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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 M IMS. Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 17, 1962 Pages Today VOL 73 No. 20 Established 1889 Seventy-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday noon totaled $157.30, including $113.65 from on-street meters, $28 in over-parking fees, and $15.65 from off-street meters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., reported. MORNING DEVOTIONS Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, will lead morning de votions at 9 a. m. Monday through Friday over Radio Sta tion WKMT. HOSPITALIZED Hobert Dye underwent sur gery Tuesday morning at Charlotte Memorial hospital where he has been a patient since Sunday. Mr. Dye is a patient in Room 3336. HOSPITALIZED Ben F. Beam, Kings Moun tain insuranceman, entered Kings Mountain hospital this ' week for an ulcer condition and underwent surgery Mon day. FAMILY NIGHT Dixon Presbyterian church will hold family night Satur day night with supper at 7 p. m. Rev. James Mann is pas tor of the church. IMPROVING Booth W. Gillespie, a patient at Charlotte Rehabilitation hospital, spent the day at home Sunday with his family. Mr. Gillespie has returned to Charlotte, was reported much improved. OPTIMISTS MEET The Optimst Club of Kings Mountain will meet in regular weekly session Thursday at 7:00 p. m. at Clines Restaurant on Shelby Road. City Buying Lot From Hope The city commission tooks its first step toward re-building the electrical distribution system last week, when it voted to ex ercise an option on a lot owned by Melton Hope. The lot will be used for the installation of switchgear equip ment, major portion of a first phase of the re-building work. The lot is optioned at $1200. The board deferred, however, action on a request by its electri cal engineering firm for an indi cated timetable on the rebuild ing construction, estimated to cost a total of $135,000. The board voted to begin im mediately the installation of curbing and guttering on Fair view street and curbing, gutter ing and sidewalk on the west Bide of Edgemont avenue. It again voted to retain A. M. Pullen & Company, of Charlotte, certified public accountants, to audit the city’s books for the fis cal year ending June 30. The board deferred action on a Craftepun Yarns, InC., request for laying of a sewer line, and deferred action on committments for city services to the proposed new high school, pending deter mination of the site. The following street improve ments petitions were approved: North Sims street, from W. King to dead end, curb and gutter; Ellison street, Grace to James, paving; Blanton street, Stowe Acres to dead end, paving; Carpenter street, E. King to cemetery gate, curb and gutter; Rhodes avenue, Linwood drive to Groves, curb and gutter. Democrats Rally Tuesday Night Cleveland County Young De mocrats axe sponsoring a county pasty rally at Brackett's Cedar Park Tuesday night, beginning ait 7 p. m. The menu will feature fried fish and chicken, President Geor ge Hamrick, has announced, and all Democratic candidates are the honOrees. Tickets may be obtained from Cameron Ware, YDC vice-presi dent, and ocher Young Democratic officiate. Barringer Says He's Out To Win Over Whitener "See you in Washington in January,’’ Carroll M. Barringer, Republican candidate for tenth district United States Congress man, concluded his remarks in an address to a half-hundred persons at Bethware school Tues day night. Mr. Barringer, a Catawba co unty commissioner, is opposing Congressman Basil L. Whitener, Gastonia Democrat. He termed Mr. Whitener "an honorable man, but on the wrong side.’’ He attacked Mr. Whitener for failing to vote in the current session against a withholding tax on dividends and inferred the patronage pow er of the White House effects the votes of all Democratic Congress men, including Mr. Whitener. Otherwise, Mr. Barringer at tacked the Democratic adminis tration as being irresponsible, predicted a budget deficit next year of $10 to $12 billions, and charged that unemployment hasn’t decreased, nor the econ omy grown as .the administration wished. He also charged the ad ministration thinks “more spend ing will solve everything.’’ He chided North Carolina De mocrats with, "If they’re such good politicians, they would not have gerrymandered so much of the state into the hands of the enemy.” Mr. Barringer predicted the GOP would elect three Congress men and possibly four. After his address, he listed (the eighth, ninth and tenth districts in the “sure” column, said the GOP had goocj prospects in the fourth and eleventh. Mr. Barringer was presented by Ed H. Smith, chairman of the East Kings Mountain precinct and Republican candidate for the North Carolina Senate. Mr. Smith declared “We’re out to win.” In a forum session, Mr. Bar ringer, asked if he didn’t think dividend withholding would cat ch evaders, replied he was a gainst withholding of all lands, saying it made folk unaware of their tax bills. To another question, he said he opposes the administration program as too regimenting. Melvin Wright Wins Solar Radio Prize Melvin Wright, 414 Wilson street, is winner of the Solar Ra dio in the Rexall Super Plena mins Solar Radio Contest at Kings Mountain Drug Company. Drawing for the top prize was held Tuesday. Paul Walker, Plonk Brothers salesman, drew the win ners’ name from a box of regis trations covering a three-months period. Over 10,000 Rexall stores, in cluding Kings Mountain Drug, participated in the contest. A person was not required to make a purchase to register for the radio. Democrats Elect Newton Chairman Mis. Lipfoid Is Ke-elerfed Vice-Chairman Clint Newton, Lawndale mill official and state highway com missioner, was elected chairman of Cleveland County Democrats as the executive committee con vened at Saturday’s biennial county convention. He succeeds V'irgil Weathers and was elected in a contest with Clyde Nolan, former chairman and state senator. Other officers were re-elected, including Mrs. J. E. Upford, of Kings Mountain, and A. A. Pow ell, of Shelby, vice-chairmen, and David Royster, of Shelby, secre tary - treasurer. Chairman Newton pledged a positive leadership in the general elections and declared major de cisions of the party would be the prerogative of the executive com mittee, expanded this year to in clude both chairmen and vice chairmen of the several precinct committees, in addition to offi cers. Senator Robert Morgan was keynote speaker for the conven tion, Which found 27 of the 28 precincts represented. Senator Morgan eallgd* mocrats to work diligently to e lect Democrats who would con tinue a record of good govern ent compiled throughout this cen tury in the county and state. Tioop Charter Night Thursday Charter night for the Bethwaxe Boy Scout troop, scheduled for Tuesday night, was postponed and will be held Thursday night at 7:30, it was announced by troop officials. The troop, under sponsorship of Bethware Progressive Club, has an indicated enrollment of about 25 boys. Members of the troop commit tee are Willard Boyles, chairman, Cameron Ware, John O. Patter son, Jim Yarboro and Hal Mor ris. Prank Hamrick is institution al representative. Alton Dover is Scoutmaster. CRASS FIRE City firemen were called out Tuesday at 4:15 p. m. to douse a grass blaze on the railroad embankment off Grace Street. No damage was reported. A Friday alarm at 3:40 p. m. to j the Kings Mountain Armory proved to be a false alarm. Annual Kings Mountain Kiwanis Talent Show Is Thursday Night The Kiwanis-Schools-Talent Show to be held Thursday (to night) at 8 p. m. will offer a wide variety of entertainment from students who will toe vicing for top prizes from the civic club. Five divisions are entered in the contests from elementary and high school grades, B. S. Peeler, Jr., chairman, said. The Show will be held in Cen tral auditorium. 'Proceeds from the event will be used to purchase recreational equipment for the new National Guard Armory. In Division 1, third and four th grades, will be these perform ers: Debbie Smith, Cindy Car-j roll, Jimmy Carroll, Linda Hod-, ge and Donna Myers who will sing, “Calypso Five.”; Tim Oates will dance "The Bamboo”; Becky( Spencer. Nancy Moore and Judy Rayfield will do a song and dan ce number; Debbie Brown will eive an art demonstration. Susan McCarter and Terry Woods will dance a ballet, and James Harrelson will dance to "O Boy.” Seventh and eighth graders in Division H will include: Belinda Rathtoone. Jeanette Whetstine, Steve Baity and Ricky Phillips who will dance the twist; Rita Bell and Libby Alexander who] will play a piano duet; Gaither' Bumgardner who will play a pi-, a no solo; Jane (Morris who will] sing and dance, Gloria Jeanne) Brown and Frankie Biddtx who* will give a humorous reading' and Mary Leigh Mauney and; Becky Dixon who will sing. (First and second graders inj Division TIT are: Jane Lovelace; who will sing and dance, Kathy! Champion who will tell a story! and dance, Kay Camp and Ka ! ren Byars who will play a piano duet, Cynthia Alexander who will sing, "My Dollie Says Ma-; Ma,” Ava Jean Gardner who! will do a song and dance number and Martha Jane Mauney whoj will sing, ‘Til Whistle A Happy Tune.” Division TV will include these; fifth and sixth graders: Sherry1 Bell and Billy King will dance the twist, Cathy Hardin will do a song and dance number, Vickie Turner will perform in a baton act and dance, Jake C. Reynolds will sing a solo, Carol Alexander! will tap dance and Diane Wilson and Mary Jane Griffin will dan-' ce to "Mashed Potato Time.” j From the high school, division V, are these entries: a singing group including Curtis Floyd, Gerhard Piei. Dennis Floyd, Mike! McSwain, Bobby Jones, Quey Moss, and Edward Lovelace; Ju dy Callahan will play a piano solo; Sarah Frances Mauney will dance a modem jazz; and a dance band will include these members, Billy Belt, Joe Fite, Kenneth Barnes, Wendell Phifer, Tommy Barnett, Lyn Cheshire, Buz Shuftxnd and Gary Wilson. PARTY OFFICIALS _. Clint Newton, top, is the new chair man of Cleveland County Demo crats. Mrs. J. E. Lipford, below, of Kings Mountain, Was re-elec ted vice-chairman. Final Saturday Registrations 15 Registration activity in Num ber 4 Township was negligible Saturday, final day for registra tion for the May 26 primary e leetion, 15 being added to the books. Challenge day wiii be helc Saturday, May 19. Registrars reported twelve new Democrats were added to poll books and three new Republi cans. Three changed-over from Democrat to Republican. Saturday’s registration brou ght the total for the period to 21 new Democrats and 8 new Re publicans. The activity included all four boxes. Mrs. Nell C. Cranford, at East Kings Mountain, reported five new Democrats were added, no Republicans, and two transfers out to the West Kings Mountain box. Mrs. J. H. Arthur, at West Kings Mountain, reported the addition of four Democrats and three Republicans to her books. Mrs. J. D. Jones, at Bethware, reported no registrations, but three change-overs from Demo crats to Repuolican. Mrs. J. B. Ellis, at Grover, re ported addition of three new De mocrats to her list. During the three week regis tration period seven voters chan ged their registration from De mocrat to Republican. Union Service Schedule Given Seven Kings Mountain church congregations will participate in summer union services which be gin June 3rd and continue throu gh July 15th. The Kings Mountain Minister ial Association is sponsoring tire series of services. All services will begin at 8 o'clock and each minister will fill his own pulpit. The schedule: June 3rd at Resurrection Luth eran church with Rev. George Moore to deliver the sermon. June 10th at St. Matthew’s Lu theran church with Dr. W. P. Gertoerding to deliver the sermon.. -June 17th at lYrst Presbyteri an church with Dr. Paul Ausley to deliver the sermon. June 24th at Kings Mountain Baptist church with Rev. Marion! First Services Attract Crowds At ARP Edifice Boyce Memorial Associate Re formed Presbyterian church oc cupied its new educational build ing Sunday morning. Capacity crowds filled the building for both Sabbath school and morning worship services, as 14 new members were received on profession of faith from the minister’s communicant class, four adults were welcomed as members, and two children were christened. The pastor, Dr. W. L. Pressly, took the text for his sermon from I Samuel 7:12, “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” The 60-voice combined choirs sang the anthem "Let (Mt. Zion Rejoice.” I. G. Patterson, general chair man of the building project, and Mrs. Patterson greeted members and visitors at the entrance dur ing the morning service, and J. L. McGill, chairman of the edu cational building program, and Mrs. McGill welcomed members and visitors to the evening ser vice when Dr. Pressly delivered a special sermon dedicated to mothers in commemoration of Mother’s Day. Christened at the morning ser vice were Elizabeth Lowry Mc Gill, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. McGill, and Laura Gaie Boyd, daughter of Mr. and Mns. Robert Boyd. Members of the communicant’s class receiving membership cer tificates and Bibles were Susan White, Brenda Stewart, Janice Day, Marsha Ware, Jean Phi fer, Reta Crawford, Corky Ful ton, Johnny Reynolds, Frankie Styers, Susan - Goforth, Rocky Haynes, Robert Moffatt Kenne dy, Elaine Queen, and Gail Proc tor. -New members welcomed were Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Reed and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Green. '(2 Primary Season Quiet Cleveland County will witness one of its quieter primary elec tion days on May 26 — ten days away — according to present in dications. The Democrats, normally in the throes of loud family fracases at this season biennially, have four matters to settle, while the Republicans can help settle one, a state-wide contest for the U. S. Senate nomination. Registration activity was very light throughout the county, with the -books closing last Saturday. The Democratic candidates have been active in moving about the county in grass roots hand shaking tours, but the campaigns have been friendly and minus bombast. The major decisions of the Democrats on May 26 will in clude choosing a nominee for clerk of the Superior Court, judge of Recorder’s Court, solicitor of. Recorder’s Court, and five nom inees from seven candidates for the board of education. The candidates are: For clerk of Superior Court, Craig D. Falls, Kings Mountain grocer, and Incumbent J. W. Os borne, Shelby lawyer. For judge of Recorder’s Court, Joe F. Mull and C. B. Cash, Shel by lawyers seeking to succeed Judge Ruefoen Elam, who is re tiring. For solicitor of Recorder’s Court, Norris (Dick) Lackey and Lyndon Hobbs, both Shelby at torneys. who seek to succeed So licitor Bynum Weathers, also re tiring. For county board of education. Incumbents Walter Davis, Edwin Moore, Buford CMne, C. D. For ney. Jr., and J. D. Ellis, andi Challengers Charles Elliott and Bobby Gene Austell. The Republican primary con-: test for the Senate nomination is between Claude L. Greene, Jr., and Charles H. Babcock. Ware To Become Parking Officer City Policeman Ralph (Babe) Ware is returning to a former as signment. Officer Ware, as quickly as a police department vacancy his new duties will create, is on chi j ty, will succeed Jake Early as! parkin** meter officer. Mr. Early will become full time city recreation director with the rt'amee. it was announced by Joe McDaniel. Jr., secretary-trea surer. of the city recreation oom ra&taran. (Continued On Page Eight J Goforth Proffers Donation Paring Site Price $12,000 EAGLE SCOUT — Allyn Cheshire, III, is pictured above with his mo ther as she presnts his Eagle Badge, highest honor in Boy Scouting. Young Cheshire, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cheshire, Jr., won his Eagle award as a highlight of Court on Honor here Thursday night. The Kings Mountain Scout is a member of Troop 294. i* •. <> dtf}' Cancer Fund Gifts $1150 Over Quota Womanless Nuptials At Grover Saturday The Grover Lions club and Grover Woman’s Club will co sponsor a womanless wedding Saturday night lor the benefit of: the children’s recreation pro gram. The ceremony will be conduct ed at 7:30 at the school auditori um. Stars of the production will be Miss Tiny Oates, in the person of Jim Scruggs, the bride, and J. Fliverton Barley, in the per son of Dick Hobson, the groom. Amission will be a dollar forj adults, fifty cents for children. UF Payments Total $11,186 Kings Mountain United Fund officials made $5,593.32 in pay ments to participating organiza tions Tuesday, bringing total, payments to date to $11,186.64. Tom Burke, treasurer, reported the fund now has a balance on hand of $431. He noted, however, that per sons who pledged, but have not yet honored the commitment, could bring the balance to near the 1961-62 goal mark. Goal for the current year’s U nited Fund was $16,446. Present ly the fund lacks $4,828.36 meet ing the payments on the goal. Participating agencies in the Kings Mountain United Fund in clude Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Kings Mountain Band Associ ation, Kings Mountain chapter of the American Red Cross, Jacob I S. Mauney Memorial Library.1 Compact-Davidson school band, Clevland County Life-Saving and1 Rescue Squad, and the State As sociation for the Blind. Kings Mountain Post Another Record By S1G06 Kings Mountain area citizens contributed $3650 in this year’s Cancer Crusade. The total was a record for Kings Mountain area giving in the effort to conquer cancer, it was also a record for the second consecutive year, approximately $1,000 over the total given last year, and $1150 over the $2500 quota assumed by the Kngs Mountain area committee as its part in the Cleveland County fund raising campaign. The total was announced Wed nesday by Mrs. James E. Hem-j don, Jr., chairman of the crusade.1 Commenting on the campaign.1 Mrs. Herndon said, “The liber-1 ality of Kings Mountain area ei- j tizens for all worthy causes is historic, but the Cancer Crusade committee could not have asked for more cooperation than it has received in the 1962 campaign. "I express my personal appre ciation for their efforts to each person who gave to the cancer figtiting fund and to the many members of the soliciting com mittees for their diligent and excellent work.” Part of the funds are used lo cally for aiding cancer victims, while the major portion is used for research to. discover improv ed means of treating cancer and for seeking causes of cancer. FOOD SALE The Weslevan Service Guild and WSCS of Grace Methodist church will sell hot dogs, homemade cakes and pies be ginning at 11 a. m. and contin uing all day Saturday at the church fellowship hall. Deliv ery service is available by calling 739-5391. Lions Club To Hold Twenty-Fourth Annual Ladies Niqht On Tuesday The Kings Mountain Lions dub will hold its twenty-fourth annual ladies night banquet ruesday evening. Feature of the prog rani will be an address by J. W. Beard, An ierson, S. C., salesman and one time professional baseball play-; sr. Mr. Beard is a native of Morth Carolina, from Matthews, ind is a humorist. Program details were an noun-j ted this week by J. Wilson1 Crawford, chairman of the ladies; night committee. Special music will be rendered by a high school quartet, inclu ding Benthia Baumgardner, Pat sy Spencer, Mike McSwain, and Curtis Floyd, accompanied by Mrs. J. N. McClure. Other members of the ladies night committee are Wesley Bush, Hawy Jaynes, W. K. Mau nev, Jr„ and Richard Barnette. Mr. Jaynes is in charge of res ervations. C of C Opposes Goforih-PIonk Site; York Road Site Gains Favor By MARTIN HARMON ’In spite of continuing work by members of the hoard of educa tion, decision on choice of a sdte for the new district high school is not anticipated prior to Mon day night. Meantime, there were these ma jor developments: 1) Marvin Goforth, owner of the major share of the Goforth Plonk tract, informed the hoard, Chairman Fred W. Plonk report ed, that he would make the schools a donation of a portion of his 44 acres in order to reduce the acreage average $1000 per acre. The donation amounts to $12,000, on basis of Mr. Gofor th’s initial quotation. 2) The Kings Mountain Cham ber of Commerce board of di rectors, meeting Monday night, adopted a resolution, Secretary L. E. Hinnant reported, opposing the Goforth-'Plonk site for the school ‘‘due to vast differences in the price and closeness to the highway.” 3) Considerable support was being indicated Tuesday and Wed nesday for the, York Hoad site. 4) Board of education support for the Neisler tract at Fulton and Phifer roads, as indicated at Monday’s caucus, had waned a j day later, due to firm estimates j on development costs and cost of ! satisfying contracts of Massa I Chusetts Mohair Plush Company I for use of five wells on this tract. With Trustee P. G. Padgett in Texas until Sunday, there was little liklihood of action before Monday night’s regular May meeting. Chairman Plonk said board members have agreed in formally to taice action on the site only with all members pres ent. Indicating a need for a mini mum of 70 acres, the board would, require 26 acres of the lands ad joining Mr. Goforth’s tract from C. S. Pionk and the J. O. Plonit Estate. This land has been quot ed at $1,000 per acre, with the amount desired tendered. Total cost of 70 acres, with the Gofor th gift, would be $70,000. Suggestions of a state survey team and Architects Associated, both of which listed this site as most desirable of five, was that some lots adjacent to the Gofor th-Plonk tract be obtained, if pos sible. Quotations on these lots in clude: James A. I.yhrand, about 1.5 acres, $4,000; J. Wilson Craw ford, $1,000 per lot. Quotations had not been obtained from Bun Goforth or Garrison Goforth. The Goforth proffer is the sec ond concerning school sites, Neis ler Brothers, Inc., having previ ously offered to make a gift of its 20 to 22 acres of the Phifer Road property, a tract totaling about 73 acres and optioned by the board at $500 per acre. Several citizens were showing increased support for the York Road site, listed Number 2 (to the Goforth-PIonk site) by a state survey team and said by Archi tects’ Associated the Cheapest site to develope. Indicated cost of the York Road site is $82,300, based on 70 acres, as follows: Houser property, 42 acres, at $1250 per acre; Mrs. C. (Continued On Page Eight) .1 Don't Ask For Sidewalks "Dead pooolo a'n’t going to ask for no sidewalk,” Sam R. Suber, cemetery suporintbn dent, told the board of Corrv missioners last wpek as he op posed a petition for curbing and guttering on Deal street, from East King street to York road. Supt. Suber objected that the cemetery fence would have to be moved, resulting in both considerable cost he cons'der ed unwarranted, and that it would destroy numerous shrubs and plants. He suggested the work be done on the east side of the street only. The board deferred action on The petition for investi gation, meantime approving approving several other street improvements petitions.
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