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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
The Greater Kings Mountain figure Is derived from the
special United States Bureau of the Census report o
January 1966. and Includes the 16.990 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 fron
Number S Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder*
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
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VOL 79 No. 51
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 21, 1967
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
jCai olina Throwing Firm Expanding
New Addition
To Be Operating
By April 1
By MARTIN HARMON
Carolina Throwing Company
hopes to have a million-dollar
plus addition in operation by Ap
ril 1, W. K. Mauney, Jr., an offi
cial of the firm, said Wednesday.
Currently underway is con
struction of an addition with
more than 16,000 square feet, es
timated to cost $80,000. It will be
equipped with most modern air
conditioning, costing about $200,
000, and designed to improve the
quality of the yarns the company
stretches.
Mr. Mauney said the added
equipment will approximate a
million dollars and will enable
the company to increase produc
tion from 50,000 to 70,000 pounds
per week. js. *
He estimated an additional 15
to 18 employees will be required.
Carolina Throwing Company
iias been expanded several times
Mince it was .founded. The cur
■nt one is among the most ma
Tor expansions.
The building is being construct
ed by Mauney Hosiery Company
and will be leased by the throw
ing 'firm.
Rev. Cooper
Wins Honor
Rev. Edgar M. Cooper, Kings
Mountain native and son of Mrs.
E. C.' Cooper of Kings Mountain
and the late Dr. Cooper, will be
included in the Dictionary of In
ternational Biography, 1967 • 68
edition.
Rev. Cooper is pastor of New
Hanover Lutheran church, the
oldest Lutheran Church of Ger
man origin in America.
The fourth edition includes
more than lQJEJOO biographical
sketches and records of contem
porary achievement and has a
world wide distribution. It is
printed by Francis House, Lon
don, England.
The Rev. Cooper, Lutheran
road, New Hanogfr township, has
served the New IlapoVer palish
since 1945. ’
A graduate of Lenoir Rhyn^1
college, Hickory, N. C... *he did
graduate work at Mt. Aify semi
nary, Philadelphia, where hi re
vived a masters degree. He was
P member of the honorary fra
ternities, Alpha Tau Kappa, Pi
Kappa Delta and Alpha Psi Ome
ga and was student body presi
dent in his senior year at Lenoir.
Rhyne.
The Rev. Cooper was twice
delegate to tf»& national conven
tion of the lyutheran Church in
America, representing the East
ern Pennsylvania synod and was
tour leader to the Holy Land and
Africa in 19<8»- He hap also
conducted lectures and speaking
tours in the northeastern and
southern states.
He is chaplain of the Pottstown
Automobile club, a past president
of the Boyertown Area Minister
ial association, advisor to the
New Hanover branch of the Na
tional Bank of Boyertown, a
board member of Artman Home
for Lutherans in Ambler, secre
tary of the Lutheran churches
Trappo district, and a member of
the Pottstown Selective Service
board.
His name was listed in the
1966-1967 publication of “Who’s
Who in The East” and wrote and
directed the historical pageant in
1950 when the 250th anniversary
of the church' was observed. The
fcgeant jtoelpded more than 100
Vrsons In the cast.
I The Rev. Cooper is looking for
ward to what he describes as a
challenging project in January.
Hie win be speaker at a week
potjg retreat fo«^ Protestant serv
icemen at Ft. Riley, Kansas.
Services On Christmas Eve
Will Climax Seasonal Rites
Candlelight
Sendees Set
At Chuiches
Church services will climax
annual yule religious rites.
At least two Kings Mountain
churches plan Christmas Eve can
dlelight services at 11 p.m. while
several others plan services earl
ier in the evening.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
will hold its traditional 11 p.m.
service on Christmas Eve with
special music by the choir and a
sermon by the pastor on the sub
ject, “Voices In The Night.”
First Presbyterian church will
Jiold its.».txaaJUipnal 11 p.m.-serv
iee of Holy Communion, featur
ing music by the Combined
Choirs of the church.
At Dixon Presbyterian church
a candlelight service will be held
at 6 p.m. with presentation of a
pageant, “Blue Overalls. Angel”,
to be featured.
At Chestnut Ridge Baptist
church a Christmas Eve service
will be held beginning at 7 p.m.'
“Dust On The Christmas Star”
is the pageant to be presented.
Kings Mountain Baptist church
will-hold a Christmas pageant at
5 p.m. Sunday with children of
the church to givd # dramatic
presentation of “The Nativity.”
First Baptist church will con
tinue the showing of a live nati
vity scene on the ehurch lawn
nightly through December 23
frotti 7 ^Until 9'p.m. 1
Boyce Memorial ARP church
will.hold a 7p.m. worship service
on Christmas Eve with' special
mplif by t}ie chu/ch Wiolrs. Chil
dren or the church presented
“Ltt’s Keep CHfistmas", a Christ
mas program, on Wednesday
night.. Highlight of the service
was thd bringing of gifts for
childr^fi at orphanages the church
.support." ■(
•alesurreption Lutheran church
w^JL hold its traditional Christmas
Eve communion service at 7:30
p.m. on Sunday. Music by the
church choirs will feature the
service. The entire sanctuary will
be lighted by candlelight.
The annual White Christmas
program was held Sunday night
with young people of the church
presenting the pageant, “First
Christmas". Folk singing of
Christmas songs, with guitar ac
companiment by Paul Dunn,
highlighted the program. Mem
bers brought white gifts to be
distributed to North Carolina Lu
theran Homes of Hickory as the
annual Christmas-giving project
of the church.
At the Resurrection service on
Sunday night Teresa Jolley, UNC
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TO VISIT SHELBY t— Senator
Sam Ervin will be in Shelby
December 28 where friends will
honor hi$r at a reception at
ttotet-ChaTles. He will also ad
dress'the Shelby Kiwanis club.
Senator Ervin
To Visit Shelby
United States Senator Sam J.
Ervin will be honored at a recep
tion at Hotel Charles in Shelby
December 28.
Announcement was made by
Clyde Nolan who said the recep
tion is being given by friends of
the Senator. The public is invited
attend. Refreshments will be
served.
Hour of the event is 3 p.m. to
4 p.m.
The Young Brothers orchestra
will provide music.
In the evening, Senator Ervin
will address the Shelby Kiwanis
club, also at Hotel Charles, at 7
p.m.
The Monganton legislator, a
former North Carolina Superior
and Supreme Court judge, was
appointed to the Senate in 1954
to succeed the late Senator Clyde
R. Hoey, was reelected to full
six-year terms in 1956 and 1962.
He is third ranking Democrat on
the Senate judiciary and govern
ment operations committees and
fifth ranking member of the Sen
ate armed services committee.
He has announced he will seek
re-election.
MOSS TO ATLANTA
Mayor John Henry Moss will
go to Atlanta, Ga., Wednesday
to review the city’s project ap
plications with officials of the
regional office, Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment.
$100,000 Supplement For Hospital
Addition Seems Far Distant Today
A quick $100,000 supplemental
appropriation for expanding Kings
Mountain Hospital does not seem
in the offing.
W. E. Easterling, secretary of
the Local Government Commis
sion, told a county committee last
Thursday funds for hosital con
struction can be appropriated only
from non tax revenues or voted
by citizens.
The county’s non-tax revenues
are few.
The state Suprerpe tkmzt, has
ruled that hospitals are not a
necessary function of. county
government. '•
George W. Mpuney, member of
the committee and president of
Kings Mountain Hospital, said
the hospital board has not met
and therefore determined what
course of action it will take. There
is iome. feeling, he noted, that,
with the advent of the federal
medicare program, the Supreme
Court might take a different view
from-its former findings and that
a friendly test case might be in
stituted.
"The projected addition is esti
mated to require $768,000. A half
million in bonds has been approv
ed by voters, and some monies
are available from gifts and me
morials. Private foundations have
•indicated some funds will be
available:.
Choirs To Sing
Yule Cantatas
Sunday Morning
Two Christmas Eve musieales
will be presented at 11 o’clock
morning worship services in
Kings Mountain.
Members of the Senior Choir of
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church
will sing Louise Stairs’ “The
Child of Bethlehem”, at Sunday
worship services at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church.
Combined Choirs, members of
the Junior and Senior Choirs of
First Presbyterian church will
3in«.MlhP .cantata, “Let iAll To
gether Praise Our God” as the
Joy Gift program Sunday morn
ing. Presentation of children’s
“mite” boxes will feature the
service. Mrs. Ben T. Goforth will
be soprano soloist. Mrs. Darrell
Austin will be organist-director
for the presentation.
At the St. Matthew’s service
Mrs. L. E. Hinnant will be or
ganist-director for the musicale.
Soloists will be Mrs. Robert
Greene, Miss Jane Yates, Mrs.
Charles E. Ramsey and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert L. Wilson.
Members of the St. Matthew’s
choir are: Sopranos: Mrs. Hubert
Aderholt, Mrs. Don W. Blanton,
Miss Myrtle Dunn, Mrs. Willie
Grice, Mrs. W. D. Kerns, Mrs.
James B. McGinnis, Mrs. Charles
E. Ramsey, and Mrs. Hugh Yates;
Alto: Mrs. Robert Y. Greene, Mrs.
Robert L. Wilson and Miss Jane
Yates; Tenor and Bass: Hans
Borov, Don W. Blanton, Amos
Dunn, Charles Easley, Jr., Timo
thy Gladden, George Houser,
Charles F. Mauney, Richard Mc
Ginnis, G. E. Still, and Robert L.
Wilson.
Ruth May Seek
Seat In House
A onetime Kings Mountain rec
reation director may seek the
state’s eighth district congression
al seat.
Dr. Earl B. Ruth, now a Cataw
ba College official, says he’s con
sidering making th^ bid as a Re
publican. Now a registered bemo
crat, he said he would establish
residence in a neighboring coun
ty in the district which employs
the permanent registration sys
tem.
In his home county of Rowan,
the permanent system is not em
ployed, and the filing deadline
would have passed before he
could change his party identity.
A UNC basketball star in the
thirties, Dr. Ruth is a nephew of
Hilton L. Ruth, of Kings Moun
tain.
His Democratic opponent might
be State Senator Voit Gilmore, of
Southern Pines. Ruth graduated
from UNC in 1938, Gilmore in
1939.
American Legion
Yule Party Set
Otis D. Green Past 153, Ameri
can Legion, will hold its Christ
mas party for needy children
Sunday afternoon beginning at 1
o’clock.
Children ages 6 to 12 certified '
by school principals will be i
guests. Commander Carl Wiesen- <
er said.
Only adults present will be Le- j
gio^naire host* and their wives. <
Tuesday Peak
Mailing Day;
16,988 Pieces
Although there was still plenty
of mail business, the big push
appeared nearly over late Wed
nesday at Kings Mountain post
office.
Cancellations for the day pass
ed the 8,000 mark, but the office’s
biggest day was Tuesday when
16,988 pieces of out-going mail
were cancelled. On Monday the
total was 15,500.
Postmaster Charles L. Alexan
der said the volume of mail in
dicates this year’s mailing will
set a Christmas season record.
Mr. Alexander noted that on a
normal day the postoffice regis
ters about 3,000 pieces of outgo
ing letter mail.
The postoffice will be open un
til noon on Saturday. Postmaster
Alexander said he anticipates
there will be no need of remain
ing open later. The postoffice re
mained open all day.Just -Satur
day.
“We appreciate the cooperation
of patrons in labeling local and
out-of-town greeting cards and
mailing early in the day”, said
the postmaster. He said this pol
icy helps eliminate or better con.
trol last minute rush periods.
Baity Rites
Thuisday At 3
Clyde Coleman Baity, 49, died
Tuesday morning at 11:30 in the
Kings Mountain hospital after
illness of three weeks.
Funeral rites will be held
Thursday afternoon at 3 pm.
from the Chapel of Harris Fune
ral Home. Rev. W. T. Luckadoo
and Rev. Jerry Grigg will offici
ate at the final rites, and inter
ment will be in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
A native of Cleveland County, j
Baity was son of Harrison Baity1
of Kings Mountain and the late
Mrs. Baity. He was married to
the former Sarah Elizabeth Elli
ott who died in August 1966. He
was a member of Faith Baptist
church.
Besides his father he is surviv
ed by two sons, Ronald Baity and *
James Baity, both of Kings
Mountain; three, daughters, Mrs.
Earl Falls, Jr., Mrs. Claude An
derson and Miss Phyllis Baity,
all of Kings Mountain; two bro
thers, Floyd Baity of Kings
Mountain and Lawrence Baity of
Jacksonville, Fla.; two sisters,
Mrs. Frank Black and Mrs. Addie
Baity, both of Kings Mountain;
and one grandchild.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HONOR MEDAL WINNER SP/5 John
nie E. Floyd holds the medal he won in the 1986 Freedom Foun
dation essay contest. The George Washington Honor Medal was
accompanied by a S100 cash prize. The Kings Mountain man
wrote the winning essay while stationed in Vietnam.
(Photo by Steve Martin)
Johnnie Floyd,
Aimy Retiree,
Medal Winner
Johnnie E. Floyd, a Kings
Mountain veteran of 14 years
service in the Army until he was
wounded in November while
serving in Vietnam, is among
winners of the nation-wide es
say contest on freedom sponsored
by the Freedoms Foundation at
Valley Forge.
SPt/5 Floyd is among 25 reci
pients of a $100 cash prize and
the George Washington Honor
Medal.
The Kings Mountain man
wrote: “Freedom Is not just a
word, it is many things and it
carries many faces: Freedom is
a sacrifice today, for the assur
ance of happiness tomorrow.”
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Floyd
of Kings Montain, SP/5 Floyd j
was medically retired with 60'
percent disability in November
this year. Injured in Vietnam,
where he was on duty two years,
he entered Walter Reed hospital
in Washington November 14th.
Since returning to his home here
he has served as agent for the
Floyd Band.
The 1966 essay contest was on
he theme, “Defending Freedom
safeguards America.” Floyd said
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Empty Stocking Gifts Now $1575,
Short of Estimated $3500 Needs
Christmas gifts to Operation
Helping Hand, the city’s Empty
Stocking fund appeal, were lag
ging this week, as Drive Chair
man Robert Mann reported con
tributions of $1,575.61.
Rev. Mr. Mann, pastor of
First Baptist church and chair
man of the Ministerial Associa
tion’s Helping Hand committee,
said a total of $3,500 is needed to
assure the less fortunate and
area needy of a merry Christmas.
Funds not used at this season
will provide emergency relief dur
ing the year 1968.
Needy families should ask their
minister to provide them with a
card if they desire help with
food, clothing or toys during
Christmas, said Mr. Mann. This
card should be presented on Fri
day from 1 until 5 p.m. at the old
First Union Bank Building on
Battleground avenue for toys and
clothing. Food baskets will be ds-1
livered to the needy prior to(
Christmas Eve.
Kings Mountain Jayceos are re-j
building used toys and several
merchants are donating new toys;
to aid the project, said Mr. Mann.;
The Empty Stocking Fund and,
its year-long welfare counterpart:
had a name change this year.
“It is the same organization
with a wider base”, said Mr.
Mann. Rev. D. B. Alderman, pas
tor of Central Methodist church,
heads up the welfare organiza
tion, Rey. Robert Haden, rector
of Trinity Episcopal church, is re
sponsible for Christmas distribu
tion and Rev. Mr. Mann heads
the committee on fund-raising
and distribution.
Ministers will continue to mann
Empty Stocking booths on down ]
town streets this weekend. Citiz
ens not contacted may forward
their contributions in care of Rev. i
Mr. Mann at First-Baptist church.'
Next Week's Herald
On Regular Schedule
Next week’s edition of the
Kings Mountain Herald wiil be
published on regular schedule.
The paper wiil be published
on Wednesday night under date
of Thursday, December 28th.
The Herald will be closed
from Thursday at 1 p.m. until
Tuesday morning at 9 a.m.
Pictures for next week’s edi
tion should be brought to the
newspaper office by 1 p.m.
Tuesday. The Herald ships via
bus photographs to Spartan
burg, S. C. Herald Journal for
engraving. Photographs may
also be mailed to the Herald,
Box 752.
KM Florist
In Who’s Who
Kings Mountain Florist will be
listed in the 1968 edition of
“Who’s Who In The Flower
World”.
Everette Stroupe, owner of the
firm, received notification of the
honor this week from Allied Flor
ists Credit Association, 11111
North Central Exp. Dallas, Texas,
which publishes the listings.
“Who’s Who In The Flower
World” will be distributed to flor
ists throughout the U. S.
“Your shop has been chosen!
after careful consideration of sev
eral factors important to the flor
al industry”, Mr. Stroupe’s letter
of selection read. It continued,
“The quality of your work, your
ethical standards in dealing both
the public and fellow florists and
the promptness which you pay all
bills. .
Ken Bunkowski
Tau Beta Pi |
Kenneth D. Bunkowski, Jr., of
Kings Mountain, has been invited
to pledge North Carolina Alpha
chapter of Tau Beta Pi. honorary
engineering fraternity.
Candidates are chosen on basis
of character and scholastic ex
cel lence.
Mr. Bunkowski, majoring in
chemical engineering, is a junior
and has qualified for the dean’s i
list each semester since he en
rolled at North Carolipa State .
University at Raleigh. i
His parents live at 802 Meadow
i>rook RoacU
Textile Holiday
Schedule Varies
Day To Week
Holidays for Kings Mountali
industrial employees vary fron
one day to a full week, a survey
of the city’s textile plants reveal
ed Wednesday.
Some firms will pay bonuses to
employees based on length of
service and others will give gift
certificates for Christmas hams
and turkeys.
The announced work cessation
schedule ranges from the one-day
holiday of Duplex-Shannon, Bar
win Knitting, Lithium Corpora
tion of America and Foote Min
eral's Milling Department to the
week’s shutdown of Craftspun
Yarns.
Carolina Throwing Company
will not suspend operations but
will "operate slraight through”,
Supt. Clinton Jolly said. Mr. Jol
ly said bonuses of two and four
percent will be paid employees.
Burlington’s Phenix Plant No.
1 will be closed for the holida,
from December 23 through Dot
ember 26. Employees will receive
Christmas bonus payments, which
this season will total about $3%
million for the entire company.
These payments, plus payments
received during last summer's va
cation, will total about $7 million,
this calendar year, Supt. W. Jl
Bonnie Cotton Mills will susj
pend operations at 6 a.m. thi4
morning and reopen at 6 a.m.
December 27th.
Minette Mills of Grover will b*/
closed from 6 a.m. Saturday un.
til Wednesday at 6 a.m. Em
ployees will receive Christmas
bonuses based on length of serv
ice.
Sadie Cotton Mills will suspend
operations for the holidays Sat
urday night at 10 p.m.. reopening
January 1. Christmas bonuses
will be paid employees.
Mauney Hosiery Mills, Cleve
land Hosiery Mill and Ideal Hos
iery will suspend operations for
the holidays on Thursday after
noon, reopening on January 1.
Bonuses of two and four percent
will be paid employees.
Double Knit Fabrics -will cease
operations for the holidays at 3
p.m. Friday, reopening Tuesday
morning at 7. A Christmas party
for employees will be held Fri
day.
Kings Mills will close Friday
at 2 p.m., reopening Tuesday at
2 p.m. Christmas bonuses will be
paid employees.
Elmer Lumber Company em
ployees will take a holiday from
Friday until Tuesday morning.
Lambeth Rope Corporation will
close Christmas Day, as will Du
plex Shannon, Barwin Knitting,
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Keeter said.
St. Matthew's
Christmas Stray
But white he thought on these
things, behold, the angel of the
Lord appeared unto him in a
dream, saying Joseph, thou son
of David fear not to take unto
thee Mary thy wife; for that
which is conceived in her is of
the Holy Ghost.
And she shall bring forth a
son, and thou shaft call his name
Jesus; for he shall save his people
from their siw.
Now all this was done, that it
might be fulfilled which was
spoken of the Lord by the proph
et, saying,
Behold, a virgin shall be with
■hitd, and shall bring forth a
son and they shall call his name
Emmanuel, which being interpret
ed is, God with us.
Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days
if Herod the king, behold, there
‘a me wise men from the emt to
Jerusalem,
Saying, where is he that is born
King of the Jewsf for we have
teen his star in the east, and are
onie to worship him.
When Herod the king had
ward these things, he uxis trou
iled, and all Jerusalem with him.
And when he had gulhered al1
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