Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
Th* ¥**5?* Mountain figure is derived from the
special United States Bureau of the Census report of
January 19S6, and Includes the 14.990 population of
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,134 from
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder's
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
VOL 78 No. 17
Established 1889 _ Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 27, 1967
Pages
Today
Seventy-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
12 Candidates Seek 7 Posts
Tiling Date Passes Monday
Mayor Moss
First Mayor
Unopposed
In City History
What's going on in city poli
tics?
Candidates and laymen alike
were generally agreeing that
politics this 1967 political season
is unusually quiet.
• The filing date passed Monday.
Four members of Moss Adminis
tration 11 were virtually assured
election on May 9.
Unopposed for election to a
second term as Kings Mountain
mayor is mayor John Henry Moss.
Also unopposed for re-election are
City Commissioners Ray Cline,
Biddix and Norman King,
mutes in the office of the
clerk at City Hall reveal
i pot since 1921 Slid before
SEE RELATED EDITORIAL
has a mayor been returned to
office without opposition. The
board of commissioners was or
ganized, according to the min
utes, February 24, 1864 and from
a group of eight appointed citi
zens W. A. Mauney was named
mayor.
From the minutes the names
of mayors from that period:
1902—E. L. Campbell.
19050—G. W. Kendridt , '
1909—J. C. Patrick.
1915—A. E. Cline.
197_Wiley McGinnis.
1920— Wiley McGinnis. (Mr.
McGinnis resigned June 7 of that
year and W. A. Ware, mayor pro
tern, became mayor.)
1921— Mayor McGinnis was re
elected on June 6.
1923 — P. D. Herndon.
1925 — Wiley McGinnis.
1927 — Wiley McGinnis.
1929 — Wiley McGinnis.
1931 — W. K. Mauney.
1933 — W. K. Mauney.
1935 — j. E. Herndon who de
feated W. A. Ridenhour 581 to
253.
1937 — j. E. Herndon who de
feated H. Tom Fulton, George Al
ign and Charles Williams.
M1939 — J. B. Thomasson ap
pointed mayor.
Citizens voted in wards for
town commissioners. Thomasson
was high man, defeating J. A.
Dunagan.
1941 — Joe Thomson.
1943 — Joe Thomson.
1945 — Joe Thomson.
1947 — H. Tom Fulton.
1949 —J. E. Herndon.
1951 — Garland E. Still.
1953 — Glee A. Bridges.
1955 — Glee A. Bridges.
1957 — Glee A. Bridges,
1959 — Glee A. Bridges.
1961 — Kelly Dixon.
1963 — Glee A. Bridges.
1965 — John H. Moss.
Babies Clink
Set Satniday
Dr. J. P. Mauney, veterinarian,
tps announced the following
ichcdule of rahies clinics for
Saturday, April 29.
Whe schedule:
'IjGrover High School, 9 tb 9:30
White’s Service Station, 9:30 to
1 a.m.
lid Herndon Service Station,
S to 10 a.m.
lidpines, 10 to 15:15 a.m.
bmpact School, 10:15 to 10:30
Hass Grocery Store, 10:30 to
15 a.m.
ark Grace School, 10:45 to 11
ity Hall, Kings Mountain, 11
U:3t> a.m.
i! '
MAYOR JOHN HENRY MOSS
COMMISSIONER W, S. BIDDIX
COMMISSIONER RAY CLINE
COMMISSIONER NORMAN XING
Baines Plays
In Pops Concert
Kenneth Barnes, Kings Moun
tain senior student at North Car
olina State University, perform
ed a trumpet solo in this year’s
first outdoor “pops” concert at
N. C. State Wednesday evening.
Wednesday’s concert featured
the NCSU Symphonic Band un
der the direction of Donald B.
Adcock, assistant director of
music.
Barnes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B, N. Barnes, played “Ode for
Trumpet" by Alfred Reed, accom
panied by the' Symphonic Band.
Barnes is a senior majoring in
electrical engineering.
Bloodmobile
Here May 8th
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain
on May 8th at the National
Guard Armory and donors will
be processed from 11 a.m. un
til 4:30 p.m.
"Blood needs are urgent,” a
spokesman for the Kings
Mountain Red Cross chapter
qald. In March Kings Moun
1 tain area citizens used a total
of 246 pints of blood and only
169 pints were collected.
CIRCLE MEETING
Mrs. Fred Wright, Jr. will be
hostess to members of her cir
cle from Central Methodist
church on Tuesday morning at
9:30 at her home.
Lone Woman In School Board Race
Now Three-Man Affair For Seat
The board of education race
for the outside-district seat being
vacated by H. O. (Toby) Wil
liams suddenly expanded to three
Monday, as Mrs. Kelly Bunch
used the last filing day to enter
her candidacy.
Mrs. Bunch was the lone ad
dition the past week to the can
didate list.
Also vying for the education
board seat on May 9 Alex D.
Owens and Bill Babb.
(Bernice F. Bunch is an active
member of Boyce Memorial ARP
church where she has served as
a circle chairman the past two
years. A member of the Kings
Mountain Garden Council, she is
a former president of the Azalea
Garden club and vice-president
of the Magnolia Garden club.
She has assisted in Girl Scout,
Boy Scout and Cub Scout pro
grams sponsored by her local
church and has been active in
Parent-Teacher Association ac
tivities the past 10 years. She
has worked as a receptionist at
Fiber Industries and as a secre
tary for Paul Mauney, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Bunch are par
ents of four children.
The Bunches reside on Mar
grace road.
CANDIDATE—Mr>. K#Uy Bunch
«od Monday » a ondldaU
foe tbo outskU dlotetet board |
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Late-Entry
Mis. Bunch
Files Monday
Kings Mountain has 12 candi
dates seeking seven elective cit>
and school district positions.
Deadline tor filing for public
office was passed Monday after
noon with one last-minute addi
tion to the May 9 election ballots
Last candidate to formally file
was Mrs. Kelly Bunch, one ol
three candidates for an outside
district seat on the board of edu
cation.
The list of candidates:
For Mayor (unopposed for a
second term) Mayor John Henry
Moss.
For Ward 1 Commissioner (un
opposed) Comm. Ray Cline.
For Ward 2 Commissioner (un
opposed) Comm. W. S. Biddix.
For Ward 3 Commissioner: In
cumbent Comm. T. J. Ellison, Jim
Gulton and Alfred Tucker.
— For Ward 4 Commissiopev:
Comm. Norman King, unopposed
*for re-election.
For Ward 5 Commissioner: In
cumbent O. O. Walker and Rich
ard (Dick) Shaney.
■For an outside seat on the dis
tract board of education: Alex
Owens, Bill Babb and Mrs. Kelly
Bunch.
Editor Hurt
In Car Crash
Martin Harmon, Kings Moun
tain Herald editor and publisher,
was hospitalized Tuesday night
following a two-ear wreck at the
York road-East Gold street in
tersection.
Mr. Harmon is a patient in
Kings Mountain hospital where
he is being treated for five brok
en ribs.
Mrs. Bettie Foster Hardin, of
912 First street, and Hazel Fos
ter of 209 Blanton street received
emergency treatment and were
released.
According to police reports,
Mrs. Hardin was operating a
1957 Imperial which was travel
ing north on York road. Mr. Har
mon, operating a 1950 Dodge, was
traveling east on Gold street. The
two cars collided in the intersec
tion. Damages to the Hardin car,
in which Mrs. Foster was a pas
senger, were estimated to be $400
to the right front. Damages to
the Harmon car wer eestimated
to be $150 to the front end, ac
cording to city police officer Bob
Hayes who investigated.
The accident occurred about
9:50 p.m.
No charges have been prefer
red,
Jaycees Set
Ladies' Night
Bill West, North Carolina
Speak-Up Jaycee chairman, will
make the principal address at
Tuesday night’s annual ladies
night banquet of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
at the Woman’s <elub.
Gerald Thomasson will be in
stalled as president of the civic
club for 1967-68 succeeding Her
man Greene. Other nev. officers
include: Bill Carrigan, first vice
president.; Bill Grissom, second
vice-president; Gene Patterson,
secretary; Frank Hinson, treasur
er; Bob Haden, chaplain; and
Bob Herndon, Ken Roberts. Milton
Singletary and Shuford Peeler,
directors.
President Greene will present
Mr. West.
LADIES NIGHT
Annual ladif* night b«muet
of the Kings Mountain liana
club will be heiJ on Tuesday
night, May 9th, at 7 p.m. at
the Woman’s club. '
Church Dedication
Sunday At 2:30
JOINS HERALD —Moody Ham
rick of Thomasville has joined
the staff of the Herald as
sports editor.
Hamrick loins
Heiald Staff
Moody Hamrick, Thomasville
native, joined the Kings Moun
tain Herald Monday as sports
editor.
■Mr. Hamrick succeeds Gary
Stewart, who has joined the
sports staff of the Gastonia Ga
zette.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C.
Hamrick, Sr. of Thomasville,
GtexeJamt County natives. Ham
'ridk'(ferries t^. the Herald from
the Fort Lauderdale, Fla. News
sports department. A graduate
of Thomasville high school, hei
worked on the sports staff of
the Greensboro Daily News
while a high school student and
is a former sports writer for the
Thomasville Times.
A graduate of Duke University,
he was in the NROTC and served
four years in the Navy.
A bachelor, Hamrick, 28, is re
siding in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Davis, 116 E. Mountain
street. He is a Methodist and
member of the Thomasville
Moose lodge.
Mrs. McGinnis'
Rites Conducted
Graveside services for Mrs. Jo
sephine McGinnis, widow of
Charles McGinnis, formerly of
Kings Mountain, were held Fri
day at 4 p.m. from Mountain
Rest cemetery. Funeral rites were
held in Spartanburg, S. C.
Mrs. McGinnis died Wednesday
in a Spartanburg hospital.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Willie McGinnis Vandergrift
and Mrs. Pauline Elder, both of
Spartanburg, and a son, Charles
McGinnis, Jr. of Spartanburg.
Also surviving are a niece and
nephew, Mr. and Mrs. T. Bascom
Martin of Richmond, Va. Mrs.
Martin is the former Gail Mc
Ginnis of Kings Mountain.
The Martins came to Kings
Mountain Friday for the grave
side service.
Resurrection
Former Pastors
Here For Service
Resurrection Lutheran church,
organized as a mission church
in 1950 by a group of 10 men
meeting in Keeter’s Department
Store, will be formally dedicated
in services Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Two former ministers of the
church, Rev. R. Douglas Fritz of
Salisbury and Rev. George T.
Moore if Spencer, will take part
in the services, along with Rev,
David L. Castor, pastor.
Dr. George R, Whittecar, presi
dent of the Lutheran Synod of
North Carolina, will lead the act
of dedication.
The congregation will gather
for a threshold service outside
the building before entering the
sanctuary on Crescent Circle. The
church choir will sing the an
them, "Lift Up Your Head". The
congregation will sing "O God
Our Help In Ages Past” and "A
Mighty Fortress Is Our God."
, Presentation of the keys to the
building will be presented to Rev.
Castor and the procession inside
the church will be led by the
clergy, the choir and the church
council.
- In a church history, which will
be included in Sunday’s bulletin, j
the growth of the church will be
reported. In 16 years, expendi- i
tures have totaled $400,000 and
there have been numerous gifts,
including the $8,000 steeple from
the Aubrey Mauncy family.
With a debt-free church, the
congregation voted to build an
educational wing in 1967 and
plans are underway for the ad
dition. Construction is expected
to begin this summer.
First service of the local con
gregation was attended by 73
people on February 4, 1951 in
West school auditorium. A crowd
of 300 gathered for groundbreak
ing services on February 25. The
date for the organization of a
church was set for Palm Sunday
March 18, 1951. Eighty-one mem
bers were received as charter
members and the building fund
was started with a one dollar
gift.
A seven-room brick parsonage!
was erected adjacent to the
church in 1954.
KMHS Band Wins
Excellent Mark
The Kings Mountain high
school band won a rating of ex
cellent in the recent spring con
tests held at Marion.
Joe C. Hedden is director of
the marching band.
Military RitesFor Pearson, 23,
Vietnam Casualty, Held Wednesday
Military funeral rites for Pfc.
James C. (Jimmy) Pearson, 23,
killed in the war in Vietnam on
April 19th, were held Wednes
day afternoon at 2 o’clock from
Shelby's Second Baptist church.
The Cleveland County native,
son of Clifford A. Pearson of
Kings Mountain and Mrs. Jean
ette Perry of Shelby, was on re
reconnaissance patrol removing
mines from roads in Phugh Ving
when he was killed by a blast
from a Claymore mine. He had
been stationed in Vietnam two
months, assigned to duty follow
ing basic training and a leave at
home.
1 His wife, Kaye, learned of her
husband’s death in a telegram
from the Secretary of the Army
on Thursday night. A secretary
at Fiber Industries, Mrs. Pearson
had continued to reside in Shelby
after her husband was drafted.
Before entering service Pearson
was employed at Fiber Indus
tries.. /
A graduate of No. 3 high
school Pearson is the sixth
(.(Mutinutd on Page Bight)
SITU HELD «*» Military funer
(d (Mm fat tie. Jamm C. Pear
bid Wednesday. The
aid soldier died in the
VMmb last Wednes
SPEAKER — Or. Hons Hey
mann of Lenoir Rhyne college
will make the principal ad
dress at Thursday night's em
ployer - employee banquet of
the Kings Mountain Merchants
association.
Heymann Spealu
To Retailers
Dr. Hans G. Heymann, head oi
the English department at Lenoir
Rhyne college since 1954, will
make the principal address at
Thursday night’s employee-em
ployer banquet of the Kings
Mountain Merchants Association.
Dinner will be served at 7:30
at the American Legion building.
Dr. Heymann will use the
topic, "Lessons of History", trac
ing the Hitler resistance and the
cruel persecution of those who
participated in the last plot of
July 20, 1944 to assassinate Hit
ler. Why Hitler came to power
and whether we have learned the
lesson of history by facing free
dom’s foe, communism, are two
questions he will explore.
Glee Edwin Bridges, hardware
man, will be instaleld as asso
ciation president succeeding
Charles E. Dixon. Officers and
new directors will also be install
ed.
Dr. Heymann earned his B.A.
degree in 1936 in Stettin, Ger
many and the outbreak of World
War II interrupted graduate
work. In 1943 he was taken pris
oner of war by the English in
North Africa, was transferred to
the American Army and taken
to the United States.
In 1946 he continued his grad
uate work at the University of
Erankfort-on-the-Main and receiv
ed his Ph.D. magna cum laude.
He left Germany in 1953 where
he had been teaching at a wom
en's college to come to Hickory.
On May 21, 1958 Dr. Heymann,
his wife and two sons became
citizens of the U.S.
Garbage Containers
Are Installed
Refuse collection containers
were being placed in the down
town business district Wednes
day.
Mayor John H. Moss said
that the large containers will
be placed In the North Pied
mont avenue and York Road
Cleveland Avenue shopping
areas later this week.
Willie Wiliams
b Top Lion
Marion L. (Willie) Williams
las been tapped Kings Mountain
Jon of the Year.
Chairman of numerous pro
ecu, Williams was a key figure
n the Lions club promotion of
he Battle Celebration last Oc
ober. He ig currently serving as
:hairman of the Lions dub broom
tale.
Mr. Williams, a jeweler, op
iate# Willie’s Jewelry,
He is a Baptist.
Auxiliary
Water System
Being Installed
Preliminary plans for the pro
posed Buffalo Creek water pro
ject are expected to be completed
within 30 days, the city’s con
sulting engineer, W. K. Dickson,
has informed Mayor John Henry
Moss.
Meantime, more than 200 tons,
(five miles or more than 17,650
feet of eight-inch pipe) was be
ing brought to town and city
personnel were busy assemblying
pipes and pumps In an effort to
augment the city’s raw water
supply.
The rain, though welcome
Wednesday, was slowing progress
in this department, F. T. Parraba
of Thomasville, Ga., of the Army
Corps of Engineers, inspecting
the installation, yesterday, esti
mated the auxiliary sources will
be operative by the first of the
week.
The city is tapping Milk Dairy
and Canterbury Creeks and these
two new sources plus the 120,000
gallons from the old system wells
and the 300,000 being obtained
from the Gold Mine, adds to 1,
500,000 gallons dally over what
ever is obtainable from the York
road and Davidson reservoirs.
Volunteer help in transporting
the pipe was being given by
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company, J. E. Herndon Com
piajMsntl Craftspun Yarns Thurs
day, Friday, Saturday and Mon
day. Right-of-ways from citizens
were made available fi'om Fuller
McGill, J. O. Plonk, Mrs. L. Ar
nold Kiser, E. F. Hayes, Bill
j Simpson, The Burger Barn, Jack
i H. White, the N. C. Highway De
partment and Southern Bell
Telephone Company.
Ground-top installation of the
eight-inch line was begun Tues
I day.
The mayor said that work Is
continuing at full speed on the
Buffalo Creek project. He said
topographical maps of the Buf
falo area will be completed by
the engineers soon—preliminary
to highway department approval,
which is necessary concerning
roads that would be undated.
Plans would then be submitted
to HUD officials.
Mrs. Davis'
Rites Thuisday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ella
Pace Davis, 95, will be held
Thursday at 3 p.m. from Moun
tain Page Baptist church of
Saluda.
The body will remain at Harris
Funeral Home until 12:30 today.
Rev. J. F. Finley and Rev. L.'
N. Littlejohn will officiate at the
final rites and interment will be
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Davis died Tuesday in the
Kings Mountain hospital follow
ing two day illness. She was a
native of Greenville, S. C., daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Pace. She was a member
of Ramah Presbyterian church.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Drayton Jones and Mrs. H.
E. Dockery, both of Greenville,
S. C. and Mrs. W. T. Mills of
Charlottesville, Va.; and five
sons, L. IL. Davis of York, route
1, formerly of Kings Mountain,
Lyman Davis of Greenville, S.
C., Lowe Davis of Murphy, L. C.
Davis of Forest City and L. D.
Davis of Spindale. Mrs. Davis,
widow of L. D. Davis, had made
her home for many years with a
son and family, Mr. and Mrs. L.
IL. Davis. The L. L. Davises mov
ed from their Walncl street home
several years ago.
Also surviving are 19 grand
children, 33 great-grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild.
McGinnis Annex
Opens Thursday
McGinnis Department Store
will open an annex, the former
Reba’s Fashions building, on
Thursday according to announce
ment by Paul McGinnis, the
firm’s manager.
Mr. McGinnis said that Miss
Margaret Cornwell, veteran em
ployee, will manage the Annex
which was recently acquired.