I
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
The figure tor (beater Kings Mountain Is desired from
tbn 1956 Kings Mountain city directory census. Tbs city
Units figure Is bon Use United States census o< ItSb.
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VOL 70 No. 34
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 27, 1959
Seventieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Ken Smith Reported Missing
Since Monday Afternoon
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' Local News
Bulletins
TO ASHEVILLE
D. B. Blalock, chairman of
the coumty ASC committee, is
in Asheville this week attend
ing a district staff meeting for
discussion of,plans for the I9
60 conservation reserve and
coltton purchase program.
AWARDED CONTRACT
Rings Mountain Sheet Metal
Works was awarded the roof
ing and sheet metal contract
recently toy First Baptist Chur
ch, according ito an announce
ment by W. A. Childers, prop
rietor.
KIWANIS PICNIC
Kings Mountain Kiwanians
will hold a picnic Thursday e
vening at 7 p. m., with the wo
men of Oakdale Presbyterian
church to serve the meal. The
church is located on York Road,
REUNION
Descendants of the late John
W. Watterson and other rela
ted families will gaither at
Lake Crawford Sunday for
their first family reunion. Pic
nic dinner will be spread. The
committee on arrangements
includes: Mrs. W. O. Carter,
Gastonia; Bun Watterson,
Bessemer City; and W. L. Wat
terson, Kings Mountain.
KINDERGARTEN
Jack and Jill Kindergarten
will open Tuesday, Sept. 1, for
the fall term of school, Mrs.
Coman Falls, the director hais
announced. Mrs. Nell Cranford
is the assistant.
ARP SERVICE
Dr. Gordon Parkinson, dean /■
of men at Erskine College at
Due West, S. C„ will fill the
■ pulpit Sunday morning at 11
o’clock at Boyce Memorial ARP
church, Dr. W. L. Pressly, pas
tor, has announced.
WOMAN’S CLUB
The International Affairs de
partment of the Woman’s club
will serve Sunday dinner at
the Woman’s club on Septem
ber 13, and plans are under
way for the event. Mrs. David
Cash is chairman of the de
partment.
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BUILDING PERMIT
A permit was issued Monday
by J. W. Webster, City Inspec
tor, to Elmer Lumber Com
pany to make repairs on a
planer shed. Estimated cost of
alterations is $7500.
FREE LEGION SUPPER
A free supper, featuring
country ham and (the trim
minigs, will 'be held for mem
bens of Otis D. Green Post 155,
American Legion, beginning at
6:30 Saturday night, it was an
nounced by J. T. McGinnis, Jr.,
commander.
John Lackeys
Rites Conducted
Humeral rites (for John P. Lac
key, 47, Kings Mountain insuran
cteman, were held Tuesday after
noon. at 3 p. an. from St (Mat
thew's Lutheran church, of which
he wias a member.
Mr. Lackey succumbed sud
denly Sunday night about 10 o'
clock. Death wias attributed to a
heart attack.
A native oif devieland Comity,
Mr. Lackey wias the son of Mrs.
Mary Ellen Plonk Lackey and the
late J. C. Lackey. He wias single.
Mr. Lackey operated Lackey's
Insurance Agency and was active
in 9t Matthew's church where he
served as secretary In thfe Sun
day School department.
He is survived, in addition to
• his mother, iby a sister, Mrs. L.
W. Turner ocf Graham..
The final rites wtere Conducted
by Dr. W. P. GerberdLmg, with In
terment following in Mountain
Rest cemetery. -
Active pallbearers included Hu
bert AderhokJt, Ben H. Bridges,
Carl Mauney, L. Arnold Kiser,
James Herndon, and Ray Cline.
insuranceman
Left On Routine
Collection Tour
William ‘’Ken” Smith, 27-yiear
>ld insurance salesman and resi
dent of MeadoWbnook Road, was
reported as missing to Kings
VUauwtain police Tuesday morn
ing.
CWef Mamin Ware said he was
bold that Smith was last seen by
Ms wife about 3:30 p. m. Monday
afternoon and that Smith had
bold his wife he had about two
hours of collecting work to do.
No further word from Smith
had been heard by imM-aJtemoon
Wednesday.
Chief Ware said Smith’s , de
scription was broadcast t» the
State Highway Patrol station at
Salisbury Tuesday morning and
that relays had been made ito all
points of the state and to officers
in surrounding States.
Smith was driving a light blue
1952 four . door sedan bearing
i North Carolina licence tag
DL 1417..
Smith, an active member of
Cleveland County Life-Saving
crew, was described as ‘being six
feet tall, weighing 174 .pounds,
having brown balir with crew
cut and brown eyes.
He is a ^representative of State
Capital Life Insurance Company,
working out of the Gastonia of
fice.
Police declined to theorize , a
cause for Ms disappearance.
He was ait onetime a represen
tative here of Liberty Life In
surance Company.
Mrs. Smith Sis the former Doris |
Yates. They have no children. |
UF Budget
Talks Continue
Officers and directors of Kings
Mountain United Fund will con
vene again Thursday night for
further consideration otf budgets
in the forthcoming consolidated
charitable fund campaign.
Sam Stallings, chairman, said
the group will hear representa
tives of the Kings Mountain Red
Gross chapter, the Jacob S. Maun
ey Memorial library, the . dlty
schools band, and the Cleveland
Counity Life-Saving crtew at the
Thursday night session.
The group discussed requests
from the Boy Scouts, Girt Scouts
and the City Recreation commis
sion at last Thursday’s session.
Also presented was a request
from the Life-Saving crew, but
Mr. Stallings said the figures ap
peared incomplete on basis Of a
year’s operations and thie Life
Saving crew was asked to pre
sent new figures this .week.
HOMECOMING
Victory Baptist Church on Gro
ver road will Wold Homecoming
services Sunday. Picnic dinner
will be served following , the
morning worship service.
Retailers To Take
Labor Day Holiday
Labor-Day — (Monday, Sep
tember 7 — w£! toe a hol iday
•Cor majority of Kings Moun
tain retail (firms.
Mrs. Luther Joy, secretary of
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association, said that the holi
day is one of several annual
'holidays the retail merchants
enjoy.
She said the (firms would al
so Close on Wednesday after
noon, (September 9, for the cus
tomary midAveek half-holiday.
ASC Posted
Candidate List
The County Election Boards
recently convened and nomina
ted community committeemen
for each tovimship who will be
voted on in the ASC Community
Election to be held September
10.
From this group a committee
of five will be elected. There will
be a chairman, who will also
serve as delegate to the county
convention; a vice-chairman; a
regular member, and two alter
nates. The person receiving the
most votes will be designated
chairman, the remainder of the
positions will be distributed ac
cording to number of votes also.
Candidates from No. 4 Town
ship are Stowe Wright, Nevette
Hughes, Thomas Humphries, Al
ex Owens, David Smith, J. C.
Randall, Willis Harmon, Lamar
Herndon, Otto Williams, Hugh
Falls, Eugene Patterson, Jim
Yarbro, and W. S. Hicks.
No. 5 Township nominees are
Coleman Goforth, W. A. Wright,
Earl Eaker, Dewitt Randall, A. T.
Randall, John Black, Charles Go
forth,Clifford Hamrick, T. Z.
Hord, Harold B. Dellinger, Ken
neth Wright and Louis Sellers.
Present chairmen of No. 4 and
5 Township committees are Tom
Hamrick and F. C. Ware, respect
ively.
A completed slate of nominees
will be furnished not later than
August 28.
AT MEETING
Thomas P. Baker, junior at
the Dental School of the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
son of Dr. and Mrs. L. P. Baker
Of Kings Mountain, has been
chosen to represent the
school’s Scientific Department
at the Centennial Session of
the American Dental Associa
tion to be held in New York
City Sept. 14-18.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
at noon were: on-street meters,
$153.02. In addition, Cherokee
street parking lot meters re
turned $21.15, City Clerk Joe
McDaniel reported.
Swiss Youth No Fan Of Brigitte,
likes Hitchcock And Com-on-Cob
By MARTIN HARMON
Pierre Dasen, 17-year-old Swiss
youth, was completing his first
week as a school-year visitor
Wednesday without any appear
ance of shell-shock.
His two years of English study
in Switzerland is standing him
in good sitead and, if the Ameri
cans he’s with don’t speak too
quickly, or all at tme time, he
manges the language quite a
deptly, with only a few stumbles
over particular words or the
many area codloqiiMiams.
Proof would be the answers to
numerous questions put to the
six-foot blonde young visitor
Wednesday:
1) He hasn’t seen the French
actress, Brigitte Bardot, in the
flesh, but doesn’t care. He thinks
she's a poor actress. Thpugh he
doesn’t label himself a movie
fan, he likes Alfred Hitchcock
productions.
2) His high school studies for
•the coming year aren’t comple
ted jelled, but he will study En
glish III, American history, eco
nomics and sociology and ty
ping. Temporarily enrolled for
physics (only one of the sub
jects besides English he’s stu
died before), he may swap phy
sics for auto driving training and
for good reason. In Switzerland,
the minimum driving age is 18.
When he returns home next
summer, he’ll be old enough to
get under the wheel of a car. "
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PIERRE DASEN
3) Houses here are constructed
from different material than are
those in Switzerland, where
gray-white brick and stone are
common, in contrast to the many
red brick homes here.
4) American streets are bigger
and wider, but he astounded his
hosts, the Fred Plonk family, on
a trip to Gastonia one recent
night by asking, “Where are the
lights,” Swiss streets are ail lig
hted even in open country.
5) Swiss shops and stores are
much- akin to their American
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Three Township
Schools Report
1505 Enrolled
School bells at three area
schools in the county unit called
1505 student .to the fall term on
opening day Wednesday.
.First day enrollment was ‘'a
little mare than test year,” one
principal reported, “with 20 or 30
more pupils expected tomorrow,"
he added.
At BetHware Sdhool, a total of
391 pupils enrolled in the eletnen.
tary grades and 119 names were
added to the high school nfll.
Principal Jaimes Scruggs reported
the Grover enrollment as 402 in
the elementary grades and 118 in
the high school. Compact’s enroll
ment for opening day was 105 in
the high school and 370 in the
grammar grades.
Both iBethiware and Grover have
several new faculty , members
this fall, with Principal R. G.
Franklin also among the1 new
(Btethwane teaching staff. Mr.
Franfiddn succeeds Thurman War
Tick as principal.
City Unit Called
To Shelby Hie
Sixeen lines of fire hose were
laid Monday night for seven fire
companies manning 13 piecbs of
equipment to fight the spectacu
lar Mazes at Hoyt Keeter Motors
and Arey Oil Company in Shelby.
Kings Mountain fire crtew re
ceived a call Monday night at 9:40
to aid in extinguishing the blaze
which claimed about $300,000 in'
damages tot ithe Hoyt Keeter Mo
tors building.
Other out-of-city units called to
:the scene were from Gastonia,
Fall stem, and Lawndale plus coun
ty volunteer units.
In addition to the fire fighters,
first aid and rescule units from
Cleveland, Rutherford, and Gas
ton counties stood by. These dn
eluded Shelby Life Saving Crew
Cleveland Counity Liilfe Saving
j Crew of Kings Mountain, Gas
tonda Life Saving Crew and Ru
therford County life saving
Crew.
The Hoyt Keeter fire was thou
ght to have started from an ex
haust fan at the rear of the build
ing.
The Arey Oil Company fire
broke out about 7:15 p. m. Mon
day and in minutes had engulfed
the service Station - warehouse of
the Amoco distributor.
Exploding oil drums within the
building and i nearby Storage
tanks, some loaded with high oc
tane gasoline, kept firemen and
thousands Of spectators on edge
as f lames skyrocketed.
Four firefighters were injured
in the two blazes.
Robert Herndon, county rescue
Unit member, was overcome by
smoke at the Arey Oil Company
fire. He was 'admitted to the Shel
by hospital for treatment.
He battled fire and smoke at
the heart of the blaze for more
than an hour before staggering
out of a loading door and eoliap
Other injuries were Bill Wat
son, a Shelby auxiliary fireman,
who painfully burned on both
arms at the Keeter fire, Grady
Lovelace Who received cuts on the
foot at the Arey fire, < and Ray
Di'gh, who sustained a cut on the
arm by flying glass at the Artey
fine. Digh continued working aft
er first aid treatment.
Robert J. Arey, president of
Arey Oil Company, said damage
to the company could tbach a
$200,000 figure.
Baptist Series
Not On Tuesday
The "This I Believe’’ series at
the Kings Mountain Baptist ch
urch will not be held this week
as the church will hold its an
nual picnic and retreat at Lake
Montonia from 3 until 8 p. m.
The following week; September
8, the series will resume with
Rabbi Joseph Utchen of the Tern-'
pie Bmanufel, Gastonia, bringing
the lecture on the Jewish faith
at 7:30 p. m.
Robert Porterfield of the Je
hovah’s Witness faith lectured to
the community Tuesday night
and discussed in detail, his be
liefs.
“The public is cordially invited
to attend all of these series each
Tuesday night at 7:30 p. m. in the
Kings Mountain Baptist church,”
the pastor said. Questions can be
asked of the evening soeaker
either at the church lecture or
the Monday prior to the Tuesday
lecture by calling 999, Radio WK
MT at 6 p. m., of this city. ,
UONS DIRECTORS
Directors of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club will meet
Thursday night at Timms
Stop-n-Shop for the regular
monthly meeting, President
Edwin Moore has announced.
City And Park Grace Schools
Open For New Term Tuesday
Tax Judgment
Sales Clearing
County Scrolls
Only one off three advertised
pialwls of Number 4 Township
real estate was auctioned Mon
day, a® the county tax cofltecitor
seeks to dean his books of 1955
delinquent taxes.
Collector Robert Gidney, said
owners of two of the parcels had
settled their accounts prior to the
sale.
Auctioned, With John Bd Davis
high bidder at $32, was a tot of
James W. Carroll, lot Number 4;
of the Paul Camp subdivision.
Mr. Gldney said that of 30 par
dels previously advertised for
sale to satisfy 'tax judgments, only
seven have actually been cried
and sale of none has yet been con
firmed.
Hte said the law specifies a ten
day wali/ting_pqriOd before confir
mation of sale ‘by 'the clerk of
court. During that period, the
owner can redeem his property
by paying the tax judgment and
all expenses involved, or anyone
can raise the initial jbid. In the
latter instance, anotnter auction
would he necessitated. ,
With tax pre-payment business
brisk, work on the 1955 tax ac
counts will wait until September,
Mr. Gidndy said, when some 50 to
60 additional parcdlls of Cleveland
County real estate Will 'be adver
tised for sale to satisfy tax judg
ments.
Mr. Gidney said work its tal
ready underway on 1956 tax ac
I counts. He sad registered letters
have been posted to 246 owners of
real estate on which 1956 taxes
are delinquent and that judg
ments on these will be docketed
in September. Some of the 246
parcels were found to have new
owners and several have already
made settlement, he added.
We .certainly don’t want to sell
anybody’s land,” Mr. Gidney com
mented, "but we have to clean
these old .accounts.”
Mr. Gidney said principal dif
ficulty arises from former citizens
of the county who owned small
parcels of land and have moved
away without leaving addresses
, and from estates, where no heir
Was willing to protect his interest
by keeping the taxes paid.
Three Wrecks
Here Saturday
Oty 'Police officers were called
'to Che scene of three auto acci
dents Saturday, one occurring on
the Mountaineer Restaurant par
king lot, a second on Battleground
avenue, and the last on Cleveland
avenue.No injuries were listed in
either accident.
The accident at Mountaineer
restaurant occurred at 1:45 a. m.
and involved cars driven by Ro
bert Louis Williams of route 2,
a 1954 Chevrolet in the left, door
with ihis oar’s front bumper doing
approximately $50 damage to the
other Car.
Bills Ming investigated tthte
crash for city police department.
The crash alt 'Battleground ave
enue, at the intersection with
Mountain street occurred when
Leroy Colon Monroe of West End ,
N. C., was making a right turn off
Battleground onto Mountain
Street, turned too short and hit a
light post. ^
Damage to Monroe’s car was
not listed.
William Roper investigated the
accident.
The Cleveland Avenue wreck, at
S:15 p. m. involved a 1955 Chev
rolet driven !by Daniel Lee Wor
they, 312 Gride Street, Shelby;
and a 1952 Chevrolet driven by
Bdbby Gene Humphries, route 2,
Bessemer City.
Worthey was following Hum
phries and started to pass just as
the second oar started to make a
left, turn onto Branch street.
Damtage estimated at $150 was
done to Worthey*® car as the re
sult of the crash. ,The Humphries
! oar was damaged to the extent of
$100.
No charges were made m any
of the accidents.
HAS OPERATION
Mrs. Andrbw Jenkins, owner
of Sudie’s Beauty Shop, under
went ian operation at Charlotte
Memorial hospital Wednesday,
Her oamditdan was described as
satisfactory shortly following
the opteTation.
City And County
Taxes Being Paid
NEW PRINCIPAL — Robert Ho
ward Bryant, pictured above, is
the new principal of North Ele
mentary School. The former Al
lensville Elementary school prin
cipal, Roxboro, succeeds W. R.
George in the city school system
post.
Bryants Like
Kings Mountain
Robert Howard Bryant, new
principal at North Elementary
School, and family moved in
their new home at 805 Groves
street two weeks ago. Mr. Bryant
comes to Kings Mountain from
Allensville Elemtntary School
of Person County in Roxboro.
He fills the post in the city
schools system vacated by Will
iam R. George, who resigned to
accept the principalship of a
Fayetteville elementary school.
The Bryant’s like Kings Moun
tain’s atmosphere. Mr. Bryant
commented his two weeks here
seemed more like a vacation
than relocating in a permanent
home.
He is married to the former
Annie Lee Foster of Rainbow
Lake in Spartanburg county. The
Bryants have three daughters,
Jo Ellen, age 2, Louise (Lou),
age 4, and Mary, age 7. Mary
will attend second grade tut East
Elementary school.
Mr. Bryant is originally from
Fngerville, S. C., which he recalls
as a “place” populated by about
300 people. He attended New
Prospect High school. He receiv
ed an A. B. degree from Wofford
College, his major being social
studies and his minors, history
and math.
Bryant received his master’s
degree in education from Fur
man University in Greenville, S.
C. He attended three summer
sessions at the University of Nor
th Carolina.
A veteran of World War II, he
served as a corporal with the U.
S. Army in the European theatre,
working with a mines and demo
lition crew.
Mrs. Bryant will serve as sev
enth grade teacher at Central
school.
Pie-Payments
On 1959 Bills
Are Reported
Cash was rolling into city and
cc unity coffers this week, as citi
zens began paying 1959 tax bills
early — to earn ithe maximum
discount of two percent.
Deadline for earning the maxi
mum discount is Monday, Aug
ust 31, for the discount rate
drops to one percent on Septem
ber 1.
County Tax Collector Bob Gid-!
ney said a preliminary check-up
Wednesday showed about $175,
000 of the 1959 levy already pre
paid. “It seems a liititle behind
compared to last year, but we
didn't get out the notices quite
as soon. There’ll be a heavy pay
ment rush toward the end of the
period,” Mr. Gidney commented.
He said about $600,000 in pre
payments were made during Au
gust 1958.
City Tax Collector J. W. Web
ster said his office had issued
receipts for $29,454.17 through
Wednesday and also guessed
that payments would get heavier
through Monday. The city levy
for 1959 is about $150,000.
Mr. Webster said notices on
1059 city tax bills have already
been mailed to corporations and
business firms. He said notices
to individuals would be in ithe
mails Thursday and Friday—in
time for property owners to avail
themselves of the full discount.
The county does not mail ad
vance notices to all taxpayers,
usually restricting the early
mailing to citizens and firms
which prepaid their tax bills last
year.
The city has made a custom
for the past few yeans of mailing
all taxpayers advance notices.
Tax accounts are payable at
par October through January,
with penalties for late payment
applying in February.
Second Baptists
Set Homecoming
Open House at the new pastor -
ium of Second Baptist church will
feature the Sunday Homecoming
Day services at Che church.
Thie new home of the pastor
and his family, Rev. and Mrs. Al
bert Hastings, is located at 906
Rhodes Avenue, and the congre
gation, former members* and the
community are invited to partici
pate in the day’s activities, a
spokesman for the church said.
Tbev. Mr. Hastings will preach
at the 11 o’clock morning worship
service. Special music wild be und
er the direction of Norman King.
Picnic dinner will toe served on
the church grounds following the
morning services.
Eye Suigeon Says Glossed Eyes
Should Be Corrected At Early Age
By MARTIN HARMON
Cross-eyed or cock-eyed chil
dren should see an eye surgeon
as quickly as the deficiency is
noticed, a Charlotte eye surgeon
told members of the Lions club
Tuesday night.
Dr. Marvin N. Lynberis made
the statement in answer to a
question from Dr. George Plonk
in an open forum following Dr.
Lynberis’ address.
The surgeon said it is impor
tant to correct these ailments
during the time a child is “learn
ing to see”. If the correction is
delayed too long, he added, he
will never develop “binocular”
vision.
For older persons, Dr. Lynberis
described operations of this type
as “cosmetic” surgery. Older per
sons' appearance is normalized
fully or improved considerably,
but they've already supressed
use of the errant eye and won't
.put-it to work, he added.
“I like to correct this type of
vision .trouble as soon after a
youngster is 18 months of age
as possible,’’ Dr. Lynberis stated.
In other comments to questions
from his aud'ieqce, Dr. Lynberis
said he considered the transpl
anting of corneas as much “over-1
publicized”. He said he had
transplanted only three corneas
during last last year and that
this operation restores ^vision on
ly when the cornea is damaged,
which he compared to a cracked
piece of glass. He also described
the operation as comparatively
simple.
In his address, Dr. Lynberis
reviewed the great strides made
in medicine and phamacology
during the past decade and said,
except for narcotics, he doesn’t
write a single prescription that
he wrote when he graduated
from medical college 18 years a
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School Opening
Detail Complete,
Official Report
“The school buildings are cl
eaned up, all teaching vacancies
are filed, organizational plans
are completed, and now we're
waiting for the 8:30 bell Tues
day morning to get school un
derway," said B. N. Barnes, city
schools superintendent, Wednes
day afternoon.
Mrs. Eloiise W. Nickels, prin
cipal of Park-Grace School, said
Wednesday her school is organ
ized and awaiting opening Tues
day also. Park-Grace will follow
ithe same format as the Kings
Mountain city schools system for
both teacher and pupil orienta
tion days, fees, and cafeteria
operation.
Mr. Barnes noted the addition
of an extra third grade at East
Elementary school, thus allevia
ting the overloaded situation
there, and said the extra sixth
grade at West Elementary
school would take care of that
overload. “Of course,we’re anti
cipating more children than we
expected ait the end of last sp
ring term, but this will not tax
us to a great extent,” Mr. Barnes
added.
A guidance counselor could
not be obtained for the high
school, Barnes said, so therefore
the guidance work will be distri
buted between two dr three reg
ular faculty members. Ee could
not single out the partioular
staff members at this time.
The city school superintendent
wished particular emphasis be
New (teachers in the city
schools system will be present
ed to the school faculty at a lun
cheon Monday, August 31 at
noon in the high school cafe
teria. The luncheon is sponsor
ed by 'the city unit of the N. C.
E. A.
given the Tuesday, September l
opening of school. "This will be
Teacher-Pupil orientation day,
he said, “and all school children
should be present.’’
Organization plans have been
made and Supt. Barnes released
a teacher directory, according to
subject or grade taught, and
schoo’ location. They include:
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL:
Harry E. Jaynes, principal; Mrs.
Helen B. Ausley, chemistry-phy
sics; Mrs. Betty W. Bates, En
glish-journalism; Miss Odessa
Black, biology; Miss Frances
Caudle, girl's physical education
j and civics; Miss Jean nine Eas
Jlerling, Bible; Mrs. Carolyn N.
Finger, bookkeeping-shorthand;.
John H. Gamble, Jr., boy’s phy
sical education-history; Charles
A. Helms, driver’s education-his
tory; Mrs. Mary Sue M. Howard,
typing; Miss Helen L. Logan, En
glish; John R. Lutz, Jr., science;
Carl O. MeWhirter, English; Mrs.
Sue H. Moss, English; Donald L.
Parker, social studies; W. F. Po
well, math; William J. Purvis,
math; Miss Janet Scoggins, Fren
eh-Latin; Mrs. Faye S. Spake
(interim teacher for Mrs. Betty
R. Gamble), home economics;
Miss Kiititie Lou Sutton, geome
try-ailgebra; Mrs. Josephine E.
Weir, librarian; and J. Fred Wi
thers, U. S. History television
class and general business.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL: Miss Marie E. Lineber
ger, fifth grade; Mrs. Ruth Pur
vis, sixth grade; Thomas C. Pos
ton, Mrs. Willie P. Patterson,
Miss Sue Agnes Borders, Mrs. Iva
Jean Beason, Mrs. Annie F. Bry
ant, seventh grade; and Billy G.
Bates, Mrs. Alice M. Lennon, Mrs.
Dorothy H. Finger, Mrs. Eliza
beth L. Morrison, and Mrs. Jua
nita M. Logan, eighth grade.
EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:
Mrs. Victoria L. Logan and Mrs.
Macie L. Covington, first grade;
Mrs. Lettie S. Lackey and Mrs.
Margaret M. Spratt, second
grade; Miss Jacqueline Blanton,
Miss Rebecca Louise Kendrick
and Miss Rosalie Carlisle, third
grade; Mrs. Winnie M. Still, Mrs.
Jeanette L. Mann, fourth grade;
Mrs. Helen B. Baker and Mrs.
Maxine B. Grayson, fifth grade;
and Mrs. Mary F. Pritchard and
R. M. Kennedy, Jr., sixth grade.
Mr. Kerymedy is principal of the
school.
NORTH ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL: Miss Ruth Beam and
Mrs. Ruth Parker Beam, first
grade; Mrs. Doris H. Eaker and
Miss Joanne Cameron, second
grade; Miss Ruth Z. Diggers and
Miss Willie McGill, third grade;
Miss Annie B. Roberts and Mrs.
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