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Pages Today VOL 71 No. 6 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 11, I960 Seventv-First Year PRIPF TFN PFKITC BEAUTY QUEEN VISITED HERE - Miss Judith Lynn Klipfel, Miss North Carolina of 1959. is pictured above as she was officially wel comed to Kings Mountain by George Thomasson, representing the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The state beauty queen appeared here Saturday in the Junior Woman's Club sponsored fashion show. Her bouquet was a gift from the local Jaycees. (Photo by Pennington Studio) Local News Bulletins WEBSTER BETTER J. W. Webster, city tax sup ervisor, is improving following an operation for a stomach ul cer and expects to return to his work Monday. • PHIFER STILL ILL Campbell Phifer, veteran ICings Mountain hardwareman, continues ill at his home. BUILDING PERMIT - A building permit was is sued Tuesday to J. Wilson Crawford to build a one-story brick veneer house on Henry Street. Estimated cost of the .314 room structure is $11,000. WITH SHELBY FIRM L. S. SSroupe, manager of Stroupe Drug Company here for the past five years, has joined Smith’s Drug Company, Shelby, as a pharmacist. JAC PROGRAM Seventh grade students at North School who are members of the Junior American Citi zens Club will present a pat riotic program at North School auditorium Wednesday at 1:30 p. m. Miss Gussie Huffstetler is the teacher. The community is invited to attend. KIWANIS CLUB Steven K. Moore, district ex ecutive of the Boy Scouts of America for Cleveland and Lin coln Counties, will present the program at Thursday night’s Kiwanis club meeting. Tire dub convenes at 6:45 at the \ Woman’s club. ON DEAN'S LIST Miss Judy Cooper, student at Lenoir Rhyne college in Hic kory, was listed on the dean’s list for the first semester, Dean Edwin L. Stezler has announ ced. Miss Cooper is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Coop er. BRIDGES IMPROVING Mayor Glee A. Bridges re turned home from Gaston Me morial hospital Monday and is recuperating from an operation he underwent last week. He expects to return to his duties at City Hall Monday. Life Saving Crew Benefit Saturday Cleveland County Life Sav and Rescue Crew is sponsoring a benefit chicken supper and dance Saturday, Ken Jenkins, a member of the crew has an nounced. All proceeds from the ben efit — to be held at the Legion Hall — will go to the Life Sav ing Crew. Serving will begin at 5 p. m. and continue until 8 p. m., with the dance to follow. ’Kc kets for the supper are $1.50 land are on sale by members of "the Crew. Delivery service may be obtained by telephoning the Legion Building at 9122. No tickets are being sold for the dance, butt donations will be accepted. Woman's Club Fashion Show Is Wednesday Though the days are cold, dark and dreary, iit’s the season when a woman’s fancy .turns to thoughts of new spring clothes. Local merchants can supply the ladyfolk with the full treat ment of apparel for Spring. They’re stocking their shelves and racks and they’re also colla borating in at least two fashion shows which feature complete outfits for the fashion-minded. Kings Mountain Woman’s club is staging a fashion show in connection with a bridge-lunch eon next Wednesday at 12:30 at the Woman’s club. Local models will 3how clothing from several department stores. Mrs. Henry Neisler will serve as commentator for the fashion show, and the Projects Com mittee, of which Mrs. Charles Carpenter is chairman, is arrang ing the 'affair. Mrs. Arnold W. Kincaid is chairman of the fash ion show. A crowd of over 100 attended the Junior Woman’s club fashion show Saturday in which 15 local models participated along with Miss Judith Lynn Klipfel of Asheboro, Miss North Carolina of 1959. Proceeds from next Wednes day’s Woman’s club project will go to the club building fund. Monies derived from the Satur day show sponsored by Junior clubwomen will support that group’s community project for the year. Rites Conducted For Mrs. Falls Funeral rites for Mrs. C. B. Falls, 82, of Gastonia, Kings Mountain native, were held Mon day at 2 p. m. from Kings Moun tain’s Central Methodist church, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Falls succumbed Sunday at 1 a. m. at her home on Kirby street after a serious illness of two days. She had been In de clining heailth for sometime. Surviving are three sons, A. B. Falls of Kings Mountain, C. D. Falls of Lumherton, and C. B. Falls, Jr. of Gastonia; three dau. ghters, Misses Vera Falls of Cherokee and Ruby Falls of the home and Mrs. Lawrence Meares of Emerson; and three sisters, Mrs. I. B. Hullender of Gastonia, Mrs. P. C. Falls of Bessemer City and Mrs. Avery Hannon of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are 22 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. The final rites were conducted by Rev. H. D. Garmon of Kings Mountain and Rev. C. E. Murray of Gastonia. COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Moupntain district Boy Scouts will be held Thursday night at 7:45 at Central Methodist Ch urch, it has been announced. JOINT MEETING Men and Women of the Ch urch of First Presbyterian ch urch will- see the film on Wor ld Missions, “F ootsteps of Liv ingstone” at a joint meeting Monday night at 7:30 at the church. C Of C Directors Favor School Merger Kings Mountain S&L Elects New Directors Three new directors were e ledted by shareholders of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan asso ciation at Tuesday’s annual rrieeting. They are Carl F. Mauney, tex tile manufacturer, Boyce H. Gault, grocer, and Clyde Kerns, trucker. , The three replace' J. S. (Doc) Mauney, formerly vice-president and director, who had resigned, and Ithe late W. M. Gantt, and R. L. Mauney. Re-elected were J. C. Keller, R. L. Lewis, of Bessemer City, W. K. Mauney, Dr. L. P. Baker, Ben H. Bridges, Glenn White, Wilson Crawford, Dr. John C. McGill and J. R. Davis. Immediately following the shareholders meeting, the dir ectors re-elected all officers. They are W. K. Mauney, president, J. C. Keller, vice-president, and Ben H. Bridges, secretary-treas urer. The secretary-treasurer, in re viewing the association opera tions for 1959, imormed me shareholders that the association had set several new high re cords, including total assets, to tal of savings deposits, total loans, reserves and dividends paid. Mr. Bridges reported: 1) Assets increased by 5.69 per cent to $3,216,'563. 2) Savings accounts increased by 3.77 percent to $2,732,455. 3) Loans Increased to $2,726, 841. 4) The association made 229 loans during the year. 5) Reserves jumped 17.62 per cent to $220,014. 6) Record dividends totaling $91,466 were paid. 7) A total of 388 new savings accounts were opened during t/he year. Mend-Church Drive Planned Rev. Herbert D. Garmon, pas tor of Central Methodist church, and Dr. W. L. Presslv, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church, have been named co-chairmen of a Ministerial association go-.to church campaign. The campaign will be conduct ed during March and the co chairmen said they hope to make lit a Greater Kings Moun tain campaign. Letters asking support of and participation in the March effort have been addressed to all pas tors of the Kings Mountain area and to civic and service clubs. Final plans for ith j campaign will be drawn at Monday’s up coming meeting of the Minister ial association. FLOYD ILL John Floyd, former resident of Kings Mountain and rela tive of several local people, is a paibienit in Crowell Memorial Hospital in Lincolnton follow ing a heart attack last Wed nesday. Mr. Floyd formerly lived here and was an employ ee at Neisler Mills. He now makes his home at Long Shoals. PRESIDENT — Charles D. Blan ton, Jr., Kings Mountain drug gist, has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Mer chants association for 1960-61. Blantos Mamed Merchants Head Charles Blaryton of Kings Mountain Drug Company was e leeted president of Kings Moun tain Merchants Association in balloting this week. Mr. Blanton succeeds Jonas Bridges of Radio Station WICMT in the posit. Elected to the vice presidency was Wesley Bush of C. E. War lick insurance agency. New directors elected for the 1960 term were J. Ken non Blan ton, Sterchi Brothers Furniture company; Thomas Tate, Home Savings and Loan Association; W. S. Fulton, Fulton’s Depart ment Store; and Harry E. Page, Page’s Men’s Store. Mrs. Ida Joy, .secretary of the association, stud in -announcing the winning candidates, “This year, the election was a very tight and close race.” The mew officers will be in stalled at the Merchants Banquet to be held at the Woman’s Club in March. Bites Conducted For Mrs. Foster Funeral services for Mrs. J. C. Fpster, 75, were conducted by the Rev. Ralph Carpenter last Friday afternoon at Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley. Interment was in Hillcrest Gardens of Stanley. Mrs. Foster, a resident of route l, Mount Holly, was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moss, of Kings Mountain. A mem ber of First Baptist church, Mrs. Foster had lived the greater part of her life in Kings Mountain. In ill health for a number of years, she had (been critically ill for three weeks and succumbed Thursday, February 4, at 3:30 a m. in Gaston Memorial hospital. She is survived (by her husband; a son, Norris H. Foster of route 1, Miount Holly; seven grandehil dren; two step-grandchildren; five great - grandchildren. The following brother and sisters also survive: (Mrs. W. D. Weaver and Mrs. Z. W. Sullivan of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Paul Home o 1 Charlotte, M. A. Moss, B. R. Moss, Sidney L. Moss of Kings Moun tain, W. H. Moss, Grover, Dewey F. (Moss, Bessemer City, and Thurman Moss of Belmont. Blood Quota Unmet, But Officials Proud Of Monday's 68-Pint Total Kangs Mountain area citizens gave 68 pints of blood at Mon day’s Blood mobile call. Though the total was 57 pints shoot of the 125-pdnt goal, Red Gross chapter officials here were nevertheless pleased with the re sult. “In view of the high incidence of sickness in the area recently, we consider Monday’s showing a marvelous response to an urgent appeal,’’ Mrs. O. W. Myers, chap ter blood chairman commented. “Actually, 80 persons offered their blood, but 12 were declined fior one reason or another.” Mrs. Myers noted that the Monday turnout compared most favorably tto recent turnouts in nearby communities. At a recent visit to Rock Hitt, only 55 pints were donated. Monday donors included Lu ther P. Ware, Mrs. Luther P. Ware, James Bennett, Clyde R. Goodson, Manuel L. Bridges, John A. Cheshire, Jr., George T. Paysour, Doras L. Bennett, Grady K. Howard, Booth W. Gillespie, L Arnold Kiser, Robert L. Wil son, Arnold W. Kincaid, Connie Lee Hopper, R. Lawrence Lovell, Dr. George W. Plonk, Dr. D. F. Hord, Bay W. Cline, William R. Brown, 'Mrs. W. D. Essary. Also, Gaither W. Ledbetter, Mrs. R. W. Cline, Hopie Hunt, Bobby J. Martin, George H. Hou ser, Samuel Adams, Russell Ow ensby, Ezriah Miitchem, Thomas H. Davison, Joe F. Austin, De witt T. Long, James J. Dickey, Charles E. Blalock, Rev. J. W. Phillips, Sam H. Stallings, Bruce McDaniel, Mrs. J. T. George, Sr., George H. Mauney, Mrs. W. S. Biddix, Dr. Kenneth H. McGill. Also, .Emmett E. Ross, Ronald F. Yates, James C. Crawford, Rev. W. C. Sides, Mrs. E. C. Map les, Mearl D. Valentine, Charles E. Ballaird, Clinton E. Jolly, Don ald E. Kiser, of Grover, Mrs. Violet Bell, Mrs. D. S. Dellinger, Luther O. Caveny, Jack V. Mar tin, Robert W. Whitesides,' Stokes Wright, Paul Ham, Martin L. Wilson, Jr., Woodrow W. Laugh ter, Leonard A. Smith, Troy Lee Wright. Also, James Rosebon, William Wray, Charles F. McSwain, Rus-i sell H. Rayfield. Mrs. C. V. Bar ! rett. Brown W. Ware, John Cald well, and Steven E. Rath bone. ! Reaction Slight To Textile Wage Increase Talk Local reaction to an indication by J. Spencer Love, of Burlington Industries, that textile wage scales likely would be increased in the spring, was negligible. George H. Mauney, of Mauney Mills, Inc., said officials of this firm hadn’t discussed the pros pect much and suggested that more favprable yarn prices would be needed to assure wage increases. A1 Mai no, general manager of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company’s Neisler division, said he felt Mr. Love’s indication is “serious” and added, “When pro fits are sufficient it’s right to give employees a share.” He did not predict what action, if any, his firm would take should Bur lington Industries lead a wage increase movement. The Charlotte Observer report ed Wednesday that a survey of several large and small textile producers had found them uni formly tight-lipped concerning a wage increase. In 1956, Burlington Industries and J. P. Stevens Company, larg est and second largest textile pro ducers, launched a wake increase movement. Some firms did not follow the movement during the subsequent recession. Last year, Cannon Mills an nounced it was establishing a $1.25 minimum wage. Burlington quietly instituted increase in all but its full-fashioned hosiery op erations. Stevens followed suit and wage increase, though not the $1.25 rigid minimum, were posted in majority of textile plants. Textile firms generally enjoy ed better profits in 1959 than in several years. Burlington upped gross volume past the $800- mil lion mark, and Stevens topped $400 millions. Stevens officials were less bul lish in their annual report than was Mr. Love. They told stock holders they viewed 1960 opera tions with cautious optimism. I —--t Legion Leases Fishing Lake A record number of Kings Mountain Legionnaires attended the meeting of Otis D. Green Posit 155, American Legion, last Friday night, with 135 members present. The group voted to lease Rey nolds Lake, off the El Bethel - Bethlehem road, for free fishing for members and their guests. Fishing privileges are available at anytime Monday through Sat urdays and on Sundays after 1 p. m., Commander J. T. Mc Ginnis announced. Comm. McGinnis also announ ced appointment of the post nominating committee. Members are W. D. (Red) Morrison, chair man, Gene Goforth, Gene Wright, Dick McGinnis, David D. Saunders and Glee A. Bridges. School Board Meets Monday The regular monthly meeting of Kings Mountain City Schools Board will be a routine one, said B. N. Barnes, Superintendent of City Schools, Monday. "We’ll want to discuss aonsoli d at ion at the meeting," Mr. Bar nes said, "but I actually haven’t anything on the agenda at the moment" Barnes said nothing official has happentd on the consolida tion issue. It is Just waiting for the public hearing before the county board next week, he said. The school board will meet next Monday at T:00 p. m. in the Superintendent’s office at Kings Mountain High School. FIRE City firemen answered an a larm Monday to the home of Glee Edwin Bridges on Hillside Drive, but found no fire. Mrs. Bridges had a pan of grease which had smoked up ithe kit chen. Turning on the attic fan, the smoke was exhausted. La ter going into the attic Mrs. Bridges found smoke .there and notified the fire department. Fireman C. D. Ware said the smoke was exhausted from the kitohen to the attic. APPOINTEE — Merck Rudisill Ware, Jr., of Kcnnapoiis, has been named principal appointee to the naval academy by Con gressman Hugh Alexander. Ware Appointee To Naval School Mark Rudisill Ware, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Ware, of Kannapolis, and a grandson of Mrs. Leone Ware, of Kings Mountain, has been nominated principal candidate for appoint ment it© the United States Naval Academy for 1960 entrance. Mr. Ware, a freshman ait Ca tawba college, was appointed by U. S. Representative Hugh A. Alexander, from the spate’s ninth district. The Congressman said he made the appointment on basis of his personal knowledge of Ware’s background and training. The appointee is a member of Trinity Methodist church, Kanna polis, and a graduate of A. L. Brown high school. Dr. Gerberding s Sister Succumbs Funeral rites for Mrs. Ruth Gerberding, sister of Dr. W. P. Gerberding, were held Wednes day at St. Luke church, Wauke sha, Wis. Mrs. Stump died Sunday in Waukesha. She had been critical ly ill for three years. She and her late husband, the Rev. W. C. Stump, had been pi oneer home missionaries in Wis consin for 25 years, having or ganized many now-strong chur ches. Following her husband’s death, Mrs. Stump worked for the Board of American Missions in Aiken, S. C., Philadelphia, Pa., and Long Island, N. Y. She had visited here several times. Surviving, in addition to her brother here, are a son, a sister, Mrs. C. K. Lippard, of Philadel phia, a missionary to Japan for 40 years, and a brother, Dr. R. H. Gerberding, of Minneapolis, Minn., formerly president of the Northwest Lutheran Synod and executive secretary to the Board of American Missions. The final rites were conducted by the St. Luke pastor, Rev. Glenn Cloninger, formerly of Dallas, N. C. Dr. W. P. Gerberding endeav ored to attend the funeral, but Oils plane was forced to turn back due to heavy storms in the Chi cago area. Group Urges Full Support 01 Proposal The board of directors of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce Monday endorsed the school mer ger proposal for Number 4 Town ship high schools. Motion on the resolution was by B. F. Maner. It was seconded by B. S. Peeler, Jr., and was car ried unanimously. The directors met Monday at La Royal Restaurant for the reg ular monthly meeting. President John Cheshire in formed the group of a new in dustry possibility, what the com pany would requjre in facilities, and reported he is working in close cooperation with tire State Department of Conservation and Development. The -membership committee, of which Grady Howard is chair man, is inviting membership from business and industrial firms noit now members. President Cheshire pointed out that it is <the purpose and policy of the Chamber of Commerce to bo a township organization. March 01 Dimes Reaches $1,000 Kings Mountain citizens had donated $1000 to the March of Dimes Wednesday, just one-third the amount of the campaign quo ta for Number 4 Township. The total was helped by $350. Sunday when members of the Cleveland County Life Saving and Rescue Squad staged a -road block to seeure funds for the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. J. Ollie Harris, campaign chairman in the 1960 appeal, said donations were lagging and he invited citizens who had not contributed to do so. He also ur ged campaign workers to com plete their solicitations as quick ly as possible. Contributors may also forward their gifts to Mr. Harris, in care of Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain. "You may help prevent crip pling diseases with a contribu tion to the . March of Dimes”, Chairman Harris pointed out. He continued that a new phase of the 1960 appeal is support for -the virus research program, known (the world over for developing the Salk vaccine against polio para lysis. “While March of Dimes contributions made the Salk vac cine a reality, our chapters still have 50,000 of the polio-crippled still on their -rolls”, Mir. Harris continued. ‘“And now we are fa ced with at least 11 million peo ple who suffer from arthritis and rheumatism and 250,000 infants born each year malformed,” he added. Donations this year support the expanded National Foundation program of continued polio aid plus a new medical assault on arthritis and birth defects and basic research aimed at improve ment of man’s health. “Everyone is familiar with the March of Dimes and we invite you to give generously so that this $3,000 quota may be met.” Mr. Harris added. Scouts Note Golden Anniversary; First Troop Formed Here In 1924 BY MARTIN HARMON “On my honor I will do my best Today, in Kings Mountain 158: boys age 11 and up are repeating! the pledge of the Boy Scouts of America, 50 years old this week. Many of their fathers repeated the siime oath since Scouting came to Kings Mountain in 1924. This year was also the year that the Piedmont Area Boy Scout council was formed. In the initial group of troops was one from Kings Mountain and one from Shelby. The Kings Mountain troop was sponsored by St. Matthew’s Lu theran church. Today it is one of the community's most active troops, as indicated by the acti vities of the troop. On Sunday, for instance, 35 members were oresent at church services at 9t. Matthew’s, in the traditional group church-going on Boy Scout Sunday. It is designated Troop X Aubrey Mauney was the troop’s first Scoutmaster. Today, Otis Falls, Jr., and Charles Ram sey are the troop’s Scoutmasters. Kings Mountain's Troop 1 was formed in 1928, under sponsor ship of First Presbyterian church, with the late Carl W. Davidson as Scoutmaster, a post in which he continued until June 1945. To day’s Scoutmaster Is Henry Mc Kelvie, and Bill Moss and Law rence Patrick assist ant Scout masters. Today’s Kings Mountain Boy Scout enrollment is found in seven troops and the council dir ectory lists 75 active Scouters. Many Kings Mountain Scouts have attained /the coveted Eagle rank, highest rank in Scouting, since the movement came to Kings Mountain in 1924. A list was not available. Top honorary award in Scout ing is the Silver Beaver award, which is awarded ito men who have contributed heavily in time, funds or service ito the Boy Scouts. Five Kings Mountain men have received this award. They are Carl W. Davidson, W. K. Mauney, Aubrey Maiuiey, H. C. Wilson and the late Henry N. (Continued. On Page Bight) IN NEW POST — Bruce Thor ! burn, personnel manager at Lith ium Corporation of America's Besemer City plant, is resigning | to rejoin Burlington Mills at | Greensboro. Thsrlsum Takes Burlington Post W. Bruce Thorburn, for the past four years personnel man ager of Lithium Corporation of America's Bessemer City plant, has resigned to rejoin Burling ton Industries. Mr. Thorburn, on February 22, will join the central staff of the Burlington Industries personnel department in Greensboro. Mr. Thorburn came to Kings Mountain in 1950 as personnel manager of Burlington's Phenix plant. He was subsequently transferred in the same capacity to a Burlington hosiery plartt in Burlington, then became indus trial engineer-personnel manager at a Burlington plant at Green Cove Springs, Fla., before return ing to Kings Mountain with Lith ium Corporation. Mr. Thorburn lias been active in Kings Mountain civic, social and religious affairs. He and his family are members of St. Matt hew’s Lutheran church. Mrs. Thorburn is the former Norma Graham, of High Point. They have three children, W. Bruce (Chip) Thorburn, Jr., Billie Joe Thorburn, and Douglas Thor burn. Mr. Thorburn said his fam ily will continue to live here un til the end of the school feitm. He said he expects to retain a Lake Montonia cottage. Amette Named , Purchasing Agent Jack Arnette, well-known Kings Mountain citizen, has been promoted to purchasing a genet of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company’s Kings Moun tain plants, it was announced this week by A1 Maine, general manager of the Neisler division, Mr. Amette, previously in charge of the supply room, suc ceeds J. T. Nance. Mr. Arnette is a memlber of First Presbyterian church and has been with Massachusetts Mohair since April 1956. Mrs. Arnette is the former Virginia McDaniel. A daughter, Jackie Amette, is a University of North Carolina sen ior. License Tag D-Day Monday Unless a large number ol 1960 city auto license tags are purchased by Monday, numer ous Kings Mountain motorists will be flirting with a $5 penal ty for late purchase when they drive their oars on Tuesday. Through Monday, 1248 city i tags had been sold, about 500 i less than the city sold to in-city | car owners last year. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, [ however, estimated that the sale is about "normal” and an ticipates the usual last-minute rush by the February 15 dead line. It‘s the same deadline for North Carolina license tags, too, and patrolmen will begin hailing motorists into court Monday if they don’t display 1960 tags. The city penalty is five times stiffer than it was a year ago, the city commission having re cently enacted the $5 penalty. City tags are on sale at the City Hall business office and in the police department. State tags are available at Shelby and Gastonia, or may be purchased from the State Department of Motor Vehicles, ■Raleigh,