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VOL. 74 No. 38
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday September 19, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
WOMAN’S* CLUB *
An executive board meeting of
officers of the Woman’s club will
be held Monday night at 7 o’clock
at the Woman’s club, Mrs. Au
brey Mauney, president, has an
nounced.
orr-TO-scHooL
Miss Carolyn Jonas has re
turned to Presbyterian Hospital
at Charlotte for her second year
of study. Miss Jonas, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. James Jonas,
brings to 166 the number of area
students leaving for schools and
colleges.
ON STAFF
Mrs. Shirley Ware has joined
the staff of Central Beauty Shop,
it has 'been announced by Mrs.
Hoyle Mabry, owner and manag
er.
IN SCOUT PROGRAM
Eagle Scout Larry Patrick of
Kings Mountain conducted the
session, “How To Teach a Skill”
at the Junior Leader Instructor
Training course at Schiele Scout
Reservation at Tryon Saturday
and Sunday.
PRACTICE TEACHING
Miss Joy Hudson, Kings Moun
tain senior at Appalachian State
Teacher’s college and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy P. Hudson, is
doing her practice teaching in
home economics at Wilkes Cen
tral high school in North Wilkes
boro.
IN GASTONIA
William Clyde Carroll, son o’
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carrol!1 of
Kings Mountain and a seniorf at
Appalachian State Teacher’s col
lege, is doing his student teaching
in biology at Ashley high school
in Gastonia' Septerobei-Nowrjxi
ber
BAKE SALE
Ladies of Faith Baptist church
will sponsor a bake sale Satur
day from 3 until 5 p.m. at the
home of Mrs- Helen Ayers, 109 N.
Hilling street. Cakes candies, pies
and cupcakes will be available.
Proceeds will go to the Lottie
Moon Christmas offering of the
WMU,
GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scout activities begin at
Boyce Memorial ARP church Fri
day, September 27th. There are
three troops of Scouts, the
Brownies, the Juniors and the
Cadettes.
DISCHARGED
Mrs. C. E. Neisler has been dis
charged from Kings Mountain
hospital where she had been a
patient for several weeks. Mrs.
Neisler is recuperating at her
home.
TO XING'S
Marilyn Dixon and Brenda
LoveJtace have enrolled for the
fall term of study at King’s col
lege in Charlotte. The two Kings
Mountain girls bring to 168 the
number of students leaving the
area for post high school train
ing.
SENIOR CITIZENS
The Senior Citizens club will
hold its regular meeting Friday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, according
to announcement by Mrs. Paul
Hendricks, members of the Wo
man's club committee in charge
of arrangements.
ROTARY CLUB
Jonas Bridges, Station WKMT
manager, will discuss the topic
“Things You Don’t Hear or Read
About”, at Thursday’s noon meet
ing of the Rotary club at the
Country Club. Tom Tate is pro
gram chairman.
EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Kings Mountain Rotarians will
exchange programs the second
week in October with their sister
club in Argentina. District Gov
ernor Archie Shuford is expected
to attend. Ricardo Bach is arrang
ing the program.
Constitution
176 Years Old
The current week is Constitu
tion Week in celebration of the
176th anniversary of the adoption
of the document on September 17,
1787.
The nation annually observes
the anniversary, specified by Act
of Congress and by proclamation
of the President.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution, both at national and
local level, promote the annual
observance thqoughout the na
JAYCEES DONATE SIGNS ~ Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of
Commerce has donated eight large "Welcome to Kings Mountain"
signs and these have been erected at city entrances. Pictured
at one ot the signs on U.S. 74 are Mayor Glee A. Bridges, left, and
Bob Mincey, chairman of the Merchants Association October trade
promotion, "Mountaineer Days." Hugh Lancaster. Mr. Mincey and
John Warlick were members of the Jaycee committee heading the
project. (Photo by Dick Woodward)
SPEAKER — John H. Mom, presi
dent of the Western Carolina*
Professional Baseball league, will
address the Kings Mountain Ki
wanis club at its Thursday night
meeting. He will discuss the re
cent Western Carollnas opera
tion, professional baseball gener
ally, the World Series prospects,
R. S. Lennon, program chairman,
announced.
Lady Democrats
Will Organize
Cleveland County Democratic
women will gather for an organ
izational meeting Monday night
at 7 p.m. at Brackett’s Cedar
Park, Mrs. F- A. McDaniel, Jr. of
Kings Mountain has announced.
Mrs. McDaniel said interested
Grover, Bethware lind Kings
Mountain area women interested
in attending and who need trans
portation should notify her at
739-3335 during the day and 739
4203 at night.
Mrs. McDaniel is acting as tem
porary secretary of the party.
Mrs. Beth Lattimore of Polkville
has been serving as temporary
chairman and Miss Sadie Lutz of
Shelby as temporary treasurer.
Officers are to be elected at
Monday’s supper meeting, which
will be free. Membership fee is
$1.00 and will help defray the
costs of the meal, Mrs. McDaniel
added.
Mrs McDaniel said officers an
ticipate >a large crowd of wo
men will attend the organization
al meeting.
Beilins Here
In Clnb Post
Mr. and Mrs- Allen Berlin arc
the new managers of Kings
Mountain Country Club, succeed
ing Mrs. Ben Speidel.
The Berlins arrived here Tues
day from Cheyenne, Wyoming to
begin their new duties. They pre
viously managed the Cheyenne
Country Club for one year, going
from Starmount Forest Country
Club of Greensboro where they
had been employed 214 years.
Mr. Berlin is a native of Orlan
do, Fla. and is a graduate of the
University of Florida.
Mrs. Berlin, the former Jean
Wgtts, is amative of Murrells In-!
let, South Carolina, and is a i
graduate of Woman’s College of I
the University of North Carolina.
Meeting Here
To Be Feature
01 Celebration
The city of Kings Mountain,
North Carolina will not only ob
serve the 183rd Anniversary of
the Battle of Kings Mountain
during its Mountaineer Days,
scheduled for October 1-5, but
Will also play host to La Soeiete
Des 10 Hommes Et 8 Chevaux or
American Legion. f
It will be tiie first time Kings
Mountain has been host to a 40 &
8 promenade and wreck, accord
ing to David Delevie, division
commander.
Saturday, October 5th, the final
day of the mamoth celebratipn
will find Voyageurs and Legion
naires from all over the state of
North and South Carolina com
ing into the city for the Fifth Di
vision Fall Promenade and Wreck
of the Grande -Voiture of North
Carolina.
Special guests to lie on hand
for this event are: Honorable
Norbert L. Craine, Sous Chef de
Chemin de For (National Vice
Commander) of Spartanburg, S.
C.; Aubrey 11. Wilson, Grand
Chef de Gare of Rock Hill, S. C.;
Sam E. Norris, Past Grand Chef
de Gare of Giecnv'ille, S. C.; Ho
ward K. Williamson, Grand Com
misaire Intendant of South Caro
lina and Sam L Latimer, Grand
Publiciste of Columbia, South Ca
rolina
North Carolina Department A
merican Legion Commander, the
honorable Judge L. J. Phipps of
Chapel Hill will be an hand, a
long with J. Frank Baker, .Grand
Chef de Gare of North Carolina.
Other top officials of the de
partment of North Carolina ex
pected to be present are: Edwin
B. Hunt, Grand Historian of Lex
ington; Bill Carpenter, Grand
Chef de Train, 5th Division and
State Historian of Cherryville; I
Charles Briggs, Grand Chef de
Train, 1st Division of Raleigh;
Bill Cranford, Grand Chef de
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Robert Ware's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Robert Ernest
Ware; 70, were held Wednesday
at 4 p.m. from Central Method
ist church, interment following
in El Bethel cemetery.
Mr. Ware died in the Kings
Miuntain hospital Monday fol
lowing an illness of several
weeks. He had suffered a heart
attack and had undergone an
operation several days previous
ly.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Ware. A me
chanic at Bonnie Mills for 40
years, he was a member of Cen
tral Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Essie Smith Ware; one son,
Robert E. Ware, Jr. of Kings
Mountain; two daughters, Mrs.
Liddic W. Baker of Washington,
D. C. and Mrs. Evelyn Heavner
of Cherry villc; one brother,
Wright Ware of Newland, N. C.;
two sisters, Mrs. Jasper Brinson
of Pelham, Ga., and Mrs. Leone
Ware of Kings Mountain; and
four. grandchildren.
Rev. Howard Jordan officiated
J
Site Grading Plans Due October 1
City To Abandon
Sewage Tanks
Superior Stone
To Share Pump
Station Costs
Tho city is embarking earlier
than anticipated on sewage dis
posal improvements which it is
committed to launch by 1967.
The city honored a request by
Superior Stone Company for im
mediate removal of the two Im
hoff-type disposal plants located
in the stone company’s operation
al area known as Kings Greek
piams 1 and l
. Meantime, Superior agi'eed to
pay half the cost (estimated at
$36,000 of construction of two
pumping stations which will move
the sewage to other outfalls.
W. K. Dickson, of Charlotte,
city engineer, noted that at least
one pumping station would be re
quired when the city begins work
on its new sewage disposed sys
tem.
The city anticipates financing
this non-budgeted expenditure by
issuing bonds. Under state law
cities may issue bonds, minus a
vote of citizens, for up to two
thirds the net amount of net debt
retirement during the previous
year. (Last year’s net debt re
tirement by the city on general
fund obligations was $30,000.)
- -In-commenting on the forth
coming sewage disposal improve
ments, Engineer Dickatki said he
anticipated the best plan would
be employment of numerous
■pumping stations moving all se
wage in tho western part of the
city to one major plant, which
would replace both the Kings
Creek outfalls, the Ware and
Mauney plants.
The eastern part of the city is
served by a modern plant built
in 195-1-55 located near McGill
Creek.
John Graham, of Raleigh, pre
sented the Superior request.
In another action, the commis
sion instructed City Attorney J.
R- Davis to draw an ordinance to
permit razing of derelict build
ings for consideration at the Oc
tober meeting.
Bob Manor had told the board,
and Attorney Davis agreed, that
the city’s present ordinances were
insufficient and unspecific. Mr.
Maner, on behalf of the Chamber
of Commerce, urged adoption of
an ordinance similar to Gaston
ia's.
In other actions, the board:
1) Declined to rezone for bus
iness use a lot at the corner of W.
King and Tracy streets. A delega
tion of Negro citizens, with Ha
zel Gill as spokesman, was pres
ent to oppose the re-zoning re
quest.
2) Adopted slate health de
partment specifications on the
construction of out-door toilets,
on request of the county healtli
department.
31 Approved expenditure of
$1720 for erection of a steel fence
around the city’s new electrical
system switchgear equipment
near the Duke Power sub-station.
4) Approved, ii and when funds
are available, installation of curb
and gutter on Landing street,
from Goforth to Sims street.
5) Voted to invite bids on a
piek-iup truck for the recreation
commission.
6) Authorized the city attorney
and city tax collector to institute
foreclosure proceedings on eight
properties on which 1939 city
taxes have not been paid.
Dog Quarantine
Now Underway
A 30-day dog quarantine began
in Cleveland County Sunday and,
in Kings Mountain alone, 30 stray
dogs have been killed and 41 ci- '
tations issued owners of dogs
who had ignored the law requir
ing that the dogs be vaccinated a
gainst rallies.
Tlie quarantine will be effect
ive through October 15.
Kings Mountain police depart-;’
ment is cooperating with Carver .
Blanton, county dog warden, in
the quarantine
Chief Paul Sanders warned
owners that the quarantine i ,
means_ their canine pets must be
IN MISSION POST — Miss Shir
ley McDaniel, recent graduate of
High Point college, has been as
signed to home mission work by
the Methodist Church.
Miss McDaniel
In Mission Work
Miss Shirley McDaniel, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. McDan
iel, has gone into home mission
ary service for the Methodist
Church.
She has been assigned to
work in the Western Norm Caro
lina Conference -as church and
community worker for the Great
er Mount Airy Parish, with head
quarters in 'Mount Airy.
Miss McDaniel is among 27
young men and women who are
beginning two years of home
missionary service under auspices
of The Methodist Church. They
are known as “U. S.-2’s” and this
summer they took final training
for their tasks during a six weeks
course in Scarritt College, Nash
ville, Tennessee.
Miss McDaniel was born in
Grover,, and attended High Point
college from where she was grad
uated this past spring with an A.
B. degree in religion and sociolo
gy. While at High Point college
she was active in various campus
organizations.
For the past four summers in
cluding this one, she has worked
in the Western North Carolina
Conference under the Student
Service Program in town and
country churches. The past three
summers have been spent as an
assistant to the church and com
munity worker in Avery and Ma
con counties. She is a member of
Grace Methodist church.
She succeeds 'Miss Anita Benoy
at Mount Airy and will be work
ing with 11 congregations includ
ing Oak Grove, Pleasant View,
Mount Herman, Hatcher’s Chap
el, Carter’s Chapel, Hunter’s
Chapel, Chestnut Grove, Ep
worth, Imogene. Beulah and Ma
ple Grove. Miss Benoy is present
ly a member of the Board of Ed
ucation of The Methodist Church
in Nashville.
Church and community work
ers of The Methodist Church
work with both churches assign
ed them and with the organiza
tions of the community in which
they serve.
City Gets Lots
For Assessments
The city now owns two lots on
Monroe avenue, deeded by the
owners because he felt their
worth didn’t justify payment of
P340 in street improvement as
sessments for paving, curbing
and guttering.
One of the lots fronts 297 feet j
xi the north side of Monroe,! <
while the other fronts 56.1 feet i
m the south side of Monroe. The
smaller lot is a corner triangle at
the intersection with Woodside.
[The larger lot is cut by a power .
ine right-of-way.
Francis Whitesides, Gastonia 1
avings and loan association of- 1
tidal, told the city he would not
)ay the assessments and proffer- !
;d the deeds.
f
The members of the city com- 1
nission indicated at last week’s 1
neeting they would offer tile lots 1
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Floor Plan
Alternates
Suggested
By MARTIN HARMON
I
Grading plans for the new
Kings Mountain district high
school are expected to bo com
plete by October 1, Architect
Thomas H. Cothran sain Wednes
day.
Present anticipation of the
architects and board of educa
tion is to invite bids on a sepa
rate grading contract, in order
to speed construction when gen
eral and other contracts are let.
Mr. Cothran noted that on a
recent construction project, start
of actual building was speeded |
three weeks by prior grading of
the site. \
Meantime officials of the de
partment of school planning at
Raleigh have not commented yet
to two alternate floor plans for
the new Kings Mountain high
school ground floor.
The alternate plans were rec
ommended by Architects Cothran
and Fred Van Wageningen as
likely means of gaining consider
able floor space at a bargain
price.
The simpler plan would pro
vide better than 2,000 square
feet of storage space not now in
cluded in the building.
The more ambitious alternate
plan would provide additional
laboratory space as well as stor
age.
Members of the board of edu
cation studied the two plans
I Monday night and agreed to re
quest comments from the state
officials, and agreed to meet
again for action as quickly as
the Raleigh report is received.
The architects are continuing
preparation on detailed working
plans and specifications, still to
decline to estimate firmly a date
the board of education will be
able to consider completed plans
and invite bids on the proposed
iVtillion-plus dollar high school
plant to be constructed on Phif
er Road.
To a question, however, Mr.
Cothran replied, “It will definite
ly be before January 1.”
Churchmen
To Hear Phillips
Dode Phillips, director of ad
missions at Erskine college and
former football “great” at the
Due West, South Carolina insti
tution, will address a Father-Son
banquet here Monday night at
First Presbyterian church.
Men’s clubs from both the First
and Boyce Memorial ARP chur
ches will attend with their sons.
Supper will be served at 7 p.m
in the fellowship hall of First
Presbyterian church.
A native South Carolinian and
fifth child in a family of eight of
an ARP minister, he received his
public school education at New
berry and Chester, S. C. and was
graduated from Erskine college
in 1921. lie was a member of the
All-State team of football each
of his four years in college and
on the baseball team several
times. He was married to the late
Isabelle Boyd of Mt. Carmel, S.
C. and has one son, Dode Phillips,
Jr., who is on the music faculty
at the University of South Caro
lina. He has been an elder in the
ARP church for msny years.
For 20 years he taught and :
coached football at Anderson \
high school, in Moultrie, Ga and
at Erskine. He served in the S. C.
Department of Education as su
pervisor of physical education
and later worked as a drug sales
man for Cambridge Pharmaceu
tical for 10 years. He returned to
Erskine in 1962 as admissions of
ficer.
In 1958 Mr. Phillips received
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APPOINTED — Carl F. Mauney
Kings Mountain textile execu
tive, has been appointed to the
board of the North Carolina Vo
cational Textile school at Bel
mont by Governor Sanford.
Sanford Names
Carl F. Mauney
Carl F. Mauney, Kings Moun
tain textile executive, lias been
appointed by Governor Sanford
to the board of the North Caro
lina Vocational Textile School at
Belmont. .
Mr. Mauney was appointed tc
fill the vacancy created by the
death of the late Odus M. Mull,
of Shelby, for a term ending Ju
ly 1, 1967.
Other current members of the
seven - member board are ,1. Har
old Lineberger, of Belmont, chair
man, Gerald B. James, of Raleigh,
director of vocational education,
an ex officio member, and Henry
Carter, of Greensboro, J. C. Cow
an, Jr., of Greensboro, W. B. Shu
ford, of Hickory, and Claude C.
Dawson, of Cramerton, secretary.
Mr. Mauney is an officer and
part owner of both Mauney Hos
iery Mills, Inc., manufacturers of
men’s hosiery, and Carolina
of nylon filament into “stretch”
nylon. He is a member of St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church and a
graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne college.
Mr. Mauney served as a member
of the Kings Mountain city com
mission from 1947-51.
Pooch-Repellent
Is As Advertised
The poof spray "Halt!”, bill
ed as a pooch-repellent, repels
quite well, Dutch Wilson, of the
city electrical department re
ports.
The meter leaders, like posf
men, milkmen, and others,
sometimes have trouble with
irate dogs.
Mr. Wilson described the re
sults of the use of the spray by
another meter reader:
“This dog charged out and
the nose He tui nor! tail and ran
ole Leonard just poofed him in
to the edge of the porch, trying
to get the spray off his "nose
with his paws. Leonard read the
meter and had just about
reached the front gate, when
the dog charged toward him a
gain. This time, Leonard mere- I
ly used his pencil to act as if he
were going to spray again. The
dog immediately turned tail
and ran to the porch.”
Red Cross Service Awards Given;
Two New Officers Named Tuesday
The Kings Mountain Red Cross
chapter presented certificates of
ippi-eciation to Mr. and Mrs. John
Cheshire, outgoing blood program
chairmen, and Rev. Marion Du
Jose, immediate past president of
:he chapter, at Tuesday night's
innual meeting
jack II. White, new president!
>f the chapter, made the presen
ations which read, “to John and
Phyllis Chesiiire for outstanding
cooperation with tlie American
National Red Cross Blood Pro-1
;ram” and “to Rev. Marion Du- j
Jose for outstanding leadership
vhile chairman, Kings Mountain
Chapter, American National Red i
I
Two new officers were elected.
They are Mrs. O. W. Myers, vice- j
chairman, and Mrs. Mildred iM.
Whets tine, secretary - treasurer.
John Cheshire and Jonas Bridges
were named co-chairmen of pub
lic relations and public informa- I
tion.
Reports from officers included i
a financial statement showing
that the chapter had received on
ly 65 percent of its 1963 United
Fund goal. Other participating
organizations receive the same
No action was taken concern
ing fund-raising. The 196-1 United
Fund appeal is scheduled to be- j
gin lo October.
City Power System
Cut-Over Complete
Cut-ovei Chore
Had Minimum
Of Difficulties
Th<> city's power distribution
system was cut-over to its heav
ier 1160 volt primary service Sun
day, with a comparative mini
mum of difficulty.
Electrical Superintendent Hun
ter Alien said lie regretted com
plete service could not, be restor
d during the scheduled four-hour
cut-over period, though most, of
the system was producing power
to customers by 5 p.m.
Latest resumption of service
was 9 p.m
A minor mistake had been made
in the York Hoad area, where in
some instances 410-volt service
had been provided, rather than
220-volt. Damage, with exception
compressor at Bridges Service
of a burned out motor on an air
Station, was limited to a few
blown fuses.
Some 65 persons from tlie con
tracting firm, Hunter & Walden
Company, ot Charlotte, the elec
trical engineering firm, and city
employees took part in the cut
over which left most citizens
without electricity starting at 1
p.m. Sunday afternoon.
The Cleveland County Life
Saving and Rescue Squad render -
I ed valuable assistance to city po
i lieemen on directing traffic in
lieu of electrically-operated traf
fic signals. Additionally, tile Life
Saving Crew provided an emer
gency generator Which provided
power for City Hall and Harris
funeral Home, where a funeral
was held on schedule at 4 p.m.
Harold Ilunnicult provided an
emergency generator to keep City
Service Station on regular hours
Sunday afternoon, and Kings
Mountain hospital cut on its au
xiliary power equipment. Other
wise, business firms usually open
j on Sunday afternoon merely de
j layed opening hours until power
service resumed.
There was rio afternoon tide
vision and uptown traffic was
heavy as many citizens left their
darkened abodes.
Work on the re-building chore
began in June and will cost the
city about $140,000
The contractor’s crews are still
at work removing old poles and
wire not utilized in the re-build
ing job.
Supt. Allen commented Wed
nesday on his pleasure at com
pletion of the work. "We’re now
in position to provide the type of
electrical service required, no
matter in what area of the city
system,” lie said.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges and
Chief of Police Paul Sanders ad
dressed a letter to the Life-Sav
ing Crew stating their and citi
zens’ appreciation for the aid of
the rescue group in the Sunday
cut-over work.
Mis. Williams'
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Janette
vValker Williams, 50, wife of H.
O. (Toby) Williams, were held
Friday morning at 11 o’clock
from Central Methodist church,
of which she was a member.
Mrs. Williams died Thursday
morning in the Kings Mountain
hospital after several weeks of
illness. Deatli was attributed to
cancer.
Daughter ol the late Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Walker, she was a
native ol Kings Mountain. IMr.
Williams is a member .of the
Kings Mountain Board of Edu
cation.
Rev. Howard Jordan, assisted
by the Rev. B. L. Raines, officiat
ed at the final rites and inter
ment was made in Mountain Rest
cemetery. The family requested
that in lieu of flowers, memorials
be sent to the Cleveland Cancer
Society.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Wil
liams is survived by her daugh
ter, Jan a high school junior.
Actove pallbearers were J. V.
Tarlton, Jr., Paul Walker, George
Ware, Carl Finger, Holmes Har
Jim Umritk