Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 | City Limits 8,008 TMt figure tot Greater Kings Mountain It derived from tbe 1955 Unas Mountain city directory census. The city drafts figure Is from tbs United States census of I960. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapet - J |iR| 16 Pages Today VOL. 73 No. 43 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November I, 1962 Seventy-Third Year PRICE TEN CEWS5 Local News Bulletins RADIO BROADCAST Morning worship services dur ing the month of November will be broadcast by Radio Station WKMT from Boyce Memorial ARP church. DEVOTIONS Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church, will conduct morning devotions No vember 5 .-9 via Radio Station WKMT. The program is at 9 a.m. HALLOWEEN CARNIIVAL The annual Bethware school Halloween Carnival will be held Friday night. The cafeteria will be open from 5:30 to S:30 p.m. to serve sandwiches and drinks. PERMIT ISSUED A building permit was issued by city officials this week to Wil con Crawford to build a $25,000 one-story residence on Victoria Circle. MRS. JONES ILL Mrs. John D. Jones, Bethware precinct registrar, was hospitaliz ed Tuesday with a urological ail ment. She hopes to be discharg ed soon, her husband said. SERIOUSLY ILL Miss Carlyle Ware, retired Kings Mountain teacher, remains in serious condition. She is a pa tient at Kings Mountain hosptal. TO BE DISCHARGED Mrs. B. S. Peeler is expected to be discharged from Charlotte Memorial hospital, where she recently underwent an operation, on Thursday. LEGION MEETING Regular meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, will be held Thursday night at 8 o’clock at the Legion Building, Adjutant Joe McDaniel,- Jr., has announced. CITY OFFICE HOLIDAY City of Kings Mountain of fices will be closed Tuesday, due to the General Election, it was announced by Mayor Kelly Dix on. Kiwanis Name New Officers Kings Mountain Kiwan'iam will formally elect all officers | for 1962-63 at their Thursday night meeting at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. Thursday's meeting will be an | inter-clu'b meeting with Ruther fordton and Ru'therfordtbn Ki wanians will present the pro gram. Grady Howard, business man ager of Kings Mountain hospit al, Will succeed B. N. Barnes as president of the civic club. Mr. I Howard is unopposed for the ) presidency. Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP church, will succeed Mr. Howard as first vice-president. Run-offs for second vice-presi dent and choice of seven direct ors will also be completed. Three Kiwanians are tied for the sec ond vice-president post. They are Dan Finger, R. S. Lennon and Henry Neisler. Seven directors will be chosen from these nominees: James Amos, Dr. R. N. Baker, Dr. Tom my Baker, Glee A. Bridges, Glee E. Bridges, Bill Brown, Harold Coggins, Rev. H. D. Garmon, W. G. Grantham, Dr, D. F. Hord, Dr. O. P. Lewis, Dr. W. L. Mauney, J. N. McClure, N. F. McGill, Har ry Page, James Page, D. M. Peel er and John Smathers. President B. N. Barnes will preside. Ex-Mayor Bridares Snowbound In Iowa Former Mayor Glee A. Brid ges is snowbound — in Wa terloo, la. Visiting his daughter, Mr. Bridges wired County Chair man J. Clint Newton his re grets at be’ng unable to get home for the Democratic rally held fct the Woman’s Club Wednesday night. Mr. Bridges said he expected to be home in time “to help herd up and get to the polls November 6 the good loyal Democrats in Kings Mountain and surrounding area.” I New School Space Needs Report Filed Report To Speed Architect Woik On New Plant An educational advisory com mittee has filed its report on space requirements for the new Kings Mountain area high school. Among questions the commit tee memlbers seek to answer for the architects are space require ments for industrial or vocation al courses to be offered, library space requirements, number of classrooms to accomodate the potential number of students, and space needs for television class instruction and other audio visual instruction Meeting Monday with two rep resentatives of Architects Asso ciated, Fred Van Wageningen and Tom Cothran of Shelby, this committee reported that the pre liminary report on the education al specifications for the new school would be sent to the Da vision of School Planning in Ra leigh Wednesday. It is the hope of the committee that after the report is sudied by Dr. Dwayne E. Gardner, ed ucaional consultant of the Divi sion at School Planning, State Department of. Public Instruc tion, the architects wil l'be given the go-ahead signal for the basic wortt on the school’s plans. Purpose of the meeting, ac cording to Supt. B. N Barnes, was "to let the architect’s and the ptiblic know that something is being done toward construction of the school.’’ Both architects-were highly im pressed with what they termed the "well-coordinated effort of the committee” and the "tremen dous amount of spcial attention we are getting from Raleigh.” Kings Mountain is the first school to receive the assistance of Dr. Gardner and these pre liminary reports are made to avoid lost time after the school plans are started. The members of the steering committee and the sections of the specifications each member :s e6-ordinating are: Principal Harry Jaynes, school services; Mrs John Gamlble, home econo mics; Mrs. W. T. Weir, library ind foreign languages; Miss Hel m Logan, English and business education; Joe Hedde, board and music; Mrs. Helen Ausley, science and mathematics; Fred Withers, health, physical educa tion, social studies, student activ ties; Paul Hambright, vocational lepartment; and John Lutz, au iio^visual instruction. PARADE WINNERS The Future Farmers of Ameri ->30 copped first place for their 'loat, "We’ve Got Castro’s Goat,” n Friday’s Homecoming parade. Second place went to the entry of Future Homemakers of Ameri :a. DAH GOOD CIITIZEN — Sara Hendricks, high school senior, has been selected DAR Good Citi zen by Colonel Frederick Ham bright Chapter, DAR. Sara Hendricks DAR Citizen Miss Sara Adele Hendricks, high school senior, has been cho sen DAR Good Citizen under the sponsorship of the Colonel Fred erick Hamtoright Chapter Daugh ters of the American Revolution. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Paul I E. Hendricks the winner will be among those from the district who will be guests of District HI of the DAR at the Kings Mountain Battleground Saturday, November 3. In addition to a lun cheon, features of the entertain ment will include a tour of the museum and park and seeing slides pertaining to the Battle of Kings Mountain. Selected by the members of the senior class because of her possession to an outstanding de gree the qualities of dependabil ity, service, leadership and pa triotism, Miss Hendricks was en dorsed by the senior class faculty sponsors. The purpose of selecting a DA R Good Citizen from each senio class is “to stress the qualities o. good citizenship among Senior girls in public high schools”. Ir this case, ‘'Citizenship” refers tc that expressed in terms of school rather than country. The Good Citizen from each school receives a certificate of award from the National Society DAJt and a Good Citizen pir from the chapter sponsoring her Other awards are presented to the district and state winners and to the national winner. CATHOLIC SERVICE All Saint’s Day Thursday at Christ the King Catholic church will be celebrated with evening mass at 8 p.m. Three services of mass on All Saint’s Day Friday will be celebrated at 7 a.m., 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Father Thom as Clements said. Two IP's To Be Elected, Or One? Putnam To Appeal Advene Ruling Will voters Tuesday elect both Democratic and Republican jus ,ces of the peace of Number 4 ownship in the persons of In umbent J. Lee Roberts, Demo at. and Elzie Lee Putnam, Re niblican or will only one be dected? Raymond C Maxwell, execu ive secretary of the State Board >f Elections says only one Will ye elected, in spite of the fact -he law permits the election of averal in this township. Ralph Gilbert, chairman of the county elections board, says he suspects Mr. Maxwell ‘‘should enow what he’s talking about”. Candidate Putnam says he in ends to appeal the matter — should he not be confirmed after iext Tuesday’s balloting—to the itate board and subsequently .hrougb the courts. And Candidate Roberts says, Tm aware that the North Car olina Constitution unless the law has been changed provides that each township can elect a m'ni mum ©f three justices of ‘.he peace. However, this is a matter for the elections board to deter fmine, not me.” Mr. Putnam says he has dis cussed the matter with Bill Pu ett, a Gastonia attorney and Re publican leader, and that Mr. Puett acknowledged the law is ambiguous on the question. Con versely, Mr. Putnam said he was told, the time for action on his part will be in appealing an ad verse decision on his election b'. the Cleveland Elections board The county elections board wii! convene next Thursday to certify election returns, to certify win ners of local offices to the cler’ of Superior Court, and to certif results for state offices to the State board. The question was first advanr ed last spring shortly after th< April filing deadline. Sutose querttly. on inquiry from Mr Roberts, Secretary Maxwel wrote Mr. Roberts: MIn your letter .of Julv 2fltl you stated that you are the in cumbent Democratic, nominee fo the office of Justice of the Rear in Township No. 4 in Cjevelan Countyt and that there is also * Republican candidate nominate* in the primary for this office booked to speak at one of thes affairs, adding another Illustri ous name to the long list of sue cessful coaches who have ad dressed the local civic club and fooJball team since the banquet’s inception ib the late thir ies. Sharing the spotlight with the Blue Devils mentor will be the presentation of two coveted tro phies to the two outstanding Mountaineer gridderS during the ’62 season. For the tenth consecutive yeai the Fred Plonk Block ng trophy will be awarded to the plavp - s< lected by the coaching staff a. the Fmd Plonk Blocking trophy The George Plonk Most Valua ble Player award will be give for the fourth consecutive yea; to the player chosen most valu able to the team during the sea son. Sammy Houston, most valua ble, and Curtis Floyd, best block er, were recipients of the award: iasi year. Parker, the “Ace of them AH,’' rvas one of the great backs in the nation for the three years U which he played va^sitv footbal at Duke. In his final season, 1936, he was named to every ma jor All-American team. A great baseball player as well, he played two seasons, 193' and 1938, with the Philadelphia Athletics He joined the Brooklyn profes sional football Dodgers in ly3’. (Continued On Page Eight) Tenth District Congress Race Gets Top Interest Kings Mountain area citi>enr, along with others throughout t»w county, state and nation, Will %>ai lot Tuesday in the Bierihial-gor eral election. Polls will be open at the 2*. Cleveland precinct from 6. it,', « m. to 6:30 p. m Holding top interest in *5«* area is the contest for tenth in ■ trict United States congress^ icu'i, where IncuirJbent Basil L, ner, Gastonia Democrat, is I'r'.'g challenged try Carroll M. Rar ringer, Conover Republican. Additional interest has re -kbe-1 from Republican competition for senatorial district, ooithty m*» township offices for the time in 14 years. Among the contests haps Mountain area voters will hCp to decide arc: ■For State Senator from <><■ 27th Senatorial cl strict fjer.ate ' Robert F. Morgan ar.d H. T. Jones, Demo -rats, who a> v posed by Edward H. Smith i»fii L. L. Mom man, Republican' For Cleveland County 'Rti e sontative to the North Can firm General Assembly—Repro' ‘Vrtii f ive Jack Palmer, Jr., Who is ex posed by Mrs.. Maurinc S. Me-' *#, Republican For County Commissioner, r*'» trict 3- Commissioner D.w-d E Beam, Democrat, who is f'mI lenged by Gettys Bingham, Re publican. For five places on the Lrunfv Board of Education Bufo>d 5». Cline Walter Davis, J. D. KHiS, and Charles D. Forney. J* m ■etnwbcbt Demerits, «rwl yfk9fhy G. Austell. Demo'rat. opposed by Bob F. Maner, Reoublican For Number 4 -Trwnsh'to *r*~ Bee- rf the pene*Imnurbe*'* J. Lee Roberts, Democrat., op? by Elizle Lee Putnam, > . can. Kings Mou"ta!n area .citizens will help decide four o‘’ c *'•« tests found on the ballot Re state oHiees includrtg: For United States Sena' Sam J Ervin, incumbent Demo crat, who is opposed by Chunk* L. Greene, Jr. Republican. For Commissioner of I n't tr ance 'Edwin S. Lan:er, in<" . bent Democrat, opposed \y Claude E, Billings, Jr. For Chief Justice of Mu pre*mc Court- Emery B incumbent Democrat, opposed I j Lewis P. Hamlin, Sr. For Associate Justice of Supreme Court—Susie Sharp • »-, cumibent Democrat, opposed by Irvin B. Tucker. Jr. Numerous judicial Dfirood.e incumbents have no oupositmo. For Cleveland County off,-*’;. following Demo-rats are ma losed: Sheriff Haywood rerior Court Clerk J. W f> •ne Treasurer Lillian E Thvr Coroner J. O'lie Harr s, wi -vevor Clvde C. Fespemrvno. ^ Jemoeratic nominees Jo* F. 11, for 1udge of record ■ • irt, N Dixon Lackey, Jr., icitor of recorders bourt, Iph S. Elliott, for District r* inty commissioner are ied, as is Solicitor B. T. FhJls, of the 16th solicitorial ? s J't, lharles W. Ford, Demo*^atk istable of Number 4 Towns* *» is unopposed. Thumbnail Facts On Tuesday Voting.; Following are thumf»*a*r facts for Number 4 Townss>f» - voters in the upcoming gent* al election : Election Day — Tuesday, No vember 6. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. Polls close at 6:30 p.m. Polling places — Ea- t . Mountain, at City Hall eoirt room; West Kings Mounlwv at We-t elementary scht-o1: Grover, at Grover fire station:. Bethware, at Beth ware school'. Number of ballots — f* "r. including state, coun y "d township ballots to fill pu*j * offices, and another on • amendments to the Morti® Carolina Constitution Predicted vote — in tower ship, 2000; in Cleveland Coun ty, 8000. IN NEW POST Roger Keith Layton of ftiey. Mountain has recendy been •* ployed by the American W*- - count company as an adii&.'rr in its Charlotte branch. The 'ren of Mr. and Mrs. James G. I ay ton of 404 Wilson street, he ;*<• tended Central high school * u*wi The Citadel.