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Celebration FeFature: Strongman Pulls Cars With Teeth
Tho week-long 186 th annivers,
ary celebration of the Battle of
Kings Mountain will begin of
ficially Monday morning with
ifox'mal opening ceremonies in
i front of City Hall, beginning at
10 o’clock.
Rev. Howard Jordan, presi
dent of Kings Mountain Minis-
| terial association, and a rcsene
I officer in the army chaplain’s
corps, will pray the invocation.
I audience will sing “The
Star Spangled Banner” a n d
Mayor John Henry Moss will
make a brief address outlining
purpose and plans for the 186th
anniversary celebration.
The benediction will be audi
ence saying of the Lord's Pray
er.
To be at the ceremonies are
a marine color guard, repre
sentatives of the VFW, Ameri
can Leigion, American Legion
A\udliary, Daughters of the
African Revolution, JKings
Mountain civic clubs and trade
associations, members of the
city commission. Senator Jack H.
White, Cleveland County Com
mission Chairman David Beam,
Gaston County Commission
Chairman George Jenkins, Boys
anc;! Girls Scout troops, also with
members of the celciration com
mittee.
The ceremonies will he broad
cast by Kings Mountain’s WK-
MT.
Other Monday events will fea
ture a community sing in front
of the reviewing stand on S.
Railroad aveniue at 7 p.m., with
numerous local choirs and chor-
u.’ses participating, followed at
S:30 by a street dance, with Ray
Black and His Broncos.
On 'Tuesday evening at S p.m.,
Jim Nesbitt, of the Grand Ole
Opry will be featured at a
Country & Western show at the
Armory, with a street dance fol
lowing at 9 o’clock.
Wednesday’s highlight will be
I a fashion show at the Ameri
can Legion ballroom, featuring
WBT’s,, Pat Lee as master of
ceremonies..^ Special entertain
ment will be provided by the
Highland Dancers, of Charlotte.
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Ceremonies
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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,256
rUi flgax* for CiMtn KMgs Mountoiii li derlvad frem
IlM 18SS Elotrs Meuatedn city directory census. The city
Uodtf Uvarn in Itom the United States census ot 1965.
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Kings Mountain's Boliable Newspaper
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Today
VOL 77 No. 39
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 29, 1966
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Secretary Of Navy Nitze Is Celebration Speaker
Horvath, Mohmr
Suit Defendants
Fodeiallncy
bdktaHnit. —
Oiaiges Fraud
George A Horvath, of New
Yoili, and Massachusetts Mohair
Plush Company were among
dozen persons and three corpo*
rations indicted Thursday by a
New York federal grand jury on
charges of setting up av .'itock
fraud which cost investors $1.5
million dollars.
V George A. Horvath, is secre
tary • treasurer if the Mohair
firm which operates two textile
plants here and others in the
area.
A1 Maino, general manager of
the Mohair division in this area,
said he had learned little detail,
other than news reports, on the
litigation, except that the de
fendants are to file an answer
I to the litiigation on Monday.
He quoted Ernest Horvath,
brother of George Horvath and
president of Mohair as saying
that his brother had told him
Securities and Exchange com
mission regulations had been
followed scrupulously, that mon
ey had been lost by investors
“including the Horvaths”.
The indictment named George
A. Horvath, president and di
rector of Mount Clemens Corp.,
as one of 12 individuals accused
of cheating stock purchasers
around the nation by violating
federal securities laws.
They were accused of exag
gerating the value of common
stock of Buckeye Corp., which
'became Mount Clemens Corp.
earlier this (year.
Horvath, has residences in
Manhattan and Oyster Bay, L.I.,
according to the U. S. attorney,
Among those accused of ma
nipulation from 1959 through
1961, when the Buckeye stock
was listed on the American
Stock Exchange, were:
Sidney Stein, 40, of Manhat
tan and Miami Beach, Fla., de
scribed as a "business consult
ant and find«^’ associated with
Horvath.
Leo Davis, 46, of North Miami
Beach, a partner of Stein.
Firms named were:
Security Underwriting Con
sultants Inc., headed by Horvath
Itanhattan.
MatMchusctts Mohair Plush
Oo. Inc. and ILandrock Realty
Oorp., both Manhattan.
■ Horvath also was described as
laasidcnt of Landrock and presi
dent of Security Underwritinig
Gbnsiiltimts.
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Sing Out '66
Youth Group
Much Traveled
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PHILLIS .ELAINE RUSSELL
SANDRA KAT MULUNAZ
A 90-minute concert by the
120-voice Sing Out Dixie oijgani.
zation of youthful musicians
will be a feature highlight of
the 186th anniversary celebra
tion of the Battle of Kings Moun
tain.
The Clwrlotte • based group,
which attracts youthful voices
from a wide area, will present
an all-patriotic program at Cen
tral Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Fri
day, October 7th, eve of the cele
bration parade and grand finale.
The six-month-old organiza
tion has received wide acclaim
for its performances. The all
volunteer group of high school
and college students has per
formed at the National Boy Scout
Jamboree, the North Carolina
State Optimist convention, in
Gastonia for the Jaycces and
most recently on Sunday night
at Charlotte’s Festival in the
Park. The Sing Out Dixie group
appeared at Mecklenburg Coun
ty’s Labor Day picnic which at
tracted 10,000 people.
Tom Hasty of Charlotte, man
ager of the Sing Out Dixie or
ganization, said the young mu
sicians will go to Fort Bragg
next month to entertain the
troops there. Mr. Hasty is a nep
hew of Miss Annie B. Roberts and
Eugene Roberts, both of Kings
Mountain.
Sing Out Dixie was organized
by Hasty, Ken Beane, John Bur
chett and Ed Quien, all Charlot-
teans.
Members of the Sing Out Dixie
group renearse once - a - week,
according to Mr, Hasty. Lone re
quirepient for membership is a
belief In a patriotic America,
says Hasty. "All the young folk
like to sing, they’re not profes
sionals,” said Hasty. Many of
them, between the ages of 15-23,
do volunteer work at Charlotte
area hospitals and rehabilitation
centers.
Funeral
For C. S. Plonk
Farmer, Trader
Succundis
At Age oi 83
Funeral rites for Clarence
Sloan Plonk, Sr., 83, prominent
semi-retired farmer and busi
nessman, ,were held Monday at
11 a.m. tfrom St. Matthew’s (Lu
theran church of which he was
a member.
Mr. Plonk succumbed Satur
day at 10:45 p.m. in the Kings
Mountain hospital where he had
been seriously ill for several
weeks following a gall bladder
operation, followed by pneu
monia and other complications.
He was a native of Cleveland
County, son of the late William
Lafayette and Regina Ware
Plonk.
In addition to his various
farming and other business in
terests, Mr. Plonk was for many
years a leading mule dealer
throughout the area.
He attended Lenoir college
(now Lenoir Rhyne), prior to
his marriage on April 10, 1905,
to the former Ellen Patterson-
The pastors employed the
Lutheran church order for bur
ial of the dead. Scripture selec
tions were from Romans and St.
John. 'The choir led the audience
in singing the hymns "A Mighty
Fortress is Our God” and “I
Know that My Redeemer Live*.”
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ellen Patterson Plonk; three
daughters, Mrs. J. H. Patterson,
of Kings Mountain, Mrs. S. Car
lyle Isley of Burlinigton and
Mrs. Demetria Politis of Ann
Arbor, Michigan; and seven
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SUCCUMBS — Funeral rites for
Clarence Sloan Plonk, Sr., were
held Monday morning. The
prominent retired farmer suc
cumbed Saturday night.
Some Sidebars
On Celebration
Some sidebars on the up
coming 186th Battle Annivers
ary celebration
1) Decoration bunting will
go up in the business section
Thursday.
2) The celebration open-air
calaboose will be in operation
starting Thursday at the cor
ner of Mountain and S. Bat
tleground. Sure way to avoid
jail; were a celebration em
blem or a bebard.
3) Bill Cook, the Strong
man, age 25, who has made a
good start on becoming the
"world’s strongest man'’ wishes
it known he is a bachelor.
Four Anested For Robbery Wave;
Six Thefb Are Tabbed "Solved
By MARTIN HARMON ^ 'warrant and finding' goods in
City and county officers have [the car of Arby and Jones Sat-
arrested four Kings Mountain; urday night about 10:45 as they
men and put the “solved” tag were buying gas at the Bay Sta-
I KtWAMlS MEE'HNa
Klngi Mountain Kiwanion* will
ate the film, "The Colonial Na-
tnraUat”, at Tburaday’s tneetlng
6:45 pjn- at the Woman’e dub.
'Dlls lltari tviU depict the twfld
life aRd plant life of 10tb omtury
MART BETH RAMSET
Three Enbants
h Beauty Show
Three more aitranto in the
Mfes Kings Mountain beaiRy
jKontiouad Qm Bam SlxJ
on a half-dozen of the wave of
recent robberies in the Kings
Mountain area.
Arrested and charged with
breaking and entering and lar?
ceny are:
Ablee Thomas Erby, 27, also
charged with carrying a conceal
ed weapon and with receiving
stolen goods, free under $2150
bond.
Johnny Jones, 19, also charged
with carrying a coiKiealed weap
on, detained in jail, $2250 bond
not made.
George Short, 19, free
$1200 bond.
Ronnie Smart, 18, free under
$500 bond.
Chief of Police Paul Sanders
and Deputy Sheriff C. A. (Gus)
HuffsteUer collaborated cm the
arrests, first obtaioiag a search
tion on East King street. ’The
merchandise was allegedly stol
en from ’Timms Furniture, Luck-
adoo Store, and Cash Grocery.
Chief Sanders said the duo ad
mitted the thefts and that thdr
admissions provided leads to
finding more stolen goods at the
old Goldberg place near Crowd
er’s Mountain and to the arrest
of Short and Smart, the latter Baptist
admitting. Chief Sanders adds,
to partidpation in the Timms,
Grover Church
Calls Thornburg
Rev. George Thornburg, na
tive of Kings Mountain, has ae
cepted a call to become pastor
of Allen Memorial Baptist
chuhch of Grover and will de
liver his first sermon at Sunr
day morning serivees.
Golden Knights
Will Perform
Again This Year
By MARTIN HARMON
Secretary of the Navy Paul
Henry Nitze will make the fea
tured address of the 186th anni
versary celebration of the Battle
ot Kings Mountain, Mayor John
Henry Moss, ex officio chairman,
announced this week.
The address is scheduled top
3 p.m., Saturday, October 8,
from the reviewing stand on
Railroad avenue and immediate
ly following the celebration
Grand Parade.
Secretary Nitze is scheduled to
arrive at Douglas Airport, Char
lotte, at 10:30 a.m., where he
will be welcomed on behalf of
the City of Charlotte by Mayor
Stan Brookshire and other Char
lotte citizens.
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Mayor Moss also announced
that the Golden Knights, official
U. S. Army parachute team, will
return for this year’s celebration
and perform their sky-diving ex
pertise Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of celebration week.
He also announced he has
been informed a special guest
will be Rear Admiral E. H. Batch-
eller, USN, commanding officer
ol the Charleston Naval Ship
yards, who will represent th#
sixth naval district.
Secretary Nitze is a 1928 grad
uate, cum laude, of Harvard and
a native of Amhurst, .Mass. He
was as.sociated with Dillon Read
& Company, investment brokers,
as v^oe-president and president,
until 194(1 and has sinci' been
continually associated with vari
ous federal government adminis
trative agencies, among them the
Office of Inter-American .Affairs,
the Board of Economic Welfare,
the Foreign Economic adminis
tration, Office of International
Trade policy, and the Depart
ment of State. In January 1961,
he- became assistant secretary of
defense for international security
affairs, and was sworn as navy
secretary on November 27, 1963.
President Harry S. Truman a-
warded him the medal of merit
for his service as vice-chairman
of the U. S. Strategic Bombing
Survey.
He is 59 years of age and his
v/ife is the former Phyllis Pratt.
They have four children.
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PAUL H. NITZE
Secretary of the Nervy
Anniversary Speaker
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CLAUDE T, BOWERS
Adjutant-General, NCANG
Parade Grand Mcnshal
161 Students
Ofi-To-School
Cash and Luckadoo thefts and
also to three others at McAbee’s
under Store, Oates^ A Henderson Shell
Service and Welch’s T-V Repair.
Preliminary hearing for Short
and Smart is scheduled for Mon
day in city recorder's court. Pre-
The Thornburg family will
move to route 1, Grover from
Smyrna, S. C. Tuesday.
A graduate of Baptist Bible
.School of Pineville Ky., Mr.
Thornburg has served churches
in Kentucky, including Calloway
church and Concord
Baptist church. He has also
served as pastor of Holland Me
morial church of Bessemer City
and comes to the Grover church
from Enon Baptist church of
Smyrna, S. C. ,5.-==-
Mrs. Thornburg is the former
Billie Dean Bookout, Kings
Mountain native. They are par
llminary hearing for Erby andjents o# three children, Vickie,
Jones is scheduled for OctolMLege 18; Darrell, age 14; and
13 in county recorder's court [Mark ’Thomburg age eiighL
Hospital Room
Rates To Advance
Room rates at Kings Mountain
hospital will advance $2 per day
across the board effective Satur
day, by action of the board of
directors Wednesday night.
The increase was dictated, Ad
ministrator Grady Howard said,
to bring nurses salaries into line
with salaries paid at neighboring
hospitals and to provide for in
creased expenses when hospitals
become -subject to the federal
wage and hour law February 1.
The new daily rates will be:
Private room $20; semi-private
room $17; ward $I5>
Addition of ten to the area’s
off-to-school list brings to 161
the number of students attend
ing colleges, universities and
specialized schools this fall.
Linda Goforth, Mary Helen Go
forth, Dale Byers and Jane Led-
lord have resumed their studies
at Appalachian State Teacher’s
college, Boone.
Charles T. Wright has enrolled
at North Carolina State Univer
sity in Raleigh.
Raymond Edwards and Buford
Pressley are students at A&T
college in Greensboro.
Richard Franks has returned
for his sophomore year to the
University of Chattanooga in
Tennessee. He was listed on the
dean’s list last year.
Oorge Clinton Trammell has
enrolled at Gaston Technical
School and Christine Dixon is
a student at Gardner-Webb Jun
ior College.
Paulette Patterson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Patterson,
is a freshman at the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
where she is studying medical
t«^nology. •
Timms Reports
More Entries
For Parade
Numerous additional units of
exceptional quality swelled the
list of entries in the Grand Pa
rade celebrating the 186th ^.an
niversary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain, it was announced
Wednesday by ErugOlIb Tjttkns#
parade chairman. ,
Additiems including the
girl Monroe, Oa., national ck^*
pion Drum and Bugle Corps, tae
8th Air Force band, Shaw I^ld,
Sumter S. C., the sixth naval
district band from Charleston,
S. C., and the Fort Jackson, S.
C. army band. .
The Green Beret unit £rom
Fort Bragg will participate in
the parade.
Another entry is the Biltmorjp
Dairies train, from Ashevill^ ' *
Yet another are two of m
lead horses appearing in m ■
Rose Bowl parade last
They are owned and will be rid-
den by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bur
ton, of High Point. The rtders
will be mounted on silver sad
dles, valued at $30,000.
Other members of the Grand
Parade committee are Gerald
Thomasson, Kenneth Roberts,
Hugh Lancaster, W. D. Morri
son, Robert H. Goforth, Marion
Dixon, Clinton Jolly, Odus
Smith, Ted Ledford, Mrs. Ids .
Long, Mrs. Luther Joy, Bennett
Masters, Ken Jenkins, Ridbard
McGinnis, Rev. S. T. Cooke, Al
fred Tucker and Hazel GilL.
Mayor Moss also announced
appointed of the arrangements
committee for the Grand Ball.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Charles
H. Mauney, Mr. and Mrs. Geoige
Thomasson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
O. Southwell, Mr. and Mrs. John
O. Plonk, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Maxey Mr and Mrs. Charles
Neisler, Mr. and Mrs. George
H. Mauney, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Neisler, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Hen
ry Neisler, Mr. and Mrs. Grady
Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Jt^n
Smothers.
Elliott To Lead
ARP Services
Rev. Robert B. Elliott, Jr., pas
tor of Pisgah ARP church, will
be evangelist for special services
October 9-13 at Boyce Memorial
ARP church. Rev. Ihomas Richie
has announced.
Services will be held nightly
at 7:30 p.m.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Mr.
Elliott is a 1955 graduate of Ers-
kine college. He was ordained
to the ministry in 1958 and came
to his present pastorate from
Smyrna, S. C., ARP church.
“We invite the community to
worship with us in these special
services,” said Mr. Richie. <
Z-RAT UNIT HERE
The Cleveland County Mo
bile X-Ray Unit will be in
Kings Mountain In front o<
Plonk Brothers on Railroad
Avenue Friday from 10 until, j
12 noon and from 1 until 4- h
p.m., a spokesman for
county healtli department
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