Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
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Mountain city dlrectory cento*. The dtf
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Seventy-Second Year
VOL 72 No. 40
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October J2, 1961
PRICE TEN CENTS
Four Mining Corporations
Are Headquartered Here
Local News
Bulletins
AT ST. MATTHEW'S
Dr. J. L. Norris, Executive Dir
ector of the North Carolina Lu- I
therein Homes, will be the
guest minister ’ait St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church Sunday mor
ning at the 11 a. m. worship
service. The Pastor, Dr. W. P.
Geoberding, will be back from
a short vacation next week and
will! fill the pulpit Sunday, Oc
tober 22.
CAKE SALE
The Willing Workers class of
Piedmont Baptist church will
sponsor a sale of homemade
cakes and pies on Saturday,
Oat. 21st with serving to be
gin at 10 a. m. in the church
recreation building.
SERVICES CONTINUING
Fall Revival services are con
tinuing through Saturday night
at Macedonia Baptist Church.
Rev. Earl Henry, pastor otf Cen
tral Baptist Church, Kanna
polis, is guest speaker for the
evangelistic series.
NO PERMITS
City Building Inspector M. H.
Biser issued no building per
mits during the past week.
COURT OF HONOR
Couirt of Honor for Kings
Mountain district Boy Scouts
will be held Thursday night at
7:45 p. m. at Central Methodist
Church. ■: j
VFW SUPPER
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 9811 will serve a barbecue
suppeT to members, their wives,
and to eligible prospective
members at the Post clubhouse
Saturday night from 7 to 9 p.
m., according to announcement
by Commander Paul Dover.
TREASURER
Tom Berry has been elected
treasurer cf Dixon Presbyter
ian church. Mr. Berry is a
member of the board of dea
cons. He and his wife and two
sons reside on Dixon road.
METER RECEIPTS
Forking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
totaled $114, including $95.40
from on-street meters, $6 from
over-parking fees, and $12.60
off-street meters, City Clerk
Joe McDaniel, Jr., reported.
HOKE BURNS HAND
Lester Hoke, Kings Mountain
electrical contractor, suffered
third degree burns on the
hands Monday when a Switch
on which he was waking ex
ploded. The accident occurred
in the new section of Carolina
Throwing Company. j
Annual Barbecue
To Be Sunday
The annual barbecue for em
ployees of Neisler Mills Division
of Massachusetts Mohair Plush
oomlpany will be held Sunday at
1:00 pi m. at Lake Crawford.
Negro employees will be feted
at Davidson Pool picnic grounds.
Emplayees, their spouses and
children, and guests are invited.
>In case of rain at 1:00 p. m. of
ficials ask that guests oome to!
the area, pick up the barbecue
plates, and eat in the car.
They also noted ticket stubs
wall be drawn for door prizes
which, this year, included money,
watches, hams, ironing boards
and cover, a steam iron, electric
toaster, cloth, TV throws, and
hassock s.
Lucky tickets will be posted on
the firm’s bulletin board and pri
zes may be picked up at the per
sonnel office in case of rain.
Bob Haves Gets
Orders To Duty
Bob Hayes, city policeman for
the past two months has receiv
ed order's from the army to re
port for a year’s duty Saturday
to the 279th signal battalion, Fort
Hood. Texas.
Officer Hayes spent two years
in the armiv before his release
to inactive duty status in Novem
ber 1959. Before joining the Kings
Mountain police department, he
was an employee of Consolidated
Brass company, Charlotte. He
and his family reside at 402 Hill
street.
English Mica
Newest Addition
To Community
The English Mtoa Company of
Spruce Pine has moved its office
to Kings Mountain and will -oc
cupy office space in the new mo
dem office building of Kings
Mountain Mica Company, Inc., on
Grover Road.
This completes the transfer of |
the offices of Kings Mountain j
Mica Company, Inc., and its as- l
sOciates, The English Mica Com- j
pany, U. S. Mica Company, Inc.,
and Kings Mountain Silica, Inc.,
into a central'location.
These companies mine, manu
facture, and sell a complete line,
of finely ground mica that is be
ing presently used by the paint,
rubber, plastic and allied indus
tries. These products are shipped
from Kings Mountain to all
points of the world. Shipments
within the United States and Ca
nada are made by rail and com
pany-owned trucks. Overseas
shipments are made from ports
along the eastern seaboard. These
many grades of mica are mined
from the extensive mica ore re
serves held by the Kings {Moun
tain Mica Company, Inc., are
processed at its Patterson plant,
northwest of Kings Mountain,
which produces dry ground mica,
and at the Moss plant on the
Grover Road which produces wet
ground mica.
Roy H. Gunter, treasurer and
general manager of The English
Mica Company, along with his
office staff, F. E Buchanan and
his daughter, Miss Charlotte Bu
chanan, have joined the office
staff of the other companies.
Mr. and Mrs. Gunter have mp
ved into their new home on Sher
wood Lane in Country Club Es
tates and Mr. and Mies. Buchanan
and Miss Charlotte Buchanan
have also moved into a new home
in Country"ClUb Estates and re
side on Sharon Drive.
Kiwanis Head
To See Boaid
(Mayor Kelly Dixon said Wed
nesday he anticipates a light a
genda for Thursday night’s city
board meeting.
Chief item of business likely
will concern City Stadium, as
Charles Nelsler, president of the
Kings (Mountain Kiwanis chib
has asked the Mayor to keep his
meeting in session until his ar
rival for further conversations
concerning the Kiwanis-proposed
building of a small fieldhouse.
Other items on the advance a
genda include: I
1) Request of the Cleveland
County Life-Saving and Rescue
Squad for a donation from the
civil defense fund.
2) Request by the Kings Moun
tain Ministerial association for a
city ordinance closing businesses
during church hours.
3) Possible election of a regis
trar in Ward 2 to succeed the late
Mrs. H. R. Parton.
4) Consideration of a replace
ment for Policeman Bob Hayes,
Who leaves Friday for active du
ty with the army.
The Mayor said he did not an-'
ticipate the replacement of M. H.
Biser, resigning October 31,
would be discussed, adding the
city has received no formal ap
plications for the tax supervisor
collector position.
WINS CAPTAIN BARS_Charles
Eugene Painter of Kings Moun
tain recently won his captain
bars. He is navigator instructor
in’the Strategic Air Command bn
Wichita, Kansas.
Paintei Wins
Captain Bars
Captain Charles Eugene Paint -
csi , Kings Mountain native, won
"his captain bare-recently in exer
cises at the Strategic Air Oran
mtand of Connelly Air Force Base
at Wichita, Kansas.
(He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
.Li. W. Paintertff Kings Mountain
and entered service in September
1954.
The Kings Mountain service
man has 'been’stationed on Guam
and in Mountain Home, Idaho.
He completed specialized training
at Mlaxwell AFB, Montgomery,
Ala., and has resumed his Tegu
lar duties as navigator instruct
or at Connelly.
Captain Painter is married ' to
the former Teddy Lazone of Ar
lington, Texas. They have two
sons, Charles, Jr., and Robert
Leigh Painter. After graduation
from Kings Mountain high
school in 1952 he attended Appa
lachian State Teacher's college at
Boone.
The Painters live at 2018 East
51st Street, South, at Wichlta'16,
Kansas.
Rites Friday
For Mr. Carpenter
James Howard Carpenter, 50,
of 406 Baker Street died at 9i30
Wednesday morning following an
illness of two weeks.
Funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock
from the Mountain View Baptist
church, conducted by the Rev..
Floyd Hollar and the Rev. Geor
ge Leigh. Burial will be in Moun
tain Rest cemetery. The body will
lie in state one hour prior to the
services.
The deceased was the son of
Mrs. Bright McClure Carpenter
and the late Charles P. Carpen
ter. He was bom on October 20,
(Continued From Front Page)
City Gas System
Has New Office
The city gas superintendent
has a new office and a new
telephone number.
Supt. Corbett Nicholson is
now quartered at the City Ga
rage and the gas system tele
phone number is 739-2351.
58th Floral Fair Is Wednesday;
Theme; "Dedicated To Our Town"
lying's Mountain clubwomen
wen? readying this week lor next
Wednesday’s 58th annual Floral
Fair and flower show of the Wo
man’s Club and Garden Council.
Many gardeners were groom
ing their entries this week in
competition lor numerous prizes
to be awarded in the Fair, open
to the public at the Woman’s club
from 12 noon until 9 p. m.
ENTRIES
All entries for the flower
show division ol the 1961 Fair
should arrive at the Woman's
Club not later than 9:30 a. m.
Wednesday. Judging will be
gin at 10 a. nv and out-of-town
judges will award first, second
and third prizes to winning ex
hibits.
Format for the event will fol
low that of former flairs. The Wo
man’s Club will serve lunch from
11:30 until 1:30 p. m. and the ev
vening meal will be served in the
cluto dining room from 5:30 un
til 7 pm. *
A bazaar division will again be
a feature of the 1961 fair. The
Junior division is also expected j
'to attract record entries, as well!
as the horticulture and arrange- j
ments classes which offer prizes
to exhibitors.
Theme of this year’s show is
‘^Dedicated To Our Town" and
all exhibits will feature Kings
Mountain churches, industry, j
schools and homes.
Proceeds from the flower show •
will be used in the Garden's
Council’s extensive beautifica
tion project at Kings Mountain
hospital. Commenting on the
show Mrs. E. W. Griffin, general
chairman, said, “We are tremen
dously prmxl of our hospital and
we want tt to be beautiful on the
outside as well as it is efficient i
on the inside .... We are eonvin-j
ced that Kings Mountain people;
will enjoy the show. The entran
ce fee is a free will offering and
wall give admittance to all three
divisions of the show, artistic,
horticulture and conservation.
There will be a garden shop on
the lawn where plants, bulbs and
(Continued On Page Eight)
Leslie McGinnis,
Onetime Herald
Printer, Dies
Leslie McGinnis, 83, Kings
Mountain native and Itormer
Kings Mountain Heraid printer,
died in a Clifton Forge, Va., hos
pital October 4.
Graveside rites were held in
Hollywood cemetery, Richmond,
Va,, where he had resided since
1919, on Friday.
Mr. McGinnis was a first cous
in of C. L. Black, of Kings Moun
tain.
Mr. McGinnis was associated
with the Herald during the edi
torShip_ of H. P. Allison and oth
ers.
He was a past master of the
Lodge of Strict Obsefvnce No.
507, AF & AM, and a 52nd degree
Scottish Rite Mason. "He was also
a member of Acca Temple Shrin
3ie, the Sphinx Clufo and Cente
rnary Methodist Church, of Rich
mond.
After leaving Kings Mountain
to work in Charlotte, Mir. McGin
nis went to Richmond as joint
baggage agent for the Chesa
peake and Ohio, Southern and
Seaboard Railways.
Surviving are bis wife, Mrs. E
liza Netherton McGinnis; four
daughters, Mrs. T. Ba scorn Mar
tin and Mrs. Richard L. Bulling
ton, both of Richmond, Mrs, J.
R. O'Hare of Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Miss Manon McGinnis of
Baltimore; two sons, Frank L.
McGinnis of Norfolk and Harrill
McGinnis, of Nashville, Tenn.,10
grandchildren and five great
grand children.
Owners Approve
Marietta Merger
Stockholders of the Martin and
American - Marietta companies
have approved a consolidation of
the two firms Into the Martin •
Marietta Corporation, the Asso
ciated Press reported today.
The plan of consolidation was
approved at special meetings here
and in Chicago.
George M. Bunker, Martin
chairman, will he president and
chief executive officer of the new
corporation, while Grover M.
Hermann, founder and chairman
of American -'Marietta, will be
Chairman of the new board of di
rectors.
Marti.! stockholders will recei
ve 1.3 shares of common stock in
Martin-Marietta for each share
presently held, and American
Marietta common stockholder's
will receive a share-for-share ex
change.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Joseph H. Morris, head of the
fire prevention bureau, Char
lotte firs denartment, will ad
dress the Kings Mountain Ki
wan’s club Thursday night at
6:45 on a program arranged by
Rev. Herbert Garmon.
Wyche Indicates Mrs. Davis
May Drop Integrating Effort
PRINCESS _ Betty Morrison']
high school senior, is Kings;
Mountain's Carrousel Princess ]
and will represent the city in the
Thanksgiving Day Carolinas Car-.
rousel in Charlotte.
Betty Morrison
Is Princess
IMiiss Betty Morrison, daughter
of Mr. 'and (Mrs. F. S. Morrison,
406 Edgemont Drive, has been e
leoted Carrousel Princess tor
Kings Mountain schools. She-will
represent Kings Mountain in the
Carolinas’ Carrousel Pageant in
Charlotte, on Thanksgiving Day,
November 23, at 3 p. m.
(Miss Mlorrison was a member
of the May Court, is Oo-Editor of
the Yearbook, Who’s Who; and
Recorder for Order of the Radn
i bow .
'She will ,go to Charlotte on
Wednesday afternoon, November
22, attend the Knights of Carrou
sel Ball Wednesday evening in
the Coliseum where the new'Car
\ rouse! Queen XV, Miss Linda Og
bum of Rock Hill will be crown
| ed. Miss (Morrison will vie with
j 34 Princesses for the Queens
j Crown in 1962.
The Carrousel Pageant Parade
| this year is ‘‘Adventureland.” The
! 50 professional float parade, 30
I contest winning bands, 34 Prince
I esses all-decorated cars with at
j lease a dozen celebrity beauty
’ queens, television and stage stars
■ will attract over a half million
spectators as it rounds itself
from suburban Charlotte to
downtown, With over 150 units.
Civil Defense Director Predicts
Fall-Out Sheltei Building Boom
J. Ollie Harris, city civil de
fense director, predicted consid
erable building of both individu
al and communal fall-out shel
ters in an address before the
Kings Mountain Lfions club Tues
day night.
IHe noted that there has been
much increase in interest in civ
il defence since the Berlin crisis
and added, “In our next war,
we’ll get some devastation here.’’
He said he had become a be
liever in the building of commu
nal shelters, which, he noted
could be built for about $70 per
person, Whereas private, small
shelters cost a minimal $12001
•A 10 megaton hydrogen bomb,
he said, would cut a hole 287 feet
deep and 1900 feet Wide, leveling
about everything within a 15
mile radius, drawing into the air
'brick, dirt and debris which
would then be radioactive, endan
gering the lives of all human
and animal ife.
He expressed confidence that
the civil defense arrangerrents of j
the nation, having defined civil'
defense as the protection of civil
ian population in time of war or*
disaster, with the assignment pf
civil defense functions to the air*
my.
(Mr. Harris said Germany lost
World War II as quickly as it did
because the civilian population
was undisciplined and hampered
the defending German troops.
Defense against enemy mis
siles, he noted, includes planes
with missiles and anti-missile:
weapons which fly around the
clock and the Polaris-bearing;
submarines.
"It is estifpated that these de
fenses would destroy 70 of 100
missiles, (but the remaining 30 j
could do a lot of damage, he de-!
dared.
Other items in Director Har
ris’ address: \
1) It is guessed Kings Moun
tain area citizens would have
three hours after an attack else- j
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TO LEAD REVIVAL Rev. R
L. McGaha, new pastor ol Tem
ple Baptist church, will lead a
week ot revival services begin
ning Sunday and continuing
through October 22. Services are
at 7:14 p. m. nightly. Bill Chil
ders will direct the 40-voice A
dult choir in special singing and
the 100-voice Youth choir will be
under direction of Richard Shan
dy
McGinnis President
Oi Church Groun
United Lutheran Churchmen of
Resurrection Lutheran church
have elected officers for the year
beginning October.
(Bill McGinnis was elected pres
ident to succeed Carl Goforth.
Other officers elected are Hal S.
Plonk, vice-president; Boyce Ea
ker, secretary; and Rufus Mitch
am, treasurer.
The group will meet Sunday
night at 6:30.
I
J. Ross Roberts
Dies Suddenly
Funeral Rites
Were Conducted
On Saturday
'Funeral rites for John Ross
Roberts, 86, King’s Mountain gro
cer, were held Saturday at 4 p.
m. from Kings Mountain Baptist
church, of which he was a mem
ber.
Mr. Roberts died at Kings
Mountain hospital Friday morn
ing after suffering a heart attack
Thursday night. He had not been
ill.
Son of the late Mr. and Mirs.
John Roberts, Mr. Roberts oper
ated Roberts Cash Grocery with
his son, Eugene Roberts. He was
a charter member and deacon of
Kings Mountain Baptist Church,
a former city commissioner,
schoolman and former superin
tendent and general manager of
Cora Mills. He attended a board
ing school for boys In York, Sou
th Carolina.
He is survived by his wife,
Della Moore Roberts; two sons,
Eugene R. Roberts of Kings
Mountain and Forrest C. Roberts
of Gastonia, and two daughters,
Miss Annie B. Roberts of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. R T. Hasty
of Charlotte.
Also surviving are 11 grand
children, eight great grandchild
ren ; a brother, Robert Roberts of
Grover, and a sister, Mrs. Amos
McSNvain of Shelby.
The final rites were conducted
by Rev. Marion DuBose, assisted
by Rev. Clarence ’Bobbitt and Dr.
Zeno Wall. Interment was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
In lieu of flowers memorials
may be directed to the Kir.'di
Mountain Baptist Church building
fund.
Active uallbearers were F. C.
Roberts, Jr., John R. Roberts,
Robert Hasty, Thomas Hasty,
Jr., David Roberts, and Kenneth
Roberts.
Honorary pallbearers included
R. G. Franklin, Harold Coggins,
Dr. D. F. Hord, Ted Wleir, Ollie
Harris, Sr., Nevette Huges, W.
C. Kelly, Harold Coggins, John
Lutz and Jack White.
Home S & L
In New Home
Horns Savings & Loan associa
tion occupied iits now '5SD,000
budding at 106 Ea.-jt Mountain
street Wednrasd«ty and will be
>»>n fee business there for the
first time Thursday morning.
The association lias announced
it will hold open house on Oc
tober 19 and 20, with the public
invited (to visit and inspect the
new facilities.
Funther announcement con
cerning the formal opening will
be made next week, Tom Tate,
secretary -treasurer, stated.
HOMECOMING QUEEN — Bev
erley Yarbrough is Kings Moun
tain schools' homecoming queen
for 1961 and will reign over
Homecoming festivities next Fri
day night.
Students Name
Miss Yarbrough
(Miss Beverly Yarbrough, high
school senior, will reign as 1961
Homecoming Queen at Kings
Mountain Consolidated schools.
SHe is the daughter of Mr. and
| Mrs. B. C. Yarbrough.
IMiss Yarbrough and members
i of the Homecoming Court will be
presented at the Kings Moun
tain - Ldnoolnton football game
nere at City Stadium next Fri
day, October 20th. A parade
down Kings Mountain streets at
4 p. m. will begin the evening ac
tivities. Bill Ramseur, president
’ of the high school Student Par
ticipation Organization, will
crowtn the new queen. Sponsors
I are high school girls chosen by
the football players.
The Homecoming Queen is
■SPO representative from the
“K” club, a member of the Fu
ture Teacher’s, the Future Home
makers and a cheerleader. She is
also a member of Order of the
Rainbow for Girls.
Vnl.'ins Is Home
Altei Operations
Andrew Jenkins, well - known
; Rings Mountain citizen and the
ater projectionist, returned home
[ from New Orleans, La., Friday,
Where he underwent three major
operations at the Oehsner Foun
dation hospital.
He was hospitalized for 12
weeks, undergoing operations for
removal of a rib and tumor, fop
ulcers arid for an abcess.
Mr. Jenkins said he is most ap
preciative of the many kindness
es of Kings Mountain friends
during bis long hospitalization.
Integration No News To Bethlehem
Baptist, Old Church Minutes Show
Bethlehem Baptist church min
J u<es show that this venerable
church, organized July 16, 1842,
has had at least three Negro
members, according to a history ,
! of the church published in “Car
olina Churches" in 1939 and fur- i
nished the Herald by Mrs. M. C.!
Hardin, Herald Grover corres- j
pendent.
And it was the segregation
practice of the church in the ear-!
ly days to separate the men and j
the women, the men sitting on j
one side of 'Ale church, the women
on the other. Nor was this the li
mit of the segregation. The clerk
kept two rollbooks, one for the
males, the other for the ladies. i
These facts had been gleaned
from old minute books supplied
by Clyde Randle and the late
Spurgeon McSwain, the author,
noted.
The minutes noted: ‘'Solomon,
a colored boy, baptized in 1853”;
“Phil, a colored boy of Mrs. i
Stone, was received toy letter in
1858"; “Drusilla, a cokned person, |
baptized in 1850."
Bethlehem was founded by
members who had formerly been
members of Antioch Baptist chur
ch and was first In the Broad Ri
ver association. It joined the
Kings Mountain association 12
yeans later m 1854.
The first church was built of
logs on the Hubert Herndon farm
on land given by Mr_ Herdon.
Elder R. P. Logan and other- min
isters had first conducted servi
ces in the homes of membersi
He was quoted:
"Bethlehem church is situated
in Cleveland Counity, N. C., on
the Dixon’s Gap road leading
from Shelby to Yorkville, S. C.. a
bout *en miles south-east of Shel
by and two miles north-west
from where the Airline (Now.
Southern. - Ed.) railroad crosses,
the Dixon’s Gap road and five!
miles nearly west from the town'
of Kings Mountain. The location
is one of great beauty and the
lot was presented to the church
by the late Dr. Thomas Williams,
of Shelby, upon which the txreth
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Board Sustains
Previous Action
By 4 to 1 Vote
By MARTIN HARMON
T. H. Wyche, Charlotte Negro
attorney, handling Ithe request of
Mrs. Mable Jackson Davis for ad
mission of two of her children
to all-white Central school, indi
cated this week the application
may not be prosecuted further.
Attorney Wyche, a lawyer of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peopl \
told the Herald - - shortly after
the hoard of education had voted
4 tio 1 to sustain the previous de
nial of admission - - he was not
sure whether the case would be
taken to the courts but confirm
ed a comment he had made pre
viously to Supt. B. N. Barnes that
“the facts of the (Davis) case
aren’t exactly as had thought
them.”
He said he too, "is interested in
the Kings Mountain school dis
trict’s proposed building pro
gram.
The board voted to sustain the
prior denial of admission to
Lamry Hast in Davis and Lela I
nez Davis on motion of Holmes
Harry and H. O. Williams' sec
ond. Chairman Fred Plonk and
Mirs. J. L. McGill voted ‘‘aye’’,
with Dr. P. G. Padgett, who had
abstained on the initial action,
voting “nay”.
There was no further discuss
ion of the issue nor comments by
board members.
The next recourse of Mirs. Davi t
would be the counts, either tin
Superior Court, if the pupil a •
signment law is to be tested, or
the Federal District Count, if vio
lation of the Constitution is char
| ged, as Attorney Wyche charged
in his presentation of Mrs. Davis’
plea at the Octobur 3 formal
hearing.
'Mrs. Davis' was the first for
mal application here lor admis
sion of Negro children to an all
white school. Another Negro
parent filed an application at
the time Mrs. Davis did, then
withdrew it.
Woman Shot
By Foster Son
’Mrs. Georgia Hendricks, 58
year-old Negro resident of 111
N. Watterson Street, died Satur
day at 5:00 a. m. at Kings Moun
tain Hto- pital of a bullet wound
sustained ;Jt 11:30 Friday night.
She was shot by a foster son,
William McSwain, age 12.
Coroner Ollie Maoris reported
'he youth said he heaird Ken
Hopper, a neighbor, tell Mr.
Hendricks he was going to
“break her neck”. The couple
were, at that time, in the living
room, and the boy was in bed.
Young McSwain told investi
gators he got out of b^d and took
a .22 calibre pistol from under
the ma.tlt.res.s, which he intended
to take to Mrs. Hendricks,
He drew back the hammer as
he got to the bedroom door, the
hammer clicked home and the
pistol discharged, shooting
through the door, the bullet tori
j ging in Mrs. Hendricks’ abdo
men.
} Mrs- Hendricks was taken to
Kings Mountain Hospital for
treatment where she told Police
Chief Martin Ware there had
been no argument between her
and Hopper.
She waid she told Hopper she
had been shot, got up from where
she was sitting, went ito the bed
room door, and found the youth
tthere with the gun in his hand.
Coroner Harris said examina
tion of the gun proved the safety
mechanism to be defective.
; He said investigation into -the
incident is continuing and no ru
Ting haa been given ait this time
Funeral services for Mrs. Hen
dricks were conducted Tuesday
at 3:00 p. m. from Vestibule AME
Zion Church, Rev. Howard Miller
church pastor, officiating.
Burial was in the church cem
etery.
Mrs. Hendricks is survived by
a brother, Otis Thomis of Kings
Mountain; three sisters, Mrs. Ja
mes Wray, of Shelby, Mrs. Ella
Vinson, of Hickory, and Mrs. Tes
sde Wray, of Baltimore, Mary
land; two stepsons, Joshua Hen
dricks, of Charlotte, and Ernest
Hendricks, of the home; and two
stepdaughters, Mrs. Willie Mae
Adams, of New York Citv and
Mrs. Juanita Creeks, of Charlotte,