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Population Greater Kings Mountain City Limits Malta (fan la 10,320 8,008 £a£L"iiL>a!? MM al MU. VOL 75 No. 47 IQ Pages IQ Today _ PRICE TEN CENT' Loop Champ KMHS In Semi-Final Playoff Friday Civic Group Decides To End Effort To Secede To Gaston * Gump Accedes To Opposition Of Neighbors By MARTIN HARMON Tile Kings Mountain area so session movement to Gaston County ended Tuesday morning, as a group of civic and service organization leaders voted unani mously to honor objections of Grover and Beth ware citizens wlio opposed secession. The action had the vote of Mayor (lice A Bridges, who launched the movement after | the Kings Mountain branch of • the county welfare office was i closed. hut tile Mayor issued a j statement in which he said he i was abiding by the will of the j majority, not because he was ! changing his views that "we are paying the county more and get ting less". The group statement follows: “We have decided to suspend our promotion of the Kings Mountain area secession move ment. "Leaders of the Bethware C im munity and the Town of Gi over’s Mayor and Alderman have ex pressed opposition to the m >ve ment. Both groups p. anted out numerous practical problems that would exist if the movement took place. "Initial inclusion of the full area of the Kings M aintain dis trict. which includes these com munities. was a practical consid eration for tile benefit of scho d administration, for it was realiz ed that a school district split be tween the two counties would have made administration of tin schools most difficult "We of Kings Mountain plac" more importance on harmony with our surrounding neighbors than with our differences with some agencies of the county gov ernment. "We are conTilent that tin-ma jority of the citizens of the City of Kings Mountain w >uld prefer a new association as far as county government is con.-erned: however, there was never any in tent to force our desires in our out-lying neighbors. We are glad to honor their wishes. “All «' • want from Cleveland County is a two way street coop eration. ami we hope the num ber of signatures on the seces sion petition will impress on the county officials the fact that many citizens f:*el this desirable situation has not Itni attained." Bethware community leaders said last week that they opposed sei-esston. Iwtth on g-ounds of distance from Gaston's agricul tural offii-es at Pallas and on prospects of lowered feed-grain payments and planting quotas should the aiea move to more CnwfblMCif /*il((r il Local News Bulletins -RofASrcTuT Dave Smith of Gastonia will hr guest speaker at Thursday's Rotary elub meeting at 12:15 at the Country elub. Mi. Smith will use the topie. •'Commit ment*'*. on program arranged by Charles Dixon. KIWJUtlS CLUB Paul N. Hanson, representa tive of the Dale Carnegie courses, will speak on "How to Get the Most Out of Your Tal ents” at Thursday’s Kiwanis elub meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman's elub. LIOWS MEETING Prank Pridemore. historian at Kings Mountain National Military Park, will address members of the Kings Moun tain Lions club Tuesday night. The club meets at the Wo man's Club at 7 pan. Thornburg Rites Conducted Sunday SPCAKEB — Itr. W. T. Mad Un. Jr., pastor ei First Mstbo dUt church of ChsriyrllU. will nual ladies* sight banquet Saturday of Palrvtow Lodge 339 AF&AM. Masons To Hold Ladies Night Rev. VV. T. Medlin, Jr.. pastor j ■f First Methodist .church ot Chcnyvillc. will make the prin cipal address as highlight or Sat urday night's S3id annual ladies' night banquet of Fairview Lodge 339 AK & AM. The affair will he hold at Ma sunk- Hall at 7 p.m. Tai l M. Logan, lodge master, will presale and introdu«*e visit •ng dignitaries. W. C. Kelly will welcome the ladies and Mrs. Kel ly will give the response. D E. Tate will recognize Masonic wid ows ami J. Ollie Harris will pre sen: new and out-going officers. Rev. B. L. Raines will say the nvo ation. Allen Jolley will lead gi up sinking. Rev." Howard Jordan will present the speaker, and Don Falls, chaplain of the lodge, will pronounce the benc d.ction. (Ile»* A. Bridges is pro gram chairman for the evening. Mr. Medlin (Mi ned his A B. from Wofford college and his B.D. from Duke University, class of '13. Before coining to Cherry vi lie. he served the Central Methodist church of Clyde; the Faith Methodist church of Gas tonia: the Spindale Methodist church: and the Green Street Comtimiii (I On Payr li Foote Foreman Dies Instantly In Accident Funeral for Gresham Taft Thornburg, 30. was hold Sunday at 3 p.m. from Patterson Grove Baptist church, intorm«*nt follow ing in Mountain Host cemetery. Mr. Thornhutg was killed Fri day morning at 10:30 in a freak accident exactly 12 years ago to the day he had gone to work at r'oote Mineiol Company. Cleveland County Coroner J. Ollie Harris ruled Thornburg’s death was accidental. No inquest was held. The c >r.»ner said his investiga tion revealed Thornburg was killed as a Foote Mineral crew was cleaning out a crusher that had somehow become clogged. A large Kudid truck, filled with stone for the crusher, was park ed above the crusher with its btakes on. ami Thorn ■urg. who was behind the truck, was killed instantly when brakes apparent ly gave way and the truck rolled backwards over him. Harris said. A native of Cleveland Caunty. Mr. Thornburg was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs Miller Lee Thornburg. He was a member ol Patterson Grove Baptist church. He had been employed by Foote’s Kings Mountain operation since 1932. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Nellie Mae Ware Thornburg: two brothers. Lahon Th imburg of Willough >y. Ohio, anti the Rev. J. J. Thornburg of Winston Sa lem: five sisters. Mrs. Curtis Watts of Charlotte, Mrs. Earl Warren of West Palm Beach. Fla., Mrs. J. D. Champion of Wilmington. Mrs. Richard Bell of Kings Mountain and Mrs. John Chambers of Lawrenceville, Ga His pastor, the Rev. Richard Plyler, officiated at the final rites, assisted by Rev. Roy I ock ridge. Jr. and Rev. R. L. McGaha. THANKSGIVING The Thanksgiving Service at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will be held Thursday. Nov. 2H. at 10 a m. Rev. Charles W. Easley will use the topic. •Thanksgiving in Lamenta tions”. There will be special music by both choirs. United Fond Tops Hallway Mark; Cash and Pledges Beach $11,563 united Fund cash sifts and pledges totaled $11,363.05 Wed nesday. in-presenting 53.6 percent of the 1965 goal of $33,000. Charles K. Mauney, Kings M luntain chairman, said United Fund committees would gather in the office* of Mauney Hosiery .Mills Thursday <tonight) at 7:30 to hear repoits on progress of the appeal for funds. “United Fund volunteers are optimistie the goal will he met". Mr. Mauney stated Seventy-two area citi/ens are participating in the soliciting work which is divided into four categories: special gifts from in dividuals with John Henry Moss as chairman; business gifts with Bob Hullender and John Warlick as co^hairmen; special gifts with Joe Hedden as chairman; and In dustry with Ed Goter as chair man. Break-down of giving in the four categories finds industrial giving in the lead with $6,369.00 and a percentage of 57.1 of their goal. The special gifts category is second with $3,630 or 613 of their goal; the business category I la third with $817 JO or 36.7 per cent of iheir goal: and the special Kiris group is fo.irth with or .H.07 percentage of their goal. Chairman Mauney cneourasod those persons not contacted to mail their contributions in care of the chairman or any volun teer worker Chairman Mauney says there is no reason for failure to attain the coal "if we work". He said ihe current campaign will t»e known as the "Fair Share Cam paicn", in which all citizens will be asked to make a "fair share" contribution. A "fair share” con tribution was descri b’d as one hour's pay per month or six tenths of one-percent of annual income. Several industrial firms are making available to their employees a payroll deduction plan for United Fund giving Nine funds will benefit from United Fund receipts. They are the Red Cross. Boy Scouts. Com pact-Davidson hands. Cirl Scouts. Mauney Memorial library. Kings Mountain high school hand. Kings Mountain Itcs. ue squad and two special funds for indi gent heart and cancer patients of $1,000 each. PRINCESS—Linda Sherrer will represent th*. city in the an nual Thanksgiving Day Caro lina* Carrousel Parade in Charlotte. Miss Sherrer goes to Charlotte Wednesday (or Car rousel activities. Parade Princess Off Wednesday Linda Louise Sherrer will rep resent Kings Mountain in the lsth annual Carolina* Carrousel Parade Thanksgiving Day in Charlotte. Miss Sherrer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sherrer. will go to Charlotte Wednesday to at tend the Knights of Carrousel Ball that evening at the Coli seum where the new Carrousel Queen Sharoyn Absher of Kan napolis will bo crowned. The teigning Queen is Barbara Me Arver of (lastonia. The Kings Mountain Princess, a five foot thm'-blue-eyed brun ette. will be one of 35 high school seniors vicing for the Queens •Town in 1965. She will he spon sored by the Merchants Associa tion. Hie 125-iuut parade will con sist ol 30 floatsi. 27 championship hands. 33 Princesses. <lcc >rat,-d Prims ss convertibles around the theme. "Symbols of Freedom”, 100 clowns, lo baton groups and drill teams and many special units. Miss America. 196J. Donna Axum. will be Honor Quern of the event. Additional Honor Queens are tin* Sun Goddess of St. Petersburg, Fla., the North Carolina Rhododendron Queen. .Miss Charlotte, the South Caro line Peach Quo :i and Miss Sun Fun USA. The parade which features the opening of the holiday season in the Carolinas' w ill have the first visit of old St. Nick to this area Johnny Desmond, popular tele vision ond stage star will he fea tured along with Tony Pastor Orchestra at the Coronation Wed nesday night. Beattie Leonard will be escort for Miss Sherrer. The parade will get underway at 3 p m. and over a half million spectators are expected to watch it via television as it winds from suburban Charlotte lo the down town area with over 150 units. Chtuch Revival Started Rev. Kenney Houck, young evangelist ftom Raford. Va.. is leading evangelistic services this week through November 20 at Church of God on I’atker street. The services began Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Rev. F M. Vaughn, pastor, said. Mr. Ilouck is also a musician ami special singing will be fea tuied at the services. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $215.25. including $151. S0 from or-street meters, $71 from fines, and $19-35 from off-street meters. Of God Hickory Tornado; Is Adversary In Shelby At 8 j By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain High School Mimn'aim't r.«. Southwest division champions, will be host team at Blanton Memorial Stadium at Shelby Friday night to Hickory's Tornadoes, Northwest division champions, as both teams pur- i sue the football championship of I the Western North Carolina High School Activities association. (lame time is 8 p.m. Kings Mountain will enter this' semi-final play-off encounter as! the favorite, by virtue of an un- j defeated ten-game season. Hick ory holds a season ns-ord of sev en wins, three losses. Kings Mountain Coach Bill Bates, however, warns his | charges that Coach Frank Bar ger's Hickory lads, after losing their three opening encounters, j spent the remainder of the sea-1 son racking up victories, some by | steamroller score*. He also point' ; out that Hickory's early sea son losse> were highly respectable. Hickory drnpp<>d the o|>ener, 14 13, to Shu Carlton's Ashley of ; Gastonia Western division 4-A ; champions, then dropped lone j touchdown decisions to Taylors ■ vilk- and Hudson. There is a lone comparative score. Hickory shutout Belmont 1.3-0, while Kings Mountain ! trounced the Red Raiders 35 23. Hickory employs a modified! two-platoon system. Coach Bar , ger said. Dick Deal is the chief | offensive quarterback, while 1 Clem Huffman handles all of the quarterback’s defensive work I and also spells Deal on offense. Hickory's other backficld op erators are Steve Sisk, fullback.' Kelly Rudisill and Toby Morgan. I halfbacks, while Steve Wilson j I takes over one halfback's duties. ■ on defense. Who’s most outstanding? | Gos/iniird On P«</< l Playoff Game j Ducats On Sale ! Tickets f o r Friday night’s WN'CHSAA semi-final toot hall i championship at Shelby 's Ulan- . I ton Memorial Stadium are on i - sale here at Kings Mountain high school and at K.rigs Mountain Drug Store. They 're also available at Shel by high school. Admission is SI 50 for adults and 75 cents for students. Stadium gates will open at t> . I p.m.. with game time at s p.m. Blanton Stadium will seat 1500 persons, including the 500-seat temporary bleachers. The winner of Friday night's Kings Mountain - Hickory game will return to Rlanion Stadium the lollowing Friday night as host team for the WN'CHSAA I championship encounter against ! the winner of the Mooresville ThomasviHe semi-final plavoff at Kannapolis, also on tap Friday , night. ThomasviHe shared South Pied mont division honors wiih Con cord, but won the play-off berth , by trouncing Concord 27-0. Tho i masvilie has won nine, lost one. Mo »resville easily topped the i North Piedmont division with a i loop record of 7 0 Mooresville also !)-l for the season. lost only to Kings Mountain, that a well played 12-7 decision. Not only glory for the Moun taineers. but gold for the athle tic fund coffers awaits the play- j off participants. A third of net | receipts accrues to each school, i while the WNC1ISAA receives J one-third. NAMED TO STADIUM COMMITTEE—Charles A. Neisier. lell above. Carl F. Mauney and Charles Harry. HI will lead the newly-formed stadium committee which will conduct a sub script ion campaign in the Kings Mountain school district for funds to build a new stadi um. Citizens Group Seeks Funds To Build Football Stadium i Mixed Chorus Will Present Comic Operetta The Kind's Mountain h i g h school Mixed Chorus will present "ITjie Gypsy Troubadour” Thurs day night at 7:.'tO p.rn. in the school auditorium. A 13-member cast will present the two-act comedy Mrs. J. N. McClure will i»e ac companist and Mrs. Juanita M. Logan will direct the chorus in the singing of "Round the World anti Ba< k Again": "Don't Try To Be What You Ain’t”; ' May io"; “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son": I "Gypsy Moon"; "Gypsy Medley"; ! "I'p to tile Stars"; "1 Wonder Why”; “Gypsies. Think of Me"; ••Reaming Rose"; "What Makes A Song"; anti "S.ng. Gypsies Sing." Dancers for the product ion will lx- Rita Caveny. Gary Myers. Ly dia Poole. Mike Butler. Martha Beale. Floyd Co ik, Kathy Black burn. Pete Lynn. Elaine Wil liams, Corky Smith. Ann Put nam. Eddie Hardin, Butch Gib bons, Linda Green, Mike Butler. Janice Wilson. J inly Walker anti Dt an Webb Members of the east will ill elude Sonny Willis in t>: ■ • lead of Todoro i .ilet* of the :>;-s\ tribe, and Freda Connie- ;•* his wife. Mar i; I. try Del' r a*. V t .<•; Freida Bonen as Jan na; Lihby Alexandt i .«> I". - 1: L- A! exander ;<s \' it >; Tert-sa Jolly as Rosita; Gaither Bu i gai-lnci as Nikoli; .1 ry Led" .<i as Tom Gordon: My. i M.umey as Mi*. Jean Jerroti: Richard Frnnkks ;:s Henry Clayton: Fit Butler as Mary Matthews and Ten..: I>;\ on as Clare Clayton. The setting is a June day in a gypsy amp on a Ion -ly country sitle. Nikoli lia\ n - been permit ted to a -quire a colic -,. education because of his unusual intelln tllal gifts, returns to the gypsy ; camp from colic :e w th the am bition to i-eeome a po t. publish his writings anil marry Clan Clayton. Todoro rtveives the at- ; nouneement of Ins son's no tions with dismay and disgust, for he had planned that his son marry Rosita and succeed him ComHuiu d On Po'jr <• Ministers Will Launch Annual Yule Empty Stocking Fund Drive Friday rvmgs .Mountain .Ministerial sociation will sponsor for the second year its Empty Storking appeal to provide Christmas cheer lor the indigent. The announcement was made by Rev. Clyde R. Goad son. .«hair man ol the project committee, which also includes Rev H G. Clayton. Rev. George Julian, and Rev. Robert McDowell. Collection boxr swill Is- man ned by ministers at the city post office and in fiont of Relk's in the business district Mr. Good son said, lie said the drive will v-pen with S3.11 remaining in the fund from last year's gifts total mg SI700. The Cmpty Slocking appeal begins rrtaay and continues through Christmas Eve. Rev. Mi. Goodson invites area citi/cns to give the names oi area needy to local ministers in their section of tin* community who will in turn forward the names to the committee heading up the appeal. Gifts will he dis tributed on Decemltrr 23 and 21 Last Christmas • season the Empty Stocking fund supplied 135 food baskets. <-oal to 1“ homes, oil to five homes for fuel, medicine to 11. clothing to seven families, rent foi 11 families and there were many gifts of fond and or clothing in addition to cash gilts totaling $17uu. RETIRES — Copt. John D. Ful ton. ot Kings Mountain, recent ly retired iiom the army alter more than 20 years ol active service. Aimy Captain Fulton Retires Captain John Dirk Pulton. United States Army, retired from at ti\e service recently after more tlian Jo years of a. live duty. Capi Fulton, sop of Mr. and Mrs. J .(in Dexter Fulton, 1ih> Deal street, t-nlistod in the navy during World W ar 11 in It*U at tht* aoo yf uj He served four years. He then computed hi;jh school and attended Columbia Teeiini eal Institute. Washington. D. C. enlisting in the army in 1!M7 as a corporal. Promoter! through the ranks to mastei sergeant, he retvtved a direct commission as . second-lieutenant in ld.vj. ('apt. Fulton s('iv<tl approxi mately half of Ins active duty overseas, including a lour of duty ;is a jki: aehulist advisor to llu* South Vietnamese Army Ait home brigade Local Seniors PPG Nominees Nin«*t<rn Kin^ Mou tamhi.-h sehool seniors an* umu».- 7J Ch'vi’laml candidates fur Pitts burgh Palo Hlass scholarships. The third annual scholarship is valued at Principal I lari > K Jaynes an nounci il those candidates: Spen eer M ioit, John Cavi uy, Lyn Cheshire. James Kalis, Jean Hamrick. Marlene Haitsoe. Peter Hauser. Hairy I.a^an. Neil Me Carter, Johnm Moore. Judy Mo. ris, tjeorge Plonk. Jr.. Linda SlacPv. Jan Williams, Beverly Willis. Floyd Willis. Joan How ard. Sandra Huffstet ler, and Vivian Wilson. CHICKEN PIE SUPPER The NVaeo Community V**lun t«vr Fire Department will sjxin so a i hit ken pie aupper at tin1 W.t.s school lutn iiroom Satur day beginning at 1 p in. Plates v. II >*e SI and proceeds are earmarked for needed iire li^hUng equipment Carl Mauney, Charles Neisler Head Committee By ELIZABETH STEWART A group of 21 Kings Mountain business anil industrial leaders formed o stadium committee Wednesday to launch a subscrip tion drive for funds for a new football stadium Leaders anticipate a new sta dium for the city would be cr«*ct ed on the southwest side of the new hi_ih s hool plant, now iieing huilt on Phifer road, and if the financial drive is successful could la* completed f ir the fall term of 1 !»;*•. scheduled 'ipcitinx date of the *1 1 million school build ing. Carl F. Mauney ar.d Charles A Neisler were tiamtsl co-chair men of the s inx»l district Town ship effort and Charles Harry, III. of Clover, was named sec retary treasurer. O.her members of the nexvly formiil roup represent patrons ■I the Ki *> Mountain schorl district .j ’.'i include members of th«- b aid d education, all of whom wei« present for a meet ing Wednesday ;,t the Country Club. Tile ,!'■ p present indudift: W. S. Fulton. . W. I). Byars. Tom Tate. ,|;i% Powell. Jonas Bridge... Hugh 1.an.osier, John Cheshire. I .n Hamrick. Hill Lowery. .! J-: Hhea. Bill Bates, Jim Di key. Gewge Plonk. Kd Gotei. Ollit- Harris. Tippy Fran co Hany Jay nes. James Hern do- Ge >rge H. Mauney, Otto Williams. Mrs. .! ,hn 1. McGill. Holmes Harry, anil the three newly elected officers. in HiiiiiM, i iutii man oi • ho district hoard of (‘duration, ■HI.fl the group together to get puhlii- opinion from a representa tive sioup of citizens concerning Mich a projtvt ll<' said their ro sponse was enthusiastic. II w much will a stadium cost? ( hairman ll< ndon estimates J'-’" I1**!' sc ii and that figure could be less Some school funds can i>c expended for a stadium. Mr. ilemdon pointed oat. such as grading work on tile site. There ue specific limitati is ..n use of school funds raised through dis trict bonds Money . in lie used tor roads. w.ilk.»a\v play grounds. and spectator scats in i gymnasium wh.h doubles for in auditorium but not for s|iec tator scats m a stad um. Neither could capital outlay funds Im» lesignatod for stadium use as •chool building needs would come first. Mr. Herndon said. Other communities ha\e rais 'd money for stadium building, \lr. Herndon <-ontinued. induci ng Shelbv's I'.lanton Memorial, i 1 .<f »i scat stadiu n built mnstly Tom puhli subset .ption, Cherry idle and Lir Intn.-j A similar lubst'ript.cn drive for stadium unds is undeiway in Hclmonl md Uasionia has tentative plans or such a community effort. Mr. ierndou pouued ouu
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