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KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
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Thursday. Uune 3, 1965
1965 KMHS 6BADUATING CLASS
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GRADUATE — Wilbur Luther
(Sonny) Wright, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wilbur Luther Wright,
Sr., and grandson of Mrs. Char
lie A. Baity of Kings Mountain,
was graduated from Bums
high school Monday night. He
will enter the University of
North Carolina in the fall.
School Board
igranis for mentally and physical
ly hantlicappcd children which
may be in existance at another
school. Assignments in accord
ance with indicated second choice
of school will be made using the
same criteria as used for first
choice. If no choice is indicated
'by parents, assignment will be
made to the nearest scnool with
adequate facilities and not over
loaded.”
I Supplementary
. loaded.
i Under the board’s pupil assign
ment plan for 1965-66, grades 1-6
would be housed at Bethware,
East. Grover, North, Park Grace
and Wt'st schools; grades 1-12 at
, Compact; grades 1-8 at David
son; and grades 7-8 at Central.
It is anticipated that special edu
cation classes would be offered
j either at Central or West school
j plants.
1 In other actions Ffiday, the
j board
' 1) heard Supt. iB. N. Barnes
read a letter from J. L. Cham-
'bers of Charlotte, attorney for
the NAACP. requesting further
information on Kings Mountain's
compliance plan.
j 2) awarded (ontract for the
j annual school audit to Hamrick
' & Redding, certified public ac-
I countants.
I 3» approved teacher supple-
j ment of $15 per month, same
! basis paid in December.
I 4) authorized lx>ard chairman
George H. Mauney to use a rub
ber stamp to countersign checks.
Moore College Students
additional, adjacent property i Eileen Slater, daughter of Mr.
makes possible planning for fu- j and Mrs. A. J. Slater, will re-
ture expansion. A number of im- ' ceive her B.S. in psychology this
weekend in commencement exer
cises at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Dale Hollifield. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hollifield, was grad
uated with B.A. degree from
college at
TO UTAH
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gilstad
moved Sunday to Salt Lake
City, Utah, where Mr. Gilstad
was transferred’ by Lithium
Corporation of America, The
Gilstads had lived here on Phi
fer road.
NO WRECKS
Kings Mountain police de
partment reported no highway
accidents occurring in the city
limits during the week ending
Wednesday.
CITED — Hubert C. Dixon,
Kings Mountain native, and
Gardner - Webb college faculty
member, was named "Alumnus
of the Year" Saturday night at
the college's annual alumni
banquet « ^
Patterson Grove
a member of Cherryville First
Baptist church, Mr. Brown has
served as superintendent of the
Cherr^wille city schools the past
five years. He will assume his
new duties July 1.
Brown is married to the former
June Wright of Bry.son City and
they are parents of three chil
dren: two boys, ages 12 and six.
and a daughter age 10.
provements in class room furni
ture and equipment has made
'possible The growth of the edu-
! cational program.
! Mr. ‘Moore directed the estab-
‘ lishment of an entirely new pro
gram of Parish Education, pro- I Western Carolina
I vided by the Lutheran Church in j Cullowhce.
America. This involved teaching | Joyc*e Eleanor Plonk, daugh-
the teachers for a new approach i ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal S. Plonk,
to Christian education. He also j was graduated cum laude Mon
serves as advisor for the Luther |day morning from Lenoir Rhyne
League. ‘college at Hickory. Miss Plcnk
I The Lutheran Church Women ! received an A.B. in sociology and
groups-have doubled in number jAvill enter the University of Ken-
during the past six years. The | tucky this fall for work on her
Boy Scout and Cuh Scout pro- master’s degree,
grams have been recognized and James Sherwood Forrest, son
expanded. ; of Air. and Mrs. Robert J. For-
Mr. Moore has been active in ' rest, was graduated with honors
, civic and community affairs. For , ^lay 29ih from North Carolina
;a time he was me.Thor of the | State University at Raleigh with
I local Rotary aclub. is currently i ^ S. in meciianical engineering.
I a member of the Kiwanis club jHe has accepted employment
! and its board of directors. Has | with IBM of Lexington, Ken-
! been an active member of Kings tucky.
Mountain Ministerial Association. I Margaret Jackson, daughter of
Not all strokepatients are left
with a handicap, the North Car
olina Heart Associatioin says.
serving as secretary and treasur
er. vice-president, and currently
is president.
Beginning this year, he writes
a weekly column for the local
newspaper. “Speaking Out.”
For the North Carolina Synod
of the Lutheran Church in Amer
ica Mr. Moore is currently chair
man of the Cofnmittee on World
Missions. During his tenure of
I office as chairman foreign mis-
1 sionaries have been made avail-
I able as speakers for every con
gregation in the Synotl. He also
is .serving on the Boaitl of Trus
tees for the LcAvman Home at
White Rock. S. C. This is a home
for the aged, supported by five
Southern synods. He is a mem
ber of the Executive Committee
'of that Board.
Mrs. Moore. Sunday School
teacher and Senior Choir mem
ber. is employed as Acting Su-
peiwisor for Gaston County De
partment of Public Welfare.
The Moores are parents of
four ^fis, three of whom will be
in college this fall. Truett Moore
will transfer from Clemson Uni
versity to Centra Piedmont Com
munity oollege at Charlotte to
study commercial art; Johnnie
Moore, an honor graduate of
Kings Mountain high school Mon
day, will study business adminis
tration at Lenoir Rhyne college;
and Spencer Moore, a National
Merit Finalist and recent grad
uate of KMHS, will enroll at
Western Carolina college to ma
jor in biology and education.
Their fourth son, Alex, is a 10th
■grade student.
The Spencer church has a
membership of over 4CK).
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COMPACT HIGH GRADUATES — Pictured above ore members of the Class of 1965 of Compact
high schooL First row, left to right, Yvonne Barnette, Bertha Bell, Prema Brown, Brenda Camp,
Linda Comp and Norma Childers; second row, from left, Annie Cole, Mory Gist, Darlene Huskey,
Sylvia Jordan, Patricia Lewis, and Mary Littlejohn; third row, from left, Janice Mitchem, Jackie
Moore, Mahalia Roberts, Doris Smarr, Cornell Adams and William Adams; fourth row, from left,
Joseph Belt Miles Boyd, Roddy Byers, Carl Burris, Jimmy Carter, and Charlie Crocker; fifth row,
from left Leroy Dovis. James Hood. Jesse Hughes, Robert Jomerson. Billy McCathen, and Dwight
Roseboro; sixth row, from left Clarence Warren, James Worthy, Williom Patterson and Mae Byers.
T-339. which was issued to the
City of Kings Mountain on April
26, 1963 by the State Stream San
itation Committee.
"Mr. W. E. Long. Jr., chief, mu
nicipal waste section, has report
ed on the meeting with the Town
Board on May 27. 1965, and based
upon the assurances made by the
Town Board at that meeting, we
are hereby extending the time
schedule for pollution abatement
as specified in Temporary Per
mit No. T-33n to the following
Deadline Now
handle the flow of sewage that
Kings Mountain will deposit in
the creek.” He suggested another
site be found and outlined steps
for the city to take in attempting
to qualify for federal funds for
the project. He also warned that
a bond referendum would have
to be approved by the voters and
this might be the most difficult
step.
Long suggested nearby Potts
Creek be used as the site for the
plant. Possible sites are to be in
spected by Mayor Moss and the
western regional engineer for the
department next Wednesday
Mayor Moss expressed himself
as highly appreciative of the ex
tension. Ho said, "I feel this ex
tension will give the city and its
officials an opportunity to ef
ficiently plan our future sewage
program.”
The letter to Mayor Moss read:
"Reference is made to your let
ter of May 28 requesting an ex-1 the Town should accomplish the
tension to Temporary Permit No.'‘tollowing prior to April 1, 1966:
Mr. and Mrs. T. Wood Jackson,
will receive her degree Sunday
in the 123rd commencement at
Mary Baldwin college in Staun
ton, Va. An English and history
major. Miss Jackson has been
granted assistantship to continue
study at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill.
Cadet James Randall Parker,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald L.
Parker, was graduated from The
Citadel at Charleston, S. C. in a
military ceremony May 29. Dur
ing his career as a cadet at The
Citadel, Parker was enrolled in
the Air Force ROTC program.
He majored in education and re
ceived {he B.S. degree.
James Cordell Blanton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. DoWitt Blanton,
was graduated from East Caro
lina college at Greenville with
bachelor of science degree. He is
now in the Naval Officers’ Can
didate School in Newport, Rhode
Island.
Paul A. Howard. Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Howard,
received the B.S. degree in Tex
tile Science from Clemson col
lege Saturday. A 19,58 graduate
of Kings Mountain high school,
he received the Associate in Arts
de'^ree from Brevard college in
1960. He entered Clemson in the
fall of 1960 for one semester,
then entered the Army and serv
ed for two years. He returned to
Clemson in the fall of 1963. At
Clemson, he was a member of
the American Association of Tex
tile Technologists. He is married
to the former Jean Allen of
Kings Mountain. On August 1,
he plans to begin work with Bur
lington Industries, Pacific Worst
ed Division at Lexington.
Anno Slater, daughter of Mr.
and Mi^. A. J. Slater, will receive
an Associate degree in applied
science intursing education) from
the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro Sunday in the
73rd commencement exercises in
the city's coliseum at 11 a.m.
Mary Lillian Lewis, daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. O. P. Lewis, was
graduated Sunday with B.A. in
special education from Greens
boro college. She will begin work
in the tall with mentally handi-
dates:
"D Submit final plans and
specifications for the project I-
long with an application for a
Federal Grant to this office on or
before April 1. 1966.
"2> Begin construction of pro
ject on or before October 1, 1966.
"3) Complete project and place
into operation on or before De-
ctmbor 31, 1967.
“As pointed out by Mr. Long
at the meeting of May 27. 1965,
1) Secure or obtain an option
on suitable site, approved by .this
office, for the location of the
treatment plant.
“2) Obtain neces.sary ease
ments and rights-of-way.
"3) Arrange financing with
Local Government Commission
and hold successful bond refer
endum.
“4) Submit final plans and
specifications for the project a-
long with application for a Fed
eral Grant.”
BLOOD DONORS CITED — Certificates to Clevelanders who have donated three gallons or more
of blood to the Red Cross bloodmobile were awa ded 11 Kings Mountain area citizens May
21 by the Cleveland County Red Cross chapter at a dinner meeting at Hotel Charles. Four of
the group, pictured above, from left, are Charles H. Mauney, Lawrence Lovell, John Beom and
John Cheshire. Others receiving citations were Clinton E. Jolly. Hoed Watterson, Mrs. Thelma
Dellinger, Jasper Wilson. Paul Hamm, Grody H>ward and Ray Cline. Area industries recognized
for their cooperation in the blood program were Creeftspun Yarns. Sadie MUls, Massachusetts Mo
hair Plush Co.. Minette MilU, Mauney Hosiery Mills. Superior Stone Co., Lambeth Rope Corpora
tion, Foote Mineral Company, Lithium Corpora iion and Carolina Throwing Company. Since the
county ond Kings Mountain chapters were combined last year, a new slate of directors from the
county was elected, these from this area: Mr. aad Mrs. Charles H. Mauney and Fodn Hombright
to one-year directorships; Mrs. James RolUns, Mrs. Charlie Harry. John Cheshire and Jonas Bridges
to two-year terms; and Grady Howard. OlUe Harris and Rev. B. L. Raines to three-yeor terms.
(Photo by Bill jeekton).
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NEW COUNCILMEN SWORN — Mayor John Henry Moss, left above, looks on as Ward II Commis
sioner W. S. Biddix and Ward V Commissioner O. O. Walker take their oaths of office from Magis
trate J. Lee Roberts in ceremonies Thursday at City HaU courtroom. The new commissioners de-
feotod incumbent commissioners in a run-off election May 25. (Herald Photo by Bill Jackson).
SUPPLEMENTARY STATEMENT ' *
PLAN FOR COMPLIANCE
WITH
TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964
Adopted May 28. 1965
by
THE KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
KINGS MOUNTAIN CITY ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Proposed Policy Governing Assignment of Pupils to Schools in
the School Administrative Unit
Cliange paragraph 1 —
TO: The plan to become effcclive with the 1965-1966 school
year is based on freedom of choice. Parents or legal guardi
ans residing in the .school district will be required to indicate
without coercion, intimidation, or threat, their first and sec
ond choice of a school for their children before assignment
IS made by the Board. Reque.sts for assignments will be
granted without regard to race, color, or national origin to
the extent tliat facilities, transportation, instructional pro
gram, and the staff are adequate to accommodate the e.\-
pressions of choice. In the event more requests are submitted
for a particular school than can bo accommodated, residenct
proximity to the school (measured by strt^ets and roads serv
ing the school) will be the chief criteria in making assign
ment, however, consideration will be given to a child’s
special needs such as the availability of sepcial assistance
through programs for mentally and physically handicapped
children which may not be in existance at another scho<»l
Assignments in accordance with indicated second choice of
school will be made using the same criteria as used for first
choice. If no choice is indicated by parents, assignments
will be made to the nearest school with adequate facilities
and not over loaded.
FROM. The plan to become effective with the 1965-1966 school
year is based on freedom of choice. Parents or legal guardi
ans residing in the school district will be given opportunity
to indicate, without coercion, Intimidation, or threat their
first and .second choice of^a school for their children before
assignment is made by the Board. Requests for assignments
will be granted to the extent that facilities, transportation,
instructional program, and the staff are adequate to accom
modate the expressions of rlioice. In the event more requests
are submitted for a particular .school than can be accommo
dated preference will be accorded on the basis of residence
proximity to the school by streets and roads serving the
school and giving consideration to the child’s special needs
the availability of special assistance, and curriculum con
tent. Assignments in accordance with indicated second choice
of school will be made using the same criteria as used for
first choice and based on residence proximity to the school.
If no elioice is indicated by parents, assignment will be made
to the school last attended or to the neare.st school with adc
quate facilities and not over loaded using the same crlterl i
as used to make assignmenU after first and second choices
have been indicated.
Kings Mountain, N. C., Board of Education
GEORGE H. MAUNEY,
Chairman \
B. N. BARNES,
Secretary , gtS-lO
capped children in the Charlotte
Mecklenburg School System. At
GC, Miss Lewis was a member of
the Irving Society, orientation
counselor her junior year, a
cabinet member of Student Chris-
tion Fellowship, on the business
staff of the Collegian and the
Lyre, on the Junior honor socie
ty, an officer of the sophomore
and junior classes, dormitory
president her junior year and
secretary of Alpha Kappa Gam
ma, national honorary fraternity
for women showing outstanding
characteristics in leadership and
service Miss Lewis is working
fhis summer with mentally hand
icapped children in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Wall Jones
were graduated in commence
ment exercises last week. The
former Ann Broadwater, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Broad
water, received her B.S. in math
ematics from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Jones had studied for two
years at Duke University.
Mr. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Jones, was graduated with
B.S. in mathematics from North
Carolina State University. He is
joining Pratt - Whitley Company
in Connecticutt as an aircraft
engineer. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are
parents of an eight-month-old
son, Jeffrey Jones.
Charles Allen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Allen, was graduat
ed from North Carolina State
University at Raleigh May 29th.
Allen received a B.S. in electrical
engineering. He expects to join
the Armed Forces August 1
NO FIRES
Kings Mountain fire depart
ment reported no fires occur
ring in the Kings Mountain
area during the past week.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor
for the Estate of J. B. Mauney, all
persons having claims against
said estate will please file same
with the undersigned on or be
fore the 2nd day of December
1965 or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of any recovery.
All persons indebted to said
estate will plea.se make immedi
ate payment.
This the second day of June,
1965.
Roy Mauney, Executor
Estate of J. B. Maupey.
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