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4 Population Greater Kings Mountain > 10,320 City Limits 8.006 TM» Hum loi OiMln (imi Mviihu Ii fcnn« Itaa tkr IMS I»f, Muatna cny Hhcwi cia.ua Tk* cat* talM Ifni to Inn Hm VnH4 Min man H ItM. Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 19, 1964 f-1 1C Pago* ID Today | I I VOL. 75 No. 12 Establishad 1869 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT*: First Blow Sunday For Thomasson Bites Conducted Here Sunday Funeral rites l«r 'held Sunday at 3 pm. h inler. SSnSJSJta «■»»'*>» «"“ fe Jonah B. inon» who | Kinga Mountain ™ ; mbod «, °ctobeL 12 in p m. «*n ThU,P“to K*S Mountain by am r„ute to *■>»** , Harbor. Fla. Mrs Thomaaaonl ha t ■ . KrAw.-n hip sometime ago ana a brokt n nip , all ta*en 5ja*K«;h—• * PaS^aTa member o( Kin** ^nt.TB.ptU.t <-hu.jh and^ charter member of King, tain Woman’s e ub. .nTwSltr M«n» Hoi Mrs. T. j. j.ipford and ly; and Ms. J »• * of Miss Margaret Kendru Kings Mountain. assjsted »e\- Marion DuBoae, ■ bv FU-v. J. B- Williams, officiated at the final rites. Heniy Nwsler Club President Veisler was elected Henry P. Neisior Mountain president •»< a KWodm.s(lay as Country C lub. »nc-. for the tho din-etor* Wil coming year. »«* liam Herndon- G|. «°SSiif aS-S^14.. c T. SJESS: jV w..« st mzxsst&z ^rkh^lde?jr'T ‘directors for Newly elW'W'l bin ri KinRcr three year teniu ^ Q plonk. Charles Mauru. • ^ g. Dix and Gene 1 imm. . 0.vrar term zv&s-gzzisr - «*• jfarris. Holdm ’ "li|||{ are C. one-y*«r term - . ,,v shufonl. T. Carpenter^- William John Smatheia. a n llerodon. Retiring directors arc W. S. Fulton. Jr.. I* A. Francis, Dr floor go Plonk iind Jim Gibson. Reports of committee ohairmrv showed the oluh enJo\ otl an ac tive year. Henry Noisier enum erated activities of the social committi-e, John Smut hers ro ported for the house committee, and Dr. George Plonk gave the greens committee report. Dr Plonk suggested. "We i.eed more space", oredite! P. M. Noisier, Sr., with superinti tiding the work of keeping the greens in top condi tion anil Jacob Cooper- for man ogfaig the club tournaments. Tolly ShufonS repor'ed that M now members had joined the dub during the year. . Treasurer Jim Gibson reported „*ross income o-- S27.-I07 and dis ^fc-sements of S27.-l.Vt. including in savings and loan pay ments on the clubhouse. The bal ance sheet showed the club’s net worth of Sl.Tft koN and total as sets of S192.73S. Tile stockholders gave a rising ovation for thiir serv'iv# to the management, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Berlin Merchants Name New Officers New officer* of the Kings Mountain Merchants Association have been elected for 1961 >65 and will he instalk*d at the annual employer-employee banquet to be held Friday. 'March 27th. at 7 o'clock at the Woman's club. Full program details will bo announced next week. Jonas Bridge!-, manager of Ra dio Station WKMT. will succeed Robert O. (Bohi Southwell as association president and Bill II. vice-president. Four new direct Brown, a director, will become >rs will also he installed. The six member lioard of directors in dudet Bill Fulton. P. II. Wilson. John Thompson. Don Dixon. Odus Smith and Mia. Llizar>»th Stew art. Tickets are en sale at the asso nation office at $2 each and tvs aliens shoul I he made with wKociation secretary Ida F. Joy by March 20. SEEKS RE-ELECTION - United States Rtpmtntatlrs Bail L Whitener. of Gastonia. AM no tice of candidacy this wook jot re-election. He represents t$m '-Ten-county tenth district which includes Cleveland Coun ty Whitener Hies Far Re-Election Hasil L. Whitener. United States representative from the tenth North Carolina district, is seek ing a fifth terns. Ftcp. Whiter,<>r wir<d from Washington newspap-rs in his <1 strict \!<>nd.i\: "I have today loru aided to the st.it.- hoard of elections my of ficial notice of candidacy for re election as a member of Con gress from the tenth Congression al district. It has hc-n a great privilege to serve the past four terms in the Congress. 1 look for ward to further service here if xiven the opportunity.” r* Tltte- (Hpanim ter ’cd three terms as eleventh district Con gressman and was elected from the -new tenth district two years ago Unopposed in the primary, he defeated K puhlica i Carroll Barringer in the general election The tentl} district includes (Ins ton. Cleveland. Catawba. Burke. Avery. Mitchell and Rutherford .counties. Rep. Whitener is thirteenth ranking majority meir.ier of the House Judiciaiy committee and ninth milking majority member of the linns,- District of Columbia •ommittee. Deadline for filing for Con gress is Krutoy. Congressman Whitener alread) hail Republican opposition in the person of II. Hall Young. Aver\ murity lumberman, who paid the l*22.i filing fee last week. Plans Are Underway Far Talent Shew Plans are underway for the seventh annual Kiwnliis club sponsored Schools Talent Show t. he held Thurseay. April 23. at S P»i. in King- Mountain higl school auditorium. Tickets to th: event will go o. sale within the next few weeks. Rehearsal will bi* held Wednes day. April 22. There will lie five divisions of the show, including Division I first nad second grades; Division II. third and fourth grades; Divi sion III. fifth and sixth grades; Division IV. seventh and eighth grades; and Division V, high school. Two Church Choirs To Sing Easter Cantatas On Sunday Kings Mountain Baptists To Sing "Easter Story" The Adult Choir <>f Kings • 'Mountain Bapt'st chuivh will sing j an Easter cantata. “ Ptu- Easter i Story", Palm Sunday afternoon I at 5:30 p m. in the church audi torium. The service js one of two plan ned in Kings Mountain Sunday. Mi*. J. C. Bridges, organist • choir director, will direct the pro ; sentation. t Members of the 17-voice choir ; are: Soprano: Mis. R. G. Franklin. • Mrs. Bill Crawford. Mrs. Harold ! Coggins. ‘Mrs. Bobby Hussey, and Miss Annie Roberts. Alto: Mrs. .Marinti Dixon. Mrs.' James Stoll. Mrs. Jack White. Mi*. Odell Benton. Mrs. D. F. , Hord and Mi* Kdith Womack. TVnor: Gene Austin, James Stoll and J. C. Bridges. Bass: Marion Williams. Dr. D. F. Hord and Marion Dixon. The community is invited to at tend the service Rev. Marion Du Bose, pastor, said in announcing the special prorram. Vhool Plans Wrap Dp In Weak ■y MARTIN HARMON Architect Thomas II. Cothran said Wednesday final plans and specifications lor the new Kings Mountain district high school 1 should be complete within the ! week. I Mr. Cothran said h-* hail con ferred this week with both the electrical engineers. Martin E. Burrows &■ Associates. Hickory, and mechanical engineers. War \ vtn S. Durlach & Associates. Co lumbia. S. C-. end stated, "There s«*ems no n*asc.n why the com plete plans won't he ready by next Wednesday or Thursday." Mr. Cothran and school officials i-onferred in Raleigh last week with officials ol the school plan ning division. Board of Educa tion Chairman James E. Herndon, j Jr., told tin- hoard Monday night [ the state officials indicated they <x>uld approve the final plans in quite short order. I "We'll begin printing the plans and specifications this weekend." I Mr. Cothran continued. He said the final drawings will require up to 45 separate sheets ! and that the l>ook of specifica . tions will require about 125 pages I He expects to prepare 50 sets to accommodate bidders. The required notice advertising ; for bids has already been drawn | an dis ready lor publication as {quickly as the final plans an* ! aproved formally. Citizens of the district have au | thorized .51.1 million in bonds for 1 the project. Go Fonrard Or Caretake Campaign Bask Issue, Judge Preyer Says By MARTIN HARMON "Do we want North Carolina growing and progressive or shall we take Ihe caretaker approach?" Tliat is the chief issue in the current campaign for governor. Richardson Preyer, one of six [Democratic aspirants for the state's top elective post, said last w-eek in an interview following his address before a ioint meet ing of the Shelby and Kings Mountain Khvattis Hubs. He had pm! rated Ihe state ment by saying the differences among the candidates are largHy ki method of attaining better roads, better r< hoots. improved ! mental health and expanded in- ! dustry and diversified agricul j tun*. He. as does Pr. I Btverly Lake, one of Ids opponents, favors a cross-state, East-West highway. Dr. Lake says he would support a S2.VJ million ound issue for that, purpose. Judge Preyer contends that this amount would be putting too many of the state's rood fund eggs in oiii' basket. thinks North Carolina can get an East-West interstate project in which the federal government would pro vide 90 percent of the funds. Meantime, Judge Prefer would sup|x>rt a bond issue to |>ave roads on which 900.000 people now reside, including the 22.000 miles of school bus routes now unpaved. lie had told the Kiwanians that the state, since 1911. has em barked on a major roaJ-improve ment effort at approximate 15 year intervals. Governor Morri- j son promoted the road program in 1921. Governor Khringhaus in corporated secondary roads into the state system in 1933. and Governor Scott sparked the $200 million secondary roads program in 1919. “I advocate a $200 to $300 mil lion road program.” he declared, i "which can be carried with no new taxes.” Judge Preyer declared schools Continued On Page Ely hi MANAGER — Charles E. Dima. Kings Mountain auto dealer, bos been named Kings Mountain area manager of the campaign of Dan K. Moore. Democratic candidate tor governor. Dixon Named Moore Manager Charles K. Dixon, Kings Moun tain auto dealer, will serve as area chairman of the guberna torial campaign of Dan K- Moore, who seeks the state's top elective office subject to the May 30 Dem ocratic. nr-itn^py Announcement of the appoint ment was made by Paul Wilson and Roy Dtdmrfri. Cleveland County ro-managers for Moore... Mr. Dixon is co-owner of Vic tory Chevrolet Company and president of City he A Coal Co., of Kings Mountain. Inc. A past pr.-sif.cnt of the Rotary club and Merthant* association, he is currently area chairman for Cleveland County of the North Carolina Alitor ■■•bile Dealers as sociation. In Mr. Dixon was recipient of the annual Jaycee Distinguished Service award. Mrs. Dixon is the former Mabel Herndon. They have two daugh ters. Connie and Joyce Dixon. Th« Dixons are members of Resurrec tion Lutheran church. CaplOnaand 95 Wednesday Capi. B. Meep Ormand. retired rail conductor, o mktvwI his 95th birthday Wednesday. In good health, he was honored by Mr. and Mrs. F’aul Noisier. Sr., at a family dinner at the coun try clul> Wednesday evening. Capt. Ormand is in hetier con dition than a year ago. He under went a cataract operation and now enjoys welching television, which he was not able to do until the operation. He reads two daily newspapers, and lives alone at his home at the comer of West Mountain and Tracy streets. Capt. Ormand. an ardrttt Dem ocrat, was at City Hal) in Kebrru ary to greet gubernatorial candi date Richardson Preyor. He is one of nine children of the late R ihert Dixon and Sara Matilda Ormand. Capt. Ormand is the eldest surviving. A brother Bert Ormand. Jr., and a sister. Miss Annie Ormand. now live at Beam's Rest Home. Cherryville. Capt. Ormand went to work for the Southern Railwav at the age of 17 in 1SS«». His wife was the late Mrs. Lil lian Allison Ormand. Surviving children arc Hugh D. Ormand. Mrs. C. T. Carpenter. Sr., and Mrs. O. 1*. Lc'\is. Anoth er son. Lloyd Ormand. died in mm. Stows To Close On Easter Monday Kings Mountain stoics will re main open 'ill tiny Wednesday. March 25th. at .< will close Caster M<*nday. March 30th. according to hv-laws of the asso- ation. Merchants Arsociat on Presi dent Robert i Robi Southwell said the police this year follows format of former years. Stores are customarily closed on Wednesday afternoons. Methodists MPraort Dubois Work The Centra! Methodist church 30-voice choir will sing the sac rod cantata, "The Seven Last Words of Christ” by Theodora Dubois Palm Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m. Mrs. J. X. McClure, organist and choir director, will direct the presentation which will launch Raster-season services in the Kings Mountain area. An organ prelude. "March to Calvary" by Maunder will pre cede the introduction. The seven words will follow: "Father, for give them, for they know not what they do.”; "Verily, thou shall be in Paradise today with me. Amen, so I tell thee.”; "See. O Woman, here behold thy Son Son beloved.”; "God, my Father, why hast Thou forsaken me?"; "I am a thirst."; "Father into Thy hands I fommend my soul”; ’And with a loud voice Jesus cried, exclaiming. It Is finished.” Rev. Howard Jordan, pastor, will pronounce the benediction. Holy Week services begin next Wednesday night and continue through Friday night at Central Methodist church. Rev. Mr. dan tffTTuse We topic. "Meaning of Christ' Death” at the Wednes. day service. The Maunday Thurs day service will be a candlelight communion service from 7:30 un til 8:30. Mr. Jordan will deliver the message on "The Seven Last Words Of Christ” at the Frida.v 7:30 p.m. service. Members of the church choir are: Soloists: Mrs. Delbert Dixon. B. S. Peeler, Jr.. Jacob Dixon and Miss Joan McClure. Sopranos: Miss Libby Alexander. Mrs. Bill Allen, Miss Bessie Bumgardnor. Mrs. Sue Dixon. Miss Winifred Fulton. Miss Joan M«<Ture. Miss Mary Alice McDaniel. Mrs. Bill Tinsley. Miss Cindy Ware; Altos: Miss Becky Dixon. Miss Teresa Dixon. Miss Teresa Me I Daniel. Miss Kay McSvvain. Mrs. W. A. Russell, Mrs. V. F. Throne burg and Miss Mary Wright. Bass: Bill Allen, Delbert Dixon, Carleton Harris and B. S. Peeler. I Jr. Senior Play Friday Night 1 The Senior class of Kings Mountain high school will pre sent “Growing Pains”, a three-act comedy by Aurania Rouvcrol, Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Miss Lillian Quinn is directing the play, produced by special ar rangement with Samuel French Lead roles will be played by Mike Royster. Joan McClure. John Tria and Coral Ramseur who portray members of the Mc Intyre family who live in a uni versity town in Northern Califor nia. Tria is cast as the Latin pro fessor and Miss McClure as his wife. Royster has the role of son George who wants a car and Miss Ramseur portrays the young daughter "with growing pains.” Other members of the 18-mem her cast of characters include': Terry Leonard. Paul Rollins. Jack Howard. Steve Royster. L. V. Brooks. Tinky Scruggs. Priscilla Padgett. Virginia Goforth, Connie Shaw. Mary Jane Matthews. Wil lie Anthony. Linda Oliver. Jim my Owens and Mary Anne Me. I Curdy. The production staff includes them- students: stage managers Fred Dixon, Glenn Werner, Sam my Mauney and Jackie Rhea; lighting and sound effects. Ken ny Steffv; student directors and prompters. Billie Ann Camp and Becky Bowers; properties, Miriam Baker. Jackie Hannon. Dora Kir eus. Martha Ernst and Cccilc Williams; publicity. Phyllis Pu sey. Mary Anne McCurdy. Jose Pucci and Becky Webster: and i tickets. Mickey Logan Houser. | Faculty advisors are Mr. Boyd. Mrs. Tolly Shuford and Mrs. Carl i Finder. K-O POLIO PROJECT — This photograph symbolize* the mass polio immunization campaign sponsored by Cleveland Coun ty Medical Society. The photograph above appears on posters de signed to promote the K-O Polio eltort on March 22 and May 17. If the campaign is successful, the oral polio vaccine which is tak snoaa lump of sugar can virtually wipe out polio in this area. Everyone, regardless of age or number of polio shots taken, may get this protection by visiting the Kings Mountain National Guard Armory. Davidson. Grover, or Bethware schools Sunday after noon from 12 noon until 7 p. m. The four clinics here are among 17S special "Immunization Clinics set up throughout sev en counties and it is expected that more than 4004)00 in the coun ties will receive the newly developed vaccine — taken by mouth with a cube of sugar. Candidate Filing Activity Is Nil Moss Continues To Consider Bid For House After a spat • «,f .ffj.-jal candi dates for various countv offices, political activity was virtually nil during the past week, Ralph Gil hert. chairmati of the countv elections board said eotly Wed nesday afternoon. IndptKl. the one piece of busi ness was an un-filing. pat Span Kler formalized his earlier an nouncement that he was with drawing front the contest with Jack White for 31st district state senator. The Kings Mountain attorney and recorder judge remains the lone senate candidate. Fields Young. Jr., remained of ficially a candidate for the state house of ivpivsentatives, not having tormal y withdrawn, as he announi'ed he was. Th<“ prospect list for General Assembly scats remained limited. John II. Moss, of Kings Mountain, remained a jaesihle candidate for the house seat Rep. Ja k Palmer is vacating. Mr. Moss said Wed nesday he is continuing to eon tact friends con.vitting his offer ing and i* anal.' zing returns from recent county contests. At th<‘ state level, a sixth can didate, Clarence M. Tart, of Ala (Continued On Page •) CANDIDATE — Charles W. (Roc ky) Ford. Number 4 Township constable is seeking re-election. He has filed notice of candidacy with the county elections board. He is a Democrat. CHURCH SUPPER The Fellowship Class of Grace Methodist church will serve sup per Saturday beginning at 4 p. m. in the church fellowship hall. Plates will be $1 and there will be a choice of southern fried, barbecued chicken or fish with all the trimmings. Call the fel lowship hall for delivery serv ice. Men of the Fellowship class have tickets. Bill-Skippers Stick Gas System $2,153 Vs. Billings Of S1.3S8.000 The city natural gas system has sustained net loss of only $2,153. >3 at the liamls of bill skippers during its more than nine years of opera! it At. The figure covers the period from January 17, 1953, when the city system went into operation, through March lt>. 1951. Total hillings during that peri od were Sl.35x.217.19. Full total of the bill-skipping loss was $2.7Ti.7l. hut $*>0.21 ot tlie amount was collected when the bill skipper* resumed roi dence her** and asked resumption of gas service. The net loss figure of $2153 includes 117 aivtsunts. The larg est is $93.37 and the smallest 31 cents. i City Clerk Joe JieDttukl uuted. ".V» prr.NOti living in King* Mountain ov«s any of tlv>> 117 accounts. li is the polity of iho oily to decline to give irrvicv un til all outstanding atvount.s are (■aid in full. The loss figure con sists mostly <>l transients who likely will not return to Kings! Mountain. A utility account loss occurs when the customer leaves the •mmuniiy with a hill outstand ing which is greater than the de posit required against non-pay ment. Gas deposit fees are $5 for hoi water healing service, $5 for cooking service, and Sl‘» for heat ing service, if a customer uses gas for all three service* the fee u SU. Sabin Vaccine Offered Free At 21 Clinics Kings Mountain area citizens will join with their Cleveland County neighbors and with **iti /ens in five o.her counties Sun dav in what is termed North Ca rolina's m<>«t n'assiv#- effort to eradicate dread infantile paraly sis. Sunday will be the first of two "K-O Polio" days in which medi eal leader* hope a minimum of 75 IN-n-ent of the population of the six < iiinties »vi|| visit neighbor hood clinics and lake the first of two doses ol tile Sahin oral polio vaccine. The treatnunt is simple: Two drops of vaccine are placed on a culx- ot sugar which the patient eats. He returns for the second dose in May anti need worry no longer that he might contract crippling polio M -st folk who have taken the Sabin vaccine report the vaccine tasteless. A feu report they de tect the threat of a lemon flavor. Tlie program, sponsors! ny the North Carolina medical society .old by county societies, is free. Citizens are invited to donate a half dollar to defray i-ost of the drug and other supplies. Dr. Frank Sineo\ noted, but. he add ed. "The half-dollar is in n.* wise required and all persons are of fered the vaccine absolutely fn-e of charge." Dr. Sincox emphasis'd that ev ery person between the ages of six weeks young and MO years old should have the newly-per feeted vaccine, regardless of any earlier Salk-type protection he may have rec«,ved. Assisting vviin program volun tarily are medical <Pk-<ors. regls rt.ivti pharmacists, nurses, many Jaycet*s and individual citizens. Serving as directors of the four Number 1 Township clinics will he Javeees Charles Blanton. John VVarliek, Bill Allen and Robert II. Goforth, Mr. Blanton commented. “We expect to have a medical doctor send registered pharmacist at all clinics.” A test run \v ill he made at Jef ferson elementary school in Shel hvThursday night for tlie benefit of the clinic staffs, when it is planned to administer the vaccine to no less than MO families. Clinks Begin Here April 16 Pre-school clinics for young sters who will enter first grade in the fall will begin for Kings Mountain arci students April 1& The following schedule will be observed: April lfi: Bethware school stu dents will report at 1:30 p.m. at the educational building of Da vid Baptist church. April 17: Grover school students will re|H»rt at 9 a.m. to the Grov er home economics building. April 20: Davidson school stu dents will report at 9 a.m. to Mount Zion Baptist church. April 20: Hast school students will report at 1:30 p.m. at the <-ducational building of Grace Methodist church. April 21: Park Grace school students will report at 9 a.m. at Macedonia Baptist church. April 21: Compact school stu dents will report at ll a m. tc Mount Olive Brptist church. April 21: West s hool students will report at 1:30 p.m. to the educational building of Central Methodist church. April 22: North school students will report at 1:30 p.m. to the health room of North school. Thumbnail Facta j On K-O Polio** Following ere facts concern ing Sunday's • K-O Polio” drive: Clinics 121 in Cleveland Coun ty* open at noon and close at 7 p.m. All jn-1 sons, age six weeks up. arc urg«xl to take the Sabbt oral vaccine. (Pregnancy is no bar to taking the vaccine.* taxation oi area clinics: Kings Mountain National Guard Armory-. Dav uison school Bethware school, Grover school, Washington l',gh school and Waco UcuicuUny school.
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