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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits
8,008
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Um 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The dty
limits figure Is irons tbs United States census oflSSO.
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, February I, 1962
Pages
Today
VOL. 73 No. 5
Established 1889
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Fourth ’62 Snow
Harbingers More?
I
Local News
Bulletins
LEGION MEETING
Regular meeting of Otis D.
Green Post 155, American Le
gion, will be held Friday night
ait 8 o’clock alt the post build
ing. H. O. Williams, chairman
of a four-man committee, will
make recommendations for the
1962 Legion Baseball athletic
office and other members of
the management team.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking melter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday alt
noon totaled $155.70, including
$112.65 from on-street meters,
$31.75 from over-parking fees
and $11.30 from off-street me
ters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel,
Jr., repotted.
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VFW FILM
Showing of a film of the
Southern 500 races at Darling
ton will be free to the interest
ed public at a VFW-sponsored
ptrogTam Friday. Commander
Paul Dover says the film will
he shown from 7 until 9 p. m.
at the VFW Post building on
Grover road.
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Thursday night’s Kiwanis
program will be devoted to a
question - answer discussion
of the upcoming school bond
election of March 10th. The
civic club meets at 6:45 p. m.
at the Woman’s club.
W*S&hr-^.
First Baptist church WMS is
inviting Brotherhood groups
and Women’s Missionary So
cieties from other area church
es to .ioin in a program Tues
day night at 7:30. Rev. Jesse
Powers, pastor of Hopewell
Baptist church of Blacksburg,
S. C., will show slides he made
during a preaching tour of
Nicarauga.
MISSION FILM
A mission film will be
shown Saturday night at 7 p.
m. at Dixon Presbyterian chur
ch, the pastor, Rev. James
Mann, has announced. Refresh
ments will be served by women
of the church.
SEMINAR CONTINUING
Seminars on education are
continuing on Tuesday even
ings at 7:30 at Trinity Episco
pal church, Phifer road. Mrs.
Thomas Droppers, wife of the
rector, is leading the classes,
open to the interested public.
Mrs. Droppers teaches English
in Bessemer City schools.
PADA TO MEET
Piedmont Area Development
Association is meeting in Char
lotte Thursday at 6 p. m. at
Charlottetown Mall, according
to announcement by Clyde
Stuitts of Shelby. Sixteen coun
ties in North and South Caro
lina will give reports.
IN NEW POSITION
Mrs. Eddie Simmons, the for
mer Patricia Foster of Kings
Mountain, has accepted the po
sition of secretary to the City
Council of Tipton, Ga. The
Simmons now reside in Geor
gia. Mrs. Simmons is daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Fos
ter.
NO PERMITS
No building permits were is
sued by city officials during
the past week.
JAYCEE MEETING
Frank Splawn, safety repre- !
sentative for Highway Patrol
Fist riot 3, wil l present a safe
ty f ilm to Kings Mountain Jay
cees as the club meets in regu
lar session Tuesday at 7:30 p.
m. at Kings Mountain Woman’s
ClUb.
FAM.S TO SPEAK
Butler Falls, Kings Moun
tain surveyor, will speak to
Shelby Kiwanianr Thursday at
7:00 p. m. at the Hotel Charles, j
The program will be an illus- |
trated lecture on his recent Eu- |
ropean travels.
OPTIMIST MEETING
Rev. Melvin Gentry, of Gas
tonia, will address the Optimist j
Club at is meeting Thursday <
night at 7 o'clock at Kings I
Mountain Baptist church fel- !
towship hall. i
Stamen Predict,
But Groundhog
Day Upcoming
By DAVID BAITY
Young Tommy Finger, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Finger of 505
W. Mountain Street, predicts
there will be more snow on Feb
ruary 6. The prediction came af
ter much study and the fourth
1962 snow.
Young Finger, a grammar
grade student, has observed the!
white fafllouit with much interest
(keeping an eye on school clos-:
ing) and has concluded the snoWj
is falling in nine-day cycles.
His calendar is correct. Snow
fell on January 1, 10, 19, and
then Sunday. January 28. If thej
pattern is true, folks will be|
clanking out chains for their au-!
tos come next Tuesday.
But perhaps the groundhog will'
have something to say on the1
matter. He’s seated to make his
annual appearance Friday.
If the nervy criltter sees his
shadow, it’s back to the burrow
for some more hard winter. If the
weather is bad, the sky overcast,
and no shadow present, that's an
indication of an early spring.
If the groundhog sees his sha
dow and goes back to the bur
row, he may not see another day,
according to an alarm last week
by astrologers worldwide.
The star gazers are calling for
dire deeds of nature and
man next Monday, based on a
close grouping of the five visible
planets along with the sun and
moon aronud 'the constellations
of Copricom and Aquarius.
The astrologers doubt human
Sty will see next Monday and, if
so, a bad one. Storms, tidal wa
ves, , earthquakes, the sinking
continents," finan cl alp a n ic, aW
the outbreak of World War ni
are predicted variously.
Astronomers call the fears of
the astrologers “nonsense” and
note that a close grouping of the
aforementioned planets fakes
place about once every 100 yealrs.
Meanwhile, back to Sunday’s
snowstorm, roads were clear by
mid-aftemoon, and Kings Moun
tain police reported no automo
bile accidents within the city li
mits as a result of the icy condi
tions.
Early Sunday morning travel
ers found rough sledding on
Highway 29 between Gastonia
and Kings Mountain. Farmer,
mayor Glee A. Bridges was in-;
volved in an auto accident as he!
journeyed to Kings Mountain
from Shriner’s meeting held in
Charlotte Saturday night.
Stranded with the onslaught of
the snow Saturday night, he ven
tured out Sunday, made it to the
“Gamble Hill” where his jeep,
was struck in the rear by a car!
attempting to pass.
Mr. Bridges said Tuesday night:
the jar from the crash strained
his back. “The crash felt like a
bomb exploding at the back of,
my car,” he said, adding the im- j
pact propelled him 40 feet up
Gamble hill.
Vardell Neal, insurance sales
man, thought his mud-tires
would bring him home from Lex
ington. They did, but not with
out a two-plus hour tie-up in a
U. S. 29 traffic jam.
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Township GOP
Committees
Are Elected
Kings Mountain area Republi
cans elected precinct officials
last week.
B. F. Maner will serve as chair
man of the 'West Kings Mountain
precinct, Ed H. Smith Will serve
as chairman of the East Kings
Mountain precinct, Bill Babb will
serve as chairman of the Beth
ware precinct and Paul Allen
will serve as chairman of the
Grover precinct.
Other precinct committeemen
and officers are:
West Kings Mountain: Mrs.
Delbert Dixon, vice-chairman; Ja
cob Dixon, secretary; and Dorus
Littlejohn, William M. Herndon,
committeemen.
East Kings Mountain: Palmer
Huffstetler, secretary; and Har
bld Glass and Doc Burton, com
mitteemen. A vie "-chairman is
Still to be named.
Grover: Stough Wright, vice
chairman; W. W. Little, secre
tary; and Mrs. James Rollins and
M. H. Gamp, committeemen.
Bethware: Mrs. Clyde McDan
iel, vice-chairman; Frank C. Ware
and William A. Wright, commit
teemen. A secretary is Still to be
named.
Tentative date for the Repub
lican Party’s Cleveland County
convention is Saturday, Febru
ary 10th, at 2:30 p. m. at the
county courthouse in Sihelby. The
Republican state convention is
to be held in Durham March 3rd.
Gary Decries
Extremists
“There is one America, one
God. Both command our faith,”
Kays Gary, Charlotte Observer
columnist, said last Thursday in
an address to the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club.
Mr. Gary, a Fallston native,
(had decried the nation’s extrem
ists, tooth supe* patriwes* and ul»
tna-liiberals as hardly patriots at
all and declared the United Sta
tes operations “have weaknesses
and waste because humans ad
minister them.”
“Be we correct the abuses or
stop ’em?” (he asked.
He cited Russia’s quick con
quest of Poland and contended
that the Russians make a peace
with the owners of the Skoda
munitions works. He also charg
ed that Cuba fell easily to Cas
tro due to the government tym
anny of Batista "with our and U.
S. investors’ approval.”
“Those who would run out the
United Nations have Mr. K danc
ing with glee,” he declared, add
ing, “none likes waste in foreign
aid, but our missies encircle the
Soviet.”
He failed to see, he added, how
elimination of the income tax or!
impeachment of Chief Justice!
Bari Warren would defeat Com
munism which he termed “'the;
threat of our nation.”
Mr. Gary spoke on a program
arranged by Sherman Periy.
Fish Not Hungry
Bui Weather Fine
Mayor Kelly Dixon, just re
turned from a week’s trip in
Florida, reports “weather fine,
but fish not biting.”
The Mayor Visited the Tam
pa-Clearwater area, confined ;
Ms fishing efforts to dockside. ;
The weather was warm and |
pleasant,” he added, “but the ,
fish just wouldn’t bite.”
Crowded Now, High School To Need
Eight More Classrooms Next Year
‘We’re badly crowded today,”
says B. N. Barnes, superintendent
of schools, “and will be more
crowded next year.”
This is the basic theme of the
Superintendent as he expounds
on the need of the area for a new
high school plant.
He cites chapter-and-verse from
projections of school attendance
in future years, as based on to
day’s actual attendance.
Wlith earliest possible use date
of the proposed new high school
plant the school year 1963-64, the
high school can anticipate having
an enrollment jump of 231 —
from today’s 817 to 1048—or, in
classrooms, virtually eight, for
next year (1962-63) with only
present facilities.
'Present enrollment figures in
dicate another big jump for
1963-64 to a high school popula
tion of 1183. or a need for a min
imum of 12 new hi ii school
*-'oms. followed bv a peak
of 1243 students in 1964-65.
Mr. Barnes notes the figures
will undoubtedly vary, with drop
outs and transfers in and out of
the district, as citizens move in
and out of the school area.
After the 1964-65 peak potent
ial, the indication is that high
school population, again an basis
of today's enrollment, will drop
slightly for three years to a base
figure of 1135, then resume its
upward trend.
Mr. Barnes lists these items in
today’s crowding:
1) Three high school classes
are in temporary buildings.
2) The band is housed in a ga
rage
3) Two seventh grades are be
ing bused to Park Grace school.
4) Auditoriums at both West
and East schools are being used
for classrooms.
51 Libraries are sharing space
with cafeterias.
"A new high school will not
only provide the needed 'high
school Classrooms but will relieve
the Central plant and others for
more students,” Mr. Barnes adds.;
He continues, “A new high
school is best and most econom
ical means of handling the dis
trict’s present and future space
needs. The present Central plant
has insufficient acreage for an
adequate high school and thei
building, constructed in 1933, was
designed in greater port to ac
commodate elementary students,)
as this was the groat need at
thart toe.”
Bridges Elected
C Of C President
PRESIDENT _ Glee A. Bridges,
former Mayor, has been elected
president of the Chamber of Com
merce for the coming year. He
succeeds Charles Blanton.
Ross Funeral
Held Sunday
Funeral ri'tes for Mrs. Blanche
McGill Ross, of Charlotte, form
erly of Bessemer City and a
Kings Mountain native, were held
Sunday afternoon alt 3 o’clock at
Carson Memorial ARP church,
Bessemer City.
IMrs. Ross, Who had made her
home in Charlotte with a daugh
ter for the past ‘Seven years, died
at Presbyterian hospital in Char
lotte at 6:10 Friday afternoon
She had been in declining health
Born (March 19, 1085, Mrs. Ross
was a daughter of the late John
Thomas and Frances Payne Me
Gill. Her husband, John Odom
Ross, Sr.j died in 1951. She was
jSLMifhfcfer of the iCaraon Memo
rial chi
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Mairy Bitten Ross, witth whom
she resided in Charlotte, and Mrs.
Joseph Turner, also of Charlotte.
Also surviving are three sons,
John O. Ross, Jr., and Norman
E. Ross, both of Charlotte, and
Robert M. Ross, of Bessemer
City, a sister, Mrs. Earl Carpen
ter, of Kings Mountain, and 'two
brothers, N. F. McGill, Sr., Kings
Mountain, and J. D. (McGill, Al
bemarle. Six grandchildren sur
vive.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. J. W. Carson, a former
pastor of Bessemer City, Dr. Mof
etit Plaxico, Charlotte, and Dr.
W. L. Pressly, Kings Mountain.
Interment was in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
Mother's March
Set Thurday
The Junior Woman’s club has
postponed the Mother’s March
from Tuesday until Thursday
(tonight). Club members will
meet at 7 o’clock at the Woman’s
club to conduct a two-hour can
vass of the community.
March of Dimes coin collectors
have been placed in downtown
stores and Citizens not contacted
via the Mother’s March may for
ward their contributions to Har
ry Jaynes, Chairman, Central
School.
Citizens Who wish to contribute
during the Mother’s March are
asked to leave their porch lights
burning.
Crutch sale for benefit of the
March of Dimes will toe conduc
ted on downtown streets Satur
day. High school students will
serve as “salesmen.”
Many In Area
See Titan Wake
The fiery wake of Titan I, fir
ed from Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
Monday afternoon at 6:31 was
witnessed by numerous citizens
in (this area.
W. T. Weir, of Weir's Coal,
said two of his drivers, Tom and
Grady Odom came back from
deliveries reporting the fiery aer
ial flame. Tom Odom had been
delivering in the Hilltop area and
Grady Odom in the Craftspun
Varns, Inc., area.
And Don W. Blanton, an East
ern Airlines employee, said “I
had 200 calls reporting the site."
site.”
It was the last test-flight for
Titan I, fired successfully for the
34th time in 47 launching at
tempts. The missile landed in
the target area off Africa 5,000
miles distant.
Titan I will be replaced by
Titan II, described as the na-1
tion’s moat powerful missile.
Organization
Has Compiled
Area Analysis
Glee A. Bridges, former
mayor of Kings Mountain, was
elected president of the Kings
Mountain Chamber of Commerce
as members met for the annual
session Tuesday night at Kings
Mountain Country Club.
Other officers elected include |
Fred Wright, Jr., first vice-presi
dent; B. F. Maner, second vice-!
president; and L. E. Hinnant.
treasurer.
I Three year directors are Wil
; 'Mam Herndon and Charles Maun
ey.
Thomas Tate and James Amos
were elected to setrve terms as
two-year directors and, Robert O.
Southwell and B. S. Peeler, Jr.,
were elected as one-year direc
tors.
The officer candidate 'slate, pre
pared by a nominating eomlmit
l lee, was accepted by acclamation
of members present.
Charles Blanton, retiring pres
ident of the organization, outlined
a year of small successes for the
chamber. He noted a big achieve
ment of the organization was the
publishing of an industrial ana
lysis of Kings Mountain for dis
tribution to 'persons inquiring a
bout Kings Mountain and area
■ surrounding.
1 The analysis report covers up
to-date information on county
manufacturing, labor supply,
transportation, taxation, utiliti
jes, housing, education, Churches,
i and other assets of the area,
i Mr. Blanton noted ‘he was
pleased with the spirit of the ac
tive members of the Chamber of
Commerce but said it had been
his experience to find a lack of
enthusiasm 'and interest in the
I growth of the. community by the
j public. He noted the Chamber of
Commerce must stimulate inter
' est in the town, not only in exee
i utives of prospective industries,
but in the citizens of Kings
Mountain.
wonting rogecner, mmang in
terras of growth, and being pro
gressive is the key to building
j Kings (Mountain” he said.
Kings 'Mountain is failing to
capitalize oh the historical signi-i
ficanoe of its background, he
(said. "We are letting surrounding
communities take the lead in
I publicizing the historical value of
the Revolutionary War battle for
■Which our town is named,” he
noted.
(Mr. Blanton urged that some
thing be done to start an annual
observance of the Battle of Kings
Mountain, date of which was Oc
tober 7, 1780.
(He noted the measure had been
j a big point on his ‘Want list” for
his year of service, and the ob
servance had failed to material- i
|ize.
He noted, too, that the lighting
campaign of the miain business
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1961 Tax Listing
Officially Over
Annual tax listing officially
ended Wednesday.
Max Hamrick, county tax su
pervisor, noted that the listing
officials had enjoyed 'brick traf
fic all week and said an extension
wasn't deemed necessary.
in Kings Mountain, Conrad
Hughes, township listing official,
and Gleen A. Bridges, city listing
official, said that Monday was
the peak listing day.
They were still recording prop
erties for taxes Wednesday but
the traffic wasn’t heavy.
"We believe the large majority
of property owners have listed,”
Mr. Hughes commented.
Mr. Hughes Will be at City Hall
for a week or ten days tabulating
the listings, he said.
Heart Attack
Fatal To Ruppe
James Ruebush Ruppe, Gaff- ■
ney resident employed at Ideal
Knitting Mill here, died Wednes
day afternoon in a Gaffney hos
pital from a heart attack suffer
ed while at work.
'Mr. Ruppe is reportedly a bro
ther of George Thomas Ruppe of
Kings Mountain.
Ray Cline, a friend of the de- i
oeased’s brother, reported Runpe
suffered the heart attack Wed
nesday morning and was taken
to Kings Mountain Hospital, la- 1
ter transferred to a Gaffney hos
pital.
Death came at one o’clock.
Details of survivors and funer
al services wore not available. <1
Mayor Hasn't
Yet Decided
On Senate Bid
(Mayolr Kelly Dixon, back in
his office Wednesday after a trip
to Florida, said he hasn’t come
to a decision as yet on seeking
the Republican nomination for
United States Senator.
“I’ve been out of touch for the
past week,” Mayor Dixon, the
GOP Congressional standard
bearer in 1960, said Wednesday.
He added he might be closer to
a decision following Thursday
night’s Republican fund-raising
dinner at Charlotte, where Rep.
Charles A. Jonas, the state’s lone
GOP Congressman, will make the
featured address.
In addition, the Republicans
gathered at Hotel Charlotte will
hear via closed-circuit television
brief addresses by former Presi
dent Dwight Eisenhower, Na
tional Chairman William Miller,
New York Governor Nelson Rock
efeller and Richard E. Nixon
now seeking the California gub
ernatorial seat.
Normally, the GOP nominates
its candidates for state offices at
the state convention, to convene
in Durham this year on March
Mis. Corey's
Rites Conducted
Mrs. Bonnie Welts Corey, 51,
Kings Mountain native, died Sat
urday in Washington, D. C., fol
iowing a long illness.
Mrs. Oorey, wife of Verne G.
Corey, retired Washington at-■
torney, was a daughter of the
late Aaron and Jane McCarter
Well® of Kings Mountain. She
was graduated from Kings Moun
tain high school 'and received 'her
R. N., B. S., and N. E. degrees!
from Saint Elizabeth Hospital at
Washington.
Mrs. Corey had served for ma
ny years as assistant neuropsy-l
ehiatric nursing specialist at Vet- '
erans Administration Hospital ini
Washington. She and Dr. Ray-'
miond Hendry were co-authors of
the hook, “Psychiatrics In Nur
sing,’’ used for textbook mater
ial student nurses in veterans
hospitals.
She is survived 'by her hus
band; seven brothers, Whitney!
Wells, Earle Wells, Hunter Wells,!
Quinn Wells and Wayne Wells,
all of Kings Mountain, Harley
Wells of Washington, D. C., and
Dailey Wells of Virginia; and one;
sister, Mrs. W. B. Francis of
Blacksburg, S. C.
!!Funeral rites were held Wed
nesday at 1 p. m. In Washington.
Interment was in Arlington Na
tional cemetery.
Gifts For Bible
Teaching $135
The Ministerial Association’s
Bible-in-the-Schools committee |
i,s $135 nearer meeting its ex
panded budget committment for
the current school year, Treasur- i
er Paul Ausley reported Wednes
day.
The money came from an un
named business firm $50, from
Second Baptist church, $35, and
from David’s Baptist church, $25.
Currently needed to even the ■
budget for the current school
year is $928, Dr. Ausley added.
The budget got out of kilter on 1
two counts: 1) the general] state-.«
wide teacher pay increase; and [
2) the fact the Bible teacher up- :
graded her certificate to "A”. j<
“The Bible committee deeply i
appreciates these contributions
and yearns for additional ones,”;
Dr. Ausley commented.
He noted that several civic
clubs have been asked for aid
and added, “I hope their consid
eration will be favorable.”
Other committee members are
Dr. W. L. Pressly and Rev. J. W.
Phillips.
Two More Groups
For School Bonds
C of C Members,
GOP Precinct
Groups Act
Two more organIzaitions have
endorsed the forthcoming bond
issue election for building a high
school plant.
Kings Mountain Chamber oi
Commerce, in annual meeting
Tuesday night, unanimously en
dorsed the proposal.
r
East and West Kings Moun
tain Republican precinct organ
izations, noting they had no in
tention of making the bond e
lection a partisan matter, endor
sed he bond issue.
B. F. Manor, West King;
Mountain GOP chairman, ar.c
sed the bond issue.
Ed H. Smith, East Kings Moun
tain GOP chairman, issuing tin
following statement:
“The East and West King;
Mountain Republican Precincts
are writing to inform you tha
provided the amount of the
bonded Indebtedness to be float
ed in the coming School Bone
election is sound in-terms of cos
projected in relation to act.ua
plant size and function that w<
will support the passage of th<
| bond issue.
“This statement is by m
means to be construed as an in
j jeetion of partisan politics int<
J a wholly non partisan project
j As Republican citizens vitally in
! terested in the growth of the!
community we are only concern
1 ed that the monies will be spen
■ in such a way -as Ifco providi
j maximum facilities for the ohil
dren at a sound minimum cost
In other words we oppose “frills'
which tend to be both expensive
I and unnecessary. A case in poi-n
j is the extreme amount of addec
' cost in the Garinger School ir
Charlotte, N. C.
“Our prime concern is that i
reasonable -bonded indebtedness
be effected and that our Schoo
Board be assisted in every possi
ble way to do an increasingly ef
fective job in leading the com
munity.”
Bounds Listed
For Bond Vote
Polling places for the March
10 school bond election for once
outof-district citizen's will be
same as for the consolidation e
lection of May 14, 1960, while in
city pre-cinc* bounds conform to
the City of Kings Mountain pre
cinct bounds.
An addendum to the official
bond election notice first publish
ed last week specifies bounds for
the eight designated polling pla
ces.
A new registration is required
by state statute with the registra
tion books opening for the first
of three consecutive Saturdays
on. February 10 at each of the
eight voting precincts.
It was also announced that
Mrs. W. W. McCarter, of Grover,
Will serve as registrar at the
Grover precinct. She replaces
Mrs. J. B. Ellis, Who found the
February 17 Grover water bond
election, for which Mrs. Ellis is
registrar, in. conflict.
MOOSE DINNER
Chicken dinner will be serv
ed free to members of Kings
Mountain Moose Lodge and
their wives Sunday from 5 to
8 p. m., according to announce
ment by Charles (Whitey)
Bowen, chairman of the com
mittee in charge.
High School Student Campaigning
At Full Peak; Election Friday
School “politicking” is in full
swing at Kings Mountain high
school.
Campaign speeches will begin
>n Thursday during a student as
sembly and Election Day is Fri
day when students will select a
president, vice-president, and sec
retary of the Student Participa
tion Organization.
The student “politicking" inclu
3es all the “fun” of regular cam
paigning as each candidate picks
i manager and other workers to
lid him in his hid for office via
distribution of campaign cards,
placards and persuading favora
ble votes from other students.
Student campaign managers
were buying colorful cardboard
this week for poster material for
.’otc-seeking. Some workers wear
rolorful hats, others have cam
paign buttons bearing the inscrip
tion, “Vote for....’’
The candidate list:
For president: Paul Smith, Ro
bert Plonk and Charles Goodson.
Fir vice-president: Russell Gar
mon, Donnie Freeman and War
ren Goforth.
For secretary: Coral Ramseur,
Dianne Roberts and Neal McCar
ter.
Balloting for candidates ended
a week ago. Bach homeroom had
previously elected one candidate
for each offioe. Number of votes
cast by each chairman of each
homeroom representatives was
determinined by the number of
Students in the home room. The
three students who received the
most votes became the candidate
for the three offices. '"■s
Current officers of the student
body are Bill Ramseur, president;
Paid Smith, vice-president; and
1 Dianne McDaniel, secretory.
PROMOTED _ Jack Ruth has
been promoted to the vice-presi
dency oi the North Carolina Bank
oi Charlotte. He joined the than
as assistant vice-president in
1953.
Jack Ruth
.', f t
wins Promotion
Hilton L. (Jack) Ruth, Jr., so*n
! of Mu-, and Mrs. Hiiilton Rutjv'of
Kings Mountain, has been pro
'! molted from assistant vicepspeej
' dent to vice-president of ■
Carolina National Bank of Chtu?
1 (lotte. ■ • •
The former Kings Mpuntaih
► citizen joined the Charlotte1 ixink
. ing firm in 1953 after his gradu
ation from Davidson College
• where he played football for ftnir
years and was president of the
student body his senior year.
- He is also a graduate' of Kings
■ Mountain high school. Mrs. Ruth
. Is the former Beiity Kate Jones of
’ Greenwood, S. C. They are pm
* ents of three children, Libby, sb;
Hilton, III, four; and David Ruth,
age three.
In Charlotte the Ruths are
members of Covenant Pirosfoyter
ian chirr h. where Mr. Ruih is as
sistant Sunday School superin
tendent and a (bacon.
Tax Payments
Reported Brisk
The city tax office has, had a
busy week as taxpayers have
been paying 1&61 tax bills In ad
vance of the penalty cate.
Thursday is the final day for
paying 1961 (tax Mils at par, wlith
a penalty of one per cent apply
ing on Friday.
I Additional one percent penalty
I apples March 2.
Joe (McDaniel, Jr., acting tux
collector, said collections through
Tuesday totaled $99,658, or G0.2S
percent of the $165,315 levy,
which includes poll taxes.
Mr. McDaniel added that col
lections Wednesday morning had
been heavy, guessing payments
totaled $7,000 to $8,000.
He anticipates heavy collections
Thursday, based on prior year's
experience.
Grom Bond
Books To Close
j
Saturday is the final day fV>r
Grover citizens to register to vote
in the February 17 $148,000 wri
ter bond election, Town Clerk W.
W. 'McCarter reminded Wednes
day.
'No new registration is requir
ed. However, many new citizens
of Grover are registering at the
two polling places — Grover Fire
Station and City Hall.
“We think there’s a Jot of inter
est in this election and we hope
it goes the right way”, Mr. Mc
Carter added.
By “the right way” Mr. McCar
ter means the favoring by citi
zens of issuance of $148,000 in wa
ter bonds to supply a new water
system for Grover, a project star
ted over a year ago when Hue
prints and plans were drawn up
by the town board.
February 10th is Challenge
Day. Grover citizens will vote on
the proposal at the polls from
6:30 a. m. until 6:30 p. m. Satur
day, February 17th.
794 CITY TAGS SOLD
A total of 794 Kings Moun
tain auto owners have piBrelr
ased 1962 city auto tags, Mrs.
Furman Wilson, city office
Clerk, said Wednesday. Dead*
/line fee purchasing and dis
playing /the fags is Febfuarjj
15.