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Population Kings Mountain City Limits On figure fox Greater Xing* Mountain U derived Horn tfco IMS But* Mountain city directory consul. The city tlmils figure Is from the United States census of ISM. VOL 72 No. 2 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, January 12, 1961 Seventy-Second Year 1C Pages y today PRICE TEN CENTS WAVE WINS HONOR — Seaman Recruit Julia A. Floyd is pictured accepting from Captain John V. Smith the American Spirit Honor Medal awarded her during formal graduation exercises last Friday at the U. S. Naval Training Center at Bainbridge, Md. The medal is given by the Citizen's Committee for the Army. Navy, and Air Force to the men and women best displaying honor, initiative, loyalty and military bearing in basic training. Miss Floyd served as assistant Recruit Chief Petty Office* far Company 37 during Mr 19 w«Mt. training and was Honor Woman of her company. (O. S. Navy Photo) Local News Bulletins BACK TO WOBK G. L. Wright, Kings Moun tain barber, returned to work Tuesday after undergoing an operation at Kings Mountain hospital. WALKER HOME Horace Walker returned home Sunday from Cleveland Memorial hospital, where he had undergone an operation ten days previously. He is re cuperating satisfactorily. CITY TAG SALES A total of 439 city automo bile -license tags for 1961 have been sold, City Clerk Joe Mc Banlett said Wednesday. The tags are. on sale at City Hail at cost of $1. Kings Mountain motorists are required to dis play them not later than Feb ruary 16. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $96.30, including $88.40 from on-street meters and $7.90 from off-street me ters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will be held Thursday night at 7:45 at Central Methodist church, it has beeen annuon ced. TAX OFFICE OPEN The Internal Revenue office in Shelby, N. C. will be open for assisting taxpayers in the preparation of their tax returns from 8:30^. m. to 4:30 p. m. each Friday beginning January 20, until April 15, 1961. For appointments Telephone HU 7-6641. LEGION DANCE American Legion Post 155 has scheduled a dance for Sat urday night to be held from 9 until 12 p. m. Music will be provided by Stooge Glenn and his band. Admission is one dol-. lar per couple. IMPROVING Mrs. C. E. 'Neidler, hosnltal i"Hl last Thursday at Kings , Mountain Hospital for oberser vation and treatment, was said improved Wednesday af ternoon by a family spokes man. Julia Floyd . Wins Honor At Bainbridge Miss Julia Floyp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pefej D. Floyd, has won the American Spirit Honor Medal awarded to the outstand ing WAVE recruit at the U. S. Naval Centter in Bainbridge, Md. The Kings Mountain WAVE began her training three months ago. At the graduation review on Friday she received the top award and a certificate of honor. The award is presented annually. The American Spirit Honor Medal goes to the WAVE adjud ged the most outstanding during training period. Hie committee for the Army, Navy and Air For ce said Miss Floyd's qualities best “express the lAmerican spirit, honor, initiative, 'loyalty and high example to comrades. Miss Floyd was also selected the Honor WomaiJ of Company 37. The award is hased on "su perior display erf aptitude man ifested in issimilating the instru ction, her demonstrated loyalty, attention to duty, dependability, aptitude for naval life, and the marked evidence of a real Navy careeirwoman.” After 14 days leave with her family Miss Floyd- will report for duty at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas. —Mm. i GRASS FIRE Kings Mountain Fire Depart ment doused two grass fires this week, neither causing any property damage. The first was Thursday at 4:05 p. m. on Grace Street. The second alarm was sounded Saturday and the fire was at the corner of Alex ander and Brice sheets. Charles Blanton C of C President Members Name New Officers For 1961 Term Charles Blanton, Kings Moun tain druggist, was eOected presi dent of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce at the membership meeting last week. In a brief talk following his election, the new president sug gested that the organization could lend iits weight to a gen eral project of cleaning, bright ening and lighting the city and promised continued close coope ration with state and local gov ernmental agencies in efforts to expand the industrial communi ty. “We want (to establish an atti tude of prog-ess,” Mr. Blanton said and added, ‘The Chamber of Commerce is concerned with the well-being of the town.” John Cheshire, Jr., retiring president, told the members that one of the major industrial needs of the community is diversifica tion, and added that an apparent apathy on the part of citizens generally is partly responsible for ill-success in attracting more industry. “This area has much to offer,”, he commented, “for our geo graphy is very good from the standpoint of' transportation, public facilities and other needs of industry.” He said the Chamber of Com merce needed to have in its files options of potential industrial sites and outlined several indus try seeking efforts of the organi zation during the past- year. Treasurer Bob Maner reported bank balances of $1595. Other officers elected were Thomas A. Tate, vice-president; Fred Wright, Jr., second vice president; and Bob F. Maner, secretary-treasurer. Directors named included John Cheshire, Jr., Robert O. South well, Dorus L. Bennett, L. E. Hin nant, John H. Moss, B. S. Peeler, Jr., and Wesley Bush. Mr. Blanton is a graduate of the University of North Carolina school of pharmacy, a deacon of Firs/t Presbyterian church, and president of the Kings Mountain Merchants association. He is ac tive in the Boy Scouts and other civic enterprises and a member of the Cleveland County Drug gists association. Committee appointments for 1961 were made at director's meeting Monday. They include— Civic Improvement — L. E. Hinnant, chairman, B. S. Peeler, Jr., Fred Wright, Jr., and Wilson Griffin. ‘Publicity — John H. Moss, chairman, John Dilling, and Martin Harmon. Industrial Development—John Cheshire, Jr., chairman, John H. Moss, Ed Goter, and John Dill ing. Existing Industry & Merchants — Wesley Bush, chairman, Tom Taite, and R. O. Southwell. Schools — Fred Wright, Jr., and Tom Tate, co-chairmen. SQUAKE DANCE CLASS An adult western style square dance class will be started Wednesday, January 18 at 7:30 p. m. at Shelby’s Nation al Guard lArmory under the sponsorship of the Shelby Parks & Recreation Depart ment. The twenty week course will be instructed by Louis Calhoun. Everyone is Invited to participate in the class. laycee DBA Award Will Be Made At Bosses Night Banquet Tuesday 'Presentation of ithe Distinguish ed Service Award to Kings Moun tain's Young Man of the Year will be featured at the annual Jaycee Boases’ Night Banquet to be held Tuesday at 6:45 p. m. at Kings Mountain’s Woman's Club. The award is made yearh to some Kings Mountain citizen, age 23 to 35, who has made outstand ing contributions during the year to the general community wel-i The nominee for <the award is selected by a secret committee of judges from nominations posed (by local citizens. Mr. Harris has issed the in vitation for nominations for some weeks. Deadline for nomi nations Is January 15. iliarris asks that letters of nom ination be signed, and the address of the writer given. The nomina tion should be accompanied by details supporting it. letters should be addressed to DSA, DO Box €27, Kings Moun tain, N. C. County Completes Water Line Payment The county has com pletfed re muneration of the City of Kings Mountain for the county Share of the water line installed by the city .to serve Waco Sportswear, Inc. The county's Check for $3500 was received by the city Wednes day morning. Tax listing Pace Is Brisk Annual city tax listing is going at a brisk pace. Conrad Hughes, Number 4 township tax lister, and ML H. Bi ser, city tax lister, say the pace has been brisk, almost without exception since opening day, Jan uary 3. A lull developed Wednesday af ternoon for the first time. All citizens are required to list properties for taxes during the month of January, with the law providing penalities for those who fail to list on time or who fail to list at all. The tax listers aire on duty at City Hall courtroom Mondays through Fridays, from 8 a. m. to noon, and from 1 to 4:30 p. m. There is no listing here on Sat urdays, as Mr. Hughes goes to Grover to accommodate citizens of the Grover area on Saturdays through January (Mr. Hughes will be at Hambrighfs Store. IA. A. Barrett, of Waco, is Num ber 5 township tax lister. He is listing Number 5 properties at Beam’s Store. In addition to listing , their properties, farmers are required to make a crop report Mrs. Er vin Hughes is handling the Num ber 4 township farm census. Industries and businesses have been mailed forms for report ing inventories by Max Hamrick, county tax supervisor. These re ports are confidential and are to be returned to the tax supervisor. Ht was noted in a letter axxxxnV panying the forms, that industries and businesses should list Jan uary 1 inventories at actual value. The county uses 32.5 per cent of actual value as the taxable valu ation on inventories. (While real estate listings are automatically carried forward, the tax listers note that trans fers during the tost year Should be noted. (Men between the ages of 21 and 50 are required to list for poll taxes. (Persons are required to report all personal property, including dogs, jewelry, automobiles, furni ture and appliances, and other items of value. Mrs. Whisenant, Near 100, Dies (Funeral services for iMrs. Do cia Hullender Whisenant, who would have been 100 years of age on January 26, will toe held at Gastonia’s Loray Baptist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will be at Antioch Baptist church near Grover. Mrs. Whisenant died Tuesday morning at 8:45 at Gaston Memo rial hospital, where she had been a patient since suffering a stroke of paralysis. IBorn January 26,1861 — slight ly before the beginning of (the Civil War — Mrs. 'Whisenant was the widow of the late Billie Whisenant. She was a daughter of the late Abraham and Julia Hullender of the Antioch com munity. Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. C. W. Sarvis, Mrs. Joe Lynn, Mrs. Julia Crouch, Mrs. Bessie Smith, and Miss Jennie Whise nant, all of Gastonia, and two sons, Robert Whisenant, cf Win ston-Salem, and Vester Whise nant of Grover City, Calif. Also surviving are 25 grand children, 39 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great- grandchild ren. The body wall remain at Caro thers Funeral 1 ome, Gastonia, until an hour pi ior ito the final rites, when it w 11 lie in state at Antioch church. Mrs. Whisenait was a first cousin of W. D. Weaver, of Kings Mountain. Board To Get Sunday Movie Resolution BY MARTIN HARMON Complete non-commercial ob servance of Sundays in Kings Mountain during normal hours of Church services is apparently a current aim of the Kings Moun tain Ministerial association. The issue of Sunday blue laws and commercial Sunday opera tions here came to the forefront again several weeks ago when owners of Joy Theatre asked re laxation of the city ordinance preventing movie house opera tion and, in the absence of action on the pant of the city commis sion, began operating on Sun days in late December. This week, following a resolu tion at Monday morning’s min isterial association meeting, rep resentatives of the organization furnished a list of 14 firms to the chief of police and Kings Moun tain Merchants association, say ing that the firms were operating during morning church services and asking that the firms be en couraged to close their business es during regular church service hours. The pastors, at a previous meeting, had adopted a resolu tion concerning the association’s position on the Sunday movie is sue, but its text was not avail able. It is to be presented to the city commission at Thursday night’s session by a committee headed by Rev. J. W. Phillips. Rev. Thomas Droppers, secretary, said his instructions were not to release the text of resolution prior ■ to its presentation to the commission. It is the Herald’s information that the resolution will deplore further commercial desecration of Sundays, with the minister’s speaking as a group of ministers and individually, but not in be half of their congregations. Dr. Paul Ausley, who has just assumed the duties of president of the pastor's organization, said that Monday’s action did not re fer to the opening of movie hou ses on Sunday per se. “Speaking for myself,” he con tinued, "I don’t feel I can ask one business to close without the others, but we do want business houses closed during church hours.” Charles Blanton, Merchants association president, said the directors voted to pass as infor mation the ministerial, associa tion request to' the 14 businesses by letter. Rev. Mr. Droppers commented that the two resolutions do not necessarily represent complete unanimity of viewpoint on the part of all members. Some, he said, prefer stronger action, while others would prefer lesser action. Public reaction to the Sunday movie operations has been term ed apathetic by several members of the city commission, theatre officials arid other citizens. The theater has been conduct ing its Sunday operation on a three-showing basis, with two showings on Sunday afternoon and another on Sunday evening, with doors opening at 8:45. Eugene McSwain, theater man ager, termed last Sunday’s crowds as good, with heavier af ternoon attendance than in the evening. Sunday’s Joy booking is “In herit the Wind”, starring Spencer Tracy, Frederic March and Gene Kelly. Two Frontiers, Says Speaker The world today faces a dou ble frontier in the opinion of Joe Godwin, Gardner-Webb college psychology professor. Noting he was speaking “wholly without my academic discipline”, Mr. Godwin told members of the Lions club Tues day night that the two frontiers are 1) space and 2) learning to live with feflowmen in harmony, peace and friendship. He suggested that people today live in the most dangerous per iod in history, due to the shrink ing of space and atomic, wea pons. However, he expressed op timism that a world conflict will not erupt on grounds that both the United States and Russia know that an atomic war would be one of mutual extermination. He added that he preferred to use the Chinese definition of the word crisis, in describing the present situation, as “an danger ous opportunity." .Mr. Godwin was presented by George Thomasson. Local Share Of Armor v Fund Must Be Deposited By June 1 Club Re-elects Carl Mauney Other Officers Carl F. Mauney, president, and cither officers of Lake Montonia Club, Inc., were re-eiiected Tues day night at the annual meet ing of stockholders held at City Hall. Elected rs three-year direct ors were J. Pat Tignor, Cleveland county, and Howard Whisenant, Gaston county. Other officers re-eleated to one year terms are Walter Carroll, Gastonia, vice-president; James Wilson, Jr., Gastonia, secretary treasurer; and George Houser, Kings Mountain, assistant secre tary-treasurer. Holdover directors are Arnold Kiser and George H. Mauney, Kings Mountain, and R. Lee Spencer and Charles Pearson, Gastonia. i Reports of officers and com mittee chairmen showed the club enjoyed an active year. President Mauney commented on the capital improvements, in cluding extensive re-paving of roads, improvements to the care taker's dwelling, and improve ments to -the pavilion. He pre dicted an active year in 1961. The secretary-treasurer’s report showed membership income for 1960 at $5,185, including 150 reg ular members, 26 child’s mem berships, and 15 associate mem berships. Expenditures totaled $7,140, including $4,313 for cap ital improvements. President Mauney said there is considerable demand for lots at Lake Montonia and invited any who might wish to sell a lot to list them with himself or any of the officers. Aaron Moore's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Aaron Moore, 81, of Blacksburg, S. C., father of Clove Moore of Kings Mountain,' were held last Wednesday after noon from {Hopewell Baptist chundtt of Blacksburg, interment following in itlhe church cemetery. Mr. Mloore died suddenly at Cherokee County Memorial hos pital last Monday after a brief illness. He was a retired farmer and textile worker and a life long resident of Cherokee County. He was a memlber of (the Hopewell church. Surviving, in addition to his son, are a daughter, Mrs. Daisy Pierce of Randalman; one half brother, Ed Moore of Blacksburg; and two half-sisters, Mrs. Free man Stinson of Graham and Mrs. Edna Pruitt of Hillsboro. Also surviving are 16 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren. KIWANIS MEETING Thursday night's meeting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will be featured by the club’s 1960 achievement report, which will be presented by John Cheshire, Jr. The club convenes at 6:45 at the Wo man’s Club. RE-ELECTED—Carl F. Mouncy# president, and other officers of Lake Montonia Club. Inc., were re-elected for a second one-year term at the annual meeting of stockholders Tueesday night. Sunday Law To Get Airing The city’s ordinance banning Sunday commerce is expected to be. the principal item of- business on Thursday night’s city com mission agenda. Representatives of the Minis terial association are expected to present a resolution outlining the pastor’s position on the issue which has come to the forefront again through decision of Joy Theatre to begin showing motion pictures on Sundays. Otherwise, Mayor Glee A. Bridges said, the pre-meeting a genda appears routine and brief. A public hearing has been scheduled on a request by Fred W. Plonk for re-zoning of the lot at the corner of Kings and Wat terson streets, and City Clerk Joe McDaniel will present to -the commission a list of street im provements for confirmation. Mis. Shipman's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Ira Ship man, life-long resident of Kings Mountain, were held Monday at 3 p. to. from St Michaels Luther an church of Doraville, Ga. Mrs. Shipman, who had gone to Atlanta, Ga., to spend Christ mas holidays with her son, Er nest L. Shipman and family, en tered the hospital on Christmas Day and succumbed last Satur day. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law; itwo grandchild ren, Ernest Shipman, Jr., and Miss Leslie Shipman; and a sis ter, Mrs. S. R. McGirt of Mat thews. ,The Rev. Eldor Richter officia ted at the final rites and inter ment was in Crest Lawn ceme tery. PERMIT ISSUED A permit was issued to J. Wilson Crawford Tuesday to build a one-story house on Sharon Drive. Estimated cost of the six room residence is $13,000. Tate Is Kings Mountain Chairman For Annual March of Dimes Drive Thomas A. Tate, secretary treasurer of Home Savings & Lean association, will serve as Kings Mountain area chairman for the annual March of Dimes campaign, it was announced this week by Joe Mauney, of Shelby, county co-chairman. Goal of the county campaign is $20,000 for the National Foun dation for Infantile Paralysis. Mr. Tate pointed out that the figure is higher than' in some past years and for good reason. Cleveland County suffered a po lio epidemic in 1960, counting 41 cases, allmost half the total of 86 in North Carolina. The March of Dimes Campaign furnishes funds for the treatment of Infantile paralysis victims. Currently, eight Cleveland Coun ty victims arc receiving treat ment at the Asheville Orthopedic center, at a cost of $120 per day.: Two of the patients are from: Kings Mountain.' It was noted that, while a por-1 tion of the funds go to the na tional organization, that the Na- j tional Foundation has in the; past year returned $3500 to the; county chapter for use in defray- j ing treatment expenses. Mr. Tate is a member of the Kings Mountain Rotary club, a director of the Kings Mountain Merchants association and a dea con of Kings Mountain Baptist church. He was recently elected ! vice-president of the Chamber of | Commerce. His wife is the farmer [ Janet Hord. Kings Mountain National Guard officials have been notified that th local share of funds for the proposed Kings Mountain Armo ory must be on deposit in Ralei gh by June i. Present timetable calls for ad vertising for bids on April 1 and contrai awards on May 1. In addition, the North Caroli na National Guard requires deeds covering a site of minimum of five acres. Sgit Charles Wilson, of the Kings Mountain company, said Wednesday the gap between a proposed armory and an assured one is a minimum of $13,400. Local Share of funds which must be in Raleigh, by June 1 is $25,000. Cost of adjacent required ac reage to the armory site, which has 'been made available for pur chase, is $7500. Meantime, the city board of Commissioners has committed the city to an expenditure of $20,000 for the armory. Still uncommitted on funds is the county 'board of commission ers. Sgt. Wilson said he will pre sent the armory case to die city commission at Thursday night’s session and will re-visit the coun ty board of commissioners, in quest of a firm committment at their mjid-month meeting Monday. The county commission has dis cussed the armory appropriation several times in recent months and its members have indicated sympathy to the requests of both National Guard and city officials. Sgt. Wilson said inability to supply local funds might mean ' loss of the armory, for which j federal appropriations were made i last summer. City officials have long profes sed interest in the building of an armory, looking not only to hous ing for the Na/tional Guard com pany, but as a needed facility for public functions. Lenncr. Attends Bank Conference CHAlRJXyiTE — Announcement is made effective immediately of the appointment of i* D. Brooks as Executive Vice President in charge of the Charlotte Field Of fice of First Union National Bank. In making this announcement, Carl C. McCraw, President, stat ed, ‘Mr. Brooks has given out standing service to the banking industry as former president of the North Carolina (Bankers As sociation and through 'his dedica ed and devoted efforts to educa tion through the American Insti tute of Banking, which courses he taught as an instructor for five years. Since joining First Union National Bank in 1945, Mr. Brooks has distinguished him self and the 'bank toy his keen per ception of the services rendered by the bank and the needs of the public we serve. It is a great pleasure for me to announce the appointment of Louis Brooks as Executive Officer in charge of the Charlotte Field Office.” This announcement is made in conjunction with the Executive Field Officers Statewide Manage ment Forum now in session at the bank’s General Office in Charlotte. Each office of the bank in the 11 cities served by First Union National Bank operates as a community bank through wich the strength of a vast state wide banking institution. R. S. Lennon of the Kings Mountain bank is in Charlotte for the conference continuing through Wednesday. Lorn Ann Smith Said Doing Well Lorri Ann Smith, two month premature daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Robert Smith who won the 1961 Baby Derby, is in satisfac tory condition at Kings Moun tain Hospital. The infant, who weighed in at three-pounds and five ounces at birth is still resting in an iso lette, standard procedure for pre mature births. Dr. John McGill, attending physician, gave the report Wed nesday afternoon.
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