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PopnlatioD Greater Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8,256 Tht Grtattr XlDft MouotaiB b d«rtv«d IfM tk* iPMtal Unittd 8tat«» Bur«au ct C«iUtti r*P«tt • January 1966. onit lacludat tte 14,990 • Numbar 4 TowMhlp. aad Um rtmaisiM B.1S4 IfdB Number 5 Townahlp. Im Clavalcmd Crnalt 04 Croaritf* Mountcda TowuUp la CNnlaa CduatJr* «. VOL 80 No. 27 Establlthed 1889 Kings Mountain’s Boliablo Newspaper Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 4, 1968 Pages Today Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN CtNC ■ ■ U ■/ > ■ -it;. I' iTM- i't X . \ \ , xi>''■:> ' Vi ... CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY — Pictured above is on arcfaitecTs dravdng of the proposed new home of Fashion Laundry and CleonOrs to be built at esUmot^d cost of $50*006 ot the comer of East King ond Corpentet streets. Coostiruetlon is expected, to bo cen^ilojtod by late August. i Fashion Cleaners Starts Bnilding: I $040 Ei^lahsien t PRESIDENT--Gooego W. Mott- I ncy has bese re-el^ed pzesi- ^ dent d the Kings , Mountain hospitol board of dkoctors. Hospital Board Renames MaiineY Cohstnurtlon began this week on a new $50»000 home for Fash ion Cleaners. & Laundry, Kings Mountain business -citizen at the corner ol East King ai^d Carpen ter streets. Mr.’and Mrs. Gene Austin, own ers of the firm, said the new building is ■ expe^ed to be com pleted by late August. The building'design and plant layout, whlclt was done by Mr. Austin, will, be 3100 square feet, with brick veneer and concrete block interior walls, pre-stressiKi concrete roof arfd cwhmns’ with glaii»,AM Ainmlnunt Jjj^ Stone Keating Corrtpanyof sneL by is the-general contractor • and other work has been sub-contract ed Ideally. ‘ Mr. Austin said the now build ing and new equipment will offer Kings Mountain “as modern a cleaning and laundry operation in George^ W. Miiuney has been | Austin have op- re-clected president of : orated a dry cleaning and laundry Mountain Hospital for the com- j jjyj-jnoss since 1957 when they ing year. ... * f purchased Piedmont Washerette New officers and directors werc; subsequently Piedmont Laun- elected at the annual rneeting | ^ Wednesday. , * ^ i ing operation in Grover, then James Gibson was elec^d vice- ^loved both laundry and cleaning president to succeed R. E. Lyporations to the present location bright of Grover and R. S. Lennon 301 East King was re elected swretary. ,1 street. Since 1964 the Austins Mr. Hambright was ; have also owned and operated to a five-year trusteeship cleaners , which has Tom Tate was elected a fi\e'>ear combined with their East trustee sucveeding A. A. Barrett I operation. of Waco. -j *. # ,1 I Both Mr. and Mli Austin are The new vice-president of thei Mountain. Mrs. hospital board of directors is a jg jhe former Phyllis Ware, partner in Center Service. The now, | ; trustee, Mr. Tate is secretary-;^ . . - • • m m treasurer of Home Savings & Loan S(J||00|5| lT0(' ASK Mauntoln ond tha Iota Mr. Lobr, )ios boan oppointod os- Mcl9^ profesftor of chemistry ot the University of Michigan. Dr. Lohr will begin his work at the university with the fall term. Since 1965 he has been o re- seorcb scientist at the Ford Sci entific Laboratory at Dearborn. Board May Act On Building Bids The city commission will con- ^Bsider action Tuesday night on the ^^bids for the projected neighbor hood facilities building. Rids exceeded the estimated $12-1,(K)0 cost by $184,254 and totaled $608,577. A federal grant of $302,680, repre.senting two-thirds the csti- niated cost, was made by the Do- HEW To Defer Kings Mountain boai^d of edu- I cation will ask the Department 1 of Health, Education and Welfare to defer for the 1968-69 term its recommendation that half of Park Grace students and half of Compact students swap plants. Superintendent Donald Jones said it is the thinking of the board and of himself that the HEW recommendation arrived weeks after assignment of pupils. The change, he added, would Ladies To Direct Schools Traffic The policeman directing traf fic at city school take-up and let-out times next school year will be police women. Mayor John Henry Moss made the announcement in present ing the coming year's tentative budget. The change wdll enable reg ular duty officers to enjoy a 48-hour work week year around, rather than only in the summer when schools are not in session. The Mayor said the plan is a cooperative venture of the city, the Kings Mountain board of education, and the several school Parent-Teacher associa tions. Indicated City Surplus $281,506 Mount Up Carpet Industries To Atari By siijms * • ^ 1 mcc May 31 Production In thirty Days By martin HARMON New Industry i Will Weave Contract Carpet By MARTIN HARMON Carpet Indaslries, Inc., expccl.s to begin production in its new- building here within 30 days, William J. Laine, president, an nounced Wednesday. The new firm, a North Carolina •orporation, will weave commer-' •ial or contract carpet, using ny-l Ion and polypropylene yarn. AID lew equipment, double shuttle looms manufactured by Wilson j Longb.^ttem. an English firm, i -s being installed. ( President Laine said estimated initial employment is 25 persons. 1 The building at the corner of Waco Road and Mitcliell Street ■ 's of prefabricated steel and oc-; tuples a two-acre site purchased | Tom R. C. Gantt. City building- permit issued was for $28,655. i Foard Construction Company was listed 'AF contractor. i President Laine, of Charlotte, for the past three years has been a salesman with Nitwoo, Inc., and previously was with Rockingliam Mills, of Rockingham. Other officers are Joseph | 8yrnes, vietj president and secre-• ary, and Robert Stern, vicc-presi-' lent and treasurer, both of New: York. N. Y. In a joint statement, L. E. Hin-l \ 2-^ f yfT't WINS LEGION OF MERIT MEDAL — Rear Admiral Elliott Loughliu, right* commondant of the Navel District* presents the Legion of Merit Medal to Captain William F. Brewer of Hender son* formerly of Kings Mountain* in ceremonies Wednesday in Washington, D. C. Captain Brewer retired June 30th after a Naval career of 32 years. .... Captain Brewer Wins Navy Award :«aQarrEq _ P*. -uant.and OUie Harris, oo-clwux.. o^Mprk1W«1«* WJnr- UQhr. Jr-Of A« AtW men of the mayor’s mdi^try- ,0 Captain WiUiam F.' „ .. i *. i •Ol, of;MrfcL.L. Lohr ofmng» seeking committee welcomed the formerly of Kings HlKnital Funil newfirm. adding, “Carpet manu-;^„^,„j3j ^ ceremony at "WP**®* * UIIU (acture represents yet another d-!Hp3d 3rters, Naval District' ^ ^ ^ vVashington. D. C. on Wednesday. Cl94 ITR i June 26. Rear Admiral Elliott A UICU ^AttTrAvsl versification of Kings Mountain’s textile indu.stry.’* Greene Rites Held Sunday . Loughlin, Commandant of I Naval District, presented award. the: the: j Capt. Brewer, who retired from the Navy on Sunday, June 30, re-. t*eivod the Legion of Merit for his' Funeral rites for Howell Lee exceptionally meritorious service' Greene, 69, retired farmer, were while assigned to United States held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from Al- European Command Headquarters Icn Memorial Baptist church, in- in Stuttgart, Germany. As the terment tollowing in the church. Chief of the Management Division, Only $15,470 in new pledges has been reported to Campaigii Headquarters in the past week. The current grand total is $124,- 135. There is to be no hou.se to house canvass for the dri\e. Anyone desiring to contribute to the hospital building fund may send a contribution to Hos pital Development Office, 139 M^est Mountain Street. Checks should be made payable to Hospital Development Fund. The city s indicated surplus for I the yeai ended Saturday is $281,- ! .506. up SlT.OOt' over May 31 esti- mates ol .$264,500. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.. completed closing of the fiscal ^ ^ l96Jr' bonk.- Wednesday. The figure' is subject to audit bui eon.sidcre'd accurate. The indic ated surplus is <-om- , ^ parable f last year's of $2.57.950 j and the 1966 surplus of $182,5.52. “The memberv of the commis sion and I are highly pleased at the surplus improvement both over Mav 31 (*siimate and the surplus of previous y(*ars.’’ Mayor ' John Henry Moss eommentod. He printed out tliat city opera- tie nal sc'rviee.*’; and capital im- nrovements have not been “short ecV'. “Artuallv." he continued, “the gof)d n‘su!t reflects growth of the city and confirms sever.d present city p dieies, including cit\- limit- expansion on petithm. mainten ance of a low city tax rate, and taking all .services to all citizens as fast A< physically pe»ssible.'’ He said the added S17,(X)6 will be appropriated to ca])ital e.xpen- clitu:e . ; The cilyV tentativady adopif‘d budg<*t for th(' year just starting i*: a record $2,508,405. U3n Parkei's Mothei Passes ?'iineral rites for Mrs. Zelma Profitt Parker. 77. of Henderson ville. mother of D malcl L. Parker i cf King.s Mountain, were held ' Sunday al 4.30 p.m. from tlie chapel of A.nders - Rico Funeral I Home in Aslicville. interment Od- lowing in Oakdale cemetery. Hen- di rson\ illc Mrs. Parker. widc'W of J. M Parker wlio died in 1933. died Friday. She had made her home in .\shcville with a daughter. Mrs. \V. P. (Jriffin. Surviving in addition to .Mr. ' Parker here and Mrs. Griffin are two daughters. Mrs. James Mur- WIN SCHOLARSHIPS Bobby Martin, top. and Billy Williams aie winners of the 1968 Mortin Luther King scholarships from Lithium Corporotion of Ameri ca. The scholarships provide $1*000 per yeor for four years oi college. Two Lithium Scholars Named Bobby .Martin of Bt'ssemer City and Billy Williams of Kings Mountain have been named win ners of the 1968 Martin Luther . , ^ . Kin.g Scholarship Awards by the ray of Arden and Mrs. Ague's Lv da Corporation of America, of Na.shvilU*: a son, James Park- u i i a 9^niv\ er cf Cocoa. F'la.; three sist(*rs. The scholarships provide $1000 Aid Piomised To Belocate The State Highway commission Is publishing legal notice in to day's edition of the Herald slat ing it will provide relocation ad visory assistance to families dis ^ „ , J IT u.. administrative problems ; .**c^*j w partment of Housing and Urban would change upcoming-yeq^r; placed by the York highway im- Developmcnt. school plans for three grades iniprovemont project, Mayor .lohn Henry Moss said he ^hoolB. ^ and members of the commission recommendett that Park Grace send half its six grades to Compact and vice versa. The notice stales that the com cemetery. of the Military Assistance Direct-] Mr. Greene died Friday night orate, Capt. Brewer established a' at 7 o’clock in Cleveland Memori- reporting and redistribution sys- al hospital at Shelby after several tern for checking and directing month’s illness. stock levels that contributed to He was a native of Rutherford the Military Assistance Program.; County, son of the late Mr. and; . , , . Mrs. James Lee Greene. His wife,! The citation accompanying his Lola Hunt Greene, died in 1963. award says in part, “Captain Surviving are four sons, Ernest Brewer has consistently demon- Greene and Cecil Greene, both exceptional professional __ Norfolk. Va.. Russell Greene and competence and resourcefulness || IjJ DAfwiitr Herman Greene, both of Kings in all facets of military assistance RKlllHdy DISQlllS Mountain; two daughters, Mrs. matters. His distinctive accom*| Herman Wright of Kings Moun-‘ P^^shments culminate a long and tain and Mrs. Donald Greene of. successful naval carwr. Mooresboro; a sister, Mrs. Blanche] Since his commis.sioning as a Towery of Great Falls, S. C., and naval av’^tor in 1937, his caiecr' Majority of Kings .Mountain !1 grandchildren. of 32 years has included area textile omi)loyot‘s are onjov- Rev. George Thornburg and during World War 11 in England, ^ week’s holiday which staiT Rev. C. C. Crow officiated at the, Japan, and Qkimiwa. A {graduate y,, Saturdav. Mrs. W. K. Shutlz of Atlanta. Ga.. up to a maximum of Mrs. Blanton Burdette of Laurens. to stude-nts of proven S. C., and Mr.s. M. L. Brockman of abilitj vvlio are unable Charleston. S. C.; a brother, gay- monc! Proffitt of Newport. Tenn.; 12 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. George H. Houser, general chairman of the drive, said that victor^' is in sight and asked all workers to turn their cards in as soon as possible. I For Textile Folk Lithium plans to award addi tional scholarships in 1969. Bobby Martin is the son of the late Jack Martin, a long-time Lithium employee who passed away in June, 1968. He graduated from Bessemer City high school in 1964 and attended Gaston Col lege before his transfer to Ap palachian State University. He is observe annual Homecoming Day m^ijoring in sociology and plans Sunday. enter the teaching profession Rev. E. O. Gore, retired Baptist his graduation. Dixon Church Sets Homecoming Dixon Presbyterian church will final rites. BUILDING PERMIT Stone Heating Company’, Inc., has purchased a city building permit for construction of a brick-block dry cleaning build ing, estimated to cost $20,000. at 301 East King street. Stone Heating is the builder. of the Naval W’ar College, New-i I port, R.I., and the National War, At least one plant Carolina I College, Washington. D. C., he has. Throwing Company — (‘xpects t:) ' also served as the Commanding “run all week due to prodiu lion Officer of the sea-plane tender requirements,’ said Cliarlcs F. USS Duxbury Bay (AVP-38) and Mauney, general manager o] t!u' aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS- throwing firm. ,18). He has aLso served as the: Kings Mountain retailers will 1 Chief of Staff of the Atlantic aiv;o take a lioliday Independenn' Continued On Page 8 ($ wert* considerably disappointed in the bid total, as the $184,2.54 imbalance would be bard to ral.se with other major projects either underway or to bo shortly. The Mayor and officials of J. L. Williams Associates, the archi tects. conferred with HUD officials June 19. “Frankly,” the Mayor reported. “HUD officials were not encour aging over our obtaining any ad ditional funds there.'’ He said ho would confer with mil) officials again Monday. Otherwise, the board’s agenda for Tuesday, as of yesterday, is short. It will consider a petition of Charles G. Campbell for re-zon- Kings Mountain area citizens ing from residential area to busi-i are being. invltocj to attend a ness use bis property at the north ' meeting of Cleveland Community AT PKILMONT Three Kings Mountain Boy Scouts, Ricky Falls, Rocky Ford and Reid Strickland, all of Troop 91, are at Philmont Scout Ranch and Explorer Base in Cimarron, New Mexico for a 12-day expedition. They left Saturday via chartered bus. mission anticipates some families i wiU.be displaced by the demoli-| tion or removal of buildings. Principal area of change of i roadbed. Division Engineer W. W. t Wyke has previously announced, is in the mountain gap area. The road is to be widened from IS to 24 feet from the 1-85 bridge to the South Carolina state line. Estimated cost of the project is '1550,000 and the commission i hopes to take bids in November.' I Day with only drug stores and ■ service stations rxpeciing to he open. Closed will be tlie City Hail, all financial instiluticns. tlie c ity postoffuc and Jawb S. Mauiu'y Memorial Library. minister and a native of the Dix on community, will deliver the -sermon al the morning worship lioui al 9:30. Lunch will be s('rved at 12:30 on lh<' cliurch ground and a song Ker\i'.‘e will be held beginning at 2 p.m. with church groups invited to participate. BAPTIST SPEAKER Rev. C. O. (Greene of Shelby, as.'«;oeiallenal mis.siijnary of the Kings Mountain Baptist Astio- cialion. will fill the pulpit at boMi tlie morning and evening worsliip services Sunday at Kings Mountain Baptist eliureh. Rev. James M. Wildc'r, pastor, is at John Umsted iiospital at Butner attending pastoral caix? clinics. Billy Williams graduated from Kings Mountain high school In June. 1968, and will begin hi.s i-ellege career at the I'niversity of North Carolina in the fall. He plans to major in chemistry and hopes to become a professional chemical engineer. During his high school career, he was a Na tional Honor Society member and had the honor of being selected to attend the National Science Foundation Institute during ihe summer of 1967. Williams is son of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Williams. Kings Mountain Community Action Program Tuesday At ARP Church Funeral Services Friday At 4 , For Ray Wright, 52* Baptist Pastor' corner of West Cansler streets. Mountain and METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday total ed $209.65, including $139.45 from on-street meters, $47.75 in fines, and $22.45 from off-street meters. Action Program of Kings Mountain Tuesday night at R p.m. at Boyce Memorial AJU* church. Announcement ^as made by Mrs. Faye W. Webber, hbyne man ager of Cleveland Community Ac tion, Inc., and Rev. h^ermas L. Richie, pastor of the 'ARP church. Mr. RJehie said letters of Invl- tation have gone out* to city of- 1 ficials, school officials, and cler-l gymen of the area and he issued ah invitation to all interested citizens to attend. An evening with the Commu nity Action Program, according to Mr. Richie, will consist of slides of actual conditions found in our midst, the development of Com-' munlty Action and Its aims, andj what the church and the citizens] of this area can do to help pro-i mote the program. I 4 m. RECEIVES FOUNDERS* AWARD—Carl Wilson, left was present ed the ClOTelond County Heart Association's Founders' Award Wednesday ond occept's the award from Clenreland County Heart Associotion President Bob Culbreth. Mrs. Scorr Morrison* olso of Kings Mountoin* received a Founders Aword from the heart os- sociotlon in which both have been octive at Wednesdoy's on- nual meeting. Mrs. Morrison was not present for the owards pre- sentotion. (Photo* courtesy Nick Taylor, Sbolby Star). John Alexander s Rites Conducted PTinoral rites for John VVc»sloy .Mcxandcr. 30. of 904 First street, were hold Sunday at 4 p.m. from Oak Grove Baptist church, inier- ment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. Ray Wright, 52. pastor of Mr. Wright was a native of Mr. Alexander died Friday Victory Baptist church until his Kings Mountain, a son of Mr. and morning at 2:45 a.m. of injuries recent iHm*s.s. died Wednesday Mrs. Kossic Wright, Sr., who sur sustained in a truck wreck in morning al 6 a.m. in V( tcranvivo. He was a tormer ministerial High Point at 1:30 that morning. Hospital at Oteen. student at Gardner Webb eollego. A native of Kings Mountain, Funeral rites will be held Fri- He was married to the former b* was the .son of Mr. and Mrs. day afternoon at 4 o'clock from Bertha Conner. Besides his wife Luther B. Alexander. Maeedonia Baptist cluirch of and parents, other survivors in- lyther survivors include liis whieh he was a member. The elude a son, Jerry Wright of Vicks- wife, Mrs. IVggv Hamm Ah'xan- I body will remain at Harris Fu- buru. .Mississippi; a daughter, der; two sons. John Wesl(‘y Alex- I ncral Home until 3:30 Friday'Mrs. Herman (Dubl Blalmk. Jr., ander, Jr., and Luther David I when it will lie In state at. the ol Kings Mountain; four brothers. .Alexander, both of the home; a I church. The family will rcccice Calvin Wriglit ol Kings Mountain, daughter. Vi'nus Lynn Alexamlcr, Irionds and relatives al the fu- Clayton Wright of Gaftney, S, C., of the home; a brother. Harold neral home Thursday night from Jack Wriglit of Swannanoa and Lee Alexander: a half-brother, 7 until 9 p.m. Curtis Wright of Norfolk, Va.; David Smith; two sisters, Mrs. Officiating at the final rites five sisters, Mrs. P. R. Smith, Mrs. Ioann Siroupe and Mrs. Dicey will he the Rev. Wayne Ashe. Otto Ford. Mrs. James Gann, Mrs. Lou Holmes; and a half-sister, Macedonia pastor, assisted by Steve Early and Mrs. Gerald Mrs. Adie Bell While, all of Kings i Rev. C. E. Osment of Harleyville, Camp, all of King.s Mountain; and Mountain. S. C. Interment will be in Moun- five grandchildren. ; Rev. James M. Holder officiated i tain Rest ccnielciy. * at ilic final rites.