VOL 71 No. 51
Seventy-First Year
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Today
Population
^••ea+iT Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
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% ’*SS Kings Mountain city Minatory census. The cl*.
Limits figure is from the United States census of I960.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Wednesday, December 21, I960
,Joy Theatre Plans To Show
Motion Pictures On Sunday
HELP TO SPBEAD CHRISTMAS CHEER —
' Members of the high school Future Home
makers club are pictured as they mend gar
ments for the children's clothing closet. The
club is collaborating with the Junior Woman's
Club to provide a merrier Christmas for the
community's needy. Other churches and civic
organizations are also at work this week to
take Christmas cheer to the indigent.
Local News
Bulletins
TO ATLANTA
Robert E. Martin, merchan
diser for Walgreen Drug Co.,
attended Walgreen sales meet
ing in Atlanta, Ga., on Mon
day and Tuesday of this week.
OFFICE CLOSED
Offices of the Selective Ser
vice Bureau at Shelby will be
closed from Friday, Dec. 23
untig Tuesday, Dec. 27, reopen
• ing on Wednesday, according
to announcement by Mrs. Cla
ra Newman, clerk to the
Aboard.
RETURNS TO WORK
Hilton Ruth, manager of
iBelk’s Department Store, re
turned to work Saturday after
being discharged from Kings
Mountain hospital.
KIWANIS CLUB
Rev. A. A. Bailey, pastor of
Bessemer City’s First Baptist
church, will address Kings
Mountain Kiwanians at their
Thursday meeting at the Wo
man’s club. The club convenes
at 6:46 p. m.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Sunday School Christ
mas party at First Presbyter
Mi church will be held Wed
lesday evening beginning at
' o’clock, the pastor Dr. Paul
lusley has announced.
today's Herald
One Day Early
Today’s Herald appears one
day early, according to the
Herald’s annual Christmas
custom of advancing the pre
Christmas edition.
Next week’s edition will be
published on regular schedule,
gjjpearing on newsstands the
night of Wednesday, December
28 and getting full distribution
December 29.
Today's edition includes
||ist-minute Christmas gift j
«|t»g'gestion, Christmas greet
JjBgs from a large number of
§Eu? community’s retail mer
Iphnts and service firms.
HcThe Herald wild be closed j
tffen the afternoon of Decern
J9| 21 to Monday morning, De
Mfeber 26. i
Clubs To Spread
Cheer To Needy
PRESIDENT — Stokes Wright
Kings Mountain postal carrier,
was Installed Monday night as
president of the Bethware Pro
gressive Club. He succeeds Dale
Vollbracht
BethwaieClub
Holds Banquet
Bethwaare Progressive Club
held its annual Christmas sea
son ladies night Tuesday.
Officers for 1961 were installed
and the more than 100 present
heard an address by Rev. George
Moore, pastor of Resurrection Lu
theran church.
Discussing the space age, Mr.
Moore, who describes himself as
a hobby astronomer, summarized
the developments in space travel
since the first airplane flight,
outlined the relationship of the
earth to other planets and stars
in the universe and said he had
no doubt that scientists are cor
rect in predicting that man will
visit the moon within 15 years!
and other planets within 30 to
50 years.
In his conclusion, Mr. Moore'
asked, “What is the jtoint of it
all?”
The answer, he said, Is a fur
ther awareness of the power of!
»
(Contused On Page Ten)
Churches, Clubs
Playing Santa
To Indigent
, Santa Claus will have many
helpers this year in making
Christmas merrier for underpri
vileged children and needy fam
ilies throughout the Kings
Mountain area. 1
Kings Mountain civic clubs, in
addition to virtually all churches
are supplying Christmas cheer in
gifts being distributed to the
needy.
Area citizens are donating food
via Buy-A-Can. Leave-A-Can
project of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce and are giving throu
gh various church channels to
help the less fortunate.
The Junior Woman’s Club via
its children’s clothing closet has
clothed at least 20 families with
warm winter clothing and
with ithe help of Future Home
makers at Central school have
mended 300 more garments for
distribution. Headquarters for
the "dloset" is at Central School.
(Continued On Page Ten)
First Sunday
Bill Scheduled
Coming Sunday
Joy Theatre has scheduled a
theatre billing for Sunday and
plans to continue showing in the
future.
Eugene McSvvain, manager of
the firm, said the Joy Theatre
will show ithe “Swiss Family
Robinson”, a family-type film,
three times Sunday at 1:30, 3:30
and 9 p. m. Doors will open at
1:15 and 8:45 p. m.
The firm is owned by Stewart
& Everett, Inc., of Chariotte,
which operates theatres in more
than 80 cities in the two Caro
linas.
E. G. Stellings, vice-president,
several weeks ago asked the city
board of commissioners to res
cind its ordinance preventing
Sunday showings, noting that
only three cities in which his
firm operates retain so-called
"blue” laws. He also suggested
that the city, which operates a
city swimming pool on Sun
days in the summer, was discri
minating with unfair competi
tion when it prohibited showing
of motion pictures.
The forthcoming action of the
theatre firm appeared sure to
produce some protests. The city,
commissioners tabled the re
quest to relax its “blue” 'law and,
though on the old business cal
endar, wasn’t mentioned at the
December commission session.
Rev. J. W. Phillips, president
of Kings Mountain Ministerial
association, had no immediate
(Continued On Page Ten)
Mrs. Wilson's
Kites Wednesday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Pearl
Powers Wilson, 69, who died
Monday morning, will be con
ducted Wednesday at 3:30 p. m.
from Mountain View Baptist
church of which she was a mem
ber.
Mrs. Wilson, widow of George
W. Wilson, died at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence Lovell.
She was a native of Mayodin, N.
C., daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John L. Powers.
Surviving, in addition to Mrs.
Lovell, are three sons, George
W. Wilson, Carl Wilson and
Woodrow Wilson, all of Kings
Mountain; another daughter,
Mrs. Fred Collins; one brother,
Rev. J. L. Powers of Elkin and
one sister, Mrs. Everett Caulter
of Burlington. Also surviving are
nine grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
The final rites will be con
ducted by Rev. Floyd Hollar and
Rev. James Avey and burial will
be in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Building Plans Of Country Club
Outlined; Membership Limit 130
Directors of Kings Mountain
Country Club have mapped a
$60,000 building program to
replace the building destroyed
by fire several weeks ago, inclu
ding construction of a swimming
pool.
Plans of the club were outlined
to members in a letter this week
by Dr. George Plonk, prsident.
Concurrently, Dr. Plonk an- j
nounced a slightly increased
dues schedule, effective January |
1, and limitation of memberships
to 130.
He wrote members, “Since the
clubhouse can accommodate on - (
ly a limited number of people,
the board voted this week to
close membership at 130 mem
bers.”
Under the new dues schedule,
full memberships, permitting use
of all club facilities, will be $140 i
per year, and house member
pool memberships will be $120;
per year, and housee member-!
ships will be $100 per year. . j
Stock membership will be $300
and certificate memberships $200.
The board also revised its ru
les concerning activation of
meberships. Until January 15,
members in arrears may become
active by paying $50 and cur-!
rent dues. After January 15,;
members in arrears must pay i
$100 and current dues.
Dr. Plonk noted that a new
tax law would enable the club5
to save up to $1500 per year on-1
federal excise taxes. Certain ere- i
dits are allowable where a club
is investing in a construction pro
gram. He added that other sav-'i
ings anticipated in insurance
(Continued On Page Ten)
READY FOR CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES —
Dr. Paul K. Ausley. pastor of First Presbyterian
church, is photographed in the pulpit as he
will appear at 11 o'clock services Christmas
Eve. Other traditional Christmas Eve services
will be held, also beginning at 11 o'clock, at
St. Matthew's and Resurrection Lutheran
churches.
Three Churches !
To Hold Services
Christmas Eve
Church services will be a ma
jor part of tfihe Christmas cele
bration in 'Kings Mountain.
At least three of the communi
ty’s churches have scheduled 11
p. m.. Christmas Eve musicals,
and in addition, three others have
scheduled special programs for
Saturday evening.
Both Resurrection and St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church have
scheduled midnight musicals with
the Resurrection program to be
gin at 10:30 and the St. Mat
thew’s service to get underway at
11 p.. m. First Presbyterian chur
ch will also hold its traditional
11 p. m. service with special mu
sic and the service of communion
to feature the program which is
under sponsorship of the young
people.
Oak View Baptist church and
Dixon Presbyterian church will
begin Christmas Eve programs
at 7 p. m. Macedonia Baptist
Church will hold a Sunday School
program especially for the child
(Continued On Page Ten)
Ex-Policeman
Hawkins Dies
IFuneral rites for P. A. Hawk
ins, 55, a city policeman until
illness forced him to retire in
August ’59, were held Friday at
3:30 p. m. from Second Baptist
Church.
Mr. Hawkins died of a heart
attack Thursday morning in
Kings Miountain hospital. Though
in ill health, his death was unex
pected.
A native of Cleveland Coun
ty, he was a son of J. B. HaWk
ins of Shelby and the late Docia
Pearson Hawkins.
He is survived in addition to
his father, by his wife, Mrs. Net
tie Pearson Hawkins; eight
daughters, Mrs. Robert White
sides, Mrs. Don iBumgardner, Mrs.
Robert Davis, Misses Linda and
Myra Hawkins, all of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Ira Bumgardner
of Ft. Cambpell, Ky., Mrs. Robert
Crawford of Randoph Field, Tex.,
Mrs. Don Ellis of Shelby, and two
sons, J. IB. Hawkins and Tommy
Hawkins, both of Kings Moun
tain.
Also surviving are five broth
ers, Robert A. Hawkins, Joe K.
Hawkins, Creighton Hawkins, all
of Shelby, A. R. and Clarence
Hawkins of Kings Mountain and
four sisters, Mrs. M. C. Wood of
Kings Mountain and Mrs. Clif
ford Kelly, Mrs. Mitchell Pruitt
and Mrs. Tom Putnam, all of
Shelby. Ten grandchildren also
survive.
The final rites were conducted
by the Rev. A. R. Hastings, assist
ed by the Rev. W. C. Sides, and
the Rev, Dale Thornburg. Inter
ment was in Miountain Rest Cem
etery.
Kings Mountain policemen
served as active pallbearers.
Final Rites Held
For Fred Wright
ELECTED — Dr. John C. McGill
is the newly-elected chief of the
Medical staff of Kings Mountain
Hospital. New officers were e
lected this week.
McGill Heads
Hospital Staff
•Dr. John C. McGill has been
named Chief of the Medical
Staff at Kings Mountain Hospi
tal for the year 1961.
The Kings Mountain physician
succeeds Dr. George Plonk as
head of the medical staff.
Other officers, also elected at
a meeting this week, include:
Dr. W. L. Ramseur, vice chief of
staff, and Dr. Thomas Durham,
secertary -treasurer.
Manufacturer
Of Concrete
Products Dies
Funeral rites for Fred J. Wright,
63, were held Monday at 3 p. m.
from Central Methodist church,
interment following in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
Mr. Wright, partner in the
firm of F'red J. Wright and Son
Concrete Blocks, Inc., succumbed
Saturday night in Gaston Mem'
orial hospital. He had been in
ill health for several weeks.
A Mason, he was a member of
Faiaview Lodge 339 AF&AM of
Kings Mountain and was a
member of the board of Ste
wards of Central Methodist
church.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Jennie Blalock to whom
he was married in 1918; a son,
Fred J. Wright, Jr. and a daugh
ter, Mrs. J. E. Rhea; two broth
ers, Baxter Wright and G. L.
Wright; three sisters, Miss Pas
hia Wright and Mrs. Bill Os
borne, all of Kings Mountain,
and Mrs. Robert Osborne of Gas
tonia. Three grandchildren and
one great-grandchild also sur
vive.
The final rites were conducted
by the Rev. H. D. Garmon. Mem
bers of the Board of Stewards
and the Men’s Bible Class were
active and honorary pallbearers.
The family had requested that
memorials, in lieu of flowers, be
made to teh Cleveland County
Caner society.
Orders Thin, But Many Industries
Saying "Merry Christmas" In Cash
In spite of hand-to-mouth or
ders for their products and, in
some instances, slack production
schedules for the past several
weeks, numerous Kings Moun
tain area industrial firms are
saying "Merry Christmas” to em
ployees with cash.
At least eight area firms are
giving holiday pay to employees,
including Mauney Hosiery Com
pany, Carolina Throwing Com
pany, Bonnie Mills, Sadie Mills,
Phenix Plant of Burlington Mills,
Mauney Mills, Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Company and
Minette Mills, of Grover.
In most instances, the holiday
cheeks will be paid on a per
centage-of-earnings basis, with
veteran employees being paid
approximately four percent of
annual earnings and with other
employees being paid two per
cent of earnings..
Several other firms will fol
low a customary practice of
presenting gifts to employees.
While majority of the textile
firms report that business could
be much better, most are also
optimistic that 1961 orders and
operating schedules wiill im-i
prove.
Mauney Mills, Inc., is begin
ning to install equipment for a
major addition, which W. K.
Mauney says, should be ready to
go into production in laite March!
or early April.
Aubrey Mauney, of Kings
Mountajn Manufacturing Com-|
pany, said his firm is making
major equipment improvements
to enhance the firm’s competi
tive position.
Txtile holiday schedules vary
from the “one day, Monday de
fContinued On Page Ten)
Yule Holiday
Is In Store
For Many Folk
Kings Mountain citizens are
busy this week making final pre
parations for the 1960 observan
ce of Christmas.
Holidays are in store for al
most all, as the industrial firms
suspend operations, and business
firms anticipate a one-day sur
cease on Christmas Day and
Monday, December 26.
Church services will be a ma
jor part of the Christmas celebra
tion. In addition to Christmas
Eve services in several churches,
all churches will hold services
on Christmas morning, which
this year comes on Sunday.
Financial institutions have an
nounced they will be closed on
Monday, December 26, and again
on Monday, January 2.
Officials of First Union Na
tional Bank obtained special
permission- to operate regular
hours on Saturday, after Christ
mas Eve had been declared a
banking holiday.
City and county offices will be
closed Christmas Eve and the
day foil-lowing Christmas, re-op
ening Tuesday morning, Decem
ber 27.
Kings Mountain frostoffice will
observe Monday as a holiday
<Continner! On Page Ten)
St. Luke's
Christinas Story
And it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a de
cree from Caesar Augustus that
all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made
When Cyrenius was governor of
Syria.)
And all went to be taxed, every
one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Naza
reth, into Judaea, unto the city of
David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and
lineage of David)
To be taxed with Mary his
espoused Wife, being great with
child.
And so it was, that, while they
were there, the days were ac*
complished that she should be
delivered.
And she brought forth her first
bom son, and wrapped him in
swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a manger; because there Was
no room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in the
field, keeping xoatch over their
flocks by night.
And, lo; the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory
of the Lord shone round about
them: and dthey were sore
afraid.
And the angel said unto them,
Fear not: for, behold, I bring
you good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
For unto you is bom this day
in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto
you; Ye shall find the babe
wrapped in swaddling clothes ami
lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of the
heavenly host praising God, and
saying,
Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will to
ward men.
And it came to pass, as the
angels were gone away from
them into heaven, the shepherds
said one to another, Let us now
go even unto Bethlehem, and see
this thing which is come to pass,
which the Lord hath made known
unto us.
And they came ufith haste, and
found Mary, and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.
And When they seen it, they
made known abroad the saying
which ivas told them concerning
this child.
And all they that heard i< ten
dered at those things which were
told them by the shepherds. (St.
Luke 2:1-18)