Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
Gty Limits 7,206
Thm Sour* lor Greater King* Mountain to derived from
tk* IASS King* Mountain city directory census. Tim city
Limits figure to from tno United State* census of 1850.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 71 No. 4
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 28, I960
Seventy-First Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
I
Local News
Bulletins
at meeting
Mrs. L. L. Lohr, president,
Mrs. O. W. Myers, Mr. and Mrs.
Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. E. W.
Griffin, Mrs. C. A. Butterworth,
and Miss Maude Gardner are
representing the Kings Moun
tain Council of United Church
women at the three-day meet
ing in Charlotte of the North
Carolina Council of Churches.
ROTARY SPEAKER
Rev. George Riddle .pastor of
the • Presbyterian church of
Cherryville, will address Kings
Mountain Roturians at their
Thursday moon meeting at the
Country club. Lewis Dellinger
is program chairman and will
present the speaker.
TO AIR FORCE
Robert Osborne, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Osbor
ne of Kings Mountain, has
joined the Air Force and left
Monday for Lackland AFB,
Texas, for basic training, after
which he will enter the Spec
ialist School of Aviation Elec
tronics.
KIWANIS CLUB
Kiwanian W. L. Pressly will
present ithe 1959 Achievement
Report as the Thursday night
program of the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club when it con
venes at 6:45 p. m. at the Wo
men’s club.
HAMBURGER SALE
The Ladies' Club of Carson
Memorial Church will sponsor
a hamburger and hot dog sale
Saturday, January 29 from 4
until 6 p. m. at the church.
Hamburgers will bt priced at
20 cents and hot dogs at 15
cents. Cakes will also be on
sale at the church.
CITY TAG SALES
Sales of city auto license
tags totaled 805 Wednesday
afternoon, Mrs. Grace Wolf,
assistant city clerk, reported.
More than 1700 were sold in
1959. Deadline for purchase of
the tags without penalty is
February 15.
HAS OPERATION
J. W. Webstar, city tax Col
lector, underwent an operation
tor a Stomach ulcer at Kings
Mountain hospital Wednesday
morning. His condition was re
ported satisfactory Wednesday
afternoon.
Church Officers
Are Elected
Chluroh officers were elected re
cently at a meeting of the con
gregation of St. Matthew’s Lu
theran church.
The council includes: Carl
Mauney, vice-president; Glee E.
Bridges, secretary; L. Arnold
Kiser, treasurer; and James Ben
nett, financial secretary.
Committees include:
Evangelism — Hugh Ormand,
Bruce Thorburn, Tom Trott.
(Finance — Dan Finger, Carl
Mauney, L. Arnold Kiser.
Music — George Houser, Bob
Rosberg, Mrs. Helen Yates.
Parish Education — James
Herndon, Jr., George H. Mauney,
Mrs. Helen Blanton.
Property — Carl Ramsey,
George W. (Mauney, W. K. Maun
ey.
Social and Activities — Joe
(Hedden, Bob Suber, Mrs. Jacob
Cooper.
Usher — Jack Hauser, James
Lackey, Roy Howard.
Bob Morgan
Not Running
State Senator Robert Morgan,
of Shelby, won’t seek the demo
cratic nomination for lieutenant
governor in the upcoming pri
mary, 'he said in Shelby Wednes
day.
Rumored for several months as
a likely candidate, Senator Mor
gan was quoted as saying person
al and business affairs dictated
the negative decision.
Tuesday, State Senator C. V.
Henkel, of Statesville, announced
his candidacy for the office. It
was Morgan who defeated Henkel
in a close joust for the position
of speaker pro tempore of the
Senate last February.
Bloodmobile
To Return
February 8
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain
February 8, and local chapter of
ficials hope the good record of
the December visitation can be
duplicated:
In December, Kings Mountain
area citizens donated 127 pints of
blood to the area bank, two more
than the 125-pint q.ota. .
Mrs. O. W. .Myers, blood pro
gram, chairman, said this week
there is a particular need for
additional "first-time” donors.
Regular donors, she said, have
been carrying the load through
out the Charlotte area, but can
not do it all. .
Waiting 'periods of from eight
to 12 weeks# a re required between
an individual’s blood donations,
sometimes longer, she reported,
Which means that new donors are
constantly needed, if the quotas
are to be met. In addition, po
tential donors "age out,” and oth
ers move away from the commu
nity from time to time.
Mrs. Myers also called attent
ion to the benefits of “industrial”
coverage, where blood credits are
given all employees for a two
year period wmen.as many as
20 percent of the employees be
come donors. Three Kings Moun
tain industries are working to
ward the full-coverage goal now.
‘I hope there will be more,”
Mrs. Myers added.
The Bloodmobile will set up for
its February 8 visit at tfte Wo
man’s Club, from 11 a. m. to 5 p.
m.
Band Students
To Attend Clinic
Six Kings Mountain band stu
dents will play Friday and Sat
urday in the Gastonia District
All-State 'Band Clinic and will
participate in a concert at Ashley
high school Saturday evening at
7:30.
Students include: Paul Fulton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Ful
ton. He is a trumpet player, a
senior, and president of the band
Which he joined six years ago;
Kay Broadwater, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Broadwater of
Hillside Drive who plays the per
cussion and who moved here with
her family from Big Stone Gap.
She is a sophomore; Pattie Ho
ward, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Grady Howard and a freshman
tenor saxophone player.
'Also Sara 'Lennon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lennon who
is a sophomore and who plays
the fulte. She Has been a band
member for four years; Joan Mc
Clure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. McClure and an eighth gra
der. She plays the bassoon, bell
lyre.
The clinic will include two
groups. One group will play mu
sic of Group 4, 5, and 6 and will
Ibe directed by Henry Janiec,
conductor of tHe Charlotte Sym
phony Orchestra. The second sec
tion will play music from
Groups 2, 3, and 4 and will be
directed by David Serrins, assis
tant conductor of the Charlotte
Symphony. Mr. Serrins is first
oboist with the orchestra and
instrumental director at Char
lotte’s Harding high school.
COIN COLLECTORS
A meeting of area coin col
lectors has been called for Fri
day nighit at 7 o’clock alt Mc
Ginnis Furniture Company, it
was announced this week by
Bill McGinnis. Purpose of the
meeting is to organize a coin
collector’s club.
1959
PRESS AWARD
Nartt; (darnlina
llrrafi Aaaanatton
News Coverage
Weekly Division
FIRST PLACE
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C.
I
January 21, I960
PrmUm*
J
Herald News Job
Wins First Place
Herald Wins
Top News Honor
In State Contest
The Kings Mountain Herald
was awarded first place in news
coverage among weekly news
papers of the state toy judges of
the 1959 North Carolina Press
association contests.
It was the first time the Her
ald had won first place in the
news coverage division, though a
second ylace award had been won
in 1954 and a third place in 1952.
The Leaksville News won sec
ond place and the (Mooresville
Tribune was third.
In 1950, the Herald was award
ed first plaice in the editorial di
vision.
The judges commented:
“Study of the entries in this
class leads one to the conclusion
that resident’s of North Carolina’s
smaller communities perhaps are
as well informed about affairs
within their towns as are the
hometwn newspaper readers of
any area. (Balance and variety
and coverage of news of interest
and concern to the communities
appeared to be of high quality.
“The Kings Mountain Herald
contained Page One stories on the
city’s study of water fluoridation,
city political races, activities of
fraternal and service organiza
tions, business and industrial en
terprises, church and school ac
tivity, and obituaries. Sports and
society and women’s interest
news seemed to be adequately
covered.”
The awards were presented
(Continued on Page Eight>
Tax Listing Deadline Extended
Through Tuesday In Township
Tax listing will be continued
in Number 4 Township through
Tuesday, February 2.
City and county listing offi
cials said they were granting the
extra two-day listing period due
to the accident of the 1960 cal
endar, which finds the final two
days falling on Saturday and
Sunday. In addition, listing, due
to the fact New Year’s Day was
on Friday did not begin In the
township until January 4.
Meantime, the listing pace
was continuing brisk and, in
spite of Wednesday afternoon’s
raiin, citizens were moving into
City Hall courtroom to complete
1 the listing chore.
Officials declined to estimate
I the percentage of the job com
I pleted.
Meantime, Max Hamrick,
county tax supervisor, reminded
business and industrial firms
thait inventory reports are due
in his office by January 31. The
law requires listing of inventor
ies at actual value. In turn, they
are taxed at 32.5 percent of that
amount.
Officials also pointed out pen
alties are provided Cor late list
ing.
All persons are required to list
their properties for taxes during
the month of January. Included
are household goods, appliances,
television and radio sets, per
sonal jewelry, dogs, guns, and
all cither antic 1/es of value.
Males between 21 and 50 years
of age must list far poll tax.
Penalty On 1959
Taxes Start 2nd
Penalty on 1959 city and
county taxes wil! apply Tues
day, February 2.
State law provides that a pen
alty of two percent foe added
on all 1959 tax bills not paid
by the close of business Febru
ary L
Since many citizens await
the deadline to pay their tax
bills, both city and county tax
collectors are anticipating a
busy weekend. Prior history
shows that tax collections zoom
during the final days of Janu
ary.
i_
Mi. Caipentez's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Earle Ervin
Carpenter, 76, were held” Monday
at 3 p. m. from Harris Funeral
Home Chapel, interment follow
ing in Mountain Rest cemetery.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of
Boyce Memorial ARP church, as
sisted by Rev. Leo Smith.
Mr. Carpenter succumbed Sun
day morning at 12:45 in ' the
Kings Mountain hospital follow
ing an illness of several year's.
A native of Gaston County, he
was the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. O. D. Carpenter. He was a
former bookkeeper for Hardin
Manufacturing Company of Har
din, N. C. and subsequently for
Ben T. Goforth Plumbing of
Kings Mountain. He was a mem
ber of St Paul’s Lutheran chur
ch in Gaston County.
He is survived by his wife.
Mis. Ellen McGill Carpenter and
one brother, P. V. Carpenter of
Charlotte. \
Active pallbearers were Bef> T.
Goforth, Marvin Goforth, M. D.
Phifer, I. G. Patterson, Claude
Hambright, and W. D. Best the
latter of Dallas.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr
Kenneth McGill, Dr. George
Plonk, J. R. Davis; Rev. Frank
Blalock, W. S. Fulton, Robert
Kennedy, Robert Gregory, Grady
Howard, and B. D- Ratterree.
ON DEAN S UST
Kings Mountain students
who made the dean’s list for
the fall teim at Appalachian
State Teacher’s college were
Nancy Bell and Sara Mae
Hamrick, both of whom are
seniors, and Mitchell Ann
Lynn, a freshman. A "B” or
higher scholastic average is re
quired.
Home S & L
lad Big Year;
Tate Elected
Home Savings & Loan associa
tion enjoyed a highly prosperous
1959, shareholders were inform
ed ait Tuesday’s annual meeting.
Following reports, the share
holders elected Thomas A. Tate
a director and re-elected as dir
ectors Dr. J. E. Anthony, G. A.
Bridges, J. H. Thomson, A. H.
Patterson, J. B. Mauney, I. G.
Patterson, B. D. Ratterree, Jack
H. White, Dr. Paul E. Hendricks,
and R. S. Plonk, of Bessemer
City.
The directors re-elected all of
ficers and named Mr. Tate sec
tary-itreasurer. Other officers are
Dr. Anthony, president; Mr. Brid
ges and Mr. Thomson, vice-pres
ident; and Mrs. Emily A. Hern
don, assistant secretary-treasur
ei.
Reports were made by Mr. Pat
terson, who gave ithe highlights
of the past year’s operation, by
Mr. Tate, who gave the financial
report, and Jacob Dixon, who
summarized operations at the
Bessemer City branch.
The reports show:
The association closed the
year yvilth assets of $3,709,341,
up $486,383.
Savings accounts increased
$403,970 to $3,285,905.
Reserves increased $42,041 to
$327,167.
Dividends were a record $112,
553.
Mortgage loans outstanding
increased $394,i47 to $3,243,972.
The association's year-end liq
uidity factor was 8.78 percent
compared Ito the minimum re
quired six percent.
During 1959 the association
made 249 new loans, totaling
$966,234.
The association owed no notes
or obligations at year-end.
Mr. Dixon reported thalt assets
of the Bessemer City branch at
year-end totaled $705,000, up
$52,000, and that savings ac
counts had increased by $72,000.
It was also reported that the
association is currently remodel
ing a building it owns in Bess
emer City for use as offices. Mr.
Patterson said the association
will relinquish a building it now
rents. He said the association is
spending about $10,000 on the
remodeling.
Crawford Youth
Died Wednesday
Mickey Crawford, age 19, died
Wednesday at 12:15 p. m. in a
Raleigh Hospital where he had
been a patient for six years. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mond Crawford of Kings Moun
tain.
Surviving in addition to his
parents are a brother, Danny;
three sisters, Rebecca, Brenda,
and Marie; his grandmother,
Mrs. Minnie H. Crawford; and a
grandfather, C. Meek Foster, all
of Kings Mountain.
Young Crawford was a mem
ber of Resurrection Lutheran
Church.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock
from Resurrection Lutheran ch
urch with the Rev. George Moore
officiating. The deceased will lie
in state at the church from 3:30
until 4:00.
Interment will be in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Old Scout Uniforms
Can Be Put To Use
Any old Boy Scout uniform^
\ cluttering up storage space si
round the house?
Otis Falls, Jr., and Qharles
Ramsey, Troop 2 leaders, ad
dressed a note to the Herald
this week Which is self-explana
tory. They wrote:
"An item in your paper brou
ght nearly a dozen uniforms a
few months ago. These uni
forms went mostly" to hoys in
troops other than ours and late
ly we have had‘other requests
for second-hand uniforms.
"Boy Scout week is observed
from February 7-14 and this is
the week the boys need uni
forms the most. Would you ask
your readers again for their
old uniforms? None is prouder
than a boy who had found It
hard to Obtain a uniform but
who finally suoceeds."
Persons having Boy Scout
uniforms they no longer need
should call Mr. Falls or Mr.
Ramsey.
Heart Fund Drive
Organization Set
Campaign Plans
Set; Droppeis
Named Chairman
Rev. Thomas Droppers, rector
of Trinity Episcopal church, will
head the 1960 appeal for funds
for the Heart Drive.
The Kings Mountain campaign
will continue throughout the mon
th of February, with Heart Sun
day to be Observed on February
28.
Mr. Droppers announced his
committees for the month-long ef
fort this week and they include:
Mrs. Thomas Droppers, secretary;
R. S. Lennon, treasurer; Charles
Woodward, publicity; Mrs. Frank
R. Summers, advance gifts; Mrs.
James E. Dickey, Heart Sunday;
William Jonas, industry; W. K.
Dellinger, retail business; B. N.
Barnes, schools; Rev. George
Moore, clergy; and Vera Lee Ro
berts, chairman of the colored di
vision.
“The Heart Fund, conducted
through February, is the annual
campaign of the American Heart
Association, its affiliates and
chapters, for voluntary contribu
tions to support the nationwide
attack on heart and circulatory
diseases,” Mr. Droppers pointed
out. He continued, “Your Heart
Association’s programs are guid
ed by the nation’s most eminent
physicians and scientists with
the support of outstanding lay
men. They use your Heart Fund
; dollars to fight heart disease
through research, education, and
community services,” he said.
He added that with the support
of the Heart Fund, medical scien
ce Was made progress in saving
and prolonging lives of thousands
of heart victims. Research has
provided the knowledge needed
to prevent rheumatic fever, to
control cases of high blood pres
sure, to repair damaged heart
valves and to correct congenital
defects through heart surgery, in
addition to many other major ad
vances.
Nance Joining
Monroe Him
J. T. Nance, purchasing agent
at Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company’s Neisler (Mills division
the past four years, has accepted
a similar position with Tool Ser
vice Engineering Company of
Monroe.
Mr. Nance and his wife, the
former Martha Jo Randall of
Kings (Mountain, are moving to
Monroe February 6th.
Mr. Nance came to the Neisler
plant from Laurens, S. C.
LUTHERANS
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, will
bring a Foreign Missions ser
mon at the morning worship
hour Sunday at 11 o’clock at
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church.
HEADS DRIVE — Rev. Thomas
Droppers. Kings Mountain minis
ter, will head the 1960 appeal for
the Heart Fund Drive which gets
underway in February.
Blanton Gets
Chance At Navy
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Con
gressman Basil I* W'hitener an
nounced in Washington today the
nomination of James Cordell
Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles D. Blanton, 212 Lackey
Street, Kings Mountain, to attend
the United States Naval Acade
my.
Young iBlanton is a student at
Kings Mountain (high school and
is very active in scholastic and
extra-curricular activities. He is
a member of St. Matthew’s Lu
theran church and serves as usher
and acolyte.
During his high school years
Blanton has been a member of
the Student Council and president
of the sophomore class. He is a
member of the Key, Monogram,
and Future Teachers Clubs. The
Kings Mountain youth has played
on the football, basketball, base
ball, and track teams. During
1959 he was co-captain of the
football team.
Forwarding Blanton’s nomina
tion' for the Naval Academy to
the Secretary of the Navy, Con
gressman Whitener stated:
'Many people in Cleveland
County have called Jimmy Blan
ton’s very fine scholastic and
athletic record to my attention.
He has the necessary qualities of
leadership to be an officer in our
Navy, and I am happy ito give
him this appointment. He has my
very best wishes for the future.”
The United States Naval Acad
emy is located at Annapolis,
Maryland. Graduates of the A
cademy receive a Bachelor of
Science degree and a commission
as ensign in the Regular United
States Navy.
Desks Vacant, Doctors Swamped:
Ravaging Influenza Continuing
Major news in Kings (Mountain
during the past week has been the
"flu.”
It was more news that a per
son had thus far escaped the ail
ment than that he hadn’t.
School officials and druggists
guessed that the illness was near
epidemic stage.
One druggist said, “Wednes
day’s prescription traffic indicat
ed the incidence of illness was a
bout as high as it had been. In
fact, it’s been very heavy for the
past six days.”
School attendance continued
pock-marked this week.
B. N. Barnes, city superintend
ent, said over all attendance in
the white schools was 84 percent
on Monday, 85 percent on Tues
day and Wednesday. It was
worse in the city Negro schools.
Only 76 percent of Davidson high
school pupils were present Wed
nesday and only 71 percent of the
elementary pupils.
Mr. Barnes declined to guess
what attendance figure would
dictate a brief school closing due
to illness. "I personally feel its
close to epidemic stage, though I
naturally hope we won’t have to
close the schools.” He said a dis
cussion of the situation wdth the
several principals had been held,
but that opinion was that Wed
nesday’s rains may have been a
contributing factor to the low at
tendance.
The city’s medical contingent
was being kept very busy with a
parade of office visitors and ma
ny house calls.
Kings Mountain hospital, post
ing a waiting list, was not neces
sarily a “flu” haven. Grady Ho
ward, business manager, said, “I
don't believe we have a great
number of influenza patients,
though we do have several suffer
ing with complications arising
from the illness.”
Symptoms of the ailment vari
ed but usually included one or
more of the following: alternat
ing ohills and hot flashes, fever,
sore throat, cold, and headache..
Medical supplies were reported
in good shape.
A druggist said ‘'Fortunately,
supplies are available, not only
locally, but in the channels from
manufacturer to retailer. He
noted that a Saturday night tele
gram to Atlanta for a particular
shipment was delivered via parcel
post, special delivery, Sunday af
temoon at 2:30.
County Board
Likely To Get
Bequest Monday
By DAVID BAITY
Despite the flu-bug and bad
weather, it aippears the petition
calling for the setting up of a
consolidated school district in No.
4 Township and a district school
bond vote will be signed and pre
sented to the county board of ed
ucation at its regular meeting
next Monday.
Canvassers have been at work
in the Bethware, Grover, Park
Grace, and Compact communities
and in Kings (Mountain adding
names to the tally.
A spot Chock by the Herald
Wednesday afternoon showed at
lest 383 names of the required
700 on the list, this check taking
in less than half the petitions be
ing circulated.
Holmes Harry, a Grover dis
trict school committeeman, said
his group had lagged in its can
vassing since last week’s Shelby
Daily Star editorial questioning
advisability of the merger. His
group is waiting for all questions
to be answered at once at a meet
ing Thursday night of the Grover
Community Development Coun
cil.
B. N. ^Barnes, superintendent of
Kings Mountain City Schools,
will speak at the council meeting
Thursday. The meeting will be
at Grover High School at 7:30 p.
m.
“Park Grace would go a hund
red percent, if we could just man
age to get around to seeing every
body,” J. T. Malcolm said Wed
nesday. Maleolmn, president of
the Park Grace P-TA had 75
names on his petition and had
covered only those persons em
ployed at Lambeth Rope Corpor
ation who live in the district and
residents of York Road from the
U. S. 29 bridge to his home. He
planned to continue Wednesday,
but bad weather postponed work.
He could give no estimate of
those obtained by other canvass
ers, but was quite optimistic.
‘‘Bethware community is for
it,” said Stokes Wright, a district
committeeman. "We have a good
many names on the petitions, but
I couldn’t estimate the number,”
he said. The district committee
men are doing a h'ouse-to-house
canvass work in the community.
However, flu and bad weather
have hnmoored the work.
Roy Bell, a Compact school
committeeman, said he had ob
tained about 50 names on his pe
tition and the petitions in his dis
trict will he ready for presenta
tion to the county board on Mon
day of next week.
A spot check in Kings Moun
tain revealed some 258 petitioners
on about half the petitions in bus
iness locations in the city.
The petition calls for the es
tablishment of a special consoli
dated school bond district and
asks the county school hoard to
request a school 'bond vote of the
county board of commissioners.
Text of the petition follows:
"We the undersigned, being
more than ten percent of the
qualified voters residing in the
territory hereinafter described
respectfully petition and show:
*T. That the present school
buildings, sites, and equipment
of the various schools located in
this area are inadequate to serve
the pupils of these schools.
There is great need for a new
high school, as well as, addi
tions, remodeling of existing
plants.
2. That the needs of these
schools mentioned in paragraph
(Continued On Page Eight)
Merger Petitfons
Spotted In City
School merger petitions to be
signed by qualified voters in
Kings Mountain have been
placed in many local business
firms and public offices for the
convenience of the citizens.
Mrs. Lena McGill, Kings
Mountain City Schools Board
member, said Wednesday the
petitions could be found at:
Bridges Hardware Company.
Phifer Hardware Company.
Kings Mountain Hospital,
Inc.
Kings Mountain Drug Com
pany.
City Service Station.
Winn Dixie Supermarket.
Harris Super Market.
Victory Chevrolet Company,
Inc.
Central Barber Shop.
Finger Laundry.
The Mayor’s office at City
Hall.
Utility Office at City Hall.
Petitions are also being dis
tributed by district committee
men from Beth ware, Grover,
Park Grace, and Compact
schools.