Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 7,206
\ nu Bgw* tor Gnotn Xinqt Mountain U derived from
Itbe IM Kings Moun'aiii city directory etasue. Tbe city
limits fl|rn Is from tee Doited States ceoeue of 1950.
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 2, I960
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VOL 71 No. 22
Established 1889
Seventy-First Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
James Cranford Killed In Early Morning Wreck
DERICE $VEIR
JOHNNY KISER
HAROLD JACKSON
JEANNE PLONK
CLYDE E. SIMMONS
MARY CHILDERS
Kings Mountain Area Students
Receive Degrees From College
A number of Kings Mountain
area Students are receiving de
grees in college commencement
exercises now underway.
They include:
Derioe Weir, daughter of Mr.
and Mis. S. S. Weir, Jr., who re
ceived her B. A. degree with ma
jor in Bible and Christian Edu
cation from Flora Macdonald
College, Red Springs. Miss Weir
was a member of the Christian
Association Cabinet, an officer
of Student Volunteers; an offi
cer of Westminister Fellowship
Council, member of William Bar
tram Scientific and Zeta Theta
Psd societies.
Jeanne Plonk, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wiray A. Plonk, who re
ceived her bachelor of science
degree in home economics from
Woman's College of the Univer-j
sity of North Carolina. At WC
UNC Miss Plonk was president of
the Lutheran Students’ Associa
tion.
Clyde E. Simmons, who receiv
ed his B. S. degree in geological
engineering from North Carolina
State college. Mr. Seism, who is
married to the former Partricia
Foster of Kings Mountain, won
first place among engineering
students from State, Duke Uni
versity, and UNC in an essay con
test sponsored by the American
Institute of Mining Engineers on
Spodumenc. Mr. Simmons was
also president of the State Col
lege affiliate of the AfME and a
member of the Engineers Coun
cil. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. G.
| Simmons of Gastonia, he expects
to return to state this fall for
graduate work The Simmons
have a two-month-old son, Mark
Torbin.
Harold Jackson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Jackson, who received
his bachelor of arts degree In
business admimsitrajtion from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Mary Childers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Childers, who re
ceived a diploma in business
from Gardner Webb Junior col
lege ait Bpiling Springs.
Johnny Kiser, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Arnold Kiser, was gradu
ated with bachelor of science de»
gree in mechanical engineering
from North Carolina State Col
lege. Mr. Kiser, a student in the
graduate school, will receive his
master’s degree in textiles from
State in August.
Mi. Bennett's
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for William j
Onslow Bennett, 66, were held;
Saturday alt 3 p. m. from St. j
Matthew’s Lutheran church of
which he was a member.
Mr. Bennett succumbed of a i
heart attack Friday morning at!
his home. A retired overseer at
Sadie Cotton Mill, Mr. Bennett]
was (the son of (the late William
W. and Martha Elizabeth Ben
nett
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lula Ann Wright Bennett; two
arts, James Bennett and Doris
Bennett both of Kings Mountain;
and one sister, Miss Maggie Ben
nett of Kings Mountain. Also sur
viving are four grandchildren.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. W. P. Gerberding, inter
ment following in Mountain Rest
oemtery.
Westmoreland
Undecided About |
Calling Runoff
Cleveland County’s Democratic i
Primary last Saturday proved a ]
tight squeeze in some county ra- i
ces, State Senator Robert Morgan i
of Shelby being renominated in ;
a tight contest with Jack H. \
White, Kings Mountain Judge.
The No. 4 Township constable I
race ended with Charles F. (Roc
ky) Ford leading with a total of
890 and J. F..(Crap) Westmore
land running second with 470 vo- j
tes. The Ford votes were not a
majority, but Westmoreland had
not decided to eall a run-off
when asked Wednesday.
In the state senate race, Mor
gan carried 22 of 28 boxes to top
White by 916 votes. White was
top man in the two Kings Moun
tain boxes and in Fail-ton,
Lawndale, Sharon and Young’s.
Talliers were hand ai. work on
the county ticket until about
12:00 Saturday night. When the
two Kings Mountain boxes re
ported, it became obvious that
Morgan was viator.
All winning candidates will
run in the November general e
lection, but nominaltion in the
primary assures Cleveland Dem
ocrats of election.
In District III County Commis
sioner race Barney Peeler of Bel
wood was nosed out by David E.
Beam of Lawndale by 437 votes.
The two ran neck and neck un
til the final box reported.
In the District I Commissioner s
race Hugh Dover led the field
with 4,720 votes, U. L. Patterson
was second with 2,488, and third
was Fred H, Grirgg with 2,157.
Dover’s majority over the o
ther two candidates was only 75
votes.
In other races, Register of
Deeds Dan Moore was renomina
ted in a victory over Ralph J.
Tucker. John D. White defeated
Gene Turner for the District TV
commission post, and Buford D.
Cline replaced W. H. Lutz on the
five-man school board. Cline re
ceived 6188 votes to Lutz’s 4,733.
All other incumbent members
of the county school board re
turned to their jobs and their
vote totals were J. D. Ellis, 6,825;
Charles Forney, 6,497; Walter Da
vis, 6355; and Edwin Moore, 6,
279.
No. 4 Township totals accord
ed candidates are listed an the
voting talble in this week’s Her
ald.
KMHS Students
Receive Awards
A large number of Kings
Mountain high school students
won awards in school finals
Tuesday
Among honors won by Cen
tral high school students were:
iKiwanis Citizenship (Medal, Di
anna Neal, senior.
Plonk Scholarship Medal, Ann
Cooper, freshman.
IBausrih & Lorrtb honorary sci
ence award, Steve Powell, senior.
Danforth Awards, Gale Kircuus,
and Jerry Wright, seniors.
Billy Shuford Science Medal,
Sarah Dale Hendricks.
Jaycee Reading Medal, Jewel
Cooper..
!F. R. Summers Spelling med
al, Steve Carpenter.
Girls State, Mary Lillian Lew
is and Joyce Plonk, juniors.
Boys State, Billy Jones and Ja
mes Swansson, juniors.
Kiwanis Talent Trophy, Car
ole Plonk, senior.
'John Philip Sousa Award, Paul
Fulton.
DAiR Citizenship Award, Car
ole Plonk, senior. .
Betty Crocker Homemaker A
ward, Elaine Burton, senior.
National Math Exam Medal,
Robert Wharton.
Plonk iBrocking Trophy, Gary
Blanton, Mike Ware.
N. C. Homemaker Degree, Di
anna Neal, senior.
Vardell Scholarship to Flora
Macdonald college, Elaine Burton,
senior.
State Vocational Rehabilita
tion Scholarship, Mike Ware.
Lenoir Rhyne College scholar
ship, Phil Mauney, senior.
Most valuable football player
award, Don Fisher.
Woman’s Club Poetry contest,
Sarah Hendricks.
Morehead Scholarship competl-'
tion, Jimmy Plonk, senior.
American Field Service Ex
change Student Pierre Dasen
senior.
LEAltZRS IN PRIMARY — These three men
»•/ • > tiers in their respective county rases,
Locking renomination in Saturday's democratic
»rjma.y. Robert Morgan. left, defeated Jack
White of Kings Mountain for the seat in the
State Senate. Edwin Moore, center, of Kings
Mountain won renomination to the County
Board of Education. Charles (Rocky) Ford,
right, led the balloting for constable in the No.
4 Township.
Kings Mt. And County Went
With Sanford In Primary
Kings Mountain and Cleveland
County marched along with most
of the winners in the state-wide
races in Saturday’s Democratic
primary.
Only in the Lieutenant Gover
nor’s race did local voters stray
from the outcome of the races
on the state level.
David (McConnell was the "fa
vorite son" for Lieutenant Gov
ernor of voters in the two Kings
Mountain boxes, the four pre
cincts in No. Four township and
in the 28 boxes in Cleveland
County. But the Charlotte attor
ney ran third in the Lieutenant
Governor’s race in the state, be
hind H. Cloyd Philpot and C. V.
Henkel.
Other top choices of Cleveland
and Kings Mountain voters went1
down the line with the leaders
throughout North Carolina.
Terry Sanford was top man in
the gubernatorial voting in Kings
Mountain, No. Four township
an$ the county just as he was
in the state. He led the two Kings
Mountain boxes with 670 votes,
with Malcolm Seawell second
with 412. Beverly Lake, second
on the state ticket, ran a bad
third in Kings (Mountain, pulling
only 149 votes. John Larkins had
97.
Sanford also was tops in No.
Four township’s four boxes, with
an 853 total, followed by Seawell
with 486, Lake 376, and Larkins
131.
In the county, it was Sanford
4715, Seawell 2623, Lake 2535, and
Larkins 1388.
Township Election Table
Governor
Sanford
Lake
Seawell
Larkins
East KM
256
120
190
47
Lt. Governor
Philpott
Henkel
McConnell
156
163
232
U. S. Senate
Jordan
Gregory
Hewlett
McIntosh
384
45
93
32
State Senate
Morgan
White
169
446
Register of Deeds
Moore
Tucker
392
163
West KM
414
129
222
50
250
156
356
531
66
112
40
181
630
491
242
Bethware
70
55
27
10
37
41
64
110
17
13
5
111
49
69
86
Grover
113
72
47
26
45
37
142
181
11
20
11
155
94
176
58
Justice Supreme Court
Moore 376
Cocke 119
Insurance Commissioner
Gold 48
Frederick 118
524
144
565
150
80
49
104
29
254
50
180
39
County Commission
District No. 1
Dover 193
Patterson 275
Grigg 78
266
352
109
125
23
11
116
79
35
County Commission
District No. 3
Beam 335
Peeler 170
390
282
49
55
104
117
County Commission
District No. 4
White 280
Turner 232
331
356
58
49
128
111
Constable East KM West KM
Ford 364 436
Westmoreland 81 . 122
Ware 127 200
Ross 38 54
Bethware Grover Total
64
43
49
3
26
224
11
0
890
470
387
95
County Board of
Education East KM West KM
Cline 307 447
Moore 405 566
Forney 265 462
Davis 291 390
Lutz 262 380
Ellis 335 496
Bethware Grover Total
126
60
125
122
121
137
150
145
172
173
132
318
1030
1176
1024
976
895
1286
Statewide, Sanford polled
259,474 votes, a margin of over
82,000 above Lake's total of 176,
871. Lake, however, ihas caded for
a second primary for June 25th.
In the Lieutenant Governor’s
race, McConnell paced the pair
of Kings Mountain precincts with
488 votes, with Philpott drawing
408 and Henkel 319.
MloConnell, also was tops in
the No. Four township boxes,
with a 694 total, with Philpott
second at 488.
In the county, McConnell also
led with 4,384, followed by Phil
pott with 488 and Henkel with
397. Philpott, however, was lead
er in the state, with Henkel sec
ond.
Everett Jordan was the favor
ite of local and county voters just
as he was throughout the state
in his bid to return to the U. S.
Senate.
He swept the two Kings Moun
tain boxes with a vote total of
915, also was tops in No. Four
township with 1206, compared to
Addison Hewlett’s 238. Jordan,
darned the county, with 7291,
compared to Hewlett’s 1712.
Incumbent associate justice
Clifton Moore of the Supreme
Court and Insurance commission
er Charles Gold were favorites
locally and in the county just as
they were throughout the state.
Moore polled an even 900 votes
in Kings Mountain, compared to
William Cooke’s 263. Moore also
led in the township by a 1134-to
362 tally, and in the county by
6,904 votes to 2, 215.
Gold rolled up the biggest vote
of any of the state candidates in
the Kings Mountain and No. Four
township boxes. He polled 973 vo
tes in the two Kings Mountain
precincts, and 1257 iin the town
ship. County - wide, Gold drew
8,433 votes compared to John
Fredericks 1,653.
Congressional
Foes Confer
BY MARTIN HARMON
Basil Wh/itener, Congressman
without opposition from the 11th
District in the Democratic Pri^
mairy, but with Republican oppo
sition in November in the person
of Kelly Dixon, of Kings Moun
tain, chatted with his opponent
Saturday morning.
I did not hear the conversa
tion.
Presumably, they agreed not to
mud-sling or indulge in personal
acromony. In other words, mud
slinging is out.
I asked Basil, “Do you still
have your childhood dream to be
governor?”
The Congressman hedged.
‘“Martin,” he said, “I Just want
to hang on to what I have.” (Ed.
Note: $22,500 a year and expen
ses.!
“Basil, I just wanted to know.
I figured you just might want to
be United States Senator, for
childhood dreams do change.”
“Basil,” I asked, "Woodrow Jo
nes is slated to be the next gov
ernor — 1964. You wouldn’t hook
up with him, would you?"
“Well”, he said, “I don’t know
| about thait”
Larry Cline Seriously Injured
In Same Crash On Highway 161
James Prank Cranford, Jr., 17,;
son of Mrs. INell Cranford, was
killed early Wednesday morning
in an automobile crash on N. C.
161 at the intersection with Lake
Montoniia Road. Injured in the
crash was Larry Cline, age 16.
Young Cline is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Cline.
Young Cranford was killed
when itho 1955 Ford in which he
was a passenger left the road,
hiUt a power pole and tree stump,
and overturned.
The car, according to a report
by Highway Patrolman J. M. Si
des, was driven by Cline.
Young Cline is hospitalized at
Kings Mountain Hospital. He
sustained a fractured pelvis, bru
ises and abrasions in the crash.
A family member paid Wednes
day morning his condition is ser
ious, but not critical.
Funeral services for Cranford
will be held Thursday at 4:00
p. m. from Harris Funeral Home.
Interment will follow in Holly
wood Cemetery, Gastonia.
Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, will offici
ate.
The son of Mrs. Nell Cranford
and the late Dr. James F. Cran
ford. he was an eleventh grade
otudent at Kings Mountain high
school, and a member of First
Presbyterian Church.
He was a grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam R. Suber.
.Also surviving are three half
sisters Mrs. J. S. Raper of Ashe
ville, Mrs. W. B. Wetmore of Flor
ence, S. C., and Mrs. J. H. Seoll
ings of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Pall bearers will be Gary Blan
ton, Gene Gibson, Jr., Phil Maun
ey, Jimmy Littlejohn, Charles
Herndon, Arthur' Allen, Eddie
Ross, Sid Morrison, Paul Fullton,
and Ronnie Tignor.
Ralph Carrigan
Returns To KM
Police Force
BY MARTIN HARMON
Suspended police officer Ralph
Carrigan was to report for duty
Wednesday night at 10 o’clock.
Chief of Police Martin Ware
and Officer Carrigan, suspended
for several days, conversed Wed
nesday morning.
They agreed that: 1) Officer
Carrigan will return to work, 2)
Officer Carrigan no longer be
lieves himself chief, 3) Officer
Carrigan will no longer be a tale
bearer to city commissioners.
This information comes from
Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Mayor
Pro-Tempore Ben H. Bridges, and
Commissioner Ross Alexander.
Commissioner Luther Bennett
and Officer Carrigan, the Kings
Mountain Herald have not yet
reached.
Mann Assuming
Dixon Pastorate
Rev. James Mann, of William
ston, S. C„ will assume pastorate
duties Sunday at Dixon Presby
terian church.
Mr. Mann, who is moving his
family from Williamston to Gas
tonia, will conduct the morning
worship service at 9:30 a. m.
He will also serve as pastor of
the Northside Presbyterian chur
ch in Gastonia and the Manns
will occupy the Northside manse.
Mr. Mann has been pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church at
Williamston for the past three
years.
Sidelights
on the
Primary
BY ELIZABETH STEWART
King Mountain folk were
interested particularly in the
race for State Senate in which
Incumlbeht Robert Morgan of
Shelby was opposed by Kings
Mountain Judge Jack' White.
It was a tight contest (and
though the challenger lost by
916 votes) he can fell mighty
good, feeling sure he lives a •
mong friends. Mr. White was
heavily supported by the horrue
folk. He was top man in the
two big Kings Mountain boxes
and in Fallston, Lawndale,
Sharon and Young’s.
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■A total of 1901 registered De
mocrats went to four voting
places at Ciity Hall, Victory
Chevrolet Company, Bethwaire
school, and Grover Fire Sta
tion.
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Folk here were also interest
ed in the constable race, in
which Incumbent Rocky Ford
was opposed by Dick Ware, J
F. (Crap) Westmoreland, and
Elmer Ross. Mr. Westmoreland
ran second.
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The county board of educa
tion race (in which Edwin
Moore won re-nomination and
received heavy support) also
was Of interest to local voters.
Another state - wide contest
which attracted voter interest
was the four-man race for gov
ernor which saw Front-runner
Terry Sanford receive 4,715
votes in countywide voting. Dr.
I. Beverly Lake didn’t capture
the second spot in Cleveland
County as he did in the state.
He was edged out of the run
ner-up position in this county
by former Attorney General
'Malcolm B. Seawell.
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Seawell polled 2,623 votes in
the County’s 28 precincts to
Lake’s 2,533. Fourth place fin
isher John D. Larkins, Jr., ac
cumulated 1,388 votes. A total
of 11,259 votes were cast in the
gubernatorial race..
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Voters evidently saw eye-to
eye on most of the contests..
One voter at the West Kings
Mountain (Victory Chevrolet)
box remarked that he was sur
prised to find many a person
marking the county ballot,
then throwing away the state
ticket except for checking a
governor nominee. "I regard
the state ticket as most impor
tant,’’ he remarked. The same
thing must have happened at
the Bethware precinct too, for
similar-type ballots were depos
ited in the state box.
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City Clerk Joe McDaniel help
ed out in the vote tabulating
department for the Herald. Joe
worked at City Hall, David
Baity wen/t to Grover, and Her
ald Editor (Martin Harmon and
Gene Matthews remained at
the Herald’s election headquar
ters to answer calls and record'
vote totals.
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The polling place at Victory
fCrmtimiGil 0*> Paae Eiaht.l
Alexander Installed To State
Post In Postmasters' Group
Charles Alexander, Kings
Mountain postmaster, was in
stalled as first vice-president of
the North Carolina Chapter of
the National Association of Post
masters at the concluding day of
the state convention lar.it week
end.
Mr. Alexander will assume his
new office when the national
convention convenes in Miami,
Fla. in October of this year.
The (three-day state convention
was convened Friday through
Sunday in Charlotte. In addition
to North Carolina Postmaster'
and guests, the meeting was well
attended by officials of the Post
Office Department, ..^Inspection
Servioe and Civil Sendee Com
mission from the Region and from
Washington.
Mr. Alexander served as Cleve
land Counitv chairman in the
state association in 1957 and as
district cnairman in 1958.
ELECTED — Postmaster Charles
Alexander has been elected first
vice-president of the North Car
olina Chapter of the National
Association of Postmasters.