eol For nnorning m. Sun- , church SDAV f) Population Greoter Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8465 OiMrtM HiBfs Mmimm O^vn to tnm tM totociri UnltoS Stoto* Burton of tfeo Cootuo rooert • iMvorr INB. oaB ioirhiiM IBt IMN populotloo • S«aB«r 4 Towatklp. aid tho rtoiifnlt S>it4 Into numUr I TovsoBlp, la dooolaBd Cooatr md Cfowdir Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper Pages Today VOL 86 No. 22 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 3, 1971 Eighty-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS SCENE FROM SVERTBODT LOVES OPAL » Kan Jeon Grant left, plafs the title role of Opal in the Kings Mountain Little Theatre comedy Thursdoy, Friday .and Saturday. Other leod roles ore played by Cir&dy Jtobinson, Robert Cribb ond Joe HuUender. The tcomedy is the story of three "crooks" who hove an illegol perfume operation in full pwing ot the city dump, home of OpoL There are several plots to murder Opol for her money. (Photo by sooc Alexander) Day Care Center May Not Open SPEAKER Senator J. OUie Harris will be opeokor at Home coming Day serrieet Sunday at Patterson Grove fiaptist church. 4 ' Harris To Speak At Homecoming Hompcoming and Memorial Day services will be held . this Sunday, June 6, at l^ailerson drove Baptist ehurch, announces Kev. RichanJ Plyler, minister ol tite cliurch. N. C. Senator J. Ollio Harris will be the speaker for the elev en o'clock w<»rship service. Sun day School will begin at 9:45 a.m., ami dinner will be served on the eliurcli grounds at 12:40 p.m. All members, former members and friends of the congregation are cordially invited to attend. Little Theatre To Stage Comedy "Opal" Comedy Plays Tonight, Ptiday, Satniday Z, O O f 0 One Cent Sales Tax Approved The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners F'riday night voted 3 to 2 to levy a 1-cent sales tax in the county, effective July 1. The action followed a public hearing at the Courthouse where a majority of the 150 (yersons at tending favored the levy over the increnw In property taxes. Commissioners voting in favor w'orti J. D. Turner, wlio made the motion, Robert Hubbard, who serondrti the motion, and Chair man B. K. liPop) Simmons. Op- pf»sed were Fritz Morehead and Phil Rxicker. Based on sales in the county durln"> fiscal 1969-70, the conntv would HToive obout $961,000 from the added 1-oent levy, the rnafor ahpre going to the c*>unly government. Commissioner Turner's motion had the stipulation that proceeds from the tax be distributed aTnBe.ssemcT City is watershort | and several industrial expansions in the community hinge on the , ability of Bessemer City to pro vide water. Members of^he water policy committee will meet at, 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. ^ Mayor John Moss saJu yester day that Gaston County had aip- proved laying of the water lines to Bessemer City and has approv ed funds for the project. If the water poIiQr~comhSttee approves the prG»»osal of Besse mer City, the recommendation will then go to the city board otf commissioners, said the mayor. The city commission will convene at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hell. Mayor Moss said the water pol icy committee is in process of formulating a thorough study of water policy for Kin^ Mountain’s present and long-range needs. The mayor did not indicate the amount of water Bessemer Crty will require. Members of tho sewer policy committee will also gather on Monday evening at 7:30 at City Hall. DR. SARA HENDRICKS SINAL DENNIS BRIDGES Sara H. Sinai Wins MD Degree TERRY ANDERSON WINS PROMOTION — Richard L. Nielsen has been promoted to the position of Vice Presi dent, Chemical Manufacturing, of Lithitun Corporation of A- merioa. Foote Promotes Dick Nielsen BESSEMER aXY. — Richard L. Nielsen has been named Fifteen Seniors Win Scholarships Fifteen high school seniors are recipients of college scholar^ips. They include: Ooni>ie Phifer, $200 Erskine col lege grant. DorLs Wilson, Prospective Teach ers Scholarship. Debbie Rhea, Ruciisill Scholar ship and Gardner Webb scholar ship. Judy Childers, Dover Scholar ship of $100 and $200 Meredith Honor Scholarship. Kay Patterson, Dover Scholar ship of $100, V. R. scholarship to Western Carolina Univer.«ity. Libby Owensby, Dover Scholar ship of $100 to attend Western Carolina University. Pam Cronan, Dover Scholarship of $500 and a State Biology Schol arship for four pears at the Uni versity of North Carolina in Cha pel Hill. Ronnie Payne, prospective teacher scholarship to Astern Dr. Sinai Bridges, Anderson Win Degrees | Dr. Sara Hendricks Sinai, 1 daughter of Dr. and .Mrs. Paul Hendricks of Kings Mountain, ' .‘ecelved the degree of doctor of me-k'ine (M.D.l from the Uni- %«i:sitv of Nofth Carolina 'Sqhool tMay 30th. * Dr. Hendricks is married to Paul Sinai of Chapel Hill. She is a graduate of Kings Mountain high sciiool and com pleted pre medical studies at UNC. Dr. Hendricks will serve a year internship training at North Carolina Memorial hospital in Chapel Hill beginning July 1. Orher area students receiving degrees include: I'erry Dean Anderson received his bachelor of arts degree from Limestone college in Gaffney, S. C. Dennis Bridges of Kings Moun tain recoiwi. his degree in me chanical engineering^ from Noihh Carolina Slate University at Ra leigh. Mrs. Hendricks' } Brothei Passes Funeral rites for John E. Cros- land, 69, pramim’fit Spartanburg, S. C. textile executive And county official, were held Wednesday in Greer, S. C. Mr. Crasland, brother of Mrs. Paul Hendricks of Kings' Moun tain ditKl Tuesday. He was vice president and general manager of Lyman Print ing and Finii-|iing Compary for several years until his retire ment. He also served as chair man of the Spartanburg County B>ard of Control and as a mem- ber of the County ^lanning and Building Board. Dr. and Mrs. Hendrieks. Dr. and Mrs. Paul Hendricks. Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sina? went to Greer for the funeral rites yester day afternoon. Mrs. flendrlcks, Sr, had been at her brother's home in Lyman since Tuesday. president — Chemical manufac- j Carolina University, Hiring in an announcement by H. Ursula Perry, scholarship to N. Edward Uhland, executive vice 1 ventral Uniwrsity. president. I Fl^d Jenkins, scholarship Mr. Uhland cited N'ielsen's velcpmont of Lithium Corporii- contributions to -the surcesful de- lion's North Carolina based chemical operations. During the c .n.«truotion of the Bessomer Oily plant in 1951-55, Nielsen was rej^nsible for much of* the planning and design. He th^n served as the first ^ant mana ger, overseeing the start-up and initial operations. During the oi)eration of Beryl lium Metals & Chemicals Corp., a Lithium subsidiary. Niel.«4<»n serv ed as a vice ])resideh't and direc tor of that company. When Berjilium discontinued produc tion, Nielsen was reassigned to (Contiuurd on Page Eiffht) to N, C. Cen-tral University, Linda WelLs, $250 Gardner- VVebb Scholarship. Debbie Burns, $100 Gardner- Webb Scliolarship. 'Marlene Quinn, nursing schol arship to E^t Carolina Univers ity- Renee Geins, prospective teach er scholarship and Appalachian v^tate Opportunity Scholarship otf $600. Debbie Hinson, V. R. Scholar ship, Cleveland Tech nursing. AUSLEY TOPIC Dr. Paul Ausley will u.se tho sermon loiMc, “^Heresy", at Sun day morning worship service at 11 o’clock at First I^'esbytorian church. 0.0. Jackson's Rites Conducted iFuneral rites for Ottis Onward Jackson, 76, were held Saturday afternoon at 3:30 from the Chapel Funeral Home, interm^J^ following in Mountain Rest tery. iHis Pastor, Rev. D man, oHiciated at the Mr. Jackson died at Thursday in the King hospital after decllg for some time. F'ur] Mrs. Jackson 19th. Tart owner of i ors prior to his/ Jackson was soif and Mrs. John He was a men Methodist chur He is survive Hermon Jackf an<| llirw Bailey of ViJ Mrs. W. J. Bla:t ’he Fxie CERTIFIED — Dr. PhiUp G. Padgett, Kings Mountain med ical doctor, has been notified he has successfully passed on examination certifying him os a doplimate of the Americon Board of Family Practice. College Boaid Taps Spangler R. Patrick Spangler, president of Spangler’s Concrete of Shel by and Kingi? Mountain, lias been named one of 16 new members on tlie Peace College Board of Visitors. Tlie announroment was made by Dr. S. Da\id P'razior. Peace president. The board, an advisoryf a^eno' to the college aciminis- tration, is ji|go intended to be a pn. Fields Young ToBuildSUiut Apartments Fields Young, Inc. o( ShelBy (mrchased a city building permit .Monday to build an eight-unit apartment building for residences on Wej?t Gold street at estimated cost of $76,500. Jack Boyette of Charlotte will be engintvr for the project and local (ontractors are Hoke Elec tric, electrical; Ben T. Gofoith, plumbing; and Dilling Heating, heating and air-conditioning. Other permits issued included: H. M, Broadwater obtained a permit to add a garage and car port to his home at 500 Haw thorne Road. of thT addition is estimated to be $2625. MV. Broadwater list(>d himself as con tractor. Luke Hoyle, contractor, obtain ed perrn!ts to build two six room houses, one at 805 Southwood Drive estimated to cost $12 950 and one at 313 Fulton road, es timated to cost $15,950. Fredrickson Motor Lines W'as issued a permit to erect an iden tification sign at its motot lines at 604 Fredrickson street. Sign Art, nc. is contractor and estimat ed cost is $725. Auxiliary Places Memorial Wreath American Legion Post 155 Aux diary placed a wreatli of poppies in Memorial park of Mountain Rest cemetery on Memorial Day. Mrs. John Mitchem, Popy Day chairman, made the wreath >f memorial poppies and plac ed it at the eemtery. Auxiliary membt*rs annually conduct a Poppy Day Sale of pop- ipies for benefit of local veterans’ 'projects which this ear amount- , ed to more than $2(H). The pop ! pies are handmade by hospita’ Only Six Apply; Miiiiinum Oi 50 Are Beguiled By BBd-August Opening of Kings Mountain Day Care Center hinges on re ceipt otf applications and Charles Mauney, chairman of the Day Care Commission, said he has only six apiplications in hand. Response to the projected facil ity, a service for working mothers m that it would provide chiM care While the mother is at work in textile plants, is lasging. Mr. Mauney said operation otf the center is tentatively set to begin in late August. Howeveii he sa>'s a direcTor can’t be em ployed until there is sufficient enrollment. A miinimum of 50 children la required, said Mr. Mauney, before the center can open. Costs of day care which is low- er-than-usual_cost, .vif. Mauney said, is $12. per week for a sin? gle ch*ild, $18 for two children and $24 for three cliildren, Thfis is based on a 40-hour working w’eek. The center will be open from 5:30 a.m, until 5:30 p.m. Mr. Mauney pointed to the as sets of the facility: a hot meal for the children, two snacks per day, supervised iastruction and .««il>cr\i.sed pT^y. He noted that irn srtructors will be those licensed by the stale and will be quali fied people. 'The Day Care Commission will be operating in the red at the ^ert", said Mr. Mauney. He point ed out that the city provides the building rent-tfr#e and the uHR- ties free. He said, application blanks are availaible in the various indus* trial plants, at C4rty Hall, or from him. He said the applications are not binding, the comimittee needs a general idea about the total enrollment. No cash is required for a person to send in an applll elation. t “All we need to know righ{ novv is if this program is needed here. If it isn’t then we’ll not proceed any further," added th4 chairman. J He termed the day- care facij ity as “Most needed" and invit* ed citizen response. iugh-. ized veterans. IMPROVING ^de Blackwell, who has Jio.‘si>ilalized for some ^>wing a heart attack, t'd improving. Mr. is a patient in the Boone. [ RY PROGRAM wil be program Tliur'-davs meotpig ( v dub at 12:15 at •liib. Firemen Set Open House open House will be held Sun day from 3 until 5 p.m. at Beth lehem Volunteer Fire Depart ment. Firemen are boasting a brand new $23,000 firetruidc which they want to show fo tho community. The truck, a Chevrolet with 427 engine, puiiips 750 gallons of water per minute. The two dozen firemen have conduced several fund-raising suppers and are continuing a c.miimunity drive for money to pay for the equipment, the de. partment’s finest piece of equip ment. Visitors are invited to tour the facility and in.^ect the truck which was put to service this week. Firemen wore called to tho scene of a grossfire near Buffalp Creek on U. S. 74. i|li3ders, Paul Pouchak, [hite Lead Medal Winners HOSPttALlZED Carl Goforth, official of Mar- grace Mills, remains a patient in Kings Mountain hospital where he is reooivli^jreatment and obseivatfloiL GRADUATES OF ARRHYTHMIA COURSE — Kings Mouatedn area urges, pictured above, recently completed a 15-hour course In Arrhythmia Recognition* coronary care utiUzing monitoring equipment at (Kings Mountain ho iftoL Dr. F. J. SlnooK was the instructor emd the course was sponsored by ■Clerelond Techni- col liutituteb The graduates received certificates. From left Mrs. Esther Plummer, Mrs. Rarbata TlndalL MrSi Borah Ivefi Mis. is recipient of .vanis Citizenship i] Poufhak is re- Coveted Bausch [ lonorary Science Ljr. won the Out- Award and "I Torth medals went |ind Gary Dowda. of honors in- Billy Shuford |Biology Award e’s top student l\irnod for her ^rship to the |h Carolina at Mathenratlcs lo (homcmak- In, Chemistry Award. I Judy Childers, TEPS Awar^ ihy North Carolina Association oX Educators. Rick Woods, Outstanding Sen^ lor Draftsman. Ronnie Payne, John Philip Sousa Awar^, .v. Debie Burns and Doris Warren^ Maude R. Crouse Choir Awards - Gene Alexander, SPO Citizen-, ship Award. « Suaan Hutchins, Art Awards • Gary Dowda, Frankie BelU 'Senior Bus Driver Awards, i Thomas Berry, Agricultuarp I Aw'ard. : :• Pam Cronan and Gary DowcUr “I Dare You Awards." - * Tim Hunter. Creative Writs ing Award. j Ruth Davidson, Wootdman of the World History Aw’ard. I Jack White, Outstanding SeiM i ior Atwardf