) Pages Today Vol. 74 No. 14 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 4, 1963 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Local News Bulletins p-t-s-a meeting The Parent - Teacher - Student association will hold the annual business meeting Thursday even ing following the family life seminar at Kings Mountain high school, Mrs. John Cheshre has an nounced. TO EL PASO Pvt. John McGinnis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Taul McGinnis, left Wednesday for El Paso, Texas, after spending a furlough with his parents. He recently complet ed army basic training. AFS MEETING The Kings Mountain AFS com mittee 'Will meet at 2 p.m. Thurs day, April 4th, at Kings Moun tain high school. The group will meet in the principal’s office. LODGE MEETING Regular communication of Fair view Lodge '339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7::30 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Secretary T. T>. Tindall has announced. COURT THURSDAY The weekly session of City Re corder’s Court will be held Thurs day at 2 p.m. It was postponed from Monday when Judge Jack White represented the city in Su perior Court. SPECIAL SERVICE First Church of The Nazarene will participate in the regular world - wide Easter offering Sun day, April 14th. Goal set by the local church is $200. The general church godl is over $1 million,the money received will be used for World - Wide evangelism, pastor H. S. Clayton said. HOLT WEEK RITES Holy Week services will be held next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings at Central Methodist church. Services will be at 7:30 p.m. with the Sacra* ment of Holy Communion to be administered on Thursday even ing. SERVICES CONTINUING Revival services are continuing through Sunday at Macedonia Baptist church on Grover road each evening at 7 p. m. Rev. M. L. Sides of Amity Baptist Church, Lincolnton is evangelist and Dou glas Ledford, student at Gardner - Webb College is directing the music. SUMNASTIC CLASSES Slimnastic classes for women are continuing twice weekly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the National Guard Armory. The classes are under sponsor ship of the city recreation corn mis Aon. BUILDING "PERMIT City officials issued a building permit to Paul Roper Wednesday, for the construction of a five - room, $8000 house on Katherine Street. » NO WRECKS For the second consecutive week city police received no calls to investigate wrecks, Desk Serg eant Earl Stroupe, Jr., reported Wednesday. Danny Dyke, 13, Champ Speller D Danny Dyke, 13-year-old seven th grader from Park Grace school, is Kings 'Mountain’s spell ing champ. Young Dyke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Dyke, J«r. of 29 Elm street, copped the annual spelling "bee” here Tuesday by outspelling other spelling rib amps from East, West, North, Grover and Bethwar* schools. The finals were held at the ad ministration building of the city schools. North Principal R. H. Bryant was pronouncer. Student* competed via a 100-word written test Judges were Mrs. Jessie R. Greene from Bethware; Mrs. Wi nona Hamrick torn Grover; E. 3. Evans from Park Grace; Mrs. Irene B. Carrp from East; and Mrs. Elizabeth F. Griffith from West school. As winner of the city spelling bee, young Dyke will represent Kings Mountain in the annual region*! spelling bee of the Char lotte Observer in Charlotte April 19th. He will also receive the F. R. Summers spelling medal given by First Union National Bank In jfemory of the late hank presi dent. ■ J ‘-f - . / ■>- N, Other students competing were Douglas Seseoras from West school; Gaither Buxngardner from Grover school; Debra Lefevers from North school; Dennis Brid ges from Beth ware school and Keith Stewart from Bast School COMMANDER — Harold Pearson has been elected commander of Kings Mountain Post 9811, Veter ans of Foreign Wars. He will suc ceed Marion Dixon. VFW Meets New Officers Kings Mountain Post 9SH, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, elected of ficers for the 1963-64 year At its regular monxhjy meeting Mon day night Then new officers were elected by acclamation following nomi nations from the floor. Elected were Commander, Har old Pearson; Senior Vice Com mander, Ray Cline; Junior Vice Commander, Earl Stroupe, Sr.; Adjutant and Quartermaster, Harold Glass; Chaplain, George Stroupe; Surgeon, Marvin Go forth; Judge Advocate, Bill Whet stine; Trustee (three -- year), Quay Hambright. Outgoing Commander Marion Dixon and Vast Commander Paul Dover were elected to threeryear terms on the House and Rules Committee. Installation of ithe /new offic ers has been scheduled for the regular meeting May 6, and the new board of officers will /take over the administration of the post officially In -June. Resurrection To Conficm Fm Resurrection Lutheran church will observe Palm Sunday with annual confirmation rites, the pastor Rev. George T. Moore has announced. To he confirmed, after .two years study, are Paul Dunn, Dan ny Dyke, Ricky Henson, Alex I Moore and Kathy Plonk. Several adults will be received into mem bership also at the Sunday morn ing service. Following the 7:30 evening ser vice, at which a film “I Beheld His Glory" will he shown, a : re ception for the new members will be held at 8:30. Beginning Monday evening, traditional Holy Week services' will he held nightly at 7:30 ^through Thursday, when the Lord’s Supper will be adminis tered. On Good Friday, the pas tor will conduct a series of medi tations, from noon until 3 p. m. on “The Seven Last Words.” LIONS TO MEET Kings Mountain Lions will ga ther for regular meeting Tues day night at 7 p. m. at the Wom an’s club. Program is being ar ranged by George B. Thomas son. Candidate List Remains Static Outward Interest In City Politics Continues Quiet By MAirrm harmon The 1963 city political season may be the quietest, and is to date, of any since 1945. The candidate list remained static during the past week. The score to date: two-man contest for mayor and Ward 4 commissioner, no candidate as yet for Ward 2 commissioner nor for one of two board of education positions, and only eight candi dates fo ra total of eight elective 'positions. Are citizens disinterested this year in local politics? Or is the quiet merely outward and the calm before a political storm? These questions are being asked both by candidates and by inter ested citizens. Past political history may (or may not) offer some clues. A decade ago, by April 1, a dozen candidates had entered the race for City HUH positions, five more than have filed this year. By April 5, two years ago, no less than 20 candidates were on the firing line for the six City Hall elective offices. Conversely, the active year of 1947 was slow developing, as ma jority of the candidates waited until late April to pay their filing fees. But 18 names were printed on the ballot for the six posts at City Hall. In that year, however, politicking started in the dead of winter. A popular demand for a charter change, to provide elec tion of .the mayor and city-wide voting, was a prelude to the con test of .personalities. There’s still a sufficiency-of ffi fime. V. : The law stipulates that candi date must file not more than 15 days prior to the 'election, which makes this yearns filing deadline April 29. 'Voting day will be May m The candidates to date: For Mayor — Kelly Dixon, in cumbent, and Glee A. Brdges. For Ward 1 Commissioner — Ray W. Cline, incumbent. For Ward 3 Commissioner — T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, incumbent. For Ward 4 Commissioner — Norman King and Paul W. Led ford. For Ward 5 Commissioner — J. E. (Zip) Rhea. For Board of Education trustee — George H. Mauney. Easter Seal Canvass Sunday An Easter Seal parade-canvass for benefit of the Cleveland County Easter Seal fund drive will be held here Sunday aiter noon. Mrs. Hugh Yates, Kings Moun tain chairman of the 1963 appeal, said that members of Lutheran Troop 91, of .which Otis Falls, Jr. is scoutmaster, will conduct a house-to-house canvass. Rainbow Girls will conduct a street sale of Easter lily lapel pins Saturday and again on Sat urday, April 13th. The Easter Seal campaign will continue through Easter Sunday. Fiber Industries Announces Flans To launch Fourth Expansion Soon A fourth major expansion of Fiber Industries will be launch ed soon, President James H. Black announced Monday. Concurrently, Mir. Black said that new .facilities for prod acing Fortrel polyester fiber and yarn came “on stream” Monday, the new facilities tripling the original capasity of the big; manufacturer at Earl, on Buffalo creek. The additional facilities, to be constructed by Daniels Construc tion Company, are scheduled for completion In late. 1963 and will provide production capacity in ex cess of 40 million pounds annual ly. Original production goal tor the Bari Plant was 40 million pounds annually. Last Thursday, Vice-President J. Bailey Phelps said his company envisions a need for 70 million pounds annual capacity, with Fi ber Industries particularly bullish on prospects of heavy use of the fiber Jby the tire industries of the 'SraSSSfSASl donal capacity would be built at Bari, though he said the com pany has utilized only about one fifth of its acreage at the Earl plant. , Fiber Industries, Inc-, is joint ly owned by Imperial Chemicals, Ltd,, of Great Britain, and by Celanese Corporation, of this country. Its marketing agent is Celanese Fibers Company. The company currently employs about 500 hourly-rated personnel, in addition to others in manage-1 meat, research and development. In announcing plans for the fourth expansion, Mr. Black said, "Our sales forecasts on Fortrel in dicate the need for even greater capacity to meet market demand by the end of this year. The Board of Directors, therefore, has authorized another expansion which, when completed in late 1963, will boost the Shelby Plant's capacity to well in excess of 40 million pounds per year." Mr. Black cited steadily rising demand for Foetid in a broaden ing line of fabrics as well as 'the success of Forbrel blends in heavier weight women’s and men's wear" as major factors in Che decision tp further expand ca parity. - r- ■ ■ ■ . With the completion of the new facilities at the Shelby Plant, Fiber Industries, Inc- is now able to supply polyester filament yam on beam* for the knitting trade. APPOINTEE — Robert Hugh English, of Danville, Va., has been accepted for admission to the United States Naval Academy in June. He is a grandson of Mrs. J. C. Jolly, of Kings Mountain. English To Enter Naval Academy Robert Hugh (Rocky) English, a grandson of Mrs. J. C. Jolly, of Kings Mountain, will report in June as a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. English, of Danville, Va., for merly of Kings Mountain, Mr. English goes on the naval acad emy as the principal candidate appointed hy Rep. William M. Tuck, of Virginia’s fifth con gressional district. A senior at George Washington high school in Danville, the aca demy appointee is active in num erous extra-curricular activities and a "varsity letterman in both football and wrestling. Baptist €hob To Sing Cantata The Combined Choirs of Kings Mountain Baptist church will sing the Easter Cantata, 'The Resur rection Song” by Louise E. Stairs Sunday night at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. J. C. Bridges, director of the Adult and Intermediate choirs, is directing the program. Rev. Marion DuBose, pastor of the church, said the interested public is invited to participate in the service. “Some 25 voices will tell the Resurrection story in song and we invite friends from our neigh boring churches and others in terested in hearing this Easter program.” The Baptist service will be the second Palm Sunday musical service in Kings Mountain. Bids Received Fox Road lobs Wilson Construction Company, Inc., of Salisbury was low bidder for .53 mile of grading, base course and culvert for relocating! of secondary Road 2283 and cul vei l ac uixon orancn. Secondary Road 2283, more fa miliarly known as the Dixon road, connects with N. C. 216 south of Interstate 85. In another bid, Dickerson, Inc., of Monroe, was low bidder at $95,255 on resurfacing six sec tions of primary and secondary roads totaling 14.55 miles. The bidding is to be reviewed by the State highway commission Thursday morning. Rabies Clink Here Saturday Dr. Jacob P. Mauney, veteri narian. has announced a sched ule of rabies clinic In the Kings Mountain area beginning Satur day. Saturday’s clinic will begin at 9 am. and close at 11:30 am. and includes: Leonhardt's Grocery from 9 to 9:15 am. Claude Hannon’s Store from 9:15 until 9:30 am. G. A- LaiTs Grocery from 9:30 to 10 am. Cash Service Station from 10 to 10:15 am. Bethware school bom 10:15 to 10:30 a.m. Old Blalock Park Inn from 10:30 to 10:45 a.m. Kings Mountain City Hall from 11 to 11:30 am. Simons Speaker For Kiwanis Farmer's Night Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will be host to farmers of the area Thursday night for the club’s annual Farmer’s Night banquet. J. C. Bridges, chairman of the committee on arrangements, has announced that Henry M. Sim ons, Jr., manager of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company’s agri culture department, will make the principal address. With Wachovia Bank of Char lotte for the past six years, Mr. Simons is chairman of the Com m u n i t y Development division, Piedmont Area Development as sociation, and chairman of the agriculture committee of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. A graduate of Clemson college in 1946, he received a master's de gree in agriculture from the Uni vrsity of Maryland in 1961. He is a former 'regional editor for the Farm Journal. Other members of the Kiwanis committee on arrangements in clude N. F. McGill, B. M. Or mand, P. M. Neisler, Sr., and L. Arnold Kiser. The banquet will begin at 6:45 at the Woman’s Club. Methodist Cantata Sunday The 30-voiee choir of Central Methodist church will present the Easter cantata, ‘‘The Seven Last Words Of Christ” by Theo dore DuBois Sunday afternoon at 5:30 pun. Directed by MtS. J. N. McClure, the choir will sing the Easter message DuBois set to muisc of the moving meditation of the sa cred passion of the Holy Redeem er. The Easter cantata will begin Holy Week services in Kings Mountain, as virtually all Kings Mountain churches have planned special services, some to be held each night during Holy Week; others aC mid~week\ services and on Holy Thursday and Good Fri day. “A cordial invitation is extend ed the people of Kings Mountain to hear this stirring Easter mes sage set to music”, Rev. H, D. Gannon, pastor, said in announc ing the service. Members of the choir are: Sopranos; Mrs. Delbert Dixon, Mrs. Bill Allen, Miss Mary Alice McDaniel, Mrs. Bill Tinsley, Mrs. Jacob Dixon, Miss Winifred Ful ton, Miss Bessie Bumgardner and Miss Marilyn Dixon. Altos: Miss Joan McClure, Mrs. Baxter Payseur, Mrs. W. A. Rus sell, Misses Teresa McDaniel, Te resa Dixon, Kay McSwain and Mary Wright. Tenor: W. A. Russell, Gene Pat terson, Arthur Walker, and Ja cob I>bcon. Bass; Delbert Dixon, Carlton Harris, Bill Allen and B. S. Peel er, Jr. Holy Week Sendees Begin Holy week services begin Sun day with Palm Sunday services at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor, has announced. Special music by the choir and the solo, “The Palms”, sung by Miss Frances Summers, will fea ture the service. The church will be decorated with palms and Dr. Gerberding will use the sermon topic, “Palms for the King.” Tlwre will be a baptismal ser vice for children. services sunaay inrougn t ri day will be at 7:30 p.m. with spe cial singing nightly. Tuesday eve ning the high school mixed cho rus, under the direction of Mrs. J. N. McClure, will render special j music. Holy Thursday will include the observance of the Lord’s Supper. Sermon themes will include: Sunday: “Pity Poor Peter". Monday: “The Roman Trial” Tuesday: “Via Dolorosa” Wednesday: “Thou Lamb Of Cal vary.” Thursday: “The Torn Curtain” Friday: "Dead And Buried” Plans Far Underway For Sunrise Service Community-wide Easter Sun rise services will be held at Me morial Park of Mountain Rest cemetery April 14 it € i m., spoksmen for the Kings Moun tain Ministerial Association have announced. Complete program will be an nounced next week Various ministers of the com munity -will participate in the service, expected to 'draw a large crowd. Combined choirs from Kings Mountain area churches will render Easter an thems, under direction of Allan Jolley. School Architects Working On Pupil Movement Problem CHARIMAN — Mrs. George B. Thomasson is Kings Mountain chairman of the 1963 cancer drive which began this week and continues throughout the month of April. Cancel Fund Goal $3500 Mrs. George B. Thomasson will head the 1963 cancer drive in Kings Mountain which officially got underway Monday. Concurrently, Mrs? Mftl A. Spangler, Sr., chairman of the Cleveland County cancer drive, announced the gift of $200 from the county cancer society to the Kings Mountain hospital this week for purchase of iradium. The check was presented by Mrs. Thomasson to Q/ady Howard, hospital administrator Wednes day morning. Goal of the drive in the Kings Mountain area is $3,500. Mrs. Thomasson announced these chairmen of committees: John Cheshire, industrial; Mrs. Jim Dickey and Mrs. Walter Harmon, residential; Mirs. Henry Neisler, spec.al gifts; Bob Min cey and Bob Southwell, mer chants; Bob Bridges, outlying dis tricts. Wife of George B. Thomasson, Kings Mountain lawyer, Mrs. Thomasson is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Arthur. She is a graduate of Kings Mountain high school and Brenau college of j Gainesville, Ga. The Thomassons j are parents of a one-year-old i daughter, Ann Arthur. They are members of First Presbyterian church. “Kings (Mountain citizens have long been generous in giving in the fight against cancer”, Mrs. Thomasson noted. “Cancer claims many lives each year”, she con tinued. We anticipate that the 1963 fund drive goal will be ex ceeded.” METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $196.70, including $130.80 from on-street meters, $46 from over parking fees, and $19.90 from off street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel, Jr. reported. Architects, State Officials Confer Again Movement of students and gen eral traffic flow in the proposed ne wiKings Mountain high school brought suggestions from state officials Friday. School architects carried the most recent plans for the new school to Rale.gh Friday and con ferred with Marvin Johnson, De sign Consultant for the Division of School Planning. After study of the plans, John son offered suggestions relative to facilitating the folw of student traffic, particularly at the north wing of the proposed structure. Johnson pointed out thep ossl bility of eonjestion in that sector of the building, especially during class changes and when busses load and unload. This section of the building, in the present plans, is two-Jevel and busses load and unload from this area. Johnson's suggestions dealt with the possible problem of traffic jams on the stairways. Also discussed at the Friday meeting were the advantage* and disadvantages of one-level and multi-level structures. However, nothing was Immediately forth coming from this discussion, Presently Tom Cothran and Fred Van Wagenlngen, school architects of Architects Asoscl ated, are working on the suggest ed changes of the possible stu dent traffic problems. Annual Refailez Banquet Held “We are, living in serious, times.” iL. D. Brooks, Charlotte bank er, addressing the annual Mer chants Association banquet Fri day night, elaborated on the fact that the potentialities of Ameri can enterprise which have built a great nation are now threaten ed. “It's up to us to educate our citizens and children", he said. Mr. Brooks was referring par ticularly to the major threat of communism. He illustrated by dress and speech a working com munist comrade in a communist community, using Karl Marx 1875 doctrine, "from each acco d ing to his ability, to eacli accord ing to his needs". In the South, with 31 percent of the people of America, 24 per cent of the income and 17 perunt of research, a recent survey of school students in Charlotte re vealed that 36.3 percent subscri bed to communist thinking, sta tistics reflecting lack of under standing of young people to free enterprise, Mr. Brooks pointed out. "The responsibility rests with us to educate our young people to appreciate democracy," he add ed. Mr. Brooks was presented by W. G. (Bill) Jonas. President Glee E. Bridges, in (Continued On Page Eight) City Insurance Carrier Withdrew On Eve Of Mackey Damages Trial By MARTIN HARMON The litigation against I. M. Al len, Sr., the City of Kings Moun tain, and several others for dam ages alleged in the death of J. B. Mackey was non-suited in Cleve land Superior Court Monday. Even so, other litigation may be the result, specifically, a suit by the City of Kings Mountain against Nationwide Mutual In surance Company, the city’s com prehensive liability carrier at the time of Mackey’s death. By registered letter of March 27, received by the city on Friday, C. L. Stancil, of Raleigh, the in surance firm’s regional claims at torney, notified the city it was discharging Falls, Falls and Hamrick, attorneys retained for the city’s defense and advised that the city obtain its own coun sel. The board of commissioners met in special session Saturday morning and authorized the city attorney to retain what counsel he thought might be required and Falls, Falls and Hamrick was retained. r. Stancil had also contend ed in the letter: 1) the city's poli cy had not provided the particular type of coverage needed; 2) the company was not Informed until two years had elapsed after the accident; 3) that Nationwide’s en trance was due to a mistake be tween the attorneys and com pany representatives; 4) that answers were filed without the company's knowing the full facts of the case; and 5) that the amount of the action (for $62, 000) was without the outside lim its of coverage $50,000. At Saturday morning’s meet ing, the commission discussed possible litigation against Na tionwide, should any damage award be made against the city. Mayor Kelly Dixon presumes the city will sue Nationwide to collect any legal fees of Falls, Falls and Hamrick for their ser vices, which dates Irom about 10:30 Saturday morning to Tues day morning’s non-suit. The case was non-suited after Judge W. K. McLean had ruled Coroner J. Ollle Harris’ testimony as to cause of death unaccept able. The autopsy in the case was conducted by Dr. R. C. Henry, for merly pathologist at Cleveland Memorial hospital, but now of Richmond, Va. The report had showed that Mackey and Mrs. Margaret C. Hamrick had died during the night of December 21, 1958. at Royal /Motel of carbon monoxide poisoning. The administratrix of the Mack ey estate brought suit against the several defendants on Decem ber 19, 1960, alleging negligence caused Mackey's death. MAY QUEEN — Gail Huffstetler will reign as May Queen in high school May Day exercises next month. Gail Huffstetler Is May Queen Gall Huflstctler, high school senior and daughter of Mr. astd IMrs. R. T. Iiuffstetlor of the Bethlehem community, will reign as Mtay Queen at Kings Mouataiw high school. Miss Huffstetlor and members of the May Court were selected In voting by the student body last week. Diane Roberts will crown the Queen and maids-of-honor will in clude Margaret Sides, Janell O wens and Norma Karr, all sen iors. Two attendants from each class will Include: Freshmen Lu» ! da Brown and Mary Ann Morri son; Sophomores Susan Mo.der l«nd Kuthy Ellison; Juniors Jua nita Dellinger and Emogene Rob inson ; and seniors Carol Bridges and Susan Hoad. The May Day exe clscs are sixmsored annuully by the "K" club and high school physical eduoation classes. Trinity Plans Special Rites Trinity Episcopal church, Phif er Hoad, will begin preparations for Easier this Sunday. At the regular 10 a. m. service, the o vents that led to the O. uclfixion and Resurrection will start to be traced. At the service Christ's entry into Jerusalem is re-enacted w.lh Palms. After reading the story of the Triumphal Entry, the con gregation carries the blessed palms in procession. During the following service of Holy Com munion, the story of Christ's Pas sion and Curelfixion are m.d from St. Matthew. This Cospel Nairratlve is preceeded by the singing of the familiar Negio Spiritual, “Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?’’ Music for the service 'Includes the ‘ Ey rie", "Sanetus”, und “Agi.ua Dei’’ by John Me.’beeke writ.on In 1550 and sung by the congre gation. A apodal singing ol the Lord's Prayer will use aneiei t music dating buck as early as the first Judea • Christian com munities. The first half of the Passion Narrative according to St. Ma.k will be read for the (iospel L< n son at the lloly Com nr jn. on Set vice on Monday morning a; 7 a. m. The Narmtive is complctid the next day at the Conimun.un Service held at 10 a. m St. Luke’s Narrative of the the Pussion will be begun at the Holy Communion on Wednesday at 7 a. m. It will be concluded at the Communion Service the next day. On Wednesday Evening at (Continued On Page Eight) White Way Light-Up Due Friday Night The Battleground avenue — Railroad avenue of the city busi ness section should be brighter Friday night. Hunter Allen, eleotrical super intendent, says he anticipates pulling the switch to supply pow er to the ten new outdoor light ing units, each with l/K)0-watt mercury vapor lamps, at dusk Friday. “We lack one piece of equip ment, but the salesman tut* promised we’ll have it in tlmp, even if he has to b* the delivery boy," Mr. Allen commented. The city electrical crew b—* been busy for the past two weeks installing new under ground cable to serve the new lighting units.