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Established 1889 r 1 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 9, 1967 Pages Today Seventy-Eighth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Members of C of C Endorse Liquor Election By 54 toll ACCEPTS CALL — Rev. Perry Whisnant. of Bolivia, N. C.. will become the pastor of Piedmont Baptist church on March 19. Whisnant Accepts Piedmont Call Rev. Perry Whisnant, pastor of Antioch Baptist church, Boli via, N. C; has accepted the call Piedmont 'Baptist church to IBome its pastor. ■Rev. Mr. Whisnant is to as sume the pastorate artfte Kings Mountain church March 19. Mr. Whisnant is a native of Forest City. He and his wife have three children. One Philbeck Still "Serious" Forrest Philbeck of Grover re mains in serious condition in Charlotte Memorial Hospital where he was taken following a truck-train collision in Grover last Tuesday. Philbeck sustained severe head injuries in a wreck involving a pick-up truck and a Southern Railway train at a crossing in Grover around 4:00 on the after noon of February 28. Ray Philbeck was listed in fair condition late Wednesday at Kings Mountain Hospital. The two brothers both work in the recapping department of Plonk Oil Company. Ledford Buys Warehouse ^^Ted Ledford, owner of Kings Mountain Farm Center, has re cently purchased the West Gold street warehouse across from his establishment from Mrs. Ellen Patterson Plonk and Plonk Brothers & Compar.y, the part nership now liquidating. Purchase price was $8000. Mr. Ledford has been renting the 50 x 60 warehouse. The lot fronts 60 feet on East Gold (in cluding a 10-foot easement), and it is approximately 95 feet deep. Hustetler Rites Are Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Pantha Lee Bridges Hustetler, 65, of 318 Walnut street were held Mon day at 4 p.ni. from Piedmont Baptist church with the Rev. C. C. Parker and Rev. Flay Payne officiating. Interment <was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Hustetler died at her' home Sunday at 1 a.m. She was a daughter of the late Peter As bury and Delia Hudson Bridges. She is survived by her husband, Anve H. Hustetler; three sons, Mtnes Hustetler of Gastonia and Wck and Buddy Hustetler of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie Barrett of Kings Moun tain and Mrs. Minnie Davis of Shelby; three brothers, WiHie Bridges of Shelby, D. D. and Hol ly Bridges, both of Cherryville; .11 grandchildren and four great Members Support Election Appeal In Mail Ballot Members of the Kings Moun tain Chamber of Commerce, in mail balloting, have endorsed the holding of elections of the ques tions of legalizing sale of beer and wine for off-premises con sumption and legalizing ABC stores. ; - . The vote was 54 in favor, 11 against. There are approximately 80 members. President Jonas Bridges, who announced the results, pointed out that the question concerned the holding of the election not whether the members were “wet” or "dry”. He also said the directors vot ed to conduct the membership poll rather than leaving the question solely to the board of directors; No report was available on the number of signers of petitions being circulated among Kings Mountain voters which seek an election on the two questions. In Dallas, wherein ABC elec tion was being sought, the city commission declined to recom mend an flection When petitions presented were found to be 50 percent spurious, with names of non-citizens, double and triple signing by the same individuals, and outright forgeries discovered -when the clerk authenticated the signatures. Mis. Herron's Rites Thursday Funeral rites for Mrs. Annie Mae Herron, 57, wife of Fred V. Herron of the Midpines Commu nity, will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. from Midview Baptist church. Rev. R. c. Franks will offi ciate at the final rites and inter ment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Herron, in ill health for several weeks, died Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at Kings Mountain hospital. She was a native of Swain County, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nations. Besides her husband she is sur vived by four sons, Luther and Curtis Herron, both of Kings Mountain, and Harley and Char les Herron, both of Baltimore, Md.; five daughters Mrs. Jack Stewart, Mrs. Junior Costner, Mrs. Richard Camp, all of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Claude Spencer of Baltimore, Md. and Mrs. Dale Ellis of Fort Worth, Texas. Also surviving are three sisters, • Mrs. Isaac Smith of Gastonia Mrs. Kelly Herron of Clover, Si C. and Mrs. Ray Rogers of Bry son City, N. C.; a brother, Hor ace Nations of Morganton; and 32 grandchildren. Funeral rites for Rufus Grier Plonk, 79, were held Monday at 4 p.m. from First Presbyterian church of which he was an eld er. Dr. Paul K. Ausley, minister of the church, officiated at the final rites and interment was in 'Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Plonk, prominent retired farmer, died Saturday at 4 p.m. in Hie Kings Mountain hospital following a week’s illness. Death was attributed to a ruptured ap pendix. He was son of the late Michael Luther and Lenora Love Monk. He attended local schools and Flshburne Military Academy in Virginia, : v-__a v . .hL-i-• v APPOINTED — Marion Dixon has been appointed National Aide-de-Camp in the VFW. He is a past commander of Frank B. Glass Post 9811. Dixon Tapped For VFW Honor Leslie M. Fry, Reno, Nevada, commander-in-chief of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, has 'announced the appointment of William -Ma* rion Dixon, 1210 Westover, Kings Mountain, as National Aide-de Camp, V.F.W. In making the announcement Mr. Fry said, “Because of Mr. Dixon’s tested dedication to the V.F.W. goals of promotion of true patriotism, national security and assisting the nation’s veterans, their widows and orphans, I am happy to appoint him to serve on my staff and I know he will continue to distinguish himself as he serves this organization, his community, his state and his country.’’ Talent Show Set April 13 Annual Schools Talent Show of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club will be held Thursday April 13th; with preliminary contests already underway in the nine plants of the district schools. Winners from the various schools will compete for trophies in the April 13th event at 7:30 in Central school auditorium. Glee E. Bridges will serve as general chairman of the show w^iich has a goal of $3500. for lighting of John Gamble Memo rial Stadium. The civic club has already cash on hand of $4500 for the project which is expected to total more than $8,000. H. D. (Snooks) McDaniel, pub licity chairman, said th&t school students are invited to partici pate. “If you can sing, dance, play a musical instrument pan tomime, or recite we invite you to take part”, said Mr. McDan iel. B. S. Peeler, Jr. will serve as master of ceremonies for the event. His wife the late Grace Berry Plonk, died November 27, 1965. Surviving are his stepmother, Mrs. M. L. Plonk of Kings Mountain; two sons, Harold Plonk of Kings Mountain and R. G. Plonk, Jr. of Shelby; two daugh ters, Mrs. A. A. Lackey, Jr. of Fallstoh and Mrs. J. D. Mercer of Wurzbung Germany; and three grandchildren. Elders and deacons of First Presbyterian church were honor ary pallbearers. Active pallbearers were John Sfarbro, J. Casa Taylor, Hal Plonk. John O. Plonk, John B. Plonk, A- E. Yarbro and Eugene Goforth. „ Mrs. Campbell Succumbs At 89; Rites Thursday Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Lenora Campbell, 89, widow of Edward Lee Campbell, a former mayor of Kings Mountain, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home. Rev. Howard Jordan pastor of Central Methodist church, will officiate at the final rites. Inter ment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Campbell died Tuesday night at 9 p.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital after serious illness of two weeks. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James W. Weir. Her husband died in 1941. Mr. Campbell was Kings Moun tain mayor from 1901-05. He also served as city attorney. She was a member of Central Methodist church. She is survived by her son, Charles B. Campbell, of Kings Mountain; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Traffic Signal Sought On 161 The city commission voted Tuesday night to ask the State Highway Commission to install a traffic signal on N. C. 161 at Cleveland Avenue and Ridge street. The commission acted on re quest of Dr. D. F. Hord Kings Mountain dentist, who wrote: Dear Mayor Moss: —• ■ "I would like to call your at tention to t he bad traffic situa tion that exists at the intersec ion of Cleveland Avenue and Ridge1 Street. As you are well aware, there is a large volume of traffic here and there is no signal of any type. “The two streets do not inter sect at right angles and this makes for poor visibility, especi ally as you enter Cleveland from Ridge. This fact together with the volume of traffic has pro duced a large number of acci dents recently. “Then too, there are a good number of “drag racers" late at night on Cleveland Avenue that deserve some attention. “I do wish you would use the influence of your office as Mayor to impress the State Highway Commission as to the need of a traffic control at the Cleveland Avenue-Ridge Street intersec tion.” Mis. Allison, 24, Dies Of Wounds Funeral for Mrs. lola Allison West 24, Kings Mountain native, was held Friday at 4 p.m. from El Bethel Methodist church, in terment following in El Bethel cemetery. Mrs. West died last Wednesday night from pistol wounds in the head. Sheriff J. Haywood Allen said the mother of two children was apparently shot with a .38 caliber revolver by Fred Sisk, 49, who then turned the weapon on himself. The deaths was ruled ai murder-suicide. Sheriff Allen said the shooting followed an argument between the victims at the West home on route 6, Shelby. Sisk operated the Fairgrounds Grill. Daughter of Odus Allison of Shelby and the late Lola Eurm inie Mackey Allison, Mrs. West was an employee of the Carolina Plant of Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Besides her father she is sur vived by two children, Jimmy Allison West and Georgia West of the home; three brothers, Frankie Allison of Gaffney S. C., James Allison of Blacksburg, S. C., and Clarence Allison of Kings Mountain; and four sisters, Mrs. Freida Metcalf and Miss Jeannie Allison, both of Shelby, and Miss es Patsy and Norma AHison, both of Kings Mountain. The Rev. Roy Lockridge offi ciated at the final rites, EPISCOPAL SERVr-T Rev. Floyd Finch, paste- of j Charlotte’s Episeoprl Church of ) the Holy Comforter and former pastor of Trinity church here and St. Andrews church of Bessemer Citv, will speak to both congregations at the Bes semer City church Wednesday at 6 p.m. A covered dish sup per will follow the program. ____ % Announcements Wednesday Season's first First candidates of the 1967 municipal elections will pay fil ing fees Thursday morning and pose a contest. Richard E. (Dick) Shaney, for mer state highway patrolman and now in the personnel depart ment of Carolina Throwing Com pany. will challenge Commission er O. O. Walker, retired contrac tor now completing his first term, for the Ward 5 seat. Both said they sought to file formally Wednesday but found the City Hall office closed. James L. Quyton, a brick ma son told the Herald this week he anticipated a second race for the Ward 3 seat held by T. J. (Tom my) Ellison. Commissioner Elli son defeated Mr. Guyton two years ago. Only other firm statement concerning the May 9 city and board of education elections came from H. O. (Toby) Williams, who said he would not seek re-elec tion to the board of education. Tom Hamrick has been mention ed as a possible candidate to succeed Mr. Williams. All other members of the Moss -Administration are expected to seek re-election. They are Mayor John Henry Moss, Commission ers. Ellison, Ray Cline, Ward 1, W. S. Biddix, Ward 2 and Nor man King, Ward 4. Political activity has been put wardly quiet this spring—quietest in 20 years. Customarily, candi dates begin filing for Office about January 1. Election day is exactly two months distant. Comm. Walker said in announ cing his candidacy, “My partic ular reason for seeking re-elec tion is a desire to see completion of the several major projects the present administration has start ed—the sewer system, water pro ject, public housing for the poor and others. I feel my experience as a contractor of water and sewer systems can be of benefit.” Mr. Walker native of South Hill, Va., came to Kings Moun tain in 1923 as a water system contractor and Kings Mountain (Continued On Page Eight) Board Will Call Election Tuesday The city board of commission ers will hold the regular March meeting Tuesday night and, as required by law will call for mally the biennial May municipal and board of education elections. Major business of the meeting will be a review of public projects for which federal grants are be ing sought with Edward Gibbons and two other officials of the Atlanta regional office of the De partment of Health Education and Welfare, Mayor John Henry Moss said. The commission is also expect ed to let contract for a steel fence for the public utilities prop erty at Cherryville road and Mc Ginnis street. Bids were received February 28. Knit Fabrics Finn Now Doubling Plant With Building Of Metal Kings Mountain Knit Fabrics, j Inc., began construction Wednes-1 day of an addition to its Rail-, road avenue building which will double present floor space to 11, 000 square feet. S. R. Suber, Jr., said the addi tion will approximate 60x100 square feet, will be utilized for storage and manufacturing and will be a fully-insulated Butler type metal building. The firm began operations in May 1965, and now manufactur ers double-knit fabrics, la costa mesh, bonding fabrics and terry cloth. Mr. Suber said the firm has jriginated a textured acetate fabric with raised design, desir able for sportswear, robes, men’s ihlrts and dress fabrics, which lias attracted considerable inter* EASTER SEAL CHILD — Walter (Butch) Morrison, Jr., 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. (Red) Morrison, is Cleveland County Easter Seal Child for 1967. The annual drive for funds for crippled children for benefit of the Easter Seal Society is now underway. (Photo by Paul Lemmons). Easter Seal Child Is Cage Expert Water Oil Sunday In Some Areas The city water department ex pects to tap in to the new two million gallon city water tank on Sunday, weather permitting. The tap-in will require sus pension of service from 7:30 a. m. to 1 p.m. on the following streets, Public Works Superin tendent Grady Yelton said: Piedmont at Benfield Road Piedmont at Fairview Street Piedmont at Baker Street Piedmont at Parker Street Piedmont at Linwood Street Battleground at Ridge Street Battleground at Phenix Street Bak^r at Railroad Crossing Jerry Cloninger Wins Degree Jerry (Reece) Cloninger, Kings Mountain native, was. graduated February 24th from East Carolina college. A history major, he was a member of Sigma Nu fraterni ty. Mr. Cloninger, who now resides in Raleigh, served two years in the Naval Reserves. est among large manufacturers. He said one large firm sought consignment of Kings Mountain Knit Fabrics’ full production. The firm has 26 employees and production capacity of about 70, 000 pounds per week. Myers & Chapman, of Char lotte, is contractor for the new construction, estimated, accord ing to city building permit issu ed, at $22,860. Other building permits includ ed one for $50,000 for an addi-1 tion just being completed for; Kings Mill, Inc., for which Roy; Barnes, of Gastonia, is contractor, j Also issued was a permit to l- Wilson Crawford for construct ion of a six-room brick resi lence, estimated to cost $12,000, »t 318 Fulton street. Butch Moirison Symbolizes Seal Campaign Walter D. ('Butch) Morrison, whose 14 years have been spent confined to a wheelchair, is Cleve land County Easter Seal Child for 1967. The Oak Grove community youngster smiles when he talks about his pet, Beau, a black French poodle he acquired last summer, and sports in general. His own basketball goal the height of his wheelchair is mount ed in the den so that he can not only watch the game on tele vision but practice his shots. His grandfather, A. J. Gallant, had the idea and Butch adds to the fun with wagers on his game. He wins too. After a year in school, (the new county program "for home bound students), young Morri son’s reading ability is good. His teacher, Mrs. Oscar Padgett, visits him daily. His grandmother, Mrs. R. R. Flowers attends him while his mother, the former Christine Gal lant, works at Baxter Raper Corporation and his father op erates Linwood Crown Service Station. His sister Cecilia is a sophomore at Kings Mountain high school and John Clay, age nine, is a student at Bethware school. Mary Anne (Mrs. James Cloninger) and their family, which includes 10-month-old Todd reside in Boone. "Butch is the joy of the fam ily”, admits Cecilia. "Course, we have our arguments, too.” Mrs. Robert Burns, publicity chairman for the Cleveland County Society for Crippled Chil dren and Adults, said Butch Morrison was tapped the Easter Seal Child because he is the symbol of all handicapped youth in the area. Each year a single child Is tapped for the honor during the March fund - raising campaign which aids in the treatment of more than 250,000 crippled i youngsters and adults through (Continued On Page Bight) Agency Ready For Final Application By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain’s preliminary inquiry for a water project grant has been approved and the reg ional officials of Water and Sew er Facilities Grant Program, De partment of Housing and Urbai. Development, say next step to ward a federal grant is the fina application. Jack Willingham, acting direc tor of the regional office water sewer program, reported the ap proval to Mayor John Henry Moss by telephone on Tuesday and invited him, Consulting En gineer W. K. Dickson, and City Planner Gary Hicks to Atlanta headquarters for a conference, tentatively set for next Wednes day. The Kings Mountain inquiry was assigned Project Number WS-3-34-0052, Arthur A. Davis, of the Washington office, recently informed United States Senator B. Everett Jordan. The Senator had asked the department for a progress report on the Kings Mountain grant application. Meantime, another Cleveland County citizen, Gene Schenck, Liiy Mills executive, has pledged his support of the Kings Moun tain water project. Mr. Schenck, Mayor Moss reported, called to obtain details on the project, owns land in the potential lake area, and said he would support the project. The Mayor added Mr. Schenck said he would attend a March 16 public meeting on the water project at which Ralph Andrews, director of the North Carolina Department of Recreation, will discuss recreational aspects of the Kings Mountain project, which envisions a lake-resevoir approximating the size of Lake Lure, In its preliminary inquiry, the city applied for a $300,000 federal grant. C Of C Banquet On March 20 H. F. (Chub) Seawell, Jr. of Carthage, humorist writer and television personality, will make the address at the annual ban quet March 20th of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce. Dinner will be served at 8 o’clock at Kings Mountain Coun try clpb, according to announce ment by Jonas Bridges, presi dent. Mr. Seawell, an attorney, pass ed the North Carolina Bar at the age of 20 following graduation from Wake Forest Law School. As Republican candidate for gov ernor m 1952 he garnered over 383,000 votes, 100,000 ahead of all others up tc that time. He is author of the book “Sir Walter, The Earl of Chatham’’ and makes regular appearances on television in a series of his own humorous sketches. Mr. Seawell has filled speak ing engagements from Los An geles to Montreal, Canada and more recently spoke at the an nual meeting of the North Car olina Merchants Association In Southern Pines. Mrs. Black's Rites Conducted Final rites for Mrs. Aileen Jackson Black, 51 of Grover, were held Saturday at 3 p.m. from Lily Baptist church, inter ment following in Patterson Springs Baptist church cemetery. Mrs. Black died Wednesday in Duke hospital at Durham. She was the widow of George Black and daughter of the late Charlie and Mae Blanton Jack son. Surviving are a brother, Homer Jackson, of Sheifiy; and two sis ters, Mrs. Austin Black and Mrs. Thomas Ervin, both of Cleveland Ohio. Six Piano Siudents In District Contest Six piano students of Mrs. Martin Harmon will perform Saturday at Lenoir Rhyne Col lege in the North Carolina Music reacher’s Association District Contest. Frances McGill will enter the Senior High School division and Meredith McGill, Lynne Bridges, -aura Ann Hudson, Jane Anthony »nd Barbara Hord will play in % Junior High Contest. Vi.
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