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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 U tfaitrsd from naans. Tks tftj nasua ot I MO. 16 Pages Today Vol. 74 No. 18 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 2, 1963 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Mauney Foundation Gift Starts Civic Center Fund Chamber Of Commerce Adopts 11 Projects Four Concent Community Appearance By MARTIN HARMON (Directors of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce have a dopted eleven projects for both immediate and long-term com munity improvements. Four of the projects deal di rectly with improving the com munity’s appearance. Other major ones: 1) Seeking of toll-free tele phone service to Gastonia. 2) Expansion of the area’s wa fer distribution facilities. 3) Cooperation with industry in solving problems. 4) Alleviation of the city’s traf fic problems, via expanding park ing areas and traffic engineering. 5) Expansion of public recrea tion. 6) Tourist promotion. For improving the appearance of the community, the Cham ber of Commerce would: a) en deavor to eliminate street litter, b) seek a stringent ordinance re quiring that vacant property be kept clean, c) obtain stringent legislation to provide for razing of derelict buildings, and d) work on long-term basis to beautify the Southern Railway right-of way through Kings Mountain. Members of the projects com mittee making the recommenda tions were Wesley Bush, chair man, Charles Blanton and Pres ident J. Wilson Crawford, ex of ficio. Text of the prelects follows: PUBLIC SANITATION - To work with the Merchants Association, individuals and businesses to ob tain their cooperation with the city sanitation department in the containment and removal of ref use. To seek to alleviate the pro blem of litter on the principal commercial streets, sidewalks and rear entrances to business esta blishments. TRAFFIC - To cooperate with the city officials in obtaining the services of a traffic engineer to make a study of the city’s traf fic problems and submit a rec ommendation for the alleviation of these problems. To cooperate with the state and federal officials in planning street and highway improve ments. To make recommendations con cerning opening of new streets and re-routing of existing streets. PUBLIC BARKING - To cooper Continued On Page Eight I Local New* Bulletins J SUNDAY SERVICE Rev. Charles L. Britt, pastor of Carson Memorial church in the Crowders Mountain coromun ital Punishment—What does God ity, will speak on the topic, “Cap say aibout it?" at the Sunday evening service at 7 o’clock. FAMILY NIGHT Dixon Presbyterian church will observe family night and the a» nual birthday party of the Wom en of the Church Saturday even ing at 7 p. m.' in the tfhurch fel lowship hall. A film will be shown. TO CONVENTION Rev. George Moore, pastor, and Hal Plonk, lay delegate, are rep resenting Resurrection Lutheran church at the convention of the North Carolina Synod of the Lu teran church in America being held at Greesboro’s First Luth eran church. The convention, which started Monday evening will continue through today. MASONS TO MEET An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge AF A AM 339 will be held at the Lodge hall Monday night at 7:30. The Wesleyan Service Guild at Grace Methodist church will serve hoc dogs, homemade cakes and pies at the church fellowship hall Saturday beginning at 11 a. m. Delivery service is available by calling the church. KIWANIS SPEAKER — Neil Johnson, manager of Foote Min eral Company’s Kings Mountain operations, will speak on the “Minerals in the in the Carolln as" Thursday night's meeting of the Ktwans club. The club con venes at 7 p. m. at the Woman's Club. "Staking Out" For School Site Architects for the new area high school were “staking out” the proposed building on the Phi fer Road site Wednesday morn ing. Technically, Architect Tom Cothran explained, “The archi tects are taking careful levels at the build ftrg yttte for grading pur poses, to determine floor levels and to place foundations. Some months ago complete topography was made of the whole property by Clyde Fesperman, registered engineer for Architects Associat ed.” Plans call for location of the high school plant on the 'north east area of the 75-acre site. The site lies on the west side of Phifer road. COiC Leases Office Building Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce has executed lease with Haywood E. Lynch for of fice quarters In the West Moun tain street building between Lynch Furniture Company and Helen’s Beauty Shop, according to announcement by Glenn Campbell, executive secretary. The transaction, concluded Tuesday, is for five years and the Chamber of Commerce is also conveyed a five-year renewal op tion. Concurrently, the Kings Moun tain Merchants Association has entered into an agreement with the Chamber of Commerce where by it will share space in the new offices, i Capt. Campbell said work will begin immediately to renovate the building, which will be air conditioned. It will be outfitted on the interior with mahogany paneling and modern furnishings. Late-Filing Candidates Pose Contest For Most Positions Baines, Other Re-elected Superintendent of Schools B. N. Barnes was re-elected for a two year term by the board of educa tion at a meeting last week. The board also re-elected for one-year terms Miss Alice Averitt, city schoils supervisor, and all principals. Under state law superintendents are elected for two-year terms, other school personnel to one year terms. The several principals are: Har ry Jaynes, Kings Mountain high school; R. M. Kennedy, East; Ben H. Goforth, Jr., West; James C. Scruggs, Grover.; R. G. Frank lin, Bethware; Evan J. Evans, Park Grace; L. L. Adams, Com pact; Hiward Bryant, North; and Connie Allison, Davidson. The board also invited Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of St. Mat thew’s Lutheran church, to deliv er the high school commence ment sermon May 26. . Supt. Barnes came to' Kings Mountain as high school princi pal in 1927, and succeeded Claude Grigg as superintendent iln 1934. Donglas Ledford In Church Post Douglas Avery Ledford, 23-year old Gardner Webb college stu dent, has assumed the duties of music director of Macedonia Bap tist church. Rev. Wayne Ashe, pastor, an nounced this week that on April 14 the congregation of the church extended a call to Mr. Ledford and he assumed his duties on April 24th. Son of Rev. and Mrs. A. V. Led ford of Lincolnton, Mr. Ledford is a native of Gastonia. His fath er is pastor of Gainsville Bap tist church of Lincolnton. Mr.. Ledford has served several churches as music director includ ing the Gainsville church, the Reepsville Baptist church, of I Vale. He also served two years as music director of South Fork Baptisft Association. He is a Navy veteran and married to the for mer Linda Faye of Lincolnton. They will continue to make their home there. Mr. Ashe said, ‘We feel that we are fortunate in securing a man jof Mr. Ledford’s experience and ; ability of director of chorus and church music. NO PERMITS There were no building permits issued by building inspectors dur ing the past week, the city clerk’s office reports. nice 1945 v. UNOrrOSEO — BUry W. CUn«. Word 1 CaniwtHlwiit, In no op position lor r*-*l0e(l«a. H« U the lint dty office eoadldat* m«p> pond Mm IMS. Bay W. Cline is assured of re election as city commissioner for Ward 1. Mr. Cline, overseer at Mauney Hosiery Company, seeks a second term and has no opposition. The incumbent commissioner holds the distinction of being the first candidate for city office without opposition since 1945. In the election of that year, three 1945 incumbents had no op position for their elective jobs. They were Mayor J. H. Thomson, representing Ward 5, W. K. ‘Mau ney, Ward 1, and M. A. Ware, Ward 2. At that time, voting was strict ly a ward affair, citizens electing five commissioners, who, hi turn, chose one of their number as mayor. Mr. Cline is a navy veteran of World War II, a past post and district commander of the Amer ican Legion, a former Moose of ficial, and a member of St. Mat thew’s Lutheran church. CANDIDATES — Among Icrte-fil ing candidates for city office were Brioks McAbee, top, for mayor, Corbett Nicholson, center, for Ward 3 Commissioner, and Willis L- Bagwell, for Ward 4 commis sioner. City To Receive Electrical Bids The city will receive bids at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon for re-building of the electrical dis tribution system. Bids have been invited in two items. Item 1 is for installation of switchgear equipment, already on order and being manufactured by General Electric Company. Item 2 is for line re-building, including replacement of primary lines from 2400 to 4160 volts. Southeastern Construction En gineers, of Charlotte, are engi neers for the project and initially estimated that the total cost would approximae $133,000. Acepted low bid on the switch gear equipment was about $15, 000 less than anticipated. Mean time, the city is expending about $3,000 for tree trimming, in prep aration for the line re-building, and spent $1200 for a Gaston street lot to house the switchgear equipment. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $184.90, including $127.20 from on-street meters. $40 from over parking fees, and $17.70 from off street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel, Jr., reported. Three-Man Race For School Posts As Herndon Files A seemingly lack-lustre city po litical season waxed warmer Monday with a last-minute spate of candidates. Filing Monday, deadline day, were: James E. Herndon, Jr., textile waste dealer, for school trustee, creating a three-man race for the two vacancies. Brooks McAbee, for mayor, cre ating a three-man race. W. Seimore Biddix, for Ward 2 Commissioner. Corbet Nicholson and Avery (Mack) Murray, for Ward 3 Commissioner, creating another three-man race. Filing Saturday was: Willis L. Bagwell, for Ward 4 Commissioner, creating a three man race for this position. ‘Mr. Herndon, son of a late four .erm Kings Mountain mayor, will be a candidate in a sweepstakes affair including Fred W. Plonk, two-term school trustee and cur rently chairman of the boardFof education, and George H. Maun ey, textile official, also son of a former mayor. Both Mr. Mauney and Mr. Herndon are seeking elective office for the first time. Mr. McAbee is making a sec ond bid for mayor. He polled 42 votes and placed fifth in a field of five in the 1961 election. Mr. Nicholson was also a can didate in 1961, trailing the lead er, Comm. T. J. (Tommy) Eliison by only 54 votes in a field of four candidates. He declined to ask for a run-off. City gas super intendent at the time, Mr. Nich olson has since become water and gas superintendent in Besse mer City, though he maintains residence here. Mr. Bagwell also was a candi date in 1961, polling 143 votes and placing fourth in a five-man race for Ward 4 commissioner. Mr. Biddix, a life insurance salesman, lives at 104 Owens street, is Sunday school su perintendent at East Gold Street Wesleyan, and a World War II air force veteran. He spent 16 months in the European Theatre. He was born and reared here. Mr. Murray is in partnership with his father in a grocery and appliance business. He is a mem ber of Grace Methodist church, served wit han army air evacua tion unit during the Korean War. He is a Kings Mountain native. Mr. Herndon is a Davidson Col lege graduate who subsequently attended the University of North Carolina. He served as an Air Force pilot and is a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. The candidate list: For Mayor—Kelly Dixon, in cumbent, ex-Mayor Glee A. Bridg es, and Brooks McAbee. For Ward 1 Commissioner — Ray W. Cline, incumbent. For Ward 2 Commissioner—Eu gene Goforth, incumbent, and W. Seimore Biddix. For Ward 3 Commiscsioner—T. J. Ellison, incumbent, Corbett Nicholson, and Avery (Mack) Murray. For Ward 4 Commissioner—ex Commissioner Paul W. Ledford, Norman King, and Willis L. Bag well. For Ward 3 Commissioner—J. E. (Zip) Rhea, incumbent, and Hazel L. Gill. For school trustee (two to be elected)—Fred W. Plonk, Incum bent, George H. Mauney and Jam es E. Hamdon, Jr. West Students Plan Pet Festival West school students will stage a pet show festival Saturday aft ernoon beginning at 2 p.m. on the school grounds. The interested public is invited to the show, admission free. On ly students of West school will be able to ertdbit pets. Conors ; ons, clowns, majorettes and otlr entertainment is plan ed. May Fellowship Day Services Set For Friday Mrs. R. D. Cothren, of Charlotte, state chairman of migrant work for United Church Women, will be guest speaker at May Fellow ship Day services Friday at 3:30 p. m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church. May Felloship Day is one of three local observances held an nually by Kings Mountain area churchwomen. The community-at large is invited to participate. Other comunity-wide observ ances are World Day of Prayer and World Community Day. “It is hoped that a large at tendance will hear this speaker and avail themselves of the op portunity to learn more about this phase of the Council’s work,” Mrs. O. W. Myers, program chair man, said. Roll will be called by churches with the representatives of each church responding to the count, Mrs. Myers noted. A social period in the fellowship hall will follow the program. Committees, headed by Mrs. Myers, represent virtualy all Kings Mountain churches and in clude: Mrs. John Cheshire, ARP; Mrs. Vera Cole Cash, First Bap Mountain Baptist; Mrs. Thomas Droppers, Triniity Episcopal; Mrs. George Moore, Resurrection Lu theran: Mrs. J. B. Simoson. St Matthew’s Lutheran; Mrs. Fred Withers. Central Methodist; Mrs. Clyde Fite, Grace Methodist; and Mrs. Vernon P. Crosby, First Pres byterian. Confirmation Class To Be Confirmed The 11 members of the Confir mation Class at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will be confirm ed Sunday, May 5, at the 11 o’clock service. Thev are: Glee Edwin Bridges, Ti WflBam Bridges; Andrew Dunn; Tommy Fmeer: Thomas Gerberding; G ary Ledbet^e^; George H. Maun»v, Jr.; Mary Leigh Mauney; Mary Beth Rani rev; William Stewart; and Ray White. They have been members of Dr. W. P. Gerberding’s Catechetical Class for two years and wem heard by the Church Council a> its April meeting. The Class will receive its first Communion with the Congregation at the Service May 12. 'Miss Lynda Mauney will be so loist fo rthe Cinfirmation Service. The interested public is cordially Invited to attend. Club Is ^nrina Sunday Dinners Kings Mountain Woman’s club will serve Sunday dinner to the interested public beginning at 12 noon Sunday for benefit of the club building fund. Mrs. Lawrence Lohr, spokes man for the clifb, said choice of meats, country style steak or broiled chicken, will be available with accessories. Plates for child ren under 10 years of age are $1. Plates for adults are $1.50. Citizens may eat at the club, or may prefer to take their plates home. Serving will begin immediately following church services. TO PHILMONT — Larry Patrick will go to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico this summer for training as a Junior leader in structor. He is among six chosen from the 11-county area Piedmont Council. Patrick Chosen For Scout Trip Larry Patrick, 14 - year • old Kings Mountain Eagle Scout, is one of six Boy Scouts from the 11-county area Piedmont Council selected to attend Junior leader instructor training courses at Philmont Scout Ranch at Cimer ron, New Mexico. The young men and Scoutmas ter Walter Early of Troop 209 of Marlon will leave Schiele Scout Reservation at Tryon on July 8th and travel with the Council’s Philmont expedition visiting Fort Knox, Ky., Whiteman AFB in Missouri, Badlands National Mon ument, Ellsworth AFB, Mt. Rush more National Park, Cody Wy oming, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton Nation:! Park, Laramie, Wyoming, USAF Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo, and on into the Scout ranch. Arriving there on July 13th they will take the special instructor training and leave on the retu n trip July 3-9. They will arrive back at Schiele S out Reserva tion on August 3. Young Patrick is the holder of the Eagie with the silver palm He is an eighth grader and son of Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Patrick. lie is a member of the Presbyterian Troop of which Henry McKelvie : is leader. The young Scouts will se ve as instructors for two years follow ing the training courses. Lawson Blalock's Rites Conducted Final rites for Lawson Goforth Blalock, 87, retired farmer of the Bethlehem community, were held Tuesday atfernoon at 4 o’clock from El Bethel Methodist church, | of which he was a member. Mr. Blalock died Monday morn ing at 4:45 in the Kings Moun tain hospital after an illness of several months. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Bla lock. Surviving are six sons, Wyat‘ Blalock, Charle.s Blalock, George Blalock, Herman Blalock, Frank Bialock, all of Kings Mountain j and James Blalock of Bessemer; City; and four daughters, Mrs. j Fred Wright, Sr. and Mrs. Robert Kale of Kings Mountain, Mrs. j Buette White of Gastonia and Mrs. Guy Marshall of Bessemer j City. Also surviving are 19 grand children, 25 great-grandchildren j and two great-great grandchil dren. Rev. Bruce Norwood, assisted by Rev. W. G. Camp, officiated at the final rites, and interment was made In the church cemetery. j Registration Activity Quicken; Officials log 2228 On Pollbooks Registrars for the upcoming May 14 elections were busiest since the pollbooks opened last week, as 873 persons registered, bringing the total to 2,228. Vast majority were in-city ci tizens, where 1887 had register ed at the five p-ecincts. Outside-city registrations in creased to 341. Only two Saturdays remain to register for the May 14 city and board of education elections. Last minute filing by ca:»di dates, leaving only one of eight offices uncontested, was expected i to produce even greater registra- j tion activity during the ten days remaining, particularly at the Grover, Park Grace and Beth ware precinct*, where voter* par ticipate solely in the board of ed ucation election. This year’s registration is all new, the city commlrsiln serving by statute As the elections board, having ordered a completely new registration-first within the city since 1939. All candidates are urging the'r friends to get their names on the new pollbooks. Registrars gave the following reg'stration totals th's week: Ward 1, 232; Ward 2, 267; Ward 3, 291; Ward 4, 409; Ward 5. 688; Grover. 115; Park Grace, 87; Bethware, 139. i City Accepts Initial Gift Of $3,000 By MARTIN HARMON The City of Kings Mountain has accepted an initial proffer by the William Kemp and Mary S Mauney Foundation, Inc., for $3, 000, to be devoted to the buildin of a Kings Mountain Civic Cei ter building. Mr. Mauney, Kings Mountai)' hosiery manufacturer, indicated that future contributions f cm the foundation would be forth coming. l.Mr. Mauney told the Herald he was hopeful that others would see fit to contribute to the city fund in order to speed the pro ject to fruition. He added the guess that the Mauney Founda tion contributions, over a ten year period, might aggregate up to $100,000. Minor legalities remain to be approved. From the Mauney Foundation standpoint, the Inter nal Revenue Service must give clearance as to purpose of the do nation. Fred Upchurch Gastonia certified public accountant who represents the Mauney Founda tion, said advance conferences' have been held with the district director at Greensboro, Mr. Up church expressed himself as 99 percent sure the donation will be approved as in conformance with the Foundation's stated purposes City Attorney J. R. Davis and Mr. Upchurch agreed that c query to the North Carolina at torney-general would be in order to determine the lgality of the city’s acceptance of the donation, and others, for the purpose of building a civic center. The acceptance -esolution pro vides that, should the funds not be used for the designated hif pose bv June 30, 1973. the accru ed funds would revert to the do nors. Should this clause nrove a le gal barrier, M\ Upchurch slid, it is the intention of the Mauney Foundation th’t t'ie clause be re vised to meet the test of legal ly. Motion to accent the Mauney Foundation proffer was unani mous, with all present excent Ci ty Commissioner Gene Goforth. Mayor Kelly D'xon comments'll, ‘‘The city is apn cciative of the interest of the Mauney Founda tion in building a Kmas Mount-:n Civie Center, certainly a facility the community needs badly.” The terms of the resolution al so provide that the center, whr i constructed, will be built within th bounds of the city limits. Mountaineer-Lire Game Postponed Wet grounds Wednesday caus ed another postponement of the Mountaineer game with L.incoln ton, the game originally sche duled for City Stadium Tuesday night. Coach Fred Withers said the game will be played early next week, probably Monday. The Mountaineers invade Shel by Thursday night. Activities Group Met Wednesday Annual meeting of the Wo tern Morth Carolina high school ac tivities association was beng held a Asheboro Wednesday. The as .ication, which dreets ?.\tra-eurricular activities of the participating schools of all kinds, ncludng sports, nciude four con ferences. B. N. Barnes, superintendent of Kings fountain schools, is presi dent. < Before leaving for Asheboro Wednesday, Mr. Barnes said some recommendations have been di> :used for possible realignments of the conferences, but he declin ed to predict whether any chang es wiuld be made. Domestic Advice Is Poor Policy Rccorde's Court Solicitor George B. Thomasson had a word to say Monday about any would be counselors to those with do mestic problems. ‘‘Just don’t give it”, he cautions. Case in point involved a defen dant hauled into court on assault charges. The plaintiff, in court Monday afternoon, asked if she could d op the charges. “I would n’t have taken out the warrant if I hadn't taken advice of someone else”, she lamented.