Popnlation Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 14, 1962 Seventy-Third Year r/ rf ——p^pr;——— r m ' ' ||§ If 3 ■ Ywjb&MM S S? nfcAS oi JL Ml E5£J 16 Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS Chamber Of Commerce Rescinds School Site Action HONORED George V. Hord, Jr. has been awarded a certificate of achievement while serving with the Second Infantry divi sion at Fort Banning. Go. Hold Wins Service Award George V. Hord, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hord of Kings Mountain, was recently awarded a certificate of achievement while serving as Information Specialist with the Second In fantry Division of the U. S. Ar my at Fort Benrtimg, Ga. The Kings Mountain man has returned to the copy desk of the Raleigh Times following his re lease from active service duty on May 18th. Mr. Hord joined the Tunes Staff after graduation from UNO School of Journalisn in 1959. Major General Charles H. Case said in presenting the mer it award to Hord, “During the period from August 18, 1960, to May 18, 1962. Specialist Geor ge V. Hord, While serving as In formation Specialist, Office of the Information Officer, perfor med his duties in a meritorious manner. He consistently display ed initiative, imagination, and determination of the highest or der in completing assigned tasks. As a result of his exemplary con tributions as news writer and sports editor, the Second Infan try Division portion of Fort Hen ning'S newspaper, “The Bayo net,” set an example of high pro fessional excellence. Specialist Hord may be justly proud of his service throughout the cited pe riod, which was in keeping with the finest traditions of the Sec ond Infantry Division and the United States Army-” Local News Bulletins KIWANIS CLUB “Operation Sunshine” i6 title of the film Kiwanians will view at their Thursday meeting at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman's dulb. Sherman Perry is pro gram chairman. * OPTIMIST BENEFIT Kings Mountain Optimists will sponsor a benefit barbe cue June 22nd at the American Legion Building from 11 a. m. until 9 p. m. Proceeds from barbecue plates will benefit the club’s Boys’ Work program of which Marion Sexton is chairman. Tickets will be $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for chil dren. AT CONFERENCE Rev. Thomas Droppers, pas tor, Mrs. David R. Hamrick and Mrs. E. W. Neal are rep resenting Trinity Episcopal church and Parish Day School at a conference for Day School ■workers of the Kanuga Episco pal Confemce Center near Hen dersonville. Hie conference continues through Thursday. COOPERS HERE Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cooper, of San Francisco, Calif., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lawren ce Lohr. Mrs. Cooper is Mr. Lehr's sister. Mr. Cooper, a concert pianist and teacher, joined his wife here from Puer to Rica, where he attended the Pablo Casals music festival. SUNDAY SERVICE Resurrection Lutheran chur ch will observe the Festival of the Holy Trinity at Surday morning worship services at 10 a. m. Rev. George Moore, pastor, will use the sermon theme, "Do I Know God?” and the Sacrament of the Lord’s suwter will be observed. OwensExoneiated In Tiaffic Death Of Fite (Md Thomas Edward Owens, 19 year-old Cloves', South Carolina youth, was exonerated of a char ge of murder in a hearing in Monday’s Recorder’s Court ses sion, following testimony by witnesses for the state. The charge was lodged again st him after an accident June 2 on Cleveland Avenue in which Donna Renna Fite, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char les Fite, died after having been struck by the car Owens was operating. Owens appeared in court with out legal counsel. Judge Jack White explained to the youth that he faced a charge of murder in the first degree and should have been represented. “But it was an accident, sir. I couldn’t help it I have some people here that saw it,” was O wens’ reply. Neither Owens nor his witness es took the stand. Judge White ruled no probable cause for binding the case, or a lesser charge of manslaughter to Su perior Court for trial after testi mony by Chief of Police Martin Ware, officer Charles Wallace, and an eyewitness, Mrs. Mary Seism. Mrs. Mary Seism told the court she was baby-sitting with the Fite children at the family resi dence at 103 Cleveland Avenue and decided to go across the street to Oates’ Shell Service to get a soft drink. Hardly audible at times through sobs of anguish, Mrs. Seism continued her testimony: “Donna said she wanted to go. I told her no . . . the traffic was itoo heavy. I started for the street and I thought Donna had gone back into the yard . . . but when I stopped at the street I felt her at my side. *1 caught her little hand and kept telling her not to jump loose and run into the street. "A car passed in front of us, headed toward King Street. As that car passed, she jerked from my hand and ran around the back of it. The other vehicle (the Owens vehicle) was coming down thevstreet at the time. “I saw her go up into the air and come back down . . . and slide down the highway ...” Mrs. Seism said the Owens car didn’t have any speed on it." Chief of Police Martin Ware reported his examination of the scene of the accident showed the car had not been traveling fast. He noted the car was sit ting at an angle, indicating the driver had swerved to the right in an effort to miss the child. Officer Wallace echoed Chief Ware’s findings at the scene. Judge White, in handing down the decision which cleared O wens termed the death of the child “ a very unfortunate and unavoidable accident.” Owens, who had sat throuyh the hearing in a forced calm, left the courtroom in tears. Other dispositions included: Bobby Ray Bagwell, 221 Morris Street, failure to comply with a (Continued On Page Eight) DAIRY PRINCESS -• Sandra Plonk is Cleveland County Dairy Princess for 1962 and will rep resent the county in district com petition Tuesday in Charlotte. Sandra Plonk Dairy Princess Sandra Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wray Plonk, Sr., is Cle veland County Dairy Princess for 1962. Miss Plonk, 18, copped the title from a field of 11 contestants Thursday night. She will repre sent the county in district finals Tuesday in Charlotte. A recent graduate of Kings (Mountain high school where she was ‘'May Queen”, Miss Plonk plans to begin study this fall in the field of home economics at Appalachian State Teacher’s col lege. She works part-time for the Kings Mountain Herald. Miss Plonk was sponsored in the competition by Russell Cook, distributor of Foremost Dairies Ten other lovelies competed for the crown in the atWttortum Tit Bums high school at PoHcville. Another dairyman’s daughter, Carolyn Cornwell of ILattimore was first runner-up. Gay Combs of Shelby was second runner-up and Elizabeth Black of Casar was third runner-up. Other con testants were Betty Ann Baker of Faliston; Patricia Ann Wilson, Margaret Whisnant, Rebecca Ki ser, Nancy Strickland and Linda Cline, all of Shelby, and Dottie Gibbons of Kings Mountain. Miss Gibbons was sponsored by Kings Mountain Drug Company. Master Of Ceremonies Charles CabanSss, Shelby Radio Station WOHS announcer, asked each contestant three questions in the preliminary portion of the com petition. The four finalists then were judged on their answers to: ‘What is the most tactful way to break a date with a boy so you may date another?”; “What are the goals in life you have set for yourself?”; and “What per son has been most influential in shaping your life?”. Cow - ques tions • asked to city girls - provi ded the most fun for the audi ence. Contestants wore evening dresses. OPTIMISTS MEET Members of the Optimist club of Kings Mountain will meet in regular session Thurs day ait 7:00 p. m. at the Cot tonwood Restaurant. Multiple Sclerosis Fund Campaign To Begin Monday; Davis Chairman Plans were being laid Wednes day for the Kings Mountain Mul tiple Sclerosis Fund drive June 18 through 30 by Isaiah C. Davis, appointed chairman of the local campaign last week. Mr. Davis was named by Cle veland County Chairman, Mrs. Norman Harris. Davis, agent for Life of Geor gia Insurance Company, noted completion of preliminary com mittees and plans for special features of the campaign. Mrs. Fred Withers is chairman of -the MS canister solicitations and Donald L. Barker is heading solicitation of clubs. David Baity has been named publicity chair man. Chairman for area door-to door canvassing include Mrs. Jack White, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Beam, Rev. R. L. Garvin, Mrs. I William Jonas, and Mr. and Mrs. Clavon Kelly. Mr. Davis noted chairmen have not been appointed for; several areas, but these should be forthcoming within the next day. The door-to-door solicitation is (Scheduled for June 25 between the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 p. m. However, Davis said, the cam HEADS DRIVE - Isaiah C. Davis was appointed last week as chairman of the Kings Moun tain Multiple Sclerosis Drive. The fund raising campaign will run from June 18-30. paign in some instances may be carried out at She discretion of the chairmen of the several a (Continued On Page Eight) Marlowe Wins Medical Degree Ohio University Awards Degree To James Weaver Two additional Kings Moun tain students received degrees in college commencement exerci ses Sunday. Edgar Earl Marlowe, Jr., son of Mr. and (Mrs. E. E. Marlowe, was graduated Sunday with doc tor of medicine degree from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Marlowe will intern fOr one year at Roanoke Memorial hospital of Roanoke, Va. Dr. Marlowe attended N. C. State college. He is a member of Delta Sigma Pi fraternity. (His wife is the former Nannette Ca rol Simpson of Memphis. The Marlowes and four-month-old daughter, Tonya Carol, live in Tennessee. James Warren Weaver, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weaver, was graduated Sunday with B. S. de gree in civil engineering from Ohio State University. He and his wife have a son, James War ren Weaver, Jr. Board To Meet Thursday Night The city board of commission ers will convene Thursday night with the agenda apparently rou tine. Mayor Kelly Dixon said he an ticipated no action Thursday on two major matters, replacement of Chief of Police Martin Ware, resigned, who completed his du ties with the city 'niesday, and on the 1962-63 city budget. The board is expected to con sider and adopt the upcoming year's privilege license ordinan ce, with no more than minor changes anticipated. The Mayor said he also receiv ed a request for imposition of a 25-mile-per-hour speed limit on Mauney avenue. Several technical matters are on the agenda, including amend ment of both the general bud get, due to an excess of receipts, and the gas system budget due to an excess of receipts and ex penditures. The board will also be asked to adopt an interim budget or dinance for the period July 1 until formal adoption of the 19 62-63 budget. Area Methodist Pastors Return All Kings Mountain area Meth odist ministers were returned to their pastorates for another year by the Western North Carolina annual Conference of the Meth odist Church. Bishop Nolan Harmon announ ced appointments at Lake Jun aluska. (Returning to Kings (Mountain are: Rev. Bruce Norwood, pastor of El Bethel Methodist church, who is beginning his third year. Rev. Norman Pusey, pastor of Grace Methodist church, who is 'beginning his second year. Rev. Herbert Garmon, pastor of Central Methodist church, who is beginning his fourth year. Returning to Bessemer City charges are: Rev. George Starr, pastor of Odell Memorial church, who is beginning his fifth year. Rev. E. O. Queen, pastor of Bethea-Tutte church, who is be ginning his third year. BIBLE SCHOOL CONTINUES Bible School is continuing through Friady evening at Macedonia Baptist church each day from 5 to 8 p. m. Eighty members answered roll call on Tuesday. Commencement ex ercises will be held Sunday evening ait 7 p. m. during reg ular worship service. Mrs. B. L. Biddy is principal of the school and Rev. Wayne Ache, is pastor of the church. GRADUATES - Dr. Earl Mar lowe and James Warren Weaver were graduated in college com mencement exercises Sunday. Budget Requests 580,000 Long Departmental appropriatioi requests for 1962-63 are “only’ $80,000 over anticipated receipts City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr. said Wednesday. He used the term “'only” advis edly, noting the average on ap propriation requests is half th amount it was for the curren year’s budget and stating tha an important inclusion is a $75, 000 figure for capital outlay — estimated cost of the first phase of rebuilding the electrical dis tribution system. An important exclusion is the anticipated 1962-63 surplus, which Mr. McDaniel has previously es timated should total $40,000. The figures are currently in the hands of the mayor and com missioners, who are expected to begin work on the budget soon. “What the commissioners will want to do, I don’t know,’’ the City Clerk commented, “but their paring job won’t be as difficult as it has been in the past.” Meantime, a representative of Barnard & Burk, the city’s gas system engineers, is due here Thursday to continue work on the upcoming year’s gas system buu. *t. Former Ministers Wile Passes Mrs. Allie Fox Bell, 90, wife of a one-time Kings Mountain Lu theran minister, died two weeks ago at her home in Smithsburg, Md. The funeral rites were held in Maryland. , Dr. and Mrs. C. K. Bell had lived here about 15 years, Dr. Bell beginning his pastorate at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church in 1904. Prom Kings Mountain the Bell’s went to Southern Sem inary at Columbia, S. C. where Dr. Bell was professor of theolo gy until his retirement some years ago. Mrs. Bell’s father, the late Dr. L. A. Fox was also a long-time Lutheran minister, serving as a professor of philosophy and pas tor of theology art Roanoke Col lege, Salem, Va. and at Southern Seminary. The Bells had no children. Driller Plans Thursday Survey Oi School Sites BY MARTIN HARMON Frank Hutchins, representative of an Asheville drilling com-i pany, is scheduled to arrive in Kings Mountain Thursday mor ning for an advance inspection of two prospective school sites, which the board of education has ordered drilled to determine rock content and likely grading cost. Superintendent B. N. Barnes said he’d confirmed the Thurs day visit early Wednesday after noon. Chairman Fred W. Plonk had reported previously difficulty in obtaining drilling service at the same time the board’s geologist, Earl Van Horn, of Murphy, could also be available. Investigation revealed that several companies specialize in drilling work and that many mining firms contract their ser vices, rather than employing their own drilling apparatus and crews. Chairman Plonk said the drill ing “will not be cheap”. In fact, he indicated he considered quo tations from some firms astrono mically high. The board, by 4-0 decision, or dered the drilling to determine clearance costs on May 23, after a group of 40 citizens had at tended a board meeting and ex pressed opposition to location of the high school on the Phifer Neisler property on Phifer road. The board had reviewed at the the meeting architect’s report that rock out croppings on the site indicated considerable gra ding costs. The architect report also repotred incidence of rock on the Goforth-Plonk property and the board motion was to drill all sites under considera tion. An inspection of these sites by Geologist Van Horn, as well as the York Road site, brought the recommendation to drill the two sites. Drilling of the York Road site is unnecessary, the Geologist wrote. The board of education ap peared split 3-2 in favor of the Phifer Road site at its regular meeting May 21, Dr. P. G. Pad gett, Mrs. Lena McGill and Hol mes Harry indicating readiness to favor this location. At the subsequent session two days later, Mr. Harry made the motion to drill the several pros pective sites and made the state ment he would consider another development of the Phifer Road! site, should the drilling show property too expensive. vard Ba^da- FriHrrv To Benefit Hospital 'Kings Mountain Garaen Coun cil is inviting the interested public to visit a benefit yard bazaar local garden clubs will sponsor Friday. Booths will open at 11 a. m. on the lawn of the E. W. Grif fin home West Mountain , street. The bazaar Will close at j 7 p. m. Both lunch and supper will be available. Assortment of I gift items plus gardening sup- | plies will be offered for sale j In take-home packages. AM proceeds will go to the club’s beautification project at Kings Mountain hospital. PRESIDENT ■■ Jonas Bridges, WKMT general manager, was Installed as president of the Kings Mountain Lions club for 1962-63 at Tuesday night's meet ing. He succeeds Martin Harmon. Lions Installed New Officers Jonas Bridges, general mana ger of Radio Station WKMT, was installed as president of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. Mr. Bridges succeeds Martin 'Harmon. George Thomasson, zone chair man and past president of the club, conducted the installation of officers and directors, pointing out the specific duties of each in managing his club operations Other new officers are: Odus Smith, first vice-president; Wes ley Bush, second vice-president; C. P. Barry, third vice-president; Harry Jaynes, secretary; J. M. McGinnis, treasurer; Clyde Brid ges, lion tamer; and Richard Barnette, tall twister. Directors for two-year terms are Jack Hauser, J. T. McGin nis, Jr., and Joe McDaniel, Jr. Holdover directors are Dr. George W. Plonk, William Law rence Plonk, and Howard Bry ant. The retiring president is an ex officio member of the 'board. Mr. Harmon told the club, “It has been a good year.’’ He said the three money-mak ing projects had been successful, that the club had enjoyed high quality programs, and had com piled a good record of service in its sight conservation program, support of the Lions club work at Boys’ Home, support of the foreign student program and in other directions. He reported nine new memlbers had joined the club, with the net member ship gain totaling six. “The club ends its year on a sound footing, both service-wise and financially,” he declared. Retiring Secretary Eugene Gladden was presented a pin as a ‘TOO percent" club secretary. C Of C Officials To Attend Meeting President Glee A. Bridges and Secretary-Treasurer L. E. Hin nant of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce will go to Chapel Hill Thursday, where they will attend a meeting of the Governor’s Committee on Financing Incoming Industry. While away, -the Chamber of Commerce officials expect to confer with Hargrove Bowles, director of the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. Dr. Hamilton, Medical Missionary, Dr. Peters Address ARP Members BY ANNE JAMES HARMON “The job of me medical mis sionary is to practice the art of medicine, but his primary pur pose is to spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.” These were the words of Dr. Lindsay Hamilton, one of two young doctors, both students at the University of Pennsylvania, Who spoke Sunday morning at Boyce Memorial ARP church. Dr. Hamilton, whose parents, Dr. and Mrs. B. L. Hamilton, are missionaries to West Pakistan from the AR Presbyterian chur ch, is the brother of Mrs. J. C. McGill and nephew of Dr. W. L. Pressly. He will leave soon for Pakistan as a medical missionary. With him was Dr. John Peters, an anesthetist, from Madras, In dia. A third generation Christian, be will go, after one more year of study in this country, to Bah rain, an island hi the Persian Gulf and to Saudi Arabia as a medical missionary tram the i Church of South India. I>r. Hamilton said that althou gh there are 800 million Chris tians in the world, this repre sents only 40 percent of total population. ; “There is no time for oorrapla cency,” he said. “More babies will die non-Christian than Chris tian." Stating that there are 900 me 1 dical missionaries working in all parts of the world, Dr. Hamilton traced the history of this servi ce. “The first medical missionary, was St. Luke, a Greek, and the author of the third gospel,” he said. He reviewed the work of David Livingstone, a Scot who went to Africa in 1840. Dr. Liv ingstone's contribution included exploration and study of the cul ture and morals of the country, as well as medical and religion services. It was in 1906 that Dr. Minnie (Continued On Page Eight) | C Of C Board Says It Acted Minus All Facts By MARTIN HARMON The board of directors of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce Tuesday rescinded its opposition to selection of the Goforth-Plonk property for an area high school site. The Chamber of Commerce board, on May 14, had adopted a resolution opposing this site for a high school “due to vast differences in price and close ness to the highway.” President Glee A. Bridges said the Tuesday action was taken unanimously by all directors present at the May 14 session. The formal statement from the Tuesday action reads: "At a regular meeting of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce board of directors on May 14 members of the board went on record as opposing the Goforth-Plonk site as our new school site. “Inasmuch as we did not have all the information art hand and with the full board membership not present, numerous requests have been received to call a meeting of the board on this matter, which was done June 12, 1962, with the following present: R. O. Southwell, B. S. Peeler, Jr., Fred J. Wriight, Jr., J. E. Amos, Bob Maner, Glee A. Bridges, and L. E. Hinnant. “Inasmuch as members of our Chamber of Commerce do not all see alike on this issue, cer tainly their privilege, we decided to rescind our action unanimous ly, as a Chamber of Commerce taking no part in this matter whatsoever.” The May action had been ta ken on the same day Marvin Go forth, owner of a major portion of the Goforth-Plonk site, had proffered a $12,000 donation to the schools, should this site be chosen. The gift proffer had the effect of making the cosrt of the Goforth property $1,000 per acre. Since that time, C. S. Plonk and the J. O. Plonk Estate have in formed the board of education they will make a $5,000 donation should the Goforth-Plonk site, including about 26 acres of Plonk lands, be chosen for the new high school. Only one other organization. Kings Mountain Country Club, has taken action concerning lo* cation of the new school. The Country Club board of dir eetors passed a resolution oppos ing the Goforth-Plonk site on grounds that driven golf balls would pose a hazard to pupils who might cross the club’s golf course as a short-cut to the school. The Goforth-Plonk site adjoins the club's golf course. Bloodmobile Here Friday The Red Cross Bloodmobile will return to Kings Mountain Friday at 11 a. m. with donors to be processed until 5 p. m. at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Goal of the collection is 125 pints of 'blood, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cheshire, blood program co chairmen, said. “With the increased need for blood, with physicians and sur geons relying more and more on blood and blood derivatives in treatment of patients, the need for blood is rising,” they pointed out and added, there must be a step-up, rather than a let-up, in me recruitment of donors. To test and to refresh the lo cal citizen’s knowledge of the Red Cross Blood program, the Kings Mountain chapter has fur nished a list of questions and answers concerning the blood program and donor which in cludes: 1) How old must I be to do nate blood? From 18 to 60; with parental permission if under 21 and unmarried. 2) How do 1 know whether I am healthy enough to give blood? Before you are permitted to donate, Red Cross workers in cluding a physician, check your temperature, pulse, hemoglobin and blood nressime and take careful medical history. 3l How much blood can I give? How often? Approximately one pint, every eight weeks but no more than five times a year. 4) Does the Red Crr*^« ms*' n’l the blood that is donated? Yes. iNothinsr is wasted. 5) What happens to the blood? Whole blood is given In trans fusions when large amounts of blood have been lost as a result of injury, childbirth, or surgery. It may be used to treat infections, (Continued On Pago Bight)

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