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Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
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VOL. 75 No. 38
Established 1889
1C Pages
| D Today
Kir.gs Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 17, 1964
Seventy-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENT'
FLAWS JELLING FOR MOUNTAINEER DATS—Four members of the Kings Mountcin Merchants
Association Mountaineer Day3 committee don a cc on skin cap and examine a gun. typi-al of some
of the equipment they will display in store windows during the week-long celebration October
5-10. A mammoth parade Saturday. Oct. 10th at 2 pom. will climax the celebration commemo
rating the 184th anniversary of the Revolution cry War Battle of Kings Mountain. From left.
Merchants Association president Jonas Bridges, parade chairman Don Dixon, activities chairman
Bill Brown and general chairman of the celebration. Humes Houston. (Herald Photo by Paul
Lemmcns)
Bethware Fair h Underway
County Fair Opens Tuesday
New Features
In Big Progiam
ty fair, the nation's biggest. opens
Tuesday with fair officials pro
mising new an»l exciting events
for the annual spectacle.
Flags will such lx* flying over
the fairgrounds, as workmen are
working at top speed to have the
sprawling giounds and buildings
in shajx* for the 1961 fair which
opens September 22 and contin
ues thiough September 2d.
Unprecedented in its 11 years
is the demand f.»r exhibit space
at the coining fair. Manager Kl
bridge Weathers has announced
that over} inch of exhi lit spa e
his Ix-cn sold for the I!H>| fair,
with the last space Ix-mg pur
< hast'd by Charlie "Chou-Choo’*
Justice. Justice, former Univer
sity of North Carolina All-Amer
ican football player, w .11 main
tain an educational exhibit dur
ing the week of the fair.
STUDENT DATS
Student days will lie Tues
day. September 22. and Friday.
September 25, when students
ft<>m on area within 50 miles
of Sheibv will be admitted to
the grounds on passes. Kings
Mountain students will have
fair passes on next Friday and
III’em will also lie admitted
free on fair passes next Friday.
So may entries have been re
arrived m the cattle department
^■i.it the lair association has iiad
bring in a 13n by 30 foot tent
to house the extra cattle and
sheep that have overflowed the
barns. More horses and ponies
have been entered than ever be
fore in the history of the fair.
Total prize money this year will
be $16,000. Exhibit* in most cate
gories may be entered up to K
p.m. Monday night before the
fair opens Tuesday.
A spe. ud feature this year will
he a "Shoudeo", described as a
kind of rodeo, to Ih- sponsored
by the Cleveland County Horse
men's Association. About 73
horses will lx* entered and the
performance will imitate stunt
riding by tlx- club members.
The fair association will give
away a bale of cotton on Satur
day night before the fireworks
display that ends the 19W fair.
Ten names w'ill be drawn at each
grandstand performance anti the
tot «l purled for the Saturday
drawing. The winner will noi
have to he present.
Deggcllcr Shows will bring 52
ritles and sideshow attractions to
the fair this year, including two
double sky wheels, sky liner,
bubble bounce, and the world’s
largest portable roller coaster.
Al> > w’ith the Deggeller Show*
will he the RayneU’s world fam
ous girl revue and 11 additional
atop shows.
■ The Kaye Gorham Dancer* in
^•’Holiday Revue" will show Tues
Clevcland County s -list coun
Fair
CoNtiNuexf Oh fayt s
WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Mias
Kay Mauney has won a schol
arship to King's collage at
Charlotte.
Miss Maaney
Wins Scholarship
Miss Kay Mauney, daughter ol
Mi. and Mrs. Carl K Mauney ol
Kings Mountain, has been award
id a scholarship and will enter
King's < illi’pe at the beginning
of the fall term, Septemlier it.
Alter competitive examinations
conducted by Carl Moss, Dean of
Students at Kind’s college, Miss
Mauney was declared the winner
of one of the scholarships an
nually offered by the Charlotte
Chapter of the National Secrc
lanes Association.
A 19H3 graduate of Kings
Mountain high school. Miss Mau
ney will be registered at King’s
college for the general business
secretarial course.
Beth ware Event
Will Continne
Three More Days
Be;hwaio community Fair
j openifl officially at i o’clock
\V<*dnesday afternoon for it
ITth annual nhotving of \ >. j
lownship farm • and home pro
ducts, including crops, kitchen
delicacies and fan. vwork.
Judging of the exhi its and dt
part men ts will take place Thurs
day and cash prizes will ue a
warded, as customary.
Thursday has also been dosig
tinted as Cnildren's Day at the
fair from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. with
special events planned. Thei •
will In> nightly drawing for priz<«
at 1(1 p.m. followed |jy a magni
ficent fireworks display, on
schedule every- night at the four
•lay community event.
The fair will open at 3 p.m.
Friday afternoon and at 1 p.m.
Saturday. The fair will dose at
midnight Saturday night.
Miss Jean Hamrick, daughter,
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hamrick
is reigning as Queen of Beth
ware Fair. The selection of
Queen of the Fair was nude by
the sponsoring Both ware Pro
gressive dub of which Harold
Hord is president.
A re. >rd number of exhibits in
the 1961 Fair reflects. President
Hold said, the changes and im
provements in the Kings Moun
tain area’s ever-advancing agri
cultural, commercial and indus
trial fields It is the eighth year
the fair offers cash prizes to
winning exhibitors.
Midway attractions feature a
variety of kiddie rides and con
cession stands.
Then* is no admission charge.
S. G. Rattenee Dies At Age 99,
Funeral Kites Will Re Thursday
IN NKW DUTIES — tar. CMrw
DeWitt Bias ton. Jr., has as.
suaMd now duties as assort fits
chemistry in the Auburn Uni
versity School of Pharmacy.
Sumter Columbus Kat terror.
99, died Wednesday afternoon at
1:30 p.m. in the Kilims Mountain
hospital .after several weeks'
serious illness.
Funeral rites will he held
Thursday ttoday» at I p.m. from
the Chapel of Harris Funeral
Home. Dr. W. L. Ptessly. assist
ed by Rev. Dennis Larkins of
Shelby, will officiate, and inter
ment will t)e made in Grover
cemetery
Mr. Ratlrrrre was a native of
R«*k Hill. S. C.. son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James Ratlerree.
He was onetime Grover postmas
ter and a member of Boyce Me
murial AKI* church.
He had a major operation last
week.
His wife was the late Carrie
Amanda Herndon Ratlerree.
Survivors include his son.
Bright D. Ratlerree. with whom
he made his home, of Kings
Mountain: a foster son. J. C. Rat
terree of Charlotte; three grand
children and five great-grand
children. t
Mayor Will Lead Secession Effort
New Gas Billings
In Effect Tuesday
City Commission
Formally Okays
Gas Rate Cats
Has bills Ibis month will re
lower rotes approved Thurs
day nigh: by tin city board o.
ycminissioners.
Tin new natural gas rates,
which went into efn* t Tuesday,
will bring in an estimated S-'-'i.
'<',U l. ss reveno; to the city in
tin coming year. The new rates
were designed to create less rev
enue. The eitys final payment
c.n its gas sy.-tem bunds will be
made October 1.
"We'will need less money to
operate the- system now,” City
.'lerk Joe- H. McDanii I pointed
out.
Kate reductions will affect all
users of natural gas in the Kings
Mountain ar.-a served by the
system, both residential and
ttmmercial. Interruptible rates
have been sc I at ;i flat 45 cents
l>er thousand cubic foot.
In other actions, the- commis
sion voted:
1» To rescind the livestock or
dinance that had forbidden citi
zens tc keep livestock within 200
feet of their homos or other peo
ple's homes.
21 Accepted low bid of $3,322.
11 from Victory Chevrolet Co. for
n truck to be used by the elev
trieal department.
3) Upon mo!ion uf Comm. J E.
Rhea, seconded by Comm. T. J
Ellison, accepted Mv bill of Ray
Sturgill & Associates for propos
ed valve and filter gauge control
repla-em. nt for the filter plant
in the amount of SC.50g.61.
It Received a curb and gutter
petition for W. tlo!d street from
Juniper to l’hifer road and on
Blanton from First to Stowe
Ac res.
:>> Voted to advertise for re
oning a lot owned by J. Pack
ard Elliott from residential to
business.
Ci Tabled a- ’ion t,n a request
by Mrs ijcorgo Houser to leave*
the tralfic light on 24 hours a
day at the* corner ol East Rj-Jge
street and X. Piedmont avenue;
bids for sky wotker received from
Me t a be- Power.* Body Company
and Holan-Division of the Ohio
Broass Company. The apparatus
would Ik* used by the electrical
department for workers to gain
access to high places.
“» Agreed to refund Hal and
Fred Plonk the amount of $24.15
for ovi rpayment of taxes and
noted action on the request of
Hal Plonk for commitments for
developing property would be il
legal until the property was tak
en into the city limits.
x» Voted to adopt the stand
ards of the State Highway Com
mission for entrances to high
ways from commercial establish
ments.
Mi. Campbell's
Sister Passes
funeral lites for Miss Eunice
McLean Campbell. of Kaeford.
sister of II. L. Campbell of Kind's
Mountain, were held Iuesda> at
■J p in fi >m Kaefoul Presbyter
ian church of which she was a
member.
Miss C.ini}>hell had been in de
■ lining health for some time. She
was cdti. .tied at Flora Macdonald
college and East Carolina col
lege and prior to her illness
taught scho >| for a number of
years.
Other suirivots include two
brol.iets. K. IS. Campbell of Kac
ford and A. A. Camp ell of Flor
ence. S. C and three sisters, Mrs.
J. A. Bom k. Jr.. Mrs F. W. Me
Call and Miss Margie Campbell,
all of Laurinhurg
Season Tickets
May Be Purchased
Football season ticket* will re
main <*n salt- through Friday ai
noon, high school Principal liar
ry Jaynes has annoumvd.
Cost <>( the season pass is $5
for adults.
SPEAKER — Or. Samuel S.
Wiley of Durham will make
the address as highlight of
Minister's Appreciation Night
Thursday of the Kiwanis dub.
Kiwanis Sets
Pastor's Night
Dr. Samuel S. Wiley, executive
director of the North Carolina
Council of Church*'.', will make
the principal address at the Ki
wanis duo's Minister's Apprecia
tion dinner Thursday night
the Woman's club.
The program, which will honor
ministers of the community, will
follow the theme. "What Chur
ches May Do Together." Dinner
will lie at 6:15 p.m.
Members of the Kiwanis com
mittee on support of churches is
in charge of program arrange
ments with Aubrey Mauney head
ing up the committee.
Dr. Wiley assumed his present
position in June and headquart
ers of the association, to which
most denominations in North
Carolina support, are in Durham.
He came to the |x>sition Inm his
last pastoiate. 1! ward Memorial
Presbyterian church in Tarboro.
Previously, he served the l.ook
out Mountain Presbyterian
church and while there was pi-esi
dent of the Chattanooga Past il's’
Association. He has served chur
ches in Elkins. West Virginia.
Greensboro, Thomasville a n d
Birmingham. Ala.
From 1943-46 he was chaplain
in the United States Naval Re
serve. He was secretary of the
YMCA as a Davidson callege stu
dent and has since been active in
YMCA activities.
Among the many programs of
the North Carolina Council ol
Churches. Dr. Wiley is working
with Aubrey Mauney. Kings
Mountain, as chairman of the
committee on scouting, to develop
a more Christian influence m the
Boy Scout units sponsoicd by
churches. Their present effort is
to secure chaplains in summer
council lamps and in promotion
of the church awards for scouts.
"For God and Country” and "Pro
Dc.» cl Pallia.’’
Parade Entries
Are Invited Here
Kind’s Mountain area citizens
who plan to enter a parade entry
in the Mountaineer l)ay parade
October 10th a tv in\ it**<l to con
tart the offices of the King
Mountain Merchants Association.
Persons who have ponies, cm ts,
old cars, or any item which
would qualify are invited to take
part. Mrs Ida K. J«»>. association
secretary , said.
Trie parade will h«v n at 2 p m
the afternoon of Oct ohm 10th.
PRESBYTERIAN
The a n n u a I meeting of
Women ot the I'ltur.-h of First
Presbyterian church will be
held Monday night at 7:.‘to p.
m New officers will be install
ed for the «-oming year.
LODGE MEETING
An emergent communii ation
of K.tirvlew Lod^e .'IT!* AFltAM
will be hold Monday night at
6 o'clock at Masonic llall. Sec
ret a r>' T. D. Tindall has an
nounced. Supper will Ik- »er\
ed by the Order ol Eaalcrn
Slut at 7 o'clock.
Welfare Branch
Office-Moving
Is Under Fire
The Kings Mountain branch of
th<* Cleveland County Welfare
l>epartrr.enl, t-ignt ycars-oltl in
July, was consolidated Monday in
'.ho now county ofliiv building in
Shelby .n tii,. face of heavy pro
.ost by No I F wnthip odizens
and a threat by Mayor Glee /»
-Jridges to load a l ovemni to
ecedo from Cleveland County it
oral oifjces woi,. nioved.
The mayor. City Clerk .1 >«* Mc
Daniel. and Commissioners .1. K
Zipi linen. Norman King and
day Cline ate in Now York at
end ntr a ga. convention.
Mayor lti.d e- rciteiah-d hi?
promise io iljaw up a petitioi
initialing a se es-si »:i movement
in a 1« lephone conversation with
the Herald Wednesday morning
The may.d did rot elaborate or.
what program hi- will follow.
M< i - me the effort by ..». -
:ens to prevent the clos.ng of tin
.velfare branch apparently con
tinued to la* a >orti\e.
Unsigned ciiculars scattered
over a wide area of the county
Saturday morning added new
fuel t » the controversy which had
apparently reached a stalemate
this week.
The political typo circulars
were critical of the office closing,
a hike in county tax bills and ap
proval by the county commission
ers of a retirement fund plan f >r
county employees. Questions
were raised about the operation
of the county sheriff's depart
ment and wording »f the circu
lars would give tlii- impression
they originated in Kings Moun
tain. The mayor says they did
not. that he knew nothing ol
their oiigin.
N. wspaper accounts record
tiiat when the local branch of
the welfare office was establish
ed July 1, 195s. Jack Hoyle, i hen
county welfare su|>crintendent,
commented. "A Kings Mountain
branch should help our operoti in.
It would bring us closer t.> the
community, expanding our source
of inf irmation t o determine
more accurately those -needing
and eligible for welfare services.”
Dr Nathan il. Ri>eil. Kings
Mountain optometrist and a
mcmlier of the welfare board at
that tirr.e. noh-d that a th trough
study was mail,- before ihe local
branch was established. Carl P.
Finger, then-county commission
•*r. echoed Reed's sentiments, not
ing that "a real need for it” was
the reason for the opening. They
both remembered that well.tr.
officials and county commission
ers were most cooperative, that
from 15-30 visits .-ninthly were
recorded and that cost the firs
year of ojterni -n was $J5oO witli
the minimal thereafter estimated
at Sl.'tui less each year of u|n.-ra
tion. The welfare hoard was
unanim >us in its decision to open
a branch here, they remem!ien*d
“The welfare offici- establish
ment here tepnsonted no quick
decision'’. Dr. Re.-d added. A
clerical assistant and two ease
workers wen- assigned to the of
fice on its opening here. Dr. Recti
continued. They were t >Id. they
said, the cost of the operation
would bo higher during the first
Continu'd Oh P'lt/t 8
Mauney Heads
’65 United Fund
CHAIRMAN — Charles Mau
ne2 has been named chairman
or Kings Mountain United
Fund drive for 196b. Kings
Mountain's drive is planned
let October with final plans to
be mapped at an organization
al meeting of UF officials next
week..
Bioodmobile
To Visit Giovei
Tile Hid Cross Woodmobilc
will ln» in Crover Monday from
11 a.in. until 5 p.m. at tlu- drover
Hi tie Squ »d Building. Kn -v
Neely, chair ran of the drover
visit. has announced.
•Mon lav s visit will lie tile fust
to drover of the Charlotte iv
r’ion.il collect |_- II ;.t for the
new fiscal ye a i dial of the one
dav i-.-lic. t.o i is 1-40 pint- .»(
hlooi I.
Cnatlcs Mauney, Mood pro
rtiam ehairman in No. -i Town
ship. ieported a collection of 110
pints of blood at the Wixalmo
Ivi’e’s first v.sd to Kinjts Moun
tain in August
There ate s\ \ is.ts of the
bio xltnoitilt- scheduled at No 1
Tovvnshp this lis il veai vvitli
an avaiaite of 1 to p. is the goal
of each v i'.t. Overall i|Uota lot
the yisir is S52 tints of blood.
l-'o ,;»• Mineral Company vvitli
35 donors led the Kings Moun
tain visit. Carolina Throwing
with 12 donors placed second and
Mauney Mills with 1*1 donor. |
placed t tin il in industrial hi >od
Riving.
Charlie Harry, spokesman foi!
drover citizens, invited King.
Mouniaui and drover area citi
zens to visit the hloodbank at j
Monday's visit to drover.
The di .vvr visit is sjionsorec
by t Irover eivie Hubs.
SENIOR CITIZENS
The Senior Citizens club will
hold regular meeting Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at tite ,
Woman's club.
Mis. Riddle: Live Best You Can
Hei Philosophy On 100th Biithday
September 3. lt*»l. was jus
another day to most people, bu
to Mrs. J. H. Kiddle of Concord
former Kings Mountain citizen
and mother of John Kiddle, 909
Glare str<HM. the day held speeia
significance.
Mrs. Kiddle was born on Sop
tember 3. lsid lou years agi
She m wed to Kings Mountain
from Kickens. S. C. in 190o and
ftom Kiitift Mountain to her
present home in 1910.
Mr. Kiddie said his mother fell
and broke her leg nearly five
years ago and has not la-on aide
to move about by herself since
that time, lie says she spends
most of her time in Iasi now. and
since her eyesight is almost gone
her greatest pleasure comes Irom
listening to the radio or smging
softly to herself the religious
songs of her childhood.
The mother of nine children,
four of whom grew to become
adults, has a keen sense ot hu
mor, a ready laugh and an alert
nnnd that recalls many of the
events ol her early life in Ashe
L'ounty. Shelias 21 grandchildren,
IT great-grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren. i
NOTES BIRTHDAY — Mrs. J.
H. Riddle, former K:nqs Moun
tain citizen, celebrated her
100th birthday this month.
Mrs. Riddle mis horn in the
mountains of western North Ca
rolina <>n the lianks of Buffalo
Continued on lJuyc d
Financial Drive
Will Start Here
In October
Charl«-s H. >fauncy. general
mana,;< r of M.tunev Hosiery Mill
arid Carolina Throwing Com
panv, will iiead Kings Mountain's
United Fund drive in October.
Mr. Maunev will succeed Rob
ert O ‘Bob' Suit hw ell. who
mad.- the annoui: ement of Mr.
Mauney's seli-ction.
Kings Mountain citizens have
not met United Fund goals the
l*a>t four or five years and UK
officials, expecting to gather
within the ne\t week or two to
formally organize for the 1965
effort, expect to concentrate ef
forts on industrial giving and
special categories. Chairman
Mauney said.
Mr Mauncj anticipates naming
of committe< s as s i >n as an or
ganizational meeting is held to
map the finai. ini eampaign.
Seven charitable and service
oigani/ations wen- beneficiaries
of the 1961 campaign. They in
elud«-d: Boy Seoul* of Ameri< a,
• In 1 Smuts nf America. Kings
Mountain high s 'mol hand, A
merican R«sl Cross. Cleveland
County l.ife Saving and Rescue
Squad. Daviilson-Compaet schools
hands, ami Jacob S. Mauney .Me
morial library.
Fallute to attain full budgets
means that the organizations
must operate on restricted basis.
Mi Mauney pointed out.
Under the United Rund pkin.
several organizations join for
heir solicitation cami*aigns, shar
ing receipts on a prorata formu
la based on the particular organ
ization's percentage <>f the initial
t Midget.
Individuals were asked last
year to give a day’s pay for the
support of the seven organiza
tions.
City Shares
In Powell Fund
Kings Mountain will rivene
$3d.37sr,s and (irovor will rwvlve
$3.3t»l from a total over $N.3
million in Powell Hill funds the
stat«« highway commissi in is al
locatin'.' to 131 North Carulina
communities
Of the seven Cleveland County
municipalite >. Shelby anil Kings
Mountain will itveixe the hulk
of funds Iteade I for Cleveland.
Shelby is to p oive $71,069.30.
Cheeks are t > tv mailed out
prior to October 1.
North Carolina’s total alloca
tion of i..Wi is almost
l< ible the ui 'inal sum in 1351.
It actually ha * grown S3 percent
since the init.al year. Also, the
number of pat ticipating munici
palities has inereased from 3st>
to !3t during the same 11 years.
Powell Hill funds are distrihut
ed annually to the ipialified ci
ties and towns for use in non
highway system street work with
in the respective corporate limits.
The alliH-ations ate based on a
formula using the population
and street mileage in the ineor
porated locations. However, some
legally incorporated towns in the
state do not perform certain ne
cessary municipal 1 unctions in
order to aoply.
This*. functions include sub
mitting daia concerning munici
pal elections, ati valorem tux
rates, other sources of miome
and budget ordinances
Five Additions
To School List
Addition of five to the Kin_’s
Mountain area'' nil to * no I l.>t
brings to hid the numiier of stu
dents who aiv enterin'; colleges,
umveisities. prep schools and
seho ils for specialized trail uni;
this tail.
James Forrest h.is returned to
North Carolina State college
where he :> a si .or. Samuel Cal
vin Lockridge ,s i student at
Appaiai !i. in Stat ■ Feaoher's u»l
lege. Ki'i'O' Cion ngei has return
ed for h:> juni -r year at Fast
Carolina roilege and Brent Mc
Daniel ami Diane McDaniel have
u-turned to Western Carolina
at Cullutvlice.