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VOL. 72 No. 39
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
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Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 5, 1961
Seventy-Second Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
BOYCE MEMORIAL ARP BREAKS GROUND
FOR NEW PLANT _ Boyce Memorial ARP
cburch held ground-breaking services for its
new plant Sunday afternoon. Pictured left to
irtght are Menzell Phifer, grounds chairman;
J. L McGill, educational building chairman;
and W. S. Fulton. Jr., sanctuary chairman. Dr.
W. L. Pressly. pastor. I. G. Patterson, general
chairman. Ben T. Goforth, plumbing contractor.
N. F. McGill. Sr., architectural chairman, Mr.
Caldwell, electrical contractor. Jack Ramsey,
general contractor, 1. D. Ratterree, finance
chairman, and J. L. Beam. Jr„ architect.
1 Photo by Carlisle Studios)
Local News
Bulletins
FIRE
Ciity firemen wqre called .to
707 Cleveland Avenue Tuesday
at 5:25 p. m. to douse an oil
Stove blaze. Fireman C. D.
Ware said ithe fire was confin
ed No the overheated stove, but
that a rug was damaged by oil
seepage.
WO WRECKS
City Police reported no auto
mobile accidents within the
Kings Mountain city limits
during the past week.
ROSS REUNION
The Moses Ross family will
gather for annual reunion Sat
urday morning at 10 a. m. at
New Plrospectt Baptist Church
five miles beyond Shelby. Pic
nic lunch will be served.
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
Fail-view Lodge 339 AF&AM
will be held Monday night at
7:30 p. m. at Masonic Hall, ac
cording to announcement by
Secretary T. D. Tindall.
ADDRESSES MINISTERS
Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of
First Baptist church, was guest
speaker Tuesday night when
the Cuilom Ministerial Con
ference was held on the cam
pus of Wake Forest college.
College ministerial students
and faculty members of the re
ligon department attended.
ESC HERE THURDAY
Employment security com
mission agents will be in
Kings Mountain only on
Thursdays from now on, it
was anounced today by John
Fleming, head of the Shelby
ESC. He noted the former Tues
day afternoon itinerant point
at City Hall courtroom has
been abolished.
OPTIMIST PROGRAM
Mrs. D. R. Smith, registered
agent with Thompson & Mc
Kinnon, stock brokers, will toe
featured speaker at the regu
lar weekly session of the Opti
mist Club of Kings Mountain.
The club will convene at 7:30
p. m. at the First Baptist
Church Fellowship hall (the
old Kings Mountain Herald
building).
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter (receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
totaled $116.41, including
$91.16, from on-street meters,
$11 tram over-parking fees, and
$14.20 from off-street meters,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.,
reported.
LIONS DIRECTORS
Directors of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club will hold a din
ner meeting at Kings Mountain
Country Club Thursday night
at 7 o’clock.
LUTHERAN SERVICE
Dr. Voight R Cromer, presi
dent of Lenoir Rhyne college,
will be the guest minister at
St. Matthew’s l.utheran church
Sunday morning at the 11 a.
m. worship service. The pastor.
Dr. W'. P. Gerberding is away
on a short vacation and speak
ing engagement in Minnesota.
The Adult and Junior Choirs
will both ting at the service
Sunday.
Ground Is Broken
For ARP Budding
Contract Awards
Total $136,325
For First Unit
Ground-breaking service for
building of tfeejMt yn&£, .«*.-t tee.
aBqyce Memorial Associate Re
formed PredtQrtetiwn church was
held at the Edgemont avenue
site Sunday afternoon.
IDr. Mark OB. Grier, pastor of
Pisgah ARP church, gave the o
pening prayer and Mayor Kelly
-Dixon and Rev. Mjarion (DuBose,
representing the Kings Mountain
Ministerial association, gave ex
pressions of commendation and
good wished. ;
The pastor, Dr. W. L. Pressly,
presented the architect, J. L.
Beam, Jr., and contract award
winners, and commented on the
church and its long-term plans
for new, larger facilities.
Breaking of the ground was
done 'by I. G. Patterson, general
chairman of the building commit
tee, N. FI McGill, Sr., architectu
ra'l chairman, J. L. McGill, eduea
tdonal building chairman, W. S
F'ulton, Jr., sanctuary chairman
B. D. Ratterree, finance chair
man, and Menzell Phifer, grounds
chairman.
Bids for the educational build
ing were opened Friday and were
awarded on low bid to A. A.
Ramsey & Son, Shelby, general
contract; Ben T. Goforth, Kings
Mountain, plumbing; Caldwell
Electric Company, Newton, elec
trical contract; and Gastonia
Plumbing & Heating Company,
heating and aiir-conditioning. To
tal of awards was $136,325.64. Yet
to be contracted are furnishings,
landscaping and paving for par
king areas.
Beware. One-Way
Street Monday
Gaston from Parker to Rid
ge streets will 'be <a one-way
street, effectice Monday.
The one-way traffic will flow
in a soatfe fflgcdeB,
The measure was requested
by the Kings (Mountain School
Board to help parking prob
lems at the high school and
was passed at a special ses
sion oi city commissioners
Tuesday night
Mayor Kelly Dixon said
Wednesday signs will be in
stalled directing traffic by
Monday.
Commissioners noted they
wish police to be lenient on
violators of the one-way traf
fic on the street for the first
few days until citizens be
come acclimated to the change.
Baines Invited
To Conieience
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
Kings Mountain district schools,
will join a few other superinten
dents in Raleigh Thursday for
talks with the Governor concern
ing forthcoming educational ral
lies.
Governor Sanford telegraphed
Mr. Barnes, “I plan to confer with
a few ileaders among superinten
dents about the educational ral
lies to be staged this year. I
would appreciate your attend
ance at a conference in my office!
Thursday, October 5, 1961, at!
R45 p. m... . "
#ew Hi
°"w: 12 to 6
me ttea ptosis rsiooamooue re
turns to Kings Mountain Mon
day and will operate on~a slight
ly changed schedule _ from
noon to 6 p. m., rather than 11
a. m. to 5 p. m. — at Kings
Mountain Baptist church.
John Cheshire, Jir., chairman of
the Kings Mountain Red Cross
chapter blood collection program,
reiterated this week the contin
uing and increasing need for
blood for a widening variety of
medical uses.
"There is a present need not
only for whole blood but for
blood derivatives like plasma,”
Chairman Cheshire commented.
He added, “There should be
more Kings Mountain area citi
zens giving blood. It's not pain
fujl and has no ill effects on the
denar."
The area blood bank, to which
the Kings Mountain chapter be
longs, collects blood throughout
a several-county area, processes
it for type and keeps it under
cold storage for use when need
ed.
Chairman Cheshire said he ho
ped further work would Increase
industrial participation in ti.e
program, where employees ol
firms can get coverage for a per
(Continued On Page Eight)
REVIVALIST_Rev. Jesse Po
wers, pastor of Ridge Baptist
church, Summerville, S, C„ will
be guest evangelist at revival
services at Eastside Baptist
church, Yorli road, starting Mon
day night. Services to begin
nightly at 7 o'clock, will feature
special music by church groups
snd visiting singers. Rev. Tho
mas E. Moore, Jr„ is paster of the
church.
Davis Appeal Action To Be Monday
Weather To Smile
On County Fair
Rain Dampened
Opening Again;
Events Varied
The Cleveland County Fair op
ened Tuesday accompanied by
the usual downpour of rain. But
weather wizards Tuesday prom
ised clear and cool weather to
start Wednesday.
This is version 38 of the na
tion’s largest county fair.
Bad weather notwithstanding,
hundreds of Cleveland county
citizens and fair employees ga
thered Tuesday morning for a
memorial service to the late Dr.
J. S. Dorton, fair founder and
manager until his April death.
Fair booth winners were also
announced after Tuesday jud
ging.
Mt. Pleasanit-Tirinity Club was
named winner in the home dem
onstration club division with a
booth on “Highway Safety."
Second place went to the Polk
villle club booth on “Family
"Life."
The El Bethel Club’s booth on
“Home Freezing” took third
place.
In 4-jl Club division the six
booths were Jed by Belwood, fol
lowed by No. 3, Crest, Fallston,
Bethware, and Waco in order.
Crest FFA booth placed first in
that division, followed by Fait
ston, Kings Mountain and Polk'
villlc.
In school competition, Shelby
placed first; Lattimore, second;
and Crest, (third.
In the FHA division, the booth
prepared cooperatively by Latti
more, Orest, Burns of Polkville,
Mooresboro and Oasar was first.
Second place was copped by the
No. 3__Shelby booth. Third place
went to the booth prepared by
Kings Mounain, Waco and Bel
wood.
Miss North Carolina
Susan Kay Woodall, Roanoke
Rapids beauty recently crowned
“Miss North Carolina” will be on
hand at the fair Thursday. She
will aru-ive in Shelby Wednesday
night and leave Friday morning.
She will be escorted up and
down (the midway, through ex
hibit halls and make a special
appearance in the GAC Hamid
revue Thursday. She will be a
vailable for personal interview,
conversation and autographs.
Featured Attractions
Jaie Chitwood’s and Jack Koch
man thill shows will be featured
in late shows Saturday and Fri
day respectively.
Thursday is “Redhead” day
when all fair goers with red hair
will be admitted to the grounds
free. The day will mean an ex
tra bonus for many students who
were guests of the Fair Associa
tion on Tuesday. Friday is also
a student day.
Highlighting the 1961 fair is
"American’s newest ride”_ the
Skyliner, a portable sky lift pro
duced and designed by Sam and
Joe Gofonth of Goforth Brothers
Company, Shelby.
The -ride, comprised of 18 seats
carried over heads of fairgoers
by a steel cable, is hetld in place
by seven steel columns. First ri
ders were taken Sunday after the
Goforths made a trial run with
fourtons of fertilizer aboard to
test safety of the structure.
Saturday is Auto Race Day
with Indianapolis type racers
under direction of Sam Nunis
Speedways. The show begins
time trials at 1:00 p. m.
Saturday night’s fireworks win!
include a spectacular salute itoj
Dr. Dorton, prior to the final1
thrill show event.
Inter-City AA
Meeting Here
Kings Mountain chapter of AI-j
coholics Anonymous will be host,
to members from surrounding!1
cities Saturday night at an open j
meeting at First Presbyterian;
church fellowship hail.
The meeting will begin at 8 o’
clock, with a member from Albe
marle, termed by local members i
on outstanding speaker, to make:
the principal address.
The public is invited to attend.!
Members are expected from
Burke, Cleveland, Gaston, Lin- j
coin and Catawba counties.
Refreshments will be served.-4.
EVANGELIST_ Rev. Earl Hen
ry of Kannapolis will load a
week of evangelistic services be
ginning Sunday at Macedonia
Baptist church.
Henry To Lead
Revival Series
Fall evangelistic services will
begin Sunday at Macedonia Bap
tists church with Rev. Earl Hen
ry, pastor of Central Baptist
church of Kannapolis, as visiting
evangelist
Services will be held nightly alt
7 p. m. through Saturday, Oc
tober 14th, according to announ
cement by the pastor, Rev. Way-.
ne-ASbe. " "
Don Welch, church chorister
will be bn charge of music for the
services.
In extending an invitation to
the community-at-large to join
with the Macedonia congrega
tion in the series of services, Mr.
Ashe said thait a nursery would
be provided for the convenience
of parents with small children.
Legion To Honoi
Foui Members
Four members of Otis D. Green
"Post 155, American Legion, Will
receive consecutive membership
cards at Thursday night’s regu
lar monthly meeting, it was an
nounced by Joe H. iMcDaniel, Jr.,
adjutant. '
They are Legionnaires T. A.
•Pollock and N. F. (McGill, Sr.,
Who will receive 35-year cards,
and W. F. Stone, Sr., and O. A.
Goforth, Sr., who will receive 30
year cards.
lit was also announced that
Otis D. Green Post placed second
to Greenville Post 39 in the state
department contest for signing
most members through Septem
ber, with nine Kings Mountain
Legionnaires having signed ten
members and qualifying as “go
getters.”
These are James Bennett, John
W. Gladden, Glee A. Bridges,
Frank Blanton, Jay Powell,
Bruce MeDanriel, David Delevie,
Wilbur Smith and Joe McDaniel,
Jr.
The Thursday night meeting
will begin at 8 o’clock.
Yates Green
Struck By Tiain
Yates Green, Kings Mountain
route two resident, is listed in
critical condition ait Cleveland
Memorial Hospital, Shelby, fol
lowing an accident at 12:45 p. m.
Wednesday in Shelby in which
he was struck by a railroad swit
cher engine.
Mr. Green’s right hand was
severed from his arm about five
inches above the wrist the
train wheels. He fcalso suffered
multiple bruises and lacerations.
The accident occured on a -rail -
road cut about 400 feet west of
the N. Morgan Street bridge. Mr.
Green was struck as he walked
either on, or beside, the railroad
track.
Shelby Police Chief H. K. Hard- ,
in reported the body was drag- '
ged across the track three cros- r
ties west of the point of impact11
and came to rest fourteen cross- ;
ties west of the impact with the i
tead cm the north rati and the]
rest of the body lying between i
:he rails. 1
The switcher was backing wet ]
Vt the time pf the accident and <
Engineer W. D. McNair, of Ham- ]
let, said Green was on the blind <
ide of the train cab and he did <
not see the collision. Conductor, 1
vas J. Y. Allen, o' Charlotte. <
«* A: #■%’. ‘ - t i
Hearing Given
On Negroes'
Transfer Bid
By MARTIN HARMON
The board of education con
ducted formal hearing Tuesday
night on Mrs. Mafole Jackson
Davis’ appeal to ithe board to re
consider a previous action deny
ing two of her children trans
fer from Compact to Kings
Mountain high school.
'Action 'by the board is schedu
led at another special meeting
set for Monday night at 7 o'clock
at which time the board will also
interview architects seeking
commission for the building of
the proposed consolidated high
school plant.
Tuesday night’s hearing was
conducted, for the mlost ‘part, in
ar. atmosphere of congeniality,
with T. H. Wyohe, Charlotte Ne
gro attorney, presenting Mlrs. Da
vis’ appeal. Also present were
Henry Dockery, Shelby Negro
mortician, and Rev. Avery Rob
inson, also a Shelby Negro, who
said he was pastor of a Bessemer
City cWurch, Mrs. Davis, and the
two children, Leroy Hastin Davis
and Lela Inez Davis, whom she
wants admitted to Contrail.
The hearing opened with At
torney Wyohe reading a formal
appeal on behalf of Mrs. Davis
which he later labeled ’'a stand
ard appeal." ,
On subsequent general discus
sion, Mt. Dockery charged that
neither Cleveland county school
district has any plan for de-se
gregation, and Attorney Wyche
stated, "Our patience is growing
thin.” Mr. Wyche labeled Com
pact a “second grade" school,
charged that Inez Davis couldn’t
get commercial training at Com
pact, that the Central plant is a
better building, and added he
felt children could be and should
t»e assigned to to school on a ge
ographical basis. He said Inez
Davis is an "A” Student, Leroy
Davis an “average” student.
Replying to Attorney Wyche,
Superintendent Barnes noted
that commercial subjects are of
fered at Compact, and pointed
out that the Central plant is
more over-crowded than Com
pact, with some rooms at Cen
tral (recently obtained pre-fab
riCated buildings) not yet heated
nor lighted.
"We are in an emergency due
to the recent consolidation,"
Supt. Barnes said, adding, “These
are just two of the many stu
dents we are sending some dis
tance away from their homes.”
He continued, ‘We must utili
ze Compact and all our other
(Continued On Page 'Eighth
Mis. Ware's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Virginia
Champion Ware, 38, wife of Ro
bert P. Ware, were held Sunday
at 3 p. m. from Patterson Grove
Baptist Church, interment follow
ing in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Ware succumbed Friday
morning at the local) hospital af
ter seweral-years' illness
A native of Cleveland County,
she was the daughter of Mrs.
Thomas A. Champion of Kings
Mountain and the late Mr.
Champion.
Mrs. Ware was a member of
the Patterson Grove Baptist
church.
In addition to hex husband
end mother, Mrs. Ware is sur
vived by six brothers, J. P. Cham
pion, Floyd Champion and How
ard Champion, all of Kings
Mountain; Eugene Champion utf
Shelby, J. B. Champion of Wil
mington and T. A. Champion of
Sanford, Fla., and three sisters.
Mrs. Henry Barnes of Grover.
Mrs. C. B. Clary of Kings Moun
tain and Mrs. C. N. Porter of
Shelby.
The Rev. Fred Hicks officiated
ait the final rites, assisted by Rev.!
I. J. Thornburg and Rev. James
Holder.
Later Line Needs
Placed At $36,300
. . - - •
SPEAKER _ State Senator Ro
bert F. Morgan of Shelby will
make the address at the 80th
anniversary banquet Saturday of
Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM.
80th Fairview
Event Saturday
State Senator Robert Ft Mor
gan of Shelby will make the
principal address ait the 80th an
niversary ladies night banquet
Saturday of Fairview Lodge 339
AF & AM.
Mtasonie widows and wives of
members of Fairview Lodge wilt
be special guests. Dinner will be
served by Kings Mountain Chap
ter 123, Order of the Eastern
Star, art 7:30 p. m. at Masonic
Hall.
J. Ollie Harris will serve as
master of ceremonies and pre
seent Mr. Morgan. 'Lodge Master
J. Ralph Harrison will welcome
guests and Mrs. Clayvon Kelly
Will make thte response. D. E.
Tate will welcome masonic wid
ows and Mr. Harris will recog
i nize past masters and officers.
H. D. Garmon, pastor of Central
Methodist church, will offer the
' invocation and pronounce the
j benediction.
In addition to Mr. Harrison
I other officers of Fairview Lodge
j include: iB. M. Hayes, Jr., senior
warden; Joe D. Roberts, junior
! warden; L. A. Harmon, treasur
er: (M. B. Nantz, junior steward;
| T. IX Tindal), secretary; Cl M.
j Logan, senior deacon; S. H. Wtol
i fe, junior deacon; B. C. Bridges,
senior steward; and W. C. Kelly,
tyler. Trustees are Frank Bal
lard, J. B. Simpson and C. J.
Gault, Jr.
Mrs. Lowry's
Bites Thursday
Mrs. Erroll Hay Howry, 87
Widow of Dr. S. A. Howry, died
Wednesday morning at the Pres
byterian Home in High Point.
■Funeral rites will be held Tlrur-1
sday at 3 p. mt from Harris Fun
eral Home Chapel. Dr. Paul Aus
ley, pastor of First Presbyterian
church of which Mrs. Lowry
was a member, will officiate. In
terment will toe in Rose Hill
cemetery at York, S. C.
Mrs. Lowry had ‘been a resi
dent of the Presbyterian Home
the past five years. She had been
in ill health for two years.
A native df Boiling Springs, S.
C.., stfie was the daughter of the
late Lewis and Helen Hay Low
ry. Her husband practiced med
icine until his death in 1939. She 1
was a sister of the late Arthur
Hay of Kings Mountain.
Surviving are her sister-in-law,
Mis. Arthur Hay, and her niece,
Miss Helen Hay, of Kings Moun
tain.
Park Ceremonies To Commemorate
Kings Mountain Battle Anniversary
The celebration of the 181st j
mniversary of the Battle of1
■Cings Mountain will be held at
;he park amphitheatre at the
iihgs Mountain National Mili
ary Park on Sunday, October 8,
it 3:30 p. m.
, Nine chapters of the Daugh
ers of the American Revolution
rom Chester, Fort Mill, Rock
Till, Gaffney and York, South
Carolina, and from Shelby, Kings'
fountain, and Gastonia, North I
Carolina, are cooperating in this
•vent that is held each year on
he Sunday nearest the actual
tnniversary date.
I ,
'Mrs. James Crowder of Ches- i
ter, South Carolina, is the gener
al chairman this year. Dr. Paul
Sratiot, professor of history at
Limestone college is the speaker. '
Ben Moo maw, park superinten
dent, announced that the park 1
museum will be open both prior'.
to and following the program !*
and also suggested that families jf
3ring picnic, lunches for serving !r
following the exercises. • ^
The victory at Kings Mountain ! v
is credited with paving the way s
for the surrender of the British t
it Yorktown the following spring. I
Engineer Says
One Problem " '
Health Hazard *
W. S. Dickson, Charlotte engin
;er has recommended install
ation of approximately $36,300 in
waiter lines in the Mauney Mills
Crescent Hill areas and bias told
the city water distribution deat.
ends in the Mauney Mill ami
are creating a situation prohibit
ed by regulations of the State
Board of Health.
The engineer noted that check
valves on Pine street and others
prevent water flow from Railroad
avenue to Oanstar street, dead
en ding distribution alt these
points other than for service to
Mauney Mills.
He continued, "Water from the
fire supply could be and has
been pumped into the city sys
tem by fire pumps due to defect
ive check valves, I am informed.”
The water lines installations
recommended, he wrote, ...
would increase the quantity of
water supply and the presswfe
for fire-fighting purposes in the ‘
area in question and would also
be of great benefit to the area
served by the lines on S. Battle
ground avenue due to the pro
posed connections alt Oak and
Haiwthome.”
He recommended these lines:
£1) Railroad avenue, from doVi
to Hawthorne, 2150 feeet at 10
inch pipe, $15,000.
2) Hawthorne road, from Rail -
road to Canstter, 800 feet of 8-inch
pipe, $3900.
3) Sims street, from Bridges
street to Hawthorne, 650 feet of
six-inch pipe, $3,000.
4) Bridges street, from Gold to
present line, 150 foot of six-inch
pipe, $600.
5) Crescent-Chestnut, from
Joyce to Marion street, 1250 feet
of six-inch pipe, $5000.
7) Marion st., from Hawthorne
to Meadowbrook road, 800 feel of
six-inch pipe, $3,500.
8) Oakland street from Cres
cent drive to Meadowbrook, 400
feet of six-inch pipe, $1900.
9) Cansier street, Croon Gold to
Pine sheet, 850 feet of six-inch
pipe, $3400.
He recommended:
1) Immediate laying of the
lines on Railroad and Hawthorne.
2) On completion, correcting of
the connections between the city
distribution system and Mauney
Mills.
3) Installing of the other lines
as quickly as monies are avail
able.
4) Engineering study of the en
tire system for plan for future
development.
El Bethel Church
Appears Age 149
Mrs. M. C. Hardin, Grover cor
respondent for the Herald, lias
forwarded a copy of a 1939 clip
ping from “Carolina Churches”,
which contains added evidence
that El Bethel Methodist church
will be 150 years old next year.
Mrs. Hardin notes that the ma
gazine "Carolina Churches” was
edited by Rev. H. L. Reeves, (then
pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian
church.
The historical sketch of El
Bethel church includes the rem
iniseences of Mrs. Rachel H. Har
mon, as well as “Additional No
tes on El Bethel Church”, which
the editor notes resulted from in
terviews with T. C. Black, J. F.
Goforth, and Mrs. J. F. Warn
bright.
Principal evidence is contained
in (the following paragraph: “A
■nong the oldest dates decipher
ible on the old istones in the
•emetery were Jacob Harmon.
1.816; Peter Harmon, 1818; and
Andrew Harmon, 1818.”
The article continues: "AI
hough Mrs. Harmon's history
>egins in 1831, the church real)
lad an existence dating from 18
2. Those early meetings wnr<
leld under brush arbors in th
ummer months and in the hr
ries of the members during the
.’inter. The '‘Little Log chyj’ch
/as built under a large oak’tre -
/hieh still stands at the we?
ide of the cemetery. Accordin';
o Mis. Harmon, -this church was
uilt in 1832.”