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t f'cl All-Stars To PennsylS^a For Nati<^nal Fk Populati on Greater Kings Mountain - ^ 10,320 City Limits 8,256 nOi flgura tor Cr«at«r Kings Mountain is darirsd from lbs 19SS Kings Mountain city dirsetory census. The city limits figure is from the United States census of 19BS. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages T Todag 1 VOL 77 No. 32 -Esfabiished 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 11, 1966 Seventy-Seventh Year PRICE TEN CENTS Kings Mountain Public Housing Project All'Stais Play In Heishey, Pa. Fiiials Monday By ELIZABETH STEWART Kings Mountain’s VFW-spon- sored Teener - League All-Stars will leave Saturday morning at 7 a.m. for Hershey, Pa., and the annual finals series of the na tional Teener League competi tion. Kings Mountain goes to Her shey via defeating Greenville, Tenn., Gastonia (twice former national champs and competi tors at Hershey eight times), Greenville, N. C., and Cherry- ville. A drive for $15(X) was launch ed last ¥Feek by interested citi zens to'iaond the baseball team to Pennsylvania, and Mayor John Moss, heading the effort, said response is goodl,^ Citizens who wish to make a contribution should contact May or Moss, Marion Dixon, Jonas Bridges or Harold Glass, In ad dition, coin collections containers have been placed in downtown business firms and industrial plants. The mayor said he has ap- V pointed Jonas Bridges, manager of Radio Station WKMT and president of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, Kings Mountain’s Ambassador of Good Will. In this capacity. Bridges will visit the mayor of Hershey, bring greetings from the city of Kings Mountain and invite him to visit here. Mr. Bridges wifi also present the Hershey mayor ^ brochure of the city. ' “I feel that every citizen joins me in offering congratulations SEND-OFF Kings Mountain's Teener All- Stars, first athletic organisa tion in the city’s history to ad vance toward national honors, will be given a rousing send- off by city officials and inter ested citizens in front of City Hall Saturday morning before their bus leaves at 7 a.m. for the finals of the National Teener Baseball tournament in Hershey, Pa. Numerous citizens will go via car to Hershey and some parents will ride the bus with the 15 players and coach es. ’66 Good Year For Local Library tc this fine team of young men and their fine coaches. They are representing our community in a splendid manner and our sup port goes with them as they play in the national Teener League competition,” the mayor added. The 15 team members, their three coaches — Roy Pearson, manager and area commission er; Bob Moore, head coach; and Bo Goforth, pitching coach, will board a chartered Trailways bus from City Hall Saturday morn- Giiculation. Nearing 30,000 Officials Say Buck circulation at Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Library in creased to 29,864 for the year ending June 30. On average, the 9,634 books on hand circulated approximately three times. A total of 1,232 new books were added during the year. Young folk out-read their ai ders, as juvenile circulation to taled 19,758 and adult circula tion totaled 10,106. The library, reports of the treasurer show, ended the year in its best financial condition to date, with $2530 in the operating account, and $1522 in the book account. The treasurer, Mrs. George Houser, noted however, that committ.nents from the book account for orders now be ing filled would cut Diat -bal ance. ^ During the year, the library invested $1950 in-t^ev^^•bool^g spent $164 for ' magazines and periodicals. During the year just begun, tire liiHtary budget anticipates in come and outgo of $7700. Wright Wins Doctoiate Degree Farrin'iScott Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Stough Wright of Grover, received the doctor of philosophy degree at North Caro lina State University in Raleigh recently. Wright, a native of Grover, re ceived his elementary and high school education at Grover high school. He was awarded the B.S. degree in agricultural engineer ing at Clemson University, Clem- son, S. C., September 1959, sub sequently received a National Cotton Council Fellowship and entered graduate school of Clem- .son University where he earned the M.S. degree in 1961. While student at Clemson University, he was elected to Phi Kappa, Gamma Sigma Delta and Tau Beta Pi fraternities. He was appointed research instructor in the department of biological and agriculture engineering at N. C. State in Raleigh September 1961 where he received the doctor of CHAIRMAN—Rev. Charles Eas ley has been elected cdiaiiman of the board of Jacob S. Mau ney Memorial Ubrary. Easley Chaiman Of JLila^Boaid Rev. Charles Eanlcy, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, is the new chairman of the board of Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li brary. He succeeds Grady How ard. He is a recent appointee to a six-year term on the board. Elected vice-chairman is Hay wood E. Lynch, just re-appoint ed to a six-year term. Martin Harmon hM been elected secre tary, succeeding Ollie Harris, and Mrs. George Houser has been re-elected treasurer. At the meeting, the treasurer was authorized to purchase por table shelving for library books. Housing Group Recommends Full Study A neighborhood analysis with a view toward applying for public | housing project funds was voted' Tuesday night by the city com-' misson upon reQgmmendation byj the recently-forif^ joint housing commission? The housing commission re quested that a representative of I the U.S. i^partment of Housing and Urban Development visit Kings Mountan and make a neighborhood analysis. Mayor John H. Moss said Wed nesday that he would request the visit immediately. 1 Prior to filing application for public housing funds, the board 3f commissioners w^ould appoint a public housing authority and de termine what type public hous ing project is desirable and suit able for the city. j A study of housing needs was the major item of business 1 on the agenda for Monday | night’s organizational meeting of . the new housing committee. John j L. McGill is chairman oi .h ■ study group and Sandro Blalock. T. J. Ellison, O. O. Walker and Ray Cline are members. Martin Harmon is chairman of the committee on minority hous ing and other mwnbers are San dro Blalock, William Orr, Brooks ' (Tate, George White, George Ed wards and Carl F. Wilson. ‘‘What do we feel are Kings Mountain’s needs?” Urban Renewal Project Moves One Step Closer To Fruition The mayor answered his own question by citing a recent sur vey taken by the Community Planning Division of the State Board of Conservation and De velopment which pointed out that of 2,134 houses in Kings Mountain: About 75 are dilapidated and beyond repair. About 615 are in need of ma jor repairs. | About 590 are in need of minor i repairs TO PAGEANT — Linda Sher- rer, "Miss Shelby 1966" and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sherrer of Kings Mountain will porticipato ia the 15th onnual waternsolon festiyol to be Jield Friday ond Sdrturdc^ in Page, land, S. C. Tho new. queen will be crowned on Satuday. 168 Give To Bloodmobile Kings Mountain area citizens donated 168 pints ot blood to the Red Cro.ss Bloodbank at Mon day’s visit at Kings Mountain Baptist Church. Updating Uptown Aim Of Giant Board Seeks Kings Mountain's inhnn ic- newal pi'aject, initiated by M:iy- 1 Oi’ John H Mc?.i list .epicni- 1 ber, is well on its way to fiu.lion. i The city commission Tnc.^ciny I ni'iht made? formal appl,cation ' j fo.’ .‘5136,999 in federal funds [or ’ I drawing of plans and cngmc"r- , I ing fees for a proposed urban re-1 ncwal project. | Mayor M':ss forwarded the ap plication Wednesday morning to : the Department of Housing and i Urban Renewal in Washington, I D. C. i In all. Kings Mountain hopes 1 to aaiuire $983,809 in federal | funds for a plan initiated in September 1965 by the irayor’s committee on downtown develop ment. .. Approval by the city Commis sion follows recommendation of tlfe Kings Mountain Planning Board. The application was first pre pared b.v Traffic & Planning As sociates of Hickory, then for warded to the regional office of the Department 'of Housing and Urban Development. Tlie region al office last week approved the plan .and it was brou ght back to the city comimission for presen- for final approval to I Washington. L .The coiT.mittee to update up town has grown, t'ao, during the HEAD BATTLE ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEES — Charles F. Mauney, left above, is chairman of the finance committee and Mayor John H. Moss is overall chairman of Kings Mountain's annuol October celebration of the Battle of Kings Mounhoin. A 25 .member steeriim committee was named Tuesday to up plans for the celebration. Battle Celebration CommitteeNamed^ n/r i i’caf ancl has sincc incorporated , Mrs. Charles F. Mauney, volun- ^ „nn-nrofit organization. Of the 615 houses in the city, itpej. chairman, expressed appre- only 854 are in sound conditon. | Nation to the many volunVeers' During Kings Mountain’s workable program for commun- bloodmoble. Mrs. Mauney said, improvement for small com ing. The other 15 passengers on | Philosophy degree in July of this the bus will Include parents of | the boys and representatives of the press. Kings Mountain’s Frank B. Glass Post 9811 Teeners will play either Monday morning or Mon day afternoon. The national tourney is a double elimination tournament and eight teams are participating. He is married to the former Joyce Ross of Grover. They havW two daughters, Susan, age 6, andj Rachel, age three. Fogging Mochine In Use In Area Kings Mountain’s new fog ging machine to control mos quitoes was used for the first time Wednesday night. ' Mayor John H. Moss said the machine will be in opera tion on the city’s 54 streets again Thursday (tonight) and will be in usfe as often as nec essary. The thermal fog machine sprays malathion insecticide. It produces a very fine spray which hangs low over the ground penetrating the area occupied by adult mosquitoes. The fogging will be done during the cool hours of the night. A- Wyatt Assnmes New Doties Today As Principal Of West Sdiool Here clean-up campaign, now under- j way. Mayor Moss said that own- I ers and rentors agree that prop- j erties are sub-marginal, but the I renter has no place to move. ! Public housing may bridge this gap, the members agreed. Homes have been razed in sev eral ; eas of the city due to in dustrial expansion (Mauney, King Mills and others), it was pointed out in di.scussion. “We must be concerned with many questions,” observed San dro Blalock. Among them: How to encourage upgrading: how about assignment to areas not wanted; what about those who dan’t wish to upgrade. (Blalock, a Negro minister, has lived in pub lic housir * projects. Ward 5 Coirm. O. U. Walker held the building contract for a similar project.) Slum areas in Kings Mountain may be replaced in about 18 months by a public housing proj ect, the committees anticipate. 37 donors were rejected because of health reasons. Last County Red Cross Chapter col lected a total of 287 pints per month and citizens used an av- sundry included, federal Brewer Joins Goldsboro Bank L. C. Brewer, installment loan manager at First Citizens Bank & Trust Ck)mpany since the branch bank opened here in January, assumed similar duties | Wednesday at Branch Banking &’ Trust Company of Goldsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and their son, Brent, have moved from Cleveland Avenue to Goldsboro. G. E. Helms has been transfer red from First Citizens of Char lotte to the Kings Mountain bank and began his new duties on Tuesday. A graduate of High Point college, he joined First Citizens over a year ago. He is single. In Kings Mountain the Brew ers were members of First Pres byterian church and Mr. Brew- er was active in the Red Cross program. . DIRECTOR — W. P. Fulton, Kings MountolB native, bos been named director of busi ness administration for tbo United ConunnnltT Funds ond Councils of AaMriob David Wyatt, 24-year-!ald na tive of Marshall, assumes duties Thursday (today) ag principal of West elcnientary school. Mr. Wyutt comes to Kings Mountain frmn Marshall higli school near Mars Hill where he was a member of the faculty three years. He did his under graduate work^ and earned his master’s degree from Western Carolina college at Cullowhee. He also Campletcd work for his principalship certificate at Western Canplina college. Mr. WyaU;,~iB single. LA^ REUNION The Petec and Polly Lail re union will 'be held August 28 at Bethlehem Fellowship Cen ter, west ot Kings Mountain. Friends are invited and all descendants are urged to at tend. A picnic lunch will be served promptly at 1 p.m. Thomas C..KBrr. Jr« is reunion ptesident Bessemer Chnrch Homecoming Set Tile Rhythmairos of East Gold Street Wesleyan Methodist church will be featured singers at annua] Homecoming Day Sunday at Se cond Baptist church in Besse.ner Ctiy. Other gospel singing groups will include Jack N. Wylie and the Bright Family. Picnic lunch will be spread at the noon hour after which the song service will begin about 2 p.m. Fool|>oll Tickets Go On Sale Monday Football ■season tickets go on sale Monday morning at Kings Mountain high school, accord ing to announce.Tent bjr Prin-— cipal Glenn Brookehlre. Ticket for admission to four home football gsunes is Mr. Brookshire said. mnnitics.” Various and fiscal year Cleveland piograiTS are tion facilities which are eligi ble (or federal grants of up to two tliiids cost, residential area improvements, eligible for grants rri. . J UD to two-thirds cost, res'dential These statistics do not allow for eHgi'ole for emergencies Mrs. M a u n c y area ^^ three-feurths co^t, pointed out. , sp.-,pcs playgr ounds el'i.dble Tuesday’s visit of the regional for grants un In 90 per'’''nt c-i.ist. blood collecting unit was the, and piililic bousing, which are first to Kings Mountain this fis-1 eligible for 100 percent loans, cal year. Should the aeveland; projected here are a County Red Cross Chapter not sin'' uplifting of cure tho amount of blood needed business district, and a city at the regularly-scheauled visits u.d.des biru^ting. during 1966 a special visit will projected is extension of be made to make up the deficit. i Avenue and renovation Next visit of the bloodmobile ; of City Hall. to Kings Mountain is on Novein-' The federal funds will pMvide jjgj. Clint tuned On Page 8 Methodists Set Ground-Breaking Seivices To Be Held On Sunday Ground - breaking ceremonies 1 for the projcctci $250,000 Central Methodist church sanctuary 'will i be hold Sunday. Workmen completed the razing of the 61-year-old church plant i last Wednesday to clear the way i for construction of the new sane- j tuary. j The Rev. Howard R. Jordan, 1 ^ Central Methodist pastor, will use. ^ the sermon topic, “Jesus and His j Church” at the 11 o’clock hour, j The service tlWll be concluded i on the outside of tho church with a giound-brea'King ceremony for the new church buildinig. Rev. Mr. Jordan said that various church officers and members of the church will take part in the ser-1 vice. i REUNION Annual reunion of the Cap tain William McGill clan will be, held Sunday, August 21, at B«hany ARP church. Picnic lunch will be spread at 1 p.m. and the clan will hold a busi ness raee^g at 2 p-m. REUNION SPEAKER -- Tenth District U. S. Congressman Basil L. Whitener will make the principal address at the annual reunion of McGills of Goston to be held Sunday aft ernoon at Bethel ARP Church orbob 25-Member Steering Group Is Appointed A 25-member steering commit tee to plan the 186th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain was appointed Tuesday by Mayor John H. Mo«s. Five sub-committees are beinig named with appointment of membei’s of tlie events, special entertainment and parade com mittees to be announced within a few days. Charles Mauney will serve as chairman of the finance committee which includes Charles Dixon, Jonas Bridges and Her man Greene. Mayor Moss is chairman of the honor guest committee which includes J. Lee Roberts, W. K. Mauney, Jr., J. Ollie Harris and Martin Hahmon. The committee adopted a $5,000 budget at Tuesday’s lunch eon meeting at Kings Mountain Country Club. A national governmental fig ure is being invited to make an address here during the October 3-8 celebration and Mayior Moss said he liopcs to have an an- noilneement in tho near future. Over 4,000 Piedmont Carolinas citizens viewed last year’s .mam moth Mountaineer Da.vs parade and this .year’s eolebration i.s ex pected to bo “even larger”, said Mayor Moss. The steering comirittee Tues day voted to invite neighboring York, South Carolina to partici pate in the celebration. “There are no plans at this time for the main address to be held at the National Military Park, the ma.yor said Wednes day. Last year Secretary of the Army Stanley Resor spoke on Saturday, final day of the cele- bration, at the National Military Park amnhithcatre. Mayor Moss said he anticipates a parade here would honor the guest. The Battle Celebration com mittee includes city officials and representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Associ ation, Industrial Association, vet eran’s, fraternal woimen’s club groups, DAR, American Legion and American t’.egion Auxiliary, Ministerial Association and rep. resentatives from busineas and industry. SPEAKER — Dr. Bob Patter son wfU fill the pulpit at Sun- day evening services at First Baptist church. Dr. Patteison Baptist Speaker Dr. Bob Patterson, Kiiuts Mountain native and son of Mp. and Mrs. Dewitt Patterson, will fill the pulpit at Sunday evcniiUf worship services at 7:30 at Fintt; 'Baptist church. Rev. Robert Marin, First Bap. tist pastor, said that during the month of August Firet Baptist' is featuring guest speakers eaeli- Sunday evening. Dr. Patterson is on the staff, of the Department of Religion of Baylor University in TexMt “We invite the interested com munity to worship with us”, aaM Rev. Mann. ol.' . Midview Chnidi Sets Gospel Midview Baptist churrti in Midpines Conimunity has » uled a gospel sing for Sui afternoon beginning at 2:30 Yates A. Smith, song If for the service said that all ing groups and the intc puUie is invited to attc program ip aoog.