Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
*«•»• lor Creator Kings Mountain Is dortrsd from
MW Hags Mountain city directory census. The city
I—IH figure It from toe United States census of l»SO.
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VOL 70 No. 43
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 29, 1959
Seventieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Hospital Bond Election Set For December 12
Williams, McClary
Get Prison Terms
Local News
Bulletins
FIRES
City Fire Department had
calls too douse oil Stove blazes
in the homes of E. IL. Williams,
rente Street, George Thombs,
rente Street, and Mr. Norman
E. King Street, during ithe past
week. Minor damages were re
ported on each blaze.
CORRECTION:
T. B. Yaifero was listed in last
weeks Herald as having sustain
ed head injuries in an auito ac
cident on King Street. The cor
rect name is Yarbrough.
Mr. Yarbrough sustained inter
nal injuries in the crash.
' PARK
Visitors to Kings Mountain
National Military Park this
week end should be able to
view fall color at its peak.
Park Historian Sherman Perry
reported this week. The Park
fe attracting many visitors
during the autumn season.
HARVEST SALE
Oakdale Predbyterian church
near Belthany on Highway 55
will hold its annual harvest
sale and barbecue Saturday.
Serving will begin ait the chur
eh ait 1 o’clock, a spokesman
said this week.
CHURCH OF THE AIR
Church Services of the Air
broadcast each Sunday at 11
a. m. over Radio Station WK
MT Will be broadcast from
Grace Methodist Church dur
ing the month of November.
Rev. W. C. Sides will conduct
the service.
TO CONFERENCE
Dr. W. P. Gerberdiing, pastor,
and Carl Mauney, a delegate
wall represent St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church at the South
ern Conference for Lutherans
toeing held Thursday at St.
John’s church in Concord.
LIONS DIRECTORS
Directors of the Kings
Mountain Lions club will meet
at 7:30 p. m. at Timms Stop
n’ Shop Thursday night, it was
announced by President Edwin
Moore.
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METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $127.66, including
$104.16 from on-street meters
and $23.50 from the Cherokee
street parking lot.
Smathers Heads
Kiwaiiis Club
John C. Smathers, Park Yarn
Mills official, will serve as presi
dent, of the Kings Mountain Ki
wanis club for 1960-61, according
to results of the recent elections.
Mr. Smathers succeeds George
. H. Mauney as president of the
civic dub.
Other officers include Charles
Neisler, first vice-president, and
B. N. Barnes, second vice-presi
dent. Directors are Joe Austin,
Grady Howard, Harold Hunni
cutt, Charles Alexander, L. E.
Hinnant, R. S. Lennon, and B. S.
Peeler, Jr.. ,
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Wile Gets Stingaree,
Mayor A Strawberry
(Mayor Glee A. Bridges, a
mean looking strawberry under
his left eye, has .several ready
explanations for his injury.
The true one is that the Ma
yor, on a fishing trip at Caro
lina Beach' pier, tripped over
another fisherman’s gear while
showing off a large skate (also
known as a stingaree) Mrs.
Bridges had just hooked and
reeled in.
•'But it doesn’t hurt a bit,”
(Mayor Bridges said.
The fall cost the (Mayor a
pair of glasses, in addition to
the uncomfortable strawberry.
' Accompanying the Mayor
and Mrs. Bridges on the fishing
> -1 unt were Mr. and Mrs. W. G.
Grantham. .
McClary Term
6TolOYeais,
Williams IS
Roosevelt Williams, Kings
Mountain Negro charged with
rape of a 5-year-old child, was
given a 15 year sentence this
week toy Judge P. C. Froneberger
in Cleveland Counity Superior
Court.
Williams, who allegedly raped
a 5-year-old Negro girl at her
home on July 15, pled guilty to
assault on a child with Intent to
commit rape.
In testimony at the prelimin
ary hearing in City Recorder’s
Court here on July 26 an 11-year
old sister of the child said that
Williams, drinking, had at first
attempted to force her to toed
with him by threatening her
with a butcher knife and a belt.
She said that when she scream
ed and ran, he left her alone.
Later, she said, he forced the 5
year-old girl into the bed with
him and closed the door.
Mctiary sentenced
William MoOlary, Kings
Mountain Negro charged with
the July 11 murder of Joe Jam
ison, was sentenced for a 6 to
10 year term, by Judge Frone
berger in Cleveland Superior
Court this week also.
McClary allegedly shot and
killed Jamison, another Negro,
following a brawl at 4:15 p. m.
on July 11. The argument alleg
edly occurred over McClary’s
wife.
The fight, according to wit
nesses, started in the yard of
Maggie Falls’ home on Route 1.
The murder weapon, a sawed-off
12-guage shotgun, Was fired by
McClary after Jamison allegedly
cursed him and hit him with an
ax handle.
The bullet struck the victim’s
chest near .the heart and clipped
an artery. Jamison died instant
ly.
MeClary pled guilty to man
slaughter.
Young Vandals
Five year probation sentences
were meted out (to Sammy Lee
Gann and Frankie Turner Kim
brell, (two young vandals who
broke into Plonk Bros. Depart
ment Store here taking loot val
ued at over $100. .
The youths, one age 17 and
Ithe other 16, pled guilty to char
ges in City Recorder’s Court here
during a preliminary hearing.
They allegedly entered the
department store (through a ven
tilator shaft in the old Dixie
Theatre and took an assortment
of clothing.
RADIO BROADCAST
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor
of St. Matthew’s Lutheran ch
urch is conducting morning
devotions at 9 a. m. this week
via Radio Station WKMT. His
subjects for Thursday and Fri
day are: “The Universal Priest
hood of Believers" and “Are
You A Good Protestant?”
Kings Mountain
Gave Margins
To State Bonds
Kings Mountain citizens virtu
voted — only 135 of them — a
greed with their neighbors in thf
county and across the state Tues
day in approving issuance o
$34.4 million of state bonds for
capital improvements.
Apparently, with 1,642 of the
state’s 2,086 voting precincts re
ported, six of the nine issues
were approved. These represent
ed the bulk of the $34.4 millions.
However, three issues weren’t yet
home free and two only showed
thin margins "for.”
The voters didn’t cotton par
ticularly to the issuance of $100,
000 iri bonds for armory con
strnetion, $50,000 for the recon
struction of historical sites, nor
for $500,000 to build port facili
ties at Southport.
Kings Mountain voters follow
ed the same patterns, though the
margins here were slightly bet
ter than state-wide.
The 1,642-precinct total show
ed:
Armory construction, 47,036 for
and 46,224 against. v
Southport port facilities, 49,821
for and 44,130 against
Restoration of historical sites
46,953 for and 46,143 against
The state gave good margins
to all other of the six issues, in
cluding the $500,000 for hospital
construction.
Kings Mountain had a direct
stake in this issue, as the state’s
Share in a proposed 25bed addi
tion to Kings Mountain hospital
hinged on the successful result ol
the Tuesday bond election.
Kings Mountain voters joinec
the state in willingness to spenc
money for better facilities at th«
state mental hospitals and foi
added facilities at state colleges
Almost equally favored were the
issues for hospital constructor
and for state correctional insti
tutions. Also Handsomely favored
here and statewide, was the is
sue for the state blind rehabili
tation center. Favored, but at less
margin was the $1.5 million is
sue for community colleges.
Page Opening
Haberdashery
Page’s Men’s Store tentativelj
expects to open for business a
bout December 1, Harry E. Page,
partner in the new firm said this
week. -
The Page firm will occupy the
Morrison Building at 129 W.
Mountain street, until this week
the business location of McGinnis
Department Store.
Mr. Page said modem fixtures
for the new firm have been pur
chased and that Shipment is
scheduled for Tuesday. He said
central air-conditioning and heat
ing will be installed and other
improvements to the building
made.
Associated with the firm will
be Joe Lee Woodward, Kings
Mountain citizen, who has been
a salesman for Warren Gardner’s
Gastonia, for the past four years.
Mr. Page said the firm will of
fer nationally - advertised brand
name apparel for men in all ca
tegories.
NO PERMITS
No building permits were is
sued by City Inspector J. W.
Webster during the past week.
Attention, Job-Seekezs: Apply
At (Sty Hall Thnisday Afternoons
BY MARTIN HARMON
What are the results of the
close-up of tile Kings Mountain
office of the state Employment
Security commission ?
John Fleming, manager of the
Shelby office which has been as
signed the Kings Mountain area
duties, said Wednesday:
1) The Thursday itinerant ser
vice at City Hall courtroom, be
ing handled by Mrs. James Gib
son and Mrs. Marion Dixon, for
merly with the Kings Mountain
office, is proving satisfactory
from the standpoint of handling
claims for unemployment com
pensation.
2) The itinerant service is, thus
'ar, leas successful from the
standpoint of receiving work ap
plications. Mr. Fleming pointed
out that .Thursday afternoons
are held open to accept employ
ment applications from persons
entering the employment market
as well as for filing initial or
new claims tor jobless pay.
3) Area employers are begin
ning to call the Shelby office to
place job orders more frequent
ly.
j “We want to give Kings
Mountain area employers and
employees the best of service,"
Mr. Fleming commented, “and
we hope they will avail themsel
ves of both the itinerant service
or direct contacts with the Shel
by office.”
Mr. Fleming noted again that
‘spotpoint” service — where
more than 20 employees of one
I firm are filing claims for jobless
pay is given at the particular
| plant on the “due” day.
He said members of the Shel
j by office Staff are scheduling
j calls on employers in this area
to be made as quickly as time
| permits.
The labor situation remains in
reasonably good balance, bath in
j the Kings Mountain area and in
the county, Mr. Fleming added,
j “We usually are able to fill job
! orders, excepting a few particu
lar skills in shoitt supply, but
there is not much of a labor sur
plus.’'
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Hallowe’en Fete
Food And Frolic
To Be Features
Of Carnivals
Saturday is Hallowe’en, the
night the witches, spooks, and
goblins prowl.
In the Kings 'Mountain area
special Hallowe’en programs have
been planned at majority of the
schools on Friday and Saturday
nights, in addition to a commun
ity-wide Trick or Treat fot
UNICEF, a project being con
ducted in the churches whereby
each’ coin collected by trick oi
treaters will mean medicine oi
food for sick and hungry child
ren of the world.
Young people from both the
Central and Grace Methodist
Churches will be canvassing the
neighborhood from 6 to 8:30 Hal
lowe'en night and will wear iden
tifying black and orange tags
and arm bands to show they arc
authorized UNICEF representa
tives.
The United Nations Children’s
Fund is helping over 50,000,000
children and mothers to better
health in over 100 countries and
territories by assisting govern
ments in programs of disease
control, nutrition, and maternal
and Child welfare. Last year more
than 2,000,000 American young
sters from 10,000 communities
participated in the biggest pro
ject ever carried out by children
to help Children.
Kings Mountain citizens who
plan to be away from home Sat
I urday may still contribute to the
fund by contacting the two chur
ch offices and workers will col
lect their donations prior to the
hour of canvassing.
School P-TA’s have announced
the following schedule of carni
val events af West, East, North
and Park Grace schools in the
city and IBethware and Grover
schools in the county:
North — Friday’s carnival be
gins at 5 o’clock, with hamburg
ers, hotdogs, homemade desserts
to 'be available in the cafeteria.
The classroom activities will in
clude, grab bag, fish pond, for
tune - telling, movies. Crowning
of a king and queen will be held
after the costume parade in the
auuiconum.
Bethware — Friday's fall fes
tival at Bethware school will fea
ture a womanless wedding, In ad
dition to the other carnival ac
tivities. Crowning of a king and
queen and room activities (will
feature the event
Grover — The annual carnival
will be held at Grover school Fri
day, with serving to begin in the!
cafeteria at 6 p. m. Activities j
will be Weld in the various class-1
rooms and in the gymnasium.
East — Saturday's carnival at
East school will begin at 5 o’clock j
with hamburgers and hotdogs to
be available in the cafeteria.1
Room activities ami popularity;
contests will feature the event.
The carnival begins at 6 o’clock.;
West — The annual carnival!
gets underway at West school;
Saturday night at 5:30 with serv-!
ing to begin in the cafeteria.
Room activities and spook house;
contests (begin in the classrooms
at 6:30.
Park Grace — Saturday's earn
ival begins at Park Grace school
at 5 p. m. with the cafeteria to be,
open for seving of food. Room
activities will feature carnival j
fun and games. 1
Visitors To Park
Top 155.000 Mark
Kings Mountain National Mi
litary Park had a record number
of visitors during the 12 month
period for the week ending this
week.
Sheiiman Perry, Park Historian,
said figures showed that 155,493
visitors from all 50 States and 23
foreign countries had visited the
Park during the year and this
record for visitors tops all other
1 previous records he pointed out.
I He noted that one visitor to the
Park came from Tasmania.
j Hoard To Talk
j Consolidations
' The .proposed consolidation of
No. 4 Township schools with the
Kings Mountain Administrative
j Unit (City Schools) is presently
at stalemate, pending a visit to
Raleigh by County School’s Su
perintendent J. Horace Grigg
and the county school board.
~ 'Mr. Grigg said Wednesday he
and the 'board are going to Ral
eigh next week to discuss the
{Overall county consolidation pro
gram with state school officials
“Then,” he said, “we will be
able to draw up metes am
bounds for a special school bond
district which, if passed by vote,
will pave the way to the pro
posed consolidation.”
Mr. Grigg said district commit
teemen had taken no action on
the recommendation by Asst. At
torney General Claude Love last
week that a bond vote be held
first to provide money for the
' construction of a new high school
and then consolidate.
According to Mr. Love’s com
ment last week, contingencies in
cluded in the proposed plan for
the No. 4 Township consolidation
are not binding, and if consoli
dation is voted in, but a bond
vote is not passed, the district
will never-the-less be eonsolidat
ed.
Mr. Grigg said he expected no
action to be taken on the issue
for about two weeks.
The county school board meets
in regular session Monday at
2 p. m., but nothing definite or
the proposed No. 4 Townshij
school consolidation is on the a
genda, he said. .
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Community Day
Service Planned
World Community Day, an an
nual observance in which women
around the globe meet together
in an effort to create a sense of '
world community, will be held :
here Friday, November 6, at 3:30 1
p. m. at First 'Baptist church.
At the loqal Observance, Mrs.
George Moore, wife of the pastor 1
of Resurrection Lutheran church,
will focus her program on Africa 1
where the Moores spent sometime
as missionaries. Parts of Africa 1
are featured in the overall pro- '
gram for Community Day this 1
year. 1
Another feature of the event l
will be the gffts of layettes and '
clothing for infants and small 1
children now living in refugee ]
camps around the world, all of !
whidh will be accepted at the
services and Shipped overseas, i
Yam and yardage goods are also i
needed <
Mrs. C. A. Butterworth is 1
chairman of United Church wo- '
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ARP Church
Aims To Build
Anew In 1964
The congregation of Boyce
Memorial Associate Reformed
Presbyterian church launched a
42-month fund campaign Sunday
designed ito provide sufficient
funds to construct a new church
in 1964.
The church last spring pur
chased a site for a new church
plant, a 4.7 acre tract on Edge
mont Drive, at a price in excess
of $15,000.
At Sunday's congregational
meeting following morning ser
vices, several members pointed
to the burgeoning need of the
church for educational plant fa
cilities..
Goai of the church is to attain
a $100,000 building fund by ea
rly 1964. With about $27,000 plus
the proposed site in hand, it
means the members will endea
vor to raise about $73,000, over
regular church operating funds,
dtuing the ensuing 42 months.
Among members speaking at
Sunday’s meeting were Mrs. I. G.
Patterson, Mrs. M. A. Ware, I. G.
Patterson and J. L. McGill.
(Boyce Memorial ARP church
was constructed in 1898 and re
cently observed its 60th anniver
sary. The present educational
building was constructed in the
early 1930’s.
The proposed site faces the
Edgemont Drive entrance ol
Kings Mountain hospital, ad
joins property of the Kings
Mountain Country Club on the
east and has frontages on W
King Street.
McGinnis Him
In New Location
McGinnis Department Stor
ihas occupied newly expanded ant
renovated quarters in the Me
Ginnis, and Lipford buildings or
West (Mountain street.
The department store has va
cated the Morrison Building a
129 W. Mountain, which it had
occupied for njore than five years
The McGinnis and Lipford
buildings, formerly occupied by
McGinnis Furniture Store, have
been completely renovated. New
shelving has been installed, new
sshoW windows built, and new
dressing rooms built. A concrete
floor with asphalt tile overlay
has been constructed.
The building has fluorescent
lighting, is centrally heated and
is airconditioned.
Paul McGinnis, owner of the
firm, said the new quarters will
enable his firm to improve its
service to customers. Depart
mentalization will be improved
and customer comfort enhanced,
he noted.
In a way, the location change
is a "going home” for the firm,
which opened in the Lipford
building in January 1952. The ex
pansion to the larger Morrison
building came in 1954.
Employees of the firm are Mrs.
James Roberts, Miss Margaret
Cornwell and Miss Betty Cable.
FALLS IMPROVED
Otis Falls, Sr., recuperating
from an operation and serious
illness at Kings Mountain hos
pital, was reported much im
proved Wednesday afternoon.
EVANGELIST — Hev. George
Cooke ©I Concord will begin a
week of evangelistic services
Sunday at Faith Baptist church.
Faith Baptist r
Sets Revival
Rev. George Cooke, pastor of
Bethlehem Baptist church of
Concord, will lead a week of
evangelistic services beginning
Sunday at Faith Baptist church.
Rev. Flay Payne, Faith (Bap
tist pastor, said the services will
toe held nightly at 7 o’clock, with
morning services to toe conducted
at 10 a. m. on Tuesday, Wednes
day, and Thursday.
Mr. Payne said preparations
are underway for the revival,
with prayer services toeing held
each evening this week except
Friday. A layman from the Lay
men’s Witnessing Foundation,
InfC., is in charge of the services.
An extensive visitation is also
in progress iby the church officers
and teachers.
The visiting minister is a gra
duate of Southeastern Seminary.
The interested public is invited
to attend.
United Fund
Reports Sparse
Reports from soliciting teams
for the United Fund were report
ed slow this week, (but Chairman
Sam Stallings said be thinks the
fund campaign proceeding satis
factorily.
About $4,000 in cash and pled
ges, the pledges being made via
payroll deduction agreements
with employers, is in hand and
Chairman Stallings said he felt
completion of the soliciting work
would put the campaign very
near its $18,000 goal.
(Meantime, he urged campaign
committeemen to complete their
solicitations as quickly as pos
sible.
This is Kings Mountain's first
United Fund effort, in which bud
gets of nine participating organ
izations have (been aggregated
for a one-shot fund raising ef
fort.
Beneficiaries of the campaigr
are the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li ■
brary, (Davidson school band 1
Kings Mountain school band, the 1
Red Cross, special educatioi 1
fund, city recreation commissior 1
and Cleveland County Life-Sav :
ing Crew. 1
Appliance, Cai Dealers Begin
To Feel Effects Of Steel Strike
Effects of the steel strike
vhieh has idled 500,000 steel wor
kers since July 15, are beginning
:o toe felt in Kings Mountain.
Liklihood is that both 1960 au
omobiles and appliances, par
ticularly refrigerators and rang
>s, will be hard to find within the
text month to six weeks — even
f the steelworkers return to their
Obs next week, as is anticipated.
Steel manufacturing can’t be
•eturned to full production by
he push of a button, and trade
;ouroes guess it will require a
nonth to get steel production to
>re-strike capacity. A federal
listrict court Tuesday issued an
njunction under the Taft-Hartley
i-ct ordering the steel workers to
■eturn to their jobs for 80 days,
ilxecution was set for Monday,
fiving the steelworkers time to
)resent an appeal to the United
States Supreme Court.
Several local appliance dealers
said Wednesday their inventories
ire very low. Sterchi’s had eight
»r nine gleaming new models on
he floor tout half of them had
'sc M” tags appended.
Inc., said he anticipated the strike (
and improved his stocks, partic
ularly in more popular models. ]
However, he said his inventory
would he at the vanishing point
within a month.
Among car dealers, Chevrolet
and Buick dealers said they are
in worse Shape. Amos Dean, of
Dean Buick Company, said he
understood that shipments within
the next week would be the last
until steel is again in the produc
tion pipelines.
Charles Dixon, of Victory
Chevrolet Company, said his
firm doesn’t have a month’s sup
ply of 1960 models.
Less noticeable thus far is the
effect on Ford. J. T. McGinnis,
sales manager, said that ship
ments will continue through No
vemfber 15, his firm had been no
tified. However, a sortage in
shortage in truck wheels has
slowed some shipments.
One struck steel firm, Kaiser,
has settled with the union.. 'There
is speculation that the Kaiser set,
tlement may speed settlement of
the steel strike generally, during
the expected 80<lay work resum
5100.000 Bonds
Would Provide
25-Bed Addition
A $100,000 county-wide bond is
sue lor a 25-lbed addition to Kings
Mountain hospital has been srihe
iuled lor December 12.
Joe iMull, county elections
board chairman, said Wednesday
that registration books lor tile
bond vote will be opened on Sat
urday, November 14, and will be
open lor two subsequent Satur
days, with1 November 28 challenge
day.
Same election ollicials who
handled the Tuesday statewide e
lection will be in charge of the
December 12 election.
II approved, the $100,000 (or
less, depending on actual cost)
will be the county’s share in an
estimated $275,000 addition which
will up the hospital’s capacity to
75 beds. On previous hospital
construction the county has furn
ished about 31 percent of the
funds, the state about 14 percent
and the federal government Ihg
remainder. The State Medical
Care commission already indicat
ed approval of the Kings Moun
tain project.
Local hospital officials were
pleased at the results of Tues
day's statewide Ibond election for
hospital construction, which pro
vided state funds for this pur
pose and eliminated one hurdle
to the hospital’s attaining the
addition.
Occupancy rate at Kings Moun
tain hospital has been unusually
high.for many months.
’We have three patients in the
hallways now and a waiting
list,” Grady Howard, hospital
business manager said Wednes
day morning. He added that the
wintertime "sick” season hasn’t
yet arrived, with even more
pressure for bed space the out
look.
In eight years. Kings Moun
tain hospital has grown from a
22-bed, clinic-type hospital, to a
fully accredited 50-toed institu
tion. The plant has 'been expand
ed by two additions, first bring
ing it to 36-toed capacity and the
second to 50 beds. It has ample
operating room, dietary and oth
er service facilities to accommo
date the proposed 75 'beds, hos
pital officials say.
In addition to the expansion of
the plant, a nurse’s home has al
so been constructed since the
hospital opened in April 1951.
The present plant investment
is $750,000.
Plonk Brothers
Adding Space
Plonk Brothers & Company is
renovating the adjacent building
formerly occupied toy the state
imployment office branch and
jxpects to open its expanded
juarters next weekend.
Paul Walker, manager of the
firm, said the additional space
vill be of considerable benefit to
he firm in making space availa
>le for an office, for storage, and
or better display of goods. He
aid the added space will improve
acilities for Showing of ladies
pparel.
Tentative plans call for use of
he new space for fabrics, work
lotihes and specially priced men
handise.
)nly 135 Voted
in Bond Election
Only 135 Rings Mountain ci
tizens bothered to vote in
Tuesday’s election, as less
than 1,000 wiithin Cleveland
County went to the polls. All
the issues were favored here.
East Kings Mountain pre
cinct officials recorded 48 vo
ters, while West Rings Moun
tain officials logged in 87.
Aggregate Kings Mountain
results in the bond election
were:
For higher educational insti
tutions 100, against 36.
For Staite mental institutions
101, against 31.
For community college 88, a
gainst 38.
For hospitals 99, against 32.
For armories 77, against 50.
For staite correctional insti
tutions 95, against 33.
for state blind rehabilitation
centers 98, against 30.
For Staite poet facilities 73,
a gainst 49.
For historical sites 71, a