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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Thla figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city Units figure is from the United States census of 1960. Pages Today VOL. 72 No. 8 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 23, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS BUSY SCENE AT LIBRARY — High school students receive a helping hand from Librarian Mrs. Josephine E. Weir in selecting books from Central school library. A new wing recently ..1—,——. | added gives ample room for studying and ac commodates over 800 students, including sev enth and eighth graders and high school students. Local News Bulletins LODGE MEETING An emergent communication of Faiirview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 aft Masonic Hall, accord ing to announcement by T. D. Tindall1!, secretary. LEGION DANCE American Legion Post 155 will sponsor a dance for mem bers and guests Saturday night from 8 until 12 p. m. at the Legion Hall, it has been an nounced by Commander J. T. McGinnis, Jr. SCOUT LEADEDS An instruction class for pros pective Scout leaders will be held Thursday night at 7 o’ clock at St. Matthew's Luther an church. Additional volun teers are needed to lead Troop 2 on Monday nights. JOINS FACULTY Mrs. Keith Griggs has joined the Cemtrail high school faculty as teacher of civics and girls physical education. A native of Chertryville, she holds a B. A. degree from Lenoir Rhyne Col lege. PARK GRACE P-TA Paul Lancaster will speak on “Importance of Education In A Growing America” at Monday night’s Park Grace P TA ait 7 p.m. The P-TA meets in the Park Grace School audi torium. . ON DEAN'S LIST Robert B. Early has been named to the Dean’s List for the first semester at Belmont Abbey College. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake W. Early of 403 East King Street, he is a grad uate of Kings Mountain high school. A sophomore at the Ab bey, he has been named +o the Dean’s list each semester sin ce he enrolled in September, 1959. CHARTER NIGHT Methodist (Men of Central Methodist church will observe Chanter Night Monday night with dinner to be served in the church fellowship hall. Harvey Jonas, Jr., of Lincolnton, dis trict lay leader, will be guest speaker for the charter presen tation. IN SORORITY Erieda Marguerite McGinnis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hu bert McGinnis of Shelby Road, Kings Mountain, has been ini tiated into Lambda Alpha sor ority at Lenoir Rhyne college, Hickory. The business educa tion major is a freshman ait the liberal arts school. ON DEAN'S UST Miss Penelope Jane Cansler, Kings Mountain sophomore at Bob Jones University, has been h Histed on the dean’s list for the P first semester. Miss Cansler is . the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cansler. 1716 TAGS SOLD A total of 1716 city auto tags had been sold through Wed nesday, according* to city hall records. Purchases during die past week totaled 202, with shies total approximating hist year's totals at this date. School Library is Popular Spot Central Library Has Nine Books Per Student Do high1 school students enjoy using the library? Kings Mountain high school librarian Mrs. Josephine E. Weir says the west wing third floor of the Central school build ing is seldom empty, with stu dents at work at 11 tables all during a school day. Other teachers report that the library is one of the busiest and most popular spots for students. Central high school students, in addition to pupils from each of the eight sections of grades seven and eight, have ready ac cess to the library to study, read, or complete reference work. '“And the library accommoda tes 860 pupils, all of whom may Choose .from a wide selection of 7,697 boks,” Mrs. Weir adds. Another fact supplied by Mrs. Weir is that for every pupil there are nine books on the li brary shelves. \ ) Central school library was dou bled in size last summer by the addition pf an end classroom. It is spacious, well lighted. Follow ing a trend in a new method of teaching mathematics, the library has added 43 books dealing with .that field alone. Forty magazin es, four newspapers, a Boy Scout pamphlet library and pamphlets 'on personal adjustment appeal to readers. A directory lists the 'schedules of all high school stu dents and complete sets of biog raphical dictionaries plus good collections of reference books and encyclopedia are available. Commenting about the library: A seventh grade boy said, “I (Continued On Page Eight) OFFICIAL — J. Ollie Harris. Cleveland county coroner, has been elected first vice-president of the newly organized North Carolina Coroner's association. Harris Officer Of Coroners J. Ollie Harris, Cleveland Coun ty coroner and Kings Mountain mortician, has been elected vice president of the newly organized North Carolina Coroner’s associ ation. The organization meeting was held in Asheville Saturday night and other officers elected inclu ded Dr. John O. Young, Bun combe county, president; L. W. Strickland, Alamance county, second vice-president; W. A. Me Eldu, assistant coroner of Bun combe county, secretary; and G. C. Saunders, of Granville coun ty, treasurer.. Mr. Harris said the coroners of the state are among the last to (Continued On Page Eight) Barnes, Plonk To Raleigh Friday To Discuss School Charter Changes B. N. Bairnes, superintendent of schools, and Fred W. Plonk, chairman of the Kings Mountain district board of education, will confer in ftalleigh Friday with the assistant attorney-general in charge of school legislation, con cerning charter changes required to enfranchise citizens in the ex panded district. Specifically, the city board is seeking necessary legal changes, which the General Assembly will be asked to adopt, not only to enfranchise farmer county district citizens now in the newly ex panded district, but to assure representation on the, board of education of two citizens from the outlying areas. By election last May, citizens in the county district served by Grover, Bethware, Compact and Park Grace schools voted them selves into the Rings Mountain administrative unit. Litigation to abrogate the eletcion result was non suited last November 29. Technically, school officials say, the district is now merged, with physical consolidation to become effective July 1, beginning of the upcoming flscaa year. [< Supt. Barnes, acknowledging that numerous technicalities are involved or mighit be involved, told the board Monday night, “I don’t know what will be neces sary, but the attorney general can fill me in.” The present chanter provides for a five-member board of edu cation, with members elected for six-year terms, the members to be chosen at large from the en tire school district. This arrangement would per mit, but would not assure, elec tion of two representatives from the areas being merged into the Kings Mountain district. Under the present charters,! board of education elections are! conducted in conjunction with! the City of Kings Mountain bi ennial elections. Since the boun dary lines of the expanded school district do not coincide with the city boundaries, with an estima ted 2500 or more voters in the in coming areas, it is anticipated a separate election will be re quired. Terms of two board of educa tion members, A. W. Kincaid and J. W. Webster, expire in May. Dixon, Saunders In Mayoral Race X Jim Yarbro Wins Cleveland Young Farmer Of ’60 Award Jaycee Honor To Bethlehem Poultryman Jim Lee Yarbro, Jr., 34-year old Bethlehem section farmer, was named Cleveland County’s Young Farmer of the Year Tues day night at the annual Farm er’s Night Banquet at the Wo man’s Club, (this year co-sponsor ed by Kings Mountain and Shel by Jaycees. Award Chairman Bob Pearson said Yarbro is 'the biggest inde pendent broiler producer in the county, turning out some 30,000 Broiler chickens from his farm every 10 weeks. ( I iLast year he raised some 150, 000 chickens. His 52 acre farm has some 38 acres of pastureland which Yarbro is using in his new ven ture of raising beef cattle. iHis extensive layout of chick en houses and equipment repre sent an investment of $25,000. (Above being a busy farmer, Mr. Yarbro is active in civic af fairs of his community and coun ty. He is a member of the Beth ware Progressive club and has held virtually every office of the club in the. past. He is vice-presi dent of the newly organized unit of the Grange. ( Treasurer of the Fanner's Club of Grower, he is a effector of the Farm Bureau, a statewide organ ization, and on the 'board of dea cons at Bethlehem Baptist chur ch. He is married to the former Flora Lee Blackburn of Kings Mountain and the father of two children, a boy, Stanley, age 10, and a girl, Sherrill, age 4. He is the son of (Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lee Yarbro Sr. Presentation of the award was made by Myers Hamb right, agri culture teacher at (Bethware School. i Prior to the presentation, Coun ty Agent Henry Dameron spoke to the Jaycees on modern farm ing problems, and the high cost of food. Mir. Dameron noted that the farmer must spend more and more each year to produce foed (Continued On Page Sight) Heart Fund Donations Asked Kings Mountain area citizens will be asked to contribute to the heart fund on Heart Sunday this weekend. A large number of volunteer workers have been enlisted to conduct the doar-to-door solici tations, drive chairman Tom Droppers pointed out. The Heart Fund drive iis con ducted throughout the month of February with Heart Sunday the final phase of the campaign. Do nations already reported to drive treasurer Boyce Gault, Jr. ftotafl $190. Mrs. Marriott Phifer, chaimiian of Heart Sunday, announced the following team captains: Mrs. N. F. McGill, Mrs. Hillard Black, Mrs. Jimmy Dickey, Mrs. Dorus Bennett, Mrs. Leonard A. Smith, Mrs. Paul Howard, Mrs. Earl Ledford, Mrs. Otis Flails, Jr., Mrs. D. F. Hord, Mrs. Andy Huffstet ler, Mrs, Paul Oolle, Mrs. Delbert Dixon, Mrs. Charles Ballard, Mrs. N. H. Reed, Mrs. Luther Morris on, Mrs. Ruth Mitcham, Mrs. Louis Sherer, Mrs. D. C. Byers, Mrs. Garland Still, Mrs. Carl Weasner, Mrs. Martin Ware, Mrs. Raymond Mullinax and Mrs. Wesley Kiser. Other volunteer workers include Mrs. J. E. Maun ry, Miss Ava Ware, Miss Mary Alice McDaniel, Mrs. Humes Houston, Mrs. Tom Trott Miss Gail Morrison, Miss Pamela Mor rison and Mrs. Russell Smith. Mrs. Vera Lee Roberts is chair-j man in the Negro diviison of the campaign. Full list of workers will be an nounced next week. Commenting on the 1961 Heart Drive appeal, the chairman said, "The response made last year to the cause of heart disease was most gratifying and has estab lished a welcome precedent for this year’s work. Willingness to assist in a situation of need is evident in the history of the var ious drives which take place in our community’, he added. OFFICER — J. R. Davis, Kings Mountain attorney, has been e lected vice-president of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan as sociation. Mr. Davis succeeds the late J. C. Keller. Davis-Elected S&LOfficer ' Kings Mountain Savings & Loan association enjoyed a pros perous year during 1960, Secre tairy-Treasurer Ben H. Bridges told stockholders at last week’s annual meeting. Highlights of his report show ed that the association granted 260 loans during the year, in cluding 13 for the building of homes, 25 for purchase of homes, and 222 for church construction, home renovation and expansion and for other purposes. Mortgage loan total at year end was $2,836,282, representing 989 loans. The loan total was up four percent. (A totall of 349 new savings ac counts were opened during the year, raising the total to 1429, representing savings of $2,822,: 532, an increase of 3.29 percent. Reserves were increased by 11 percent to $246,378. Assets declined slightly to $3,179,677, which Mr. Bridges at tributed to a major savings with drawal and net repayment of $125,000 loan to the Federal I Home Loan bank. mere were 2418 association members at year-end. Dividends paid during 1960 were at a record peak of $101,386. Stockholders re-elected all dir ectors, including Dr. L. P. Baker, Ben H. Bridges, Wilson Crawford, J. R. Davis, Boyce Gault, Clyde Kerns, R. L. Lewis, of Bessemer City, Carl F. Mauney, W. K. Mauney, Dr. John C. McGill and C. G. White. Following the stockholder ses sion directors elected these offi cers: W. K. Mauney, president; J. R. Davis, vice-president; Ben H. Bridges, secretary-treasurer; and Mrs. Phillip Baker, assistant secretary -treasurer. Mr. Davis, veteran member of the board of directors succeeds the late J. C. Keller as vice-pres ident of the association. Renamed attorneys far the as sociation were Davis & White and George B. Thamasson. Match Delivery Of Bus Expected Kings Mountain high school should get its new activities bus sometime in early March, said Supt. B. N. Barnes Monday night as the school board met in reg ular session at Central school 1. Supt. Barnes said he received a telegram from Roy H. Dear stein, supervisor of purchases for N. C. Schools and institutions, Monday saying the long awaited chassis would arrive in High Point for final assembly with the body on February 27. Mr. Barnes noted the body had i previously been constructed and has for sometime awaited de livery of the chassis for comple tion of the bus. In other actions the board: 1) Heard a report from Supt. Barnes that the Gaston Street dwelling bad been weatherstrip ped and insulated at a total cost of $256.70. The work was done by Norman Hams & Sons. 2) Heard a report from Supt. Barnes that (the Houser property adjoining the OentraQ school plot (Continued on Page Eight) Manager Plan Election likely In May In addition to electing a mayor and five city commissioners, the Kings Mountain citizens this year are likely ito get an oppor tunity for a third time to ap prove or reject a modified city manager plan of government. Tate in the legislative session of 1959, after the 1959 city elec tion, the General Assembly rati fied an enabling act to permit the Kings Mountain city com mission to offer the modified plan at an election. Terms of the act, if approved by the voters, would provide the Kings Mountain city commission an option to designate the elec ted mayor as also its city man ager, or to employ a city man ager, with the mayoral duties re legated to that Of a board chair-, man. Under Kings Mountain’s pre sent arrangement, a mayor may be paid as little as $600 per year and as much s $6,000. Presuma bly, should the mayor be desig nated city manager he would be paid more than the minimum. Other modification of the sta tutory Plan "D” city manager system is provision that the board of commissioncrs would continue to appoint the judge of recorder’s court, city clerk and treasurer, and a few other city officers. Employment authority, for all other departments, would be vested in the mayor-city man ager or the city manager. Several weeks ago, Mayor Glee A. Bridges, who is seeking re election to a unprecedented fifth consecutive term, told the commission he felt the city man ager option should be offered ci tizens at the May election. Ben H. Bridges, mayor pro tempore, said this week he ima gined the city manager election willl be ordered. The city operated under a city manager' system, minus vote of the citizens, from 1941-1947, an operation subsequently declared illegal. Then in 1948, citizens declined to approve a city manager sys tem, in an election which also involved many other changes in the basic city charter. The mar gin of defeat was in excess of 200 votes. In 1953, the citizens again de clined to approve a city man ager system, this time by a mar gin of eight votes. Power Customer Transfer March 15 Transfer of the city’s Lake! Montonia Road power customers - to Rutherfordton Electric assoeia i tion will take pilace on March 15, j City Clerk Joe McDaniel said! Wednesday. The Rutherfordton cooperative has already forwarded its check for the $8,025 purchase price for the city lines and bill of sale has been delivered. After the March 15 meter read ing, the 33 Lake Montonia Road customers will be REA customers and on payment of April 1 city billings will be eligible to claim deposit fees with the cty, Mir. McDaniel said. FOR MAYOR — Kelly Dixon, a bove, and David L. Saunders have entered the contest for mayor of Kings Mountain. They oppose Mayor Glee A. Bridges, seeking re-election to a fifth term, and Garland E. Still, a former mayor. Mis. Ballaid’s Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Laura Amelia Ballard, 81, widow of John Franklin Ballard, were held Monday ait 4 p. m. from Grace MethOdist church of which she was an active member. I Mrs. Balland_ died Saturday at 9:30 p. m. at'the home of her daughter, Mrs. Pauline Williams, 801 Jackson street. She had been in ill health the past two years. A native of Gaston County, Mrs. Ballard was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Law ing. Her husband died in 1936. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. John George, Mrs. Jasper Roper, Mrs. Pauline Williams,; Mrs. T. J. Ellison, and Miss; Miildred -Ballard, all of Kings Mountain; and Mrs. Lawrence Guyton of Great Falls, S. C.; one son, Charles E. Ballard, Kings Mountain, and two sisters, Mrs. James Tate and Mrs. Ed Mc Swain, both of Belmont; 21, grandchildren and two great-. grandchildren. The final rites were conducted hy Rev. W. C. Sides, assisted by Dr. Paul K. Ausley and Rev. J. W. Phillips. Interment was in1 Mountain Rest cemetery. Sports Announcer Kiwanis Speaker Phillip (Phil) Agresta, sports announcer for WIBT and WBTV of Charlotte, will address- Kings Mountain Kiwanians at their Thursday night meeting. The club convenes at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. Mr. Agresta is a graduate of Erskine College at Due West, S. C. Before entering the radio field 20 years ago he was a school teacher and coach. Life-Saving Crew Sponsors Comedy The Helpmate' Here Monday Night The Cleveland County Rescue Squad will sponsor a performan ce of “The Helpmate", a three act comedy toy the Variety Na tional Players of Houston, Tex., Monday night. Curtain time is 8 p. m. and the show will be staged at Kings Mountain high school auditori um. Tickets are available from any member of the Rescue Squad or will be on sale at the door at $1.50 for adults and T5 cents for children.. I < f “The Helpmate” tells the story of a young Texas lass who finds herself living in the confined quarters of Greenwich Village. She gets the idea that she would help her husband. jHe doesn't want her help, but accepts it at first. Then she branches out — she wants to help the entire city of New York and then the world. The huslband finally, after many interesting situations, convinces her that no one can have a heart j that big. Life Saving Crew spokesmen said the cast will include profes sional actors, some of whom ap peared in movies and on televis ion. Variety International Pro ductions rehearsed the play for three months in Houston before I it became a road show'. Jerry L. I Gray is the director and Russell i K. Barron is the producer. “The Helpmate” is a comedy of the hightest order and has been a success all over the country," the sponsoring Rescue Crew added. They continued “The laughter and everyone should be rocked with laughs,” Four Seeking Top Post; Wood In Ward 4 Race The candidate Hist far mayor increased to four this week, as David L. Saunders and Kelly Dixon filed notices of candidacy. Another candidate, Clinton Wood, filed for the Ward 4 com mi.'a'.oner post bringing to three the number of candidates for this position. Mr. Saunders, Kings Mountain dry cleaner, ran second to Mayor Glee A. Bridges, in the three-man 1959 contest with Garland E. Still. Mir. Dixon, a building con tractor, is bidding for the city of fice for the fir t time, but last year was a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives from the 11th North Carolina district, polling more than 41,000 votes as he trailed incumbent Basil L. Whit ener. Asked if his entry into the ma yoral race might project a race for partisan party control of City Hall, Mr. Dixon sid, “Possibly my association with the Republican party may have some individual effect, but I anticipate no formal partisan campaign in the Repub lican vs. Democratic sense.” Neither Mr. Saunders nor Mr. Dixon made formal statements. Both said they are dedicated to honest administration of govern ment > Ml*. Dixon is a native of Cleve land County. He is a member of Cherokee Street Baptist church, where he Is teacher of the adult Bible class. He is also a lay Bap tist minister. Last year he wais a delegate to the Republican na tional convention. Mr.,Saunders has been a Kings Mountain citizen for 33 ^ears. A native of South Carolina, he is a member of Central Methodist church, the Kings Mountain Lions club, is a Mason and Shri ner. He served briefly on the city co n mission from Ward 3 during the forties, on appointment to fill an unexpired term. Mr. Wood, an insurance sales man who seeks election as WaTd 4 commiissioner, lives across the street from Ben H. Bridges, in cumbent commissioner and ma yor pro tempore. Mr. Bridges hasn’t yet announced whether he will seek re-election. He said Wednesday he hasn’t yet come to a decision. 'Also seeking election as Ward 4 commissioner are Paul W. Led ford, who, like Mr. Saunders, served on the commission by ap pointment several years ago, and Willis Bagwell. Ais yet, there are no other con tests and no candidates have filed for either the Ward 1 or 2 posts. . In Ward 3, Corbett Nicholson, former city gas superintendent, seeks election, to the commission seat now held by Luther T. Ben nett, and in Ward 5, J. Elmer Rhea seeks th,e seat now held by R. Coleman Stroupe. Ross Alexander is Ward 1 in cumbent and Boyce Gault the Ward 2 incumbent. Outside the mayoral and Ward 4 positions, there were few re ports on possible candidacies. Some folk were talking of a passible “young man’s slate”, but had not yet mentioned any likely candidates. Charles T. Carpenter, Jr., men tioned as a possible mayoral candidate termed the report “a typographical error”. Harold Phillips, also mention ed as a mayoral possible, also was reported considering a bid for Ward 4 commissioner, a pos ition he held from 1953-55. The names of Former Commis sioner T. J. Ellison and C. G. White, both Ward 3 commission er candidates two years ago, were mentioned by speculators on the Ward 3 race. The election will be conducted on May 9. Candidates have until 15 days prior to the election to file tor the office. Candidates must file a state ment of candidacy at the City Hall office and pay the $5 filing fee. Penalty Increases On Taxes March 2 An addtional interest fee of one percent will be added to un paid city and county 1960 tax bilb on March 2. City Tax Collector M. H. Biser reminded delinquent taxpayers • they’ll save money by paying I9 60 accounts not later than next Wednesday. Tax collections were heavy in January but have been light this month, Mr. Biser reported, with payments of only $2932 on the 1960 levy.
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