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> Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 ■ n» tJguts ter dreader Kings Mountain U derived from I the IMS Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure Is from the United States census of 1850. Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 9, I960 10 Pages So Today VOL 71 No. 23 Established 1889 Seventy-First Year PRICE TEN CENTS SARA HOUSER JACQUELINE ARNETTE DONNA CHEATHAM JOHN WARLICK LOYD WILLIAM MITCHAM GEORGE HARRIS TROY D. BRIDGES HUNTER WARLICK I DR. PAUL McGINNIS, Jr. Vacation Bible Schools Open In K. M. Churches Some Kings Mountain young sters started back to school this week. It's Vacation Bible School sea | son find many of the communi ty’s churches began this week or will begin the special week of Bible study and activities next week. At both Boyce (Memorial ARP | and Kings Mountain Baptist chunhes,*lBible School was al ready in full swing. A family night picnic was held at the ARP church on Wednesday night for Bible School-goers and commen cement exercises are scheduled I on June 15th, closing day of the yxhool. Mrs. John C. McGill is JrincLpal. The school is being op erated from 9 until 11:30 a. m. Some 103 children were enrol led in Church School at Kings (Mountain Baptist church this week. The students will meet at the church Saturday morning at 8:30 to go to Lake IMontonia for a picnic. Commencement exerci ses will be held Sunday at 6:45 p. m. at the ohundtt, Mrs. F. A. McDaniel, Jr., secretary, report ed. At Urst Presbyterian church Bible School also 'began en Mon day and will continue through Friday from 9 until 11:30 a. m. Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, is direc tor of the school. Commencement exercises will be held Sunday! Vacation Bible School is being conducted for two weeks at Ma cedonia Baptist church. The I school, Which began Monday, is being operated daily from 5 until 8 p. m. and Mrs. 'Bessie Biddy is superintendent St. Matthew’s Lutheran Churoh also began a week of Bible School activities on Monday. The school is being operated Monday through Friday from 9 until 11:30. Commencement exercises will be held Saturday morning. HOMECOMING Ponley’s Chapel Methodist chur-h will hold Homecoming Jav on Sunday with Sunday ■hx>! at 10 a.m. aaid morning iVvT^Vw') pit 11 a.m. Rev. Leo Jnard Huffs'eKter will preach at ae morning hour and dinner <vi 11 be served at 12:30. 14 More K. M. Students Receive College Diplomas fourteen more Kings Moun tain students have reoeived their diplomas in commencement ex ercises at college this week. North Carolina State College at Raleigh conferred on Paul Mc Ginnis, Jr., a doctorate in chemi cal engineering in recent com mencement exercises. Or. (McGinnis, son of (Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. McGinnis, of Kings Mountain, is among a number of Kings Mountain area students re ceiving degrees from colleges and universities. At State, where Dr. McGinnis won both his B. S. and M. A. de grees, he was a member of Sig mi Xi, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kaip pa Phi, and Tau Beta Pi honor ary scholastic fraternities; Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity and a member of the American Chem ical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He has accepted a position with the Esso Research Laboratories in Baton Rouge, La. Mrs. McGin nis is the former Libby Wehunt Westmoreland Declines Runofi Charles (Rocky) Ford of Kings Mountain will serve for another four years as constable tor No. Four township. The incumbent who led the first primary voting was assured of returning to office when the second high man, J. F. West-1 mareland decided not to call a runoff. Ford led the four-man ticket in the May 28th primary with 890 votes, with Westmoreland claiming 470. Westmoreland was entitled to a runoff in the June 25th second primary, but late last week de cided against the second race. Thus, Cleveland County voters j will not have a local race in the second primary late this month. The only certain names on the' ballot will be in the gubernator- j ial race between first primary leader Terry Sanford and the sec ond man Beverly Lake. Sanford -led Lake by 87,000 vo- j tes in the first voting. Sanford also led Lake and -the other two candidates in the Cleveland and. Kings Mountain boxes. of Cherryville. A former citizen, Wayne Chur ch of Charlotte, won his doctor ate in public school administra tion from Indiana University. Dr. Church, director of testing and research in the Charlotte City Schools, is married to the. for mer Lula Mae Teague of Kings Mountain. He is a member of Phi Delta Kappa, national honorary fraternity; the American Associ ation of School Administrations; the American Education Research Association; the National Educa tion Association; and is listed in Who’s Who In American Educa tion. Dr. Church, a native of Wil kes County, won his (B. S. and M. A. degrees from ASTC, Boone, and went to Charlotte after one year at Indiana University. The Churches have two sons. Another former citizen, Mrs. Betty Vance Joines, won her Doc tor of Medicine degree from the University of North Carolina. Mrs. Joines is ithe granddaughter' of Mrs. R. F. Elam and the late Mr. Elam of Kings Mountain. Her mother was the former Mary Elizabeth Elam. Mrs. Joines will interne in pathology at the Nor th Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill next year. Sara Elizaibeth Houser, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hous er, was graduated with B. S. de gree in mathematics from Wake Forest college. She was a mem ber of the college choir and band, the Women’s Reef-eation and Government Associations, the Orientation committee, Delta Kappa Nu, business woman’s fra ternity, and Kappa Mu Epsilon, honorary mathematics fraterni-: ty Jacob George Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Harris, re ceived this A. B. degree and Geor ge Hunter Warliek, son of Mrs. C. E. Warliek, won his Bachelor of Laws degree from Duke Uni versity at Durham. John David Warliek, son of Mrs. C. E. Warliek, received his A. B. degree from Pavidson col lege where he served on the In-j terfraternity council and was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, social fraternity. Donna June Cheatham, daugh ter of Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Ger berding. Loyd Willard Mitcham and Robert Preston Neisler, the <Continued on Page Eight) | Restraining Order Sought To Block School Merger ,> Local News Bulletins PAGEANT PRACTICE Rehearsals for_ trie Miss 1 Kings Mountain Fagbant on | Saturday are scheduled for Fri day night beginning at S o’ ! clock at Central setiool audito j rium. Harvey Baragardner is pageant chafrmatte CN TV PRO' F'.il England of Kirt^ Moun ta':i played a leading role on Cam' a 3 in the Sunday, May 2} television production. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. England, former residents, now of Camden, S. C. CHAIRMAN Mrs. Charles Neisler has been appointed public information chairman for Chilean Relief toy the Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter, according to J. Ollie Harris, chapter chairman, ment BROADCAST Sunday morning worship services at Macedonia Baptist church will he broadcast at 11 a. m. via WKMT during the month of June. Dr. E. Eugene Postor, interim pastor, invited those unable to attend the ser vices to hear the broadcasts. SPEAKER Rev. Norris Hill of Hartwell, Ga. will fill the pulpit Sunday morning, June 19, at Macedon ia Baptist church. Mr. Hill will also speak at the evening ser vices. HONOR STUDENT The name of Stieri Goins was inadvertently omitted from the list of honor graduates pub lished in the Herald last week in a story of graduation exer cises at Kings Mountain high school where 111 seniors re ceived diplomas. Some 47 stu dents were graduated with honors. ENTERS HOSPITAL Martin Harmon, editor of the Kings Mountain Herald was admitted to the U. S. Veteran's Hospital in Salisbury on Tues day for observation and treat ment. CLUB NIGHT Club Night ait Kings Moun tain Country Club will be held on Saturday night and club hosts will be Mr. and Mrs. Fred Withers and Mr. and Mrs. Ja mes Rollins. COURT OF HONOR Court of honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will be held Thursday at 7:45 p. m. ait Central Methodist church, it has been announ ced. Grover, Bethware Patrons Question Validity Of Vote A request for an injunction a gainst Cleveland and Kings Mountain City Schools to call a halt to consolidation of Number 4 Township schools is slated to be presented before a Superior Court judge for ruling Friday, June 10. The petition will call for re straining both boards from con tinuing with effecting the con solidation as approved in a spec ial election May 14. i Attorneys presenting the peti j tion for the restraining order are j Falls, Falls, and Hamrick and ; A. A. Powell, both of Shelby. The attorneys were retained by a committee of patrons from Grover and Bethware schools who wish to invalidate the May 14 election in which incoming school districts to the City Ad ministrative Unit vote 1120 for and 879 against the merger. The committee is lead by Stou gh Wright of Grover. Other lead ers are Luther iMcSwain, Jr., of iBethware, secretary; Jim Yarbro of Grover and Odell Barrett of Bethware, treasurers. | IB. T. Falls, Sr., said Wednes-1 jday afternoon the injunction is' [preliminary to setting aside the ! election. 'Grounds for the injunction are’ that statutes governing the elec-, tion were not wholly complied! with. He listed grievances including: 1) Both boards did not endorse a resolution. ! 2) Neither board made a com-i i mittment as to handling of school i buildings involved in the outside 1 areas. 3) A challenge day was not or-' dered by the county board of commissioners in the election or der. 4) Boundaries of the enlarged school district were not in com-; pliance with the statutes, in that' the boundaries are not clearly and legally defined. Mr. Falls said, “We are con-' testing the legality of the pro-; feedings.” In the election, Grover voted a gainst consolidation with the: Kings Mountain school district j 398 to 193. Belthware voted 459 for and 398 against. Park Grace voted overwhelmingly for the consolidation with 468 for and 92 against. The vote merged the former county schools with the Kings Mountain city administrative un it. Under North Carolina statutes the challenging committee had 30 days after the county commis sioner verifield results of the e leotion to file proceedings to in validate the election. Deadline is June 15. Bud Ware Reinstated To Police Duty Following Short Suspension City policeman Charles E. (Bud) Ware, suspended from the city police force last Tuesday by Chief Martin Ware, was reinstat ed Friday. City officials, Wednesday after noon, were “in the dark” as to reasons behind the suspension and the rehiring. Mayor Glee A. Bridges report ed he knew only he had been sus pended and rehired, but nothing more. I Police Commissioner Luther’ Bennett said Wednesday after noon, "I don’t know why Ware was suspended or why he was put back to work. Chief Ware handled the Whole thing himself [ without consultation of the board of commissioners.” Bennett further stated it is his belief a suspension must be re newed by the city board of com-' missioners. However. Ralph R. Carrigan, rity policeman suspended by Chief Ware two weeks ago, was! reinstated by the chief Wednes day night and is now on duty. Commissioner Bennett said Carrigan was also reinstated. without a hoard hearing. Police Chief Ware could not be reached Wednesday afternoon for a statement, but had con firmed reports Monday of Officer Ware’s suspension and susequent rehiring. Officer Carrigan was suspend ed by Chief Ware on charges of disloyalty and tale-bearing fol I lowing a city board meeting May 23 in which four members of the board, Ben H. Bridges, Coleman Stroupe, Boyce Gault, and Luther Bennett attempted to discharge Police Chief Martin Ware, Offi cer C. E. Ware, and Gas Superin tendent Corbett Nicholson. Comm. Ross Alexander, aided by a vocal audience, demanded reasons for the dismissal of the employees and presented a peti ! tion bearing 457 persons protest ing the dismissal without a sub ; stantial reason. Comm. Bennett labeled opera-■ tion of the police department in-1 efficient and unsatisfactory at the heated session, but the meet j ing closed with no action taken1 on the dismissals. BARBARA YARBROUGH JUDY KISER SARAH COX GALE KIRCUS DIANNA NEAL PAULA OWENS Eight Beauties Seek ‘Miss Kings Mt.’ Title Who will be "Miss Kings Mountain of 1960?” This question will be decided Saturday night when ithe Junior Chamber of Commerce stages its Miss Kings Mountain pageant at 8 p. m in Central high school auditorium. Jaycees were hard at work on pageant preparations (this week and Harvey Eumgardner, chair man, said he anticipates a rec ord crowd for the festivities. Eight contestants are vicing for the tittle which carries with it a $250 scholarship from the local Jaycees and a chance to en ter (the Miss North Carolina com petition in Charlotte this sum mer. The Jaycees will award engra ved silver trophies to both the first and second runners-up as well as a trophy to the young lady voted "Miss Congeniality” by her fellow contestants. Jonas Bridges, of Station WK MT, will serve as master of cer emonies and Jayoee President Robert Goforth will give the offi cial welcome. Two youngsters who won honors recently in a city-wide talent show will per form as one feature of the pro gram. Young Sarah Beth Simplon will recite “Little Orphan Annie” and young Dana Wayne Sarvis will sing “The Liltitle Boy’s Dream.” Contestants will compete in evening dress and in bathing suit and will make talent per formances. The contestants include: Kim Cashion, 18, daughter of I Mir. and Mrs. J. Banks Cashion, j is a recent graduate of Beth ware j school. Miss Cashion, now work- j ing at Swannanoa as a recre ational director, will do a dance routine. At Bethware she was; homecoming queen and was ac tive in numerous school activi ties. Sairah Gox, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cox, is a recent graduate of Central high school, i She is an officer in Rainbow Girls and her hobbies are art and i swimming. Miss Cox will do a novelty act. Oale Kircus, is, aaugmer oij Mt. and Mrs. Clifford Kircus, is also a recent graduate of Central high school. Miss Kircus was ac- j tive in numerous school activi ties, in the Rainbows, and won the Danforth award at gradu ation. She will give a reading from the Bible. ‘Judy Kiser, 22, is the daughter of Mrs. Bayne Kiser. She gradu ated in 1958 from Brevard coll -1 ege and is now secretary to the County Manager of Gastonia. Miss Kiser was Miss Bessemer several years ago. She will sing as her talent presentation. Dianna Neal, 17, is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Neal. A recent graduate of Central i school. Miss Neal was active in; the FHA and as her talent pres entation she will model the clo-' thes she has fashioned herself in home economics. She won the Ki wanis Citizenship award at( school finals. Paulo Owens, 18. is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Owens.! Miss Owens is a ‘60 graduate of Central school where she was a i merrtber of Ithe Dramatics club and Future Teachers. Miss Owens will play the piano. Barbara Yarbrough, 17, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Yarbrough. A 1960 graduate of Bethware school, Miss Yarbrough was also active in school organi zations. She will present a dra matic reading for her talent pre sentation. Carolyn Sanders, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sanders. A 1960 graduate of Kings Mountain high school she was active in the FHA and Girls’ Chorus and was named best look ing girl in the senior class. In the talent division Miss Sanders will sing. Advance tickets may be pur chased from any Jaycee, at a tic ket booth on downtown streets on Saturday, or at the door the night of the show. Union Service At Resurrection The Rev. George Moore will preach ithe sermon in the second in the series of the community wide union services to be held Sunday night ait 8 o’clock at the Resurrection Lutheran Church. Seven Kings Mountain church es are participating in the ser vices which will be held through i July 17. The first service was held last Sunday night ait the First Presby terian Church. Succeeding services will be held in order at the following | churches: St. Matthews Lutheran, Boyce j Memorial ARP, Kings Mountain | Baptist, Central Methodist, and Trinity Episcopal. Ministers of all the participa ting churches have issued a joint i invitation to the community to participate in the services. Multiple Sclerosis Drive Is Underway The Kings Mountain appeal for funds for multiple sclerosis got underway this week. George Houser, Kings Moun tain chairman of the county-wide campaign, said coin holders and other materials have been dis tributed in Kings Mountain by the Junior Woman’s Club. Mrs. Charles Ramsey is Junior chair man for the drive. The coin-collectors have been placed in downtown business firms and other donations may be directed to Mrs. O. Max Gard ner, Jr., or Mrs. Norman Harris, I Shelby, or to Mr. Houser or any member of the Junior Woman’s; Clubs. Goal of the campaign in Cle veland County is $8,000. The campaign is conducted an nually during the period from Mother’s Day to Father’s Day, Mrs. Harris pointed out. “Kings Mountain citizens have; always been generous in this ap peal,’’ Mrs. Harris added, “and she added that funds benefit ma ny suffering from multiple scle rosis. KIM CASHION Mis. Gimsid | Dies Sunday; Ri£es Monday Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Lil lian Ormand, 88, prominent Kings Mountain citizen, were held Monday at 4 p. m. from Central Methodist church, of which she was a member. Mrs. Ormand, wife of Batle Meek Ormand, succumbed early Sunday morning at her home af ter an illness of several years. A native of York County, Mrs. Ormand was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Parks Allison. She was a charter mem ber of Central Methodist church where she held a life member ship in the Women’s Society of Christian Service and of the Wo man’s Club and the Thursday Afternoon Book Club. She was married to Mr. Or mand on December 30, 1896. In addition to her husband, other survivors are two daugh ters, Mrs. Troy Carpenter and Mrs. O. P. Lewis and one son, Hugh Ormand, ail of Kings Mountain. Nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive. The final rites were conducted by Rev. H. D. Garmon, Central Methodist pastor, assisted by Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor of First Pres byterian church. Interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Active pallbearers wer« Char les Carpenter, Meek A. . 'orpenter, John Dilling, John B. Plonk, H. A. Fairfax, Jr. and Glenn Ettiers. Red Cross Needs Chilean Gifts The Kings Mountain Red Crocks Chapter is establishing an emergency relief fund for victims of 'the Chilean disas ter, Mrs. J. N. Gamble, execu tive secretary, pointed out this week. Cash donations are being accepted by Mrs. Gamble or Mrs. Charles Noisier. Although there is an imme diate need in Chile for men’s sweaters, women’s scarf;, and children’s coat sweaters, Mrs. Gamble noted that cash dona tions have the flexibility to moot the whole range of hu man needs that exist.