Population
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City Limits 7,206
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Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 20, I960
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Today
VOL 71 No. 42
Established 1889
Seventy-First Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
SOUTHERN BELL SHOWS DIAL SYSTEM —
Kings Mountain citizens proved themselves
quite curious over the intricacies of dial tele
phone operation last Thursday night, as more
than 2500 persons attended Southern Bell's
open house to explain the workings of dial
service and to show the public / their new
$450,000 exchange on West Mountain street.
The tour required about 30 minutes. Pictured
is a group of visitors stopping for refreshments
at the end of the tour.
(Pennington photo)
Local News
Bulletins
AT WINTHHOP
Georganna Moss and Kath
ryn Stotarau of Kings Moun
tain Eire enrolled for the fall
term at Winthrop college, Rock
Hill, S. C. Of the 1,640 student
enrollment, 62 are North Caro
linians.
BIDS INVITED
The Kings Mountain Post
Office is now open for bids for
servicing contract on Post Of
fice vehicles. Any garage in
terested in bidding may re
ceive full details by contacting
the Postmaster.
HOSPITALIZED
Miss Dorothy Wells, owner
of Modem Beauty Shop, is re
cuperating satisfactorily in
Gastonia Memorial hospital
following major surgery. Mrs.
J. B. Falls is managing her
shop in heir absence.
SERVICES CONTINUING
Fall evangelistic services
are continuing through Sunday
night at Macedonia Baptist
church. Rev. Wayne Ashe, pas
tor of the church is in charge
of the special services.
SUPPER
Women of the Miopse, chapter
1307, will sponsor a ham. dinner
Sunday with serving from 1 until
5. p. m. at the Moose Lodge off
York road. Plates are one dollar
for adults and 50 cents for chil
dren. j
CLARIFICATION
Charles Ray Bridges, 23, of
107 Fulton street, is not the
Charles Bridges recently tried
in city court for illegal poss
ession of non-tax paid whisky.
PERMIT
A permit was issued Septem
ber 30 by City Building Inspec
tor M. H. Biser to Miss Marjor
ie Hard to build a six room re
sidence on W. Gold Street.
NO FIRES
City Fireman C. D. Ware said
Wednesday morning , the de
partment has had no alarms
since last Wednesday after
noon.
NO WRECKS
City policemen reported no
auto accidents within the city
limits during the past week.
PEPSI SALE
Kings Mountain Jaycees net
ted $54.90 for the civic fund
Sunday during their final Pep
si Cola Sale ait the overhead
bridge on King Street.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts tor
ithe week ending Wednesday
at noon totaled $111.35, inclu
ding $100.85 flrom on-street
meters and $10.50 from off
street meters, Assistant City
Clerk Grace Carpenter report
ed.
AUXILIARY
Otis D. Green Post 155. the
American Legion Auxiliary,
will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. P. D.
Fulton with Mrs. Tracy Stewart
as co-hostess. Mrs. Hubert Ad
erhoit is program chairman.
Yelten Adds Gas
DepartmentDuties
Nicholson
Blasts Board
In Resigning
Grady Yelton, city superinten
dent of public works, has assum
ed the added duties of superin
tendent of the city’s natural gas
system.
Mr. Yelton was named to suc
ceed Corbett Nicholson, who re
signed last week with a blast at
the city commission for “con
stantly harassing me”.
The city board of commission
ers, at a special meeting Mon
day afternoon, appointed Mr.
Yelton at a salary of $100 per
month. Mr. Nicholson had been
paid $4800 per year.
Mayor Pro Tempore Ben H.
Bridges presided and the vote
was 4-0. Commissioner Ross
Alexander was absent. Mayor
Glee A. Bridges was out-of-town.
The Mayor Tempore told the
board members Mr. Yelton was
willing to add the gas depart
ment work to his other duties
and pointed out that, with win
ter approaching, gas consump
tion would be increasing and
more service required by custo
mers.
The retiring superintendent,
Mr. Nicholson, had headed the
system for three years. He deliv
ered his letter of resignation to
the commission in person at last
Thursday’s board meeting. The
commission approved Comm. Al
exander’s motion to accept the
resignation '“with regret”
Mayor Bridges at that time re
commending tender of the super
intendency to a former superin
tendent, V. L. Beachum, but
Comm. Alexander’s motion failed
to carry.
Mr. Nicholson wrote in his let
ter of resignation: '
“I should like to say that ij
have enjoyed my work very ,
much, and have made every ef
fort possible to please (the custo
mers of the Gas Department. 11
have never failed to answer any j
call of trouble or complaint, day 1
or night, since I have been in
this position.
“I have never complained a
bout the rigors of the job whe
ther called out of bed at 3 o’
clock in the morning or called
away from home in the even
tsContinued On Page Eight)
NEW DUTIES — Grady Yelton.
since. 1955 superintendent of
public works, has added the du
ties of superintendent of the na
tural gas system. He was ap
pointed to succeed Corbett Nic
holson Monday.
Giles Sellers'
Bites Conducted
Funeral services for Giles C.
Sellers, 68, were ‘held Wednesday
at 3 p. m. from Beulah Meth
odist church, interment following
in the church cemetery.
(Mr. Sellers, prominent farmer
of route three, succumbed Mon
day in the 'Kings Mountain hos
pital following an illness of three
weeks.
A native of Cleveland County,1
he was the son of the late (Mr.
and Mrs. David W. Sellers and a
member of Boyce Memorial ARP
church. He was a veteran of
World War I.
iHe is survived by Ms wife, Mrs.
Grace Harmon Sellers; one
daughter, Mrs. Donald Beam of
Cheriyville; one brother, Charles
Sellers of Charlotte; two sisters,
Mrs. Marvin Goforth and M5ss
Emma Sellers, (both of Kings
Mountain. Also surviving are
three grandchildren.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. W. L. Pressly, assisted
by Rev. H. O. Huss.
ARP Formally Launches New Plant
Plans At Dedicatory Service
Plans far building a new chur
ch plant were begun officially
Sunday by Boyce Memorial As
sociate Reformed Presbyterian
church.
In a special service Sunday
morning, Dr. W. L. Fressly, the
oast-p-. delivered a sermon on
“Building for ithe Future’’, then
addressed individually chairmen
of the several committees in
charge of the project. Dr. Press
ly emphasized the privileges,
duties and responsibilities of the
several committees.
Aim of ithe church is to launch
construction of a new church
plant in 1962, or earlier.
The architectural committee,
! of which N. F. McGill. 9r., is
chairman, has retained J. L.
Beam, Jr., Cherryville architect.
I. G. Patterson is general chair
man of the project.
Other committee chairmen
are:
W. S. Fulton, Jr, sanctuary;
J. L. McGill, educational build -
; ing; Menzell Phifer, grounds; B.
D. Rabterree, finance; Mrs. John
Cheshire, Jr., manse; Mrs. J. E.
Gamble, secretary.
Several months ago the church
purchased a tract located on
Edgemont drive and King street
as a new church site.
The Sunday service closed
with a dedicatory prayer.
Court Approves Sale Of Craftspun
Mrs. C. E. Cash
Wins Top Award
Entries Heavy
At 57th Annual
Floral Event
Mrs. C. E. Cash won the top
award given to exhibitors in Wed
nesday’s 57th floral fair of the
Garden Council and Woman’s
ClUb.
'As sweepstakes winner, Mrs.
Cash was holder of the most blue;
ribbons or first place awards in
the entire show. She also capped
the award of distinction given to
the most outstanding entry in the
horticulture division.
Other coveted awards—the tri
color and the award of distinc
tion in arrangements—went to
Mrs. W. L. Pressly and Mrs.
H. L. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell’s
composition, “Landing On Ply
mouth Rock” won for her the
award of distinction. The winning
tri-color arrangement by Mrs.
Pressly featured the Ikebana
style and theme, "America Links
Hands with the Oriental Repub
lic of Japan.” «
The Central high school biology
department won the Junior
achievement award given to the
outstanding educational exhibit.
The display featured the theme,
“Know Your Insects.” In the
Junior division, the Rose Junior
Garden Club of North school
copped first place for a display
of terrariums and dish gardens.
Mrs. Bridges’ Seventh grade at
North school won honorable men
tion for a collection of leaves.
Garden clubs of Kings Moun
tain entered a number of ar-j
rangements, not eligible for
prizes, which followed the gen
eral ^how theme, “Cavalcade of
America.” I
Large crowds attended the an-1
nuai fair at the Woman’s Club.
Complete list of prize winners
follows:
Section B—Artistic Arrangements
Class L Columlbus Sails — A
composition. Branches and water
to be part of the picture. Mrs. M.
A. Ware, 1st, Kings Mountain
Garden Club.
Class 2. Landing On Plymouth
Rock—[Driftwood and-fresh mate
rial fo suggest windswept coast.
Mrs. H. L. Campbell, 1st, Town
and Country Garden Club;'Mrs.
Robert Miller, 2nd, Town and
Country Garden Club; Mrs. How
ard Jackson, 3rd, Kings Moun
tain Garden Club.
Class 3. Thirteen Colonies—
Composition or arrangement. Fall
flowers in an antique container.
Mrs. J. O. Plonk Jr., 1st, Kings
Mountain Garden Club. Mrs. John
Cheshire, 2nd, Kings Mountain
Garden Club.
Class 4. California Gold Rush—•
Composition using gold flowers.
Mrs.. Norman McGill, 1st, Mag
nolia Garden Club; Mrs. Clyde
Kerns, 2nd, Open Gate Garden
ClUb; Mrs. E. R. Roberts, 3rd,
Open Gate Garden ClUb; Mrs. E.
R. Goter, 4th, Azalea Garden
Club.
Class 5. Alaska. Composition
(Continued On Page Four)
Pearson, Manney
loins Jaycees
Two new members were ac
cepted by Kings Mountain Jay
cees Tuesday night when they
met in regular bi-monthly ses
sion at the Long Bow Restaurant
on Shelby Road.
Inducted* were Bob Pearson, an
employee of Southern Bell Tele
phone company, and Charles
Mauney, general manager of
Mauney Hosiery Company and a
transfer Jaycee from the Kinston
chapiter.
Les Roark, a member of the
Shelby City Board of Commis
sioners, presented a program on
the problems of city government.
To demonstrate his statement
that there are two sides to every
question and every decision will
not be accepted by everyone, Mr.
Roark explained the pros and
cons of several city management
problems after which he passed
out ballots for Jaycees to secret
ly cast votes.
. Each ballot showed about half
for and half against the issues
in question.
That’s the way it goes at a
city council meeting,” Mr. Roark
said. “You can’t please every
one, and every decision we
make we step on someone’s
toes.”
STEWARDESS — Miss PhyUis
Dean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Amos Dean, has completed ste
wardess training at American
Airlines Stewardess College, Ft.
Worth, Tex., and has been as
signed to that company's flight
operating out of the New York
City area. She graduated from
Central high school and attended
Greensboro college.
Bill McDaniel
Postal Carries
Kings Mountain postoffice in
augurated city carrier delivery
Saturday and the new service, to
565 families who formerly receiv
ed rural carrier service, is going
well, Postmaster Charles Alex
ander said this week.
"There are some headaches, of
course”, the Postmaster added,
“but they’re being ironed out.”
Concuinrenttly, Postmaster Alex
ander announced that William
B. (Bill) McDaniel, formerly of
Haims Funeral Home, has been
appointed substitute city carrier
and is handling ■ the mounted
carrier service.
Mr. McDaniel was appointed
from a list of eligibles after re
quired civil service examination,
the Postmaster said.
The new service replaces rural
service on all three rural routes.
However, the bulk of the new
service goes to former Route 2,
Kings Mountain, residents.
Principal headaches concern
requirements of residents in the
mounted carrier area to install
house numbers and to place
mail boxes at their curbstones.
Mr. Alexander said the impro
ved service means that all the
families in the new area will get
service to their front doors. In
the past, mail boxes have been
up to a quarter-mile away from
their homes.
Buyers Expect
To Take Over
Near December 1
BY MARTIN HARMON
Purchasers of Craftspun Yarns,
Inc., expect to assume operation
of ithe firm about December 1.
E. Stanley Marks, New York
attorney, told the Herald Wed
nesday he represents a syndicate
which has contracted to purch
ase Oraftspun capital stock.
| Mr. Marks, who said he is not
yet at liberty to divulge identity
of principals in the purchasing
, syndicate, said the syndicate ex
pects to continue the firm’s pre
sent operations. He added that
the syndicate is currently opera
ting in the same phase of the
textile business.
Craftspun is a North Carolina
corporation. Scranton- Corpora
tion, of Scranton, Pa., reorgani
zing under the federal bankrupt
cy act, is owner of Craftspun
3tock.
Petition of Scranton trustees
for sale of Oraftspun stock at a
a bid of $460,000, was approved
by Judge John W. Murphy in
Pennsylvania Middle District
court on October Y.
Judge Murphy noted that no
objection to the sale was lodged
by stockholders or by the Securi
ties and Exchange commission
and approved terms of a provi
sional sale contract between Mr.
Marks and the court-appointed
Scranton trustees, J. Julius Levy
and John F. Murphy.
Mr. Maries said Craftspun will
i be operated by Scranton Corpor
ation until the take-over by the
new syndicate.
Craftspun is being managed
by a committee, including B. H.
Lowe, accountant and novelty
division manager, and Harold
Phillips, superintendent.
In the petition for sale, the
Scranton trustees reported the
company operating at a loss and
stated the opinion that the firm
could not be operated profitably
without considerable expendit
ure for capital equipment.
Craftspun lists 235 employees
and is operating on a five-day
work week.
Get Out Vote
Olive Underway
Kings Mountain Jaycees, co
ordinated with a national Jaycee
program, are in (the midst of a
“Get Out The Vote” campaign.
The nationwide campaign is
aimed at getting as many peo
ple as possible registered,to vote
during the period in which the
registration books are open.
Program chairman David Baity
said Wednesday that all mem
bers of the local Jaycees chapter
have registered and letters of
challenge ito other civic clubs
I will be sent out this week asking
1 them to endeavor to match the
record in their groups.
“The only way to have good
democratic government is to
have active citizens”, said Jay
cee president Bob Goforth.
The entire group urges every
one to take advantage of the two
Saturday registration days left
and get themselves and as many
other qualified persons possible
registered.
Parties War On Mountain Street;
Township Favored GOP In'52,'56
Kings Mountain was being
treated to an unusual political
spectacle this week.
Teen-age Democrats opened
headquarters to promote the
Democratic slate last weekend,
and the Republicans were quick
to counter.
The Young Republicans have
rented (the Fulton building for a
headquarters office. Since the
Democratic group is occupying
the Thomasson-Peeler building,
formely the location of Griffin
Drug Store, the big signs favor
ing Kennedy-Johnson and Nix
on-Lodge argue at each other a
oross Mountain street
There is quite good reason for
activity on both sides.
While Kings Mountain and
Cleveland County Is traditional
ly Democratic, (this tradition was
dented In the general election
of 1952 and was completely bro
ken in 1956.
From the standpoint of the 19
56 general election result for
president, Kings Mountain is a
Republican community. From
the standpoint of Number 4
township, the township has been
Republican since 1952.
In 1956, the Republican na
tional ticket of Eisenhower-Nix
on was favored in each of the
four township voting precincts
and the total vote was 1893 for
Eisenhower-Nixon to 1391 for
Stevenson-Kefauver.
In 1952, Kings Mountain re
mained Democratic by 15 votes,
with the 22-vote margin for Ste
venson-Sparkman in East Kings
Mountain sufficien/t to overcome
the seven-vote edge for Eisen
hower-Nixon in West Kings
Mountain.
Bethware, considered a Repub
lican precinct, did not follow the
rest of ithe county in 1956 in vo
ting for Governor, favoring loser
Kyle Hayes over Luther Hodges.
Otherwise, the township has
been Democratic, returning 2 to
1 margins for opposed Democra
tic condidates.
What will be the result in
1960?
Democratic partisans contend
that Kings Mountain will revert
to tradition this year, noting
that GOP Candidate Nixon is
hardly up to the vote-getting
strength of military hero Eisen
hower.
Republicans mean to continue
the trend set in 1956. They point
to increasing willingness on
part of “naltional Republicans”
to support the ticket openly, and
privately, remind that the com
munity bolted the Democrats in
1928 on Ithe issue of a Catholic
candidate for president
Registrars Add
239 In Township
COMMENDED — Ann Broadwa
ter and Billie Jones, seniors at
Central high school, have been
commended for outstanding per
formance on the National Merit
Scholarship Qualifying Test held
last spring in schools all over
the nation.
United Fund
Quarter In
Cash contributions and pled
ges to Kings Mountain United
Fund approximated 25 percent of
the $17,000 goal, according to
Wednesday’s report by Bob Ma
nor, chairman.
Mr. Manor said work is contin
uing and expressed appreciation
for an increase in giving over
last year by mercantile estab
lishments and their employees.
He guessed that contributions in
this category are up a minimum
of ten percent, perhaps more.
He also reported four business
firms are wearing the United
Fund’s “100 percent giving" la
bel.
These firms are Kings Moun
tain Welding Shop, McGinnis
Department Store, Liberty Life
Insurance Company office, and
C. E. Warlick Insurance Agency.
“I'm sure there are and will
be more in the 100 percent cate
gory,” Mr. Manor added.
Pledges and cash totaled
$4292 Wednesday.
Contributions to the fund will
support eight Kings Mountain
civic, charitable and service a
gencies.
Participating organizations
who are beneficiaries of the
campaign are Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Jacob S. Mauney Memo
trial library, Cleveland County
Life-Saving and Rescue Squad,
Kings Mountain school band,
Davidson school band, Kings
Mountain chapter, American Red
Cross, and City Recreation com.
mission.
The current campaign is Kings
Mountain’s second annual ap
peal to support several agencies
through a single fund-raising
campaign.
Last year about 80 percent of
the budget was raised and, with
the budget off by $1,000 this
year, Chairman Maner and cam
paign officials have expressed
confidence that the $17,000 goal
will be met.
GETS RATING
Edward G. Campbell has been
granted a Civil Service rating for
his position as clerk-typist at
Kings Mountain National Mili
tary Park, it has been announced
by Park Headquarters. Mr. Camp
bell has served in the (Military
Parte on seasonal and temporary
appointment since 1955.
Registration
Will Continue
At Precincts
Considerable interest in the
forthcoming November 8 general
election was evidenced in Num
ber 4 Township Saturday, first
day of three for registering to
vote, as 239 citizens added their
names to the pollbooks.
The election books will be op
en at the voting places on Sat
urday, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.,
and again on Saturday, October
29.
New registrants last Saturday
declared themselves as predomi
nantly Democrats.
In the two Kings Mountain
precincts 140 of 195 new regis
trants said they were Democrats,
42 said they were Republicans
| and 13 classified themselves as
Independents.
Mrs. John D. Jones, of Beth
ware, who registered 20 new vo
ters, did noit have an accurate
breakdown on party affiliations,
but said there was “an excess
of Democrats”. Noting that no
new voter claimed "Independent”
status, Mrs. Jones said only six
Bethware voters list themselves
as independents.
Mrs. J. B. Ellis, Grover regi
strar, also didn’t have an accu
rate breakdown on party affili
ations of new registrants, but
guessed there were about a half
dozen Republicans. Two regis
trants listed themselves as Inde
pendents, trebling the former
Grover precinct Independent to
tal of one. The remainder of the
24 new registrants were Demo
crats.
All registrars reported a lot of
checking on ithe part of citizens
to determine that they were offi
cially registered.
Mrs. J. H. Arthur, West Kings
Mountain registrar, anticipates
another busy day on Saturday.
She reports many telephone calls
concerning registering.
Some confusion among poten
tial voters is apparent due to the
different registering arrange
ment in Mecklenburg county,
where the books are already clo
sed. Mecklenburg and a few oth
er heavily-populated counties
have a different registration per
iod.
The registrars also note:
1) A citizen who has voted sin
ce the 1950 primary in county
and general elections is register
ed to vote.
2) Youths who will be 21 years
of age on or before November 8,
1960. are eligible to register and
vote.
3) All would-be voters must
register in person. In other words
a husband cannot register foe his
\vife, of a father for his son or
daughter.
4) Eligibility to vote in a city
or town municipal election
doesn’t qualify a citizen to vote
in a counity or general election,
as separate pollbooks are main
tained.Both East and West Kings
Mountain precincts, as well as
Grover, embrace areas outside
the municipal boundaries. (The
Southern Railway is the central
boundary line between East and
West Kings Mountain precincts.
.Persons desiring absentee bal
lots must apply to .the Chairman.
County Elections board, at Shel
by.
Kiwanians Elect
Charles Neisler
Charles Neisler, Kings Moun
tain cotton broker, will serve as
president of Kings Mountain Ki
vvanis club during 1961.
He was recently elected for the
coming year to succeed current
president John C. Smatheirs.
Other officers named for 1961
in recent club elections are B. N.
Barnes, first vice-president; Gra
dy Howard, second vice-presi
dent; (John L. McGill, treasurer;
and Charles Alexander, secre
tary.
The club elected seven direct
ors, including James E. Amos,
Glee E. Bridges, W. Sage Fulton,
Jr., Dr. D. F. Hord, Joe A. (Bud)
Neisler, Sherman F. Perry, and
W. Ted Weir.
The new officers and directors
will assume their duties in Jan
uary.