Thursd^Yi Ju'y ii??' 1 fiuto- I Caro- _ creased 3,682 In^ i 4 11 Vlk 1 ® » € > Population r.reater Kings Mountain 21.914 .ty Limits 8465 Qfvottr Kings MotiotolD tlgur* Is derived irom tti* •pectrl United States Bureou ot the Census report O loDvorr 1966. and includes tbe 14.990 population o KomlMr 4 Township, and tbe remaining 6,124 froa It ml,er 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Cxowdor' Township in Qaston County. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today VOL. 86 No. 29, III 'iiuiirini Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., .Thursday, July 22, 1971 Eighty-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS O ling Period ?r City K w T 168 New Homes sier User TWO-YEAR-OLD KNOWS HOW TO "COOL IT" — When the summer temperatures boil in Kings Mountain little Jane Hilliard, age two, finds a way to keep her cool. Photos show her in the Deal Street Swimming Pool. Jane is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hilliard of 903 Boyce street (Photos by Isaac Alexander) Lady’s Kidney Transplant Will Be Hospital’s “First’ PAUL H. McGinnis Local Woman Will Receive Sister's Kidney Mrs. Francxr.s Greene 41, entered Charlctte Memorial hospital Wed nesday afternoon for treatment aitd tests preparatory to reeeiving a new kidney as a gift from her 118-year-old sister. 'Mrs. Greene told the Herald Sunday her sister, Mrs. Virginia Uuidette, of Fayetteville, was to enter the hospital Monday where site is 'being p.eparerl for the transplant surgery. A fund drive is underway to help defray the costs of the sur gery, estimated a t between $20,000 and $30,000. Lceal eitizen.s who want to contribute may do so by depositing their gifts in the Frames Greene Kidney ‘Fund at First Union National Bank. Tire fund drive wa.s stiivtcd with $110 by nei.ghaor.s and friends and members O't tire Dixon Commun ity -1-11 club ol .vhich Mrs. Greene is leader. Dr. Chirrles Edwards, president of the Ministerial Association, is drive treasurer and John L. Mc Gill is asslsttinl treasurer. i Mrs. Greene is roeeiving moral support, net only from her neigh bors, friends and 4-irers, but fr.,m her husband and family of si.x children, all of whom with the e.xception of baby Amy, un derwent tests to determine if any member might be an eligible donor. ‘ Mr.s. Greene said her kidney operation will be the first of its kind at Charlotte Memorial hos- j pital. Normally, kidney tran-s plants are ipertorimed using “toi'h- nkally dead” donors. -Mrs. Greene e.vplainotl that she was scheduled to have a kidney transplunt last .Marth. The donor was an 18- yetw-old girl atxtidenf viotim who had been reported ‘‘technically dead” to Mrs. Greene’s doctor, Dr. Charles Farmer, cf Charlotte. The girl’s paients had agreed to give the kidnt'y to Mr.s. Greene when their daughter died. ‘‘1 prayed 'for that girl”, said .Mrs. Greene. She was so young. I just felt that the Lord sliould spare her life. She should not be dead and me alive with her kid ney. That night after the doctor tailed me and told me about Imr and that her kidney was a per fect match, she mo\ed her legs. The doctors wore astonished. I continued to pray and 1 knew others were praying. In about eiglil weeks tbe girl walked out of the hospital and went home. They had said she would be a living vegetable tind would nev er leave the liospital.” Mrs. Greene’s new donor, her sister, said she alwiiys lidt site wctuld hr- tire one to supply ttie kidney and .Mrs. Grec-ne said ol Mrs. Burdette: ‘•Virginia is a hap py, willing donor and lias great faith tliat things will work out all right. Both Mrs. Grt-ene and Mr.s. Burdette have tindergoiu' exten sive tests at both Cliarlotte Mem orial hospital anl Duke lin.^pilal at Durham. Mrs. Greene said Mrs. Burdette has (-n.jnyed good lioaith. Griffin nnd Thomas Tate to three City Approves Rescue Squad Funds Request The city commission Thursday night appntved--subject to the avaiialbiliiy d: fun'.'.s—a request from the Kings Mountain Res cue Squad for $2,'725. 'Bennett Masters, a me.-nber of i.ie Rescue Squad boarg of dirCwtors, presenied the com- mun.catfons reiiuest and noted that tile request of $2,72.5.00 wtts a local share of a toiial ot $10,- ; 900, 50 per ceul pgiil .by the teil- eral gocornmeit and 25 I'ci . cent each from the city and ca-:inty. ! Additional eiitdi-rnenl to he Water Policy Committee ! Favors Proposal i Kings Mouittain’s water fxili'-y study groinp will recommend to the city commission the city sell water to the city of Bessemei City. Mayor John Henry Moss said yesrterday that m<'mb<>r.s of tlie group, of whit h he is cliainman, met -Monday night with Bessemer City Mayor George Newton and his full committee. Bessemer City is water .short and several industrial expansions in that community hinge on the ability of Bessemer City to pro vide water. Mayor Newton is asking the city to furnish Bessemt'r City 2.50,000 gallons of water per day. Mayor M;)ss said his group will work out contractural details, in cluding implementation of Ihe ■cial.s appropriating funds for its line which Gaston County ofli- installation. The city board of commission ers will meet Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. but Mayor M:js.s said it’s doubtful all planning can .be completed and that the water policy recommendation may be on the agenda for a special imeel- ing later in the month. Bes-semer City otficials first ap proached local officials about need for water a year ago. Mayor Cl.vde Sarvis at that tinu' did not indicate the amount of water Bessemer City would require but did say lha,t city is. furnisiiiivg Lilliitim Corpjralion of America with approximately a million gal lons montlily of trealod water and 14 million gallons monlhly y ji 4 J Plicnlx Plant ; Dinner iiidav h\ n f j! uiH vU purchased wi:h local share l.n-lof raw water. Lithium Corjxtra- lion had .said it needed addition al piumpage of treated water. The .Mayor then named him.self as cliairman of a special c.nn- mittec with other members be- I ing Commis-sioners T. J. Ellison, a's in pareitlhesis, inclu e one ! base station $3,000 i$7,)0i, on.t I remote control unit, $f00 'five mobile units, $6,000 ($1.- |.50i, two walkie talkies $1,500 j I $375). ' LM'asters staid this was the first time the local res ue i Diekc-y. The ccmmitlee was au w‘!i:ch rc;’enill,v chaq;;ed names | res ilution of tlio full frctTi Cleveland Caunty Hes.ue (q c'mploy the .serv- Squad, had roqucsiod funds i „f ,,,pgp ejnsultants: \V. K. from the c:ty boi-rd of eanimis-i pj,pp^jp,,. sioners since 1357 wlwn $500 , yj pullen & Company, ac- I :)!• two radios was granled. : counting; and the Institute ol I iMasters added that a lun.i- | Government for general ixtli'ey. raising ctfmpaign was lieing i Members of 4l'e Bessemer City planned iby the lecal unit to I water policy c-wnmittee are .May- raise $6,000 .-iccjed lor a new p,- yiewton, chairman, and Neil ambulance and to complete pay- ' mont on a presenit ambulance. WILSON GRIFTIN 'In makin ■ motion lo grant the | reci est, Commissioner Jonas' Bi'id'es said it was “reasonable i .-onsidering rhe services the res- > cue s(|ifad provides.” Mayor Moss recognized local squarl members for ‘‘most valua- i ble service to our citizen.s” and i no’ed that a merit citation had been previously prr‘.senlc<i to I lie Kings .Mauntain He-seue Squad for its service to citizens of flic area. j Barnes, Don Carpenter, and Jack- ! son O. Parker. THOMAS TATE McGmms^ Griffin Tak Appointed The cily commission has ap pointed ihriH' Kings Mountain business men to positions on the re ■ development and planning boards. Jqc Laney, director ot the Kings Mauntain Redevelopment Com- mis.sion to the city txtmmission and membt'rs tipproved, appoint ment of Paul If. MoGinnis to a three-year ferm cn the redevelop ment commission and Wilson Monntaineer Days Set “Mountaineer Days” will be held Octoix'r 4-3, am>rding to joint announeemeni by Bill Gris som, p.-esident of Ihe .Merclninls Association, and Lee .McIntyre, president of the Chamber of Com merce. The wax’k-long event will fea ture a parade, contests, and a trade promotion. Comimittees Irom both orgtm- izalions will ire named to plan the activities to be held during Ihe Battle .\nniver.sary cx'Iebra- tion of the 191.st birthday of the Revolutionary War Battle of Kings Mountain. Last celebration here was in October 1966 and attracted thous ands of people to Kings .Mountain. Her husband, Allen, and their tliree children sufsp Ti her deci sion to give her sister a kidney. Mrs. Greene, born willi two small kidneys, realizeii .she had a chronic kidney cmidition 11 years ago. Since lasT IXvembea ContinuLiiUn Payu Six year term.s on the city planning | bon rd. I i.Mir. McGinnis is a partner in ■ M 't’linnis Department Store, Mr. I Griffin is partner in Griffin Drug i nnd Mr. Tate is vice-president of, Hame Savings & Loan Assocla-1 Uoti, JAYCEE RIDES King.s .Mountain Jayix-es will siponsor Jiiyeee Kiddie Ridt>s nt'Xt week at the vacant lot ad jacent to the .\merican Legion building on York road. APPOINTED David Parker ha^ been ap pointed seeretary-lreasuror of the Kings Mountain Rotary club to suceetxl Pete Connet who is moving to Asheville. "Policeman" Delimtion Kin.gs Mountain police officers Iiave .supplied the Herald with the definition of ‘‘What Is .\ Policeman? ". It is reprinted here: WHAT IS A POUCEMAN? ! a\ policeman is a composite of ' wliat all men are—a mingling of .saint and sinner. He, of all men, at once needed and unwanted, i Less lhan one-lialf of one peiveni of tile police officers in tliis coun try mislit tliat uniform. That’s a h< Iter average than you will find among clergymen. He is a nameless creature wlic is ‘‘Sir” to his face and "I'uzz” and "Pig” fo Ills hack. He must ‘be a dijtloir. il. In set tling .lifferemes i« bween persons, lie must leave each with tlie fel ling Mial he and or .die liavi b til won. But. if a police officer i.s neat, lu- is conql'iled; if lie is (■.uoloss, he's a bum: if he i.s pleasant, he is a flirt; if he is not he’s a grouth. Hi.s decisions 'must be ntado right nwv, biiT a lawyer ' can take months to make his. Ho mu.st be first to an accident and have a true diagnosis so that the victim will start breathing, .stop I bltH'ding ;ind go home without a I limp...or expect to he sued. Hi must bo able t.5 subdue anyone twiv'c his sitte without being ‘‘hru tal.” He must know wliere all I the sin is and not partake. I The policeman must be a eom- I binalicn of minister, sx'ial work- I or, diplomat, tough guy and a , gentleman. .4nd don’t forget he ! miisi be a genius heeatise he will ! have to lay hi.s life on the line j and feed his family on a police ' officer’s pay. Mrs. Arthur's Two Grandsons To Tokyo James Arlhur Miller, 16, and David .\l.Jler, ,15, grandsons i,i -.Mrs. J. il. Aiiliur oi Kings Moun tain and the late -Mr. .Mlhur and .-.ons cl .Mr. .and .ms. Winston .Miller of 'Buriingion, will be leav ing in lale July lo attend the VV orid Boy Scout Jamuoroe in Japan. ‘Ihe -Millers visited rc'cenlly iviiii the Artliur family -here and .Mrs. Arthur joined ihe lumiiy for a \ acalion ti.p to Gaiiinb^rg, lonnessoe. Several weekends ago tiie hoys went to a training ptogia.-n wiu-ie l.iey Icarnih, ilio lull details cf liieir projected trip. “liicy told us what we'd d-a and how we'd do h," Art told his gi andmolher. “Tliey also tried to leach us some of the tusloms t'liey liave over tliere. We were fiven a small di.vti.nary wi'.h Japanese \\or:Is .so wc d i.c- .onie lair.iliar wi ll them. We jaigitt.iuvq a.- liait.i i..iac. .uUk- ing to other,' .'ic added. "i.icre’s really nil liial min': ,)re;;ai'.,liaJi in gellihg vea'I..-.' david. "I -.uess I'M jus; ;;cl my • tu I l,■;4l'thel• and go." liis motli- ■r, the. lot-Tier I’c.g.ry Arthur, ."nitTiil r.ai agree wi ll ti’.at. Tile campsite ilsei-f is in.ated m -lito i.-irii-.-wo; 1 slope of .Ml. Fuji some 75 mil.-s from T.'kyo, Japan, il iies on .sfij urcs .-I roi, ing 1-astureiand v.'hi.h ean.sisl.s jf a su'osoil made up of vcicani- :ish. Art M'ier. m rtigle‘^c-i.'t an:t -e.'ipieiii f t'le G-id and (.'.ni:i:r\ \wir;l, wi'l .serve as -a jattrol Icai'.cr wliilo on the trip lo Japan. DiviJ .tfiller. a leciyient of 'he ci)Vi*!i'd G.xl and -C.x ntiy litir, it award, will serve .-..s an as- ni'lanl pairid leader. Bolii me ■ictive in s'otii.'ng and in Firs: Mctliodi.st liiur.h in lliiriinglen. Tile Boy .‘^.I'tils ilepari at 2 a. Ti. tile morning . f Julv llh T i'tn C'hariolto's Diiuglas .tirperl. t" Hurlingt.on .Mills' ITienix plant wi.l Ii.m-ir 26 em-i.-loyces for 25 ■x.Mi's sci'vi.e with tlie ujmpany at a lianquet Finlay ni.giil at ik.'iil at Royal Villa Restaurant. Jimmy Jenkins, the plant's pe,-siinncl ni-.inag<'r, .said service .i\\ai‘ s will be piesenled to em- pioyecs in appreciation for lung service. Tax Rate Up Two Cents Cleveland County Board of Coinmi.s.sioners loturnixi tlie eoun- ty-wiilc ta.x rate of S1.31) per $100 valuation and closed the door on furtlicr pay raises for county em- ployee.s Monday night. .Moti:Fiy, ci)mmis,sioner.s raised tile tax rate to last year’s level after having teniativcly adopted a rate of $1.28 county-wide just over a week ago. C hairman B. -E. (Pop) Simmons pointed out that tlie additional tvvo cents is necessary to get the building iJrogiam - jail and crim inal justice complex - underway, pravido additional ambulances and communication.s equipmcnl for the county rescue units and fund .Medicaid and oilier public a.-.sistance projects -required by s.atc law. Alter rejecting requests for pay increases lor public liealtli nurses, .Mrs. Eliza:x'lh .Miller, .Mrs, Ruby iVarlick and Mrs. Frances Webb, Hie uoarii approved unanimously a motian by t'emmissioner Koberl Hubhard to ‘‘clo.se Hie door on all fuitiler pay rai.se.s at this time." in Ills motion Hubbard explained that "looks like we’ll get into trcublc all around if pay rai.scs arc continued. EvcFytime we raise one tiicre arc more.” TO JAMECREE — Art Miller, ton, end David Miller, grand sons of Mrs. J. K. Arthur of Kings Mountain and the fate Ml. A.rthur, will attend the World Scout Jamburec in Tokyo, Jopan. METHODIST TOPIC Rev. N. C. Du-'i wiil u.se l!ic MM'iiion laptc ‘'Ideniil'ying a LTu'sH.iii'' at Siniii.iy morning si'i'vill's at 11 o'clci'k at Grace LTiiied M.'lhodisi liuircli. ini 3SE101 Fo^ r?Io!!?ky M 2 RB-l .4n ‘‘.iflcrnoon of History In - Icvclatid rounty" linir. sitoti'-'or- I .'.i by the Clc'. eland County Hi.s- ' i ri: ;1 ia'ion, i.s planned for Monday beginning at 2 p.m. A caravan ol cars will cover most of the ccunly in otic aflcr- ntxin, visiting -major "fir.sls” such IS the site of Hie first meeting o form tile cininty fvom L:n:,dn ind Ru-!hci-ford countii'S; site ot lie first court licuse; the first tex tile plant; lUc first clitircli; Hie irst rural a,.-idcmy; where tlic irs: iliild w;i,s ii.irn after the uniy was formed in fStl: am :Hn r placi's cf in'ere.t tliat an ■l.lcr Hian I lie i nunty il.scli. HERE AT 0 P.M. E.i Smith, a memacr I'f the Hi.s'.trical ,\v.so. ia:ion. satd lo cal citizens can ,inin Hie Ictir grciip at First Eaiitist chtiri It on Wc.st King street -it 3 |).m. He '•aid a map of Hie tmtr area will he printi’d in F'riday’s c li- ticn of the Sliolby Star. He .said Scout tro.ip-i. club group.s, ami all intcrcstci citizens are invited to ptirti'eipate. Tlte lotir will w'giti at Hie City 'hail in .siti'lhy and will be c,>n- luded willt a dinner at Cedar Park around 6:30 p.m. Six prominent citizens will 're view till' places of inicrest when :ricf steps .are madi'. R.abert Gidney .said Ihttt the tour is cxi)ocli'd lo "stimulate in terest in ol.'al history, loeate plaecs whore historical markers should be placed and promote Uie PRESIDENT — Joe Laney, exe cutive director of the Kings Mountain Redevelopment Com mie.ion, has been installed as president of the Kings Moun tain Rotary club, piesorvat; n of i>!,l lan.kiiarlcs and pla.es of .general historical interest." T.'ie tour iy Oiien to tlie publie. .V poli;e '■ ort will he pravided. Commiiice metnbe-s for the program a;e Dr. W. Wyan Wasli- burn, -iia'::r..m. Gi'crge Blaiitoti Jr., .Mrs. Lalliinore, .Mrs. Bess Lavemiar and Fid .Smith. Pa’servali ).is f, r 'ilie dinner at Cellar Paik can lie made by eall- ili'g Robert fli-.tm'V at the tax li.'ting office i.r dV. Wa.shhurn at ills ollico in Boiling Springs. Fairview Lodge ilosts Meeting F'airvicw Lod ;o 333 AF&.A.M will 1)0 host for ihe regional meeting of Hie .56tli Masonic DisiriG .-VFi'cA'.M Thui.sday night at S [I. m. at .Masonic Hall. I’rimi; al speakers will be Kev. Troy Rol.iiins, supi'rintend- ein of tlK' .Masonic a:id Fiastern Star Home of Greensboro, and Kev. A. D. Leon Giay, snperin- loiiiloivl i f tlie O.x-ford Orplian- ace at O.'.ford, S,..ies of Ihe oi'lihanage w”! be siiown during Hie program of the meeting. .■\11 o ficers and memhers of the le.al lodge are encotiraged 10 alieii, said Tiiomas D. Tin- C.a'.i, secretary. Phone Union Endi^ Strike Tile rommuni. alii'ii-s Works of .\meii.a ami tiu' Bell System re iciu'.l P'treemenI Tuesday tliat ended Hie six-day nationwide .sfiiko. In Kin IS Mountain, where S ulinrii Bell Teli'iilmne & Tele- g,-:i;ih Company, is Hie princiiial utility, ini.sie Iclephnne serviee was lieing mainlaiued duriiig Hie strike due to dial oix ratien. Exe- itilive iiirdoyees and some em- 11 lyee.s who didn’t elix’t to strike were mamiing tile serviee liere. F\V.\ President Josepli A. Bi'irne .said the 400 000 Bell employees ■would vote at a later dale on a t.lirei-year liaet boosting wages ami henilits by 33 and onc-ithird ixicent. Richard lolly Receives Degree Riciiarl Jolly son of .Mr. and Mrs. Cly ie Jolly of .Shelby and .gran.Ison of .Mrs, C. J. Gault, Sr. of Kings .Mountain, has received iiis B.S. degree in education from Western Carolina University at Cullowhee. J-.lly will teach in the P.uther- for i County school .system in the fall. He was a dean’s list student. In Construction t Tlie buikiing season is in full swing in Kings Mountain. Wo-tlnw Laughter, building in pectiir and administrator, said a total of lot) new homes have been built in the cily during the past six months. Laughter said building 'permits had l)cen inircliascd with esti mated ivists of residence's and ad- dition.s at $1,053 587.00. i He gave this break-down: Jan uary- jx'rmit.s, $46,100; F'ebruary permits, $68,224,00; March, $130,- 233.00; April, $342,783.00; May, $151 233.(X); and June, $314,948.00. In his report to the city com mission Thursday night. Laughter said his office mailed a total of 255 notices during the period end ing June 30th. lie noted first in- .ipecticns totaled 140 and re-in- .opections were 137. He said there were 34 satisfactory compliances, six building demolished with five cases appealed by property own ers to the city commission. In addition to the 100 new residences which liave gone up during the pa.st si.x months, 50 units of public hou.sing have been occupied at OhesK'rfield Apart ments on Margracc Road. In re.spin.se to Mr. Laughter’s report to the city commission, Mayor .Moss pointed to the phe nomenal growth of Hie city dur ing the 'pa.st six months. He said, ’’Mr. Laughter’s report records the I'conomic grovvHi of the city of Kings Mountain and points up the op;xirtunity for a better life in ' Kings Mountain.” I Of a total of 90 permits issued I via the building insixx-tor 34 i were for new homes, eight were ! for trailers, eight were for afiart- I ments (now going up on Gold street), 13 were for additions to ho,Ties and 10 were for repairs to re.'idenres. Housing re-presented a total of $603.467.IK) wiiile im- provc'ments to residences amount ed to S13,938.1K) and additions to residences arpounted to $41,515.00. Mr. Laughter said he was de lighted to report ’’better housing” but noted that Kings -Mountain ia "liou.sing-.short” as he called at- liTition to fa.'l that although 200 units of low-rent housing have bixn ccmpleted and occupied, a t.dal of 208 house.s in the city liave been ilemolislied in the six miMiTlis iieriod covered by his re port. "Be.st” building months were .-\pril and June. Register Now At High School The Guinance Deptirlmenf af King.s Mountain high schtxal is open this summer from 8 a.m. un til 4 p.m. daily. Students who were not enrolled in Kings Mountain schools last year and who will bo attending Kings Mcunlain high sehcKil this yeai are encouraged to rc'gister for next years classes at the high s.-ltool as soon as possible. Some ccurses are rapidly filling up and new students w'ill have a bi'lter seleelion of courses if theey plan to attend college and will need financial aid or scholarships are encouraged to make appli cation now. .Application forms are available in the high school guid ance office. Herndon Rites Are Conducted Funei'al rites f.nr FT-oyd F. Ilernilon. ,83. of Ra-ute lAvo, were lield Tuesday aftermxxn at 4 oclo.'k ti'im Belhlcliem Baptist chuivl). interment following in the chui'ch ci'motery. 'Mr. Herndon died Sunday night i-i the Kings Mountain hospital. He was Hie son of the late .Mr, anti .Mrs. Walter Herndon. Survivin,; are his wife, Mrs. .Novella Randall Herndon; one son, Lamar Her-idon of Kings Mn main; oe d'.Tughter, Mrs. Hu.gh Dover of Kings .Mounl-ain; two linilhers, George Herndon of Rc.-k 11:11. S. C. and FTank Herndon of Kings Mountain; throe sisters, Mrs. John Yarboro of Ki-igs Mountain. Mrs. Horace Dover of Grover, and Mrs. lOm- mett Yar’.ioro of Kings Moun tain; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Rev. Russell F'itts officialeu at the final rites.

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