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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 84 No. 49
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 6, 1973
PRICE TEN CENTS
Eighty-Fourth Year
Commissioners - Elect Consider Auto
Mauney, DeVane
Fuel Chairmen
C of C Moves
^To Co-ordinate
Information
The Ghamlber* of Oommerce
will seek regular conferences with
the mayor and local oil distri
butors .to “keep o’ljr finger on top
of the energy crisi?* memlbers of
the board of directors agreed
President Frank Sincox, who
made Che recomimendation, ask
ed co-chairmen of the industrial
ccrmnittee. Charles F. Mauney
and Carl DeVane. both of whom
aire execuitiives of local planrtis, to
serve as fuel coordinators to be
gin the maiJing ^ bulletins to
C of C menubers “Keeping them
informed of any changes in fuel
supplies locally and to woik
with industry and fuel distribu
tors to resolve any problems
should the crisis worsen.
“This is a service the Chamber
^ Commerce can and should
provide”, said Sinoox, “because
our industrial plants are major
poWer tisers.” ‘This is a oriitioal
year foe industry”.
gas CTilts here are likely”,
President STnoox said he had
been informed by Mayor John
Moas, ‘^certainly not before
March,” during a recent meeting
with city offflcia?ls for a discussion
on lighting of Christmas lights,
jk'rTJiere is no iihoiitage oT'power
/■here”, said Dr! Sincox, “but gas
could be a problem.” “It was de
cided that the city should fol
low- President Nixon’s plea to
.citizens to conserve energy and
leave Christmas ligiils unllghted
this season”, add€d Sincox.
Stores Open Later'
Beginning Tonight
Most Kiimgs Mountain stores
will remain open later on
Thursdays and F*riday nighits,
beginning tonight, _ to accom
modate Christmas’SlToppers.
A check with downtown mer
chants Indicates that most bus
inesses will be open loiter both
Thursday and Friday evening
untd'l 8:30 until ChWstmias.
Kings Mouintaiin Shopping Cefn-
ter is also open nightly.
Local merohanits have stock
ed their sheiives with good se
lections of gifts for the entiire
family, said a spokesmain for
■the Kings MountJain Merohants
Associatdon.
Toy Collection
Now Underway
A collection depot for toys in
Operation Santa Claus, the Kings
Mountain effort to provide
Christmas joy to children of the
needy, will be set up in the for
mer First Union National Bank
building on Battleground ave
nue.
The Toy Contimittee of the
kings Mountain Ministerial As
sociation is headiing up the pro
ject again this year and Kings
•Mountain Jaycees are again re
pairing toys for the needy.
-■ ^ey. David Kime, chairman of
'the toy committee, said citizens
who want to donate good, new
or used toys to deliver the toys
to the individual churches. Dead
line for receiving toys is Decem
ber 16th.
Toys to be repaired should be
delivered to Terry Putnam, Gene
Harris, Bob Myers at Myers Print
ing or any Jaycee who will pick
I them up or Rev. Mr. Kiime, Rev.
C, A. Rev. Ansel Center or
Rev. L. D. Scruggs.
The toys will be distributed to
needy families on Decemiber 22
^nd Decem'ber 24th at the old
Ibank building, said Rev. Kime.
Industry, Schools
SwellUF Gifts
United Fund gifts swelled this
week by $1,408,50, bringing to
$32,580.57 the amount area citi
zens have pledged for nine caus
es for 1974.
Both the industrial and school
oommunity divisions have over
subscribed their quotas.
Induf^trial employees have do
nated $24,320.07, over $4,000 more
than their goal, and school sys
tem personnel have given $2.'^1,
m-^re than ^400 over their goal.
Goal of the 1974 appeal is
$36,«)0.'»
Mrs. Becky Seism, drive treasur
er, urged workers who have not
reported their solicitati-on totals
to do so as quiddy as possible.
Rites Conducted
ForF.M.Rose
Funeral rites for Piianois Mar
ion Rose, 67, sale^an tor Carter
Chevrolet in Slielby and Kings
Maunftain naftWe, were conducted
Friday aftarmoon from Shelby’s
Central United M^hodist church
of which he was'S' memiber, in
terment folllawing in Shelby’s
Sunset cemetery.
Mr. Rose died Wednesday iin a
Rutherford'ton ha?tpital.
Surviving are fSs wife, Mrs.
Myrtle Beauchamp Rose; four
sons, Joe, Jim and IXtvid Rose,
all of Shelby, and Charles Rose
of Charlotte; two brothers, Lloyd
and C. F. Bose, both of Gastonia;
three sisters, Mrs. Richard Upton,
Mrs. J. T. Stallings and Miss Ev
elyn Rose, all of Gastonia and
nine grandchildren.
G-W Professor
To Lead Class
Dr. Logan Carson, professor
of religion at Gardner-Webb col
lege will he guest speaker at the
Alpha and Omega Bible class on
Monday night.
The class meets in the home of
Bill and Bettty Moss on Grover
Road. All high school and college
student are invited to attend. The
meeting will begin at 7:30 o’clock.
His topic will be “Second Coming
of Christ.”
Adnunistration:
Oath-Taldng
Monday Night
By MAR'HN HARMON
Memibere of Moss Administra
tion V, including five new city
commlssiioners, will take oaths
c* office Monday nigiht.
With the exception of Mayor
Moss and Ward I Commissioner
Ray W. Cline, the adimindstration
will be all-new.
Mayor Moss, due to the death
of his father, was away from
City Hall Wednesday, but sure to
be on Monday night’s agenda for
new administration consideration
is the recent notification by Pat
terson Oil Comipany, the oity’.s
oil supplier, that the city’s pur
chases would be reduced 20 per
cent effective last Saturday.
Other commissioners-elect to
take oaths of office Monday
night are:
LJoyd E. Davis, Ward 2, oily
commiissioner 1951-53, recently
retired city water treatment
plant operator.
Corbet Nicholson, Ward 3, heat
ing and air-conditioning contrac
tor, and former superintendent
of the city's natural gas depart
ment.
Don MoAbee, Ward 4, North
Piedmont avenue grocer.
James E. Amos, Ward 5, own
er of the Little Moo Dairy Barn
and former Neisco, Inc., como-
troller.
Murray C. Pruelte, Ward 6, vet
eran Southern Beil Telephone &
Telegraph Oampany employee.
Building Permit
Activity Limited
Issuance of city building per
mits was limited during the
poet weeh. r- --
ipermlts were Issued to:
George E. Clark, 1309 Sheloy
road, and Roger Bowen for perim
eter zoning.
(Mrs. Jessie Pennington, 6006
Cansleif street extension, foi
placement of a trailer.
Paul R. Sheffield, 837 East King
street, for placement of a trailer.
Mr. and Mts. Williaim M. Pear-
son, perimeter zoning for $8000
residence.
W. E. Munay s
Rites Conducted
'Funeral rites for William Ed
ward Murray, 66,^f route 1, Bes
semer City, wore conducted Tues
day afteirnicon at 2 p.m. from
Sisk Funeral Home East Oha'pel,
intermeot following in Long
Creek cemetery, Dallas.
Rev. Grier Hawkins officiated
at tihe final rites.
Mr. Murray died Sunday morn
ing at 7:30 in the Kings Moun
tain hospital
He was the sonjjf the late Iva
S. and Maggie Tffarrkas Murray.
Survivirfeg are wife, Mrs.
Ada Morgan MurTay; one son,
Coy E. Murray of Oastionia; one
sister, Mrs. Frank Bpting of Gas
tonia; five grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
n
'V
NINETIETH BIRTHDAY J— Mrs. Florence Pearson widow
of Trank Navy, cel^rated Iber 90th birthday last Wednesday.
November 28th With |a quiet family celebration tat tier home
on Westover Drive. (Mrs. Navy, who likes to cook and still does
her own tcooking. r.s hard to Iceep put of the kitchen and is busy
baking good’es for the holiday season.
Manual A. Moss
Rites Conducted
Cemetery Clean-Up
Is Now Underway
City cemetery clean-up crews
ire bc'ginning the holiday clean-
jp and Mountain Rcjst Cemetery
;upt. Kcji Jenkins is reiiuesllng
citizens to remove old floral
pieces from the cemetery by De
cember 11.
Supt. Jenkins reminds that
gates at the cemetery are open
daily, seven days a week, frvm
7:30 a. m. until 5:30 p .m.
% of C President Sincox Benews
^lea For Kings Mountain Airport
Dr. Francis J. Sincox renewed
his dream for a Kings Mountain
airport and suggested the Cham
ber of Commerce conduct an
oninion poll of members to ob
tain their views on the ainport
and other projects at Tuesday’s
C of C meeting.
presMiing for Che first time as
the Chamiber’s new president. Dr.
Sincox gave the 10 of 12 directors
present his own ideas for C of C
goals for 1973-74, noting that
the' airport dream “had been my
own pet project for a number of
years”.
* He credited the 25 percent drop
Jn membership to fact that “dues
are not now stabilized.” Joe Mc
Daniel, chaiirnan of the finance
'ocTnmHee, was asked to make
recommendations for a revised
schedule at the January 15 meet
ing.
^rry Hamrick was appointed
chairmaan of the membership
committee, which also includes
Bob Smith, and they were asked
to draft a letter for mailing to
all members and/or prospective
memibers, detailing goals and
projects of the C of C, along with
a questionnaire or opinion polls
of the comm-unity.
J. OUle Harris was named
chairman of a liason committee
which would, among other
things, call for better conumuni-
cation w:i.th the news media, set
ting up a series of feature arti
cles in the newspapers about
various member-industries and
'firms in the Chamber of Com
merce. Mr. Harris and his com
mittee would also send a repre-
sentartive to al^ city council
meotlng5i, reporting back to the
board of directors about aotiion
taken and/or comimunity needs.
Continued On Page Eight
Mrs. Allen's
Rites Thursday
Funeral rites for Mm” Fannie
Boheler Allen, 65, of the Moun
tain View comimunity of Blacks
burg, S. C., wHl be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m.
from Mountain View Baiptist
church of which she was a mem-
fce*.
Mrs. Allen is sister of Miiss
Janice Boheler of Kings Moun
tain.
Rev. Claude White and Rev. L.
D. ScTuggs will officiate at the
final rites, and iTuterment will
be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Allen, wife of Dewey L.
Allen, died at 5:45 ajm. Tuesday
in tihe Cherokee County Memor
ial hospital at Gaffney. She was
a retired textile eroployee, daugh
ter of the late Chanfubers and
Emma Westanoreland .Boheler.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband and sister, are two sons,
James K. Allen of Pittsboro and
Dewey Lee Allen, Jr. of Clinton,
Miss., and six grandchildren.
Miss Davis'
Brother Passes
AMon Edward Davis, 69, bro-
t'her of M'iss Grace Davis, of
Kings Mounitaiin died Dcocimibor
3 a Montgomery Memorial hospi
tal in Troy.
He was a retired farmer and
a native of Moirtgomery county.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday (today) at 11 o'clock at
Ophir United Metlliodist church of
Which he was a member.
Officiating at the rites will be
the Rev. James Oaviness and
burial wii'll be in the church
cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
.Mrs. Boadiice Ilunsuckor DavKs,
one son, Danny Davis of Fayette
ville, N. C.; one brotiher Clij'de
Davis, Troy, N. C.; two sister.Sj
Mrs. Ray Diffoe, Elan-College, N.
C. and Miss Grace Davis of Kings
Mountain. 5
Mayor's Father
Died On Monday;
Long Illness
Funeral riles for Manuel A.
Moss, S-1, of 204 Falrview street,
' retired textile employee, were
conducttHl Wednesday afternoon
at 4 p. m. from Second Baptist
church of which he was amem-
! ber.
I His pastor, Rev. Eugene Land,
I officiated at the final rites and
interment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Jerrell
Hughes, Espey CodVe, Wayne
Cooke, Mack Earl Blanton, Ed
Steve Blanton and Tony Ruppe.
•Mr. Moss succumbed to a long
illness Monday afternoon at 4:30
in the Kings Mountain hospital,
where he had been a patient since
last March.
He was a retired employee of
Pauline Mill.
He was a native of Cleveland
county, son of the late William
Henry and Margaret Rippy Moss.
He was twice married, to the late
Amanda Oates Mass and to the I
late Ellen Phillips Moss.
Surviving are his son, Mayor
John Henry Moss of Kings Moun-
tain; two daughters, Mrs. Thom
as R. Dalton and Mrs. Margaret |
Johnson, both of Kings Moun
tain; his 'irother, Sidney Moss of
Kings Mountain; two sisters,
Contmued On Page Eight
Cautious Optimism Attuucie
Of Dealers On Oil SltU iuoa
Wann November
Roon; Citizens
Asked To Help
Kings Mountain’s chief suppli
ers of O'il-cncrgy products are
oautii>usly optimistic a'oout ma
nipulating the cn<?rgy ertois.
None, hC'Wcver, arc accepting
cirdcis from now custcimers.
Bcfih PatteriJrin OH Cormpany,
Blxxcn Dealer, and Plonk Oil
Company, Shell dealer, them
selves have been cuf~.thus far,
on percem'tage, Patterson more
than Plonk.
Brth agree .some customer re-
ftraint will be required and both
ore thankful November was
warmer than usual.
'The Exxon allocation is slight
ly over 20 percent under last
year’s u -age, Shell’s appaoximate-
ly 10 percent.
Johm Cheshire, of Patterson Oil,
is also worried about his indus
trial <m:.itomers. Many use city
natural gas on an interruptible
contiaot, meaning that the city,
when in short sitpply, says “get
off”. V'totually all can switch
over on five minutes notice — to
oil.
Mr. Cheshire says the govern
ment allotments are more re
strictive than the allocation ar
rangement Patterson OH already
had w4th Exxon. Gtovernmenrt-or-
dered allotments must be used
in the particular month or lost.
Thus Patterson trucks were busy
at eiid of warn November topi|>ing
off all tanks it could. Patterson
used its full allotment of all
{products and the tanks of all
Patterson’s industrial customers,
Mr. Cheshire said, are full.
iMcanlt?me, McCoy’s service sta-
'tton was closed Wednesday, and
Plonk Oil said it had exhausted
its auto gas supply before the
end of November.
lExxon stations have pared eve
ning hours, most closing three
hiuurs earlier at 6 p.m.
Schooi Holidays
Schedule Given
Kings Mountain .schools will
clo'^e for the Christmas holidays
ToHciwing the sciioolday Decem
ber 19Lh, reopening on January
Tine schedule wa.s announced
I by Mrs. Beckj' Sed^m, scTotary in
1 (hr- ‘-uperintendent’s office.
I Mrs. said teachers report
for a work day after the holidays
a day earlier than students, on
January 2.
BREAKFAST
Regular monthly breakfost of
the Men’s class of Grace Unit
ed Methodist church will be
held Sunday morning at 7:30
at the church fcHow.ship hall.
Gamon Rites
Held On Monday
Funeral rites for Rov. Herb-
I ert D. Garmon, 60, of Moores-
j ville, pastor of Central United
Methodist church here from 1960-
61, were conducted Monday morn
ing at 10 o’clock from Moores-
vilie’s Central United Methodist
church where he had served as
pastor the past 18 months.
Most Believe
City Seivfces
Won't Be Paicd
' By MARTIN HARMON
Two city commisMioners-eleet,
Lloyd E. Davis and Don MoAbee,
suggested, “Maybe we can buy
fiomo from both.”
Another, James E. Amos, sug
gested, “We can possibly operate
more eff-icien-tly.” He further call
ed on “We, the People” to oper
ate more efficiently.
Corbet Nicholson, said, “I ju.st
don’t know.”
I’hey were commenting on the
obvious city prooiem created last
week when Paitterson Oil Com
pany nefified the city its con
sumption ot gas would be cut 20
percent as of the recent Satur
day. The city uses Patterson gas
one year, Plonk (Jil gas the next,
The Herald was not able to
contact Murray C. Pruette.
Mr. Davis and Mr. Mt.Ar'>ee
were also concerned about the
city’s cooperative arrangement
with the county, along with oth-
cities, in a cooperative land-
fUL
Mr. Davis said the site of the
landfill is near Casar, wibich
> Rev. Carlton Adotaugh and Dr. would further tax fuel consump-
Charles White officiated at the 1 tion by the city’s garbage collec-
final riles and interment was in tion trucks. Mr. Davis said the
Charlotte’s Oaklawn cemetery. 1 coop plain woul(l save money, if
, ,, , gas were available. Mr. McAbee
Active pallbearers wore J-red thought the city might be able
HuhSon of Yadk^ville. H-rb continue to use, during the
Lentz of .Norwood, Hora^ Elliott ^
of Rutherforrlton, Zell Ford of shelby Highway.
In Ills “We, the People” com-
mc-nls, Mr. Amios gave ixinticular
atteinUon to pi^ssible citizen over
use of the police departmenit. He
said, ‘We should call the police
department when in real need,
but should try to resolve our o.vn
problerris as n>uch as possi'ble.
W’e Should not foil t)o exercise
our prerogatives for citizen ar-
Test.”
He conitinuod, “I don’t see that
Mrs. Alexander
Is Elected
Mrs. Charles L. Alexander was
elected chairman of the Gardner-
Webb college trustees and advi
sors wives auxiliary at a mooting
of the board on November 26.
'Mrs. Alexander’s term of office,
as chairman, is the calendar year
1974.
This will constitute her second
term in this capacity.
34th Lions Football Fete TnesdaY
To Feature Williams And Awards
SERMON TOPIC
Rev. N. C. Bush will use tihe
serimon topic, “What Christmms
Means To Me?” at Sunday
fmornlng worship hour at 11
o’clock at race United Metho
dist churc2i.
Danny Williaim.s, head football
coach at Lenoir Rliyne college in
Hickory, will make the address
at the 34th annual Kings Moun
tain Lions clu'b football banquet
Tuesday nigiht.
The 7 p.m. dinner at Kings
Mountain Country^ club honors
members of the Kings Mountain
high school football team.
Mr. Wiiliiams served as assist
ant football coach at LR and was
elevated to his present position
when Hanley Painter became L-R
athletic dilreotor.
Charles plantwi is chairman of
the Lions club committee on ar
rangements which a'lso includes
Richard Green and Jim Downey.
Hi^light of the evenit will be
presentation by the Lions dun
of four coveted trophies to out
standing players on the Moun
taineer football! team. To be pre
sented will be winners of the
Fred Plonk Blocking trophy, the
Genrge Plonk Miost Valuable
Playcrr trophy, the Most Improv
ed Player tiro^y and the Joihn
Gamble iSSRciairtic Trophy.
Mr. Blanton sa'id he anticipat
ed a crowd of approximately 200
for the evenit. ^
The Kiings MouritaTrT' Lions
dub held its first footfoaill ban
quet honoring the KMHS Moun-
ties in 1939.
First-Citizens
Taps Plummer
Ronald E. Plummer, install
ment loan manager of First-Citi
zens Bank & Trust company in
Kings Mountain, has been p>c *mot
ed to assistant vice president.
Plummer joined First-Citizens
in 1970 and has administrative
and managerial responsibilities
in the loan department.
The Salisbury native U an
alumnus of the Univers.ty of
Chapel iHill and the University
of Haw'ali.
He was a sergeant in the Unit- ,
ed States Marines and served in
Vietnam.
Plummer is married to the -or
mer Gln’^er Adkins of L'xinc;-
ton, N. C.
Zell Itord
Eden,, J. Ollie Harris of Kings
Mountain and Joe D. Thompsoon
of Moorcsville.
Mr. G'^rmon, a volunteer fire
man, suffered a heart attack
Nov. 2()th while fighting a fire at
his church. Ho was admitted to
Lowrance hospital in iMooresville
and died five da^s after, on De
cember 1.
(He was chaplain of the state
firemen’s association of the North
Carolina Fire Chief’s Asso da-, , , - .
tion. In Kings Mountain he serv- 't^^re should be any reduction
ei as chaplain of the volunteer; ^r\''.ces, if we, tlie people, ex
fire d<?partment. j duty. If 1 run out of
He was a graduate of IIigh,^^^» I bt'on negligent? If
Point college and Bob Jones uni-1 want to live as we have for
versity and Emory university. His| past SO^^oars, we can, if we
first pastor.'ite was in Shel y and I chc/ose to mke the ne:x?ssary re-
he went from Shelby to Caroleen.i six>nsibllity. If we refuse to lake
Bessemer City, Ro bin.svillc, Yad-| the responsibilily, some few will
kinvilto Norwood. Rutlierford-1 suffer, a.s those who are unable
I ton. Kings Mountain. Eden andj to help themselves, such as the
pleasant Grove and Hickory j elderly and infirm.”
Grove churches in Charlotte. Mr. Nicholson, too, thought the
In lieu of flowers the family * fondf'ill c'oo'perative w'ould have
I has designated memorials to the to await more abundant gas sup-
j Children's Home at Winston-Sal- plies. ‘*\Ve'H have to find some
! em. I ptuce closer,” he commented.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lu -Mv. Cline said he had not
cille Torrans Garmon; one son, reached any firm conclusions,
Russell Garmon of Fore.^t City: adding “We might need to park
two daughters, Mrs. Amelia Die- some vehicles”. He agreed a too-
secker of Lexington and Miss distant landfill would be unten-
Hrenda Garmon of iMooresville; able while shortage exists.
two brothers, Howaixl K. Garmon —
of Charlotte and Roland C. Gar- SERMON TOPIC
mon of Houston, Texas; and ore I “Our Responsibility” will be (he
sister, Mrs. Raymond Ferreria of serrmon topic of Dr. Paul Ausley
Pensacola, Fla. A grandchild also at Sunnday morning worship
survives.
DISCHARGED
Benmitt Masters has been
d'isdharged fro'm Charlotte
Memt)rial hospital after uirder-
going tests for a liver mal
function.
services at 11 o’clock Sunday at
First Presbyterian church.
HOSPITALIZED
John V. (Dan) Stewart remains
a patient in Kings Mountain hos
pital for treatment and observa
tion.
Bloodmobile
Returns Monday
“An ideal (Thrlstmas gift’' is
how Red Cross official^ are pro
moting the upcoming visit of the
Red Cross bloodmo’jile to Kings
Mountain.
The blood collecting unit will
make a one-day visit on Monday,
•Dec. 10th, with donors to be pro
cessed from 11 a. m. until 4p. m.
at the Cmnmunity Center on
Cleveland avenue.
Quota of the collection is 125
pints of blood. j
•'Blood is badly needed,’’ said;
Bill Grissom, spokesman. '
Charity Piojects Start To Provide
Christmas Cheer For Area Needy
.Charity projects are underway
to provMe yule cheer for the
needy.
The Empty Slocking appeal
begins this weeitend, as minis
ters of the co-mmunify begib
ringing bells in the business dis
trict for the Ministerial Associa
tion’s Heilping Hand project.
CONTACT LOCAL PASTOR
Those who wish to submit
the names of needy families to
share in this years Operation
Santa Claas project siiould
contact your local minister who
will give the family’s name to
the helping hand committee of
the Ministerial Aseaociation.
The fund drive is conducted
only during the Christmas shop
ping season but funds from It
provide a helping hand annually
to more than 350 families of the
Kings Mountain area in the form
of fuel, food, clothing, and medi
cine.
Rev. Frank Shirley, treasurer
of Operation Helping Hand, said
this fund supplies 80 F>ercent of
all emergency needs of the area
needy. Persons stranded in the
city have received bu.s tickets,
hot meals, and a lodging place
and each week money is used
for groceries, coal, warm clirth-
ing and other needs for Kings
Mountain needy families.
Mr. Shirley said 'the Empty
Stocking booth will be Installed
today or tomorrow in the busi
ness diistri^Tund various minis
ters will mann the booth.
i