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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 i Vfwt tot IMS Daft pit* ta ■lava Meuaiaia u drrWrd Itaai MM IMM> *•••“■ .n*.(l<T 14 Pages Today VOL 75 No. 28 EstaUished 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 9, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT^ City Taxpayers, Gas Users To Get $50,000 Cut Commission Asks Welfare Board To Reconsider Welfare Branch ; Reconsideration «ktd By Board •y MARTIN HARMON The Cleveland County board of commissioners voted unanimous ly Tuesday U. recommend that the county welfare boi.-J recon sider, with n view of rescinding its action of June 26 in \oting to close the K r.g ■ Mountain wel fare office branch. A delegation of Kings Mountain citizens attended the commission m-eting ur.;T" the action. Commissicu i John O. White moved, and C- mmissiorv-r Hugh Dover seconded. Both Commis sioners Dav\l lteam and Ralph Elliott indira,el seconds on Chair ’ man Ellis’ mpiest for motion. 1 Commissioner Elliott, also a momaer of li e welfare board, i had voted with the welfare board's 3 to I iiiajority to clow*, the Kings Mountain branch. Speaking it. l**half of the Kings Mountain d»d«nation were Major dee A. Brid tes. Coroner J. Ollie Harris. Rev. Marion Du Bose, Hos- j pital AdmKVrator Grady Ho ward, Mrs. T. Weir, and K. Pat Spangle-'. Shelby. The Kings Mountain spokesmen outlined the need for continuance of the branch here pointing out! the concentration of population.! the cuiTent case load, .and sug- , treated that se -vtta? of the agent}' o the needy is more important1 to difficultior administration a complaint of Director Ben Car-1 penter of tie welfare agency. Mr. Spangler alluded so the re cent politicV campaign, saying that some ."'.maps endeavored to "divide the ivnly”. He added. “I feel services r -i-'uld he expanded." Mr. How a txl said the removal of the Kin*rs Mountain branch would |»osc dtl Acuities for the hospital in the matter of certifi cation of welt err patients, which represent 12 : » 13 percent of pa tients admitted. Others alien :ing the eommis sion from King: Mountain were R. S. Lennon. Carl P. Finger. (Jeorge W. 'laoney. Jon-'.s Bridg es. Charles Buaton, Charles Dix on. J. Lee Roberts, Boh Manor. Mrs. J. C. Bridges. Wilson Griffin and Martir I'aimon. Lackey Resigns Solicitor Poet \ ! Cleveland County Recorder’* Court Solicitor Dick Lackey has resigned, effective July 31. and the county board of commission ers unanimously elected Shelby attorney George W. Ilamrick to fill the remaining two years of Lackey's four-year term. | Lackey told commiaslon-rs in "a letter Tuesday that an increase in hi* private law practice and a burgeoning recorder's court caar load made hi* resignation a necessity. Ailing on a recommendation by B. T. Falls, the commission ers named Mr. Hamrick to the position. Falls and Hamrick are members of the same law firm. Falls told commissioners that Hamrick was the personal choice of both Solicitor Lackey and Re cordcr’s Court Judge Joe Mull. Comm. Ralph Elliott moved that Hamrick be appointed to fill Lackey'* unexpired term. David Beam seconded the motion. Lackey's letter stated that the recorder'* court case load is up by 500 cases this year over the same period in 19tn. Lackey defeated Shelby at torney L. Lyndon Hohbs for the county solicitor's post in a hotly contested race two years ago. Lackey, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris Lackey of Shelby, prac tices law in association with veteran Shelby attorney Joseph C. Whisnant. Hamrick is a native of Latti more. He received the B. S. and L. L. B. degrees from Wake For est college. He Is a member of the law finn of Fall*. Falls and Hamrick. He began the practice of law in Shelby In 1958. Hamrick is married to the former Beth Putnam. They an* Baptists and Ilamrick has been active in Democratic party at taint In Ctevctantf Cuuaiy. ELECTED — Dm PcffM boa | him tlactad Umtmot Gov •raw for Zone 1 of the North Carolina District ol Optimist International. Dean Payne In Clnb Poet Dean Pay»u. charier president of the Kin!'-' Mountain Optimist club, has oe.*i elected Lieutenant Govcmar for JS*»ne 1 of the North Carolina Distr-it of Optimist In ternational. The anno: , ~ernent was made at the recent i .invention of Opti mist lnlnriH1/ nal in Denver. Co lorado. "Xonc 0:tr includes clubs In Asheville. il> ■ canton. Vakiese, Forest City, Shelby, Cherryville and Kind's M< untain. Payne was < hairman of the achievements ^nd awonls com mittee for the Iccal club and offi <-ei-s credit el® • diligent efforts in the club" for the club becoming an honor club, one of ten in North Carolina. Stockholder's Meeting Set Annual stockholders meeting of Kings Mouetam Businc.is Devel opment, Inc. industry promotion firm will be i-eld at City Hall courtroom l„ly 21. Ben 11. Bridg es. sect ?tar>’-treasurer, announc «sI this wceK. Mr. Bridge* "aid agenda for the meeting will include presan tation or rep .1 ts by officers, elec tion of six dirt dors for the com ing year. ?••< ;iv.y other business properly tlv- ••.rscern of the stock holders. Other office's are J. Wilson Crawford, president, and Fred W. Plonk. Directors nn lude the officers. W. K. Maui* y. B. S. Ne'P. now of Hickory, ar.d cj'ec A. Bridges. PiWUogo License Soles Total $3179 City privilege license sales for the 1964-61 fU* al year totaled $.1179.2.1. well ever half the total collected due'rg the year ending June 30. State 1 a v requires covered firms and individual* to purchase the licenses during the month of July. Penalty n* »'ive percent per month applies after August 1. FAMILY MIKCIIE Kings Mountain Kiwanians and their families will gather for a family barbecue Thurs day. July 16th. at 7 p. m. at Lake Montonia. Lions Franchised To Sell City Tags Tag Purchase Not Mandatory; Profit Split Tlie City of Kings Muuntain. elitvlive J iT.uary l, wJl be out of the city au*o tag business, ami the Kings Mountain Lions dub will be in it The Lions proved -I’ccessful bidders for u Itanchise to sell city auto tags iat the lamiliar dollar foe*. T:>, i.ions promised half the net p;< fit to the city for the franchise Meantime olichase of the auto tags will no l« mandatory, the city havin;; ai;reed to repeal the ordinaruv r- li n ing put chase of the tags. Lions Pr-'f::*:. nt Onus Smith said, “The Li ns duo !>elieves Kings Mounta.it area motorists are proud o( their community -and. will uishi Ui advertise their, city, as will people living outside the city lin its in adjacent areas." Order far 1-0 tags of the new 19BT> model *tas already arn plac ed. Style of the- tag will be the same and «• •)will conform to those of the stole auto tt.g. The Lion.-, c’rb will use the proceeds i’i lurt Iterance of its sight conservation work and for other civic anti charitable pro Jects. President Smith said. '•'or man r vears, the Shelby Lions dub has st*ld Shelby city tags. Bennett Brick For New School The Kings Mountain Iwiartl of education T>’ .'day selected for use in budding the new high school building a buff fact* brick manufactured by Benn**tt Brick & Tile Company. Chairman J. h. Herndon. Ir.. said samples presen let I by Ben nett and atio'her m<tnufacturer were tested for required specifi cations and fiat the Bennett brick tested ••well above the spe cifications". He added that the use of the Bennett hriek will result in a sating of JC )>t t thousand, par tially due to tile fact the Bennett plant is virtually adjacent to the site of the m .v high school. Meantime. Atchitect Thomas H. Cothran sa'-.l f.enerai Contractor R- II. Pinnir began pouring con crete footings Wednesday after noon. Mr. Cothran >aid the contractor encountered M» cubic yards of rock and 50 cubic yards of boald ers in the fr <ess of '’.raclmg. chargablc ns ;..i extra coat at $10 per yard. The $1-5 trilbon high school plant is sch-tl.iled for oivupancy in Septem'jei J965. What's Far Holidays,? Merchants Officials Ask Of Foil Membership? Official* of the Kings Moun tain Merchants Association, in an effort to bring order to a chaotic holiday dosing poiioy. have called a membership meet ing for City Hall courtroom for 7 p. m. Monday night. The meeting reflects the semi holiday observed and not ob served by Kings Mountain re tailers on the recent Indepen dence Day. President Jonas Bridges wrote members of the association this week: “Due to the many pro tests on the Wednesday after noon and holiday opening and closing schedule and other prob lemv aft callrH 2LHCTA1 I||OCtilL! of the entire Kings Mountain Merchant* Association will bo held Monday night. July 13th, at 7 p. m. at the City Hall. "It is imperative that a repre sentative of each member be present and the owner or man ager should he there if possible. If the owner or manager cannot be present they are urged to send someone authorized to rep resent vour firm and to vote on issues raised.** "At this meeting the Wednes day afternoon situation, holiday opening and closing schedule and opciating hours will be dis cussed and decided upon for the lemaiuitef u( Uk ttacal year.” SPEAKER—Bar. Hoyle Whlte tides of Burlington will lilt the pulpit at Sunday night union services at St. Matthew's Lutheran church lev. Whitesides Heie Sunday Rev. Hoyl K Whitesides, King Mountain native. will deliver the sermon in the last of the sum mer series of enion services Sun day night ui St. Matthew s Lu theran church. The annoi.nct-incti* w is mad« l>y \V. K Maun<-y. Jr., hairman of th<* pulpit lommittee. The ser vice will b gin at s o’clock. Mr. Whites: Its. now serving as pastor of Macedonia Lutheran church of Builic.gton, is a former pastor of Lulls ran Chapel rhurol of Gastnni?. Offerings a- 'he summer unioi services are applied to the Bible In-Schools fine to finance the Bible teach1"*; program in the district school.; Six city vhuich congregations have particnatod vi this sum mer’s annual program oi union services. Last Sund-.y night's se* vice was held at First pieshyierian church with Pr. Paul K. Ausley deliver ing the me..-agi. Gerbeidings Move Thnisday Dr. and Mrs W. P. Gerberding and son. Tommy, are moving Thursday to St. Petersburg, Fla , where Dr. Gerberding is assum ing new duties as assistant min ister of Redeemer Lutheran church. Tlie Lutheran minister was for 13 years pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. The Gcrbcrdings will be li\ing at 301 59th Street. South, in St. Pt tersburg. Miss Ware's Rites Conducted Funeral rite-: for Miss Bessie L«*e Ware. 0s». were held Saturday at 11 a.rn. t‘- n tin* Chapel of Harris Fun-*|. : Home, interment following in Patterson Grove Baptist chur. i cemetery. Miss Ware Med <il 10:30 a.m. Tlmrsday at K.ngs Mountain hos pital after a : illness of several months. She forrp'r'e was emnlovcd as a housemother at the North Ca rolina School lor the Deaf in Morgan ton 'hevasa member of Boyce Metro ARP church. The daughter of the kite Mr. and Mrs. Pres.on Ware, she is survived le- three brothers, Otto Ware and L wrenee Ware, both of Kings Mo-*-;i«in, and Hunter Ware of Wi.nitifrtnn: and a sis ter, Mrs. Denton Putnam of Kings Moun i n. Dr. W. L. l officiated at Uw iuul nUs. Miller Guilt; Of Taking Part In An Affray A dispute between in laws which erupted mto an affray on June 30 resumed in following judgments bv Judge Jack H. White in city court Tuesday: Charles K. Ballard. !0, of 120 Wadowbroek toad, was found not guilty ot assault with a dead ly weapon nor ot participating in an affray. Ballard's son, David M. Ballard, 17. was fount’ not guilty of parti cipating in jR atfray. Arnold C. Miller, 34, Route 2. Bessemer City, estranged hus band of the late Jeanette K. Mill er. a sister of Ballard’s wife, was found not guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, but guilty on a charge of participating in an af fray. for wit*, h he was handed a 30-day sentence, suspended on payment of eourt costs. Testimony in the related cases required about iwo hours in the Tuesday sessi'.,i. Miller was rep resented b> Attorney Lyndon Hobbs, whil» Bollard act -d as his own defense Testimony showed that an al ! tercation he* ween Miller and the I Ballard* oautsii in late after noon June 30 on Kast Parker street, in fron* of the home of Miller’s late w'fe. with Charles Ballard and M'iler participating in a fist-knife fight. Miller testified he had visited his late wife’s residence t-.. obtain certain "pers.v.al belongings" and to visit his EMi. Ballard tes'iiied that his wife was at his Lie sister-in-law's residence wt on Miller knocked on the tear do »r. He said his wife refused to rnroit Miller and call ed her husl and. Ballard said, when the oil came, he was cut ting weeds at his home. He and his son drove quickly to the Park er street adetess, found Miller sitting in hfs ei r. parked in front. As he approached the car, Bal lard contip i -t Miller emerged and struck h*m <>n the temple with his fist. Continued On Page Six Bights Bill: No Incidents Kings Mountain has lived un der the new federal civil rights hill since its enactment into law last Thursday with peace and quiet, Chief of Police Paul San ders said W* • ■ esday. He reported. “No incidents." Chief Sandeis saitf a few Ne groes entered previously segre gated restaurants, were served, and left. One reported to the Chief that a Negro group left tips. Eugene McKwatn. monagei of Joy Theatre, said a group of Ne groes asked him about de-segre gation of th" theatre and were in formed he bad i (“quested a polity statement from the owner. Ste wart & Everett, Inc., of Charlotte. The policy was to de segregate, and the Joy lias teen. Negro pa trons forireilv were required to oceupy bal.'onv scats. Dixon Sezvtees Are Continuing Rev. Riehi’-d Hobson, pastor of Grover's Shiloh Presbyterian church, is <-on* nuing evangelistic services this week at Dixon Pres byterian chr.r h Service* are nightly at 7:4a p. m. Bible School classes for all ages are scheduled nightly from 6:30 until 7:T through Pridav evening. Rev. Mr. Hobson will fill the pulpit each evening through Sat urday with Re*. James Mann, pastor, to elor-.* the services Sun day evenin'* Special must: t* under tlie di rection of V.ss Juan McClure, pianist, and Dm llombrijht, song leader) Full 20-Cent Tax Supplement Asked 20-Cent Levy To Provide More Faculty The Kings Mountain board of education, yet without the new tax valuation figures for the school district, has asked the county commission t< levy dis trict taxes for !9*>l as follows: 1 * A sufficient rate, bast'd on tile new valuation, to return the same revenue for debt service, as was returned in 19fi3, when the rate was 40 cents per $100 valuation. 21 20 cents per $100 valuation for special district supplemen tary funds, maximum levyable, and same rate prevailing for many years. The 20-ccnt supplemental tax will return additional revenue. Chairman J. K. Herndon, Jr., said Wednesday the board made the request for the maximum due to known increase in main tenance and operational costs to be engendered by the new high school plant, the need for extra courses and therefore additional faculty members, and for other needs. "State funds for maintenance, as well as teachers, arc allocat ed on basis of number of pupils. Occupancy of a new building will not increase these alloca tions," Mr. Herndon commented. Meantime, the board joined the county and Shelby school units in asking the county com mission to set a tax rate of 55.9 tents per $100 valuation for schools, including lft.fi cents for capital outlay. 23.8 tents for current expense, and 13.5 cents for debt service. This compares with the 77 cents levied for schools in 1903. the lower rate reflecting the new property val nation tif $2fio million, on which the county commission will levy at I he rate of t>5 percent. Previously, I'm* three school tioards ha<l ;>ski d the c » emission to assess lot thus' consecutive years a special tax sufficient to return $350 (MM for the three years, with t. e Shelby district to receive thei- tiiiee-year share the first year, K;it;,s Mountain rtis trict the second year, and the county district the third ;>ear. The comt'i’s:- on replied it <-ould not legallv ,ui -1 itself for future tax levies, hut indicated it would assess for the itrst yer on re ceipt of letters of agreement from all three units. Nomallv, county school taxes are shared viween the three units on a per tapita pupil basis. TEACHING FELLOW James Stuart Teague. Kings Mountain high school science teacher, will la- a teaching fel low next year at Appalachian Slate Teacher's College in t h e field of biology, lie is among 81 graduate assistants and teaching fellows for the 1964-65 school year. He is a graduate of ASTC. GRADUATE — Milt Viola Elli son. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Ellison, received her B. A. in elementary education last month from Central Wes leyan Methodist college at Central. S. C. The school finals were held June 8. Mrs. Jenkins' Bites Conducted i Funeral rile for Mrs. Bessie . Payseur Ji*nl-r.s, *0, widow of John S. JenK.ns, were held Tues-1 day «t I pn. from (Jra«p Moth odist church <•! which she was a mem her. Mrs. JenUo - di«-d at 5 a m Sunday at t..c home of a dauKh ler in Harlem, (la. She had heen in ill health ‘o: several months. Mrs. Jo«iko'< was a native ot Lincoln Coiuu\ She ha I made her home 11. Harlem since thej death of he- livsband in Surviving ;*ie on« son. Jesse Jay Jenkins i Kings Mountain; eight dau"hns, Mrs. Dewey | Caldwell. M-- William Brackett, Mrs. Haske<| Wilson, Mrs Carl Gantt, Mis Clifford Kireuc, all of King* Mount.in, Mrs. Claude Barnett of Harlem, Ga.. Mrs. Dewey Harding of Roek 11:11. S. C. vid Mrs. Howard Mar tin of Moun. Holly; one brother, Cecil Payscu’- of Bessemer City; one sister. M s. Ida Haney of Gastonia; J ;.iandchildren and 30 great-gruu'children. Rev. N II .’nso\ officiated at the final rites and interment was made in Mountain Rest i-emetery. AlKP's Schedule Special Prayer Day A day of mayor and self-denial will l»* held :i Wednesday. July J5th, .11 !5ol»ee Memorial Associ ate R e f o i ni e d Presbyterian church. The ehu' e \* ill he open for si lent prayer ;• d meditation from 10 to 11 a.r' . .I to 6 p.m. and S to 9 p.m.. Mrs. .\. M. Karr, foreign missionary evict ary, lius an nounced Independence Day Holiday Heie b Celebrated Peacefully, Safely i Kings Mountain observed the Indrpemlnvv Dty holitiav j.leas antlv, quietly. and safe'x. Lone aeeiden' i eport -si bv city |K»licc over ihe July 1th weekend occurred Sttnuay wlien a lad on a bicycle w«i- struck by a car. lie has already ^in discharged from the hospital, wiicre he \\ is taken lor trtatment. A large li inioer of citizens treked to beaches and mountain resorts. One Knifes Mountain citi zen. back in town before noon .Sunday after .» thiee doy stay at Myrtle Bea h. S. C.. reported. “You couldn't stir'om with a stick” Lake Monton a club enjoyed its 'bt^crd-cM-r'' ptuuc uuUt£, and Kilims Mou ..a'n Coun’ry Club member* er.jeved holiday activi-1 Up*. Majority of textile firms were olospd for the week tesuming operations Monday. Exceptions are Carolina I'hrowing Company and Mauncy tlosiery ''ompany, • eirployees o i-.'-so firms «njoying a week's vacation now. Sadie Cotton Mill, which had intended a complete closedown, operated on a one-shift basis to ai'.ommod.ito a customer with a particularly urgent need for Sa die yarn. The businc**-* community was partially op-t. for business. par tially dosed. Tax, Gas Incmae WU1 Be Shaved $25,000 Each By MARTIN HARMON King* M niniain taxpayers and majority of city natural gas cus tomers can expect some relief on th< ir pocket'ooks during the next 12 months, the Loatd of commi» sinners ind' aud at an informal budget s«-ssi >n Tuesday night. Mayor tllee A. Bridges said the iNiaid has i teed li to instruct its gas engineer to project new rates in th" residential and small commercial hedules designed to return the rity $25. TOO less in come on basis of lf*»3-t>4 eon sumption an I to set a tax rate designed to return $25,000 l«*ss in comc from tav :■ during l!d>l-65. Determin ttion of the rate a waits receipt cl linal tax valua tion figures f*-.»m the ■■ounty on basis of the n .vv valuation. Meantime, t*,«. city public rec reation pror.ra.n, long on a short money diet, w'li ;;rt a bid ter ra tion. The board indicate.) it will levy the maximum tax for rec reation pure ■'<. of five cents per Sim vnlua':o,i Tliis levy return ed ST.ooo in the risent year. Only other rivr-sitioa funds \\«Te net profits fro-.i parking meter re ceipts. The oartl, j> Indicated at Tues day night's talk meeting, expects to adopt a hud et <>f a*>"Ut SS90,, 000, aproxir* ately the fame a mount as the general city budget in the previous year. Income and outgo will be balanced. as re. quired by '"‘-v. with the income account abetted by inclusion of an estimated $75,000 in anticipat e<l profits from the sale of na tural gas and an anticinated sur plus of $?S..T0i\ Out of th<- $s9C,000 to be ex pended, the c.ty anticipates an outlay for capital equipment and long-term in.ptovements of $1S7. *21. Top expenditure in this cate gory will h • $51,928 for swor and water lii>- s mcludin ; the 12 inch main to rve K Mills, Inc., now under •'- .siruction. Second rra; r expenditure will be for ins* illation of curb and gutter, in tV amount of $50,462. Other capital items will in clude: $12.'{<)i tor improvements at the wat«r i rtribution plant, $17.30) for iiui ■••haso of a two bucket sky wotker for the elec trical department, $6,000 for the city’s part In the $15,000 land use survey. $12..-36 for street-paving, $21,300 for per -base of a street fluslier and pay loader, $3,000 for sewer cleaving equispent. and $2,530 for office equipment. laist year the liudgrt anticipat ed collection o' $175,000 in taxes i based on edit vtion within the fiscal year of 1.1 percent of the levy). This v«v; the tax rate will be set to prjdtice only $150,000 in<-hiding i. < anticipated several thousand in n a sc for recreation, Mayor Bridges «xplained. Byeis Heads Optimist Club W. D. <Doc> Ttyers has been in stalled as pi < «ident of the Kings Mountain Optimist club tor 1961 65. lie will succeed R. \V. tBobi Hurl but. Mr. Byers has served the cluh as projects rl.a.rman, as program chairman, as vice-president, as a director, and a., secrctaiy-treas urer. “Byers h is done a ommenda blc job in thi past and I m sure lie will mai.o ns a great dub president this* year”, Mr. ilurlbut said. Other off cci> will include: Lawrence An;--is, T. \V. Bryant, Jim Connor. M< ail l>. Valentine and Carl F*. Wilson, vice-presi dents; Ern-x-t C. Payne, secretary treasurer; **nc Rev. Clyde Ciood son. chaplain Director* 11< cted to serve a one ybyr t-rm include Homer Jones. Robert t. Fleming. Gail McDaniel and Perry Champion. Presbyterians Set Annual Bible Schoel Vacation Bible School will be gin Mondav morning and contin ue through I . iay at First Pres byterian chui cl,. In-. Paul K. Aus ley. pastor. h:-s announced. Classes will begin promptly at 9 a m., and ve il continue until 11:30 for etiiUien kindergarten u»« lluuuji: yioutxrs.
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