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Established 1889 Seventieth Year Kings Mountain, N. C., Wednesday, December 23, 1959 IQ Pages 10 Today PRICE TEN CENTS Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 Iki figure lor Greater King* Mountain Is derived from lbs MSS Kings Mountain city directory census. The city ■alts ftgure Is (tom tse United States census oI 1950. VOL 70 No. 51 Local News Bulletins K1WANIS CLUB King's Mountain Kiwanians heard a program of carol sing ing by a group of Girl Scouts ait their Tuesday meeting. Mrs. Ben Grimes and Mrs. Joe Keister, Jr: ted the group in the program. MEETING The regularly scheduled meeting of the Kiwanis club on December 31st will be held on Tuesday, December 29th., ait 12 noon at the Woman’s club, it was announced this week. ON DEAN’S LIST Miss Ann Cansler Falls, medical secretarial student at King’s Business college, made the dean’s list the past semes ter at the Charlotte school. •Mass Falls is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Coman Falls of Kings Mountain. OFFICE CLOSED Offices of Ithe driver’s licen se bureau will be closed Thursday and Friday for the holidays but will be open on regular schedule nexit week. The office will also be closed on New Year’s Day. LEGION DANCE Members of Otis D. Green Post 155, (American Legion, will hold a post-Christmas dance on Saturday night from 9 p. m. to midnight. Hague Sisk and his band will furnish music for the occasion. OUT OF HOSPITAL J. W. Webster, city tax coll ector, was discharged last week from Charlotte Memorial hospital. He expects to resume his duties at City Hall Mon day. TO MISSISSIPPI , Dr. and Mrs. Paul Ausley will leave Friday for Tupelo, Miss, for a visit with Mrs. Aus ley’s mother who suffered a heart attack recently. The Ausleys expect to be away un til Dec. 31. TWUA Brochure Distributed The Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIQ, distributed brochures in Kings Mountain Monday on the subject "Is the South Being Sold Too Cheap ly?" The brochures were attached to auto windshields while the autos clogged parking areas, as area citizens completed Christ mas shopping lists. Said .the TWUA brochure, “The answer clearly is yes . . . . ” Via the brochure, it contends southern industrial workers are being paid an average of 47 cents per hour less than the na tional average wage for indus trial workers. In turn, union contends that the textile industry, employing one-sixth of the south’s indus trial working force is even more sub-average and calls on the textile industry to set the pace in closing the gap between wage rates here and of other regions. A cartoon pictures the South as a thin waiter serving dinner to the well-fed North and West. Future Up To Us Said Bauknight "We ourselves determine the way we go —• we set our own fu ture,” said I* (M. Bauknight, pro fessor in the school of agricul ture at Clemson College, in an address to the Beth-ware Progres sive Club at its annual Christmas banquet Monday night. “When we see someone we once knew who is rich and successful, we can say, “There, but for me, go I,’ ” he said. (Mr. Bauknight pointed out that IMr. Average’ needs to keep on tuk toes if he is to keep up in this dynamic age in Which we live. "We need to cultivate faith — in our friends, in our work, in the company for which we work, in our employer, in our employ ees, in the business we run, in our associates, in our religions, and most of all, in ou.-•selves,” he (Continued On Page Ten) i Church Services To Feature Christmas Celebration Here HEADS MASONS — I. C. Dcrvis will be installed Monday night as master of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM for the coming year. He succeeds T. F. Ballard. Masons Elect New Qfficeis New officers of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will' be installed Monday night at 7:30 in an in stallation program art Masonic Hall. Installing officer will be Frank Ballard and Fred Weaver will serve as Installing marshal. I. C. Davis will be installed as master of the lodge for the com ing year succeeding T. F. Bal lard. Other officers include: W. B. Thorburn, senior warden. J. R. Harrison, junior warden. T. D. Tindall, secretary. L. A. Harmon, treasurer. B.M. Hayes, Jr., senior deacon. Joe Roberts, junior deacon. Carl M. Logan, senior Stewart. Bobby C. Bridges, junior Ste wart. H. B. Herndon, tyler. T. F. Ballard, chaplain. Frank Ballard, trustee. J. B. Simpson and Denver King, continuing trustees. Mi. Biddy's Rites Conducted . Funeral rites for Benjamin Franklin Biddy, 81, were held Sunday at 4 p. m. from Macedonia Baptist church of Which he was a memlber. Mr. Biddy, resident of the Park Yarn Mill section, died at his home Friday following a long illness. A retired furniture deal er, he was a native of Georgia son of the late John and Rebec ca Carnes Biddy. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bessie Maltba Biddy; eight sons, E. L. Biddy of Chattanooga, Tenn. Claude Biddy of Ranlo, Luther Biddy of Kannapolis, Thomas Biddy of Statesville, Fred Biddy of the U. S. Armed Forces; J. E. Biddy of Spartariburg, S. C., and Paul and Roy Biddy of Kings Mountain Six daughters also survive. They are Mrs. M. C. Holcomb of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Joe Con ley of Gastonia, Mrs. Eddie Greene, Mrs. V. C. Kiser, and Mrs. J. H. Kiser, all of Charlotte, and Mrs. K. J. Huffstetler, Jr., of Kansas. Rev. W. C. Babbitt officiated at the final rites and interment was in Lowell cemetery. ARP Young People Schedule Service A special service by Boyce Memorial college students at home for the holidays will be given on Sunday, December 27th, ait 5 p. m. at the ARP church. Representatives from a num ber of colleges and universities will participate, giving informa tion on college statistics, curri culum, and related activities. Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor, said an invitation is extended to all friends and especially to the young people to attend. Christmas Eve Rites Feature Special Music Kings Mountain churches were arranging some special obser vance of the Christmas season this week. At numerous area churches the traditional yuletide programs were held on Sunday wiith other Christmas activities held in the various Sunday School groups earlier in the week. Christmas Eve services will be held in at least three Kings Mountain churches with special musical programs planned by First Presbyterian, St. Matthews’ and Resurrection Lutheran ch urches. The traditional midnight mus ical at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will feature familiar ca rols by ithe church choirs under direction of Charles Woodward, church organist-director. Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor, will lead ■the congregation in the reading of scriptures and meditations. Choirs of Resurrection Luth eran church Will present a musi cal program at 10:30 with Mrs. J. N. McClure and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney as organists. Members of the Primary, Junior, Senior, and Youith choirs will partici pate in the program to be fol lowed by a candlelight service which will be concluded at mid night. Rev. George Moore, who announced this service, also said a Christmas Communion service would be held at 11 a. m. on Christmas Day. At First Presbyterian church the Christmas Eve service will begin at 11 p. m. Anthems and choral selections by the choir and meditations will be followed by the observance of com munion. The congregation Will join in the singing of familiar j carols, the Girls Ensemble will sing "There’s A Song in the Air” and the choir will sing, "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly.” Mrs. James Logan will sing "Birthday of A King.” Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, will conduct the reading of scriptures. Central Methodist church has scheduled a Watchnight service on New Year’s Eve. Another Christmas day service will be held by Trinity Episco pal church at West school Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The ser vice will include the rite of Holy communion, Rev. Thomas Drop, pers, the pastor, said. Prayer meeting will be held at the rec tory on Phifer road 'at 7:30 Christmas Eve. Noah Sommers Med Tuesday Noaih Sommers died Tuesday morning alt his work at a fun eral home in Statesville from a heart attack. Mr. Sommers was the father of Mrs. N. M. Farr of Kings Mountain. / Funeral plans are incomplete. ELECTED — Dr. George Plonk has been elected chief of staff at Kings Mountain Hospital. He succeeds Dr. Kenneth McGill. Or. Plonk Heads Medical Stall Dr. George Plonk has been e lected chief of the medical staff at Kings Mountain hospital for the conning year. He succeeds Dr. Kenneth McGill as head of the medical staff. Other officers are Dr. John C. Hamrick of Shelby who succeeds Dr. Plonk as vice-chairman and Dr. Charles Adams of Grover who succeeds Dr. Paul Nolan as secretary - treasurer. Dr. Adams was elected to fill the un-expired term of Dr. Nolan who moved from King? Mountain several weeks ago, subsequently was re elected to the position. The new officers were named Friday in the regular business meeting of the medical staff. Jaycees To Give Service Award The Junior Chamber of Com merce is inviting the public to nominate Kings Mountain’s Young Man of 19o9 and entries should be forwarded as soon as possible. A judging committee will base its decision on three points: 1) contributions to the general com munity welfare during the year; 2) evidence of leadership ability; and evidence of personal or bus iness progress. Any young man, 21 through 35 years of age, is eligible for nom-J | ination. If rthe nominee reaches his 36th birthday before Decern, ber 31 of the year for which the award is given, he becomes eli gible if- the activities for which he is judged were judged before he was 35. The winner need not be a member of the Jaycees. The annual presentation is made at the Jaycees Bosses’ Night banquet in January. Nominations should be ad dressed to Bob Goforth, Route 3, Box 416, Kings Mountain. Postmen And Telephone Operators Feel Fnll Brunt Of Holiday Rush Two Kings Mountain service facilities were clogged Monday., The postoffice conceited 17,857 pieces of mail an<J the Southern Bell telephone exchange handled more than 24,000 local calls. For the posstoffice, Monday ap peared to have been the peak day’s business, but Souther^ Bell could look forward to heavy traffic through Christmas Day. Floyd Farris, manager of the Kings Mountain exchange, said Tuesday that each of the ex change’s 11 positions is being manned at all times and will be through the heavy rush period. I “We’re giving service as fast as I we can,” he noted, “and hope our patrons will be patient if there are slight delays. Mrs. Jack Arnette, supervisor, said the exchange boards make a continuously blinking Christ-1 mas tree. The postoffice has been able to handle the big increase In mail volume adequately and an ticipates no further peaks. Post master Charles Alexander said Tuesday. To handle the Kg vol ume, rural substitute carriers have been helping the regular carriers and six "extras” have been on duty. The extras are James Pressly, Charles Allen, Keith Layton, Oenjie * Moomaw, Sara E. Houser and Arthur Bilt cliffe. Rural substitute carriers who have been on duty are Mar shall Van Dyke, Edwin Moore and Walter D. Vess. Postmaster Alexander noted that most postal employees will get a half-holiday on Christmas Eve. However, he Said, the Win dows will be open until 5 p. m. with a skeleton force on duty, and all outgoing mail will be dis patched. Efforts will be made to get all parcels initio the hands of addresses by Christmas Day. The windows will be closed on Christmas. Second peak mailing day was last Thursday, when 13,521 piec es of mail were cancelled. Total cancellation for the per iod from December 14, when the big rush began, through Monday was 92,009. Annexation, New Town Talk Labeled "Bluff1 What is the reaotlon to Mass-1 achusetits Mohair Plush Com pany's talks concerning incor oraiting the Margraee com munity into a municipality. “I haven’t heard much,” Ma yor Glee A. Bridges replied to the question. ‘‘I think it's kinda bluff stuff, kinda like us when we talk a taout annexation of outlying a reas,” Mayor Bridges added. A1 Maino, general manager of the Neisler division of the Mo hair firm, acknowledged last week that his company had been leading conversations with other outside city industrial firms concerning possible incor poration of an adjacent town and said his firm is prepared to spearhead the movement alone, should Mohair ithink it neces sary. The city recently escalated all its water rates, to both in-city and out-of-city patrons. Mr. Maino isaid the added water bill for his finm would be $10,000 per year. Hospital Plans Due Mid-Ianuary Final plans for the 25-bed ad dition to Kings Mountain hospi tal should be complete by mid January and bids on the estima ted $275,000 construction should be asked in late February. I This is the word of Kings Mountain hospital officials, fol lowing a conference last week with officials of the State Medi cal Care association in Raleigh. Attending the conference were George W. Mauney, president of Kings Mountain hospital, Grady Howard, administrator, and Or mand i& Vaughan, Shelby archi tects. Plans for the general construc tion are coonplete and only re maining plans to be completed are for electrical, plumbing and heating phases of the hospital addition, Mr. Howard said. Final approval of the project by the state agency is expected on receipt of these plans. In September, the state agen cy tentatively approved the pro ject, pending outcome of the state-wide bond election, where by the state group was voted $500,000 for hospital construc tion. For the projec the county will furnish $87,775, the state $36,025, and the federal government $151,250, "We hope to have the new construction under contract by March 1,” Mr. Howard comment ed. The new wing, made possible by recent approval of a $100,000 bond issue in a county-wide e lection, Will be an extension of the Lottie Goforth Memorial wing on Edgemont avenue. No additional service facilities are required by the addition. Mrs. Harmon's Aunt Dies In Greer •Funeral riites for Mrs. Laurens Jaimes, 48, of Greer, S. C., an aunt of Mts. Martin Harmon, of Kings Mountain, will be held at Greer Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock. Mrs. James succumbed to can cer Monday night. Surviving are her husband and three sons, Gregg, Larry and Kenny James. Next Week's Herald On Regular Schedule The nexS edition of the Her ald will be published on regu lar schedule. Publication date will be Thursday, December 31, with ithe edition to appear on newsstands Wednesday night, December 30. Today’s edition is published one day in advance of regular schedule. The Herald will close Wed day ait noon and Will be closed throughout the Christmas weekend. Operations will be resumed Monday morning. IN FRATERNITY Philip Padgett, Jr., freshman at Hampden-Sydney college in Virginia has pledged Theta Chi fraternity. He is the son of Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett of Kings Mountain. Miss Jean CaSh, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. David Cash of Kings Mountain, graduates Thursday from Eas tern Air Lines Stewardess Training school. Miss Cash com pleted the training at Miami Springs, Fla. CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY — Pictured above left to right, Edwin Ford, Shelby Rotary Club president, and Robert Morgan, North Car olina state senator, observe as Charles Dixon, president of Kings Mountain Rotary Club cuts the birthday cake presented by the Shel by group to local Rotarians on the club's first anniversary at the club meeting last Thursday at Kings Mountain Country Club. Offi cers of the Kings Mountain group are president, Charles Dixon; vice-president, Tom Trott; secretary. Jack White; and treasurer, Dick McGinnis. Durham Joining Dr. Hendricks Dr. Durham To Practice Full-Time Dr. Thomas Garrison Durham will begin full-time practice ofi medicine here on Christmas day. I Since October, Dr. Durham has; been associated in part-time j practice here with Dr. Paul E. Hendricks. He succeeds Dr. Paul V. Nolan as a partner with Dr. Hendricks. Dr. Durham has just comple ted his interneship ait Greenville General Hospital, Greenville, S C. A native of Claremont, N. C. Dr. Durham attended Landrum, S. C., high school, was graduated from Furman university in 1955 and from the Medical College of South Carolina in December 19 58. He is a son of Mrs. W. K. Durham, Landrum, S. C. Mrs. Durham is the former Sa rah Franose Casey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Casey, of An niston, Ala., and a graduate of Winthrop college at Rock Hill, S. C., in 1955. The Durhams have a daughter, Julie, age two. The Durhams moved here in November and live at 502 Cres cent Hill Road, at ithe former re sidence of Lawson Brown. Clubs, Churches j Cive To Needy Numerous civic and church groups are busy this week in an effort to bring Christmas cheer to the needy. Kings Mountain Jaycees distri buted handsome food baskets on Sunday to 40 needy families, Rev. Thomas Droppers reported, andi the Kings Mountain Lions club was taking Christmas baskets to blind citizens Tuesday night. The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club 'began Tuesday its customary Christmas program for the needy. J. C. Bridges, chairman, said the club had Chosen seven of the more needy families and are providing them with food, clothing and toys for the Children. He said the gifts would total more than $500 Also planning Christmas gifts to the needy is tHe Bethware Progressive club. In addition, many church groups, particularly circles and Sunday school classes, are plan-| ning special efforts for needy families of the area. In addition, most churches give gifts to homes for the aged, or-, phanages and other institutions located in other cities. MEDICAL DOCTOR — Dr, Thom cut G. Durham will begin the full-time practice of medicine hi»re Christmas day. He has been associated with Dr. Paul E. Hen dricks on a part-time basis since October. Jaycee Tree Profits Burned Jaycee tree sales this year were large, tout profits from the ven ture will probably toe small, ac cording to Wes BuSh, after the fire Saturday which destroyed the tent pitched on the tree lot. The attendant had an open fire in a bucket in the tent to help fend off the cold, got a customer and went to attend him. The wind blew a flap of. the tent into the fire and the tent was leveled in a matter of minutes. “One good thing, we saved our collections,” said Mr. Bush. A bout $60 in cash in a cigar box was lying on a bench in the tent. The tent belonged to a boy scout troop. BuSh said it’s value had not yet been determined, but whatever it is, it will bite into the profits of the Jaycee project. A fire last Thursday at fhe Park Yarn Mill looked bad, butj caused only a small amount of damage, according to John Sma thers, mill official. It sprang from a breaker swit ch which blew up, setting the card room ablaze. "We had very little loss of stock”, Mr. Smath ers said. 'However, the mill was out of operation from 11:20 Thursday until 7:00 a. m. the next day. ' City Fireman Ct D. Ware also reported a fire at 406 Battle ground Avenue at 2 p. m. Satur day. The blaze was a mantle fire and was doused in a matter of minutes. Mr. Ware said no Christmas tree fires have been reported yet, but the season is not over and ur ged all to take special precau tions with trees this year. Most Citizens Look Forward To Yule Holiday Kings Mountain citizens read ied for Christmas this week and the vast, majority were either al ready enjoying a holiday or look ing for ward to vacation time this weekend. Many found help for Santa Claus Shopping via Christmas bo nus payments from employers. Majority of retail business per sonnel, who’ll toe busy through Christmas Eve, are anticipating a long, weekend surcease from work. Most firms will not re-open on the day after Christmas, giv ing their employees a three-day respite. Principal exceptions in clude grocers, service stations, theatres and drug stores. Grocers will toe closed on Christmas day but will be open on Saturday. Drug stores will al so be open on Saturday. On STORES OPEN LATE Merchants will maintain late schedues to accommodate Christmas shoppers Wednes day night, majority of thetm remaining open until 8 p. m. Closing hours are optional on Christmas Eve, but many firms have indicated they will close about 6 p. m. customary Saturday closing hour. The merchants will resume their Wednesday half-holidays on December 30. Christmas day, Kings Mountain Drug Company will offer pre scription service for two hours Christmas morning and another two hours Christmas afternoon. Griffin Drug Store will offer pre scription service on call only Christmas day. Stroupe Drug Company will foe closed Christ mas day. Financial institutions, First National Bank, Kings Mountain Savings & Loan association and Home Savings & Loan associa tion, will close at 1 p. m. Christ mas Eve and will re-open Mon day, Decemlber 28. City Hall offices will close at noon Christmas Eve and will re open on Monday. City Clerk Joe McDaniel said stand-by service will be maintained in gas, electri cal and public works depart (Continued on Page Ten) St. Matthew's First Christmas Now when Jesus was bom »» Bethlehem, of Judea in the days of Herod, the king., behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem. Saying, Where is he that is bom King of the Jewst for we have seen his star in the ea»t, and are come to Worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus if is written by the prophet. And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Gover nor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had priv ily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethle hem, and said, Go and search dil igently for the young chjild; and When ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed; and,.lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced \p\th exceeding great joy. And when they were come info the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankin cense, and myrrh. And being teamed of God in a dream that they should not re turn to Herod, they departed into their chon country another way. (St. Matthew S:l-ltl).
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