Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8.008 Sf’.SfPl1** MMMi I. 4»r1r*4 Iran & Ajsrr Err Bjrsszzrjiur VOL 75 No. 30 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 23, 1964 14 Pagoi Today Established 1889 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS City Envisions Tax Rate Cut; Tax Values To Jump Business Development Firm £hows Profit; Taps Crawford PRESIDENT—J. Wilson Craw font and all of (icon and di rectors wore elected by the Kings Mountain Business De velopment Corporation at Tues day's annual mooting. Welfare Board Meeb Monday li»e Cleveland County Welfare ^rartl will hold an oryanl/aflvial' fB^fing Monday night at 7:30 in ^nelby to elect a new chairman to succeed retiring chairman Km mett Matthews. It is likely the board will re consider its recent action in vot ing tj close the Kings Mountain welfare branch, though Supt. Ben Carpenter said Wednesday he knew of "no new developments In the matter." Reconsideration lias been recommended unanimously by the county commission. Shelby high school principal Wayne Caudill has been appoint ed to a three-year term on the board. The welfare hoard is made up of five members, tu.> appoint ed by the county commission, two by the State Department of I'u > lie Welfare, anti one by the other members. Caudill was selected by the latter gtoup at a recent meet ing. AH are named for three year terms wdh a limit if two conse cutive terms. Mr. Matthews com pleted his second term June 30. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, Kings 'Mountain, and A. L. Warlick. of Polkville. serve through next June 30 on appointment by the state welfare hoard, while Carlos Y mng and County Commissioner Ralph Elliott serve through June 30. 1966. on appointment by the coun ty commission. Mr. Elliott resign ed recently from the county com unission. ■Mr. Caudill has been principal ■ Shelby high school since 1953, served previously as principal of Shelby Junior high school He h«dds a bachelor’s degree from ASTC. a master’s degree from George Peabody college anti has took graduate study at UNC. He and his wife are parents of two children. Minimum Of 12 Teachen Needed The Kings Mountain district schools require a minimum of 12 teachers for the coming year. Superintendent B. N. Barnes said Wednesday. They include: Four high school teachers: three at Kings Mountain high school for general science, com mercial subjects and English: and one at Compact high school. Eight elementary teachers: two at Davidson school; four at Bethware to teach a third, a fif th and two sixth grades; and two at East to teach a seventh and eighth grade. The board of education Mon day night employed two teach crs. Mrs. Mary Montague Davis of Shelby. Bethware teacher, has taught four years in Richmond. Va. Mrs. Eva Egerton Amick of Urlby, special education teach P. taught at Tryon school three yean. CimtimttvU On Puyc 8 New Director, All Officers Are Elected J. Wilson Crawford, realt ir and Kings Mountain businessman, was ic-electcd president of Kings Mountain Business Development Corporation, as were all officers and directors, Tuesday. The stockholders also named 3. F. Maner, president of the Chamber of Commerce, a director ind recommended that the presi dent of the C of C be asked to cerve each year as a member of the board of directors. Stockholders, in annual meeting, .teard a financial report that pro fit after taxes of the corporation during 196-1 was $5,475.69. Capital stock totals $22.sio and the cor-: poralion’s net worth at Julv 14. 1961 was $22 X10. President Crawford, in his an nual report, noted that the cor poration had been instrumental in assisting three plants to locate in Kings Mountain which will em ploy over 400 persons on an es timated payroll of $1,000,000. Erection of K Mills, a 36.000 squajrp fopt textile plant on Floyd, street, is xtndcrway. The we JCiflj' operation is expected to employ about 200 persons and officials are hoping the firm will he in op etation by autumn. Bids were opened by the city last Thursday on 5.500 feet of as bestos cement water pipe to be uspd to install a water line to the mill. Other officers are Fred W. Plonk, vice-president; and Ben II. Bridges, secretary-treasurer. Ot!t er directors are file** A. Bridges. W. K. Mauney and B. S. Neill. Kings Mountain Business De velopment Corporation, spons. >red bv the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, was organized Oc tober 21. 1957 with Mr. Crawford as its first president. Mr. Craw ford and all other officers and di tvi tors have been re-elected each subsequent year. Privilege License Sales New $3857 City privilege license purchases' increased to $3.S57.25 through Wednesday, City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel. Jr., reported. Tlte total compares with $5600 the city expects to receive this' year from license purchases. Mr. McDaniel noted that penal ty of five percent per month ap- , plies after August 1. CAMP KEUNION The annual Camp family re union will be held at Byrd Hut in Patterson Springs Sunday. Pienic lunch will be spread at 1 p.m. r awultt — mt*. i o m m y Burk*, top above, and Miss Ellen Burk* have Joined the faculty of Trinity Day School for th* coming year, headmas ter Rev. Robert Haden ha* an nounced. Day School Facility Complete The Trinity Day school has an nounced its opening dates for the lHtil-tio school year. Classes f >r tin* Pre • School group tfive-year-olds) will begin on September 7. the kindergarten < four-year-olds> begins the fol lowing Monday. September 14. The headmaster of Trinity Day school is the Rev. Roc.ert L. I la den. Jr., deacon-in-charge of Tri nity Kpiscopal church. Mr. I laden is a graduate of University of The South. Sewance. Tcnn. He receiv ed his bachelor of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological semi nary. Before entering the minis try. Mr. Haden taught at Blue Ridge School for Boys in Hender Continued On Page 8 Coooty Tax Rate Will Be SL19; Commissioners Te Adept Badge! The Cleveland County board ol commissioners has adopted a gen eral county tax rate of $1.19 per $100 valuation on a total county with* property valuation estimate of $175 million. County Auditor Max Hamrick said final figures on the budge-t are to be approved by the com missioners Monday. He said he Ivad asked commissioners to set the tax rate in advance of budget approval so that the tax office can begin preparing tax bills for the now fiscal year. The $175 million estimate is higher, Mr. Hamrick pointed out, ' than he estimated initially when he filed a tentative budget on es timate of $1.22 per $100 valua tion. Residents of Kings Mountain school district will pay a total county tax of $1.63. including -If cents per $100 for current ex penses and debt serv ice on an es timated tax valuation of $38 mil lion. Shelby school district resi dents. with a 45 cent special school tax. will pay $1.64. The total tax rate is made up i of levies for schools, a levy lor ; the general fund and special lev It* for such purposes as health and welfare. School levies, whieh the coun ty collects and divides among the 1 three school systems on a per student basis, are 23.S cents per $100 property valuation for school yurrent expenses. IS.tt cents for regular capital outlay, 13.5 for debt service and seven cents for special capital outlay. Last fiscal year's tax rate was $1.57 per $100 property valuation. It is difficult. Mr. Hamrick ex plained. to compare this $1.57 rate with the new $1.19 rate They are calculated, he said, on differ 1 ent assessment ratios, or pen-ent age of properly on which taxes will be levied. Last year's assess men! ratio was generally assum »*d to he 32.5 nor cent, while the new ratio is 05 percent, same as that of the City of Kings Moun tain. This means that a property owner who paid the $1.57 rate on 32.5 per cent of his pmpert> last fiscal vear will pay the $1.19 tax rate on 65 per cent of his proper 1 ty this year. Meter Receipts From Inly Reach S10.075 City cotiers wore swelled $10. 075.94 during fiscal year 1963 1964 by motorists who parked at city parking meters. Tin- meter funds included for overparking from on-street and off-street meters and from fines. Expenditures were $4100. in cluding salary of the meter of fice), maintenance and supplies. The balunic of $5,975.94 is ear marked recreation. Motorists who overpark in Kings Mountain are taxed 25 cents. If they fail to pay the 25 cents within 72 hours a $1 fine is applicable. The coin-operated meters are for one-hour and two-hour park ing. A nickel will enable the motorist to park his vehicle for an hour on city streets. Soil Problems At School Site ThP’Wiiig* Mountain board of education discussed a “soil” pro blem at site of the new district school at Monday night's regular monthly meeting. Awaiting detailed report from school engineers, the h iard specu la ted that shortening cf the chim ney stack, installation of a blow er. or larger footings may elimi nate s >ft dirt in soots of the gym and heating room area. The soft soil will not hold the foundation of the building firmly and certain areas of the f tundation are too soft to hold the high chimney. In other actions, the board: It authorized the superintend ent to purchase a .» ho >1 bus on recommendation of tin* state transportation committee. Mr. Bat nes is t > confer with the mm mittee chairman. Mr. Anderson, on the purchase. 21 was informed that proper ties of the late Hugh Williams near North school pr >perty is for sale. 3* heard a request that a fence he constructed between the school's West school property and the Earp-Dettmarr property near the sch iol. -It voted to retain the account ing firm of Hamrick A- Redding for the annual school audit. 5t heard Richard Kerehaud. a representative of Cleveland In surance Agency of Shelby, who invited the b tard to consider pur chase of school child insurant-*: from his firm. The school child insurance has lieen secured in prior years from Pilot Life In surance Company. tit Supt. Barnes reported that schools sccrctarv Mrs. Wanza Y. Davis is attending the state secre tary's conference in session this week. 7> set the payroll period for teachers to end on 2oth of each month. It's Moving Time At County Offices Cleveland County commission er* Monday officially inspected and accepted the now $1-10,300 i mntv office building on N. C. ISO between U. S. 71 and U. S. 71 A. The approval was subject to the completion of minor construction items, and commissioners gave future occupants of the building permission to move in at their discretion and to notify the boarn when their moving will lie com pleted. One wing will house the county agricultural agent's staff, the county forester. Soil Conservation Sm-vicc. ASC offices. Kll \ offices Federal Crop Insurance Corpora tion. state poultry diagnostic lab oratory and Dairy Herd Improve ment Association lahorat ory. Two other wings with separate entrances will house i-ount> school offices and . iunty welfare offi»-es. A itublic open house is planned. INDUSTRIAL FIRMS WIN AWARDS — Charles Mauney. chairman of the Kings Mountain Red Croes blood program, presents engraved plaques to Clinton Jolly, superintendent of Carolina Throwing Company, and Neil O. Johnson, rig ht. manager of Foote Mineral Company, emble matic of these firms' top participation in the blood program during 1962-63 and 1963-64. The sec ond annual award to the industry with the high est percentage of blood donors was made by the Kings Mountain Rotary club. Mr. Mauney. chair mem of the blood program for a second year, made the awards presentations at Thursday's Rotary club meeting. (Photo by Carlisle Studio). Throwring Firm Wins 1964 Awanl SPEAKER—Dr. c. Hebert Ben ■on. president of the new Gas ton Community College at Dallas, will address Kings Mountain Kotarians at their noon mooting Thursday. Benson To Speak To Rotarians Dr. C. Roliert Benson, pi osident of Gaston Community college at Dallas, will address Kin:;* Moun tain Rotarians .at their 12:13 meeting Thursday at the Countrv. Club. Dr. Benson '.v ill speak on a pr-' gram arranged by Rotariun Tho mas L. Trott. A native of Salisbury'. Dr. Ben son was educated at B >ydon high school. Catavha eollcg' and the University of North Caiclira. He earned hotli his M.A and l»h.D. from UNC. His professional ex perience has included serving as elementary school tea *her and principal, high school teacher, coach and prim.pal ani f the Eng lish department and president of College of Tli • All.cm irlc. A ruling eldet in ilm f res by terian church. Dr. Benson has been active in scouting and in the* Kiwanis club. As a student he played varsity football at Cataw ha college and led the North State Conference in rowing in 19-10. He served in the I'SN'R ; from 1942-1." as small boat offic-, cr ui the Nwmuudy mwwon. 1 Foste Mineral Was ‘63 Leader In Blood-Giving Carolina Throwing Company employees boast id the highe. percentage of blood donors du. ing 1963t>4 .md received an <*n graved plaque, compliments ol iho Rotary tlub. 'Thursday. The Rotanans also presented the 19d2-*>3 plaque, which had been on order, to Foote Mineral Company, the industry placing highest in the bio tdmobile pro gram that fiscal year. Charles F. Mauney, blood pro gram chairman for the Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter, made the presentation.-. Clinton lolly, superintendent f Carolina Throwing Company, and Neil O. Johnson, manager o f toolc’s Kings Mountain operation, e ivpted tlie awards. Mr. Mauney is general manager of both Mauney Hosiery Mills and Carolina Throwing Company. Tlie Kings Mountain civic club presented the annual awards as highlight of their regular Thurs day luncheon meeting at Kings Mountain Country Club. Rotari ■ns and their guests had earlier heard an address by Robert \V Continued 0« P'ii/3 s — Mvaaiu (ftp) Simmons has luccMdtd Ralph Elliott on the board of county commission* is. Simmons Named To Ci Broadus E. ipopi Simmons has t>een appointed to the Clevelan 1 County hoard of commissioners suciavding Ralph S. Elliott, re sinned. Announcement of Simmon's ap pi .ntrjx-nt was made by Clerk o Superi ir Court J. \V. Osborne whose duty and responsibility it is to appoint some person in case, of resignation during an unev 1 piled term. In fits letter of resignation to ! Comm. Chairman .1, Broadus Elli ‘ dated July Is. Elliott stated: "I have recently accepu*d employ- j ment » hii*h will carry me out of CoMfiNin sal <>( garbage in a sanitary manner Previously, the county's tural residents were served by unsuperx ised garbage haulers whose dumps were not rotated. At the meeting were represen tatives of the three contract | hauling o >m pant as: Gerald WB ! son’s KZ Sanitation Co.. A. M. I Boggs Sons upper Cleveland Sanitation Service anti Hugh Phillip's Sanitation Service, also appearing were I>r. Z P. Mitchell, county health officers. sanitarians James S|iears and Ralph Dcd mond of the Cleveland County Health Depart ment; sanitarian \V. M. White ot the Cawha Coun ty Health Department; and citi- ( C'uufmucU On PUtfc i $1.50 Tax late Long In Vogne May Be Paced By (0-65 Cents Though final figures are in complete. the city envisions a $7 mill »n increase in taxable valua tons. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, ir. said Wednesday, and a reduc .<»:i in the tax rate for fiscal year 961 65 from 60-65 tents. Initial totaling indicates a tax ible property total of $20,500,000 nmpared t > the 1963 tax base of 513.212.MVi anti a 1962 tax base of jl2.0XX.597. Tin- $1.50 lax rate, in vogue lore since 1937. is expected to be ■et at X5 or .90 |»er $100 valuation y the city board of commission rs M >nday night at a special ■leeting at 6 p.m. in City Hall ourtroom. Mr. McDaniel said. The new tax rate is expected to eflect a cut of from 60-65 cents. Mr. McDaniel said the new bud et for 1961-65 will he based on he $2n million taxable property aluation. The tax rate was cut from $1.70 ‘o SI50 during the fist*al year 1956-57. C'raftspun Yarns ha« become he city's largest taxpayer, with t property \ aluation of $2,246,063. Burlington Mills, which last year held the top position, is now sec ond largest, with valuation of $1,063.2X2. Carolina Throwing Company is third at $205,095. Mauney Mills is fourth at $937. 753; and Mauney Hosiery Mills is fifth at $447,513. Moat of the taxable property icrease will be derived from the idustrial and business categories nd the expansions of several lants accounting for the jump. Property valuations for busi tesses approximates $9,054,075; or white citizens S9.X59.347; and or colored citizens $515,363. Mr. IcDaniel added. sethwaie rail ?lans Underway Th»> Beth ware Progressive club arbecuc, which heralds the o|«*n ng ol the Bethware Fair. will he eld Wednesday, Aug. IS from ►:30 to 7:30 at Bethware school. The fair, which will open Clevc ind County's season, will be 'opt II 19 on the grounds of the school. Cameron Ware, fair manager, announced that R. C- Lee Rides will he featured similarly to fairs of the past decade. Approximately $jno in premi ums will hi- oifcrcd hy the spon soring club. Home, farm and school exhibits will be displayed in the school gymnasium and shop. Progressix *• Club officers will serve in the same capacities in re gard to the fair. They are Harold Hord, presi dent; Robert Ware, secretary; and John O. Patterson, treasurer. Fair committees were appoint ed at Monday night's meeting of the Hethware Progressive Club. School tolls Ring Again August 27 School bells are only one month away for Kings Mountain district pupils. For pupils, the 1964-65 term will begin with a half-day ses sion on Thursday. August 27. and a full day of school on Fri day. August 28. High school principal Harry E. Jaynes reports for duty July 31. all other principals on August M. and all teachers on August 25. The six-weeks summer school session ended Friday. Band Drills Brain Here August 10 The Kings Mountain high school hand will begin drills for the full marching season on Au gust 10. with the first meeting to be held at 6 p.m. in the school hand room, director Joe C. Hodden has announced. Mr. Hodden requests that all members ho present for this first mooting and to notify their fellow bandsmen. Tlie early drills are necessary in order to train new members in Hie fundamentals of drilling, to learn new music, issue uni forms. and to begin training for tiic first football showing