North Carolina Newspapers

65 ds. ^ Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 ThU for Graaier Klngi Mountain 't derived from tb« Kinan Mountoln city dir(>ctory ecnbur. The city Umlti figure Is from the Uolted Stotei eeosus of 1960. VOL 76 No. 37 tstab!is'ned l8bV Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 16, 1965 Pages Foday Seventy-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENT' m4 ■^r Gen. Lawrie Will Attend Celebration Trailers Banned List'll b WHITE CANE SALE STARTS SATURDAY one cuip, bi^n sctiool stuaenL presents a cane to Kings Mountain Mayor John H. Moss as the M ayor proclaims the month of September os Sight Saving Month. William White* co*chairman of the Kings Mountain Lions club annual White Cone sale for benefit of the blind* looks on. Miss Culp* olong with other high school students* will conduct a street sale of white cone bangles Soturday. Gool of the month-long campaign is S500. Mr. White and Howard Bryont are co-chair men of the annual project. i* t>^ 4 Bethware Fair Is Underway; CountyEventOpens T uesday Children's Day At Bethware #5 Thursday Bethware Community Fair ..fK'ned the gates of its IJ'th an nual fair W’odnesday at 4 p.m. and officials were predicting that the largest crowd of the fair’- history would attend the four- day event. Thursday has been designated as Children’s Day with a host of youngstois expected to partici pate in games and contests de. signed especially for them. Fail Manager Grady Scirin said. Opening at 2 p.m. there will be special events for the yc.;ng folk until 6 p.m. with reductions in ridevS and midway attiachons. There no adm ; sion t3 the grounds of Bethware school, site of the agricultural fair. Judging' of the many fair ex hihiis eiuered this year will take place Thuisday afternoon, Mr. Seism noted. He noted that cash prizes aie being awarded for the ninth year to entries which re flect the (ver-advancing agricul tural, commercial and industrial field.s. Bethware Progressive Club is sponsor of the fair. Susan Low- cry, Tlaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hill Loweo', will reign as Queen of the festivities. A drawing for prizes will be jickl each night and there will be ^bfiroworks di.iplay nightly. ^P^R. C. Lee Hiding Devices will bring its midway atlractiom hack to the fair again this year. There are numerous rides. Si hool organizations will oper ate {•i)MCGSsion stands which will offer a variety of food for hun gry fairgoers. Exhibits ^are heased in the cafeteria of Bethware school and agricultural exhibits as well as coinr.crcial exhibits are located in the agricultural department adjoining the fairground. The Fair will run through Sat- inxiuy, closing at midnight. us 74 By-Pass Hearing Soon The State Highway commission re hearing on the U. S. 74 Kings Mountain thruway project will be held soon, R. W. McGowan, a>sistant chief engineer, said Wcelne.sday. He said he would recommend a hearing date to Commissioner W. B. Garrison, of Gastonia, on Thursday^ He declined to divulge the date.* pending approval by Comm. Garrison. After the ro-hearing Mr. Mc Gowan added, the director pro bably' will irrake a recommenda- • )n action to the full com- issloji. Normally, he added, such recommendation for a par^ ticular project is made to the full commission only in instances Continued On Page 8 EiriUlN££.R ^ George R. ToUe* son* former Kings Mountain citizen* joined the firm of Jones & Fellers in Augusta* Ga.* September 1 os a consulting engineer. Tolleson loins Georgia Firm George R. Tolleson, former .Kings Mountain citizen, hasjjin- c*d the firm of Jones and Fellers, Architect and Industrial Engi neers, in Augusta, Ga. as con sultant engineer. Mrs. Tolle.son, the former Bet ty Lynch of Kings Mountain, and their four sons will join him in Augusta as soon as they cc.n- plcte the sale of their present home in Columi ia. S. C. Son of Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Tolleson of Charlotte, former Kings Mountain residents, Mr. Tolleson joined the engineering firm of Easterley and Maumaw in Charlotte after bis tour of ••'crvice duty in 1954. Ho was transferred to Columbia, S. C. 11 yeai's ago when the firi.n merged with Florida Steel Engineei's. He is a 1948 graduate of Kings Mountain high school and ma jored in civil engineering at N. C. State college. He wa.s married to the former Betty Lynch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, in 1951. Mr. Tolleson assumed his new duties in Augusta September 1. Lt. Gov. Scott To Open 42nd County Fair Cleveland County's 42nd an nual fair will open for five- day run Tuesday, again featur ing new attractions designed to make it the large.st and most .aried fair in the world. Flags will soon be flying over :hc tail-grounds. Tons of sawdust lave been hauled in and work- nen are worwing at lop speed to lave the sprawling grounds and luildings in shape for the 1965 air opening. North Carolina Lt. Governor (Bob) Scott will officially open the fair at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Also taking part in opening ceremo nies will be the reigning North Carolina Rhododendron Queen, Miss Jeanne Rhodes, of Mat thews. 1 As is custemar.v, school chil- I dren from Cleveland and sur- I rounding counties will got a free I admission ticket for particular ; twonts of the fair. Cleveland County school day will be next luesday. Kings Mountain school day will be Friday. Fair Manager Elbridgo Weath ers said that con.struction has al most been completed on a color ful waterfall and fountain ad joining the entrance to the grand- -Stand. He said that the Rhodo dendron Queen will entertain nightly at the Fair except for Thursday night. Miss North Caro lina, Penny Clark of Sanford, will make an appearantx' on Thursday. The blonde, green- Cuntiniied On Page 8 |For 120 I Zoning Board I Recommendation Is Adopted The city board of commission ers Tjtjday nigiit ordered a 1:^0 day trailer ban, an ordininL- recommended by the newly-cic ated zoning ccirmission. Specifically, the zoning boarr •x.ommended that the commis sion adopt an ordinance prohibit- ng addition ;f resident.al trail ers for 120 days—less if a suit able regulartory ordinance oi amendment to the zoning ordi nance can be drawn and adopted. J. Wilson Crawford, spoke.’- I man for the hoard, said. “It P impossible to he fair to all par- 1 ties concerned without a ful. I study which will require m ire I time.” J. Lee Rccerts, also a I ma.r.ber of the three - member ! board, concurred I The ordinance reads: “Be it I resolved that no additional resi dential trailers shall be located ! within the city limits of Kin:;s j Mountain for a period of 120 I days from date hereof at which I time suitable trailer parking I regulations will be adopted.” I J. A. Trammell and Clinton I Trammell, East King street pro I perty owners, and Mi's. G. L. 1 McDaniel, Jr., Juniper street pro- ! perty owner, spoke in opposition ito-jnobile homes after the zon- 1 ing board had Suggested the ban. I There were no proponents of mobile hoir.es oresent. The Trai.-rmells expressed them- j church made the pre.sen Lawrie Heads ^ n 1 1 82iia Aiiboine Kitcs tonducted M Foit Bzagg I#,. I By MARTIN HARMON : Among di.uinguisnetl quests ’Who wdl attend the 185lh anni- I versary celebration of tlio Bai- I tie of King.s McMiUain will be Major General Joe S. Lawrie, J 'urt Bragg, comminding gen- .-al of the S2nd Airborne divi .on General Lnwrie will serve as rand marsh.al of the October t; irade and will be accompanied y .M:-. Lawrie and the generals de. Captain ’ eidc. ! Ann nmeermt was made by. re Vale, promotional dirreloro'’ ' e upcoming anniver.s.ary (-ele- ation. f dloAing a visit with to general at f*on Bi'agg Tues lay. Mr. Vale also announced com- ; detion of arran.gemc'nt’S to brine 1 o Kings Mountain the famed ' ‘Golden Knights’*. U. .S. Army ky-dlving team of 13 men. In- j •luding nine parachutists who i le.m.onstrate their parachute i umping £.' iliiies on both Octo- j '*er 8 and October 9. I Mr. Vale said he anti(ipatt‘<l a > ! detachment of RK) Fort Bragg I soldiers will appear in the Octo ber 9 parade, as well as Fort Bi'agg’s 440th U. S. Airry band. The city will be decorated m I red. white and blue bunting ■ from October 1 through October 110. and the program of events j will include a beauty contest, tal- ! ent shows, street dancing, a ! mammoth parade, and address I at Kings Mountain ffational Mil- Don Bridges, 14-ycar-old sem !‘^ary Park of a nationally known of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bridges, porsmage. A grand celebration \va.s awarded ihe coveted Eagle, | ball will be held at the Armory highest honor in scouting, at re- 1 the evening of Octo* er 9. On cent Sunday servievs ai Kings ,pifvious evening, the Kings,^ j for spedalized of Mountain Mcnmlaineers wall be' ^ Mauney Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Realtor Wii’td jc.nUi.jb — ijua Troop 91 Boy Scout* has receiv ed the coveted Eogle Scout award* highest honor in scout ing. Don Bridges Wins Eagle Mountain Baptist church w*hich he is a-memb<»r. Scoutmaster Otis Falls. Jr of Troop 91 of St. Matthew’s Lu- selves as bitterly opposed to trailer parks near their resi dences All said that mobile homes would devaluate their land and they did not approve of mobile homes in their /:ack yards. In other actions: 1) advertised seven streets /o'" •assessments duo. including North Piedmont avenue, Groves. Jack- son and Hill streess, \Voodside Drive and Hawthorne and Lin woed Roads. 2) heard report from Mayor Moss that he, along witn City Clerk Joe McDaniel and three ir.embeis of the committee downtown improvement, had at tended a Friday seminar in Cha pel Hill in which new provisions of the 1965 federal housing -act and provisions of the fixlcral open space act were detailed. Principal speaker W’as William C. Arntz. director of operations, open space land division of the Housing & Home Finance Agen cy. tation. Bridges is curronlly the tiOOP’s Juni-rr assistant scout master and has served as patrol leader and assistant senior pa trol leader. Eagle Scout Brid.ges is a fre.'sh- man at Kings Mountain high diool. Other awards announced at Phursday's Court of Honor in cluded advanccircn's made by Life Scout Roy Huifsictlcr. Jr. of Troop 291. Fir-it Class So.iUs David liord and Roy Jones, holli of Troop 90, and Arnold Hyers of Troon 91 and Second Class Scout Charles R. Ford of Trocn 91. host to Bessemer City on thp I gridiron for the annual homei [Coming football game. I Many units have already been ' signed for the parade, including bands, clowns, area life-saving (Tr vs. and horsemen’s assaciia- licns Another feature of the event will be a teen-age driving ro<ico. Fane al for James Ernest (Doe) Mauney. 71, former direct or and vice-president of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan Asso- iaiion, were held Sunday at 4 p.m. from Grace Methodist •iiuich f which he was a mem ber. Rev. Max Brandon. Jr. officiat ed al the final rites and inter ment was made in Mountain Rc’it cemetery. Mr Mauney died Saturday in the Kinos Mountain hospital after sulfering a heart attack on Friday. He had been in appar ent good health, and death was unexpected. Ho was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Caleb B. and Margaret Kennedy Mauney'. He was a retired East Kings Mountain grocer, East Kings Mountain realtor and active in church and c*ommunity affairs. He had long been active in the program of Grace Methodist church an<i was a veteran of I Woidd War I. He was a member Addition of 25 to the Kings of American Legion Po.^^i 155. Mountain area's off to school list | Surviving are his wife, Mrs. brings t> ISG the number of stu- j Beulah Teague Mauney; three dents attending colleges, uni-1 sisters. Mrs_ Ruth Lerrasters of I versities. prep schools and j Bessemer City. Mi's. J. M. Rhea training I of Kings Mountain and Mrs. this fall. I Robert Lincberger of States- SUCCUMDS ~ J. E. Mauney succumbed Sotiu’dcry morning after suffering a heart attack Friday. Funeroi rites were held Sunday. iM Students Gif To School ROBERTS REUNION The annual Hugh Kerr Rob erts reunion will bo hold Sun- djiy, Sept. 26, at Antioch Bap tist church near Grover. Fol lowing the morning worship ser\’ice, a picnic dinner will be spread. A short business ses sion will be hold. Mrs. Ruby K. Jenkins, secretary, said. Downtown Group To Hear Vorhees John Vorhees of Chapel Hill, director of community planning for the North Carolina Conserva tion & Development Department, and Jerry Turner, a community planner with the C & D will meet Thursday (today) with members of the mayoral commit tee on downtown improvements. Sub-eommittees of the overall committee are also meeti-ng to night. Chairman John O. Plonk announced. Community Needs To Be Discussed By Specialists At Town Meeting Merit badges were won by Jimmy Eaker. soil and water conservation and canoeing; Carl Fulton, swimming and ba.skorry and Steve Gladden, canoeing, all of Troop 90; and Troop 294 Scouts Mike Dye. home repairs, cocking: Alan I lord, cooking: Mike Plonk, r(‘ading; Steve Plonk, reading; and Dale Rus sell, cookiu'g. Bottle Buttons On Sale Soon Lapel buttons for the IS.oth anniversary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain, will go on sale within the next few days. The lapel buttons will sell for SI and proceeds will be used to finance the celebration. However, Co-Chairman Bill Brown pointed out. the lapel button will provide the wearer much more than the dollar it costs. The button will provide free admission to several events Of this number. 26 are enroll ed at Appalachian Stale Teach er’s eollege at Boone and 25 ai'C ' rnroliod at Wr.stern Carolina college at Cullowhcc Others include: APPALACHIAN STATE' 'TEACHER'S COLLEGE Linda ; Goforth, Mars' Helen Goforth, Jim .Leigh. Gail Heavnor, Seer- ley Lowery. Calvin L kridge, Norma Spearman, Jimmy Owens. Beverly Honidon and Margie ! Huffstetler. EASTERN CAROLINA Lar- rv Logan. 'western CAROLINA — Lewis .Stewart. Pete Putnam. GASTON TECH Pal Hord ; and Chip McGinnis. KING’S BUSINESS CO'. LEGE ' - Diane Dixon. Annie Rae Wil- i , ^ u *- u j liam., Claudc-ue Hamrick. JiU Srith. LENOIR RHYNE — Barry,; Gibson. DUKE* UNIVERSITY - John Tri-a. UNC AT UUif I , I villc. j Active pallbearers were Plato Hcavner, T. J. Ellison. Otto Guy- ’ ton. Paul Howard. Emmett Ross, R. S. L\Tin. Frank Ballard and j W. G. Jonas. Township Grange Award Winner Number Four Township Grange 'is among 195 North Carolina ! Granges to be recognized for ^ community ser\dce activities dur ing the 37th annual convention ' of the North Carolina State ; Grange in Raleigh Oct 22. ' Jim Yarbro of Kings Mountain is master of the Cleveland Coun- will receive a $25 community sen. ice award given by North ! Carolina National Bank. 1 Award wijiners were named ! this week in a joint announce- during the celebration and will | Melvin Ware T? \T T.’Tr'u nniP ' by Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, T .u .. T i State Grange Master, and C. M. Ltxihettcr, James Pressle> and , of also qualify the wearer to dis counts on purchases at retail stores participating. BELMONT ABBEY I Kenneth Goins. Richard AT GASTON COLLEGE Pat Strickland has enrolled for the fall term at Gaston Community college in Dailas. A six-member panel of Cleve land County citizens will survey community needs in a town meeting sponsored by the Wom an’s club Tuesday night al (;s30 p.m. in the courtroom of City Hall. The woman’s club was this week mailing 3,000 letters to area citizens inviting them to at tend. Loading the prograin will Dr. Z. P. Mitchell, Cleveland County health officer; Ben Poston, Cleve land County juvenile court offi cer; Roy Pearson, member of the city recreation commission; Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, member of the county welfare commission: Rec'ordcr’s Cou)t Judge Joe Mull; and Kings Mountain May or John Henry Moss The panelists will answer such questions as: How can we meet the health needs of our commun ity; what can wc do to help the youth of our town; how can wo make our community more at tractive; how can we meet hu- j man necxls in our community: I and how can wo work with the ! schools of our community. 1 Woman’s CUibbers are vicing for a Sears Roebuck Foundation award which makes available $75,000 to clui:s showing greatest community improve.nent involv ing every segment in the local area. Top award to the winning city is $10,000. A club may “tie- in” to improvements already un derway. Mrs. John Cheshire, club presidetit, noted. Monbers of the community improvoiment committee are Mrs. Haywood E. Lyrich, chairman; Mrs. Aubrey Mauney and Mrs. Cheshire, “Believing potential coopera tion exists in every citizen is why the Senior club is calling for a moiding of this type”, a spokes man for the clubwomen said. Committees will be nai:r.ed to help guide the citizens in plan ning for improvement, the club women added. Business citizens who have do nated funds for postage for the letter-writing project incliudc: Southwell Motor, Herald Publish ing House, J. E. Herndon Com pany, Warlick Insurance Agen cy, First Union National Bank and Palt©ret>n Oil Company, City Accepts Park Easement Tile eity board of c*ommission- ers Tuesday night aaepti'd an casement from Burlington IndHs- tries for land to be used lor rec reational purposes. Mayor Jolui Henry Moss. \s ho labeled the Burlington offer a “fijie contribution to community life”, said that Burlington Mills Phenix Plant has made its Phe- nix street recreation area avail able to the city recreation de partment and will assist in its development as a neighborhood children’s park. The park is located between Burlington Mills Phenix Plant and Mullins Textile Plant. The easement, made available at cost of $1 to the city, was signed by Mayor Moss and City Clerk Joe IF McDaniel. Jr., fol lowing unanimous approval by the city council. A re.solution of thanks will be sent by the council to Burling ton’s home office. The mayor commented; “The city is deeply grateful to Burling ton Mills for making this recre ation area available making pos sible anotlier step forward In kait continuing effort to expand Kings Mountain’s public rixTca- ticxn program, “Burlington’s additional will ingness to assist the city in the development of the area as a children’s park is a further mark of Burlington’s long-time practice of being a generous industrial METER RECEIPTS Paiking mel:T receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $239.45. including $147.- 10 from on street meters. S69.75 from fine.':, and .S22.6() from off- street meters. LODGE MEETING A regular communication of Fairview Lodge 339 AF^^AM will be held Monday night at 7:30 p.m. at Ma«onio Temple, Secretary T. D. Tindall ha.s an- ROTARY CLUB Cliarles Sellers, of Salisbury, of llie Conservation & Develop ment department’s community planning division, will give re sults of a study of population, economy and land use in Kings Mountain for members of the Kings Mountain Rotary club Thursday at 12:15 at the Coun try Club. Wilson (4riffin, a Ro- larian and a member of the city planning board, will pre sent Mr. Sellers. Gardner-Webb Campaign Organized Tuesday With Goal Of S25,000 Leaders of Kings Mountain’s ed Gardner-Wohb College does a $25,000 drive for Gardner-Webb , service for Cleveland County and College Tuesday night set Tues- 1 am interested in this (-ampaign day as the date for a total or- | from the point-of-viow of help ganization meeting which kicks-, ing develop education in Cleve off actual solicitation. Hand C-ounty.” ‘ l>adorship under 5Iauney in- Gaidner-Webl: College’s efforts : dude's John O. Plonk. siTecial to raise $1,125,000 tor expansion : chaiivran; J. C. Bridges, di- and improvement of its campus vision leader: Bob 'Siiincv. can have met with dramatic success j vass elwirman; Fain Ilambri-zht. throughout Cleveland County. : division leader; Jonas Bridges, The drive from March to July division loadoi*, and Ollie Harris. arrangt montj; chairman Plonk s committee is composed of Gk'e A. Bridges. Dr. D. F. Hord. F. S. Morrison. James Herndon, Joe A. Noisier -and .1*. Ai n ild Ki.ser. Division leaders have selected tram captains who in turn will day se.ssion at the Kings Moun- workers to as.sist m solid- the board. / The program is in its eighth • year of bank sponsorship. Includ- ‘ ing the $2,625 in awards this ; year, more than $19,090 has been aw'arded Granges for improve- ' mcni efforts in the state’s rural communities. i “Norih Carolina National Bank hits an important stake in our j agricultural economy,” Vanstory j said. “Naturally, we want to see I it Rirengthoned. Our participation 1 in this program is an indication of our conviction tliat improving *^arm communities must begin among the people themselves within these communities.” Mrs. Caldwell said projects this year included efforts to boost farm income, improvement of tarms and homes, a wide variety of health programs, organization of rural fire departments, and improvement of community cen ters. Many Granges sponsored community . wide discussions on world affairs, changes in agri culture. and adjustments needed to meet such changes. was ha]te<i through summer months and is resuming in Kings Mountain, From there it will move into Rutherford and Gas ton oounti('s. CharU'S H. Mauney. ama chair man, presided during the Tues- tain C'ountry club, and told his steering committee, plus team captains, that success was assur- red with the type leadership | which has agreed to work with him in the campaign. Mauney, general manager of Afciuney Hos- citizen interested in the welfare Mill Inc. and Cai'olina oft the community.” I ^Dirowinfi Co., said, ”l’m convlnc- tation, J C. Bridges announced his captains will be William Brown, Hol^•ard O. Lutz, Ken O. Pruett and Donald Crawfoixl. Jonas Bridges has James E. Axos, Yates Harbison, Charles L. Alexander. Gene MeSwain and Tom Bridges. Fain Hambright Conihiued On Page $ Board Buying School Bus In line with iY*c.)mmendaticHi of a district school transporta tion official, the Kings ?4ountain coard of education has ordered an additional school bus. Meanti'X.e, an additional bus has been pul in ser\ ioo on loan fmm the county system. Theie are still same rough spots in a tjansportation ar rangement," Supt_ B. N. Barnes said WiM-inesday, “e\en with the additional bus.” llv' added, “We’re still experi menting with sclKHlules and iiotH' to have the rough spots eliminate soon.”