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X Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 This figuie for Greater Klogs Mountain it derived irom the ItSS Kings Mountain city directory eeiuus. The city Umlts figure is from the United States census of Kings Mountoin*s Reliable Newspaper \ OL 76 No. 11 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 18, 1965 Seventy-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Stadium S. 0. S.: $15,000 Needed To Let Contracts Cline, Goforth And Rhea File 'All Incumbents Ask New Leases ^^Cocktail BilF^ On Their Offices ‘ Was Request f SEEKS RE-ELECTION — Three incumbent city commissioners Wednesdcry joined other mem bers of the administration in seeking re-election. At top is Hoy Cline, Ward 1. center is Eugene Goforth. Ward 2. and below is J. E. (Z'.p) Rhea. Ward 5. All are seelUng third terms. W. F. Osborne Rites Conducted • Fun(?ral ritrs for William 'anklin Osborne, 52. were held uesday at 3 p.m. from F'lrst Presbyterian church of which he was a mem' :er. Mr. Osborne succumbed Sun day night at S:25 p.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital follow ing serious illness of several weeks. He had undergone an op eration for lun-:j cancer several weeks ago. Results of an autop sy requested by the family had not been learned Wednesday. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Osborne of Fulton, Ken tucky, Mr. Osborne was a Navy Veteran of World War II. He had been employed as a sales man by Phifer Hardware Com pany for several years and had worked previously at Margrace Store. Lithium Corporation of America and Storchi Brothers. His wife, the former Ethel Wright, survives, in addition to a son, William F. Osborne, Jr. of Kings Mountain; o^ie daughter, Mrs. William Hoyle Burton of Lynchburg, Va.; one brother, Robert B. Osborne of Gastonia; and two sistei's. .Mrs, E. R. Smith of Memphis, Tennessee and Mrs. J. H. Swearingen of Norwood, N. C. A grandchild also survives. Dr. Paul K. Ausley, his pas tor^ officiated at the final rites d interment was made in ountain Rest cemetery. Active pallbearers were Jack Arnette, Fred Wright, Charles Blanton, Bob Rhea and J. D. Khea. All city and b^)ard of educa tion incumbents are seeking re- election, with the filing Wednes day of Ward 1 Commissioner Ray Cline, Ward 2 Commissioner Eu gene Goforth, and Ward 5 Com- .xissioner J. E. (Zip) Rhea. Mr. Cline is already apposed by former-Mayor Garland E. Still, and Mr. Goforth is already opposed ly Thomas B. Eubanks and W. Seimore Biddix. ' Mr. Rhea is the lone candidate i to date in Ward .5. j Only other unopposed candi- ' dale to date is Holmes Harry, school trustee in the outside-clty district. Filling out of the candidate ! slate, political observers think. ' will quicken the pace of politi cal activity and interest which, to date, has beeji principally li mited to the three-way race for mayor, including Mayor Glee A. Bridges, eeeking a sixth term, ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon seeking a comeback after losing in 19fi3, and John Henry Moss, ex-city comTissioner who is seeking the mayor’s p-)st for the first time. There has as yet been no for mal activity from the Negro community, though William Orr :s reported a possible candidate .or mayor. It is also, on basis of the na&t four elections, antici pated a Negro will offer for the Ward 5 co-.r.mission seat against Mr. Rhea. Othenvisp, the rumor-mill was devoid of likely candidates for o»her offices. Filing date is April 2B. The three commissioners who filed for re-election this week arc seeking their third terms, all be ing elected in 1961. -Mr. Cline failed to win a ma jority in a three-man race, but I took office when the late Ross I Alexander declined to call for a 1 run-off. In 1963, he was rb-elect- i od without opposition, first un opposed candidate for city hall office since 1945. He is an over seer of Mauney Hosiery Com pany. member of St. Matthew’s I Lutheran church, former district j commander of the American Le- I gion, a member of the Moose and I a navy veteran of World War II. ! Ho is a onetime semi-pro base ball player. Mr. Goforth edged Boyce H. Gault for the commission by 116 votes in the 1961 runoff. He won re-election easily two years ago against Seimore Biddix. He is a member of Central Methodist church, army veteran of World War II. Legionnaire, and an 'em ployee of Lithium Corporation of America. Mr. Rhea defeated R. Coleman Stroupe in a run-off in '61 by 64.S votes, easily won re-election j two years ago over Hazel L. Gill. , He is a member of Central Meth- I odist church, navy veteran of j World War II, past commander ; of the American Legion post, and past president of the Kings Mountain Country Club. The candidate list to date: For Mayor -- Mayor Glee A. Bridges, Kelly Dixon, and John Henry Moss. For Ward 1 Commissioner — Comm. Ray Cline and Garland E. Still. For Ward 2 Commissioner — SPEAKER — B. C. Mangum, presf.dent of the N. C. Farm Bureau Federation, will make j the principal address at Tues day night's Former's Night banquet of the Kings Mountain Lions club. Lions To Honor Farmers Tuesday B. C. Mangum, president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, will a<ldress the an nual Farmer’s Night banquet Tuesday of the Kings Mountain Lions club. Lions and their guests will gather at 7 p.m. for dinner at the Woman’s club. Edwin Moore is chairman of the Farmer’s Night committee and other committee members are William Lawrence Plonk and White s Side Wins Tuesday Senate Fight By martin H/iRMON I The so-called •cocktail party” ' bil! wfiich went into the Senate hopper Tuesday was int.’-oduced ‘ “by request”. Senator Jack White, of Cleveland, a w-signer told the Herald by telephone from Ra- ! leigh Wednesday. I Senator White .said the bill is in the province of the committee j of propositions and grievances, I of which he is a member. Chair man Herman Moore, of Mecklen burg, introduced the bill, and other co-signers were Senator W'hito's 31st district colleague. Senator Adrian Shuford, of Ca- ' lawba, and Senator Fred Mills, ; of Anson. Undo.’- the bill, requested by the Slate Alcoholi<* Beverage Con trol Board and by 'he slate As sociation of --VBC boards, the state board would be given authority to formulate rules whereby alco holic beverages could be pur chased and transported up to five gallons trom a given store on a given date to a specified platH? for a staled purpose. The present legal purchase limit is one gallon. Purchasers would be closely screened and would be required to sign the applications for the larger amounts. Senator Moore was quoted as saying the bill was intended to help “Industrial concerns and in dividuals having large cocktail parlies". On Tue.sday, Senator W^hite was embroiled in his first floor iii'l fi the American Farm Bureau which delved in w’ays of improv ing Farm Bureau’s service to agriculture. Recently he was chosen to represent the Ameri can Farm Bureau on the Poulti-y and Egg National Board. Mr. Mangum owns a 397-acre home farm, plus several hun dred additional acres and pro duces commercial eggs, hogs, 'beef cattle, grain and tobacco in the Moriah community of Person County, not far from Roxl>oro. He graduated from Helena high school in ’26 and went to work for a wholesale product firm in Durham. But at the bottom of the depression, in 1931-32, he went to work in New York and helped Montgomery Ward open its first big eastern store in an expansion program. Later he worked with the firm in the Mid west and during this time mot an Iowa girl, Irene Brockway. They were married in 1935. He i-eturned to farming in _ Person County in 1935, moved to Comm. Eugene Goforth, W. S. (Henderson in 1946 to enter the Biddix and Thomas B. Eubanks, j farm machinery business and For Ward 3 Commissioner — subsequently devoted full time to tContinued On Page 8 farming on the family farm. Champion Salesman Sam Weir Is Mountain's Lion-Oi-The-Year Bill Moss. Mr. Plonk will present [ ngju of the session. Teaming the speaker. I wi h Senator Tom White, of Le- Preside^nt of Jhe N. C. Farm | noir. the two won by 33 to 17 a Bureau sirw 1959, Mangum hns j motion to refer to the judiciary been active in the organization i committee the bill which would since 1950. In 1962 ho served on | require revoking of a driver’s li the National Study Committee of ‘cen.se in event he was guilty of * T.- r> , .speeding and or reckless Kings Sam Weir is the Kings Moun tain Lion of the Year. Mr. Weir was accorded the honor by his fellow Lions in club balloting at last week’s meeting. During the current y!ear, Mr. Weir was the club’s leading fruit cake salesman, selling 168 cake.s. He also served as chairman of the Lions club’s successful auto tag sale. Mr. Weir has bebn a member !of the Kings Mountain club since I January 1^3. has a record of ' more than 20 years of perfect The onetime grocer is a sales man for Metropolitan Life In surance Company. He is an elder of First Presby terian church and has a record of more than 21 years of perfect attendance at Sunday School. Mrs. Weir is the former Mary Ervin. They have two daughters, Mrs. Fred Falls, of Fayetteville, wife of a seminary student, and Miss Marlene Weir, a .student at Atlanta’s Fashion Institute of America. The Weirs are grandparents of j attendance, is a past president, I two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. Falls I several times a club director, and j having adopted a daughter, • liiequent project chairman. i Theitesa Lynn Falls. driving charges within 12 months. Present law makes re vocation mandatory when con victed twice within 12 months. The proposed bill would make the date of charge the determin ing factor. Senator White said the majority’s objection to the bill concern.s out-of-state offen ses. In Virginia, Senator White 'Conthiued On Page 8 Mrs. Houser's Rites Conducted Funeral rit<*s for Mrs. Sarah Evangeline P'alls Houser, 78, were held Saturday at 2 p.m. from Kirvgs Mountain Baptist church of which she was a mem ber. Mrs. Houser, widow of Horace .M. Houser, succumbed Thursday afternoon at 5 o’clock following a long illness. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. P>ank Falls. A graduate of Piedmont high school and Meredith college, she at one time taught in the Cherryville city school system. She had made her home in I Shelby the past several years. I Surviving are three sons, Wil- I liam F. Houser and Georgia H. I Houser, both of Kings Mountain, ] and R. Douglas Houser of Char lotte; three daughters, Mrs. W. H. Lutz of Waco. Mrs. W. How ard Blanton of Gastonia and Mrs. George G. Williams of Charlotte; one brother, William Curtis Falls of Greenville, S. C.; one sistfer, Mrs. Ernest Richardson of Rich land, Ga.; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Rev. Marion DuBose officiated at the final rites and intermfent was in Mountain Rost cemetery. Active pallbearers wiere Hor ace Lutz, Don Baldwin, Eugene D. Falls, Bob Johnson, Jones Fortune and M. C. Poston. Four Youths Face Charges Of Theft tv SENIOR PLAY CAST — Members of the cast of "We Shook the ramily Tree”, Kings Mountain high school senior ploy to be presented March 19 were photogrophed above during o rehearsal. At center front is Margaret Bryant and seated, from left to right Linda Roberts, Neil McCarter, Nancy Lubloneski, Beverly Willis, John Caveny and Carolyn Heavner. Standing, left to right Richard Franks, Teresa Dixon, Potricia Strickland, Lewis Stewart and Buddy Wright (Photo by Tommy Plonk). Senior Class To Give Comedy Friday Night Curtain time is 8 p.m. Friday night for "We ShitfdK''rh‘e Fam ily Tree,” three - act comedy which the Kings Mountain high school senior class will present in Central auditorium. The play is an adaptation from the book, "W’^e Shook the Fam ily Tree” by Hildegarde Dolson. Under direction of Mrs. Norman H. Pusey, the play is produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company of Chicago. Twelve seniors portray the two families in the stoi*y. the Dols{)ns and the Shermans. Hil degarde Dolson thinks she will l)e a social outcast unless she gets a date to go to the senior prom. Mother finally comes to her rescue and produces the date. However, the secret admir er does not prove to be the man- of-the-world Hildegarde had pic tured him to be. Hilarious com plications follow. Paige, a six year-old who likes to play post man, creates more problems. There are countless laughs chuckles as the Dolsons try to solve their problems. Admission is 75 cents for a- dulls and 35 cents for students. Plons Are Underway For Sunrise Rites The Kings Mountain Minis terial Association has announced plans for the Easter Sunrise Service to be hbld in Memorial Park of Mountain Rest cemetery on Easter Sunday April 18 at 6 a.m. Rev. John Harris, pastor of Firat Wesleyan Methodist church, will deliver the Easter Sermon. Mrs. J. N. McClure will direct the music. Complete order of service will be announced later. Should rain prevent the hold ing of this service in Memorial Park, no plans will be made to hold the program elsewhere. Arraigned KMHS Seniors Free Under Bond Four high school seniors, chil dren of prominent Kings Moun tain families, were arresteti by county officers Tuesday night of charges of breaking-and-entering and larceny. All are free under bond set by Magistrate J. Lee Ro’oerts and will have preliminary hearing in ('ounty recorder's court before Judge Joe Mull Tuesday morn ing. Officers say the youths admit ted the acts as charged. The four: James Falls, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonah Falls, under $14Q0 bond on three counts of break ing-and-entering and larceny, and one count of larceny. Mike Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ballard, and Dan ny Dilling, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Dilling. under bond of $600 each, both on two counts of breaking-and-entering and lar ceny. Spencei' Moore, son of Rev. and Mrs. George T. Mooi’e, free under $400 bond on one count of breaking-and-entering and lar ceny. Investigating officers list the charges specifically as follows: On last July 4, the Falls youth stole a two-way radio from a truck of Spangler’s Ready-Mix Concr(pte on Grover Road. On September 29, the Falls youth broke into Weir’s Store at the Park Yarn Mill and took five cartons of cigarettes. On October 16, Falls, Ballard and Dilling entered Weir’s store and took 36 cartons of cigarettes and three or four cigarette light- Vontinved On Page 8 Cities Still Redheaded Stepchild As Utilities - REA Turn Deal Ear Power-selling cities remained the euchred-out parties of the third part Tuesday, as Private Utilities and Rural Electric Co operatives turned deaf ears to pleas that the cities’ present rights be protected. The result was introduction in the General Assembly of the Utilities-REA compromise, which would no longer empower power- selling cities to acquire lines of others in areas annexed to the city limits. The identical bills were introduced by Senator Fred Mills of Anson (Senate Bill 95) and by Representative Earl Vaughn of Rockingham (House BUI 255). The action brought strong blasts from Mayor Glee A. ■Bridges, from Shelby’s City Man ager Phin Horton, and from the recently-formed North Carolina Miunicipally Owned Electric Sys terns. Mayor Bridges, who has beer, actively opposing the Utilities - REA proposal for several weeks, termed the two an “unholy alli ance which would stifle the growth of all the 73 cities sell ing power.” Localizing his blast, Mayor Bridges said, “Kings Mountain’s net operating profit from power sales for the year ending June Continued On Page 6 .9 ^:c2 EVANGEUST — Dr. PhUip L. Shore, Jim of Charlotte will lead special services Sunday through Wednesday at Central Methodist church. Methodist Series To Feature Shore Dr. Phillip L. Shore, Jr., pas tor of Charlotte’s First Metho dist church since 1961 and Cen tral Methodist pastor here from 1952-55, will be evangelist for spe. cial servic'es beginning Sunday at Central Methodist church. Services will be held at 7:30 p. m. each evening Sunday through Wednesday, Rev. Howard Jor dan. pastor, has announced. Fol lowing the Sunday night service, a fellowship gathering will be held in the social hall and be fore the closing service Wetlnes- day night a covered dish supper will be spread at 6 p.m. Thb opening service is sponsored by the Women’s Society of Christian Service, Monday night’s service by the Methodist Men, Tuesday’s service by the youth departments and We<inesday’s service iby the Official Board. 'There will be special music by the churc'h choir each evening under direction of Mrs. J. N. Mc Clure. Dr, Shore will preach at 8 p.m. Dr. Shore is a native of Mocks- ville, son of Rev. P. L. Shore, Sr. and the late Jean Phipps Shore. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate o'" Duke University and Duke Di vinity School whbre he was a member of Pi Gamma Mu. He was director of the Wesley Foun dation at the University of North Carolina from 1936-38, was pas tor of Stoneville M a y o d a n Charge from 1938-41 and pastor of Calvary Methodist church of Greensboro before serving as a chaplain in the U.S. Navy from Continued On Page 8 Complete Plans Due On Friday; $(S4I63 Pledg^ By MARTIN HARMON The John Gamble Stadium fund • raising committee ifioued Wednesday an S.O.S. for about $15,000 to complete the $80,000 campaign and to permit imme diate letting of contracts. The committee learned, at a meeting with the board of edu cation Monday, that complete plans from the architects, Grier Morrison & Associates, of Char lotte, will be ready for approval Friday. Could advertising for 'bids be ordered F r id a y, construction could begin in late April, and the stadium ready for use by fall. Meantime, Treasurer Charles F. Harry III reported Wednes day that total pledges to the stadium fund had surpass^ $65,000, the actual figure being $65,063J28. There were these major addi tions: 1) Announcement by W. S. Fulton, Jr., president, that the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will devote its full profits from the upcoming talent show to the stadium project, which, Mr. Ful ton added, w^ould be a minimal $1000. 2) Announcement by Harry Ja3mes, president, that the Kings Mountain Lions club gift would be a -minimal $400. 3) Announcement by W. D. Byers, president, that the Kings Mountain Optimist club will do nate $520. Mr. Harry reported cash gifts received during the past week from the $2500 anonymous indus trial pledgee previously reported and other cash gifts from Anco Refining Products Company, Brooklyn, N. Y., I. Ben Goforth. Jr., Paul R. Patterson, Edgar Rudisill, Mrs. Winnis M. Still and from Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Maun ey Meantime, Adjutant Joe Mc Daniel, Jr., of Otis D. Green Post 155, American Legion, said the Executive co.mmittee would con sider a donation to the fund at its March 26 meeting. Bill Bates, co-chairman of the committee soliciting individuals, said a dinner meeting will be held at the Country Clufb Friday night at 6:30, the meeting to in clude representatives of Kings Mountain area industries and his committee to plan a solicitation clean-up. In a statement Wednesday, Co- Chairmen Carl F. Mauney and Charles Neisler said: “We, quite frankly, are issuing an S.O.S. to industrial and busi ness firms and individuals who have not yet made contributions or pledges to the stadium pro ject to come to our rescue at once. “Actually, it is not a question of saving the stadium ship, but of enabling an immediate start on construction in order tbatthb stadium may be ready for use by the opening of the 1%5 football season. “A minimum of $80,000 In pledges is required, educated es timates show, befOTb bids can be sought and contracts let. “Fbrst Union National Bank of North Carolina has preferred its services for financing the pro ject over a three-year period.*' Mis. Sdsm, 20, Dies Suddenly Funeral for Mrs. Karen Horn Seism, 20, wife of Johnny Odus Seism, was held Saturday at 4 p. m. from Oak Grove Baptist church, of which she was a member. Mrs. S<ism dibd following childbirth Wednesday night at Kings Mountain hospital. Results of an autopsy requested by her family had not been learned Wednesday. A native of the Oak Grove community, Mrs. Seism was the only daughter of Olland end Bertie Let Dixon Horn. Surviving are her husband; their infant son, John Kelly Seism; three brothers, Dennis Horn of Shelby and William and Edwin Lee Horn, both of the home; and her grandmothfer, Mrs. Clarence Dixon. Rev. James Holder, assisted by Rev. D. W. Digh, officiated at the final rites. Interment was in the Oak Grove cembtery.