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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 , - -- *or Cmattr Bng. Mountain In U»rtT»d bom IBS Bngt Mountain city dliectorr nun. Thn dtj «n It Iran thn OiJttd Ctattt ctntnt el IMO. VOL. 72 No. 39 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper jgjUjjjpl m'ZW HI , 16 Pages Today 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.”