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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City .imits 8,008 ThU figure for Greater Kings Mountain is derived from the 195S Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure is from the United States census of 1960. VOL 72 No. 12 Established 1889 Pages Today Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 30, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS Hour-Rated Foote Workers Will Get Pay Boost April 1 SPELLING CHAMP — Glynda Lynn, East school seventh gra der, is Kings Mountain's champ ion speller. She outspelled other students in the schools' finals Tuesday. Glynda Lynn BesS Speller Glynda Lynn, 13 year old East school seventh grader, is Kings: Mountain’s champion speller. As winner ot the city-wide spelling bee in the city schools, she will represent Kings Moun tain in the Charlotte Observer Bee and ireceiveis the annual me dal given by First Union Na tional Bank in honor of the late president Frank R. Summers. Daughter og Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Lynn, 805 Cleveland Ave., the young spelling champ outspell ed three other good spellers who represented three other elemen tary schools in the finals on Tuesday. Glynda missed only six words from a list of 100. Most schools use an oral contest to determine their best spelling stu dents. Here, each contestant is required to write all 100 words. The one with the nearest perfect score is the winner. Second place spelling honors went to Lyn Cheshire of Central school. Other students in the fi nals were Jo Bridges of West school and Karen Wood of North school, each of these students having been declared the win ner of spelling bees held at each of the schools. Glynda’s hobbies are cameras and reading. Local News Bulletins COUHT TUESDAY Kangs Mountain Recorder’s Court, usually held on Mon day afternoon, has been sche duled this week for Tuesday at 2:00 p. m. PERMIT ISSUED A permit was issued Wednes day to Elco Industries, Inc. to build a one-story frame dwell ing on McGinnis Street Esti mated cost of the five-room structure is $5,000. PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC Pre-school Clinic at Parkgrace school will be held on April 24th beginning art 9 a. m. Par ents whose children will enter the first grade at Parkgrace should secure proper registra tion blanks from the school. LEGION DANCE American Legion Posit 155 is sponsoring a dance for mem bers and t air guests Saturday night beginning at 8 p. m, at the Legion Hall. Music will be furnished by Mike Lattimore and his band from Shelby. OPTIMISTS MEET Kings Mountain Optimists will meet Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at the American Legion Ball for an organizational ses sion. A dutch supper will be served. IN FRATERNITY Ed Ledford, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Ledford of Kings Mountain has been elected corresponding secretary of Al pha Phi Omega, national ser vice fraternity, at Wake Pur est college. Ledford, a junior majoring in sociology, is pres ident of Theta Chi social fra ternity. Five-Cent Houi Raise Announced By Johnson Foote Mineral Company has announced a five-cent per hour pay raise for all Kings Mountain hourly-rated employees, effective April 1. Announcement was made last week by Neil O. Johnson, mana ger of Kings Mountain opera tions, in a letter to employees. iMr. Johnson said the wage boost would bring Foote’s King Mlountain wage payments to ap proximately $400,000 annually. Mr. Johnson wrote employees: "It is my pleasure to announce Management’s decision to increa se our Kings Mountain pay scale 5c per hour for all hourly em ployees, effective April i, 1961. “‘This decision is in recognition of the excellent safety record, the increased production of our regular products, and the devel opment of new products here at Kings Mountain. These accom plishments were made possible through the hard work and team effort of you and your fellow workers.. "Congratulations for a job well done!” Panels To Quiz Mayor Seekers Kings Mountain mayoral can didates will be interviewed on five weekly programs over Sta tion WKMT beginning April 10, WKMTT Manager Jonas Bridges announced ithis week. The program, labeled “The Race for Mayor”, will be an hour earth, with a group of panelists directing questions ait the several •mayoral candidates who appear. iMr. Bridges said three of ithe four current candidates for ma yor, Glee A, Bridges, Garland E. Still and Kelly Dixon, have a greed to appear on the program series, and that Candidate D. L. Saunders has declined. The sta tion manager said Mr. Saunders had indicated objection to the program format, whereby ques tions will not be submitted to the candidates in advance of the live interview, i f Manager Bridges will moder ate each show and Martin Har mon, Kings Mountain Herald ed itor, will be a regular member of die panel. Other Kings Moun tain citizens will (take turns at the other two interviewing posts. For the initial Apr^l 10 pro gram, (the two additional panel ists will be Ollie Harris, Sr., and Jack White. Plans call for an end of inter viewing in time to allow each candidate five minutes for a talk on any subject he might choose. ARP'S Set Special Sendee The annual Candlelight fcom munion service will be held Thursday evening at 8 o’clock ait (Boyce Memorial AERIP church. Or. W. L. Pressly, pastor, will conduct the meditation from the theme, ‘God In Christ Reconcil ing the World" and music will consist of anthems and congre gational singing. The Old Com munion service will be used to serve the Elders. Members of the Frances Garrison circle will dec a rate the church. I CLUB PRESIDENT — Jacob Cooper was elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club last week. He succeeds Dr. George W. Plonk. Jacob Cooper (Hub President Jacob Cooper, Bonnie Cotton Mills superintendent, has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Country Club for the coming year. Meeting last Thursday, . the newly-elected board of directors also elected Fred Wright, Jr., as vice-president, George Houser, as secretary, and L. E. (Josh) Hin nant, treasurer. Stockholders at the March 21 meeting elected these directors: for three-year terms expiring 1964, h. E. Hijuvant, JP^ Fran cis, James Clbson and W.T3. Ful ton, Jr.; for two-year terms ex piring 1963, Paul M. Neisler, Sr., Jacob Cooper, George Houser, and Joe MJCClure; for one-year terms ending 1962, Dr. George W. Plonk, Fred Wright, Jr., James Herndon and James Ly ibrand. Statements on the 1960-61 op erations Showed operating in come at $20,877 and a net gain from the year’s operations of $8,325. The clUb building was razed by fire during the winter and re ceipts from the insurance claim were $20,611. Balance sheet at March 15 showed the club with total as sets of $124,663 and stockholder equity of $124,086. Club land was valued at $45,000 and the im provements (golf course) at $45, 000. Easter Holiday For Some Folk Numerous Kings Mountain folk could look forward this week to an Easter holiday. Merchants, many of (them open for a full day’s business Wednes day, were expecting to close on Esaiter MOnday, along with fi nancial institutions, ithe city hall office, and the postoffice. School children, both in Kings Mountain and throughout the county, will end pre-Easter work with Thursday classes, getting holidays on Friday and Easter Monday resuming classes Tues day. Merchants will resume their mid-week half-holiday schedule on Wednesday. Community-Wide Easter Sunrise Rites Set For Cemetery At 6 A.M. Kings Mountain's traditional community-wide Baxter Sunrise Service will be held ait Memorial Park of Mountain Rest cemetery Easter Morning, beginning at 6 o”clock. The program is presented and sponsored by the Kings Moun tain Ministerial Association. TRAFFIC DIRECTIONS Citizens attending the Easter Sunrise Service should enter the cemetery at gates on Dill ing and Gold streets and fol low instructions of traffic offi cers and Boy Scouts on duty at (these entrances to the cem etery, cemetery Supt. Sam Su ber said. Rev. H. D. Garmon, pastor of Central Methodist church, will deliver the Easter morning mess age on the theme, "The Triumph of Easter.” Other ministers who will par ticipate in the service are Dr., Paul Ausley, pastor of First Pres byterian church; Rev. Wayne Ashe, pastor of Macedonia Bap tist church; Rev. J. W. Phillips, pastor erf First Wesleyan Metho dist church; and Rev. Clyde Goodson, pastor of East Gold St. Wesleyan Methodist church. The service will open with a prelude of Easter music by the Kings Mountain school band, under direction of Joe Hedden. Mrs. J. N. McClure wil direct the high school Glee Club in the singing of special music. Fam iliar scripture and prayers will be included in the service which commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ—His victory of life over death—which is the meaning of Easter, the most joy ful holiday celebrated by Christ ians. The Ministerial Association is sued an invitation to the com munity to worship together at the Sunday morning service. Grover Town Election Set For May 9 The Town of Grover has call ed its regular biennial election for May 9. The town council resolution, adopted last week, specifies that the voters of Grover will elect a mayor and three aldermen for two-year tennis. Present town officials are C. F. Harry, Jr., mayor, Robert E. Hambright, Fain Hambright and W. W. McCarter, who also serves as town clerk. Registration books for the town election will be open week days from April 3 through April 24 art R. E. Hambright’s Store, with Mrs. J. B. Elite and Miss Ethel Martin as election judges. The books will be open from 7 a. m. to 6 p. m. . To qualify, voters must have been a resident of North Carolina for one year and a resident of the Town of Grover for 30 days. Candidates for town offices must file with the town clerk. Mr. McCarter said the town council set the election for May 9 in order that it might coincide with the school district election of the same day. Good Friday Service Set Good Friday services, a seven * part three hour program based on the "Seven Last Words” of Christ as He hung on the Cross will foe held for the second year at Resurrection Lutheran church. As in the past, other Lutheran ministers will assist the Rev. George Moore in the traditional service this Friday. Other speak ers will be Dr. E. C. Oooper of Kings Mountain, Rev. George Robertson of Bessemer City and Rev. J. A. Harbinson of Dallas. Mir. Moore, in noting that the Resurrection service is the only such service planned in Kings Mountain on Good Friday invi ted the community to join in the worship program. The divisions of the service make it possible for attendance as the situation demands. The schedule for the service includes: First Word: Noon to 12:25, Pastor Moore. Second Word: 12:30 to 12:50, Pastor Harbinson. Third Word: 12:55 to 1:15, Pas tor Moore. Fourth Word: 1:20 to 1:40, Pastor Harbinson. Fifth Word: 1:45 to 2:05, Pas tor Robertson. Sixth Word: 2:10 to 2:30, Dr. Cooper. Seventh Word: 2:35 to 3 p. m., Pastor Moore. St. Matthew's Plans Services The Children’s Department of the Sunday School at St. Mat thew’s Lutheran church will pre sent a program in the auditorium Easter Morning ait 9:45 under the direction of Mrs. Don W. Blan ton. At the Festal Service at 11 a. m. special music by both choirs and baptism will feature ithe ser vice. Pastor Gerberding will preach on “Easter Faith, Hope and Lave.” 1 Holy Communion will be ad ministered Maundy Thursday the night in which (the Sacrament was instituted and a special ser vice at 7:30 p. m. will be held on Good Friday, the Day on which Christ was crucified. The liturgical color for the day is black; the cross will be covered by a black shroud. Rabies Clinic Here Saturday Dr. J, P. Mauney, veterinarian, announced this week his Satur day schedule for the Kings Moun tain area rabies clinic The schedule follows: Beatty’s Store from 9 to 9:30 a. m. (Harmon’s Store from 9:30 to 10 a. m. (Hail Grocery from 10 to 10:30 a. m. Cash Store from 10:30 to 11 a. m. Beth ware School from 11 to 11:30 a. m. Blalock’s Park Inn from 11:30 to 12 noon. City Hall from 12 noon to 12:30 p. m. BAND CONCERT DATE The annual Spring band concert of the Kings Mountain school band will be held April 27th at 8 p. m., not March 30th as originally announced. The concert will be presented in the high school auditorium. Grover Is Planning $125,000 Water Bond Election In June Homer And Gill New Candidates CANDIDATES — C. H. (Cat) Houser, at top, is a candidate for Ward 1 commissioner. C la von Kelly, center, and Corbeett Nich olson, below, are two of four candidates for Ward 3 commis sioner. Lutherans Set Sunrise Service Resurrection Lutheran church congregation will hold Blaster Sunrise service at the church in Crescent Hill Sunday. The service will begin at 6 a. m., the pastor, Rev. George Moore has announced. A congregational breakfast will be served by the Men of the Church following the services. Canine Samples Bilftclifie, Again Arthur Biltcliffe, substitute postal carrier, wishes, rather painfully, that dog owners would keep their pets penned until after the morning mail is delivered, i rt happened again Wednes day. ; Postman Biltcliffe was bitten for the seventh time within the past year. A bull dog at a res idence on Fhenix street decided to sample the postman’s shin. The bite was minor, in compari son to one administered by a German police previously. Mr. Biltcliffe doesn't blame the dogs, figures the canines think they're doing their duty in protecting the master’s home and fireside. And all dogs don’t dislike him. One follows him daily. Sometimes he has to return the dog to its owner's home. 18 Candidates Now In Held For City Posts Two new candidates entered the city political campaign this week. C. H. (Oat) Houser, bowling center owner, filed notice of can didacy for Ward 1 commissioner, and Hazel Lee Gill, Negro truck er and funeral home partner, be came a candidate for' Ward 5 commissioner. The new candidates bring to 18 those seeking the six city elec tive Offices. At the moment, all the city positions are contested with the exeception of Ward 2 commis sioner, where John W. Gladden is the lone candidate. Thus far, no candidates have filed for the two school trustee positions, required to be filled by citizens residing in the area of the expanded Kings Mountain school district adjacent to the city limits. Candidates are expected mo mentarily for the school posts, with W- W. (Bill) McCarter, cur rently <a member of the Grover town council, ''about 99 percent sure” he’ll offer for the school board and with H. O. (Toby) Williams also a likely candidate. Other possibilities listed in pre election speculation include Hill Lowery, chairman of the Beth ware district school committee, and Jack Herndon, of Grover. Candidate speculation for city hall jobs produces few addi tional “possibles”, with excep tion of three incumbent commis sioners, Boyce Gault, Sr., in Ward 2, Ben H. Bridges, in Ward 4, and R. Coleman Stnoupe, in Ward 5. All are regarded as vir tually sure to seek re-election to third terms. Other incumbents have alrea dy filed their candidacies. Candidate Houser sought the Ward 1 post two years ago, trail ing Incumbent Ross Alexander in the two-man contest. Candidate Gill is seeking pub lic office far the first time. Mir. Houser commented on fil ing, “I wish to state that I have full knowledge of the responsib ilities of the office of commis sioner and appreciate the request by many friends that I offer. I have an open mind with respect to all matters which might come before the commission and I shall constantly strive for good, honest government for our city.’’ Filing deadline is April 24. The candidate list to date: For (Mayor — Glee A. Bridges, Kelly Dixon, David !L. Saunders, and Garland E. Still For Ward 1 Commissioner — Ross Alexander, Ray Cline, and C. H. Houser. i For Ward 2 Commissioner — John W. Gladden. ) For Ward 3 Commissioner — T. Luther Bennett, Clavon Kel ly, Corbett Nicholson, and T. J. Ellison. For Wlard 4 Commissioner — Willis Bagwell, Norman King, Paul W. Ledford and Clinton Wood. For Ward 5 Commissioner — Hazel Lee Gill and J. Elmer Rhea. Federal Agency Would Provide Long Term Loan The Town of Grover hopes that 1961 will see installation of an improved town water system. The town council has pared its initial aims for a reservoir sys tem, due to prohibitive cost, but expects to ask the voters to ap prove a $125,000 water (bond is sue in June. (Present plans call for utiliza tion of wells, installation of six inch main lines and additional feeder lines, and a 100,000-gallon storage tank. W. W. McCarter, town clerk, said the reservoir plan would have required installation of a filter plant and a total cost of $380,000. (Minette Mills had prof fered a million-gallon per week contract. In the present plans, (Minette will not use Grover water and anticipates 'building a reservoir of its own, with a different type filtering operation. < ■ If the voters approve the an ticipated (bond issue, it is expect ed that the funds will be 'borrow ed from the Home & Housing Fi nance administration, a federal agency, at interest of four per cent, with the bonds to toe retired in a 25 to 29-year period. 'It is anticipated, Mr. McCarter said, that the new water system would be self-supporting. The Town of Grover has a tax able valuation of approximately $1,100,000. Its present tax rate is 50 cents per $100 valuation. Grover citizens currently ob tain water from the Minette sys tem. With growth of the town, Mr. MIcCarter said, water is now in Short supply. Mrs. Wright's final Bites Held Funeral rites for Mrs. Essie Cleo Wright, 68, wife of William A. Wirighit of the Oak drove com munity were held Tuesday at 3 p. m. from Oak Grove Baptist church. Mrs. Wright died Sunday af ternoon in the Kings Mountain hospital after an illness of several years. A native of Cleveland Co unty, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Bell. An active member of Oak Grove Baptist church, she had served as the church’s pianist for the past 51 years. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Sto kes Wright, of Kings Mountain; two brothers, David Bell and Lee Bell, both of Kings Mountain; and one sister, Mrs. Elam Mc Swain, of Kings Mountain. The final rites were conducted by Rev. James E. Holder, assisted by Rev. C. C. Orowe, Rev. Arnold Bell and Rev. Riehard Spencer. Interment was in the church cemetery. SERVICES CONTINUING Spiring Revival Services are continuing at Macedonia Bap tist church through Sunday of this week. A nursery is being provided each evening for children. Services begin night ly at 7 p. m. and Rev. Wayne Ashe extended a cordial invi tation to the oommuninty to join with the Macedonia con gregation in this special evan gelistic series. Rev. Floyd Har low of Loudon, Tenn. is the guest speaker. Kings Mountain Blood Quota Upped To 225 Pints Foi April 11 Visit Kings Mountain blood program officials have set a high goal of 225 pints minimum for the up coming April 11 visit of the Red Cross Sioodmobile. i The reasons are apparent from the current report of blood usage here, which approximates a defi cit between use of Mood and do nations of blood of about 170 pints since July 1, 1960. The deficit was 116 pints up to March 1, and the additions are estimated use of blood by Kings Mountain area citizens during current month. Should Kangs Mountain fall to meet the upped April quota, a return visit of the Bloodmobile will be scheduled for Mlay—which Red Cross officials hope won’t be necessary, . , | | t i Community blood quotas are set on three factors: 1) usage by local citizens; 2) local community quota for use ait Veterans Hos pitals; and 3) local community quota for whole blood processing into gamma globulin and other blood derivatives. rrhe Bloodmobile will set up for operation for the April 11 visit at Kings Mountain Baptist chur ch. . Mrs. O. W. Myers, Red Cross; blood program, chairman, com mented, ,fWe need a literal out-' pouring of donors for the April 11 visit. And many more than | 225 will be required to assure meeting of the quota. Several arei would-be doners are rejected in-; variably due to various, if minor,! physical reasons. I , 1 SUCCUMBS — Funeral services were held for Clarence T. Corn well. 83, Wednesday afternoon. C. T. Cornwell Rites Conducted i Funeral services for Clarence Tracy Cornwell, 83, Ki: gs Moun tain native and lifelong resident, were held Wednesday afternoon at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Mr. Cornwell died Tuesday morning at 5:10 at Kings Moun tain hospital following several months illness. A son o#«the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Cornwell, he was a chanter member Kings Moun tain Baptist church, a lifetime member of Fairview Lodge A. F. & A. M. 339 with 60 y^ars of con tinuous membership, and a shriner. He was a graduate of Wake Forrest college and had been a member of the college baseball team. A retired salesman, Mr. Corn well was far many years a rep resentative of New York Life In surance Company, and had been associated with other business endeavors. His wife, Mrs, Della Turner Cornwell, died in 1955. 'For the past several years he had resided at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Whitener, 412 W. Gold street. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs .Percy Billing, Mrs. Lawren ce Logan, Mrs. E. K. Whitener and Mrs. J. M. McGinnis, all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Archie Saunders, of Stanley, and Mrs. Charles T. Mulwee, of Memphis, Tenn. Two sisters survive, Mirs. Emma C. Austell, of Oxford, and Mrs. J. B. Youngblood, of Savan nah, Ga. Also surviving are 19 grand children and 19 great-grand children. The funeral rites were conduct* ed by Rev. Marion DuBose, Rev. George Moore and Dr. T. L. Cash well. Masonic 'burial rites by mem bers of Fairview Lodge were con ducted at Mountain Rest cem etery. St Luke's Easter Story Now upon the first day of the week, ‘very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others. With them. And they found the stone roll ed away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And it cams to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments. And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the deadf He is not here, but is risen, re member hctw he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee. Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his words. And returned from the sepul chre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. (St. Luke Si:l-9>
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