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Vol. 74 No. 21
jin's Reliable Newspapei
Established 1889
Kings
, May 23, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
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PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF HIGH SCHOOL PLANT — Pictured
is the architects' conception of the new Kings Mountain area
high school. The circular building at the left is the "future"
auditorium and is not included in present plans for the build
ing. Other minor changes to the eexterior line may be dictated
iXAin wbiUiBUIBATJM? H11.H SCHOOL.
ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATES' SHBUbY- HC.
by space elimination to meet rash limitations. Architect Fred
Van Wagen ingen noted, but tfte sketch otherwise approximates
the exterior appearance of the plant as if will look on com
pletion.
Rubye Buirage
Funeral Held
On Tuesday
Funeral rites for Miss Rubye
Mae Burrage, 56, were held Tues
day afternoon at 4 p.m. from Cen
tral Methodist church, of which
she was a member.
Rev. H. D. Garmon, assisted by
Rev. Marion DuBose, officiated
at the final rites and interment
was made in Elizabeth Baptist
church cemetery near Shelby.
Miss Burrage died Monday at
4:30 a.m. in the Kings Mountain
hospital. In declining health for
several years, she became ill sud
denly Wednesday night. Buyer
and saleslady of the ladies ready
to wear department at Belk’s,
she had reported for work Wed
nesday as usual. Death was attri
buted to uremic poisoning,
usual.
An employee of Belk’s Kings
Mountain store for 27 years, Miss
Burrage had received her 25-year
service pin.
Belk’s Depetment Store was
closed from 1 p.m. Tuesday.
She was a native of Rock Hill,
S. C., daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James Harvey Burrage.
She attended grade school in
Kings Mountain and graduated
from St. Agnes high school at
Charlottesville, Va,
Surviving are three brothers,
Lawrence Burrage of St. Petes
bug, Fla., H. L. Burrage of Ash
land, Va., and G. T. Burrage of
Goldsboro.
Active pallbearers were George
Blalock, Bill Brown, Bob Hullen
der, Glenn Payseur, Jim Yartooro
and Ben Goforth, Jr.
Herndon Chosen
Board Chairman
James E. Herndon, Jr., newly
elected memlber of the board of
education was elected chairman
at the board’s organization meet
ing last Thursday.
He was elected by 3 to 2 vote
over Mrs. Lena McGill on the
third ballot.
Vice-Chairman H. O. (Toby)
Williams was re-elected.
The board re-elected teachers,
discussed plans for the construc
tion of the new high school plant,
and approved a recommendation
to raise the appropriation for
supplemental texts by 50 cents
per student.
Other new board member is
George H. Mauney.
Other hold-over member is
Holmes Harry, of Grover.
28 Graduating
At Compact
Compact high school will award
diplomas to 28 se-niors in finals
exercises Wednesday evening at
8 o’clock at Compact Gymnator
ium.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be delivered Sunday afternoon at
2 p. m. in the Gymnatorium.
Dr. O. P. Foster, pastor of Shi
loh Baptist church of Shelby, will
deliver the baccalaureate and Dr.
Samuel E. Duncan, president of
Livingstone college at Salisbury,
will make the commencement ad
dress.
Principal L. L. .Adams will pre
sent diplomas.
Other commencement-season
activities for Compact students
include the annual music festival
on Tuesday evening by the Glee
club and Band: Senior Class
Night on Thursday: and Awards
Day next Wednesday.
Candidates for diplomas are:
Willie Lee Adams. Willie L.
Adams, El wood Landis Childers,
David Crank, Gilbert W. Dye,
Steve R. Jamerson. Frankie D.
MeCluney, Harold T. McDowell.
Lawrence C. M’S wain. Elwood
Roberts, Lonnell Ro*s, Fred
Smith, Thomas J. Smith. Lyn
wood B. Thorn bs, Farris Turner,
Jr., and Billy G. Whites des.
A’«o: Ossie Adams. Yvonne
(Continued on Page Eight)
Finals Exercises
Will Begin Sunday
Gerberding
Will Deliver
Sermon Sunday
Commencement exercises for
145 Kings Mountain high school
seniors will begin on Sunday
night with the baccalaureate ser
mon and end on Wednesday with
the awarding of diplomas to this
community's largest class of
graduates.
Both programs will be held at
8 o’clock p.m. in the high school
auditorium.
Dr. W. P. Gerberdlng, pastor
of St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church will deliver the baccalaur
eate sermon on the subject, “How
High Can You Fly?”
Other ministers of the com-,
munity will assist on the pro
gram.
Rev. Richard Hobson, pastor
of Grover’s Shiloh Presbyterian
church will offer the invocation,
Rev. Donald Callahan, pastor of
Bethlehem Baptist church, will
read the scripture, Rev. Marion
DuBose, pastor of Kings Moun
tain Baptist church, will present
Dr. Gerberding and Rev. N. H.
Pusey, pastor of Grace Methodist
church, will prey ounce the bene
diction.
The Mixed Chorus, under di
rection of Mrs. J. N. McClure,
will sing “With A Voice of Sing
ing” and the congregation will
sing the hymn, “Holy, Holy,
Holy.”
Junior marshals will include
Joan McClure, chief; Priscilla
Padgett, John Tria, Phyllis Pusey,
Jack Howard, Coral Ramseur,
Mike Royster and Donn Free
man.
Seniors will conduct the com
mencement program Wednesday
night. Gary Collins, Sara Hen
dricks and Petie Lynn will speak
on the subject, “This I Believe."
Gail Bolton will give the invoca
tion and Quay Moss will pro
nounce the benediction. Lionel
Barnes will present the class gift
to the school and the class presi
dent Henry Hilliard, Jr. will
give the welcome and introduce
j the program.
A senior ensemble of 18 voices,
| under direction of Mrs. J. N . Mc
I Clure, will sing “I Believe.” Ken
; ny Barnes will render the cor
net solo, “He,” accompanied by
Pattie Howard at the piano. The
mixed ensemble will also sing
Rogers’ “Yau’ll Never Walk A
lone.’
Principal Harry Jaynes will
award the diplomas to members
of the graduating class.
Senior class officers are Henry
(Continued on Page Eight)
SPEAKER —- Dir. W, Cwbor
ding, pastor of Sfe Matthew's Lu
theran church, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon Sunday in
iinals exercises beginning for 145
, Kings -Mountain high school sen
iors.
Nine Teachers
Not Returning
Nine members of the 157-mem
ber Kings Moutnain school dis
trict faculty won't be returned
for the 1963-64 term.
Eight asked not to be consider
ed for re-election and Mrs. Ruth
D. Crotts, high school math teach
er, has resigned since being re
elected along with other faculty
members last Thursday.
Meantime, as is customary, the
board of education deferred ac
tion on re-election of Mrs. Jean
nine Fisher, Bible teacher, for for
mal recommendation of the Bi
ble-in - the - Schools committee
which supplies funds for salary
and supplies. Also deferred was
action on the re-election of Mrs.
Willie R. Terry, Compact faculty
member.
Not planning to return next
year are Mrs. Hester B. McSwain,
special education, Charles R. Es
tep, Bethware, who has accepted
a principalship Mrs. Made L. Cov
ington, East school, who is retir
ing, Miss Marjorie L. Anglin,
East school, Steve McCurdy, high
school math, Miss Martha Sue
cepted a fellowship for further
shool math, Miss Martha Sue
study, Robert J. Cooper, high
Wray, North, who plans to teach
in California, and Mrs. Mary N. i
Gold, West, who will teacn in
Shelby.
Additionally, the board of edu
cation has honored the request of j
Fred Withers to be relieved of j
coaching duties.
! Chamber of Commerce Committees
Are Named By President Crawford
Membership of Kings Mountain j
Chamber of Commerce commit
tees covering a wide range of
previously - approved projects
were announced this week by
President J. Wilson Orawford.
Mr. Crawford said committees
are complete in most instances, ■
but that one or two may have \
additions.
He also noted that, on most
committees, one member is a
■ member of the Junior Chamber |
| of Commerce. Directors if the
Junior Chamber have approved J
! the Chamber of Commerce pro
: eet list and Mr. Crawford, com-,
mented, “This organization can i
and will render valuable aid in
i seeing the projects to fruition.;
The board of directors felt It prop- '
er to include them on the working i
| committees."
\ The committee include:
Public sanitation, Charles Blan
ton, chairman, Richard Barnette,
Harry Page and Robert H. Go
forth, Jaycee.
Traffic — Ollie Harris, chair- j
man, Charles Neisler and W. G. j
(Bill) Jonas, Jaycee.
Public parking — W. S. Ful- j
ton, Jr , chairman, Marioti Phifer, i
Glee E. Bridges and Bill Culp,
Jaycee.
Vacant property beautification
— Ben H. Bridges, chairman. Glee ]
A. Bridges and Jake Dixon, Jay-i
cee.
Urban renewal — Bob Maner,
chairman, Ed Goter, J. E. Rhea,
and Ha: old Lutz, Jaycee,
Community landscaping — I
Mrs. George Houser, chairman, i
Mrs. J. E. Herndon, Sr., Ray VV. j
Cline and Hugh Lancaster, Jay
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Time At Hand
On New School
Paring time on plans for the
■new Kings Mountain district high
school has arrived.
Board of education members
and Architects Tom Cothran and
Fred Van Wageningen spent a
three-hour session considering
floor plan drawings Tuesday
night, as they discussed means
of paring the building plans to
meet money available for the
plant’s construction.
Present plans call for a build
ing approximately 132,000 square
feet, which the architects esti
mate will approximate $11 per
square foot, or considerably more
than the outside limits of the
million dollars the board has for
the building.
The architects, Superintendent
B. N. Barnes, and some school
board members expect to confei
with officials of the Department
of School Planning in Raleigh
Monday morning for suggestions
cocerning space cuts.
Meantime, bbard members and
architects Mentioned these possi
'for cost savings, witft the
indication that most of them will
be offered in the plans as alter
nates with the hope that the bid
ding on contracts will enable the
inclusion of some of them: 1)
choral room, 2) stage in the gym
nasium, 3) industrial arts area, 4)
corridor between locker rooms
and gymnasium, air-conditioning
(planned for two-story north
west wing).
Trustee Otto Williams was
joined by other trustees in ob
jecting to elimination of the in
dustrial arts areas.
“This instruction is needed by
the many students who don’t plan
to attend college.’’
Principal Harry Jaynes noted
that state officials advised the
preliminary planning of the build
ing on basis of need, adding that
they would assist with the paring.
In another business at the ses
ion which ended near mid-night,
the board:
1) Accepted the resignation for
1963-64 of Mrs. Ruth D. Crotts.
2) Authorized the superinten
dent to organize a high school
summer session.
3) Approved an experimental
trial of a new pick-up system for
in-city Bethware students, with
pick-ups originating at East, West
and North Schools.
4) Deferred action on renewal
of the child accident insurance
policy. Supt. Barnes advised that
the carrier, Pilot Life Insurance
Company, will increase the fee
per student to $2. up 25 cents.
Chairman James E. Herndon,
Jr., appointed Mr. Williams to in
vestigate the possibility of re
quiring land for a playground
for the Compact plant.
Teachei Group
Lists Complaints
Bethware faculty members, in
a letter to Board of Education
Chairman James E. Herndon, Jr„
have issued four compla ints con
cerning Bethware School opera
tions.
In the letter, signed by all fa
culty members except Principal
R. G. Franklin, contend:
1) The student transportation
schedule creates a too-long class
day with adverse effect on the
learning abilities of the students.
2) Classroom loads are too hea
vy.
3) Split-grade teaching should
be eliminated.
The teachers also object to the
requirement they remain with
their classes until all buses are
loaded in the afternoons.
Following the late Tuesday
board meeting, Chairman Hern
don handed :he letter to Superin
tendent B. N. Barnes with the
statement, ■'The other members
have copies.’'
Bridges To Recommend Lower.
Differentials On Water Rate
Outside-City
Industries
Would Benefit
By Martin Hannon
Mayor Glee A. Bridges has
stated he plans to recommend
some downward revision in the
differential of 50 percent charged
outside-of-city industrial water
customers.
Mayor Bridges said he had not
determined the amount of revis
ion he would recommend to the
board of commissioners nor what
method he would suggest.
Bridges Administration IV rais
ed in-city water rates slightly
and increased the outside-city
differential from ten percent to
50 percent of monthly bills.
Mayor Bridges noted that Kings
Mountain Chamber of Commerce,
some months following the Im
position of the higher differential,
had recommended a downward
revision for industrial customers
in order to improve the communi
ty’s chances of attracting new in
dustry.
Most affected by the increase
was Margrace plant of Massachu
setts Mohair Plush Company,
where oficials said at the time of
the increase that their annual
water bill would go up about
$10,000.
Since that time, this company
has expanded considerably their
own water system, and their use
of city water in 1963 has been
sporadic.
The billing for May show* no
usag« Peak usage by Mohair
this i&ear was in March, when
the firm bought 4,661,000 gallons
of city water at a cost of $1,498.
Mohair gets city water service
through a county-owned line
which joins a city main at the
southern dty limits in the Cres
cent Hill section.
Mohair’s water bill was an is
sue in the 1961 city election cam
paign.
There is some speculation the
Mayor, on precedent, will recom
mend contracts for large volume
outside • city industrial users, on
the basis the city once furnish
ed water to Foote Mineral Com
pany.
Foote built its own facilities fol
lowing the droughts of 1953-55.
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Poppy Day Here
Set For Saturday
Saturday is Poppy Day
Kings Mountain.
Officials of Otis D. Green Post
155, the American Legion Auxil
iary, are urging Kings Moun
tain area citizens to buy a pop
py for benefit of veterans in
VA hospitals. The veterans
make the Poppies themselves.
Mrs. O. O. Walker is Poppy
Day chairman. All members
will assist in the street sale to
be held on downtown streets
all day Saturday.
BRIDGES ADMINISTRATION V—Pictured at their
first Mellon, shortly after taking oaths of office
last Thursday morning, are the members of Mayor
Glee A. Bridges' fifth administration. Mayor Brdg
es, sc ted at center, Is flanked by Comm*. Nor
man left and Ray Cline, newly-named mayor
pro tempore. Back row. left to right, are Con;®,*
T. J. Ellison. Eugene Goforth, and J. E. (Zip) RJica
Mayor Bridges regained the seat he lost ti KcT,y
Dixon in 19S1 and Comm. King succeeds Ben if.
Bridges who retired. (Carlisle Studio photo)
Patterson Czove
Church To Bum
Notes Sunday
Homecoming Day Sunday will
be a special event lor 22h mem
bers of Patterson Grove Baptist
church.
Morning service! at 11 a. m
will feature the burning of a
note for §40,000, indebtedness on
the educational plant, pastorium
and adjacent Patterson Grove
school property purchased by the
church.
The service will culminate an
eight-year building program in
which the congregation erected
a new educational plant, in addi
tion to a new pavtorltom. Present
estimated value of ail the prop
erties is $155 GO, a spokesman for
the church said,
Rev. Richard E. Plyler, new
pastor of the church, will deliver
the morning message. The day's
offering will iiegin a new build
ing fund designated for the new
church sanctuary.
Picnic lunch will be spread on
the church grounds at 12:30.
Special singing wil] begin at 2
|lm.
All members of the church, for
mer members, and v'sitors ore in
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Rotary To Honor KMHS Baseball
Champs Tuesday; Ferrell Speaker
i Kings Mountain Rotary club
will honor the high school base- ■
ball team, conference title win
ners, at lunch at the country club
Tuesday at 12:15.
Wes Ferrell, former major lea-1
gue pitcher who starred for years I
with the Cleveland Indians and j
other big league clubs, will be
the principal speaker. Ferrell is
currently managing the Rock Hill
Chiefs of the Western Carolines '
' League.
Another feature of the program |
will be award of the most valu-!
able player trophy which is given ,
by John Moss, Western Carolinas I
League president.
Jack White, Rotary president, I
said it is the intention of the,
Rotarians to make the baseball
luncheon an annual event.
Guests at the luncheon wll in-!
elude all members of the high j
school baseball team, their coach- j
es, sport* editors of area news
papers, and other baseball digni
taries.
Ferrell, a native of Guilford
county, starred In the thirties,
and was one of the top right
| handers of his era. Hi* brother,
! Rick Ferrell, was for many years
a major league catcher for the |
St. Louis Browns and Washington
Senators.
The Mountaineers claimed the
conference championship with a
record of eleven vlctor.ps against
no defeats. It was the first con-1
SPEAKJbK — Wh i esreto tonnei
major leaguer and manager of
tho Rock Mill Chief* will make
the principal addree* Tuesday as
the Rotary Clu'j honor* the Kings
Mountain high school baseball
team.
Serena* ba cbail champion hip,
(or K r>n» Mountain in more than ;
two decade*.
Fred Wither*, onetime high '
ichool couch of Bobby it. hartUon, j
'<ew York Yankee se •ond-ba* • I
nan, is the Mounia.nt»w head j
.each.
WINS GRANT — Donald Camp
: bell. Compact high sc.:.ool senior,
has won a National Science Foun
j dation grant for further study.
Campbell Wins
NSF Grant
Compact high school was noti
fied this week that Alark Donald
Campbell, a rising senior, has
been awarded a national science
Foundation scholarship to study
in the summer science institute
for secondary schooJ students at
Bennett College, Greensboro, N.
C. this summer.
Campbell was a successful ap
plicant out of 1238 applications
for 65 top students who met the
high qualifications for admission
to Bennett's Science Institute.
He Is a rrtember of the Na
tional Honor Society at Compact
and an outstanding student.
He is the son of Mr. and Mr
M. L. Campbell, teachers at
Compact.
IC's Will Sell
Light Bulbs
The Kings Mountain junior
Chamber of Commerce will havt
a door-to-door light bulb sale
Fridiy night, beg.nning at 7 o'
clock.
Cartons of eight bulbs tire $2
a-nd contains four 100 watt, two
75 wa't and two GO watt bulbs.
B II Childers Is chairrn J of the
J. C. pro'ect, and Jim McGinnis
Is co-chairman. CiUo J esident
is Bill Alien.
Ray W. Cline
Is Elected
Mayor Pro Tern
Work is expected to begin early
in June on the re-building of the
city's electrical distribution sys
tem.
The new Bridges Administra
tion. immediately after being
sworn last Thursday morning, au
thorized contract with Hunter &
Walden Company, of CharfoJo,
for the first phase of the re-bu.l i
ing jab on low bid of $70,077.
Actually, Hunter & Warden
will receive about $28,000 le a lor
the work, Don Lsmpke, of South
easter Consulting Engine i.’id,
as deduct.ons w.ll be taken for
; about $25,0C0 for switchgear
equipment the city already has
on order, and about $3,000 fur
materials in the present system
i which will be used in the re
1 build work.
On the technicality that a com
mission cannot contract to spend
in • budgeed funds, award of the
second phase of the re - building
wo.k was deferred until alter
| July 1, Thic contract, too, Is ex
pected to be awarded Hunter &
Walden, who entered a totfci i»id
of $130,678.
Engineer Lampke said the suc
cessful bidders had indicated
J they would begin the project
about June 3.
In other first • meeting actions,
I the commission followed p-ece
t dent in naming the biennium’s
leading vote - getter mayor pro
tempore. Ray W. Cline, Ward 1
comm 1 sioner unapplied for :e -
election, succeeds J. E. (Zip)
Rhea.
The board vo ed to retain all
employees for 30 days and voted
to pay Mayor Bridges $3,000 per
year, same sadary ($54001 and
expense account ($600) paid
j Mayor Kelly.
The board recommended to the
recreation commission resump
tion of u:e of juke boxes at >J»e
Deal street and Davidson re;
! *•- _ ____t „£_ ,
i /haperonage is provided and f
j uay use is excluded.
HAIIMON REUNION'
Children of the late Charflie
I Harmon and Mollie Gamble Har
mon, along with their families,
had their annual reunion at a
! bionic dinner at Beulah church
, Sunday.
tlon areas, with provision'