Population
greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
TMa figure tor Greater Elnga Mountain In derived trom
Iko 1955 King* Mountain city directory census. The citj
Umlu figure U trom the United State* ceneue el 19*0.
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VOL 74 No. 45
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 7, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
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PRICE TEN CENTS
Democrat Leaders Continue
Rotation Agreement Talks
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Local News
Bulletins
4-H CLUB
New officers of the Dixon
Community 4-H Club will be in
stalled Sunday night at 7 p.m. at
Macedonia Baptist church by
Rev. Wayne Ashe, pastor. The in
stallation service will be held
during the regular evening ser
vice.
KIWANIS OFFICERS
W. S. Fulton, Jr. has been
elected first vice-president and
Glee Edwin Bridges has been
elected second vice-president of
the Kings Mounain Kiwanis club
for 1963-64. President W. L.
Pressly had already been elected
as well as a seven-member slate
of directors.
BAND TO UNC
The Kings Mountain high
school band played at the Univer
sity of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill Saturday during half-time
of the UNC-Georgia fotball game.
ROTARY CLUB
Shelby Rotarian Pat Spangler
will be guest speaker at Thurs
day’s Rotary club meeting at 12
noon at the Country club. Charles
Mauney has arranged the pro
gram.
OPTIMIST MEETING
Kings Mountain Optimist club
will meet at the Optimist club
house at 7 p.m. Thursday night.
President R. W. Hurlbut said it
would foe the first business meet
ing at the newly decorated club
house on Carpenter street.
ARP SERVICES
Sunday morning services dur
ing the month of November are
being broadcast from Boyce Me
morial ARP church via Radio
Station WKMT.
KIWANIS CLUB
Melvin Kerner, representative
of Schering, Inc., pharmaceutical
manufacturing company, will
address Kings Mountain Kiwan
ians at their Thursday meeting
at the Woman’s club. The club
convenes at 6:45 p.m. at the Wo
man’s club. Wilson Griffin has
arranged the program.
Dinner Meeting
For G-W Alumni
The Kings Mountain Chapter
of Gardner-Webb college alumni
will hold a dinner meeting at
Governor’s Inn, Shelby, on No
vember 14.
The dinner is both for alumni
and prospective students, Mrs.
Fate Arrowood announced. She
asked that dinner reservations be
made with her this weekend by
calling her residence, phone 739
2454, after 6 p.m.
Gastonia By-Pass
Opens Febniaiy
The U. S. 74 by-pass of Gas
tonia will be opened to traffic in
February, Highway Commission
er J. Clint Newton said Wednes
day.
He added department engineers
had not indicated a firm date but
guessed that the new strip of
four-lane, limited access road
would be ready within three
months.
I’ve had nothing official on
it,” he said, "though I know the
road construction is well ahead
of schedule. It’s a beautiful piece
of road.”
The Gastonia Gazette said a
few days ago the new by-pass
would be opened on January 15.
For travelers to Charlotte and
beyond, and from east to west
and south, the nctv by-pass will
eliminate Gastonia’s crowded,
traffic-signal laden Franklin av
enue U. S. 74.
Comm. Newton also reported
that planning work on another
projected section of U. S. 74 is
well ahead of schedule—this strip
from Moresboro to the Alexander
Mills frit exchange south of Forest
City.
He said the highway depart
ment will begin obtaining right
of-way on this section within
three months.
Already approved is a four
lane, limited access road through
Cleveland, Rutherford, and Polk
counties to inteisect with Inter
state 86 from Charleston, S. C.,
to Asheville.
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IN WHO’S WHO—Jerry Wright.
Kings Mountain senior at Ers
kine college at Due West S. C.,
has been named to "Who's Who
In American Colleges and Uni
versities.”
Jerry Wright
In Who's Who
Jerry Wright, son of Rev. and
Mrs. Ray Wright of Kings Moun
tain is among 12 Erskine College
seniors who have been nominat
ed for inclusion in the 1964 edi
tion of “Who’s Who Among Stu
dents in American Universities
and Colleges,” one of the highest
honors that may be attained by
a college student.
A psychology major at Erskine
and member of the Order of St.
Andrew, honorary leadership and
service group for men, M r.
Wright has ‘been secretary of
Men’s Council, president of the
..Block E Club, treasurer of the
Sj.udent Government Association,
and an ace'pitener on the Erskine
baseball team.
Stmdents are chosen to appear
in “Who’s V/ho among Students
in American Universities and
Colleges” on the basis of their
service to the college, leadership
qualities, extra-curricular activi
ties, scholarship proficiency, and
potential usefulness in society.
Week Of Prayer
Services Set
Women of Boyce Memorial AR
P church are sponsoring Week of
Prayer services November 10-15.
Theme of the week’s services is
“Great Prayers of Faith by Pray
ers of Great Faith.”
All members of the congrega
tion and others interested are in
vited to participate.
The Week of Prayer schedule
follows:
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.t “The Power
of Prayer in the Personal Life”
with the Minnie Alexander and
Made Stevenson circles in
charge.
Monday, 7:30 p.m. “The Power
of Prayer In Family Problems”
with the Frances Garrison circle
in charge.
Wednesday: 7 :30 p.m.,“The
Power of Prayer In National Af
fairs” with the Mary Kennedy
drcle in charge.
Thursday, 7:30 p.m., “The Po
wer of Intercessory Prayer” with
the Frances Hamilton circle in
charge.
Friday, 7:30 p.m.t “The Power
of Prayer for the Church” with
the Flora Ilalliday circle in
charge.
LIONS TO MEET
Regular meeting of the Kings
Mountain Lions club will be held
at the Woman’s C/ib Tuesday
evening at 7 o’clock. Program
for the meeting has not yet been
announced.
2 and 1 Pact
With Lincoln
Held Possible
By MARTIN HARMON
It is a possibility that Demo
cratic leaders of the new four
county two-stnator 31st senator
ial district will be able to recom
mend to the respective party exe
cutive committees approval of
rotation agreements involving
Cleveland and Lincoln counties,
and Catawba and Alexander
counties.
Under discussion, but not ycl
agreed between party leaders, is
this rotation plan: 1) Cleveland
would supply a Democratic nom
inee for senator for two biennia,
with Lincoln supplying the nomi
nee each- third biennium; 2) Ca
tawba wouJd supply a Democra
tic nominee for senator for three
'biennia, Alexander each fourth
biennium.
Rep. Jack Palmer, of Cleve
land, said party chairmen and
General Assemblymen in the
four counties met in Catawba
two weeks ago without decision.
Another exploratory session is
tentatively scheduled for Cleve
land within a fortnight.
Rep. Palmer and Cleveland
Chairman J. Clint Newton ex
pressed optimism that the Clevo
land-Lincoln agreement can be
effected.
Rep. Palmer noted that Ihe
relative populations of Cleve
land and Lincoln dictate the 2 to
1 arrangement.
Biggest bar to date has been
the fact that Catawba, now rep
resented in the Senate by Sena
tor Johnston, of Iredell, feels it
is now due a senator for the 1965
term. In turn, Semitdr David
Clark, of Lincoln, is an incum
bent, and Cleveland already has
an announced Democratic candi
date in the person of R. Patrick
Spangler, t Ii e Shelby - Kings
Mountain businessman.
Rep. Palmer, as Chairman did
previously, pointed out lliat the
groups now exploring the possi
bility of rotation agreements will
conclude no firm nor formal a
greemonts. “That’s the province
of the respective Democratic exe
cutive committees,’’ Rep. Palmer
said.
Tiie re-districting ended the
long - continuing agreement with
Rutherford and McDowell in the
former two-senator 27th district
whereby Cleveland enjoyed sena
torial representation each bien
nium.
In the absence of an agree
ment, all candidates for Ihe 31st
district’s two senate seats would
run at large. In that event, Mr.
Spangler, tor instance, to be the
nominee, would have to place
one-two on basis of total pri
mary votes in the four counties.
If agreements are reached, the
candidates will appear on pri
mary ballots only in their home
counties.
Mrs. Miller
loins Faculty
Mrs. - Carol R. Miller, of Char
lotte, joined the Kings Moun
tain higli school faculty Monday
as a teacher of physical educa
tion and health.
She was elected Saturday after
resignation of Mrs. Carletori Mul
linax, of Gaffney, S. C. Mrs. Mul
linax has moved to Florence, S.
C„ where she was to join the
school faculty there.
Mrs. Miller is a graduate of
Pfeiffer college and has had
teaching experience at West Stan
ly high school, in Stanly county.
National Education Week Begins
Monday; School Visits Invited
American Education Week will
be observed in the schools of the
Kings Mountain system next
week, the agenda varying with
each school.
At Kings Mountain high school
the Future Teacher’s organiza
tion is planning “Back To School
Night For Parents” Tuesday
night in conjunction with the reg
ular meeting of the Parent
Teacher - Student Association
meeting.
Other schools in the system,
Bethware, West, East, Grover,
North, Compact, Park Grace, and
Davidson, are planning special
assembly programs. Visitation is
to be emphasized at all schools,
with parents invited to visit the
classrooms and see the displays,
exhibits! posters, sod other activj
ties of the students.
“American Education Week is
an ideal time for parents to visit
the schools and they are invited,
not only during this annual and
nation-wide observance, but at
any time to see the work their
children are doing..." a spokes
man for the Kings Mountain
Unit of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association said Wednes
day.
Richard Culyer, chairman of
the local observance, said 15
minute radio programs each day
next week over Station WKMT
will feature the observance and
will feature talks by Supt. B. N.
Barnes, Principal Harry Jaynes,
Teaching Consultant Alice Aver
itt, Principal R. G. Franklin and
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IN COMEDY Hal England will
appear in the lead role of Finch
in the musical comedy, "How To
Succeed In Business Without
Really Trying" opening Friday in
Charlotte.
Hal England
At Coliseum
Hal England, Kings Mountain
native, will star in the musical
comedy, "How to Succeed in Bus
iness Without Really Trying”
Friday and Saturday at Ovens
Auditorium in Charlotte.
England will portray Finch,
billed as a “charming schemer.”
Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F.
England, now of Camden, S. C.,
England is a graduate of Kings
Mountain high school and re
ceived his B. degree in drama
from the University of North
Carolina. Shortly after going to
New York, he was In the Broad
way comedy ”:Love Me Little”
followed by a series of off
Broadway productions: March
banks in “Candida”; Sebastian in
i "Twelfth Night” and Treplev in
“The Sea Gull.” The musical
j stage claimed him for the N. Y.
City Center revival of “The Beg
gar’s Opera” as Jimmy the!
Twitcher with Shirley Jones. He
was understudy and later played
the boy producer In “Say, Dar
ling.” He was standing by for
Robert Morse in the New Yoitk
production of “How To Succeed
In Business.”
In Hollywood England alter
nated between "Conversation at
; Midnight”, a successful stage
; play for Moral Rearmanet, and
i running TV parts in The Dobie
Gillis Show and Clear Horizon.
Producers Feuer and Martin first
discovered him when they were
looking for a versatile performer
to plav the leading role in an in
dustrial musical they were creat
ing for General Motors in 1961.
Mr. England was their choice to
play "The Magic Man”.
Tickets are on sale at the Coli
seum Box Office or may be or
dered by mail.
Fall Fellowship
Dinner Friday
Women of St. Matthew's Lu
theran church will be hostesses
Friday 10 the fall fellowship divi
ner of the Southwestern District,
Women of the Lutheran Church
from North Carolina.
Over 150 women from Luthe
ran churches in the area have in
dicated they will attend. Dinner
will be served at 7 p.m. at the
Woman’s club.
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Kings
Mountain, is chairman of the
committee on registration and
she noted that interested women
should contact her about reser
vations. Meal tickets are $2.00.
Mrs. Mauney noted.
Dr. W. P. Gerberding, St. Mat
thew’s pastor, will give the invo
cation and Mrs. Carl Mauney,
preside*'.: of the hostess church
women's group, will welcome the
; delegation, llev. George Moore,
I pastor of Resurrection Lutheran
church, will introduce Rev. J. L.
Yost, Jr. of Hickory, who will
: deliver the evening program. The
| Rev. Mr. Yost is; pastor of Holy
Trinity Lutheran church of Hick
ory.
Rev. and Mrs. Yost will also
| sing duets as feature of the pro
gram.
Members of the committee on
arrangements includes Mrs. John
Cheshire, chahman of the Wo
man's club committee in charge
' of the dinner; and Mrs. Jacob
j Cooper, Mrs. J. E. Herndon and
] Mrs. Charles Mauney.
Legion To Plan
Children's Party
Kings Mountain Legionnaires
will lay playis for their annual
children’s Christmas party for
the needy at Thursday night’s
regular meeting.
The meeting will be convened
at the Otis D. Green Post 155
j building at 8 p.m. and a free buf- j
fet supper will be served alter
wards in the ckibroana
Kings Mountain Local Funds
School Budget Is $828,338
United Fund
iotal Climbs
To $4000
Kings Mountain United Fund’s
1901 financial campaign reached
the $4,900 mark this week, Chair
man Robert O. Southwell said
Wednesday.
He said several major divisions
of the solicitation campaign have
made only sparse reports of cam
paign results to date.
"Some of our chairmen have
been out-of-town and reports are
quite incomplete,” he comment
ed.
Chairman Southwell reminded
that the $19,415 goal p-rovides op
erating funds for the upcoming
year for seven charitible and
service organizations.
The beneficiaries of the cam
paign are the Boy Scouts of A
merica, Girl Scouts, Kings Moun
tain high school band, Kings
Mountain Chapter, American Red
Cross, Cleveland County Life
Saving and Rescue Squad, David
son-Compact band, and Jacob S.
Mauney Memorial library.
“All these organizations are
local, rendering service to all
our people. Failure to attain the
full budget means that the or
ganizations must operate on re
stricted basis,” Chairman South
well commented.
Many industrial firms are just
launching their solicitations, he
added, with only one Kings
Mountain industry reported
“complete”.
U«der the United Fund plan,
several organizations join for
their solicitation campaigns,
sharing receipts on a pro-rata
formula based on the particlular
organization’s percentage of the
initial budget.
Individuals arc being asked to
give a day’s pay for the support
of the seven organizations.
Several industrial firms are
tendering their employees with
holding arrangements for their
contributions.
New Gift Shop
Opens Thursday
Mrs. Myrtis P. Julian is an
nouncing the opening Thursday
of the “weeLANTERN”, a gift
shop and new Kings Mountain
business enterprise.
The new firm is located in the
Webb Building on West Moun
tain street, adjacent to Sterchi’s.
Mrs. Julian said the firm
would be open afternoons, from
1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through
Wednesdays, and from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Thursdays through Satur
days.
The firm will offer gift special
ities, stationery, children’s oooks,
Christmas cards and numerous
other items.
Mrs. Julian is the wife of Rev.
George Julian, pastor of Second
Baptist church.
BAKE SALE
The Roberta Wiley circle of
First Wesleyan Methodist church
is sponsoring the sale of Duncan
Hines fiHiit cakes for the holiday
season. Call 739-5277 to place an
order. The project is for church
benefit.
FIRST GOSPEL OF JHON — Rev. H. G. Clayton, at right, pastor of
First Church of The Nazarene, gives a first copy of the Gospel of
John to Kings Mountain Mayor Glee A. Bridges. Local Nazarenes be
gan a 10-day crusade Wednesday in which they will "Witness by
.Distribution’’ and distribute copies of the scripture. Two million wit
nesses in ten days is goal of the church. Rev. Mr. Clayton told his
congregation at Wednesday night’s service. He added. "In India 70
percent of the literature available is communistic. As the grandson
of Gandhi has said, “The British taught the people of India how
to read, but the Communists gave them the literature.'' The world
needs gospel literature and the Church of the Nazarene joins in an
all-out attack against atheism and communism, Mr. Clayton said.
ARP Moderator
To Speak Here
Boyce Memorial
Will Hear
Dr. Younts
Dr. C. R. Younts of Doraville,
Ga., moderator of the General
Assembly of the Associate Re
formed Presbyterian church, will
speak at Boyce Memorial ARP
church Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
A covered dish supper will be
served at 7 p.m. in the church
fellowship hall and members of
the Frances Garrison circle, of
which Mrs. R. M. Kennedy is
chairman, are in charge of ar
rangements. All members of the
congregation and other interest
ed visitors are invited to attend.
Dr. Younts is serving his sec
ond term as Moderator of the
church body and his re-election
was the first time the denomina
tion had so honored one of its
members since 1812. A native of
Pineville, Dr. Younts was reared
in Charlotte. He attended Beth
any Preparatory school at Beth
any, S. C. and Baird’s University
school. He became a member of
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Youth Appreciation Week Features
Naming Of Outstanding Teen-Agers
The Kings Mountain Optimist
club is receiving nominations
this week and next for “Outstand
ing Teenager” awards to be pre
sented to two young people of
the community.
Youth Appreciation Week,
which gets underway Monday,
is sponsored by the Kings Moun
tain club and nation-wide. The
award presentation will climax
the observance.
Trophies which the civic club
will present are on display at
City Paint 'Store. Nominations
for “Outstanding Teenagers”
should be mailed to P.O. Box 121.
Commenting on next week’s ob
servance, Optimist President R.
W. Hurlbut said, “Youth Appreci
ation Week is. aimed at adult
recognition of and appreciation
for all teenagers. The “pat ’em
on the back” programs are not
only for the sports heroes and
scholarship winners but for the
recognition of the achievements
of the average youngsters, tht
huge middle majority who are
just as hungry as the rest for
recognition and understanding."
He continued, “The objectives
of the week's program are to rec
ognize the accomplishments of
youth in the home, school,
church and community; to pro
mote more active participation by
families in family affairs; to en
courage groups and organizations
to publicly show their respect for
youth; to encourage parents to
rededicate themselves to the re
sponsibilities of parenthood; to
illustrate the great influence re
ligion has on the lives of youth
and to encourage thyir active
participation in religious activi
ties; to encourage a greater in
ter-change of ideas between
adults and youth; leading to a
broader understanding of the
problems of youth.”
President Hurlbut added, “Give
your teenagers a pat on the back.
The future of a generation is at
gtakftr11
SPEAKER — Dr. C. R. Younts,
moderator of the General As
sembly of the ARP Church, will
speak at Boyce Memorial ARP
church Tuesday evening. He will
be honored by the congregation
at a covered dish supper prior to
the service.
Blood Research
Promises Results
Better utilization of blood to
serve people will result from
studies currently being conducted
jointly by the American Red
i Cross and the National Heart In
! stitute, Charles F. Mauney, blood
program chairman of the Kings
Mountain Red Cross chapter,
said this week.
The project involves separating
blood into red cells, platelets,
and plasma immediately upon
collection. The red ceils are used
to transfuse anemic patients
with heart disease. Platelets are
taken from the plasma to treat
; leukemia patients. The remain
ing ultra-fresh plasma is used to
prepare high potency antihemo
philiac globulin, which controls
bleeding in hemophiliacs much
faster than other means now a
vailable.
Separation of blood into dif
ferent components to meet spe
cific needs of patients is a pri
' mary purpose of the ARC Blood
i Program research department,
I which has facilities in Washing
ton, D. C., New It oi k, and Los
Operational
Expense Set
At $329,344
Kings Mountain school dis
trict’s local funds school budget
for the current year is $828,338.
The schools anticipate expendi
tures of $329,344 for current ex
pense- (operational expendi
tures) and $498,849 in capital
outlay (new buildings, equip
ment, etc.)
The total expendable funds
available are derived from sever
al. sources:
1) Carry - over balances of
$342,462, including $266,583 in
capital outlay funds and $75,869
current expense funds.
2) $201,065 for both funds from
county and district ad valorem
taxes.
3) Supplement from state and
federal governments normally in
clude in local funds budgets
(vocational instruction, lunch
room supplements, driver educa
tion expenses, etc.)
4) Anticipated expenditure of
$150,000 from the $1,100,000 high
school plant bond authorization.
These bonds have not been sold
but advance tax payments will
total that amount, or more, by
January 31.
The schools expect to spend for
operations the following
amounts:
General control, $8,025; for in
structional services $125,885; for
plant operation $6,250; for plant
maintenance $112,305; for fixed
charges (insurance, surety bonds,
etc.) $13,390; and for auxiliary
agencies, $62,849.
Kings Mountain district’s re
ceipts from tax monies include
$67,010 for capital outlay from
the county - wide levy of 24 cents
per $100 valuation; $86,555 for
operations from the 31 cents per
$100 valuation; and $47,500 for
operations from the 20 cents per
$100 valuation special Kings
Mountain district tax.
The three county school dis
tricts share county • wide tax
funds, as wall as the school share
of Intangible taxes rebated from
the state receipts from fines and
forfeitures on a pupil per capita
basis.
The percentage for this year is:
Kings Mountain, 24.6 percent;
Shelby, 28.26 percent; and coun
ty, 47.14 percent. Kings Moun
tain district’s pupil population
percentage is derived from last
year’s 4368 pupils. Total Cleve
land County pupil population
last year was 17,754.
Among the supplemental re
; ceipt items anticipated by Kings
Mountain district are $31,600 for
vocational instruction, $35,000 in
lunchroom supplements, $11,251
for driver’s education, and $14,
600 from fines and forfeitures.
Four Nominated
For Scholarship
Four Kings Mountain high
school seniors are among the 20
students from five high schools
in Cleveland County who have
been nominated for Morehead
scholarships to the University of
i North Carolina.
They are:
Don Bennett Freeman, son of
Mrs. R. C. Etheridge.
Glenn Allen Werner, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Werner.
John Joseph Tria, Jr., son of
I Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tria.
Michael Franklin Royster, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Royster of
Grover.
The Cleveland County group
will be screened by the Morehead
committee within the next few
days and from the group, three
will be «hosen by Nov. 15th to
compete in district competition
where they will be further eval
uated for the coveted Jforehead
Awards, given solely on the basis
of merit and which pays all ex
penses of an undergraduate ed
ucation at the University of
North Carolina.
L. Lyndon Hob'bs, Shelby, is
chairman of the Morehead Coun
ty Selection Committee which in
cludes Dr. George W. Plonk,
Kings Mountain, and Earl D.
; UoneyAitt, r., Mrs. C. Rush Ham
j rick, Jr., John R. Dover, III, N.
Dixon Lackey, Jr. and J. Clint
Newton, all of Shelby.
FA1RVIEW LODGE
Regular communication o f
i Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM will
I be held at Masonic Hall Monday
i night at 7:30 p.m., Secretary T.
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