North Carolina Newspapers

DERELICT HOUSING — Pictured are two samples of the type of derelict buildings the Chamber of Commerce would like to see raz ed. The organization has urged the city to adopt cm ordinance to implement elimination of buildings of this type. President Wilson Crawford said the above buildings are two to a half-dozen he snap ped within 15 minutes time. "There are many more," he added, "some of them occupied as dwellings”. Clown Kelly, Swanner ' Features Flags are flying over Cleveland County fairgrounds and workmen are busy putting finishing touches on buildings to make ready for the 1963 fair which opens Tues day and continues through Satur day, October 5 Unprecedented in its 40 years is the demand for exhibit space at the coming fair, the main ex hibit hall having been enlarged by addition of a 16-fcot section, and a tent 40 by 100 feet having been ordered to take care of dai ry and beef cattle entries which have overrun the main bam. The same interest applies to all de partments of the mammoth fait where $15,000 in premiums will !be awarded by the week’s end. Stars headlining the event in clude a week-long appearance of the famous clown, Emmett Kelly, Jr., who has delighted youngsters and oldsters alike; official visit of Miss North Carolina, lovely Jeanne Flinr. Swanner, on Tues day, who will cut ribbons and of ficially welcome all fairgoers in an 11 a m. ceremony; and popular Betty Feezor who has made thou sands of friends through her well-known WBTV program. Jack Kochman and his Hell Drivers will appear nightly in thrill-packed performances be fore the grandstand, together with his variety acts which will star Suzi Arden, The Lancers Four and The Verdus. Suzi has Continued On Page Six Scott Cloninger Struck By Car Jeffrey Scott Cloninger, 10 year-old son of IMr. and Mrs. Harold Cloninger, is recuperating satisfactorily in Charlotte Me morial hospital from facial in juries sustained Saturday night when struck by an automobile. Young Cloninger was reported Wednesday to be '‘resting well.” He suffered loss of several teeth and injurjes to his nose and face. Attending physicians said fact that the youth was wearing a football helmet helped him es cape serious injury. Police say Sarah Jane Robbins, 20, route 1, was driving west on Ridge street when her car, a ‘61 Chevrolet, struck the boy. Cl<*i inger was reportedly going to football practice on a field near the high school and had just got ten out of his father’s car and started to nun across Ridge street when he was struck. Police have made no charges and say Deputy Sheriff G. A. Huffctetler was a witness to the accident which oc curred at 6:10 p.m. The youngster was transferred from the Kings Mountain hospi tal to Charlotte Memorial hospi U4 Saturday 0%'frt. T CHAIRMAN — D. B. Blalock has been re-elected chairman of the Cleveland County ASC for the coming year. D. B. Blalock Benamed By ASC D. B. Blalock, Dixon communi ty farmer, has been re-elected chairman of the Cleveland Coun ty Agriculture and Stabilization committee for 1963-64. Charles J. Hamrick was named vice-chairman at the county ASC convention held Monday and Car mie Brackett was named regular member. First alternate member is Odus Royster and second al ternate is John W- Cline. Delegates from 11 Cleveland County communities were pres ent and ballots were tabulated. Farmers from the 11 communi ties voted on a committee from each township last week and these results also were tabulated. Nevette Hughes, Dixon com munity farmer, was elected chairman of the No. 4 Township community. If. K. Dixon was named vice-chairman and Stough Wright was named regular mem ber. First and second alternate members are Eugene Patterson and Tom Hamrick. County and community- com mitteemen assume offices Octo ber 1. Charles Goforth was elected chairman of the Number Five township committee. A. A. Bar rett was named vice-chairman and T. Z. Hord regular member. W. A. Wright was elected first alternate member and Clifford Hamrick was named second alter nate member. ROBERTS REUNION The annual Hugh Karr Ro berts reunion will be held Sun day, September 29th, at Antioch Baptist church. Following the ! morning worship service, a pic- j nic lunch will be spread. In the ' afternoon a short business ses- j sion will be held. I Phifer Road Improvement Asked By Board Thieves Rob Timms Fim In $3,500 Haul Timms Furniture Store, locat ed on the Grover Road, was all but left without any small appli ances Tuesday morning a s thieves entered the store in the wee morning hours and made off with a list of items totaling 155 in number. “The robbery oceured between the hours of 12 midnight and six o’clock a.m.” reported owner Gene Timms Wednesday. “It is my contention that the bandits enter ed the store through a small win dow in the warehouse”, continued Timms. The door leading from the warehouse to the store was badly damaged as the robbers <broke through the door to enter the main part of the store. After a complete inventory of stock Timms reports that the loss amounts to nearly $4,000 wholesale. Timms said that in surance would cover $1,000 of the loss at most. The robbers method of opera tion is presumed to be that of professionals as no clues have been uncovered to give the inves tigating authorities any leads as yet. The Sheriff’s department has recovered countless finger prints from the store in hopes of getting some basis on which to further investigations. A list of the stolen merchan dise has been sent to all counties in North Carolina and around 100 other city and county police departments will receive a list of the items. Timms believes that the thieves were driving a small truck, either a pickup or a panel type. Stolen were 11 portable televi sion-sets, 44 radios, 13 clocks, 11 phonographs, 12 irons, one watch, five electric .beaters^ three ,-pioces of luggage, eight electric blank ts, 10 mixers, two electric can openers, one small oven, seven toasters, seven electric skillets, eight percolatcrs, one grill and waffle iron, seven hair dryers, and three electric toothbrushes. Most of the missing items bore the brand names of General E-' lectric and RCA. UNC Coach Lions Banquet Speaker Coach Jim Hickey, o- the Uni versity of North Carolina Tar Heels, has accepted tentatively an invitation to speak at the 1963 annual football banquet of the Kings Mountain Lions club. Coach Hickey will be the first UNS head coach to appear at the annual banquet honoring the Kings Mountain high school foot ball squad since Carl Snavely spoke during the Charlie Justice era. Justice spoke here subsequent to his college career, as did Pat Preston, former assistant UNC coach. The Lions club launched its grid banquet scries following the 1939 season, with Clemson’s Jess Neely the featured speaker. Last year’s speaker was Clarence (Ace) Parker, of Duke. Members of the Lions club committee on arrangements are Martin Harmon, chairman, Har ry Jaynes and Howard Bryant. anAda'e The lone announced Republi can candidate for Governor will speak here at City Hall court room Thursday night at 8 o’clock. He is Donald Badgley, Greens boro life insurance salesman and one of Guilford county’s repre sentatives in the General Assem bly. Mr. Bargley will speak under auspices of the Kings Mountain Young Republican club, and his appearance :s expected to attract Republicans from throughout the county, IM. vVayne Forsythe, pro gram co-chairman stated. Mr. Badgley announced his candidacy several weeks ago, would withdraw should United States Representative Charles R. for. He is busy touring the state Jonas, of Lincointon, decide to of aiid has told local Republicans he will have been in 47 counties by mid-October when the General Assembly convenes in special session in an effort to re-district concurrently announcing h e the North Carolina Senate. Mr. Badgley polled 17,014 votes in the 1962 general election, plac ing second among eight Guilford candidates for the House. He is the lone Republican member of the House on the senatorial re districting committee. Mr. Badgley is a native oi GOP CANDIDATE — State Rep resentative Donald Badgley,. an nounced candidate lor Governor, will speak at a Republican meet ing here Thursday night. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is a Quaker, became a Tar Heel in the mid fifties and was an air force staff sergeant during World War II. Said Mr. Forsythe, ‘‘Refresh- j ments will be served and all in teracted cilueusc are invited.” Southwell Will Be Chairman Of 1964 United Fund Drive HERE SUNDAY — Bishop M. George Henry of Asheville will deliver the sermon at Trinity Episcopal church Sunday on his 15th anniversary as chief pastor of the Episcopal Church in West ern North Carolina. Bishop Henry Here Sunday The Right Reverend M. George Henry of Asheville, chief pastor of the Episcopal Church in this section of the state, will deliver the sermon at Sunday morning services at Trinity Episcopal church. Bishop. Henry will make his an nual visit to the local congrega tion on the lath anniversary of his consecration to the episcopacy and leadership of the Diocese of Western North Carolina. Members of Trinity church will serve coffee during an informal reception after the 10 a.m. serv ice. Born in Chcpel ITill, October 25, 1910, Bishop Henry is the son of Dr. K. G. Henry, then profes sor of Latin at UNC and later assistant registrar at the univer sity. He was graduated from the university in 1931 and held a teaching fellowship from 1931-32 while working on his master’s de gree. From 1632-35 he attended the Virginia Theological Semi nary, was ordained to the Diaco nate in 1935 and to the Priest hood in 193d. As Deacon and Priest, he serv ed the following pastorates; St. Philip’s, Durham; St. Paul’s, Winston - Salem; Emmanuel, StoneviJle; Church of the 'Messi ah, Mayodan; Christ church, Wal nut Cove; and St. Philip’s, Ger montown. In 1336 he ibecame rec tor of Calvary Parish, Tarboro, and in 1943 became the first rec tor of Christ church, Charlotte (the largest Episcopal Church in that city.) From Charlotte he was called to his present ministry and was consecrated Bishop in Trinity church, Asheville, exactly 15 Continued On Page Six Only 55 Percent Of 1963 Budget Was Raised By MARTIN HARMON Robert O. Southwell, Kings Mountain auto dealer, will serve as chairman of the Kings 'Moun tain United Fund drive for 1964 to begin soon. Concurrently, Mr. Southwell said a change of format to broad en the organization in the wake of the past year’s performance !n which contributions enabled Treasurer Tom Burke to pay ben eficiary organizations only about 55 percent of approved budget. “This is about our last chance,” Chairman Southwell commented. He said the board of directors of the organization will be broad ened to include all solicitation di vision chairmen, which, in effect, will double, a* least, the present eight-member board. Strong pro motional efforts will be made to exceed the quota of the adopted aggregate budgets of benefici aries. Strong effort will also be made to conduct the campaign and complete it in 30 days. “Our organization for the up coming campaign is virtually Complete, with three division chairmen needed. We exepect to complete the organization this weekend,” Mr. Southwell added. Under the United Fund format, I participating organizations pre , sent an annual budget* request, I which the directors screen, and I adopt, the organizations agreeing to accept payments on percentage of funds raised and also agreeing, without special permission of the United Fund heard, to conduct any other fund-raising campaign. With this year's abbreviated payment, Kings Mountain dis trict Bay Scout officials launched a special drive last week, seeking a minimum of SxlOO to hnlnace its budget. The Kings Mow- tain Red Cross Chx pier received only $3168 of its $51 .'00 budget, a por tion of which goes to the national organization, and, on Wednesday, had made no decision about a special drive. It had decided to pay its full dues to the ’national organization. Plans of other participating or ganizations—the Girl Scouts, J. S. Mauney Memorial Library, Cleveland County Life-Saving & Rescue Squad, Kings Mountain high school band, Davidson-Com pact band. Last year’s Ludget was slightly over $17,000. In the several year history of the United Fund here, top per centage of quota raised was slightly over 90. Directors of the 1963 United Fund were Mr. Southwell, J. Ol lie Harris, W. S Fulton, Jr., Tom Burke, W. F. Laughter, Ed Goter, J. C. Bridges, and Rev. H. D. Gar mon. A. B. Prince's Brothei Passes Rev. Clarence Prince, 83, re tired Baptist minister of Fair Forest, S. C, and brother of A. B. Prince of Kings Mountain, died early Wednesday morning. Mr. Prince had been in ill health after suffering a stroke some weeks ago. Fifincral rites will be held Thursday. In addition tr his brother here, the Rev. Mr. Prince is uurvived by his wife, two daughters, on'1 son, one sister, and an additional brother. Members of the Prince family will go to South Carolina today for the funeral rites. ARP Church Sets Special Services Specil. services at Boyce Me morial Associate Reformed Pres byterian church will ho held this fall October 7 through Sabbath night, October 13th. Dr. Charles Edwards of Atlan ta, Ga. is visiting evangelist. “We invite our friends to wor ship with us at these services”. Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor, said in making the announcement. CHAIRMAN — Robert O. South well will serve as chairman of the 1964 Kings Mountain United Fund campaign. Plonk Named To Committee The Morehead Foundation has appointed seven Cleveland Coun ty citizens to the Morehead County Selection Committee in tiiis area. The new appointees will join with a total or over 500 commit tee men and women throughout the state in screening local nom inations for th * 1961 Morehead Awards for study at the Univer sity of North Carolina Named to the Cleveland Coun ty committee were: J. Clint New ton, Lawndale; Dr. George W. Plonk, Kings Mountain; Earl D. Honeycutt Jr., Shelby; Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick Jr., Shelby; John R. Dover III, Shelby and N. Dix on Lackey, Shelby. The new chairman of the com mittee, which is nominated on a yearly basis, will be L. Lyndon Hobbs of Shelby. The appointments wore an nounced by Morehead Foundation Director Roy Armstrong. The coveted Morehead Awards, given solely on the basis of merit, pay all expenses of an undergrad uate at Chapel Hill and are gen erally regarded as the most gen erous in the nation of their kind The county selection committees scieen nominations made by lo cal high school committees. Their selections are further evaluated by seven regional committees in January and a central committee in Chapel Hill in March. Final a waras are made by the Morehead Foundation trustees. In 1963, 53 students received awards out of an original 844 nominees. The Cleveland County commit teemen met in Charlotte at the end of August • to discuss this year’s program on a regional le vel. They are presently visiting local schools qualified to nomi nate Morehead candidates to ex plain the features of the awards and to arrange the nomination Continued On Page Six Mountaineer Days Plans Jelling; "Miss Mountaineer" Is Chosen Kings Mountain males who are growing beards will compete for three trophies to be presented by the Merchants Association Friday, October 4th. The Merchants are sponsoring “Mountaineer Days” here Octo ber 3-5 in celebration of the Oc tober 7th anniversary of the bat tle of Kings Mountain. Judging of ‘‘best beards” will take place in front of ihe mock .jail on S. Battleground avenue in the business district from 4 until 6 p.m. 'Men who wish to enter the contest should arrive at the “jail”’ at 1 n.m. Trophies, a first, second and third place award, are to be pre sented at 6 p rr.. Judges include Mrs. Luther Joy, Merchants Assoc'/tion secretary, Mrs. Paul Williams, assistant secretary, and Mrs. Neal Young, manager of Eagle’s. Advance tickets went on sale at the Merchants association of fices this week for barbecue and sandwich plates to be available all three days of the trade pro motion. The Merchants are spon soring the sale of lunches and dinners on October 3rd and the Jaycees are sponsoring a similar Continued On Puu& Six MISS MOUNTAINEER — Mary Ann McCurdy, high school sen ion and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. McCurdy, will reign over "Mountaineer Day", festivities October 3-5. Miss McCurdy will appear in half-time ceremonies at. the. Homecoming football game Oct. 4 and will be featured in the Saturday morning parade at 10 aan. Oct. 5. School Board Asks Widening To Four Lanes By MARTIN HARMON The Kings Mountain .district board of education, in anticipa tion of construction and use of the new high school plant, lias asked stale highway department officials to improve Phifer road from Mountain street to Pulton road. Specifically, the board asked ; Division Engineer W. YV. Wyke j and Disctrict Engineer .1. 1. j Church to widen this section of Phifer road, which fronts the new high school site, to a four-lane road, with eurb-and-gutter, and sidewalk. i.Vtr. Wyke, who indicated he had contemplated improvements only to the extent of widening the present road by six feet of pavement and replacement of the narrow In -dgc across Bee son’s creek with a wider culvert, “The highway department isn’t in the sidewalk business.” Mr. Wyke said decision on how extensive the improvements would be was in the province of division Highway Commissioner J. Clint Newton and within the limits of improvement alloca tions. He added that he and Engi neer Church were meeting with the board to get. its ideas, which would be passed to Comm. New ton. He made these points: 1) Minimal right-of-way for a four-lane road is SO feet, prefer ably more, if curbing-and-gutter ing sidewalks are planned. 2) Present highway department right-of-way on Phifer road is 60 feet. i 3) Prlorly requested new road entrance to the property from U. S. 74 West would cost about $30,000 for a two-lane paved strip. 4) Minimal improvements to the road probably couldn't be started before spring. 5) Major improvements might have to await liscal year 1901-65 and a specific allocation, since 1903-61 anticipated revenues have been largely allocated. Education Board Chairman J. E. Herndon had urged an early start on improvements, but Mr. Wyke noted that little paving is projected by the department af ter the early days of October, diue to frequently ioor weather con ditions. All board members noted that Phifer road now is quite heavily trafficked, since it serves several large industrial operations and they pointed to the fact that traf fic is certain to Increase heavily, 'both during the construction of the new school and after it is oc cupied. Mr. Wyke said no traffic count had been made for Phifer road recently and acknowledged that results of such a count like ly would substantiate board members’ opinions. Should the four-lane, or other major widening plan, be approv ed, Mr. Wyke agreed on proffer, i any help by the board of educa tion on obtaining of needed right of-way would be quite helpful, i The engineers promised early attention to the Qoard’s request... SEMI - FINALIST — John Trio, high school senior, has been nam ed. a semi-iinalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Tria Named Semi-Finalist John Tria, Kings Mountain high school senior and son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tria, has been named a semi-finalist in tile 1963-64 merit scholarship compe tition. Principal Harry Jaynes said young Tria became a semi-final ist through outstanding perfor mance on the national merit scholarship qualifying test. This test of educational development was given in more than 16,500 high schools last March. The semi-finalist group of 13,000 seniors throughout the I country is composed of the high* | est scoring students in each state : and in United States territories. Each semi-finalist now moves a step closer to winning a four year merit scholarship to the i coTTegd>l)f his choice. Mr, Jaynes added that semi-finalists must I substantial their qualifying test j performance on a second exami j schools, and fulfill certain rou j nation, he endorsed by their I tine requirements to become fi nalists. All Merit Scholars are se ■ lected from the finalist group. In past years, 97 percent of the ! semi-finalists become finalists. All finalists receive a certificate | of merit and about April 23, 1964, the names of the Merit Scholars will be announced. Austin Rites Held Monday Funeral rites for Rev. B. F, Austin, 74, Baptist minister for over 40 years were held 'Monday at 1 p.m. from East Side Baptist church which hr helped organize. Mr. Austin succumbed Saturday afternoon in Gaston Memorial hospital following illness of sev eral months. A native of Alexander County, Mr. Austin began his active min istry at Flint Groves Baptist church in 192S. He came to Sec ond Baptist church in 1913 where he was pastor for 12 years. Twenty-three young men wero called into the ministry and nu merous churches in this area be came organized churches after being missions of the Second Baptist church during Mr. Aus tin’s pastorate The present church plant v as also occupied during that period. Mr. Austin retired in 1953 and has made his home on Gastonia highway. Mrs. Austin was the late Lillie Caldwell of Alexander County. Surviving Mr. Austin are two children, Mrs. Rosa Hamot and Frank Austin, both of Gas tonia; two grandchildren, Gene Austin of Kings Mountain and Darrell Austin of Gastonia; and three great-grandchildren. Rev. L. A. Faulkenbury was as sisted by Rev. Morris Baker of Lowell in officiating at the final rites and interment was made in Mountain Rest ounelcryj _j