Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
This figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United States census of 1960.
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VOL. 73 No. 26
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 28, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
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Local News
Bulletins
DISPLAY FLAG
Colonel Frederick Hambright
Chapter, DAR, is urging Kings
Mountain business citizens to
display the flag on Indepen
dence Day, July 4th.
KIWANIS CLUB
Harry Jaynes, principal of
Kings Mountain high school,
will speak on "Advancement in
Public School Teaching” at
Thursday’s meeting of the Ki
wanis Club. The civic club con
venes at 6:45 p. m. at the Wo
man’s club.
LIONS SPEAKER
Miss Sandra Plonk, Cleve
land County Dairy Princess
and runner-up in the eight
county area contest, was guest
speaker at Shelby Lions club
Tuesday night in Shelby.
JAYCEES MEET
A “Twentieth Century” film,
distributed by the Prudential
Life Insurance Company will
be shown as the program as
Jaycees meet in regular ses
sion Tuesday at 7:00 p. m. at
Kings Mountain Woman’s
club.
BAPTIST HOMECOMING
Homecoming Day and ser
vices marking the laying of
the cornerstone at First Bap
tist church will be held Sun
day, July 29th, and plans are
underway for the event. Picnic
dinner will be spread.
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IMPROVING ,
'F. A. Tidwell, who suffered
a slight heart attack last
weekend, is improving at
Kings Mountain Hospital, a
family spokesman said Wed
nesday.
RELEASED
Odus Smith, Jr., owner of the
local Western Auto Associate
Store, was released from Kings
Mountain Hospital Tuesday
following treatment for a kid
ney ailment Mr. Smith was re
ported doing well by a family
spokesman Wednesday.
STEVENSON SOUGHT
Mrs. Clara Newman, secre
tary to Local Board No. 23 of
the Selective Service System,
announced this week the
board is seeking information
regarding the whereabouts of
George Roger Stevenson. She
asks that anyone who can fur
nish information to please con
tact her at the Shelby office.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
totaled $172.05, including $120
from on-street meters, $45.50
from violation fees, and $16.55
from off-street meters, City
Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., report
ed.
ATTEND MEETING
Mayor Kelly Dixon and City
CHerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., at
tended a regional meeting of
the North Carolina League of
Municipalities held at States
ville Tuesday afternoon.
LAKE MONTONIA PICNIC
The annual July 4th picnic
at Lake Montonia will be held
Wednesday, Ben H. Bridges,
secretary of Lake Montonia
Oub, Inc., announced this
week. Mr. Bridges said cards
announcing the day’s activities
are being mailed to members.
Cook Retains
To Police Force
B. P. Cook, former Kings Moun
tain policeman, returned to the
city police force Sunday, it was
announced this week 'by Acting
Chief Paul Sanders.
Mr. Oook, resigned from the
force in October, 1958, to accept
the position of Sergeant of the
Guard at the Bunn prison camp.
He subsequently went to Roxboro
as assistantt superintendent of
the Roxboro prison camp.
In June, 1959, he returned to
Kings Mountain, working with
Fibre Industries, of Earl.
Mr, Oook is married to the for
mer Mildred HoWeli and the fa
ther of two children, one deceas
ed.
_ The Cooks retide at 403 Gantt
Semi-Annual
Payments Set
Record Again
Kings Mountain’s two savings
and loan associations will set new
highs in half year payments this
week, issuing Checks to share
holders totaling $141,678.64.
Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan Association will pay $30,
150.98 to opeional Shareholders
and $27,930.67 to holders of full
paid shares, totaling $58,081.65,
according to an announcement
by Ben H. Bridges, secretary of
the firm.
Tom Tate, secretary - treasur
er of Home Savings & Loan As
sociation reported this week his
firm will pay $45,525.00 to holder
of optional Shares and $38,071.9^
to full-paid shareholders. Th
two total $83,596.99.
The half year payment exceed
(he year-end record set for 196
with a $137,864 dividend, which
was up $11,600 over the previous
December.
Mid-year payments last yea
totaled $55,344.50 for Kings (Moun
tain Savings & Loan Associatior
and $74,815.00 for Home Savings
& Lean Association.
Grange Supports
Pollution Report
Number 4 Township Grange
adopted a resolution Tuesday
night supporting recommenda
tions applying to the township
area of the state stream san
taition committee as embodied in
its Broad River Basis pollution
survey report, Master Jim Yar
boro repotted.
The resolution was adopter
for inclusion In the North Car
ollna State Grange program.
The resolution follows:
“Whereas, The conservation
development and control of our
baadic resources are properly the
concern of every citizen.
"Whereas, Water resources and
water supply are of serious gro
wing concern in the minds of ou
people in the various section of
the country. Availability, priori
ty of usage, water rights, full
arid comprehensive development
are vital issues before the people,
agencies of government, state e
gislatures and Congress.
“Whereas, Since, as an indus
try, our very existence is depend
ent upon ample ground water
and irrigation, agriculture has a
tremendous stake in wise decis
ions and polities in this area. In
far too many sections of North
Carolina, agriculture's interest
has been relegated to a second
ary consideration. Our people
must be vigilant and seek prom
ptly, fair, impartial and equita
ble treatment as to priorities
and allocations. As a people, we
must insist on the careful utiliza
tion of every drop of water in a
sensible manner — using every
means, including small watershef
and large multiple installation
coupled with wise land use poli
cies — to further the 'best inter
est of all citizens of North Caro
Una and our Nation.
“Therefore, the Number Four
Township Grange urges that the
recommendations as set forth in
the Pollution Survey Report No
13: THE BROAD RIVER BA
SIN, A survey of existing poilu
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SPEAKER — Rev. James Moss.
Missionary to South America,
will be guest speaker Sunday at
4:00 p. m. at Boyce Memorial
ARP Church.
Moss Speaker
At ARP Church
Rev. James Moss, missionary
with the West Brazil Mission of
the Presbyterian Church of the
United States, will be special
guest speaker Sunday at 4:00 p.
m. at Boyce Memorial ARP
church.
Rev. Moss, along with his wife,
the former Dorothy Baker of
Denver, N. C., have served in the
mission field since 1956 in the
small Brazilian town of Ceres, a
bout 2,500 miles into the interior
from Rio de Janeiro.
Ceres is about 200 miles west
northwest from Brasilia, the new
federal capital of Brazil.
Rev. and Mrs. Moss and their
three children have been in the
United States on a year’s fur
lough, arriving July 26, 1961.
They are scheduled to sail
from New Orleans on August 13
to return to the South American
mission field where they will be
located in the region between
Goiania, the captital of the state
of Goias, and Itumbiara, a city
about 25Q miles.spu*h-otthe-Par
anaiba River, the division be
tween the states of Goias and
Minas Gerais.
Their arrival will mark the
first time in history for the sec
tion to have a resident missinary.
Rev. Moss, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. B. Moss of Kings Moun
tain, is a graduate of Kings
Mountain High School, King
College, of Bristol, Tennessee,
and Columbia Theological Semi
nary, of Decatur, Georgia.
He served as pastor of Fifth
Creek and Bethesda Presbyterian
churches in Concord Presbytery
before entering the mission field.
Mrs. Moss, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. R. T. Baker of Denver,
in Lincoln county, attended
Queens College for three years.
During her last two years of
college she assisted with young
peoples work at Commonwealth
Presbyterian Church in Char
lotte.
Speeders Beware.
Whammy To Be Out
The “whammy” will be out
two or three days each week
on a speed watch to be con
ducted by Kings Mountain po
lice during the month of July.
The announcement came
Wednesday from Acting Po
lice Chief Paul Sanders.
Officer Sanders said the
“whammy” would be set up on
different streets each day, but
did not reveal which ones.
“Polks will just have to
watch their speed and make
sure they don’t exceed the li
mit,” he said.
Lt.-Col. Hal Plonk Is Retiring
Friday From Air Force Reserve
Lt-Col. Hal Sloan Plonk will
be Tetired, effective Friday, after
more ’than 28 years of active and
active reserve duty in the army
and air force.
Commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the army infantry on
May 30, 1934, following ROTC
training at North Carolina State
college, he was called to active
duty on July 30, 1941, at Fort
Bragg’s Pope Field and served in
Europe with an air reconnais
sance squadron. Back in the U
nited States, he and his unit
were to report for training at
Drew Field, Fla., for duty in the
Pacific Theatre. He was on leave
when the Japanese surrendered.
“I didn’t mind that a bit,” he
laughs.
Col. Plonk is retiring as engin
eer in charge of building, main
tenance and supply of the
9942nd Air Reserve squadron, Air
Force Regular Reserve, Charlotte.
After reporting to Pope Field
and being assigned to the air
arm, he joined the 8th Observa
tion Squadron at Langley Field,
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RETIRING - Lt -CoL Hoi S.
Plonk, Kings Mountain native. to
retiring from the active cdr force
reserve Friday after more than
28 yean on active reeerve duty
with the any infantry and air
Drilling Of School Sites Completed
Australian Girl
Is AFS Student
Susan Hoad
WUl Reside
At Plonk Home
A 17-year old Australian girl,
Susan Barbara Hoad, who wants
to be an interior decorator, will
be Kings Mountain's exchange
student this fall.
(Miss Hoad, who will arrive
here the middle of August, will
live with the family of Dr. and
Mrs. George Plonk during her
year’s stay in this country and
while a senior at Kings Mountain
high school.
Her father, Lester Charles
Hoad, is a merchant, dealer in
wholesale furnishings and fab
rics in Balwyn, Victoria, Austra
lia. Other members of the Hoad
family are her mother, Barbara
Lechmere Hoad, and a 14-year
old brother.
Described as a ‘.good, averag<
student," Miss Hoad, who is fair
haired and fivofoot-five, atten
ded the church grammar school
Presbyterian Ladies college o
Berwood in Victoria. She studio
English, architecture, history
and art. She speaks a little Fren.
ch and German.
An avid sports fan, she likes
tennis, swimming, riding, and
skating. She also Kikes painting,
dancing and reading. She has
written Mrs. Plonk that she’s
particularly interested in interior
designing and art.
The Hoads are members of
the Church of England.
Susan Barbara Hoad will be
Kings Mountain’s fourth ex
change student under the Ameri
can Field Service Internationa
Scholarships program and comes
here under a community - wid
project supported by civic organ
izations.
She was preceded here by
Graeme Reeves of New Zealand
Pierre Dasen of Switzerland and
Kisten Zacho of Denmark.
Purpose of the A1FS program
is to increase understanding be
tween the different nations of the
world. In order to accomplish
this purpose, international scho-|
larShips are granted to young
students from numerous differ
ent countries for one school year
of study in the United States. In
this way they may learn about
the United States and on their
return home, let their families
and friends know more about it.
At the same time they may let
people in the United States know
more about their countries.
The American Field Service 1
a private organization and ha
no political or religious affiliia
tions.
MS Fund Drive
Response Slow
The Kings Mountain drive to
raise funds for the Multiple
Sclerosis Foundation is going
poorly, according to a statemen
this week by chairman Isaiah C
Davis.
Receipts have been small, he
noted and said the campaign is
“not going as well as we had
hoped it would."
Contributions to the campaign
go to finance medical research
into the cause and cure of mul
tiple sclerosis, the number one
medical mystery of the nation.
The medical profession knows
the disease exists, its symptoms,
and that basically it is a break
down of the nerve covering, cau
sing eventual paralysis. There
the knowledge stops.
The disease strikes mostly per
sons in the prime of life, tragic
ally rendering them helpless for
the rest of their life.
"Research into this disease is
desperately needed." Mr. Davis
said, urging all Kings Mountain
folk to open their hearts and
give.
Davis noted citizens, if not
contacted in the door-to-door
canvas of the town, should for
ward any contribution to him.
He no*ed, too. an MS .Balloon.
Sale will be conducted on the
streets of the city all day Satur
day.
DOIHG WELL
L. A. Hoke, owner of Hoke i
Electric Company, is doing
well at Kings Mountain Hospi
tal following a heart attack
suffered last Friday at noon.
EXCHANGE STUDENT •• Mis
Susan Barbara Hoad, of Austra
lia, is Kings Mountain's fourtl
foreign exchange student. Sh
will live with the family of Dr
and Mrs. George Plonk.
Homecoming Set
Sunday At Dixon
Dixon Presbyterian ehurci
will observe Homecoming Day at
services Sunday.
Rev. James Mann, pastor, wil
deliver the morning message at
9:30 a. m. and-the Sunday Schoo
hour will follow. Ptanie lunch
Will be spread at 1 p. m. and a
special song service, with singers
from other churches invited, U
participate.
Evangelistic services will be
gin on Sunday night With Rev.
David Blue, pastor of West Av
enue Presbyterian church of
Gastonia, to lead the service at
8 o’clock. The services will con
tinue nightly with the song ser
vice to begin at 7:45 p. m. Daily
Vacation Biible School for all
ages will begin Monday througl
Pridav at 6:30 and continue un
til 7:45.
Mr. Mann issued an invitation
to former members and friends
of tJhe church to join the congre
gation in the Homecoming Day
activities Sunday and to partici
pate in Bible School and evange
listic services next week.
Cannon To Lead
Union Service
Sunday night’s union service
for six city church congregations
will he held at Central Methodist
church at 8 o’clock.
Rev. H. D. Garmon, pastor,
will deliver the evening message.
Last Sunday’s service was held
at Kings Mountain Baptist chur
ch With Rev. (Marion DuBose,
pastor, delivering the sermon.
The DuBoses have just returned
from San Francisco where they
attended the Southern Baptist
Convention.
“We issue a cordial invitation
to the community to join us in
the Sunday night service and to
attend all of the services in the
summer series of union servi
ces,” Mr. Garmon said in mak
ing the announcement.
Gerberdings
To Convention
Dr. William P. Gerberding and
family have left for Detroit,
Michigan, to attend the merger
convention of the new Lutheran
Church in America. Dr. Gerber
ding was present in New York
in 1918 when the United Luther
an Church in America was form
ed by the merger of three
groups. This was the first church
body to unite North and South
after the Civil War.
The Gerberdings will be away
four weeks visiting relatives an
Michigan and Minnesota.
Next Sunday, July 1, The Rev.
Edgar M. Cooper of Potts*own,
Pa., will preach at St. Matthew’s.
He is pastor of the oldest con
gregation in the United Luther
an Church.
Van Horn Report
Is Promised
For Next Week
By MARTIN HARMON
Drilling of portions of two
prospective high school sites to
determine rock formations was
completed late Tuesday after
noon, under supervision of Earl
C. Van Horn, of Murphy, con
sulting geologist.
Mr. Van Horn said the board
of education should receive his
written report early next week.
Meantime, Chairman Fred W.
Plonk, board of education chair
man, declined to comment on Mr.
Van Horn’s oral conversations
concerning the drilling results,
pending receipt of the written
report, except to say that some
rock was encountered at tooth th
Phifer Road and Goforth-Plonk
sites.
The geologist, who ihad previ
ously surveyed the sites, had told
the board drilling of the third
site under consideration on York
Road was unnecessary.
After four week's of effort to
Obtain a drilling rig at a reason
able price, the drilling work wa
accomplished quickly. The five
man drilling crew, working under
Van Horn’s supervision, aeeom
plashed the task by working
three hours Monday aftemooi
and putting in a 12-hour da;
Tuesday. The Tuesday after
noon rains didn’t stop the work
the drilling team completing tht
work about 7 p. m. Tuesday.
Chairman Plonk said total
cost of the drilling work had not
yet been ascertained, but added
it would not exceed $1,000, in
cluding payment of the geologis
at a fee of $75 per diem, plus
expenses.
An adequate compressor wa
obtained from Mitchell Equip
ment Company, Charlotte, am
the drill of 'Foote Mineral Corn
pany was employed.
The drilling crew included
Foote employee and four schOf>
employees.
When the Van Horn report is
received the school architects,
Architects Associated, of Shelby
will be asked to compile firm es
timates on grading costs of the
sites.
School officials regard this in
formation as likely the last nee
ded before action on purchasing
a site for the new area high
school. The drilling work was or
dered by 4-0 vote on May 23, on
motion by Holmes Harry and
Mrs. Lena McGill’s second.
It followed a motion, two days
previously, by Dr. P. G. iPadgett,
seconded by Mrs. McGill, to pur
chase the Phifer Road site. At
the time, Mr. Harry had said he
also favored the Phifer Road
site, but a vote wasn't taken.
At the May 23 session, about
40 school district citizens attend
ed and objected to selection of the
Phifer Road site, which Chair
man Plonk and H. O. Williams
had said they opposed.
When he made his motion to
retain the geologist to determine
rock formations, Mr. Harry com
mented, “If I find there’s too
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Big Area Stake
In Basin Report
GRADUATES -- James J. Craw
ford has received his degree in
electrical engineering from
Louisiana State University.
LSU Graduates
James Crawiord
James J. Crawford, Kings
Mountain native, was.graduated
this month from Louisiana State
University with bachelor of sci
ence degree in electrical engin
eering.
Mr. Crawford, son of Mrs.
Ethel Crawford and the late T.
H. Crawford, is technical repre
sentative for the Phileo Corpora
tion with headquarters at the
Western Electric Company’s Bell
| Laboratories in Whippany, New
Jersey. He and his wife visited
Kings Mountain relatives last
week.
A graduate of Kings Mountain
high school, class of 1952, Mr.
Crawford served in the Air Force
frim 1953-57. At LSU he was a
member of Eta Kappa Nu, elec
trical engineering honor society,
and Tau Beta Pi, engineering so
ciety. He is a member of the A
merican Institute of Electrical)
Engineers.
Howard Dixon
Dies Wednesday
Howard Dlixon died Wednesday
albout 6 p. m. at 'his home follow
ing a several month's illnese.
Sisk Funeral Home is in Charge
of funeral arrangements which
are incomplete.
The family requests that in
lieu of flowers memorials may
be made to the Cleveland County
Cancer Society or to the building
fund of First Baptist Church.
Perpetual Care Fund Not Usable
For Constractien 0! Be!! Tower
By MARTIN HARMON
It is the opinion of an assistant
attorney - genera] of North Car
olina that the City of Kings
Mountain cannot expend its per
petual care cemetery funds for
the construction of a hell tower
in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Assistant Attorney-General Har
ry W. W. McGalllard replied to
a request of City Attorney J. R.
Davis this week: "In my opinion,
[expenditures of any part of the
j body of the Kings Mountain ee
! metery Perpetual Care Trust
i Fund for construction of a Beil
Tower at the cemetery would be
: outside the scope of the town’6
authority with respect to such
trust fund.” He had cited Gener
al Statutes 160-258 through 260 as
the governing law.
' The ruling apparently preclu
des the City commission's appro
Ival of the Bell Tower project
j whkh has been strongly recom
mended toy Sam R. Sutoer, the
! city’s veteran cemetery superin
, tenderrt.
The nroject had the support of
j Commissioner Eugene Goforth
and the qualified support of
'Commissioner J. E. Rhea. (Mr.
Rhea had noted at a recent fceet
! ing he would second a motion, to
build the tower from these funds
! should such an expenditure prov e
legal.
Additionally, according to City
Attorney Dwvis. Kings (Mountain
implemented these statute® via
city ondinance Sen setting up
Mountain Rest cemetery In late
1923 and 1924.
Minutes of the board of com
missioners Show that the city,
purchased certain acreage from!
W. K. Mauney in this period for)
$13,500, which, coupled with the;
old part of the cemetery (first
used in 1876), form what is to
day Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Under the city ordinance, per-!
petual care of graves is provided
for all the new part, while per
peual care of the old part was of
fered for an annual fee, or for
ever, on payment of $50.
The ordinance specifies that
half the receipts from sale of
grave lots 'be deposited in a per
petual care fund. Inference of the
text is that the fund itself is not
spendable, with only the earn
; ings therefrom usuable and these
; funds usuable only for cemetery
I care.
In the 38 years since the ordi
nance was adopted, the fund has
grown, with earnings from sav
ings and loan association invest
ments. to some $32,000.
In times past, this fund has
been regarded hv the city as usa
ble for capital expenses in the
! cemetery. The fund has been tap-!
| ped for building a portion of the,
cemetery fence, an entrance gate.j
and for surfacing some cemetery
streets.
Early in 1961. the city sought
I to borrow from this fund in or
der to assure the local share of
funds for construction of the
national guard armory. The fund
was hedid unfttouchabde for that
purpose.
City, Industiy *
Urged To Clean
Polluted Streams
The City of Kings Mountain,
which took action lasit Januairy
to protect the Buffalo Creek
watershed area as a future sour
ce of water supply, along with
industries of the area, have a
considerable financial • stake in
the recent report of .the state
stream sanitation committee on
the Broad River basin. _
City officials and others con
cerned have been invited to at
tend a public hearing on the re
port at Shelby high school on
July 12.
Specifically, the report reads,
“The City of Kings Mountain
should employ the services of
competent consulting engineers
for the purpose of planning and
installing adequate and efficient
treatment facilities for the sew
age and industrial wastes origi
nating in the City, in order that
the beneficial uses made of the
receiving streams will be preser
ved, complaints will be prevent
ed and health hazards wall be
avoided. In view of the mutual
responsibility as to the pollution
in Beason Creek, the City and
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company should endeavor to
seek a common solution to the
problem.’’
The detailed report, totaling
303 pages, covers the stream
pollution problems of the Broad
River Basin -- an area stretching
from the French Broad River
west of Asheville to the Catawba
basin, of which McGill Creek is
a tributary.
Kings Mountain has four sew
age outfalls into ereeks of the
basin:
1) The Ware plant, on Potts
creek, which the report describes
as “poorly operated and main
tained .... design capacity un
known, and grossly overloaded.
2) The Mauney Plant on Bea
son Creek, serving a population
of 2,000, plus industrial wacte
from Mauney Hosiery Mill. It is
this stream that also accepts the
industrial waste of Massachus
etts Mohair. The plant "appears
to be at least 200 percent over
loaded,’’ says the report.
3) Kings Creek Plant Number
1, located near Superior* Stone
Company, serving about 450 peo
ple. “The maintenance and oper
ation were negligible,” says the
report.
■1) Kings Creek Plant Nunier
2, located at Superior Stone Com
pany, was also said to be poorly
maintained. It serves about 000
people and tailings waste from
Superior’s operations.
Industrial suggestions includ
ed:
)1 That Allen Mica Company
provide settling -beds in order to
discharge dean water into Jake’s
branch.
2) That Minette Mills at Gro
ver review its treatment of in
dustrial wastes.
3) That all companies employ
ing settling ponds keep dams in
good repair to avoid leakage or
breaks.
The report commended Foote
Mineral Company which, at the
time of the survey, wins dischar
ging no polluted water into a
stream.
The city’6 fifth sewage treat
ment plant and its most modem,
built on McGill Creek in 1954 55,
was stated in the Catawba River
Basin report to increase “the bi
ological oxygen demand, the
coliform barter a content and
ohjeet.ional sludge deposits” of
McGill creek.
The Buffalo Creek watershed
is 126 square miles. Among 'ts
con tarn:nators is the Ballard
treatment plant of the City of
Cherryvit'e. which fhrvs into
Muddy Fork, a Buffalo tribu
ta:y.
Hemld To Pnb*ish
On Requlcnr Schedule
The Kings Mountain Herald
will not observe a July 4 holi
day this vear, the oaper being
published on reeular schedule.
Next week’s Herald will be
dated Thursday, July 5, -but
will be printed on regul-ar
schedule Wednesday night