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/ • >6 Popnlation Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits ‘ 8,008 TbU flotli* for CreatM Zim MeuntalD Ifii Itom tiM ItSS King! Mountala directory eennu. Tho city Uodtt figur* U froia tb* (IBitod Statu nutu oi IMO. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pagei Today VOL 77 No. 10 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 10, 1966 Seventy-Seventh Year PRICE TEN CENTS Citizens To Decide Sewage Bond Issue Tuesday Dr. Laura Plonk’s Rites Condneted SPEAKER.—Dr. Harold J. Dud ley, general secretary of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina, will speak at mid week prayer services Wednes day at 7:30 at First Presbyteri an church. Dr. Dudley To Speak Here Dr. Harold J. Dudley, general secretary of Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina since 1951, will speak on ‘The National Council of Churches”, Wednesday night at 7:30 at First Presbyterian Church. Announcement was made by Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, who said that the interested community is invited to attend and worship wih the local congregation. ' Dr. Dudley, a member of the hoard of trustees of Union Sem inary, is also a member of the permanent Judicial Commission of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. Stated Clerk and treasurer of the Synod, Dr. Dudley is also editor of the Synod’s paper, “The Presbyterian News.” He serves as secretary of most of the Syn od’s committees. Born in Richmond, Va. in 1902, he was educated at John Marsh all high school, Richmond, and at Hampden-sydney college in Virginia. At the latter school he was awarded the Edgar Gam mon Cup for scholarship, athle tics, and character. , , After graduation from Hamp- - den-Sydney, Dr. Dudley taught and CQached at Woodberry For est SchoUJ,,Virginia, and later graduated trom- Union Theologi cal Seminary at Richmond (1929) Continued On\Pa^e ii Noted Educator Was Co-Founder 01 Plonk School Funeral rites for Dr. Laura Plonk, Kings Mountain native, co-founder and director of the Plonk Sch)jf3l of Creative Arts in Asheville; were held here Sunday at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. She was 76. She succumbed at 2:15 p.m. March 3 at her residence, 44 Sun set Parkway, Asheville. She had been critically ill since mid-Octo ber. Daughter of the late William Lafayette and Martha Regina Ware Plonk, she, with her Sister Dr. Lillian Plonk, open^ the Southern, Workshop, initial name of the school, in 1924 shortly after her father’s death. The school was dedicated to their father, who served 32 years on the county board of education and was a member of the Kings Mountain bo-ard at his death. A 1910 graduate of Lenoir- Rhyne college, and did graduate •work in expression and oral English at the Boston School of Public Speaking, Boston’s Curry School of Expression, and at Staley college, Brookline, Mass. Before opening her own school, she taught at Kings Mountain high school, Linwood college, the Curry school, and at Wheaton college, Norton, Mass. In 1934, the private secondary Grove Park school merged with the Plonk school, with instruction offered fro rhfirst grade through college level Dr. Plonk was noted through out the South and East, not only as an educator^ but ds a Bible expert, and she filled many en gagements in both roles.. She was a member of the Na tional Association of Deans of Women, and in 1963 was named Pioneer Woman Educator of the Year by Gamima chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, of which sh«'.^ps a member. She was an honorary member ol the Quota: - club, ±a service orgaiuzation of women executives and in 1964 was an Asheville Citizens-Times Woman of the Week. In 1930, she wrote and directed the Kings Mountain Historical Pageant commemorating the ses- qui-centennial anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. Dr. Plonk was an honor guest at the 185th commemoration last Octo ber. She Was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran church, Ashe- Contmued On Page 6 I Arledge Running _ J For Seat In House ELECTED — Rick Goforth has been elected vice-president of his fraternity at Western Caro lina college. Rick Goforth In Student Post Rick Goforth, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Goforth of Kings Mountain, has recently been elected vice president of Zeta Omicron chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity. .Goforth, a junior at Western Carolina college, also serves as treasurer of Men’s House Gov ernment and is active in many other caixpus activities. Mis. Baines' Rites Conducted Funeral Vites for Mrs. Juanita Barnes, 24, wife of James Ed ward Barnes, were held Wednes day at 4 p.m. from Macedonia Baptist church, interment follow ing in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Barnes died-Monday at 1 a.m. in Kings Mountain hospital following four weeks serious ill ness. She was. the daughter of Robert Bell of Wallingford, Conn, and the late Minnie Louise Bell Rev. Wayne Ashe officiated at the final rites. Surviving, in addition to her father and husband, are twp sons, Carl and Charles Barnes, both of the home; two daughters, Theresa and Lisa Barnes, both of the home; three brothers. Bob- by, Robert Lee and Thomas J. Bell, all of Wallingford; five sis ters, Mrs. Charles Wilder and Miss Barbara Ann Bell, both of Wallingford, Mrs. David Sipes of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Carl Heav- ner of Charlotte and Mrs. Larry Miller of Shelby. HOSPITALIZED Glee A. Bridges, hardware- man and former mayor, was admitted to Kings Mountain hospital Tuesday for tests and observation. r GIRL SCOUT WEEK ACTIVITIES UNDERWAY—This week is Girl Scout Week and Kings Moun tain troops ore joining in the observance. Central Methodist church Copdette Troop 4 made handpuppets and dlsplctyed them, along with proficiency badges ond other Informatioa on Scouting, in the downtown window of Bale's Department Store. This troop wlU entertain Juniors and Brownies of First Presbyterian church ot a 3:30 p.m. program today. Mrs. Hslen Hinson and her grandson, Terry Odum, were photographed above as the looked through the window sd thB puppotk (Hnttfd Photo by Pout Lemmoni). Cline Rumoied Commission Candidate By MARTIN HARMON tate Representative J. T'hurs- ton Arledge, of Tryon, announc ed Wednesday he will seek re- election in the new three-member 43rd legislative district which in cludes his home county of Polk, Cleveland and Rutherford. Rep; Arledge, a Democrat, joins Cleveland’s Rep. Robert Z. Falis as House candidates in the dis trict. His announcement w’as the chief political development in the area during the past week. An other was the election of Bili Cobb, onetime state chairman, as chairman of 10th district Re publicans. There were two major rumors during the week: 1) Ray W. Cline, Ward 1 city commissioner, was reported con sidering offering for Democratic ■nomination to the county com mission. 2) A. B. Cline (no kin to Ray Cline) was rumored considering seriously challenging Sheriff Haywood Allen, who is seeking re-election. City Commissioner Cline evi dence some interest in seeking a county commission seat two years ago, subsequently decided to complete his term as city com- missionership to which he was re-elected last May A. B. Cline, Stony Point com munity dairyman, is a son of the lata J&eb V. Cfifie, dnetime chair*- mAh of the county commlsion, a nephew of ex-Sheriff Raymond Cline, and an uncle of Mrs. Tom Tate, of Kings Mountain. Until the county commission, via penmissive legislation of the General Assembly, scrapped the district system of choosing nomi nees recently. Comm. Cline would not have been eligible to seek election to th county commission until 1968, as Coleman Goforth has two years remaining of a four-yea rterm. Under the, newly resumed sweepstakes arrange ment, any citizen of the county may offer for the county com mission. Terms of Comms. David Beam and B. E. (Pop) Simmons are expiring. Rep. AUedge is an cx-Marine sergeant, having served four years during World War If and again in the Korean War. He is a hardwareman and long active J. THURSTON ARLEDGE T^otal Of 15 Oiganizations Favoi Bonds Fifteen civic, and .service or ganizations hfive endorsed the city bond election for improving and expanding the sewage treat ment system. Mayor John Henry Mo.ss said that he anticipates that more will lend their endorsement to tire proposal to be decided by voters Tuesday, March 15th. Eight business firms also en dorsed the upcoming bond elec tion and sponsored a full-page advertisement in this edition of The Herald. The civic and service groups include: Kings Mountain Cham ber of Commerce, Kings Moun tain Rotary club, Kings Moun tain Lions club. Kings Mountain Jaycees, Kings Mountain Opti mist club, Kings Mountain Ki wanis ^club, American Legion Post 155, Kings Mountain VFW Post 9811, Kings Mountain Junior Woman’s club, Kings Mountain Improvement Association, Kings Mountain Fryetts club. Kings Mountain Secret Sisters club, American Legion .-\uxiliarj'. East schoal™Parent • Teacher, Associa tion and Kings Mountain Mer chants Association. The other firms are Phenix Plant 1 of Buriington Industries, Carolina Throwing Company, Craftspun Yarns, Inc., Spangler’s Ready-Mix Concrete Company, Superior Stone Company, Mau- ney Hosiery Coinioany, Radio Station WKMT and Herald Pub lishing House. Potts Creek Smell ^ Encourages Sign-Ups Lawyer William White, as sistant to City Attorney J. R. Davis, is already hard at work ^ on the considerable task of ob taining easements from many propefty owners for sewer lines to the proposed Pilot Branch plant. Mr. White reported to the city commission Tuesday an estimated one-third of prop erty owners .effected li a v e granted easements and that these property owners have approximatelyhalf of the 2486.- 1 rods of easements required. All liave accepted the stand ard city offer of one dollar per rod. Mr. White, commenting after the meeting, said a few prop erty owners have indicated re luctance to grant easements then added, "I have one prom ise which has proved much more important than plea to civic pride or the dollar-per iod payment. When I mention the fact, that Potts Creek vvill smell no more, citizens in this area are anxious to sign.” Potts Creek is contaminated by the city’s over loaded Ware plant, which is northwest of the country club. PAUL WH.SON Stndenb Win Ifistoiy Medals Bany Conditions Reported Bettei C. P. Barry, Kings Mountain insurance man a^nd former city comim-issioner, and Mrs, Bairy, who with h«f hugband ownsj «md operates Piedmont* Drug ^ore, were seriously injured Sunday afternoon in an aiito accident near Cherryvilie on Highway 216. Their conditions had improv^ Wednesday, Dr. John C. McGill, i their attending physician report- ! cd. \ Mr. Barry suffered a complete 1 fracture of the right leg just be- I low tlie knee and several broken bones. Mrs. Barry suffered several broken ribs and heavy chest and Favoiable Vote Rated Imperative To Fedeial Grant Kings Mountain citizens will determine Tuesday whether the city is authorized to issue bonds up to $1,300,000 for renovation and expansion of its sewage dis*. posal arid, treatment systems. A favorable vote will also be^ a key factor or “point-getter”, in whether the city qualifies for a fedral govrnmnt grant of up to $360,000. If advance registration activity is an indication, the total vote will not be large. Only 20 new voters had been added to the The contest was held in fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades of the city system. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Amos, Miss Amos won in the seventh and eighth grade in Democratic politics and other f^^tegory with her essay, “The public affairs, serving as state j Character of An Honest Man.” ‘he American gon of Mr. and Legion, and on the citizens com-! mittee for better schools He is Suzanne Amos, Central school eighth grader, and Tom KeiSne- dy, 'West school fifth grader, are winners of the^American History j abdomhrai braises.. Month essay contests sponsored I A sister, Mrs. Otto Ware, re- by Colonel Frederick Hambright | poi’twi Mrs. Barry suffering from Chapter, DAR. a head wound and other injuries, and that Mr. Barry had a broken seeking re-election to his fifth term. Heis a Baptist and his wife is the former Margaret Cline of Cleveland County. They have two sons. Mrs. R. M. Kennedy, young Kennedy won in i the fifth and sixth grade cate gory for his essay, “Justice To All.” Medals will be presented to the winners at .school finals pro grams in Juno. kneecap. He also had some chest injuries. Full details^ of the accident were not obtainable here, as the Cherry\ille Ea.?le had not learn ed of Iheaccidc'nt and the investi gating patrolman could not be reached. Mrs. Ware said the Barry’s were struck by another car which failed to stop from a sideroad into Highway 216. She said both Barrys were thrown from the car by the impact and that Mrs. Barry was picked up by a fripnd. wli), when she stopped to aid the wreck victims, did not realize the Barrys were the victims. The Barry.-; live in the Bethany comimunity of South Carolina., $34,000 Improvement Loan Okayed Foi Mid-Pines Watei System. IncJTeddei Rites To Be Thuisday The Farmers Home Atiminis- tration hfis appi'oved ^ 34^000 insured loan for the Mid-Pines community water systefn serv ing 90 families, U. S. Representa tive Basil L. Whitencr announc ed Tuesday. The loan will enable the Mid pines Community Water Systen, Inc., to renovate^£m~cxIsting wa ter system, drill new wells, in stall new pumps and tank and replace and extend pipelines. ^ Construction of the project will provide 7(X) man-days of labor for well drillers, operators of ditch digging equipment, and day borers. Ten people will be employed in the construction of the water sys tem. The system will be capable of delivering 100/K)0 gallons a day when completed. Funds for the insured loan were provided by the North Car olina Teachers’ and State Em ployees’ Retirement systemi. Un- jifit the insured loaiuffiBgEsmJhe Farmers Home Administration makes and services the loan and 'guarantees repayment of the money borrowed along with In terest. The water system wiH replace the preoent system which-is en- ttMly inadequate and in poor _ f I condition The new system will replace 1” and li” pipes with 2” ! and 3” increase the water pres- I sure, and deliver adequate quan- I titles of water. An additional well , will be drilled. It will also serve ! as a source of water for the lo cal volunteer fire department. More than 400 -people, two general stores, a filling*'station and" a church will be served by the new water system. The present system was con demned by the State Board of Health three years ago as being totally inadequate for the needs la- of the community. It is anticipated. Rep. Whitencr said, that the new system Will in crease home building and remod eling of existing homes and pro mote the local economy. The Farmers Home Adiminis- tration loan is to be repaid over a period of 40 years. Officers of the Midpines Com munity Water System, Inc., are: M.. . Batchler, „ j)re^dent;- Jack A. Hutchins, secretary-treasurer. Rural water system loans are available to organizatibns operat ing on a nonprofit basis, such as nonprofit corporations and water supply districts. Small rural towns are also eligible. Funeral services for Roar Ad- mi r?il F. L. Tedder, 62, brother of R A.* Tender of Grover, will he held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from tho Officers’ Quarters of .\rlinigton Cemetery with burial following in Arlington. A retired Naval officer, Mr. Tedder had been associated with Pan American Airways in Mer ritt Isla^nd, Fla. He succumbed after a short illness. 4 Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Tedder of Shelby, he was a'na- tivc of Texas and a grad'uate of the U. S. Naval Academy. He is also survived by his wife, Mrs. Olivia Tedder; a daughter, Mrs Jay Carrington of Norfolk. Va.;’ and another brother, B. M. Tedder of Shelby. MEDICARE CLINIC A representative , ot-the U. S. Social Security office will be City Hall courtroom Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m. to offer infor mation on extended medical care benefits and to aid per sons 65 and older in filing ap plications for the extended cov erage! Jack Still Is STAR Teachei John L. (Jack) Still, former Kings Mountain citizen and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Garland E. Still, was honored by the Clearwater, Fla., high school STAR student as the teacher who had made the greatest contribution to, the stu dent’s scholastic achievement. A scholastic contest of the Florida State Chamber of Com merce, Clearwater’s STAR stu dent is Don Garretson who scored 747 on the verbal portion and 716 on the mathematics p6rtioff”'of the College Board Scholastic Ap titude test. If was a combing score of 1463 of a possible 1600. Mr. Still, a teacher of Ameri can and Contemporary history, took a leave of absence from the high school in December, shortly after the scholastic contest, fo become an assistant professor at Tampa’s University of Southei'n Florida. His new work includes teaching a class of intern teach ers new methods of instruction. The Clearlight, high school paper, quoted .Mr. Slill .concern ing his new, work, “I enjoy it. What I’lm doing is teaching the practical application of teaching to these student teachers. “. . .I like this .tob becau.3e.-1 feel I’m helping students even more Actually, I’ve learned a whole h^t in two weeks.” Mr. Still expects to resume his Clearwater assignment in Sep tember, where he was sponsor of the Key Club. A recent project was initiating a Vietnam Letters campaign, which resulted in hun dreds of cards and letters being posted to servicemen fighting there. Firemen Planning Benelit Saturday Bethlehem Volunteer Fire De partment will sponsor a home made chicken pie supper Satur day at the Fire Department in 'he Bethlehem Community. Plates are $1.25 for adults and 75 cents for children. Serving will be from 5 until 7:30 p.m., Fred A. Tate, member of the fire de partment, said. Proceeds will, benefit the fund drive now underway. WARD 1 JUDGE By authority of the city com mission, Mayor John Henry Moss Wednesday appointed Miss Margaret Kendrick a judge for Tiesday’s city elec tion. She replaces Mrs. R. C. Etheridge, who now resides in Ward 5. pollbooks in four of five wards, 13 of them in Ward 5, where Mrs. Paul Patterson is registrar, and seven in Ward 3, where Mrs. Ruth Bowers is registrar. Saturday will be Challenge Pay- * „ (3n Tuesday, the polls will open at the five city voting precincts at 6:30 a.m. and will close at 6:30 -p.im. Plans call for doubling capac ity of the McGill treatment plant to cne million gallons capacity per day, gilding of a new plant on Pilot Wanch (tributary of Potts Creek) with capacity of two million gallons per day, in stallation 'of necessary pump stations, and laying of 7.96 miles of sewer lines, including 27,388 feet of 24-inch pipe. Mayor John Henry Moss, re porting to the city commission Tuesday night on progress of the project, termed 'Tue^ay’s bond election among most important in the city’s history, including successful $600,000 issues of 1954,. and the Successful one of the late twenties which resulted in building of the York Road Water reservoir and the Dea# Street fil ter plant. He noted after the meeting that the 1928 water bonds will be finally retired in May and that the city will have no problem' in amortizing the ,new bond issue. Long-terni debt will be $460,000 at June 30. Meantime, he told the commis sioners, the city’s financial pic- ture through February 28, in the current year, is ‘‘excellent.” Anticipated revenues for the year are $997,338 in the general budget, and $337,000 from natu ral gas sales. He noted that federal grants Continued On Page 6 Here Are Facts On Tuesday Voting Following are facts concern ing.^ Tuesday special bond elec tion: ' Polls open at 6:30 a.m. Polls close at 6:30 p.m. Eligible voters: registered citizens of the City of Kings Mountain. Question: Will the city be authorized to issue bonds up to $1,300,000 to defray cost of ex panding and renovating its sewage disposal and treatment system. Polling places: Ward 1, City Hall courtroom: Ward 2, Amer ican Le^on building: Ward 3, East school; Ward 4, Kings Mountain Manufacturirug Com pany clubroom; Ward 5, Na tional Guard Armory Bames Hasn't Yet Fully Digerted New '66 Desegiegation Guidelines mi^Tb wrof < Superintendent B. N. Barnes, of Kings Mountain school dis trict, said he had not fet studied in full detail the new 1966 guide lines of the federal commissioner of education concerning school de-segregation and 1 the concur rent implication of withholding of federal supplementary funds if the office of education’s guide lines are not deemed to be met. Supt. Barnes received the new, guidelines from Comm. Harold* Howe If Monday, Supt. Barnes said the new guide lines 1) Require a report on pro gress of desegregation during the current term by April 15. 2t State safeguards against discrimination of faculty on ac count of race» creedt coloi^ ua- Quoting from, the -summary,. Jiau of approval—for naadtoaupe payments becoming effective July 1, must establish the fact of desegregation. Admlnistr a t o r Grady Howard, of Kings Moun tain Hospital, said the surgeon general’s announced guidelinaa have not yet been received. ■J tional origin, or sex mu en next year. 3) Require the boacd'of educa tion to satisfy the office of edu cation that the freedjimi of choice of school plan in vogue here ia accomplishing desegregation. ■> ‘’We can certainly show pro- igress in this direction during 1965-66,” Supt. Barnes comment ed , “Our plan is working." keantime, the surgeon-generaf**' announced his office would take • steps to assure that hospitals, in