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VOL 77 No. 6
Kings Mountain's Relialble Newspaper
Pages
Today
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 10, 1966
-IT
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Bond
Allen Is k
His Fifth Term
Judge Falls,
Sheriff Allen
M jAie Hunning
if#' ’“i”''
GAIUJAGE REMOVAL MOBILIZED — While it has been many years since the garbage wagons
were muls-poweri'l, the work of emptying garbage and other trash hos continued to be hard,
bacrk-brecking work. The Kings Mountain scmitalion is going modern, os the picture shows. The
big plastic container on wheels rolls easily to the garbage truck and dumps quickly. Kings
Mountain's first w^ht into service Friday and five more, one for every man on the detaiL are
expected momentarily. Collection time is saved and service speeded, says Public Works Superin
tendent Grady Yelton, left, and Mayor John Henry Moss, as they get a demonstration from King
Roseboro and Paul Glenn.
I®':'
Auto Inspection
Begins Wednesday
Wins CONl^ST — Douglas F.
Sessoms, son of Mr. end Mrs.
Ben F. Sessoms, Jr., of Kingfi
^ountoill, is winner of a local
contest on current affai-s spon
sored by Time Magazine.
Sessems Wins
Contest
II
Douglas B. Sessjms, 15-year-
old'^son ol Mr. and Mrs. Ben F.
Se,3sonis, Jr. of GOf Mauney Ave
"nue, is local wmner of Time
Magazine's-30th annual cun-ent
affairs contest.
SessoiTs competed with 110
Kings Mountain studen.a. Larry
Eiorto-n and J: C. Wright weu
runners-up.
Active in student affairs
younj Sessoms attend;; St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church.
Time’s Current Affairs Test,
given this ye.ar to.more than-oni
million college and high school
students in the U. S. and Canada
consists of lOO questions on na
tional -and foreign affairs. Alsc
included are such categories at
business, sports, entertainmeiit,
science, religion, literature and
the arts_
The test, created lor the Time
Education Program—an e.xclusivc
classroom servdee of Time maga
zine — has been taken by nearly
O.OOO.tXX) students since ’ its in
ception 30 years ago.
Top scorers in each of the
' Continued On fage 8
Jernr McCarter
Is Wounded
First Lieutenant Jerry McCar
ter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
McCarter of Kings Mountahi,
.sufftted a foot wdurid’ In aaToTT
in Viet N.lm, his parents learm d
in a letter from their son tins
week.
Lt McCarter termed the wound
minor, but that an infection had
resulted In his being sent to
Clark Field, the Philippines, for
treatment.
He wrote he can now "get ,rry
boot on’’ and that he is back on
duty as a radarman at Da Nahg
■airbase in South Viet Nam.
Lt. McCarter went to Viet Nam
in October, after prior special
training in Florida and at Clark
Field.
He is a graduate of Erskino
college and was assistant loot-
ball coach at E.asley, ^ C., high
school before entering the sen/-
ice.
His wife resides in Pheun.x,
Ariz.
Ik Stations
licensed
in Township'^
Six automobile inspection sta
tions have been approved ir
...ibor 4 township for the state
wirie inspection program startinf
:»e.xt Wednesday.
The six are Southwell Ford,
Victory Chevrolet Company, Jol-.
Am.'ico Service and McGill’^
C.S.SO Service, all in Kings Moun
tain, Batchler’s Garage in Grov-
■ and Babb’.s Garage on US 7<
West.
I'he compulsory program is
he first since the ill-fated and
hart-lived inspection law dur
ing the late forties.
The ihspectiorT fee is"^$iT5T5.
There are six inspection re-
'uiirments: headlights, horn, di-
cction signals, brakes, wind-
diiold wipers and steering mec
hanism.
The law becomes compulsory
on basis of a motorist’s license j
lumber, the last digit being the
ietormining factor.
Owners of cars with tags end
ing in “3” will be required to get
inspections not later than March
3,1. Last digit ‘‘4’’ makes April
the required inspection deadline.
Last digit of "8” would be. Au
gust.
Under the new inspection law,
til vehicles must have ' passed
■he six-requirement test by De-
embei* 31. DeadiinesTor individ
ual motorists are based on the
last digit of 19€6 auto tags.
Motorists with the earliest
leadline of March 31 drew 3966
with numbers ending rn
'S’’. Tags ending in "9’’ spell an
\pril 30 deadline, "3’’ August,
‘5’’ October.
Luckiest, from the standpoint
of latest deadline, is the motor
ist with his new tag ending "7’’—
which means he can wait until
December 31.
PRESIDENT — Howard Lutz,
Kings Mountain pharmacist,
has been elected president of
the Cleveland County Pharm
aceutical Association for the
coming year.
Dniggists Name
Howard Lnb
Howard Lutz, Kings Mountain
pharmacist, has b^n elected
president of the Cleveland Coun
ty Pharmaceiitic.il Association
for the coming year.
Officers were elected at Sun
day night’s dinner meeting at
Shelby Elks Lodge.
Mr. Lutz is associated here
with Kings Mountain Drug Com
pany.
How-ard Logon will sferve as
first vice-president. Bill Morris
will serve a's second vlce-presi-*
dent and Ro.ert Kciger will
serve as secretary-treasurer.
The recent drug abuse act was
one of the main topics of di^jcus-
slon at the mrefing. Effective
February 1, 196*’'. prlpscriptions
over six month'-: old cannot be
refilled and new . prescriptions
can be refilled no more than five
tiiTes. This new law does not ap-
Sheriff Hayvvood Allen will
seek another term. j
Superior Court Juclje B. T j
Falls, Jr., of Shelby, will .^eek
•election to the position he was,
api oi-nted last ye?r.
These were the political devel
opments of the past week.
The Democrat.c executive cciT^^
mittee met Taesday, recommend
ing re-appointment of Ralph Gil
bert, veteran chairman, and Cam
eron Ware to the county elec
tions bo-ard, with Fred Flowers
as alternate.
And the executive committee
instructed Chairman Clint New
ton to discuss with other Demo
cratic chair.ren effected, by th'
recent re-districting changes, por
sible rotation agreements, both
in the three-county 43rd hous'
district, and the twocounty Sen
ate district.
It was noted that opinions of
many are that rotation agree
ments will be legal in North Car
olina only until a federal couit
has opportunity to rule out. tills
permissive state law. It was alsc
noted that the law is still oper
ative until declared illegal/
Sheriff Allen was reared in
Ongs Mountain, son of Irvin M
Mien, a onetime slieriff of the
.’ounty,-and Mrs. Alien, ■'vho now
Shelby. The ^Slwriff is a,
’ortner Kings Mountain police
, naui and was elected to his pres-
■mt position in 1950 and is com
lieting his fourth four-yem;
arm. He is past president of the
tate Sheriff’s association. He if
' member of First Baptist enure’
* Shelby. His whfe is the forme’
\Iajel Stewart, of Kinvs Mouri
ain. They h^ve two dae’h’^ers
■nd Miss Kathryn Allen, an East
ern Airlines hostess, of Bosion
’.nd a son, W’oody Allen,'at home.
Sheriff Allen noted that he had
witnessed many changes in lav
enforcement in this county and
added, “I feel I'm qualified
through e.xperience for re-elec
tion.’’
akimxiixc bmWOULi Ai-LEN
- Seeks Re-election
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for
the week ending Wednesday i ply to all drugs hut it does apply
Included $163..50, plus $58 in | in cases of certain sedatives and
fines. Two-week receipts from appetite depres.sanls. . ■>.
off-street meters totaled §44.35. I —
Kings Mountain's Second Bonanza
Winner Mrs. London Knew Slogans
A second Kings Mountain wom
an is winner of a vyiBT Charlotte
radio program "Bonanza” worth
$1100.
Mrs. Woody Londqn^jwife of a
KTn^ Mountain pharmacist, had
applied for a "Bonanza” club
card and received a nawnber. Her
number was called at 8:45 ajm.
Monday morning and she was
given 11 minutes in which to dial
the special WBT number and
give the names, in order, of six
advertising slogans played on the
air each day last week.
Mrs. London correctly identi
fied the slogans as: First Union
National Bank; Hunter’s Milk;
Bost Bread; EC; Eckerd’s; and
Courtesy Ford.
The Kings Mountain winner of
$1100 cash didn’t .<ay-what she
would spend her prize for, but
she was receiving numerous calls
from friends to congratulate her,
both at home and at Medical
Pharmacy which she and her
husband operate.
First "Bonanza” winner here
was Mrs. John Butler Plonk who
identified the voice of actor Vic
tor Jory as the "Secret Santa”
and claimed valuable prizes
her home worth $800-$1000.
KM S&L
Had Good Year
Shareholders of King.s Mon”
tain Savings & Loan Association
heard reports of .a good year o
operations during 1965 at the an
nual meeting Tuesday.
The shareholders also re-elect
ed the eight directors and the di
rectors met afterwards to re
elect officers.
Secretary - Treasurer Ben H
Bridges, in his annual report,
told shareholders that assets,
now totaling over $4 million
were up by 6.6 percent of $284,1.
385 during the past yearj; thn’
savings, which now total over $4
million were up by $229,625 or
5.89 percent; and that reserves
at year end, total .$420,OfK), ar
increase bV $32,317 or represent
ing 10.19 percent of total saving.'-
Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan Association paid dividends
totaling $168,375 — an increase
of $10,104 from the previou.*-
year. At year end a total of 172
loans were made for a total ^of
$3,a59,387.0O. .
The directors are J. R. Bavis,
Dr. L. P. Baker, C. Glenn White,
Ben H. Bridges, Boyce H. Gault,
Clyde Kerns, George E. Lewis
and Dr. John C. MeGill.
Officers are Mr. Davis, presi
dent; Dr. Baker and .Mr. White,
vice - presidents; Mr. Bridges,
secretary - treasurer; Mrs. Ruby
Hughes Baker, assistant secre
tary - treasurer; Mrs. Louise"
Hughes Martin, teller; Mrs. I,.in-
da Oliver, teller; and the two
law firrris of Davis, White and
White and George B. Thomas-
son, attorneys.
SEljJATOR JACK WHITE
Seeks Re-election
*
FIT-S-A"
The Future Teachers of A-
merlca chapter of Kings Moun
tain high school is offering
free baby-sitting service to par
ents while they attend TueMay
night’s Parent - Teacher - Stu
dent - Assodation meeting at
the high school. A spokesman
encouraged parents to attend
for t* and to bring their children
with thesn.
SENATUR L. B. HOLLOWELL
Seeks Re-election
ficial For
Registiation'
Basks To Open
FebninrY l^h
By MARTIN HARMON*"
""City registration books will
open February 19 for the upcom
ing special election in which
citizens will determine whether
the city shall. proceed on mod
ernizing its .sewage disposal and
treatment .system.
The bnani of commissioners
fermalizod its previous resolu-
‘ioii.s ccjneer.ning the $1 ,.300,000'
bond issue election which Will
’ held 0.1 March 15 also ap-
loinled eieetinn officials, Tor
“acIT of tlK" five w’ard polling
;)la(‘e.s.
Ilegi.drtition books will be
open through March 5. Saturday
March 12, will be challenge day
Foiling places and election of
ficials will be:
" Ward I at City Hall' court
room — Clarence L. Black, reg
istrar, Mrs. Nell C. Cranford and
Mrs. R. C. Etheridge, judges.
Ward II at American Legion
Building 4- R. D. Goforth, regis
trar, Mrs. Ruth C. Thomasson
and Mrs. T. L. Trott, judges.
Ward II at East school — Mrs.
Ruth Bowers registrar Mrs. Ber
tie McDaniel and Pwochel Corner,
judges.
Ward IV at Kings. Mountain
Manufacturing Company . club-
room -— Mrs. Vera C. Cash, reg
istrar, Brooks R. Tate and Mrs.
Jame.s Pearson, judges.
Ward V at National Guard
Armory — Mrs. Paul Patterson,
registrar, Mrs. Rebecca Cook and
Mrs. W. F. Laughter, judges.
Crawford Winner
Of Silver Beaver
Kings Mountain
t Man 18 Years
J Ictive Sconter
WINS AWARD — W. Donald
Crawford is recipient of the
Silver Beaver owrad. highest
award mode to a Scouter.
Scout Sunday
Tv Be Observed
Mrs. Rushing's
Rites Thursday
Funeral rite§ for Mrs. Amanda
ElizaWth Rushing, 54, wife of
Clark Rushing, will be held at 3
o’clock Thursday afternoon at the
Church of God.
Mrs. Rushing, who had been
ill several raoiiths, died at 3:20
Wednesday morning lit Kings
Mountain ho^itBl.
Boy Sewt Suijday will bi^ ob-
■rrved by most Kings Mountain
;hurches Sunday and Boy Scouts
vill be recognized in special
erv’ices.
At Resurrection .Lutheran
liurch Rev. David L. Castor wll . , , .
feak on the subject, "Are Scouts j Mouqtam
•eally Prepamdf’. Higruight of ^
A HaywOod county native,
Mrs. Rushing was the daughter
of Mrs. Florence Groome Wil
liamson, of Maiden, and the late
John -Williamson. She was a
W. Donald Crawford, for 18
years a leader in-the Boy Scout—
program, was cited for “outstand
ing service to boys” and present
ed Scouting’s Silver Beaver a-
ward Monday night.
The Kings Mountain man was
among slv men and one of two
from the Piedniont area to re^
ceive the coveted honor, highest
awarded to a-Scouter. Other re
cipient is Willieum A. Dixon, Jr.,
Belmont realtor.
Scouters from 11 .coimties ga
thered at Lenoir Rhyne college
in Hickory for the annual meet
ing of the Piedmont Council, Boy
Scouts of America. Dr. Hubert
Plaster, Shelby dentist, was re
elected president for the coming
year.
Mr. Crawford, a Kings Moun
tain postal employee, was recog
nized for outstanding service as
an assistant scoutmaster, cub-
master, institutional representa
tive, district health and safety
committeeman, districtvioechair-
man, merit badge counselor,
wood badge instructor, and Phll-
mont and Jamboree expedition
leader, among other activities.
'The Kings Mountain native is
also a Sunday School teadbrr,
deacon, and fsrmer Sunday
School superintendent of "Boyce
Memorial ARP chur<*. Active In
the Red Cross organization here,
he has headed the Water safety
and first aid programs and serv
ed on the Red Cross board of di
rectors. He is a former Young
Man of the Year.
Brig. General Richard Nat El
lis of the Strategic Air Command
he Lutheran service will be the
:rseqtation of the Cod and
'oui’.tiy. clnirch award to Life
’/•out Kenneth Plonk. Rev. Mr.
lastor will pre'sent the scouting
iward during the morning wor-
hip service.
- Sunday will be Youth Sunday
rt St.' Matthew’.s Lutheran
Surviving in addition to her I
youth.
» Dr. Avery McMurray, Clcvo-
an'd County surgeon and di.s-
rict cliairman of Scouting in the
ountv. will*fill the pulpit at'll
•’clock worship services at First
’resbyterian church.
The ^Shelby farmily, all Scouts,
■ill attend the ser'/icc. Mrs. Mc
Murray is a den mother and Jhe
our children, three hoys and a
yir!. aie all scouts. They are ac
tive in Shelby First Baptist
duirch where Dr. Mc.Murray is a
ieacon and Sunday Sciiool teach
er.
Dr. jMcMurray is al.so a mem-
ier of tile board of directors of
'rho Salvation lArmy, the United
^und and the American Red
trass.
Boy Scouts are asked to sit in
r body and dress in uniform for.
■hurch services at their re.spoc-
tivc churches on Sun-Jay.
husband and mother, are two
brothers. Rev. W. S. Williamson,
of Cornelius, and Donald B. Wil
liamson, of Maiden; and five
sisters. Mrs. Shuford Hall and
Mrs. -Jim Hall, both of Belmont,
Mr.s. Harvey Williams, of Mt.
Holiy, Mrs. John. Nelson, Elmer,
’lurch and Rev. Charles Easley’s ^N. J., and Mrs. Gordon Loftis,
tmon will be directed to th^ Philmouth, Ore.
The final rites will be conduct
ed by Rev. F. M. Vaughan and
burial will be at Maiden ceme
tery.
The body will remain at Har
ris Funeral Home until a half-
hour prior to the funeral when
it will lie in state at the church.
DOG TRAINING CLASS
The 4-H Dog Obedience
Training Class which was post
poned due to bad weather has
been rescheduled for Thursday
night, February 10, at 7:30 in
the County Office Building, ac
cording to H. W. Dameron,
Agricultural Extension Agent.
Boys and girls between the
ages of 9 .and 19 interested in
the 4-H Dog Project are invited
to attend. Snow Reid and his
dog, .“Sack”, will be the speci.al
attraction.
Mr. Crawford, his wife, the
former Joann Blalock, &d their
daughter, Donna, reside at 116
Lackey street.'
Stadium Grading Work Underway;
Legal Quirk Dictates Seat Re-bid
REP. ROBERT Z., FALLS
Seeks Re-election
Rotary Club
For Bond Issue
The Kings Mountain Rotary
club at its meeting last Tliursday
unanimously endorsed the March
15 bond election for sewage treat
ment plant and addition and ex-
paiitsion. ?
Majxir Jolin Henry Moss, '.a
guest at the meeting, gav6 a
brief outline of the needs, plans,
and requirements of the state
stream sanitation committee for
the expansion of the system.
He said the disposal system
has long been inadequate and
state law now ro(|uires a clean-up
—^in order,to protect dwindling
water sig^plies of citizens and
dties downstream.
Workmen of Southern Con
struction CciT.pany, Shelby, be
gan work Wednesday on clearing
"the site of John Gamble Memor
ial Stadium on the grounds oi
the new high school.
Meantime, a re-bidding has
been ordered, due to a legal tech
nicalRy, on the contraet foi
building approximately 4,000 con
Crete bleacher seats.
W. E. Fripp, of the architec
tural firm of Charles Morrison
Grier and Associates, said fur
ther examination indieati'd re-ne
gotiation with a low ddder is le
gal, but not with a firm which
had not initially ^bid.
This was the c.ase in the nego
tiated contract for bleacher seats
negotiated with. I- K. Flack, Jr-,
Rutherflordton contractor.
' Mr. Flack’s negotiated bid of
$45,000 was $28,5'70 lower than
the December 21 low bidder.
The re-bidding opening has
been advertised for 2 p.m. Feb
ruary 17, in the office of the
superintendent on E. Ridge
street.
With good weather the grad
ing-drainage work should be
complete 1^ April 1, the construe-
- - ,’i
City Seeking
Sewer Easements
City officials began contacting
citizens for needed right-of-way
for the proposed new sewage
treatment plant Wednesday.
Attorney William White told
the board of commissioners Tues
day night that maps had been
prepared, agreement forms
drawn, and all other preparatory
work was done. He added that he
would begin contacting citizens
Wednesday moi'ning.
Mayor John Henry Moss re
ported that negotiations for ne
cessary land, for the sewage plant
on Pilot Creek are underway.
'The city hopes to qualify for a
federal grant of up to $360,000
on the project, Mayor Moss not
ed, and pointed out the state
stream sanitation committee has
devised a point sj'stem whereby a
city, by its performance in mov
ing a project tdward fruition,
earns — or fails to earn — a
recommendation for federal
grant.
Mayor Moss noted that many
points acpfxle for having neces
sary sites and easements, and for
havinor^the borrowing authority
to finance the project, prior to
application for federal greint.
'The board of commis.sioners:
1) Authorized the Mayor to ap
point a successor to Mrs. J. E.
Herndon, member of the city
planning board, whose term is
expiring.
2) Authorized a committee to
study a suggested sub-division
regulation "by the community
planning division. State Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment, the committee will in
clude the Mayor, Commissioners
T. J. Ellison and Seimore Biddix,
and Attorney William White.
LODGE MASTER — Roy Row-
cord Bridges. Kings Mountedn
barber, has been installed os
worshipful master of Fairriew
Lodge 339 AF&AM for the com
ing yeor. Mr. Brldgee racceeds
Houston Wolfe.
tion superintendent estimate^.
Officers To Attend
Institute Friday
City Policemen EUis King and
William Roper will attend the
Friday institute for law enforce
ment officers on the recognizing
and handling of abnormal peo
ple.
The institiute will he held in the
auditorium of the Cleveland
County office building.
William C. Johns, of the state
Depai-tment of Mental Health*
will conduct the sessional