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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 TM* flout* tor Creator Dug* Mountain It dntmd from tb* 1855 King- Mountain city directory ctntut. Tb* dti ttmlU flguz* It Iran tb* United State* cantut of 1880. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Vol.74 No. 17 Established 1889 Seventy-Fourth Year 16 P a q a i Today Kings Mountain, N- C., Thursday, April 25, 1963 PRICE TEN CENTS Hazel Gill Files For Board Post Third Contest Third Beplay Of '61 Voting Hazel Lee Gill, Negro trucker and partner in a funeral home, paid his filing fee as a candidate for Ward 5 commissioner late Wednesday morning. His candidacy poses the third contest for the May 14 biennial city election and another 1961 ci ty replay. He is challenging Mayor Pro Tempore J. E. (Zip) Rhea, who defeated Gill and former Com missioner R. Coleman Stroupe two years ago. In the only other contests to date-and the filing deadline of 4:30 Monday afternoon fast ap proaching -- ex-Mayor Glee A. Bridges is seeking to regain the seat he lost two years ago to Ma yor Kelly Dixon, and Norman King and ex-Commissioner Paul W. Ledford, both candidates for the Ward 4 seat in 1961, are vy ing for the seat Commissioner Ben H. Bridges is vacating after six years of service. /Whether additional candidates and contests would develope pri or to Monday was not known, with many observers regarding the candidate list as complete. One rumor was that a Negro candidate might seek a ‘board of education post for the first tiipe. Mr. Gill, who placed third % the 1961 voting, corraled 4% votes, with support in all wards, to Mr. Rhea’s 981 and Mr. Stroupe’s 7127, Mr. Rhea winning in the run-off. The Gill candidacy brings the candidate list to nine for six City Hall offices. •Fred W. Plonk, seeking re-e lection, and George H. Maiuney, running for the first time, are the lone candidates for the two school trustee positions. Dr. P. G. Padgett, like Mr. Plonk com pleting a second six-year term, ■has made no formal announce ment but has indicated he won’t seek re-election. The candidate list 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 Corrrnissioner — Norman King and Paul W. Led ford. . . , For Ward 5 Commissioner—J. E. (Zip) Rhea, incumbent, and Hazel Lee Gill. For Board of Education trustee ‘Fred W. Plonk, incumbent George H. Mauney. Local News Bulletins TO PRESBYTERY Dr P G. Padgett, elder, and Dr. Paul K. Ausley, pastor-, repre sented First Presbyterian church and Dan Stewart, elder and Rev. James Mann, pastor, ^presented Dixon Presbyterian church at a meeting of Kings Mountain Pres bytery in Cramerton Tuesday. JIO WRECKS City police received no calls to investigate wrecks within the city limits during the past weeK Sergeant Earl Stroupe, Jr., ported Wednesday. FIBECALLS City firemen received two fire calls during the past week, both on Tuesday. First caU was to a stove fire ax 208 Fulton St. where :io damage was reported, arid the second was a grass, fire be hind Shannon limited off Wat terson St ^ The Cleteland CoilSy Rescue Squad AuxiUafy will sponsor a dance SatyrdaJ from 8 until 12 p-rtt. at the American Legion hall. Music will be provided by the Hometowners. Admission is $1.00 per person, $1.50 per eouple. CANDIDATE — Hazel Lee Gill is a candidate for Ward 5 commis sioner. He opposes J. E. (Zip) Rhea, incumbent. Mixed Chorus To Festival televen members of the Kings Mountain high school Mixed Cho rus attended the All-State Festi val Chorus in Greensboro last Wednesday and Thursday. Dr. Henson of Texas Christian University was conductor. Mrs. J. ‘ H, MoClure, director of the high school Mixed Chorus, accom panied the group of students to dreensheeo,--"- - ithlrinp the trip were Laura Page, Kay Maiuney, Karen Fite, Donna Spears, Billie Asm Camp, Karen Hall, Don Hurlbut, Joe Bumgardner, Mickey Bell, Wen dell Phifer, Jr. and Gerald Mc Daniel. Baptists Call Rev. Mr. Inlian 'Rev. George W. Julian, interim pastor of Second Baptist church since October 1st, was called Sun day as the church’s full-time pas tor. Mr. Julian came to Kings Mountain from Temple Baptist church of Brevard. He had for merly served also the Waco Bap tist church. Mrs. Julian is the former Myr tis W. Plott of Kings Mountain. Brower Rites Held Wednesday Funeral rites far Ralph S. Brower, Sr., 68, of Grover were held Wednesday afternoon at 4 p. m. from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home. Mr. Brower died suddenly Mon ay a.m. at 9:30 at his home. A ative of Pennsylvania, he moved 3 Grover about two years ago ollowing his retirement after 41 ears an employee of Western Uectric Corporation of Lester, ’ennsylvania. He was a son of he late Mr. and Mrs. Herman :. Brower. He is survived by his wife, rs Myrtle Wells Pruette Bro er: one daughter, Mrs. Mary rower Norman of Grover; tree sons, Ralph S. Brower, Jr., ' Sharon Hill, Pa., Arthur E. rower of Spartanburg, a. C. id Herbert D. Brower of Day na Beach, Fla.; two stepsons, urray Pruette of Grover and eniamin Pruette of Lester, Pa.; ra'brothers, Herbert Brower of hiladelphia, Pa. and Pranas rower of Sharon Hill, Pa.; 19 'andohildren and two great candchildren. lev. Marion DuBose, pastor of igs Mountain Baptist church, iciated at the final rites, and erment was made in the Gro cemetery. elected [Hip Humphries, son of Mr. Mrs Tom Humphries, was Resident and Steve son of Mr. and Mrs. WJT. ell, was elected vice - oresi of Welch Dormitory at North lina State college for the jig year. Both are rising sen and are college roommate*. Jaycees Report Bus For X-Ray Unit Ordered A new bus to house the Cleve land County X-ray unit was or dered Tuesday and delivery is an ticipated within the next 30 days. Kings Mountain citizens, minus the services of the free health service since the old vehicle was parked in November, may ex pect regular visits of the mobile on downtown streets shortly. Bill Jonas, chairman of the Kings Mountain fund drive for the new mobile, reported contri butions of $2,150 from Kings Mountain area citizens. Jaycees from Shelby and Kings Moun tain sponsored the bus project and have raised a grand total of $6,800, short by $500 the amount required to fully pay for the new bus. Kings Mountain and Shelby Jaycees donated the original bus, a 1942 model, and the Unit in May, 1949. The X-ray equip ment still remains in excellent condition and experts say when housed in the new bus will be us able for many more years of op eration. The X-ray unit hadn’t missed a visit to Kings Mountain in 16 years until last November when the bus was parked. Since that time citizens have driven to the Health Center in Shelby for chest X-rays. Officials of the Cleveland Coun ty TB association say they are “badly behind” without the ser vice of the vehicle and expressed themselves as well pleased that the county’s tuberculosis X-'ray unit has been re-mobilized. Many people who’ve needed chest X rays for early detection of tu berculosis haven’t driven to the Health Center for them, they say. In addition, employees-o# indus tries do not ,receive this service. In 1961 alone 1239 persons had chest X-rays during the mobile unit’s visit to plants here. This figure doesn’t include those who visited the unit on fourth Thurs days in front of Belk’s on main street. Since 1955, there were 10 deaths attributed to tuberculosis in Cleveland County. Average X raying day of operation of the Mobile Unit is from 105 to 210. Presbyterian Men Will Hear Heaton Dr. George Heaton, former pas tor of Myers Park Baptist church, of Charlotte, will speak at a sup per meeting of First Presbyteri an Men of the Church on Mon day. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Henry Neisler arranged the pro gram. F. C. Barrett's Bites Thursday Funeral rites for Francis C. Barrett, 82, retired Kings Moun tain grocer, will be held Thurs day afternoon at 4 p.m. from Central Methodist church of which he was a member. Mr. Barrett died in the local hospital at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday aft er an illness of several months. The body will lie in state at Harris Funeral Home until 3 p.m. Thursday and at the church from 3:30 until 4. Rev. H. D. Garmon will officiate and interment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Mabry Barrett; two sons, For rest Barrett of Dallas, Texas and Horace Barrett of Kings Moun tain; a daughter, Mrs. Clarence Jolly of Kings Mountain; a bro ther, Luther Barrett of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mrs. John Davis of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Gage Davis of Gastonia; 10 grandchildren and 17 great r grandchildren. Bowen Is Elected Moose Governor Charles (Whitey) Bowen was elected governor of the Kings Mountain Moose Lodge 1748 at a regular meeting of the organiza tion Tuesday night. i Despni*. Goforth was re-elected prelate. » i Other officers elected were: Charles-; Hte, junior governor ; Thurman Smith, treasurer; Bud Stewart, three - year trustee; Earl Seism, two • year trustee; and Horace D. Sisk, one - year trustee. Bowen succeeds Horace Brown, Immediate past governor. Officials Report 1355 Registered WIN GRANT-IN-AID — Two high school juniors, Priscilla Padgett, top above, and Phyllis Pusey have received grants in-aid from the National Science Foundation for summer work in chemistry and mathematics. Students Win NSF Scholarship Priscilla Padgett, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Phillip G. Padgett, and Phyllis Pusey, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. N. H. Pusey, have been notified they have been ac cepted for summer work in che mistry and mathematics at Wo man’s College of the University of N.C. at Greensboro. Both students are rising sen iors at Kings Mountain high school. Opportunities to obtain inten sive experience in science and mathematics will be provided tor high-ability students during the summer by 21 colleges, universi ties and research centers through out the United States. This pro gram is made possible by the support of the National Science Foundation. Selection of students is based upon scholastic ability, science motivation, and the completion of the required high school courses in science and mathematics. The course of study will in clude intensive classroom work and direct supervision of scienti fic research 'by a senior scientist. The program runs from June 12—July 14. School Clinics Today, Tuesday Pre-school clinics for children who will enter school for the first time in September are con tinuing Thursday and Tuesday in the Kings Mountain area schools. Clinic for East school students will begin Thursday (today) at 9 a.m. in the educational building of Grace Methodist church. West school students; clinic begins at 1:30 Thursday in the educational building of Central Methodist church, : Clime fo-r North school first graders wifi be he]d In the health room of the school Tuesday be ginning at 9 a.m. Nurses and doctors frotn the county health department will administer check-ups and vacci nations. Registrations In City Boxes Now At 1152 The pace of registering for the May 14 city and board of educa tion elections quickened last week. Total registmtions through Saturday, as reported by the eight registrars was 1,355. A total of 1152 citizens had re gistered in the five in-city pre cincts, while 203 had registered in the three outside-city precincts, the outside-city citizens partici pating in 'the school trustee elec tion only. The registrars gave these fig ures, through Saturday, for the several precincts: Ward 1, 160 Ward 2, 155; Ward 3, 174; WaTd 4, 273; Ward 5 390; Grover, 75; Park-Grace, 53; and Bethware, 75. The current registration is an all-new one. Registrars pointed out, again, that the old pollbooks are no longer in use and that all citizens who expect to vote on May 14 must get their names on 'the new pollbooks. Three precincts within the city are in new locations. Ward 2 citi zens will iregister at East school, and Ward 5 citizens at the Armo ,ry- ... mm Other precincts locations are: Ward 1, City Hall; Ward 4, Kings Mountain Manufacturing Compa ny clubroom; Grover, Grover fire station; Park-Grace, Park-Grace school; and Bethware, Bethware school. The registrars will be at the particular precincts Saturday from 9 a.m. to sunset, and again on May 2 and May 9, the latter date also designated as challenge day. Fellowship Day Plans Underway Plans for the 1963 May Fellow ship Day observance are under way by the Kings Mountain Council of United Churchwomen. The program will be held at Resurrection Lutheran church at 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 3rd. Committee on arrangments is headed by Mrs. O. W. Myers. Other women of the various churches making up the program committee include Mrs. John Cheshire, ARP; Mrs. Vera Cole Cash, First Baptist; Mrs. Nathan Reed, Kings Mountain Baptist; Mrs. Thomas Droppers, Trinity Episcopal; Mrs. George Moore, Resurrection Lutheran; Mrs. J. B. Simpson, St. Matthew’s Luthe ran; Mrs. Fred Withers, Central Methodist; Mrs. Clyde Fite, Grace Methodist and Mrs. Vern on P. Croslby, First Presbyterian. Complete program details will be announced next week. ESSAY WINNER—Capt. Glenn Campbell, Executive Secretary o 1 the Chamber of Commerce, presents Billy M. Williams with a S25 U. S. savings bond in recognition of his award-winning essay on “Why I Like To Live In The Kings Mountain School Dtstrct." Billy's mo ther, Mrs. Willis Williams looks on with pride. RESIGNS — Rev. J. W. Phillips, pastor of First Wesleyan Method ist church, has resigned, effective August 4. Mr. Phillips is complet ing his second seven-year tenure as Frst Wesleyan pastor. Phillips Resigns Pastorate Mere Rev. J. W. Phillips has resign ed as pastor of First Wesleyan Methodist church, effective Au gust 4. Rev. Mr. Phillips, by that date, will have completed his second seven-year term of service as pastor of the Kings Mountain church. He first came to Kings Moun tain from Alta Visit a, Va., in 19 46, serving as pastor until 1953, When he became pastor of a High Point church. He returned here in 1950. Mr. Phillips did not announce his future plans. He is a past president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial asso ciation, and active in numeous civic affairs, including the Red Cross, Boy Scouts and other or ganizations. Town Began Serving Power in '08 Culminating Five-Year Struggle By MARTIN HARMON The City of Kings Mountain will sell in the neighborhood of $400,000 in electric power this fiscal year, will show operating profits from these sales of $150, 000 or more, and has launched a two-year distribution system re building program expected to cost about $130,000. The figures of today are con siderably different from the year 1908, when the city got into the power business. The administration of that day had borrowed $50,000, not only to put the city into the power sell ing business, but to provide a public water system and improve sonic streets, top. Exact date the first dty custom er dispensed with the kerosene lamp la not available in a pent ’£>*■ dty ‘-minute books of that erd, but the council ordered on February 15 .that no residence could get service unless he had a minimum of four lights. The minimum monthly bill was set at 50 cents and it was ordered that all service be metered. Five days later W. L. Broward was em ployed as superintendent of lights and water at $65 per month and contract was ordered con summated with Southern Power Company, predecessor to Duke Power Company, today’s supplier. The administration of 1908 in cluded Dr. J. C. Patrick, mayor, F. L. Carenter, J. S. Mauney, N. F. Watterson, and H. N. Moss. While this administration brought the town into the power business, two other administra tions had been involved in the tortuous, tedious five-year effort which finally proved success ful.. The administration elected in May 1903 has this notation in the i minutes of July 6: "It was moved and carded that we establish an electric light plant in the Town of Kings M04PUatn> provided that the money can be obtained on le gal terms." Members of the ad ministration were B. L. Campbell, mayor, W. A. Mauney, Dr. J. G. Hord, Will Carpenter and C. E. Neisler. Continued On Page Bight Negro Youth's Essay Wins C of C Contest Davidson seventh-grader Billy M. Williams was declared the winner of tire essay contest for 6-8 grades in the Kings Moun tain district schools that was completed 'recently by the Cham ber of Commerce. Executive Secretary G1 e n n Campbell made the presentation of the prize to young Williams before his classmates at David son school Monday morning in a special ceremony. Topic for the essays sumnmted by the school dist/ let elementary students was "Why I Like to Live In The Kings Mountain Jcnool District.” The only other instruction giv en to the contestants was that the essay mu3t consist of 25 words or more. 'Award for tin* winner was a $25 U.S. Savings Bond. Secretary Campbell, in making the presentation, read excerpts [from the prize-winning essay and stated that young Williams’ effort was also judged on neat ness, penmanship and sincerity of thought. The winner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Williams. His award-winning essay: "In the Kings Mountain School District we have the advantage over most other districts in North Carolina, because our schools are operated by highly trained officials. The School Board Members are elected by the popular vote of the citizens; therefore should be the best qua lified for their jobs. The School Hoard members select teachers who are highly educated and trained to work with a program that is planned to benefit the pupiL This assures us thaMGngs Mountain schools have programs Continued On Page Eight Lee McDaniel's Bites Conducted Funeral rites for Edgar Lee McDaniel, GO, were he:d Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. from Bethle hem Baptist church of which he was a member. (Mr. McDaniel died Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. at his home following an illness of seve;al months. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mr*. Hoyle McDaniel. H s first wife, Eva McCurry McDan iel, died in 1951. He and h's sec ond wife, Coleen Dixon McDaniel who survives, were married in 1955. Besides hts wife he Is survived by two sons, Dennis McDaniel of Grover and Douglas McDaniel of Kings Mountain; one stenson, Charles Dixon of Kings Moun tain; one daughter, Mrs. James Reynolds of Kings Mountain; two brothers. Grier and J. D. McDan iel of Kings Mountain; and two Sisters. Mrs. T. B. Ware and Mrs. j. S. Putnam, both of Shelby. Al so surviving are nine grandchild ren. R»v. Donald t>*.. W. G. Camp officiated at the fi nal rites and Interment was made in Bethlehem cemetery. Officials Tliink Flooi Plan Woifc Near-Complete By MARTIN HARMON Architects for the new Kings Mountain district consolidated high school are putting what they anrl school officials feel will be the finishing refinements w the floor plans for the new pleat Architect Tom Cothran, Super tniondem B. N. Barnes and higli school Principal Ilarry Jaynct spent Tuesday in Raleigh in con ference with Marvin Johnson, of the division of school planning. Bath Mr. Barnes arid Mr. Jaynes said they regarded the suggested refinements as com paritlvely minor and easy to ef fect. The floor plan examined, dis cussed and dissected in Raleigh Tuesday was another revision of an earlier plan dated March 18. Current questions Involve room arrangements, rather than size, and prior problems of student traffic flow and other details have been eliminated. The present floor plan envis ions a building 424 feet wide by 27U feet deep, at extreme dimen sions, with an inner court and a two - story northwest wing. The building would t>c* built at Con tour C3, with the ground floor of the north wing at contour 52. The ground floor of this wing would house mathematics am science classrooms and labors torles. The gyrmorium would bt on the south and vocational edu cational areas on the north. School officials hope fund limi tations will permit air-condition ing a major portion of the build ing and perhaps all of the rin cial instructional areas. If not, Mr, Barries said, "We certainly want to have a building that cam haye summer weather conditions added at minimal expense.” The plant layout shows park ing areas near the building for 5Ci cars, as well as for student buses and student and public parking, most of the parking areas also begin adjacent to pro jected tootbail and baseball fields. The architects have said pre viously that fixation of the floor plan will lie a comparatively | more time - consuming problem than th** following steps of pre aring detailed drawings and specifications. JOINING GAZETTE — Hcrold Pearson, Herald sports editor, will Join the staff of the Gaston sc Gazette Friday. He will cont'irie to do part-time sports duties for the Herald. Terry Leonard has Joined the Herald as assistant :n sports. Pearson Joining Gazette Staff Harold D. Pearson, Herald sports editor and advertising salesman, will join the spo Is staff of the Gastonia Gazette ca Friday. Mr. Pearson will cominue as a part - time Herald staff them he , exclusively in the sports debar - ment, continuing to write h s regular column "Herald Sport" ’’ Martin Harmon, Herald pub lisher, announced that Terry Leonard, high school Junior, has Joined the ~taff as assistant in the sports department. Son of Mr. and Mrs. K. Black well Leonard, Terry Leonard is currently a member of the high school golf team and won a let ter as a member of the 1962 Mountaineer football team. Mr. Pearson Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olland Pearson, is a graduate of Gardner • Webb and Appalachian State Teachers col lege. He spent two years in the army, including service in Ger many. He became Herald sports editor in March 1962 and joined Continued On Page Eight
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