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\ . •=>. I Population Greater Kings Mounfain 10,320 City Limits 8,008 TUs ilgura far Greater Kings Mountatn Is derived liom the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The dry limits figure is from the United States census ol 1960. VOL 77 No. 12 EstablivSed 1889 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 24, 1966 Pages Today Seventy-Seventh Year PRICE TEN CENTS a Former Mayor Glee A. Bridges Dies i' ■ 'ffVf-. PROJECTED^ATTERSON GROVE SANCTUARY Patterson Grove To Break Ground Pattorson Grove Baptist church tion; Melvin Wripht, cliairman ol will break ground for a $130,000 the plans committee; Russell Put PRES^ENT — Eugene Timms is the new president of Kings Mountoin Country Club. He succeeds George W. Mouney. Eugene Timms Club Piesidrat Eugene Timms, Kings Moun tain furniture dealer, was elect ed Wjpdnesday president of the Kings Mountain Country Club. He succeeds George W. Mau- n e y, Kings Mountain cotton broker. Other officers elected at Wed nesday’s organizational meeting were Charles D. Blanton, Jr., vice-president; Elmore Alexan- sanctuary Sunday at special serv ices at 3 p.m. Rev. Richard Plyler, pastor, said that friends and former members are invited to attend. Sunday will mark the anni versary of Mr. Plyler’s tliird year as minister of the church in the Patterson Grove comi.Tiun- ity and the beginning of special Youth Week activities. A team of youth from the Christian Volun teer B^nd of Gardner-Webb col lege will be present P'riday, Sat urday and Sunday to lead the services Participating on the ground breaking program will be Kings Mountain M'ayor John Henry Moss; Rev. C. O. Greene, super intendent of missioi^g^^^r-^ The Kings Mountain Baptisf^ssocia- nam, chairman of the finance committee; Jack Rair.sey, gonera/- contractor; and Rev. Mr. Plyler Contracts have been awardee to A. A. Ram.sey & Son of Shei-y general contract; Tniier Sheei Metal Company of Forest City heating and air-conditioning; and Lail Electrical Company of Lin colnton, electrical. The days’ activities will include breakfast at the church at 7:45 a.m. for the men of the Brother hood, Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. the morning worship service at 11 a.m.; dinner at the church at 12 noon for all the youth of the church; ground breaking cere many at 3 p.m’.,' training union at 6 pim., and the evening worship service at 7 p.m City To Seek More Paildng For 120 Can Mayor John Henry Moss has ■ecommended to.the board of ommissionere a plan for ex panding municipal pu' lie park ng areas by space f ir 120 cars. He said the plans, if lirou >ht tc fruition, would also --peed tin flow of traffic on citv streets. He said he is negotiating wit! iroporty owners in the- are: A-here North ('herokec stree leadcnd% and ffeels some 40 car: ■an be accommodatiHl hero. 2t Another plan is for utilizatior >f the east bank of the Southerr taiLvay right-of way from Bat l( ground north for about half i blocl^. . 31 He nlans to make anothet '0 car narking area on Railroar ivenue, from Gold street at Wan i S :n south > On camp'efion. partiru'ar’v o' he railway ban; area, parkin; '.'ould no lon,ger ' e permitted Ir he It’ock of Ba tleground, .frorr battleground, fram Mountain ic King, enabling use of arrow di 'ectional signals at the Battle ;round King inter.sectisn foi tpeeding northbound traffic. He is also rec< rr^ending a stu ly of increased'lighting of the business district and surrounding streets. ore Candidate For Offices Roberts' Sister Is Candidate For Treasurer ROY D. PRICE First Union Bank And Sadie Mills Swell Totals 01 Building Permits With the arrival of spring the | building business is booming in : Kirigs Mountain. ^ ' City building inspectors issued j der, secretary: and Richard Max- ey, treasurer. The organizational meeting followed Tuesday night’s annual stockholder meeting at which four new directors were elected. They are Elmore Alexander, Richard Maxey, Fred Withers, and Clyde Whetstine. Reports of officers and com mittee chairman showed the club enjoyed an active year. The nominating committee in cluded Grady Howard, Dr. George W. Plonk, and W. S. Fulton, Jr. totaling $211,000, in- Group CAGO Seela Water Aid Mayor John Henry Moss, chair man of the County Associatjun of Governimental Officials, ^County Manager Joe Hendrick, and Shel by City Manager Phil Horton left Wednesday for Washington where they will discuss federal aid for a county-wide water sys tem with representatives of the Housing and Urban Development Department. They will proceed to New York, where they will discuss possible aid for the project with repre sentatives of the Ford Founda tion. They expect to return Friday afternoon. Bloodmobile Here Monday Kings Mountain’s final blood- mobile visit of the fiscal year will be on Monday when the blood- bank returns from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the National Guard Armory. Goal of the collection is 125 pints of blood. The year’s goal, is 1001 pints. Convmcnling on the forthcom ing visit. Blood Program Chair man W. Skellie Hunt said, “Our world today is filled with acci dents anil diseases. There is a large element of the unknown. None of us knows when we or a friend of ours will need blood in order to live. With the great ad vance in medical science blood is needed more and more and in greater quantities to save lives. Blood is not only saving lives here in Kings Mountain but on the battlefront in Viet Nam. Save a life by responding to our call for blood Monday.” additiens eluding: .Sadie Cotton M'lls, Inc. for a two-story brick addition on East Gold street. Estimated cost of the mill addition''is $.50,000. First Union National Bank for a two-stcry brick building on Battleground Averfue. Myers & Chapman, Inc. is the contractor for the banking house and esti mated cost is $135,000. Wright & Putnam and Jiir, Mc Ginnis o':tained a permit March 23 to biuld a six-room one-.story brick” residence at the comer of Marion street. Estimated cost of the home is $18,000. Howard Shipp was . Issued a permit March 18th for a one- story residence on Mitchell street at cost of $18,000. Bay W. Cline Not Candidate City Commissioner Ray W. Cline will not be a candidate for the county commission. Mr. Cline said Wednesday a.s he was working over his usual schedule 'moving machinery at Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc., “I have been most gratified at the encouragement I have received to offer for t^e county commis-' sion. HowevdL an appraisal of the time required,^ bbth to cam paign and, if dlwtod, ta serve shows I simply don’t have that much free time. I therefore feel it would be a disservice to at tempt to seek a commission seat at this time.” City To Launch Clean-Up Drive Mayor John Henry Moss said the city, in cooperation with other groups, will . launch a city-wide clcan-up campaign* 1. “The city h|as some mighty un sightly spots that need not be as they are. All that is requir ed is some attention to det3ri3 and refuse and a little elbow grease will clean up,” he com mented. ’The Mayor said he will call on industry, business, and In dividuals to do their part in making the city cleaner and heal tiller. DIRECTOR — ij. Oll^ Harris was elected Tuesday^a direc tor of United Fam^ j Life In surance Compopy. Harris Elected To Directorship J. Ollie Harris, Kings Mountain i.Tortician, was elected a director Tuesday of United Family Life Insurance Company at the com pany's annual stockholder’s meet Ing in Atlanta, Ga. Tlic company I has total assets of $44,850,000 and its board chair man is U. S. Senator Herman Talmadgc. A new president was elected Tuesday, He is James Foreman. Mr. Harris, for several years, has been an advisory director of Allied Security Life Insurance Company, of Charlotte. Both Al lied Security and Family Secur Ity of South Carolina are subsidi aries of United Fat.iriily Life. Mr. Harris is one of 30 direct ors of the parent company. Sewage Schedule 8et For March 29 All data concerning the city s sewage treatment project, toge ther with application for federal grant, will be filed with the State Stream sanitation committef Marc]a 29--threr days in advance of the April 1 c.R.'Hinc. Mayor John Henry Moss made: the statement Tuesda.v, following a Monday conference between W. E. Long, secrctar.v to the state committee, Joe McDaniel, Jr., city clerk, William White, a.ssist- .int city attorne.v, and Buck John son, imember of the city's engi neering firm. Additionally, Mayor Moss said he hopes to obtain options on property totaling about 97 acres on Pilot Branc h as a site for the treatment plant to serve the western not I ion of the c.ty by week’s end The property is oa:!!- ed by the C. C. Whisnant Estate and by/lcofge Peeler, of Shelby, a former Kings Mountain citi zen when he was superintendent of Burlington Industries, Phemx plant. Conversations with the owners have T:oen underway several weeks and Mayor Moss said Tues day night, “W’re not too far a- r ;ft OT^pi'ice.” MeantiVne, Attorney White is [continuing work on obtaining 'easements for the eight miles of sewer pipe which will be install ed. This work is progressing well, he rep jrted, and guessed con demnation action will be required only in a few very instances. “I hope none,” he added. The city is paying a standard price of one dollar per rod for line easements. Used Clothing SOS For Crossnore School Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter DAR is issuing an ap peal for good, used clothing for Crossnore School, Mrs. Joe Thomson said this week. Mrs. Thomson said she will receive the clothing at her home on West Mountain street. She will be happy to pickup the bundles of clothes if necessary. The DAR hopes to fill a truck with gifts for the used clothing store at the school. With the arrival of spring and closet-cleaning time, Mrs. Thomson and DAR members are confident that citizens will again be generous in their col lections for the school. AMBROSE B. CLINE J. LEE ROBERTS MEDICARE FORMS Application blanks for sup plemental Medicare benefits ^ic ! available at the General Delivery window at Kings Mrfuntaln postoffice, reminds Postmaster Charles L. Alexan der. Senior citizens have until March 31 to file for these bene fits. FA'MILY NIGHT Kings Mountain Country Club has scheduled a family night spaghetti supper for Fri day night. Plates are $1 for adults and 75 cents for chll- drai. Mrs. Youngblood Dies In Savannah Word has been received here of the death in Savannah, Ga. of Mrs. Bess Cornwell Youngblood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs George W. Cornwell, two of Kings Moun tain’s first citizens. Mrs. Youngblood died after a brief illness. Surviving abe tWo daughters, Mrs. Ray Nugent of Tampa, Fla. and Mrs. Leroy Wessinger of Birmingham, la; her husband, J. B. Youngblo^; and a sister, Mrs. Emma Oomwrfl Austelle of Ox ford, Mr*. Austelle is also a for mer KlBOfi MuuuUiu cilken. The pace of political activity quickenwi in Cleveland Caunty during the past week, as a third candidate threw his broad-brim med hat in the ring for sheriff and contests developed for clerk of superior court, the county commission, and for county treasin'er. Me,-im\*liile, for Number 4 town ship affiees, veteran Kini_..s Moun tain IMagistrate J. ..oe Roberts filed for re-election, as did vet eran Constable Charles W. (Roc ky ) Ford. , The new candidates; 1) For sheriff' Am :rose B. Cline, 11, .Stoney Point dair.vman who is opposing Sheriff Uayvvbod Allen and Broadus Hamrick, .al’ so challen.ging. 2) Foi clerk of. superior court. "Roy D. Price, shoe retailer, wh.) opposes Paul Wilson for the position being vacated by J. W. Osborne. 3) For county comcmissionei", Fritz Morehead, Jr., Fibre In dustries employee from Swains- ■Vine,WTio seeks one of two seats now held by Commissioners Da vid Beam and B. E. (Pop) Sim mons, both of whom seek *e- elect^on. ■I >" For county treasurer, Will iam C. Willis, who operates .a driver-training school in Shelby, and .Mrs. Harriet Roberts Evans, also of Shelby, both of whom seek to succeed Mrs Lillian New ton, who is' retiring. Mis. Evans IS a sister of Magistrate Roberts. Mrs. ,^ans is the widow of Oscar B.^vans. Born artd ccared- in the Patterson Spring conmun- ity, she has resided in Shelby for the past 29 years. She is active in tile Shelby Woman’s Clui, Amer ican Legion auxiliary and Shel by First Baptist church. A daugliter,. Ann Evans, will grad uate from Shelby high school in June. Mr. Price socks the clerk’s of fice for the second time. He op posed Everett A. Houser unsuc cessfully some years ago. Like his opponent, Paul Wilson, Mr. Price is a former clerk of coun ty recorder’s court. He was born in Casar, .son of Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Price, and was feared in Maorc.sboro. He is a Purple Heart veteran of World War II, in vv'hich he served with the 30th Infantry division for 38 months and in five major engagements in Europe. He is a member of Westview Baptist church. Mrs. Price was Beverlj^ Manous Tliey have three children. He said he will pay his filing fee Thursday irorning and com mented, "If elected, I pledge my services to all thg people of Cleveland County and my full cooperation with the Bar Asso ciation. The main rcason^I seek this office is that mai^y of my friends are urging me now,/ and have over a period of several years, to seek it.” — Mr. Cline is the youngest son of Mrs. Zeb V. Cline and the late Continued On Page <> Hepatitis Fatal To Ex-Mayor. Ex-Commissioner By MARTIN KARMON j .Former Mayor Glee, Actor j Bridges, 71, died at 6:35 p.m.. Wednesday at Kings Mountain hospital. I Ho had been ho.spitalized' more than two weeks ago and was receiving treatment of in fectious hepatitus. more com-.] monly known as infectious yel-' low jatindice. He had failed to ^ respond to treatment and his condition was pronounced quite i serious on Sunday. j Mr. Bridges served as mayor of Kings Mountain for five two- year terms, on the county com mission six two-year terms, and served briefly on the Kings Mountain board of education. In the aggregate, h,o was in {Miiic office some 23. years. -v '' Borii in the Bshvood .section of, Cleveland County, son of Mr. tnd Mrs. Tommy Bridges, Mr.: Bridges was one of 12 children.! He came to Kings Mountain at! ?n early age, was a clerk at W. | V. Mauney & Sons, and later be came a^ partner with the^late R. CHARLES W. FORD Betailers Elect Charles E. Dixon Charles E. Dixon,' president And treasurer of Victory Chevro let Company, was installed as the new president of the Kings Mountain Merchants Associatioin ■at the annual emplo.vce-empbyer banquet Monday slight A crowd of 175 retailors and guctsis (gathered at the American Legion Hall for a fum-flllcd eve ning of entertainment by Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lewis, nationally-known showmen. Gone Timms, owner and man ager of Timms Furniture, will serve as vice-president during the coining year. New director,? will be John Cheshire of Patter son Oil 0;i.Tipany; Rty J. Nuck- oles of Harris-Teeter Super Mar ket; Richard Maxey of First CIti- Conlinuvd On Pays o' GOP Aspirants To Speak Here The three •Republican candi dates for IQth District Congress;' man subject to the May 28 GOP Primary \^11 be guests of the Cleveland C oimty Republican Par ty at a ral y Tuesday night at 7:30 in tha courtroom of City Hall. / Chairmm Ed Smith of Kings Mountain!is inviting area efti- /.ens to meet the candidates who will appear on the platform. They are Terry Parker Wal lace and Don D. Wyrick, both of Gaston County, and W. Hall Young of Avery County. The win ner in the GOP Primary May 28 will face Incumbent Basil L. Whitener, Gastonia Democrat, unopposed for a sixth ten.m in the Congress, in the November elections. Avery County lumberman Young had edged Kings Moun tain’s Smith in the GOP primary two years ago. Whitener defeat ed Yumilj by oibuut 2U,UUU voles. C. Gold in (Gold & Bridge.s Hard ware, a business in which ho la- tej acquired full' bwnerehlp be fore selling it to two of his sons after he b'ecame mayor. He was a navy veteran of SUCCUMBS — Ex-Moyor Glee Actor Bridges, veteran of ten years in the office, died Wed nesday afternoon at Kings Mountain hospital. Post 1S5 Member Drive Exceeds Goal. Information received here from Departixent Headquarters of The American Legion in Rlaleigh in dicates that Kings Mountain Post 155 has conducted a highly sac- World War I, in which he made! cessful membership drive. 16 Atlantic crQssing-s, was past.l CaJl Richard McGinnis, Com- commander of Otis !>; Green | mander of the Post, has received Post 155’ American Legion, aja letter, from’ Department Adju- member of Kings'Mountain^Bap-Nash McKee reporting that list church, a Mason and Shrin-j Post 155 has exceeded its Legion er. Moose, Elk, and member of Membership incentive goal for the Kings Mountain post of Vet-11966. The iLegion Adjutant ex- erans of Foreign Wars. - ! pressed congratulations and When one of his .sons became thanks to the Post leaders and> an arrfiy pilot in World War II,' membership workers for-their ef- Mayori Bridges learned to be a | fort. ^ pilot himself, built himself an airport on what is now Landing street, and at one time owned several planes. Mr. Bridges was'a director of First Union National Bank’s Kings Mountain board of- direct ors and a vice-president and director of'Home Savings & Loan association. As Mayor, Mr. Bridges led the administrations of 19.53-61 and 1963-63. His was the first admin- A statement of high praise for " the local Post was issued by J. Alvis Carver, Dunn, North Caro lina Department Coimmamder of The American Legion. Commander- Caryer said, “The membership of every Legionnaire makes it possible for The Amer ican Legion to mjiintain service for the sick and disabled in hos pitals. Memberships make possi ble all the LegFn programs; istratlon to conduct a successful j such as care for needy children, bond election (for $600,(X)0) since I Baseball, Boys’ State, Boy Scout the state enacted the municipal i Troops, Oratorical Contest.?, Con- finance act in 1931. His admin-' munity Service and all the oth- istration 'also borrowed $400,000, ers I am proud to congratulate in revenue bonds the same year'Post 1.55 upon this notable a- in order to bring into the city’s chievement”. Post Commander McGinnis ex plained that the “Roll Call” theme of this year’s drive was to remind all war veterans of their service to their country which makes them eligible to be- natural gas distribution system. In 1957, this administration par ed the tax rate, and continued to maintain it, in spite of in creasing city services, including twice-weekly garbage collections. Property-owner shares in paving,, Legionnaires, .sidewalk, curbing and guttering were lowered. .. Mr. Bridges had the reputation of being Kings Mountain’.s best collector and he used these tal ents at City Hall to collect many debts owed the city, both taxes. "We arc accepting dues pay ments now from Legionnaires and eligible veterans whose (mem bership is essential if the local organization is to continue its se^ce prograjns”. Commander street assessments and other ac-1 ^^'Ginnis sta^d. Also, he report ed that the Post is planning to expand its local programs and activities, depending on the final results of the 1966 membership dri^ counts. His efforts virtually elim inated street assessments from the books. Funeral services are incom plete. SitrviviiTg are three sons, J. C. Bridges and Glee Bridges, of Kings Mountain, his successors as Kings Mountain hardware- men, Nelson Bridges, of Marietta, Ga., and a daughter Mrs. Ruby Schenck, of Waterloo, Iowa. Al so survivini; are serveral broth ers and sisters and several grandchildren. LENTEN SERIES Special Lenten services are continuing on Sunday morning and evening at Resurrection Lutheran church with Rev. David L. Castor in charge. Special music is under direc tion of Mrs.»Dick McGinnis and Luther Davis. Merchants President IHxon Will Pnsh Trade Promotion Charles E. Dixon, newly elect ed president of the Kings Moun tain Merchants association, en visions an active year ahead for the association and its rqe.nbers. Mr. Dixon, president and treas urer of Victory Chevrolet Com pany, Inc., is not new to his role as president of the retailer group, having served as president some years ago. He said Wednesday ho antici-1 pates stronger emphasis on pro-1 moting Kings Mountain as a trade center via 1) conducting a minimum of three city-wide trade promotions annually; 2) continuinig and complete co operation with the Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce, civic and service organizations, and the city administration; 3) encouragement of all mer chants and agencies to abandon the mid-week half-holiday. “You can’t do business with Cvnlintuifi On Puyti ti PRESIDENT — ChorlM £. Dix on U the newly elected pnei- dent of Kings Mountain MM- chants Association, a posMoa asvcial yoaa mgo. \ be befa^