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VOL. 72 No. 7 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday February 16, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Greater Kings Mountain is derived from Mountain city directory census. The city from the United States census of i860. Pages Today Power, Gas Sales Set New Records Local News Bulletins MEETING POSTPONED The public meeting, sponsor ed by the Cleveland County eOardinaiting committee on Ag ing, scheduled for the Shelby First Presbyterian church for Friday night, has been post poned until Friday night Feb ruary 24. CANCEL MOTHER'S MARCH The annual Mother’s March for the March of Dimes was cancelled last week because of bad weaither. Donations are being accepted by any member of the Junior Woman’s Club or contributions may be for warded Ito Tom Tate, March of Dimes Chairman, in care of Home Building & Loan. PERMIT ISSUED lA permit was issued Wed nesday by City Building In spector M. H. Biser to Jack Bennett to build a six-room dwelling off Benneitt Street ait an estimated coslt of $18,000. Contractor for the structure is N. E. Chapman. FIRES City firemen iansvvered four alarms ithiis week for grass fir es, one Friday to a vacant lot on Fhenix Street, one Monday ,to a vacant lot on Piedmont Avenue, one Tuesday to a lot at ithe comer of Stowe Acres and Blanton Street, and one Wednesday -in Ithe county on Cherryvllle Road. No damage '■was reported. IN TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL Jack Holden Kennedy, son of John L. Kennedy of Ht. 3, Shel by, i« enrolled in the two-year civil technology course at the Gaston Technical Institute in Gastonia. A graduate of Shel by high school, he is married and 'lives in Kings Mountain. ADO ONE Omitted from the list of “straight iA” students at Kings Mountain High School in the February 9 Herald was Gail Mtonisan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther S. Morrison. ON HONOR ROLL Tommy Boyd, Kings Moun tain student at Gaston Techni cal Institute -in Gastonia, -has completed the schodl term with a 3.00 or B average. He was al so listed on the honor roll for the fall semester, according to report from the school. EAST P-TA Eadt School Parent-Teacher Association Will hol<J its reg ular meeiting Tuesday after noon at 3:30 in ithe school aud toirum. ROTARY MEETING The regular meeting of Ro tary Club will be held ait 12:15 p. m. Thursday at the Country Club. Speaker will be the Rev. Thoihas Droppers, Redtpr of Trinity Episcopal Church. Rev. Droppers will address the group on the annual Heart Fund Drive. Rutherford Finn Gets Power Lines Rutherfordton Electrical as sociation, a cooperative, was high bidder for the city's 33-cus tomer Lake Monitonia power lin The Rutherford association bid $8,025 for the properties, while Duke Power Company declined to raise its first bid of $5,500. Last Thursday’s bid-taking was a re-bid, (the REA firm hav ing objected to method of bid taking ait the previous bidding. Rill of sale for the properties was ready for delivery Wednes day. City Clerk Joe McDaniel said. , , Repeat Likely Foi Upcoming Month's Bills City power and natural gas sales established new records in January, and City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel believes that February 1 billings may set 'another. Mr. McDaniel attributes the major factor in January’s high mark to the cold weather, with short winter days and Christ m«s-iseason home lighting as Other minor factors. in January, rne enys power sales escalated to $28,804, and total utility billings of $36,472 were only a few dollars short of last April's peak of $36,514. Wa ter billings in April wire more than $1,000 over January’s. Jianuaay’s natural gas report shows a new oity peak on Jan uary 25, when customers used 1.064.000 cubic feet of gas, with total billings at $25,251. Janu ary’s gas consumption was 27, 471.000 cubic feet. The peak would have been much higher, Mr. McDaniel no ted, had not the gas system in terrupted service to all customers who buy gas on an interruptible January's account was also the city’s Hargett to ds/te j$th,. Sss supplier, Tra nscontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation, totaling $10,255. Additionally, the setting of a new peak will prove costly to the city come summer, as the city must pay monthly a demand charge, with the basis of charge 80 percent of peak consumption In January, residential custo mers paid the City $15,318 for gas. Small commercial customers paid $4,054, ilarge commercial users paid $1,250, interruptible service customers $3,099, and public institutions $1,530. Figuring of Feburairy 1 billings has just started, but indications are customers for bath utilities and gas can expect large bills a gain. The recent spate of warm weather didn’t come early e nough in the meter reading per iod. AT GASTON TECH Tommy Lewis Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Boyd of Kings Mountain, as studying e leCtrontcs technology at the Gaston Technical Institute in Gastonia. A division of the N. C. State College Sohood of En gineering, Qaiton Tech is op erated by the College Exten sion Division. Other two-year technical programs offered at the school are electrical, me eh a nioa 1 - production, and civil technology. EASTER SEAL CHILD — Jane Yates, age eight, is North Car olina's Easter Seal Child for 1961. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Yates of Kings Mountain. Jane Yates Plans To Sell Sanioid Jane Yaltes, eight-year-old dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ya tes, is North Carolina’s 1961 Easter Seall Child. Dr. Hugh T. Thompson of Duke University, president of the North Carolina Society lor Crip, pled Children and Adults—the Easter Seal Society—announced her selection this week. An active third grader at East school, Jane’s “&till only when she’s asleep” says her mother. Jane’s report caird shows an al most continuous string of A’s, she sings in the Junior choir at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, helps her mother with household chores and is an active and en thusiastic Brownie Scout. She’s quite expert with the hulahoop and rides a tricycle. As the 1961 Easter Seal Child Jane is to be the subject of much •attention and the honor guest for a number of occasions. On February 27 she is to visit with 'Governor Terry Sanford in Raleigh and present him with the first 1961 Easter Seals. .' On March 2 Jane will be the honor guest of Governor San ford andkthe state’s First Lady as .they launch the 1961 Easter Seal Campaign from the Execu tive Mansion. From then until Eajster Day, Jane will, 'as she ,says, "Be a very happy and 1 very busy little gM.” * AT SEMIN AB David Putnam, of Kings Mountain, route supervisor for Holsum Bakeries, is in Chicago, 111. this week attending a baker’s seminar. Aid To Dependent Children Cash Provides For 1433 In Cleveland The often-discussed phase of the county’s weMare program known familiarly as ADC, or aid to dependent children, pro vides monetary caire for 173 de pendent children in Cleveland county. {Ben Carpenter, county welfare Superintendent, in a recent com pilation of figures on this phase of the welfare department’s op eration, reports thait 596 white children and 877 INegiro children are recipients of aide The ADC program is frequent ly the butt of'eritiesam of legis lators and citizens as the iaw which subsidizes bastardy. Cleveland County figures on this contention tend to refute each other, Mr. Carpenter says. On the one hand, thie 304 chil dren getting aid who were bom out of wedlock is a larger figure than three years ago and repre sents 20.6 percent of thee children receiving aid. The percentage to tal is up by ten perce® in the past three years. Yet, Mr. Carpenter's figures show, only 28 children receiv ing aid who were borff out oi wedlock since the family began receiving ADC aid. An additional 33 children are given aid,.in sit uations where the husband in the family isn’t the father-Thesc situations are results mostly from desertions by the fathers, Mr. Carpenter notes. w Generally, aid to dependent children. In (the form of monthly monetary grants are available to children deprived of support. De sertion of the farther is the major contributor (to ithe ADC welfare list in Cleveland county, Mr. Car penter says, With illigitimacy second. Other major contributors are dearth of Ithe father with in- ' adequate or no social security coverage, confinement of the fa ther in prison or mental insti tution, or disability of Ithe faith: er. Average monthly payment in Cleveland county is $21 per child and $90 per case. If the eligibility tests are met, j the welfare department employs! a formula whereby minimum, needs are estimated. Deducted; therefrom is any income Ithe fa-i mily might have. Then the pay- j ment is fixed at 75 percent of the net total. The program costs cash in a year’s Itime. For the current fiscal year, the County’s ADC welfare budget is $521,400, with the county supply ing $56,287 of (this total, and (the remainder coming from federal and state governments. Mr. Carpenter expects this year’s budget to be underspent. National figures show 778,000 ADC oases, {families) with aid being given to 2,929,000. The av- j ving aid is 34 children 1,000 of population. Garland Still In Mayor Race Civic Groups Ask For New Lighting Board Asked To Include Item In Next Budget The city has been asked to! consider rebuilding of the bus-1 iness district “white way” in the; fiscal year beginning July 1. Charles Blanton, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants association, was spo kesman for a group of civic or ganizations, which seek moderni zation of business district light ing. Mir. Blanton sad better lighting would advertise the community as one boasting good govern ment and progressive merchants, would contribute (to traffic safe ty, improve retail trade, increase property values and deter crime. He said he had discussed pos sible cost with one firm, but that the figures Would be very rough estimates at beslt and that costs would depend an extensiveness of the program, engineering and bidding.-* We’d 'like to see modem light ing extended ito the whole com munity,” he added. Specifically, he asked the com mission to budget new business district lighting for the coming year. Appearing in behalf of the project were Mrs. George Houser, of the Woman”s Club, George Thomasson, Lions club, and Ro : bent H. Goforth, Jaycees. School Board Meets Monday Principal business at Monday night’s meeting of the Kings Mountain board of education is expected ito concern the con solidation Of the Kings Mountain schools with those of Beth ware, Park Grace, Grover, and Com pact. 'Superintendent B. N. Barnes said Wednesday he anticipated the board would discuss terms of an election system to provide for future election of school board trustees! and to enfran chise citizens living in the in coming areas. Setting up of the system will require an act of the General Assembly. Mr. Barnes said he also hoped J. R. Davis, attorney for the schools, would be able to make a repeat on progress toward a bond issue election for the erec tion of a new high school plant. The board will convene in the superintendents’s office at 7 o’ clock. ARP's Plan Training Course 1A Leadership Training School: for teachers in the Sunday School iepartments of the ARP church es in Kings Mountain, Gastonia, Bessemer City and surrounding towns will begin Tuesday and xmtinue through Thursday. Classes will he held from 7:45; until 9:30 p.m. each evening at' First ARP church of Gastonia, j Dn opening night, buffet dinnei i will be served from 6:30 until 7 j j’clock in the church spetal hall. : Teachers of pre - school, pri j nary, junior, youth and adults: groups are invited to attend. A! xmrse will also be offered in thunjh school administration. Stay Of! Grass, Commission Asks Please stay off the grass: This is the plea of the Kings Mountain Recreation Commis sion which this week announ ced compilation of a $1500 beautification project at Deal Street Pool. “We’re very proud of the pic nic area”, a spokesman said. Trees have been planted, grass sewn and other work on the beautification project com pleted. * PROMOTED — David M. Neill, iarmer Kings Mountain citizen, has been promoted to vice-presi dent and trust officer of North Carolina National Bank. David Neill Wins Promotion David M. Neill, Kings Moun tain native, has been promoted to the position of vice president and trust officer of North Car- i olina National Bank, Charlotte. I Mr. Neill, a 1944 graduate of Kings Mountain high school and 1948- graduarte of Davidson coll ege, was advanced from the pos ition of trust officer. He has been associated with the bank since June, 1953, and has attended the Hanover Trust School, Financial Public Relations School and is national trust chairman of the FPRA. Mr. and Mrs. Neill, the former Jean R. Webb of Kings Moun tain, have three daughters and attend Providence Methodist church. Mr. Neill is a Myers Park Civitan. 'David Neill’s father, B. S. Neill, recently retired after a 42-year career in banking in North Car olina. He was senior vice presi dent and chairman of the Kings Mountain board of First Union National Bank and formerly president of First National Bank of Kings Mountain. World Prayer Service Friday 'Kings Mountain citizens will join with those around the globe Friday in the 75th observance of World Day of Prayer. The Kings Mountain Council of Churchwomen is sponsoring the local service which will be 'held at 3:30 p. m. at First Baptisit Church. Theme of the program is “Forward Through the Ages” and the offering will be used for the migrant ministry in the U. 3. Voices of various countries will be portrayed by women fi im the various churches of the city. Par ticipating on the program will be: I Mirs. Leona Fite, Mrs. Charles Blanton, Mrs. George Plonk, Mrs. L. E. Hinnant, Mrs. H. D. Gar mon, Mrs. Delbert Dixon, Mrs. W. L. Pressly, Mrs. Don Craw ford, Mrs. John L McGill, Mrs. J. E. Gamble, Mrs. Y. F. Throne burg, Mrs Dorus Bennett, Mrs. H. C. Mayes and Mrs.. C. ;W. Falls. All churches in the Kings! Mountain area will join in the ob-1 servanee The Kings Mountain Council of United Churchwomen, of which! Mrs. Lawrence LOhr is president ! is an interdenominational organ i; ration representing virtually allj churches in the community. CENTRAL PT-SA MEETS Central School Parent-Tea- | chers-Student Association will meet Tuesday, February 21, at j 8:00 f>. m. at the school audl- j torium. The program, an in formal discussion ot work be ing done in the science and j math departments, will be con ducted by Mrs. Paul K. A us ley and Miss Kittie Lou Sutton. Former Mayor Again Seeking To Regain Post Former Mayor Garland E. Still is again a candidate for mayor. It will be the eighth consecutive city election in Which Mr. Still has sought the office and the fiftn time he has opposed Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Who is seeking re election. Mr. Still’s one successful race was in 1951 and his next best showing was in 1953 when he had the rigid to call a run-off election, did call for it, then with drew before the second voting. In 1959, Mr. Still ran third to Mayor Bridges and David L. San ders, the other challenger. The former mayor, now a sales man of speciality items, is a for mer jeweler and restaurant own er. In contrast to other announced candidates, Mr.. Still attached a statement to his official filing an nouncement, in which he said he had received numerous requests to offer again for the mayoral seat. He promised both a reduction in utility rates and in tax rate, as well as recreational buildings and a program for our children which has been sorely neglect ed.” • In an obvious reference to the incumbent, Mr. Still wrote, “I be lieve that if eight years in office is long enough for our president, then it is long enough . . . for our mayor.” Mr. Bridges is com pleting his fourth mayoral term. Mr. Still was the only new ad dition to the candidate list for the May 9 election. Other lone contest to date is for Ward 4 commissioner, where Paul W. Ledford, a former com missioner, and Willis Bagwell, are candidates. J. Elmer Rhea is a candidate forWard 5 commissioner and Cor bett Nicholson is aoandida'te for Ward 3 commissioner. Sunday Dinner At Woman's Club The Kings Mountain Woman’s club will serve dinner to the public on Sunday. Mrs. George Houser said the club may offer semi-regular Sun day dinner service In the feature. Dinner will be served begin, ning promptly at noon, she add ed. Reservations are requested by Saturday noon, by telephoning Mrs. John Cheshire or Mrs. Geor ge Thomasson. Prices are $1.50 for adults, $1 for children under ten. FAIRWIEW LODGE An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339, AF&AM for work in Ithe third degree will be held Monday night at 7:30 at Masonic Hall, accord ing to announcement by Tho mas Tindall, secretary. CANDIDATE — Garland E. Still, entered the mayor's race Wed nesday. He served as mayor in 1951-53. Country Club Work Underway Construction of the new Kings Mountain Country Club building is underway. Paul M. Noisier, Sr., chairman of the clup building committee, said contractors were to begin pouring footings for the new $40,000 structure Wednesday. ! He said the weather would be a chief determining factor in completing the initial construc tion, adding, ‘"We don’t know how March weather will be but we hope to show something pret ty fast.” Plans call for a modernly de signed Clubhouse, with large ballroom, clubroom, and adjacent kitchen facilities, plus service rooms. The club is also constructing a major addition in the form of a swimming pool. Mr. Neisler said the swimming pool project is be ing directed by a special com mittee, including Joe N. McClure, Fred Wright, and James Hern don. He said that contracts for the pool1 project has been let. The new clubhouse will be built on the site of the former colonial style two-story frame structure, with pool to be built on the west side in an area now ocupied by a putting green. Other members of the building committee are Hunter R. Neisler, Mrs. George Houser, Fred WMghlt, William Herndon, and Fred W. Plonk. KIWANIS CLUB Ben F. Moomaw, superinten dent of Kings Mountain Na tional Military Park, will pre sent the program at Thursday’s meeting of the Kiwanis club. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman”s club. Present Two-Man Race For Mayor Could Be Crowded, Rumors Indicate Last week’s spate of Candida cries foir city political offices pro duced prolific rumors but only a lone new candidate. Conversational interest chieflj concerned the mayor’s post, as ol Wednesday a contest betweer Mayor Glee A. Bridges and for mer Mayor Garland E. Still, and with a hefty prospect list. Principal development was that two-term Commissionei Ben H. Bridges, who had beer listed as a possible mayors' candidate, was telling friends he definitely wouldn’t seek the ma yo.-al Job and might not offer foi re-election to the commission. Among those mentioned a possible candidates far mayor considered most serious a^oui offering were Harold L. Phillips a former city commissioner, and David L. Saunders, who soughl the office unsuccessfully twe years ago. In the rumor category were three more names, those of Red ly Dixon, Republican candidate for Congress last November, R Ooleman Stroupe, Ward 5 com missioned, and C. T. Carpenter Ir„ representative of Interna, tional Correspondence schools. There was less conversation concerning commisioner posts. f Continued On Page Eight) RECEIVES DEGREE — Harold Richard Hunnicutt, Jr., a member of the January graduating class at Belmont Abbey College, re ceived his B. A. degree, major ing In business administration 1 v.lth a minor in history. He will formally receive his diploma at commencement exercises on June 6th. He is the son of Mr. and : Mrs. H. R. Hunnicutt, Sr,, of ! Kings Mountain. Board Taps Contingency Fund For Armory The city board of commission ers moved to assure construction of a National Guard armory Mon day night, voting to purchase required additional property for the site and taking (the initial step in issuance of $19,000 in bonds to provide major portion of local funds required. The board dipped into the city's contingency fund to provide $7, 500 for purchase of site property from the Willeford Estate and R. S. Plonk Estate. (With acceptance of -the $8,025 bid of the Rutherford REIA for Lake Montonia power lines last week, the city anticipates that this uribudgeted revenue, plus proceeds from the bond sales, will provide the $24,500 local fund share of the $140,000 armory which the North Carolina Nation al Guard has stated must be on deposit in Raleigh by June 1. The city has an informal pledge from thq members of the Cleveland County board of com 'missioners for a $10,000 approp riation for the armory next year. The deadline problem, continu ing for weeks, 'has 'been how the funds could be deposited by June 1. Efforts to obtain a delay on the project were to no avail, North Carolina National Guard officials stating that the federal agency, which supplies 75 per cent of ithe funds, declined to grant ithe delay request. Additional property for the armory area was a federal re quirement. The city is purchasing for ithe armory the “V”, owned by the Willeford and Plonk es tates, between Mountain and King streets, and a lot from the Wille ford estate on the east side of Phifer road. The armory will be built on the present three-acre site on the west side of Phifer I road. Under the statutes, the city has i the power to issue bonds up to i two-ithirds of the previous fiscal year’s net debt retirement, which, ; last year, was $29,00G. City Attorney J. R. Davis was ! authorized to contact 'bond attor ! neys to arrange details for the bond issuance. Last time the city | obtained funds under (this statute I was in 1950, when $20,000 in I bonds was issued for street im provements. ; ijgllf Under the armory project time italble, the North Carolina Nation al Guard will advertise for bids on the Kings Mountain armory in April, with contracts schedul ed for letting on June 1, The state will provide $11,500 of the building funds. City Tag Sales Top 1500-Mark , The city had sold a total of 1514 auto license tags for the current year 'through mid-after noon Wednesday. In spite of the jump in sales in the past week, it was estima ted on basis of 'last year tag purchases that at least 200 auto owners were candidates for late purchasing. Mayor Glee A. Bridges said that the tag problem will go to the police department Thursday. The law requires that a motor ist purchase and display a new tag, not later than February 15, just as the law on state license tags does. Under the law, delinquent tag buyers can be hailed to court anti found guilty, subjected to a S3 fine, in addition to court costs. The city tags sell for $1. Boy Scouts Spent Busy Day Saturday Kings Mountain Boy Scouts had a busy day Saturday as they helped man city posts foj the day. Ronnie Dover, of Troop 2, was Kings Mountain mayor-for a-day and Charles Padgotr. Troop 1, was fire chief. Tommy Plonk, Troop 9, was chief of police, Larry Anderson, Troop 96, superintendent of public utilities and Chuck Gladden. Troop 2, recorder’s court judge. Commissioners - for • the day were Gene Allen, Troop 2, Lyn Cheshire. Troop 9, and Al vin Ellison, Troop 96. Other Scouts served in vari ous posts throughout the coun ty as a special feature of Boy Scout Week and many Scout troops attended church services together on Sunday morning.
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