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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
The Greater Kings Mountain ilguro Is derived from the
special United S'ates Bureau ol the Census report o
January 19b6. and includes the 14,990 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 Iron
Number 5 Townrhtp, in Ctev<*iand Cnunty and Crowder'
Mountain Township In Gaston County.
Pages
Today
/OL 80. No. 34
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Beliabie Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 22, 1968
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENT?
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$892,000 Central Busin
City Commission ToConsider
RevisedW aterRateSchedule
istrie
Reserved
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Pullen, Dickson
Firms Complete
Their Analysis i
The ciiy commission, at its
Tuesday H:30 p.m. mt'otin^ will
(•<)nsi(l(‘r adoption oC a new water
rato sclu*clul(‘ in anliiipatioii of
tlic Bufiak) CrtM'k pioji't t.
Other prineipal Hem on the
aK<*n(ia, Mayor .loho Henry Moss
ksaid, will bo considoration of ro-
^\is(*d plans for tht* notKhborho id j
faoilitiO' buil'lin;;, which aro do- ,
‘^i^rnod le pare oasts from $G(iS.O0(>j
to tho bud:’(‘tod .S4")2.0<K).
The Mayor said A. M. PulltMi
(’onipany ar^*oiintaiits and W. K.;
Diekson & Company onj^ineors'
ha\(' eomjilotod tlioir pmjf'otions
and aro proparod t(. make roeom-
mondations. .
If tho city enmmissjon approves.
tli(‘ Mayor anlieipat(>s tho iv'w
schedule will bo olfoolixo S, nv
l)or 1 and will bt' ndleelo 1 in
staft'nionls r<‘eoiv(>(l by (‘ustom.ors
Oetobci' 1.
Tho Local Govt'rnmont Commis
sion iias invit('d bid< on $.'3 million !
Kind’s Mountain water bontU to
ho i‘pened on Sojdomber 17.
Ffliy'cs's: Russia^is-
Did Me Favsr
Henry Allen Myers. o\'-Spoeial
ist -1 ol tho army artilhTv in Da*
ebau, Germany, thinks file hus
sians may have done him a i.i\-
nr.
Hafl tliey moved into Czech ter-
rittjry two days oarli<*r. ho spoeu-
lat(*;, it vc'ry likely would b(' Spi’ t
M\’ers, somewhere in Kuropo.
"My l<*nn of service would like
ly have boon fro/on.” he says.
Another Kinj?.*? Mountain man
• likely ItM'Is the sam<‘. Spl 4 Stovi'
Harmon, who entered the armv
witli Myeir .Septeml)er 9. 19(id, re
turned with him on tho sanu-
plane and they were musteied
out to^<Mher Wednesday at Mc
Guire Air Force Base, N. J.
Mr. Myers, a Herald typesetter
and compositor, will return to tin*
Ih*rakl after a vacation witii his
wife, the former B<*lty Ledb(*tlei.
He served as a track and wlieel
m< ehanic on S incli lio\vitz(*rs.
"Tliey’ri' loud.” he said.
I!ow did the German poopi'*
like the Americans?
"That’s fimn>,” ho roplierl. "It
was about .’iO-oO with the older
Germans likinsr up and the youns;*
er ones indifferent. But the Ger-
(CnuCuuird on Pago Six)
Tuesday Orientation Day At Schools;
Education Board Fee Schedule Given
I'uesday will be Orientation Day at Kinjjs Mountain district
schools, when students report to thtdr respective .srhooLs to re-
(('ive teacher and class assignments, pay foc.s, and learn policies
and regulations of tlie particular schirols.
The rc'gular 180 school days are reserved for insiruclional
purposes.
Superintendent Donald Jones has .«el the hours of 8:3011:^0
a.m. for the students of all schools. Parents who take primary
students tor enrollment may leave with their ctiild as soon as
the teacher permits.
State law doe.s not permit a school or teacher to collect any
fees from pupils except such fees as specifically approved by tiie
Board ol FMu<‘ation.
The Kings Mountain board of education has set tho following
fees for the 1968-69 school year:
ELEMENTARY:
Library-In.structional Supplies $2.9C
Current Events or VVVekly Reader Published Price
Lock Rental Fee (Grover S^’h(X)l Only) .xV
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL:
Library-Instructional Supplies S2.‘.»0
Locker Rental Fee (For Band Students Only) o(V
Band (Si.1)0 per month) $9.00
KING? MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL:
Library-In.structional Supplies S2.00
Locker Rental Fee (Special Subject Fees) S2.00
Vocational Courses S2.00
Typing S6.(^0
.Science TtC.c
Physical Education — Towel S2.(;0
Band — ($1 per month) $9.00
Band — Uniform Rental (.oOc Month) $1.50
Superintendent Jones noted that this would be the first year
that studmit Ln'kors have been available at the Junior High
School and that built in combination locks are being installed at
tlie Kings Mountain High School. This should be an e.xcollent
service to the students of those two schools.
Plight lovelies wlio will seek llie‘
‘‘.Miss Kings Mountain” crown in
Saturday night’s Jaycee pageant.'
will lead a parade through the
business district of Kings Moun
tain tomorrow afternoon b(*gin-
ning at 4 p.m.
The annual Jaycee pageant,
chairmanod by Bill Gri.ssom. will
bc' held in Central School audi
torium beyginning at « p.m. ('on-
testant? include .lean PHlen Devi^'.
Carol Rao Ale.xandei. .<helia P'ayc
Williams, Vickie' Gail Bov^en,
Cathy Lovella Carroll. Cathy
P'di/abeth Lainy Judith Irene Del
linger and Geraldine Evoiine
Humphries.
093 Students
To Attend District Schools
_ I Planning Grant
Expected w $109,470
Is Approved
Stockton New
Superintendent
At Burlington
Warren StOv-kton has been
named superintendent of the
Pheni.x Plant of Burlington Yarn
Company, a division of Burling
ton Industries. Announcement of
the appointment was made by
Robert McClure, regional manu-
Tomorrow's parade will begir.^_alj i.icvLi’ing m:-inagor of Burlington
Central High and proceed down varn Companv.
Oa.'^nm Street, turning on Moun- yn-. Stockton succeeds Walter
tain Street and continuing t • Ba»- Keeler who had been plant
lleground whore it will turn left superintendent since 1965. Mr.
I and pro(e(?d on Gold Street tc Keetm* has bet*n named manager
ClKTokee and to Mountain. The at the Reicisville Plant of Burl-
parade will (lis])ers(* on Ga.ston. jngton Yarn.
Jonas Bridge.*; will ser\e as
Grand Mar.slial and Fred Foster A native of Dublin, Te.xas, Mv ■
as Parade Marshal, it is annouia - Stockton served in the Army eii ^
ed. The Kings Mountain Radio .gineer I'orps from 19.53-.54 with
Club will a.'isLst police in contioll- <*ight monllis combat duty in
ing traffic along the' parade route. Korea. He obtained a B. .S. de-
(Coniinued on Page Six) (('’nutivtird ,m Pauc Sixf
New Courses
Added. Faculties
Da-segregated
MARTIN HARMON
An estimated 4093 King-' M)un-
tain (listri.i scliool pupils will
mat:i! Lilate in the ten-plant sys
tem in a Tuesday morning ses
sion and will attend their .first
lull class day Wedno.sday.
Supt'riiUendent
said all tacultic
with
lionai
WINS DEGREE Miss Annie
Vera Dilling wa.r awarded the
Master of Librarianship degree
from Emory University in exer
cises held there on August 17.
Miss Dilling is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Dilling of
Kingr Mountoin.
Mrs. McGraw
Wins Award
Mrs, Bt'ssio M<’Graw, food serv
ice manager of Kings Mountain
hospital, has been tho Food Scmv
ic<* Executive a.ssociation. •
Al the executive association
(•(.nvention at Miami last week,
which she attended, she was pro
sented a citation for service, sec
ond highest award conferred by
th<‘ association. ,
Mrs. M(Gra\v is current presi-
di'nt of the association’s Caroiinas
branch.
WSCS NOTICE
The WSrS officers training
day al CiMitral Methodist
Church has been po.stfwned un
til Sept. 1.5,
I Ken Mayes Expert
Ice Cream Freezer
' It’ll be homemade ice cream
time again Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 2 o’clock at the
Oak Grove V’oUmteer Fire De
part ment.
Dishing it, up will l>e Crew
No. 4. which hopes, Ed Kuyken
dall says, it can avokl the ex
perience of Kenneth Mayes last
Sunday when Crcvv No. 3 was
manning the churns.
Business was better than an
ticipated in tho late afternoon
and the firemen were w’orking
hard to keep enough inventory,
Mayes in particular.
Churning feverish 1 y and
ready for another churn, Mayes
yelled, "This one’s ready!"
It was frozen, true, but when
the dippers were poised, there
nothing to extract.
Mayes had frozen an empty
churn.
/
EARNS MASTERS — Waiiam
Clyde CarrolL son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Carroll of Route 2.
Kings Mountain, was awarded
the Master of Arts degree in
Biology during summer com
mencement exercise? at Appala
chian State University in Boone
on Saturday. August 17. He is
married to the former Sheny
Berrier of Lexington.
lone exception: an add:-
^’irdant v'ounselor for
Kings Mountain hi.gh <(hool.
He rt'pci’ls curriculum ext.an-
sion- in several ari*as. .A emrst'
hi drafting will be f>ffere() al the
Iiigh s -h u.l with Larry Allen m-
Iru-tor; a .special f'tucalion ((-n-
tt'r lias tieon e-ita’oli.sbed at tin'
••N('W DaviiN.in” buiMing, with a
•i.iirse in sjH'C'Ji therai^^' aided to
be tau'jbi by M'<, Nan Jeaii Gantt
(';rant: remetlial reading pro
grams will bi‘ tauglit at West and
v'’ Tpact s-bonis.
Tbr*-;- will be changes in princi
pal*: ip'. Jeo Hodic'n. former .nnd
direrto’. will he]“iiniipal al V\\st.
■viihard H. Gr<‘ene at PariK Graw'e.
and R. H. Bryant leturns l.--
N'oiili. after spending la.st year
as pr’n< ipal of belli West and
Park Grace.
Retuinin.g t ; Central will be
"red \\ ithers, to Fast D. B. Bla-
ioi'k. to Beilnvare. E\an J. Ev:ins.
t ) ^■-*rnpal■t. L. L. Adams, to tiie
speeial education school Conoh'
.Mli.snn. tc King.- Mountain higli
s. hooL J. n. Atkinson, and to
(jro\(M. Jamt's S. S<Tu,ggs.
Pill Bates, assistant high selioc.l
uiiicii'aJ. aliiletiv- (iiiector and
.le.’.d tuotbal! eoacli. will rt'linct-
ish leaching riuiie.-; 1(» b(»eome a
uli-iime assis:ant prineipal.
.\11 fav’ulties will be dose.;!'
gated f.); th;' lirst time, a chatig;-
ibr five of tiie schools, including
I-elhware. Gi'ov('r. Compact, lh(‘
:])e;ia! educatkm centei', and
.'ark (.'trace.
Implc'menting a reeommeiida
lion ('f tile ied<*ral Office of I-idu-
;aiiGn. the hoard has assigned iwo
Negro leaclu'rs. Mrs. Margarei
!Iunter and Mrs. Juanita Herron
to Park Grace. Mrs. Hunter will
ti aeh scv'ond grade. Mrs. Ilerion
Lirst. Tv\u while leaehers liavt'
' ('-nititun d on Page 6)
The Department of Housing and
Urban Development has approved
an advance of $109,470 for sur
veying and planning activities for
eential busine.ss section rede-
\eIopment, U. S. Representative
Basil L. Whiteiior has informed
local oflicials and area news
papers
He said an over-oil grant for
the project of ,$S92,()U() has Ixon
r<!s<‘r\ed.
Chairman Carl F*. Mauney and
oliu'r members of Hie Kings
Mountain business community
w<*re highly jdeased with the
news.
At a meeting Tuesday, the
commission members conferred
Donald Jones with Ledford Austin, planning
are eompleir anisultant. of Asheville, who said
first step would be emplnvmont
of a director, assistant director.
Broyhills Pleased At Reception,
Nixon Statement On Textile Aid
The Pony Express
Delivers The Mail
Ben Moomaw, superintendent
of Kings .Mountain National
.Military park, thinks Kings
Mountain po.*s1offiee personnel
tops p.iiticulariy after n*-
ceiving a post-card on Saturday.
It was addres.sed:
Auntie Evelyn and Uncle Ben
PC Box 79
Kings Mountain, S. C.
Sijpt. .Moomaw .found the
card, mailed the pre\ious day
'from Cherry Grove, .S. C., in the
park's postoffiee Box 31, Kings
Mountain, N. C.
The'card was from the Moo-
maw's niece, Nancy Hohertson,
of Greensboro. "T oughta shoot
that girl," Ben jested. "She’s a
high sehool senior. Slic knowi
better than that.’’
Lt. (jg) Fleming Mauney Serving
Aboard Rescue Vessel USS Hanson
1
Lt. (j.g.) Fleming Mauney, .son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mauney of
Kings Mountain, is stationed on
tho San Dic'go bas(*d dcstroyc'r
USS Hanson which ha.s recently
bi*en employed on Search and
Re.seuo (SAR) duly off the coast
Ol Vietnam.
While on Search and Re.scue.
Hanson acts as a rescue ve.ssc'l for
American aviators forced down on
the mainland or in coa.stal wa
ters. The re.scue effort calls for
"team work" and as such Hanson
o|H‘rates with various destroyer
leaders which are in turn equip
ped with a helicopter. This team
is further supplemented by air
craft carrier based helicopters.
When an SAR mi.ssion oe( urs.
evc?ry member of this team goes
into instant action and speeds
toward the sn'ne. Helicopters pro
vide increased speed and cover-1
ago of rescue operations. The'
team provides an effective means,
of pilot rescue and in most r:ise.*s'
r(»duc('s the downed pilot’s rime'
In en(*my territory or in the water
to just minuti'S. Other efforts take
longer.
The Han.son patiently waiting
on station in the Tonkin Gulf is
a comforting feeling to the avia
tor who knows that if the need
{irises, there is an efficient team
.standing by. .
(Continued On Page Six)
V'
MISS KINGu MOUNTAIN — TERESA JOLLY
By MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain .uea K(‘)>iihli-
cans honorc'd U. S. Keprc'^entativ;'
and Mis. James T. Brftyhill at
opt'ii lioiLse Wedne.sdaj aflern-Doii
and both hosts and iKuiorees wove
plc.-i-icd with tlie n'cepti'-'ii «‘u-
eonled.
Mr. Broyliill was plea.sed, l )»».
with n telegram !n‘ re.-eivc.! lur
ing the lunelion from GOP pu'.^i-
denlial candidLde Richard M.
Nix.ui. in which Mr. Nixon })ledg-
(*d to give aid ;in«i suceoi to the
textile inilusiry on iniiiorl'- te.x-
tile vans anti oth(*r products.
’ Mr. Hroyhill immediately tele-
grjiphed the i)r<*sideni ial eaiuii-
dale a statement of appreebdion
’ ;md commendation. Mr. RiMvliill
was at) eatly Nixon suppoiK '.
The opt'n liousi* was held al the
ne\s York road offijt's ol
Insuraiiee Agency and Blackmer
' & Company.
GiU'sts .munched snacks and*'
peanuts and si|-ped .soft diinks
as they grei'ted the' (.’ongressman
and Ills lui'll.v, vi\;ieious wife, liie
f. rnit'i- Louisi' Robbins ol Durham.
Tlie lady eo-hosts wore giant
<i/.c Bu'yiiili-for-f'ongn'ss hai.s.
'.vilh banners, a la iK'auty eon-
te'sianis. adding further exhorta
lion.
Toughesl j )h <if tiu' day belong
ed to Andy Neislcr. While others
lOiittye.-i tlu' eeol tjf iiir-eondition-
ing. young Mr. Neisler stood in ili<*
broiling sun. Jiltaehing Vole for
Uroyiiill siicke'rs t > auto b'nders,
The Broyhills are' me'inlx'r.s of
th(‘ well known Lenoir turnilure
family.
The Congressman soek-s
fourth term in tlie House and is
opposed b\ Demoeiatii Congress
man Basil L. Whilener. of Gas
tonia. who seeks his .seventii
term.
and .secretary.
The futids ar<' to h(> used for
re furnishing and renovating a
30.4 acre area bounded hy King
street, Pje<lmont avr'nue, Gold
street and Railroad avenue.
Tom Tate, viee-eh'aii man of the
commission, said he anticipates
planning will begin with a re
development plan formulated by
llu' community planning di\ ision
of the Not lb Carolina Depart
ment of Conservaliijn and De
velopment.
Paul Mi’Ginnis, chairman of
Kings Mountain .Mall, Pie., a non-
pro'jit group whieii atlerrptc'd to
implement a portion of tlu' C & D
pl:in hy privai;* means, was liighly
elate<l. "It apj nrently mc'ans re
vival of the mall developm<*nt
idea which had foundered,” he
said. He sakl Ik' would reeom-
nietul Hie eoriioration b<' dissolv
ed.
Other riK'inlu'rs of tlu* commis-
si(»n .are .1. O Plonk. .Ir., VV’illiam
Herndon, and Charles L. Alex
ander.
Monkeys' lones
Talks To Julie
On a recent evening ten-year-
(lid Juli(* Durh;im. (iaughter of
i)i. and Mrs. '1. G. Durham, was
flabbergasted.
She had a telephone call (eight
minutes worth) Irum Hollywood,
Calif. Tho caller was Daw Jones,
Julie's television hero, of "The
.Monkeys”.
The secretary of a Charlotte ra
dio executive had informed Jones
ol Julie’s admiration.
Julio won’t be going to sehool
this year as he is going to spend
tlu' time, or .some of it, in Green
ville. S. C.. General Hospital. She
will undergo an operation by Dr.
Frank Snellings, orthopedic sur
geon. tc remedy a curvature of
tho spine which lias crippled Julie
since birth.
Grifiin Drug
Employs Steele
R. Gary Steele of Florence, S.
C-. is now a resident of Kings
Mountain and is employed by
Griffin Drug Company, owned by
Wilson (Jriffin.
Mr. Steele was foimcrly etn-
ploy(?d in Florence as a phar-
niaiisV.
Ho and his wife. Ann. are tho
his parents v( an eight year old son
and a 13 wet'k old daughter. They
are residents of 613 West Moun
tain Street.
He is employed on full time
basis at the local drug store.