Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
mu flguro for Orocrtor Dog* Mountain U darfnd from
Ibo 19S5 King* Mountain city dlrsctorf csn*us. Tb» city
limits flguro Is from tho United Stats* esnsus ol I960.
VOL 73 No. 2
Established 1839
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 11, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
S & L Firm Buys
Baker-Plonk Lot
Local News
Bulletins
i
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COURT OF HONOR
Kings Mountain Court of Ho
nor'if olr. district Boy Scouts will
be held at Central Methodist
church Thursday, January 11th
at 7:45 p. m.
P-TA MEETS
Bast School Parent-Teacher
Association will hold regular
meeting Tuesday afternoon at
3:30 p. m. in the school audi
torium
ARP SERVICE
Attendance pins will be a
warded too members of -Boyce
Memorial ARP church having
perfect attendance in church
school and officers and teach
elrs of the church school will be
installed at vesper services
Sunday at 5 p. m. at West
school.
KIWANIS CLUB
Rev. Mit-chell Faulkner, pas
tor of Shelby’s Central Metho
dist church, will present a hu
morous program at Thursday’s
Kiwar.is club meeting- The civ
ic dub convenes at 6:45 at the
Woman's club.
NO PERMITS
Ho building permits were is
sued by city officials during
the past week.
Leo Beattie's
Rites Conducted
Funeral riltes for Leo L. Beafttie,
33, were held Wednesday at 11 a.
m. from Harris Funeral Home
Chapel, interment following ' in
Patterson Grove cemetery.
Mr. Beattie died Monday after
noon In the local hospital after
an illness of several years. A na
tive of Gaston County, he was
married to the former Mae Pat
terson who died in 1919. He was
a member of Boyce Memorial
ARP church.
He is survived by his daugh
ter, Miss Lois Beattie, of the
home; and two sisters, Mrs.
Wright Harmon and Mrs.William
Ware, both of Rings Mountain.
Dr. W. L. Pressly, paster of the
ARP church, and Dr. W. P. Ger
berding, pastor of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church, officiated at
the final rites.
Kimbrell Going
To Lambert on
iA. D. KSnubnell, North Carolina
Highway patrolman here for the
past five years, is being transfer
red to District IV, Troop ‘IB”, in
Lumberton effective February 1.
(Kings Mountain has been Pa
trolman KimbreM's first station
and, coincidentally, he will com
plete five years here on Febru
ary ,
Patrolman Kimbrell said this
week he particularly regrets to
leave Kings Mountain, where he
has found Kings Mountain area
citizens most friendly and coop
erative. However, he noted, his
new station at Lumberton will
be much closer to his parents,
who live in Moore county.
The Kimbrells live on Monroe
avewnue. Mrs. Kimbrell is the
former Donna Brown, of San
Antonio, Texas. The Kimbrells
have three children, Ricky, 10,
Make, 5, and Ginny Kimbrell, 2.
Queen Improving
Following Fall
FUoyd Queen, injured in a fall
at Lithium Corporation last
•week, is listed in serious condi
tion at Charlotte Memorial] Hos
pital, but at a Wednesday mor
ning reporting was progressing
satisfactorily.
Mr. Queen, a senior mechanic
when at the firm was hanging
pipe when (the accident occurred.
He fell from a Ladder onto a con
crete floor within the plant.
; • Charles Ballard, Lithium Corp. '
spokesman, said his re Dealt from
attending physicians Wednesday
morning tinted Mr. Queen as im->
proving satisfactorily.
Mr. Ballard could make no
eosnmenlt on i.ie extent of Injur- j
lea sustained in the fell.
Mr. Quee ., hts wifi?, and small
laughter Betsy reside on Shelby :
tmA.
Kings Mountain
S & L Anticipates
New Building j
Kings (Mountain Savings &
Loan association has purchased i
the vacant lot at the Corner of
W. Mountain and Cherokee
street from Dr. L. P. Baker and
the J. O. Plonk Estate.
(Ben H. Bridges, secretary
treasurer of the association, an
nounced completion of the trans
action Wednesday.
Purchase price for the lot
fronting 55 feet on Mountain and
100 feet on Cherokee was $20,
000.
Mr. Bridges said the lot was
purchased in anticipation of e
rection of a new (building.
The new purchase adjoins the
45 x 100-foot West Mountain lot
the association purchased from
L. Arnold Kiser for $10,000 in
1958 and now provides a 100 x
100 lot Which the association re
gards as adequate for erection of
a new huddling.
Building plans are not ‘‘imme
diate”, Mr. Bridges said.
Meantime, the lot will be gra
ded and stoned for customer and
other parking.
Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan association owns the build
ing it now occupies a cross-street,
a building remodeled extensively
in 1954.
The association, founded in
1907, has enjoyed steady growth
in recent years and boasted as
sets at December 31, of $3,500,
000,
Wix Official
Rotary Speaker
Norman Hull-Ryde, sales pro
nHjltion manager of the Wix Cor
pfeation, Gastonia, will be fea
tured speaker as Kings Mountain!
Rotarians meet in regular ses-:
slion Thursday at 12:15 p. m. at
Kings Mountain Country Club.
©am in New York City, N. Y.,
Mr. Hull-Ryde attended the Kent
School, Kent Ocnneotdcut. He!
took a degree in journalism at'
the University of North Carolina
in 1952. Following college he ser
ved a two year tour of duty with
the United States Navy attaining
a rank of lieutenant junior grade.
(He is married and the father,
of three Children.
Mr. Hull-Ryde’s address will be
a brief history of Wix Corpora-!
tion’s role in present day indus
try and an explanation of fil
ters, the company's main product,
and their varied uses. The dis
course will be followed by a
question-and-answer session.
The program was arranged by
Tom Trott and Wilson Griffin.
City Tag Sales
Now Total 376
A .total of 316 Kings Moun
tain autos axe wearing new
city tags for 1962.
Sales (through Wednesday to
taled that number, it was re
ported by Mrs. Furman Wilson,
at the city hall office.
.The tags sell far a dollar,
law requites that the tags be
bought and displayed on autos
of In-city oar owners not later
than February 15. Penalties are
provided for those buying tags
laite or who fail to buy them.
FROSTY AND FRIENDS — Frosty, the Snowman, flanked on the
left by Pat Durham, age 2, and on the right by Julie Durham, age
4, make a pleasant threesome, typical of the kiddies' delight with
the heavy snowfall which blanketed Kings Mountain January 1.
The girls, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Durham, were de
lighted again Tuesday night when King Winter etched the Kings
Mountain landscape in white.
School Bond Vote
Details To Be Set
Education Board
To Meet Friday,
Says Chaiiman
By DAVID BAITY
(Board of education members
will convene Friday to designate
a recommended date for the for
thcoming school district bond e
leCtion, Chairman Fred Phmk
said Wednesday, after- conferring
with J. R. ©avis, schools attor
ney, and Superintendent 'B. N.
Barnes.
The election, expected to 'be on
or before March 10, is sulbject to
call by the 'board of county com
missioners.
(Max Hamrick, county auditor,
said last week the county board
adjourned its mid-month Decem
ber meeting to convene at :30
a. m., January 15, in anticipation
of calling the Kings Mountain
district $1,100,000 (bond vote,
thereby meeting a legal techni
cality on bond election calls.
(Attorney Davis, commenting on
the setup for poling places, no
ted he would recommend to the
school hoard that the election
follow the same plan used in last
spring’s school trustee election.
He will suggest the poling places
he opened at the five in-city
wards, and in the outlying area
at Grover fire station, and at Be
thware and Park Grace schools.
Hie suggests the possibilty that
former election officials at the
poling places 'be appointed.
A new registration will be re
quired, the school district bound
aries not coinciding with the
boundaries of the regular county
voting precincts.
(Funds from the proposed bond
election, if approved, will be
used for the construction of a
consolidated high school to ser/e
the area.
Architects Associates, Shelby
architectural firm, has already
been retained to design the pro
posed structure.
Kiwanis dob. Chartered In 1940,
Contributor To Welfare Of City
By MARTIN HARMON
The* Kings Mountain Kiwaniu
Ohib, chartered April 12,1940, has
published this week a history ol
its 21-plus years of service ant
activity in Kings Mountain b>
Edward H. Smith.
Published in booklet form, th<
history capsules salient details ol
organization, civic and service
projects:
Outgrowth of the strictly io
cal Business Men's Club, itsell
successor to Kings Mountain Cl
vitair clUb, the Kings Mountain
Kiwands club came into being at
a. charter night banquet in Shel
by, with Ladd W. Hamrick, now
rf Boiling Springs, as first pres
dent. Other officers included W.
E. Blakely, vloepresidient, and L.
3. Hord, now of Hickory, secre
tary treasurer. Directors were J.
Ft. Davie, W. K. Mauney, I* Ar
nold Kiser, J. L. McGffll, P. M.
Meteler, Harry E. Page, B, S:
Peeler. Sr., and Joe Lee Wool
vat^. * .'
The history gives particular at
jention to Kiwanis dUb projects,
from the initial activities report
(battleground highway sign, Boy
Scout aid, contribution to teach
ng Bible In the achoote), to ttwe
| major ones:
I 1) The Kiwards scholarship
loan fund, fathered toy C. E.
Nessler, Jr., in 1947, and since
j having aided 24 students to at
tend college.
| 2) Purchase of wheelchairs for'
! the use of those who need them,
with 16 in use today.
3) Organization of the Key
Club, organized in 1949.
| 4) The under-privileged child
ren’s fund, which since 1957, has
provided more than 15,000 free
lunches to need r children.
5) Purchase ol the initial fight
ing system for City Stadium in
1945 at a cost of $4500.
6) Expenditure of $2,300 (1955)
to provide tennis courts ait the
Deal street recreation area.
7) PumutBe In 1947 of an au
diometer for the county health
department for use in testing
hearing of school pupils.
6) Presentation of a $900 air
pressure lock nesustdtator to
| Kings (Mountain hospital in 1951,1
! making It possible for many pre
mature babies to live.
99) Presentation annually of a
good citizenship medal to high
j Rcnooi wuoenni ana owraying r**
i (Continued On Page Eight}
TOWER SCHOLAR —Rev. James
S. Mann, Kings Mountain minis
ter, is one of 84 ministers select
ed to participate in the Tower
Room Scholars program this
week and next at Union Sem
inary.
Dixon Pastor
Towei Scholar
RIICHIMQND, Va. — The Rev.
James S. Mann, pastor of the
Northside Presbyterian Church,
Rt. 1, Gastonia, and the Dixon
Presbyterian Church, Rt. 2, Kings
Mountain, is one of the 84 Pres
I byterian ministers chosen for
| participation in the Tower Room
Scholars Program at Union The
ological Seminary in Richmond,
Va., this year.
The Rev. Mr. Mann, together
with five other pastors on Mon
day began two weeks in residence
at the Seminary - engaged in an
intensive study program designed
to bring them up to date on re
cent developments in various
theological fields.
'A graduate of Davidson Col
lege, the Rev. Mr. Mann is a na
tive of Wilmington, N. C., and
received the Bachelor of Divinity
degree from Union Seminary. He
came to his present pastorates
in 1960, and he and Mrs. Mann
and their three children reside at
1518 West Davidson Avenue,
Gastonia.
The Tower Room plan, made
possible by a foundation grant,
was begun in the realization that
pastors need not only to study at
home but also to have occasional
opportunity for extended research
and expert -guidance on a semi-!
nary campus.
The Tower Room program gets;
the pastors away from the. dis-!
tractions that make systematic
study difficult to achieve. Each
of the group of six or seven en
gages in his own intensive study
on a research project in a “Tower
Room" of the Saninary library.
And each day they meet with a'
faculty member to discuss re
cent developments in theology—,
particularly as those changes af
fect the pastor and his effective
ministry.
The groups are in residence at!
the Seminary from Monday night
until the Friday night 12 day® la- j
ter — housed In a Seminary dor-i
mttory and provided; meals tat)
the Seminary dining hall. They
miss only one Sunday of pulpit
-...... .
pwponsHMiRy.
-Now in Its fifth year, the To
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Township GOP Will Meet Here
January 18 To Name Officials
Mercury To Drop
To Low Regions
In Snow's Wake
Smart Kings Mountain folk (or
those with faith in the weather
wizards) again laced chains to
their automobile tires Tuesday
■night In anticipation of a predic
ted three to six inches of snow. 1
The. fallout failed to reach the
six inch level, dumping only a-!
bout two to three inches of the!
White stuff on, the Kings Moun- i
'tain area.
A United Pres? weather report;
received via the WKMT wire late
Wednesday afternoon called for
a ibone-chiliing cold wave to
sweep the Carolinas Wednesday I
night with low temperatures pre-j
dieted at the zero to five degrees
below zero levels. Prediction for
Thursday was continued very
cold with a high between 15 and
20 degrees.
.Prognosticators call for no
more snow.
The chilling blast of winter
sculpted the area landscape with
white, delighting school students
With another “free day" but hor
rifying persons who must jour
ney to work via highway.
■However, Kings Mountain Po
lice Department reported only,
one automobile accident within
the city limits, that involving on-;
ly minor damages.
The accident occurred at 12:30
p. m. on Deal street and involved
cars driven by David Michael
Hardin, 504 W. Gold street and
Eddie Ross, Woodside Drive.
The Hardin vehicle was parked
on Deal street and Ross backed
into it.
Damage to the Hardin car was
estimated at $30 while damage
to. the Ross vehicle was logged
at $45.
The snow failed to lay deeply |
on Kings Mountain streets, melt
ing 'as it fell. However, a drop In
temperature coated roads with a
jldm of ice,' making driving eon- j
rntions perilous early Wednesday
j morning. v
Street department employees
i “dug in” with snow shovels and
had sidewalk areas of the busi
1 ness district virtually cleared by,
noon.
Dixon To Address
State Convention
Mayor Kelly Dixon has been:
requested to deliver a “Christian;
message” at the North Carolina
Republican state convention in!
Durham on March 3, by State
Chairman William Cobb, of Mor- j
ganton.
Chairman Cobb, in his January
news letter to party members,
stated that others expected to,
address the convention include
William E. Milller, national,
chairman, Wirt Yerger, southern:
states chairman, I. Lee Potlter,,
national committeeman, Robert!
L. Gavin, of Sanford, GOP candi-,
date for governor in 1960, and U
nited States Representative Char
les Raper Jonas, of Lincolnton.
The Republicans customarily
nominate candidates for state
wide office at the State conven
tion, eschewing the option of
holding party primaries.
City Receives
Survey Details
City officials have received;
from their electrical engineers
detailed report and recommen
dations on improving the city’s
electrical distribution system.
ITie engineers repeat their rec
ommendations as outlined in the
prior preliminary report, recom
mending Installation of switch
gear equipment at the Duke Po
wer delivery point on N. Gaston
street, up grading of the voltage !
to 4100 (now 2300), addition of '
an eighth circuit, replacement of j
transformers and other required
equipment. Estimated cost,
which the engineers, South
eastern Consulting Engineers,
Inc., of Charlotte, is $132,800,
based on recent electrical con
struction prices in the area.
Of the city’s present seven
circuits, the engineers report I
Circuit 2 (serving N. Piedmont |
avenue and lateral areas) most g
near the overload point, with I _
Circuit 4 (serving the West King '
street area) next closest to ap-;1
preaching the over-load point. i
Third nearest over loading is ’
Circuit 5 (serving the upt^ -vn 1
business area.) i *
The engineers reiterate the fact j1
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Jaycees To Make
1962 DSA Award
Boyd To Speak
At Boss Night
laycee Event
Kings Mountain’s Young Mar
of the Year will be named Tues
day night as Kings Mountain
Jaycees entertain employers and
special guests at the anual Boss
es’ Night Banquet.
Featured speaker for the pro
gram willl be Ty Boyd, WBT Ra
dio personality.
The 1961 presentation will
mairk the eighth annual Distin
guished Service Award presenta
tion to the Young Man of the
year.
Award Chairman Charles:
Blanton said Wednesday he had
received eight nominations. The
reporting was prior to the 6:00'
p. m. deadline for nominations.
Mr. Blanton said the winner
would be selected from nomina
tions by a panel of judges Wed
nesday night.
Nominations were asked from
the general public. To be eligible
for the aiward a nominee tpust
be between the ages of 21 and
36, of good moral character, have
made outstanding contwbTSOons
to the welfare of the community
through civic, cultural and religi
ous activity, and show evidence
of progress in his chosen field of
endeavor.
Former winners of the award
include B. S. Peeler, Jr., Grady
K. Howard, Coach "Shu” Carlton,
Bob Maner, Charles Dixon, Sam
Stallings, and Charles Blanton.
Special guests for the banquet,
in addition to employers of Jay
cees, willl be former winners of
the award, the mayor of Kings
Mountain, and the board of city
commissioners.
Guest Speaker Boyd, hailed as
a "buffon, wit and funny man,
and the liveliest character in
Eastern Carolina,” was formerly
with WCHL Radio in Chapel Hill
and Durham’s WTVD.
He replaced Grady Cole in the
early morning Radio spot on
WBT Radio early in June of last
year.
He has emceed the Miss North
Carolina Pageant on television
and has done regional television
sports specials.
He holds a degree from the
University of North Carolina and
served in the U. S. Navy.
He is married to the former
Balt Cowden, a Maid of Cotton,
and is the father of two children.
GO-GETTER DINNER
Members of the 1962 Otis D.
Green Post, American Legion !
Go-getter club will go to Char- '
latte Saturday for a steak din
ner. They will leave the post
building at 6:30 p. m., Adju- ,
tant Joe McDaniel said.
JAYCEE SPEAKER — Ty Boyd
WBT Radio personality, will ad
dress Kings Mountain Joycee;
and guests at annual Bosses
Night festivities Tuesday.
Chambeis Youth
Drowns In Pond
A nine-year-old Kings Mountain
Negro boy drowned about 5:30
p. m. Friday when he fell throu
gh a thin sheet of iee on a pond
at the Kings Mountain Country
Club golf course.
Efforts to revive Adolphus
Chambers, Jr., by artificial respi
ration administered toy Sylvester
iBell, Negro employee of the club,
were to no avail.
Police Chief Martin Ware said
Chambers and four other boys
were hunting golf balls arourJ
the No. 5 hole on the golf course
Friday afternoon when the acci
dent occurred. With Chambers
were James Adams, 12, Arthur
Lee Hood, 9, Jesse Ray Adams,
10, and Burben Lee Burris, 12.
The Negro youths told Ware
that Chambers ventured out onto
the See covering the pond, which
had frozen to a depth of about an
inch-anda-half which gave way
under the youth’s weight. Hood
and Burris ran for help, their
shouts attracting Ronald Spcidel,
who dragged Chambers’ body
from the water. (Members of the
Cleveland County Rescue Squad
were also called to the scene to
aid.
Chambers, ion of (Mr. and (Mrs.
Adolphus Chambers, 312 W. Rid
ge street, was a fifth grader at
Davidson school. He is survived
by his parents, three sisters and
two brothers.
Funeral rites were held Tues
day afternoon from Mount Zion
Baptist church. Gill and Brown
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Baptist Association Sponsoring
Choral Workshop Starting Monday j
TO LEAD WORKSHOP—Harvey
Woodruff of Charlotte College
will conduct i three-day choral
worshop la tbelby beginning
Monday evening a First Baptist
church. The program is under
sponsorship of the Kings Moun
tain Baptist Association.
Harvey Woodrun at cna/riotte
Ooilege will conduct a Choral
Workshop Monday, Tuesday, and
next Thursday in Webb Chapel
of F’ilrsrt Baptist ohuirch of Shelby.1
Sponsored by the Music De
partment of the Kings Mountain
Baptist Association the workshop
is open to all those interested in
church music from Baptist chur
ches in the area and other de
nominations.
Mir. Woodruff is well-known,
having served in several differ
ent positions in this sitaite. He
was minister of music at Myers
Park Baptist chturch for five1
years, then at "Wingate College |
for two yeans, and one year as
visiting professor at Woman’s
College, Greensboro.
He is in hkk sixth y«ar as cho
ral director and, voieevteachor at
Charlotte CoMege
sive experience 9a a workshop
director, having conducted such
meetings in umtVbers of dfcurcii
es over the two Carolina* and
Florida.
(Continued On Page Eight,'
The evening periods will b^gin
Precinct Officers
Will Be Elected;
Cassidy To Speak
'Number 4 Township Republi
cans Will elect precinct' officials
January 18, at ipieeting at CSty
HaJJ, courtroom aV 8 o'clock, it
was announced &y W. A. Wil
liams, veteran Kings Mountain
Republican.
iMr. Williams, said that Pierce
Cassidy, of Shelby, runty GOP
chairman, will speak alt the meet
ing, and he dsnviteii all memtx> -a
of the party and others suppo.,
iang GOP policies to attend.
The January 18 meeting meets
the state Republican organiza
tional timetable, calling for bi
ennial precinct meetings In Jan
uary, county conventions during
the first half of February, dis
fcriiOttriet conventions during the
final half of February, and Che
state convention in (March. Date
for the state convention this year
is (March 3. lit will be held in Dur
ham.
The GOP operational format
calls for election for a minimum
o>f three precinct committee mem
bers, including a Chairman, vice
chairman and secretary, one of
Whom shall be a woman.
■Present GOP precinct commit
tees, as Msted In August 1960, in
clude: ! i
West Kings Mountain — D. G.
Littlejohn, chairman, W. W. Par
rish, and Russell Smith.
Grover Brady Lail, rtwur
man, T. Stough Wright J 7..
wnraey : t
IBetihwaie -—. Frank C. Wm ■,
dhatrman, H. B. jHemdon, arui
William Wright.
Bast Kings Mountain — fl. H.
(Doc) Burton and W. T. Wteir.
Crocked Heals
Montonia CMj
'Bob Crockett, of Gastonia, was
elected president 'of (Lake Mon
tonia Clilb, Inc., alt the ojunual
meeting of stockholders held at
Oity Hall courtroom Tuesday
night.
He succeeds Oarl F. Mtouney,
of Kings Mountain, completing
two years in the presidency.
Other officers elected were:
George H. Mauney, Kings Moun
tain, vice-president, to succeed
Walter Carroll, Gastonia; Ben
H. Bridges, Kings Mountain, sec
retary - treasurer, to succeed
James Wilson, Jr., Gastonia; and
Roy Bullard, Jr., Bessemer City,
assistant secretary - treasurer,
to succeed George Houser, Kiiigs
(Mountain.
Elected directors for ttxreayear
terms were Robert SUber, Jr..
Kings Mountain, and F. A.
Young, Sr., Gastonia, succeeding
L. Arnold Kiser, Kings Mountain,
and R. Lee Spencer, Gastonia.
Tom Trott, Kings Mountain, was
elected a director to fill the one
year unexpired term of George
H. Mauney.
Other holdover directors are:
terms expiring 1964, J. Pat Tlg
nor, Kings Mountain, and How
ard Whisenant, Gastonia; and
term expiring 1963, Charles Peer
son, Gastonia.
In his annual report, distribu
ted to members last week, retir
ing President Mauney reviewed
the year: 1) construction of a
new pier adjacent to the picnic
ground; 2) construction of two
new residences by members; 3)
transfer of ten lots and member
ships; 4) purchase of picnic ta
bles and additional lighting; 5>
payment of a $750 balance on a
paving contract.
The treasurer's rcDort Showed
gross income of $5,035, expendi
tures of $4,702, and end-of year
cash balance of $738.
Mojor income was derived
from dues, including eight pay
ments for prior years, 140 regu
lar memberships, 30 child’s and
seven associate memberships.
Griqq Is Growing
Oriental Radishes
Toy Grigg, truck farmer of
route one, is growing oriental
radishes,
Mr. Grigg, who works In
Gastonia at the HomeWp chnln
saw plant; showed a radish «s
week thaft weighs 11 ominrte.
12 ounces and boasts there's
more in the- ground that be
planted last summer.
In spite of the size. Mr. Grigg
says oriental radishes are both
sweet and tasty.