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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 DM Ogam lor Qnxrttr King, Mountain U Mn4 bom ttao 1*58 King* Mountain city ctlroctory conns. Tho dty Units Sgaro Is bans too Units* Statss csnsus oi 1*50. "VOL 70 No. 44 Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 5, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins BANK HOLIDAY B. S. Nedll, President of First National Bank, said Wednes day the bank will observe a le gal holiday on November 11 and will not be open. XXWAN1S CLUB Kings Mountain Riwanians will see the color movie of “The Big Reach” featuring (the rocket age and the moon probe at their Thursday might meet ing. The club convenes at 6:45 at the Woman’s club. FAIR VIEW LODGE Regular comlmunioation of Paiirviiew Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 ait Masonic Hall for work in the second degree. Secretary T. O. Tindall made the announ cement KIWANIS OFFICERS ELedtion of a secretary and treasurer by members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club completes Ithe list of officers for 1960. W. S. Fulton, Jr. has been elected secretary and J. iL. McGill has been elected treasurer. ATTENDED MEET Oity Schools Superintendent B. N. Barnes and school 'board members Mrs. Lena McGill and Mr. Fred W. Plonk attend ed the annual (meeting of the North Carolina State School Boards Association, Inc. in Chapel Hill Tuesday. LEGIQN MEETING Regular monthly (meeting of Otis D. Green Posit 155, Amer ican Legion, will be held at 8 o’clock Thursday night, it was announced by J. T. McGinnis, commander. . LEGION MEETING The monthly meeting of the Otis D. Green Post No. 155 of the Amercian Legion will be held Thursday night, Novem ber 5, at 8 p. m. alt the Legion building. Commander J. T. Mc Ginnis urges a good alttend ainoe. AT PASTOR'S SCHOOL Rey. W. C. Sides, pastor of Grace Methodist church, and Rev. Frank Blalock, pastor of El Bethel Methodist church, are attending a school fbr pas tors at Duke University in Dur ham. TO MEETING The Lulther League of Resur rection Lutheran church went to Antioch Lutheran church, Dallas, to attend Sunday’s Southwestern district meeting. TO CONFERENCE Rev. George Moore and E. K. Whiteneir attended Thursday’s Southern conference of the North Carolina Lutheran Syn od at St. John's Lutheran chur ch, Concord, as representatives of Resurrection Lutheran chur ch. IN SORORITY Miss Jean Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hicks, has been elected to membership in the Appalachian State Teach ers college chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary dramatics sorority. Miss Hicks is an ASTC sophomore. METER RECEIPTS Parking mater receipts for (the weak ending Wednesday ait noon totaled $105.60, with $98.05 derived from on-street maters and $17.55 from off street meters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. An addi tional $13.50 was received from over-parking fees. Some Pranksters Got Wedding Cake Hallowe’en pranksters or wedding jokesters? Whoev er or whichever, one or the other evidently made off with the major portion of a lar ge wedding cake following cake - cutting festivities for the Logan-Tate wedding party at the Woman’s club Saturday night The cake was in the E. K. Whiitener car, with the tap la yer and superimposed figurin es intact The Idea was to deep-freeze this portion of the cake for a future anniversary ] T’m angry but I don’t think I’m sarcastic enough to say how angry 1 am,” 'Mr. Whiten er commented. United Fund Donations Top S7.000 Mark The United Fund Campaign reached the $7,000 mark this week, Chairman 9am Stallings said, as he re-issued an appeal for reports from campaign soli citors. "I ithink the campaign is going well," Mr. Stallings said, "but we can’t know certainly until we get more reports." . Mr. Stallings said cash and pledges for the United Fund have topped $7,000, a consider able gain from last week’s re port. Still, he said, numerous re ports are to be made. Goal of the $18,000. campaign is It is Kings Mountain’s first ef fort to aggregate giving. Nine agencies are participa ting members in the United Fund campaign, including the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Red Cross, Kings Mountain city schools band, Davidson school band, Jacob S. Mauney Memorial library, city recreation commis sion, special education fund and the Cleveland County Life-Sav ing crew. Budgets of the several organi zations were approved by the U niited Fund directors before the campaign began. Principal purpose of the effort is to eliminate many of the an nual drives by conducting one campaign for all. Officers, in addition to Mr Stallings, are J. C. Bridges, vice president; Wesley Bush, secre tary; and R. S. Lennon, treasurer. City firemen Go To School Kings Mountain firemen have Ibeen going to school this week. SMttan Pickard, represer ting the State Commissioner of Insur ance, is the instructor and has been holding classes nightly for Kings Mountain’s 24-man depart ment, of whom 20 are volunteer fire-fighters. The classes are being conduct ed from 7 to 10 p. m. each night on Ridtge street in front of Cen tral school. Chief Pat Tignor said the class es have been well - attended and will continue through Thursday night. Instructor Pickard has been demonstrating newest methods of fire-fighting including speedier means of handling hose and hook ing up to hydrants, and water fogging — defined as use of wa ter spray, rather than direct stream — to lessen water dam age. A similar school was conducted by Mr. Pickard here last year. There will be one omission. Last year, the firemen were aible to find an old building to ignite to put themselves to the test on quickness in dousing fire. This year, Chief Tignor said, the firemen haven’t been" able to find an old building sufficiently derelict to destroy. Funeral Conducted For Wreck Victim Grover Citizen Died Instantly In Friday Crash Charles Alvin (Bub) Mullinax, 46, of Grover was killed dnsltant ly in a collision between a trac tor-trailer and his pick-up truck on U. S. 29-By-Pass south of here Friday might at 9:15. He was the only occupant of the pick-up truck on the fog-sh rouded highway. The Burlington driver, Freder ick Jennings Pou, 32, of Saluda, S. C., told Patrolman R. E. Sha ney that the Mullinax vehicle was about 50 feet from him in the opposite lane when it sud denly swerved Into his path. Pou veered toward the shoulder, Sha ney said, but could mot avoid the crash. A hole dug out by the force of the collision determined the point of impact. It was in the lane of the tractor-trailer, Sba ney reported. No skid marks were left on the highway. Mullinax’s body was pinned in the wreckage for some 45 min utes after the crash. Cleveland County Life Saving and Rescue Squad, Inc., worked with jack and crowfbar to pry truck parts from the man's legs, it being impossible to use acetylene tor ches to cut away the wreckage because the vehicle’s gas tank had burst, spreading gasoline and fumes at the Bite. The accident site was a straight stretch of the two lane highway south of the Dixon School road cut-off. The crash brought the 1959 ac cident toll to 23, already topping the entire year of 1958 which saw 17 persons die in Cleveland County traffic accidents. Funeral services for Mr. Mull inax were held Sunday from First Baptist Church in Grover with the Rev. Don Oabiness offi ciating. Burial followed in the Grover cemetery. Mullinax, who operated the State Lime Service Station, was a son of Mrs. Dicey Roark Mull inax and the late Charles An thony Mullinax of Grover. He is also survived by three sons, Charles W. of Charlotte, Joe Alvin of Jacksonville, Flori - da, and Jack of Grover; three daughters, Mrs. Paul Lovelace, Miss Mary Mullinax, and Miss Susan Mullinax, all of Shelby; two sisters, Misses Aileen and Evelyn Mullinax, both of Gro ver; and (three grandchildren. Second Crash The traffic jam on U. S. 29 be hind the accident scene resulted In another accident, a three-car collision, about 10:45 p. m. A oar driven by Thomas New man Barrett, 25, of Gastonia hit a parked foreign make car driven by J. Paul Warrick, 31, of Atlan ta, Oa., knocking jt into a car driven by Eugene Moffett Oar roll, 17, of Kings Mountain. (Continued on Page Eight) Dasen's All "As" Weren't Easy; Five-Hour Homework Chore Cut BY DAVID BAITY Pierre Dasen, 17-year-old ex change student from Geneva, Switzerland, has adjusted well to Kings Mountain life and is doing well in his activities here. (Pierre, who at first found the language a (barrier, buckled down to a rigorous five-hour nightly session on school 'homework. His efforts were rewarding. Young Dasen’s name was among those on the ‘‘straight A” list for the past report period. He has been elected vice-president of the Se nior class. Dasen, who speaks English very well, exceut for difficulty with "th’s”, which his language— French and German — do not have, said in an interview Wed nesday now that (he is familiar with his courses of study, only a bout two hours each! night are required for preparation of home work. He is enthusiastic about the free, friendly way of life in Kings Mountain. "Everybody told me that you would be friend ly and that I would get to know just about everyone, but I could not quite believe it and didn’t really expect it,” he said. "'But it turned out they were exactly right. Even here at school, I walk down the hall and it’s "Mi, Pierre’ from everybody. Some, I don’t know, but everybody is really nice.” The Swiss youth is residing with Mr. and (Mrs, (Fred Plonk and family during his stay here, and he commented he couldn't possibly (have gotten a better home here in America. ‘'Everyone does everything he can to help me.” Jimmy, (the Plonk’s second son) has been really helpful since he traveled, as a sttmmer stu dent, to Germany last June through the American Field Ser vice program. Dasen at first had little time for extracurricular activities, due to his long hours of study ing, tout he says now he has enough free time to engage in some extras. His year’s study in this country has no credit toward graduation from his Geneva school. “It’s an Interlude, in which we exchange students are given a chance to meet different peoples of the world and get to know them,” he said. Pierre is very much in favor of the American Field Service ex change student program and com mented that the group needs mo ney to operate on. "It’s a wonder ful opportunity for us,” he said and he thinks it will break down unfounded prejudices between na tions.” The climate in Piedmont North Carolina is different from Swit zerland, with hotter summers and warmer winters. Pierre is a winter sports fan. He likes ski ing and particularly iice skating. “On Sunday a great many peo ple from Geneva go out skiing,” he recalls, “and a great many (Gontinund On Pag* Might) 1 EVANGELIST — Re* George Hopper of Glen Alpine Is con ducting evangelistic services at First Wesleyan Methodist chur ch on Waco road. Services get underway Thursday and contin ue through November 15 at 7 p. m. nightly. Methodists Set Layman's Day Laymen of Central Methodist church will conduct the Sunday morning worship service Sunday at 11 o’clock in a special Lay man’s Day program. The service will be under the direction of Sam Stallings, Chair t <*n of the Official iBoard of the chi oh. Dr. Harvey Bumgardner will speak at the morning service on “You Have Been Called” and Baxter Payseur will read the scripture and lead the morning prayer. Special music will be pro vided by the Men’s Chorus. “Layman’s Day is designed to honor men and women for their work in making the church a fit instrument to be the body of and mind of Christ,” Rev. Herbert Garmon said in announcing the program. He added, “It is a day of witness, a testimony to our be liefs in the nature of man and the nature of God. We believe that the laymen of the church can remind us of the regular re sponsibility of laymen and lay women in the work of each local church.” Mr. Garmon added that Cen tral Methodist laymen will begin the day at breakfast to be served in the church fellowship hall. The Layman’s Day program is suggested by the General Confer ence of the Methodist Church Board of Lay Activities for use in all Methodist churdhes during the year. College Honois Mis. Kincaid Mrs. Arnold W. Kincaid of Kings Mountain was one of 50 Gardner-Webb College alumni honored at the Founders and Homecoming Convocation last week on (the Boiling Springs campus. Citations were given for out standing achievement in parti cular fields of endeavor. The 25 alumni receiving honor citations, including Mrs. Kincaid, were se lected from over 10,000 former Students of the the 54-year-old Baptist college. They were nolmi nated by their fellow alumni and screened by an anonymous com mittee. The Kings Mountain woman was recognized for service in the field of homemaking. Citizen citations also went to 25 alumni who were reoogrnz^d for outstanding achievement. ClubToObseive 'Teacher Day" Kings Mountain Woman’s club will hold "Teacher Recognition Day” on Tuesday during the na tional observance of American Education Week. All teachers in the city schools system will be special guests of the Woman’s club Tuesday even ing at the general meeting of all jelub departments. The program which begin at 8 p. m., will be followed by a social hour at the Woman’s club. Mrs. Denver King is chairman of the Community Affairs De partment, hostesses for the event Serving with the department as hostesses are Mrs. Jacob Cooper, Mrs. G. C. Yelton, and Mrs. George Houser. Mrs. Gene McCarter Is pro gram chairman for the annual event Grovei Hist, Mid-Pines Second In PADA Awards Grover and Camp Call com munities took first -place and Midpines, near Kings Mountain, was second place winner in the 1959 Cleveland County commun ity development content. It is the second year the com munity of Grover has won first place honors. Midpines entered the contest for the first time this year. Judged on rural non-farm ba sis, Grover excelled in all five phases of the contest: increasing income, home improvements, youth, community projects, and participation in church, school and other activities. Among the town’s major achievements were securing a resident doctor and a resident druggist, in addition to erecting a new home for the school principal plus major im provements to 154 other homes in the community, Other activi ties in collaboration with other civic groups, and 100 percent co operation with the town. Rev. Trent Howell, chairman of the Grover Development Coun cil, accepted the $25 first place award given to the winners Thursday night. Mns. A. D. Har ris accepted the award for Camp Call (the area of Union Baptist church northwest of Shelby on N. C. 26) and Yates Smith accepted the $15 second prize check for the Midpines community. Winners to the area contest, to which first place winners will compete, will be announced at an awards dinner on November 21 art Park Center in Charlotte. BQ1 Moss Opens Electrical Firm Moss Electric Company open ed for business this week in the Walker building, 504 E. King street, it was annonuced 'by R. W. (Bill) Moss, owner. Mr. Moss, who obtained a state electrical license several weeks ago, said his firm would special ize in commercial and residential wiring and in commercial and residential repair service. Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B.1 Moss, he is a Kings Mountain native and member of First Pres byterian church. Ftor the past 18 months he has been employed by Reid Electric Company, Char lotte, and prior to that time sp ent eight years in electrical con struction with various firms. He is a graduate of Kings Mountain high school and attended North Carolina State college. Mrs. Moss is the former Betty Hayes. They have three sons. Mr. Milieu's lUtes Conducted Final rites for William Robert Millen, 74, of Parker street, were held Tuesday at 4 p. m. from Cen tral Methodist church, interment following in Mountain Rest ceme tery. 'Mr. Miillen, a retired farmer and former operator of an ice plant at Bessemer City, suocumb ed Monday morning after a short illness. He was the son of the late Joseph W. and Mary Hance Mil len. He is survived by his wife, 'Mrs. Zettie Deal (Millen; six daugh ters, Mrs. Ruth Gregory, Mrs. Rosanell Maylhue, Mrs. Doris Hardin, all of Kings Mountain; Mrs. Alma Gantt of 'Hudson, Mrs. Maxine Wilborne of Thomasville and Mrs. Margaret Freeman of Charlotte; three sons, Willard of Rlverdale, Md., Charles of Sumter, S. C., and Thomas M. Millen of Columbia, S. C; two brothers, Ervin of Kings Moun tain and Alex Millen qf Gasto nia; 12 grandchildren and two great • grandchildren. ' Rev. H. D. Garmon officiated. Dr. Adams Officer Of Hospital Staff Dr. Charles Adams, of Grover, recently was elected secretary treasurer of (the medical staff of Kings Mountain hospital. He succeeded Dr. Paul Nolan, who resigned when he left Kings Mountain to become a plant physician for Du Pant in Tenn Dr. Adams began the practice of medicine in Grover last sum mer. Other staff members are Dr. Kenneth McGill, president, and Dr. George Plonk, vice-president. DISCHARGED Otis Palls, Sr., Kings Moun tain businessman, was dis charged Sunday from Kings Mountain hospital, where he had been a patient for several weeks. Natural Gas Rates To Escalate Here? Bridges Says Board Awaiting Engineer Report Wlill Kings Mountain's natural gas raites be Increased? Mayor Glee A. Bridges said Wednesday he didn’t know, but that the city commission is ex pecting a report from its gas en gineer, Bell Edwards, of Green wood, S. C., in the near future. The possibility of a rate incre ase came about several months ago when Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Coroporation, from whom ithe city purchases gas, filed ap plication with federal and state regulatory commissioners for a rate increase of six iperoen/t Though the applications hav en’t been approved, Transcontin ental vuill begin charging the higher rates on November 18, meantime posting bond to cover amount of the increase pending approval. If approval is not granted, or granted only in part, Transcontinental would have to make refunds to its customers. On Tuesday, the North Caro lina Utilities commission set public hearings an rate increase application for four privately - operated North Carolina gas dis tributors on increase applications they filed after Transcontinental made their application. Municipal distributors don’t have to get Utilities commission approval for a gas price increase. When Transcontinental origi nally applied for a rate increase, Kings Mountain officials said they didnlt anticipate an incre ase in local residential and com mercial rates, though they did feel a comparable increase in industrial rates would he neces sary. Now Mayor Bridges isn’t sure, thinks it possible all rates might escalate slightly. Withers Named To School Post Fred Withers, Kings Mountain high school teacher, was elected chairman of the steering com mittee of Television-in-the Schools, a statewide program, at a meeting at State College in Ra leigh last weekend. The group also discussed gen eral improveiment of the history television program in the schools Mr. Withers teaches history and social studies at Central high school. Tax Payments Total $90,000 Local property taxes for 1959 are now due at par. Through the end of the dis count period Saturday, city tax payers had paid $90,000 into city coffers, Tax Collector J. W. Web ster reported this week, against the total levy of $153,000. Tax bills are due at par through February 1. Penalty of two percent applies on February 2. SPEAKER — Members of the Carolinas sub-section of the A merican Institute of Mining En gineers will hear an address by Basil Whitener. 11th district Con gressman, following a dinner meeting at Kings Mountain Country Club Friday night. Basil Whitener AIME Speaker Basil L. Whiitener, of Gastonia, Congressional represen t a it i v e from the llith North Carolina dis trict, will address members of (t he Carolinas sub-section, American Institute of Mining Engineers at a dinner at Kings Mountain Country Club Friday evening. A social hour will be held prior to dinner, beginning at 6:30. Congressman Whitener will give a resulme of the work of the first session of the 86th Congress. 'Mr. Whitener is a member of it he House Ju diciary committee •and served as a member of a special sub-committee studying the International Court of Jus tice at the Hague. A business session will be held \ following the Congressman’s ad dress. It is anticipated, Secretary W. E. Horst said, that the sub-sec tion members will petition the AIME for formation of a Caro linas section. Members and their wives from throughout the area are expect ed to attend. Christmas Lights To Be Improved The Kings Mountain mer chants association 'is conducting currently a fund drive to im prove the city’s Christmas light ing. Last year, the association a dopted a policy of dispensing with a Christmas parade, with the funds ordinarily expended for this purpose to be used for improving Christmas lights. Mrs. Luther Joy, association secretary, said Wednesday the fund campaign is progressing satisfactorily. Committee in charge of the so licitations includes J. T. McGin nis, Richard Barnette, James Crawford and J. C. Bridges. Education Week Observance Here To Feature Open House At Schools Kings Mountain city schools will join in the nation-wide ob servance of American Education week, beginning Sunday and continuing through November 14, Robert M. Kennedy, Eatft school principal and president of the Kings Mountain National Edu cation association unit said this week. The schools will hold open house next week and are inviting all citizens to visit the schools during the observance. First observed in 1922, Ameri can Education Week is sponsored nationally by the National Edu cation association, the American Legion, the United States Office of Education and (the National Congress of Parents and Teach ers. , Theme of this year’s observan ce is “Praise and Appraise Your Schools”. Mr. Kennedy said, American National Education week is a report (time, when ithe schools tell their owners, the public, what It is doing, their purposes, methods, achievements, needs and pro blems.” Daily topics for considering during American Education week are: Sunday — “The Child: What Does Education Mean To Him?" Monday — “The Parents: How Can they Work for Better Schools?" Tuesday — "The Teacher: What Is a Teacher?” Wednesday — “The People Next Door: Who Are They?" Thursday, November 12—“The School Board Member: What Are His Responsibilities?” Friday, November 13 — “The Adult Citizens: How Can the Schools Serve Them?" Saturday.November 14 — “The Voter: How Does He Make His Decisions?” In connection with the Kings Mountain observance, school displays will appear in show windows of the former Griffin’s Drug Store, Belkls Department store and Plonk Brothers and Company. ■“Last year 26 million adults visited their schools during A merican Education Week, and we hope all Kings Mountain ci tizens will make a particular point of visiting one or more of the Kings Mountain schools next week,” Mr, Kennedy said. Mrs. Ghantt New Bus Terminal Manager Here Mrs. Louise Stringfellow Ohantt, of Shelby, assumed man agement of the Kings Mountain Bus Terminal and Western Union office Wednesday. Douglas Ammons, auditor for Queen City Bus Company, made the announcement. He confirmed that Miss Ida Lattimore, also of Shelby, was relieved as terminal manager last week. She Had operated the terminal since 1966. Mjrs. Ohantt is a former em ployee of Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph office in the Char lotte exchange. She is a Cleveland county native and a graduate of Fallston (high school. Her husband, Douglas Ghantt is a part-time driver for Queen City and a part-time express a gent at the Charlotte terminal. Mrs. Ohantt said the terminal will he open from 7 a. m. to 6:30 p. m., Mondays through Satur days, and from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. on Sundays. Community Day Program Friday Kings Mountain’s annual World Community Day observ ance will be held Friday at 3:30 p. m. in First Baptist church. The program, under sponsor ship of United Ohunerwomen in this community, is one in which chuncfhwomen from all over the glofbe meet together once a year in an effort to create a sense of world community. Mrs. George (Moore, who with her husband spent sometime as Lutheran missionaries to Africa, will present a program on that country and will show color sli des. Africa is being featured this year in the overall program for World Communty Day. Kings Mountain women are making layettes and giving clo thing for infants and small child ren now living in refugee camps around the world. These gifts are to 'be collected at Friday’s meet ing and will be shipped overseas. Yarn and yardage goods are also needed and will he accepted. “It is hoped that all churchwo men will avail themselves of this opportunity to have a part in this World Community Day program,” a spokesman for the local group said. Mrs. W. M. Gantt is presi dent of United Churchwomen, an inter - denominational group rep resenting virtually all churches in the community. UNICEFGifts t Total $140. Hallowe’en night ‘Trick or Treating” provided $140.07 to UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, a project con ducted locally by young people of Central and Grace Methodist churches. . Young people all over the na tion joined in the Hallowe’en pro motion. 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. With only a small group parti cipating, Grace Methodist young people received donations of $30.50 Hallowe’en night. Central Methodist young people, in their canvass, received donations to taling $109.57 and their group Workers included Sandy Stallings, Billy and Joe Patterson, David and Danny Dilling, Tommy Black, Judy Long, Marilyn Dixon, Joan McClure, Richard McDani el, Steve Wright, Butch Ormand, Steve Marlowe, Teresa McDaniel, (Continued On Page Eight) Phone Cable Damage May Be Avoided Careless hunters are giving . Southern Bell Telephone Com pany repairmen a hand time. Kings Mountain Manager, Floyd Farris, said at least three incidents in the past few weeks can Ibe traced to damage to cable by shotgun or rifle fire. One of these happened in the Oak Grove section, one in the Grover area and the other up the Waco road. In many in stances one stray shot from a gun will cause considerable damage. If a cable is punctured in any manner and to any degree, Far ris said, moisture will enter and short out the cable, making it necessary to replace a sec tion of the cable. Farris asked hunters to be careful where they aim their guns. After all, he said it might be their own telephone they are knocking out, besides ma king themselves responsible for a costly repair job on the cable.
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