Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
YOL. 72 No. 50
PRICE TEN CENT5
Established 1889
THE NIGHT CHRIST WAS BORN has
commemorated by artists throughout the ages
and is appropriate far this Christmas season.
' Oiks at the first to show the Christ Child in a
> manger scene was'Renaissance Painter
LulnL whose painting, “Adoration
of the Christ Child", is reproduced above.- With
the Holy Family is a shepherd, and in the
background other shepherds axe shown with
their flocks, os the angels bring glad tidings
of the birth of Christ. This scene is being pic
tured in pageants being given in numerous
churches this season. Some services are plan
ned for Christmas Eve. The painting' above,
from 'the Samel U Kress Collection, is new at
the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art id New Or
leans, la.
Local News
etins
OPTIMISTS MEET
The Optimist Club of Kings
‘Mountain will hold its first
annual Christmas Party for
members Thur^v att 7:30 p.
m. at Pirn' Baptist Church
Fellowship hall.
SEEK ADDRESSES
The Cleveland County Selec
tive Service Board is seeking
the axkires.es of thbee Mings
Mountain men, ail of whom
Negroes. The grouo is subject
to be declared delinquent if
they are no1 located and re
port to the board. They are:
Mm Edward Patterson, Mel
vin Brooks and Joe Louis Bo
COU111 RESCHEDULED
City Berv'dar's Court will be
heM Thursday, December 28
and January 4 instead ot the
regular Monday schedule. The
regular Monday date would
*■<*1 on Christmas and New
■SB*** D*y- ■
fe JAYCEE TWEES >
^Ito* annual Christman 1 Tree
Sale apon^aed by Kings Moun
tain Jaycees will continue
tteough Saturday. Trees are ;a
vnilafcfte in a variety of slaes
«nd prices range frurni.f2.00 to
#50. The tree lot is Ideated at
the came : of Mountain and
OMroker Streets. Proceeds
from the sale go to the Jaycee
Christmas charities. •
Three Schedule
Special Bites
Christmas Day
Culminating a day of Christ
mas Eve services in the aty's
churches, some churches are
scheduling special services Sun
day afternoon and Sunday night. j
Three Kings Mountain churches
—Resurrection Lutheran, Christ
the King CatSioiac and Trinity E
plscopal plan morning services
on Monday, Christmas Day.
Pastors, in announcing the pro
grams, said, “Christmas is a j
Christian cdefbration and it is j
therefore most desirous thatjj
Christians should gather to wor-;|
' ship the Christ Child. |
Resurrection Lutheran dhxirch
will hold ithe traditional candle
light service at 11 p. m. on
Christmas Eve and a Christmas
Day communion service at 10 a
mv
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney will bei
organist for the special program
beginning at 10:30 p. m. Sunday.;
Music hy the Senior, Ybuth, and
Junior choirs will feature ihe ser
vice with instrumental accompa
niment by Carol Goter on the
clarinet, Susan Plonk, flute, Tom
my Bennett, trumpet, and Spen
oeor Moore, saxophone. Rev. Geor
«e Moore, pastor, will lead the
service, 'KSod's light ftar the
; WadW," beginning at n p mt “ '
’’.TCilnjty Wsanpal church- wtil
«****» Wmtti of the Birth
day of Christ on Christmas I>ay
[ft W K *n. with, service of com-1
muoton. An evening program of
music and scripture reading will
begin at 7:30 p m on Christmas
five. ■ ... viv .• *,*. ■ ->j
The 45-vokx» (Mboed Chorus of
Kings Mountain high school will
present a musical program a*,
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HONORED —
Ufh school
McDaniel
os Miu HI Miss hr
bon of tho
Diane McDaniel
Miss Hi Miss
'MiasThereSa Dianne MdDaniel
of Kings Mountain high school
ho* been selected as the 1*62
Miss Hi Mhos by ithe mahen of
dangHigr of Mr. and Mrs.
Qtenm McDaniel of Kings Moon
aentor girls from
S^ QsroUwj, and H«wh Caro
lina Wgh schools ym be .guests
of Winthrop at nock HI*, & C.,
*or a. ■weekend March 25-25.
Miss McDaniel »s secretary of
Student Participation Orgarte
titan, and a mamter of National
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Industries Giving
Employees Gilts,
Bonuses, Holiday
Most Kings Mountain folk em
ployed by major industrials here
and in the area will have “time
off for Christmas. In addition
many will make merry with a
Christmas bonus. Some will re
ceive gifts of food from employ
ers.
Mauney Hosiery Mill will
cease operation Thursday at
noon and resume Wednesday,
December 27 at 7:00 a. m. Em
ployees will be feted at a dinner
Thursday at 12:30 p. m. at A
merioan (Legion Post 155 at
which time they, will toe present-1
ed with their choice of a turkey
or ham.
Christmas bonuses distributed
Willi include four percent of the
annual salary for workers em
ployed’ with the firm for five
years tor more. A (two percent bo
nus will toe given employees
with the firm far less than five
years.
Caroling Throwing Company
will not cease operation at all,
but Christmas bonuses and gifts
will follow the same schedule as
Mauney Hosiery Midi.
Kings Mountain Manufactur
ing Company will observe the
holidays by halting operation of
the plant .from Friday through
Tuesday.
Neisler; Mills Division of Mass
achusetts, Mohair Plush Com-I
pany will close Saturday at 7:00!
a. m. and reopen Wednesday at
7UX) a. m. Gifts for employees
are planned.
The Holidays will toe observ
ed Fhenix Plant of Burlington
Industries from the end of the
second stoltft Priday, December
22 untfflLrjfiie beginning of the
third shift, Tuesday, December
26.
Employees eligible by length
of service for vacation pay Will
receive a check this week.
The annual Christmas party
for employees’ children was
held Sunday at the Joy Theatre.
Park Yam Mills will close Sat
urday, December 23 art 7:00 a.
m. and resume operation Wed
nesday, December 27 at 7:00 a
m.
Elmer Lumber Company will
suspend operation Friday
through Tuesday in observance
of the holidays.
Lambeth Rape Corporation will
be closed Monday (Christmas
Day) and "Tuesday. Employees
will receive a country ham as a
Christmas gift. The company ob-1
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Most Businesses
To Be Open 26th
With the exception of (First Un
ion National Bank, hardware and
atffco Stores, majority tof Kings
Mountain 'business firms will be
open for business on Tuesday,
December 26, a Herald survey in
dicates.
IMaJority of apparel firms, va
riety stores. Jewelers, drag stor
es, furniture stores, groceries, the
City's two saving and loan firms
Win be open for 'business as usu
al after the Sunday and • Christ
mas day holidays. Garages, too,
are expected to be open, one auto
dealer said. Most will resume the
Wednesday half-holiday.
Meantime, several uptoyn stor
es have extended schedules this
week, remaining open at night
to accommodate Christmas shop-1
‘Those following later schedules,!
foy the most part, are advertising
■en late through
tial remarked,
Saturday until
p coming.’’
neraflly report
Christmas sell- j
» and auificipafte
t Thursday, 3FM
k *- '■ ‘
U. S. House Or Senate Bid?
Mayor Dixon Is Undecided
RESIGNS — Neale Patrick, fori
the past four years Herald sports'
editor, is resigning to accept ai
position on the news staff of the!
Gastonia Gazette.
Neale Patrick
To Join Gazette
Neale Patrick, sports editor of
the Kings Mountain Herald since
November 1957, has resigned to
join the Staff of the Gastonia Ga
zette.
Mr. Patrick will complete his
ditties here With publication of
the December 28 edition of the
Herald.
lAt tile Gazette, Mr. Patrick
will become a member of thie gen
eral news staff, with his partic
ular assignment county editor.
Mr. Patrick is a Gastonia na
tive and has continued to reside
there while serving a® Herald
Sports editor. He is a 1939 gra
duate of the University of North
Carolina, having majored in
journalism. After graduation, Mr.
Patrick worked successively with
the I -umlberton Voice, Statesville
(Record, Raleigh Times and Gas
ton Citizen. He is a navy veteran
of World War II.
Martin Harmon, publisher of
trie Herald, commented, “It is
With more than a little regret
that the Herald finds itself and
Neale Patrick parting company.
He has done a most effective job
in detailing the Kings Mountain
sports scene in the Herald.”
Mrs. Henderson's
Rites Conducted
'Funeral mass for Mrs. Beulah
Mae Henderson, €5, was held
Tuesday at 11:00 a. m. from St.
Michael’s Catholic Church, Gas
tonia. Interment was In Moun
tain TRest cemetery in Kings
Mountain.
Mrs. 'Henderson had been in
failing liealth for ten years and
sefiously ill for five days. She
succumbed Sunday at 4:00 p. m.
at Kings Mountain Hospital.
The Widow of James Elvin
Henderson, sile is survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Helen Jenk
ins of the home; three sisters,
Mrs. Pansy L. Skipiper of Bess
emer City, Mrs. Carrie Linger
felt of Dallas, and Mrs. Lena Ro
binson of Gastonia; three broth
ers, Charles C. Walker of Dallas,
J. W. Wallker of Gastonia, and
George H. Walker of New Or
leans, La.; and two grandchil
dren.
NO PEUMITS
No building permits we* is
sued by city officials during
the past week.
Warrant Issued For Alleged Meter
Law Violator Is First In History
Jiack (Mum, of the Pine RMge
oanvtyunity, has the dulbieus dis
tinction ctf being the first verson
to be sumrntoned to #My record
er’s court 'tor. atfk5g«4 «ae*M' hw
virttatiMt, bath wince tybe new «**.
Icing mater ordinance, weekly re
ceipt* soared past the $090 mark.
C5iy Clerk, Joe MdDanlel, Jt,
total tor the week end
®H,57, Uaree
the past U.yMJrs end he
*"«*'SaS3.S
__• tun on-e*wset
from Sines, and «20.6G
the new ordiraance,
fee to 25 certs if
paid within three days. For the
next ..seven .days. the over^pa-rk
tng motoitst owes $1, On sum
mons to court, he may plead guil
ty and escape with paying half
the costa of court, which la $7 30.
GOP Leaden
Are Boosting
Dixon For Senate
By MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain Mayor Kelly
Dixon is pretty sure to carry the
Republican standard as a Candi
date for national office in the
1962 elections, and his opponent
likely will be either Representa
tive (Basil L. Whitener, of Gasto
nia, or Senator Sam Ervin, of
Morganton.
Identity of his opponents, of
course, depends on the outcome
of the May Democratic primaries
in event these incumbents have
opposition.
iMayor Dixon, who was accor
ded more than 41,000 votes In his
unsuccessful race against Rep.
Whitener in 1960, acknowledged
Wednesday that he is receiving
encouragement from numerous
Republican leaders to seek the
United States Senate seat.
However, he laughed, “I found
that a Congressional district co
vers a mighty tot of territory and
North Carolina is several times
trigger.
Mr. Dixon followed his loss to
Rep. Whltener by unseating four
itimes Mayor Glee A. Bridges last
May. While the raioe was not
strictly a party contest, it had
overtones of a party fight, since
Mr. Dixon, In addition to being
a life-long Republican had only
a few months previously been a
Republican candidate for nation
al office, and formerMayor Brid
ges bad served for a dozen years
as a Democratic county commis
sioner.
Mayor Dixon likely will have
Ms choice on Whether to take a
re-match with Rep. Whltener and
aim for the six-year Senate term.
A 'political unknown when
nominated for the House of Rep
resentatives, Mayor Dixon’s per
formance in the 11th district race
was a pleasant surprise to his
GOP hackers. With the home e
lection victory last May, he has
evidence of further strength.
Should he seek the Senate seat,
it is likely that Bill Cobb, Mor
ganton lumberman, Bill Puett,
Gastonia lawyer, or Jim Hendley,
Stanley manufacturer, would seek
the House posit in what will be
the new and re-carved tenth dis
trict, where Charles Raper Jo
has been in trie present tenth dis
trict, wheere Charles Raper Jo
nas Is the representative and
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HEADS CLUB — Frank Hamrick
has been installed as president
ol the Bethware Progressive club
for the coming year. He succeed?
Stokes Wright.
Hamrick Heads
Bethware Club
(Frank Hamrick was installed
as president of the Bethware
Progressive Club for the year
1902 at the club’s annual ladies’
night and Christmas party Mon
day night.
Mr. Hamrick succeeds Stokes
Wright.
Other officers installed by R.
G. Franklin were Willard Boyles,
vicepresident; Harold Hord, re
elected treasurer; John O. Pat
terson, secretary; and Cameron
Ware, Jim Yarbro and Arthur
Lee Putnam, directors. Mr. Wri
ght Will serve as ex-officio mem
ber of the (board.
Progressive club members pre
sented the program. Lamar Hern
don offered the invocation and
the group sang the carol, O Come
All Ye Faithful,"-''' and ISilent
•Night” and the hymn, "Blest Be
the Tie.” New members recogni
zed were iRussell Putnam, Robert
Porter, Joel Whisnant, and Paul
BeM. Progressive club pins were
presented by Cameron Ware.
Other club members taking
part on the program were Myers
HambrigWt, Hal Morris, Jhn Yar
bro, Harold Hord, Stokes Wri
ght and Frank Hamrick.
Christmas favors and/ gifts
•were presented the ladies.
Mrs. Buford Ware, Mrs. Jasper
Philtoeck and Mrs. Clyde Welch
prepared the meal and assisting
in serving were Frankie, Ann and
Jean Hamrick, Brenda Putnam,
Shirley Seism, Becky Webster
and Geraldine Hicks.
Hist Baptist Is Clearing House"
For Santa Gaos For Area Needy
Rev. B. L. Raines thinks he has
a good barometer of business
conditions In Kings Mountain to- j
day, as compared to last year.
The First Baptist minister,
chairman of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial association’s “clearing
house" for Charitable Christmas
giving, commented, “This year
the telephone has been ringing
from people who ask “Who can
we help?’ Last year there was
an excess of calls from people
who asked, 'dan you help me?’
or *Oan you help my needy nei
ghbor ?"
Of course, the community still
has indigent citizens and flm&lies
and, Mr. Raines notes, churches,
civic and service organizations,
as well as individuals, business
and industry are planning to do
their part in playing Santa Claus
<to these needy citizens.
The dealing house, Mr. Rain
es notes, was set up to assure
that as many needy families as
poeitoie can be helped and to a
vodd duplication. All dubs, chur
ches, church agencies and other
organizations are urged to inform
(Mk\ Raines, by telephone or oth
erwise, of the names on tfMlr
*wa*. • • ••
Mr. Raines reports on 1960
"dearing housef results: ‘last
year seventy families were aided
at Christmas and none was ower
tooioed who was referred and
found! qualified on basis of need."
Mr. Raines noted that numer
ous business firms contributed
clothing and other articles last
year and said gifts of this kind
.will again be welcome. Tbe Fel
lowship Hall of First Baptist
Church (the onetime Herald buil
ding) will be the warehouse and
deEevery to the needy families
will be made by ministers and
laymen Saturday morning.
He asked that citizens knowing
of needy families refer their nam
es to his office not later than
(Friday and earlier if possible.
The “clearing house” notes
what particular organizations
give, whether taking care of a
family's needs completely, or pro-1
Awing one or more of these
items: food, Clothing, toys, shel
ter. By this method, for instance,
a family isn't overloaded with
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Mrs. Soother,
Teacher, Dies
Mrs. Made (Susie) Greene
Sotether, ®3, mewtoer of the fac
ility of Patterson Grove and Be
thware schools for many years,
died Wednesday morning at 1(1:50
at Kings (Mountain hospital.
Mm Souther, widow of W. W.
(*801) Souther who died in 1944,
had been seriously Ml tor several
week* and her condition worsen
ed lost weekend.
A daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Greene, of Mnores
boro, Mrs. Souther was a mem
ber of the Kings Mountain Bap
tist church and of the American
Legion auxiliary.
Surviving are three brothers,
Sam Greene, Sr., of (Mbore^oro,
J. F. Greene, Spartanburg, S. C.,
Robert Greene, Norfolk, Va., and
three sisters, Miss Rosaveit
Greene and Miss Florence Greene,
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Most Nanning :
Traditional
Observances '
Kings Mountain area oitiaeiu*
were busy this week in prepara
tion for celerating the traditi
onal Christmas holiday season
and in traditional manner.
Thumbn ailed this meant
(though noit necessarily in this
order): . ' ,
1) Completing gift lists.
2) Vacationing. MoJt oil lege
students are horrid for the Christ -
mas season suspension and dis
trict schools ended this year’s
schedules Wednesday. The grade
school pupils . will return to
classes January 2. Many indus
trial employees will begin holi
days Thursday.
3) Preparing, through church
groups, civi,c and service organi
zations to play Santa Clairs to
needy, less fortunate citizens.
4) Working on special religi
ous programs in commemoration
of Christ’s birthday.
5) Getting ready for tradiliomal
Christmas feasts.
6) Preparing for entertainment
of family and friends.
Par the highway pa trod, the
busiest season of the year was
already well-underway. Local
patrolmen were joining their
confreres throughout the nation
in an admonition to all drivers
to drive at conservative speeds,
let another drive if drinking, and
to watch the other driver as
much as himself. .
Though some industrial fitnms
will suspend operations as much
as a week, ithe bd ic i ndu.'ftrial
holiday schedule will begin
Thursday and; end. with first
shift schedules op Wednesday.
Numerous firms have announced
they’re paying Christmas bomr
es, as has • the City of Ring
Mountain.. ...
Si Matthew's
Christmas Story
Now when Jesus■ was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the tlays
of Herod the king, behold, there
came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem. •
Saying, Where, is he that is
bom King of the Jewsf for we
have seen his star in the eayt,
and are come to worship him-.
When Herod the king had
heard these things, he 'was trou
bled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And when he had gathered all
the chief priests anil scribes of
the people together, he demand
ed of them where C,hrist should
be bom.
And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it
is written by the prophets.
And thou Bethlehem, in the
land of Juda, art i\qt the least
among the princes of Juda: for
out of thee shall come a Gover
nor, that shall rule my people
Israel.
Then Herod, when he had
privily called the wise men, e* .
quired of them diligently what .
time the star appeared.
And he sent them to Bethle
hem, and said, Go and search
diligently for the young child;
and when ye have found hint>.
bring me word again, thatlmay
come and worship fiim also.
When they had heard the king, ,
they departed; and, to the star,..
Which they saw in the east, wenM
before them, until 'it1 came chw(
stood where the young child (bos.
When they saw *the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great
joy.
And when they were come into
the house, they saw _ the young
child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped hint:
and When they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto
him gifts; gold, and frankincense
and myrrh.
And being warned of God in
a dream that they shduld not re
turn to Herod, they departed in
to their own country another
way. fSt. Matthew £:lt.)
Kings Mountain
Lr^aer By Acre
> The acreage of the CSty of
KSngs Mountain has hxaeaswi
•VJWwwtaateSy one acre.
.''Tt* <t*jr commission voted to
*ro** the Sam Dye property
*wt Thursday night, on Mr.
I^tes deqquest.
» fa «(e *rst expansion of
Kings 'Mountain city ftmfe
obioe a portion of the a«ea»e
in OoupUry ClUh Estates warn
annexed last year. :
NO FIRES |
City Fireman If. M. Farr re
ported Wednesday mcming
that the department had no a
larms during the past week.