Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
This figure for Greater King* Mountain le derived from
the 1955 King* Mountain city directory census. The city
limits figure Is from the United States census of I960.
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VOL 73 No. 37
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 20, 1962
PRICE TEN CENTS
City May Annex
Area In Gaston
Local News
Bulletins
P-TA TO MEET
Park Grace school Parent -
Teacher Association will hold an
organizational and get-acquaint
ed meeting at its initial meeting
of the schoolyear Monday night
at 7 o’clock in the school audi
torium.
ARP SPEAKER
Rev. Joseph S. Kellermann of
Charlotte will lead the temper
ance study Sunday evening at
7:30 p.m. at Boyce Memorial ARP
church, according to announce
' ment by Mrs. W. L. McMackin,
WMS secretary in charge of the
program.
FREE OYSTERS
The Kings Mountain VFW
Post 9811 will have an oyster
stew at the post home Saturday
night from 7-9 p.m. Old members
and prospective new members
are invited for the free servings.
KIWANIS CLUB
Mr. Sossman, a nuclear physi
cist, will gove a talk concerning
the civilian application of atomic
energy at Thursday’s Kiwanis
club meeting. The civic club con
venes at 6:45 p.m. at the Wom
an’s club.
LEGION AUXILIARY
American Legion Post 155, the
American Legion Auxiliary, will
meet Thursday night at 7:30 for
the regular program. Mrs. Glee
A. Bridges will be hostess at'her
home. Mrs. Hubert Aderholdt,
president is arranging the pro
gram.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Senior Citizens will gather for
a regular meeting Friday after
noon at 3 o’clock at the Woman’s
Club, it was announced by Mrs.
O. W. Myers, member of the
Woman’s club committee which
sponsors the program.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
$194.20, including $125.50 from
on-street meters, $50 from over
parking fees and $18.70 from off
street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel, Jr., reported.
NO FIRES
There were no fire calls re
corded by the city fixe depart
ment during the past week.
TO CREDIT CLINIC
Mrs. Luther Joy, Merchants
Association secretary, and Mrs
Dewitt Neal, ctedit manager of
Sterchi’s, attended the Consum
er Credit Clinic in Chairtotte
Wednesday.
FRANCHISE CHECK
Kings Mountain received from
the N. C. Department of Revenue
this week a check for $1,102.75
.as its quartely share of the fran
chise duties paid by utilities
companies throughout the state.
LEADERSHIP CLASS
Women of First Presbyterian
church will hold a leadership
training class for new officers at
the church Monday night at 7:30
Powell Hebate
At $31258
The City of Kings Mountain’s
share in the 1862 Powell Bill
funds to 413 participating miunici
paities wSTl be $31,258.48.
The allocation Of $7,629,882.76
in Powell Bill funds vns announ
ced Wednesday bv the State
Highway Commiss'on. The fund'
are distributed annually to qua
lified cities and towns for use in
non-highway system street work
within their corporate limits.
Checks to the tndSv'd'ml munici
palities wflt be mailed from Ra
leigh the latter part of this mon
th in order that they will reawh
municipallities by October 1.
FoweH BR allocations are ba
aed on a formula using the pop
ulation and Street mileage in toe
anaMgejfttes and toe total alto
Board Approves
Move On Request
Of Developer
The city limits of Kings
Mountain could be extended in
the near future.
The Kings Mountain Board of
Commissioners agreed Thursday
night to advertise the annexa
tion of part of a proposed 24-lot
housing development in the Lin
wood area.
The decision was made at the
request of J. Wilson Crawford,
the developer. He stated that 10
of the lots are inside the city
limits and that the other 14 are
outside. He presented maps of
the proposed development.
The extension would be in the
area of the present Boyce Street
in the Linwood section.
At the next regular meeting
of the commission a public hear
ing will be held on the matter.
Other Action
In other action taken by the
commissioners the rezoning from
residential to business lots fac
ing King Street between Tracy
and Cansler Streets was approv
ed.
The commission voted to can
cel delinquent water and light
accounts in the amount of $209.
06, delinquent gas accounts in the
amount of $99.07, and a $12.50
overcharge on the Lloyd Davis
Street Assessment.
In other business, the com
mission decided to advertise un
paid Street Assessments on Stone
and Goforth Streets, and to ad
vertise the rezoning of two ad
jacent parcels of land on King
Street at the Deal Street inter
section.
The vote was unanimous for
the paving of Fourth Street from
Cranford Drive to the deadend.
This action followed the accept
ance of an improvement petition.
The commission voted to pro
ceed to aleviate the drainage
situation at the country club.
The transferral of a taxi fran
chise from Ben Sessoms to Bill
Whetstine was also approved.
Mayor Dixon was instructed to
confer with City Ice and Coal Co.
about the dust which comes off
the coal and settles on the near
by houses.
Imperial Shows
Open Monday
Imperial Shows will bring a
mammoth fall* to Kings Moun
tain Monday under sponsorship
of the Kings Mountain Optimist
elub for the benefit of the civic
club's Boys Work Program.
IFair-goers Who like a wide var
ietty of entertainment will have
a choice of 26 major rides and
shows, Harold Phillips, member
of the supporting dub, said yes
terday in making the announce
merit.
The fair will open Monday at 1
p. m. on grounds adjacent to
Stater Mills Off Ylork road. The
fair will run through Saturday.
There will be the usual conces
sions, plus fireworks and other
fairfun, Mr. Phillips netted.
Kings Mountain Optimists were
busy readying for the fair this
week as posters were being dis
tributed and ride tickets offered
for sale.
There Will be no admission
uhaige to the fairgrounds.
(Local Optimists will use the
funds in their program of boys
work, chief of which is the Mid
get football program it sponsors
in the community.
Annual Meeting
01UF Thursday
Annual meetin,
'Mountain Unlti
be held at Che
ing of the t>
dhureh Thursda;
duck, it was an
Maner, past president.
AM memlbereort
fund are
meetong.
* meeting
Includes a budget genian, reports
election at aflt
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DISCUSS DDD CUT-ON PLAN — Jack Barham, left plant super
visor, and Floyd F. Farris, manager, discuss the upcoming Kings
Mountain cut-on for direct distance dialing, firmly scheduled for
January 6. Mr. Barham will not be here for the cuton. He leaves
Sunday for Thailand, where he is joining International Telephone
& Telegraph Company.
Kings Mountain
DDD January 6
Youth Sunday Set
At Resurrection
Resurrection Lutheran church
will observe Youth Sunday in eve
ning vesper services Sunday at
7:30 p.m.
Members of the Luther League
of the church will have charge
of the program, “People of God.”
Young people on the program
ar Peggy Plonk, Robert Plonk,
Susan Plonk, Truett Moore, John
nie Moore, Butch Gibbons, Con
nie Dixon, Joyce Dixon, Becky
Dunn, Kenny Plonk, Donna
Eaker, Sandra Huffstetler and
Ricky Henson.
Baiham Going
To Thailand
Jack Barham, plant supervisor
tor Southern Bell Telephone
Company here since the conver
mon'ths way tor local citizens,”
sion to dial in December, 1959,
is joining International Tele
phone and Telegraph Company in
a Far East assignment.
'Mr. Barham will be superin
tendent of telephone plants in
Bangkok, Thailand. He leaves for
Thailand Sunday.
‘‘Although this new assign
ment is a challenge, I deeply
regreat leaving Kings Mountain,
the friendly atmosphere of the
community, our friends and our
church”, Mr. Barham said.
In Kings Mountain, the Bar
hams attend St. Matthew’s Lu
theran church. Mr. Barham is a
Kiwanian, member of its board
of directors. He is past president
of the high school P-TA.
A qualified paratrooper, he is
a veteran of World War H,
having served with the U. S.
Army Infantry In the Asiatic
Pacific Theater. He has been
awarded the Purple Heart, the
Phillapine Liberation Medal, the
Asiatic-Pacific, Good Conduct
Meritorious Medal. He is a Cap
tain in the North Carolina
National Guard, member of
Headquarters and Headquarters
Company 130. He is also a
Legionnaire.
Mrs. Barham is the former
Helen Query of Concord. The
Barhams have two children,
Judy and Jack, Jr.
Mr. Barham’s family expects
to join him in Thailand within
the next few weeks. .
Bell Announces
CutOn For New
Long Line Service
Kings Mountain’s 3800 tele
phone subscribers will be able to
dial their own long distance calls j
beginning January 6, 1963.
E. F. Farris, manager of
Southern Bell’s Kings Mountain
exchanged, said that Direct Dis
tance Dialing-or-DDD is the latest
type telephone service available
and will eventually be in use in
all Southern Bell exchanges.
'“Our local people are busy in
stalling equipment and making
the iwccwwry changes"in‘'jSri?para
tion for the cut-over”, Mr. Farris
said Wednesday. He noted that
DDD enables telephone users to
dial their own station-to-station
calls to most places in the United
States. Operators will continue to
handle person-to-person calls,
and calls from coin telephones.
Mr. Farris gave these instruc
tions for direct distance dialing:
If your call is in the 704 code
area, simply dial “1”, then the
code for that area and the tele
phone number. A partial list of
cities you can dial direct is in
the 'front of your telephone di
rectory. Special equipment re
cords the called number and
times the length of the conver
sation. As soon as you finish dial
ing an operator will come in on
the line and ask for your num
ber. After that, the operator will
leave the line and you will hear
the distant telephone ring. The
equipment also computes the oil!
automatically, Mr. Farris added.
“This new system will definite
ly mean faster and better long
distance service and is only three
months way for local dtd errs,”
Farris added.
CHURCH SCHOOL
The area leadership training
school for Presbyterian and ARP
churches in Kings Mountain
Presbytery is scheduled Sept.
30th through Oct. 3 at Gastonia’s
First Presbyterian church. Four
courses will be offered and an
adult workshop.
LIONS CLUB
Kings Mountain Lions will ga
ther for theiir regular meeting
Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the
Woman’s club. Program for the
evening was not announced.
Veteran Textile Superintendent
Clarence L lolly, 55, Succumbs
Funeral rites for Clarence
Lafayette Jolly, 56, well-known
Kings Mountain Citizens, were
held Monday at 4 p. m. from Cen
tral Method# Church of which
he was a memfoer.
Mr. Jolly died suddenly Mon
day at 6:30 p.m. of a heart at
tack at his home.
A native of Caldwell County,
he was the son of Mrs. Cora
Parker Jolly of Kings Moun
tain and the late James C. Jolly.
He was superintendent of Long
Shoals Manufacturing Company
of Ltneointon, going to Linooin
ton from Noisier Mills Division
of Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company.
gel Barrett Jolly; two sons Clin
ton Jolly at
*nd CWtenee JoUy, Jr. of Char
ttt a* 3%S?!£J£Z
MTb. IVl'IUlfUl
3ty cncK M»s.i
Henderson; and 11 grandchildren.
Also surviving are two
brothers, Clyde Jolly off Ruther
fondton and Claude Jolly of Con
cord; and four saatere, Mrs. Wal
ter Blackiwelder of Philadelphia,
Pa., Mrs. Clyde Blackwell and
Mrs. ElHs King, both of Kings
Mountain, and Mrs. Charles Qig
iish of Danville, Va.
Rev, H. D. Gannon officiated
at the final rites, and interment
was in Mountain Rest cemetery.
ADD JOLLY FUNERAL ..
I Active pallbearers were HH
Kard Black, Coley Guyton, Sam
Hantrtck. Lester Wefch, Bod
pstater and <Fred Rashe. Honor
ary pallbearers were Bill M&u
JPu* Mauney, Paul Mau
P*uT:N«i*er. Sr„ P*ul Nett
er, Jr., Hugh N«b1*t,
cfSS, ‘
... Oaunlt. Sun Goforth.
Outlies Mom, H. A. Gtofarth, J:
k OmrtK J H. Madttn, C. W.
Palls and Joe
School Board Hears Plea
Of Davidson PTA Delegation
Lambeth Rope
Renews Water
Line Request
•Lambeth Rope Corporation has
renewed a request that the
county government assist in
building a large water line to its
plant.
The request received little en
couragement at Monday’s meet
ing of the county board of com
missioners. Comm. Chairman
Knox Sarratt said the money
■would have to come from the
general fund, already hard press
ed. No money is available this
year, he added.
Representatives of Lambeth
asked the county to appropriate
some $900 from tax funds to help
provide the large line. Manager
T. F. Burke said the plant is not
operating alt full capacity be
cause it has insufficient water.
Lamfbeth, with another office in
Bedford, Mass., manufacturers
woven narrow fabrics and web
bings. Water is a vital part of
its processing.
Lambeth, outside Kings Moun
tain, secures its water from the
City through a three-quarter inch
pipe. A six-inch line lies about 335
feet from the plant, however.
Lambeth wants the county to pay
for sufficient six-inch pipe to
connect to this line.
Burke said his company will
pay for the pipe if the county
will reimburse it from future
funds.
Lambeth made a similar re
quest in May, with a slightly
different proposal for securing
more water. The request was
taken under consideration be
cause no money was available
from the 1961-62 budget, com
missioners said.
The county has previously
given financial assistance in lay
ing water lines to J. W. Wood
Co.., Dicey Fabrics, Inc., and
Waco Sportswear. It reimbursed
Massachusetts Mohair about $15,
000 on a water line in 1968.
It has also promised to pro
vide $15,000 for Minette Mills in
Grover for help on a water sys
tem “when the money is avail
able.”
Sarratt said this morning that
each request for water line as
sistance must stand on its own
merits, and that a factor in the
board’s decision would be the
company’s contribution to the
county in taxes.
The commission must consider
if county water line assistance
will mean that a plant puts more
taxes in the county’s coffers, he
said.
Burke was accompanied by W.
K. Mauney of Kings Mountain, a
yarn supplier.
Lambeth previously sought
help from the Kings Mountain
City commission, which referred
the problem to the county gov
erimment.
Two Are Injured
In Accidents
Accidents involving automo
biles and resulting in injuries to
two people were investigated by
city policemen this week.
Saturday local officers were
summoned to Watterson street to
investigate an accident that in
jured Burlin Barnes. It was
found that Barnes had been
struck by a vehicle driven by
Joe Harvey Davis, 515 Belvedere
Circle.
Barnes had stepped Into the
street while backing up with his
lawn mower in the process of
mowing his lawn. Injuries to
Barnes were listed as non-seri
ous.
Mrs. Ila Janette Jones, 309
Parker St, was hospitalized
Sunday when struck by a ve
hicle operated by Mrs. Heflen K.
Jennings. Mrs. Jones was leav
ing the car when It rolled back
and struck her.
Although hospitalized, her th
juries were wot reported to be
serious and she is listed in good
condition In K. M. Hospital.
Also Sunday Forest Reid Do
ver, 305 EL Kings St., was chary
ed with reckless driving after tri
car ha was driving struck a vr
hkfie operated by Dare Dettnua
Bridges, Gastonia.
The, wreck occurred when Df
vet's cat skidded into the Bn
gesiCar sad damaged it an sat
mated MOOuDamag* to the D,
war; car wap 950.
Rites Conducted
For Dr. Ramseur
Physician Dies
Following Attack
Suffered Monday
iFuneral rites for Dr. William
Lee Ramseur, 62, prominent, well
known Kings Mountain physician
since 1928, were held Wednesday
morning at 11 o’dlock from First
Presbyterian church.
Dr. Ramseur suffered a heart
attack about 9:30 Monday morn
ing, shortly after arriving for the
day at his Cherokee street of
fice. He was rushed to the hos
pital where he died about 12:30.
A Kings Mountain native, bom
June 20, 1900, he was the son of
thee late Harvey Lee and Susan
Ormand Ramseur. He was active
in the social, civic and religious
life of the community.
Educated at Westminister
Preparatory School, Davidson col
lege and the Medical College of
South Carolina, Dr. Ramseur was
past chief of the Kings Moun
tain hospital medical staff. He
was a member of the medical
staffs of Cleveland County and
Gaston County hospital, the
Cleveland County Medical So
ciety, the N. C. Medical Society
and the American Medical So
ciety.
A veteran of World War I, he
was a Legionnaire and charter
member of the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis cliib. He was an elder
emeritus of First Presbyterian
church.
He had practiced medicine here
since July 1928..
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Christine Rhyne Ramseur; a son,
William Lee Ramseur, Jr., fresh
man at State college; and a
daughter, Carol Ramseur, a high
school student. A sister, Miss
Sarah Ramseur, also survive.
Dr. Paul K. Ausley officiated
at the final rites and interment
was in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Active pallbearers were
Charles Ballard, Charles Blanton.
Harry Page, Bob Maner, Robert
Goforth and Hall Goforth. Hon
orary pallbearers, Kings Moun
tain doctors and elders of the
Church, were Dr. J. E.. Anthony,
Dr. J. C. McGill, Dr. Kenneth
McGill, Dr. P. G. Padgett, Dr.
Paul Hendricks, Dr. Thomas Dur
ham. Dr. Geoage Plonk, Dr.
Craig Jones, Dr. Robert Baker,
Dr. D. F. Hord, Dr. N. H. Reed,
B. M. Ormand. J. H. Thomson
and R. G. Plonk.
DISCHARGED
L. E. (Josh) Hifthartt, Kings
Mountain banker, was discharg
ed Tuesday from Charlotte Eye,
Ear, and Throat hospital. Al
though he is not yet able to re
turn to work, he is continuing to
improve. He re-entered the hos
pital for treatment of a post -
operative infection in his eye.
SUCCUMBS — Dr. W. L. Ram
seur died Monday of a heart at
tack at the age of 62. Funeral
rites were held Wednesday.
State Officials
Here Thursday
D. J. L. Pierce, Director of the
Division of School Planning of
the N. C. Department of Public
Instruction, and Dr. Dwayne
Gardner, his assistant, were in
Kings Mountain Thursday tc
confer with local school official;
on the proposed new,' high school
Meeting with Supt. B. N
Barnes and high school principal
Harry Jaynes, the state officiate
discussed the educational pro
gram planned for the new school
"It is necesary to plan the
curriculum for the school before
the architects can go ahead with
their plans,’ Sutp. Barnes said.
"The purpose of this conference
was to discuss this educational
program."
Supt. Barnes and the state of
ficials said that the decision as
to curriculum must be made so
that the architects will know
what exact type of school to
plan.
Prospective locations for the
new high school on Phifer Road
were not discussed.
Supt. Barnes and the architects
had traveled to Raleigh the pre
vious Thursday to confer with
state officials on where to place
the building on the site.
"The state engineers will have
to study the plans further be
fore reaching any decisions,” he
said.
"This will come later. Present
ly we are working on the educa
tional plans for the new schoct
and Dr. Pierce and his staff a.-r
offering us all the assistance w<
might need in this area.”
Nicholson Resigns To Superintend
Bessemei City Gas, Watei Utilities
Corbet Nicholson, superintend
ent of the city gas department
since 1957, Is resigning, effective
Monday.
Mr. Nicholson will assume
new duties as superintendent in
charge of the gas and water de
partment of the Town of Besse
mer City.
He first joined the city gas de
partment in 1954. His father, E.
2. Nicholson, was then superin
tendent of public works. He now
ivcc in Florida.
Mayor Kelly Dboon was In
lattle Creek, Michigan attend
ing a week’s federal defense
chool Wednesday and Mayor
no tem 3. E. (Zip) Rhea ooUld
lot be reached for comment.
Iowever, Mr. Nicholson has
landed In his resignation to the
nayor pro-tem.. ; - ■
Bessemer City only last De
ember opened Its gas depart
ment. John Gaddy is superinten
ent of utilities and Nicholson
dll loin, Wm in the public works
^Nicholson, 37, is, captain at the
JevelandXounty Rescue Squad. ,
it Is a Legionnaire.
jS3*SB5£~S. ZSSSi
Mr. and Jin. Nicholson have
two daughters. Pam and Donna
■ae. *phey are mamben o< Temx
pie Baptist church.
Board Requested
To Improve
Davidson School
No definite date was set fot
the improvements, but a six
member delegation from the Da
vidson Elementary School P. T.
A. was told by the Kings Moun
tain Board of Education that
Sv-.^Cwiting would be done about
the situation at their school.
The group, with George Ed
wards acting as spokesman, ap
peared before the board ait its
regular monthly meeting Mon
day night with a plea for "a new
modern school for our children."
Other members of the delega
tion were William Orr, Mrs. Wil
liam Manning, Mrs. John Bess,
{Hillard Hunter and Mrs. Cleve
land Mackey.
Chief complaints of the group
were the present crowded con
ditions at Davidson and the cafe
teria, which was described as
"unfit for use” by one delegate.
Supt. B. N. Barnes answered
the group’s question about when
they would get a "modem”
school by stating that the present
school is as modern as any in
the system. He Stated that only
part of the bundling housing thl
school was old.
He further stated that the fa
cilities at Davidson were the
same as in Other schools through
out the Kings Mountain system.
Board chairman F. W. Plonk
and Supt. Barnes told the dele
gation that the board did in
tend to try to do something for
the school with some of the
money out of the bond issue
Which' \Vas passed last March.
neieases ana irons lers
After reconsideration of a re
quest by L. C. Lewis that his two
children be released from Com
pact High School to attend Lin
coln high in Gaston County the
hoard granted the request.
(Lewis apreired before the
board and listed his reason for
desiring the release. Among his
reasons was that he intended to
move to Gaston County and did
not want h'is children to enter
Compact and then be withdrawn.
Harold Clon'inger and John
Bumgardner requested that the
board act to relieve the crowded
conditions at Park Grace School,
particularly the combination gra
des.
After a discussion of the mat
ter, the two men wcPunteered \o
transport their children to West
Schodl, if the board would agree
to the reassignment. The board
agreed.
Snot. Barnes was instructed to
check into the possibility of other
such cases that .insight relieve the
situation at Park Grace and in
the sixth grade at East SchuL
. The board denied the requ* nt
of Bobby Strpupe for trail' Irr
from the seventh grade at Paik
Grace to North.
Reviewing previous dertr’ens
on transfer requests the be.vid
took no further action and the
school assignments were unchan
ged.
Special Teacher
Mrs. Hester Bingham T.ifr
Swain, an elementary tea ,!'<•(•
here until her retirement, wi
eledted to teach one of the •:•/' •
tern's fecial education Clas<‘
Supt. Barnes reported to ihe
hoard that he had requested Iimh
Raleigh an additional high si" < • 1
teacher, and that indicate t
were that Kings Mountain wcu!<l
get two.
This has been anticipated and
one additional teacher was hb« <!
at the beginning of the school
year. One more teacher will te
hired.
Music teachers, Mrs. Thelma
Hamforighft, Grover, and Mrs. V'V
Wray, Bethwarei were grant rrl
use of the respective schools for
giving piano lessons.
Admission to the Bethwnre
eighth grade was granted Stan
ley Dixon, sop of Bethware tea
cher Mrs. Ann P. Dixon. He had
been granted a release from the
Cleveland County Schools.
The board agreed to purchase
for $100 a car from the Federal
Surplus Property Agency in Ra
leigh to return bus drivers from
Bethware to Centrai.
Supt. Barnes informed the
board of the Imminent departure
of Mrs. Gaynell Lail who assiths
Mia. Wanza Davis in the sup< r
intendent’s office.
(Bob Maner was present at the
In connection with Ms
that oomr*u>J$ons on top
t insurance be divided.
Representatives of the phrtent
sorrier. C. E- WarMc Agency,
were not present • and the bored
a^heduOed the matter for a later