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Population Greafar Kings Mountain 2I,9H City Limits 8,256 Hm OrMUr Kla#t MMatala afurt U d«rtirt4 Irom tUt tptacd Ub1i*4 Stottt ittTMtt N tiM C«B«iu report • loattonr cuMi liclMdot tiM U.HO populotlop • Numbor 4 Towasbtp. and tho rtmaiaUig 1.124 froa Numbor S TowntUp. In Citvotoad County and Crowdtr* Mountain Townobtp In Goptoa Counly. 14 Pages Today VOL. 80 No. 26 Established 1889 Kings Mountain's Beliable Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 27, 1968 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN CENl! City’s Tentative Budget Zooms To $2,508,405 1 1 i J HospitalCampaign Pledges $108,665 Mauney, Neisler Families Make Large Donations Plodges totaling $108.(565 were t announced today by George H. Houser, general chairman of the Kingsi Mountain hospital fund drivf. RESIGNS — Rev. jennes M. Holder, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist church since July 1, 1956« has resigned to become pastor of Midwoy Baptist church of Gaffney* S. C. Oak Grove Pastor Resigns Post ON STUDY TOUR — Roger Smith* high school junior, will participate in o six weeks tour of France and Switzerlond this summer under direction of the Foreign Languoge League. Smith To Study 6 Weeks Abroad Roger Smith, son of Mr. and I Initial gifts Co-Chairmen James A. Harry and Charles A. Neisler report $100,110. This includes 87 gifts totaling $3,710 from hospital employees. •John A. Chesliire, primary gifts chairman, reports S6,355 to date and area gifts Co-Chairmen Carl P. Finger and J. Ollie Harris re port $2,200. ! The Neisler Foundation ha.s re- j served the entry lobby, the Jacob ' S. Mauney family the surgery Mrs. DeVere R. Smith, ;will be suite, and Kings Mill the passen-; departing July 8, for a six week| gop elevator. j study tour of France and Switiscr-. Thirteen rooms have been re-' land. He will be traveling and' served as memorial by Kings'studying with a group of high Mountain families, churches, and i school students from all parts of clubs. Other memorials are avail-j the United States. The group is^ •able and information is avail- under the direction of the Fore-' i able at campaign headquarters, ign Language League, and i.'^ one I Chairman Houser said, "two; of many groups assigned to var- I weeks remain in this important | ious European countries. | ' drive and it is hoped that the! ^ • t : Rev. James M. Holder, pastor of I ^50,0()0 will be far ex-, ^ague ^^^organbes pro- Oak Grovo Baptist church the j «‘edcd - He asked that all cards a “ix wMk ‘Summer, nict 19 vp^rc rpstanpd Sundav worked and reported as soon ^ I., wcck aunm^ past years, re.signea i „ ^ school abroad ' for some o.OOO' to accept the pastorate of Midway , po.v*ihle Baptist church of Gaffney. S. C. ' Welfare Service Resumes Monday Interviewing At City Hall Two Days Week County welfare department .ser vice will be resumed here Mon day. In line with action of the coun ty welfare board several weelc- ago. the department will begin a two-day weekly interviewing service at City Hall. The interviewer will be at City Hall from 8:15 to 4:3C Mondays and Wcdnt*sdays, Superintendent Hal Smith announced. Three in terviewers, Mrs. Ruby Bridges. Mis.^ Martha Breitenhirt. and Miss Barbara Mode, will staff the of fice on a revolving basis. Supt. Smith said the interview ing office will be an added serv ice, with three field workers as- .signed to the Kings Mountain area. They arc Mrs. Eloise M. Smith and Bill Eaker, currently on duty, and a new field worker DD to fill a vacancy. Supt. Smith said All AT A AT OSA he hoped the new field workei would report for duty Monday. He pointed out that the inter viewing office would accept ap plications for four services: It public assistance in all cate gories; Water Surcharge „ Deferred: Wage oenatOfS Model Cities Bid Support By MARTIN HARMON The city commission Tiiesdaj tentatively adqptt^d a 1968 ()9 bud* get of $2.r)68.4(^5 and lentativtdy ' .«er an a(l\a)-)reni tax rate of 85 Vvofiti ct^nts ] rr $106 valuation, same AUAUCtlljr AlAVllI ral( for the fourtii eonsecuiivo ytM'i*. Of tlie 85 cents, five cent'J i' the special tax foi the rccreathtn prf gram. Th( bud'ict estimate is up •er tli(‘ budget of $1,- the year ending Sat- BARRY SMITH Barry Smith The Holder family w'ill mov ^^from the Oak Grave community'; July 22nd and Mr. Holder will ’ deliver his first sermon at tho Gaffney churoh on July 28th. During the Holder pastorate al, Oak Grove, the first full-time pa.s-; 60P< To Open Headquarters young Americans and their coun selors and instructors. The program for the group to* signed will include three weeks* which Roger Smith has been as signed will include three weeks' „ ^ ^ 'in Orange. France, and threei ...v, r- , Rf-puhliran Gubernatorial Can-, chateau d Oex. Swit-I torate fbr the .560-membor con-! zerland, with weekend trips to gregalion in its hi.story, a new Rocky Mount wnll cut in^'Rome, Italy and Paris, France,' parsonage was completed and Week day mornings will be de work is underway on a new fd- /^-i^''6land County GOP l-leadquai-’ three classroom periods lowship building. Shelby on j French language and one Rev. Mr. Holdei. a graduate oi ^ street across ! dassroom period of French cul-' Gardner-Webb and L(*noir Rhyne’Courthouse. turc and civilization. Afternoons collego.s, came to tho local church' Botkis, Gardner’s cam- will be devoted to excursions from First Baptist church of paign chairman in the county, I'lhroughout tho surrounding areas. Whitncl, N. C. He ha.'i also .served ^ coffee will be held from! Roger first became interesttMd: pastorates In Surr>'(^ounty and at c),3() until 11 a.m. and he invited in the program when his First Fishing Creek Baptist church in supporters and interest-; Year French Teacher, Mrs. Tolly North Wilkesboro. He is a native citizens to "meet the governor Shuford, provided information of Mount Airy. i candidate.’* concerning the Foreign Language Mrs. Holder is the former Eu -, League, and cnesDuragod him to zelia Hamrick. They are parents I Other candidntes on the GOP appjy /or the program. A rising of two sons. Jimmy, age 12, and counly ticket, Paul Vogel, Kings Mountain high and John i, world in sales of both as well as for Beech 2) the food stamp program; 31 medical assistance in all categories; and 4) eye rerti^ic^tion tn clinics.. Available only at the cenlraT office in the county office build ing near Shelby will be child welfare applications, adoptions cwpoVatlon. and foster home care appli:a tions, and juvenile court busi- ness. (On January 1 this function of the welfare department be- coihe.s the province of tlic district court, Mr. Smith added.) Mr. Smith commented that the interviewing service eiiminate.s double record-keeping which he described as the principal ad ministrative probU'fn when a branch office wa.s operated here. Atlantic Aviation Corporation has announced the appointment of W. Barry Smith of Kings Mounldin as Assistant Diiector of Advertising and Public Relations. Smith will specialize in high performance aircraft, primarily the Grumman Gulf*itrcam II and the Hawker Siddeloy DH 125 bus iness jets. $.58* •.150 O’, 927.95.5 for urdn.v. TtU' incrca'-'P is nttributahtc lo: 1) Expected increased demand fer utilities: 2) In( reaped tav collect ion.< due te a .$2 2.59,220 ostin'ated in(r!‘as(‘ in taxabh valuations: .3» A carryover surplus of $261- (X)*t: and 41 Indi. ated imposition of a 90 percent watei rate surcharge ef fective Seotember 1. It bad b<^'en tin* original intent of th<* ccmmi.ssion to impn-:e the water .surebarge* July 1. Because plans are not yei complete and construction and bond amortiza tion costs arc not yet known. -Mayor John Homy Moss said, im position ff the surcharge was de ferred. Hoj)efu!ly. tlie Mayor ad ded. these unknowns will be lower than anticinated and a sur charge ot less than 9() perccjit can be impo.sed. Mayor Moss .said, in presenting the proposed budget, that it pro- vide« for a continuing program cf progress and service, wage and salary increase.s of approximate ly five percent for all employee.-^, a $370,000 appropriation for ca- ital outlay with all department'-* Sharing, full iwovision tof. deb. Atlantic Aviation leads the sc»rvice including first pavmcnt aircra ft, Aircraft Joel, age four. Pilot Hayes Flew 1.932 Missions Lt. Colonel O. T. Hayes, Jr., who completes 28 years of Air Force service on July 1st, as a j senior pilot flew a total of 1,932 | missions in Korea and Germany » during two wars for a total of i 586 combat hours in a B-26. 1 k In a feature story in la.st | I week's Herald there wa.s a typo- I graphical error reporting the ! number of missions as 132. ■ Lt. Col. Hayes and his family i arc moving from Shaw AFB. I Sumter, S. C.. to the home of • his mother. Mrs. Oliver T. | Hayes, Sr.. 211 Fulton street. I county commissioner, ano Roger resides with his Setzor and Joe Hartsell. for arents and sister, Danah, in tho county board of education, will: s^x^tion. also attend and arc expected to! make brief speeches. ! Ed Henry Smith of Kings; Mountain is chairman of thC| Cleveland County Republican Party. | COMMUNION > Two services of communion will be oDserved at Sunday morning worship services at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, at 9 a.m. and at 11 a.m. TC CONVENTION Five Legionnaires of Ameri can Legion Post 155 attended the .50th annual American Legion Department of North Carolina convention Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the White House Inn in Charlotte. Attending were Commander Carl Wiesencr, Joe H. McDan iel, Jr., Carl Wilson. David Dclevic and John W. Gladden. ^ Hosiery Firm, Carolina Throwing Honor Employees For Longevity direc- Kings Mis. McGiaw Is Elected Mrs. Thurman McGraw, tor of food service .at Mountain hospital, has been elect 4x1 president of the Carolina Branch of tho Food Service Executives Association. Other new officers Include Mrs. Eleanor Cowan of Mecklenburg school in Charlotte, vice-presi dent; Jim Merrill, manager of Charlotte’s Red Carpet Inn, sec retary; and Miss Tavla Smith of Laurinburg,^director of food ser vice at Scotland Memorial hos pital. Fishing Free BUT These Rules Apply Fishing is free at the city’s York Road and Davidson re.'je- voirs. BUT, city officials point out. there are certain rules of the rod-and-reel game. They are: i DA state license is required. ' 2) Fishing is permitted only from boats only. 3> Youngsters fishing must be acconipanied by adults. Sixteen employees of Mauney I Hosiery Mills received 25 year service pins and were among 175 employees honored for service of from five to 30 years at tlie com-1 pany's first anndal awards din-, nor Tuesday night at the Ameri can Legion Hall. Ten year service awards went to six employees and executives of Carolina Throwing Company, a 13-year-old throwing firm. Honored for over 25 years of continuous S4*rvice to Mauney Hosiery Mills were Ray Cline, James Greene, Myrtle Yarbro, Clarence Peole, Mrs. Sudie Peole, Kathleen Seism, Ray Smith, Vir- tie Smith, Edna Tindall, Carl F.; Mauney, George H. Mauney, W. K. Mauney, Jr., Aileen McDaniel, Ossie Owens, Lorena Hill and Murphy Hill. | Receiving pins for 10 year ser vice to the throwing firm were W. K. Mauney, Jr., Carl F. Mau ney. Howard B. Jackson, Clinton Joily, Toye Smith, and Grace ' McCall. Mrs. Howard B. Jackson J accepted the award for her hus- I band who was out-of-the city on business. • The pins were presented * Dick Shaney, Mauney Textiles. Inc. personnel director. The (Continued On Page Six) Heavener Wins Radio Clio Award Jim Heavner, Kings .Mountain native who is associated with WCHL Radio in Chai)cl Hill, ac cepted the "Clio”, the radio ad vertising industry’s counterpart to the movies’ "Oscar" and tele vision’s "Emmy’' Wednesday night during the annual awards presentation in New York City’s Lincoln Center. The “Clio" was prc'sented to Heavner for production of a com mercial for Norwood Breathers Esso Servicenter. Th<' spot was judged to be the best station- conceived and executed commer cial among all market sizes, large and .small. Only 17 "Clios" were given nationally among all radio stations of all Sizes. Heavner had commercials nominate<l as final ists in two categories, the only person or station with more than one nomination^ More than 2,060 industry lead ers attended the white tie affair in New York City. Mr. Heavner and his wife and family live in Chapel Hill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Plato Heavner of 816 Cleveland Ave nue. Smith had been an aviation specialist with tho public rela tions firm of Mel Adams & As- .sociatos in Ne.v York City, han- dlincT variou.'j aviation accounts, before joining Atlantic. Ho holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aero.«;pace engincxning from Xortli Carolina State Uni versity and io currently compk l- ing a Master of Business Aclmin- istiation degree at New York University. lie is son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Smith of Kings Moun tain. He and his wife, Susan, will make their home in Newark, Delowarc. Horn Car Stolen Recovered Quickly An auto of Floyd Horn, 106 West Mountain street, was stolen about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday niglit. Horn, officers said, saw his car stclen, called police and gave cha.se himself in another auto. The thief was foiled by a near- empty gas tank. Ho abandoned at Babb’s Garage on Shelby road, where it was re(X)\erod. County and city officers arc continuing investigation. for the new and expanded sew ag( system now under eonstiuc- tion. a minimum wage of $1.60 for hourly rated emplovee.s. REVENUE? The big revenue items anti.’i- patod are: water and sewe: sys tem $.51(\000; electric and power system S.5.39.066: natural gas ws- tern .$-176 006; and ad val<?r('in taxer $2t9.T.5(;. r< well aid street furd.s anticipated at .S4.5..5^0. EXPENDITURE? In additional t ' capital outlay, th<' following departmental oper ational expenditures are anlDi- pated: admin is* rative .S50..580: cemetery S14..557: street SI34.169: sanitary $18,712: police $95,127, fire $31,175; genera! $121,021. Anticipated utility fund opera- ' tional expenses are: water and «ewcr $103,764: electric and pow er S341.870; natural gas system S32^‘.725. Bonrled indebtedness of llie city at July 1 will be $1,370,000. in cluding $370,000 in "old" debt <19.54) at interest rates of 2 and 2.5 p.*re4*nt. and $1,000,000 in "new” debt, repic'scnting recent i issue for the sewage .system pro- ject. Tuesday the board adnp’eci arj int4*rim ai)t)ropriation ordinr^nce enabling the city to npi'rati* for I the period from July 1 until (nt Si.i'f Eficaurage HUD To Approve Ncrtli Carolina's two Unilt'd States Senators have joined lOlh di'-Jrict Repre.senlative Basil L. Whiienei in supjHirting Kings Mountain's application for desig- nahan a ■ a "modt*) city”. Kmator Sam J. Ervin. Jr., wiote Mayf)r John Henry Moss: "I have your telegram of June tlth in support of the application which the City of Kings Moun tain has filed with the Depart ment cf Hou.sing and Urban I)e- velcpmenT for a model cities plan ning grant. "I am asking the Dt'partment to give your views mo.st serious consideration during its review of till: application.*' Senatoi B. Everett Jordan wrote th4 Mayor: "I very much appreciated your •Tunc 17 telegram of (x>ngratiila- lions on my selection to head the inaugurat Committee. “U will be a challenging bui vt'ry inlere.sting assignment and I am looking forward to it with anticipation. "In an effort to be helpful on thr Kings Mountain model cities application I am sending a copy of your telegram to the Depart- m4 nl of Housing and Urban De- velopment with an expression of •ay ')vm fntrrejK and a rrtjuesrt fo; if.« full and prompt considera tion.” Bids Invited On City Notes Bids are be'ng invited by tho Local lo\ eminent Commission, Kaieigh. on 5750.(HH) water bond are aniiwpatio:i notes of the City of Kings Mountain. Tin bids will he received in Raleigh until 11 a.m. July 9 and Ihe notes will be awarded to the bidder ofhnin r to purchase the notes a< the lowest interest cost (not ;o exceed six percent). The note.s will bo dated on July IS ami will mature on October IS. Legal notice advertising the r.oiite of sale appears in today’s H<*rakl Newspaper Chain Buys The Gazette ROCKY FORD* JR. the Majority oi Textile Employees Holiday Next Week For Fourth Majority of Kings Mountain area textile employees will en joy a week's holiday, a survey cf the industry shows, during tho week of July 4th. Many firms will make vacation payments. At leastone plant — Carolina Throwing Company—expects to "run all w'oek due to production requiri'ments”. said Charles h. Mauney, general manager of the throwing firm. A few firms said Wednesday their holiday plans are not yv{ Wage emoloyees of the Phrnix set. pending determination of Plant of Burlington Industries will their custemer needs. Some .ship- receive a pay increase effective ping departments expect to oj)- July 15. it was announced today orate only a day or two during by Jay Keetcr. Plant Superintend- the holiday week, ent. To bo clo.sed from Sunday un- "The increase is the sixth in til Sunday, July 7th. will be Phe- less than five years," Mr. Kooter nix Plant of Burlington Mills, an- said, "and is in keeping with the nounced Supt. W. J. Koeter who Builington Boosts Wages RECEIVES PURPLE HEART— Sgt. Poul A. Seism* son of Mr. and Mrs. Royroond Seism of routo 1. has receivod tho purple heart. Sgt. Seism is rocuporating from wounds receiood May 31 while fighting in Vietnam. He Is recuperating In Com Ranh Bay hospital in Vietnom ond is expecting to return soon to duty with the 198th Infontry Brigade. general industry pattern now de voloping." Mr. Koeter added, "Thi’ in- croaso, tog(*ther w'»’i iho (5 ’v pany’s wage profit shn-ing plan and other improved Fcrves to provide additional w- said bonuses of two and four per cent will be paid to eligible em ployees based on length of serv ice'. Mauney Textiles, Inc., includ ing Mauney Hosiery and Mauney Mills, will be closed the lull urity for each of cur em)>loy<‘es. week, from Saturday through I This upward wage adjustment is next Sunday, reopening on Mon- j continuing evidence of the confi- day, July 8th. at 6 a.m. dence and optimism that our com- K Mills will be closed the week ' pany holds for the future.*' of July 4th and vacation bonu^ieb will be paid to eligible employees based on lensth of service. Minette Mills of Grover will elwe at 6 a.rr. Saturday. reoTUMi July 8th at 6 a m. ' Kings Mills, Ine. will suspend operation Saturdav night, reopen ing the following Sunday iiight at 16. Vacation bonuses will be p:iid emplcyees based on lengtii of service. Neiseo Sales. Ine. and Pauline Plants will be closed from June 29lh Ihrough July 7th ami wilt make vacation payments to em- plo>ees. Park 5*arn MilN will suspend operation at 7 a.m. Salurda>. Jum' 29th. reopening al 7 a.m. on July 8th, announces John C. Smathers. general manage). Sadie Cotten Mills will ho c!o.sed the full wek and will make vacation jiayments based on length of service. Lambeth Rope Corporation on Philer road will be closed for va cations the full week. Vacation payments will bo made. Bonnie Cotton Mills will bo closed the full wek beginning Saturday morning al 6. Duplex Intt'rnational will be closc'd tho full week for vacations, said Kyh' Smitli, executive of the firm. Salt' of llu’ Gastonia Gazett(* by th(' James W. .\tkins family to Freedom Newspapers, Inc., h ime-based in Calilornia, was announced ?4onday by James .At kins. pn’sidenl and publisher of llu Gazette. No purchas<‘ price was announ ced by seller or buyer, but the Charlotte Ob.server said it was SJ.OIX'.OOO. It was announced that Mr. At kin* will remain as president and publisher and that other per- .sonnol would also remain in present positions. Only last year the Gazette oc- <'Upi<*d a new SoOO.OtX) building cn Wilkinson Boulevard. The Atkins family had be4*n assodaled with the Gazette since 19(>(:. It became a daily in 1918. On n'lirement of Hugh Query, longtirm' editor. J. W. and E. D. Atkins bought the Query interest. Later James W. Atkins bought the E. D. Atkins interest. The jiresent publisher is a grand.son of James W. Atkins. The Gazelle’s more than 27,000 circulation daily and 24.000 Sun days plact's it fifth in Freedom Newspapers’ 15-newspaper fam ily. Recent audit report for tho year ending March 31 showed Gazette average net paid circulation in Kings Mountain al .583 daily and 5k Sundays. COMPILES "A" RECORD Joan McClure, who graduated this month from tlie Unlversiiy of Nt rth Carolina at Greens boro with degree in musii. is one of 53 students at UNC-G who made all A*s on courses completed during the sec*ond se mester of the rc'gular school year. R£JD STRICKLAND Three Scouts To Philmont Three Kings Mountain Boy Scouts, all members of Troop 91, will leave from Schiele Scout Reservation, Tryon, Saturday for Philmont Scout Ranch and Ex plorer Base, the world’s largest boys’ camp located in northeast ern New M^’xico, a 214-square mile ranch near the town of Cimarron on the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Ricky Falls, son of Troop 91 Scoutmaster Otis Falls; Jr. and Mrs. Falls, Rocky Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rocky Ford, ai>d Reid Strickland, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burley Strickland, are among 45 other Scouts and Scoutors from 10 surrounding counties who arg making the trip. F'ive days via chartt'red bus to Philmont will include tours of New Orleans, the Alamo. Carls- ‘ bad Caverns and Old Santa Fe. There will also be visits to Old Fashion Rodeo, the Redstone,^Aiv senal in Alabama and Look4H)t Mountain, said Strickland, offi cial reporter for tho delegation who will be sending hack tapes to be playej via Radio Station . WKMT and stories for the Her- i aid. I Twelve days of "adventure on I the trail” is how young Strick land describes Philmont Expe<li- ; tion 794 A. They will return home lJuIv 19lh. i lEaoh summer thousands of peo ple come to the ranch to particl- lpat(' in its varit'd programs. A (Vuntinuc'd on Pagt Six)