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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 1M( Inn fat Onm, Dan M—W la 4aitaa« (ran Ika IMS Dafa Maaaina dlf «nnan taaaaa. Tha dir Madia flvara to (taaa tha OaMaM MaHi caaaaa af INI. r VOL 76 No, It_ EltobUwd 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.. Thursday, August 27, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT* Kings Mountain Schools Will Open On Thursday City Fathers Hear Complaints Of Negro Group Mayor Glw A. Bridges and two city commissioners, J. K. Rhea and Norman King. held an in formal talkfest with a group of Negro citizens late Sunday after- 1 noon in which the Negro group aired some complaints and re- • feasts. ^Mayor Bridges said William Orr had requested the meeting and acted a< spokesman for the delegation. The Mayor gave this report of th< meeting: Tlie Negro group complained that a police desk sergeant on Thursday had issued a rail via police radii' in which on-duty police were instructed to check on a group of "niggers” in a sia 1 tion wagon on York road. Orr said the desk sergeant should be fired for using th» te;m "nig- i gers". The Mayor declined to agree. Tu a contention that the city I should employ more Negro citi- ' /ens on city jobs, the Mayor re- 1 plied that the city now Hats and has for many years employed large numbers of Negroes. He said department heads recom mend employees and that the city would hire persons qualified fo; particular jobs, but none others. On complaint that the city's mayor • appointed community relations council had never met I Mayor Bridges replied that, in the absence of difficulties, no meeting had been needed. Several of the Negro group; said they favored a curfew for ; Jeen-agers, as Bessemer City In-! ■nkrd some weeks ago. but' Commissioner King objected on ! grounds children and their con duct are parental rcsponsihlli- • ties. He added he felt children i of good conduct should not he penalized because of the bad conduct of a few. Comm. Ray Cline, not present Sunday, is chairman of the com munity relations council. H< said Wednesday he would con vene a meeting if one is want ed. Other members of the coun cil are Rev. Marion DuBose. J 1 Ollie Harris. Roy Brown. Ha/el (Jill. J. D. Mitehem. and Charles J Blanton. Gill was present at the Sunday meeting, but made no com- ) ments. Mayor Bridges said. Local News j Bulletins FAKING MtmS Parking meter receipts (or the week ending Wednesday to taled $'221.30. including $1 IK.SO (rom on street meters. $36 in fetver-parking fines, and $19.50 firom off-street meters. loms McGinnis Lewis <Luoo» Falls, former postman, haa joined McGinnis Furniture Company as deliver)’ superintendent and salesman. KIWAN1S CLUB Bill Bates, high school foot hall coach, will discuss pros pects of the Mountaineer team for the coming season at Thurs day's Kiwanis club meeting at 6:13 p.m. at the Woman's club. ROTANT CLUB Kings Mountain Rolarians will discuss 196-165 club objec tives as the program for Thurs day's’ mooting. The civic club convenes for luncheon at 12:13 at the Country Club. FROM VACATION Dr. W. L. Pressly and Mrs. rressly have returned from their vacation and Dr. Pressly will fill the pulpit at Sunday services at Boyce Memorial AR P church. BAND TO PLAT The Cascades, a local band of high school students, have been invited to play for Hits, Inc., < >mmunltv teenage center. | in Rockingham. Members of the iband are Johnnie Moore, Jeff I tnd Ike Patterson. Johnny Ben nett and Leslie Joy. NEW TEXTILE PUN INSTALUNG MACHINERY — K. MiUs. In;.. U busy in.ta’Ung looms at their now Mario street building. Pictured in foreground are Ralph Johnson, left, superintendent, and Tern Reynolds, overseer of machinery installation In background, left to right, are Donald Cobh. Richa.i Proctor. Paul Bridges, and Foley Cobb. Jr. Supt. Jchnson said he would begin pro cessing employment applications next week. The firm will manufacture upholstery fabrics. Jimmy Foster Died In Wreck Monday Night John James <Jimmy) Foster. 19. was killed instantly Monday night at 11:45 p.m. when he lost control of his ear on a curve after i tire blew, the vehicle overturn ing in a creek about 100 yards fr im Radio Station WKMT on BeaaeoNdf City road. Another youth. Richard Causby, •iding with Foster, escaped in jury. Coroner J. Ollie Harris said young Foster died of a broken neck. Funeral rites were held Wed nesday at 4 p.m. from the Taber nacle of Lo\ e. Rev. Jerry Grigg jod Rev. Paul Lanning officiated ind interment was made in Moun tain Rest cemetery. Coroner Harris ruled the death accidental and said no inquest is planned. Highway Patrol Trooper Wil liam Valentine said the car was traveling toward Kings Mountain on the Bessemer City highway and he estimated the speed at 65 m p.h. when the wreck occurred near WKMT Radio. A native of Kings Mountain. Foster was the son of Mrs. Bettj •'oster Dellinger of 912 First *treel, who survives, along with the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Foster, Kings Mountain; two brothers, Dwight and Carl Grady Foster and one sister, Petrina Shehan. all of the home. PROJECT UNDERWAY The Junior Woman's club is continuing its 196-1 community calendar project this week anti team captains are asked to urge their team members to com plete work on the project in a canvass Monday night from 7 until 9 p.m. 'Members may gath er at 7 p.m. at the Woman’s dub. Mexican Youth L Trade At Mohair The nice-looking young black haired man who has been work ing in various departments of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company's Margrace plant since June is John Paul Barbaroux, 23. a Mexican of French descent. In fact, his father is native French and his mother, native Mexican, is of French extraction, too. Mr. Barbarous studied textile engineering at Muihouse Univer sity in France, near the German border, is gaining some practical experience here by the accident of his uncle and Neisler division Manager Al Maino having a mu tual friend. Barba roux speaks with an ob viously un-American accent but manipulates the English langu age quite well, even though his study of English was limited to a brief stint in high school and a two-month crash course in Michigan just before he came to Kings Mountain. His uncle and his father are members of the firm of S. Rob-; Welfare Branch Answer Monday? Mis. Mauney Will Move Retention The final answer on whether the Kings .Mountain branch of the county welfare office will he closed may be given Monday nigh.. The welfare board convenes in regular session Monday evening and Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. of Kings Mountain, a mcmbci. said she would move the board re scind its 3 to 1 action of June 2d to close the Kings Mountain of fice. Whether supporting votes will be forthcoming was subject to conjecture. Mrs Mauney, due to personal committments, left the July meeting early, after making a plea for retention of the Kings Mountain branch, but before en tering a motion. There was one and the June action stayed on the record. Retention of the office here has the support of all Kings Mountain civic clubs. Kings Mountain hospital officials, the Kings Mountain Ministerial as sociation. other groups, and in dividual citizens, more than 600 of whom petitioned the welfare board to rescind the dosing ac tion. Other board members are A. L. Warlick. chairman. Carlos Young. Ralph Elliott, and Wayne Caudill. saining Textile Margrace Plant ert k Company. Mexico City, and manufacture both cotton and wool yarns, as well as end pro ducts such as suitings and shirt ings. He’s not sure when he'll return to Mexico City, nor wheth er he’ll work for his family's firm or some other. In Kings Mountain. Harbaroux has already had duty in the weaving room, twisting room, dye house and laboratory. He likes his work, and he likes Kings Mountain. Did he like Fra net*? His eves shone as he re plied. I liked' Paris and I liked the French Riviera!” He notes that Mexico City has a population of 5.500.000. and is the highest national capital In the world, at titiDP feel higher than Mount Milt-hell. A chronic water problem results from the fact of long-term set seasons followed by equally-long dry seasons. Barbaroux is single, doesn't smoke, resides in the Maino apartment at the D. L. Saunders residence on S. Gaston street * City News Finn Open For Business City News, a new Kings Moun tain business firm, is open for business. Located in the Li|>ford build ing on West Mountain, the firm is offering a wide assortment of gifts, novelties, sundries, maga zines, newspapers, paperback books, greeting cards, toys and other items. The firm will be open daily from N:3i> a m. to 10 p.m., ex cepting Suitdax s. when the firm will close during church service hours. Employees of the firm are Mrs. Paulette Chapman and Mrs. Dot Fletchei. Negro Nursery Opens Monday The Kings Mountain Council of I'nited Church Women will open a day nursery for Negro children Monday. The nursery will be for four arid five-year-old children and will lx- located in the Masonic Lodge building on West Parkei strex-t. Negro parents interested in en rolling their children should con la. i Miss Lillian S. McClure, -111 West Ridge street, telephone 739 >336. Knrollment will he limited to 20 children. For fieorge Plonk, chairman of the local project. Kings Moun tain's first, commented, "The need for this nursery has been appar ent for some time, and last year the United Church Women ac cepted it as a local project. Through hard work, contributions and cooperation of the churches, many individuals and local busi nesses. the proposed project is about to become a reality." After searching for a suitable location, ehurchwomen found that members of Eta Chapter V of the Eastern Star, the Qia-en Mary's C nu t ii| the Order of Heroines of Jericho and Masonic Lodge No.1 I of the Masons were also inter ested. They offered the use of thci lower floor of the Masonic- Hall. - hut much work was ntvessary to ready the building in good condi-, tion for the nursery. Workmen were painting and in-1 stalling screens, new flooring and new electric wiring this week. Mon* equipment is needed, how ever, including refrigerators, ta bles. small chairs, rots, a record] player, cabinets, children's books.1 records, toys and activity sup plies. Kings Mountain area citizens interested in contributing gifts of money or an\ of the needed items are asked io contact any member of the sponsoring United Church Women’s commitio*. Mrs. Law Cmtmtud Or fuj/i; H Two-Way Path Progress Key, Allen Declares "The only path to the county'll ultimate greatness is the two way avenue of cooperation." Jim Allen, editor of the Shelby Daily Slat, declared to members of the Kings Mountain Lions club Tues da> night. Editor Allen had said. “We, have a d«s»p affection ol Kings Miuntain. though at sometimes we mat disagree " Suggesting it sometimes ap peared Kings Mountain suffered an inferiority complex he added. "Kings Mountain and Number 4 Town -hip have no need to nur turn an attitude of Inferiority. Tlie area is well-blessed with In dustry and is getting more. Kings Mountain has no court house and I sometimes wish we didn't." He deplored, he said an ap parent effort in the recent Dem ocratic primary to inflame sec tional feeling, labeling an adver tisement condemning the Shelby “drug store gang'* as designed for political gain on basis of an old sentiment. He acknowledged he had heard reports of validitv to some of Kings Mountain's “redheaded stepchild" charges in the past, but inferred those days are past. Kditor Allen called attention to a study report filed 2») years ago i December 1M4I which made recommendations for coun ; ty-wide aetion in many direc tions. noting that only now are some of the res-ommend.it ions being implemented. Among them: 11 Provision for water and sewer systems in all towns and villages. 2> Consolidation of all schools : into one administrative unit. 3» A rural sanitation program. 4* Zoning. •>' Change of the name of Shelby Public library to one “more emblematic of its func tion". 6* Pay-as-you-go financing. (The rejKjrt noted that the coun ty's finances in 1M4 made such a plan practical.) lie praised the organization of CAGO and the cities of Kings Mountain and Shelby for atten tion to advance planning, add ing. “The county government should do the same. Mr. Allen was presented by William Lawrence Plonk. Martin Harmon welcomed Ray Holmes as a new member of the club. Grover Picnic Plans Underway, Plans an* well underway for the annual Grover Community Picnic to be held Saturday. Sep tember 5th. at Grover school. An informal program has been planned. Mrs. Fred Crisp, pub licity chairman, has annountvd. Music and marching by thej Kings Mountain high school band, under direction of Joe C. Hedden, will kick-ofr the festivi ties at a p.m. Dr. T. A. Barker, the new physician who came to! Grover in July, will be recog nized during the program. “This picnic is not only for the residents of the Town of Grover but for all the t-ommunities ad joining the town." Mrs. Crisp continued. “A well filled basket of food to be served at 6 o'clock is all it will cost for a wonder- i ful time of community fellow-1 ship," Mrs. Crisp add«-d. Retailer Picnic b Wednesday Annual employee-employer plo nk* of the Kings Mountain Mer chant* Association will be held Wednesday at 7 o’clock at El Bethel Methodist church «>duca tional building. Women of El Bethel church will serve the picnic-style meal and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson is chair man of the El Bethel committee. Merchants who have not pur chased tickets and still desire to do so should contact the associa tion office by Saturdav or any member of the committee in charge of arrangements, which includes Miss Elizabeth Stewart.' Menstell Phifer and P. H. Wilson Ticket* are $1.75 for adults and $1 fur children. Industry Training Class Approved Fred Withers Coordinator Of ITC Course Thirtv Kings Mountain stu dent* o! junior and senior high school ago will take part ir j what is called an Industrial Training Cooperation program here for the fi-st time this fall Kings Mountain high school i* one ot 7t schools in North Caro lina approved for this unique program which will provide on t he-job training in industrial sklh Fred Withers, who will serv as instructor, said numerous stu dents have alreadv applied, anc.' applications are sttl’ being ac cepted. He said the applicants arc to he screened and that 30 students will he selected from 11th and I2th graders who make applications. The Kings Mountain board of education formally approved the ITC program Tuesday. Mr. Withers said classroom in struction for a senior will involve two hours of classwork in tech nically related industrial trade skills front automate mechan ics to meat • cutting A junior, who may also take the course when he is a senior, will hr- re quirt'd to take one hour of class work daily. Applicants have indicated var i ied trades they wish to exec! in, including trainees for physicians and nurses' aids; hospital work- , ers; printers: mechanics, etc.! Classroom work will be design ed to assist them in pursuing these fields of work. and. in co operation with industries, the students will be able to train locally for those jobs. Mr. With ers pointed out. The waiting lists for ICT pro : grams an* long throughout the state. Mi. Withers continued, and by school year a lo cal program will he able to ac commodate only 2*> pupils The program involves spending much individual time with a student. Mr. Withers added. Mr. Withers noted that train ecs for the medical profession, from doctor's assistants to lab oratory and X-ray technicians, are popular choices of Kings Mountain area students who have filled three 8'aH sheets of pa|H-r with job suggestions. “We are anvpting all applica lions for screening," Mr. Withers continued. The Kings Mountain teacher said. “We an* most enthusiastic ahout this new program in Kings Mountain and are highly pleas i"d that vve are fortunate to of CoHtiuut <1 On Pni/t S GRADUATE — Glenn Alton Dover of Kings Mountain hat received his master of arts de gree from Appalachian State Teacher's college at Boone. The Kings Mountain man will teach seventh grade science and mathematics at Rhyne school in Gastonia this fall. He earned his B. S. in 1958 from ASTC. Tax Discount Deadline Neai Number 4 Township citizens who pre-pay lf*t>4 taxes b\ Mon day will qualify for a full two percent discount allowed on Au gust pre-payments. Robert S. Gidney. county collcctoi. and Joe H. McDaniel, Jt.. city collec tor, rem.nded this week. Mi. Gidney said all tax bills, had been mailed in Kings Moun tain and No. I Township. Mail ing of tax bills in No. t> Town ship is to be complcicd by Fri day. Both city and county offices are expected to he bus\ this weekend. Tax pre • payments Wednesday at the city office reached $10.4.1;?. The county of fice said payments had been "slow’' but predicted a "rushing business'’ through Monday. What about valuation adjust ments? •Mi. Gidney sa.d county of. t ficials were proceeding with hearings on the new valuations but that no hearings had been held for industries and business es. including equipment and ma chinery. They are to lie schedul er! in September, Mr. Gidney not ed. The tax collector reminded citizens they do not have to wait for results of their hearing to pre pay their taxes. Refunds will COHtlII«(’(/ Oil P'KJi M w Sweezy Member Of Education Team On Bevamping Samoan Instruction By MARTIN HARMON William Kugene Sweezy and his family will emplane on a Jet at Charlotte Thursday for a long-lasting trip. Mr. Sweezy. son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Swee/y. of Route 3. Kings Mountain, is among a team of educators charged with responsibility of formulating a wholly new educational program —from first grad*' up — for American Samoa. This South Pacific Island group remains an American possession hv choice of the Sa moans It lies 2400 miles south west of Hawaii, at approximate ly 14 degrees south latitude. Plan for the educational re vamping calls for liberal use of educational television, as well as a complete re writing of text books. Mr. Sweezy, for the past three years principal of Char lotte’s Elizabeth elementary school, says. "All the old text books have been dumped into the Pacific. It is planned to write new ones based on Samoan cul ture A telephone call from Miami from the dim-tor of the Nation al Association of Educational Broadcasters last spring started the Sweezv family on the way. The dim-tor had learned of Mr Sweezy's interest in educational television. There followed several interviews The assignment is for a minimum of two years. Mr. Swwzy slot's “cold" from the language stand|>oint. guesses his wife wlto knows Arabic and his young children, will master the Polynesian dialect more quickly than he. Ilis prime responsibility will be teacher training. Purposes of the program are. 11 to raise the educational achievement stand ards of tin- Samoan children: 2t to raise the level of instruction of the Samoan teachers: and 3) to make Samoan schools com pletely Samoan institutions. Mr. Sweezy says that American Samoa has been a United States possession since 1900, was under the administration of the navy department until 1951 when its administration was assigned to the Department of the Interior. Meantime, the Samoans retained their centuries-old customs and culture. Mrs. Sweezy was Farida Too mev. of Gastonia, of Lebanese extraction. Their children are Lisa. 5. and Billy. 3. Mr. Sweezy holds bachelor and master degrees from Appalachi an State Teachers College and has done work toward a doc torate at the University of North Carolina iChnpe! Hill*. The Sweezys will live on the ialaud of Tuluila. i 4274 Pupils Is Anticipated Enrollment KMountain district school children will begin the 1964 65 term Thursday morning at 8:30. First day schedule, when chil dren will report to classes, get books and assignments, will end at 11:30 a.m. Full-day work starts Friday, for all except first graders, when all th« nine school cafeterias will he in operation First grad ci will ha\c abbreviated sched uli- fot th« first ten school days —through September 10. Su|M-rintendent B. N. Barnes sa d Wednesday he anticipated enrollment for the nine-plant di-trie! is 1274. including 3074 elemental^ and secondary school pupils and I2ufi high school pu pils. Supt. Barnes said Wedm-sday the faculty is compleie with the exception of a high school his tory teacher ami a sixth grade teacher The history teacher va cancy was a later occurrence. The Industrial Cooperative 1 raining program was approved lor Kings Mountain high school Tucsdax and will be directed by Fred Withers The new Withers assignment creates need for a replacement. Otherwise. Supt. Samoa pro noum-od tli«- schools “rrady to open". Faculty member-. reported for dut> Tiicsdaj. Now mcmhers of the faculty were entertained at dinner at tho Woman's Club by tho Kind’s Mountain XCEA unit. Alignments Supt Barilos reported a mini mal number til as of Wednes day morning) of requests for transfer to schools other than those to which they were as signed by action of the board of education iast week. "All students are requested to report to schools to which they havi been assigned on Thursday and Friday," Mr. Barnes said. "The board will meet after the school day Friday to consider transfer requests.” H* said the board members have indicated they will foK I past policy, in arcommodath students with transfers whet possible without creating class imbalances and overloads. Saturday will be the final day to ask transfers formally. Ac cording to North Carolina regu lations. transfer requests must h< made within ten days of pub lication of the assignment no tice. if the requests are to have legal standing. Jenkins Hites Held Wednesday Funeral rites for Miss Mussett Jenkins, sti, a former resident of Kings Mountain, were held Wed nesday at 2 p.m. from First Pres byterian church of which she was a member. Interment followed in Mountain Rest cemetery. Miss Jenkins, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jenkins, died Saturday at a hospital in Clifton Forge, Va. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. C. P. McKee of Kannapolis; two nieces, Mrs. Robert Farley of Covington. Va. and Mr*. Paul Dunn of Clifton Forge. Va.; and one nephew. James Dunn of Clif ton Forge, Va. Dr. Paul A us ley officiated at the final rites. Cooper To Fill Lutheran Pulpit Kov. Edgar M. Cooper. pastor of New Hanover Lutheran church of New Hanover. Pa. and son of Mrs. E. C. Cooper of Kings Moun tain. will fill the pulpit at Sunday 11 a.m. service* at St. Matthew's Lutheran church. Th«- Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will he administered at the service. R<‘v Mr. Cooper js vacationing in Kings Mountain this month. JACOBS1 CONDUCT SERVICES Mr. and Mrs, Norman Jacobs of Gastonia will lx* in charge of the morning and evening serv ices this week at the First Church of the Na/arene in the absence of the pastor. Rev. H. G. Clevton, w ho is conducting a revival In the First Church of Uic Niuaitnc at Ccaufort, S» (L
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