Population Greater Kings Mountain 2I.9M I gk City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 W City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300 Wngi MouBicdD llgur« !• d«riT*ected to seek an act of the General As sembly to amend the city ciiar- ter to provide for a sixth city | ! Ward and sixth city commission-1 I er. I ' Present indications are that theij I new ward will encompass thei southwest area of the city newly j incorrorated in Decembei*. . Senator Jack White, also city I attorney, conferred with League I of Municipalities officials in Ra leigh last week concerning the PROMOTED — John O. John son has been promoted to the position of superintendent of the knitting department Craftspun Yarns. at Coble Besigns Eastside Post Hospital Gets Duke Endowment { By MARTIN HARMON I Kings Mountain Hospital is in- ’ viting bids on the projected t;w'o- ' story addition to be received Ap ril 3. Legally refjuirod advertising ot ibid invitations will begin Friday, ; March. i Scope oT the project as outlined by ho.spital officials and archi tects is: j 1. A two story structure of seme 28,030 scjuare feet with ade-: quate foundation to support two| <2) additional stories at a later ! dat<. I 2. The first floor will include j a new operating room suite, re- j covery room, pharmacy, labora-' tor\, (ontral supply, and Lobby- j wailing area. | I 3. The second floor will be a j patient area of 35 beds 27 1 private rooms and 4 semi-private I rooms, nurses station, utility stor- ; age, and treatment room. ! 4. A basement will hou.se the. ] air handling and other mechani-; i cal equipment. i I .0. An additional boiler house will be constructed for heating' i re(|uircmonts of the new build-j ' ing. 6. Renovations in old building 1 will include enlarged X-Kay De partment, emergency and outpa-j tient treatment areas, outpatient | waiting area, and enlargement ofj administrative and business off-; ice areas.. 1 I 7. Additional parking sp-ace. j I FIXAXriNG: 1. $5()0.()0t).00 Cleveland County Maner Renamed B. F. MANER city commis- ville. He is the son of the late; among city commissioners about |~; sioner 1953-55. w'as reported a! John L. Connet, a music profes-: a slight re-alignment, perhaps us-| likely candidate for mayor. sor at Warren Wilson College, ing West Mountain or West King In Ward 1, James K. Downey Swannanoa. and Mrs. John L. street as the boundary. ■vvas being mentioned as a dial-! Conner, who is employed by the Mr. Ball said it was his opinion longer for Ray Cline. !Black Mountain Presbyterian in various in line would reciuire In Ward 3, J. Ben Hord and Church and makes her home in' a new registration of voters, Clavon Kelly were probables a-; Swannanoa. throughout the city, not merely Kings .Mountain’s 77 bed hospi- gainst T. J. Ellison. , .Mr. Connet attended Charles D- in the two wards concerned. tal received an appropriation to Rev. Darrell Coble has I'esign- In Ward 4, Tom Dellintgcr, Bud- Owens high school, Swannanoa, .Mayor John Henry Moss said ^ taling $5,274 by the Duke Endow-i bond issue of Feh. 1964 sold Jan t‘d as pastor of Eastside Baptist, Medlin, Roy Pearson, Dewey where participated in school! this week the necessary.bill wilL rnent this week. 'uai-v average maturity 4.133 per- church to accept a call to Floyd Styers and Paul Ledford were athletics and was a class officer.'be drawn introduced by the Appropriations totaling $2,087,-1 cent invested in banks here at Baptist church in Floyd, New getting mention as challengers to’. in 1965. Mr. Connet entered local delegation as qL ickiy as en-, 166 are beinJ^ distributed fo lios- six 'percent three months six York, effective February 26. Norman King. 'East Carolina University and gineers complete a de.scription of pitals and child care insututions: and one-half longer periods 1 During his pastorate of In V^jxrd o, John Cam said he graduated in November, 1968.. the bounds. in the Carolina*, including Cleve-I s. Pnblfr sinwcripttonR of' pars at Eastside the ehtirch has was considering a bid against with a EA degree in geography The city commission customari- janj Memorial at Shelby, 277 $246 168(X) lown greatly in membership. Mrs. O. O. Walker. and city planning. ly formally calls the biennial:beds, $13,125.03; Rovster .Memor-;' 3 Additional funds are expo* t- Tho church has pur.’hased more Rev. James Adams, who lives .Mr. Connet is married to the May election in Mar.h, when it iai. Boiling Springs, 40 beds,led from foundation grants t land and has a building fund for in Ward 2, said ho anticipated a fonner Caroline Dale Aiken, des&»nates polling plac*es and ap- $1,03; and Gaston Memorial, Gas-1 4 xo Federal or State funds a new parsonage. I Negro candidate would offer. daughter oif .’^r. and Mrs. Charles points election officials. tonia, 225 be>-fo™ance' Sisk f unm al Homo has^harge, I fie safety in the West Sohool, guarantee. '^vlin SaroMhe i area. ' The bonds have the unciualificd gaiihal ot th^ody. ^ I John W. Cain, chairman, pro- approving opinion, of Mitchell,' ! sented the recommendations to Petty anj Shotterly, New York' j the commission Tuesday night. 'attorneys. ' I 1. The speed limit the school 1 I zone should be cut to 15 mph be I tween the hours of 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 and 4:tK)p.m. Also, I a speed limit sign should be erected on Wattorson Street, j 2. A “No Parking” sign should be erected in front of the school (.Qjyjmander of Otis dA I house on the far side of the street ^55^ American Legion, [ (Mountain StreetI. succeeding Carl V. Wiesener. I 3. Remove pedestrian lines, a slate of candidates was nom-1 painted on pavement in front of tnated by a nominating commit- I school house. February 14th and will be 4. No turns (either left or membership at^ right) at intersection oif Moun- ^londav night's regular meeting tain and Wattorson Streets dur-, the Post Hall. York road. At the April meeting on April 7th, nominations will be open from the floor. On Monday, May 5th, elections will be held. Other nominees for offices n- elude: First Vico Commander,;! Hubert Aderholdt; .Second Vice Fain Hambright. ing above-stated hours. 5. Wattorson Street one-way (south to north* from GoldStreid to King Street during above-, stated hours. 6. A flashing “school zone’ light should be erected one block Funeral rites for Mrs Morgan Goforth, 64, were held! Monday afternoon at 3:30 from a week, three hours a night. ! Chestnut Ridge Baptist church, Anyom* wishing to take the 1 interment following in Mountain course should contact Capt. Rest cemetery. Mrs. Goforth, wife of Joe Go forth, died Friday night at 9:30 in the Kings Mountain hospital after a lengthy illness. A native of Great Falls, S. C., she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Spence Morgan. She was widow of Lloyd Stogner and William A. Small. Kelly Dixon Low Bidder On Basement The city commission reappoint ed three members of city com missions Tuesday. Bob Maner, chairman, and Mrs. George Houser, vice-chair man, to five-year terms on the city planning board. William Orr, to a five-year term on Kings Mountain Public Housing Authority, Inc., In oiner actions, the commis sion: 1) On recommendation of its j engineering firm, extended time of Blythe Brothers & Company for completing the sOA'age im provement to May 1 from March 20. W. K. Dickson & Company representative Dennis Fox told the board said a change order added $33,0CK) in work to the Blythe contract. The extension means that the city waives until May 1 the $100 per day penalty clause for late completion. 2) Accepted $4,888.97 low bid of Kellq Dixon for remodeling the 1437 square foot City Hall basement. J. Wilson Crawford bid $5,432 and J. Hobart Dye bid $5,4W.25. Kings Mountain Rede velopment Commission, whicli will have quarters in the remod eled basement, will provide $1225 of the cost. 3) Approved contract for main tenance of trafiic control devices on state highways within the city limits. The highways are U. S. 74 (King street, city limits to city limits), N. C. 216 (Cherrjwille road city limits to south city lim its on Battleground avenue), and N. C. 161 (Bessemer City road south on York road to 1-85 bridge). Mr. Peterson's Bites Conducted Funeral rites for William Rob ert Peterson, 71, of 314 Waco J road, were held Sunday at 3:30 ‘ p.m. from Temple Baptist church of which he was a member. Rev. Frank Shirley officiated at the final rites and interment vvas in Mountain Rost cemetery. Mr. Peterson died Saturday I morning at 3 a.m. in the Kings i Mountain hospital after illness j of several years. He was a native of Cleveland ~ County, son of the late Mr. and , Mrs. William Jack Peterson. He ; was a retired grocer. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. jBeatrk*e Kennedy Peterson; a Ison, Charles Kennedy of Kings ; Mountain; a daughter, Mrs. Onzie Lena' of Shelby; a brother, ' J. P. Peterson of Kings Moun tain; two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Blackwell of Inman, S. C. and Mrs. Fred Newton of Fayette ville; and four grandchildren. Mr. Campbell's Rrothei Passes Funeral services for Arthur A. Campbell, 68, of Florence. S. C., Surviving are three sons, Have-I Herman Campbell of Ion Stogner Of Tampa, Florida; Mountain, were held Wed- *!Aundria C. Small of Kings Moun- J^^s^ay at 3 p.m. from Florence ■ tain and William Dale Small of Presbyterian church, inter- tl SP 4 Roy Ruff, 22, son of .Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ruff of 7310 Midpines, lost both 'feet afti'r be ing "hit by fragnu'nts from ai hostile mine in action in Viol- William Dale Small of nam", Sunday, tiie .Secretary Nasliville, Tennessee; throe following In Mount Hope the Army notified his parents via! Jiaiigiuors. Mrs. ElizaiKMh Black^*^^‘^**^*>’* telegram Monday. of Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. Janice Campbell diee given the “best I medical attention.” Mr. Huff said I his son’s address is RA 1280S106 I Hospital Mail Section APO San I Francisco, California 96381. I The Kings Mountain service- ! man would have completed his Cuniinuid On Piujv Six close to the Nephews of Mrs. Goforth serv-i Other survivors include his ed as active pallbearers. GROVER SPEAKER A member of the faculty of the Department of Religion at Davidson college will fill the pulpit at the Sunday morning worship hour at 11 a.m. at Gro ver’s Shiloh diuivh. wife, Mrs. Ruby Tiller Campbell; one son, Arthur A. Campbell of Columbia, S. C.; one daughter, Mrs. John S. Bennett, Jr. of Mar ietta, Ga.; ‘a brother, Ernest B. Campbell of Raeford; three sis ters, Miss Margie Campbell, Mrs. James Bostic and Mrs. E. \V. Me- Presbyterian j Call, all of Laurinburg. Also sur- *vivliig arc sL\ grandciiildrea.