Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Thla Sgun lor Greater King* Mountain to derived Iran
th* 1855 King* Mountain dry directory census. The dtj
limits figure Is bom th* United State* census ad I860.
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VOL. 74 No. 34
Established 1889
PRICE TEN CENTS
Board Of Education Adopts Pupil Assignment Plan
PHENIX PLANT WINS CITATION — Kings Mountain’s Phenix Plant
of Burlington Industries was awarded a citation recently from the
United States Treasury Department in recognition of its participa
tion in the United States Savings Bond Program. Sixty-two percent
of the employees at the Phenix Plant participated. Photographed
above with the citation are from left, Mrs. Marceline Owens of the
spinning department; Marvin Hamrick of the carding department
and Mrs. Iva Lee Pearson of the winding-twisting department. The
citation reads, "in recognition of patriotic service in strengthening
the Nation and its citizens through the United States Savngs Bond
Program.”
Sprouting Beards
On Local Agenda
Local News
Bulletins
JUBILEE PARTY
The Woman’s Society of Boyce
Memorial ARP church will hold
its annual Jubilee Birthday Par
ty Monday at 7 p.m. at the
church. A covered dish supper
will be served. The offering sup
ports two missionaries, Mrs. C. P.”
Cavone of Mexico, and Mrs. Dale
White of Pakistan. Mrs. George
Morrow is thank offering secre
tary.
SUNDAY FIRE
City firemen were called to
Winn Dixie Stores Sunday to ex
tinguish a blaze from a motor.
No damages were reported.
FROM WINSTON SALEM
Mayor and Mrs. Glee A. Brid
ges spent last Wednesday in
Winston Salem where Mr. Bridges
accompanied his wife for a check
up at Baptist Hospital. A typo
graphical error in last week’s
Herald stated Mr. Bridges had en
tered the hospital for a check
up.
KIWANIS CLUB
Kings Mountain Kiwanians
will hold their regular Thursday
night meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the
Woman’s club. Charles Neisler is
program chairman.
OUTING HELD
Ninety Kiwanians and their
guests were present for a picnic
and outing last Thursday. The
picnic was feature of the, club’s
regular weekly meeting.
TO RALEIGH SCHOOL
George Moss is in Raleigh this
week attending the North Caro
lina Water Works Operator’s
school at N. C. State college.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday totaled
$176, including $133.75 from on
street meters, $27 in over-park
ing fines, and $15.65 from off
street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc
Daniel reported.
IMPROVING
Chip McGinnis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. McGinnis, Jr., has been
suffering with hepatitis for the
past four weeks. He is improving
at his home.
.
Beaid-Giowers
Aid October
Celebration
By MARTIN HARMON
There is no dearth of razor
blades in Kings Mountain, though
a casual visit through the busi
ness section might indicate there
is,
“Brushes" or beards of various
shades and kinds are sprouting
on many Kings Mountain males,
much to the discomfiture of some
segments of the lady population,
and to some of the beard-growers
as well.
The beard-grpwlng bit is a
part of the promotional build-up
to a city-wide trade promotion
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association is planning for the
first weekend in October, the
promotion to be the second an
nual Mountaineer Days, wed to
the anniversary of the Battle of
Kings Mountain.
Custodian Joe Goforth and May
or Glee A. Bridges and Bill
Brown, manager of Belk’s.
After the disposition of city
business in Recorder’s Court
Monday, officer Robert Green is
sued a warrant for the arrest of
Judge White on the grounds
of violating the “no shaving
law".
John Mahoney, Shelby attor
ney, served as counsel for Judge
White in this kangaroo trial,
with Magistrate J, Lee Roberts
presiding.
Judge White was sentenced to
spend two hours in the specially
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Scout Leadei
Laney Dettmai
Dies Suddenly
Final rites for Lanie C. Dett
mar, 64, were held Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock from Resurrec
tion Lutheran church, of which
he was a member.
Mr. Dettmar died Friday night j
about 10:45 p.m. in an ambulance >
enroute to the Kings Mountain j
hospital. Mr. Dettmar suffered a
heart attack at his home on W.
King street.
A native of Gaston County, Mr.
Dettmar was the son of William
C. Dettmar of Gastonia and the
late Mrs. Dettmar. His wife died
in 1960.
Xetive in Scouting affairs and
ehurchwork, Mr Dettmar was a
Councilman at Resurrection
church and active in scouting ac
tivities of the church. He was a
Veteran of World War I and an
employee of Foote Minreal Com
pany.
Survivors include two sons,
Robert Dettmar of Connecticut.,
and William R. Dettmar of Win
ter Park, Fla.; three daughters,
Mrs. William L. Goforth of Al
bemarle, Mrs. Roger Barton of
San Francisco, Calif., and Mrs,
Donald Hayes of Greensboro;
one brother, Clyde Dettmar of
Gastonia;'and three sisters, Mrs.
Ii. Davis of Kings Mountain and
Mrs. Floyd Bridges and Miss Ber
tha Dettmar of Gastonia; and 13
grandchildren.
Rev. George Moore officiated
at the funeral rites and interment
was made in Mountain Rest ce
metery.
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Boyce Edgar
Ware, 62, were held Wednesday
at 3. p.m. from First Baptist
church of which he was a mem
ber.
Mr. Ware died Monday morn
ing about 4:45 in the Kings
Mountain hospital after suffering
a stroke nine days earlier.
A native of Kings Mountain,
he was the son of the late Greel
and Alice Early Ware. He had
been employed by the City of
Kings Mountain for the past 10
years.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mary Della George Ware; one
daughter, Mrs. Margaret Thomas
of Kings Mountain; two brothers,
Lester Ware of Clearwater, Fla.
and Ralph Ware oi Kings Moun
tain; three half-brothers, Cive
ro, Bill and Brown Ware, all of
Clearwater, and L. P. Ware of
Kings Mountain; two sisters,
Mrs. John Bennett of Albemarle;
adn three grandchildren.
Rev. B. L. Raines officiated at
the final rites and interment was
made in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
X-Ray Unit
Here Thursday
The mobile x-ray unit will be
in Kings Mountain Thursday, the
Cleveland County Health Depart
ment said this week.
It will be the first visit of the
x-ray unit in months — since
the automotive equipment
breathed its last and expired.
A spokesman for the health de
partment said the x-ray equip
ment was transferred to the new
ly arrived vehicle during the past
week. Funds for purchase of the
new vehicle were raised by Kings
Mountain and Shelby Jaycees.
Dog, Beware! Meter Reader Gets
Defensive Weapon; It's "Halt!"
Dog, beware that meter read
er!
City Electrical Superintendent
Hunter Allen was passing out
vials of a product called “Halt!”
to meter readers Wednesday
morning, a product designed to
cause the most voracious dog to
turn tail and flee.
The meter readers sometimes
find the same difficulties as do
Uncle Sam’s postman at some
homes where the good population
is unfriendly.
Dutch Wilson, on a recent met
er-reading day, was bitten sever
al times, finally had to repair
to a doctor for treatment.
Directions for use on the dog
repellent are: Remove cap and
spray stream into face of attack
ing dog. ... It will immediately
repel and subdue dogs when
sprayed into their eyes or nose.
Direct application must be made.
A warning is also included that
the product is quite irritating to
humans, to eyes, nose and skin.
Carl Barnet aeepted one of the
vials with pleasure, “I’ve got one
dog I’m ready to sample this on.”
Supt. Alletn cautioned that-the
repellent is to be used only in
case of need. “Don’t be using it
where dogs are friendly,’ he or
dered.
Mr. Allen, a veteran of over 30
years with the department, said
he’d been pretty fortunate with
the canine population. “I’ve only
been bitten once," he said, “but
I've done a lot at kicking.'’
MISS BETHWARE FAIR — Miss Catherine Davis will reign as Miss
Bethware Fair of 1963 during the 16th annual community event
which gets underway September 11th for four lays on the grounds
of Bethware school. The Bethware Community Barbecue, which
heralds the opening of the fair, was held Wednesday night with
fair patrons and advertisers as guests of the fair asspciatian. Beth
ware Fairs is under sponsorship of the Bethware Progressive Club
which also selects the Queen of the Fair each year.
Mauney Library
In County System?
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TO ADDRESS LIONS—Bill Bates,
high school football coach, will
outline prospects of the 1963
Mountaineers to members of the
Lions club at their Tuesdan night
Lions club at their Tuesday night
7 o’clock.
Short Death
Accidental
Coroner J. Cllie Harris ruled
Wednesday that the Monday
night accident which took the
life of a 65-year-old pedestrian
was unavoidable.
Lt. Charles Michael Swain, 23,
of Fort Bragg, had been released
on reconnaisance bond pending
further investigation.
James Mack Short, retired tex
tile employee of 304 Fairview
treet, was killed as he crossed
the highway from his daughter’s
home to his grandson’s home on
the three lane portion of U. S.
74 one mile west of Kings Moun
tain about 8 p. m.
According to the state highway
patrol and the coroner, Short was
crossing the road from north to
south and walked into the path
of a truck driven by James Wins
ton Smith of Lyons, Ga. The truck
driver told officers he was in the
middle lane going west and swer
ved to the right to avoid hitting
the pedestrian. Smith told Harris
he saw the Swain car getting
ready to pass him and then the
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Hobbs Envisions
Mauney Libraiy
In County Set-Up
By MARTIN HARMON
Lyndon Hobbs, Shelby attorney
and member of the board of Shel
by Public Library, thinks a coun
ty library system should include
Kings Mountain’s Jacob S. Maun
ey Memorial Library.
Mr. Hobbs, a strong proponent
of a county library system, wrote
the Herald recently:
“As a part of my idea of the
concept of a unified County gov
ernment and allied services, I
feel that the County Library
should include the Kings Moun
tain City Library as a part of the
County Library system, thus ex
panding library service in the
Kings Mountain area.
He added, “As you know, the
County Library lends on the aver
age of 100 to 130 books per
month to the Kings Mountain
Library system, and I feel this
indicates the need for expended
services there. If the Kings Moun
tain Library were integrated with
the County Library system, it is
my opinion that both units
would participate to a greater ex
tent in financial aid which is
available on both the State and
Federal level. I, frankly, cannot
see any advantage whatsoever
in maintaining two separate li
brary units in this County, and
I honestly feel that one expend
ed system could better and more
efficiently serve the needs of our
County.”
Mr. Hobbs addressed Informa
tion copies of his letter to J.
Broadus Ellis, chairman of the
board of county commissioners,
and to Floyd Bost, chairman of
the Shelby Library board.
The Shelby library is a pri
vately chartered non-profit cor
poration which has been jointly
supported by the City of Shelby
and the county, along with pri
vate gifts and federal funds. It
was evicted from Shelby’s City
Hall last year due to the city’s
space needs and is now in tem
porary quarters. Shelby Library
dreotors asked the county to as
sume the library operation, a pe
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Ten Teachers
SHU Needed
To Fill Faculty
Kings Mountain school offici
als are working overtime in an
effort to obtain up to ten faculty
members by school opening day
August 30.
The magic number may be
nine, ponding decision of an ap
plicant to accept election and
concurrent condition that her
teaching credentials meet North
Carolina standards. This teacher
is Mrs. Margaret Pollard, now of
Charlotte, provisionally elected
to the Davidson school faculty.
Mrs. Pollard taught last year in
Mississippi.
Otherwise, the faculty requires
a primary teacher for East
school, three for Beth ware, two
for Compact, a secondary school
librarian, a special education
teacher for the educable retard
ed, and a high school teacher of
plane and solid geometry.
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
said Wednesday, "We have ap
plications for several of the po
sitions and the staff is busy in
terviewing. Principal Jaynes was
in Charlotte yesterday and Spar
tanburg today conferring with
teacher prospects.”
While the school officials an
ticipated need for the teachers
previously, the need escalated of
ficially Monday night when the
board of education authorized
the employment of four teachers
to be paid from local funds, all
in the elementary grades. It is
anticipated that one will be as
signed to Bethware, one to Gro
ver, one to Compact and one
would be a “floating” teacher
for relief of principals. These
“extra” teachers will help bal
ance teaching loads and mini
mize split - grade teaching, Supt.
Barnes said.
New faculty members elected
August 12 were:
Dennis MoKce of Shelby,
who will teach in the high school
commercial department.
Mrs. Carolyn S. McWhirter,
wife of Carl O. McWhirter, who
is presently a sophomore English
teacher at Kings Moutnain high
school. Mrs. McWhirter will teach
in the grammar grades.
Mrs. Ruth U. Plonk of Kings
Mountain was elected to teach
the second grade in Kings Moun
tain City Schools.
Miss Ruby Jane Lindsay was
elected to teach In the grammar
grades at Davidson Elementary
School.
Mrs. Willie Jean Perry of Bel
mont was elected to teach on the
high school level at Compact
high school.
Stores Remain Open
On Friday Nights
Virtually all Kings Mountain
department stores will remain
open this Friday and next Fri
day until 8:30 p.m. to accomo
date back-to-school shoppers.
Mrs. Luther Joy, Merchants
Association secretary, said most
all stores will follow this policy
to give their customers an op
portunity to shop for back-to
school merchandise.
CRAIG TO SPEAK
Miss Florence Craig, director of
religious education, will be the
guest speaker at the 11 o’clock
service Sunday at Boyce Memori
al ARP Church.
JOINS HERALD — William Dick
ey (Dick) Woodward. Kings
Mountain native, is a new mem
ber of the staff of the Kings
Mountain Herald. He will serve
as sports editor and assistant in
news and advertising depart
ments.
Dick Woodwaid
On Herald Staff
William Dickey Woodward has
joined the staff of the Kings
Mountain Herald, it is announced
today by Martin Harmon, pub
lisher.
Mr. Woodward, a Kings Moun
tain native, will serve as sports
editor and assistant in the news
and advertising departments. He
will succeed Ernie Payne, Jr.,
who returns to Western Carolina
College in early September. Mr.
Payne will terminate his dutieB
with the Herald August 28.
IMr. Woodward attended Kings
Mountain schools and is a grad
uate of Shelby high school, where
he played basketball and base
ball. A navy radioman from 1954
57, he served in California and in
the Far East aboard the USS
AJAX, a fleet repair ship. Gradu
ated from Eastern Carolina col
lege in 1962, he was last year a
member of the faculty of Ridley
Township high school, Folson,
Pa.
His wife is the former Mary
Gay O’Brien, of Swarthmore, Pa.
They have a son, William D.
Woodward, Jr., age 11 months.
They expect to move here as
quickly as quarters are obtain
able.
Mr. Woodward, a member of
Elizabeth Baptist Church, Shelby,
is tlie son of Joe Lee Woodward,
of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Ger
trude Herndon Woodward, of
Winston-Salem.
New Pupils Asked
To Register Now
New pupils who are moving
! into the district and will attend
Kings Mountain school may
register at the school during the
hours of 8:30 to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
Principal Harry Jaynes invited
all new students to let principals
know they have moved into
town.
Mr. Jaynes said on opening day
August 30th seniors will get their
written instructions for assign
ments at the front door of the
building; Juniors will enter the
East end, sophomores will re
port to the West end of the build
ing for instructions and fresh
men will report to the North end
of the Central plant.
City Gas System Operating Profit
S101.051 On Sales Oi S239.729
The city natural gas system
compiled net profit of $101,051
for the year ended June 30, au
dit report of A. M. Pullen & Com
pany of Charlotte shows.
The net was exclusive of debt
service.
Gross revenues totaled $239,729,
including gas sales of $229,729
and $7,078 in refunds from the
system supplier Transcontinental
Gas Pipeline Corporation. The
system had $890 in revenue for
line tap-ins, $170 in interest in
come and $1,362 from miscellan
eous sources.
At year end the system listed
833 customers, a gain of 104 from
the previous June 30, who pur
chased $229,729 of gas.
The breakdown by customer
category: residential $111,192;
small commercial $32,328; large
commercial $27,984; interrupti
ble $48,920; schools and public
buildings $9.3l3
Major purchase item was gas,
the city having paid Traasoo
$118,049. Other major expense
items were wages of $8,129, ad
ministrative salaries of $1,&49,
engineering fees of $2,100, and
$2,934 in supplies. Total operating
expenditures were $138,051.
During the year, the system
spent $15,462 for expansion, while
the bonded debt was lowered by
$28,000 to $200,000. The system
has a sinking fund of $76,766 for
debt service and will retire the
$15,000 in bonds due October 1,
plus $47,000 in bonds due 1971-73.
Gross value of the system is
$709,810, including a plant fund
of $-129,378, renewal and exten
sion fund of $50,000, $153,665 in
the revenue fund and $76,766 in
the sinking fund. The transmis
sion lines and service line install
ation are valued at $409,914. E
quipment owned totals $9,330 and
vehicles owned total $6,550.
The $101,051 operating profit
for the recent year compares
with the previous year’s $76,974.
No Fifth Grade
At Park Grace;
East Adds 8th
By ELIZABETH STEWART
The 1903-04 School pupil as
signment plan adopted Monday
night by the Kings Mountain
board of education includes throe
changes from last year's plan.
The exceptions:
1) There will be no fifth
grade at Park Grace school, as
school officials had indicated
ireviously. These 17 pupils are
assigned either to East or West
whole, depending on transporta
;ion arrangements and teacher
loads.
2) Pupils living within the city
limits in grades 1-7 from Childers
street and north of Childers who
last year attended or registered
at West or East schools are as
signed to North school.
3) One eighth grade is being
added at East school, to house
approximately 33 students living
on First and Second streets and
north of Parker street on the edst
side of the railroad. Under last
year’s plan, these students would
have attended Bethware.
The assignment plan antici
pates these school operations:
Central plant, grades 912.
Compact plant, grades 1-12.
Davidson plant, grades 1-8.
Bethware plant, grades 1-8.
East plant, grades 1-8.
North plant, grades 1-7.
West plant, grades. 1-6.
Park Grace plant, grades 1-4,
6 and 7.
Grover plant, grades 1-8.
Text of the board of education
resolution, published as a legal
notice on page 8, this section, fol
lows:
Children are assigned to the
same schools they attended last
year. Pre-school children are as
signed to the schools in which
they are registered. The follow
ing exceptions are made to this
assignment:
1. Children who completed tire
eighth (8th) grade at Grover
school and Bethware school last
year are assigned to Kings Moun
tain high school.
2. Children who completed the
seventh (7th) grade last year
either at North school, Park
Grace school, and East school are
assigned to eighth (8th) grade
at Bethware school, except child
ren living on First Street, Sec
ond Street, and north of Parker
Street east side of the railroad.!
They are assigned to eighth (8th) •
grade at East school. Children '•
who completed the fourth (4th)
grade at Park Grace School last
year are assigned to East School
or West school depending on
rangements for transportation
and teacher load. Children whp
completed the sixth (6th) gradfc
at West school last year are as
signed to the Park Grace school.
3. Children living within the
city limits of Kings Mountain
in grades one (1) through seven
(7) on east side and east of Gas
ton street and on cast side of
railroad north of Junction of Gas
ton and Battleground Avenue
who last year attended or have
registered at North school or
West school are assigned to East
school.
4. Children living within the
city limits of Kings Mountain In
grades one (1) through seven
(7) living on Childers street an^
north on Childers street on west
Male citizens have been teased
and conned into signing a pledge
to grow and maintain a beard
until October 6, with the penalty
for early shaving a one dollar
fine and incarceration for two
hours in the newly erected public
open-air jail—a real cell erected
at the corner of Battleground and
Mountain.
Among the first occupants
were Judge Jack White, City llall
side of railroad who last year
attehded or have registered at
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Free Haircuts
For Needy Kids
School age kid need a hair
cut? Got no money?
Here’s the answer.
Fireman T. C. McKee, also
a specialist in the toiisorlal
arts, Mrs. Humes Houston and
her staff at Debie’s Beauty Sa
lon, will get needy youngsters
tonsorially ship-shape for
school opening, all for free.
They’ll devote Wednesday to
cash-shy juvenile hair-shearing
beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Mrs.
Houston’s shop, 113 S. Deal
street.