Population
Grtoter Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
• ^4 Gi«oitr Kiogi Mouatois tlgur* u derived Hem tbe
•i>ecirJ Uaiied Slate* lureau of tbe CeD«us report o
loDoary 1S€6, and Includes tbe 14,980 populaclon o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 froa
Number b Tewasblp, tn Cleveland County and Crowder
• •r*,r If* Chiston Coun'.e
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Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspapci
VOL. 82 No. 5
Established 1889
Kings \v1ountain, N. C., Thursday, January 29, 1970
Eightieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Home S & L
Lcgcjred Recoid
Year In 1963
r I
Home Savings & Loan Associ-
aiMn n ill a )iu .
irpo.t of Thomas A. Tato, oxo-
iiUiVf yici’ prcjj.uoni, rovtaioil ai
tlu*-171)1 annual mooting of sliaro-
hoklor^ Tue:jclay afiOiiioci.
Assi'ls grow $l,l.S3i097 to
an increase ei 12.3<
pel coni.
Savings ac?' nis hu'ivaso:!
81,077,297 to $10,619,320, an in-
ert'aso of 12.4 iiorocnt.
Loans iofi-oasci $l,092,(;0.j to
$16,377,197, an iiic;ease of 12.57
fxn'cont.
O 'u'l’ highlights of the annual
stall mont:
A total of $‘:3,7.S6 was adciocl to
reserves.
Dividends paiJ totaled $159,709, |
Loans dur ng the year numbco-l
»'d 270 and totaled $2,16S,549.
Di.ecdois, including A. H. Pat
terson. I, Patterson, Jack H.
White, J. J. 'Phomson, T.iom.is.
.\. Pate, B. D. Ratlerrce, R. S.
P!o ik (ot lk^^se.nc C
Cii.irles D. 15’anion and Dr. Paul
K. Hendricks weir rr-eloaii: j
unanimously. j
In a brief mi e ing follo'ving
the sharthei-der se.s.^ on, di ’ectcrsi
re-elected all of iters who are: j
J. II. Thomson, piosident; A. II.
Patteison and 11. D. Ratterree.
virc-prosidents; Thomas A. Tate,
exteutive v tc-iire.sidont and sec
retary and treaiiurer; and Jacob
A. Dixon, manager of the Bes
semer City branch.
The oifice staff served the
shareholders sandwiches. co<Jkies
and punch.
t \
V
TOP AIRMAN ~ Sgt. Michael
K. Beom has been nomed Air<
man of the Year by the 702D
Rndar Squadron ot Hunter Army
Airfield/ Ga.
Sgt. Beam
AiimanOfYear
Sgt. Michael K. Beam, son of
Mr. John Thomas Beam of
Kings Mountain, has been so-
lccti‘d as “Outstanding Airman
of the Year 1959*' for his unit at
Hunter Army Airfield, Ga.
-Major William C. Brookes.
Commander, wrote Mr. Beam:
“The competition lor thi.« .i-
ward is* veiy kern and thendoro
. in iicuies the o. tslanding caliber
of your son. He must daily dis
play all tenets of leadership,
murals, military dress and bear
ing to he eligible to compete for
Diis coveted award. I look for-
W'3'd to the continued success
and growth of your son in the
United States A> Force.’
Sgt. Beam is a mewber of the
702D Radar Squadron (SAGE)
at Hunter Airfield.
City to Entei
Scott's Contest
There’s beauty in North Caro
lina. Will you conserve and de
velop it?
The City of Kings Mountain
p^ans to do its jiart and* is there
fore entering Governor Bob Scott’s
“North Carolina Years of Beauty”
award', competition.
On basis of suggestions by the
Governor’s Beautification Commit-
‘lee Kings Mountain will be re
peating past clean up and beauti
fication immunity cdlorts to at
tain a elean(‘i, more pleajimt
place in which to live* foi all it.s
citizens.
Kings Mountain will enter cate
gory five, loi cities under 1(;,(KX)
population.
.'^eale of points for judging are:
importance ol aetivithv te com-
l* nuinity 30; extent of community
participation 20; scope of aetlvi-
tie‘< in relation of size of eomfrlu-
nlt.y 15; degree of permance 25;
and presentation of material 10.
LAUNCH DRIVE FOR FUNDS—Kings Mountain area Girl Scouts
are joining those from a four-county area in launching a drive for
S500/0G0 to build a neyr Girl Scout camp. Golden Volley, in Ruther
ford County. From left to right, Irelou Easley. Mimi Merciex and
Ann Baird, oil local Girl Scouts, axe ready tc lend support to the
campaign. (Photo by Isaac Alexander)
Girl Scout Camp
Goal Is $500,000
(Jirl Sco. ts of Cleveland, Gas
ton. Lincoln and Rutiieiford
Counties today annouiui.i the
lauJK hng of i fiUKl .’.rive for
$5lK).(KMt to build t’vdr nt w camp
in Goidcn V’allev. 'I .ic annouiKc-
m<*tu came Irom I’ioiuer Girl
Scout C’ouncil Piesidcnt, M.s.
Chide J. Deitz, of Belmont.
Dining the monihs of Fibru-
■ii . and Mann the Gi.l .SCvUit.'^
will seek the Itdp of area aduh.
to help them buiid a yeai-round
ira ni*ig an<i (•ami>ing facility on
Mk 512-acjes land pur.Iias<’d
through the sale of a half m'l-
lion boxes of (hrl Scout cookies.
A United Appeaj agenv V, the
llirl liavi received app.ov
al hy the various Unitc.l Fund
gani-alion.s of the four county
; iKM to have this campaign.
Mrs. I)<»it/. anniumccHl that
^ limmas O. Moore, Jr., a lawyer,
•and viie-p-.e.-^ident of La Far
•Mills of Gastonia, will so.ve as
geneial cliairinan of the cam
paign. Mr. .Moore has been asso-
cialetl with the project for the
past year as eiiainnan of a
■ group of area c.tizcn.s advisin'.;
the Council t'.>:icorning the de-
■ velopineni of the new eamp.
The camp plan was designed
by liu Charles M. (haves organ
ization of Atlanta. It satisfacloii-
L, lulfills the needs nf the eon-
linuing grow.h oi Girl Scouting
in this urea.
The present facilities, Camp
Ratary, at the base of Crowders
Mountain, were huilt in 193S
w.ien liiere were only 309 Girl
Scouts. 'File Pioneer Council now
serves o\<'r 4,2(K) gills, one out
of every seven gi'F of ages 7
thiough high sehcx>l. Worn out
through eonst’anr u.se, Camp Ro
tary can no longer meet the
ncv'ds'of day eamps. troop camp-,
ng, special Sea. t r\enis or the
sii.Timer resident camp for the
entire four erjunty area.
'! he design for the new camp
ill Hutherfor.l County suggests
that seve.al buildings be winter
ized for training events of girls
and adults, as i\oll as topical
pingram events for teenagers
and troop i ampin . . There will
ho five lamping areas, ranging
Irom shelte.ed cabins to tent
units and primitive units for ex
perienced camper.s. The admin s
trot!VC aiea of the camp will
have a PKlge - dining hall, a
health eentei. an arts and erafts-
building, a sta.T house as well as Jones,
a permanent home for the camp grader
caiotakcr.
Tlie 17 acre
Harris Ending 24-Year Coronership
Tax Listing
Pace Is Heavy;
Last Day Monday
Bu.sinesi place in timn this
week has b(‘(*n the lax listing of-
.i?e at the National Guard Arm
ory.
The deadline is .Monday, Febru
ary 2 and hour.i of listing are
S:30 m ,5.
Its Official: Rauch Runs;
Hambright Files For Board
'lax li<ter.^- here — Kdwin Moore.
Mrs. C'harles T. C'arpenter, Jr.
iiul Mis. : harlie Ballaid — esti-
nated that a tot i! oj 200 new
lames an' on tlie book.s, new •
•omer.s to the city and .No. 4 town
ship and those persons who have
.eached tiu ag( ol 21.
P’or the first time, Clevelanders,
if they wish, may list their prop
erties by mail. Robert M. Gidncy,!
county uuflitoi and ‘ax supervisoi,
a.stimated yesterday (hat 9,0001
lOrms liave be<‘n mailed irom his
office and approximately 1,200
iav<' been returned.
Other iac(‘ts ol Hie tax listing
5usin<*s.s are a.*-- before,
A person may ilemizi' his house
hold goods or not. It he doe.s not
itemize, his hou.sehoJd goods auto
matically are valiu-d at ten per
cent ot the value ot his residence.
Farmers are required to pro-
• ide erop inlormation tor the an
nual farm oen.sus.
Aulo« go on the books on ba.sis
valiu' a Tiberl in thedealer’s
.wholesale "blue book.’’
Dog.s and other pots are taxable,
as are watches, jewelry and otlior
personal property.
Commission
Seat Sought
By Hambright
Myers T. Hambright, Industrial
Cooperative Training Coordina-
lor at King.s Mountain hjgn
f-.hool, announced today as a
candidate for Cleveland County
commissioner in the May Dem-
pr maiy.
Hambright in announcing hh
cand.dacy, ma .e tiie foliowin^
statement:
“Cleveland Coenty is now cn
toiing a dynamic p<.‘riod whei
many cru. iaJ challenges are lac
ng its -ciliens. The ri‘ ht respons
to tiiise ciialleiiges will lead u
to progress and acnievemen
Progiess in all the vital areas ol
county government can Ix' ef
fected only when all the nfizenj
f.om all p Ills of the cnuniy pm
together to acliieve this goal."
It ^
Coffee Dimes
To Aid Drive
A.U coffeo sales Friday at King.s
Mounliiin Drug ('ompany and
Griffin Drug C’omjiany will go to
he 1979 .March of Dimes cam
paigii in Kings Mountain.
Charles Blanion. partner in
King.s Mountain Drug Company,
tnd Wil.son Griffin, partner in
Griffin Drug Company, made the
announet'ment yesterday.
riK' 1979 Dimes drive will aid
research into the cause of birth
defects. *
Mrs. ('al Fi-slier, Kings Moan
'ain clKiirnian of the campaign
said Boy Fronts, under the leader
ship of Otis Falls, ,Ir, (;ih Brazzell.
Ken Pruitt and Jim Yarhro, and
'ub Scouts, nnd(‘r the leadership
of Mrs. Klla Riddle, will can
vas.s areas of the city thi.s week
and next tr ask for i-oiilrihutione
Junior Woman’s clubbers will
be given street assignments Mo?;-
lay eight and Mrs, Fishi'r said
she is also asking Legionnnin s
Hui .Vuxiliary meihhers ol Po.si
1.5.“ t' aid the canva.ss.
'rh(* Junior Woman’s cluh Is
hinding up the drive with Mrs
Fisiier. club presideiit, as ciiair
man.
Bennett Master.-' is eontj.Ming
ndusiiy otficials for contrihiitiuns
CONGREGATION MEETING
Annual congregational meet
ing will be held at St. Matthew's
Lutheran church Sund.ay follow
ing the morning worship hour at
11 o’clock.
"in the past Cleveland Count;
has indeed made progress, but 1
believe that oven givaier pro
gre.ss can be achieved :f indivi:.
uals will put aside thoir paroch
ial inte ests and w^ik tor the
crr.mon good of all people in
Cleveland County. My goal is to
lead' a united citizenry. ’
“If elected, 1 will sock the ad-
\ re of concerned people from ail
parts Of the county regatximg
[•.ojfcis and problems that in
valve them. By listening to the
people. I feel con ident that I
can reach decisions that will
n'eise the majority of our pcs)-
plo.”
A native of Grover. Ilamlright,
51, recoivod the Bachelor of Sc
once dt-g.ee from Clemson Uni-
veis'ty and the .Master of A/tS'
cleg’’ee from Appalachian State
Universitv. lie is a lour year v<‘i-
eran of the U. S. Navy, having
attained the rank of Lieutenant.’
Hambi'ight has tau ht Vocation
al Agr culture in Fallston, Beth-
waie. and in Kings Mountain. He
has been active in Scouting and
is presently* an aroa commission
er. He participated in the or-1
gan zation of the Botlnvare Fair;
and'served two terms as prt\si-j
deni of the Bethware Progros-
sive cl-.'b. Hainbiighl has been
active in local civic activitie.? and
has served on numerous cduca-1
tional celegations al both the !o-'
cal and state level. He is a
member of the First p-osby.c. •
ian chuTcli of Kings Mountain. ,
Mrs. Hambright is the former;
Carolyn Westbrook. They ha^e
ih.ee children. The Hambrigiits
reside on the Shelby load in the
Be hware-Kings Mountain area.
Two o'.luT candid.ites have al
ready* filed for romm ssloner,
Democrat Y’alcs Smith. Jr. of i
Grover, and Republican
Manor of Kin s Mountain.
CANDIDATES—Senator Marshall
Rauch, top seeks renomination
tc the North Carolina Senate
for a third term. Myers Ham
bright is a candidate for a seat
on the Cleveland County board
of commissioners.
Wilders To Show
3-Pdrt Series
Rev. and Mrs. Jami
will h('gin the fir.^t
Sunday night series.
Impre.ssions of th«‘ Bible Lands”,
Sunday at .5:30 ji.m. at King.s
Mountain Baptist churi'h.
j Gaston Senator
Is Seeking
Sis Third Term
?tat( Fenatoi .Marsliall A. Rauch
Ol Gasl(.nia Friday formally an- '
I'junced lii.; candidacy lor re- |
-Icctici;.
Rauch, a Democrat, \sill seek
-eat No. 1 under tlu' numbered '
eat Senatorial District 29 plan.
Ic is the first candidate to an- '
lounci lor the [xisi.
Rauch and Senator Jack White
■1 Kings Mountain now repre-
•ni Clevi land and Gaston coun-
ics in tlie Nortli Cartdina Senate.
Vhite lias not announce;! whether
e will seek rc-nominalion.
In a .siatc.mpni Rauch said:
"f am a candidate for the State
'enate representing Cleveland j
md Gaston eountie.s. 1 promKe to'
.lainlain my .^^tand again.st any!
ax incrt'ase.s and will work to'
oscind tJie present excessive tax-
^ on soft drink and ga.soline.
vliich 1 oppo.sed in the last ses- ’
lion of the General .A.s.sembly.”
"It [y. m> opinion that wo need
nore efficiency and les.s waste in
ho operation of our government '
It all levels. I have already draft
ed legislation I will introduce i
.vhich can start a system of re- *
varding <*ffk*ienl, hard-Working
Jtate employe.^, and eliminare the ,
mnece.-sary*.
"Tins is not a.s difficult as h
may seem because this basic eco
r*oTTiic principle is carried out
every day in bu.sjness and indus
try
j “In asking for the privilege of
! representing y ou, I am well aware
: of tlie n‘Si>()n.sibiIities. and look
forward to giving the position all
the work and attention it rightly
' do.servt*.s.”
Rauch, 46, is a native of New
■ York. He and liis wife and four
childrt'n live at 1121 Scotch Drive,
Gastonia.
He is a chairman of the board,
director and trciisuro ol Pyramid
Dye Corporation, Bes.semer City;
Hoj'ni’sidt* Yarns. Inc., Bessi'mer
• ity; Nih* Star, Inc., Woodmen*.
New York and Gastonia Dyeing
; M. Wilder . - ‘I’poration.
in a three announced, unofficially, for
"Immrtani Hrst time his intention of
seeking a thiid term at lasi
Tue.'-iday’s Jaycce Bu.sses' Niglit
oan(]Ui.i at me Woman’s club.
Rev. and Mrs. Wihlcr have n'-
ccntly returned from a tri]) to the
Holy Land. Tlu'y will show .-lides
of Die various parts ot the Bible
Land.s they visited.
Sunday niglil’s pr<*s(»nlation will
show Ji vusalem and it.- environ.s.
ini'liuling Calvary, the Garden
Tomb, the Old city of Jerusalem,
the Temple area, th(' M ami ol
ODvi's and the \5a Dolorosa (Way
WIN DAR AWARDS — Bonnie
Hinnant, top, fifth grader, and
Donna Jones, eighth grader, are
winners of the DAR History Es
say contests in the schools. The
DAF named a third winner yes
terday — Beverly Lynch, sixth
groder, who wrote on “Thomas
Jefferson." Miss Lynch is daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwain
Lynch*
Two Students
Win DAR Awards
Burlington
Tract For
Gives
Park
iRurlinglon In.histries is giving
0 the City of King.s Mountain
nore than an ac.e a', land adjo n-
ng Dial Street park.
ly be transferred.”
Bob' of Fuffering.”
At the February Sth .5:39 p.in.
-lerxKe the Wilders v ill show
other areas of Palestine, im hiding
Bethlehem, Ml. (’airntd. Mt'gidiio,
• Hie F(*a of Galilee, tIu’ River Jor-
■ dan, the important mountains.
Ca;H'ni.imn. CYiesarea, The Dead
I Sea, Jerijho and Bci'isheba.
.Sonu* of the areas of Greece
vi.-^lt^d by Paul — the Acrop dis.
; .Mliens. tli(' Parthen.)!!. Mars Hill
anrl Corinth will hv featUK'd in
tlie closing part of the .scrii’s on
Sunday night, Fi’biuary loth.
Tate Crowned
"Miss" Big B
I're, Tito, rural m-ail carrkT,
v.*as eiowned "Queen” cf the
’Mis.s" Big B Beauty Pageant
following an entertainment pro-
gram by Bethlehem firemen Sat
urday night in Belliware school
aud torium.
'I iic firemen donned evening
dic.s.se.s and wigs in a fun show
lo rai.se mono.; for fire-fighting
. o(|uipmcnt. T h e entertaine. s
' drew a full hou.s<'.
'Lite pe; formed a pantomime
routine. Other crowd favorites
and runners-up were Herman
Blalock, Jr., first runner-up; W.
D. Wise, second runner-up; Her
man Blalock, Sr., third runner-
up; and Ralph Arrowoo!, fourth
runiK’i -up.
He May Seek
Senate Seat;
Plonk May Run
By MARTIN HARMON
Veteran County Coroner J.
Ollio Har.is, with this term com
pleting his 2l:h year in the post,
whl not be a candidate for re-
election.
Mr. Harris may, iiowcvcr, be
on the spring ballots in the May
Dt'mocratic primary as a candi
date for the No; 111 Carolina Sen
ate. As of Wi.lnordDy it appeared
one cand’date for Seat Number
2 in the 29tb district will be eith
er Senator Jack H. Wli le or Mr.
, Harris. .Ylr. Har.is, who acknow-
! ieflgt<l .several weeks ago he
A'as t'.ansi .e ing offeiing for the
(osi, also saiti ho would not op-
.xisc* the in:*umheni senator, who
I las served tliree tc.ms.
There may be another Kin;s
Mountain camlidatc for the Gen-
'cal A?scmb:y. Friends ro;X)rt
hat Hal S. Plonk, realtor and
.uilde.-, may of.or for a 43:d
1 strict H'k se seat.
Senator Marshall Rauch h.as
irnounced he will seek nomina-
ion by Di'mocrats for Scat Num-
j ber 1 in the Senate district. White
' or Harrhs will file for Seat Nam-
: ber 2.
' Incumbent IIous^ members are
\V. K. Mauney, Jr., of Kings
Mountain, Robert Z. Falls, of
Shelby, and R'lbe.t Jones, of
Forest C ly.
On the county scene. Myers
Hambright and Y'ates Smith are
' socking count^s rommission seats
On the Democratic si ie of the
j fence, while Bob Maner has fil
ed on the Republican side.
rei*ms of Chaiiman B. E. (Pop)
, 5 mmons and Vhro-Chairnian C.
Greene arc expiring.
OHie.’ offices lo he filled this
election y< ar are re.gister of
deeds, .sheriff and clerk of su
perior rourt, along with all town
ship constables.
SAB Promotes
Kep Pruitt
K(?Mneth Pruitt, manager of the
local plant of SAR .Manufacturing
Company, has been transferred to
Tupelo. Missi.ssippi, where he will
ho sales manager in charge of
S(juthoastein United Slate.s
operation.’.
i .Ml. Pruitt will go to Tupelo
Monday for a Acek and ndurn
' lu're to accompaiiN hi.s family as
I soon a.s ium.'^ing accommodations
arc a\'ailabl( .
Boy Scout Trtjop 92 of First
' Baptist church honore:! its Scout
master for foui years at ;r meet-
, ing Tuesday night. The 27 Seouls
pro.sentt'fi Pruitt a Pliilmoni Scout-
er’s jaeket and an e!igrav(‘d silver
' platter with the 27 name.s ot the
Boy Sccaits enserihed on the piat-
t(*r along with the wording: “for
dedieated .serviee to Boy Scouts.”
Frank Humphreys, Senior patrol
leader, made the presentation, as
sisted by Assistant Boy Scout
Leader Jim Yarbro. .Mrs. Frank
Humijlireys. mother of young
Humphreys, served liol chocolate
to the group.
A native of Kings Mountain.
Pruitt i.s the .son of Mi. and Mrs.
J. O. Pruitt. Ho is a veteran of f;>ur
years .serviee in the USAh. Before
joining SAR at its new [ilant
iierc, Pruitt was employed at
Kings Mountain Posloffice for 17
years as a ederk.
He is married to the former
Peggy Miller and they have two
children: Connie. 15; and Jimmy.
11. They arc active in First Bap
tist church.
.Ma'or .Moss .said tlie addition '
ai land will be us('1 for expan-1
sion of the D(*al Street park, for,
the o.iginal tract of 24.5 acres
was obtained from Burlington in
Jolin Henry Moss May 19.54 and which is now occu-
Stockton, manager pied by the Deal street |>ool, ball-
fields and playgrounds and tlu*:
new neigh bo rlio(x1 facilities build •
ing.
Announcement was made joint
by Mayor
ind Warren
)f Burlington’s Kings Mountain
Phenix plant.
"W(* in\ite fric'iids from oHum
clinrchcs to Jnin tlu’ loc.il (‘ongre
ization in tliis 'icric.s of .scivici-.s,”
said Ri*\. Mr. Wilder.
Most Utility Bills
Higher This Month
Cleveland Lions Club to Promote
Six-Month Glaucoma-Diabetes Clinic
By MARTIN HARMON
B<»nnic Frances Hinnant, 10-'
year-old daughter of .Mr. andj
Mrs. L. E. Hinnant. and Donna
Meantime, the administrative
mana. oi* of Burlington Y'arn
Company, a div sion of Burling-
toji Industries, J. Wayne Gocxl-
man, wiote the .Mayor, “Our le-
Central school eighth gnl d<*partmcnt has advi.scd me
and daughter of Supt. lhat Hie retjuired paper work to
and Mrs. Don Jones, are winners: transfer Hu* land adjaront to lie
lake designed for of the DAR H story Elssay Con- (Mty paik is now being ban Hc*<l,
the new camp is already under tests in the school sysi(*m. and in the next few weeks the in which it lives and of its citi-
c'onstruction and ncarL camplei- Miss Hinnant was w’inner from actual tiausfcr of the property /ens. The City of Kings Moun-
oi. The Z. Smitli Reynolds Foun- the f fib giades of the city syswill he made. This donation of tain is most appieciative of this
dat'nn found this local project tern for her essay on "The Dec-‘ land to the City of K ngs Moun- tract which will provide nectlcd
worthy of an $S'<,090 grant so laration of Irrlepcndenee” and^tnin has been approved by our oxi>ansion of the Di>al Street fa-
Burlinglon is giving the prf> :
perty for the city’s use as nocih't
and hopes it will b<' of bein fit t^ |
all citizens f<n* use in Hu’ir leis i
me time,” Mr. Stoekton snid.
Mayor Moss commented, “Bur
Vngton shows yet again its ir*
teresi in the welfare of the ciiN
w(‘'ith(‘iirian for
utiliK bills Ibis
the dam with the beach area forjMiss Jones w’as winner from thef
boating, sailing and swimming eighth grades. Runner-up for the:
(Continued On Pauc Eifjfitj 1 (Continued On PuUg Eiuhtj 1
cori>orat(* management, and I
world hope that this lett(*r will
suffice until the deed can actual-,
eility.”
The pro|K*ity fronts
on ChcslmU sired.
2(H) f(*el
Blame Hie
your liiglu'r
month.
That's right. Mo-;! utility bills
will be highc? and in some
ari'us ol town, cvi'ii higher. Ix'-
causc iii the tiad weailie;-, Be
cause »j1 the snov\.met(T reading
was {l(«lay(*d — meaning that
utility customer.*- are Ix'ing 'oill-
ed lor five, rather than four
w'f'cks ol s(*r\ i. e.
This .should balanei’ up nvxt
month — a.ssuming n • repeat tif
bad weath(*r — when billings
will co\(*r only Hir(*e week’ in
these areas.
tests and technicians aiv h(*ing
trained to make the diaIx*tos
Cleveland County Lions Clubs check-ups.
will (uilahoiate on a six-months A two-day glaucoma clinic was
mass glaucoma ■ diabetes clinic sponsored by the Kings Moun-
!x*ginning soon, President Ray tain Lions Club seveial years a-
Hoinu's informed members of tlie go, resulting ip the discovery of
Kings Mountain chib Trestlay seve.al cases of glaucoma and a
night. numlx'r of "s. spects" among the
Co-.i>onsors are Hie Cleveland peisons who un-
t’ounty Ih'alih Dep.artment examinations.
North Carolina Association for Glauc'ma is an eye disease
which t.in h<
■ Hm' B1 ml.
' .Ml. Hoimes said the clinic
.would begin as (piickly as staf •
Ing is completed.
The sev(*ral ('levcland County
Lions clubs will undeiwiitc ex
pen.ses of tlu* project o\«'r ami
above fun is iJUppliod b\ the
co-sponsors
arn'sted. However,
vision I't.'^t cannot be n’gaim*(i,
making cai!.\ diagnosis most ;m-
per a i i \ (*. opt h a 1 ni ic s^x'da lists
declare.
.Mr. Holmes said that (juarters
have been rented in Slu'lby. How-
two'ever, he aiided, the plan is to
“take the clinic to Hu* people".
Shelby t've special sts will sup- via industry and community fa*
ply tonometers for the glaucoma ciliiics.