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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Thli figure for Greater Hug* Mountain I* derived from
the 1955 Dan Mountain city directory ceniue. The city
limits figure le Irani the United Statee ceniue of I960.
VOL 74 No. 32
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 8, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
FAMILY GROUP AT DRAMA — Dewey Stokes
(Bud) Mayes of Kings Mountain is pictured above
with his wife, the former Cynthia Barrier, and his
two nephews. Trip Ware, at far left above, and
Carl Scott Ware, far right, following a perform
ance of Kermit Hunter's outdoor drama "Horn In
The West,” at Boone. Now in its 12th season, the
story of Daniel Boone and pioneers seeking free
dom in America's early history is open nightly,
except Monday, through August. The Mayeses are
appearing in the production. The Ware brothers
are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Moffatt Ware, Jr. Mayes
is son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mayes.
Sincox To Begin
Medical Practice
Here On Monday
(Dr. Francis John (Frank) Sin
cox, who will join Dr. John C.
McGill and Dr. Charles Adams in
the practice of medicine here
Monday, will be discharged from
the navy on Friday.
Flight surgeon with a helicop
ter squadron, Kings Mountain’s
new general praotitioner has
just completed six months duty
aboard the USS Randolph, sta
tioned in Norfolk, Va.
Dr. Sincox’s navy background
also included serving hj* .j'ltffliH?
H Ship at St. Alban’s Na
y tal, Long Island. He is a, gradu
ate of Emory University and Em
ory Medical School.
He and Mrs. Sincox, the former
Frances Barker, of Charlotte,
have two children, Douglas, four,
and Kathleen, two. They are
Presbyterian and will occupy the
Groves street residence which is
owned by the Second Baptist
church.
Dr. Sincox was born in Sagi
naw, Mich., where he lived only
two years, his father moving fre
quently in his work with General
Motors. He went to elementary
school in Scotch Plain, N. J„ and
subsequently moved to Atlanta.
He attended Boy’s High school in
Decatur, Ga., at which time he
says he “fell in love with the
South, and if you ask me where
Ilm from, I’ll say Atlanta.”
His father, now retired, and
mother live in Florida.
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Local News '
Bulletins
building permit
Raymond Talbert was issued a
building permit Monday for ad
ding two rooms to his residence
at 200 Oriental Avenue at esti
mated cost of $2850. Mrs Grace
C. Wolfe, assistant city clerk, is
sued the permit.
rotary club
Dr. Richardo Bach, research
chemist at Lithium Corporation
of America, and a former Rotor
ian in Argentina before he join
ed the local club, will speak on
Hotary affairs at Thursday’s
11:15 luncheon meeting of local
Hotarians at the Country Club.
HERE AUGUST 18
Rev. P. D. Patrick of Decatur,
GB., former pastor, will deliver
the morning message August
18th at 11 a.m. at First Presby
terian church. Rev. Patrick is now
associated with Columbia Semi
nary in its development program.
Missing Girl
Was In Gastonia
Mattie Bush, 16, was located
*]adt Thursday after being missing
fr<*m her 612 East King street
home for eight days.
She stayed with Mrs. Violt«t
McDaniel, in Gastonia, who kndw
the girl, but was unaware her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Bush, did not know her wherea
boust.
When the news account of the
miaaing girl appeared, Mrs. Me
re turned her home.
Daniel i
LIONS SPEAKER — Representa
tive Jack Palmer of Shelby will
address members of the Kings
Mountain Lions club at their
Tuesday night meeting at 7 p.m.
at the Woman's club. Dr. George
Plonk has arranged the program.
School Architects
Are "Pushing"
“We’re pushing as much as we
can on both the structural work
and on detailing,” Architect Fred
Van Wageningen said Wednes
day concerning the new Kings
Mountain district high school.
He also reported that the en
gineer for the project, Marcus R.
Durlach, of Columbia, S. C. has
the floor plans and is doing nec
essary figuring work prelimi
nary to drawing plans for the
heatihg, cooling andp lpmbing
system in the projected million
dollar high school plant to be con
structed on Phifer Road.
laycees Induct
New Members
An orie&itaton program for
new members was held at the
Jaycee’s regular meeting Tues
day night at the Woman’s club.
During the orientation pro
gram, the Jaycees welcomed its
'new member., Don Dixon, an em
ployee at Victory Chevrolet, was
inducted at this time.
Hill. Allen, president presided
over the meeting.
John Warlick is program chair
man.
Stolen Cor Back
To Owner Quickly
A stolen car was recovered less
! than two hours after it was
taken Monday night from a
parking lot at Burlington Mills
and the owner first heard of it
from police.
Delis Burton, Linwood Road,
had parked his automobile at
10:30 and reported for work at
Burlington Mills’ Phenix Plant.
Cherryville police stopped the
Burton car about 12:30, the two
boys inside the car fled, accord
ing to police. Bloodhounds lost
the track of the pair.
Cherryville police notified
Kings Mountain police who call
ed owner Burton.
LODGE MEETING
Regular communication of
Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will
be held Monday night at 7:30 at
Masonic Hall, according to an
nouncement by Thomas Tindall,
secretary.
Gzovez Honozs
New Dortoz
At Reception
Dr. and Mrs, Lewis R. Beam
were welcomed at an open house
in Grover Sunday afternoon at
the Grover Clinic.
The reception for the new phy
sician and his wife was held by
Grover’s newly formed Grover
Community Improvement Pro
gram, of which Charles F. Har
ry III is president.
Receiving, along with the ho
nored couple, were Dr. Beam’s
mother, Mrs. R. N. Beam, his
sister, Mrs. H. D. Farnsworth of
A graduate of the University
of North Carolina in 1955 and the
University Medical School in
1958, Dr. Beam completed his in
ternship at the University Me
morial hospital at Chapel Hill be
fore going into the navy. He is
a native of Cherryville.
On July 7 he was discharged
from the navy in California, hav
ing completed four years as a
navy general practitioner, serv
ing one year aboard an* LSD.
Mrs. Beam is the former (Mil
dred Beam, of Cherryville. The
Beams have a 14 month old
daughter, Margaret Ashland.
Dr. Beam, Mr. Harry said, ex
pects to begin practice in Grover
on August 26, and will soon oc
cupy the Travis Smith residence
which Dr. Beam is purchasing.
Mr. Harry commented, “The
Grover community’s spirit is ex
emplified by the more than 250
persons who attended the recep
tion to meet Dr. and Mrs. Beam
and by the willingness of Mr.
Travis Smith to move into a
temporary residence and make
his present home available to
Grover’s new doctor.”
Coopers To Finland
For Church Meeting
Mrs. E. C. Cooper of Kings
Mountain and her son, Lutheran
minister Rev. Edgar Cooper of
Pottstown, Pa., have gone to
Hellsinkie, Finland to attend the
meetings of the Lutheran World
Federation.
The Coopers left from New
York via plane last Monday.
They expect to be away about
a month. Their itinerary includes
a tour of European countries and
a four day’s stay in Russia.
Jordan Serving
At Fort Bragg
Rev. Howard Jordan, pastor of
Central Methodist church, is in
Fort Bragg where he is serving as
past chaplain for 15 days of ac
tive duct with the U. S. Army.
In his absence Sunday, Rev.
Kelly Divon, former Kings Moun
tain mayor, will fill the pulpit at
the 11 o’clock service.
Guest minister at Central
church last Sunday was Rev. Er
vin Houser, ministerial student
at Central Wesleyan college in
Central, S. C., and a member of
E. Gold Street Wesleyan Method
ist church.
Rev. Mr. Jordan will return to
Kings Mountain August 14th.
FAMILY NIGHT
Members of Circle 2 of First
Presbyterian church will gather
for a family picnic Monday at
7 p. m. at the Lake Montonia
cottage of Mrs. Ruth C. Thomas
son.
Optimist Club Projects Teen Center
Two Youths
Are Charged
With Larceny
Two Kings Mountain teenagers
were jailed Tuesday in lieu of
$1950 bond each on four counts
of larceny and one count of
break ng and entering and larce
ny.
Johnny Lewis Jones. 16, and
George YV. Short, 16, were appre
hended by Kings Mountain police
and the county sheriff’s depart
ment. They were booked in Shel
by by Kings Mountain police
chief Paul Sanders and Sheriff
Haywood Allen, Jones early Tues
day and Short later in the after
noon.
The boys will be given a pre
liminary hearing on the felony
(break ng and entering) and will
be tried on the larceny counts in
city recorder’s court here Monday
at 2 p.m. before Judge Jack
White.
Chief Sanders said his depart
ment is still investigating a series
of thefts, some of which have
been allegedly admitted by the
pair.
The streak of vandalism by me
youth, accord ng to Chief San
ders, has been “going on” for
some time. By their own admis
sion, the chief says the boys ac
count of the items stolen are “all
we can remember now.”
Jones, Sanders said, spent two
years at Jackson Training School,
and Short told the Chief they
used the City Hall as their "ren
dezvous” headquarters. They ad
mittedly met at the back of the
City Hall to plan their next
“move”, they say.
"You wouldn’t think of look'ng
for us here”, Jones reportedly
asked Chief Sanders in the police
department here Tuesday.
ineludwh-'W
Approximately $10 in cash and
candy from Davidson Swimming
pool.
Approximately $3-$5 in coin
from the outside dr'nk box at
Early’s Crown Service Station
on LinwotM road.
One roll of pennies, eight to
ten 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 from Mountain View
Service Stat'on on York road.
The bicycles were reportedly
taken from yards of various
homes in the community. Those
recovered are now in the back of
City Hall and youngsters who
nave bikes missing should con
tact Chief Sanders.
The tricycle was quickly put
out of action by the pair, they
told police. They couldn’t ride it
and it wasn’t their plan to sell
them, they said.
Mrs. Metcalf's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Nellie
Etta Metcalf, 56, were held Sun
day at 3 p.m. from St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church, of which she
was a member.
Mrs. Metcalf, wife of Hobart
M. Metcalf, died Friday morning
at her home in Gastonia after
suffering a heart attack.
A Cleveland County native, she
was the daughter of William C.
Dettmar of Gastonia and the
Mrs. Dettmar. She was employed
by Sunshine Uniform Service.
Surviving in addition to her
husband and father, are three
sons, Johnny W. IMetealf and Mil
lard L. Metcalf, both of Kings
Mountain, and H. M. Metcalf, Jr.
of Gastonia; a daughter, Mrs.
Tulla Mae Powell of Gastonia;
two brothers, Lanie C. Dettmar
of Kings Mountain and Clyde
Dettmar of Gastonia; three sis
ters, Mrs. H. Davis of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. Floyd Bridg
es and Miss Bertha Dettmar, both
of Gastonia; and eight grand
children
Dr. W. P. Gerberding officiated
at the funeral rites and nter
ment was made in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Watterson Clan
Reunion Sunday
Descendants of the late John
W. Watterson and related fami
lies will hold their annual clan
reunion at the new building of
the Grover Rescue Squad and
Fire Department in Grover Sun
day, August 11, it was announc
ed by W. L. Watterson of Kings
Mountain.
Picnic dinner will be served
about 1 p. m.
A:*. Vk' Kilt
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ATTEND WORKSHOP — Mrs. Gerald Valentine, left above, and
Mrs. I. C. Davis, secretaries in the offices of the Kings Mountain
schools, attended a workshop at Western Carolina college last week.
Mrs. Davis was one of six North Carolina delegates to the National
Association of Educational Secretaries annual convention.
Bloodmobile Visit
Set For Monday
PASTOR — Rev. John Harris of
Greensboro is the new pastor of
First Wesleyan Methodist church
succeeding Rev. J. W. Phillips.
Mr. Harris begins his new pas
torate Sunday.
Harris Assumes
New Pastorates
Rev. John Harris, pastor of
Greensboro’s First Wesleyan
Methodist church the past eight
years, will deliver his first mes
sage here Sunday as pastor of
First Wesleyan Methodist
church.
Mr. Harris succeeds Rev. J. W.
Phillips, who has assumed new
pastorate duties at Hickory
Chapel Wesleyan Methodist
church of High Point. The Phil
lipses have moved to High
Point and the Harris family,
which includes two sons, moved
today.
The new minister is a gradu
ate of Central Wesleyan college
of Central, S. C.
Kings Mountain has two Wes
leyan Methodist churches. At
East Gold St. Wesleyan Metho
dist church, Rev. C. R. Godson is
beginning his sixth year as pas
tor.
Huffsticldei
Riles Conducted
Funeral rites for Dorus R.
Huffstiekler, 73, were held Tues
day afternoon at 1 p.m. from
Grace Methodist church, of which
he was a member.
(Mr. Huffstiekler died Monday
morning at 7 a.m. after suffering
a hearl attack at his home.
A native of Cleveland County;
he was a retired merchant.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Della Pearson Huffstiekler; three
sons, Robert and Walter Huff
st ckler of Kings Moncntain and
James Huffstiekler of Belmont;
three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Tig
nor of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Lil
lian Sisk of Shelby and Mrs. Iva
Mont joy of Raleigh; one sister,
Mrs. Rosie Ramsey of Kings
Mountain; 21 grandchildren and
fi ve grea t - grandchildren.
Rev. Norman Puscy officiated
at the final rites and interment
was made in Mountain Rest ce
luotcry.
Kings Mountain
Quota For Year
Is 888 Pints
“The need for blood takes no
vacation,” Red Cross officials
said this week in calling atten
tion to Monday’s visit of the
bloodmobile.
August is the
month of vacations," a spokes
man pointed out, "we are hope
ful that many donors from the
Kings Mountain-Grover area will
visit the bloodbank.”
Donors will be processed from
11 a. m. until 5 p. m. at the
Woman’s Club.
Quota for the new fiscal year
which begins with Monday’s
visit is 888 pints of blood. There
are four scheduled visits.
Passing motorists on S. Battie
ground Avenue, the main street
in town, are reminded of the
forthcoming visit via a colorful
marker which calls attention to
the 1963-64 blood quota.
Charles Mauney, M a u n e y
Mills official, is chairman of the
Kings Mountain blood program,
and Mrs. Mauney is co-chalr
man.
Jack Mauney
Kiwanis Speaker
Jack Mauney, North Carolina
State college professor who Is
associated with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture in research
service, will address Kings Moun
tain Kiwanians Thursday night.
The civic club convenes for a
dinner meeting at 6:45 p.m. at
the Woman’s club.
Mr. Mauney’s topic will be
“Basic Cotton Research.” He will
speak on a program arranged by
R. S. Lennon, program chairman.
A K ngs Mountain native, Mr.
Mauney is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Mauney. He is a graduate
of the University of Wisconsin
and also attended Iowa State
university. He and his wife, the
former Betty Tolleson, have two
children.
In Raleigh the Mauneys attend
ed West Raleigh Presbyterian
I church. Mr. Mauney is a deacon.
Civic Club Buys
Carpenter Street
Lot For Center
The Kings Mounta'n Optimist
club has recently purchased pro
perty for their proposed club
house and recreational area for
the community youth.
The property, located on North
Carpenter street, includes ap
proximately 1.3 acres of land and
a four-room dwelling. The dwell
ing will lie used temporarily ns
a club meeting house only, but
plans call for Us future use as a
"Teen" center.
Commenting on the project, R
W. Hurlbut, Opt mist President,
praised the Procurement Com
mittee members, Dean Payne,
Pete Floyd, and Furman Wilson,
for their expedient handling of
this project.
"We are extremely grateful
to Mr. Payne for releasing Un
bind so wo might betcr work witli
the Kings Mountain youth”, Mr.
Hurlbut said. The chub anticipates
working with hundreds of youth
on tliis and other projects.
Immediately after the present
occupants relocote, the club shall
start a program of clearing,
grading, landscaping and remo
deling.
Minimum Of Ten
Teachers Needed
The Kings Mountain schools
still require a minimum of ten
teachers for the coming term,
Superintendent B. N. Barnes said
Wednesday.
He had previously said it is
possible 12 teachers will be need
ed, depending on the number
Ueaehers the board of education
decides to employ with local
funds.
Superintendent Barnes and
High School Principal Harry Jay
nes were interviewing several
faculty prospects Wednesday
afternoon.
Football Tickets
To Go On Sale
Football season tickets go on
sale In Kings Mountain Wednes
day, August 11th.
Tickets for s'x home games of
the Kings Mountain Mountaineers
will be available at $7.00, high
school principal Harry Jaynes
said.
Only the section, which in
cludes the pHeisbox, w'ill he re
served this year, Mr. Jaynes add
ed. «
First football game of the sea
son is away, on September 6th.
First game in City Stadium is
F’rlday, September 13th.
Pay Taxes Early
For Tax Discounts
Citizens who pay their 1963-64
city and county taxes in advance
of the normal due date will re
ceive tax discounts.
Taxes are payable at par dur
ing November, December and
January.
Taxpayers, both in Kings
Mountain and Cleveland County,
can earn the full two percent dis
count by paying their 1963 ac
count during the month of Aug
ust.
Prepayment discounts for
earlier months are as folb/ws:
August, two percent; September,
one percent; and October, one
half of one percent.
Bethware Progressive Club Now
Preparing For 16th Annual Fair
The Bethware Progressive
Club barbecue, which heralds 'the
openiiig of the Bethware Fair,
will be held Wednesday, Aug. 21,
from 3:30 to 7:30 at Bethware
school.
The fair, which will open
Cleveland County’s season, will
be Sept. 11-14 cn the grounds of
the school.
Cameron Ware, fair manager,
; announced that It. C. Lee Hides
will be featured similarly to
fairs of the jvist decade.
Approximately $400 in premi
ums will be offered by the spon -
soring club. This is about $100
more than was offered last year.
Home, farm and school exhi
bits will be displayed in the
school gyrrtnasium and shop.
Others participating in the
planning are J. W. Patterson,
grounds superntendent; Tom
Hamrick, parking; Stokes
Wright, parking admissions; Dale
Voltaraciit, tickets; Mrs. Claude
Harmon, ladies department ; Ca
meron Were, agriculture; Boyd
Harrelson, horticulture; and Gra
dy Sdsrn, farm machinery.
Progressive Club officers will
serve tn the same capac ties in
regard to the fair.
They are Willard Boyles, pre
sident; J, W. Patterson, secreta
ry; Harold Hord, treasurer; and
Dale Volbrecitt, assistant treasur
er.
WINS SCHOLARSHIP — James
S. Forrest, rising junior at North
Carolina State College, has been
awarded the annual Superior
Cable Corporation scholarship
for the 1963-64 academic year.
Fonest Wins
Scholarship
James S. Forrest of Kings
Mountain has been named recipi
ent of a Superior Cable Scholar
ship lor the 19(53-64 academic
year at North Carolina State.
Me was selected for the award,
offered by the Superior Cable
Corporation of Hickory, on tire
basis of leadership, character,
and scholarship.
The scholarship winner is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J.
Forrest of Kings Mountain.
A rising junior in mechanical
engineering, he maintains a
grade point average of 3.6 out of
. a possible 4.0. lie is an active
member of Phi Kta Sigma, fresh
man honorary scholarship fra
ternity, and hag made the Dean’s
List every semester since enter
ing North Carolina State.
Tile scholarship is awarded an
nually to a rising junior in chem
ical, electrical, or mechanical en
gineering at North Carolina
State college.
City To Annex
Linwood Area
Thursday night’s regular Au
gust meeting of the board of city
commissioners promises to be a
routine one, advance agenda in
dicates.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said re
quests for rezoning would be ma
jor items of business.
It is also expected that six lots
in the Linwood section of town
will be annexed upon request of
Wilson Crawford, realtor.
City Clerk - Treasurer Joe H.
McDaniel will give a financial
report.
The city commission convenes
at 7 p.m. in the courtroom of City
Hall.
Public Concert Set
At Lake Crawford
The Biookland - Cayce high
school 1/aVid lrom Cayce-West
Columbia* South Carolina, will
present public concert at Lake
Crawford in Kings Mountain
State Park, on Sunday, August
11. at 3:30 p.m.
This organization is composed
of 85 members from grades 9
through 12. The band has won
many contests on the state and
national level, avid is at present,
the reigning Grand Champion
South Carolina Marching Band.
The Sunday Convert has be
come an annual affair during the
past few years, since the Brook
land-Cayce Band has been using
Camp Cherokee, Kings Mountain
State Park, as a two week Band
Camp.
James L. Griffin, director,
states that program of varied
music is planned. Admission is
free.
Band To Begin
Practice Aug. 19th
The Kings Mountain high
school band will start band
practice August 19th at 7 p. m.
in Jhe schools band room, di
rector Joe C. Hedden has an
nounced.
Mr. Hedden invites all eligi
ble students to attend. He asks
that band members contact
other members to notify them
of the practice sessions for the
football marching season.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
SI56.80, including $17.55 from off
street meters, according to report
uf City Clerk Joe II. McDaniel.