Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Thli figure for Creator dag* Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The dty
limits figure Is from the United States census of 1980.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
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VOL 73 No. 7
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 15, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Mohair Firm Says W age Rate
Increases To Be Instituted
Local News
Bulletins
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Sam Suber, superintendent
of Mountain Rest cemetery,
will show a film at Thursday’s
meeting of the Kiwanis club.
The club will convene at 6:45
p. m. at the Woman’s Club.
LODGE MEETING
An emergent communication
of Faiirview Lodge 339 AF&AM
will be held Monday night at
7:30 p. m., Secretary T. D. Tin
dall has announced.
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION
D. C. Wright of Mooresboro
will conduct a school of in
struction for members of Fair
view Lodge 339 AF&AM during
the week of February 19 at 2
p. m. each day at Masonic
Hall.
JOINS STAFF
Rev. George Thornburg of
Bessemer City has joined the
staff of Sisk Funeral Home of
Kings Mbuntain and Bessemer
City.
HOSPITALIZED
June Cloninger Is a patient
in Room 325 ait Western Nonth
Carolina Sanatorium at Black
Mountain, where he is undergo
ing observation and treatment
TO RALEIGH
Fred Plonk, chairman of the
board of education, and B. Jf.
Barnes, superintendent of
schools, will go to Raleigh
Thursday to confer with W. E.
Easterling, secretary of the
Local Government commission,
on financing ptlans for the pro
posed $1,100,000 school bond
issue.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
noon totaled $146.05, including
$102.25 from on-street meters,
$33 from over-parking fees, and
$11.70 from off-street meters,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.,
reported.
ARMORY SESSION
Members of the City board of
commissioners will meet at the
National Guard armory Thurs
day night to discuss with
guard officials plans for opera
tion of the armory.
P-TA MEETING
The board of education will
meet with members of the
Compact and Davidson school
Parent - Teacher associations
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock,
at invitation of the P-TA
groups.
JAYCEES MEET
The Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce will
meet in regular session Tues
day at 7:00 p. m. at Kings
Mountain Woman’s Club.
PERMITS ISSUED
Permits were issued this
week ito J. Wilson Crawford to
build a one-story, six-room,
frame residence at 512 Bridges
Street at an estimated cost of
$9,000 and ito John Terris, Jr.,
to add a carport and parch to
his Landing Street home at a
cost of $350.
IN CUBA
Edward Randolph Stewart,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ste
wart, is stationed aboard the
U. S. S. Forrestal in Cuba. He
entered the service in Novem
ber. He completed boot train
ing at Great Ijal.es, 111., While
in the Naval Reserves.
Laughter Injured
In Freak Accident
W. F. (Bill) Laughter, person
nel manager at Massachusetts
Mohair Plush Company, was
treated for head lacerations Tues
day night about 8 o’clock follow
ing a freak accident on U. S. 74
west of Buffalo Bridge.
Highway Patrolmen, who in
vestigated the accident, said Mr.
Laughter's auto, a 1955-model
Plymouth, struck and killed a
mute when the animal suddenly
moved into the highway in front
of the path of the car. The acci
dent was unavoidable.
Damages to Mr. Laughter’s car
totaled $250.
(Mr. Laughter was treated for
injuries at Kings Mountain hos
pital.
Other Textile
Unas Boosting
Payment Scales
A spokesman for Massachus
etts Mohair Plush Company’s
Neisler division said this week
an upward revision of wages will
be made.
Effective date nor amount of
wage increase has not yet been
determined, the spokesman said,
adding it would effect all the di
vision’s employees which include
about 700 at the Margrace and
Pauline plant.
Press reports in recent days re
late that J. C. Cowan, Jr., vice
chairman of Burlington Indus
tries, has confirmed that Bur
lington is considering upward
wage scale revisions in its three
major divisions.
Dover Mills and Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company of Shelby,
have announced wage increases
upcoming.
Elsewhere, Springs Mills have
joined the wage-raising move
ment.
Golfer Patton |
To Be Candidate?
Conversation in local Republi-'
can circles offer speculation that
Billy Joe Patton, the Morganton
lumberman and former golfing
partner of ex-President Dwight
Eisenhower, may be the GOP
nominee for the U. S. Congress
in the new tenth district.
iAs the nominee, Mr. Patton
would succeed the candidate of
two years ago. Kings' - Mountain'
Mayor Kelly Dixon, in the role
of Congressional standard-bearer,
and apparently would oppose Re
presentative Basil L. Whitener,
Gastonia Democrat, next autumn,
pending results of the May De
mocratic primary.
Rep. Whitener has no primaray
opposition and none is yet appar
ent.
Mayor Dixon and numerous
other Republicans of the area are
expecting to attend Satuday’s
tenth district convention at Mor
ganton, billed for the afternoon,
and a Lincoln Day dinner that
evening.
The Mayor said Wednesday he
had no “new news” on his possi
ble candidacy for the United Sta
tes Senate. He has been invited
to a post-dinner gathering at the
home of Chairman William Cobb,
Representative Charles R. Jonas,
and other GOP leaders will be
present.
Wreck Damaqe
Listed At $350
A wreck on N. C. 216 Sunday
at 2:40 p. m. which involved two
drivens from Kings Mountain
netted a damage total of $350.
The accident oecured a half
mile south of Kings Mountain.
Trooper R. E. Shaney said an
automobile driven toy Billy Otis
Mayberry, 18, of route 1, was
stopped to make a left turn when
it was struck from the rear by a
car driven by Marion Melton
Johnson, 62, of Bennett Drive.
The officer estimated damage
to the Mayberry vehicle at $50
and to the Johnson car at $300.
NO WRECKS
City police officers reported
no automobile accidents within
Kings Mountain city limits
during the last week.
AIRMAN OF MONTH _ A/Ic
James Derek Roper of Kings
Mountain was recently named
"Airman of the Month" while
serving with the Air Force in
Newfoundland.
Ropei Named
Top Airman
A/IC James Derek Roper,
Kings Mountain serviceman sta
tioned at Harmon Air Force Base
in Newfoundland was named
Harmon’s Maintenance Man of
the Month for January.
Airman Roper is a KC-97 crew
chief and has been stationed in
Newfoundland a year. He is the
son of Mrs. Gertie Roper of
Kings Mountain and is complet
ing a second four-year tour-of
Joyee Hope of Kings Mountain
and they have one son, James
Roper, HI, age three.
“‘'Contributing factors for these
results,” ILt. Col. James E. Jor
dan, Jr., CAMS commander said,
‘'were Airman Roper’s hard work,
overtime hours, acceptance of re
sponsibility, teamwork and a de
sire ito have the 'best maintained
'aircraft in the squadron.”
CityTo Redeem
Bonds
The city natural gas system
will redeem $142,000 of the sys
tem’s bonded indebtedness on
February 20.
Total payment to the bond
holder, the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Company, Hart
ford, Conn., will be $149,598.97,
including premiums of four per
cent and accrued interest of
$1,918.97.
As required in the bond coven
ant, the city is redeeming latest
maturing bonds first, including
$12,000 due October 1, 1974, $100,
000 due October 1, 1975-78, and
$30,000 due October 1 1979. All
these bonds carry interest of
three and one-half percent.
After the redemption, the bond
ed indebtedness on the gas sys
tem will be $228,000, and, City
Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., said, will
leave about $1700 in the sinking
fund or redemption account.
Arrangement for the redempt
ion were made by R. S. Dickson
& Company, which wrote the
bond covenant. The bondholder
has been notified to deliver the
bonds to First Union National
Bank here with draft to be drawn
against the city gas system.
Shuford And Son Narrowly Escape
As Early Sunday lire Razes Home
The Tolly Shuford residence at
the comer of West King and
Sims street, was gutted by fire
early Sunday morning, Mr. Shu
ford and son T. (M. (Buzzy) Shu
ford, narrowly escaping with
their lives.
Mrs. Shuford was visiting her
mother in Durham.
The slide trombone of Buzzy
Shuford and the nightwear in
which the occupants left the
^moke-filled, burning two-story
frame dwelling represented the
sum total of properties saved.
Mr. Shuford said Wednesday
some silverware and china had
been found in the debris and felt
it might he salvaged.
Bathe, the family’s aged Ger
man shepherd, may have been
the hero of the fire, Buzzy Shu
fond saying he awakened with
the pet licking his face. His fa
ther says he had already awaken
ed and was in the smoke-filled
hallway.
Father and son were in adjoin
ing rooms downstairs.
Mr. Shuford renumbers, "We
met in the hallway, both choking
and coughing on the smoke, which
seemed to foe concentrated in the
hallway. When we opened the
door, the house became an infer
no all over, and we’d hardly got
into the yard when the window
panes started popping like shot
gun blast.”
Mr. Shuford said he started to
re-enter the burning building to
retain some personal cash, but
was restrained forcibly by his
son.
Mr. Shuford then went to the
home of a neighbor, Guy Hender
son, to summon firemen. It was
approximately 4 a. m. '
Foremen fought the blaze in
freezing temperature and Chief
Pat Tignor and Volunteer Floyd
Thornburg were injured when a
stud gave way and Foreman
Thornburg’s ladder fell. Mr.
Thornburg was rendered uncon
scious by the fall, and Chief Hg
nor, holding the ladder, suffered
back injuries.
Firemen fought the Maze until
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Kings Mountain
S & L Directors,
OfficersRe-named
Officers and directors of Kings
•Mountain Savings & Loan asso
ciation were reelected at the an
nual meeting of shareholders
Tuesday, as the shareholders
heard reports showing gains in
all categories of the association’s
| operations for 1961.
! Directors reelected were Dr. L.
P. Baker, Ben H. Bridges, J. R.
Davis, Boyce Gault, Clyde Kerns,
Dr. John C. McGill and C. G.
j White, all of Kings Mountain, and
l(R. L. Lewis, of Gastonia.
Meeting following the share
holder session, the directors re
named J. R. Davis, president, Dr.
L. P. Baker and R. L. Lewis,
| vice-presidents, Ben H. Bridges,
secretary - treasurer, and Mrs.
Ruby H. Baker, assistant secre
tary - treasurer. They re-named
Davis A White and George Thom
I asson association attorneys.
In his report, Secretary Bridges
! noted the recent purchase of the
lot at the comer of W. Moun
tain and Cherokee streets, for
present use as a parking lot for
association customers and for
likely utilization for construction
of new offices.
•He also reported these figures:
1) Total assets of $3,502,310, up
$322,633, or 10.15 percent for the
year.
2) Loans of $3,145,375, up 10.9
percent, or $309,091.
3) Total savings of $3,056,374,
up by $233,941, or 8.2 percent.
4) Increase of $34,687 in reser
ves to $281,066, up 14 percent, the
reserves reaching a ratio of 9.2
of total savings.
5) Increase of dividend pay
ments during 1961 by $12,636 for
a total dividend payment of $114,
022.
Mrs. Hutchins
Died Wednesday
Mrs. Marjorie Blaniton Huitch
-ins,.Si, died- of leukemia Wed
nesday at 4 p. m. in Baptist Hos
pital, Winsiton-Salem.
She has been hospitalized and
in serious condition for four
months.
She is survived by her hus
band, Jack Hutchins. The couple
was married in August, 1960.
She was formerly an employee
of Mauney Hosiery Company.
lAlso surviving are her parents,
the Rev. and Mirs. J. W. Blaniton;
two sisters, Mrs. Don Day and
Miss Louise Blanton, of Kings
Mountain; and four brothers,
James Blanton, of Shelby, and
Marvin, William and Victor
Blanton, of Kings Mountain.
Funeral plans are incomplete.
Harris Funeral Home is in charge
of funeral arrangements.
Wayne Forsythe
GOP Secretary
CM. Wayne Forsythe, Kings
Mountain chemist for Lithium
| Corporation of America, was e
j looted secretary of Cleveland
County Republicans at the coun
ty convention in Shelby Satur
day.
He succeeds Russell Laughrid
! ge, of Shelby.
The convention delegates re
elected Pierce Cassedy, of Shel
by, chairman, and Mrs. Earle
Moore, of Shelby, vicechairman,
and heard an address by Ken
neth Thomas, chairman of the
10th Congressional GOP organi
zation.
Chairman Cassedy named Jack
Vincent, of Shelby, finance chair
man.
Some 12 Kings Mountain area
citizens attended the convention.
Three Groups
indorse Bonds
The Board of City Commis
sioners, Kings Mountain Mini
sterial Assn., and Kings Moun
tain Lions Club this week en
dorsed the forthcoming $1,100,-"
000 school construction bond
issue, to be decided by voters
of the Kings Mountain school
district March 10.
The commissioners’ action
came at Thursday’s meeting,
the ministerial group taking
the action on Monday. Kings
Mountain Lions unanimous
ly endorsed the issue Tuesday
night.
Numerous clubs and organi
zation! previously lent their
support to the bond issue. They
include: Kings Mountain Ki
wams Club, Grover Lions Club,
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce, Kings Mountain
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
Mayor Kelly Dixon, Number 4
Township Grange, and Kings
Mountain Republican precinct
committees.
Harris To Seek Re-election,
White May Test Morgan Again
352 Registered
For Bond Election
City Tag Sales
Increase To 1339
Sale of 1962 Ciity of Kings
Mountain auto tags had reach
ed 1339 Wednesday, with mo
torists having a day remaining
to buy the tags and display
them before the Thursday night
deadline.
City officials said numerous
motorists will either be las
day customers or face a cita
tion to court, with possible $5
penalty plus court costs.
The city sold about 1800 tags
last year.
The tags sell for $1.
The same dealine applies to
purchase and display of North
Carolina 1962 license plates.
Bloodmobile
Here Friday
The Red Cross blood bank will
oome to Kings Mountain FVidayi
with Red Cross officials hopeful1
a 125-pint-plus quota will be met.
Hours of the one-day visit are
from 11 a. m. until 5 p.m.
Kings Mountain area donors
wLLL >be processed -at Kings Moon*
tain baptist church
Chapter quotas for blood and
schedule of bloodmobile visits for
Ithe fiscal year 1962-63 were set
up at a Sub-Regional meeting in
Lenoir Monday at which two
Kings Mountain chapter officials
were present.
Mrs. J. N. Gamble, executive
secretary, and Mrs. John Ches
hire, Chapter blood program
chairman, attended the meeting.
Because of increased usage, the
Kings Mountain chapter has been
scheduled for seven visits of the
regional blood collecting unit, |
Mrs. Cheshire pointed out. Quota:
for the year is 909 pints of blood, j
which means an increase of 200
pints over the fiscal year 1961-62.
Mrs. Gamble explained that
chapter quotas fox- blood were
set according to the amount used
by the chapter residents during
the period July 1961 through De
cember 1961.
"We appreciate the good re
sponse to the blood program and
call on you again this week for
a good turnout for the bloodmo-l
bile,,’ officials added as they in
vited local donors to visit the
bloodmobile.
Hospital Giant
Bv Duke S2801
Kings Mountain hospital will
receive $2,801 from the Duke En
dowment, result of a recent ap
propriation try trustees of $1,
304,173.32 to North Carolina and;
South Carolina hospitals and'
child care institutions on the ba
sis of their charity work in the
fiscal year which ended Sept. 30,
1961.
In announcing the appropria
tions, Thomas L. Perkins, Chair-;
man of The Endowment, said
they bring to $33,342,444.67 the
amounts given in 37 consecutive
years to help such institutions
finance charity care.
Kings Mountain hospital re
ceived $1,878 in 1960. Cleveland
Memorial hospital at Shelby gets
$6,273 as compared to $512 in
1960 and Royster Memorial at
Boiling Springs. $696 as compar
ed to $512 in 1960.
Current appropriations go to
137 hospitals, 99 in North Caro
lina and 38 in South Carolina,
and 43 child care institn .' -ns 28;
in North Carolina and 15 in Sou-,
th Carolina.
!.!««* Will Visit
At Boiliiuj Spring*
(Members of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club will go to Boiling
Springs Monday night for an in-1
ter-club meeting with the Boiling
Springs Lions cliib.
The Boiling Springs club con-1
venes at Gardner-Webb college
cafeteria at 7 p. m.
GRASS FIRE
City Premen were called to
Piedmont Avenue Wednesday
at 4:30 n. m. to dowse a grass
blaze behind Stowe’s Grocery
eftore. No property damage was
reported.
Two Satuxdays
Remaining
To Register
The fiirst day of registration for
ithe March 10 bond election to de
termine whether Kings Mountain
administrative school unit will
borrow $1,100,000 for school con
struction was brisik, 352 names
■being logged on the poll books
by registrars. Of that number, 50
were from formerly outlying dis
tricts.
At Grover, new registrar Mrs.
W. Fred Cockrell listed 58 voters
registering for the bond election,
while 40 registered at Park
Grace.
Fifty-two voters in the Beth
wane district registered.
In-city wards 'listed the follow
ing figures: Ward 1, 26; Ward 2,
33; Ward 3, 16; Ward 4, 27; and
Ward 5, 100.
No citizen is qualified to vote
in the election unless registered.
A completely new registration
was required by state statute.
Books will be open at the eight
designated polling places on Sat
itrdays, '‘FebrEfary' 17 and 24
March 3 will be challenge day.
Precinct boundaries for citizens
living within the city limits con
form to the City’s five wards.
Citizens Hiving outside the city
limits will register and vote at
the same places as in the May
14, 1960, consolidation election.
Areas include: 1) citizens of the
Grover county precinct will reg
ister and vote at Grover fire sta
tion; 2) voters residing in the
former Bethware school district
will register and vote at Beth
ware school; and 3) all other vo
ters outside the Kings Moun
tain city limits wiiil register and
vote at Park Grace school.
(Registrars on duty at the poll
ing places each Saturday from 9
a. m. to sunset include:
Bethware, Mrs. J. D. Jones;
Grover. Mrs. W. Fred Cockrell;
Park Grace, Mrs. James Clonin
ger; Kings Mountain Ward 1,
city fire station, C. L. Black;
Kings Mountain Ward 2, city
courtroom, R. D. Goforth; Kings
Mountain Ward 3, Phenix Store,
Mrs. Ruth Bowers; Kings Moun
tain Ward 4, Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Company club
room, Mrs. Paul Cole; and Kings
Mountain Ward 5, West Elemen
tary school, Mrs. J. T. McGinnis,
Three Recommended
For Elections Board
Ralph Gilbert and Grawley B.
Cash, of Shelby, and George
Thomaisson, of Kings Mountain,
were recommended Monday as
members of the Cleveland coun
ty Board of Elections by the
county Democratic Executive
Committee.
Their names will be submitted
■to the state Democratic Executive
Committee for final action.
Two of the three will be select
ed for the three-man elections
board. The third is named by the
Republican organization.
Gilbert is presently chairman
of the elections board and Cash
is a member. Mr. Thomasson is
a Kings Mountain attorney.
Terms Of Most
County Officers
End This Yeai
By MARTIN HARMON
Coroner J. Oldie Harris, of
Kings Mountain, will seek re
nomination and re-election to a
fifth four-year term, he said
Wednesday.
It was the first local level po
litical announcement of the cur
rent season, which finds terms
of office expiring for majority of
! county office-holders.
Meantime, Jack H. White, jud
ge of city recorder’s court, said
he is considering opposing again
Senator Robert H. Morgan, of
Shelby, in the May Democratic
primary. Judge White opposed
Senator Morgan two years ago,
losing to the veteran senator by
916 votes.
j Otherwise, there has been little
l outward activity on the Demo
jcrat side of the political fence,
j though county Republicans are
i making efforts to field a team of
county candidates for the first
time in years.
Other office-holders with terms
expiring this year are District
Solicitor B. T. Palls, Sheriff Hay
wood Allen, County Recorder
I Rueben Elam, County Solicitor
j Bynum Weathers, Clerk of Court
| J. W. Osborne and County Treas
urer Mrs. Lillian Newton.
Other terms of office expiring
(are those of County Commission
ers Knox Sarratt and David
Beam, Representative Jack Palm
er, all eon stables and justices of
the peace, and all five members
of the county board of education.
Piling deadline is in mid-April.
City Will Open
Cemetery Street
The board of city commission
ers voted last week to open ano
ther street in Mountain Rest
; oemetery, to convert several
j two-grave lots from potter’s field,
1 hut deferred action on increasing
| the price of tots.
Cemetery Superintendent Sam
■ Suber had previously recommend
'ed a slight increase in price of
'cemetery tots.
The 'board also voted to share
'cost with the Chamber of Com
merce, Home and Kings Moun
tain Savings & Loan associations
! on a supply of new city maps, the
! city to pay half the cost and the
I other organizations one-third
each. Fred Wright, Chamber of
Commerce vice-president, presen
ted the proposal.
In other actions the board:
1) Approved a list of street im
provement assessments.
2) Voted to ask a savings and
loan association appraisal team
to provide an appraisal of a tot
on N. Gaston owned by Melton
Hope and desired for location of
proposed swiitchgear equipment
for the electrical system.
3) Deferred for study a request
by George Moss, water plant su
perintendent, for a tank level
transmitter.
4) Instructed Attorney J. R. Da
vis to check title on a small plot
of land thought to be city-owned
adjacent to East King Esso ser
vice.
5) Instructed Mayor Kelly Dix
on to inform non-purchasers of
privilege licenses that prosecu
tion under the law is anticipated.
OPTIMISTS MEET
The Optimist Club of Kings
Mountain will meet in regular
weekly session Thursday at
7:00 p. m. at First Baptist
Church fellowship hall.
Ausley Says Bible-In-Sdncls
Program In Jeopardy For Future
“If we don’t get more support
of the Bible-in-the-schools pro
gram, there is no alternative but
to cancel it for the coming school
year,” said Dr. Paul K. Ausley,
treasurer of the Ministerial As
sociation Bible committee, Wed
nesday..
Dr. Ajfsley expressed disap
pointment tfrat dvic clubs and ci
tizens had ndt-joined more heart
ily in support dfx<the program,
with insufficient fuhds to meet
committments for the remainder
of this year. '
Dr. Ausley reported he receiv-;
?d only one Contribution this1
week, from Cyri^ Falls, of Dun
edin, Florida.
An additional $818 is needed to
meet expenses for the 1961-62
school year. The funds go to pay
» teacher of Bible In the city
schools system.
“The Bible committee deeply
appreciates all the generous con
tributions made thus far, but we
must raise additional funds. We
haven’t the money to meet the
current year’s expenses," Dr. Aus
ley commented.
The budget allotted for the
program is out of kilter on two
counts: 1) the general statewide
teacher pay increase: and 2) the,
fact that the Bible teacher up
graded her teaching certificate to
an “A.”
.The program is supported en
tirely by the area churches, the
'Ministerial Association, and oth
er contributors in the area.
Other members of the Bible
in-the-schools committee are Dr.
W. L. Pressly and Rev. J. W. j
Phillips. I
RUNNING _ Coroner J. OlUe
Harris said this week he would
be a candidate for re-election.
The veteran coroner is comple
ting his fourth four-year term.
Bond Promotion
Group Formed
City hall courtroom was pack
ed solid Tuesday night, as the
Chamber of Commerce called a
mass meeting for a forum ses
sion on the forthcoming school
consitruction bond issue, and be
gan ito effecutate a working or
ganization for support of the is
sue.
After the forum, chairmen were
, named in each of ithe eight pre
cincts.-.
They are: J. R. Davis, Ward I;
W. D. (Bill) Bennett, Ward If
Charles Mauney, Ward III, Ben
H. Bridges, Ward IV; Dr. W. I,.
Mauney, Dan Finger, Fred Plon'
and Mrs. John Cheshire, Jr., Ward
V; Ward VI, the Grover Lions
club, Woman’s Club and Rescue
squad; Ward VII, the Be'.hware
school COTTOlttea; and Ward
VIII, Bob Mar.er.
Chamber of Commerce Presi
dent Glee A. Bridges conducted
the meeting, emptorrizing the
interest of would-be industrial
and individual citizens in the
caliber of local schools.
In the fomm session, Superin
tendent B. N. Barn or answered
technical questions on cost, need,,
tax impact and other related
questions:
Mr. Barnes commented:
The increase in the district tax
rate to support the $1,100,000 will
probably be between 38 and 40
cents per $100 valuation. He ex
plained that a conference wilti
W. E. Easterling, secretary of the
N. C. Local Government Com
mission, is scheduled Thursday
at which time the various means
of selling the bonis will be dis
cussed. The board will then de
cide on the least expensive way
of issuing them so that the rate
will not be so high and the per
iod of payment will not cause
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Skrnk Project
Claims Spunky
Donna Crawford made a big
sacrifice Wednesday, relinquish
ing “Spunky” to the world of
science. “Spunky” is a skunk —
Donna’s pet for the last year
descended, of course.
“Spunky” was caught near Hie
Shelby Road in a rabbit box by
Lalon Franks and given to Don
na, 12-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Crawford of 116
Lackey Street.
A Gastonia veterinarian de
fumigated the perky oreartuire. Of
the Florida spotted variety, he
has a mottled white pattern In
his fur instead of the prosaic
single white stripe down his
back.
Mr. Crawford sent the skunk
Wednesday afternoon to Hender
son to Walter A. Collett, Instruc
tor of biology at Henderson Insti
tute.
Mr. Henderson has a research
project in progress, endeavoring
to breed the “scent” out of
skunks.
Collett’s theory is that animals
breed out unused glands or ap
pendages over a period of gen
erations, citing the hornless steer
as example. He feels the skunk,
over a period of generations of
not using its scent glands, will
eventually breed out the un
wanted (pet wise) characteristic.
Mr. Crawford says skunks (ac
cording to a pet book in his pos
session) are presently the third
most popular pet In America
First and second are dogs and
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