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1 . I.., PAGE SIX THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. THursday, Auguit 31, 1*972 Public Hearings Set Sept. 11 The clly commission Monday night lableti several matters pend ing of more bids and public hear ings slated for the September 11th meeting. They included: Re-submitted for advertising bids on paving, repaving and (curb-gutter of numerous city streets. Only two bids were re ceived and three are refjuinKl by state law. Motion stated that bids will »be received at the Septem ber 11th meeting. Set September 11th as date to a>vard bids on water and sew'er pipe and related items for the sanitation department. Seven bids were received and opened but some firms bid on separate items. The hoard agreed to tabu late and study the bids and make the awards at the next meeting. Forwarded to the zoining board several re(iuests and set public hearings for Sept. 11 for rezoning from residential to gen eral business several pieces of property on Highway 71 East: Carroll G. Ellis told the board he wants his property rezoned to general business if or the pur pose of establishing a used car and general auto repair business. peter L. Putnam and John O. and Mary Ellen Ross petitioned the board to rezone their pro perties, all on Highway 74 E., from residential t*t general busi ness designation. Their proper ties are located in the vicinity of Maple Leaf Steel. The board also voted to adver tise for bids to be received Sept. 11 for a back hoe for the ceme tery department on a lease pur chase agreement and bids for asphalt to be used on paving cemetery road.s. Mount Zion Homecoming Set Barbee In N. J. To Return Suspects Detective Sgt. Paul Barbee of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department left to New Jersey Montiay to pick up four men charged in connection with the August 15tli robbery of a service station near Grover. Det. Palmer Cannon said Bar bee swore out warrants for the four who are belived to 'be from the Blacksburg, S. C. area. Cannon said the four suspects had already signed waivers of extradition to return to North Carolina. Henry White, owner of White's Service Station on N.C. 29 be tween Grover and Kings Moun tain, was rofbhe<i of just over $200 and beaten and shot. Barbee said recently he had obtained evidence that led him to lake out warrants for the four {vuspects in New Jersey, The four were arrested in New Jersey on charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Drama Saturday At Tabernacle Nursing Center Resolution Text City Authorizes Gas System Survey ‘T Dreamed I Searche<l Hea ven For You" will be presented at Christian Tabtnnacle in Brit tain Village on Highway 150, Sheijy, Saturday evening at 7:2n p. m. A cast of 50 church members are presenting the diama by re- !(|uest for the third performance, i “We invite all interested area people to attend,’ said a spokes man. Henry Hutto's Brother Passes BELMONT. Funeral services for Miss Anne Victoria Hutto, 74, who died Tuesday, were con-! duftcKl Thursday at the Colonial | Chapel of Carothers Funeral j Home. I The city commission Monday night unanimously passed a res olution of support of the Kings .viountain Convalescent and Nurs ing Center, Inc. The resolution reads: Whereas, the Mayor and City Commissioners of the city of Kings Mountain have been giving thought and study to the matter of convalescent and nursing care ifor our senior citizens and others who are incapacitated and in need of continuing care, and Whereas, the City of Kings Mountain, at the present time, can offer only hospital services for such care, and Whereas, the Mayor and Board of Commissioners, being interest- edin convalescent and nursing care, appointed several years ago a committee fmm a group of in terested citizens to develop a fa cility to be known as “Kings Mountain Convalescent and Nurs ing Center, Inc." to serve this great need of Kings Mountain cit izens, .and ■Whereas, this committee form ed a private corporation to achieve this goal. Now, ther'^’’ , .^e it resolved, that th'' and Board af C ■**■’*..i - .oners of the City of ...iigs Mountain, do hereby en dorse and encourage the building and maintenance of such facility and urge approval by the Cleve land • Gaston Area-Wide Health Plannning Commission, and Be It Further Resolved, that the Maiyor and Board of Commis sioners do hereby pledge their support to work with said com mittee and other interested citi zens in any way possible to ini tiate and complete a convalescent and nursing facility for the City of Kings Mountain. Mt. Zion Baptist church of Among her survivors is a broth* Kings Mountain will observe lev, Henry L. Hutto, of Kings Home-coming Sunday, September Mountain. 3. , , i The memi>ers of Mt. Moriah church of Chester, S. C. will also worship in this service with the j local congregation j The church pastor, Rev. J. S. i Norris, will deliver the morning message at 11 a.m. following Alcan Taps David Barlow Midview Sets Homecoming Sunday will be Homecoming Day at Midview Baptist church and special activities are planned. Rev. O. B. Hammond will fill the pulpit at the 11 o’clock wor ship hour. Picnic dinner wil! be spread at 1 p.m. The city commission Monday night approved contract with Heath Consultants for a gas sur vey of the city’s 40.4 mile natural gas so’stem. The survey is to start in Sep tember, requires five days for completion at cost of $150 per day. Gambling Charges Lodged Kings Mountain police officers Robert Dodge and Bobby Mea dows made 13 arrests for gam bling over the weekend. The officers Saturday made six arrests at HolUfied's Store on Baker street. Warrants were sign ed against Brenda Patterson, 24, Phillip Hollified, 65, Darrell Wor- chester, 36, Arthur Seism, 30, Carl Patterson, 23, and Paul Rath- bone, 26. Sunday, they made arrests on Bobby Creighton, 19, Morris Bla lock, 19, Wiiourn Hamrick, 62, Earl Worchester, 36, Darrell Mor rison, 21, George Paysour, 44, and Phillip Hollified, 65. Rites Friday Foi Mis. Harris Funeral rites for Mrs. Agnes Chiles Harris, 74, of Route 1, Troy, S. C., stepmother of Sena tor J. Ollle Harris of Kings Mountain, will be conducted Fri day morning at 11 o’clock from Horalb Baptist church of Troy, in terment following in the church cemetery. Mrs. Harris died at 6:30 a. m. Wednesday in Self Memorial hos pital after illness of several- years. She was a native of Greenwood County and formerly of Spartan burg, S. C, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John W. Chiles, she was widow of J. Frank Harris- who died in 1968. Other survivors include her stepdaughter, Mrs. Pete Folsom of Hendersonville; two sister, Miss Maude Chiles of Troy and Mrs. J. E. Porter of Dunedin, Fla.; and five grandchildren Sunday School at 9:45. ! named as Sales Engineer for Al- Picnic lunch wil! bo served in I can Aluminum Corporation, Build- the fellowship hall at 1 o’clock. ;ing Pnxlucts Division located in ‘The Revelafions’’ and “The , W. David Barlow has -been | Glory Light Singers” will be fea-j and seven great-grandchildren lured in a hymn sing beginning I Rev. Ralph Rhyne will officiate ^ pm. at the final rites. rie ieuowsiiip x ....e, ~ In the afternoon at 2 p.m. thej Kings Mountain. Alcan is a lead- Rev. D. Wilson and congregation I ing prime producer of aluminum of the Ebinezer Baptist church'and aluminum products, will render services. ! Tiie Alcan iBuilciing Products On Sunday night the Rev. C.E. Service Center in Kings Moun- Rice and congregation of Mace-1 tain fabricates exterior roof and donia church, Waco, wifi render | wall panels, trim and shutters for -services. ' | mobile home, travel trailer, and J Rev. J. Gaston will conduct the I recreational vehicle manufactur- ”revival meeting bt'ginning Mon-jers in the Soulheustern United States. Mr. Barlow is a graduate of East Carolina University. Prior to joining Alcan, he was associat ed with Fiber Industries, Inc. as a project engineer. Mr. 'Barlow resides in Sheli'oy at 921 Surrey Drive with his wife, Beverly and two sons, Kevin and Gary. Jfday night, Sept. 4th at 7:30 pm. ' MORE ABOUT 60-Bed Home ^ "a definite net‘d for a Kings J Mountain nursing liome facility, ]; as did other citizens speaking for t and giving oxampie.s of need, in- T eluding Thomas W. Harper, direc- tor of the King.s Mountain Rous- f ing Authority; John L. McGill, re MORE ABOUT Schambler tired druggist; L. E. Hinnant. president of First Union National j Mill and has yet to be recovered. Bank, Georg<‘ VV. Maunoy, pre.^i | McDovitl said Schambler was dent of the hospital board of j later apprehended in New York trustees; Mwiieal doctors .John C.land brought back to the Shelby McGill and Dr. Gc'orge W. Plonk;' cniH hp and Kings Mountain Ho.spiial Ad ministrator Grady IkHvard who noted that "all nine Kings Moun- prison camp. McDevilt said he went to Sheliby to talk to him a- bout the stolen car. Schambler later escaped from tain doctors had gone on rct*ord!(ho prison camp, gaining freedom as endorsing this facility.” | |jy (-.utling a hole in a fance. Mc- Senator Harris pointed to fact | said he’s been free ever that Kings Mountain \s in the- • center of a three county area and that many area pefxple art in nursing homes in Shelby, Sa luda, S. t,, Gaston County, Char lotte and Spartanburg. S. C. who had much ratlier bo in a local home. We serx'e a wide area of more than 2U,OtM) (wople." David Little, director of facili ties for MGR, answered que.stions from the panel ami from the au dience. . He said the committee envi sions a 60-bed facility in Kings Mountain to includi* 22 inter mediate beds and ;J8 nursing beds to be located on a five acre tract behind Kings Mountain ho.s- pital. He noted the building would be modern, air conditioned, j fireproofed, with ample room foi: recreation and expansion. Hesai<r the facility would ereale 25 to, 30 new jotxs in the Kings Moun tain area and th(* buiUling Wi>ukL be patterned like the now Sheloy facility. I 1 CARD OF THANKS • The family of Mrs. W. Frank' Goforth would like to thank llu: friend,,- and ntnghbors for their| floral offerings, kindmvss and eon sideration during tlie illness and: death of our beloved mother, and also Dns. and Nur.ses at Kings .Mountain Ho.spital. Mrs. Robert Randall & Mrs. Lloyd Patterson the Davis Finishes Recniit Training ORLANDO, I'la. Navy Air- man Recruit Buddy D. Davis, son of Mr. Hor.shel N. Davis ,Sr. of Route 2, Be3.semer City, N. C., gradualml from recruit training at the Naval Training center in Orlando. since. After spotting him at the Gas ton County Courthouse Wednes day, McDevitt called prison au thorities and was told to hold .Schaml)ler there until prison offi cials arrived. According to McDevitt, they ar rived . . . about two hours and 10 minutes later. Scholarship To Miss Plonk iBeverly Plonk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Butler Plonk, has iw*en awarded a $100 scholarship by the Ciaston Cooperative Dairy-* men’s Association. -Miss Plonk, who plans to be come a veieiinarian, has enrolled at North C'arolina State Univer sity to study j)re-veterinarian medicine. 'Fla* award was made on a competiti\c ha-'^is and selectmi by a committ(*e of the Gaston Coun ty Ext(*nsion Advisory Board. Miss Plonk's school activities played a strong role in winning the st-holarNhin, according to Frank Spencer, of the State Ex- tenskm .Service. Site wa.^ in ih(* honor society. memiM'r of .Mu Alpha 'Fheta, a math cJuh; Fntuit* Teachers of America, the .S( ience eldb, Kieneh (!ub and won awards in history and ch<*mistry. Waites Graduates At Orlando. Fla. ORLANDO, Fla.—Navy Airman Recruit (]e<)rgcW. Waites Jr., son of Mr. and .Mrs. C. ('ash of Route 1, Bessemer City, N. C.. graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center in Oriuudu. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTONTTY City of Kings Mountain WATER DEPARTMENT STREET DEPARTMENT WASTE TREATMENT PLANT ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT METER READER POLICE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY (Experienced Only) VIETNAM VETERANS APPLICATIONS WELCOME Fringe Benefits: Paid Vacation, Six Paid Holidays. Retirement Plan. Life Insurance and Hospitalization. Funeral Leave. Jury Leave, Sick Leave. Military Leave. APPLY IN PERSON AT CITY HALL 8:30 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Monday • Friday An Equal Opportunity Employer MORS ABOUT Shopping Center said that Macks Is in its 49th year of operation and the com pany operates 68 stores in the Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia. The general offices are located in Sanford, N. C. The Kings Mountain store will include 27 departments and will offer wearing apparel, sporting goods, a pet department, small appliances, stereo records and tapes a shoe department, infant wear and other supplies. “In ■fact," said Sloan, “the store will bring a complete family shopp ing center iwUhin one store to the residents of Kings Mountain, and surrounding trading areas.” Sloan added that Macks “is greatly impressed with the rapid expanding economy of‘the Kings Mountain area and this new store wil! be an evidence bf the company’s confidence in the area.” Crawford said the 13-acre track behind the Armory is the ideal place for a shopping center. “The town is growing, especial ly on that end. Because of the in creasing number of homes being (built in that area, we felt there was a great need for a shopping center there,” he said. Crawford said plans are to eventually increase the shopping center to '100,(XX) square ifeet. He said the parking facility will ac comodate 334 cars in the begin ning and will eventually accomo date 7&4 cars. Mb. Roberts INes At 69 'Mrs. Hattie Roberts, 69, of 40 Chesterfield Court, died Wednes day morning in Kings Mountain hospital. She was a memiber of Mount Zion Baptist church, Nancy Cald well Missionary Circle, Pride of Kings [Mountain and Friendly Aid Society an dhad been employed for 14 years with the B. F. Maner family. She is survived by her husband, Fulton Roberts; one foster daugh ter, Mrs. Lu(d!le iMcSwain of Kings Mountain; two foster sons, William Manning of Kings Moun tain and Frank Manning of High iPoint; two sisters, (Mrs. Eliza Hill and (Mrs. Mariah Uttlejohn, both at Charlotte; and one bro ther, Robert Manning of Gaffney, S. C Permits To Build Are Numerous City building permits were is sued to a number of home own ers this week. Timberlake Builders obtained a permit to build a nine-room residence estimated to cost $24,- fXX) at the corner of Hillside and Oakland streets. Mrs. Lloyd McFalls, of 818 Cleveland avenue, was issued a permit to repair her home at es timated cost of $5,036. H. O. Smart, of 824 Grace street, bcught a permit to repair and remodel his residence. Ray Hodges obtained permit to place a trailer at 505 Waco road. Mrs. Pearl Bollin'ger Evans purchased a permit to place a trailer in the mile perimeter in Block A of Stinnett Acres. Luke W. Hoyle was issued a permit to building a five room house at 309 Somerset Drive esti mated to cost $17,000. Zoning permit was issued to Fred and Geneva Neal to place a trailer in the one mile perimet er in Valley Halen Trailer Park. Charles Putnam was listed as owner of the mobile home. Utility permit for a gas tap at 121 'Bridge.^ street was issued to Larry Moore. Mis. Stewart WnsDegiee (Mrs. Reba Anthony Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Anthony, Jr., of Gastonia receiv ed her degree from Erskine Col lege at commencement exercises Aug. )18 in Leseane Auditorium. Mrs. Stewart, a 1969 graduate of Hunter Huss High School, Gas tonia. Graduated with an A. B. degree in English, cum laude. She has served on the Women's Council and was treasurer of the student body at Erskine. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and IMrs. Campbell Phifer. Rake Sale Proceeds $150. Saturday’s bake sale sponsored by employees of Kinder Manu facturing Company totaled $150.50 for benefit of victims of Hurri cane Agnes at Kinder’s Wilkes Barre Plant in Penn^Wania. Mrs. Linda Marlowe, a spokes- ■man, said another fund-raising effort is planned the week of September 13-16 at 'Bethware Fair where the group will conduct a drawing for a sofa and chair made by Kinder of Kings Moun tain. Mrs. Marlowe stated apprecia tion to all “Kings Mountain jpeo- ple who contributed to our bake sale project Saturday.” IMrs. Marlowe said that 15 fam ilies from the Kinder Plant in Wilkes Barre are (homeless as a result of Hurribane Agnes. Mirs. Dorothy Lane was chair man of the bake sale and Mrs. Elaine Parton is chairman of the fair project. GRAND OPENING TODAY FOR NEW BEAUTY SALON EMPRESS HOUSE OF BEAUTY 201 EAST KING STREET Jo Anne Surber, Owner Complete Beauty Care and Wig Service SPECIALS: $25 Pemanent Waves - NOW $15 Operators: Joy Brown, Maxine Kale and Gwen Spangler Call for Appointment - Dial 73S-5981 Open Monday-Saturday from 8:00 to 5 JO MORE ABOUT Canipe gating officer David Corn is working on several leads and ex pects to make an arrest by Fri day afternoon. Sandra Paysour reported a hit and run Saturday which resulted in $60 damage to a 1972 truck owned by Jerry Short. She told police she met a speeding vehicle which hit her on the left side aft er she had'ran off the shoulder of the road to try to avoid the accident. Polly Scruggs of Route 2 re ported to police that someone stole an eight track stereo tape player from her car sometime be tween 12:30 and 3:30 a.m. on Au gust 23. The car was parked in the parking lot of Oxford Knit ting Mill and the thief or thieves gained entry by prying open a window in the car. Guy ^/alter Dunlap of 404 El lis Etreet reported that someone entered his home Saturday and stole about $8 worth of grocer ies. He said he was asleep when someone came in and helped themselves to some pork chops, steak, fish and six cans of beer. Flay Tryouts A gain Saturday kings Mountain Little Theatre will hold public auditions again Saturday alternoon at 2 p.m. for a children’s play, “The Panda and The Spy", at Park Grace school auditorium. Mrs. Raymond Holmes, direc tor, said highschool age students are particularly invited to try out for the adult roles in the 14- member cast. Previnii.*; stage experience is not necessary, says Mrs. Holmes, and backstage help is also need ed. The play is scheduled to be presented in mid-'November. SERMON TOPIC “Labor, Love and Live” will be the sermon topic of Rev. N. Q..,Buah at Sunday morning worship hour at 11 o’clock at Gract United 'Methodist church. NEW SCHEDULE The Shelby office of the In ternal Revenue Service is oper ating on e new schedule. Citi zens can now get assistance from the IRS on Tuesdays from 9 until 4 p.m. instead of Friday. Henry Smith s Rites Conducted FOREST CITY.—^Funeral serv ices for Henry C. Smith, 74, who died Wednesday, were conducted Friday at 3 p. m. at Sulphur Springs Congregational Holiness church. He is survived :’ y his widow, Zennie Smith; one daughter, Mrs. Christine Anthony of Gaines ville^ Ga.; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Bobby Freeman of Forest City and Mrs. Marshall Carswell of Morganton; three sisters, Mrs. Isaac Guin, Mrs. Letha Van Dkye and Mrs. Jannie Carroll, all of Kings Mountain; and six broth ers, Sam Smith, Roy Smith, Riley Smith, all of Kings Mountain, Frank Smith and Charles Smith, both of Gastonia and Jess Smith of Lancaster, S. C. Local News Bulletins KIWANIS CLUB iHoyle D. McDaniel is pro- graim chairman for Thursday night’s meeting of the Kiwanis olub at 6:45 p.m. at the Wom an's club. PRATER SERVICE Mrs. P. Q. Hambright will be 'hostess at her home on Grover road Saturday night at 7 p.m. to a cottage (prayer meeting with Mrs. Wrignt as conductor. The prayer Service is response to call by Evangelist Billy Gra ham tor special crusade prayer meetings. CONTINUES ILL Miss Bessie Bumgardner, own er and operator of Bessie’s Beauty Shop, remains a patient in Charlotte Memorial hospital where she is in Room 6637. 'Miss Bumgardner was injured when struck by a car several weeks ago. DIXON SERVICE A guest minister will fill the pul pit at Sunday morning wursnip hour at 9:15 a. m. Sunuay at Dix on Presuytenan cnurch in the absence of the pastor, Rev. Rou- jert Wilson. Rev. and Mrs. Wilson i and daughters, Lynn and busan, [ are vacationing in Montreal. SERMON TOPIC “The Gospel of the Grace of God” will be the sermon topic at Rev. >N. C. Bush at Sunday morning worship hour at Grace United Methodist church. City Contracts With Gaston The city commission Monday night entered into agreement with (*Jaston County under its water-sewer iprogram for install ation of water and sewer lines in the city’s industrial park. Mayor John Moss told the bon r'^ he had been advised by Col. W. K. Dickson, the city’s consulting engineer, that Brown Construction Cfi.npany was low bidder on the project. CLUE NIGHT SET Saturday night will be Club Night at the Country club and a country and western dance will be featured in the eve ning’s entertainment. Music •will be by "The I^aradoes” and reservations for dinner are ask ed by Friday. ROTARY SPEAKER 'Leon G. Alexander, president of Wix Corporation of Gastonia, will be guest speaker at Thurs- day’s meeting of the Rotary duo at 12:15 at the Country club. Thomas L. Irott is pro gram chairman. PLANETARIUM Free Planetarium programs, “The Taurus Incidents” are be ing shown at 3 p.m. each Sat urday and at 3 and 4 p.m. each Sunday during Septemoer at the Schiek? Museum or .Natural His- torv ^ Planetarium in Gastonia. [ ■ it:- - - r-K “I've seen the amount of mail we handle get bigger every year. Zip Code’s the only way we’ve kept up with it.” I , . 4 Norbert J. Rokusek | i * ■ V - Fereman of Maltr ■* r" i 4 MORE ABOUT Don Beam will have opened in over 100 cities in North and South Carolina, The movie has already been declared a box office bonanza. Bob Freddy, a native of Shelby, and 28 other Hollywood produc ers produced the movie. SERMON TOPIC Rev. L. B. Colquitt, Jr., exe cutive secretary of C!oncord Presbytery, will fill the pulpit at Sunday morning worship service at First Presbyterian church. He will use the sermon topic, “When Man Sees God." METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday noon totaled $93.55, including $89.00 from on street meters and $4.55 from ofif-strcct meters. City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. SENIOR CITIZENS Senior Citizens club members will gat-her Friday at noon for a covered dish luncheon at the Woman’s club. ' jr.5 ^ 1:1 Help us he] LITTLE THEATRE Kings Mountain Little Thea tre mem'bers ’will hold a gen eral meeting Thursday (to night)' at 8 p.m. at Park Grace school' auditorium. People depend upon the mail.- ^ ^ -#. Each time you use a Zip Code you help everybody’s mail move faster. So use Zip Code on every letter you mail. 1. If you don’t know a local Zip Code, check the Zip Code Section of your phone book. f2.,For out-of-town Zip Codes, call us. Our number is in the Zip Code Section too. / ^ 3. For next-day delivery crosstown, Zip Code and mail by. the last pickup before 5:00 p.m. 4. For next-day delivery to cities within 600 miles, Zip Cod^ and mail before 4:00 p.m from any specially marked , Air Mail Box. 5. Always put your Zip Code oji your return address "So people can copy it down. Use Zi]^ Code. \\ y / Seri^e i^ ATTEND CONVEN’nON Kings Mountain Legionnaires Carl Wiesener, John W. Glad- ^ den, 'Bob Davies, and Joe Mc Daniel, Jr., attended the an nual national convention of the American Legion in Chica go Iasi weekend. SOBce lor this advertisement lia% been contributed as a Public Servict ^y this newspaper
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