Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Tliia figure tor Greater Sing* Mountain Is ftriref from the 1»S$ King* Mountain city directory census. Tbe city limits figure Is from tbe United Stats* census of i960. Vol. 74 No. 7 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 14 Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 14, 1963 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Glee A. Bridges Files Candidacy For Mayor Post Local News Bulletins ON DEAN'S LIST Miss Joyce Plonk, Kings Mountain sophomore at Lenoir Rhyne College, has been listed on the dean’s list for the fall semester ending in January. Miss Plonk is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal S. Plonk. ON HONOR ROLL Miss Annie Vera Dilling, Kings Mountain student at Gar dner Webb College, was listed on the honor roll and dean’s list for the fall semester. Miss Dill ing is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Dilling. PTA MEETING East School PTA will meet Tuesday, February 19, at 7:30 p. m. in the school auditorium. FAMILY NIGHT First Presbyterian church will hold family night Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock. lA covered dish supper will be served in the church fellowship hall. CHOIR TO SING The Mtonhreat - Anderson col lege chorus from Montreat will present a program of music Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m. at Armstrong Memorial Presbyter ian church in Gastonia. TO 4-H MEETING Six Kings Mountain 4-H’ers at tended the Cleveland County 4-H Council meeting at Shelby Mon day night* They tncluded^Gary Stewart, president of the Dixon Community 4 • H club; and Misses Patsy and Joy Welch, Jill Smith, Iiinda Hardin and Donnie Spears. TO MEETING Ray G. Alexander, secretary of the local Moose Lodge, will attend the Moose Administration School for Lodge Secretaries February 16 and 17 in Charlotte. A staff of Moose officials from Mooseheart, 111., headed by Su preme Secretary, Carl A. Weis, will be in charge. LUTHERAN SERVICE Miss Sue Hoad, Kings Moun tain exchange student from Au stralia, will show elides of her native country and present a program Sunday evening at 7 o’clook at Resurrection Luther an church. A social hour will follow the program and .refresh ments will be 6erved, TO MEETING Rev. George Moore, pastor, and John B. Plonk, chairman of the church’s committee on par ish education, will represent Resurrection Lutheran church at an area meeting on parish ed ucation Thursday night in Bel mont. DAVIS IMPROVING The condition of J. R. Davis, Kings Mountain attorney recu perating at Kings Mounttain hos pital from a fractured hip, is improving steadily, associates said Wednesday. MUCH IMPROVED Mrs. Lon a W. McGill, well known Kings Mountain citizen, is reported much improved from a stroke of paralysis suffered sev eral weeks ago. She remains a patient at Kings Mountain hos pital. RETURNS HOME C. D. Blanton, Kings Mountain druggist, returned to his home from Kings Mountain hospital Tuesday. SENIOR CITIZENS The Senior Citizens club will gather for regular meeting Fri day afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Moman's club. Kiwanis To Hear James Maiden K wanis Lt. Governor James B. Maiden of District 1 wUl make bis official visit to the Kings Mountain f ".if.s «M9 Thursday night at at the Woman's club. Mr. Maiden, who lives in Ashe ville, is a native of Verne, Ken tucky. He is a graduate of the Castle Heights Military Acad emy and is a member of the West Asheville Kfwanls club. There will be a training school for the local club’s officers Im mediately followio Election Matters On Board Agenda OFFICER — C. Glenn White wot elected Tuesday a vice-presiden of Kings Mountain Savings 6 Loan association. He is a veteran member o! the board of directors Geoige lewis S&LDiiector {Jeo-ge Lewie, of Bessemei City, was elected a director oJ Kings Mountain Savings & Loar Association at the annual share holder meeting Tuesday. Mr. Lewie fills the vacancy created'By' the death of hisfath er, R. Lee Lewis, well - k nowr dairyman. All other directors, Dr. L. P Baker, Boyce Gault, Clyde Kerns, Dr. J. C. McGill, C. Glenn White, J. R. Davis, and Ben H. Bridges, were re.elected. The directors, immediately fol lowing the shareholder meeting elected Mr. White a vice-pres dent, also filling a vacancy cre ated by the death of R. Let Lewis, and re-elected all othei officers. Ben H. Bridges, secretary, treasurer, gave a report on the association’s 1962 operations showing asset increased $250,34^ .o $3,bo 1,655, up 8.71 per cent tavmgs increased $181,947 t( {*3,233,321, up 5.95 per cent; anc cans increased $236,976 to $3, ,82,349, up 7.53 Dor cent. Other highlights in the report: 1. Reserves in the federal in .urance fund and for bad debts noreased $40,478 to $321,544, anc represent 9.22 per cent of total savings accounts. 2. The association made 25< .oans during 1962, total loans a December 31 number 1009. 3. Savings accounts at yea: end total 1548, with 355 having oeen opened during 1962. 4. Dividends paid increased $5, 187 to $119,210. The association’s officers a r c f. R. Davis, president; Dr. L. P laker and C. Glenn White, vice {resident; Ben H. Bridges, sec retary . treasurer; and Mrs. Ru >y H. Baker,. assistant seore ary-treasUrer. The directors again voted t< eta.n the firms of Davis cemen as magistrates with po ce jurisdiction only. The reason: only One officer, j arl So oupe, Jr., is currently napowered to draw warrants! nd he has the power by virtue f serving as clerk of city re. order's court. Previously, two other police ien, those serving as desk r*»r- j jeants on second and third shifts vere empowered to draw war ants as they held appointive •ommissioners as justice of the j >eace. However, all these ap-l i ointments — for a two - year period — have expired and have not been renewed. Superior Court Judge P. C. Froneberger has declined to re. new the appointments, City Judge Jack White said, on grounds that a policeman ap pointed a magistrate would still retain powers of the magistrate after leaving his employ as a policeman. Judge Froneberger, said Judge White, haa suggested the seek ing of special legislation. Similar legislation respecting the City of Gastonia has been obtained previously, Judge White added, and he anticipates that requested legislation for Kings1 Mountain would be modeled on I the Gastonia act. Southwell Firm Starts Building On Highway 74 Clearing of land for the con struction of a new building to house Southwell Motor Company has started just west of the Kings Mountain city limits on the north side of Highway 74. Grading of the land for what is slated to be the most modem of its kind in this area is to be gin as soon as dry weather makes it possible. The proposed 60 by 120 foot building will house an ai--con ditioned modern, all glass show, ■room, offices, service depart ment and paint and body shop. Stran-steel will be used for constructing the building, with only the offices (brick) and the showroom (glass) being of dif ferent material. Adjacent to the $70,000 build ing will be the company’s used oar lot. Bob Southwell, owner of the motor ootnpany, gives more space and better service as the main reason for building the new structure and moving from his present location. "With the new location and building, we will have more parking and service area, and therefore, be able to give bette and more complete service to our customers. Although the new btulding is expected to be completed earlier, Southwell doesn’t plan to move to the neiw location until June 1. A Charlotte firm is in charge of the stran.steel construction, with other features (heating, air conditioning, brick work, etc.) to be handled by local contracto-s. Band Begins Busy Season The Kings Mountain high school band, under the direction of Joe Hedden, has begun its 1963 concert season with four big events leading up to the dis trict band contest in Marion on March 30th. The band clinic in Gastonia January 25-26 was attended by eight members of the Kings Mountain band. The participat ing musieiains were: John Clem mor, Del Goforth, Joan How ard, Joan McClure, Susan Plonk, Buz Shuford and Glenn Werner. The two ■ day event included demonstrations by leading mu sicians, a banquet and dance, and a concert. On February 3: d the band played a concert preceding the dedication of the National Guard Armory. In addition to the con cert, which consisted of the con test music the band is using this year, the band played the Star Spangled Banner for the flag raising ceremony which follow ed. On February 20th the band will play for a Davidson - Wake Forest basketball game at t h e (Continued On Page Eight) Rites Thursday For Mr. Martin Baxter William Martin, 66 formerly of Kings Mountain, died Monday night at his home in Mor~istown, Tenn. Funeral rites will be held Thursday at 4 p. m. from Sisk Funeral Home here. The Rev. Clyde Goodson will ©fficiate and burial will be made in Mountain Rest cemetery. Martin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Huffstetler Martin; two sons, J. A. Martin and Gary E. Martin, noth of Charlotte: one daugh'ar, Mrs. MJa~y Merrill of Gastonia; two brothers, John G. Martin of Kings Mountain and Plato Martin of California.; and one sister, Mrs. Ransom Pruitt of Kings Mountain. City To Reconvoy Right-of-Way Strip The city is publishing a reso lution of the commission t h i .* | week whereby it plans, to rt convey to Mr. and Iffrfc Colemai 3 troupe a portion of right.o' way qn North Piedmont avenw; Mr. and Mrs. S*rotr>e h a < 20 feet wide by 100 feet Jront lng S troupe property on N. Piet’ moot. It was found that improv ments to the property tran» gressed city right-of-way an> Mr. Stroupe asked the re-cor "W"»> of ►••if t>»" initial con, veyance, or 10 x 100 feet. The resolution notes that the city no longer uses the ten-foot •trip. EVIDENCE IN SHOOTING OF ESCAPEE — The Items pictured were evidence displayed at the coroner's jury hearing Saturday in the death of Hugh Phillips, a Negro escapee from the prison camp near Shelby. Phillips, after being accosted by Patrolman R. B. Leonard, attacked the patrolman first with the flashlight then the auto tag. The bullets and empty cartridge cases are from Leonard's pistol. Phillips was shot twice. (Photo courtesy Tom McIntyre, Gastonia Gazette.) Leonard Blameless In Convict’s Death Deadline Is Near For Buying Tags Friday is the final day to purchase 1963 city auto license tags without penalty, and sales through Wednesday indicate some 500 Kings Mountain auto owners have not yet purchased ed new tags. Sales through Wednesday totaled 1223, city officials re ported. Sales for 1962 totaled 1778. The city ordinance requires that auto owners not only purchase but display the tags on their vehicles. Traitte Hearing Set Foi Thursday Preliminary hearing for Jim my Truitte, charged wkh armed robbery of East King Esso sta tion here on January 9, will be held in City Recorder’s Court Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. City officers Robert Green and 3mest Beam returned Truitte „‘rom Harlan County, Kentucky, Saturday morning. Truitte, an escapee from a Har lan prison, had been apprehend rd and arrested by Harlan offi cers. Chief Paul Sanders had for warded warrants for Truitt’s ar .ast to Harlan officials and ext-a iition was waived by the alleged obber. Truitte is the alleged partner of Jimmy Eugenie Hopper in the early morning hold-up of the Cast King station. Hopper, who hanged himself Jn city jail after jiving himself up to Rutherford ton police and being returned iere, implicated Truitte. If probable cause is found against Truitte Thursday, he will oe bound over ;untll the next erm of Superior Court. Open House Set ForDehteV' Mrs. Humes Houston announ. red this week the opening of a lew beauty shop, Debie’s, in an lddition to her residence on South Deal street. Open house at the new estab lishment . will be held from 1 to ff p. m. Thursday, to which :he public is invited. A prize drawing will be «nH dueled with a permanent wave «id other valuable prizes to be fiven to lucky v.»itors. In addition to Mins. Houston, >ther beauticians on the staff will be Mrs. Georgia Mel tor snd Mrs. Pauline Clark. RECORDER'S COURT The regular weekly recorder’s ourt will be held Thursday at 2 <.m. Coroner's Jnry Rales Officer Was Justified Highway Patrolman R. Black well Leonard was justified in killing an escaped convict last Friday, a six-man coroner’s jury ruled following a hearing at City Hal veteran of World War I, mem ber of Kings Mountain Baptis church, three times past con mander ol the Ameioan Leg'oi a member of the Moose and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He i a Mason and Shriner and is rc tiring president of Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce. H< has been a Kings Mountain bus. inessman since 1918. Mrs. Bridges is the former Ad die Hamrick. Lions Get Look At Australia Members of the Lions dug got a look-see at Australia both vis. ually and verbally, Tuesday night, from Miss Susan Hoad of Melbourne, APS student here She described Australia eg ; continent about the size of th United States, populated by ten million people, with a fe til' coastline and dry, rather barre interior, where rainfall is limit ed to two months pc year. Australia, she related, was di: covered by Captain Cook in 177C initially used by Britain as penal colony, beginning in 1778 Discovery of gold fn 1850 pro dueod a population influx. She said Australia is muc! like America, though there art differences. Most foods are cat en fresh, not frozen nor canned she said, and Australian school: follow the English “pivatc school” pattern. The native Australian, or abo. riginal, like the American In dian, is become extinct. From a population of 300,000 the num ber has dropped to 40,000 pure bloods and 17,000 half-breeds There is no color problem, she said, as the aboriginals, w.th exceptions, at-ay away from the white man. Sheep.raising for wool is the principal industry and largest export. Wheal as second. The basic wage scale approxi mates that of the United States and income taxes are high Miss Hoad, -who showed brill iant color slides of her country, waj presented by Howard Bry ant. George Thomasson, past presi dent, welcomed Capt. Ha rob' Glenn Campbell to membershi in the club. Chamber oi Commerce Meeting Set For Tsesday; Crawford Nominee New officers and directors of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce will be elected Tuesday night at a dimer meet ing of the o ganization at 7:30 p. m. at the Country dub. The nominating committee I will present a slate of officers, including: For president, J. Wilson Cnaw jford. For vice-president, Charles Maitney. For secretary - treasurer, L £. (Josh) Hinnant. For directors: Jonas Bridges, J. Ollie Harris, James E. Amos Wili am M. Herndon, Glee A. Bridges, Tom Tate, Fred Wrigh, and Charles Blanton, President Glee A. Bridges will piieside. CANDIDATE — Glee A. Bridges, !ou( - term mayor from 1953-61, seeks ts regain the office he lost two years ago to Mayor Kelly Dixon in a run-off election. Arson Suspected In School Fire State inspector Earl Hatcher of Rutherfordton will return to Kings Mountain Thursday to con tinue the investigation into the ’ire that occurred at Kings Moun tain high school Friday night. The lire was repor.eJ at ap proximately 9:25 p.m. Friday while hundreds of people were at he high school gymnasium /atehing the Mountaineer-Ruin 'rfordton - Spindale basketball ;ame. Damage to the lower portion of he school plant was minor, but 'ire Chief Floyd Thronburg and Iatcher believe that the fire was ’t from inside the building and will continue to investigate on ha:, premise. Hatcher and Thornburg made t preliminary investigation of the fire Monday morning. Scants Worship dn Scout Sunday Troop 93 Boy Scouts led the morning worship service Sunday at First P.esbytenan church. Dr. P. G. Padgett, elder, leu the call to worship -after which Scouts recited the flag salute and the Scout oath. Dale Put nam led the responsive reading and Lanry Patrick read the scripture reading. Young Patrick, an Eagle Scout who has won numerous honors in Scouting, delivered the morning message on "The Challenge.” The history of Pm nyterian Troop 90 was read a. .1 Phillip Bunch reported on 19C J achievements. Included in t h c -ervice were the singing of the patriotic hymns, “O Beautiful For Spacious Skies," “Americ°” and "Onward, Christian Srl iiers.” The choir sang the an Jiem, "Father In Heaven Who Covest All." The entire troop, in uniform, sat together during the service ind led the cong.egation in the hymn singing and meditatio is Other Boy Scouts in the cor i munity also attended ehiii ,-h services Sunday on Boy S'-oul Sunday, sitting together rr. 1’ dressing in uniform fo t : ft morning service. J. H. Thomson is the troop's, institutional represe n t a l i v e,. Lawrence Patrick is troop com. mittee chairman, Henry McKel vie is scoutmaster and Manley - Hayes is assistant scoutmaster Larry Patrick is Junior asset, ant scoutmaster and Philip Bunch is senior patrol leader., Wendell Bunch is scribe, Jimmy Baker and Larry Anderson are librarians and J. D. Wright and John Clemmer are quartermas ters. Patrol leaders are Dale Putnam, Chales Padgett and Ned. Bridges. Other troop members: & r Gene and Philip Putnam. Robe -f Moss, Morris Timrns, Wayne Mullinax, Larry Andeison, Tom my Clemmer, Vic Laughridge, Donald Ma-tin, Larry Wood, Harold Lingerfelt, David and' Mack Bost, Andy Neisler, Ronnie Timms, Kenneth McGill and, Lau.in Whisnant. Wew Entrance Doors Du© For City Hall The main entrance to City Hal! is scheduled for a new look. Saw doom, partially met?! ar»d partially glass with alum inum frames will replace the s;ted wooden doors now being if ed and a glass transom iwll E» installed. V new flagpole is also being .cicated, replacing the . one” forme, ly in use, Mayor ‘ lly Dixon said.