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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 7,206 Cba flour* tor Qreotir Kings Mountain It d*riv*d from tb* IKS Kings Mountain city directory consul. Tb* city limits flour* I* from in* Dult*d Statw comm* of 1050. Pages Today VOL No. 45 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C... Thursday, November 10, I960 Seventy-First Year PRICE TEN CENTS Senator John F. Kennedy Nations Next President CityAndGroverDemocratic; Township Edge 28 For GOP Bethware Vote 1 Negates City Kennedy Margin Kings Mountain citizens went to the polls in record numbers Tuesday, voting with the majority of the nation in favoring Demo crat John F. Kennedy for presi dent, returning the community to The Democratic column by a margin of 126 votes. Number 4 Township, however, remained in the Republican col umn on the national level, as Bethware precinct scored a more than a 2 to 1 margin for the Re publican candidate. Grover also returned a Democratic majority by 23 votes, but the GOP Beth ware bulge was too much. The township margin for Nix on-Lodge was 28 vot£s, the ag gregate total 2075 to 2047. Otherwise, the township gave its approval to Democrats with varying degrees of support. Terry Sanford, Democrat, was the township favorite for gover nor, running slightly ahead of his party's presidential ticket, but slightly behind 11th district Congressman Basil L. Whitener in his race against Kelly Dixon, Kings Mountain builder. In counity balloting, there were no Republican candidates. How ever, this.anea’s nepKasentative on the county commission, J. Broad us Ellis, of Grover, was one of three commissioners elected to a four-year term. The other four year men will be Hugh Dover and John D. White. Elected for two (Continued on Page Eight) Local News Bulletins IN TOURNAMENT Miss Sue Hunnieutt, a jun ior in the high school depart ment of Stratford College, Danville, Va., won second place in the badminton tourn ament held recently. A college student won first place. Miss Hunnieutt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hunnieutt. ATTENDS MEETING Miss Kittie Lou Sutton, Kings Mountain teacher, at tended the meeting Friday and Saturday of the Depart ment of Mathematics of the North Carolina Education As sociation. Miss Sutton is presi dent of the mathematics divi sion. ELECTED Mrs. Eugene McCarter has been elected secretary of the Elementary Teacher’s Division of the Southwestern District, North Carolina Education As sociation. Mrs. McCarter is a tenth grade teacher at North school. FAIR VIEW LODGE Regular communication of Fatrview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 «t Masonic Halil, accord ing to announcement by Sec retary T. D. Tindall. All mem bers are urged to be present KIWANIS CLUB New teaching aids in use in the Kings Mountain school system will be demonstrated for members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at itheitr meeting Thursday. The <flub convenes at 6:45 at the Woman’s club. COURT OF HONOR Boy Scout Court of Honor ■will be held Thursday at 7:45 p m. at Central Methodist chur ch with all Scouters and Scouts from this district invited. meter receipts Parking meter receipts for the waek ending Wednesday noon totalled $137.98. inclu ding $11.68 from on-street me> ters, $15 from over-parking fees, and $11.30 from off-street meters, City Clerk Joe McDan iel reported. FOUR-YEAR TERM — J. B. Ellis, of Grover, was re-elected county commissioner Tuesday. Mr. Ellis placed second among the five candidates, and thereby won e lection to a four-year term. He is completing his first term. Walker's Friend Is Senator-Elect A new senator elected Tues day in Delaware is a friend of a Kings Mountain citizen. Caleb Boggs, incumbent Re publican governor of Delaware, defeated Senator Allen Frear, in cumbent Democrat, in Tuesday’s general election. Paul Walker, manager of Plonk Brothers & Company, knew the senator-elect as Col. Caleb Boggs during World War II. Ool. Boggs was chief of G-4, the supplies chief of the 28th ar mored division which saw action in Europe. Mir. Walker renewed his ac quaintance with his service friend during ithe Labor .Day weekend at the annual reunion of the 28th armored division in Puttsburgh, Pa. ‘'He is one of the nicest fel lows I’ve ever known,” Mr. Walker says. MERIT AWARD GaSl Morrison, Kings Moun tain High school junior, was among sixteen high schooflers to receive certificates of merit from the National Educational Foundation for sooribg in the top 25 percent bracket nation wide in tests administered last spring by the foundation. Miss Morrison’s name was inadver tantly omitted from the group listed in last week’s Herald. United Fund Gifts Glow, To $12,100 “■Our goal is in sight and I be lieve we’ll make it,” Bob Maner, chairman of Kings Mountain United Fund said Wednesday. Chairman Maner was pleased with recent totals which show donations and pledges of $12,100, a total of 72 percent of the $17, 000 budget. I He said a few more favorable reports comparable to last year’s donations will complete the cam paign successfully. Chairman Maner reported ad ' dition of four more firms into the 100 percent honor roll list, inclu ding Bridges Auto Parts, Kings (Mountain Sheet Metal Works, Cooper’s Inc., and Plonk Broth ers & Company. < Chairman Maner was pleased particularly with further reports from three industrial establish ments. Mauney Hosiery Company and employees 'have pledged $1504, an average of $10.44 per employee. Carolina Throwing | Company has pledged $592, or $11.88 per employee. Massachu setts Mohair Plush Company gifts from company and employ ees totals $1354, an increase from last year. Kings Mountain United Fund combines several fund - raising campaigns into one. This year, eight civic, service, and charitable organizations are participating as beneficiaries of; the campaign. They are Kings! Mountain school band, Davidson school band, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Jacob S. Mauney Memori al library, City Recreation com mission, Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter, and Cleveland County Life-Saving and Rescue squad. Rotary Club To Hear Student Miss Nancy Hovis, who spent the summer in the Netherlands as an American Field Service Ex change student, will speak to Kings Mountain Rotarians at their meeting Thursday. The civic club meets at 12:15 at the Long Bow Restaurant on Shelby road. (A. J. Slater is program chair man and will present Miss Hovis. An Editorial The Election and the Textile South The election of John F. Kennedy as President means that, when he assumes office, the nation will have as president a man from a textile-producing area, though an area now less prosperous in textiles than the textile South. During the campaign, one of the chief arguments of Democrats supporting Mr. Kennedy was -that he well understood the textile problems relating to imports and the inference was that, if elected, Mr. Kennedy would alleviate these ills, whereas the retiring administration has not. It was further pointed out in North Carolina that Gov ernor Luther Hodges, who graduated from textiles into government via textile industry, is a likely appointee to an important post in the Department of Commerce, where he could be in position to give some aid to the in dustry. Oddly, with the exception of J. Spencer Love, the ma jor echelons of the textile industry in this area turned their backs on their friend, Governor Hodges. This is merely one issue in the many-sided business of electing a president and in his discharge of the duties of his office. But it is perhaps the most important, from the bread-and-butter standpoint, of this textile producing area. Generally, the election result mirrors the predicted closeness of the race and, some observe, the fact that the aims of the two candidates, their platforms, and of the majority wing of both parties, are essentially differ ences over method and the identity of the office-hold ers. The Jerald believes that Mr. Kennedy will be a force ful and effective president, in both domestic and foreign affairs^ President-Elect John Fitzgerald Kennedy Citizens Want Speedier Voting One-Hour Wait Not Unusual Here Tuesday BY MARTIN HARMON Hundreds of Kings Mountain citizens are hoping that, prior to another nation-wide election if not 'before, something will be done to speed voting in Kings Mountain, particularly in (Hie West Kings Mountain precinct It would be impossible to esti mate the man-hours lost in Tuesday’s record volte, as lines formed early and the hard pressed registra worked soOidly for more than 14 hours seeking the names of registered voters. Nor would it be possible to know the number of voters disfran chised by inability to vote in a matter of a few minutes. As the 6:30 polls closing hour arrived, there was a huge mass of would-be voters at the West Kings Mountain precinct, and another long line at East Kings Mountain precinct. Anticipating the record vote, Election Board Chairman Ralph Gilbert had informed the pre cinct officials to alllow everyone within the building at the 6:30 closing hour to vote. At City Hall, all would-be voters were within the door of the courtroom art closing time. At West Kings Mountain, the line was spread through Victory Chevrolet Company’s garage and the voting wasn’t completed un til after 9 p. m. Later voters spent three hours in casting their balllots. v Mrs. J. H. Arthur, West Kings Mountain registrar, said the slowness stemmed from several factors, among them the more than 3300 registrants at (the West Kings Mountain precinct, effort to find the names of would-be voters who were either unregistered or who were regis tered In another precinct, and, (Continued on Page Eight) RE-ELECTED — Congressman Basil L. Whitener, incumbent Democrat, won re-election to a third term as Uth district Con gressman Tuesday. Basil whitener Is Be-elected Congressman Basill L. White ner, Gastonia Democrat, was re elected to a third term Tuesday. The incumbent Congressman was opposed by Kelly Dixon, Kings Mountain. Republican, in his first bid for public office. Early returns, with 110 of the district’s 156 precincts reporting, showed Mr. Whitener ahead by 51,289 to 30,436. Mr. Whitener got a big lead in Cleveland county, gathering 13,994 votes to Mr. Dixon’s 5,782. Mr. Dixon carried two home county precincts, Bethware and Oasar. Most of the campaign found both candidates content to see prospective voters and with each boosting his respective party ticket at all levels. •Congressman Whitener, an at torney, is a member of the Judi ciary committee of the House of Representatives. Popular Vote Margin (Hose; Nixon Concedes The nation’s voters, in record numbers, Tuesday chose Senator John F. Kennedy to be the next President. Concurrently, the voters elect ed his running mate Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, of Texas, vice-president. The election of the Democratic istandarr-bearers will return the party to the White House for the fiirst time since it was vaca ted by President Barry Truman to President Dwight D. Eisen hower early in 1953. The voting was heavy and close, both popularly and elec toral! ly. Though at midnight it appear ed that Senator Kennedy was leading in sufficient states to assure an electoral victory, his popular vote lead never quite reached the two-million mark and dwindled well below the million mark as returns trickled in Wednesday morning. The Republican candidate, Vice-President Richard M. Nixon, made an early morning appear ance in which he indicated he felt he had lost. But ho did not formally concede until after noon on Wednesday, when Minnesota was firmly logged for Kennedy, giving him the magic margin of electoral votes. Votes were still coming in both Illinois and Callifomla, where Kennedy held small leads. At 2 p. m. Wednesday, the president-elect made his victory statement from Hyannispart, Mass. He first read letters of congratulations from Mr. Nixon and President Eisenhower and read his own reply to Mr. Nixon. Thene were mutual pledges of friendship. It appeared Mr. Kennedy would have an electoral vote to tal of about 330, against the 269 required for victory. The once-solid South was a gain split, as it has been since 1948. Virginia, Florida Kentuc ky and Tennessee supported Vice-President Nixon, while Mississippi chose a set of inde pendent electors. Southern surprises to the poll sters, as well as the vote-seekers, were South Carolina and Texas. Both had been labelled firmly for Mr. Nixon, but ithir voters dictat ed otherwise. Congressional voting indica tes that the Democrats will re tain control of both the Senate and House of Representatives by approximately the same mar gins that prevailed prior to the voting. When Mr. Kennedy assumes the presidency in January, it will be the first time since 1955 that a President has been of the same political party of the ma jority of (the Congress. Glaucoma Clinic Set For Shelby A two-day glaucoma clinic will be conducted in Shelfby on (No vember 16 and 17. mhe clinic is being sponsored by the Shelfby Lions cliib, assisted by other Lions clubs of the county, J. Edwin Spangler, co-chairman, reported. I The clinic will be open from 1 to 7 p. m. next Wednesday and from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. the fol lowing day. i jPurpose of the dine is to de tect glaucoma, a blinding disease of the eyes, if undiscovered and untreated. Lions clUbs (throughout the state are promoting and sponsor ing the clinic as a phase of the general Lions club program of aid to the blind and the deficient in sight. Unofficial. Number 4 Township Election Results For President Kennedy Nixon___ For Governor** Sanford Gavin E. K. M. 780 673 W. K. M. 841 822 Grover “280 253 702 For Congress 946 708 290 230 .Whitener Dixon_*_ For County Comm.** 891 606 966 645 314 184 Bethware 146 327 155 308 168 287 Totals 2047 2075 2192 1948 2339 1722 Dover Ellis Beam White Sarratt 342 410 324 344 365 253 249 243 239 240 2781 2850 2747 2766 2780 •I. Beverly Lake had four wme-rri votes for governor at East Kings Mountain. ••Brady Lail had one write-in vote for co 'nty commissioner at Grover. Governor-Elect Terry Sanford Sanford Elected State’s Governor Lady In Distress Says “Thank You" Several Kings Mountain citi zens, who helped a young lady in distress, have her heartfelt gratitude, she wrote the Herald this week. Betsy Holbrook, an Asheville high school student, and a 'group of friends had car trou ble here last Friday night while returning from the Asheville - Gastonia football game. According to her letter, she didn’t get all the names of those who helped, but she re members that Mr. Rikard of Victory Chevrolet, came out at midnight to install 1 a new gen erator in the auto, that City Service Station folk were es pecially nice and that two po licemen were also especially helpful. In a postscript, she wrote, “One of the policemen may have been called Jackie. He was a sergeant.” She was also thankful that one of the potlicemen had sug gested she call her parents, to allay their worries about ar riving home late. ’“’It is indeed refreshing to find those who will take time to help others, especially teen agers,” young Miss Holbrook wrote. BOARD TO MEET The city board of commis sioners will convene at 7:30 Thursday night at City Hall courtroom. Included on the a gemda is confirmation of street improvements assessments on on several city street. Democrat Gets Third Ballot Victory of '60 Terry Sanford, of Fayetteville, won his third battle of the bat tles in 1960 Tuesday, 'being elec ted Governor by well over 100, 000 votes. Unofficial returns from 1838 of 2,089 precincts showed Sanford •had 643,292 votes, While his Re publican opponent Robert L. Ga vin bad polled 529,846. It was the closest race for Gov ernor in modern political history and continues for four 'more years the state’s 60-year record of send ing a Democrat to the Governor’s Mansion.. Mr. Sanford has had little re spite from politics throughout 1960. First he led a four-man race for the Democratic nomination by a nice plurality, tout not enough for victory. Dr. I Beverly Lake called for a run-off which was hard-fought throughout and again Sanford emerged victori ous. Though Mr. Gavin had already been nominated as the Republi can entry, past history indicated that Mr. Sanford would have to do little more than await the gen eral election results (before mov ing to Raleigh. The Democratic national con vention changed all that Mr. Sanford supported John F. Kennedy for the presidential nomination and seconded his nomination, while the majority (Continued On Page Ten) Democrat Official Mrs. Lipford Ardent Campaigner At All levels 'Few will disagree with the con-] tendon that Mrs. J. E. Lipford, Kings Mountain’s vice-chairman of the Democratic party, is the most ardent Democrat in this community, t Since the Los Angeles, Califor nia, Democratic convention, Mrs. Lipford worked at all levels fori the full ticket, in state level par ty conferences and in her own precinct of East Kings Mountain. Beginning with the August ral ly of party officials in Raleigh, Mrs. Lipford has criss-crossed North Carolina attending rallies, meetings and other Democratic gatherings, including the Char lotte Kennedy rally, the Charlotte tea for Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and the president-elect’s mother, and the Charlotte strategy ses sion with Bob Kennedy. Subse quently, there were rallies at, Shelby, and Spindale, and anoth-j sr at Chapel Hill. Then there was] a tea last Saturday at Mt Holly and the congressional dinner at Gastonia (Mrs.. Lipford was more than a (Continued On Page Bight) BUSY CAMPAIGNER — Mrs. J. E. Lipford is county Democratic vice-chairman and has been one oi the county's most active cam paigners during the general e lection campaign.
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