VOL 74 No. 31
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday August I, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
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Greater Kings Mountain
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SUPPER MEETING
Members of Circle 4 of First
Presbyterian church and their
familes will gather for a picnic
Monday at 7 p.m. at the Lake
Montonia cottage of Mr. and iMrs.
Harry Page. Mrs. Haywood E.
Lynch is circle chairman.
TO MEXICO
Miss Geraldine Humphries, rep
resenting Dixon Presbyterian
church, and Miss Della Tilson,
representing Northside Presby
terian church, Gastonia, will
leave from Georgia Friday for a
two - week’s caravan to Mexico.
The two area girls are only two
from Kings Mountain Presbytery
among the caravan.
KIWANIS CLUB
' State Highway Patrolman R.
E. (Dick) Shaney will present a
program on highway safety at
Thursday’s Kiwanis club meeting.
The civic club meets at 6:45 p.m.
at the Woman’s club.
TEACHER OF YEAR
Mrs. O. P. L,ewis, wife of the
Kings Mountain dentist and ele
mentary teacher at Rhyne school
in Gastonia, was recently named
“Teacher of the Year” for 1963.
The award is presented annually.
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KIWANIS PICNIC
Kings Mountain Kiwanians will
hold their next picnic at Lake
Monitonia on Thursday, August
15th. Barbecue will be served by
Austin Bridges.
„ _ UOTARY MEETING-w '
' Kings (Mountain Rotary ddb
will not meet at the Coutitry
dub Thursday. The regular
meeting will be a joint one with
the Gastonia Rotary club on that
day, President Neil Johnson said.
DIXON 4-H CLUB
The regular meeting of the
Dixon Community 4-H club will
be held Tuesday night at 7 p.in.
■at Dixon Presbyterian church.
ROTARY SPEAKER
Archie W. Shuford of Hickory,
governor of District 767 of Ro
tary International, paid his offi
cial visit to the Kings Mountain
Rotary club Thursday. The club
met at the Country Club.
RECORDER’S COURT
Regular weekly session of
Kings Mountain Recorder’s Court
will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in
City Hall courtroom. Court was
not held Monday due to the ab
sence of Clerk Earl Stroupe, Jr.,
on vacation.
NO FIRES
City firemen answered no fire
alarms in Kings Mountain with
in the past week, according to re
port of firemen.
COMMUNION
. St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
** will observe full communion
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock,
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor, has
announced.
SPEAKER
Roland Lanier of Gastonia will
speak on “Echoes from the Men’s
Convention” held in Texas at
Dixon Presbyterian church Sun
day at 9:30 a.m. Mr. Lanier will
fill the pulpit in the absence of
the pastor, on vacation.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
$202.40, City Clerk Joe McDaniel,
Jr., reported, including $184.55
from on-street meters, $51 from
over-parking fees, and $17.85
from off-street meters.
Herald S. O. S.
Old Papers Wanted
The Kings Mountain Herald
needs at least five copies of its
(May 30th edition to complete
permanent files and will pur
chase them at 25 cents per
copy.
Citizens who have these cop
ies at home should note that
the front page dateline is May
23, 1963. Other pages of the pa
per are dated correctly, May 30,
1963.
The May 30th edition of 16
pages carried a front page
three-column picture of Barry
Gibson receiving the Moss tro
phy, most valuable award to a
baseball player. The lead story
carried the heading, “Throwing
firm In Major Expansion.”
Park Grace
May Have
No Fifth
Park Grace school may have no
fifth grade this year, but the ab
sence of a fifth grade would eli
minate all split-grade teaching
at this unit of the Kings Moun
tain school district.
Superintendent B. N, Barnes
noted that the fifth grade poten
tial enrollment at Park Grace is
17. Assignment of these pupils to
fifth grades at East and West
schools would not overload East
and West classes and would
mean that Park Grace Would be
a seven teacher school, minus
split grades, and with an average
pupil load per teacher of 30.
Though the board of education
last week elected three high
school teachers, Supt. Barnes
said Wednesday a minimum of
ten teachers are needed for the
beginning of school, and perhaps
12. The “perhaps” depends on the
number of teachers the board of
education decides to employ from
local funds. Generally speaking,
the number thb schools will re
quire will depend on grade alter
native to employing extra teach
ers would be more split grade
situations.
The three teachers,elected lor
the high schools' last Thursday
are all former facuity members.
They are Mrs. '$pili Shulord,
Kings Mountain, who will teach
English and French; Mrs. Bill
Bates, Kings Mountain, who will
teach English and history; and
F. L. Lhrson, former No. 3 prin
cipal, who will teach mathema
tics. The high school faculty still
requires another mathematics
teacher and a commercial teach
er.
Elementary vacancies are yet
to be filled at East, North, Beth
ware, Compact and Davidson,
and in special education for the
edueable retarded.
Mr. Barnes reported one addi
tional resignation, in the person
of Mrs. Pemell G,; Bennix, sec
ond grade teacher at Davidson,
who wrote that she moved to
New York.
ElUs Lumber
Closes Here
Ellis Lumber Company, Kings
Mountain business citizen since
1935, closed its operation here
Friday, W. Y. Ellis, president of
the firm, said.
Mr. Ellis said the Grover road
{firm has been moved to Shelby.
It will continue in operation at
Highway 18 South.
“We appreciate the patronage
of Kings Mountain citizens”, Mr.
Ellis continued, “and InV’te them
to visit us in Shelby for their
building needs.” '
Mr. Ellis said the firm has no
immediate plans for reopening
here.
Jack Mercier, secretary - trea
surer, who has operated the
Kings Mountain plant here, is
joining Barina Wholesale Supply
Company as Manager. The Mer
ciers will be moving to Fuquay
Springs, near Raleigh, in the
near future, President Ellis said.
George Adams'
Bites Conducted
Fisneral rites for George L.
Adams, 65, were held Wednes
day at 4 p.m. from the chapel of
Harris Funeral ,Home, interment
following in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mr. Adams died Monday at 6
p.m. in the Kings Mountain hos
pital following an illness of sev
eral years. Hte had resided at 505
Battleground Avenue.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son ui the late Mr.
and Mrs. Dave W. Adams. He re
tired in 1959 as plant foreman
at Superior Stone Company. He
was a member of First Baptist
church. 1
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Caldwell Adams; one son,
Harold Adams of Mount Holly;
two brothers, Frank and Herbert
Adams of Kings Mountain; three
daughters, Mrs. John Weaver and
Mrs. George Sellers of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. N. U. Tindall
of Durham.
Rev. B. L. Raines, assisted by
Rev. Marion DuBose, officiated
at the final rites.
Active pallbearers included
Lester Etters, B. P. Jackson, i
Norman Abernathy, H. L. Camp- <
bell, James Kerns and A. U. Tin- j
dall. I
Antioch Church
150 Years Old
Sunday Services
To Commemozate
150th Year
FT head later ANTIOCH BAPTI
Antioch Baptist church near
Grover, organized in 1813, will
celebrate i t s Sesquicentennial
Sunday at special services.
Rev. Archie C. Hughes, pastor,
said the day’s activities would be
gin with Sunday School at 10 a.
m.
At the morning worship ser
vice at 11 o’clock recognition will
be given to the members 80 years
of age and above and members
70 years of age. All former pas
tors will also be recognized.
Lunch will be served at 12:30
in the picnic area on the church
grounds. A song service at 2 p.m.
will be under the direction of Ed
Neal, music director. The Antioch
church choir, the Blacksburg
Male Chorus and others will pre
sent special music along with
congregational singing. There
will be no evening service.
"All former members and
friends are given a special invi
tation to attend”, Mr. Hughes
said.
Ule Saving
Course To End -
Certificates will be awarded to
24 students in Senior and Junior
life saving courses Friday at
Deal St. and Maple Springs
pools.
The courses are under sponsor
ship here of the Junior Chamber
of Cemmerce, in cooperation with
the Kings Mountain Red Cross
chapter.
Instructors have 'been W. Don
ald Crawford, Jerry Patterson,
Bob Hussey and Manley Hayes.
Enrolled in the Junior Life
Saving course this summer were
the following: Tommy Goforth,
Larry Adams, Barbara Hord,
Reb Weisener, Carl Weisener,
Wendell Bunch, Don Bridges,
Jeff Mauney, Joe Cornwell, Den
nis. Bridges, Peter Hauser, Tom
my Gerbeiding, Pat Cheshire,
Jay Powell, Dean Henderson,
Charles Padgett, Harold Thrift
and John Clemmer.
Enrolled in the Senior Life
Saving course are Judy Morris,
Paul Reynolds, Donn Freeman,
Ken Steffy, Dennis Patterson and
May Brooks.
Martin Joins
Welfare Group
Nixon Martin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thurman Martin of Kings
Mountain, ha3 joined the Cleve
and County Welfare Department
is a caseworker.
Mr. Martin will work in the
igency’s public assistance divi
sion under the supervision of Ha
ley Dedmond.
Martin is a native of Cleveland
County and a graduate of No. 3
high school and Western Caro
lina college, where he majored in
business administration.
PRESIDENT — R. W| Hurlbuit is
the recently installed president
of the Kings Mountain Optimist
club* He succeeded Harold Phil
lips. . ^
School Plans
Are Approved
The board of education formal
ly approved drawings for the
general layout of the new Kings
Mountain district high school
plant last Thursday.
Beforc.-flpprovaJf aaemben*-of •
the board, with Architects Tho
mas H. Cothran and Fred Van
Wageningen considered in detail '
final suggestions for refinements
from the division of school plan
ning, State Department of Public
instruction.
It was agreed further attention
would be devoted to shower ar
rangements in the girls’ physical
education dressing rooms, and
on the cafeteria plan, the latter
in an effort to improve traffic
flow.
Meantime, the board authorized
use of savings and loan deposits,
if necessary, to make an initial
payment to the architects of 25
percent of the estimated architec
tural fee. This fee on a (million
dollar building would be $45,000,
with the current payment due
approximating $11,250.
While the board has authority
to issue $1,100,000 in bonds for
building the new high, school
plant on Phifer Koad, the bonds
have not yet been issued. Some
capital outlay funds are in hand
from local revenues.
The architects decline to esti
mate a completion date on plans
and likely bid-invitation date.
Thursday's action means that
the architects can proceed with
detailed plans and specifications.
Vice-Chairman H. O. Williams
presided at Thursday’s session in
the absence of Chairman James
E. Herndon, Jr. All other mem
bers were present and the action
approv'-.ig preliminary plans was
unanimous.
War, Swift Strike Maneuver Kind,
Near, May Beach Kings Mountain
By MARTIN HARMON
“War” is scheduled to begin
Sunday in the form of service
naneuvers under the code name
Dpcration Swift Strike.
Whether this was will come to
Kings Mountain outwardly is not
mown, but a soldier assigned to
:ounter intelligence was here
his week and said it could.
"Don’t be surprised,” he said,
‘if you get up some morning
ind find machine guns on top
>f buildings and soldiers all
ibout.”
Swift Strike activity to date
las been limited to theoretical
lolitical activity and air viola
ions. '•*
Here is the nub of the ‘war”:
An area generally bounded by
Augusta, Ga„ and central North
tamed "Columbia,” on the verge
>f invasion by the Blues, or bad
fuys. which in real life are the
12nd 4nd 101st Airborne divis
ions.
"Columbia” asks the Reds, or '
good guys, for military aid, and
the Reds, the 2nd Irtfantry di- <
vision from Fort Benning, Ga„ «
and the 5th Infantry division ,
from Fort Hood, Texas, will come |
to the rescue.
The counter ■ intelligence rep
resentative (good guys) says
both intell genee agents and gue- i
rillas from both sides are al
ready in the vicinity. He guessed ,
there are already 1500 in the ,
York-Clover area alone.
While Kings Mountain is theo- (
rctically out of bounds, it might |
come to be regarded as an im- ,
portant supply area. One side or ■
the other could decide to invade, ■,
He compared it to the Korean ]
War when the United Nations |
decision was to stay south of the
Yalu River — even though it was i
known Red Korean war material j
i w<|* |gtgiing Hum Red Cbiua.
Mrs. McGinnis
Sells Building
To Warlick
John Warlick, Kings Mountain
insurance'agent, has purchased
the McGinnis building, formerly
occupied by McGinnis Depart
ment Store.
The business transaction was
confirmed by Mr. Warlick and
Mrs. Henkle McGinn's Tuesday.
Purchase price was not announc
ed.
C. E. Warlick Insurance Agen
cy expects to occupy the new lo
cation, at 108 W. Mountain street,
within the next three or four
weeks, Mr. Warlick said.
The firm expects to begin re
modeling within the next few
days, Mr. Warlick continued. Tht
McGinnis building has floor space
of 22 feet by 110.
McGinnis Department Store,
which moved this week to new
quarters on Battleground ave
nue, occupied the building for
four years and the McGinnis
family subsequently purchased it
from the W. J. Crawford estate.
McGinnis Furniture Company
had occupied the same quarters
before moving to its new loca
tion on S. Battleground Avenue.
The Warlick firm will be mov
ing from 125 W. Mountain street.
Help-A-Home
Project Launched
The Kings Mounta'n Welfare
Department is asking area citi
zens to help a local girl “have a
home of her own."
Mrs. Ed. H. Smith, caseworker,
refers to a 25-year-old girl who
has had over 10 leg operations
and underwent knee surgery a
few days ago in a Gastonia hos
pital. She has been able tb walk
'“Wi the aid 'of crutche*«.Cripi>ied
by polio at ah early age, the
young woman lived for several
years in an iron lung. She now
wears braces on both legs.
An apartment has been rented
for the young woman, who is
single, Mrs. Smith said, and add
ed, "She has adequate bedroom
furnishings but no living room
and kitchen furnishings.
Mrs. Smith said any items of
used furniture or household
goods would be appreciated.
They antic pate having the three
room apartment ready for the
young girl when she is discharg
ed from the hospital in the next
week or so, she added.
Interested persons may con
tact Mrs. Smith at the Welfare
office on West King Street.
McGinnis Firm
In New Location
McGinnis Department Store
expects to be open for business
Friday in its new location in the
Morrison building on Battle
ground Avenue.
The firm is moving from the
McGinnis building on West Moun
tain street.
Hold Invents
Mailmen's Aid
Joe B. Hord, Kings Mountain
native, son of the late Joe S. and
Frances Stubbs Hord, and now a
Maxton rural mail carrier rolled
into Charlotte last week with a
portable mail case, an invention
he hopes the Post Office Depart
ment will adopt.
Hord has been in the postal
service for more than 21 years
and for more than two years has
been working on a mail case to
simplify and speed the handling
of mail by rural postmen.
Hord, brother of George Hord,
assistant postmaster, Ned Hord.
Bryan Hord, rural carrier, Fred
Hord, and Miss Marjorie 1 lord
all of Kings Mountain, sa d he
has the device perfected, and that
Congressman Alton Lennon of
Wilmington is trying to arrange
a hearing with the proper Post
Office Department officials in
Washington.
Hord, an energetic heavyset
fellow, called his invention a
“folder File” and said he has a
letter from the patent office re
serving his rights in the new de
velopment.
As it now works, a mail carrier
sorts the mall on his route before
he leaves the base post office. To
sort letters he uses a mail case,
which has a ser es of pigeon holes
arranged vertically. Each pigeon
hole represents a patron’s mail
box.
The carrier goes through the
mail on his route and sticks each
piece of mail In the proper pig
(Jonlinutd On Pave 2vwn
Mattie Bush 16,
Missing A Week
Red-headed Girl
Was Refused
WAC Induction
By MARTIN HARMON
A young red-hoaded Kings Moun
tain giri, Matt e N. Bush, who
won't be 17 until August 18, has
been missing since 12:10 p.m.
Wednesday, July 24.
Her father, Glenn Bush, who
lives at 615 East King street, and
is an employee of Carlon (Mills at
Crowder’s Mountain, said his
daughter became hysterical when
refused enlistment in the Wo
man’s Army Corps, left the Char
lotte induction center and hasn’t
been seen since.
Charlotte police headquarters
Wednesday reported no success
in their efforts to locate the girl,
a former employee of Craftspun
Yarns, Inc., and described at five
feet, six inches tall, weighing 135
pounds, red headed and slightly
freckled on the cheeks.
According to Mr. Bush:
The Bush girl went to Char
lotte for induction in the WAC.
She had qu t Kings Mountain
high school in^he eleventh grade
had been granted the equivalent
of a high school diploma by the
army after passing the required
WAC tests, was cleared for in
duction with parental permission.
She was scheduled for embarka
tion pn a plane to an Alabama
army post later In the afternoon
at 5:20.
Meantime, the army induction
center had discovered that Miss
Bush’ birth certificate showed
her correct, rather than claimed
age, which was more than a
year below the mandatory mini
mum of 18.
When the girl did not appear
for the plane, Mr. Bush, at Doug
las Airport to see his daughter
off, inquired of the reservations
clerk to f nd that the army had
cancelled her reservation.
Sgt. Buckelew, of the induction
center, told Mr. Bush his daugh
ter, informed she wouldn’t be in
ducted, “got all tore up and ran
out of the place.”
When last seen, (Miss Bush was
wearing a two-piece summer
suit, with black-and-white blouse
and black-and-white skirt. How
ever, she had a bag which con
tained other clothes.
Mr. Bush said he had lived n
Kings Mountain for the better
part of ten years, coming here
from York, S. C.
Privilege License
Penalty Day Near
Barring heavy purchases
Thursday, numerous Kings
Mountain business firms will pay
a penalty for 1963-64 city privi
lege licenses.
Penalty of five percent (per
month) applies for the first t me
Friday.
Through Tuesday, the city had
issued licenses totaling $3,556.75,
with $5,800 anticipated for the
year from this revenue item.
Old licenses expired June 30.
AFS STUDENT — Jose Antonio
Pucci, of Argentina, will arrive
here soon to become Kings Moun
tain’s fifth foreign exchange stu
dent under the America Field
Service program. He will reside
with the John Sheshire, Jr., fam
ily.
Mis. Sandeis'
Rites Friday
Mrs. Carrie Moss Sanders, 81
died Wednesday morning at 9:1!
in the Kings Mountain hospital
following several months' illness
Funeral rites will be held Fri
day at 4 p.m, at Pleasant Hill
church of Cherokee Falls, S. C.
Interment will be made in th<
Moss cemetery at Cherokee Falls
Mrs. Sanders was a native ol
Cherokee County, S. C, and wi
dow of William Arthur Sanders.
She is survived by five 6ons
and three daughters, all of whom
are of Kings Mountain. They in
dude Chief of Police Paul San
ders, Clyde Sanders, Floyd San
ders, Howard Sanders and Jake
Sanders, Mrs. Ola Royster, Mrs.
Vera Black and Mrs. Bernice
Clinton: 10 grandchildren and 21
great-grandchildren.
Pillow Cases Used
To Carry Loot
-Two pillow cases were appar
ently used by theives Sunday
night to carry away loot from
Mountain View Grill south of
Kings Mountain.
Chief Deputy Sherriff George
Allen, investigating the break
in, said the following items
were taken: one roll of pen
nies, eight to 10 Confederate
style Army caps, 12 cans of
potted meat spread, eight to
ten cartons of cigarettes, four
to five cigarette lighters, six
pairs of sun glasses and two
pillow cases.
No arrests have been made
but the investigation is continu
ing.
BAND BEGINS PRACTICE
The K ngs Mountain high
school band will begin its pre
season practice beginning Mon
day, August 19, at 7 p/m. in the
high school band room. All mem
bers please contact fellow band
members about the practice.
Former Police Chief Superintends
Top Security Risk Prison Camp
Former Police Chief Hugh A.
Logan, Jr., now superintendent
of the maximum r sk prison camp
at Bunn in Northampton county,
Mrs. Logan and their three child
ren were visiting friends here
Wednesday.
The former chief and onetime
shiriff of Cleveland County as
sumed the prison camp post af
ter resigning here.
Supt. Logan superintends a
staff of 125 and 350 prisoners
and a 5,000 acre farm.
He said the prison camp is ad
ministered “Texas - style”, with
guards mounted on horsehack.
Supt. Logan was sent to Texas to
observe the operation of Texas
prison camps before the system
was borrowed for the Bunn in
stallation.
Reminiscing with Mayor Glee
A. Bridges, whom Mr. Logan
served as police chief, the two
recounted Mr. Logan’s induction
as a member to area Vo ture of
l he -10 & 8. Tiien chief here, Mr.
Logan was ordered to don a
striped prisoner’s uniform, then
was put into the Lincoln prison
compound. Shortly there were
mutterings of, "Get him, he put
me in here.” The hazers decided
they were carrying a joke too far.
It was true. Three of the pris
oners had been convicted with
Mr. Logan, either as sheriff or
chief, the off cer with damaging
testimony.
Recent additions to the Bunn
camp roster are the prisoners
from the Ivy Bluff camp, which
has been closed.
Mr. Logan is a member of his
district school committee.
His oldest son will be in the
seventh grade this fall. His twins,
a boy and a girl, will enter the
sixth giado.
Beam To Grover,
Sincox To loin
McGill, Adams
By MARTIN HARMON
The Kvngs fountain area med
ical contingent Is soon to have
two additional general practition
ers.
Holmes Harry, of Grover, said
he anticipates Dr. Lewis R.
Beam, native of the Tryort com
munity in Gaston county, wjll
come to Grover to begin practice
in the near future.
Meant, me, Dr. Francis J. Shir
cox has rented the Second Bap
tist parsonage on Groves street,
with anticipation of Joining Dr.
John C. McGill and Dr. diaries
Adams In the practice of medi
cine here.
Dr. Beam was discharged in
California from four years of
naval duty on July 7, and Dr.
Slncox anticipates discharge at
Norfolk, Va., in the near future,
also after four years of naval du
ty
Mr. Harry, an official of Min
?tte Mills, Inc. a member of the
Kings Mountain board of educa
tion and vice-chairman of the
Kings Mountain hospital board
of directors, said Grover citizens
are very pleased that Dr. Beam
is coming to Grover "within a
month” after the departure of
Dr. Adams, who completed a
four-year practice there to join
Dr. John IMcGill here.
Dr. McGill said he had not been
in recent communication with
Dr. Sinoox and did not know
what date he mi ght begin prac
tice here. Mrs. Sincox, from
Charlotte, is a daughter of a
• Queens college roommate of Mrs.
Harold Hunnicutt, of Kings
Mountain. Dr, Slncox graduated
from Emory University.
Dr. Beam was a navy general
practitioner who spent a year of
his service duty aboard an LSD.
He comp 1 e t e d undergraduate
work at the University of North
Carolina in 1955, was graduated
from the University Medical
school in 1958, avid interned for
a year at the University Memor
ial hospital at Chapel Hill before
going into the navy.
Mis. Beam did not change sur
names. She is the former Mildred
Beam of Cherryville. The Beams
have a 14-month old daughter,
Margaret Ashland Beam.
Tax Discount
lime Is Heie
Tax discount time begins
Thursday.
Taxpayers, both in Kingp
Mountain and Cleveland County,
can earn the full two percent dia*
count by paying their 1963 ac
counts during the month of Au
gust.
The city will mail statements
to all taxpayers, with corporate
statements due in the mail this
weekend.
The county, Tax Collector Ro
bert M. Gidney said, will follow
usual policy, mailing statements
to all who prepaid their tax bills
; last year.Others who wish to pay
in advance this year can obtain
statesmen^ by calling the county
tax office.
Mr. Gidney said all county
statements are prepared with the
exception of Townships 4 and 5.
The advance statements will be
posted next v/eek.
The discount rate drops to one
percent for the month of Sep
tember, and to onehalf of one
percent in October. Taxes are due
at par in November.
MOOSE GOVERNOR — Charles
E. (Whitey) Bowen is the cur
rent Governor of Kings Moun
tain Moose Lodge 1748. He suc
ceeded Past Governor Horae*
t Biowa.