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VOL 71 No. 41
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 13, I960
Seventy-First Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
FIBE LEVELS CLUBHOUSE — The massive white frame Kings
Mountain Country Club went up in flames early Sunday morning.
The fire was out-of-control before the blaze was discovered. The 60
year-old building was opened by the country club in 1947.
(Photo by Claire Gilstad).
Insurance Report
Awaited By Club
Local News
Bulletins
BOARD MEETING
Regular October meeting of
the city board of commission
ers is scheduled for City Hall
Thursday night at 7:30.
TO CONVENTION
Joe McDaniel, Jr., Elmer
Rhea, Ray Cline,' Glee A. Brid
ges and J. T. McGinnis, Jr., are
to leave for Miami, Fla., this
.weekend where they will rep
resent Otis D. Green Post 155
at the national American Ler
gion convention.
DISCHARGED
Clark Starnes, Gastonia Mill
Supply official, was recently
released from Garrison Mem
orial Hospital and is convales
cing well at home.
ROTARY CLUB
Kings Mountain Botarians
will hear a report on the Cl
eveland County Welfare de
partment Thursday by depart
ment superintendent Ben Car
penter when they meet in reg
ular session at 12:15 p. m. at
the Long Bow Restaurant on
Shelby Road.
NO PERMITS
City Building Inspector M.
H. Bisier issued no building
permits durring the past week.
FIRE
City firemen ware called to
604 N. Piedmont Avenue Tues
day at 1:05 p. m. to douse an
oil sitove blaze. No damage was
reported.
LUTHER LEAGUE
The Luther League meets
Sunday at 6 p. m. at St. Matt
hew’s Lutheran church. Re
cently-elected officers are Ann
Cooper, president; Kay Maun
ey, vice president ;and Larry
Cline, secretary-treasurer.
KIWANIS CLUB '
Pev. H. D. Garmon, chaplain
for Kings Mountain Fire De
partment, will talk on fire ore
vention at the Kings Mountain
JCiwanis club meeting Th>•To
day. The club convenes at 6:45
p. m. at the Woman’s club.
LUTHERAN SERVICE
/Dr. D. P. Rudisill of Lenoir
Rhyne college will fill the pul
pit Sunday at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church in the absen
ce of the pastor, W. P. Gerber
ding. Dr. and Mrs. Gerberdlng,
in Atlantic City, N. J. for the
United Lutheran Convention,
will return the latter part of
next week.
Fire Leveled
Country Club
Early Sunday
Decision on rebuilding of Kings
Mountain Country Club, leveled
by fire early Sunday morning, a
waits settlement with insurance
carriers and action by the stock
holders, Dr. George W. Plonk,
president, said Tuesday.
It is possible the insurance ad
justment will be completed this
weekend, according to Wes Bush,
of C. E. Warlick Agency, which
shared the $30,000 coverage with
the Arthur Hay Agency.
The country club board of di
rectors met Monday night and
named a three-man committee to
confer with the insurance adjust
ors, the com/mittee including P.
M. Neisler, Sr., Fred W. Plonk,
and James E. Herndon.
Should the loss be ruled "com
plete”, as the country club offi
cials contend, the club would
have approximately $21,000 avail
able for investment in a new
building, Dr. Plonk noted.
The insurance included $25,000
on the 6Gyear-oid frame club
house and $5,000 on the contents.
•Fire leveled the main building.
The concrete block loelker room,
pro shop and lounge remain
standing, tout Dr. Plonk said in
itial estimates indicate albout $2,
000 will 'be required to repair
these facilities for operation.
Mrs. Percy Card, wife of the
club manager, said Wednesday
that the club had been closed fol
lowing a club night party prior
to 1 a. m. When the fire depart
m|ent answered the alarm slight
ly less than two hours later, fla
mes were pouring from the roof.
In addition to the Club loss, Mr.
and Mrs. Card suffered loss of
much personal property which
1 they had stored at the cltib, in
cluding furniture and clothing.
(Continued On Page Eight)
Registration Books Will Open Saturday
’’AutumnHarvest”
Event W ednesday
Woman's Club
Presenting
Floral Fail
r
Details for the 1960 Woman’s
Club-Garcfen Council Floral Fair
have been virtually completed
and officials said yesterday they
anticipated a record-breaking e
vent in all departments.
, The fair opens at the Woman’s
(J’lub at.12:30 on Wednesday, Oc
tober 19th and closes at 9 p. m.
Competition is open to the pub
lic in both arrangements and
horticulture.
As is customary, dinner will be
served in the club dining room
ENTRY DEADLINE
All exhibits should be enter,
ed Tuesday from 7 until 9 p. m.
or Wednesday from 8 until
9:30 a. m. at the Woman’s
Club, Floral Fair officials have
pointed out. The 1960 Fair is
open to the public from 12:30
until 9 p. m. Wednesday.
both at mid-day and in the ev
ening. Serving will be from 11:30
to 1:30 and from 5:30 to 7 p. m.
Out-of-town judges will begin
the tasks of determining prize
winners at 10:30 a. m.
A bazaar will again be a fea:
ture of the annual show.
Theme of ithe flower show, Au
tumn Harvest, is “Cavalcade of
America” and the theme will be
carried out in invitational class
es as well as arrangements. Gar
den clubs of the city are prepar
ing arrangements to carry out
the theme. These will not be
judged.
In competitive classes, prizes
will go to first, second, third,
and fourth place winners. Covet
ed awards are the tri-color, the
awards of distinction and the
sweepstakes, all of which will go
to outstanding exhibits in both
categories.
Mrs. Wilson Crawford, publi
city chairman of the event, said
yesterday that the current fair
should be one of the best ever
held- “The committees have been
working diligently and most co
operatively, and we feel every
thing is in readiness for the
fair,” she said.
Mrs. W. M. Gantt is general
chairman of the flower division.
“Autumn Harvest" is sponsor -
ed jointly by the Kings Mountain
Woman’s Club and the Kings
Mountain Council of Garden
Clubs. The Garden Council in
cludes all garden clubs in the
city.
Park Visitation
Reported Good
Fall visitation to Kings Moun
tain National Park was descri
bed as “good” by Supt Ben F.
Moomaw this week.
Mir. Moomaw noted that a
number of visitors were students
who had been treking to the
park from different parts of the
state.
JAYCEES MEETING
Kings Mountain Jaycees will
gather Tuesday at 7:00 p. m.
at the Long Bow Restaurant on
Shelby Road for their regular
bi-monthly session. The pro
gram for the meeting will be
presented by Les Roark of
Shelby, the district supervisor
of Pilot Life Insurance Com
pany.
Annual White Cane Sale For Blind
Will Be Conducted By Girl Scouts
Kings Mountain Girl Scouts
will conduct the annual White
Cane sale for benefit of the blind
here on Saturday and on Octo
ber 22.
The annual White Cane sale,
sponsored by Lions chibs throu
ghout the state, supports the Nor
th Carolina Association for the
Blind, a non-profit organization
dedicated to aid the blind, repair
poor vision, and prevention of
blindness. ,
Howard Broadwater is chair
man of the Kings Mountain lions
dub project.
The Girl Scouts will sell white
cane lapel buttons. Portion of the
receipts will be used for Lions
aid to the blind here, j
Luke A. Grooms, of Lincalnton,
speaking at the lions club Tues
day night, told members that par
ticular attention is being devoted
to this year to operation of glau
cema clinics 'throughout the state.
He said, ‘^Glaucema literally robs
a man's vision blind,’’ adding
that early detection of the ail
ment is mandatory, since vision
lost to glauoema can never be re-,
gained.
Last year, the state association
for the blind expended nearly
$30,000 for clinical work, the state
eye bank at Winston-Salem, eye
examinations, treatment and j
glasses for the indigent, and ma-j
ny other related services.
MANAGER — Robert Southwell
has assumed the duties of man
ager of Plonk Motor Company.
He is a native of Rome, Ga.
Southwell Plonk
Motox Manager
'Robert ('Bob) Southwell 'has
assumed the duties of manager
of Plonk Motor Company, Kings
Mjountain Ford dealer, it was an
nounced this week by Fred W.
Plonk, owner.
Mr. Southwell, a native of
Rome, Ga., is a graduate of Da
vidson college, and a veteran of
two year’s army service in Ger
many.
'His father is a iLincoln-Mercury
dealer in Rome, Ga., with whom
.'he has been associated.
Mr. Southwell recently attend
ed a Ford merchandizing school.
He served as a deacon of Rome's
Westminister Presbyterian chur
ch, before moving here. (
tHe and his wife, the former
Dorothy Saunders, of Southern
Pines, and their two children, live
at 206 N. Piedmont avenue. Mrs.
Saunders is a daughter of W. P.
Saunders, now of Raleigh, and
the late Mrs. Saunders, both for
mer Kings Mountain citizens.
Red Cross Names
Mrs. Kesler
Mrs. Thomas L. Kesler has
been appointed chairman of vol
unteer works in the Kings
Mountain Red Gross blood pro
gram, it was announced this
week by. Mrs. O. W. Myers, blood
program chairman.
Mirs. Kesler replaces Mrs. J. N.
McClure, who resigned on be
coming a member of the city
schools faculty.
Mrs. Kesler will be assisted by
I Mire. James Rcllins.
Registrars
Anticipating
Busy Season
Registration books for the No
vember 8 general election will
open Saturday at all the county’s
28 precincts.
Number 4 Township polling
places and registrars are: East
Kings Mountain (City Hall
Courtroom), Mrs. Nell Cranford;
West Kings Mountain, (Victory
Chevrolet Company), Mrs. J. H.
Arthur; Grover (Grover .fire sta
tiofi), Mrs. J. B. Ellis; Bethware
(Bethware school), Mrs. John
Jones.
Registrars expect a brisk reg
istration season. Mrs. Arthur
said Wednesday that her tele
phone has been kept busy re
cently, as would-be voters called
to inquire about registering.
Eligible voters may register on
three consecutive Saturdays,
with the registrars to be at the
polling places from 9 a. m. to 5
p. m. on October 15, 22, and 29.
; November 5 will be Challenge
Day.
Ralph Gilbert, county election's
board chairman. noted that a
person who meets the residence
requirements may register and
vote if he or she will he 21 vea^T
of age on or before November 8.
Absentee votes are permitted
in general elections.
While Mr. Gilbert said he did
not anticipate that absentee vo
ting will be permitted for “mere
convenience”, applications will
be honored from citizens who de
finitely need to vote absentee.
The hospitalized, the ill at home,
i persons who expect to be out-of
town on business, college stu
j dents, teachers with residence in
‘ the county but teaching else
| where are eligible to vote absen -
tee, as are servicemen and their
families.
The voter, or a member of hs
| family, may apply for an absen
tee ballot. In turn, the absentee
voter must mairk his own ballot,
i seal it and have the form notar -
! ized before mailing it to the
, chairman of the county elections
j board. Deadline for applying for
absentee ballots is November 4.
Lists of all absentee voters
will be posted on voting day in
| the precinct in which thev re
side.
Kings Mountain registrars re
minded local voters that regis
tration for city elections do not
make them eligible for the forth
| coming election. Unless their na.
mes appear on the county books,
they won’t be able to vote on
November 8.
School Board
Meets Monday
Kings Mountain City Schools
board will meet in regular ses
sion Monday night at 7:30 in the
superintendent’s office at Cen
tral School.
Supt B. N. Barnes said Wed
nesday the meeting will be a
routine business session.
COURT POSTPONED
The regular Monday session
of City Recorder’s Court will be
postponed until Thursday next
week in the absence of Judge
Jack White.
OPEN HOUSE PLANNED—Southern Bell Tele
phone Company will hold open house Thurs
day in its new building at 203 W. Mountain
St. Pictured above. Bell officials, map final
plans for the event to be held from 6 until 10
p. m. Left to right are Mrs. Norva Hopper, ser
vice representative, Floyd Farris, manager,
Mrs. Adeline Hagar, service representative, and
Jack Barham, plant supervisor.
Open House Set
At Dial Exchange
Public Invited
To Make Tout
Thrusday Night
Southern Bell will throw open'
its doors Thursday night to pub-'
lie visitors for a open house pro
gram at the new $450,000 Kings
Mountain telephone 'building, 208
West Mountain street. The open
house wilil feature conducted
itours and special exhibits.
A general invitation to resi
dents of Kings Mountain and the
nearby communities is extended
'by E. F. Farrif, Manager.
Tours of the telephone exchange
will be conducted between the
hours of 6 to 10 p. m. Telephone
employees stationed throughout
the building will explain the in
tricate behind-the-scenes opera
tions which take place when a
telephone subscriber places a call.
“A modern telephone system
is, without doubt, one of the lar
gest and most intricate machines
ever designed and operated," Mr.
Farris stated. “The tour has been
arranged to trace the course of a
call through our exchange, and
special efforts have been made to
make every step clear for the
laymen. This tour should prove
to be very entertaining and ed
ucational.'’
Admission to the Southern ‘Bell
(Continued From Front Page)
READYING FOR FLORAL FAIR — Pictured a
bove a the” complete final plans for the Wo
man's Club-Garden Council Floral Fair to be
held Wednesday are three officials of the two
organizations. From left to right. Mrs. Hay
wood E. Lynch- president of the Woman's
Club, Mrs. W. M. Gantt general chairman of
the flower show, and Mrs. A. J. Slater, presi
dent of the Council of Garden Clubs. The fair
will be open at the Woman's Club.
(Photo by Claire Gils tad)
HOMECOMING QUEEN — Kirs
ten Zacho, Danish exchange stu
dent. is 1960 homecoming queen
for Kings Mountain high school.
The festivities wll center on Fri
day night's Kngs Mountain- Clo
ver football game. '
Homecoming
Event Friday
Kirsten Zadho, Kings Mountain
exchange student from Denmark,
is Central high school Home
coming Queen for 1960 and will
be crowned at the football gamf
Friday at 7 p. m.
Amelia Garmon will crown the
new Queen and sponsors for the
senior football players will be,
presented prior to the game be-'
tween Kings Mountain and Clo
ver at 7:30.
The senior girls and football
players they sponsor include:1
Kay Mauney, Arthur Allen; Ann
Cooper, Jimmy White; Peggy
Plonk, Donald Parker, Jir.; Mary
Lillian Lewis, James Robbs; Kay
Broadwater, Dale Hollifield; Phy-I
llis Bumgardner, Wayne Gofor
th; Sandra Moss, Chester Clontz;
Frances Owens. Don Champion;
Edith Kincaid, Jerry Adams; Joy
ce Plonk, Charles Burns; and
Gloria McCarter, Perry Cham
pion.
Mrs. Smith's
Rites Friday
Mrs. Mary Katherine Smith, 47,
wife of Glenn Smith, died Wed
nesday morning in the Kings
Mountain hospital after an ill
ness of four days.
Funeral rites will be held Fri
day afternoon at 4 p. m. from
First Baptist church. Rev. B. L.
Raines will officiate and inter
ment will he in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mrs. Smith was the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. William
L. LeRicheux. She and her hus
band lived on South Cansler
street. /
565 Families
To Get Mounted
Carrier Service
Mounted carrier service will be
extended to some 565 families
now receiving ,mail by rural car
rier beginning Saturday, Post
master Charles Alexander has
announced.
Mr. Alexander said this major
change in city delivery policy at
the Kings Mountain Post Office
has 'been in the planning stage
for many months.
“By mounted city delivery we
moan delivery to the curb-line
in front of a residence”, Mr. Al
exander pointed out. Prior to
this, he noted that many rural
patrons were forced to group
their boxes on the highway,
some distance front their home
in order to get delivery service.
The patrons effected by the
mounted delivery service route
will be able to place their box
in front of their house at the
curb-line, where it will be served
by city carrier using an automo
bile.
Added city delivery service
will benefit families in the Mar
grace community, the Pine Rid
ge section, the Park Dale com
munity, patrons on the Shelby
highway from the Royal Motel
East, Peaceful Valley section and
the southern portion of the Lin
wood area.
"Patrons in these extended a
reas are requested to cooperate
by filling in the questionnaire
that is being delivered to them
today, in order to help expedite
delivery on the new route”, Post
master Alexander added.
'J
Nicholson
Is Resigning
Corbett Nicholson, for the past
three years superintendent of the
city natural gas system, is re
signing effective October 15.
(Mr. Nicholson said this week he
had informed the mayor of his
intention to resign and would
present his formal resignation to
the hoard of commissioners at
Thursday night’s meeting.
He has been associated with the
city gas department since it was
created. He joined the depart
ment When the distribution sys
tem was being installed.
Mr.. Nicholson did not announ
ce his future plans but said he
had several employment offers
and expects to remain a Kings
Mountain citizen.
Last spring, several members
of the board of commissioners
sought his resignation, but Mr.
Nicholson declined. He said at the
time the members seeking his
ouster declined to give a reason.
Subsequently, at a commission
session, a large delegation sup
ported Mr. Nicholson and some
other city employees when the
board declined to state specific
reasons they wanted resignations.
ELECTED
Phil Mauney has been elect
vice-president of the freshman
class at Lenoir Rhyne college.
He is the son of Dr. and Mrs.
J. P. Mauney of Kings Moun
tain.