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Population Kings Mountain 10,320 8,008 la derived (ram ceueue. Tba city cornua ot 1960. VOL 72 No. 52 Established 1889 Seventy-Second Year Sings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 28, 1961 ;.V Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS I S & L Dividends At Record High I Local News Bulletins JAYCEES MEET Mr. Horace Buchanan, gen eral manager of Osage Mills of Bessemer City, will address Kings Mountain Jaycees Tues day on the humorous theme "The Little House Behind the Big House.” Jiaycees convene at 7:00 p. m. at the Woman’s Club. PERMITS ISSUED Joe McDaniel, acting build ing inspector, issued permits Wednesday to Rudolph Cole to build a one-story resident on Mitchell street at the cost of $3,500 and to George J. Patter son to build a one-sltory build ing on Dilling Street at the cost of $2,000. Builder of the Cole home is Bast Homes, Inc. Con tractor for the Patterson Struc ture is Virgil Self. Meter law Case Is Docketed The cage of Jack Moss, of the Pine Ridge community, charged ; with. viQ]atinfi- tha-£*»yie--p«rking meter ordinance, is docketed for city recorder’s court on January 8. Indications are Court Clerk Earl Sfcrauipe, Jr., said, are thalt Moss, first person cited ito court for meter law violation in the city’s parking meter history, will sub mit and escape with payment of half the court costs, or $7.30. Meantime, meter receipts top ped the $200 mark for the sec ond consecutive week. The total was $205.40, City Clerfc Joe Mc Daniel reported, including 9145.90 from on-street meters, $32 in over parking fines, and $27.50 from off-street meters. •Meter Officer Jake Early said he had sent numerous notices to motorists to pay the $1 fine or be hailed to court Under the new parking ordi nance, a motorist who over-parks has throe days to pay a quarter fine. If he fails to pay, he has an additional week to pay a $1 fine. When this period expires, he chances being cited to court for the violation. McCurdy Buys Restaurant OFleete McCurdy, Kings Moun tain dry cleaner, has purchased the Cottonwood Restaurant on the Oastonia highway, he an nounced this week. Mr. McCurdy said the transac tion between him and George DUbtoneski wais completed on December 15. Mr. McCurdy has been magaging the restaurant since that date. Cottonwood Restaurant was o pened six years ago by Mr. Lub laneskd, who is planning to move to Los Angeles, Calif., he told Mr. MCCurdy. Phe Test an rant is open 24 hours drily, offers tooth regular dinners and a la carte service. an addition to his dry cleaning and restaurant business, Mr. Mc Curdy is owner of the Statesville baseball team in the Western Car olina League. Police Report Calm Christmas Christmas passed with little incident according to the log at Kings Mountain Police Depart ment. Earle Stroupe, desk ser geant, tagged this holiday sea son as a “‘■low one.’’. Sgt. Strou oe reported the de partment logged one arrest for drunken driving, seven for pub lic drunkenne^es, and svenal oth <gg$t|or (traffic violations on Christinas Day. He noted the violations were fewer than on many nosnal City firemen reported no Christmas tree tires, piaisingthe forethought of persons who ffre f Continued On Pape Five/ Both Year-End, Total Payments Set Records Kings Mountain’s two savings and loan associations set new high records in payment of divi dend's, both for the half-year end ing now and for the year 1961. The two associations are dis tributing dividends for the De cember half-year totaling $137,-' 864, up more than $11,600 over payments last December. Total payments by the two! firms for the year are $268,023, | up more than $30,000 over the $237,706 they paid in 1960. The associations mailed checks to holders of full-paid shares Wednesday. Tom Tate, secretary - treasurer of Home Savings & Loan asso ciation, gave these figures: year end payments on optional shares $41,696, on full-paid shares $37, 855, and total payments for 1961 alt $154,179. Ben H. Bridges, secretary treasurer of Kings Mountain Sav ings and Loan association, re ported: year-end payments on optional shares $29,821, on full paid shares $28,490, and total payments for 1961 at $113,656. College Student Program Sunday The annual college student program will be presented Sun day at First Presbyterian church, church college students partici pating. The order of service includes Call to Worship, Robert Houser; Benefits of a Christian College, Polly Page; Christian Vocation, Philip Padgett; Character, Mar garet Jackson; and Campus Christian Life Program, Billie Jones. Ushers wil include Jiim Roll ins, Buddy Kircus, Mac Lennon and Steve Powell. Churches, Clubs, Tooh Yule Cheer To 111 Families The aggregate effort of chur ches, civic and service organiza tions and business firms meant that Christmas was merrier for ait least 111 needy Kings Moun tain area families. Rev. B. L. Raines, who headed the Christmas cheer clearing house, was out-of-town Wednes day and an accurate total could not be obtained. However, a par tial check-up showed a mini mum of 111 families were aided, some with food, some with cloth ing, others with toys or fuel and siome with all the~o gifts. Church groups, Mr. Raines had reported earlier, took food, cloth ing and/or toys to 44 needy fa milies Saturday. The Lions club took food baskets to 20 families, the Jaycees 27. The Optimist club outfitted three boys who had previously had brushes with the police. Kings Mountain Moose Lodge gave all needed gifts to five families, the Ki wanis club to ten, and Carolina Throwing Company and the Jun ior Woman’s club to one family each. Otis D. Green Post, American Legion, held its annual Christ mas party for under-privileged children on Sunday, entertaining 225 children with sandwiches, soda pop, a movie, and giving each a Christmas stocking. Stewart Joins Herald Staff Alton Stewart, high school senior, has Joined the staff oi the Kings Mountain Heralld. .!Mr. Sttowart will be'ftftlef re porter in charge of sports re porting, and will be assisted by other members of the staff. Neale Patrick, Herald sports editor for the part four years, completed hits duties with the Herald with today’s edition. He is joining (the news staff of the Gastonia Gazette on January 1. Mr. Stewart is a son of Mr, and Mrs. H. L. Stewart, 911 Sec ond street. He won letters as a Kings Mountain high school halfback the past two years and is a member of the track team, running the 100, 220 and 440 yard dashes, and serving ais an chor man on the relay team. Mr. Stewart may be contacted at the Herald from 2:30 after noons and on Saturday morn ings. Area Leaders Are Optimistic On Business Prospects In ’62 Many Prizes | Await Winner Of Baby Derby Many valuable prizes from Kings Mountain area merchants await the winner of the Kings Mountain Gerald’s eighth annual Must Baby Derby. To the first baby born in 1962 to Kings Mountain area parents numerous firms are preparing a bit of welcome to him or her. The 1961 winner was Lorri Ann Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, who made an early i appearance to greet the New Year and to Win both the Kings Mountain 'and Cleveland Oounty; first ba!by contests. The (three pound five ounce premature baby girl was Worn New Year's Day at 4:10 a. m. Whs will be this '-ear’s winner and hwPten he orNthe winf* (Here are the rules of the con test: (1) Winning baby must be bom in the Kings Mountain area. 2) Parents must be residents of the Kings Mountain area. 3) Exact time of birth must be specified, in written statement by attending physician. 4) AH applicants must be re ceived in the office of The Her ald by January- 10, 1962. 5) In the event of a tie, awards will be distributed at the discre tion of a contest committee. 6) All decisions of the contest committee- will be final. A list of the gift shower await ing the new arrival are published on pages 4 and 5 of Section 11 in this edition. KTWAN1S CLUB Jack Ruth, Kings Mountain native and vice-president of North Carolina National Bank of Chariot's, will address Kin ms Mountain Kiwanims at their Thursday meeting at the Woman’s club. The club con venes at 6:45 p. m. Murder And School Merger Top News Events Here In ‘61 By MARTIN HARMON The Kings Mountain area had a news-filled 1961, files of the Herald reveal, with the December double murder the year’s most sensational news event Pete Gunnells and Wade Bag well, of Kings Mountain, were murdered by Paul E. Hallman, subsequently shot fatally by CherryviUe Police Chief Yates McGinnis. The murder brought to Kings Mountain hosts of law enforcement officers, Including agents of the Federal Bureau of investigation, and hosts of news papermen, radio and television newsmen. IA Chicago daily sought more information from the Shelby Daily Star and a Canadian news paper called Coroner J. Ollie Harris in quest of further infor mation. Perhaps the most important news event of the year was the effectuation of the area school consolidation, while another ma jor story was the first applica tion of Negro children for ad mission to white schools. The ap plications were denied by 4 to 1 It was a year of Improving business activity and a year of considerable building. Th® Kings Mountain Country club rebuilt, the National Guard armory pro tect was approved, and J. Wilson Otpwford opened a new restricted building development, Country dub Estates. Other major events were the election of five new members of the city administration, resump-; tjon of' production by Craftspur: Yams, Inc., under new owner ship, opening of the new wing of Kings Mountain hospital, and, mirchase of the former Loom-] Tex properties'by Parkdale Mills, Inc., of Gastonia. Honor system parking was e linninated. Boyce Memorial ARP church sold its properties to the Roman Catholic church and broke ground on a new plant. Numerous honors were won by area citizens. Dr. J. E. Anthony joined the state medical society's 50-year-club, Jim Yaoboro won the young farmer of the year a ward, and Kim Cashion was (tap ped for membership in the state 4-H honor club. JANUARY Craftspun AntkApafe* April 1 Production Date; 5L«wi Ann Smith Wins Baby Derby; Home S. & L. Retains Architect; Pas tors Wtant Closed Sunday Dur ing Church Hours; Charles Blan ton C OF C President; Local Share Of Armory Fund Must Be Deposited By June 1; Charles Blanton Is Winner of '60 Honor A. H- Patterson Will Retire Soon - Answer Unknown On Armory De lay; Sadie Mill Employees Had Good Blood Donor Record Dur ing Year; Pastors Want Referen dum. On Sunday Blue Law Is sue; Armory Local Funds Short; County Indication Is $L000. FEBRUARY Park dale Mills Buys Long-Idle Textile Property; Legal Tangles Could Delay High School Bond Election; Retailers Name Jones President; Hospital Wing to Be Inspected By State And Federal Officials; Mayor (Bridges Seeks Fifth Term; City May issue (Bonds For Armory; Grover Build ings Destroyed By Fire; Low Bids On Hospital Facilities $36 1W; Use Of New Wing Detoed; City Ups Committment To As sure Armory Project; Garland Still In Mayor Race; Civic Groups Ask For New Lighting; Country Chib Worts Underway; Dixon, Saunders In Mayoral Race; Jim Yarbro Wtas Cleveland Young j Farmer Of ’60 Award; Barnes, ! Plonk To Raleigh Friday To Dis cuss School Charter Changes;; Harris Oifflcer of Coroners. (MARCH Cline Opposes Alexander In Ward 1; Proposed Changes In School Charter Are Virtually Ready; Hospital Using Its New Wing; Busy Month !> ' ns For Jane Yates, tie’s Easier Seal Girl; R. I rend ikeiy To 'Be Offered On Issue Billie Jones First Winner Of Jaycee Teen-Ager Award; Glad den Ward 2 Candidate; Kelly Seeking Wbrri 3 Seat; Action Deferred On Sunday Blue Law Referendum Issue; Bennett Mak ing Re-Election Bid; Kings Moun-. tain Armory Now -Assured; School Board Election May 9; Garmon To Speak At Easter Ri-1 tea; EUdson Seeking Seat In Wand 3; iPalmer Bill Give* New District Two Members On School 'Board; Grover Is Planning $125, 000 Wfcter tBond Election In: June; Houser And Gill New Osndfatatei8* Hour-Rated Fbote Workers Wfl) Get Pay Boost A prtl 1; Jacob Cooper Club Presi dent; Oomngunltv - Wide Easter Sunrise Rites Set For Cemetery At 6 A.M. ; APRIL i Harry File For Positions; John L. iKiwanian”; County * Declines Approval Bill; "Race For Monday; Ly Jayoee Super High lay To ! tarts On Po>Qe mw 1962 Tax Listing To Start Tuesday Glee A. Bridges | Is Named City Listing Official j Former Mayor Glee A. Bridges was named city tax lister for' 1962 at a special meeting of the: city commission last Thursday. He and Conrad Hughes, veter an tax lister for the county’s Number 4 Township, will be at City Hall beginning Monday to list properties for taxes. Law requires that all persons who own property list for taxes. Practically, the listing is of personal property, as real prop-: erty is carried forward on the; books from year to year. Persons Who have acquired or disposed of real property during.thp year, should inform the listing officials to assure proper billing for taxes.j Among properties to toe listed include automobiles, household1 goods, jewelry, guns, appliances,, dogs and other items of value. Owners of business and indus try are required to file state-1 merits of inventories with Max, Hamrick, county tax supervisor, j The law requires that actual val-j ues of the inventories be listed. | In turn, these inventories are taxed at 32.5 percent of value. IBoth Mr. Hughes and Mr. Brid ges urged citizens to attend to| the lisitng chore early to avoid, the customary lastof-January rush. ; The listing officials will be at1 City Hall daily, Monday through Friday, from 8 a. m. to 4:30. On Saturdays, Mr. Hughes will be) at R. E. Hamtoright’s Store in Grover to accommodate citizens j of the Grover area. In Numlber 5 Township, where W. L. Browne is the listing offi cial, Mr. Browne will begin list- j ing properties Tuesday at D. S. Waters Store. On Wednesday, he will be at Four Point Grocery,1 on January 4 at Short's Grocery,, on January 5 at Horace Eaker’s Store and on January 6 (from 8 a. m. to noon) at B. E. Bess Store. On all Other listing days during January, Mr. Browne will 'be at Crown Service Station in, Waco. Minor Involved In Mondnv Wreck William Stinette was charged with aiding and abetting in driv ing with no operator’s license Monday when a pickup truck,own ed by his father, R. Gay Stinnet- • te of Bessemer Oity and driven by a minor, collided with a vehi cle driven toy Stanley J. Pinkus of New Britain, Connecticut. The accident occurred at 8:30 a. m. on Cleveland Avenue at the intersection with Broad Street. The Pinkus vehicle is owned by Pearl Whitaker of 207 Fulton Street. Investigating officers reported both vehicles were going north on Cleveland Avenue when Pfn kus stowed to make a left turn cnto Broad Street and the second vehicle ran into the rear of the car. Damage to the ffinrt oar was estimated at $150 and to ®he truck, $300. •No one wa* Injured in the ac cirient. Further investigation is pend ing. Investigating officer was Ellis King. COURT THURDAY The regular weekly session of Kings Mountain Recorder^ i Court was rescheduled from' • Monday to Thursday this week, Monday being Chrirt- i mas. Next week’s session win > also be held on Thursday. The |< regular Monday darte would be Ji New Year’s Day. i HEADS M&ISTEHS. „ Be*. H. D. Garmon, pastor of Central Methodist church, has been e lected president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association for the coming year. Gannon Heads Ministeis Group 'Rev. H. D. Garmon, pastor of Central Methodist church, has been elected president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial As sociation for the coming year. Other officers include: Rev. Flay Payne, pastor of Faith Bap tist Church, vice-president, and Rev. George Moore, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church, secretary. lOornmittee chairmen include: Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of First Baptist church, chairman of the committee on radio devotions; and Rev. C. R. Good son, pastor of East Gold Street Wesleyan Methodist church, chairman of the committee on County Home services. Named to the committee on Bible teaching in the schools were Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor of First Presbyterian church, Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church and Rev. J. W. Phillips, pastor of First Wesleyan Methodist church. Put Yule Trees Op* Curb — Yelton Citizens wishing fast service on removal of their Christmas trees (should put them on the curt) in front of their homes— not in their garbage cans — Grady Yelton, public works su perintendent said Wednesday. “A tree is trash, not gar bage,” Mr. Yelton noted, point ing out that garbage and trash collection are two separate city services. Competition Will Be Keen, Textile Men Sa; By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain area business, financial and industrial leaders i are generally optimistic on econ-, omic prospects for 1962. Some textile managers point to heavy competition, both domes-1 tically and from foreign nations,! as the chief dark spot on the! 1962 horizon. Franklin Harry, Jr., Minette Mills, Grover, "We’re completing a record year volume-wise, thou-i gh not profit-wise, and 1 antici-l pate that 1962 will be as good, We anticipate a full operation. | At the moment we enjoy a two to three weeks backlog of orders which is good, for business often] times gets pretty draggy during' the holiday season.”. Mr. Harry said he felt imposition of import duties on cotton goods to equalize; the cotton price subsidy in the; world market would be helpful to the gray goods manufacturers' and to the industry generally. , George H. Mauney, of Mauney Mills,, Inc., predicted business would be “fair”, also expressed hope for enactment of the import duty on cotton goods. W. K. Mauney, Jr., general manager of Mauney Hosiery, Mills and Carolina Throwing] Company, said, 'Tm optimistic, though the hosiery (business will he specialized or spotty. Today’s trend in men’s socks is toward more conservative numbers and we have the machines to make conservative hose. In addition, we have a government contract which runs through June and a Chance for another. Production at 75 percent capacity is assured, and it’s possible we could attain as much as 90 or 95 percent ca pacity. Stretch yam is in short supply today and the outlook is good.” A1 Malno, general manager of Neisler division of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company, predict ed, ‘^Business will be extremely competitive and spotty. Certain items will toe very good and oth ers very poor. At the moment we have two departments in which we’re very busy, two in which we’re starving. The situation is reversed from two years ago. To day, the higher priced goods are in short supply, while its hard to give away the cheap, low quality i goods.” Ben H. Bridges, Jr., secretary treasurer of Kings (Mountain Sav ings & Loan Association commen ted, "It looks like a good year a head. The last few months pick up in building and general busi ness should carry over.” J. Wilson Crawford, realtor and president of Kings Mountain Business Development, Inc., "We have good prospects for industr ial development in light industry. We’re getting a new industry now, there is prospect of expan sion of another, and prospect of yet another new one to come.” Tom Tate, secretary - treasurer (Continued On Page Five) Area Citizens Are Getting Ready To Welcome Bright New Year 1962 Traditional New Year's Eve revelry Will be advanced by many Kings Mountain area citizens by a night, as New Year’s Eve this year comes on Sunday. Kings Mountain Country Club will hold its traditional party on Saturday evening, with music by Itony Anthony and his orchestra, to be followed by breakfast. Otis D. Green Post 155, Amer ican Legion, will also hold its New Year’s Eve dance on Satur day evening. Also on Saturday evening the Order at Rainbow, a high school girls organization, will hold a dance at the Woman’s 3Ub. Kings Mountain Moose Lodge will hold a New Year’s Eve dance >n New Year’s Eve, a party free bo members, their wives and oth »r guesfts. At least five churches will ush-l »r in the New Year with special *rv»ces. first Baptist church vfll hold a watch night service si addition to a youth fellowship jrogram. Kings Mountain Baptist Church will hold a watch night service beginning at 9 p. m., and Bethlehem Baptist church will hold a special service with young people of the church conducting the program. Christ the King Ca tholic church will hold a 5 p. m. New Year’s Eve service "Bene diction of the (Blessed Sacra ment”, and will hold evening mass at 8 p. m. on New Year’s Oay. Carson Memorial church will hold a watch service New Year’s Eve, (beginning at 7:30 pj m. New Yearns Day will be a hoH-' day for majority of retail mer-! chants, city offices, and the poet-, office. For many it will be a day of televised football, with a full diet of major bowl games. Food fare on New Year’s Day! (or many will include the tnadi-' donal hog jowl and biaokeyed aeas., designed, folklore has it, to bring good fortune .throughout the new year. ( New Industry Is Ts Employ SO Persons BY MARTIN HARMON A new textile firm, with plans Par initial employment of 50 per sons, is to be' built on a seven aere tract on Mitchell street. J. Wilson Crawford, president of Kings Mountain Business De velopment, Inc., said Wednesday that bull-do73prs are already at work preparing the site tor con struction at a 16,000-squaie fnat building. Mr. Crawford,, as .trustee for Kings Mountain Business Devel opment, obtained, option on the tract owned by W. A. Williams. In contrast ,to the arrangement whereby the business develop ment firm constructed the Waont Sportswear, Inc., building, and on which Waco-Sportswear holds a lease-purchase option, the new firm requires no local financing, Mr. Crawford noted. Mr. Crawford .said he is not at liberty at this time to divulge i dentity of the owners nor the particular textile products it will produce. He said the owners hope to be in opera t ion .sometime dur ing the second quarter of 19PJ2 and had indicated possible ex pansion in the I future. The ‘•evep-acre.i: tract was re-’ zoned for industrial use by the city commi:*}U>q, last Thursday. Mis. F44ep Mrs. Clara litfe Ettars. 75, wi dow of Robert .Dr* - Btter>s, rfl< ! Tuesday night in -the local ho pital after an illness of sever: 1 days. Funeral ritep, ” will be held Thursday at 3. p. hi. from King* Mountain Bapti t church, of' which ,she was a member. The1 body, will, li?,,^ ,stat» aft the.1' church 30 minutes before the ri tes. Rev Marion. DuBotc, assisted by Dr. W. P. Cerbording, will of ficiate, and interment will be in k Mountain Rest Cemetery. A native of Cleveland County, Mrs. Etter- was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lestef Wright. Her huabahd died in De cember 1956, Surviving hVie 'two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Mitcham and Mis Ro bert L. Allen Of Kings Mountain; one son, Lester' E'tt-is of Kings Mountain; one brother, Kassi0 Wright of Kings Mountain; two issters, Mrs. Lula ' Bennett mi * Kings Mountairi "add Mrs. Mary Bennett of Bessemlgr City; two grandchildren and1' three great grandchildren. ■ ’ lewelry Store Hit Thi rd Time r A vandal or vandals unknown* did Christmas shopping at Dell--. • inger’s Jewel Shop "through" the plate glass window Sunday be tween 5:30 and Mi00 a m. The theft marked the third heist from Dellinger's window in nine mon ths. j The .show window was smash ed and jewelry items lifted from the shelves. Manager Lewis Dell- ,, inger said Wednesday no lo$£ es timate has beep tallied yet. The announcement pends investiga tion by insurance djustera The first robbery occurred nine months ago and that take from the show windMv amounted to some $4,000. The second theft ' was logged in July and involved the theft of a transistor radio. The thieves fn both instances went unapprehenddd. Police officials »■ said Wednes- v day morning that no finger prints were left in the Sunday robbery and the department has no leads. <■■ ■■• Michael Freeman S*n«ck By Car J^'year old **fchaei Freeman, 607 Landing Street, was hit by a car Thursday at 3:44 p. m. on S. Gaston Street as he chased his yo-yo into the street. He was taken to Kings Moun tain Hospital for first aid treat ment, but police Ch!ef Martin ware repotted he apparently was not Injured. Driver of the ear was Mrs. Joy ce Lovelace Babb. Mrs. Babb was headed south mGaeton when young Michael iMjted into the path of hear ve hicle. Investigating officers were Martin Ware and Harold Hovls.