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Page 8 KINGS MOUNTAIN HPRALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N, C. Thursday, March 4, 1965 KINGS MOUNTAIN Hospital Log VISITING HOURS Daily 10:.iO to a.m. S to If p.^n. and 7 to 8 p.hi. Patient Lint at Kuujs Moun- Mrs. Charlu* IJoriton Mrs. (Jrady Bess Miss Ruby Mrs. Jessi» Hraiu h Mrs. Klvin Brown Mr. Biuvn Deilinx<*r Mrs. Ambrose I'lowois Mrs. Jack (Jadrly Mr. John Stokes Gladden .Mrs. Mary Frances ilailow Mrs. Fii'd Herron Mr. William Holmes Mr. WilUain Ilou.ser Mrs. Kthol Johnson Mr. Aina Kiser .Mr. Hobart Metcall Mrs. iHnvey Mos.s Beverly M(<^raw .Mr. William (X^hoi ne Mrs. Woodrow Thornpsem Mr. Charlie Sin;4knon .Mr. Krelon Tidwell Mr. ('asiM'i* WijfKiiis •Mr. Cieero Wells .Mrs. Florence Wilson Mr. Malcf)lm Jaeksrm Mattie Taylor ADMITTED THURSDAY -Mr. Dewey lialhh.tne, 2S Ben nett Drive*. City Mr. Th(‘odorc Sain. 112 Bates Avenue, Cheny vilie. X. (’. Mr. Hoy Smith. I()!> York R«)ad, City Mr. William Wade, Box 205, Bessemer City. C. Mr. John Poston, Kt. 2, Ciiei - ryville, N. C. Mrs. Kvans Grc'one, 20.5 Brice Street. City .Mr. Liddell Howard. Old Louis- ana Avenue, Bes.s(*mer C’it>. N. C. Mrs. Anna Hunter, -UH W. Parker Street. City Mrs. James Mti.ss. 2ol Kiser Street, City ADMITTED FRIDAY Mrs. CIt'veland Brown. Ut. 1. City Mrs. Henry 'I'aylor. Box ,‘k>T. Besse.Tior City. N. C. Mr, William Ath'v Il.inirick. Rt. 2. City Mrs. Charles McKinney, Bes- somcr City, X. ('. ADMITTED SATURDAY .Mr. (teorge Jeeler. Ri. 1. (ii i ver, N. C. Mrs. Jamc's Gantt. 020 Phenix Street, City Mrs. Arthur Hay. 10.5 X. Gas ton Street, City Mr. Robert Woods. Rt 1, Box 76, City Mrs. Iv<*y Allmon. .515 K. Ridge Street, COty .Mr. Jesse Bagwell, S20 X. Fourth Slnn't, City Mrs. Grady Chaney. Sll W. Gold Street, City Mrs. Charles Childers, U2 Ori ental Avenue. City Mrs. Admiial Cochran, Ht. 1. Grover. N. C. birthday as well as other mem-! hors of her family. Mrs. Taylor has never voted. She .says she remembers her mother telling her that she (Mat- tie) was born in the year the slaves were set fret*. The most ex citing time of her life, she re calls, was w’hen she and another young girl ran off to Kings Mountain (about 12 miles from their home) ‘‘Becau.se the girl and Mama didn’t get along. Ma ma <*ame and got me.” “I’m pretty well satisfied,’’ Mrs. Taylor said Monday after- . noon as she prepared to eat a I birthday sui>per with her daugh- t(‘r. A pink birthday cake was ; l u. and served with ice t'ream. I Mrs. Taylor received birthday ' groeting.s from Vulor Christgarr, ! executive diredor of the So<*ial Sedirity Administration, via a letter brought to her by the So cial St'curity field representative, .lohn Darling, of the Gastonia of fice. The letter read, “It gives me great pleasure to si*nd you birth day gre(‘tings and my p(*r.sonal wishes for a happy second c<*n- tury of lift*. .May your path ahead b(‘ smooth and may peaw and , ( ontentinent be your companions as 30U continue on your journ ey.” Mrs. 'laylor applied as a de- p(*iulent parent under the Social Security program December 14, 19(>(.. An amendment to the So cial Security Law in August 1961 upped her benefits to $82.50, a check she receives each month. She qualified as a dependent fjarent because a .son, Harvey Taylor, now deceased, was em- tdoyi-d by a laundry in New , York. His mother had not remar- j t ied. Mrs. Taylor is mother of nine cluldren, thn*c‘ of whom are liv ing. All of Kings Mountain, they are Mrs. Bt'itha Taylor Reed, Mrs. Kmma Taylor W^ilson and Clyde Taylor. She has 27 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and nine g'-cat-great grandchildren. Presides her love for .sw’o<*ts. another luxury Mattie Taylor practice- i.s sleeping late. Her lamily disturbed her late-sleep ing habit Sunday by scheduling a family picture-taking se.ssion. Slu* h.ad to dre.ss (complete with stockings) for the event and move* from h<‘r chair by the win- flow to a sofa. Her son offered to assist his mother, but she preferred walk- ; ing unassisted to the sofa where ' sh(‘ harl her picbire snapped s€*v- ' oral limes with various members , of tiio family. She was typically feminine about her age. “5'ou mean Tve ^ got to t(*ll how old I am in print,” j she said. Local News Bulletins KIWANIS PROGEAM A film “Objectives of Kl- wanis for 1965” will feature ITiursday night’s Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club program. Rev. George Moore and B. S. Pet'ler. Jr., will do the nrara- tion. SUNDAY DINNER The Woman’s ePub is serviog Sunday dinner from 12 noon until 1 o'clcK'k at the Woman's club on E. Mountain street. Plates arc $1.50 for adults and $1 for children. KMHS Students Hear Van Doren Thirty - five KMHS students participated ki the second Thom as Jefferson High School Convo cation Saturday, February 27 at Ovens Auditoriuim in Charlotte. Dr. Mark Van Doren, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author, spoke to a group of over 2,(X)0 students in the second of a series of lectures. The lecture was on English. Plans are being made for a group of local students to attend the third lecture in March, which will be on Science, Richard Culyer and Mrs. George Moss accompanied the students. Rites Conducted For Curtis Falls P..T.A. WILL MEET The Davidson P.-T.A. will meet Tuesday at 7:30. All par ents and teachers are asked to be prt'sent. Mrs. Berlie Roberts made the announcement. LUTHERAN SERVICES Pastor Charles W. Easley of Sr. Matthew's Lutheran church will have as th^ topic of his sermon for the first Sunday in Lent, “The Man In Whom Heaven And Hell Met.” IN HOSPITAL Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Jr. enter ed Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte \fbnday and will un dergo an operation on her foot this week. She will remain in the hospital for several days. DE BANQUET The Kings Mountain high school Distributive Education club is making plans for Bosses’ Banquet to be held March 31. Employers of mem bers will be guests. PRESBYTERIAN Dr. Paul K. Ausley’s .sermon topic Sunday morning at First Presbyterian church will be “Can Human Nature Be Chang ed?” SESSION MEETING Members of the Session of First Presbyterian church will meet at 10:40 a.m. Sunday morning to receive new mem bers, Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, has announced. 500 HOC 111) ADMITTED SUNDAY Mr. F-]ob5y Gene .Moore, York Road, City Mrs. Robert Jr. M./orc. Margracc Road, City Mrs. James Mr.Muiray, Broad Street, City Mrs. Jimmy Herndon. Rt. 1, Box 166, City Mrs. Ray Butler Herndon, Rt. 2, City SolT.a Oetavia Dawkins, Rt. 1, Box 146, City Mrs. Willie Farloss, 309 Chero kee Street, City Mrs. Harry P. Roark, Jr.. Rt. 1, Grover N. C. •Mrs. Amos Roberts. Jr.. Rt. 2. City Ml'S. Charles Short, 6 Oak St., City Mrs. L. B. Sprouse. Box 135, City Mis. Campbells Brother Passes RADIO BROADCAST Sunday morning services during the months of March and April will be broadcast via Radio Station WKMT from First Presbyterian church. Fttneral rites for Curtis H. Falls, Jr., 37, were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Colonial Chapel of Carothers Funeral Home in Gastonia, interment following in Westview Gardens on Kings Mountain highway. Mr. Falls died unexpectedly Sunday at 7:15 a.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital. He had been In declining health for some time. A veteran of World W'ar II, he was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran church of Gastonia. He was employed as a bookkeeper for Falls Constiwtion Company of Gastonia. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Virginia Keep Falls; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Falls of Gastonia, two daughters. Misses Mary Cama and Patricia Ann F^ls, of Charlotte; and one brother, Ralph L. Falls, of Gas tonia. Dr. Joseph L. Griffin officiat ed at the final rites. Mrs. Carpenter Died Wednesday Funeral rites for Mrs. Mattie Bright McClure (Carpenter, 77, will be held Friday at 3:30 in Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Carpenter succumbed Wednesday in the Kings Moun tain hospital. Mrs. Carpenter, a daughter of late Thomas and Irene Wright McClure, resided at 319 Gillespie Street. Her husband, Charles B. Car penter died in 1945. She is survived by four daugh ters, Reba Sitms of Chicago, Ill., Thelma Dettmar of Gastonia, Etta Bennett of Great Falls, S. C., and Bertie Stewart of Kings Mountain; three sons, Gary of Kings Mountain, Everett of V^ir- ginia Beach, Va.. and Charles P. Jr. of Chicago, 111.; and a sister, Bessie Wells of Kings Mountain. Rev. Jerry Grigg \\111 assist Rev. Floyd H;>llar and Rev. Dar rell Co51e in officiating at the final rites and interment follow- ! ing in the Mountain Rest ceme- ‘ tery. Miiiette Group Leads Donors Bivens, Mildred L. Miller, Robert I E. Clark, John C. Cox and Hat- ; ley Hull. Mi-nette Mills of Grover 'ed donors at the rer-ent visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile in Gro ver. Minette employees gave 92 pints of blood and total for the day’s visit was 112, Blood Pro gram chairman Charles Mauney reported. Chicago Cub pitcher Larry Jensen won 24 games last sum mer, 'I?# Six Grovfer area citizens be came members of the exclusive gallon club of iblood donors. They were Franklin D. Kirby, June L. Parks, Jr., J. D. Hambright, Mar garet H. Royster, J. G. Hawkins and James C. Scruggs. There were 17 rejections. Complete list of donors includ ed: James E. Evans, Bill Allen, Franklin Kirby, June L. Parks, Charles R Duval, Paul K. Nee ly, Richard Gene Tessenber, Shir ley Bolin, Marvin Panther, Charles I. Judd, Jack Turner, Bill Putnam, Eugene Richards, Claude Russell Morrison, J. W. Peterson, Buren F. Randle, S'um- mie L. Brackett, R. Fain Ham- bright, James Arthur Harry, Hel en Spake Hope. Chalmers B. Green, Thomas D. Hope, Hood Watterson, Robert Camp. Mrs. Jerome Spangler, Paul B. I Also Bobby F. Panther, Bobby j G. Eh'ans, Shirley T. Moss, Dr. I Theodore A. Barker, Mrs. Emo- gene Dixon, Elizabeth Nolen , Rippy, Virgie M. Adams, Braw- ! ley Lattlejohn, Adele Randall i Bolin, Alice H, Philbeck, Dean D. i McDaniel, William B. Waddell, Ann C. Herndon, J. Fre.nk Love lace, Jerome Spangler. William A. Hudson, Lester Bolin, Eloise Poole Royster, Samuel Forest Fitch, Shirley Peterson Philbeck, Blanche Gold, and Arlene Dixon Isler. .rick, Ancil Bolin, Mrs. Floyd ! Whitworth, James C. Scniggs, ' Bobbp Page, Billy Hamrick, and Elmer Martin. H Teenage used to N? the magic age whtn a little Slrl started to grow’ up, but today s girls are growing up faster than ever l»* fore, according to American Girl Magazine, published by the Girl Scouts for all girls. Also Mrs. James Bell, Thifr- man Peterson, Harry L, Beam. Bonnie B. Martin, Glenard Mar tin, Mary Sue Carroll, Michael Boggs, James B. Grant, Clar ence Hammett, Mrs. Emma Hast ings, Janicb Mercier, Alma Broome, Bessie McIntyre, Mia. Dewitt Moss, Mrs. Hood Wattci- son, G. D. Fulton, Mr.s. E. J. Hardin, Mrs. Calvin Bolin, Paul ine Goforth. Ralph D. Walker. J. D. Hambright, Mrs. C. M. Bolin. Mrs. J. A. Rippy, James Dingus, Bobby Hubbard. Mrs. Frank Royster. I!>onakl D. Herndon, Robert L. Bea-x, J. D. Bolin. Da- i vid Robert Lovelace, Mrs. Cliar* jence Hammett, Gene L. Farris, j J. G. Hawkins, Hubert Boyles, • Mrs. G. E. Stewart, James Ham- CARD OF THANKS We wish to acknowledge our I sincere appreciation to our ■ friends and to Doctors John Mc- IGill and Frank Sincox in the I passing of our (beloved father and husband. THE FAMILY OF PRESSLEY R. SMITH Kings Mountain Herald A ncwipap^i. published weeltly on rhurjKlays by Martin L. Hannon, Jr. DBA tier’d Publishing Htwse. Ent«?red second class mailer at the post of- .Ire at Kings Mountain. N. C. 28086 under Act of Congress of March 3. 1873 SURSCRIPTION RATES By Mail Anywhere: Six Months $2.00 Three Months $1.2S Single copy price 10 one yt-ax $3.50 Stafford Rites Set Thursday ADMITTED MONDAY 5Irs. C. I». Vickci’s. Box 664, City Bobby Leo Barker, Rt. 6. Bjx 485, Shelby, N. C. Mary Cliitvvood, 709 N. Pied mont Avenue, City Mr. Jesse Ilanmm. lit. 1. Box 33, Grover, X. C. Mrs. Edward Humphries, 213 City SlrtH’t. City Mrs. Gerald McDaniel. 204 S. Roxford Road, City Mr. Howaitl Newell. Rt. 2. Box 203 D. Cit>' Mr. James Rogbrs, Rt. 1. l.’ity Funeral rites for Winston Car- ^ lisle Hutchinson. 46. of Florence, j S. C., brother of Mrs. H. L. Camp- , hell of Kings Mountain, were I held Friday at 3 p.m. from Wat- I ers I'lmeral Chapel of Florence, i masonic rites following in Mount j ir(>i>e cemetery. I Mr. Hutchinson, conductor for the Atlantic Coastline Railroad, I died suddenly Wednesday night I of a heart attack. He w'as a life- ! long resident of Florenw, a Ma- ! son and a member of St. Paul’s ) Methodist church. He was a graduate of Clemson college. Other sui’vdvoi’s include his wife; two daughters, Debra Ann and .Sarah Elizabeth; one step son. Ralph Lee Hunnicutt, Jr; a sister. Mrs. J. H. Danner of Con way, S. C.; and a brother. Dr. Raymond T. Hutchinson of Beau fort. S. C. ON DEAN'S LIST Sara Hendricks, Kings Moun tain sopho.more at Wake For est college, qualified for the fall semester dean’s list. Miss Hendricks is daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Hendricks. Black Rites Held Tuesday Funeral services are to be held Thursday at one p.m. for Mrs. Hattie Jane Staffoixl, SO, of Statesville. Mrs. Stafford, stepmother of Clyde E. Stafford. 5(X) Wo.odlawm Drive, died Tuesday at her home while taking a nap. She had suf fered a heart attack last year, but appeared to have fully re covered and was apparently get ting along fine at the time of her death. Additional survivors include: daughter, Mrs. Mack Cash of Statesville; son, Thomas Staf ford, Statesville; stepdaughters, Miss Elsie Stafford, Salisbury. Mrs. Lee S. Dixon, Sun Valley, Calif.; stepsons^ Frank Stafford. Statesville, Rol^rt T. Stafford, Kansas City, Kansas. Mitchem Rites Slated Sunday Funeral rites for Thomas Gra^-son Black, 47, were held Tuesday at 4 p.m. from Shelby’s Missionary Methodist church, in terment following in Sunset cembtery. Faq Thieves Still Uncaught Mr. Black died Moniiay morn ing at 1:15 of self-inflicted gun shot wounds, Coroner J. Ollie Harris reported. The Black fam ily resided on route two, Besse mer City. ADMITTED TUESDAY Mr. Laudis Burris. 514 Wanloll Street, Shelby, X. C. Mrs. Robert Fain. 601 K. 7tli Ave., Gastonia. N. C. Mrs. Jame:: Williams. RI. 3. Union Road, fJasiJiiia, X. C, Mrs. Earl Williams. Jr.. Rt. 3. Union Road, (Jastonki, X. C. Mr. Wayne Blark, 322 Waco Road, City Son of the late J. T. Black and Cleo Davis Black of Cherryville, Mr. Black is also survived by his wife, Grace Wood Black; three daughters, Iris, Elaine and Max ine Black of the home; four bro thers, William Black of High Point, Fred and Halbert Black of ^ Cherryville and J. R. Black of Police Chief Paul Sanders said | High Point; and four sisters, Wednesday no arrests have been : \irs. Renzo Owbns of Shelby, made in last week’s Winn-Dixie Otto Rayfield of Charlotte, Too Late To Classify FOR RENT two apartments on Waco Road with hot water and outlet for electric stove. Call after 5 p.m. Hal Plonk 739 2491. 3:4-itn theft, in which tliieves made off with in cigarettes. IhH'ont rains tended to connect the robbery with several subse- j (luent ones being investigated by county officers in which ciga rettes sivmed the desired mer-1 cliandise. ] One victim found his roof to: be leaking, and investigation i showvd holes had been drilled in ; the roof. Officers speculate the- thieves were interrupted in their work lo gain entry as at Winn- Dixie, later managed entry by other means. A juvenile picked up for ques tioning here, admitting he had been stealin.g occasional cartons of cigareltes from Winn - Dixie and .selling tliem, but clearly provided proof he was a one- carh'n pilferer, not the big-haul thiei. ('hief Sanders said Wed nesday Mrs. Wesley McCarter of High Point and Mrs. Betty Smith of Lincolnton. Rev. Glenn Van Hook and Rev. Marion Willis officiated at the final rites. I. D. Bridges' Father Passes Funeral rites for C, O. Bridgbs, 72, of Shelby, father of J. D. Bridges of Kings Mountain, were held Friday at 2 p.m. from Beth el Baptist church, interment fol lowing in Cleveland Memorial Park. Final rites will be heard for Asiriah Mitchem from Shiloh AME Zion Church in Grover Sunday, March 7 at 2 o’clock. The eulogy will be given by the Rev. R. O. Davis, assisted by Rev. T. A. Grier and Rev. R. S. Kilgo. Asiriah was found dead on his small farm below the Margrac. Mill Tuesday morning. Death was attributed to an ap parent coronary occlusion suffer ed Monday evening while he was planting rose bushes on the farm. When he was found Tues day morning, he had finished planting three of the bushbs. Time of death was set at some time between the hours of six and seven Monday evening. He had left his job at the First Presbyterian Church just prior to six that evening. He was sex ton at the church, where he had some 20 years perfect attend ance for Bible class. A search launched Tuesday morning when he had been ab sent from home all night result ed in the discovery of the body. Surviving are his wife Helen Grier Mitchem, his mothhr Lizzie Mitchem, thret? sons, Charles Lee of Camden, N. J., Berlin and Robert Louis of Norwalk, Conn., tw’o daughters. Annie Lee of Norw'alk ano Grace of Washing ton, D. C.; thrfee brothers and three sisters. Mr. Bridges died at 6 p.m. last Wednesday at Cleveland Memor ial hospital. Eskridqe Rites j Held Sunday Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary | Eskridge, 78, were held Sunday I at 3:30 p.m. from B.vnum Chapel, | intermbnt following in t h c i church cemetery. ] Mrs. Eskridge died Thursday , in the Kings Mountain hospital. I She is survived by no immed- | iatc family. 1 FOR SALE — One owner 1961 BuK'k Special. Like new. Radio, heater, sidewalls — Will trade for cheaper car or vvliat have you •— Easily fii.anced — Sen* llord Herndon at Herndon's Trading Post or telephone 739- .5162. 3:4-65 Mrs. Spratt's Brother Dies FOR RENT — Four-room hou.se vvitli bath — in Midpines Sec tion — below Margracc Mill. On(‘ block to church. School hu.s by door — Available im mediately for $8.90 per wtH'k. See Ilord Herndon al Herndon’s T/udin;^ Post. IVlophone 739- .5I(;2. 3:4 65 Funeral for Isaac Willie Bridges, 71. brother of Mrs. Cora S|)ratt of Kings Mountain, will be hold Thursday at 3 o’clock at Mrs. Sandy Mush Baptist church near Shel'-iy, and Mrs. Forest City. Mr. Bridges, of Vale, died Tues day. Surviving in addition to his sis ter here are two daughters, four sons, two brothel’s, and three .sisters. A retired employee of Snow’- flake Laundry, he was caretak er of Bethel Baptist church, of w’hich ho was also a deacon and a charter member. He was a son of the late Thomas and Martha Murphy Bridges. Survivors also include his wife. Mrs. Ada Harris Bridges; three daughters, Mrs. Fltohue Hayes, Robert Harton, both of Mozelle Me- Sw'ain of Shelby; three brothers, Farris Bridges of Grover, George Bridges of Earl and John Bridges of Shelby; one sister, Mrs. Ella Shuford of Shelby; four grandchildren and two great • grandchildren. LIONS PROGRAM The high school mixed chor us, directed by Mrs. J. N. Mc Clure. will present the program at Tuesday night's meeting of the Lions club at the Woman’s’ Club at 7 o’clock. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week were $198.70, includ ing $129.10 from on-street me ters, $52 from fines, and $17.60 from off-street meters. LEGION MEETING Regular March meeting of Otis D. Green Po.st 155, Ameri can Legion, will be held at 8 p.m. Friday. Refreshments will be served following the meet ing. u. St. Patrick's Day And Any Day Is A Great Day For Saving At HOME Savings & Loan Association Current Dividend u ARA PER YEAR PAYABLE SEMI-ANNUALLY Open An Account By March 10 Earn Dividends From March 1 H-T Ac PLENTY OF FREE PARKING-ORIVE ■ IN WINDOW SERVICE DR. I. E. ANTHONY, President THOMAS A* TATEt Socretary^Treasurer
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