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Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 25, 1964
Seventy-Fifth Year
IQ Pages
10 Today
VOL. 75 No. 26
Established 1889
PRICE TEN CENT'
Democrats Make Gubernatorial Choice Saturday
Vacation Week Near For Many
Holiday negus
On Saturday
% Plants Here
A bit: polliv,ii of Kin 's Moun *
tain rilif/ns will br on vacatim
next week, .is .najority of textile
plants dose Saturday for a July
4th week va» a i ion.
With a few »xceptions. major
ity of Kind's Mountain textile
litms will suspend operations on
Saturday, rest ining operations
with the first shifts on Monday.
July fith.
Mammy I 'or iel y Mill and Cam
lina Throwing Company will shut
down the n •ok of July Oth. gen
eral manager Char les F. Maunev
said. Erapl,jp.“'t will return to
work July 11:.'.
Park Yarn Mills. Sadie Colt >n I
Mills. Min.-tie Mills of f! rover.
Pbenix Plant of BurIin;*ton In
dustiies and Niislor and Pauline
divisions of M;.ssaeliusetts Mo- f
hair Plush Company Nvlll suspend
operations Saturday.
Eligible employees of Massa
chusetts Mobfcit and Phenix i
Plant will rcieive bonuses baaed
on length of s« rvirv. Other indus
trial plants w.-te indefinite about
vacation bonuses.
UCH
m
Directors or tin* Kings Moun
tain Merchants Association will!
convene at 1pm. Thursday ‘to
day* in the a.-sociation otfiee to j
vote on whether Kings Mountain
stores will *)e closed or open In
dependence Duy. The holiday
11s on a Saturday this war and,
^.rvious po i< v has dictated that
stores would rtmain open <»n the1
holiday and ciose the Mondaj
following.
President Jcnas Bridges said
directors would definitely set the
holiday schedule Thursday after
noon.
Lambeth Hope Corporation ha
tentative o' «n> lo close the full
wrick, mamgt r Tommy Burke
said.
Somecit'/ens had already made
plans this week for treks to the
beaches and mountains.
Local News
Bulletins
RETURNS HOME
Scott Moss, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Mow. was dis
charged Friday from Cleveland
Memorial hospital where he had
been receiving treatment lor
rheumatic fever. The youngster
is recuperating satisfactorily but
if allowed no visitors.
| ROTARY CLUB
^Installation 01 new officers of
the Kings Mountain Rotary club
will feature the regular meeting
Thursday at 12:15 at the Coun
try Club.
ON DEAN'S LIST
Pamela Kay Childers, Annie
Vera Dillin*’ r.nd Norma Lou
Snear.ran, Ki:iR« Mountain stu
dents at Appalachian State
Teacher’s College. were among
112 students named to the
Dean’s List for the spring quar
ter.
IN OUTDOOR DRAMA
Bud Mayes of Kings Mountain
has a lead role in the outdoor
drama. “Horn In the West,”
playing nightly except Mondays
July through September 1 in the
Daniel Boone amphitheater high
atop the Blue Ridge mountains.
Mrs. Mayes is also a member
of the east.
LEDFORD REUNION
The annual Ledford family re
union will he held Sunday at
12:30 at the home of Curtis Led
ford, three miles north of Bel
- wood school.
ON HONOR _
Janet E. Hamrick of Kings
Mountain was recognized with
"highest distinction” on the
^Miring quarter honor roll at Ten
VR»ee Tech. Registrar Altis H.
Smith has announced. A mini
mum B-plua average is required.
Politicking Waxes Warmer
As Candidates Pump Hands
Pieyei Gels
Warm Welcome
In Shelby
Democratic (andidate for gov
ernor L. Richardson Preyer found
his welcotr** ” as attuned to the
temperatures m Shelby Monday
as a standi""-1 oom-oniy crowd of
Preyer faithf .1 gathered at his
court square headquarters.
They had waited in sweltering
lteat for his a, (tearanee, at least
30 minutes beyond the scheduled
2:15 stop.
Standing in a chair in order to
he heard by the crowd of .Tin. Mr.
Preyer sai<l Ins victory at the
polls Saturd»\ was important for
the future of toads, the working
man. parents, ;.nd farmers.
Hr reiterated his campaign
promises In raise the minimum
wa«e for tnp working man. "and
if we raise tlie floor of wage#
this meansincreases of wages all
the way up the line."
“We will put education first in
my budget", he continued. "There
are just a tew more days left to
determine ilw luture of North
Carolina. In this last week we are
talking about the future, not
looking to th» past. We are ionfi
dent of the oruome of this elec
tion because <ve are on the right
side of even/ issue."
"Roads mean progress and in
dustry". he cam adding that it is
important to grt farmers out of
mud and dust. “Past traditions
have made th s stale great but
North Carol sun must not be a
fraid to fn-'c the future", he add
ed. "Togethei we can build a
grealor North Carolina", he con
tinued.
A band le i sy O. Max Cardner,
III supplied music. Prcyer. pers
piration demt<ening his shirt,
drew his loudest cheers with his
“let’s reach for the future"
speech.
Mis. Kelly
InOESPost
Mrs. W. C. Kelly has been
elected district deputy grand
matron ol the 17th District. Or
der ot the Eastern Star, for 1964
G5.
Mrs. Kelly, chief operator for
Southern Bell Telephone com
pany in Shelby, is a past worthy
matron of the Kings Mountain
chapter. Order of the Eastern
Star.
Colus Williams of Fallston
was named district deputy grand
patron to serve with Mrs. Kelly.
District 17 Includes chapters
from Belmont tc Spindale.
Mrs. Kelly received her com
mission from the CIrand Chapter
of North Carolina OES.
The Kellys are members of
Kings Mountain Baptist church
and are parents of a 13-year
old son. Scott.
GRADUATE — Mrs. Billie Gib
bons Ormond was graduated
Friday from Duke University
Medical Crater.
Mrs. Ormand
Is Graduated
Mrs. Bii!i-* Giholms Ormand.
wife of VV. Lev is Ormand. was
graduated '-'ri.lay with LPN. de
gree from l>uk« University Med
ical Center it Durham.
The licensed practical nurse
completed the |*osl graduate
i-ourse in ojierating room tech
niques which s given only to li- |
censed prc.ctiT.I nurses. Three
other Cleveland County nurses
were graduated.
Mis. Orm *n daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. \\ i’. Gibbons, is also
a graduate oi Shelby Hospital
School of Pra.lical Nursing
Tin* Onr.a.ids are parents of
one son.
Injuries Fatal
To Mrs. Gieen
Funeral ti»«s for M s. Mary
Frances L'i kmi-c (in^M, 311. wife
of Ray Grti-n, were held Monday
at l p.m. fr >r the Cha|>el et Har
ris Funeral i tonic. interment fol
lowing in Mi untain Rest ivme-,
tery.
Mrs. Green was injured in a
March Uttth automobile accident
in the Crov. Jet s Mountain sec
tion or Gr ten county. She died
Satut day moniin.. at 3:50 a.r.i. in
Kings Mount i n hospital without
regaining i ui tour ness.
A native •>* Voik C unity. S. t\.
she w:.s th‘ -laughter 01 Mrs.
Bertie MaeMu< ,av Lookridge and
the late Srn locUridj**'. She was
a former ewneyee of Aladdin
Knit Mills of liessemer City.
Besides her husband and mo
ther. site is vivid hy me hro
th'Ts, Janv; and Mack lank
ridge of Lc>- Ai.geles. California.
Oavid and c’nn-pbell LoeI.ridge of
Kin::s Moittav and Sam Lock
ridge of K*\v West. Florida; and
two sisters. Mis. Charles Nash of
Bessemer City ...ul Mrs. Way tie
Anderson n Lings Mout.U-in
Rev. Jar-.’s Holder ..nd Rev.
Joltn Hams officiated at the fin
al riles;.
Bulldozers Catting Dirt At Site
Of New School; New Teacher Hired
Rig bul'doacrs were cutting
dirt on the Phifer road site of the
proposed Sl.yt0.000 district high
school Wednesday.
Huge earth • moving machines
haw been moving dirt, paring the
contours of M e property to ar
chitect'* specifications. all week
and R. H. F'’..nix & Company,
general eont ’-actors, reiterated
their prom'se to the board of
education that the new building
will he reu !v in a yea** oi less
The hoard of education antici
pates use of tlx building for the
first time when school ope us in
September lWVi.
Mr. Pinni\ ho anticipates
digging of tho basement Monday.
The ixiaicl i i education, meet
ing briefly Sriurday and again
Monday in th • superintendent's
office, cm doyvd a high school
English teacher, Mrs. Norman II.
Puscy. wife ot the Grace Metho
dist minister, and authorized Mr.
Barnes to ofru employment to a
Bible teach->r or rocom Mutation
of the Blhl*--! p-S*-hoolo (ommittee
of the Kin is Mountain Ministerial
association.
-
Area Citizens
In Charlotte
For Moore Rally
BY ELIZABETH STEWART
“Thank you. all you special
interest people here tonight. I
am so happy to have the sup
port oi special interest people
such as you.’1
With thos« remarks. Demo
cratic gubernatorial hopeful Dan
K. Moore drew his loudest cheers
from a crowd of 3,000 supporters
from Mecklenburg and sur
rounding counties in Charlotte’s
I’ark Center luesday night.
The rally, billed by Moore
supporters as designed to refute
charges that the former Su
perior Court judge from Canton
is backed by "special interests",
brought testimonials from his
leading backers, who. along with
Judge Moore, took to task Gov
ernor Terry Sanford, Bert L. Ben
nett. L. Richardson Preycr, and
The Charlotte Observer.
The speech- making followed
a barbecue-chicken supper and
music by Bill Knauff’s Orches
tra. the Harvesters Quartet and
the comedy team of Tommy
Phail and Ralph Smith of the
Crackerjacks.
Cleveland County supporters
for Moore filled five buses for
a caravan to Charlotte, complete
with band and banners which
filed into Park Center just be
fore the entrance of Judge
Moore and Mrs. Moore. The band
played, "Happy Days Are Here
Again." Mrs. Moore was wearing
a white dress tied with a green
sash.
Crowds had munched 700
plates ot chicken before 7
o’clock and over 3..VW servings
of barbecue and chicken were
distributed.
"Where Is Dan the Mountain
Man". Judge Moore said to the
enthusiastic rally. "Let me tell
you where he is. he is away in
front. He plans to stay there."
There followed more applause
and cheering from men. women
and children who sat at tables.
Oittlimidl On Page *»
Bites Thursday
Foi Mr. Wright
Funeral *m Fletcher Clayton
Wright. 11. v ill he . unducted
Thursday > tod iy • at -I p.rn. from
the Chapel nl Harris Funeral
Home.
Rev. Ma ui OuIJose. >>„slor ot
Kilims Moots.i ii Baptist church,
will oifieiate .••nd interment ‘..'ill
he made in Mountain Host ceme
tery.
Mr Wright uietl Tuesday mom
in.: at 3 a.tv. oi self-mfli.icd gun
sltot wounds ol the head. Cleve
land County Coroner J. Ollie Har
ris sa.d. Mr Wright, the coroner
said, shot h‘.r .11 w ith a .43 auto
matic pistol a* his home at 60N
Me.tdmvhro-k road. No inquest
was neccssc* y.
A native .>f Cleveland County.
Mr. Wright was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wright. A
World Wat i) \ flora n of Naval
duty aboard tl.e CSS Salt Lako
City, ho was a Mason and mem
her of Kin*v Mountain Baptist
ehureh. H*> was omnloyed by
Noisier Mil's •■•vision of Massa
ehusott* MoSiit Plush eompany.
Survivor* t:vludc his wife. Mrs.
Margaret Walker Wright of Haw
thorne. California. one son. Clay
ton Wrigh* of Kings Mountain;
one daughter. Mrs. Arnold Led
ford of Forest City; three broth
er*. Kdwaro G. anti Boyce Wright
of Kings M.-u .tain and Floyd
Wright of Kl'< nboro and two sis
ters. Mrs. Robert Wood* of Shel
by and Mrs. Loir Junes ut Kings
.Mountain.
Hath Finishes
Banking School
At Bntgers
Now Brunswick. New Jersey.—
Three vice presidents ol North
Carolina National Bank were a
■ mon2 2»58 hankers in the grad
uating class of the Stonier Grad
uate School ol Banking at Rut
gets University.
They were H. L. Ruth. Jr. and
James R. Sheridan of Charlotte,
and John B llairis. Jr. of Ra
leigh. A native of Kings Mtn.. N
C., Ruth is a graduate of David
son College. Sheridan is a native
of Columbia, S. C. and a grad
uate of the University of South
Carolina. Harris, a native of Al
bemarle, N. <*., is a graduate of
Duke University.
Stonier was founded in 1935 to
provide graduate study in hank
ing and finance. Graduates must
completi three two-week periods
of resident study, two years of
intensive work at home, and
write an original thesis, fn addi
tion, each must stand an oral
examination by a panel of au
thorities on the subject covered
by his thesis.
Mr. Ruth was elected Regent
of his class.
Moore Supporters
Sing On Caravan
Hip writers *.1 < ampaign jingh-s
for the two gubernatorial candi- i
dates in Satui'lay’s run oft elec
tion and Kings Mountain sup|tort
Prs of Candidate Mnnrc have
something in jumnion, apparent
ly
Tuesday nigh:'* M.tore caravan
to-Charlotte was held up about '
30 minutes at Kings Mountain
Bus Station Ijetausp of the lat<
arrival of four buses from the
county seat. \ string hand was on
hand to preform for the '-am.
paigners hut ti.e musicians had to
pack up the:r gear and head for
Charlotte to anive theio by 7
o’clock.
Sans mu ic o.dn t dampen the
enthusiasm of the Kings Moun
tain Moore supporters headed by
Continue.! On Pttyi >•
Love Bites
Held Wednesday
Funeral ies foi Lewis Augus
tus Love, ll'..A Uuuin 90, were
held Wednesday at 3 p.m. from
Antioch Bap'.iit church, interment
following ii. *.*u church «**metery.
Mr. Lov** .utcunibed Monday
night ot his ho.r,e about 9:30 p.ni.
after several years of declining
health.
A native of Cherokee Countv.
he was the s -n of the late Mr. I
and Mrs. Jo",iihan Love. He was
a member ol Bethlehem Baptist '
church I
Ilis wife. tl« former Lillie Sell- i
ern. died in 1*156.
He is survived l»y a sister, Mr#.
Charles Psi'iitT, of Grover, and
by a numt >*j- cl nieces and nep
hews.
Rev. A. C. Mushes, assisted by
the Rev. M. Redding, offl
elated at rhi i.nal rites.
Union Service
At AHP Sunday i
Sunday *ut»h*'s union service
for *i.< eitv chi.rch congrogations
will hr held .it lioyw Memorial
ARP ehutvh ,.t s o'clock.
Dr. \V. L P vssly will deliver
the evening message c n the
theme. “Authility." Special mu
sic by the Ch.meel choir will be
under the direction of Mr#. N. F.
McGill.
An offerin- to he reociv ed will
help defra\ expense# of Bible
teaching procrum in the schools
Luther Leaguers
Name New Officers
Luther Leaguer* of Resurrec
tion Lutheran church installed
new offhvrsr Sunday night.
Johnnie Moore was installed
as now president su*-<eeding
Miss Virginia Goforth. Miss Go
forth and Rev. George Moore
conducted the installation.
Kenny Plonk will serve as
vice-president succeeding Tom
my Plonk. Donna Kakcr will
suc»eed Anita Huffstickler as
secretary and Jovoe Dixon will
succeed Barbara Plonk as treas
. urcr.
Citizens Will Determine
Run-Off Races In Township
FOR GOVERNOR
DAN K MOORE
&• iuu«<>awJVi( riUiifaA
FOR LIEUTENANT - C-OVFRNOR
CLIFTON H. BLUE
ROBERT (BOB) SCOTT
FOR DISTRICT II COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I. BROADUS ELLIS
COLEMAN GOFORTH
rT nr ro»T?
UlAlUxa A. sMllAits. 5M.
o* W Ats****^.
Kings Mountain Exchange Student
Leaves Sunday For Trip Back Hone
Jose Pii*’ -i Kings Mountain ox
change studoiv from \rgentma,
said ho will 'T|i siiis Kings Moun
tain Irion "Is hut ho is excited
about trtu-pi..K homo after a
year away.
Pucci leaves Sunday on the In st
log nl his trip >.aok to Argentina.
Ho is expect oc. to arrive homo on
•luly 23rd to tnrol! in medical
school
In Gastonia ' 'unday ho will visit
lor three days with Mr. and Mrs
Otis Peach tr.d participate in the
city’s Intel n.:-tional V-'pk end
with 37 otlio. foreign -\chango
students. The delegation will
leave Imu Gj-Iu*uj uj tnn> on a
ihrc ' ttce* ton, of other Mates.
Tne\ will . eecivcri >\ Prosi
dent John' n in Washington. D
I). bef it* they return to their own
countries.
Voting I’tkti -aid their itinerary
will also in. lu ie a stop at the
New York '.\ Grid 's Fair. From
Miami. Floitd:.. Pucci will goto
ttia/il ami s.ihcequently on to
northern Ar*r«ttna.
In Kings Mountain. Pucci has
tieen a school-'. irr> merri>et of the
family Mr. «ind Mr.. John A.
Cheshire. He graduated this
month from K.ngs Mountain high
school He *»lu s to be a surgeon.
Run-Off Calls
Made By Four
Challengers
t'lfveland < ountv Democniis
,,oin their follow citizens acne
.v>rth Camlm;: in their seconl
turn at - the ) late Saturday to
nominate a :> wrnor and licutca
ant-governor.
vin> Mouniuin Democrats wit
will also deiei mine two run-off
"Hs-s for county commission posi
tions.
l’*iliti<-kin>? waxed warmer in
No 4 Townshin tltis nwk as the
candiiiates stumpbd Cleveland
County for fatal visits before
election day.
Loading int. est is in the gov
ernor battle I < tvvirn L. Richard
son Preyer <>t Grci-nsboro and
Dan K Mooif of Canton. Mr.
Preyer camuaigned in Shelby
Monday and Vootv returns to the
county with an appearance at 2
p.m. Thursday . t Kings Mountain
City Halt ard tinal spetvh of his
campaign ir. Shelby.
The other sti.te race finds Clif
ton Blue. Aberdeen weekly news
paper publisher and IS year legis
lative veteran, seeking to over
take P.ohert VV. iltobi Scott. Haw
River farmer and son of the late
Governor and Senator \V. Kerr
Scott. Scott leo by 53.3'i0 votes
May 30
Preyer I-**-! Moore bv 23.500
votes while four other candidates
were eliminat'd on May 30.
Cleveland County Democrats
also |>oste<! a it cord vote total
May 30. mere than 11,000 going
to the votHK? oofhs
In the two county commission
run-offs, th<* s. corn!runners on
May 30 trailed by sligntly less
than 1200 votes ca< h in three-man
contests. Colei..an Goforth. Ston
ey Point dairyman, seeks to over
take Incumbent J. Broad Ellis.
Grover businessman. and Charles
Bridges. Sr.. I olkville dairyman,
seeks to overtake Spurgeon Hew
itt. Lawndale businessman.
All registered Pemoerats may
vote Saturday regardless of
whether they <ast ballots in the
first primary.
Polling plan-, will open at 6:30
a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m.
Facts Arc Listed
On Run-Off Election
Following ; <• facts concerning
Saturday's r off elections:
Polls open ‘>:S0 a m.
Polls close tii.'JO p.m.
Polling 'li -. es in Number 4
Township • -i• Bethware pre
cinct at Bethware school; East
Kings \1 •untam precinct at City
llall court,<k> . ; Grover precinct
at Grover P.* • ue Squad build
in:: West Kings Mountain pre
cinct at Ki”'’s Mountain National
Guard ArmoiV.
■•’or Dcm s-r tis, tiumhcr of bal
lots: two. one .or state offices
and one for countv offices.
Registered •.oters: In Number
4 Township. .DC.
Fork Ranqer Rie«
On Mountain Trek
Park Ranger Joseph J. Ries
left New York International Air
port Tuesday afternoon for a six
weeks tour ol Italy, France and
Switzerland.
Ben F. Moomaw, >uperinten
dent «d King- Mountain Nation
id Military Park. .>-aid Ranger
Rios is participating with other
members o| the Colorado Moun
tain club in advam-cd training
with new mountain climbing
techniques and equipment.
Three Grocery Firms
To Close Inly 4th
Three K.ngs Mountain gro
cery stores Harris Teeter,
Winn Pixi«> and A X- P- will he
closed Satm '.iv July Ith. man
agers ot the lirrns have an
m*un<vd.
The sto-'*» will remain open
al| day th ■ Wednesday prev'ed
ing Indepea mv Pay and will
be ooen tin \ionday following
*|-,e holid n.
Kings Mout.tain retail mer
chants will N open July Jth
but will do*c Jl-'Uday, July OUu