Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
Tb« Gteaiet Kings Mountcdo tigurs la dsrlTtd lf«m tlM
apsctol Unitad Statsa Bureou ol ths Ctnsua r«port o
lanuary 1866, and includes tbs 14.990 populotlon o
Number 4 Township, and the rsmaliung 6.114 Iron
Number 5 Township, in Clevelond County and Ciowtfer*
Mountain Township In Goston County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL. 81 No. 7
Established I8u9
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 13, 1969
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Local News
Bulletins
EUILDINC PERMll
J. Wilson Crawford cntaincd
a buildinji permit P'ebruary
12lh to build a one-slory brick
vent'er residence at 104 Casile-
wood Drive at estimaud cost
of S12,'KJ().
HEARa BENEFIT
A bat show for benefit of tbe
Casutn County Heart Fund will
l)i‘ licld February 19th at 10:30
a.m. at Gaston Country club.
Local citizens 'planning to at*
lend can obtain tickets from
Mrs. Amos Di'an.
^ lead:, service
^ Paul Hambright. elder at
Shiloh Presbyterian churcli in
(hover, led prayer soi vices for
Dixon Presbyterian church
members nieoti ^; at the home
of Mrs. P. Q. Hambright Wed
nesday night.
FRO^: CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Jack M. Crouch
reUuned from a week’s stay in
Grand Bahanta Islands where
.Mr. Crouch attended the Ham
ilton Managcm(*nt Corporation
convention.
BAPTISV TOPICS
iiev. James M. Wilder will
use the sermon topic, “Victoi'y
Gvif.’ Circumstances” at Sun-
<lay morning worship services
at 11 o’clock at Kings Moun
tain Baptist church.
VESPER TOPIC
Hcv. James M. Wilder will
use the sermon topic, “Gods
Thiee R's” at 5 pin. vesper
SCI vices Sunday at Kings
-Mountain Baptist church.
SHILOI SERVICE
A member of tlic faculty of
Davidson college Dcpartm<*nt
of Religion will fill the pulpit
at the li o’clock morning wor
ship service Sunday at Shiloh
Presbyterian church in Grover, j
m HOSPITALIZEC
^ .Mr. ani Mrs. M. L. Harmon, !
Sr., parent^ of Herald Editor
.Martin Harmon, are patients in
Kings Mountain hospital. Mr.
Harmon, 91, has been hospital
ized for sometime. Mrs. Har
mon entered the hospital Sat
urday and is improving.
ON DEANT LIST '
Rita Elala Caveny, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Caveny'
of route two. w'as listed on tlie
(lean’s list for the past semes-
t(*r ar Meredith college where
she is a junior.
MARGRACE CLUB
.Margrai e Woman’s club
members will meet Friday
ni^ht at 7:30 p.m. at the homo
of Mrs. Fred Davis.
Eternal Flame
To Be Lighted
’Hh' city cummission voted
'Puesday to join with Otis D.
Rost 1.0.1 American L<’gion in in-
.stalling an eternal flame in the
Veterans Park of Mountain Rest
cemetery. I
rii<' L('gion Post w'ili provide!
^ he flame* e(|uipmenl and the city'
rwill run tin* gas line into thel
flame and furnish the gas.
In other action, the board: '
!
D approved llie emidoynient ofj
Kallih K. Grindstaff, 23, as a!
lity police offk*(*r upon vccom-|
nu'Mdation of Police Chief Tom
.McDevitl. I
2> voted to iKirlieipate with
other law <*nfore(*ment agencies
in tin* area in a joint law en-
f(n cement and criminal justice
tMiforeement under the Omnibus
Crime ('onirol and Safe Streets
Act of itms.
:P U('ferr(*d 1(j the Zoning
hoard r(*(|uesl of p. J. Beauty Sa
lon for renewal (»f
jM'rmit
trailer
A.
I
KINGS MOUNTAIN UNITED FUND OFFICERS — Pictured above are officers of the Kings Moun
tain United Fund for 1969-70. From left, Kyle Smi:h. campaign chairman; Mrs. Vernon F. Crosby,
secretary-treasurer; and Shuford Peeler, Jr., presiient. Mr. Peeler succeeds John Cheshire. (Isaac
Alexander Photo).
Board
Approves
City Traffic Study
Win Honors
City To Seek
Appointment
With Babcock
’ The city ecjmmission Tuesday'
1 night approvc’d a safety resolu-
! tion propos(‘d by the mayoral
! committcM* on railway safety]
I chaiiTd by Will HerndjOU, and
moved to seek appointment withD’^
! S t a t e Hjt^hway Commissioner’
; William F. Babcock to discuss.
w
for improving the traffic situa
tion downtevvn Kings Mountain. I
Specifically, four major items
are listed in the resolution:
1) Relocation of N- C. 216 to
take advantage of a propo.sed
four lanes and provide a north-
^ouJh hy pas^ of the central bus-
.nt'ss district. This corlj bi* ac
complished by rerouting X. C.
216 onto either Cansler street or
Railroad avenue and construction
)f an und(’i i)ass.
2) Consider an early action on
he propo.sed U. S. 74 by-pa.s^ to
(xiuev east-west traffic in the
■omral business district.
31 Reeommen<l location of a
railroad underpass for the south-
•rn extension of N. C. 216 to the
south of the (-<nitral business? dis-
ricl, and the widening of X. C.
->16.
•D .Study r(*lated safety prob-
’ems, particularly in resided to
ho remaining ungraded railroad
‘rossings to the city.
Will IK'indon. spokesman lor
he traffi<' eornmilte(\ said the
irincipal goal is to reduce traffic
ir.d traffic hazards in the main
hopping ai(‘a.
By eanying througlt with tlie
f. S. 71 by pass around the city,
t project has ix'cn discussed for
.ome time, tlie east-west flow of,
raffie tlirough the city would al-
n he reef. :'(*d, says Mr. Herndon.
.Mr. Hern lon also I’cportod his,
•ommittee had conferred with
)0Uth(*rn Railway oPfieials about
)rolective devices at unguarded
•rossings and closing of some of
he crossings south of
street.
o
HOSPITALIZED — Vickie Will
iams will undergo open heart
surgery this week in Charlotte
Memorial hospital.
Vickie Williams
In Charlotte
For Surgery
Vickie Williams, six,
just 30 pounds hut has
things going for her.
Althoudt she’s too young to Tr. st
Dick SliarK'v, p<‘i-.sonn('i man-
ag<M‘ of Mauney 7'exljles. and J.
E. (Bu<h Rhej, per.sonne| man
ager of t'laftsi'Un Yarns, wort*
: cited for leading most improvtxl
plant drives and w(*re among,
: numerous United Fund volunteers'
I and 30 firm,j honor(?:l at a UF
1 rec()gnili(»n banciuel Monday'
! nfl^ht.
' Mr. Siianey s,. perintended drives 1
al lour plants uliich (untributed
S4/)0U. C'iaft>pun Yarns, under
I Icadej.ship of .VM*. Rhea, increased ■
I contributions -100 pen cent.
Top contr.buUon among indas-;
I tries was Duplex Shannon for the
‘sCvond y<‘ar.
^ Oiiicr chairmen of eonimillei's
receiving awaids W(‘rc Mrs. JfK*
'Lee, chairman « . the professional
committee*; Mayor John .Moss,
I tliairmati of city govei nme it
1 committ(*e: llugii Lanrasl(?r, ad
vance? gifts tiiairman; Don Jones,
'vSchools di\i.sion chairman: Lany
• Hamrick, commercial division;
Carl Wilson and Kyle .Smitii. in-
dustriai; an l Jo<? .Smith, pu’olicity.
Individuals and firms eitc’d
were Mrs. W. K. Maumw, Sr.,
Bridges Ilardwa^re. Builinglon
,Mill^^ and employees, ('arolina
Tiirowing and employees, Guy
Hetulerson; ('hemstrand Corpora
tion: Coop(?r‘s: Craftspun and
employees; Dicey Mills; Duke
weighs Power Compan> ; Duplex Shan-
a lot of non; Carl Devon; Fiber Inelus-
tries; First Citizens Bank &
Co.; First -Union Xational
Fe)o1e Mineral (^)mpany;
Goter; Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain hosi)ilal:
Meumtain School .System;
Kings Mountain
S & L Assets
Top $5 Million
Shareholders of Kin.;s .Moun
tain Savings ^ Loan Associali(»n
at their .annual me'cting TuesJay
heaid leports showing assets
to] ped Sj.633,370 tor the past
ye*ar and savings Increasctl S-L3,-
J.il for a total o: $1,(>1S,279.
Immediately after tne share-
hOide rs s<*.ssion, directors coiiV(*n-
c*vl and re-cleca*d assoe.’iation of-
.icer and employee’s.
In reporting highlights of the
year, Joe Smitli, executive vice-
president, re|.ori(*d that earnings
ter 'the year totaled S221.946.99
and dividends P^i^l iu savers in
PJoS totaled Sf^.b91.53.
Loans i?u*r(.ased Sb2'(.120 and
the as.sociation made 190 loans
for the year lor a total oi SI,-
oiH.Ml.
It was reported tint plans for
the now building are ne.w com-
pleMe and the arcniiecls will m^’Ct
with the building committee tliis
week to make plans to let bids
this month.
The shareholders re-elected di
rectors, including Mrs. Ruisy H-
Baker, C. Glenn White, Bence II.
(iaiilt, Clyde Ke'ins. Dr. Robert.
X. Baker, Dr. John C. McGill,
Glee E. Bridges. Joseph R. .Smith,
J. R. Davis and George? E. Lewis,
•Sr.
Officers and employees elected
by the new board of directors are
J. R. Davis, president: Dr. John
O. MdGill, executive vice presi
dent; C. G. White, vice-president;
Joseph R. Smith, executive vice-:
])rosident; and Mrs. Ruby H.
Bake*, se'eretarj-treasurer; .Mrs.
Kathy Butler, teller. Attorne'vs
are Davis and White, George B.
Thomasson, Gariapd. Alala, Brad-
i ley and Grav and Robert C. Pow
ell.
Mrs. Anthony's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lola
llaimon Anthony, 61, wife of
Dunn Firm Seeking Options
Property For Housing
Private Industry
Announcing Plan
I lor SO Units
APPOINTED — L. L. Adams,
principal ol Compact school, has
been appointed to the zoning
board, succeeding Paul V^’.
Owens, who moved tc Hender
sonville. Mr. Adams represents
the m:Te perimeter membership
or the board.
0| lions on property to build 50
units of single housing for pri
vate industry w’crc being sought
\\^ednf.sday hy a firm from Dunn,
X. C.. Tom Harpe’r. director of
Iho Kings .Mountain Housing Au
thority said.
The visit here by a Mr. Godwin
followed actijm by the* city com
mission Tuo.sday in approving the
ree'juest by private industry to
build .50 units cf sin*:le he. sing
for the purpo.'JC of re’nting to
those who have ho<'n displaced
.oy inelu.-Jirial d<*veicpment and
sticot improvements. ^
A le'asing arrangeme*nt with
tlie Kings Mount.hn Housing Au
thority will provide quicker hous
ing for the familie.s and not in-
!erf(*re with the loO-unit Housing
Pioject currently urideiway.
Acquiring of the necessary land
for the additional units is first
ste*p in the* i>roje‘cf, according to
Mr. Harrer.
rile Dunn firm would own the
units, which wo..ld meet FHA
siandards. and the Housing Au-
tiiority woulei lease them and
make up the difference in the
rental charge beiwe'cn the ten-
.Mineral ant’s payment and the owner’s
reepiire'd rental. Admission stand-
Sadie, Foote
Employees
Lead Donors
Sadie .Mill and Foote
c' mp:my employees with
nors e.ich leel ineicstrial donnr^ at ai>is will he tlie same as for the
.Mondac’s visit ct' the Red Cross other 1.50 units. '
bloodmobile to Kings Mountain.
13 do-
Jj:k Anthony, were held Tuesday^
at 4 p.m. from El Bethel Metho
dist ehureh of which she was a
member.
R('v .Edwin Lynn and l^ev.
Frank BlakK'k officiatevl at the
final rite’s and intoi'ment in
the church cemetery.
.Mrs. Anthony died at 5:25 a.m.
^unday in the Kings Mountain
hospital.
She was daughter of the fate
.Ml. and Mrs. Fklgar Harmon.
Survivors other than he*r hus
band include three brolliers, Fred
Harmon <•: S'holbv, Flay Harmon
of Spin.lale and Preston IIarm(»n
of Kings Mountain: and four sis
ters. .Mrs. William Bedl of Kin.-
Second iiighest donor in the
industrial group w.'^s L-amlx’ih
Rope' Corporation with seven do
nors. Oth<‘r top leaders were
Mauney Ilo.siery. fi\e; and Hen-
Brirk Sr 'Tile, Kings Moun
tain Posioffice, and Margraee
iMill, four each.
total of 139 (iti/eris g.aNe a
pint of hloeKl and of the total
11!) were* repla'.eme'nt donors gi\-
ing for specific pe'rsons. Fifty-six
persons gave a pint of blood for
Vickie Williams, young heart pa-
lient who was to undergo opt'n
heart surgery this wee’k. and to
another person who was to un-
de*rgo ope*n heart surgery later in
tlie week.
Lany Hamrick, chairman of
King^ .Mountain’s blood program,
said. “This was a vejy successful
visit and it was meist gratifying
to see the tuni-out in behalf of
Mountain. .Mrs. Gladys Slierrerof Vickie Williams. Wo were verv
Er.vin, Tennessee, Mrs. Staey j leased that 119 of 12-| W'ere re-
: Dedmon of Shelby and Miss Xina placement donors. Blood needs ‘n various scelion.s of
ILirmon of Atlanta, Ga. {(o.ithtufil on Page Eight) Thirty of the units
2ank:
E. H.
Drug:
Kings
realize the importance of it now.
she iKij; a lot of friemds interest-
Ovl in her well-being.
And, 56 of them turned out
.Monday al the Red Cross blood-
mobile to (lo:iate a pint of blood
for her as she faces open heart
surgery tiiis we*ok in
Me?nio!ial hospital
V'ickie has fx'en undergoing
tests all week at the hospital and
is e*xpe(‘tc(l to undergo surgoiy
the latter part of flu* week.
Her family reportj; she's in
good spirits, is anxious to return
home.
Vickie iiujuire’d about her p<'i
p Pjiy. Bambi. In a telephone recommended Wexlncsday by Gov.
conversation from the hospital. ! Bob Scott and the amount of
She doesn't want to l>e able to revenue each weuilcl produce elur-
Peter Connet In New Position
On KM Redevelopment Staff Here
.Mi*antime. .Mr. Harper said ren
tal applivMtions are being accept-,
ed each Saturday from 9 to noon
at C'ity Hall courtroejm. Ho said
business ^^l^w l‘tst Satuixlay
a’id that persons who qualify are
not ne’cessarily those- on welfare
and social se'curity. He said in-
eom<* limits I’ange from S3,tHVJ Slate
annual in.-ome for a single pe*r-
son occupant to S.5fM)0 annual in
come for a family ol 10 persons.
Rental rate^ have not been es
tablished and will not be until
the cost of tlie project is obtain-
(*d and eontracts let.
It is anticipate! the 1.50-unit
project W’ill be* underway in early
spring and that units will be
ready lor occupancy by Septem
ber.
The PH.-\ will build units in a
variety of sizes from what is la
beled a “no bedroom” unit to a
five bedroom unit on nine sites
the city,
ore d(*signed
especially for the elderly and
will be constructed in the Dilling-
Ridge streeg area. Other sites are
l0(‘nted on Cansler street, Baker
street, Grace street and the for-
SPEAKER — U. S. Congressman
James T. Broyhill will moke the
oddress at the annual Lincoln
Day Dinner for Cleveland Coun
ty Republicans Thursday night
at 6:45 p.m. in Shelby high
school coieterio. Area commit
tee chairmen for the event in
clude Mr. end Mrs. Bill Babb
and Bob Maner.
76-Unit Motel
To Be Built
Construction of a 76'unit motel
on X. C. 161 on the northwest
corner of the I-S5 eloverleaf near
Kings .Mountain is expected to
begin in 30 to 45 days.
The now motel announcx*d last
year for I-S5 just south of »the
city will be the first in a chain of
“Arthur Smith F-amily Inns”
planned by radio and television
entertainer Arthur Smith of
Charlotte.
Iivgh Johnson oi Gastonia, an
associate in the motel chain with
Representative
arl Stewart of Gastonia, said
more rooms to the* proje'ctod 100-
unil motel would be added later
and that the motel eventually
would have 2TS units. Ho said
tlie rooms would be eeononvy
priced anl designed for the fam
ily who travels. He said the room
rates would be substantially less
than rates in most popular mo
tel chains.
“Wo hope to start building just
as soon as possible’, Johiiijon
(ommented vesterday.
Newman Tapped
County Manager
George Newrnan. executive di
rector ol Cleveland County Com
munity Action, ha.' been name.d
m<*r Davidson elementary school Cleveland County .Manager bv the
property.
Mauney Hosii-ry and (*niploy(’es;
Maune*y .Mills; Patterson Oil
Comparv; PPG Plant of Shelby:
Charlotte Hen Goforth: Plonk Brolliers;
Plonk Oil Comp.iny; Sadie Mills
Contiui.'d Pagr Eight
Here's Tax Package
Presented By Scot!
Here are the H) tax prop(»sals
Gold climb trees when the operation’s
(Coutinued on Page Eight) \
Mayor John Moss Featured As Top
"N. C. Lutheran Personality"
a spe'cial use
which allows the use of a
for a h(*auly salon.
U approve’d joining with the
Ueelovelopiiient Commission for
im|)rov('meiil of the basement 6f
e'ity Hall and invited three in
formal bids in conforming with
Ge'iicral Staf.ites.
Kings Mountain .Mayor John lina L(*ague'
lenry Mexss was f(*atured a;^ “N. as the younj
C. Lutheran Personality” in the
.-'ebi uary e*dition of “Xorth Caro-
ina Luthef.’an.”
The feature story, published
inder date of February 51h.
reads:
and in 194,S served
esl League president
in organized baseball. He then
joined the Detroit Tigers minor
league system, working in the
East and Midw'e*st front office.
ing the lu’xt JJiennium:
1 An additional H) p(*r eo'it
lax on liepior, $26 million.
2 A five-cent tax iier package*
of 20 cigarettes. $.50 million.
3 lax iner(‘as(' f»n he*(’r by
15 cents jjer hot He over six
ouiuvs I . t loss than 12 ounces
and e(|uivalenl rale on other
(luantiiies, $15 million.
-1 A two-cent lax on eacli cig
ar. $7 million.
5 A i\v<i-ceni p(*r gallon in-
During the “decline of the nij* crease in gasoline lax.
51 Voted to limit parking on
Ellis slre’ct to the north side on
ly, from Can.-'iicr street to Wat-;
terson street, as safety measure.;
nor leagut’.s”, as sports writers,
“This Lutheran layman wields called 0, Moss returned to North
three gavels. The first is as .May- Carolina in 19.59 and did what
or of Kings Mountain, the second tliey said “couldn’t be done”. He
1^ pre*sldont of CAvlO (Cleveland once again organized the Wesf-
Vssor’ialion of Governmental Of- orn Carolinas League and eon-
ficials), and tlie third as president tinues as its president. In this
of the Western Carolinas Base- pci’iod the levigue lias sent 21
all Lea ;ue. players and one umpire to the
“For tills native North Carolin- Major L(?agnes.
! ian as he works with the projects “He believes confidently that
61 Re'fused re'eiues by Wilbur
Hamrick for additional taxi fran-
(hlsc. Commissioner R«y Clinoj
said, “I see no reason for in-
^crease." Motion was .seconded by
h’ommissioncr Norman King and
^action was unanimous.
[he has underuay, the ‘Tossibili- the South will become a hub of
tie*;; Of tomorrow” along with the* major activity and tremendous
“togeth(*rness of purpose” signal grewth. He felt that his central
the duties and endeavors of to- Piedmont town of Kings Moun-
day. tain mu.st not be overshadowed
“After World War H European but move forward progressively
service, witli his love of baseball, in a planne’d manner,
he organized the Western Caro- Conthuu'd On Page Eight
6 An increase cf 25 per cent
In lieen.se plates of motoj- vehi
Cle*.s.
7 An incr<':ise' i'l sale'^ tax on
motor \e’!i!eles, airplanes, boats
and loeomotiNcs fre m prese’nt 1.5
p(*r ee*n1 lo 2 per cent with the
niaxinium of $129 being re’lained,
$S.5 million.
S—An ineixwse of one-hal; eif 1
p(*r ee*nt in all rale.s <n insurance
pre'tniums. $10 milliem.
9 An incr(*ase in hank excise
lax rates from the present -1.5
per cent to 6 |K*r e(*nt, $1 million.
10 An increase by one-fourth
in the* rate’s at which building and
loan associations are taxevl, $1
million.
Peter Connet, native of Swan-
nanoa, will assume nenv duties
February 15tli as assistant direc
tor of the Kingj; .Mountain Rede
velopment Commission.
.Mr. Connefs appointment was
announced by Carl F. Maun<*y.
chairman of the ee»mmission. and
Joe* Laney, director.
A recent graduate of Eastern
Carolina University with a de
gree in city planning, Mr. Connet
will join Mr. Laney and Mrs.
Mikie Baity, secretai v-bookkeep-
or, as a permanent mcmlxr of
t he re1e\e!opmenl commission
staff.
Concurrently, Mr. Laney an
nounced that the Harbour-Cooper
Associates staff assignt'd to tlie
Kings Mountain pniject is ex
yimding also. Ledford Austin,
overall planning con.*\ Itant. now
has Ron Lane as project archi
loot. Ge*rry Goudelocke to assist
in site planning and Jack Skii)p‘’r
to conduct the detail'd building
Inspections.
Tlie Kings Mountain Redenel-
opnient Commission is makini;
steady progress in (‘ollocting in
formation which will pro' ifie a
sound basis for development of
an ove*rall plan for the ('entral
Business District. PXery title in
the project area has be*en re-
s<?arche'd to provi.le a curre'nl
p.eiperty map.
Jack Skippc’r of Bai liour-Coop
or and Assoetates lia^ begun an
inspei-tion of e'very liuikiing in
the area from the foiind iHon to
the roof to de’termine structural
condition.
Project rehaliilitation standards
are in the draft stage and will
soon be discussed with property
owners and businessmen to :le-
cide minimum standards for
area.
velopment Offk'ials, Barliour •
Cooper Associates, and represejit-
atives from the Department of
the Jloushig and Urban De\clop
me'Jit is scheduled for Lite this
month to review progrei> to date
Cheshire, Ham
In Six Gallon Club
John A. Cheshire. Jr. and Paid
and discuss tenlative prop.osals Ham became members of the ex-
for development of tlie overall elusive “six gallon club” of blood-
plan. mobile don«>rs at .Monday’s visit
Mr. Lane’v said In* Indicves that of the Red Cross bloodmobile.
the plan must be locally eonceiv-; Joining the* four gallon club
ed and locally executed to be sue*-, w^‘)’<' Mrs. Juanita Steffy and
cessful. Conse*ejuenlly, lio plans to Kenneth Metc^alf and n(*w mem-
contact e\er\ properly owner,I her in the two gallon club is Mrs
resielc’:if and busine’ssinan in the* Joe Wells. Joining the one gallon
downtown area lo determine clu’.) were Mrs. llarold Blanton,
ihcir views, attitude’s, and ideas Dennis BrioUes and H. D. Voll-
in regard to the pi*ojeet. ' bracht.
Four KMHS Seniors Among Area
Finalists For PPG Scholarship
County Board of Commissionexs.
In a special session held Mon-
1 day at the exmr!hou.se. Newman
wa' ele.'tc'd by vote* of 4-1. All but
Commissioner Fritz Morchcact
veJed in favor of Newman.
liigli pcuatbni ostalilisliCj^ Uie* scholar-
e’ighl ship amount baM-el on the win
ner's need. The* award langes
from .S2.5P to $1,5(X) annually at
an atcrediti'd college of the win
ner’s thence in the* I’nited Stale's.”
Finalists will he interviewed by
Four Kings .Mountain
schofd seniors are among
area finalists s(*lecled for inl(*r-
views Fel)ruary isth to determine*
this ye'ar’^ win:ior in the* PPG In-
dusli'ies Koiuidaii(»n ]lanl com
munity schoiarsliip prtigram.
They are Riihard E. Ttheridge, a scholarshij: eommilte'e compris-
Timothy X’orris Webster, Jame's ed of the prominent university
W. Grayson and M:nk E. H.ghe's. educators. Dr. Joyce Shealy.
Other finalists, all from Shelby Chairman of the P.sychology I)e-
high sche>oI, are* Katiiryn Gay partnie*iit. Que'cns t'ollege, Cliar-
Durlan !. Kathy Ann Proj'^L Fi(*d lotie, Xortli (’arolin.i, .\Ir. Fre'd
B. Voge*! and .Mice e;ayl\n Hege’. e:hk J. l-'rank. Dcmm nf Student
J. V. Scliweppe, 1(km1 lAninda- personne*!, Washington & JcTfor-
tion Age'll! anel Plant Manage'i* son Colle’ge*, Washington. Penn-
for PPG Inelusirle.s at .Slielhy, sylvania. and Mr. Jame's D. Far-
said the finalists we're* eleiermin- rar. .\sseieiate Dean of Stude'iits
ed ein the basis of llie’ir scexres on anel Direc'lor of Admissions,
the National Meiit Scholarship Wasliington it Le'c
Qualifying Test given last yevir Lexini:ton, Virginia,
and will be eoni[H’ting for the Su.-!i significant factors as
four-ye'ar ward valued up to Svholastic record, princip^il’s en-
tho $6,<)(X). (lorse'inent. motivation, leader-
.Mr. Schwe’iijx* emphasized. “Tlie sliip. and other iM*rsimality char-
An on-site conference' of Revle- Xational Merit Scholarship (.Yu- Cffntinucd On Pngr Eight
More'liead conimente*d that he
would not go into de'lail as to why
he didn’t vole for Newman but
aflde*d. “I will not work against
Iiirn. If I had be'e*n in favi»r ed
Newman I would have voted.
.Now I’m willing to wail and see
how' this works out.*'
Commi.ssioner Charles Grci’iie,
who vote'd against the I'ounty
manag(*r profH)sal la.'it week be
cause he felt the manager sliould
also bear the title of industry
eliairman, commented during
•Monday’.'* special s<*ssion. "In hir
ing George Nenvman I feel we
have a man wh * knows* and un
derstands the probh'ins of ilu?
people of Cle’Vi'l.ind County. 1 al
so fcc'l ih:jt he has first-hand
k’lcwledgt* of Ioial. stale and fed-
e*ral iirograms which would lielp
Cleveland County a great deal.”
Reading from a prepared state
ment. Greene also suggeste'd the
.services of the ne’w county man
ager be* offere'd to all of* Cle've-
land County to the chambers
of eommcrk'e in Shelb.v, Upper
Cie'veland and Kings .Mountain —
espe'cially to Kings- Mountain as
th(*y work into their lake project.
“I w«iuld also like t<i ask the
IM’oph* ol Cl(*\ eland County to give
this board a ehanot' to prow It
has niaeh* a wise decision,”
Gre'cne said.
B. K. (Pop> Simnitins. chairman
of the board, concurred with
Ihiivci'sity, Greene’s comments.
Gn'cne commented later that
pe’ople would probably want to
know why he had voted for New
man Monday aft<‘r voting again.st
hiring a county nuinager only a
week before.