Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL. 73 No. 49
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 13, 1962
Pages
Today
Seventy-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
building permits
City officials issued two build
ing permits Monday. J. Wilson
Crawfocrd was issued a permit to
build a $21,400, seven - room
house at 914 Sherwood and
Prank Sisk received a permit to
build a carport at his King
Street residence.
COURT CHANGE
Weekly sessions of City Re
corder’s Court will be held on
Thursday for the next two weeks.
Dates for the sessions are Thurs
days, December 20 and 27.
IN RALEIGH
Mrs. W. B, Logan left Tuesday
for Raleigh where she will attend
a course of instruction in federal,
state, and social security tax law
changes underway this week and
next at N. C. State college. In
Raleigh Mrs. Logan will be
house-guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Eskridge. Mrs. Eskridge
is the former Louise Gladden.
CHICKEN SUPPER
VFW Post 9811 will hold a
chicken supper in the post hall
lor all members Saturday, De
cember 15, from 7 to 9 p.m.
KIWANIS CLUB
The Kings Mountain high
school Mixed Chorus will pre
sent a Christmas program for
members of the Kiwanis club at
their regular Thursday night
meeting at 6:45 at the Woman's
club.
DEACONS
Paul Mauney, Charles Neisler,
Herman Campbell and W. C.
Ballew were installed as dea
cons of First Presbyterian
church in special services Sun
day morning.
MEETING TUESDAY
The Christian Family Move
ment will hold a regular meet
ing Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.
H. Davison on Henry street.
4H MEETING
There will be an organization
al meeting for a Grover area
community 4-H club at Grover
school Monday night at 7:30.
CHURCH SEhvTCE
The candlelight service, "Com
ing of the Great Light” will be
presented Sunday night at 7
o’clock at Penley’s Chapel Meth
odist church. Rev. W. L. Huff
stetler, pastor, said the interest
ed public is invited.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
The Kings Mountain high
school Mixed Chorus, under di
rection of Mrs. J. N, McClure,
will present a Christmas pro
gram at Bethware school Mon
day night at 7:30 as a feature
of the Bethware P-TA meeting.
ARP PROGRAM
The Children’s Christmas pro
gram and Christmas tree at
Boyce Memorial ARP church
will be held Wednesday at 7 p.
m. Treats will be distributed by
Santa Claus.
y
YOUTH SUPPER
Following the Vesper service
Sunday at 5 p. m. at Boyce Me
morial ARP church, members of
the Made Stevenson* circle will
serve a light supper to the chil
dren and young people of the
church.
WHITE GIFTS SUNDAY
Traditional white gifts Sunday
will be observed by Resurrec
tion Lutheran Sunday school at
a service Sunday evening at 7
o’clock. Members will be bring
ing gifts for residents of the
church’s homes for the elderly,
chairman.
CAKE SALE
ILadies of Christ the King Cath
olic church will sell homemade
cakes Saturday beginning at 9
a. m. in Phifer Hardware com
pany
Yule Music Program
At First Baptist
The graded choirs and kinder
garten of First Baptist Church
will present an evening of
Christmas music Sunday night
at 7:30.
Selections from the choirs of
: the church including Beginner,
j Primary, Junior, Intermediate,
Men’s Chorus and Adult choir
^^rill be featured. A section of the
^Mrogram will be devoted to the
^Children of the kindergarten.
The cantata “Lo! A Star" will
be given by the Junior choir.
The service will be climaxed
by the combined choirs singing
the Ringwald arrangement 9|
"O Htoly Night",
AWARDED MEDALS — First Sergeant Charles E. Wilson, left, and
Staff Sergeant Bobby G. Catrigan, right, receive armed forces reserve
medals from First Lieutenant David Kincaid, Kings Mountain
Guard company commander, for honorable and satisfactory service
as members of the reserve component of the armed forces of the
United States. Sgt. Wilson has 17 years of service and Sgt. Carrigan
ten years. Also awarded the medal, with 13 years service, was Mas
ter Sergeant William M. Clack, who was not present when the pic
ture was taken. (Photo by Truett Moore)
S & L Dividend
Hike Considered
Quarter Percent
Increase Set
By Gaston Firm
Kings Mountain’s ;two savings
and loan association boards of
directors will consider within
the next few days increasing
the current four percent dividend
rate.
A Gastonia savings and loan
association announced this week
it is increasing, effective Janu
ary 1, its regular dividend pay
ment to 414 percent.
Local savings and loan offici
als said they understood another
Gastonia association is planning
to follow suit.
Thomas A. Tate, secretary
treasurer of Home Savings &
Loan association, said his firm
will consider action at a board
meeting on Tuesday. He didn’t
predict what action will be tak
en, though he acknowledged the
fact his firm has a branch of
fice at Bessemer City in Gaston
county would be a factor in the
deliberations. Increase of one
quarter of one percent would
mean an increase of about $20,
000 annually to -shareholders.
Mr. Tate estimated.
He also said officials of sev
eral Shelby associations are
opposed to increasing the divi
dend rate.
Ben H. Bridges, secretary
treasurer of Kings Mountain
Savings & Loan association, said
his firm would consider action
within the ensuing ten days.
He noted tax law changes ef
fective January 1 will mean sav
ings and loan associations will
become federal income taxpay
ers in 1963. While savings and
loan association earnings over
(Continued On Page Eight)
Miss Phillips Lived
In Burned Dormitory
Miss VineUe Philips, daugh
ter of Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Phil
lips, pastor of First Wesleyan
Methodist church,, was a resi
dent of the dormitory of Cen
tral Wesleyan college. Central,
S. C., which was gutted by fire
early Friday morning.
Miss Phillips, a freshman, re
sided on the first floor. Last year
as a high school senior, she had
lived on the third floor where
the fire, which cost the lives of
two students, originated.
Miss Phillips said most of her
belongings were saved and
seemed little the worse after
dry cleaning.
Officials dismissed school,
schedule to suspend for the
Christmas holidays on Decem
ber 14, following the fire. Miss
Phillips said she was notified
Wednesday school would resume
on schedule and that make-up
time would be pared from cus
tomary spring holidays.
King Winter
Assumes Throne
Kings Mountain area residents
shivered, poured on coal, escala
ted thermostats, sought “long
handled” underware and other
warmers this week, as temper
atures plunged below freezing
and stayed there.
Even in Wednesday's bright
sunshine, the mercury hovered
at the 18 mark.
The propect was a low of five
for early hours Thursday. Then,
the weather prophets promised
hopefully, a moderating breeze
would blow.
High School Building Major Item
On Monday's School Board Agenda
The new high school plant
will be the chief item on the
agenda of Monday night’s reg
,iar board of education meeting,
iuperintendent B. N. Barnes said
Wednesday.
Supt. Barnes said he antici
>ates the board likely w 11 desig-1
nate location of the building on
he Phifer Road site selected
ast summer and for which deeds
.vere received recently.
Architects have said they
•an’t proceed with plans and
;pecifications until this decision
s mode.
The most recent sketch of
physical plant layout, under date
>f O'tober 12, envisions the high
school plant at a central loca
ion on the site, with extension
of Fulton road across Phifer
leading to the virtual center of
the proposed building.
Should the building not be lo
cated in this area, the next most
likely location is to the north.
rvojected on the central lo
cation is a proposed road run
ning generally southeast from
U, S. Highway 74 Which should
provide a new approach to the
new school additional to Phifer
road. Supt. Barnes said school
officials have been assured by
Highway Commissioner Clint
Newton that every effort will
be made to cooperate With the
schools in providing needed ac
cess.
Recently, Mr. Barnes con
ferred with engineering officials
of the department, pointed out
boundaries of the school proper
ty, and was assured the high
way department would do all
possible to provide necessary
access.
Other problems involved in
the location are availability of
water and sewage disposal fa
cilities and Mr. Barnes com
mented, “I want city water and
sewage disposal facilities.”
First phase planning—for cur
ricula and class load require
ments—is virtually complete,
Mr. Barnes continued.
City “White Way” Action Expected
Funeral Is Held
For Sam 0. Davis
Kings Mountain
Businessman
Dies Suddenly
Funeral rites for Sam O. Da
vis, 58, Kings Mountain business
man, were conducted Wednes
day afternoon at Central Metho
dist church.
Mr. Davis succumbed at 4:30
Monday afternoon at Cleveland
Memorial hospital, Shelby, after
suffering a cerebral hemorrhage
that morning while walking on
a Shelby street.
'He aroused only once, to say,
“Please call Dr. Hendricks.” (Dr.
Paul E. Hendricks, the Kings
Mountain physician, was his phy
sician, close friend and next
door neighbor.)
Friends report Mr. Davis,
though in apparent good health,
had not been feeling well for
several days prior to his death.
Owner of Davis Sheet Metal
& Furnace Company, Mr. Davis
had been a Kings Mountain bus
inessman since the end of World
War II. A Gaston county native,
he was a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. William Neal Davis. He
was a member of Central Meth
odist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Moore Davis, a daugh
ter, Susan Davis, student of Ap
palachian State Teachers col
lege, a brother, William Neal
Davis, of Gastonia, and thjee
sisters, Mrs. G. N. Henson, and
Mrs. Evans Glenn, both of Gas
tonia, and Mrs. Ed McCurry, of
Shelby. His stepmother, Mrs. W.
N, Davis, of Charlotte, also sur
vives.
The final rites were conducted
by Rev. H. D. Garmon, the pas
! tor, and Rev. P. L. Shore, Jr.,
of Charlotte, a former pastor.
Interment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Nephews of Mr. Davis were
active pallbearers.
Retailers Plan
Later Closing
Retail merchants will be op
en late Friday evening to ac
commodate Christmas gift
buyers, and several firms have
announced they will be open
nightly until 8:30 beginning
Wednesday, December 19.
Saturday, December 22 is
excepted when the firms will
close at 6 p. m., as usual.
Dellinger’s Jewel Shop has
announced it will be open until
9 p. m. through Christmas
Eve, Saturday excepted.
Superior Wins
Safety Award
RALEIGH, N. C. — Nineteen
Superior Stone Company quar
ries have been cited for their per
fect safety records in 1961 by the
U. S. Bureau of Mines and the
National Crushed Stone Associa
tion, the association has an
nounced. The Superior quarries
are among 101 mines and quar
ries throughout the nation that
operated in 1961 without a dis
abling work injury. In 1960, 16
Superior quarries achieved per
fect safety records.
Quarries and mines were
grouped in the safety contest
according to the total number
of man-hours worked during
1961. One Superior Store Co.
quarry won a group title and
two were runner-ups to top
awards. Superior’s winner was
E»an Quarry at Martinez, Ga.,
which competed in the 50,000 to
100,000 man-hours worked class
The quarry worked 97,040 man
hours without an injury.
Runner-ups to group titles are
Superior’s Kings Mountain Quar
"v at Kings Mountain, N. C.. and
Bakers Quarry at Monroe, N. C
The Kings Mountain operat'o
competed in the 100,000 to 200
000 man-hour group, and Bakers
Quarry in the 30.000 to 50,000
(Continued On Page Eight)
McG»tu*is Observes
His 93rd Birthday
Henry W. McGinnis, retired
Kings Mountain sl\oe repair
man observed his 93rd birth
day December 8.
Mr. McGinnis celebrated the
day quietly, attended St Mat
thew’s Lutheran church Sunday
morning, as is his long-stand
ing custom.
FOREMAN — C. V. Birmingham,
Jr. of Gastonia has been promot
I ed by Southern Bell to plant
manager of the Kings Mountain
operation.
Mayor Favors
New Registration
Mayor Kelly Dixon said Wed
nesday he favors a new regis
tration of Kings Mountain Citi
zens prior to the biennial May
elections.
Mayor Dixon said he could
not predict whether the boan^ gj
commissioners, which” sTa’ttTEonly
also serves as the city elections
board, would order a new regis
tration, but added, “I favor it.”
He said he understood that
one reason a new registration
was not ordered in 1961 was
proximity of an area school elec
tion, which the prior administra
tion felt might confuse he cit
izens.
The city’s pollbooks have been
used since 1939 when the ward
system was created.
The pollbooks are in bad phy
sical condition and registrars
acknowledge many names are
listed who are no longer Kings
Mountain citizens.
Lewis McGuiius
Rites Thursday
Lewis E. McGinnis 36, of
route 2, died at 4:15 p. m. Tues
day in Cleveland Memorial hos
uital at Shelby following an ill
ness of several weeks.
Funeral rites will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Allen Memorial Baptist
church. Rev. Wray Barrett and
Rev. George I^eigh will officiate
and interment will be in the
church cemetery.
A Kings Mountain native, Mr.
McGinnis was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McGinnis.
He was an employee of the N.
C. State Highway Commission.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Willie Sue Leonhardt Mc
Ginnis; one son, Kenneth Mc
Ginnis; one daughter, Judy Mc
Ginnis; two step-sons, Terry and
Jerry Marlowe; one step-daugh
ter, Mrs. Wanda Kay Blanton,
all of Kings Mountain.
Also surviving are six broth
ers, Clyde, Boyce and Willie Mc
Ginnis, all of Kings Mountain,
J. C. McGinnis of E>allas, Leroy
McGinnis of Taylorsville and
Charles MdGinnis of Statesville:
and three sisters. Miss Mand.v
MdGinnis of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. Robert Bell of Taylorsville
and Mrs. Frank Hedgepath of
Lincolnton.
White Christmas
Sendee Sunday
Christmas festivities at St.
Matthew's Lutheran church will
begin Sunday afternoon. Decem
ber 16, at 5 p. m. with the White
Christmas Service. There will be
a program given by the children
and a colored film about Christ
mas. Gifts will be received for
Homes For Aged and Children’s
Homes and for local charity.
After this Service, there will
be a Christmas party for all
adults and children of St. Mat
thew’s. Following the party,
vouth of the church will go car
oling.
All morning services from St.
Matthew’s this month are being
broadcast Sundnvs at 11 a. m..
by Station WKMT.
commission
May Launch
Replacement
Indications are the city board
of commissioners may take the
first step in modernizing the
busines district “white way” at
its Thursday night meeting.
Specifically, the board is ex
I pected to invite bids on ten out
; door lighting units to replace
j the present lights on S. Rail
j road avenue, from Gold to Moun
tain, and on S, Battleground
| from Gold to Mountain.
Mayo l-Kelly Dixon said he
considers action Thursday night
as “likely" and City Clerk Joe
McDaniel, Jr., said inquiries of
commissioners also indicated
likely affirmative action.
Cost is expected to be in the
range of $4,000, and Mr. McDan
iel has informed board members
that this amount is available in
unbudgeted funds.
Merchants association and
Chamber of Commerce officials
have asked the commission to
make a start on “white way” re
vamping in What these groups
envision as a gradual program
of outdoor lighting improvement.
The present “white way” has
been in use more than 30 years.
Another major item on Thurs
day is also expected to authorize
contract for manufacture of
switchgear equipment, first step
in rebuilding the city’s electrical
distribution system. Bids were
received in November.
Also on the agenda is a pub
lic hearing on a request of Mrs.
H. T. Fulton, Sr., for rezoning
of property at Alexander and
Walker streets from residential
to business designation.
The board is expected to name,
Mayor Dixon said, Glee A.
Bridges as city tax lister, and
will consider several requests
for treet lights.
Bids have been invited on a
boiler to replace the one at
City Hall.
Randall Rites
Held Tuesday
Funeral rites for Charlie Mar
shall Randall, 56, were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church, interment following in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Randall died Sunday
morning of a heart attack. A
native of Gaston county, he was
the son of Mrs. Betty Mitcham
Randall and the late Dock
Franklin Randall of Kings
Mountain. He was a section fore
man for Mauney Mills over 30
years and a member of St. Mat
thew’s church.
'Dr. W. P. Gerberding officiat
ed at the final rites.
Besides his mother, Mr. Ran
dall is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Clete Condry Randall.
Gridders Honored
At Lions Banquet
PRESIDENT — Rsv. Marion Du
Bose has been elected president
of the Kings Mountain Ministeri
al association. He will succeed
Rev. H. D. Garmon.
Pastors Elect
Marion DuBose
Rev. Marion DuBose, pastor
of Kings Mountain Baptist
church, was elected president of
the Kings Mountain Ministerial
association at Monday’s meeting.
He will succeed Rev. H. D. Gar
mon, pastor of Central Metho
dist church.
Rev. George T. Moore, pastor
of Resurrection Lutheran church,
retiring secretary-treasurer, was
elected v.ce-president, succeed
ing Rev. Flay Payne, Faith Bap
tist church.
'Rev. Clyde Goodson, pastor of
Gold Street Wesleyan Methodist
church, will succeed Mr. Moore
as secretary-treasurer.
Oiher officers elected are:
Dr. Paul K. Auslcy, pastor of
First Presbyterian church, chair
man of committee on teaciiing
Bible in the city schools.
Rev. H. G. Clayton, pastor of
First Church of the Nazarene,
chairman of county home com
mittee.
Rev. Wayne Ashe, pastor of
Macedonia Baptist church, chair
man of the radio committee.
Rev. Mr. Carson, chairman of
committee on welfare.
JOINS STAFF
Mrs. Edith Lovell has joined
the staff of Central Beauty
Shop, according to announcement
by Mrs. Hoyle Mabry, manager.
Central Methodist Clearing House
For Christmas Giving To Indigent
Santa Claus’ helpers again
this Christmas will include many
individuals, churches and civic
organizations who will collabo
rate In spreading Christinas
cheer to the underprivileged.
The Kings Mountain Minis
terial Association is heading the
effort and has designated Cen
tral Methodist churches clearing
house. Rev. H. D. Garmon, pas
tor and outgoing president of
the minister’s group, said his
office will: 1) receive any calls
and lists of needy persons from
churdhes, circles, civic groups;
and individuals; 2> will in turn
furnish names of needy to the
different groups who want to
help.
"If you’ve already decided who
you’re going to help, let our
office know”, Mr. Garmon said.
Miss Joyce Biser, church secre
tary, will be in the office to re
ceive calls from 9 a. m. to 4 p.
m.
The Ministerial Association
has already placed food contain
ers in 16 area grocery stores
with the belief, Rev. C. R. Good
son, chairman, said, that "citi
zens will want to share with
others and buy a can and leave
a can.” Boxes have been placed
in the A&P, Harris-Teeter Sup- j
er Market, Glass Grocery,
Gault’s, Pauline S'ore, Commun
ity Grocery, Roberta C-ooery,
Parkdale Mill Store, Ellison’s,
Grocery, Sanders Grocery, Mur
ay’s East Side Grocery, E&B
Food Store, Winn-Dixie Store,
Batchler Grocery, and Linwood
Road Grocery. Telephone Mr.
Goodson, 739-3215, if you have
canned goods or other items to
donate. First Baptist fellowship
hall (the former Herald build
ing) will be headquarters for
this phase of the project,
Help-A-Home Christinas pro
jeet are traditional for most
Kings Mountain clubs.
American Legion Post 155 en
tertains -underprivileged children
at a Christmas party and this
year’s event for 400 young folk
will be held December 23. Christ
mas stockings, gifts and treats
will be distributed.
The Junior Woman’s club clo
thing closet at Kings Mountain
high school, which last winter
furnished over 1,000 garments
and aided many Christmas-sea
son projects, needs to be re
stocked. Two youngsters need
ing winter coats Tuesday could
n’t get them. December’s cold
weather had brought more vi
sitors, school-age and others, to
the Clothing Closet and most
warm clothing had been distri
buted. Most needed items now
are usable winter coats, under
clothing, and pants for children.
Mrs. John H. Gamble is chair
man. She suggests that dona
tions be delivered to the Closet
headquarters at the school.
A caseworker with the JocaJ
office of the County Welfare
Department said this office has
the names of 10 area needy fam
ilies.
Tom Burke-, chairman of the
Christian Family Movement, said
usable cloth'ng, toys in opo-at
ing condition and any other
items ere being sought by Mon
day for Christians giving to
needy families.
| Goadscn. Hope
Ind Cheshire
Tsophv Wieners
By HAROLD PEARSON
Three linemen, two tackles
i and an end, are the l£)i>2 i tlUj
tions to the growing Mountain
eers’ football honor roll.
Tackles James Hope and Lynn
Cheshire and End Charles Good
son joined the roll of winners of
the coveted trophies at the An
nual Lions Club football banquet
held Tuesday night at the Wo
man's Club.
Hope was selected by his
coaches as the winner of the
Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy,
awarded for the tenth consecu
tive year.
Goodson was named the team’s
| most valuable player and t* -
! came the fourth recipient of Die
| George Plonk Most ValuaMp
' Player Trophy.
Cheshire was tapped as the
first honoree of the John Gam
ble Scholastic Trophy.
The Gamble award, made for
the first time this year, is pre
sented by friends of former
Mountaineer coach John Gamble
and is to be awarded era oh year
: t o the football player maintain -
I ing the highest scholastic aver
| age during the grid season.
The three tronhy winner®
; shared honor billing for the
j annual grid affair with Duke
; coach and football hall of fam
| er Clarence “Ace” Parker who
j delivered the address to the
j Mountaineer gridders, coaches,
i Lions and guests,
j Mountaineer football coach
| Bill Bates made the presentr
' tions of the Plonk and G^mi-1--'
| trophies in behalf of the dorior.*-.
1 Dr. George Plonk presented
the MVP tronhy to Goodson.
The awards to Goodson and
Hone climaxed a rvost-season list
of honors for both players.
Hope was named a memvt-j
of the All-Southwest Conference
team and was one of the out*
standing linemen in the Lons
Bowl game at Forest Cly
Thanksgiving Day.
Goodson, also an All-South
west pick, was named a lineman
of the week in the area by the
Gastonia and last week at the
annual Gazette grid banquet was
designated AAA Llneman-of-the
-Year for this area.
(Continued On Page Two)
Guard Company
Gets Top Rating
Kings Mountain’s Army Na
tional Guard unit, Company D,
105th Engineer Battalion headed
the list of 16 North Carolina
units in notification of rec-uhs
of annual general inspect ors,
-as published by the state Ad
jutant-General’s Department.
All North Carolina’s 16 units
made a rating of “superior”.
Eighty-eight other units made
grades under "superior".
The annual general inspec
tions are conducted by regular
army personnel from Third Ar
my headquarters, Fort McPher
son, Ga.
A drive is underway for the
enlistment of new members of
the National Guard. High School
students facing active duty in
the near fuure are requested: *,c
contact First Sergeant Charles
E. Wilson for information pr -
taining to fulfilling military ob
ligations facing them in the nea:
future.. Prior service personnel
may also get information per
taining to the enlistment in t“o
National Guard at the rank
which they held on active duly.
Home-For-Aged
Talks Deferred
Ministerial association discus
sion of a home for the aged, was
deferred until the January meet
ing due to a crowded agendu.
President H. D. Garmon said
this week.
Rev. George T. Moore, who
with Mayor Kelly Dixon, has
expressed particular interest in
the project, said efforts would
be made during the ensuing
month to obtain all possible de
tails concerning the erection and
operation of an area home.
Mayor Dixon said Wednesday
that he had received consum
able interested comment froirj
numerous citizens.