Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Tbit figure tor Greater Kings Mountain b taint from
tho 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The cits
Omits figure Is from tlu United States conns of 1(60.
Vol. 74 No. 20
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Today
PRICE TtN CfcN.
GLEE
Mayor
A. BRIDGES
Comm.
BAY CLINE
MStPMBBUk
Comm.
EUGENE GOFORTH
Comm.
T. J. ELLISON
Comm.
NOBMAN KING
WOKHHHHi ShnW
Comm.
J. E. RHEA
ScIigcZ Trust?*
JAMES E. HERNDON, JR,
Sch'}':'' Trust*1?
GECF.cn
’ Glee A. Bridges To Resume Mayoral Post Thursday
__ I
Herndon And George Mauney
Are Elected School Trustees
City Annexes
RocldoidKoad
Petitioners
The city commission annexed
'an area of more than four acres
(to the western city limits Thurs
day and received petition from
Marvin Goforth for further an
nexation of 10 lots adjacent to
fhe west.
In other action, the commis
sion:
1) authorized Mayor Kelly
'Dixon to investigate possibility
of the State Highway Commis.
sion installing a wire fence along
the east side of the Southern
Railway from Gold Street to
(Ridge Street.
Mr. Dixon recommended that
the city itself install the fence
for the two-fold purpose of pro
tection from passing trains and
for beautification of the railroad
area.
2) vited to resurface Mountain
street from Battleground Avenue
to Piedmont.
3) appointed police officers Er
nest Beam, Robert Greene, Jack
ie Barrett and B. P. Cook deputy
clerks with justice of the peace
powers.
4) voted to pave the entrance
at City Stadium and approved
requests for six street lights.
5) Agreed to hold a public
hearing for the annexation of 10
(Continued on Page Eight)
Dr. K. H. McGill
To Be Surgeon
LEAVING — Dr. Kenneth H. Mc
Gill. Kings Mountain physician,
will begin a three • year resi
dency in surgery at Baroness
Er longer hospital. Chattanooga.
Terra. July 1.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
City Election, May 14,1963
For Mayor
BRIDGES
DIXON
McABEE
Ward 1 Comm.
CLINE
Ward 2 Comm.
GOFORTH
BIDDIX
Ward 3 Comm.
ELLISON
NICHOLSON
MURRAY
Ward 4 Comm.
KING
LEDFORD
BAGWELL
Ward 5 Comm.
RHEA
GILL
No. of Voters
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Totals
1 2 3 4 S
144f 200|_216|_2611_4941_1315
T01| 153| 2081 187| 328| 977
4| 5| 26 10| ^ 45
0|
208 2831 353 364] 653] 1861
157
67
192 j 270| 253| 568] 1440
1531 128| 183| 183| 714
103
94
23
1821 273
120| 107
-T5I
38}
"509|.'3361 1103
169| 3321 822
641 91| 267
130
77
20
212| __303|__279|_454|_1378
Tl0| 661 129| 280| 662
211 44 j 59| 30|
174
184| 277| 338| 346| 528| 1673
63| 68| 79| 283| 54C
47|
252| 358| 439| 4811 86Q) 239C
Doctoi Plans
Residency
In Chattanooga
Dr. Kenneth McGill announced
this week plans to begin a three
year residency In surgery at the
Baroness Erlanger Hospital in
Chattanooga, Tenn., on July 1st.
Dr. John C. McGill, senior part
ner In the McGill Clinic, and
brother of Dr. McGill, said he
would make announcement con
cerning replacement about June
1st.
Dr. McGill, who began the gen
eral practice of medicine here In
1954, Is a 1948 graduate of Er
sklne College and a graduate of
Vanderbilt University Medical
School, Nashville, Tenn., where
he also did his inteernship.
He will study surgery at the
Chattanooga hospital where he
formerly spent a year specializ
ing in surgery, gvnecolerif or
i obstetrics, prior to coming to
Kings Mountain.
Son of Dr. and Mrs. W. K. Mc
Gill of Clover, S. C. he «en"'d
from 1944 until 1946 with the
106th Infantry in Europe.
In 1948 he was married to the
former Nancy Thomson. The Mc
Gills have three children, Ken
ny, 11, Linda, 7 and Jimmy, 3.
! Fact-Finding
Survey Set
The Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association is conducting a sur
vey on needs of the aged, spokcs
: man for the minister's group said
Wednesday.
Ministers are Interested par
ticularly in nursing and board
I ing facilities available in this
' Kings Mountain area churches
are participating in the fact
finding survey which is headed
by Rev. George Moore, as chair
man, pastor of Resurrection Lu
theran church.
}lr. Moore noted that Individual
! reports are invited lrom interest
, ed citizens.
POPPY DAT
T^ie American Legion Auxiliary
I has designated May 25th as Pop
' py Day in Kings Mountain. Pop
ples are made by disabled veter
ans in VA hospitals.
OFFICIAL RETURNS
Board of Education Election, May 111963
Word Ward Ward Ward Ward
1X349
Uth Park
Qrae* Grow Total
HERNDON
149[
MAUNEY
PLONK
217! 253T 2671 SSi
'146| 204| 195! 200! 514
11?' 1651 222 263! 34$
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3?-36
ira
"96! ' lSte
W”T288
Boaid Chairman
Fred W. Plonk
Is Defeated
James E. Herndon, Jr., textile
waste dealer and son of a late
four-term Kings Mountain mayor,
and George H. Mauney, textile
official, were elected to school
trustees posts In Tuesday’s mu
nicipal election.
Voters In the Klpgs Mountain
school district gave Mr. Herndon
a total of 1731 votes and Mr.
Mauney 1555.
Neither Mr. Herndon or Mr.
Mauney has had prior service on
the city board of education.
Incumbent Board Chairman,
Fred W. Plonk, two-term school
trustee, trailed In the three-man
affair. He polled 1238.
The Kings Mountain board of
education will hold an organi
zational meeting at the school of
fice of Superintendent B. N.
Barnes, following Thursday
morning’s Induction at City Hall,
for the purpose of electing a
chairman, according to announce
ment by Mr. Barnes.
Regular meeting date of the
board Is Monday night, but Mr.
Barnes said that decision whe
ther to continue this schedule
would be made at this time.
Dr. P. D. Padgett, who retired
\trom the board after twelve
year’s service, did not offer for
ne election.
The election paramounted one
major issue of several the board
of education has determined in
the past few years. Mr. Plonk
had favored a site other than
the one chosen for the new area
high school Retiring Trustee Pad
gett voted with the majority In a
3 to 2 decision, and Chairman
Plonk Joined with Trustee Otto
Williams In the minority.
Otherwise, the newly elected
trustees were in agreement with
the defeated candidate on endors
i Ing the consolidation of area
schools and In supporting the
$1,100,000 bond issue to build the
new high school.
me winners indicated privately i
that they would speed the build
ing of the new high school, for j
-owns sbm anssj puoq eqt qojqAV
rlzed in March 1962.
Mr. Herndon, the ticket lead
(Continued on Pago Eight)
WINS BltOMZE MLM — Eoglo
Scout Philip Bunch of Tffcop SI!
fosolood his Bronso Palm award
at Thursday night's Court of Hon
or for Kings Mountain district
Boy Scouts. Young Bunch is son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Bunch. r
former city commissioner, suc
cumbed in a Charlitte hospital
last Thursday. Funeral rites were
conducted Saturday.
Alexandei Rites
Held Saturday
Funeral rites for Ross Finley
Alexander, 39, were conducted
Saturday afternoon at Harris
Chapel.
Mr. Alexander, Ward 1 city
commissioner from 1957-61, died
-at 11 o’clock -at Charlotte»Memor
ial hospital Thursday morning.
Death was attributed to a cere
bral hemorrhage. Hospitalized
here Monday morning, he went
into a coma and did not regain
consciousness. He had suffered
from a heart ailment since 1957.
Mr. Alexander had been a jew
ler for Dellinger’s Jewel Shop
and Grayson’s Jewelry before o
pening his own establishment,
Alexander’s Jewelry. He manag
ed Kings Mountain Country Club
several years ago. He was a vet
eran of two year’s service in the
navy during World War II and
was a member of the American
Legion, a Mason, Veterans, of
Foreign Wars, and Loyal Order
of the Moose.
He was a native of Chesterfield,
S. C.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Louise Parker, a son, Eu
gene Alexander, age ten, and a
daughter. Lou Ann Alexander,
age seven, his parents, Henry
and Fannie Sellers Alexander, of
Hartsville, S. C., five brothers,
Ray and Lloyd Alexander, both
of Kings Mountain, Carlton Alex
ander, with the air force at
Charleston, S. C., J. B. Alexander,
(Continued on Page Eight)
Norman King To Be Succesor
To Ben H. Bridges In Ward 4
Board To Let
Electrical
Contract
Awarding of contracts for re
building of the city electrical dis
tribution system will be first
»item on the agenda of the new
Bridges Administration.
The board of commissioners, in
regular meeting Thursday night,
tabled action until the June meet
j ing. Part of the funds for the
$165,000 revamping project must
, je budgeted for the coming fiscal
! year.
Six firms have bid and con
tact is to be awarded on recom
mendation of the city’s consulting
engineers, Southwestern Consult
ing Engineers, Inc. of Charlotte.
A representative of the firm,
D. B. Lampke, told the board
that the Hunter and Walden
Company of Charlotte submitted
a low bid of $70,077.87 on Incre
ment I, and that Bryant Electric
Repair of Gastonia submitted a
low bid of $60,640.20 on Increment
II.
Increment I covers the installa
tion of outdoor metal-clad switch
gear equipment, which the city
presently has on order with the
General Electric Company, and
the construction of its associated
main feeder lines, all of which is
programmed for the current fis
cal year.
Increment IT covers the conver
sion of the city’s present electri
cal distribution system to multi
grounded wye operation, which
the city plans to budget and pro
gram for the 1963-1964 fiscal
year.
In his report, Lampke advised
against the awarding of two sep
arate contracts.
“There will be additional ad
ministrative and engineering ex
pense associated with two con
tracts which in our opinion could
offset the $588.70 differential be
tween the Bryant Electric Co.
hnd Hunter and Walden b*ds,
(Continued on Page Eight)
Dr. Lesesne, Eisldne President,
To Speak At Kiwanis Ladies Night
D:\ J. M. Lesesne, president of
Erskine college at Due West, S.
C., will make the address as high
light of the 23rd annual ladies’
night banquet Thursday of the
Kings Mountain Kiwanis club.
The Kiwanians and their guests
will gather at 7 p.m. at the Wo
man’s club.
President Grady Howard will
preside and B. S. Peeler, J'.'. will
lead group singing of “America.”
Rev. H. D. Garmon will pray the
invocation and Dr. W. t. Press
ly, program chairman, will int o
duce Dr. Lesesne. J. C. Bridges
will welcome the ladies and Mrs.
Dan Finger will make the res
ponse. Special music will feature
the string band, “The Weejins",
which won first prize in the high
school division of the recent Ki
wanis - sponsored schools talent
show. The band includes Wendell
Phifer, Jr., Gary Wilson, Edward
Lovelace, Quay Moss, Kenny
Barnes and David Adams.
The ladies’ night committee, in
cluding Bill Brown, Dr. D. F.
Hord, John L. McGill, James H.
Page, D". W. L. Pressly and John
Smathers, will distribute favors
to the ladies.
Among honor guests to be re
si’utta.a - mi. t, m. .mv
president of Enldne college, will
make tbe address at Thursday
night's 23rd annual ladies' night
banquet at the Kiwanis dub.
cognized during the affair will be
widows of Kiwanians, including
Mrs. R. N. Baird, Mrs. J. E. Hem
(Continued on Page Eight)
TO BOYS' STATE — Donn Free
man, above, and John Trio. Jr.,
hmave been chosen as Kinas
Mountain representatives to an
nual Boys' State at Chapel Hill.
Both are juniors.
Students Chosen
Foe Boy’s State
Kings Mountain High School's
representatives to the America-n
Legion sponsored Boy’s State, a*
the University of N. C. in Chapel
Hill this summer will be Don
Freeman and John T .a.
Both students are rising sen
iors, members of the National
Honor Society, and active i«rti
clpants in numerous school acti
vities.
Don, grandson of M '. and Mrs.
Hunter Patterson, is president of
the Student Participation Organ
ization and is a member of the
staff of “Milestones.” the school
annual, the French club, Mono
gram club and the Key club. He
abends Cen. al Methodist church.
John, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
J. Tria of the Bethlehem comr-iu
nity, belongs to the Science club
and the Track team. He attends
Christ the King Catholic church.
PRESENT PROGRAM
Seven members of the Dixon
and Northside Presbyterian
church youth groans gave the
program on a trip thev took to
Rock Eagle Springs in Georgia at
tending a missions conference at
First Presbyterian church Sun
day night. Presenting the pro
gram at the Senior High meeting
were Sharon and Becky West
brook, Geraldine Humphries, Del
la Tilson, Gary Stewart, Doug
Bell and Darrell Murphy.
{Other Incumbents
Win; Ellison
Edges Nicholson
I Ex-mayor Glee A. Bridges wtw
; election to a filth te. m as King!
! Mountain mayor Tuesday, as 2,Ji>C
1 voters went to the polls, giving
I Bridges 1313 votes tn Mayor Kelly
Dixon's 977.
All incumbent city commission
ers seeking another term wore*
| relected and two new' faces will
| foe at City Hall In the persons rf
! Jhe new mayor and Ward.4 Com
1 missioner Norman King.
A total of 2390 wen to !hi? polls.
The tired election officials finish
ed at 11:30 p. m.
In the mayoral race, Mr. Brid
ges, a Democrat, led Mayor Dix
on, Republican, completing his
first term, by 338. William
Brooks McAbee trailed with 45
votes.
Ray Cline, unopposed for Ward
1 commissioner, garnered 1861
votes.
Ward II Commissioner Eugene
Goforth easily withstood the
challenge of V7. S. Seimore Bid
dix. Total vote cast for Goforth
was 1440, while Biddix received
714.
Ward III Commissioner T. J
(Tommy) Ellison withstood the
challenges of Corbett Nicho’son
and Avery (Mack) Murray. Nich
olson ran second with 822 to Elli
sons. 1103. Murray polled 267.
Ellison’s lead over both challen
gers was 14. It will be Ellison's
sixth term.
Norman King, who ran second
to Comm. Ben H. Bridges in the
1961 voting, led a three-man rare
for Ward 4 Commissioner. Mr.
King received 1378 votes, Paul
Ledford ran second at 662 and
Willis B. Bagwell’s total vote
was 174.
Ward 5 Commissioner J. E
I (Zip) Rhea, challenged by Hn/r]
Lee Gill, Negro, polled "'**es
(Continued on Page Eighty
I City Election
SIDELIGHTS I
The 2390 persons who voted
in the city election Tuesday set
a record, topping the c:ie set
two years ago when 2237 bat
lots. The gain was 163.'.
e-s
Pawk Grace, where 131 voted'
in the school trustee
was the first to reoort the
I day’s work comolefp Conn* ’»>'»
was completed in 20 minutes.
Ward 3, at East school w-s
last, completing final tally.ng
at 11:30.
e-s
Rufus S. White, a"- P*
fn ve-rd 4 M '.
White may hold a record as
the oldest citizen to vote, inj
Tuesday’s election.
e-s
Greamy Rogers o* S. Chero
kee street, an invalid for seven
years, made the trio to the
polls vin ambulance. Mr. Ebg;
ers voted in Ward 1.
e-s
Mayor Kelly Dixon was first
voter at Ward 5 precinct
when it opened at 6:30 Tues
day. Second voter was Ex
Mayor Glee A. Bridges anti
leader in the three-man ma
yoral race.
e-s
In-city voters were blessed
with Ideal voting weather. They
also voted at new polling
(Continued on Page Eight)