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Established 1889 Seventy-Third Year Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 8,008 n» dtr at IMS. Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 19, 1962 16 Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES _ Three Kings Mountain area citizens are candidates under the Republican banner for county offices. Ed H. Smith, left seeks election to the North Car olina Senate; Elzie L. Putnam, center seeks election as a Number 4 Township justice of the peace; and Bob Maner has filed for member ship on the county board of education. Armory Voted $3,000 Fund For Equipment The city armory commission asked and got a $3000 appropri ation from the city board of com missioners Thursday for equip ment for the new $135,000 Na tional Guard Armory. It was the major action dur ing a one-hour session in which the city fathers listened to a va riety of requests. Only other action taken was the 'board’s instruction to City Attorney J. R. Davis to draw whatever legal action is neces sary against two business firms which haven’t purchased privi lege licenses. A city ordinance prohibits the operation of busi ness firms with out a license. Recommendations of the sta dium body, of which John H. Moss is chairman, were also re newed and the commission au thorized this advisory group to 1) increase its membership by four persons, including two members of the recreation com mission, making a total of seven: and 2) accept contributions “with utmost vigor” for stadium devel opment. In behalf of the armory, J. Ol lie Harris, Chairman of the arm ory oommlission, told the board a minimum of $4500 is needed to equip the armory with kitchen appliances, at least 90 lockers, 100 folding chairs, office furni ture, tables, Venetian blinds and other equipment. Mr. Harris said he had already appeared before the county commission to ask $1500 for purchase of needed e qUipment. County commissioners took the request under advise ment. It was the unanimous opinion of board members that the arm ory is a “beautiful building”, an “asset to the town” arid Will be “self-sustaining” when groups rent the building for various uses. Commenting on stadium pro posals presented by Mr. Moss, the commissioners agreed that the stadium needs some improve ments. However, it was thear unanimous opinion that the sta dium should determine the plans of the city schools board for ath letic facilities at the new high school (before proceeding and to prepare specific recommenda tions and costs and present then again within the next week or 10 days. Chairman Moss told the board his committee has asked the school board to announce its plans on several occasions but has received no answers. Mr. Moss reported the avail ability of the E. Gold street W. K. Mauney property adjacent to the stadium. This property lies to the south of the stadium pro perty and would provide off (Continued. On Page Eight) » Sewer Line Find "Gold” To City The city struck gold Wednes day in the form of a sewer lhr. W. K. Dickson, of Charlotte engineer foor the city, was pro' - mg in the Craftspun Yams, Inc., area, and found a six-inch sewer line now serving the Craftspun plant. The city had previously prorr ised Craftspun sewage disposal service in connection with the building of the current addition, now underway. The anticipated expenditure, according to Mayor Kelly Dixon, was from $5,000 to $6,000. The line goes under the Sou thern Railway tracks west oi Paxfcdale Mill. Five Republicans File Candidacies Kings Mountain Area Produces Three Of Them 'For the first time since 1948, Cleveland County Republicans have filed candidacies for coun ty-wide elective offices — three of them from Kings Mountain. From Kings Mountain, are Ed Henry Smith, partner with his father in a yam sales firm, who is a candidate for the North Car olina Senate seat held foy Rofo ert IF. Morgan; Bob Maner, in surance agency oner, who seeks a seat on the county board of education; and Elziie L. Putnah, partner in a garage with his bro ther and Patterson Grove citi zen, who seeks to foe a township justice of the peace. Other GOP candidates are Mrs. E. Earle Moore, route 1, Shelby, who seeks the seat of Represen tative Jack Palmer in the state House of Representatives, and Gettys Bingham, of Fallston, who opposes County Commission er David Beam for the District 3 seat on the five-man commis sion. The several candidacies proved somewhat short of GOP Chair man Pierce Cassedy’s call for a “full slate of Republican candi dates,” but was the first local level candidate activity by the Republican party since 1948. IMts. Moore, who is both vice chairman of Cleveland County and 10th Congressional district Republicans, also has some Kings Mountain connections, ha ving served as a crew leader, with headquarters here, for the 1960 decennial census. Mr. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Smith, is a member of Trinty Episcopal church, and a graduate of Riverside Military academy. He attended University of North Carolina, where he majored in journalism. He cur rently writes a column on textil es carried by several area news papers. Mr. Maner is a past president of the Junior Chamber of Com merce, former winner of its Dis tinguished Service Award, a memlber of First Presbyterian church, and a graduate of Da vidson college. He holds Master (Continued On Fnge Eight) Stores To Close On Easter Monday Kings Mountain department stores and furniture businesses will be closed on Easter Mon day, Merchants Association President Glee E. Bridges said this week. All stores were open yester day afternoon but will resume half-holiday closing on Wed nesdays after Easter. Firms not expected to close Monday are hardwares, feed and seed dealers*, auto applian ce firms, and drug stores. Elections Body Names Registrars The county board of elections has appointed registrars for the May 26 primaries. In Number 4 Township, the registrars and voting places will be: •East Kings Mountain — Mrs. Nell C. Cranford, at City Hall courtroom. West Kings Mountain — Mrs. J. H. Arthur, at West school. Bethware — Mrs. J. D. Jones, at Bethware. Graver — Mrs. J. B. Ellis, at Grover fire station. (Registration books will open on April 28 and will be open for four Saturdays, through Satur day, May 12. The lone Republican primar; involves the nomination for Uni ted States Senator. Sunrise Service At Resurrection Resurrection Lutheran church will hold Easter Sunrise services at 6 a. m. Sunday,Rev. George Moore, pastor, has announced. Men of the Church will serve breakfast to members of the congregation following the ser vice. Gene Tignor is chairman of the arrangements committee. Rev. Mr. Mloore will lead the early morning service and will deliver the Easter message at 11 o'clock worship services. The Sacrament of Communion will be observed at the worship hour. Candidacies Of Maner, Putnam Pose Several Technical Questions By MARTIN HARMON Cleveland County has its first Republican candidates for elec tive offices in several years and the candidacies of two from Kings Mountain pose legal ques tions which the county elections board will ask the North Car olina attorney-general to ans wer, Chairman Ralph Gilbert said Wednesday. The questions involve the can didacy of Bab Maner, Kings Mountain insurance agency own er, for the county board of edu cation, and ot Elzie L. Putnam, partner in Putnam Brothers Gar "’'r’-''' 4 Township jus tice of the peace. t.iough now West Kings Mountain Republican pre cinat chairman, is registered as a Democrat, a question posed re ™»ntlv in Ca«v*n countv where the attorney-general ruled that the law explicit in requiring that a candidate seek the nomi nation of the party in which he is registered. Mr. Maner said previously and re iterated over the weekend that he will become a registered Re publican when the registration books open on April 28. An additional problem from the standpoint of Mr. Manor’s becoming a member of the coun ty board of education is the fact that these offices are filled by action of the General Assembly for Cleveland and majority o the other counties of North Car olina. The General Assembly heavily Democratic, customarily ratifies the nominees of the Dem ocratic party. In Mr. Putnam’s instance, the question is whether lie is auto matically assured election in November •• since the township has sufficient justice of the (Continued On Page Sight) State Team Makes Five’Site Survey Quick Report Is Promised, Chairman Says A three-man team from the di vision of school planning join ed the board of education and representatives of Architects As sociated Wednesday for a tour of five prospective sites for the new area high school. Chairman Fred Plonk said fol lowing the tour the state team made few comments, but took copious notes on each, and pro mised a quick report on the rela tive merits of the several sites. Here were W. L. Latham, edu cational consultant, Marvin Jo hnson, chief architectural con sultant, and Leon Thompson, en gineer, all of the school plan ning division of the State De partment of Public Instruction, Architects Thomas H. Cothran and Fred Van Wageningen, of Architects Associated. The sites visited were: 1) The Phifer-Neisler property on Phifer road, about 73 acres, which is under option to the board of education. 2) The Neisler tract, at the convergence of Phifer and Ful ton roads, up to 60 acres offered at $500 per acre. 3) The Houser property on the east side of York road, on which no figure has been obtained, but wag .indicated «ma,liable .afc^JLQOO per actre some years ago 4) A previously unmentioned site near El Bethel Methodist church, owned by H. A. Goforth. Hill Lowery and Royster Oil Company, offering price was not fully obtained. 5) The Goforth-Plonk site west of Kings Mountain Country Club, about 74 acres, offering price a bout $90,000. “We hope to have the state team’s report early next week,’’ Chairman Plonk said. ATS Student In IS Likely Kings Mountain likely will have a foreign exchange student next school year. Members of the local American Field Service committee, meet ing this week, made formal ap plication for a girl to live here next year and complete her se nior year at Kings Mountain high school. Mrs. Jacob Cooper, member of the AFS committee on homes, said a Kings Mountain family has invited the student to live with them. The Kings Mountain applica tion will be screened, then the local committee will be notified, Mrs. Cooper said. Other members of the local AFS committee are Tom L. Trott, chairman; high school Principal Harry Jaynes, George H. Mauney and Mrs. P. G. Pad gett. Three foreign visitors have stu died here previously, Pierre Da sen from Switzerland, Graeme Reaves from New Zealand and Kisten Zacho from Denmark. Two Kings Mountain students spent summers in countries ov erseas in a similar program of the AFS. Jimmy Plonk spent a summer in Germany and Nancy Hovis visited the Netherlands. Red Cross Bloodbonk At Grover Thursday Graver Rescue Squad and Grover Woman's Club is spon soring a visit Thursday (to day) of the Red Crocs Blood - mobile in Graver. Donors will be processed from 11 a. m. until 5 p. m. at Grover’s Shiloh Presbyterian church. Rescue Squad Captain Fain Hambright said goal of the collection is 125 pints of Wood. Transportation will be pro vided any citizen calling the Rescue Squad Office, YE 7 7171, Mr. Hambright said. Mrs. John Cheshire, chair man of the Kings Mountain Red Cross Wood program, in vited Kings Mountain area ci tizens to visit the Wnoduank in Grover. “We are hopeful,’’ she said, “that Grover will reach its quota in Thursday's visit." HONORED -- Miss Nancy Nickels has been honored as "Educator of the Day" in Charlotte. She is a Kings Mountain native and Charlotte first grade school tea cher. WSOC Honors Nancy Nickels Miss Nancy Nickels, Charlotte schoolteacher and King's Moun tain native, was honored as "Ed ucator of the Day’’ last Tuesday by Charlotte Radio Station WS OC. Daughter of Mrs. J. C. Nickels, Park Grace school principal, and the late Mr- Nickels, Mtes Nick els was honored for “outstanding service” as a teacher of the first grade at Myers Park Elementary school. The “Educator of the Day” series is a feature of the radio station’s Tuesday program and pays tribute to educators in Mecklenburg county and the Charlotte area schools system. Miss Nickels is a graduate of Woman's college. Greensboro, with B. S. degree. She earned her master’s from Peabody Univer sity at Nashville, Tenn., and took graduate work at William and (Mary and the University of Colorado. She is a member of Alpha Delta Kappa, honorary teacher’s sorority, and served as her chapter’s first president. A teacher in Charlotte the past seven years, Miss Nickels pre viously taught in Gastonia and Albemarle. She is a member of First Pres byterian church. Compart Wishes To Retain Name Objection was voiced Tuesday night to a proposed name chan ge for Compact High school. A written statement to the board of education from a patron pleaded the cause of the ob jection is the historic back ground of the school. Compact was so named be cause, at founding, a compact was made by patrons for its sup port on a subscription basis. It was founded, the patron claims, just after the Civil War and was the first Negro school in Cleveland County. The name change discussion sprang from conversations dur ing the time leading up to con solidation of No. 4 Township. Negro patrons from David/son school wished the name to be Compact-Davidson. A majority of senior students voted last week to ret? in the present name. The board of education was reluctant to act on the measure Tuesday, tabling it for further study. In other action the beard: 1) Voted to invite Dr. Paul K. Ausley, pastor of First Presby terian Church, to deliver the commencement sermon. 2) Discussed, but tabled, e lection of teachers and princi pals. 3) Approved the use of Beth ware School cafeteria by El Bet hel Church for a ham supper as a money making project to fi nance the church's new educa tional building. 4) Authorized Supt. B. N. Bar nes (to take bids on t rmite con trol work needed at Grover and Beth ware schools. 5) Tabled until later study of an insurance program for the city school property. Engineer Says Broad Street Entry Planned Present projections of State Highway commission engineers on the re-location of U. S. 74 through Kings Mountain would traverse Kings Mountain in the vicinity of Broad street, to the south of Second Baptist church, and south of North school. The road would skirt the Kings Mountain Country Club golf course at the north side. This information, given to the 'noard of education by Raymond J. Wilson of Concord, assistant locating engineer for the high way commission, was confirmed by Mr. Wilson by telephone Wed nesday. 'Next step will be topographic mapping of a "corridor,” Mr. Wil son said. A "corridor” in highway build ing parlance, Commissioner J. Clint Newton has explained, is a strip approximately a mile wide within which a 'highway will be constructed. Mr. Wilson met with Chairman Fred Plonk and Superintendent B. N. Barnes, at Chairman Plonk’s request, in which the highway department was asked to 1) indicate whether sites be ing considered for a high school would be touched by the project ed U. S. 74 re-location, and 2) what aid the highway department would provide in improving ac cess roads to sites under consid eration. Chairman Plonk informed the board Tuesday night that Mr. Wilson had said the present pro jections would not touch any of the several high school sites un der consideration. Mr. Wilson suggested the board confer with Comm. New ton on highway department im provements to the several sites, noting this function wasn’t with in his province. I Easter Pageant To Be Given The Kings Mountain high school Bible Class, under direc tion of Mrs. Call Fisher, will pre sent the Easter pageant, “Our Risen Lord”, Thursday at 2:45 p. m. in the school auditorium. Cast of characters will include: Don McNeely as the Apostle Peter and Robert Lovelace as Andrew, the disciple; Danny Thomasson as James, the discip le; Mike Walker as John, Tho mas Henson as Matthew and Steve Brown as Thomas. David Adams, Junior Daven port and Cairol Greene will be the readers. Linda Reynolds has the role of Martha, Katherine Gibbons will portray Mary Magdalene. Joyce Falls will portray Mary of Bethany, Kay Baity has the role of the angel, Gail Eowen por trays Mary, the mother of Jesus, Sandra Dover has the role of Mary, James Hannah as Jame'-, Ervin Smith as Simon, Dennis McAbee as Thadeaus, Ervin' Green as Bartholomew, and Mitchell Cobb as Phillip. Portraying other women in the pageant will be Patricia Pen plngton and Trudy Bowen. OFFICER ELECTIONS Election of officers for the coming year will be the fea tuxe of business as the Opti mist Club meets in regular weekly session Thursday at Cline’s Restaurant. DuBose To Preach At Sunrise Rites SPEAKER -- Rev. Marion DuBase, pastor of ICings Mountain Bap tist church. will deliver the Easter message at Easter Sun rise services Sunday at 6 a. m. Robert Lane Wins Scholarship Robert Harold Lane, 17-year old son of Rev. and Mrs. Rowell Lane of Middleburg, (N. C., form er residents, has been awarded a Whitaker scholarship to the Uni versity of North Carolina. He is one of ten seniors in North Car olina high schools to win scKoTffr-" ships, each worth $750. Lane is a senior in the Middle burg high school, where 'his fa ther, former Principal of the Kings Mountain High School, is a teacher as well as pastor of the Middleburg Baptist church. Whitaker scholars are given the assistance, renewal annually by better than a C average on college work. This is the second year of the scholarships, which were established by a bequest of the late William Asbury Whit aker of Winston Salem and New York. Before going to Middleburg, Lane attended West school in Kings Mountain for six years and the Wake Forest Elementary school for two years. He has at tended th Middleburg high school for four years. He is an Eagle Scout, is active in both school and church work, and is active in community af fairs. He is a member and for mer vice president of the Beta Club in his school, is a member i of the Glee club and Monogram club. He has been a member of both the basketball and basrbal' teams, and serves as president of the Middleburg Explorer Scout Post. Two years ago he at tended the Junior Engineers and Scientists Summer Institute at Clemson college and a similar in stitue for six weeks on a nation al Science Foundation grant last summer at the University of Nor- \ th Carolina. I ROTARY SPEAKER I Ronald Sullivan, reprerenta- J five of Dale Carnegie and As sociates, will he speaker at i the May 3 meeting of the Ro- < tary Club at 12:15 at Kings i Mountain Country Club. Four County-Wide Contests Listed In May 26 Democratic Primary Last Friday s county and town ship office filing deadline produ ced two Democratic seekers for the county board of education, bringing to seven the number of candidates for five party nomi nations. The added board of education candidates are Charles Elliott, of Polkville, and Bobby G. Aus tell, of Earl. Previously filed were the cur rent members of the board of education, including Chairman j Walter Davis , Edwin Moore, C. D. Forney, Jr., J. D. Ellis, and Buford Cline. The board of edu cation race Is a sweepstake* af fair. Otherwise, Democratic voters in the May 26 primary will have only three contests to settle. Nominations contested are: For clerk of Superior Oourt— J. W. Osborne, incumbent and Shelby lawyer, opposed by Craig D. Falls, Kiings Mountain groc er. For Judge of county Recorder’s Court — Crawley B. Cash, Shel by attorney, versus Joe F. Mull, Shelby attorney. For solicitor of county Record- i er’s Court — Lyndon L. Hobbs,! Shelby attorney, versus Norris' (Dick) Lackey, also a Shelby attorney. Other Democratic candidates for major offices are unopposed and are automatically their par-i ty’s nominees. They include: Congressman' Basil L. Whitener, of the new 10th district: 16th District Solici tor B. T. Falls, Jr.,; State Sena j tor Robert F. Morgan; State! Representative Jack Palmer;, Sheriff Haywood Allen; Coroneri J. Ollie Harris; County Treasur er, Mrs. Lillian Newton; District 3 Commissioner David Beam; Ralph S. Elliott, a candidate to succeed Commission Chairman Knox Sarratt; and County Sur veyor Clyde Fesperman. On the state level, United Sta (Continued On Page Eight) Annual Easter Sunrise Service Starts At 6 a. m. Rev. Marion DuBose, pastor of Kings Mountain Baptist chur ch, will deliver the sermon at Kings Mountain’s traditional community - wide Easter Sunrise Service to be held at Memorial Park of Mountain Rest ceme tery. The program, which begins Easter morning at 6 o’clock, Is presented and sponsored by the Kings Mountain Ministerial As sociation. Mr. DuBose’s Easter message is on the theme, “The Resurrec tion of Our Lord.” Other Kings Mountain minis ters will participate on the pro gram. The Kings Mountain high school band, under direction of Joe C. Hodden, will open the service with a prelude of appro TRAFFIC DIRECTIONS Citizens attending the Eas ter Sunrise Service may enter the cemetery at the Suber en trance on Gold street or at the Dllling street entrance, Ceme tery Supt. Sam Suber said. He asks citizens to follow instruc tions of Boy Scouts on duty at these er' ances to direct traf fic. [priate selections after which Rev. Thomas Droppers will lead the call to worship. The rxxrvgre gation will joiin in the responsive reading and in the singing of “Christ the Lord is Risen To day." Dr. W. L. Pressiy will give the invocation and Rev. J. W. Phil lips will preside. Rev. Norman H. Pusey will read the scripture and Rev. H. G. Clayton will pray the morning prayer. The high school Glee club, under direction of Mrs. J. N. McOJure, will sing the anthem, "Early in the Morn ing.” Allen Jolly, minister of music at First Baptist church, will sing "The Lord’s Prayer.” The bene diction will be said by Rev. Flay Payne. The Easter Sunrise service an nually attracts a large crowd. In event of rain, the service will be cancelled. “We expect a record attendan ce on Easter morning and invite the community to loin in this sei-vicc, a spokesman for the ministers’ group said. St. Mask's Easter Story And when the sabbath teas past, Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salo me, ha-d bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came into the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. An they said among themsel ves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepul chref And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled a 'way: for it was very great. And entering into the sepul chre, they saw a young man sit ting on the right side clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted, And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here; be hold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his dis ciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: nei ther said they anything to any man; for they were afraid. (St. Mark 16:1-8). SESSION TO MEET The Session of First Presby terian church will meet Sun day morning a«t 10:30 to re ceive new members, Dr. Paul Ausley, pas toe maid.
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