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VOL. 72 No. 46 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 23, 1961 Seventy-Second Year Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 nil figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city Unfits figure Is from the United States census of I960. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper U Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS Motorists Still Over-Park; 97 Got Tags At Quarter Fee 43 Flirting With $1 Fee; Three Pay Dime By MARTIN HARMON The price for parking too long at Kings Mountain parking me ters went up Monday, as 97 over parking motorists were tagged 'for minimum 25-cent required fees. SIX-DAY METERS Meter Officer Jake Early re minded Kings Mountain mo torists this week thait he, along with majority of retail mer chants, will begin a fulll six day work week effective Thursday and continuing through Christmas. The mer chants are suspending the mid-week half-holiday and the meter officer will sus pend the Wednesday afternoon moratorium on paying for parking. A total of 51 paid the quarter fee, but three, obviously accus tomed to the old honor system ash-canned Saturday, merely pla ced a dime in the yellow coin boxes which appear intermitent ly on the meter poles. Meter Officer Jake Early says to them, ‘’Pay up.”' The other 43 who hadn’t yet paid are flirting with requirement to pay $1 for the over-parking privilege. Under the ordinance adopted by the city, the over-parking fee is a quarter, if paid within 72 hours, With the fee jumping ’ to one dollar if paid within the next seven days (total of ten days). After ten days, the auto owner Is subject to citation to court. Off he submits to the charge, he WtH be assessed half the basic court costs ($7.30.) Failure to submit makes him subject to ■trial in court assessment of full court costs, a fine, or both. Traffic Officer Early noted that coin boxes for paying fines are located in front of Joy Thea tre, Plonk Brothers & Company, B. & IB. Restaurant, Medical Pharmacy, 'between Rose’s and Eagle Stores, in front of First Union National IBank, Pastime Billiards, Griffin Drug Store, Mc Ginnis Department Store, Joy Dry Cleaners and Saunders Dry Cleaners. Mr. Early also said majority of the motorists indicate approval of the new system. The city recreation commission, which manages the meter oper (Continued On Page Eight) Local News Bulletins NO PEHMITS No 'building permits were is sued by tWe City of Kings Mountain during the past week. NO OPTIMIST MEET The Optimists of Kings Mountain will not meet for their regular weekly session Thursday. The weekly meeting was cancelled In view of the Thanksgiving holiday. GRADUATES Miss Patsy Cantrell, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Cantrell, has received her dip loma from Howard Business college, Shelby, after complet ing requirements for gradu ation. KIWANIS PROGRAM Kings Mountain Kiwanians held a Thanksgiving program at Tuesday’s luncheon meeting at the Woman’s club. l>r. P. G. Padgett was guest speaker. The civic club meets regular ly on Thursday nights. X-RAY UNIT The Cleveland County Mo bile X-Ray Unit will be in Kings Mountain in front of Belle's Oh Thursday, December 71th, the County Health Depart ment has announced. The X Ray Unit schedule is usually on each fourth Thursday but because of the Thanksgiving holiday has been Changed. AUTO FIRE City firemen were called to Oak Street Wednesday at 3:30 p. m. to douse an automobile blaze. The fire, which carnrht in the carburetor tolled Blight damage. The car is owned by Clyde Rhea. Turkey Day Fare Will Be Varied Feasts, Hunts, Football, Chuich On Holiday Menu Most Kings Mountain citizens were looking forward to Thanks giving Day Thursday as the fi nal holiday before Christmas. Majority of Kings Mountain's retail establishments were closed Wednesday afternoon and ail were to be closed Thursday. After Thanksgiving, stores will remain open all day on Wednesday and will not resume half-day closing schedule on Wednesday until af ter Christinas. Kings Mountain school children at the nine school plants could look forward to a long respite from books. School bells won’t ring again until Monday morn ing. Church services and family dinners were being featured in most folk’s plans for Thanksgiv ing. Hive Kings Mountain church es were arranging special Thanksgiving services, with tra ditional breakfasts to be prepar ed by mien of the church. House wives were stocking their land ers with turkey and all the trim mings. Industries will operate on reg ular schedule. City Stall offices and the post office will aids be closed. The Carolinas Carrousel pa rade in Charlotte is expected to attract many Kings Mountain ci tizens. The parade festivities be gin at 3 p. in. (Betty Morrison will represent Kings Mountain as Carrousel Princess. Miss Mor rison was in Charlotte Wednes day night and will remain there until after the Carrousel Dali Thursday night. The parade fes tivities will toe televised as well as other Thanksgiving Day pa rades. Eddie Ross, Alton Stewart and Cuirtis Floyd, members of the Mountaineer football team will play in the Lions Bowl game at Forest City, and Beverly Yar brough, Kings Mountain high school homecoming queen, will participate in the pre-game fes tivities. Many Kings Mountain football fans are expected to at tend the game. The Shrine Bowl Game at Charlotte was also expected to attract football fans from this area. Laughter Bites To Be Thursday Final rites for Christopher Co lumbus Laughter, 80, will be conducted Thursday at 3:00 p. m. from Second Baptist Church with the Rev. Victor L. Trivette, church pastor, officiating. Rev. Trivette will be assisted by the Revs. Marion Pierce, B. F. Austin, Flay Payne, and W. H. Redman. Interment will follow services in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mr. Laughter, son of the late William and Mary Kilpatrick Laughter, died at 6:00 p. m. Tuesday. He is survived by his wife, the former Cora Hull; five daugh ters, Mrs. Ethel Hoffman, Bess-1 emar City; Mrs. Bertha Morris,} Ellen boro; Mrs. Mamie Lee Stone, Shelby; Mrs. Mildred Wengerd, Dundalk, Maryland; and Mrs. Violet Dixon, of Kings Mountain; five sons, A. R. Lau ghter of Bessemer City; Woodrow and W. F. Laughter, of Kings Mountain; Rev. Harvey Laugh ter, of Bostick; and Clyde Laugh ter, of Belton, S. C. Also five sisters, Mrs. A. C. Johnson, and Mrs. Gordon Crowe, of Forest City; Mrs. Cicero John son, of Spindale; Mrs. Will Lane, of Ruitherfordton; and Mrs. Zara Holoomb, of Chesnee, S. C.; and three brothers, Luther, Rosooe, and Adolphus Laughter, all of Rutherfordton. Mr. Laughter will lie in state at Sisk Funeral Home in Kings Mountain until one hour prior to the service at Second Baptist Church. SPEAKER —. Members of the Kings Mountain Lions club will hear an address by J. Clint New torn Jr., of Shelby, member of the State Highway commission, at their Tuesday night meeting. Lions To Heat Quit Newton J. Clint Newton, Jr., district .highway commissioner, will ad dress members of (the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night at their meeting at the Woman’s Club. Mr. Newton, who lives in Shel by, is an official of Cleveland Mill and Power Company, Lawn dale, and the son of Mrs. Lillian Newton, treasurer of Cleveland County. He is the first Cleveland Coun ty resident to serve on the State Highway & Public Works com mission, to which he was appoin ted by Governor Terry Sanford. He had previously been twice appointed by Governor Luther Hodges as a member of the Nor th Carolina Alcoholic Control board. He will speak on a program, ar ranged by J. Ollie Harris. The clu'b will convene at 7 o’ clock. Cunningham Bites Wednesday Funeral services for William Henry Cunningham, 67, of Gas tonia, were conducted Wednes day at 4 p. m. from Gastonia’s Oakwood Assembly of God's Ta bernacle. (Mr. Cunningham died 'Monday at Mis heme. Surviving are his wife; daugh ters, Mrs. Albert Smith of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Kermit Hutchins, Mrs. George Mitohem, both of Bessemer City, Mrs. Junior Tate, Mrs. William Hill, both of Gas tonia; sons, James and Melvin Cunningham, both of Gastonia, and Ray Cunningham of Kings Mountain; a sister, Mrs. Alice Wiggins of Bryson City; and a brother, Jess Cunningham of Bryson City. long Christmas Holiday Schedule Finds Many Merchants Unhappy Members of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association, by narrow margins twice have voted long Christmas holiday schedu les this year. The majority votes dictated: closing two days for Christinas, December 25 and 26, Immediate resumption of the mid week Wed nesday afternoon half-holiday, and a holiday New Year’s Day. As indicated by the votes, a very large minority is unhappy with the aggregate decision, lar gely due to the December 26 hol iday, and, In turn, to the quirk of the calendar. Christmas Day this year is on Monday. The votes mean that the mer chants will close on the evening of December 23, and due to the incidence of Sunday, will be clos ed until the morning of Decent ber 27, when they will be open for three or slightly more hours, then dose for the afternoon. “In other words,’*, one mer chant put it, “we’ll be open for three and one-ha]f days during a whole week.” Some likely won’t observe De cember 26 as a holiday. Apparel merchants particularly! note that the day after Chrismas Is one of the better volume days of the year, and some chain branches, though they haven’t re-1 ceived information on holiday schedules, doubt their home offi-l ces will include December 26 on the holiday list. One chain grocer noted he de clined to participate in the retail er association poll because he didn’t know whether he’d be able to honor his vote. Drug stores traditionally dose only one day, Christmas. Mrs. Luther Joy, secretary of the Merchants association, said directors ordered a second mail poll after a very dose vote on the first. The second garnered not one reply. Subsequently, she made a telephone check, again finding a very narrow majority in favor of toe long Christmas dosing schedule. five Churches Plan Services On Thanksgiving Five Kings Mountain churches will hold traditional Thanksgiv ing Day services Thursday. The traditional breakfast and service will be held at Kings Mountain Baptist church, Cen tral Methodist church and Boyce Memorial AR!P church at 7:30 a. m. Men of the Churches will pre pare the meals and the worship services will follow. At St. Matthew’s Lutheran Lutheran church the service will begin at 10 a. m. Dr. W. P. Ger berding, pastor, will delives the message, the Junior Choir will sing, ‘We Gather Together”, a Netherlands Folk-song, and the Adult Choir will sing “Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem” by Maunder. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered by Father Cle ments aP9 a. m. at Christ the Kings Catholic church in Kings Mountain. Father John Wall will offer Mass at St. Helen’s Catholic church in Spencer Mountain at 9 a. m. and Father Donald Staib will offer Mass at The Immau late Heart of Mary Catholic chur ch in Cherryville at 9 a. m. Other churches of the commu nity held Thanksgiving services at mid-week prayer services Wed nesday. Dixon Presbyterian chur ch will hold Thanksgiving servic es on Friday evening at 7:30. Junior Red Cross Groups Orqanized Enrollment In 'the Junior Red Cross began in ithe nine schools of ithe community Monday, Mrs. Paul Hendricks, chairman, said yesterday. The Junior Red Cross has not been active in Kings Mountain for several years, is being reor ganized here under sponsorship of the local Red Cross chapter. in addition to Mrs. Hendricks other members of the committee in charge of ithe program Include Mrs. Charles Neisler and Mrs. James Scruggs. Key teachers art the schools include: Mrs. J. K. Willis Bethware; Mrs. J. O. Van Dyke, Park Grace; Mrs. G. E. Still, East; Mrs. J. C. Bridges, West; Mrs. Iva Jean Beason, Central; Miss Gussie Huffstetler, North; Mrs. M. H. Biser, Grover; Mrs. J. H. Dye, Davidson; and Mrs. Sara P. Adams and Mrs. Rowe, Compact. A window display calling at tention to the Junior American Red Cross Program has been completed by East school. The exhibit was under direction of Mrs. G. E. Still, is displayed at Belk’s Department Store on downtown streets. “As a Junior Red Cross mem ber, a student can do his or her part in coming to the help of o ither young people when disaster strikes, Mrs. Hendricks pointed out. She added, “Students ex change albums with friends in the schools of other countries, make articles to cheer patients in hospitals and other institu tions, and take part in a variety of other activities.” Junior Red Cross clubs weTP being organized in the several schools this week. I.ions Zone Meeting Here Friday Night A dinner meeting of presi dents and secretaries of clubs In Lions Zone 3, Region 1, District 31-C, will be held at Kings Mountain Country Club Friday evening at 7 o’clock, it was an nounced by George B. Thomas son, Kings Mountain attorney and zone chairman. Clubs in the zone include Gro-j ver, Kings Mountain, Boiling Springs and Shelby. Earliest School Bond Voting Early Next Year, Says Davis BROTHERS RECEIVE TOP SCOOT AWARD_ Pictured with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Law rence While, ot Poplar Court are Eugene White. 15, standing next to his lather, and Ray White, 14. bath of whom were awarded Eagle Scent badges at last week's Court of Honor for the Kings Mountain district. The Eagle a ward is Scouting's highest rank. Both an members of Troop 91. sponsored by St Matt hew's Lutheran church. Their awards and 24 others by other troop members gave Troop 91 the monthly troop awards banner. Cleveland Delegation Thinks Quick Bond Re-Offer Unwise AWARD WINNER—Harold Davis was named Typical Teenage Boy by Mount Holly Optimists during last week's Youth Appreciation Week observance. Davis Awarded Teenage Trophy Harold Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Davis of Mount Holly, was presented the Typical Teen age Boy award by Mount Holly Optimists during last week’s Op timist International Youth Ap preciation Week observance. He is a grandson of Mr. a nd Mrs. C. E. Cash of Kings Moun tain. Winner in the girl’s division was Sue Mason. A senior at Mount Holly High School, the teenage-boy trophy winner is a member otf the Beta dub and the Future Teachers of America club, qualified for the American Field Service Foreign Exchange program, is circula tion manager of the school annu al, “The Holly Hawk’,, is a youth usher at (Mount Holly’s First Bap tist Church, and vice-president of his Sunday School class. His mother is the former Helen Faye Cash of Kings Mountain. His father is a captain on the Gaston County Rural (Police For ce. Hie Davises reside at 106 Sun set Drive, Mount Holly. Sanford States College Needs Not Deferable By MARTIN HARMON Cleveland County’s legislative1 delegation feel quick reoffering of some of the statewide bond is sues — all ten defeated Novem ber 7 — would not 'be propitious. They commented Wednesday in wake of Governor Terry San ford’s Tuesday night address to the North Carolina Farm Bureau, in which he eschewed use of his prepared address to say that North Carolina cannot wait to provide capital improvements funds for her colleges. The Governor was interpreted to be hinting broadly — again—j that he may summon the General Assembly into special session for the particular purpose of re-offer- j ing the educational institution bond proposal, and perhaps some others. Rep. Jack Palmer commented, "I personally think it would be: •bad to re-offer the bond issues at ‘ this time, soon after their initial; defeat.” He added that most comments from Cleveland citizens did not indicate a re-offer would be too favorably received. Senator Robert F. Morgan commented, “I would not deny the need for certain parts of the several bond issues. The people of the state have voiced their opinion and to re-offer them this soon might jeopardize these and other future needs of the state. A special session of the General Assembly to re-offer a portion of j the bonds at this time is not in the best interests of the state.” Both men said they didn’t think a possible addition to Cleveland Memorial hospital at Shelby hin ged on the $500,000 Issue for aid, to local hospitals. Rep. Palmer said he was told last week by an official of the State Medical Care Commission that sufficient funds' are in hands for their needs, and; Sen. Morgan said that was his understanding last spring when the final appropriations bill was! being considered. Sen. Morgan also added that he favored last spring — and still does — issuance of revenue .bonds by the State Ports Author (Continued On Page Eight) CITIZEN OF MONTH _ Diane Roberts, high school junior, is Citizen of the Month for Decern-, her. She was chosen by the SPO of the high school. Diane Roberts Citizen Of Month Diane Roberts, Kings Moun tain high school junior and dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Roberts, has been named citizen of the Month for December by the Student Participation Organ ization of the high school. The SPO selects a Good Citi zen each month1. Miss Roberts is a member of the Future Teacher's club and president of the “K” club. 700 Have loined Christmas Club Business is brisk with Mrs. Helen R. Ramsey, assistant cash ier of First Union National Bank. Mrs. Ramsey looked at her; filling case Wednesday and guessed that a minimum of 700 persons have already enrolled in the bank’s 1962 Christ*mas Sav ings club. It had to be a guess, for she hadn't had time to count the individual ledger sheets. The 1962 club — the bank’s 12th—omened officially. Monday, after 900 members of the 1961 club had received checks total ing nearly $89,000 the previous ■week. 40 Days Minimum Are Required Alter Vote Call BY MARTIN HARMON The proposed $1,100,000 bond election for construction of an area high school plan* won't be held prior to early 1962. J. R. Davis, attorney to the board of education, said yester day a minimum of 40 days is (required between first public ition of the resolution calling the election and election day. How,early in 1962 the election will be conducted has not -been determined. The board of education post poned its regular November meeting from Monday evening in order to be guests of the Go-o ver Lions club at their , recent meeting. Meantime, Superintendent B N. Barnes Aaid he anticipates a meeting will be held next week, at 'which the board may agree on an election date. Mr. Davis said Wednesday the bond attorneys, Mitchell, Perish - ing, Sbetterly and Mitchell, of New York, are requesting infor mation an a desired date in pro cess of completing legal details for the eleation. (As yet, (Mr. Davis addbd,' he has not received formal approval from the Local Government com mission ait Raleigh for isBuan"* of /the bonds, though approv > appears to be a routine matter Suplt. Barnes said he confers i briefly with W. E. Ea®terlin". secretary of /the Local Govern merit commission, in Raleigh last week and was informed the bond resolution should be bared on the so-called Cleveland ty act passed by the General, As sembly In 1935, and as subse quently amended. Neither Mr. Davis nor Mr. Barnes will spemn'ato on whether a new registr** ’on of voters will be required. Mr. Barnes noted that school distirmr boundaries are not necessarilv co-terminal with regular county voting pre cinct boundaries. Another question is whether the Kings Mou’-i'n’n di frict wiill seek to co/ndue* its election/ on the same day ‘v''> County school district offer*- it • o-ooosed bond election, as was first indicated. It appears currently, Mr. Barn es said, that the Kings Mountain district may be ready to offer its issue first. The county district mast await' revolvement of the situation at No. 3 school, where patrons are expressing interest in merging with Shelby district, as Grover, Bethware, Park Grace and Com pact did with Kings Mountain. A meeting held at No. 3 school Monday night was well-attend ed, as countv and Shelby school officials outlined methods of merger and other salient details The county district expects to hold a straw vote to determine sentiment of No. 3 patrons in the near future! Earliest possible date for the Kings Mountain district election now appeams January 1962. Baton-Twirling Class To Begin A baton-twirling class for girls between the ages of 12 and 15 will begin at Kings Mountain high school next Monday afternoon, Novemlber 27, at 3:30. High School band director Joe Hedden said that ail girls in the specified ages are invit ed to attend and receive in struction in baton-twirling from Miss 'Peggy Ware, drum majorette for the Mountaineer band this year. Miss Ware has had 12 years experience in the band anti 'has received instruction from Vic tor Faber, former national ba ton - twirling champion at Ohio State University, now in Charlotte. Hedden said that girls com pleting the course will be eli gible to compete for majorette positions in the Kings Moun tain High School band this spring. The initial meeting next Monday will toe held in the high school auditorium.