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VOL. 74 No.49
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 5, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
ELDERS LECTED
The First Presbyterian church
congregation elected three new
elders Sunday. They are P. H. Wil
son, Herman Campbell and Paul
J>uney.
RADIO BROADCAST
Sunday services during the
month of December will be
broadcast via Radio Station WK
MT from St. Matthew's Lutheran
church. Dr. W. P. Gerberdivip will
use the sermon topic, ‘‘The Glori
ous Climax” this Sunday morn
ing at 11 a.m.
LEGION DANCE
A "Remember Pearl Harbor”
Dance will be held Saturday
night at the American Legion
from 9 to 12 p.m. Music will be
furnished by the “Musical
Chromes”, and admission is $5
per couple. A square dance caller
will be present for several danc
es, but ballroom dancing will be
the keynote.
TO TAX SCHOOL
Mrs. W. B. Logan is attending
tax school in Charlotte this week
IN HONOR GUARD
Dennis Michael Howie of Mt,
Holly, nephew of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Joy of Kings Mountain
was an honor guard at President
Kennedy’s funeral last week in
Washington, D. C. Howie is in
the Air Force stationed in Wash
| ^igton.
VETERANS TO MEET
The Badge 3275 chapter of the
Veterans of World War I will
hold its meeting Sunday after
noon, December 8 at 2:30 p.m. at
the City Hall.
ROTARY CLUB
Shelby Rotarian Roland Leath
will address Kings Mountain Ro
tarians at their Thursday noon
meeting at the Country club. Mr.
Leath, minister of music at Shel
by’s First Baptist church, is ex
pected to report on a recent trip
to Germany.
MASONS TO MEET
Regular communication of Fair
view Lodge 339 AF&AM will be
held Monday night at 7:30 at Ma
sonic Hall. New officers will be
elected for 1964, according to an
nouncement by Secretary T. D.
Tindall.
VFW BARBECUE
« Frank B. Glass Post 9811 of
jthe Veterans of Foreign Wars
’'will hold a barbecue for mem
bers and their wives December
14th at 7:30 p.m. at the lodge
on Grover road, according to an
5iouncement by Commander Har
>ld Pearson.
FREE BOOK WEEK
Kings Mountain citizens who
have borrowed books at Jacob S.
Mauney Memorial Library are in
vited to return them during the
week of December 9-14 at no
1 charge for service, according to
announcement by Mrs. Charles
Dilling, librarian.
FIRE MONDAY
City firemen answered a fire
alarm Monday night to 3. E.
Herndon Company. No damages
were reported.
Contract Letting
December 14th
The city likely will let contract
on construction of two sewerage
pump stations—to replace Im
hoff-type tankj in the Superior
Stone Company area —at the
regular meeting on December 12.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said Wed
knsday.
fT A. F. White & Associates was
I apparent low bidder last week at
$34,458, among six.
The new construction was En
visioned in the city's committ
ment to buiitt modern sewerage
disposal facilities to serve the
western portion of the city. Su
perior asked that this portion of
the work be speeded as one of
the disposal tank was in their
immediate area of operations.
| Superior offered half the cost, if
tboth of the tanks were replaced.
Th city commission agreed.
Ministers Launch Fund Drive
For Yule Cheer For Indigent
SPEAKER — Representative Jack
Palmer of Shelby will address
Kings Mountain Klwanians at
their Thursday night meeting at
6:45 p.m. at the Woman's club.
Rep. Palmer is expected to report
on accomplishments o( the last
general assembly.
Palmer To Speak
To Kiwanians
Representative Jack Palmer ol
Shelby will be guest speaker al
Thursday's Kiwaiiis dub meeting
at the Woman’s club.
Mr. Palmer ir expected to give
a report of the last general ses
sion and the special session oi
the General Assembly and is ex
pected to comment on the "Little
Federal” plan, program chairman
R. S. Lennon said.
Kiwanians meet at 6:45 p.m.
for a dinner meeting. A question -
answer session will follow the
address by Representative Pal
mer.
Alexander Says
"Start Mailing"
The Postmaster had his arfnual
Christmas ‘present* ready today
for his patrons and, to nobody's
surprise, it v.yis his perennial
suggestion to “Mall Early."
"Christmas shopping and mail
ing is, for most people, one of
the heaviest chei%s at Christmas,
and if I can persuade some peo
ple to get it done right now I
think they will agree later when
they are taking it easy while
others rush around that I have
1 given them a very good present."
Postmaster Charles L. Alexander
said Wednesday.
Virtually all Christmas mail
ing can be disposed of now by
observing the following five sug
gestions, Postmaster Alexander
explained:
1. Do your shopping for your
Christmas gifts now.
2. Check and revise mailing
' liits for cards and presents.
3. Package and mail Christmas
parcels promptly. Don’t worry
about being too early Just mark
them “Do Not Open Until Christ
mas."
4. Buy Christmas cards now
and address them right away,
separating them into out-of-town
and local bundles, Mai] them im
mediately with ZIP Codes on
them and you've got It made, ex
cept perhaps for that last min
ute card you forgot to send to
Aum Minnie.
5. Now is the time to buy your
Christmas Stamps. We have plen
ty on hand including, this year
a brand new Christmas issue.
If you. use the five cent stamp
on your Christmas Cards, Post
master Alexander noted, they
will be sorted and delivered first
and, if you include your return
address with your ZIP Code
number on each card envelope,
they will be forwarded in the e
vnt of a chang of addrss, of if
they are undeliveraMe, they will
be returned to you for correction
of your mailing list. Also, re
member you can write personal
messages only on Christmas
cards sent by First Class mail.
Nothing but your signature is
authorized on cards sent at the
unsealed. Third Class rate.
The Postmaster warns against
Herald To List
Empty Stocking
Contributions
Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association, launching this week
m Empty Stocking Fund to pro
vide Christmas cheer for the
needy, reported $26 contributions
.'rom two firms.
The Empty Stocking fund will
provide food for needy area fam
lics, both white and colored, and
ministers indicated there is a
long list.
Mrs. C. R. Goodson, wife of the
iastor of East Gold St. Wesleyan
Methodist church, will accept all
alls (739-3215) and names and
tddresses of the area needy
-vhich v/ill be reported to a Min
eterial Association committee.
The ministers will call at the
homes of the needy.
"This is a good way to maxe
this year a good Christmas for
others who need our help. It will
make you feel good to give some
(Me a helping hand”, a spokes
man for the association said
Wednesday.
He continued, “There are many
who need help this year, and the
only way we can meet all of
these needs is to ask fop.. JCRUt
support'in this matter. The Em
! pty Stocking Fund will help all
. who apply, regardless of creed
f or color.”
Checks should be made payable
: to the Kings 'Mountain Minister
ial Association Empty Stocking
Fund and mailed to Rev. H. G.
| Clayton, 407 S. Cherokee St. A
booth on Battleground Avenue
will be manned by local ministers
who will receive Empty Stocking
! contributions and contributions
; may also be forwarded in care
of the Kings Mountain Herald.
Names of those who contribute
will be published in the Herald.
Donors to date:
Rippy Jewelry, 211 N. Pied
mont Ave., $25.
Piedmont Lunch, N. Piedmont
Ave. $1.
VFW To Conduct
Poppy Day Sale
Frank B. Glass Post 9811, Vet
[ erans of Foreign Wars, will eon
: duct a poppy sale lor benefit of
; disabled veterans Saturday.
The all-day street sale will
; begin at 9 a.m. Commander Har
I old Pearson reported,
j Co-chairmen of the poppy sale
are Marvin Goforth and Gene
; Stef fy.
FHA BANQUET
The Future Homemakers of A-1
meric-a chapter of Kings Moun
j tain high school will honor their
mothers at the annual mother
daughter banquet December 20th
at 7 p.m. at the Woman’s club.
TO SPEAK — Congressman Basil
L. Whitener will be guest speak
er at a Christmas party and bar
becue of the Men’s Brotherhood
al Oak Grove Baptist church
Monday night.
Rep. Whitenei
! To Speak Friday
| Congressman B^sil L. White
1 ner of Gastonia will make the
TJtTh'eipal" '<at -the annual
Christmas party and barbecue
Monday night of the Baptist
Brotherhood at Oak Grove Bap
tist church.
Mr. Whiterier will speak on a
program arranged by Willard
Boyles. Dinner will be served at
6:30 p.m. in the church fellow
ship hall.
The party is a ladie’s night
event and wives of members are
invited to attend.
Robert Lovelace is Brotherhood
president.
Friday Closings
Will Be Later
Majority of Kings Mountain
retailers are open late on Fridays
to accommodate Christmas sea
son shoppers, it was announced
this week by Bob Southwell, pre
sident of the association.
The merchants association an
nouncement lists 9 p.m. as the
Friday Evening closing hour,
three and half hours later than
the customary 5:30 p.m. Friday
closing.
All firms have suspended the
Wednesday afternoon half-holi
days.
Merchants reported Christmas1
gift-buying has begun briskly i
and anticipate a continuing pick
up through Christmas Eve.
i Southern Bell Extends Base Area
Of Grover System By Half-Mile
The Southern Bell Telephone
! Company today fi>?d tariffs with
the North Carolina Utilities Com
mission which will reduce mile
age charges by extending the
present Base Kate Area and by
introducing a new Broad - Band
Zone Plan and reclassify Grover
into its power rate group.
“The net effect of the proposal
would be increases of 10c to 20c
in some Grovfcr residence custo
mers’ bills, and decreases, gen
erally larger, in bills of custo
mers with mileage charges,” F.
B. Houck, Manager, said. Busi
ness customers will also be af
fected.
Houck said, “Grover is one of
39 communities in North Caro
lina included in these changes.
As a result of these changes.
Southern Bell's annual revenues
would be reduced approximately
$23,000 on a state-wide 'basis.''
Houck added that the propos
ed plan will correct inequities
which have resulted from the
continuing growth and industrial
expansion in this area.
Houck said, ‘ The extension of
the Base Area and introduction
of the Zone Plan will result in a
decrease of monthly mileage
charges for many customers.”
i The Broad-Band Zone Plan is
j relatively new in North Carolina
] and it will result in lower mile
j age charges living outside the
j '.lew Base Rale Area. Foi exam
j pie, a customer with two-party
j residence service living two miles
j from the Base Rate now pays
j $2.56 in monthly mileage charges.
! Under the new Zone Plan, he
j would pay only 75 cents in mile
! age charges.
“Telephone rate groups for lo*
j cal service are based on the
' number of main telephones with
! in the local calling art a of a
; community,’’ Houck said.
“Some communities with local
• calling areas approximately the
; same size are paying different
I charges for the same general ser
i vice. The inequities can only be
eliminated by reclassifyipg af
j fected communities to their pro-!
I per rate group/’ Houck pointed |
I out.
Under Grover’s new classifica
tion, residence private liiie ser
vice, will increase 20 cents, two
party service 20 cents, four par
ty service 15 cents, and eight
party service 15 cents. Business
j rates will increase 50 cents for
private IJnes, two-party lines 30
cents, four-party lines 50 and 20
cents for eight-party lines.
'64 United Fund
Edges Upward
To $11,000
Cash received and pledges on
the current year’s Kings Moun
tain United Fund campaign to
taled $11,000 Wednesday, near
ing the $19,000-phis goal for 1963
Chairman RcJbert O. (Bob)
Southwell reported.
Chairman Southwell said re-!
ports had not been received from’
several solicitors but noted, "It
looks good.”
The drive will continue a wefek
or 10 days.
Special gifts this week brought
the cash and pledges "in hand”
to $11,090.
To date only Burlington Indus
tries Phenix Plant among the in
dustrial gmp has reported its
United Fund results.
Mr. Southwell also said that
the business division is little
more than 50 percent reported.
"I feel that with a little more
work we will exceed our 1963
goal” Chairman Southwell added.
The United Fund goal is $19,
415. Funds derived benefit these
participating agencies: Kings
Mountain high school and Com
pact-Davidson school bands; Ja
cob S. Mauney Memorial Libra
ry; Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Cleveland County Life Saving &
Rescue Squad, and Kings Moun
tain Red Cross Chapter.
Chairman Suothwell urged all
solicitors to complete their work
this week so that work on the
drive may be completed within
the next week, or 10 days. y. .
Mrs. Hartsoe's
Mother Passes
Funeral rites for Mrs. W. E.
Martin, 82, of York, S. C., mother
of 'Mrs. Wade Hartsoe, Jr. of
Kings Mountain, were held Wed
nesday at 2 p.m. from First Bap
tist church of York, interment
following in Canaan church ce
metery at Smyrna, S. C.
Mrs. Martin died early.Tuesday
morning at Divine Saviour hos
pital after a short illness. Bom
January 14, 1882, she was the
daughter of the late John and
Polly Pruitt Moss, natives of
Union county. She was a member
of First Baptist church of York.
Rev. Horace Story, assisted by
Rev. Wayne Ashe, officiated at
the final rites.
Survivors include three sons,
William C. Martin of Highland,
California, Carl Martin of Knox
ville, Tenh.; 'Marshall Martin of
York, S. C. and six daughters,
Mrs. Cora Lee Howe of Clover,
Mrs. Essie Street, Mrs. Mildred
Warmouth, Mrs. Berdell Clark,
all of York, and Mrs. Hartsoe of
Kings Mountain. A sister, Mrs.
Jess Lanier, of York, survives.
Also surviving are 21 grandchild
ren and 19 great-grandchildren.
School Needs
Survey Planned
The Kings Mountain board of
education is expected to hold a
special meeting this week to dis
cuss joining Shlby city schools
and Cleveland County Schools in
a county-wide school study sur
vey.
Supt. B. N. Barnes said he had
not been able to gather his group
for the meeting earlier this week
but anticipates a meeting some
time later this week.
Shelby school board members
agreed Monday night to cooper
ate with the county school board
in a survey of local school needs
if the survey ix conducted by the
State Department of Public In
struction.
Shelby board members prefer
red the state survey group be
cause little expense would be in
volved.
Last Wednesday, Supt. Barnes
met with other superintendents
and board chairman in Shelby for
discussion and it was agreed that
the three boards would be ap-i
proached about participating in a
county-wide survey.
ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT
Cleveland County 4-H’ers will
hold Achievement Night Decem
ber 14th in the Shelby Armory.
Recognition of the most outstand
ing 4-H members in projects and
activities will be made. Recrea
tion and refreshments are plan
ned. »
BANQUET SPEAKER — Jim Hick
ey,; COach of the University of
North Carolina Tar Heels, will
speak at Friday night's annual
Kings Moutnain Lions club foot
ball banquet. The Tar Heels will
play in the Gator Bowl Decem
ber 28 agaihst cm as yet unnam
ed opponent
Yale Spirit
Not Foi Dogs
King!* Mountain new dog ordi
nance Will go into effect this
weeHcnd, Mayor Glee A. Bridges
said Wednesday: *, d
Reminding citizens of the ordi
nance wljieh asks dog owners to
keefc their .dogs up from 7 p.m.
until :7; a.nj-, the mayor said city
polled officers will pick up all
dogs which are 1) without col
lar; or 2) have not been vacci
nated. ’..._ -
"Vour officials are. trying to
be reasonable and ask your co
operation”, the mayor continued.
“There arc two sides to every
matter and we ask your coopera
tion”, hie added.
The new ordinance was passed
by the board of commissioners
at the November meeting. Dog
owners are subject to a firie or
30-day jail sentence if they fail
to comply with the ordinance.
Yule Buyers
Are Buying
Kings Mountain merchants re
ported a heavy upsurge in sales
this wleek.
The Christmas shopping sea
son, which beg ills traditionally
with the end of Thanksgiving, is
well underway, merchants report,
With a heavy influx of buying
noted last weekend and continu
ing heavily this week.
Kings Mountain merchants re
port themselves well-stocked with
merchandise suitable for gifts
and giving.
"We don’t have all the items
we wish we had,” one merchant
remarked, “but we have more
than we’ve ever had before.”
All types of goods are availa
ble for sale, including toys for all
ages, holiday apparel, jewelry,
and otjjer items of Christmas
season goods.
“And the prices are right,” an
other merchant commented.
Merchants are open six days
weekly and many are remaining
open until 9 p.m. Fridays until
Christmas.
Carolina Coach
To Address
Football Team
By DICK WOODWARD
Two new awards will oe given
when Jim Hickey, coach of the
Gator Bowl-Bound North Caro
lina Tar Heels, will be guest
speaker at tne annual Kings
Mountain Lions Clu > Football
banquet Friday night at the Wo
man's Club.
'Mr. Hickey, coach of the co
champions of the Atlantic Coast
Conference, being tied with the
North Carolina State Wolfpack
(Liberty Bowl-Bound), will ad
dress the Kings Mountain high
school Mountaineers, themselves
co-champions of the Southwest
Conference, though victims of a
"sudden death” playoff loss to
Shelby.
Among other highlights of thb
event will be the presentation of
the Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy,
the George Plonk Most Valuable
Player Trophy, and the John
Gamble Scholastic Trophy.
Two additional trophies which
will be given for the first time
this year, one will be presented
to the football player, who has,
in the opinion of tire reaching
staff, demonstrated superior
leadership ability throughout the
season. The now trophy will be
an annual award, presented by
thie coaches, and will be called
the Leadership Trophy.
The Most Improved Trophy
will be given for the first time
this year, and will be awardfed to
the senior player who has shown
the most improvement over last
year’s play. This trophy will be
given by the coaches.
Howard Bryant will present
the blocking award, Dr. George
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Choii To Sing
Two Cantatas
The 75-voice Junior Choir of
Shejby’s First Baptist church will
present two Christmas cantatas,
“Lo, A Star" and "What Gift
Have I?” at Kings Mountain
Baptist church Sunday.
Under direction of Mrs. Blake
McWhirter, formerly of Kings
Mountain, the choir will present
the program, by Robert Graham,
at 3 p.m. Mrs. McWhirter is the
former Melba Tindall of Kings
Mountain.
Carol Mattero, the state win-1
ner in Training Union memory
work, will recite the Lukian
Christmas narrative. Gwen Bis
sette will sing a solo, “Sweet Lit
tle Jesus Boy” and a duct will be;
sung by Bob Causby and Chris
Hudson.
Mrs. Julian Hamrick will ac
company at the organ.
“The public is cordially invited
to share with us this message in
song”, Kings Mountain Baptist
church pastor Rev. Marion Du
Bose said in announcing the pro
gram.
CITY BOARD
The regular December meet
ing of the board of city com
missioners will convene at City
Hall Courtroom Thursday, Decem
ber 12th, at 7 p.m. Mayor Glee
A. Bridges anticipates a routine
agenda.
Funeral Bites Will Be Thursday
For Mrs. Lucille Cansler Falls
Mrs. Lucille Cansler Falls, 54,
wife of Coman Falls, died Tues
day night at 11 o’clock in Kings
Mountain hospital following ail
illness of several months.
Funeral rites will toe hold
Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m.
from First Presbyterian church,
of which she was a member. The
body will remain at Harris Fun
eral Home until 2:30 p.m. when
it will lie in state at the church.
Dr. Paul K. Ausley will officiate
at the final rites and interment
will be made in Mountain Rest
cemetery. Dr. W. P. Gerberging
will assist in conducting the ser
vice.
A Kings Mountain native, Mrs.
Falls was the daughter of tho
late Thomas Canslor and Artie
Parlier Cansler. She had operated
Jack and Jill Kindergarten in
her home for many years prior
to her recent illness.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband, are her stepfather, Sam
R. Suber of Kings Mountain; one
son, Coman Falls, Jr.; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Kenneth D^vis; two
sisters, Mrs. Nftl Cranford andi
Mrs. Joe Foster; two half-sisters,
Mrs. Humes Houston and Mrs.
Carl Wiesener; one half-brother,
Robert Suber, all of Kings Moun
tain.
Pallbearers will be Harry E.
Page, C. T. Dixon, Carl P. Finger,
Harold Coggins, Hall Goforth and
Charles Ballard. • • •
Beth Planning
Firms Aie Good,
Says Officials
By MAftTlN HARMON
"I am glat* to know that Cleve
land County Is together."
This was the statement
Wednesday afternoon oy William
F. Henderson, executive secretary
of the North Carolina Medical
Care Commission.
Mr. Henderson said that his
letter to James L. Rogers, Ad
ministrator of Cleveland '.Memor
ial Hospital, was merely design
ed to encourage county - wide
planning of hospital expansion,
not to deter it.
It would be better, Mr. Hen
derson said in a telephone con
versation, if, in the future
Cleveland County (and all coun
ties) planned their expansions
conjunctively.
At the same time, Mr. Hender
son gave high marks for hospital
planning to Jack B. Norman As
sociates, Hospital Consultants, of
Greenville, S. C., who did the
planning for Cleveland Memor
ial’s expansion, and to Walter W.
Hook Associates, of Charlotte,
who conducted the survey on
Kings Mountain’s Hospital ex
pansion needs.
Mr. Henderson said the 1963
General Assembly appropriated
$1,000,000 for hospital expansion,
$500,000 for fiscal 1964 and $500,
000 for fiscal 1965. He said the
maximum available for any pro
jtect is $100,000, adding, “It
doesn’t mean that any or all pro
jects will get the maximum."
Cleveland Memorial anticipates
use of $1,500,000 in county funds
for renovating and increasing Its
present 186 beds. Kings Mountain
Hospital anticipates use of $500,
000 in county funds for increas
ing its bed capacity from 75 to
100, including addition of ancil
lary facilities, plus pouring of
footings for eventual expansion
to 200 beds.
Both units anticipate federal
matching funds, though neither
have committments from Mr.
Henderson’s agency, which must
1) endorse applications for fed
eral monies lunder the Hill-Bur
ton Act) and 2) for any state
monies which might be available.
Mr. Henderson in his letter to
Mr. Rogers, Cleveland Memorial
Hospital administrator, noted
that newspaper accounts indicat
ed an upcoming bond issue for
hospital renovation and expan
sion. He suggested funds were
limited and that surveys, as both
hospitals have obtained, should
be discussed with the state Med
ical Care Commission for a
check-out on costs and final de
termination of needs.
Reiterating he was glad to
know that the management of
the county’s two hospital facilities
were in agreement on the pro
posed project, Mr. Hendrson said
he appreciated a county’s willing
ness to work together to improve
its medical care service.
Nativity Scene
To Be Erected
A nativity scene, purchased by
retailers last Christmas season,
will be erected on the grounds of
Kings Mountain hospital this
weekend.
The Merchants Association al
so this week replaced burned-out
bulbs in the downtown Christmas
lights which burned for the first
time Thanksgiving evening.
Jaycees Plan
Yule Tree Sale
Kings Mountain Jaycees ex
pect to launch their annual
Christmas tree sale Thursday
night.
The Jaycees anticipate a ship
ment of spruce avid will offer
them for sale from the Baker
lot on East Mountain street, a
cross from the Woman’s Club.
Bill Culp, chairman of the
Jaycoe sales committee, said
the trees will be offered for
sale at $2.50. $3, a-nd $3.50.
Proceeds are earmarked for
shoes for indigent children.
METER RECEIPTS
City parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday to
taled $211.60., including $22.40
from off - street meters, accord
ind to report by City Clerk Joe
McDaniel, Jr.