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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
This figure for Greater Xingi Mountain U derived from
the 19b5 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United States census of 1860.
VOL 76 No. 19
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Estabiished 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 13, 1965
John Henry Moss, Cline,
Run - Offs Indicated; Biddix Will Call
Voters Re-Elect Two School Trustees
Upcond-Runners i
Must Make Call
By Monday 4:30
Second • runners in Tuesday’s
<'l(?riion who have the right to
call run-offs told the Herald
Wednesday they would probably
exercise their prerogative.
W. S. Biddix, who polled to the
number the exact vote of Incum*
b«*nt Commissioner Gene Goforth,
told the Herald in answer to the
run-off query, “Yes, I'm running
it of!.” j
Mr. Biddix, Kings Mountain in-*^
suranccman, was unsuccessful
two years ago in his bid for the i
Ward If scat. Goforth defeated |
Biddix by a count of 1440 - 714.'
leading by 2-1 in al! five boxes.
However, O. O. W'alker, retired
building contractor, and second-
runner to his nephew-in-law. J.
K. (Zip) Rhea. Ward V commis
sioner. said Wednesday morning
he- had not definitely decided to;
call for a run-off. i
.Mr. Biddix led Goforth in three
of five wards. Mr. Rliea led two
challengers in all five boxes. ;
Under city statute, successful !
candidates are required to obtain ;
a majority of the votes. Where I
• ELECTION SIDELIGHTS
ON PAGE 3 I
a majority is not obtained, the
second-runner has live days aft
er the first election to call, in ;
writing, for a run-off. 1
Assistant City Clerk Grace C j
Wolfe said the same policy, a.s :
heretofore, will be followed.
The final day for calling for a ;
run-off will be Monday at 4:30 i
p.m. The city run-off election will
be conducted on May 25th. I
Same election rules will apply. ;
There will be no new registering i
and the same election officials I
will ser\e at the five ward poll- ]
ing places. Candidates pay no i
additional filing fees. |
I
Both (ioforth and Rhea were j
first elected to commission posts'
in 1961. I
%
Mn. McGm
Holmes Harry
Are Re-Elected
EUGENE GOFORTH
W. S. Biddix
';-v.
O. O. WALKER
Babcock Waiting To Read Reports
from Initial 74
Western Union
In New Location
Western Union Tologmph Com-
j)a?iy has announc'ed that its
Kings Mountain agency office,
locattxl at the Bus Station the
past 10 ye:irs, is now in opera
tion at the office of Kings Moun
tain Merchants Ass(R‘iation.
^Calvin M. Blalock, Gastonia
^^nager of the company, said
^Pl'he Cfut-over became effective
Monday.
Mr. Blalock and Regional Su
pervisor R. H. Barnes talked
with (ifficers and directors of the
association recently and the
group voted unanimously to act
as agent. Western Union servic*e
will be available from 8 a.m. un
til 5 p.m. Mo-nday through Sat-
iiiday.
The change-over also meets
ai)proval of the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce. The
Merchants Association and Cham
ber of Commerce share new
(piarlers here.
Mr, Blalock commented, “the
n('W telephone numlTer for West
ern Union will be the same as
the Merchants Association. 739-
■17.56. This listing will be shown
in the next issue of the Kings
Mountain telephone directory.”
W. V. Bab(‘ock, of Raleigh,
director of the Slate Highway
Commission, said Wednesday he
had not yet read transcripts
from the initial public hearing
on the proposed S4 million U.S.
74 Kings Mountain by-pass and
commented, “I will keep the
Kings Mountain people inform
ed."
In answer to a query by the
Herald, “Is there any likelihood
mother public hearing will be
hold here?", the director said he
lould not say until after he had
read the transcripts from last
Wednesday’s hearing at the Na
tional Guard Armory at which
some 175 citizens attended and
those opposing the proposed by
pass were not so much opposed
to the by-pass as they were to
the planned location of the pro
posed four-lane thoroughfare.
City Library S.6.S.
Please Return Boeks
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial
library staff is issuing an
S.O.S. this week to those pa
trons with overdue borrowed
books to return them to the li
brary shelves.
No fees will be imposed, a
member of the sta>ff said, and
added, “We’re just interested
ini getting tlie books back in
circulation and particularly
those required by school
groups.”
The library is conducting a
diive all next week in an ef
fort to have returned to the
shelves all overdue books.
I Just leave them at the li-
I brary. Therewill be no ques-
I tions asked and no fines im
posed", the librarians add.
Voters in the Kings Mountain :
school district re-elected Mrs.;
Lena Ware McrGill and Holmes:
Harry to six-year terms as school |
trustees in Tuesday voting. i
Grover textile executive Harry!
led the board of education ticket I
with a total of 1665 votes polled.
He was opposed by Mrs. Wrlee |
Roberts, first Negro citizen to |
^ Kings Moun- ;
tain board of education. Mrs. j
.Huberts
fl - was
polled 1595 j
votes. She was challenged by J. |
j Robert Smith who polled 557. j
' Both the incumben's led in all '
five wards of the city system and i
at Bethware, Park Grace and j
Grover of the out-side city dis
trict. !
Mrs. McGill is the wife of John
L. McGill, partner in Kings
Mountain Drug company. She is
completing her first six-year
term on the education board. I
Mr. Harry, an executive of Mi-
nette Mills, Inc., and Har-Ray
Mills, was elected to a four-year
term in 1961. He was one of two
members of the board of educa
tion elected in 1961 following ef
fectuation of the area school con.
solidation.
Under terms of a special act
of the General Assembly, it was
provided that two members of
j the five-member board would re-
Iside within the school district
I area within the city limits of
I Kings Mountain, while three
1 would reside within the bounds
w% M «v a I of Kings Mountain.
Hy-rass "let’em....
« 9 ! The act provided that the two
The N. C. Highway Commis- city electives would serve
_ SlY ann fruni-.Viaat'
I Joe H. McDaniel
In District Post
McDaniel Named
Legion Head
Of Distiict 27
J. E. (ZIP) RHEA
Sion has prepared plans which
i would route the bypass through
’ town a out three blocks north of
the present highway. Tho>' asked
' that the commission’s plans be
I altered.
' State Senator Jack White at-
1 tended a meeting called by op-
' ponents Monday morning and
: some 60 citizens attended. White
told the group he will do every-
1 thing in his power to force an
other public hearing on the mat
ter. A letter bearing the signa
tures of numerous Kings Moun
tain civic and business leaders
was to be sent this week to U.S.
Son. Everett Jordan, U.S. Sen.
Sam Ervin, U.S. Rep. Basil
Whitener, Governor Dan Moore,
protesting the actions of the
highway commission.
six and four-year terms, respec
tively, the elective recei\ing the
highest num^oer of votes to serve
two years.
Subsequently, the act specified
all electees would serve six
years.
lunior Choir
To Sing Cantata
The Junior Choir of First Bap
tist church will present the can
tata, “Lord Most Holy,” Sunday
night, May 1*, at 8 p.m.
This cantata was selected by
' the Baptist State Convention to
be p('rformed at the recent Jun
ior Choir Festivals in North Car
olina. It is a portrayal of the life
of Jesus, and combines narration
•and song.
The choir is composed of over
twenty members from the ages
of nine through twelve, who
meet regularly once a week
throughout the school year. Pi
anist for the group is Mrs. Tom
my Bridges, and it is directed by
Allen Jolley, minister of music
and education at First Baptist
church.
Country Club Pool
Open This Weekend
The Kings Mountain Country
Club swimming pool will he
open Saturday and Sunday,
from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sat
urday and from 2 unti 6 p.m.
Sunday.
Lunch will be available at the
poolside Saturday, a member of
the club’s pool commttee has
announced. Lifeguards will be
Tommy Plonk, Jay Powell, Jr.
and Freii Wright, Jr.
The pool will observe the
same schedule the weekend of
May 22-23 before launching
regular summer operation
schedule.
COMMANDER — Joe H. Mc
Daniel# Jr.# has been elected
commemder of District 27 of the
Americon Legion's Fourth Di
vision for the coming year.
Stadium Bids
Are Rejected
The city board of education,
meeting Wednesday afternoon
wdth members of the stadium
committee and school architects,
rejected base bids for the pro
posed Gamble Stadium, labeling
them as “too high."
Architects advised:
1) look further into what ave
nues may ce taken to complete
STADIUM FUND GROWING
Actual cash-in-hand of $40.-
430.27 and pledges totaling
$37,677.12 brings the total to
$78,107.39, an increase in $o0
from last week contributions.
Treasurer Charlie Harry report
ed gift of $50 from Merchants
& Planters Warehouse, Inc. of
Shelby.
the stadium project within bud
geted amounts;
2) reject the initial low bids,
rather than accept a partial bid
at the painfully high prices and
call for new' bids.
The architects were instructed
to outline th^ir proposals in de
tail and foi*wartl the proposals
to them as quickly as possible.
ornciAL
City Election,
RETURNS
May 11,1965
OmCIAL RETURNS
Roaid (H Education Eledti^i, May ll, 1965
Ward Word Ward Ward Word Beth- Park Grover Total
I II Ill IV V wore Groce
B. H. Harry
Verlee Roberts
« ?na W. McGill
Robert Smith
140'
:l23^
274 1 278
482 1
64
58
135
1665
39
1 48
60
55
256 1
8
26
2
494
140
1 239
265
256
503 1
51
29
112
LJ.595
52
I 67
110
98
186 1
21
2
21
557
Word
1
Ward
11
Word
III
Ward
IV
Ward Totals
V
For Mayor
Glee A. Bridges
~69'
119''
'140'
■120” 1
225
1 673
Kelly Dixon
17
14
22
13 1
42
1 108'
John H. Moss
11^
179
223
239 1
491
I 1244
For Ward I Comm.
Ray W. Cline
106
169
209
190 1
449
j 1123
Garland E. Still
82
128
162
.155 1
^05
I 832 i
For Ward 11 Comm.
i
W. S. Biddix
72
169
1 188
167
267
1 863 i
Thomas B. Eubanks
8
11
21
25 1
42
i 107'
Eugene Goforth
115
129
1 156
162
301
1 863
For Ward Ill Comm.
T. J. “Tommy” Ellison
133
1 216
i 256
1 209
471
1 1285
James L. Guyton
57
1 90
I 124
1 144'
226
1 641 j
For Ward IV Comm.
Norman King
104
1 193
1 274
i 2^
443 1 1236
Dewey Styers
90
i 111
1 94
1 135
265
1 695
For Ward V Comm.
Benjamin F. Brown
20
1 27
1 15
! 18
215
1 295
J. E. “Zip” Rhea
105
1 151
1 i98TT80 r 289
1 923
O. O. Walker
69
1 129
1 153 1 156
244
I 751
No. of Voters
1991 317
1 387
[3^
‘771
1 2042
Joe H. MrDaniel. Jr., finance
; officer and a past c •rma’^dcr o
' Otis D. Green Post 155, the A-
:merlcan Legion. v\ ts liccv.
I commander of the 27th district
' of the Fouilh Division at a meet-
I ing held here Thursday night.
! District 27 includes 13 posts
with a total membership of 1.765
i stretching fro.n Kinjs Mountain |
in the east to Chimney Hock in ,
i the west.
Dr. D. M. Morrison, of Shel-
' by, was elected vice-commander
I of the district and Frank Pace of
Forest City was -named a dcle-
! gate to the national convention.
1 Mr. McDaniel, a native of
1 Kings Mountain, is employed by
I the 'city as city cierk^srrtd '
I uror. The new' vice-commander is
I a native of Cleveland County and
{ is a Shelby optometrist.
The new officers n sume their
j riMt;!'.-: this rronth and will seiwe
j one-year terms. i
Foote Announces
Wage Increase |
During a general employee |
meeting Friday, May 7. Edwin R. j
Goter. Manager of the Foote |
Mineral Company’s Kings Moun
tain Operation, announced a sev
en cents iHM' hour across tlie
board increase, and improve
ments in fringe benefits.
All changes are effective June
1.
Addition to fringes include one
additional holiday, increase in
shift differential for third-shift
work, improved sickness and ac
cident insurance coverage, and
bereavement-pay allowance.
In making tho announcement,
Mr. Goter ('ommended al! em-
ployec'' for a job well-done dur
ing tile past year, and conveyed
Management's appreciation for
employee efforts \s'hi*.'h eontri-
biutt'd significantly tow’ard a
profitable 19(H for the Company.
Mr. Goter als^ re-en-phasizod
the import an. V of safety both on
and off the job. ,
Raiieit Rites
To Be Friday
Funeral ri’os for James Luther
Barrett. 91. v\iil he held Friday
at 4 p.m. from the Chapel of Har
ris Funeral Home. '
Rev B. L. Raines will officiate,
and interment will he in Moun-
in Rest cemetery.
Mr. Barrett succumbed Wedn(*s-
day morning at 11 o’eloek in Ed-
IS Nursing Hospital near
Fallston. A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late George and Jane Hurd Bar
rett. He w'as twiee married, to
e Jane Neal who died in
1948 and to Mrs. Annie Roberts
Barrett w'ho survives.
Other survivors include four
sons, Theodore, Austin and Gene
Barrett, all of Kings Mountain.!
and James Barrett of Camilla,
Ga.; two daughters. Mrs. Angie j
Navey and Mrs. Yate.s Blanton,!
both of Kings Mountain; tw'o sis
ters, Mrs. John Davis of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. Etta Davis of
Stanley. Also surviving are 17
grandchildren, 35 great-grand
children and 1 greal-great-grand.
child.
FAMILY NIGHT
Dixon Presbyterian church
will hold family night Sunday
with a cook-out planned for 6
p.m. at Sparrow Springs, Rev.
James S. Mann» pastor, said*
1
A Pages
1
D Today
Seventy-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN CENT^
King, Win
JOHN HENRY MOSS
'O'
RAY CLINE
T. J. ELUSON
NORMAN KING
MRS. LENA W. McGILL
4
HOLMES HARRY
New Mayor
To Take Oath
On Thursday
John Henry Moss spread-eagl
ed the field Tuesday to win elec
tion to a first term as Kings
Mountain mayor over the incum
bent Mayor Glee A. Bridges and
Ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon, as 2023
I citizens w'ent to the polls.
I Mr. Moss led Mayor Bridges 2-
II as early returns were report-
j ed about 7:30 p.m. He continued
I his lead throughout the evening
I 'with the final count at 9:45 p.m.:
Moss, 1244; Bridges, 673; Dixon,
j lOS.
' The former president of the
Western Carolines Baseball
League and political newcomer
soundly trounced Mayor Bridges,
st‘eking a sixth tw'o-year tern,
and Ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon, may
or from 1961-63. in all five pre^
cinets, racking up 491 votes of
771 cast in Ward 5. 239 of 368
' votes cast in Ward IV, 223 of
3S7 votes cast in Ward III; 179
of 317 votes cast in Ward II; and
112 of 199 votes cast in W'ard I.
Three members of tho Bridges
Administration were re • elected.
Ward I Incumbent Ray C:ine
otlged challenger and Ex-Mayor
Garland E. Still 1,123 to 832. Re
elected handily were Ward III
Incumbent T. J. tTommyi Elli-
OATH-TAKING
Tuesday election winners
John Henry Moss, Ray Cline,
T. J. Ellison. Noi man King.
Mrs. Lena Ware McGill and
Holmes Harry wi’l take their
oath of office in c'eremonios at
City Hall courtroom Thursday
morning at 10 a.m.
S.nc'e the law specifies the
incumbents will retain office
until their successors are elect
ed. qualified co.Tmissioners. In
cumbents Eugene Goforth and
J. E. I Zip I Rhea will continue
ini their respei live positions
unti! the May 25 run-off elec
tion.
son, defeating challenger Ja.mt^s
L. Guyton 1,2^ to 641; and Ward
IV Incumbent Norman King de
feating challenger Dewey Styers
l, 236 to 695.
Still not settled are races in
both Ward II and Ward V.
The three man rac'o for the
Ward II position was led by both
the Incumlient Eugene Goforth
and W. S. Biddix who tied with
: 86,3 votes.
1 Mr. Biddix gaining the right to
1 contest Mr. Goforth in a run-off
I election. Thomas B. Eubanks
I garnerwi 107.
! In the three man race for the
: Ward V c‘ommissionei*ship, In-
! cumbent J. E. (Jipl Rhea polled
i 923 votes, O. O. Walker garner-
I ed 751 and Benjamin Brown was
I third with 295. Mr. Rhea failed
i to attain a majority and Mr.
’ Walker has the right to contest
i Mr. Rhea in a run-off election.
I The voting w'as light as i^ompar-
I ed with previous years: 2390 dt-
I izens casting ballots two yeai-s
1 ago.
In the mayoral campaign, Mr.
Bridges, 70. lost the seat he held
for eight years, then lost to
Former-Mayor Dixon in a close-
"un-off election in 1961. (The
Dixon margin w'as 116 votes out
of 2210 cast). He regained the
seat in 1963. i*eceiving 1315 votes
to Dixon’s 977.
Mr. Bridges said:
*T’ve enjoyed 10 years at the
helm of city government and
j I’m ver>' proud of this rei'ord
1 we’ve left behind. I appredate
I the support that has been given
me tlirougfh tk«: years.”
I Mayor-Elc(T !IIo8s said: “I am
I grateful for the support given
i me by the wonderful people of
Kings Mountain in this election.
“I believe that our program
for progress it>-^au'ed by the
people of Kings Mountain, and
as your mayor, I will work deli-
gently to achieve these goals.
“I pledge my administration to
work in harmony with the city
council, city employees, the city
; planning commission, civic or-
I ganizations. and county, state
! and federal agencies for the
j growth and progress of Kings
I Mountain.”
: Shaney To Speak
To 4-H Groups
R. L. (Dick) Shaney. member
of the North Carolina State
I Highway Patrol, w'ill present a
progi'am on “Safety”, at Mon-
'day night’s meeting of the Dixon
Community 4-H Club at 7:30 p.
m. at Dixon Presbyterian church.
Other 4-irers ond their par-
I: ents from Oak Grove Cormmun-
lity club a-nd Grover Community
I club aiv being Invited to attendi