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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 (or Orator Klagi Mountain U derind from * — ■— l The city t el I960. IMS figure (or Crater King* Mountain Um 1*55 Kings Mountain city directory < Ondts figure U (ran tbs United Mates < Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 16 Pages Today VOL 72 No. 45 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 16, 1961 Seventy-Second Year PRICE TEN CENTS MIXED CHORUS TO PRESENT OPERETTA — Pictured above are some members of the cast of "The Mikado", Gilbert and Sullivan's comi cal operetta, to be presented Friday night by the hgh school Mixed Chorus under direction of Mrs. J. N. McClure. The students will wear Japanese costumes designed by home econom ic students at the high school. Member of the cast and chorus number 50. (Photo Courtesy "The Mountaineer") Local News Bulletins RETURN TO WORK Andy Jenkins, projectionist ait Joy Theatre, has returned to work after an absence due to illness. His wife, (Mrs. Sudie Jenkins, a beautician, has also returned to her work at Sudie’s Beauty Shop. P-TA MEETING West School Parent-Teach ers Association will hold regu lar meeting Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in the school audi torium. KIWANIS CLUB Paul Whisnant of Lincolnton Will talk on Ms hobby of col lecting old coins at Thursday’s meeting of the Kjiwanif club, The civic eittb convents at 6:45 p. m. for dinner ait the Wom an’s dub. EAST P-TA MEETS The East Elementary school P*}A wdttl meet Tuesday. No vember 21 ait 3:30 p. m. in the school cafeteria. NO FIRES City Fireman C. D. Ware re ported Wednesday morning the department had no fire alarms uring the past weetk. TO MEETING Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Grant ham will go to Raleigh Friday to a/ttend the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Associa tion’s fifth annual working conference at Sir Walter Ho tel. Over 300 dealers and fi nance company officials are expected to attend. IN CHURCH GROUP GREENVILLE, N. C.—James C. Blanton, of Kings Mountain, is abong 59 East Carolina Col ege students participating in the Lutheran Student associa tion of Greenville. -1 OPTIMISTS MEET ^Cleveland County Rescue Squad will present a program on rescue operations to mem | bers of the Optimist Club of Kings Mountain when the group meets in regular week ly session Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at First Baptist Church Fel lowship hall. No meeting is scheduled for Thanksgiving Thursday. JAYCEES MEETING Harry Xanyes, principal of Kings Mountain High School, will speak to Kings Mountain Jaycees on the proposed new Mgh school at the regular Jay oee meeting Tuesday night at 7:00 p. m. at the Woman’s Club. DISCHARGED Sam S. Weir, representative of Metropolitan Life Insuran ce Company, was discharged Tuesday from Kings Mountain hospital where he had under gone observation and treat ment. ON DEAN'S UST James Wendell Plonk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Plonk, and Mary Lynn Russell, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Russell, were among Duke U ^tfveraity students named to dea n lt*t fv>- the fall on ^ne basis of high academic standing for itiie spring semes ter. JOINS STAFF Mrs. Doris Barrett Hufftatet lej, Kings Mountain native, has kvired the staff of Ansell Beautv ShoD. Mrs. Huffstetler has had 15 years experience as a beauty operator. She is the wife of Roy Huffstetler. Chorus To Present Operetta Friday REVIVALIST — Rer. Victor L. Trivette, new pastor at Second Baptist Church, will conduct re viral servicec at the church Sun day through Saturday, November 25. Rev. Trivette Sets Revival Rev. Victor L. Trivette, new pastor at Second Baptist Church, will begin special revival ser vices at the church Sunday to continue through Saturday, No vember 25. Services are each night at 7:30. Services each night will fea ture a special theme. Monday night will be, “Bring Someone"; Tuesday, “Bring Your Neighbor"; Wednesday, "Family Night”: Thursday, “Pack A Pew”; Friday, "Bring a Lost Friend”; and Sat in-day wil feature special nxusi eaQ services with the choir from Young Street Baptist Church of Concord. The Rev. Trivette assumed the Second Baptist Church pastorate Sunday, November 5. He came to Kings Mountain from Young Street Baptist Church, Concord. Prior to his Young Street church pastorate, he served as pastor of Brush Fork Baptist Church in Boone. He has served several pastorates throughout eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina. A native of Boone, he is a son of Morton P. Trivette and the (Continued On Page Eight) Guidance Tlieme Harry E. Jaynes, Kings Moun tain High school principal, Miss Helen Logan, high school Eng lish teacher, and Mrs. Paul K. Ausley, high school science tea cher, will be featured speakers on a program emphasizing “Gui dance” at the Tuesday meeting of the Kings Mountain High Schol Parent - Teacher-Student association at 8:00 p. m. Mir. Jaynes will speak to the association on "Careers and In dividual Counseling”. Miss Lo gan will have as her topic "Test, ing and Discovering Pupil Apti tudes”. Mis. Ausley will address the group on “Selection of Cour ses and College and Available Scholarships.” The program was arranged by the program committee headed by B. L. Raines and including Paul Ham bright and Otto Will iams. After speakers have presented I their topics, they will hold a pa I nel discussion on the theory of ; guidance, that of be=t preparing a student for his chosen work, | whether it be manual or one re quiring graduate training. P-T-SA officials urge all mem bers and interested citizens to attend the meeting. Gilhert-Sullivan "The Mikado n At High School The Kings Mountain high high school Mixed Chbrus will present Gilbert and Sullivan’s comical operetta, “The Mikado” Friday night at 8 p. m. in Cen tral auditorium. Mrs. J. N. McClure is directing the production. Costumes, design ed by home economic classes, are replicas of the early Japanese dress. 35 cents for stu cents for adults. Members of the cast include Mike McSwain, Don (Huribut, To ny Stone, Curtis Floyd, Gerhard SPiel, Linda Eaker, Plat Lemmons, Brenda Lovelace, Carolyn Jonas, Linda and Glenda Fortenberry and the chorus. Members of the chorus of the ‘Mikado” include: Jane Hambri ght, Jannie Cox, Tinky Scruggs, Opal Tessenier, Judy Callahan, Donna Putnam, Brenda Greene, Linda Oliver, Minnie Runyans, Juanita Clary, Nell Ross, Ruth Clippard, Kay McSwain, Dottie Gibbons, Diane Goins, Evonne Falls, Jill Smith, Frances Moore, Fredda Bowen, Joyce Winders, Linda Eaker, Jan Biddix, Annie Lee Styers, Becky Lynn, Marilyn Dixon, Gerhard Piel, Bobby Wa ters, Joe Leftwich, Lawrence Mayberry, Jon Stoterau, Curtis Floyd, Tony Stone, Jimmy Grant, Don Huribut, Mike McSwain, Dean Crosby, Mickey Bell, Gary Trivette, and Jack Clayton. The students held dress re hearsals Tuesday night and will rehearse again Thursday night. Rotary Club To Hear McElroy Jay C. McElroy, superintendent of the Grover station of Trans continental Gas Pipe Lane Corpor ation, will address Kings Moun tain Rotarians at their Thursday noon meeting. Mr. McElroy will show a film, "Gift of the Earth'", in connection with his program. Thomas L. Trott will present Mr. McElroy. A native of Houston, Texas, Mr. McElroy joined Transeo in 1950 after receiving his electri cal engineering degree from Tex as A & M. Before A & M, he had served a year-and-a-half stint in the Navy. He was named super intendent of the Grover station, Transco’s only electric plant, in 1960, coming to Grover from Houston. Over-Parking Fee Escalates Monday Christmas Club Payments $88,625 Bank Mailed 1961 Checks On Tuesday First Union National Bank spread advance Christmas cheer Tuesday, when it mailed 1961 Christmas club checks totaling $88,625 to the approximately 900 members. It was the bankas eleventh Christmas club. Mrs. Helen R. Blanton, assistant cashier, announced thait the 1962 club is opening offic&lly on No vember 20. However, she added,; about 150 persons have already started making payments for the 1962 club. dub contracts may be obtain ed in denominations of 50 cents per week up to any amount the Christmas club member wishes. “We would like to see the 1962 Christmas club payment attain the $100,000 mark,” Mrs. Blanton remarked. The current Christmas club checks are dated November 15. Lady Police In Offing? Kings Mountain may have ; some pant-time lady policemen j in the near future. The board of commissioners ; has tentatively approved the un iforming of up Ito six lady police men, if they are available for school patrol duty on a volunteer basis. Chief of Police Martin Wait? asked the board’s authorization alt last Thursday’s meeting, sta ting that one lady, a former Greensboro poflicewoman, had offered her services for school patrol duty, provided the city would furnish her uniform and regular insurance coverage. He reported several P-TA groups are interested in the arrangement. Other actions of the board in cluded: 1) Approval, when and if funds are available, of installa-j tion of curb-and-gutter on Mea-j dowbrook avenue, from Oakland west 320 feet, and paving of Meadowblrook avenue from Mar ion to Hawthorne of 200 feet. 2) Voted to hold a public hear ing December 14 on a request by Mr. Gsellman, of Sipes street, for a waiver of the zoning restriction1 requiring any structure to be. built at least eight feet from the' owner’s property line. 3) Declined for investigation request by Mrs. Effie Sanders for re-zoning of the lot at 911 Church street from residential to neighborhood trading area. 4) Approved a request of Sam Dye to have his property ad joining Country Club Estates an nexed to the city. Authorized the electrical sup erintendent to move a street I light on Henry street to provide i better service, and to install a lamp on Rhodes avenue. 6) Confirmed street im prove - I ments assessments on Stowe Ac ! res street, Bennett street, Mitchell street, Orescent Circle and Chest- \ nut street. i 7) Voted to refund $18 to Mrs., (Continued On Page Eight) Many Churches Of Community Plan Traditional Thanksgiving Services Most Kings Mountain churches, were planning special Thanks giving services this week. The traditional Thanksgiving Day breakfast and service will be held by Kings Mountain Bap tist church. Central Methodist church, and Boyce Memorial !ARP church. Men of the churches will I prepare (the meals which will be served at the three churches at 7:30 a m. The worship service will follow, with special music by the choirs. Special music by the church choirs wtll feature the Thanks giving Day service at 10 a. m. at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor, will deliver the message. Other churches were planning mid week services next Wednes day or featuring the Thanksgiv ing theme in Sunday night ser vices beginning at 7:30. First Baptist church’s Thanks giving program will be “Thanks giving In Song" and Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor will deliver the message. . , Or. Paul K. Ausley, pastor, will conduct special services Wednesday evening at First Presbyterian church and Grace! Methodist church will also hold its Thanksgiving service next: Wednesday. Rev. Norman Pusey, pastor, said. Young Adults of Grace Meth odist church will hold a Thanks giving banquet Saturday even ing at (the church fellowship hall. Families of members of the several classes will also attend. Resurrection Lutheran church’s annuall program will be held on Wednesday evening at 7:30, ac cording to announcement by Rev, George Moore, pastor. SPEAKER — Rev. N. Earl Town send, missionary pastor to Ar gentina, will make the princi pal address at the Southern Con ference of the Lutheran Synod o North Carolina which meets here Thursday. m St. Matthew's Luthezan Host Rev. N. Earl Townsend, who has completed two terms in the mission fields of Argentina, will make the principal address at Thursday's meeting of the Sou thern Conference of the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina. St. (Matthew’s Lutheran church will he host. Over 100 pastors and lay delegates will attend from 50 neighboring Lutheran churches. The conference opens today at 0:30 a. m. with the service of Holy Communion and the ser mon toy Conference President Rev. Jacob L. Lackey. Formal opening of the conference and the business session begins at 11 a. m. and after luncheon, to be served by the St. Matthew’s Wo men of the Church, the after noon program will feature the five-conference theme, "Foreign Missions." Mr. Lackey is a native son of i the host congregation, serving1 Christ Lutheran church of Char lotte. His mother is Mrs. R. L. Lackey. Rev. George Moore, pastor of > Resurrection church, is chairman; }f the Synod's Committee on Foreign Missions which is ar-j ranging five conferences during! the week of November 13. Mr. Moore is program Chairman for the Kings Mountain meeting. Featured speakers for the af ternoon program will include Rev. Mr. Townsend and Rev. Mr. Moore, pastor of Resurrect ion church, Kings Mountain. His theme will be ‘Missions in the Merged Church.” Mr. Townsend, who will give the missionary address on "The (Continued On Page Eight) United Fund Campaign Lags Kings Mountain's United Fund campaign is lagging, only 20 per cent of the total goal of $16,448 on hand in cash and pledges. Only itwo of eighteen solicitors have reported in. United Fund Chairman B. W. Gillespie said Wednesday he had been out-of-town for several days, but plans to contact solici tors this weekend to get the cam paign moving. Tom Burke, treasurer of the campaign, said Wednesday some $2,500 is on hand in cash and roughly $790 in pledges. He said he has no way of estimating ad ditional pledges, since sixteen solicitors have made no report. Stressing one goal, one dona tion, the drive seeks what it terms a fair donation from all citizens, for hourly workers 12 houirs pay for the year, and for salaried workers, one percent of annual salary. Only a business district solici tation is being conducted, offi cials assuming most bread-win ners will be contacted thusly. However, anyone not contacted who wishes to contribute can do so by forwarding their dona tions to PO Box 267 or to First Union Naitkmal Bank. Other officers of the United Fund ane J. Ollde Harris, vice president and W. S. Futon, Jr., secretary. Qaurtei Fee Set; Dollai After 72 Hours It will be advisable for motor ists using metered parking sp aces to ohnor both the meters and if they park too long, to honor the notices for payment of over parking fees. Effective Monday, Kings Mountain’s meter parking honor system, in vogue here for about seven years, will be thrown in the ash can. Here is the new system: 1) A motorist who finds his car tagged for parking too long has 72 hours (three days) in which to pay a 25-cent over parking fee. 2) During the next seven days, he owes $1 for the over-parking error. 3) After this period (ten days), he is subject to citation to city recorder’s court. If he submits to the over-parking charge, he will 'be assessed a minimum cost of $7.30 half the basic costs of court. Failure to submit makes the over-parking motorist subject to the judgment of ithe court, which could include a fine, in addition to full court costs. The board of commissioners a dopted the new parking ordinan ce last Thursday on recommen dation of the oity recreation com mission, which manages the parking meter operation. Rece ipts accrue to the benefit of the recreation commission, but also do the expenses. For several months, the expense account has been almost as much as the re ceipts. Chief difficulty, City Clerk Joe McDaniel. Jr., reports, has been failure of many motorists to hon or the honor system, whereby over-parking motorists have been asked to contribute ten cents to the recreation commiss ion. On guess, Mr. McDaniel says that only about 50 percent of the over-parking tickets have been honored. "That may "be high,” he added. The recreation commission was also faced with the problem of worn, defective meters and re cently bought 175 new ones. A look at the books showed that receipts would be insufficient to defray both cost of the new me ters and operating costs. Payment of the over-parking fees will be made simple. Several coin boxes will be Installed on the meters at Intervals. The mo torist who over-parks merely will have to deposit his quarter (or dollar) along with the over parking ticket A similar system is used in Shelby, Monroe and other cities.; Meter receipts for nine days, ending Wednesday totaled! $171.71, including $143.03 from on-street meters, $16 from honor system contributions and $12.68 from off-street meters. Escapee Nabbed Neat Giovet Joe bee McClain, an escapee from Huntersville Prison in Mec klenburg county, was apprehen ded by ^tafe troopers Monday a bout 8:45 p. m. near Grover. They were assisted in the sear ch for McClain by Kings Moun tain police and county authori ties. McClain escaped from the Huntersville camp Monday, st ealing a 1957 Pontiac in Char lotte for his get-away. The ear broke down about a mile north of Grover where he abandoned it, taking aaross a field on foot. Police apprehended him in less than an hour. Five Year Stadium Plan Is Urged NEW PASTOR Rev. Charles L. Britt of Greenville. S. C. has as sumed pastorate duties at Car son Memorial church in the Crowder's Mountain community. He succeeds Jim Avery. Britt Assumes Pastorate Duties j iRev. Charles L. Britt of Green 1 ville, S. C., has assumed new, pastorate duties at Carson (Me mortal church in the Crowder’s [Mountain community. Mr. Britt earned his B. A. de grees from Bob Jones Universi ty, completing Ms ministerial training last year. He is employ ed as chief announcer at Radio Stations WMUU and WMUU-FIM in Greenville, S. C. WMUU is the “voice of 'Bob Jones University” and is located on the camipus at Greenville. 'Rev. Mr. Britt has been serv ing Carson Memorial on week ends since he was called as the pastor September 3rd. He suc ceeds as pastor Rev. Jim Avey of Lowell, now a member of the faculty of the Lowell schools. Mrs. Britt is the former Gail Hamrick of Spindaie. The Britts j have one daughter. Adina Lee. ! lions Launch Fruit Cake Sale The Kings Mountain Lions dlub Launched Tuesday night their annual fruit cake sale, a money making project with pro fits to be used for sight conser vation work and for other civic and service projects. The club is again vending The, Claxton Bakery three-pound fruiti cake, art $3. Both light and dark fruit cakes are available. J. M. McGinnis is chairman of j the sales project. "We’re offering a quality pro-! duct art a favorable price”, Mr. I McGinnis commented, "and we look forward to another success ful sale.” All club members are on the sales team. SCHOOL BOARD Members of Kings Mountain School Board will meet in regular monthly session Mon day at 7:30 p. m. in the super intendent's office at Kings Mountain High school. Food-For-Peace And Peace Corps Programs Work, Says Whitener The top concern of the Presi dent and the Congress is national security and whether peace or war will be our lot, Congressmen Basil L. Whitener declared at a meeting of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. ‘In sipite of the continuing cri ses and the nation’s seeming re verses in the Ignited Nations/' the Congressman continued, "I feel we’re making some progess in. ternationally. The food-for-peace program is having a very favora ble result in the underdeveloped nations, in contrast to tWe wast ing of dollars in the foreign aid program, and the peace corps is working.” (Mr. whitener confessed to init ial skepticism on the peace corps program, said toe was convinced after conversing with Sergeant Shrtver, the non-salaried head of the peace corps agency. “I decided that 100 mil ions was a cheap risk in comparison to the more than $100 billion the na tion has spent in foreign aid 'without substantial results”, he said, adding that he liked basic ally the people-to-people idea as a means to peace.. Reviewing the recent session of Congress, Mr. Whitener quoted old-timers as saying the recent one was the roughest in memory, due to the continuing internation al crises. He added, “At home I find a tenseness, showing that Congress wasn’t alone. Apparent ly these conflicts are to continue.” He listed several items of leg islation which he contends ma terially Improves the nation's de fense security, among them: 1) Authorization of falling to active duty 230,000 reajfvists and National Guardsmen. 2) Added monies for missies. (Continued. Oh Page Eight) - VA vV&A; v;' Annual Budgeted Improvements > Are Urged By MARTIN HARMON The city stadium committee is recommending to ithe city a long term improvement plan far Cil v Stadium with immediate con; ibruction of dressing room facili ties, and a consistent program of construction based on annual appropriations for a five-year period. The committee also is recom mending that the, committee be made a permanent body and that it be expanded from three to five members. It also asks that it be authori zed to accept gifts and coivtribuu tions in behalf of stadium im provements and that the com mittee be authorized to make a complete study of the stadium in oreder to recommend a perma nent plan of construction. The committee will also rec ommend adoption of a mainten ance fee schedule, in addition to its current rental schedule. Chairman John H. Moss said the committee recognizes that main tenance, including maintaining the grass covering and cleaning the grandstands are a mil cost. The committee was to present its recommendation at a special joint session with the bos**! of commissioners Monday nigh4 but a quorum was not obtained only Commissioner X E. Rhee. also a member of the stadium committee, and Ben H. Bridges appearing for the meeting. Mayor Kelly Dixon said Wed nesday he is trying to resche dule a meeting and seeking to find a date suitable to majority of the members. Texit of the stadium committee recommendations follow: That the City Board of C«n - missioners adopt a long-range permanent Improvement pro gram and policy for City Sta dium: 1. That the City Board of Com missioners authorise immediate construction of adequate dress ing room facilities as recom mended and supported by vani-i ous Civic groups and that the said facilities h~ located in an area where will airchiteotujradly fit into the long-range Perma nent Improvement Program 2. That the Stadium Com mittee be immediately authoriz ed to make a complete study and recommend for your approval a permanent plan of construction and the scheduling of the long range permanent improvements. 3. That the City Board of Com missioners adopt a Five Year Plan of including specific funds in the annual City Budget for the construction of the proposed long-range permanent improve ments to City Stadium. 4. That the Stadium Committee be made a permanent Board or Committee to plan and recom mend City Stadium Improve ments. 5. That the Stadium Com mittee be authorized to accept gifts and contributions for thA Long-Range Permanent Improve ment Program of City Stadium. 6. That the Stadium Committee be empowered to expand its membership from the present number at three (3) members to a five-member Committee. 7. That the City Board of Com missioners adopt a Maintenance Fee Schedule for the use of City Stadium. 8. That the City Board of Com missioners receive progress re ports and recommendation's and deliberate with the Stadium Committee as often as these bo dies deem it necessary and feas ible — but not less than once e very six months until the Long Range Permanent Improvement Program is completed. City Renovation Costs Were $2712 Tile city has spent $2742 in its renovation and repair of City Hall and the city garage. Included in the work was re novation of the Mayors office, clerk’s office, police office, paint ing of these offices and city hall courtroom, and repair to the city hall entrance steps, as well as re novation of an office for the gas department superintendent, and construction of a retaining wail aft the city garage.
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