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VOL 71 No. 19 Established 1889 PRICE TEN CENTS 1C Pages IQ Today King sMountain, N. C., Thursday, May 12, I960 Seventy-First Year Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 a* figure for Greater ting. Mountain U derlred from tbo IKS King* Mountain city directory ceniu*. The city Uadfo figure 1* from tne United State* censu* of 1U0. School Consolidation Election To Be Saturday Raid On Clubs Gets Contraband Valued $50,000 Seven Clubs Raided Here; One "Clean" » County, city and state officers collaborated in a swoop-down raid on private clubs in the county early Wednesday morning and toy morning Wad confiscated an esti mated $50,000 in slot machines, pinball machines, whiskey and toeer. Sheriff Haywood Allen said the raids began about midnight. Sev en of the 20 clubs raided were In the Kings {Mountain area, four within the city limits. Chief of Police (Martin Ware, with Officer Paul Saijders, joined sheriff’s department officers in raiding the American Legion, the VFW, Kings Mountain Country club, and the 20th Century Friars club on Morris street. Only the Friars clUb, managed by Beatrice Dawkins, was “clean.” Other area clUbs raided were the (Moose Lodge, Paul Brown’s club in the Galilee section and the Negro American Legion club, also in the Galilee section. The take: American Legion, Clyde San ders, manager, four slot ma dhines, one piriball machine, about three gallons of Whiskey, a half dozen cases of beer, one keg and two partially-full kegs of toeer. VFW, Jack Smith, manager, six oases of beer, two silot ma chines, one punch-board (with a watch the prize), 13% pints and one quart of whiskey. Country club, Percy Card, man ager, four slot machines, less than a gallon of whiskey, three cases of toeer. tMoose Lodge, Wray Alexander, manager, 295 cans of toeer. Other clubs raided in the coun ty included the Owl’s club, Cleve land Country Club, and the Homestead Negro club, near the Shelby city limits, and the V!FW, Amvets, Disabled American Vet erans, American Legion, North Lake Country Club, Elks club, Negro Elks club and three other Negro clubs. Sheriff Allen said Chief of Po lice Knox Hardin and some doz en Shelby officers collaborated on the Shelby raids. SKI Agent John Vanderford was also in same of the raiding parties. fTo a question on what trigger ed the raids, Sheriff Allen Baid, *lFor sometime, we’ve been get ting federal, state and local com plaints. Some of them have come from within the dubs during the peat few days.” He reminded that he had prom iaed several weeks ago that he’d not seen any illicit operations, but that, should evidence of il licit operations appear, he would raid all dubs in which it appear ed illegal operations were be ing conducted. Indictments were being drawn Wednesday afternoon. The Sher iff said managers of the sev eral clUbs would be Charged with violation of prohibition laws anc possession of gambling devices. 33 Students On"A" List Thirty-three stoderits made straight “A’s” for the six-weeks period just ending at Kings Mountain high school. Of this group, 14 were fresh men; eight were sophomores; four were j understand seven were seniors. The Naitional Honor Societj honored the students at a partj Wednesday in the school cafe teria. Compiling "A” average were: Freshmen: Peggy Plonk, Ruth Ann Sides, Petie Lynn, Jewel Bobbs, Janie Cox, Laura Page Linda Pruitt, Kay Mauney, Bar twura Cable, Ann Cooper, Marilyn Dixon, Sara Hendricks, Paul Smith and Robert Plonk. Sophomores: Linda Bennett Kay Broadwater, Diane McDan iel, Gail Morrison, Sara Ros* Lennon, Bill Ramseur, Eddie Tesseneer, and Carol Jean Goter 3im1 >n: Billy Jones, Paittj Huffstetler, Sue Jean Wright and Ann Broadwater. Sanions: Mary Scott Wilson Joyce Childers, Janice Gladden Pier'* Dasen, Beatrice Moss, Ka ren Raines and Sarah Cox. WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Jackie L. Collins. Blacksburg, S. C. senior, has been awarded a Chambers Scholarship available to employees of Foote Mineral Company. Young Collins is pictured above receiv ing the scholarship from Neil Johnson of Kings Muntain's Foote operation. Jack Collins Wins Chambers Scholarship Jackie L. Collins has been a warded a college scholarship by the Chambers’ Scholarship com mittee, available to employees of Foote Mineral Company. The Blacksburg high School [senior plans to attend Clemson college to study engineering. Some years ago, Gordon H. Chambers, chairman Of the board of Foote Mineral Company and his wile, Marjorie D. Chambers, established a scholarship fund for the purpose of giving finan cial aid to children of Foote em ployees who are interested in at tending college. Under the terms of the scholarship, the recipient can attend any college of his choice providing it is a degree granting school of accredited standing in the academic and/1 or technical field. The amount of funds granted in individual cases depends up on financial need and ranges from $500 to $1,000 annually. In order to qualify folr a Chambers’ Scholarship award, it is requir ed thialt one parent be employed by Foote Mineral Company, the student have a satisfactory scho lastic record, demonstrated abi lity to successfully pursue a col lege course, gpod character and desirable personal traits. Extra curricula activities are also gi ven consideration. Collins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Collins of Blacksburg, S. C. His father has been employ - (Continued On Page Bight) Local News > Bulletins SYNOD REPORT Rev. W. P. Gerberdinjk, ftas tor, and James E. Herndon, delegate, will report on the meeting of Synod held in Hic kory at Sunday morning (ser vice at St. Matthtw’s Lutheran church. WORKSHOP A group of (teachers in the Vacation Bible School of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will attend a workshop in Gas tonia Thursday evening. COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will be held Thursday, May 12th, at 7:45 p. m. at Central Methodist church. PERMIT ISSUED A permit was issued Wed nesday manning to Haywood E. Lynch ito build a one-story frame dwelling on Catherine Street. Estimated cost of the 5-room structure is $3,000. FIRE City firemen were called to the home of Lawrence Logan on King Street Wednesday morning at 10:55 to douse an oil stove blaze. Grover Citizens Elated Over News New Post Office Building Approved Grover citizens were elate* Wednesday by announcement of the Postmafeter General that a new Post Office has been au thorized for Grover. This announcement, the Post master General advised, coincides with the optioning by Post Office Department regional officials of a site meeting Departmental re quirements as ito cost, area and location. “This new and modem postal facility,” Postmaster General Ar thur E. Summerfield said, "will I be constructed under the Post Office Department’s Commer cial Leasing Program, which uti lizes the resources and invest ment funds of private enterprise to obtain needed postal build ings.” The new Post Office at Grover will contain about 2,415 square feet of floor space, plus a load ing platform. The site, compris ing about 10,500 square feet, will ! provide adequate parking and truck maneuvering, and is lo cated on the northwest comer of Lee avenue and Bob Vance street. |! According to Postmaster Rob ert B. Keeter, Sr., bidding forms, specifications and other pertinent data will be available to prospec tive bidders by July 15, 1960, when the Post Office Department will advertise for bids, to estab lish an equitable construction "al ue on a competitive basis. "The site option" the Postmas Iter noted, ‘Svill be transferred to the successful bidder, wtio will purchase tile land, (and then will construct the building to Post Of fice Department specifications and lease it to the Department on a long-term basis, with lease renewal options running up to five years.” “(More than 3,300 new Post Offices have been built since 1953 under the Post Office Depart ment’s Commercial Leasing Pro gram," Mr. Sumimerfield said. “Because these postal buildings remain under private ownership v hiie leased to the Federal Gov ernment, the lessor pays local real estate taxes. "Furthermore, because the buildings are constructed with private investment funds, capital outlays by the Post Office De partment are limited substantial ly to those for Post Office fur niture and equipment” Mr. Sumimerfield emphasized the goal of the Post Office De partment to provide its patrons with the most modem and effi cient mail service in the world. “The construction of a new Post Office for Graver is an example of this postal progress," he point ed out. “The Graver Post Office,” he observed, “will be a major link in our newly-revitalized and modem postal service, aimed at an ulti mate goal of next-day delivery oJ mail anywhere in the nation." Third Annual Kiwanis Talent Event Thursday Third annual Kiwanis School Talent Show will be held Thurs day night at 8 o’clock in Cen tral high school auditorium. Students will perform in five! divisions of the show, including’ first grades to high school. Ad-| mission is 35 cents for students j and $1 for adults, and tickets are| on sale by Kiwanians. Goal of the benefit is $3,000 for' a school activity bus. Ail pro ceeds from the talent show will go into the school bus fund, a club spokesman pointed out.. The city-wide talent event brings together students from all the elementary schools and the high school. The program will feature songs and dances, piano numbers, baton acts, recitations, skit and song combinations, and novelty acts in a complete varie ty show and entertainment pro gram. Third and fourth graders who will perform in Division 1 in-j elude: Cathy Carroll, Debbie Tessner, Cathy Cole, Debbie Plonk, Kathy Hagan, Cathy Hardin, Dana Smith, Donna Crawford, Diane Wilson, Corky,' Fulton, Teresa Wallace, Johnny Reynolds," Connie Hollifield, Scott Kelly, Linda Falls, Rocky Go forth, Carol Alexander, Glenn Wells, Rita Crawford, Alan Hord, Carol Alexander, Tommy Bridges, Kathy Willis, Billy Early, Ce celia Morrison, Steve Sisk, Jo Ann Dean, Rocky Haynes and Martha Jones. Division 11 includes these sev enth and eight graders: Pattie Gaff/ey, Lynda and Sandy Mau ney, Pam Morrison, Joan Mc Clure, Sarah Frances Mauney, and Jimmy Lewis. First and second graders in Di vision 111 are: Steve Lynn, Ka ren Hagan, Jerry Lamlbert, Betty Jo Wheeler, Jimmy. Crawford, Jackie Chaney, Luther Hicks, Debbie McAlbee, Ronald Payne, Donna Alexander, Jimmy Ander son, Renee Goins, Carl Fulton, Jama 'Dover, David Huffstetler, Debra Scruggs, Sarah 'Beth Simp son, Dana Wayne ‘Sarvis, and Suzanne Amos. Division TV includes fifth and sixth 'graders: Lynn Devenny, Scarlett Mlorrison, Charles Padg ett, Teresa Jolly, Rita Caveny, Di ane Hollifield, Jane Morris, San dra Hullender, Norma King, Mar sha Ballanoe, Libby Alexander, Tony Alexander, Myra Mauney. In the High School Division are these contestants: Annie Vera Dilling, Billie Jo Thoifoum, Petie Lynn, Frieda Burton, Peggy Plonk, Jewel Robbs, Carole Plonk, Gary Wilson, Sandy Camp bell, Steve Powell, Gary Wilson, Floyd Morris, Billie Jones and Franklin Dean. Mis. Keetei's Rites Thursday Mrs. Georgie Florence Roark Keeter, 84, of Grover, widow of T. S.. Keeter, died Wednesday morning at 12:15 following a six months illness. Funeral rites will be held Thursday at 4 p. m. from Gro ver’s First Baptist church, Rev. Don Cafbaniss, assisted toy Rev. S. M. Baker, will officiate and burial will be in the Grover cemetery. Mrs. Keeter was the daughter of the late Mary Jane Bell and Reece Roark, Sr. Her husband died in 1953. She Was a member of First Baptist church of Gro ver. Surviving are four sons, H. S. Keeter, Sr. and K. K. Keeter, both of Shelby, R. Burris Keeter and T. T. Keeter, tooth of Gro ver; one daughter, Mrs. J. L. Shirkey of Graver and one sis ter, Mrs. C. A. Mullinax of Gro ver. Also surviving are 15 grand children and seven great-grand children. Band To Play Onen Air Concert The Kings Mountain Ele mentary Schools Band will play an open air concert Mon day at West School from 6:30 until 7:15 p. m. Kings Mountain citizens who want to hear the concert may sit in their cars, a spokesman for the band said. The students will perform on the school play area. Preliminary Census Report Shews City Population 8230 ARP Re-Zoning, Other Zoning Items On Agenda Action is scheduled Thursday night by the city board of com missioners on the protested re zoning of a portion of the Boyce Memorial ARP church property. The city hoard tabled at the April 29 'hearing and postponed it to the regular May 12 meeting by mutuail agreement of ARP of ficials and toy residents of the 100-block of North Piedmont ave nue, virtually all of whom are opposed to re-zoning for (business the northernmost 58-feet of Pied mont avenue. The southern 100 feet portion of the ARP property, which fronts on W. King street, was zoned for business when the zon ing law was enacted in 1948. Question Has been raised con cerning the failure of the com mission to employ a zoning com mission since 1953, and other legal technicalities are involved. On 'basis of a 1955 ruling of the city attorney and building inspec tor, the 58-foot strip, if used for parking, would not require re zoning. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said the city attorney is seeking an opinion on this situation from the attorney-general. Other zoning matters are also scheduled for Thursday night, as the commission has advertised public hearing on three residen tial to business re - zoning re quests, including: 1) (Lot No. 21, Block A, Map 226, Herndon property, South Side of W. Ridge street, between City and Oansler streets; 2) Northeast corner of Cleve land avenue and Linwood road, unrezoned residential portion of W. B. Logan, property; 3) Southeast comer of Cleve land avenue and Linwood road unrezoned residential portion of J. E. Mauney property. Another item of business in cludes amendment of the natural gas system budget. City Clerk Joe McDaniel said Wednesday the excessively cold winter threw the budget out-of-kilter, with both revenues and disbursements up. Registering Ends Saturday Saturday will toe the final day to register for the May 28 Dem ocratic primary. Meantime, registrars in the Kings Mountain area advised citi,*ns who expect to vote to get their names on the books. Citizens residing inside the City of Kings Mountain were also reminded that the fact they may have vot ed in last spring’s city election doesn't assure their being regis tered on the county election books. Registering was more brisk in Kings Mountain last week, Mrs. J. H. Arthur adding 22 vot ers, Mrs. Nell Cranford adding 15. Mrs,. J. D. Jones, at Beth ware, added only four names last Saturday, but said She’d added 61 names the previous week; last day for registering for Saturday’s school merger election. Mrs. J. B. Ellis, at Grover, said only two additional persons registered there last Saturday. Democrats will vote on May 28 for governor, lieutenant-gov ernor and other state offices, will settle three contests for county board of commission seats and choose a five-member board of education from six candidates, They will also choose a nominee for state senator and for regis ter of deeds, tooth nominations contested. Number 4 Township will choose one of four candi dates for constable nominee. ELECTED — Alexander J. Maine of Kings Mountain has been e lected to the office of executive vice-president of the Southern Division of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company. He is general manager of the Neisler Division. Three Precincts In Area Elect New Chairmen Three Kings Mountain area Democratic precincts have new chairmen as a result of precinct meetings held Saturday. M. C. Butterworth resigned at Waco, (to be replaced by G. M. Murray, newcomer to the com mittee. At East Kings Mountain, J. Ollie Harris succeeded S. A. Crouse, and at Bethware, Cam eron Ware succeeded H. A. Go forth. Both Mr. Crouse and Mr. Goforth had asked fp be repla ced Both remained as members COUNTY CONVENTION The Cleveland County Dem ocratic convention will be con vened at the county courthouse at 2 o’clock Saturday. C. C. Horn, county chairman, will preside. M!rs. J. E. Lipfard, of Kings Mountain, is county vice-chairman. of the precinct committee, how ever. Full membership of the five area committees includes: East Kings Mountain — J. Ol lie Harris, chairman, Mrs. J. E. Lipford, vice-chairman: Leonard Smith, S. A.Crouse, and Otis Falls, Jr. Mr. Falls succeeds John Mauney. West Kings Mountain — Hugh (Continued On Page Eight) Kings Mountain 10-Year Gain Is 14 Percent Preliminary figures on the city’s 19GO census showed a gain of 1,124 persons over 1950's offi cial 7,206, Mayor Glee A. Brid ges was Informed this week. It was a 14 percent gain for the decade and greater than re corded by the City of Shelby, though Shelby's increase totaled 2,123,only slightly lower percen tagewise art 13 percent. Cleveland county,on the other hand gained only 2,032, less than the combined gains of Shelby and Kings Mountain. It prompt ed the Shelby Daily Star to da a decade log on birth and death figures during the decade, which showed 16,860 births and only 4,575 deaths. The Star headlined its log “Where Did They Go?” County and Shelby officials ex pressed disappointment over the totalis. Tax Supervisor Max Ham rick said he didn't believe it, wondered aloud who had filled the nearly 500 houses per year built in the county during the decade. Paul Limerick, Shelby Cham ber of Commerce secretary, was equally disconsolate. Local officials made no com ment. However, several citizens also pointed to the residential construction during the past de cade with wonder as to the seeming smallness of the gain. Hunter M. Bumgardner, the I district supervisor for the census taking, pointed out his office be lieved the figure substantial^ correct but subject to revision af ter ithe returns for non-residents are credited to their proper lo cality and when routine checks have been made. The official announcement or the total will come from Wash ington later. Meantime, the Herald publish es today a “Were You Counted?' box. Persons uncounted shoulc file the form with the Gastonk office. ATTEND CONVENTION C. D. Blanton and C. D. Blan ton, Jr., of Kings Mountain Drug Company, attended the annual convention of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical asso ciation at Winston Salem this week. Mr. Blainton, Sr., a past president, is a member of the NCPA executive committee. i Nancy Hovis To Go To Netherlands As Kings Mountain ATS Student (Miss Nancy Lewis Hovis, 17/ is Kings Mountain’s second re cipient of an American Field Service International Scholarship. A rising senior at Kings Moun tain high school, she is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Lewis Hovis. Her two month’s abroad this summer will take her to the Netherlands, Kings Mountain’s 1959 repre sentative in the AFS summer program was Jimmy Plonk, now a high school senior. Young Plonk spent two months last summer in Bremen, Germany. Miss Hovis will leave Montreal, Canada, on June 9th aboard the MB Seven Seas, along with oth er American youths who have been awarded AFS scholarships. Her itinerary calls for her arrival in Le Havre on June 17 and in Rotterdam on June 18. She is to arrive back in New York on Au gust 24. j In Bussum, Netherlands she will live in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Huibrecht Veihagen tire first month of her stay abroad. The second month She will live with Dr. and Mrs. Gerrit Brunt fContinved oh Page Sight) TO NETHERLANDS — None' Ho vis is going abroad this sum met as Kings Mountain's sec oud recipient of an America] Field Service Scholarship. Shi will spend two months in th Netherlands. Outlying Areas Will Determine Merger Question BY DAVID BAITY The final voice of Bethware, Park Grace, Grover, and Com pact school patrons will be heard Saturday when a decision by vote will be made on consolidation of the outlying groups with the Kings Mountain City Adminis trative Unit or with. No. 3 school in the county system. The vote will climax some nine years of intermittent con solidation talks between the groups involved. Interest in tWo issue is keen, as seen from the high registra tion total of 2,317 in the area. At the close of registration books Saturday, April 30, Grover had logged 670 registrants; Park Grace, 678; and Bethware, 969. At challenge day held last Sat urday nine registrants were stricken from Bethware books. Judge Toby Williams reported eight of the Challenged lived out side the district, had registered because the school boundary cut through their property but ex cluded their actual homes. One registrant was under age. Challenge day passed quietly in the Grover and Park Grace i polling places with no Challenges ■being made. In the Saturday election, citi zens in favor of the consolida tion and for the enlargement of the Kings Mountain City Admin istrative School Unit will mark an “X” in the block beside the statement: “For the enlarge ment of the Kin.gsMouintain City Administrative Unit and school tax of the same rate.” Those who are apposed will mark an “X” in the block be side the statement: “Against the enlargement of the Kings Moun tain City Administrative Unit and school tax of the same rate.”. If the merger is effected, high school students willl be tempo rarily consolidated at the present Kings Mountain High School. If the vote is "No,” outlying groups will automatically be con solidated with No. 3 school in the county system. Polls will be open Saturday from 6 a. m. to 6 ft m. Polling places are the Grover Fire Station, the Bethware School Building, and the Park Grace school building. Grover election officials are Mrs. Fred Cockrell, registrar; and Mrs. Martha Scruggs and Miss Ethel Martin, judges. Mrs. Will Watterson is regis trar, and Otto (Toby) Williams and Leonard Gamble are judges in the Bethware district; and Mrs. James Cloninger is registrar, and Mrs. Tom Smith and L. June Cloninger are judges in the Park Grace district. Proposal for consolidation of l No. 4 Township schools, original ly suggested by state school of ficials, was dropped when Beth ware declined to abolish the spilt term In 1953. The proposal was revived last April when district committeemen from Grover, Bethware, Park Grace, and Com pact schools asked that the is (Continual on Poo* Eight) Mrs. Ganlt Close On Census Guess Mrs. C. J. Gault, Jr., 104 Go forth street, is probably honing census takers have not erred and the unofficial Kings Mountain population count of 8,230 will stand. Herr guess in the Herald’s ponu laition guessing contest was 8.231. If the unofficial total stands un connected when the official count is released,she wiU be $25 rich er. ! | Mrs .Gene Carpenter, secretary ! at First Baptist Church, is run ! ning a close second with 8,235. j i Other guessenrs coming close were Ralph H. Baker with 8 215; Neil McCarter, 8,250; Steve Rath bone, 8221; J. B. Hawkins, 8.245; i Lawyer Quinn, 8,240; and Jack j Hutchins, 8.250. i| A. B. Prince, winner of the 19 , 50 contest was a little low with i his guess of 7,777 this year. If i the total had been correct, he was echoed on the figure by Ev : erett S. Medlin and W. D. Ben nett. | A few Kings Mountain folk thought the historical city had decreased in size, naming fig r ures less than 4,000. Twenty-seven persons thought . Kings Mountain had gTeatly ex . panded, sending in guesses from 10,000 to 23,311. Majority of the 136 participants - guessed the population would be from 8,000 to 9,000.