KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
KINGS MOUNTAIN
Hospital Log
VISITING HOURS
Daily 10:30 to 11:30 a.m,
3 to 4 P 'in. and 7 to 8 p.m.
Patient LUt at Kinys Moun^
utilities
Mrs. Bobby Burch
Mrs. Edilh Burns
Mr. Earl C. Carpenter
Mrs. Marion Dawkins
Mr. Charles Doster
Mrs. Paul Glenn
Mr.s. Mary Harlow
Mrs. Arthur Hay
Mrs. F'retl Herron
Mr. William Houser
Mr. W. n. Huskey
Mr. Ernt‘Sl Lee Jenkins
Mrs. James McNoilly
Mr. John Joijnson
Mr. John Leach
Mr. Clarence Poteat
Cordelia Reynolds
Mr. Georj'c Hippy
Mrs. I.^uia Ross
Miss Nancy Service
Mrs. W. B. Sprouw'
Mr. Clarenev Stewart
Mr, FreU*n Tidwell
Mrs. Mary Alice White
Mr. Cas|M'r Wiggins
ADMITTED THURSDAY
Sharon Ann Arrowood, 701 S.
Maple St., Chenyville, N. C^
Mrs. John Barnett, Rt. 2, Box
168, City
Mrs. Roger D. G u i n, 121
Bridges St., City
Mr. Lawrence Lovell, PO Box
652, City
Mrs. Willard Ross, 306 Blan
ton St., City
.Mrs. J. A. Spangler, Rl. 6. Box
325. Shelbv, N. C.
ADMITTED FRIDAY
Mr.s. Donald Gene Edmonson.
Box 31, Grover. N. C.
Mrs. Mattie McDowell, Rt. 1,
Box 66, City
Mr. Sinclair Oliver, -106 Ellis
St., City
ADMITTED SATURDAY
Mrs. J. H. Fields. Rt. 2. Clover,
S. C.
.Mrs. Karl Hollifield, 205 Park
Drive, City
Mrs. Jack Mull, 311 K. Wash
ington Avenue, Bessemer City.
C.
Mrs. Linda Anne Smith, 303
Margrace, City
Ml’S. Alfred Stamey, PO Box
194, Bessemer City. N. C.
ADMITTED SUNDAY
Mr. Frank Burris, 513 N. Wat-
terson St.. City
Mr. Curtis Floyd. 101 Ervin
St., Belmont, N. C.
Mrs. David Garvin, Rt. 3, Gas
tonia, N. C.
Mrs. James Leon Hamrick,312
Cleveland Avenue. City
Mr. Robert Hurlbut. 707 W.
Gold St.. City
Mrs. Ilulx’rt Jame.s, 204 S.
Mickley Avenue, Bessemer City,
N. C.
Mrs. James Ledford. Box 1307,
Grover Road, City
Mr. Lewis Mitchell, 404 Bakbr
Sr., City
Candace Lynn Propse, 211
Walker St.. City
Mr. Earl Eugene Sanders. 911
Church St., City
Mrs. Thurman F. Moss, 216
Margrace. City
Miss Betty Lou Wells. Rt. 1,
Box 377, City
Mr. Martin L. Wilson, Jr., 516
Phenix St., City
ADMITTED MONDAY
Mr. James Clyde Brown. S26
“A” stn'ot. Bessemer City, N. C.
Mrs. James Chastain, 306 W.
Mountain street. City
Mrs. Fannis Cooper, Rt. 2, City
Mrs. Charlt's Deal, 915 Second
St.. City
Mrs. Monte Hunter, 4f>6 W.
Ridge St., Cily^
Mrs. Mattie Lee. 403 W. Park
er St., City
Mr. Douglas McClain, Rt. 3,
Box 57, City
ADMITTED TUESDAY
Mrs. Moriie Mathis, 505 Mar-
grace St., City
Mr. Robert Ivey, HI McGill
Farm Road, City
Mrs. Bobby Gene Di.xon, Rt. 2,
City
Mrs. Mar>' Edmunds. 103 S.
Louisai>a Avenue. Ih'ssemcr City
Mrs. F^dward fluffey, Route 1,
Bessemer City
Mr. William Roark, tJrover. N.
C.
Mrs. Coon Rod Oliver, 112
LInwood Road. City
Mr. Marion Sims. S22 Jeffer
son St., Shelby, N. C.
Mr. Joseph Carroll, Rt. 1.
Blacksburg. S. C.
Mrs. James Howard, 30S S.
Oriental Avenue, City
30 was $164,486, even while main
taining rates equal or better
than retail rates of Duke Power
Company. We are growing and
this year’s figure will be larger.
Passage of the proposed legisla
tion will see this healthy growth
rate curtailed. Importance of
power profit increases can be
readily seen, when itis realized
that our tax rate of 85 cents per
$1(K) is expected to return this
year only $150,000.”
The power-selling cities issued
this statement:
Conferences between represen
tatives of municipalities and the
REA Private Power Company
group were adjourned this morn
ing at 10:30 with the conferee.s
unable to reach any agreement,
and within two hours the electric
combine had their 20 odd page
hill introduced in the House and
Senate.
Rt‘grettably. the cities were not
a'ble to dissuade the Private
Power Companies and REA’s
from insisting that the General
Assembly deny municipal gov
erning bodies the right to deter
mine who shall furnish electric
service within their corporate
limits. The first indication of
that intention was revealetl in
the Private Power Company-
REA Statement of Principle
which they adoptcxl in January.
Confiimoation of that intention is
in the legislation as it disregards
the objections the municipalities
had raised to the provisions of
the Statement of Principle.”
Kings Mountain Area Heart Fund
Contributions Have Topped $3000
All Incumbents
Comm. T. J. Ellison and James
L. Guyton.
For Ward 4 Cc'mmissioner —
Comm. Norman King and Dewey
A. Styers.
For Board of Education —Mrs.
Lena W. McGill, incumbent, and
Robert (Bob) Smith.
For Board of Education (out
side city district) - - B. Holmes
Harry.
Club Directors
To Be Elected
“Cocktail Bill"
notes, failure to observe a stop
sign is considered reckless driv
ing. In North Carolina, it is a
small point infraction.
Senator White introduced Tues
day his first bill of the session.
Based on a suggestion from
Kings Mountain’s O. O. Walker,
Senator White’s bill would free
persons ov(*r 65 from require
ment to buy hunting and fishing
licenses. The fee would be 25
cents, lather than $4.25 each or
$6.25 combination.
Revenue department estinnates
are that the bill would cost
$172,309 in license fees during
the next 'biennium.
What is the revenue depart
ment opinion of the bill?
“Not very good,” Senator
WTiite replied.
Kings Mountain citizens con
tributed over $3,000 to the 1965
Heart Fund Drive. Mrs. Scarr
Morrison, chairman, said this
week.
More gifts are being received
ini the form of memorials, Mrs.
Morrison said, and this figure is
expected to to plast yc'ar’s record
Heart Fund collection of $3,033.
Memorial gifts may be mailed
to Mrs. Morrison or to Mrs. Hel
en R. Blanton, treasurter, in care
of First Union National Bank.
Bob Guffey, treasurer of the
county-wide Heart Fund drive,
said some memorial gifts mailed
directly to Chapel Hill had not
yet been acknowledge and these
gifts will also be credited with
Kings Mountain’s total gift to
the 1965 drive.
Mrs. Morrison noted her ap
preciation to all volunteer work
ers in the campaign which end-
e<l in R'bruary. "Kings Mountain
citizens were, as usual, generous
in giving to this needy f-und for
heart patients and heart re
search”, Mrs. Morrison comment,
ed.
Workmen Discover
Handmade Headrock
A handmade headrock dated
January 1, 1838, was unearthed
by Kings Mountain men raz
ing an old house near the new
high school property on Philer
road.
Don Setzer and his father-in-
law, Frank Pennington, found
the headrock Friday with a
boulder and beams acro.ss it
underneath the house which
was sold by the city schools to
Mr. Pennington.
The blue .slate headrock
bears the inscription: James H.
Hardin, January 1, 1838. They
speculate it marked the grave
of a baby boy.
Mr. Pennington has the
headrock at his home on Grov
er road.
19 Charged With
"Car Bootlegging"
Over 20 warrants charging 19
p(H)ple with violating laws relat
ing to buying and selling used
cars have been issuc'd to viola
tors -near Kings Mountain as the
stale begins to crack down on
“car bootleggers.”
T. F. MeSwain, inspector for
the License and TTieft Enforce
ment Division of the state of
North Carolina Department of
Motor Vehicles, said that all the
violations are in the Kings Moun
tain area.
But according to a local police
offict'r the only ease to be tried
in Kings Mountain was that of a
man failing to transfer a title.
Offenders are schedulfMl for
trial in Cleveland County Re
corder’s Court in Shelby Thurs
day.
Methodist Series
Mis. Falls'
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Rella
Blanton Falls, 69, wife of Arthur
Lee Falls, were held Sunday at
4 p.m. from the home on Grover
road.
1943-16 with one year of service
in the Pacific Theatre with the
First Marine Division.
Other appointments in the
Western North Carolina Metho-
{list Conference have included:
Muir’s Chapel, Greensboro, 1946-
51; Gibsonville, 1951-52; Hender
sonville First Methwlist 1955-60;
and Lexington First Methodist
1960-61.
High Point college conferred
on Dr. Shore the D.D. degree in
1962. Dr. Shore is a member of
the Board of Managei-s of the
Methodist Home in Charlotte and
a tiaisteb of Brevard college. He
is currently serving as president
of the North Carolina Conference
Board of Education.
Dr. Shore married Mary Anna
Wilson of Morganton in 1943.
They are parents of three chil
dren, a daughter Carey, junior
at Duke University; and two
son. Phillip. Ill, age 16; and
Timothy, age nine.
Four Youths
ers.
On last Saturday night, March
13, the quartet entered Weir’s
Store, taking 61 cartons of cigar
ettes and six cigarette lighters.
Ciawiord Returns
To Postoiiice
Stockhold(‘rs of Kings Moun
tain Country Club will elect five
new dirociors Tue.sday night at
6:30 p.m. at the Country Club.
President Henry Neisler has an
nounced.
The directors will meet on
Wednesday to elect a slate of
new officers for 1965-66. Outgo
ing officers, in addition to the
president, are J. Ollie Harris,
vice-president; Gene Timms,
treasurer, and Charles T. Carpen
ter, Jr., secretary.
Business of the meeting will
also include reports to stockhold-
ers on 1964-65 activities. Presi
dent Nei.sler will preside.
Four of the five directorships
arc for three-year terms while
one is for a one-year term of of
fice.
Dinner will bo served at 7:30
p.m. in the club dining room and
stockholders are asked to make
their reservations by returning
cards mailed them last week by
tile Club secretary.
W. Donald Crawford, Kings
Mountain postal clerk, has com
pleted six months special train
ing in the postal inspection serv
ice and has returnetl to the Kings
Mountain postoffice.
Mr. Crawford’s request that he
be returned to the Kings Moun
tain office was honored last
week. Mr. Crawford underwent
special training in Washington,
D. C. and Chattanooga, Tennes
see.
Postal clerk here sineb 1950,
Mr. Crawford is a Kings Moun
tain native. He was Kings Moun
tain Young Man of 1962, is ac
tive in scout organizations and
in church and civic affairs. His
wife, the former Joann Blalock
and daughter, Donna, have con
tinued to live in their residence
hero while Mr. Crawford has
been in training.
Postmaster Charles Alexander
explained that a postal employee
appointed to the postal inspec
tion service may, following a
six-month’s training period, ter
minate his training period, re
turn to his former position or be
assigned in the field of postal
inspection in another location.
Rev. Howard Jordan and Rev.
Wayne Ashe officiated at the fin
al rites and interment was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. Falls died Saturday at 4
p.m. in Kings Mountain hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
she was a daughter of the late D.
G. Blanton and Effie Pearson
Blanton.
ShO is survived by her hus
band; one daughter, Mrs. A. B.
Falls of Newton Grove; four
sisters, Mrs. Vada Herndon, Mrs.
Goldman Spears, Miss Grace
Blanton and Miss Bertha Blan
ton. all of Kings Mountain; one
brother, Lawrence Blanton of
Kings Mountain; three grand
children and two great-grandchil-
drbn.
Rotary Club
To Hear Student
More than half a million Ro-
tarians in so-me 11,800 communi
ties around the world will unite
in ways to advance understand
ing and peacb among people ev-
eiywhere. The event is Rotary's
annual World Understanding
Week, March 14-20.
LUTHERAN
Rev. Charles W. Easley’s ser
mon topic Sunday on the third
Sunday in Lent at St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church will be
“The Widow's Might.”
In Kings Mountain, the Rotary
club will observe World Under
standing Week by hearing G. Eh-
Ibrs from Quito, Ecuador, a stu
dent at Davidson college. Mr.
Ehlers will speak to the Kings
Mountain club Thursday on his
“mission” to the U.S. He has us
ed all forms of publicity media
to foster inter-American under
standing through youth exchange
programs. Mr. Ehlers will bx-
plain his plans and give guide
lines of how individuals may de
velop this ideal, which is identi
cal to an objective of Rotary In
ternational.
The local club meets at 12:15
at the Country Club.
Observances vary from com
munity to community. Somb Ro
tary clubs exhibit correspond
ence, photographs or workplaces,
and samples of products received
from Rotary clubs in otner parts
of the world.
Others sponsor gatherings of
persons of several nationalities
to present songs, dances, and
talks about their countries;
speeches by representatives of
other countries; and slide and
tape programs from clubs in one
country for presentation of clubs
in another country.
Rotary clubs carry on a con
tinuing program designed to
promote understanding among
nations. An international ex
change of youth for study and
home visits is a widespread acti
vity.
Many of these projects come
to a climax in thousands of com
munities during World Under
standing Week. Into-their-shobs
conferences—meetings in which
people brought the impact of
World Understanding Week to
communities in Australia, Bra
zil, Canada, Ceylon, China.
France, India. Japan, Pakistan,
Peru and the U.S.A. in past years.
Local News
Mrs. Pearson New
Ward 4 ludge
Registration books will open at
eight precincts April 10 for the
May 11 city and board of educa
tion elections.
The books will be open four
.successive Saturdays, with Sat
urday, May 8. to be challenge
day. I
The board of commissioners'
formally called the upcoming
elections at last week’s meeting,
made only one change in elec
tion officials. In Ward 4, Mrs.
Vera Cole Cash, formerly a judge,
was named registrar to succeed
Mrs. Paul Cole, no longer a Kings
Mountain resident, and Mrs.
James Pearson was appointed to
fill the judge vacancy.
SENIOR CITIZENS
Members of the Senior Citi
zens club will gather Friday at
12 noon at the Woman’s club
for a covered dish luncheon.
Six Will Play
In Piano Contests
Bulletin
&
PRESIDENT — Robert P. Hold
ing, Jr., of Smithfield has been
elected president of the North
Carolina Traffic Safety Council
for the coming year. The on-
nuol meeting was held recently
at the Governor's Mansion.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
The Rev. Roland Whitmire of
Shelby will celebrate Holy
Communion at the 10 a.m. Sun
day service at Trinity Episco
pal church, 303 Phifer Road.
Six piano pupils of Mrs. Mar
tin Harmon will go to Hickory
Saturday to participate in an
nual contests at Lenoir-Rhyne
College,
Playing in the junior high
school division will be Kemp
Mauney, Frances McGill, Susan
Goforth and Donna Crawford.
Playing in the senior high
school division will be Rita Bell
and Reta Phifer.
SUNDAY LUNCH
A Sunday lunch-buffet is '
scheduled for Country Club j
members and their tamilies
Sunday with serving to begin
at 12 noon. Reservations are
requested by 5 p.m. Saturday.
Governor's. School
Nominees Named
Five Kings Mountain high
school students have been nom
inated to attend the Governor’s
School on the campus of SaleT
college at Winstv^n Salem July
12—August 6.
Some 400 highly gifted or tal
ented students from North Caro
lina will attend the school.
Local nominees are: Glynda
Lynn, junior, foreign language;
Neal Cooper, junior, math; Mike
Goforth, junior, social studies:
Ben Grimes, junior, science; and
Larry Burton, sophomore, Eng
lish.
State Highway commission.
7) Approved, if and when
funds are available, petitions for
curb-and-gutter a) on Phenix
street, from Battleground to Wal
nut; b) on Walker street, from
"iedmont avenue to Waco road;
and c) on Linwood drive, from
Second Baptist church to East
end of Ford’s corner.
CO-EDITORS
Glenda Lynn and Diana Bun-
kowski are co-editors of the
1965-66 edition of the high
school yearbook, “Milestones."
Miss Kim Cashion is faculty
advisor.
Thursday, March
Too Late To ClassilY
TO BOILING SPRINGS
Fifteen members of the Bible
club at Kings Mountain high
school will serve as ushers for
the 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon
service at Gardner . Webb col
lege as part of the three - day
convocation program.
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for RENT — Four-room ho^
1 on York Road — Has runnP
water — wired for
stove — Apply at Bumgardnert
Used Cars or telephone 739-
4439. 3:l8-tfn
FOUR-ROOM HOUSE for sale on
Gillespie St. Two bedrooms,
large living room, kitchen and
dinette, complete bath. Hot
water. $10 down and $10 week.
H. R. PARTON. Telephone 739-
2413. 3:18-ttn
PRESBYTERIAN
Dr. Paul K, Auslcy will u.se
the sermon topic, “Destined To
Be His Son’s”, at Sunday morn
ing worship services at First
Presbyterian church.
LENTEN SERIES
Wednesday evening Lenten
services are continuing at 7:30
p.m. at St. Matthew's Lutheran
church. Rev. Charles W. Easley
will use the topic, “Life
Through A Cross” at Wednes
day's service.
Local Bills
To Be Intiodnced
LITTLE LEAGUE
The Kings Mountain Little
League Organization will gath
er Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at
the Optimist clubhouse. Each
team is requested to have at
least one representative pres
ent.
KIWANIS CLUB
William NuH, N. C. State
college graduate and memory
expert, will present the pro
gram at Thursday’s Kiwanis
club meeting at 6:45 p.m, at
the Woman’s club.
KIWANIS GUESTS
Members of the Kings Moun
tain high school boys’ basket
ball team will be guests, along
with Coach Don Parker, at
Thursday night’s Kiwanis club
meeting at the Woman’s club.
HOSPITALIZED
Mrs. T. L. Ware, Sr., of Mount
Holly, former resident and sis
ter of Mrs. J. E. Lipford and
Miss Margaret Kendrick, is in
critical condition in Mercy hos
pital at Charlotte, members of
her family report.
ON HONOR ROLL
Paul Chris Rollins, Kings
Mountain freshman at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, was listed on the
fall semester honor roll. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Rollins.
HOSPITALIZED
Neil Johnson, Foote Mineral
Company official, is a patient
in Cleveland Memorial hospital
where he is rec'Uperating from
a broken elbow.
STOCKHOLDERS
The annual stockholders
meetipof of Kings Mountain
Country Club will be held at
6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the club
house. New board members
will be elected. Dinner will be
served at 7:30 p.m.
BUILDING PERMITS
Mrs. James Morgan has pur
chased a city building permit
to construct a five-room frame
dwelling at 305 West King
street. The house is estimated
to cost $4500.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday
totaled $215.20, including $137.-
50 from on • street meters, $58
in fines, and $19.70 from off-
street meters.
SIX GRASS FIRES
City firemen answered three
alarms Monday and three
Tuesday, all to extinguish
grass fires. Chief Floyd Thorn
burg said there was no dam
age.
The city commission has voted
to ask Senator Jack White to in
troduce three local bills concern
ing Kings Mountain.
The most ir.poriant wmuld
change the existing requirement
whereby half the receipts from
sale of cemetery lots to into a
“perpetual care” fund. Via at
torney-general's ruling this fund,
which has grown to more than
$40,000, can be used only for cap
ital outlay items for Mountain
Rest Cemetery (such as the of
fice building recently built) but
not for operations.
“It was a proper requirement
in 1924 when Kings Mountair
was veiy small, but not today.
The city in the position of hav
ing money in one pocket which it
cannot move to another.” Mayor
Glee A. Bridges commented.
The other two are technical
charter changes:
1) Voting hours in city and
board of education elections
would be changed to 6:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m. (now 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
to conform with voting hours in
state elections.
2) Effective in 1967, terms of
office of city and board of etlu-
cation elected officials would be
gin on July 1. rather than the
current date of two days follow
ing the election and qualifica
tion of successful candidates
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.,
said the change would be bene
ficial administratively.
In other actions the board
heard a I'equest for franchise by
Community Antennae Service,
and deferred action pending an
investigation of the proposed
service. Mayor Bridges named
Comm. Norman King, Ray Cline
and J. E. Rhea for the check-out.
The board called a public hear
ing for April 12 on a request by
J. O. Plonk Estate and C. S.
Plonk to annex to the city about
31 acres northwest of Counti*>'
Club Estates. The owners plan
a residential development, and
requested the commission, if the
annexation is made, consider re
imbursement of $600 in culvert
expense, normally a city respon
sibility.
In other actions, the board:
1) Agreed to share $450 in pav
ing expense with T. W. Grayson,
who told the board city garbage
trucks had damaged the concrete
drive at the Grayson residence.
2) Accepted these bids for a
street flusher — Victory Chev
rolet Company’s $4708.53, low to
Southwell Motor Company’s
$4788. for the truck, and A. E.
Finley Associates low of $4237.-
65, to Interstate Equipment’s
^5390 for the flushing equipment.
3) Declined request of N. F.
McGill to cut a tree in Mountain
Re.st cemetery, which Mr. McGill
contended was dirtying a tomb
stone. The boaid reasoned that
the tree is on private property
and that Mr. McGill should con
tact the owner.
4> Named Public Works Supt.
Grady Yelton and Comm. Rhea
to investigate a request of De-
Witt Cornwell for sidewalk on
N. Carpenter street.
5) Approved re-naming of
Landing street, from Phifer Road
to Sims street, Masonic Drive, in
event the name change is ap
proved by the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina.
6) Adopted a speed limit sched
ule on state highways through
the city as recommended by the
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