/ i ■ Popnlaiiein Graoter Kings Mountain 31i9l4 City Limits (1966 CmsUS) 9464 City Limits (Estimate 1966) 9401) •»* Ck««l9r lUMt Mt»llBt69» afttl* It UMi f/m 6»«erJ StotM itttMtv «l tU CfMMt rtfMI • tM*«ry till. m4 lmclti4M IIM UM • miUi9t I Y««ni6iu*. la C»vtM9M OMuiir mi mirn^ ;• !• Qwiti trnmt. . • Kings Mountain's Reiioble Newspopei 1 A Pages 1 0 Today VOL 82 No. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 9, 1970 Eightieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS City Board Will Hold Public Hearing OnCBD Project Is Politicking Bulletins ® TICKETS ON SALE Ticket^! go on sale tomorrow • for the Kings Mountain Kiwanis club's basketball banquet to be held April 23rd at 7 p.m. in the high scliodl cafeteria; Tickets are $2 oac'h and may be pur chased from any m^niber of the Kiw'anis club or at the of fice of KMHS Principal Jake At kinson. :eam: impboving Mrs.' Annie Jolly, organist it Temple Baptist church, contin ues -to improve in the Kings Mountain hospital where she. is recuperating from a fall. FBOM HOSPITAL Mrs. J. E. Herndon; was dis charged la" of the General ^ Council of the Preibyferlrin Church, will make the principal address. I Interest in local and state pol- I jtiqal campaigns appeared quick- I ening this week, though several i I candidates reported in thc r vote- , seeking travels pi*eviousIy out- Jwarl interest seemed minor. One candidate ful it: “People I to wliojVi T've talked seemed in- jterestod and concerned in nation- f [ al and international events, not I poVdes.” j And, May 2 Democratic Pri- ' mapj is .only 23 days distant. I In Kings Mo ntain this week, |J. Ollicl Ilariis. candidate for I Senate Seat 2 in Gaston-CIeve- land Counties was getting seme good-naturc:j “rikbing” from some of his Piedmont Avenue ! he ghbora. j Local candidates have beer ; pumping hand.s this week and 1 most have d'stributed placards and campa* i literature, j Tr ends of Coroner Harris had printed 3,1 by 22 placanis with ' his picture arr.l the invitation to ‘T^lect J. O'llie Harris May 2". fru fM r I - - ' ite u ^rncon^ subsHtuted the face of a "'“"“ey over tfto faci- c li Mams on a plaoa..d on the of tho Poaee J. Ijce Roberts maRlstrate-s office is Ioeatc* T. D .Tin- lall. Detective Lt. Bill Roper said Wed nesday. Lt. Roper said no charges have been made., - . ^ . Damages to the new car, prop I erty of Southwell Motor Company, ! Including loss of the, wheels, were i DAff HA estimafod at $500 ,Lt. Roper said.; ClWa BlAlVlf Is He said fhe vandals jacked Y #t I the car and in the process bowed; Ijiac In lTyAc|l both bumpers, then left the **■ VAtliJll ; hide on the pavenibnt. ! Rev. Thomas Henry Grier, 74, ] Lt. Roper said city patrolmen; of Grover, was killed at 6:45 a.m. had-che(?ked the lot of Southwell Wednesday when the car he was operating crashed head-on with a taxi operated by Ronald Carroll Queen, 24, of Route 4, Shelby, on Washburn Switch road in Shelby. Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete, will be announc ed by M. A. Enloe Mortuary in Will Piyor's Bites Conducted Funeral rites for WTl Pr>'or, >1, were held Saturday after noon at 4 p.m. from First Na?a- rene.church, interment following n Mountain Rest cemetery Mr. Pryor d'i(?d Thursday' Yiorning at 7 a.m. at Mar Glo Ipinning Mill where ho nad rc KJrted to work. IX'ath wi.s at- | Tibuteci to a heart attack. j A native of Cleveland County, i he was the son of. the late Mr. ind Mrs. Charles Pryor and a ! member of First Nazarene church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Carrie Guinn Pryor; two step sons, J-ames Gu nn of Washing ton, D. C. and Bobby Guinn of Kings Mountain; six si.sters,.Mrs. Nelson Dixon, Mrs. Franklin Davis. Mrs. Tom Champion, Mrs. Jasper Philbeck and Mrs. Frank Goforth, all of Kings Mountain, .and Mrs. Ross Reed of Thomas- ville; and three grandchildren. Rev. C. A. Bost, ass sted by Rev. E:iwin Chriscoe, officiated at the final rites. Student Job Pool Organization Set MEDAL PRESENTATION — Two owards were pcsthumously presented, to Marine Cpl. Gregory Wayne Thomas in ceremonies ot Kings Mountoin City Hall Thursdoy. Mrs. Margaret Wore Thomas, left, mother of the late CpL Thomas, receives two Vietnam decorations, the Military Merit Medal and the Cross of Gallantry with Palm, from Captain Dillard W. Copeland of Greenville, S. C. (Photo by Isaac Alexonder) Thomas Awarded Vietnam Medals Posthumously Mrs. Margaix?t Ware Thomas; received two posthumous Vid -' nartiese cicoorat ons, the Milioar.v ; Merit Medal and the Cross nf | (Gallantry with Pahtif'-earnial by! her late son Corporal Gregoi-y : Wiiyno 'I'homas, U. S. Marine Corps, in ceremonies Thur.sday at City Hall. Tito citation jeads. “Ser\ice- .Tian of courage anii’ rare seii- -sacrifico, ho displayed at all times the most tactful coopera tion wh Ic aiding the Armed Foiccs of the Republic of Viet nam to re|K'l the Red wave un- ’ormining South Vietnam and Southeast Asia. “With a laady zeal and com mendable response, he fought on to Ihe end in every mission and set a brilliant example lor his follow marines. “Cpl. Thomas (l ed in the por- fonnance of duty May 21, 196S in Vietnam. Behind him he leaves the abiding grief of his com rades - in - ajms, Vietnamese as (Coutiniird On Page Bight) Committee Was Meeting ^Wedn^day I'ho Ma>or's yeonimUiee on youth employment organized foi the summer at a meeting Wed nesday night at City Hall. Franklin Ware, who chair- mannc(i tin' comm tteo last year, sakl j)urpose is again to help find summer jobs for liigh school-age and college-age stu dents who will 1)0 returnin.3 home I lor the summer months about I June 1. ! Mr. Ware estimated that this ! committee, in conjunction with the Shelby offic'e of the Employ ment Seourity Commission, of 1 which he is director, will be • asked to help obtain 250 jobs for i youth of tho community. REGISTRATION DAYS Students desiring summer em ployment are invited to make ; application at the National Guard Armory on Saturday, April 18th, and Saturday, May 2nd, from 9 unti! 12 noon. Col lege students nay have their parents secure forms for them and these may be mailed back to the registrar. Efforts will be made to place .junior college age students in jobs in accord ance with their majors, Chair man Ware said. The city's job pool last sum mer placoil nearly 2o0 youtn ii summer work, said Ware. (Continued on Page Eight) I Motor Cbm party at 1:30 Tuesday, morning, returned to check again laughter Of City's First Mayor »eks Pictures Of All Mayors an hour and a half lat(T and dis : covered the vandalism. Lt. Roper ' said a similar incident occurred I at Southwell’s a month ago when j another 1970 Mastang, parked in- ' .side the locked fence, was jacked; Shelby. up and the wheels removed. Assistant Coroner M. B. Walk- I er. who investigated the accident, i.said Grier, Negro minister, was I dead on arrival at Cleveland : Memorial hospital. Queen suffer- j cd broken legs, back and head in- I juries. r.s. Frank Summers is chair- M. Noisier; William White (1889- Firemen from the Cleveland n of a city committee seeking 90) J. L. McGill; R. S. Plonk <1890-! Volunteer Fire Department were tures of all former mayors for 91.) Mrs. Hugh Ormand and Miss called to the scene but no fire maiient display in (he newly Eva Plonk; W. T. Bradford <1896- vvas reported, odclcd rotunda of Citv Hall. 98> W. Tom Bradford, Charlotte; According to N. C. Highway Pa- Mrs. Summers, in turn, is"l..:'-* L 'T. White (1898-99) J. L. and Z:i-! trolman J.l* Evan.s-a witness re- tacting descendants of former McGill; E.L. Campbell n901-| ported that Queen was traveling mayors and others who may have 05) Charles B. Campbell; G. W. gputh on i\\e PPG road and Grier access, or be able to locate, the Kendrick (1905-07) . Mrs. Harold; north. Queen was reportedly tra- uKiyoral photographs. i vcling about 65 miles per hour Mrs. Summers herself is a I ®nd on the wrong side of the road, daughter of tbe first and several- ^ I crashed head-on. limes mayor. W. A. Mauney, and *1”^; A. E:'Chne ' E\tafls said he charged Queen ■ has her father’s picture. : .! with driving leh of the center and ■Among a.ssignments to date tnanslaughter. According to Ev- «,rc: (Dates of service are incom- .* wT. V.L-.! cars were total losses. plete in Instances where the .may ors had more than one term of service.) R S. Sugg (1874) Mrs. Nell Ware (1920-21) Mrs. M. A. Ware; and Miss Ava Ware; P. D. Hcrn-i*«i don (1923-25) Mrs. P. D. Herndon; J. E. Herndon r □ [a~- €0 C. j □ IT ■ J) CO r. GO OPCOq ^1 3 .1: cr^ ? r.O Lb zi cb cOp 00 iLa-c-T B 8 8833 CL 39r rot t L. OQXp L ■ odo' ■ asn ' r-—- ^ —11 rr^'OD' n: . L-J ! -bOD P J, / LEGEND T r~1 Mwoue •T«ucTu«i IN **o.rtcr f ) ~ 1 tXllTIM JtAgeniM W MOJCCT '8 I J-t o □ L-J ;□ ; I ■: :-P ^ I i J < - ^ ! . // PRELIMINARY Sl*^ PLAN 1 ** I •• fcMictaw* CMiMf «w, u* SITE OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT (Area is bounded by City, Gold and West King Streets and by Piedmont Avenue) People Affected In Project Area Urged To Attend Tuesday Meeting Principal business on the city commission for Tuesday night’s regular meeting is conducting a public hearing on the central bus- ine.ss district redevelopment pro ject. Otherwise, the commission is expected to designate the week end of May 6, 7, 8 for an intensive clean-up, fixup, paint-up effort In which civic club.s, garden clubs, ley and Girl Scout troops will be a.skcd to cooperate in a “massive effort.” Mayor John Henry Moss said he will also request of the board authorization to form a commit tee to make Kings Mountain ari ill-American city. SEE RELATED EDITORIAL The Mayor said the CBD hear ing will be for tlic purpo.se of ex plaining the preliminary site jlan, for hearing support for it ind objections to it. Joe Laney, director of the Kings klountain Redevelopment Com mission, said it will be .several .ecks before final appraisals will le compiled on prices of proper- ies to be acquired. Appraisals on all properties will obtained from two registered appraisers, these appraisals then jeing reviewed by the North 'arolina appraiser for the De- )artment of Health, Education md Welfare. Mercer Simmons, (Continued On Paue Right) LICENSED — Bill Brooks has received his pharmacist's license and is a member of the stoff of Griffin Drug Company. lilt Brooks loin^ Griilin's Bill Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jennings Brooks of Lat- timore, has been licensed as a pharmacist and has joined the staff of Griffin Drug Comfwny. A 1969 graduate of tho Uni- .orsity of North Carolina Schoc »f Pharmacy at Chapel Hii. h’ook.s lias been notified by the 'J. C. Board of Pharman that he las sucv'essfully completed all •e(|uirc'mcnts and has been duly icensexi a reg stored pharma- *ist. Mr. Brooks earned his B.S. in ■Pharmacy in August 1969 and '.as servtx! internship -at Boilinr pring Drug Store and here at Iriffin Drug. His train n - in. ‘ludes I'haimacy service in N. C. Memorial hospital at Chapel nil. He is married to the former tarolyn Raye Spangler of Latti- -and they reside in Latii. more. Wilson Griffin, partner in Griffin Drug, commented, “We are extremely pro d of Bill Brooks and c'ong’atulate him on his achievement." Democrats Elect Carpenter Chairmon Charles T. Cerix'ntor, Jr. na« been elected chairman of the A’est Kings Mountain Democratic j Precinct. i Mr. Carpenter was elected Sat urday morning at tho precinct i meeting caP/d by Chairman J. ; Ollie Harris. Chairman Harris is a candidate for State Senator and announced i his decision to resign when pri- ^ mary opposition developed. Grady Thoma.s, of Shelby, filed against - Mr. Harris.