Kings Mountain Merchants Start Three-Day
White Elephant Sale
VOL 71 No. 8
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 25, i960
Seventy-First Year
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( Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
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the l»SS Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
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ARCHITECT'S CONCEPT OF EXPANDED CHURCH PLANT —
Pictured is cm architect’s concept of Resurrection Lutheran
church as it would look in exterior appearance after completion
of a planned expansion program. A new wing would be built on
the east to house a recreation room, choir room, pastor's study
and other facilities, and a steeple would be erected. In this in
stance, the architect is the pastor. Rev. George Moore, a prac
ticing architect before he entered the ministry.
Local News
uiietins
IN CHORAL GROUP
Miss Tamara Cornwell of
Kings Mountain is among the
38 Gardner Webb college stu
dents now on tour with the
college choir. The choir will
sing at various churches and
in many towns during the sp
iring tour.
FAIRVIEW LODGE
An emergent communication
of Pairview Lodge 339 AF&AM
Dor work in the third degree
will be held Saturday night at
7:30 at Masonic Hall, Secre
tory T. D. Tindall has announ
ced.
P-TA PROGRAM
Mrs. J. E. Herndon will pre
sent a program on the Holy
Land at Monday night's Park
Grace School P-TA meeting.
The program, which has been
aranged by Bill Moss, will fea
i ture the showing of .slides at
7 p. m.
RECITAL
Plano students of Charles
Woodward will be presented in
an informal recital on Mon
day, March 7, at 3:30 at North
school. The interested public is
invited to aittend.
NO VESPER SERVICE
There will be no vesper ser
vice Sunday evening at Boyce
Memorial ARP church, but reg
ular meetings of the Juniors,
Youhg People’s Christian Un
ion, and Intermediates wiU be
held, iit was announced by Dr.
W. L. Pressly, pastor.
ARP SPEAKER
Rev. O. Z. White, chaplain
at Emskiine college of Due West,
S. C, will preach at Sunday
anoming worship services at
Boyce Memorial ARP church.
The 11 o’clock service will be
broadcast over Station WKMT.
m
SUPPEH
Kings Mountain Catholic
church is sponsoring a barbe
cue supper at the American
Legion Hall Saturday, Febru
ary- 23th, from 4 until 8 p. m.
iv.'.-koits are $1.25 for adults and
,50 cents for children. If per
ms desire, they may request
delivery service when they
pi, chase an advanced sale tic
ket
Resurrection
Plans Expansion
TO SPEAK — Rev. A. R. Craig,
Li. Governor of Kiwanis Inter
national, Division I, will speak
to the lo;al club Thursday night
at 6:45 at Woman's Club.
Cxaig To Speak
To Kiwanis Club
Rev. A. R. Craig, pastor of
First Presbyterian Church of
Rutherfordton and Lt. Governor
of Kiwantis International Divi
sion I, will speak to local Ki
wanians Thursday on “The
Three Elements of Kiwanis.”
The group meets at 6:45 p. m.
at Kings Mountain Women’s
Club.
Craag will be making his of
ficial visit of the year to the
Kings Mountain club.
Mr. Craig is past president of
the Rutherfordton Kiwanis club,
a member of the executive com
mittee of the club, served 13
years as a member of the Pres
byterian Mission Board in China,
was chairman of Boy Scout ac
tivities in Rutherford county for
two years, holds the Silver Bea
ver Award for scouting, served
as chairman of the Heart Fund
drive in Rutherfordton last year,
and is chaplain of the Ruther
ford ton American Legion post.
P-TA MEETING
Park Grace school Parent
Teacher Association will hold
its regular meeting Monday
i night at7 o’clock in the school
auditorium.
Ike-Year-Old
Church Shows
Much Growth
Resurrection Lutheran church
on Crescent Hill is beginning an
expansion program designed to
enlarge present over-crowded fa
cilities.
Though still in the planning
stage, the building program was
termed by Rev. George Moore,
pastor, “a vital necessity” as a
result of continued growth of the
church since its organization nine
years ago.
According to Pastor Moore, the
program is three fold: 1) a con
centrated effort on current debt
reduction; 2) the raising of funds
for the new construction, and 3)
the securing of additional aid
from the Home Mission Board
of the United Lutheran Church in
America.
No time schedule has been set,
but current plans are to move a
long with construction as rapid
ly as possible.
Proposed plans call for a com
bination Fellowship Hall and ac
tivity space for the Luther Lea
gue Groups and Scouts, three
large classrooms for men, ladies,
(Continued On Page Ten) |
Hospital Bonds
Md; Bids Due
On March 17th
Cleveland County bonds for th<
building of a 25-bed addition ti
Kings Mountain hospital wen
sold in Raleigh Tuesday and bid
for the addition are to be receiv
ed at the hospital on March 17.
The $100,000 bond issue, issuei
for ten years, were sold at ap av
erage interest rate of 3.32 pex
cent to Wachovia Bank and Trus
Company.
The advertisement for bids
published today in the Herald
states terms on which companie
may bid on three contracts, gen
eral, plumbing, heating, and elec
trical.
All bidders are required t<
have proper North Carolina licen
ses, must present a bid bond o
five percent of the bid, and h
able to furnish performance bone
in the amount of 100 percent per
formance bond.
Plans and specifications ma;
be inspected at the office o
Grady Howard, hospital adminis
trator, or at the office of Or
mand & Vauglm, Shelby archi
tects.
Complete set of plans may foi
obtained for a deposit of $2E
which is returnable if the plan
are returned within five days a 1
ter bids are received.
The hospital board of director,
reserves tire right to accept o
reject any or all bids.
The addition will be built as i
county-state-federal hospital
(Continued On Page Ten)
House-To-House Canvas Foi Heart
Fund Will Be Conducted On Sunday
Volunteer leaders were named
today as district captains for
Heart Sunday as plans for the
annual fund-raising finale to the
Heart Drive got underway.
The appointments were an
nounced by Mrs. Jimmy Dickey,
chairman of the house-to-house
canvass which will take place
here Sunday from 12 noon until
5 p. m.
During the canvass, workers
from all sections of the communi
ty will call on their neighbors
for contributions to the Heart
Drive’s 1960 program.
In Kings Mountain, the team
captains who will be responsible
for visiting the homes in their
various neighborhoods will in
clude Mrs. J. N. McClure, Mrs. N.
F. McGill, Mrs. M. D. Phifer, Mrs.
C. W. Falls, Mrs. J. H. Arthur,
Mrs. John Cheshire, Mrs. Fred
Withers, Miss Irene Allen. Mrs.
J. B. Simpson, Mrs. E. C. Martin
i Mrs. George Thomasson, Mrs
' Bun Goforth, Mrs. O. W. Myers
Mrs. L. L. Lohr, Mrs. Faye Dover
and Mrs Clyde Bridges.
Other workers in all division!
of the campaign were completing
their final solicitations this wee!
in an effort to raise Kings Moun
tain’s Share of the $6750 quots
for Cleveland County. Advancec
gifts totaled over $600 and this
phase of the drive, which was
headed by Mrs. Frank Summers
has been completed. Other chair
men included Rev. Thomas Drop
pers, overall chairman; Mrs
Droppers, secretary; Charles
Woodward, publicity; Willian
Jonas, industry; W. K. Dellinger
retail business; B. N. Barnes
schools; Rev. George Moore
clergy; Vera Lee Roberts, coloret
citizens; and Dr. Paul Hendricks
i professional people.
Retailers Invite
Bargain-Seekers
18 Merchants
; Participating
In Sales Event'
Kings Mountain merchants
aire staging a major White Ele
phant Sale this weekend to clear
(their floors for incoming spring
merchandise.
The sale will begin Thursday
and run through Saturday, and
18 businesses are participating
in the event.
The White Elephant specials
are in some cases few of a kind
items drastically reduced.
Participating merchants are
Fulton’sDepartment Store, Kings
Mountain Drug Company, Keet
er’s Department Store, McGinnis
Department Store, Eagle’s 5-10
25c Stores, Sterchi’s, Dellinger’s
Jewel Shop, Plonk Brothers and
Company, McGinnis Furniture
Company, Page’s Men’s Store,
Medical Pharmacy, Victory Chev
rolet Company, Inc., Cooper’s*
Inc., Bridges Hardware Company,
Rose’s 5-10-25c Stores, and Belk’s
Department Store.
Associate participants are
Radio Station WKMT and Herald
Publishing House.
The event is staged through
Kings Mountain Merchants As
sociation.
J. C. Bridges, chairman of the
Merchants association trade pro
motion committee predicted a
successful sales event. “ Retail
ers have been preparing for this
event for several week. It’s a
real chance for Kings Mountain
area citizens to buy at great
savings. Some offerings are quite
literally giveaways.”
; lames Details
Merger History
I “A new consolidated area high
school would make possible a
quality of education comparable
• to that being offered in Shelby,
Gastonia, Lincolnton, Mecklen
> burg and other larger higl
« schools of the state,” B. N. Barn
>|es, city schools superintendent,
-! told memlbers of the Lions club
-j Tuesday night.
I Mr. Barnes made the statement
’ in a forum discussion following
■ i an. address in which he reviewed
f the recommendations for Kings
: Mountain schools by state offiei
II als beginning in 1944, during
World War II.
I In other comments and in ans
' vvers to questions, Mr. Barnes
I said:
1) Figure for a proposed high
school building vyas set high in
tentionally. “We didn’t want to
fool anybody,” lie added.
f) 2) On a question about local
; board of education agreement on
’ support of the merger proposal,
'. he replied, “We've been for it sol
I idly all the time.”
3) Appointment of a site com
' mittee during the 1954 consolida
tion conversations was a “mis
II take.”
, 4) Kings Mountain’s present
district doesn’t have the tax val
uation to build a high school
plant alpne.
5) The objection that expanding
Kings Mountain district would
“kill the county schools” is a
’^bugaboo.” He explained that
arrangements would be made on
future county-wide bond issues
ENDORSE MERGER
Two local civic organiaa
I tions have endorsed the pro
j posed merger of area schools
[I into one district. Kings
Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce and Kings Moun
j tain Lions club, in their re
I cent meetings, unanimously
endorsed the proposal.
i for proportionate shares of funds
voted to accrue to both the Shel
by and Kings Mountain districts
for relieving district bond issue
loads. “This is no departure from
policy. If county-wide school bond
issues are dependent on city dis
tricts, they’re already killed.. The
county won’t carry a bond issue
without Shelby area support, and
this district has already assumeo
a $1,250,000 bond debt.”
(Continued On Page Ten)
ELECTED — Harry Jaynes, Cen
tra! school principal, has been
elected chairman of the Ameri
can Field Service organization in
Kings Mountain.
Jaynes Heads
AFS Committee
Harry Jaynes, principal of Cen
j tral school, was elected chairman
! of the local committee of the A
j merican Field Service Tuesday.
1 Mr. Jaynes succeeds Mrs. Char
| les Alexander.
The new Chairman was elected
at a meeting of the Kings Moun
1 tain committee at which time an
nual reports were given. Other
outgoing officers are B. S. Peeler,
.Jr., vice-chairman and Charles
! Blanton, treasurer. These officers
1 are appointed by the chairman.
; Kings Mountain has had two
] exchange students via the Amer
! can Field Service. Pierre Dasen,
; Swiss, student, is completing his
' senior year at Central high
j school and is living with the
! Fred Plonk family. The commu
nity’s first exchange student was
’ Graeme Reeves who completed
his high school education here
while living in the home of Dr.
and Mrs. P. G. Padgett.
Plans for Kings Mountain’s
' participation in the AFS program
I next school year are being form
! ulated.
Band Booster Club
To Meet Monday
The Kings Mountain Band
Booster Club has scheduled a
meeting Monday night at 7:30
in the band roam at Central
school.
City Schols Band Director
Charles Ballance noted that
I principal item of business
1 would be the making of final
plans for the band trip to the
Azalea Festival at Wilming
ton.
All members and interested
citizens are invited to attend.
mother Step
Taken In Urea
School Merger
Another step was taken toward
the merger of area schools Wed
nesday afternoon as the county
board of education, after a pub
lic hearing on the merger pro
posal, created by resolution a new
tax district.
Bounds of the district include
virtually all of Number 4 Town
Ship and a small spill-over into
Number 5 Township.
The board passed aother reso
lution asking the county board of
commissioners to call a bond is
sue election to provide funds for
building a central high school
plant to serve the district.
The board of education found
four citizens present at the hear
ing in opposition to the proposed
consolidation. One unidentified
spokesman from the Beth ware
section, but said to live very
close to Number 3 school, stated
he was heavily opposed to join
ing with Kings Mountain.
Principal James Scruggs, of
Grover school, said a Graver
group opposes consolidation with
Kings Mountain and would pre
fer to remain in the county school
group.
The creation of the new school
tax district is, in effect, technical.
Should citizens of the newly
created district fail to authorize
bonds for the school building, or,
should a subsequent election a
mong outside-city-district citizens
oppose the merger, the new dis
trict would be nullified in effect.
The county board of education, in
either of the events, likely would
dissolve the newly created dis
trict.
The board of education acted
on petition of more than 1500 ci
tizens, about twice the number
required for creation of the new
school district. The petitioners
concurrently asked that an elec
tion be called to issue up to $1,
100,000 in bonds to provide a new
high school plant to serve the
expanded Kings Mountain dis
trict.
McDaniel Forms
lealiy Firm
F. A. (Pete) McDaniel, Jr., an
nounoed this week formation of
McDaniel Realty Company, a
firm which will specialize in
home building.
Mr. McDaniel said the firm will
be in position to arrange Veter
ans Administration, FHA or con
ventional financing of homes in
a price range of $7500 to $20,000.
He said the firm will build
homes on lots furnished by pur
chasers, or will be able to furn
ish lots for home-building.
Mr, McDaniel is owner of Mc
Daniel Cleaners and was former
ly associated with O. O. Walker
in water and sewer installation
construction.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking imeter receipts
were off last week, City Clerk
Joe McDaniel reported. The
$99.69 total included $88.94
from on-street meters end
$11.25 from off-street meters.
;
i Kelly Dixon Republican Nominee
Foi 11th District Congress Post
A Kings Mountain citizen will
have his name on the ballot for
Congress in Novefber. He is Kel
ly Dixon, well-known contractor,
who was nominated by 11th dis
trict Republicans last Saturday
as a candidate for the United
States Congress.
Expressing himself as being
“shocked” by the nomination,
Mr. Dixon was a 2 to 1 viator over
a Tryon Republican who sought
the nomination.
Mr. Dixon defeated John R.
Kleck, former New Yorker and
onetime professor at the Univer
sity of Illinois.
As the nominee of the GOP,
Mr. Dixon is expected to oppose
Rep. Basil L. Whitener, of Gas
tonia, the Democratic incumbent.
Rep. Whitener has not yet made
formal announcement that he
will seek nenominadon, but his
announcement is anticipated.
The stretched-out 11th district
runs from the Catawba river to
the Tennessee state line. It in
cludes Gaston, Cleveland, Ruth
(Continued On Page Ten)
| CANDIDATE — Kelly Dixon may
be Kings Mountain's first can
didate for the United States Con
gress. The building contractor
was named Republican nominee
by 11th district Republicans.
WITH BURLINGTON — Thomas
Robinson, who recently gradu
ated from the University of Ala
bama, has joined Burlington
Mills' Oamerton Division.
Rabicson Joins
Burlington Mill
Thomas Robinson, Jr., farmer
Kings Mountain citizen, recently
received his degree from the U
niversity of Alabama and has
joined Burlington Mills’ Oramer
ton Division.
Mr. Robinson became associa
ted with Burlington Mills on
February 1st and he and his
family have occupied a home at
1006 East Maple Avenue in Gas
tonia.
A graduate of Grover high
school, Mr. Robinson was em
ployed by Fooite Mineral Com
pany before going to Alabama,
lie is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Robinson of Grover. Mrs.
Robin on is the former Betty
Hayes of Kings Mountain. The
Robinsons have a two-year-old
daughter, Marcia Kim Robinson.
Former Teacher's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lila
Woodward Head, 58, well-known
former Kings Mountain school
teacher, were held Sunday at 3
p. m. norn Kings Mountain Bap
tist church, interment following
in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. Head, wife of John Head
of Charlotte, succumbed at Kings
Mountain hospital Thursday fol
lowing an illness of four days.
She was a native of Kings
Mountain, daughter of Mrs. Lula
Woodward and the late Jaimes D.
Woodward.
She was a .member of (the First
Baptist church of Charlotte and
a teacher at Briarwood Elemen
tary Schools of Charlotte. She
had formerly taught school in
both Kings Mountain and Gaff
ney, S. C.
Surviving In addition to her
mother and husband, are two
sons, John Louis Woodward of
Henderson and Wallace Wood
ward of the Air Force in Turkey;
and a brother, Joe Lee Wood
ward of Kings Mountain. Two
grandchildren also survive.
The final rites were conducted
by Rev. M. D. DuBose, assisted
by Rev. B. L. Raines and Dr. E.
V. Hudson.
Active pallbearers were Bryan
Hord, J. G. Hord, B. N. Barnes,
Harold Crawford, Harold Cog
gins, and Gene Roberts.
Baird Closing
Local Firm
Fred Baird, of Shelby, owner
of Baird Furniture Company
here, said this week the business
will be liquidated.
Concurrently, he said, the firm
is holding a closeout sale.
Mr. Baird said it is the intent
ion of the firm to liquidate its
inventory by the end of March.
“It may require longer than
that,” he added.
Baird Furniture, Inc., was or
ganized and opened here 12
years ago.
■Mr. Baird also operates a furn
iture firm in Shelby.
LEGION DANCE
A dance will be held at Post
155 of American Legion Satur
day night from 9:00 to 12:00,
music furnished by Hague
Sisk’s orchestra, Commander J.
T. McGinnis announced Wed
nesday.