VOL 71 No. 17
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 28, I960
Seventy-First Year
1C Pages
IU Today
PRIC£ TEN CENTS
Schoolmen Answer Queries
On Consolidation Alternates
Barnes: City
Opens Its Anns
In Welcome
BY DAVID BAITY
“The consolidation of No. 4
Township schools is not an issue
for Kings Mountain city school
people to decide. We’ve opened
our arms and said, “Come on in,
we want you.’ It’s now up to
you,” said B. N. Barnes address
ing a group of some 275 persons
at a consolidation forum held at
Bethware School Tuesday night.
"You are faced with a peculiar
situation. It’s not a matter of ‘to
consolidate or not to consolidate,’
but where to consolidate,” the su
perintendent of Kings (Mountain
city schools said. "It’s either with
No. 4 Township schools or with
No. '3 school in the county sys
tem."
Mr. Barnes outlined the events
of the past nine years which led
to the upcoming decision. He told
of repeated recommendations by
state school officials that No. 4
Township schools he consolidated
and noted the issue was killed by
outlying areas in 1953.
The issue was resurrected on
April 20, 1959, When the Kings
Mountain Board of Education
was asked if it would be willing
to discuss consolidation again.
■“Our answer was, ‘of course,’ ”
, Mr. Barnes said.
A series of consolidation talks
were held in which district
school committeemen discussed
the problems and made requests
as to organization and govern
ment of the proposed district.
■“We opened our arms and said
come on. The Kings Mountain
Board of Education has gone ev
ery step of the way on all re
quests that have been made,”
Barnes said.
(In answers to questions posed
from the floor, Mr. Baines stat
ed:
1) A building site for the pro
posed consolidated high school
has not been chosen by the Kings
Mountain board. The site is of in
terest to the entire area. It will
not be In the city limits of Kings
Mountain. When consolidation is
effected, it will be up to every
body in the district to decide
where to put it
2) Students will be temporarily
consolidated at Kings Mountain
(High school. Some 400 elemen
tary students must vacate the
building to make room for the
incoming Grover and Bethware
students.
3) The incoming district has
been assured renresen/tation on
the school board by ithe resigna
tion of A. W. Kincaid. Mr. Kin
c aid Is resignation is effective the
day consolidation is effective. His
successor will be a representa
tive from your community ap
pointed by (the board. You will
have a chance to elect who you
want, in the school board mem
ber election to 1961.
4) A school board member is
not paid a salary.
5) Advanced science, maith
eqnatks, and foreign language
courses, plus commercial courses,
would be immediate advantage
of consolidation with Kings
Mountain city schools. Students
who are now taking shop and
agriculture courses to your com
munity schools will be offered
(Continued on Page Eight)
Country Music
Show "Unnsday
Cleveland County (Life Saving
Crew is sponsoring what one
member termed “eld fashioned
country music and picking and
tinging at itsfinest” in a benefit
show Thursday night at 8 o’clock.
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs,
from WSM’s Grand Ole Opry,
win appear with their Foggy
Mountain Boys in a personal ap
pearance at Central high school
auditorium. .
Proceeds will foe used to pur
chase equipment for the Life Sa
ving and Rescue Squad. Admis
sion is $1 for adults and SO cents
for children.
The Flatt and Scruggs show
offers a general family show, fea
turing fast spaced musical and co
medy numbers with the music
emphasizing old-time tunes brou
ght up to date. Lester Flatt leads
the tinging and does the emcee
on all the shows. Earl Scruggs Is
the business manager and banjo
player, and others in the show
are Curly Sechler who Bings ten
o" and plays the mandolin; Paul
Warren sings bass and plays the
fiddle; Unde Josh plays the do
hro guitar; Cousin Jake plays the
bass fiddle and doubles with Un
de Josh in a comedy routine.
WIN CONTEST — Marsha Ann
Ballonce and Neil McCarter are
winners of city-wide reading and
declamation contests held in the
city schools.
Students Win
School Contests
Marsha Anne Ballance, sixth
grader from West school, and1
Neil McCarter, seventh grader
from Central school, are winners
of the 1960 city-wide reading and
declamation contests.
The Baker reading medal went
to Miss (Ballance, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ballance,
for her read of ‘"Dan’s Tin
Soldiers.”
Young MdCarter, son of Mrs.
and Mrs. Oscar MldCarter, won
the Neisler declamation medal
for "The American Way of
life.” Miss Ballance is a student
of Miss Anita Vaughn and Mc
Carter is a student of Mrs. Iva
Jean Beason.
Graham Fam
Scheduled Here
The Billy Graham film “Souls
in Conflict” will be shown at
Temple Baptist church auditor
ium, Cansler street at Fulton,
Saturday evening at 7:30.
“"Souls in Conflict” is a Chris
tian film produced by the Billy
Graham Evangelistic Associa
tion. Stars are Coleen Townsend
Evans, Joan Winmill, Eric Mick
elwood and the Billy Graham
team. An actress, a jet pilot, and
a factory worker face life’s spi
ritual decision in the world’s
largest city. Filmed against the
backdrop of the Billy Graham
London crusade, the picture por
trays honest and intriguing re
actions by widely separated soc
ial groups to the concept that
God intervenes in the daily life
of'the individual.
The film is designed for the
eptine family. There is no ad
mission charge.
Jaycees To Honor
ladles Tuesday
Stover P. Dunagan, Jr., Forest
City newspaperman, will make
the principal address at Tues
day night’s Kings Mountain Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce ladies
night banquet
Mr. Dunagan, a national dir
ector of ithe Junior Chamber of
Commerce, is also editor of *The
Future”, state Jaycee magazine.
The ladies night affair will al
so be featured by installation of
recently elected officers tor 1960
61, to be conducted by Henry M.
Whitesdies, Gastonia attorney,
and district vice-president.
Members of the ladles night
committee include Wilson Grif
fin, Bill Jonas, Robert H. Gofor
th, and B. F. Manor, retiring
president
The meeting will be convened
ait 7 o’clock at the Woman's ClUb.
Grigg: Support
School Majority
Of Voters Pick
BY DAVID BAITY
Questions concerning consoli
dation with No. 3 high school
were discussed by J. Horace
Grigg and members of the coun
ty" board of education before a
group of some 225 people atten
ding a forum session last Friday
night at Bethware school.
Mr. Grigg, superintendent of
county schools, was accompanied
to the meeting by county school
board members Walter Davis, J.
D. Ellis, and Edwin Moore.
Mr. Grigg, in his opening ad
dress, told the group, “I hope in
the windup of this issue, you’ll
still be cordial to your neighbors.
Any other result would be tragic.
Naturally, the issue has two
sides, but' when you decide to go
to one school or the other, every
body works to make that school
the best possible.”
Supt. Grigg pointed out the
trend nationwide is to consolidate
high schools and noted neighbor
ing counties who have completed
new plants and systems. Consoli
dation builds bigger and better
schools, he said.
Questions submitted to Mr.
Grigg and Walter Davis, chair
man of the school 'board, includ
ed:
1) Where are the Negroes to
register for tire consolidation e
lection?
Mr. Grigg pointed out that by
state law the individual citizen,
white or Negro, registers to vote
in the district in which he lives,
be it Grover, Bethware, or Park
Grace.
2) What will temporary cost of
consolidation with No. 3 school
be?
The only cost with the tempor
ary consolidation would be the
price of buses and furniture for
the scHool. An additional two
cents equipment tax would be re
quested of the county board of
commissioners, Mr. Grigg said.
3) What will future cost of con
solidation with No. 3 school be?
Supt. Grigg pointed out the
county board is planning for a
$1,000,000 school plant Walter
Davis intersected the plant would
be located in the geographical
center of the No. 3, Grover, and
Bethware area, somewhere a
round Buffalo Creek.
4) Will teachers in the consoli
dated county school be as well
qualified as teachers in the Kings
Mountain city school system?
‘‘That is not an issue. 'Wherev
er you go, you’ll have tip-top tea
chers," (Mr. Grigg replied.
5) Can just as many subjects
be offered in the county school
as in the city system?
The size of the school determ
ines the variety of subjects, Mr.
Grigg pointed out. He further
stated he sees no reason why the
consolidated No. 3 school can
not offer as many.
6) How many more subjects
will be offered immediately upon
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NEW PASTOR — Rev. W. M.
Helms of Troy will assume pas
torate duties Sunday at East Side
Baptist church.
Helms Accepts
East Side Call
Rev. W. SMj_.Helms of Troy has
accepted the call to become pas
tor of East Side Baptist church.
He will begin bis pastorate du
ties on May L
Mr. Helms is a graduate of
Wingate college, Fruitland Bible
Institute and Southeastern Sem
inary.
He comes to Kings Mountain
from Troy where he has served
as Chairman of Evangelism in
the Montgomery Baptist Associa
tion. «
Mr. Helms will preach at East1
Side services on Sunday.
Dr. Anthony's
Brother Passes
Funeral rites for R. P. Anthony,
63, of Gastonia, prominent dairy
man and brother of Dr. J. E. An
ithony of Rings Mountain^ were
held Monday at 3 p. m. tram Pis
gah ARP church, of which he
was a member.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. M. B. Grier, pastor, assist
ed by Dr. W. L. Pressly of Kings
Mountain. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Anthony, who had been ill
for the past three months, died
Saturday ait 5 p. m. ait his home
on Lin wood Road in Gastonia. A
Gaston County native, he was
the first dairyman in Gastonia
to begin pasteurization of milk in
the artificial breeding process of
cattle. Ir 1955, because of ill
health, he sold hiis dairy to Far
mer’s Dairy of Charlotte.
He had served two terms as a
deacon of the Pisgah church, was
a veteran of World War I and
member of Holland Memorial
Masonic Lodge.
Surviving, in addition to his
brother here, are his wife, Mrs.
Annie Elizabeth Pearson Anth
ony; two sons, R. P., Jr. and W.
E. Anthony, both of Gastonia;
itwo grandchildren, Reba and
Holt Anthony; two other bro
thers, Dr. W. A. Anthbny and L.
L. Anthony, both of Gastonia,
and one sister, Mrs. J. G. Shan
non of Gastonia.
FIRE
Firemen were called to 6
Oak Street on the Mauney Mill
village about 4:39 Wednesday
afternoon to douse an oil stove
blaze. No damage was report
ed.
Dr. Lake Declines To Spell Out
Means Of Continuing Segregation
BY MARTIN HARMON
Dr. L Beverly Lake, candidate'
for the Democratic nomination
for governor, praised the state’s
pupil assignment act, continued
to belabor the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People, explained his theo
retical differences with the Hod
ges-Seawell-Piearsall approach to
desegregation, but declined, un
der repeated questioning, to name
specific methods he would use to
end token Integration in the pu/b
lic schools.
Dr. Lake was interviewed at a
press conference Saturday in the
Shelby office of Joe Mull, his
state co-campaign manager.
Dr. Lake said he would follow
a “persuasion for segregation”
policy, and move against the
NAACiP by sharply distinguishing
between the Negro people and
the organization- “Don’t let the
NAACP become spokesman for
the Negroes,” he declared.
He said the Hodges-Seawell
Pearsall approach to the race
problem infers slow, but eventu
al, full integration.
“We know segregation works,”
he said. “Let’s establish it as
state policy, not slow work to
ward integration.”
Questioned on the recent ac
tion of Wake Forest seminary on
(Continued On Page Eight)
FINISHES COURSE — Carl D.
Cal*, of King* Mountain, ha*
completed the Western Electric
Company's graduate engineering
training program at the Winston
Salem Training Center. Assigned
to the engineering department of
the company** Winston Salem
shops. Mr. Cole was among the
sixth group of engineers who re
ceived certificates of graduation
last
ARP’s Vote 58-30 To Build
Harris-Teeter Super Market
Merger Books
To Close, County's
To Open Saturday
One set of registration books
opens and another closes this
Saturday.
1) Saturday is the final day
for citizens of the Grover, Beth
ware, Compact and Park Grace
school distriats an the county sy-.
stem to register for the May 14
election in which these citizens
will determine whether to merge
their schools into the Kings
Mountain system. This is a
school district election and a
completely new registration.
2) Saturday will be the first of
three registration days for the
May 28 Democratic primary.
Polling places in this area are:
East Kings Mountain, City Hall
Courtroom; West Kings Moun
tain, Victory Chevrolet Company;
Bethware, Bethware school; and
Grover, Grover fire Station. This
registration is not a new regis
tration.
Mrs. J. H. Arthur, West Kings
Mountain registrar, noted this
week that the law permits new
citizens to register and vote in
the May 28 primary if they will
have lived in the state one year
by November 8, date of the No
vember general election. It is al
so permissible for 20-year-olds to
register and vote in the May pri
mary if they will attain age 21
by the November general elec
tion.
The Herald did not make a
complete check of registrars for
the school merger election on
Wednesday, but prior checks In
dicate at least 1300 persons have
registered for the May 14 school
merger decision.
Rosberg Leaving
Foote Minezal
Robert Rosberg, assistant mill
superintendent of Foote Mineral
Company’s Kings Mountain
plant, ihas resigned to accept the
general superintendency of a
beryllium mine, owned by Nor
thwest Defense Minerals.
The mine i3 located at Key
stone, S. D.
Mr. Romberg and his family
will live at nearby Rapid City, S.
D.
A native of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
Mr. Rosberg has been a Foote
employee for more than six
years. He joined Foote Mineral
after graduation in January 1954
from South Dakota School of
Mines.
Mrs. Rosberg is the former
Ellen Medlin, of Kings Moun
tain. The Rosbergs, members of
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church,
have two children, Robert Ros
berg, Jr., and Ramona Rosberg.
They expect to leave Kings
Mountain this weekend.
Their West Gold street resi
dence has been purchased by Mr.
and Mrs. Ted Albrecht.'
Lots Of Smoke
Bat No Hie
City firemen were called to the
home of Buddy Medlin at 504 N.
Oansler Wednesday afternoon a
bout 2 o’clock.
An electric range was smoking
profusely, buit trouble cleared up
before firemen arrived. Fireman
C. D. Farr said they were greeted
by a houseful of smoke, but no
fire, discounting the old adage,
“Where theme ..."
! The stove was- checked by fire
men and was in working order.
No proper damage was report
ed.
foumalism Class
Tours The Herald
Members of the high school
journalism class, taught by Mrs.
Bill Bates, toured the Kings
Mountain Herald for a practical
lesson in printing and publishing
last Friday.
Editor Martin Harmon con
ducted the tour and was assisted
by other members of the Herald
editorial staff and mechanical de
partment.
The students saw • a “quoin,”
“chase'*, “turtle", typesetting ma
chine, mat casting device, news
paper press in action, folders,
metal saws and j<*> presses.
Jan Williams Wins
Area Spelling' Bee
North School
Student Victor
At Charlotte
Jan Williams, 13-year-old North
school (Seventh grader, became
Kings Mountain’s second winner
of the Charlotte Observer spell
ing bee last Friday night, as she
correctly spelled “mattress” and
“multinear” to culminate 16
(rounds of competition.
Linda Bridges, of Fallston, had
put only one “t” in “mattress.”
Young Miss Williams is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. O.
(Toby) Williams and a pupil in
Miss Gussie Huffstetler’s home
room.
Previous Kings Mountain vic
tor in (the Observer Bee was Bob
by Early, now a freshman at
Belmont /.Joey.
For her Charlotte victory, Miss
Williams won a complete set of
Encyclopedia Britanniea and $10
in cash. On June 5,she goes to
Washington, D. C., in quest of
the National Spelling Bee cham
pionship as well as scholastic
fortune in the form of scholar
ships.
Third place winner was Elaine
Mullis, of Mecklenburg Coun
ty’s Bain school, and fourth was
Agnes Thompson, Shelby junior
high school.
Awards were presented by E.
B. Hunter, farmer assistant to the
publisher of the Observer, (term
ed by Editor Pete McKnight “a
walking dictionary.” ^
Farter Munn reported:
'“She had gon hrough 16
rounds of the test without show
ing (the slighest nervousness and
with hardly a smile.
,’But when Pironouncer Hoyt
Galvin declared her the winner
she sank in her chair. Her breath
came in gasps as though she had
just run a mile.
“And her eyes sparkled
through her glasses while her
face split into a huge smile.
Bee officials and fellow con
testants crowded around to con
gratulate her. Under question
she admitted modestly, 'Tve stu
died hard and since the fifth
grade I’ve been my school cham
pion. But (this is the first time I
ever made It Into the finals in
Charlotte. I’m so happy." ’’
INSULATING
Insulation was being blown
into City Hall Tuesday between
the ceiling and the roof. Nor
man Harris, of Shelby, is hand
ling the jolb and estimates the
insulating cost will toe returned
in two years through heating
economies.
CHAMP SPELLER — Jan Willi
ams, Kings Mountain seventh
grader, won the Charlotte Ob
server's annual spelling bee and
will represent the area in the na
tional contest at Washington, D.
C„ in June.
Fiddlers'Show
Set For Friday
The 14th annual Fiddler’s Con
vention of the IBethware Pro
gressive Club will be held Fri
day night at 8 o’clock in (Beth
ware school auditorium.
A complete list of entries In
the Fiddlers’ Show was not avail
able Wednesday but a spokesman
for the club said indications are
there will be a number of entries.
One feature of the annual
show will be the crowning of
’’Miss Betthware Fair” of 1960 by
last year’s queen.
A large crowd is expected to
attend. Citizens may contact
Frank Hamrick or Garrison Go
forth about entries.
Tickets are on sale at 30 cents
for children and 60 cents for a
dults.
Proceeds from the entertain
ment support the various com
munity projects of the sponsoring
club.
Safety Council
Meeting Thursday
Members of the Blue Ridge
Safety council will hold a dinner
neeting Thursday night at 6 o’
clock a/t the Marion high school.
Grady Gant, personnel director
of Dixie Mercerizing Company,
Atlanta, will speak on “Ten
Ways to Kill Your Safety Pro
gram.”
Joe Austin, of Massachusetts
Mohair Plush Company, is vice
president of the seven-county
group, and B. H. Love, Craftspun
Mills, is a director of the council.
Difference With Hodges Concerned
Patronage, Says Candidate Larkins
BY MARTIN HARMON
“I believe the state can afford
to spend up to $25 millions more
per annum on public education
on basis of currently anticipated
revenues,” Gubernatorial Candi
date John Larkins said here
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Larkins was in Kings
Mountain as part of a tour of
Cleveland County in quest for
votes.
He also said, want to carry
Cleveland County. Cleveland
County seems to have the reputa
tion of electing Governors and 1
sure Hope to carry Cleveland.”
What differences, if any, with
Governor Luther Hodges led to
his Shift from North Carolina
Democratic chairman to Demo
cratic National committeeman?
"Complaints on patronage," j
Mr. La rid ns answered.
He referred to complaints fromj
county chairmen that the Gover
nor did not consult on appoint
ments to state boards and cam-I
missions. *1 complained to the
Governor,” Mr. Larkins continu
ed, “and this difference led to
my not seeking re-election as
state chairman. Chairman Wood
row Jones will have to speak for;r
himself on whether this situation
has improved. Cobby Horn, your
county chairman, led the move
ment at ithe convention which re
solved against this policy.”
Candidate Larkins said hie
stands four-square on the Pear
sall plan which allows local
school units to determine pupil
assignment authority. Noting
that Dr. tBeverly Lake, another
candidate, claims credit for writ
ing the pupil assignment act, Mr.
Larkins noted, “He may have
written it, tout I was a member
of the General Assembly which
passed it and there were amend
ments to the original furnished
toy the attorney - general’s of
fice."
Mr. Larkins also pointed out
that he and Candidate Sanfond
are the only candidates for Gov
ernor with a legislative voting
record. Mr. Larkins has served
nine sessions In the North Caro
lina Senate. He is a Trenton at
torney.
He was accompanied here by
his Cleveland co-managers Grady
Cheek, and Carl Spangler, of
Shelby.
Hearing Friday
On Re-Zoning
Portion Of Lot
Boyce Memorial Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church
memlbers voted 58 to 30 Sunday
to build a super market for Har
ris-Teeter on the site of its pres
ent plant at Piedmont avenue
and Kings street.
I Under previous agreements be
tween church officers and the
1 grocery firm, the church will
form; a corporation to build a
super market expected to cost
about $100,000. Harris-Teeter will
accept a value of $50,000 for the
real estate, lease the property up
to 15 years, and pay an annual
rental of ten per cent of the fi
nal gross cost.
One principal bar remains to
completion of the agreement. The
ARP property fronts 158 feet on
Piedmont avenue. Only 100 feet
is zoned for business purposes,
the remainder being zoned resi
dential. Request for re-zoning
has been lodged by Church offici
als and public hearing on the
question is scheduled by the city
'board of commissioners for Fri
day night at City Hall at 7 o’
clock.
Mrs. E. C. Cooper, owner of
the Piedmont avenue property
adjacent to the church' parson
age, is reported to be opposed to
the building of the super mar
ket and, therefore, is opposing
the re-zoning.
City Clerk Joe MidDaniel, Jr.,
said Wednesday that some ARP
officials have requested postpone
ment of the re-zoning hearing on
grounds they cannot be present
Friday night. He said City At
, torney J. R. Davis noted that
! postponement of the hearing
, would require re-advertising of
| the new hearing, that the com
mission will meet as scheduled,
I but may not act on the matter.
Mr. McDaniel also said he had
| made a thorough search of com
mission meetings and had found
that the ciity attorney and build
ing Inspector had given an opin
ion several years ago that ire-zon
ing of ithe property, now used by
Plonk Motor Company as a re
tail automobile sales, wias not
necessary. Mir. Davis said Wed
nesday afternoon that he re
membered the matter and giving
the opinion but could not recall
immediately the legal reasoning
on which the opinion was based.
McDaniel said his search of the
minutes did not reveal re-zoning
of the residential portion of the
lot now occupied by the Bus Ter
minal, nor re-zoning of the N.
Battleground avenue lot now be
ing used by H & H Motors.
Should the transaction be con
summated, the church will have
a year in which to build a new
plant on it.?, Edgemont Avenue
tract, to raze the present plant,
and deliver a super market to
Harris-Teeter for lease.
Kiwanis Ladies
Party Thursday
^ Vernon Grant, of Rock Hill, S.
C., will make the address at the
annual ladles' night banquet
Thursday of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club.
Wives of Kiwanians will be
special guests at the dinner
meeting at 7 o'clock at the Wo
man’s club.
Mr. Grant, who is associated
with the Rock Hill Chamber of
Commerce, has spoken before to
local Kiwanians. He addressed
the group at Father-Son Night
recently.
An illustrator for Hallmark
Cards, Mr. Grant is creator of
the "Snap-Crackle-&-Pop” char
acters for the Kellog Cereal com
pany. He is also a farmer.
Mr. Grant is expected to use
the topic, ‘^Constructive Ideas.”
Memibers of the ladies night
committee in charge of arrange
ments for the event are Bill Ful
ton, John L. McGill, Dr. D. F.
Hord, Charles Neisler and Hugh
Ormand.
MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAM
Mothers of members of the
Kings Mountain Assembly, Or
der of Rainbow for Girls, will
be special guests at a Mother's
Day program Sunday ait 2:30
p. m. art Masonic Hall. AH mo
thers of members are invited
I to attend