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^Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits
8.465
The Gr«oter Kings Mountain figure U derived from the
Special United States Bureou of the Census report of
January. 1066, ond includes the 14.990 population of
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 from
Number $ Township, in Cleveland County and Crowders
Mountoln Township in Gaston County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
Pius One 8-Page Tabloid Supplement
i^OL. 84 No. 11
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 15, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
u last
pproval Of $556,675 Sewer Grant Is Announced
lean- Up Drive Begins On April 1
City Vs. Clines
Re-Opens Monday
CHAIRMAN — Ward IV Com-
mUsioner Norman King will
serve os choirman of the city
wide beoutilication program
beginning April 1.
Woman Charged
Alter Shooting
Kings Mountain police have
charged Peggy Sullens with as
sault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill following a shooting
Monday at the Royal Villa Mo
tor Inn on 1-85.
According to police, Mrs. Sul
lens’ husband, P'rank Sullens, of
600 Sultle Street, Shelby, was
shot in the stomach in room 104
with a .38 cali(:re pistol at 3:30
a.m. Mondab'.
‘Mrs. Sullens is free on bond
and awaits trial in Cleveland
District Court.
^ City-Wide
J Beautification
Project Set
^ Ward IV Commissioner Nor-
:.i man King will dhair the city’s
I montli-long Clean-Up«Paint Up-
■ \ Kix Up promotion April 1-May 1.
^ 'Ihe board of commissioners
Monday night approved recom-
I mendation of the mayor for the
a oeautification project and tapped
i King as chairman.
Tlie city will share in one-
third of the cost of tearing down
aid residential and out buildings i ^
not of commercial nature. I ^;
Comm. Kings said other mem- ^
hers of his committee will be an
nounced next week and that
Scouts and other civic groups
will be asked to aid the promo-, ^ ^
tion. !
“In the spring our thoughts
turn to working outside and %
beautifying our homes and we !•<.
invite everyone in the city to
help make this project a success”,
said King.
Pre-Schoolers
V Register Now
Vjjj^i'eschool registration
is now
ler waiy in the five elemcntai-y
schools of the Kings Mountain
district system.
•Parents who have children
who will enter first grade in Au
gust 1973 are asked to obtain
foiims from the principal's of
fices at either Bethware, Crover,
K^st, North and West schools in
orter to complete their “shot”
records 'before school opens.
, Howard Bryant, school offi
cial, says it isn’t necessary for
immunization to be started im
mediately.
HELMS OrnCE
Senator Jesse Helms has
Openixl an office at Hickory to
serve the people in Western
North Carolina w+ilch will in
clude Cleveland County. Mr.
Keith Weatherly, Staff Assist
ant, lis in charge of the office
and can be contacted in room
205, Federal Building (Post
Office) 28601. The telephone
•number is (704) 322-5170.
1973
Tennis Courts
Open Saturday
The city is in process of in
stalling lights at the five tennis
jeourts at the high school and
work is exipected to be comipleted
hirday.
When completed, eight lighted
liennis courts for retcreational use
iH be available to citizens,
ere are three courts at the
1 Street and Davidson Parks.
The project Is jointly sponsor
ed by Kings Mountain District
Schools and the City of Kings
Mountain with the oity furnish
ing the electric power and man
power for in.staillation.
The eight tennis courts will be
Open to the publi'c at ail times.
EVENING SERVICE
Mike Remy, from Haiti, a stu
dent at Gardner-Webb 0>llege
wHl be the evening ^aker at
(Bethlehem Bajptist cJhurch Sun
day at 7;(X).
Methodists Set
Third Study Sunday
A third discussion panel on In
dia will feature the mission stu
dy course at Central United
Methodist church Sunday night
at 7:15 p.m.
The program is third in a ser
ies of mission studies and will
follow a covered dish supper at
6:30 p-m.7 in the church fellow
ship hall.
The interested community is
invited to participate.
Dixon Choir
Benefit Set
The Dixon Presbyterian Church
choir will sponsor a hot dog and
hamburger supper Saturday from
5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. in the
church fellow'ship hall.
There will no charge for the
supper but donations will be ac
cepted for the choir’s piano fund.
Rev. Robert Wilson, pastor oS
the church, will show slides of
his recent to the Holy Liand at
8 p.m.
The public is invited to attend
both the supper and the showing.
LBIsWUlow
Sends Card
Mrs. Madge H. Arrowood of
Kings Mountain! long active in
the Democratic party, received
this week a thank you note fiom
the widow of former President
Lyndon B. Johnson.
The engraved card was mailed
by Mrs. Johnson from the LBJ
ranch in Stonewall. Texas.
It read: ‘1908 - 1973 Lyndon
Baines Johnson — All our fam
ily deeply appreciate your pray
ers and sympathy during our
greatest sorrow.” It was signed
Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson
Nugent and Lynda Johnson
Fobbs.
Mrs. Arrowood said she had
conveyed her sympathy to Mrs.
Johnson at the death of her hus
band.
MAN OF YEAR — W. Seimore
Biddix hos been honored for the
fourth year os ”Man of the
Year" by Sturdivant Life Insur
ance Compony which he joined
five years ogo.
City Board Calls Public Hearing
On Dog Ordinance For Itfarch 27
A public hearing on the city’s
proposed dog law will he con
ducted March 27th by the city
board of commissioners.
The citly commission discussed
adaption of a dog fencing and
leach law at Monday night’s ix?-
gular meeting with Comm. Jonas
Bridges, committee chairman,
outlining recommendations of his
committee.
•Mr. Bridges said his committee
recommends that:
1) adoption of a fence and
leash ordinance requiring dogs
either to be behind a fence or on
a leash at all times;
Cleveland County dog pound
with owners to be fined court
costs and other necessary fees to
retrieve the! dog.
3) that (he new ordinance be
come effective one mo'nth after
its adoption.
Comm. Bridges said it was the
feeling of his committee that
"the only way to control the sit
uation is with an ordinance such
as this.”
Other members of the city’s
dog ordinance committee are
•Mrs. O. O. Walker. Larry Bry
ant, (?hief Toon McDevitt, Mrs.
‘2f employment of a dog war- Otis Falls, Joel Marable, Gerald
den to catch any or all dogs jThomasson and Mrs. Thelma
loose and to tajte thorn to the i Monroe.
Biddix Again
Man Of Year
Ward n City commissioner W.
Siemore Biddix has won Sturdi
vant's Insurance Company's
‘^an of the Year” honor for the
fourth year, a company record.
The Kings Mountain man join
ed the insurance firm five years
ago and served as president of
its key Producers club for four
years. He serves this year as
vice-president.
Comm. Biddix is superinten
dent of the Sunday School of
East Gold Wesleyan church and
a Mason. He and his wife are
parents of five daughters and
there are five granddaughters.
Presbyterians
Set Study Course
A Bible Study C?ourse on the
'Book of Exodus is being conduct
ed on Wednesday evenings at
7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian
church.
Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, is
leading the study which is under
sponsorship of Women of the
church. ^
The interested community is
invited to attend.
MISSION STUDY
Mrs. Cal Fisher is leading a
mission study on Romajns Sun
day evening from 6:30 until
7:45 p.m. at Grace United Meth-
odist church. The mission study
will continue on Sunday, March
25th, and Sunday, April Stih.
2 Tracts Remain
Among 72
Project Requires
City of Kings Mountain vs.
John Cline, et al and City of
Kings Mountain vs. A. B. Cline,
et al, are on 'the agenda of the
two week term of Cleveland
j County Civil Superior Court open
ing Monday in Shelby.
The city is .seeking via condem
' nation two Buffalo Creek iproper-
ties: a 104-acrc pared owncfi by
John D. Cnine and a 106 aere par
cel owned by Ambrose Cline.
'Both cases will be heard by
Judge W. K. McLean in Superior
Court next week.
The two Cline properties are
the only remaining tracts of 72
required by the oity for comple
tion of the Kings Mountain
Water 'Project on Buffalo Creek.
Jurotrs for the first week of Su
perior Ourt are Alice C. Raper,
Edward Andrew Self, Charlie
Grier, (^rald-ine Harris Greene,
Claffence Marion Walker, Joel D.
Mode, R. E. Barnett, Suzanne
Gibbs, Norman L. Lowery, Lula
Ruth Allen, Clara R. Home, Mae
G. Love, Effie M. Murphy, Oaro-
be-l Lever, John Stanley MoNeiily,
Mis. J. Charles Cabaniss, Rayvon
W. White, Ruth Henderson John
son, Matilda Ann Dixon, Mary
Lou Glenn, Mrs. Cecil Jones,
Glenn W. Ballard, Dzdie Brooks,
Charles Ernest Anderson, Jessie
Pearl Carpenter, Vance Lee Good
man, (3eorge Lemuel Cochran,
Eugene Webber, Jr., Earnest E.
Luckadoo, Cleat Costner, Calvin
C. Lingerfclt, Clem Wright, Don
ald Sellers, Sr., William Dwight
Ledbetter, Robert White Abrams,
Dcdia Faye Chapman, Elaine H.
Stone, Mattie Hipps Edward.s,
James F. Graham, Hugh Lowery
Kendri)ck, Thomas Lee Wilson,
Raymond Champion, Andy Huff-
Ktetler, Elizabeth Greenway, Le-
tha Tarlton, Florence Hoyle, John
fConthiucd On Page Six)
City Updating
Zoning Maps
The city commission Monday
night contracted with Depart
ment of Natural and Economic
Resources, Division of Commun
ity Services, for a study updat
ing the city’s zoning ordinances
and zoning ordinances and zon
ing base maps under a HUD
grant.
The state share for the pro
ject is $6,400 while the city will
pay $4,160 for the study which
begins May 15th.
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FARM FAMILY OF YEAR — The Jack Hughes family of the Dixen community, above, has been hon
ored CCS the area's Farm Family of the Yssr. Mr. Hughes and son, Mark, stand behind Mrs. Hughes,
left, and daughter, Beth, as they admire the plaque emblematic of the honor. (Herald Photo by
Gary Stewart)
Ab Yaibro s
Condition
Worsens
Hughes Family Is
Bid-Letting
Target Date
Late April
The city will let bid-s in late
April for a major Soil, 100 sewage
prcject f r v.i .h .^cth federal
and state g .u j liave been ap-
prov-ed.
The Dt partment of Natural &
Economic iies>ur;r.5 ha.s approv
ed a 75 licrct: t P. L. 660 Federal
Grant to the city in tlie amount
of $477,150 ani f.ato grant in
the am'cunt of SV9,.525.0:) u:.Vr
E.^A Project N i. ('37(0.53 to aid
in c:nstruction cl inteneptor
sewer and additiens to the city’s
existing vv'astcwater 'treatment
‘lacilities.
The city’.<'.<haro of the $641,100
project will b<‘ S81,4.'10.
E. C. Hubbard, a.ssistant din-'ct*
or of th<* offk'C of Water and Air
Rescurves, informed Mayor John
M )ss cl graiu approvals this
Ac; Ic.
T’le pr rio.'t:
1) calls for diverting one half
million gallons of vva.'^te per day
fram the y.'jG Jl Treatment Plant
to the Pilot plant;
2) calls for doubling the capa
city at liie Fih/. idaiU frem two
to four miiP'n gaPu-ns; and
3) caU.s far cc.i.s .“uciion of col-
I''^tor lines in the n 'itlu'a.-t and
rr>rtli'vve?t .sections of t!io city
which will serve 6(X) acro.s, not
now served, incluvling nerthwest
cf C')opcrt;nvn to N(‘bo Cia'ck,
crossing Can.^iler street, Waco
road and behind Countr>' Club
COM’ll^UEl) OS tOiili: o’
u
Alvin ( Ab) Yarbro, Kings i
Mountain farmer and business-!
man who was shot six times and
robbed several weeks ago as he ’
went to his biirn to feed cattle,!
was listed in poor condition VV'ed-^
nesday at (Cleveland Memorial
Hospital. I
Gamble Gulf
0 £ Y ! Rased Mcpdav
J[ ^ Kings Mountain R(vle- e!c'm
Bell Announces
New Agency Here
I Southern Bell announced to-
j day that effertive Monday,
Yaicro. 6,5. had boon listed in | Mareh 19, it will have a new
good condition for several weeks ! coUecticn agency in Kings
after undergoing surgoiy the day , Ai.^i,ntain. R. B. Moore, l(Kal
of the shooting. However, a j manager, stated he was pleased
spokesman for the hospital said |
his condition changed suddenlv
Wednesday morning.
No official reason for t'lie
change was given by the hospital
but a ix'liablo source told the
Herald Wednesday afternoon
that Yai)n-o had developed a
blood clot after falling out of
bed.
.Meanwhile, the search g(X's on
for his assailant but a spokes
man for the Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Di'p-aUment said W(vk
nesday that his department has
no now leads since last week.
to anncunce that all Southern
Boll cu.'itomers in the area may
pay their bills at (Bryant's In-
surnce Agency located at 146
West King SOreot in tlie bus
station.
Friday, March 16, will be the
last day Kings Mountain Sav
ings and Loan will be takirtg
telephone payments.
mienf
Commis.'vion Monday b<‘gan raz
ing feur downlo'.vn buildings.
D. H. Griffin Ce.’Tipany of
Green .-"bo-ro, which Iiolds the
demolition contracts, ra/ed the
■‘Id Gam-ble Gulf StaM.-n at the
«Trne^ of FattlcTrnip.I anri M. ‘’n-
t.ain and lia-* three otlior build-
'ng-' In flemoli.'^h. .
Gene Wli.ite, commis.sion dime-
f'r, sai.l all the bu'1d:i:'g.s shenld
Thp Jack Hughes lamily (l<'mcH-hed wilhin a month.
Rcute 2 has bet'n named Dis-! f'l li-'t in-
ifict Faraici-s Home A<lministra-' •'^-'’uney huJd-
)inn Family of the Vctir an.1 is re'-onlly occupied by Gray-
Bistrict FHA
Honcr Awarded
Area Family
Ey GARY STEWART
Mayo? Tc Raleigh
For Forum Today
'Mayer John Henry .Moss will
go to Raleigh today to atunv.l :\
forum en si'eci il rev enue s’lar
Although the incident took ! on invitation uf Grove:nor
place on ^Tarbro’s farm outride , ,
the city limits. Kings Mauntain ; , The forum is spen.s-rM by ihe
iPolic<‘ Chief Thomas McDeviil :NorM t inmn i .-n
has worked long and hard on the ^
new in competition for slate hoiv
ois.
The Hughes family received its
fcrnli ate last Friday from John
I'M I)n\'s, recently retired PTIA
suix.*rvisor.
...a iiOghescs operate a 409-
' t'-* t-nkey ami cattle farm in
the Dixen School Communit
liio 2'9-acre faim owned by the
family was oiuc oiH*rated by Jaik
son’s Jeweliv' and T'-nev’-; Dis-
Sb're. the former .MiG'in-
n'^ birlflin-g occupied by M'^Tur-
dv ricaiK'r-:. the vacant buildiing
'■-'-me*-lv cA’Upiefl by McGinnis
DepartmcMt Store annex and iho
fermor Ware & Sops Roller mill,
A h''h the cr'm'mi.s.sicn acquired
fmm Mauney .Mills.
The iBatMegrc'Und Avenue
p(*rtics will be offered for resale
Hughos- faCiL'r, Ihe Ial,> Conrad f*'!' dovelppment but the Roller
llaglies. Hugjies rents an ad<li-
tional 12b acres giving him a ca-
ji.u ity ft'r 75,030 turkeys and IbO
beef cattle.
In rr.ommtmding tl'.o IIugh<'s
family for statewide ccmjx'tilicin.
Davis said: “.Mr. IIughe.s is one
1 of v]ip me.-u culJtanding f’rmers
•• -ia!
d('\vn 1
case and has several good leads.' cini''mn
In fact, McDoyitt could he dose ‘■I’;'fha un
to obtaining enough evidence for “f certain feder.il pr.igv;in-3 an.
a warrant. new legislative proposal i and
Will begin at 1:^0 pm. .n (ho ai'-
Yarbro was reportedly robbed ditorium of Highwciy artmenj
of over So.OOf). ' Vuilding in Raleigh.
Four Jailed Ifollowing Robbery
'Anmed Tobberies at Liberty i
Loiin and McGill’s Esso, a 'break-
we have ha.l on the farm owner-
<\\] program in Cleveland Coun
ty since the iirvfdion of the pro
gram. Ilis operation is a model
for other farmers. Even though
iie had very little e<iucation of a
: technical or scientific nature, he
is recognized as one of the most
knowledgeable men in his field
in either North or South Caro-
j lina.”
' Hughes nole.i that it’s “an ho-
I nor to lie selected as Di.'-tri.^t
Farm Familv of the 5h‘ar an i
ately and that aheut 15 minutes t Ee*t Mnnday after .^topping a 19G tickled* that we re compet
ing for stale honors. One man
Mill proiK'Tty cn West Street
W'ill ho retnino'I. ;?endir:t the
preicete.d irb-T^cali-n of West Gold
and an underjxass under Scutheni
Railway.
The commission previously raz-
/--i the ‘‘omor offices of Dr. J. E.
'••'Ivrv acquired from George
T,i’hin»n»- ki and the former Kings
M'untain He’^ald build'n-g, ai*-
quhcci frem FX.-'t Baptist Cliua’h.
men were reportedly shot at.
The suspect ix'^portodly ran ! later, i^iolico found a car in Ailiich Plymouth on Oriental .\vcnue.
in and larceny at Kings Mountain { from a house and was (picked up i the men left MicGill’s at a loi.-al Acm.-ding to p'lice, (lie driver hard for
Farm Center and a ras'h of manor' t>y a motorist on Watterson' drive in re.staurant. A person at . of the car was an escape frem
Cline Tinned.
Bv EPIC
Ward I ‘Commi.sdoner I'av C’hio
has boon designerl a.s the rity’s
reprosen‘tati\'e on tlie tx>ar.l of
Electp’c Power In Carolina, I*
Ccmlm. (Tine was appointed by
the city ermmission cn reem-
mendation (T Mayor John Mo^s.
To provide lew co t rh'*'^(c
vandalism kept city pol'ice on Che Street. It was reported that fhe' the restaurant reported swing the Mt. Plrns-int Dept, of Cju rec-
^ us to win b<'c:uiJ0 peo; Ic from p-nve.- to it? 77 municipality
run during the past week.
Police have made several
charges as a result of the cTlmes
but some of the lesser crimes are
still unsolved.
(Miles E. Boyce of Ki'ngs Moun
tain was charged with armed
robbery falilowing a Thursday
stickup at Liberty Loan. C. B.
Green, manager oif the firm, re
ported that the 'Loan company
was reflieved of $2(K).
man drove hilm to Shelby, wthere i five pcr.sons get into another car tiofis. Police said tlie man ;ul-
he hailed a taxi to Gastonia and that had driven up behind the mi’ted stoaVing tlie car from
caught a bus to Charlotte. i restaurant with the lights out. Falls Fsed Gar Lot !nit the own-
He was appiehended at a bus; An all-channels alert to area or cf the ('omixinv rcfu.?ed to
terminal ,in Charlotte and had on
his possession a bus ticket to
New York City.
Two persons were arrested in
Ga.stonia Sunday morning and
Charged with tihe Saturday night
armed robbery of McGill's E.ssk).
Charged were Sidney Boi>"d Eaves,
police was broadcast and Gaston pre.ss charges. Value of llie car
County police reported having! was listed at $2,090.
the .suspects at 5 a.m. the next T’lree persi>ns were chargi'd
morninig. i Thursday night with stealing a
A break-in at Kings Mountain: roll of clrth from K Mills.
Farm Center last Friday night Charfred were Bonny J. Byer.?.
netted thieve.? $2,.500 worth of 16, cf Blackslnirg. Arthur Suroiise.
chain saws and go-cart motors. 60, of Kings Mountahi and L(nvU
our (listrirt liave wen for throe
yenr.s in a row. 'rut another man
tol i me that we’ll .stand a g(»o;i
chance of winning the stale ho
nors.”
FlIA iK'rsonnel s:ty titat the
menibc'rs in the slate is a m of
EPIC.
Mayor John M-vs is a ‘rnemiber
cf t'lie lx>ard and ha.s .served on
the b viJici f<T several years.
Tlie 'nia\T>r and Comm. Cline
Hughes farm,is as automated as win attend (lie n\giona4 mec'ting
an oiK'ration its t.v]>e can bo.
COSTISUED CN PAGE 6
of EPIC at Shelby’s Holiday Inn
Monday.
Kings Mountain Clinmber of
Aocordinig 'to -reports from Che; 47, of Bessemer City and Paul. Alccording to police, a woman Byers, 17, of Blacksburg. war-
)loan company and police, a black I James Minrey, 24, of Ranlo. i caime to the police station at 5^30 rant has been drawn against a
male came into the company at Norman F. 'MJcGiH, owner of a.m. and reported the break-in. third Bilcksburg youth but lias .not
1:30 p.m. Thursday to talk to, the service station, reported that: Entry, police .said, was gained by yet been ser\'ed
Green about a loan. When he
was refused the loan, he report-
inside the station with the lights j to enter Plonk Brothers Depart- " .
out when t\^'0 males came to! ment Store the week before. ! u^'day that s memo t>n)ke into a p ni. at Kings Mountain Country
Ted Ledford, pwner of the new hrme in the Norihwoods dub.
store, reported that missing were su^a-divilsion and .‘ftidc a Hotp)!!!!
11 ne^'^^ McCulloch chain saus, range. A witness reportt'd seeing Tlie Chamber
C Oi C Will Elect New Officers
At Annual Dinner Meeting MondaY
edly tiHilled a small oalibro pistol
and fired it toward the floor sev
eral times, but the guin did n'otj the door wanting cigarettes,
fire. He then shut employees of j McGill said that when he
the company in a restroom and j opened the door one of the men
helped himself to the $260.
may b<' obtained from C of C see
he had just locked up Saturday! prj'ing open the front door, the Value o-f the cloth was listed Ommeree wiillj.*Uvt offavrs and retarj' Lucille Williams,
night about 9:50 p.m. and was same method AhiCh thien'es used at $1.35. direi’tors for 1973-71 at a dinner A program of entertainment
' - . - T. 3. Huti.dierson reported .Sat- meeting .Monday night at 7:30 will he presented but ‘plans svere
m>t eomipleto
Is reinstituting
Police combed an area near
Watterson Street where the sus
pect was reixjrted’iy holed up in j
pulled a shotgun and demanded , three used McCulloch chain saws, a tru'ek in the area which left it.? policy of holding annual
■money. The men took $35 which | one used Sears chain saw and going toward Be*-'semer City. meeting.? and anticipates a hirgo
wa.s in McGiir.s wallet. j three go-cart motors. ' Value cf the range was not to- <T0^vd of members and their udve.s
City police chief Tom McDevdtt | Police reported the laneny of , parted. Police reparied thaj. Tio, attend.
a relativ^e’s home. Several police- said police were alerted immedi- an auto from Ed Falls Used Cax one lived in the home.
Tickets are $3 per person and bide.
at pros.stime W’etl-
nesday. Joseph R. Smith, pro
gram chainnian. said a speaker
from the Ga.?tonia area is being
invited to make the ucKiress.
Larr\’ Hamrick is chairman of
the nominating committee.
President J. C. i.nuge.s uxll pro-
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