1972
Population
Pfreater Kings 9L914
City Limits 8.465
Qt«ai«r Kiu^s MountalB jutm It d*rtT«d Ifom U>t
8P*cjcl United Ktate* Bureou of tb« Census report s
ionuary 1966. und tnciudes ttoe 14,990 population e
liumlier 4 Township, and tbS remoJnlng 6,124 lror<
e^oUrer 5 Township. In Cleretond County and Crowdor
<»■ -xtiTtw Toivnshln In Gaston County.
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Kings Mountoin's Relioble Newspanei
VOL 83 No. 24
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 15, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CEras
■%!S'
New Sub-Station
Bids Are Let
t
LITTLE THEATRE PLAY CAST — Members of the cost of "Ladies In Betlrement", which plays
.Friday n'ghl and Saturdoy for last two performances, ore pictured. Seoted, left. Joe Ann Walker
McDaniel and Den se Lloya right Standing, from left Brenda Neal. Nancy Wiesener. Vivian Ham
rick. Joe HuUender and Kay Wtesener. (Herald Photo by 1. G. Alexander)
Two Shows
fiy Theatre Group
Friday. Saturday
“Ladies In Retirement", a my
stery-comedy being presented by
the Kings Mountain Little Thea
tre, is scheduled for its final two
showings Friday and Saturday
nights at Parkgrace School.
Curtain time both nights is 8
p. m.
Gene Austin, member of the
Little Theatre, estimated last
Saturday’s crowd at 100 and ur
ges these who mis-^ed last week’s
run to attend either Friday or
Saturday.
"The storm hurt us la^t Fri
day,’’ Austin said. "1 think some
of. the people might have thought
we didn’t have lights. Hut we
were real pleased with Satur
day’s turnout."
The play is under the dirc.Uon
of Stephen ^aity, who dou
bles in the stage role oi ■ ^ates".
Only other maio mein.-.ei ui the
cast is Joe A. Hullenuar Jr., who
plays Albert Feather.
Joe Ann Walker McDaniel,
president of the r^ittle Theatre
and a favorite actress of Little
Theatre goers, portrays Ellen
Creed, proprietor of Estuary,
House, an old Pre-Tudor farm
house in Gravesend along the
Thames.
Other supporting roles are
playcxl by Kay Wiesener as Lucy
Gilliam; Denise Lloyd as Loono:
ra Fiske; Nancy Wiesener as
Louisa Creed; Brenda Neal as
Emily Creed; and Vivian Ham
rick as Sister Theresa.
Dr. McGill
To FUl Pulpit
iDr. Kenneth H. MoGill, mis
sionary to Africa, will fill the
pulpit at Sunday morning wor
ship hour at 11 o’clock at First
Presbyterian church.
A former Kings Mountain
medical doctor and partner in
MdGill Clinic, Dr. McGill and
his family are now on furlough
from the mission field.
Dr. McGill will show slides of
his work to highlight the pro
gram.
City May Buy
Emergency
Power Equipment
Parts of the northeast section I
of Kings Mountain were without |
o’ectrjcal power for aibout three j
hours B rid ay after lightning*
struck the Gaston Street substa-
ik-n.
Mayor John Henry Moss said 1
the statfon sustained a direct!
lightning strike resulting m 11
three holes in the substation.
: The power was off from approx- i
! imately 5 p. m. until around 8; j
30 p. m.
! Mayor Moss said present plans
I call for the shutting down of |
power operations there from i
j 5:30 a.m. until 8;30 a^m. this
1 Sunday to replace the damaged
i partj. I
Friday’s storm caused consid-,
erable damage to surrounding i
towns in Gaston County but no
major damage (other than the j
loss of power) was reported
here.
At Monday night’s city board
meeting, commissioner W. S.
Hiddix suggested that the city
purchase small diesel generators
to provide auxiliary power i
case of an emergency. The boaid
voted to authorize Mayor Moss
to appoint a committee to study
the possibility.
The board accepted a low bid
of $33,000 from the ill Power
Supply Co. for a new substation
on York Road. Mayor Moss said
the city has a contract with Duke
Power Company to Increase ;he
capability at the Gaston Street
station from 10,000 K. W. to
12,000 K. W.
The bid by Mill Power Supply [
undercut a bid by A. J. Ridby ]
Co. by $220. The Ridby bid was
$13,200. Other bids were Bryant
Supply Co., $15,190, and West
inghouse Electrical Supply,
$15,210.
JACK PALMER. JR.
: I
M. L. CAMPBELL
Open House At Health Facility
Friday; Many Use Free Clinics
The City of Kings Mountain
and the Cleveland County Health
Department are holding an open
house at their new public health
facilities at the community cen
ter Friday from one until two
o’clock p. m.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
that all citizens are urged to at
tend the open hpuse.
With donations from the Lions,
Kiwanis, Rotary and Jaycees
clubs on cooperation with the
Cleveland County Health Depart
ment, the city has been giving
free clinics at the community
center on Fridays from 11 a. m.
until 1 p. m.
Mayor Moss said that the fac
ilities have recently been expand-
imI, allowing the city and county
health department to extend ser
vices.
Richard Steeves, director of
the county health department,
said Kings Mountain’s ".satellite
clinic" provides many services,
Including maternity and planned
I parenthood .services, a pediatric
program for children ago six
weeks lo years, veneral dis
ease treatment, etc.
Steeves said the local clinic
has been serving 50-75 patients
each week.
"At first, we had a very small
space there," commented Steeves,
"and that space was inadequate
for that number of people. But
now we have much more space
and the ability to perform many
different function.s at one time."
Steeves said that the county
health department has also
been working closely with the
school principals, giving tests to
determine if children had any
physical defects.
"A lot of the time, "Steeves
said, "wc can’t treat these peo
ple in Kings Mountain but the
ones we can’t treat there we can
make arrangements to transport
them to the county clinic.
"■Kings Mountain has taken
quite a step toward extending
! health services and to making
; the services available to more
, people," Steeves added, "and we’-
' re pleased to be working closely
with the mayor and city comis-
sioners on the program.”
74-Bypass
Survey Teams
Are Working
Survey teams are working to
; meet a November 1 deadline on
t!ie initial phase of the U. .S. 74
j Bypass of Kings Mountain high
way project, Divi don Engineer |
I Ken Maunoy of Sliel'by said We<i-:
nesiay. t
! 'Mr. Mauney .said a design
I hearing is sdiedulod for n''.vt
I spring which will be the final
pnolic heaj-ing on what he term
ed a "going" project.
“All properly owners will
know in the spring just how they
wi’l te affected by the proposed
road", said Mr. Mauney. Hear
ings heretofore have been corri
dor or location hearings, he add
ed.
No exact limetabie on the by
pass is available. Mr. Mauney
said after surveys an? complel •:!,
it wou.ti re(iu;re live or six
months to dovelope the iinil
plans which would be made
known at a puDiic hearing. !
Haiper: No Plans
l or Fropeisy
The city ccmml^sinn, f( llo.ving
a public hearing, approved Mon
day night reque::! for rez.:r..!:g
9.^2 ajres cf land on Ea.'t King
street from liglit industry to
nolgh'borhocd business by Mrs.
Maude Plonk Harper, et al.
Thomas W. Harper, hucoand of
Mrs. Hai.-pcr, said several devel,-p-
ers are interested in the site for
a proposed sliopping center but
that no decisions have been
mode.
The petition states the site will
be for the expansion cf business
and commerce in conjunctian
with existing neighborhood busi
ness.
No one appeared to oppose the
rezoning.
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Legionnaires
To Convention
Five Legionnaii-es represent
ing Otis D. Green Post 155 and
throe Auxiliary members will at
tend the annual stale convention
of the Legion and Auxiliary this
weekend in Durham.
Heading the Legion delegation
are Carl V,. Wiesener, candidate
for Division V Commander, Bob
Davies, District 23 commander,
John W. Gladden, Carl Wilson
and Adjutant Joe H. ilcDaniel.
Auxiliary President Elizabeth
Stewart, Treasurer Orangrel Jol
ly and Chaplain Ruth Gamble
will attend the Auxiliary conven
tion.
Cobb Rites
Are Conducted
Graveside services for Alger
B. Cobb, 73, who died Saturday
at Broughton Memorial liospital
in Morganton, were conducted
I Monday morning at 11 o’clock
I m Mountain Rest cecmetery.
i Rev. Frank Shirley, pastor of
Temple Baptist church oLiciat-
ed.
iMr. Cobb was a native of
Kings Mountain, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cotb
I He is survived by two brotliers,
Dewitt Cobb of Kings Mountain
land Orville Cobb of Asheville;
. and one sister, Mrs. I. H. Diffee
of Cherry Point, N. C.
TO BEAUTY PAGEANT — Debbie Timms, the reigning Miss Kings Mountain, at right, departs
from home for the week-long Miss North Carolina Pageant, a preliminary to the Miss America
competition, in Charlotte, Mrs, Robert Smith, left, her chaperone for this week's events, helps her
load her car Sunday as they prepared to drive to Charlotte. (Photo by I. G. Alexander)
Debbie Timms^ 20
^ Seeks Third Title
ED HENRY SMITH
Palmei, Smith
IH. L Campbell
Aie Appointed
Tenth District Democrats Sat
Urday elected county commission-1
First Union
High Bidder
iFirst Union National Bank w’as
high bidder for $110,000 in sani
lary sewer bonds and notes is
sued by the City of Kings .Moun
tain and sold by the local Govern
ment Commission at 11 a. m
Tuesday in Raleigh.
iNet interest cost is 2.S0 per
cent with 153 days maturity
date. First Union placed six bids
with the range of bidding from
2.80 to 3.22 percent, according to
Harlan E. Boyles, secretary.
I GRADUATE — Gloria Diane
I Green has received h-r degree
I from Appalachian State Uni-
' vers.ty at Boone.
I Gloria Green
Wins Degree
Miss Gloria Diane Green,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O-.ai
lEud) Green, has rec-eived her
Bachelor ol Arts di'greo i:i psy-
chL:l{,gy frum Appalachian Siau*
Univensity at B(icne.
She will enter GtHirgia Stall-
University in the fall tor a thi-ee
year program which will lead to
a daotoiatc -in clinical psytholo-
g>’-
Miss Green was prc.sident of
the Germ'an club at ASU, active
ill the BaptLt Student Union
Touring Choir, the House Coum ’l
and as a hall monitor her fresh
man year. She was li.stt\l on tJie
honor rcll.
This summer slie is cm-ploycd
by Oxiord Indusiiies.
HOSPITALIZED
Jesse Yarbro entered Kings
M /antain liospital yesterday for
surgery. He is a patient in
Room 219.
86 Beauties
Are Competing
In Queen City
Debbie Timms, 20, daughter
of Mr. and ^Irs. Gene Timms,
seei\s a third beauty crown in
Charlotte this week.
I She is vicing, along with 65
; other Tar Heel Iwaulies, fur the
: title of “Miss North Carolina
i 1973" in a full week of pageant
[activities in Charlotte's Ovens
I Auditorium. |
Miss Timms, a vivacious
I blonde who hopes to teach ole-'
' mentary-age childi’en after she |
graduates from Limestone col
lege in 1974, is also a talented
■ pianist. She played a piano con-
' ctn’to by Rachmaninoff Tuesday
<‘vcning in the talent division of
the pageant. !Miss Timms will mo-
1 del a white evening gown in Fri-
I day's evening dress competition
at 8 p. m. She appeared in a
blue swimsuit in last night’s
swimsuit comix'tilion.
Saturday night’s finals, vvliii-h
get underway al S:39 p. m., will
1k' televised by WBTV.
Mrs. Rolieit Smith is Miss
'rimms’ chaperone in Charlotte
this wi*ek and both departed
i from Kings Mountain for the
' Queen City on Sunday.
' North Carolina jayews are
sponsoring the pageant. The lo
cal coni<’siant is sponsorixi by
’ Kings Mountain Jaycees.
The cUj orr.nilsslun formally
passed a roa .‘.atiOii .slonday night
cai’ing for a ram for solid
w'aste disposal il^at ui.i inc-ucle
' establishing and operating a
landfill or landliKs al the vory
■ earnest date- - i. j Ju
ly 1.
The reciuost has been forward-
; ed to B. E. (Fu;: ) Simmons,
chairman of the county board of
commissioners.
The board pledged its support
to work with the county agency
in the “implementation of a pro
gram for letter environment for
Cleveland County."
Full text of the resolution fol
lows:
RESOUTION
WHEREAS, the City Commis
sioners of the City of Kings
Mountain have been giving
thought and study to the matter
of environmental conditions,
particularly as related to solid
waste disix)sal, and
WFIEREAS, aiAer much study
and consideration, it is felt that
the matter of operating landfill
servioes could best be accom
plished by Cleveland County in
order to provide equal services
to all ihe citizens of Cleveland
County,
NOW, THEREFORE, the
Board of Commissioners of the
City of Kings Mountain do here
by encourage the Cleveland
County Board of Commissioners
to adopt a solid w'aslc program
that will include establishing and
operating landfill or landfills,
whichever is determined as bel
ter programing to serve all
Cleveland County citizens, at the
very earliest date possible, and
if it is at all leasible, that those
landfill services be esta 'ished
and operable by July 1, 1972.
FUTHER RESOLVED, that
the Mayor and the City Commis
sioners of the City of Kings
Mountain pledge their support to
work with the Cleveland County
Board of Commissioners in the
implementation of a program
for a bettor environment for
Cleveland County.
er nominee Jack Palmer Jf- as
delegate and Kings Mountain a-
griculture teacher M. L. Campbell
alternate to the Party’s national
convention.
Republicans from the lOlh Dis
trict on Friday night at Morgan
ton picked Ed Henry Smith of
Kihgs Mountain as a Presiden
tial Elector for the 10th District
Continued On Eight
Board To Study
Rate Inaease
Mayor J. Henry Moss has ap
pointed a four-man . committee
which includes himself to evalu
ate Duke Powc'r Company’s e-
lectrical rate incix^ases.
The committee is to report Us
study to the city board of com-
issioners at its next meeting in
July.
Serving on the committee with
Mayor Moss are city clerk Joe
McDaniel and commissioners Ray
Cline and Jonas Bridges.
Nuptials Posed No Problem Friday
When Lights Went Out In City
Electrical power will be off
Sunday between the hours t)f
5:30 and S:30 a. m. while city
cmws are repairing the Gasiun;
street substation which was dam-!
ag(Hl by lightning during Friday’s
i.reak summer storm. |
Electrical Supt. Earl Turby-
fill said lightning burne<i hoU*s.
in the sleelcovering of the sub '
station. Lightning also slruck;
a transformer on Morris streid.
blowing the main switch, about
5:30 p. M.
The city was without power for:
several Innirs, from 5:30 until
shortly after tS. but was not ful
ly restorcxl in the Linwood area
until close to midnight.
One minor accident wa.s re-!
ported on Mountain Street,
during the period and rescue u-
nits assisted city police in di
recting traffic. Kings Mountain
hospital used its own emergency
power facilities. I
Major discomfort was to
housewives who had to make
oihcr sui)per preparations for
their families.
De.'^piti' the power Xailiue, one
Kings Mountain couple marrieil.
Anne Hoke Fingc*r and Chuck
Easley, witli a.'-sisianci* of their
parents, obtaiiunl candles and
these wer(» dislrihulof! !o guests
and wixiding party and tlio cou
ple said their “I do’s" in an all-
candlelight S p. m. cmemony.
Di'ganisi Virginia Hinn.dnt ’ lay-
ed the piano, instead. By tin*
lime the r(Hx*plion was getting
underway in .St. .Matth<’w’s Lu
theran church fellowshij) liall, ■
the lighl.^ were turmvi on. i
Alayor John U. Mass ('Xiiresswl ]
appreciation to Ihe city eleetri-,
cal crews, the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad, the Kings Moun
tain police I>epartment and Aux
iliary Police for their efficient
work in restoring service. i
TO WASHINGTON — Tommy
Berry is representing the Dixon
Cemmunity 4-H club tjhis wecf:
at the 1972 4-H Citizenship
Short Course in Washington, D.
C. He returns home Sunday.
Tommy Berry
To Washington
Tomlmy Berry, son of Mr. and
Mr.-;. T;'m Berry *cf the Dixon com
munity, will attend the 4-H Oi:i-
zenship Course in Washington, D.
V . as a delegate from Cleveland
County 4-H clubs.
Berry, a high school junior,
.«'rved iis preskli*nt of the Dixon
Community '4-11 club for two
yoar.s, has been active in 4-H
work for seven years. He has
serw’od as a junior leader and has
i(;ppeil numerous awards in dis
trict 4-H comjH*tition for prajeet;
W'.;rk in.luding a first prize fori
liis ira.tor project the 'past two|
yeais among Cleveland County
4-H'ers.
The week's Citizenship Short
CoLinscs, designed for 4-H mem-
bc’irs of senior liigh school age,
are conducttnl at the National
l-II Center in \V-:isInngton, D. C.
by the National 4-H Foundation
to supplement the 4-H <*lub’s on
g..ing citizen.ship training. Citi-
zen-sliip toinc.s relating to the 4-
H’ers amct'pt and resjx>nsibilitie.‘<
cf citizensliip are covered in :io-
.stniblies and opportunity ses-
.Mons at the Cciiiter.
School Board
Meets June 21
Tlie Kings Mountain Board of
Education will hold its June
meeting next Wednesday at 12
noon at the Royal Villa Motor
Inn.
The meeting was originally
scheduled for Monday night.
Mn. Payseui's
Rites Thursday
Mrs. Myrtie Smith Payseur, 78,
widow of Dorus C. Payseur, died
suddenly Tuesday night at ao p.
m. in the Kings Mountain hospi
tal. Funeral riles will be held
Thursday afternoon at 4 p. m,
from Grace United Methodist
church.
Mrs. Payseur. who had been in
declining health for some time,
became ill at her home al 814
Church street.
She was a native of Cabarrus
county, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Smith. She was
a member of Grace United Meth
odist chui’ch.
Surviving are two sons, Carl
Payseur and D. C. Payseur Jr.
and four daughters, Mrs. Furman
Wilson, Mrs. Bill V’aughan, Mrs.
Carl Price and Mrs. William H.
McGinnis, all oif Kings Mountain.
Also sur\iving arc seven grand
children.
Rev. N. C. Bush will officiate
at the final rites. The body will
remain at Harris Funeral Home
until 30 minutes bt'forc the serv-
iit's when it will lie in state at
the churcl). Interment will be in
Mountain Rest et'metery.
laycee Car Wash
Saturday At 9
Kings Mountain Jay(H.H?s will
sponsor a ear wash Saturday for
benefit of the Jaycee Little Lea
gue.
Jaycees will uash cars begin
ning at 9 a. ni. at Ulark’s Good
year Center on Battleground A-
venue with all proceeds to be us
ed to help defray costs of the
Little H'ague trip to Atlanta, Ga.
to st'b a majoi’ league baseball
game.
'Tom Jenkins is project chair
man. He started appreciation ♦o
Ken Melton, manager df Clark’s,
' for use of his facilities for the
project.