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Population Greater Kings Mountain '10,320 City Limits 8,008 TO* figure lor Greater King* Mountain 1* derived from the 1955 King* Mountain city directory censu*. The city limit* figure i* from the United State* cen*u* of I960. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 16 Pages Today VOL 72 No. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, April 20, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS Hearing Saturday On School Secession Bill Effort CLUBS LAUNCH BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT— Kings Mountain's six garden clubs have laun< ched an extensive beautification and landsca ping project at Kings Mountain Hospital, as the above photograph made on the hospital grounds points out. Holding a copy of the proposed plan as they admire progress of the project are from left, Mrs. George Houser, chairman of the beautification committee, Mrs. Henry Neisler, Mrs. E. W. Griffin, newly-elected president of the Council of Gordon Clubs, Geor ge W. Mcruney, member of the hospitcd board of trustees, and Mrs. A. J. Slater, outgoing president of the Garden Club Council which includes all garden clubs in the city. See news story on page 4, Section 1. (Photo by Pennington) Local News Bulletins BENEFIT The Women’s Society of Christian Service of Grace Me thodist church will sell hot dogs, homemade cakes, and pies ait Grace Methodist church fellowship hall Saturday from 11 ia. m. to 6 p. m. Delivery ser vice may be obtained by tele phoning 739-5391. PARKGRACE P-TA MEETS The Rev. Norman Brown, pastor of the Bethlehem Bap tist Church will be the guest speaker for the Parkgrace PTA which will meet Monday night, April 24, at 7 o’clock in the school auditorium. His to pic will be “Teenage Prob lems.” DANCE The Grover Rescue Squad Is sponsoring a dance, including square dancing, rock-n-roll and round dancing, at Grover school gymnasium Saturday beginning ait 7:30 p. m. Music win be provided by Mike Lat timore and his band from Shelby. _ METHODIST MEN Methodist Men of Central Methodist church will hold a regular meeting Monday night at the church. Rev. George Moore, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, will be guest speaker and will show slides featuring the mission program in Africa. LEGION SUPPER A free fried chicken supper far members of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, pre viously scheduled for Friday night, has been postponed un til Saturday, it was announced this week. Gladden Gets Feel Of Board Meeting John W. Gladden, city com mission candidate in Ward 2, was in the audience at last Thursday’s city commission meeting. As is standard procedure, Mayor Glee A. Bridges welcom ed the visitors and asked if they had any business with the commission. When addressed Mr. Glad den. the candidate laughed, “No, I have no business with the commission. I just wanted J to attend a meeting. It may be the only one I’ll ever attend.” Everybody laughed. Schoolmen Talk School Financing Superintendents Say County Bond Plan Feasible Cleveland County school offi cials discussed Monday the pos sibility of financing school con struction costs of the county by a county-wide bond issue. In view of pending school con struction in the county and pres ent construction in Shelby, Supt. B. N. Barnes, Kings Mountain City Schools; Supt. Malcolm Brown, Shelby city schools, and Supt. J. Horace Grigg, Cleveland County Schools, discussed the advisability of one eountywide bond issue to finance prospective school construction costs. Supt.. Barnes reported on the meeting to Kings Mountain sdiool board members as .the board' met in regular session Monday night. Barnes reported no action was taken, but said all present at the Shelby meeting feel it could be a definite advantage. He said the county-wide bond plan would save the taxpayers money, in that a larger bond issuance would net a cheaper interest rate, and attorney fees would be spent only for one issuance rather than for issues in three separate dis tricts. The county-wide plan would be for between four million and four and a half million dollars of which Kings Mountain and Shel by would receive approximately a fourth each and the county school system the remaining half. (Continued On Page Eight) EVANGELIST — Dr. John M. Lewis of Raleigh will begin a week of evangelistic services Monday at Kings Mountain Bap tist church. Lewis To Lead Baptist Revival Dr. John M. Lewis, pastor oi Raleigh’s First Baptist Church, will conduct evangelistic services beginning Monday at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Services are ait 7:30 d. m. nighftly through April 30th, Rev. M. D. DuBose has announced. A native of Miami, Fla., Dr. Lewis is a graduate of Miami Senior high school, the Univer sity of Mexico, J. B. Stetson Uni (Continued On Page Eight) ARP Members Vote By 120 To 16 To Sell Property To Catholics (Members of Boyce Memorial Associate Reformed Presbyterian church voted 120 to 16 at a con gregational meeting Sunday to sell their property at King street and Piedmont avenue to the Ro man Catholic church. Purchase price is $50,000 and, the contractual agreement is to' deliver the property to the pur-! clvaser by June 1. The transaction includes the ARP sanctuary, educational bull-I ding, and two residences, one on Piedmont avenue and the other, on W. King street, along with church personal property, exclu sive of pianos, the organ, and all! 'personal property given to the1 church as memorials, i The decision to sell the prop erty means that the ARP church will be required to find tempor ary quarters not later than June 1. Responsibility for finding tem porary quarters is in the hands of the ARP religious education committee, which includes J. L. MiCGill, chairman, N. F. McGill, Jr., Mrs. John C. McGill, W. S. Fulton, Jr., Mrs. Mariott Phafer, M!rs. R. M. Kennedy, Mrs. John E. Gamble, and the pastor. Rev. W. L. Pressly. Rev. Thomas Clement, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic church ol Shelby and agent of Bishop Vin (Continued On Page Eight) Saunders Joins Mayor Seekers On WKMTQuiz All candidates for mayor ap pered on WKMTs (Monday “Race for Mayor” program and Mayor Glee A. Bridges said, if re elected, he will recommend a bond issue election for funds to improve the sewage disposal system and to improve water pressure. Chlallenger Kelly Dixon, by im plication in a formal speech, in dicated he wouldn’t, noting that street-paving and other capital outlay improvements have been made. “Can’t we continue with out borrowing?” he ashed. Dormer Mayor Garland Still reiterated his promise to give the power and water customers a MONDAY BROADCAST Third in a series of programs entitled “The Race For Mayor” will be broadcast via Station WKMT Monday at 6 o’clock. Mayoral Candidates Glee A. Bridges, Garland E. Still, Kel ly Dixon and David L. Saund ers will be interviewed by a three-mian panel including Dr. W. P. Geiberding, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran ' church, Harold Phillips, yarn salesman, and Martin Harmon, Herald editor. WKMT manager Jonas Bridges will moderate the hour program. free bill for November and add ed a promise to pare gas rates. Challenger David L. Saunders, Who had at first declined to ap pear on the impromptu ques tion - and-answer program, said he changed his mind at the exhor tation of many citizens and pled ged to work for new industry and a year-round public recrea tion progfatrr. '**-**•■*-'1 “jri''r" Serving on the question-asking panel Monday, were Haywood E. Lynch, realtor, Dr. Nathan H. Reed, optometrist, and Martin Harmon, Herald editor, with WIKMT Manager Jonas (Bridges as moderator. All candidates agreed on the advisability of effectuating a cit izens city planning commission (though Mayor Bridges said it is hard to get citizens to give their time,) and all said they support ed improved white way and resi dential area lighting. All, to a question by Mr. Lynch, indicated, if elected, they would endorse es tablishment of another bank in Kings Mountain. Mayor (Bridges noted he is a director of the (Continued on Page Eight) Pollbooks Open Again Saturday Registration books for the May 9 city and school elections will be open at all precincts again Sat urday. Within the city, where no new registration is required, a total of 50 new voters were registered last Saturday in addition to transfer activitiy. It was regard ed by registrars as moderately active. Registration activity was con sidered light in the Bethware and Park Grace precincts, where vo ters, along with those in the Gro ver precinct, have a new registra tion to provide for their partici pation in the expanded Kings Mountain school district trustee election. No report was obtained from the Grover precinct, but on ly 33 names were logged in the Bethware pollbook and only 12 at Park Grace. Majority of the new registrants at Ward 1 (City Hall) and Ward 5 (West school) were Negroes, registrars reported. Registration books will be op en for only two more Saturdays, April 22 and 29, with Saturday, May 6, to foe challenge day. Only registered citizens may vote. White Heads Rotary Club Jack White, Kings Mountain ' lawyer and judge of city record ! er’s court, has been elected pres ident of the Kings Mountain Ro tary club for the coming year. He succeeds Thomas L. Trott, insuraneeman. Other officers, named at a re I cent meeting, were A. J. Slater, vice-president, Tom Tate, secre ; tary - treasurer and O. O. Wal , ker, sergeant-at-arms. • j Newly - elected directors in clude Bill Moss, Wilson Griffin, j Lewis Dellinger and Marion Du I Bose. j The new officers will assume office an May 1st. » TO GIRLS STATE — Sara Rose Lennon, at top, and Katherine Broadwater are delegates to Tar Heel Girls' State from Otis D. Green Post 155, the American Le gion Auxiliary. Girls' State Delegates Named Sara Rose Lennon and Kather ine Broadwater, Kings Mountain high school juniors, will rep res -ant the Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion Auxiliary, at Tar Heel Girls State, i Girls’ State convenes at the Woman’s College of the Univer sity of North Carolina at Green sboro June 11-17. Miss Lennon is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Lennon, and Miss Broadwater is a daughter Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Broadwater. Girls’ State delegates are selec ted annually by Legion Auxiliary posts to meet together in a week’s program that brings together many outstanding North Caroli na students.. Both Miss Lennon and Miss Broadwater are active in church and schoolwork, both participate in a number of extra curricular activities. OPTIMISTS MEET The regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Optimists Club will be held Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at Grace Methodist Church fellowship hah. Guest speaker will be Leonard Laye, lieutenant governor of District 18, Zone 6, Optimists Interna tional. All Incumbents, 16 Challengers In City Races Ben H. Bridges filed his candi dacy for re-election to a thiird term as Ward 4 commissioner shortly after noon Wednesday. Mr. Bridges’ decision to seek re-election had been anticipated. His candidacy brings to five those seeking the Ward 4 commission positions and puts into the race all of the current administration’s six incumbents. His candidacy brings to 22 those seeking the six city hall elective positions. Comm. Bridges was first elect ed to the commission in 1957. After both the }957 and 1959 e leotions his fellow commission members chose him mayor pro tempore. Mr. Bridges is secretary-treas urer of Kings (Mountain Savings & Loan association. He is a mem ber of St Matthew’s Lutheran church. There was no further filing ac tivity for the two district school FILING DEADLINE Deadline for filing for either city or board of education e lective positions for the May 9 election is 4:30 p. m. Monday, April 24, City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel reminded would-be i candidates this week. The law requires that candidates must pay a $5 filing fee and file no tice of candidacy in person not later than 15 days prior to the election, trusteeships also to be filled May 9. Candidates must reside in a reas of the newly expanded Kings Mountain school district outside the Kings Mountain City limits. To date, lone candidates for these two positions are H. O. (Toby) Williams and Holmes Harry,of Grover. Challenging Mr. Bridges are farmer Commissioner Paul W. Ledford, Norman King, Willis Bagwell, and Clinton Wood. With exception of mayoral candidates, most observers re ported little outward evidence of political activity. (Former Mayor Still created a political stir over the weekend by publishing a promise to give power and water customers free service for the month of Novem ber. It would be a “Christmas present” from the city, he says, and he further contends the city can afford the "gift”. The candidate list to date: For Mayor — Glee A. Bridges, incum'bent, Garland E. Still, Kel ly Dixon and David L. Saunders. For Ward 1 Commissioner — Ross Alexander, incumbent, Ray Cline and C. H. (Cat) Houser. For Ward 2 Commissioner — Boyce H. Gault, incumbent, Eu gene Goforth and John W. Glad den. For Ward 3 Commissioner — Luther T. Bennett, incumbent, T. J. Ellison, Clavon Kelly and Cor bett Nicholson. For Ward 4 Commissioner — Ben H. Bridges, incumbent, Paul W. Ledford, Willis Bagwell, Nor man King and Clinton Wood. (Continued On Page Eight) Thieves Smash Show Window, Rob Dellinger's; Empty Boxes Fonnd Kings Mountain police, state officers, and FBI men are work ing to apprehend thieves who robbed Dellinger’s Jewel Shop of $4,344.66 in jewelry Monday morning at 12:40. 1 Tw > plate glass windows were smashed by, police suspect, three or four men and the jewelry lift ed from the Show windows. Chief Martin Ware reported Wednesday an inventory list from Store owner Kenneth Del linger lists as missing five ladies’ watches, a diamond solitaire pen dant, and men’s and Ladies’ rings, with retail value of $4,344. 65. Chief Ware said police trailed the robbers as far as Claude Har mon’s Store past Beth ware school by a trail of ring cases. He said apparently the thieves had taken the rings from: their boxes and oases and had thrown them from the window of their car. He also noted that at least one of the robbers apparently cut his hand on the window glass since fingerprints on some of the cas es were in blood. He said a fingerprint check is now in progress by state offici als in Raleigh and that FBI a gents are assisting in the case. Attorney Jack White was do ing tax work in his office next door to the jewel shop when the robbery occurred. He said he heard the glass shatter and thought perhaps ei tHer someone had hit his car which was parked in front of the office or were smashing his car windows to gain entry to the ve hicle. He told police he went to the front of the office to look and saw four men jump into a watt ing car and flee. He could, however, give no definite description of the van dals. CANDIDATES — Ben H. Bridges, top, filed candidacy for re-elec tion as Ward 4 commissioner Wednesday. Eugene Goforth, center, is a candidate for Ward 2 commissioner, and Hazel Lee Gill, below, is a candidate for Ward 5 commissioner. Lions To Honor Ladies Tuesday Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club will hold their annual ladies night banquet Tuesday at the Woman’s Club beginning at 7 o'clock. Charles C. Elledge, principal of Marion high school, will make the principal address, it was an nounced by J. Ollie Harris, chairman of the ladies night committee. Mr. Elledge spoke here at a Lions ladies night program sev eral years ago. tA humorist, he is also well-known as a veteran member of the cast of “Horn in the West”, the summer historical drama at Boone. He joined the cast when the pageant opened in 1952 and has been a member member continually since. He al so played a .small part in the Ro bert Mitchem film ‘Thunder Road.” A veteran schoolman, he tau ght at Mt. Pleasant high school and Rutherfordton-Spindale high school before becoming principal at Marion 13 years ago. He is a navy veteran of World War II and was educated at the Univer sity of North Carolina and at Ap palachian State Teachers college, where he earned a master’s de gree. Gorge Thomasson, Lions presi dent, will serve as toastmaster. Other members of the ladies night committee are Martin Har mon and Paul Walker. Morgan, Palmer Invite Views On Majority Wing Senator Robert Morgan and Representative Jack Palmer have called a hearing for Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at the coun ty courthouse in Shelby to hear the views of supporters of the Number 4 township school con solidation. The county’s legislation last Saturday heard supporters of the dissident group, which seeks spe cial legislation to provide for a "secession” election. Meantime, B. N. Barnes, super intendent of Kings Mountain city schools, denied categorically that the Kings Mountain board of ed ucation, formally or informally, had agreed to support legislation to allow a portion of the newly merged district to secede — as A. A. Powell, attorney for the dis sidents, contended at last Satur day’s hearing. Mr. Barnes said a request by Powell was made for such an agreement last November at the time the dissident suit, seeking to abrogate the May 14 consolida tion election result, was schedul ed for trial. Mr. Barnes said the Kings Mountain answer was that they were there for trial of the litiga tion. When Judge James Farth ing called the case, the plaintiffs took a voluntary ncn-suit. Mr. Barnes said the position of the Kings Mountain board of ed ucation has been that it has no moral or legal grounds to com promise the results of a legally binding election. Leaders of the pro-consolida tion group reported this week they expect to have a large dele gation on hand for the Saturday morning hearing. It is also an ticipated numerous Kings Moun tain citizens, interested in the consolidation though they’ve nev er had opportunity to support it at the polls, will also attend the hearing. The dissidents seek to carve a line Which would remove the Bethware and Grover school plants and citizens within the bounds of the area from the new ly merged Kings Mountain dis trict, should these citizens so vote. Mis. Fred Shytle Wreck Victim A Kings Mountain woman jumped out of her ear which stalled on ithe railroad tracks Saturday, but was killed when a north-bound train hit the car and knocked it into her. Mire. Annie Mae Shy tie, 49, ap parently died instantly of head and internal injuries, Coroner J. Ollie Harris said. The freak accident occurred at 5:20 p. m. at (the Gold street crossing near the center of town. Investigating officers said the crossing does not have an auto matic signal device and no flag man was on duty to warn motor ists of the approaching train. Mrs. Shytle, aiding with her daughter, (Mrs. Ruth Haynes, could not start the engine when the oar stalled on the tracks as Freight No. 58 approached. Both women reportedly jumped clear — but Mas. Shytle, who attemp ted to run, stumbled, then re gained her feet and fled from the tracks. The train rammed the Stalled car and knocked It onto Gold street where it struck the fleeing woman. Her body was knocked 20 feet from the cross ing, officers reported. The 138-car freight train was on a run from Greenville, S. C. with J. S. Finch as conductor and W. E. Crooks the engineer. Saturday’s fatality is the first on Kings Mountain streets in nearly two and one-half years. Mrs. Shytle, i who lived at 301 West Gold street, was the widow of Fred Shytle who died last Au gust. She was an employee of High Shoals Manufacturing Company and a member of Grace Methodist church where the funeral rites were held Mon day at 4 p. m. Rev. W. C. Sides officiated and interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Besides her daughter, Mrs. Shytle is survived by her mother, Mrs. William Bolt of Rutherford ton; a son, Charles H. Shytle of Hunitsville, Ala.; a brother, Ho ward Bolt and a sister, Mrs. Eva Hutto, both of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are five grand children.
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