Seventy-Fourth Yeer
opnlation
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Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C„ Thursday, January 2, 1964
—m,. 76, of Hil
wu killed in an
»t near York,
noon while en
bin stepdaughter.
Bridges in Kings
Bridges
c.
S-C.Fr
route to
Mrs.
Mia.
mother, Mrs.
ty. is in Divine
ital in York where
treated for a broken
in the accident,
rice for Mr. Kern
Sunday at 4 p.m
Rest cemetery. Dr
iing. pnf-tor of St
i Lutheran church, offi
Ity Coroner A. Y.
that Kemsley. a
England, was killed
' left the road at 3:45
sy 331 six miles
k. The coroner said
apparently went to
wheel or suffered a
rat tack and his wife was
fitly dozing. No inquest
was retired from the
Naval Service.
survivors include a
in Australia; a stepson
Poythress of Virginia and
in Capetown. South Afri
Kiri9 .Mountain savings and
* r ciations again paid a
of dividends during
for December's semi
it and for the full
year
Aggregate dividends of Home
and Kings Mountain Savings A
Loan Associations were $355,045.
K7, some $64^52X7 more than the
.IMS aggregate of $290,493.00.
TMs compares with a 1961 aggre
gate of $266,023.
Thomas A. Tate, secretary -
treasurer .of Home Savings A
Loan Association, reported year
end dividends of $207,164.00 com
pared with June 30 dividends of
H.
Bridges, secretary -|
of Kings Mountain
,.A Loan association, re
year-end dividends of|
At4T<88ljB7 compared with June
30 dividends of $72,727.37.
TO fBAOfnfG SCHOOL
Robert Green. Kings Mountain i
poik-ematk is one of 32 North
Caroliniari selected to partici
fn the first training session
p operation of the drunko
He will attend the school j
ry 6-11 at the Winston -1
Industrial Education Cen-j
J. Byron Keeter’s
Rites Conducted
Merchant
Died Saturday
After Illness
Funeral rites for John Byron
Keeler, 67. Kings Mountain mer
chant for !0 years, were helc.
i Monday at 3 p.m. from his home
• a? 3X7 Crescent Hill road.
Mr. Kceter died Saturday af
ternoon at 3 p.m. following an
illness of several weeks.
A native of C rover, he was the
son of the late Dock J. and Le
nora Marry Keelor. Me was a
member and deacon emeritus of
Kings Mountain Baptist church.
A past president of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis club, he had
also served as a district governor
of Ki wail is International and as
a trustee of Gardner-Webb Jun
ior college. A Veteran of World
War I. he was a member of the
American I-eg ion Post 153 and
jwas a 'Mason, member of Fair
view Lodge 339 AF A AM.
He and Mrs. Keeter. the for
mer Mary Alston, were married
in 1919. They had owned and
operated Kreter's Department
Store for over -10 years.
In memory to Mr. Keeter Kings
Mountain retail businesses were
closed during the funeral hour.
Besides his wife Mr. Kceter is
survived by two daughters, 'Mrs.
D. F. Hold of Kings Mountain
and Mrs. Randolph Madison. Jr.
of Petersburg, Va.; a brother.
Harry Keeter of Greensboro: four
sisters. Mrs. Joe P. Wharton and
Mrs. Charles Pt arce of Green
wood, S. C.. Mrs. J. H. B. Jenkins
of York. S. C. and Mrs E. L. Mc
Bride of St. Petersburg. Fla., and
six grandchildren.
Rev. Marion DuBose officiated
at the final rites and interment
was made in Mountain Rest cem
etery’
Active pallbearers were Willi
am Scott, Ernest Horton. Lloyd
Drake. Victor Harlee. J. C. Bridg
es. and Hill Hudson.
Honorary pallbearers were L.
A. Hoke. E. W. Griffin. G. A.
Bridges. W. A. Williams. H. D
Crawford. Harold Coggins. C
Glenn White. Dr. P. G. Padgett.i
L. Arnold Kiser. L. L. Benson.
Hoyle McDaniei, Gene Roberts.
D. E. Tate. Dr. John C. McGill. B.
N. Barnes. Earl Hamrick and J.]
B. Ellis.
John
Byron KMtr Mn hold
Saturday at tht 090 at ST.
Booh Open
Again Saturday
Voter registration books will
be op«n for the final day-of
three Saturday for the January
14 election on the so-called little
federal amendment to the North
Carolina Constitution.
The hooks will be open at all
the county's 2N voting precincts.
Challenge Day is January II.
No new voter registration is
required to those who arc alrea
dy registered to vote in a general
election. The books are open for
citizens who haven't registered
or who wish to change their re
gistration from one precinct to
another.
The four registrars and polling
places in Number 4 Township
are:
Mrs. Nolle Cranford. East
Kings Mountain, City Hall Court
room.
Mrs. J. II. Arthur, West Kings
Mountain, National Guard Ar
mory.
Mrs. J. B. Ellis. Grover, at the
Grover fire station.
|\|rs- J- D. Jones. BeUiware, at
Beth ware school.'
No new registrations were re
corded Saturday in No. 4 Town
ship. the four registrars said
Wednesday.
Under the constitutional a
Continited Oh Page 8
Duncan Baby Boy
bDeAyVbunr
Here And Comity
John Scott Duncan, eight-pound
three-ounce baby boy, is winner
of both the Kings Mountain and’
Cleveland County First Baby!
Derby of 19M.
The youngster, who arrived
just 12 minutes and 30 seconds
after the .New Year, weighed in
at Kings Mountain hospital. He
is the first child of Mr. and Mrs.
Talmadgc Coran Duncan. 3150
Midpines.
As winner of the baby derby
sponsored by the Kings Mountain
Herald for the ninth annual year.
John Scott will be eligible for
prizes from local advertisers as
well as those from the baby der
by sprtosored in Cleveland Coun
ty by the Shelby Daily Star.
The youngster is the first boy
to win the county derby since!
1960 vvh-*n Ricky Eugene Taylor,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eppson Ew
ell Taylor, also of Kings Moun
i tain, took the honors. Young
Taylor arrived at 12:50 a.m. New
Year’s Day at Kings Mountain
hospital.
Dr. John C. McGill was the at
tending physician.
Other halites Mm at , Kings
Mountain hospital sine* midnight
Tuesday wen* the son of 'Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Burke of Kings Moun
tain. who arrived at 3:49 a.m.
and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kel
I ly Lingerfelt of Bessemer City,
who was born at 7 a.m. Newi
! Year’s Day.
lolly Named
To Who's Who
i Conway Jolly, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Jolly of Rutherford
trtit. former Kings Mountain resi
dents. has been named to ’’Who’s
Who In American Colleges and
Universities."
Jolly is a senior at Western
Carolina college at Cullowhce
and expects to receive the bache
lor’s degree in business adminis
tration and psychology next
spring.
At WCC. Jolly is presi(h.it of
the student body, the highest
elective office available, and was
president of his junior class and
both president and vice-president
of the Society for Advaneement
of Management
He is a I960 graduate of Ru
t her ford ton -Spindale high school.
Jolly’s mother is the former Vir
ginia Gault, daughter of Mrs. C.
! J. Gault. Sr. of Kings Mountain.
Jaycees To Make
’63 OSA Award
Itom King Winter
For Tody Pictures
Mw* Year's Day ley wealit
pmwitid arrical of too on
y ravings fot pictures which the
day^ society sactloa.
Both ptctoioo won shipped
hy has hot tho 4 pjn. has bom
Spartcatimrf, So Co itend't nui
whji jow^bm
ft Hi— thob wish lor a "whits
Christmas" as woU. also pro
moted arrival of somtal so*
provlops for which tho Herald
lotto till to ass la tho Christ.
-mj-HJm Oocoathor 24th.
City Welcomes
MewTeeilM
Now Year 1961 arrived at mid
flight. Tteaday amidst a din o
noire and gaiety hy Kings Moun
tain citizen* who braved a New
Year’s sleet storm to attend pri
vale and semi-private gatherings.
New Year's Eve revelers had to
slip and slide in some .75 of an
inch of ice which began to fall
Tuesday afternoon and continued
through the night. Tuesday's low
was 25 degrees.
As the strains of “Auld Lang
Syne", traditional harbinger of a
bright New Year, wen* played in
Kings Mountair and throughout
the nation, horns sounded and
lliere was a heavy incidence of
New Year greeting. Some citizens
didn't attAid parties, planned
before the sleet started falling.
Wednesday. New Year's Day.
was a holiday for most Kings
Mountain citizens, as majority of
retailers and financial institu
tions dosed their doors for the
day. However, there was work
underway insidr some of these
floors. Retailers were working on
year-end inventory figures and
finanrial institutions were com
piling year-end statements.
Kings Mountain students who
were to return to school Thurs
day after the holidays will have
their holiday extended because of
the weather. Supt. B. N. Barnes
said yesterday that schools will
be closed Thursday.
Alan Newcombe
Bones' Night
Banquet Speaker I
Alan Newcomb, WBT-WBTV
weatherman. announcer and
rha/«tt(. lecturer, will make the
principal Kldrm at Tuesday’s
annual Bosses’ Night banquet of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Hint's Mountain's Young Man
of 1963 will be announced as
highlight of the affair which is
expected to attract a large crowd
of Jaycees and their employers.
Dinner will be served at 7 p m.
at the Woman's club. Howard
Lutz, chairman of the committee
on arrangements said Wednesday.
Nominations for the Distin
guished Service Award for 1963
were accepted from the general
public. The winner, to be selected
iby a secret committee of citizens
over 35, will be the 10th recipient
: of the award hr re.
The Jaycee award is presented
to a young man, age 21 to 35.
who has made outstanding con
tributions to the general commu
nity welfare, has shown evidence
of leadership ability and evidence
of personal and business pro
gress. Former winners have hern
B. S. Peeler. Jr.. Grady K. Ho
ward. Everette L. Carlton, Bob
Maner. Charles E. DixiSn. Sam
Stallings. Charles Bktnton. Otis
Falls. Jr. and Donald Craw ford.
Commenting on Tuesday's pro
gram Mr. Lutz said. "Bosses’
Night is an annual feature of
Chambers thrueghout the nation.
It is dedicated to the bosses who
support the Jaycees and recognize
the value of the organization."
Some Doq Owners
Flirt With Trouble
Kings .Mountain dog owners
an* asked to cooperate with city
officials in enforcement of the
dog ordinance now in effect.
Some dog owners are flirting
with trouble in tallowing their
animals to: 1) run loose; anil 2*
overturn garbage. Mayor Glee A.
Bridges says.
The |Nilice department aiid
mayor's office are receiving com
plaints almost daily and .Mayor
Bridges issued a warning Wed
nesday to dog owners to “please
cooperate with law enforcement
officials.'*
MISSIONARY Rot. Clarence G.
Lomperis will discuss mission
work in India at Resurrection In
the ran church Monday night.
Missionary
Here Monday
Rev. Ciaronc" <«. Lom peris, Lu
theran missionary on furlough
irom India, will speak and show
slides of mission work in India
Monday night at 7:30 at Resur
rection Lutheran church.
The program is under sponsor
ship of United Lutheran Church
Women of Resurrection and St.
Matthew's Lutheran churches.
The Luthei Le; gue. assisting in
the program, will he costumed in
Indian dress and will show exhi-,
bit items from India.
'Mrs. Paul McGinnis is chair
man of the eommittce on ar
rangements which also Includes
Mrs. K. R. Goter, Miss Essie
Marie Foster and Mrs. Alma
Whitesides. A social hour will he
held after the program, to which
the interested public is invited, j
As a missionary since 1£M4,
Rev. Lomperis has done evenge
listic work among the Muslims
in the Guntur District of Andhra
Pradesh. India. During his first
two terms he was located in Chi
rala. but moved to Guntur dur
ing his third term. His work
takes him around the three sy
nods of the Andhra Lutheran
church in Guntur and except for
one co-worker. Pastor Lomperis
is the only missionary assigned
to Muslim work.
He is associated with the Henry
•Martyn School of Islamics in In
dia and it was there he had hi
formal language study upon ar
rival in Rulin. Unlike most mis
sionaries who must be able to
s|ieak Tolugit, Pastor Lomperis
mus. use Urdu.
Lomperis received his B.A. de
gree from Luther College, has
the B.D. from Lutheran Theolo
gical Seminary in Philadelphia,
and has studied during his fur
lough at Kennedy School of Mis
sions in Hartiord, Conncticutt.
concentrating ir the field of Is
lamic studies.
Leaden Give
Their Opinions
On Prospects
By ELIZABETH STEW AIT
Kings Mountain's economic
prospects for 1964 appear good,
a spot survey oi area industrial*
ists showed New Year’s Day.
The reports were similar to
those prevailing throughout the
nation.
W. K. Mauney, Sr. and George
H. Mauney, yarn manufacturers,
commented, 'We’re looking for
1961 to be good, and, yes, even
better than 19fc3.”
A. S. Alamo, general manager
of Massachusetts ‘Mohair Plush
Company's Neisicr and Pauline
Plants, said ‘There will be busi
ness available at very low profit
levels.” He noted that both Mar
grace and Pauline plants are op
erating six days a week.
Wilson Crawlord, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, ”1961
is u bright New Year and I be
lieve it will be a good one for
mercantile, manufacturing and
home construction i n Kings
Mountain. Kings Mountain l|isl
ness citizens have enjoyed a pro
fitable year ant' we have seen
the evidence of progress hi the
addition of new homes and new
businesses in town. Stores have
remodeled. New homes are being
built. 1964 looks good and I think
will even better than 1963.”
Kings Mountain Mayor Glee A. ■
Bridges was also optimistic. He
said, 'The Chamber of Commerce
and the City oi Kings Mountain
have good industrial prospects
for 1964 and we anticipate that
several new incustries will locate
here in the next 12 months.”
Robert O. Southwell, president
of the Kings Mountain Merchants
Association and an automobile
dealer, said. “Year-rtid reports 1
from automobile manufacturers
rate 1963 as the best automobile
year in history with sales of over
seven million cars surpassing a
1955 figure which represented a
record number in car sales. If
this, in any way determines what
the New Year holds for the whole
economy, the year 1961 should be
even better, t.usiness-wise. for
all.” Mr. Southwell said that local
merchants had enjoyed an in
crease ht sales in 1963 and that
he is optimistic the New Year
will surpass the year just ended.
It's Tag Thao
For Area Motorists
City of Kings Mountain auto li
cense tags go on sale Thursday.
There’s no change at City Hall
whare a dollar will get a motorist
a shiny new 1964 license tag.
bcles purchase and display city
automobile tags.
luires that Kings Moun
ns who own motor ve
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Newspapet headlines recorded * number
lews events, ome good and some bad, during the year
list ending
of
T Looking b»ck on 1963, Kings Mountain area citizens
ould see that in 1963 they generally had their share of
on, happiness ind sadness. . _
The city aid township shared with the nation the
op news story if the year. President John F. Kennedy s
ssassination atl p.m. Friday. November 22. Citizens were
limned at the rews that the young, 33th president of the
Jnited States hrl been shot to death while riding through
)allas, Texas ina motorcade. They wept. They marveller
it the composu* of Jacqueline Kennedy and sat glued to
elevision sets f the tragic event and its aftermath un
olded before tl|tr eyes.
As the boofeof Father Time closed on the year 1963,
area citizens coil look back on a year which had been
generally prospqous and good for most Kings Moun
tain citizens.
City politi
the election in
Bridges regain
City Hall. All ii
term were
Hall in the
sioner N
to the pol
e persons of
i Herndon, t
Kings Mo
Direct distant
laimed a share of the headlines with:
of a new mayor, £x-Mayor Glee A.
his mayoral post for a firth term at
nbent city commissioners seeking an
lected and two new faces came to
ns of the new mayor and Ward 4
an King. A total of 2390 persons who
Iso elected two new school trustees
rge H. Mauney, textile official, and
le waste dealer and son of a late four
mayor.
became available to Kings Moun-!
\
tain citizens in January, and school activities claimed
front-page attention all year with stories on progress and
plans for the township's projected million-dollar school
plant.
Many folk won awards and honors for various activi
ties in community and county affairs.
Several firms re-located in new buildings and two
medical doctors began the practice of medicine here and
In Grover. Har-Ray Mills began operation in Grover and
the new National Guard Armory was dedicated.
October’s mammoth Mountaineer Days attracted
throngs to Kings Mountain who lined the streets for the
town’s biggest celebration in years. Men were teased into
sprouting beards and ladies wore colonial-style costumes,
all part of the Merchants Association-sponsored promotion
commemorating the Battle of Kings Mountain.
A youth hung himself in city jail following the rob
bery of East King Service Station in early January.
Citizens were generous as usual, surpassing quotas for
fund drives and providing Christmas cheer in December via
an Empty Stocking appeal.
A review of major Herald headlines of 1963 follows*
JANUARY
Coilun Price Question Main
Blur ai 1963 Outlook Hero; DU
tancc Dialing Available Sunday;
Mailing Coats To Rise 'Monday;
Waco Sportswear Buys Building.
First Development Project Done;
Savings and Loan Associations
Again Set Record For Dividends;
Holiday Wreck Orphans Two;
Ban Bridges May Not Seek Rc
election; Board To Discuss New
Registration; Olficials Confer On
School Plans; Mias Old White,
Way? TWo Fixtures Kept. Mar-'
ket Develops For Them; Captain
Campbell, New CltUen, Veteran
Of 35 Years On Sea Lanes; Ar
chitects (iiven Go • Ahead As1
Board Locates Plant; Elections
Board Certifies Putnam As Jus
tice Of Peace; Elmer Rom New,
KecrwUion Chief; Hopper Youth
Hangs Self In Jail After East
King Station Robbery; How Long
Since GOP Won Office? Williams
Says Last Sweep In ’96; Needs
Vs. Money Available New Snag
Toward School; City Recreation
Cms* Loop Desegregated O n
Team Vote; Truitte. Alleged Rob
ber>- Partner. Still At Large--Is
Well Tattooed; Armory Will Be
Dedicated Sunday; Jaycces To
Make 152 DSA Award; Saturday
Penalty Day On '62 Taxes; 1963
Is Political Vear For City Specu
lation Talk Is Brief
Donald Crawford Is Named
Young Alan Of Year For ’62;
Whitener: Nation Must Keep
Force Second To None Other;
Baity Jofcts Mount Holly News;
Glee A. Bridge*.- File* Candidacy
For Mayor Post: Election Mat
ters On Board Agenda; Leonard
Blameless In Convict’s Death;
Board Calls Foi New Registra
tion Prior To May’s Biennial E
lection; GriffLi Heads Druggist
Club; I, Wilson Crawford Is E
leeted C Of C President; Una
voidable Accident Saturday Fa
tal To Kenneth Morris. Age 7;
City Natural Gas Billhigs Set
Record; Woman’s Club To Hear
President; Wor
Service May:
Activity Nil; Unde Joe Cole. 89
Thursday. Quit Smoking For
Good Reason; Foote Mineral
Company'Logs Fifth Year With
i
'To Assume New Pastorale.
MATCH
Rhea Seeks Re-election, Mauo
ey School Position; Carpenter
Withdraws Mayoral Rid; Heart
Fund Gifts $2„~,02; Merchants E
led Bob Southwell; Kiwattis To
Hear Hanley Painter: Funeral
Rites Conducted Tuesday For
Mr*. Virginia R. Miller. «»; Mrs.
Allerton Dies In Three • Car
Wreck, Husband And Youth In
jured: Mayor Kelly Dixon Is
Candidate I’or Re • election;
Broadened Budget. Scope Is Map
ped By C Of C Board; Junior
Women Donate Ji.yi for Defib
rillator; Dr. Her herdin': Defers
Retirbig: New School Plans Pro
mised Monday; Jaynes Elected
To N C E A Office: Carolina
Throwing Company Adds 1200
Spindles For Yam • Making;
Board To Call May Elections;
Nicholson Heads Rescue Squad:
Ben Bridges Will Not Si-ek Re
Election In Ward 4; Injuries Fa
tal To Hudson Child: C. D. Ilian
ton’s Rites Conducted; Harold
Hunnlcutt, “Mr. Kiwanian”. Is
Honored For His Long Service:
City Board Ot Commissioners
Set New Registration. Election
Dates; Cline. King. Ledford Seek
Office; Retailer Banquet Friday
Evening; Wood Jackson Rites
Conducted On Wednesday; Hern
don Heads Country Club; Kings
Mountain Proved Difficult Sun
day For Two Youthful Climbers;
$450,000 ( oxey Accident Damage
Action la Settled For 96L0OO;
* A
APRIL
School Architects Working On
Pupil Movement Problem: Can
«-cr Fund Goal $3300; VF\V E
Icvts New Oflieers; Candidate
List Remains Static: Fiber Indus
tries Announces Plans To Launch
Fourth Expansion Soon: Dainty
Dyke, 13, Champ Speller: All
New City, School Hoard Regis
tration To Start; Goforth, Plonk
Seek Re-election; Kesler Wins
NSF Fellowsnip: City Likely To
Pledge Sewage Treatment; Glenn
Campbell C Of C Secretary;
Raines Will Deliver Community’s
Annual Easter Sunrise Sermon:
Foote Posts Five-Cents Wage
Hike Followin g Five-Year Safety
Re.-ord; Jarks<ai Damage Award
ST.'sn): Candidate Scroll lias No
Additions: City Pledges Sewage
Disposal Facilities By January 1.
19t»7; Mauney Wins NFS Fellow
ship: 539 Registered On New
Pnllhooks: Petie Lynn Initial
Winner Of PPG Foundation
Four-Year Scholarship: Deadline
For Filing Is April 29; Architects
Art* Refining New School Floor
Plan; Officials Report 1353 Re
gistered; Negro Youth's Essay
Wits C Of C Contest: Jayrees
Report Bus For X Ray Unit Or
do red; Hazel Gill Fib's For Board
Post; Pearson Joining Gazette
Staff; Town Began Serving Pow
er In ‘OS Culminating Five-Year
Struggle;
MAY
Mauney Foundation Gift Starts
Civic Center Fund; Chamber Of
1
Commerce Adopts n Projects;
Late-Filing Candidates Pose Con
test For Most Positions; May Fel
lowship Day Services Set For
Friday: **atrick Chosen For Scout
Trip: Cline Unopposed. First City
Hall Candidate Home Free Since
1915: Registration Activity Quick
en: Officials Log 222S On Poll
hooks: Citizens To Vote In Bien
nial Elections On Tuesday; IT
Seeking Eight Positions, Regis
tration Reaches 3128; Cowling
Team National Champ; Legion
Elects New Officers: Junior wo.
men Win Honors; Jaycces Install
Bill Allen; Lions Celebrating 23th
Birthday At Ladies' Night Ban
quet Tuesday: Annual Kiwanis
Club Talent Show Will Be Held
Thursday At 8 P. M.; Glee A.
Bridges To Resume 'Mayoral Post
Thursday; Herndon And George
Mouney Are Elected School Trus
tees; Norman Khtg To Be Suc
cessor To Ben II. Bridges In
Ward I; Alexander Rites Held
Saturday; Dr. K. II. McGill Tb
Be Surgeon; Bridges To Recom
mend Lower Differentials On
Water Rale; Space-Gulling Time
At Hand On New School; Finals
Exercises Will Regin Sunday; E
lectrical Work To Start In June;
Campbell Wins NS F Grant;
Teacher Group Lists CompUfcite;
Throwing Firm In Major Expan
sion; 139 KMHS Seniors Receive
Diplomas; Cooper Funeral Held
On Tuesday; Barry Gibson Wins
Mess Trophy; Neal Cooper. Tere
Comtiniutd On Page g
' Headlines Record’63 Events