VOL. 73 No. 13
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 29, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Pages
Today
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
TUi figure for Greater lings Mountain U derived from
the 195S Oagi Mountain city directory census. The dty
limits figure is irons the United States census od 1980.
By-Pass Project Will Hinge On Progress Of 1-26
Tillie Arrowood
Killed In Wreck
Local News
Bulletins
i KIWANIS CLUB
j The Kiwanis club committee
on support of churches in spir
itual aims will present Thurs
day night’is program at regular
meeting of the Kiwanis club.
The club convenes at 6:45 p.
m. at the Woman’s Club.
FIRE
City firemen were called to
the J. E. Herndon Company
last Thursday at 4:15 p. m. to
douse a fire in some cotton
waste material. Fireman N. M.
Farr listed the damage as sli
ght but could give no estimate
pending insurance adjustment.
RADIO SERVICES
Moaning worship services
during the month of April will
be broadcast via Radio Station
WKMT from Kings Mountain
Baptist church. Rev. Marion
DuBose’s Sunday morning ser
mon topic is, "The Cain With
in Us."
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday at
noon itotaled $169.33; including
$109 from on-street meters, $48
from overparking fees, and
$12.95 from off-street meters,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel re
ported.
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Booth W. Gillespie, who suf
fered a stroke of paralysis
three weeks ago, was reported
slightly improved this week.
'He is undergoing therapy at
Rehabilitation Hospital, Char
lotte.
Ware Heads
Advisory Group
Cameron Ware has been elect
ed chairman of the Advisory
'Committee for the Kings Moun
tain department of vocational
agriculture.
Other officers elected at the
meeting at Bethware school were
Stough Wright, vice-chairman;
Myens Hambright, secretary; and
Paul Hambrighlt, treasurer.
Other members present were H.
K. Dixon, Tom Hamrick, Lamar
Herndon, John W. Patterson, and
(Jim Yarbro. Harry E. Jaynes,
Kings Mountain high school
principal, met with the group.
The purpose of the meeting
was to make plans for Agri
cultural Technology education.
The 'group discussed possibili
ties of organizing adult educa
tion classes which will be taught
by specialists recommended by
the committee. Two courses dis
cussed most were farm manage
ment and welding.
'Area farmers interested in
these and other courses contact
any member of the committee or
the high school.
Mrs. Heath's
Rites Conducted
'Final rites for Mrs. Nellie Up
church Heath, 54, wife of Frank
E. Heath, were held Wednesday
afternoon from Faith Baptist
church, of which she was a mem
‘ber.
Mrs. Heath died in the local
hospital at 11:30 p. m. Sunday
following illness of about two
moths. She was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. John Up
church.
She is survived by her hus
band, a son, Frank E. Heath, Jr.,
of Kings Mountain: three dau
ghters, Mrs. Fred Tatham and
Mrs. Margaret Summey of Gas
tonia and Mrs. Marvin Upchur
ch of Kings Mountain; two bro
thers, J. C. Upchurch and ithett
Upchurch of Gaffney, S. C.; a
sister, Mrs. Hattie Thomas of
Blacksburg, S. C.; 13 grandchll
dren and a great-grandchild.
FUneral rites were conducted
by Rev. Flay Payne and inter
ment was in Mountain Rest cem
etery.
Head-on Clash
NearMorganton
Fatal To Two
IMiss Tillie Elizabeth Arrowood,
20, of Kings Mountain, and Ray
mond Keiith Cash, 25, of Cow
pens, S. C. were killed Sunday
night near Morganton when the
Fiat Cash was driving and an
other vehicle crashed vBtually
head-on.
Boith were students at Appala
chian State Teachers college, as
were three other passengers in
the Fiat, all of whom were hos
pitaflized.
Still listed in critical condition
Tuesday was Mrs. Margaret Le
wis Metcalf, route 5, Shelby,
while less seriously injured were
Patricia Ann Navey, Shelby, and
Mary Tamara Cornwell, Route 2,
Kings Mountain. All are patients
at Valdese General Hospital.
Doators Tuesday said Mrs. Met
calf’s condition was improved,
as was Miss Navey’s and Miss
Cornwell’s.
Driver of the other car, Zollie
C. Peeler, 65, route 4, Morganton,
was bruised badly.
He faces two charges of man
slaughter and one of driving on
the wrong side of the road.
M. A. Jomes, investigating pa
trolman, could find no markings
on Ithe highway during rain
soaked Sunday nigh*. He return
ed, Stanley Moore, editor of the
■Morganton News-Herald said,
the next day to find markings
and metal flecks which indica
ted Peeler was driving on the
wrong side of the road.
Peeler, a merchant, had said,
following the accident, that the
approaching lights of the Fiat
blinded him, but that he had
thought he had a minimum of
three feet margin.
Miss Navey had told Patrol
man Joines the on-coming ear
of Peeler “came straight at us",
that Cash had tried to avoid the
impact, but couldn’t.
The accident occurred about 11
miles south of Morganton on
highway 18. Four ambulances
came to the scene. Cash and Miss
Arrowood were pronounced dead
on arrival alt Morgamton’s Grace
hospital.
Miss Cornwell, who suffered a
broken leg and lacerations, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cornwell.
The accident occurred at 8:20
p. m.
Miss Arrowood, daughter of
Mrs. Madge Hardin Arrowood
and the late Lafayette Arrowood,
was a junior at ASTC, had play
ed in the Appalachian band for
two years She was a 1959 grad
uate of Kings Mountain high
school,
Miss Arrowood was a member
of Bethlehem Baptist church
where her funeral rites were held
Tuesday afternoon.
In addition to her mother she
is survived by a sister, Miss Lana
Arrowood; four half-sisters, Mrs.
Lester Camp and Mrs. T. L.
(Continued On Page Eight)
Edwards Speaks
To Merchants;
Officers Installed
Being an effective citizen, by
maintaining excellence of per
formance is essential to success
in business today and in turn for
success of the nation, A. Y. Ed
wards, Chadotte division sales
manager for Ford Motor Com
pany, declared Friday ait the an
nual employer-employee ban
quet of the Kings Mountain Mer
chants association.
Addressing an audience of
more than 150 persons, Mr. Ed
wards advised his audience to
1) take an active interest in poli
tics; 2) to develope a positive at
titude; 3) to be enthusiastic in
all activities; 4) to be optimistic;
and 5) to keep open all lines of
communication.
iMir. Edwards’ address was the
highlight of the annual event,
which also was featured by in
stallation of association officers
for the coming year.
Charles Blanton, a past presi
dent, installed the new officers,
including Glee E. Bridges, presi
dent; Harry E. Page, vice-presi
dent; and B. S. Peeler, Jr., Rich
ard McGinnis, Mrs. Sue Young
and Ben H. Bridges, directors e
leoted to two-year terms.
Holdover directors are W. D.
Morrison, Mrs. Merle Beatty, Ro
bert Southwell, Ollie Harris, Sr.,
and W. G. Jonats, retiring presi
dent.
Mr. Jonas presided, Rev. N. H.
Pusey, pastor of Grace Methodist
church, said an invocation, and
Mr. SouthweHl presented Mr. Ed
wards.
[Following the address, Tom
Tate, W. D. Morrison, and W. S.
Fulton, Jr., superintended a prize
drawing for the ladies.
In his report, retiring President
Jonas reported association mem
bership up four to 45, air-condi
tioning of Ithe association offices,
increased benefits under ithe as
sociation’s group hospitalization
policy and a gain of about 25
percent in credit reports made
during the year. He expressed
appreciation to Mrs. Luther Joy,
association secretary, for her
work, and to association mem
bers for their cooperation.
In his humor-filled address,
Mr. Edwards noted that the fed
eral government has assumed
many functions once performed
at the local level. He said that
all shoulld take an active part in
politics because of the wide ef
fects of decisions “at Raleigh
and Washington.”
In spit of urbanization, he con
tinued, the "grass roots” remain
the most important factor In both
community and national well
being.
“Everyone is a salesman, if not
of a product or service, then of
himself," Mir. Edwards declared.
He suggested that people like
to do business where they are
confident of “a good deal, good
service, good facilities, good per
sonnel and where the advertising
is honest,”
MUCH IMPROVED
L. June Cloninger, who un
derwent a lung operation some
weeks ago at Western North
Carolina Sanitorium, Black
Mountain, was reported by a
family member much improv
ed this week. Mr. Cloninger is
expected to be released from
the hospital Friday.
Senior Play On Tap Friday Night;
Ten-Member Cast Will Give Comedy
The annual Kings Mountain
high school senior class play,
“Here Comes Chahlie” will be pre
sented Friday night in the high
school auditorium. Curtain time
is 8 p. m.
The play is directed by Miss
Lillian Quinn and is billed as a
"rollicking comedy" in three
acts. It was written by Jay To
bias.
Heading the cast of 10 are:
Peggy Ware as Nora, the Irish
maid.
Ervin Smith as Officer Tim
McGrlll, Nora’s sweetheart.
Carolyn Jonas as Mrs. Fanny
Famham, Larry's aunt by mar
riage.
Claire Gilstad as Larry Elli
j ott. a young business man.
Mike McSwain as Ted Hartley,
Larry’s college pal.
Betty Morrison as Vivian Smy
the-Kersey, Larry’s fiancee.
Mitchell Cobb as Uncle Aleck
Twiggs, in charge of Charlie.
Gale Morrison as Charlie
Hopps, Larry's ward.
Carol Jean Goter as Mrs. Caro
line Smythe - Kersey, Vivian’s
mother.
Tommy Bennett as Mortimer
Smythe-Kersey, Vivian’s broth
er.
Plot of the story centers around
a youn* broker, thinking he is
becoming a guardian of a small
boy, is joflited to find he has ta
ken a girl to raise, 17, and pretty.
Charlotte is called Charlie, hence
the error.
The production staff includes
Ernie Payne and Robert Whis
nant as stage managers, Sammy
Houston and Eddie Herndon in
charge of lighting, Kay Broad
water and Susan Davis in charge
of prompting, Brenda Herndon as
mistress of properties, assisted
by Virginia Rollins and Marian
Plonk, Sandra Plonk and Jean
Harlow in charge of publicity,
Dottie Gibbons and Jane Ham
bright as make-up assistants
and caroleers Dottie Gibbons,
Jean Harlow, Martha Utters,
Shlriey Seism, Geraldine Hicks,
Jane Hambright, Bentha Baum
gardner, Linda Eaker and Patsy
Spencer. Ushers will include Ja
nie Trammell, Dianne McDaniel,
Saira Rose Lennon, Buddy Robin
son, Bill Ramseur and Bill Jen
kins.
Faculty advisors are Mis. Sue
H. Moss and Miss Helen Logan.
Cancer Crusade
To Start Tuesday
Mis. Herndon
Is Chairman;
Goal S2L500
Mrs. James E. Herndon, Jr.,
will serve as chairman of the
1962 Cancer Crusade in the Kings
Mountain area.
The annual crusade, fund-rais
ing campaign for funds for can
cer research, detection clinics,
and treatment of the indigent,
will begin Tuesday.
Mrs. Herndon said the Kings
Mountain goal is a minimum of
$2,500.
A campaign kick-off meeting
will be held at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church Thursday night
at 8 o’clock, with brief address
es to be made by Dr. W. P. Ger
berding and Dr. George W.
Plonk.
Mrs. Herndon announced the
following committee chairmen
for the fund campaign:
Residential division, Mrs. Joe
Neisler, Jr.
Business division, J. O. Plonk,
Jr.
Industrial division, J. E. Hern
don, Jr.
Outlying business division,
William Herndon.
Negro division, Mrs. Raleigh
Brown.
Bethware area, Mrs. Charles
Fisher.
Patterson Grove area, Mrs. Eu
Griffin.
Mrs. Herndon called attention
bo a Tuesday night television
variety show entitled ‘lAt This
Very Moment”, which will be
telecast by the ABC network. A
mong the personalities appear
ing will be Bob Hope, Greer
Garson, Jack Lemmon and other
stage and screen stars. Master of
ceremonies duties will be shared
by President John F. Kennedy
and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
wife of the late President.
Mrs. Herndon noted a recent
report of Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, coun
ty health officer, showing that
one Cleveland County citizen
died from cancer each six days
during 1961. Of a total of 150
cases, 60 persons died.
Since January 1, she added, 36
cases have been reported.
'The ultimate discovery of cur
es for cancer lies somewhere in
the research laboratories," Mrs.
Herndon said, “and that's where
the major portion of Cancer Cru
sade funds go.”
Mr. Matheson's
Bites Conducted
Funeral rites for Carl Frank
lin Matheson, 64, were held Wed
nesday at 2 p. m. from Harris
Funeral Home Chapel, interment
following in Sunset cemetery.
Mr. Matheson was found dead
Monday afternoon at ’his home
on Grover road. Coroner J. Ollie
Harris ruled Mr. Matheson, em
ployee of Gastonia Weaving
Company, died of a heart attack
apparently suffered Sunday.
A native of Alexander County,
he was the son of the late Mr
and Mrs. J. IR. Matheson. His
wife, Mrs. Eva Brown Matheson,
died in August 1961.
Surviving are a step-son, Cal
vin H. Brown of Columbia, S.
C.; one brother, Joe H. Mathe
son of Salisbury; and two sisters,
M|rs. T. C. Johnson of Southern
Pines and Mrs. Asheley Roebuck
of Washington, £>. C.
The final rites were conducted
by Rev. Marion Du Bose, pastor
of Kings Mountain Baptist chur
ch.
DOING WELL
Clarence R. Elgin underwent
successful heart surgery last
Thursday at Duke Hospital,
Durham and was reported by
a family member as doing very
we01 Wednesday. The surgery
was to correct a hardened ar
tery leading to the heart. The
malfunction was caused by a
childhood case of rheumatic
fever. Surgeons Temoved the
damaged artery section, repla
cing it with a plastic tube.
PERMIT ISSUED
A permit was issued Wed
nesday to J. Wilson Crawford
to build a one-«tory house at
500 Rhodes Avenue Estimated
cost of the five * town struc
ture is $10,000.
m
CHAIRMAN - Mrs. J. E. Hern
don. Jr., is chairman of the
Kings Mountain area Cancer
Crusade for 1962, which begins
Monday.
Grange Favors
Farm BUI
Number 4 Township Grange
Tuesday night went on record in
support of the Cooley-Ellender
farm bill, now before Congress.
The bill has administration
support, will set both rigid acre
age controls and marketing quo
tas. Its terms ajpe applicable to
other basic crops, as the farm
program has previously treated
tobacco.
The bill is ito be discussed at
Bethware again Thursday night
when the county Pomona Gran
ge meets at Bethware.
Robert W. Scott, Master of the
North Carolina Grange, has writ
ten local unit (leaders that the
organization favors the bill, in
most detail, and that the Nation
al Grange is alarmed that farm
ers of the nation haven’t yet ex
pressed much opinion on it.
lAt Tuesday night’s meeting,
Hughlon D. Smith also discussed
the Grange insurance program.
Mauney Pastoral
Intern At Hickory
J. Luther Mauney, Jr., a mid
dler at Southern seminary, will
serve as interm far St. Andrew’s
Lutheran Church, Hickory during
the 1962-63 year, it was announ
ced by Dr. Albert H. Keck, Jr.,
pastor.
Mr. Mauney, a native of Vir
1 ginia, is a graduate of Roanoke
college and served as student as
sistant pastor of Holy Trinity,!
'Raleigh, during the summer of
1961. His father, Dr. J. Luther
Mauney of Roanoke, Va., is pres
ident of the Virginia synod.
Mr. Mauney will assiume his
intern duties here June 1.
He is a grandson of the late
Rev. John Mauney, a Kings
Mountain native.
Communist-Led
Riots Film Feature
Kings Mountain Lions saw the
film “Operation Abolition’’ Tues
day nighit.
The film, taken from news reel
clips of the May 1960 Communist
led student riots in San Francis
co, Calif., during hearings of the
House Un-American Activities
committee, was presented by Jo
nas Bridges on a program arran
ged by J. Wilson Crawford.
According to the film, the riots,
which sought to break up the
hearings of the House committee,
showed leaders of Harry Bridges'
Longshoreman’s union sparking
the chanting mobs. Subsequent
ly, the demonstrators were
sprinkled down with fire hoses,
bounced down the two flights of
marble stairs at San Francisco’s
City Hall, and loaded into a pad
dy wagon for booking on char
ges of inciting a riot.
Title of the film accrued from
committee contentions that Com
munist groups incited riots in an
effort to stop the work of the
committee and kill the com
mittee permanently.
Guests at the meeting were F.
S. Pritchard and Robert South -
well.
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NO PERMITS
City officials issued no
building permits during the
past week.
1-26 Progress
Could Speed
74 By-Pass
BY MARTIN HARMON
Time-itable on eventual! con
struction of the U. S. 74 by-pass
will be governed largely by the
construction of Interstate 26,
Highway Commissioner J. Clint
Newton has told the Herald.
U. S. 74 is contemplated as a
key tie-in link with the limited
access interstate highway now
being built and virtually com
pleted in the Spartanburg area,
U. S.74 will tie in with Interstate
85 in Polk county, according to
present plans.
“This fact might move the
Kings Mountain by-pass project
more rapidly,” Mr. Newton add
ed.
Customarily, actual construc
tion often follows project appro
val (which the Kings Mountain
by-pass received March 15) by
two to three years.
The March 15 action of the
commission established the
Kings Mountain U. S. 74 by-pass
as a definite project.
The former highway commis
sion merely recommended that
money be made available to ob
tain rights-of-way.
The March 15 action moves the
project to (the commission’s ad
vance planning department. Af
ter 'this work is completed, the
project moves to the planning di
vision for final design, Mr. New
ton said.
Oomm. Newton continued, “The
current thinking of the commis
sion is thalt Kings Mountain’s U.
S. 74 by-pass will skirt Kings
Mountain to the North, barring
objection.”
The commissioner said he does
not know the “corridor projec
tion” which he defined a custom
arily mile-wide strip on which
th highway is likely to be loca
ted. After the corridor projection
is determined and public hear
ings held, the commission pro
ceeds to purchase right-of-way
for a four - lane road.
“If traffic is heavy enough, a
four-lane road would be built in
the initial construction,” Mr.
Newton continued. ‘7f not, the
initial construction would be a
two-lane road, with the -two
lanes to be added when traffic
dictated.”
Mr. Newton said the present
highway commission, which took
office last July, first began stu
dying the primary road system in
December.
"It’s the nature of highway
work, which requires much time
in planning and construction,
that the actual construction is of
ten several years behind project
approval. In effect, the present
commission was in the position
for the first few months merely
ratifying actions of the previous
commission,” Comm. Newton
remarked.
Mrs. Pouchak's
Father Passes
iFuneral rites for John Warhol,
72, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, j
father of Mrs. D. M. Pouchak of
Kings Mountain, were held Fri
day in Minneapolis.
Mr. Warhol died Thursday.
A native of Czechoslovakia, he
was a retired employee of Soo
Line Railroad. He was a veteran
of World War 1.
He is survived by his wife, four
daughters, five sons and 20
grandchildren.
High School Site
Report Expected
EVANGELIST _ Rev. A. A.
Bailey, pastor of Besemer City's
First Baptist church, will lead e
▼angelistic services beginning
Sunday at Macedonia Baptist
church.
Bailey To Lead
Macedonia Series
Rev. Wayne Ashe, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist church, an
nounces today the beginning of
a week of evangelistic services at
(the Macedonia church on Grover
Road.
Services will begin Sunday,
April 1 with it.he evening worship
and continues nightly at 1 o'
clock through Saturday, April 7.
Rev. A. A. Bailey, pastor of
First Baptist church, Bessemer
City, will be visiting evangelist.
Mr. Bailey, who has pastored the
Bessemer City church for the
past several years, was pastor of
Centerview Baptisit church, North
Belmont, before coming to Bess
emer City.
R. Allen Jolley, music-edu
cation director of Kings Moun
tain’s First Baptist church, will
be in charge of music for the e
vangelisitic series.
Nursery facilities will be pro
vided each night for children
through the three year age
group.
Mr. Ashe also announced that
the church is holding special
prayer meetings this week in pre
paration for the services. He said
the commun'ity-at-large is in
vited and encouraged to join
with the Macedonia congregation
in this revival effort.
Bible Fund
Deficit $111
Otr. Paul K. Ausley, chairman
of the Bible-in-the-Schools pro
gram of Kings Mountain Minis
terial Association, reported no
contributions to defray the 1961
62 budget deficit this week.
The deficit stands at $111.
Dr. Ausley said, however, some;
contributions have been promis- j
ed and he hopes he will be able
to report the budget met by next
week.
GRANGE MEETING
Cleveland County Pomona
Grange will meet at Bethware
School Thursday night at 7:30.
Mason Carroll, of Shelby, will
speak on “Scouting In Cleve
land County.’’
Recommendations Of Stadium Body
Renewed; Mauney Tract Available
The City Stadium advisory
committee, in meeting Monday,
voted to reiterate its initial rec
ommendations for stadium de
velopment to the city board of
commissioners and to report to
the board the availability of the
East Gold Street W. K. Mauney
property adjacent to the stadium.>
Reporting results of the meet
ing, John H. Moss, chairman,
said the committee had been in
i formed that the Mauney proper
i ty would be available, if desired,
' at a reasonable price.
The Mauney property lies to
j the south of the stadium proper
| ty and, Chairman Moss noted,
would provide off-street parking
to athletic events from East Gold
and would also provide an addi
tional entrance gate.
Two comparatively minor ad
ditional recommendations were
made: 1) Improvements to the
Mountain street entrance, inclu
ding black-topping of the area
from Gold to the ticket office,
and 2) building Higher the ram
part at the back of the aisle to
the grandstand seats.
The latter recommendation is
the idea, Mr. Moss said, of Com
mitteeman H. O. (Toby) Will
iams, as a safety precaution a
gainst errant soda pop bottles
and other deris. Additionally, a
rampart above eye-level would
eliminate congestion in the aisle.
Previously, the stadium com
mittee has urged the commission
to proceed with building a field
house at the stadium, has asked
that the stadium advisory com
mittee be made permanent and
expanded in number, and has
asked authority to accept contri
butions for stadium development.
The committee has also rec
ommended that the city com
mission develope the stadium by
means of an annual construction
appropriation.
Third member of the com
mittee is J. JE. (Zip) Rhea, also a
member of the city commission.
Goforth-Plonk
Trad Contains
About 72 Acres
Final survey on a possible site
of the new Kings Mountain dis
trict high school planit is expect
ed Thursday or Ftriday, Superin
tendent B. N. Barnes said Wcdf
nesday.
Clyde Fesperman, Shelby sur
veyor, had provided a prelimin
ary survey of the Goforth-Plonk
si.te Wednesday morning and
had been asked' for "refine
ments” including some line
straightening and detailing of
all owners of property desired.
The preliminary survey show
ed a potential site of about 72
acres, 37.5 acres owned by Mar
vin Goforth and 32 acres owned
by C. S. Plonk and the J. O. Plonk
Estate. Other lots involved in
the desired traat are owned bj
Garrison Goforth, James A. Ly
brand and perhaps others.
All of the property, which ad
joins property of the King
Mountain Country Club, is near
the western city limLts of Kings
Mountain.
Mr. Barnes also reported at
least two more citizens had Indi
cated availability of possible si
tes. J. D. Hold proffered a farm
of about 80 acres lying south of
Beth ware school, while J. D. Mc
Daniel indicated availability of
a 70-acre tract on South Phifer
road.
Mr. Barnes said the board of
education would be convened as
quickly as the final survey of the
Goforth-Plonk property is receiv
ed.
Several other sites have had
board consideration, a 73-acre
tract (under option) on Phifer
road, the Houser property on
York road, a tract on the south
west side of Fulton road, and the
Fulton property on the west side
of Cansler street.
Oitizens of the district voted
the board of education borrowing
authority up to $1,100,000 for
school construction on March
10.
The board of education has
stated its hope to have a new
consolidated high school plant
ready for occupancy by the 1963
64 school term and had previous
ly retained Architects Associated,
of Shelby, to design the new high
school plant.
Ben Speidel III
To Manage Club
Ben B. Speidel in Will assume
management of the Kings Moun
tain Country Club effective April
15, John Smathers, club presi
dent announced Wednesday.
'He will be assisted by his wife,
the former Helen Tate of Rich
mond, Virginia.
Mr. Speidel replaces his mo
ther, Mrs. Frances Speidel, as
manager of the club.
Mrs. Speidel has resigned to
accept a position as manager of
the Whitehall Hotel dining room
at Daytona Beach, Florida.
Speidel managed the Seabreeze
Manor Hotel in Daytona Beach,
Florida before accepting the pos
ition as manager of Statesville
Country Club where he has been
for the past 15 months.
He also served as assistant to
Gaither McComlbs at Cleveland
Springs Country Club, Shelby flur
two years.
Speidel, age 30. is a native of
Richmond, Virginia. He is a Ko
rean War veteran, having served
with the United States Navy.
He attended the University of
Florida for three years.
Mr. and Mrs. Speidel will move
to Kings Mountain in April and
expect to locate near the country
club.
IN FRATERNITY
Billy Jones, Kings Mountain
freshman ait North Carolina
State college, has been initi
ated into membership in Phi
Eta Sigma, national honorary
scholarship fraternity for stu
dents who maintain scholastic
average of 3.5 or higheT. Mem
bership in Phi Eta Sigma is
considered the highest scholas
tic honor available to fresh
men in the United Statesi He is
the sorr of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Jones and a physics major.