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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
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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
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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
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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,
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