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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 Iks figure lor Greater Klngi Mountain Is derived from Ike 1HS Kings Moan tain city directory census. Tbs city Limits figure Is from tne Doited States census of 1850. VOL. 71 No. 43 Established 1889 1R Pages ID Today eventy-First Year PRICE TEN CENTS mn im r BUY GAS FOR CHARITY — R. A. Jolley, owner of Jolley's Amoco Service Station on1 Shelby Road just outside the city limits, this week announced all profits from gas sales on Friday, October 28 would be donated to the Kings Mountain United Fund. Pictured a bove to the left of campaign chairman Bob Maner, Mr. Jolley said he hopes everyone will stop for gas and make the drive a succss. Three More Firms On UF Honor Roll Local News Bulletins KIWANIS CLUB jhon Eck, Estonia lawyer and accountant, will speak to Kings Mountain Kiwanians at their Thursday1 meeting at the Woman’s Club. The club con venes at 6:45 p. m. TO CONVENTION Postmaster Charles Alexan der and Mirs. Alexander are in Miami, Fla. this week attend ing a postmaster’s convention. LIONS DIRECTORS Directors of Kings Mountain Lions club will meet Tuesday night at the office of President George Thomasson at 7:30. ANTHONY BETTER Dr. J. E. (Anthony, hospital ized Sunday with an abdomi nal ailment, was reoorted much improved Wednesday. Dir. T. G. Durham, attending physician, said he anticipates Dr. Anthony will be dischar ged from Kings Mountain hos pital soon. JAYCEE MEETING Kings Mountain Jaycees will meet in regular session Tues day at 7:00 p. m. at Womart s Club. Howard Buyanit, princi pal of North School, will pre sent a program in conjunction with American Education week. Churchwomen Set Nov. 4fth Program Kings Mountain area church - women will join with others all over the globe in observing World Community Day on Fri day, November 4th. Calling attention to the lo cal observance, to be held at Grace Metho'M'-t ch"Tch at 3:30 p. m., Mrs. Jacob Cooper. pro gram chairman, pointed out that the day has been obser ved on the first Friday in No vember each year since the war years when “world com munity” was J"34 a wlstful dream. „„ , She noted that millions of handles of clothing, blankets, .- -~t poods apd sewing enuio menrt have gone annually to many parts of the world. Gifts this year will be home medi* cal kits fa* women taking first aid courses in rural areas and children’s nightgowns in Ethi opia, Nicnrau^a. Chile, and Rirna. The offering will helD train women in nutrition and welfare so they may assist their own people attain higher standards of health, •'Worid community Day snnn e-rgd by United Church Wo men is your opportunity to put faith ‘ into action, a day to translate your Christian con cern Into effective deeds”, Mrs. Cooper added. Gifts Increase Total To $7,316 During Week Three more business firms qualified as 100 per cent donors to Kings Mountain United Fund this week as cash and pledges reached 7316, or 43 percent of the $17,000 goal. The fund campaign will support eight Kings Mountain civic, ser vice and charitable agencies dur ing the coming year. Chairman Bob Maner reported the drive “progressing well.’’ He said 85 percent of the soliciting work in the uptown business sec tion is complete, with favorable results, and that indications from several industrial firms are that the campaign is going better this year than last 1 (Listed as in the 100 percent do nor honor roll this week are Vic tory Chevrolet Company, J. E. Herndon Company and A & P Tea Company. This means that all employees, as well as the firms, are United Fund donors. Swelling the reports this week were those of $1243 from Mau ney Hosiery Company and $543 from Carolina Throwing Com pany, an average of $8.50 per employee. Concurrently, Treasurer R. S. Lennon reported additional re ceipts from last year’s United Fund campaign and payments to participating organizations of 83 percent of their approved bud gets. Total payments to agencies for 1959 totaled $14,666.10. Purpose of the United Fund effort is to consolidate several fund-raising campaigns into one drive. Budgets of the participants are appproved by United Fund di rectors. I I Participating organizations in clude Kings Mountain chapter, (Continued On Page Eight) Neisler Heat Country Clul Plans Groupi With settlement las of the Kings Mountai Club’s fire loss claim George W. Plonk has a preliminary plannin tee for erection of a house. Members or the commmee are Paul M. Nisler, Sr., chairman, Fred W. Plonk, Fred Wright, Jr., Mrs. George H. Houser, Hunter R. Neisler and William Herndon. Insurance adjustors ruled the country club fire a complete loss and the $30,000 insurance cov erage, including $5,000 on the contents has been paid. After payment of mortgage ob ligations, the club will have a vailabie over $20,000 for invest ment in a new clubhouse. The clubhouse, initially built as a residence by the late R. S. Plonk, in 1900, was razed by fire iri the early morning of October 9. It was opened by the country club in 1947, after extensive ire novation. Deitmar Rites Are Conducted Final rites for Mrs. Aileen Dettmah1, 57, wife of Lanie C. Dettmarr, were held Saturday ait 11 a. m. from Resurrection Lu theran church of which she was a member. Mrs. Dettmarr died Thursday following an illness of several months. A native of Cherokte Counity, S. C.r Mirs. Dettmarr was the dau ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Love. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Ro bert Dettmarr of Hollyhill, Fla., and William R. Delttmarr of Win ter Park, Fla. and three daugh ters, Mire. William L. Goforth of Albemarle, Mrs. Roger Barton, of San Francisco, Calif., and Mirs. Donald ■ Hayes of Sarasota, Fla. Eleven grandchildren also sur vive. The funeral rites were con ducted toy Rev. George Moore, pastor of the church. The body was cremated this week. Miss Moss Elected To Phi Alpha Theta Miss Georganna Moss, junior at Wirathrop College, has been e lected to membership in Alpha Tau Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, national honorary history frater nity. Miss Moss is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Moss of Kings Mountain. Only eight students at the South Carolina College for wo men are eligible for membership. Juniors or seniors with 12 or more hours in history with av erage of B-plus and in the upper third of ithe class are eligible. Phi Alpha Theta has chapters in some 150 colleges and universi ties. At the Winthrop fraternity meetings, informal programs, in itiations and social gatherings are sponsored. Alpha Tau Chap ter sponsors An outstanding his torian for assembly address at the annual dinner. 200 Expected For P-TA District Meeting At Woman's Glob Friday Kings Mountain (P-TA groups will foe host Friday to District 2 of the North' Carolina Parent Teacher Association as the dis trict convenes at the Woman’s Clvfc for the fall meeting. Members of the host group re presenting the various schools in the area were completing final plans for the event this week. Registration at 9:30 a. m. for delegates from thfe 11-county area will be followed foy a coffee hour. The morning session will get un derway at 10:30, followed toy a noon luncheon and workshops in the afternoon. Mrs. (H. S. Godwin, of Greens boro, president of the North Car olina Congress of 'Parents and Teachers, will make the featured address. Mrs. Godwin’s address, “Implemlenti ng the Platform through Total Education” will highlight the all-day session. (Mrs. Godwin has been active in parent teacher work since 1942 in a va riety of capacities from her local group to the state and national level. i Mrs.. Fred Rash of Lenoir, dis trict director, will preside. Mrs. J. P. Mjauney of Kings Mountain, vioedirector, will introduce spec ial guests. The 11 county area Which com prises District 2 has a member ship of over 18,000 parents and teachers from schools in Cleve land, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Cald well, (McDowell, Mitchell. Polk, Rutherford, Watauga, and Yan cey. (Over 200 parents and teachers are expected, Mrs. Mauney point ed out, and she invited Kings Mountain area P-TA members to attend. (Merribers of the Kings Moun tain planning committee, in addi tion to Mrs. Mauney, are: Mrs. E. R. Roberts and Mrs. (Harold Crawford, co-chairmen; Mrs. J. B. Falls, Mrs. James Dover, Mis. Otis Falls, Jr., Mrs. M. D. Phifer, Mrs. Clyde J. Bridges, and Mrs. Charles Ballard tia The North Carolina Republican campaign caravan will stop in Kings Mountain early Saturday j afternoon, county Republican , leaders announced this week. The caravan will disembark at the Joy Theatre and GOP Guber natorial Candidate Robert Gavin, | of Sanford, will make a short out jdoor address, County Chaimnlan ' Pierce Cassedy said this week. Also to be heard will be Kelly Dixon, of Kings (Mountain, candi-j date for 11th district Congress-] man. I Mr. Cassedy said that all Re publican candidates for state of fice will accompany thfe guberna torial candidate in the motorcade. Kings Mountain will be third stop on an eight-point trip throu gh the area. After visiting Mur ganton and Cherryville, the GOP contingent is expected to be in Kings Mountain at approximate ly 1:30 p. m. Fromi Kings Mountain, the car avan will visit Shelby, Forest City and Rutherfordton, then pro ceed to Tryon for an evening ral ly. Chairman Cassedy issued an in vitation to Kings Mountain Re publicans to join the caravan and to attend the Tryon. get-together. Democratic Rally Set For Spindale (Area Democrats will attend the 11th Congressional district rally at Spindale next Wednesday. 'United States Senator Robert C. Byrd, of West Virgina, will be the principal speaker at the ral ly, following a barbecue supper to be held at the Spindale gymna sium, 'beginning at 6 o’clock. Special guests at the Deititocra tic gathering will be Governor Lu ther Hodges, Senators Everett Jordan and Sam J. Ervin, Jr., DEMOCRATIC TEA Ladies wishing to attend the tea for 11th district Democratic women at Spindale next Wed nesday should call Mrs. J. E. Lipford, county Democratic vice-chairman. Mrs. Lipford said she anticipated a large group from Kings Mountain would attend the tea and the 11th Congressional district rally to follow. Governor Nominee Terry San ford, State Democratic Chairman Bert Bennett, and all members of the Council of State. I The ladies tea will be held un der the chairmanship of Mrs. Ben Summer of Spindale 'beginning at 5 p. in. at the Spindale House prior to the barbecue dinner. This tea will honor Mrs. Sam J. Ervin, M!rs. Everett Jordan, Mrs. Luther Hodges, Mrs. Terry Sanford, and Mrs. Basil L. Whitener. No spec ial invitations are being sent, but all Democratic women in the Dis trict are invited. Chairman Lowery today an-; nounced that tickets for the bar becue dinner have been placed in the hands of each Democratic County Chairman in the 11th Congressional District. "I urge all i Democrats to make their plans' now and be with us at the Spin-, dale House In Spindale on No-! vemiber 2 for the biggest political gathering of this year," Chair man Claude Lowery stated. Wiener, Nixon On Opposite Ends In presenting Congressman Basil L. Whitener at the Lions club Tuesday night President George Thomasson noted that he’d recently seen a picture of the Congressman’s Duke law school class and noted that Mr. Whitener was on one end of the picture while the other flank ; man was Richard Nixon, Re publican candidate for presi dent Acknowledging that he and Mr. Nixon were law school classmates, Congressman Whi | tenor, a Democrat, laughed, I “We're still on opposite ends,’’ I SUCCUMBS — J. C. Keller, re tired textile superintendent and savings and loan association of ficial. died last week. Funeral rites were held Friday. Kellei Rites Conducted Friday Funeral rites for Jacob C. Kel ler, 82, were held Friday at 3:30 p. m. from Kings Mountain Bap, tist church, Masonic tourial fol lowing alt Elizabeth chuirch cem etery at Shelby. Mir. Keller died October 19 at 6 p. m. in the Kings Mountain hospital after an illness of sev eral months. A Burke County na tive, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Keller and a member of the Kings Moun tain Baptist church. He was a former superinten dent of Park Yarn Mills here and vice-piresddent of Kings Moun tain Savings and Loan Associ ation. He was a past treasurer ol Fairview Lodge 339, AF&AM ol Kings Mountain. Mrs. Keller, the former Julia Hord, survives. Mr. Keller is also survived by one sister. Mis. Claude Webb ol Washington. The final rites were conducted by his pastor, Rev. Marion Du Bose, assisted by Dr. Zeno Wall of Shelby. Kiwanis Club Turkey Shoot Set Kings (Mountain Kiwanis cdUb is sponsoring la turkey shoot Saturday afternoon with all proceeds to (be added to the clufb's activity fund. The club will offers turkeys and hams to winners. Signs on York road near the J. A. Neisler residence will di rect persons to the shooting ran ge, according to dub spokes man Charles Neisler. £j:.irj|PPIMi^^We totals showed ^^^Demtocrats, 56 Republicans and 11 Independents. i West Kings Mountain precinct led in new registrations, with 118, with 85 Democrats, 23 Republi cans and ten independents. East Kings Mountain recorded 102 new voters, with 84 Democrats, 17 Re publicans, and one independent. At Grover, 26 Democrats and five Republicans registered. At Bethware, the new regis trants were almost evenly divid ed, with 12 Democrats, 11 Repub licans. Registrars also report a large volume of citizens are checking the books to be sure their names are on the pollbooks. (Ed. Note: citizens who have voted in any county or state primary, special or general election since 1950 are registered and are eligible to vote on November 8.) (The registrars will be at the polling places from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Saturday for Che final reg istration day. Election officials point out: 1) Unregistered citizens won’t get to vote on November 8. 2) Youths who will be 21 years of age on or before November 8 may register and vote. 3) All would-be voters must re gister in person. 4) Persons desiring absentee ballots must apply to the Chair man, County Elections board, Shelby, N. C. Hallowe'en Parties Set Schools of the city will be the center of 1960 Hallowe’en activi ties, with each school with ex ception of Central having sche duled carnival activities for Monday night lAt least one church young peo ple’s organization has arranged “trick or treating” for the ben efit Of UNICEF, United Nation’s Children’s Fund. The Methodist Youth Fellowship of Central Me thodist church will canvass the city in an effort to raise' money for -hungry and needy children in far comers of the world. Young people will wear identifying arm bands, chairman Brenda Ham rick said. East, North, West, Park Grace, and 'Bethware schools have sche duled parties to begin with serv ing of supper in the school caf eterias. Parent-Teacher organizations are promoting the events and are urging the attendance of parents as well as children. Some grown ups will assist Central Methodist young people in tWelr fund-rais (Continued On Page Eight) Congressman Whitener Says Import Imbalance Imperils Area's Future In spite of the fact that over $150 millions in foreign aid has gone into textile productin over seas, the federal administration refuses to fix quotas or tariffs on textile imports, Congressman Ba sil L. Whitener told raemlbers of the Kings Mountain lions club Tuesday night ; , ^ The Congressman labeled for eign imports as a dire threat to the nation’s economy, particular ly this area’s textile - agricultur al welfare, as well as to manu facturers and workmen In steei, autos, tires, sewing machines and other industries. Mr. Whitener changed the “re ciprocal trade now Has very little reciprocity in it” and that the government no longer carries out! the aims of the 1934 amendments to the 1930 tariff act ; s.*Tt was never believed by Cor dell Hull that the act would he used ta hurt United States busi ness and w'ortdng men," he de clared. He added he has consistently opposed renewal the act on grounds that the afct, by delegat ing specific constitutional author-: ity of the Congress to the execu tive branch, is unconstitutional, as Well as harmful to the nation’s Interests. > > Reviewing the nation’s tariff history, the Congressman said the first tariff act was passed in 1789, primarily as a revenue pro ducer. It required the War of 1812, which found the nation de pendent on England for finished goods, to force the Congress to make tariffs an instrument of protection of American industry. The result was a vast industrial revolution in the United States, he added. Mr. Whitener noted that the so-called escape clause in the act, which provides that industry may make application for relief to the Tariff commission, had been poor in results. Of 28 applications for relief in the past three years, on ly two have been effectuated by by the executive, he reported. "I feel I’m practically a mem ber of the commission,” he add ed, "I’ve spent so much time tes tifying before it In tWe past few years." I , I Congressman IWhitener said that the heavy imbalance of Im ports over exports In the past few years 'has resulted in the severe drain on the United States gold reserves and dosed on a dire note. "Unless we get a more recep tive ear from whichever future executive heads our government, our future is a question mark,” the Congressman declared. JUNIOR CLUB WINS AWARD — Miss Maude Owens, left, and Mrs. Richard McDaniel are pictured above as they accepted for the Jun ior Woman's Club the Child Welfare Cup awarded Tuesday by Dis. trict 4 of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. The a. ward was presented at the district meeting in Spindale and was based on the local club's project at the hospital. (Photo by Pennington) Junior Club Wins District 4 Award j RESEARCH CHEMIST — Johnny , Kiser has joined Chemstrand Re search Center at Durham as a research chemist. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Arnold Kiser of Kings Mountain. Kiser Inns Research Center Louis A. Kiser, Jr. has joined Chemstrand Research Center, Inc. at Durham as a research chemist, according to an an nouncement by A. B. Craig, Dir ector of Products Research. Prior to assuming his new pos ition in the Nylon Spinning Group, Kiser attended North Carolina State College where he has earned undergraduate de grees in mechanical engineering and textiles and is currently completing work toward a Mas ter’s degree in textiles. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A native of Kings Mountain, Kiser, his wife and son are cur rently making their home at 604 C Smedes Place, Raleigh. Monday Last Day To Discount Taxes Monday will be the last day for discounting city and county 1960 property taxes. M. H. Biser, city tax collector, noted that payment of taxes during October qualify for a dis count of one-half of one percent. Taxes are payable net during November, December and Jan uary. Penalty applies in Febru ary. PLONK SUFFERS BURNS C. S. Plonk, well-known Kings Mountain farmer suffer ed severe leg burns at his home last Thursday. Mr. Plonk was burned when a workman threw gasoline on an open fire, while heating wa ter during a hog-butchering. Child's Ward Hospital Project (lets '60 Honor The Junior Woman’s Club has v.'on the Child Welfare Cup for I960 given annually to t‘he wo men’s organization in (District 4 for outstanding dlubwork in this field. Basis for the awand was the club’s community service project at Kings Mountain Hospital, re novation of the Children’s Ward where loom dividers were used t >getber with wall decals of nur sary rhyme characters and new curtains. The chib members pre viouslly made draperies for the hospital. Awards were made at the close of the district meeting Tuesday at Spindale. Miss Maude Owens and Mrs. Richard McDaniel ac cepted the award for <he club. The coveted Child Welfare Cup went last year to the Margaret Meagher Woman's Club of Shel by. The local club also won a wards for its scrapbook and pressbook entered in competition and was among clubs listed as 100 percent clubs for participa tion in all activities as a federa ted club. Representing the Senior Wo man’s Club at the district meet ing were Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and Mrs. J. P. Mauney. The Sen ior Club also received a “honor roll” certificate as a 100 percent club. Members of the hospital pro ject committee were Mrs. Char les Alexander, chairman, and Mrs. John H. Gamble. Both axe past presidents. The Junior Club calls atten tion to Kings Mountain Hospital via a picture on the front cover of the community birthday cal endar for ‘61 now being distribu ted. Mrs. W. Lewis Summey, of Dallas, district president, presi ded. Maryland Church Calls Blanton Rev. Demauth Blanton, Kings Mountain native, has accepted a call to. become pastor of Welsh Memorial Baptist church, Frost burg, Md. Rev. Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Blanton, of Kings Mountain, has been a faculty member at Wake Forest Baptist seminary, for the past 18 mon ths. The Frostburg church numbers more than 300 members and is located in a community or ap proximately 8,000 population.
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