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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 1C Pag®* ID Today VOL 75 No. 27 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.. Thursday, July 2, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT Democrats Nominate Moore, Scott, Goforth And Hewitt Goforth Edges Commissioner I. Broad Ellis North Carolina Democi ats, *n record numm *s, made Dan K. Moore a landslide nomine*- toi governor Sat ut day in the run of I primary. Tli y also nominated Robert W. <B.»l> > S.-ott for lieu tenant-go vector in a lumpara tively close ad-. In two ru..-otf races i«#r the county t-om.n.ssion, Democrats unseated J. Itioad Kllis. inrum bent comm:s« i>n thairman. by a narrow ma:g»r\ and nominated Spurgeon Hewitt to sue.d John D. White, retiring as commission er. Newcomer Coleman Goforth. Stoncy Pair. dairyman, edged Rllis by a margin of 117 votes. Goforth won <565-1 to 6.107. Hew itt defeated C'sarlos A. Hridges. Sr.. handilv polling 7.171 to Hridges' V>1b The Ilewitt mat gin was 1,9.'k< Unoffi. ill returns gave Mxtrr a majority of more than ist.itOO over Richani*- inever, who had led by 2SJVX) in the May 30 vot ing. Moore i-ad over Wl.OWi. while Preye.- totaled slightly more ^an 296,000. -- - * ~ ^^rThe Scott margin of 53.500 over Clifton Blue *» the May 30 pri mary was p-Mi-d to slightly over 15.000 «n Has'.s of unofficial re turns. and. a- .eturns arrived at election tabul-• km centers, it ap peared for b to Blue might be victorious. Cleveland t < iintv voters gave majorities to the two successful candidates. Moore won '♦•lib to Preyer’s 5,116, a ma’-g-n of 3.300. while Scott led Br!-' 7.729. to l.!W9, a margin of 2,s l». Ruth had beet Cleveland's \tvorites on May 30. when Dr. I. Beverly I^ake and several other candidates It ad been eliminated ‘r«>.n the governor's race, and wh- n John Jordan had been elimim ’.-d from the rate for lieutenant-govet nor. Politics Ovei... TU November Election bus.ness i*ndi,cl Satur day until November. Dan K. M<v..e, Democrat ie gu bernatorial v-.ner. is opposed by Robert L. Gavin. Republican. and Bob Scott. Democratic nominee for lieutenant-governor, will lace Clifford Bel' There wil' he several county ^hi-l races. Prnr Register of deeds: Ralph Tuck* r *D» vs. Carl W. Queen (Rl. For North '’arolina House <>f Representatives; Rots'll Falls • Dt vs. Bobby i\ Man**r <R». For county lioard of education: Bobby Aust -11 Robert F. Cabi ness. Rufnrn C.ine. J. D. Ellis and Charles Forney. Jr., ill Dem ocrats. vs. J. P. Dover III and Marvin McCuny, Republicans. For the county commission: Hugh Dover. Coleman Goforth, and Spurgco** Hewitt. Democrats vs. Paul Seal, Joe Neisler. Jr., and Sam Proctor, republicans. Jack If. Wr.in. Kings Mountain and Adrian Shu ford. Hickory Democratic nominees for 31st district senators, have no oppo sit ion. J. Lee P.ole -n (D> and Elzit Lee Putnam «»t*. incumbent Num her -I township justices of th< peace, seek re-» lection «vhich will be virtually rutomatlc. since th* township b;- Ir.w qualifies for i minimum ot n.ne. Voting diy will be Novcmbi'r 3. TO MONTBEAT Mis* Geraldine Humphrk*! leaves lodav <Thursday I to at tend a week’s conference on th* Covenant Life Curriculum. liter mure of the PreKhvtrri.n Church, at the Pre«bvterlai ^fesemhiv Grounds at Montreat will represent Dixon Pres eylerian church. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES DAN K MOORE BOBER! (BOB) SCOTT Lieutvnaat-Govvrnor COLEMAN GOFORTH bfuriUEOM HEWITT Mrs. MUliMxs Bites Thursday Funeral rit 's lor Mrs. Helen Jordan Mullh’ax. CS. of Grover, will be held Toirsday r.i 4:3ii p. m. (rom Grovei's First Baptist church. Rev. Fred C- ‘sp, assisted by Rev. Kenneth llollifield i.nd Rev. K. S. Elliott. -a iil olfiriate. anti in 1 terment wil* h in tin* Grover cemetery. Mrs. Mullinax. widow of Georjje Mullinex. 'Ii*sl Wednesday morn | in ; in the Cluvokce Co.intv hos . pital follow!.;,; several week's illness. She was a n.eml’er of Grover's Reihany Binii't church. Surviving arc a daughter, Mrs Eugene Pum.rr of Grover; one • brother. C. E. Jordan of Green ville. S. C; tw > sisters. Mrs. Cla Continued on pof* • Montomo Picnic To Bo Saturday The anneal independence Day family picnic u r Lake Montoma club mcmbcis will in- held Salur (lay. Horse*hoi- p chin" and shuffle hoard contests wilt be conducted Saturday mowing, with the in nual swimming contest to begin at 2 n.m. Red Brid;;e< will cater a bar becue dinner Jot members and guests begin dr.g at 7 p v.. and a fireworks display will .»c set off when darl'.ness falls. Hob Crock..ii. of Gastonia, is chairman ot • e rommittce on arrangements SENIOR CITIZENS The Senior Citizens club will gather for a regular meering Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of Miss Ava Ware. West Gold street. Savings & Loan fins Paid Record Semi-Annual Dividend: $195420 Kings Mountain’s two savings and loan associations paid semi annual dividends this week to i (aiing $195,320.66 — up sharply from the toals paid both at De cember 30 and last June 30. It was a record payment for both association* and reflects incn'ascs in total amounts of shacings shares outstanding. Both associations are paying dividends at the rate of 1.23 per cent per annum. Home Savings kk Loan as sociation paid dividends totaling Sll'JlS.BB this week, while i Kings Mountain Savings Jc Loan association di\ idonds totaled , $77,601.70. Home Savings * Loan f»aid SP 6.222 ih December and S98. 912 a year ago. Kings Mountain Sacings and Loan paid $75,154 in December and $72,727 a year ago. Aggregate payments of the two firms in December totaled SI83,376 and $171,669 last June. 1 The’ increase from a year ago was nearly $29,000. from Decern , bet nearly $12,000 PRESIDENT — William A. (Tony) Gatos. Kings Mountain junior at Appalachian State Ttflchtf'i Colliflt osd sob ol Mis. W. E. Gatos, will serve as piastosat at too FCA loUowship at Christian Athtetss at ASTC during 1SS4-K5. Gatos is a physi cal adncattsB majac. Township Voteis Had Two Victors And Two Losers Numlxr i IVunsh.p Democrats voted with m • winners £aturday in state-wiit,- . a’vs but with ihe losers in the rvo iun-off races for county c imi. i'.-.oii nominations. For gov cm ■ i the township, which incll!'l«'' East Kind's Moun tain. Bcthw.-’e. West Hint's Mountain, an.i (.rover precincts, was slightly ii<ead of the state tverage in supporting Dan K. M >ore. givir,» him a margin of 1-133 to S23, i r approximately 7 to 1. over ”i i.ardson Preyer. .'•'or lieut •* t-governor, Dem orals favor s* lioii Scott 1211 to S23 over Crti.n Blue, somewhat better than 3 t . 2 and also better than Scott’s state-wide margin. Tiie townsirn labored J. Broad Ellis- over wtnt.er Coleman Go forth. 1207 t«- '»Prt, for the Dis trict II ro-'r.-ission nominal ion, •nd support* i! t harles A. Bridges Sr.. 1125 to SOS. over Spurgeon Hewitt for the District IV nomi nation. W A total of Democrats visit ed the polls Vr the run-off pri ma‘r'.‘S- tiMl VTO lowfift- In at \V»*st Km ,'s Mountain. at East Kings Mount i i. 311 at Eethware. and 2-;i at G rover. Moore and S- ott won all the ‘ownship pro,, nets. Bridges tori, all Ikixcs except Grover, whe-i lie trailed by 15 votes. Ellis <•■».• ieil liis hom«- pro cinct of Grov. ;• handily. took West Kings M tnnt.tiii l-y 62 votes. Go forth had a nine-vote edge in East Kings ! .untain and a 13 vote margiu at ,?etInvar -. Mrs. Miller's Bites Conducted Funeral for .Mrs. Jeanette Ro berts Miller wi.s iielil Monday at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home interment follow ing in Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. John >V. Harris, assisted by the Re\. J. W. Phillips, offi ciated at the « nal rites. Mrs Milin ■ ued at J a.m. Sat uiday at Dol e hospital at Dur ham follmviii ; an illness of sev eral months. She was a native of Kings Mountain, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Roberts. Survivin'* . :i» her husband, a son. Arnold rt '.eit Millerof King Mountain; ot<e daughter. Martha Ann Beal. ot Kings Mountain; two brothers, Thomas Roberts of Forest Citv a. i Eugene Roberts of Atlanta, Ga ; two sisters. Mrs. Floyd Jenkin« of May *. S. C. and Mrs. Charles Pal lard of Kings 1 Mountain. Three Teachers Are Elected rite Kin -s mountain ooard of eduaetion at cccot meeting jp proved election of three teachers. They are: Edgar N. R'.disill. of Lincoln ton. a men s*r of the summer school facuRv. who will teach bio logy ami hi dory in the higl school as a -i.ccessor to John Lut/_ Mrs. Linda Moore Dixon Kings M iunt.1 n. n*»'ent graduate . of University of North Carolina ' iGreensboroi. „nd Mrs. Ellen B. Beam, of F'i'lslon. pro, iously a faculty member in the county s«-hoofs and Fit* Icy schools, as grammar grade teachers at Beth' ware. FAMILY LITE STUDY A special stt-dy on "The Mean ing of the Christian Family" is tiring led by James Mann Tuinsday morrhigs at 10 a.m. ami Friday evenings at x p.n. at Dix on Presbyterica ehureh. The stu dy will he ccu'inued this Friday evening at S following choir re heat oal at 7 y in. BAPTISTS HONOR PASTOR — James White, right above, chairman of the board of deacons at First Baptist church, presents a gift to Rev. and Mrs. B. L. Raines on their fifth anniver shary at the Kings Mountain church. Members of the First Baptist congregation honored the Raines family at a surprise reception held after the Sunday night service. The Raines family came to Kings Mountain from Edenton. See Story Page 5. (Herald Photo by Carlisle Studio). Welfare Board Votes 3 To 1 To Close Branch Office Here EPISCOPAL RECTOR—Rev. Rob ert Roden boo assumed the du ties of rector of Trinity Episco pal church and headmaster of Trinity Day School. Haden Assumes Episcopal Posts I The Rev. Robert Lee ! laden. Jr.. new deacon-1ncharge of Trinity recently of fi. dersonvillc. is the ' Episcopal chunrh and headmaster I of Trinity Da\ School, lie suc ceeds the Rev Thomas Droppers who is now I’.t-clor of St. James Church, Mountain. After graduating from the Uni versity <»f the South. Sewanec. Tenn.. Mr. H« *cn participated in a student sonv.ar sponsored by the Univershy of North Carolina which toured Lurnpc for discus sions with fn; ign students. The following ye«i he was a teacher* and coach a* the Bl ic Ridge School for Boys in Hondei-son \ illo. During . e summer of 19»vi he was a stud- nt chaplain in the Clinical Training Program at the South Carolina State hospital in Columbia. S. C This past spring hi* received his Bachelor of Di vinity Degree 'ion. the Episcopal Theological seminary in Alexan dria. Va. Mr. I laden is married to the former Mary Anne Easterling of Columbia. S. C. Mrs. Haden was graduated from the University of South Carolina with an A.B. de gree In art Je- ign. In 1P62 she was chosen b> Glamour Magazine as one of the ten best-dresser! college girls m the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Haden are resid Ing at the Rectory across from Trinity Episcopal Church on Phi Rod* ' Citizens Seek Ways To Gain Reconsideration Kings Mountain's county wel fare branch office here will lie closed within 90 days following on-upancy of the new county of fice building near Shelby, the county welfare board voted in a 3 to 1 decision Iasi Friday niL-ht. Mayor Glee A. Bridges, who had urged the welfare hoard against its action, said this week. "I am very greatly disap pointed.'* Meantime, he and outer citi zens, wen exploring avenues toward a reconsideration of the decision through hotli th« wel fare board and the county com mission. Spurgeon Hewitt. Democratic nominee for tin* county commis sion. said Monday lie op|>oscd closing of the Kings Mountain office, and several members of the present commission have in dicated they feel the office should remain here. Onlv mem ber of the county commission known to lavor the closing is Italpli Kllioit. also a member of the welfare board, who voted, along with Carlos Young and Ias-k Warlick. to close the Kings Mountain office. Mrs. Aubrey Muuticy, Kings Mountain member ol the welfare hoard, moved tabling of the closing proposal, hill hei motion failed te obtain a second Chair man Kmmett Matthews did not vote Ben It. Carpenter, dmvtor of O-uilluued On Pnm 8 ELECTED — Charles Blanton. Jr. Kings Mountain pharma cist has been elected first vice president of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association for 196I>-6C and will be installed at the association's annual conven tion in Durham next May 16-18. Johnson K Mills Superintendent Ralph A. J>:nson. fmhut su perintendent '•! Slater Mills, has lie. u named ,-e|.erintPndcni ol the nev K Mill- 'n.-.. whi h is ex |x* ii"! to l)i*4 ,i operations here .its>ui Sep: *rr*i i 1. Joe hakassy, president, a -limed this week. Since lini1. Mi Johnson has been superintendent >>f Itocking ham Mills. ... Uorkingham. tinned On Pityi S Mixed Holiday Policy Saturday — Some firms Open, Some Will Close Kings M remain's mercantile community v . I be partially open, partially. cl..vd .n Independent-* Day Saturday. Meantime. Jonas Bridges, pre sident of th~ merchants assoria tion. lias eal.'e l a membership meeting lor Monday, July 13. at City Hall. *o.- a determination of opening and closing hours and policies for the various holidays, as well as a division on whether to continue the Wednesday after noon half-holiday. Majority of th«' department stores, the \ nrrely stores, l.arhei shops furniture firms, and drug .lure. Hiii i.4 opiu lor yu-uhs-j as usual, th U"h in*1 d:u;’ stores indicate the.' may operate on ab breviated sch-'oule. King* Moun tain I*iin; Company will shorten schedule hotn Saturday and Mon day . opening at E a.m. and closing at 6 p.m. Planning It close on the Inde pendence Day holiday Saturday are several Rioters, including A & P, Winn-Dixie, and Harris Teeter supe- markets. Sterchis. Belk's, Jeweler*, hardwares, and financial in-C.lotion*. Merchants association members voted last spring to h«- open on July 4 and to clone July 6. Later a new decision was it*achod to (Continued on rage I) Utilities Body Anthonies New Sendee Extended : ve;. service iietween Kings Mountain and Gastonia has been nppi ,\.,j by the North Ca [ rolina Utilities Commission. The announcem' n* was made today by K. Biyrn Houck. Southern Bell's Group Manager. Houck stn'ri that “telephone engineers are .. >w in the process of making t ot bled plans to pro vide the ne«vs;aiy equipment to tie the two towns together on a •toll free' has. It will lake sev eral month.- t i manufacture and install the neiessary equipment after it has n in engineered. We hope to ha\«*;. «■ service available to our cust.airers in these two communities by the latter part of 1965.” he said. Tlte inauguration of the new and impfovi I rer\ icr will mean that subscribes in each commu nity will he able to dial a far large numbci «.f |>eople without paying long distance charged. With the introduction of this new service, monthly rales of the Kings Mouiub: subacribets will In* adjusted ’o the level charged throughout the state for e chang es having a s.milar number of telephones included in their local | calling are-*. Kings Mountain subscribers, ’ with 70 pet • vt participating, fa ; cored the toll t, ee service to Gas tonia hv 54 percent, tn return. Southern Bei; . pel led out theren | tal increase ns a maximum of 60 tents per mo.ith for residential ohon«*s and SI *0 per month for i business plu ncs. ' The proposal for the toll-free ] service to ( astonia. expected to add more titan 17,00ft phones to Kings Mountain's "free" listings, was advanced »•> Kings Mountain rhamber of C tmmerce ,.nd had l *he endorsement of all Kings ; Mountain ri/ic clubs. '’ew Doctors Here. In Grover Dr. Joe 1.. •> < i Greenville, S. C. ; joined Dr. I'aci K. Hendricks and | Dr. Thomas Durham in the gen i eral pradic» c. medicine here , Wednesday. Dr. and M*- Lee, the former ! June Chalmers of Anderson, S. (\, ; and their t ,vo children. Nancy, age three, end Stephen, age nine months, haw occupied the former O. W. Myers csidence at 112 X. Piedmont nv« ;u e. Dr. Ltv ir a graduate of Clem son college •. 'h both B.S. and VI S. decrees \ 1063 graduate of the Medical Co’iege of South Ca ••ulina. he o-nv-loted his intern ship in Gr .lie Mrs. Lee is a graduate ol Li nestotle college. In Grover Tt.cs<lay Dr. ’Hioo | dote A. Harl 32. of Asheville, ■ will reopen the Grover Clinic. Grover "'as iclf without a resi dent physical* ;.t the dca'h of Dr. Lewis R Bernv Dr. Harlte: is a native of Jaro ; so. Colo.. ar..1 t id his pre- medical studios at Union college in Lin coln, Neb. lie attended the I.oma Linda Medical School in Los An gi’les. Calif, and has completed his Internship at Asheville's Me morial Miss* >n hospital. Prior to attending college. Dr. Barker served four wars in the U. S. Navy. Ills wife is a native of Lincoln and they have one child. Joseph W. Barker, 2 They an* Sev enth Day Adwntisls. The Barkers have already r ,o\ed to Grover, ialthough Dr. Barker will not complete his duties in Asheville until Thursday <today*. Transco Units Win Awards TransconCnental Gas Pipeline Corporation nenored employees of two compti'iier stations for safety reeo>»ls Wednesday and entertained employee* and other j«u«*>ts at a na.'.avue at the Dav. tdson station Station 1 S3 «? Grover has com piled a record of 2.1 in days with out a I'ist t.'iH' accident, while Station 130 at Davidson has a record of 1^7 days. Dan Wil'iar >on. vice-president land, spoke at .he Itarlieeue and pivsvnted the awards to Super intendent C. V Spring. Grover, «utd J. O liurvLtic. David, ou.
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