Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 21«914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300
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|ani>ary 19K6. and tncludet iha 14,990 populotloo •
Numbtr 4 To\A>nihlp, and (At rtmoimng 6.124 Iron
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL. 82 No. 7
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 12, 1970
Eightieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Fluoridate Water About
Students Named
I
To Committees
Voteisapprcve p. , ra . r, iir-i
rnmary Race; Wilson
16 To Serve
On Various
City Groups
PREPARE FOR BENEFIT — Mrs. Larry Hamridc and Mrs. George
K. Mauney are preparing decorotions for the canosta'bridge ben*
efit for the heart fund to be held at Kings Mountain Country
Club Wednesday morning beginning at 10 o'clock. Reservations
ore osked by Tuesday.
Charles Blanton
Named To NARD
Committee
Mr. Charles D. Blanton, Jr., re
tail pharmacist of Kinfjs Moun
tain, has been named a-member
of the important Corvmittee on |
tional Legislation of the Na-,
tional Association of Retail Drug-1
gists, Chris Hale.ston, president of
the organization, has announced.
Participation of community
pharmacists in the national as
sociation’s activities js important
in determining policies and pro-
jects to he undertaken to help
provide the best possible health;
care for the oublic, according to
Willard B. Simmons, Executive
Secretary of the NARD.
In discu-ssing the pnite.ssinnal
services which pharmacist.*- render
to patients in the community. Mr.
Simmons reterro.l tc a survey re
cently conducted by the Univers
ity of Oklahoma. It rev(*alcd th«ot
96 percent ot the nation’s retail
pharmacists, in acldition l(,' filling
prescriptions, offer advice t( pa
tient? concerning their medicines
and caution against misuse. Pro
fessional service such as tliis is
offered an average' nl 9'^ time* per
store each month, .\dvicc regard
ing sickroom pi'orN provided
an average of 49 times a month.
'‘When physiciam' write pre
scriptions people in oui commu
nity bring them to us to he dis
pensed,’ the local pliarmacist said.
“However, most of ihe.se oust .mors
come into our stores much more
frequently, somet imc'.s several
times a week. Th(*y often ask our
advice about health problems
concerning their families. People
have confidence in Iheir pharma
cist, ju.st as they do in their phy
sician.”
According to the Oklahoma sur
vey. the nation’s pharmacists pro
vide the public with over 200 mil
lion acts of profes'jionnl sevvice
each year. Committeemen of the
national association will help
formulate plans for increasing
these services in the future, ac
cording to President Haleston.
%
Sixteen Kings Mountain high
Si);ool and college students, ap-
pointtrf Tuesday night to Vari
ous city commissions aid com
mittees, will gather at C ty Hall
Saturday morning at 10 o’clock
tor a biiefing session detailing
Ihcir new roles.
In announcing the appoint
ments, Mayor John Henry Moss
declared, “Our youlli am fight-
ng in Vietnam. Ce.tainly, slioul-
•loihig such responsibilities, tliry
are equiped to move into Ilie in
acr councils of governnent, to
’cam what makes tlio city move
and to state their views on the
directions the city should move."
Arpointces are:
Zoning board Scott C’lonin-i
ger, University of No.th Caro-'
Hna at Cha^iel Hill.
Planning b'oard Reggie Al
exander, Gardnei-Webb.
Redevelopment commis.sion
Ro> Rufl. who lost both legs in |
action in Vietnam, and a student
at Gaston college. ;
Kings Mountain Housing Au- i
ihorily Danny Finger, Lenoir- |
Rhyne. i
I ILman Relations committee —
I Miss Frances Mi<JiIl ami Otis
I Coir, Kings r^Iountain high:
' school. :
I Summer youth employment
orrmittce Marty Frederick,
4
m
AUBREY MAUNEY
Church Honors
Aubroy Mauney
Iluly Trinity Lutheran church
of Chapel Hill prcsentc..- a
plaque honoring Aubiey Mauney,
K.ngs Mountain industrialist, |
Sunday evening at a congrega- i
tional dinner. :
The plaque will be installed in I
the narihe.x. It reads: “To honor !
Aubrey Mauney, Kings Mountain,
N. C. Director University Luth
eran Church Fund who’ by his
ded.cated skill, energy and ge/i-
i KMfIS stii.ipnl Ixniv 'i resi'lent’ was instrumental in
' ^'*»---- - ’ ’mau^inor thi« chuFch building
j The city commission, in view of
, Satu.cUy’s informational refer
' endum results, voted unanimous
ly Tuesday night to fIuori..ate
the city’s w'ater supply v/hen the
Buffalo Creek water treatment
plant goes into scrv.ee .esti
mated to be about May 15.
W. K. Dickson, the city's con
suiting engineer, said “May 15 is
a very possible date’’, and he
said it would rc<^)uire about that
much time to obtain and install
equipment necessary to the
f luor id a t ing p roccss.
Ma>or John Henry Moss said
engineering estimates are that
control eciuipment wouki cost
$2500 and that operational costs
for fJcioridating two m llion gal
lons of water daily wouLi (^ost
$3300 per year. He addc.i that
the cost would exceed $3300 as
consumption increases.
In Saturday’s informational
poll, cost of which was de rayed ! is a
by the Kings Mountain Jaycc‘4*s,
664 persons, about 18 percent of
the registration, went to the
polls and supported fluoi elation
by 429 to 235. The “for’s" car
ried all six wards, though the
margin in Wa.u 4 was a single
vote.
Big push was in populous
Ward 5, where fluoridation sup
porters carried h\ a 188 to 66
margin and in Ward 6, where
the count was 4M3 in .favor.
Gerald Thomasson, Ja>a‘ee
project chairman, and other sup-
Challenged By Mrs. Dedmon
f alls Seeks
f ourth Term
In House
Representative Robert Z. Falls
of Shelby has announced he wl]
sct?k re-election for a fourth
term.
Ktp. Falls said he would file
for Scat 2 in the three-seat,
ihrec<ounly 43rJ House district.
He is tlie second incumbent to
sock rc-eketion, Rip. W. K. Mau-
-ley, Jj'., of Kings Mountain, an-
.louncing last week he wJJ seek
ic-clection to Seat 1.
A graduate of The Citadel, Mr.
ails is a farmer. During the
iveent legislative session he
served as vice-chaiiman of the
agriculture and public ul-.lities
vommitieos and on the appropri
ations sub-ccrr.mittec on health,
weliaie, and instiliuioiial ca.e.
He was also a mcmi)er of the
oojnmitlets on highway safety,
roads and wUdMe.
He issued this statement:
“It has been a privilege and
pl(a>U!e to represent liic people
Oi Cieveiand County in the 1965
Scss.on; and Clevcian'., Ruther-
)rd and Poik Counties, compris
ROBERT Z. FALLS
; Calvin MeSwaIn North Caiolina
A & T, anri .Miss Kathy Lane,
: foim.il> h stuflent at the Uni-
^ versity of Florida.
I Citizens a ivisory committee
: John Rundi, K.MIIS senior class
i president.
I Minority lunisin- committee
•John Bailcw, Moichead scholar-t ^lon and in
LEE MeINTYRE
making this
possible."
Mr. Mauney wa^ named direc
tor of the campaign bi?ginn.ng in
1913 by the North Carolina Lulh-
eian Brotherhood ana the
cjiurch was built in 1946. The
church now is a laige congrega-
hip finalist, and Miss Linda
Ros.s, sonetary of the KMHS
student body.
Recreation committee Clar-
*nce Ashe, Oardner-Webb ath
lete.
Dow!i!own development com
mittee Howard Weiss, K.MIIS.
Mayor Mo.ss said one aim of
a special way serves
Lutheran students at the Uni
versity of Noiih Carolina in
Chapel Hill.
Also on this occasion a mort
gage note ol $'16,900 was marked
as paid and symbolically burned
and a film presentation vvas
made of the Synodical Cam-
$100.,000 Plans
Fund For By-Pass
state Hig'' ’ ’v CrTim:«->i'‘n-
er Ro" D. Dcr’mon sa'i this
v.'.“ok tint tlie '^oTimission h-s
bnrt.mtfcl SlOO.OiJO for i-
ture this veo” rf d''ti'.:Vrl tOtm.
rin^ of the K'ngs Mountain U.
S 71 bv pass.
Mr. Drdmon said he believed
tb.c cnmmi.ssien would be I'bV
to start acquiring right-of-way
for the seven nius mile by-pass
hy June c' 1971.
.Meantime, ho said work in
CV\ 'land Countv on serond'uy
rods diir n<? 1970 calls for
more than ?0 five mdos of
paving and the construction of
nine bri:!gcs.
Among the secondarv roads
to be paved are 1.7 miles of
streets in the .Mid-Pines com
munity.
GENE FRANCIS
McIntyre, Francis
Vice-Presidents
Lee A. McIntyre and Gene A.
Francis have been elected assist
ant vi(o presidents ot Firat-.^iti-
zens Bank & Trust Company in
Kings Mountain, R. P. Holding. Jr.,
b )ard chairman, announced.
McIntyre is manager of the
bank'- ^Tngs Mountain office, and
Francis is manager of the install
ment loan department.
A nati -o of Laurel Hill, McIntyre
jcined First-fitirens in 1966 as a
branch manager in Charlotte. The
following year he transferred to
the ban! 's Kings Mountain Office
as manager. Prior to joining First-
Citizens, he was employed by the
State Banking Department.
He Is active In the Jaycees,
the Rotary. tfA» Merchants Asso
ciation and the Red Cro.ss. He is a
member of the First Presbyterian
Church McIntyre is a graduate of
St. Andrew.s Ccllogc with a degree
in business administration.
Francis has been with First-
Citizens five years, having begun
his career in the bank’s Greens
boro Offi
I the youth appointiments is to keep pai.^n Concern for Cic rVa'.h
I returning veterans and college CJai-olina Lutheran Homes. Mr.
I students in Kings .Mountain. Ajbrcy Mauney we.e
: noted that in the upcoming sum-' of the church wh.le in
1 mcr youlii employment program I Chapel Hill,
j a survey sheet is being added for' — —
I colle'T(» students “in an effort to ■ ffA
I"”"'"'"Mountain Don BeRiiix, iU,
In other actions at Tuesday'
night’s (dty commission mooting IS f Ollllll VvdCl
the commission voted to seek bids |
i on 1500 feet of
feel of l'i‘ inch 100 percent poly-1
ire hose, for paving and :
curbing in Mountain Rost cemc
tery. For many years he had serv-
The board adopted a street im-' rd customers at both Wr.ght’s
provements as.sesssment roll with' and Ccnlral Barber Shop,
stipulation that interest of six; Scve.al years ago^ he suffered
percent W'ould bo charged begin-1 from cancer of the layrnx, had
ning March 10. > it removed at University Hospi-
The board also approved a re-j tal in Chapel Hill an j thereby
vised schedule of average sales, lost his voice. However, he
prices for standard hbusing, rang-1 trained himself to talk w th the
ing from $8000 for a one-bedroom ' aid o;. a “voice box” and resum
dwelling to $16,000 for a five-bed-jCd his work when ho lecuperat-
room dwelling or over.
porters expiessed themselves as . tiie 43ul District, n tlie 1967
highly pleased with the result - and 1969 Sessions of the General
but disappointerl with the low . ,\sscml>Jy. I would like to con-
voter turnoLrt. I linue to lepresent our people in
It was the third informational j the 43id District in the 1971
referendum on the fhuiridation j session as a member of the North
question. In 1957, voters support- i Carolina House of Repiesenta-
e l f]uc;:dation heavily but the ; lives. In tne past three sess ons,
commission did not implement, j I have tried to represent the
In 19.59, the voters reversed by ; people of my County, District
an even greater margin the pri- i and State, and I feel that with
or decision. , the experience and seniority that
I have gained, 1 can now be of
Deadline Ik Mear service to our people.
ueumne is with a sincere and honest desne
For Cob Appliconts cum.nue to servo. I hereby
Jack V. Martin has applied for my ean„ida(y foi
a taxi franchise, bringing to 17 Seat No. 2, ot tjie 43rG
the number of applications Democratic
four new franchises the city ex- ’
pects to issue.
Deadline for application for the
franchises is Saturday.
PAUL WILSON
26 Students
On Honor Roll
iHuilstetler
Rites Friday
2L‘ inch and 600
Mountain’s sole bootblack, was
ester fire hose, for'paving'and 1
I day afternoort.
Arlliur Wright Huffstetler, 82,
905 Ciunth street, died at 5:10
Wednesday at Ki:i-s Mountain
Twenty - .six King.s Mountain hospital. He luul been ilj several
high school students—17 .seniors wciks.
—are listed on (he “A” or First Funeral rites wJl he held Fri-
Ilonor Roll for the first somestcM*. ay aiternoon at 4 o’clock at
To be listed on the "A" roll, Stu- Oak Grove Baptist church. The
dents maintain an all A average body will icmatn at Hairis Fu-
and A on conduct. ncral Home until an hour prioi
Seventy-six students are listed to the funeraj and the family will
on the “B” honor roll. Tf> be lislcfl I'cccive Jneiuis there Iro.n 7 ic
Don Bennix, 70, perhaps Kings ' on the Second roll, students rc'porl 9 o’clock T nursday night.
more A’s than E’s with A on con -1 Mc. Huffstetler. a Kings
. Mountain native, w'as a son ot
All A students includeiSeniors' tlie late Noah and Sarah IIul-
Ptan Alexander, John Balknv, lender JIulfstellor. Ho was a
Wanda Blanton. Julie Brown, Jan- [ foimer employee of Margrave
iceCarpenter.CindyCarroll, Lynn Mill and was a member of CXik
Harmon, Andrea Huffstetler, Pam | Grove Baptist chuich. His wile,
Leo, Debbie Morgan, Sylvia Alor- Ocie Klla Dover Huffstetler diwl
ris. Faye Pressley. Wayne Swof- ; in 1956
S^TVivinu aro four sons, Kor-
busan WeavcM and Both Wri;;hl. iiiiffsirUc;', K ngs Mounlain,
Luico iluffslotlcr, .^olbv Ern-
Jack Whito Sophomorps _ly„„o Hullstctlor, Pliila-
Bfvorly Plonk, betsy j.^ Bobby Huff-
stellei*, Charlotte; tliroe daugh-
\
Superior Court
Clerk, Assistant
Are Contestants
First contest for a Democratic
nomination for coenty political
off.ee develoi:ed this week when
Mrs. Ruth Spangler Dedmon, as
sistant clerk of Cleveland Coun
ty Superior Court announced
Wednesday she would be a can
didate for Clerk of Superior
Court.
Paul Wilson, completing liis
hrst term asclc.k, filed his can
didacy Mon lay.
Mrs. Dedmon, first appo nted
1 deput> clerk in 1953, resigned
us assistant clerk Tuesday and
las asked to be relieved of her
duties not later than March 16.
Both candidates issued an-
louncement statements:
Mr. Wilson .s-aid:
"Although my first te.m has
seen the most drastic operat onal
change in the court systems of
North Carolina that we have
?ver experienced; yet the ad
vent, acceptance and aecomplish-
nent of this change has been of
i quality unsurpassed by any
other co».niy in our great slate.
"I do, not hesitate to give cre-
iit fOi this performance to a
■ ery competent and dedicated
staff, full cooperation from our
ocal bar, patience and under
standing on the part of all !:>v’
?nforeement agencies, and last,
)Ut not least, the high quality
tnd understanding of our good
citizens.
“I am deeply grateful for the
rust you, the citizens of Cleve-
and County, have picviously re
used n me; in asking for the
upport of every concerned citi-
en, I pledge my very best ef-
orts Kjward the eoniinuing ex-
'edicni, Io\al. efficient and coar-
eous service of this office.
Mrs. Dedmon said:
‘‘Since my f.rst appointment in
1956, It has been my purpose and
ntcni to render courleou.s. com-
oetent and efficient service to
ill of err people, and you as a
citizen ot our County deserve
sucli service at the hand of any
public official. I would 1 ke* the
opportunity to continue to serve
you not as an Assistant, but as
Clerk of (he Superior Court.
Continued On Page Si.v
i
JOHN FRIDAY
K. M. S & L
Posts Gains
In spite of “tight money”,
Kin.qs Maintain Savings & Loan
ass.ici.clior, showed gains in as-
.sets and net savings and in
creased cash reserve during 1969,
Joseph R. Smith, oxerutivc v ce*
^resident, told eharcholders at
♦’ho association’s annual meet
ing T.esday
Sh’arC‘hoklci‘s re-eleetcd all di-
-cetors. Mrs. Ruby 11. Baker, Di’.
R. N. Bake", Glee E. Bri'ges, J.
I ed.
Su;viving are his wife Mrs,
' Bertie Bennix, and three sons, i
D. W. and Carl Bennix, of K ngs
Mountain, and Jimmy Bennix, of!
N(w York.
I J. W. Gill & Sons Funeral ,
i Home is in charge of arrange- I
menis, wliirh aio incomplete.
Lenten Series |
Is Beginning
A scries of Lenten sciwices is i
beginning Sujiday and is also ^
continuing on Wedncs.iay eve- i
nings at St. Matthew’s Lutheran |
R. Davis, Boyce Gault, Clyde
Kc:ns, George Lewis (of Bessc-; church
ner C'dyK Dr. Join C. Mi<Iill. ] General topic for the ser.es is
C. Glenn W’hTo and Jo.sep-h R. i “We Live.”
Smith. I At Sunday morning worship
Following the shareholder [ services Rev. Mr. Easley will u.so
merting, the directors re-elected 1 the sernmn topic, “We Live By
Ho worked in both j all officers who are J. R, Davis, j Paradox.^
the installment loan and com- I president; Joseph R. Smith, exe- I At the Wednesday evening
mercial departments before he! cutive virc-president; Dr. John | service he will begm a series of
was promoted to manager of the,::. McGill and C. Glenn Whte. ! subjects on "The Great I Am’s
in.stallment loan department for, vice presidents; and Mrs. Ruby i of Jesus” bo»inning with “I Am
(Continued On Page Six) ill. Baker, secretary-treasurer. The Light.”
Bridges,
Queen, Karen Sparks and Karla
Smith; and Freshmen — Irelou
Easley and Lynn Blanton. ;
The “p." roil intducles: Seniors:
—Su/anne Amos, Ann Baird. Mar
vin Bolzin, Linda Brendlo. Deh'iie
Brown, Debra Burris, Donna
Champion, Nancy Dawda. Scott
Falls. Barbara Foster. Su.san Go
forth, Eugene Howzi*. Chuck
Hoyle, Mike Hutchins, Hutch
Korns, Mike Kiser. Marsha Mc
Daniel, Frani'o.s, McGill. Charles
Noisier, Gary Nolen. Susan
Owen.s, Sandra Paysour, Judy
Rayfield, Kathy Ithea, Linda
R0S.S. David Smith, Laura Slow<*,
Continued On Pago
Official Results
Informational Referendum
On Water Fluoridation
February 7, 1970
tors, Mrs. Margaret Horn and
(Continued On Page Six)
Hi
Ward 1
For
40
Against
27
Waid 2
5t
34
Waid 3
62
52
Ward 4
44
43
Ward 5
ISS
6(5
Waixl 6
41
13
TOTAL.S
429
235
FUNERAL HELD ^ Pinal rites
for Mrs. Elvira Foust Plonk, wi
dow of John O. Plonk. Sr., were
held on Sunday. February 8.
Superior Court
Bid By Friday
John R. Friday, 43, of Lincoln-
lon announced today that he
Aould bi‘ a can.lidate in the
Democratic Primaly for the Of
fice oif Judge of the Superior
Court, 27th Judx'ial District
This office is currently held by
the Hon. P. C. Froneborgor who
has announced that he w:)u!(
not he a candidate for ic elect
lion. F.iday currently ho’ds tlu
Or^i.'C of Judge of the Distric.
Court.
Judge Friday was born and
'cai.i; in Dallas, Gaston County
N. C. Ho is the son oT D. L. arnJ
Muy R. Fr d.iy. His bro hevs in
•’irle wriirm C. F iday, D. L.
(Dave! Friday. Jr., R. R. K.ida,
and a .sister, B.-'ty K. Il.^rris.
Fiifk'.y attended the public
3cho:;:s of Dallas, and holds the
B. S. Dr.'qcc from Wake Foicst
Co’loge, He r. ceived liis L.L. B
Degree from tlie Fnivcisty ol
North Ciryiina at Clnp<‘l llill.
After passing the N. C. Bar.
Friday hd.l the Offitt of Ju(lg(
: of Dalla.s, N. C., Re roller’s
i Coil t {or 10 ,veavs. and has been
in his present position since the
District Court began operating
I in December, 196S. Tiic Cou;t in
; eludes Gaston, Cleveland and
' Liniviln Counties.
Friday praclicc<l hnv In Lin-
cfilnton prior to announcing for
the Distret Court.
(Continued On Page Six)
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.'I
RETA VOLLBRACHT
Beta Vollbracht
Is Graduated
SALISBURY Rcta Mae Voll-
iracht of Kings Mountain grad-
lated from Catawba CnHege at
he end a: the Fall-Winter te; m
.viih a bache’or of arts degree in
phys cal education.
WTiile at Catawba, she was a
Dean’s List student, a member
)f the physical education Majors
Club; Kappa Tau Kappa, the
trdent education club; an.! per-
ieip.ated in May Day activities.
Her jun or year, she was voted
‘Miss Congonialit.” in the Salis
bury Pageant and her senior
year, she participated in the
Miss Rowan Pageant,
Miss Vollbracht is Che daua'j.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Voh-
bracht. Route 2, Kings Mountain,
and is a graduate of Burns at
Fallston School.
A