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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Till* figure lor Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city finalts figure Is Iron the United States census o! 1960. 'I “ ~~ ~ Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Seventy-Second Year Pages Today Established 1889 VOL 72 No. 23 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 15, 1961 PRICE TEN CENTS School Board Gets Dissidents Tax-Vote Petition Parents Of Five Are Killed AsCarHits Chemical Tanker SPEAKER _ Eugene White, Kings Mountain native and highway department area ap praiser, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club Thursday niaht. Kiwanis Club To Hear White Eugene White, area appraiser for the North Carolina Highway and Public Works commission, will address members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at their Thursday night meeting at the Woman’s Club at 6:45. Mr. White will discuss “Valu ation of Real Estate for Purpose of Highway Condemnation.’’ Mr. White, who lives at Ashe ville, is a former Kings Moun tain citizen. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs .George White. Carrier Exam Deadline Noted Applications for examination ftw rural postal carrier at Kings Mountain must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, June 20, Postmaster C. L. Alexander re minded Wednesday. The postmaster said about 90 persons have already obtained application blanks. Two rural route positions are open. The Postmaster said salary scales have not been posted but guessed (that the positions would pay about $4950 per annum, pi us ten cents per mile car expense. One route is about 55 miles daily and the other is about 65 miles daily. Substitute Carriers Edwin Moore and Eirvin Hughes axe servicing the routes. Congressman Basil L. Whitener will fill the positions from the two candidates scoring among the highest four on the civil ser vice examination. He has indica ted he would accept the recom mendations of the Democratic precinct committees in the post office delivery area, which in cludes West Kings Mountain, Bethware and East Kings Moun tain. Armed services veterans get a five-point bonus on the examin ation, while disabled veterans get a ten-point bonus. Baker Selling To Hanris-Teetei Dr. L. P. Baker and Hams Teeter Super Markets have con cluded verbal agreement for the grocery firm’s purchase of a por tion of the Baker property lying between E. King and E. Moun tain streets, both parties have confirmed. It is understood the agreement calls for Harris-Teeter to pur chase ithe King street portion, phis a 24-foot street to Mountain. Purchase price agreement was not announced, but Dr. BaJ^" said it was less than the $50,000 Harris-Teeter offered Boyce Mem orial ARP church for its plant last year. W. L. Teeter, of the grocery firm, and Dr. Baker said their at torneys acre at work on formaliz ing the agreement. Two Children Critically Hurt In 216 Clash Ray Adam Coxey, 45, of near Dallas, was killed instantly Tuesday about 6:45 p. m. when his car collided with a chemical tank truck on Grover Road just outside the Kings Mountain city limits. His wife, Mrs. Lucille Crossley Coxey, 36, died about an hour later at Kings Mountain hospital. The fatalities were attributed to internal injuries. Two of the Coxey children, passengers in the rear seat of the vehicle, are listed in critical condition at Kings Mountain hospital. Garry Coxey, age 7, sustained severe internal injur ies according to Highway Pa trolman A. Dale Kimtorell. A third child, Teresa Lucille, age eight months, sustained on ly slight injuries in the crash. The accident occurred on a curve just outside the city limits on the Grover Road near Put nam Brothers Garage. Investigating officers and wit nesses reported two cars were a head of the tanker truck and the first flowed down to make a turn, the second also slowing. When truck driver Bruno Beccairi, 41, of Clearwater, Florida, ap plied his brakes, his truck jack knifed, swerving the truck cab into the other line of the two lane road. The Coxey car, traveling north on the highway, collided head on with the truck cab. Beccari was charged with dri ving on the wrong side of the road and following too closely. He was released from Kings Mountain ciity jail Wednesday a bout noon on $5,000 bail. Bonds man is Corbet Nicholson. The tanker, carrying a load of chemicals, was en route to Pro vidence, R. I. It is owned by the Metro-Atlantic Chemical Com pany of Cewterdale, R. T. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Coxey will be held Thurs day at 4:00 p. m. from Oaroth ers Funeral chapel, Gastonia with the Rev. Leland Cornwell,! pastor of Rosewood Lane Baptist' Church, Gastonia, officiating. He will be assisted by the Rev. Yates Campbell, pastor of Loray Baptist Church, Gastonia. Interment will follow in Holly wood Cemetery, Gastonia. Mr. and Mirs. Coxey are sur vived, in addition to the three aforementioned children, by two other children, Carolyn Ann and Ray Eugene. Surviving Mrs. Coxey are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Eugene Giossley of Glendale, S. C.; two sisters, Gertrude Lingestfelt of Kings Mountain and Mrs Shitrley Fox of Glendale, S. C.; and three brothers, Walter L. Crossley of Kings Mountain, Charles Ralph Crossley of Glendale, S. C., and James Dewey Crossley of Shelby. Surviving Mr. Coxey are his father, P. L. Coxey of Gastonia; three brothers, George, Ray, and Anderson, all of Gastonia; and three sisters, Mrs. Eli Webb and Mirs. J. A. Sea graves of Gastonia1 and Mrs. W. L. Skinner of Nor folk, Va. The accident marked the sec ond Cleveland County fatality in ££ days. INSTALLED _ Martin Hannon, Herald editor, was installed as president of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. He succeeds George Thomasson. Lions Install New Officers Volney Reid, deputy governoi of Lions district 31-C installed new officers of the Kings Moun tain Lions club Tuesday night. They are Martin Harmon, pres ident; Jonas Bridges, Odus Smith, and Paul Walker, vice-presidents; Eugene Gladden, secretary, Gra dy Yelton, treasurer; Carl Go forth, Lion tamer and Eugene (MeSwain, tail twister. New directors are Dr. George, W. Plonk, Howard Bryant, and William Lawrence Plonk. Hold over directors are J. M. McGin nis, Howard Broadwater, and Wesley Bush. Following the installation, re tiring President George Thomas - son thanked the members for "ex cellent cooperation.” He said, *T never got a single nay from any one I asked to do a dufo job.” President Hannon, noting he’d joined the Lions dub 20 years ago said, "You’ve honored me very h5ghly, and I shall endeavor to honor the honor. Subsequently, he presented ser vice pins to Odus Smith, former secretary, Eugene MeSwain, re tiring treasurer, and Edwin Moore, a past president, and a service plaque to the retiring president. The report of President Thom asson showed a long list of ac tivities during the past year. Aid to the indigent who are blind or have poor vision provided 23 pairs of glasses, one artificial eye, one! eye surgical operation, general medical services and transporta-; tion expenses. It was estimated club members spent 320 man hours in blind-aid work. The dub co-sponsored the county-wide glaucoma clinic at Shelby. SPEAKER Miss Roberta Wylie will speak on her recent tour of Si erra Leone, West Africa and the Holy lands at Gold St. Wesleyan Methodist church Sunday night at 7 p. m. Miss Wylie also visited Portugal, Canary Islands, Syria, Egypt, Switzerland, Holland, England and Scotland. Citizens Gave 673 Pints Hood; Lithium Firm Has Top Donor Mark Kings (Mountain area citizens1 donated 91 pints of blood to tha regional blood bank during the bloodmobile visit Monday. (Donors included 42 mill em ployees representing (Lithium Corporation of America, Mauney Hosiery Mills and Sadie Cotton Mills. Lithium furnished 20 don ors, with Mauney Hosiery 13 and Sadie Mills nine. In addition sev eral employees of Lambeth Roue Corporation were in the donor group. Concurrently Mrs. O. W. My ers, blood program chairman, an nounced that blood donations for the fiscal year ending June 30 to taled 673 pints, up 146 from the previous year, and estimated to be not more than 90 pints shy of the final figures for local usage, veteran’s administration and blood derivative committments. On basis of donors per number of employees Lithium Corpora tion led with 55 percent, follow ed by Sadie Mills at 46 percent and Mauney Hosiery Company at 41 percent. Complete list of donors fol lows: Donors were Herman T. Cash, Roy F. Howard, James L. ten nett, George T. Paysour, Ralph Hayes, Bobby Gene Martin, Charles A. Noisier, Leonard A. Smith, James Side, William S. White, Horace Lutz, Asriah Mit ehem, George H. Houser, Law- j rence Lovell, George H. Mauney, j Dr. D. F. Hord, W. D. Morrison, William ML Herndon, Ray W. CHne, Yates Harbison, Frank B. Case, C T. Dixon, Mrs. Lari Led ford, Janie Bobeler, Mrs. Julia (Continued on Page MightJ 1 City Fatheis Re-name Riser And McDaniel Street matters, lights and stray dogs came in for much, attention last Thursday night by the city board of commissioners. After more than an hour of discussion, the new Dixon admin istration, meeting for its regular meeting, passed the 1961-62 priv ilege license ordinance, making no Change in the ordinance in ef fect for the past two years, and re-elected unanimously Joe Mc Daniel, Jr., city clerk and treas urer, and M. H. Biser, tax collec tor and supervisor. “I’m satisfied with1 the ones we have ... I think they’ve both done a good job,” Comm. Bridges said in making the motion. Otherwise, the new board’s first session was a routine one. (The large audience laughed when Comm. Bridges suggested thte new mayor "might help build” the new lockers the police department had requested. Mayor Dixon opened the ses sion with prayer, asked for God’s blessings on the new adminis tration and His guidance during the ensuing two years. The board took these actions, all by unanimous vote: Appropriated money to pay salaries, debts and usual expen ses of government past July 1 un til a new budget is adopted, a technical action to enable the city to function into the fiscal year. Upon recommendation of the city clerk, the board authorized amendments in the 1960-61 bud get to show increased revenue collections and some over-expen ded items. General fund expendi tures were upped by $1,411, the capital outlay fund $18,454 and the gas department revenue from anticipated income of $149, 480 to $167,416. “White-way” appropriations, ranging from $15,000 to $17,000, may be considered in the new budget, the commission told Dick Peck, representative of Line Ma terial Industries of Charlotte, af ter he outlined a plan for a new lighting system which would in stall 19, 1,000-watt lights cn Railroad and Battleground ave nues from King to Gold streets, and the same number of 175-watt lights on Piedmont from King to Mountain, and on Mountain from the railroad to Piedmont avenue. Another “if funds are availa ble” promise was made to Grady Howard and Charles Neisler, re presenting the Kiwanis club, who asked for help from the city in furnishing a field house at city stadium. The civic club has reis ed $1500, says this project will be ‘^beyond reach” without other fi nancial assistance. A blueprint of the proposed field house was gi- j ven to the commission which in turn asked the Kiwanians to re turn a complete estimate of cost (Continued On Page Eight) j Grace Minister Is Re-Assigned Rev. William C. Sides, pastor of Grace Methodist and Penley’s Chapel Methodist churches, was re-assigned by the Western Nor th Carolina Conference at the re- j cent annual session at Lake Jun aluska. Rev. Mr. Sides, a Kings Moun tain pastor for the past seven years, will assume the duties of pastor of the Oak Grove Salem charge near Ellenboro, a two church charge with combined en rollment of about 450. Other Methodist pastors of the area are returned, Rev. Herbert O. Garmon, Central, and Rev. j Bruce Norwood, at El Bethel. Both are beginning their second year here. Succeeding Mr. Sides at Grace will be Rev. Norman H. Pusey, who comes to Kings Mountain from Yadkinville - Center char-1 ge. Mr. Sides’ pastorate here has been marked by major progress in plant and membership. During bis pastorate, Grace church has built a fellowship hall, installed sidewalks and paved parking a-j reas, and has added 342 new members. The 1955 budget of S12.000 has been virtually doubl-j »d to $23,000 for 1961. In addition, Grace church encouraged the re- j building and expansion of Pen ley's Chapel church on Cherry-1 rifle Road. "Die latter church isj affiliated with Grace church for pastoral supervision and is ser-1 ced by Leonard Huffstetier, Jay preacher. Mr. Pusey. 45, is scheduled to preach his first sermon at Grace on June 25. He is married and has three children. PAGEANT WINNERS _ Sandra Lee Myers, center, was named Miss Kings Mountain of 1961 Saturday at Central school auditorium in the beauty pageant sponsored annually by Kings Mountain Jaycees. First runner-up was Judithcmne Early, extreme left, and second runner-up was Kimbrough Cashion, extreme right. Miss Cashion was also voted "Miss Con geniality" by the girls participating in the pageant. Sandra Lee Myers Is Chosen Miss Kings Mountain Of ’61 ZONE CHAIRMAN _ George Thomasson, Kings Mountain attorney and retired president of the Kings Mountain Lions club, has been appointed zone chair man by the district governor. Clubs included in the zone are Shelby, Boiling Springs, Grover and Kings Mountain. UNION SERVICE Sunday night’s union service for sax city church congrega- j tions will be held at St. Matt hew’s Lutheran church with 1 Dir. W. P. Gerberding, pastor, to j deliver the message at 8 p. m. Petite Brownette Now Rehearsing For State Event Sandra Lee Myers, 'brown-hair ed, hazel-eyed daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Myers of Route 2 was named Miss Kings Moun tain in the Jayvee sponsored Miss Kings Mountain pageant Satur day night and will carry the lo cal banner to Guilford College to the state pageant which is slated for July 18-23. Miss Myers, called Sandy, is 18 years old and a rising sophomore at Woman’s College in Greensbo ro. This was the first beauty pa geant in which She had partici pated. Dressed in a pink (her favorite color) gown, Miss Myers charm ed the crowd of some 225 per sons attending the event with her acceptance speech. “I want to thank everybody, the audience, the judges, and the Jaycees for this honor. And I would especial ly like to thank my father and mother, because without them 1 wouldn’t be here,” she said. Miss Miyers sang and danced her way into the final with a rendition of "Doing What Comes Naturally” from the Broadway musical “Annie Get Your Gun.” Clad in patched blue jeans and red shirt, wearing a straw hat, (Continued On Page Eight) RECEIVE DECREES — Among the large number of Kings Moun tain area students receiving degrees in college commencement ex ercises were Dr. Thomas P. Baker, left above, and Harold E. Esk ridge. Dr. Baker, sen of Dr. and Mrs. L- P. Baker, received the de gree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of North Car olina. Dr. Balter is married to the former Beth Hard and they are parents of a soil Tommy. Mr. Eskridge, who is married to the for mer t nuiss Gladden of Kings Mountain, won his B. S. degree in nu clear physics from N. C. Statu college. A Shelby native. Mr. Eskridge was awarded a fellowship far graduate study. Local News Bulletins SUNDAY MASS Mass will be conducted at Christ the King Catholic church, comer ot Piedmont av enue and King Street, Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, accord ing to announcement by Rev. Thomas Clement. CRITICALLY ILL James R. Byers is critically i ill in a Las Vegas, Nev., hospi tal, where bfe is a heart patient Mr. Byers, brother of W. D. By- j ers and other Kings Mountain j ! area citizens, was managing : j a Las Vegas service station ! j when he became ill. W. D. By ers has returned from a visit { to his brother. PERMITS ISSUED City Building Inspector M. H. Biser this week issued a per mit to J. Wilson Crawford to build a one story brick and Wood house at 603 Crescent Circle. Estimated cost of the 6-room structure is $13,000. A permit was also issued to Miss Marjorie Hord to do some $2,000 alterations to a one story frame house on W. Gold Street. POSTPONED The American Legion Auxi liary meeting scheduled for 1 this Thursday (tonight) has been postponed until next Thursday, July 22, so that members may hoar a program by Girls’ State representatives. All auxiliary members are ur ged to attend. TO BE DISCHARGED Charles Blanton, Kings j Mountain druggist who under went a kidney operation at Charlotte Memorial hospital last week, is expected to be discharged Thursday. HOMECOMING Homecoming will be obser ved Sunday. June 25, at Sec ond Free Will Baptist church, it was announced by the pas tor, Rev. L. C. Campbell. He said singers and singing groups are especially invited to attend. Many Technical, legal Questions Are Indicated Petitions of dissidents to the Number 4 (township school mer ger for an election on the 20 cents per $100 valuation Kings Mountain school tax supplement has been filed with (the Kings Mountain board of education. ft is the same petition address ed to the county board of educa tion previously and follows ac tion by the county board in de dlining to consider the petition, on advice of Ralph Moody, assis tant attorney-general. The Kings Mountain board of education, it is likely, will con sider the petition at its regular June meeting Monday night. Supt. B. N. Barnes said Chairman Paid Plonk indicated he would rfm callf a special meeting, in view of the proximity of the reg ular session. Supt. Barnes said be knows no more about the attorney-gen eral's ruling to the county board than newspaper- reports. How ever, opinion of tihe atitorney general and lawyers for the dis sidents, from published accounts, are ait variance. The Shelby Daily Star said that the Moody ruling not only expressed opinion that the coun ty board had no jurisdiction over the petition, but that, to be man datory valid, the petition should contain signatures of 25 percent of the registered voters within the consolidated district, not merely in the annexed area, as the dissidents' attorneys con tend. f Supt. Barnes declined to spec ulate on what action his hoard might take, though he listed sev eral questions of information and legal opinion which the Kings Mountain board might re quire. 1) Number of names on the full district registration books; 2) Which registration books in the annexed areas are valid, those used in the consolidation election conducted by the county board of commissioners, or those used in the recent school trustee Election conducted, via state sta tute, by the Kings Mountain city commission; 3) Which board would con duct the special election; 4) Necessity for legal advice, with the board of education’s 'at torney, J. R. Davis, hospitalized. “I’m no lawyer,’’ Supt. Barnes commented. “I have some opin ions, but they certainly wouldn't stand the test otf validity.” The dissidents’” attorneys, A. A. Powell and George Hamrick, say the petition contains more than 900 names, quite sufficient to cover the 25 percent require ment for the annexed area, but short of the number required for the full Kings Mountain district. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, ex officio clerk of the city commis sion when iit functions as an e letions board, said he had no idea how many names are on the oity registration books. “These books have been in use for 22 years, since 1939, and I don’t know how many names are on the books. The names woufld have to be counted 'and I shall be glad to count them at any rime on formal instruction by the Kings Mountain board of commissioners,” Mr. McDaniel! stated. Hastings Resigns At Second Baptist Rev. Albert R. Hastings, pastor of Second Baptist Church for the past several years, has tendered his resignation at the church ef fective July 12. Mr. Hastings said Wednesday he has several calls, but has made no definite decision yet a bout acceptance. Over-Grown Lots Bring Complaints The city doesn't seek lot mowing business but will han dle it on a cost basis at $3.50 pear hour, Mayor Kelly Dixon said .this week. The Mayor said numerous complaints are being received thait owners of vacant lots ament keeping them clean, ac cording to requirements of a city ordinance, which labels such failure a misdemeanor and makes the violator, if found guilty, subject to a $5 fine and costs of court. Property owners desiring mowing service should call the city garage, Mayor TMxon no ted.
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