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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 ThU figure fair Create! Kluge Horn tain le derived bon the 1955 Kluge Mountain city directory ceneue. The dte Unite figure le boa the United Statue ceneue «C 1MO. Pages Today Vol. 74 No. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday April I I, 1963 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CEN» All - New City, School Board Registration To Start City Likely To Pledge Sewage Treatment New Facilities Would Be In Use By January '67 By MARTIN HAHMON The city commission will con sider Thursday night application for temporary permit to continue contaminating three streams with sewage — together with com mitment to discontinue the con tamination not later than Janu ary 1, 1967. The commitment to discontinue contamination of King’s Creek, Beason’s Creek, and Pilot Branch (Nebo Creek) will pledge the city to replace four over-loaded and defectively operating Imhoff-type sewage outfalls, known as the Ware tank, Mauney tank, and King’s Creek tanks numbers 1 and 2, with a modern sewage dis posal system. Other commitments involved are: 1) the city will receive en gineering reports and plans not later than April 1, 1965, and 2) construction of a modern sewage disposal plant to serve the west ern portion of the city will be gin not later than January 1, 1966. Mayor Kelly Dixon says that .the city’s engineers, W. K. Dick son & Company, of Charlotte, has not attempted even a round - figure estimate of potential cost of a new sewage disposal sys tem. However, the Mayor added, the engineers envision one large disposal plant to serve the whole area as both feasible and cheap er to operate. Under North Carolina, Mayor Dixon adds, Ithe city has little choice but to make the clean-up commitment. ) Several years ago the General Assembly created the Department of Water Resources state stream sanitation committee, with a long-term approach to assuring the state of adequate water re sources for the future. Exhaustive studies were made of all the state’s water basins and public hearings were con ducted last year. In line with these reports, the City of Kings Mountain, for instance, staked a claim to Buffalo Creek as a future source of water. The reports also included requirements for even tual decontamination of fresh water streams now being con taminated by domestic sewage, industrial waste and other harm ful affluents. The City, in 1954-55, built a modern sewage plant to serve eastern Kings Mountain on Mc Gill Creek, which is a component of the Catawba River basin. The three streams now heing polluted by Kings Mountain waste are in the Broad River ba sin. St. Luke's Easter Story Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bring ing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others 'with them. And they Sound the stone roll ed away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. And if came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments; And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen: re member how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee. Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sin ful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. And they remembered his Words. And returned from the sepul chre, and told all these things unto the eleven and to all the rest. (Bt. Lube ' : NEW DIRECTORY V; A new telephone directory 1# being compiled Jor Kings- Moun tain; Frank Osborne and Rodney Hutchinson are in twdn thiswedt working on the compilation arid advertising of the directory. 'This directory will be correc ted through June 35 and will be de livered to customers on July 31. Glenn Campbell C of C Secretary Merchants. C of C Plan To Share Office Captain Harold Glenn Camp bell, 35-year veiteran of fire sea who has adopted Kings Mountain as his home, is secretary of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce. President J. Wilson Crawford announced the appointment of Capt. Campbell following a board of directors meeting this week. The Chamber of Commerce offi cial has already assumed his du ties. “In fact,” President Crawford said, “he was at work before the board made the appointment of ficial.” “Captain Campbell declined to accept the initial proffer of the Chamber of Commerce as too high and, indeed, is working for a quite nomial Stipend,” Presi dent Crawford added. “I speak for the board of directors and my self personally in feeling that we are most fortunate in obtaining the services of Captain Campbell as the organization’s chief execu tive officer.” Action by the board was taken on recommendation by a special committee headed by Grady Howard. Concurrently, it was announc ed that the Chamber of Com merce and Merchants Association have reached an agreement whereby the two organizations will share office space in a main street location. The Howard committee also was assigned the task of recom mending main street office space and expects to make a recom mendation in the near future, President Crawford added. Secretary Campbell comment ed, “I feel Kings Mountain needs an active Chamber of Commerce. The citizens who have lived here, either all their lives or for many years, have invited me to work with them, and I pledge to do the best job I can with the tools I have.” Capt. Campbell, his wife and daughter live at 204 Victoria Cir cle. MONDAY FIRECALLS City firemen received two fire calls Monday. The first was to the Kings Mountain Farm Center where a light fixture had ignit ed and the second to Boyce Ware’s to extinguish a grass fire. No damage was reported. WINS PROMOTION — Charles B. Wright, veteran of 14 years ser vice in the Armed Forces, has been promoted to Chief Warrant Officer while serving in Germany. Son of Mrs. Rosa B. Wright of Kings Mountain, he is assistant neudear officer. His address: Hq. 543th USA Arty. Group, APO 403. c/o Postmaster. New York. School Plans Work Continues Plans for the proposed new Kings (Mountain high school, showing changes in line with suggestions of state officials March 29, were dispatched to Ra leigh this week for further study by members of the Division of School Planning. School architects, after confer ring with Marvin Johnson, De- j sign Consultant, altered the for- j .mer plans to allow for easier j movement of students within the school building. Johnson is to review the revis ed plans and make further sug-| gestions, if any, to the school ar-i chitects. F, W. Plonk, chairman of the board of education, told the Her ald Wednesday that he antici pates floor plans for the new school will be completed within two weeks. Superintendent B. N. Barnes, | in Raleigh this<week, is expected in regard to the proposed new to also confer with state officials school. CHURCH SERVICES Morning worship services dur ing the month of April will be broadcast via Radio Station WK MT from Kings Mountain Bap tist church. Raines Will Deliver Community s Annual Easter Sunrise Sermon A large segment of Kings Mountain is expected to gather at Mountain Rest cemetery Sun day morning for the annual com munity-wide Blaster Sunrise Ser vice, which will 'begin with a prelude of Easter music at 6 O’ Clock. The traditional service is under sponsorship of the Kings Moun tain Ministerial Association. Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of First Baptist church, will deliver the Easter sermon and other ministers of the community will participate on the program. Rev. Marion DtfBose, president Traffic Directions Citizens amending the Easter | Sunrise Service are asked to en ter the cemetery via the Suber Gate or Billing Street entrances. Boy Scouts from Troop 91 will direct traffic. In event of rain, : the servjge will be canceled, of the M3i»lSrer'r*gr»ap, will lead the responsive call to worship and Rev." Lewis McGaha will say the invocation. The congregation twill sing, “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today" and Rev. H. Q. Clayton will read the scrlpture. ReV.J. W. Phillips will offer the ‘ morning prayer and combined choirs, under direction of Allen Jolley and Mrs. J. N. McClure, SPEAKER — Rev. B. L. Rcdnes, pastor of First Baptist church, will deliver the Easter sermon at the community-wide Sunrise Ser vice Sundny at 6 aan. at Moun tain Rest cemetery. will sing the anthem, “Rejoice the Lord Is King.” Rev. George Julian will pronounce the ben diction. Mr. DuBose, chairman of the Kings 'Mountain Ministerial As (Continued On Page Bight) Church Rites Highlight Easter Observance Here Traditional Holy Week services will culminate here with tradi tional Easter Sunday services. Maundy Thursday evening communion services will be held at Resurrection and St. Mat thew’s Lutheran churches, Boyce Memorial ARP and First Presby terian churches, among others. Some churches have scheduled special services on Thursday, Fri day and Saturday evenings. A three-hour Good Friday ser vice of meditations from the “Seven Last Words” of Jesus will be held from 12 noon until 3 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran church. Rev. George Moore will lead the service which will also include special music by the Youth and Senior choirs. There will be two Easter Sun rise services. One is the tradition al community-wide service to be held at 6 a.m. at Mountain Rest cemetery and sponsored by the Ministerial Association. Resurrec tion Lutheran church will hold a 6 a.m. service at the church in Crescent Hill with a congrega tional breakfast to follow. School pupils will enjoy a holi day weekend, with classes sus pending Thursday and Monday and resuming Tuesday morning. Majority of retail merchants, along with financial institutions, will be closed on Easter Monday, a traditional holiday. -lA ■■ .--it Three Nominees For legion Post Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., veteran adjutant, Richard (Dick) McGin nis and John Dilling are nomi nees for commander of Otis D. Green Poet 155, American Legion. Mr. McDaniel is the nominat ing committee nominee. Nominees for the five - member executive committee are Gene Gibson, Gene Wright, J. T. Mc Ginnis, Jr., Ray Howell and James Bennett, all nominees of the nominating committee, and John Gladden, T. W. Bryant, Bob Smith, W. D. Morrison and David Delevie, nominated from the floor. Other nominees of the nominat ing committee, which included W. D. Morrison, chairman, Glee A. Bridges, J. Ollie Harris, and Charles E. Dixon, are unopposed. They include: Carl Wilson, first vice-com mander; Carl Weisener, second vice - commander; Wesley Bush, adjutant; Franklin Ware, chap lain; Frank Blanton, sergeant - at - arms; John Weaver, histori an; Grady Howard, service offi cer, and scholarship fund offic ers, Glee A. Bridges and Charles E. Dixon. The voting will be conducted on Friday, May 3. Mayoi Will Ask Ten More lights Mayor Kelly Dixon will recom mend to the city commission Thursday night immediate pur chase and installation of ten ad ditional outdoor lighting units. ‘‘Public approval of the ten units put in use last weekend has been even more than antici pated,” Mr. Dixon said. ‘Ten more units will require about $5, 000 and the money appears to be available.” Should the commission honor the mayoral recommendation, the effect will be a speed-up of the initially planned long-range pro gram to provide adequate out door lighting, first in the business area, and subsequently .through out the city. Retailer's Easter Schedule Given Kings Mountain retail mer chants will be closed on Easter Monday, according to by-laws of the association. Most Kings Mountain grocers were open all day Wednesday. They will resume the half-day Wednesday closing schedule next week. Offices of the savings and loan association*, city offices and bank will also be closed. The postoffice will be open. Goforth, Plonk Seek Re-Election CANDIDATES — Eugene Goforth, above. Ward 2 city commissioner, and Fred W. Plonk, school trus tee. are seeking re-election on May 14. Jackson Damage Award $7300 A Cleveland County Superior Court jury last week awarded Howard B. Jackson $7,500 in dam ages as a result of a boating ac cident on the inland waterway in the summer of 1960. Defendant in the litigation for $50,000 was W. K. Mauney, Jr., and Carolina Throwing Company, Inc. Question answered by the jury affirmatively was whether Mr. Mauney, at the time of the acci dent, was acting in the capacity of an employee or agent of Caro lina Throwing Company, of which he is secretary-treasurer. All parties agreed that plain tiff was injured in the boating accident. Attorneys for defendant enter ed notice of appeal to the North Carolina Supreme Court. Clerk of Court J. W. Osborne said the ap peal would be heard by the high | court at a date to be set. Errant Bullet Creases Hair A Kings Mountain citizen— a lady — reports a harrowing experience recently. Stepping out of her home en route to work, she relates, “A bullet creased my hair, liter ally.” The cartridge imbedded itself in a tree in a neighbor’s yard. "It’s good I wasn’t wearing high heels that morning.” Declining to identify herself, she said she reported the inci dent in the hope that hunters and target practicers will be more careful with their fire. The lady lives about two blocks from the southside city limits. Discharging weapons <*f any kind, .including rifles, is il legal within thflrflty limits. 4 group of Kings Mountain stu dent* beaded by Bill Herndon and Joey Ijedden conducted a day for benefit of the Kings Mountain Easter Seal Drive for crippled children and adults. Ov er $100 was raised. Mayor, Ward 4 Only Positions Yet Contested Eugene Goforth is seeking re election to a second term as Ward 2 city commissioner and Fred W. Plonk is seeking a third term as a member of the Kings Moun tain school district board of edu cation. Both paid their filing fees Wed nesday. Filing by the two incumbents means that at least one candi date seeks all elective offices to be filled at the May 14 city and school district elections. To date, only two contests have developed, both for city offices. Ex-Mayor Glee A. Bridges seeks to regain the position he lost two years ago in a comeback attempt against Mayor Kelly Dixon, and Paul W. Ledford, for mer commissioner, and Norman King are candidates for Waid 4 commissioner to succeed Comm. Ben H. Bridges, who is retiring. Mr. Goforth won the ward 2 position in a close nun-off elect ion with then-Comm. Boyce Gault in 1961. He is an employee of Lithium Corporation of America and part-time painting contrac tor. A onetime professional base ball player, he is a veteran of World War II, having served overseas with an army ordinance unit. He is a member of Central Methodist church. Mr. Plonk, currently chairman | of the board of education, was e leeted to the board in 1951, de feating W. J. Fulkerson. He had no opposition for re-election six years ago. An oil distributor, he is a former auto dealer. A gradu ate of North Carolina State col lege, he is a member of Resurrec tion Lutheran church. Otherwise political activity con tinued quiet during the past week. Last day for filing for office is April 29. The candidates to date; For Mayor—Kelly Dixon, in cumbent, and Glee A. Bridges. For Ward 1 Commissioner — Ray W. Cline, incumbent. For Ward 2 Commissioner — Eugene Goforth, 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 Fred W. Plonk, incumbent, George H. Mauney. Monday Deadline For Tax Returns Easter Monday is also dead line day on filing of 1962 in come tax reports, both federal and state. Penalties are provided for late filing or for failure to file. It is also deadline day for filing North Carolina intangi bles tax returns. RECIPIENT — Stephen M. Kesler is recipient of a fellowship for graduate study in the earth sci ences from the National Science Foundation. Kesler Wins NSF Fellowship Stephen M. Kesler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Kesler of Kings Mountain, is one of 103 Stanford University students a warded fellowships for graduate study by the National Science Foundation. The foundation has awarded a total of 1,889 graduate fellowships to students throughout the na tion. They were chosen from 6,122 applicants. The fellows will receive stip ends varying from $1,800 to $2,200 over a period of a year, plus additional allowances for tuition, fees, and limited travel. Kesler, in his first year of graduate study at Stanford, Calif ornia, is a graduate of the Uni versity' of North Carolina. His fellowship is for further graduate study in the earth sciences. Cancel Workers Are Announced 'Mrs. George B. Thomasson, chairman of the 1933 Kings Moun tain cancer crusade, has complet ed appointment of committee workers for the month-long fund raising effort. The volunteer workers will con duct a house-.o-house canvass ol the following listed streets. Per sons not contacted may forward donations to Mrs. Thomasson at 405 Phifer road. Complete list of solicitors in clude: 'Mrs Gene Timms, Crescent Hill; Mrs. Fred Withers, L n wood; Mrs. Bessie Dickey Beam, East King and Dilling; Mrs. Joe Neisler, Jr., Phifer road and Landing; Mrs Nathan Heed, Edgemont; Mrs. Mary Campbell, Country Club Road: Mrs. D. L. Bennett, Gold St.; 'Mrs. William Herndon, West King; Mrs. A. J. Slater, Fulton and Maner roads; Mrs. Fred Weaver, Juniper; Mrs. J. T. McGinnis, Sims; Miss Mar garet Harmon, Goforth; 'Mrs. Bill Allen, Gaston; Mrs. E. R. Rob erts, N. Piedmont avenue; Mrs. G. C. Smith, Central Piedmont Avenue; Mrs. O. W. Mye s, S. Piedmont avenue; Mrs. W. L. Mauney, W. Mountain street; Mrs. Lawrence Burton, Parker; Mrs. Ben H. Goforth, Shelby road; Mrs. W. B. Grimes, Ridge St.; Mrs. J. V. Pressley,, Battle ground Avenue; Mrs. Sam Ho well, Deal; Paul Ledford, Mrs. Buck Allran, Wells St.; (Mrs. Lee Roberts, Watterson; Mrs. D. W. Whitesides and Mrs. Salmons Church and Boyce; Mrs. Verlee Roberts, Negro division; Warren Byars, Compact community. Foote Posts Ftve-Cents Wage Hike Following Five-Year Safety Recjrd Foote Mineral Company has I raised wages of all hourly rated | employees by five cents per hour. | Neil O. Johnson, manager of the Kings Mountain operation, j made the announcement follow-! ing a company gathering last I Friday at which the firm cele brated recent compilation of a five-year record in which no loss time accidents were suffered. Here to commend employees on the accident-free record, com piled between February 12, 1958, and February 12, 1P»3, were L. G. Bliss, Foote president, and E. P. Comer, director of industrial ■relations. President Bliss presented Mr. Johnson a certificate of achieve ment from the Manufacturing Chemists’ association. Mr. Johnson noted that the chemists’ award, together with prior ones received from the i North Carolina Department of ! Labor , United States Bureau of 'Mines, National Safety council, and Liberty Mutual Insurance company, attest the "outstanding safety record of this organiza tion.” Mr. Johnson added that North Carolina statistics on safety in dicate there would normally have been 17 lost-time accidents during the five-year period. The wage increase is retroac tive to April 1. Registrars Gpen Brand New Books All Precincts Registration books will' open at eight precincts Saturday for the May 14 city and board of educa tion elections. The city commission — the state-constituted elections board for biennial city and school trus tee elections — has ordere.d «m i all-new registration, first simfi 1939. Every citizen who expects to cast a ballot on May 14 must register. City Attorney J. R. Davis not ed this week, on query, that the so-called “Grandfather lause’’ law respecting voting concerns only qualifications for voting, and that no person legally can cast a ballot unless his or her name is on the new pollbooks. Election officials also remind ed that locations of three in-city precincts have been changed. Ward 2 voters, since 1939 voting outride the bounds of their own ward at City Hall courtroom, will l register and vote at .the American Legion building on West Gold street Ward 3 voters, formerly voting at Frank Ballard’s store, will register and vote at East school. Ward 5 voters, formerly voting at East school, will regis ter and vote at the new National Guftrd armory on Phifer road. Other precincts remain un changed, Ward 1 at City Hall, and W'ard 4 at Kings Mountain Manufacturing Company club room on Waco road. At three outside - city precincts, voters wil help determine only the election of two members of the board of education. At Grover fire station, citizens of the county’s Grover precinct esiding within the school district will register and vote. At Park Grace school, ctizens living in he Park Grace - Compact sec ions of the school district will egister and vote. At Bethwaie school, Bethware area citizens of the school district and all oiher citizens within the school dis trict but outside the city limits I will register and vo e. Because of the new registra | “on. the registration period will he one week longer than is eus ! tomary, with registration continu j mg through May 11. The regis trars will be at the precincts each Saturday from 9 am. until sun set. Citizens may register at other times during the April 13-May 11 period at the convenience of the registrars. Saturday, May 11, will also be challenge day. Electrical Bids Likely May 2 The city expects to receive bids on the estimated $135,000 re - vamping of its electrical distribu tion system on May 2, Mayer Kelly Dixon said Wednesday. According to the plans, specifi cations and time schedule pre pared by Southeastern Construc tion Engineers, the city would be In position to let contract at its regular May 9 meeting. The bid instructions’ call for bids to be placed on two incre ments: 1) for installation of switchgear equipment near vhc Duke Power company sub-station; and 2t for distribution line re building, including up - building of primary lines from 2400 to 4100. volts. Swtchgear equipment is now being manufactured by General Electric Company and is schedul ed for shipment about July 1. It will be installed on a lot on Gas ton street already purchased by the city from Melton Hope. While the engineering esti mates for the complete job ap proximated $135,000, the switch gear equipment will cost about $15,000 less than the $40,000. Some $3,000 of this “saving” is being spent currently with Davey Tree Company, for tree-pruning along power lind rights-of-way. Lions Launch Broom Sale (Members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club are conducting their annual broom sale for bene fit of the blind. Household brooms of good q a lity are being offered at the tra ditional price of $1.50. Proceeds are used toy the Lions club for sight conservation work and aid to the needy blind. Committee in charge Includes Qdus Smith, chairman, w. D. Bennett, and W. K. Mauney, JY. All members of the club are m the sales team.