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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 TkU Bfnn Iw Crvatrt baft Mouaitain i, I«im4 Iran IMS Kla^i Manila e«| diiKiwr c«uui. TW dir Halts Bfan U Iron Ik* UalM Slat.. cmsas .1 I MO. VOL. 75 No. 2 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 9, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year 16 L Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS YOUNG MON OF YEAN — Hobart O. (Nab) South well. right above, accepts the distinguished ser vice award given by the Junior Chamber of Com merce at Tuooday night's Nesses* Night banquet o I 75 o he civic dub. ChadM Blanton, a fanner win and a Joyce*. presents the plaque emblematic he tenth annual award to Mr. Southwell. (Her Photo by Alex Vaughan. Shelby Star) lax listing B Beginning At Brisk Pace Pax listing is continuing at a brisk pa« o in Number I Township. iiooks an* open through Janu ary 31 at City Mall every week day except Saturday. Hours are from S a.m. until noon and 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. County t a > lister Conrad Hughes and hir assistant, Mrs Tommy Alexander, will in* at lirover on Saturdays to nrrum module citizens of the (Irover area. 'Mrs. Stc\e Harmon is at City Hull courtroom Mondays through Fridays. All property owners an* ivquir <*d by law to li it all real and per sonal property lor taxes. Males, between the ages of 21 and 30. are required to list for poll taxes. Also included in the listing must be owners of dogs. Late listers will be |M*nali/i*d and tax listers were encouraging citizens to list early and avoid the last-minute rush. f IP Meeting Scheduled GOP Number I Township pre cinct .meetings will be held at CMy Hall courtroom January- lttth at 7:30 p.m.. Cleveland County OOP Secretary Wayne Forsythe announced this week. To ttp elected are a chairman, vice-president and secretary • treasurer. The elect ion* are to be com pleted prior to the February 1 county convention to he held at Cleveland County courthouse at 2:30 p.m. A chairman, vice-chair man. secretary lrcasuit*r and oth er offices are to he namd prior to the state convention to be held Ttetoruary 2H-29 in Greensboro. Lake Vfontonia Club Obicton To Moot The annual stockholders meet iQg of the Lake MiSitonia club WUl meet Thursday night at 7:31) at the courtroom of the King* Mountain City Hall. Purpose- of tile meeting will In* diction of two directors to the positions now held by J. ; Tignor from Clcvelaiul coun and Howard Whisnanl from lilon county, and to hear re of the presided and the er. Present officers art* Hob Crock ett of Gastonia, president. George H. Mauney. vice-president and Bin H- Bridges, secretary-treas #»* i Bob Southwell Is Man Of’ 63 Jaycees lap Ante Dealer For 10th Award Ro.ert O. 'Bob) Southwell, civic leader and automobile deal «*r. is Kind’s Mountain's Young Man of l!Mi3 and 10th recipient of tin* coveted honor made by the Junior ChamiKT of Commerce. Mr. Southwell was presented the distinguished service award at Tuesday night’s Bosses' Night banquet at the Woman club. A Kings Mountain citizen for four years, Mr. Southwell was <*it«**l for his contribution to com munlty betterment, his eontribu tion to the religious life of the community and his accomplish ments in a chosen field. Accepting the award, he com mented. "I believe you've got the wrong man. I hope i’ll t*. able to do better.” A Georgia native. Bob South well has licadcd successfully nu merous drives, including the ]<MS4 United Fund campaign, is presi dent of the Merchants Associa tion and has been active in the ! Boy Scouts and Little League ; baseball activities. He is active : in First Presbyterian church. I serv ing as a Sunday School teach er and as church treasurer. He owns and operates Southwell Ford on Sltelby road which re cently occupied a new building. He is father of two children. In an address interspersed with hits of humor, Alan Ncwcomhc. public relations director of WBT V of Charlotte, philosophized that "happiness is that feeling which accompanies the expansion of personality." Elaborating that “work, play and love” are the prerequisitics for the happy life, he told Jay cees <uwl their guests, “Don’t take yourself too seriously or your work. Every jol; has drudgery but the key is the satisfaction in your work. We are just as ignor ant of the laws which make us happy as issiple ever wetv, per haps more so.” Mr. Newcombe continued. “You can sat* many driving through life with the brakes on. yet won dering why the brake lining burns out.” Howard Lutz.t chairman of the Bosses’ Night committee, pre sented Mr. Newcombe. Jaycec President BUI Alim presided and recognized employers of Jay cees The Jaycee DSA award is pre sented to a young man, age 21 to 35, who has made outstanding Cow tin nod OmP*0e » TRANSFERRED — Mr*. Omit R. Smith has bssn transferred from the Shelby office of Thomson A McKinnon stock broket* to the Charlotte firm. SPEAKER The Rev. James Y. Perry. Jr., executive secretary of the Dio- ; «■»' of Western North Carolina.: will be the KUfst minister at Trinity Kpiscopal church Sunday ■ morning. Rev. Perry will deliver the 10 a.m. morning address. 90-Year-Old Lather Ware Died Saturday Final rites for Franklin Luther Wan. ?»:. longtime Kings Moun tain citizen. were held Sunday ifternoon at 2:3f) p.m. from Har •i* Funeral Home Chapel. Di. W. L. Prea*l>, pastor of ’«)it Memorial ART- church of vhich Mr. Wan wav a membei, officiated. Intermen’ was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Ware died Saturday morn ing at hi; home aftei an illness o several years. A native of Cleveland County, M Ware was the son of the late M . and Mrs. William Krvin Wan lit \va a retired earpenter and ‘wilding contractor. Mrs. Ware. the former Mary Brown, died Jul> 1953. Sun ivinjj art two sons. Brown War, and Franklin L. Ware, Jr., >o h *>? Kings Mountain; two daughters. Miss Annie Mae Ware Kings Mountain and Mrs. J. Dixon Le.sslie of Fort Mill, S. (\, and eight grandchildren. Active pallbearers were J. D. 'lambrighi. Myer- Hamhright, Frank Rolls, Arthur Davis. David Purslej and William Caveny. CAOCSets Dinner Meeting Second dinnci meetiii;; of the Cleveland County Government and School Officials organization it! scheduled Mi nday night at 7: *1 P-tn. at Hotel Charles in Slid hy. Kings Mountain Mayor Gli*e A. Bridges. city commissioners and school officials art* ex|»eeted to attrtnd. I Jo: It the mayor and Supt. B. N. Bami's ate members of a steer ing committee of county govern ment an«l si-hool officials who an* preparin'' aplication for a coun ty North Carolina Fund project. A statistical survey of county poverty problems is underway by tin* CAOG anti the i-ot.imittee's project plan, in skeleton form must !»• presented at Monday night's meeting Mavney Firm Leads Donors Mauney Hosiery Mills, with a total «>f 25 donors, was leader in She number of industrial donors for the Bl<>< dmobile at the Wom an's dub Monday. There was a total of 106 donors for the visit. Margrace Mill, with 16 donors, was second, followed by Carolina Throwing Co. with 11. Foote Min eral Co.. 7. Sadie Mill, 4, Lithium Corporation, two and Burlington Mills and Shannon Ltd., one each. Those donating blood were: Mrs. Dorris B. Kay. Max Bolin. William J. Kay. Charles McSwain, David G. Gibbons. TThomas Ilucker. Mrs. E. R. Goter. Ray Cline. Elmer G. Ross. Mrs. Irene Hicks. Mrs. B. D. Bell. Lloyd D.1 Early. Annie Laura Robinson. Mr. Mitchem. Mrs. Dorothy Arrowood. Mrs. Carol Miller. Martha Houser, Jerry L. Lockridgc. George La-1 Continued On Pane S Kings Mountain Citizens To Vote On’little Federal" Issue Tuesday Kin^ Mountain arm cili«“ns amt othrr North Carolinians will |*o to the polls Tuesday to vote for or against a so-called little federal amendment t • the North Carolina Constitution. Registration activity here at No. I Township’s four precinct* has been minor with only a hand ful of new registrations. No now registration is required to those who are alreaoy registered to vote in a general election. Chal lenge Day is Saturday. The four (Milling plaits which open at G:?* A.M. and close at 6:30 p.m.. are: East Kings .Mountain. City Hall courtroom. West Kings .Mountain. National Guard Armor). Grover, at Grover fin* station. Iicthware. at Uethware school. Under the constitutional a mendment proposal. North Caro lina voters will determine wheth er the General Assembly mem bership remain'- as it i*. with 120 members of the House of Reprc Continued 0« Pngs I HEADS SQUAD — Pa bright I o< tba FOUM ui£ IN CRASH A Kings Mountain mo ther. two teen-age boys and an eight-year old boy died in this car when it collided with Southern Freight No. 663 at the Gold street crossing Satur day night at 7:25 pjn. An 11-year-old hey was the •o.jo survivor ci the crash. colled Kings Moun tain's “worst in years" by law eniorcemcnt of finals. The th<'iren vere enrcute to see a movie. (Herald Photc by jim Underwood. Gastonia Ga zette) Commissioners Decline To Call ABC Beierendnm Ralph Gilbert, Shelby insur ance and real estate agent. said this week that |»etitions To se cure names of at least 2.8HH qual ified voting citizens are being circulated to call for a referen dum on ABC stores in Cleveland County. The Cleveland County board of commissioners Monday denied Gilbert's request for a referendum after a delegation of 130 citizens, including numerous ministers and others front Kings Mountain and Cleveland County. ap|>eared at theii regular session. Shelby Attorney C. C. Horn in formed the commission that a |»e tirion signed by 13 percent of the number of registered voters vot ing in the last gubernatorial elec tion would by law require the referendum to be called by the hoard of elect ions. Since IK.6670 voted in the I960 election for governor, the petition would lta\e to bear at least 2300 signatures, S|>eaking in opposition for an ABC referendum were Rev. R. M Hauss. Hamid Caushy, Rev. Mit chell Faulkner. Dr. E. Eugene Poston. Re\. Fred Crisp. Rev. I) W. Digit. Rev. Cline Borders. Rev Ernest Smith. H. L. Stewart and County Comm. Hugh Do\er. Gilbert told the commission ers. "What we’re asking is for the people's right to decide whether we want legal control of whiskey or whether we want to leave it in the hands of boot leggers." A delegation from the Kings Mountain Ministerial Associa tion. opposed to the referendum, attended the county commission meeting. Comm. Dover, who said on Dec. 16 that he was against the ABC referendum, said, "I am not against the people's right to vote But I am against something that isn't good for the people. I had at least 100 phone calls after mv stand was printed in the news Paper and three of them were against me. I don't thiaik there* any way to control liquor except to keep it in the bottle. I'm for anything that’s right and I'm against anything that's wrong." Drag Slot* Begins Renovating Work Kings Mountain Drug Com p*ny. Kings Mountain business citizen, has begun a renovating program whi<h is expected to be completed within a week or 10 days. Relighting, re arranging of the food service area, added display space, and new flooring is includ ed in the plans, Charles Blanton, partner in the firm, said this week. City Floor Service holds the contract for the new fl«»orin« end Ramsey 'Manufacturing Company of Charlotte is i <1 charge at other work. Crash Survivor Is Doing Weil Saturday Wreck At Crossing Takes Four Lives Eleven-year-old Richard Hayes, lone survivor if an .< t itnobilo tram crash Saturday which took the lives of his mother and three youngsters, is “doing well’’ at Kings Mountain hospital, it.* i: tending physician said Wednes day afternoon. Young Hayes, suffering fi ,m . cerebral rincu*si<4i, is *-.\|m-« ted to be discharged from the hospi tal in aiiotit a week. His father. Ralph Have', told the child early this week that I. - mother, brother and two friends died in the Saturduv night trace tly. Th»- youngster, able t • t»e out of bed Wednesday afternoon, ha captured tho hearts of the mu - ing staff, "lie’s just a doll and is adjusting well”, one staff mem ber commented. James E. Dellinger, cab driver. reports that he was s\un.. u lus cab at the Price C'ah let wh. !t is located at the corner of IJattli ground Avenue and East Hold Street, at the time of the 7: go crash. “1 looked down the tracks a> the train approached the Cold Street crossing.’’ said Dellinger, ’’and saw tho light from the !«»>•»»■ motive”, he added. Dellinger said that In* didn't hear the train’s whistle until the tram was in the middle- of the bliM-k which separates Cold ai I Mountain streets. Dellinger wa.- one -f the first at the scene of the aivident. and reports that he and several oih CoMflMKCrf Oil Pllftl » PRESIDENT — n. s. Lennon nas oeen installed as president oi ihe Kings Mountain Kiwanis club lor the coming year. He succeeds Grad) Howard. Lenn 3ii Heads Kiwanis Club 11. S. Unite.' K !':> M<‘ 1 > • banker, was installed a picat dent of t!m Km ants CUi > at the regular meeting of t i:« • * lub Thursday night at the Woman's Club. Other officers installed in a service conducted b> Dr. W-h«I row Sug >s. Suj.'t *>f the Gastonia city schools, were W S. Kullrttt Jr . first vice president; Glee K Bridges, second vice president; Charles !.. .'lev a tutor. secret ary: John L. M.-Gill. treasurer, and directors \\ C. IJallew. J C. Bridges, Dun M. l inger. George (Continued on Page Eight) Longtime Citizen Henlde McGinnis Died At Age 88; Rites On Wednesday Funeral rilot for William Hon kl«* McGinnis, SS. Kings \li on tain merchant anil loni;i:mo citi /cn, wen* hold Wednesday ii I p.m. from SI. Matthew's Lulhe ran church of \> Inch he was a member. Mr. McGinnis sucoumlied To* - da> morning at l o'clock at Kings Mountain hospital, lie had been in declining health for sev eral years. A | n't er hi McGinnis Furni lure Company, h«> was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel McGinnis. He was a native of Gaston County. Survivors include his wife.'M; ». Iva Harris McGinnis; seven Odell McGinnis of Gastonia. Don ald McGinnis 01 Gaffney. X C. Paul McGinnis, Hubert McUuuus, K'chard MiCnftiis. William Me i-i.iin;.- and James M.ihnms ail is to ■ l!\f daughter' Mrs Kdxx i <1 (ion/alis <*! Plain Held. New .)« --y. Mr». •la. k Whetslni. .f Meviidria. Va ., Mrs. I.ou.- s.iim-u;.. of Rock 11 ill. S. Mi' llt-imail Kaglt- of Kannap.hs an.* Mrs. Carl Saw yer id Chail'lti A brother. lblv rx Mi < limb*. o' Kin 's Mountain, surxiee*. Also surviving art* 2s grandi'hildren and two great grandchildren. Dr. \V. P Gcrlierdiiig officiated at the final t ies ami interment vx as made in Mountabi Kent cem etery. Aetixe pallbearers were L. Ar r <ld Kisi■ >;, Rax l line. B-*n II Bridges. Glee Kilxxm Bridges, Carl Maxmvy ai.d A S. Kita. Uty Board To Gather Thursday (fight •Mayo: v.i«-«- image* nas written Southern Railway Com pany officials requesting tha: the railroad install warning device* at the tild st. crossing which Saturday nigh! claimed four v.c tuns or a car-train crash. The mayoi . nu Wednesd »y he had not had a reply ti un Suj.-t. -. nan of Southern's (Jieen v lli( , S. C. off.e*s. At r.ut: -day night's regular Ja.uriy wt'tiip of the board of t> commissioner*. Mayor Rrid said new ou'-J ash that the i .aid enforce a-. irdinanry which would, in effect, enforce a 35 mile |HT-hour sj»eed limit on trains passing through King* Mountain. lies aid he will suggest “that the resolution he enforced only if warn.tg signals or protective devices ate not installed at the crossing.” Mr. Bridges’ letter to Southern Railway stat.ng "the town's con is-rn” was, he said, mailed during the weekend. Thursday's commission mi-eting at 7 p.m. is expected to he a rou tine one with only a 'brief agen da p la riled Year-end ivports are <-x| ccted to In- received, as well as other items ->f routine busi ness. Dellinger’s Rites Condnrted Funeral rite.; for Arlie Carl • Red i Dellinger .*>7. were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from First Presbyterian church of which he was ;• member. Mr. Dellinger died Friday af tern «i;i in the Kind's Mountain hospital following an illness of several weeks. A native of Lincoln C lunty, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mis. R..lici t F. Dellinger. He was a veteran of World War II and a Mason. A salesman for Craw ley Chevrolet Company of Shel by, he was forme*! ly employed as a salesman here f »r Victory Chevrolet Company. Surviv.n.' arc his wife. Mrs. Jfoe Fall; Dellinger; and two sis ters. Mrs. William Wilson of Winston Salem and Mrs. J. A. Connell of Charlotte. Dr. Paul K. Ausley officiated at the final rites and interment was made in (laston Memorial Park. A. t.vc pall.vearers were Cicero Falls, w. W Crawley. W. O. lirantham. Harry Page. Bill Hr iwn and Paul Carter. Clark To Spook To Local Rotations State Serial *r David ('lark of Lincoln County will present his views on the “little federal" a mendme.it Thursday at a meeting •' iiie Kings Mountain Rotarv , lab. Ilotariatis will gather for a lunelieon meeting at 12:15 at the Country Club. Senator Clark is an advocate of the "little federal'* amendment on which North Carolinians will vote January 1 Ith. Development Group Sets Area Mooting Kings Mountain Negro citizens have organized an Area Develop* ment committee aiid htir st'he duled a meeting open to the pub lie Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. at Kbetie/er Maptist church. Put poses of the moe(|ng. ae* cording !.» Rev. R. D. Lucas, com mittee chairman, are: 1> to in lorm the public on jobs; 2’ better living c inditions; 3i education and I’ s.!io»| drop-out problems. Interested Ke:gs Mountain arva citizens are invited to participate, Rex. Mr. Lucas said in announc ing the meeting. City Taqs On Solo At Clerk's Office Kings 'Mountain auto owners may purchase their nexx city au to tags for $! at the office of City Clerk Joe II. McDaniel. All in-city outlets of autos art* required to purchase the licenses not later than February IS. The law also requires their display on the auto. Penalties are prescribed for those who fail to buy and fat late-ui> ins
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