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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 2I,9M
ACity Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
“ City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
Tb« Gr«at«t Kings MountolD figure Is derived from tlin
epeciol United Stales Bureau ol the Census report e
January 1986, and Includes the 14,990 population o
NuniPer 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 froa
Numbei 5 Township. In Cleveland County and Crowdor*
Mountain Township In Gaston County.
VOL ft I No. 5
Established 18)59
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 30, 1969
Pages
Today
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
f
Schools To Ask Supplement Tax Election For April 1
Water
Accepted
Home S & L
Assets Top
Ten Million
OPERATION PROJECn PEACEFUl — Members of Senior Girl Scout
Troop 200 arc participating in Operation Profect Peaceful to oid
wai orphans in Saigon. The local troop learned of the project
from c: newsletter from the Chaplain of the 34th General Support
Group in Vietnam which the Scouts aided at Christmas with
Christmas packages. The newsletter was included with thank you
cards and letters from the men of HQ and HQ Company 34. From
left to right in the photo. Senior Scouts Susan Goforth, Susan
Fite. Ann Baird ond Suranne Amos gather boxes to be placed in
local grocery stores for needed food items. (Photo by Isaac Alex
ander).
Project Peaceful
Saigon Youth
Girl Scouts
Have Project
For Orphans
Low Bids
Are Approved
By Commission i
. The city board of commission
ers Tuesday night, as anticipated,
atceptcil low bids on the Buffalo
Creek water project totaling $2,-
48..,75V.a..
Contracts were orderc*d subject
t( concurrence of the Department
of Housing and Urban LKweiop-
ment which made a $450,000 grant
lui the water project.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the federal agency when all prop- i
erty retiuired is in hand oi on j I
j legal opinion that properly ('ither
IS in hand oi obtainable.
r
WINNER Richard Franks.
Kmgr: Mountain senior student '
at the University of Chattanoo
ga, has received the Bill Barker
Memorial Scholarship at the
university.
Franhs Wins
Scholarship
Richard Franks. .<ings Moun
tain senior student at the Uni-
' I/)W bidders wen*:
i Section I (dam. four miillor
■ gallon treatment plant, pump sta-
! ions, flood control to protect
I Dover Mill, etc.) Gillespie Con-
.-^truction Company, Anderson, S. j
C., Sl.54£.012. I
Section II (water lines) Ra\ D. j
Lowder Con'-lnuiion Comosny, *
Albemarle, $661,298.20. t
Section li) imilliuii gallon -it'cl j
storage tank at trc‘atment plant) i
j Richmond Engineeritfg Company,!
J Richmond, Va., $51,187. 1
j Section IV (improvement.^ to | u.v association legal staff in-
i 3R 1^)44) Neal Hawkins Construe*-j si*y ef Chattanooga, has re- dudes George B. Thomasson,
j tion Company, Kings Mountain j ccived the current Bill Barker Davis & White, Garland, Alala,
! and Gastonia. $155,832.50* * Memorinl Sotroiarsliip -afURTaiCCUtotUey & Gcay, «
Home .Savings & Loan as.socvi-
tion a.<sels topped the $10 miilion
dollar mark at $10,016,8X7 dui ing
IfloS. Peuc‘n!age of inerej.se \\ (s
11.37 p<*rcen! or $1,0X1,137.
Other highlights of the rejxni ;
of Thomas A. Tale, exteuiivt*
vicc-pres.deni at Tucsda.’.s an ,
nual sharehold<*r meeli jg vv(*ro: !
Savings iriereased 4.‘is, <>.•
11.5 p<*rcont to $9,.1-12,0.>.>.
Loans increased $1,031,251. or
11.1 peicent to $:i,2si,S91.
Earnings for the >(.’)• loiaUd
$401,07S dist!ibut<‘d follows: .
federal insuranee iTserv<- $35.3 )4,
dividends $403,904, k: ed to un
divided profits $21,S70.
The association made 307 Joans
duri'*k.^ the yea*’, .51 for new eon-
stiuction, S3 for purciias<'s and
113 for re.inancing.
The shareholders re-i*lected d.
rectors, including R. .X. Plonk, of
Be.ssemer City, A. H. Pattej.son,
I. G. Patterson, Jack H. White, J
H. Thomson, Thom-as A. 'I'aie, B.
D. Ratterrtv. Charles D. Hlan
! ton and Dr. Paul E. Hendric ks.
Officers and employees are J
H. Thomson, president; A. H.
Patterson and B. D. Rattoirce
vice-presidents; Thomas A. 'Tate
executive vice-president and sec
rotary; Mrs. Emily A. Herndon,
secretary; Jacob A. Dixon, Besse
mer City branch manager, Mrs.:
Xancy S. Seism, assistant secre-
tary-jn’ca.sufer; and .Mrs, Fiances
O. Herndon, Mrs. R(‘becca
Broome, Mrs. Doris Howze and
Mrs. Bonnie Bridges, tellers.
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Operation Project Peaceful to
helj) war orphans in Sa. jon is un-|
deiway by .Senior Girl Scout
1’roop 200. ,
Kings Mountain area citizen.^*
are invited to help the Girl Scouts
assemble the needed fexd items
and they are eiT-ouraging food-
shoppers to buy a can and leave a
can in properly markt'd l)o\cs n
local groceiy stores.
Susan Goforth, project chair
man. sai'J project dcadlim* is
February 10th. .She suggested
these needed items: soap, dried
or dehydiatetl foods siu'h as rice,
instant potat(»e.s, dried primes,
raisins, apricots, macaroni, spa
ghetti, powdered milk and other!
dried fotKls.
Miss Goforth said the troop
learned of the iUH*d via a news-
k'lter from the 3lth General Sup
port Group of American service
men st.itioned there. The Girl
Scouts sent Christmas gifts l»>
f picemen in Vietnam and I<*arn-
I of the oiiJhanage project
Inch the 34th Unit 's sponsoring.,
Section V (plumbing) Ben T. i
Goforth, King.s Mountain, $2.748.!
Section VI (electrical) Bryant,
EKu triV Company, Gastonia, .S7!),- is a member of Pi Kap-
versity.
The award goes a man stu-
Cciitinued Oft Page Eight
Mothei's March
Thursday Night
Kings Mountain Junior Wom
an’s cL b members will conduct
heart operation. His fraternity the annual Mother’s March on
brothers established the scholar- 2irth Defects Thursday (tonig;!!)
from 7 until 9 p.m.
Members of the women’s or
ganization. and all others who
would like to assist in the house-
pa Alpha fraternitv and who
ranks high in grades, .service and
leadership. The scholarship is
given in memory of Bhl Barker,
a student who died curing a
141.20
In other actions, the commis
sion:
1) Adopted ass(*ssmeiit roll on
improvements to Fairview street,
Phillip.s drive. James street, Ben
nett drive, Clay street. Cherokee
streiM and Grace street.
1 2) Approved re-zoning request! in 1958 in his memory
: Mary Canipo from ^
; losid.mtial to neighborhood ^
; designation of their lot at p,,. g,
; bOo Alexander street. , scholastk- fraternitv, the circle o "d^ gather a
: .31 Referred to the zoning b.iard^ organization and the ‘he Womans club al . lor street
PHA THREE-BEDROOM UNIT ^ Pictured is drawing of Tomber-
line- d Associates. Atlanta architects^ of one of the three-bedroom
units to be built by Kings Mountain Public Housing Authority.
PHA Will Receive
Applications
Mrs. Roberts
At City Hall
On Saturday
; Districts Could
Vary Amount;
50-Cent Maximum
The three school districts of
Clevclan’; County will petition the
co..i4‘y commission Monday to ap
prove a c.nintywido clrciion on
question of a supplemental tax
:or school operations of .50-tents
per $100 ad valorem valuation.
Kings .Mountain Superintendent
Donald Jones :5aid tlic petition
will ask tlvat the elcrtion be held
on April 1.
On basis of the petition, the
tax woii'd he levici on j district
basis, with funds colkcted in the
parti ulnr district acc.uing to
that district.
Supt. Jones said, for example
the thinking o. the Kings Moun
tain hoaid of education would l)e
to levy 30 cents of the ,50 pt‘rmiss-
ible. The other districts might
want to levy moic or less.
Kings Mountain levy current
ly is 20 cents of 20 i)ermitted.
Shelby district’s levy is 38 cents
of 40 permitted.
The county district has no sup
plemental tax.
The funds wojl 1 b<‘ lal>el<*d
“lurren! expense”, arc Shelby
and Kings Mountain’s prc.sent
levies, and available for teacher
' pay supplements, for employing
extra teaJieis, for instructional
I supplies and erjuipment replace-
; ment. The funds would not b<‘ a-
vailable for capital outlay,, for
example, new buildings or build-
' ing addition-s.
The count>*wide ai>proach was
recommended by Assistant At-
lOrney-General Ralph Moody who
pointed out the county district
! .‘urrcntly has no viistrict voting
j set-up as do Shelby and Kings
{ Mountain.
! Supt. Jones said a 30 c*ent levy
;wo.Id return about $156,000 on
I basis of 1968 Uax valuations. A
150-cent levy would return $260,-
jooo.
WINS PROMOTION — Doan
Blackwell. Kings Mountain na
tive/ has been promoted to
manager of 4he Clover branch
bank of Southern Bank and
Trust Compemy.
Bank Promotes
Dean Blackwell
Dean Blackwell. Kings Moun
tain native, has been promoted to
! request of Ralph and Roger Con-
I nor of lot at intersection of Sat-
tlcground avenue and Wells
! street from residential to general
I business, designation.
4) Referred to the zoning board
t request of Lester D. Roark, op-
I !ion<*e, r.f lot on .south side o'
81ater street from residential to
I general business designation.
local Firm
I
Reelects Officers ^
Officers and directors were re
elected at the annual meeting of,
Kings Mountain Business Devel
opment, Inc., last Friday.
They are J. Wilson Crawford, j
president; Fred W. Plonk, vice-
president; Thomas A. Tate, see
the Woman’s club al
assignments.
Citizens who wish to contri
bute to the dri\o are asked to
leave their porch lights burnmo^.
Miss Mary Alice MdDanicl is
Junior club chairman of the
Mother’s Maych.
In other
Nlarch of Dimes cam-
campus Engineer'vS \ club. Two
years ago he received the Paul
Curtis, Jr. Engineering award as
the freshman en»;incoring major
achieving the highest scholastic
average. He has also served in
his fiateroity as vioopre.sidont.
pledge trainer and secretary. He . ... , ,, , .
lives in Chattanooga with his paign activities of the Junior
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. t'luh this week over $700 was col-
Reese B. Thomas, at 361,S 32nd ^ campaign tor funds:
m the elementary schools. Mrs.
Richard Greene was pro?r*t
His granciparents are Mr. and chairman foj* the Junior club,
Mrs. J. B. Franks of KingsMoun- with Mr.s. Bob ivlyeis .md Mrs.;
tain. His parents are William Johnny Leagan assisting on the
Franks of Belmont and Mrs. Cur- committee.
tis Lingorfelt of Chattanooga,' Clevclani County’s ^oal in the
Tennessee. campaign effort is ST.(K)0.
City, School Elections May 13;
A chaplain from Ki’igs Mountain, rn-^nager of the Clover branch of - treasurer. The officers,'
Lt. Col. Hob Cox, heIpcNl distri- cJuihern Bank and Trust Bridges, John Warlicki
hut** the Girl Scout pa4 kag<*s lo
the servicemen and the 34th Gen
eral .Support Group Chaplain H.
H. Hawn wrote the local girls a
pany.
A/f**
Blark'»'oll. assistant vice-,
presikhmt, had been serving as as*
sistant bank manager in Clover.
and Bob Maner i*onstitute the
board of directors. I
Report for the year ending Do-*
cember 31 showed the firm’s net
thank y(m U'tler and .st'nl a /jp ioined S\/uthern Bank"an^^ assets at $33,678. Stock outstand-
mnvsletter from tin* 31Ili Unit Xrust Company in November 1965 ^ value of $22,810,
which also thanked the Kings ^^^le monUi later was trans-, Principal activity dir’ing the
Mountain Baptist cluirch for their furred to Clover. Prior to joining! ^ collateral pledge of
gifts at Christmas. Southern, he had six years exper- 516,(XW on a loan to Carpet In-
Chaplain C’ox said the 34lh ience with Peoples National Banki
Unit has been ht'lpin.; tlu' Hoa -
Incumbents Expected To Re-run
- f B\ MARTIN HARMON
^ Kilt s Mountain Public Hous
ing Authority will begin accept
ing rental applications Saturday,
ti- M:;s. Kenneth R. Roberts will
be at City Hall courtroom Satur
day morning from 9 to noon to
take applications from families
vvith low incomes.
It is anticipated the loOunit
project V ill bt* underway in <*arly
spting and that some units will
be ready for occupancy hy Sept
ember, according to Thomas W.
Haiper. exteulive director.
The Public Housing Authority
will build units in a ''arieiy of
sizes Irom what is labeled .i “no-
bedroom” unit to a five-bedroom'
unit on nine sites in various sec-!
tions of the city.
Income limits have not been
firmly set bul W’adesboro’s PHA
limits range from $3090 annual,
income for a single-person occu-1
pant to $5000 annual income for
a family of ten persons. Occu
pancy of the single individual
could be maintained while his in
come grew to $3750 per year, by
the ten-ix*rson family to $6250 per w. S. Biddix, Kings Mountain
McIntyre. Jr., has been year. insuranceman and city commis-
CASHIER — Lee McIntyre/
manager of the Kings Mountoin
branch of First-Citizens Bank
&Trust Company* has been pro
moted to cashier by the bank
ing system.
First-Citizens
Taps McIntyre
L<*e A.
HONORED — W. S. Biddix has
been honored as top solesmon
for 1968 by Sturdivant Life In
surance Company. Mr. Biddix is
a city commissioner.
Biddix Wins
Insurance Honor
Vi!
In Greenville.
Bink Orp'hanag(* in Saigon by attended Furman Univers-
drilling a well. r(4>uilding a cha- j*y aid the l^niversity of AH-
pci an'.l ckaning and clearing bama and has completed the
after bombs destroyed part of it q^uth Carolina Bankers School at
last May. They hav<*, with the University of South C'lroljna;
lielp ol U. S. g^'oups, provided hanking c(>. rses with the
clothing, f(»o(i and toys for these ^rnpri: an Institute of Banking
orphans. and Dun & Bradstre<»t.
Miss Goforth said .several hK*al ^ veteran of theUSAk', he is a
men are slatione<l with men of rnember of the Clo\'er Lions club
hcad(iuarters Company 34th and the Clover Presbyterian
Group. fhunh. A Packmaster for Clover
She said the men of Headquar- Scouts, he is a former Jay-
ti rs ('o. 31 restored the orphan- rre, was active in the Clover
age chapel at cost of .Sl.'iiO. funds United Fund and the York Coun-,
S’, pplied by tlie soldiers and U. .S. ty uoart Association. i
citlz(*ns. She sai l th(‘ ndv chap**! He is son of the hte Bright
wa^ dedicated on C'hristmas Eve. Blackwell of Kings Mountain ani
M'hs Goforth said that one ol Mrs. Ncvelln Blackwell Daven-
I the U. S. serV emen from ,Milloi. port of Piprimont, S. C. He is
West Virginia, collected 1S!)0 f^randson of Mr. and Mrs. Gen^sre
pounds of clothing, toys and food Shipman and neohevv of Mrs.
t^hile on leave. I'lie eharbiin’s of- Evans Gieene and Mi’S. Virglc
■^iee server! as a clt ;u ing point Blackwell, all of Kings Mountain.
^Br over lour Ions of items for fits wil'e is the fo^ncr Ann Me*
nBrphans and lor wounded men Clellan of Greenville. They are
(Continued on Pugc Eight) parents of a daughter, Elizabeth.
Bloodbank Asks
Donors For Vickie
The Rwi Cross bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain
for a one-day visit on Febru
ary 10th.
The bloodbank is an emer-
g<?ricy visit for at least one
heart patient in the area.
Young Vickie Williams, .six.
i:n(U*rgoes open heart surgery
on February lltli. Tsventy pints
of whole blood is requirtnl for
the op<‘ration and donors are
needed to give blood for Vickie
at the bloixlmobile.
A ‘'blue baby’’ at birtli, Vic
kie weighs only 30 pounds. She
is l/.ight, cheerful, likes to at
tend Sunday School at Bethle
hem Bapti.st church. Suffering
from three heart defects, she
tires easily. She is the daugh
ter o'. Mrs. Minnie Williams of
the Bethlehem community and
the late M. W. Williams.
B) MARTIN HARMON
T!u* second lue.sday aft(*r tin*
first Monday in May is city v’lec-
tion day.
City voters will choose a mayor
and a commission while scliool
district \oter.s will choasc two
memhois of the board of educa
tion.
It is anticipated current incum
bents will seek ro-eleotion.
elected Cashier of First-Citizens Rental lates have not b(*en es-
"^ank & 'ITusl Company in Kings lablishrd and will not be until
cost of the project is obtained
and contracts let.
\
'Phirtv of the 150 units are be
ing designed espeeially for the
elderly and will bo constructed in
the Dilling-Ridgo street area.
Other sites are located on Cans-
ler strcH't, Baker street, Gra(*e
street, and the former Davidson
elementary school property.
GOP Lincoln Dinner
Slated February 13
.sioner, has b(*en honored by Stur
divant Life Insurance Company
as top salesman for the year
1968.
.Mr. Bid iix led in all three
sales categories, in total increase,
in increase over quota and in
yearly collections, the district
representative said.
Mr. Biddi.x, currently president
of the company’s Key Producer’s
club, was featured “In The Spot
light” in a recent publication of
the I'ompany.
t6p airman — A/IC James
L. Medlin was recently present
ed the wing airman of the quar
ter award by Col. Paul A. Jones*
commander of the 3800th Air
Base Wing. Airman Medlin is
son of Mrs. Jomes H. Medlin
and the late Mr. Medlin. He is
married to the fozmer Mary
Wright of Kings Mountain. The
wing award carries with it a
cash bonus* three day passes
and reservf»d porking privileges
at the enlisted clubs.
Mountain.
Announcement of the promo
tion uas made by R. P. Holding.
Jr., C'hairman of the state-wide
bank, following action of the
Boar 1 of Directors.
McIntyre, wlio is resid«‘nt man
ager of FirslCilizi'ns' Kings
Mountain Office. joined the
hank's Chailolte Offiie in 19(>0.
That samp y(*ar he was <'l('clo(l
It is possible, even .should city assistant cashier and named man
hall officials offer and bo re-elect- ager of the Wilkin.son Boulevard
ed, that there will be one new Oit ice in (Murlotte. ^
lace on the city commission. ’ > He was later transferred t^> . i * • i .i
The business of enfranchising Kings .Mountain as bramh man Annual Lmcoln Dinner ^
eitiz(*Ms ot the .southwest area rr- ager. and in December of last Cleveland County Kepibnean
ccntly ann(*.xe(l lo the city is im- year wa.s named to head the Barty will lx* held I*ebruary 13th.
minenl and there is some think Kings Mountain Office*. Kings Mountain aiea citizens ^ Clftw wUUAwV
mg expressed among commission Prior to joining Firsl-C''itizens,|nei^ tickets for tho annual
members that a new ward should McIntyre was with Die State t'vent should c'ontact Bob Maner
be created in the area. Banking Commission as an exam-,^*' Babb.
It is presumed such action inei.
would require an act cf the (R*n- A native of l.aun*! Hill in Sc*ot-
era! A.ssembly. lan<l Countv, M Intyre is a grad-
Currently Ward 5 is much larg uate of St. Andrews Presbyterian
er than its nearest in size, Ward Colle.e. He is active in numer-
4. Addition pf tlie nc‘W area pop- ous civic activities including the
ulatian to Ward 5 would add to- Junior Chamber of Commerce.
.hr imbalann*. Rotary, the Red c'ross
Gastonia is currently seekin,’ Merchants Association. lie is a
passage of legislation to revise mem’oer of the First Presbyterian
it-*, voting district boundaries lo church,
leduco imbalances in ward pop-! —
ulalion and provide for anne.xed NC FIRES
areas. i City fir<*Tnen reported an-
Formal statements of in{(*nt swering no fire alarms in the
have not been issued by the* six, <ity limits within the week per-
(.Continued On Page Eight) » iod ending Wednesday.
Class Of '44
Plans Reunion
The Kings Mountain High
and the School Claris ot 1944 will hold a
25th anniversary reunion in the
spring. Class President J. 1. Mc
Ginnis. Jr., said this week.
Othe; mem’oers of the organiz
ing committee are Joe McDaniel,
Ir., and Clavon Kelly.
Davis, Bennett
Lloyd Davis and Jack Bennett
of Kings .Mountain are among
Water Works operators from
eight communities attending a
ivurse in Water Works Operation
at Gaston ci>llege.
Purpose of the course is to as
sist water works (jperators in ob
taining a North Carolina B certi-
ficjti*. Upon (’onipletion of the
course. th(* men will bo <*lig!hle to
take tlie North Caixilin i State Ex
amination in Water WoiUs Oper
ation.
Instructors for the course are
George Ball, chairman of Gas-
Particular need at the moment ton’s Biology department, and
an* addresses of class members Dr. Charles Wimmer, chairman
who live elsewhere. ol the ClK'mjsir> depiirtment.