ge 5tanly ent a t con* erfac- know* [ilazcr le as- •ecoiv* mcrus lurin;^ ccorci- fe In- mbod pn»}>i- I I he ■fJocts Tican troi Of- ghout high* r of )d ton mor- )I cates, indus’i vh(do. 1.221.* •Hcie.'; 1905. K) un- same fig- under 3 cor* under # Population ! Gre<^ter Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8.008 i Thii f>gur« for Greotar Kings Mounictfn Is derived from S the I9S& Kings Mountain city directory census. The city i UmitB figure Is from the Uniled Stales census of ItSO. Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper ?ages Today VOL 75 No. 25 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 24, 1965 Seven+y-Sixth Year PRICE ten CENT' any Textile Firms Set Week Holiday No Teachers Hired Or Fired I Kings Mountain System -1 CUi^uUCTEUH—>l)Grvid J. Delevxe has been elected Grand Conducteur of the Grond Voiture of North Carolina for the coming year. Delevie Named By Forty & Eight DuvUl J. Delevie, Kings Moun tain legionnaire and long active in Forty & Eight, was named tirand Conducteur of La Societe IVs Quarante Hommes Et Hurt Chevaux, Grand Voiture of Ncrth Carolina, at the recent i'onvention held i-n Asheville. Mr. Delevie is currently serv ing as historian for American L( ’ion Post 155. He has also served as an officer of Voiture Locale No. To Up Some Fares Kings Mountain ta.xi firms 1^:11 adjust some fare charges Pipward on July 5. According to spokes-men for all Kings Mo.intain cab com* jianics yesterday, three rates will advance and a new category o'! charges is included. Cliangcs include: Acrofv tovvn rate (dividing lin( King street and Piedmont avb muM 75 cents, up 25 cents. School children (groujis) 20 cents, up five cents. Packa.ge pick-ups. 75 cents, up a ouarter. New high school (groups a new category) 25 rents. .Snnkesmen for the taxi a.*; 'o elation noted that Uie upcomin<^ ra»e adiustment is the first since 19n0. Cab fare td A P Tea Com- panv's s'nj'o at Haltlegfound and Falls V ill conlinue to be a half- dollar, regardless of point of ori gin. Plonk Installed Lions President Dr. George W. Plonk. Kings Tvlountain surgeon, was installed as prcsulent of the Kings Moun tain Lions chib Tuesflay night. He su'‘ceeds Harry Jaynes. Kings Mountain high school ^)i’incipal. IIN Steve ('oon. of Fallston, dis- Hrricl deputy governor, conducted the installation ceremonies. Hal S. Plonk, first vice-presi dent; Howard Brvant, second vice - pi’o.'^ident; Jack Hauser, third vice - president; William 'Lawrence Plonk, secretary; Pet* won his second game against one loss in Monday’s contest and Stove Wilson picked up his first win of the season at Bessemei Tuesday. Richard Gold paced the Post 155 boys in the two games by collecting six hits in nine official times at bat. Gold scored five runs in the two contests, drove in four, and had two doubles and two stolen bases. Gold had a four-for-five night here Monday and was two-for- four on Tuesday. His two extra base hits were ground rule dou bles. Centerfielder Chris Faulkner had a perfect four-for-four night (Continued On Page 2) Board Awaits State Allotment Oi Teachers By MAR'HN HARMON No member of the Kings Mountain city schools faculty during 1964-65, other than ad ministrative persinnel, has bi'cn employed for the upcoming term, j None has been discharged. I This is the report of Supi'rin- ! tendent B. N. Barnes, both in 'comment on a charge by a Xa tional Urban League official, K. B. M. Crooks, of Atlanta, Ga., ; and in a letter addressed to J. Levonne Chambers, a Charlotte j lawyer. Chambers, stating hehad been retained by the North Carolina Teachers association in behalf of ‘'Kings Mountain teachers whose contracts you refused to renew”, wrote: "I have been advised that Negro teachers have not been re hired because of the anticipated changes in enrollment at former ly all-Negro schools." 'Barnes replied to CHiamberF that no teachers have been '^rr ployed, White or Negro. He not ed that the 1965 66 allotment o teachers for Kings Mountain dis trict schools has not been rr ceived from the State Board c?' Public Instruction and added "Until the pupil assignment plar is approved, we do not know w’hlether we can re-employ any one to be paid from federa' funds.” Crooks, in a press release ove’ the W'eekend, charged that s:y Negro teachers have been firec' in Kings Mountain. Henderson ville was charged with firing IT Ne?ro teachers, Morganton nine Washington five, and Method 11 In Asheboro, 12 Negro teacher vill not be rehired for 19G5C5 according to Crooks’ listing of "complaints being investigated”. In a telephone conversation ’Vednesday, Crooks acknowledg ed his information stemmed from 'eports from non-official .sources, that he had not contacted either Dr. Charles Carroll, state super- mtendent of public instruction, nor individual superintendents in North Carolina. The recent letter of Attorney Chambers to the Kings Mountain ■■*oard of education was the sec- '>nd concerning school dc-segre- Tation. In February, claiming reten- ion by Kings Mountain citizens, ncluding William On* and oth- ''rs, he wrote tourge school de- legi-tegation. The reply was that he board of education anticipat 'd devising a pupil assignment olan to comply with Title VI of the 1964 federal civil rights act. tISili U£D1CATE FELLOWSHIP ^ second s^optlst church ohserveQ its buth onnivcrcary Sunday by dedicating a npw fellowship halL Members of the program committee for the anniversary celebration were, from left to right Richard Barnette, Sunday School superinten dent; Dr. Eugene Poston, president of Gardner-Webb college, who made the principal address; Rev, George Julian, pastor; Mrs. C. M. Lankford; Mr. Lankford and Norman King. (Photo for the Herald by BUI Jackson). 50-Year-Old Secon \ Baptist Began In One-Room School Second Baptist ' dedicates iew Building Commission Defers Zoning Change Action, As Some Citizens Protest The city board of commission ers listened to citizens who op pose an amendiment to the 1948 city zoning ordinance, then de- feri’Sed action last Thursday night. A proposed amendment w’ould change to ton feet the sidolot line requirement for multi-unit dwell ings, now the minimal eight feel plus five feet for each unit over two. Anchor Development and Con struction Company, of Fore.st City, seeks to build two 12unit apartments on West Gold street, estimated to cost $2(X),000. but the city declined to issue build ing permit when it was deteiTn- ined the proposed construction conflicted with the multi - unit dwelling roquirbment of the zon ing ordinance. Charles T. Carpenter, Jr., ob jected on several grounds among them insufficient space for the proposed apartment complex and potential exaggeration of a drainage problem. Mrs. Pauline F. Weavbr, who lives adjacent to the proposed development, said she felt space on the lot was insufficient. Luke Hoyle, a builder, said he iwas currently building apart ments and was abiding by the zoning requirements. Warren Reynolds, another builder, supported the zoning change, observing that Kinigs Mountain needs an apartment development. Robiert Suber, an across-the- street neighbor to the proposed development, said he felt an a- 'fiont 'mtied On Page 8 PHARMACIST — R. Ragan Har per. JrM has joined the staff of Kings Mountain Drug Com- pony. He is a recent graduote of the School of Pharmacy, Uni versity of North Carolina. Chapel HiU. Harper loins KM Drug Staff Ralph Ragan Harper, Jr., who graduated this month with B.S. in pharmacy from the Univers ity of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, joined the staff of Kings Mountain Drug Company Monday. Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph R. Harper of Gastonia, is a member of the first class to graduate under a five-year pro gram at the University in Chapel Hill. He graduated in 1960 from Frank L. Ashley high school. At UNC, Harper participated in freshman tennis, was a mem ber of the American and North Carolina Pharmaceutical Associ ations* student branch. He is marrifxl to thb former Diane F'ite of Belmont. Tciycees To Sell Licyhi Bulbs Here Kings Mountain Jaycees will conduct a light bulb sale, an an nual project for benefit of its civic projects, Thursday night from 7 until 9 p.m. Jaycees will sell the light bulbs door-to-door, offering a package of eight bulbs for $2» No Major Gas leaks Infra-red beams have ferreted out 61 leaks in the city’s gas dis tribution system, none of major incidence. Grady Yelton, public works superintendent, said Wednesday the company inspecting thie sys tem reported 61 leaks, none in the "A” or "major leak” cate gory. A few leaks werfe rated “B”, with the vast majority in the "C” or "very minor category. Supt. Yelton said the gas de partment is at work on the seal ing job. Noting a 14.65 percent discrep ancy between gas pumpage and billings, Williaim EMwards, the city’s gas engineer, recommend ed the survey. — Mev, Ma.'. Brandon. Jr., of Follston. new poster of Grace Methodist church, will fill the pulpit at Sunday services. The Brandons inovei into the church parson* oge yesterday. Mew Pastor To Fill Piilpil I Rev. Max B.and.'.n. Jr, of I Fallston. new pa.-: or of Graci Meihodlst chu.ch, will fill the pulph at .'Sunday services. 1 The new minister and his fam ily moved into the G)-;u-e pa.son- age Wedne.sdav. moving (L..* toi ministers in the Meihadist Con fercncc assigned to new The former pastoi*. Rev. N. IT. Piisey and family, m 'Ved to (’an dler whore ho will servo as pas tor of Montmorenei church near Asheville. Son of a Methodist minister Rev. Mr. Brandon cotcs to Kings Mountain from Friend.-hip Methodist chureh. He is a grad uate of Duke University and Duke DA inity Srhool. Mrs. Brandon is the former Flossie Deal. I'hcw are parents of five daughters, two of whom are married. T w o younger daugiiters arc* in ianior hi.di and elementary school while another daughter is a college student. Fifty years ago 27 charter members of Second Baptist church worshiped in a white one- room schoolhouse. Sunday on their anniversary, he congiiegation now number ing 478. dedicated a handsome new fellowship building which adjoins an educational plant and 'hurch sanctuary* valued at 1250.000, Hicluding a pastorium. Twelve pastors and f ur sup- 5ly pastors have ser\ .ci the ■hurch during its history, the ■hurch historian Mrs. C. M. Lankford, noted. She told of the 'TTowth of tile church from its beginning in the winter of 1914 vhen J. R. Roberts, then super- ntendent of Cora Cotton Mills, -nr., led a community Sunday School in one of the village louses. sponsor<*d by Dr. O. G. '^alls, president of the mill. Mr. Rohbris' Bible class was for -all- •re groups, and afterwards the*' •valked a mile up town to First ’’aptist church for prcachin*? where Mr. Roberts was a mem ber and deacon. The history continued that in ♦be spring of 1915 David D. ankford movear east of Xings Mountain and inquired a- )out a place of worship. He sub- oquently suggested that a Bap- ‘1st church be erected on the Fast side of town a-nd R. L Chaney, Sr. liked the plan, talk 'd to others, and Chaney. Ben Bruce. an