► Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 This figure tor Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure Is irons the United States census ol 1960. VOL 73 NO. 41 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C. Thursday, October 18, 1962 Seventy-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS Mrs. C. L Cash Wins Top Award Local News Bulletins METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for Ithe week ending Wednesday totaled $193.45, including $129.20 from on-street meters, $45 from over parking fees and $19.25 from off street meters, City Clerk Sloe Mc Daniel, Jr., reported. building permits City officials issued two build ing permits during the past week. City Auto and Truck Parts was issued a permit for a $2,000 addition to its building on York Road and Leroy Blanton was is sued a permit to build a $2,500 washerette at the corner of Tra cy and King Streets. CLONINGER HAS SURGERY Surgery was performed on Earl Cloninger at Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, today. Mr. Cloninger’s address is Room 3306, Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, N. C. AT GAHDNER-WEBB Kings Mountain students en rolled for the fall semester at Gardner-Webb college are Keith Anthony, Joyce Ann Blanton, Annie Vera Dilling, Harold Ellis, Eugene Grigg, Mrs. Carolyn W. Hambright, Don Horn, Ervin Houser, Johnny Jones, Edith Kin caid, Margaret Ledford, Douglas Moss, Stan Queen, Kenneth Ray field and Norman Webster. KIWANIS CLUB Kiwanis speaker at the Thurs day night meeting will be Earl k Meachum of Shelby. Mr. Meach } urn will present the second half of a program on Europe, the first part having been given two weeks ago. RETURNS HOME Earl McGill has returned to his home in Blacksburg from Memorial Hospital in Charlotte. He is reported by his family to be much improved. JAYCEE SALE The Jaycee Kleenex sale got underway Tuesday night. Door to door sale of five boxes for $1.00 is continuing, proceeds go ing to the club’s community pro jects. Carroll Ledford is chair man of the promotion. DISCHARGED W. S. Fulton, Sr., who under went an eye operation at Char lotte Ear, Eye and Throat Hos pital, last week, returned home Monday. Democratic Rally Plans Underway Area Democrats will attend the 10th Congressional district rally at Hickory next Thursday, October 25th. I Kings Mountain precinct com mittees Will also be represented at a district supper meeting Thursday (tonight) at 7 o'clock at Brackett’s Cedar Park. Clint Newton, chairman ot the Cleve land County Democr&fiv Party, has called a meeting of county leaders to complete jSans for the rally and discuss party activity prior to the November election. DEMOCRATIC TEA Ladies wishing to attend the tea for 10th District Democratic women at Hick ory next Thursday should call Mrs. J. E. Liipford, coun ty Democratic vice-chairman. (Mrs. Upford said she an ticiuates a large group from Kings Mountain would at tend the tea and the 10th Congressional district rally to follow. Congressman Carl Albert of Oklahoma, Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, will be principal speaker for the rally at Catawba County Fair grounds. A barbecue dinner will toe served between 6 and 7 p. m. and the program will begin at In connection with the district gathering, a coffee has been planned for ladies only on the | afternoon preceding the rally "from 4:30 until 6 p. m. at the home otf (Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Hftl, Sr., 234 Third avenue. The coffee will honor Mrs. Terry San ford, Mrs. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., Mrs. B. Everett Jordan and Mrs. BaSB I* Whitener. (Mrs John S. Rowe of Hickory heads the committee on arrange ments for,the coffee. Entries Heavy At 59th Annual Floral Fair Mrs. C. E. Cash won the sweepstakes award and the top prize after receiving the most blue ribbons in Wednesday’s floral fair and flower show, 59th annual event of the Woman’s Club and Garden Council. Other major prizes were four awards of merit for outstanding exhibits. Mrs. Carl Mauney’s merit award was for her collection of roses. In the Junior division, Donna Ann Crawford, North school seventh grader, copped the merit award for her arrange ment depicting flowers and home items in Kings Mountain during the period of 1776. Beth ware Principal R. G. Franklin’s eighth grade copped the award for the outstanding educational exhibit, a collection of the dif ferent minerals found in Cleve land County. There were many winners of blue, red, yellow and white rib bons for arrangements and horti culture exhibits. Yesterday’s show drew large crowds in Indian Summer wea ther. The theme, “Peace and Beauty at the Battleground,” car ried out in all divisions, was in observance of the 182nd anni versary year of the Battle of Kings Mountain. Fairgoers were1 highly complimentary in their praise of stage settings, exhibits and decorations which carried out the theme. Clubwomen, who were pages, dresed in Southern costumes. The stage of the clubhouse was a pioneer setting, complete with typical log cabin and appropri ate background. Pupils of Mrs. John E. Gamble from West school painted a mural of the Battle of Kings Mountain. The mural was draped on (the back wall of the olub dining room where lunch and dinner were served. The judges awarded an award of distinction to the ex hibit. The fifth graders had painted mountainmen to focus attention to the Revolutionary War battle scene. Mrs. George Houser was gen eral chairman of the flower show. Members from both spon soring organizations made up committees for the fair, bazaa. and flower divisions. Flower show judges were Mrs. Ward Whisnant, Mrs. Frank B. Kirkland, Mrs. Stanley E. Moore, Mrs. Robert E. Cbristenberg, Mrs. P. C. Spruce, all of Charlotte; Mrs. Lamar Cooglar of Ches ter, S. C., Mrs. A. L. Tait, Mrs. Frank H. Crowell, Mrs. H. M. Craig, all of Lincolnton; Mrs. Ennis Jackson, Mrs. Paul Kin caid and Mrs. William R. Turner, all of Gastonia. Complete fist of winners fol (Continued On Page Eight) MEETING SET The Kings Mountain Baptist Association will meet at the First Baptist church Oct. 25-26, accord ing to an announcement by Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor. The 14 Bap tist churches of the Kings Moun tain area are host for the 112th annual session of the organiza tion. WINS CONTEST — Sara Hen dricks, high school senior, is first place winner in the annual essay contest sponsored by the state United Daughters of Confedera cy. She is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Hendricks. Lions Governor To Visit Here Frank C. Sherrill of Davidson, governor of District 31-C of Lions International, will make his official visit to the Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday. Mr. Sherrill will also present the program. Lion George B. Thomasson, program chairman, will present Governor Sherrill. The Kings Mountain Civic Club convenes 'at 7 p. xn. at the Wo man's dub. Lions President Jonas 'Bridges reminded members that October is Membership Month and in vited all Lions to remember the goal of a-Lion-a-m e m b e r. He noted that fruit cakes h&ve been ordered and Chairman Howard Broadwater will make his report on this forthcoming project Tues day. Reports from the recent White Oane sale for benefit of the blind will also be given by J. T. Mc Ginnis, Jr., chairman. Community Day Observance Set •Kings Mountain churcfiwomen are being asked to bring sewing kits to be sent to Southeast Asia on World Community Day Fri day, November 2nd. The local program will be held at Boyce Memorial ARP church at 3:30 p. m. •Piece goods, crochet cotton and crochet needles are also being collected, Mrs. George W. Plonk, president of the Kings Mountain Council Of United Churchwomen, interdenominiational organization sponsoring the observance, said. "We hope that everyone Will make an effort to attend the ser vice so we may be better inform ed as to Southeast Asia and her problems and in that knowledge be truly able to meet our respon sibilities and work toward our ‘Channels of Peace.” Mrs. A. J. Slater is program chairman and other members of the planning committee are Mrs. R. L. Goforth, Miss Ava Ware, Mrs. William Herndon, Mrs. Earl Ledford, Mrs. Thomas Droppers, Mrs. Paul Hendricks, Mrs. Hun ter Neisler and Mrs. J. E. Mau ney. AH churches in the community are represented. CLAN GATHERS Descendants of Colonel Fred erick Hambright gathered Octob er 7th, anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain, for the an nual reunion at Shiloh Presby terian church in Grover. Mrs. F. R. Summers, member of the clan, gave the program. Local Fands Budget Oi $672,169 For Area Schools Is Approved A $672,169 budget for the Kings Mountain administrative school unit was approved by the Kings Mountain Board of Edu cation at jts regular monthly meeting Monday. Following the board meeting the budget was approved by the board of county commisisoners. The budget approved included $270,490 in current expense funds and $401,678 in capital outlay funds. The approved budget for the district compares with a $521,835 ■ figure approved 'last year. The increase of $150,334 is due 'argely to the inclusion of antici pated new bond money in the ca pital outlay figure. Also at the Monday meeting the Kings Mountain Board of Education set the Christmas holi days which will begin with the | close of school Wednesday, De cember 19t and resume with the opening of school Wednesday, January 2. This means that area students 1 will have nine days of holidays. Board members stated that this would enable the students and teachers to enjoy the tradi tional New Year’s day events. In other action the board elect ed three delegates to attend the Board Association in Chapel Hill October 31. Chairman F. W. Plonk, Dr. Phillip Padgett and Mrs. Lena McGill were the dele gates named. Mrs. Jay Patterson was elected treasurer of Park Grace School and James N. Griffin treasurer at Compact. The board again considered a request of the Bible Committee that the school’s Bible teacher be given additional teaching du ties. They decided to leave her as a full - time Bible teacher. No action was taken in the matter concerning the expense accounts of the system's travel ing teachers. The board approved the re quest of Fred Withers that he be permitted to continue as coach of the high school baseball team. KM Annexes Gaston County Area Local Citizens Are Injured In 74 Pile-up Three Kings Mountain citizens were injured early Wednesday morning in a nine-vehicle pile up three miles east of the city on U. S. 74. Gerteul Lee Grigg of 916 First Street was admitted to Gaston Memorial Hospital with lacera tions, a broken arm and possible internal injuries. Given emergency treatment and released were Samuel David Collins of 116 Wells Street and James Dean Hammet of 407 W. Mountain Street. Also given emergency treat ment and released were the Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Seastrunk, Laur ens, S. C. and Marvin Franklin Richardson, Gaffney. The mass pile-up was report edly touched off when a gravel truck stowed in dense fog on the crest of a hill and was struck in the rear by the Collins vehicle in the east bound lane of 74. The gravel truck continued on its way and latest reports say that it has not been located. iA tractor - trailer truck driven by James Elbert Miller, Cotum bia, S. C. slammed into the rear of the Collins vehicle and the mass pile-up followed. Jackie Lee Cobb, 1280 Westov er Street, was last in the pile-up as he side-swipped the rear of the Grigg car. The Grigg, Collins and Rich ardson cars were reported to be total losses and damage to the other vehicles was estimated at a total of $1,500. Traffic on both lanes of 74 was blocked and diverted for approxi mately two hours while work men cleared the accident scene. New High School Reading Program Now Underway It’s 8:30 a. m. and a student sits down at a machine in the library of Kings Mountain high school. Twenty minutes later another high school student comes in and takes his place at the small reading machine in a corner of the room. They are among the 55 juniors and seniors who are enrolled in a reading course offered here for the first time five weeks ago. By the end of this school year, 165 high school boys and girls will have had the opportunity to use the machine. There is no unit credit given, the course is a voluntary one and students are assigned two lessons weekly at various Study periods. About one-third of the student body has indicated interest in the course, already enrolled and on a “waiting list’’. Mrs. Wilson G ri f f i n , high school teacher Who is supervising the new reading program, said purpose is two^fofld: 1) to in crease reading speed about 2% times and at the same time im prove concentration and 2) to attain 100 precent comprehension on the part of the reader. Students conduct the lessons themselves during a 14-week 27-lesson course. Comprehension tests are “key" checked, as well as papers and reports by Mrs. Griffin. Already, Mrs. Griffin noted that some students had increased their reading speed more than 200 words. There are several steps, Mrs. Griffin pointed out: 1) The first lesson is a series of digits. These are read by the reader who in turn writes them on paper and turns on the ma chine to see if he has read them correctly. This Improves memory and concentration. 2) A reading selection is as signed followed by questions to test comprehension, 3) As the program progresses the machine is set at a greater speed and a goal of 500 words per minute and 100 percent com prehension. Mrs. Griffin commented, “We have been highly pleased with the success of this program in its •beg i n ni ng stages. The Craig Reading machine was purchased at considerable cost to the school and students are already reaping its benefits, we feel. The students are very interested in improving their reading, already 300 are en rolled.” GOP STANDARD BEARERS — Mayor Kelly Dixon, left, who's been noncommittal about his plans for re-election next May, endorsed Wed nesday the candidacy of Conover Republican Carroll Barringer in the 10th Congressional race. Candidate Barringer, who seeks to un seat incumbent Democrat Basil L. Whitener of Gastonia, is pictured with Dixon in the mayor's office. They talk over GOP plans at the may or's desk which shows a carved wood figurine of an elephant. Both political parties were ac tively campaigning this week. Political Activity Brisk; Pollbooks Add Thirteen Election Books To Remain Open October 20,27 Little interest in the forthcom ing 'November 6 general election was evidenced in Number 4 Township Saturday, first day of three for registering to vote, as only 13 citizens added their names to the poll books. The election books will be open at the voting places on Saturday, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., and again on Saturday, October 27th. No vember 3rd is Challenge Day. New registrants last Saturday included six Democrats, five Re publicans, and two Independents. Registrars were anticipating a busier day Saturday. All regis trars reported a lot of checking on the part of citizens to deter mine that they are officially reg istered. There were 10 transfers from one precinct to the other. Mrs. J. D. Jones, registrar at Bethware, noted four transfers from the West Kings Mountain precinct, two Democrats, two Re publicans. There was no registration ac tivity at the Grover polling place where Mrs. J. B. Ellis is regis trar. Mrs. J. H. Arthur, registrar at the West Kings Mountain pre cinct, reported six transfers, four to Bethware and two to Bast Kings Mountain precinct. Mrs. Nell Cranford, registrar i at City Hall (Bast Kings Moun tain precinct) was also expecting a busier day this Saturday. (Registrants reminded citizens that; 1) No new registration is required for those whose names are already on the books for county elections. 2) New citizens or voters coming of age or other wise becoming eligible will be re quired to register during the 3 week registration period if they wish to vote November 6; and 3) A person registering must be a citizen of the United States and 21 years of age and must have been a resident of the state for one year and of the precinct for 30 days. Firemen's Quarters Get Face-LiSting The firemen’s quarters at City j Hall is getting a little “face lift-: ling.” Floors were being sanded yes terday, the job expected to be completed the latter part of this week, Mayor Kelly Dixon said, j Mr. Dixon also noted that street work is progressing and j more is planned. On the agenda is the repaving of a number of city streets,.- as( well as the re coating of Mountain street and Piedmont Avenue. DISCHARGED Jack H. White, judge of city recorder’s court and Kings Moun tain lawyer, was discharged Monday from Kings Mountain hospital where he had been re i ceiving treatment for pneumon ia. Mr. White has not yet return ed to his office. HOMECOMING QUEEN ~ Peggy ! Plonk, high school senior, will reign o.s queen over the annual Homecoming festivities at Kings Mountain high school. Peggy Plonk To Be Queen Peggy Plonk, high school sen ior and daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George W. Plonk, will reign as Queen of the annual Homecoming festivities October 26th at Kings Mountain high school. The Homecoming game will be between the Kings Mountain high school Mountaineers and Rutherfordton. Miss Plonk and members of her court will be presented at 'half-time of the game. Sponsors for the 11 football players include: Kay Mauney for Richard Little; Jewel Robbs for Tommy Hope; Pattie Howard for Charles Goodson; Dora Kircus for Tim Heavner; Sue Hoad for Eddie Spencer; Laura Page for Wally Harris; Diane Kiser for Steve Carpenter; Mary Evans for Brent McDaniel; Mary Anne McCurdy for James Hope; Ruth CTippard for Johnny Brown. ‘Mothers of the football play ers will be recognized. Miss Plonk is head cheerleader (Continued On Fage Eight/ Whitener Issues Sentinel; GOP Ringing Bells Kings Mountain citizens were witnessing some political activi ty this week, as local candidates were ringing doohbeils and oth erwise a c ti v e 1 y campaigning prior to the November general election. Items: 1) Congressman Basil L. Whit ener, Gastonia Democrat com pleting his third term as United States Congressman from the 10th district, and who is being challenged by Conover Republi can Carroll M. Barringer, had distributed copies of the “White ner Sentinel”, a four-page paper which cites his record of service The Sentinel was edited by John Brock, general manager of the Lowrance Newspapers. Nearly 3, 000 copies were distributed in Kings Mountain alone. 2) The Rebublican Party, mak ing its first local level challenge in a number of years, has been conducting house-to-house calls two nights a week. The several candidates and their workers were calling on Kings Mountain voters Tuesday night. 3) Kings Mountain Mayor Kel ly Dixon issued a statement en dorsing the candidacy of Repub lican Congressional candidate Barringer. The mayor said: “In behalf of Mr. Carroll Barringer, 1 have ‘become most optimistic toward his Candidacy for the Congress of the United States. We have observed his efforts for some time and have noticed the steady gains in his favor. Having covered part of his district two years ago in the 1960 campaign, we have a great reason to believe that our representation will come from a Republican Congressman come November 6 soon. With the Stimulant that comes from the new counties, which make up our district it isn’t hard to evpect victory for the G. O. P. come November 6.” 4) Republicans are addin g| spice to the 27th Senatorial Dis (Continued On Page Eight) j Annual Maigiace-Panline Mills Outing Expects Crowd of 2,000 An employee outing which an nually attracts about 2,00 textile workers and their families wit be held Sunday by Massachusetts Mohair Plusrh Company’s tw< Kings Mountain plants. Barbecue and a short program Will feature the afternoon outing to be held for white employees of Margrace and Pauline Plants at 1 p. m. at Liake Crawford. In event of rain, the outing will be moved inside—to the National Guard Armory on Phifer road. Negro employees and their families will be entertained at a 1 p. m. barbecue at the Deal Street picnic area. In event of rain, the affsir will be held at Compact school cafeteria. Personnel! Manager W. F. f Bill) Daughter said an estimated , crowd of 1500-2000 is expected, j All employees of the two plants,' their wives or husbands and un married minor children WiH be ; guests. All unmarried employees may invite guest. Mr. Daughter said that free prizes will be awarded. Lucky winners will receive watches, hams, ironing boards and covers, steam irons, electric toasters, cloth, television .throws, has socks and cash gifts. A short program wlM be held prior to the meal at 1 p. m. Bridges Barbecue is caterer. The two firms have been host for similar outings since 1958. Fourteen-Lot Linwood Section Now Part Of C% By a unanimous vote oi the Kings Mountain Oily Oonurras sion Thursday night a small j -to - tion of Gaston 'became part nf the City of Kings Mountain The annexed area, part at *• proposed 24Iot housing