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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL. 75 No. 14_Established 1889
KingsMountain, N. C., Thursday, April 2, 1964
Seventy-Fifth Year
Pages
Today
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PRICE TEN"CENT
Sixth Grader
Bill Herndon
Champ Speller
William 'Bill i Herndon. West
school sixth v\atler and son ol
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hern
don. is Kings Mountain spelling
champion.
Young Hemoon will represent
the city in the Charlotte regional
Spelling Bee to Is- sponsored by
the Charlotte C>l-server April 17th
in Chat lotto. As Kings Mountain
winner he is recipient of the F. R.
Summers Spelling Medil present
i-d annually by First Union Na
tional Rani: in memory of the
late President Summe/s.
The spelling champ \ .»■»! with
students from all schools in the
area Wednesday afternoon in the
schools administration building.
Other studi tits competing were
Sharon Hold from Grover school;
Reed Norton from Park Grace
school; Wanda Biddix from Beth
wan* school; Jerry St awls from
North school; and Douglas Ses
som from Has! school.
Rob«*rt M. Kennedy, principal of
Fast school, was oronouneer.
Judgc*s were Mrs. Winnie M. Still
from Hast school; \l*s. Sarah
Simpson from West school; Mrs.
Willie P. Paiterson from Park
Grace school; Mrs. Martha
Scruggs front Grove,- school;
Principal R. H. Bryant from
North school; and Mrs. .lane Hen
son from Beth ware school.
Heart Attack
Fatal To Goins
Funeral rites for Bovee (Dutch!
(loins, 52. wen* held Monday at
4 p. m. from Second Baptist
ehurclt. of which he was a mem
ber.
Mr. (loins, a driver for Burton
Cub Company, suffered a heart
attack Saturday at the wheel of
his automobile and was pronoun
ced dead on arrival at the ho*,
pital at 1:30 p. m.
Coroner J. Ollie Harris said an
cutopsy revealed that death was
attributed to a heart attack. Mrs.
Jack Bryant and daughter. Judy,
were passengers in the Burton
Taxi. Mrs. Bryant said Mr. (loins
suffered the attack while driving
north on Battleground avenue
and that (loins’ cab ran through
a traffic light and hit a parked
car in which Mrs. Frankie White.
Mary Ann White, age IS months,
and Bryan White, age three
years, were waiting for the rod
light to change. Tin* taxi came
to a stop at the railioad railing
on Battleground avenue.
(loins died enroute to Kings
Mountain hospital and all pas
sengers in both ears stiffens!
minor injuries and were given
first aid and dismissed at the
hospital. Coroner Harris said.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Rosaleen Hudson (loins; three
sons, Boyce (loins Jr. of Gastonia,
Michael (loins of Kin ts Moun
tain and John (loins, student at
UNC at Chapel Hill; five daugh
ters, Mrs. Emegene Brown of Aik
en. S. C., Mrs. Maxine Flowers
of Bessemer City. Mrs. Barbara
Miss Karen (loins, all of Kings
Miller. Mrs. Diane Dellinger and
Mountain; three brothers. Bright
(loins of Everett, Washington,
James (loins of Pueblo. Colo., and
W. E. (loins of Kings Mountain;
and seven sisters. Mrs. Louise
Collins. Mrs. Helen Williams and
Mrs. Oveda Wiggins, all o f
Shelby, Mrs. Frank H»»per and
Mrs. Kusseell McAbee. both of
Kings Mountain. Mrs. (Irate
llomeslcy of Chcrryville and Mrs.
Gertie Haynes of Anderson. S. (\,
and nine grandchildren.
A native of Cleveland County,
Mr. Goins was the son of the late
Mr. and Mm. Martin Goins, lie
was in apparently good health.
Rev. George Julian, assisted by
Rev. Harold Ivloder. officiated
at the final rites and interment
was made in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Baptist Set
Revival Service
Kev. Char If!. Chilton ol Fop
ping. Va. will U* evangelist fur
revival service., April 13-19 at
KinRs Mountain Raptiu church.
Smirw will h« nightly at 7:30.
Ortlagp prater meetioRS aw
being held in the ham<*s of vari
ous members, this week, includ
inR:
Tuesday. \ii.rch 31*1 at the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hold
and Mr. arid Mrs. Clay von Kelly.
l-Yidav. April 3, at 7:.’*0 p.m. at
the homes of Mrs. B. O. Weaver
and Mrs. C. C. Edens.
Tuesday. April 7th. at 7:30 at
the homes of Mr and Mb*. Harold
Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. Bob
b^ter ♦
FOOTE WINS AWARD — Charles S. Burns, left above, represen
tative of the American Mining Congress of Washington. D. C. pre
sents a certificate of merit to Neil O. Johnson, manager of Foote Min
eral Company's Kings Mountain Operations, for “outstanding ac
Movement in completing six years without a lost time accident."
Foote Celebrates
Award For Safety
EVANGELIST — Bey. Huel Mar
of Belmont will load a week of
evangelistic services beginning
Sunday at Macedonia Baptist
church.
Macedonia Series
Begins Sunday
Macedonia Baptist church on
Grover road will be taking part
in Baptist Simultaneous Revivals
of the Kings Mountai-i Baptist
Association i-eginnin:; Sunday
night and continuing' through Ap
ril 12th. Rev. U ayne Ashe, pastor,
has announced.
Rev. Ilucl May. pastor of Unity
Baptist church of Belmont. \\ill
bo visiting evangelist for the ser
vices which xx ill begin at 7 p.m.
nightly.
Douglas Ledlord. church music
director, will la* in charge of mu
sic for the services and special
music will *>e rendered by the
choirs of the church each night.
Nursery facilities will be provided
for children oi nursery age and
the pastor said the interested
public is invited to attend these
services.
Welding firm
Has New Name
Rivcntly expanded Kings Moun
tain Welding and Fabrication
Company beet me Maple Loaf
Steel Company, Ine.. on Wvdnm
day.
T. 15. Yarbrough, president,
wrote customers of .he name
change anti toncurrcntly com
mented on the addition of flooi
space and fale icating tools.
The building, located on U. S.
east near the elty limits, has heen
expanded by :>!«('. square feet, and
a plate shearing machine has
been installed.
Mr. Yarbrough also announced
that Tliomas Moore, formerly
with I’eden St. el Company and
Southern Engineering Company,
has joined Maple Leaf as sales
engineer.
Mr. Yarbrough said, “We now
have facilities for shearing, roll
ing, burning, welding and many
other services.'*
No Loss Time
Accidents
h Six Years
<
Foote Mineral Company was
pent tiled a Certificate of Merit
Award Thursday afternoon by
American Mining Congress repre
sentative. Charles Burns, in re
jcognition of the company’s six
! vear safety record, which the
employees achieved by logging
11.252.474 man-hours working
I time without a lost-time acci
| tlent.
Burns w as guest speaker at the
I annual company Barbecue which
was held at tin* plant meeting
hall.
Burns, speaking to over 100
employees of the Kings Moun
tain plant, piesented the Certi
ficate of Merit to plant President
Neil Johnson. The award reeog.
ni/ed the plant's 1,252.474 man
hours worked without i loss-time
accident for the period ending
February 12.
"Employee* have to think
safety to have safety". Burns
said, and he adik*d that upon
observing the emplovccs at Foote
Mineral, he discovered that one
of tin* major reasons for the lie
mendous safety record was the
fact that the workers expressed
| a respect for on -the- job safety.
Seven of tr*e company's em
ployees were awarded 10-year
safety pins. Those receiving the
pins were: Wray Canipe. Kill
Itamsev. ,\. c. Lockhart, Henry
Gilliland. . Leander Parker
James Korer. and Ralph Flow.
Three employees receiv«*d 2
.vear safety pins. They were:
James Seism, Kay Smith, and Jet
Parker.
American Mining Congress re
pcscntative Burns is a native of
Charlotte, and works out of the
Congress’ main office in Wash
ton. D. C.
The American Mining Congress
coordinates the efforts of mine
o|tcial<.rs and mining equipment
manufacturers in stimulating
progress in mining practices and
Ccntinucd on Page 8
Glass Can’t Offer As Republican
C of C Group
Recommends
Metex Changes
Wilson lirifbn, Kins'' Mountain
pharmacist, has b«vn named
< ha;i man of a six-member traffic
<■« mm.tiff u» the t'ham ter of
Commerce.
The ncwly-f -rmed Traffic com
mil;***' in M its firs* meeting
Thursday and voted to recom
mend <i\ suggestions for traffic
impiovements to the ity ooard
of iommi.'.sio.K is. including:
It c invert tr.c loach tg /one in
front of Xeislei Broth -is. Inc. on
W. Mountain street to u 12 min
ute parkin;; area and install a 12
minute parking meter.
21 discontinue the annual ren
tal of two parking spaces on W.
Mountain street n >w rented to
First I’nion National bank and
install two 12 minute parking
meters.
3> comeit the one-h >ur meter
in Iront of Bclk's Department
Store t-> a 12 minute s|> e e and in
stall a 12 minute meter.
1> install five one-imur meters
on the Mountain Street side of
Joy Theatre.
51 establish a loadin'; /one on
the Mountain Street side of Vic
tory Chevrol»t company and two
one-hour parking meters.
di establish a loading /one in
front of Phifer Hardware’s Cher
okee street location.
Other members of the traffic
committee are Chamber Presi
dent, Bob Maner. Bill H. Brown,
Charles Dixon. Ralph S. Ware
and Joe H. McDaniel, Jr
Package Mailing
Now Costs More
Higher rates lor parcel post
mail went into effect at Kings
Mountain jmisi office a.id through
out the n.<ti »n Wednesday.
The parcel jmisI increase ap
prived recently hy the Interstate
Commerce Commission and aver
aging about 13.1'. is e\pectpd to
yield about TTY I million annually.
Catalog rates will be increased
approximately 13'. and will pro
duce added re-.. nue of about S2.-I
million if 1962 volume is main
tained.
The higher rates do not affect
air par-el post or international
l>ar(vl post.
The last parrel post increase
w as on Februaty 1. 10«jt).
Legion Post
To Meet Friday
Regular meeting of Otis D.
Green Post 155. American Legion,
will be held Friday night at 7
o'doik.
A fm* ham.wrger will be serv
ed members following the mind
ing, when nominations for post
offioes lor the coming year will
1m- invited by the membership.
The nominating committee, of
which J. T. McGinnis, Jr., is
chairman, has nominated the fol
lowing:
Carl Wilson, commander; Da
vid Delevic. flr>t vice-commander;
T. W. Bryant, second vice-corn
mandcr: Gene Wright, sergeant
at-arms: John Gladden, historian
Grady Howard, service officer;
Franklin Ware, ehaplai-i; Jo<- Me
Daniel. adjutant; and Yarded
Neal. Fred Wright. Jr.. John Dill
ing. Ken ilarr.in. and Charles E
Dixon, member:' >f the executive
committee.
Annual election will in* held in
May.
It's Official: New Comitywide
Registration Ordered By Board
The county elections l>oard.
shortly after it« members wore
sworn to a new two-year term of
office Saturday formally order
ed a new county-wide registra
tion in all of the count'* s 2s vot
ing precincti.
Because of the new registra
lion, the resignation period will
be one wee!: longer than is cus
tomary.
For the forihcomin,: May 30
primaries, registration ;«oks will
open Saturday April 2o. and wiM
remain open through Saturday.
May 16. Saturday, May 23. will lie
challenge day.
Chairman Relph Gilbert said
the elections hoard will install
the card indev system to speed
i voting at the larscr picciucU,
| but will not adopt tho so-called
[■‘permanent" ngistrati-n system,
which permits registration at ali
times during the year, < \ivpting
a 21-da.v period proc.-d.ng elec
tions.
The formal r ew registration de
cision of the elections hoard, pre
viously indicated, means that no
citizen will lx* eligible te vote in
the May primaries un.css he re
gisters.
On the da> the books ojien. the
present resist ration lists will be
null and void.
Other memb« rs of the elections
hoard are (tcorj,- Thomasson, of
Kings Mount*.n. like Chairman
Gilbert a DenvxTat.and John lie
Braycr, of Shelby, a Kepublioan.
1
Architect Cothran Reports
High School Plans Complete
PROMOTED — Woodrow Mom.
top abev*. and Dewey Caldwell
hare won promotion* (dm Mas
sachusett* Morair Plush Company
Neisler plant.
Mchaii Promotes
Mom. Caldwell
T» n veteran employees of Neis
ler Mills Division of Massachu
setts Mohair Plush Company won
promotions recently, according to
announcement by A1 Maino, gen
eral manager.
They are:
Dewey Caldwell, veteran of 3:»
years ser\ ice. was promoted to
supervisor of the Winding anil
Twisting Department.
Woodrow .Moss, formerly super
visor of the Winding anil Twist
ing Department, was promoted
to the position of personnel direc
tor succw*ding William F. «Hill *
Laughter. Mr. Laughter has join
ed the Kings Mountain Postoffice
staff.
Mr. Maino said the new promo
tions were effective this week.
Both Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Moss
are Kings Mountain natives.
| Mis. Millei
Dies Suddenly I
Mrs. S. R. Miller. Sr., mother
of Winston Miller of Burlington
and well-kown to Kings Moun
tain citizens, died suddenly Wed
nesday morning at her home in
Knoxville. Tenn. of a heart at
tack.
Mrs. Miller was mother-in-law
of the former Peggy Arthur of
Kings Mountain.
Widow of the late Dr. Miller.
Tennessee surgeon. Mrs. Miller
had apparently been in good
health.
Funeral rites will probably be
held Fiiday in Knoxville with in
terment following in Crystal Ri\
Faith Baptists
Set Open House
| Faith Baptist church will hold
open house Sunday and the com
munity is invited to visit the new
sanctuary and parsonage.
Hours of open house are from
2 until 1 p m.. Rev. O. P.. Costner,
pastor, said in issuing the invita
tion.
A week of special evangelistic
services will c!ose Sunday night
at the church. Rev Mr Costner
said. Services have been held
nightly each week with Mr. C>»st
tier filling the pulpit each eve
talus
Quick Approval
Anticipated
Here. Raleigh
Architect Tit mas H. Cothran
said he ho|M‘<l (ompiilr plans and
ippciflcilions lor the nr'v Kin :s
Mountain district high s. hool will
«o to Raleigh for approval of
state officials Friday and that
l«*vri*I advertising for teds would
begin Monday or Tuc.-alay.
The electrical c‘npim*,r deliver
td his final plans to Cothran in
Shelby late Wednesday ..ftei'tioon.
Meantime, he reported, printing
of specifieation- for general eon
st ruction. plumbing. heating and
cooling installations was iiring
completed in his office.
He said mechanical engineer
ing work us complete.
Minor changes w«*rc i.c.-essitit
ed over the 'veepend in the dec
trical plans.
Bid notice's must he published
for a 30-day period Should they
be advertised starting Monday,
bids coulcl he received •> May c>.
Under the* current plans, the
Kings Mountain board of educa
tion will appnve the final plans
and specifications on •<* eipt and
will deliver the plans to tin* state
department of .school planning in
Raleigh in person. Momentary
approval is anticipated. Ndvertis
iog for bids will proc ed imme
diately'.
Mr. Cothran said sis firms, in
advance of the hid notice, have
already informed his office they
wish to obtain plans in order to
bid for the general contract.
School district citizers author
ized borrowing of SI 1 million for
the* new high school plant which
will tie located on a 73-plus acre*1
site on Phifer road.
Tickets On Sale
For Club Barbecue
Kings M ■unt.iin Optimists a tv
soiling tickets ‘or n Big Barbecue
to ho hold all day Api il 10 and
April 11 at tho clubho !-.• for ln*n
ofit of tho club's boys' \»ork pro
gram.
Proceeds are also earmarked
"Optlir.ist Bus Fund”. Tho club i
recently purchased a t activity
bus for community use by civic
clubs and youth.
Barbecue plates at SI will bo
sold front * a.m. until 12 mid
night both da\< and ior delivery
service orders may be placed by
calling 739-Ts?:’ Barbe uo plates
will lie available to personnel of
industrial plants and will U* do
livered by club members, a
spokesman said.
Historical Film
At Armory Thursday
A Civil War documentary film
in color will be shown free to the
public at the National Guard
Armory Thursday night, starting
at 7:30, Sgt. Charles Wilson an
nounced
The flint is titled "Shiloh
I*ortrait of a Battle”, it will bo
presented by Ben Moomaw. sup
erintendent of Kings Mountain
National Military Park.
The program is sponsored by
the Kings Mountain National
Guard unit and the National
Park Service.
PRESIDENT — Jonas Bridges,
of Sation WKMT. was installed
last Friday as president of Kings
Mountain Merchants association.
He succeeded Robert O. South
well.
Retaileis Held
Annual Banquet
Good humor, communication
with others, anil enthusiasm are
prime keys to sut-iess, .lim Ash
worth. Charlotte humorist and
public speaking expert, said Fri
day night at th>- annual employee
employer banquet of the kings
Mountain Merchants association.
Mr. Aslnvorth entertained his
audience with a memory associa
tion exercise which he used to de
monstrate way- and means of
improving memories.
lie advised against criticism,
saying. “Anytime you criticize,
you get into ti ouhle.”
In turn, he suggested, flattery
comes fr >m the head, compli
ments from the heart.
Prior to his address. Mr. Ash
worth was presented by Jonas
Bridges, manager if Station \VK
MT. incoming presided ot the
association.
Other officer- installed by \V.
G. Jonas, a former president,
were Bill Broun, vice-president;
Miss Elizabeth Stewart, P. II.
Wilson. John Thompson, and Don
Dixon, directors with terms ex
piring in lfKW.
Directors with one year terms
remaining ar» Humes Houston.
Men/elj Phifer. \V. S. Fulton. Jr.,
Odus Smith, and Robert C). South
well, retiring j resident, ex offi
cio.
Retiring directors wen* B. S.
Peeler. Jr.. Richard McGinnis.
Mrs. Sue Young, and Ren H
Bridges.
President S uihwell reported
that the association had enjoyed a
busy year, with seven new mem
bers. The credit bureau had com
piler! IT.'ts |-ep.ms. the association
moved to new quarters it is shar
ing with the Chamber >f Com
mt*m\ and s|Mirsored a quite suc
cessful Mountaineer Days.
Humes Houston. Ob'- Smith,
and Bill Brown superintended a
prize drawing lor the ladies.
Invocation wa> >jid by Rev.
John Harris, oastor of First Wes
leyan Methodist church.
$15,000 Fedeial Giant Approved
Foi City Urban Planning Project
A $15,000 federal -’rani for ur
ban planning for Kings Mountain
has b«*en approved by tin* North
Caolina Department of Conserxa
tion and Development. Director
Robert Stallings has notified
Mayor filer A. Bridge*.
Approval of the grant stems
front an applieation initiated by
the city several months ago on
suggestion by the Chamber of
Ccm merer
City expense in the planning
project will hr*
Director Stallings notified May
or Bridges the work would bo con
ducted under the supervision of
George Monaghan, administrator
of the di\ ision of eoinmunity
planning.
Mayor Bridges said he will re
rwrimend appointment of five’
citizens to an urban planning
cummiasiuu al liic April U mcci
in/ of the ciu commission. He
said ho would recommend that
the Ch.imht-r of Commerce pres
ident be ex offino chairman.
Rcpiesentative of the C &D
departmeent c o n f e r r e d with
Chamber of Commerce and city
officials several weeks ago. It
will b«* the responsibility of the
local commission to determine
areas in which the planning work
will be conducted, such as im
proving approaches to the city,
modernizing the husin«-ss district,
and improving traffic and park
ing conditions.
"I am quite pleased that the
planning project has been appro,
ved," Mavor Bridges commented.
He said lie had conferred with
Mr. Monaghan by telephone and
anticipates the planning work
will get underway in the immed
iate lulme.
Kings Mountain
Man May Offer
As Democrat
By MARTIN HARMON
Don Class. Kings Mountain
urcHW and a rogistcri-d fjemocrat,
cannot sir;; Republican nomina
tion for the county hoard <>f com
missioners tti«* North C'aiolina at
torney-general has ruled.
Ralph Gilbert, chairman of the
COUiity Nitii t] ut »*!•-.-i ioiis. Said
Wednesday h- had iit-Mved a re
ply to his inquiry con.-erning Mr.
Glass' formal filing of Monday.
Jim Bullock. assistant attorney
general wrote in behalf of the at
torney genera! that, und<*r Gen
era I Statutes 1G3-119. .Mr. Glass
would not hr- eligible to lilt- as a
Repuhliean.
The problem occurs in timing.
Under the lav., a candidate must
fil<* tor nomination hy th«- party
in which he is registered. The
deadline for filing for tounty of
five is April 17 eight days prior
to the opening of the registration
books for the day primaries and
eight days too late for Mr. Glass
to change his registration to Re
publican.
Informed of the attorney-gen
eral's ruling. Mr. Glass comment
's!. "I may offer as a Democrat.*’
He added. "1 have received
considerable encourage ment to
seek the office of county commis
sioner. not onlv from R -publicans,
but from many Democrats. Be
fore i sougnt to file Monday,
many Democrats urged me to of
fer as a Democrat."
Mr. Glass sa:U he would make
a decision withm the week wheth
er to offer as a Democrat. Should
1 In- seek the Democratic nomina
i lion, tne contest for District 2
I county commissioner would be
come a three-way affair. Inrum
lient J Rroadus Ellis, of Grover,
is seeking re-election and is being
challenged hy Coleman Goforth,
Number 5 township dairyman.
Tin- Glass filing bid and attor
ney-general's tilling were the
principal development# in county
political activity this week.
There was one new candidate.
Jack Dover III. Shelby industrial
ist. and chairman of county Re
publicans, filed Monday for the
county hoard ol education. He
seeks one of five GOP nomina
tions.
In spite of public announce
ments that they were withdraw
ing. two Democrats were official
ly candidates. Neither Fields
Young. Jr., candidate for thfe
House of Representatives nomi
nation. nor Fied Splawn. a can
didate for Democratic nomina
tion to tiie county lioard of educa
tion. had withdrawn formally,
though both have announced pub
licly they were bowing out.
Moss Decision
Within Week
J*>hn II. Moss expects to reach
a decision on seeking I-> mocratic
nomination to the North Carolina
House of Representatives within
a week, he said Wednesday.
Mr. Moss, president of the Wes
tern Carolina* haseba’.l league,
commented. "I am trying to see
as many eiti sens as possible prior
to making a final decision on
whether to offer. I will decide
whether to offer for the Demo*
crafic nomination for the Houae
of Representative* within a
week."
Mr. Moss evidenced interest in
the House seat following an*
noun.vment several weeks ago hy
Fields Young, Jr., Shelby bust*
ne.-sman. that he was withdraw*
mg. Mr. Young, however, remains
officially u candidate, not having
given formal notice of withdraw*
al to the Cleveland County Eleo>
lions board.
Little Gelden Book
Chain U Illegal
A new variety of chain letter
being received in Kings Moun
tain via mail is a lottery end
a violation of the postal regulat
ions, Postmaster Charles Alexan
der warned Wednesday.
The chain letter being circu
lated is addressed to toddlers In
• are of their parents. The recipi
ents are instructed to send a hit
Little Golden Book to the
In turn. 3d Little Golden
arc promised within two wet
The Postmaster thinks
book is a storybook, though
hasn't seen one.
The Postmaster warned
any participant in the du
subject to yuMsvuUna