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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 tM ttgur* tor Gnater Sing* Mountain It deilrod boa tho IKS Mng§ Mountain city directory conru*. Tha city Limit* figaro U boa tn« United State* census ot I960. VOL. 70 No. 22 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 4, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Gault Brothers, City. Staoupe Deny Allegations City of Kings Mountain, co-de fendant in a $5,000 damage ac tion with C. J. Gault, Jt. and Boy ce H. Gault and R. Coleman Stroupe in a boundary line dis pute, has denied allegations of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bailey (Casey) Jones ithaltjthe city allowed the other defendants to encroach on Jones property. Messrs. Gault and Mr. Stroupe have also denied allegations that they encroached on an alley-way, which the Jones contend was ac cepted by the city for a perman ent alley, and have further re plied, in answer filed in Cleve land Superior Court ^halt the Jo nes have, themselves encroached ' on the alley. The City of Kings Mountain further denies that it has accept ed the alleyway (familiarly known as Stroupe Alley) as a permanent alley. The Jones contended, in their complaint filed recently, that the city 'had accepted the aflffley as a permanent alley and that they would not have purchased prop erty on the alley in 1941 had this not been true. ,In their answer the Gault Bro thers say, 'That in 1955, the de fendants .constructed a store building on Itheir three (3) lots and that before said building was constructed the defendants secured L. B. Falls, a registered Engineer, who surveyed out said lots land laocondiinjg to his survey and according Ito our measure ments, the western wall of said building is only 85.2 feet from the western edlge of Piedmont avenue and therefore 'lacks approximate ly 15 feet of extending to the al leyway; that instead of these de. fendants encroaching upon the alleyway, the alleyway Is encroa ching upon the property of .the defendants to the extent of ap nroximatelv 15 feet.” Mr. Stroupe contends: "That the defendant, R. C. Stroupe, has never encroached upon said al leyway and has not constructed his dwelling house on any pant of said alleyway, but in fact lacks some 12 to 15 feet extend ing to ithe alleyway.” The Gault-Stroupe answer con. tinues: "That as these defendants have been informed and there fore believe and allege, (the plain tiffs have encroached upon the western half of said alley by us ing same ito park his car and for a pant of his front yard.” All defendants ask that the li tigation be dismissed and that the Jones be taxed with the costs • of (the action. Davis and White are attorneys for defendants, while E. A. Har rill is attorney for plaintiff. Mr. LeRicheux s Rites Thursday Funeral rites for William (Bil ly) LeRicheux, 95, will be held Thursday at 4 o’clock from Cen tral Methodist church. (Mr. LeRicheux succumbed Tuesday at 5:10 p. m. following an illness of several months. A native of, England, Mr. Le Richeux operated a dray during the horse and buggy days in Kings Mountain. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles LeRicheux, he ' was a member of Central Methodist church. His wiife, Liz zie Catherine Dover LeRicheux, died in 1929. Mr. LeRicheux is survived by o<ne daughter, Mrs. Glenn Smith, Kings Mountain; two granddau ghters, Mrs. Frank Price, Kings Mountain, with whom he made his home; Mis. Everett Davis, Gastonia; five great-grandchil dren, and one great-great grand child. The final rites will be conduct, ed by Rev. James B. MCLarty. In terment will he in Mountain Rest Cemeftery. St. Matthew's Schedule Changes 9t. Matthew’s Lutheran church will begin its summer schedule Sunday. Sunday School will be at 8:45 with morning worship at 10 a. m. This Sunday Communion will be offered immediately af ter the regular Morning Service; the final Holy Communion Ser vice for two months. Vacation Bible School begins Monday for six days, June 8-13. The (teachers: Mrs. Ben Bridges, M>-c L. E. Hinnant, Mrs. Floyd Queen, Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Jr., Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Jr., Miss I.ouise Kiser, and Miss Donna Cheatham. anita McGinnis PALMER HUFFSTETLER CHARLES YELTON GEORGE HORD, JR. VERNON TATE GUY FISHER DELVIN HUFFSTETLER WILLIAM GREENE JUDY JENKINS EDDIE GOFORTH Baptists Set Groundbreaking Groundbreaking ceremonies will be Wkl Sunday (for the $256,000 pliant to 'be built by First Baptist Church. The ■ceremony will include, be sides the ground breaking, hymns, prayers, and Other rituals. An in vocational .prayer will be offered by Dr. E. V. Hudson, in terim pastor since the resignation of former minister, Aubrey T. Quakenibush. The group’s newly elected pas tor, Rev. IB. L. Ramies, will deliver a brief address. Actual ground breaking will be done by W. A. Wil'iiams, member of the church building oammi'ttee. * The new dhurch plant will be feiected on the corner of W. King and Sims streets. First to be built wtHl be a combined temporary sanctuary and educational unit wthktfi will later be used sdley for educatianial and administrative departmfents. PARKING METERS City pricing meters returned $136.28 tor the week ending Wednesday at noon. Off-street meters returned $20.71, and on street meters $115.57. | Ten More Area Students Graduate From Colleges And Universities Many Kings Mountain students are receiving college degrees in commencement season activities. I Among the graduates: George Hord, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Hord, received the A. B. degree in journalism j from the University of North Car i oliina. He is now a member of the | staff of the Raleigh Times. Delvin S. ifuffs teller, son of Mr., ] and Mrs. Dan Huffstetler, former 1 residents, was graduated from | the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy with the ba | chelor of science degree. At UNC he was a member of the NCPA : and APHA student branches. He I has accepted a position with Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Anita McGinnis, daughter of ] Mr. and Mrs. Paul McGinnis, i Charles Yelton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady Yelton, and Guy Whicker Fisher recei ved degrees , from LenoirJRihyne College, Hie-1 j kory. Both Yelton and Fisher re ceived A. B. degrees in business administration. Miiss McGinnis was graduated cum laude wi th an A. B. degree in sociology. Palmer Huffstetler. son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Huffstetler, former residents, a student in the School j of Law at Wake Forest, received i | his bachelor of arts degree from j Wake Forest college. Mr. Huff-| I sletler is married to the former Mary Ann Beam of Kings Mown- I tain. Jim Oaveny, son of Mr. and 'Mrs. John Oaveny, and Eddie Go-1 : forth, son, of Mr. and Mrs. Bun | E. Goforth, received their degrees I in commencement exercises at > | Western Carolina college. At! WCC, Mr. Goforth was a mem i her of Kappa Sigma Kappa, exxa ! afl fnatematy. Mr. Oaveny has re ceived a fellowship for graduate atudv to mathemataos alt the Uni versity of Kentucky nbxi year. Judy Jenkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jenkins of Mayo, S. C., farmer residents, received her bachelor of science degree Cram Umedtone college at Gaff (Continued On Page Eight) I Local News Bulletins GRADUATED Peggy Wren Crailg, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Craig, formerly of Kings Mountain, was graduated with honors from Decatur, Ga., high school. She plans to enroll in September art Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga. HOSPITALIZED Mrs. Charles Carpenter, Jr. entered Presbyterian hospital at Charlotte Tuesday where she underwent major suitgery. She was recuperating satisfactorily Wednesday, Mr. Carpenter re ported. ON TV PROGRAM Mrs. Margaret McLarrty Coch- ; rane, who appears professional ly as Eileen Fulton, will appear in the True Life television ser ies Saturday at 12 noon on “Darien Original” on NBC. Viewers may see the show via WSOC-TV Channel 9, Charlotte. Mrs. Cochrane is the daughter i of Rev. and Mrs. James MeLar- i ty. LODGE MEETING Regular communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at 'Masonic Hall, ac cording to announcement by T. D. Tindall, secretary. RECEIVES DEGREE Ruth Lorraine Adams, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon L. Adams, Kings Mountain, was awarded the Bachelor of Arts Degree by Johnson C. Smith University on June L Permissive Plan, Not Mandatory, Being Sought BY MARTIN HARMON The city board of commission ers moved to call an election on a modified city manager system last Thursday night, as it instruc ted City Attorney J. R. Davis to draw a proposed bill and seek General Assembly action order ing (the election. (Mr. Davis forwarded the pro posed bill to Senator Robert Mor gan and Representative Jack Palmer Saturday, as well as to Claude Love, assistant attorney general. Mr. Davis had included one section on which he particularly sought the attorney general of fice’^ opinion. The section, Num. ber 4, making the employment of a city manager permissive, ra ther than mandatory, provides that an eleoted mayor may serve as both mayor and city manager. Otherwise, the bill modifies the “Plan D” city manager form of government almost exactly as did the proposal which the elec torate defeated by eight votes at .the 1953 city election. Unde'r the specific modifications, the city commission would retain auth ority to employ or appoint the city attorney, city clerk, city treasurer and oity tax collector, record of municipal court, and solicitor of city court. It provides that /the mayor will have the right .to vote in event of .tie votes only. To a question by the Kings Mountain Herald concerning re tention of the requirement (that successful cam did antes attain ma jorities of ithe votes (rather than pluralities as was in vogue until T951), Mr. Davis said It was his opinion the section repealing all laws and clauses in conflict with •the proposed bill would mean that the 1951 bill setting ruin-off election machinery would be re tained. The act will not change the current method of electing five ward commissioners and the ma yor. Text of the bill follows: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A RE FERENDUM ELECTION IN THE CITY OF KINGS MOUNTAIN UP ON THE QUESTION OF A DOPTING A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT, SAID ELECTION TO BE HELD AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSION ERS. The General Assembly of North i Carolina do enact: Section 1: That at the discre tion of the Mayor and the Board ! of Commissioners for the City of ! Kings Mountain and upon a reso i lution duly adopted by said Board, an election shall be held in the City of Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, after the no tice required by GS 160-298 has been given, and there shall be submitted for determination by the qualified voters of the City of Kings Mountain the question of the adoption (in lieu of the present form of government) or a form of1 government for the City of Kings Mounatin defined as “Plan D”, as provided by part four of Article 22-of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as modified by this act, which plan provides for a mayor a city council and a city man ager. The question shall appear on the ballot as follows: -For City Manager form of government under modi fied "Plan D”. -Against City Manager form of government under modi, tied “Plan D’’. Section 2: That the said elec (Continued On Page Eight) Merger Meeting To Be Thursday Township school officials will hold a third meeting Thursday night at 8 o’clock ait Bethware sdhoofl to discuss further plans for a merger of county district schools with the Kings Mountain city district. Call of the meeting of the sev eral school board officials was is sued by Hill Lowery, Bethware chairman, after IMr. Lowery had cancelled a meeting of school board chairmen previously set for Tuesday night. This ootnm&tttee of the oommi* tees had been given the task of presenting a recommendation on the politicai govern mem of the expanded district. Mr. Lowery was quoted as say ing he fedt a generai discussion of the political arrangement fat order. Commercial Electrical Rate Pared In Base Schedule .2c I ELECTED — Mrs. Lena W. Mc Gill was elected president of the Erskine College Alumni Associa tion at last weekend's commence, ment activities held on the Er— skine campus. Mis. McGill Heads Alumni (Mrs. Lena W. McGill was e leoted president of Ithe Erskine j College Alumni Association dur ing commencement week end at the Due West, S. C. 'institution. The Kings Mountain woman will serve a two-year itenm. John A. Cheshire, Jr., of Kings Moun tain, was also elected a member of the board. Alumni activities, held Satur day, celebrated the 100th anni versary of the founding of the woman’s college. At the business meeting, Earl Barron, of Green wood, S. C., gave the apnual re ports of the Living Endowment drive. He stated the goal for the year was $75,000 and a total of $118,000 had been received. Goal of $100,000 was set for the year 1959-60. The Class of 1909, which cele brated its 50th anniversary, re ceived a challenge gift of $1,000 and 100 percent class participa tion in the Living Endowment. A record attendance of 400 marked the alumni activities held on the college campus. Mrs. McGill, is the wife of John L. McGill. Hospital Directors Set Annual Meeting Annual dinner meeting of the board of directors of Kings Moun tain Hospital, Inc., will be held Wednesday night at Kings Moun tain Country Club. 'Principal bus iness, (Business (Manager Grady Howard said, will be election of officers for the coming year. Georgle W. M'auney has served j as president since the institution ! 'became a non-profit corporation. R. S. Lennon and Mrs. George Houser will join the board as | new members. _ City Officials Say Hospital Chief Beneficiary EJghlteen business firms, and any other ciity commercial or in dustrial customers Who might have reached the base rate buc ket of consumption in the past two-plus years, will gelt a slight rate reduction effective with Au gust billings. The board of commissioners, in an effort to help Elmer Lumber Company, Inc., solve a building problem, voted Tuesday night to pare the base rate on usage in . excess of 2500 kilowatt hours to ' 1.2 per kilowatt hour. The rate i prevailing since the latter days of Bridges Administration II has i been 1.4 cents per kilowatt hour. The new base rate is higher by .24 cents per kilowatt hour than the former base rate pre vailing. Commercial customers pay $41.84 for the first 2500 kilowatt hours of service per imonith. The rate revision puts com mercial customers, after using 2500 kilowatt hours, on a pari with residential customers, who! get the 1.2 cents rate after using one-tenth that amount or 250 kilowatt hours. While several business firms will be aided by the rate reduc | tion, Kings Mountain hospital, city officials said, will benefit by | about $3,000 of the estimated i $4,000 annual reduction, based on present consumption. rne tamer Lumber Company problem arises from plans of the company to build a new install ation on a siite cut by a Duke Power Company line. D. M. Peel, er, president, told the board Duke refused to move the line free, un. less his firm became a Duke cus tomer. In turn, Duke would pro vide only one-line 440-volf ser. vice, which, in turn, would cost Elmer Lumber an estimated $3800 to $4000 for rewinding all the motors currently in use. City commissioners said they did not wish to give away a ma jor power customer which paid the city a $1100 gross profit in the past year. In turn, Mr. Peeler said he preferred to remain a city customer, if rates aren’t pro. hibitive, due to excellent service the city electrical department provides his firm. Martin Harmon, Herald editor, suggested the rate cut might be the proper avenue to satisfy e veryone. Hunter Allen, eleatrical super intendent, estimated the 440-volt line service would cost the city $4,000 to install. After approving the rate re duction, the commissioners a greed that Elmer Lumber Com pany could receive from the city one-line, one-meter service, three meter or four-meter service, at option of Elmer Lumber Com pany. The company now has three (Continued From Front Page> Sterdu Officers Are Optimistic; Mikeal, Mrs. Neal Are Promoted A. B. Mikeal, for the past two years credit manager of Sterchi’s here, has been promoted to credit manager of a newly acquired Sterehi unit in Florence, S. C., and Mrs. Dewitt Neal, bookkeep er, has succeeded Mr. Mikeal. J. Kennon Blanton, Sterehi (manager here, made the announ cement Monday, after a confer ence with C. S. LaRue, Sterchi’s vice-president and treasurer, and W. E. Haase, Sterehi secretary and assistant treasurer, and Tom Driskill, of Charlotte, district ma nager. Mr. LaRue and Haase are from company headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn. The company officials said Sterohi’s was acquiring the Flor ence unit, a four-story furniture firm with three floors air condi tioned, on Tuesday and had ac quired another store in Sootts boro, Ala., the previous week. They said two more prospective additions to the chain are in the offing. The Seorttsboro, and Flor ence acquisitions bring to 43 the number of stores in the Sterehi chain. Vice-President LaRue said Ster ehi's showed a 25 percent gain in sales during the fiscal quarter' ended May 30 and commented that May was a much better sa les month than May 1958. In Kings Mountain, it was noted that May sales topped compara ble months for the past eight years. Mr. LaRue, a veteran Sterchi i official, said he is of French ex traction and dates his antece-1 dents in this country from 1670. He said his LaRue forebears landed at Staten Island in New ] York harbor, migrated to Virginia and other states, and that he was born in Indiana. Mr. Haase, also a Sterchi vet eran, is of German extraction, his lather having emigrated from Germany. His mother’s folk, how ever, were Kentuckians and, he noted, some assisted art the birth of Abraham Lincoln. !Both expressed optimism on the outlook for furniture sales. Manager of the newly-acquired Florence unit is Lester Garter, prompted from manager of the Forest City unit. Mr. Carter was succeeded by George Reep, for merly a salesman art the Forest City store. APPOINTED — Wilson Griffin. Kings Mountain pharmacist, has been appointed a member of the Cleveland County Welfare board, effective July 1, succeeding Dr. Nathan H. Reed. Griffin Named To Welfare Post Wilson Griffin, Kings Moun tain pharmacist, has been appoin ted toy itihe county board of com missioners to the Cleveland Coun ty welfare board. He will succeed Dr. Nathan H. Read, effective July 1. The appointment is far a three year *erm. Other members of thb welfare board are Rep. Jack Palmer, Em mett Matthews, 'both of Shlellby. Dr. Reed had served as a mem ber of the board 'for the past six years and Was not eligible for re appointment. iMr. Griffin is a navy veteran of World Wlar II and a graduate of the University of North Caro lina School Of Pharmacy, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity. A Cen tral Methodist, he is secretary of ^he church’s official 'board, a di- . rector of the Rotary Club, a mem- ' ber of ithe 'North Carolina Phar maceutical association and sec j retary - treasurer of the Cleve J land County Drug (association. He | is ipast president of the Kings | Mountain Junior Chamber Of | Commerce. Mrs. Griffin is the former Sara ; Frances Spurting. They have a j daughter, Myra Jane Griffin. 32 Students Get Honor Seals Honor seals marked 32 diplo mas received by high school gra duates in commencement exer cises Monday at Central school. Graduates receiving the seals maintained an average of 85 dur. ing four years in high school, an average of A on conduct with no grade below B. and had partici pated in at least, one extra-cur ricular aotivity. Honor students were: Betty Jean Allen, Tillie Arrowood, Peg gy Black, Mary Frances Bridges, Patricia Brooks, Elizabeth Brown, DeWayne Caldwell, Bobby Early, Particia Foster, Judy Hope, Cor nelia Houser, Joy Hudson, Betty Sue Kirby, Richard Lennon, Jr., Mitchell Ann Lynn, David Rich ard McDaniel, Gloria Ann Mc Daniel, Brenda Falls, Judy Med lin, Jackie Merrill, Linda Mitch am, Rebecca Ormand, Donald Parker, Jr., Gertrude Pearson, Da vid Plonk, Graeme Reeves, Pa tricia Scruggs, Barry Smith, Don ald Tignor, Carolyn Walker, Vir ginia Ratmsey Wallace, and Ro bert Wilson. Jaycees To Hold Paper Drive Sunday Kings Mountain Jaycees will conduct a waste paper drive this weekend. Area citizens who have was te paper to be collected should deposit it on the curb in front of their houses Sunday at 2 p. m. and members of the Jaycees will pick up the paper. Others who desire the paper collected before Sunday should contact Bob Maner '(phone 1380); Bob Goforth (368), or Wesley Bush (No. 9).