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1965 C 1 CE 'ogular I Board aty of Lth day Plonk, •resent- ite and petition hat the ►scribed *ate Li- Moun- motion stating to con- d fur- c hear- Hiall on t 6:00 1 notice s Moun- of four- c hea annex’ nits is ■O ^ James in the / Club N. 30 et to a wmer; > 162.56 Creek; : as it min. W. thence leg. 53 I stake; . 6 deg. I stake; 41 deg. i stake; W. 1474. :e S. 14 ?et to a C. 452.59 ioforth’s line N. ’ feet to 01 min. BEGIX- acres, real os- e limits )f Kings 160-453. 5 will I: of th ?en (14) the pub- March, oys :18-4:S arbutus way. ED N. C- [:8-15 M' Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Tbit figure (or Greater Kings Mountain is derived from the 19SS Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits Ugure Is from the United States census ol 1960. Kings Mountain's Reliabie Newspaper Pages Today VOL 76 No. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 15, 1965 Seventy-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENT^ Sewage Plans Deadline Will By May 1 Citizens Are Readying For Easter City Politicking Picks Up Steam li„i i Harris To Preach •^Sunrise Sermon Easter Service To Be Held 6 A.M. Sunday Kev. John ilarr.s, pas.or of First Wtsioyan Methodist church, will deliver the sermon at the traditional community-wide East. <‘r Sunrise Service Siiixlay morn ing at 6 a.m. in Memorial Park of Mountain Re^^t cemetery. Tile service is under sponsor- TRAFFIC INSTRUCTIONS Citizen.s attending Sund^^ morning Easter Sunrise serv ices in cars will eiFci^Moun- tain Rest cemetery by the Su. her Gete on Gold street, Supt Ken Jenkins, has announced. Other gates will be closed ex cept for walking traffic, Mr. Jenkins said. Boy Scouts will aid in directing traffic. ship of the Kings Mountain Min isterial Association. In event of rain, the service will not CO held. Rev. Mr. Karris will use the ser.Tion theme, “Lire.” Othei ministers of the community wUl participate on the pro.gram. ^ Rev. C. R. Good^on will lead the call to wor.ship following a prelude of mu.sic by an instru mental ensemb'e, u.ider direction of Joe C. Ilcddon. The congregation will sing •'Christ the Lord is Risen To day.”, Rev. Robert Hadcn will read the scripture and Rev. Cur tis Hunday will pray the rorn ing prayer. The Kings Mountain high school Mix<‘d Chorus, under th clirection of Mrs. J. N. Mcf'lure will sing the anthem. “Early in the Morning”. Miss Libby Alex- andcn will be piano accomnan st Rev. C. R. Gooilson wUl pre side. Spokesmen for the Ministerial As.sociation issued an invitation to the community to attend. The Sunrise Service customari ly attracts a large crowd. St. Maik's I Easter Story | And when the sabbdth v.'o.s past, Mary Maydah'iic, and Mary the mother <if Jojiicx. and Salo- ( me, hod bouyht sireet splrcfi. that they mhjht come and am>ini him. And xvry early in the ^jontfHp ^^fhe first day ip the trcck, they ' came unto the sepulchre at the risiny of 'the him. And they said amony them- selves, Who shall roll iis (ticay the stone from j[/?e door of the sepulchre f Andkohe^i they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled a- way: Jor it \nxis very yreat. And \cntcriny Into the sepuh ehre, they saw a j^ouny \man sil ting on the rio^t side,'elothed in a lony white garment; and they were affrighted. -i And he saith unto them. Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, v'hieh ivas rrurified: hr is risen; fieps not here: behold the place where they laul him. But ifo ffour 'way, tell his dis- riplcs and Peter that he gocih before yim jnto Galilee; there shall ye sec 9iim, as he said unto you. And they \cenf out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and 'were amv^ced: neither said they any filing to any man; for they were afraid. (Mark 1H:1-S}. Workeis Kick-Oif I Cancer Crusade Over IDO.DDO North Carolina ^^volunteers kick off the annual ^fight against cancer this month W'ith the slogan “Help N. C. Lick Continued On Page 8 oFEAKRR — Rev. John Harris^ pGstor of First Wesleyan Meth- eJist church, will deliver the sermon at Sunday's communi ty-wide Foster Sunrise service in Mountain Rest cemetery. Payne Rites ield Sunday A Kings Mountain man was killed, liis wife and child werel iitically injured and another hild was hurt Friday when their ar rammed a gravel truck. (ilenn Payne, 36. of route 2, i lied of injuries sustained when • iis car rammed a gravel truck; n U. S. 29A as the truck slowed i .y turn into a limestone plant, in- estigating stale highway patrol- nen reported. ilis wife and one of the two liiidren remain patients in heroUee Memorial Iiospilal in lafiney. Funeral rites for Payne were lekl Sunday at 3 p.m. from Beth- iny Baptist church of Grover. .c\. Earl V. Smith officiated, and iterment was in Grover ceme- er.N". Sen of the late Bailey and .laude Smith Payne, Mr. Payne .s survived by throe sons, Roger, 'im and Scottie Payne, all of he homo; three daughters, Mrs. ;arl)ara Sailors of Shelby and ■ynthia and Libby Payne, both )l the home; four brothers, Floyd V. Payne of Kings Mountain, Fred Payne of Murphy, William .. P«ayno of Grover, and Robert \ayne of Louisville, Tenne.ssee; ind four .sisters, Mrs. Maxie Cof- 00 of Canton, Ohio, Mrs. Sybil Vdkinson of Cocoa, Fla., Mrs. Vertie Smith and Miss Bernice 'ayne, both of Murphy, N. C. Church Rites To Highlight Observance Traditionally Holy Week serv let's will culminate here with tra ditional Easier Sunday services. .Maundy Thursday evening I CO r.munjon services will .:e held at Resurrection and St. Mal- ; thfw‘s Lutheran churches, at I Christ the King Catholic church, i Fir.st Presbytejian end Boyce I Memorial ARP churches, and Central Methodist church, amon^ I o:he.s. The services will featuu rpeoial anthems by the choir and Sacrament of tlie Lord’s sui per. Good Friday service.? are plan ned by at least three congrega tions. Easter Sunrise services will be held at Resurrection Lutheran church and at Christ the King Catholic church. The traditional community-wide service w.ll be held in Mountain Rest cemetery. .4 service at Bynum Chapel cem etery will begin at 5:30. i Men of Resurrection church will serve a congregational breakfast following the Sunrise rites at 6 a.m.. Minister Moore said. Christ the King Catholic church will begin a Dawn Watch at 6 a.m. with the service in three main parts: The Light Service, the Baptismal Service and the Eucharistic Service. Both churches issued an invi tation to the communily. to at tend. Rev. Edward J. Beatty, pas. ter of Christ the King church, said, “Plaster morning is the most solemn me.morial of the eternal mystery of our redemp tion. Christ’s saving death and glorious resurrection.” Trinity Episcopal church will hold its Easter celebration of the Holy Communion at 9 a.m. East er morning. The sermon topic will be. “Easter Power Is Ours Right Now.” At the Easter Sunrise service the Resurrection church in Cres cent Hill, Rev. Mr. Moore will preach on "Horn Anew". The Junior. Youth, and Senior choirs will sing Plaster anthems. At the 11 a.m. church service, Rev. Mr, Maore will use the sermon sub ject, “The First Day". The Sac rament of Holy Communion will be observed and there will be Continued On Page 8 V / ^P, CLOTHING DRIVE Colcnel P'rccierick Hambright Chapter, DAR, is conducting its annual drive for used clothing for Crossnoro School. Contribu tions are welcome and should be boxed and delivered to the home of Mrs. Joe Thomson, 308 W. Mountain street. LODGE MEETING An emergent communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AP'&AM will bo held Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Sec retary T. D. Tindall has an nounced. Penley's Choir To Sing Cantata The Choir of Penley’s Chapel Methodist church will sing the Cantata “Glory of Easter” at a candlelight service to be held at the citurch Sunday night at 7 p.m. Rt'v. W. L. Huffstetlor, pastor, is directing the cantata. Mi's. Randy Cash will serve as pianist and Mrs. Shirley Hughes will be narrator. Members of the choir are: Dorus Burton, Kenneth Ward, James Kiser, Bill Taylor, Boyd Hayes, tenor soloist, Randy Cash, bass soloist, Wilma Kirby, alto soloist, Comelia Huffstetler. Car olyn Kiser, Gail Belt, Jean Bolin, Eva Gantt, Martha Gantt, so prano soloist. Gladys Burton, so prano soloist, Kelly Goforth, Raymond Grfegory and Annie P’oster. Rev. Mr. Huffstetler said the community is invited to join in the service. — U. O. Walker, retired building contractor, is challenging Incumbent Word S Commissioner J. £. (Zip) Rhea. There is a three-way race in Ward 5 between Rhea, Walker and Benjamin Brown. Friday Deadline for Candidates f o Enter Race The candidate list remained .he same this week as r'nday s filing deadline neared ami pol. Licking pii’ked up steam in in- home stretch of ihe -May 11 clt> election. All candidates for city and board of education offices liavc opposition and 19 candidates ieek City Hall and two board of -•ducation positions. AH candidates were pumping .lands this wei?k in e\Torts to jai’ner votes. Conversational interest chiefly concerns the mayor’s post, a three-iexij/ race btdween Miiyor N-h. - Funeral Services Held On Sunday For Dr. E. J. Hoiiman, 86, Chemist Funeral rites for Dr. Ernest Jenkins Hoffman, 86, were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from St. Mat thew’s Lutheran church, of which he was a member. Rev. Charles W. Evasley offici ated at the final rites, and inter ment was in the cemetery of Holy Communion Lutheran church at Dallas. Dr. Hoffman died Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at his homo following several week’s illness. Son of the late Laban Miles and Martha Jane Jenkins Hoff man, he was bom in Arkansas but spent his boyhootl in Dallas. He was graduated from David son college and earnbd his doc torate from Johns Hopkins .Uni versity. He retired in 1949 after many years as a chemist for the U.S. Civil Service. Dr. and Mrs. Hoffman came to Kings Mountain in 1953. Dr. Hoffman was also a mem ber of the Chemical Society. I Besides his wife, the former 1 Margaret Annie Ploover, Dr. ' Hoffman is survived by two I daughters, Mrs. W. A. Lewis of I Kansas City, Mo., and Miss Mar garet Hoffman of West Hart ford, Conn.; two grandchildren I and one sister, Mrs. W. K. i Mauniey, Sr. $250 Pledge Leads Donors Southern BelJ Telephone Com pany’s pledge of $250 was the major gift this week to the John Gamble Stadium Fund which ’ontinucs to creep upward. F'und treasurer Charles F. Harry, III reported total cash-in. hand at $33,901.93 and total pledges of ^H,X27.4G for a grand total of $75,729.39. Mr. Harry said Wednesday he had received chocks from Kings Mountain VFW Post 9S11, Ralph icheusslcr, Gillie Falls, Jr., Har old Dean Spears. City Service Station, Paul R. Hambright, C. S. Plonk, Jr., Fred Drewes, Sarah Cooksey. George Blalock, David Falls, Ranson A. Carpenter. Mr. ind Mrs. Jacob M. Cooper and an anony.mous donor. Aim of the fund raising com mittee is to have the stadiun- ready for use when the football season opens in September. Goal in the campaign to build a 4,000 seat football stadium is $80,000. The new stadium will be erected south of the now high school plant on Phifer road. Treasurer Harry invited citi- ■'ens who have not made a con tribution to the ('tumble Stadium Fund to mail their donations to day to him at Grover. 15 New Names On Poll Books Voter registration was negligi ble at tlie eight precincts in the city and school district Saturday, as registrars reported a “boring” day. Only 15 new names were add ed to the pollbooks, 13 in Ward 5 and five at Bethwarc. and three transfers wore reported, all in Ward 5. Registration books will be open again Saturday from 7 a.m, until 7 p.m. at Ward 1, City Hall, C. L. Black, registrar; Ward 11, Ameri can Legion building. R. D. Go forth, registrar; Ward II, at East school, Mrs. Ruth Bowers, regis trar; Ward IV at Kings Moun tain Manufacturing clubroom. Mrs. Vera Cole Cash, registrar; Ward V at the National Guard Armory, Mrs. Paul Patterson, registrar; Grover Sc'hool District ! at Grover Rescue Squad Building, i Mrs. James C. Scruggs, registrar; Belhware School DL'^lrict at Beth- 'ware school, Mrs. Frank Ware, registrar; and Park Grace School District, Park Grace school, Mrs. James Cloninger, registrar. At the three outside city pre- jcinets, voters will help determine only the election of two members iof the board of education. 1 Same qualification test will ap- i ply as applied in the county elec- Ition and was retiuircd in the I CofUinued On Page 8 RED FACE The Herald has a red face for the second time in this poli tical season. Reporting last week’s news story on the new candidacy of O. O. Walker, retired contract or who opposes his in-law nep hew Ward 5 Comm. J. E. (Zip> Rhea, the Herald reporter in advertently typed the name “Madge” instead of “Maude” in giving the name of Mr '. Walker. Mrs. O. O. Walker is the for mer Claude Rhea. C’omm. Rhea’s wife's name is Madge. Glee A. Bridges, Ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon and John Henry Moss. There are three-way contests both in Ward 2 and Ward 5. Ward II Commissioner Eugene joforth is being challenged by W. S. Biddix and Thomas B. Eu- ’^anks. Ward 5 Commissioner J. E. (Zip) Rhea is being challeng ed by O. O. Walker and Benja min F. -Brown. In other contests, Ward 1 Com missioner Ray Cline is being challenged by Ex-Mayor Garland E. Still; Ward 3 Com.r.issioner T. J. Ellison is being challenged by James L. Guyton, Ward 4 Com missioner Norma-n King is being challenged by Dewey Styers; Mrs. La?na W. McGill is being challenged for a seat on the board of education by Robei t (Bob) Smith and Incumbent Holmes Harry of Grover, repre senting the outside city district on the school board, is ix'ing challenged by Mrs. V^erlee Rob erts. Coniirmation Class Received Sunday Confir.T.ation rites for nine young people of Resurrection Lu theran church were held Palm Sunday during the morning wor ship sei*vice. The receiving of the young people as adult mem'bci’s of the church followed two years of special training. A reception, honoring the class, was held Sunday evening and givten by the Lutheran Church Women. Mrs. W. P. Gibbons headed the com mittee on arrangements. Those confirmed were Leonard Anderson, Philip Baker. Ill, Deb bie Brown, Joe Bill Cornwell. Jr., Ann Crawford Steve Gladden, David Smith, Roger Smith, and Bobby Smith. Fred Champion's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Fred Cham pion, were held Thursday after noon from First Nazarene church, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Champion died April 6. ! Hb was the son of the late : William and Mary'Lowery Cham- I pion of Cleveland County. I Survivoi-s include his wife, ; Mrs. Lola Bradley Champion; j two daughters, Evlyn Champion I of Gastonia and Mrs. John Cain I . Continued On Pago 3 — iirycn Hu>ick, local Southern Bell Manager* jehn Plant Crntract Supervisor, are inspecting o trench that is b*. :ng cut between Kings Mountain and Gastonia. Into the trench vdll go unucrgiound 430 pair cable that will pro vide to'.l'Xtf.e i oetwccu Kings Mountofn and Gastonia- The toll f.ce telephone service is to be inaugurated at 12:01 cLm. Bell Is Burying jLines Of Cable May iF^ate j :F‘e3: ToII-Frca Urea Service Soii;]icrn B.dl is n.nv in the process i)f conii)lct;n^ \he ■ ury- ing of cable which .s ncrcssar> lor extended area service^ he Uveon Kin.,s Mountain and Gas tonia. Tlie dale uf tiiis toll- free telcphoni-' service will be in augurated at 12;01 a m.. May 19 according to F. Bryan Houck. Southe.n BeU’s loco] man.ager. This new toll-frev service will be ava.labk* two - way. from Kings .Mountain to Gastonia and from Gastonia to King.s Moun tain. Tin re will i)e a sral. ; m(»nth]y increase for rcsnlential i and I'.isincs.-^ tc)ei)Ii-'nc.‘^ in the | King.^ Monni.'un nrca. Telephone rales f trGasionia (us will not be incn-ssc] r^s n -tsuIt of thi.s new [cojeci, Tlte hurjing of this lui) I'air cahlo Ivea i at the Diane Thnt.o in Ga r cl:; and is y-4 buried unT' limits o( K' I'hl tM i!ie city ^t ••i.iic'n. .Ap- pro.xip'.ale'y fc^t of ra’olt* is l-uried inui'-’ ;rvl ap- prox'.iTien h 6 ') foM uill be aoikil oable. 'Th ' told (G over 29 0*50 ff*e: i.f rOJ.c ippresenls subrtaniicl new ti‘lej)h."-ie com pany in'»estm« nt between tin* luo cities, Mr. Houck sa d. This cable project wa« coordi- naled between the teleijhone company, the state hiuhwav de partment. and the Division High way Engineer. “The inauguration of tliis ni'w and improved service reflect.s the overall growth of these commu nities,” said Houck. He added that demand for this tyi>e of ser vice has bc'cn growing for sever al years in this area. A majority of people voted for this service when Southern Bell conducted a survey among the subscril>ers in Continued On Page S i,i UtuVf POSITION—Dov:a M. NeilL former Kings Mountain citizen, recently joined First Union National Bank of North Carolina as senior trust officer of the Charlotte unit. Dave Neill loins First Union Bank David M. Neill has joined Uie staff of First Union National .Bank in FharloMe acc’ording to an announcement by Mr. R. S. Lennon, vice president in ehargo in Kings Mountain. Mr. Neill will be llie SiMiior Trust Gfficer in charge of the bank's Trust De- partinciU in Charlotte. I A native of Kings Mountain. I ho attended Davidson College I and worked for several summers I at First Union. Following his ; graduation in 1948, he became a 1 North Carolina Bank Examiner. In 1950, he returned to Kings ;Mountain as a partner in the Arthur Hay Insurance Agency, a position he held until 1953 when he joined the American Trust [ Company. Since that time, he has continued as a Trust Officer un- Continued On Page 8 W. K. Dickson Still On Job As Engineer By MARTIN HARMON Infcrentially discharged, the city's consulting civil engineer was in Kings Mountain Monday afternoon and has promised, .Mayor Glee A. Bridges said, to have preliminary plans for the city's western sewage treatment plant completed for city commis* sion perusal prior to .May 1. The .sequence of events: ' It On March 31. the engineer, W. K. Dick.son ol c harlotte, told .ni> reporter and City Clerk Joe -VlcUaniel, Jr., by telephone, pre- I Jiminary plans promi.sed to the .^tau* Stream Sanitation commit tee on April 1, were not ready, de further indicated the city .voiild file them approximately a year hence, 21 Mayor Bridges charged that ;he engineer had been remiss. 3) Ward 5 Commissioner J. E «Zip) Rhea said he would move (o discharge the engineer and did at last Thursday’s commission meeting. Other commissioners wondered aloud about legality of a discharge and City Attorney J. L Davis suggested the motion Jiould be to invite Mr. Dickson to provide a sia:emcnl for services to date”. Comm. Rhea, accept ing the Davis suggestion, made lie motion and worded it to read services as of right now, 6:18 p.m., April 18, 1965.” 41 Mayor Bridge.s reported Mtxiday afternoon that Mr. Dick- ion had been here tha ilcrnoon and that the engineer d prom ised preliminary plar*^ in late April. 5) In turn, the Mayor reported a letter, under date, of April 8, from W. E. Long, chief of the nunicipal w'aste section, state tream sanitation committee con- erning the April '63 agreement, .n which Mr. Long wrote: “It is equested that you advise us as to the status of this project by .Ia> 1, 1965 so that a report may je made to the State Stream San itation committee.” Comm. Rhea commented Wed nesday, "I though; Dickson was -ired. However, it is not a matter }t personalities with me. I want he job done and the city’s con tracted agreement met. If Mr Dickson proceeds with the plans and completes them in time to .neet the other agreed deadlines, .hat’s all right with me.” The other deadlines are: 1) the •ity will begin construction of its lew facilities not later than Jan uary 1, 1966, and will have the x)lain in operation not later than January 1. 1967. Mayor Bridges said he, Mr. Dickson, and Public Works Sup erintendent Grady Yelton worked together three hours Monday aft ernoon and That Mr. Dickson will recommend lonslruction of a modern sewage treatment plant about two miles west of the city limits on Beeson's Creek. A pumping sTation will be recom mended to handle th(‘ .sewage af fluent now flowing into the so- called Ware plant northwest of the Country Club. The Mayor branded as errone ous a Shelby Daily Star news story of Tuesday, in which the Mayor was said to be rec*om- mending retention of Charles Harrison, a Gastonia engineer. "I talked with Mr. Harrison briefly,” Mayor Bridges said, “but I told him Mr. Dickson had not been discharged and I really had nothing to talk with him (Mr. Harrison) about.*’ Retired Merchant I. E. Aderholdt Dies At Age 83; Rites Are Held FurK'ial rites for Junius Ernest Aderholdt. 83, retired Kings .Mountain merchant, were held Sunday at 5 p.m. from St. Mat- llii'vv's Lutheran cliun-h, of which he was a member. Mr. Aderholdt succumbed Fri day night at 8:45 p.m. in James F. Byrnes Clinic in Columbia, S. C.. after .several wevk’s illness. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Allran Franklin Aderholt. Mr. Aderholdt operated a grocery busint'ss here for many years. His wife, the former Mamie Crouse, died iii X952* Mr. Adcrlroldt is survived by two sons, Hubert Aderholdt of Kings Mountain and P>nest C. Aderholdt of Vienna, Va.; one daughter, Mrs. Pearl Adams of Paw Creek: two half - brothers. ; Claude H. Aderholdt of Fayette- Iville and Arthur E. Aderholdt of Lincolnton; one half-sister, Mrs. I Lewis Friday of Dallas; two , grandehildron and four great- ' grandchildren. ' Rev. Charlo.s W. Easley offici- , ated at the final rites and inter ment was made in Mountain Rest I cemetery. Heindon Child's Rites Conducted I* iHieral rites for Pamela Lynn Herndon, monlh-old-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Herndon, were held Friday at 3 p.m. from Beth lehem Baptist church. Besides the parents, she is sur vived by the grandparenUi, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heindon and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mooi'e, all of Kings Mountain. The child’s mother is the former Jtxin Moore, Rev. James Wilder, assisted by Rev. Richard Plylcr officiated at the final rites and interment was made in the church ix'-mbtcry. The child died Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Duke hospital at Dur ham. GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE Tlicre will be a one hour Good Friday Scu’vice beginning at 12:90 noon al Trinity Epis* sopoi Churdb 393 Plufer Road*