"HEARE SAR A Population Creater Kings M~—~‘qin City Limits woe Grearer 2.914 8.465 Kings Mountaia jure is derived trem the Spevicd United States Bureau of the Census repost © janvary 1966, wad includes Namper 4 Township, and a tue © Towenahin ip Gaston Aanzur 5S Township, In Cleveland County and County. 14,990 population © 6,124 fror Crowder Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper ‘VOL. 83 No. . 45 Established 1889 — —— — Kings Mountain, N. Cc. Thursday, November 9, 1972 Pages Today / Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS ' Nixon, Holshouser, Helms, Broyhill Sweep To Victory | Need For Bonds Outlined By Jones 1000-Student High School Housing 1250 | By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain High School, designed to accommodate a | thousand students, today is ac { commodating 1250. Other schools are packed and | jammed with all available space utilized and the community is growing. These are the principal reasons, Superintendent Don Jones told a group of citizens Monday night, why Kings Mountain school dis- | tnjet desperately needs the | $2,500,000 bond issue to be Jeter. IN WHO'S 1 WHO — Mrs. Donald Jones has been elected to mem- bership in “Whe's Who In Amer- ican Colleges and Universities.” Mrs. Jones In Who's Who A Gardner-Webb College stu- dent, Mrs. Gladys J. Jones, daugh- ter of Rev. and Mrs. John E. Jones of Kings Mountain, has been named to Who's Who Among Students in American Universi ties and Colleges. Students are judged on the! basis of academic standing, par- ticipation in student activities on the campus and desire to excel in ir chosen field as well as all- id excellence. Irs. Jones is wife Supt. Donald Jones. 184 Well-Wishers Send Stapp Cards E. F. Stapp received birthday congratulations from 184 friends on his 83rd birthday October 29th. The newcomer to Kings Moun- tain is a native of Duquoin, Illi- nois. He and his wife came to Kings Mountain for a visit last Avril and decided to retire here. Mrs. Stapp died April 26th at age 76 and Mr. Stapp remained to make his’ home with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Buck Bridges, 802 Katherine avenue. Among his birthday cards were those from friends in Burbank, California, Missouri, Illinois and Florida. Hunter Warlick Is Re-Elected PD. Hunter Warlick, Hickory at- torney and son of Mrs. Madge Warlick of Kings Mountain and the late C. E. Warlick, won re- election to his third term in the 37th House District from Catawba County in Tuesday balloting. Representative Warlick is Re- publican. He was one of two Re- publican Representatives who re- turned to office by defeating Demccratilz opponents by margins cf 2-1 from Catawba county. Warlick is a graduate of David- son college and Duke University of School 18 mined by citizens in a 16 election. ’ Other items in the SupeTintend- ent’s presentation: 1) West school needs an addi: tion to provide a library’ (now housed in the cafeteria), and new classrooms to replace six trailers now being used ‘as class- rcoms. * 2) East school needs new class- rooms. 3) The high school needs an auditorium, lopped off the origi- nal plan due to lack of funds, both for school and community use. 4) Grover school needs im: proevements. 5) Bethware school neegs /fur- ther improvements. Superintendent Jones said the new law enacted by the 1971 General Assembly set June 30, 1973, for expiration of a spedial act whereby Cleveland and nine other counties were jpermitted to issue bonds by districts. He fur- ther declared that the tax rate in the first year of amortization would be a maximum of 32 cents per $100 valuation, stating that the owner of a Home or other property valued at $15,000 would pay $31.20 additional taxes in the first year of amortization of the bonds. He reported that the district levy for amortizing the high school plant bond issue, initially 40 cents per $100, has dropped to five cents. Plans call for the building of a junior high school south of the high school on the unimproved part of the 85-acre tract occupied to the north by the high school. Mr. Jones declared the new construction would not include costly frills. ' He acknowledged occasional criticism of carpeting school halls and classrooms, add- ing, “We've found carpeting has two great benefits, saving main- tenance cost and cutting noise.” Speaking briefly in support of the bond issue were state Sena- tor Ollie Harris and Mayor John Mission Study Set By KM Baptists A Foreign pas: Study— “Europe—A Mission Field,” will be conducted at Kings Mountain Baptist church ‘Sunday after- noon at 5 p. m. Mrs. Hubert Dixon will lead the study and the interested com- Law School. munity is invited to participate. Ground Broken Monday For 60-Bed Convalescent And Ground breaking ceremonies were held Monday morning for Kings Mountain's long-awaited 60-bed nursing home, to be locat- ed on Sipe Street behind Kings Mountain Hospital. Target date for completion is June 1. Officials of the nursing home and Cecils Inc. of Spartanburg, which wil! construct the fac'lity, Mayor John H. Moss and State Senator Ollie Harris, Rev. Charles E. Edwards, pastor of Boyce Memorial ARP Church, and Rev. P. H. Waugh, pastcer of Central Methedist Church and President of the Kings Mountain Minister- ial Association, took part in the ceremonies. John 'L. McGill, retired drug- gist whe was apmointed to spear-| head the drive toward iconstruc- tion, presided over the ceremonies and Joe Smith, President of Kings Mountain Convalescent and Nurs- ing Center, Inc., told those in at- tendance of the five years of planning for the facility. Construction is expected to be completed by June and many persons predict that the home will be filled to capacity. The building wil! be constructed in a way that it can be expanded in the future. Officers of the new home in- clude Joe Smith, president; Clyde Kerns, vice-president; and Mrs. Clyde Kerns, secretary-treasurer. The board of directors include Dr. John C. McGill, Car] Mauney, Bob Powell, John L, McGill and Ollie Harris. Leaders of the nursing home drive reported that they encoun- tered several delays along the CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 CAST ‘the Li Parking Meter Removal Again Gets Su The Mayor's committee downtown parking, “back lot” re- fuse and business area traffic flow, discussed all three at a Monday might: meeting. nL ee inate WE city ordinance which would pro- ate “intolerable” debris, asked a three-times weekly “back garbage pick-up, and removal of parking meters. Mayor John Henry Moss, ex officio member of the committee chaired by Commissioner Ray W. Cline, outlined plans for a ‘Gold street underpass and concurrent elimination of rail crossings at Gold, Mountain streets, and at the Mauney Mill, and told the group he would request of the State Highway commission for a re-study of King street traffic system in an effort to speed traf fic flow. Police Chief Tom MadDevitt, a member of the committee, was not present, and Chairman Cline suggested ‘another meeting be held concerning the business dis- trict traffic flow situation when the Chief could be present. The Mayor also said he hoped the central business project could be amended to use the Gulf Serv- ice Station property at the cor- ner of West Mountain and Bat- leground could be utilized to pro- vide 19 parking spaces. Other members of the commiit- tee are J. C. Bridges, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Jim Downey, president of the ‘Mer- chants association, Roscoe Woot- en, Commissioners Jonas Bridges and W. S. Biddix, Lewis Dellin- ger, Charles Blanton John McGin- nis, Don Jones, and.Larry.Ham- rick. ‘Gene White was a guest at the Duplex Workers Give UF $3481 Employees of Duplex Interna- tional contributed a record $3,487.00 to the Kings Mountain United Fund this week to bring the total to $24,408.50 the amount Kings Mountain citizens have contributed to the 1973 campaign. «In' addition, Duplex Interna- in the amount of $600. Other, top contributors during the week were Mauney Hosiery Company employees who gave $2,052.50 and Carolina Throwing Company employees additional check which raised their UF giv- ing to $2,354.00. ‘Goal for the campaign is $34- 450. Beneficiaries of the campaign CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 on The committee recommended a |! vide a fine for retailers who «re- |’ Tot” |: tional presented a company check: EVANGELIST—Rev. C. C. Crow, retired Baptist minister, will be evangelist for revival services beg nning Sunday morning at Temple Baptist church. Crow To Lead Baptist Series Revival] services wil! Ibegin this Sunday morning, at Temple Bap- tist church and continue through Sunday, Nevember 19th. The even- ing services wil] begin at 7 each night with a nursery provided. The evangelist wii] be Rev. C. C. Crow of Shelby. Rev. Crow was ordained in 1931; served fifteen churches in Wake, Ruth- erford, and Cleveland Counties, Served as Chaplain in the U. S. Army during World War II and served as Moderator of the Kings Mountain and Sandy Run Asso- ciations. Since retiring from the active pastorate in 1962, Rev. Crow hag served as instructor at Fruitland Baptist Institute for four sessions; served as interim Pastor in ‘eighteen different CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 ) A AND SPY ~— Members of the cast of "Panda and the Spy”, which opens Friday at ‘Theatre, are pictured above. Scott Laug hridge as the Panda is kneeling in front of Cindy Robinson, left, Becky Bates and David Barrett, all seated. From left to right, standing, are Chris Holmes, Ann Rowell, Lindsay Holmes, Sarah Maner, Ronnie Morrison, Laura McGinnis, Laura Car- penter, Kim Gladden, Carol Bennett and Anthony Keller. (Herald Photo by I. G. Alexander) ntolerable Trash May Elicit Fine Little Theatre "Panda And Spy To Open Pie The curtain wil! go up Friday evening at 7:30 on “The Panda and the Spy,” Little Theatre three-act adventure thriller. Mrs. Raymond Holmes is dir- ecting the production which plays | again Saturday night at 7:30, and |on the following weekend. There I will also be a Sunday matinee on # November 19th at 2:30 pa... 4 of | i All performances will the in the {| Park Grace school auditorium. A cast of 14 students make up | the cast for the show and young | people also comprise the back- | stage crew. Youngest member of the cast is eight-year-old Becky | Bates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Bil! ‘Bates. Senior member of the | cast is 16-year-old Cindy Robin- Ison, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. !Sam Robinson, and a veteran Little Theatre performer. | Advance tickets are $1 and may {be purchased from any Little | Theatre member. Tickets may al- so he purchased at the door at $1.25. 1€ Conduct Poppy Sale A total of 16 Poppy Day sales- men representing the Frank B. Glass Post 9811 VFW and Auxil- iany conducted a street sale of the memorial poppy Saturday. Mrs. Ruby Stroupe, poppy chairman, reported donations totaling $281.54 which is earmark- ed for veterans projects in the area. Poppy salesmen were Mrs. Stroupe, Mrs. Robert Ruff, aux- iliary president; Mrs. Harold Glass, Bridget Glass, Terry Glass, Terry Howell, Mrs. Dave Delevie, Miss Lib Sellers, Mrs. Elaree Peterson, Mrs. Robert Peterson, Mrs. Frank Glass, Ruth |; Smart, Sandy Henderson, Cathy Crawford, John Gladden and Mrs. Myrtle Christenson. | Mrs. Stroupe stated apprecia- tion “to all Kings Mountain citi- zens who contributed to the pro- gram and those who remember- |ed our veterans on Poppy Day.” A concentrated informational study on drug abuse will be con- ducted throughout Cleveland County beginning Monday. Theme of the week will be “Somebody Cares”. : ‘Scheduled to visit the week—to speak throughout at public Fmeetings and to conduct semi- nars at all high schools—is Mrs. Vicki Jackson cured of a $350 per day heroin habit, and now em- ployed by the New York Nar- cotics. The Kings Mountain public ap- pearance of Mrs, Jackson will be a “Mom and Dad” seminar First Baptist church November 16 at 7 pm. She will be at Kings Mountain high school at 10 | and at Central Junior high school at Next Week Features Concentrated Study Of Drug Abuse In County at 12:30. Bill Bates is coordinator of the Kings Mountain activities. During the week, surveys will be conducted at all schools of student attitudes concerning drugs. The questionnaires will be anonymous and results will be attitudes generally, and usage, computerized. Questions concern ailzoholic, beverages included. Also connected with the Week's work will be a Grades 1-6 school art contest conducted by Ford Mc- Donald. Another function will be an industrial management seminar conducted by Mrs. Jackson at Gardner-Webb college auditorium November 17, Robert Kingery is coordinator, charged off $145.44 in rents as] TwoExceptionsToTowaship Voting As Did State, Nation Public Housing | {8 Showed Profit in Recent Year Kings Mountain Public Hous- ing Authority showed an operat- ing profit of $12,742 for the year ending Sciziember 30 on its 150 dwelling units and $1400 on its, 30 leased units, the annual rz! pore shows. ‘Average rental per month was $30.43. Gross receipts on the 150 units] was $76,113 and cost of opera- tions $63,371. Gross receipts from Chesterfield Court leased units was $19,174. The corporation had assets of $2,584,144, including $17,212 in cash, and land structures and equipment valued at $2,537,503. - Surplus $134,116. The corporation liabilities in- duded: $18,971 in adcounts payas ble, and notes payable of $2,424, 661. The authority had accrued liability of $5,148—a payment in lieu of taxes it will make to the city and representing ten percent of rentals from the 150 units. (The owners of Chesterfield Court | pay property taxes as do othes citizens.) k at year end was During the year the authority! uncollectible bad accounts on the 150 units and $86.10 on the leas- ed units. Mrs. Houston Is Exposure Victim Mrs. Maudie Houston, 81, route 1 Negro woman, was found dead |: of exposure Wednesday afternoon |! at 2:30 by rescue workers who had begun the search for weman after her husband report: ed her missing. Willie Houston ,about 80, said his wife had wandered off into the || PRESIDENT RICHARD M. NIXON the woods near their home on |i O!d Linwood Road sometime Tuesday afternoon and had been lost in the wooded area overnight. He said he had searched for his wife late Tuesday and Tuesday night. According to Chief Thomas McDevitt, searchers found the woman's coat and shoes early yesterday. Kings Mountain, Gaston Coun- ty and Cleveland County police officers were joined by volunteers from the ‘Gaston, Kings Moun- tain, Grover and Boiling Springs rescue squads and bloqedhounds from the prison department in searching for the woman. Funera! arrangements, which are incomplete, will be announc- ed by Dockery’s Funeral Home of Shelby. A native of Green County, Ga. Mrs. Houston was the former Maudie Ragland. She was a mem- ber of Pride of Kings ‘Mountain No. 1 and Heroinés of Jericho, Queen Mary's Court No. 5 Besides her husband she is survived by a foster son, Albert Houston, stationed with the Army in Vietnam. City Board Agenda Short Rezoning and annexation re- quests are. on the agenda for Monday night's regular meeting of the wity board of commission: ers at 7:30 p.m. in council cham- bers at City Hall. As of Wednesday evening, May- or John Moss had placed only four items on the agenda for the November meeting: 1) public hearing on rezoning request by ‘Charles F. Mauney; 2) annexation request by de- velopers of Kings Mountain's pro- posed. shopping center on Shelby road; 3) opening of bids for a new elecfronic accounting machine for the city billing department; .*4) ‘opening of bids for ‘a new garbage packer for the city sani- tation department, U. S. SENATOR-ELECT U. S. REPRESENTATIVE JIM BROYHILL Jaycees Set Candy Sale Kings Mountain Jaycees are conducting a candy sale for ben- efit of their various community projects, announces Steve Wilson, publicity chairman. is Chairman of the project Boyce Tesseneer, employee of BVD Company. A variety of candy is available from mint to coconut, peanut butter and gourmet de- light. +The candy may be purchased from any ‘Jaycee or from Myers Printing, said Changs | “Tesse- nee, East KM Box Gives Bowles {County Margin By MARTIN HARMON Kings ‘Mountain, Number 4 Township, and Cleveland County, with 4wo. exceptions, voted with the state and nation Tuesday in the ‘quadrennial elections which saw President Richard Nixon and U, 8, Representative James - T. Broyhill. win victories . _of -dand- slide propontions, Republican Jesse Helms defeat U. S. Representative Nick Galifianakis for U. 5. Sena-/ tor, and Republican Jim Holshou! ser ' upset Hargrove = (Skipper) Bowles ‘for Governor. The. two exceptions: 1) East Kings Mountain voters provided Bowles a T7-vote major- ity, 14 more than the 63-vote mar- gin Bowles carried Cleveland County. 2) A township exception - was Bethware, which voted solidly Republican on every contested office. ‘Bethware has been dong considered a GOP stronghold. Otherwise, East and West Kings Mountain, and Grover precincts, strayed to the GOP side only in races for president, U, 8S. Senate, and -U. S. Representative, giving majorities to’ all other Democra- tic candidates, which included all members’ of the ' Council of State and Jim Hunt, now lieuten- ant-governor elect. Statewide, all mémbers of the Council ‘of ‘State 4 seeking - re-election were; newcomers W, C. Creel will suc ceed Frank Crane as commission- er of labor and John Ingram will succeed ‘Ed Lanier as commission: er -of insurance. Incumbents re-elected are Sec- "| retary of State Thad Eure, Treas- urer' Edwin M. Gill, ‘Auditor Hen- ry L. Bridges, Attorney General Robert Morgan, and Agriculture commissioner James ‘Graham. Indicative of the GOP upward movement was the fact that in West Kings Mountain 254 voters marked the “X” straight Repub- lican on the county-district ticket | where there were no candidates, President Nixon withstood the onslaught of Senator George Mc Govern by 521 to 17 electoral votes and 42 million to 26 mil lion votes. Holshouser trounced Bowles by 48,277 votes and Helms’ margin over Galifianakis was an even 108,000. A total of 1563 veters cast ballots at the West Kings Mountain pre: cinct at the Armory and 990 vis. ited the East Kings Mountain volling place at City Hail. Elected without opposition to the state senate were Senator Marshall Rauch and tives W. K. Mauney, Jr., and “Jack Rhyne, and to the state House of Representatives were Incumbents Robert Z. Falls and Robert Jones and Dr. Jack Hunt, Elected, without opposition to the coypty commission were Cole- man Goforth, L. E. Hinnant, and Jack Palmer, and re-elected with- out opposition was Register of Deeds Ralph Tucker. Elected without opposition were District Judges Joe Mull, Lewis Bulwinkle, Oscar Mason, Ralph Phillips and Robert Kirby. Smith Vote Is 1523 "At Home" . Nick A. Smith, 34«year-old Kings Mountain native and Raleigh at- torney, lost his bid for attorney. general Tuesday as he was de- [eated by Democratic incumbent Robert Morgan. Mr. Smith polled 6.797 in Cleve- land County to Mongan’'s 11,340. In Kings Mountain Smith garner. ed 1,523 votes, carrying the Beth. ware precinct. His totals in No. 4 Township were Bethware - 338; hover, 153; East, 397; and West, It was (Mr. Smith's first bid for public office. He is Republican. Early returns from 943 prelgincts in the state Tuesday gave Mor: gan 292,163 votes to 216,415 for Smith. Morgan, 47, had Been consider ed a leading contender for the Democratic gubernatorial nomi. CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
