North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. 75 No. 32 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 6, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS U.S. Planes Attack North Viet Nam Bases, Oil Dump m DRAMA — Bud Mayes. Kings Mountain native, is a member ot the cast of "Horn In The West", outdoor histori cal summer pageant at Boone. Multiple Boles For Bud Mayes Dewey S. < Hud > Mayes. Kings Mountain native, performs under several faces in the “Horn in the West" outdoor drama playing nightly except Mondays through August in Boone. Mayes leads a singing quartet that roams the theatre prior to showtime and on Friday. Satur day and Sunday plays a villager in the drama. On Tuesday, Wednesday anil Thursday in August Mayes does the important “Reverend Sims" role regularly plaved by veteran Charles Elledge who is unable to perform on these nights. . Mayes is a capable understudy. B>e has scrvi-d the “Horn" for six years in various <*apacities as singer, actor, quartet member, as sistant director and publicity di rector. Son of Mr. and Mrs. II. Carl Mayes, he teaches high school history and dramatics dur ing the winter months in North WilKesboro. He founded the Pit. a thealre-in-the-round in Boone and acted in numerous produc tions while a student at Appala chian State Teachers college. He and his wife reside in Boone, living atop Howard's Knob, a mountain that overlooks the town. Mrs. Maves also has a role in the outdoor pageant. Local News Bulletins LIONS MEETING Ben Monmaw. superinten dent of Kin^s Mountain Na tional Military Park, will dis cuss the impending anti-pov erty school to be located at the park, at the Tuesday night % meeting of the Kings Moun tain Lions club. The club meets at 7 o'clock at the Wo man's Club. LEGION MEETING Wayne Miller, of Shelby. 26th district commander, will address members of Otis D. Green Post 155. American Leg ion, at the regular August meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock at the Legion building, it was announced by Joe Mc Daniel, Jr., adjutant. Refresh ments will be served. METER RECEIPTS Parking motor receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $225.80. including $150. 80 from on-street meters. $55 from over-parking fines, and $20 from off-street meters. N«w Students Should Register New high school age citizens of Kings Mountain should regis ter for the 1964-65 term starting August 27 next week. Principal Harry Jaynes said Wednesday. Those who attended school elsewhere last year and now have moved to the Kings Moun tain area may call at the princi pal's office anytime next week. Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Principal Jaynes Miid. W Mr. Jaynes' office is in the high school building. East Ridge struct. Anti-Poverty School At KM Park Kings Mountain Teacher Needs Remain At 13 Kings Mountain district schools, as of Wednesday, still required 13 faculty mem hers to complete teacher requirements for the school term starting August 27. Superintendent B. N. Barnes, who said there had t>een several last • minute resignations, made the report Wednesday in the pro eras of a heavy schedule of inter views with prospects. He commented, “We have a large number of applicants we e insider good teachers and I an ticipate majority of the positions will be filled this week.” He added that the schools havb no vacancies for which teaching for which qualified teaching per sonnel is in particularly short supply, as occurred last year In higher *iathematics, and , previ ously. for several years, for the cducahle retarded. He listed these vacancies: two elementary teachers for David son school, and an elementary and high school teacher for Com pact school. Still needl'd for Kings Moun tain high school is another teach er of commercial and another teacher of English. Two eighth grade anil one sec ond grade teachers are required for yet undesignated assignments, and other needs include sixth, and seventq^ggade teachers lor Beth wire, a xpventh grade teacher lor East school, and a fourth grade teacher for Park flrai-e school. Mrs. Wilson's Rites Thnnday Funeral rites for Mrs. Eva M iore Wilson. 49. Long Creek church rood, will he held Thurs day afternoon at 4 o'clock at F’at lorson Grove Baptist church, of which she was a member. Mrs. Wilson died at 12:15 Tues day afternoon shortly after arri val ai Winston-Salem's Baptist hospital. She had been a patient at Kings Mountain hospital for several weeks and was suffering from a pulmonary condition. A former employee of Mauney Hosiery Mills and more recently a salesladv for a cosmetics firm, she was a Cleveland Countv na tive. daughter of Mrs. Dovie Ad •ts Moore anti the late Janu-s M 'tlison Mo ire. She had been ac tive in the work of Kilims Moun tain Junior Women's club. Surviving, in addition to her mother, an* her husband. Joseph II uvard Wilson, and three broth ers. Edwin anti Frank Moore, taith of Kings Mountain, and Joe Moore, Cherry Hill. N. J. A step daughter. Mrs. Joe Robinson, of 1 Kings Mountain, also survives. Funeral rites will be conducted at Paterson Grove Baptist church, anti will ho conducted by Rev. Richard Plyler and Rev. E. S. El : liott. The body will lie in state at the church from 3:30. Burial will he in the church cemetery. Robbs Rites Held Sunday Funeral riles for James How ard Kohhs. 64, wen* held Sunday al 2 p.m. from Second Baptist church of which he was a mem ber. Mr. Robbs died Friday morning at la.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital following illness of sev eral years. A native of Cherokee County. S. C., he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. June Robbs. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Runah Jewel Humphries Robbs: four sons. Buford Robbs. Robert Robbs. Lyman Robbs and Johnny Robbs, all of Kings Mountain: four daughters. 'Mrs. Louise Red mond of Hampton. Va.. Mrs. Ver non Tate of Tampa. Fla., Mrs. Oliver Tate and Miss Jewel Robbs, both of Kings Mountain; two brothers. Grover Robbs of Rutherfordton and Willie Robbs of Gaffney. S. C.: two sisters. Mrs Rub Bagwell of Cl iff side and Mrs. Grady Hammett of Gaffney. S. C.: and 13 grand children. Rev. George Julian officiated at the final rites and interment was made in '.Mountain Rest cemetery. SUCCUMBS — Lawrence F. Burton, well • known Kings | Mountain citizen, died Sunday at Kings Mountain hospital. Burton Bites Held Thursday FVineral rites for Lawrence Fred Burton. 6-1, E. Parker street,! were held Tuesday morning at 11 . o'clock at I-oop Creek Presby- | terian church. Mr. Burton died at Kings Mountain hospital at S:3ft Sun day morning, after a sh «rt hos pitalization. lie had Itecn in ill health for several years, suffer ing a heart condition, which had forced his retirement as an em ployee of IJthium Corporation of America. He was previously a cab driver. Mr. Burton was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Martin Burton, of Gaston county. He was a dea con of the Long Creek church. He was an avid supporter of high school and American Legion ath- • letic teams. Surviving are his wife, Lottie Ahsher Burton, three childien. Lawrence M. Burton. Jr.. Agnes Elaine Burton and Freida Carroll Burton, all of Kings Mountain: five Brothers, Archie and Ira Burton, both of Cherryville. anti Marshall. Jesse, and Forrest But ton. all .if Kings Mountain: and three sisters. Mrs. Grover An thony, Cherryville. and Mrs. Sid- : ney Blanton and Mrs. Jethro Hamm, both of Kings Mountain. Tlte final rites were conducted by Rev. \V. II. Pruitt, Rev. George Julian, and Rev. Richard Plyler. , Burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery here. Water Line Work Starts Thursday The city’s department oi public works will begin installation of more than a mile of lg-inch water line Thursday. Mayor Glee Bridges said the \300- fee: of asbestos cement pipe . required was delivered Wednes day. The line will he installed from, the Deal street filtration plant to Ridge street, thence to Oriental avenue, thence to Floyd street.! and then east to Laura street to smt* the new K Mills Inc., plom.' on which construction Is nearing , completion. The Mayor said the large main would enable the city to eliminate a low pressure service problem at Sadie Mills. Lott Death Was Baled Unavoidable Jessie Loft. 42-ycarold Nc^ro o! route I, was killed Sunday at 2:33 a m. when an auto ran over him on N. C. 21«> five miles north of Kings Mountain. Funeral rites will be held Thursday morning at 11 o'clock but full arrangements were not available from Enloc ■ Borders Funeral Home, in charge of ar rangements. Miss Genell Coleen Pittman, 20. of SKI Third street, driver of the tar which struck Lott, told the investigating officer. Trooper (5. P Blakemore, that she was traveling south on N. C. 21G and was rounding a curve when she came u|x*n an object lying a cross her travel lane. She was unable to avoid hitting it. Miss Pittman said she turned around to find out what she had hit, discovered the body and notified Cherryvllle polite. Blakemore estimated that the body was dragged SO feet. Cleveland County Coroner J. Ollie Harris, after investigation, ruled that the accident was un avoidable by Miss Pittman. No, inquest was held. Harris said his investigation showed that I»tt had stopped at Raymond Foster's house about 2 a.m. approximately 35 minutes before the accident. Harris quot ed Foster as saying Lott was drunk at the time, asked that his employer. J. L. Hallman, be called. When Foster returned to the door, Lott had left. Harris said Lott apparently died instantly. Sunday's traffic fatality was Cleveland County's 13th this year. Thompson Bites To Be Thursday Funeral rites for William Boyd ■ Sain i Thompson. 7f>. of route'1. Cherryville, former resident of Kings Mountain, will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. from Cherry ville s Oak Grove Baptist church. Kev. Johnny Davis will of fh iate and inleiment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery here. Mr Thompson died at 12:115 a m. Monday at his home. He had been in ill In alth for several years. A former employis* of Bonnie Mills of Kings Mountain, he was a native of Buneomhe county. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Bertie Barber Thompson: six sons. William Boyd Thompson. Jr.. Norris Thompson and Sam my Let' Thompson, all of Cherry ville; Donald Thompson of Kings Mountain. Riehard Thompson of the USAK in Frame, and Arnold Thompson of the USAF in Biloxi. Mississippi; six daughters. Mrs. Jess Tino of Roek Hill. S. C.. Mrs. Roy Patrick of Sharon. S. C., Mrs. Dan Boheler of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Gene Dellinger of Conover. Mrs. Jerry Coggins of Chcrryville and Miss Sandra Thompson of the home. A sister. Mrs. Myrtle Woods of I.oekhard, S. C.. survives. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren. Poultry Optometry: Marcus Long Provides Specs For 1,000 Clucks By MARTIN HARMON So mo chickens wear glasses. Bui they wear thorn to prevent vision, not to improve \ ision. Mias Fanny Carpenter return 1 ed to Kings Mountain from a 1 visit with her sister. Mrs. Daisy Lons, and nephew Mareus Long, at Couneil. with the report that her nephew, a poultrvman. had outfitted one thousand of his three thousand floek with spec tacles. With poultrvman Long, the project is experimental and the purpose is to prevent chickens from peeking each other — even to death. The spectacles tor blinders' are vice versa from a hotse's blinders. The chicken specs pre- ' vent his seeing straight ahead, but permit aide vision. Tod Ledford. of Kings Moun tain K;irm Center, explains that ehlekcns got excited by the color of red, and tend to pock at their brothers1 gay combs. The glasses are appended through the chic ken’s nose, somewhat akin to a person's using a pince-nez rath er than glasses with frames. Once a chicken is wounded, the red blood attracts more and more pecking. Another device breeders use to prevent pecking. Mr. Ledford says, is also tedious and time consuming. When a chick is a lew days old. the comb Is parti ally sheared off. Some weeks later, the remaining comb has withered and falls off. Mr. Long is also the nephew of Troy Carpenter and Clarence L. Carpenter, of Nl"'m\i*lr IN NEW POST — Her. Curtis Bundy of Lancaster. S. C. has assumed pastorate duties at Oak View Baptist church. Bandy Assumes New Pastorate Rev. Curtis Bundy of Igincaster S. C. has assumed new pastorate duties at Oak View Baptist chureh on York road. Mr. Bundy, for seven years pas- j tor of Oak Hill Baptist church of Lancaster, will he evangelist for ' revival services beginning Mon day nigh; and continuing through August ldth at 7:30 p.m. each evening. Special singing will be a fea ture of the services with John Caldwell to lead the song servitv. Tlte new minister was educated at Wingate College. He and his wife and son. Wayne, have occu pied the church parsonage on York road. “We invite the community to join with us in this special series of services", a sp ikesman for the church said in announcing the services next week. Dr. Jackson On Boston Staff Dr. Bon T. Jackson of Boston. Massachusetts, husband of the former Alda Joan Davis of Kings Mountain, was featured along with two othor medical doctors in a feature story in the Boston Herald recently. Dr. Jackson is a member of the new surgical department at Boston University Medical Con ter. He experts to move his wife and family to Boston as soon as their new home is completed. Mrs. Jackson and children arc here for a visit with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Davis. The article reads: "Three gentlemen from the new frontiers of surgery are rais ing a bit of dust at Boston Uni versity Medical Center these days in that institution's latest attempt to carve more elbow room in the crowded Boston medical scene. "They are Drs. John A. Man nick. Benjamin T. Jackson, form erly of the Medical College of Virginia, and Dr. Richard H. Eg dahl of the same form«*r address who has now boon at BU laying the ground work for a new de partment of surgery for more than a month. "Tile new surgical department is the first of what unofficial sources sav are a number of steps lo bettor BU School of Med icine's image in both profession al and scholastic circles. If em phasis on youth and vitality is a key to the process. Mannick. Jackson and Kgdahl come well qualified. “Dr. Jackson is 35 and has an enviable re«-ord in animal re search. Inti-rested primarily in fetal physiology, particularly that of the heart and lungs, he has managed to find a techni que for inducing heart and lung problems by operating on ani mals while still in the womb— without disturbing the natural birth proces-s. “He has also worked out a way of getting precise measure ments of the heart signals. His animal research proved that drugs like barbiturates have far more effect on the offspring than the pregnant mother. "He will act as research ad uuuiaUalur. Class To Total 100 Boys; BUI Near Passage By MARTIN HARMON Kind's Mountain National Mili tary Park will Im- a "s bool" in the Irdt-ral anti-poverty pro gram. Superintendent Ben Moomaw said that he anticipates tin school, for 100 young men 18 through 21. will be in operation not later than October 15. A staff of approximately 21 will include teachers, instructors, and cooks who will provide both formal educational instruction, vocational education instruction, and sustenance to the class of one hundred. Maximum length under legislation now hci-oming law will be two years Interim "graduation” will vary on basis of speed of accomplishment of th« student. The class will be housed at the park in mobile barracks. 50 by 10 foot trailer units, which can be set up in a day’s time. Eligibles include boys 18-21 who have not completed high school. Instruction will he given in the use of hand tools, mechanics, masonry, road-building, carpen try, cooking, laundering and other vocational subjects, as well as reading and writing if any are completely illiterate. Supt. Moomaw commented. "We hope our class will include mostly local area boys, but they could come from any place in the United States." The group likely will be inte grated. as assignments will give no consideration to race, creed, color or nationality. Cherokee County. South Caro lina. in which the national park is located, was one of the coun ties of the Appalachia area des ignated as a "poverty area". The 30-hour work-week of the students will be devoted to maintenance work in the park itself including work in forestry, building of shelters, cleaning of park areas, removing diseased trees, building of roads and es tablishment of nature trails. Commenting on the anti-pov erty program Tuesday in Wash ington. House SjM-aker John Me Cormack < D-Mass. > said he an ticipated House action on th< Senate-passed bil’ August II and added. "This bill makes sci.se. Its aim is to make taxpayers and useful citizens of people either now on the welfare rolls or soon to be.’’ BUILDING PERMITS City building permits were issued during the pas! week to Cornwell Atlantic Service Sta tion. E. King street, $2000 for erection of two wash racks and lo J. R. MoAbee, $500. for ex pansion <»f Mac’s Grocery, 900 N. Piedmont avenue. PROMOTED — Hugh A. Lan caster's promotion to first lieu tenant in the North Carolina Army National Guard has been announced by Governor Sanford. Lancaster Wins Guard Promotion The promo11 >n of Hugh A. Lan caster from Second Ijeutenant to tin- rank of First Lieutenant in the North Carolina Army Nation al Guard was announced by Gov ernor Sanford. I^uicaster was born in Union County, South Carolina and pre sently resales with his wife and chil<lren on Manor road in Kings .Mountain. He is Mining Kngineer of Kings Mountain Mica Com pany. Lt. Jaineaster graduated fi >m Jonesville, South Carolina high , school in 195-1 ami attended Clcm son. South Carolina College lor (two years He graduated from the [North Carolina Military Academy 1 at Fort Bragg in 1961 at which time he was commissioned a Sec ; ond Lieutenant Lt. Lancaster joined the South Carolina Army National Guard in March 10.VI. In December 1056 he transferred ; i the North Caro lina Army National G.iarri with Company D 10*>t:i Kngineer Bat talion in K.ngs Mountain, the unit of his present assignment. Gaston McGills To Meet Sunday Annual reunion of McGills of .Gaston will he held at Bethel ■ Church atlxir. on the St. ! uke’s chuivh load. Sunday afternoon j beginning at 5 o'clock. The pi igram will begin promptly at with picnic dinner following at ti. This year's meeting date marks a change in format. It is the fiist time the Ian. which annually has met on Wednesday's is meet ing on Sunday. The clan voted for the Sunday date last year in an etfort to c.nu tie members from dist mt areas to attend more cast ly. Mrs. Geraldine McArver Hall 1 man, of Lincolnton. is president. Mrs. Stokes Wright, of Kings Mountain, is secretary-treasurer. Citizens Receiving Their Notices Of New Property Tax Appraisals Tht- board of .-ounty rommis sioners will sit as a hoard of tax equalization and review for the fn>t time Monday even prior to eomplotion of formal notifica tion of new property valuations to taxpayers. Kind’s Mountain area citi/ens who had received notices were varied in their reactions. Gen erally. the cries of woe ranged from gasp to Mashing. Most, however, received the news philo sophically. With very few exceptions, val nations took onlv one course up. expected since the appraisal firm handling the revaluation chore, by law were assessing present day values rather than 1945 val ues. Figures being received by citi zens represent 63 persent of the actual assessed value and are the actual amounts on which the county has levied for taxes and set tax rates for 1961 bills pay able at full discount during Au gust, due net in November. Numerous complaints came to Mayor Glee A. Bridges and other city officials. City Clerk Joe Me-. Daniel, with a chuckle, comment ed, "We’re routing the complaints to where they belong the coun ty auditor’s office.” Mr. McDan- ; Coat i* aid CM Ficjo 6 GRADUATE — Mr*. Elaine Cbandley Kiser, wife of Me. Steven R. Kiser of Kings Mountain and Killeen. Tanas, was graduated Saturday from Mercy Hospital School of Nurs ing in Charlotte. Mrs. Kiser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ]. C. Chandley of A she villa, is daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kiser of Kings Nation Gieets News With Calm Sobei Concern The nation’s citizens a.veptrd calmly, though with sober con cern the news that the United States has expanded the war in Viet Nam following two attacks on navy ships in international waters by North Vietnamese tor pedo boats. President Johnson rc|Ktrted to the nation via television and ra dio Tuesday night his decision to expand the war to the extent of tombing North Viet Nam port installations. The President said the United States, after being attacked, was striking hack, but he said the ex* pa ns ion of the war is "limited". The attack was made on four PT boa’ bases, and the attacking navy airmen reported the bases wrecked and an oil depot 30 per cent destroyed. The U. S. attack on North Viet Nam. reputedly the f omen ter of the civil war in South Viet Nam and supplier of the Communist Vietnamese, was in answer to an attack on the navy destroyer USS Maddox on Sunday, and a subse quent Monday attack on the Maddox and the USS Turner Joy. another destroyer. ,V> miles at soa The destroyers returned fire and claimed two enemy torpedo boats sunk, another damaged. In turn, the supplier of North Viet Nam is Communist China and the question is: What will China do now? China condemned the American attack, via govern ment controlled newspaper. President Johnson said he had asked Congress to give him au thority to act as he saw fit in answering the Communist ag gression and added that .Senator Coldwater. Republican presiden tial candidate, had approved his action* as contained in his ad dress Tuesday night. Majority of citizens here, as well as throughout the nation, gave especial attention to news broadcasts for latest events. There was generally calm con cern and among parents of ser ' icemen. particularly those known to be in the area, more particular concern. There was confidence among most that the brush fire would he extinguished and that a war of even small proportions would not result. School Site Soil Problem Solved ■'ll will he about tnrt«e wirhs before we're really moving.” J- B. Lindsay. H. H. Pinnix Company construction superin tendent for thi> Kings Mountain • listrirl lngh st lool, said Wednes day dial the i ohlcms created by stiil "soft >ix>js'* have been large ly overcome and that initial work is proceeding satisfactorily. Masonry construction on the north wall is well underway. The new high school plant, which when completed and equip ped will cost a minimum of $1,. .*>00.000 is designed to accommo* »late ]0aO to 1100 high school stu* dents, is being built on a 73-plus acre site on the south side of Phi fer road near the city limits. Construction contract calls for completion in time for occupancy at the beginning ot the 1965-66 school term. Supt. Lindsay explained that the soil problem meant that en gineering decisions as to type of construction had to be made at each “soft” spot. In some in stances. footings have been deep* ened and widcn«>d. One of the soft spots (usually the soft earth contained micat was at the planned location for the heating system smokestack. There was question as to wheth er the considerable weight of tho stack might cause it to sink, with possible damage to the west wall. Decision has been reached by en gineering and school officials to remove the stack from the wall by several fret. City Tax Advertising To Bogin August 19 Real property of eiti/ens who haw not paid 1963 oity rax bills will ho advertiscd for sale for taxes hecinnin<: August 19. City Tax Colla tor Joe McDaniel. Jr., said Wednesday. Mr. MeDaniel urced payment in advance of the advertising date. Added oxphnse will be saved, he said, as a penalty fee Is as fur ddvcrtibiQi; owili ;