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City Limits
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VOL. 74 No. 42
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 17, 1963
PRICE TEN CENTS
Established 1889
Seventy-Fourth Year
Arch-Rival Shelby
To Invade Friday
Mountaineers
Underdogs
In Title Tilt
By
DICK WOODWARD
The stage is set, the players
are ready to perform, and as the
curtain goes up Friday night at
City Stadium an overflow crowd
will be on hand to witness the
battle of the unbeaten’s as Shel
by invades to do battle with the
fings Mountain Mountaineers.
|The Mountaineers have been
orking overtime this week in
preparation for the all important
Southwest Conference game.
Shelby is currently leading the
conference with a 4-0 record and
Kings Mountain is a half game
behind with a 3-0 mark.
“We are expecting a rough
ball game”, says Coach Bill
Bates, who has been putting the
Mountaineers through vigorous
practice sessions this week.
“Everyone kno ws they are good,
and we will have to play a real
good ball game to beat Shelby”,
Bates added.
The Shelby attack will be led
by two of the best halfbacks in
the conference, Charles Peeler,
160 pound Senior, and Kenny
Brown, a 170-pound senior. Peel
er is the teams leading scorer
and Brown leads the team in to
tal offense.
Shelby is expected to rely
mainly on the running game as
the Lions have had little success
passing this season. “Shelby is a
team that is capable of scoring
at any given time”, says Coach
Don Parker who scouted the
Shelby-Leooir game last week.
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Local News
Bulletins
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ROTARY CLUB
Kings Mountain Rotarians will
hear a program by Bill Humph
reys, who is associated with Fi
ber Industries, at their Thursday
noon meeting at the Country
Club. President Neil Johnson,
just back from a trip to Mexico
City, will present Mr. Humph
reys.
NEW MEMBERS
Kings Mountain Rotarians wel
comed R. G. Plonk, Jr. and Dr.
John C. McGill as new members
at their regular meeting last
week. Present as visitors were
exchange student Jose Pucci and
his American “father" John
Cheshire. An International Day
program was given on Columbus
Day by Devere Smith.
OPTIMIST MEETING
Kings Mountain Optimists will
Ibd regular meeting Thursday
■qjht at 7 p.m. at city stadium.
A1 Summers, Optimist Lieutenant
Governor, will make his official
visit and address the club.
LAYMEN’S SUNDAY
Sunday is Laymen’s Sunday at
First Presbyterian church and
men of the church will lead the
worship service at 11 a.m. Cha
rles Blanton will deliver the mes
sage, Charles Ballard will pre
side and Robert Goforth will of
fer the morning prayer.
SPECIAL SERVICES
Rev. John Harris is leading
evangelistic services this week at
First Wesleyan Methodist church
Services are being held nightly
through Sunday at 7 o’clock.
SAFETY MEETING
The quarterly meeting of the
Blue Ridge Safety Council will
be held Thursday, Oct. 24, at
Chase high school in Rutherford
county with barbecue supper
from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. Black
Leonard of the State Highway
Patrol will he guest speaker.
CAKE SALE
The Young Adult Class of
Space Methodist church will
Ibnsor the sale of homemade
■Rites and pies Saturday, October
19th, beginning at 1 p.m. in the
hurch fellowship hall.
LEGION AUXILIARY
Otis D. Green Post 155, the
iierican Legion Auxiliary, will
old regular meeting Thursday
7:30 p.m. at the home of ‘Mrs.
E. Rhea. Mrs. Ida Long will be
GOOD CITIZEN — Priscilla Pad
gett. high school senior, has been
named DAR Good Citizen. She is
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. P. G.
Padgett.
Miss Padgett
DAR Citizen
The Kings Mountain high
school senior class has elected
Priscilla Padgett, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett, as
DAR Good Citizen for 1963-64.
Miss Padgett will receive a
certificate signed by the high
school principal, a Good Citizen
pin from the Coloiiel Frederick
Hambrlght Chapter DAR, will be
guest of the chapter at a regular
meeting, and was invited, along
with her mother, to attend a
Good Citizen Tcur of the Hezeki
ah Alexander House in Char
lotte October 2: ■ '
- „„Th«. Gaud Citizen award ts giv,
en annually to the student se
lected on basis of qualities of
leadership, dependability, service
and patriotism. It is a coveted
honor among senior girls of ac
credited public high schools. The
selectee competes against other
Good Citizens in this district for
the privilege of being a district
winner who will then compete
for the state title.
Miss Padgett is a member of
the National Honor Society, the
band, SPO representative and
editor of the yearbook, “Mile
stones.”
Bloodmobile
Heie Monday
The Rear Cross bloodmobile re
turns to Kings Mountain 'Monday
for what officials hope will be a
record collection.
Kings Mountain area donors
will be processed from 11 a.m.
until 5 p.m. at Central Methodist
church educational building,
Blood Program Chairman Cha
rles F. Mauney announces.
In two visits this year Kings
Mountain citizens have donated
243 pints of blood or 27 percent
of the quota ot 888 pints for the
1963-64 fiscal year.
“With five more visits remain
ing, we must average 129 pints
for each visit”, Mr. Mauney
pointed out. He continued, “Along
with the industrial groups, we
are pushing this visit for extra
donors from the school system,
teachers and high school seniors
and from persons who have
pledged to replace blood used by
friends and families.”
“All types of blood are present
ly needed”, Mr. Mauney aded,
noting there has been impression
of some people having a rare
not give at regular bloodmobile
visits, only when their type is
needed for local emergencies. As
a result, these people do not give
regularly and might be called on
once a year by the local hospital.
Mr. Mauney added, “If all peo
ple with rarer types adopted this
attitude, we would never have a
sufficient supply on hand.” He
urged rare type donors to give on
blood visits so the blood would
be available when the hospital j
orders it from the district center.
Church Council
Members Elected
Resurrection Lutheran church
members elected four members
of the church council Sunday.
They are Devere Smith, Hal S.
Plonk, Wesley Bush, and Mrs.
George Pionk.
Hubert McGinnis was elected
lay delegate to church conven
tions and Fred W. Plonk was
named alternate.
Mis. Caveny, 53,
Succumbs
Alter Surgery
Funeral services lor Mrs. Ruth
McGinnis Caveny, 53, who died ill
Charlotte hospital at 9:15 Wed
nesday morning, will be held at
Resurrection Lutheran church
Friday morning at 11 o’clock.
Mrs. Caveny succumbed fol
lowing a cerebral operation Tues
day for removal of an arterial
blood clot. She had been ill only
a week ainl was previously hos
pilitalized here suffering from
severe headaches.
A Kings Mountain native, Mrs.
Caveny was a daughter of the
late Wiley H. and Minnie Car
She was a member of Ressur
penter McGinnis,
rection Lutheran ch/urch, where
she was assistant organist aiid a
member of the choir.
Surviving are her husband,
John C. Caveny, three children,
Jim Caveny, Lexington, Ky.,
Johnny Caveny, a high school
student, and Mrs. Glen Lineber
ry, of Charlotte, two brothers, J.
'M. McGinnis, of Kings Mountain
Gene McGinnis, of Charlotte, and
two sisters, Mrs. C. R. Edwards,
Albemarle, and Mrs. C. C. Proc
tor, Spencer. Three grandchild
ren also survive.
The body will be at Harris Fu
tteral Home until the funeral
hour.
Rev. George Moore will con
duct the rites and burial will be
in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Thaniel Bell, 38,
Dies In Nebraska
Thaniel Alexander Bell, 3S, of
route 3, died Wednesday morn
ing in Lincoln, Nefor., while on a
visit to see his children.
Mr. Bell, a combat air force
veteran of World War II avid of
14 years in the service, was a
Kings Mountain native, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Bell.
The body is expected to arrive
at Harris Funeral Home Satur
day and the final rites have been
! set tentatively for Sunday.
Bur I'i'iHwir ihla parents, three
childrevi, Ricky Joe and Timothy
Kent Bell, of Lincoln, Nebr., and
Rebecca Suzanne Bell, of Kansas
City, Kans., and four brothers,
Curtis, Paul. Bill and Jimmy
Bell, all of Kings Mountain.
Dr. Pressley
To Head Kiwanis
Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor of
Boyce Memorial Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church, has
been elected president of Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club for 1964.
Other officers named in recent
club elections are R. S. Lennon,
vice - president; and Bill H.
Brown, second vice-president.
New directors elected are Rev.
B. L. Raines, B. S. Peeler, Jr.,
John Cheshire, W. S. Fulton, Jr.,
W. C. Ballew, and Dan M. Fin
ger.
Still to be decided is one direc
torship.
Run-off election between Hugh
D. Ormand and J. C. Bridges will
be conducted at Thursday night’s
meeting At the Woman’s Club.
DAB CROSSNORE PROJECT
The Colonel Frederick Ham
bright Chapter, DAR, is sponsor
ing a clothing project at Cross
nore this year and area citizens
who have good, used clothing and
want to contribute to the pro
ject may deliver them to the resi
dence of Mrs. Joe Thomson, 308
W. Mountain street. The clothing
will be delivered to Crossnore
Monday.
Hospital May Ask For Bond Funds
Mrs. C. E. Cash
Top Fair Winner
IN WHO'S WHO — Hev. Mauon
DuBose, pastor oi Kings Moun
tain Bcmtint church and president
of the Kings Mountain Ministeri
al Association, appears in the
current edition of "Who's Who In
the South and Southeast.”
County-Lincoln
District Out
Cleveland County likely will be
in senatorial district Number 31,
rather than Number 6, a mere
technical change, but there is
little chance of a one-sen a tor dis
trict embracing ..only Cleveland
and Lincoln counties.
This was the opinion, at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, of Cleveland’s Gen
eral Assembly delegation, in
comments by telephone from the
State Legislative building where
the legislature is in special ses
sion for th sole purpose of re
districting the Senate according
to long-ignored constitutional re
quirement.
The numerical change is indi
cated via a House action Wednes
day.
Under the recommendation of
Governor Terry Sanford, Cleve
land would be in a two-senator
district with Lincoln, Catawba
and Alexander counties.
“If Lincoln agreed to be a two
county district, it would probably
be approved, but Lincoln and the
other two counties like the Gov
ernor’s plan,” Rep. Palmer com
mented.
“The other three counties love
us,” Sen. Morgan agreed.
The House was in session at 1
p.m., but the Senate had recess
ed until 3 p.m.
Sen. Morgan predicted there
will be no “piggyback” bill on a
constitutional amendment f o r
adding senators and subtracting
20 House members, as was pro
posed during the regular session.
The • “piggyback” designation re
ferred to a tie-in of the re-dis
tricting with the amendment.
Neither did Sen. Morgan give
great chance to adoption of the
amendment election bill on a
separate basis, though Senate
President Clarence Stone and
eastern legislative leaders, along
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Mayor Bridges Declines Praise.
Not Promoting Manager System
Mayor Glee A. Bridges denied
this week he is advocating adop
tion of the city manager system
by the City of Kings Mountain.
The Mayor, quoted to that ef
fect by the Charlotte Observer
and editorially praised as being
foresighted on that account by
the Shelby Daily Star, told the
Herald this week he is leading no
movement for adoption of the
managerial system for Kings
Mountain.
“I would accede to any govern
mental plan the citizens of Kings
Mountain desire, as I always
have,” Mayor Bridges comment
ed.
He said the Observer’s report
er over - emphasizing his com
ments concerning the relative
merits of the mayor council sys
tem which Kings Mountain em
ploys and the manager form of
municipal government.
Kings' Mountain operated un
der what it thought to be the
managerial form of government
for several years, but it was sub
sequently discovered that the
system was illegal, it never hav- j
ing been adopted by vote of citi
zens. Subsequent to 1947, the
citizens have twice declined to
approve the managerial form of
government
Under the Kings Mountain
plan of government, the mayor
is not only ex. officio chairman
of the board of commissioners \
(he votes only in event of a tie),
but is the city’s chief administra
tive executive.
In an editorial entitled “Push
ing Progress,” the Shelby Star
wrote in commendation: “Now
the 69 - year - old Kings Moun
tain mayor is plugging at home
for citizen acceptance of the coun
cil - manager form of municipal
government. His people (and
members of the county commis
sion) should listen attentively.
Glee Bridges is talking sense.”
Mayor Bridges said he’d re-1
ceived numerous objections to the ,
council • manager plan since the j
Observer story appeared.
He is serving his fifth two-year j
term as mayor.
| Award Of Merit
To Mrs. Arthur
At 60th Event
Mrs. C. E. Cash took home the
sweepstakes award for the sec
ond straight year at Wednesday’s
60th Woman’s club floral lair
which drew record crowds.
Second major flower show hon
or, .the award of merit, went to
Mrs. J. H. Arthur for the best
horticultural specimen, a gerbera
daisy.
Six Junior Achievement awards
were presented in the Junior di
vision which attracted recordl en
tries from elementary school chil
dren.
They include:
West school second grader Lau
ra Plonk’s arrangement for a sick
friend.
North school fourth grader
Connie Pruitt’s jack - o - lantern
arrangement suitable for a Girl
Scouts’ luncheon.
North school fifth grader Stev
en Cooke’s arrangement for a
Boy Scout’s supper.
East school seventh grader
j Richard Etheridge’s educational
j exhibit on lithium.
I East school seventh graders
: Kay Kimball and Carol Alexan
der’s science project, "The Pump
of Life,” a study of the heart.
North school fifth graders in
Miss Gussie Huffstetler’s class’
arrangement, "No School Today,”
a composition representing the
Christmas holidays, a typical
“Night Before Christmas” home
scene.
Judges, near the noon hour
yesterday, were finding it diffi
cult, they st. id, to chooee the
most outstanding exhibits. They
were highly complimentary about
entries and awarded ribbons to
a long list of winners.
Theme of the show was “All
Things Bright and Beautiful.”
Rows of arrangements were dis
played on either side of a huge
water fountain banked by yel
low flowers.
Mrs. George Houser was flow
er show chairman. Judges includ
ed Mrs. R. Lee Lewis and Mrs. W.
A. Lindsay of Bessemer City, Mrs.
Fred W. Moorehead, Mrs. J. Low
ery Austell, Mrs. M. M. Stuart, all
of Shelby, and Mrs. W. L. Pres
sly, Mrs. Vernon P. Crosby, Mrs.
John C. McGill and Mrs. M. A.
Ware, all of Kings Mountain.
A bazaar in the club lounge
included a number of display
items, including Mrs. Arthur
Hay’s baptismal dress made by
her grandmother, Mrs. Louise
Avery Lowery in 1876; wood mo
saics by Gene Mauney; afghans
by Mrs. Carl Mauney; and the
125 - year - old Arthur christening
dress which has been worn by
four generations of Arthurs and
Continued On Page Six
Lewis To Speak
To Methodists
Dr. R. E. Lewis, North Wilkeg
boro surgeon and lay leader, will
fill the pulpit on Laymen’s Day
Sunday at Central Methodist
church.
John O. Plonk, Jr., church lay
leader, will present Dr. Lewis
who will use the subject, "A
Point of View.” Wilson Griffin
will conduct the scripture read
ing, J. H. Patterson will offer the
morning prayer at 11 a.m. and
J. R. Davis will pronounce the
benediction.
At the evening service at 7:30
p.m. Kings Mountain high school
principal Harry E. Jaynes will
be the speaker. Bill Russell will
read the scripture and Baxter
Payseur will offer the evening
prayer.
Each October on Layman’s Day
a layman takes the place of a
pastor in the pulpit, by action of
the General Conference of the
Methodist Church.
Commenting on the local ob
servance Mr. Plonk said, “Lay
man's Day can and should serve
to remind us of the regular re
sponsibilities of the laymen and
laywomen for the work of the
church. This day is designed to
honor men and women unknown
and unsung on many days of the
year, who have a share in mak
ing the church a fit instrument
to be the body for the mind of
Christ.’’
Kings Mountain
Considers Bond
Inclusion Request
By MARTIN HARMON
The board of directors of
Kings Mountain Hospital, Inc.,
will convene in called meeting
within ten "days to determine
whether they will ask inclusion
of construction monies for Kings
Mountain Hospital, Inc., in the
projected February 22 county
wide hospital bond election.
As currently projected, the
election results will determine
whether the county borrows
$1,500,000 for renovation, and ex
pansion of Cleveland Memorial
hospital at Shelby.
At last week's meeting of
Cleveland Association of Govern
ment Officials, Kings Mountain
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said he
opposed the issue on grounds no
funds were included for Kings
Mountain Hospital. His statement
brought the suggestion from J.
Broadus Ellis, chairman of the
county board of commissioners
that the issue be increased to in
clude funds for the Kings Moun
tain stitution. Mayor Bridges and
Commissioner Ray Cline were
asked to confer with directors of
Kings Mountain Hospital con
cerning future needs and wheth
er the directors desire inclusion
of bond funds for Kings Moun
tain.
The conference between the
city officials and members of the
hospital board’s executive com
mittee was held Monday, and
President George W. Mauney
said the full 'board will be con
vened to consider the question
and seek to reach a decision soon.
Date for the session hasn’t yet
been set.
President Mauney declined to
guess what decision Will be
reached and, if fangs Mountain
funds are desired, what amount
would be asked.
When the Cleveland Memorial
bortB i ssue request was first
made, Kings Mountain Hospital
had no immediate plans for ex
pansion, though, President Maun
ey said, several avenues of ex
pansion has been considered. A
mong the items were an ambula
tory patient annex and a nursing
home adjunct for the elderly ill.
Since the Cleveland Memorial
proposal was broached, Kings
Mountain Hospital occupancy
rates have shown a considerable
increase. In August, Administra
tor Grady Howard reports, the
occupancy rate was 95 percent
of available bed space. For 11
months ending August 31, the oc
cupancy rate was 85.5 percent.
Mayor Bridges has stated he
j feels that Kings Mountain Hos
l pital funds should be included on
j basis of comparative taxable val
■ nation and/or population of areas
the two county-owned hospitals
serve. On this basis the Kings
Mountain share would toe $250,
000 to $300,000.
It is doubtful, Mr. Howard not
ed, that the hospital board will
be able to ask funds for a speci
fic hospital plant addition. Addi
tions of bed space often require
comparable expansion of ancil
lary facilities, including dietary,
heating, emergency room, and
operating room facilities. Mr.
Howard said he is sure bed addi
tions will dictate increased x-ray
facilities.
“Additional decisions require
professional study," Mr. Howard
commented.
UF Fund Appeal
Budget Is $19,415
PRINCESS — Mary Ann McCur
dy. high school senior, will rep
resent Kings Mountain in the
1963 Carolinas Carrousel in Char
lotte Thanksgiving Day.
Miss McCurdy
Is Princess
Miss Maty Ann McCurdy,
Kings Mountain high school sen
ior, has been chosen to represent
Kings Mountain in the 17th An
nual Carolinas Carrousel on No
vember 28th in Charlotte.
Miss McCurdy, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fleete R. McCurdy,
is Miss Mountaineer and the
president of the Band. She Is
five feet, six and a half inches
tall, a blue-eyed blond.
She will go to Charlotte, Wed
nesday, November 27th to attend
the Knights of Carrousel Ball
that evening at the Coliseum
where the new Carrousel Queen
XVII, Miss Bai bara McArver will
be crowned. Miss McCurdy will
be one of 35 Princesses vieing for
the Queen’s crcwn in 1964.
“Memorable Moments” is the
theme for the 1963 Carolinas’ Ca
rrousel. Fifty professional floats,
championship ibands, 35 princess
es in decorated cars, plus a dozen
celebrity queens, television and
stage stars will make the 3 p.m.
parade a “Memorable Moment”
for the over half million specta
tors who will watch as It winds
from Suburban Charlotte to the
downtown area with over 150
units.
laycee Candy Sale
Is Tuesday Night
Kings Mountain Jayeees will
conduct the annual Jaycee candy
sale Tuesday a*id Thursday
nights.
Robert (Bob) Mineey, project
chairman, said. Jayeees would of
fer a two - pound bag of Hallo
ween candy for $1 via a house
to-house canvas of the Kings
Mountain residential area.
Proceeds from the sale of can
dies supports the various chari
table projects of the civic club.
City Will Avoid Issuance Of Bonds
Foi Sewage Disposal System Change
The city board of commission
ers will avoid issuance of bonds
to pay its agreed half of cost of
abandoning sewage outfalls in
the Superior Stone area.
After finding that cash bank
borrowings was not legal, the
board voted last week to borrow,
short-term, some of its own mon
ey for the project. On suggestion
of City Attorney J. R. Davis, the
commission authorized borrow
ing up to $20,000 from the utility
deposit fund. This fund totals
some $37,000, representing ad
vance payments of utility custo
mers for utility service.
It is estimated that the cost of
issuing $20,000 in bonds, includ
ing fees of bond attorneys, bond
printing costs, and other expendi
tures, would cost not less than
$1,000, or five percent of the is
sue.
Plans for the sewage system
changes have been sent to state
officials for approval.
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.,
says it is possible the money
won’t be required until late in
the current fiscal year and that
any accrued surplus would pre
dude the city’s borrowing any
money, even its own.
In other actions at last week’s
meeting, the commission:
1) Accepted low bid of $1675.89
from Southwell Motor Company
for purchase of a truck for the
recreation commission.
2) Authorized advertising for
bids on a street sweeper, a car
for the police department, and
voted to seek three ’bids on a, View
boiler for the city hall heating
plant.
3) Voted to purchase a walkie
talkie radio for police depart
ment use.
4) Voted installation of three
traffic signals in three school
areas (at Ridge and N. Piedmont
avenue, at West Mountain and
Watterson street, and at Watter
son and Parker streets).
wWkPci si sfu)i N.. N.. N..
5) Approved purchase of a
sick leave salary continuation
plan due to accident or sickness
for supervisory employees and
department heads.
6) Took under advisement a
request of Mrs. T. G. Durham
for control of speeding motorists
in the Crescent Hill area.
1964 Campaign
Will Benefit
Seven Agencies
Kings Mountain United Fund's
1964 solicitation campaign began
this week, with the goal for sev
en participating agencies $19,415
Chairman Robert O. Southwell
said Wednesday afternoon he has
no reports as yet from soliciting
committees, but that a spot
check indicates the fund drive off
to a good start.
He announced that Chem
strand, Inc., had Informed him it
would make a contribution to the
Kings Mountain fund.
The budget for 1964 is a record
one. It is some $2,000 over last
year’s approximately $17,000.
The approved budgets of the
seven beneficiary agencies are:
Kings Mountain Band associ
ation $3500.
Girl Scouts $1500.
Boy Scouts $34S9.
Kings Mountain chapter, A
merican Red Cross, $5,776.
Davidson-Compact band asso
ciation $1200.
Cleveland County (Kin gs
Mountain) Rescue Squad $2950.
Mauney Memorial Library
$1000.
Mayor budget increase over
last year is for the Boy Scouts,
i Chairman Southwell noted, “The
j Boy Scout organization bases its
j monetary requests on an amount
per Boy Scout enrolled and there
was a large increase in member
ship during the past year.”
(Mrs. C. T. Carpenter, Jr., resi
dential area chaiman, announced
these volunteer workers will con
duct their phase of the cam
paign: Mrs. Yates Harbison, Mrs.
Haywood E. Lynch, Mrs. James
E. Herndon, Sr., Mrs. Boyer Mur
ray, Mrs. T. G. Durham, Mrs. C.
J. Gault, Jr., Mrs. W. L. Mauney,
Mrs. Vernon P. Crosby, Mrs. A1
Dunn, Mrs. J. A. Trammell, Mrs.
M. D. Phifer, Mrs. Don Crawford,
Mrs. B. N. Barnes and Mrs. H. A.
Gilstad.
Motto of the United Fund is:
“One goal, one gift, one time —
give United.”
W. A. Seism's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for William Al
bert Seism, &S, retired fanner
and g inner ol the Patterson
Grove community, wore held
Friday at 2 p.m. from Patterson
Grove Baptist church of which
he was a member.
Mr. Seism, who had been ill for
five years, died at his home at 6
p.m. last Wednesday. He was
first married to Mary Ellen
Wright Seism, who died in 1950.
Ilis second wile, Mrs. Eunice Ro*
binson Stewart Seism survives
him.
Surviving ir. addition to his
wife, are three sons, Raymond,
Gettys and Thurman Seism, all
of Kings Mountain; three daugh
ters, Misses Lonie, Mac, and Ruth
Seism, all of the home; three
stepdaughters, Mrs. C. C. Farris,
Mrs. H. E. Hartman and Mrs. T.
R. Davis, all of Clover, S. C., 16
grandchildren and 17 great •
grandchildren.
Rev, Richard Plyler, assisted
by Rev. bale Thornburg and Dr.
Paiul Ausley, officiated at the fi
nal rites. Interment was made in
Patterson Grove cemetery. The
family requested that memorial
gifts be made to Patterson Grove
church building fund.
Bid Invitation
Within Six Weeks
“I hope we’ll be able to invite
bids in six weeks.’’
Architect Thomas H. Coth
ran made the comment Wed
nesday concerning possible bid
invitation date for the new
Kings Mountain district high
school.
“With the changes approved
last week, it’s up to us now,”
He said he and his partner,
Mr. Cothran added.
Fred Van Wageningen, hope to
have plans sufficiently com
olete within a week to forward
them to the engineer,