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f Popnlation ! Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 { City Limits 9,000 VOL. 76 No. 7 Seventy-Siith Year TtN C.hNT* OFFICERS OF embers of the high ing rear. From left. ▼ice-president ten el Mr. on Geld, secretary. daeghftr el Mr. Mm. A. E. I Mae. lehn were recently elected by FartidpatioB Organisation (or the el Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ooninger; Nelson el the Beth ware community: and Shar el Greeer. Mrs. McGill, Norman King Are Seeking Second Terms V VlLES — Homan Ktof. dfy commlMIww from Ward 4. ha filed foe re-election. Kelly Dixon Issues Platform Ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon, srvk ing to regain the office he lost two years ago to Mayor Glee A. Bridges, issued a statement Wed nesday which he labeled his platform. Mr. Dixon said he felt the city i>uld pare tax rates and power charges, yet still have sufiicient funds to k«-ep the city progres sive and growing. Me also pledged full efforts to expand Kings Mountain indus trially and to broaden recreation • a I programs. Mr. Dix >n's statement follows: "I Kelly Dixon a long time <iti/en and resident of the City of Kings Mountain and bavin# worked with and for many of our fair riti'ens in the building '-usiness and also having served two years as Mayor I feel that I have somethinig to offer our people. “We an* indeed pr >ud of our town and for the accomplisments over the past. hut it our belief ^^at if we follow the tr**nds for prove monts and th«* demands ^Wnfrontie * us we can within a comparatively abort period of time witness a new day for Kings Mountain. Our street improvement pro gram has gone forward for the l*ast few years with gratifying accomplishments and then*forv is either nearing a finish or in the nroeess of same by having l>etilion* for improvement satis f ictorily afoned. Since this is true there is iiot much to be said in regard to street improvements. "During the years of *61-*63 the electrical system was com pletely rebuilt including a very modern circuit control station. This was accomplished without any added indebtedness to tin* city. In addition to this very big undertaking there was another rather sizable project put forth, this was a past due need, it Is not completed as yet but is on the map and is going forward as planned. 1 am referring to the street lights. Certainly this was an appreciated asset to our city. •As to sewer improvement* and filtering facilities this is something that is not altogether a decision of the people but is a icquirement of the State Sanita tion Dept. "This project will go forward regardless of who might he tosen for the K5-66 administra >n. One |>oiiit to regard to this ther expensive project which ■nay be of interest to our people. It is mv opinion and would he if Continued Oa Pune 4 Tin Incumbents FU«; John Mon Pays filing Fee Two incumbents, Mrs. J>na \V. McGill, school trustee, amt Norman King. Ward I city com missioner, announced Wednesday they would seek re-election to second terms. Both filed Wednes day morning. Mrs. McGill is completing the six-year term to which she was elected in 1959. Mr. King suc ceeded Ben II. Bridges on the city commission two years a/o. In the only other official poli tico) development of th4 week, mayoral candidate John Henry Mods paid his $100 filing fee. Other candidates include May or Glee A. Bridges, seeking hi; sixth term. ex-Mayor Kelly Dix nn. seeking to regain the mayor's • hair, and ex-Mayor Garland Still, for the first time seeking a commission seat in Ward l. Commissioner King became the first incumbent i-ommission er to file for re-election. He com mented. "I was honored to be elected to the commission and 1 have verv much enjoyed my term of serviiv." Mrs. McGill, wife of John L. McGill, partner in Kings Moun tain Drug Company, said: “In announcing my candidacy for re-election on the Kings Mountain Board of Education. I would like to express my con tinued interest in the education and welfare of the youth of the community. “I fed that my experience on both the Kings Mountain Board and the Erskinc College Board better qualifies me for thus im portant task, and makes me re al!* anew the necessity of an eduiation for every child. 'I appnsiatr the supp.>rt which I have received in the past, and if I am re elected. 1 will continue to serve imperson ally and unselfishly to the best of my ability.” After formally filing, Mr. Moss said: “I am appreciative of the en couragement given me since an nouncing ray candidacy and will wage an active campaign. “Should the people of Kinps Mountain elect me. I will ask the help of capable and interested citi/ena to serve on vital com mittees to form a task force to build a progressive city.” Comm. King said: “1 count it an opportunity to have served as a city commis sioner the past two years. I have enjoyed it and I ask your support again as I seek re-election to a second term." Mrs. McGill, a onetime teacher and Farm Security administra tion home economist, is serving her second term as a trustee of Erskine college, from which she was graduated. She later studied at the University of Tennessee. She is an active member of Boyce Memorial ARP church, member of the choir, ami was in strumental in the church's es tablishing a college scholarship program. She is a daughter of the late W. A. Ware. Mr. King is in the service de partment of Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company. He is a Kings Mountain nai’vb and is an active member and choir leader of Second Baptist church. CANDIDATE — Mrs. John L. McGill is a candidate for re •loction to the board of educa tion. Mrs. McGill filed Wednes day Beilins Resign Club Position Mr. and Mrs. Allen Berlin, who, have managed Kings Mountain Country Club since September 19113. have resigned effective March 1. Mr. Berlin is leaving the club management field to become a salesman for John Sexton Com pany. a nationwide wholesale lood brokei. He is schedule to spend two weeks in Atlanta. (la., and an indefinite period at in dianapolis. Ind., training for his i new work before being assigned 1 a sales territory in the Southeast. Thi* Berlins came to Kings Mountain from Cheyenne. Wy oming. where they had managed ! the Cheyenne Country Cluh. Mr. Berlin is a native of Or lando. Fla., and a graduate of the University of Florida. Mrs. Berlin is a native of Murrel's In let. & C., and a graduate of Uni versity of North Carolina at Greensboro. Lions Have Sold 1679 Ante Tags I ; Sales of Kings Mountain auto tags tolahxt 1670 Wednesday. Sam Weir, chairman of the Lions elub tag sale committee reported. Previously on sale at City Hall, the tags ary still obtainable next d>ior at Harris Funeral Home. The Lions sold the 1965 tags I under a franchise agreement I with the city. Craftspun Yarns Stadium Gift $5,000 Henry McGinnis Succumbs At 95 Pneumonia Fatal To Nonogenarian Monday Morning Funeral rites for Henry Wade McGinnis, 95. were held Tuesday afternoon a: 2 |>.m. from St. Matthew's Lutheran ehurch <*f which he w as a me r.her. Mr. MiGinnis. retired Kings Mountain business nan. succumb 'd Monday morning at .» o’clock in the Kings M untain hospital after a brief illness. He had pneumonia. Mr. MrHiiii.is had many varied ■ureers in his I -ng life. Among i:s e irl 1 empl >ym“nt he man igid a country style general lore < Bessie 1 >r the late Sa t. .laaney. of Cherryville. In pre imhibition days he w as a gov •rnment liquor inspector. He was »lso i builder, spending a year t Asheville corking on the Van dcrbil* mansion at Biltmore. lie came to Kin. - Mountain as i par:net wi” h.- ! no brother, Hinkle McGinnis. to open a tin mitli firm, lat-r t e. ame a shoe ei a i" i when h felt his age to Ion -r qualified him for roof i-ng work. M. rb is --f hi- f mily re all if cn loved v.rlually perfect i health until he was 73 and suf i ered a near-fatal heart attack. At \5. he underwent a serious operation. recuperated and re turned t ’ his shoe shop, retiring a few years later. 11* was a dedicated member of his ehurch and for many years a member of the choir. He and Mrs. McGinnis would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in April. A native ,-f Gaston C *unty, he was the son of the late Mr. and Airs. Nathan McGinnis. He is survived by his wife, the former Cora Smith; his daugh ter. Mrs. Grady Howard: his son-in-law; and three grandchil dren. Pattie and Joan Howard and Geepor Howard. His pastor. Rev. Charles W. Easley, officiated at the final rites and interment was made in Mountain Rest cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews. Paul McGinnis. Odell McGinnis. Dick McGinnis. Jim McGinnis. Don McGinnis and Bill McGinnis. Heart Sunday Is Sunday Gifts to the Kings Mountain Heart Fund via balloon and tag sales Saturday’ in the business district totaled $259. Mrs. F. S. Morrison, chairman, reported this week. High point of the month-long drive for funds will lie culminat ed Sunday on Heart Sunday with a house-to-house canvass of the residential area during the after noon. Numet ius volunteers will conduct the canvass. Mrs. Mor rison said. A fashion show and benefit bridge Thursday. February 25, will also help boost the fund dri\e. Tickets are on sale at S2. including refreshments and prizes for the benefit to In- held at the National Guard Armory. Pat Lee. radio and television personality , will he commentator for the showing of spring fashions. root Day" For Brenda Carpenter; Brother, 7, Doused Burning Sister Brenda Joyce Carpenter, five j year-old daughter of Mr. and ' Mrs. William Carpenter of ftm Baker street, suffered third de gree burns from her waist up in ' an aividcnt at her home Mon , day afternoon. A spokesman at North Caro lina Memorial hospital in Cha|H-l Hill Wednesday at 3 p.m. said the youngster had spent a "poor day today." She was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital Monday night. Brenda Joyce was rej>ort«Mlly putting coal in a heater at her home about 5 p.m. Monday when fire shot out, caught her clothing on fire and burned her severely. Mrs. Carpenter had gone to a neighbor's house to use a tele, phone when the aividcnt tnvur red. James Kenneth Carpenter. 7, at home with his sister at the iinn* of the accident. reportedly threw water on the child and ran to the neighbor's house to summon his mother and get help. Kings Mountain polite depart, meir was called and police dis patched an ambulance which carried iht child to Kings Moun tain hospital and at 6:30 p.m. to North Carolina Memorial in Chapel Hill. The girl's father is a brieklay er. f t World Prayer Day Services Are Set Kings Mountain churches will hold World Day of Pray er services March 5 from 11:15 a.m., a spok«**.Tian for the Kings Mountain Council of I’nited Church women has an nt'iincrd. The annua! sortires will fol low the theme. "What d >th the Lord require but to do justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly.” Kings Mountain retail busi nesses will be closed one hour from 11 until 12 noon March 5 ■ to allow their employer's t • at tend brict services at the church of their choice. Mis. Barton's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Essie Goforth Burton. 76. widow of Rodney Moore Burton, were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. from Pat tei-son Grove Baptist church of which she was a member. Rev. Richard Rlyler, assisted by Rev. Floyd Willis and Rev. Flay Payne, officiated, and on t T.’-ment was in Patterson Grove cemetery. Mrs. Burton died Monday morning at 11:45 a.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. She had been ill one day. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly Go forth. Her husband died in Sep tember 1B57. Surviving aiv two sons. Bonnie T. Burt .n and Robert 11. Burton. Ivith «>f Kings Mountain: and four daughters. Mrs. Grover Greene. Mrs. Ray Neeley, Mrs. Sam Carroll and Mrs. Robert • Bob> Hallman, all of Kings Mountain. Also surviving are a brother. Gradv Goforth of Grover: a sis ter. Mrs. Henry Ballard of Lin eolnton; 12 grandchildren and nine great - grandchildren. Pallbearers were Douglas Bur ton. Wavne Burton. Charles , Green, Willis Green. Charles Ford, anil Chester Cash. Smith May Ron For School Post By MARTIN HARMON Tho candidate list lor seven city hall and hoard of education offices, to he filled at the bien nial election in May. increased to six during the past week and the* rumor mill added a feu- new names to the “likely" list. Principal among them was the prospect that Robert iBoht Smith, salesman for a Charlotte hardware firm and a Woodside Drive resident, may challenge j Mrs. lama W. McGill for tho hoard of education. Mr. Smith confirmed Wodnes •lav he is seriously considering making the race. There was a paucity ol possi bles for city commission posts, probably occasioned by the fact only Norman King has filed for re-election. Conversely, it is con sidered certain that all of the incumbents will offer again. Dewey Stvers. a probable chal lenger for Commissioner King. IkmI made no further comment. There was some speculation that Boyce Gaul*, former Ward 2 commissioner might again seek office now hel«l by Eugene Go forth. completing h i s second term. Other incumbents are T. J •Tom* Ellison. J. E. iZipi Rhea and Kay Cline. Dewey Randall Has Pneumonia Dewey Randall, veteran Bon nie Mill overseer, was not in his seat at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church Sunda\ morn ing. the first time he had not been present in over 4b years. Mr. Randall became a pa tient at Kings Mountain Hos pital Iasi Friday, suffering from pneumonia. His condition was described as "fair" by a member of his lunuly Wednesday. Stadium Fund Pledges Now Top $56,000 Th«* John (iambli- Stadium fund in'THasjtl r>y at least $5.00!>. the donation reported this vvoeK from Craftspun Yarns. Ini . whol ly owned subsidiary of B.V.D. Corporation Announcement was made t>y J. Ollie Harris and J. Wilson Crawford, co-chairmen of indus trial solicitation. Other reports could not be oh tamed. as Secretary . Treasurer Charles P, Harry HI was out of his office and could not I* reach ed. The gift of Craftspun Yarns increases total pledges and cash to $5fi.048. Goal of the fund drive is $Sn. 000. In making thi' announcement. Co-Chairmen Harris and Craw ford commented. This is tyfie of cooperation we have retvived from Kings Mountain industry and we are deeply appreciative." Work on planning the stad.um is already underway. The board of edura'ton last week retained Charles Morrison Grier & Associates, Charlotte on gineering and architc -tural firm, to fdan and supervise the stadi um const ruction. A large draw ing of the stadium is on display at First Union National Bank The stadium will have a seat ing capacity of 400rt. will also Is equipped lor track, and will hav« an ample pressbox. It will bo erected south ol the new high school plant on Phifer Boad. Aim of the fund raising com mittee is to have the stadium ready for use when the football season opens in September. School Board Met Monday The Kings Mountain hoard of education Monday night in regu lar monthly session unanimous ly: 1* approvd the sale of a col erpillar tractor-louder at Beth ware school to Robert M Dulin. Bowling lirwn, .S. at cos! of $2300. 2t accepted bid ot $15 from Frank Pennington for the old dwelling located at the site ol the present high sc!i<h.1 plant with stipulation that the dwell ing he moved in davs. 3i authorized change of the originally nlartned square chim ney > for the new high school plant i to a free standing round one, noting that soil .• iiui.iicis and recommendations r> the cn gineers and archite ts ne cssitai ed the change Ksti mated cost is $1460. •I* approved allotment foi in structional supplies for members of the Compact high school Mix ed Chorus and the Kings M nm tain high school Mixed Chorus. 5* formally approver I the name selected for the projected city stadium, .-one ti ring with the stadium committee in then so lection of the name John < Iambic Stadium for the former high school coach. •*> authorized erection ot per ntaneni markers t > corners of Softool property ai the new high school site on Pltder road White Will Fight Utility-REA Plan APPOINTLD — Joe Hendrick, city clerk from 19S1SS. has been crppeintcd Clrvdand County manager by the county boatd oi commissioners. Ex-Clerk First County Manager Joe R. Hendrick, native of Shelby and K:p/s Mountain city clerk from Steptcmhcr l'*'! io April h - noon na i,t*d 1 t'h'.tlanri IVniy's first county manager. it has b.-«*n ,i:nn>ur . ed by Chairman Dav i Be im of the county board .if rarr'"ii‘.<; I'li'is Hi ndrb-k : i ns t . thi- coun ty fmm M dlvuirn Fla.. where he lias served foi three years as assistant litv man •. f.nni ; dire, for and », y • lerk Before toil to M !l .ni ne \!i Hendrick was employed as a salesman f r Shelby Printing company and Short i M .tors and also was a represetv.ati\e f «t International Cor: esi».in <1 • in' Schools. Bef..j« e.'.anting Kite. • Mountain city !-rk. he w..s em ployed by the St it- Highway Commissi*.:i. In Kings Mountain, i Mis. Hendr..'k was employed by j First National Bank Hendrick will receive a salary | of StMKKI in ll - new ; .r*. plus . ;u allowance. Bearn saul. He was . chosen from a field la appli .ants, which had been narrowed to five w!h> appeared for le.vn’ interviews He told Bean Friday when notified of Ins appoint mont. that he would v.- a "o day notice in Melbourne. S‘>n of Mr. and Mrs. Ford Hen- I driek of Shelby. Hendrick. .'<7. j majored in economics at Lenoir . Rhyne mile e He has taken an , nual courses in government ad ministration at the l'niversity of Florida. The new county mane fer is a member of the International City Managers Association, Mimic: pal Final: i* Ot fleets As.->cia ti .n. International Institute of Municipal Clerk- Florida League of Munieifsilitie- Free and A* cepted Mason- Ancient .ml Ac cepted Scottish Hite Ancient Arabic Outer NobJe . ! Mv- i. Shrine. Haiti i Terntde, -. retary of the Melbourne Shrine dub. and was recipient • >t the Mel bourne Hood Government Award for 15N> I Married t ' ■ t • mm Maty ('oNf.Nl'i 'I On I'ui/e s PPG Entertains Nine Scholarship Nominees At Luncheon In Shelby Nine nominees for the Pitt' burgh Platt- Glass C<>m|>an> Cat olina plant scholarship to college wen* honored at dinner Wednes day at Shelby'* North Lake Country Club. Five <>f the nine are Kings Mountain high school seniors. They are .Ian Williams. John Caveny. Jr.. Lyn Chesihre. Peter Hauser on<i Spencer Moore. The other four are June Dye. Agnes Thompson. Max Hopper and Vi tlar Jorgenson, all Shelby high school seniors. Each were pre sented S2a savings bonds by tin* company. The students were interviewed by a panel of thus* edueafots. who will make the selection. They arc Edwin White. Davidson col lege, serving on the PPM panel for the third time. Dr. Joyce Shealy. Queens college, and Ev erett Witherspoon. Duke Uni vanity* Prim pal I (any Jaym-s pre ! settled the Kings Mountain niiml nee* and Principal Wayne Cau dill ih«‘ Shelby nominees Jack Schwcppe. -manager of tin PiCshui ,-|i Shelby ojh'i.i:. >:i prevail'd, introduced the selection pa in-1. and read risen i letter* from fhe thri*e prior recipients, two of them. Felma Ruth Lynn anil John Tria, from Kings Mountain. Mi. Schweppe M-marked that "l*i ia. a Duke freshman, had ie ported the ecurse pretty hard and expressed some com-ern that he might not qualify for Phi I Set a Kappa, the scholarship fraterni ty Mr. Schweppe continued. I'm going to write him not to worry about tltat too much. U'«> think we're doing a fair |oi> producing fiber glass and there's not a damn Phi H»*iu K ippa key in the whole organuaUou!” i He Also Opposes Mineral Lab Money Cut By MARTIN HARMON Senator Jack White said when home fi■ »rn llnleigh over th«* wci kend that he will do all in Ills- power to change pi > posed legislation effecting’ utility ah s rights in city -annexed areas to pioteet eities selling eleetrie po wer. The h ings Mountain legislator w ill get one of t h e earlier '■llano s at imending the legisla I. m as he is a member of the Senate committ«>e on P.ihlic I'til it.i-s, Watei Kesoui e- and Con trol. which will i rnsidci the le gislation before it is considered by the full 50 member Senate. Commentin'? on other matters. Senator White said heop|M>s< - the advisory budget orum -m >n s de cision to pave appropriations f >r the mineial research laboratory at Ash-.-vill.-. lie also supports the : piest of I*r. CharU*s Car: oil, supei intend ent of puhli, -no for 15 teachers t.- iiisti.i ; iidren at the Camp Until, i n.cnial health center. The hudget ■■ immission •lid not honor Dr. Carroll’s re quest. He said he didn’t think the ■ ui m i .( giving the governor iin- u;.i | -i * a i ■ w'ould be advanc ed. Sena:oi- White suppoi is "in th Si i nimum wage. lb- also report.*! the full legis lative deiegatn-- from the 3lM Serial rial ihsinci have agreed to hold hreakfas! meciings at least twice weekly to discuss matters pelt nent to the four nunncs o.hets ,n tin* group are Senator Adrian Shuford. of Ca tawba. Keprescntatives Bob Tails. <d Cleveland. Clarence Leatherman, of I.iiu lb. J. Hen ry Hill ot Catawba. and Fred York. ->t Alexander. lie finds himself >m- <>f three senators wlu» are natives ofWil -mi. Thi- ottu-is ar«» Senator Ash lex Kuttvll. publisher of the Washu 'ton I>ailv News, and - nator Russell Knby, of Wash ington The Senator said he and other legislators have is-en attending “school". Sc rctarx of State Thad Kurt* > the tea. in- holding a class i•a h morning at 11:40. twenty minutes pi ini tile legislative •onvi dn • hour -it noon. Mr. Kmc instrui ’s hi> class in legis lative protoi I. how to introduce lc islation properly, how many - epics l t»dis should is* printed, and other pertinent tips. Bridges Writes Legislators Mayor tjlee A Bridges has written members of the House and Senate committees on pub lic utilities urging them to pro tect tin cities which s«*ll power in any legislation they consider. He wrote: “In a meeting last Friday, the Representatives of cities which own electric distribution sys tems discussed legislation pro posed by Power Companies and K K A Organi/at ms It s<-ems ’hey may slow down tin* rowth of cities which pioxidt their own eleetrii service “As May at of a City xvh h has alxvays provided its own elec trici'x. I earnest.x plead that you not li-t any t>i 11 xvhii h will harm Kings V-.uii’aii vi through your committee. “Our citizens are happy with a loxx tax rate and xxe must keep it that way. "Thank you for your -onsider* at ion in protecting our fair city.” Mayor Riiilges attended a meeting of power - distributing cities held in t.reenshoro last Friday to lay plans > combat the proposed legislation. SENIOR CITIZENS The Sen.ci fit .ri > Club xxill tint hold a meeting Friday hut xx ill gather on Friday. Feb. 26 fi i • s»piare dance at 7:3n |i m. ui Hie Woman's - .ub.