Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
,or Greater Eng* Mountain U derlred from
King* Mountain city directory cexuu*. The city
limits figure i* from the United State* ceniu* of I960.
Pages
Today
VOL 73 No. 33
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 16, 1963
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
DALLIS STALLINGS
DAVID ALLRED
FRANCIS WILSON
Baptists Set
Youth Revival
August 22 - 26 — Wednesday
•through Sunday — are the dates
set by the First Baptist church
of Kings Mountain for its sum
mer Youth Revival. A youth
team from Wake Forest college
wilil be in charge of the services
beginning each evening at 7:30.
The youth pastor will be Dal
las Stallings. He was graduated
from Wake Forest college June
4, and plans to enter Southeast
ern Seminary in September
While at Wake Forest, Stallings
served as president of the W. R
Cullom Ministerial Conference, a
member of the Honor Council
and chaplain of the Theta Ch':
fraternity. He was also a deacon
at the Wake Forest Baptist
church. He is from Eden ton
North Carolina.
| The music director for the re
vival will be David Allred. He is
a rising senior at Wake Forest
and plans to enter Southeastern
Seminary after his graduation
He is presently serving as youth
director at the First Baptist
church in Greensboro. Allred has
been active in the Baptist Stu
dent Union and is a member of
the Ministerial) Conference. He is
also from Edenton.
The person in charge of the
services is Francis Wilson. Wil
son was graduated from Wake
Forest in Jude and plans to en
ter Southeastern Seminary in
the fall. While at Wake Forest
he was vice - president of the
student body, president of the
Theta. Chi fraternity, a member
of the W. R. Cullom Ministerial
Conference, and a deacon at the
Wake Forest Baptist church. Wil
son is from Valdese.
Youth groups from all church
es hove a special invitation to at
tend. The team wil be in charge
of morning devotions at radio
station WKMT on these dates,
Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor, an
nounced.
Waftftersoxi Clan
hReunion Sunday
P Descendants of the late John
W. Watterson and related famili
es will hold their annual dan
reunion Sunday, August 19, at
Lake Crawrord in the South Car
olina State park, it was announc
ed toy W. L. Watterson, of Kings
Mountain.
Picnic dinner will be served a
bout 1 p. m.
Local News
Bulletins
DANCE SATURDAY
The Spontanes of Gastonia
will provide music for dancing
at the Kings Mountain National
Guard Armory Saturday from 8
until 12 p.m. Admission is one
dollar per person.
IMPROVING
Dr. Zeno Wall, well • known
Baptist minister and father of
Mirs. Ollie Harris, Sr., of Kings
Mountain, who entered Cleve
land Memorial hospital and was
seriously ill over the weekend,
has shown some improvement.
He was moved Monday to Mer
cy hospital, Charlotte, where he
is in room 360.
HONORED
Mrs. Madge H. Arrowood was
chosen “Outstanding Reporetr of
the Juarter’’ from Roses’ Com
pany and was featured in the
the Quarter” from Roses’ Com
munique,” along with her pic
ture in the July issue. Mrs. Ar
rowood is employed by the local
store.
CHURCH PICNIC
First Presbyterian church Sun
day School will hold its annual
picnic at Lake Montonia on
Wednesday, August 29th, at 6:30
p.m.
ON DEAN'S LIST
Miss Norma Hamrick, senior at
Meredith college, was listed on
the dean’s list for the quarter
just ended, according to report
from the dean’s office.
TO CREDIT CLINIC
Mrs. Luther Joy, Merchants As
sociation secretary, has been ap
pointed a member of the attend
ance and publicity committee of
the Southern Consumer Credit
Clinic to be held in Charlotte
Sept. 18-19.
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Miss Jette Plonk, who suffered
a heart attack August 4, was
said to be very slightly improved
by attending physicians Wednes
day. Miss Plonk is hospitalized
at Kings Mountain Hospital.
ROTARY PROGRAM
Otto Teszler, Shannon Limited
executive, will present the pro
gram, ‘^Atomic Energy and Civi
lian Application” at Tuesday’s
ueeting of the Rotary club at
'2:15 at the Country Club. Mr.
Teszler will speak on a program
arranged by Thomas L. Trofit.
SHOW SLIDES
Earl Meacham, Shelby Rotari
an, showed slides of his Euro
pean trip this spring at Tues
day's meeting of the local Ro
tary club. Mr. Meacham show
ed pictures and commented on
his travels in France, Hoilland
Germany and Austria. Wilson
Griffin arranged the program.
TEAMS HONORED
W. K. Mauney, Jr., Dr. Paul
Hendricks, Massachusetts Mo
hair, and the Moose Lodge were
hosts to players and coaches of
the four Pony League teams of
Kings Mountain Wednesday at
5:00 p.m. for a fried chicken
supper at the Moose Lodge.
NO FIRES
Kings Mountain’s Fire Depart
ment received no alarms during
the past week, Fireman T. C.
McKee reported Wednesday
morning.
NO PERMITS
City officials issued no build
ing permits during the past
week.
Fail Barbecue
Next Wednesday
Bethware Progressive Club
will hold its 15th annual pre
fair barbecue at Bethware school
next Wednesday, with supper to
be served from 5:30 to 1:M p. m.
Program advertisers and other
Bethware Community Fair fair
patrons and friends have been
mailed tickets.
Additional tickets, at $1-50
each, may bbe obtained from
John O. Patterson, secretary, or
from Harold Hord, treasurer.
Dinners for delivery will be
prepared after 7 p. m. it was
announced.
The annual fair will be held
from September 12-15.
I --
Improvement Due
At Stadium, If..
TO SPEAK HERE — Rev. Jim
McGill of New Orleans, La. will
speak at services Sunday at two
Kings Mountain Baptist church
es.
McGill To Speak
At Two Churches
Rev. Jim McGill, superintend
ent of the Baptist Rescue Mis
sion for Homeless Men in New
Orleans, La., will be guest
speaker at two Baptist churches
in the community Sunday.
Mir. McGill- wiW fill the fml~
pit at morning worship services
at Patterson Grove Baptist
church and at the evening serv
ice at Temple Baptist church. He
was invited to Kings Mountain
by Buddy Freeman, who recent
ly returned from New Orleans
where he served as a summer
missionary under the Home Mis
sion Board of the Southern Bap
tist Convention. Mr. McGill did
eight of his ten weeks’ work un
der the supervision of Mr. Mc
Gill.
An alumni of Mississippi col
lege, Mr. McGi'll atended the
seminary in Kansas City. He and
his wife were appointed as home
missionaries in 1959 to serve as
superintendent of the Baptist
Rescue Mission in East St. Louis.
In 1960 he and his wife began
the same work in New Orleans.
At the first of the year when the
Rescue Mission opens its new
building in New Orleans, it will
be the largest Rescue Mission
for men in the United States.
Rev. Mr. McGill plans a re
vival to Equador, South Ameri
ca in the spring of 1964.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
$197.80, including $129 from on
street meters, $50 in over-park
ing fees, and $18.80 from off -
street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel, Jr., reported.
Project Voted,
If Kiwanis Gift
Still Available
Long discussed improvements
to dressing room facilities at City
Stadium are in the offing, if a
proffered $1500 gift toward the
project is still available from
the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club.
Indications, minus formal con
firmation, is that the proffered
gift is stall available.
B. N. Barnes, Kiwanis club
president, was out-of-town Wed
I nesday, and John !L. McGill,
treasurer, said the directors had
considered the matter and re
manded it to the committee in
charge, of Which Charles A.
Neisler is chairman. He said
Wednesday morning he could
not state “for sure” the $1500 is
still available.
There the matter stands, fol
lowing last Thursday’s City com
mission meeting, at which the
commission voted to proceed with
the project, provided the civic
club’s proffer is still extant.
Commissioner J. E. Rhea made
the motion, commenting, “We’ve
already voted several times to
proceed and I move we get under
way.”
-
Oommissionet Eugene Goforth
seconded. To a question on how
much the project would be im
plemented, Mr. Goforth said,
“We need toilet facilities, and
dressing rooms with showers.
We do it all or it won't be any
good. Otherwise, we might as
well build a couple of backhous
es and forget it.”
Commissioner Ray Cline re
marked that, regardless of
school athletic field plans, there
will continue to be a need for
City Stadium’s facilities.
The vote was unanimous, all
members present and voting.
Following the meeting, Mr.
Rhea, a members of the stadium
advisory committee, said the
plans as drawn will provide more
adequate rest rooms for specta
tors, as well as dressing room
facilities for both visiting and
home players. He said the plans
tie in with plans for long-term
stadium improvements.
The new facilities are to be
constructed at the northwest
comer of the stadium, immedi
ately behind the baseball dia
mond backstop.
Mayor Kelly Dixon gathered
■materials estimates on the pro
ject several months ago. These
estimates are $4898. Labor cost
on the project hasn’t been pro
jected.
The projects was suggested by
the Kiwanis club some 16 months
ago, together with the offer of
financial aid.
Bates: "We'll Win Our Share ";
Lines, Shelby Teams To Be Strong
King's Mountain high school
Football COach Bill Bates re
gards Lincoln ton and Shelby as
chief contenders for the 1962
conference football title, with
Bast high school of Rutherford
county — a newly consolidated
school — as a dark horse.
Thus was the picture he gave
the Kings Mountain Lions club
Tuesday night, as the civic dub
honored the lions Little League
team at dinner.
Coach Bates said it would be
two weeks before he had a firm
idea on Mountaineer prospects,
but declared, "We have a good
nucleus around which to build
and we’ll win our share.’
He said Lincolnton has a host
of returning lettermen from last
year's team, said Shelby would
be good in spite of the gradua
tion of Charles Noggle. The new
East high school includes form
er Forest City high and two oth
er schools, now consolidated.
Coach Bates said he hopes to
return Veteran Wally Harris to
his former fullback slot this
year, is pleased to learn that
Tommy Hope, injured severely
in an accident, will be ready for
duty September 1, and listed
Veterans Mike Huffstickler, Jim
MedUn, James Hope and Ttoi;
Heavwier as his nucleus, in ad
dition to Terry Leonard, regular!
center oi Lmington last year.
Coach Bates demonstrated e
fjudpment used toy the high
school players, declared it the
best available, and said it would
require $310 per man to outfit
each with ail new equipment.
Addressing his initial remarks
to the Little League guests,
Coach Bates told them that toot
ball and other sports are worthy
outside - home substitutes to
teach the value of work, and ad
ditionally teach sacrifice, com
petitiveness, courage and fair
play.
He agreed football is a "vio
lent” game, but added it is much
safer swimming, hunting, or dri
ving an automobile.
He declared that the success
ful athlete depends on ten per
cent skill and 90 percent desire
and determinatiion. In turn, the
athlete must be physically fit I
develope strong legs through
walking and running, and a
healthy body through suffiient
sleep and a balanced diet.
"Leave the late show to your
parents,’’ he commented, and
added, "a candy bar and bottle
of soda pop is no meal.”
Howard Bryant presented
Coach Bates, and Bey Hope,
Lions Little League coach, pre
sented tire Lions Little Leaguers
JEAN HICKS VANCE
MITCHELL LYNN
Three To Win
ASTC Degrees
Two Kings Mountain students
and a Kings Mountain elemen
tary teacher will receive degrees
Friday from Appalachian State
Teacher’s college, Boone.
Mrs. Jean Hicks Vance, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Hicks, will receive her master’s
degree in reading. Mrs. Vance,
who has held a fellowship the
past school year, holds a B. S.
degree in English and library
science. Her husband has also
taught at ASTC the past school
year. The Vances are moving to
Charlotte, where Mrs. Vance will
be associated with Charlotte
Reading Center and Tom Vance
will teach English at Wingate
college. Mr. Vance also holds a
master’s degree in English from
ASTC.
Mrs. Neltl Watterson Biser, wife
of M. H. Biser, receives her bach
elor of science degree in elemen
tary ducation. Mrs. Biser is e
member of the Grover school
faculty.
Miss Mitchell Ann Lynn, dau
ghter of Mrs. Ruth Hawkiiu
Lynn and the late Felmer Lynn
graduates with bachelor of sci
ence degree in education.
Approximately 128 undergrad
uate and 173 graduate candi
dates are expected to receive di
plomas in graduation exercise
at 7 p.m. in the auditorium ol
the new physical education
building. Dr. Elmer H. Ganingei
superintendent emeritus of Char
lotte - Mecklenburg School Sys
tem, will be the principal speak
er. Dr. W. H. Plemmons, ASTC
president, will confer degrees.
What Kinda Grass
Is “Obnoxious"?
What is “obnoxious” grass?
Question of definition of ob
noxious grass got attention
—minus an answer — at last
Thursday’s city commission
session.
A city ordinance requires
that owners of vacant lots be
required to remove periodical
ly from these lots all obnoxi
ous grasses. City Attorney J.
R. Davis said he couldn’t define
the term, but added that is is
the term prescribed in the
state statute under which the
city ordinance was adopted.
Under the statute, the city
can mow the grass and assess
the owner for the fee—if the
grass is obnoxious.
Mr. Davis said he doubted |
that the law would hold that
grass is o.'mox ( ious merely be
cause it is unplcas.ng to the
eye.
It was the concensus that the
county health department be
asked for an opinion.
Nine Vacancies
In Faculty Filled
Five Remain;
Evans Principal
At Park-Giace
Evan J. Evans, Latin teacher
here last year, was selected to
the principalship of Park Grace
Elementary School by the school
board this week.
The post was left vacant by
the retirement of Mrs. J. C. Nich
ols at the end of the 1961-62
school year.
Evans’ election along with the
election of nine other teachers
left the city school system with
only five vacancies remaining.
Vacancies still existing are those
of elementary llibrary supervisor,
one seventh grade, one primary,
one Davidson elementary and
one special education (educable
retarded).
Prior to accepting the high
school position here last year,
Mr. Evans served two years as
registrar and assistant principal
of Oak Ridge High School in Or
lando, Fla.
Mr. Evans’ last principalship
was from 1953-59 in the Troy
Public Schools, Troy, N. C.
With a background in education
dating back to 1931, Mr. Evans
served as teacher and principal
for a number of schools through
out North Carolina.
OTHERS ELECTED
Nine other vacancies in the
city school system were also fill
ed by the school board this
week.
Mrs. Thelma B. Goforth of Gro
ver was elected as an eighth
grade teacher. Mrs. Goforth has
taught at Blacksburg since 1954.
Prior to that time she was at
Dixon School in Cleveland Coun
ty.
Another teacher elected to an
eighth grade position was
Charles R. Estep of Shelby. A
native of Cleveland County he
has previously taught at Polk
vile, Lawndale, Marion and Old
Fort.
Elected to the faculty at Beth
wore were Mrs. Valdaree White
Shull and Mrs. Jane H. Henson,
both of Shelby and Bobby W.
Hussey, of Seagrove, N. C.
Mrs. Shull will be in her first
year as a teacher. A graduate of
Gardner-Webb and Limestone,
she did her practice teaching in
Gaffney.
Mrs. Henson, a graduate of
ASTC, did her practice teaching
last year in the Appalachian
Elementary school.
Mr. Hussey did his practice
teaching at McClintock Junior
High in Charlotte. He is a 1962!
\STC graduate.
The school board elected Mrs.
Kathryn W. Lord to fill the sec- j
>nd and third grade combina-i
ion vacancy at Grover. Shoi
aught previously in her home
(Continued On Page Ten)
SPEAKER — Rev. Arnold White
sides will be the speaker at Sun
day Homecoming Day services at
East Gold St. Wesleyan Method
ist church.
Wesleyans Set
Homecoming
The East Gold Street Wesley
an Methodist church will hold
its annual Homecoming Sunday,
August 19.
Rev. Arnold Whitesides will bej
speaking during the 11 o’clock
worship service. The Wesleyans,
a quartet from Gastonia, will
render special music. The Wor
ship Hour will toe broadcast via
Station WKMT.
Special dinging beginning at
2 p. m. will feature the Kings
Men of Rock Hill, S. C., The
Melodys of Kings (Mountain and
the Wesleyans of Gastonia.
The Rev. Clyde R. Goodson
and church members invite the
community to participate in the
day’s activities.
High Building
Bid $27,100
Dennis A. Beam, of A. D. Beam
Company, Shelby, was high bid
der for the Masonic Temple buil
ding, owned by Dr. D. !M. Mor
rison, at a public auction here
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Beam’s high bid was $27,
100 for the two-story brick struc
ture, which houses Kings Moun
tain Farm Center, Liberty Loan
Company, the Masonic Lodge
hall, and also 'has a large dining
room.
The sale was conducted by
Carolina - Land Auction Com
pany, of Hickory, with J. B. No-j
lan Company, of Shelby, as a
gents.
Dr. Morrison had reported ren
tals on the building at $206 per
month.
He did not immediately con
firm sale of the building.
Assets Of City Now $2,609,280;
City Income 534,500 Over Expense
The City of Kings Mountain
had total assets of $2,609,290 at
June 30, up $131,108 over the
previous year, according to audit
report of A. M. Pullen & Corn
any, of Charlotte, certified pub
lic accountants.
Its net book value, deducting
liabilities of $583,450, was $2,
925,839.
Major liability item was $550,
000 in bonded indebtedness, down
$30,000 from the previous year.
Other major liability was $31,
2661 in utility deposits, an es
crow account.
At cost, the city had physical
properties of $2,399,140.
Biggest investment of the city
is in water and sewer lines, at
$700,641, while water and sewer
plant and equipment total $527,
069. Street and paving equipment
are listed at $639,137, city parks
at $158,970, automotive equip
ment at $82,438. prwer plant and
equipment at $77,435, and City
Stadium at $19,654.
REVENUES
Cty revenues for the vear to
taled $701,877. up $11,478. and
accrued to these funds: General,
$524,833; capital outlay, $122.
573; debt service, $44,824: ceme
tery perpetual care, $3,945; and
recreation, $5700.
Sale of power and water re
turned the city $434,786, by far
the largest revenue item, while
ad valorem property taxes for
1961 returned $163,183. Payment
of back taxes and penalties re
turned $2894. Kings Mountain
citizens paid $14,672 in street
assessments, bought 1758 city
auto license tags, and spent
$5466 for privilege licenses.
Court costs returned the eity
$7891, only $108 less than antic
ipated.
EXPENDITURES
The city spent $34,539 less than
its gross income, or $667,338.
However, spending was up $13,
818 over the previous year.
Expenditures by departments
were: Administrative, $22,549;
street, $71,514; sanitation, $23.
297; police, $48,438; fire, $20,412;
water and sewer, $67,206; light
and power, $193,867; cemetery,
$9279, general fund, $59,848, cap
ital outlay, $97,712; debt service
$46,989; cemetery perpetual care
$529; and recreation fund, $5700.
Sscedule of insurance purchas
ed shows fire and extended cov
erage on City Hail at $75,000. on
Mauney Memorial library $70.
000, and $6,000 on the city gar
age. Fidelity bond is purchased
on City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.,
at $5 000, with a blanket bond of
$10,000 covering other employ
ees.
Most Eighth
Giadeis Assiped
To Beth ware
A pupil assignment plan, ac
cepted by the Kings Mountain
Board of Education at a called
Saturday meeting, removes all
eighth grades from the Kings
Mountain High school plant,
transferring the usual Central
plant students to Bethware
school. Grover school will retain
its two eighth grades.
Other major changes in the
assignment plan from last year
are that fifth grade students who
would ordinarily be assigned to
West school but who live on
Phifer Road, Fulton Road and
south of Gold Street east of the
railroad are assigned to Park
Grace School.
Fifth graders ordinarily as
signed to West school who live
west of the city limits are as
signed to Bethware school.
The assignment plan stipu
lates that:
1) All students in grades 9
through 12 who last year attend
ed Kings Mountain High, Grover
and Bethware schools or have
registered to attend Kings Moon*
tain High Scnooi, are assigned to
Kings Mountain High School.
2) Students who completed the
sixtli grade at West Elementary
school last year are assigned to
Park Grace school’s seventh
grade.
3) Students who completed the
seventh grade last year at North,
East and Park Grace schools are
assigned to the eighth grade at
Bethware school. The students
will be transported by an ex
press bus from Kings Mountain
High school to Bethware school.
4) Students within the city
limits in grades one through sev
en living on the east side and
east of Gaston Street and on the
east side of the railroad north
of the junction of Gaston St. and
Battleground avenue are assign
ed to East school, along with
students in the aforementioned
grades living on First and Sec
ond Streets.
5) First to seventh grade stu
dents living on Chillders Street
and north ol Childers street
within Kings Mountain city lim
its, who last year attended or
registered at West or East school,
are as-signed to North School
6) First through sixth grade
students living south of Childers
Street and on the west side and
west of Gaston Street who last
year attended or have registered
at East or North schools are as
signed to West School.
Fifth grade children assigned
to West school by the above 'liv
ing on Phifer and Fulton roads
and south of Gold Street east of
the railroad are assigned to
Park Grace school, and children
assigned to West School by the
above living west of the city lim
its are assigned to Bethware
school.
7) All ninth through twelfth
grade students who last year at
tended Davidson school and
Compact school or have register
ed for Compact High school are
assigned to Compact High
school.
8) All children on bus No. 49
coming to Davidson school in
grades one inrougn eigni are ae
signed to Davidson school.
Any student not a signed by
the foregoing plan will be plat
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School Begins
August 29
It’s official.
Wednesday, August 29 will
mark the date of the back-to
school parade of Kings Moun
tain city school students . The
date was set officially by the
Kings Mountain school board at
a called meeting Saturday moan
ing.
The first day is orientation day
for students, August 30 being
the actual first of the 180-day
school year.
Teachers will report for duty
August 27. Principals will be in
their schools on August 16.
High school students will be
given information sheets on en
tering the building August 2.'>,
Principal Harry Jaynes said
Wednesday. He noted book rent
al fee this year is $6. Up $1.50
from last year. A full schedule
of fees will be given later.
At Kings Mountain Hi.h
school seniors are requested tw
enter at the front door, juniors
through the east entrance.
Sophomores are to enter the
building through the west en
trance and freshmen through
north entrance.