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14 Today
KIms Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 83 No. I
Established 1889
Kings fountain, N. C., Thursday, January 6, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
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John L. McGill
NursingHomeAide
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ISTZToSee
Nursing Home
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WINS MASTER'S — Thomas
Dean^ son of Mrs. Amos F.
Deon of Kings Mountain and
the latte Mr. Deon. has received
his master's degree liom Louisi*
ano State University in Baton
Rouge^ Lo.
Filed Policeman
Attacks Board
G, W. (Stretch) Bollinger chai-g-
ed the mayor and city commis
sion Thursday night with "giving
me the rujiaiound" on his appeal
k«i rCih^Latcment and/or compen-
ll^ion for whaft he says was dis-
phissal with one day’s notice from
the city police force.
■Bollinger appeared befthe
hoard at close o: the regular ses
sion to ask the reason t his dis
missal Octo'oer 9, 19(1 alter two
years and seven days on iiie jot)
and the reason for no action on
his appeal to the commission
which he says was made to fli^
police review beard of six officers.
He said he was fired by Chief
of Policy Tom ‘McDevitt October
8tJi because he did no.t live within
the city limits which is a mini-
muim requirement of memibers of
Vile police force. He said he was
fired with one day’s notice.
Bollinger asserted that othei
officers were in violation of city
statutes in that of 15 ofificers on
the fo^ce nine are relatives and
"if you're in the clique you’re in
and if you aren’t you’re out.” 'He
said he li.ed in the same house
.2 mile outside the city on Grover
road that he lived in when he
was hired.
He chargexi that he had unsuc-
ces,i*uiliy attempted to receive a
hearing before the commission on
five diiffcren-t occasions since he
was fiired. He said: I’m a plain-
fipeken man, I hold you liable for
my Jcib.”
. Chief McDevitt told the Herald
yesterday that the police review
Itooard met on August 23, 1971,
vtth all members present, to re
view complaint from the Chief
^against Officer G. W. BoLlingei
for falling to comply with the
ruiles and regulations of the City
of Kings Mountain. Those rules
and regulations being: failing to
establish a residence within the
city limits of Kings Mountain and
failing to better his education
through the Department of Com
munity Colleges. He said the
Board’s recommendation was that
Officer Bollinger be given until
September 3, 1971 to either reside
within the city limits of the City
of Kings Mountain or resign from
his position as a patrolman with
the dcparlmerit. The Chief said
that Bollinger was informed of
the action and that he and other
o-flcera had offered to a.viHt him
in obtaining housing within the
c;ty limits, if only on a tempor
ary basis. The Review Bcaid is
made up cC Cliiel MoDevP.t, Lt. J.
C. Barrett, Lt, David Corn, Sgt.
J ihn Belk, PjI. Jim Belt and Ptt
T*>mmy King.
MciDevltt said Bellinger had
been gl.cn "every opportunity to
■ remain with the department. We
began immediately giving hiim
extra police training to begin
nieeting ‘the educational require
ments arid the review board even
waived minimum age require
ment when Bollinger joined the
force. Every consideration has
been g^ven him. He refused fo
’.meet the conditions that every
lilher man does meet. I canM
On Page Six
FirstCitizensGrand Opening
Tentatively Set January 24
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John L. McGill, retired former
partner of Kings Mountain Drug
Company, was appointed Thurs
day as liasori representative be
tween the Kings Mountain Con
valescent & Nursing Center, Inc.
and Homes of Caro, Inc., or "any
one else who builds” the nursing
home, President Joe R. Smith
said.
Smith said the hag taken
a "long time bcc we are getting
clctio. . .we'll go with something
thii, year.”
The Kings Mountain Convales
cent and Nursing Center. Inc.,
and Kings Moutain Homes of
Care, Inc., are awaiting the ap
proval of a loan to build an 85
■oed nU' Sing center here.
President Smith, president ot
the groups, said they arc working
on a Small Business Adminisira
tion loan which would allow
•them to begin construction some
time this year.
A corporation was h>rmed sev
eral years ago. Some stock was
sold and land directly behind
Kings Mountain Hospital was
pj-^’Hac''d. However, there was a
' nir^'d amount of stockholders
a:i’^ money and efforts to sell
mt' -e stock bogged down.
Two years ago, the local organ
Ization along with Homes of
Care, Inc., of GreenvUle, S. C., be
came part owners of Kings Moun
tain Homes of Care, Inc.
The Gieenville group, however,
was approached by individuals
in other states, who, according to
Smith, had the money and want
ed nursing homes built. Thus, the
Greenville group has been tied
up with other projects.
Smith say.s that "something if*} J Im Fivrl
will definitely be done this year” {Hill IS M llSl
even if it means getting another
group to build the home. "Sev
eral otiier organizations have
been in to talk with us and are
wanting to build the home,” he
said.
Mayor John Mass last week
listed the construction of a nurs- ,
ing home as the city’s number'Bahy Deroios lor 1971.
one goal in 1972. Moss four years j The first child of Mr. and Mrs.
at- •
FIRST bAbT — Victoria Annette Adams, the city and county's
first baby of the new year, rests In the orms of her mother, Mrs.
Fred Adorns. The new orrival weighed in at Kings Miountoin
hospitoi ot 1:23 p.m. New Year's Day. (Herold Photo by Jim Belt)
Victoria Adams
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Is Derby Winner
Kings Mountain ^
iSoin In County
j Victoria Annette Adams, eight
(pound nine ounce baby girl, is
/winner of both tiic Kings Moun
tain and Cleveland County First
ago appointed a committee to in
vestigate the
homo here
possibilities of a'
Tax Collections
Total $233,598
City taxpayers paid $66,065 in
19T1 tax bills in the fmal eight
days before penalty dafP, City
Clerk Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., re
ported. ,
The payments brought total in
take on 1971 'tax accounts to
$233,598.50 reprefenting 71.1' per
cent of the total levy of $328,305,
Fred Adams of 103 North Carpen
ter stieet weighed in at Kings
Mountain hospital at 1:2^1 p.m.
New Year’s Day.
.Mrs. Adams, the former Dore-
tha Crown, 22, said she entered
the hospital at G:30 p.m. on De
cember 3l5t. Attending physician
was Dr. Joe Lee.
ivjrs. Adams said she had marli'
an earlier trip to the hospital on
Christmas Day and thought the
new arrival migiit be a "/hrist
ma: present.” She said she was
pleased the now baby is winn<*r
of lirst baby contests spo:isored
by the Kings Mountain Herald,
the Shelby Daily Star and the
C'levclind Times.
Her husband, 26, is a second
and 73 percent of the $318,50t') the
city anticipated it .would receive .shift tlirvploycc of Kings Mill,
in revenue from this, source dur Mrs. Adam.s is one of 12 chil-
ing the current fiscal year dren of Mr. and .Mrs. iRc-bert Brown
Balance unpaid againsit the of the Long Creek common.ty.
budget estimate as pehjky date She has a young brother, nine.
arrived January 1 was ^1,901.50.
Blanee unpaid against the total
1971 levy was $94,706.5^!-
Penalty of two percent applied
January 1. It will 'increa.se by
three-quarters of one )x*rcent in
sulbsequent mon-^hs until paid.
SPEAKER — John C. Houser,
Gastonia banker ond notive of
Grover, will oddress Kings
Mountain Rotarians at their
Thursday meeting.
Houser To Speak
To Rotary Club
John C. Hou.ser, president of
the new Carolina State Bank in
G'tst:;nia, will speak to Kings
Mountain Rotarians at their
the family anymore” anirher Thursday meeting at 12:15 at the
older sister is 30. There are seven Country club.
who says "won’t bo the baby ol
bo^’s and five girls in the family.
Paternal gramfmother is Mrs.
Eula Mao Adams of 113 Childers
streei:.
Mayor Asks Committees To Study
And Evalnate City Traiiic How
The Mtayor has asked the city
traffic feafety committee and the
highway advisory committee to
study and evaluate city traffic
conditions and to make recom
mendations to the city corn'mis-
»ion for alleviating problems.
Botarian Thoma.s L. Trott has
arranged the program.
The Gnrtonia banker is a na
tive of. Grover, son of Mr. and
Mrs. -Roy Houser. Ho is a graduate
of Grover high school and the
University of South Carolina.
A banker tlie past 11 years, he
joined Wachovia Bank & Tru.st in
June 1959, subsequently became
assistant branch manager and
then manager of the Friendly
Center office and becalme a-wocia-
tod with North State Bank in
Burlington in February 1906 and
Other mem'bcrs of the high
way advisory committee are J.
Lee Roberts, L, E. Hinnant, Carl
F. Mauney, Leroy Blanton and
Bill Grissom.
The Mayor wrote the chairmen:
*Tn the past ye:ir the traffic Supervised branch operations for
Lelterswere addressed by May- flow on a number of City streets ils six ofifices. Ho became prtsi-
or John Henry Moss to Commls- has increased consideirably. This dent of the new Carolina State
sioner W. S. Biddix, Ohaimian ol increased traffic H^ow, especially D.ink when it oi)oncd in Gastonia
rhe traffio safety wmmittee, and in our downtown area, causes several months ago.
to WWl Herndon, chairman of the traCHc tIe-ups almost dafly dux- He is married and the father oJ
highway advisory oommittee. ing -peak hours
Oher mombers of the traffic "I would like to recommend.
•afety committee are Commis- therefore, that the City Traffic
fiioners T. J. Ellison and James Safety Comimltteo and the High-
Dickey. Police Ohift Torn McDev- way Advtwy Committee make a
itt, Fire Chief Floyd Thornburg, study and an evaluation of the
and Dellbert Dixon, captain od exi-ating traffic conditions and
the Kings Mountain Life-Saving prepare a report of their findings
and Rescue squad. Continiuicl On Page Six
two children.
TO GATOR BOWL
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. (Zip) Rhea,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Fulton, Jr.
and Mr. and Mrs Grady How
ard wore among hlcal people
going to Jaicksonvlllo, Fla. for
the Gator Bowl Last weekend.
First-Citizens
Taps 10-Member
Advisory Board
Ten Kings Mountain business
and professional leaders have
been elected to the newly esiaib-
lished First-Citizens Bank &
Trust Company Board of Advis
ors in Kings Mountain, R. P.
Holding, Jr., chairman of the
bank, annourtced.
(Named to the board are Char
les F. Mauney, William Kemp
Mauney, Jr., Eugene J. Timms,
John D. Wai'Uck, Jai'k H. White
and Lee A. Mc?Intyre, Jr.
As memfbers of the FirstiCili-
zen Bank Board in Kings Moun
tain, these men will assist bank
nuinageiment in policy matters,
business development, and serve
as an additional liaison between
the community and the bank.
C. F. Mauney is general man
ager of Mauney Hosiery Mills. A
'Kings Mountain native, he has
served as president of the Ro-
taiy, has been president of the
Catawba Valley H'csiery club
and as served on the board of
GardnerWebb college, the Red
Cross and the Salvation Army.
(He is a gradute of North Caro
lina State University and is a
member of St. Matthews Luther
an church.
'W. K. Mauney, Jr., is p*vesi-
rient of Mauney Hosiery Ivlills.
For the past three sessions, he
has serv^ in the egislature
fmm Cleveland county. He is a
'former president of the Jaycees,
serves on the board of trustees
of Ltmoir Rhyne college and the
Cleveland Mental Health Asso
ciation. The te.xtile executive is
a graduate of Lenoir Rhyne col
lege and is a memtber of St.
'Matthews Lutheran church,
where he has served on the
church council.
iMIcGinnis is president of Mc-
(Ginnis Department store and has
'farming interests. The Kings
Mountain native is an alumnus
of the University of North Car
olina and is a menTber of the
board of directors of the Kintgis
(Mountain Urban Renewal pro
gram.
(Morrison Is president of Asso
ciated Laundry Sales, a commer
cial laundry eciuipment distribut
ing firm. He Is a graduate of
Wake Forest Univei'sity and al-so
attended Western Reserve Uni
versity. The Statesville native is
a member of the American Le
gion and the Highland Saddle
icirto.
Dr. Plonk is a general surgeon
Continiu’d On Page Six
K L. VITilsoii's
Rites Conducted
T'uneral idles for Martirt Luth
er Wilson. Sr., 63, of 514 Phenix
street, were conducted (Monday
aftern(K)n at 4 o’<^lock from Faith
Baptist church.
(Rev. Robert Ilicklin officiated
at the final rites and nterment
was in Mountain Rest cemetery.
D(‘acons of Faith Baptist church
were active pi llhearers.
Mr. Wilson succumibed Sunday
morning in the Kin s Mountain
hospital where he had l>een a pa
tient since Decomber 10th. He
had been in ill health for several
years. Death was attributed to
heart failure.
(He was associated with Mc-
O.irdy Cleaners.
'Born in Cherokee County, S.
C.. s'^n of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Wilson, he had lived near
ly all his life in Kin-gs Mountain.
(He and his wife, the former Es
sie Alimond, were married 46
years.
(In addition to his wife he is
survived by three sons, Charles
Wilson, Martin L. Wilson. Jr.
and Robert Wilson, all '^f Kings
Mountain; two brothers, Broad-
us Wilson of GaMney, S. C. and
Jesse Wilson of Arlington, Va.;
six, grandchildren and one great-
grand'child. '
The family designated
memorials to Faith Baptist
church.
PROMOTED ^ Boyce H. Gault,
Jr. hos been promoted to assist
ant vice president of North Car
olina Naticnol Bank at Char
lotte.
Boyce Gault
Wins Promotion
(Boyce H. Gault, Jr., a Cleve
land county native, has been pro
mo'ed to assistant vice president
of North Carolina National
(Bank. i
Ife is manager of Standard
Service .Sales in tho automated
(c’ustomcr services department in
Charlotte.
(Gault is a graduate of Kings
(Mountain high school and at
tended Kings Business college.
(He was wdlh First Union Na
tional Bank in Kings Mountain
and Charlotte albout seven years
before joining NONlB in 1%9.
(Ho is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Boyce II. Gault of 112 N. Deal
St., Kings Mountain. His wife,
the former Phyllis Welch, is the
daughter of Clyde Welch of
Kings Mountain. They have two
children, Boyce H. Ill, 10, and
Gina, 6.
Bank To Occupy
New Building
On Battleground
First Citizens Bank & Trust
Cenpany, building a new bank
ing Ikmiso here on South Battle-
gn und avenue, has tentatively
set grand opening for Monday,
January 2Uh.
Vice - President and Manager
Leo A. McIntyre, Jr. said this
week that woikmen are putting
final 'tcuehes to the building.
The two-story brick building
frcnls 100 feot on Battleground
and Jnerokce streots on a lot be
tween the A&P and Clark Tire.
It is of contemporary styling, con
tains approximateliy 5(300 square
feet of iloor space. The exterior
is of brick and bronze glass and
aluminum. Se\^eral additional
teilor windows, a drive-in window
and ample parking are lomong
the new features.
Since opening hero in January
1936, the bank has occupied the
building of the late Dr. D. M.
Morrison on West Mountain
street.
Bible Class Here
May Be Cancelled
Unless citizens respond to the
Bible class now being conducted
on second Monday evenings at
8 p.m. in the Conference Room of
Kings Mountain ’Saving^ & Loon
Association the classes will be
cancelled.
Mrs. Carl Devenish of Asheville,
noted Bible teacher ana lecturer,
has been traveling via bus from
Asheville to lead a *Bible class,
C'pen 'to the public, here.
The class will be conducted a-
gain on Monday and is non-de-
nominational.
A spokesman for the group said
Christians of all ages and denom
inations can benefit from the in-
spiia'tional study of the Bible led
by Mrs. Devenish.
laughtei Gives
Hguies; 12di
Month Kggest
By MARTIN HARMON
New construction within the
city sot an apparent record in
19(1 as building ijcnnlt purdiases
totaled $3,305,518.
In repou’ting the figures, (Wood-
row Laughter, codes offi'cer, said
he had not completed his tabula
tions on types oi construction, but
he said the vast majority of the
building was residential.
December buikUng.permit sales
provided the biggest boost, with
the total $1,023,010; Suptember
was the next big month and June
third. August was the caboose of
the yeai.
Mayor John Henry Moss said he
was highly pleased with the 1971
construction result, also noting
that the vast majority of the
building was for residential con
struction,
"There was only a small a-
mount oif industrial construction
wi'LJiin the oily during 1971, "the
Mayor said,” and Mr. Laughfer’s
final tabulations may well show '
ccoi'morcial building ohead of in-,
dustrial. Ihere was a good inci-. -
dence cf industrial building near'
tlic city limits but outside the"
city.
"We are still hardly caught up,”^^
■the Mayor added, "with residen-'
tial needs. Many citizens con-J
tinue to reside in sub-standar
housing and the market ren
tight in this area. I hope 19
will find the residential buUdingJ
■trend continuing.”
Building permit brecikdown byj
months are:
January 6930J
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
SeptenKber
October
November
December
TOTAL
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Harper Requests Blantons Hurt
Sewer Service In Jamaica Crash
iRaegan Haiper, Kings Moun
tain pharmacist, reiterated his
rctiu^st for city sewer servic'cs
at his residence on North Roxford
road to the city board of coin-
rnissioners Thursday nig*!!!. ,
It was not Mr. (Harper’s first
visit, he reminded council mem
fbers, since his property off Shel-
Iby road was annexed four years
ago.
(Mayor John Henry Moss told
(Harper he was most sympathetic
with his piTOblem and the board
authorized the mayor to ask
Col. W. K. Diickson to make a
third survey of the 'Harper pro
perty and roco'mmend feasibility
of c*onstruction of a sewage line
on North Rox'ford road and ne
cessary riighl-of-way require
ments.
'*U’ve been operating on a sep
tic tank (Which I didn’t realize
iwhen I bought the house) said
lllanper. The rainy season only
worsens ocr pio^blem. We cart’t
operate bathrtxvm facilities and
washing machines at tlie same
time. We like being in the city
limits and we want the same
services our neighbors have."
McDaniel Fi
Gifts $55
Gifts to the M^dDani^
ing Hand Fund totaled
ing the week, aooording ,
of Mrs. Libby Anthoif
Methodist church seore]
■Additional gifts froiJ
(Mrs. Paul Ham and/|
Study group of Firsli
chuiih.
Ne'Ailywc'ds Charles \ind Hallie
Blanton wore injured Sunday
morning when their rented car
was hit head-on by another (ve
hicle at 10 a.m. in Montego Bay,
Jamaica.
■Mrs. Blanton was hospitalized
with lacerations of the face,
throat and mouth. Mr. Blanton
suffered two broken ribs and
bruises.
Two other tourists, passengers
in the second car, were cilsc in
jured. A woman passenger sus
tained a concussion. The other
driver, a man, was treated for in
juries at the hospital and dis
missed.
Mr. (Blanton, who called rela
tives here, said he was traveling
at a speeil of 15 miles per hour
when the crash occurred.
The Kings Mountain couple
returned to Charlotte via plane
late Wednes^lay afternoon and
Mr-*. Blanton was transferred by
ambulance to Kings Mountain
hospital where she remains a pa
tient. Mr. iBIlanton was also be
ing lrcate<l for injuries at the lo
cal ho^hal Wednesday night
and was expected to remain over-
niglit for oibser\aition.
Plastic Products Finn Announces
Expansion On Bessemer City Road
Plastic Product.s, Inc. is <’on-
.structing a new 8,000 squairo foot
plant on B^vssemer City road a-
croAs the strc'ct from Kings Moun
tain Industrnl Park.
The pre-faibricatcd steel build
ing, officials estima'ted, will be
completed by end of January and
production is expected to begin
early in February.
Don Carpenter and Bill Stin
nett, owner.s of the property, said
the new building is expansion of
Gaston County Pla.stic Products
which has been operatcfl in Dal
las for two years and cost of the
expansion is expected to be
$j0.(i00.
The firm manufacturers diversi
fied plastic products including
i^wipts for machinery in the tex
tile, bottling and paiper industries.
Bill Crr>ss, president Of the com
pany, said concrete for 'the build
ing’s (floor has 'b<'cn poured and
the pn'^fab building should be up
by mid-week.
Tlio city commission, on request
of Stinnett -and Carpenter, honor
ed tlio city zoning board’s request
for rezoning of the property from
rc.sidcntial to light industry last
week.
Police Re]
Two BreaJc-
Kings Mountain
v-«f*iTating two break-j
occurred last Wedne
Officers reported th^
entered Wade Ford
Road and took some
along with a pistol
writing machine.
A washerette neal
was also entered ankr
imately $140 was ta)cen from’^r-
lous coin operated machines
there. Damage to the machines
and the building was estimated
at $400.
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Mrs. Loi|^ Camp
For Nnnring Home
A Kings Mountfiin citizen is
highly pleasetl at Mayor John
Henry 'Moss’ labeling a nursing
home as first on the city’s 1972
priority hst of community fa
cilities needs and so wrote the
Mayor Tuesday.
Mrs. Lois Camp, of Route 2,
wrote:
"I jusl thank you so much
for stating that one of the first
things K nigs Mountain was go
ing to do was build a Rest Ho
'for our elderly people. The need i
is great. I "enow. I spend most^!
of my .spar> time visiting
liomes oW women are
living al<jQ^! and wht're hus
band ai^ wte arc not able to
care for efiflK otlier. Mr. Moss,
I am stirf^'Qod will bless in
this tu«l«taklng dud as we
unite oui'hearfs in prayer, I am
sure He Will be with us. You
know nothing is impossible
with Gkid, ao if we let Him
lead us J am sure we
the hOTri® that is ncnMc""
much. '
3od Rjeas and keep you
prayer./