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Population
Greater Kings Mountain / 10,320
City Limits ' 8,008
Thli Ugute for CMatet Kings'Nountcoa *• defived iiom
tiM 1955 Kings Moumoin dty dlrffcipry census. Tbs cltT
Umlts ^Ogut* Is from tbo Unitsd Stotss census of 1960. ^
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
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VOL. 76 No. 4
bitabii&Sed 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 27, 1966
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENT
nter
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Primaiy
Alieady Posed
For Two Seats
* By MARTIN HARMON
It's already a three-way race fn
’ the recently for red 27th state
senatorial district in the May
Democratic primary.
Incumbents Jack H. White, ol
Cleveland, and L B. Hollo vvell.
of Gastan, made form.il Wednes
day their anticipated c.indidacies.
as did Max Childers, of Gaston
recently resigned 14th distric,
solicito’r (Gaston Superior
Court).
Filing of the two Gaston men
for the two senato*sh,ips in the
district indicate Democrats o.‘
the two counties do not antici
pate effecting a share agreemeni
for district seats — a system re
cently in vogue throughout North
Carolina. The system h.ns tiie
'permission of state law, though
lejal co.r.!T entators recently, m
light of the federal court ordci
requiring re-districting of tlr.
General Acsembly and federal
congressional districts, feel e.
tost case would throw agree
ments of that kind into the ash
heap. '
George Jei^ins, chairman o
' the Gaston Democratic executive
/ committee, reached by telephone
f late Wednesday said he had not
\ checked into the situation, either
concerning share agreements oi
otherwise, but added, “Gaston
. and Cleveland have always been
friends, worked well together,
and I personally would like to
see it continue.”
J. Clint Newton, chairman of
the Cleveland Democratic execu
tive committee, had not been
reached at pressti.Tie Wednesday
night.
Under the former districting
arrangement, Hollowell repre
sented the one-senator district of
Gaston county and White, with
Senator Adrian Shuford of Ca
tawba, represented the two-sena
tor district of Cleveland, Liinjcoln,
Catawba and Alexander couijties
White is_completing his , first
term, Hollowell his second. Both
are lawyers and hoth are fopmer
judges of their respective muni
cipal court-3.
Senator White, 40, was born in
Winston Salem, reared in Wjlsjun,
and educated at Wake Forest
college undergraduate school and
law school. He served as solicitor
of Kings Mountain recorder’;,
court before becoming judgf. Hf
spent, two yeai> as an army ser
geant 1944-46, and is teach^ o.
a Bible class at Kings Mou^tair
Baptist church. His wife i weu
Continued On Page S jj
With Best EHoirtSo i
It's Hard To Win
No matter how one tries it’s
sometimes hard to win.
Mayor John Henry Moss an
nounced a plan for. quick snow
. removal, found the plan put to
test shortly thereafter, and was
pleased to gain plaudits from
a constituent. Then she added,
“But my daughter say-s you
moved it away too quickly and
I didn’t have any place to
slide.”'
Yet another came this week
when a teacher remarked to a
pupil as more snow threaten^
ed, \“But the Mayor will keep
the streets open and there’ll be
no reason to close down the
schools.”
The gutteral reply, ‘We’ll
fire him.”
Dewey Styers, the veteran
Charlotte 0:server carrier,
prides himself 1) not missing a
single delivery, 2) having the
morning dally delivered by the
time the coffee is ready, and
3) putting the paper out of the
weather if inclemency is the
order of the day.
A lady called to inquire of
her paper Wednesday. Mr Sty
ers told her it should be on the
top step, but perhaps covered
by snow.
That’s where her husband
found his Wednesday morning
newspaper, encased in a wrap
per and quite ready for read
ing, s -
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, Childers
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District’s Senate Seats
Too Early Yet For Timetable
On US 74 Project-Babcock
MOTHER'S MAR€H CHAIRMEN — Miss Jackie Blanton, left, is
cholrman of Kings' Mountain's Mbther's March for the March of
Dimes and Mrs. James Horry, right, is Grover chairman. Weoth*
er permitting. Kings Mountain and Grover women will march
Thursday (tonight) from 7 until 9 p.ni., calling on citizens of
the two communities to contribute their dimes to the fight
ogoinst birth defects, crippler of children. Local women are ask-
ed to gather at the 'Woman's club to begin the canvass. Miss
Blanton said. (Photo by Paul Lemmons).
C of C Banquet
Entertainment
Beports, Election
To Be Features
SPEAKER — state Senator
Jack H. White, Kings Mountain
lawyer, will make the princi
pal address at Tuesday's an
nuo! Bosses' Night banquet of
the Junior Chamber of Com*
merce.
laycee DSA
Banquet Set
state Senator Jack H. White
will make the principal address
at Tuesday night’s annual Bosses’
Night banquet of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Presentation of the 1965 Young
Man of the Year Award will high
light the affair to be attended
by Jaycees and their employers.
Also invited to attend is Meck
lenburg Senator Herman Moore
of Charlotte. The senators will
lead a discussion of North Caro-
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Annual dinner meeting of the
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce will be a ladies night
gathering Tuesday night at
Kings Mountain Country Club.
The dinner will be free to the
crembershlp, President Oljie Har
ris said, and asked-thar'reserva-
tlon cards 'be returned to the
Chamber of Commerce not later
I than Monday.
j Chief business of the meeting
I will be election of officers for
the coming year and summation
oT the past year’s activities by
officers and committee chairmen.
Entertainment in the high club
motif will follow the business
session, which President Harris
Continued On Page 8
Tuesday Final Day
To List Taxes
'Tuesday is the final day to list
taxes and property owners were
encouraged to list now to avoid
penalty.
Listing is underway daily,
Monday through Friday, from 8
a.m. to 4:30 p m. 4n the court
room of City Hall. Taxllsters ar^
in Grover bn Saturday fra.m 9 a-
m. until 5 p.m. at R. E,^ Ham-
bright’s Store.
Mrs. Steye Harmon Is city tax
lister and L. L. Benson is No. 4
Township lister, assisted by Mrs.
Charles Carpenter and Mrs.
Charles Ballard. . i
Administtator
Oiitlines Order
Of Development
By MARTIN HARMON
William F. Babcock, admin-s-
.rator of the St.ate Highway com-
.mission, .said Wednesday it is
too early XPt” lo indicate a
imetable fn- completion and
opening to traffic of the US 74
jy-pa&s finally approved recently
jy the commission.
Meantime, nowever. Mayor
John Henry Moss received inlor-
mation copy Wednesday n orn-
117 of a letter from Mr. Babcock
o this division's Highway Com-
missidner W. B. Garrison in
whiclv-the^minis^ator utomia.,
<:d /uir effort’s Tri'ex^dUmg ilu
project, as the Commissioner had
urged.
Noting that much detailed
vork Is involved in the building
>f 7.3 miles of controlled access
lighway, Mr. Babcock listed in
':he following order the upcom-
ng work required for the US 74
by-pliss:
1) Surve3nng. _
2) Staking.
3) Designing.
4) Acquisition of right-of-way.
5) Contracting.
6) Construction. '
Jle said he would keep city of
fidUls and citizens informed as
fast as the several projects be
gin and proceed, to fruition.
The new rp^J^eplacing King
street as a st^ment of US 74,
will move northwest from the
US 74 Interstate 85 insection east
of Kings Mountain- It will move
westward for -a short distance at
Piedmont avenue in the vicinity
of Brice street, crossing Cansler
north of Temple Baptist church.
The projection will then move
southwest to an interchange on
Waco road and to another at
Sccondai-y Road 2036 It will run
south of Bethwarc school, recon
necting with US 74 east of the
I Buffalo Creek Bridge.
1 Full diamond interchanges are
i anticipated at Cleveland avenue
: south of East school and at Pied-
! mont avenue. Phenix street would
1 be- dead-ended as the road run3
j under the Southern Railway-be-
tween Burlington's Phenix plant
and Mullins Textiles. Cansler
street will be-»bridged or under
passed.
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Snowfall
Measnies
4,5 Inches
NEW BRANCH BANK OPENS HERE — Ribbon-cutting ceremonies Thursday evening marked
the opening of First-Citizens Bonk & Trust Compan'i^s new Kings Mountain branch. Participat
ing in the open house attended by 0 large number of citizens were bunk officials Lewis R. Hold
ing, right above, president, and Richard E. Maxey, left, vice-president and resident manager.
Mayor John Henry Moss, center, snipped the ribbon which opened the doors to visitors at 6:30
p.m. The bank opened tor business Friday morning.,
Robert G. Mann
Baptist Pastor
Home S & L
Assets Near
King Winter began leaving his
third calling card of 1966 Tues- r
day but it stuck to his glove.
His second—Saturday’s icing
—melted quickly with warmer
temperatures, having placed
most hardship on City, Duke
Power Company, and REA pow
er crews in the area, as the hea
vy ice snapped power lines and
interrupted service.
At,4:3Q Wednesday aftemocm,
the snowfall which began 23
hours earlier had attained a
depth of 4.5 i-nche?—and the snow '
J?was still dropping steadily.
^ Chief beneficiaries of the Tues-
day-Wednesday blanketing were
school pupils who delightedly
greeted the news that school
bells would not ring Wednesday
or Thursday. They additionally
relished prospects that Friday
would be a snow-free day, too. "
If not as usual, business con
tinued for most folk.
■ Tax listing officials at C|ty
Hall, who had complained last
week of a lag in customers, had
been rushed throughout Wednes
day morning, didn’t get lunch un
til 1 p.m. *
There was a run at apparel
stores for snow-clothing and sev
eral stores reported their rubber
footwear reduced to broken size®.
Service stations did a thriving
business in chains for auto
wheels.
Taxi phone numbers were most
popular of all.
Fuel dealers were pressed to
meet demand.
1-ndustrial firms, with city and
state highway sti*et crews work*
I ing diligently, werd on regular
operating schedules and reported
employee attendance amazingly
good
City Police desk sergeant Ern
est Beam said only one minor
accident had been logged, total
damage about $75, with no per
sonal injuries. He warned motor
ists, however, of an over-night
freeze which might create icy
spots.
Mayor John Henry Moss was
praising city street crews, who
had scraped all non-highway
streets at least twice by 1 p.m.
Wednesday and were still coping
with the still-fallipg snow. Sand
and calcium chloride were being
strewn on ice patches.
Meantime, shovel-bearing city-
men were cleaning business sec
tion sidewalks.
And the snow was still falling
at 5 p.m. with no sign of let-up.
ARP'S Elect
New Deacons
The congregation of Boyce Me
morial ARP church elected four
new deacons during a congrega
tional meeting Sunday.
They are W. Lindsay McMack-
in, Boyce Patterson, John Chesh
ire and EarT Cloninger.
Paul Ham, Jr. was named
chairman of th^ congregatioif
and Mrs. N. F. McGill, Jr. “^was
re-elected secretary. ,, -
New Pastor
To Preach
Here Sunday
Rev. Robert C. Mann of Char
lotle has accepted the call ex
tended to him by members oJ
First Baptist church to be their
pastor. He will bogi-n his pado.
ate Sunday .niarning, January 30
Rev. Mann i.s a native of Con
cord anti graduated from Waki
Forest College, Winston .Salem
and Southeastern Theologica.
Seminary ih Wake Forest. He
did furtnW graduate study at
(he Urtivqrsity of Eclin’o-irgh,
Scotland, and the University ol
Paris, France. While in Europe,
he served with the Foreign Mis
sion Board in various capacities
and was also a member, of the
Executive Committee of the Eu
ropean Baptist Convention.
-He was pastor of-Sai.maria Bap-
list church, Samaria, North Caro
lina, and of Laon Baptist bhurch.
Continued On Page 8
Cleveland Grand
JaU T- In Contrast
In spite of a state’s agency’s
threats to condemn the venera
ble Cleveland County jail, the
Cleveland County grand jury ap
parently does, not agree.
In report of the recent session
this week. Foreman William
Lawrence Plonk of Kings Moun
tain reported to Judge William
E. Anglin, “Six members Inspect
ed the county jail...found the
jail very clean... the food very
go^.” -
Additionally, the Foreman re
ported that five members
WFS
Jury Praises
To State ^Agency
spected the county home, found
“everything clean and well-kept”.
The county home item continu
ed: “The management should be
congr^itulated on an excellent
job. The food was very good here
also. We recommend that the
Board of County Commissioners
continue to maintain and oRprate
the County Home.”
The grand jury reported it had
returned 43 true bills, returned
two indictments for lack of wit
nesses.'
iP
WEV/ PASTOR — Rev. Robert
C. Mann of Charlotte will as- ^
sume pastorate duties Sunday ‘
of First Baptist church.
CAGO Groups
To Convene
Luncheon meetings are sched
uled for Monday at Renn’s Cafe
teria in Grover for two commit
tees of the County Association of
Governmental Officials.
CAGO President Jqhn Henry
Moss said both the projects and
membership committt'es will
■jonvene, meeting separately,
then jointly.
The projects committee will
consider ways and means of pro
viding a county-wide water sys
tem or systems and the mem
bership group will discuss invi
tation to other incorporated
county towns for representation
in the group.
Shareholders of Home Savings
& Loan Association Tuesday fe-
elected all officers and heard re
ports that dividends on savings
accounts -paid 3742 established
another new record.
During 1965 paid dividends on
optional and .full-paid shares
totaled $271,773, a gain of over
g>8iJi),000 Irom tlie previous year,
..aid Tom Tate, secretary-treas
urer.
Ill addition Mr. Tate reported
a total of 328 new loans for a
loial of 1421 during year 1965 of
4)705,935. Total assets of the as
sociation are $7,830,424.44.
'Ihe Bessemer City Branch, of
wliidi Jake Dixon Is m.dnager,
rtiiortcd dividends ofV< $838,000
paid to 1,900 ^pvings accounts
and total assets ol $1,826,546.
! Two new tellers were empfo^
ed by Home Savings, ineluding
(Airs. Frances O. Herndon and
lic&ecca Broome, Mr. late re
ported.
. -Ill addition to Mr. Tate and
Mr. Dixon, other officers, all of
whom were re-elected, arc Dr. J.
E. Anthony, president; Glee A.
Bridges, vice-president;' J, H.
I’liomson, vice-president; A. Hun
ter Patterson, vice - president;
Emily A. Herndon, assistant
secretary - treasurer; and Mrs.
Nancy S. Seism, teller;
Directors are Dr. Anthony, Mr.
Bridges, Mr. Thomson, Mr. Pat
terson, Mr. Tate, J., B. Mauney,
I. G. Patterson, B. D. Ratterree,
Jack H. White, Dr. Paul E. Hen
dricks and R. S. Plonk. The legal
staff include Davis, White and
White and George B. Thomasson,
attorneys-at-law.
TAG SALES 931
City auto tag sales totaled
931 Wednesday, a member of
the Lions club project commit
tee said. The tags are on sale
at $1 in the courtrooms of City
Hall.
Snow Postpone!
Census Work
Wednesday’s snow here and
throughout the county has post
poned special census work which
began 'Diesday.
Robert M. Davis, census super
visor, said 80 Women have been
employed as enumerators to tadee
a special census to provide infor
mation for the U. S. Attorney
General’s office to determine If
Cleveland County falls under the
federal voting Rights Act of
1965.
Training sessions were held on
Monday and 'Tuesday mornings
and the enumerators went out ki
v'arious sections of the city and
county on both afternoons.
“When w’e actually get started
the assignments should be cocn-
pleted within a week or two”,
said Davis.
“If this snow keeps falling,
however, we’ll have to postpone
our activities for severid days”,
he added.
Following completion^ of as
signments made to enumerators
Davis said that clean-up work
would not require too long.
Censufe questions will ask:
name of each person, age, sex,
color or race and relationship to
the head of the household. Al
so, information about basements
in dwellings will be gathered at
the request of Civil Defense.
Would He Steal
The Holy Bible?
Would he steal the Holy Bi
ble?
'This one (or ones) probably '
would. ' ’ . S
The March of Dimes canister
at (Jity Hall was found e.-npty
in a basement crevice. It would
, known to have a good anKHint
of coins therein.
Chairman Bennett Masters
of the March of Dimes drive
for polio treatment reported
the theft and said other Iny
stances had been reported.