VOL 75 No. 46
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. CM Thursday, November 12, 1964
Seventy-Hfth Year
PP.ICE TEN CENT'
1*1 V W’
Build
Serve
Achieve
EXPLORES POST FORMALLY ORGANIZED — Foote Hlnwal Company's Kings Mountain opera
tion bas organized an Explorer Pont for high school boys, freshmen through senior age. A hoy
need not be a Bey Scout to qualify. Present for the organisational meeting were a number of
Foote officials, personnel and other Scouters from the county Boy Scout headquarters. From left,
(seated) Herman Sparks. Ed Go ter. Carl Wilson. H. M. Broadwater, and Stanford Peeler. Standing
(from left) C. L. Alexander. Ken Pruitt James Amos, Jack Hardin. R. W. Hurlbut. Darrell Town
send and Neil O. Johnson.
NAMED — Jean McClure, top
and Phyllis Fusty. Kings
Mountain freshmen at UNC-G,
are among 51 gifted students
selected for participation in the
freshmen honors program.
#ocaI Students
h Honors Group
Joan McClure and Phyllis Pu
soy. Kings Mountain students at
the University of North Carolina.
Greensboro, are among 51 gifted
freshmen selected to participate
In the UNC-G honors program.
Select.fi on hte basis of their
high school work and ctst scores,
.*>1 freshmen werechoson from
1201 students in the class.
These honor students, whose
records place them in the upper
It) percent of their class, elect
special course sections taught by
outstanding faculty members.
They also attend seminars to
dis. jss college opportunities, post
college life and literary works
dealing with universal questions
and human values.
Students participating in hon
ors are considered capable of
eventually undertaking graduate
work and a special effort is made
' to interest them in preparing for
this.
The honors program is design
ed to make up about a fourth of
the student's regular seholastie
j^hcdule. The remaining part is
^Hnt in the standard scholastic
^Wrriculum.
Miss McClure is daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McClure and
Miss Pusey is daughter of Kev.
N H. Pusey.
Foote Mineral
To Sponsor BSA
Explorer Group
An explorer Boy Scout post.
Kings Mountain's first, has been
organized at Foote Mineral Com
pa ty.
What is exploring? It is a pro
gta.r. of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica for high school age boys anti
a hoy does not have to be a Boy
Scout to Ik' an Explorer.
Carl F. Wilson served as chair
man of the I H-al organizational
group at Foote which met in
Shelby at Aldersgate Methodist
church to formally organize an
Explorer Post. Other Foote offi
, rials attending the meeting were
Neil O. Johnson, plant manager;
!1. M. Broadwater. E. R. Ooter.
It W. Ilurlhut, S. K. Peeler, and
.1. D Townsend.
Within the Kings Mountain
area are more than 100 boys eli
gible for exploring. Charles L.
Alexander, member of the Cleve
land Commissioner staff of the
ounty Boy Scuut headquarters,
noted in announcing the post's
organization.
Foote’s Kings Mountain plan*
will provide the leadership, meet
ing r torn and program facilities
for the Post. The Explorer pro
gram provides each boy with ex
periences in developing social
skills, exploring vocational op
portunities. acquiring an appre
ciation of the out-of-doors; pro
moting |tersonal fitness: giving
service to the community; and
understanding his role as citizen.
Boys range i n ages of 15
and 18 years old and/or must be
in the ninth grade to 12th grades
of high school. They are eligible
to remain in the unit until they
graduate from high school even
though they may have passed 18
years of age.
High school hoys interested in
joining the Explorer Post at
Foote should contact Carl F.
Wilson or any member of the or
ganizational staff.
Schools Noting
Education Week
Kings Mountain district
schools, along with thos»
throughout the county, are hold
ing open house all week in ob
servance of National Education
Week, which organ Sunday.
Parents are invited to come in
and see the schools at work,
school officials pointed out.
Members of the Future Teach
er's organization at Kings Moun
tain high school honored the
Kings Mountain unit of the
North Carolina Kducation Asso
ciation during a program Mon
day afternoon which featured
several five - minute talks by
teachers on “Why I Became A
Teacher" and talks by students
on “Why I Want To Become A
Teacher.”
The theme of National Kduca
tion Week this year is “Educa
tion Pays Dividends". Special
topics supporting the theme will
he given special emphasis on
each day of the week, including
hettcr human relations, improved
earning power, personal fulfill
ment, good citizenship, national
etonomie growth, better commun
ities and international relation*.
ELECTED — George B. Thorn
asson has been elected presi
dent of the Cleveland County
Bar Association for the coming
Tear.
Thomason Tops
Bai Association
(•‘•urge B. Thoir. isson, K.nr .
Mountain lawyer, has been elect
ed president of the Cleveland
County Bar Association for the
loaning year. He wdl succeed Joe
Mull of Shelby
The antiual election of officers
was held "rent suppci meet
ing at Cleveland Country chili.
Judge Hugh Campbell. presid
ing over the current criminal
term of Cleveland County Su
perior Court, sp ike to the mem
bers on post-trial hearings and
on proposed legislation in con
nection with court reform.
Other officers elected to serve
with Thomasson were Joe Mau
nev of Slielby. vice-president;
William White of Kings Moun
tain. secretary; and Fred Flo
wers of Shelby, treasurer.
The association passed a reso
lution of sympathy in the rleath
of Shelby attorney Claude B.
(Pat> McBrayer.
Football Crown
At Stake; Playoff
Games At Shelby
Kings Mountain's high school
Mountaineers will invade Lin*
ctinlon Friday night for the final
regularly-scheduled game of the
season and with the con
ferem e champion-thin at stake.
Kings Mountain now is at top
ol the Southwestern division of
the Western North Carolina High
school athletic assot iation, with
an undefeated record of six con
i. rente wins, as well as three
non-conierem t \i to/ies.
Lin.-olnton is also a high
school powerhou:o. has a con
ference record of five victories
again - t one loss and is otherwise
undetected.
A Kings Mountain victory, or
a tie, would make the Moun
taineers conference champions.
A Kings Mountain loss would
make the Mountaineers and
Wolees tonfetcnci co-champions.
However, Lincolnton would rep
resent tlu oonlercnce in post
season playoffs, under rule o
the Western North Carolina liigl
school athletic association.
Coach Rill Bates said Wednes
day he had been informed that
if Kings Mountain captures the
championship it will he the home
tear, in the Southwestern-North
v\ e sier n playoff at Shelby's
Blanton Memorial Stadium,
playing cither Hickory or Val
deso A victory in that game
would make Kings Mountain
again the home team, also play
ing at Shelby, against either
Mooresviilc or Thoniasville.
Kings Mountain mot and de
feated Mooresviilc in regular
season play by 12-7.
Here Is Route
To Line Stadium
Here's how to reach Lin.Din
ton's football stadium from
Kings Mountain for Friday
night's Ki.ngs Mountain - Lin
, udnton encounter;
Entering Lincolnton via
Highway 15»). turn left at first
stop signal and proc«*cd three
blocks: turn right at that slop
signal and proceed to Battle
ground road: turn left tat a
factory! and proceed on Bat
tleground until arriving at
stadium.
Miss Omand's
Bites Conducted
F literal riles for Mis* Dorrs?
Ar.ae O; mand. Ml. were held
Cutsday at -I p.m. from l.>nr
Creek Presbyterian church ol
Bessemer City, interment follow
.ng in the church cemetery.
Miss Ormand died Monday
morning In Maple drove Nursing
11 me in Waiston Salem. Xh-‘
was the daughter or the kite K.
P. Or.nand and Sara Matilda
dofuith Ormand and was a
memliei of the Long. Creek
i hurch.
Suivivors include two brothers.
B. Met k Oi mand of Kings M iu:>
tain anti K. L». Ormand of Besse
mer City.
Rev. VV. lloyt Pruitt officiated
at the final rites.
LEGION DANCE
A dance will be held at the
American legion building Sat
urday night from 9 'til mid
night for members of Otis I>.
Orecn Post 155 and their
guests, it was announced hy
Dick Medlnnis. social commit- i
tee ihairman. The Legion din
ing room will open at 5 p.m.
Education Board mil Consider
Building Needs With State Funds
Kings Mountain hoard of edu
cation is expected to waste little
time in discussing h iw to spend
most effectively the more linn
$371,000 which represents this
district's share of the $1<>0 million
state school building construction
bond issue approved hy N.irth
Carolinians November 3.
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
said Wednesday he anticipat *d
the board would discuss building
plans at Monday night’s regular
meeting, likely within the con
text of a survey repart made
several months ago by the state's
Division of School Planning.
Among the chief recommenda
lions were a major addition to the
new Davidson plant, with event
ual abandonment of the old
plant anticipated.
Other recommendations con
cerned improvements to Compact
school.
Actually, the monies from the*
state will not be availa le prior
to July 1965.
State Treasurer Edwin M (Jill
has stated the bonds will not be
sold before the next fiscal year.
Under the state constitution, the
1 stale, like counties end cities, is
empowered to issue 1 Kinds with- |
out a vote of oti/e.is in any fis
cal year up to two thirds of the
previous fiscal year's net debt
retirement.
To issue the school bonds now
would mean that the 1965 Gen
eral Assembly, convening in Keb
rmry. would not be able to issu«
any iionds minus a state wide
elect: >n. should the General As
sembly desire.
At the same time. Supt. Haines
said, state school officials de
clared it would ,:e quite proper
for hoards of cdueati in to pro
ceed on planning school build
ings. additions, and alterations.
In 1959. the board of education
invited bids on an addition to the
new Davidson plan', to include
classrooms and a gymtorium.!
Contract was not let when the
low bids exceeded cost estimates.
Shortly thereafter the- consolida
tion rr:>\ement was renewed and
the lioard of education did not
pursue the Davidson project on
grounds that an area eonsolida
tion might dictate requirement
for different facilities.
School officials said prior to
CmUmand On Paga §
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Secession Petitions Are Out
DISTRICT OFFICERS INSTALLED — New officers el the Western District of the North Carolina
Distributive Education clubs were installed Wednesday as the district convention met at Kings
Mountain high school. The Kings Mountain club was host to the delegation of 250 representa
tives ol distributive education clubs.
Retailer Group
Asks Tag Office
WINS DEGREE — Gene Mau
ney has received his master ot
arts degree Iron* the University
ot North Carolina at Chapel
Will,
Mauney Earns
Master's Degree
Gene A. Mauney, Kings Moun
tain native and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, recently
received his master of arts de
gree from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Mill.
Mr. Mauney is a graduate of
Lenoir Rhyne college and follow
ing Army service, he continued
his studies at State college in
Raleigh as weil as in Chapel
Iiill.
Mrs. Mauney is the former
Mane Abemetliy of Hickory. The
Mauneys and their two daugh
ters lived four years in Burling- j
'on where Mr Mauney taught in
the city schools Now they are
living in Greens.-.oro where he !
is in his second year of teaching i
general science at Kiser junior
high.
Kimmel Bites
To Be Thmsday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Carolyn
L. Kimmel will be held at Harris
Funeral Home chapel Thursdav
morning at 11 o'clock.
Mrs. Kimmel. mother of Harry
Kimmel. former Kings Mountain
.’iti/en and widow of William
Hoyle Kimmel who died in Octo
ber 1950, suivtimhed at 10:45
Tuesday morning at Huntersville
hospital. She had been ill several
months
Mrs. Kimmel was a native of
Cabarrus county, a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. George
Lipe. She had resided at Ken
more Apartments. Charlotte, pri
or to her illness.
Surviving are her son. now of
Saluda. S. C, two grandchildren
and tw i grandchildren, a broth j
er, Walter Lipe. of Concord, and
a sister. Mrs. Helen L. Brooks.
Winston-Salem.
Rev. Walker Black will con
duct the final rites and interment j
will be in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
Merchants
Would Sell
Auto Plates
Kind's Mountain Merchants As
sti!at:on board of directors
Thursday approved unanimously
efforts to obtain a state automo
bile license sales office here
Jonas Bt idges. assoeiati >n
president, said lie had conferred
with officials of the Motor Ve
hicles department in Raleigh and
hat lie was informed, that if ap
moved, opening date would not
e prior to November 1965.
.Meantime. Bridges noted that
formal application would need
to In- made for such a service, the
application would be thoroughly
choi ived, attd if approved, the
person in charge of the sales of
fice would be required to attend
a Graining session in Raleigh.
'i he directors voted to pay ex
■anises of the ass.K-iation secre
tary Ida F. Joy to the training
classes.
Mr. Bridges said retailers
would ask the endor:■< r.ent of
civic dubs and townspeople in
spearheading the move.
Tito association directors als >
voiod to - p :s(»r Linda Sheerer,
Carroisei Princess, in the
Thanksgiving Day Carolinas
Carr easel in Chaclottc. The mer
chants will lie respons W> for
decorating t L e convertible in
which the high •- dtool son.or w ill
ride in the parade. Cats are \o
he decorated .t.cind the tnente.
“Symbols ot Ft.cdoni end the
young lady with the o' si decorat
ed Princess car re dvrs a $Vt
savings bontl.
P-TA TO MEET
North school I’.:.oat-Teacher
A~s< ini ion will Itol I regular
nirc'ing Ttirsdav night at 7:3<)
in tin school auditorium.
BE District
Names Gore
As Officer
K> ith Gore. Km;s Mountain
hi;;h school student and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Gore, was
deck'd associate president of the
Western District of the North
Carolina Distributive (education
Clubs of America at the annual
convention attended by 250 mem
bers Wednesday in the high
school auditorium.
The Kings Mountain chapter
was host to the all-day gathering.
Other officers, installed along
'•'ith Goit*. y Clifton Beleher.
assistant state supervlsor. were:
Judy Ur wn. Ashley, i f Gastonia,
president; Jimmy Ilaimart I.c
nuir. vk ■president; Nila Mob
ley. Huntei Hu -. Gastonia, sec
fetary; Bobby P.nk< rton. Ashley.
Gastonia treasurer; and Shirk y
I^ambei t Gurnet Hus*. Gastonia,
parliamentarian.
Guests and sponsors arrived at
•5:15 p.m. and were greeted by
members of ihe host I >KCA. Re
ficsiimctits were served until
4:15.
Before the first ge:t« ral session
opened, contestants for the j.>b
intevi.-w j-o.ntest, < iiid.dates f.-r
th.* beauty <jtir.-n contest and
candidates for the district offices
met in their respective roams.
M.s. ’ i s Dixon presided at t!tr
first assembly and a program on
parliamentary procedure vv ;i s
presented with tile Belmont club
assisting Mrs Dixon. The 7 pm.
session followed dinner in the
school cafeteria.
Steve Wallace presided and
Tina M irris gave the invocation.
David Shipman presented special
guests and Supt. B. \. Barnes
gave the official welcome. Janice
Lane, Lenoir, responded. In the
absence of Dorothy Allen. Caro
lyn Jones read the secretary's
report. Danny Neal, acting treas
urer, Kings M jiit.i.n. eavo •* fi* i
nanc'il report.
In the job intervitw contest a- i
wards went t > VVilla Dean Hines, j
Claremont Central high, first;
J >;in Reid. Shelby, second: and ,
Ja.r.cs Bet dine, Morganton. third. •
In the eauty queen contest
Lisa Caruso. Valiltie. took firs' |
place. Sharon Story. Hudson. I
was second a id Judy Brow n. |
Ashley, placed third.
Youth Appreciation Week Begins;
Optimists To Name Top Teen-Agers
Who will be Kings Mountain's
outstanding young teenagers of
1964?
The Kings Mountain Optimist
club is receiving nominations
through November 19 for "Out
standing Teenager” awards 4o
be presented to two young people
of the community.
Winners of the 196.4 awards,
first annual presentations by the
civic club, were Reta Phifer and
Larry Patrick, high sch.iol stu
dents.
The awards are presented as
a climax to the nation-wide ob
servance of Youth Appreciation
Week, which began Novcm!>er 9.
Trophies will lie presented at the
Optimist-sponsored Turkey Bowl,
midget football event, later this
month.
Nominations for "Outstanding
Teenagers" should be forwarded
to R. W Huribut, 707 Wait Gold
strt*«t. Contest rules require a ;
letter accompany each nomina- j
tion.
Commenting on Youth Appro- j
elation Week, which has the
theme, "give youth a pat on the |
hack", Mr. lluiihut and Optimist
president W. D. Byars said. |
“Youth Appreciation Week is
aimed at adult recognition of and
appreciation for all teenagers.
The "pat'em on the hack” pro- 1
grams are not only for the sports
heroes and scholarship winners [
but for the recognition of the1
achievements of the average
youngsters, the huge middle ma- j
Jority who are just as hungry for
recognition and understanding." .
The “Outstanding Teenager"
award recognizes the accomplish- i
ments of youth in the home,
school, church and community, |
chairman Huhlbut added.
Senator-Elect
White, Ware
Oppose Effort
Petitions seeking an ck*<*tion
to determine whether the Kings
Mountain area wishes to secede
from Cleveland County to join
Gaston County have thus far met
with only modest support, a spot
ehe-k indicated Wednesday.
The petitions were distributed
to several area business estaj
I shments Saturday anti the spot
check indicated the secession pe
titions now bear so.t.p '&*) .signa
tures.
Meantime, Cameron Ware,
Bethware Democratic precinct
chairman, sa.d the concensus of
opinion among Bethware citizens
is opposed to secession. "I would
like to see it dropped." Mr Ware
commented.
Senator-elect Jack H. White
says tie opp >ses the movement.
He said he was elected to repre
sent all citizens of Cleveland
county, as well as Lincoln. Ca
tawba and Alexander counties in
the 31st state senatorial district
and feels that the secession ef
fort is not the proper means of
.sealing intra-county differences
Mr. Ware pointed out that all
of Gaston's county farm offices
are located in Dallas and that
federal feed gram payments are
based on county averages. “Far
mers would be hurt by moving
to Gaston,” Mr. Ware added.
The sc cssion petition rends:
“We the undersigned, citizens
and qualified voters of Cleveland
County. North Carolina, residing
w-ithin the bounds f the Kings
Mountain School D.strict, hereby
petition The General Assembly
of North Carolina to authorize
an election to determine w hether
the area of Cleveland County,
within the Ik. inds of the Kings
Mountain School District, shall
secede from Cleveland County
for admission to Gaston County.”
The petitions are available for
signing at these business estab
lishments: Griffin Drug Com
pany. Piedmont Drug Company.
Frank Ballard’s Store. Tommy
Lllison Grocery. Bridges Hard
ware. Saunders Cleaners. Kings
Mountain Drug Company. Kings
M untain Savings & Loan asso
ciation. Central Bat ;er Shop.
Wright’s Barber Shop. City Heat
ing Company. Western Auto
Store, ail in Kings Mountain, and
Hardin's Grocery, ir. Grover.
Mayor Glee A. Bridges said
one petition, bearing 10 nair.?s
had been returned to him. The
petition at Western Auto Store
had been signed by 14 persons
and the iK-tition at Central Bar
ber Shop by 20 persons. Other
wise. the spot check showed, sig
natures on the petitions were
few.
The secession effort was
threatened after the county wel
fare board closed its Kiings
Mountain brae h office.
A group of citizens voted last
Friday to distribute the secession
petitions.
Mayor Bridges, who first posed
tlie secession threat, commented,
“If I think I’m right. I stick, and
I'm sticking."
D. L. Saunders commented,
"I'm going to hack Glee Bridges
on going to Gaston county."
Several other citizens c un
merited they felt the petition ef
fort shculd lx* pursued and ma
jority of the 40 citizens present
voted for distributing the peti
tions A few a stained.
Cast Is Complete
For 'Troubadour"
The Kings Mountain high
school Mixed Chorus, under di
rection of Mrs. J N. McClure,
will present "The Gypsy Trouba
dour" Thursday, November l!»th.
in the school auditorium.
Members of the cast will in
clude Sonny Willis as Todoro;
Freda Conner as Maria; Larry
Dellinger as Vario: Freida Bo
wen as Janina; Libby Alexander
as Fiona: Reggie Alexander as
Marko: Teresa Jolly as Rosita;
Gaihctr Bunigardner as Nikoll;
Jerry l^xlford as Tom Gordon;
Myra Mauney as Mrs. Jc*an Jer
rod; Richard Franks as Henry
Clayton; Pat Butler as Mary
Matthews; and Teresa Dixon as
Clare Clayton.
TO CONVENTION
Rev Charles W. Easley. W.
K. Mauney. and Aubrey Mau
ney will represent St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church at the
annual state convention of
Lutheran Church Men Thurs
day at St. John’s Lutheran
church in Cheityville. The all
day session will end with a
bmutl at t>:3U