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VOL 73 No. 10
Rings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 8, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
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PRICE TEN CENTS I
Morgan,Palmer
Are Candidates
CANDIDATES_Sen. Robert Mor
gan, top. Rep. Jack Palmer, cen
ter, and Township Magistrate J
Lee Roberts are seeking re-elec
tion, subject to the May Demo
cratic primary.
Shelby High
Cost 81,066,252
Shelby’s new high school cost
$1,066,232.50, Superintendent
Malcolm Brown informed the
Herald Wednesday.
Supt. Brown wrote the Herald
that he had received numerous
telephone calls from Kings Moun
tain district citizens posing the
question.
He listed these breakdowns:
iFtor site and improvements,
$86,303.96; general contract, $612,
030.99; heating, lighting and
plumbing, $247,481.95; fees, $45,
227:80; furniture and equipment,
$75,157.80.
Supt. Brown wrote, “This con
tract was let January 15, 1960.
The building includes 101,000
square feet and will care for ap
proximately 1000 students. Our
plant does not include a large
auditorium,’ but does include a
, small auditorium or multi-pur
pose room.”
'He continued, ‘T hope that this
information will answer any
questions from any of the Kings
Mountain patrons in regard to
the cost of our plant. I trust that
patrons of the K' ncs Mountain
School District will face ui> to
their educational responsibilities
and give an overwhelming ma
jority in favor of the uocoming
bond issue this Saturday.”
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter ireceiots for
the week en4in<r Wendeedav at
. noon totaled $194 60. including
$110.90 from on-street meters,
$61 in over-parking fees and
$12.70 from off-(street meters,
City Clerk *» McDaniel re
ports.
Legislators
Ash Re-election;
Roberts Files
Cleveland County’s state legis
lative delegation is seeding re
election.
Both Senator Robert F. Mor
gan and Representative Jack
Palmer announced (Wednesday
they will toe candidates subject
to the May Democratic primary.
J. Lee Roberts, veteran Num
ber 4 Township justice of the
peace, also filed his candidacy
this week.
Sen. Morgan will be seeking a
sixth term as 27th district sena
tor, Rep. Palmer a third as Cle
veland representative.
Both are Shelby citizens, Mr.
Morgan a seed and feed dealer,
and Mr. Palmer a mortician.
Sen. Morgan said, “For the past
ten years I have endeavored to
represent the majority feeling of
my county and district. I believe
my experience and seniority will
be beneficial. If re-elected I pled
ge to continue to serve on the
same basis. My record and votes
are an open book and I base my
candidacy solely on the record.”
(President pro tempore of the
Senate in 1959, he has served as
chairman of several major com
mittees, among them agriculture,
rules, counties, cities and towns,
congressional re-districting, and
was vice-chairman Of the special
commission for building a new
legislative building.
He was one of seven senators
voting “no” on the final reading
Of the food tax bill.
Rep. Palmer commented, “Ii
have enjoyed serving the people!
of Cleveland county, have tried
to represent their wishes, and
will continue this policy should
they see fit to return me to the
House of Representatives.”
Rep. Palmer was a member of,
the appropriations sub-commit
tee at the recent session, also
served on congressional re-dis
tricting, public utilities, public
welfare, and roads and highways
committees.
Mr. Roberts, a Kings Mountain
barber, has served as justice of
the peace for many years.
Prayer Day
Pites Friday
The Kings Mountain high
school Bible Class, under the di
rection of Mrs. Cal Fisher, will
present a pageant as a highlight,
of World Day of Prayer servi-;
ees Friday at 4 p. m. at Grace
Methodist church,
An annual observance sponsor
ed by Kings Mountain ehurchwo
men, the service is community
wide.
For citizens who can’t attend
the afternoon program a short
service will be held from 12 noon
until 12:15 at Kings Mountain
Baptist church. Rev. Marion Du
Bose will lead the service.
Negro citizens will gather at
7:30 p. m. at St. Paul Methodist
church, Mrs. Roy Brown will
lead the program.
Committee on arrangements
for World Day of Prayer services
here includes: Mrs. Paul Hen
dricks, chairman; Mrs. Earl Led
ford, Mrs. Louis Sherer, Mrs. An
dydy Huffstetler, Mrs. Boyce Ea
ker, Mrs. H. M. Broadwater and
(Continued On Page Ten) I
SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS_Pictured are win
ners in the Science Fair held Friday at First
Presbyterian Church recreation hall under
sponsorship of the Kings Mountain High
School Science Club. Top row, left to right are
Carol Jean Goter, Kenneth Barnes, and Anne
Slater, first, second, and third place winners in
the senior physical science division; and Jack
Howard, Sara Goforth, and Jane Smith, first
second and third place winners in the senior
biological science division. Bottom row left to
right are Annie Williams, Larry Logan, and
Neil Hilliard, first, second and third place win
ners in the junior biological science division;
and Jan Williams, Jimmy Falls and Mickey
Bell, and Jackie Dunn, first second and third ,
place winners in the junior physical science di
vision,
Hanis-Teeter
Aims At June
Completion
Construction of the new quar
ters for Harris-Teeter Supermar
ket’s Kings Mountain store start
ed Monday afternoon as ground
was broken on the E. King Street
site.
Opening in the new quarters is
slated for June, W. L. Teeter, ex
ecutive vice-president of the
chain, said Wednesday.
The new building, of brick and
cement block construction, will
have 10,000 square feet of floor
space. An ample parking area
will front the store.
General contractors for the
building is Buirrough Construc
tion Company, of Charlotte.
The new store will feature a
refrigerated produce counter and
dairy bar and a complete self
service meat department.
"The new building will be
completely modern throughout
to offer Kings Mountain folk
more items from which to
choose and greater shopping con
venience,” Mr. Teeter said.
VFW DANCE *
A dance will be held Satur
day from 8:30 - 12:00 p. m. at
the VFW lodge, the public in
vited, Commander Paul Dover
announced Wednesday. Admis
sion is $1.50 per couple, cou
ples only admitted. Dance mu
sic will be furnished by “The
Southerner”.
AR PChurch Has 86th Anniversary;
Denominational History Reviewed
By ANNE J. HARMON
! Expecting to occupy their new
educational building on Edge
mont Drive soon, members ol
Boyce Memorial ARP church
heard their minister, Dr. W. L.
Pressly, give a summary of the
history and the beliefs of the de
nomination at the -morning wor
ship hour Sunday, i i_;
The occasion was the 86th an
niversary of the local church, or
ganized March 4, 1876.
I Of Soot descent, the Associ
ate Reformed Presbyterian chur
ch was founded in Philadelphia
in 1782, a merger of the organi
zation of Associates and the
Covenant church or "Reformers'',
the latter group having gathered
60000 strong in 1688 to sign the
- Solemn League tod Covenant, a
document which stated that the
signers would defend their re
ligion with arms if necessary.
IDr. Pressly said that these
groups had previously broken
with the established church for
three reasons.
1) I>issatifaction with the Body
of Government which was not
following the Confession of Fai
jth.
2) The fact that they had au
tomatically been made members
lot the Church of England.
3) Law of patronage under
which they had no voice in chur
ch affairs.
This newly formed group foun
ded the second seminary to be
inillt in the United States in die
state of New York, and was ei
ght years predecessor .to Prince
tan Seminary and twenty years
/Continued on Page 10)
Local News
Bulletins
MOORE TO SPEAK
Rev. George T. Moore, pastor,
Resunredtion Lutheran church,
will speak ait Friday’s 1 p. m.
assembly program at Kings
Mountain high school.
TO MEETING
i Canl Goforth, evangelism
chairman, and Rev. George T.
j Moore, pastor, of Resurrection
! Lutheran church will attend a
meeting at Church of the Re
deemer, Charlotte, Sunday af
| iternoon to arrange plans for an
evangelism mission.
YOUTH PROGRAM
Young people of Second Bap
tist church will present, "Mar
! riage Drama”, ait Sunday ev
ening services at 7 p. m. Young
people of ti»e community axe
invited to be special guestis at
the service which is being con
OPTIMIST 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.
NO FIRES
Kings Mountain Fire Depart
ment had no alarms during the
past week, according to a re
port Wednesday by Fireman C.
D. Ware.
PERMIT ISSUED
A permit was issued Monday
to Q. & Q. Construction Com
pany to build a one-rftory
| dwelling on Bridges Drive. Es
timated cost of the five-room
i houise is $5,000.
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
j Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM
will be held at Masonic Hall
Monday night at 7:30, accord
ing to announcement by T. D.
Tindall, secretary.
ON DEAN'S LIST
Edward E Ledford, Kings
Mountain senior at Wake Fer
es* college; was listen on the
dean’s list for che fall semes
ter. Mr. Ledford is enrolled ih
the school of Business Admin
Goter, Howard
Senior Winners
At Science Fair
Carol Jean Goter and Jack
Howard, Kings Mountain High
school seniors, copped top hon
ors in the senior physical and
biologtioal divisions of the Scien
ce Fair held Friday alt First Pres
byterian church recreation hall
under sponsorship of the high
school Science Club.
First place honors in the jun
ior division wenit to Jan Will
iams, physical divsion, and An
nie Williams, biological division.
The entries were four of 134
placed on exhibit by students
from grades seven (through twel
ve.
Due to lack of space in the
schools, the fair was held in the
recreation hall of First Presby
terian Church.
An estimated 2500 people
viewed the projects.
Miss Goter's project, “The Re
lationship of Cosmic Ray Count
to Weather”, concluded the cos
mic counts does not affect the
weather.
Jack Howard took for his the
me “The Effects of a Stimulus”
while Jan Williams’ project was
on “Rocks and Mnderals of the
Kings Mountain area.” Annie
Williams exhibited a biological
display on insects.
Other senior division winners
included Kenneth Barnes,
‘Transmitting Sound by light”,
second place, and Anne Slater,
Fractional Crystallization”, third
place, in physical division; Sara
(Continued On Page Ten)
Rites Conducted
For Miss Wells
Funeral rites for Miss Dorothy
Wells, 55, were held Monday af
ternoon at 4 o’clock from Har
ris Funeral Home Chapdl, inter
ment following in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Miss Wells, Kings Mountain
beautician for fourteen years
and former owner of Modern
Beauty Shop, died Saturday night
in the local hospital after an ill
ness of several months.
A native of Cleveland County,
she was a daughter of the late
Sarah Dillingham and Morris
Gaines Wells, and a member of
Kings Mountain Baptist church.
She was a graduate of Farah’s
Beauty Academy of Rock Hill,
S. C.
Survivors include a brother,
Deward Wells of Bennettsville,
S. C., and three sisters, Mrs. D.
L. Sharpe of Rock Hill. S. C.,
Mrs. J. B. Gibbons of Blacksburg,
S. C, and Mrs. Fred Herndon of
King's Mountain.
Rev. Marion Du Bose, assisted
by Rev. D. F. Callahan, officiated
at the final rites.
Active pallbearers were Nevette
Hughes, W. -T. Weir, Tam Tate,
Clayvon Kelly, Harold Crawford
and Harold Coggins.
J. Bun Patterson
Dies Wednes lay
Funeral Friday
Fox Dairyman,
Businessman
John Bun Patterson, 8*4, Pat
terson Grove farmer and busi
nessman, died suddenly at his
home at 3:30 Wednesday after
noon of a heart attack.
Though in declining health for
several years his death was un-,
expected.
Funeral rites Will be conducted
at Patterson Grove Baptist chur
ch, of which he was a member
and former deacon, at 3 o’clock
Friday afternoon.
The body will be taken to the
home at 4 o’clock Thursday after
noon and will lie in state at the
church for half-hour prior to the
final rites.
'For many years a retail dairy
man, Mr. Patterson continued his
dairying interests as a wholesale
producer after leaving the retail
field. He was also active in oth
er phases of farming and other
'business enterprises.
A Cleveland County native, he
was a son of the late Ira and
Angelina Whitesides Patterson. !
Surviving are his wife, Annie
Carroll Patterson, three sons,
Paul Patterson, Lloyd Patterson
and Eugene Patterson, all of
Kings Mountain; and five dau
ghters, ' Mrs. Floyd Thornburg,
Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Horace
Bell and Mrs. Frank Hamrick, all
of Kings Mountain, and Mrs.
Gilbert HOrd, of Hickory.
iFive brothers and three Sisters
survive, Dewitt Patterson, I.
Grady Patterson, A. Hunter Pat
terson, and R. Price Patterson,
all of Kings Mountain, and Wray,
Patterson. Dawson, Ga., and Mrs.
C. S. Plonk, Sr., Mrs. A. P. Falls,
and Mrs. Lee McGill, all of Kings
Mountain.
Also surviving are 14 grand
children and six great-grandchil
dren.
The funeral rites will be con
ducted by Rev. Fred Hicks and,
Rev. Bruce Norwood, with burial
following in the church ceme
tery.
3124ft Collected
?or Heart Fnnd
ted for the Heart: Fund, Heart
A total of $1,240.73 was collec
SuntJay contributions netting
$701.23, treasurer Boyce Gault
said Wedne day. i
Chairman Tom Dropperi asks
that anyone who wishes to mal e
a contribution but has not done
so to forward the donation to the
treasurer at Fir.it Union National
Bank.
The work done by the Heart
Sunday volunteers war. commen
dable and the resnonse of the
community was greatly apprecia
ted,” Mr. Droppers said.
Proceeds from the Heart Fun'’
solicitation go <to the national
foundation for research into the
cause and cure of heart disease,
America's number one kilter.
HEADS MERCHANTS Glee E.
Bridges, Kings Mountain hard
wareman.is new president of the
Kings Mountain Merchants As
sociation. He will be installed at
the annual retailer banquet
March 23.
Bridges Heads
Retailer Group
Glee Edwin Bridges, Kings
Mountain hardwareman, was e
lected president of the Kings
Mountain Merchants Association
in menilber - balloting this week.
Mr. Bridges, who will be in
stalled at the March 23 employ
ee-employer banquet, will suc
ceed Bill Jonas as the association
head.
Other officers, named in a
Close race, were Harry Page,
vice-president; and B. S. Peeler,
Jr., Ben H. Bridges, Dick McGin
nis and Mrs. Sue Young, direc
tors.
A. Y. Edwards, representative
of Ford Motor Company of Char
lotte, will be principal speaker
for the annual association 'ban
quet at 7 p. m. March 23rd at
the Woman’s club.
Installation of new officers and
directors will be a feature of the
program.
Lithium To Give
Award To Senior
Lithium Corporation of .Ameri
ca will present a $200 achieve
ment award to the high school
senior child of an 'hourly rated
employee, who compiled highest
average in required subjects of
study during his entire high
school course.
Announcement of the award,
Which the company said it in
tends to continue in future years,
was made this week.
Purpose of the award, the
comlpany said, is to stimulate in
terest in scholastic achievement
and assist deserving students in
future educational pursuits.
The initial award will be made
at the end of the school year.
To be eligible, a student’s par
ent must have been an employee
for two years prior to Anril 1. No
award will be given unless the
top average is a minimum of 85,
(Continued On Page Ten)
Stephen Kesler Is Awarded Wilson
Fellowship To Graduate School
Stephen E. Kesler, Kings
Mountain senior at the Universi
ty of North Carolina, is recipient
of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
for a year of graduate study.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
1 L. Kesler of Kings Mountain, he
is one of 19 North Carolinians
jwho have been elected Fellows
! for 1962-63.
Each Fellowship awarded cov
ers a full year’s tuition a^.d fees
at a graduate school of the fel
low's choice and a living allowan
ce of $1500. This year’s winners
of fellowships were elected by
15 regional commit toes from 9 •
975 candidates nominated from
965 colleges. Of some 2 500 inter
viewed, 1,407 received honorable
mention in the competition,
The 1.068 awards for first year
graduate study announced this
week by Sir Hugh Taylor, presi
dent of the Woodrow Wilson Na
tional Fellowship Foundation, re
present the culmination of the
first . five-year pipgTam made
possible* by a’ Ford Foundation
(Continued on Page 10)
WINS FELLOWSHIP _ Slepfaei
E. Keeler, Kings Mountain sen
ior at the University ol Nortl
Carolina has won a Woodrov
Wilson fellowship lor a year o
graduate study,
is
Challenge way
Activity Slight
For Bond Vote
BY MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain administrative '
school district citizens .— cw, at
least, the 3591 officially register
ed — will go to the poOls Satu
day to determine whether the di
trict shall 'borrow $1,100,000 ft .
new construction:
The total of officially register,
ed citizens dropped toy four on
Challenge Day last Saturday, all
challenged off the hooks of Beth
ware precinct. J. M. Lackey, Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. McFarland and
Miss Mary McFarland were found
not residents of the school dis
trict, though a portion of the
Lackey and McFarland farms in
Numjbcr 5 township are in the
school district.
Ail other registrars reported
no challenging activity.
The polls will open at 6:30 a.
m. and will clone at 6:30 p. m.
Essentially the 'bond issue pro-'
posal is earmarked toy the toorurd
of education for use in tariffing
RTDE TO POLLS
Kings Mountain Legionnaires ■
will provide free trahopcwbvrton
to the polls for Saturday's ■
school bond election. Voters
wishing transportation should
call the American Legion,
Phone 739-9939.
a consolidated high sMhoofl plan
to serve the entire district.
Saturday's election Will- cuimi
nate the long sequence of events
beginning with the effort, of for
mer county district patrons to
consolidate most of Number 4
township and part of Number 5
Township into the Kings Moun
tain district, including the favor
able consolidation vote of May
14, I960, and subsequent efforts
of dissidents to abi-oirate the e
lection, both by litigation and
legislative act.
Overtones of the consolidation
fight have been refl priced in the
campaigning for and against Sat
urday’s bond issue proposal.
'However, Observers report, then;
have been switches on both sSd«
of the consolidation issue. sc*ne
against consolidating sumwttoig
the bond proposal, some favoring
the con sol Via t ion opposing the
bond proposal.
Registration activity . began
slowly, with only 352 re-distervog
on the first dav the hooks wrn
ooen. Registration was heavy ttoc
fol lowfng two weeks.
Opoosition forces have concen
trated their fire in advertt^ng,
both newspaper a-od rafSip, chal
lenging necessitv *"'>r tbp
of monev oro^rsed. Challem'Vng
tax increase estimates, and other
contentions of forces favoring
the proposal.
The board of education states
in an advertisement in todnvS
issue of the Herald a high school
plant and other reo-V'd ronst'"’ac
tion cannot be provided unless
the bonds a"e approve f. }
The anti-forces have heen led
by an unidentified • “taxpayer’s
committee.”
The bond trwx>r»t has, th- cm.
dorsemert of v‘"fua"’-r every or.
ganization in the distr'-t. pm
latest to endo-sp pe'err rVfs T).
Green Post J55. Arpcb'-an 1 ee'-vs,
at last Fridav’s moot hi; ineet'mtr.
Others include G^o'-e" 11 e-;s
club. BeC’hware P'-ov~es<d''e <Tih,
Kincs Mountain Min'ste-'al asso
ciation, Number 4 TV«*msh'T)
Grange, King's Mountain rthnm
<Continued on Page 10)
Sr1*^ F^rtS^
Following are facts eon pern,
ing Saturday’s Kings Moun
tain .school district bond elec*
tio.n:
Polls o’Sen 6-3h a. m.
Polls close 6:30 p. m.
Eligible voters: . AH rtV’.Vfc
tered v'-tem rrv>91l wilVv’n t.b?
boundaries of the Kings Moun
tain administrative school unit,
Question __ For or agaiinrt
issuance of S1-1 mill'mis >n
bonds for erecting, enia.rc^rm,
aMeclng a nr] pauiooiog of
school buildings and for thfc
purchase of sites, and foe levy
ing of a tax for payment there
of.
Number of polling places_^
eitrht.
Eolation of not Png niece".
Ward 1. r‘‘v JTa'i f!ee
Vrar,t ? r‘ v T’oll
Ward 3, Parkdalc Store; Wani
4, Kings Mountain Mannfne
tucing clu’vxwrn;
Ward 5, Won- ; V'e,rrt fi
Park Grace school: Ward 7,
Berth ware school; Ward S, Gib
ver fi-p station.
Basis of decision __ Makwrtty
of votes cast
Predicted vorte_ 3000 »ar
rived at by averaging guesses.
of proponents end opponents#.