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r Population V ©footer Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,000 TMs lor Great*! Kla«a Mourn a! a U detive* Ina tk* IIM Kiay> Mouatoin city airectoi y cease*. The ctty Uauta tiyure U from the Unite* Staler cearur el ISM. Thursday, October 15. 1964 IQ Pages 10 Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 15, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT' JUNIOR CLUBWOMEN WIN AWARD — Four members ol the Junior Woman's club admire a sil ver pitcher given (or work in child welfare during 1963-64 by District IV of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Bill Tinsley, (seated). Mrs. W. C. Jonas, club president, standing, left Miss Jackie Blanton, and Mrs. John H. Gamble. (Photo by Paul Lemmons). i Local News Bulletins j - --j KIWANIS CLUB Rrv. Charles Olin Greene of Lawndah. superintendent of missions in the Kilims Moun tain Baptist Association since l!i55». will present his "Euro pean Impressions" from a re eent visit to Europe at Thurs day nights Kiwanis elub meet ing at t»:-15 p.m. at the Wo man's elub. The Baptist min ister will also show slides LEGION DANCE Legionnaires, their wives and guests will dance to the music ol Don Deal and his band Saturday from It until 12 p m. at tin American Legion Hall. The kitchen will be open Friday and Saturda> Imm 5 p.m. for serving of supper. COUNCILMEN John Caveny. Hubert McGin nis, Carl Goforth and Tommy Yarbrough were elected new councilmen and Fred W. Plonk ^ was named lay delegate at the annual meeting of the congre gation Sunday of llesurrection Lutheran church. OPTIMIST CLUB Bobby F. Manor, Repub lican candidate fot the Stale House of Representative**, will speak on "Urgency of Getting Out the Vote" to Kings Moun tain Optimists at their 7 p.m. meeting Thursday at the Op- ( tmist clubhouse Joe Neialcr. Jr.. GOP candidate for a scat j on the countv commission, will | also bo a guest. LODGE MEETING An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge .‘139 A FA AM will be held Monday night at ”:.tn at Masonic Hall. Secretary T. D. Tindall has announced. I LUTHERAN SERVICE | Itev. Charles W. Easley, pas tor of St. Matthews Lutheran j church, will us** the sermon j topic, “Physician. Evangelist. Friend”, at Sunday morning t worship services at II a.m METER RECEIPTS Parking me’or receipts for the week ending Wednesday > totaled S238.75. including SI 15. 4n from on-street meters. $72 from over-parking fines and $21.35 from off-struct meters. Junior Women Win Top Awards HONORED — Johnny Bunch. Kings Mountain cantor for tho Charlotte Mows, has boon hon ored by tho Nows as an out standing news paperboy. Caniei Bauch Honored By News Johnny Bunch. 12 year old Kings Mountain seventh grader, is one of four newspaperhoys of the Charlotte Observer a n d Charlotte News honored as out- ) -landing carriers by the two newspapers. The two newspapers have 302 carriers. Young Bunch will go to Ita- , leigh Friday as a representative ol his fellow carriers for North Carolina Newspapcrboy day fes tivities. Announcement was made by I-rod YV Ashcll. News circulation manager, who said the selection was based not only on for "the manner in which you perform your route duties, but also be cause of your outstanding record in your community and school." Young Bunch is a Boy St-out anti active in Boyce Memorial Alt!* church youth groups. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Bunch. 3000 Margrace road, and attends Park (Irace school. TO CONVENTION Mayor Glee A. Bridges and City Clerk Joe McDaniel. Jr., will attend the annual conven tion of the North Carolina League of Municipalities to be held in Raleigh Sunday through Tuesday. Child Welfare Project Winner In District 4 Kings Mountain Junior Wom an's fluii is recipient of the child welfare cup among duns of Tt memhers or less in District I of the Not ih Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. The Jo-member club als-> won first place in two other categor ies at Friday’s district meeting held in Shelby. The dub copped a blue ribbon for its scrapbook, a ribb in for its press ook and a certificate as lot) percent dub. Local Junior women also won the child welfare cap in lfHt 1 ofr its hospital project, renovation of tlie children's ward. The 196-1 award was earned on basis of the club's children's clothing closet, a year round pro ject which supplies clothing to needy families, ami its Christmas help a-home project lor needy families. Over 3.000 garments arc dis tributed anually via the clothing closet which is housed in an up stairs room of the su|ierintend Contimirtt On P<i>ir >: Celebration Festivities Attract Crowds Thousands of Piedmont Caro citizens, m< hiding No. -I Township residents, were in the city last weekend for Saturday's Mountaineer Days parade and othei festivities commemorating the INIth anniversary of the Hat tie of Kings Mountain. The nig Id-unit parade delight ed young and old alike crowding the line-of march and Friday night's street dance. Km,’s Moun tain's first, attracted a jam-pack ed Kailioad Avenue crowd of spectators and dancers for fun ami frolic. Thursday events included a 10 act talent show at the National Guard Armory with Miss North Carolina 1965. Sharon Finch, as mistress • of • ceremonies, Miss Mountaineer. Becky Kennedy, ami Diane Ray. of Gastonia. . Mercury Records recording star, as guest celebrities. A dutch din ner honoring the beauty queen was held by Jaycees ami Merch ants Association officials at 6:30 p.m. at the Country Club. Talent show judges, Bill Jack son. reporter f »r the Shelby Dai ly Star. Tom McIntyre, reporter lor the Gastonia Gazette ami Hugh Dover of Shelby, presented troph.es to prize winners and cash prizes ft >m ihe Merchants Association in three categories, in< Imling: First, rook-n-roll. The Shakers. Second. The Cascades Third. The Vipers. In the individual talent divi sion Debbie Froneberger, Gas tonia. played her accordian and c pped first prize and Louise . Wilkinson sang her way to tlie* second spot. The Downing Family, a coun try music group, placed first in the county music division with ; the Carolina Blue Grass Boys placing second and the Appala chian Convoys placing third. On Thursday, the Merchants Association launched a trade promotion with many exception al bargains being offered in all . lines of merchandise. Sales were IVpOltlHi good. The celebration continued on 1 Friday with the awarding of tro- j phies to winners of best cos- 1 tumes among Kings Mountain women, including: First. Mrs. Russell Smith, j Kings Mountain Drug employee. Second, Miss Karen Goins, Mc Ginnis Department store cm p!o\ ee. Third. Mrs. Ze Falls Dellin ger. Belk's employee. Fourth. Mrs. Merle II Beatty. Belk's employee. First, children's division, young Ruth Hullender. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bolt Hullender. The judges, all civic club presi dents. wore Harry K. Jaynes. Hugh Lancaster. Mrs. John A. Cheshire. \V. D. Byars and Rob ert Munson. The Kings M mntain Jaycees. who collaborated with the re tailers in bringing Miss North Carolina to Kings Mountain, t sold barbecue all weekend and enjoyed a go si business. Humes Houston was general chairman of the event. Kings Mountain’s second annual cele bration of the Revolutionary i War Battle of Kings Mountain. MISSIONER Rev. George Moore. |»astor of Resurrection Lutheran church. | will serve as Northern District missioner in tin* State Luther an Synod area evangelistic ] I mission October 20-25. Mr. Moore will fill the pulpit at Kpiphany Lutheran c h u r c h, Winston - Salem and will at tend a missioner's retreat in Reidsville o|M>ning day of the mission. Carolina Throwing Finn b First Honor Roll Member (H United Fnnd Carolina Throwing Company is the first Kings Mountain nnlus trial firm 10 pledge 100 |»cicent t sup|Knt to tin- 1965 Uni tod Fund. . E. K. Gotor. industrial gilts ! chairman. acknowledged reivipt * of pledges from 1 Iti employee* totaling SI.031). Kings Mountain's annual fi nancial drive for nine organiza tion* will lie conducted next month with a kick off breakfast November 3rd of I F official*. United Fund volunteers c-»n ducted a second organizational meeting to map the campaign Thursday night in the office* of Charles Mauney. chairman. Grover Rescue Squad will not he included in Kings Mountain's United Appeal because the or ganization will need more funds than the Kings Mountaln-Grover drive could earmark for the Unit and therefore a separate drive will he conducted by the Grover : Squad next year. Kings Mountain i and Grover will conduct a joint l appeal in the I’nited Fund for funds to combat diseases of the heart and rancor. The participating organiza tions will include: Kings Mountain Chapter A meriean Red Cross. $5056. Bo\ Scouts, white and Negro, So3.vS.titJ. Compact-Davidson high school hand. SI 12s. Cancer Fund in Kings Moun tain and Grover. Sl.ntio. Girl Scouts, white and Negro. $1300. Heart Fund Drive for Kings Mountain a n d Grover areas. $1509. Kings Mountain high school hand. $3550. Kings Mountain Rescue Squad. $3200. Jacob S. Maune\ Memorial Li brary, $1,000. Canvassers will encourage citi zens to give at least one hour's pay once a month to the commu nity drive. Masonic Lodge To Construct Building; Neislers Donate Lot CLUBWOMEN READYING FOR FESTIVAL — Members oi the Kings Mountain Woman's club were hard at work this week readying tor Wednesday's 61st annual floral fair. Community Fes **va*> Seated are Mrs. I C. Patterson, lelt, and Mrs. E. W. Griffin, co-chairmen of the 1964 show. Standing from left are three committee chairmen. Mrs. W. Eugene McCarter. Mrs. Thomas L. Trott and Miss Ava Ware. (Herald Photo by Pau* Lemmons) 138 Register; Literacy Tests Are More Strict A total of 138 persons register ed to vote in the four precincts of Number -I Township Saturday, as the poll hooks were opened for the first time for the Novem ber 3 general election. (>t the total 97 were Democrats. 38 Republicans and three listed themselves as Independent. Registrars in the Kings Moun tain precincts wore es(>eeiaHy busy, as they along with others enforced the new rule requiring all would-be registrants to dem onstrate proof that they can read and write, firs: by reading a portion of the North Carolina Constitution, then by writing it Ralph Gilbert, chairman of the county board of elections, said adoption of the federal civii rights bill last July dictated the requirement whereby all would be voters must prove reading and writing ability. No longer are registrars permitted to log in new voters without the reading4 writing tests, even though the registrars know "of their own knowledge" the registrants are literate. Literacy is .» pre-requi site to voting in North Carolina and has been for many years. "The federal law does not jnt mit discrimination." Chairman (filbert said. Kings Mountain area regis irars said they had a few com plaints concerning the new re quirement. One registrant at Bcthwaro, completing iris tests, commented he was going to vote out "that Supreme Court". The new requirements mean more time is needed to register than formerly. (ViRfisKcrf On /*«»«/» ■ o BSA Troop 90 Honors Gillespie Booth W. Gillespie was honor ed by Troop 90. First Presbyleri an church. Saturday, when pie sented a plaque emblematic of his serv i«e to Scouting as a 15 year-veteran. The presentation was made hv a group of Troop 9»t Boy Scouts, headed hy Scoutmaster Henry McKelvic. Inscription on the plaque read": "15-Year Veteran. A Scout Is iaiyal — Dedicated Service Award to Booth \Y. Gillespie from Troop 90. Kings Mountain. N. C. Mr. Gillespie suffered a stroke of paralysis over two years ago and has been a semi-invalid since He is a former chairman of Kings Mountain district Boy Si-outs and. betore coming to Kings Mountain, was active in the Bov Seoul! at Knoxville. Tenn. lie «nend<>d the Interna tional Boy Seoul Jamboree in Loudon in 1J.U 61st Woman’sClub ! Event Wednesday Festival Expands On Floial Theme 01 Piioi Yean The Khiks Mountain Woman's club's ills! annual floral fair. Community Festival. will ho hold at t ho Woman’s club Wednesday with officials | i oil tot., a bijj.tor and hot tor fair than in 19ti3. Thonio of the* show is "Some thing for Every sly" and on trios range front hobbies, crafts, flo wers. artwork and ba/uar items of Interest to men. women and children. Format of the f ur will I How that of fo. ti er mil s with "111 lunelt and dinner to m- st.voil. The club dining room will lie open for lunoli front 11:• to 1 p.n:. and t u serving • • t tin- o\ ■ ning meal trout a: •• u I 7 ;■ .n Full s 'hedulo for o\hii itiotis in the l*x;i Community Festi val is ■ ■ ■ this section. Tncie w ill is- it » ril.b ins given in the flower or hortioullure di vision • the 19G1 fa I All ■ xh hitors throughout the fair will revive liokets for ..!r.wvings to begin at > |i.ir. 'A dnesil.i\ All enti.es will tie to. rivet! from it a ;n. until !* pan. Tites lay and front s a.:n. ur.t I lit a m. Wednesday mornin •. M > Vei • ttoit P. Cr s y. pulili' ilx i h.ili man. noted Dom s o: the rv ubit lulls will open lo the |iublie at 11 a m. and remain oj>» n until f> p m. A free-w ill offering will be arivpted to Ih’Iji defray rests of the show. Mrs K. W flriffin is general Continued On /•'»#«/« n QUEEN — Geraldine Goforth, high school senior, will reign as Homecoming Queen at Kings Mountain high school. Homecoming festivities are leirie Goforth Queen Of Fete Ci raldinc Cohuth. high school , senior and daughtei of Mr. and Mis. Denni> Goforth, will reign as Homecoming Queen and will lie crowned al Friday night's I withal I itnc eiwooti IheMoun- I tainerrs and Mooresville. Miss Colonh and members "I the homecoming court will tv presented at T pm. Cametime is 7:30. The 25 senior !*• >tball players | have chosen sponsoi s for the gome and the girls have chosen f*<oifiNMrrf Oa /*«ii;# i» County-Wide School Bond Rally Here Monday; Dr. Pierce Speaker First county-wide activity to publicly endorse I hr N irth Caro iina $100 million s- ho >1 building appmpi iatiun has been called by lhr Kings Mountain NCt'A unit for Monday night at T'.'fci p.in in tin* high who >1 auditorium President K .1 Kvans said I>> J. L. Pierce, director of I hr di vision of schoolhouse planning fiom the State Department of Public Instruction, has accepted an invitation to appear at the rally which will include |»ei-son nel arid Isiaid members front the three county school systems. “l*i Pierce will lie aide to at tend only a few meetings • Uuou^liuut Utc stale and am sider it a real privilege to have , ■ him ap|NH><it' liefore our group to , fully explain plans for the state- ' wide elc- tion on November 3” Kvans said yesterday. In addition to school personnel, invitation is extended to I* TA groups. «-ivi«- groups anti any in dividuals who are ;iersonally in terreted m hacking the building bond pro|M»sal offered by the ' state, the Kin^s Mountain N'CEA officer explained. | All three county superintend- i cuts anti their boards of educa tion have unanimously endorsed the statewide referendum which | wiU be held in the November 3 Cull touted On i'uyc o Landing Sheet Lot To Be Site 0! Masonic Hall Kairview Lodge A. F. & A. M. .11;* plans t<> build a Masonic l>‘dg« hall on a Landing street lot dona Uni for the purpose by Neisle: Brother*. Inc. Announcement was made by * arl M Logan. Lodge master, following action by the Lodge membership Monday night to proceed with the building pro gram and t<> a i opt tin- contribu tion of Noisier Brothers. The lot. located on the north side of Landing street just cast >f Trinity Episcopal church. Iron!' 2**d feet on Landing s’reel, it is approximately 225 feet deep. I’l.tns tall for the construction of a building expected to «x»st about $35,<mni and to include, in addition to Lodge room, recrea tional and social facilities Master Logan noted that arch itertural plans are subject to ap prox al ol ih<- Grand Lodge of North Carolina. Ralph Harrison is chairman of the Lodge finance committee and Hobart Dye i* chairman of the Lodge building committee. Clark Stresses Classroom Needs North Carolinians should ap prove the $HIO million state school eonslruetion bond issue on b.i»is ol need tor classrooms, and economy of state financing. Stall* Senator David Clark, of Lincoln, said in an address to •he Kilims Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. Voting day is So vein her 3. The strongest reason is 1.200, fsNi school children.” Senator Clark, "late chairman of a citi zens organization supporting the bond issue, declared. Kevievv.ng North Carolina his tory, he reminded that North Carolina's investments in schools and road" had proved to ho good ones. r. "lilting in state-wide lowth of agriculture*, industry, and commerce. Commenting, on tin* needs for classrooms, he noted, “No edu cational unit in North Carolina has caught up on need ofr addi tiona! elassiooms. Kven Mecklen berg County, <onfronted with a population explosion, is behind in "pit-1 of very high taxes.” Senator I rk. reminding that North Carolina'" credit rating is AAA higlies' attainable, con tended the state can finance bonds much no.re cheaply than can individual counties or school districts, and added that the "tates tax structure. geared to the economy “continues to return surpluses”. This means, he said, that the school ^instruction bond issue can be amortized without any increase in taxes. He said the diiision of the *ieneral Assembly to offer the bond issue resulted from a “grass roots movement”, indicated by the fact the bill attracted the support of HM of 120 House members and two thirds of mem bers of the Senate. Senator Clark was presented by Rill Plonk Jonas Bridges. Lions past pres ident. welcomed Fred Withers as a new member of the organiza* tion. Numerous guests at the meet ing included school officials and representatives of Kings Moun tain civic clubs. Hotary Club To Hear Houeche Dr. John K Roue* he. professor °f history and director of student alt nrs ai Gaston Community college, will address Kings Moun tain Koiarians at their Thursday noon meet mg at tin* Country Club. Kieardo Ha oh. former member of the Kings Mountain's club’s sister dub in Zarate, Argentina, iias arranged the second annual Columbus Day ■ Dia Dc La Raza, program. Dr. Rnueche earned his doctor ate in educational administration from Florida State University. Tie program topic w ill he. ”A historical IVrspoctivc of Spanish American Civilization.”