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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
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. Vol. 74 No. 13
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 28, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
WEEJINS WIN TALENT SHOW — The Weejins, a
t six-member dance band, was winner of the Arthur
f Smith Talent Show Saturday and appeared on the
Arthur Smith television program Tuesday morn
ing. Ten groups appeared in the contest and the
top winner was Judged via audience popularity.
The Kings Mountain group of students go to Lex
ington In May fir district finals of the Talent Hunt.
From left to right in photograph above are Ed
ward Lovelace. Kenny Barnes. David Adams, Fred
die Foster, Wendell Phifer and Quay Moss. Gary
Wilson is sitting in front of the group. Adams is
leader of the band. (Photo by Truitt Moore)
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j Local News
Bulletins
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
$190.65, including $127.90 from
on-street meters, $46 from over
parking fees, and $16.75 from
off-street meters. City Clerk Joe
McDaniel reported.
TO BARIUM SPRINGS
Sirs. M. C. Hardin, QrOver cor
respondent for the Herald, has
accepted a position as housemo
ther at Barium Springs Orphan
age and will assume her new du
ties Monday. Mrs Hardin has
lived in Grover most of her life,
has been community correspon
dent a number of years.
, PERMITS ISSUED
City officials issued two build
ing permits during the past week.
A permit for a $12,000 brick house
on Bennett St. was issued to John
W. Bennett, Sr., Friday and N. E.
Chapman was issued a permit
Tuesday to construct a $9,000
house at the corner of Rhodes
and Woodside.
NO WRECKS
City police officers were not
called to investiga:e any wrecks
during the past week, Desk Serg
eant Earl Stroupe reported Wed
nesday.
HOTDOG SALE
Methodist men of Penley’s Cha
pel church will have a hotdog
sale Saturday at the Fellowship
Hill of the Grace Methodist
church. For delivery call 739
5391
KIWANIS CLUB
The Confederate States Archery
club will present the program at
Thursday night’s Kiwanis club
meeting at 6:45 p.m. at ihe Wom
an’s club. Dr. W. L. Pressly has
arranged the program.
PASSION SUNDAY
Dr. W. P. Gerberding will use
the sermon topic, “Primacy of
the Cross” on Passion Sunday,
traditionally observed through
out of church to think about
the atonement. The Sunday wor
ship service is at 11 a.m.
LENTEN SERVICE
Wednesday evening Lenten
services at St. Matthew's Luthe.
ran church at 7:30 will be the
theme, “Before False Priests.”
Dr. W. P. Gerberding will bring
the message.
DIXON 4-H CLUB
The Dixon community 4-H club
will hold regular meeting Tues
day night at 7 p.m. in the fellow,
ship hail of Dixon Presbyterian
church.
SUMNASTIC CLASSES
Slimnastic classes for women
are continued weekly on Thurs
day evenings at 7:30 at the Na
tional Guard Armory. The class,
es are under sponsorship of the
city recreation commission.
GOSPEL SING
East Side Baptist church will
sponsor a gospel sing Sunday aft
ernoon, the program beginning at'
2 p m. Seven groups of singers
are expected to participate, and
the interested public is invited.
APPOINTED — Governor Terry
Sanford has appointed Glee E.
Bridges to the President James
Knox Polk Birthplace advisory
committee.
Bridges Named
By Governor
Glee E. Bridges, Kings Moun
tain hardwareman, has been ap
pointed by Governor Sanford to
serve as a member of the Presi
dent James Knox Polk Birthday
Advisory committee.
The Governor wrote Mr. Brid
ges that he and other members
of the committee, of which James
Stenhojse, of Charlotte, is chair
man, would work with Dr. C. C.
. Grittenden, State historian, to
ward the establishment of the
Polk birthplace, near Pineville,
in Mecklenbu.g county, as an
historical shrine.
M!r. Bridges is a son of former
Mayor and Mrs. Glee A. Bridges.
He is retiring president of the
Kings Mountain Merchants asso
ciation and a member of the Ki
wanis club. He was Kings Moun
tain manager of Governor San
ford’s successful 1980 campaign,
first in the Democratic primary
and subsequently in the general
election.
Mr. Bridges is a navy veteran
of World War II and command
ing officer of the active naval re
serve cimmunications unit head
quartered at Shelby.
$62,000 Action
Will Be Tried
A damage action for $62,000 a
guinst I. M. Allen and several
other defendants including the
City of Kings 'Mountain is doc
keted for trial in Cleveland Su
perior Court Monday.
The suit, brought by the ad
ministratrix of the estate of J. B.
Mackey. Mackey and Mrs. Mar
garet Carsyell Hamrick died dur
ing the night of December 19, 19
58, of carbon monoxide poisoning
at Royal Motel.
The complaint charges negli
gence on the part of Mr. Allen,
as owner, and his son I. M. Mien,
Jr., as operator, of Royal Motel,
on the part of the City of Kings
Mountain and two former gas
department superintendents V. L.
Beacham and Corbett Nicholson,
and on the part of Eugene and
Herbert Mitcham, former part
ners in the Appliance CentenAJl
had been negligent, the complaint j
charges, in Me installation of the
gas heating unit serving the
rcwn occupied by Mackey and
Mrs.‘Hamrick.
The suit was filed on December
19, 1980.
Size Of Gym
Snags School
Plans Progress
How big should the gymnasi
um be at the new high school
plant?
A decision is required, Archi
tect Fred Van Wagenkigen said
Wednesday, before he sends pre
liminary plans to the state de
partment of instruction consul
tants in Raleigh.
Said Mr. Van Wageningen: He
requires a report from the gym
nasium committee before prelim
inary plans can be completed and
forwarded to Raleigh. He suggest
ed a change from the initially
"Contemplated 100 xilfc fobt gym
nasium could alter the building
plans altogether.
Principal Harry Jaynes and
Fred Withers were conffcrtring
on the matter Wednesday morn
ing. There was a question wheth
er the gymnasium, as planned,
would provide most ideal ar
nangiement for physical educa
tion instruction, and there was
also suggestion that the initial
plans included insufficient show
ers,
Meantime, Superintendent B.
N. Barnes and state highway
commission engineers spent Wed
nesday afternoon inspecting the
Phifer Road school site. The
highway officials want prelimi
nary information on road needs
in order to budget the work for
the upcoming fiscal year, Mr.
Barnes said.
Bank Transfeis
Josh Hinnani
L. E. (Josh) Hinnant, assistant
vice-president of the Kings Moun
tain branch of First Union Na
tional Bank of North Carolina,
has been transferred to the head
quarters office in Charlotte.
Mr. Hinnant, who assumed his
new duties Tuesday, has been
assigned to the auditing depart
ment.
SPRING DANCE
Kings Mountain P-TA is spon
soring a spring dance on Satur
day, March 30th, from 7:30 un
til 10:30 p.m. in the high school
gymnasium. Music will be fur
nished by The Etics. Admission
is 50 cents.
Cline, King, Ledford Seek Office
Retailer Banquet
Friday Evening
Louis nooks
Will Address
Merchants
L. D. Brooks, executive vice
president of First Union National
Bank of North Carolina and
chief executive of the bank’s
Charlotte field office, will make
the principal address at Friday
night’s employee-employer ban
quet of the Kings Montain Mer
chants Association.
The affair, expected to attract
a large crowd, will also feature
installation of officers and di
rectors for 1963-64 at 7 p. m. at
the Woman’s Club.
Bob Southwell will be installed
as president of the association
succeeding Glee E. Bridges. W.
Lewis Dellinger will be installed
as vice-president succeeding Har.
ry E. Page. New directors will
include Humes Houston, Menzell
Phifer, Robert Mincey and Bill
Brown.
President Bridges will preside
and the invocation will be offer
ed by Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pas
tor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church. W. G. (Bill) Jcyias will
present the speaker and Jonas
Bridges, a past president, will in.
stall officers. Directors will sup
ervise the presentation of gifts
to the ladies.
Mr. Brooks, a graduate of Vir
ginia Mechanics Institute of
Richmond and the Graduate
School of Bern king at Rutgers Uni
versity, begar) his banking ca
reer in 1920 at the Federal Re
serve Bank of Richmond. He join
ed Union National Bank of
Charlotte in September 1944. He
was president of the North Car
olina Bankers Association in 19
56.57, chairman of the Carolinas
Bankers Conference, North Car
olina Bankers Association for 5
years and served as president
and in other capacities of the
Charlotte Chapter, American In
stitute of Banking.
In Charlotte he has served as
chairman of the finance and
building committees of St.
John’s Baptist church, as presi.
dent, treasurer, and a director of
the Myers Park Country club
and as treasurer and a director
of the Charlotte Chamber of
Commerce.
New White Way
Lighting Soon
City electricians are busy this
week installing underground
electrical cable to the newly in
stalled outdoor lighting units on
S. Battleground and S. Railroad
avenues.
Mayor Kelly Dixon said that
the work may be completed by
the weekend, if the weather re
mains clear.
Other city work scheduled with
in the next few days includes re
surfacing of S. Piedmont avenue,
from Mountain to Gold, and spot
repair work in several areas to
damaged curbing and sidewalks.
Mayor Dixon said walls have
been installed on the field house
at City Stadium. Roofing and
plumbing installation and tap on
to sewer facilities 'remains before
the fieldhouse will be ready for
use.
Kings Mountain Proved Difficult
Sunday For Two Youthful Climbers
by mart.n harmon
Kings Mountain, which rises
some 1800 feet above sea level,
two youthful spelots (on separate!
proved a tough taskmaster for |
expeditions) Sunday afternoon, j
On the descent down the Kings \
Mountain cliff side about 2:30
p.m., Terry McClaine, 13, son of
Mr. and 'Mrs. Larry McClaine,
tripped on a rope and tumbled
75 feet, suffering severe cuts on
his chin and leg, innumerable
face scratches, and a bad back
bruise. He was on a mour.-climb
ing expedition with and Mrs.
Walter Myers, of Canger street
'extension, their three children
and a cousin of Mr^. Mfyefs. It
required about- 80 minutes -for
Mr. Myers to get the boy to the
car and en route the hospital,
where he was examined and
treated and allowed to go home
only on pledge to stay in bed and
out of school for a few days.
The lad’s father was interested
in seeing where hit, sou had fall
en and returned to the scene
with Mr. Myers-just in time to
find another youth, 15-year-old
Wayne Thomas had fallen a dis
tance of 25 to 30 feet down the
Gastonia side of the pinnacle.
Thomas’ companion on the climb
was Scott Cole.
(Mr. Myers helped the Cleve
land County Life-Saving and Res
cue Squad in getting the Thomas
youth down the mountain and to
the hospital emergency room,
where X-rays revealed no broken
bones and his injuries more pain
ful than serious.
The Thomas lad told Mr. My
ers he became dizzy before his
fall, that he had slipped on a
rac'd and fell. The lad caught
hold of a small tree limb but
could not hold on.
The 'McClatne youth was re
ported Wednesday to be mending
nicely.
The word from Mr. Myers: “No
more mountain-climbing for me."
PRESIDENT — William M. Hern
don has been elected president o!
the Kings Mountain Country
Club lor the coming year.
Herndon Heads
Country Club
(William Herndon, secretary
treasurer of J. E. Herndon Com
pany, was elected president of the
Kings Mountain Country Club at
a meeting of the board of direc
tors Tuesday night.
Mr. Herndon will succeed John
C. Smathers.
Other officers, also named at
the dinner meeting, were:
'Droce M. Peeler, vice-president.
!W. S. Fill ton, Jr., re-elected
secretary. /
James Gibson, re-elected trea
surer.
The board of directors includes
Glee Edwin Bridges, Ollie Harris,
Henry Neisler, Mr. Peeler, Dr.
George Plonk, Mr. Smathers, (Mr.
Gibson, Mr. Fulton, P. A. Fran
cis, Tolly Shuford, Charles T.
Carpenter, Jr. and Mr. Herndon.
Kiwanis Honors
Dr. Gerberding
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor
of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
and a Kiwanian for 25 years, was j
presented the coveted Legion of |
Honor plaque by his fellow Ki
wanians recently.
Long active in the Kings Moun
tain civic club and also a past
president, Dr. Gerberding was
presented the handsbme plaque
at the Charter Night banquet of
the club here.
B. S. Peeler, Jr. made the pre
sentation.
The certificate is signed by
Grady K. Howard, president of
the Kings Mountain club; Charles
L| Alexander, secretary of the
Kings Mountain club; 'Merle H.
Tucker, president of Kiwanis In
ternational; and O. E. Peterson,
secretary of Kiwanis Internation
al.
The plaque reads: “Be it known
that Rev. William P. Gerberding
has been a member of Kiwanis !
International for the period of 25
years as shown by the official
organization records and be it
further known that he is hereby
accorded distinctive recognition
and the admiration and gratitude
of his club, district and Kiwanis
international...’’
The Kings Mountain Kiwanis
rlub signature was affixed to
the plaque as was the “K” em
blem.
Dr. Gerberding also received
from the local club a sterling
silver pin in recognition of his
long service to the club.
Ben Moomaw's
Father Passes
Benjamin F. Moomaw, secre
tary and executive director of
Roanoke Chamber of Commerce
for 30 years and father of Kings
Mountain National Military Park
Superintendent Ben F. Moomaw,
Fr„ died in a Roanoke hospital
last Thursday afternoon. He was
H. -
Funeral rites. were held in
Roanoke Saturday morning at
11:30. Supt. and Mrs. Moomaw
and son, Benjie, went to Roanoke,
returning hom Tuesday.
Widely known as a leader in
conservation and industrial de
velopment circles and as an ad
vocate of good roads, Mr. Moo.
(Continued On Page Eight)
Wood Jackson
Rites Conducted
On Wednesday
Funeral rites for Thompson
Wood Jackson, 57, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
fnom First Presbyterian church,
interment following in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
Mr. Jackson succumbed Mon
day night of cancer at 7 p.m. at
his home following a four-week
illness.
A native of York County, S. C.,
he was the son of the late Wil
liam Thompson and Lela Falls
Jackson. Superintendent of the
Weaving department at Massa
chusetts Mohair Plush Company’s
Neisler plant, he was a member
of Cleveland County Ham Radio
club, member of First Presby
terian church and member of
Loyal Order of Moose.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Beulah Fleming Jackson;
three sons, Arthur Lee Jackson
of Leaksville, Robert T. Jackson
of Greensboro and Harold J.
Jackson of Chicago, 111.; three
daughters, Mrs. J. R. Davenport
of Charlotte, Msr. Edwin B.
Smith of Kinston and Miss Mar
garet Ann Jackson of Kings
Mountain; three brothers, Bever
ly P. Jackson of Kings Mountain,
Howard B. Jackson of Kings
Mountain and New York; and
William Jackson of Lowell; two
sisters, Mrs. John Hoyle of Shel
by and Miss Janie Jackson ot
Kings Mountain; and two half
sisters, Mrs. Marshall Barnette
of Charlotte and Miss Lela Jack
son of Clover, S. C.
Dr. Paul Ausley officiated at
the final rites. Active pallbearers
were Carl Logan, Dewjy Book
out, Dr. O. P. Lewis, John Lutz,
Jack Mathis and Floyd Willis.
Easter Sunrise
Rites Planned
Plans for the traditional com
munity-wide Easter Sunrise Ser
vice were announced this week
by the Kings Mountain Minister
ial Association.
The serveice will be held in
Memorial Park of Mountain Rest
cemetery Easter morning, April
14th, at 6 a.m.
Rev. Marion DuBose, president |
of the minister’s group, will lead
the responsive call to worship
after a prelude of music by an
.instrumental ensemble. Rev. R.
Lewis MoGaha will pray the in
Jvocation and the congregation
will sing “Christ the Lord Is Ri
sen Today.’’
Rev. H. G. Clayton will read
the scripture and Rev. J. W. Phil
lips will offer the morning pray
er. Combined choirs from all ar
ea churches will sing “Rejoice,
the Lord Is King” under the di
rection of Allen Jolly. Mrs. J. N.
McClure will be at the piano.
The Easter Sermon will be de
livered by Rev. B. L. Raines, pas
tor of First Baptist chu-ch.
Rev. George Julian will pro
nounce the benediction.
The program committee inclu
des Rev. B. L. Raines, Rev. H.
D. Garmon and Dr. W. L. Press
ly. Arrangements at Memorial
Park are under the direction of
Cemetery Supt. Sam Suber
Miss Phillips
In Student Post
Miss Vinelle Phillips, Kings
Mountain freshman at Centra]
Wesleyan College at Central, S.
C., has been elected treasurer of
the student body for 1963-64.
Daughter of Rev. and Mrs. J.
W. Phillips, Miss Phillips was
named in campus-wide elections
last week.
CANDIDATES — Ray Cline, top,
is a candidate tor re-election as
Ward 1 commissioner. Norman
King, center, and Paul Ledford,
below, are contestants for the
Ward 4 position being vacated by
Ben H. Bridges.
Easter Seal
Goal $2,000
Mrs. Jack Hauser will serve as
co-chairman of the 1963 Easter;
Seal Sale campaign in Kings1
Mountain, Mrs. Hugh Yates,
chairman, announced this week.
Mrs. Yates also said that Otis
Falls, Jr., will head an “Eas'er
parade” of house - to - hou-e|
canvassing for donations prior to
Easter Sunday, April 14.
Goal of the drive in Kings'
Mountain is $2,000 and in Cleve
land County $10,000.
A tag day sale will be con
ducted by a local youth organiza
tion on April 6th or 13, Mrs. Yaie
noted.
In Cleveland Couniy 369 crip-'
pled children will benefit from
the sale of Easter seals this
spring. From funds raised, 90 per
cent will remain in the county
and state and 10 percent will go'
to the national foundation lor j
research.
The drive, which began here
March 7th, will continue through
April 14.
Citizens not contacted via1
house - to - house solicitation and
who wish to make donations
should forward them to: Easter
Seals, Mrs. Hugh Yates, 403 E.
Parker street, Kings Mountain.
S450.G0C Coxey Accident Damage
Action Is Settled For S61.000
A damage action for $430,000,
resulting from a traffic accident
on C over road, was settled by
agreement in Gaston Superior
court this week.
The accident, on June 13, 1961,
cost the lives of 'Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Coxey, of Dallas, and result
ed in severe injuries to two of
their children, Judy Faye Coxey,
age 13, and Grady Michael Cox
ey, age * nine. The third child,
eight-month old Terese Lucille
Coxey wasn’t injured.
Fred V/. Plonk, of Kings Moun
tain, who had been made party
to the complaint, pays $1500 as
his share of the settlement. Ini
tial defendents 1n the litigation
were Bruno Beccari, Providence,
R. I., driver of the truck which
smashed the Coxey car head-on
acid Met o Atlantic Ink Company,
also of Providence and owner of
the truck.
The fatal crasn occurred wher
the trucker hit the northbound
Coxey car. Mr. Plonk w;is driver
•f the first car and had slowed
to enter Pldrik Oil Company.
The legal settlement was sign
ed TXiesday by Superior Court
J'udge H. L. Riddle, Jtr., after the
trial had begun Monday.
Under the agreement, awards of
$15,250 each were made to the
two injured children and their
late father and mother, and $500
to the uninjured baby.
Contest Posed
For Ward 4
City Position
Two candidates, Paul H. Led
ford and Norman King, filed
their candidacies this week for
the Ward 4 commissionership be
ing vacated by Ben H. Bridges and
Ray W. Cline filed for re-election
to a second term as Ward 1 com
missioner.
The new filing brought to cighl
the total of candidates for live
city and two board of education
elective offices.
To date there are only two
contests, for mayor, between
Mayor Kelly Dixon and Ex-Mayor
Glee A. Bridges, and the Ward 4
commissioner job.
No candidate has yet filed for
Ward 2 commissioner, where Eu
gene Goforth is expected to seek
re-election
Only one candidate, George H.
Mauney, has filed for the beard
of education, with two positions
to be filled. Chairman Fred W.
Plonk, completing his second
term, is expected to seek re-elet
tion. Dr. P. G. Padgett, also com
pleting his second term, has -in
dicated to friends he will retire
with completion of his term jp
May.
Other candidates are T. 1.
(Tommy) Ellison, seeking re-elec
tion for Ward 3 commissioner,
and J. E (Zip) Rhea, seeking re
election for Ward 5 commission
e.\
Mr. Cline, serving as police
commissioner in the present ad
ministration, is an overseer at
Mauney Hosiery Company. He is
a navy veteran of World War II,
past commander of Otis D. Green
Post 155, American Legion, and a
pact Legion district commander.
He is a member of Kings Moun
tain Moose Lodge.
Mr. King, member of the ser
i vice staff of Southern Bell Tele
phono & Telegraph' Company,
was a candidate for the comr/ic
sion in 1961, losing to Comm.
Bridges In a run-off election. I'e
is a member of Second Bapti t
church.
Mr Ledford, an employee of
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company, is a former commis
sioner, having served tile uncx
pired term of the late Oliver T.
Hayes. He, too, was a candidate
for the Ward 4 position In 19G1.
7. W. Cazroli's
Bites Comets:!
Funeral rites for John William
Carroll, 94, of route 1, weio held
Wednesday at 2:30 p..m. fr< m
Penley’s Chapel Methodist
church, interment following: in
Patterson Grove cemetery.
Mr. Carroll died Monday morn
ing in the Kings Mountain hos
pital. A retired farmer, he vv. s
the son of the late Mr. and M> s.
Edgar Carroll. He was a native
of Gaston County.
lie is survived by his wife, Mr*.
Minnie Goforth Cairoll; five
sons, Henry, J. C., Sam and
George Carroll, all of Kings
Mountain, and James Carroll of
Grover; five daughters, M s.
Sinclair Bridges, Mrs. Magg'c
bee Hamrick, Mrs. Pauline Per
kins, all of Kings Mountain, M.s.
Essie 'Mason of Ware Sho ts, SO.
and Mrs. Audrey Hancock rf
Charlotte; and a half.sister, 'Mrs.
Alice Biddix of Gaffney. S. C. Al
so surviving are 43 grandeh 1
clren,, 32 great-grandehildrrn and
one great.great grandchild
Rev. Leonard Huffstetter was
assisted by Rev. R. L. McGah i
and Rev. Mr. Grigg in officiating
at the final rites and inter merit
was made in Patterson Grove
cemetery
KMHS Loses 4 6
To lones, East
An infield single in the le t
half of the seventh fram? mar
red the otherwise perfecc 19(3
pitching debut of Simon Jonci
Wednesday afternoon in City Sta
dium as the Ea't Rutherford Cav
aliers blanked the Mountaineers
in the season's opener 4-0.
Coasting along on a four-run
cushion Jones was slow in mak
ing his play to first on Gold's
roller, thereby losing his bid fct
a season - opening no - hitter.
The Mountaineers failed to Jsit a
ball past the Infield.
A squeeze - play following Lar
ry Marshall’s leadoff triple in the
welcome frame started the scor
ing for the winners, and they
added singletons In the third,
fourth and sixth innings.
Jones logged 10 strikeouts in
chalking up win number one.
Line Scores:
E High 10 1 10 1 C—1 6 0
K. M. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 1 3