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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 nw figure for Greater Kings Mountain le derived from •he IDS5 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city Limits figure is from the United States census of 19S0. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper ft hj W 14 Today VOL 72 No. 3 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 19, 1961 Seventy-Second Year pair* tfn rpM-rs Pastors Want Referendum On Sunday Blue Law Issue - 1 .— Local News Bulletins MISSION STUDY Sunday morning Rev. W. P. Gerberding will preach on For eign Missions at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. In the even ing at 7:30 he will lead the mission study class on Home Missions. Everyone, including the men of the church, are in ,< vited to this class in the Sun day School auditorium. IN FRATERNITY James C. Blanton of Kings Mountain will be inducted in to Gamma Rho Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order at East Carolina college Thursday at 'the Order’s annuall Convivium banquet. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Blanton. NO WRECKS City police officers reported no automobile accidents with in Kings Mountain City limits during the past week. GRASS FIRE City firemen were called to Bennett Drive last Thursday at 4:15 p. m. to douse a grass fire. No property damage was reported. WOMAN'S CLUB The Public Welfare Depart ment of the Woman’s Club will * vwaaeit- Monday at 8 p. m: At the I clubhouse to hear a program, '^Citizenship and Safety” ar ranged by Mrs. Gene McCar ter. All members are urged to attend. KIWANIS CLUB Peter J. Verna, Jr., Char lotte civil engineer who recent ly made a trip to Russia, will address Kings Mountain Ki wanians at their Thursday night meeting. The club con venes at 6:45 at the Woman’s Club. OPTIMISTS MEETING Kings Mountain Optimist Club wil hold a non-dinner meeting at (the American Le gion HaJl Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Jake Early, temporary pres ident of the group, asks that all Kings Mountain men who are interested in boy’s work and combatting juvenile delin quency to please turn out for the session. RECRUITER M/Sgt. Gale S. Moore, U. S. Army recruiter, will be at the Kings Mountain postoffice ev ery Wednesday afternoon from’ 1 until 3:30 p. m. Sgt. _ Moore’s office is located in the Masonic Building in Shelby. WEST P-TA Kirsten Zacho, Danish stu dent jpho is the community’s third exchange student, wffll present the program at West School P-TA Monday night. The P-TA meets at 8 p. m. in the school auditorium. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $111.97, including $15 from over-parking fees and $7.51 from off-street meters City Clerk Joe McDaniel re ported. Nominees Ashed Tor Teen Award Kings Mountain citizens are being urged to nominate teen age citizens for the Kings Moun-1 tain Jaycees’ initial “Teen-Ager of the Year” award. Charles Blanton, chairman of! the committee on the award, re minded this week that deadline far nominations is February 1. Nominations should include a list of supporting qualifications for the nominee, who must be a boy or girl Hiving in Kings; Mountain and between the aces of 13-19. , Nominations should be mailed to Box 272, Kings Mountain. Tlie Kings Mountain winner will be the local entry for the Carolina ‘Teen-Ager of the \>ar" award. f | Commission Defers Action "For Study" The Kings Mountain Minister ial association has asked the c!*y board of commissioners to hold a referendum on the ques tion of business operation on Sundays. Rev. J. W. Phillips, recently-re tired president of the association, presented the pastor’s resolution, stating that it was unanimously adoped at the December meeting by all members present. * Comm. Ross Alexander asked Mr. Phillip®, “Will the referen dum be for closing everything? Mr. Phillips did not answer di rectly, but noted that he had re ceived telephone calls since Joy Theatre began its Sunday movie showings with one question on whether he’d sworn a warrant for arrest of the manager. * “If p>eople break the law, the policemen are supposed to han dle it”, Mr. Phillips continued, adding, “My job is as a minister of the Gospel, not swearing out warrants.” W. K. Mauney, Jr., attending the board session on another matter, questioned whether he was in violation of exfsiting law. He said one of his firms must operate on Sundays or face a three-day shut-down to resume operations. He said such a situ ation would force him to move the business outside of the city 'limits. Mr. Phillips remarked that in Biblical times works of necessity and mercy were permitted on Sundays. He concluded, “I’m neither a politician nor a busin e*5sman, but I feel bound to up hold the law of God.” The ministers’ resolution did not mention Sunday movies p>er se. The resolution reads: "We, as Ministers appreciate the Lord’s Day and we deplore anything that takes away from the main emphasis of this day which is set aside for the pro clamation and reception of the gospefl. "We further affirm, that we who constitute the Ministerial 'Association, are not a law ma king group nor do we speak for our congregations and, there fore, feel that the present test of the Blue Law presented to our City Council should be decided in a referendum by the people of Kings Mountain.” Comm. Luther Bennett com mented he favored a referendum on the Sunday question. Then th® on the Sunday question. Then the board accepted the suggestion of given. The board also approved re zoning of the lot at the corner of N. Watterson and W. King street to business zone and ad vertised a public hearing on a petition by residents of the 200 block of East King street for re zoning from residential to bus iness designation. The board confirmed a group of street improvements assess ments and approved a petition for paving, curbing and gutter ing Rhodes avenue, from Lin wood to Henry street, and Henry (Continued On Page Eight) NEW PASTOR — Rev. Floyd R. Willis of Lincoln County has as sumed pastorate duties at West over Baptist church. He and his family have occupied the West over manse. Rev. Willis At Westover Rev. Floyd R. Willis has as sumed new pastorate duties at Westover Baptist church. (Mr. Willis comes to Kings Mountain from Hulls Grove Bap tist Church in Lincoln County Where Ihe served the past six years. He attended Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute. He, his wife and two children have occupied the Westover par sonage. The former pastor at Westover, Rev. J. D. McClellan, who resign edHftas moved to Ohothy.— Welcome Sign Elected On 74 !A joint project of several Kings Mountain civic organiza tions came to partial fruition this week with erection of a road sign on U. S. Highway 74 near Bethware school. The large sign welcoming tra velers to Kings Mountain dis plays emblems of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis and Lions clubs and (the Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Commerce, with space reserved for addition of Chamber of Commerce and Rotary club emblems. Each of these organizations, pllus the Kings Mountain Merchants as sociation, which originated the project, shared cost of the con struction. Several ether individuals and business firms have a part in the project Earl Morris allowed the use of his property for the sign, concrete was given by Spangler & Sons, and Elmer Lumber Com pany transported the sign. The city electrical department dug the post holes. Another sign, already built, is to be installed on U. S. Highway 35, but obtaining a location is pending due to uncertainty con cerning right-of-way on this highway, Charles Blanton, Mer chants association president, said. Barnes To Discuss Workbook Aids; Group 0! Patrons Favors Their Use B. N. Barnes, superintendent of schools, will outline the school administrations position on use of workbooks as teaching ad juncts at a meeting of West school Parent-Teacher associa-; tion Monday night. The board of education after a two-hour discussion on the sub-; ject this week, suggested that the] superintendent address the P-TA; group, following a continuing ef-; fort of a group of West school: patrons to have instituted the1 use'of reading workbooks in the primary grades. Mrs. William Herndon, spokes man for the pro-workbook group, said the school administration was asked in September to con duct a survey on the question a mong other schools. She continued, “We said we would be satisfied with results of the survey and at no time did the group endeavor to dictate school policy, as we don’t now. i “We were given no reply by school officials.’In November, we were told that workbooks would be put in the school system byi the first of the year. On January 11, a total of 20 workbooks for. mare than 50 students was given •to the third grade teachers at West school only.” Mrs. Herndon said members of her group didn’t regard 20 work books for two grades as a fair test of the w<~ rkbook method of teaching reading and reported that interested parents have of fered to furnish a full comple ment of workbooks, which have been ordered. “We had hoped the experiment1 would be throughout the school system, she continued, adding, "We’re not trying to hurt the schools, but to help our child ren." Supt. Barnes told the board members at Monday’s meeting that school officials had consid ered the matter of use of work books an administrative one, subject to decision by the princi pals and the teaching supervisor, on request of particular teachers. The sch9ol board agreed that the question is an administrative one. Mr. Barnes- shid that the sur vey had been conducted . that (Continued on Page Eight) Tract Optioned As Possible High School Site Kings Mountain School Board has obtained an option on a 73 acre tract of land on Phifer Road for possible use as the site of the proposed million dollar consoli dated high school, F. W. Plonk reported Monday night. The 'board was meeting in reg ular session at Central school. The land is on the west side of the road, just across from Ben nett Brick & Tile Company, Mr. Plonk said. He has Obtained a six month option at a price of $500 per acre. He reported the option is renewable for an additional six months, if needed. The tract of land is in three parcels, he added, belonging to Martin Phifer, the Phifer family heirs, and to Neisler Brothers, Inc. He told the board the option would be recorded Tuesday. Mr. Plonk explained to the board that the tract is to 'be one of several possible sites for the proposed school and he is seeking option on several other tracts. In other action, the board: 1) Unanimously voted to insti t u t e condemnation procedures against property adjacent to Cen tral school property owned by Mrs. Garland E. Still. The board for some months has 'been nego tiating with Mrs. Still for pur chase of the land, desired for a service road to the Central school plant. Board members agreed that a disputed boundary line could best be settled and the property ac quired more readily through the condemnation process. Supt. B. N. (Barnes told the 'board that negotiations for the property of Mrs. D. H. Houser, which joins the Still tract, has been completed. 2) Voted unanimously ito insti tute the legal sale of a triangular tracit of land divided from the North Elementary school tract by JBanaseur. Street extension. Sup*. Barnes reported that Gordon 'Beatty and Ben H. Bridges had voiced interest in purchasing the tract. 'Sale price of the land, stipu lated in the motion, is subject to board approval. 3) Authorized F. W. Plonk and IB. N. Barnes to take bids on •hot food serving counters for West and Davidson schools and a Hot water heating system for Central School. Barnes reported the water sys tem is needed for the installation of an automatic dishwasher for use in the Central school cafe teria. 4) Voted to send Supt. Barnes to the American Association of School Administrators meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. to (be held March 25-28. 5) Heard a report from Supt. Barnes that the District XIV North Carolina State School Boards association meeting has been changed to March 8 and will be held at Garringer high school in Charlotte. The board authorized Barnes to make the necessary reserva tions for the entire board to at tend. 6) Authorized Supt. Barnes to handle the employment of re placements for three teachers in tflie city school system who are resigning before the end of the school year. 7) Heard a report from Supt. Barnes that delivery of the new activities bus is expected in mid February. Bell To Build Work Center Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company let contract for construction of a plant wo«rk center on West King street, man ager Floyd Farris announced this week. The building will cost $34,000, will be of concrete block constru < ction and will measure 66 x 17, feet with an attached vehicle storage shed 39 x 45 feet. Miller Construction Company,1' of Claremont, was successful bid- j der for the contract. Mr. Farris said construction Is to begin in February and that it is anticipated about 90 days will be required to complete the work. The building will include of fices for the plant maintenance crew and equipment storage fa cilities, for service to Kings Mountain and Grover. Penalty On Taxes Starts Feburary 2 Penalty on unpaid 1960 city and county tax bills applies February 2, City Tax Collector M. iH. Biser reminded this week. State law requires that pen alty of one per cent be added in February, another one per cent in March, with one- half of one per cent in subsequent* ■months. Armory Local Funds Short; County Indication Is $10,000 Charles Blanton Is Winner Of (Young Man Of ?60 Honor IN NEW POST — Rev. Thomas E. Moore, Jr. begins new pastorate duties Sunday at East Side Bap tist church. Rev. Mooie In New Post The Rev. Thomas E Mioore, Jr., will begin his pastorate Sunday morning, January 22, ait Eastside Baptist church, York Road. •Rev. (Moore comes from Cher okee Falls Baptist church, Cher okee Faills, S. C., where he served as pastor for two and one-half years. The Sunday School at tendance tripled during his lead ership. The community recogniz ed Rev. Moore as a working pre acher. He is married ito Evelyn Rahn. Both the Moores are originally from Sumter, S. C. They have two sons, Michael, eight years old and Richard, five years old. Mioore attended the University of South Carolina and had cor respondence courses from South ern Baptist Seminary. He gradua ted from Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute, Hendersonville, N. C. Both Rev. and Mrs. Moore have training in music. (Rev. Moore welcomes anyone who is not attending church to worship at Eastside church. Tax listing On Schedule “I believe we’re on schedule,” Conrad Hughes, Number 4 Town ship tax lister said Wednesday. "We’ve been kept busy throu ghout the listing period and I believe that more than 50 per cent of the work is done.” he added. With slightly less than two weeks remaining in the tax list ing period, he added, “ I hope they keep coming at the present rate.” Citizens are required to list their properties during the mon th of January for county and city ad valorem taxes. North Carolina law provides penalties for per sons who (list late or for those who fail to list. County and city tax listers are on duty at City Hall courtroom Mondays through Fridays from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. On Saturdays, Mr. Hughes is at Hambright’s Store in Grover to accomodate citizens in the Grover area. Principal work of the tax list ing is personal property, since real property listings are auto matically carried forward. Men between the ages of 21 and 50 are required to list for poll taxes. PERMITS ISSUED M. H. Biser, City Building ‘ Inspector, issued two permits this week, one last Friday to , Kings Mountain Baptist Church to build a seven-room , parsonage on Hawthorne Drive at the estimated cost of $19,092 and a permit Monday to Sou thern Bell Telephone & Tele graph Company to build a four room commercial garage on W. King Street at the estimated cost of $17,800. Druggist Is Tapped For Honor i Charles Blanton, Kings Moun tain druggist, was named Kings Mountain’:, Young Man of the Year and presented the Distin guished Service Award Tuesday night at the Junior Chamber of j Commerce Bosses’ Night ban quet. The award is given annually by Kings Mountain Jayeees to a local citizen, age 21 to 35, who has made outstanding contribu tions during the year to the gen eral community welfare, has shown evidence of leadership a bility, and evidence of personal and business progress. Blanton was presented the a waird by Charles Dixon, the 1957 Award winner. Mr. Blanton graduated with honors from Kings Mountain high school and was a 1953 graduate of the University of North Caro lina school of pharmacy. He haUds the Tank of Eagle Scout and is active in Boy Scout work. He serves as vice-president of the Cleveland County Drug association. A deacon at First Presbyterian church, he is a teacher of the men’s Bible Class. He is a Jaycee, served as presi dent pf Kings Mountain Mer chants association for 1960-61, is president of the Chamber of Commerce, is treasurer of the foreign exchange student fund, a director of the Red Cross, and served as chairman of the TB association in 1959. He is married to the former Libby Wilson of Gastonia and the father of two children. Fred Ratchford, secretary of the Gastonia Chamber of Com merce, addressed the group of 40 Jayeees and guests present at the meeting. Ratchford, a graduate of Dav idson College, was formerly as sociated with Burlington Indus tries for 15 years. His humorous talk touched lightly traits of human person ality and then seriously on var ious phases of loyalty. 'T think it most important that a person have loyalty,” Ratch for^l said, ‘'to his community, his country, his religion, and his employer. Even to his section of a community. "If a person is not pleased with the section of a community in which he lives, he should not unduly criticize it, he should move to one that does please him. “I am not fully in favor of the adage that ‘When you eat a man’s bread, you sing his song’ but those words have a definite (Continued On Page Eight J OPENS OFFICE — Dr. K. G. Kel lough, Gastonia chiropractor, has opened new offices at 306 East King Street. Kellough Opens Offices Here Dr. K. G. Kellough, formerly of Concord and presently of Gas tonia, announces Che opening of the Kellough Chiropractic office at 306 East King street. The resident building has been renovated to provide ample office quarters for Dr. Kellough’s latest chiropractic equipment. Dr. Kellough, a graduate of Concord high school has served three years in the U. S. Coast Guard as Captain of the port. Up on discharge in 1954 he began his studies at the Lincoln Ghhiroprac tic College of Indianapolis, Ind., and graduated with honors after completing the curriculum on an accelerated basis. Dr. Kellough also served his two year intern ship at the Loncoln Out Patient Clinic. Dr. Kellough plans to utilize tike latest in chiropractic and physiotheraphy equipment and techniques. Office hours will toe from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from. 2 to 4:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 8 a. m. to 10 a. m. on Saturday. The remained of the week Dr. Kellough will practice chiroprac tic at his suite of offices in Gas tonia located at 2005 S. York Rd. CITY TAG SALES A total of 561 city automo bile license tags for 1961 have been sold, City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel reports, or about one third of the estimated num ber motorists are required to display on theiir cars by Febru ary 16. Rev. Tom Droppers Is Chairman (H Annual Heart Fund Campaign Rev. Thomas Droppers, Priest in-Chhrge of Trinity Episcopal church, will again head the Heart Fund Drive in Kings Mountain. iMr. Droppers, chairman of the 1960 appeal, said the completed list of other volunteer workers for the 1961 drive will be announ ced next week. Advanced giving has already begun under the direction of Mrs. F. R. Summers. Heart Sunday, when door-to door visits are made, will be Feb ruary 26th. Although the national policy of the Heart Fund is to hold an in dependent campaign during the month of February, there is no desire to compete with the Unit ed Fund but rather to supplement the charitable work thait is. done in that drive, Mr. Droppers poin ted out. “The same willingness to assist in a situation of need is ev ident in the history of the vari ous drives which take place in out community." he added. "The response made last year to the cause of Heart Disease was most gratifying and has es tablished a welcome precedent for this year’s work”, Mr. Drop HEADS DRIVE — Rev. Thomas Droppers will head the 1961; Heart Fund Drive appeal in1 Kings Mountain. The drive will begin in February. pers continued. The Heart Fund Drive will be conducted throughout the month Problem: To Get Eaoagh Cash J j June 1st VV-M her Kings Mountain will get a National Guard armory re mains in doubt. The county board of commis sioners Monday informally and unoiin.aJ.y toiu Mayor Glee A. Bridges it Would supply $10,000 for the project in August or Sep tember. lucre Was no official ac tion. Meantime, the armory' project faces a June 1 deadline on de posit in Raleigh ot required lo cal funds and deed for two ad ditional acres for the site. In addition to ithe time prob lem, $3,400 of the minimum local funds requirement of $33,400 is still to be obtained. Three alternatives were being talked by ciity and local National Guard officials 'Wednesday: 1) Possible delay of the proj ect past the June 1 deadline and into th<e 1961-62 fiscal year. 2) An increase in the city's $20,000 commitment to $23,400. 3) Raising of the $3,400 by pub lic subscription. j Sgt. Charles Wilson of the i Kings Mountain National Guard company, said he douibted delay of the project is possible. He un derstands that federal appropria tions (major portion of the total $140,000 outlay) can’t 'be carried over. However, (Mayor Bridges said he hoped to confer with state National Guard officials Wednes day concerning this possibility. City officials were non-commit tal about an increase in the city’s commitment, noting that they have a problem of raising the : $20,000 and the city has already j invested an additional $6,300 in (the present three-acre armory site. Reaction to the public subscrip tion possibility was unknown.. 'Mayor Bridges said he would give $100 to start the fund, if that route is chosen. To the county commission plea that no funds will be available before August, local officials sug gested 'that the county borrow the money. The commission replied that such borrowing is illegal, ex cept for emergency need. Commissioner Ben H. Bridges commented, ‘*We don’t have $20, 000 either, but we’ll figure out some means of getting it. Our immediate problem is to get the county commission to supply the $10,000 in time.” All commissioners expressed disappointment that the county commission didn’t see fit to sup ply the $13,400 minimum required and in time for the June 11 dead line. The federal government fur- • nishes 75 per cent of the funds, the state 7.5 per cent, and local governments 17.5 per cent for ar mories. Federal and state funds have been approved and are available. Duke Bid High For City Lines The city tentatively accepted a •bid of $5,500 from Duke Power Company last week for its Lake Montonia Road power lines. 'Rutherford REA had bid $5, 247. The acceptance of the Duke bid was tentative, pending Duke’s agreement to install higher poles on the York road bridge to Lake Montonia road and on Duke’s agreement to allow Southern Bell Telephone Company lines on their poles. Mayor Glee Bridges explained that several Lake Montonia resi dents have requested release to another power supplier. Duke has not yet confirmed the purchase. It's Small World Savs Mrs. Carpenter Mrs. Jimmy Carpenter, of Alexander, La., daughter-in-law of Clarence E. Carpenter of Kings Mountain, thinks it’s a small world that the next U..S. President’s wife should be a personal friend of hers. Mrs. Carpenter, the former Mary Louise Dunbar of Augus ta, Ga., and Mrs. Kennedy were schoolmates at Vassar. • Dr. Carpenter is the son of Mr. Carpenter of Kings Moun tain and Mrs. Kess Webb Car penter of Shelby. He is minis ter of Timothy’s Episcopal church at Alexander, La., where he, his wife, and sons, Andy and Mark, now reside.
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