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VOL. 72 No. 41
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 19, 1961
Seventy-Second Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Bond Election
In Decembei
Less likely
■UKMKxxt oi a nigh school
plant bond issue election prior to
mid-January appeared less pro
bable this week. i , .
Board of Education Attorney
J. R. Davis said Wednesday he
has not yet received reply from
a letter of more than two weeks
ago to the school’s bond attor
neys in which he asked the New
York firm to set up the bond e
lection In late November or ear
ly December.
Mean#’ % the county board of
eduoata^ indicated at Monday’s
meeting They’re aiming at a Jan
uary date for a county district
bond election for funds to build
two major high school plants.
Kings Mountain board of edu
cation initially had indicated
friendship to the idea of conduct
ing the Kings MJountain district
election conjunctively with the
county’s.
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
said Wednesday afternoon he
didn’t know What will develop,
though he said the Kings Moun
tain board will hold a special ses
sion next week at which some
action might be taken.
Kings Mountain board holds
option on one potential sate, a
73-plus acre tract on Phifer road,
this option expiring on Decem
ber 22.
The Kings Mountain board of
education Was already petitioned
tHe county board of commission
ers for a $1,100,000 bend election,
and this petition has been ap
proved.
'T frankly don’t know,’’ Supt.
Barnes commented. “*We may be
ahead of the county district. At
any rate, the board will meet
again within the next weeSc"
The board deferred for a week
on Monday the commissioning of
an architect for the proposed
plant.
A time factor is also involved,
as the bond election resolution
must be advertised and registra
tion books opened prior to the
voting.
THe city and county districts
are using the same New York
bond attorneys, Mitchell, Per
shing, Mitchell and Shetteriy.
Supt. Barnes and County 'Supt.
J. H. Grrigg spent Wednesday
morning working on establish
ment of district boundaries.
I
Local News
Bulletins
FIRE5
Ciity firemen answered two
alarms this week, the first on
Thursday ait fi:55 a. m. to the
Marvin Blanton homo on Floyd
Street to douse an oil stove
blaze and the second on Tues
day at 8:45 p. m. "to the Ray
mond Seism farm off Cherry
vllle Road to douse a woods
fire. No damage was reported
an either fire.
OPTIMISTS MEET
The Optimists Club of Kings
Mountain will hold its regular
weekly meeting Thursday at
First Baptist Church Fellow
ship hall (the old Herald
building) ait 7:30 p. m. The
meeting will be the regular
monthly business session.
NO PERMITS
City Building Inspector M. H.
Biser issued no building per
mits during the past week.
FOOTE DONORS
Foote Mineral Company em
ployees donated 10 pints of
blood at the recent visit of the
Red Cross bloodmobile and
were among the top industrial
groups visiting the Wood bank.
The firm’s name was inadver
tently omitted from a list of
donors published in last week’s
Herald.
Home S & L Firm
Open House Set
Home Savings & Loan asso
ciation will open its new build
ing on East Mountain street
w»th open bouse festivities
Thursday and Friday.
The open house event will
begin ait 2 p. m. Thursday, con
tinuing until 8. The film will
also be open to welcome guests
until 8 p. m. Friday evening.
For full details see today's
Herald, Section 2.
Junior Women Win District
Community Service Award
Club Is Second
In Three Other
Competitions
Kings Mountain Junior Wo
man's Club won the community
service award Wednesday given
annually by District 4 of She
state federation of Women’s
Clubs for outstanding dulbwork
in 1961.
It is the second year the wo
men’s organization has won a
major district award. The club
won the Child Welfare Cup last
year on basis of its service pro
ject at the local hospital.
The Junior club of 21 members
staged a student sewing contest
and fashion Slow last spring
with the local winner, Sandra
Plonk, also becoming District
winner of the Vogue sewing con
test. Collaborating with FHA
Girls at Central school, the club
supplied the draperies for the
new wing of the hospital and
those for the chapel. The club has
continued a hospital service pro
ject for several years, supplying
curtains and in 1960 renovating
the hospital children’s ward.
The club won four awards of
merit at the state convention for
outstanding clubwork in 1961.
Mrs. Jacob Dixon and Mrs.
□Bill Tinsley represented the club
at yesterday’s meeting in Stanley.
Kings Mountain Juniors also
won three second-place or red
ribbons for yearbook, scrapbook
and presstoook entered in compe
tition with other clubs and an
Honor chib certificate. The Kings
Mountain Senior club was also
listed as an honor club. The com
munity service award is a hand- j
some silver bowl.
I. B. Hannon s
Rites Thursday
Jerome Brilte Harmon, 64, of
Largo, Fla., Kings Mountain na
tive, died Friday night of a heart
attack at his home in Florida.
Graveside rites Will be held
Thursday at 2 p. m. art Moun
tain Resit Cemetery. The body ar
rived Wednesday from Florida
and will Tie in srtate at Harris
Funeral Home Chapel until the
hour ©f service. Rev. A. A. BaHey
and Rev. H. D. Garmon will offi
ciate and interment will be in
Mountain Beat cemetery.
Mr. Harmon was a retired em
ployee of Southern Bell Tele
phone Company and son. of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Jerome E. Har
mon of Cleveland County. He was
a member ©f Largo Methodist
church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Edith Davidson Harmon; one
son, Major J. B. Harmon of the
U. S. Army in Hawaii; one dau
ghter, Mrs. Charles Wysong of
Jacksonville, Fla.; one brother,
Harris Harmon of Bessemer City
and one sister, Mrs. Sprunt Elli
ott of Macon, Ga. Also surviving
are five grandchildren.
KIWANIS SPEAKER _ Basil L.
Whitener, 11th district United
States Congressman, Gastonia,
will address members of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club at
tbeir meeting Thursday night at
6:45 at the Woman's Club. Pro
gram Chairman Grady Howard
announced.
51 Slad«nts
dtiaigni a
Fifty-one Kanes Mountain high
school students made "A” on
all courses ftw.ithe first six-week
period, Principal Harry Jaynes
reported this week.
The high school chapter of the
National Honor Society honored
the students at an assembly pro
gram on October 18, along with
students scaring high on na
tional tests.
The all “A”-students wane:
9th Grade — Joyce Bolin, Lyn
Cheshire, Kenneth Bunkowski,
Peggy JSumgardner, John Alexan
der Neister, Judy Morris, Sonny
Willis, Herschel Wright, Jr., Lin
da Wilson, Jan Williams, Carolyn
Jcnes, Juditth hey, George Plonk,
James Pressley, Oscar Neil Mc
Carter, Betty Flowers, Linda Fit
'dfa, Qmda Bishop, Joan Howard,
Ann McCarter, Susan Plonk, .Rod
ney Smith and Robert Subar.
10th Grade _ Mary Helen
Goforth, Peter Houser, Ranald
Dotson, Virginia Goforth, Joan
McClure, John Traa, Rebecca Ro
wers, Coral Ramteur, Ira Jane
Smith and PaJtgy Welch.
11th Grade_ Sara Headricks,
Patrtie Howard, Petle Lynn, Jack
ie Hughes, Paul Smith, Jewel
Robbs, Norms .Spearman, Ann
Cooper, Robert Plonk, Peggy
Plonk and Marilyn Dixon.
12th Grade _ Bemtha Bum
gardner, Brenda Davis, Dianne
McDaniel, Kay Broadwater, Carol
Jean Gotar, BiU Ramseur and
Gail Morrison.
Registration Books Have Opened
For November State Bond Election
Registration books for the No
vember 7 state-wide bond elec
tion opened tor the first time at
all county precincts last Saturday
and will be open again Saturday
and on October 28.
North Carolina citizens will go:
to the polls to approve or disap* i
prove any or <ill of ten proposals;
to issue a total of $61,665,000 ini
bonds for a variety of state pro
jects, from buildings for higher'
education to buildings for men
tal hospitals.
The ten proposed issues are:
1) $2,858,000 for buildings in
the State Capitol area.
2) $1,110,00 for improvements
at state correctional institutions.’
3) $31,008,000 for buildings at
state educational institutions.
4) $1,483,000 for buildings at
community colleges.
5) $2,565,000 for a building to
house the Department of Archi
ves and History and state library.
6) $13,500,00 for improvements
to state ports at Wilmington and
Morehead CSty. 1 i >
7) $7,396,000 for improvements
lit state mental institutions.
8) $500,000 to provide state
matching funds for local hospi
tals.
9) $961,000 for capital impro
vements in the conservation and
development of the state’s natu
ral resources.
10) $289,000 for capital im
provements at the state’s agri
cultural research stations.
Kings Mountain area polling
places and officials are:
East Kings Mountain, at City
Hall courtroom, Mrs. Nell Cran
ford, registrar, Mrs. Ruth Thom
asson, Judge, (one judge to be
named).
West Kings Mountain at West
school — Mrs. J. H. Arthur, reg-,
istrar, Mrs. Warren Herndon and
Mrs. Charles Ballard, judges.
Bethware at Bethware school—
Mrs. John Jones, registrar, and
Mrs. Leonard Gamble and Mrs.
H. A. Goforth, pudges.
Grover at Grover fire station ;
—Mrs. J. B. Ellis, registrar, Miss'
Ethel Martin and Mrs. J. C. j
Scruggs, judges.
Waco — G. ML Murray, regis
trar, Mrs. Marshall Wolfe and
W. L. Browne, judges.
November 4 will be challenge
day.
Negro Groups
Appeal Divided
On School Aims
The Negro community appears
split on What it wants in the way
of school plants.
In contrast ito the plea of Mrs.
Mabel Davis for admission of
two high school children to Cen
tral plant and stated interest of
her attorney, T. H. Wyche, in not
wishing to deter the building of
a new high school plant, other
Negro citizens told the board of
education Monday night they
spoke for P-TA groups who want
a new Negro high school Diant.
The representatives, William
Otrr and Hillard Hunter, appear
ed before the board to ask what
is being planned for the Negroes
school-wise.
“We were told sometime ago
that to get a new high school,
Compact and Davidson must con
solidate. We are consolidated
now, and we would like to know
what are in school plans for us,”
;"Mt. Onr said.
He noted the Compact and Da
vidson P-TA’is have discussed the
school proWlem at two meetings
and came to the aforementioned
conclusion. “Of course, we can
not speak for a hundred percent
of our population,” he said.
He noted he' diffl not know the
opinion- -orf-those who' da not at
tend parent-teacher associaitioi
meetings.
Supt. B. N. Barnes told the Neg
ro delegation improvements are
being made at the various
schools, but the board, up until
this time, did not know what the
Negro population wanted.
"If we build separate facilities,
we must have the population for
the plants. I don't know what the'
future will bring. IT we’re going
to need separate facilities, then
we must have them, but if not, it
would be much better to put our
money into one good super high|
school,” he said.
Ch a inn an Fred Plonk noted
that the Negro school patrons
inane not been ilrift out school
planning, but that the school
bond issue in the immediate fu
ture would not be enough to fl
. (Continued <on ZPage 10)
Mrs. Ledford's
Hit es Conducted
Funeral rites for >lrs. Mattie
"Wright Ledford, 65, 'Wife of Kemp
B. Ledford, were held “Sunday at
3 p m. from Oak Grove Baptrstt
church! of which she was a mem
ber.
Mrs. Ledford died ’Unexpected
ly Saturday momipg about 3 o’
clock at her home on route three
She had ‘been ill for two years.
Besides her husband she Is
survived by her son, FVank Led
ford; three daughters, “Mrs. Os
bia Lovelace and Mrs. "Woodrow
Ware, both of Kings Mountain, ,
and Mrs. Wray Ingle of "Lincoln - j
ton; two brothers, William and
Marvin "Wright and a sister, Mrs.
Sam Bell, ail of Kings Mountain;
nine grandchildren ami one
great-grandchild.
Mr*. Ledford was the daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson Wright.
Rev. James Holder and ftev.
Ralph Webb officiated at the fi
nal services. \ \
'Burial was in the Oak Grave ;
cemetery.
1700 Attended \ 1
Mohair Outing !<
Massachusetts Mohair Plush; j
Company's Neisler division held i;
its annual employee outings Sun- j
day, entertaining about 1700 em- i •
ployees, their wives, families and j (
other guests at Lake Crawford!,
and at the Davidson recreation j
area.
W. F. Laughter, personnel <
manager, termed the gathering
"the largest in history.’*
Dr. W. L. Preesly, pastor of j :
Boyce Memorial ARP church,1
gave the invocation at the Lake.
Crawford dinner and Mr. Laugh- j J
ter gave a brief address of wel-jJ
come.
•Numerous door prizes were dis-;.
tributed.
Bridges Barbecue was caterer;c
for the annual outing. I
COMPLETE HOME NURSING TRAINING _
Two Kings Mountain women, from left Mrs.
Etta Bennett and Mrs. Marion DuBose. have
completed American Red Cross home nursing
courses and are now qualified as instructors.
Mrs. Andy Kistler of Morganton plays the pa
tient in the photograph above and Miss Annie
Jo Hawfield is the instructor.
AT BETHLEHEM_Rev. Donald
F. Callahan of Camden, S. C. has
assumed new pastorate duties at
Bethlehem Baptist church. Re;
and his family moved to Kings
Mountain October 1st.
Guard Company
Rales Superior
Tl»e Sings Mountain Tiatcional
Guard Unit, Company D, 105th
Engineers Battalion of the North
Carolina National Guard .won a
rating Of “superior” following
rhe Third Army Inspector Gen
ural's inspection recently.
Captain Humes Houston, \vh*
received the official notice this
uweek, notjxl the award is the
highest possible grade the unit
*a> eve - Obtained. The unit has
made several! superiors before,'
baaed on annual field training)
■vhii.'h only cosers the annual!
two weeks training, and superior
m various (other * mall phases of
training. "The Third Army con
siders our Kings Mountain unit
0 be classified in the same cat
egory as the highest of units
graded in all the other states un
ler the jurisdiction of the Third
Vrmy”, Mr. Houston continued.
The awarding of “superior”!£
ras based for a period of 12
nonths for the overall Armory
reining, annual field training, I
itrtendance of personnel at meet- ; ^
ngv for a total of 48 (drills, oper- r
itioxal cost to the Federal Gov-1
■mment, appearance and neat
less of personnel.
Captain Houston said-, he was
/ell pleased with the tendings
■f the Third Army and further
tated that all members <o[ the
init were to be congratulate^ for
1 job well done. j .
The inspection consisted of two \ t
ihases. The first, an afternoon l
iha*e. This period was the In-! n
pection of the building, grounds, 11
quiptnent and equipment main-j*;
enance, supplies and supply e-15
onomy, operational of various *'
(Continued On Page Ten J ! il
to £o
Dixon, Painter
Made Peace
Monday Night
Mayor Kelly Dixon Is, still Ma
yor and Joe Bill Cornwell, paint
ing contractor, is fulfilling the
painting contract he was award
ed.
The Mayor and Mr. Cornwell j
made peace Monday night at an!
informal get-together of the
board of commissioners. Both a- j
Breed to extremism in the airgu-l
ment over painting of City Halil J
courtroom rand the police station
quarters, shook hands and there
by buried the hskchet.
Ben H. ’Bridges, Ward A com
missioner, said the commission
gathered, invited the Mayor to
join them and discussed the pro
blem. Mr Cornwell was then in
vited to attend, agreed he had1
used rude language in his con
versation with the Mayor. |
Argument had arisen alter Mr.
Cornwell's bid was low on the
painting job, which Commission
er Gene Gofoith had termed
“turnkey"’,
Mr. Cornwell had objected in
(Co*im%^d «0» Page 7Ten) 1
SPEAKER Dr. William B. Og
lesby will begin a week of spec
ial services Sunday at Shilol:
Presbyterian church in Grover.
Shiloh Series
Begin On Monday
In commemoration of Southerr
Presbyterian Centennial Dr. Wil
liam B. Oglesby, Jr., will tx
guest minister at Shiloh Presby
terian church in Grover Mbndaj
through October 25.
Dr. Oglesby, who is a graduate
of Austin College and Unior
Theological Seminary, is i
member of Association of The
ological Professors in the Prac
tical Field, National Academy oi
Religion and Mental Health
Committee of Family Life; the
National Council of Churches.
Monday through Wednesdaj
(Continued On Page Ten)
Mis. Carl Maiiney, Mrs. Campbell
Top Floral Fair Award Winners
Sirs. Curl 3Vf* uney, Mts. H. L.'
Campbell and Frances McGill
venr- top winners in Wednesday’s'
)8th Floral Fair of the Woman’s
and Garden CounciL
The nine out-of-town judges
vho placed blue; red, yellow and
v’hite ribbons on entries arijudg
d fir it, second, third and fourth
dace winners had to decide be
tween two htrstoands-and-wives
earns of exhibitors in the 'horti
utture division and had to count
J1 red and (blue ribbons before
naounring the name of the
weepstakes holder. Mr. and Mi's. 1
'art Mauney and Mr. and Mrs.;
lharlie Cash had exhibited many
rize-winning entries and the two I
adies had tied for the most blue1
fbbons in the show. <
Mrs. Mauney received the a
m~d of merit for a Peace rose,
he had exhibited in the horticul-j
tre division and was also sweep- i
takes holder. Mrs. Campbell won i
re sweepstakes award in the 1
rrangements classification and i <
oung Frances McGill, Nonh!1
chool fourth grader, won the >
unior award of distinction. Mrs. 1
amJpbell’s two blue ribbon win- <
ers included one calling at tent- 1
>n to the city's industry and Su- <
erior Stone Company and anoth- 1
r illustrating an arrangement t
>r a traditional home.
“Dedicated To Our Town’’ was I
je theme of the show and allj
categories called attention to the
city, the industries, the homes,
schools and churches. School
children exhibiting in the Junior
section were complimented for
their displays of leaves, rocks,
minerals and arrangements for
classroom and sehoolife.
The bazaar division also at
tracted a record crowd.
Large numbers of citizens vis
ited the dining room for lunch
and dinner.
Judges for the flower show
were Mrs. \ ates E. Palmer and
Mrs. Robert Kendrick, both of
/aldese; Mrs. Nathan Cooper,
Mrs. Sam Westbrook and Mrs.
L,. B. Snow, all of Morganton;
Mrs. Jackson S. Burnett, Mrs.
Clarence H. Crow, Mrs. J. K
Oavis and Mrs. W. L. G. Mac-1
<enzie, all of Spartanburg, S. C. 1
Pall corsages In yellow and o-!
•ange chrysanthemums were ar-j
•anged by Mrs. Fred Lockridge
or the judges and these same1
olors were used for decorating1
He exhibition hall. A tall monu 1
nent In the foyer was designed i
V ^Mrs. Ben Bridges and other
leseriptive materials called at
ention to the town and to the
harden Council's current beautl
ication project at Kings Mbun
ain hospital].
Complete list of winners is
ublished in today's Herald.
(Continued On Page Ten)
Study Group
Didn't Hear
From Schools
The city stadium study com
mission has recommended to the
city that it adopt a long-range
program for the permanent im
provement of City Stadium.
(Noting that the 'board of edu
cation Wad not replied, as re
quested, to a request for intent
concerning building of an all
purpose stadium ait the proposed
consolidated high school plant,
the staddium committee wrote
the mayor and board of commis
sioners, *'.there was only
one course left for recommenda
tion.”
It further recommended:
“That the city board of com
missioners authorize immediate
construction of adequate dress
ing room facilities as recommen
ded and supported by various ci
vic groups, and that the said fa
cilities be located in an area
where it will architecturally fit
into the Long-Range Permanent
Improvement program.
“That the Stadium Committee
foe immediately authorized to
make a complete study and rec
ommend for your approval a
scheduling of the long-range per
manent improvements.
‘‘That the Mayor and Board of
Commissioners meet with the
Stadium Committee at an early
date —; the meeting date to be
: arranged at the convenience of
I the Mayor and Board of Com
missioners.
TWe Stadium Committee con
cluded, “_the Stadium Com
mittee believes that an adequate
All-Purpose Stadium will be a
step forward in the progress of
Kings Mountain and Number
Four Township. We pledge our
In its report, the stadium
group reviewed its first meet-ii 'T
in September and its request to
the board of education for a
statement of intent on inclusion
of an all-purpose stadium in its
building plans, adding, ‘‘The Sta
dium Committee desired this in
formation with particular re
spect to the taxpayer’s viewpoint
on the cost of a two-stadium pro
gram."
Chairman John H. Moss said
that the three-man committee,
which includes H. O. Wiltiams
and J. E. Rhea, held a three-hour
| session Monday afternoon in pro
cess of formulating its report.
The stadium committee had
| noted at its first meeting that the
problems of parking was the
' chief one in the development of
! City Stadium. Members had in
i'dicated privately they felt it
I might be cheaper to start afresh
•I to build an all-purpose stadium
i than to develop City Stadium.
Lions Will Hear :
E. L Rankin, Ir.
Edward L. Rankin, Jr., mana
ger of the Raleigh office of John
' Harden Associates, a public rela
tions firm, will address members
i of the Kings Mountain Lions
i club Tuesday night.
Mr. Rankin was personal sec
retary to Governor Luther H.
Hodges from his accession to the
governorship in 1954 until 1960,
and before that had held the
same position with Governor Wil
!liam B. Umstead, whom he had'
also served when Mr. UmsteatS!
was a United States Senator. He
is also a former member of the
public relations staff of Burling
ton Industries, a navy veteran of
World War II, and former em
ployee of the Salisbury Post, Ra
leigh News and Observer and
Associated Press.
He is a navy veteran of World
i War n, serving in the Atlantic
and Mediterranean ocean areas,
and is a graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Class of
1JM0. He is a native of Spencer.
Leqion To Sponsor
Saturday Dance
The regular Saturday night
dance for Legionnaires, their
wives and guests will be held
Saturday beginning at 8 o’clock.
Extensive remodeling at the
Legion 'Hall on York road has
improved the sound in the ‘ball
room... office's of Post 155
have stated.
A btmnVjvill provide music
for dancing'.'
TO COVVEIITION
Mayor Kelly Dixon Comm.
J. E. Rh«a and City Clerk Joe
McDaniel. Jir., a-e scheduled to
go to Durham Snndav. whete
they will attend the 52nd an
nual convention o* the North
O/rolina League oi Municipals