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VOL 73 No. 23
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 7, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Linda Biser
Wayne Mayhue
Tommy Lewis Boyd
Ruth McCurdy Winston
Steve Kesler
Edward Ledford
Judy Cooper
Mary Ann Herndon
Ellis Tate
Polly Page
Jeon Arthur Harris
Rev. Harley Dixon
Local News
I Bulletins
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TO/ATTEND MEETING
Rev., George Mcwc, ps-K>r of
Resurrection Lutheran church,
•will go . to White Rock, S., C.,
Thursday, where he will at
tend a board of directors meet
ing of the Lowman Home, Lu
theran home for the aged.
Rev. Mr. Moore was recently
named a member of the board.
LIONS DIRECTORS
Directors of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club will hold their
regular June meeting Thurs
day night at ,7 o’clock at the
office of the Kings Mountain
Heirald.
lions to meet
Officers of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club for 1362-63 will
be installed at the regular
meeting of the organization
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at
the Woman’s Club. Dr. George
Plonk is arranging the install
ation night meeting.
AT PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. P. D. Patrick of Decatur,
Ga., former pastor of .First
Presbyterian Church, will fill
the pulpit at Sunday morning
services in the absence of Dr.
Paul K. Ausley, who is on va
cation. Mr. Patrick is now as
sociated with Columbia semi'
nary.
BAPTIST SPEAKER
Dtr. A. B. Wood of Shelby will
fill the pulpit Sunday at Kings
Mountain Baptist church in
the absence of the pastor, Rev.
Marion DuBose who is in Cal
ifornia attending the Southern
Eaptist convention.
AT ST. MATTHEW'S
This Sunday, The Day of
\penteco~t, Dr. E. C. Cooper will
fpreach at St. Matthew's Luth
eran church at 11 a. m. ser
vice Dr. Cooper this year is ob
serving the 50th anniversary
of his ordination into the min
istry, and his friends axe“ n
vjited to loin the congregation
at St. Matth^vy'p Jn honoring
him
12 Area Students
Are Graduated
Mar o Students
Complete Work
At Colleges
Twelve Kings Mountain area
students are among the large
number graduating from coll
eges and universities of the na
tion.
Among them:
Three Kings Mountain students
were graduated from the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Linda Biser,, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. H. Biser, was grad
uated with A. B. degree in journ
alism.
Stephen Kesler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Kesler, was graduated
with highest honors in geology.
He received the B. S. degree.
Wayne Mayhue, pre-med stu
dent, received the B. S. degree.
Jean Arthur Harris, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arthur and
wife of Ollie Harris, Jr., will re
ceive her B. A. degree in elemen
tary education from Greensboro
college on Sunday.
(Pauline Neisler Page, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E.
Page, will receive her B. A. de
gree in psychology Monday from
Agnes Scott college. She will do
child welfare work after gradu
ation. At Agnes Scott, Miss Page
was a member of the Glee club,
•was vice-president and secretary
of she Psychology club and sec
retary of the Christian Associa
tion Service Council.
Edward E. Ledford, who was
graduated with B. A. in sociolo
gy from Wake Forest, will study
at Tutone 'University School of
Correction for Juvenile Delinqu
ency next year on a $2500 grant
from the National Institute of
Mental Health. At Wake Forest,
he -was president of Theta Chi
social fraternity and member of
Alpha PM Omega honorary ser
vice fraternity. He was captain
of his cross-country team and
oo-captaih of the track team. He
won' the outstanding trackmen
award in *.1961 and 1952. He was
hated on the Atlantic Ooact Con
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INSTALLED - J. E. (Zip) Rhea
was installed as commander of
Otis D. Green Post 155, American i
Legion, at a meeting -of the post
last week. He succeeds W. D.
Morrison.
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Foote Announces
Boost In Pay
Effective May L all hourly
rated employees of Foote Min
eral Company’s Kings Mountain
operation received a wage in
crease of five cents per hour.
N. O. Johnson, manager of
the Kings Mountain operation
in making the announcement,
stated, "This decision to increase
our pay scale is in recognition of
the excellent safety record, the
increased production of our Teg
ular products and the develop
ment of new products here at
Kings Mountain. These accom
plishments we:e made possible
through the hard work and team
effort of all our employees.”
SERVICES BROADCAST
Sunday morning worship
se-vice of Macedonia Baptist
Church for the month of June
are being broadcast over Radio
slatipn WKMT,
Guard Company
Will Bivouac
For Two Weeks
Sixty-fouir officers and men of
the Kings Mountain National
Army Guard company will leave
this weekend for a two-week en
campment at Camp McCall sec
tor of the Fort Bragg military
reservation.
Small detachments will leave
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
with the vanguard of the com
pany leaving at 6 a. m. Sunday
morning.
The Kings Mountain company
is one of six comprising head
quarters 105th Engineer Batta
lion of the 30th Infantry Divi
sion, commanded by Lt.-Col W.
E. Moss, of Charlotte. Other com
panies in the battalion are
Charlotte, Lincolnton, Shelby,
Statesville, and Belmont.
Capt. Humes Houston, com
manding officer of the Kings
Mountain company, said the u
nit will be intactical bivouac for
the two weeks encampment, with
the battalion to undergo army
raining tests at platoon level to
determine proficiency in assault
river crossings, bridge building,
road construction and other pha
ses of tactical training.
Other Kings Mountain com
pany officers are Lt. Hugh Lan
caster and Lt. Robert Wilson,
platoon leaders. Charles Wilson;
is first sergeant, William Ser-i
geant is mess sergeant, and Ja-i
mes Champion is motor sergeant.
Address of the company dur
ing the encampment will be: Co.
D, 105th Engineer Bn.. NCANG,
30th Inf. Div., Fort Bragg.
Penley' Set
Homecoming
Penley's Chapel Methodist
:-hurCh will hold Homecoming'
Day services on Sunday.
Rev. W. L. Huffstetler, pastor,
will deliver the morning messa
ge at the 11 o’clock service Sun-1
Say School begins at 10 o'clock
Picnic dinner will be spread at
12:30 after which a song service
wflj begin. „
All members, former members
and friends of the dhuncft are
invited to fem ip the day’s ac
Schools Proceeding To Drill
Two Prospective Site Areas
Six-Year-Old
Child Is Killed
When Hit By Car
Donna Renna Fite, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Fite, of 103 Cleveland Avenue,
was killed Saturday at 7:27 p. m.
when struck by a cair as she ran
into the street' in front of the
Fite residence.
Driver of they vehicle, Thomas
Edward Owens, of Route 1, Clo
ver, S. C., was Charged with mur
der following investigation of
the accident by -police officers
Martin Ware and Charles Wall
ace. He was released on $800
bond.
Preliminary heoring in the
case is set for 2:00 p. m. Mon
day in Kings Mountain Recor
der’s Court.
A baby-sitter, Mrs. Mary Seism
and the Fite child were enroute
to Oates Shell Service, located
at the corner of Cleveland Ave
nue and E. King street, when the
child jerked loose and darted in
to the street.
The Owens car was headed
north on Cleveland Avenue and
struck the child as it ran in
front.
Owens, age 19, and a group of
J teen-age relatives and friends
j were bound for a drive-in movie
when the accident occurred.
Funeral rites for the child
were held Tuesday at 3:00 p. m.
from Missionary Methodist chur
ch with the Revs. T. W. Lovelace,
Spurgeon Scruggs, and Flay Pay
ne officiating.
Interment followed in Moun
tain Rest Cemetery.
Surviving besides her parents
are her brother, Keith and her
grandparents, Mr. and Mm W.
F. Bowen and Mrs. Arthur Fite,
all of Kings Mountain.
Aetive pallbearers were Ray
Alexander, Harvey Morrow, Ar
thur Carrigan, Clinton Wood,
Jerry Ross and Joe Wallace.
Mis. Falls'
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Nona
Kiser Falls, 82, -were held Wed
nesday at 4 p. m. from St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran Church of which
she was a member.
Mrs. Falls died Monday night
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Roy Howard. She had been
in ill health for several years.
A native of Gaston county, she
was a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Hiram Kiser. She was
the widow of George Patrick
Falls Who died in 1JM5.
Surviving are four sons, Craig
and Jonah Falls of Kings Moun
tain, Floyd Falls of Shelby and
Curtis Falls of Gastonia; five
daughters, Mrs. Carl Ramsey,
Mrs. Roy Howard, Mrs. Hershel
Elgin, Mrs. A. S. Kiser, all of
Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Char
les Bumgardner of Elberton, Ga.
Also surviving: a brother, Ander
son Kiser and a sister, Mrs. Syie
Rhyne, both of Lincoln ton; 19
grandchildren and 22 great
grandchildren.
Dr. W. P. Gerberding officiat
ed at the final rites and inter
ment was in Mountain Rest ce
metery.
Active pallbearers were L. E.
Hinnant, Ben H. Bridges, Jacob
Cooper, George Houser, Carl
Mauney and L. L. Lohr.
Debris Hauloqe 259
Loads - And More Yet
The May 27 tornado lasted j
only a short time, but its clean !
up requirements were still ex
tant yesterday, ten days later. |
Grady Yelton, city public 1
works (superintendent, said tv's
hard-pressed street crews had
loaded and hauled away from
homes and city streets 259
loads of debris through Tues
day night.
He declined to guess the fi
nal total but remarked, “We’re
not through yet."
Rtoodmobile Here
For June 15 Visit
The Red Cross hloodmnbile
comes to Kings Mountain Friday,:
June 15th. for a one-day visit.
TXmors will be processed from
11 a. m. until 5 p. m, at Kings
Mountain Baptist church.
Goal of the ooUectson is 125
pints of blood. .
Gxibtrirmen of the Kings
Mountain chapter’s Red Cross
blood program are Mr, and Mrs
Jfafcqj JCtjmMxe.
Police Chief Ware
Resigns Position
RESIGNS - Chief of Police Mar
tin Ware has resigned effective
the end of this week to join the
State ABC board. Officer Paul
Sanders has been named acting
chief.
Liie Saving Crew
Plans Fund Drive
The Cleveland County Life
Saving and Rescue Squad, Inc.,
will conduct a fund-iraising drive
the weekend of June 1617 in
quest of $4,000 to pay balances
due on their headquarters build
ing.
The squad, a non-profit vol
unteer organization, wholly sup
ported by contributions, will con
duct a weekend road-block and
house-to-house canvas, it was
announced by Captain C. H Nic
holson.
The building was constructed
by members and voluntary help
ers, with loan payments met by
donations of the members for
the past 14 months.
The squad answers an average
of a call per day for various ty
pes of emergency services, from
wreck calls to drownings.
Lutherans Honor
Dr. E. C. Cooper
Dr. E. C. Cooper, who is noting
his 50th year in the Christian
ministry, will be honored at a
congregational supper to be
held at St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church Wednesday evening at 7
p. m.
Dr. and Mrs. Cooper will be
guests-of-honor, Dr. W. P. Ger
berding, pastor of St. Matthew’s,
said in making the announce
ment.
The supper is being sponsored
by the Church Council and the
United Church women. Members
will bring a covered dish. There
will be several testimonials hon-;
oring Dr. Coopeir and special mu
sic.
“We invite all members to join
in paying tribute to Dr. Cooper
who has served faithfully in
many types of Christian minis
try”, Dr. Gerberding added.
Boaid Names
Paul Sanders
Acting Chief
Chief of Police Martin Ware
has resigned effective June 12,
and Assistant Chief Paul San
ders has been named acting
chief.
Chief Ware tendered his re
signation to Mayor Kelly Dixon.
The board of commissioners ac
cepted it at a called session
Monday night and named Offi
cer Sanders acting chief.
Chief Ware came to Kings
Mountain during the adminis
tration of Hugh A. Logan, Jr.,
under whom he had previously
sei-ved as a Cleveland County
deputy sheriff. On Logan’s re
signation late in 1957, Ware was
named acting Chief, and was
subsequently named chief.
Ware is a native of Chester,
Pa., did law enforcement work
previously in Graham and Ruth
erford ton counties.
He and his family reside here
at 104 Fairview street.
The commission, at its Mon
day session, did not indicate
when it would fill the chiefs'
position permanently. Mayor,
Kelly Dixon informed the board
that Jake Early, city recreation
director, and former parking me
ter officer, had made informal
application for the position.
June Cloningei's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for L. June Clon
inger, 69, were held Sunday at 4
p. m. from Macedonia Baptist
church, of which he was a mem
ber.
Mr. Cloninger died Thursday
at 12:25 in Kings Mountain hos
pital following an illness of four
months.
A native of Gaston county, he
was the son of -the late Mr. and
Mrs. Laban Cloninger. He was a
former mill overseer and a for
mer employee of First Union Na
tional Bank.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Flossie Simmons Cloninger; four
sons, James, Earl and Reece
Cloninger, all of Kings Mountain,
and Robert Cloninger of Mount1
Pleasant; and seven daughters.
Misses Dutch and Hazel Clonin- j
ger, Mirs. Annie Frederick, Mrs.
Howard Smith. Mrs. Robert L.
Goforth and Mrs. Bill Harmon,!
ail of Kings Mountain, and Mrs.I
Wayne Haynes of Lineolnton.i
Two brothers, John Cloninger of
Kings Mountain and Andrew .
Cloninger of Gastonia and two
sisters, Mrs. Ben T. Lineberger of
Rockingham and Mrs. B. Lene
han of Los Angeles, Calif., and I
19 grandchildren also survive.
Rev. Wayne Ashe and Rev. W.!1
P. Gerberding officiated at the i11
final rites and interement was in|:
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Ken1’
Cloninger, Harold Cloninger, Sam 1
Cloninger, Bill Cloninger, Roy
Moss and J. B. Lineberger.
City Debt Reduced To 5778,000;
1923 Issue Will Be Retired Soon
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By MARTIN HARMON
The City of Kings Mountain
will have outstanding in bonded
debt $778,000 at the beginning of
its new fiscal year July 1.
Of the total, $550,000 wiill be in
general fund debt, while $228,000
revenue bonds of the natural gas
distribution system.
During the coming year the
bond re-payment schedule re
quires payment of $30,000 in
bonds on the general fund debt
and $10,000 of the gas system
bonds, plus general fund bond
interest of $15,262.50 and gas
system interest of $8,142.50
The schedule caWs for wiping
out negt year two general fund
bo"d issues, the final $3,000 of a
$100,000 water and sewer bond
ls,?ue of October 1, 1923. bearing
six per cent interest, and the fi
nal $2-O0Q of an $16j000 . water
and sewer bond issue of April
1, 1960, bearing one and three
quarter percent interest.
Iteese payments nafil leave out
standing July 1, 1963, only one
vintage series of city bonds $30.- !
000 of the $250,000 water ’ and
sewer issue of June 1, 1928, bear
ing four and three-quarters per- .
cent interest. This issue was us
ed in part to construct the Yoik
Road Reservoir and first portion
of the Deal street filter plant.
All other city bonds were issu
ed in 1954, including $450,000
water and sewer bondes, finally
maturing in 19.83, S150.000 recre ,
ation' facility bonds, finally ma- ,
turing in 1974, and $409,000 in
gas system revenue bonds, final- 1
ly maturing in 1979.
Pue to a call clause require
ment, the city is likely to com-1
plete His gas bond payments not
later than 1968. The city is re
quined to call gas bonds for pay
men* periodically, to the limit of ,
its sinking fund surplus, a no Qty
Clerk, Joe McDaniel, Jr., guesses
that the June 30 surplus wdU &p- .,
proximate $40,000. «
Sewage Disposal
Is Available
At Three Sites
By MARTIN HARMON ~
The board of education wax
moving Wednesday to Obtain ge
ological borings of rock fonna
tions on two prospective school
sites, in wake of statement by
the city commission that its sew
age disposal facilities are availa
ble to serve all three sites under
principal consideration.
Test borings had been ordered
by the board of education by 4-0
vote on May 23 and were defer
red toy board agreement, a week
later to await word from the?
city on availability of sewage
disposal.
The city, expressing desire to
cooperate With the schools in ev
ery way possible, nevertheless
declined a firm commitment,
pending a Check bv its engineers.
The report by the city engi
neers, W. K. Dickson & Cormpa
ny, arrived over the weekend and
was accepted by the city com
mission Monday night.
The engineers said the three
sites could be served via gravify
flow, provided high ground on
each site is used, as follows: 1)
Phifer Road site toy the so-called
brickyard treatment plant; 2)
the Goforth-Pionk site by the so
called country club treatment
plant; and 3) the York road site
toy the so-called McGill plant.
On Wednesday, Chairman
Fred Plonk, of the 'board of edu
cation, was seeking to obtain a
drilling rig and crew to conduct
the test drilling under the super
vision of Earl C. Van Horn, of
Murphy, a registered geological
consultant, previously retained
toy the schools. Mr. Van Horn’s
preliminary report, received last
week, recommended test borings
only on the Phifer Road and Go
fortb-Plonk sites.
In endorsing the sewage dis
posal report Monday, the city
commission specified that school
plans for use of the sewage dis
posal plants from eithpr of the
sites would be subject to approv
al of the city’s engineers.
The report was also accepted
subject to “usual city policies”
which Comm. Ben H. Bridges
had outlined at Monday’s session
as 1) full services to property
line to any sate within the city
limits, and 2) subject to rate dif
ferentials for utilities for sites
outside the city limits, with utili
ty lines to the city limits.
Text of Engineer W. K. Dirk
son’s letter to the Mayor fol
lows:
"in compliance wnn inc re
quest of the Board of Kings
Mountain, I have made an in
spection of three sites for a
School Building for the purpose
of determining whether the sew
age from buildings on these sites
could be emptied into the sewer
age system of Kings Mountain
by gravity.
"The sites involved are known
as the YVrrk Road site, the G<>
forth-Plonk site, and the Phifer
toad site. The sewage from a
auilding on any of these sites
Tiuld be carried by gravity into
;he City Sewerage System pro
dded the buildings are located
m the high ground. (They could
ye located 'below the sewer on
my one of these sites.)
"I would recommend that the
School Board, when it has a
opographic map of the site se
en ted, have its engineer show at
>lan and profile for the neivs
;ary sewers to connect to the
Sty System. This should be of
ralue to the architect and School
3oard in determining the eleva
lons and locations of the buiIci
ngs.
"The York Road site could b<>
erved hv the Large Sewage
treatment Plant.
“The Goforth-P'o^k site reu-'d
>e served 'by the Country Club
3]ant.
"The Phifer Road site re-old
>e served by the Brickyard
3lant.”
Wts. Herndon Narr’d
Memorirl Chaiuran
Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Jr hrs
seen named memorial cc-rrvrr-:t?ee
chairman for the Kings Mm'-i
tain area of the Cleveland Coun
ty Chapter, American Cancer So
ciety, it was announced this
iveek by -Mrs. Mai Spangler Sr.,
chairman of the county chapter-.
Mrs. Spangler seld memorial*
>f Kings Mountain area citizens
should-be directed to Mrs. Hern
Ion, at 119 N. Piedmont avenue.
Mrs. Herndon recently rented
is chairman of the Kines Mautt
ain area cancer crusade.