Newspapers / The Kings Mountain Herald … / Feb. 12, 1959, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
GREATER KINGS MOUNTAIN DOLLAR DAYS THIS WEEKEND Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 DM Km for Creator King. Mountain la derived tram 195$ Bags Mountain city directorf census. The city *“*“• flvm Is from the United States census of 1950. VOL. 70 No. 6 1 0 Pages IQ Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 12, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS PHENIX EMPLOYEES GIVE TO FUND — Mrs. Betty Brackett is pictured above as she pre sents a check for S176.75 to J. C. Bridges, chair man of the Kings Mountain Heart Fund cam paign now underway. The check represents gifts from employees of Phenix Division of —----1-1 Burlington Mills from the Phenix Community Fund. Another employee, Mrs. Ruth Baity, looks on. Gifts to the Heart Fund were contri buted by mill employees last Friday. (Herald Photo by Pennington Studio) > Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS Meter receipts for the two weeks ending Wednesday at rioon totaled $285.85, City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. The total included $39.87 from off-street meters and $219.98 from on-street meters. LEGION SUPPER Members of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Legion, will hold a supper gathering Saturday night, with serving to be from 6 until 8 p. m. at the Legion Hall. RESUMES PRACTICE Dr. Craig Jones, Shelby and Kings Mountain surgeon, has resumed his practice. Dr. Jones has been incapacitated for the past month due to a back in jury. ON HONOR ROLL Elmer Norwood, Jr., Kings Mountain freshman student at Brevard College, was named to the Honor Roll it was announ ced this week. P-TA MEETING East School Parent-Teacher Association will hold its reg ular meeting Tuesday after noon at 3:30 p. m. in the school auditorium. DAB FLAG SALE Members of Colonel Ham brigiht Chapter, DAR, have new flags, of all sizes, on sale, and Interested persons should con tact Mis. B. S. Neill (Phone 107) or any DAR member. CHURCH SUPPER First Presbyterian church will hold a family night sup per Monday night at 7 o’clock. Showing of a film on missions will feature the program. City-Wide P-TA Workshop Set A twosesston city-wide work shop will toe conducted toy Parent Teacher association council on February 19 and 26, Central P-TA President Bruce Thorbum an nounced this week. On February 19, Dr. Mary El len Nelson, director of Gaston Center for the Handicapped, will speak on the subject ‘Slow Learn ers Can Succeed” and Miss Alice Averttt, city schools teaching su pervisor will discuss "The Gifted Child.” On February 26, Sgt. J. B. Kuy kendall, of tite State Highway Pa trol, and student driving teachers Don Parker and William Cleere will conduct a panel on highway safety. High school students are particularly invited to attend the February 26 workshop, Mr. Thor bum said. The two acaatom will be field at North school beginning at 7 Retailers Holding Weekend $ Days ELECTED — Jonas Bridges has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Merchants As sociation for the coming Tear. Bridges Heads Retailei Group Jonas Bridges, manager of Ra dio Station WKMT, has been e lected president of Kings Moun tain Merchants Association. Voting was completed by members this week for officers and directors. The directors ser ve a two-year term. Mr. Bridges succeeds Richard Barnette as president. Menzell Phifer, of Phifer Hardware, was elected vice-president, and na med to the board of directors were: James CraWford, Allen’s Flower Shop; Denver King, Belk’s Department Store; Gene McSwain, Joy Theatre; and J. C. Bridges, of Bridges Hardware. Deadline Near On Auto Tags City car owners who don’t dis play 1969 city ©cense tags on their veihdes Monday will be tagged by city policemen, Chief of Police Martin Ware said Wed nesday. Sunday is the final day motor, ists can legally use their expir ing 1958 license plates, both city and state. City Clerk Joe McDaniel says the police will have a large tagging potential, barring a last minute purchasing rush before the close of business this week end. Through Tuesday, only 1258 auto tags had beens old, about 500 under the figure for 1958. The tags sell for « dollar. Sales Event Will Begin On Thursday Majority of Kings Mountain merchants are collaborating this weekend on a Greater Kings Mountain Dollar Days sales e ven*. Paul McGinnis, chairman of the promotion committee of the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation, said this week that he is pleased with the degree of participation in the event and ex pressed the opinion shoppers will be able to find plenty of bar gains,on merchants’.shelves. Virtually all types of retail ers are participating. In conjunction with the event, some 18 Kings Mountain firms are collaborating in launching a trade-at home, institutional ad vertising campaign in the Kings Mountain Herald. The city-wide sales event will begin Thursday morning at 9 o’ clock and will continue through Saturday. The merchants are offering newly received merchandise, spring season apparel, reduced price staples, and odd lot win ter merchandise at pared prices, store managers said this week. “Inventories are high and pri ces are right, “Mr. McGinnis commented. FAIRVIEW LODGE An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF & AM will be held Monday night for work in the third degree. The lodge will open at 6 p. m., with supper to follow at 7 p. m. Tickets are $1.25 per mem ber, T. D. Tindall, secretary, announced. Kings Mountain S&LAssets Top $3 Million Shareholders of Kings Moun tain Savings & Loan association held their annual meeting Tues day, heard reports showing the association topped $3,000,000 in assets for the first time, and re elected directors for the coming year. Immediately after the share holder session, directors conven ed and re-elected association of ficers and employees. They are W. K. Mauney, president, J. C. Keller and W. M. Gantt, vice presidents, Ben H. Bridges, sec retary-treasurer, and Mrs. Ruby H. Baker, assistant secretary treasurer, Mrs. Louise Martin and Mrs. Margie Bridges, clerks. The directors renamed Davis & White and George B. Thomasson as attorneys. Directors are W. K. Mauney, J. C. Keller, W. M. Gantt, Ben H. Bridges, Dr. L. P. Baker, J. Wil son Crawford, J. E. Mauney, Dr. John C. McGill, J. R. Davis, and C. Glenn White, all of Kings Mountain, and R. L. Lewis, of Bessemer City. The shareholders approved a director’s decision to add about $34,000 of 1958 earnings to the associations reserve for bad debts. In noting details of the print ed statement, Secretary Bridges called attention to growth in as sets to $3,043,000, a 20 percent gain of $507,543 during 1958, and an approximate 17 percent gain in savings accounts of $382,175. Savings account shares totaled $2,633,170 at year end. . During 1958, the association tmade 372 mortgage loans total ing $931,119 and year-end totals showed the association had 962 •active loans, representing an un paid balance of $2,570,686, with an average balance of $2,672. iA total of 345 new savings ac counts were opened during 1958, with an average balance of $2, 079. Other reserves at year-end in cluded $75,583 for contingencies, $800 for uncollected interest, and $29,000 federal insurance reserve. Liabilities included a $200,000 advance from the federal home loan bank. The shareholders did not fill a director vacancy created by the death last year of R. L. Mauney. The association charter em powers the association to operate with from seven to 12 directors Secretary Bridges said. KiwanisClub To Honor Sconts •Kings Mountain' Boy Scouts will toe guests of Kiwanians at the civic club’s regular Thursday night meeting at 6:45 p. m. Gene Jones, of Gastonia, scout executive for the Piedmont Coun cil, will oe the speaker. The Kiwanis dub convenes at the Woman’s dub. •Boy ScSouts of the community will also be manning city posts during their observance of Boy Scout Week. Election of scouts who will fill these positions will feature the Boy Scout Court of Honor Thursday night. Hal D. Ward, 44, former Kings Mountain citizen and now a Pinellas county, Florida, deputy sheriff, received a bullet wound in the left wrist last Saturday in a gun battle with a mental pa tient. Both the patient and his physi cian, Dr. Theodore R. Failmezgar, were killed, and Deputy Arm and Tetrault, 45, was shot and report ed in serious condition. According to an Associated Press dispatch, the deputies fired ns they fell wounded and killed the mental patient, Janies A. Lewis, 44. The news agency said the Pin ellas sheriff gave this account: Dr. Theodore R. Failmezgar, 54, of Belleair, formerly of Madison, N. J., went to Lewis' luxurious home shortly before 6 p. m. on ■ ■ ■ Ml a professional call. Lewis shouted threats as the physician approached the front door. Dr. Failanezgar retreated, went to a telephone and called the sheriffs office. Two deputies were sent to the Lewis home. The doctor waited for them, then entered the house when they did. Lewis, nude and yelling, ap pe >red as soon as the three got inside and opened fire with a snub-nosed revolver. Dr. Failmezgar fell, apparent ly killed instantly. Deputy At mand Tetrault, 45, was shot in the chest, neck and shoulder and i« in serious condition. Deputy Hal D. Ward, 44, got a buliett through the left wrist. Both officers shot as they went down, each firing twice. Alexander Asks Re-election, Mrs. McDaniel School Post College, Chuich Beneficiaries Of Mauney Will An educational institution and a church were among beneficiari es of Ernest J. Mauney, Kings Mountain native and concert pi anist. A victim of leukemia, Mr. Mau ney died in New York January 28 at the age of 34. The will probated in Cleveland Superior Court includes a bequest of 65 shares of common stock of Mauney Mills, Kings Mountain, and 139 shares of Nu-Way Spin ning Co., Cherryville, to Denoir Rhyne college. It designates the Faith Luther an Church at Syossett, N! Y., as recipient of 425 shares of stock of Carlton Mills, Cherryville, and 60 shares of Bonnie Mills, Kings Mountain. " Four brothers — Miles H., i George H., David L. and W. K. Mauney, Jr.,—will each receive 15 Shares of Mauney Mills stock. The widow, Mrs. Doris W. Mau ney, was bequea thed the home to Syossett, *N. Y. The balance of the estate is to be distributed among the widow and two children. W. K. Mauney of Kings Moun tain, father of the deceased, was named co-executor of the estate, with the widow. The value of the estate was es timated at $75,000 to the docu ment which appointed the execu tors. In the bequests to the college and the church, the will gave the executors the option of making the bequests in cash equal to the par value of the stocks. Shuford Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services for William Charles (Billy) Shuford, 14, were held Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock at Boyce Memorial ARP church. The youth was found dead at his home Monday afternoon. Son of Tolly M. and Charlotte Markham Shuford, the lad was a ninth grade Central high school “A” student, a Boy Scout, a member of the Jayvee basket ball team, and the high school band. He was a mild-mannered youth of quiet personality and a model airplane and flying en thusiast. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are a younger brother, Tolly Martin (Buzzie) Shuford, Jr., and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Shuford, of the Antioch community in neighbor ing South Carolina, and Mrs. C. B. Markham, of Durham. His late grandfather, Mr. Markham, was treasurer of Duke University. Interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Final rites were conducted by Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boy ce Memorial ARP church, and Rev. Floyd Finch, Lenoir Episco pal minister. Pallbearers were Steve Wright, Sidney Morrison, Paul Fulton, Mac Lennon, Sandy Campbell, and James Forrest. Flower bearers were Beverly Yarbro, Marian Plonk, Jane Hambright, Betty Morrison, Beth Houser, Janie Trammell, Kay Mauney, Gadl Morrison, Ann Cooper, Jane Houser, Linda Wal ker, Sara Lennon, Susan Davis, and Sue Hunnlcutt CHURCH PROGRAM Missionary Methodist church on Second Street will hold song service Sunday beginning at 2:30 p. m., with the public invited. Among guest singers to be present are trios from East Side Baptist, Penley's Chapel, and First Wesleyan Methodist churches and the Second Baptist church quartet from Bessemer City. mmm v apiipiw FILE FOR OFFICe3TmiTf\A. (Boots) McDaniel, Jr. and Ross Alexander filed for elective of fices this week. Mrs. McDaniel is seeking election to the city board o' education post being vacated by Trustee J. R. Davis. Mr. Alex ander seeks re-election to a sec ond term as Ward 1 comm. Prayer Day Rites Friday Kings Mountain area Chris tians will join with those aill a round the world din observing World Day of Prayer on Friday. The service, at First Presbyter ian church at 3:30 p. m., is based on the theme, “Lord, I Believe,” from the program prepared by Egyptian women who literally met under gunfire to produce it. Miss Elizabeth Callis, of Besse mer City, educational assistant at ' Central Methodist church, Can ton, will bring the principal ad dress. A short-term missionary under (Continued on Page Eight) Two Add Names To May City Election Ballot Two candidates filed for elec tive offices this week. They are Ross Alexander, in cumibent Ward 1 commissioner, who seeks re-election to a second term at City Hall, and Mrs. F. A. (Boots) McDaniel, Jr., who seeks election to the city board of edu cation. Mrs. McDaniel seeks the position being vacated by Trustee J. R. Davis, who announced last week he won’t seek re-election. Mr. Alexander paid his filing fee Monday and Mrs. McDaniel filed Wednesday morning. Only other candidate formally in the field is Mayor Glee A. Brid ges, who seeks re-election to a fourth term. Political conversation concern ing the forthcoming May city e lection quickened during the past week, but most observers agreed that candidate possibilities are still limited. , <jne ciuzen said Wednesday that the spotlight could be turn ed to the school trustee past and guessed that “five or six candi dates could seek this office.” How-' ever, he declined to mention any prospects. Others say Flleete Mc Curdy, Who filed for a school board post four years ago, then withdrew, is expected to seek the Davis post. And Mrs. Martha Herndon Ware recently remarked that she might seek the school post. Though candidate prospects for Cify Hall posts were few, com pared to the number of positions to be filled, there were a few cit izens on the “possible” list, a mong 'them: C. H. (Cat) Houser, bowling center owner, rumored a possible Candidate for Ward 1 commis sioner; Former Mayor Garland Still and D. L. Saunders, both rumor ed as possible candidates for mayor; Clyde Gladden, W. L. Bagwell and Farmer Commissioner Paul Ledford, all said interested in Comm. Ben Bridges' Wand IV seat, and Charles E. Dixon, auto dealer, mentioned as a possible candi date for Comm. Coleman Stroupe’s Ward V job. Candidates must file notice of candidacy in writing at the City Hall otnce and must pay a filing fee of $5. Inquest Set In Shuioid's Death; Youth Found Dead At Home Monday Coronor J. Ollie Harris has im paneled a coroner’s jury to hold an inquesit into the death of Wil liam Charles (Billy) Shuford, 14 year-old Kings Mountain high school student, who was found dead at his home late Monday afternoon. Members of the jury, sworn Tuesday are George W. Mauney, Claude Hambright, T. W. Gray son, Harold Coggins, Carl P. Fin-j ger and Grady Howard. Was the death of the bright high school freshman intentional or accidental suicide, or a result of foul play? 1 Young Shuford was found by his mother about 5:30 Monday afternoon. He was hanging from a door, with a rope, one end tied to the doorknob on the other side, around his neck. A chair was pushed over nearby. A scarf over his head, and a snap chain securing his hands behind him. Police said the boy could have snapped the chain himself. His mother, Mrs. Tolly Shu ford, was unable to lift him down and called her husband, owner of B&semer City Ice & Coal Company. Mr. Shuford told her to summon the police and the life-saving crew, but arrived from Bessemer City in time to' take his son down. He attempted » restore his breathing, but it was too late. The death of the Kings Moun tain youth was a partial sequel to a similar death of a fourteen year-old Gastonia youth last week. | Mrs. Shuford said she returned home to find the family pets, a cat and a German police dog, in the house. She called to her son and went upstairs when she re ceived no answer. The boy’s death has shocked the whole community. An “A" student, Billy Shuford was dili gent in his school work and ex tra-curricula activities. He was on the Jayvee basketball squad, which was to have played Mon day night. He was a trombonist in tiie high school band and had attended practice Monday. He was a model airplane and flying enthusiast. His father could contribute no particular reason for his son’s death, but did say the lad had suffered vision trouble and was subject to intermittent headach es of some severity. Last week he had told his father he’d had trouble with blurred vision at basketball practice and had wondered whether his vision would prevent his studying nuc lear physics in college. They had projected a visit to an eye spec ialist. On Monday morning, his fath er recalled, he and the boy had chatted in quite normal fashion and with some jocularity. The coronor's inquest will be held at City Hall courtroom at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Alexander Asks Six-Member Commission The city board of oammdssion ers bias called a public hearing for Thursday night at 8 o’clock on its proposal to lengthen and stagger terms of elected city of ficials. ' In addition, the board invites opinion on a new proposal ad vanced by Comm. Ross Alexan der last week. Mr. Alexander proposed that the commission be expanded to six members. He told the board, in its special meet ing of February 4 that the city should have six commissioners and that its present system, with five wand commissioners and a mayor, is unbalanced. Discussion indicated that addi tion of a commissioner would re sult in a split-up of Ward 5, which the commissioners agreed is the largest city political division with much greater population than any of the other wards. Board action on carving of a new ward wa® to study tfhe pro posal, on Mr. Alexander’s motion, and Comm. Luther Bennett's second. To assure public notice of the Thursday night session, to be held at City Hall, the commission delayed its regular February meeting from February 11. The special session had been called for the purpose of formal izing the previous unanimous de cision to lengthen terms of city office to four years and to set up a staggered arrangement. ■wime no oi nciai maioaiea any change in feeling albout the de sirability of lengthening and staggering terms of office, the commission hit a stumphole on the question of which offices would be open for two years and which offices would 'be open for four in the coming May election. City Attorney J. R. Davis had drawn a proposed General As sembly bill which would find mayoral candidates seeking four year terms and candidates for two commissioner-ships seeking four-year terms. The other three commissioners would seek two year terms. Blanks were left in the act for board action in desig nating the two long-term com missioner seats. Mayor Glee Bridges suggested that the decision be made by drawing, but this 'brought objec tions from Oomm. Ben Bridges and other board members. To a review of an original sug gestion that commissioner candi dates placing highest in the for thcoming election draw the long est term, the city attorney sug gested t ha t number of candidates for a particular seat would de termine length of terms, more than voters themselves, and doubted the Assembly’s approv ing an act which does not desig nate particular terms of office. The election term change, if and when approved by the com mission, will be forwarded to the county’s legislative delegation for enactment by the General As sembly. P-TA COURSE All P-TA groups in the city schools are being invited to participate in a study course Ito be held at North school aud itorium the evenings of Feb ruary 19th and 26th from 7 un til 9 p. m. The standard P-TA course requires from six to eight people. Band Making Giff To City Policemen The high school band, via its uniform manufacturers is ma king a gift to the Kings Moun tain police department, if un wittingly. Shoulder patches chosen for the new band uniforms were a replica of the police uni form shoulder patches, with the exception that the legend was to read “Kings Mountain High School Band" rather than “Kings Mountain Police De partment”. But last week a shipment of 38 shoulder patches bore the legend “Kings Mountain Po lice Department." The company wrote, along with an apology for the error, that somebody’s loss was an other’s gain and suggested that the band make a gift of 38 shoulder patches to the po lice department. 11 be done, says Band Dir ector Charles Ballance.
The Kings Mountain Herald (Kings Mountain, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 12, 1959, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75