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*, (Continue* On Page Bight) 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 f Continued On Page Might) 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 iContinued On Page Ten) 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 (Continued On Pnge Eight) 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 •(Continued On Page EightJ 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, (Continued On Page Eight) 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.

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