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VOL 74 No. 4
Established 1889
Seventy-Fourth Year
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Local News
Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
$173.80, including $118.10 from
on-street meters, $38 from over
parking fees, and $17.70 from off
street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel, Jr., reported.
LEGION AUXILIARY
Otis D. Green Post 155, Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, will hold
regular meeting Thursday, to
night, at 7:30 p.m. at the home
of Mrs. J. E. Mauney. Mrs. J. M.
Rhea will be co-hostess.
BAPTIST MEN'S DAY
Baptist Men’s Day will be ob
served in virtually all area Bap
tist churches Sunday, January
27t.h. In many of the churches
the men will have charge of the
service.
AFSCOMMITTEE
The Kings Mountain American
Field Service Committee will
meet Thursday afternoon at 2 o’
clock in the office of Principal
Harry Jaynes at Kings Mountain
high school.
ROOTAHY SPEAKER
Miss Susan Hoad, Kings Moun
tain exchange student from Aus
tralia, presented the program at
Tuesday’s Rotary club meeting at
the Country Club. Hiss Hoad,
high school senior, showed slides
to illustrate her program. Thom
as L. Trott was program chair
man and Rotary President Jack
White presided.
PTA TO MEET
Major Ronald Smith, associate
director of Civil Defense in
Cleveland County, will be guest
speaker at Monday night’s Park
Grace P-TA meeting at 7 p. m.
in the schol auditorium. Major
Smith is former Civil Defense
representative in the state. The
interested public is invited to at
tend.
KIWANIS CLUB
Rev. H. D. Garmon, Central
Methodist pastor and a Kiwan
ian, will present the 1962
achievement report of the club
for Thursday night’s Kiwanis
program at 6:45 p. m. at the
Woman’s club. Mr. Garmon is
chairman of this committee.
HOSPITALIZED
Jack K. Bennett underwent ma
jor surgery last week at Veter
an’s Hospital at Durham. Mr.
Bennett is a patient in Ward 5-A.
Relatives who visited him Sun
day said he was recuperating
satisfactorily.
Mis. Ratterree's
Rites Thursday
Mrs Ruth Wicker Ratterree,
68, widow of Pride G. Ratterree,
Sr„ died Tuesday night at 9:45
p. m. at her son’s home in Char
leston, S. C.
Suffering from cancer, Mrs.
Ratterree had been ill for sev
eral months.
Funeral rites will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from Harris Funeral Home
Chapel. Dr. W. L. Pressly, pas
tor of Boyce Memorial Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church,
will officiate, and interment will
be tirade in Mountain Rest cem
etery.
Mrs Katterree, a native ot
Sanford, N. C., was a daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. George
G. Wicker. A registered nurse,
she had served in France dur
ing World War I Her husband
died in 1947. For many years
she was treasurer of Kings
Mountain chapter, American Red
Cross, She was a member of
Boyce Memorial ARP church.
She is survived by her son,
Pride G. Ratterree, Jr., and two
sisters, Mrs. W. E Atkinson of
Kenly, N. C., and Miss Bessie
Wicker of Vista California.
Three grandchildren also sur
vive.
Youngster To Grow,
Learn, Then Talk
Richard Etheridge, 11-year
old son of Mrs. Dorothy Pat
terson Etheridge and grand
son of A. H. Patterson, long
time secretary ant} vice-presi
dent of Home Savings & Loan
Association, was by far the
the youngest shareholder at
Tuesday’s annual meeting of
the association.
He declined a second trip
to the refreshment table, later,
when Vice-President Glee A.
Bridges, who was; presiding,
invited “our youngest member
present" to say a few words,
he replied, “No, I think I’ll
wait to grow and learn some
more."
Young Etheridge hasn’t
missed an annual meeting sin
ce moving to Kings Mountain.
City Recreation Cage Loop
Desegregated On Team Vote
CANDIDATE — Harry E. Jaynes,
Kings Mountain high school prin
cipal, is c candidate lor vice -
president of the six-county south
western district of the North
Carolina Education association.
Jaynes Seeks
NCGA Office
Harry E. Jaynes, Kings Moun
tain high school principal, is a
candidate for vice-president of
the southwestern district of the
North Carolina Education associ
ation.
The district includes six coun
ties, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln,
Rutherford, Catawba and Ire
dell.
Opposing Mr. Jaynes is Lester
Propst principal of Lincoln Jun
ior high school.
Election will be by local NCEA
units in mid-February.
Campaigning is underway and
expected to peak for the Febru
ary 5 winter district meeting
scheduled for Hunter Huss high
school, Gastonia.
Mr. Jaynes is a former prin
cipal of 'Monroe high school, and
a onetime athletic coach and
teacher. He is a graduate of
Western Carolina college and al
so holds a master’s degree from
xhe same institution. He is past
president of the Kings Mountain
NCEA unit.
Presbytery
Names Cansler
Luther Cansler, eider of First
Presbyterian church, was elect
ed to a three-year term as
treasurer of Kings Mountain
Presbytery at Tuesday’s meeting
of the church body here at First
Presbyetrian church.
Mr. Cansler succeeds W. Roy
Robinson of Gastonia.
Wesley Daniel, elder of First
Presbyterian church of Gastonia,
was named moderator for 1963
succeeding Rev. Murray Love,
pastor of Gastonia’s Olney Pres
byterian church. Rev. Mr. Love
delivered the morning sermon
following observance of the sac
rament of the Lord’s Supper.
Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, and eld
ers of the host church led the
communion service. Women of
the host church served lunch
eon.
Dr. Ausley, chaimuii of the
commit tee on Presbytery’s
Council, reported that $227,
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Negro Tigers
One Of Six
League Teams
By HAROLD PEARSON
Kings Mountain’s public rec
reation program is desegregated
— by a unanimous vote of the
white participants.
The city’s basketball league is
comprised of five white quintets
and one Negro team.
A vote of th«~* tanagers and
coaches of the five white teams
last week wholeheartedly approv
ed the admission to the league
of the Tigers, a team of local
Negro basketball players.
Managers and coaches partici
pating in the vote of approval
okayed the admission because
they “had been playing and prac
ticing with the group” since the
basketball facilities were opened
some weeks ago, Recreation Di
rector Elmer Ross reported.
All participants in the league
had been working out at the
Armory, and had been playing
with and against members of
the Negro quintet.
The league, as originally set
up, was scheduled to open with
four teams playing each Tuesday
and Thursday.
A fifth team sought admission
and Ross, newly-appointed recrea
tion director, was faced with a
scheduling problem.
It was at this time that Roose
velt Adams, manager of the Tig
ers, came forward with the re
quest that his team be granted
league membership.
Director Ross called a meeting
of the managers and coaches to
consider the proposal and the
Tigers were voted admission.
Ross is of the opinion that this
makes the local league unique in
North Carolina and that “it is
working out fine now and will
continued to work out well.”
One of the better teams in the
league, the Tigers defeated the
Vernon Crosby team, nick-nam
ed “The Others” Tuesday night,
43 to 37.
The other four teams and their
managers are: Mountaineers, Jer
ry Ross; Ramblers, Leroy Styers;
National Guard, Bob Wilson; and
Hawks, Vernon Smith.
Tripleheaders are played in the
Armory each Tuesday and Thurs
day.
Rites Thursday
For Mr. Routh
Robert Edward Routh, 79, of
Carbon, Iowa, father of Mrs. Wil
liam A. Russell of Kings Moun
tain, died Monday night.
Mr. Routh and his wife, who
survives, had made their home
here with the Russells from 1960
until last Fall when they return
ed to Carbon, Iowa. Mr. Routh
was a retired barber.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell and their
daughter, Lynn, left Tuesday for
Iowa. Funeral rites for Mr. Routh
were to be held Thursday in
Carbon.
In Kings Mountain, the Rouths
had attended Central Methodist
church.
Truitte, Alleged Robbeiy Partner,
Still At large—Is Well Tattooed
City police and other law en
forcement officers throughout the
area are still seeking Jimmy
Truitte, alleged partner in the
January 9 armed robbery of East
King Esso Service, and escapee
from a Harlan County, Ky., pris
on camp.
The robbery resulted in the sui
cide of a Grover youth, Jimmy
Eugene Hopper, 19, found dead
in his city jail cell about 17
hours after the robbery.
Chief of Police Paul Sanders
said Wednesday Harlan authori
ties have furnished local police
a description of Truitte.
Say the Kentucky officials, ac
cording to Chief Sanders:
His birth date is either March
4, 1945, or March 4, 1947. He looks
older than he is and his parents
live at Bond, Kentucky, in Cum
berland County. He was arrested
in Harlan County for petty theft,
on October 29, 1961, along with
three other youths, all who have
been released Truitte escaped
September 28, 1962.
The youth is a tattoo artist’s
dream, bearing the following tat
too marks:
1) A cre-cent with star is on
his left hand.
2) The inscription “Born to
Lose’’ on his left hand.
3) The leittere "L-O-V-E” tat
tooed on the fingers of his right
hand.
4) The word “Maxine” on his
right wrist.
5) “Don’t worry Inuna Wil
liams” on his right arm.
6) A big cross tattooed on his
back.
The Harlan County authorities
added the notation, “No girls
wrote him while he was in pris
on.”
Haskel Wilson, night operator
at East King Esso, was robbed
of $110 in cash, after pumping
$4.25 in gas into the tank of Hop
per’s car.
The Hopper youth’s statement
to local police, after he gave him
self up to Rutherfordton police,
was that Truitte fled on foot
when the c*r stalled in Shelby,
with all but five dollars of the
cash and with the pistol of Hop
per’s grandmother.
Truitte is described as being
5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing
ibout 145 pounds, with blue eyes
ind black or dark brown hair.
CHAIRMAN — Charles Mauney
will serve as chairman of the
educational division of the 1963
Cancer drive in No. 4 Township.
Charles Mauney
In Cancer Post
Charles Mauney, general man
ager of Mauney Hosiery Mills
and Carolina Throwing Com
pany, will head the educational
division of the 1963 Cancer Drive
in Kings Mountain.
First phase of the campaign
during February and March —
the edueaitonal and information
al division — aims at informing
citizens of the seven warning
signals to detect cancer via a
speaker’s bureau which will pre
sent programs at the various
civic clubs and other meetings
in No. 4 Township.
The fund-raising drive, which
begins in April, will be headed
by Mrs. Jacob Mauney. Other
committees will be announced
later.
A. V. Nolan, Shelby, is Cleve
land County chairman of the ed
ucational-informational division
of the drive. Noting, that in
1962 there were 144 cancer cas
es reported in this county, drive
leaders said jf there is early de
tection of cancer, the death rate
can be greatly reduced. Thirty
five people died of cancer in
Cleveland County last year.
Mr. Mauney listed these mem
bers of a speaker’s bureau
which will provide programs on
cancer in Kings Mountain, Gro
ver, Beth ware: Dr. W. J. Col
lins Dr Avery MoMurray, Dr.
M. B. Yeoman’s, Dr. John Hunt
er, Rev. Forrest Teague, Rev.
C. O. Greene, Wayne Caudill,
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Safety Council
Meets At Aimory
Safety awards for 1962 will be
presented as highlight of the
quarterly dinner meeting Thurs
day night of the Blue Ridge
Safety Council at the Kings
Mountain Armory.
Any employer is invited to at
tend the meeting, including
Kings Mountain retail merchants
and/or industrial firms. Reser
vations for the barbecue dinner
should be made with E. R. Gofer
at Foote Mineral Company. The
meal will be served from 6:30
until 7:30, Ben H. Goforth, per
sonnel manager at Pittsburgh
Plate Glass Company’s Shelby
plant said yesterday.
Wilford Jones, safety director
of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany of Winston Salem, will
make the evening address. Pres
entation of awards will be made
by Bill Silver from the North
Carolina Industrial Commission.
Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of
Boyce Memorial ARP church,
will give the invocation. Mayor
Kelly Dixon will wecome the
grotup and H. S. Baucom, direct
or of safety from the North Car
olina Industrial Commission, Ra
leigh, will present the speaker.
New officers and directors will
be elected.
Mis. Black's
Sister Passes
Funeral rites for Mrs. W. B. Dil
lard, 81, of Enoree, S. C., sister
of Mrs. Clarence Black of Kings
Mountain, were held Friday from
Enoree Methodist church.
Mrs. Dillard died last Wednes.
day after being in declining
health tor several months.
Other survivors include eight
children and two other sisters,
Mrs. J. B. Wilbanks of Greenville,
S. C. and Miss Bonnie McMahan
of Anderson, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Black went to
Enoree Friday for the final rites.
Belk's To Begin
Extensive
Renovation
Belk’s Department Store ex
pects to launch an extensive re
modeling this weekend, weather
permitting, Manager Bill Brown
announced this week.
Plans call for installation of
a new front, with new show
windows and canopy, new light
ing and particularly extensive
remodeling of the section of the
building now housing the men’s
department.
Personel was at work this
week moving men’s wear stock
into the other section of the
store.
In the plans are remodeling of
the men’s store second floor,
now used for storage, for retail
display of goods. Utilization of
this space will provide the firm
about 2100 additional square
feet of floor space, Mr. Brown
estimated. The steel supports in
the men’t store will be elimi
nated
The Belk’s building fronts 84
feet on South Battleground ave
nue.
Mr. Brown did not detail plans
for the store’s departmentaliza
tion after the renovation is com
pleted,
“We still have some figuring
to do on that,” he commented.
“We dread the tear up and
the mess the renovation will re
quire, but feel our customers
will that the difficulties v.Vll be
worth the inconvenience when
the renovation is completed.” he
concluded.
Mauney Named
To NAM Post
W. K. Mauney, Jr, president
of Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc.,
has been appointed a member
of the government economy
committee of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers.
Notice of the appointment was
received recently in a letter
from W. P. Gullander, president.
Mr. Mauney expects to attend
the organizational meeting of the
committee in New York on Feb
ruary 5.
Incoming chairman is Frank
lin Farrel III," president of Far
rel-Birmingham Company. Out
going chairman is Paul Belk
nap, president and treasurer of
Charleston Rubber Company.
Mr. Belknap, who will preside
at the organizational meeting,
has indicated principal attention
will be given to the proposed
federal budget for th fiscal year
ending June 1964, recently sent
to Congress by President Ken
nedy. .
Home S & L
Had Good Year
Home Saving & Loan Associ
ation shareholders held their
annual meeting Tuesday, heard
reports on a prosperous year,
and re-elected all directors.
Key word in the report of
Thomas A. Tate, secretary-treas
urer was "up”. He reported:
Assets up 8 9 percent by
579,166 to $5,295,089.
Savings up 9.12 percent by
$410,762 to $4,680,344.
Loans up 8.9 percent by $478,
348 to $4,454,629.
Dividends up to $171,235.
Reserves up by $49,018 to
$458, 764.
Shareholders gave formal ap
proval to the addition to the
reserve fund.
Jacob Dixon, manager of the
association’s Bessemer City
branch office (these figures in
cluded in Mr. Tate’s general re
port), showed that loans in
creased by $116,229. He noted
that the Bessemer City branch
reached a million dollars in as
sest on December 20, 1962.
Following the shareholders
session, at which Vice-President
Glee A. Bridges presided, the
directors re-elected Dr. Anthony
president for his 33rd annual
term and all other officers who
include Glee A. Bridges, A. H.
Patterson, and J H. Thomson
vice - presidents: Mr. Tate; Emily
A. Herndon, assistant secretary
treasurer; Phyllis S. Dixon, tell
er; and Mr. Dixon, the Bessemer
City branch manager. The legal
staff of Davis & White and
George B. Thomasson was also
re-reatined.
COURT OF AWARDS
First Court of Awards for Kings
Mountain Girl Scouts will be held
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at
Boyce Memorial ARP church.
CITY TAG SALES
Sales of 1963 city auto tags to
taled 668 Wednesday, Mrs. Hous
ton Colfe, assistant city clerk,
said. The total is more than one
third the 1774 sold during 1962.
Law requires that ne tags be
purchased and displayed not lat
er than February 15.
Needs vs. Money Available
New Snag Toward School
IN NEW PASTORATE — Rev.
James F. Kerman is the new pas
tor of Christ the King Catholic
church succeeding Rev. Thomas
P. Clements.
Keenan Assumes
New Pastorate
Rev. James F. Keenan assum
ed pastorate duties January 4th
of Christ the King Catholic chur
ch succeeding Rev. Thomas P.
Clements who has assumed the
pastorate of St. Joseph-of-the
Hills church of Leaksville.
Father Keenan will also di
rect the various mission outlay
ing in Gaston County, Cherry
ville, Bessemer City, Dallas, Ran
lo and Spencer Mountain.
A native of Staten Island, N.
Y., the pastor, 41, is a graduate
of the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point, Class of 1943. He
served five years active duty in
the Army in the Anti-aircraft
and Airborne divisions and grad
uated from St. Mary’s Seminary
in Baltimore, Md.
He has held former parishes
in Edenton, Ahoskie, Charlotte,
North Wilkesboro, Greensboro,
Lexington and MtocksVille. He
was a member of the Civil De
fense Council at Lexington.
Credit Union
Holds Meeting
Shareholders of the Margrace
Employees Federal Credit Union
elected officers, heard a finan
cial report of 1962 operations and
declared a five percent dividend
on all shares as of December 31,
1962, at the annual meeting Sat
urday morning.
The officers include Hugh D.
Ormand, president; F. W. Davis,
vice-president; and Luther Cans
ler, manager and treasurer.
Named to the credit commit
tee were Jack Anthony, chair
man; L. L. Ware, Boyd Mont
gomery, John H. Bumgardner
and Lee Dixon
Named to the supervisory
committee were Mrs. Joyce C
Roark, chairman; Mrs. Ann W
Tria, secreiary; and William F.
Laughter.
In his financial report, Treas
urer Luther Cansler reported
assets of $180,373.03, including:
loans, $119,382.84; cash, $60,160.
18; investments, $50,000.00 ant
other assets of 830.03. In the
liability column: shares, $156,
476.82; reserves $15,444.02; ant
gains of $8,45221.
Architects Sa;
9,000 Feet
Must Be Pared
Plans work for the new Kings
Mountain high school are halt
ed again with the problems of
deleting some nine thousand
square feet of floor space from
the desired instructional area
specifications.
Present requirements call for
89,250 square feet of floor space,
which, in the opinion of school
architects, will swell to 116,025
square feet when allowances are
made Cor walls closets, rest
rooms, and other service areas
Original estimates of the
square footage of the $1,100,000
structure called for not more
than 100 thousand square feet.
Members of the school build
ing committee are presently
working on possible deletions
from requested educational area
requirements.
Supt. B. N. Barnes called Ra
leigh Monday morning to request
assistance from state officials
in solving the problem. Dr.
Dwayne Gardner, educational
consultant with the state Div
ision of School Planning and ad
visor to the local group during
panning stages, was out of town
at the time 4nd not schedued to
return until Friday.
State officials, Dr. Gardner
and Marvin Johnson, state engin
eer, are to contact Barnes upon
their return Friday to schedule
a meeting for the purpose of re
solving the present diff-culty.
Barnes is hopeful that this
meeting can be scheduled for
the early part of next week.
In the meantime, he has re
quested that the architects visit
comparable schools to check
space required for offices and
other facil.ties.
Architects for the new build
ing feel that no more than 100
thousand square feet of space
is possible from the 1.1 million
bond authorization.
This is figured at $10 per
square foot, which, officials feel,
is the bare minimum.
Plummer Rites
Held Wednesday
Funeral rites for John Francis
Avery Plummer, 85, of Rt. 6, Shel
by, were held Wednesday at 2:30
p.m., from Elizabeth Baptist
church of Shelby.
Mr. Plummer is a half-brother
of Fred Plummer and Miss Nan
cy Plummer of Kings Mountain.
He was a Mason, a member of
the Fairview Lodge, and a mem
ber of Elizabeth Baptist church
in Shelby.
Survivors: sons, Dewey Plum
mer of Santa Fe, N: Mex., Ray
mond Plummer of Rt. 6, Shelby,
Bussie Plummer of Los Angeles, i
Davis of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Al-!
ma Newton of Shelby, Mrs. Pearl
Mullens of Mobile, Ala., Mrs.
Everett Hambright, Mrs. W. B.
Arnold, both of Atlanta, Ga.;
brothers, M. M. Plummer of Char
lotte, Hill Plummer of Concord;
sister, Mrs. Crude Craig of High
Point.
Burial was held in Elizabeth
Cemetery, with Rev. Charles Sum
mey in charge of the service.
City Law: Firing Of Air Rifles
Illegal; Bean Shooters Are Too
Shooting an air rifle within
the city limits is against the law
and police are on the lookout for
those who break it.
Research in the city code re
veals that Chapter H, Section 10
provides:
“No person shall shoot or pro
ject any stone, rock, shot or
other hard surface by means of a
slingshot, bean shooter, air rifle,
pop gun, bow or other similar
contrivance ...”
This section further provides
that archery shooting is per
missible within the city limits
but only on a range approved
by the board of commissioners.
Section 11 of the same Chap
ter amplifies the prior prohibi
tions reading, “No person shall
fire any pifctol, gun, or firearms,
fireworks or other pyotechnics for
sport or amusement.”
In other words rock-throwing
battles are prohibited, iced snow
ball fights are against the law,
and use of air rifles or RB guns
are too, within the confines of
the Kings Mountain city limits
Today’s big problem — en
hanced by Christmas gifts of air
rifles — are the results of air
rifle firing by youthful marks
men who, in the absence of oth
er targets, are concentrating on
street lights, window panes, and
other stationary targets.
The cost and trouble is prov
ing greatest for the city itself
The electrical department can’t
keep the expensive street lamps
replaced until others are smash
ed by the air rifle experts.
Outside-city shooting is of
course, not involved by the city
ordinance, where game birds in
season and non-protected birds
are fair game.
But even minus the regulations,
| birds aren’t would-be in-city tar
gets. Kings Mountain is a bird
sanctuary anr has been for ten
or more years.
The word from the police de
partment is that infractors will
be caught and charged with vio
lation of the law, in this in
stance a misdeameanor. Court
■ costs, minus fines, approximate
; $19.
CHAIRMAN — L. E. (Josh) Hin
nant will head the 1963 Heart
Fund campaign in Kings Moun
tain,
Hinnant Heads
Heart Campaign
L. E. (Josh) Hinnant, Kings
Mountain banker, w.ll head
Kings Mountain’s 1963 Heart
Fund Drive in February, Heart
Month.
Mr. Hinnant, appointing chair
men of the various campaign
activities this week, noted that
announcement of committee
workers would be made within
the next week or ten days.
Ed Hamilton of 'Shelby, fund
raising chairman of the Cleve
land County Heart Council, an
nounced appointment of Mr.
Hinnant as Kings Mountain
chairman of the annual appeal
i Wednesday.
[ Harvey B. Hamrick, Dover
Mills executive who is president
of the Heart Council, commented,
"By working with the North Car
olina and American Heart as
sociations, the people of Cleve
land County will be contributing
to the research activities of both
organizations. In addition, there
are many projects which can be
undertaken loeal|y, which will be
of real significance in stemming
the tide of heart disease, which
are a major cause of disability
and the leading cause of death
in the nation.”
Kings Mountain area citizens
gave generously to the Heart
Fund Drive in 1962.
Mr. Hinnant, assistant vice
president of First Union Nation
al Bank, is serving as secretary
treasurer of the Chamber of
Commerce and on the board of di
rectors. He is also a director
and treasurer of Kings Moun
tain County Club and a Rotate*
ian. He and his wife, the former
Virginia Summers, have two
children. The family attends
Matthew’s Lutheran church. Mr.
Hinnant serves as secretary of
the church council.
Commenting on the forthcom
ing drive, Mr. Hinnant said, "Dis
eases of the heart and blood ves
sels are the nation’s foremost
health problem, being responsi
ble for 54.6 per cent of all
deaths in the nation. The 1913
Heart Fund wil support an at
tack against this No. 1 enemy —
through research, through pui»
lie and professional education
and through community health
programs.”
Lions See Film
On Telstar I
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club got a technicolor
lesson in satellite communica
tions Tuesday night, as Floyd
Farris, Southern Bell manager
here, presented a film on Tel
star, the communications satel
lite.
In his remarks, Mr. Farris
said that launching cost for Tel
star were three million dollars,
and he had no figure for the ac
tual expenditure on the project.
He said need for an additional
means of inter-continental com
munication arose due to heavily
increased telephone traffic be
tween the United States anc’.
Europe. The co-axial cable, laid
on the bottom of the Atlantic,
can handle only 350 calls at ana
time. Meantime, in a decade,
calls increased to 4.5 million per
year, up from one million.
Telstar's expected life is two
years and is not operative at all
hours. It is reasoned, he said,
that, by means of relays, three
communication satellites in orbit
could provide 24-hour per day
service.
The film detailed the launch
ing of Telstar I and its tracking
stations here and abroad.