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Population Greater Kings Mountain City Limits TUl flaw* few Grawtsr Bafl HeaMi tb* IKS Haas MsasMfcs dty Stosetorjr kadta B«nra to trawl tbs tndtsd Stats* 10,320 8,008 la JwwSaw | f . ,|M u otriTto iron Mm. Tbs city Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 72 No. 29 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 27, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS KINGS MOUNTAIN QUARRY RECEIVES CER TIFICATE _The Bureau of Mines' Certificate of Achievement in Safety was presented this week to Suprior Stone Company's Kings Moun tain Quarry. The certificate lauded the quarry for its outstanding record of 156.911 man-hours worked without a dsabling injury during I960. Shown with the award, left to right, are Gar land Midyette of Raleigh, Safety Director for Superior Stone Company; Fenton Martin of Kings Mountain; Jay Powell, Kings Mountain Quarry Superintendent; Ray Bedford of Blacks burg. S. C.; Dillard Day of Nantahala Gorge; and Bill Hinshaw of Greensboro, Assistant Dir ector of Safety for Superior Stone Company. State Chairman Bert Bennett May Be Opponent By MARTIN HARMON Sam J. Ervin, Jr., of Morgan ton, senior United States Senatoi from North Carolina, announced Tuesday he would seek re-nomi nation in next May’s Democratic primary. The Senator, who has complet ed seven full years in this office, may be opposed (by Bert L. Ben nett, Jr., Winston-Salem oil deal er and North Carolina Democra Several weeks ago, Raleigh newspapermen wrote that Mr. Bennett might oppose Senator Ervin. Mr. Bennett, when con tacted by the Herald via tele phone, acknowledged he was con sidering opposing Senator Ervin. Mr. Bennett was manager oi Governor Terry Sanford’s suc cessful I960 primary and general election campaigns. Along with the Governor, he was among those first supporting President John F. Kennedy at the National Democratic convention. Senator Ervin also supported President Kennedy in ihis success ful campaign against former Vice-President Nixon. Senator Ervin, then an associ ate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, was appointed to the Senate in 1954 by Governor 'William B. Umstead at the death of Senator Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby. Senator Ervin said Tuesday in announcing his candidacy: *1My service in the Senate now totals seven full yeans. I hold substantial positions upon the Senate Committees on the Armed Services, Government Operations, and the Judiciary, and am Chair man of the Senate Subcommittees on Constitutional Rights and the Codification and Revision of the Laws. In addition to serving upon these regular Committees and Subcommittees, I have been as signed by the leadership of the Senate in times past to member ship upon several highly con troversial special committees, such as the Watkins Committee to study the proposal to censure the late Senator MlcCarthy and the McClellan Committee to in vestigate racketeering in the la bor-management field. "-1 have stayed on the job, and devoted virtually all of my energy and time as well as such talents and experience as I pos sess to the performance of my of ficial duties. “1 do not claim I have voted right on all occasions, but I do assert in all sincerity that I have always voted for what I honestly believed to be right in the light of all the information available to me at the time of voting. I shall continue to do this as longj as I remain in the Senate, regard -' less of all other considerations.”; _■ i NO PERMITS M. H. Biser, City Building In- j ' specter, issued no building per mits during the pasrt week. Local News Bulletins LUTHERAN SERVICE The Sacrament of Holy Com munion will be observed dur ing the 10 o’clock Sunday mor ning service at Resurrection Lutheran church. TO CONVENTION Miss Sandra Huffstetlar, rep resenting the Senior group, and Miss Debbie Smith, repre senting the Intermediates, left Wednesday for Lenoir Rhyne college to attend the four-day Luther League convention in session there. They are delega tes from Resurrection Lutheran church. ON DEAN'S LIST Edward Ledford, Kings Mountain student at Wake Forest college, is one of 273 students in the College of Lib eral Arts named to the dean’s list for the semester ending in June. WINS DEGREE James Haskell White, of Wa co road, earned his master of science degree from the Uni versity of Illinois in recent commencement exercises. OPTIMIST MEET The Optimist Club of Kings Mountain wfll meet Thursday at 7:00 p. m. for the club’s ang ular weekly session at Grace Methodist Church fellowship hall. ROTARY SPEAKER John G. Hilden, Industrial Relations Manager of Fiber Industries, will be featured speaker as Kangs Mountain Rotary Club members meet in regular session Thursday at 12:15 p. m. at the Country Club. Gionnd Broken Fox New Aimoiy (Bulldozers began moving dirt at the Phifer Road site of the new National Guard Armory Wednesday. Here to launch construction were Fred Ayers, construction en gineer, and James Grey, construc tion superintendent, for Galli more Construction Company of Greensboro, successful bidders for the general contract. J. L. Beam, Jr., of Cherryville, is supervising architect. The structure is expected to cost about $140,000, in addition to the site. According to the contract, the •builder has 240 days from July 24 to complete the Armory, Capt. Humes Houston, commanding of ficer of the Kings Mountain company, said this week. Kings Mountain Superior Plant Safety Winner In recognition of its outstand ing saiety record during 1960, the Kings Mountain Quarry of Supe rior Stone Company has been a warded a Certificate of Achieve ment in Safety from the Depart ment of Interior, Bureau of Min es. The certificate, presented to the quarry this week during a plant barbecue, noted that the Kings Mountain Quarry worked 156,911 man-hours during 1960 without a disabling injury. The Kings Mountain Quarry is one of 13 Superior Stone Company quar ries which will receive a Certifi cate of Achievement in Safety from the Bureau of Mines in re cognition of accident prevention during 1960. The certificate was presented by Bill Hinshaw, Assistant Direc tor of Safety for Superior Stone Company. Jay Powell, Kings Mountain Quarry Superintendent, accepted the award on behalf of the quarry’s personnel. In a letter accompanying the Certificate of Safety, James Westfield, Assistant Director, Health and Safety, Department of Interior, Bureau of (Mines said, “this award is in recognition of your outstanding safety record. We realize that this required the full cooperation of all your em ployees and officials in a well designed and effectively adminis tered accident prevention pro gram.’’ Superior Stone Company’s headquarters is in Ealeigh. The Company operates quarries in North and South Carolina, Vir ginia and Georgia. It is a division of American • Marietta Company. IN YORK PAGEANT Sandra Lee Myers, Miss Kings Mountain ot 1961, has been entered by local Jaycees in Ithe Miss York Colonial Pa geant. The event runs August 1-3. She will appear in swim suit and evening dress. Miss Myers is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Myers of Route 2. Negro High School Decision Soon Mayor Reiterates Study Group Need Fieldhouse Plan Stymied; Sewage Disposal Problem Mayor Kelly Dixon reiterated his previous 'recommendation to the hoard of commissioners Wed nesday that a study committee is needed to make a general sur vey of the community's stadium needs in conjunction with the schools. Mayor Dixon lifted several “why’s”: 1) the sewage disposal problem at City Stadium, where the closest present outfall is on Gaston street_uphill from the stadium; 2) eventual major fun ction of City Stadium; and 3) needs of the city recreation pro gram. Specifically, the Mayor noted, the Kiwanis - sponsored field house project, approved by the board of commissioners, remains stymied for lack of specifications on the proposed building and the sewage disposal problem. H .R. Paxton, who owns real estate to the north of the sta dium property, has reiterated his request for sewage lines on Car penter street, which he told the commission,would enable him to develope his property and alsc serve City Stadium. The Mayor said that a mini mum of about 1200 to 1250 feet ol sewage line would have to be in stalled to serve Carpenter St reel and said that cost estimates had not been made and would-be variable depending on the a mount of rock encountered. Judge Biddle Denies Writ Shelby _ Superior Court Jud ge H. L. Riddle, Jr., of Morgan - ton, Thursday denied a writ of mandamus to dissident patrons of the No. 4 Township schools which would force the Kings Mountain Board of Education to call an election in the rural area on revoking a 20 cents per hun dred valuation supplementary school tax. Before announcing his deci sion, Judge Riddle told attorneys and representatives of interested parties that he expected the mat ter to be settled finally by the North Carolina Supreme Court, no matter what his ruling. ^Attorneys for the dissident pa trons said they have laid the groundwork for an appeal to the high court but have made no fi nal decision yet. The patrons want an election on abolishing the special tax in the old Graver, Compact and Bethware school areas and oral arguments from attorneys heard by Judge Raddle in his chambers, was whether the rural area could be considered a special tax dis trict or whether the entire dis rtridt, including both the old Kings Mountain city administra tive unit and the area annexed in May of 1960 must be consider ed a cohesive unit State 'Attorney General Ralph Moody had formerly ruled (that the new unit is cohesive and must be considered as a whole in any election. Elgin Has "Second Chance To live" Through Heart Valve Operation By MARTIN HARMON “I have a second chance to live.’’ This is the statem< nt of Clar ence L. Elgin, former employee of Burlington Industries’ Phenix plant, who hasn’t been able to work for the past 30 months due to a heart ailment. Mr. Elgin’s second chance to live and return to regular work has been promised, the patient says, by Dr. C. Walton Lillehei, professor of surgery at the Uni versity of Minnesota and a spec ialist in open heart surgery. Already, Dr. LiUehed has per-| formed an exploratory operation i which, he has written Mr. Elgin’s [ Kings Mountain physicians Drs. Kenneth and John McGill, indi cates an operation is needed for a change in the mitral heart val ve, between the left auricle and lafit ventricle. In ithe expiloratoey operation, a1 plastic tube was inserted in the1 pushed into his heart. In this manner, Dr. Lillehei was able to record /the pressure in the cham-: bers of the heart and the eoneen-; tration of oxygen in the blood in ■ the different chambers. Mr. Elgin hopes to return to! Minneapolis in the near future for the operation that promises toj restore his health. Obviously, for a man who hasn’t worked in 301 months, the expense estimate of! operation and hospitalization of $2500 is staggering. The University of Minnesota clinical report has been filed with the North Carolina Voca tional Rehabilitation commission and Mr. Elgin hopes the finan cial arrangements will be provi ded by this agency’. Mbrs. Elgin is the former Mar garet Bennett. They have two daughters, ages 13 and 14; a son, age 20; and reside at 4 Bennett Drive. Mir. Elgin was a Worid War II army mess sergeant. Privilege License Penalty Date Near In-olty business and indus trial firms which fail to pur chase 1961-62 privilege licen ses by the dlose of business Tuesday will be faced with a five percent penalty. The law provides that privi lege licenses are purchasable net (through August 1, with penality of five percent per month applying thereafter. Purchases through noon Wednesday totaled $3497.25, compared to the city’s estima ted .(receipts from this source of $5500. This figure Indicates that some $2002.75 in licenses remain to be bought. Group (hi Aging Meets Thursday Representatives of Kings Moun tain civic and service organiza tions will gather for a second or ganizational meeting Thursday night to plan a program for Sen ior Citizens. The group will also vote on or ganization of a community coun cil, with members of this body to include civic club leaders, min isters and other representatives of the city council and service groups. Mrs. George Houser, Woman’s club president, said the meeting tonight VW11 be held at 8 p. in. at the Woman’s club. Among groups sending repre sentatives to the meeting are: Kings Mountain Lions, Optimists, Jaycees, Rotarians, American Le gion, American Legion Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Cham ber of Commerce, Ministerial As sociation, the Woman’s club, Ju nior Woman’s club, Mayor Kelly Dixon and representatives of the city board of commissioners and representatives of the county wel fare office. Purpose of the program is to alleviate problems of the aging with formation of a local Senior Citizens club. The Woman's Club has offered to provide the meeting place, re freshments and games for a rec reational program tor a "Golden Age” club until the program is enlarged and future plans are developed. lAt the first organizational meeting earlier this month re ports were heard from Golden Age clubs in other towns and slides showing these clubs at work featured the program. Mrs. Lennon's Fathei Dies Funeral rites for Dr. Lauchlin Alexander McLaurin, 90, father of Mirs. R. S. Lennon, of Kings Mountain, •were held Wednesday morning at 21 o’clock at Row land. Dr. McLaurin, who had resided with his daughter’s family here from 1955-57, died at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning at Presbyterian Home, High Point, where he had resided since 1957. Bom October 9, 1870, Dr. Mc Laurin, retired Presbyterian min ister, was a native of Marlboro County, South Carolina. He was one of Davidson college’s oldest living alumni, having been grad uated in the Class of ’91. He earned his divinity degree at Co lumbia Theological seminary, then at Columbia, S. C. His first ministry was at Spruce Pines, followed by a pastorate in Geor gia. He subsequently returned to North Carolina’s Fayetteville Presbytery, serving churches and the Fayetteville area and as an official of the Presbytery for a half-century. During the 1929-33' depression Dr. McLaurin was! treasurer of Fayetteville Presby tery and established a reputation for able monetary management. Dr. M!eLaurin”s wife was the late Lillian Hunter, who died in 1952. Surviving, in addition to hisj, daughter Here, are another dau - ghter, Mrs. R. E. McCoy, of i Greensboro, two sons, James L. McLaurin, Washington, N. C, 1 and H. L McLaurin, Robbins, - and a sister, Miss Margie Me- : Laurin, of High Point. Nine grandchildren also 6ur- i rive. i Burial was in Rowland ceme tery. , West Elementary Graduates To Go To Park Grace By MARTIN HARMON The Kings Mountain board of education is expected to meet within .the nexit two or three days, Superintendent B. N. Bar nes said Wednesday, to make decision on Negro high school pupil assignments. Indications were, at the July board session, that the former Davidson and Compaet high schools will be consolidated, with the merged high school u tilizing the Compact plant. Meantime, Davidson plant is expected to be utilized exclusive ly for elementary pupils, both those who would normally at tend Davidson and new students now in Kings Mountain district who formerly attended Washing ton school in the county district. Su.pt. Bairnes also clarified plans for assignment of white pupils. Central plant will not only be utilized for the merged township high school, bult will also house eight eighth grades. Pupils graduating to the sev enth grade from the six-grade West elementary school will at tend Park Grace school. There were two sixth grades at West during the 1960-61 term. Supt. Barnes also outlined plans for eight additional class rooms alt the Central plant as follows: 1) No seventh graders, of whom there were three classes in 1960-61, will be housed at Cen tral, providing three additional rooms. 2) Supt. Barnes omee ana xne office of the teaching supervisor will! be moved inlto the residence at the comer of Ridge and Gas ton streets, providing two addi tional rooms. 3) With two teachers of voca tional home economics, schedules will be arranged to utilize both cooking and sewing departments at the same time, providing one additional class room. 5) Two 20 x 48 prefabricated Structures have already been ob tained to provide quarters for the merged high school’s two voca tional agriculture teachers, add ing two more classrooms. Total: eight additional rooms. Supt. Barnes noted that assign ments thus far are general, ra ther than specific, and that for mal assignment, both white and Negro students, will await the formal pupil assignment resolu tion required of all North Caro lina boards of education. Mrs. Patterson Injured In Wreck Mrs. I. G. Patterson suffered a Cracked rib, cuts and bruises Monday morning when the Pon tiac in which she was riding with her husband was hit by a 1955 Chevrolet a short distance north of Tryon. Mr. Patterson, driver of the Pontiac, was not injured. The Pattersons were en route Bon darken, ARP summer as sembly grounds when the Chev rolet, driven by a Miss White sides emerged from a service sta tion and crashed into the Ponti ac’s front fender. Mans. Patterson received first aid at Tryon clinic and is recup erating at her home here. Damage to both cars was ex tensive. NO FIRES C. D. Ware, Kings Mountain Fireman, reported Wednesday the department had no alarms during the past week. Guard Company Has 36 Vacancies APPOINTED _ E. Lawson blown, former principal of Kings Mountain high school, has been named by Governor Terry San ford to a commission which will report to the 1963 General As sembly on the manner in which school boards of the state are se lected. Foimer Principal On Study Group Supt. E. Lawson Brown of the Davidson County Schools has re ceived official word that he will be on a nine-member commission which will study the manner in which county and city school board members are selected In the state. The appointment of Supt. Brown was by Governor Sanford in Raleigh. Among those recom mending Supt. Brown for the high honor were: Lt. Gov. Cloyd Fhilpott, State Senator R. W. Van LandingWam and Davidson County’s representative to the General Assembly, Eugene Sny der. i Earlier this week it was an nounced that Supt. Brown would receive the appointment to the important committee and today the official announcement came. 'Findings by the study commit tee are to be given to the 1963 Legislature for study. Supt. Brown is a former Prin cipal of Kings Mountain high school. 59 Underwent Carrier Exams Fifty-nine Kings Mountain a rea citizens underwent civil ser vice commission examination Saturday in Gastonia for rural postal carrier. Kings Mountain postoffice has two rural carrier vacancies, due to retirement of Lloyd Phifer and W. B. Logan. Appointments are made from the eligible list which last Sat urday’s examination results will establish by Congressman Basil L. Wbiteneor, of Gastonia. Indications from the Congress man are that grades likely won’t be posted for about 90 days. Sandra Didn't Win, But All Were Lovely; An Accompanist Got Hurt By DAVID BAITY Sandy Myers, (Miss Kings Mountain of 1961, was one of 74 lovely losers in the Miss North Carolina Pageant which was cli maxed Saturday about midnight in Greensboro with the naming of Maria Beale Fletcher of Ashe-; ville as Miss North Carolina. Miss ASheville, the 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beale Fletcher, charmed the panel of 10 judges with her smooth vocal i and tap dance presentation of; “Somebody Loves Me." She has danced with the Rocket tes of Ra -j dio City Music Hall in New York; Oity for six months. First runner-up was Susan , iVoodall, Miss Roanoke Rapids,'; vho presented the sleep-walking;' scene from Macbeth in talen com- ; petition. She first presentd the solioquy in classic Shakespear- ' ?an style and then a take-off version wth a deep south accent. Second runner-up was Ruby Gail Newton, Miss Raleigh, who impressed the judges in the tal ent division wi*h a classic piano presentation of "Revolutionary Etude” by Ohopin. Third runner-up, Kay Sloan Hobbs, Miss Ahoskie, charmed the audience and judges with her presentation of "I Enjoy Being A Girl.” Fourth runner-up was Elizabeth Beel, Miss Durham, who present ed a dramatic reading, the pray er scene from “Joan of Arc.” Other semi-finalists were Miss Winston-Salem, who sang “I En joy Being A Girl”; Miss Char lotte, who sang a medly of blues tunes; Miss Watauga County, vho sang an operatic selection; Hiss Mooresville, who played a azz rendition of "The Warsaw Concerto” at the piano; and Miss iibemarle, who sang “Un Bel >e” from ‘IMadame Butterfly.” Miss Fletcher is the daughter (Continued On Page Eight) Local Company Gets Authority To Up Strength In the wake of President Ken nedy’s Tuesday night address to the nation, in wlidch he announc ed steps he will take to alleviate the Russian threat to Berlin and other areas, Capt. Humes Hous ton, commanding officer of Co D, 105 Engineer Battalion, of the North Carolina National Guard announced openings for 35 re cruits. Previously frozen at the pres ent strength' of 71 officers and men, the company has now been authorized to go to full strength of 107 officers and men. The permission to increase to full company manpower was re ceived in late June. Among those eligible for ser vice In the National Guard com pany are young men age 17, in good physical condition, and at leaist rising higli school seniors. Capt. Houston also noted that veterans may enlist in the compa ny at the rank they held at dis charge. Other officers in the Kings (Mountain company are Second Lt. Wayne Wellmon, Charlotte, and Second Lts. Hugh Lancaster and Robert L. Wilson, both of Kings Mountain. North Carolina’s National Guard division is known as the 30th or "Old Hickory” division. The President said in his Tues day night address he did not In tend to activate national guard units at the present time, but would increase armed forces strength by doubling and trebling the draft and by ordering reserv ists to active duty. Open House Set At Club Sunday The new Kings Mountain Country Clubhouse was to open Wednesday night. Manager Percy Card said Wed nesday that dinner will be avail able to club members nightly for the remainder of the week and that dinner will] also be ser ved at noon Sunday. Effective Tuesday, both lunch and dinner will be available. On Sunday afternoon, officers and their wives will receive at open house for club members and their families from 4 to 6 p. m. The Grand Opening of the new clubhouse will be Saturday even ing, August 5, with a dinner dance featuring the music of Tommy Cook and his Orchestra, of Gastonia. Mrs. J. O. Plonk, Jr., and Mrs. Ben Grimes axe handling arran gements both for the open house and for the August 5 Grand Op ening. The club has been without a clubhouse since last November when fire razed the old coHontai frame structure, remodeled as » clubhousein 1947 and initially e rected as a residence by the late R. S. Plonk in 1900. The new clubhouse is modern in both exterior design and in terior decor. Ceiling beams are of pre stressed concrete, walls and brick- block and floors are terrazo tile. The club has three major rooms in addition of service looms. The spacious ballroom dining room can be divided Into three small rooms by slliding di viders. The Jamaica room is a snack bar, with the large kitchen between ballroom and Jamaica room. Initial cost estimates, Inclu ding swimming pool, called for expenditure of $60,000. Final fig ures have not yet been compiled. Members of the building com mittee were Paul M. Neisler, Sr., chairman, William Herndon, Fred W. Plonk, Fired Wright, Jr., H. R. Neisler, and Mins. George H. Houser. CHURCH WORLD NEWS Radio Station WKMT recent ly began a series of weekly news broadcasts enHed “Chur ch World Newis", broadcast Wednesdays at 6:15 p. m. The news broadcast covers religi ous happenings and is non-de nominational. It is provided by the National Oouncia of Chur ches.
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