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M , S Xi2 Greater Kings Mountain City Limits Oi«at«r 1US9S MountaU flgw* l* «« _ ■p«o<4 United States tureou el tke Census report o loBvarT ISO. «o4 Ineludes the ■umber 4 Township, and tM remaining $#124 froa ■ember 5 Township, in Cleyelond Countr and Crowder* Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 83 No. 2 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, ;N. C., Thursday,,January 13, 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS t Codes Compliance Performance Good Schools Want Half 107 Upgiaded; Board Authorizes 70 Mouses Razed Sales Tax Take MOBILE SCREENING UNIT — Lions Qub officials from throughout the county gathered in Boiling Springs to inspect the mobile screening unit that will be utilized throughout the county to detect eye defects in school-age chUdren. They included, left to right. Gene Putnam of Grover, Tommy Turner of Casar, Henry Ghigo of Shelby Community Club. Charles Mack of Boiling Springs, Everett Lewis of Fallston, Hubert Lane of Shelby, John Ed Davis of Shelby and the Bev. W, C. McKinney of Lawndale. Davis is overall chairman for the project X. Lions Free Clinics To Begin Tuesday Eye, Measles Mobile Units I j Visit Schools CAPTAIN — Delbert Dixon bos been re-elected Captain of the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad for the coming yeor. Delbert Dixon Is Re-Elected Delbert Dixon has been re elected as Captain of the Kings Mountain Resk;ue Squad for the coming year. Other officers are First Lieu tenants Raymond Galloway and Gene Champion; Second Lieu tenants Charles Peterson and Bob (HoiJe; ;3ergeants Bi.<i Ware and Everetlo Grigg; Corporals Earl Hollifield and Smiley My- ^ers and Rev. iPrank Shirley, iciiaplain. ^ Captain ,Dixon, in the annual rei>ort, said the volunteer or ganization made 1,113 calls dur ing 1971. Car wrecks account- Qii for 203 trips. Other calls in- clutled 26 blood relays, six shoot ings, seven cuttings; patient transportation, 2H1: service calls, 20; house calls, 39; dead-on-ar- rival calls, 13; funeral traffic di rections, 53; seaich parly, one; False alarms, 22; drownin;* at -.ake Norman, one. Continued On Page Eight A mo-oile screening unit for aeiection oi eye uoiecis m pre- »A.iiooi ciUiureii and measies vac- cniauoii Clinics lor pie.*uioaleis ana ail eieineniaiy siuuenis inrougn grade six are operating in tile county dunng lae monia Oi January. 'lae ijions cLib will operate tile iiee mooiie units in this area at Last Eienienldry school on Tuesday, at West Elementary acnool on Wednesday, at Norifi Elementary ^school on January 20lh, at Compact school on Janu ary 21 and at Grover school on January 24th. In addition, teams doctoi’s' and nui’ses from the Cleveland County Health department will conduct a measlestRUbella pro gram in the schools for children from kindergarten age through age 12 and will make available at no cost a new one-dose vaccine that gives protection against (Red Measles and German Meas- ■ les at the same lime. It has nev er been given in the schools be fore. By action of the 1071 Gen eral Assembly all children must receive measles vatvine before the age of tiwo. Those children under 12 who have not receiv ed the Red Measles vajocine must do so now. On Monday, school children received parent permission slips and information that explains the vaccine and its aise. Par ents arc asked to complete the form and return it immediately to the schools. 'Measles vaccine clin'i'es here v/ill 'be held on January 26th at East and West schools and on January 27th at Beth'Cvare, West, Comipact and Grover schools. Children will be delighted to learn that jet injector guns will (Continui'd on Pago Eight) Death Rate Pei Mile Driven Is Record Low On Tar Heel Highways North Carolina had the Imvest death rate per miles traveled in the slate’s history during 1971. Thus was the rt'port of officers of tile .two county - Linc.ol.n and Cleveland - area of District 6 oJ the North Carolina Highway Pa trol. First Sgt. E. T. Vonhoy noted that District 6 realized a reduc tion fr:>in 40 to 31 in the number of (leatihs in the rural area ivf the two counties. Vanhoy .said injiir- iej4 were about the .same and tliere was an increase of 137 ae cidents. “We realize that 1.764 acci dents and 858 injuries in Cleve- ) land and Lincoln Countie.s .should be reduced and e^n bo with all ptsrsons sharing their part toward safer travel,” sahi the sergeant. The drinking driver continued to be a tri'miMidous prtvblem on the roadway during 1971, Sgt. H A. Lane reiv)rletl, and Sgt. A. S. Butler reminded that the 'i>atro! arrcsti^l .some 1590 iier.sons dur ing the year in this di-strict for driving under the influence and over 50 piTcent of the fatal acci- d(' nts i n VO 1 v^ed a 1 co hoi. The average brcalhaly*zer read ing wa.s (.14). Efforts to keep the motoring public aware of the traffic prob lems o,nd keeping our roadways safe for travel paid off during 1971 as the state realized the lowest death rate per miles trav eled in the state’s history, added the patrol officers. HONORED ^ Dr. R. B. Ellestad, chemist at Lithium Corporation of America's Bessemer City plant, has been honored for chemical research with the Charles H. Stone award, which includes a $1,000 prize, by the Carolina Piedmont Section of the American Chemical Society. Lithium Chemist Wins Awaid The Carolina —Piedmont Sec tion of the American Ciiemical Society has selected Dr. R. B. Ellestad to receive the Chares H. Stone award which includes a $1,000 prize. Dr. Ellestad is the scL'ond recipient of this award established by the late Charles H. Stone to recognize “outstanding and valuable achievement in chemical research, application or aicxjompiishments.” Dr. Ellestad is being honored for his distinguish ed career in chemistry at the University of Minnesota and Lithium Corw)ration of .^Uncrica. Preston Grandon made the presentation Wednesday at a din ner meeting at Park Road .S & W Cafeteria in Charlotte. Dr. Ellestad addressed the groi’ /]) on “Fiflv Years o-f Analytical Chem- itstry.” Dr. Ellestad has been a morn- 4>er of the American Chemical Society sirw’o 1924. He received his Ph.'D. degre6 from the' Uni versity of Minnesota in 1929 and Continued On Page Eigftt Retailers tap Jim Dewnev Jim Downey, credit manager of Western Auto, has b<’en elect ed president of the Kings Moun tain MeiTchants Ass<rciatlon. The announcement was made by outgoing president Bill Gris som following the association’s mcHding Tuesday morning. Other officers elected included vice-president Don Jones, of Sterchi’s, and Joyce Roark, re elected seci’elary-treasuror. Board members who wc're ro- eleded included JJill Grissom, 'Hob VVehst('r. Richard McKee, Tommy Bridges, Mickey Bell and Davul Plonk. Throe more boarfl members wH'l h<' electrl from tbe f >11 'wing I'roup: Alfred Gri/jg. Fir.sl Union Hank: Smith, First Citizens T^uik; Morris Ramseur. Wade Ford; Rodney Dodson. Kings IMounlain Mirror; Bob Movers, iMyers Printing; Gary Stewart, -Kings Mountain Herald; and Larry Moss, Center Seiwice. Jones, Mauney 1o Recommend Joint Bequest r.'iu.- !- Se.'.'-t. D..n Jones and D ai i C-lairmaii George il. 'Mau- pry wi;i u;cmmend t'- the bcji'd e iiua.-i-jn Monday n jght that tilK' U al bc-ard jc in wit'll Shelby .ij:.l t!iL’ {.(iuijty in a.'-king The c - iv < ir nb i''n to < armark 50 i.ercont cf one cent sales tax in 1972 lor the schocis. 1.' . is t.ic '.'j-jjor Mem on the c rcnd.'i f'v t!:o iv-guia-r meeting at 7:3 ' pm. in the school’s ad ni : in.-'-. HI hvilding. . J iu‘; v\'iH also make a 'IL...mmendati-.n t^r a cemmun- ity and sch-.ol personnel C'.alua- ti n .‘^:udy which he says will give y;'hc>ol patron-; a clian.t' to bi\tc: e.vr-re s ilioir vic’vvs and a report If.'m the policy (*oiiiiij'iMec on .i. endancc (Phase 1) will be given. 'liie board will als ) discuss hir ing r\ a part-tiiine ]xsyc.lu)logi.st -in ocnjunct-ion w.ih .Sludny and CLunly s.iiools and in c(X3^x.‘rati(>n with iiiie Cleveland. Mental liealil) Clin,,*. Laic for the 1072 commence- mciK will be set. Brain Tumoi Fatal To Rich Funeral services for Marsinll (Red) 23, were held Mon'day in Ncv\‘iH>rt, Tonn. Mr. Ki-.h, former ci-ty employee with tile ek'ctrk’al department, died in Newport last Thur.<day of a o-rain tumor. According "to in- fcirmation revcived by Iricnds here, lu' had survived only a few days after b(\ginning to suffer severe headaches. He would have betm 24 on Feb ruary 8. He was employiHl by a Ni wjKirt painting eontraotor. Survd\ing are his •wife, Beverly J. Riih,'two sons and a daughter, and his mother, all of Newport. Elections Group Meets Wednesday The city commission’s cdeciions committee is expected to meet next Wednesday, Mayor John Henry Moss has stated. 'Mcmbt'rs are Ccimimissioners T. J. Ellison, chairman, Ray W. Cline and Norman King. Under new stale legislation, the ciity has until January 31 to file with the state board of eU'c lions choice of options on cx>n- ducting future city elections, bc'- ginning in the fall of 1973. If no choke of options is filed, the con duct of the city elections will be under the menage of the county elections board. DIRECTOR — John L. McGill has been re-appointed to o five- year term as o director of the Kings Mountain Housing Au thority. He was also re-elected chairman. FMI Tells 23 To F&y Or Go J:.hn L. McGill was rc‘-elected chairman of Kings Mountain Pub lic Housing Authoriiy at the Tues day inc'eting of the board, follow ing .Mr, MiiHlis re-appi>inlmont by the eity commiission Mand«<y iiigh:. Bmoirs R. Tate was re-elected vice 1 liairman. Other members are ('irl W’ilson, William Orr and Martin Harmon. DircMor Tom Harper reported to tlK' bcjard he had addressed letters on Dex-ember 28 to 23 ton- ant.s thait, unless arrangements were made prior, they would be evicted for rent delinquency after January 2S. He said seven of the tenants had made payments since the let ter.'; were issued. By unanimous vole of the board, rile director was . authorized to proceed ix'r the Deccunber 28 not ices. Chairman McGill commented he felt the delinquency total a small percentage of the 200 occupied housing units. School Pupils To Take Holiday Kings Mountain school pupils w 11 take a holiday next Wednes day. It will be a working day for Itaihers who will hold “Evalua tion Day”, said Fupt. Don Jones. Building Permits To Timberlake Timber Lako Builders, Inc., have purchased six city building pc'rmUs for the construction of livo-rami hemes on Morris and Waters slroots. The hoim‘s art' e.stimated to a)st $12,500 each. They are to be built at 215. 217. 219 and 221 Mor ris street and 319 and 321 Waters stri'et. Luke W. Hoyle ha^ bought a milc-{H rimeter zoning foi 'building a duplex at 41(>G .Mar- graci? road, wlule Guy W. Wa-tera has bought a traih'^r permit for installation at 217 Brice street. MIIo-])erimeter zoning permi/ls were jiurcha.sed by Mit liael E. Dr« \vn for Mica Mine Road and Kieiiard McKee for 207 South Rox- i\ r\l road. By MARTIN HARMON Of 373 U ’tors addrccs-xd to home o.vnei.-; during i971 poiniing out non-compliance items with city hull ling cedes, 197 re ;ultcd in hr.n.dng the residences into ccim- pliance. An additional 20 houses w’ere razed. iiiise figures were given by WoMiow Laughter to the' city s..:-n a. lie deta.lcd 19il ac icjues g; Ivis cfi'ice as city Guild ng in',K.c-tor and cedes (n .Gi . .mtnt Jiike-r. M •. Laughior rep-orled the fol k'.Vii.T break'i wn in the $3,3..o,- 518 pur.rhase of city ouilding jx»r- .Ti' Ir. duri.ig 1971: 1 • S.ngie faniilv d.veilings tS6) $1,510,069. 2i Apn.'tmcnt units (12G) Jl,31o,83o. 3) V.a.ler; (5i $58,850. 41 Industry (8) $19),945. 5) Ccmme.'cial (17) $190,173. 6) Addilitin.s (2o) $.,.5,210. 7) Repairs (14) $21,798. 8) Access buildings GO $4,735. The oifice also issued 36 mile- perimete^r zoning permits and 280 pe.rncts for w^ater, sewer and gas laps. He told the ccmmis.sion Kings Mountain is still short on housing and sa'id condL'-mnation of dere lict structures could not proceed faster “until the fiecple have some place to move”. Goforth Says No Immediate Plan Garrison Ckifortli, agent for the Marvin Gojforth Estate and for his 'MtJlcr Mhss Mae $ue Goforth, said Wednesday he and hiS fami ly have no immediate plans for develcpmeirt of their preperty as a shopping center. The 1^72 acre twin tract was re-zoned by the c''ity commission from residential designation to general bu.siness designation Mon day night, iifter approval of the request the zoning board. None appeared to oppose the re zoning request. When ilie petition was pre sented, Mr. Goforth indicated plans for a shopping center. Mr. Gt -'oilh commented. “Nego tiations witli tlie original develop er fell through. Since member? cf the family have discussed JX)- 'tcntial for the projx’rty and have decided to survey and divide it.” In other actions Moiiday night, the commission: 1) Reappointed John L. McGill to a five-year term as a direedoi of Kings Mountain Public Hous ing Authority, as Mayor John Henry Moas and O>mmissioners Norman King and T. J. Ellison c'omplimciitcd Mr. M..'Giill and other memtK'rs of the commissicn for their work in providing 290 housing units and 2) .\uthoriZL'd omplayment of Michael Jenkins as a city police- unan on m'ommondation of Chiel of Police 'riiomos McDcvitt lynd the police review board. More Clinic Spac- SEEK RE-ELECTION — North Carolina Agriculture Commibsioner Jim Graham, left, has filed for re-election to a third term in the Council of State position and N. C. State Repreaentative Rctbc^D A. (Bpb) Jones, right, of Forest City, has onnounoed he will seek re-election to a third term in the N. C. House of Representatives representing the 40th District of Cleveland, Rutherford and Folk Countis. Yarbrough's Rites Conducted Funeral ritc^ for Jolin Wesloy Yarbrough, 93 of f^ustonia, father of Tom B. and Richard Yarbrough of Kings Mmintain, weix' held Saturday morning from Caroutlv ers Funeral Home in Ga-itonia, interment following in Steede On'ek Pn'sbytcTian church ceme tery. Mr. Yarbrough ditvl in a Gas tonia hospital Thur.<:day m'>rning. He was a native of Blenheim, S. C., .son of the late Alfred and Sarah Hoxl Varlirough. Hi.s wife, .-\da Trull Yarbrough, died five years ago. He wa.s a retired carpenter. Other survivors are se\'en daugliter.s, .Mrs. Fred Beaty, Mrs. .Joe ^»aty. and Mrs. James Uoley, all of (lastonia, .Mrs. R. K. Hum- phrk's. Mr.s. Sara Newman and .Mrs. Hot tie .Tones, all of Uharlotte, and Mrs. Carl John.son of Green- \voo{l, S. C.; two sons. John W. and Alfrrxi Yarbrough, both of Char lotte; 29 grandchildien and 29 great-gi'andeh lldren. edih Gioup Meeds Space, Less Ndse Tlie city c.xnmissi.jn Munday night: autlioriztxl Mayor John lit luy Ma-is to work out details fer providmg the county health cl. partmenl more space at the c '.nmuii.iy conier. i<ic.ta:J .StcGv’ei, directer, and M.i. Frai.-ej Webo, county heallh nu.^e, liad ciuLned the services p.X'vide.'i al the Friday morning dime and the need for more spa ce. f jie clini-' offers baby care, im- munizaiic-ns, tuoerculin and . hi / .scT.ices. 0\er an eight-week period, the two nurses staffing the cdinic Sit A’ betw een a low of 30 and high Cl, 68 patients. “Many, particular ly the elderly, are accempanied by ethers which makes our 18.x 20 o.tiee particularly small and over-crowded and over - noisy,’ Mr.'?. Webb declared. vMr. Siec?v’cs rcmaiKcd that 15 minuKs of work there would make anyone a candidate for a migraine headache due to the noise. Mrs. Webb outlined utilization o-f a large r.K>m to be partitioned into six which would provide water duxne ncAV available) alle viatc noise. Mayor Mois said he appreriat- od Die interest in serving Kings Mountain which Che heallh de partment i.-^ providing and added rile hope* longer clinic schedule* can be mainlainod. Grant To North The U. S. Department of Health, Education and’ Welfare announced Monday approval of a $17,000 grant ihrough the Edu cation and Handicap Act to North Elementary school for a vocational awareness piv>gram, only one of its kind 'n North Carolina. Principal Richard Gicnme said some 45 fourth, fifth and sixth graders will participate in the pix>gram. The pro^’ram, according to Greene, will actiuaint students with varioiu? typos of occupa tions, field trii>s to area plants and the simulation of variois ts'pes of job situations at school like carpentry and working with small tools. Funds provide for etiuipment, in-service training for the staff memlK'rs and for a newly-hired vocational ctmrdinalor, Richard (Hamrick, of Sheliby. Walker Improving From Pneumonia A. K. Walker, manager of Qual ity Sandwich Company, hospital- i/<*d with double pneumonia .^inco Christmas Eve. is improv ing, liis mother said yesterday. 'Mr. Walk(‘r remains a patient in Die Kings Mountain hospital. COCHAIRMAN — William L (Bill) Plonk, dairy farmer, has been named co-chairman of Lt. Gov. Pat Toyior's campoign for governor in Cleveland County. Plonk Is Named To Taylor Team Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor announced Saturday night in Charlotte the appointment of B<werly E. ‘Buck” Laiiimcn' of Shelby and William L. “Bill” Plonk of Kings Mountain as co-ehainmen of his campaign for Governor in Cleveland Coun ty. This is the first in a series of annoumx^ments concerning Tay lor’s Cleveland County Campaign. AnnouiKements of a 15-man cam paign ste<‘ring commiitL'e, pre cinct campaign committees, the opening of a campaign headquar ters and v'isius to Die county by the candidate will be forthcom ing. In announcing the appointmoni of l.:ittimore and Plonk, Tayl^ noi<‘d that he “was exlremeJ), rV' pleased to have two men of tlu^ir calibre, wide background, and ]X)litic*al expt‘rience to handle his local campaign.” Lattim.we, 23, of 515 Mauney Ln., Shelby, has been active in loc'al I>eimocratic Party affairs the past several years. Lt. ‘Gov. Taylor, emphasizing his interest in the participation of young people in the political process, noted that Lattiimoro is one of tlie youngest men in the state 4o manage or co-manage a cam paign. Lattimore, son of Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Lattimore of Rt. 3, Shel by, is a graduate of Crest High School and earned his B.A. de gree in Ciov'ernment, graduating witli honors, from Wofford Col* 11970). From l%*7-70 he was a m«'mlx'r of U. S. Senator ETitz Hollings’ (D-S.C.) staff. During the 1968 campaign he served as a Youth Cooixlinator in Hollings ?uc(*<'ssful RM'Iev'tion oampaign- Hollings api)t)inti*<i Lattimore a U. S. Stmate Intern and he sen'od in Washington during the sum mer of 1969. Mr. Lattimore served as a State Senate Intern in Die office of Sen. Jack White of Kings Mountain during the 19t>9 legLsla- live session. During the 1970 cam* paign. Lattimore wa.-? office man ager of CUweland County Demo cratic Head(juarters. At present, Continued On Pag^ ^ight 30-Yeai Veteran H. L. Campbell Retires As Superior's Cashier METER RECEIPTS Packing meter ro(vipts for the week ending TiU'sdav to taled $179.10, including $176.50 from on-street inoters and $2.60 Xrura oXl-street meUrs* Herman L. Campbell has n'Dr- ('ll alter almost .30 years as a cashier at Superior Stom* hero, Campbell, 65. a native of Rae- ford, N. C., joined .Superior Stone in May of lf)12. only a few .wars after \he company wa.s founded. He comi>leted his duties at the Gn>ver r:Kid pl.ant D(‘.*. 31. The .stjii of the late Mel^an Campbt'H and Maggie Black Campbell, he graduan^d In'm Raehmi lugh school and David son collogo. After graduating from David son in 1928. Campbell taught sidKKil and coacht*d f(K>tball and basketball for five years, then was an insixxdor in tlie construc tion de5)artment of the .North Carolina Highway Department. Mrs. Campbell, the former Elva Uiuiso Hutchinsjin, passed away in 1969. Campbell is Die fatluT of two sons, Jhv and Ht‘rman Jr.. (Sandy) botli monied. Jin' Camj>bell, of Shelby is cmpkiyed by Daniels Oon.siruetivUi t'ompnny al the Kibiv' Indu.str.vs pl:ui1. Sandy '.'ampbell Ls an as.'isia:it e»liti.>r and editoaial cartoonist of n Na<}iviUe, Tennes.s<'e nea^paper. Campbell is a member of the Fir.st Preslwterian church, where ho has .ser\ed as a deacon and president of the Men’s Bible Class. He is novv an older. He says his hobbic.s art' garden ing and baby silting with his l\w graiuibhildron, John M-;irk Cam;>btdl. ago 5, of Shelby, and Chris Campbell, age 5, of Nash ville*