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"VOL. 71 No. 18 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 5, 1960 Seventy-First Year PRICE TEN CENTS 1 Q Pages I 0 Today opulation Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 Oraatat Kin?* Mountain I* dtrintl from Mountain city tUroctory emu. TUo city flguu In bom too Onltod Statu consul of 1850. Neighbors Protest \ '' 'll -H —- --------- m Tt Ex-House Member Falls Says Morgan Won’t Be Walled In Falls Contends Morgan Ducked •Tea-Nay" lobs wmmmmm •< H I r I By MARTIN HARMON Solicitor B. T. Falls, Jt., for mer Cleveland County represen tative in the General Assembly, says that his former legislative confrere State Senator Robert Morgan elected to seek the em pty honor of speaker pro tempore in 1959 because “he doesn’t want to be walled in". Senator Morgan, seeking re-el ection to a fifth term, is opposed for the first time since his initial election by City Recorder Judge Jack H. White, of Kings Moun tain. Senator Morgan went to the Senate in 1951 after defeating Senator Clyde Nolan in the 1950 primary. Then-Representative Falls said that Senator Morgan asked his advice on whether to take the chairmanship of one of the Sen ate money committee, (Appropri ations or Finance), which Sen ator Morgan said Lieutenant Governor Luther Barnnardt had tendered, or whether to seek the senate pro tempore office for which Governor Luther Hodges had pledged his support. T told him”, Solicitor • Falls "that I had served on the money committees in the House, that membership on these com mittees irequire hard work, that you get shot at plenty, and in the end have to say yea or nay. "We both know,” Solicitor Falls recalled he told Senator Morgan, “that the speaker pro tem Job is an empty honor. You’ll get your picture in the papers and maybe fool some of the homefolk into thinking its im portant.” ^Solicitor Falls said the next thing he knew Senator Morgan was in a hot campaign for the speaker pro tempore role, which Senator Morgan won by a close 26-21 vote over Senator C. V. Hen kel, of IredeH, currently a candi date for lieutenant-governor. The hot speaker pro tempore tight was an open battle between pro-Hodges Administration and anti-Hodges forces. Senator Mor gan was a friend of the Gover nor from the time of his acces sion to the governorship in 1954. Senator Henkel broke with the Governor prior to the 1958 pri maries on what Edward L. Ran vtn, then the Governor’s person al secretary, termed "personality differences.” In turn, Jay Huskins, States ville newspaper editor and pub lisher, says that the Governor sent Harold Makepeace, then with the highway commission • and now successor to Rankin in the Governor’s office, to States ville to do a “'hatchet Job” on Senator Henkel. Recalling details of the cam paign, Editor Huskins, himself a candidate this year to succeed Senator Henkel, said he’d lent his full support to Henkel in his successful bid for re-election. "It wasn’t that I was particu larly close to C. V., though his record in previous sessions had suited me generally,” Editor Huskins said. "But there’s no body in North Carolina, be it Governor Hodges or Harold Makepeace going to come into my county and try to tell us who to put in office.” Local News * Bulletins CHOIR TO SING Kings Mountain Baptist Ch urch and First Baptist church will sponsor the Touring Choir of Mams Hill College in a spec ial warship program on May 15th, it has been announced. LODGE MEETING Regular communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 at Masonic Hall, accord to announcement by T. D. Tin dall, secretary. COIN CLUB The Coin Collector’s Club will meet Friday at 7:30 p. m. at City Hall in the courtroom. TO CONVENTION Mr. and Mirs. W. G. Grant ham and Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Dixon will attend the Nor th Carolina Auto Dealers con vention which convenes Thurs day in Pinehurst. KIWANIS CLUB J. Harold Kirbman, repre sentative of Behr-Mamning Company will present the co lor film, '’Manufacture Of Mo dem Coater Abrasives” at Thursday’s Kiwanis club meet ing. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. JAYNES TO SPEAK Harry Jaynes, principal of Kings Mountain high school will address members of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their Tuesday night meeting at the Woman's Club. Mr. Jaynes will discuss teacher education. The club convenes at 7 o’clock. PERMIT ISSUED A permit was issued this week to James Lewis, Jr. to build a one story, 6-iroom house. The residence, contract ed by Hobairt Dye, will cost an estimated $11,600. Legion Officers To Be Elected Election of officers for Otis D. Green Post 155 of American Le gion will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 p. m. Friday at the legion hall. Nominees are J. T. McGinnis, Jir., commander; W. O. “Curley” Lovelace, David D. Saunders, Bill Phifer, and David Delevie, first vice commander; Ray Cline, W. D. *®ed” Morrison, and Jim Ben nett, second vice commander; J. H. McDaniel, Jr., finance officer and adjutant; Warren Herndon and George Hull, sergeant of arms; Rev. W. p. "Bill” Bumgard ner and Hubert Aderholt, chap lain; Charles E. Dixon and Myers Hambright, historian; and Ho bart Dye, Gene Gibson, John Weaver, Gene McCarter, Frank Blanton, Gene Goforth, Ray How ell, Gene Wright, and Glee A. Bridges, executive committee. Board Accepts Committee Plan School committees from Beth ware, Grower, Compact, and Park Grace will continue to operate in an advisory capacity indefi nitely if these schools are con solidated with the Kings Moun tain city unit, the city board of ed ucation resolved at a special meeting Tuesday night The board passed the motion at a joint meeting with the dis trict school committeemen. The advisory committee sys tem had previously been ap proved by the education board, but with the condition they be dissolved in 1963 when consoli dation would be completely worked out and a new high | school plant built 2317 Persons Registered For Merger Vote BY DAVID BAITY A total of 2,317 voters from Grover, Bethware, Compact and Park Grace school districts had been logged into registration books before close of registration for the May 14 school consolida tion election Saturday. The high registration is an in dication of keen interest in the election which will settle the question of whether Grover, Beth* ware, Compact, and Park Grace school districts will consolidate with the Kings Mountain City Administrative unit or merge with No. 3 school in the county system. ' At the official closing of the books Saturday, Mrs. Fred Cock rell, Grover registrar, reported 670 registrants. Mrs. James Cloninger, Park Grace registrar, reported 678, and Mrs. Will Wat terson, Bethware registrar, re ported 969. Challegene day will be observ ed Saturday and election officials in the Bethware district antici pate brisk action. Keen interest and a 'boundary line question in the northeastern sector of the district are expected to bring challengers. Officials at Grover and Park Grace reported Wednesday they expect no unusual activity. Officials at Grover are Mrs. Fred Cockrell, registrar, and Mrs. ■Martha Scruggs and Miss Ethel Martin, judges. Mrs. Will Watterson is Beth ware registrar and Otto (Toby) Williams and Leonard Gamble are judges. Park Grace officials are Mrs. Jim Cloninger, registrar, and Mrs. T. W. Smith and L. June Cloninger, judges. Polling places for the special fire station, the Park Grace school election are the Grover school building, and the Beth ware school building. Helms To lead Revival Series Rev. W. M. Helms, new pastor of East Side Baptist church, will begin a week of special evange listic services at the church Sun day. Services will be held each eve ning at 7:30 through Saturday, May 14. Cosmo Peeke of Troy will lead special singing. He will also sing at both services on Sunday. Mr. Helms comes to East Side from Troy where he has served as chairman of evange lism in the Montgomery Baptist Association. He is a graduate of Wingate college, Fruitland Bible Institute and Southeastern Sem inary. He preached his first sermon at the Kings Mquntain church last Sunday. Talent Show Next Thursday Third annual School Talent Show of the Kings (Mountain Ki wanis clUb will be held on May 12th at 8 p. m. at Central school auditorium. B. S. Peeler, Jr., is general chairman of the project which seeks $3000 to complete funds earmarked for a school activity ■bus for the high school. Advance tickets are on sale at $1 for adults and 35 cents for students. Other Kiwanians who are ser ving on special committees for next Thursday’s event are: W. K. Mauney, Jr., and J. C. Bridges, co-chairmen of the fi nance committee. Harold Coggins, chairman of the committee on tickets. Harold Hunnlcutt, chairman of the publicity committee. Dr. D. F. Hord. chairman of the committee to secure prizes for winners in competition. The School Talent Show will bring together art mers in con tests held in each of the city school plants who will be vieing for prizes in the city-wide con test Rheas Do Duo At Hospital Bob Rhea, Kings Mountain carpenter, suffered a back in jury a couple of weeks ago and became a patient at Kings Mountain hospital. Son Ronnie Rhea, seventh grader, was out visiting his ailing father one day and com plained of a pain in his side. Dr. Oraig Jones happened to be walking up the hall, and, as Father Bob puts if, “About 30 minutes later they were wheel ing him to a hospial bed, min us his appendix.” Father Bob and Son Ronnie were together on their leave taking of the hospital. Both were discharged Tuesday a bout noon from the room they had shared. Bands, Chorus In May Concerts Kings Mountain High School Band, the City Schools Elemen tary Band and the Girls Chorus will be working a brisk schedule in May, according to an announ cement of coming concerts by Charles Ballance, band director, Wednesday. The two groups will present the annual spring concert Fri day, May 13 at Central High school auditorium at 7:45 p. m. The public is invited and no admission prioe will be charged. Selections for the high school band will include music from | Broadway musicals and select-, ions familiar to all. Kenneth Barnes, Paul Fulton, and Douglas Burton will play “Flirtations” by Herbert L. Clar ke. Paul Fulton, High school sen ior, will direct the band in the march, “Anchors Aweigh” and Gale Kircus, senior, will lead the band in the school song, “O Da vidson”. The elementary schools band will also present a concert of fa miliar music with two .solos from the group. The elementary band will pre sent an outdoor concert at West sohol Monday, May 16, marking the final presentation of the year. The selections will feature marches and concert music fox young and old. “Come out to hear the concert before doing the evening dishes and enjoy yourselves. There will be ample room for parking and if you wish may bring a blanket and sit on the ground," Mr. Bal lance said. The high school Girls Chorus will present its annual spring concert Thursday May 19 in the high school auditorium at 7:45 p. m. Admission is free and everyone is invited. Monday, May 16 marks the fi nal meeting of the Kings Moun tain Band Boosters for the year. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p. m. in the band room at Kings Mountain High school, and every band parent and in terested school band patron is urged to attend. Business of the evening will be the election of officers for the co ming year, reports of the various committees, and a discussion of the proposed budget for the com ing year. Webster Also To Step Down If Township Schools Merge Democratic Gatherings On Saturday Kings Mountain area Democra tic precinct committee chairman this week urged all members of the party to attend biennial precinct meetings Saturday. Principal business will be e lection of precinct committee men for the coming two years, organization of the committee, and election of delegates to the county convention, scheduled for 2 o’clock Saturday, May 14. The precinct chairman is exofficio a member of the county Democra tic committee. All of the precinct meetings in the Kings Mountain area will be convened at 2 o’clock. Party rules require that a wo man be vice-chairman of the committee. 'Following are the members of the area committees and the pl aces the Saturday meetings will be held: East Kings Mountain, at City Hall courtroom, S. A. Crouse, chairman, John Mauney, Mrs. J. E. Lipford (also vice-chairman of Cleveland County Democrats), Leonard Smith and J. Ollie Har ris. West Kings Mountain, at Vic tory Chevrolet Company, Hugh D. Omand, chairman, Mrs. J. H. Arthur, H- B. Jackson, Martin Harmon and Mrs. F. A. McDan Bethware, at Bethware school, H. A. Goforth, chairman, Bruce W. Boyles, Ben T. Edwards, John D. Jones, Ted Ledford, Clyde Randle, and Cameron Ware. Grover at Bob Hambright’s St ore, J. B. Ellis, chairman, Mrs. Lois H. Gold, Ed Bolin, Carley Martin, William J. Herndon, and Mrs. James Byers. Waco, at Stirewalt’s Store, M. C. Whitworth, chairman, Mrs. Hugh Davis, Clyde Barrett, Glenn Sperling and Marshall Wolfe. Civil Defense Alert Tuesday Kings Mountain participated In a nation-wide civil defense a lent Tuesday and Wednesday. The County Civil Defense or ganization was in charge of lo cal and county wide activities, with Dan Shields heading the operation. Harold Hunnicutt, of Kings Mountain, who is affiliated with the State RACES net, was on the air the full time of the alert in direct communications with Ra leigh headquarters. Television and radio facilities cooperated In CONELRAD tests on Wednesday from 2 to 2:30. Kings Mountain Mayor Glee Bri dges talked via the county com munications system on Tuesday. Whitesides Says Kings Mountain Short On Size, Long On Quality "Kings Mountain may be a small town, but only in size, not in quality,” Henry W. Whitesides, Gastonia lawyer and Jaycee dis trict director, said Tuesday night as !he installed new Jaycee offi cers at the club’s annual ladies’ night 'banquet New Jaycee officers are Rob ert H. Goforth, president; James Lybrand, first vice-president; Bill Allen, secoikl vice-president; Rev. Tom Droppers, secretary; Bill Moss, treasurer; Jake Dixon, jay bird. Installed directors to terms expiring in 1962 were W. G. Jonas, Herman Sparks, and Charles 'Blanton. Holdover directors with terms expiring next year are Bill Chil ders, Robert Maner, Otis Falls, Jr., and retiring president Bob Maner. Mr. Maner presented » mimeo graphed report of Jaycee activi ties during the year which filled a full page and declared, "Kings Mountain is better this year than last because of the activities of the Junior Chamber of Com merce. It will be even better a year hence for the same reason.” He recognized three Jaycees who are retiring from the organ ization as “over ripe.” They are George Thomasson, Wesley Bush and Wilson Griffin. Mr. Whitesides welcomed Da vid Baity, Kings Mountain Her ald staffer, as a member. Principal feature was a wit filled address by Stover P.. Dun agan, Jr., of Forest City, a na tional director of the Junior Chamber. He called attention in serious vein to several Jaycees who had lost their lives in Jay | oee pursuits and said the fast I growing international organiza tion has two principal aims, lead ership training and community development. Bill Jonas presented Mr. Duna gan and Jake Dixon read the list of Jaycees with 100 per cent at tendance. Rev. Tom Droppers said , the invocation. WILL STEP DOWN — J. W. Webster, member of the board of education, Tuesday joined fellow member Arnold W. Kincaid in expressing his intent to resign from the school board if the township merger is effected May 14. Harmon Quizzes Sanford On T-V Martin Harmon, Kings Moun tain Herald editor, Gene Roberts, of the Raleigh News & Observer, and Bob Gately, manager of the Charlotte office of United Press International, will throw ques tions at Gubernatorial Candidate Terry Sanford in a “Meet the Press” program over WBTV, Thursday night, May 12, from 8 to 8:15. Actually, the interview has al ready been conducted, the three newsmen having quizzed Mr. Sanford before the television ca meras last Saturday afternoon. The nine questions were im promptu and Mr. Sanford had no advance warning of any of them. His publicist, Roy Wilder, had told the newsmen when inviting them that the rougher the quest ions the better. (EM. Note: see Martin's Medicine.) Buck Timberlake, of the WBTV staff, reported the scheduling of the "Meet the Press” program and said it had proved impossi ble to schedule the program for showing any earlier. Mrs. Timberlake, incidtntally, is the former Betty Lee Neisler, of Kings Mountain. Cancel Fond Soon To End [Kings Mountain's 1960 Cancer Crusade will end this week, Mrs. Hunter R. Neisler said Wednes day. Though exact total of contri butions were not available, Mrs. Neisler said, 4*We’ve done real well and consider the response to the appeal very gratifying.” Mrs. Neisler suggested that some folk may have been away from home or out of town when the cancer fund solicitor called. She asked that persons in this category either mail a check to her or call her home. "I'll toe glad to visit any donors and get their gift,’’ she con cluded. > Mrs.. Neisler said amount of the donations will toe announced next week. Registrations Few Saturday Registration books opened for the May 28 Democratic primary last Saturday and incomplete re ports from area boxes showed little activity. Mrs. J. H. Arhur reported nine new registrants at West Kings Mountain, as well as some con fusion of the May 28 primary with the May 14 school merger election. (Ed. Note: Except for a few fringe area citizens in the Crescent Hill area, in-city citi zens won’t’ get a vote in the May 14 voting.) Mis. Nolle Cranford, at East Kings Mountain, said she add ed three voters, but transferred two others to oher precincts, foi a net gain of one voter. The registrars will be at the polling places on Saturday and again on May 14. f Webster Reminds Of His Pledge Made April ’59 Citizens of the area adjacent to the Kings Mountain city school district were assured of an other boaird of education mem ber Tuesday Should these citi zens vote on May 14 to consoli date theiir schools with the city district. J. W. Webster, five-year vet eran of the Kings Mountain board of education, joined Ar nold W. Kincaid in announcing his intention to resign from the board effective the date of con solidation. Mr. Webster made his state ment in a letter to Fred Plonk, chairman of the Kings Mountain board of education. He remind ed Mr. Plonk that he had orally pledged to (resign, to assure the consolidated areas of representa tion, at the initial consolidation discussion meeting at Bethware (school in April 1959. Information copies of Mr. Web ster’s letter were mailed to Hill Lowery, chairman of the Beth ware district committee, J. T. Malcolm, Park Grace chairman, M. H. Camp, Grover chairman, Luther Jamerson, Compact chairman, to Arnold W. Kincaid, Dr. P. G. Padgett, and Mrs. John L. McGill, his confreres on the Kings Mountain board of educa tion, to Horace Grlgg, superin tendent of county schools, B. N. Barnes, city superintendent, and to the Kings Mountain Herald. Text of Mr. Webster’s letter of : intent follows: ■“Ais I pledged last April at Bethware school, the first discus sion by the several school com mittees involved in the proposed consolidation of Kings Moun tain area schools, I repeat my fullwillingness and intention to resign as a member of the Kings Mountain Board of Education on the effective date of the consoli dation. if the voters effect it on May 14. Like Mr. Arnold Kincaid, recommend that the board ap- i point a successor from the area joining us. '“I want you to know that I have enjoyed very much my five year association with you, other members of the board of educa tion, and school officials.’’ Like Mr. Kincaid, Mr. Web ster’s term of office runs to May 1961. Interim vacancies on the board of education are filled by ap pointment of remaining mem bers of the board. The Kings Mountain board is pledged to ask the General Assembly to cre ate a school district ward sys tem, should the outside areas be annexed, to assure representa tion to the incoming citizens. May Fellowship Program Friday Kings Mountain churchwomen will join Friday in the nation-wide observance of May Fellowship Day. The annual program here is under sponsorship of the Kings Mountain Council of United Church Women, an interdenomi national organization represent ing all Churches in the communi ty. Miss Jeannine Easterling, Bible teacher in the city schools, will make the principal address at the program to toe held at 3:30 p. m. Friday at Central Method ist church. Church-women from the various churches will also participate in the theme, "Citizen ship-Free and Responsible.” The offering will support Child Care Centers in Elizabeth City and Hendersonville Mafy Fellowship Day Is one of three observances of Kings Mountain Churchwomen. They al so sponsor World Day of Prayer and World Community Day. Mrs. Paul Ausley is chairman of Friday's program. Other mem bers of her committee are Mrs. Menzell Phifer, Mrs. H. R.. Par ton, Mrs. B. N. Barnes, Mrs. Bruce Thorbum, and Mrs. C. Q. Rhyne. "We invite the community to join us in this service,” Mrs. Aus ley said. . Board aets Action Date , Foi May 12 ; Majority of the home-owners in the 100-block of North Pied mont avenue appeared in per son at City Hall last Friday .night at the public hearing on a re quest to re-zone for business 58 feet of Boyce Memorial Associate Reformed Church property. One hundred feet of the lot, southerly portion, was zoned for business when the city zoning act was passed. The church has voted to build a super market on the property for Harris-Teeter. The board took no action by previous agreement with several ARP officials who could not at tend the hearing and due to the absence of two city corpmiRsion ers. It scheduled action on the request for its regular May 12 meeting. Jacob Cooper, who resides at the home immediately adjoining the ARP property, said he felt the city would be doing an injus tice to the N. Piedmont proper ty owners if the lot were re-zon ed and a super market construc ted. Mrs. O. W. Myers questioned legality of the change in view of the fact the zoning ordinances specifies that the city commis sion appoint a zoning commis sion, which has authority to re zone, Mrs. Myers pointed out that there is no zoning commis sion. Comm. Ben H. Bridges replied that the non-extant zoning com mission does have re-zoning au thority, but that the petitioners, as well as opponents to particu lar re-zoning have right of ap peal to the city commission. In practice, Comm. Bridges con tinued, the zoning commissions which haaie served in the past took action only on those peti tions unopposed, passed the buck to the city fathers on the contested requests without rec ommendation. Mr. Bridges said “this board took upon itself that responsi bility.” Mayor Glee A. Bridges noted that no zoning board had been named since he assumed office in 1953 for the same reasons. W. K. Mauney commented, “If you can re-zone this you can re zone the whole town." (Continued On Page Ten) Ads, letters Must Be Signed The IHerald has a policy of refusing to publish unsigned let ters to the editor on controver sial issues. North Carolina law prohibits the publication of advertising con cerning political candidates which are unsigned. Should the publish er (foe it job printing or news paper advertising) not aibide by the law he is subject to fine and or imprisonment. The Herald mentions its policy and the law at this particular time for two reasons: 1) The Herald received an anonymous letter in the mail Tuesday which supported the po sition of North Piedmont ave nue residents who oppose re zoning of a portion of the Boyce Memorial ARP church proper ty. The Herald will be glad to publish this letter if the author will acknowledge ownership. (Ed. Note: See editorial in today’s edition entitled “Sign It" The Herald feels any person unwill ing to sign his name to his com ments on a controversial issue in eligible to use the news columns, which the Herald considers be longs to alii, as a medium in which to sell his views. Writers of anonymous letters are guilty of seeking to have their cake and eat it, too. 2) With the May 28 primary just around the comer, and with several local as well as state-wide races for office, the Herald wants the several candidates and their supporters to know that the Her* J aid will refuse to publish unsign ed advertisements about candi dates, or issues, nor will it ac cept such plueked-from-the- air pseudonymns as “Citizens for i Democracy,” “Defenders of Free dom,” and similar ones unless ( at least one name of a person I known to the Herald Is append 1 ed.. A case in point is an ad vertisement in behalf of Jack White, candidate for the State Senate, appearing in today’s Her ald. It is signed “Committee for Jack White, J. P. Tignor, Mem | ber of the committee..