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Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 5, 1963 VOL 74 No. 36 Established 1889 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS 150 Area StudentsTo Attend Colleges, Trade, PrepSchools <--- —--* Local News Bulletins RUMMAGE SALE The Golden Circle of David's Baptist church wil hold a rum mage sale at Jake Hord’s Gro cery Saturday beginning at 9 a.m., It was announced by Joyce Bolin. HOSPITALIZED Mrs. G. D. Karnbright is a pa tient in Kings Mountain hospital and is critically ill following a stroke. RESTING BETTER Mrs. H. O. (Toby) Williams, very ill in the Kings Mountain hospital, was resting better Tues day, members of her family re ported. NO FIRES City firemen reported no fires occurring within the Kings Mountain city limits during the past week ending Wednesday. RECORDER’S COURT City recorder’s court will be held Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the City Hall courtroom. Re corder's court was not held on Labor Day Monday. SENIOR CITIZENS The Senior Citizens club will gather for a picnic Friday at 5 p.m. at the home of Miss Ava Ware on West Gold street, DANCE SATURD^J. ^ f The city recreation department will sponsor a dance Saturday from 8 ifintil 11:30 p.m. at the Kings Mountain Armory. LMusic will be provided by The Weejins and admission is $1 for couples and 75 cents for stags. MANAGER Mrs. A. L. Hill has assumed the duties of manager of the North school lunchroom succeed ing Mrs. Paul McGinnis, who re signed due to a recent illness. LODGE MEETING Regular communicat ion of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 p. m. at Masonic Hall, according to announcement by Thomas Tin dall, secretary. Hospital Bond Vote Upcoming A county-wide bond issue will be held an the question of issu ing, $1.5 million for expansion and improvements to Cleveland Memorial hospital at Shelby. The county commission agreed Tuesday to call the election after receipt of petitions asking the election, which Cleveland Me morial hospital trustee said met the prescribed number — 15 per cent of the voters in the 1960 gubernatorial election. Calling of the election and set ting the date will be done for mally at a later date. Shelby hos pital officials have requested the election be held in early autumn. Power Cot-Over September 15th The city will cut-over its new 4160-volt primary line power service Sunday, September 15, E lectrical Superintendent Hunter Allen said Wednesday. On this particular Sunday af ternoon—from 1 to 5 p.m.—there will be no blare of television or radio sets, and housewives with electric stoves are advised to complete their Sunday dinner cooking by 1 p.m. The power system will be fully cut-off for the cut-over. While some customers will have power restored prior to 5 pan., the cut over won’t be fully completed be fore 5 p.m. Hunter & Walden, Charlotte electrical contractors are rebuild ing the city’s electrical system, installing switcligear equipment at the Duke Power sub-station, up-grading primary lines to 4160 volts from 2400 volts, and are addlpg secondary lines. The distribution system has been over-loaded for several years and the $140,000 rebuilding is de signed to provide adequate ser vice today and for the ensuing tan years. Merchants Set Thursday Meeting Kings Mountain Merchants will gather at 10 a.m. Thursday at City Hall Courtroom to plan the annual Mountaineer Days promotion set for October. Bob Mincey, chairman, said that representatives from all stores and members of the as sociation are invited to meet with the officers and directors for a planning session “We hope that at least one representative of each store will attend", Mr. Mincey added. Pupil Transfer Bids Approved Iktltgo ur I tHilt V* w* cation provisionally granted all requests for school transfers, pro visionally granted two release re quests, and granted one release request, at a special session Sat urday morning. The provision on transfers was that the transfers would not create grade overloads. Superin tendent B. N, Barnes said Wed nesday that it appeared no over load problems had been created by the Saturday actions. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Williams appeared in support of their pe tition to grant releases to Gas ton county district for their tv/o children, Charles and Robert Wil liams, both nigh school students. Supt. Barnes explained that, le gally, the Williams youths would have to obtain formal acceptance by the Gaston County board of education, and the release was provisional on receipt, of their .acceptance. • Tneson of Tort! B. Randall was granted release to the Shelby district. Within - system transfers pro visionally approved were: Chip McCarter, grandson of David E. Cash, from Park Grace fourth grade to West. Brent McCarter, grandson of David E. Cash, from Park Grace second grade to East. Thomas Neal Berry, son of William Thomas Berry, from Park Grace second grade to Gro ver. Martha Jane Mauney, daughter of W. K. Mauney, Jr., from Beth ware third grade to East. Judy Lublaneski, daughter of George Lublaneski, from East third grade to Park Grace. Chris Tindall, son of Thomas T. Tindall, from West second grade to Bethware. Tommy Tindall, son of Thomas T. Tindall, from Park Grace sev enth grade to Bethware. Barbara Diana Bridges, daugh ter of Bobby C. Bridges, from (Continued on Pago 6) Sony, No Pupil Snack Ban.... There'll be- no student snack bars or food vending machines for students in Kings -Mountain district schools this year. It’s all the fault of the State Board of Education which has cofttracted with the federal gov ernment in the school lunch sub sidy program to receive onc-cent per meal less when "competitive" foods are offered the students. The little petnny devolves to a matter of considerable cash. Op the'basis of second day en rollment in the elementary schools alone, the cost to the school. cafeterias would be $30.13 per day, or $5423.40 for the 180 day school term. That’s exclusive qf high school cafeteria custo mers. . , Western Carolina Attracting 22, Appalachian 17 The Kings Mountain area will send 150 students to 52 colleges, universities, prep schools and schools for specialized training this fall. Western Carolina college at Cullovvhee heads the list with 22 area students enrolled. Appala chian State Teacher’s college at Booine is second favorite of area students where 17 are enrolled. Fourteen students from this area will attend North Carolina State University of the University of North Carolina and 12 are enrolled at the University at Cha pel Hill. Numerous students seek ca reers in nursing, business, teach ing and other professions. The complete list follows: WESTERN CAROLINA COL LEGE!—Diane McDaniel, Brent McDaniel, Ernie Payne, Ricky Goforth, Jane Houser, Buddy Kir cus, Charles Goodson, Eddie Spencer, Judy Watterson, Hans Borov, Frelda Burton, Dale Hoi lifield, Jerry Adams, David Ad ams, Curtis Floyd, Linda Pruitt, Jewel Robbs, Doug Burton, Janie Trammell, Jean Harlowe, Judy Early and Kim Cashion. The Herald annually seeks to publish a complete list of stu dents leaving the Kings Moun tain area for study at technical schools, colleges and universi ties. Omissions will be appreci ated. Please call the Herald, Phone 739-5441. Slater, Sarah Cox and Pattle Ho ward. Appalachian State Teacher’s College—Dianna Neal, Marian Plonk, Sandra Spangler, Pam Childers, Martha Lou Ware, Cyn thia Wright, Alton Stewart, Tony Goins, Sammy Houston, Diane Roberts, Linda Goforth, Norma Spearman, Jimmy Leigh, Beverly Herndon, Delot es White, Annie Vera Dilling and Franklin Dean. NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY--Phil Humphries, Jim Rollins, Bill Ramseur, Steve Powell, Roger Powell, Billie Jones, Kenneth Barnes, Eddie Tesseneer, James Forrest, Melvin Ware, Claire Gilstad, Jimmy Shirkey, William Hamrick and Flem Mauney. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CA (Continued on Page 6) Get'em Czacldn', Says Britisher At least one Britisher isn’t em barrassed over the fact of the defeat of Col. Patrick Ferguson in the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain. And he wants some of his mod ern-day countrymen to show it. Malcolm Brooks, research en gineer at Fibre Industries and a Britisher, called the Herald this week to ask why certain English confreres, who labor at Fibre, were not yet sporting beards, a long with other Kings Mountain residents, in commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain. He thinks the Kings Mountain English residents should either sprout beards or pay the threat ened penalty of two hours in the public calaboose, installed at Mountain and Battleground. Said Brooks, “The British lost and they should come along. Get’ em crackin’, getfem crackin’.” Mr. Brooks’’ USA residence? Well, he lives in Shelby. Week's Tax Pre-Payments Heavy; City Levy Reported 45 Peicent In City of Kings Mountain and Cleveland County taxpayers in large numbers took advantage of the August discount period which ended Saturday, tax collectors for the two governmental agen cies reported this week. City Collector Joe McDaniel, Jr., reported through Saturday at $89,645, representing 456 percent of the estimated $196,500 levy, and earning the pre-payers $1785 in discounts. County Collector R. M. Gidney reported collections through Sat urday at about $908,000, or ap proximately 43 percent of the estimated $£250,000 levy for 1963. Big paying spree was in the final weekend prior to the expira tion to the two percent discount period. City collections on the 1963 levy approximated $30,000, while county collections approxi mated $378,000. Both collectors said the pre - payment totals compared with those of previous years. Overall, the city had net tax collections of $92,585 during Au gust Excluding the pre payments for 1963, less discounts, the city recorded $3,375 in payments of 1962 taxes, $66.51 on 1961 bills. $6352 on 1960 accounts, $154.18 in taxes for years prior to 1960 and $281.53 in tax penalties. The pre<-payment discount rate for September la one percent Loggias Facing Muidei Charge In Wife's Death Physicians treating Zelus D. Loggins, Grover man charged with the Saturday night murder of his estranged wife, indicated yesterday they did not plan to operate to remove a bullet until his condition improves. The bullet, which attending physicians say is lodged in Log gin’s pelvic bone, holds the key to the identity of the person who shot him. Sheriff Haywood Allen says he has obtained a murder warrant I against Loggins but will not serve it until Loggins’ condition im proves. Loggins is a patient in Kings Mountain hospital. Meantime, law enforcement of ficers said Garnie iManls, 53, of Grover is free under $4,000 bond on a charge of assualt to kill Loggins. Manis told Sheriff Allen that he fired a .32 caliber pistol at Loggins when Loggins fired at Mrs. Loggins. Officers said evidence indicates that Mrs. Elsie Mae Loggins, 53, of Grover, first fired at Loggins as she stej|ied from a car in front of her house but Loggins took the pistol away from her and fired at her. Mrs. Loggins was in the doorway of the house when she was fatally shot, the sheriff reports. The sheriff says he needs to obtain the bullet lodged in Log gins to determine whether it was a .32 caliber pistol or the -22 cali ber gun which fired the shot which wounded Loggins. Physicians described Loggins’ condition as satisfactory. The bullet, close to the spine, is not easily accessible. The double shooting in Grover occurred Sunday at 7:15 p.m. at Mrs. Loggins’ home and climax ed a series of recent events in which Mrs. Loggins allegedly wounded Loggins in the leg, Log gins charged with trespassing, was ordered in Cleveland Record er’s Court Friday to leave the county and not return for three .yaftEslSheriiX’K etfigevs said the wSrrant against Loggins was served at the doctor’s clinic in Grover Thursday. Loggins’ version of the shoot ing contradicts that of (Manis, the sheriff said. Loggins alleges that Manis was riding in the car with Mrs. Loggins when she ar rived at the house. Manis says that both he and Loggins were waiting outside Mrs. Loggins home when she drove up in a car. Manis alleges he did not know Loggins was there. He contends that when Loggins stepped out to approach the car, Mrs. Loggins got out of the car and started fir ing. Manis said that Loggins from her. Manis then came out, took a .22 caliber pistol away i he said, and started firing at Log gins. Funeral rites for Mrs. Loggins were held Tuesday at 4 p.m. from Victory Baptist church. She is survived by her father, C. O. Buckner of Grover; one son, H. C. Adkins of Kings Mountain and one grandchild. Mrs. Speidel Resigns At CInb Mrs. Frances Speidel is resign ing as manager of Kings Moun tain Country Club, effective Oc tober 1. Mrs. Speidel, who has three times managed the club, suffered a broken lag and a back injury several weeks ago. She said the break had not healed properly, that she is suffering also from anemia, and came to the decision to resign “for a good rest”. She will join her sons in Florida, she said. William Herndon, Country Club president, said he ' would ask the club’s house committee to recommend a new manager to the board of directors. Members of this committee are Drace M. Peeler, chairman, J. Ol lie Harris, John C. Smathers, Mrs. Qfeorge H. Houser and Mrs. D. M. Peeler. Lutherans Begin Youth Programs ' St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will begin its fall program for teen-agers this week end. Confirmation Class enrollment for seventh and eighth graders will be Saturday at 10 a.m. The Luiher League will begin its reg ular meetings for high school pu pils Sunday at 6 p.m. A film: “This is your League” will be shown. At this meeting students going away to school will be honored. Light refreshments will be serv ed. REUNION The Herndon-Mitcbem reun ion will be held Sunday at Lake Crawford. A picnic lunch will he served at noon. First-Day School Enrollment 4173, Up Ten Over Last Year 16th Annual Bethware Fair Will Open Next Wednesday Exhibits. Rides, Fireworks, Prizes On Fair Program There’s something about a fair! And that something is expected to attract record falrgoers to the 16th annual Bethware Communi ty Fair which opens Wednesday. ‘‘We're expecting this year’s fair to be owe of the best ever", Willard Lioyles, Bethware Pro gressive Club president, predicted this week. Grounds of Bethware school are expected to bo a bee-hive ofl activity tis wekend as commercial pare booths and exhibits for the and agricultural exhibitors pre 1963 event. “The Fair reflects annually the changes and improvements in our ever - advancing agricultural, commercial and industrial fields”, Boyles continued, "and this is the seventh year the Progressive club will offer cash prizes towin ning exhibitors”, he added. Mr. Boyles said the Fair will open _pext Wednesday, Hep*;-*Uh at 4 p.m. Then* will be a drawing for prizes nightly at 9:30 p.m. and fireworks displays. The fair will close at midnight Saturday, Sept. llth. Thursday, Sept. 12th, Children’s Day, will feature special activities from 1 until 6 p.m. Exhibit* will be Judged and prizes awarded in all departments. The Fair opens at 3 p.m. Fri day, Sept. 13th and at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14th. There is no admission charge. A highlight of the Fair, as cus tomary, will be the gift of a bi cycle to some lucky ticket-holder Saturday at 4 p.m. Falrgoers may register each evening for the bike and four names will be drawn each night. A drawing from the 20 will select the winner on the closing day of the fair, Boyles added. The Bethware school P-TA will operate a concession stand, of fering the traditional hot-dogs, hamburgers, homemade cakes and pies. R. C. Lee Riding De- [ vices will offer numerous rides j for kiddies on the midway. Miss Catherine Davis is Queen ! of the Fair for 1963 and will be recognized during the four-day event. Bethware Fair is approved by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and is a member of the North Carolina Associa tion of Fairs. Homs Condition Remains Serious Holland Horn, King# Mountain carpenter, had not regained con sciousness Wednesday afternoon, members of hi# family reported. Mr. Horn, who was Injured Thursday In a Rock Hill truck tractor - trailer accident, was transferred from York County hospital to Presbyterian hospital in Charlotte Monday. A companion, Clyde Palmer Welch, also of Kings Mountain, died Saturday from injuries suf fered in the Thursday afternoon collision. Robert Louis Sullivan, driver of the tractor-trailer, was given emergency treatment at the York County hospital and re leased. Horn and Welch were riding in a pickup truck which collided with a tractor-trailer at the In intersection of S. C. 160 and U. S. 21. Member# of the Horn family said the two men were working in that area and were possibly enroute from Charlotte to Rich burg, S. C. to the home of Mr. Horn's brother. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $195.10, including $129.60 from on-street meters, $49 from over parking fees, and $16.50 from off street meters, City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel reported Retailer Picnic Set Sept. 18th Kings Mountain merchants and their employees will hold the annual employee - employer picnic September 18th at 7 p.m. at El Bethel Methodist church. Women of El Bethel church will serve the meal. Tickets may be purchased at the Association office, Mrs. Lu they Joy, secretary, said. Bloodmobile To Visit Grover The Red Cross bloodmobile will ire in Grover Monday for the first collection of the 1963-64 fis cal year. Grover Reescue Squad is spon soring the visit and donors will be processed from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Rescue Squad Build ing. Overall goal for the year for Kings Mountain, Grover and No. 1 Township is 888 pints of blood. Kings Mountain and Grover area citizens gave a record 178 pints of blood at the first visit here re cently. "Kings Mountain citizens may contribute in Grover and credit will be given”, Charles Mauney, Red Cross blood program chair man said in announcing the visit. Mrs Moore's Father Passes Funeral rites for John J. Stev ens, 67, Savannah, Ga. printer and father of Mrs. George T. Moore of Kings Mountain, were held Friday at 4 p.m. from St. Paul's Lutheran church of Savan nah, Interment following in Hill crest cemetery. Rev. anu Mrs, Moore and their four sons went to Savannah for the final rites. Mr. Stevens died Thursday morning following a month’s ill ness. A native of Savannah, he was associated with Chatam Printing Company. He was a for mer Sunday School superintend ent and member of the church council of the St, Paul’s church. A Mason, he was also a member of the Eagle’s and Odd Fellows clubs, the Knights of Pythias, treasurer of the Association of Georgia Printers, and the Typo graphical Union. He was instru mental in the organization of a stamp club for youth at the Youth Museum in Savannah, was a member of the American Legion. A veteran of World War 1, he Mr. Stevens ia also survived by hi* wife, Mrs. Nellie S. Stevens. MRS. J. W. GAMBLE Mrs. John W. Gamble suffered a broken hip in an auto accident near Waynesville Saturday night. Recuperating in an Asheville hospital, she is expected to re turn to her home here Friday. Driver of the car, Miss Diana Gamble, suffered minor injuries but was not hospitalized Schools To Add Primary Teacher At Bethware The Kings Mountain board of education, in special session Wed nesday morning, voted to employ an additional elementary teacher for Bethware school to relieve overloads in the first and second grades. Wednesday enrollment in these two grades totaled 91 pupils, 45 in the first and 46 in the second grade, with only two teachers. The board action means that there will be one first grade, one second grade, and a combination first-second at Bethware. In another action, the board voted transfer of one eighth grade teacher from Bethware to Grover, again to balance teaching loads. Second day enrollment showed Grover with 55 eighth graders and one teacher, where as Bethware listed 170 eighth graders with six teacher*. Eighth grade enrollment at Grover was greater, and at Bethware less, than had beeh anticipated. Superintendent B. N. Barnes explained that more than 35 pu pils in a class rate the class ‘‘ov er-loaded” and more than 30 pu pils in a combination class give such a class the "over load” tag. Decision to employ the addi tional teacher means that seven teachers in the system will be paid from local funds. Chairman James E. Herndon. Jr., noted that the state allotment for secondary schools in the sys tem was five less for the current year, contributing to the imbal ances. Chairman Herndon further noted that teacher allotments by the state are made on basis of the year’s average daily attendance, rather than average daily mem bership. He aiso noted that some absences—for children suffering from communicable ailments and diseases—are “excused” in the determination of teacher allot ments. Supt. Barnes informed the board that he anticipates approv al by the state board of education Thursday of a recommendation of the state superintendent allot ing the Kings Mountain district a state-paid attendance counselor, or truant officer. He said T. C. McKee, who holds the position on a pvt-time basis, has indicat ed he could not accept a full-time position. The state-paid truant office) stipend: for a person not a high school graduate, $100 per month: with a high school diploma $150 per month; with one to two years of college $200 per month; with three years of college $250 per month; and with four years of college $300 per month. REUNION The annual Harmon family re union will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Badger, 902 Graham street, Gastonia, Sep* tember 15th with lunch to be served at 1 p.m. Prizes will go to the oldest and youngest member present. Grover "Appreciation Day" Set; Events Begin Saturday at 3 pan. joe lown oi urover nas plan-1 nod an Appreciation Day celebra- i tion for Saturday. Spo/iaored by the recently-or ganized Grover Community Im provement Council, the day’s festivities will begin at 3 p.m. with special activities for young people under the direction of James Scruggs, principal of Gro ver sciiojl, and Gene Turner. Principal program feature at 5:30 p.m. will be review of the history of Grover by Mrs. B. A. Harry, Sr. A picnic supper will follow on the school grounds. The event, to which all Grover area citizens and those Kings Mountain and nearby towns are invited, will wwuwtt wiUi Oie Independence Day celebrations I observed at Grover for several years, Paul Hambright, member of the publicity committee, said. Charles F. Harry, III, president of the Grover Council, said the "appreciation” includes: 1) celebration of the forthcom ing opening of a branch bank of the Blaeksbuig, S. C. Bank in Grover. 2) improvements to the Grover water system. 3) location of Dr. Lewis Beam at Grover for medical practice. 4) location of a new industry, Har-Ray Mills which is beginn ing operation this month. Tea Springer is chairman oi ijw ptania ouflwwiuwt. i « Second-Day Total Rises To 4221 Pupils By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain district schools enrolled 4173 pupils at nine plants on opening day last Friday. The total was up ten over last year’s «i>ening day 4163, but 85 less than had been anti cipated by school ofieials. By Monday, however, enroll ment had increased to 4221, only 37 less than school officials ex pected to enroll in the Kings Mountain system. On opening day the schools enrolled 1180 high school stu dents, including 958 at Central high school and 222 at Compact. Last year’s first day figures were: Central 952 and Compact 222. It was a net gain in high school population of 30, six at Central and 24 at Compact. In the elementary school, first day enrollment was 2993, ofif from last year’s 2997. Bethware's 20-classroom plant, being fully utilized, had by fa.r the largest population among the elementary schools at 521 stu dents but was well below last year’s opening day 588. Other first day enrollment fig ures: East school 429 vs. 447 last year. Grover 392, compared to last year’s 378. North 416, vs. last year’s 378. Park Grace 203, vs. 207 in 1962 63. West 316, vs. 327 last year. Compact elementary 360. vrf. 34 last year. Davidson 356, vs. 328 last year. Supt. Barnes said Wednesday that the school operation began smoothly, counted on Wednes day morning’s board of educg*. tion actions in employing anoth er teacher for Bethware and transferring a Bethware eighth grade teacher to Grover to iron out grade overload problems. "All in all the opening went well,’’ Supt. Barnes commented. "On the second day we had a call from a grocery store saying some school children had missed the? bus to Park Grace. We .sent a car and got them to school.” Legion To Meet First Thursday Regular monthly meeting of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, will be held on first 1 hursdays, rather than Fridays, during the months of September, October aiid November. The September meeting will be held Thursday night at 8 p.m. . rhe Legion Post customarily holds Thursday meetings during the high school football season. The Legion's winter dance sche dule will be announced at the meeting, Legionaire Carl Weisncr innouneed. He said a dance has ilready been scheduled for Octo ber 5, with the Knights of Music furnishing the music. At this dance, Legionaires and member* of the Lincoln Voiture of the 40 & 8 will be honored. Out-of-Class Piano Kosher The board of education Wed nesday morning clarified a prior action concerning teaching of fee-basis piano students in the public schools. The ruling on a pupil's leaving an academic class for piano in struction concerned the teaching of the class, not the individual pi ano pupil, members of the board said. “It was my understanding,” Vice - Chairman Otto Williams commented, “that the board’s ruling was to instruct the class room teacher to continue the reg ular teaching schedule, in spite of the ahseftce ol the piano pupU. If the piano pupil flunks, it’s the responsibility of the particular child and its parents, not the classroom teacher.” The other members concurred. Trustee Holmes Harry remark ed it had been his observation that majority of the piano pupils were able to maintain class pace in academics, in spite of occas ional absences. Trustee George H. Mauney ob served that the same rule would apply for band instruction, as