ance Agency of $18.24 on a fleet liability policy written to be ef fective March 13 past. In discussion on the bidding, Mr. George had contended that Mr. Trott had not submitted a hid on the basis of coverage per policy expiring. Mr. George con tended that Mr. Trott’s bid was $2.58 low, but that, had he bid correctly, Nationwide would have been low. Mr. Trott informed the Herald Wednesday that he’d asked his company, Home Insurance Com pany of New York, for a re-check and that th* result was that the city’s fleet liability policy had been amended to Class III, with an $18.24 premium return in or der. He gave the city the check Wednesday. On the employer-general lia bility policy, Mr. Maner had pointed out that his. bid, which was much higher than either the Nationwide bid or one posted by Hay Insurance Company, were questionable. He said the three bids would have proved identical had each firm had the city's prior experience rating. He added that Nationwide, as a dividend paying company, would actually (Continued on Page Eight) Grammar Unit Grade Schemes May Be Effected The city board of education dis cussed organizational arrange ments for 1958-59 at Monday night’s meeting. No action was taken, but con versations indicated these possi bilities: a) Central elementary school may be minus first and third gra des, due to insufficient registra tion. b) East and North schools may be minus eighth grades, due to insufficient classroom space. c-> West school may be minus a seventh grade, due to insuffici ent classroom space. Supt. B. N. Barnes, in advising the board members of grade-load problems anticipated, noted that he merely advised the board for information and that he did not expect final decision as yet. In other actions, the board 1) Elected Miss Delores Blan ton, of Shelby, as a high school faculty member. Miss Blanton will join the Kings Mountain fac ulty after teaching at Lexington. 2) Accepted the resignation of Mrs. Pauline Harrill, of Shelby, first grade teacher at North school. Mrs. Harrill resigned to accept a teaching position in Shel by. 3) Authorized a committee, in cluding F. W. Plonk, A. W. Kin caid, and B. N. Barnes to let con tract for new curtains for Central auditorium, 4) Authorized tender of con tract for local funds audit to Ro bert H. Cooke, Shelby accountant. The board discussed, without action, proposal to grant right-of way from school property for ex tending N. Ramseur street to Mc Ginnis street. Supt Barnes told the board that summer school enrollment was much higher than usual and that an additional faculty member had been engaged. John Gamble was added to the faculty which also includes E. L. Brown, Miss Odessa Black and Mrs. George Moss. Mr. Barnes said summer band enrollment is not as great as had been hoped. Lifesaving Ciew Is Now Organized The Cleveland County Rescue and Lifesaving Crew, set up in Kings Mountain a few weeks a go, is fully organized and ready to go, barring the procuring of several pieces of equipment. Delbert Dixon, secretary of the group, said Wednesday the crew needs a good boat, motor, and trailer, plus the grappling rig and a resuscitator. Also needed will be a truck. Dixon reported the crew has acquired an ambulance, which is already painted. First aid instructions for mem | bers will begin Monday night at i City Hall. A $2,500 budget was set for the 1 year at the first Board meeting. Mr. Dixon added all donations should be made payable to the ; Cleveland County Rescue and Lifesaving Crew, Kings Moun I tain. We’re pretty enthused over the unit. It will be a big benefit to | the county and our community,” 1 he said. ‘‘Of course, we hope there won’t be anything to do, but in case we’re needed, we want to be ready. In several cases in this area, a lifesaving unit would have meant the difference in life and death” he added. The unit will serve the whole of Cleveland county and assist other crews when needed. When fully ready, the crew will be on 24-hour call. Privilege License Law Is Unchanged The city board of commiss ioners adopted for next year its current privilege license or dinance. The ordinance was unchan ged from the current model, except for the effective date. It is published in today’s edition of the Herald. The board had previously discussed changing tiie ordi nance in what was to have been an effort to simplify the code and to eliminate alleged inequities. Current privilege licenses ex pire June 30. They are pur chaseable at net during July anjd penalties apply after July n
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