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VOL 74 No. 52
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Tuesday, December 24, 1963
Seventy-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Many (Hits
Await Winner
W Baby Derby
Many prizes from Kings Moun
tain area merchants await the
winner of the Kings Mountain
Herald’s ninth annual First Baby
Derby.
To the first baby born in 1964
to Kings 'Mountain area parents
firms are preparing a bit of wel
come to him or her.
Who will be the winner and
how can he or she win?
1) Winning baby must be born
In the Kings Mountain area.
2) Parents must be residents
of the Kings Mountain area.
3) Exact time of birth must be
specified in written statement
by attending physician.
4) All applicants must be re
ceived in the office of the Her
ald by January 10, 1964.
5) In the event of a tie, awards
will be distributed at the discre
tion of a contest committee.
6) All decisions of the judges
committee will be final.
A complete list of prizes is de
tailed on two pages appearing in
Faction B of this week’s Herald.
Javid Delevie
Unwitting "Thief"
Abov.t 11 o’clock Saturday
morning Grocer Horace Hord
found his truck missing from be
hind his store and reported it as
apparently stolen.
The city officers were prompt
in recovering ii, but decided to
prefer no charges.
It was all a case of mistaken
truck identity.
David Delevie had asked the
use of the Bridges Hardware
truck to haul some tables from
the armory to the American Le
gion building. When he went out
to take the truck away he mis
took the B & B Food Stores truck
for the hardware vehicle.
Returning from the armory on
Gold street, 'Mr. Delevie observ
ed two police cars speeding up
behind him, their sirens blowing.
He, politely, pulled to the right
to let the hot-rodding policemen
pass. Only one passed, and It
stopped in front of him.
“What’s the trouble?” Mr. Del
evie innocently asked.
“What’s the trouble with you”?
an officer said frowningly.
^Everybody had a good laugh
Pnen the honest error was dis
covered, but Mr. Delevie’s could
have been more hearty, his
friends aver.
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^fcocal News
Bulletins
cSSisfiSXspuiy *
The Young People and Child.
Ten's Department o f Central
Methodist church presented the
play, 'The Light Of Christmas"
[Sunday afternoon.
ROT A RIANS
There will be no meeting the
day after Christmas of the Kings
Mountain Rotary club. Members
will be assessed the regular lun
cheon fee, with the proceeds go
ing to the Empty Stocking fund.
Meetings will continue beginning
Jan. 2.
LIBRARY CLOSED
R'he Jacob Mauney Memorial
Library will be closed Tuesday,
Wcdnoitay and Thursday. It will
reopen on Friday.
KEETEB IMPROVED
J. Byron Keeter, Kings Moun
tain merchant who has been hos
pitalized for the past two weeks
at Kings Mountain hospital, was
reported improved Monday.
I
Empty Stocking
Fund At $1481
Pastors Brave
Ice To Provide
For 84 Families
An Empty Stocking Fund of
si,481.57 will provide Christmas
cheer to 84 underprivileged fam
ilies of Kings Mountain.
The Kings Mountain Minister
ial Association, which headed up
the needy fund, said other gifts
Monday and Christmas Eve may
swell the contributions to over
$1590 and more.
A spokesman for the ministers
said today, "The Kings Mountain
'Ministerial Association wishes to
thank those who had a part in
the Christmas cheer fund this
year. It has been a success be
cause so many of the people have
helped."
The Ministerial Association has
been a clearing house for the
1963 needy project in the Kings
Mountain area. The Empty
Stocking also doubled the gift re
port ih the December 19th Herald
during the weekend.
Other contributors included:
Circle 1, Central Methodist
Church, $4.97.
Grace Methodist Church Men’s
Fellowship Class $22.00
Ray Farris of WKMT $6.00.
Leroy Blanton Laundry, Norge
Village, $5.00.
Circle 5, First Presbyterian
Church $5.00.
Total $1,481.57
Re-Zoning Request
Approved By Board
The property bounded by Floyd
street and Highway 161 to the
city limits has been re-zoned for
industrial use.
The city board of commission
ers held a public hearing on the
re-zoning petition Friday after
noon. None apeared to protest
and the re-zoning action was u
•.lanimous.
Part of the property is owned
by J. Raymond Cline and part of
it by Mr. and Mrs. George H.
Houser.
Today's Herald
Final One of 'S3
Today’s Herald Is the final
edition of 1963.
Today’s edition, in accordance
with long - standing Herald tra
dition, is advanced from regu
lar publication date to allow
Herald employees a brief holi
day.
The Herald will close at noon
Tuesday and will resume ope
rations on December 30. The
next edition will appear on
regular schedule, dated Janu
ary 2, 1964.
Today’s edition contains
Christmas greeting from num
erous business firms, feature
material on Christmas and its
traditions, and latest news
events in the Kings Mountain
area.
Howell Gets Nod
For Rural Carrier
Boyd Howell, substitute city
carrier at Kings Mountain post
office, has been recommended for
a rural carrier position by the
Bethware Democratic precinct
committee.
Bruce W. ■ Boyles, chairman,
said the recommendation of Mr.
Howell was unanimous.
’
tMr. Howell, a Democrat, is a
disabled veteran of World War
II.
He has been on substitute car
rier duty since November.
He was on the eligible list as a
result of a competitive examina
tictn.
The rural carrier vacancy was
created by the death of Bryan
Hord.
Mr. Boyles said the Bethware
committee’s recommendation had
been forwarded to Democratic
Chairman J. Clint Newton for
forwarding to U. S. Representa
tive Basil L. Wbitener.
Other members of the Beth
ware committee are Mrs. H. A.
Goforth, vice-chairman, Cameron
Ware, secretary, Clyde Short and
J. D. Jones.
Marion C. Falls Retiring Monday
Alter Near 35 Years At Postoffice
Marion C. (Hub) Falls, veteran
Kings Mountain ppstofflce clerk,
will retire Monday after nearly
35 years of service with the
Kings Mountain office. *
iMr. Falls, 66, joined the postal
staff as a substitute carrier and
clerk in 1929. when the postoffice
was located cfei West Mountain
street in the building recently
vacated by Warlick Irtsifance
Agency. The office was subse
quently moved to Battleground
avenue, and the present postof
fice was occupied in 1940.
Mr. Falls served under Post
masters, S. S. Weir, James S.
Ware, W. E. Blakely, Charles
Alexander and Acting Postmas
ter W. T. Weir.
He recalls no particular pro
blems as far as clerk duty was
concerned but says, “I used to
have a little trouble with dogs,
and guess all postal carriers do.
i i was never bitten, but I’ve had
i many a pants puff chewed up.”
i Mr. Falls “cored” one large
i pack of dogs by throwing a large
! fireendtker in their midst. "1
never had any more trouble out
of that bunch,” he laughs.
He acquired h i s nickname
“Bub” from an older brother.
“He couldn’t pronounce the
word Brother. It came out Bub
I
ber, and the nickname stuck,” Mr.
Falls relates.
Mr. Falls is a Kings Mountain
native, son of the late Andrew K.
and Irene Rhodes Falls. His wife
is the former Ruth Long and!
they had eight children, seven;
surviving. A daughter, (Mrs. Eve-!
lyn Ware, is deceased. The other
| children are Marion Falls, Jr.,
and Clyde Falls, both of Balti
more, (Md., Mrs. Lucille Bridges
Lexington, Mrs. Colleen Craw
ford, and Miss Pratt Falls, both
of Charlotte, and Mrs. Norma
Bridges and Louis (Luco) Falls,
both of Kings 'Mountain.
What’s for the future?
Mr. Falls expect*- to do some
fishing and continue his garden
ing hobby.
“I expect to keep busy,” he
said.
Postmaster Alexander com
mended Mr. Falls on his long
service and said he regretted
that his retirement time had ar
rived.
Mr. Alexander said he has re
quested, though not. yet received,
a register of eligibility from-the
civil service office at Greensboro.
He will receive the names of
j three persons eligible aid will
! make the appointment therefrom,
I the Postmaster said.
City And County
Tax Listing
Starts January 2
•Annual county and city tax
listing will begin Thursday,
January 2.
Conrad Hughes again will serve
as Number 4 Township tax lister,
and Mrs. Steve Harmon will be
at City Hall courtroom Mondays
through Fridays from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Mr. Hughes will be at Grover
on Saturdays to accommodate
citizens of the Grover area.
Law requires that all property
owners must list their properties
for taxes during the month of
January, with penalties provided
for failure to list or for listing
late.
Men between the ages of 21
and 50 must list for the $2 county
poll tax, regardless of whether
they' own other property. The city
did not levy a poll tax for the
present year.
Real estate is automatically
listed. However, transfers of reel
the city’s listing official.
The listing officials wiU be at
estate during the past >;e$r
should bie Ctfl&d to tlie 4Uenti»n
of the listing officials.
Persons must list autos, othfef
vehicles, diamond rings and oili
er jewelry, radios, television Sets;
other household goods, lawn
mowers and any personal pro
perty of value.
St. Matthews
Christmas Story
Now when Jesus teas born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days
of Herod the king, behold, the>e
came wise men from the east to
Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is
born King of the Jews * for 'we
have have seen his star in the
east, and arc come to tvorship
him.
When Herod the king had
heard these things, he was trou
bled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And when he had gathered all
the chief priests and scribes of
the people together, he demanded
of them where Christ should be
born.
And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it
is written by the prophet,
And thou Bethlehem in the
land of Juda, art not the least a
mong the princes of Juda: for
out of thee shall ixtme a Gover
nor, that shall rule my people
Israel.
Then Herod, when he had pri
vily called the wise men, enquir
ed of them diligently what time
the star appeared,
And he sent them to Bethle
hem, and said. Go and search
diligently for the young child;
and when ye have found him,
bring me word again that 1 may
come and worship him also.
When they had heard the king,
they departed; and, lo, the star,
which they saw in the east, ivent
before them, till it came and
stood over where the young child
was.
When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
And when they were come into
the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshipped him:
and when they had aliened their
treasures, they presented unto
him gifts; gold, frankincense, and
mvrrh.
And being warned of God in a
dream that they should not re
turn to Herod, they departed into
their own country another 'way.
(Matthew 2:1-12)
AMBULANCE GIFT
J. Oilie Harris, owner of Harris
Funeral Home, has donated a
1951 model Cadillac ambulance*
to the Grover Rescue Squad. The
ambulance was presented to the
Rescue Squad by Mr. Harris Sat
urday, The Harris firm has re
centiy purchased a new ambu
lance.
I
Ejr Holy nighi
Shepherds quake at the sight, ■%
Glories stream from heaven afar,
Heav'nly hosts sing Alleluia;
Christ, the Saviour is born,
Christ, the Saviour is born*
k.
Traditional Religious Rites:
Scheduled At Nine Churches
Six Services
Christmas Eve,
Three Christinas
Numerous Kings Mountain
churches wiil hold traditional
Christmas services Christmas
Eve and on Christmas Day.
* First Presbyterian church will
hold its annual Candlelight Com
munion service at 11 p.m. Tues
day night. The anthems, “Come
to the Manger'* and "Gesu Bam
biiia" will be sung by the chancel
choir and the congregation will
join in the singing of “O Come
All Ye Faithful"; "Silent Night"
and “Joy to the World,” The Sac
rament of the Lord's Supper will
1 be observed. ,
| At 11 p.m. at St. Matthew’s
'Lutheran church the Christmas
\ musical will include a candlelight
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Yule Mail Volume
Is Less This Year
Kings Mountain’s peak mailing
day was Monday, December 16,
and the second most active day
was Tuesday, December 17, Post
master Charles Alexander said
Monday.
He said potsal mailings were
already trailing off and Mon
day’s icy coating slowed postal
activity even more than normal
ly.
In the past week, last Thurs
day was the peak mailing day,
with 11,273 cancellations. Satur
day the outgoing flow dropped
to 7,683.
As has been noted elsewhere,
the Postmaster said the Volume
of Christmas mail has been less
this year, though parcel post
mailings have been ‘about the
same.”
Live Nativity
Scene Portrayed
By Grover Group
A live nativity scene made up
of 54 characters portrays the
Christmas Story in Grover.
Located across from Grover’s
First Baptist church, it will be
conducted for the fourth night
Christmas Eve from 6 until 7 p.
m. along.with a community carol
sing led by Harold Ellis.
A star hangs over a manger,
and as Grover citizens dressed as
Mary, Joseph, the wise men and
shepherds, gather to woxship the
| Christ Child, the strains o f
Christmas music fill the night.
| Sheep and other livestock stand
! around the scene.
[ The manger scene is sponsored
Continued On Fagv H
Business face
Halts, Resumes;
More Snow Likely
Those wanting a "white Christ
mas’’ apparently got their wish
Monday morning, as more than
two inches of sleet glazed trees,
homes and highways.
And the weatherman s predic
tion was for more to follow.
With only two days remaining
until Christmas, the early morn
ing hours in Kings Mountain
found a minimum of activity, ns
what traffic attempted to move
stalled on inclines. Foot power
seemed to be the safest and sur
est means.
Hut by 10 a.m. movement had
become heavier.
John L. McGill, at Kings Moun
tain Drug Company, said when
PICTURE MISSING
The icy; glaze prevented ar
rival ol two engraving* for
pictures which the Herald in
tended to use in today's edi
tion. Both were shipped by bus.
but the buses hadn't run by
presstime.
lit* came to work he felt he was
entering a morgue, but traffic
began to increase anti was brisk
Monday afternoon.
Similar reports were related
by several other merchants,
though all agreed the Monday
sales volumes would he less than
normal tor December 23.
Grocers, particularly, who sell
the bulk of their Christmas foods
in the final lew days before
Christmas, said Monday sales
would be off heavily. A trucker
for Winn-Dixie said another had
jackknifed a short distance from
the warehouse and was unable to
get his chains on.
Hus traffic up to mid-afternoon
Monday had been limited to bus
es, one from Asheville, <*ie from
Shelby.
The icy weather threatened
to cause cancellation or defer
ment of many citizens’ plans to
visit friends and relatives in oth
er parts of the state and nation.
a spokesman from the high
way patrol and highway commis
sion offices reported by* mid-af
ternoon that the primary roads
were cleared, except for some
icy spots. But both added. "We
don’t know what will happen to
night.”
But manv prior plans were be
ing fulfilled.
TTie Kings Mountain Minister
ial association was proceeding
with the delivery of Christmas
fuel clothing, food and toys to 82
needy area families, and the
Lifts club was planning to pro
ceed with its annual distribution
of food baskets to the area’s
needy blind.
The weatherman's prediction
was for four more inches of snow
Monday night in the western
half of North Carolina.
The icing couldn’t have been
timed better from the standpoint.
Among the busiest places were
service stations who did a rush
ing business both selling and in
stalling ear chains. One service
station operator Jested, “I believe
there ought to be some easier
way to earn a living.”
Lot Bids $70;
BUI Was $348
On basis of results of Satur
day’s auction, Savings & Loan
Manager Francis Whitesides, of
Gastonia, made a wj,se business
decision when he deeded the City
of Kings ‘Mountain two lots in
lieu of paying street improve
ments assessments.
The two lots on Monroe Ave
nue were bid off for a total of
$70. The street improvements as
sessments totaled $348.
clavon Kelly was high bidder
for the 298 foot lot at $50. and
Yates Harbison was high bidder
on the 50-foot lot at $20.
The bids remain open for ten
days' Xthrough December 31) and
may be raised by any citi2en in
an amount not less than five
punoem of the original bids.
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