4 Popnlation
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Umits 8,000
This hfuif lot S>HI,i King* Mourhu is MiM tnm
VOL. 75 No. 44
Pages
Today
PRICE TEN CENT’
Citizens Will Vote In General Election Tuesday
Rufus C. Baker
Succumbs At 90
Bites Conducted
*Far Long Time
Meichant, Native
Funeral rites for Rufus C.
Baker. 90. were held Sunday at
2 p.m. from Harris Funeral Home
Chapel, interment following in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Baker. Cleveland County
native and retired Kings Moun
tain grocer, died Saturday m >rn
ing in the Kings Mountain hos
pital following a long Illness.
Ho was a son of the late Phil
lip ami Kile • Patterson Baker
and a memier of Kings Moun
tain Baptist church. He operated
Baker <»rovery until 1959.
Survivors include one son. Bill
Baker; one daughter. Mrs Kd
ward Lovell of Charlotte; twa
bzotliers. Dr. L. P. Baker of
K;ngs Mountain and Fred Baker
of Atlanta, (la; and two sisters,
Mrs. H. Tom Fulton. Sr. of
Kings Mountain and Mrs. Pearl
Turner of Charlotte. Also surviv
ing are three grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Rev. Marion DuBose officiated
at the final rites.
Regisbars
Added 570
N' Registration activity through
* out the township was heaviest of
the period last Saturday, as the
four precinct registrars added
307 names to the voting hooks.
It was the final registering day
ami brought the total for the
period to 570. indicating a total
township registration of approxi
mately 4400 citizens.
The coming Saturday will be
Challenge day.
Registrars will be at the poll
ing places from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
when any citizen may check the
b Miks and post challenges.
Meantime, the deadline for re
ceipt of formal applications for
absentee allots was passed at
t» p.m. Wednesday. There are
two exceptions: military person
nel and citizens who become sud
denly ill may still apply. All ab
sentee ballots must Ik* re<eived
by Ralph Gilbert, chairman of
the county elections board, by
noon Monday.
Though he had not finally
tabulated the total of registered
citizens Wednesday, Chairman
Gilbert said the figure of 20.000
was already exceded and offer
ed the opinion, based on the c »un
ty's population, that very few eli
gible citizens remain unregister
ed.
In the township, registrars last
Saturday registered 243 Demo
i rast, 47 Repu dicans, and 17 In
(1 dependents.
The breakdown by precincts:
Beth ware 2N IX-mocrats. 11
Republicans, three Independents.
Hast Kings Mountain - 90
Independents.
CuNfmueif On Pane *
RITES HELD — PomioI rite*
lot Rufus C Baker were held
Sunday. Mr. Baker died Satur
day morning at the age of 90.
Argument: Who's
Vanning Here?
What's new in Kings Mountain
politics?
Republican leaders are declar
ing Barry Goldwater ahead (or
president and say there's a good
chamv the GOP county slate will
also run ahead In the two Kings
Mountain precincts. Democratic
leaders say, “nay”.
Bob Maner made the state
ments Wednesday, basing them
on GOP surveys of all registered
voters except those added to the
books in the past three weeks.
He said interviewer* had con
tacted halt of the citizens ••face
to-face" and as many of the
1 other half as could be reached
by telephone.
Maner, a (X)P candidate for
the state House of Representa
tives, said of the presidential
ra(t\ “1 make the statement on
basis of the decided vote and
anticipating we'll get our share
ot the undecideds.”
On the county ra«\ Maner
1 said. “It folk translate what ap
pears to be dissatisfaction into
vides. the Republican county
slate will also carry the two
Kings Mountain precincts."
Both Hugh D. Ormand. West
Kings Mountain Democratic
chairman, and J. Ollie Harris.
Hast Kings Mountain chairman,
disagreed.
Mr. Harris recalled the story
: of a sheriff candidate who re
corded in a notebook all those
wtio told him they’d vote for
him in the upcoming election,
and further assured his wife the
night before the election that
he was an easy winner Election
night, as he quietly turned the
Irak in the door, his wife inquir
ed. “Who's there?" He replied.
“Mighty near nobody."
Mr. Harris added seriously that
he had noted some adverse re
action to the GOP surveying
from those who preferred not to
express publicly their political
decisions.
United Fund Campaign Underway
Formally; Over 20% b In End
Kings Mount .tin's annual Unit
ed Fund campaign got underway
formally at a kick-off breakfast
Tuesday, as Chairman Charles
F. Mauney reported prior contri
butions of approximately $4N00
or slightly more than 29 percent
of the $23,119 quota.
Chairman Mauney told the so
licitors there was no reason for
failure to attain the goal ‘if we
work". He noted that Bessemer
City consistently meets its Unit
ed Fund goals and that Moores
\ die «>f comparable sire to Kings
Mountain, has already exceeded
its goal.
“We hope to complete the
campaign in three weeks," he
adik'd. as he requested solicitors
to import division leaders each
Monday.
He said the current campaign
will he known as the "Fair
Share Campaign", in which all
lt citizens will lie asked to make a
,t "fair share" contribution.
. A "fair share" contribution was
t described as one hour's pay per
I month or six-tenths of one-per
ornt of anual income. Several in
dustrial firms are making avail
ahlo 10 their employees a payroll
deduction plan for United Fund
giving.
No less than 72 citizens are
participating m the soliciting
work.
John II. Moss heads the spe
cial gifts division, Ed Gotet is
chairman of industry soliciting.
Joe iledden heads the special
groups division, and Bob llullen
der is chairman of the business i
division.
Nine funds will benefit from
United Fund receipts. They are: :
the Red Cross, Boy Scouts,' Com
pact-Davidson hand. Girl Scouts, I
Mauney Memorial library. Kings
Mountain high school band.
Kings Mountain Rescue squad,
and two special funds for indi
gent heart and cancer patients
of $1,000 each. (These funds are .
connected in no way with the .
American Heart Association nor j
the American Cancer Society j
which conduct separate fund
raising campaigns.) '
School Building
Bond Proposal
Gets Support
Bi-Partisanly
By MARTIN HARMON
The less glamorous decision
from the personality politics
standpo.nt North Carolinians
will make at the |> ills Tuesday if
whether the state w41 issue $100
million in bonds for school con
struction.
And it is apparently the one
issue in Cleveland County on
which the Republican and Demo
cratic gladiators and their sup
porters a-jive.
The stake for Cleveland Coun
ty, sorely needing classrooms fot
her children, is high: over SI3
million. Kings Mountain district's
share is $371,557.
Efforts are being made to as
sure its passage.
Rush Hamrick. Jr., of Shel y.
chairman of the citi/t ns commit
tee supporting the issue, said
lights at school buildings
throughout the county w.ll la- on
for two hours Monday night «•.
a reminder to passerby to \ ote fot
the school bond issue on Tues
day. Additionally, he said, teams
of Parent • Teacher association
members will man all pret int Is
to remind voters to vote "fot"
on the school bond issue.
State officials declare t h e
bonds can be amortized without
any increase in taxes.
In Cleveland County, the bond
proposal has the support of all
governmental agencies and ma
jority of the candidates.
The Kings Mountain board of
education last week reiterated its
prior resolution supporting the
proposal as Chairman James E.
Herndon. Jr.. comment<vd.' “Klft^rs
Mountain schools certainly need
this money and will have to have
It from some source. Should the
source be local, the money could
not be obtained without increas
ing property taxes It apocars a
bargain we can ill afford to pass
up. "
Democrat Bally
Attracts 400
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Congressman Basil L. White
ner railed on area Democrats to
support the entire Democratic
ticket Thursday night, as he
spoke at <1 county-wide rally
here.
The rally, last stop of ^‘7 in the
congressman's caravan tour of
county precincts Thursday, at
tt acted 40il of the party laitliful
to a big barbecue at the Ameri
can Legion building.
Oldest Democrat present was
"Captain" B. Meek Ormand. 5*5.
and youngest non voter present
was Janelle Moore Hamilton,
two-year-old daughter of Edith
Moore and Ed Hamilton of Shel
by. Mrs. Hamilton is daughter of
Democratic nominee for govern
or Dan K. Moore.
Whitener. who seeks re-elec
tion to a fifth term in Congress,
expressed himsell a s highly
pleased with enthusiasm in the
Democratic party, which he said
indicated quality of local candi
dates and teamwork.
He praised Edith Moore Ham
ilton as the "greatest campaign
er I've scon" and in a jocular
mood teased her husband for
"eating so much."
"Adhere to the party of the
South and the party of our fa
thers". Whitener declared. "In
1961 there are no finer citizens
than those on the ticket of the
Democratic party.”
"Hood government", the con
gressman continued, "is a habit
in North Carolina."
Whitener gave these impres
sions of some of the candidates:
Dan K. Moore- "I can proudly
recommend him as your next
governor. He is one of North
Carolina's most distinguished
sons and he is the type we have
characteristically had as govern
or of our state.
Bob Scott “The lieutenant
governor candidate is one of the
bright lights of North Carolina.”
President Johnson "We have
in the White House today a m.ri
of greatest political experience
of any man who has occupied it.
He commands the respect of bus
incss and at the same time has
the support of labor anil the
farmer The answer is that he is
giving the people the ty|ie of
leadership that best serves the
whole fabric of American life."
Senator Barry Gold water —
Cirntmued On Puyt 8
Shelby Is Tamed
By Mountaineers
SPEAKER — Rev. J. Wiiioii
Lyerly of Salisbury will install
Rev. Charles W. Lasley as pas
tor o! St. Matthew's Lutheran
church in special services Sun
day.
Lyerly To Install
Lutheran Pastor
I
j Kev. J V.’ilford Lylerly, score
-aiy of the North Carolina Sy
nod of tne Lutheian Church in
America, will install Rev. Charles
W. Easley as i astor of Saint
Matthew’s Lutheran church Sun
day mo. «tl lire 11 o'clock
worship service.
The new minister comes to
Kings Mountain from Center
Grove Lutheran church in Kan
napolis. A native of Georgetown,
i S. C., he assumed duties here .n
j September.
Rev Mr. Lylerly will also
preach at the morning sci v ice on
■ the subject, "Priests Ale We."
A native of Rowan County and
former resident of Salisbury. Mr.
Lylerly is a graduate of Lenoir -
Rh.vnc college and Lutheran
l'neological Semuniy, Columbia.
S. C. He itolds a master’s degree
in Christian education ami psy
chology from Colum ifc» Univct
sily ami Cnion Seminary, in 1930.
He has pursued further graduate
i studies at New York University
and The Rililieal Seminary in
New York.
He has dev ited his parish min
istry to home missions, serving
and developing three mission
congregations: Ml. Hebron. Hil
(lehr an. Messiah. Salisbury ; ate I
Christ, Winston Salem, lie serv
ed as part time secretary of the
*yn-.*d s ure 1933. As full-time
: secretary, he serves as synod’s
statistician, necrologist, and ar
chivist. He is also director of the
synodical news bureau and meets
assignments in home missions,
lie is a member of the Executive
Board of the Synod.
Rev Mr. Lylerly was chairman
of the f.rst Lutheran evangelism
area mission lor the northern
t conference, which has now U>
! come the central disfriet. He has
conducted preaching missions
through nit the synod and church
! at large.
He was president of the Salts
Cvntinio'if On Page S
Kings Mountain
Erases Deficit
To Win By 19-7
By CARY STEWART
The Kings Mountain high
school M untaineers downed thi
Golden Lions of Shelby Friday
night 1H-7. in a well-fought con
test.
The Mounties. undefeated in
two years, now lead Shelby 107
sj for the past ten years.
Fat Hold took Richard Addis's
opening kiikoff on the 20 anil
was dropped on the Kings Moun
tain 27. Steve Baker gained 11
yaids in thni* carries, and a
first down t ir Kings Mountain
on the 38.
Hold picked up three yards to
t!ie 11 and Ronnie Rhea raceo
thtee more to the 11. Bake,
picked up another first down o,
tile 4s. Baker t >ok a hand-o.
from quarterback Fat Murphy
but was stopped on the I!*. Hord
picked up four yards to the Shel
by 17. Murphy's first pass at
tempt was incomplete and Jim
my Cloninger was f treed to punt.
His punt went 26 yards to the
Shelby 21. and the Lions took
possession.
Fullback Faul Wright, tilling
»n for injured Joel McKinney,
picked up five yards to the 26
;ftd Tommy Pruett was thrown
for a one yard loss. Wright got
the yard back but Pruett was
forced to pum from the 26. Tin
ball was downed on the Moun
taineer 23.
Baker picked up the first down
on tin- 35. Gaining only sevi rl
yards in throe attempts, the
Mountaineers were forced to
punt again, this time from the
12.
C'loninger's punt was taken by
Pruett on the Shelby 25 and he
was thrown back to the 23.
Lynch picki'd up three yards in
two carries and Pruett raced for
the fust d iwn on the 33. Wright
gained four yards and quarter
l).’. k Min hell Self ran nine yards
for the first down on the 16.
An offside penalty put the
Lions back on tile 11- Halfback
Wade Vaughn gained six yards
in two carries and Self was
thrown for no gain, causing a
punt situation. Pruett’s punt was
downed on the Mountaineer sev
en.
Pat Hord picked up two yards
to the nine, and Baker raced lo
the 11. Murphy was stopped on
the next play and Cloninger
punted for the third time. The
punt was taken by Pruett on lhi
nt) and the halfhack was dtopped
on tin- Mountaineer 12.
Wright gained two yards and
Vaughn carried to the 23 and
Self picked up another first down
on the 16.
Vaughn gamed four more
yards to the 12. and Pruett car
ried inside the ten to the seven
yard line. Vaughn and Pruett
were stopped in their tracks and
Kings Mountain took possession
the seven.
Continued On Puye S
Genian Embassy Official Mis. Kiep
To Speak At Junior Womans Club
Mrs Hanna Kiep, Woimm'# Af
fans Seerctary of the Herman
Km lassy in YVashington, D. C.,
will make the |n .liri|>al address
at Monday night's annual Teach
er's Night hatniuct of tin- Junior
Woman's club.
Dinner will i*e snvnl at 7 p
m. in lite Wo.nan’s ,-lub dining
tom Mis. Kiep's address, to
which the interested community1
is invited to hear, will lie made
at * p m. in the auditorium ot
the clubhouse.
Monday night's TVaeher’s Night
affair will honor new faculty
members in the Kings Mountain
*eh Mils and will Ik* a joint meet
inn with tile Senior Wman's club.
Mm. Kiep’s visit here will he
her only visit to elubwomen in
District IV. of which the Kings
Mountain clubs ate members.
She will he overnight guest in
the home of Mr and Mrs. YV Ku
gene McCarter before going to
anollier speaking engagement in .
North Carolina.
rite (hisiiiom of Women'll At
Ian's Secretary was newly creat
‘■d in the German Foreign Serv
tee in 1!B1 and Mr*. Kiep is the
first woman to h >lil the position.
Her huslvand. the late Dr. Otto
O. Kiep. served in the United
States front 1926 to 1933. first as
Counsellor in the Herman K n
hassy in Washington and later
as Consul-General in New York
Dr and Mrs. Kiep returned t
German) in 1933. after he had 1
resigned from the Foreign Serv
ice in protest against the Nation
al Socialist Government. In the
following years he became u
leading figure in the German tv
sistanee movement against Hit
ler. He was executed in the Na/i
purge that followed tin- Jul\ i^'.
1911 attempt on Hitler's life
Mrs. Kiep was also arrested and
kept in prison for several
months.
Miss Jackie Blanton, program
chairman lor the Junior dub, j
CtMtuumd Om Pay*. * I
buiiik^ib In VOi.ru iui<ua MOJn TAIN Mr'.i—liab F. Manet,
top left. Kings Mountain insurance ran. the Republican can
didate for the North Carolina House cl Representatives and op
poses Robert 2. Falls, tep right. Shelby farmer, the Democratic
nominee. The winner will succeed retiring Fcp Jack Painter
(D). At bottom left, is Joe Neisler. Jr.. (R) Kings Mountain tex
tile executive, who contests Coleman W. Goforth, (D) lower
right, tor the District 2 county commission seat. Goforth is a
Stoney Point community dairyman ha, two mail boxes. On one
side ol the road his address is lioute 1. K;ng Mountain. On the
other it's Route 3. Sheiby.
Secession Moves
Await Election
Mayor Bridges
Declares He
Won't Back Down
Kings Mount.i;n ytwssinn ac
tivity will not h,- resumed lief sv
November !. day after the <
oral ole tion. Si ■•. t;i,e A.
Bridge- snk<J Wednesday
Ho sa.d !t It; S confcned w :h
Jonas Bridges. . Madman of a
committee o| -civic and s* . v -v
organizat »n leaders, .mi o i-i ■.
and it It .1 i c* *cn to tie. ’\
any activity u •.! c. It lucwiuy s
election.
The Mayor, who • port'd
the sVivss,..n illicit after de
cision of the welfare board to
close tin- vvePaic loaned office
here dec’ll ltd. ‘Tin lot going
to hack down, it there any
backing: d-iwn. it'll i><- t:i
porting th'1 si cs.. <1:1 menement.
not mo."
Tilt Mayor has i ^t mated pre
vious!) that 90 pet set t . • the
p>oi»lc support ti > i-: ivoment to
take the Kings Vountai 1 area
out of ('lev eland County and into
Hasten.
The committee .>f civic ! adcis
had given the .• .unt> . o r.ctis-. on
a 30 day ultimatum to re i|<on
the welfare off. c lie fore actin.’
on se. ; ssion The «m.i’:ss:on.
which has no lr al. hut consul
era ole infeienti.il aulh >rit> in
the matter, has done nothing.
Neither has the welfai. IhjuiiI.
Three Men Join
Four-Gallon Club
George II. Houser. Paul
Ham. Jr and Stokes Wright
heianie members of the exclus
ive four gallon club at .Mon
day's visiting of the K«sl Cross
blood mobile.
Clinton K. Jollv became a
three gallon member at the re
cent visit and ioining the ote
gallon club of Kings M lutiltioi
area tdood donors were: Willi
am H. Early. Elmer (I. Ross.
Harold A Gllsljd. Hers, hid
Wright. Norvvo *1 M. Karr. At
lie Dunn. Jessie II. Collins. Ad
am E. Connor and I*eter F
Collins.
Kings Mountain area citizens
gave ITti pints of bl*»od at Mon
day’s one-day collection at the
Armory, 1
Iff WHO'S WHO—Joyce Plonk.
Kuigs Mountain senior at Le
ncn Rhyne college, has been
tapp"-1 fer membership in
"Who'* Who In American Col
leges and Universities.'*
Miss Plcnli
!n Who's Who
Mis^ Joyce Plunk. Kings M iun
tain semor ai l.enoii Khyne col
lege, is among 1ft seniors nanud
to the ltr.l edition oi "Win's
Who A non .; Stiaic-.;- in Ana rl
.•an I'oih res ;;id l’llivci si!ies '
Sluoenls aii* 'i*<l on the
has » ,.| j: T. pation ,n sliiilont
activitii s, scholarship. < nitri u
tion to the college. and tin- pro
mise of future success
The publication offer* public
recognition t» students with
worthwhile achievements for
iheir collr'a* careei s and provides
a practical go-Ik’tween for em
ployers and graduating students
Juniors, seniois, and graduate
students are eligible.
Daughter oi Mr. and Mis Hal
S. Plonk. M.ss Plonk, a Kappa
Ik-lta sister and dean's list stu
dent. is 11 t-asurer of Panhellenie
coun. il. president of house conn
cil. a tm-rn'er of Student N'.iti ti
al ICdueation Association, and a
Hacawa staff mntilier. She plans
to enter the field of guidance
ufH>n graduating.
DISCHARGED
J II Patterson, who under
went surgery last week at (las
tun Memorial hospital, was
Uucliai^vU Tuesday.
White House,
State House,
Courthouse
Posts At Stake
By MARTIN HARMON
j Kings Mountain area citi/ens
1 i* t.< tin- Tuesday to help
name .1 picsidcnt and vio* piwi
dent, a now governor. and other
-tatc. district, 'only and lo.-al
o! finals.
Poll t North (Caro
lina at 3** p.m and close
at 6:.'|n p.m.
<Jam'll .nisidci-aide attention
is a state t>> ■ id issue of $PK) mil
lion i »;• school constiuetion.
Indication of a heavy vote in
this arc.i tiei'ives from tne fact
*>70 names have <. n added to
I he registi ation lx, >ks in Xum
I mt l Township in spite of a
heavy and new registration Iasi
! pring.
Cleveland i .lciv ..in look f»r
J card to spending little if any
; line n I"- wails t.» vote this
rear in <ntr.as| to 15161 when
a ia-'oial vote was east. The new
McMillan registration system,
mt into use m the spring pri
.Tiaras, enable the preeinef te
strain ot t . Is split into
»everal sections They are abso
utely alph.die! /«sl and checking
. voter'.- t i r.e re {hires only sec
ind.s Kit he: he i> . <•.• -tered. or
he isn't.
Voters will consider five bal
lot ■ one for pr<‘s:dent, one for
■ ate officers and lT. S. Congress
man. a third I >r county officers
and district senator, a fourth for
township officer- and the fifth
he bond issue ballot.
Outside of the pi • -identKil con
tests. pitting President Lyndon
B. Johnson and Senator Hubert
II. Humphrey, Democrats, a
.-•.rst Senator Barry Oaldwater
tie. • itativi liam Mill
jer. Repu . -. top intei. -i at
race I thi iv«m
nship between Dan K. Moore
I»• and Rim -t M (iucin iRi,
md the rai-e for pith district
S. i itf.es man between Basil
.'. \\ icum
- nt. ;■:at W. Hall Young, Kepub
. Iiall.-n- c, ind 3> iounty
olficCS.
Sc ml < mdidatm have no
•If I;«*n wnriii's These include
la k 1! White. '• Kings Moiin
rnl Adi in Shufotd. Jr., of
ilick'-I \. unopposed Democratic
■ loniinces for tin- lu > 31st dis
rict s its in th«' North Carolina
| a nate; chain's \V. Fold IVmu
•ratic constable for Number t
l\>wnsliip, .1 Lee Roberts iDi
md Ki/.e Pi.tr.am H •. inram
' •s nt Nu.t.Ih i l I’owns np ntagis
. ate- Both R .. and Put
nam at e rssim*d ilt tion, since
! i be tow nit ted a min*
' Imum of nine magistrates.,
Five D* • tats. Hobby Aus*
•<*11. Rut iid Clin*- -l D 1 Ills, and
two Krpuhl m*. .! R. Dover III
and Marvin McCurry, in effect
•-eek count} a de nomination to
five eounty board >f education
*oats. In Cleveland County, the
Ceii t| Assent lv ipjioints the
countv Itoani of cdueation.
There are t \e i >ntcsU for
county offices:
I . N th Caroli t eprt sent a*
live lb bet ■ / Palis -in \s.
Rob F. Maner iR>.
For register .if deeds Ralph
Tucker 'in \s Carl VV. Queen
• ID.
For count} e immiss.oiK'r Dis
trict l Hugh Dovei iDi, in*
cum bent, vs Raul W. Seal.
For eounty commissioner Dis
trict 2 Coleman \V. Goforth
• I>, vs doe A. Neisler. Jr. tRl.
Fo. count} o imtnissionor Dis
Tii,-i I Spurgi o;t Hewitt iDi
vs Sam Proctor ‘ID.
State Races
Oni} Charles F. Carroll, suiter*
intendent of public instruction,
d Frank Crane, c.immisstoner
or latnir. in umbeat IVrr.ocrats,
have n i opposition among mem
be.s • f the council ol state,
t 'oil/ Olio ii Oh Ptlt/f S
Thumbnail Facts
On Tuesday Election
Following aie thumbnail
facts on Tuesdays general
election;
Polsl open f?;3»t a.m.
Rolls close ti:3u pan.
Voters to elect President
and Vice President of the Unit
ed States. Governor and Lieu*
Tenant-Gove;ni of North Ca
rolina, membe; * of the council
of stati*. 1' S Congressman
and othci stae id ticer*. coun
ty and township officers.
Numlicr of liallots five.
Predicted tvvnship total v otet
itMMk