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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 tlw Ogee* tor Greater Dogs Mountain I* derived bom tho US5 Xing* Mountain city directory The city UmMi figure 1* boa to* United State* eeaea* of 1SS0. VOL 70 No. 35 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper IP Pages IU Today Established 1889 Kings .Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 3, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS College Students Now Packing Bags Local News Bulletins _ _ RECUPERATING Mrs. E. C. Martin is recuper ating ait her home following major surgery ait Presbyterian ian Hospital in Charlotte. Mrs. Martin, who was discharged Friday, was hospitalized two weeks. REVIVAL Revival services will be held alt Madview Baptist church be ginning Sept. 6th wilth services to continue nightly at 7:30 p. m. (through Sept. 13. Rev. Wil liam J. Jones, pasttor, made the announcement. TO TIMMONSVILLE George Harper, Jr,, student at Columbia Seminary in De caitur, Ga., has completed his duties here as supply pastor at Ddxon Presbyterian church and left Tuesday for his home in Timmonsville, S. C. ROTARY Mis. Aubrey Mauney will give a report of the Boys Home of North Carolina ait the Thurs day noon meeting of the Rotary club ait the Country club. Mis. Mauney is a director of the home at Lake Waccamaw. GRADUATE Miss Mary Helen Logan, Mrs. Charles Herndon, both of Kings Mountain, and Miss Peggy Watterson of Grover were gra duated Sunday from Gaston Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. The exercises were held in Gastonia. ON HONOR ROLL Richard Eugene George, of' Kings Mountain, was among students at East Carolina col lege listed on the school’s third quarter honor roll, Dean Leo W. Jenkins has announced. IN GERMANY Miss Louise Kiser, former West school teacher, has arriv ed in Germany and has assum ed her duties at Fulda Elemen tary school near Frankfort. Miss Kiser’s address: Kather ine L. Kiser, Fulda Elementary School, APO 26, New York, N. York. KIWANIS CLUB Nelson Green, vice-president of the Charlotte Water Ski club, will speak on “The Fast est Growing Sport in America” at the Thursday meeting of the Kdwanis club. The club con venes at 6:45 p. m. at the Wo man’s club. BAPTISM Observance of the ordinance of baptism will feature the Sunday evening services at Kings Mountain Baptist church at 7 p. m., according to an nouncement by Rev. M. D. Du Bose, pastor. Rabbi To Speak Tuesday Night RiaJbM Josteph UCsahen of "iem pile Emanuel In GasCouSa, wiM be Che speaker far Che “This I (Be lieve” series Tuesday might, Sep tember 8, ait 7:30 alt Kings (Moun fiaiin Baptist church. The speaker will stalbe his reill glilous beliefs in a forty-five min ute lecture and Che final fifteen minutes wM be given over to questions from Che audience. On' the Monday evening prdtor to Rabbi Utschen’s lecture on Tuesday, he will be heard over radio Stadon WMMT at 6 p. m. to a quesdomamri answer period The public is Invited to call ra dio station WKMT (9999 and ask the speaker questions regarding hta faith. The following Tuesday night, Septmber 15, Dr. William L. Pressly of the Boyce Memorial AssacSaltie Reformed Presbyterian church will be Che featured speaker. jI The public is cordially iawftted to attend these series ocf lectures of the various religions. This se ries will continue through Octo ber with the fallowing being rep resented: Methorist, Presbyteri an, Church of God, Chridtiain Sci ence, Greek Orthodox. UNC, King's Are Attracting 14 Students Each The Kings Mountain area will send 118 students to 36 colleges, universities, and specialized dn sti’tuitttons for post ihtt-gfh school training this fall. Included in this group arte sev eral who are seeking careers in business and nursling professions and others who are 'beginning or completing requartemerafcs for cod. lege diplomas. Some students are doing post-graduate work. The University of North Caro lina at Chapel 'Hill and Kings Business College at Charlotte hfeaid the list with 14 students en rolled at each of these institu tions. Appalachian State Teach er’s College at iBoone is second with mine local student enrolled for the fall term. list Of students and the schools they will ‘attend include: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA — Jackie Annette, Harold Jackson, Jim Hteavner, Steve Kesler, Flem Mlauney, Chip Neisler, Tommy (Baker, Judy Hope, Linda Riser, Peggy Harry, Jessie Putnam, Hugh Wayne Mayhue, Nick Smith, and Whiter 'Griffin. LENOIR RHYNE COLLEGE— Robert Neisler, Halle Ward, Don na Cheatham, Joann Lackey, Judy Cooper, John McGinnis, BUM MiiSciham, and Lowratrtce Harry. WOMAN’S COLLEGE — Di ane Camsler, Jackie Merrill, Car olyn Walker, Peggy Black and Jeanne Plonk. WESTERN CAROLINA COL LEGE — Roger IHlackweill, Bren da Thornburg, DefWayne Cald well, Jeinry WCbster, Buddy Fails, Elaine Pruitt, and B. T. Wright, Jir. GREENSBORO COLLEGE — Jean Arthur Harris. GUILFORD COLLEGE — Nor ma Kay Hamrick. MEREDITH COLLEGE—Geor ganna Moss and Margaret Rain es. APPALACHIAN STATE TEA CHER’S COLLEGE — Ronnie Layton, Mickey Lynn, Jerry Huff firtetler. Jov Hud ™ .twain Wiiclj-n Tihe HerTaM annually sebks to list all ttihe 'Kings Mountain area students enrolling in colleges ■and umSverslities tor post high ■school training, Recognizing the possibili/ty of arniiissioais, thte Herald invites any student whose name may have been omitted from the list to noti fy thte Herald. Bud Mayes, Nancy {Bell, and Sara 'Mae Hamrick, HAMPTON . SYNDEY COL LEGE — Philip Padgett. AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE — POlly Page. LEES - McRAE JUNIOR COL LEGE — Rebecca Rollins, FLORA MACDONALD COL LEGE — Dterice Weir. FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE — Catherine Hamibriigiht. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESS EE — Peggy Reynolds and Earl Marlowe. EASTERN CAROLINA — Rich ard George. DAVIDSON COLLEGE — Jam es Pres sly and John Wiarliok. CLBMSON COLLEGE — Jen <Continued on Page Eight) NEW PRINCIPAL — Harry Jay. nes, new principal of Central school, was pleased with open ing day. He replaces E. Lawson Brown, now superintendent of Davidson county schools. Jaynes Pleased With First Day “We were very busy, but ev erything went well,” Harry W. Jaynes, new principal of Central school reported Tuesday. Mr. Jaynes said he had been getting acquainted with the city school system, and likes Kings Moun tain very much. The new principal, an impos ing six feet and four inches in height, replaced E. Lawson Brown who resigned the Central school principaliship to accept superintendency of Davidson county schools. I Jaynes, a native of Waynes ville, attended Waynesville High School and received a B. S. De gree from Western Carolina Tea chers college. He took his Mas ters degree there five years ago. After teaching in Waynesville public schools for a year, he went to Walter Bickett High Sch ool in Monroe as football coach. He iserved in that capacity for eight years and was then named principal of the school. A former professional football player, Mr. Jaynes played with the old Charlotte Clippers team in the fall of 1949. His wife, the former Nancy Furtado, terms herself “just” a housewife, although she says the housewife trade should never be termed "just”. The Jayneses have two chil dren, Deborah, age 8, and Gary, age 6. Their main comment on Kings Mountain is they like it very much and are very impress ed with its friendliness. The Jaynes family moved to Kings Mountain last week and are now stettled in the former Kail Plonk home on Crescent Hill Drive. UF Issues Final Call To Group The Kings Mountain unit of the United Fund will hold its last meeting on budget work Thursday night at 8:00 at First National Bank, according to an announcement Tuesday by Wes Bush. Mr. Bush reported work has gone well, but the group wishes to issue an invitation to any or ganization, that has not yet pe titioned, to attend the meeting. ‘This is the last budgeting meeting of the year”, Mr. Bush said, “and if any other group wishes to be included in the United Fund, they must let us know.” I Hospital Addition "0. K." Likely By State Body; Other "Ifs" Listed Kings Mountain Hospital offi cial conferred with officials of the State Medical Care commis sion in Raleigh Monday on pos sibilities of making a 25-bed ad dition to the hospital here and expressed optimism that the st ate body will approve the pro ject Conferring with the Raleigh officials were George W. Maun ey, hospital president, and Grady Howard, business manager. Mr. Howard said that indica tions are that the commission will approve the Kings Mountain project but added there are sev eral “its” between commission approval and building of the ad dition. One of the ■“ifs” is result of a state wide bond issue on October 27 which, if approved, would pro vide funds for construction of several state buildings. Included would be a sizeable amount of funds for hospital construction. Another “If’ ts the county's share of funds for the addition which architects .think will re quire $275,000. In the past, hospital construe (tion has been on a share basis, with some funds provided by the federal government, some by the state amd some by the county. In the past, the county’s share has been 31.9 percent or, for a $275, 000 addition, about $87,000. The county commissioners al ready indicated they would do their best to supply the county share. Mr. Howard said he and other officials are to confer a gain with the commission at the upcoming Tuesday meeting. Kings Mountain hospital, op ened In 1951, has been expanded twice and now is a fully accred ited hospital of 50 beds. In ad dition, a nurse’s home has been constructed. In the past year, the hospital accomodations have proved in adequate to meet demand for beds numerous times, with pa tients frequently being relega ted to hall space. Mr. Howard said the occupancy rate for the past six months had approxi mately 88 percent, which he ter med an unusually high occupan cy rate. City Schools Enrolled 2302 Pupils Ken Smith Still Missing; Caz Is Found William Kennteth Smith, Kings Mountain insuranoeman, was still missaing Wednesday, information obtainable by the Herald indica ted. Gastonia police said they had no new information of the miss ing man and Kings (Mountain po lice Wave discontinuad their ef forts to locate Mr. Smith an grounds there are no changes a gainst him. Two warrants on changes of issuing bad checks were reported lodged against Smith in Gastonia. Meantime, the Smith auto, a blue Ford, was looatedin Oramer tom, parked in a churchyard. It (had been parked there since Au gust 24, the day Smith disappear, ted. Smith was a representative here of Skyiamd Insurance Com pany. R. S. Adams, of Gastonia, dis trict manager, said that Smith, by failing to report and turn in collections for the week tending August 26 — two days after he 'left — is probably short in his accounts about $200. “ It could be less than that,” Mr. Adams said, adding that his offices (has -not completed a check-up on Smith’s dtetoit. He says company representatives will chedk the debit and custo mers’ receipts for the wetelk Au gust 19-26. (Police check-up had revealed that Smith had purchased a plane ticket for Atlanta at Char lotte Airport and another at At lanta to New Orleans. Mr. Smith Was a -former repre sentative here of State Capital Life Insurance Company and Lib erty Life Insurance Company. More UF Budget Talks Thursday Directors of the Kings Moun tain United Fund organization will convene again Thursday night at the office of C. E. War lick Insurance Agency to con tinue budget talks with partici pating organizations. Sam Stallings, chairman, said preliminary budget talks have been completed with representa tives of the Kings Mountain high school band, the Girl Scouts, Jac ob S. Mauney Memorial Library, and city recreation commission. Still to be concluded are bud get conversations with the Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter, the Boy Scouts and the Cleveland County Life-Saving crew. Mr. Stallings said that other organizations who anticipate so liciting funds for charitable and civic are invited to join the U nited Fund organization. “‘We have made an effort to contact fund-reusing organiza tions who regularly make an nual solicitations. If there are others, we would welcome their application to join in the conso lidated fund-raising effort Uni ted Fund represents.” Mr. Stallings said the United Fund by-laws have been adopted and cited the section concerning institutional members, or parti cipating organizations, which sets forth the conditions of or ganizational membership. The section follows: "Any agency or organization desiring to become an Institu tional Member of the Corpora tion shall submit an application th (a) that its governing body is familiar with the purpose and objects of the Corporation, (b) what its background, purposes, and functions arc- and (c) the names of two persons who shall be authorized to act for and rep resent it with respect to its ap plication for membership and, if it is elected to membership, thereafter act for and represent it at all meetings of members of the Corporation, and in all deal ings and transactions with the Corporation, until their succes sors have been designated In a written notice filed by the appli cant with the Corporation; and (2) agreeing that, if elected to membership, it will (a) co-oper ate with the Corporation and o ther institutional Members of the Corporation in furthering the purposes and objects of the Cor poration; (b) not in any manner solicit contributions for funds in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, for its operaing expenses or any purpose, other than for capital expenditures, except with the written consent of the Corpora tion; (c) accept the apportion (Continued On Page Bight) Employment Situation Good; Seekers Shy For Some Jobs AT WAKE FOREST — Rev. De mauth Blanton. Kings Mountain native, has resigned as associate pastor of a Baltimore church to join the faculty of Wake Forest college. Blanton loins Wake Faculty Rev. Demauth Blanton, for the past two years associate pastor of University BaiptSst church, Baltimore, Md., Ihas resigned to accept a position as member of tWe faculty of Wake Forest col lege at Winston-tSalem. Rev. Mr. Blanton Will serve as director of ithe Baptist Student union and may toe assigned some teaching duties. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Blanton, of Kings Mountain, Rev. 'Mir. Blanton is a graduate of Wake Forest college and Was sub sequently graduated from South eastern Seminary at Wake Forest in 1966. Mr. Rollins' Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Hubert (Rube) Rollins, 61, were held Sunday at 3 p. m. from Shiloh Presbyterian church in Grover, interment fol lowing in Grover cemetery. Mr. Rollins succumbed Friday night at his home in Grover fol lowing an illness of three mon ths. A Cleveland County naitive, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rollins. He was an employee of the State High way Department at Dallas and a member of the Shiloh church. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Mae Boheler Rollins; one son, Max Rollins of Gastonia; three brothers, Dick and James Rollins of Kings Mountain and Rick Rollins of Akron, Ohio, and three sisters, Miss Thelma Roll ins of Charlotte, Mrs. Laxton Hamrick of Mt. Holly, and Mrs. Orville Morris of Kings Moun tain. One grandchild also sur vives. The final rites were conducted by Rev. Trent Howell, assisted by Rev. Park Moore, a former Shiloh pastor, and Rev. Don Gabaniss of Grover. Employment In Area 4797 Kings Mountain area citizens currently employed gainfully, exclusive of agricultural enter priries, total 4,797, according to estimates compiled by the Kings Mountain branch of the North OaroQma 'Employment Service. F'ramkMn L. Ware, Jr., man ager, said 2,763 are currently empflioyted to manufacturing, while 2,034 are employed in miscellaneous categories, inclu ding mining, retail and whole sale trade, transportation, com munication and othter fields. Figures on agricultural em ployment are not available. He said the working popula tion is smaller than It was in 1953, a fact he attributed to installation of more efficient madhintery by numerous rnanu flaicituriing and the dosing of the Lwom-Tex miH. REUNION Descendants of the late Mose Ross will gather for their an nual reunion Saturday at 10:30 a. m. at New Prospect church. Picnic lunch will be served at the noon hour. i Kings Mountain Office Placed 106 In August "Things are looking good and we could use some job appli cants for some types of employ ment,” Franklin L. Ware, Jr., manager of the Kings Mountain branch of the State Employment service said Wednesday. Mr. Ware said that the advent of school has brought a demand for domestic help which has ex hausted employment office files. He also reported a need for tex tile weavers and said thle back log of applicants for spinning ■doffers and slubbers has vanish ed. Mr. Ware made the statements in giving his report on employ ment service activity during Au gust, which he termed a favor able one. Against openings for 119 per sons, Mr. Ware said the Kings Mountain branch filled 92 jobs. In addition, the office supplied 11 persons in out-of-town jobs and another /three for agricultur al work. The total placed in jobs during August was 106. Though 131 persons registered for work during August, the ac tive file of jo(b seekers 'listed on ly 361 names. Meantime, Mr. Ware reported, only 871 weeks of claims for un employment compensation were filed, an average of about, 218 per week. Mr. Ware commented, “We’ve taken more claims than that in a single week.” 165 Judgments Filed For Taxes The county tax collector doc keted 165 judgments on the books of the register of deeds Tuesday, the judgments Med to satisfy delinquent 1956 tax bills. It is another step in the coun ty's efforts to clear delinquent taxes from its books. Collector Robert Gidney said a “good bunch’’ involve owners of real estate in Number 4 Town ship. According to law, it will be six months, or March 1, before the judgments can be executed. It means that owners of the several pieces of property on which tax es are delinquent for 1956 have until that time to justify the judgments. Mr. Gidney said that final ad vertisement of judgments al ready filed on 1955 delinquencies will begin prior to the end of September. LEGION MEETING Regular meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Legion, will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, at 8 p. m„ according to announcement by J. T. McGin nis, commander. VICE-PRESIDENT — J. E. (Doc) Mauney has been elected a vice president of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan association tc succeed the late W. M. Gantt. Mauney Named Vice-President J. E. (Doc) Mauney, longtime director and member of the ap praisal committee of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan assort ation, has been elevated to the vice-presidency created toy the death of W. M. Gantt. Ben H. Bridges, association sec rOtary, has succeeded Mr. Gantt on the association's executive committee.. Miss Logan Wins Nursing Award Miss Mary Helen Logan, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Logan of Kings Mountain, re ceived the coveted Gaston Coun ty Medical Auxiliary Award at commencement exercises Sunday at Gaston Memorial Hospital School of Nursing. Miss Logan, a member of the graduating class, won the cash award given by Mrs. Charles H. Morgan for having tthe highest average both academically and clinically for the past three years. The Kings Mountain nurse won the Stroup award given last year by Dr. M. iA. Stroup in mem ory of his mother and father. This award goes annually to the girl adjudged the best bedside nurse. Other Kings Mountain girls who were graduated were Miss Peggy Wattterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hood Watterson, of Grover, and Mrs. Patsy Dover Herndon, wife of Charles Hern don and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dover. AA MEETING An inter-city meeting of Al coholics Anonymous will be held at the Woman’s Club Building in Chierryville Satur day night at 8 o’clock. White. Assistant At Taylorsville. Shaken By Death Of Grid Player “He was pretty shaken up,” George White, of Kings Moun tain, father of Richard White, assistant football coach at Tay lorsville, said of his son after see ing him Sunday. The Kings Mountain native and former Lenoir-fthyne athlete is assistant football coach at the school where a 17-ybar-old tackle John Robert Johnson died follow ing a grid drill Saturday. "It was a rough scrimmage,” Mr. White reported his son as’ saying. In addition to his duties as as sistant coach of football, Coach' White is hfead coach of basket ! ball at the Taylorsville school. Coach White was present when the Johnson youth became ill and was sent to the dressing room. Meantime, B. N. (Barnes, Kings Mountain school superintendent and president of the Western North Carolina High School Ath letic association, teamed tee tra gedy “very unfortunate.” He said he knew nothing more about it than what he had learned from newspaper reports, nor had he had any communication from Taylorsville schoolmen or iron officials of Othter canferenct schools. Taylorsville is in th< northern division of 'the confer enoe. Mr. Barnes said the rules art specific on the 'beginning date ol football practice and on the re quirement that all football can didates have pre-drill physical examinations by medical doctors He said he Assumed these rule? had been followed at Taylors ville. Meantime, an inquest has been ordered in the youth’s death. It was postponed from Tuesday and Head Coach Vernon Morri son was reported to have obtain, eci legal counsel. Until this season, Bill Cash ion formerly of Kings Mountain, had held the head coaching reins at Taylorsville. Prior to becoming head coach, Mr. Cash ion had been assistant coach to John Charles who left an assistant coaching spot here for the head coach's job at Taylorsville. Johnson was regular tackle on the Cashion- coached team Iasi year. Enrollment Up 69 Over 1958, Barnes Reports Kings Mountain city schools enrolled a total of 2302 students Tuesday, 2028 at Central, East, North and West schools and 274 ait Davidson school. The figure is 69 above last year’s totals. City Schools Superintendent B. N. Barnes noted an overloaded fifth grade at West School, but said it can be handled by trans ferring some of the students to the Central elementary depart ment. Forty-four pupils registered in the West school fifth grade and only 23 at Central school. Mr. Barnes pointed out that several of the students are nett in their properly assigned districts and it would help very much if these would make application Park Grace school reported an enrollment of 174, a drop of 4 from last year’s total. The 178 figure reported last year was a drop of 16 over the pre vious year’s enrollment Mrs. Eloise Nickels, principal of the school, said opening day was very successful lor transrer ro ime central school fifth grade or voluntarily go to thfe school of their restidemtiaa diis trlot. “The problem can be handled easily,” We Said. “Tt’s Simply a matter of balancing the class room load 'between the two schools." Applications for transfer of 17 children have 'been made throu ghout the whole school system, Mr. Barnes noted, but the school board will have to pass on these. He said the board will meet in the near future to take up the problems that have 'been brought up thus far. Central, Easlt, North, and West elementary school’s total enroll ment, 1504, is up 49 from last year. However, Mr. Barnes said he has little hope that this will procure the system another tea cher. “It takes many more than that,” he said. Central High school enrollment totaled 524, up 6 from last year, and Davidson High school is up 2 with a total of 65. Mr. Barnes .said no unusual problems have arisen, and in his estimation, the 1959-60 school term is off to a very good start. He also reported that guidance work for Central High school has been distributed between Miss Helen Logan and Mr. Donald Parker. However, another teacher may be added, if the work is too mucth for only two, he said. School Bands To Perform Members of Kings Mountain school bands will perform Friday night alt Itlhle City Stadium during the half time period of the Kings Mountain . Bessemer City foot ball game. The high school band, which has been working routines and playing since August; 25 in effort to prepare tor the event, will pre sent a show of precision drills to the music of “On Wisconsin," “Go U. North Western”, and “Notre Dame Victory March.” Before the senior hand presen tation, the Oty School’s elemen tary 'band made up otf beginning students and summer band mem bers who have been playing for the past 8 weeks, will perform in a routine similar to that of the hi gh school band. They will be wearing he uniforms discarded by the High School band with, the purchase of the new uniforms. Director of the 'bands, Charles Rallanoe commented recently that he was pleased with the spirit of the band members and expects with work to have good football and concert seasons this year. “We wish to make good so we can return to the Bristol Marching Festival again this year,” he said. Retailers To Take Holiday On Monday With exception of retail per sonnel, majority of Kings Mountain Citizens will find La bor Day just another day. Majority of retail firms will be closed for the day, as will the city’s financial institutions, but more industries will be fol lowing regular operating sched ules and school pupils will be shirting their first full week of school. The merchants will also be closed on Wednesday after noon, continuing their regular Wednesday haiLf-baUday.