\ 3i Population Greater Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8,256 Tb* Gr«ot«r Klagt Mountat* tlgur« It derlTtd fr«at tbd tptctal Uaittd Stotts Burtou of tho Ctntut roport o Joauaty 1K6. ond ioeludts tht 14.990 populotloo o Numbtr 4 Township, and tht rtmcdning 8.1B4 Iron Numbor $ Township, la Otvtlond County and CrowdOT* Mountoia Township In Gaston County. i § ! i IPi i E VOL 80 No. 46 Kings Mountain's Boliabio Newspapei Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N.'C., Thursday, November 14, 1968 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN QENl! CHRISTMAS PACKAGES TC VIETNAM — Girl Scouts of Troop 200 recently packed Christmas boxes lor 15 local servicemen. From left to right. Verleen Ross, Connie Phifer, Belinda Stroupe- project chairman, Jane Yates, Anne Hunter Plonk, Sixsan Goforth, Lindo Falls, Kay Patterson and Susan Fite. (Photo by Isaac Alexander). 360 Days Given For Building Buffalo Project Bidding specifications on the! Buffalo Creek water project spe cify a 3H0-day completion date from awaid of contract. | penalties per diem for “over-| time” are $500 for the general i contractor, $50 for the electrical | contractor, and $25 for the: plumbing contractor. Once bids are posted contract ors may not withdraw them and the city has 43 days in which to accept them. | On Wednesday, final approval of plans from the Department of Housusj and Urban Development I siki'i was awaited. I Mayor John Henry Moss said I addenda to the specwiications re* quesicd by HUD had been filed with the Atlanta regional office. North Carolina stale board of health approval of plans was re ceived last week. The project envisions a large I water impoundment lake, treat- ! mem plant of four million gal- I ivuta ua lly capacity, and more I than seven miles of 24-inch water City Will Develope Easter Mountain Rest Cemetery Area Girl Scouts Packed Gifts For Vietnam Senior Girl Scouts of Troop 200 have helped take Christmas 1968 to U. S. servicemen in V’^iclnam; by packing Christmas boxes fori 15 local servicemen. 1 With Belinda Stroup as pro-; _ Military Park ject chairman, the Scouts met' -''•oomaw aniiounrcd to- Thursday at the home of their effective November lo, advisor. Mrs. Charles Blanton, Mountain Visitor Cen- and assembled and wrapped thel t'"'' ^e operated on a reduced gifthoxes for mailing. i schedule of five days ^r week, Local me, chants also had a: hours per day, Wednesday hand in making Christmas bright ' Sunday . Federal Economy Hits K M Park Superintendent telling the story of tlie Kingsj Mountain Victory, and an orien tation film. During the time that the Visit or Center is closed services mayl The Cleveland County Welfare be obtained in an emergency by board is moving the.irvtervid^ving er for area men in Vietnam. They ^onated a number of items en j ■losed in the boxes, including; *Tash cloths, socks, Kool-aid, hard candy, ballpoint pens, shoe polish, and wash-n-dry towelettc^s. Tho Girl Scouts purchased oth er items: for example, plastic bags of various sizes to help off set the mildew problem service- men are experiencing in that wet climate. Said Chairman Belinda Stroup: "The Senior Scouts arc grateful to the merchants who help^'d with this project as well as the relatives of servicemen who pro- ,wided addresses. We regret only that we were unable to obtain the names of all our local men .j serving in Vietnam.” [ Besides Miss Stroup other members of Senior Troop 2001 I line. *Tn view of Kings Mountain’s growing demand for water and the recent dry season, the city regards the 360-day completion date as imperative,” Mayor Moss commented. The project is estimated to cost $3.38 million. Land acqui.sition for the lake site is underway. Welfare Office Being Moved 4^^ .?/?*• *' lift: <( Xi\ In the pkst, the Visitor Center has been operated sev€*n days a week. 'These actions have been brought'about as a result of Um-' italions on tilling of permanent, positions in the Federal Govern-1 ment. Superintendent Moomaw' said. 'The Revenue and Expendi ture Control Act of June 28, 1968,; (P.L. 90-3641, requires that only three out of each four permanent vacancies in the Federal agencies by the Congress have lesulted in the Bureau of the Budget even further limiting the filling of permanent vacancies to seven out of ten. The days on which the Visitor Center will i)c closed were select ed after careful jonsideration of the visitor patterns within the park, Moomaw sai:i. There are less regional and interstate (and calling Area Code 803 936-6471, the residence of the Chief Rang er, or Area Code 803 936-5392, the office here from Cfly Hall base- ment to the Community Action Agency facility, it announc* residence of Superintendent Moo-jed by Hal Smith, county wel- maw. . . - . XariB , director. The offK*e locate in the Fulton building, with entrance from Cherokee street. An interviewer will be in the office on Mondays from 8:15 a m. ^lo 4:45 p.m. Mrs. Barber's Bites Conducted EDUCATION WEEK OBSERVANCE UNDERWAY -- The 10 plants of the Kings Mountain district school system ore calling attention to American Education Weelt with open house, special programs and exhibits this week. Kings Mountain Mayor John H. Moss signs a proclamation designoting the week November 10*16 as American Education Week as Title 1 Director Don Parker, left and Schools Supt. Don Jones, right look on. (Photo by Isaoc Alexander) Education Week Wsite Ate favited S'”, ."S'fl Blonlon, GriiOn To Workshop are Frances McGill, Susan Fit*'. I f„Veign i visitors to Kings Moun Ava Spearman Kay Patterson,^ Brenda Goforth 'fl’j and Tuesday than on other days She was a member Linda Falls, Anne Hunter PI (im in (he week, he pointed out.; Methodist eliurch Connie Phifer. Suzanne Amos-,! ^ ^ and: Funeral Barber, wife of Harold Barber,! w-ere held Tuesday moning at 11 o’clock from the Chapel otf Har ris Funeral Home. The Rev. J. C. Lane, pastor of Grace Methodist church, officiat ed at the.final rites and inter ment was in Mountain Rest cem- €tei*>’. Mrs. Barber died Sunday at 5 p.m. at her home at 2^X)0 Cleve land avenue after several month’s illness. A native of Gaston Coun ty, she was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William N. Turner. of Grace Ann Baird, Verleen Jane Yates. Ross tute of Pharmacy in Chapel Hill. The North Carolina Academy of Practical Instructors In Phar macy is sponsoring the workshop. Both Kings Mountain pharma cists are members of the Acad- j emy which is an organization of Superintendent Moomaw said' Besides her husband she is sur-1 practicing pharmacists who are that during the pc'riod that Ihe'vived by two sisters. Mrs. Henry| Interested in promoting the train- Charles Blanton, repi-esenting Kings Mountain Drug Company, and Wilson Gri'lfin, representing Griffin Drug Company, will at tend a three-hour workshop on “The 1969 Preceptor in North Carolina” on Sunday at the Insti School personnel were rolling out the carpet this week Jor visitors at -the 10 plants during t . American Education Week,which; i began Monday. • ^ k «• j Parents received letters from CvECHfOS AY6 FOUnCl their child’s teacher with an in-| ^ vitation to visit the classroom On Cline Property and school during tho week and ^ special programs were underway at the 10 plants of the district system^ ! Mayor John Henry Moss on‘ Monday signed a proclamation! statiiTg the week November 10-16| is American Education Week in; Kings Mountain, urging all eiti-! zens “to examine more closely the existing and projected pro-1 grains of our schools, as well as their own efforts to ensure tho highest quality education for all."| Ten window exhibit:* in down-' November Letting For 161 Project Canslei Street Letting Is Due In February City Attorney Jack White in formed the city commission Tuesday night a small grave yard with an apparent 12 gmves has been located on the Buford Cline land needed for the Buffalo Creek lake site. Thus far identity of the plot has not been established. Gra dy Yelton, superintendent of public works, thinks it is likely an. Indian plot. By MARTIN HARMON The N. C. Highway 161 im provement project to the South .... . ^ ^ » Carolina state lino is scheduled sub-station to serve Oxiord In- I for contract letting this month, I W. W. Wyke, district engineer, i said Wednesday. I He added tho Canslcr -street Tho commission passed a reso-i project within ibe from thi? utilities account Maner. Rathbone Top Blood Donors Bob F. Manor, Kings Mountain insuranceman, betame a member i of the exclusive "six gallon” club! of blood donors and Steve Rath-j bone, veteran Griffin Drug em-' Dloyee, joined the "five gallon" Mpub at Monday’s visit of the Rqd; Bross bloodmobile. 1 Joining the "two gallon” club was Mrs. Bob Cox. | New members of the “one gal-i Ion” club are W. C. Ballew, Clyde! R. Martin Calvin E. Payne and: Mrs. D. M. Pouchak. Zoning Matter Settled By Boar^ Don Crawford w-ithdrew his re-; zdning petition on his York Roadi property 'Tuesday night and the city board of commissioners hon-j ored his claim for approval of non-conformirtg use. ; Mr. Crawford said a warehouse; had been used as such prior toj the city’s adoption of the present! zoning law in June 1966. The city zoning hoard hadj twice recommended disappnjval of the re-zoning nKiucst. Previously. Mr. Crawford had contended the zoning board, at its second meeting to consider his request, had not had a r[uor- um and further that some ap pointees have expired terms. | ABP Series Ends Tonight ^ Evani?clistic services are con-| *tinuing through this evening at' Boyce Memorial ARP church. Rev. Harold S. Mace, director- of the ARP Conference Grounds at Flat Rock, is speaker i<9r serv- tecs which began Sundlay. To-j Oigiht’s service is at 7:30 pm. - I Visitor Center is open a full com-i Kennedy, ' plement of services will he pro-' Chapman, I vided. These involve the museum! tain. Sr. and Mrs. Aileen' ing of pharmacy interns in their both of Kings Moun*. community or hospital pharma cies. town store windows point to thej,,^ , projected removal of thel i" Kobruary. modern equipmertt teachers are using to teach youth and the| programs and work of children from elementary' to senior high level. Department store person 1 n*l ni-e assisting in tho program by wearing lapel buttons reading, “have you visited your school! this week during American Edu plot. Thanksgiving Sendee Set Dr. T. Furman Hewitt, Card % 4(. •‘cet overall, but dropped back to 60 feet.” Mr. Wyke said, adding, “right-of-way acquisition seemed to become more difficult the clos- ^ ‘- * ”*“*“*• er the properties were to Inter cation Week. . , ner-Webb college faculty mem- state 85.” minute spw-hes by her, will' deliver tho Thanksgiv-j Some right - of . way is still ^trtion d^iflv*^-Uh fn irT ^ message at Kings Mountain’s reciuired on Canslor street Station WKMT daily with an m- nnnnal r.ommnnitv ..^11 vitation fi*om tho superintendent to citizens to attend o»'cn house at the various school i lants. The theme of American Edu cation Week this year is "Ameri ca Has a Good Thing Going Its sponsoring .ho| pu.pi, at Sunday morning wor- . , _ , .1 , SerViCX*. cnu\ c#*rvir»oc al l1 at tion, The American Legion, thci National Congress of Parents and; 4^ ^ yMBSI.. ' mm VETERAN'S DAY OBSERVANCE — MondoY morning at 11 o'clock was the 50th anniversory of Vet eran's Day. Kings Mountain Mayor John H. Moss (obove) places a memorial wreath to Kings Moun tain's war dead in Veteran's Park of Mountain Rest cemetery, as other citir ns look on. The mayor led the brief ceremony. Rev. Charles Easley, pastor of St. Motthew's Lutheron church and prosldent of the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association, delivered memorlol prayers of invocoHon and bene diction. Participating in the ceremony were representatives of American Legion Post 155, American liegioa Poet 155 AuxUioiy, Frank B. Glass Post 8811 VFW, Ministelal association and city olflelsds. first annual community . widcipians call for widening, curbing Thanksgiving service November' and guttering Canslcr from Waco 27th at 7:30 p.m. in Central Road south to Gold street, school auditorium. | - . Plans for the program are well ■ SHILOH SERVICE underway by members of the a member of the faculty of Kings Mountain Ministerial As- Davidson college will fill the o’cloc-k at church in DIXON SERVICE A member of the faculty of Davidson college will fill the pulpit at Sunday momirfiar wor ship services at 9:30 a.m. at Dixon Presbyterian church. ship services at 11 IVVe invite all citizens of the^ Shiloh Presbyterian ^ . ... lb this service”, saidj Grover. Tochers, U. S. Office of; Charles Easley, pastor of' — Education, AEW will emphasize minwWc ermnn each day of the week specific for special music. Thanksgiving j anthems will be sung by choirs of First Presbyderian, First Bap tist and Resurrection Lutheran > churches with Donald Deal dir-, David Harold Evans and Randy octing and Mrs ’ the organ. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending 'Tuesday were $78.80, including $62.50 from on street meters and $16.30 from off-street meters. week contributions the school makes to society: Sunday, Nov. 10: "Stimulate Moral and Spiritual Values”: . Monday, Nov. 11: "Strengthen the Nation": Tues day, Nov. 12: "Aspire to Quality Teaching”; Wednesday. Nov. i3: ‘^Pi-ovide Equal Opportunity-”: Thursday, Nov. 14: "Foster Life long Learning”: Friday, Nov. 15: "Promote Economic Prosperlti'”; and 'Saturday, Nov. 16: "Strive for Healthy Personality Develop ment.” Lions Selling Fruit Cakes Two Employed As Policemen (Photo by Pool of route 1, Grover, were killed at S a.m. Friday on their way to school when their car was struck. < by a southbound freight train near Harold Evans’ home. Randy had diiven to Harold’s to pick hi map for school. They The city commission employe