Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits
8,008
This flgutt ftr Gre«t«r Etngt Mouotcda la derived irem
the 1955 Kings Mountain city diroctory eenaua. Tho city
Umlta llguie la from tho United States census el ISfO*
Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL 76 No. 9
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 4, 1965
Seventy-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN CENr
Moore Confident
Power Hff Result
Will Suit All
Cagers Get
First Round
Shelby-Valdese
Governor Dan K. Moore is con
fident differences on territorial
rights between the Rural Electric
Cooperatives, the I^blic Utilities
and power-selling Municipalities;
can be- harmonized, the Governor!
has written Mayor Glee A.
Replying to the Mayor’s pro-j Mf|f|f|0T IS FOG
test of initially proposed legisla-'
tion which the cities regard as
harmful, tho Governor wrote: [
•*! am most hopeful for a satis- ^he Kings Mountain Mountain
factory settlement . . . and I ecrs traveled to Marion Tjc-day
equally hopeful that any settle- took a close 55-51 win
Friday Night
meni reached will not jeopardize
the municipalities in any way.
t ". . . . Representatives of mu-
cipalities will bo given every
opportunity to see and criticize
any legislation which I might
propose to the General Assemb
ly ... .
*i am optimistic that any dif-
frc.n Wilkes Central in llie lo
cals’ opening game of ihe ItKiS
Western North Carolina ITgh
School Activities Assv)c.alions
Tournament.
Kings Mountain led by three
points, 12-9, aftei one p^^riod and
•y one, 24-23, at intermission
ferences among the c*ooperative.Q,! Central led by one, 35-3^
the power companies and the'^^'^f^ final peiiod but
municipalities can be worked out
in a manner satisfactory to all
parties
Senator Ashely Futroll, of
Beaufort, wrote Mayor Bridges
that his home city of Washing
ton is also a power seller. He
continued, “If it takes legislation
to clarify the position of munici
palities, then I feel sure adequate
legislation will be introduced.’*
Under a compromise legisla
tive proposal, the RE.\ and Utili
ties spoiled out ground rules on
territorial riglits, to which tho
cities v'cre not party, and which
the cities charge would abrogate
their present right to acquire by
condemnation, if ncces.sary, dis
tribution lines of others in area.«
they might annex to the
limits.
E. B. Davis'
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for E. B, Davis,
w’ere held Wednesday at 4 p.
pm. from Westview Baptist church
fm. which he was a charter men
der.
Mr. Davis succumbed at 3:25
p.m. Monday in the Kings Moun
tain hospital. He had btH.‘n in iU
health for several months.
A native of McDowell county,
the Mounlies outscored their op-
pone:)ts 21-16 during the f;nal
eight minutes.
F'r.rward Ken BunkowskI led
the Mountaineers with 16 points,
four field goals and eight foul
shots. He w^as followed by cen
ter Mike Ballard and guard
Richard Gold with 13 each. Mic
key Bell added eight points and
Jimmy Cloninger rounded out
Ihe scoring with five.
The Mountaineers led by an
ll-point margin. 46-35, halfway
through the Final period but the
Wilkes bo>'S kept fighting hack
lO decrea^jo that lead.
In other toarnament action,
Monday night. Hickory increas
ed it’s season’s winning streak to
city 21 games by defeating the Bc!-
; .xont Raiders 40-37. The first-
Contimicfl On Siforts Page
he was the son of the late Mr. I illness.
Smith Bites
Held Saturday
Funeral rites for Pressley
Richard feinith, 5S, were held Sat
urday at 2 p.m. from Macedonia
Baptist church, interment fol
lowing in Bethlehem Baptist
church cemetery.
Mr Smith succumbed at 5 a.m. ]
Thursday at his home after a !
and Mrs. John Davis. His wife.
Lucy Jane Anderson Davis, died
in 19,52.
Surv'iving are three sons, Lloyd
and LawTence Davis, of Kings
Mountain and John Wesley of
Wake Forest; three daughters,
Mrs. Villur Isenhour of Kings
Mount-ain, Mrs. Violet Smith and
Mrs. Emelyn Harmon, both of
Atlanta. Ga.. five grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren.
Rev. Floyd Vv'^illis, Rev. B. L.
Raines and Rev'. John Harris of
ficiated at the final rites and i-n
terment was in Mountain
cemetery.
of Cleveland County,
son of Mr. and Mrs.
PRESIDENT — Bill Jenkins has
been elected president of the
Student Council at Central
Wesleyan college, where he ii
a junior.
Jenkins Heads
Student Council
Bill Jenkins, so-n of Mr. end
Mrs. Luco Jenkins of Kings
.Meuntain. has . een elected pres
ident of the Student Coimcil at
Central Wesleyan college in Cen
tral, .South Carolina.
The college junior was the
landslkle winner over two other
students.
Jenkins has se»'ved as vice
president and president of the
college choir, business manager
of the Centralian and sopliomoi-c
represi ntative on the .Student
Council. He is als ) a football All-
Star and a mem her of.tlie Sci
ence club.
Mauldins Named
Club Managers
I Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mauldin, of
' Cokimbia, S. C.. have Ireen cm-
' ployed as eo-managrrs of Kings
A nativ
he was a
Baxter R. Smitli, and a member | Mountain Country Club ami will
Bethlehem Baptist church. { assume their duties Friday.
I of the Bethlel
; He was a former employee of
I Neisler Mills’ Margrace plant.
I He is survival by his wife,
, Hazel Wright Smith; his par
ents; four sons, Hollind Smith
1 of Bessemer City, Richard Smith,
! Boyd Smith and Bobby Smith,
I all of Charlotte; two daughters,
Mrs. Robert Moore and Mrs.
i Lonnie Henderson, Jr., both of
Kings Mountain; six
Smith To Head
Rotary Club
Devere R. Smith has
elected president of Kings Moun
tain Rotary club for the year be
ginning July 1.
He will succeed Gerald Mun
son.
Other officers elected are Wil
son Griffin, vice • president;
IpiarDes M.auney, secretaiy; .and
SEen Moomaw, sergeant-at-arms.
Directors elected are Rev.
Charles W. Easley, Dr. John C.
McGill, Ricardo Bach and Neil
Johnson.
brothers.
Rest I Henry Lee Smith of Georgia,
I James Harv'ey Smith of Ellen-
hovo, Ro'.'iert Smith of Atlanta.
1 Ga., George Smith with the U.S.
! Navy. Mac Smith and Roy Smith.
' both of Kings Mountain; and
three sisters. Mrs. Clyde Dett-
marr of Gastonia, Mrs. R. L.
been i Carter of Elberton, Ga. and Mrs.
Bill Caldwell of Kings Mountain.
Also surviving are eight grand
children.
Rev. Wayne Ashe, assisted by
Rev. T. A. Lineberger, a former
pastor, assisted at the final rites.
Active pallbearers were nephews
of Mr. Smith. Honorary pallbear
ers were nine members of the
Charlotte Police Department of
which Mr. Smith’s son. Richard
Smith, is a member of the de
partment.
President Henry Noisier said
Wednesday.
Mr. Neisler said the board of
directors acted after interview
ing numerous applic.mts.
The n€nv management team
will also manage the golf pro
shop.
Mr. Mauldin has been a Co
lumbia auto salesman, while Mrs.
Mauldin has ibeen assistant man
ager of Columbia’s Palmetto
ciub.
ROTARY PROGRAM
William Nutt, memory spec
ialist, wdll speak to members
of Kings Mountain Rotary club
at their meeting at 12:15 Wed
nesday at the Country Club.
Charles E. Dixon arranged the
program.
Citizens Here
Give $2^
For Heart Fund
Kings Mountain citiz^^ns con
tributed $2,386.84 to the Heart
j Funtl m February, Mrs. Scarr
Morrison, drive chairman, an-
nounml this week.
I Mrs. Morrison said when soli-
I citors make full reports she an
ticipated the goal of $3,009 would
; be surpassed. Yet to be reported
i are “Business Day” gifts and
I Me-T.orlal gifts. The Heart Sun
day h luje-to-house canvass to
taled S6(X) ami ThJisday night’s
gifts from a bonefi;bridge-fash
ion .show reached $221.
Kings Mountain citizens who
have not tn^en contacted and
want to contribute to the fund
i may address their checks in
! care of Mrs. Helen R. Blanton,
fund treasurer, at First Union
j National Bank.
I Mrs. Morrison commented, “I
, wdsh to express my appreciation
‘ to all thevolunteers who helped
make the 1985 Heart Fund Drive
such a succ'ess and to all the folk
w'ho again gave so generously to
this worthy cause.”
Last year Kings Mountain area
citizens gax’e over $3,000 to the
drive to fight the di’eaded heart
disease.
Lenten Rites
Aire Underway
Annual Lenten .Services bbgan
I Wednesday night at Resurrection
I Lutheran Church with The Holy
I Communion message “A Prayer
! for Humility”.
These services will continue
'through Easter with the theme
for the six-week of observance
, hein^ "lord, Teach Us to Pray".
Theme for the Sunday mess
ages will ce “God Speaks” a*nd
tho Wednesday evening message
theme will be “Man Answers”.
Holy WeSek services will have
as their theme “In The Presence
of Got!” and will include “Re
jection” (Monday); “Adoration”
(Tuesday!; “Betrayal” (Wednes
day); “Prayer of Thanksgiving”
(Holy Communion on Thurs
day); and “Seven Last Words”
(Friday from noon to three p.
m.). Rev. Charles Easley will as
sist in the Good Friday rites.
Concluding t h e obsei’vances
will be the annual Plaster Sun-
1 day sunrise services.
! Resurrection Lutheran w'i 11
I have as its Easter Sunday -mess-
iage "The First Day” at the 11
a.m. services.
I Rev. George T. Moore is pas-
' tor of Resurrection Church.
More Candidates Enter
Office
Ellison, Styers,
Eubanks, Smith
?ost Filing Fees
t
mi
i?.fe
Firemen Extinguish
I Three Grass Fires
City firemen answered three
; calls this past Monday, all for
I grass fires.
Firemen went to the scones of
i
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MRS. TAYLOR CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY — Mrs. Mattie Boyd
Taylor. 102. is pictured above receiving birthday greetings from
John Darling, field representotive from the Social Security Ad>
ministration. Mr. Darling reads a letter from the executive di-
rector wishing her a happy second century of life.
March 1 Birthday
102nd For Negress
Mattie Taylor
Bom In Fear
Slaves Freed
By ELIZABETH STEWART
“The Lord ha.s been mighty
good to me,” Mrs. Mattie Boydj
Taylor said Monday on her 102nd
birthday.
With a twinkle in her eyes and
a smile on her face, Mrs. Taylor
sat in a favorite armchair by the
window of her home in the Com
pact commi nity and reminisced.
“I really never expected to live
this long,” the long-time resident
of Kings Mountain frankly ad-
grass and wood fires on Chesnutjmits. She credits her secret of
I and Parker streets, and to fires longevity to two factors; being
faycee Kleenex
Sale On Friday
The Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce will
conduct a house-to-house sale
of Kleenex P'riday night, bar
ring bad weather.
Treasurer Gerald Thomasson
said the sale would be c*onduct-
Pd from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Price is
$1 for five boxes.
Bill Hawkins is sale chair-
Four more candidates enteret
he city and school district politi
:*al arena this week.
T. J. (Tommy) Ellison, veteran
>Vard 3 commissioner, filed Wed
nesday for re-election.
Dewey Slyers, Charlotte Ob
orver circulation repre.sentative
lied Tuesday for the oily com
nissiou in Ward 4, (haliengin.
m.^^umbent Norman King, wh-
seeks a second term.
Thomas B. Eubanks, who say
he is a free lance writer, file,
I'uesday for Ward 2 city com
missioner, opposing Scimore Bid-
dix, who filed last week.
Robert (Bob) Smith, salesman
for a Charlotte hardware whole
saler, filed Wednesday for the
ooard of education, challenging
tho incumbent, Mrs. Lena W. Mc
Gill. who seeks a second six-year
term.
iru. four new candidates brings
LO 12 tho.se seeking six City Hall
and one board oi education po
rition.
Incumbent Ellison is seeking
ais seventh term a.s a city com
missioner and is offering in hi
j loriih consecutive city election.
I He served from 1947-51, 1953-57,
land 1961-65. He is a member o,
I Grace Methodist church and ar
; East Kings Mountain grocer. H(
! is opposed by James L. Guyton,
j who filed last week,
j Mr. Styors has been an Observ-
, er circulation representative for
17 years. He is a member of Tem
ple Baptist church and a Fulton
stree,. resident. His wife is the
former Lillie Mae Carroll. TTiey
have a son.
Mr. Eubanks is a resident of
209 Gaston street. Born in Geor
gia, he was reared in Kings
Mountain and has spent most of
his life here. He is a Navy vet
eran of World War II, serving in
both the Atlantic and Pacific, Postmaster Charles A. Alex-
spending one year in naval in- ander issued a request this week
telligcnce. He is a member Kings Mountain postal pa-
East Gold Street W’esleyan | trons assist in halting the-^iow
church. His wife was Catherine I chain letters through the post
Blanton, of Gaffney, S. C. j office.
They have five children, three j Noting that several copies of
boys, tw’o girls.
fe? •-
Ciu^uU/ATES — Dewey Btyexs*
at top, is a candidate fox Word
4 commissioner. Robert (Bob)
Smith, below, is a condidote for
school trustee.
Chain Letter Man
Is "Piayeifnl"
i on the Lake Montonia Road and
Foote Mineral Road.
No damages were reported.
'A
Stadium Fund Tops $60,000-Mark,
Increased By $2184 During Week
Pledges to the John Gambl?
Stadium fund totaled $60,978.40
Wednesday, up $2184 for tho
week.
Actual cash in hand, reported
Treasurer Charles F. Harry III.
totaled $16,138.62.
By crossing Ihe $60,000 mark,
the $SO,000 campaign
three-fourths complete.
Meantime, Charles D. Blanton,
chairman of business solicita
tions. said he had several pledges
for unspecified amounts which
he did not attempt to estimate.
Last 'Phursday night’s house-
to ■ house solicitation produced
$299,27.
Gifts Imported by Mr. Harry
during the past week included
these contributors: B & B Soda
Shop, Finger Laundry, Bost Bak
ery. Inc., of Shcloy, Kings Moun
tain Herald, James Bennett, W.
C. Ballew, H. D. (Snooks) Mc
Daniel, Mrs. S. R. Suber, Jr., A.
Kincaid and A. H. Patterson.
^^The house-to-house solicitation
brought 53 contributions, the
smallest a youir^ster’s 25 cents,
the largest a $^10 two-scat pur-
zhase. These contributors indud-
ed: C. T. Carpenter, Warren Go
forth, Mrs. Holland, Mrs. Lee
Hunts, Scott Gilstad, Clarence
Smith, Gerald Redford, Darlene
Bridges, Margaret Jenks, J. D.
Blanton, Peter Mason, Wendell
Phifer, Mrs. David Hullender,
became i Pa'SJl Hendricks, Jr.. Ray Holmes,
Mrs. McGaha, Abe Gordon,
James Cole, a Friend, Dewey Al
ien, Mr. Phillips, Danny W’hita-
ker, Jack Hullender, W. G. Jonas,
Paul Fite, Jim HcGinnis, Mrs. I.
G. Patterson, Dewey Styers, Jack
Bridges, Mrs. Herbert Leigh, C.
P. Barry, Marceline Owens. Jesse
Morehead, S. R. Suber, Carl
Weisener, Rev. E. J. Beatty, Ken
Bunkowski, B. L. Haines, J. K.
Willis, Jr. Larry Green, Eliza
beth Harwood, D. M. Pouchak,
C & C Scrap Iron Company, Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. McDaniel. Jr., G.
Blanton, Mrs. O. O. Walker, Mrs.
Coman Falls. Mr. and Mrs. 2. W.
Sullivan. Eric Kopruch, J. M.
Kerns, a F^riend and Eugene Dye.
Architects are planning work
ing drawings for construction of
the stadium^
a religious person and never
turning anyone away from her
door.
“I like to sit and peep out the
window, eat peppermint candy
and visit with folks,” Mrs. Tay
lor says.
(At 102, Mattie Taylor enjoys
good health. She opens the front
door for her daughter, Emma
Taylor Wilson, 61, each day on
Mrs. Wilson’s return from Com
pact school lunchroom where she
is employed.
Mrs. Wilson, a widow, says her
mother never complains. Mrs.
Taylor admits her feet hurt but
says a remedy for sore feet is go
ing barefoot and barelegged. “I
keep my stockings around but I
don’t like to wear them,” she
j admitted.
j To a question about her early
■childhood, Mrs. Taylor said she
grew up near Dallas as the oldest
child in a log house “put togeth
er with red clay.” She learned to
plow with oxen before she was
10 and attended school very lit
tle, She said she learned to read
and write “a little bit” but was
needed at homo to plant corn
and work in the field.
She said her first job was as
a domestic for Mrs. Annie Dillon.
Grover Squad Sets
Saturday Donee
Grover Rescue squad is spon
soring a square dance Satunlay
night, beginning at S o clock,
with music to be furnished by
The Ranchers.
Hot dogs and hamburgers will
be available at the Resruo Srjuad
ibuilding preceding the -.lance
from 5 p.m.
The bu.«y Rescue Squad an
swered 27 calls for service dur
ing February, its members giv
ing ,571 hours of service. Six of
the calls were to administer oxy
gen, four were to accidents, and
four to fires. Squad Reporter
Ralph Miller said.
SINGING PROGRAM
Mr.s. Mary Curry will spon
sor a singing program Sunday
night at 7:30 at the Sliady
Grove Baptist church. Several
singing group.s will participate.
Tho public is invited. Pimecds
go to the Church Building
Fund.
the letter had been turned in to
Mr. Smith is a Hickory native, j'he office. Postmaster ^ex-
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith
and a Kings Mountain high
school graduate. His wife is the
former Jo Mauney, Newton.
'Fhey are members of First Bap
tist church, have two sons and
are Woodside Drive residents.
C’ommi.ssioner Ellison became
the third City Hall incumbent to
seek re-election. Expected to run
again also are Comm. Ray Cline,
Ward 1, Comm. Gene Goforth,
Ward 2, and Comm. J. E. (Zip)
ander emphasized that chain let
ters violate postal regulations.
This, in effect, subjects anyone
taking part in the practice to
penalties under federal law.
“Patrons arc requested to no
tify tho local post office,” he
stated, “if they are recipients of
this or any other chain letter.”
The text of the letter current
ly making the rounds follows:
“This is a prayer. Trust in the
Lord with your might and ac-
Rhea, Ward 5. As of Wednesday, j ^nowlodge him and he will lift
tlie Ward .'5 office was the lone 1 This prayer is sent to you
one without a candidate. ! luck. The original is
Filing deadline is April 26. from f*"- 'Mother Hand’. The
election day May 11. ^'"rk has been sent to you. You
The candidate list to date: ' a’’" "> "‘'‘'’e sood luck in 4 days.
For Mayor — Mayor Glee A. i af'*"' receiving this letter. It is
Bridges, Kelly Dixon, and John
Henry Moss.
For Ward 1 Commissioner —
Garland E. Still.
For Ward 2 Commissioner —
W. S. Biddix and Thomas B. Eu
banks.
not a joke and you will receive
it by mail.
“Please don’t send money or
keep this copy. It muse (sic)
leave your ha-nd 96 hours after
you receive it. Just send this copy
and 20 othei's like to people you
For Ward ,1 Commissioner _! think need good luck. This pod
Comm. T. J. Ellison and James L.
Guyton.
For Ward 4 Commissioner —i
Comm. Norman King and Dewey I
A. Styers.
For Board of Education — Mrs.
Lena W. McGill, incumbent, and
Robert (Bob) Smith.
The condition of little Brenda
Carpenter, age seven, suffering
third degree burns from tho waist
up, was described as “only fair’*
Wedno.sday afternoon, according
to information from the Univer-
1 “I lived in a littlo house out backl®**^ North Carolina ho.spital
land cooked and did housework]
I before I was married.’* | Meantime, J. OUie Harris re-
Up until last year Mrs. Taylor'ported, her family is in poor cir-
Carpenter Child Fights For Life;
Funds Needed To Keep Mother Near
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER OBSERVANCE SET—Kings Mountain
Christians will Join with those around the globe Friday in the
annual observance of World Day of Prayer. Services in the vari
ous orea churches begin dt 11:15 and continue until 11:45 a.m.
Stores will be closed from 11 until 12 noon Friday. Church bells
and sirens will signal the hour's worship service here. Grover
will hold a union service Friday night at 7:30 at the First Bap
tist church.
j cooked her own meals. She is
able to sweep her room, make
her own bed and build a fire by
walking slowly and holding onto
furniture.
Oldest member of Bynum
Chapel AME Zion church, she has
not been able to attend church
I services for some time. Her pas
tor, Rev. J. W. Campbell and Mrs.
Campbell, visited her on her
0%h 8
She was .severely burned the
afternoon of February 15. Her
clothing <'aught fire when she
was putting c*c>al into a heater.
Her mother had gone to a neigh
bor’s house to use the phone and
her younger brother put the fire
out
luck prayer has gone around the
world 9 times. A U.S. Army of
ficial. Gbneral Adams received
$60,600 but lost his wife 5 days
after because he tried to break
the chain in the Phillipincs (sic).
General Tliomas lost his wife af
ter receiving this letter and fail
ing to circulate it however, he
won $15,000 he won 41 h prize.
Send copi('s and see what hap
pens in 4 days.
In Prayer”
Mixed Chorus
Gets "Excellent
rr
Then he ran for help,
Rushed to Kings Mountain hos-
cumstances, and funds are need- pital, .she was quickly sent to
ed in order that her mother may Chapel Hill,
remain at her bedside. An attendant on the Chapel
The Herald will serve as treas- Hill ambulance trip said he was
urer for contributions to this surprised to find the severely
fund, $90 having been previously burned child alive on arrival,
supplied by Kings Mountain civic Contributions should bo
clubs. I)rought to the Herald, or mailed
Brenda is the daughter of to the Herald, Drawer 752. All
William CarpentiT, a mason, and ^ contributions will be acknow-
Mrs. Carpenter, who live at 400jledgod.
Baker streeti _ ]
Kings Mountai-n High Schoors
Mixed Chorus, consisting of 105
.members, returned from the
by dousing her with water, i charlotte ■ Mecklenburg South-
eastern District Choral Contest
Wednesday with a rating of “Ex
cellent”.
With 40 units competing in the
contest in Ovens Auditorium, the
Kings Mountain ."^roup chose as
its competition entries a Latin
hymn, “Cantale D.miino”, and
“Hoslana”. a Swedish tune.
“Cantatc Domino” was sung
without nccompaninient.
The Mixed Cliouis is under
the fiiix'ctioi; of Mrs. J. N, Mc
Clure uiid Mrs. Juafuia Logaiv