The Kings Mountain herald. (Kings Mountain, N.C.) 18??-1974, February 06, 1969, Image 1
Pop ulation
Greater ow Mountain
City Limits
} City Limits
(1966 Census)
(Estimate 1968)
21914
8,256
9300
The Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived from the
United States Bureau of the Census report o
1966, and includes the 14,990 population ©
4 Township, and
the remaining 6,124 from
§ Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder’
Township in Gaston County.
VOL. 81" No.6
Established
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C.. Thursday, February 6 1969
Seventy- -Ninth Year
“PRICE TEN CENTS
KM United Fund Drive Rated Most Perfect In State
BOY SCOUTS AIL HEART FUND EFFORT — Boy Scouts in First Baptist Troop 92 are distributing
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Tax Payments
Swelled City
Coffers Nicely
Ad valorem tax cash poured in-
| to city hall last weekend as many
taxpayers made iast . minute pay-
| ments of 1968 levies before Mon-
| day's:
| posit was $78,000.
penalty date.
On one day the tax cash de-
during January totaled a round-
figure: $106,000.
The heavy payments posed this
tax picture Wednesday:
1968 levy payments to date
$201,069.65, or 84 percent of the |
tctal levy of $238,437.
1968 levy payments represent %|
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The total 1968 tax orl
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Descent of the $205,000 estimated |
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posters in the downtown area inviting participation in the February Heart Fund campaign. An-
nual Boy Scout Week gets underway February 7th with special events for the various troops plan-
ned through Feb. 13th. Sunday is Boy Scout Sunday and Boy Scouts are encouraged to dress in
uniform and attend church of their choice. Frent row, from left, Robbie Bridges, Larry Hamrick, Jr.,
John Knox McGill, Billy Talbert, John McDevitt, Glenn Roberts and Ed Anthony: Second row. from
left, Ricky Morrison, Monte Wilson, Don McDevitt, M. D. Phifer. Chris Laughter, Bo Maner and
Steve Moore. Third row, from left, David Hullender, Frank Humphreys. Danny Bridges, Kenny
Bridges, Ken Culbertson, Jr., and Billy Patterson. Scoutmasters Ken Pruitt and Jim Yarbro are not
pictured. (Photo bv Isaac Alexander).
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Mrs. Gamble
Chairman
0f Heart Drive
Mrs. John H. Gamble, home
FET Etnomics tEg&cher at Kings Moun®
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i Kings
| Gamble,
tain high school, will head the]
1969 Heart Fund Campaign in|
Mountain. |
The former Betty Roberts, Mrs. |
Gamble is widow of John {
for many years a mem-!
| ber of the high schcol coaching
CHAIRMAN — Mrs. John H.
Gamble will head the 1369
Heort Fund Campaign in Kings
Mountain.
BSA Week
Starts Friday
Five troops of Kings Moun:ain
Boy Scouts will participate in Boy
Scout Week activities beginning
Friday and continuing through
February 13th.
Highlight of the week will be
City Government Day on Wed-
nesday when five Bey Scouts will
serve in official capacities. They
are Adrian Beam and Robbie
Bridges, beth of Troop 92, and Curt
Falls, Frank Barber and Jimmy
Amos, all of Troop 91.
Parents Night will be held by
32 Scouts in Troop 92 at the First
Baptist church Scout hut on West
Mountain street Friday night.
Oyster stew will be served at 6:30
and movies featuring the troop
in action will be viewed, accord-
ing to Scoutmasters Ken Pruitt
and Jim Yarbro. Mr: Pruitt said
Scouts in Troops 92 and 91 will go
to Charlotte Saturday night for
Golden Gloves boxing at Park Cen-
tel.
Court of Honor and Parent's
Night for Troop 91 Boy Scouts wiil
be held at St. Matthew's Lutheran
church Tuesday night with the
program by Junior Scout leaders.
Seouting displays will be placed
in downtown windows by this
group of Scouts. Matt Pouchak
and Otis Falls, Jr., are ,Scoutmas-
ters.
Gilbert Brazzell, Troop 404
Scoutmaster at Grace Methodist
church, said his troop members
will worship together on Boy
Scout Sunday this Sunday.
special plans were announced by
Emmett Mcss, Troop 92 Scoutmas-
ter at Bethware, and Henry Mc-
Kelvie, Troop 90 Scoutmaster at
First Presbyterian Shrurch.
ON DEAN'S LIST
Bill R. Wease,
tain student at
of North Carolina School of
Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, was
listed on the dean's list for the
past semester.
Kings Moun-
the University
| University
No,
| tain industry praised
staff before he was fatally struck!
by the crippling disease, multiple
sclerosis |
Mrs. Gamble and son, Johhny,
live on Hawthorne Lane. She is
a graduate of Appalachian State
with bachelor and
master’s degrees.
Mrs. Gamble’s appointment was
made this week.
Spokesman for the county or-
ganization said the new crusade
chairman is ideally equipped to
iead the 1965 Crusade. She will
bring energy, organizational skill
and enthusiasm to the Society's
cfferts to save lives now from
heart diseases and to raise funds
for heart research, education and
service.
Mrs. Gamble has appointed
chairmen in the various phases
of the Kings Mountain campaign.
Mrs. Henry F. Neisler will serve
as Heart Sunday chairman and“
Heart Sunday on February 23rd
will culminate the month. - long
efiort. Chairman of Business Days
ie L. E. (Josh) Hinnant, executive
officer at First Union National
Bank. Chairman of the committee
on corporations and industries is
Thomas L. Trott, insuranceman.
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| ing $11,255,
» be collected during the 1968-69 |
year ending June 30. |
Assessed valuation of the city]
1968 was $28,051,152 divided |
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includ- |
in city residential
lots and $3,555,050 in city com-
mereial lots.
Personal property $12,272,215, in-
cluding: merchandise in stock]
$3,381,760, fixtures of merchants
Real estate $14,810,322,
| $274,785; machinery not affixed to!
| reality $1,76%,530;
othet personal!
property $895,19C.
Excess valuation frem the state
Assessment $968,613, in-
raiiroads $255,163, tele-|
companies $443,830, and
cluding
phene
| electric power companies $269,620.
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| urday morning whe
Kings Mountain’s levy was de-!
| rived from a tax of 85 cents per
$100 valuation.
3 Applicants
There were 3€ applicants Sat-
asked tc rent |
| public housing units, of which the |
| Harper
| tions to rent the
Kings Mountain Public
| Authority will build 15C.
It was the first time applica-
unis were re- |
Housing
ceived.
Executive
said
elderly
Thomas W. |
30 percent
either in-
Director
about
ught units,
| dividuals or couples, and that ap- |
‘| proximately half
MANAGEFR. — Ralph Duane |
Robinson of Shelby has been
appointed general manager of
Craftspun Yarns Company.
Duane Robinson
Joins Craftspun
Daniel L. Brier, Textile Divi-
sion Director for the B.V.D. Com-
pany, Inc., has announced the ap-
pocintment of Ralph Duane Robin-
son as General Manager of the
Craftspun Yarns Company plant
at Kings Mountain.
He will succeed Gerry Ten
Brink, whe will assume the posi-
tion as Director of Technical Serv-
ices for the company.
Mr. Robinson is a native of
| North Carolina, received deuiees
Chairman of special gifts is Mrs. {from Appalachian State Universi-
C ‘ontinued ion Page Bia +
Continued On Page Sia
Kings Mountain Improvement Group
Asks Negro Jobs In Downtown KM
Kings Mountain Negroes, at a|
‘unday afternoon meeting of the| Association and relate
Improvement
Kings Mountain
Association, said they want jobs
in downtown Kings
business firms.
Present for the meeting on in-|
vitation were Mayor John Henry| | ing “Kings
Moss and Commissioners W. S.
Biddix and Norman King.
A half-dozen visiting
ministers were present.
“Questions dealth with down-
town business and City Hall,” ac-
cording to William Orr, first
president of the Improvement As-
sociation.
Both Mr.
reported tenor of the
quite friendly, with Kings Moun-
for their
opening the door of job oppor-
tunity to the Negro.
Mayor Moss said he told the
group his attitude on equal op-|
portunity was well - known and
that the doors of City Hall are!
open, for employment and other-
wise. He noted that Negroes are
represented on virtually alli city
commissions and committees.
He would confer with presi
Negro
, dents and directors of the Cham-
Mountain
Orr and Mayor Moss,
meeting |
ber of Commerce and Merchants
the re-
quest, he promised.
The meeting opened with a re-
view of the three-year history of
ithe Improvement Association
| formed for the purpose of mak-
Mountain a better
| place for everyone to live.”
Ministers present and speaking
in support of the association aims
were Rev. R. L. Garvin, Mt. Zion
Baptist church, Kings Mountain;
Rev. W. S. Campbell, Salisbury,
pastor of Bynum Chapel AME
Zion church where the meeting
wag held; Rev. R. O. Davidson,
Gastonia, pastor of Vestibule
AME Zion church; Rev. F. R.
Giles, president of the Cleveland,
County NAACP and of the Cleve-|
land County human relations
council; Rev. Phillip Williford,|
Cleveland, Ohio, and Charlotte,
pastor of the Church of God, al
so president of Williford’s Pur-|
chasinly service; and Rev. P. L.|
Ross, Charlotte, pastor of Good
Hope Presbyterian church,
Mrs. V. Bess is current presi
dent of the association. Immedi-|
ate past president is Luico wil: |
son.
| Grimes,
the applicants |
were White, the other half Ne-|
gre |
Initial examination of
plications indicated that
plications indicated that
plicants are qualified, on
family income and age
ci family.
Thirty of the units are being |
designed specifically for the elder-
ly
Mrs. Kenneth Roberts will be at
City Hall to accept applications |
again Saturday morning from 9
a.m. to noon.
‘Mrs. Grimes’
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Kitty
41, wife of Ben Grimes,
were held Saturday in Gaines-
ville, Ga. Mrs. Grimes died sud-
| denly at her home in Oxford, N.
C., of a heart attack.
The Grimes family formerly
lived in Kings Mountain, going
to Oxford where Mr. Grimes is
associated with Burlington Indus-
tries. He is a former superinten-
dent of the Phenix Plant here.
Going tc Gainesville for the
funeral rites were Mrs. Henry
Neisler, Mrs. Joe Neisler, Jr., Mrs. |
L. E. Hinnant, Mrs. John PI: mk,
Jr, and Mrs. James Herndon.
In Kings Mcuntain the Grimes
family, which included four sons,
was active in First Presbyterian
church.
the
all ap- |
all ap-
basis of |
or size!
ap-
‘Hospital Visiting
Schedule Announced
Visiting schedules are “back to
normal” at the local hospital, Ad-
ministrator Grady Howard re-
port.
Mr. Howard said visiting had
been curtailed since the incidence |
of flu in the area and now is al-|
lowed on thie schedule: Daily
from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m., 3 un- |
til 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m.; Sun:
days from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m.
Robert Cashion, a Kings
Mountain native, has joined the |
city to work in the codes en- |
forcement section of the work- |
able program for community |
development. He has been re-
cently employed in the budget
department of the University of
Maryland, i
| writers
CASHION WITH CITY {"
! ion,
UNITED FUND WINS DOUBLE HONCR — Kings Mountoin United Fund won two trophies, one citing
the chapter for the best drive conducted among 7. UF organizations in North Carolina last year,
in Greensborc Tuesday night. Flanking the larger trophy are W. Roger Soles, president of Jeffer-
son Standard Life Insuronce Company, whe made the award presentation and John A.
Cheshire,
local UF president. Shuford Peeler, right, 1968-69 campoign chairman, holds the permanent tro-
phy wor by the organization and presented to the best UF drive in the category. under $500,000 con-
tributions.
Sump Is Speaker |
SPEAKER — Dwyer C. Sump of
Charlotte will make the princi-
pal address at the annual
dinner meetirg Monday night
of Kings Mountain United Fund.
KM Cablevision
Stalled By FCC
KM Cablevision, Inc., has heen
stalled, at least momentarily, by
a ruling of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, President
Jonas Bridges said Wednesday.
Under the FCC ruling a station
located within 35 miles of a inet-
ropolitan area can transmit pro-
grams from only five channels—
including those from the metro-
pelitan area. Charlotte, 30 miles
distant, has fou
stations — two,
regular frequency and two uitra-|
high frequency.
“lI den't believe we could ob:
tain many cablevision subscribers
when offering them only one new
channel,” Mr. Bridges commented.
KM Cablevision had intended to
provide a minimum of ten, per-
haps 12.
Mr. Bridges said he and his firm
are checking further into the sit-
uation, hoping to find some relief
from the FCC ruling, perhaps by
appeal.
Mr. Bridges said his firm was
on the verge of purchasing neces:
sary equipment.
Another item which would have
effect on the future of the entire
cablevision industry is a suit
| pending before the United States
Supreme Court in which television
seek royalties on pro-
grams
CITY TAGS
City automobile license plates
remain on sale by Kings Moun-
tain Lions club members at
Harris Funeral Home, announc-
ed Tag Sale Chairman C. P.
Barry.
‘tive director of the (
| heart
transmitted via cablevis- |
| Blood
For UF Banquet
Monday {i
At Country Club
Dwyer C. Sump Charlotte,
since 1967 executive director of |
Carolina United Community Serv-
ices, will make the principal ad-
dress at the annual meeting Mon-
day night cof the Kings Mourrain |
of
United Fund.
Dinner will be served at 7
c'clock at the Country club.
The recognition banquet will
hcnor leaders in the 1968-65 "am- |
paign adjudged the best conduct-
ed over the state. President John
A. Cheshire will preside and Mr.
Sump will also conduct installa-
tion of new officers.
Peeler will be
as president of the UF
1969-70 and Kyle Smith
will be installed as campaign
chairman succeeding Mr. Peeler
who chairmanned this year’s suc- |
cessful drive. Mrs. Vernon F. Cros-
by will be installed as secretary-
treasurer of the organization. She
succeeds Harold Coggins, the out-
going treasurer.
Awards to businesses and man-
ufacturing firms in the area for
high accemplishment in the cam-
paign will be made by President
Cheshire.
Mr. Sump is a graduate of Wayne
State University, Michigan, with |
bachelor's and master’s degrees.
In Michigan he served as execu-
tive director of Highland Park
Community Center for three years,
as United Fund area representa-
tive for two years and as execu-
ireater Michi- |
gan Community Chest.
Shuford (Scoop)
installed
here for
| Friday night at 9
RITES HELD Funeral rites
for Mrs. Herman Campbell were
held Sunday afternoon from
First Presbyterian church.
‘Mrs. Campbell's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. "Elva
Hutchinson Campbell, 57, wife of
Herman L. Campbell, Superior
Stone Company executive, were
held Sunday afternoon at. 3 p.m. |
from First Presbyterian church
cof which she was a member.
Mrs. Campbell died suddenly
p.m. at her
home at 408 E. King street. Death |
was attributed to a heart. attack.
The Campbells had lived here!
since 1942.
Mrs. Campbell was a daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs, Joseph
Travis Hutchinson. She was ac-|
tive in First Presbyterian church
| and in the Kings Mountain Wom: |
an's club.
A native of Florence, she
graduated from Sd Cis
of Art, Washington, D. C.
Besides her husband whom she
married in 1937, she is survived
by two sons, Joseph M. Campbell
of Shelby and Herman L. (San-|
dy) Campbell, Jr. of Crestview,
Continued On Page Sia
Bloodmobile Here Monday: Vicky's
Heart Operation Scheduled Tuesday
Vickie Williams, six, has enter-
ed Charlotte Memorial hospital
for a series of tests to determine
whether she can withstand open’
surgery to correct an ab-|
normality since birth.
If so, Dr. Francis Robechek,
Charlotte heart specialist, will
perform the operation on Tues: !
day.
Kings Mountain
donors are asked to “give a pint
of blood for Vickie! at Monday's
visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile
from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the|
National Guard Armory.
Vickie requires 20 pints of
whole blood for the operation and |
Program Chairman Larry |
area blood
| Hamrick says he anticipates the
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i need will be
met,
to relatives
Vickie has
of the
50-50
According
youngster, a
"chance of surviving the operation!
and if she does, her chances of’
living a 'normal life thereafter
are good.
A “blue baby”, who weighs only
30 pcunds, Vickie tires easily now.
| She attends Sunday School when |
health permits at Bethlehem Bap-
tist church. She is
Mrs. Minnie Williams of the Beth-
lehem community.
The operation, if carried out]
successfully, could enable the]
pretty blue-eyed blonde to begin |
first grade in the fall.
Funds tor the operation, expect-
ed to cost $5,000, are being sup-
plied by the Heart Fund and the
Crippled Children’s
cause of Vickie's
Williams has been unable to
work. The family requests donors
to give blood in Vickie's name at
the bloodmobile visit Monday. .
daughter of]
Fund. Be-|
health, Mrs. |
KM Group
Scored 9.7
'0f Ten Points
Kings Mountain Unjted Fund
| was cited for conducting the most
perfect drive in North Carolina
{ during the year and won a sec-
| ond trophy for the best drive con-
| ducted . in the category “under
| $10¢,00C” in the state from Jeffer-
| son Standard Broadcasting Com-
pany.
The top awards were presented
{ at Jefferson Standard’s fifth an-
| nual campaign achievement cele-
| bration dinner Tuesday nigh! at
| Jeflerson Standard Country club
| in Greensboro.
| Accepting the awards from the
Iczal organization were:John Che-
{ shire, president, and Shuford Fee-
| ler, Ji, campaign chairman. Oth-
| er lccal people attending were
| Mrs. Cheshire, Mrs. Peeler, W.
| Donald Crawford, campaign lead-
| er in 1966-67, Mrs. Crawtord, Kyle
| Smith, incoming campaign chair-
| man for 1969-70, and Herald re-
| porter Elizabeth Stewart.
| W. Roger Soles, president of
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, presenting the awards,
| noted that from a possible score
of 10 points on the years drive
! Kings Mountain scored 9.7, show-
ing a gain in per capita giving
| and in total participation.
It is the first time Kings Moun-
tain has been so honored and the
| first UF group tc receive double
! honors. The trophy for the best
drive is a traveling trophy. It
becomer a permanent possession
| when a UF organization wins it
| three years in a row. The other
{ award is a permanent trophy and
| is one cf three presented. Other
two trophies went tc the commu-
nity raising $50C,000 or more: the
Greater Gréensborc chapter which
| raised $1,362,730; tc the communi-
| ty raising less than $500,000, the
| Greater Hickory chapter which
| raised $186,248.
In the “less than $100,000 cate-
| gery”, Kings Mountain conducted
| its drive for the second year in
one day and raised a total of $30,-
029, a 43 percent increase from
the previcus year and 13 percent
over subscription of goal. The
Kings Mountain chapter, among
| 70 reporting, had the highest
| score on the rating sheet and was
| adjudged the top winner.
The 1969 honor roll of volunteer
campaign leaders in the North
Carolina United Community Serv-
ices were from Alamance County
to Yancey and more than 200 rep-
resentatives attended the banquet.
“The outstanding achievements
are based on a well defined cri-
teria,” said Carolinas United
President Victor Bryant, Jr. He
said the winners reflected organi-
zation and development of a
team. Mr. Bryant presented the
| President’s Cup for most improved
| United Fund to Moore County
| Which until this year had no ex-
perience in fund raising.
Kings Mountain UF President
John Cheshire said he was elated
| with news of the double honor to
| Kings Mountain United Fund and
expressed appreciation to all the
| volunteers who helped make the
fund drive Suceesiul;:
‘Haas Memorial
|
Rites Sunday
Memorial services for
Nellie Haas, formerly of Kings
Mountain, who died Decembey
| 21st in Maine of a hear. u . .K.
will be conducted Sunday at 5
p.m. at Trinity Episcopal church
lof which she was a member.
Mrs. Haas and her husband,
Arno Haas, had retired to Maine
| about six menths ago. They had
resided here on West Gold street
for a number of years.
Mrs. Haas was active in the
fk of Trinity Episcopal church
{and Trinity Day School, in the
| Kings Mountain Woman's club
| and in numerous civic and serv-
| ice organizations, including vol-
unteer “Pink Lady” service at the
| hospital.
Officiating at Sunday's service
| will be two former Trinity pas-
| tors: Rev. Thomas Droppers and
Rev. Robert Haden, assisted by
Robin Johnson of Gastonia.
| In lieu of flowers memorials
| should be designated to Trinity
Episcopal church.
Mrs
SHILOH SERVICE
Dr. Samuel Maloney, member
of the Department of Religion
at Davidson college, will fill
the pulpit at Sunday morning
worship services at 11 o'clock
at Shiloh Presbyterian chucch
in Grover.
