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<■ ^ I Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,255 This llgur* lor Greater Kings Mountain is deiired Ironi the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure is Trom the Uhlted tStates census oi 1S8S. Pages Today Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 77 No. 29 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 21, 1966 Seventy-Seventh Year PRICE TEN CENTS. Grant 00 F^r Sewage Syste proved I Kings Mountain lls 18th Of 18 Kings Mountain. Compact Highs To Be Meiged By MARTIN HARMON Only one high school will be operated in the Kings Mountain school district next term, the ■board of edtucation having voted Monday night to consolidate Compact and Kings Mountain high schools. One impetus was notification by Harold Howe II, U. S. Com- piissioner of Education, that 1965-66 faculty desegregation would be insufficient to qualify under the April 9 guidelines promulgated by John W. Gard ner, Secretary of Health, Educa tion and Welfare. A corrolary reeison was an in dicated further drop in enroll ment at Compact high school. Superintendent B. N. Barnes said the aggregate feeling of the board of education was, “In view of the indicated considerable en rollment drop at Compact high school with more than 100 for mer Compact students already enrolled at Kings Mountain high school for the upcoming term, it was felt that Compact would prove sub-marginal, both educationally and operationally.’’ Comm. Howe wrote,.. .This re port indicates that for the 1966- 67 school year your school sys- tami will make some progress be yond what was accomplished for the 1965-66 scJmoI year iiMkbe de segregation of professional staiff. It does appear, however, at least on the basis of the renort you have submitted, that the steps you propose in the staff dcsegre gation are not adequate in your situation to accomplish the pur poses of Title VI.” He centinued, “While we have I not had a chance as yet to re view the operation of your de- . sciTregation plan to deter,'' "'c it.s adequacy in light of all cncum- stances, including student deseg regation, we urge you to take additional steps in staff desegre gation at this time. Assignm.ent and rciassignment of .staff would probably be more convenient if undertaken soon.” Compact elementary school. Grades 1-8, will onerate as usual. The board’s decision reverses that contained in the pupil as signiTcnt plan for the coming term. Compact, until the 1964-65 term, was an all-Negro school. Grades 1-12. Desegr^ration began in Kings Mountain district schools during the recent term. I.argest migra tion to formerly all-white schools was from Compact to Kings Mountain high school. Elected TeacHers Decline Positions Three teachers elected for the coming year by Kings Mountain district i.',oard of education have declined the positfons. Superin tendent B. N. Barnes reported Wednesday. Declining prof|ered contracts were Mrs Virginia B. Collins and Miss Selma Hazemy, both of Charlotte. Mrs. Elizabeth H- Summey, of Spartanburg, S. C., who had exe cuted contract, resigned, stating her husband, who was to have been assigned hcr^ by bis com pany had been re-assigned else where. Some Compausons Residential Electrical Rate Schedules 25 40 100 250 500 Over 500 Retailer kwh kwh kwh kwh kwh per kwh iClng.s Mountain .. .... 1.20 1.92 3.60 4.60 9.^ 1.2 Fayetteville ........ .... 1.-15 2.22 4.40 7.70 9.3.5. ‘ '.9* Concord .... 1.00 1.60 3.75 7.25 11.10 1.2 Duke Power Co. ... .... 1.38 1.97 3.36 5.81 9.43 1.4* Over 700 kilowatt hours. Cings Mountain, Fayetteville, Concord Sell Residences Power Cheapest Of Cities A. P. war Die Within By MARTIN HARMON The City of Kings Mountain and. City of Fayolioville Vjc for the position of selling eJectric power to lesidential cusiomers for less thaii any other 'of the state's 73 power-distributihg mu nicipalities. Tne City of Concord rups third. In several schedules, the threfe cities sell more cheaply than Duke Power Company — Kings Mountain’s wholesale supplier— does at retail. Kings Mountain edges Duke by .hree cents. Fayetteville takes over the lead ad keeps it at 700 kilowatt hours, where customers buy at only nine-tenths of one cent per kwh thereafter. Kings Mountain and Concord, which 18011 at 1.2 cents for 'all over ,500 kwh. easi ly lead Duke, which doesn’t reach its base rate of 1.4 cents until the 700 kwh mark. A user of 700 kwh per m.mth in Kinus Mountain pay.s 811.SO Sources are: 1) residential j Duke customer’s bill is $12..33, CHURCH TO BE RAZED — Central Methodist church will be razed starting Monday, ond the congregation will soon begin grediifLg at the site for a proposed SUO4)00 sanctuary. -PiswB, the aUezr-'stain-glass windows and all fixtures were rmoved from the building this week. Final services were held a the present 61-year-old building Sunday. (Photo by Lem Lynch) Sunday’s Seryice Last At Landmark STREETS TREATED The city’s 3.92 miles of un- paved streets w^re treated with calcium chloride, a dust deterrent, this week. By ELIZABETH STEWART i The congregation of Central] Methodist church worshipped Sunday in its present sanctuary for the last tire. Wreckers and demolition crews have stripped the 61year-old building of pews, organ, the al tar and windows and on Monday moi’ning begin razing the fam,!- iar landmark across from the U. 3. Postofficc on East .Mountain street. Grading will begin 'at the site next week. The new plant is ex pected to cost $230,000, The special scr.viccs on Sun day morning attracted an over Jflrw crowd. Following a com munion service at 11 o clock, the congregation gathered outside the church wlrere the cornerstone was removed. Damagd by water, some of the dociiTcnls inside the sealed box could not bo deeiphei'cd but a history of the church prepared by Mrs. A. II. Patterson remain ed lepibie and poidion of the history apircai'cd in Sunday^s church bqllc’in sent lO the 535- meml:er congregation. This week the church altar and pulpit were moved to the social hall of the edrrcahonal plant temporary chapel until the new sanctuary is constructed. Central Methodist chttrch was organized in IS”! by the Rev. J, W. North who was then pastor of Shelby Circuit, 1873-76. A year later the first wedding in the church was the wedding of Miss Long and A. Hunter Pat- rate report 'of the 73 North Car olina municipal electric distribu tion systems, dated October 1965, and 2) latest published coTpara- ble residential rate schedule of Duke- P-ower Company in the City of Kings Mountain files. Judging the winner up to 500 kilowatt hours per month is dif ficult, (see accompanying sched ule); Up to 250 kilowatt hours per month Kings Mountain is the winner, • rjt at 500. kilowatt -boura is edgad-by /P^et*Pville by five cents. Meantime, at 500, Mis. Others' Mother Passes Funeral rites for Mrs. Adeline MoClurd Spargo, 69, of Dallas, mother of Mrs. Fred Withers of Kings Mountain,' will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from First Methodist church of Dallas. The body will retT'aln at Dallas Funeral Home until 1:30 p.m. when it will lie in state at the church. Rev. Glenn R. McCulley will officiate at the final rites and interment will be in Pleas ant Grove Methodist church in Crouse. Mrs Spargo. wife of Grafton S. Spari^o, died Tueselay ai out 12 p.m. in Dallas hcsp’.tnl af*er two week's serious illness. She difference of 53 cents. For 1,000 kwh per month the Kings Mountain customer pays $15.40, the Duke custcir.er $16.53—a difference of $1.13. Neighboring Shelby and Gas Ionia, both m'jnicipal distribu tors, scale to 1.5 cents per kwh at .500, which is their lowest rate. Kings Mount'ain charges a 20 percent differential to out-of city customers. Concord, Shelby, and Fayetteville charge no dif- ferntial. Gastonia rtTr^arted no outaide-city customers.^m New I^HSlCowse Is Cosmetology • Kings Mountain high school will have an addition to its cur riculum in the cominj term- in cosmetology. Mrs. Lillian Whitworth, of Bessemer City, has been tendered contract for the coming year as teacher of beauticianship. She was among five teachers proffered contracts by the board of education M'onday night. Oth ers are Mrs Marguerite Plonk and Mrs. Ethel M. Crook, both of Kings Mountain, elementary teachers, and Mrs. Lola C. Bras well and Mrs. Margaret Crocker junior high school. The board also discucsed with out action its three principalshir vacancie.s. The board assigned children of several Inoaming citizens te SUCCUMBS — Lee Cassell died Monday at the age of 102. Fu neral rites will be Thursday from Mount Olive Baptist Church. Rites Thursday Foi Cassell, 102 Fair^ Oontiniied On Pons 8 Heixs Of Ware And Fulton Oiler Business Property At Auction WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Ray mond Edwards has been awarded a college scholarship from the Johnson Foundation. Edwards Youth Is LBJ Scholar Raymond Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards of 405 Belvedere Circle, has been warded a Presidential scholar ship from the Johnson Founda tion. A 1966 graduate of Kings Slountain high school, Eclward-s will enter the freshman class of A & T college in Greensboro in Septerber. He plans to major in electrical engineering. The Kings .Mountain student was notified of the honor on Saturday. several years. A native of Dallas, .she wa® daughter of the late M'agotie Moore and J. W. McClurd .'^he was a member of Dallas First 'Methodist church. She and her hu"b^d rps’ded at 210 W. Trade street in Dallas. Surviving besides her hus band and daughter are a brother, Robert McClU’-d of Cherryville; 'a .sister, Mrs. Julia .Sullivan of Fort tl aiiclerdale, Fla.; her son- in law and two grandchildren of Kings Mountain Properties of the M. A. Ware and W. S, Fulton Estates will be sold at ^blic auction Wednes day, August 3, at 10 a.ni. Formerly known as the old Kings Mountain Roller Mill ^nd operated by Ware & Sons for many years, the property is lo cated in the heart of the business district on the corner of Gold street and Railroad ^venue. Sub-divided into four business lota, the comer lot containing two (buildings includes a three- story brick building 90x30 and one thrcr-.slory mt’tal grain building 90X'3.5. Maps of the pt )i)ortics may bo obtained from VV. S. t J’"- at Fulton'.s Department Store here or from -T B. Nolan Com pany in Shelby, selling a^nts for Carolina Land Auction Com pany of Hickory’- The 8a.le will conducted, rain or shine, and Gene A. Saine will be auctioneer. Free hams will be avvay as prizes during the land auction. Privilege License Sales At $2,278 Cltiy privilege license sale® to taled $2,278.50, City Clerk Joe H. McDaniel reported Wednesday. State law requires the license be purchased by fin.TS and indi viduals during the month of July and penalty "bf five percent per month applies after August 2, Mr. McDaniOl reminded. The city mpects to receive $5,000 in pwvilege license pay ments for year 1965-66, ac cording to bfdget had been in declining health for schools of their first preference with exception of those askinr that their children attend Wci't schoiil, already at indicated ca pacity The board noted that reconsid eration for three- -and some 30 to 60 others who have bet'ii dc dined .admittance to West -nil' he given sh.iuld the silualior change and vacancies occur prioi to school opening. McDaniel's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Lesici Anne McDaniel, 82. widow of ■) P. McDaniel, were held Tuesda.v at 4 p.m. (rom Bethlehem Bap tist church. Rev Robert Graham, asi'ixtec’ by Rev. James S. Mann, officiat ed at the firfal rites, and inter ment was in the church come tery. Mr.s. McDaniel died Mondaj morning at 2:45 a.m. in Haven n-Hills Rest Home in Rutherford County following illness of seve rai years. She was a native of Cleveland Count'v. daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Monroe Grteg. Her husband died in 19.56. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist church. SurvivdnjJ are three jmns, Da thia McDariiel and Floyd McDan iel of Fort Campbell. Ky.; and four daughters, Mrs. Homer Har mon. Mrs. Wayne Wells, Mrs James (Ledford, all -of King- Mountain, and Mrs. Roy Coth pane of Shelby; and'^one sister. City To Adopt '66-'67 Budget The city board of commission ers will formally adopt the 1966- 67 budget lof $1,.320,000 at Tues day night’s regular meeting at 6:30 at City Hall courtrooi.n. Mayor John Henry Moss said i a full agenda will also include: 1) announcement of aporoval of grant from the State Stream Sanitation Board of $388,.500 for a sewer system by D. tL. Cobum, chief engineer, and W. E. Long, Jr., chief of the municipal waste section. , 2) presentaHon for approval site for pul lie works and utili ties building and authorization for plans and specifications. 3) consideration of a new elec trical esMttract as proposed by Duke Power Company calling fkir a .50 percent increase in pow er delivery, from 5,000 to 7,200 Kilowatts. 4) formal approval of a six- man housing study committee which will rmake its first report, to the board. 5) presentation for approval ^te. plans and specifications for a 1,000,000 gallon water tank for the cl'ty. Funeral rites for 'Lim Cassell, 102, will be held Tliursday at 3 p.m. from .Mount Olivo Baptist cliurch. Rev. J. .M. Alexander .will offi ciate, and inteii.Tcnt will be in Long Branch cemetery. Grave side rites will be conducted by Mosaic Masonic Lodge .No. 4. Born in Chester County, S C. March 25, 1,864, The Kings Moun tain Negra died Monday at 12:30 a.m. in the Kin-s Mountain hos- aital after declining health for ivo years. He had been critically !1 18 days. lie W'as a trustee of Mount Olive Baptist church and a mem ber of Masonic Lodge No. 4. His oarents were the late Lim Cas- 'lell, Sr. and Lizzie Carter Ca?- ^ell. His wife was the late Nan- -y Crosby. Surviving are throe sons, Wal- 'or Cassell of Detroit, Michigan; Mafeit Cassell of .Sulfolk. Va. ■nd Mason Cassell of Great Neck, \’ew York; 'I'w.a daughter-, IMrs. ola O.alcs and Mrs. Ruth Mitchom of the home; 19 iTr-nd- ■hil.'lren; 26 gn'.it-grandcliildren —d three grcat-grcat-grandchil- dren. LEACH JOINING SHERIFF I’oliceman John Loach has i-esigned to .loin the depart ment of Cleveland County S'.ieriff Ha.vwood, Allen, Chief of Police Paul Sanders an nounced. lie completes his du ties Saturday. ours DouMe Funeral Friday At 11; ioih Were 82 Douide furTeral rites for Mr. and Mrs. Abrom Plato Warlick will I c held Fiiday at 11 a.m. frc.Ti tlie Chapel ol Harris Fun eral Home. llieir pa.dor. Rev. Heward IJciri'an, minister of Central I .Ml thod .st cliruch, will officiate. I Interment will bo in Mountain ' Rest cemete-y. i .Mr. Warlick, 82, retired build ing eoniraclor, died Tuesday night at 7:30 at Kin.gs Mountain hospital following illness of sev eral years. Mrs. Warlick, the fonrer Texie Smith," 82, died at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday morning in the Kings Mountain hospital follow ing several montli’s illness. .She had been critically ill for several I weeks. A native of Cleveland Coun- 1 ty. -Mr. Warlick vvos the son of I tile late Gaither and Sarah Kath- j erbie Hill Warlick. Mrs. War lick, a native of Cleveland Coun ty, wo s dau.ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs Jimes .Sm.ilh. Mr. and Mrs. Warlick are sur ' vivc'l by thrir spn. Heyward P. j Warlick of Angeles, Califor- ] ni.a; and fivi* daughters, Mrs. i Junic R'jtledge of Grecnsbor.a Mis. Lalla.ge Falls of Kin.gs I Mountain. M’s. Richaid Day of Booneville, Mrs. .lames Grice of I Shelby 'and Mrs Dan K. Gill of Miami, Fla., 13 grandchildren and 13 great-gi andchildren. Mrs Warlick is also survived by brother. Wesley Smith of Ports mouth, Va. Three Named To Committee Kin.gs Mountain .six-man hous ing study com’nittee. was com pletecl tliis wecle. May )!• Jolin Henry Mos.s an nounced yesterday that Rev Sandro Blalock, Negro minister ■Tnhn L. .McGill, druggist; anc Mai tin Harmon, newspaper edit or had agreed to serve with Com missionevs T. J. Ellison, Ra Cline and O. O. Walker on com.mitlLV to inolte Kings Moun tain's housing needs. Duty of the c :i.r inittee is tc determine tlie number of sub stand'nil liomis in town and a va lable hou.'iing. 3'hc study group will make it first repoit to the city board of comm.i .sinners at its Tuesday nb'iit meeting at 6:30 at City Hall. To Receive Grant I By MARTIN HARMON ! The State Stream Sanitation ; committee has approved a grant ; of $388,500 for improvements and j expansion of the city’s sewage j disposal system. Mayor John Henry Moss and Martin Harmon, Herald editor, have been noti- fied. j D, L. Coburn, chief of the en- i gineering section, and Wilbur E. I Long, Jr., chief of the municipal 1 waste section, supplied details I concerning the grant and will discuss the action with the city commission Tuesday night to de termine whether the comrnission will proceed with the project. Mayor Moss said he had no doubt the city will proceed, though only $307,500 of the grant may be available during the cur rent fiscal year. North Carolina’s indicated fed eral grant for the year Is $3,610,- 000 and the state has devised a point system whereby it rates pplieations. Mr. Long said 18 districts and ities share in the indicated grant, with Kings Mountain eighteenth to be included. He noted that Leaksville-Draper- Spray, first on the approved list, was due a “hangover” pa5mient from the previous year. He as sumed. he added, should the June 30, 1967, Kings Mountain would top the list. The United States Senate has passed the $150 million appropri ation for this year and it has been introduced in the House. In view of the fact this program has been underway for ten years and that it lia.s tbe ardent support irf President Johnson, Mr. Coburn and Mr. Long feel the appropria tion will be approved with minor, if any changes. Mr. Long noted that Engineer Coburn, who is also in charge of federal grant applications, is now revdewing plans and specifi cations for Kin.gs Mountain, which call for doubling capacity of the McGill treatment plant, construction of a two-million daily capacity treatment plant to serve the western portion of the city, and the laying of mains and lines to provide the city a maxi mum capacity of eight million gallons of effluent per day. The citizens voted on March 15 by 42 to 1 approval of issuing $1,300,000 in bonds for the pur pose — expected to cover full cost of the project. Mayor Moss commented, “The commissioners and I are very highly pleased that Kings Moun tain was included in the current- year program. As Mr. Long in formed the commission shortly after the application had been filed. Kings Mountain’s major difficulty in the point count was the city’s excellent fiscal posi tion. At June .30, the city had a surplus of $2.57,000.and it bond ed indcbtedne.ss had been re duced to $439,000. On basis of need. Kings Mountain was down- ■traded on points awarded for this fac'^ol.” Mrs. J. B. Wattcrsot^l^f Grover. Also surviving are IJfgrandchil dren and 18 greait-grilCIchlldrcn. ricNic First Preat)yterl|k' church congregation vvlll Mtt Its an nual Sunday SdAt picnic Wednesday night iXt p.m. in tbe church IbUowilH fhall. loe Bill Cornwell, 37, Succumbs; Funeral Rites Conducted Sunday Funeral rites for Joe Piily Cornwell, 37. were held Sunday at 4 p.m. from Resurrection Lu theran church of-which he was a member. Mr. Cornwell died suddenly I'riciay night about 7:.30 p.m. at his home of an apparent heart attack. He had not been ill. He had been painting a house .'arlior in the day. A native of Lincoln County, he was a painting contractor for Cornwell Brothers. Son of Mrs. Lewis G. Cornwell of Lincoln- ton and the late Mr. Cornwell, lie was a graduate of Lincolnton high school where he lettered ■I:.a"'keth3ll and base'kll. He was active iti the Kings Mountain Optimist club. He was a former Little League, coach in Kings Mountain. He is survived, in addition to his mother, by his wife, Mrs. Willa Kay McGinnis Cornwell; SUCCUMBS — Joa BUI Corn two sons, Joe Bill Cornwell, Jr. well, painting contractor, diod and Michael Craig Cornwell. Buddenly Friday night Funer- both of the home; and one ol rites were held Sunday from Cuniinued On Page 8 Roaunection Luthuem church. NAMES OMITTED In a news story last wti'I'' The Herald inadvertently omit ted the names of two Kin.gs Mountain servicemen, Pvt. Billy Owens and P\'t. Ralph Junior Whetstine, both of whom died in the Korean War and were reported missing in action in 1930. According to Herald files, eight area men were listed oii -army casualty lists in the Korean War.* 1966-1967^hool Schedule Adopted The Kings Mountain district schools will open August 22, with pupils to attend for ori entation (a half day schedule) on August 24. Remainder of tlie 1966-67 school term schedule adopted by the board of education Monday follows: August 25 — First full- schedule day. September 5 - Labor Day holiday. September 30 - Teacher meeting holiday. November 24-25 — Thanks giving holidays. 21 thru Jsnuar^ 2 — Christmas holidays. March 23-29 — Easter holi days (proviso: up to three days to be used if necessary to make up lost time.) May 29 — Term ends. May 31 — Teachers com plete duties-