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Population Greater Kings Mountain ^ 10,320 City Limits * 8,008 TMl figure for Greater Stage Mountain le derived tram the 1955 Stage Mountain etty directory ceneue. The city figure le tram Uw Halted State* c i at 1*60. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today VOL 73 No. 36 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 13, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS Seventy-Third Year State, Local School Officials Will Confer On School Plant Bulletins CORRECTION In last week’s Herald Diane Blaine Tria was listed as having hf^srs «rontoH a tranafAT ’fnnm Beth ware to West School. The name should have been Diane Blaine Tino. ROTARY SPEAKER John L. (Buck) Fraley, execu tive vice-president of Carolina Freight Carriers of Chenryville, will address Kings Mountain Ro tarians at their 12:15 meeting Thursday at the Country club. Thomas L. Trott has arranged the program. SCOOT PROGRAM Donald Crawford, Kings Moun tain Scooter, presented Tuesday’s program of the Kings Mountain Rotary dub. Ben Speidel, pro gram chairman, presented Mr. Crawford. The civic club meets weekly for luncheon at the Country club. CHURCHWOMEN MEET Women of the Church of First Presbyterian church will install new officers Monday night in regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the church. GOLF CLINIC A free (ladies golf clinic will be held far members at the Kings Mountain Country Club each Tuesday morning at 10 o’ clock. KIWANIS PROGRAM A Navy film on missiles will feature Thursday night’s pro gram of the Kings Mountain Ki j wants club. Hie civic club con venes at 6 :45 p. m. at the Wom an’s club. ARP SPEAKER Miss Dorothy Dagenhait, mis sionary nurse to Pakistan, will speak at Sunday evening serv ices at 7130 jun. at ppyce Memo rial ARP church, according to announcement by Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor. METES SECEirrS Is Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $195.75, including $13490 from on-street meters, $47 from over parking fees and $24.15 from off - Stmet meters, dtp Qtafc.^e McDaniel, ir., reported. s ; t ' TO pjtruiSE school Mayor Kelly Dixon and Fire II * man T. C. (»?d) MdDee will f leave Saturday morning lor let ; •' > fie Creek, Mich., where they Mill k spend a week at - F defense schooL federal civil NO PERMITS There were no building per mits issued by city officials dur ing tbe past week. NO FIXES There were no fire calls record, ed by the city fire department during the past week. LODGE MEETING An emergent communication H of Fairview Lodge 339, AF & AM, will be held at the Masonic Hall Monday evening at 7:30, it was if announced by Thomas Tindall. BEING TRANSFERRED Frank Case, area refrigeration repairman for Winn . Dixie Stores who has resided here for the past two yea-s, is being transferred to the Seneca, S. C., area. HOSPITALIZED L. E. (Josh) Hinnant was re admited to Charlotte Eye, Ear and Throat hospital Monday as a result of a post operative in fection In his eye. Mr. Hinnant, Kings Mountain banker, contin ues to improve and is expected kto be discharged from the hos Fpital within the next few days. HOSPITALIZED Mts. E. A- Smith entered Kings Mountain hospital Tuesday where she is recuperating from pneumonia. Topography, Plan! Details By HAROLD PEARSON Or. J. L. Pierce, Director of 'the the Division of School Planning of the State Board of Education, and his assistant Dr. Gardner will be in Kings Mountain Thursday to confer with local school officials on the proposed new high school. - The visit follows a trip by Supt. Barnes and school archi tects to Raleigh last week to re port prospective locations for the new school on Phifer Road. Purpose of the return call will be to discuss both the prospec tive locations and the precise pQans for the plant. Dr. Gardner recently joined the state department as a specialist in the field of educational plan ning and was employed solely to assist the state’s schools with educational surveys and plans. Kings Mountain’s pliant is Dr. Dr, Gardner’s first North Caro lina assignment. Supt. Barnes termed last week’s visit very profitable, al though no decision was reached on the school's location. The Division of School Plan ning would not render a decision on the location until adl aspects of the plans could be studied. They did* howievar, trelre •»«* Kings Mountain would get im mediate service on their propos als and would be the first to re ceive the services of Dr. Gard ner. Thursday’s visit by the state Officials is the first phase of this promised service. “I believe we are lucky to ob tain these services,” Supt. Barnes stated. "They wifi be able to do more for us at this time than if we waited until a later date, when their schedule might be more crowded.” School Enrollment Supt. Barnes stated that he oould not be sure at this time whether or not the average daily attendance warranted another high school teacher. An average daily attendance of 32 per teacher is necessary if an additional teacher is to 1>e alloted by the state board. "If the average daily attend ance in the high school is as much as I will definitely ask Raleigh (state board) for an additional teacher.” Ne figure for the average daily attendance was available Peak enrollment at the high school the fwo' ^ks'Urasf--MD.i Th* enrollment tor all the city's schools ' reached* 42S3“af ter the -tenth class day. An increase of 89 over opening day and 22 over the fifth day of the term. Supt. Barnes also stated that no further action has been tak en in the matter of school trans fers. The board of education has not met since September 1. The regular monthly meeting of the board of education is scheduled for Monday, Septem ber 17. 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Under a staggered system, city policemen of f duty will handle traffic control duties at city xthoois during morning and aft amocn hours when children are either going to or leaving school. The city board of cammIs®’on ers gave formal ard monetary approval to the plan Monday night, when they voted unani mously to pay ipc'iccment for six hours of extra duty vreekly < the Christman holiday seawn beng | an exce-fon) throughout the \ school term. Police Comnrissione- Ray CITe told the board the traffic control arrangement was already fu.i jetioning well. | In other actions, the board: 1) Agreed to adjust downward from a twcntap ($120) fee, water tap ehargefc for a duplex install ation, on request of Haywood E. Lyneli. Indicated cost of the one tap, two meter installation was $95 to $100. 2) Approved instailatiion of curb and gutter on Joyce street, from MeadowSbrook to Crescent; paving Webb street, from Lin wood to Woodside drive; Install ation of curb and gutter on Deal street; anti paving on Cranford drive, from Pairview to Third street. . 3) Approved transfer of a taxi franchise to John Lindsay pro vided he Ends one for sale. 4) Authorized redemption of natural gas system bonds to the limit of the gas system sinking fund. 5) Approved installation of a street light near the home of Rev. Flaye Payne. 6) Took no action on the Fair view street right-of way problem. Sherman Perry, Park Historian, Wins Promotion Sherman W. Perry, supervising historian ait Kings Mountain Na tional Military Park, has been promoted and transferred by the National Park Service to Morris town National Historical Park, Morristown, N. J. 'Announcement Of Mr. Perry’s promotion was made toy Ben F. Moomaw, superintendent of the 'Kings Mountain Park. Mr. and Mrs. Perry and their .two children, Paula, age U, and Ben, age two, will be moving to Morristown about September 24. The Perrys will be located with in 18 miles of his childhood home and will be employed by the same park where Mr. Perry joined the National Park Service in 1951, At MOrristown, Mr. Perry will (be associated with Or. Francis S. Reynolds, superintendent, in the primary research on Wash ington’s life. He will hold a sim ilar position of supervisor of his torical work of the important na tional park. Mr. Perry said his promotion came as a “complete surprise.” A graduate of Drake Univer sity, Mr. Perry joined the Kings Mountain Park as historian in June 1956, was promoted to sup ervising historian in 1958. He is a veteran, having served in the Southwest Pacific area, and a Ki wanian. .Mrs. Perry is the form er Althea Jackson of Peterson, Iowa. Lutheran Mission Plans Underway Kings Mountain’s two Luther an churches will participate in an evangelism and Spiritual Life mission With 45 other congrega tions of the Southern Conference September 30 . October 4. The joint announcement was made by Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, and Rev. George Moore, pastor of Resurrection Lutheran church. Missionaries from outside the church conference will conduct evangelistic services beginning Sunday, Sept. 30th with two ser vies on that day and nightly services through Thursday, Oot. 4th. Missionaries to the local churches will be: Rev. E. Arih and Shealy, pastor of Holy Trin ity Lutheran church of North (Continued On Png* Bight) Democrats Name Dr. Glenn > Dr. Dorothy Nowman Glenn, Gastonia physician and daughter at Mrs. J. S. Norman of Kings Mountain tans been I, nominated «or "DerappratSc Woman of the Year” in North Oarottina. lAlctive In politics a$L Her Mfe, *>r. Glenn te presenli^servinig a* VtoeCHairman Of * *Hfc GaSton County Democratic ] Executive Committee. She was nominated to represent Gaston county in the contest to select a\ “Woman of the Year” in the 10th district, and later in the enWrej state. Dr. Glenn’s nom'irvatioin was an nounced from Charlotte) by Mrs. J. Henry Orcmartie, ytae-Chair rnlan of the State Democratic Ex ecutive committee. Mrs! Cromar tie said the state winner will be chosen during the convention at Asheville Oat. 5. Prior th that, 11 district winners will be‘ selected by Mrs. Margaret Pricg, Demo cratic national vice-chairman of Washington, D. C. Business Firm's Meeting Today Annual meeting of stockhold ers of Kings Mountain Business Development, tnc., will be held at 10 o’clock Thursday morning at City Hall. Principal] business of the meet ing will be renorts of officers and elation of six directors. The organization was organized in 19GS to spur industrial expan sion in the Kings Mount’''’ a-ea. The firm was instrumental in bringing to Kings Mountain Waco Spc-tsweair, Inc., whflfh rents the firm's property off W£> co Road under a lease-purchase option, and Shannon, Ltd. > Officers and director* of the* | fiTn a-e J. Wilson Crawford, j n-c-iuant; Fred W. Plonk, vice president; and Ben H. Bridge*, sceretary - treasurer. Oth^r di rectors are B. S. 'Neill. > Glee A. Bridges and W. K. Mauney. Annual BethwareFair Open; Fair Continues All Weekend Rides, Exhibits, And Fireworks Fair Features Three fUU days remain at the 15th annual Bethware Commun ity Fair which opened Wednes day. Billed by Fair Officials as one of the community’s "bigger and better” fairs, this year’s town ship event opened yesterday with an expanded list of exhibits from agricultural, commercial and industrial fields. . The Bethware Progressive dub, sponsoring the fair, announced that the organisation, in collabo ration with Phifer Hardware Company and R. C. Lee Riding Devices will persent a handsome boys’ bicycle to some lucky visi tor in a prize drawing Saturday, dosing day Of the fair. Numerous Other prizes will be awarded. Exhibit halls on the grounds of Bethware school are filled with prize-winning exhibits marked by blue ribbons. Cash prizes are to be awarded Thursday, Children’s Day. There are the customary midway attractions, rides, con cessions and a new attraction, Eagleson’s Ape Show, featuring educated and trained chimpan zees. Bethware Fair will open at 1 p. m. Thursday and Saturday and at 3 p. m. Friday. Fireworks will follow prize drawings each night. The fair will close at mid night Saturday. There is no admission charge. 145 Students Ofi-To-School Addition of seven to the area’s off-to-school list brings to 145 the number of students leaving the Kings Mountain area for post high school training in col leges and specialized schools. Alton Stewart, Tony Goins and William Clyde Carroll have en rolled at Appalachian State Teacher’s college, Boone, bring ing the total of area ASTC stu dents to lli Flem Mauney is being sent by the Navy to North Carolina State college. He joins 15 other area students at the Raleigh in stitution. Charles William (Buddy) Free man is a ministerial student at Caireon Newman college in Ten nessee, where he will be a jun ior. Gail Kircus returns to Gaston Memorial hospital School of Nursing where she is a senior. Now in Raleigh for fotar months training at' Dorothea JMjp hos pital, Miss Kircus was one of two marshals for commencement exercises at the Gastonia school August 26th. William Lawrence Mauney, Jr. goes to McCauley School for Boys, a preparatory school in Oiattanooga, Tennessee. Ralph C. Howe Addresses AIME Foote Mineral Company's open pit mining operaion here was described in detail by Ralph C. Flowe, mine superintendent, on Tuesday at the fall meeting of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum en gineers, at Gatlintourg, Tenn. (Mr. FloWe’s formal presenta tion detailed the history of Foote’s operation here, geology of the Kings Mountain operation, drilling methods, blasting meth ods, and loading and hauling op erations. Yarbro Injured As The Blows Lee Yarioro, Sr., Bethlehem community farmer, suffered a 'broken hack Wednesday after noon about 1 o'clock when his truck be was operating blew a tare and plunged down a 15-foot embankment near Buffalo Brid The vehicle Was loaded with ertitizer. Mr. Yarbro Was admitted to aston Memorial hospital, where his condition was reported as Jsacisfaotory TOP PRIZE AT BETHWARE FAIR — Miss Bethware Fair. Frankii Hamrick, trys eat thebremd new bicycle, top prize to be awarder to some lucky fair visitor during the Bethware Community Fail which continues through Saturday on the grounds of Bethwarr school. Miss Hamrick is the daughter of Bethware Progressive clut president Frank Hamrick and Mrs. Hamriek. (Photo by Truett Moore) Democrats Seek Campaign Cash Area Precinct Leaden Accept Assigned Quotas Cleveland County Democratic leaders are raising a campaign fund for use in the approaching general election campaign. County Democrats have set a $3,000 quota, of which half will be retained for local use and half sent So the, state organiza tion. - «. Quotas assigned area Demo cratlc precincts are: West Kings Mountain $280: East Kings Mountain $270; Beth ware $65; and Grover $60. Ollie Harris, chairman of East Kings Mountain precinct, said the quitas were assigned on bas is of ten cents per registered Democrat per precinct. “Contributions, no matter the size, will be welcomed from all Democrats. They should be given to the respective precinct chair men and checks should be (Continued On Fage EightP City Tax Payments lump During Week CSIty tax prepayments tn creased heavily during the past week, Acting Tax Collector Joe McDaniel, Jr., said, with receipts through Tuesday to taling $79,487. The total is nearly hall the estimated $175,000 levy lor the current year. Prepayments during Septem ber earn a discount of «$£ per cent. The discount rate waps to one-half one percent in' Oc tober, With taxes due at par in November. Square Dancing Class To Begin A class in Western-style square dancing will begin at the Besse mer City Teen Center Saturday night at 7:30, it was announced by Tom Bryant, instructor. Mr. Bryant said 16 classes will be conducted on consecutive Sat i urday evenings and that dead line for acceptance of students l will be September 22. Transco Anticipates City To Get 500 MCF Gas Allotment Requested By MARTIN HARMON Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corporation anticipates the Fed-1 eral Power commission will grant ! the city’s request for an addition al half-million cubic feet per day natural gas allotment prior to 'November 1. I R. S. Burns, Jr., Transco vice I president, has forwarder! copies ion contracts for city execution | including the additional allot ment request the city made sev eral months ago. In the allotment request, the city said it would require up to a half-milHon cubic feet daily, beginning November 1. and an additional 100 000 cubic feet daily, beginning November 1, 1963. Mr. Burns told the city he an ticipates favorable action on the city request by the FPC prior to November 1, effective date of the now contract whereby the city purchases gas from Transco. •Meantime, construction is well underway on expansion of the fine is being installed from York line i stoeing installed from York road to Gold street, thence from Gold north to Cansler, to supply increased demand from several Industrial customers. This line addition and other line changes will also serve increased demand by Bennett Brick & Tile Com pany as well as other customers in the southwest portion of the city. Natural gas consumption has increased annually since the city began serving its first customer early in 1955. miring the fiscal yeai just end ed, the gas system glossed $lfM. 451. returning an operating profit of $76,674. Gas purchases totaled $97,401. City Launching Electric System Re-building By MARTIN HARMON The city initiated Monday night an estimated $135,000 electrical system Improvements program, as ft authorized its engineers to prepare specification on new sub station equipment for consider ation by October 29. The full improvements pro gram, according to Southeastern Consulting Engineers schedule, would be completed about 13 months hence in October 1963. T""■* phare line construction bids are 'scheduled 'to be receiv ed next April 15, along with bids on lnstaWation of sub-station e quipment. Second phase line con struction is possible of authoriza tion by July 1, 1963. The upcoming contract will cov er cost of sub-station equipment alone and is expected to attract bids from major eledtrical equip ment manufacturers. The engineering firm has ex plained that this equipment is custom-made. Thus it must be ready for delivery when first phase line construction bids ate received. The timetable arranged toy the engineers meets the moneytary and legal requirements of t'he city. Included in this year’s budget was $75,000 for the first phase of the initially-planned. two-phase distribution system improve ments. Under the state law, a ofty ad ministration cannott budget for more than a 12jmonth period. Therefore, since terms bf office of the present adminiist ration members expire in May of 1966, this administration is not in pos ition to let the contract for the complete program on antirips ' tion of budgeting during the next i year. Under the plan of the engirt i eers, following the letting of con , tracts on the sub-station equip ment, bids will be invited for both construction job®, with the second phase bid to be taken as an alternate. The alternate for the second phase will be binding on the contractor, but. subject to rejection by the city administra- * tion. The idea is to enable the city , to benefit, should the next ad ministration desire, from bidding on the line construction as one job, which engineers estimate will save the city an additional ten percent, or an estimated $13. 500. lit is anticipated the city will be -able to budget the addi tional *60,000 in 1963-64. Max Miller, a Greensboro elec trical engineer, recommended in 11952 that the electrical distribu tion system be rebuilt, meantime making ‘'patchwork" recommen dations that Wave been fully inv plemented. Since 1962, electrical consumption by city customer® has more than doubled. Ward Addresses Cleveland Lions "There's no way. to gio the sec ond mite than to lend a helping hand to one in the dark", Henry A. Wand, executive secretaiy of the North Caroina Association, for the Blind told Cleveland County Lions at a joint meeting Tuesday at Brackett’s Cedar Park. Mr. Ward had noted that the second mile didtum stemmed from Jesus Christ. When Rome was at the height of power, he related, the law stipulated that a Roman soldier could com| el anyone he met to carry his an. is for one mile. Mr. Ward said, "The Mr came and said, Tf he compel you to go one mile, go with him two.” Outlining work of the associa tion for the blind, Mr. Ward said it was the business of the as~n jciatdon to supplement legal wel* | fare programs in whatever way ;to aid the state’s blind, with a major work rehabilitation for ' Useful work.. S He stated thalt the state asso ciation has for 15 years put more blind persons into useful employ ment than any other State In the union. Other figures he listed: The association has a file rec ord on 12.500 blind in the state, of whom 151 are Cleveland coun ty citizens. In the past year, 1103 North Carolinians who were blind had their vision restored, the highest aim of the association. Fifty to 60 percent ,of blind ness is preventable. , Sixty-five percent of blindness occurs in old age. A large delegation of Kings Mountain Lions aUcAfcod the meet inf. .