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VOL 72 No. 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 14, 1961 t aap 0f| Pages /U Today Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 Gity Limits 8,008 rw« figure for Greater Digt Mountain U derived from the IBM Uag* Mountain city directory census. The city ttmlteOgmeto from the trite* States census of 1960. Bond Attorneys Approve Area School Bond Election Local News Bulletins LUTHERAN SERVICE Morning services (taring the month of December are being broadcast from St. Matthew’s Lutheran church via Radio Station WKMT. Dr. W. P. Ger berding’s Sunday morning to pic is, “The Advent Messen ger.” CHOIRS TO SING Choirs of Northside and Dix on Presbyterian churches will present a Christmas pageant at Northside church, Gastonia, Sunday evening at 7 p. m. A similar program will be pre sented at the Dixon church here Christmas Eve at 7 o’ clock. Mrs. Paul Mauney dir ects the Dixon choir. ROTARY CLUB Mrs. Devere Smith, associ ate of Thomson & McKinnon stack brokers of Shelby, will address Kings Mountain Rotar ians at their Thursday meeting at the Country Club. The club convenes at 12:15 for lunch. COURT OF HONOR Court of Honor for Kings Mountain district Boy Scouts will be held Thursday night at 7:45 p. m. at Central Metho dist church. ELECTED Mliss Nancy Lewis Hems, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Lewis Hovis, 604 Meadowbrook Drive, has been selected for membership In the Phllome lean Literary Society of 'Er skine College. A freshman, planning to major in elemen tary education, Miss Hwis re cently competed in the Miss Arrow beauty contest, sponsor ed by the Brskine College an nual, the Arrow. TO ATLANTA Mrs. Billie G. Logan Will spend next week in Atlanta, Ga. attending a Conference de signed to increase understand ing of the effects of automatic data processing on federal tax administration. ON HONOR ROLL Johnny Caveny’s name was inadvertently omitted from a list of “A” students appealing In last week’s edition of ifhSs newspaper. The Herald is hap py to make the correction. DISTRICT MEET A district dinner meeting for Scourers in the Piedmont Dis trict will be held at Hagers Restaurant on Monday even ing at 6:30 p. m. NO PERMITS City officials Issued no build ing permits during the past ; week. JAYCEES MEET Members of the Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Com merce, wives, and guests will gather Tueday for the annual Jaycee Christmas party at 7:00 p. m. at 1th? Woman’s Club. CRITICAL CONDITION Mrs. Beulah Henderson, Gas tonia highway citizen and mother of Mrs. Helen Jenkins, i owner of Helen’s Beauty Shop, is oritically 111 at Kings Moun ; tain hospital, following a | stroke of paralysis she suffered i Tuesday night. lerald To Publish In Regular Dates The Kings Mountain Herald publish on regular sched thls Christmas season, first i since 1950. The Herald customarily ad ices its Christmas week Issue grant its employees as long " ay as possible. However, Christmas on (Monday (first time since 1950), the Id holiday will be limited the days immediately “ : Christmas, nt schedule to publish December 21, close that date, reuj 26 and ptdtife 1 Of December 28. Customers for whom the ™ ; fatot* church bulletins an w> nave Eftrtr mov December 24 _ _ _ dtootuti foenOT I T^annw# Five Yule Music Programs Listed Five Churches Will Feature Special Music Three Kings Mountain church es have arranged Christmas can tatas for Sunday and several o ither churches will present spe cial Christmas musical programs on Sunday and Monday. The Carol Choir and Church Choir of Kings Mountain Baptist church will Sing Henry Wessell’s Christmas Cantata, "Noel,” on Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The program of Christmas mu sic Is uniter direction of Mrs. J. C. Bridges, organist, and chon director. „ Both choirs will sing music ap propriate to the season. (Members of the church choir include: Sopranos: Mrs. Harold Craw ford, (Mrs. Bill Crawford, Mrs. R. G. Franklin, (Miss Frances Edens, Miss Naomi Edens, Mrs. Harold Coggins and Miss Annie Roberts. Altos: (Mrs. Marion Dixon, Mrs. D. F. Hord, Mrs. Odell Benton, Mrs. Stock White and Mrs. Geor ge Womack. Tenors: Gene Austin and J. C. (Bridges. (Basses: (Marion Dixon, (Dr. D. F. Hord and Marion Williams. ‘We invite the community to join us in this very meaningful worship service in song” Rev. Ma rion (DuBose, pastor, said. The Adult Choir of the First Baptist Church will present the Cantata, “Chimes of the Holy Night, Sunday, December 17, at 7:30 o'clock. This Cantata provides local set tings for some of the traditional songs of Christmas combined with scriptural and recitative por tions put to miusic. Soloists are: Soprano, (Mrs. W. !B. Hogan, Mrs. Joe Hord; Alto: Gay Jolley; Tenor: Harold Ellis; Bass: Joe Hord. Others taking part Include: Soprano: Mrs. W. B. Hogan, Mrs.Joe Hord, Mrs. Fred Weav er, Donna Hardes, Mrs. Howard Dixon, Christy Dixon, Betty Knox (Davis, Mrs. Margaret Thomas, Mrs. B. L. Raines. Alto: Mrs. Yates Harbison, Gay JOlley. Tenor: Yates Harbison, Harold Ellas, Charles Wilson, Jerry Wil son, Jim White, Warren Goforth, (Bll Hogan, Jack Hardin. /Bass: Joe Hord; Lee Dixon, Cfine'Barber, Don Hurfbut, Clyde Cole. Mrs. F. R. MicCurdy is organist. 4Continued On Page IS) Masons Elect New Officers 'New -officers of Fair-view Lod ge 339 AF & AM wiH be installed Monday night at 7:30 in am in stallation service at Masonic HaJL (B. Manley Hayes, Jr., will be installed as Worshipful Master succeeding Ralph Harrison. Other Officers are: Carl Logan, junior warden. 3. Ralph Harrison, treasurer. T. D. Tindall, re-elected secre tary. S. Houston Wolfe, senior dea con. Bobby C. ’Bridges, junior dea con. Howard Bridges, senior stew ard. Bobby Raines, junior steward, James Lybrand, chaplain. L. A Harmon, past master, tyler. C. J. Gault, Jr., past master, ttaee year trusteeship. ELECTED_E. Floyd Farris Cleveland County group manage of Southern Bell Telephone 4 Telegraph company, has beer elected president of the Shelby Chamber of Commerce. Shelby C. Of C. Elects Farris E. Floyd Farris has been elect ed president of the Shelby Cham ber of Commerce for 1962. Mr. Farris, is manager of the Kings Mountain branch of Sou them Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company, a portion of hit duties as Cleveland County grou, manager. Formerly a Gaston ian, whert he was office manager for Sou them Bell, Mr. Farris was pro moted to his present position It 1952 and has resided in Shelb\ since. He is a director of the Shelb; Chamber of Commerce, of the Shel'by United Fund, and active in other phases ctf civic and reli gious activity. A Rotarian, he i: president of his Sunday schoo Class at Shelby’s First Baptis cchurch, member and past chair man of the board of deacons. Stores To Start late Schedule (Most apparel stores in Kings (Mountain will foe open late Fri day evening and again on De oenalber 22 to accommodate Christ mas season Shoppers, merchants reported this week. The dosing hour varies, some merchants planning to remain o pen until 9 p. m., others planning to dose a half hour earlier. 'At least one jeweler has an nourtoed his firm will foe open until 9 p. m. nightly until Christ mas, excepting Saturday nights. Several grocers have been maintaining late Friday schedu les for several months. Mrs. Ida Joy, secretary of the merchants association, said Wed nesday she didn’t have a full list of either late schedule or holiday plans and asked merchants to inform the association office. Generally, the Herald has learned, department, men’s ap parel, drug, variety and grocery stores, along with savings and loan associations, Will be open Hot business on negwOar schedule December 26. SUFFERS FALL Tommy Tindall, representa tive of Life Insurance Company of Georgia, suffered an Injur ed hack Sunday in a fall at his home. Mr. Tindall will be con fined to bed about two weeks. Bennett, Cline Members Bed Cross Four-Gallon Gob; 119 Pints Given James Bennett and Ray W. OKne became memfoers of the ex clusive “gallon cM>“ Of blood do nors when they joined 119 area1 citizens in visiting the blood bank Monday. Several other c.dzens became members of Ihe “oav* gaHon” and “two gallon club." (Mauney Hosiery CMflte with 19 employees donating a pint of blood, topped industrial donors, alt the one-day visit of the region al btoodradfatte. Ftoote Mineral Company placed second with 15 employee-donors and Mnaa&dhu setits Mohlair Plush Company pla ced third with 13. Other Indus-! trial plant* furnishing donors were: Sadie MWte, Phenix Plant of Burlington Industrie*, five; Miauney Mill*, 5; and Lam beth Rope Corporation, 4. Twenty-three dkizens were re jected because of health reasons. Commenting on Monday’s good response by citizens, John Ches hire, chairman, said, "The K5 wanis chib was highly pleased with public support to the visit of the bfioodbank which we spon sored Monday and suggested as a "perfect” gift at aKrtstjaBa.’* ’We want to thank all who par ticipated.” (Continued On Page It) Postmaster Reports Early Yule Mailings Business is brisk at Kings Mountain post office. People are mailing their packages and cards early, Postmaster Charles Alexander reports. Monday’s cancellations were 7,056. Tuesday’s cancellations were! 9,558. Mr. Alexander reminded that now is the time to mail in order to avoid the last-minute rush at post office windows. He said every facility of the local post office is being expand ed to render maximum sendee. The post office will remain o pen on Wednesday afternoons until 5 o’clock during the pm Christmas season. The post office ■will Temain open Saturday, De cember 16th, until 5 p. m. He suggested make sure your Christmas card and gift list isi up to date. Wrap your Christmas! gifts securely. Use cartons, hea-! vy paper and cord. Print com-1 plot:- addresses. Avoid abbrev i ations of state and city names. Please try to bring your par-' cels to the postal windows be fore 10 a. m. and between the hours of 1:30 and 3:30 p. m. To speed delivery of your Christmas cards, .secure free la-! bels from the post office marked: “All for local delivery” and “All for out of town delivery.” Then j sort and tie cards in two sepa-; rate bundles with the addresses' all facing one way. Electrical Report On City's Agenda i Chief advance Stem on‘Thurs day night’s regular December meeting of the city commission: will be a discussion of the Sou-| theastem Engineers, Inc., survey and recommendations for im proving the city’s electrical dis tribution system. Mayor Kelly Dixon said R. D. Cohn, a member of the Southeas tern firm, will be present to ans wer questions and otherwise ex plain his company’s proposals. The firm has recommended up grading of voltage from 2400 to 4160, line improvements, and in-! stallation of switchgear equip ment to cost an estimated $132, 800. Otherwise the advance agenda! is brief, the Mayor added, and 'Will include: 1) Setting of Christmas holiday ■schedule for city offices. 2) Appointment of a tax lister. 3) Discussion of a request to extend Sipes street to Edgemont drive. I 4) Discussion of a request for relief by V. G. Campbell on a drainage problem. Shelby Publisher 'Dies Suddenly 1 Funeral rites for Paul Reid Arrowood, 45, "Of Shelby, presi dent of the 'Cleveland Times Publishing Company, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 p. m. at his home, 123 ‘Brookhill Road. (Mr, Arrowood died suddenly a 9:30 Wednesday morning at Cle veland Memorial hospital, wiher. he was preparing to undergo sur gery for double hernia. However death was attributed to emphy sema, is a limg condition, from which he had suffered several years. Emphysema is described as a condition opposite to asthma. A patient can inhale, but has difficulty exhaling. Heart mas sage and other resusltory efforts were unsuccessful. (Mr. Arrowood, a printer, joined the Cleveland Times in 1945 on' his discharge from the air force in which he served In England. He purchased an interest tn the business, which publishes the twice-weekly Cleveland Times, in 1948, and. on its incorporation in 1952, became president. A member and former deacon of Shelby's First Presbyterian church, he was also a member cf the American Legion and Veter ans of Foreign Wars posts. Surviving are two (brothers,; Hugh Arrowood and Gene Arr© wood, and four sisters, Mrs. Jam es Wilson, Mm Hugh Miller, (Miss Nan Arrowood, and Miss Martha Arrowood, all of Shelby. | The Rev. . George Wet* will conduct the rites and burial will be In Sunset oemtery. City firemen were called to the home of Jim Cobb Wednesday at 7:35 a. m. to douse a blaze of undisclosed origin. No dam age was reported. 1 Curtis Floyd Top Blocker, Sam Houston Most Valuable TO McCALT'S BOARD Mar ian Plonk, high school student has been named to membership on the McCall's Teen Fashiot i Board, a national honorary or ganization for students of hom economics. Marian Plonk On Teen Board Miss Marian Plonk, high school senior, has been named to the McCall’s Teen .Fashion Board for the 1961-62 school year, ac cording to announcement by Kit Mason, director of McCall's Pat terns School Service Department Miss Plonk’s appointment wa made by Mrs. John H. Gamble home economics teacher in thi Kings Mountain Consolidateo Schools. The Central school stu dent is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal S. Plonk, of Crescent Circle. Basis of the award was for outstanding achievement in sew ing and in other related fields of home economics. Through Miss Plonk’s accomplishments She me all standards for membership in the national honorary organiza tion, Mrs. Gamble added. Folk Paying Parking lines No citations to court for over parking violations had yet been issued Wednesday and there was only one ticket known to be issu ed to a local area motorist yet unpaid. 'In the particular instance, there are two auto owners in the area by the same name. City Clerk Joe (McDaniel said he presumed the citation to court would be issued as quickly as it is determined Which motorist ov er-parked and failed to pay, first the basic fine, and subsequently the interim one dollar fine. For out-of-town motorists who’ve over-parked, it’s a differ ent matter. The city must check car ownership with the state de partment of motor vehicles be fore it knows to whom to issue formal notices to pay the dollar fine and/or Who to dte to court The check-up In Raleigh is under way, Mr. McDaniel said. Rainy weather apparently cut parking meter receipts for the past week. Receipts totaled $120.13, inclu ding $106 from on-street meters and $14.18 from off-street meters. Fines returned an additional $37. Under the new meter-parking ordinance effective November 20, the law provides a fine of 25 cents, if paid within 72 hours. If unpaid, the fine escalates to $1, If paid within the subsequent se ven days. TS still unpaid, the mo torist is subject to citation to court, Where the minimum char ge is Waif the court costs, or $7.30. The parking meter business is managed by the dty recreation commission, which 5s credited with meter receipts, but must pay expenses of operations. TO ADVANCE MEETING Kings Mountain Lions dub. according to traditional plan, will advance its scheduled meeting of December 26 to Thursday, December 21. The Lions will dispense with din ner to deliver Christmas gift* to blind citizens of the com munity. Members will gather at the Kings Mountain Her ald at 7 p. m. Awards Given As Lions Club Honor Gridmen BY NEALE PATRICK 1A pair of 160-pound linemen are the 1961 additions to the Mountaineers’ football Hall of Fame. Guard Curtis Floyd and ren ter-guard Sammy Houston join ed the honor roll of winners of the team’s two coveted trophies at the Lion’s Club’s annual Mountaineer football banquet at the Woman’s Club Tuesday night. iFloyd was announced as the winner of the Fred Plonk Block ing Trophy, awarded for the nin th straight year. Houston was named as the team’s Most Valuable Player and j received the trophy awarded by. Dr. George Plonk for the third season. Both youths were stickouts in the Mountaineer line all .season, and both were versatile perform ers, playing both offense and de fense and both, also, playing several different positions at ti mes during the season. They shared the honor billing for the Lions’ annual grid affair with head football coach Earle Edwards of N. C. State, former Atlantic Coast Conference Coa^h of-the-Year, who delivered the address to the Mountaineer grid der-, Lions, and guests. Mountaineer football coach John Gamble made the presenta tion of both of the trophies on behalf of the donors. “Curtis is one of the best blo ckers we have had since I have been in Kings Mountain,’’ said Gamble of Floyd, “But he would be an even better blocker if he wasn’t so skinny.’’ In making the presentation of the MVP trophy to Houston, Gamble remarked: “Sammy has done a fine job for us at a lot of different positions, at center, guard, and line-backer.’’ The awards the senior stars received Tuesday night climaxed a post-season 'list of honors for both players. I loyd was named as a mem ber of the all-Southwest Confer ence team and also was a mem ber of the South Club in the an nual Lions Bowl game at Forest Houston was named as a J man of the week in the aret the Gastonia Gazette and honored at the paper’s re football banquet (Continued On Sports Pag* Chorus To Sing For Kiwanians The 46-voice Kings Mountain high school Mixed Chorus will sing Richard Kountys Christmas Cantata, “The Wondrous Story” at Thursday night’s meeting of the Kiwanis club. The musical program is under direction of Mrs. J. N. McClure. Kiwanians convene at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. STAFF CHIEF _ Dr. Charles A danis, of Grover, has been elected chief of staff of Kings Mountain hospital, to succeed Dr. John C. McGill. Dr. Adams Chief Of Hospital Staff Dr. Charles Adams, of Grover, has been elected chief of staff of Kings Mountain hospital, to succeed Dr. John C. McGill, cur rent chief. The annuail election was con ducted at Tuesday’s staff meet ing. Other officers elected for the coming year are Dr. Thomas G. Durham, vice-chief, to succeed Dr. W. L. Ramseur, and Dr. Ken neth H. McGill, .secretary-trea surer, to succeed Dr. Durham. Sessoms Acquitted On Liquor Chcrge Ben F. Sessoms, resident of 200 York Road, was acquitted of charges of illegal transportation of taxpaid whiskey and illegal possession of taxpaid whiskey in Monday’s Recorder's Court ses sion. Ptl. Richard Shaney, arresting officer, told the court he had been observing the Sessoms home andsubsequently stopped Mr. Sesisoms in his car on King Street. A search of the car dis closed 16 half-pints of taxpaid whiskey. Judge White ruled that a gal lon at liquor is legally permissa ble for home use, but noted he was suspicious that Sessoms had, that amount in half-pints. "It seems to me a man would buy whiskey in fifths for home use,' he said. Ptl. Shaney felt interpretation of the ABC law was that the pur chase of the amount was legal, but that after purchase the liq-| uor must be transported directly to one’s residence. V. F. W. SUPPER Kings Mountain Post 9811, J Veterans of Foreign Wars, will ! serve oyster stew at the club- ! house Saturday night from 7 j to 9 o’clock, according to an nouncement by Paul Dover, J commander. The supper will be served at $1 for “all you can | eat”, the announcement reads, j Sadie Cotton Mills, Employees 100 Peicent United Fond Donors Sadie Mills reported a 100 per cent pledge to the United Fund drive, Tom Burke, treasures', an nounced Wednesday. The com pany donation was $400 and em-, ployees have pledged $500. .The figure brought total col lection of cash to $4,493 and, pledges to $1,021, totaling $5,514. The total represents thirty-three and a half percent of the $16,446 goal. Total collections and pledges were inconrectly reported at near $7,000 last week. Mr. Burke said he also has good reports unofficially from the Neisler Division of Massa-j ehusetts Mohair Plush Company: and Craftspun Yarns. These will. be forthcoming in the next week.! he said. “I believe tile drive is shaping ! up. We’re still about $10,000 from the goal, but I feel much better about success now," he noted. The United Ftmd seeks a con validation at cilaritles in the! community, has nine participa-j ting agencies. The consolidation of drives affords one goal and one donation per year. The fund officals ask only what It itermed a fair donation. Hourly workers are asked to con tribute 12 hours pay for the year. Salaried workers are asked 1o contribute one percent of th.ir annual salary. Agencies participating in the campaign are Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Kings Mountain Band Association, Kings Mountain Chapter of the American Red Cross Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library, Compact ■ Davidson school bands, Cleveland County Life-Saving and Rescue Squad, and the State Association for the Blind. Chairman B. W. Gillespie asks that anyone not contacted in the buisness district canvass who wishes to contribute to do so by forwarding a check to the fund acounf at First Union National Bank. Other officers include J- Ollie Harris, vice-president and W. S. Fulton, Jr., secretary. Indicated Date For Election / Late February1 By DAVID BAITY 1 ’■”1 The proposed $1,100,000 : bond election for construction of . an area high school plant will be held early In 1962, probably be tween February 10 and March 10, according to indications of school board members Monday night. Legal approval of the bom! er lection has been given toy New York bond attorneys HVflteheli, Pershing, Shetterly and Mitchell, and awaits setting of a definite date. J. R. Davis, board of education attorney, reported the approval Of the election to 'board members, noting the 'bond attorneys had suggested February 10 or any Saturday thereafter-. School board memibers were hesitant to select a definite date Monday, the feeling being that' “'haste makes waste,” with Feb ruary 10 too near to allow time to give the election proper pub lic coverage. They felt, they said, that the election should be before March 10. Action taken Monday prompt ing success of the bond election was appointment of publicity committees by Chairman Fred Plonk. A committee including Superin tendent B N. Barnes and Mrs.' Lena W. McGill started work Tuesday toward publishing a brochure covering the need of a new school and information on the bond election. The brochure will 'be available to the public soon, Mr. Barnes repotted Werf nesday. IMr. Davis also noted that « new registration will be requited ' for the election and that voting precincts must be set up anil registrars and judges selected. The entire process from nei ting the election date to baBr- » ing in the election will take 40 days, he said. Meantime board members ap proved Monday night a contract witlh Architects Associates, Rhel by, for the designing of the pro posed new high school. Chairman Plonk reported that the State Schools Planning board is sending a committee to Kings Mountain December 19 or 20 for preliminary investigation toward selecting a site. The board presently has sev eral site suggestions and an op tion on a 73-acre tract on Phifer !Road. The option expires Decem ber 23 but Mr. Plonk noted he is optimistic about prospects of re newal. In other action the board: 1) Authorized, on request of the Grover school committee, the removal of two metal huts from Grover school to the Kings (Moun tain High school pliant far use as industrial arts shops. 2) Approved construction of a service road between Kings Mountain High school and the Still, Houser, and Jones proper ties on Piedmont avenue. A wal). and fence will be erected ad$n cent to the road. ! 3) Allotted a sevenoents-per mile travel expense to hand di rector Joe C. Hedden up to the amount of $5 weekly. 4) Approved the increase of liability insurance coverage or. activities buses at Grover, Both ware, and Davidson schools and agreed to assume the cost of In suring all activities buses in the • - school system for the present time. fl Approved salary adjust ments for secretarial and jani torial employees in the school system. The pay raises were af forded by a hike in state allot1 merits to local schools for the services. 6) Authorized Supt. Barnes to investigate means of extermina ting bats which have infested the attic at Park Grace School. Schedule Revised; January 1 Holiday Students at schools in the Kings Mountain system will get a New Year's Holiday, ac cording to a revised holiday schedule approved by board of education members Monday night. School will be held th-ougtv Wednesday, December 20. holi days starting Thursday. Return to school date wil be January 2. Tile schedule coincides with that set up for schools throu ghout the county. LODGE MEETING An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF * AM will be held Saturday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic Hail, Secretary T. D. Tirdall has announced.
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