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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 This figure tor Greater King* Mountain Ic derived from 'he 1955 negi Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure is boa the United Itatee census el 198*. 14 Pages Today Vol. 74 No. 9 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 28, 1963 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Community Shares In Major Snowfall HEVIVALIST — Rev. Alvin E. Spencer, Jr., returned missionary irom Japan and Okinawa, will conduct a revival beginning Sun day at Temple Baptist church. Temple Revival Begins Sunday A week’s revival will begin Sunday at Temple Baptist church, to be conducted by Rev. Alvin E. (Bud) Spencer, returned mis siona.y from Japan and Okina wa. Rev. R. L. McGaha, Temple Baptist pastor, said services will be conducted evenings during the week, March 3-10, beginning at 7:29. Morning services are sched uled from Tuesday through Fri day at 10 a. m. Special music and singing will also be a feature of the week’s revival. Mr. Spencer and his wife are Southern Baptists’ first mission aries to Okinawa. They worked with 70,00 to 80,00 Americans— servicemen and their, families-— who are stationed there. Mr. Spencer was pastor of Eng lish-language Central Baptist Church, in Machinato, near the capital city of Naha. This church, organized in 1959, has grown from 125 members to well over 500 since the Spencers arrived in February, 1960. Mr. Spencer also served as a trustee of the Okinawa Baptist Association and co-operated with the Association and the Japan Baptist Convention in present ing the gospel to the 800,000 peo ple in Okinawa. Central Church’s building is used by an Okinawan mission Sunday afternoons, and 23 percent of its current budget goes to mission work on the Ryukyu Islands, pf which Okina wa is a part. When they return to Okinawa after furlough, Mir. and Mrs. JSpencer expect to begin new work in Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya, and Matsue before transferring to Okinawa. A native of Freeport, 111., Mr. Spencer attended Wheaton (111.) College and graduated from Den ison University, Granville, Ohio, with the bachelor of arts degree and from Central Baptist Theo logical Seminary, Kansas City, Kan., with the bachelor of div inity, master of theology, and degrees. Prior to mission appoint ment he was past of Edinburg Baptist Clrureh, Trenton, Mo., and Calvary Baptist Church, Kansas City. He also served in the U. S. Marine Corps for nearly three years. Mrs. Spencer is the former Doris Sealf, native of Durham. Local News Bulletins OYSTER SUPPER An oyster supper will be held, fgr all 1963 members of Kings Mountain VFW Post 9811 at the post hall prior to the regular monthly meeting Monday, March 4. Supper will be se.ved from 7 - 8, and the meeting will start at 8 p.m. LEGION DANCE American Legion Post 155 will sponsor a dance for members and guests Saturday night. Mu sic for dancing from 9 until 12 p.m. will be furnished by the Siarlighters of Gastonia. > ? | - • £ ;Om*pwrr show Mrs. Dora Mae Callahan has Joined the beautician’s staff at Bessie’* Beauty Shop, according to announcement by Bumgardner, owner and manag er. Schools Take Day Holiday Due To Weathei After several 1962-63 Icings, the Kings Mountain area finally got a snowfall of ground . covering proportions Tuesday, part of a white blanket which covering the major land area of the state. Snowflakes began falling about 1:30 Tuesday afternoon. Soon the flakes were falling in urofusion, temperatures dropping concurrently. Except for a slight surcease about 5:30, the heavy white dropout continued well in to the evening. The chief benefit, based on stu dent viewpoint, was a day’s sur cease from school. One youngster thought into the future and com plained, ‘Hi have to make it up in the summer,”—which he will. For most, however, it was a re prive quite welcome, whether for play in the light, white snow, or a real reprive from deadlines for term papers and other school projects. City firemen answered three alarms Tuesday and Wednesday morning, but damage was limit ed. And the highway patrol report ed a comparatively limited num ber of accidents. City street crews began sand ing thoroughfares during the snowfall, as did the state high way department. Tuesday night’s Kings Moun tain high school home basket ba'l double - header was postpon ed, as was the homecoming tilts at Compact high school. The prospect for Thursday was a return to normaluy, Toadwise and schoblwise. In Grover Friday Grover Rescue Squad will sponsor the personal appearance of Lester Flatt,. Earl Soruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys of the Grand Ole Opry Friday night at 8 o’clock in Grover school gym nasium. Proceeds from the entertain ment show will go to the Rescue Squad, a non-profit organization. The Foggy Mountain Boys ap pear regularly on radio and tele vision, are featured on the Grand Ole Opry. Tickets will be on sale at the door. iW Opry Stars SPEAKER—Rev. Thomas S. Hag gai, of High Point will be the principal speaker Thursday as the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club observes "Ministers' Appreciation Night." Haggai Speaker At Kiwanis Club The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will observe “Ministers’ Ap preciation Night” at their Thurs day evening meeting, with Rev. Thomas S. Haggai, High Point minister, to deliver the principal address. All members of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association have been invited to the meeting, for which the program was ar ranged by the club committee on support of churches in spiritual aims. Members of the committee are Aubrey Mauney, chairman, Ben H. Bridges, Dr. P. G. Padgett and Arnold W. Kincaid. Rev Mr. Haggai, pastor of High Point’s Emerywood Baptist church, has a dual ministerial role, being retained by Belk Stores in a public relations capa city. A native of Kalamazoo, Mich., Mir. Haggai is a son and brother of ministers. Preaching since the age of 12 he served the West End Baptist church in Rock Hill, S. C., for more than four years before accepting the High Point charge in 1956. The High Point church has grown from a membership of 41 to more than 700. He attended North Greenville Junior college and was graduated from Furman University. The club meets at 6:45 at the Woman’s Club. ANNIVERSARY The 34th anniversary of the establishment of The Cowpens National Battlefield Site will be Monday, March 4. The 1% arce tract was established in 1929. It was administered by the War De partment until 1933 when it was transferred to the National Park Service, United States Depart ment of the Interior. "Uncle Joe” Cole, 89 Thursday, Quit Smoking Foi Good Reason By MARTIN HARMON Joseph Landrum Cole, a Kings Mountain citizen for 67 years, will celebrate his eighty-ninth birthday Thursday. The retired text!-.? man came here to work at the Kings Moun tain Manufacturing Company when he 22, when the late C. E. Neisler was superintendent. La ter, when Mr. Neisler built the Pauline Mill, he accompanied him there. As Mr. Cole, more familiarly known by friends as “Uncle Joe’’ or “Mr. Joe”, puts it, “I wore out a slasher at the Old Mill, then went to the Pauline and wore out another." He retains highest regard for Mr. Neisler, saying, "That Mr. Neisler was a regular father to me. I moved away a time or two, didn’t stay long and always came back.” Mr. Cole is a native of Ruth erford county. His late wife, who died in 1950, was Martha Eliza beth Dickey, bom in Mississippi. At the age of six weeks, her family moved by wagon to North Carolina. Mr. Cole boasts six children, a dozen grandchildren and 13-great grand chllren. An advance birth day dinner was held at his home, 305 Walker street, Sunday, with mrio-ity of his progeny present and he says. “I don’t know when I’ve enjoyed myself more.” Five of the six children (four boys, two girls) live here. They are Clyde Cole, James Cole. Mrs. Vera Cash, who lives at home, Mrs. Nina Jones, and Paul B. Cole, and Doris Cole of Char lotte. . „ ^ ‘ ■Mr, Cole was one of ten chil dren of Mr. and Mrs, Bensoh Cafe, His maternal grandfather, tumamed Nodine. was half-in dlan; '|(t te1* not ’ Hare Which tribe.. Whether or not his In dian heritage was responsible, Mr. Cafe's chief entertainment has been hunting and fishing, sports equally entoyed he says, (Continued On Page Bight) Ill NEW POST — Rev. Fiery Payne has accepted a call to be come pastor of Glen wood Baptist church near Marion. He has been pastor of Faith Baptist church here for 12 years. Payne To Assume New Pastorate Rev nay Payne, for 12 years pastor of Faith Baptist church, has accepted a call to Glenwood Baptist church near Marion and will assume his new pastorate March 17th. Mr. Pane tendered his 'resigns tion at Sunday services Feb>ruar> 17th. A graduate of Gardner Webb college and Southeaster n Semin ary at Wake Forest, Mr. Payne iorganized the local church a» a [mission church. The church com* tP«*aa lta tiew educational build ing in 1961. '* % . - "j Mr. ‘Payne di married to the former Sue Barrett, of Kings . Mountain. The Paynes have two children, Wandw Payne, age 11, and Walter Payne, age 8. City Natural Gas Billings Set Record Wayland Speaks Foi Community Piayei Service Rev. J. E. Wayland, Jr., pas tor of Cornelius and Bethel Pres byterian churches at Cornelius, will make the principal address at Friday’s World Day of Prayer service at 3:30 p.m. at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Mr. Wayland, born and reared in China of missionary parents, will elaborate on the general theme of the 1963 World Day of Prayer observance, “More Than Conquerors.” Mrs. Thomas Durham is gen eral chaiman for the community wide service sponsored by Kings Mountain Council of United Churchwomen. A graduate of Davidson college and Columbia Theological Sem inary, Mr. Wayland has been pastor of two Presbyterian chur ches in Cornelius for 12 years. A World War II combat medic, he received the bronze star. He holds the rank of Captain in the North Carolina National Guard, 105th Engineers Battalion. Mr. Wayland’s father now lives in Fort Mill, S. C. He has a sis ter now serving in the mission fields in Korea. Married and father of three children, Mr. Wayland is a mem ber of Mecklenburg Presbytery’s committee on the minister and his work. He is active in the work of Presbytery’s Youth ’Camp and well-known for his work with young people. Commenting on Friday’s ser vice, Mrs. Durham said, "Friday is World Day of Prayer. At ser vices encircling the earth for more than 24 hours, people of all ages and r aces will come to gether to pray in more than a thousand languages and dialects. They will pray to be “more than conquerors” in helping to bring about better understanding and peace among the people of the earth. The offering will go to lonely places as well as to places of need here at home. We invite Kings Mountain men, women and children to join in praying for the kinship of humanity, and be lieve that “more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of”. Poppy Day Plans Given Plans for Poppy Day were made at Thursday night’s meet ing of the American Legion Aux iliary at the home of M/rs. C. L. Black Mrs. W. D. Whitesides was co-hostess. The auxiliary voted a cash do nation to a needy family and heard a report that 27 women hold membership. Mrs. J. E. Mauney conducted the devotions and Mrs. Hubert Aderholt presided. Mrs. Paul Mauney and Mrs. C. •L. Jolly will be hostesses to the March meeting at the farmer’s home. Refreshments were served. Firemen Answer Varied Firecalls Kings Mountain firemen ans wered the call for a variety of fires during the past week. Firecalls for the week ranged from grass to car to trailer to house for fires over a four-day period. Tuesday local firemen were called to extinguish a fire that had erupted in the car of J. C. Jamerson parked near the Hen dricks • Durham Clinic on Can sler Street. Later that same day they rushed to Watterson Street to douse a blaze that started in -he house • trailer of Sammy Wil son. Earlier in the four - day period firemen extinguished an oil stove blaze on North Battleground .Ave nue Sunday and A' grass fire on North Caosler Monday. A Wednesday morning they hast ■erted to 106 doyse *‘ftre that erupted frhm the pipe on trance Into the chimney of the house. - Damages In. all five Instances during the four • day period were :eported to be minor. SPEAKER — Rev. J. E. Wayland, Jr. of Cornelius will make the ad dress at Friday's community - wide Wo?ld Day of Prayer ser vice at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Week's Political Activity Nil Outward indications of city or board of education political ac tivity were non-existent during the past week, as the city office reported no additional candidates To date, the formal candid dates are both seeking the ma yor’s office held by Kelly Dixon. They are former-Mayor Glee A. Bridges and Clarence E. Car penter. In May, citizens will elect a mayor and five ward commis sioners to two-year terms, and school district citizens will elect two candidates to six-year terms on the board of education, the terms of Chiarman Fred W. Plonk and Dr. P. G. Padgett ex piring. Under the new ward system arrangement adopted for the board of education by the 1931 General Assembly, only citizens living within the bounds of the city are eligible for the two pos itions, though all voters of the district are eligible to cast bal lots. For city offices, candidates for the commissioner positions must reside within the bounds of the ward they seek to represent. Majority of the incumbents are expected to seek re-election. Urincipal likely exception is Ben H. Bridges, Ward 4 commission er, who is contemplating moving his .residence outside the city. Mr. Bridges has indicated he will have a definite announcement concerning his decision within two weeks. He is contemplating his third term as Ward 4 commis sioner.. In addition to Mayor Dixon, Commissioners Ray W. Cline, Ward 1, Eugene Goforth, Ward 2, and J. E. (Zip) Rhea, Ward 5, are completing their first terms. T. J. (Tommy) Ellison has se-ved several terms as Ward 3 commissioner. Both Mr. Plonk and Dr. Pad gett are completing their second six-year terms as members of the boa-d of education. The city commission, which serves a the election board for both municipal and board of ed ucation elections, has ordered a complete new registration. For mal resolution calling the elec tion and naming election (offici als will be adopted in March, with registration books to open in April. Voting day will be May 14. Mrs. Allian's Father Passes Funeral rites for Edward B. Fraley, 75, of Gastonia, father of Mrs. A. A. (Back) Allran of Kings Mountain, for many years overseer at Spencer Mountain Mills, were held Wednesday aft ernoon from Raslo Baptist | church. Bev. Riley N. Huckaby, Hev. W. A Hoffman and Rev. Oscar Cost ner officiated, gbd interment was [made in Gaston Memorial Park r Mr. Fraley didd Tuesday at his home. r. Other survivors include his I wife, two daughters, four sons, three sisters, 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Power Usage Up 149 Percent In Past Decade By MARTIN HARMON The weekend mail will not bring good news to city utility customers, particularly domestic users of natural gas. With temperatures continuing at low or sub-freezing levels dur ing the January-February billing period, bills have escalated to a new city record. The city’s gas billings for the month total $34, 962, just a few dollars short of $35,000 and even out-stripping the month’s billings for electrical po wer, which total $32,882. With monthly water billkigs of $7,653, the total city utility bill ings will be only a few dollars shy of $75,000. The aggregate gas bill will go to 996 customers. Big numerical group is the 833 residential cus tomers who use natural gas for home-heating, cooki-ng and heat ing of hot water. The city system lists 117 commercial firms using gas, seven industrial users under firm purchase arrangement, four who buy gas on internuptible ser vice basis, and 35 public build ings using gas. Gas consumption for the com parable t*”'1' last year shows the why. During the January 15 February 15 period this year the city purchased from Transconti nental Gas Pipeline Corporation 37,595,200 cubic feet of gas. Dur ing the same period of 1962 the total was 31,221,400 cubic feet, over six million cubic feet less. Billings for the same period last year were $30,054, nearly $5,000 less. But electrical consumption con tinues to increase, too. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., comments, “We seem to set a new record every month." Quite dramatic are the compa risons of consumption of electri cal power for the most recent billing to the same period ten years ago. The city purchases power from Duke Power Commpany for re sale, just as it buys natural gas from Transco. Ten years ago Duke’s billing to the city was $6,791 for 849,840 kilowatt hours and demand char ges based on 2088 kilowatts. The recent billing from Duke for the same month was $15,308 for 2,114,880 kiliwatt hours and demand charges based on 4656 kilowatts. The Duke rate sche dule to the city has been un changed during the period. The increase during the ten year period in kilowatt hours rep resents a gain of 149 percent. Head Of Synod Here Sunday Rev. George R. Whittecar, re cently installed president of the North Carolina synod, Lutheran Church in America, will speak at Resurrection Lutheran church at the Sunday evening vesper ser vice at 7:30. Elected to a five - year term, Mr. Whittecar succeeded Dr. F. L. Conrad as synod president Janu ary 1. He was previously pastor of St. James Lutheran church, Concord, for eleven years. Rev. George T. Moore, the pas tor, said a reception will follow j the service and that an informal j meeting with the church council will be held. He invited all area ' Lutherans to attend the service! and reception. Rev. Mr. Moore, at the Sunday morning service, will speak cm the “Battle of Temptation.” HDjy Communion will be observed. BUSINESS CLUB DANCE The high school Business dub Aril sponsor a dance in the Cen tral gymnasium Mart* 15th. Tickets are now on sale. The ar rangements committee includes Frankie Hamrick, Vickie Hager j and Sara Goforth. Women’s Clubs To Hear President SPEAKER — Mrs. James M. Har per. Jr., of Southport, president of the state federation of Women’s clubs, will speak at Husband's Night to be held by the Senior and Junior Women's clubs here Monday. Gotham Invasion Was Worthwhile North Carolina’s industry-seek ing invasion of New York was. worthwhile, John Cheshire, Jr., one of Kings Mountain’s three - member delegation said Wednes day. Mr. Cheshire, accompanied by Charles E. Dixon and their wives, traveled by auto and reached Kings Mountain about 8 o’clock Wednesday after a sometime harrowing 15 - hour return drive. “The New Yorkers were im pressed and the Governor made a very excellent low - key speech to the New York Sales Executives club. He tbld them we weren’t loking for ‘fly away’ industry and pointed out the state’s advant ages of solid, trainable people, low per capita taxes and govern ment employees,” Mr. Cheshire concluded. Third member of the Kings Mountain delegation, Mayor Kel ly Dixon, went to New York by train Monday night and had not yet returned to his office Wed nesday morning. Mr. Cheshire said the auto trip to New York Friday was quite easy but that the return journey, from Washington, D. C., was “rough”. Numerous wrecks were encountered along the route. Mrs. Bridges' Bites Ccaduded Funeral rites for Mrs. Fairy Bridges, 70, of Route 1, Grover, were held Monday at 3 p.m. from Allen Memorial Baptist church, interment following in the churcA cemetery. Mrs. Bridges died at 2:15 p.m. Sunday in the Kings Mountain hospital. She had been ill for several months. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen, she vras e member of the Allen Memorial church. Surviving are her husband, Farris T. Bridges; a stepdaugh ter, Mrs. Lloyd H. Lee of Kan napolis; two brothers, Lewis and Lloyd Allen of Shelby; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Rev. William Shytle and Rev. Wodrow Spencer officiated at the final rites. Foote Mineral Company logs fifth Year Without Loss-Time Accident Foote Mineral Company re cently logged its fifth anniver sary without a loss-time accident here. Manager Neil O. Johnson noti fied employees that February 12 marked the fifth year the Kings Mountain plant had not sustained a loss-time accident. lit congratulating employees. Mr. Johnson said, ‘*This outstand ing record for a mining opera tion indicates that it is safer here on the Job than at home or elsewhere. Everyone is to be congratulated." To celebrate the award, all-employee get-together will held at the service building April S. Safety awards will presented individuals, including two-year, five-year and ten-year safety buttons to eligible em ployees. “Our five-year record. “Mr. Johnson . told employees, “com ing so closely behind our one million manhour record, might lead us to believe that accidents thinking and - complaceny is one of the major causes of acci dents.” *§ JTS Mis. Harper To Speak Here Monday Night Kings Mountain’s two women’s clubs—the Senior Woman’s club and the Junior Woman's club— will observe Husband’s Nighr at a special program and covered dish supper Monday night at 6:30 at the Woman’s club. Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr. of Southport, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, will make the principal address, using tire theme. “Let’s Face It Men, Women Are Here To Stay.” Mrs. Aubrey Mauney president of the host Senior club and a past president of the state fede ration, will p esenl Mrs. Harper. Prior to the evening address, Mrs. Martin Harmon will render a piano solo and Mrs. Juanita Logan, aceomiianied by Mrs. J. N. McClure, will sing. A duet by Mrs. Bill Allen and Mrs. Dick McGinnis will com plete the musical program. •Mrs. Jacob Dixou, president of the host Junior club, will give a toast to the husbands and Mrs. Grady Howard will toast the new members. Now members from both clubs will be recog nized. Heading a hostess committee for Husband’s Night are Mrs. James Gibson and Mrs. Furman Wilson from the Junior club and Mrs. George Thomasson and Miss Ava Ware from the Senior club; —'• • 4-H'ers Oigmzo At Oefc Gidvc Mickey Bell was elected presi dent of the Oak Grove communi ty 4-H club at an organizational meeting Monday night. Other officers include; Cath erine Davis, vice-president; Kay Horn,1 secretary-treasurer; Nor man Blanton, reporter; Donna Davis, song leader; and Sherry Bell, pianist. The 4-H’ers will meet monthly with the next meeting tentatively scheduled for March 22. Community leaders are Mr. and Mrs. Stokes Wright and Bob Ware. The first meeting of the club was attended by 44 young peo ple. Three Accidents Occur In Snow Tuesday’s snow and freez!-g temperatures added three aoc'. dents to the list of traffic m's haps investigated by local police during the past week. Over a five-day pe iod office's were called to the scene of eight accidents that resulted in an estimated $2100 damages to the vehicles involved. Tuesday was the heaviest ac cident day with an early morn ing wreck bringing the d’y’fe ■ total to four. At 8:10 a. m. Paul Dennis Chil ders, 619 E. Gold St., was travel west on Ridge St. when a cu operated by Walter Smith, 401 Gantt St., backed from a drive way into his ear causing damage estimated at $50 (Childers) and : $25 (Smith). First mishap following the ■ snowfall Tuesday was repotted. 1 at 5.10 on Linwood Road. Gil" bert Willis of Bessemer City and Clyde David Carter, also of Bes semer City, were traveling in op posite directions on Linwood and the Willis car struck the side of Carter's oar. Damages to Willis car were said to be approximate ly $125 and to the Carter caj? $250. An estimated $150 damage* were done to the rear of & eai operated by Bobby Kane Wagrretv Cherryville, Tuesday about p. m. when hit from the rear by a vehicle operated by Donald Chester Conner. Route 1. Reports stated that Warren was stopped to make a turn off York Road and Conner, attempt ing to stop on the .slippery pave ment slid into the stopped ve hid~*?a,JW**es estimated at $150 to th eWarren car and $250 ie the Conner vehicle. Tuesday’s last • mishap occur red at .'approximately n:10 p. m (Cortinued On Page Eight)