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City Limits (1966 Census) 8«256
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VOL 81 No. 18
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May i, 1969
Sevent’*-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Buffalo Creek, KM Water Reservoir Only: City Board
*
OSS, Cline, Mauney, Herndon
nopposed For Re-Election
1
Candidates
eek Nine City
Pective Posts
Kinj^s Mountain has 20 candi-
duK's sc'oking nine elective ci‘y
ir\(\ school board district posi
tions.
r Doadline for filing for public
oflice was passed Monday after
noon with no additions to the
May 13 h election sweepstakes,
rile list of candidates:
M.^yor John Henry Moss, un
opposed for a third two-year
U'rm at City Hall.
For Ward 1 City Commissioner,
Hay C'lino, unopposed.
For Ward 2 City Commission-'
r. Incumbent W. S. Biddix and;
Jerry Mullinax.
For Ward 3 Ci‘y Commissioner,
Incumbent T. J. Ellison, Tommy
Bridges, Roy Pearson, Alfred n
I'uckor and R. Coleman Stroupo.
For Ward 4 City Commission- ^
or. Incumbent Norman King,
Thomas Dellinger and Dewey
.Sly^TS.
For Ward 5 City Commission
er, Incumbent Mrs. O. O. Walktr
Dick Shaney and Charlie Bal
lard.
For Ward 6 City Commissioner.
Mrs. Sarah (Sis) Jones, Jim
Dickey and George Struupe.
For two sea‘s on the dfy'boant*'
education, unopposed, George
Mauney, chairman, and James
K. Herndon. Jr.
Spring Politics,
Books Open
Again Saturday
What’s gtdng on in city politics?
Candidates and laymen alike ;
were generally agn'oing that thu.
spring political season, unu.sually
(Juiet. had piek(‘d up steam.
Twenty candidates have entered
the H)olitk*al arena. -s(*eking nine
*'leetiv(' positions at City Hall.
For the se<‘ond time in modern
Kings Miiuntain political histoiy,
tlie mayor is unopposed. Mayor
John Henry Mos.s is unopposed for
‘ils third therm at City Hall.
.\lsc) unopposed is veteran Ward
1 Commissioner Hay Cline.
.\ls( unop{X)sed are veteran
sthoolnKMi, Board of Education
’Chaiiman Gorge H. Maiiney and
.kehool Trustee James Herndon.
Jr.
, Tlie registration books are oiien,
tor the last time Saturday. Mayj
tnth is Challenge Day. Election
pay is lliesday. May 13th.
In Ward HI, there is -*i five-
nian race hetw’(*en Incumbent
^VimmissioiKM’ 'I. J. Ellison and
^ mimy Bridges, Roy Pearson, Al-
‘^erl Tucker and H. Coleman
Struupe.
In Ward V, there is a three-man
race between Ineumhent Commis-
sioiK'i Mrs. O. O. Walker, Richard
Slianey and Charlie Ballard.
\ In Ward IT, there Is atwo-man
sloner W. S. Biddix and Jerry
Mullinax. i
In Ward VI, there is a three-
way race b(*t\veen Mrs. Sarash
(Sis) .lone.s, Jim Dickey and
G<'orge Stroujjc.
I In W'ard IV there is a threo-
njjan rnei' between Incumbent Nor
man King and Thomas Dellinger
j^id Dewey Styers.
Mobile Center Will
Locate In
Ra; Pope
Is Manager
Of New Film
COiC
Approves Bill
MAYOR JOHN H. MOSS
COMM. RAY CUNE
Kings Mountain Chamber of
A new Kings Mountiain opera- under signature of its
tion, a distribution center to Joe Smith, has wired
serve *he mobile homo industry ci^^eland County House and Sen-
in the two Carolinas and eastern' representatives in the Gene-
Virginia, is projected for Kings Assembly stating endorse-
Mountain in Kings Mountain In- introduced by Sen-
dustrial Park. ; ^tor Jack White tp form a Kings
Evans Products Company of Mountain Lake Authority.
Corona, California, will begin op
erations July 1st in ft 35.000 The telegram reads:
square foo* building which will “T'^e Chamber of Commerce
employ initially 12 persons. 'unanimously suppor*s and on-
According to J. Ollie Harris jorses a bill to authorize the
and L. E. (Josh) Hinnant; co- Qf Kings Mountain to form
chairman of the mayor’s industry ^ Lake Authority to have police
committee, Evans Products Com- jurisdiction and zoning rights on
pany is a publicly owned (NYSE) *he Kings Mountain Lake Pro-
company founded in 1915 by Col. proposed by the City
Edward S. EyaM;*Sr. The com- council meeting date 4-2^.
pany mpRirfactik^ i^and" al^ ^up^rt any action
bu^es building, matdrtals, the city'council may *ake in
tial and commercial structures. (q Kings Mountain
automotive equipment, foundry meeting is
products and damage-preventiondate. Wc urge you
devices for tioicks and railcars. consider and support this re-
E^*ans entered *he budding g^d feel that this is in the .
materials business in 1927 at interest of all concerned.” ‘ ’
Coos Bay, Oregon. The Com-;,
uany’s warehouse in Kings Moun-’ _ _ ■
tain will serve the mobile home/rgg|| 1Iq£|Q00
LEAD CANCER DRIVE — Members of the Kings Mountain high school chapter of the Health Careers
club canvassed all the schools in the area for contributions to the Cancer Fund Campaign, now un
derway, Steve Crosby, president of the chapter.' gives instructions to those assisting in the canvass in
the photogroph above. From left to right. Steve Crosby, Jean Phifer. Jack White, Barbara Logan.
Kothy Atkinson and Ann Hrmter Plonk.
Bids To Be Let On JunelSth
For iSOUnit Housing Project
- ^ industry exclusively in North and-
South Carolina and southern Vir-,
Saturday, May 10
PHA Advertinng
l or Bids
On Project
Kings Mountain Public Hous
ing Authority will begin adver
tising for bids for the 150-uni‘
Itjwrcnt housing May 6th, PHA
Executive Director Tom Harper
said yesterday.
Letting date for eon'racts is;
June 5th, Mr. Harper said. '
JAMES E. HERNDON
ginia. The Kings Mountain oper-
a‘ion is one of 12 distribution ^
centers serving the mobile home ■" will bo received for four
industry. In all, Evans operates Kings Moun ain JayiX'es wish j^^^ating and plumbing and land-
31 warehouses from coast to. to remind the teen-agers interest- ^^ontracts: general, electrical,
coast. ed in the Auto-Roadeo *o send in o p.m. in
E. P. Dakin, director of adver- name, address and sex ‘o P. O- ‘he-courtroom of City Hall.
Hsing and sales promotion for Box 303, Kings Mountain, N. C.'
Evans, commenced, “Needless to The contest will consis‘ of a 11 is anticipaliHl that some
say, we are happy to become a written test and a obstacle units will be ready for occupancy |
piirt of the Kings Mountain com-. course and will be held on Sat- , by September, according to Mr.
munity. We look forward to a urday. May 10. Harptn.
Dri^es and a- The Public Housing Authority
Pope would conftc to Kings Moun- , pirKt
nrm with’^Dan ^ylc“Ts “Lies' "Th" local winner will compote telroom" unit to a fivc-h<-clroom
manager ^e?f ^all as offi^ io state eon-ost at the expense unit on nine sites in var.ous sec
«,nH Rill Rpnnptt as Of Javcocs. , tions of the cHj.
U'-ar^hniiso foreman Mr Pone is^ State winners will ‘ompetc in Rental rales have no' ixH'n cs^
^nLt^vp of Michigan He and his National Contests at the Jayceos’' tablished and wil] not be until
LL and and could win a $3.000:«,st of the projee. is ohta.ned
rnQidi-icr at 1315 Laurcl Avenue scholarship and other prizes. and contrac s lot.
resm n driving skill and en- Thirtv of the 1.30 units are be-
Products listed assets for ter this* contest. , ing designed especially for the
LtCoLRatteiree
Dies Tuesday
Of Heart Attack
Stormy Sessions
Held This Week
Of County And
City Boards
Buffalo Creelv took precedence
)ver generally everything, ‘he
upcoming city election nolwith-
ilanding, in Kings Mountain this
week.
Those people who didn’t at-
end the two special meetings of
the city commission were disap
pointed they hadn’t, and most
people were di.sappointed, perioJ,
not in the action 'aken by the
city board in lestricting usage of
Ik* lak<* as a water reservoir,
nut because? of the reasoms be-
•lindl*.
The 7.3 to SO people attending
he 'Fue.sday night meeting were
toaman behind th<‘ local board
in the mat‘er.
Who shall have zoning author
ity arcjnd the lake, the county
or the city?
In fact he audience wa.xed
U)ud foi the se<‘ond day in a row
; on the subjeit of Buflalo Crwk.
, The Shelby Daily Star descrihe.i
I Jt: “The Battle of Buffalo Creek".
Their headline Tuesday read:
“K.M Blasts Everything Wes* of
I Buffalo Creek.’’
j It was hot cop\.
' Though the bombardment rang
I strong and elear, the Star also
, agreed in an article Tuesday
. here was a “willingness to c*o-
operate with the rest of the t*oun-
ly evidenced by Kin^s Mountain
in the meeting.' Only two ou*-
sideKM residents were present
for Tuesday night’s session; C.
C. Horn, Jr., lawyer, represent
ing Coleman Goforth, prop<*rty
owner, and Bill Dover, reporter
for *he Shelby Star.
Mr. Dover also came in for
some criticism, a^ did the Star.
Rep. \y. K. (Billy) Maunev. Jr.
told the Herald Wednesday Tues-
(Contiufud Ov Fitije Sixf
Recreation
May Be Out
Of Lake Project
Lt. Col. James Gamble Haller-
re('. IS. r<‘tin*.l eommancier of the
OSI, i:.SAF. Panama City, Fla.
died Tuesday at G p.m. of a
heart attack.
Funeral arrangemen s, wliich ^uard of commission-
are incomplete, will be announc-1 Tuesday night voted unani-
<*<1 by Harris Funeral Home. The ^n^jusly to restric’ usage of the
body was being flown to Char- lake on Buffalo Cie<*k as a water
lotto 'Tliursdav afternoon.
reservoir only, thus ruling out
I sizes from what is labeled a “no
WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Jimmy
L. Eaker has won a four-year
college scholorship from Foote
Mineral Company.
Eakei Tapped
For Scholarship
The Foote Mieral company has
Son of Mr. a»id Mrs. Bright D. recreational aspects.
Katleru'e of Kings Mountain. Lt. Over objections of the 7.3SO
Col. Ra l(*rrco was born in Oro memb(*r audience, the board a-
ver ami rc’arcd in Kings Moun- dop ed two resolutions suggested
tain He gr-adual(‘d from Kings by Mayor John Moss to six*k
Mountain high school and the support in passage of the K.M
Univ<‘rsity of North Carolina, Lake Authority Bill. If the effort
Class of -IG. Prior to his death he is successful, th<* board indicat-
was associated witli ‘he Florida cd a willingness to reconsider ‘he
In.kJstrial Commi.ssion. matter of proceeJing with recro-
lle flew .33 missions in World ational plans.
War II in New GuiiK'a and Faji- The vote was a delay<’d molion
ima and received the IHirple of Comm. Norman King, second-
Hca.?! and Air Medals. He was a ed by Comm. W. S. Biddix and
memiM'r of M<'morial Presbyter Comm. T. J Ellison It followed
ian church of .Montgomery, .Ala- a meeting of Monday night, ‘he
hama. motion having been delayed to
Besides his parciiis, he is sur- give the county lioard of commis-
vived l)y his wife. Mrs. Gladys sion(‘rs time to either endorse or
Hampton Hat‘errt'e; one son. reject an amended Lake Au'hor-
Evans Froaucis iisxeo assets i i , Qg^g furnished and all elderly and will be constructed in granted a Scliolarship Award to Douglas Scott Raitcrrcc; one iiy Bill
the Dilling - Ridge street an‘a.
196S of excess of $300 billion. ;
VTf T-Tinn^n^ and Mr HarHs Will be automatic drive. _ . .
“\Vp are deliffhted to wel-i Qualifioations: Be between the; 0‘h(’r sites are loeiited on
Fvanf Presorts Company; age of 16 and 19. have a North, Cansler street, Baker street,
to KinL Aloumrfn We are’sure: Carolina Driver's license and not, Grace street ,and the forme,- Dav
will like them and they will; have had a moving traffic viola-jidson elementary school proiH-r
like the city.” ‘ Mon since January.
Jimmy L Baker, son of Mr. and danghter. Julia Carolyn Ratter- <-i am regretful" sai l tli.- may-
of Kings'I’oe, fresliman at Furman I ni or. “that 2-1 hours have passed
' ty.
Etheridge Wins Scholarship
Foote Employees
Win Awards
GEORGE H. MAUNEY
Chorus To Sing
Sunday At 730
J. V. Schweppe. PPG Industries:Richard has competed on the
Foundation Agent and local plant school’s tennis and basketball
manager for PPG Industries, an
nounced today tha* Richard C.
Etheridge, son of Mrs. Richard
C. ptheridge of 913 Sharon Drive,
and the late Mr. Elhcridgo, is the
winner of the Foundation’j. an
nuli plant community scholar-,
ship.
Young E'lierUige attends Kings
Mountain high school and plans
to enroll in the University of
North Carolina tp pursue courses
in the science fieJd which will
lead to a career as a scientist.
The exceptionally • talen’ed stu-
A General Safety Meeting and
•)larh(>cue was held for Foote'
Mineral company employees on
Friday, April 2.3. j Kings Moun*ain high school
Fifteen-year safety award under direction of Mrs., . ,
tons and gift certificates were is- j ^ McClure and Mrs. Ben T.i t'anks fifth among 210 sen-
sued to Wray Canipe, I«*ander Q^forth will present a program ioi's in his graduating class and
Parker, J. V. Pressley, and 3111,^^ scored music at Grace Meth- has participated in numerous ex-_
Ramsey for completing 15 years ehureh S^mday night. I tra-curricular activities. I
without a los‘ timo accident. Five 1 ' : »,oo
■ voar and twv-ypar buttons w/roi musical program begins at n/.rarlr-mlc
presented to those eligible. 7.30 according to announcement <‘chievecl '
F-oote’s Kings Mountain Oper- ^y Bob Cashion, minisVr of mu- '''^’^ '7.rrir,.tMm" fnH as
ation recently received an award matlcs curriculum, and soryis as
from Frank Crane, N. C. State Ichemistiy la1>orator>' assistant.|
•commissioner of Labor, for an Mr. Cashion said the commun- He wa^ selected as a National
^aPstanding safely record in theHly is invite<| to join the local;Science Foundation delegate toj
teams, and is a member of the
high school band an 1 orclicstia.
He has served as an officer i i
Mrs. Gerald L. Eaker
Mountain. His faiher is employed
at the Kings Mountain Opera
tions.
Scholarship awards are given
by Foote Mineral company to
qualified applicants based on a
good scholasiic record and high
potential for a successful college
i-arecr. Jimmy plans to at‘end
Western Carolina University at
Cullowhoo with liis primary in
terest in cliemisiry.
garet Ratterree of Columbus, Ga.
and Mrs. Ernest Diaz of Miami,
Fla.
Meet The Candidate
Night Is Tuesday
Kings Mountain Jayi-ees are
issuing invitation to ci‘izens
“Meet the Candidate'* in a Tues
day night progiani at 7:1.3 p.m.
--- ... tliree addilional at the Woman’s dub.
‘•he Central MellKMiist Cluirdi and ^ro attending eoilcgc View^ (d each eandidatt* s(*ek-
its Youth Ministry, Foote Scholarships: Heidi ing clee'ion or re-election in the
, , 1 1 Konrudi at \Vest<’rn c’lrolina Mav 13ih city election will be
R,chard was<hos..n b> a th.cc^ Cr^lv.^sltv! Jahn C. Rarkor, Jr. made and Iherc will be a <,uc..
at the i;niv(*rsity of North Caro- tion-ansvvor se'^sion. a spok<*sman
and Danny 3V. lor the Jayci’cs said,
complete* hi> Invitations have been extended
In studies at Clemson University to all candidates, said
man.
versi‘y: two sisters. Miss Mar- and we have not lK‘ard from ilie
county board of commission(*rs.
I am regretful ‘!u*y did not see
fit to honor us vvith a response
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Mauney Flays
Board Decision
At present.
momlxM* scholarship
prominent iinlversity
from amon
were into
Indus*ries Foundation
panel
educators
opr eight finalists whoihna • (Jiapel Hill:
rviWed for tin* BBG 'rurn<>r. who will
award
February. He will receive* a four- this spring,
year scholarship valiu*<i from
$250 to $1,.300 yearly, depending
Heiald Wins 1968 Chuich Award
Given In Honor 01 Dick Shelton
'»ir
mining industry.
conijrcgaliuii in tho service.
Hie Universiiy of North Carolina.
WINNER Richord C Etheridge
is winner of the PPG Industries
Poundotlcm four-yeox college
scholarship*
on his financial need as dett*rm
ed by the National Merit Schol
arship Corporation.
The finali.sf.*^ were determined
from a group of .39 applicants on
the basis of ‘heir results on tin*
National Merit Scholarship Quali
fying Test.
Eligible students graduating
from designated high
the Shelby area and children of from the North Caro
employees of PPG’s Shelby plant of Churches,
graduating from high schools The award vy:is prest‘nte<l
-Isowhorc, can comix-o for th<- Kockj .laiiy ncwspap.-,"a.ul lo radio an.l lhal I can in cooperation with
The Kings Mountain Herald Basis (*f the award was for
Wednesday reirived the Richard chuich reporting during the past
L. Shelton Uoinmunications A- year.
ward for best church reporting The award is given annually
N. C. Represi'iitative K.
I Hilly I Mauney. Jr., one of Kings
Mountain’s two legislators in tne
GeiK'ral Assembly. \Vednes<ljy
lab(*led ‘he city board’s Tuc.sday
night action as “immature, irre
sponsible and hasty."
“In spite of the action taken by
the city board of commissioners
rue.sday nigh* lo elose the lake
a spokes- to publii* recreation, thereby
eliminating tlio need of the lake
authority, I still int<'nd ‘o pass
in this session of the General
Assembly a Lake Authority Bill.
“1 do not believe that the issues
oX conflict are too great lha‘ wo
cannot write an acieptahh* Irill.
The two attemp s to date to pass
a Lake Authority bill have not
vet gotten off he ground because
there were obvious mistake,, in
Foundation^ plant
scholarship.
the bill and it was agrivd by tlie
sehorrls in in the non-dailv category in 19GS by the N. C. Council of Churches city board and the introducers of
rolina Council in honor of Richard (Dicki Shel- tlu* bill tliat he hill as diavvn
ton, late ^'ditor of tho Shelby was wrong and needed corit*ei-
a Daily Star. ing.
the N. U. Awards also go annually to a “I have eompleto confidence
community Council of
Mount Prc.-!>ytcrian church.
1 television stations.
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