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
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Kings .Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 3, 1959
Seventieth Year
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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
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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.