Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
This figure (or Greater King* Mountain I* derived from
the 1955 King* Mountain city directory census. The city
Halts figure is tram the United State* census of I960.
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VOL. 73 No. 42
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 25, 1962
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
VETERAN EMPLOYEE HONORED — Miss Vi
ola White, center, honored for 46 years con
tinuous service to Massachuesetts Mohair
Plush Company's Margrace Plant, is pictured
above receiving an anniversary cake and a
gold watch at the mill outing Sunday. Other
employees crowd around her at the table,
and the 17 other employees who received
watches for 35 or more years of service with
the company. Personnel Manager Bill Laugh
ter, at microphone, pre, presented the com
pany award. (Herald Photo by Truett Moore)
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School Boards
Will Discuss
County Merger
Kings Mountain board of edu
cation members will join the
other two boards of education of
the county in a discussion Thurs
day night on possibilities of a
county-wide school consolidation,
but local officials doufbt any
quick decisions on the proposal.
The meeting was requested by
the Cleveland County board fol
lowing its meeting last week.
This board voted to call the three
-board conference because it be
lieved there were many problems
which could be solved by a coun
ty-wide consolidation.
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
told the Herald Wednesday that
he thought the meeting would
be “ifor the purpose of studying
the proposal and planning for
•the future” rather than deciding
on the one-unit plan.
School board Chairman Fred
Plonk said that he had not been
informed of all the facts of the
proposal and would attend the
meeting to learn the details of
the proposed consolidation.
Plonk stated that the local
board would, as in all matters,
follow the wishes of the people it
represents.
"For the next year the Kings
Mountain school system will
need close supervision as the new
school is realized,” he aid, “and
I am not certain that this super
vision would be possible with a
county-wide conolddation.”
Chairman Plonk said he doubt
ed a county-wide school consoli
dation could possibly materialize
in less thtan five years and noted
the recent consolidation of Meck
lenburg-Charlotte administrative
units required about eleven years.
City To Receive
Switchgear Bids
I The city will receive bids on
} November 14 on the initial phase
of its plan to rebuild the electri
cal distribution.
Specifically, bids have been in
vited from electrical equipment
manufacturers for “outdoor met
a lei ad switchgear equipment for
three-phase, 60 cyde, 4160 volt
grounded wye operation", per
spcietficatjons 'prepared by the
city’s electrical engineers, South
eastern Construction Engineers,
Inc., Charlotte.
The engineers estimate that
the switchgear equipment bids J
will approximate $44,000.
The equipment will be “custom
tailored” for the specific job and
the bidders are Instructed to in
clude shipment to Kings Moun
tain.
iA lot, near the Duke Power
Company sub-station, has already
been purchased for locating the
switchgear equipment, which will
enable the city to add an eighth
circuit to its distribution system
and to increase voltage from
2400.
According to the engineers’
construction schedule, the city
will ask bids on a second phase
of the rebuilding program in
April for 1) installing the switch
gear equipment and for 2) first
phase line additions.
| The city has budgeted $75,000
for this portion at the rebuilding
program for the current fiscal
year. The total estilMte for the
rebuilding construction is f&32,
500.
The engineer* estimate that
the planned construction win
serve adequately the city sys
tem’s power demands for a de
cade, on basis of projected
growth. <
EVANGELIST — Rev. C. H.
Greene o! Lincolnton, pastor of
Lincolnton Avenue Baptist
church of Lincolnton, will begin
a week of evangelistic services
services Sunday at Macedonia
Baptist church.
Greene To Lead
Macedonia Series
Rev. Wayne Ashe, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist church, has
announced that the church will
hold its fall revival beginning
Sunday night.
Services will be held nightly
at 7 p. m. through Sunday, Nov.
4th.
Visiting evengelist for the
special services wil be the Rev.
C. H. Greene of Lincolnton. Be
fore going to Lincoln Avenue
Baptist church nine years ago,
he was pastor of Canton Baptist
church. He has also served for
five years with Cooperative Mis
sions in Washington State and
is a member of the General
Board of the N. C. State Baptist
Convention.
Norman King, chorister at Sec
ond Baptist church, will be in
charge of music. Special music
will be featured. The nursery
will be open for each service.
Mr. Ashe said, “We feel we
are very fortunate in securing
this dynamic speaker for this
service. We extend an invitation
to the community at large to
join with the Macedonia con
gregation in these services.”
Long Service
Awards Given
18 Employees
Miss Viola White, who went ito
work at the age of 14 in 1916,
was honored for long service by
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company Sunday.
A crowd of nearly 2,000 at the
annual mill barbecue at Lake
Crawford saw Miss White xe
fceivs a decorated birthday cake
on her 46th anniversary year
with the company and a gold
wristwatch.
Seventeen other employees re
ceived watches for 35 or more
years of continuous service with
Margrace and Pauline Plants.
Included were James F. Hern
don, Dewey T. Caldwell, Lena J.
Caldwell, Grier F. Sipes, Okane
E. Jolley, Orangrel B. Jolly, Ada
C. Jenkins, Madge M. Herndon,
Sam Brown, Clyde Cole, Annie
W. Lockridge, Junius E. Hullend
er, Ruiby Roberts, Howard Purs
ley, Lois A. Etters, Maude A.
Baity and Clemimie V. Wright.
Over 150 Negro employees and
their families attended an outing
at Davidson picnic area.
Miss White is employed in the
Jacquard weaving department at
the Margrace Plant.
Personal Manager Bill Laugh
ter was master of ceremonies.
Barbecue was served following
the awards presentation.
The afternoon program was
devoted to drawing for prizes,
which included yards of uphol
stery materials, watches, iron
ing boards and covers, televis
ion throws and five-dollar bills.
Rev. Thomas Droppers, pastor
of Trinity Episcopal church, of
fered the invocation. Kings
Mountain ministers who were
present were asked to sing a so
lo, they chose the hymn, "Ama
zing Grace."
Fireman Finds
Blaze Close Home
City gasman Frank Blan
ton, who doubles in brass as
a volunteer fireman, radioed
city hall Wednesday morning
to locate the fire announced
by the siren,
The reply: 206 City street.
The residence: Mr. Blan
ton’s nextdoor neighbor’s.
The fire originated from
an oil heater and damage
was slight.
Fallout Shelters Are Minimal Here
First Baptist To Be Host
To Associational Meeting
Association j
Will Convene
112th Time
First Baptist Church will be
host Thursday and Friday to the
112th annual session of the Kings
Mountain Baptist Association.
Fourteen Kings Mountain area
Baptist churches, as host groups,
were completing plans for the
gathering this week. There will
be representatives from the en
tire association and lunch will
be served by Women’s organi
zations from the Kings Mountain
churches on both days.
Assoeiational Missionary C. O.
Greene will make the principal
address during the opening ses
sion. Thursday’s meeting, follow
ing the theme, “Ye shall be wit
nesses unto me in Jerusalem”,
begins at 9:15. Rev. B. L. Raines,
First Baptist pastor, will be mod
erator for a panel discussion de
tailing the work of the associa
tion. Other assoeiational officers
who will assist are Rev. Normar.
Brown, Training Union director:
Mrs. C. D. Forney, WMU presi
dent; Felix Hamrick, Brother
hood president; Dr. Wyan Wash
burn, historian; Allen Jolley,
music director; and James Stanl
ey, superintendent of evangelism
The Gardner-Webb college
choir will render special music
prior to the address by Rev. Mr
Greene op “An Adequate Con
cept of the Church.” Lunch will
be served at 12:15.
Thursday’s afternoon session
will feature a panel discussion of
‘'Progress Through Cooperation”
with Rev. T. Max Linnens as
moderator. On the program will
be Dr. Eugene Poston, president
of Gardner-Webb college; Dr. W.
K. McGee from the North CcUNh
lina Baptist Hospital; Dr. W. R
Wagoner, general superintendent
of the Baptist Children’s Homer,
of North Carolina; Rev. Wil
liam A. Poole, general superin
tendent of the Baptist Homes for
Aging; and Marse Grant, editor
of “'Biblical Recorder.”
Dr. Douglas M. Branch, execu
tive secretary of the Baptist
State Convention, will bring the
message.
The afternoon program will
follow the theme, “Ye shall be
witnesses unto me, in all Judea.”
Dennis Larkins will present the
missionary sermon and Rev. and
Mrs. B. L. Kincaid will rendei
special music at the closing ses
sion beginning Friday mominr
at 9:30. Rev. Alvin E. Spencer
missionary to Okinawa and Ja
pan, will address the group and s
panel discussion will follow the
theme, “Ye shall be witnesses un
to me. .in Samaria and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth.” A
report of work of the Southern
Baptist Convention, home mis
sions and foreign missions pro
grams will be heard.
A memorial service and elec
tion of new officers will high
light the morning meeting. The
annual meeting will adjourn at
12 noon.
John E. Lawrence is chairman
of the program committee, E. M
Smith is moderator and Law
rence Roberts, clerk.
A large crowd is expected to
attend the two-day gathering.
Democrats, GOP Set Rallies
Kings Mountain area Republi
cans wild be among those of the
10th Congressional district at
tending a 12:30 luncheon rally
at the Gastonia armory, with
Senator John Tower, Texas Re
publican to be the featured
speaker.
It is the public highlight of
GOP campaigning, which con
tinues, GOP State Senate Candi
dates Edward A. Smith states, to
toe essentially “a grassroot cam
paign’’..
"We’re doing house-to-house
canvassing and concentrating on
getting out registered Republi
cans”, he commented.
Candidate Smith himself will
spend the weekend on a hand
shaking tour Of Rutherford and
McDowell counties, he said.
He also said plans are under
way for a Republican rally near
the date of the November 6 vot
ing, but that plans are still in
complete.
12 Names Added
To Registrations
An even dozen names were
added to the registration
(books Saturday as one more
day remained tor additional
registrations for the Novem
ber 6 general election.
Four democrats and one
republican were added to the
East Kings Mountain books.
A half-dozen registered at
West Kings Mountain. Regis
trar, Mrs. J. H. Arthur, was
out of town Wednesday, and
party affiliations of the six
could nqt be ascertained.
At Grover one democrat
■was registered.
There were no new regis
trations added to the Beth
ware books.
Saturday, Octobre 27, is
the final day for new regis
trations.
A host of Cleveland County
Democrats will participate Thur
sday in party gatherings culmi
nating with the 10fh Congress
ional District rally at Hickory
Thursday night.
The Council of State Democra
tic caravan, possibly including
Governor Sanford, reach Shelby
at noon, where the members will
lunch with party leaders and
candidates at Hotel Charles. Af
ter lunch, the caravaners will
spend about an hour greeting
citizens before departing for a
stop in Mbrganton, en route to
Hickory.
Meantime, County Campaign
Chairman Clyde Nolan announ
cntr tO/o buses have been char
tered to transport Cleveland
Democrats to the Hickory rally.
They will leave from Shelby’s
City Park at 4 p. m. and return
travelers to that point after the
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JUNIOR CLUB WINS AWARD — Mrs. Jacob Dixon, left, president,
and Mrs. Bill Allen, treasurer, are all smiles as they hold the awards
won by Kings Mountain Junior Woman's club at ths District 4
meeting Thursday. The club copped the community service bowl
for the second consecutive year for its service projects at the local
hospital.
Junior Women Win
AwardFor Service
I
Ideal News !
Bulletins
KIWANIS CLUB
Richard S. Buss, personal di
rector at Pittsburgh Plate Glass
company in Shelby, will show
films of a mock invasion by the
U. S. Marines while a civilian ob
server on Isle Viegues, south of
Puerto Rica. The clufb meets at
6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club.
LODGE MEETING
An emergent communication of
Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM
will be held Monday night at
f:30 p. m. at Masonic Hall, Sec
retary T. D. Tindall has an
nounced.
CHURCH SUPPER
Dixon Presbyterian church will
hold a family night supper at the
church Saturday evening at 7
o'clock, Rev. James Mann, pas
tor, has announced.
FIRE CALL
City firemen were called to 205
Ridge Street Weunesuay morning
to extenguish an oil stove fire.
No damage was reported.
COMPLETE SCHOOL
City firemen Gene Tignor and
Tom Pharr completed a three
day fire school in Charlotte thi.
week. Course of instruction was
concerned with the proper hand
ling and usage of fire pumps.
PERMITS ISSUED
City officials issued two build
ing permit* during the past week.
Haywood E. Lynch was issued a
permit October 19 to build a
house in Stowe Acres at an esti
mated cost of S3,000. Jack Blan
ton secured a permit October 22
to make a one-room addition to
his house at 412 York Road.
Kings Mountain
Club Repeats
1SG1 Honor
K.ngs Mountain Junior Wo
1 man's Ciu'b copped the communi
| ty service award for the second
i consecutive year at Thursday’s
District 4 meeting of the North
' Carolina Federation of Women’s
: Clubs at Forest City.
The local club also took a red
ribbon for its scrapfooog and a
red ribbon for its pressbook en
tered in competition with wo
men’s clubs through out the
Fourth district.
Mrs. Jacob Dixon, president,
and Mrs. Bill Allen, treasurer,
| represented the dub and accept
! ed the awards.
The Kings Mountain Juniors
have won three major district
awards for projects at Kings
Mountain hospital. The first a-1
ward three years ago was the
child welfare cup given for e
hospital project, renovation of
the children’s ward and nursery. |
In 1960-61. clubwomen were aid- !
ed by FT1A Girls from Kings j
Mountain schools in sewing dra
peries for the new wing and cha
pel. Last March the club donated
a Conley Moodmaster music sys
tem to the hospital for use of
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Hams Gives
Instructions
For Protection
In Cleveland County, there are
suitaible shelters from potential
radioactive fallout for no more
than one-tfifth of the county’s
citizens.
In Kings Mountain, only three
places—the basements of Kings
Mountain hospital. Second Bap
tist church and St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church—are regarded
as approved radiation shelters.
Here’s what individuals might
do to help themselves in event of
atomic explosion, says J. Ollis
Harris, civilian defense director.
1) Utilize an inner room of
their residences.
2) Utilize their basements,
spreading mattresses over the
floor in the room above.
3) Take water, food, medical
supplies and a battery-powered
radio to whatever place is chosen
as most safe following an atomic
explosion.
4) Remember the alarm: soun
ding of all sirens and factory
whistles for a sustained three
minute blast.
Mr. Harris notes that no place
in North Carolina is regarded a
“prime” target for an enemy
atomic or hydrogen attack, those
so regarded nearest to Kings
Mountain being Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Va., and Charleston,
S, C., naval installations, and the
Aiken, S. C., and Oak Rirge,
Term., atomic installations, De
pending on area of hit and pre
vailing wind currents, Mr. Harris
adds, this area should have from
five to twelve hours to take shel
ter from radioactive fall-out.
It is anticipated a civil defense
communications center will be in
operation Thursday and school
officials are to have instructions
on protection of punils by Thurs
dav, Mr. Harris added.
There are at least five private
fall-out shelters in the Kings
Mountain area,
March 01 Dimes
Leaders Named
Ollie Harris of Kings Mountain
and Charlie Harry of Grover
were elected vice-chairman of the
Cleveland County Chapter of the
National Foundation, March of
Dimes, Tuesday night.
Other officers are Bob Barn
ette of Shelby, chairman, and
Mrs. James Davis of Shelby, sec
retary-treasurer.
Twenty committee chairman
and officers attended the annual
chapter dinner meeting at Cleve
land Country club.
Certificates of appreciation for
outstanding work in the 1932
March of Dimes campaign were
presented to radio station WO
HS, Bob Barneete, Betty Farris,
the 1962 Mother’s March chair
man, and James Spears.
A financial report showed that
the county campaign grossed
$7,901.75 last year.
Mrs. Finger's
Mother Succumbs
Funeral service for Mrs. Caro
lyn Payne Newby, 72, mother of
Mrs. Carl P. Finger of Kings
Mountain, were held at Holly
wood cemetery, Richmond, Va.,
Monday.
Mrs. Newby died last Friday at
noon at the home of her sister in
Richmond following a year’s ser
ious illness.
She was the widow of T. A.
Newby, of Newton.
Surviving also are another
daughter, Mrs. Everett Escott, of
Charlotte, her sister, Mrs. O. D.
Middleton, with whom she had
made her home since 1956, five
g r a n d c i ldren and two great
grandchildren.
Democratic Rally Here Wednesday;
For Food, Music, Conversation
A Democratic rally, featuring
barbecue, music and party candi
dates, will be held at the Kings
Mountain Woman’s Club next
Wednesday . t Halloween) night,
'beginning aft 6:30.
jf. Lee Roberts, co-chairman
for the event with Charles E~
Dixon, said the top drawer can
didate at the event will be Con
gressman Basil L. Wbitener, of
Gastonia, seeking re-election to
a fourth term.
He said all candidates for dis
trict and county offices have
been invited and reported many
have already informed him they
will be present.
George T h o m a s s on, Kings
Mountain attorney, is reserva
tions chairman for the rally, and
Democrats who expect to attend
should call him. Mr. Roberts not
ed, “to get their names In the
pot for good Red Bridges Barbe
cue.”
Theme of the rally will be
food, and fellowship, rather than
excessive speech-making, he add
ed.
TO BE ORDAINED — Dean Ccu
lyle Bridges yill be ordained as
a minister of the Baptist ehustb
at special services Sunday al*rr
noon at Eastside Baptist chillib
of which he is a member.
Dean Bridges
To Be Oidalned
Dean Carlyle Bridges, Kings
Mountain native will be ordain* if
as a Baptist minister at ordina
tion services Sunday at 2:30 p.
m. at Eastside Baptist church.
Rev. L. A. Palken'bury, pa-dor,
said the ordination sermon w-Hf
be delivered by Rev. Donald "Wil
son, a former pastor now of
Landrum, S. C. The charge will
be given by another former pas
tor, Rev. B. F. Austin of K ngr.
Mountain.
The candidate will be examine *1
at Kings Mountain Baptist tVn
ter at Shelby on Saturday after
noon.
.Mr. Bridges, son of Mr. n«*ti
Mrs. Grady Bridges of K1 wf -
Mountain, is a ministerial stint* nri
at Southeastern Seminary at
Wake Forest. A graduate * 1
Kings Mountain high school, Ga* -
oner Wei,in Junior college and
Carson-Newman college, he alto
attended Georgia State Univoe.i
ty. lie has bee nserving as paster
of Brassvil'e Baptist church n- ar
Wake Forest.
Mrs. Bridges is the forwej -
Diane Iladdle of East Point, C;>.
An Editor.'a!
In International
Poker, We Raise
Inter national affairs
are much like a non
friendly poker game im
which the participants o
“out for blood.”
President Kennedy, in
his speech to the nation
and the world Monday
night, changed the long
course of play for thj*
United States. His an
nouncement that this na
tion would enforce a
quarantine of shipment
of offensive weapons to
Cuba is comparable to
announcing to other play
ers, "I raise. What’ll you
bet?” The answer could
be nuclear war. ' <
The change of style of
play, from reaction 1o
Russian moves to action,
was not arrived at hasti
ly, but became mamfti
tory, after a long season
of patience, on incontro
vertible evidence that
launching bases for long,
range missiles are being
built in Cuba.
Kings Mountain ana
citizens share the appre
hension of war possibility,,
but join with the vast ma
jority in applauding the;
President’s action. Er.it
ain’s late Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain wa;
the last national leader of
prominence to belietn
peace could be purchase*!
cheaply.
And peace at any prw a
is no peace at all.