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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10.320
City Limits 8.256
ma flvtaM for arootor Xntg. Mountain ii derived from
Um 1*55 Kingi Mountain city directory ceneu*. The city
Uorits figure U froen the United States census of 1965
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Kings Moiintoln's Bailable Newspoper
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VOL 77 No. 38
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., TThursday, September 22, 1966
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Celebration Plans Jelling; Big Parade Is Predicted
186th Celebration
PATBIOA LEWIS
BETA VOLLBRACHT
Churchwomen
Here Tuesday
Mrs. Ira C. Shelley of Greens- meetinig. All North Carolina
boro, president of United Church- { United" Churchwoi.Tien officials,
women of North Carolina and a they are Mrs. W. E. Mears of
foitner Kings Mountain citizen I Charjotte, Mrs. Fred ElUs of
will make the principal address I Chapel Hill, Mrs. Hugh Holcomb
at the District II meeting here of Mount Airy and Mrs. Rufus
Tuesday at Boyce Memorial ARP
church.
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Coxmcil, of which Mrs. Bob
Haden is president, will be host
esses to the annual meeting
which begins with registration at
9:30 ajm. Workshops will folloMir
Wilson of Burlington.
Mrs. Ron Hall of Gastonia, dis
trict chairman, will preside.
Women who attend are asked
to bring sandwiches for lunch.
The hostess group will serve cof
fee, la salad and dessert with
sandwiches at the noon hour.
the business nteeting ,10 a.m. t Women from, local chapters in
'in addition to Mrs. Shelley, -d-^MonWife, Cha?Ibtt^(f f^Gastonia,
team of foim other ladies w‘ill as- I Concord, Lincolnton, Mount Ulla
sist on the program for the day’s ' and Kings Mountain will attend.
Bains Dampen Cleveland Fail's
Opening; Three Days Left
Three days remain of the an
nual Cleveland County Fair and
fair officials were praying the
weatherman would smile for re
mainder of the 43rd anniversary
program of “the nation’s great
est county fair.’’
Rain dampened Wednesday
events. The fairgrounds, which
appeared to beJMnuddy only in
-—" trodden ’spots Tuesday
well
from Monday night’s rain, re
ceived more rain Wednesday
morning and scattered showers
during the afternoon.
Nannelto Minor of Charlotte,
the reigning Miss North Caro
lina, and U. S. Congressman Ba
sil L. Whitener shared the spot
light on opening day 'Tuesday.
Miss Minor formally opened the
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Schedule of Events To Date — October 3-8
186th Anniversary Celebration
Battle of Kings Mountain
MONDAY
10:30 a.m.—Grand opening ceremonies. Children’s art entries
on display retail stores.
7:00 p.m.—Community Sing at reviewing stand.
8:30 p.m.—Street Dance.
TUESDAY
8:00 p.m.—Country and Western Show at Armory. Local talent
to be honored.
9:00 p.m.—Street Dance.
WEDNESDAY
7:00 pi.m.—Revolutionary Costume Contest.
8:00 p.m.—Fashion Show, featuring Pat Lee, MTT, master of
ceremonies; Mrs. Henry Nelsler, chairman. Enter
tainment by The Highland Dancers, Charlotte.
8:30 p.m.—Rock-N-Roll Dance, featuring the Go-Go Girls.
THURSDAY
4:00 p.m.—Child’s Pet Show followed by Girl Scout Song Con
cert. Art Contest winners to be announced.
7:30 p.m.—Miss Kings Mountain of ’67 Jaycees’ Beauty Con
test, Central School Auditorium, Kays Gary, mas
ter of ceremonies, Miss North Carolina of ’67 and
-—-—^ other beauty queens special guests.
FREIDA BOWEN
Five Entrants
Announced
For Contest
Five Kings Mountain area
beauties have entered the Miss
Kings’Mountain competition and
pageant officials anticipate there
will be at least three more en
tries this week.
Gerald Thomagson. chairman
of the Jaycee-sponsored beauty
pageant, siald plans are well un
derway for the October 6 official
prelimlinary to the Miss North
Carolina and Miss America pag
eants of 1967.
Kays Gary, Charlotte Observer i
columnist and Cleveland County!
ENTRIES INVITED
Pageant Chairman Gerald j
Thomasson said interested i
girls between the ages of 19- j
& wh'o would Hke to enter this'
year’sTiMiss Kings Mountain ;
beauty pageant should contact
him within the next few days.
Beauties will compete in swltn-
suits, evening dress and talent
divisions of the October 6
show.
native, will serve as master of
ceremonies.
Judges will include veteran
judge Mrs. Elizabeth Stroupe of
Mount Holly, James P. Allen, edi
tor of The Shelby Daily Star, Ray
Jimison, city editor of The Gas
tonia Gazette, Tom Jones, Mur-
phyreesboro lawyer, and Mrs.
Peggy Little of Charlotte, past
Jayceete hostess for the Miss
North Carolina pageant.
The winner will receive a $200
scholarship from the sponsoring
Jaycees.
The new queen will succeed
Linda Sherrer, the current Miss
Kings Mountain and Miss Shelby
1967. Nannette Minor, Miss North
Carolina, will crown the winner.
Chairman Thomasson announc.
ed names of the iirst five con
testants who will vie for the title
of Miss Kings Mounain.
They are Reta Mae Vollbracht,
Teresa Ann Dixon, Freida Di
anne Bowen, Joan King, and Pa
tricia Kay Lewis.
Miss Lewis, 19-year-o!d daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Heni'y fLewis
of 1207 Gold St. Extension, is a
196.5 graduate of Kings Mountain
high school where she was a
majorette and active in the Latin
and Business clubs. She
ctands five ■ feet - sov-
en, 135 pounds, and her statistics
are 37-24-37.
Reta Mae Vollbracht, 19-yoar-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Vollbracht, was first run-
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TERESA DIXON/
JOAN KING
151 KM Students
Are Off-to-School
7"-
EVANGELIST—Rev. L. Frank
lin Dorion of Salisbury will
lead an evangelism mission
beginning September 28th at
Resurrection Lutheran church.
Doifon To Lead
Lutheran Mission
The Rev. L. Franklin Dorton
will serve as guest minister for
the Evangelism Mission to be
conducted September 28 thru
October 2 at Resurrection Luth
eran church.
Pastor Dorton is a graduate of
Lenoir Rhyne college in Hickory
and the Lutheran Theological
Southern Seminary in Columbia,
South Carolina. He is currently
serving as pastor of Chri.stiana
Lutheran Church in Salisbury
and has held pastorates at Ami
ty and Lebanon Lutheran
churches in Cleveland and St.
Luke’s Lutheran church in Hick
ory. Rev. Dorton is the chairman
of file Committee on Auxiliaries
of the North Carolina Lutheran
Synod of the Lutheran Church
in America. He is married and
the father of three , children.
The Mission will include the
following sermons: Wednesday,
“Maid to Mistress”; Thursday,
“Brother to Brother”; Friday,
“Father to Family”; Saturday,
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UNC Popular
With 19; ASTC
Enrolls 18
The Kings Mountain area will
send a total of 151 students to 44
colleges, universities and special,
ized schools ifor post-hiigh school
training this fall.
Most popular schools with lar-
jRst nun^ber of area student's en
rolled are: the Univei’sity of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
where 19 area .students are en
rolled; Western Carolina college
at Oullowhce where 16 area stu
dents are enrolled; and Appala
chian State Teacher’s college at
Boone where 18 local students
are enrolled for the fall termi
which began in September.
Of the large number returning
to books this fall, a large num
ber are enrolled in graduate
schools and in specialized schools
pursuing special courses in nurs
ing, buiness, and other fields.
CALL IN OTHER NAMES
The Herald has made a dili
gent effort to obtain naimes of
all area students returning to
school for the fall term. Realiz
ing, there are probably some
ommissions, the Herald invites
you to call 739 .5441 and give
us names of any student Who
does not apear on the list pub-
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Turndown Came '
Monday; Another
Figure Contacted
By MARTIN HARMON
President Lyndon B. Johnson
, will not attend the lS6th anniver. |
sary celebration of the Battle
of Kings Mountain and another |
nationally prominent statesman i
has been invited to attend. 1
Mayor John Henry Moss, ex
officio chairman of the celebra-
1 tion, declined to identify the per-
ison invited, pending an indica
ted telephone conversation for
'Fhursday.
Mayor Moss was informed the
President, invited August 18,
could not attend in a telegram
.Monday from U. S. Representa
tive Basil ,L. Whitener, subse-
quontl.v by telephone Tuesday by
U. S. Senator ^^ereti Jortran.
Senator Jordan and Represen
tative Whitener head the speak
er invitation cot.r.mittee. Aiding
in presentation of the invitation
at the local level are J. Clyde
Nolan, member of the North
Carolina Democratic executive
committee, and J. Clint Newton,
Cleveland County Democralic
chairman.
The invitation to the President
had the endorsement of the
linit.'d States senators from the
I two Oarolinas, area U. S. Repre
sentative, and Governor Dan K.
Moore.
Twice it appeared the Presi
dent might visit Kings Moun
tain In advance of the anniver
sary celebration.
A White House aide inquired
of Chairman Newton in late
August whether Kings Mountain
could entertain the President on
September 3. The answer was
“yes,” but the visit failed to ma
terialize.
Only last week, another White
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FENCING CLUB .
Kings Mountain Fencing
Club meets alternate Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 8 p.m. at, the
National Guard Armory. Inter
ested persons . should call 739-
3559 for further information
about the program sponsored
by the city recreation commis
sion.
RE-ELECTED—W. K. Mouney,
Jr., has been re-elected presi
dent of the Industriol Associa
tion of the Kings Mountain
Area, Inc.
Industiialisb
Re-elect Mauney
W. K. Mauney, Jr., president of
Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc., has
been re-elected president of the
Kings Mountain Industrial As
sociation.
Re-elected vice-president was
James Harry of Grover’s Min-
ette Mills and re-elected secre
tary-treasurer was Bob Lowe of
Cra'ftspun Yarns.
The officers were re-elected
during the annual business meet
ing Thursday.
Named directors for the com
ing year were John C. Smathers
of Park Yarn Mills; Joe Kakas-
sy of K-Mills; A1 Maine of Mas
sachusetts Mohair Plush Com
pany; Alan Goldberg of King
Knitting Mills; and R. Pat Span;g-
ler of Spangler’s Ready-Mix Con
crete Company.
New member of the board is
Mr. Kakass.v who succeeds How
ard Shea as a director.
LIONS TO MEET
Regular meeting of the
Kings Mountain Lions club
will be held on Tuesday night
at 7 p.m. at the Woman’s club.
Lion Bob Haden is program
chairman. ||p||
First High School In 76 Fee Basic
Bieak-In Wave Continues (Twice);
McAbee's Grocery Out Candy, $98
FRIDAY
10:00 a.m.—Modern warfare demonstration by Green Berets,
Fort Bragg.
11:00 a.m.—Blind Man Driver, Doc Pepper.
11:45 a.m.—Beard Contest Judging.
2:00 p.m.—Repeat Performance, The Green Berets.
3:00 p.m.—The Strongman.
3:30 p.m.—The Carolina Sky-Divers.
4:00 p.m.—Southeastern Championship Rodeo.
8:30 p.m.—Concert, 120-voice Sing Out Dixie ’66, City, Stadium.
SATURDAY
9:30 a.m.—Repeat Performance, Blind Man Driver. w
10:30 a.m.—The Carolina Sky-Divers (to City StadiunjlrSpecial
performance, Clemson University Drill Team,
11:30 a.m.—Repeat Performance, The Green Berets.
1:00 p.m.-ylSOth Battle Anniversary Grand Parade, Major-
, General Claude T. Bowers, Grand Marshal.
3:00 p.m.—186th Battle Anniversary Address from parade re
viewing stand.
8:00 p.m.—Southeastern Championship Rodeo.
8:30 p.m.—186th Anniversary Celebration Grand Ball, Buddy
Estes and His Orchestra.
8:30 pan.—All-Night Gospel Sing, Central School Auditoriunv
A thief or thieves with a sweet
tooth robbed McAbee’s Store on
Piedmont avenue 'Tuesday night
of JK)8 and 10 cartons of ciga
rettes.
City police said candy wrap
pers were scattered around the
store and there was evidence the
vandals burned paper for a
light.
The facing was pulled from
the front door of the store, po-j
lice said, and a screwdriver used
to gain entry to the firm. Taken
from a cigar box was $30 in half-
dollars, $10 in nickels, $50 in
small change and eight one-dol-
lar bills.
City police officers Bob Hayes
and B. P. Cook said they and
Sheriff’s Deputy George Allen
were able to “get some finger
prints” of the culprits.
’Tuesday night’s break-in was
the second break-in reported to
police this week. i
Police said that some time
Sunday night a thief or thieves
entered First Baptist church on
West King street and carted off
the church safe. Nothing else is
mls.sing, according to the pastor.
Rev. Robert Mann.
Police say they were able to
obtain a good set of fingerprints
at the scene of the robbery.
Church officials city police
were unable to determine how
the vandals gained entry to the
church. The janitor reported all
doors and windows locked fol
lowing the Sunday night service.
There was no evidence of broken
glass or locks on doors, police
said.
Several weeks ago during a
rash of thefts and break-ins In
the area, First Wesleyan Metho
dist church on Waco road was
entered and the church safe was
stolen.
Green Berets
To Demomtrate;
Rodeo Scheduled
By MARTIN HARMON
Grandiose plans for the week-
long celebration of the 186th an
niversary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain are fast taking shape,
with daily events building to a
busy day of activities on October
7 and the grand finale on Octo
ber 8.
Among announcements of par
ticipants yesterday by Harry
Reeder, general manager, and
Mayor John Henry Moss, ex of-
liclo chairman:
1) Major-General Claude T.
Bowers, adjutant - general of
the North Carolina Army Nation
al Guard, will serve as grand
marshal of the Grand Parade on
October 8. Mr. Bowers also will
attend.
2) The Green Berets, of Fort
Bragg, will present three demon
strations on waging modern war
fare.
3) Sp-ecial entertainment
events will include performances.--,
by The Strongman, the Thomas-
ville Olympic contender, who
weighs 312 pounds and, among
other demonstrations of strength,
pulls up to three cars with his
teeth; and by Doc Pepper, the
Blind Man driver.
4) Mrs. Ray Holmes, native
Britisher, has accepted chair
manship of the special events
committee.
5) Mrs. Henry Neisler has ac
cepted chairmanship of the
Celebration Fashion show, at
which Pat Lee, of WBT Char
lotte, will serve as master of
ceremonies.
6) Some 20 Kings Mountain
girls will ferve as “Anniversary
Girls”, in suitable patriotic dress.
7) Two Southeastern Cham
pionship Rodeos will be held
under sponsorship of the Kings
Mountain Saddle Association.
Meantime, Eugene Timms, pa
rade chairman, predicted a 200-
unit Grand Parade.
These additional individuals
and groups are among those con
firming appearance in the pa
rade during the past week:
J. Bradley Morrah, Jr., of
Greenville, S. C., Democratic
candidate for the United Statef
Senate; Miss Sally McGillj.
Gaffney of 1966; the Elkiti hlgBiV^ -.
school band; the Bessemer Cit^f
high school band; the Emnta^
Scott high school band of Rodf
Hill; the Liberty, S. C., hig%...
school band; the Green Bereta,'''It,
Fort Bragg; an 80-member cadtgf
of the 82nd Airborne divisioiv"
Fort Bragg; 60-member cadre,
10 5th Engineering Battalion,
NCA National Guard; the Ramb
ling Rebs of Gastonia; a con
tingent of native Britishers at
tired in British uniform; numer
ous military equipment units, in*
eluding tanks, 105-mm howitzers,
106-mm recoilless rifles, and
armored personnel carriers.
HIGH SCHOOL OF 1877 » The two-sfesry frame building graced
a cord odTertUIng opening of the Ml tenn el 1877 In ttae school
taindsd and admlalstend by CoBtatB W. T. B. Bell.
I While there was a school in
! Kings Montain as early as 1874
—year the city was chartered as
a corporate municipality—Kings
Mountain generally dates its
schooling history from 1876,
when Captain W. J. R. Bell op
ened a boarding school with 18
.students in a frame building in
the general locale of today’s
Central school.
Eleven years earlier the young
Confederate officer had opera
ted a school in Edgeco:rbo coun
ty at the instance and insis
tence of the father of Mrs. Ir
ma Willeford Thomason, for
many .years principal of Kings
Mountain’s East .School, suc
cessor of the old Dilling Mill
school.
Mrs. Thomson was reminded
of the fact recently when rum
maging through some old pa
pers at w'hat she terms this
“nearly 100-year-old house” I
live in on West Mountain St.
(The house was built in 1880.)
She found a card picturinf* the
two-story frame .school building
and advertising the openinix of
the fall se.ssion of the Kings
Mountain high .school on Aug
ust 17, 1877, for instruction in
latin, French, Green, drawing
and mathciTatics and for prep
aration of students for college
and the busines.s pursuits. Tu
ition per semiester was listed at
from $7 to $15, board at from
$6 to $10. Actually, the students
were attracted not only from
Kings Mountain, where ihey re
side with their parents, but
from elsewhere. Board-and
room arrangements were made
with residents.
But the EdgecoWrbe county
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CAGO To Tackle
Wave (M The%
Mayor John Henry^oss, chair
man of Cleveland (Sunty Asso
ciation of Governmental officials,
said Wednesday he intends to
bring the CAGO guns, along with
those of law enforcement agen
cies, to bear on thieves and van
dals responsible for a recent
wave of thefts and break-ins
here and elsewhere throughout
the county.
“I feel the problem is county
wide and that cooperative effort
on part of county and municipal
governmental agencies, working
with the several municipal police
agencies, the Sheriffs depart
ment, the highway patrol and
the State Bureau of Investigation
in apprehension of
the thieves and prevention of
future incidents,” Mayor Moss
said.
He said the Kings Mountain
dty commission and Chief Paid
Sanders have conferred on ways
and means of halting the wave
of thefts and break-ins.
Rains Up City
Row Water Supply
The rains came again in
quantity and Grady Yelton,
superintendent of public works,
thinks the city “will make it
now” on its lowered water sup
ply.
Supt. Yelton said the rains
have increased the quantity In
both the York Road and David
son resevoirs by a foot and that
streams feeding both tmnvoin n .
ara flowing walk j&a