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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 26, 1961 1 A Pages i*fr Today VOL. 72 No. 4 Established 1889 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CFtsITC Local News Bulletins I attended market Eugene Timms of Timms’ Stop & Shop last week attend ed the Southern Furniture and Rug Market at Southern Furn iture Exposition Building in High Point which featured 14 acres of furniture exhibits. PERMIT ISSUED M. H. Biser, City Building In spector, issued a permit Friday to J. Wilson Crawford to build a 6-room residence at 117 Shar on Drive. Estimated cost of the Structure is $13,000. OPTIMISTS MEET Kings Mountain’s Optimist C-lub will meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m. ait the American Le gion Hall according to an an nouncement Tuesday by tem porary president Jake Early. WOODS FIRE City firemen were called Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. to Edge mont Drive to douse a woods fire which was threatening homes in the area. Although a difficult blaze to handle, fire men extinguished the fire be fore It did damage to the homes. new schedule The Kings Mountain. Bus Terminal is open on new sche dule beginning this week, ac cording to announcement by the management. The Bus Sta tion and Western Union opens at 7:30 a. m. and closes at 5 p. m. 704 TAGS SOLD A total of 704 city auto lic ense tags for 1961 have been sold, City Clerk Joe McDaniel said this week. Motorists who fall to purchase tags and dis play them by February 16 .are subject to a $5 penalty. The city customarily sells about 1800 motor vehicle license tags. TRUCK AUCTION The city will auction the 19 42 Dodge truck, formerly the No. 2 fiirewagon, at the City Oarage the morning of Febru ary 4 at 10 a. m. The truck has been stripped of iits fire-fight ing apparatus. ORDER OF RAINBOW A public installation service Dor new officers of the Kings Mountain Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls, will begin at 3:30 p. m. Sunday at Mason ic Halil. _ SUPPER The 'Young Men’s Class of Piedmont Baptist church will serve a chicken supper Satur day from 5 until 9 p. m. at the church recreation hall. Tickets are available at $1.25 for a duits and 50 cents for children. FAIRVIEW LODGE An emergent communication An emeregent communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic Hall, ac cording to announcement by Secretary Thomas D. Tindall. Reports Heard Ob Chnrchwork First Presbyterian church members heard annual reports at a congregational meeting last Sunday. Total income from all causes for the year 1960 was $32,697, in cluding $10,913, to benevolences. A total of 46 new members were received into the church. (Newly-elected members of (die 1963 Class of the (Board of Dea cons include Charles Blanton, B. F. Maner, R. W. Moss and Joe Neisler Jr. George Thomasson was elected to fill the unexpired terms in the Class of ’61. Henry P. Neisler is board chairman, Paul Mauney is vice-chairman, iB. F. Maner is secretary and J. W. Webster is treasurer. (Officers of the Men of the Church include: Ben Grimes, president, B. M. Hayes, vice president, Herman Campbell, sec retary and treasurer. New officers of the Women of the Church are (Mrs. P. G. Padg ett, president; Mrs. Charles Bal lard, vice-president; Mirs. Jack Amertte, secretary; Mrs. O. W. M!yers, treasurer; Mrs. Robert Miller, Historian. Circle chairmen are Mrs. Hall Goforth, Mrs. Thurman Seism, Mars. George Moss, Mrs. S. S. Weir, Mrs. Henry B. Jones, Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, Mrs. B. W. Gillespie and Mrs. E. A. HarrilL JEAN HICKS BUDDY MAYES STEVE WELLS Local Students In ASTC Play Three Kings Mountain stu dents will portray roles in the Playcrafters production of Wil liam Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet” at Appalachian State Teacher’s College, Boone. They are: Miss Jean Hicks, a senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Hicks; Bud Mayes, a sen ior, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Cart Mayes; and Steve Wells, a fresh man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wells. Mr. Mayes, who is majoring in social studies and English at ASTC, has the role of "Friar Lawrence’’. He has previously I played in 'The Crucible”; "The Male Animal”; “Pygmalion" and ’’Horn in the West”. Miss Hicks,who is president of the “Playcrafters ’ and vice-pres ident of Alpha Psi Omega, has •the role of “Lady Capulet.” She has also appeared previously in four productions of the Playora •fters: Tphigenia in Tauris”; "Pygmalion”; ‘The Male Ani mal” and “The Crucible.” She is majoring in English and library science. Mr. Wells has the roje of "Mer cutio” in the ASTC production. Retailers Voting For 1961 Officers William G. Jonas and W. G. Grantham have been nominate! for president of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association few the coming year. Mail balloting is now under way for election of officers and four new directors, of the associ ation, and deadline far posting ballots is February 1. Directors will be elected for two-year terms, officers for one year terms. Nominees far vice-president are Odus Smith and Mrs. Sue Young. The eight director nominees, of whom members are asked to choose four, are OUie Harris, Jr., W. D. Morrison, Boyce Gault, Jr., Don FaJ'e, Dean Payne, P. H. Wilson, Robert H. Southwell, and Mm Merle Beatty. Neisler, Plonk On Brandi Bank Directorate Charles A. Neisler, secretary treasurer of Blackmer & Com pany, and John O. Plonk, Jr., searettary-treasurer of Plonk Bro thers & Company, Inc. have been elected directors of the Kings Mountain branch of First Union National Bank of North Carolina. The .two directors were elected at ithe bank’s annual meeting of stockholders held in Charlotte January 17. Other Kings Mountain branch directors were re-elected, inclu ding B. S. Neill, chairman of the board, R. S. Lennon, vice-presi dent of the Kings Mountain branch, Dr. L. P. Baker, dentist, G. A. Bridges, Kings Mountain mayor, J. E. Herndon, Jr., vice president of J. E. Herndon Com pany, Inc., P. M. Neislier, treasur er of Dicey Mills, Inc., and Neis ler Brothers, Inc, and Frank A. Summers, sales manager of Scott Hudgens Realty and Mortgage Company, Atlanta, Ga. At the annual meeting, 664 stockholders were served lunch eon in the lobby of the Charlotte branch. Carl G. McGraw, presi dent, said .the attendance repre sented one of the largest stock holders’ meetings in any bank in the United States. He reported total operating in come reached an all-time high during 1960 and amounted to $8,984,516. The bank had record net operating earnings after tax es amounting to $2,039,738. Total resources at the year end were $203,607,276. Mr. McOraw stated that First Union National Bank of North Carolina has reached many milestones since 1908, but no a chiievements have been more gratifying than those of 1960. He stated further that First Union -National will approach the year 1961 with cautious optimism, confidence and enthusiasm. Mis. Sellers' Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Rosanna Elizabeth Sellers, 85, were held Saturday from Bethlehem Baptist church, interment following in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sellers, widow of W. B. Sellers, died Thursday at 6:30 p. m. in Broughton Memorial hos pital at Morganton. She had been in ill health the past 10 months. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. iHenry Blanton. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist church. Surviving are three sons, Geor ge Henry Sellars, J. A. Sellers and W. (A. Seilers, all of Kings Mountain, and seven daughters, Mrs. W. J. Eubanks, Mrs. Wood row Bridges, Mrs. Ttjeodore Ben nett, Mrs. Gamel McMurrav. all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. R. L. Bolin of Hudson, Mrs. Roy Smith of Shelby and Mrs. G. W. Gordon of Gaffney, S. C. Also surviving are three sis ters, Mrs. Burt Reynolds, Mrs. Susie Sisk and Mrs. Alice Vese, all of Caroleen, and one brother James Blanton of Gaffney, 31 grandchildren, 53 great-grand children and three great-great grandchildren. The final rites were conducted by Rev. Norman F. Brown and Rev. W. E. Camp. A. H. Patterson Will Retire Soon Heme S & 1 Asseb Top $4,000,000 A. H. Patterson expects to re tire as executive vice-president of Home Savings & Loan Associa tion on March 31, shareholders were informed ait the annual meeting Tuesday. iMr. Patterson, a former Kings 'Mountain postmaster and chief executive officer of the associa tion since it was organized in 1923, will continue to serve as a vice-president of the firm and as a director. Shareholders were also inform ed Tuesday of progress on plans for a new 'building to be erected on East (Mountain street, site of the Herndon Apartments.. The building has 'been sold for re moval to John Chambers and the apartments were vacated dur ing itne past week: Mr. Patterson reported high lights of the association’s 1960 op erations, showing that ithe firm topped §4,000,000 in assets for the first time with total assets at De cember 31 of $4,1125,349. Increase in assets during the year was $416,007. Other report highlights: 1) Total of mortgage loans at December 31 was $3,341,528, up $307,556 for the year. 2) Loans made during 1960 to taled $853,395. The number of loans was 283. 3) Saving at year end totaled $3,752,611, up $466,705 for the year. 4) Record dividend payments of $136,347 compared to pay ments of $112,553 in 1959. 5) The association added $36, 902 to its reserves during the year, with! $1,500 remaining as undivided profits. 6) The ratio of reserves to to tal savings was 9.68 percent. 7) The association’s liquidity factor (ratio of carih, government 'bonds and time deposits to total of savings accounts) was 10.96 percent. On announcement of (Mr. Pat terson’s plans to retire, the stockholders adopted a resolu tion of appreciation for his serv ice to ithe association and com mending him for his work in building the association. All directors were re-elected. They include, in addition to Mr. Patterson, Dr. J. E. Anthony, G. A. Bridges, J. H. Thomson, Thomas A. Tate, J. B. Mauney, I. G. Patterson, IB. D. (Ratterree, Jack H. White, Dr. (Paul E. Hen dricks, and R. .S. Plonk of Besse mer City. Subsequent to the shareholder session, directors convened and re-elected all officers and staff members. They are: Dr. J. E. Anthony, president; G. A. Bridges, J. H. Thomson and A. H. Patter son, vice-presidents; Thomas A. Tate, secretary - treasurer; Mrs. 'Emily A. Herndon, assistant sec retary - treasurer; Jake A. Dixon, manager of ithe Bessemer City branch; and (Miss Phyllis A. Smith, clerk. The association’s legal staff is the firm of Davis & White and George B.. Thomasson. Tests Show West School Students Read Well, Barnes Tells Patrons National reading tests show West School pupils have a read ing ability on par with the na tion, and at West School 64 per cent of fifth graders read better than the nation's average stu ] dent. Superintendent of Schools B. N. | Barnes made these statements 'Monday night to a group of West School patrons, as he reviewed the school administration’s de cision on use of reading work books in the primary grades, j Mr. Barnes also reported that ! tests show a continuous upward trend in the reading ability of | Kings Mountain youngsters dur j ing the past five years. | l“But, of course, we’re not sat isfied,” he added. |Mr. 'Barnes, speaking after ad journment of the West Parent-' | Teacher Association meeting, told the group a decision had been | made to sample the use of work-j books in the third grades, after: considerable study on patron’s , requests. \ 'He reported that a survey, ad dressed to all tlie state’s 173 school districts and answered by 140, did not give anything close to a unanimous opinion on the use of reading workbooks and pointed out that the several work books, published as adjuncts to basic reading texts, are covered lin teacher guidebooks, which all ..V. • teachers have. (He said the methods of using workbooks are several. Some use them for fast readers, some use them half-heartedly, some use them for slow readers, he noted, with the workbooks seldom be ing used for all students at the same time. To a question by Gene Timms, Mr. Barnes said some of the an swers in the survey were suffi ciently ambiguous as to defy in terpretation. For instance, he not ed, 41 didn’t use workbooks while another 57 which do made qualifying comments on how they should he used. A recommendation of the Scott-Foresffian “Think and Do’’ workbook was voiced by Mrs. Jack -White, a former city schools primary grade teacher and now on the Bethware faculty. She said the particular workbook is good: for the teaching of phonetics. James E. Amos asked if the’ workbooks would be installed as; a\tool for nAot year should the! spring semester sampling prove worthwhile. IMr. Barnes answered, T don’t know.” He explained that it is possible the Scott-Foresman text may not be on the state’s contract next year and that any text change would require a consequent peru sal of allkd material offered. HEADS UNIT — Glee E. Bridges, of Kings Mountain, recently as sumed the duties of commanding officer of the naval reserve elec tronics division headquartered at Shelby. Bridges Heads USNR Division Lt. Glee E. Bridges, USNR, has 'been named commanding offi cer of U. S. Naval Reserve Elec Kings Mountain hardwareman, tronics Division 6-17, headquar tered at Shelby. 'Lt. Bridges succeeded Lit-Com. Wade S. Weatherford, of Gaff ney, S. C., effective January 16. The new commanding officer was previously executive officer of the division, which currently has a complement of 38 officers and men. Members of the division include naval reservists from Gaffney, S. C., Forest City, Gas tonia, Lincolnton, Shelby and Kings Mountain. lLt. Bridges, a veteran of World War LI, has ibeen in the active reserve since 1953 he join ed a Gastonia unit. A year later He was transferred to the Shelby unit. During World War II he at tended the Navy midshipman school at Cornell university, sub sequently studied diesel engines at N. C. State College and was assigned to duty aboard an LCI amphibious ship operating in the 'Pacific theater. Other Kings Mountain citizens members of the Shelby division are Lit. 'Ben H. Goforth Jr., Lt. (j.g.) I. B. Goforth Jr., Jim Dover, BM 1/c, Tommy Barnette, SR, Harold Hudson, SA, Ken neth Roberts, RIM 3/c, Harold Spears, RD 3/c, Edwin Stewart, SN, and Gerald Valentine, RM 1/c. Lt. Bridges said ithe unit has openings for two officers and 17 men. Montonia lane Bids Invited The city has rescinded its ac tion providing sale of its Lake (Montonia road power lines to Duke (Power Company and has advertised for bids on the lines for opening on February 9. (Mayor Glee A. (Bridges said that the Rutherford Rural Elec trification Association, which has also posted an offer for the lines, protested the method of sale as of questionable legality and had endeavored to post an increased proffer of $6,600 prior to board action. Duke Power Company proffer ed $5,500 for the lines against the initial REA offer of $5,247.! At a special meeting last Thursday, the commission decid- i ed to accept sealed bids f >r the Lake Montonia Ones, which serve approximately 33 v ’stome s. City electrical officials had re ! ported that many of the custo mers, all outside the city limits, had requested release to other suppliers. Offered for sale are the power lines, hardware, trans formers, meter boxes and other equipment serving the Lake Mon tonia road customers. It's Cold! Zero Mark Is Possible “Brr . . . it’s cold. ...” This was the standard greet ing Monday as passersby met on Kings Mountain streets and ; the weather predictions were ! for a continuance. Some weather forecasters were predicting 1960-61 winter low temperatures for this area Wednesday right, with a possi bility the mercury in local ' thermometers would plunge to ! zero. *60 City Taxes 71 Percent Paid; Penalty To Start City and county tax collectors are anticipating a rush of pay ments during the weekend and early next week, as taxpayers en deavor ito beat the deadline on penalties on 1960 tax bills. 'Penalty of one percent will ap ply February 2, meaning that next Wednesday is the final day to pay tax bills at par. Additional penalty of one per cent is added in (March1, per state statute. 'M. H. Biser, city tax collec tor, said Wednesday .that pay ments on the 1960 levy of $166, 433 have totaled $116,673, or 71.31 percent of the total levy. Already city taxpayers have made 1960 payments totaling $13,160 during January. In addition to payments or current taxes, collections of tax es for 1959 and prior years have te>taled $22,222 since July. i, be ginning of the current fiscal year Total city tax payments foi the current fiscal year are $138, 897. Bond Election Information Soon J. R. Davis, city school’s attor ney, for some weeks has been negotiating with New York Bond attorneys for Clearance of a bond issue election (to raise funds for the proposed new consolidated high school for No. 4 Township. He reported Wednesday that negotiations are Still continuing and he may have a definite re port concerning the bond election within the next few days. Davis is working with the New York bond company of Mitchell, Pershing, Sheftterly, and Mitch ess. Tax Listing To End Tuesday Final day for listing properties for city and county taxes—with out penalty is Tuesday. Max Hamrick, counity tax sup ervisor, said Wednesday no time extension is contemplated. Last year, the time was extended due to especially bad weather. Meantime, Conrad Hughes, township tax lister, and M. H. Biiser, city tax lister, were being kept busy at City Hall as citizens rushed to list itheir taxes in time. Mr. Hughes said Wednesday that there had been little let-up in the Ilisting chore, and he said he felt that the big majority of th listing jolb is done and that, by Tuesday afternoon, virtually all of it will be finished. ■"Of course, some will be late and some will faill to list It would appear some folk like to be penalized,” he commented. (All citizens are required to list properties for taxes during the month of January. Real estate is automatically carried forward, though sales, purchases and improvements should be noted. Personal pro perty is listed annually and all articles of value must be listed. Included are automobiles, house hold goods, television sets, jew elry and dogs. One citizen, listing taxes Wed nesday afternoon, was asked if he owned a dog. "I"did," he re plied, “but somebody poisoned it”. Penalties are provided by state law for those who list late or who fail to list. Four listing days remain in Kings Mountain, with t1-’ tax listers on duty at City Hall courtroom from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Thursday, Friday, Monday and Tuesday. On Saturday, Mr. Hughes will make his last ap pearance at Grover to accommo date citizens in that area. Answer Unknown On Armory Delay , SPEAKER — Clarence Stasavich, j Lenoir-Rhyne college football i coach and athletic director, will j address members of the Kiwanis ' club Thursday night. Kiwanis To Hear Coach Stasavich Clarence Stasavich, Lenoir Rhyne College football coach, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at theiur Thursday night meeting. The civic club convenes at 6:45 for dinner at (the Woman’s Club. Mr. Stasavich, who led the un beaten Lenoir Rhyne Bears to the National Association of In tercollegiate Athletics Football Championship in 1960, will show pictures of the Holiday Bowl Game played in St. Petersburg, Fla. in which Lenoir Rhyne cap- j ttured the championship through! victory over the Humboldt Col-! 'lege team. Charles A. Neisler, president, will preside. C. L Putnam's Rites Tliuisday Funeral rites for Charles Law rence Putnam, 68, who died Tuesday of a heart attack, will be held Thursday at 3 p. m. from Temple Baptist church. The body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes before the service. Rev. Jack WefctfJK Rev. W. F. Mon$», Rev. Fre<H)ik!lC6, ahd Rev. J. />Thambua>gs*ita!U arfflci at, and jiWterment will be in the PattersonGrove cemetery. • V Mr. Putnam’s death was unins pected. He bad been ill the past three weeks. A native of Cleveland County, he was a retired farmer and tex tile worker, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Putnam. He was a member of Temple Baptist j church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs/ Lela Hard Putnam; six sons, Grady Putnam of Denville, N. J„ Blzie Lee Putnam, Lloyd F. Putnam, both of Kings Moun tain, Forest C. Putnam of Char lotte and Billy and Bobby Put^ nam of Ft. Belvoir, Va.; one dau-i ghter, Mrs. J. W. Rayfield of Kings Mountain and 11 grand children. Also surviving are three bro thers, Carl Putnam of Shelby, Wayne Putnam of Kings Moun-j tain and Albert Putnam of Ruth-1 erfordton; and one sister, Mrs. A. C. Neal of Charlotte. Sadie Mill Employees Had Good Blood Donoi Record During Year Employees of Sadie Cotton Mills gave 70 pints of blood, or 13.3 percent of Kings Muntain area requirements during 1960, Mirs. O. W. Myers, Red Cross chapter blood program chairman, reported this week in announ cing that the Bloodmobile would return here for a blood collection on February 6. Mrs. Myers commended the firm j and Its employees on its blood program effort, noting that 60.8 percent of the employees gave! blood during the year. She also praised employees of Park Yarn Mills, Mauney Hos iery Company. Mauney Mills i and Lithium Corporation of A-; merjca for especial efforts in the 1960 program. “We must remember that the blood needs of our citizens must be replaced by citizens. There’s no other way to acquire blood, which, through the regional blood bank, is available when, they need it—sometimes mean ing the difference between life and death,’’ Mrsi Myers com mented The Bloodmobile will be in op eration at the Woman’s Club. At a recent visit. Kings Mountain citizens donated 100 pints of blood. Federal Word Is A waited By Officials City and National Guard offi cials are still in the dark con 1 -'•'•nin;r possibility of delaying-the Project into the fiscal year be ginning July 1. Mayor Glee A. Bridges con ferred with North Carolina Na tional Guard officials in Raleigh last v\ -eh. bit Major R. e. shpj. ton, tl - officer in rbarge, was out of to- n and o her officers) said! they i.ain’t kne w whether a de lay would be possible. It was indicated that there would be no problem at the state level, but that a check must be made with federal officials. The federal government furnishes 75 percent of the funds for armory construction, the state 7.5 percent, and local governmental units 17.5 percent. Mayor Bridges said he’d re ceived no word from Raleigh Wednesday morning. The armory construction prom lem is twofold. A total of $33,400 in local funds is required for the $140,000 con struction. The city is committed to fur nish $20,000 of this amount, but the funds are not budget®! and the city is checking ways and means to provide the cash by June 1, when the state has said all funds must be on deposit. Informally, the county commis sion has promised a $10,000 ap propriation for the project, but has stated flerr-jy no vi&h wiii oe available before late August, with the remainder not available until January 1062. And the total comimittments are $3,400 sHort of the amount re quired. Mayor Bridges said he was as sured by National Guard officials that they would endeavor to hon or the city’s request for a delay on the project, but that the fed eral government decision would be the determining factor. (Part of the money problem was posed when site requirements for armories was raised from three t» five acres. (Local governments or agencies have full responsibility for pro viding sites. Sufficient land is available to meet the site requirements at $7, 500, National Guard Officials have reported. John Ed Davis Speaks To Lions John Ed Davis, of Shelby. Lions zone chairman, discussed the work of the American Cancer society at Tuesday’s meeting of the Lions club and said that the cancer cure rate could be doubted if preventive examinations were made early enough. In a discussion period follow ing, Dr. George W. Plonk, Kings Mountain surgeon, acknowledg ed the improvement in results of new techniques in treating can cer but added, “We still don’t know the cause and feel that someday researchers will find the cause and develop drugs which will effect cures.” Mr. Davis mentioned and Dr. Plonk concurred in the good re sults obtained in treating uter ine cancer, via the so-called smear test which shows the pre sence of cancer cells before they are visible to the naked eye. “If this type cancer is caught in time, we can be pretty sure that the patienit can count on ex cellent chances of a permanent cure," Dr. Plonk noted. Mr. Davis said the principal functions of the American Can cer society are encouraging can cer research and education of bath the medical profession and laymen about cancer. He noted that the society was organized in 1913, but had done Its principal work since a re-or ganization in 1945. He charged that cigarettes are a heavy contributor to lung can cer, based on the Cameron repot ;, and stated tests show that cig arettes contain 12 cancer-causing agents. Dir. Plonk declined to agree that tests, thus fax, offer inoom tesdhle proof as t» the pant of smoking in lung cancer.
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