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^ il Population Greater Kings Mountain 10.320 City Limits 8,008 This Uguit for Creator Kings Mountain it tforivod frMH tho 195S Xiagt Mountain city directory etntut The city Umitt figure It from the United Stotet centut of IMO. jSliniE Kings Mountain's Reiicdtle Newspoper 1 Q Pages 1 0 Today VOL. 76 No. 24 Esttbiiihed 1889 Kirigs Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 17, 1965 Seventy-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENT' 'N ir* - - -v.'.-t. S35,000 Foirview Lodge Masonic Temple Will Be Dedicated Saturday Evening Masonic Temple To Be Dedicated Rov. Max Brandon, Jr., pastor of Fallston’s Friendship Metho dist church, will come to Kings Mountain as pastor of Grace Methodist church and Rev. Nor man H. Pusoy, pastor here the past four years, will move to Candler under new appoint ments made Saturday at the an nual Western North Carolina Methodist Conference. The changes will become ef fective next Wednesday, moving day for ministers in the confer ence. Rev. Mr. Pusey’s new appoint ment is the Montmorenci Metho- E dist church, a 300-member con gregation, in tile A.sheville dis trict which recently occupied a new sanctuary. Dedicatory rites for the new Masonic Temple of Fairvlew Lodge 339 AF&AM will be held Saturday. Sam A. Hennis, Jr. of Mount Airy, Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina, will lead the dedication service at 8 p.m., Fairview Lodge Master Houston Wolfe has annjiunced. Masons, their fwives and friends will gather from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. for a bai’'becue at the lodge for which tickets are on sale at $1.30. Bobby Bridges Is handling supper arrange: ments. At 7;S) p.m. the Grand Lottge will convene for a 30-minute reeting prior to the dedicatory rites to which the public is invit ed at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served after the program. Other Grand Lodge officers Two other Kings Mountain area Methodist ministers were returned to their pulpits here. Rev. Roy H. Lockridge was r(?- turned to El Bethel and lloey i dignitaries will attend, Mas- Memonal charges for his second ' year and Rev Howard Jordan j'‘^^he ideation service will eh.frfh' ' "P*-'" "'ith a prelude of music by tor of Central Methodist church, j., McCurdy after which The Puscys came to Kings | the Grand Master will call the Mountain from Yadklnville. In i meeting to order. S. Houston Kings Mountain Mrs. Pusey has | Wolfe will give the welcome and >T- becn a member of the Kings Mountain high school faculty. Rev. and Mrs. Pusey are parents of three children: Phyllis, a ris ing sophomore at tho University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Marilyn, a sev^enth grader; and David Pusey, a second grader. Rev. Mr. Brandon will preach his first sermon licrc on Sunday, June 27. Son of a Methodist minister, Rev. Mr. Brandon came to P'alls- ton’s Friendship church from j Shiloh Methodist at Lexington. A graduate of Duke University and Duke Divinity School, he is married to the former P'lossie Deal. The Brandons are parents of five daughters; .Mrs. Hoyle of Cherryville, Miss Mau rine Brandon, Miss Myra Jane ^Brandon, Maxine and Marcclle ^ftirandon. Maurine Brandon is to be maiTied Sunday in Fallston, Myra Jane Brandon is a college • student and the younger daugh ters are in junior high school and elementary school. Two other former ministers were appointed to mew posts. Dr. Philip L. Shore. Jr., a for mer pastor of Central Methodist church, was appointed District Superintendent of the High Point district and he and his f-aimily will be moving from Charlotte to High Point. Mr. Shore was formerly pastor of Charlotte’s First Methodist church. Rev. W. C. Sides. Jr., a former pastor of Grace Methodist church, will go to Greensboro as pastor of Carraway Memorial Methodist church. Mr. jfcrved as pastor of Methodist church the years. Mr. Sides was Rev. B. L. Raines, pastor of First Baptist church, will road the scripture. Dr. and Mrs. Blake MeWhirter of Shelby, formerly of Kings Mountain, will sing two duets: ‘'Bless This House” fol lowing the scripture reading and “The Lord’s Prayer” following the dedicatory service at which the Grand Master will preside. The new Masonic Temple is located on Landing street off years pastor here. Hoyle Named Man Of Week Frank L. Hoyle, Jr., onetime , Kings Mountain citizen and now Wayne 1 of Hendersonville, was honored as Man of the Week by the West ern Carolina Tiibune, weekly newspaper prublished In Hender sonville, on June 3. iMr. Hoyle, native of Cleveland County, is married to the former Mildred Ross of Kings Mountain. They are parents of two chil dren: Miss Kathryn Hoyle of Washington, D. C., and Frank Hoyle, III of Hendersonville. The feature story was com plete with photograph. The arti cle reads: ‘‘Frank L, Hoyle, Jr., past president of the United Fund, was given high honor and praise Tuesday by officials and com mitteemen for his services to this organization and his other business and civic activities. “Mr. Hoyle although ill for S'yjne weeks was unable to be present at the meeting and re ceive his bronze plaque given him as president of the United Fund during the past year. They of Grace church wore glad to learn that he was able to attend this and other bus iness and civic groups and to spend some time almost daily at his office as Executive Vice- President of the First Federal Savings and Loan association. "Mr. Hoyle at Tuesday’s meet ing received recognition f:>r his membership and services to various groups of this commun ity. including the Kiwanis club, the Elks club, the First Presby terian church, and president of the United Fund the past year. “Participating in the ceremon- Sides has Ellenboro past four for .seven Phifer road. Fairview Lodge officers, in ad dition to Master Wolfe, include: Howard Bridges, senior warden; 'Bobby C. Bridges, junior war den; R. B. Leonard, treasurer; Thomas D. Tindall, secretary; Herman D. Falls, senior deacon; William E. Sellers, junior deac on; William C. Kelly, steward; Norman E. Bumgardner, ste ward; B. Manley Hayes, chap lain; and Robert Smith, tylcr. Trustees are J. Ralph Harrison, Alex D. Owens and J. Lee Rob- Other Grand Lodge oiiicers Invited to attend include: Arnold J. Koonce of High Point, deputy grand master; Alfred A. Ka)fer. Jr. of New Bern, senior grand warden; Robert N. Bass, Jr. of Raleigh, junior grand warden; James W. Brewer of Greenville, grand treasurer; Charles A. Harris of Raleigh, grand secre tary; William A. Hooks of Smithfield, senior grand deacon; Maurice E. Walsh of North Wilkesboro, junior grand deac on: William M. Mims, Jr. of Charlotte, grand marshal; Berl M. Kahn of Goldsboro and Na thaniel C. Vean of Noi*\vood grand stewards; Fred R. Hard ing of Raleigh, grand tyler; Sin clair Tebo of Winston Salem, grand chaplain; E. B. Denny of Raleigh, grand historian; Floyd Dunn of Aberdeen, grand lectur er; Governor Dan K. Moore of Raleigh, grand orator; and J. Giles Hudson oif Sali^buiy, judge advocate. Stadium Fund Gilts Now Reoch $82,658 A & P Tea Company's gift of $50 was the major donation dur ing the week to the John Gamble Stadium Fund which now totals $H2.6.58.39. Fund Treasurer Charlie F. Harry said he would make a complete report of donations next week. The new stadium is to be erect ed south of the new high school plant on Phifer road. Ooon House Sunday To Honor Pruitts Chestnut Ridge Baptist church will hold open’house at its'new i parsonage Sunday from 2 until 5 p.m. Friends of the church are in vited to meet the new pastor, jRev. Mitchell Pruitt, and his "family. Members Of the congre gation and former members are also invited to attend to formal ly welcome the new minister. Continued On Page 6 Dog Quarantine Is In Effect Effective Tuesday, all dogs in No. 4 Township aio quarantined and must be locked up or se curely tied until June 30. The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners, on recommen dation of the county rabies con trol officers, passed the quaran tine on June 7. The quarantine stipulates that all dog owners will keep their dogs in check. And all dogs per mitted to run at large may be desti’oyed by any peace officer of Cleveland County. The purpose of the quarantine according to the rabies control officers, is to eliminate as many as passible stray and unwanted dogs in 'No. 4 Township. The of ficers said they wanted to make it clear that they do not want to destroy anyone’s pet and urgetl citizens to comply with the quar antine. AT ST. MATTHEW'S Mrs. Wade Hartsoe has join ed the office staff of St. Matthew's Lutheran church. She began her new duties this week. Adult Class Is Giaduated In Welding Sixteen Kings Mountain area men have completed a 45-hour course in advanced welding spon sored by the vocational agricul ture department at Kings Moun tain high school. The “graduates” and their wives will go to Gastonia for dinner Thursday night. The course, with Kenneth Bun- koFWski as instructor, offered training in vertical, flat and overhead welding plus cast iron welding and brazing, in addition to completion of usable farm projects such as cultivators, scapers, and carry-all lifts (for tractors. Each student paid a $5 f^ for weldjng rods and gaso line 3*113 the' Instructional fees were provided by Catawba Val ley Technical Institute of New ton. The adult welding class was offered this year for the fifth year ly the agriculture depart ment headed by Myers Ham- bright and Paul Hambright. My ers Hambright headed up the adult program this year. Members of the welding class of “graduates” included: Paul Bell, James Blanton. Lawrence Brown, Bill Horn, Olland Horn, Glenn Jenkins, Hubert Ledford, Bob Morris, Johnny Sarvis, Wil liam Saiwis, Mearl Seism, Charles Wright, Stokes Wright, Hal Morris, H. K. Dixon and Alec Owens. Hearing is Set For July 21st On First-Citizens Application 50th Anniversary For Second Baptist G-W President i Poston To Speak At Sunday Rites Dr. E. Eugene Poston, presi- I dent of Gardner-Wehb college, | will make the principal address at special services Sunday on the 50th anniversary of ^cond Baptist church. j Former pastors of the church I' will also participate in the morn-1 ing worship service beginning at ’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday School will •get underway, as customary, at 9:45 a^m. Picnic lunch will be served on the church grounds beginning at 1 p.m. Rev. George W. Julian, pastor, said that members of the church, former members and friends are invited to join with the local con gregation in the day’s special events. A letter going out this week to members and friends of the church notes that “a very inter esting and inspiring program is planned”, adding, “you are cor dially invited to attend and to participate in the activities of this special anniversary cele bration.” Trucker Exonerated Of Blame In Wreck Cleveland County Coroner J. Ollie Harris ruled yesterday that a June 8 traffic fatality here was “unavoidable” on the part of the driver. Marion Washington Williams, 73-year-old house-painting con tractor, was injured, police said, when he apparently attempted a left turn and moved into the path of a tractnr-tr .Her rig own ed by Star Paper Tube Co. of Rock Hill, S. C. and operated by Billy Houston Craig of Rock Hill. The Williams car was struck broadside by the truck on West King street. Mr. Williams died at 4:22 a.m. Monday—six days after he suf fered head injuries in the acci dent. Mrs. Kiser's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Henri etta White Kiser, 80, widow of W’illiam Wesley Kiser, were held Wednesday at 4 p.m. from Second Baptist church, interment following in Mountain Rest cem- etei'y. Mrs. Kiser died Monday morn ing at 10:30 in Kings Mountain hospital after several we<»ks ill ness. She v'as the daughter of the late David and Mandie Hunt White and a member of Second Baptist church. Her husband died in 1944. Surviving are five sons, Fred Kiser, Wesley Kiser, Melton Kis er, Rufus Kiser, all of Kings Mountain, and James Kiser of Rock Hill, S. C.; two daughters. Mrs. Floyd Sipe of Greenwood. S. C. and Mrs. Joe Meighen of Kin'gs Moointain; sister, Mrs. Minerva Stowe of Rock Hill, S. C.; and two half ■‘brothers, R. D. Cook of Kings Mountain and Fulton Cook of Rock Hill, S. C.; 17 grandchildren; 27 great-grand children and one great • great grandchild. Rev. George Julian, assisted by Rev. Don Webster, officiated at the final rites. Hearing On Zoning law Amendment To Re Held Thursday At 6:30. p.m The city board of commission ers will hold a public hearing at city hall courtroom Thursday afternoon at 6:30 on a proposed amendment to the zoning ordi nance. The amendment, if adopted, would make possible issuance to Anchor Development and Con struction Company, based in Forest City, of a buildinig permit to construct two 12unit apart ment buildings on the West Gold street lot between the residences of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Dixon and Mrs. Pauline Weaver. The Anchor company made ap plication for a permit in the a- mount of $200,000 .several weeks ago. It was not issued when the city found the application In con flict with the zoning ordinance operrtive since 1948. Specifically, the amendment, if adopted, would change the distance requited from side lot line. Now tlip ordinance specifies that a single unit dwelling or duplex must be elght-^t distant from each side lot line. It further specifies that five feet must be added for each multi-imit dwell ing over two. Under the proposed amend ment, the zoning ordinance for multi-unit dwelling over two iwould require ten feet from side lot lines. Anchor Development has con structed similar apartment build ings in other cities. B^ach 12-unit wing would in clude both three-room and four- room apartments. Construction would be brick and a utility room between the two units, one on the west side and one on the north side of the lot, would in eluding washing machines, dry ers, and other service facilities. The apartments would employ central heating and cooling, com pany officials say. The interior area would be a landscaped park ing area. Anchor Development has con tracted to purchase the lot from 'Dr. John C. McGiU. TO GIRLS STATE — Libby Alexander, top, and Rita Bell leave Sunday for a week at annual Tar Heel Girls' State to be held at UNC-G. They are sponsored by the Americon Legion Auxiliary. Delegates Oil To Girls' State Libby Alexander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander, and Rita Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. McDaniel, Jr., leave Sunday for a week at Tar Heel Girls’ State on the campus of the University of North Caro lina at Greensboro. The Kings Mountain girls, both rising seniors at Kings Moun tain high school, arc sponsored by the Auxiliary of American Le gion Post 155. They will return to Kings Mountain June 26. At KMITS, both Miss Alexan der and Miss Bell are members of the National Honor Society and the ycaroook staff. Miss Al exander is active in the Future Homemakers of America and Miss B<41 is active in Future Teacher’s. Both young people sing in their church choirs and •are active in youth organiza tions, Miss Bell at Boyce Memor ial ARP church and Miss Alexan der at Central Methodist church. They arc also members of Or der of the Rainbow. Miss Alexander plays the pi ano at Sunday morning worship services at Dixon Presbyterian church. Building Permits Issued By City Building permits recently issu ed by the city include: Two to J. Wilson Crawford, $11,000, for building a five-room brick house at 602 Timple Drive, and $12,000 for building a five- room brick residence at 604 Temple Drive. One to Lloyd Styers, $12,000. for building a one-story brick residence on Fulton street. One to David Mauney, $2,000, for a one-room addition to his residence at 203 E. Gold street Commission To Convene In Raleigh Hearing on the application of FirstCitizens Bank & Trust Company for authority to open a branch here has been schedul ed by the Commissioner of Banks, F. Shelby Cullom, for July 21. j According to a legal notice ap- ' i)oanng in today’s Herald, the State Banking commission will 1 conduct the hearing in Room 316, Motor Vehicles building, Ra leigh, beginning at 10 a.m. Wed nesday, July 21. According to the notice, the branch would be known as i ‘Kings Mountain office” and would occupy the building of Dr. 1 D. M. Morrison at 131 West Mountain sf The building was formerly occupied by Page Men’s Store. The legal notice notes, “Any opposition to this application may be filed with the undersign ed or will be heard at the meet ing referrd to....” First-Citizns, based in Smith- field, filed application to open a branch here on May 17. | The bank has 97 branches in 46 North Carolina towns and cities. Concurrent with the applica tion to the State Banking com mission, of which State Treas urer Edwiir Gill is ex "'trfffrio treasurer, was filed an applica tion for permission to open a branch here to the Federal De posit Insurance Corporation, Two days after filing the ap plication, Lewis R. Holding, pres ident, said First-Citizens would operate here as “a completely separate unit, with its own offi cers and as a fuil-seiwice bank.” He said his firm provides 78 banking services. During the past several days, First ■ Citizens officials have been visiting Kings Mountain ousinessmen to outline plans for the Kings Mountain office. They include George H. Broadrick, vice-president, of Charlotte, Har old T. Sumner, vice-president, of Gastonia, and Ernest L. Hicks, of Asheville. B'irsl-Citizens had assets of $136,865,000 at the close of busi ness April 26, Its largest offices are at Charlotte and Raleigh. VICAR — Robert E. LondL mid- dler at Lutheran Seminory, bos afsumed new duties os Vicor ot St Matthew's Lutheran church. Land Assumes New Duties Robert E. Land, rising middler (second year student), at Luthe ran Theological Southern Semi nary in Columbia, S. C., has as- sumbfl ' duties as Vicar at St, Matthew’s Lutheran church. - The summer assistant pastor and bis wife, the former Bar- bfitra Deal of Charlotte, have oc cupied an apartment at 100 N. piedmont Avenue. Son of Lt. Colonel aind Mrs. Walter C. Land of New Phila delphia,. Ohio, Mr. Land holds an AB degree in applied music (voice) from Lenoir Rhyne col lege at Hickory. He is a veteran of three years Naval service. The (Lands moved week. here last 234 Traffic Signs Ordered Ry City In an effort to improve traffic safety, the city has ordered 234 traffic signs for erection on re ceipt, Mayor John Henry Moss said Wednesday. He also noted some instances of vandalism in bending and oth erwise marring city traffic signs, and he urged citizens to aid po lice in preventing vandalism. “After all,” he remarked, “these baked enamel signs cost four dollars each. Besides, the signs are erected to protect both motorists and pedestrians.” He also said a traffic signal has been ordered for erection at the coimer of E. Gold and S. Gaston streets, and he called at tention to the signs erected in the vicinity of West school. Ap proaching the school from both east and west are “Slow-School” signs, followed by “Speed Limit 15” signs. The city traffic sign order in cluded 48 “STOP” signs. 36 “Speed 2d MPH”, 36 “Speed 35 MPH”, 24 “SLOW — Children Playing”, 48 “No Parking This Side", 36 “No Parking • Loading Zone”, an dsix “SLOW - School”. KM Countnr Club Relieved Of $500 Robbers broke into the Kings Mountain Country Club early Thursday morning and took ap proximately $500 from the club safe. Country Club manager Bill Mauldin said that the robbers broke in via the pool doors. City Police officer Bob Hayes investigated the hreak-in but could not be reached for infor- iination at preaatime Wednesday. lujuries Fatal To Wiliams, 73 Funeral rites for Marion Wash ington Williams, 73, were held Tuesday at 3 p.m. from- Bethle hem Baptist church, interment following in the church cemetery, Mr. Williams, house-painting contractor, died in the local hos pital about 4:22 a.m. Monday— six days after he suffered head injuries in a traffic accident. Kings Mountain police had re ported that Williams of Route 2 was injured about 2:50 p.m. June 8, when a car he was op erating was struck broadside by a large truck on West King street. Police had noted that the car apparently atte mpted a left urn and moved into the path of a tractor-trailer rig owned by Star Paper Tifbe Co. of Rock Hill, S. C. and operated by Billy Houston Craig of Rock Hill. It *s the 10th traffic fatality of 1965 ia the county, and the first of the year inside the Kings Mountain corporate limits. Surviving Mr. Williams are his wife, Minnie Emma Bentley Williams; eight daughters, Mrs. ILuciile Barber of Gastonia, Mrs. Ruth Morris of Sylvania, Ga., Mrs. I^arl Whitmore of Kings Mountain and Miss Martha El len Williams. Miss Mary Ann Williams, Miss. Carolyn Joyce Williams,- Miss Patricia Lynn Williams, all of the home; a son, David Chester Williams of the home; two stepchildren. Ju lius Rogers of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Bertha Pitts of Moores- ville;, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Williams was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Crockett Williams of Newport, Tenn. Rev. Norman ‘Brown, pastor, officiated. IMPROVING Dr. Zeno Wall, father of Mrs. J. Oilie Harris of Kings Mountain and T-ongtime Bap tist minister, was vei-y much improved Wednesday, his son- in-law reported. Dr. Wall, re cuperating from a slight stroke, is a patient in Cleve land Memorial hospital.
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