Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
2S*,2SE"S. *" SrMrt#L ’““f Mountain In derlred from
a* 1«55 King* Mountain city directory census. Tire city
ttanltn figure U inn Uut Dnltod status census of IMS.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 31, 1963
1 (J Pages
IQ Today
VOL 74 No. 44
Established 1889
Seventy-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
WOMAN’S CLUB WINS AWARD — Mrs. George
Houser, flower show chairman in the recent Wo*
man's club-sponsored floral fair, bolds the garden
award won by the Kings Mountain club at Mon
day's District IV meeting here of the North Caro
lina Federation of Women's Clubs. Others ad
miring the handsome silver tray are from left
Mrs. Jcones M. Harper, Jr. of Southport, state
president who made the principal address, Mrs.
James V. Caliendo, Jr. of Stanley, district presi
dent and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Kings Moun
tain club president and a past state federation
president. (Photo by Paul Lemmons)
Lady Democrats
Ifo Officer Post
By ANNE JAMES HARMON
Mrs. Jack White was elected
recording secretary of the newly
organized Democratic Women’s
Organization of Cleveland Coun
ty at a dinner meeting at the
Governor’s Inn in Shelby Mon
day night.
Other officers include Mrs.
Warren Gamble of Shelby, presi
dent; Miss Charline Stamey of
Fallston, first vice - president;
Miss Sadie Lutz of Shelby, sec
ond vice-president. Mrs. John
Elliott of Rt. 2 Shelby, treasurer
and Mrs. P. D. Crowder, Jr. of
(Lattimore, publicity chair man.
Constitution and by-laws were
adopted, and a board of directors,
which upon completion will rep
resent each of the 28 precincts in
the county, was chosen. Members
will serve on staggered terms of
from one to four years.
No. 4 township representatives
are W. Kings Mountain, Mrs. F.
A. McDaniel, Jr. (two year
term); Grover, Mrs. Alfred Col
lins, (four year term); Waco,
Mrs. Geoi'ge M. Murray, (two
year term). A director to repre
sent E. Kings Mountain (a four
wear term) had not been obtained
Monday night.
Mrs. Dan Lattimore, tempora
ry president, presided and intro
duced Mrs. O. Max Gardner,
whose husband, the late O. Max
Gardner, served as governor of
North Carolina from 1929-1933,
and Mrs. Mary Lipford, vice
chairman of the Democratic par
ty in Cleveland county.
Mrs. Lattimore stated that the
aims of the organization are to
further the work of the party
and to get out the vote. She em
phasized opportunity for service
in this capacity in the new regis
tration to be required in the
county next spring.
"Each of us can work in her
own precinct,” she said.
Reviewing the activities at a
recent state convention of Demo
cratic women in Raleigh, Mrs.
Lattimore discussed briefly Op
eration Second Chance, a plan to
Continued On Page 8
C of C Brochure
Is Published
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce has just published
an -up-to-date 27-page brochure
giving detailed facts on Kings
Mountain and the Kings Moun
| tain area.
Included are data on such
items as temperature, rainfall,
city, state and county taxes,
city financial information, rate
schedules for power, natural
gas, avid the community's pub
lic facilities, including Kings
Mountain hospital, Jacob S.
Mauney Memorial Library, sec
ondary and college educational
facilities of the area, prevailing
wage rates, and recreational
•kwgrouads. _ ^ _
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Kings Mountain
Wins District
Garden Prize
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Kings Mountain Woman’s club
won a major award and both the
Junior and Senior clubs won rib
bons for pressbooks and year
books entered in competition with
other clubwomen in District IV
at Monday’s district meeting
here at the Woman’s club.
Basis of the district President’s
Award to the Senior club, was
the recent Woman’s Club-spon
sored “Autumn Harvest”, 60th
annual floral fair. Previous win
ners of the silver tray have been
the Spiiidale and Stanley Wo
man’s clubs.
Kings Mountain Woman’s club
also copped a blue ribbon, first
place award, for its yearbook and
the Junior club won a blue rib
bon for its pressbook. The Junior
club also copped a red ribbon,
second place award, for its scrap
book and received a certificate
as a 100 percent club.
Mrs. James V. Caliendo, Jr. of
Stanley, district president, pre
sented the awards following
luncheon. The morning session,
devoted to speeches and business,
was held in Central Methodist
church.
The over 150 clubwomen heard
the state president Mrs. James
M. Harper, Jr. of Southport at
the morning session. Elaborating
on the theme, “Let’s Take Time”,
Continued, On Page 8
J. 0. Panther's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for James Oliver
Panther, 76, were held Wednes
day at 3 p.m. from Kings Moun
tain Baptist church.
Mr. Panther died Tuesday
morning. For 55 years he operat
ed Panther Shoe Shop in Kings
Mountain. A native of Ruther
ford county, he was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Panther. He was a member of
Kings Mountain Baptist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mamie Smith Panther; two sons,
Herbert Norris Panther of Hick
ory and James Panther of Gas
tonia; two brothers, Charles
Panther of Grover and Ben Pan
ther of Gastonia; eight grand
children and two great-grand
children.
Rev. Marion DuBose officiated
'at the final rites and interment
was made in Sunset cemetery at
Shelby _ __
ELECTED — George B. Thom as
sort, lawyer and solicitor of
Kings Mountain recorder's court,
was elected vice-president of the
Cleveland County Bar Associa
tion Monday. Joe F. Mull. Shelby
attorney and Cleveland County
recorder’s court judge, was elect
ed president succeeding Record
er’s Court Judge Jack White of
Kings Mountain.
Rites Conducted
Foe Bryan Hord,
Rural Carrier
Funeral rites for William Jen
nings Bryan 1 lord. 61, rural *nail
carrier for 2S years, were held
Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock
from Kings Mountain Baptist
church, of which lie was a mem
ber.
Mr. Hord succumbed suddenly
Wednesday night, lie had attend
ed mid-week prayer services, suf
fered a heart attack at his home
about 9:30. lie served on the
board of deacons at K'igs Moun
tain Baptist church and was long
active in the work of the church.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Joe S. Itoul.
lie is survi’ ed hy his wife, Mrs.
Jessie Lee Whitesides I lord; one
son, Joe I,, fiord, and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Thomas l*. Baker, both
of Kings Mounts‘i. and four
grandchildren. Also surviving are
five brothers, George B. Hord.
Fred Hord. Ned Hord, all of
Kings Mountain, Roy Ford of
Charlotte and Joe B. Hord of
Maxi on; and four sisters, Miss
Marjorie Hord, Mrs. D. G. Little
john and Mrs. .1. K. Willis, all of
Kings Mountain, akid Mrs. P. N.
Mauney of Shelby.
Rev. Marion DuBose officiated
at the final rites and interment
was made in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Halloween
Carnivals Set
Spooks anel goblins will be on
the prowl Thursday night as tra
ditional Halloween activities are'
planned b y Mountain
young folk. ii
Carnivals, under sponsorship
of Parent-Teacher Associations,
will be held at four Kings Moun
tain schools. East, North, Park
Grace and West schools will open
cafeterias for the serving of hot
dogs and other refreshments at
5:30 p.rn. A variety of room en
tertainment is planned at the
four schools beginning at 6 p.m.
There will be no Halloween fes
tivities at Grover and Bethware
schools. The annual fall festival
at Grover was held last Friday
night.
Young folk will also go trick
or treating, as customary.
Mis. Hubbazd's
Sites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ma'bel
Nutt Hubbard, 82, were held Sun
day at 2:30 from Central Metho
dist church of which she was a
member.
!Mrs. Hubbard died Saturday
morning in the Kings Mountain
hospital.
Survivors include her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. N. McClure, and two
granddaughters, Misses Nancy
and Joan McClure.
Graveside services were held in
Middleboro, Ky. Monday. Kev.
Howard Jordan, Central Metho
dist pastor, officiated at the fun
eral rites.
Gerbeiding Speaker For Friday s
World Community Day Service
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, pastor of
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
since 1951, will be the speaker at
World Community Day services
Friday at 3:30 p.m.
The service, will be held in St.
Matthew’s church. Dr. Gerber
ding will use the subject, ‘‘Nation
Building”.
Mrs. f. Carpenter, Jr., pub
licity chairman, said that an in
vitation is extended to all fam
ilies of the community to attend.
World Community Day is one of
three annual observances spon
sored by churchwomen nation
wide.
Born in Fargo, North Dakota,
William Passavant Gerberding
attended the Chicago schools,
Thiel College of Pennsylvania
and Chicago Lutiieran Seminary.
He holds the Master’s and Doc
tor’s degrees from Thiel. Before
coming to Kings Mountain he
held pastorates in Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, North Dakota and
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Actively interested in civic af
fairs, Dr. Gerberding was first
president of Little League base
'ball, served on the recreation
commission v. htn the swimming
pools were built here, headed the
Red Cross drive one year and
yrw Kiwauis dub president is
SPEAKER — Dr. W. P. Gerber
ding will be 'he speaker at World
Community Day services Friday.
November 1. at St. Matthew's Lu
theran church.
1954. He was president of the
Western Conference of the Lu
theran Church for seven years
and a member of the Board of
World Missions of the United
CotUtnued On Page f
1
MANUFACTURER IN MAJOR EXPANSION —
Ground was broken recently for a 33.000 square
foot addition to Duplex-Shannon, Ltd., a new firm
resulting from the merger of Kings Mountain's
Shannon, Ltd., and New York's Duplex Interna
tional. Pictured at the construction site with the
initial Shannon plant in the background are
Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Sandor Teschler, secre
tary and executive vice-president lor manufactur
ing of the merged firm, and J. Wilson Crawford,
president of Kings Mountain Chamber of Com
merce. (Hubert Carlisle photo).
Ham, Petition
No Subterfuge,
Say GOP leaders
There was no subterfuge by
j Cleveland Coufcjty Republicans in
! offering Cleveland County Fair
goers an opportunity to win a
country ham and, concurrently,
to petition Charles R. Jonas to
seek the governor’s office, GOP
leaders wrote the Herald this
week.
The Republicans, Ed H. Smith
and Bob F. Maner, of Kings
Mountain, and Roy Dysart, of
Shelby, stated that the Herald
was wrong when it reported last
week that a Kings Mountain citi
zen declintd to sign for the ham
because a chance at the prize
was predicated on his signing
the petition that Mr. Jonas offer.
Copies of the registration blank
for the ham were produced, and
they contain merely blanks for
the registrants name, address,
telephone number, and a notation
as to whether the registration
wished, or did not, to receive Re
publican literature.
The leaders noted that they
personally pointed out to GOP
booth callers that the ham chance
did not require signing of the pe
tition, and said that 4500 sought
the ham, while only 1000 peti
tioned Mr. Jonas to seek the
governorship.
Text of the le/ter follows:
(Cont. on Page 8, Section B)
$3X00 To Date
For United Fund
Chairman Robert O. Southwell,
of Kings Mountain United Fund,
said Wednesday that cash and
pledges currently about $3,000 or
slightly more than 15 percent of
the slightly more than $19,415
goal for 1964.
“Reports from solicitors have
been sparse,’’ Chairman South
well said, “but a check with di
vision ehaimen reveals that so
liciting work is well 'underway.”
Phenix plant of Burlington In
dustries has completed its work,
with the total from plant and
employees approximately $1,000,
Mr. Southwell said, and other in
dustries are just beginning their
solicitations.
He also said that business area
solicitations “are not more ihali
ten percent complete.”
He had praise for school re
ports totaling about $400 from
Kings Mountain hi eh school,
North and East schools.
“We'll not be able to complete
the campaign as quickly as I had
hoped,” Mr. Southwell said, "but
I have been gratified at the ini
tial reponse and the work now
underway.”
WINS PRIZE
Mrs. Ernest Bobbitt of Gas
tonia, formerly of Kings Moun
tain, claimed a $50 gift certifi
cate Monday at the circulation
department of the Gastonia Ga
zette. Mrs. Bobbitt is now eligi
ble to compete for the “dream
home’* being displayed in a Gas
tonia parking lot and being giv
m away in • ftrue drawing!
Two Firms Post
Wage Increases
Burlington,
Lambeth Upping
Pay Scales
Employees of two Kings Moun
tain textile firms will receive
wage increases soon.
W. B. Grimes, Jr., manager of
Phenix plant of Burlington In
dustries, said Wednesday Burl
ington hourly - rated employees
here would receive an increase
averaging five percent to be ef
fective November 4.
Thomas F. Burke, manager o'
Lambeth Rope Corporation, said
his firm will increase hourly -
rated employees about five per
cent, with final decision on de
tails and effective date to come
“within the week.’’
A spot survey of other textile
firms here revealed few firm de
cisions concerning the wage in
crease trend which Burlington
launched last week. J. P. Stevens
Company followed suit, and num
erous other firms also have an
nounced upward wage adjust
ments.
Mauney Mills, Inc., Bonnie
Mills Company, Mauney Hosiery
Company, Carolina Throwing
Company, and Kings Mountain
Manufacturing Company posted
wage increases a month or more
ago, and indications were that
these firms were not considering
additional increases. George H.
Mauney, of Mauney Mills noted,
“We slipped ahead of them a
bit.” He reported an eight per
cent increase last month.
Duplex - Shannon, Ltd., posted
an across - the - board raise Sep
tember 1. Sandor Teschler, execu
tive vice - president, was out-of
town and unavailable for com
ment on the new wage trend
Wednesday.
James E. Amos, of Massachus
Continued On Page 8
IN WHO’S WHO — Dianna Neal,
ASTC senior, has been elected to
membership in “Who's Who In
American Colleges and Univer
sities.'
Dianna Neal
In "Who's Who"
Miss Dianna Neal, Kings
Mountain senior at Appalachian
State Teacher’s college and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
K. Neal, has been elected to mem
bership in ‘‘Who’s Who Among
Students In American Universi
ties and Colleges.”
A home economies major, Miss
Neal has served as president and
vice president of the Homo Eco
nomics club, secretary of Chi
Lambda Chi, member of the Rho
dodendron statf, tiie National
Education Association, the. Stu
dent Residence Association, the
House Council, delegate to the
NCHEA annual meetings and to
the spring workshops for college
Continued On Page 8
Postman I. Wiley Blanton Winner
Of Award For Improvement Idea
J. Wiley Blanton, veteran
Kings Mountain letter carrier,
has received a certificate of a
ward and cash award of $55 for
a suggestion he made in 1958
which has been adopted by the
Postoffice Dej;artment.
Postmaster Charles L. Alexan
der said it was the first time in
the history that a facilities im- ,
provement suggestion by a Kings
Mountain postman has been a
dopted for nation-wide use.
Previously, W. Donald Craw
ford, of the Kings Mountain post
offices staff, won approval of a
suggestion for facilitating local j
postoffice work.
Mr. Blanton proposed that a :
aereea frame be built t* t»laua io I
the bottom of street mail recop
tables to permit water io drain
through and thereby not damage
the mail. During (he interval Mr.
Blanton made the suggestion and
the post office approved it, three
other postal employees (uniden
tified here i made similar sugges
tions and they received similar a
wards.
Mr. Crawford won approval of
a suggestion to provide here an
extra wheeled float or truck for
facilitating the handling of mail
from the postal ramp to the in
terior. Use of the extra float.
Postmaster Alexander said, saves
time by eliminating hand-handl
ing of both incoming and out
going mail s&ck&i
Duplex-Shannon
Trebling Space
Of Plant Here
By MARTIN HARMON
The former Shannon, iLtcL-re
cently rnorgered with a New York
firm to become Duplex-Shannon,
Ltd. - has launched conitructl.'.t
of a major addition Which will
treble the firm's present 16,000
square feet of floor space to
40, IKK).
Announcement of the n**rnw
and the expansion was made this
week by Sandor Tescliler, for
merly president of Shannon t&id
now secretary and executive vice:
president in charge of manufac
turing of the new firm.
Mr. Tesehlcr said the new firm
hopes its additional ,43,000 square
feet of floor space will bo com
pleted and machinery in opera
tic.! soon after January' 1. pre
sent employment of HO Is expect
ed to double.
Duplex - Shannon manufac
tures double-knit fabrics. Major
ity of the production is wool
goods, with a small amount of
synthetic fibres being woven.
Roy Baltics Construction Com
pany, of Gastonia, which, built
the initial plant on Mitchell
street early in 1961, is contractor
for the addition. The company
went into production here in May
1962.
President of the merged firm
is Paul La/a re, former official of
Duplex International.
Confirming the merger, Presi
dent Lamre noted the merger
was effected in the summer but
that confirmation had been with
held previously "In order to- a
void confusion on the part of
customers, some of whom were
buying from both companies".'
Mr. Lazare said the merger
was effected to create a stronger
merchandising unit and to effect
manufacturing cost savings.
Other officers of the new Com
pany arc: Andreas Gal, former
ly Duplex president, executive
vice-president in charge of mer
chandising; Suzanne Gal, head of
styling; Oliver Lazare, treasurer;
John Chambers, formerly vice
president of Shannon Sales Cor
poration, vice-president.
Sales, administration and pur
chasing for the new firm will be
co-ordinated at the former Du
plex location at 1407 Broadway,
New York. All manufacturing
will be in Kings Mountain when
the expansion is completed.
J. Wilson Crawford, president
of Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce, was elated at the ex
pansion. Tie commented, “Shan
non, Ltd., in its comparatively
brief period here, lias made a
valuable and diversified addition
to the industrial community.
News of the merger and expan
sion is most welcome and we
wish our friends at the new Du
plex-Shannon, Ltd., continuing
and increasing success.”
Mayor Glee A. Bridges com
mented, “Congratulations to Mr.
Sandor Teschler and the other
officers of the newly merged
corporation. The city wishes the
new firm expanding success."
Wade Hartsoe s
Father Passes
Funeral rites for Wade H.
Hartsoe, 73, of York, S. C„ father
of Wade H. Hartsoe, Jr. of Kings
Mountain, were held Sunday at
3 p.m. from York’s First Baptist
church, interment following In
the Rose Hill cemetery.
Mr. Hartsoe died Saturday
morning in the Divine Saviour
hospital of York. He was a retir
ed superintendent of York Mills
Plant No. 2 and was a member
of t he First Baptist church of
York and a Mason.
Other survivors include five
daughters, Mrs. Alex Wilson of
Hickory, Mrs. Harry E. Detwiler
of Charlotte, Mrs. Earl White,
Mrs. John Howe, and Mrs. Law
rence Landers of York, S. O.; and
four other sons, Max and Ken
neth Hartsoe of York, North
Hartsoe of Bowling Green avid
James Hartsoe of Lenoir.
Also surviving are six sisters,
Mrs. Ethel Pearson of Roanoke
Rapids. Mrs. Keith Brewer, Mrs.
Made Ivey, Mrs. Mary Hammili
and Mrs. Eunice Lee Arthur of
Weldon, and Mrs. Grace Whitlow
of Mooresville; and one brother,
Joscpr Hartsoe of Weldon, and
20 grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
Rev. Horace Story officiated
at the final rites, assisted by Rev.
Tom Holroyd avid Rev. Wayne
Ashe.
Pallbearers were Charles
Nunn. Lams'- Oloninger. George
Vaughn, Ch rles Craig, H. D.
Brook and D William King*
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