Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8,256 5‘^!* *• fiMB th« •P«etai .U^i«d Burvau of tht Caniuo report o January 1966. and IncJudta the 14.990 pepuloUen o NumMr 4 Township, and the remainlim 6.134 fron Nurabor S Township. In Cleveland County and Crowder* Mountain Township In Gaton County. VOL 80 No. 18 Kings Mountoin's Beliable Newspaper Established 1889 Kings Mountain. N, C., Thursday, May 2, 1968 Seventy-Eighth Year PRICE TEN CENli 3 :> Democrats And GOP To Settle Primary Contests Welfare Branch Will Be Re-established Here Democrats Get Two Ballots, Office ToRe-Openi luly 1; Board I Honors Request > A branch office of the Cleve*! lanj County Welfare department will bo restablished here July Action was taken unanimously' by the county welfare board i Tuesday night, following pt»tition! of a citizens committee headed; by Mayor John Henry Moss, and* including Dr. Joe Lee, Carl P. Finger, J. Ollie Harris and Mar-, tin Harmon. I The office will be open four half-days weekly in quarters at City Hall. Mayor Moss stated the case for reopening the Kings Mountain branch, emphasizing the act oi: needcti service and the often in ability of the elderly -and ill to, afford or obtain transportation to the county office building near the fairgrounds where the wel fare offices are located. ! The Mit^'or and member's of the (Udegation were questioned by Chairman A. L. Warlick con-: coining a ‘TeaF’ need, based on a study of two years ago, in, which it was determined citizens' of the Kings Mountain area rep-, resented only ten percent of the welfare case load. The delegation replied that the: study confirmed the point of; - need for service closer to the i } * Kings Mountain area clients. Mr. Harris pointed out that Kings Mountain accepts one- fourth of county quotas in char- Ijtab^e fand-^sin|^,4aJMi..iK^jtCO ^loafg" effed population ana lax valuation figures which indicate the Kings Mountain area is one- fourth of Cleveland county. Welfare Superintendent H.al Smith said the Kings Mountain office was closed five years a^o duf to administrative diff'culties, said the office would increase ad ministrative costs and travel costs, and reminded his b''''»'d the department currently is mder- s»nfffd to the extent of four case workers. Mayor Moss declared he felt it incumbent on elected officials and administrators to find ways and means to give service in spito of obvious difficulties. Mr. Harris added. “It would he rhe.-mo** •‘‘or me to be out of the ambulance service business, but T feci I must provide the service.” ITn suggested th'^t eliretnation of private ambulance service m the co\mtv would enst the county p{)\er*'»rtent 1^7^000 ner year. To Tilden Falls’ obiection that .1 welfare office bnanch in Kings Mountain would generate de mand for branches in other parts of the county. Mayor Moss reminded that Kings Mountain is the (*ounty’s second largest oitv and served an area repre senting a quarter of the county. Board member Mrs. Aubrey Mauney said she’d opposed clos- the office and was aware of Hu' ne; Gardner and Jack L. Stickley. ' For U. S. Senate — Robert Vance •Somers, Edwdn W. (Edi Tenney, i and J. L. (Larry) Zimmerman. For Lieutenant • Governor — j Trosper N. Combs and Don H. Gar- I ren. I For Commissioner of Insurance —Everett L. Peterson and Carl W. Carolyn Ann Falls, daughter of Rice. Mr. and -Mrs. Doyt Falls of Kings Dyke was cho.son by a three Mountain, has been awarded a member scholarship panel of $5.U(H> Albert G. .Myers scholar- prominent university educators ship. from among seven finali.sts who Kive college .scholarships are were interviewed for the PPG awarded annually to high school in p-ebruary. He will re- seniors of the families of Textiles. ,,,,,,, ctive a four \eai scholarship inc. & Threads, Inc. and are good nesdav named studv commiitnn*; valued from $2.o0 to $l.o()0 yearly for four years in tlie college or to report and rec-ommend to the commission 1) revision of the WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Caro lyn Falls, high school senior, is recipient of a S5.000 Albert G. Myers four-ycKir college scholar ship. Carolyn Falls Wins Scholarship Mayor Appoints Committees Mayor John Henry Moss \Ved- Most Students Get Assignments i Majority of Kings Mountain dis- tiicl school pupils in the grammar | jirades were given their 1968-1969; assignments Wednesday, Superin-, tendent Donald Jones reported, i First choice of those receiving assignments were uniformly hon-, orod. . * Those not receiving assign ments included: 1) Pupils who have filed as signment requests prior to the March 17 deadline (these will be a.ssigned by the board of educa- lion at the May 20 meeting). Pupils who have not filed! assignment requests. Supt. Jones urged' parents of these pupils to file requests immediately. Assign ment request forms may be ob tained at any grammar school or at Supt. Jones’ office on E. Ridge ^ l^treet. f All pupils. Grades 7 and 8, at tend Central .school, while all stu dents. Grades 9 through 12, at tend Kings Mountain high school. depending on his financial neeitions on the executive com mittei. Candidate.s for four of fice- arc uncppo.sed. Officer contest.'-- arc: For first vie e-commandcr. Carl F. Wilscn and W. D. Morrison. For second vict'-commander. Jay \V. Powell. John W. Gladden, and C. H. Adeihokit. Ft>i ser.geant al arms, Foley Cobh and Bob Davies. For assistant serg<'ant at-arms. Robert Wiiglit and Eail Slroupc. j;. For the fiv'e positions on the executive ccmmitlee: Ray W. Cline*. Randy Carpenter, Sewell Laugh ridge. Charle*s McCarter, Clinte)!! Jolly, Gene* Gibson. Bill (Conioou i! on P'nu Si.)'> Funeral Rites Held On Wednesday For William Marvin Goiorth. 74 and a county commissioner, ex officio, appointed by the county commis.sion. Members of the welfare hoard who will continue to serve are Bill Palmer, Tilden Falls and County Commissioner Coleman Goforth. will be halved. A majority will victor:-.. Deal Street pool area facing be that total plus one. In a .second primarv, the Hncc Cleveland Avenue, will cost ap- Were four or five found to have candidates placing h'ighe.st. ma- proximately $424,000. attained majorities the top three jorities or not. would be declared Federal funds will finance ma- (number of nominations vacant) victors. , jor portion of the project, a would be declared winners. Third primaries ar- not per- grant of $.320,680 having been A second primary would be in- milted in North Caro!in;i. j made by the Department of order where less than three at-' 1 Housing and Urban Development.j F'uneral rites for William Mar vin Goforth, 74, retired farmer, were held Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. from Boyce Memorial ARP church of which he was a member. Rev. L. Thomas Richie, pastor of the church, officiated, and in terment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Members of the board of deacons served as pallbiMrers. Mr. Goforth died Tuesday morning at 1 O’clock of a heart attack at his home on .‘Shelby road. A native of Cleveland County, he was son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Longstrwt Gofru th. He was a veteran of WorkI War 1. Active in Boyce Memorial ARP chuich, hu had a 30 year pen led attendance record in the Sunday School. Sinviving are his wife, Mrs. Ada Sellers Goforth, thrw sons. Garrisfm Goforth. Robert L. Go forth. both of Kings Mountain, and Thomas G. Goforth of Mil lington, Michigan; a daughter. Miss Mao .Sue Goforth of the home; four brolher.s, R. D. Go forth. Jo(' Goforth. Hall Goforth, all of Kings Mountain, and Brady Goforth of Charlotte; and thnv sisters, Mrs. Charles A. Goforth, Sr., Mrs. Sam Dye. and Mrs. Lemuel Ware, all of Kings Moun tain. Also surviving are nine gramichildren and a great-grand child. Mild Campaign. Some Contend, Is Deceptive By MARTIN HARMON What many citizens term th€ quietest primary season in four or more decades comes to an end It 6:30 p.m. .Saturday when the polls close. Other {‘itizens think the quiet -iecei-tive, point to the hard work of both state office and local of fice candidates as producing more voter interest than is outwardly apparent. Cleveland C'ounty citizens, both Republicans and Democrats, have more than the usual number of (‘andidates from whom to choose. The campaign has not l)een raucous. Candidates for the most part have h(»en charitable to their opponenets. Gelling in some slashes, how ever. has been Frit/ Morehead, candidate for the county com mission. who lost to C. A. Greine in a run-off two years ago. Morehead has be<*n critical of the county commi.ssioners he seeks to unseat, as well as Coun ty Manager Joe Hendrick. Pai ticular interest is attending the 12caniidatc rat'o for five seats on the board of education. Here the focal point was the roof cavein at a new county high school. In fighting in the lace for gov- ern<»r. jiarticularly between Brou ghton and Seott forces, has been considerable at times. Kings Mountain's lone candi date for the county office is Wil liam OiT, st*eking a county com mission seat, and the first Negro t(j offer for county offk-e in mod ern political history. Further back Kings Mountain connections occur in the race for 27th district judge to rep-r^^sent Cleveland. Gaston and Lincoln counties. Candidates Hoi.ace Ken nedy for born here (on Cherokee street) and William A. Mason, Belmont, was reared here (S. Battleground avenue) and is a 1927 graduate of Kings Moun tain high school. Tunstall Rites Held Wednesday Funeral rites for Graham The odore Tunstall. 72. former Kings Mountain resident, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Sisk Funeral Home’s East Chapel with the Rev. J. W. Harris offi ciating. Interment was in Besse mer City Memorial cemetery. Mr. Tunstall died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday in Gaston Memorial hos pital. He was the son of the late 'Mr. and Mrs. Henry C- Tinstall. He is survived bv one brother, Docie Tunstall, of Darlington, S. C. Mrs. Lynch On Committee Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch has been elected a member of the .North Carolina Citizens Commit- ■ tec for Dental Health. The Kings Mountain woman attended a two-day meetiny of the group at Qu'^il Roost Con ference Center in Rougemont, N. C. Aoril 27-2S. “Education of The Citizen On Fluoridation” was topic of the conference led by specialists in the fii'lds of medicine and den tistry. Discussion groups pointed up what various communities are doing along these lines. Next meeting of the group will Tx* in August at the summer home of Dr. and Mrs. Sam H, Walker at Lake Lure. , The committee will function under the sponsorship of the lf»- cal county iFoards and the North Carolina State Board of Health, , Dental Division. Raleigh. Thumbnail Facts On May 4 Primaries Saturday primary facts: Polls open — 6:30 a.m. Poll.'; close — 6:30 p.m. Eligible voters — Democrats and Republicans (In North Carolina Independents are not permitted to vote in primaries.) Number of ballots — Demo crats. two; Republican.s, one. Number 4 Township polling places — We.st Kings Mountain, National Guard .\rmory; East Kings Mountain. City Hall ccurtrcom; Bethware. Bethvvare school: Grover. Grovt'r Rescue Squad building. Blstimated Cleveland County primary totals — Democrats l2,j(X); Kepublicans, 2250.