Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 A* figure lor Creator King* Mountain to derived from (ho 1*55 Clog* Mountain city directory conruo. Dm city Umttt figure In Inal toe United State* eaw of 1*50 VOL 71 No. 12 10 Pages IQ Today PRICE TEN CENTS IN YOUTH ORCHESTRA — Pictured' above are James Forrest, left and Sandy Campbell who are among the 85 Piedmont area students who are members of the newly-organized Piedmont Youth Orchestra. The group of young musicians will present a free concert Saturday evening at Davidson college. Both Forrest and Campbell are Central high school students. Local News Bulletins LODGE MEETING Am emergent communication cize News Bits”.' the feature will include short ed itorial and news items of partic- j ular interest and is being written by the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club. It is anticipated the feature will appear monthly. Four Six-Day Weeks For School Make-Ups No Action Yet On Filling (Sty Tax Position The cilty tax supervisor-collec tor position remains vacant, with the duties being handled by Ma yor Glee A. Bridges and Joe Mc Daniel, city clerk who was nam- i ed temporary assistant tax coll- j eator several weeks ago. Mr. McDaniel was named dur ing !the illness of farmer collector' J. W. Webster. Wednesday there was still lack of unanimity among city com missioners on filling of the pos ition, both as to identity of per-; sonnel or functionally. Apparently there were two possible functional methods un-, der consideration: 1) Appoint a successor to J. W. Webster, who resigned recently, and name the successor tax col lector-supervisor, with responsi bility for handling the work of the office completely. 2) Name a lady to handle the clerical work with the Mayor to give particular attention to more difficult collections, land sales, and other details of the work. It was anticipated, officials ac knowledged, that a special ses sion of the commission would have been or would be held this week. However, several conflicts oeunred involving members and at Wednesday noon no date for a meeting had been set. Thus far, formal applications for the position of tax collector supervisor have been received from these citizens: M. H. Biser, D. L. Saunders, Sam Collins, I. C. Davis, B. W. Gillespie, and M. C. Poston. "No Axe Out" Says Bridges Rumors to the contrary, there is "no axe out” for Corbett Nich olson, superintendent of the city gas system. Comm. Ben H. Brid Iges said Wednesday. Comm. Bridges commented on rumors extant the past week that, the city might seek to shift the gas system responsibility to oth er city employees. Comim. Bridges said there has' been some discussion of some job shifting, but that he knew of nc plans to discharge Supt. Nlchol son. "Discussions merely have con cerned ways and means of sav ing the city money in every way possible in order that the saving may be available for long-tern capital expenditures,” Comm | Bridges commented. Comm. Ross Alexander, gas commissioner, says he thinks Supt. Nicholson Is doing a cred itable job, giving good service, and that the two-mari gas de partment staff should not be dis turbed. Martin To Lead Faith Revival Rev. N. W. Martin, pastor of Plainview Baptist church of Dal | las, will begin a week of special services Sunday at Faith Baptist church. Services will continue all week at 7 p. m. nightly, Rev. Flay Payne, the pastor, said in mak | ing the announcement, i The visiting minister is a grad luate of Southeastern Seminary. Kittie Lou Sutton Is President, Math Department, State Teachers Miss Kittie Lou Sutton, Kings Mountain teacher, was elected president of the department of mathematics of the North Car olina Education Association at the annual convention last week end. Mias Sutton has taught math ematics at Central high school since September 1950. She re ceived her B. S. degree from Tennessee Polytechnic Institute] and earned her master’s at Pea-, body College in Nashville, Tenn.1 Other teachers who were del egates from the Kings Mountain Unit of the NCEA to the three - day convention in Asheville were: Mrs. James Logan and Principal Harry Jaynes from Central; Mrs. W. F. Powell from West; Miss Jackie Blanton and Principal Robert Kennedy from Ea it; and Principal R. H. Bryant of North School. Supt. B. N. Bar nes and Miss Alice Averitt, city schools teaching consultant, also attended the meeting. ELECTED — Miss Kittle Lou Sutton, high school teacher. « s elected president of the math ematics department of the North Carolina Education Association at the recent convention. Ellis, Peeler, Sarratt File; Contest For District 1 Post CANDIDATE — J. Broadus Ellis, incumbent county commissioner, filed candidacy this week for re election. The Grover Democrat is completing his first term. Spanglei Rites Held On Tuesday Funeral rites for Ernest W. Spangler, 59, president of Span gler & Sons Concrete, Inc. were held Tuesday afternoon at Shel by’s First Baptist church. Mr. Spangler died suddenly Sunday morning at Hollywood hospital, Hollywood, Fla. Death resulted from a heart attack. He had suffered a previous attack last August. He and his wife had gone to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., two weeks ago to spend the re mainder of the winter at their home 'there. The firm which Mr. Spangler heads operates a plant in Kings Mountain and Shelby. Prior to founding this firm, he was for 15 years Shelby superintendent of streets. He was born in Ross Grove community and was the son of the late Reuben A. and Minnie Weathers Spangler. His Shelby home was at 701 N. Washington St. Surviving are his -wife, Mrs. Verna Patrick Spangler; two sons, R. Patrick Spangler and Earl W. Spangler, both of Shel by; one daughter, Mrs. Edward Erickson of Mt. Prospect, a su burb of Chicago, 111.; two bro thers, R. A. Spangler and Will Spangler, both of Shelby; three sisters, Mrs. S. S. Summey of Shelby, Mrs. Clarence Leonard of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Shelby, and Mrs. Grover Cline of Ft. Lau derdale; and nine grandchildren. Mr. Spangler was amember of the First Baptist Church and the Nolan Sunday School class; the Cleveland Country Club and the Elks Club of Shelby. The final rites were conducted by Rev. John Lawrence and Rev. Zeno Wall, with interment in Shelby’s Sunset cemetery.. The family had requested that memorials be designated for the Cleveland County heart associa tion. Country Club Meeting Tuesday Annual stockholder meeting of Rings Mountain Country Club, inc., will be held Tuesday even ing at 7:30. # Dinner will be served at the club dining room and stockhold ers aire requested to make reser vations by Saturday. Louie Sabettie, secretary, said the agenda will include election >f directors for the -oming year ind reports by officers and com mittee chairmen on activities of the past year. He said a special committee, including James Herndon and Charles E. Dixon, will make a report on poeaibilit'ies of constru cting a club swimming pool. Other officers are J. Ollie Har ris, president; George W. Maun ey, vice-president; and L. EJ Hinnant, treasurer. Chairmen of standing com mittee: who will make reports are James Herndon, house; Dr. George Plonk, social; Georg*? W. Mauney, greens; and Charles E. Dixon, membership. 1 County Office Filing Deadline Is Auril 15 • Three incumbent county com missioners filed notice of candi dacy for re-election this week, as a contest developed for the Dis trict 1 post being vacated by Mai Spangler, Sr., Who is retiring. Seeking re-election are J. Broadus Ellis, of Graver, Knox Sarratt, of Earl, chairman of the board, and B. P. Peeler, of Bel-j wood, who recently joined the board by appointment. The District 1 or Shelby con test to date lists William Hugh Dover, Shelby radioman, and U. L. Patterson, Jr.., Shelby florist. Chairman Sarratt represents District 5, while Comm. Peeler represents District 3. Democratic nominees are elec ted in county - wide voting, but candidates must reside within the district they seek to repre sent. Ellis, Grover businessman and fairmeir, defeated incumbent CaTl Finger of Kings Mountain in the 1958 run-off primary. Finger had been appointed to the post at the death of Commissioner Hazel Bumgaxdner. Peeler was appointed to the District 3 post in January after F. L. Rollins of Lawndale re signed because of ill health. This leaves the District 4 com mission post without a candi date, however indications are that incumbent John White plans to announce for re-election before the April 15 deadline. Meantime, the deadline was passed last Friday for state wide and district offices. Kelly Dixon, of Jtings Moun tain, pasted his filing fee as Re publican candidate for 11th dis trict Congressman, opposing Ba sil L. Whittner, the Democratic incumbent.'Neither are apposed. The Democratic gubernatorial line-up remained four, including Terry Sanford, Jahn Larkins, Jr., Dr. Beverly Lake, and Malcolm Seawell. Three seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant-gover nor. They are Cloyd Philpott, Dave McConnell, and C. V. Hen kel, Jr. Heart Fund New At $1672 Kings Mountain citizens wer generous, in their contributions to the Heart Fund and donations totaled $1,672.85 during the Feb ruary effort. Rev. Thomas Droppers, chair man,'who announced the fina receipts from the drive, said Wednesday he was gratified at response to the appeal. “We are grateful”, he said, "to the indus tries, the merchants, the profes sional people and all citizens Who made this drive a success." Two Heart Sunday volunteers Whose names did not appear it a list just published were Mrs Georgia Rice Birt and Mrs. Dar nell Arrington. Mr. Droppers also expresses appreciation to all campaign wor kers and to Radio Station WKM1 and the Kings Mountain Herald Entries Invited In laycee Road-eo Kings Mountain Jaycees are inviting entries in the annual Road-eo to be staged here a gain this year on the afternoon of April 13th. Young people, from 12 to 19 years of age, are eligible. Both girls and boys may compete for over $5,000 in scholarships to be awarded In state-wide contests. Jaycee Otis Falls, Jr., said this week he anticipates that many young people will be in terested in the event. The Road-eo will be held in front of Plonk Brothers on. Wednes day, April 13th, at 2 p. m. Details on entering the con test are aval'able at the office of Police Chief Martin Ware, Fire Chief Pat Tignor, a£ any school principal’s office, and from Mr. Falls or any member of the Junior Chamber of Com merce. MANAGER — Glee E. Bridges is Cleveland county co-chairman of Terry Sanford's campaign for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor. Giant Bound To High Court " . . . after the shot I went out the back door to call the police and the ambulance. I saw a man run from beside the house with a gum. It was my daddy,” said Janice Grant, age 9, Monday af ternoon in City Recorder’s Court at fthe preliminary hearing for her father, Charlie Grant, on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. The charge resulted from the shooting of Ernest “Bub” Biddix February 29 at the home of Grant’s estranged wife on Battle ground Avenue. A motion to dismiss the char ge by Grant’s defense attorney, John Mahoney, was dismissed by Judge Jack White and the case was bound over to Superior Court. Biddix was shot the evening after Grant had charged him and his estranged wife with adult ery. The adultery cases were transferred to Superior Court for a jury trial. Biddix, in testimony, told the court Grant had followed him to the post office after the Febru ary 29 court session and wanted to fight. Biddix returned to the police station. Biddix said Grant told him “he was laying for me and was going to get me.” Later in the evening Biddix went to the home of Ruth Grant on Battleground Avenue. He said he was sitting in a chair in the living room and heard a pecking on the eide of the house. The noise came again. Then a train came by. Biddix was shot through the window as the train was passing. Mahoney, in cross examination asked young Janice Grant who asked her to testify. She replied, “My Mother.” Identifying the assailant of Biddix as "Charlie Grant, my father” she told Ma honey she only saw the right side of his face. He was wearing a light suit and no hat. He had black hair, she said. In answer to a query by the Shelby lawyer as to who prompt ed her to say who the man was she said, "No one told me ito say that.” Other dispositions: Paul H. Roberts, damage to personal property, 30 days sus (Continued. On Pape Eiphtt This Saturday School Day; No Easter Holidays City and Park Grace school children, who got six days of mid-winter snow-enforced holi days, will investigate the joys of Saturday classes for the first time Saturday, March 26. The city board of education decreed the following make-up schedule at a special session Wed nesday afternoon: Elimination of previously scheduled Good Friday and Eas ter Monday holidays. Saturday schooling on March 26, 2, April 23 and May 14. Full day schedules will pre vail. Park Grace school schedules coincide with city school sche dules due to a school bus sche dule. Previously, the board had sche duled April 16 as a make-up day, but substituted this date — day prior to Easter — for May 14 at the late Wednesday meeting. At Monday night’s session, Supt. B. N. Barnes suggested that an April 2 make-up would interfere with the band’s pro jected trip Co itihe Azalea Festival at Wilmington, that April 9 is the date of the National Merit Teacher examinations which nu merous faculty members will un dergo, and that April 16 is the day prior to Easter. He also said summer school schedules and fact fjjat diplomas have already been engraved made undesirable a lengthening of the scheduled term. Dr. P. G. Padgatt made the mo tion for the adopted schedule. He pointed out that snow “holi days” weren’t necessarily com pleted and that any additional make-up days would worsen the problem. Mrs. John McGill said she felt it better to make up lost days before hot weather. In other actions Monday, the board: 1) Elected for the 1960-61 term all principals and the teaching, supervisor, Miss Alice Averitt. 1 2) Voted to charge Trinity E-! piseopal church rent of $3 per use of West schbol, with the added proviso that the church pay the janitor an hourly wage satisfac-j tory to thb janitor. Through Feb-j ruary, the church had used West school on 45 occasions. 3) Authorized Supt. Barnes to purchase stainless steel counters for North and East school cafe terias. He had informed the! board that 'bids are to be receiv-i ed, on present schedule, on Mar- j eh 31 and outlined specifications. 4) Authorized Chairman Fred Plonk ^nd Supt. Barnes to study possibility of erection of tennis | ! courts and bring a recommenda tion to the board. Mr. Plonk had j advanced the need for tennis j courts, both to serve school chil i dren and the high school tennis team. He estimated cost of con-j struction at about $1500 per ten nis court. . Pianists Win High Ratings Kings Mountain student pian ists made high ratings Wednes day in district piano contests held at Lenoir-Rhyne college in Hickory. Score ratings of “I” or “super ior” were Joan McClure, Wen dell Phifer, Jr., and Reta Phifer. Score ratings of “II” or “excel ! ' lent” were Buzzy Shuford, Tere ! sa McDaniel and Susan Plonk. All are pupils of Mrs. Martin Harmon. Judge was Fletcher Moore, of Elon college. In band contests at Lenoir-' Rhyne Tuesday, the city schools elementary band, directed by Charles Ballance, was scored aj rating of “III” or "good.” Low Bids Fox Hospital $171,590, Well Under Initial Cost Estimate Low bids for building a 25-bed addition to Kings Mountain hos pital totaled $171,590, tabulation following last Thursday’s bid op ening showed. The total of the low bids was considered under initial cost es timates of $275,000. Grady Howard, hospital ad ministrator, guessed that con struction for the conitract will be let about April 1. Since state and federal agencies .share in the cost of the construction, approval must be obtained from the state Medical flare commission and federal officials, he explained. Eight firms were bidders on the general contract, with J. S. Mitchum of Sheiby posting the low bid of $112,702. cal contract, with L. A. Hoke, of cal contract, with L. (A. Hoke, of Kings Mountain, low at $20,810. Seven firms were bidders on the heating and air-conditioning contrao;,with Mechanical Con tractors, of Charlotte, low at $21, 585. Three firms bid on the plumb ing contract, with Gaiston Plumb ing and Heating Company, Gas tonia, low at $16,493. Present for the bid opening were Bruce Jones, Raleigh, archi tect for the state Medical Care commission; I.O. Wilkerson, Ra- j leigh, another Medical Care com-' mission official; Knox Sa/rratt, chairman of the Cleveland Coun-1 ty board of commissioners; and members of the hospital board of directors. ELECTED — Jean Hicks, student at Appalachian State Teacher's college, has been elected presi dent of the college drama group, "The Playcrafters." Miss Hicks is a junior. Miss Hicks In School Post Miss Jean Hicks, Kings Moun tain junior at Appalachian State Teacher’s college, has recently been elected president of Play crafters, the college drama group. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hicks of Kings Mountain. Miss Hicks is also vice president of Alpha Psi Omega, national honorary dramatics fraternity. While a member of the drama group, Miss Hicks has played major roles in a number of ASTC productions, including “The Crucible”, “Pygmalion” and “Lithuania.” Other Cleaners Help Saunders In spite of last week’s fire, Saunders Cleaners was back in business this week, compliments of other Kings Mountain clean ers. ■“Ail Kings Mountain cleaning establishments offered us use of their facilities until we’re back in business,” D. L. Saunders, own er of the fire-gutted establish ment said this week. In addition to stating appreci ation to the neighboring clean ers, Mr. Spunders added words of thanks to members of the fire department, other friendly citi zens, and patrons who lost cloth es in the March 16 fire. He said thot patrons who lost clothes in the fire must file claims for losses by April 15, deadline for filing such claims. . Mr. Saunders also said he ex pectetKo be back in operation at the old location on Cherokee street by Monday of the coming week. Church Body Names Padgett ATLANTA, GA. — Dr. James A. Millard, Jr., Stated Clerk of the General Assembly, Presby terian Church, U. C., announced today that Dr. Philip G. Padgett of Kings Mountain has been of ficially certified as a commission er to the 100th General Assem bly of he denomination. The Assembly, which meets in Jacksonville, Fla., April 28 thro ugh May 3, will bring together more than 525 church leaders from 83 presbyteries in all the Southern states. It is the highest court of the denomination and meets annually to establish the laws and programs under which the Church operates. Dr. Padgett will attend as a commissioner from the Presby tery of Kings Mountain. Also re Presbytery will be The Rev. I. S. McElroy, Jr., of Richmond, Va. Red Csrosr> Dihre Won't' Bo Held Kings Mountain citizens may still contribute to the Red Cross program in town, although a fund drive will not be conducted, as customary, in March Interested citizens who did not give via the United Fund to the Red Cross may wish to forward their gifts to the Kings Mountain Chapter of which J. Ollie Harris is chairman. A United Fund drive was com pleted in January and Red Cross is included In the local United Fund, it was pointed out