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VOL 74 No.47 1C Pages 10 Today Established 1889 Seventy-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 21, 1963 Included In Bond Election CAST OF SMOKY MOUNTAIN — Pictured above are seven mem bers of the cast of "Smoky Mountain," the operetta to be staged Friday night by the Mixed Chorus of Kings Mountain high school. Front row, from left, are Teresa Dixon, Jackie Hardin and Freida j Conner. Back row. frtim left, are ,Don Hurlbut, Floyd Cooke, Gerald 1 McDaniel and Dennis Floyd. (Photo, courtesy The Mountaineer) ! Local News Bulletins ROTARY SPEAKER Dr. James C. White, director of psychological services at Wes tern Carolina school for the re tarded, will address Kings 'Moun tain Eotarians at their Thursday jmeeting at 12 noon at the Coun Club. The program is being Fid during the National Re tarded Children’s Week. HOSPITALIZED Bary Thomas, 1605 Shelby road, is a patient at Gaston Me morial-hospital where he had surgeryifor a leg infection last Friday. iHis condition is serious, members of his family said yes terday. DRIVE TO END The Fall Sunday School drive will end Sunday at First Naza rene church, Rev. H. G. Clayton has announced. Prizes will go to those who attend with the most new people during the promotion. Thanksgiving offering for mis ?ns will be received Nov. 24th local church goal of $200. SERVICES CONTINUE Evangelistic services are un derway through Sunday at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Rev. Charles H. High of Stanley is visiting speaker for services nightly at 7:30. Mr. High is pas tor of Bruington Memorial Bap tist church. AUXILIARY MEETING 'American Legion Post 155, the American Legion Auxiliary, will hold regular meeting Thursday night at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. §JF. E. 'Mauney with Mrs. Leona p’ite as co-hostess. SENIOR CITIZENS ff The Senior Citizens club will gather at the Woman’s club Fri day night at 7:30 for a square dance. It will be the regular meeting time for the group. - FINALIST — John Trio. Mountain high school sen of three semi-finalists from 20 nominees in com for Morehead scholar to the University of North semi-finalists go to district test and Mrs. Mixed Chorus To Present Operetta The Kings Mountain high school Mixed Chorus, under di rection of Mrs. J. N. McClure, will present the operetta "Smoky Mountain” Friday night at 7:30 in the high school auditorium. Familiar songs, lively dances, scenery and costumes will set the stage for a story of mountain people. T-hc chonus will provide back ground music, including "Lone some Valley”, "On Top of Old Smoky” and “Coming Round the Mountain.” Phillip Wright and Gary Stewart will accompany on the guitars and Becky Dixon and Libby Alexander will play the autoharps. Don Hurlbut has the role of the "moonshining” father Andy, Dennis Floyd portrays the lively grandpa who enjoys mountain singing and dancing and Freida Conn or has the role of A.unt Sary, the elderly woman “who hasn’t much faith in men.” Teresa Dix on plays the role of Jess, the mountain girl who is pining for 'George, played by Floyd Cook. George has left home for the big city and in his absence Ben, play ed by Gerald McDaniel, has 'been courting Jess. Je^rkie Hardin por trays daughter Arabella who loves Ben. In charge of props and scenery are the FFA boys and Carolyn Diane Whitworth, Jackie Rhea, Robert Sipes and Carl Da vis. Tickets are on sale by mem bers of the chorus or may be purchased at the door. Churches Plan Special Rites Several Kings Mountain chur ches are arranging special Thanksgiving Day services. At others in the community, the mid-wefek services Wednes day night will be a service of thanksgiving with special anth ems and meditations. Young people of First Presby terian church, under the direction of Mrs. Robert H. Goforth, will conduct a special Thanksgiving service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday night, Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, has announced. The annual Thanksgiving ser vices at Resurrection Lutheran church and at First Baptist church will be held Wednesday night. The Lutheran service will begin at 7 p.m. and the Baptist service will begin at 7:30 p.m. Thanksgiving Day services are planned by Boyce Memorial ARP church, Kings Mountain Baptist church, St. Matthew’s Lutheran church and Central Methodist church. Men of thfe Brotherhood will serve breakfast from 7 to 8:30 a. m. at Kings Mountain Baptist church and a service of worship ! will follow at 9 o’clock. Men of Central Methodist church will al so prepare the traditional Thanksgiving meal, as will Men of Boyce Memorial ARP church. ON DEAN'S LIST Jambs Wendell Plonk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Plonk, has been named to the Fall Dean’s list at Duke University. An overall academic average of 3.0 of a possible 4.0 for the sem ester is required in order to rte Optimists Tap “Top Teeners” Reta Phi lei, I lairy Patrick Win Awards Reta Phifer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marriott Phifer, and Larry Patrick, son of Mr. atic Mrs. Lawrence Patrick, are win ners of the first annual Youth of the Year awards. Dean Payne, second vice-presi dent of the sponsoring Kings Mountain Optimist club and chairman of Youth Appreeiatict' Week activities, made the award presentation this week. Other nominees for the hono' were Tootie Hill, Rita BeM and Karen CToins. When the trophies were pre sented at half-time Friday of the Optimist Turkey Bowl Game, President R. W. (Bob) Hurlbut said, "I wish we had an award for each one of the nominees. We appreciate them deeply—we ap prciate all our youth. We honor you tonight and ask only that you keep up the good work." Mr. Hurlbut concluded with a statement to the parents, “It is not easy to fulfill the responsi bility of giving to our youth the necessary encouragement, guid ance, .sympathy, companionship, understanding, love and apprecia tion they need in order to liv'e productive, positive, influential and spiritual l r/es. We need to take a good look at the youth a round us. We need to take care ful stock of ourselves.” The outstanding teenager a wards were given at the close of Youth Appreciation Week, held locally and nationwide iby O |ti mist clubs. Theme of the obser vance was “Give Youth A Pat On The Back” and top awards were based on accomplishments of young people in the home, school, church and community. Nomina tions were invited from the pub lic. Pump Station Bids Invited The City of Kings Mountain will receive bids at 2 o’clock next Wednesday for the construction of two sewage pump stations. The (bidders are also to furnish and install about 2300 feet of cast iron line, together with valves and fittings. The pump stations will leviable the city to abandon two Imhoff type sewage disposal tanks, known as Kings Creek plants 1 and 2. The adandonment was an ticipated in the city’s upcoming building of modem sewage dis posal facilities to serve the west ern part of the city. This phase of the work is being speeded at the request of Super ior Stone Company, which found one of the tanks in the middle of their current operational area. Superior offered, and the city ac cepted, to pay half the cost of the construction, estimated by W. K. Dickson & Company, Inc., Charlotte engineers, f t about $36,000. Full specifications are avail able from the engineer and for inspection at the office of the city clerk. TOP TEENAGERS — Rita Phifer and Larry Patrick are winners of the Youth of the Year awards given by the Kings Mountain Op timist club for 1963. Grave-Digging Fees Increased The city board of commission ers escalated its fees for grave digging at last week’s November meeting. Charge for diggin a grave for a casket minus vault, will be $15, for a grave to house a casket with vault $20. The fees were former ly $10 and $15. It was noted that the new fees are less than those assessed by public cemeteries in many neighboring cities and re flect increases in costs of labor and tools. The board accepted petitions to install curb and gutter on Mitch ell street, north side only, from Watterson to the city limits, and to provide paving, curb and gut ter on Boyce street, from Linwood drive and to include the Hamp ton property, and on Owens street, from York road to dead end. Bid of $2538.74, of Victory Chevrolet Company, was accept ed for a car for the police de partment, and bid of A. E. Fin ley Company, at $8,617.50, for an Elgin custom street sweeper. The board formally cancelled delinquent accounts totaling $299.42, and deemed uncollecti blle. Beware! Dogs And Owners 01 Dogs! New City Dog Ordinance Is Tough BY MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain dogs, beware! j Kings Mountain dog owners,' beware! As of last Thursday, by edict of the city board of commission ers, dogs may not: habitually or repeatedly chase, snap at, attack or bark at pedestrians, bicycl ists, or autos, turn over garbage pails, damage gardens, flowers, or vegetables, or .onduct itself in any way to be rti-med a pub lic nuisance. A female dog may not "run at large during the erotic stage of copulation." A dog cannot bark “habitually or repeatedly." A Kings Mountain dog is not subject to a 7 p.m. curfew, which extends to 7 a.m. (No holidays.) It’s papa who pays, in this in st^fti# the owner of the dog. U the dog misbehaves in any of the aforementioned verbotens, the owner is subject to a fine of $50, to 30 days in the calaboose, or both. And each day the viola tion continues constitutes asepa rate offense. But there’s more trouble for the owner. If his pooch gets too smelly, it’s against the law. Nor can his dog be lodged within less than 50 feet of his neighbor's resi dence, nor within ten feet of the neighbor’s property line. And the dog better team not to play hookey and to know his master well. If a dog can’t lead the officers to his master, he be comes the pigeon for target prac tice. That’s the law in Kings foun tain — as of November 14, 1963. 25 More Beds, Heating Plant Among Needs The county board of commis sioners Monday unanimously ho nored the request of Kings Moun tain Hospital officials for inclu sion of $500,000 in plant expan sion funds in the projected coun ty-wide hospital bond election tentatively scheduled for Febru ary. The county board had previous y approved a request of Cleve land Memorial Hospital at Shel by for $1,500,000 in expansion ind renovation funds. The request, presented iby ieorge VV. Mauney, Kings Moun tain Hospital president, and Gra dy Howard, administrator, was based on a report by Waltei Hook Associates, Inc,, of Char lotte. The $500,000 inclusion antici pates approval of matching fed eral funds under the Hill-Burton 4ct and would provide 1) a 25 bed addition, bringing capacity of -he hospital to 100 beds; 2) ex pansion of ancillary facilities, such as x-ray, kitpjien, embrgen '■'y and operating rooms to ac commodate a 150-bed hospital; 31 a new heating plant to provide 'or a 200-bed plant; 4) central air-conditioning of the present plant with exception of the west ving; and 5) provision for foot ngs to accommodate an ulti mate 200-bed plant. Mr. Howard explained that projections envision a two or three-floor addition by the time the plant grows to 2<K) beds. Cost estimate by the Hook firm for the immediate construction is $044,440. New construction would total 19,200 square feet at $25 per square foot, or $480,000. Renova tion of present facilities would sntail 10,500 square feet at $17, or $178,000. Air-conditioning of the ^ present plant would cost $72,500, of the new construction $61,200. Tile new heating plant is estimated to cost $12,540, archi tect’s fees $50,900, and movable equipment at $1800 per bed $45, 000. Initially projected for decision by the voters on Feibruary 22, County At torn fey C. C. Horn has told the board of commissioners their bond attorneys may prefer -6Z X-nmjqaj Survey Confirms Hospital Needs By MARTIN HARMON The detailed, chart-filled re port of Walter Hook Associates -on Kings Mountain Hospital not only confirms the hospital’s a mazi-ng growth in plant and ser vice, but reveals that the presbnt 33,000 square foot plant is 14,000 square feet below optimum space needs. Indeed, only the administra tive, dietary and storage areas are considered to have optimum amounts of spade. Projections of the Hook firm, compiled by Marcus Snoddy, hos pital specialist with the Charlotte architectural firm, cover the 11 year period, 1952-62, inclusivte. Exclusive of the first seven months of the hospital's opera tion, the hospital has served 15,231 patients, including citizens 111, citizens requiring surgery, new-born babies, accident vic tims, and those needing only out patient care. During 1962, thb hospital log ged 3189 patients, compared to 1254 in 1952. Emergency treat ment showed even greater in crease, with 3862 persons treated in 1962, compared to only 851 In the first full calendar year of operation. In 1962 the hospital made 3029 in-patient X-Itays. The dietary department last year served 90,300 mbals. Earliest comparable figure was for 1955, when 49,775 meals were served. Thb Hook report quotes the United States Bureau of the Cen sus In projecting Cleveland Coun ty’s population at 79,900 in 1970 and 96,200 in 1980. The 1960 de cennial census listed the county population at 66,018. ATTENDS MEETING Ben F. Moo-naw, superintend ent of Kings Mountain National Military Park, was invited to at tend the meeting of the Presi dent’s Appalachian Development Council’s North Carolina meeting at the Battery Park Hotel in I Asheville un Vtondau. if.L ii j'j.. Strike Of Dean Allegations Asked IN WHO’S WHO — Rev. George T. Moore, of King* Mountain, will be included In the forthcoming edition of Who** Who in the South and Southeast. Moore To Be In Who's Who Rev. George Truett Moore, pas tor of Resurrection Lutheran church, will be included in the forthcoming edition of Who’s Who in the South and Southeast. (Mr. Moor*', currently a mem ber of the board of trustetes of Lowm-an Home. Lutheran institu tion at White Rock, S. C., is a former missionary builder in Li beria.. He was. graduated from thlp Lutheran Theological semi nary at Columbia, S. C„ in 1957, did graduate work in 1959. Prior to entering the ministry, he was an architect, first at Greenville, S. C., then at Savan nah, Ga. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Clemson college, Class of ’42, and served In the army from 1942-46, being discharged as a captain. He is the son of James Furman and Eunice Peeler Moore. Mrs. Moore is the former Elizabeth Stevens. They have four sons, George Truett Moore, Jr., John nis Stevens Moorte, William Spen cer Moore and Alex Arthur Moore. Rattenee Wins Commendation Lt.-Col. James G. Ratterree, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Rat fcerree, of Kings Mountain has been awarded the air force com mendation medal. Now stationed in Germany, Col. Ratiterree was commended for his work as senior officer in charge of District 8, Maxwell air force base, Ala., during the per iod April 16, 1962, to (May 20, 1963. The citation accompanying the commendation reads: Lt. Colonel James G. Ratterree distinguished himself by meritor ious service as Division Chief and as the Senior Officer in Charge of the District during the absence of the Commander of OSI Dis trict 8, Maxwell AFB, Ala. from 16 April 1962 to 20 May 1963. During this period, Colonel Rat terree’s unusually high degree of job knowledge, his perseverance, resourcefulness and extreme de votion to duty enabled him to make an outstanding contribu tion to OSI District 8 and to the Air Force installations and or 1 ganizations serviced by this Dis Hrict. The distinctive accomplish ments of Colonel Ratterree re flect credit upon himself and the United States Air Force. Durham Says Allegations Conclusions Dr. Thomas G. Durham, de fondant in civil actions charging malpractice as lodged by Amo: Dean, on behalf of his son, and for himself, has entered a motkn I to strike from the complaint sev eral of the allegations. The actions were lodged sev- j eral weeks ago. Mr. Dean, on lie half of his son Thomas Morris Dean, seeks damages of $15,000 on his allegations that Dr. Dur ham was negligent, careless, and did not apply generally accepted ; medical methods in treatment of young Dean’s injured finger. On related grounds, Mr. Dean seeks recovery of $1200 for alleged ex penses he contends were addi tionally incurred in treating his son’s finger. The motion to strike asked that allegations of wilful failure to properly treat the youth, neg lect in applying general methods of care, and others be ordered i stricken from the complaint on I grounds that the allegations are not specific and constitutes a conclusion. Mr. Dean alleges that the ac cident to his son’s finger occur red on February 7, 1961, wlren his son was 14 years of ago. Attorney for plaintiff is the firm of Falls, Falls & Hamrick, of Shelby. Attorneys for Dr. Durham are the firm of Carpenter, Web.) and Golding, of Charlotte, and John Mahoney, of Shelby. Shotgun Blast Fatal To Odum Grady Odom, Jr., 23-year-old Kings Mountain Negro, was shot and killed Sunday about 12:30 p m, by a blast from a .18 guage shotgun fired at close range. Held in Gaston County jail without bond pending a hearing in the slaying is Odom’s uncle, Roy Brown, 49, of Hilltop Circle. Gastonia. Odom was killed at the Brown home located near the Cleveland County line in the Kings Moun tain vicinity. Lt. Jim Auten, Gastonia rural police detective, gave these e vents leading up to the shooting: Brown and Sam Moore, also a resident of the Hilltop section, got into an argument at Brown’s home and Brown went into his house and got his .16 gauge, dou ble-barreled shotgun. Witnesses said Odom was following on the heels of Moore who was walking away from Brown. Odom inter ceded for Moore in that he tried to talk Brown out of causing any trouble. Witnesses said Odom and Brown argued and Odom was shot. Odom was employed as a truck driver for Bennett Brick and Tile Company. Brown is a saw mill worker. He is surveyed by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Mae Moore Odom; his pa rents, the Rev and Mrs. Brady Odom; a son, Bobby; two daugh ters, Betty and Angela; four bro thers. Thomas, Lonnie, James and Lemuel Odom, all of Ki’igs Mountain; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Gwynn of Kings 'Mountain and Miss Mabel Odom of the home. . Funteral rites for Odom were held Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m. from Zoar Methodist church near Smyrna, interment follow ing in the church cemetery. i faycees Post $1000 For Football Stadium Scoreboard; Cost $2400 Kings Mountain Jaycees have Hegpn a project to purchase a new football score board for city stadium. The Jaycees earmarker $1,000 at their Tuesday night meeting and voted to conduct a campaign to secure an additional $1400 needed for the scoreboard. Citizens desiring to contribute to the project may do so by con taetftig, co-chairman Bill Jonas a rtf I Bub CfliQBtiL “We want to buy the equip ment as soosn as possible so that it will be ready for use”, Mr. Goforth said. At Tuesday night’s meeting Jaycees also inducted two new members, Morris Putnam, em ployee of Ilarris-Teeter Super Markets and David Putnam, em ployee of Holsom Bakeries. Horace Buchanan of Bessemer City, district vice-president, was pvcaeat a» a visitor. SHAKER — w. a. (bill) Richard, o: Charlotte, Grand Chaplain of North Carolina Masons, will make the principal address at Monday's 82nd anniversary ban quet of Fairview Lodge. A, F, & A M. Lodge To Hold Banquet Monday Fairview Lodge A. F & A. M. will hold its eighty-second anni versary banquet at the lodge hall Monday evening at 7 o'clock. Principal address will be made by W. A. (Bill) Richard, of Char lotte, a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason and grand chaplain Of North Carolina Masons, it was announced by Glee A. Bridges, program chairman. Dinner will be served by the Kings Mountain chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. Joe D. Roberts, master of Fair view Lodge, will serve as master of ceremonies. Mr. Richard will speak on the topic "Fruit ot Love”. Mr. Richard, a member of the Knights Commander Court of Honor, is oldest member In point of service of the Charlotte elvlf service commission, is paBt chair man of the Veterans Authority, and was a member of the state budget commission on appoint ment iby Governor Clyde R.Hoey. He installed Cleveland County's ( first budgetry control system at the time A. E. Cline, Kings Moun tain, was chairman of the county commission, and did the same Job for the country board of educa tion. Methodist Choir To Sing Cantata A Christmas Cantata, "Bethle hem”, by E. Cuthbert Nunn, will be presented by the Central Methodist church choir Sunday, November 1, at 5 p.m. The program traditionally launches the Christmas season in Kings Mountain. Mrs. J. N. Mc Clure is organist and director tor the musical program. Soloists for Part 1, Shepherds Gifts, will be Mrs. Bill Allen and Mrs. Dellbert Dixon and soloists for Part II, King’s Gifts, will be B. S. Peeler, Jr., Delbert Dixon and Jacob Dixon. Mrs. Delbert Dixon will sing the song of Mary in Part III, Our Gift. Members of the choir arc: Soprano: Mrs. Delbert Dixon, Mrs. Bill Allen, Miss Mary Alice McDaniel, Miss Joan McClure, Miss Bessie Bumgarcfcner, Miss Libby Alexander, Mrs. Jacob Dixon, Miss Winifred Fulton, Miss Cindy Ware and Mrs. Bill Tinsley. Alto: Mrs. Y. F. Throneburg, Mrs. W. A. Russell, Mrs. Baxter Payseur, Misses Teresa Dixion, Teresa McDaniel, Becky Dixon, Mary Wright and Kay MeSwaln. Bass: B. S. Peeler, Jr., Carleton Harris, Delbert Dixon and Bill Allen. 'J'eMor: Bob McDaniel, Arthur Walker, John Warliek, Jacob Dixon, W. A. Russell and Gone Patterson. ARP s Give Plans For Thanksgiving Boyce Memorial ARP church will hold the annual Thanksgiv ing Day service and breakfast at 8 a.m. November 28th, Dr. W. L. Pressly, pastor has announced. Men of the church will serve the breakfast with W. G. Gran tham serving as general chair man of the committee on ar rangements. The Chancel Choir, under the direction of Mrs. N. F. McGill, will si*t£ an anthem.