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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Greater n°e* MotmtaiB U lirind from tkaltU King* Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure I* tram ttw Doited State* census el isso. Pages Today YOL 72 No. 28 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 20, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS CITY GETS SAFETY AWARD _ Mayor Kelly Dixon and Chief of Police Martin Ware, flank ed by N. C. State Motor Club officials Hughlon Smith, Shelby, left and Hugh Cranford, Char lotte. right display the traffic safety award pre sented by the officials last week. The award was made for "traffic safety improvement and service rendered the motoring public for 1960. There were no-in-city traffic fatalities during 1960. The lone fatality since January 19, 1959 this year occurred 95 days ago at the W. Gold rail crossing. Local News Bulletins MEETING POSTPONED Second meeting of the Kings Mountain area planning group seeking to allleviate problems of the aging has been postpon ed one week to the evening of July 27. The meeting was first scheduled for Thursday night at the Woman's club. LIONS TO HEAR MOSS John H. Mass, president of the Western Carolina League, will address members of the Kings Mountain Lions club at their Tuesday night meeting at the Woman’s Club at 7 o’ clock. Mir. Moss will discuss player recruiting and other phases of professional base ball management, according to announcement toy Dr. George W. Plonk, who arranged the program. SUPPER A ham and spaghetti supper with all ithe trimmings is 'be ing sponsored by the Senior Youth Class of Peniey's Cha pel Church, Saturday, July 22 in the recreation building. Ser ving will begin alt 5 o’clock. A dult plaltes are $1. and plates for children under 12 years are 50 cents. HOMECOMING Homecoming Day services will be held at the Tabernacle of Love on Second Street Sun day. Picnic dinner wilil be serv ed at 1 p. m. and special sing ing will be a feature of the day’s activities. Singers from other churches are invited. Twins Are Born To Two Couples Two sets of twins were born in Kings Mountain last week. Mis. Jack Chaney gave birth to twin girls shortly after mid night Thursday in the drive way of the Chaney home on Woodside drive. Mr. and Mrs. Chaney have three other chil dren. Mis. Robert Hope gave birth to twin daughters Friday at Kings Mountain hospital. The Hopes are also parents of three other children. Dr. Bumgardner Back From Pern BY MARTIN HARMON Dir. Harvey Bumgardner, Kings Mountain native and North Car olina Staite college professor, has recently returned from a five week trip to Peru, where he ap peared at a symposium on prob lems of animal production and consulted with Peru agriculture officals. While in the South American country, Dr. Bumjgardner judged the poultry at the Peru National Livestock exposition. His consul tations with personnel of the Peru National Agriculture Exper iment station covered three weeks. At the symposium on animal problems, he discussed "Appli cation of Genetics of Poultry Pro duction.” Dr. Bumgardner deliv ered the address in English, with simultaneous translation being made in Spanish. His trip to Peru was co-spon sored by the International Coop eration administration and the Soybean Council of America. Dr. Bumgardner has been a member of the State College fa culty since 1955, shortly after receiving his PhD degree from (Continued On Page Eight) [Herald photo by Carlisle Studios.) Kings Mountain Is Presented .. Safety Award The City of Kings Mountain was presented the N. C. State Motor Club’s Traffic Safety a ward Thursday “in recognition of its outstanding record of traf fic safety improvement and ser vice rendered to the motoring public.” The 'distinction was accorded Kings Mountain for its record of having no motor-vehicle fatali ties within the city limits during 1960 and for a period of more than two years. The last traffic fatality was recorded Jan. 19, 1959. At Ithe award ceremony, the framed gold certificate was pre sented to Mayor Kelly Dixon and Chief of Police Martin Ware by Hugh Crawford, Charlotte divi sion manager, and Hughion Smith, district manager from Cleveland County on behalf of “The South’s Largest Motor Club” and the National Automo bile Association, with which it is affiliated. “It is a reall privilege and a pleasure (to present the City of Kings Mountain with the N. C. State Motor Club’s award for its exceptional accomplishment in traffic safety,” said Mr. Craw ford. “To go for more than two years without a fatality calls for the finest kind of teamwork on the part of city offieals, law en forcement officers and the public in general.” Mr. Smith commended the Kings Mountain Herald for the part it plays in the traffic safety effort through the forceful man ner in which it consistently brings safety messages to tire public’s attention. City To Ash Bids On Stadium Reldhonse BY DAVID BAITY City Stadium may toe equipped with a fieldhouse in the near fu ture. City Commissioners Thurs day night voted to let bids for the proposed structure. Charles A. Neisler, Kiwanis Club president, told the board the club has considered the pro ject, but finds cost is prohibitive for the Kiwanis Club alone. They need the city’s help, he said. Mayor Kelly Dixon presented the proposal which included a committee to serve as a stadium commission to study long range plans of stadium improvements such as parking area and a new entrance. Board members decided a fieldhouse is needed immediately but tabled action on the stadium committee. They noted they were not dismissing the project, but felt first things must come first. Commissioner Eugene Goforth noted, during discussion that the stadium is used mostly by ath letic teams of the city schools and recent consolidation may change the outlook in the near future — if the proposed new high school will be equipped with an athletic field. However, he noted, the city stadium wil always be in use and definitely needs a field house now. He suggested officials of the schools be consulted about plans for the new high school before investing money in a long range project. A budget calling for $712,531.61 in expenditures was adopted Of fically by the board of city com missioners Thursday night as they met in regular session at City Hall courtroom. A property tax of $1.50 per $100 property valuation will be levied on Kings Mountain citizens. The tax includes 29.7 cents for the general fund for general expen ses incident to the proper gov ernment of the city, 38.8 cents for debt service, 76.5 cents for capital outlay, and 5 cents foi the recreation fund. During itjie 1961-62 fiscal year (Continued From Front Page) Mrs. Blanton's Rites Thursday Mrs. Florence Thomas Blanton, 75, died Sunday night ait her home on York road. F&neral rites have been set tentatively for 4 o'clock Thurs day afternoon at Kings Mountain Baptist church, pending arrival of relatives from Nevada. Burial will be in Mountain Rest cem etery. The widow of Ed W. Blanton, she was the daughter of the late W. A. and Louise Deese Thomas Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. R. F. Henderson of Burling ton, Mis. Fred Reed of New York City, Mrs. Charles Paris of Las Vegas, Nev., and Mrs. F. L. Dog gett of Pensacola, Flc, and two grandchildren and two great sons, Edwaird D. Blanton of Con cord and Bill B. Blanton of Las Vegas; one sister, Mrs. A. L. Se chrest of Kings Mountain; three brothers, C. K., W. A., and F. L. Thomas, all of Charlotte; 11 grandchildren. PROMOTED Fted W. Kiser of Hopkins, Minn., has been promoted to Senior Test Engineer at Motec Industries, Inc., (f o r m erly Minneapolis-Moline). He is the son of A. S. Kiser of Kings Mountain. POSTPONED The July meeting of the A merican Legion Auxiliary, ori ginally scheduled for tonight, has been postponed, according to announcement toy auxiliary officials. METER RECEIPTS i Parking meter receipts for i the week ending Wednesday ait (noon totaled $132.35, City Clerk Joe McDaniel said, including $103.35 foam on-street meters, $18 from over-parking fees and $11 from olff-steeet meters. TO CONVENTION Martin Harmon, Herald Edi tor,and Mrs. Harmon will at* ; tend the 89th annual oonven ' tion of .the North Carolina Press association in Charlotte which begins Thursday ev ening. Mr. Harmon is a mem ber of the nominating com mittee of the Weekly North Carolina Press association, NCPA affiliate. u , Miss Kings Mountain On Busy Schedule At Contest; Escorts Merely Cabbies; Parade On T-V Thursday BY DAVID BAITY GREENSBORO _ It’s a ‘rat race' but fun. Accompanying Miss Kings Mountain to the state beauty competition I find a pleasant a pleasant task. And, there are 74 other lovelies vying for the Miss North Car olina title, besides. “But the judges keep them well occupied. No chance for a fella to talk to ’em.” “And there’d be no time for dates, anyway.” The 75 contestants began Tues day a rigid schedule, 5 a. m. rising bell and 12 midnight cur few. Escorts (like Me — who was chairman of this year’s Kings Mountain Jaycee contest) arise at 7:3$) a. m., transport the contestants; with chaperones, to the various places. Miss Kings Mountain's mother, Mrs. Gordon Myers, is accompanying her. 1 Sandy Myers had breakfast ; with the judges Wednesday mor ! riing at 7 o’clock, returned that afternoon for a final interview ! with the nine men and women Privilege License Sales Now $2981 City privilege license sales increased this week to $2981. 75, City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., reported Wednesday. ■Hie total represents well ov er 50 percent of the estimated receipts for the year from his revenue category. Estimates of $5500 show balance remaining to 'be sold at $2518.25. Licenses were due July L and are buyable net during this month. Penalty of five percent per month applies beginning August 1. who will choose Saturday a suc cessor to Ann Farrington Herr ing. Miss North Carolina arrived in Greensboro Wednesday mor ning, as did Miss America, Nan cy Ann Fleming. Jefferson Standard Life Insur ance Company honored the beauties at a banquet Tuesday. The Thursday morning parade at 10 a. m. will be televised via Greensboro television stations.' GREENSBORO — (Miss Kings Mountain of 1961, Sandy Myers, arrived here early Tuesday after noon to join 74 other Tar Heel beauties for die annual Miss North Carolina competition. It was familiar territory for Miss Kings Mourttain, as regis tration was conducted at Spen cer Dormitory, Woman’s College, University of North Carolina, where Miss Myers, 18, completed her freshman year last spring. Hie 75 beauties have a heavy schedule in store for the annual event expected to end in the crowning of a new Miss North Carolina aibo-1 midnight Satur i day. Miss Kings Mountain was to make her first contest appearan ce Wednesday .light in evening dress. She was wearing a pink strapless formal, with dyed-to match shoes and white formal - length gloves. Chi Thursday night, Miss My ers will appear in the talent di vision, doing a song-and-dance (Continued on Page Eight) EAGLE SCOUT_Tommy Plonk is recipient of the Eagle Award, highest award presented in scouting. He is a member of Troop 9. Plonk Wins Eagle Awatd Tommy Plonk, 14, son of Mr and Mins. Clarence Plonk, Jr., won the Eagle Award, highest honor in Scouting at Thursday’s court of honor for district Boy Scouts. Young Plonk, who will be a freshman in September at Kings Mountain high school, has been in scouting for five years, be came a Cub Scout when that troop was organized at Resurrec tion Lutheran dhuryh and later became a member of Boy Scout Troop 9 at Resurrection. Another honor the Kings Mountain Scout has won was that of receiving ithe Webelos A ward, high test award given to a Cub Spout. He is a grandson of Mt. and Mrs. C. S. Plonk and Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Pollock, all of Kings Mountain. He is a member of Resurrection Lutheran church. Tommy Plonk joined two other Kings Mountain Eagle Scouts and his Scoutmaster, Sherman Perry, along with eight Scout and another Scout leader, Friday for two weeks of roughing it a long the old Sante Fe Trail and Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimar ron, New Mexico. The Kings Mountain Scouts are first cousins and virtually the same age. Tommy Plonk tur ned 14 in April, and Billy and Joe Patterson, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Patterson, observ ed their 14th bilrthday last Sun day. Rural Carrier Exams Saturday A large number of Kings Mountain area citizens are ex pected to undergo U. S. Civil Ser vice examinations for rural pos tal carrier Saturday. The examinations are being conducted to provide a list of eli gibles for appointment to two vacancies,those created by re tirements of Lloyd Phifer and W. B. Logan. Applicants, it has been indica ted, have been instructed to un dergo the examination either at the Gastonia Postoffioe building or at Ashfley high school. Postmaster Charles L. Alexan der said he had no way of know ing how many persons will un dergo the examinations but that more than 100 application blanks have been given poten tial applicants. The positions pay $4950 per year, plus mileage allowances. Substitute Carriers Edwin Moore and Ervin Hughes are handling the two carrier posi tions. Both plan to undergo the examinations. Appointment prerogative is in the hands of Rep. Basil L. White ner. Postmaster Alexander says (Continued on Page Eight) Collectors Urge 1960 Payments City and county tax collectors reminded this week that proper ties on which 1960 real estate taxes are unpaid will be adver tised Ih August lor sale in Sep tember. County Collector Robert M. Gidney said advertising on Num ber 4 (township properties for delinquent 1960 a-(counts will be gin August 10. City Collector M. H. Riser, reporting a delinquent list of 272 Wednesday, said ad vertising will start August 17. Both collectors urged payment of these bills, pointing out that not only would additional mon thly penalities be saved, but al so the charge for advertising. Negro Delegation Opposing Consolidation At Compact On Threatens Possible Suits To Integrate William Orr again threatened the board of education with ad mission applications from Negro students Monday night. He said, “Negroes live within two blocks of this (Central) school and we don't like carry ing our students by buildings which are closer.” Essentially, however, Orr, ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards, were making a plea for continuance of Davidson high school, Orr and Mrs. Ed wards particularly praising Dav idson high, which had average daily attendance of 62 and three teachers last year. Fourth member of the delega tion, Frank Mitchem, didn’t share the others’ support of Dav idson. He asked for transfer of his 10th grade son to Highland Negro school in Gastonia. The board of education, along with a bevy of survey teams sin ce 1951, have indicated much favor to consolidating Davidson and Compadt high schools at the Compact plant, which has more classroom space than Davidson, newer additions and a gymtor ium. Orr would have Davidson con tinue as Is, except with assign ment of an estimated 21 former Washington high school stu dents to Davidson. Supt. B. N. Barnes told the de legation he felt their position was quite wrong, in view of ex pert: opinion continually advan ced encouraging a merger of Davidson and Compact. He also noted that the board of educa tion is doing considerable shift ing of white students in its pians to consolidate township white high schools. Supit. Barnes expjained in at the potential population at the consolidated high school would he 188 and the superinten dent of teacher allotments for the State Board of Education had promised an extra teacher in e ven/t of high school consolida tion. “Otherwise,” Mr. Barnes •said, “you’d still have only three teachers at Davidson and four at Compact.” Supt. Barnes told Mltchem his Board had no authority to as sign a pupil to Gaston county or Gastonia city schools. He said the Kings Mountain board could not act unless the Gastonia city board invited transfer of Mitch em’s son. Orr and Mrs. Edwards were still adamant when the delega (Continued on Page Eight) IN NEW POST_Preston Holt will assume new duties August 1st as principal of Mount Gilead elementary school in Montgo mery county. Holt Accepts Mt. Gilead Post Preston Holt, Grover teacher, has accepted the principalship of Mt. Gilead Elementary school in Montgomery County and begins his duties August 1, The Mt. Gilead school is a 15 teaeher eiiemenfcairy unit with 470 pupils. Mir. Holt goes to Mt. Gil ead from Shelby where he has been principal for one school year of Elizabeth Elementary school. Previously, Mir. Holt had been high school coach at Gro ver for five years. Mrs. Holt, the former Theresa McSwain of Kings Mountain, will teach in the Junior high school at Mt. Gilead. She has taught home economics alt Gro ver the past five years. Both Mr. and Mrs. HoUt atten ded Elon college. Mr. Holt did graduate work at UNC where he earned bis master’s degree and at ASTC. He served in the Army for two years, with 18 months duty In Germany, and is a first sergeant in the Kings Mountain National Guard. Mr. Holt has headed the summer recreation program at Grover for the past several years. The Holts and two children, Teresa and Preston, Jr., will move from Grover within the next several weeks. DISCHARGED E. W. Griffin, Kings Moun tain druggist, was discharged Wednesday from Kings Moun tain hospital and continues to improve, though he is confined to his home. Harold England Signs To Appeal On Dobie Gill is Television Series Kings Mountain TV viewers who watch the Dobie Gillis Show this fall will see a local actor, Kings Mountain native Hal Eng land, in the role of Maynard’s' big brother. Twentieth Century-Fox pro duces the Dobie Gillis series and England is signed up as a regular on the show starting in Septem ber. Born in Kings Mountain in 1933, England is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. England, now of Cam den, S. C. The Englands moved to Camden seven years ago where Mr. England joined the staff of ■an insurance company. Another son, Phillip, is a junior in Camden high school and daughter, Bar bara, is a high school freshman. Hal England began his acting career as a member of a road company called "Stalag 17” which picked him because of his' strong Southern accent for the part of a bashful boy from the deep South. His Broadway appearances have included the New York hits, "Say Darling,” “Love Me Little” and "The Beggars Opera.” Last year in Florida he played oppo site Paulette Goddard in a play called “Laura.” His previous tele vision shows include parts on “Camera 3”, “Our Anverican Her itage,” “CBS Workshop” and "Kraft Studio.” The West Coast break came when a casting di rector at 20th Century' Fox saw him in the lead in the “Motora ma” show and took him to Cali fornia. ACTOR _ Hal England, Kings Mountain native, has been sign ed as a “regular" on the Dobie Gillis TV show beginning in Sep tember. Acting wasn’t included in Har old England’s plans when he en tered the University of North Carolina to study law. While enrolled as a pre-law student, he became active in the Carolina Phaymakers at Chapel Hill and from there it was but a step to the road show and on to Broad way. As "Maynards” big brother on the Dobie Gillis series, England will portray a "big wheel” an the “Salver Spoon Fraternity.” Central Seventh: Oi Last Year To Park Grace Central school will be the area white high school beginning Sep tember. The board of education Mon day night unanimously adoptah a general assignment plan whereby classroom space will be provided by assigning to Park Grace the major portion of the seventh grade elemenltiary chil dren attending Central last year, with the remainder, if any, be ing assigned to Grover, (Bethware or North schools. In other actions, the board: 1) Tendered contract to Hiram W. Baucom, Jir., of Gastonia, re cent Lenoir-Rhyne graduate, cer tified as teacher of French, phy sical education and history. 2) Noted the resignation ***" Fenton L. Larsen, Central mat teacher, and James E. Saundei member of the Compart facuU 3) Authorized Supt. B. N. Bar es to tender teacher eorrtrac without formal board action 4) Deferred action on appoint ment of the Grover advisory committee. 5) Deferred setting of school schedule for chef* of Shelby and county schedues. (It was indica ted opening date would be Aug ust: 28 or 29.) 6) Approved purchase of three - school buses, one of which is to be delivered Friday. 7) Deferred action on award of annual audit contract, pend ing receipt of additional bids. 8) Heard reports from Suprt. Barnes that contracts were being mailed to the several district vo cational agriculture teachers and that he was applying for state board authorization to employ ^ teacher to instruct the educable retarded. Former Teacher1s Rites Conducted iFuneral rites for Miss Stella Lenore Patterson, 50, of Rock. Mil, S. C., former Kings Moun tain teacher and Kings Mountain native, were held Tuesday at 3 p. m. from First Associate Re formed Presbyterian church of Rock Hi 11. (Miss Pattersan died Saturday in York County hospital following an illness of several months. She moved to Rock Hill with her fam ily as a small child and was ed ucated in the Rock (Hill «ty schools and graduated from Win throp college. A daughter of the late S. L. and Emma Ware Pat terson, she taught school in Nor th Carolina for 20 years and for the last 18 years had taught in Rock Hill, i . she was a member of l&tfa Kappa Gamma, honorary society, and was a member of HHe Gftp pled Children’s Board She was a life-long member of the (National Education Association, the Amer ican Association of University, Women and the South Carofccua Education Association, a past president of th!e York COunty Ed! uoation Association, a past pres ident of the literary group of th Rock (Hill Woman’s dluto and at active member and past presiden of the Rock Hill Little Theatre. (Miss Patterson was a memlwr of the First ARP church and was superintendent of the beginners department of the Sabbath School. Survivors include three broth (Continued On Page Eight) Bethware Fail Septembei 13-16 Preparations for the 14th an nual Bethware Community Fair are underway. The annual Number 4 Town ship event will be held at the Bethware school grounds Septemr ber 13-16. Fair officials are Stokes Wright, president, Frank Ham rick, secretary; Harold Hord.. i treasurer; and Myers Hamtorightt J general manager. Bethware Fair will offer mw | than $300 in prizes for wnlnnmE j exhibits, Mr. Hambright saiiil j Work on the Hair catalog is I well underway, he report ecL
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