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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 tngi Mountain Is tirind boa dtf directory etna. The city United State* census of I960. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 15, 1962 Seventy-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS Board Considering Several Sites For High School Craftspun Yarns Expanding, To Begin Knitting Operation LIKELY OPPONENTS -- Carroll Barringer, left of Conover, is the Republican nominee for U. S. Congressman from the 10th district and likely opponent of Rep. Basil L. Whiitener, Democrat who filed Tuesday for re-election to a fourth term in the House. Bulletins GRASS FIRE City firemen were called to Pheaiix Street Tuesday at 3:45 p. m. to douse a grass fire on a vacant lot adjacent to Bur lington Mills. The blaze spread to a pump house (located on the lot, tout no damage estimate fas given by Kings Mountain Fire Department. PERMIT ISSUED A permit was issued Wed nesday to Oraftspun Yarns, Inc to build a one-story cammer cial building on Linwood Road Estimated cost of the plant ad <Hftion is $60,000. OPTIMIST CLUB Kings Mountain Optimists will gather for regular meet ing Thursday night at 7 o’ clock at Cline’s Restaurant. The Optimist club meets week ly HAD SURGERY L. June Cloninger underwent lung surgery Friday at Western North Carolina Sanitarium, Black Mountain, and was re ported doing satisfactorily by a family spokesman Wednes day. He is convalescing in room 306 of the hospital. JAYCEES MEET Kings Mountain Jaycees will hold a general business session and elect officers for the com ing year at the regular meet ing Tuesday at 7:00 p. m. at Kings Mountain Woman’s Club. MEETING SET An open meeting on plans for a mental health clinic will be held at Webb Chapel of Shelby’s First Baptist church Friday night, March 23, at 7:30 p. m. Interested Kings Moun tain area citizens are invited to participate. GRASS FIRE Kings Mountain firemen were called to Shelby Road Wednesday at 3:10 p. m. to douse a grass fire at the Stacy Huff Stickler home. No property damage was reported. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending at noon Wed nesday totaled $153.47, inclu ding $103.32 from on-street me ters, $38 In over-parking fees, and $12.15 from off-street me ters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. Representative Seeks Fourth Term In House U. S. Representative Basil L. Whitener, Democrat of Gastonia, filed for re-election to a fourth term Tuesday. Meantime, Republicans re-con vened their district convention in Gastonia Tuesday night and nominated Cairroll M. Barringer, Catawba county commissioner and former Conover mayor for the same position. It is likely the two will oppose each other in the November gen eral elections. Deadline for filing with the state elections board is Friday. While primary opposition for Mr. Whitener could develope by that time, hone has been indica ted. Republicans customarily nominate by convention mean ing that Barringer won’t be op posed within his own party. In effect, Mr. Whitener is seek ing a new seat, he now, as a re sult of re-districting following ■the 1960 decennial census, resi ding in the 10th district. The new district includes sev en counties, Avery, Mitchell, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, and Gaston. Barringer’s nomination was seconded Tuesday night by Kelly Dixon, Kings Mountain mayor, who opposed Rep. Whitener in (Continue On Page Eight) New Operation Will Create 50-60 New Jobs BY MARTIN HARMON Craftspun Yarns, Inc., has bro ken ground for a 32,000-square foot building to house a knitting operation which will provide in itial employment for from 50 to 60 persons, Manager B. 'H. Lowe has announced. Concurrently, Mr. Lowe con firmed for the first time that Craftspun Yams, Inc., acquired via bid through federal court af ter its former parent went bank rupt, is a division of B. V. D. Company, which produces knit wear and other apparel products and which licenses use of its long-familiar B. V. D. trade name. The new plant here will man ufacture men’s and boys* under shirts, T-Shirts and briefs. The Craftspun Plant, almost completely re-equipped, renova ted and air-conditioned since its purchase by B. V. D., currently is a parn producer. Target date for completion of the new plant is eably June. A three-shift operation is an ticipated and Mr. Lowe said it is hoped a training program for employee prospects Will get un derway April 9. The program will be operated under the State Board bl Public Instruction, VS rational education division. Mr, Lowe said applications for work in the new plant are already be ing received at the Shelby office of the Employment Security commission. All applications should be made through this of fice, he added. Roy Barnes, Gastonia contrac tor, is constructing the new build ing, which will provide almost hallf the floor space (70,000-plus feet) in the present Craftspun building on Lin wood road. The City of Kings Mountain has is sued a building permit for the construction in the amount of $60,000. Mr. Lowe did not list current employment figures. B. V. D. Company was listed on the American Stock Exchange for the first time on February 28. The stock was traded Tuesday at $14 per share. The new building will be air conditioned and the company has requested the city install facili ties to serve the building with natural gas for heating. ON HONOR ROLL Inadvertently omitted from the list of Honor Roll students at Kings Mountain High, .school in last week’s Herald was Carolyn Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jones of the Bethware community. Miss Jo nes is a member of the fresh man class and made all six week’s Honor Roll lists and first semester list. Mis. Aubrey Mauney Is President 0! Southern Conference ULCW Mrs. Aubrey Mauney was e lected president of the Southern Conference of United Lutheran Church Women of North Caro lina at the 41st annual spring conference in Gastonia Saturday. (Long active in ohurchwork and civic and community affairs, Mrs. Mauney is a past piesident of the North Carolina Federation of Woman’s Clubs and is incom ing president of Kings Mountain Woman’s dub. She has also ser ved the Lutheran church locally and state-wide in a number of capacities. Mrs. Mauney succeeds Mrs. Ro bert R. Rhyne of Charlotte. Oth er new officers are Mrs. J. R. Timmerman of Gastonia, re-elec ted as vice-president; Miss Jean Ramsey of LSncolnton, re-elected as treasurer; and Mrs. Heman Hall of Cherryvilie, secretary. The 300 women attending Sat urday’s meeting heard Mrs. N. EsrI Townsend of Hickory, wife of a Lutheran missionary to Ar gentina as featured sneaker. Women from Kings Mountain’s two Lutheran churches attended. Delegates from the ULCW of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church were Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Mrs. S. A. Mauney, Mrs. E C. Cooper, Mrs. F. R. Summers, Mrs. S. A. ELECTED--Mrs. Aubrey Mauney wen elected Saturday to bead the Southern Conference ot Lutheran Church Women for the coming yea.'. Crouse, Miss Annie RudisiU and Mrs. L. EL Hinnant. Resurrection church was repre sented by Mrs, C. Q, Rhyne, Mrs E. B. Canan, Mrs. George Moore, and Miss Maggte Bennett. | WINS CLUB HONOR •• J. Harold Coggins, named by his fellow Kiwanians as “Mr. Kiwanian", is pictured above as he received a certificate at the Thursday night civic club meeting. Haroll Coggins Kiwanian Of Year wr~-^A~i v :-V’ : ~r~-* . -A Charter Member Is Recipient Of Clnb Award ! Harold Coggins, secretary treasurer of Cooper’s Inc., and charter member of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club, has been awarded the club’s service scroll as “Mr. Kiwanian of 1961.” j Second Kiwanian so honored, Mr. Coggins was presented the award at the club’s Charter I Night banquet, a ladies night af fair, last Thursday by John L. McGill, first recipient of the a ward inaugurated last year. Attendance award's for 1961 .were also presented. Hn an address laced with both seriousness and facetious humor, Mr. McGill categorized the hon oree as a “faithful and loyal Ki wanian - indeed a genuine friend.’’ Mr. Coggins is a native of Simpsonvil'le, S. C., who grew up in Gaffney, S. C., where he play ed bass horn in the high school band, editeu the annual, and was the baseball team’s second-base man for four years. He has been a citizen of Kings Mountain since 1935, when he came here to manage Cooper Furniture Company. He was mar- j ried to Octavia Crawford in 1941, subsequently spent four years in the army in World War II, in cluding duty in France. Follow ing his war service, his furniture firm purchased the former D. F. Hord Furniture Company and incorporated it, with Mr. Cog gins as an officer, general mana ger and stockholder. Continually active in church and civic affairs, Mr. Coggins is a past president of the Kings; Mountain Merchants association, has held numerous church offi ces, and is currently a deacon and treasurer of Kings Mountain Baptist church. He is a past president of the Kiwanis elUb and for the past se veral years has served as club secretary. He has been the sue cessful chairman of numerous club projects, and, on Thursday night, was awarded a pin for 14 (Continued On Page Eight) : IN NEW POST - Charles H. Moss assumed the post of resident manager of Jacquard Fabrics. Inc.. Morganton. Monday. He was formerly an employee of the Neisler Mills Division of Mass achusetts Mohair Plush Com pany, Inc. Reservations Asked For Retailer Party Reservations for the annual employee-employer banquet of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association are requested by Friday, Mrs. Luther Joy, associ ation secretary said thh» week. The banquet will be held at the Woman’s club the evening of March 23rd. Principal speak er will be A. Y. Edward', Ford Motor Company representative in Chartotte. New association officers will be installed. The retailer party customari ly attracts a large crowd. LIONS ZONE MEETING 1. dinner meeting of Zone 3, Region 1 Lions district 31-C will be held Thunsday night at 7 o’clock at Kings Mountain Country Club, Chairman Geor ge Thomasson has announced. Official Results Rmgr Mountain Administrative Unit School Bond Election, March 19,1862 | POLLING PLACE I ( WARD I WARD II j WARD HI j WARD IV WARD V ! or6veh i PARK GRACE BETHWAEE , TOTAL : forH 131 | 208 | ; ' ' '• 206 '! ' ~ 201 j .458 | 151. J _ 298 .. 447. J •2,103 j “’Mife AGAINST '., ' 44 . 42 5'J " -54 133 ■ , 271 115 300 -F 1,006 TOTAL VOTE' 175 | __ 251 _( _~257 jtf_. 358 593 7 1422 „' | 435 749 . . 1120 Voters Appro ve School Bond Proposal By 2 To 1 Margin Bond Proposal ; Is Approved 2103 To 1009 Kings Mountain area votes, 3120 sltrong, went to the polls Saturday and voted by slightly more than a 2 to 1 majority ap- j proval of a proposal to issue $1, 100,000 in school district bonds for new construction. The vote was 2103 for the pro posal, 1009 against. Balloting in eight precincts, the voters took advantage of pleasant weather to cast their ballots, though rain began a bon' the time the polls closed at 6:30 p. m. I Seven of the eight precincts gave favorable votes to the bond issuance, only Grover disapprov-j ing by a margin of 271 to 151. Kings Mountain citizens ro-; turned 1207 votes for the pro posal, only 323 against, a margin of better than 3 to 1. Areas of the district outside the city li mits voted 896 for the bonds, 686 against, a margin not quite 4 to 3. The 210 majority favoring the bond proposal was less than the margin of 246 whereby the areas adiacenit to the city voted in May 1960 to join the Kings Mountain school district. Grover, in the consolidation election, returned a majority of 205 against joining the district, only 120 against is suance of the bonds. Principal aim of the bond pro posal, as stated by the board of J education, is the building of a high school plant. Much campaigning activity orior to the election continued through election day. Opponents' of the proposal had waged an intensive advertising campaign, j through newspaper and radio, • urging defeat of the bonds. Pro ponents replied in kind, empha-' sizing need for classroom space, and other facilities. Proponents had a well-manned organization at each precinct on election. School pupils passed out leaflets of a board of educa tion statement to voters coming to the polls, and each precinct was manned with a team of citi zens in a get-out-the-vote effort. Telephone calls went to all reg istered voters, from previously prepared lists, reminding them to -ast their ballots. Of the 3592 registered, more than 86 percent east ball lotis. Mosie On Buard 01 Lowman Home The Reverend George T. Moore, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran Church, has been elec ted to the Board of Trustees of Lowman Home at White Rock, S. C. At the recent meeting of the executive meeting of the Luther an Synod of North Carolina, Mr. Moore was elected to fill the un expired term of the Reverend C. P. Pisher, Jr., who moved out of the Synod last month. Mr. Moore will serve until the 1963 conven tion. The Lowman home is a home for the aged, supported bv the Southern Synods of the United Lutheran Church in America, with a number of residents being from the North Carolina area. CANDIDATES--David Beam, top, seeks re-election to the county board of commissioners from District 3, and Crawley Cash, Shelby lawyer, is a candidate for judge of county recorder's court. County Politics Remains Quiet Political activity at the county level was quiet during the past week, being prioipally limited to the expected announcement by Shelby lawyer, B. T. Falls, Jr., that he will seek re-election as 16th District solicitor, and an nouncement by Chairman Knox Sarratt, of the County board of commissioners, that he will not seek re-election. Ralph Elliott already announ ced he would be a candidate for Sarratt’s Democratic nomination as District 5 commissioner. ■At the moment, there are only two countv-wide contests. Two Shelby lawyers, Joe F. Mull, and Crawley B. Cfish, seek the Democratic nomination for Judge of recorder’s court, a posi tion being vacated by Judge Rue ben Elam, and Dick Lackey and Lyndon Hobbs, also two Shelby attorneys, are seeking the county solicitor’s seat, 'being vacated by Bynum Weathers, who is ill. Seeking re-elections are: David Beam, county commis sioner from District 3. J. W. (Bill) Osborne, clerk of Superior Court. J. Ollie Harris, county coroner J Haywood Allen, sheriff. Charles Ford, Number 4 Town ship constable. J. Lee Roberts, Number 4 Township magistrate. All are Democrats. {Continued On Page Eight) City Names Armory Commission Obtains Option On Hope Property The city board of commission ers has appointed a five-man commission for administration of the new National Guard arm ory, soon to be completed. Named to the committee were Capt. Humes Houston, comman ding officer of the National Guard company, Ben H. Bridges, from the city commission, J, 05 lie Harris, mem'ber-at-large. and ♦he mayor and city clerk, ex of ficio. The appointment resolution, adopted by the city commission, specifies that the armory com mission is to purchase furnish ing's for the armory, employ per sonnel required to administer it, to establish rental fees and set other policies concerning armory use by public groups. The board also: 1) Approved the paving of Castlewood Road, from Sherwood Lane to Shelby road, if and when funds become available, 2) Voted to obtain option (ob tained this week) from Melton Hope for a lot on N. Gaston street as a site for installation of electrical switch-gear equip ment. 3) Voted to install a main wa ter line and fire hydrants to ser ve Craftspun Yarns, Inc..- new plant now under construction. 4) Instructed the Mayor to obtain cost estimates on air-con ditioning the fire department quarters and police department offices. 5) Took no action on a Craft spun request for service v'a a high oressure natural gas line 6) Received a request from Carson D. Finley, a sign painter, that the city include in its priv ilege license ordinance a provis ion taxing sign painters. 1S63 Occupancy Of New Flant Is Bsazd Mm BY DAVID BAITY Board of education members, in the wake of Saturday’s favor able vote on a $1.1 million .school construction bond proposal a greed Monday to proceed imme diately toward obtaining a sate for a new high school plant. The board has under option a prospective 73-acre site on Phifer Road, but has some five others under consideration. Permission was obtained Tues day from Marvin Goforlh for sur vey work ito be done on a site un der consideration on Shelby Rioad. The plot is near Kings Mountain Country Club, just out side Kings Mountain city limits. The board also noted sites on York Road, Cherryville Road, yet another on Phifer Road, arid on; near the Margrace Mill village are being Inspected. Supt. Barnes said Monday off cia'ls of the Division of Plamnr) of the State Board of Public ltv struct ion had been ill touch with him Monday morning. He said their recommendations on locat ing the new school will be forth coming soon. Board members said they were very pleased with the 1094 vote margin in favor of the bond is sue* but expressed regw*.. the Grover pmefnet voted again.! the bonds. The Grover vo> was 151 in favor of issuance, 271 a* gainrlf. The precinct was the lone opposer of the issue. Fred Plonk, chairman (A the school board, said Wednesday,. “The board is very pleased, with the outcome of the election and we wish to thank all those who worked most diligently tor the bond Issue. We were confident all along that the bond issue would be passed, but the board of education is really rfea-'-e t wilth the large malnrittv vote. We are looking forward to the time in the future when the new building will be ready for occii. paney.” Mr. Plonk noted the board has ita sights sot on occuoancv rf the building by the 19G3-61 school term. High school population. ac (reding to pre ent enrollmen4 with no gain and no loss, sbo»l .stand at 1200 at that time. Supt. Barnes said Monday he regretted the negative vo'e in Grover. He noted many oeonie had worked very bant to he election there. “I know it’s a disappointment for them,'’ ■ ■lie said. “We only hone we can work together and bring a building program that will n’^a-e our en tire district,” he said. Sale of bonds will pro*4ah?v not be made for several] month’. Schedule for sale will be set bv the local government com mission. u iaw.u s SIDELIGHTS ! r Saturday’s election was set tled by 7:30 Saturday night with completion of the tabula tions from the Betbware pre cinct, even though the results from Park Grace and Grover precincts had not been comple ted. Bethware’s 147 margin fa voring the bond proposal, add ed to the -Kings Mountain to tals, meant that the proposal was approved, there being in sufficient registrants in the re maining boxes to defeat the proposal. * * ' * ■Election officials earn there meager pay. Mrs. Charles Bal lard, Ward 5 judge, had arisen at 5 a. m., had breakfast, and was on duty prior to the 6:30 opening hour. By 9:15 she was yearning for a piece of butter ed toast. ,.. • * * Mrs. Paul Cole, registrar at Ward 4, arose an hour earlier at 4 a. m. It wasn't planned that way, as the alarm was mistakenly set an hour earlier than -it should have been. 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