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I Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 n» Avon lor Great.r Hags Mountain Is de tired boa tts IMS Sags Mountain city dbsctory csasus. The city Uudts flffure U bom the Dated States csnsus at ISSO. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 70 No. 18 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursray, May 7, 1959 Seventieth Year OH Pages ZU Today PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins FAIRVIEW LODGE There will be a regular com munioation of Faiirview Lodge No. 3393 AF and AM Monday, May 11, a/t 7:30 p. m., ac cording to secretary T. V. Tin dall. BAND The Elementary band of West School will give a performance Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 p. m. in the school auditorium. The public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria. ORIENTATION Orientation Day progsams will be held Monday from 1:30 until 2:30 p. m. at West school. All prospective first graders and their parents are being in vited to attend. ELECTED Jones Y. Pharr, a son-in-law of Mrs. Edith Goforth of Kings Mountain, was elected a mem ber of the Charlotte board of education in Tuesday’s elect ion. Mr. Pharr had previously served on the board by ap pointment. Mrs. Pharr is the former Pauline Goforth. CHILD ILL Pat Anthony, ithree-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam C. Anthony of Kalamazoo, Mich., underwent a tracheao tomy at a Kalamazoo hospital last week end. The child, granddaughter of Dr. J. E. An thony, had become suddenly ill. GIRL SCOUT The Kings Mountain Girl Scoult Neighborhood Associa tion will meet Tuesday at 1:15 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church for a regular meeting. OFFICE CLOSED Offices of the driver’s licen se bureau will be closed on Fri day while examiners are at tending a district meeting. The office will also be closed Mon day, Confederate Memorial Day. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday noon totaled $153.38, including $25.00 from off-street meters and $128.49 from on-street me ters. LIONS PROGRAM Dr. Russell Henry, patholigist at Shelby and Kings Mountain hospital will speak to Kings Mountain Lions at the regular club meeting Tuesday night at the Woman’s Club at 7:00 o’ clock. School Mergez Meeting Changed The meeting of school officials of No. 4 Township for further discussion on consolidation, pre viously scheduled for Tuesday night, has been postponed until Thursday night, May 14. Hill Lowery, chairman of the host Beth ware school committee, said the meeting had been post poned on request of Kings Moun tain school officials due to con flict with the city election. Representatives of Grover, Compact, Park Grace, and Beth ware, all in the county school district, and members of Kings Mountain board of education are being invited as they were to the first meeting. Bethware school officials ini tiated an abortive consolidation effort in 1954, again has express ed hearty endorsement. Kings Mountain officials are also un animous in support of the effort. Expressions have thus far not been forthcoming from Compact and Park Grace systems. Little Tlieatie Invites Membeis Kings Mountain’s Little The atre group held an organizational meeting Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Moffatt Ware, Sr. The group invited new mem bers and interested citizens are weloome to join the group at their May 21st meeting at 8:15 p. m. at the Ware home. Future activities were discuss ed at the regular meeting. DuBose Accepts Baptist Call NEW PASTOR — Rev. Marion D. DuBose, Jr„ of Louisville. Ky„ will become pastor of Kings Mountain Baptist church June 7. He is pastor of Rowletts Baptist church, Rowletts, Ky. One More Day To Register Saturday will be the final day to register for the city election. There was some confusion ear ly this week concerning the fact that Saturday is also-Challenge Day. However, a check of the city election machinery act shows that ithe system differs from ,the county system where three Sat urdays for registration are fol lowed by a non-registering Chal lenge Day. Last Saturday’s registering was heaviest of the three. Three regis trars reported 123 new additions to the pollbooks bringing the in complete total of new registra tions to 313. Gantt Given Active Sentence Thurman Gantt, 31-year-old Kings Mountain man, was given sentences amounting ito 8 years as a result of an automobile col lision in which five persons were injured several months ago. f*our years of the sentences were sus pended. G&ntt was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, to wit, an automobile; and one count of reckless driving. Prayer for judgment was contin ued by Judge W. K. McLean on a speeding charge involved in the same accident. Judge McLean pronounced the penalty Monday as the second week of a two-weeks "mixed” term of Cleveland Superior Court I gat under way. Gantt is to serve first a 2-year sentence for reck less driving, after which a two year sentence for assault with a deadly weapon (automobile) will commence. The charges against Gaptt grew out of a colision last Feb. 7 at York Road and East Gold Street. lA oar driven by Gantt col lided with one driven by Marvin Echols, 31, Grover. Injured were Echols; his wife, Mrs. Winona Echols, and (their ll-mornth-old son Randy, passengers in the Ec hols car. Mrs. Ovelin Short, 34, and Delmira Harris, 20, passen gers in the Gantt car, were also injured. . Ganitt was charged with failing to stop at a stop sign and with reckless driving by city police. Charges of assault with a deadly weapon — an automobile — op each member of the Ec hols family were fijed later. The grand jury indioted on all counts and Gantt pled guilty. Young Randy Echols under went brain surgery in a Char lotte hospital two weeks ago, and was said to be improving by a family spokesman. Randy has been hospitalized since the acci dent. ROTARY CLUB W. T. Robinson, assistant sec tary-treasurer and office man ager of Carolina Freight Car riers Copoation of Cherryville, will speak at the 12:15 meet ing Thursday of the Rotary club. Mr. Robinson was also recently re-elected mayor of Cherryville. The club convenes ait ithe Country dub, Program Chairman T. L. Trott said. Kings Mountain Baptist Church Calls Pastor Rev. Marfan D. DuBoste, Jr., pastor of RoWletts Baptist church in Rowilettts, Ky., wall become pastor of Kings (Mountain (Baptist church June 7. Mr. DuBose succeeds Dr. Zeno Wall! of Shelby, who has (been ser ving as supply pastor. A native of Atlanta, Ga., the nbw mlinister, son of (Marlon D. and Lalage Darwin DuBose, was educated to the Athens, Ga., schools, the University of Georgia where his father taught German, and at Southern Baptist Theolo gical Seminary. As a youngster, he lived for a year in Munich, Germany, where his (father com pleted graduate work, then com pleted his education in the Geor gia schools, and joined a statis tics firm for two years as a news gatherer. Pram 1941-46 he served as a second lieutenant in the Ar my and was discharged as a ma jor in the reserve corps. Mr. DulBose was rAamager of an automobile insurance concern for nine years before he entered the seminary as a ministerial .student. As a seminary student he worked for two years with the juvenile department’s program. Married to the former Eliza Green'e of Laurens, S. C., and Charlotte, Mr. DifBoSc, 44, is a i cousin of Mrs. O. Max Gardner, Sr., of Shelby and a great-great grandson of James Milton Webb, first pasitor of (Shelby’s First Bap tist church to 1847. ■Before assuming his present pastorate, hie was pastor of (Bates ville Baptist church', Baitesvffle, Ind. Band To Give Shuford Award Director of the Kings Moun tain City Bands, Charles A. Bal lance, announced Monday the intention of the members of the Kings Mountain High School Band to establish the John Phil ip Sousa Music Award in Kings Mountain High School. The a ward is to be given in memory of (the late Billy Shuford, an ar dent band member and intimate friend of many of the band mem bers. The Shuford award is a gold medallion mounted on a plaque; it will foe accompanied by a cer ■ tificate of merit and awarded to ithe senior band Student who, during his years in the band, has become recognized ‘‘for outstand. ing achievement and interest in instrumental music — for singu | lar merit in loyalty and cooper ation — and for displaying qua lities of good conduct” According to Mr. Ballance, the award is to be given upon rec ommendation by the Band Coun cil — the winner name is not to be disclosed until the' “Awards Day” presentation on June 1. A larger reproduction of the plaque of the award itself is to foe displayed in the trophy case inside the High School building. The names of the winners for the next 12 years will be inscribed there. The Shuford Award is the new. est of Kings Mountain High School’s merit awards, and says Mr. Ballance, “It's certainly one to be coveted.” Health Officer Dr. Z. P. Mitchell For Fluoridation Dr. Z. JP. 'Mitchell, Cleveland County health officer, made a statement this week in favor of fluoridation. The Statement follows: “In connection with the matter of fluoridating the municipal wa ter supply Of Kings Mountain, as County Health Officer, I feel it my duty and responsibility *o say and do Whatever I feel I can in the 'interest of 'better teeth for the citizens of Kings Mouna'in. ''For 20 years I have served as County Health Officer in Cleve land County, and during that time, I have examined the mouths of thousands of school children throughout the county, and I have been greatly impressed with the falot that so many of the Children Wave such decayed teeth. “In 1954. Shelby (began adding fluoride to its city water supply. We have just finished our annual examination of pre-school child ren throughout the county, and inasmuch as the pre-school child, ren in Shelby, With few excep tions, have been drinking fluori dated water for five years, I have found it quite interesting to tabulate the condition of the teeth of the children in the two respective towns. "In Shelby, for example, we ex amined 247 children in this age group, children who wifi enter school for the first time this fall. Out of 'this number we found only j 3 children with permanent teeth (6 year molars) 'that showed evi dence of caries. In Kings Moun tain, we examined a total of 154 Children and found 13 of them with permanent teeth decayed. In Shelby the percentage of 6 year molars Showing caries was 1.2 whereas 4n Kings Mountain the percentage was 8.4. I can think of no other reason (that would be re sponsible for this difference ex cept that one group had been drinking, more or Hess, all their lives, fluoridated water, and the Other group had not. “These figures are simply a.na tagous to similar reports coming to us from throughout the United States where fluoridated water has been In use, 'but I found it in teresting to note the difference locally. I would like to state fur ther that wfe 'have not 'tabulated the number of Children with de cayed temporary teeth, but the figures would be similar to those in rthe above category with the ex ception that we did not see the ex tensive decayed condition in the teeth of thb children in Shelby that was seen in the teeth of the Children of the county school s and Kings Mountain. ‘There is an abundance of lit erature favorable to fluoridated water for the prevention of den tal caries, and I 'have yet to find any evidence from a reliable source which indicates that there is any danger 'to the body tissues resulting from the use of fluort dated water. If fluoride is ®o dan gerous, why does it occur so ex tensively in nature? The condi tions that have 'been reported as occurring in elderly people alleg edly due to fluoride, such as fra gility of the bones, high blood) pressure, and other senile ail ments, such conditions occur in the elderly population, whether they drink fluoridated water or net. "One of the studies made on fluoridation was out in Colorado Sprthgs, Colorado, where the children were found to have mot tling of the teeth, and further stu dies revealed the fact that his j mottling was the result of the In gestion of excessive amounts of fluorides which naturally occur red In the water supply. If this substance is so detrimental to hu man welfare. Why do these people remain in these areas where the fluoride occurs in such (excessive j amounts naturally (10,12 and 14 1 (Continued on Page Eight) Winn Dixie Property Transaction Being Completed; Price $39,500 Arrangements for purchase of a major block of property on Cher, okee street and S. Piedmont ave nue by representatives of Winn Dixie Stores were being complet ed Wednesday. i Winn Dixie anticipatles building of a major super market on the property which fronts 170 feet on S. Piedmont avenue and 200 feet on Cherokee street Total purchase price was $39, 500. Checks were being delivered to ithe sellers Wednesday by 3. R. Davis, attorney for the punchas err. The several tracts, the sellers, and sale prices were: South Piedmont avenue, Mrs. Lucille Wright, $7500.; D. C. Mauney Estate, $5000.; Mrs. Boy ce Early, $7000. Cherokee street property—First Baptist church, $10,000; Glee A. Bridges and David Hamrick, $10,. 000. t It is anticipated that full de tails concerning construction of the new super market will be an nounced next week. ELECTED — J. T. McGinnis. Jr. has been elected commander of Otis D. Green Post 155, the Amer ican Legion, for the coming year. Mr. McGinnis succeeds Ray Cline. Legionnaires Elect McGinnis J. T. McGinnis, Jr., Plonk Mo tor Company salesman, was e ilected commander of Otis D. Green Posit 155, the American Le gion, Friday night. Other officers include Clyde Whets tine, first vice-commander; Ray Cline, second vice-commnder; Joe McDaniel, 'adjutant and fi nance officer; David Delevie, chaplain; W. D. Morrison, histor ian; George Franklin, sergeant at-arms. Named to the executive com mittee were Ross Alexander, Eu gene Gibson, Dili McSwain, E. C Martin, and 'Bill Phifer. Biown Rally Held Saturday Kings Mountain Negro citizen’s league held a fish fry at Bridges Airpont Saturday night In sup port of Roy J. Brown, Negro can didate for Ward 5, city commis sioner. Special guests were all mem bers of the present administra tion except R. Coleman Stroupe, incumbent city commissioner whom Biown is opposing for Ward 5 city commissioner, and Martin Harmon and David Baity of the Herald staff. Mr. Brown, in addressing the gathering, said he needed the support of all, and if elected, he would work for the betterment of all. William Orr, in introducing Mr. Brown and guests, told the Neg ro citizens of the voter's league which has been t organized and urged all to get out and support the organization. '“It’s purpose,” he said” is to get the citizens out to vote, and to support our candidates.” “We want to help all,” he said, “so please come out and help us.” Orr praised the present admin istration for its work in the past two years. Brief talks were made by May or Bridges, commissioners Brid ges, Bennett, and Gault The members of the administration pointed to the accomplishments of the city in the past two years and noted a particular effort had been made to Improve streets and other facilities tn the Negro resi dential sections. Herald editor Harmon said he considered the Negro his friend and that the Herald endeavors at ( all times to be honest with each j and every Kings Mountain citi ' zen, i - Bethware Seniors To Give Play The Senior class of Bethwarb 'high school will present an adap I tatiom Of Uouisa May Adeott’s •'Little Women” Thursday night ait 7:30 p. m. in the school audito rium. In the cast are Faye 'Bolin who hias the rale o< Jo; Mary Lou Wri ght as Meg; Norma Hamrick as Amy; Judy Putnam as 'Beth; Ja net Hamrick as Marmte; Paul Dover as Laurie; Buddy Free man as John Brooke; Merita Bridges as Aunt (March; Luther Edwards as Mr. March; and Jer ry Webster as Professor Bhaer. Admission is 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for children and stu dents. NO BUILDING PERMITS City Inspector J. W. Webster said the building business is slow, and he has had no re quests for building permits sin ce April 34. Fluoridation, Term Tenures Also On Ballot In addition to settling personal ity 'political contests Tuesday, Kings Mountain voters Will also settle two other major questions: 1) Whether the mayor and/or board of commissioners will serve two year or four year terms. 2) Whether the city will fiuor idiate the city water supply. While the election on the fiuor idation issue has no 'legal status, members of the present adminis tration unanimously have commit ted themselves to abide by the Mlay 12 result At least two challengers, com missioner candidates C. H. Hou ser 'and Dewitt e Cornwell, are also publicly committing them selves to hlonor the vote Of the electorate on fluoridation. The revote was ordered by the city board after Dr. J. E. Antho ny, senior Kings (Mountain • phy sician, 'issued a statement strong ly opposing fluoridation. Previ Viously, City P-TA health com mittees had taken the commis sioners to task on 'their failure to implement this fluoridation vote of two years ago. In ^957 the electorate voted about 2 to 1 in favor Of fluoridation. The election on lengthening the term of office was set up by state legislation Which had already been enacted when the eommis sion had a Change of mind and sought to remove it from the bal lot. Proposal on the four-term ori ginailly was for thfe purpose of staggering terms of office, a res olution the commission passed unanimously. Subsequently, op position to the staggered term developed, after (the commission could not agree on Which office would 'have Which term. Churches Aid Migrant Project Mings Mountain churches are odiiafooraiting with lairtea ohurdh women to provide aid to migrant children at care centers in Hen dersonville and Elizabeth City. Mrs. Robert Rosberg, chairman of the Christian Social relations committee in the local council of church women, announced plans this week for the observance of Migrant Sunday May 17. Ohfldren in the various Sunday Schol departments are asked to contribute items for health and first aid kits with the assembling to foe completed May 17. Migrant Sundlay is observed all Over the nation. Mings Mountain churches par ticipating hi the project include: Central, Grace, First Wesleyan, and El Bethel Method Jet church es ; First Presbyterian and Boyce Memorial ARP churches; Mings Mountain, First, Macedonia, East Side, Temple, and Second Baptist churches; and St Matthew’s and 'Resurrection Lutheran churches. - KIWANIS CLUB Floyd Farris, manager of Southern Bell Telephone com pany, will speak on civil de fense dealing with missiles and warning systems at the Thurs day night meeting of the Ki. wanis club. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. HEADS JAYCEES — B. F. Maner was installed Tuesday night as president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at the civic club's ladies night banquet. He suc ceeds George Thomasson. Jaycees Install New Officers B. F. Maner, Kings Mountain insuranceman, was installed Tuesday night as president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, as the club held its annual ladies’ night banquet. Installation of officers was a highlight of ithe event which al so included an entertainment program of humorous recordings, of radio oral lapses and miscuesj by Radio Station Manager Jonas | Bridges. Present as special guests were v/ivgs of members and presidents of various civtic clubs and their wives. Clyde Tomblin, district vice president of Spindale, installed these officers; in additon to Mr. j Maner: Robert: H. Goforth, first vice-president; Jim Lybrand, sec ond vice-president; Jacob Dixon, secretary; Wesley Bush, treasur er; Gene Patterson, Jaybird; George Thomasson, state direct or; and Bill Childers, Otis Falls, Jr., and Robert Hall, directors. Hold-over directors are Bill Allen, Raymond Goforth, and Manley Hayes. Churchwomen Set Special Seivice Kings Mountain’s annual May Fellowship Day service will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock at Boyce Memorial ARP church. Sponsored by the inter-denomi national United Churchwomen’s organization, the program is op en to the community. Theme of this year’s observan ce is “How Much Is Enough?” and Mrs. Paul Ausley is the speaker. Mrs. George Moore will conduct the devotional, and members of the Carol choir of the ARP church will render special music. Mrs. Kenneth McGill di rects the choir. United Churchwomen of Kings Mountain also sponsor World Day of Prayer. World Community Day, and Foreign Student week end. County Education Board Unopposed , To Number 4 School Consolidation The county hoard Of education | did not oppose the present No. 4 Township school consolidation proposail >in its action of Monday in approving county school con- j soiidatfon plans of a state survey; team. J. Horace Grigg, county schools, superintendent, called the Herald Wednesday to report an ornmis sion in the action as reported in The Shelby Star. The following was omitted: The county school board recog nizes that at present there is a plan for the proposed consolida tion of all the No. 4 Tontfnship schools with the Kings (Mountain dty administration unit. "Should it appear that the lat ter plan be preferred by the vo ters in No. 4 Township, the board of education would revise both the temporary and permanent Irfan aooardinsgly.’ The board voted to aooept the temporary and permanent con solidation plans recommended by a state survey team, with thfe ex ception thatt a new high school is to be constructed instead of using the present 'No. 3 plant. The board's action (Monday would mean that, under tihe tem porary plan, students from 'Beth ware and Grover high schools would be moved to NO. 3; Moores boro and Lattiimore to Boiling Springs; Casar and Piedmont to Polkville; and Belwood and Waco to Fatlston. The permanent plan, as appro ved by 'Che board, would mean construction Of .three high schools for the county. Grouping in the two southern districts would remain the same as the temporary plan while the six high schools of the northern area of the county would be con solidated (aft a new high school building constructed at a central location. The survey committee recom mended thait No. 3 High School be enlarged and used in the per manent plan, but the board decad (Con tinned on Page Eight) Some Obseiveis Predict Record Turnout To Polls Kings (Mountain citizens will go to ,the polls Tuesday (in ithe bien nial city election to elect seven of fice (holders of 20 candidates. In spite of an outwardly quiet election season many political ob servers and the (Rings Mountain Herald are predicting a record vote. Registrations have been par. Wcuiarly heavy, indicating that candidates have been doing much personal contact work and that 'the citizens intend to vote. The campaign to date has been a gentlemanly one. Advertising materials by the candidates have (been devoid Of 'the personality mudsllnging which has charact erized campaigns here since 1947. If mudslinging is being done it has 'been practiced word-of mouth. in addition to the personality elections, 'two other issues are attracting voter interest. One is on ’the proposal to lengthen the termis of Office of mayor and/or board of commissioners to four years. The other question is a re . vote on fluoridation of the city water supply, a question that has many emotional overtones. Top interest, as customary, is being attracted through the thrbe way race for mayor Where Mayor Glee A. Bridges, seeking a fourth I term, is being opposed by Ex-Ma yor Garland E. 'Still and one-tiime commissioner D-avid L. Saunders. Each of the t hree has been work ing diligently alt the business of attracting votes. Eadh predicts [ victory. I !Prolbably the other race attract. | ing top Interest is for Ward 5 commissioner where four candi 1 dates seek the office and where the caftdidaey of (Roy J. Brown, second Negro candidate in his tory here, is 'being heavily sup I ported by members Of hits trace. One supporter on the Brown man. agemerit team said this week, | “We mean to get ,him 600 votes.” Other candidates challenging In cumbent R. Coleman Stroupe are Charles E. Blalock, grocer, mak ing his first venture in city podi ffiics, and Curtis V. Gaffney, bar ber, also a candidate for the first time. , Wards 1 and 2 find only two candidates seeking office. In Ward 1, Incumbent Ross Alexan der is Opposed by C. H. (Oat) Houser. In Ward 2, Incumbent Boyce iH. Gault is opposed by A. Dewftte Cornwell. In Ward 3, Incumbent Luther T. Bennett faces the challenges of T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, veter an of four previous terms as Ward 3 commissioner, and C. Glenn White, one-time member of the city board of education. In Ward 4, Incumbent Ben H. 'Bridges is being Challenged by E x-Oom mission or Paul W. Led ford and J. Clyde Gladden. In the race for the lone sehoo® board position, all the candidates are seeking public office for thte first time. They are Mrs. F. A. ( Boots) McDaniel, Mrs. Lena W. McGill, and Dnace M. Peeler. —i Facts Are Listed On City Election Fallowing are facts on Tues day’s city election. Polls open at 6:30 a. m. Palls close alt 6:30 p. m. Voting places are: Ward 1 at City Halil; Ward 2 at City Hall; Ward 3 at Frank Ballard's Store; Ward 4 at Kings Moun tain Manufacturing Company olubroom; Ward 5 at Victory Chevrolet Company. Offices to be filled by in-airty voters: mayor, five ward com missioners. Offices to be filled by school trustee voters: one school trus teeship. Number of ballots, three, city ’ballot, school trustee ballot, and referendum ballot on ques tion of fluoridating city water supply. Basis of decision: majority of votes cast. Run-off provisions: in event a candidate fails to 'attain a ma jority, the candidate placing second has the right to demand a run-off election within five day® following the voting. The run-off election would toe con ducted on May 26. The board of wmmissloners serves, ex officio, 'as the city elections board. The present board will meet on Wednesday morning at 10 a. m. to officially canvass the Tuesday results. Candidates elected on Tuesday will take their oaths of office Thursday. (
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