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Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper
VOL 85. No. 43
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 22, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PftICE TEN CENTS
November 3 Election Books Close Saturday
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SENIOR CmaiENS ENJOY NEW HOUSING — Mrs. Lucinda Sur
ratt top photograph, holds her granddaughter on. her .lap. Mrs.
Prank Smith, bottom photograph, enjoys her rocker ond eepeciol-
ly when her next door neighbor, Mrs. Irene Melton con have a
friendly chat. Both pictures were made in the McGUl Court and
Ridge Street government bousing complex just completed.
(Photos by Doris Fite)
PHA Elderly
Their New Homes
$5882 Reported
Ai Wednesday
Kick-OU Lunch
By MARTIN HARMON
On tho first of a ton-day 1971
Kings Mountain United Fund
Fund drive, campaign workers
?i*portcd at a noon kick-off lunch-
$5882 in cash and pledges a-
gainst a total budget of $35,100. |
The budget is a record one. I
Kight local agencies share in
ihe fund, while North Carolina
Community Services including
such varied agencies as tho Chil-
dren’s Home Society of North i
Carolina, the Traveler’s Aid As
sociation ot America, and the
North Carolina Mental Health
a.ssociation, are budgeted at
$3,074 of the total
Home Savings & Loan Associa
tion and Kings Mountain Savings
& Loan Association wore hosts at
the kick-off luncheon
Don Jones, schools superintend-
ont and drive chairman, weIc*omed
the group, recognized division
chairmen and gave a break down
on quota assignments. The Indus- Lt. Cmdr Aaron Lee Wells,
trial group accepted 55 percent of Iwho enlisteii in the Navy in 1940
k> SxniUi, . Ihs age of 14 and by the tinje
lonal presented
Independence
And Security
Appreciated
By DORIS FITE I
One of the most delightful, in-1
teresling and rewarang after
noons availsfble today may be
found by visiting and talking to
some of our lo*t'al Senior Citi
zens. Tho Senior Citizens of
Bk'hom I speak are all new resi
dents Of the d'ficiency- and one
bedroom apartments in the Kings
Mountain Housing Development
iprograTTr, started about two
years ago.
In times past, it was customary
for the elderly or ‘isaibled peo
ple ito depend on some members
of their families for care and
shelter, thU tended to stif’.e any
initiative for a life of their own.
What a difference 'between
these people of McGill Court and
Ridge St. Complex anil their
counterparts of yesteryear or
their contemporaries that exist
in homes for the elderly.
Sitting down for -a visit with
Mrs. 'Ethel Mills of 213 McGiil
Court was sliwr delight and as
you enter the room you are im
mediately interested in the deLx>r
of her apartment. The picturcvs
that adorn the walls, the center-
pieces an'-', ormments gn^e
the coflroe table and end tables
rc'flect her personality. Warm,
artistic, talented and very, very
busy most of the lime. As yr<
start to eh-at, you learn that she
sews, crochets, tries almost any
kind of craft and all in all is
happiest when she is busy Her
'apartment shows much of her
. handywork.
Born and raised in Newport,
Tennessee, Mrs. Mills came to
# lve in -Kings Mountain in 11938,
'(’Sitting here for .about 20 years.
She worked awhile in the card
room of the Craftspun and Bur-
linr/ton mills. The Burlington was
at that time called “The Old Dil-
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Fire Department'
Supper Saturday
Proceeds from a barbecue
chicken supper Saturday night at
Eethlehom Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be used to purchase a
new fire truck.
Barbecue chicken will be avail
able from 5 until 8 p.m. and
citizens may prefer to eat at the
department dining room or take
out orders. Plates are $1.50 and
include large helpings of chicken
and accessories and homemade
cake with tea.
RETIRES — Lt Cmdr. Lee Wells,
native of Kings Mountain, has
K'tired otter 30 yeors service
with the U. S. Navy, The sretired
officer enlisted at the lage of 14.
Kearney Veteran
30-Year Retiree
the Industrial chairman, Marvin
Toer, with cash and pledges for
$2750, which he said is $400 more
than the Duplex • International
employer • employee contribution
of last year.
Woodrow Ross, a Carolina Unit
ed Fund director of which the
Kings Mountain United Fund i.s
a member, presented a concise
film detailing the various serv
ices United Fund contributions
provide.
These are the budget figures for
local agencies: Ministerial Help
ing Hand $3600, Boy Scouts Pied
mont Council, $7972, American
Red Cross Cleveland County $.5500,
Girl Scouts Pioneer Council $3750,,
Kings .Mountain High School band i Grabowski, Commander of
he was 18 was a Navy Chief, has
retired after 30 years of service.
A native of Kings Mountain,
Lt. Cmdr. Wells is a Special Ser
vice Officer in Concord, Califor
nia, lie first reported to the Con
cord station in 1969 as a Family
Service Oll.icer.
Lt. Cmdr. Wells, 44, served
with the Destroyi^r Kearney,
which was torpedoed just prior
to the entry of the United States
in World War II.
He plans to start another car
eer with the State of California
and recently i-emved his final
.salute as a Naval Officer in
ceremonies in Concord. Captain
Jim Petty
Rotaiy Speaker
Jim Petty, president of Cleve
land Technical In.stitute al Shel
by, will be guest speaker at
Thursday's meeting of the Kings
Mountain Rotary clnh^
The civic club meets at 12:15
for luncheon at Kings Mountain
Country club.
Pete Connot will introduce Mr.
Petty v/ho will speak on tho sub-
jeer,
Doinr
$2550, Cleveland County (Kings
Mountain) Rescue Squad $4584,
Kings Mountain High School
chorus $14(X), and the Salvation
Army $16()C.
Administrative costs are bud
geted at $560 and there Is also
budgeted a $569.72 contingency
fund.
President J. C. Bridge.s declared
at tho luncheon, “We need all the
help wo can got. This is a record
budget but every dime of it is
needed."
Club Endoises
Rond Vote
IBethware Progressive club Mon
day night unanimously endorsed
the November 3 bond elec'tion for
$850,000 for Cleveland County
Techni'cal lastitute.
Action followed addresses by
Tech President Jim Petty and
Cecil Gilliatt, a member of the i
board of directors, in which they]
pointed to the many ways Cleve- j
land Tech serve.s tho community I
and gave some history of the|
school.
Myers Ilambright, program I
Whiit Cleveland Tech Is | chairman, presented the two j,
For Cleveland County." ' speakers. ■
the Naval Weapons Station
there, conjucted the ceremonies.
Lt. Cmdr Wells and his family
now live in California He is a
native of the Dixon community,
son of the late (^inn Wells and
brother of Harold Weils of the
Dixon community.
Joy Is Showing
Billy Graham Film
Joy Theatre Is showing the
Billy Graham film, “For Pete’s
Sake” this weekend, Sunday
through Tuesday.
The Kings Mountain showing is
sponsored by Kings Mountain
Jaycees.
Saturday is the final day
register for the November 3 e-1
Ux?tion. I
On Ixisis of registration activ
ity to date in No. 4 Township, 71
now voters will bi' able to take
part in the general election.
The registrars will be at the
polling places again Saturday
from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. to reg
ister new voters and accommo
date transl'ers.
A total of 36 loi’iged their
names t» the pollbooks Saturday
with West Precinct,' where Mrs.
J H. Arthur is registrar, lead
ing with 20, foHowe.1/ by East
Precinct, where Mrs. Nolle
Cranford is registrar, with 10,
followed by Bolhware Precinct,
Where Mrs. J. A. E. Conn(*r is
registrar, with six.
Registration places are West
Kings M'ountain Pm-inct at the
Armory; East Precinct at City
Hall; Grover Precinct at Grover
Rescue Squad Building; and
Bethware Precinct at Eethwarc
school.
The books will close October
24 and October 31 is Challenge
Day,
Registration requirements are
citizenship and residence within
the state for one year and with
in the precinct one month.
A 20 year-ol i who will observe
his 21st birthday by November
3rd is eligible to register and
vote.
Persons desiring to vote ah-
‘•enfteo should make applicathwis
immediately wifh Ralph Gilbert,
chairman cd the Cleveland Coun
ty Elections Board, Shelby.
Mn;.Haiiibrights
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lena
Turner Hambright, 88, of Grover,
widow of Belle Peters Hambright
who died Mcay 31, 1944, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 p.m.
from Shiloh Presbyterian church
of which she was a member.
Mrs. Hambright died Tuesday
morning at 3:45.a-m. in Cleveland
Memorial ho‘?pital after a week’s
illness. She was daughter of tho
late Mi. and Mrs. Mathias Turn
er.
She is survived by one son, Bu
ford Hambright of Grover; one
daughter. Miss Mary Hambright
of Grover; and one brother,
Charles A. Turner of Charlotte.
Rev. Robert A. Wils^on, minister
of , tho church, officiated at the
final rites, assisted by Rev. James
Neill. Interment was in Grover
cemetery.
PRESBYTERIAN
"This Talk About ■Giving”
will be the sermon topic of Dr.
Paul Ausley at Sunday morn
ing worship servi'ces at 11 o’
clock at First Presbyterian
church.
Funeral
For W.
Veterans Oifice
At New Building >
The Kings Mountain ofiice of
C. Z. Falls, Cleveland County
Veterans Servito oTicer, has
been moved from City Hail to
tac Neighborhood Facilities
building f»n Cleveland avenue.
Mr. Falls is in the Kings
Mountain office each Thursday
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
LUTHERAN TOPIC
The sermon subject Sunday
at St. Matthew's Lutheran
church will be “The Saiddest
Page In Reformation History,"
Democrats Say
Split Rig Boxes
The D(»mocratic Executive com
mittee Monday asked that the
county’s four largest precincts —
West Kings Mountain, South Shel
by, Shelby 1 and Shelby 2 — be
“judiciously divided in Uic best
interests of the people of Cleve
land County and of the spirit of
bi partisan politics in the coun
ty".
Meantime, the committee asked
that other precincts be retained
as they are.
Cameron W a r e, Democratic
chairman, commented, "It’s not
right to ask that citizens stand in
line two hours or more to vote,
as has happened, nor that elec
tion officials work all night in
tompUing returns. The four larg
est precincts shbhld Tie split.”
Concerning retention of the oth
er 24 precincts “as are", the reso
lution reads:
“Whereas, the Democratic Par--
ty of Cleveland County always
hius believed in the full partici
pation of every citiztm in the priv
ilege of voting; and whereas, the
Democratic Party believes that a
full-time year-round registration
system would insure that full
participation by a greater major
ity of eligible citizens;
“Let it bo resolved that the
Cleveland County Board of Com
missioners be requested to pro
vide the facilitie.s and personnel
to establish such a full-time reg
istration system, with the coop
eration and assistance of the
Cleveland County Board of Elec
tions.
“And whereas, the Democratic
Party of Cleveland County always
has recognized and resp<‘cted the
autonomy of each of the 28 pre
cincts, and whereas the Democra
tic Party realizes that the boun
daries of these precincts, with few
exceptions, were originally set up
as sen.sible divisions of the coun
ty according to geography and
population; and whereas certain
questions have been posed recent
ly as to the correctness of these
divisions, both large and small;
“Let it be resolved that the
members of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee of Cleveland
County and tho Democratic offic-
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Stroke Fatal
To Retired
Garage Owner
Funeral services for William
Kenneth Crook, 72, retired auto
mechanic, wfll be -held Friday
morning at 11 o’clock at Harris
Funeral Home Chapel.
Mr. Crook suceum'bed at 6
o’clock Wednesday morTiing at
Kings Mountain Hospital. Re had
suffertxi a stroke ^ptenUber 14
and was in the ir^tensive . care
unit of Charlotte Memorial hos
pital for four weeks until return
ed here.
A native of York, S. C., son of
William Plea.sant and Mary Ford
Crook, Mr. Crook was employed
as a mechanic at the W. K. Mau-
ney Ford company (where Dixon
Chevrolet is now located) until he
owned his own business. When
the late Amos Dean opened Dean
Butek company, the Buick firm
and Crook Garage shared quar
ters.
In the early days of radio, Mr.
Crook did sideline work aa an |
installation man.
He retired pine years ago. when
he underwent a successful opera
tion for a brain tumor. He had
been in apparent gpod health and
had been able'to play gplf.
He was a past master of Fair-
view Lodge AF A AM, a former
Lion, and a Klwanlan. He was a
member of Kings Mountain Bap
tist church and for many years
sang tenor in the church choir.
He was an "end man" regular
in community minstrel shows.
Surviving are his vrife Ethel Mc
Gill Crook, a son Robert Cecil
Crook, of College Park, Georgia,
and a daughter Mrs. Norma Crook
Powers, of Charlotte: Also surviv
ing are six grand-dilldren and a
great-grand-child.
The funeral service wilbbe con
ducted by Rev. James Wilder and
Dr. Charles Edwards.
Active pallbearers will be Paul
Mauney, C. Troy Carpenter, Eu
gene Roberts, Dr. O. P. Lewis, M.
H. Biser and Wray Green.
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HCHtfECOMING QUEEN ^ Mrs.
GoU Timms Smith will be
Homecoming Queen at
1970 Homecoming festivities
Friday night in John (Somble
Memorial Football Stadium.,
Homecoming
Parade Friday
Mrs. Gail Timms Smith, wife
of Mike Smith and a senior at
Kings Mountain high school, will
reign as queen of the 1970 Home
coming in festivities at the high
school Friday night.
Crowning of Mrs. Smith and
presentation of members of the
Homecoming Court and Football
Sponsors will be featured at 7:30
p.im. prior to the footbal game be
tween the Mountaineers of Rings
Mountain high school and the
Chargers of Crest high school. The
game will get underway at 8 p.m.
in John Gamble Memorial Foot
ball Stadium.
Other nrdmbers of the Home
coming Court are Donna Alexan
der, priscill* Burris, Brenda Byers
and, Lynn Finger.
Senior sponsors include:
. Mary Bennett, who will
spoheor lack King, son of City*
Coramissibher and Mrs. Norman
King:
Debbie Sums, who will sponsor
Ray.Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs.
H^rry Ray Hughes.
Lynn Cornw'ell, who will spon
sor Chuck Carpenter, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Carpenter, Jr.
Kat Erv’in, who will sponsor
Johnny Hogue, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hogue, Sr.
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Piogress Tour of Treatment Plant
Sunday Afternoon, 2 to 4 o'clock
The progress showing of the i He said a special invitation
Buffalo Crook water treatment goes to the city’s senior citizens
plant will be held Sunday after- and reminded that transportation
noon from 2 to 4 o’clock. | for any requiring it will be pro-
Mayor John Henry Moss said vlded by himself and tho mem-
representatives of the contractors, bers of the city commission
engineers, and city officials will
conduct a tour of the facilitie.s
which are expected to put into
service in the near future.
Check-out of tho water mains,
seven miles of 24-lnch steel line,
continues. When this work is
completed, the line will be sani
tized and the plant will be put
into service.
“We hope all citizens will visit
the treatment plant Sunday aft
ernoon, “Mayor Moss comment
ed.
Anyone desiring tran.’<portation
should telephone the Mayor’s
office, Phone 739 2636.
The Buffalo Creek plant is cap
able of furnishing Kings Moun
tain four million gallons of treat
ed water daily and is designed
for expansion.
Estimated cost of the plant, the
84-foot high dam, and water
mains is 3.500,0(30, of which
$450,000 is being provided by a
federal government grant.
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AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK SET — Next week is Americon Education Week and attention wiU
be focused on the schools in spocial programs throughout the week. In the photograph <abgve»
Mayor John H. Moss* center,^signs on official proclamation os Superintendent Don Jonee, left, idnd
Richard Greene, right, look on. Mr. Gre«ie is principal of North school and president of the Kings
Mountain Chapter of tho NCAE which is spoxrsoring the week-long observance^ Mr. Greene said
parents are invited to .visit the schools during the week. (Photo by Isaac Alexander)
Subei Bid High
On Phiiei Aaes
Robert S. Sulber, Jr., was high
bidder Tuesday at $40.1(X) for the
131.65 acres of the late Martin
Phifer property.
First offered in 12 tracts the ag-
gregate bid was $39,900. It was
then offered in bloc.
Commissioners George B. Thom-
asson and C. B. Cash are selling
the property under court order
to settle the Phifer estate.
Under terms of a commissioner
sale, the bid remains open for ten
days from confirmation. During
that period, the bad may be in
crease by a minimum of $2055
(ten percent for the first $1000,
five percent for each thousand
thereafter). If the bid is raised,
the property is readvertised and
another sale conducted.
POUCE TRAINEE
SAN ANTONIO — Airman
Clarence M. Allison, nephew of
Ml'S. pMorine Whittle of R.R. 2,
Kings Mountain, has completed
basic training at Lackland
AFB, Tex. He is renvaining at
Lai( kland for training- as a sec
urity policeman. Airman Alli
son is a 1968 graduate of Kings
■Mountain high school and at
tended Gaston College, Gaston
ia.
PARADE
A Homecoming Parade will
be held Friday at 3:30 p-m. and
■will form on Gold street, going
from 0)ld to Railroad, to U. S.
74 down Piedmont, Mountain
street, Battleground avenue
and returning up (5old. Mem
bers of the Homecoming Court
and Sponsors will be featured.
Sheila Greene, who will spon
sor Mike Sw'offord, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Howard C. Swofford,
Laura Ann Hudson, who will
sponsor (^rl Fulton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Fulton, Jr.
Stella Lee Neisler, who will
sponsor Arthur C3arroll, son of Mr.
and Mrs. George N. Carroll, Sr.
Anne Hunter Plonk, who will
sponsor Geepor Howard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Howard.
Becky Plonk, w'ho will sponsor
Bill Loftin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Major Loftin.
Lynda Sellers, who will sponsor
Terry Putnam, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Max Putnam.
"The Magnificonts”, a dance
band, will play for a student
dance honoring the Homecoming
Court from 10 until 12 p.m. in the
student commons area of the high
school.
BRIDGES ABOARD SAMPLE
USS SAMPLE Oct S — Navy
Petty O.Ticer Second Class Ro
bert E, ISridgcs, son of Mr. and
Mis. Woodrow H. Bridges of
5220 Midpines, Kings Moun
tain, is serving aboard the o-
cean escort U^ Sample in the
Western Pacific.
Blalock's Park-Inn Hre-Gutied,
Was Leveled By Tornado in 1962
Blalock’s Park-Inn was hit by
fire in the early hours of Wednes
day morning.
It was discovered about 2:30
a.m.
Charles E. Blalock, owner of the
firm, said the fire marshal spet'u-
lated that the fire originated
from a television set In the
southwest corner of the building
—where the fiie appeared hottest.
Firemen thought the fire might
have originated from motors op
erating freezers.
There was as yet no estimate
of damage.
Refrigerator glass was .shatter
ed, rafters were burned, and in
ventory blackened.
It was the second casualty lo.s.s
the firm has sustained in eight
and one-half years. In late May
1962, the Blalock’s Perk-Inn build
ing was leveled by a tornado.
Kings Mountain firemen fought
the blaze for several hours before
bringing it under control.