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.4 ^ Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 8,008 'JHils iigur* for Greater Klngi Mountalit ti derived from the 1SS& Kings Mountaiii city directory census. The clly limits ilguro Is from the United States census of 1860. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today EstablivHed 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 3, 1966 Seventy-Seventh Year PRICE TEN CENTS. IT, Snow Moved, Melted But King Winter Boss MIKE GOFORTH nilLIP BUNCH Charles Mauney is DSA Winner Two Appointees To Academies ' Congressman Basil L. White- ne-r announced from his office in Washington, D. C. this week the appointment of Michael G. Go forth to the U. S. Naval Academy and announced that Philip Stan ley Bunch has ceen given an al ternate appointment to the Unit ed States Military Academy. Both young men are seniof^s at Kings Mountain high sehoal. Go forth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Ben Goforth of 104 Goforth street and Bunch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Bunch of 1000 Margrace Road. Announcing Goforth’s appoint ment to Annapolis Con^i^sman Whitener said that he was happy" to give the young i.r an an oppor tunity to become a regular offi cer in the Navy. “Mike Gofortli was highly recommended by many people throughout Cleve land County for the N.aval Aca demy. He is a very fine young man, and he has my very best wishes for every” possible suc cess.” Tlie alternate appointment giv en Bunch is for the West Point academic year beginning in June. Both young men are active in school and church affairs. Go forth is president of the KMHS National Honor Society, a mem ber of the B.and Council and French and Science clubs. He has also played football, basketball and track. He is president of the Continued On Page 6 Industrialist 12th Winner Of laycee Award By ELIZABETH STEWART | Charles F. Mauney, general nanager of Mauney Hosiery .Iills and Carolina "Throwing flcmpany, is Kings Mountain’s loung Man of the Year for 1965 ■nd 12th recipient of the Junior Chamber of Commerce distin-, ;uished service award. Mr. Mauney was presented an 'ngraved plaque emWematic of the honor Tuesday night as his vife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Mauney, looked on. Tlie awarded cited the 31-year-old Xings Mountain native for "out standing community service "hrough loyal, faithful and unsel fish effort.. .a great contribution to his community, state and na tion.” Jaycee Vice-President Herman Greene, in making the presenta tion at the civic clui’c’s Bosses!. Nijht binquet at the Woman’s Club said Mauney fits the de scription perfectly the leters DSA, noting that a definition for distinguished is “to separate from othei-s by some work or a- chievement” and service means “the performance of duty.” “Mr. Mauney”, said Greene, “is most deserving of the high hon or accorded him. Announcement of the DSA winner was a closely-guarded secret. Nominations were sub mitted frooo the public ,and a panel of judges over 35 selected the winner. The winners’ wife and parents were not notified until Tuesday evening and came from a Cham ber of Commerce banquet at the Country Club to be present for the awards pi-esentation. Mr. Mauney was invited by Jaycee president Jacob Dixon and ac" companied Skellie Hunt to the meeting. “Why me?”, Mauney said, ac cepting the award. “I don’t really have much to «ay. I thank you very much for the wonderful and hL?h honor you have given me.” The DSA winner continued, “I don’t feel I’ve qualified for this honor. The qualifications are quite stringent. “I find success of these projects you have talked about due to the help and en thusiasm' and support of a lot of other Kings Mountain people whose names are not on this plaque. On behalf of these folk I am proud to accept this a- Continued On Page 6 Funeral Rites Held On Tuesday For Conrad Hughes,* Ex-Tax Lister . Funeral rites for Conrad Hughes, 68, prominent, Dixon community farmer and No. 4 Township tax lister from 1950- 1965, were held Tuesday at 3 p; m. frjtps Antioch Baptist church of which" he was a member. . Rev. Wayne Tuttle, his pastor, assisted by Rev. Arqhie Hughes, a former pastor, officiated at the final rites, ahd interment was plade in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Hughes died suddenly of a heart at tack at 6:15 p. m. Saturday at his homc.^ Re suffered the at-1 tack .while sit ting in front of television s e t. His wife was preparHig sup per in the kitchen, ca.T.e to call. him and found him dead. He had not been ill- Active in Antioch Baptist church, near Gbover, he was a former, deacon and a fori.Tier Sunday School teacher. A native of Cherokee County, S. C., he was a son of Mrs. Florence Wells Hughes of- the Dixon Commun ity and the late William Gordon Hughes. He was married to the* former Eva Dunlap and the cou ple celebrated last year their 50th wedding anniversary. Surviving besides his wife and mother are nine children: D C. Hughes, Gene Hughes, Harry Ray Hughes, John Lewis Hughes, Mrs. John R. Barber, all of Kings Mountain, Bill Hughes of Smyrna, S. C., Jack Hughes of Pageland, S. C., Erwin ^ Hughes of Columbia, S. C. and Mrs. Hen ry Oliver of Shelby. ~_ Four brothers and five sisters also survive: They are G. C. Boone of Rad ford, V.q., Mrs. Bill Atchley of Raleigh, Mrs. E. C. Martin, Mrs. Phillip Baker, Nevette Hughes, Gordon Hughes, all of Kings Mountain, Will Hughes of Paris, Arkansas and Robert Hughes of Dunnellon, Fla. . Also surviving are 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Deacons of Antioch church served as pallbearers. The family requested that in lieu of flowers memborials may be sent to Antioch Baptist churdi building fund. DSA WINNER — Charles F. Mauney is Kings Mountain's Young Man of '65 and recipient of the Junior Chamber of Com merce award for service. Agiunst Sisk Mrs. Virginia Greene Grigg, vWdow of Zeb Grigg, has filed suit in Cleveland Superior Court alleging that Frank Sisk and Sisk Funeral Ho.Tie failed to give her husband a proper burial. The Kings Mountain woman seeks damages in the amount of $175,000 in a complaint filed Jan uary 25th. Mrs. Grigg aljeges that her husband’s grave in Mountain ResLcemetery was improperly opened and that after the funeral she and other members of her family visited the grave and dis covered that a portion of the top of the burial vault was expo'sed and was visible She said a clos er inspection showed the top of the vault was only partially cov ered with dirt and the top of the vault, otherwise, was only two to three inches under the surface of the ground. Mrs. Grigg contends she im mediately called Sisk and re quested the grave be properly dug and the Tault be properly placed thereinr According to the complaint, Mr. Sisk said “he would take what action neces sary.” She further contends that the defendant violated the agree- iment and repeated requests by her. She alleges the vault "lay ex posed to the elements and visible for six months to her humilia tion, embarrassment and to men tal suffering.” Mrs. Grigg said she paid Sisk Funeral Home of Kings Moun tain $1,400.75 for burial services February 1, 1963. Mr. Grigg died January 4, 1963. Defendants in the action are Frank Sisk, individually; Frank Sisk, doing business for Sisk Funeral Home; Ellen ■ rr. Sisk; Ted M. Barnett and wife, Francis S. Barnett. 'The defendants have until Feb. 25 to file an answer to the wi dow’s complaint Attorneys for Mrs. Grigg are Fall*; Hamrick and Hobbs of Shelby. Tax Listing Deadline Extended Because of bad weather the tax listing deadline has; been extended until Saturday noon. Property owners are invited to “list ndw and avoid penalty”. No. 4 Ibwnship Lister L. L. Ben son arid" City Tax Lister Mrs. Steve Harmon said. J-isting will be underway 'nluridiiy, and Friday from 8 a. m. untIH4:30 p.m. in the court- .10*09 ot> City Hall. Tax listers remain on duty during the lunch hour both days. Listing on Sat urday will be concluded at 12 noon. Mr. Benson is assisted by Mrs! Charles Carttuiter and Mrs. Charles BalJm- Tempeiatuie Plnng^ To One Sun^ Morning Believers in the groundhog- •seeing-his shadow theory were sure Wednesday the area is In store for six more weeks of win- terT ‘ ^ Non-believers were fearsome, on basis of Saturday’s heavy snow, the early Sunday snow which assumed blizzard propor tions, and subsequent low tem peratures and icy wind blasts. The optij^iislic were encour aged bj' Wednesday afternoon’s bRglU sunshine, if not by pre dictions of re-approaching dirty weather by Thursday. Saturday - Sunday snows, join ing snow remaining from Janu ary 2.5-26, piled liigh tliroughout the area to a depth of six '.nehes. Report of one degree tempera ture was made early Sunday .morning. Most churches cancelled Sun day services. Auto dealers put the sold-out tag on the chains bins. , Footwear dealers did the same on the boots shelves. A lady fell at a super market and suffered a double fracture of the leg. But motorists escaped with only minor bump-ups. City and highway department ■road erffws worked ’round-the- clock to clear streets of the fluf fy white snowfall, with its un dercoat of ice. Schools were closed for the sixtfi consecutive day Wednes day. 'There were home troubles dur ing the recent snow, as exposed water pipes burst and some fur naces refused to function. Among balky boilers were the two at Kings Mountain hospital but the repairmen had the plant in operation again by 2 a.m. Sunday after a four-hour page. C of C Endorses Bond.Issue Jonas Bridges New Pr^ident Sewage Issue Unanimously Supported slop- Aid IjT Asked On Medicare Mayor John Henry Moss said Wednesday he will a.sk the Kings Mountain Medical society foT aid in encouraging senior citizens to join the federal medicare ex tra benefits plan. He said recent experience <li’r- ing bad weather brought num erous pleas from older efti/ens for coal and other basic necessi ties, many of the requests in the wake of illness. The extra benefits cost the purchaser $3 per month. Purchase of the extra benefits plan must be effected by March 31—for benefits beginning July —or the senior citizen will not' be eligible to join for a two-year i period. The Mayor said he hoped to organize volunteer teams for- afternoon aid in preparing the forms beginning February 21. "‘lion gallons daily. By MARTIN HARMON Members of the Kings Mqun- tain Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday night’s annual member ship meeting urani r.ously en dorsed the upcoming March l.o $1.30<1,0(X) boncl issue to expand the city’s sewage,treatment and disposal system. j Following the action. Mayor John Ileni’y Moss thanked the memlrers for the support tender ed and reiteraied prior state ments by himself and W. E. East- ei’ling, veteran secretary of the Local Government commission, that the city is in position to fin ance the project without an in crease in ad valorem taxes. Mayor Moss pointed out that the city will be eligible for fed eral grant on the project of up to $360,000 on the project, estl.T.ated by the city’s engineering consult ar ts to cost $l,2's3,000. > The resolution adopt, j by Chamber of Commerce members reads: “WHEREAS, the North Caro lina Department of Water Re- saurces has issued a mandatory requirement to construct a Sew age Treatment Plant to treat sewage and clear stream pollu tion and a temporary permit to the City of Kings Mountain al lowing the discharge of treated sewage into the Catawba River Basin and the Broad River Bas in and, “WHEREAS, the terporary permit calls for the following time schedule In the pollution abatement program: “(1) .Submit final plans and specifications for the project a- long with an application for a Fcxlcral Grant to their office on or before April 1, 1966. “(2) Begin construction of the project on or before October 1, 1966 >‘(’3) Complete the project and place into operation on or before December 31, 1967 and “WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commissioners have indicat ed a desire to conform with the above schedule, now ' THEREFORE, the Ghamher of Commerce of Kings Mourjlaio, N. C. does go on record as whole, heartly' endorsing the $1,300,000 bond issue that is oecessai v in order to accomplish the above mentioned program. Plans call for doubling of the MfGill plant capacity to one mil lion gallons per day and for building, a new plant /pn Pilot creek with a capacity of tw o mil- Ex-Commissioner I. K. Iinilis Succumbs After Long Illness Funeral rites for James Kirby Willis, 72, were held Saturday at 3 p.m. from Kings Mountain Bap tist church. Interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. ^r. Willis, city alderman for three years in the late ’30’s and a former automobile salesman at Victory Chevrolet Company, died Thursday at 12:40 in the Kings Mountain hospital following sev eral months Illness. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late David and Nancy Bivens Willis. An active Democrat, he was a member of Pleasant Hill Meth- odlst< diurch. Surviving are his wife, the former Kate Hord, one son, J. K. Willis, Jr. of Kings Mountain; four granddaughters; and a sis ter, Mrs. Jason 'Turner of Casar. Rev. James Wilder, assisted by Rev. Gordon Weekley and Rev. James Holder, officiated at the final rites. Active pallbearers were W. D. WIlHs, b. L. WilUs, Boyd Willis, Joe irord, Hunter Allen and SUCCUMBS — J. K. Willis died Thursday following a long Ill ness. Funeral rites were held Saturday. Hugh 'Mauney; PHJbSIPENT — Jonas Bridges, manager o f Radio Station WKMT, has been elected presi dent of the Chomber of Com merce for the coming year. Mooie Is Top Navy Recruit Trueft Moore, son of Rl'v. and Mrs. George Moore, of Spencer, outstanding recruit of his basic training company at the naval training center, San Diego, Calif. Seaman Moore completed basic training last Friday and now is in special training’ for Polaris submarines. Moore’s father was -pastor of Resurrect!.on Lutheran chui^h. Continued On Page^fl/ Study Groups Named By Moss Mayor John Henry Moss an- nounct?d appointment of two conjunctive study corrimittees Wednesda.v- 'One will ■ inve.stigate need for a central utilities and public works building. y The other will smdy a reno vation program for City Hall. The Mayor said, “It appears a central utilities and public works building will result in mucli more efficient city opera tions and will aid implementa tion of inventory purchase and control, with consequent sav-' ings." He noted that the utilities and public works divisions are split location-wise between the city garage and -city hall, with no space available at either for con.solidation. .On the committee for a public works building are the Mayor, Commissioners T. J. Ellison, O. O. Walker and Ray W. Cline, Hunter Allen, electrical superin tendent, and Grady Yelton, pub lic works superintepdent. On the City Hall renovation study committee are the Mayor, Commissioners Norman King and W. Seimore Biddix, and City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr. Members Name Officers, Hear Aiiimal Bopom Jonas Bridges, general manag,- er of Radio Station WKMT, is the new president of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, succeeding J. Ollie Harris. Mr. Bridges and other new of ficers and directors were elected at Tuesday night’s annual mem- bei’ship meeting at the Country Club. The me.Tibership elevated Eu gene Timms to first vice-presi- Jent, and elected W. S. Fulton, Jr., second vice-president. Elected directors for three years are Richard Maxoy, 'Thom as A. Tate, and J. C. Bridges. Directors with two-year terms remaining are John A. Cheshire, Hubert McGinnis and B. S.yf’eel- 1 or, Jr. Ehrectons wiA one-year terms remaining are W. G. Jonas, John- Warlick and Fred VVright, Jr- Financial- report for the year showed income of $5,110 and ex penditures of $4518. Bank bal ance at year-end was $4,659 com pared to $4067 at December 31, 1964. Following the business session, a quartet of the Arthur Smith Crackerjacks gave a program of folk music, culminating in group singing. President Ollie Harris presided. Skellie Hunt Drive Leader ^ W. Skellie Hunt, Hearts for Business Days chairman, said the solicitation of busi-ness men by business men carripaign is un derway in Kings Mountain. The Kings Mountain man •Bjiid that solicitors will canvass stores, service stations, garages, offices, theatres, motels, city of fices and all other non-residential places ifi town for funds for the 1966 Heart Fund. The business canvass will be conducted next week. “In the pre-retirement years of 1965 diseases of the heart and blood vessels take more lives than the next five leading causes of death combineti”, said Mr. Hunt. Heart disease poses a con stant threat to business and in dustry afflicting skilled workers and executives in their most pro ductive years”, Mr. Hunt added. Contributions Shy mm Of Likely Cost By MAR'HN HARMON John Gamble Memorial Stadi um will be constructed. This was the statement Wed nesday of George H. Mauney,^ chairman of the Kings Mountain district board of education, as he reported receipt of signed con tracts for the two maj[or portions of the three-pdrt project. Key to the project was the $45,000 contract for approximate ly 4,000 seats negotiated with I. ^ K. Flack, Jr., of Rutherfordton— $28,570 below the rejected low bid of Myers & Chapman, of Charlotte, received on December 21 , Meantime, the board had voted to accept low bid of Shelby Con struction. Company of $67;258.55"" for grading and drainage — pro- „ vided the seating bid could be lowered. Chairman Mauney said the Shelby Construction Com pany contract includes basic drainage and grading, as the title implies, and also provides for building of a standard AAU track, four practice fields, and a service road to the practice field area. Still hanging in the balance is the general contract, including plumbing, electrifying, and sev eral small buildings including concession stands and pressbox. Chairman Mauney says effort is being made to negotiate this con tract. Several weeks ago, F. Grier Morrison, of the architectural firm handling the stadium plan ning, said the general contract should not exceed $25,000. Accepted bids to date total $112,258.55. A $25,000 general contract w'ould place the stadium cost at $137,258^a. ' Architect’s fees, at six percent of bids, would total $8235._^ Total indicated cost of stadium Continued On Page 6 School Thursday* Snowman Willing After a six-day snow sur- cease. Kings Mountain district schools and Cleveland County schools expect to resume regu lar schedules Thursday morn ing-^ bari'ing further inclement weather. Icy roads at early hours Wednesday, delayed resump tion of school another day. Superintendent B. N. Barnes said first - of - school holiday plans provided a four-day East er weekend holiday, with three days tentative for bad-weather insurance, but with Easter Monday a definite holiday. ^“Now that we’ve missed six days, I don’t know what the board of education will want to do,” he added. Alternatives could include Saturday school ing or extension of the term. Future bad weather stoppage could also change make-up plans, he added. Bank Promotes E. R. Alexander Elmore R. Alexander has been elevated ffom assistant vice- president to vice-president of First Union ' National Bank’s Kings Mountain operation, ac cording to joint announcement by Carl G. McCraw, president, and R. S. Lennon, vice-president and general manager. Mr. Alexander joined the local branch bank in July, coming here from First Union’s commer cial office in Gastonia. Former ly president of the Carolina Bank of Graniteville, S. C., he is a South Carolina native who join ed First Union’s loan and invest ment division in March 1964. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Class of 1950, and a Methodist. In Kings Mountain, Mr Alex ander is co-chairman of the 1966 Kings Mountain /United Fund Campaign, a Rotarian and mem- bebr of the mayoral committee on downtown development. The Alexanders and their two children, Elmore, III, age 13, and Richard, age eight, have occu pied a home on Sherwood Lane. FaUs Seeks Re-election To House; Aiiedge May Run; Owens To Retire Representative Robert Z. Falls, of Shelby, announced 'Tuesday he will seek a seennd tei~m—his first as a 43rd housfdlsTlict rep^-e- sentative. Meantime, Re-presentative Hol lis M. Owens, Jr., of Rutherford ton, has announced he will not be a candidate for re-election. He has served three ter.ms as Ruth erford’s representative. Representative J. Thurston Ar- ledge, four-term veteran of Polk —third county in the new three- county 43rd district—told the Herald late Wednesday after noon, “I am seriously considering seeking re-election.” A Democrat, Rep. Falls defeat ed Fields Young and FYed M. Simmons for the party nomina tion, then won over Bob Maner in the November election. A farmer and businessman. Falls attended Gardner • Webb Junior college and The Citadel. His wife is the former Jennie filanton. In announcing his candidacy Representative Falls said: "I am planning to seek reflec tion to the Ndrth Carolina House of Representatives as one of the three members from the 43rd dis trict. I would like to servo the people of the 43rd district in the manner in which I have served Cleveland County in the past. I have every in^-mtion of actively campaigning in the entire district and believe I can constructively represent the people of Cleve land, Rutherford and Polk coun ties.” Rep. Arledge is a Tr>on hard- wareman, is a Marine veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Three candidates are in the field for two senatorships of the Cleveland-Gaston 29th district. They are incumbents. Jack H. White of Cleveland, L. B. Hollo- well of Gaston, along with ex- Representative Max Childers of Gaston. / There wa9' another develop ment Wednesday which might effect the U. S. Congressional district carve-up via the recent special session of the General As sembly. Renn Drum, Jr., young Winston-Salem La-wyer, filed suit in federal court contending the Assembly erred in its Congres sional re-districting. He charges “snake pit” gerrymandering. He further asks the court to retain Jurisdiction over CongreMional' Aetricting.