Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
This figure for Creator King* Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain dty directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United States census of I960.
VOL 73 No. 36
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
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Kings Mountain, N. C., Thuisday, September 6, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Fifteenth Annual Bethware
Fair Will Open Wednesday
local News
Bulletins
P-TS-A MEETS
| The Kings Mountain high
'school Parent - Teacher * Stu
dent organization meets Tuesday
at 8 p.m. for the initial meeting
of the school year in Central au
ditorium.
FULL SCHEDULE BEGINS
Alii activities resume this week
at St Matthew’s Lutheran
church.. Choir practice began
Wednesday; Confirmation class
es Thursday after school for
eighth graders; Saturday at 10
a.tn. -for seventh graders. The
LUther League will hold a meet
ing at 6 p.m. Sunday; refresh
ments will be served. Ail circles
of the Women of the Church will
meet Monday. Regular Sunday
services with Sunday School at
9:45; worship at 1L
ABF YOUTH WEEK
Young people of Boyce Memo
rial ARP church will lead the
worship service Sunday evening
as a feature of Youth Week ac
tivities at the Associate Reform
ed Presbyterian church.
CHURCH BENEFIT
The Ladies’ and Men’s Bible
classes of Grace Methodist
church wil serve chicken - and -
dumpling plates with all the
trimmings Saturday from 11 a:
m. until 7:30 p.m., lunch and
super. Delivery service is avail
able from the fellowship hall at
Hi per plate. Benefit is the fel
lowship hall building fund.
HAS OPERATION
L. E. '(Josh) Hinnant is re
cuperating from an eye opera
tion he underwent last Thurs
day at Charlotte Eye, Ear A
Throat hospital. The operation
was for removail of a cyst caus
ing malfunction of a tear dust
gland. He hopes to return home
this weekend.
DUBOSE IMPROVING
Rev. Marion Du Bose, pastor of
Kings Mountain Baptist church,
continues to improve from a re
cent heart attack. At home aft
er hospitalization, he is not per
mitted to see visitors from 9:30
to 10:30 morning, and from 7 to
8 evenings.
Speaker for the joint gathering
wHl be Henry A. Ward, executive
sedrethry of the North Carolina
Association for the Blind.
»
Russian
C. Ratterree
is Birthday; S7
ID. M. Pouchah's
istern Orthodbx
erat rates for Mrs. Tekla ~ k
73, mother of D.
107 S. Goforth
ings Mountain, were
lishofon, Minn., on Monday.
Mrs. Pouehak, widow of Harry
fPoudhak, was a native of Czerhd
Slovakia. She suocumibed at hei
nesota home Friday.
Surviving, in add if on to her
on here, are two sons. William
John Pouehak. o* CN sholm.
Minn., and a daughter. Mrs. Ann
snick, Muskegon. Mich. Also
iving are ten g ~o"d-children
three great-grandcW'.’dren.
S. C. Ratterree, we’l known
I Kings Mountain citizen, ce’e
f dwed his ninety-seventh birth
f rRf Tuesday.
Mr. Ratterree spent the
| quietly visiting his son. B. D. 1
[Ratterree, for dinner. For the
several months, h? has tj
residing at the Turner i
Cursing Home near Shelby.
Mr. Ratterree. a native of
Neely’s Creek community
Rock HU1, s. C, is a one
school teacher.
Township Event
Will Feature
Exhibits, Rides
OOt’s Fairtime again, and the
19th season for Bethware Pro
gressive dub which is readying
for opening day Wednesday of
Bethware community fair.
(Bethware School grounds will
be a beehive of activity this .week
as workmen prepare booths and
exhibit halls for the four-day e
vent September 12-15.
Clash prizes to winning exhibi
tors will be given for the sixth
year, Fair Manager Myers Ham
bitght said yesterday. Exhibits,
he said, reflect the Changes and
improvements in the ever-advan
cing agricultural, commercial and
industrial fields.
The fair will open Wednesday
at 4 p. m. Children’s Day is next
Thursday with special events
planned from 1 until 6 p.m. Rib
bons and cash prizes will also be
awarded exhibitors that day, Mt\ |
Hambright noted. There will be
the customary midway attrac
tions, rides, concessions and a
new attraction, Eagleson’s Ape
Show, featuring educated and
brained chimpanzees. Drawing
for prizes from area merchants
will be featured nightly followed
by fireworks. A bicycle will be
given away via a drawing the
dosing day of the Mr.
iFrankie Hamrick, daughter of
Bethiware Progressive dub presi
dent Frank Hamrick and Mrs.
Hamrick, is Queen of this year’s
Fair.
The official fair catalog, which
lists premiums, rules and regu
lations, patrins and the fair pro
gram, has already been distribut
ed. Bethware Fair is approved by
the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture and is a member
of the North / Carolina' Associa
tion of Fairs. 1
Not Plying,
Says SH&PW
Motorists entering or leaving
Kings Mountain Wednesday
were being stopped at road
blocks and asked, “Where are
you headed?”
It isn’t unusual, as some may
think, and will be an everyday
occurrence here all this week
and next, Leroy Edwards, super
visor in charge of field work for
the state highway planning de
partment, explains. \
- -Mr,,, Edwards want* you to
know, ifyuuoperatea car, that
he and 25 other workers are’hot
"prying"- When they,, stop traf
fic at all tpads leading into the
city Jtmita .*%’« nothing person
al/’ he added...'
Similar traffic studies called
hgrigln - destination” >. surveys
are . conducted throughout the
slate and particularly during the
summer months. Mr. Edwards
noted, his department is on duty
here bom 6 am. until 10 p.m.
Sily, has assistance at all times
m the state highway patrol.
Licenses are not checked, nor
there mechanical checks.
are
The planning department is in
terested only in the trip the driv
er makes, whether into or out
side the city limits.
James S. Bruce heads the state
highway planning department in
charge of these projects.
Labor Day
Meant Labor
Labor Day was largely a day
of labor in Kings Mountain.
Much of industry operated on
regular sehedwie and many folk
claiming a holiday from regular
duties (store personnel, city of
fice, posioPfice and bank person
no!) admitted to working even
harder at chores at home.
Sehoois operated on regular
schedule.
Some cOtifcens went to Darling
ton. S. C., fdr the annua! Darling
ton 500 and ^he Cleveland Coun'y
Rescue squad did their tr'l “in
clearing the wreckage of the
hp'ocaust fdom wh'rh Driver
Johnry Alien escaped.
It was real labor for the repair
pre-.vs of Southern Bell Telephone
& Telegraph Company. A clipped
cable in the Grover Road area
had t?*P repairmen wor'dng late
Monday c-igft: and there war.
more to come. A thunderstorm
late Tuesday a*temoo*i meant
tr."e repair work Wednesday.
City r>"'“re reported 36 week
end, arrests, largely for minor
infractions, and no traffic acci
dents. .
Nicholson: Get
Gas Cut-Ons Now
•Natural gas heating customers,
who order summer cut-offs, can
get service resumed at a bargain
during September.
Corbett Nicholson, as system
superintendent, said September
cut-ons will cost only one dollar.
The regular fee is three dollars.
He pointed out that chilly wea
ther is just around the corner
and that the gas department
won’t be able to make all cut
ons at the last minute.
"Get ready for cold weather in
time,” he urges, “and save mon
ey, too.”
Fulton's Stoie
Robbed Again
Fulton’s Department store had
a third visit from a thief or
thieves within the past sax
weeks Sunday night
W. S. Fulton, Jr., owner, said
he could not determine the a
mount of goods stolen Sunday
night, but said the thieves con
centrated on boys and men's
wear, including shoes, pants,
shirts, underwear and other
items.
The thieves gained entry
through a panel window near the
rear door. The previous Sunday
night the window had been
cracked but entry wasn’t gained.
Six weeks ago, the small front
window was smashed and Mr.
Pulton found two pairs of shoes
missing. ^
Police have questioned several
persons concerning the robbery,
but have announced no findings.
Specs Changed
On Watei Line
W. K. (Dickson, city engineer,
after conferring with an insur
ance company engineer, is rec
ommending installation of a ten
imdh connecting water line from
the Deal street Alter plant to
York road, rather than a 14-lnch
connecting line.
"A 14-inch connection would
not materially affect the flow
more than a 10-inch connection,”
he wrote Mayor Kelly Dixon.
The connection was requested
by Sadie Mills Company, which
requires more pressure for its
fire-protecting sprinkler system.
The engineer added that, if the
flow is stAl sufficient, it could
be increased by extending the 8
irich York road Hne to connect
V#lh the ftinch King street line,
and <gr running the Yoricipod
Mae, Slater street, "to ewv
4he-4>rtentis| Mn*
: Aftac-englwAer. added,
Mtdy '•dD he done in the future
anyway, but -Y-ant aoC recotn
jw®*" .^ •
The installation Will require
115 feet of 10-inch cast iron pipe,
plus required valves, tees, and
a ten-inch 46-degree bend.
Mayor Dixon says the neces
sary pipe and other materials are
138 Students
Off-To-Schoc!
In Neat Future
By ELIZABETH STEWART
The Kings Mountain area will
send at least 138 students to 59
colleges, universities, prep
schools and schools for special
ized training this fall.
North Carolina State College
at Raleigh and Western Carolina
College at Cullowhee head the
list with 14 area students enroll
ed. UNC at Chaipel Hill is sec
ond favorite of Kings Mountain
students, where nine are enroll
ed.
Numerous students plan ca
reers In business, nursling and
specialized fields. Several stu
dents are enrolled in graduate
schools.
(DUKE UNIVERSITY — Jimmy
Plonk, Carol Jean Go ter, Lynn
Russell and Ann Broadwater.
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
CAROLINA — Mac Lennon,
Beattie Leonard, Gay Jolley,
Mike MIcKee, Jerry Patterson
Marshall Gore and James Swans
son.
MEREDITH — Karen Raines,
Nortma Hamrick and Susan Kes
ler. .
AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE
Kay Broadwater.
UNIVERSITY OF TENN
ESSEE — Sandy Campbell and
Nick Smith.
MARY BALDWIN COLLEGE
—(Margaret Jackson.
HAMPDEN - SYDNEY COLL
EGE, Hampden Sydney, Va., —
Philip Padgett, Jr.
LET HERALD KNOW
The Herald annually seeks
to publish a complete list of
students leaving the Kings
Mountain area for study at
technical schools, colleges and
omissions will be appreciated.
Please call the Herald, Phone
739-5441.
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA—
ITDA SOUTHERN —Phil
Mttuney.
GREENSBORO COLLEGE —
Mary Lillian Lewis.
SALEM COLLEGE — Betty
Morrison.
MARS HILL COLLEGE — Ro
bert WWisnant, Henry Raines and
Rhea Lindberger.
EASTERN CAROLINA COLL
EGE — Jimmy Blanton, Gary
Blanton, Arthur Allen, Jr., Reece
Ckminger, and-David Roberts.
EURMAIN UNIVERSITY - Jim
Hardin. .
BEREA COLLEGE — Jerry
and Barbara Proctor.
GUILFORD COLLEGE —
Brenda Gail Hamrick.
(WAKE FOREST COLLEGE —
Paid Hendricks, Jr. and Bobby
Biddax.
BREVARD COLLEGE — San
dra Moss.
CITADEL — James Parker.
ERSKINE COLLEGE — Nan
cy Hjovis and Jerry Wright.
CLEMSON — Tommy Bennett,
(PRJESBYTEMLAN COLLEGE—
Biibba Rountree.
iTnaws . MdRAE COLLEGE —
ins.
laxrita Forrest, Billie Jims,'
* IfWL Steve FWw«. BW’
Umseur, James Rollins, Phil
lumptiiSes, Glenn ' Grigg,
ifeMh Were, David Plonk, Eddie
Pesseneer. Barry Sndth ami
Hake Qitetad, Jerry Monts.
WESTERN OARJOLBNA —
fane Houser, Buddy Kireus, Er
ne Payne, Dale Hollifidd, Janie
Prainrtnell, Jerry Adams, Jean
lartow, Eddie Ross, Doug Bur
(Continued On Pnpe Eight)
School Enrollment On fifth Da;
4231, Up 67 From Opening Total
Enrollment for Kings Moun
tain area schools reached 4231
for the fifth membership day,
Wednesday, according to figures
released by Superintendent B. N.
Barnes. This was an increase of
67 over the opening day total of
4164 on August 30.
The fifth day enrollment also
represented an increase of 28 ov
er last year’s figure.
With the increase came no
particular difficulties In so far
as overloaded and split grade
situations were concerned, Mr.
Barnes reported.
At the present time there
exists only two classes consider
ed overloaded. There are fix
split - grade combinations with
in the =vctem.
The fifth grade at West School
and the seventh grade at Beth
ware are the two grades that
could be termed ' Overloaded.
West fifth shows 33 pupils with
one teacher, and Bethv/are sev
enth has 38 for one terrher.
The combinations are 1 . 2 and
3 - 4 at Bethware; 2 - 3 and
4 - 5 at Grover; and Pask Grace's
2 - 3 and 3 - 4.
Transfers have allevied crowd
ed situations at other schools.
Overall, Mr. Barnes report; the
situation to be much better than
last year and better than on
opening day.
The high school registered an
increase of 97 over last year’s en
rollment. However, there was lit
tle problem here since Central
School houses only grades 9-12
this year, plus two speclail edu
cation classes. The transfer of
all Central eighth grades provid
ed extra classroom space this
year.
Mr. Barnes noted that the high
school situation at Central
School is much better in that it
is no longer necessary to utilize
the auditorium and cafeteria for
classroom use. Only one televis
ion class is conducted in the au
ditorium this year.
The system’s total high school
population reached ’162 with the
208 enrolled at Compact. This
eprerented a gain of 98 over
1961.
Total elementary enrollment
was 3069 including 2372 at East.
Wert, Park Grace, Bethware,
North and Grover and 697 at
Compact and Davidson.
In the elementary school the
average teacher load Is 29.97 per
teacher at the Grover, West, East,
No. th, Park Grace and Bethware
schools and 29 per teacher at
Compact and Davidson elemen
tary schools.
Funeral Held
For lette Plonk,
Retired Teacher
Funeral services for Miss Jette
Regina Plonk, 70, life-long resi
dent of Kings Mountain and re
tired Kings Mountain teacher,
were held Saturday morning at
Harris Funeral Home chapdl.
Miss Plonk died at 8 o’clock
Thursday night at Kings Moun
tain hospital, following several
month’s illness. First hospitaliz
ed with pneumonia, Miss Plonk
had suffered a heart attack be
fore Wily recuperating.
Miss Plonk was a daughter of
the late Michael L. and Lenora
Love Plonk. She attended Lenoir
Rhyne college and Woman’s col
lege of the University of North
Carolina.
A primary department teacher
at East school, Miss Plonk re
tired at the end of the 1957-58
term. At that time, the board of
education presented her a resolu
tion of appreciation for 38 years
of service to Kings Mountain
schools.
She wag a member of First
Presbyterian church.
Surviving are a brother, R.
Grier Plonk, and her step-mother,
Mrs. Sophronia Falls Plonk, both
of Kings Mountain.
Dr. Paul K. Ausley, First Pres
byterian pastor, conducted the
jjikal rites and interment was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Harold
Plonk, John O. Plink, Jr., Hal S.
Plonk, and Ed H. Smith, all of
Kings Mountain, Austin Lackey,
Jr., of Fatlston, and Carswell
Taylor, Jr. of Gastonia.
C. E. Carpenter
Files For Mayor
Clarence E. Carpenter, Sr.,
onetime city tax supervisor and
clerk oif recorder's court, is run
ning tor mayor at next May’s
election.
His announcement is not the
customary early-ibird trial bal
loon but ar. official filing.
(He .paid his filing fee to CSty
Cleric Joe MCDanuel, Jr., Tues
day, and notified him in writing:
"This day, I file my fee for
mayor m the next election.
‘1My intention is to promote
the betterment of the City of
Kings Mountain, the Town that
I was bom and raised in, in
this election. I wtll Mill promote
*fry Jnito the race is the terttest
In Kings Mountain >oWric*r his
tory.
He told $1* Herald Wednes
day, *Ttn to (the race) to stay.”
Mr. Carpenter is a World War
I veteran.
City Taxes Said
CSty tax prepayments during
August approximated. $50,000, a
bout 28.5 percent of the City’s es
timated $175,000 tax levy, Acting
Tax CWleCtor Joe MCDaniel, Jr.,
reported.
Payments during the final
three days of August totaled
$22,000.
August taxpayers discounted
their accounts two percent.
The discount rate during Sep
tember is one percent.
Dressing Room
Work Underway
Tile first course of concrete
blocks were being laid Wednes
! day morning on the dressing
room-rest room faetlity at City
Stadium.
Mayor Kelly Dixon said the
next step would be the plumber's
—Ben T. Goforth contractor —
for necessary pipe installation.
Following that, the structure will
'be erected, and roofed.
“Weather permitting, it
shouldn’t require too much
time,” the Mayor said.
The city will demolish the old
rest room facilities near the con
cession stand. __ ■
METTT* RECEIPTS
Parking me’er receiots for the
weijt ending Wedne*-^»v totaled
$177,3P including $119.30 from
on-street meters, $41 from over
parking fees and $17 from off
street meters. City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel, Jr., reported.
Election
Petitions
SPEAKER — Carroll M. Barrin
ger, Republican candidate for
Congress from the tenth district,
will address members of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanls club
at their meeting at the Woman's
Club Thursday night at the Wo
man's Club at 7 o'clock. Mr.
Barringer is a Conover oil and
lumber dealer.
Crawloid
Scouting Honor
!W. Donald Crawford of Kings
Mountain was awarded the
Seouter’s Key in ceremonies held
at a Friday night Boy Stout
commissioners meeting in Gard
ner-Webb College Webb Build
ing.
Dr. Eugene Poston, president
of the college and Boy Scout
commissioner for the Cleveland
County district, presented the
'key. It is Scouting’® second high
est award.
CraWford is the first person
In the Piedmont Council's Cleve
land district to win the key for
commissioner service.
An employee of Kings Moun
tain post office, he has served
as a Boy Scout line commissioner
for the past year, with four
neighborhood commissioners un
der his direction.
»Dr. FoSton said Crawford has
developed and supervised the
district commissioners staff in
conducted roundtable
CTceongs for leaders of Boy
Scout and CUb Scouts, co-oper
ated With the dtotatct commission
er, -end- with professional Scout
executives of the district and
council. In addition, he went
through a 10-day training period
in which he lived in a wooded
area, securing his food, water
and shelter from nature. He led
I a roup of Scouts on a recent ex
pedition to PhilnDont Scout
Ranch.
The Crawford -family are ac
tive in Boyce, Memorial ARP
church and Sunday School. Mrs..
Crawford Is the former Joann
Blalock. They have a daughter,
Donna.
WEIR ROME
Sam Weir, Kings Mountain in
suranceman, returned home from
Charlotte Memorial hospital
Wednesday, following an opera
tion he underwent two weeks
nreviously.
Wins
Shelby Library
Plea Declined
By Commission
The county board of commiss
ioners told the Shelby Public Li
brary board Tuesday it was sym
pathetic to the library group’s
plight but indicated it would not
call a special election for build
ing ft county library building and
operating tax election minim pro
per petitions. .
•A petition of 15 percent of the
registered voters would make
calling of such elections manda
tory.
The Shellby Public Library
board is in a quandary for space
and operating funds, following
the CSty of Shelby's recent no
tice that the library must va
cate quarters in Shelby City Hall
next June and that the City of
Shelby will cease to appropriate
funds for the library.
To the pleas of the library
board that calling on an elec
tion at the general election would
save the expense of a special
election, the commission pointed
out it would need to know 1)
amount required for a building
to house the library, 2) how
much is potentially required for
annual operation costs, and 3)
how funds would be divided be
tween existing libraries (Shelby
and Kings Mountain) or other li
braries which might be estab
lished in the future.
The county has been appropri
ating to the Shelby library for
several years, this year agreed
to increase the appropriation
$1500 on condition the City of
Shelby did the same, as had been
indicated. Rather than increase
the appropriation, the City otf
Shelby posted the eviction notice
and said it wouldn't appropriate
In the future.
The county's appropriation to
the Jacob S. Mauney Memorial
library here is $500 annually.
Hypnodrama
Here Saturday
Professor Oionoff, a hypnotist,,
come* to Mines Mountain Satur
day to present an audience par
KMlppCIan hypnosis show under
sponsorship of th? Kings Moun
tain Optimist club.
nroceeda will go the Optimist
sponsored midget football pro
gram.
A free show will be presented
beginning at 2 o’clock Saturday
afternoon, when the hypnotist
chauffeurs a car through Kings
Mountain Streets while blind
folded. Chief of Police Paul San
ders is scheduled to be a passen
ger.
Saturday night’s show, at
Kings Mountain high school aud
itorium, will open with -an-expian
ation of hypnotism. The Professor
will then hypnotize several sub
jects and direct them into various
in-trance escapades. In one, en
titled "Show Time”, the hypno
tized subjects will do a soft shoe
dance to an imagined accompan
iment. In another a subject eats
a lemon, believing it as sweet as
a Florida orange.
Right-of-Way Need (Thiee Feet)
Snails Faiiview Street Project
By MARTIN HARMON
Little problems can be most
trying.
Vart majority of the residents
of FairView street have petition
ed the city for curb and gutter,
but a right-of-way problem along
the street (from Piedmont to
Ldnwood road) has not yet been
resolved.
From Cranford drive to EMI
son street the city claims only
25 feet of right-of-way versus
the 28 feet minimum need to
j install curb and gutter.
; Of the six property owners a
j long this Sho'-t strip of road.
Mayor Kelly Dixon reports, three
i have indicated they will provide
the extra right-ofway, two have
said they won’t, and one hasn’t
yet comimStted himself.
The aity has asked property
owners on each side of this nar
row winding street for 18 inches
The city would like to see the
curt) and gutter installed for two
principal reasons. It to improve
the drainage situation, and 2> to
save upkeep on the street.
According to Mayor Dixon, the
city has three alternatives:
1> Forget the project.
2) Install curb and gutter frorr
Piedmont avenue to Cranford
<W new petitions can be obtain
ed from property owners who
have indicated to willingness to
go through the signing chore
again >,
3) Condemn the property re
quired where the owners will
not convey the required 18 inch
es each.
Mayor Dixon declines to guess
Which course will be taken.
Architects'
Report Gets
Approval
By HAROLD PEARSON
Three prospective locations tcm
the new Kings Mountain high
school were viewed and discus
sed by the Kings Mountain
Board of Education at a called
meeting Saturday morning.
The tentative locations were
at either end of the school, site
property on Phifer Road wiUt
one layout showing the propos
ed new school on the back edge
of the property’s geographic cen
ter.
Fred Van Wageningen and
Tom Cothran, of Architects tAann
otated of Shelby, presented and
explained the tentative layouts
which showed the school , and
athletic fields in three separata
arrangements.
Purpose of the architects’ pre
sentation was to get the board's
reactions to the proposed (loca
tions and obtain permission to
carry the tentative plans to Ral
eigh to be discussed with the
Division of School Planning.
Permission was granted and
this step should be taken within
the next few days according to
Supt. B. N. Barnes.
Following the discussion of
the proposed locations, the board
voted unanimously to elect the
teachers employed since the last
board meeting. Teachers elected
were Miss Majorie Anglin, Burns
vile, for East School and Miss
Ora Jean Roberts, Granite Quar
ry, for Davidson School.
Action by thp board concern
ing requests for transfers and
releases from present school as
signments resulted in seven. pu
pils being granted transfers
Granted transfers from East
School to West School were Wil
liam Kemp Mauney, HI, (6th)
Pete Ware tflth) Sarah SimpsoM
(4th) Terry Arrowood (2nd.)
Freda Williams (West to
North), Kenneth Craig ‘Botin and
Dianne Blaine Trm (Bethware to
West) were also granted trans
fers.
Requests for transfers were de
nied Libby Trott (East to West)..
Philip Baker (Beth, to West).
Suzanne Amos (Beth, to North).
Janet Putnam (North to Beth.)
and Elizabeth IMullinax and Ro
bert N. Page (Grover to P&rJc
Grace).
Motions by board member*} <*1
the request «f Martha Jfui#*
Mauney tailed to receive seconds;
and tbe drtgtngi} »*aOgntnrrtt re~
nadrted - •?: -
while six wdre denied.
In aemsldering the requests in
dividually, the board Studied ttsr
load conditions of eegh sfba^t’
before rendering their decfttfom
The board voted to accept en>
the verbal release of the super -
intendent of Gaston County
Schools the admission of two
first graders from that county.
In other action Supt. Barnes
was authorized to proceed with
plans for in-service training for
teachers.
Upon a request by StuK.
Barnes, the board also authoriz
ed Barnes and the board chair
man to arrange transportation:
for bus drivers returning" fro ire
Bethware.
The board tabled a request by
Dr. Paul Ausley that the school '
complete the teaching load of
Mrs. Jeannine Fisher, Bible
teacher, and pay a proportionate •
share of her salary.
Storm Fouls Herald
Telephone Set-Up
Yes, the Herald staff was on
duty Wednesday.
Lightening during Tuesttay
evening’s thunder-storm served too
suspend the Herald's No 1' tele
phone service and to Short ou*;
tihe customary sequential ring in
to Line No. 2.
Unfortunately, due to the se
quential automatic ring arrange'
mertt, the telephone directory listK;
only one Herald number. TST
5441.
Until the sequential arrange
ment was repaired about I.:*?
Wednesday afternoon, the Herald
had only two incoming calls. Ned
McGill apparently knew the sec
ond Herald number, 739-5442.
The other came from Slater
Mills, after the caller had check
ed at the residence of the editor
to find if the numbers had been
changed.
Both lines were back In order
shortly after 2 p. m.
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