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Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
Th* Qri.iter Kings Mountcrin Ugur« It deKvtd from th*
special United States Bureou of tbe Census repoit o
lanuary 1966. and Includes the 14.990 popukatloa 0
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.iS4 froa
Number S Township. In Clevelond County and Crowder*
Mountain Township la Qastoa County.
3IS r.sj
Pages
Today
Kings Mountain's ftelioble Newspaper
VOL 80 No. 6
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 8, 1968
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Three Kings Mountain Men
Jailed In Grover Bank Theft
Gantt. Riley, |
"Laws Anested;
Gantt Makes Bond
ELECTED ^ Zeb O. Plonk,
Kings Mountain native, has
been elected a vice president of
the Liberty Mutuol Insuronce
Companies.
Zeb Plonk
Wins Promotion
Two Kings Mountain men and
a icPriagor hive been arraigned!
before U.S. Commissioner Perry j
Swofford in Spartanburg. S. C.,
m the $22,000 armed robbery Fri
day of the Grover branch of thej
t Blacksburg, S. C. State Bank.
I Arrcstetl Saturday and charged
with the robbery were Thurman
Gantt, 50. Walter J. Riley. 36.
and Roy Gene i^aws, 17. all oi|
Kings Mountain. Bond was set at
$20,000 each. Gantt made bond j
Monday afternoon.
Home S&L
Logs Record
High Assets
Home Savings & Loan Associa-s
tion had a banner year in 1967,
year-end assets totaling $9,-!
j32,VoO, up $960,093, sliareholders i
weie tola at tne recent annual 1
meeting. !
The shareholders re-elected the;
eight directors, A. H. Patterson,
I. G. Patterson, Jack H. White,
Dr. Paul E. Hendricks, J. H.
rhomson, Thomas A. Tate, B. D. 1
iiacterree of Kings Mountain, and
R. S. Plonk, of Bessemer City.
Following the meeting, direc
tors re-elected these officers and
employees J. H. Thomson, presi*.
dent; A. H. Patterson and B. D.
Some Cansier Street Citizens
Object To Right-of-Way
Thornburg Warns
Trash Burning
Requires Permits
Hearing Held
The youth and Riley wore pick
ed up about an hour after Fri
day’s robbei’y, but were released
without charge. Later they and
Gantt were arrested at Gantt’s
home here and charged in the
robbery of the bank which is lo-
catcHl just inside South Carolina
abf>ut 25 feet from the N- C. line
adjacent to the Cameron Plant of j
Minette Mills.
Laws and Riley had been pick-
Zeb O. Plonk. Kings Mountain *d up in Gaston County Friday
native, has been elected a vice; morning after police spotted i
president of the Liberty Mutual car similar to one seen near
Insurance Companies, Frank L. jbank just before the robbery.
Farwell, president, announced to- Two men held the male bank
day. ^manager, Bill Troubicfield, and:
♦wo women tellers Mrs. Ann j
Mr. Plonk is son of Mrs. C. S.|sho-.s(» and Mrs. Elizabeth Ham-’
Plonk, Sr. of Kings Mountain gunpoint and escaped
and the late Mr, Plonk. ^ith $22,000 in
.Mr. Plonk joined Liberty Mu-,''
tual’s claims department in 1930. Friday.
„ ^ ^ rash or fires Tuesaav and
Ratien-fe. vice-presMents; Tnom- Wtdnesday, including several
as A. late, executive vicc-pres,- fires, brought a reminder:
lent; Emily A. Herndon, Trtasur ; pj^e Chief Floyd Thornburg
Nancy S. Seism, assistant permits must be obtained
secretary-treasurer; Jacob A. Dix , ffom the fire chief before rubbish
] on, manager of the Bessemer City pqn be burned
brunch; and Frances O. Herndon chief Thornburg pointed out
DeLora L,oveIace and Rebeccf Kings Mountain is under the
, Broome, tellers. . prevention code of the Amcr-
; The voters retained again its Insurance Association and
legal staff of George I>. Thomas-, burning of trash and grass
son, attomey-at-law. and Davis, i j-p^juires permits.
White & Powell, attorneys-at- 7'he city an.swered four alarms
_ . Tuesday, and two on Wednesday.
O^her annual report highlights another Tuesday alarm was
given by Mr. Tate: g grass fire behind Rock Mo-
l» Savings incrcisod S?05,3t3 ^ blaze fought by the Bethle-
to SSt.io<,17o; accounts increased Fire E^partment.
811 to 420.5. , The Bethlehem department also
2i Mortgage loans increased fighting a stub-
$1,016,729 to $8.2.5jJ,640: number born gr^ss fire at the W. T. Weir' Miyor John Henry has
of loans totaled 1456, 351 of them mgt re in the Oalliloo (*ommuni-| made the following appointments
made in 1967. ‘ Thornburg estimated; from Hoy Scouts elected bv their
3> Dtviviends totaled $3.59.2oo. i 50 were burned over. ' Tellows from Kings Mountain
... ^ -41 S46.438 were added to re- Other Tuesday fires included; Troops 91, Otis Falls, Jr., S‘out-
thi of Superior Stone Company. '*erves totaling $662,296 and $11.- a car shod at the home of PauP m,lister, and Troop 92.’Ken Pruitt,
was elected vice iresident of the ^^2 were added to undivided pro- on Center street was totally Scoutmaster:
National Crushed Stone As.socia- totaling $50,000. desiroved. Charles W. iRockvt Ford, Jr.,
tion (NCSA) at its 51st annual Other major assets included aO the clothing in a clo.sed at -proon 91, mavor.
convention recently in Las Vegas, cash of $336,315, U.S. bonds of the Martin Wilson. Jr., residence.; K»cky Fails, Troop 91. city
Nevade. .$140,495, and share loans of $l,o2,- 5x3 pbenix street, was ^
Mr. Ragland, who has seiwcd , * , blaze was not do-; prank Humphries, Troop 92
Scouts To Manage 0“
^ Improvements
City on Thursday
Nine Scouts
To Man City
Posts For Day
OFFICER — W. Trent Rogland,
Jr., president of Superior Stone
Company; has been elected vice-
president of the National Crush
ed Stone Association for the
coming year.
Ragland Elected
NCSA Oiiicei
W. Trent Ragland, Jr., presi-
King-s Mountain Boy Scouts
will become ci«y oHicial.s Thu s-
day as they get a piacdcal les
son in municipal government op
erations and tltularly ‘’manage
the city from 8:30 a.m. unt:l 3 p.
m., an annual feature of Boy
.Scout week.
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on the NCSA’s Board of Directors Jacob A. Dixon’s report for the ip,.mined. p,,ijce.
casn irom oe _ . Rps<;f»mpr Pit/ subsidiary showed a truck fire was extinguished Buddy Oliver, Troop 92. fire
mn 5:z2.(JUU in casn irom me •• immediate oast Bessemer Cit,* subsidiary sh
ault and teller s cages about ^ s.m:eJ948.^was^ assets of $2,118,037, slightly
over on Cherokee street.
ifflScott To Open
^’•es, one on the railroad bank
cal Committee. He has also serv- 20 percent of the firm’s total, Wednesday afternoon the d<
After holding posts in the com- According to the bank clerks, ed as a regional vice president and a 1967 increase of $245,758. j partment extinguished two ara«
jjanies’ Boston. Baltimore, and bandits had stockings over; for 1966 and 1967. and has been . - - —- -
^ew York City offices, he was.f^eir faces. Authorities said two a member of th? association’
med assistant dhr'ision cl^msj were found in the, Executive Committee since-44
Imager in Atlanta in 1940. InjBethlehem community between* A graduate of the University of m
1917 1^ was made division «td-.rhe robbery scene and where the'Xorth Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2l00Qn||0|||0J;3
ninistMilive assistant and in 1951 located. They quoted a Ragland has been connected with! •
minis
wa
Lieutenant-Governor Robert W.
(Bob) Scott, candidate for the
Democratic nomination for gov
ernor, will open his Cleveland
County headquarters in Shelby
They quoted
/as norointod manager of under- employee as saying the the mining industry all his life.
/riling and related functions in stockings were similar in color He became president of Superior
the Atlanta division office. Mr. those worn by the bandits. Stone in 1954.
Plonk returned to the firm’s. , *• u * ^ Superior Stone Company is a
homo office in Boston in 1955 and' Officers are speculating that a products division of the ^ . hpadouariers in
wis made an a.s.sistant vice-presi- least four persons and Martin Marietta Corporation whh,Ltiirdav mor^ne at lO-ao"
dent. In 19.59. ho was named i mobiles may ^ headouarters in Raleigh. N. C. It'
sistant vice president and me' ’od FBI agents and Cherokee County; Qppj,g{gg 32 quarries in North
is development and electronics authorities are in charge of Ibe South Carolina Vir
re.search. investigation. Cleveland Coun > • gj^^ Georgia, including a
A grartuRto of North Carolina | qrarry in Kings Mountain.
Friviay’s robbery was the first
time the Grover branch has been. YjKwm UfASlfAV^C*
robbed. The main Blacksburg j IfllJ, VwVClVCl 5
State Bank office was robbed of, _ ^
®Mi^966"‘"iMothei Passes
—: ^ Funeral rites for Mrs. Louella
, on Grace street and the other on
4Bexmett drive.
T Ilvke's
Rites Conducted
public
water 1
Stale University he attendcHi the
University of Baltimore Law
School and holds a certificate in
advanced management from Har-
v^^cd Rusinesc c'r-hnol. He is a
membe’* o' Guido Tn^er’^^tional.
the association of electronic com
puter use's.
Mr. P^enk is mo*'ried, has
three children and lives at 42
Oxford Road in Wellesley, Mas
sachusetts.
Pat Span;ler, Scott manager
in Gaston and Cleveland coun
ties, said Wednesday he has a
goal of attendance at the open
ing of "not less than 1000 peo
ple".
Chairman .Spangler said he an-
icipates Candidate Scott will
make a short address of “state
wide import”.
“We are aiming at not less
W^nrli SnnnDlts
Kindeigaitens
City To Condemn
Peelei Tract
; Weaver of Kings Mountain, were
held Tuesday at 4 p.m. from Gas
tonia's Gospel Baptist church, in
terment following in Gaston Me-
The dty wni file ^ ^ ^
n r T-h reor°e Sun in a Gastonfa hosnilal.
Court Thuisday : Other survivors include her
Peeler, of Shelby, for right-ofjay,^^^j^^^ P Calhoun;
easement and 21.7 acres of the Rev,. L. D. Cal
Senator Marshall A. Ra>'cb.:treat *’<'1'’' and Rov Calhoun, both of
p'king re-election to a second p ^ Ballimore. Md.; Rudolph Cal
term as senator from the 29th !*" ^
(GastonClevekand) district, has, ppy Attorney Jack White said; of Beswmer City and Thurman,
issued
han 1000 pt‘ople at the Cleveland
"^hadwick Calhoun. 73. of Gas-1 i^eadquarters opening, 'Chairman Charles Dyke of Spartanburg
tonia, mother of Mrs. Omolia ^^p^ngler declared.
“Lt.-Gov. Scott will gieet and , Canton; and seven .jrandchil
shake hands with every person
present." he added.
chief.
Steve Ingle, Troop 91
vork<j superintendent.
Eddie Bridges, Troop 9!
plant superintendent.
Reid StrieWand. Troop SL-idec-;
♦riril sunerintendent.
Bill Tolbert Troop 92. sanita
tion superintendent.
Sto\e Cook, Troop 92. street
der THment sunerintond-*nt.
Both Kinqt- Moimtain troops
„ , , . 'will pa^-tiripate in the Saturday
Funeral rites for El^rt Joseph
'*tinn Center. Troop 91 will hive
: a booth and mvp an exlvbition
on renri’'ements the chem*-«-
. t^v merit h^^d^e. Troon 92 will
have a booth demonstrating
‘amnin*^ .-nd onTdf)oi' oortking
sVihs. Ti'^k'^tc aT'c 95 cents.
On ‘Nii»id''v. both tn'ons w’H
,''tteni 11 a m. services at thei’’
! snonsorin > ehurchns. T^onp 91
^t. Matthew’s I utherqn and
T’^'^or, 90 flt First Piptist,
*T sneak for all citv errmiovoes
m sTvipor we took forw.ard an-
„ ^ ^ ^ to Rov Sco’t dqv at Citv
S. C.; one sister. Mrs. Belle Case
'commented.
RICKY FALLS
Dyke, 76, were held Friday aft
^’•noon at 4 p.m. from the Chapel
of Harris Funeral Home, inter
ment following in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
M.. Dyke died at 12:45 Thurs-
di.v at his home.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Mattie Dunn Dyke; two sons.
William M. Dyke and Elbert M.
Dyke, Jr., both of Kings Moun
tain: two daughters. Mrs. James
Sotelo and Mrs. Virgie Hutchins,
both of Kings Mountain; a broth-
t
ROCKY FORD. JR.
Falls And Ford
Win Eagle Rank
TM^o dozen Cansier .street prop
erly owmei's, 16 living on the East
.;ido and eight living on the West
ude. registered their opposition
o proposed widening of Cansier
Ureet at Tuesday’s 45-minute
.ublic hearing conducted by the
>taie Hidnvay Commission at
he Armory.
Projosed improvements are
projected beginning at the in
tersection of Cansier with Gold
and continuing to the intersec
tion of Walker street.
Strongest opposition was voiced
by Everette (E^ddy) Medlin,
spokesman for a three-block seg
ment of residents on East Cans-
ler. who contend the widening to
3 60 foot right-of-w'ay. of which
44 feet would be paved, with
•urb-and-gutter would reejuire
most of the front yards of hous-
*s on the East side,
Medlin, who lives at 504 North
?ansler, said he represented prop-
m'ty owners on the East side of
Cansier from Walker to Childers
vho resent the fact that the in-
reased right-of-way (the project
•rlls forwidening the street from
‘8 feet to 14 feet and increasing
*he right-of-way from 40 to 69
feet) avill bo taken off the East
ide only in this area and none
'‘ro'n t)ie West side.
"We feel it unjust to take prop-
*rty on one side only”, said Med-
’in.
To Medlin’s auestion. “what
will happen if all the residents
?ti(k together, would we all be
'^ondemnofi?’’. W. A. Garrett, Jr.,
who conducted the hearing, re
plied. "The highway department
I will deal with each property own-
I «r individually in obtaining the
j ight-of-way and not with a
j troup.
In answer to Modhn’s auestion
in project d<»sian, G'^rretf S'^id
rhe State Hi'-^hway Department
1 attemnts to design tho most eco
nomical proiect. and. that in this
'•ase the enginee'*s anrarentlv de
eded it would he less costly to
‘ake right-of-wav from the east
side only in the three block area.
\ddifional right-of-w^v w'ould be
‘aken from both sides of the
street in other areas, said Gar
rett.
Maps showing tho location of
City To Grow
Tuesday Night
The city is expected to grow
.)>• seven-plus acres Tuesday
houn of Gastonia. B. D. Calhoun' light. ; , , , .
Public hearing is schc<luled liy
the city commission on the an
Two Kings Mountain Boy SeoutS|
recently received the Eagle the nrojecl showed that because
.\\vard. highest honor in Bov of the closeness of houses and
' ''ther st”uoturo<; to the present
Charles (Ho^ky) Ford, son of street, the widened street w'ould
Mr. and Mrs. Chailes W. Ft/?d. nlace the pavement edge almost
and Otis (Ricky) Falls. HI. son of. m against some of the struc-
Mi. and Mrs. Otis Falls, Jr., are '^ves.
recipients. > Highway Commissioner W. B.
Young Falls, son of Lutlieran I-.arrison of Gastonia, also pres-
Scoutmaster Falls, earned his -at the hearing, told the
Eagle in 28 months. He attributf s ajoup, "It is n'^t our intention to
’us advaneemeni to “hidp an^^'oe with this nroiec*.
from older hoys who have led him \Vo hone it ran be done to benefit
in Scoutihg since he wa.'-- lour gq of Kino's Mountain.”
renfereneo room of King.s years old and as.^islam t‘ fn»in \ii- Medbo reiterated Wednes-
lie.ore his leave here l Cpl. ^^vings & I.oan A.ssocialion Scoutleaders Manley Ha\i's. Mat f|av Fast Cansier residents only
was hospitalized for Most Mountain street. Poucliak and Richard Culyer. Rick on^ose the w'denin^r of the road,
months after suffering arm . thn r u Ui o' ^ ^ attended Aquatics ^ot street imnrovements. curb
oumis as a result of ,u“roieetion of svl.<.ol and holds a Life Guard, .nd .utter end si-i.v elks. "Any
L/Cpl. Caldwell """H Me'***""
Rack To Viet Nam Monday At JO
, ^ , , ,, ,, ,1 Annual business meeting of
Lanee Corporal James H. Cald- Mountain Mall. Inc., •.^ill be
well rouirned to Viet Nam Tues- „o,., Monday mo.nine at Id in the
day after a 30day leave.
' great-grandchildren.
Lestei D. Roaik House Candidate;
fiscal
govornmont tnai is essential, -'ly expansion is
philosophy on government is that begin in the near future.
Ijcfore the people can ask their 1
Uglslatrre to do something for!
them, they first must give ud the
iig Seat Number 2 Position
best rossible educational system. IWJ MCCIW liWli u * wm
and firmlv believe in public kin-|
dorgartens. I feel this can hel Lester D. Roark,Grover na-
done without an increase in tive and Shelby city rouncilman
Monday filed as a
the son of Mrs. Wiley-
for 1968-69 and reports of oificcis
and directors.
la.xes.
“Tliere shtnild be a number of
reforms in our Constitution, in
cluding permitting the Governor
to sucm*d himself, longer terms
for legislators, and giving the
Governor the veto power.
"1 am riefinitelv oppose! to any
.secret meetings of anv kind.
"I wish to m.ike it clear that I
since 1957,
candidate for a 43rd District seat
in the North Carolina House ofi
Representatives. ^
The 43rd District is entitled to
three representatives from Cleve
land. Polk and Rutherford Coun
ties.
Under the numbered seat sta
tute enacted by the 1967 Gen-j
Paul H. McGinnis. Jr., is
pn'sidont.
, . , 102 East King street,
of a 5.0(H)sninre foot dyeing ami ^ grandson of Mi's. Mildrcxl
finishing plant. Caldwell, 301 Margrace.
Other items on the agenda iiv
;‘“otm:n,T"sm;!us ami Qf Commeice. Merchants
,'eipt of bids for a truck for the
dreet department.
The board will convene at Cuty
Hall courtroom at 6:30 p.m.
Will Occupy Union Bus Terminal
er’s training in Statesville and in- off the oast side”, said Med-
.'-Iructed Junior leader training in
Mai! the county-wide event. Ht* is eur- The $278,000 Cansier St. pro-
lently assistant Senior Patrol i,»c( was requested be the city
leader and specialize.s in lender-' board of (commissioners and
foot instruction. He is Den Cliief -npots the c"iteria for the city’s
for Mis. Tnmmy Bridges' den in share, .**1314.000 of a $.300 million
Cub Pack 90 and is a member of state wide road bond issue which
am not aligned with, nor will I eral Assembly Roark filed as a
he supporting any other national, candidate for seat No. 2
.state or local candidates..”
primary of
Kimbrell Rites
Thursday At 2
Willis Kimbrell, 51, of Green
ville, S. C., brother of Ray Kim-
hroll, Mrs. Frank Rlppy and Mrs.
Ralph Spake, all of Kings Moun
tain. died Tuesday morning in
■reonville.
" Funeral rites will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. in
Greenville. .
the Democratic
May 4.
Roark is the third Democrat to
file as a candidate for the 43rd
Distri'^t seat, Fjorest City attor-
‘ ney Robert A. Jones being the
drst to announce on January 24th
for district seat No. 3 and In
cumbent W. K. Mnuney, Jr. of
Kings Mountain filing the next
day for seat No. 1. Of the other
two incumbents, William (Bill)
Harrill of Forest Citv announced
in mid-.Tanuary that he would be
a candidate for state superintend
ent of public instruction -and Rep.
(Continued On Page Eight)
CANDIDATE ^ Lester D. Roark.
Grover native and veteran Shel
by city aldermon. has filed os
a candidate for 43rd District
Seat No. 2 in the N. C. House of
Representatives, subject to the
Democratic primory of May 4.
Mis. Crum's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Carrie Lee,
'’’rum. 79. were held Wednesday
afternion at 3 p.m. from the,
'’'bapel of Harris Funeral Home.;
nterment following in Mountain!
Rest cemetery. •
I Rov. I). B. Alderman, pastor ot
I''entral Methodist churcli, oilici-j
i ited at the final rites.
Mrs. Crum, who had resided
! here with her sister, Mrs. Ben F.
; 3r:\m, died Tuesday morning at
10 a.m. in a Rutherford hospital
j iollnwing several month’s ilh'oss.;
She was a nati\'e of Vaivc
County, daughter of late W
C. and Mary Harris Hammell. She,
was widow of Ralph Cium. t
Besides Mrs, B(*am. Mi.s. Crum
is survived by one brotlior. Bor-1
nard Hammell ol l.ineolnten; and|
a sister, Mrs. Clyde Ligon of
South Hill, Va. i
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce and Merchants As.«o-
Order of the .\rrow.
R(Kky Ford. 13. has eomph'ted
th(‘ .-Xtiuatie.s sehoul at Shielc
Scout Re.servation and holds tlie
Bov Scout Life Guard (X'rtificaic.
ckition have contracted with He att(‘nded the Piedmont Coun-
Queen City Hus Company to oc- eii Junl(»r Leader Traing course
eupy Union Bus Terminal and to held last summer in Staies\ ille
,o|>oiate the terminal.
and servc'd as instructor in this
, . » . , \ear’s Cleveland County Junior
Joint announremon. wa. made ovont. Ho has
Wotinesday hy W. S. l-idton, Jr.. of,
PRESIDENT — Jo« A. Neiiler,
Jr.« has been installed os presi
dent of the Kings Mountain Ki-
wants club for the coming year.
Mr. Neisler succeeds Dan M.
Finger.
voters approved in 1965. "Advent
Coa/iwMrd On Page 8
Moore Praises
City On Award
Governor Dan K. Moore has
commended Kings Mountain for
served Tivnip 91 in (‘Very leadci- jtj; recent honor in being awarded
ship capacity induding assisiaiit htmorahle mention in the Nation-
Senior Patrol leader. He is a mem al Clean Up-Paint Up-Fix Up
her of ilie scouting camping fra- .ontest.
terniiy Order of the Arrow. The Governor wrote Mayor
Moss:
“Your city is certainly t(j l>e
highly coinmemlcd for being
namet re.’ipient of an Honorable
Mention in the National Clean
Up-Paint I’p-Fix Up contest.
Officers and directors ol Kings “I know that such an honor
Under terms of the (’ontract, Mountain Nui'sing and Conxale- only came ai^out through hard
the two organizations will he scent Home will hold tlip annual work and good cooperation from
paid commissions on bus tick.^t meeting Monday afternoon a! 2 all your cili/ens."
and package feo.s end will occupy, p.m. in the oonforenci' room of The awards are to Ik' presented
the building rent-free. Kings Mountain Savings (Jc Loan et a chu.volition to bo held in
The orjanizations will not op- Association on West Mountain Washington. D. C., February 18-
erate a cafe but will offer snacks stixHd. 20.
and sundries via vending machine. Business of the mc'oiing will Co-Chairmen of the citizens
The spokesmen s-aid thev ex- include election of new offuvrs clean-up committee were Clavon
tCuiitinned On Page Eight) and directors for 1968-69. Kelly and Mrs. E. W. Griffin, Sr.
Chamber of Commerce presid('nl.
and Glee E. Bridges, Merchants
Association president.
I The two organizatiems. now
I joint tenants of offices in ihe
, Lynch building on West Moun-
I tain street, will remodel Ixdh
waiting rooms at the fermin.al.
the North waiting room to l)0
converted into offices of two or
ganizations.
Nursing Home
Meeting Monday
rs