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m lurs* ond Mr, Population ^^^reater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 Thia figure for Greotrr Xfngt Mountain ti derived from ih(r 195b Kin<;» Mountain city dlrectorv ecn:»us. The city Umitft llyure as (lom the United States census of 1960. VOL. 76 No. 4^ 16 Paq&s Today Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper bstabiisSod 1889 Kings Mountain, N, C., Thursday, December 9, 1965 Seventy-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENT Speedier US 74 Traffic Is Sought Davidson Coach Banquet Speaker Annual Lions j ~ Party Tuesday f or Gridmen cur PACK ORGANIZED — Cub Pack S8, of Kings Mountain, was newly organized on November 25th. The pack is sponsored by Boyce Memoriol Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Pictured ere, front row, left to right. Gene Turner, David HuUender, Robbie Bridges, Chucky Austin, and Gory Howzc; second row, left to right, John O. Plonk, Jr., Bobby Wore, Roger Eaker, Keith Fronk- lin, ond Chris Laughter; third row, left to right, Mrs. Leonard Ware, den mother, Jimmy Eaker, den chief, Mrs. Bill Laughter, den mother, and Paul Fulton, packmaster. Not present for picture taking was Curtis Salmon. Homer Smith, head football' coach at Davidson College, will i bt‘ the guest speaker at the 1965 , ions Club fojlball banquet i Tuesday night at 7:00 at the' Kings Mountain Woman’s Club. The banquet is given annually by the local Lions Club honoring | iho mevT. ers of the Kings Moun-1 ^ tain high school football players! and coarhes. The first banquet was lielcl in 1939. Smith reco*!itly completed his first season as h<*3(1 coach of the Wildcats and in «o doing, led Da* vid.«on to its bc.<t season in 11 years, 6-4. S.mith was backfield coach at the Air Force Academy from 1061 until this year. His coaching career began at Stanford Univerr»ity in 195S. He ! was head freshman coach and ! director of recruiting for two years at .Stanford and was the offensive backfield coach his last Continued On Page 6 ISH&PW Team I Was Working iHere Wednesday j By MARTIN HARMON j A four-man traffic engineering I team of the Stale Highway & Public Works commission was in Kings Mountain Wednesday seeking means of speeding traf fic transit and otheru’ise allevi ating traffic problems along US 74—King street. The team included Gw>'n Sandlin, Tom Jefferiee, Ray Clark and Jerry Ruppe, who in vestigated traffic signal inter sections with King and other in- i brought comments of oppo subsequently | sition from secretarit^s FRB Harl Money Action Draws Fire Bridges Predicts Building Funds Will Tighten The federal reserve board’s action in raising the discount SPEAKER « Davidson College football Coach Homer Smith will be the guest speaker at the 1965 Kings Mountain Lions Club football banquet Tuesday night at the Woman's Club. Gas Victims' Funeral Held tersections, and conferred with Mayor John Hen ry Moss, who had re<jueslod the survey on behalf of the city com mission. ! Mr. Sandlin said a study will be made of traffic counts, inter section accidents and oth<?r fac tors, for final delerminalicn but indicated he felt speedier transit on King could bo obtained by co-timing the four traffic signals at Gaston-King, Piedmont-King, Battleground-King and Railroad- King signal—with the considera ble distance between it and the Cleveland-King signal — would result in most motorists, at nor mal driving speeds, encounter “go” lights on their approaches. ^ ^ — Postofiice Open North Carolina Speculation s**"***^ Jlife As Redistricting Looms Stoves Open Late Now On Fridays Kings Mduiilain department I sujic.- will remain ojwn until 9 on Friday nights, begin ning December lOlh, and con- ! tinuiiig on Friday nights until ClirisJ-ras, Mrs. Luther Joy, I Meiviiaiiis As.-ociation secre tary, said this week. J )y said that Belk’s. ; Fulton's, McGinnis, Cato’s, i Plonk Brother*, Eagles’ and ‘ Roses' Department stores had set a policy for the holiday sea- , son, beginning this Friday to I remain open late to accommo- ' dale Clirist.T.as shoppers. Three Senate District Maybes, White Hears By MARTIN HARMON A special session of the Gen eral Assembly lia.s been called , for January 1 to implement a ■ f(‘deral court order to ro-disirict the eleven f<‘dcral congressional , <llstiicls, the slate senate, and ; the stale house of representa- 1 live.-i. What will happen to Cleveland County and l]»o four-county 3Ist senatorir.i district, represt'iitcd respectively ; y Rt'p. Robert Z. Kails, and l)y Senator Jack W’lite. Kings Mountain, and Si*n- a*<»r Adrian Shufoid, Hickory? Neither were n.imed to special ccmi.iltecs which will jjropose the legislation. Senator W’JiitP said Wednc's- dj\, ‘i know nothing, though 1 have talked with others concern ing tlu' pos.sible pniposals.” Senator White ynkl he Itad lu‘ard throe “possililes” for Clcve- lanil County senatorial represen tation (jn the 7ne-m in-ono-votc order of the federal court. 11 the • nalorial district would stay s is", willi two senators assign- i*d to tile district nirn|)ri.sf(l by Cleviland, Catawba, Lincoh), and Alexaniier counties; 2i Clev<*land would be nut into a district with Gaston, again with two semators; ('lexeland would be put int > a dislrict witli Lincoln, willi one senator. Noting that tlie "ideal" f »'* the House representation is about 37,.''Uii per represent at iv’o. Sera t(»i' White saul Clevel.ind almost tpialifies for two and added, “that would be mighty fine*". . . _ He addexi he’d heard much talk I .iffice of Schools about the lllh Congressional Dis- | Rarnes. trict. with much sp<*culation that ! , •, * C'onKri'ssmnn Basil L. Wliiton.-r I 'n micl Novomhcr anjiitcct cn- ,D) ami Charles R. J.inas (R) j S'lr^’ers were authon/ed to com- would find themselves i-n the I revision of plans desi,?ned same district. All the Sentitor i to p.ire consiriiftion costs and to would v(‘nUirc on con uossional | realignment was to predict "as gorry..randcring U.S. Gypsum Is New Mining Citizen Here Di.xie Mines. Inc.. Heflin, Ala., mica producers, was merged, ef fective December 1, with United States Gypsum Company. Dixie Mines, Inc., has operat ed a mica mine here on X. C. 216 south. Neal Pritchard. Di.xie office manager, wrote local suppliers recently to inform them of the Tiu* three jewelry firms, Dellinger’s, Grayson’s and Wil lie’s. were open until 9 p.m. on F 'idiys. beginning last Friday night and will conli-nue that pr)licy until Christinas. Dellin ger’s uill also be open on Thursday night until 9 o'clock. Stadium Bids To Be Opened I James E. llenidon, Jr., former , chairman of the Kings Mountain j board of e<iucation. said VV'ednes- I day he is optimistic that bids, to be oiK'ned on Tuesday far the ; proposed John Gamble Football I Stadium, will be lower than those j mvited last May. ‘ Thrw sets of bids for grad- I ing and drainage?, concrete seat ing and general construction will be opened by architect engi- I neers, school board and stadium officials Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Supt. H. N. little gorry.randcring as possj hie, what with tlie courts look ing o\er our shoulders." Hep. Whitener himself has ctMifined his remarks t(j tlie fact that, while he is obviously likely to find himself with lass of some counties and gain of others, that the redistiicting chore is not his, though his current scwen-county district comes closer than most others to the 411,000 "id(»al'’ in population. A \VB-T\^ report of Monday • ght quoted an unnamed source [ 'Washington as predicting that three incumbents, Wliitener, Continued On Page 8 Invite bids as (|uickly as possl le for grading and clrainag«‘, con crete stadium seals, and general conlracl, including electrical, plumbing, lighting, pressbox and concessions. When bids were invited last spring, only one or “turnkey" bid was asked. Result was that the total cost would have approxi mated $145,000 some $63,000 over the $s0,000 eontrihutions sought for constructing the 4,009-seat stadium. Meantime, contributions and pledges ha\e topped $83,000. Stadium officials also express ed the hope that contracts will be let on 'IMesday. Kings Mountain Postoffice will remain open all day on Saturday and also on Saturday, Dec. 18th, Postmaster Charles L. Alexan der has announced. "In view of the fact that post al sali?s are showing a marked! increase, we feel it necessary to extend our various postal serv ices during the month of De cember", the postmaster contin ued. The following schedule is of- fecti\’e: 1) Parcel post is delivered to patrons on a si.x-day-a-week sche dule. 21 Beginning Saturday, the Postoffice service windows will .:e open all day. The Postal mon ey order window will be open from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. These liours will also be observed on December 18th. A reminder to patrons, Mr. Alexander continued: “Please j bundle your cards and letters in- I to “In Town" and "Out of town" ■ packages. Appropriate wrappers 1 are on hand at the postofficc j windows." Rotary To Hold I Ladies' Night __ I Kings Mountain Rotarians will from wallboard, j hold their annual ladies’ night major supplier of ■ banquet Friday evening at 7 o’clock at Kings Mountain Coun try Club. A group of Seminarians from Luthei'an Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina will pi*esent a musical program of entertain ment to highlight the annual af fair. Wives of Rotarians will be special guests. Tom Tate heads the program committee for the event. Presi dent Devere Smith will preside. The civic (dub’s regularly- scheduled meeting on Thursday will not be held. Mrs. Grace Gantt Baker, 72, and her daughter, Mrs. Madge Baker Carroll, 52, the latter a sister-in-law of Mrs. Robert H. Goforth, of Kings Mountain, died of car.:on monoxide poisoning at their joint residence in Lincoln- ton last Friday. Double funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from Lin- colnton’s First Methodist church. The two women were found dead by Mrs. Carroll’s husband, Richard, at 6:50 p.m. Friday when Mr. Carroll cMne home from his Charlotte job. Coroner Melvin Drum said re sults of an autopsy revealed that the women died of carbon mon oxide poisoning which came from a faulty flue in the sewing room of the home. Police officers, who The group also made site in spection of the Phifer road- Country Club cross-over. The city i commission has requested a I traffic signal on King at this point. Mr. Sandlin noted that only — - three accidents had occurred at \ dent Lyndon Johnson opposed this point in three years and j the rate increase and speculated that traffic count had not indi- aloud on whether Chairman Wil- rit^s of the city’s two savings and loan as sociations, clicitt*d none from lo cal bank officials. Ben H. Bridges, of Kings Mountain Savings and Loan as sociation, said, "Tlie aciion is likely to tighten cr(*dit money for homo-building and consumer goods. The U. S. Savings & Loan , association deplored the increase, I with the charge it would largely 1 due to pressure by big city banks. We have had a sufficiency of funds and should have until spring, when building gi\'es way to winter. But we may feel it in the spring." Thomas A. Tate, indicating op- j position to the increase, merely said. "We’re wailing for deveiop- ments." Neither R. S. Lennon nor El more Alexander, vice-presidents of First Union National Bank's Kings Mountain branch com mented as to result. Mr. Lennon noted that Presi- MANAGER — Richard E. Max- ey* ossUtant vice president of First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, hos been named res ident manager of the bank's Kings Mountain branch, slated to open in early Jonuory. The Moxey family is moving here Dec. 20 from Hickory. cated unusually heavy flow. Mayor Moss rejoined that the traffic count was made on a Monday, when the Country Club is closed and traffic is normally lighter on US 74. He also won dered if the count had been made since the new high school was , put into service. He suggested quiz that a Wednesday count—a pop ular day with golfers — would liam McChesney Martin and the other three members of the Fed eral Reserve board, would learn, as did the aluminum and steel industries, that opposing the ad ministration can be treacherous. Meantime. Congressional lead ers have called for a hearing to FRB mem'.:crs on the ac- investigated, also found a dog, provide a more normal traffic j merger. Operations of former Dixie Mines, Inc., are now' in the name of Western Mica Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of United States Gypsum Company. United States Gypsum Com pany, home offices in Chicago, 111. was incorporat(*d in Illinois in 1920. It is largest company i-n its field and derives half its sales volume and is also a plaster, roofing, punt and insu lation materials. Sales in 1964 were $315.6 million. Current president is G. J. Mor gan. Stock of the corporation, trad ed on the New York stock ex change. clos(*d Wednesday at $63.87 per sh^ro. Its capitaliza tion is 78,069 shares of preferred stock and S.l million shares of common slock. It ow-cs no long term d('bt. Under Dixie Mine's, the com pany has bet*n managed by Don Turner. which was sick in the house. Drum said there was no evi dence of foul play. Coroner’s injuest has btKn slated for Saturday at Drums Funeral Home in Lincoln (on. The jury W'ill include William La..Tibcrt, Hubert Summey, Paul Smith, Oscar Tucker, Harvey Goodson and Luther Richards. Drum estimated the two wom en had been dead for several SERIOUSLY ILL Dr. Laura Plonk, of Aslie- villo, continues s(‘riously ill at S('Vonth Day Adventi.sl Hos pital in Asheville where she was admitted Wednesday. ON REA BOARD William Lawrence Plonk, Kings Mountain dairyman, was ixH'ently elected a diroclor of the Rutherford Rural Electrifi cation Corporation. Mrs. Croit Gets Christmas Gilt; Brother Aboard Kitty Hawk Unhurt Mrs. Lila Reynolds Croft says she r(H‘eived her best Christmas present Wednesday with the news that her brother, a Naval i officer aboard the aircraft car- I Tier the USS Kitty Haw^k. oper ating off the coast of Viet Nam, is "okay." The Kings Mountain woman said that her brother, Oliver Joe Reynolds, a commissioned offic er and a veteran of 21 years of naval duty, was not injurc^l Tues day in a series of flash fires wliicli broiio out below decks while the carrier was taking fuel from a tanker. Mrs. Croft had heard via news bout's when he arrived on the scene with Police Chief Arnold Tarr and other officers. Carroll told poliw he failed to get a response to his knock on the door of his home and used a stcpladder to enter a window of the cast side of the white, frame house. He first found his mother- in-law lying on the floor in the sewing room. He walked from the sewing room to the adjoin ing living room and found his w'ife in a sitting position slump ed over on a couch. Carroll said lie called a neighbor who sum moned a doctor, an ambulance and the police. Carroll told police the house was "very hot’’ when ho entered. Dr. John Reese, Morganton pathologist, said the carbon monoxide could have accumulat ed in the blood of the two wom en o\er a period of time. Drum said he found no leaks or faults in the gas-operated stove but found a large amount of soot in the chimney. He said there was no ventilation through the chim ney for the stove. United Fund SOPereentIn Kings Mountain’s United Fund drive exceeded the half - way ' mark this week, as Co-Chairman : Elmore Alexander reported cash ' received and pledges total 60 I percent "in hand" or $12,393 of a reports that Iw'o sailors died of i quota of $20,656. smoke inhalation, and 29 persons | a large number of solicitors were injured in the fires which j are yet to make reports, and Mr. crew-men battled for more than tlireo hours in the 76,700-ton car rier off the Vietnamese coast. She said she telephoned her sister-in-law Tuesday night wao related that she had been noti fied by officers in San Diego, California, that Reynolds not injured. Mrs. R(»ynolds and their two children live in Imperial Beach. California. Reynolds, engineer in the aero nautical division, joined the Navy at the age of 17. count. Mayor Moss further pointed out that the Country Club-King signal w’as envisioned by his board as equally important to providing aid in egress to resi dents of Edgemont Road, includ ing Kings Mountain Hospital and Boyce Memorial ARP church, to the main Kings Moun tain hospital entrance-exit, to Sims street residents, and to the large number of citizens attend ing First Baptist church. Mayor Moss, noting transit speed improvements already de rived from providing turn lanes at King-CIeveland and King-Bat tleground, asked the group to consider turn lanes on Battle ground at King (NC 216). Mr. Sanderlin said the studies March Of Dimes Re>names Harris 'The Kings Mountain Junior Woman's club will conduct a Mother’s March during January for benefit of the 1966 March of Dimes campaign against birth defects. Members of the club voted to conduct the camptugn effort here, Miss Jackie Blanton, presi dent, said. Shelby Attomej- Fred Flow’ers I was named Cleveland County I drive chairman for the Cleveland tion. As the discount rate (price at up" county^ ped to 4.5 percent, the board also ^ ainnei authorized payment of up to 5.5 percent interest on certificates at Hotel cneetin, Charles Friday night. Rev. Forrest Teague W'as elect- ^ chapter chairman and J. Ollie of deposits of more than 30 da>-s. ^ xfnnnrain was First Union National Bank Ha™* “ fiisi uiiiuu I re-elected nct'-chairman. Other now offers .d p notes officers named were Mrs. James paid quarterly ;Davis, treasurer, and Mrs. Recca in $100 increments of $oOO wretkrv $100,000. The savings & loan as sociations offer 4.25 percent in-) terest, with semi-annual pay ments, on amounts of $5 up. Fiee-Toll ^port Due Next Spring Results of a current study now being conducted by Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph . ^ J (Company on relative cost ...rtuit-i luv a cii«i* would be made and he hoped de- eomparable demand for free toll j rfeiivered to Holy Angels H be made by Janu-] ^ ^ ^ ^ j pg throughout Cleveland | Belmont. Attorney Joe Mauney presided, i J. Marse Grant, state-wide vol- Other committee chairmen were also appointed, including those on the executive commit tee, speaker’s bureau, women’s division and others. During the annual meeting a check for SoOO was contributed Jo the Birth Defects Treatment Center of North Carolina Mem orial hospital in Chapel Hill which is supported by state chap ters and ser\*es the entire state. Also $100 was donated by the local chapter for a wheel chair cision would ary 1. Alexander invited individuals not contacted by UF volunteers to mail their contribution to Mrs. Helen R. Blanton, treasurer, First Union National Bank. Funds derived from the 1966 United Fund campaign will ben- was'efit eight organizations, includ- ‘ ing the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad, American Red Cross. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Kings Moun tain high .school band, Jacob S. Two loin Postofiice Staff 'Two new* city carriers joined the staff of Kings Mountain Postoffice last Saturday, Post master Charles L. Alexander an nounced this week. Employed were Bob llullender and Frt*d H. Bridges. Mr. Hullend(»r was formerly manager of Belk’s Men’s De partment and Mr. Bridges was employed by Neisler Mills Divi sion of Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company. At Belk’s, Mr. HuUender was succeeded by Lanny Smith of Moore sx'ille. service throughout Cleveland County is due next spring, Floyd j Farris, Shelby exchange mana-1 ger, said \\ednesday. lunteer chairman of the March of Several farm groups and oth-■ ers i Recorder", was guest speaker. He spoke on research programs canied out by tlie Foundation in the field of birth defects and fol- I for free tolls on all calls within I the bounds of the county. Mr. Farris noted that Bell is currently making 32 such sur- j address. Western N, yeys in the 24 counti^ m which,^ Field Representative Dabney it operates in North Carolina. SUPPER Cleveland County Re.scue Squad wdll sponsor a hotdog and hamburger supper Satur day from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. for benefit of the Squad’s building fund. Open house will bo held on Saturday at the Squad Hcadquart(*rs at 312 Parker street. Delivery sc'rvico Is obtainable by telephoning 739-2077. iCottington. Jr. of Charlotte, I showed the 1966 campaign film. An Extra Measure." As the father of a physically Continued On Page 8 One-Way Enhance To East School To Be Recommended ToCityBoaid Mayor John Henry Moss will recommend a one-w'ay street ap proach to East school as a safety measure at the city commission meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Restricted only from 8 to 9 a. m. and from 2:45 to 4 p.m.. the following w’ould be one-way: Ljmn street west only, from Cleveland to Church; Church street north only, to Linwood road; "Woodside drive west only, from 1 Cleveland to Church. I The plan would have traffic Mauney Memorial Library, Com-1 moving W’est into East school’s pact high school band, and I entrance roads during "take-up" Continued On Page 8 I and “let-out" hours, with all traffic exiting on Linw^ood roadj and Church. Other items listed on Tuesday night’s agenda include: 1) Report of the .Mayor on en gineering progress of the sewage disposal project. 2) Receipt of bids on purchase of a ditching machine for , the gas department. 3) Consideration of retention of Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Fla., for recodifica tion of city ordinances. Robert D. Ussery, of the Tallahassee firm, is to be present to present a proposal. Two Distinguished 1941 Army Recruits I William McChesney Martin, I chairman of the Federal Re- ^ serve board, currently in a I storm center over the boards 4 to 3 decision to raise the bank discount rate and make money more "hard", w'as a fi nancial whiz kid in his twen ties. when ho first became chairman of the FRB. In 1941 he resigned to volun teer for duty as an army priv ate at $21 per month. He underwent basic training at neighboring Camp Croft, S. C., at Spartanburg, and was a member of the 38th Training Battalion. Another member of the bat talion and resident of the same barracks was a Kings Mountain recruit, now Mayor John Henry Moss. “You didn’t have to ask to know he was a fair-haired boy." the Mayor rec'alls, who said he knew Marlin only casually.