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'Population | Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 ' City Limits 7,206 The figure for Greater King* Mountain Is derived from •he IMS Kluge Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure to from too United States census el 1SS0. VOL. 70 No. 24 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper 1 C Pages IQ Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C.t Thursday, June 18, 1959 Seventieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Textile Employees To Get Vacations Local News Bulletins SUPPER El Bethel Methodist church will sponsor an ice crealm sup per at the church Saturday ev ening beginning alt 6 p. m. Do nations will be received, and the public is invited (to partic ipate in the fellowship. ELECTED Richard (Dick) Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Faster of Kings Mountain, was elected state vice-president Of the pos tal clerk’s convention which met recently in Columbia, S. C. , ROTARY MEETING Jack V. Sohweppe, manager of the Carolina® division of Pitts burgh Plate Glass Company, will address members of the Kings Mountain Rotary club at their Thursday 12:15 meeting at Kings Mountain Country Club. The program was arrang ed by Tom Trott. Joe Hedden will present Mr. Schweppe. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday at noon totaled $125.12, with $19.97 returned from off-street meters and $105.15 from on street meters, City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. PLANNING PICNIC The banquet and picnic com mittee is making plans for the annual employer-employee pic nic outing of the Kings Maun - tain Merchants association. An ' August date has been tenta tively set. Committee includes J. T. McGinnis, Jr., James Craw ford, J. C. Bridges and Richard Barnette. Esso Adopts Fair Trade Esso Standard- Oil Company has notified retail distributors that it is establishing firm retail prices for Its (gasoline under the North Carolina fair trade act. The new policy was effective Wednesday. She policy resolution provides that either retailer or company (may cancel their contracts on five days’ notice, given in wri ting. Norman McGill said Wednes day that Esso- is following Gulf Oil Corporation in setting up their fair trade policy. / The change indicates that cut rate retailers fakve (the option of holding prices firm or of finding a new source of supply. Esso’s prevailinlg prices on Wednesday, exclusive of the 10.25 cent per gallon tax, were 19.9 I cents for base grade, 22.9 cents for medium grade, and 25.9 cents for top grade gasolines. Hoophaugh Youth Hit By Car r, ' • « - .• « « ' ' | Jimmy Hoophaugh, 11-year-old route 3, Shelby Road youth, suf fered a concussion and abrasions in an accident last Saturday when he was struck by a car at 7:20 a. m. on King street. The automobile, a 1955 Ford Station wagon, was driven by Bennie Columbus Yarbrough, Box 23, Rock Motel. " Young Hoophaugh, the police report stated, was riding a bicycle and came out of a driveway into the path of the Yarbrough car. , A witness to the accident was Lonnie Staley, Box 105, N. Bel mont Hoophaugh was rushed to Kings Mountain hospital for treatment where he is still con valescing. No charges were preferred by investigating officer S. W. Ware. Meanest Man Tale: Grave Vase Thief I Sam Subter, city cemetery su perintendent, is lijcensed at some unknown vanda ls to make a habit of stealing vases from graves in Mountain Rest, ceme tery. ' - Mr. Sirbter say* he finds many times that fixe vandal have re mtTfed flowers firam. She graves, thrown them an the, ground, Many Finns Set Week's luly 4 Holiday ’Majority of Kings Mountain textile firms will ignarit Indepen dence Day vacations, a survey toy ■the Herald showed Wednesday. Several firms will grant a week’s vacation, wfhile others will Sake less time Off. 'Massachusetts iMtdbair Plush Company wiill suspend operations Friday, July 3, and will resume on Wednesday, 8. Vacation pay is contemplated but not yet finally detailed, it Was seated. Maiuney Mills, Inc., ’Bonnie Cot ton (Mills, and Mauiney Hosilery Company will take a week’s sur cease, closing on June 26th and resuming on July 6th. Pheniix Plant of Burlington In dustries will suspend at 10 ,p. m. July 2 and resume at 10 p. m. July 8. A vacation bonus Is contempla ted. ') Sadie Cotton (Mills will suspend July 3 and resume on July 13. Carolina Throwing Company Will operate on regular schedule. Train-Cat Clash Injures Shelbian The (Baker Strteet railroad crossing claimed another Victim Saturday 'night when Carroll Flor ’terfbe^ry, 18-year-old Shelby resi dent was injured and (his car de molished whten Southern Railway train No. 153 collided with For tenberry's 1940 Chevrolet at 8:05 p. tjvv ..-i Fortenberry sustained a frac tured Mt leg and wrist, a disloca ted right fthilgh, and cuts On the htead in the crash. He was rushed Ito Kings Mountain Hospital by Harris Ambulance where he 4s still hospitalized. Eye witnesses Wo (the accident told police iinveatigiritors the car driven (by Footttenfoerry staled on the railroad track and he got out arid was (trying Wo push it dear. He <wais ’pushing on the ride at the front left donr arid froze where he stood when Ihte saw (the train so dose. The ■southbound train’s engi neer was J. Keller arid the con ductor R. E. Lee. (Fortenberry is Whfe son of Mr. arid (Mrs. John (Lee Fortenberry, 203 Cherinut street, Shelby. The accident 4s (one of several Occurring at Whe crossing in past years, some daimtag a death toll. Hahn To Speak To Lntherans Dr. Samuel W. Hahn, professor at Lutheran Southern Seminary in Columbia, S. C., will deliver the sermon at Sunday morning worship service at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. Dr. Hahn will fill ithe pulpit in the absence of Dr. W. P. Gerber ding who is on vacation. The worship service at 10 a. m. fol lows the Sunday School hour at 8:45 a. m. Dr. Hahn is professor of Chur ch Administration and Church Polity at the seminary. St. Matthew’s Lutheran church has just completed what officials term a “very successful’’ Bible School with the largest number of children enrolled in recent years. Teachers were Mrs. Ben Bridges, Mrs. James Herndon, Mrs. L. E. Hinnaint, Mrs. W. K. Mauney, Jr., Mrs. Floyd Queen, and Misses Louise Kiser, Donna Cheatham, and Judy Cooper. SPEAKER — Dr. George Staples, chaplain at Davidson College, will fill the pulpit at Sunday morning worship services at First Presbyterian church. College Chaplain To Speak Sunday Dr. George Staples, Davidson College chaplain, wiffl deliver the sermon at the 11 o’clock morning worship service Sunday ait First Presbyterian church. Mr. Staples will 1111 the pulpit in the absentee of Dr. Plaul Ausley, pastor, who is on vacation. A native of Texas, Dr. Staples was educated at fhte University of Texas, Union Theological Semi nary in New Yoilk, and Columbia University. He served five years with the United States infantry during World1 War H and was discharged with 'the rank of lieu tenant-colonel, He came to Dav idson in 1956 after 'serving for se ven years as pastor of Winston Salem’s Highland Presbyterian church. Ten-Yeax-Old Killed By Cai FunBitett rttes for (Patricia Ann •Carpenter, lO-yaar-okd daughter of Mr. and Mre. MMo Odell Car penter of route tbrete, were held •Friday at 4 p. m. from Shady Onove Baptist church with the Rev. iLee A. Smith officiating. The child was Milled instantly ; last Wednesday about 4:30 p. m. ! when struck by a car on N. C. 216. Shb and her older brother were headed home from a road slide stone with 'Soft drinks for the family. The accident, according to Pa trolman, O. R. McKinney who in vestigated, occurred about six rnfftes north of Kings Mountain near Sellers’ Store. He said the1 girl and her 14-yeairold half-bro ther, Billy, were Walking north along the right aide of the road wfhten the younger child evidently started to cross (the mad toward her parentis’ home, was struck toy a car (driven toy Mrs. Marie Sum ter Davis, 18, of Columbia, S. C. Trooper McKinney said the body was thrown or dragged some 198 flebt down the roadway from the point of impact He said the car, With a dented hood and grille, Came to a stop some 249 feet from the impact point. Mr. MCKinnby quoted Mrs. (Davis as Saying she did not see the girl until it Whs too late to stop. Coroner J. Olilae Harris said that death was instantaneous and there will toe no inquteiSt. Mrs. Davis, charged with man slaughter, was released under $1,000 bond pending hearing July 10 in Cleveland Recorder’s Court. Surviving the accident victim are her parents, two half-broth ers, Billy of the home, Charles Carpenter of Anchorage, Alaska, the maternal grandfather, and the paternal grandmother. Interment was in the Church cemetery. KIWANIS CLUB Kings Mountain Kiwanians j will gather for a picnic Thurs day evening at Bethany ARP church on York road. It will be the regular meeting of the civ ic club. Marshal Gore In Philadelphia For Delicate Heart Operation iMairahlat] Gore, welil - known Kings Mountain service station Operator, Sis a patient ait Che Uni versity of PanrusylvanJa hospital, Philadelphia, whtene he is to un dergo a deflioate heart operation; soon. Actually, tohfe operation was ] scheduled far Wednesday hot friends here learned Wednesday the Operation was postponed a gain for funthter teste. Dr. John C. MdGlil, Mr. Gone’s physician here, said, (hie surgeons will crapSoy the heart valve, more fiamiliairly known as tHe “substi tute heart machine” to kteep the patient alive while opening a par ‘tiafl blockage in the aortic valve. Mr. Gore, a heart patient for tine past sfcverafl years, has been! in severe pain recently, t» the] point that nitroglycerin tablets have been insuiUMent to relieve it. With a partially Mocked aortic valve, Or. aMcGai sapid, the pa tient's Ihaaajt must pump with con stant/sta^p. Mr. Gore's .ailment is diagnosed as intractable angina pWn«Ht&f£' *. " - Mr. Gam ifad previously under gone heart: surgery at Etmory Uni versity 'hpsfjaal'm Attonta, Ga. In that operation, centadn arteries in the chest wtere tied «8f. Mr. Gore underwent a series Of advance tests and exlaiminaltkwis at the (Philadelphia hospital about ten days prior to rfe-entisring the hospital thfr week. U. S. 74 Project Remains Static Education Body Okays Nine-Man Merges Plan Kings Mountain Oiity School Board voted unanimously to ac. cept a proposal for igoverniment organization of the proposed No. 4 Township consolidation at Mon day night’s session at Kings Mountain High school. The proposal was outlined in last week’s issue of the Herald and provides for a temporary in crease to 9 members in the school board, 4 to be elected outside of the corporate limits of Kings Mountain. At the end of two years the board would be reduced to 5 members, three within the corporate limits and two from outside. Terms of the board members would be staggered on the pre sent plan. Fred W. Plonk,member of the committee working on the con solidation proposal, in presenting the plan pointed out that if con-1 soli da tion, is "worked out to the; specifications of the committee, j a new high school will be built i to house the enlarged unit and Negro schools will be improved.! This will require a bond issue, he said. The consolidation was approv- j ed by the board on the motion of j A. W. Kincaid. In other action the board: 1) Accepted with regret the resignation of E. Lawson Brown, I Kings Mountain High school principal. Brown was commended for his excellent work with the; school and best wishes extended for the future. 2) Accepted the resignation of elementary teacher Mrs. William R. George. 3) Heard a report from Supt. | B. N. Barnes that Miss Delores Blanton, Miss Louise Kiser, and Miss Mary Nolan did not accept teaching contracts. Miss Kiser, he j said, has accepted work with the Department of Schools of the U-! nited States Army and plans to teach \in Germany. Miss Nolan is: seeking the same type position, he reported. 4) On motion of Mrs. Lena Mc Gill accepted the following tea chtens to fill vacancies in the school system: Mins. Carolyn Ruth 'Bennett of Shelby, first grade; J Miss Anita Vlaughn, Owings, S. C.,l sixth grade; Mrs. Iva Jean Kin caid Reason, Boiling Springs, sev. enlth grade; Miss Sue Bonders, Shelby, seventh grade; Mrs. Sa rah Simpson, Kings Mountain, seventh! grade; and Mrs. Helen B. Ausley, high school science. 5) Heard a report from Mr. 'Barnes that instead of replacing <M3ss Blanton as English teacher, he would like to employ a guid ance counselor. In discussing the girl’s physical education teacher vacancy, he said he hasn't any <Continued On Page Eight) Garmon Named Central Pastor Rev. James B. McLarty, pastor of Oantrafl Methodist church the past four years, will replace the Rev. J. G. Wilkinson at Concord, and Rev. (H. D. Garmon will come■ from RutherfordTon to Kings! Mbun/tain, as a result Of changes | announced Sunday at the Western! ■North Carolina Methodist Confer-1 ence in session at Lake Junalus kta. The MdLairty f atmdly expects to move into the parsonage of FOr eSt Mil Methodist church on Wed nesday. Thfe Garmons are also ex pected to arrive here next week. Two other Kings Mountain Me thodist ministers were returned to their present pastorates, Rev. W. C. Sides, Jr., as pastor of Grace Methodist church 'and Rev. Frank E. BLatcck as pastor of E>1 Bethel Methodist church. A number of Methodist minis ters from the Gastonia District were reassigned to other areas during the confertenoe. Mr. MdLarty came to Kings Mountain from Mooresville. A Naval reserve chaplain, he was educated at Duke University. He served as secretary on the Bre vard College Board of Trustee® and since coming to Kings Moun tain has been active in the Ki warns dub and in other phases of community life. Mrs. McLarty is the farmer Margaret Glenn. The MlcLantys have <byo eon®, James and Charles (McLarty, and a mar ried daughter. Mrs; Bill Cochrane of New York. Foneat Hill Metho dist Church has a membership of 850. Mr. Gorman has servied the Ru therfordton Methcdtst qpurch the post five years. 'Rev. and Mm Garmon have three children, a daughter 16, a daughter 0, and a ■on 13. < Stroupe Statement Doesn’t Deny Charges By Ellison RECEIVES DEGREE — Shirley Ann Ware, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Ware, was graduated recently from Erskine College at Due West, S. C. Miss Ware re ceived a bachelor of science de gree in home economics. Mis. Patteison's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for (Mrs. Annie Dove Flank Patterson, 74, Kings (Mountain .native and promdntent Gastonitan, were held Friday at 11 a» m, (from Gastonia's First Presbyterian church, interment following In Mountain Rest cem etery herte. Mrs. Patterson, Wife of George V. 'Patterson, succurribed (Wed nesday at 6:15 p. m. She 'had been seriously ill one week Bind in de clining (health the past ytear. A 'former school teacher and (ac tive dhunchwaTker, Mrs. Patter son was the daughter of (the late MlkShael luthier and Uenora Dovte Plonk. She moved to Gastonia as a child and hived with an aunt and uncle, attended the Gastonia schools and Woman’s College and married: (Mr. Patterson, a textile official. Later they moved back to Kings MOunitain, to Spencer Mountain!, and Gastonfa. The An nie Patterson Sunday School class at Spencer Mountain is named for her. Mrs. Patterson .taught the Nol le Warren Bible class at Gas tonia’s Finst Presbyterian church for over 20 years. She was presi dent of Kings Mountain Presby terian, president of the WOmten of the Church otf the Synod of North Carolina, and was 'for two years chairman otf the Women’s Advis ory Committee otf the (Board of Women’s Work, the highest office in Women’s work in the Assem bly. One of the founders otf Pres byterian Home of High Point, Mrs. Patterson served on its (board until 'this ytear. She was on the (board otf directors of Mission Court otf Richmond, Va., a home for returned missionaries. She was also active in WMiliam Gas ton Chapter, DAR, and the Unit ed Daughters otf the Confederacy. Surviving Mrs. Patterson are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Casweffl Taylor of Gastonia; one brother, Grier Plonk of Kings Mountain; one Sister, Miss Jettle Plonk; and one grandson, Cas well Taylor, Jr. The final rites werte conducted by Dr. Harry Moffett and Dr. J. N. Brown. -*—— Moore To Speak At Union Service Sunday night’s union service1 for five city church congregations will be held ait Resurrection Lu- i theran chiurdh. Rev. George Mdore, the pastor, will deliver the message alt 8 o’-! aiaek. Kings Mountain Ministerial As sociation is sponsoring the sum mer schedule of services with ministers to bring tine messages from their own pulpits. TO CONFERENCE Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips will go Ito Houghton ,N. Y„ next week where they will attend the quadrennial general con ference of the Wesleyan Meth odist church. Mr. Phillips is a ministerial delegate to the con ference, while Mrs. PihlMps is a missionary delegate. Mayor Names Bennett Police Commissioner BY DAVID BAITY ihe city (board of commission ers, Thursday night, on a motion by R. Coleman Stroupe, voted to accept former police officer War. ren Bildson’s resignation from the police force on charges that po lice commissioner Stroupe had ordered Ellison not to make ar rests in certain sections of the city. Mayor Glee A. Brdiges pointed out the (board was there to ac cept or decline the resignation, nett to answer the charges. However, Police Commissioner Stroupe asked to make a state ment, but did not categorically deny the charges. Addressing Po lice Chief Martin Ware, he ask ed, “Mr. Ware, have I asked you, or any officers, not to make any patrols in certain seotions of the city?” Mr. Ware answered negatively. Reportedly the sections to which Ellison was referring were in the Negro communities where some citizens had allegedly com plained that he was too rough on them. Mr. Ellison has become an em ployee of Superior Stone division of American-Marietta Company I here. - Mayor Bridges (made appoint ments of commissioners to var ious city (posts for the coming term. Before the appointments he stated some changes had been made, but he hoped the board would co-operate with him. (Appointments made were: Boy. ce Gault, administrative commis sioner: Ben Bridges, streets and garbage commissioner; Coleman Stroupe, electric commissioner: Ross Alexander, natural gas com missioner; and Luther Bennett, police commissioner. IMr. Bennett was reluctant in accepting the police commission ership, but stated, “Since you have assigned me this depart ment, I’H do the best I can with it But if anything comes up, I want you all to bring the prob lem to me, not go directly to the police chief. I want to know what" going on.” In other action the hoard: 1) Firmly established the meet ing .time and date at 7:30 p. rr. on each second Thursday of the month. zi voiea ro euro ana guner Lackey street from Alexander (to G^nitit streets, construct side walks on Deal street from Ridge to Parker streets on both sides, and to install a feme from the Deal street pool to Dilling street. 3) Approved the purchase of six fire alarm signals by Pat Tig nor, fire chief, from Garland E. Still if Mr. Tignor deems them necessary. The units cost $34.95 each. 4) Exempted Woodrow Eng land on physical disability from purchase of a city privilege lic ense to run a fruit stand on Fourth street. 5) Heard a report from Ken Pruitt, representing citizens from N. Piedmont avenue, that the re sidents in that section wish to have a stop light installed at the intersection of N. Piedmont with Faimew Street as a traffic check. He said dump trucks from several firms do not observe the speed limit on the strteet and are a real hazard to the children of the community. The light would (Continued On Page Eight) CHARLIE MOSS Mohair Promotes Charlie Moss Charlie /Moss has (been promot ed to superintendent of laiM Kings Mountain weaving operations by Massachusetts Mohair Plush Com pany's Nedsler division. Mr. Moss, previously superin tendent of weaving exclusive of pile fabrics, has assumed, in ad dition to his other duties, those of Morris Dodge, who resigned June 115 tip return to New England. ; Mr. Moss rejoined (MsassaicMu setts Mohiair Plush Company last July, after spending two yeairs with the Lumite ((auto fabrics) di vision of Ohicoptee Manufactur ing Company. He joined the former Neisler Mills in 1920 and remained with Massachusetts (Mohair after Sts purchase uni til imiid-1956. Ice-Coal Firm Now In Business Claude Kambrttg'ht amid James R. (R, R.) Yartooro, partners, lare announcing this week thle opening of a new business to toe Operated under the tirade name City Ice & Coal Company. The firm is located on City street with, twoway a veniues be tween Railroad avenue and City street. The plant, built out of Sheet aluminum, has a 40-block capacity icehouse and ample spade for coall 'storage, • to addi tion to a supply room, the plant will contain an office room. The firm will 'be open during | the summer until 9 p. m., daily' and Sundays. Other products of fered for sale will toe ice cream j salt and Charcoal. Mr. Hamtaright, for the past! five years a salesman with Dean) Bulick Company and previously! with Victory Chevrolet Company, was for 26 years an employee of Kings (Mountain Cotton Oil Com pany. Mr. Yarboro is a veteran of 38. ytears with the state highway! commission. Both reside on W. Mountain! street. Mr. 'Hambright will serve as; manager Of the establishment, | while Mr. Yarboro will not be ac-! tive in management Of the firm.1 ROBB? RESIGNED City Policeman Johnny Robbs has resigned from the force, ef fective Friday, City Clerk Joe I McDaniel said this week. Mr. I Robbs plans to begin work 1 with a Cherryville finance com- j pany. Merchant Holiday Ideas Varied; Independence Day Saturday Date Independence Day falls on Saturday in 1959 and a mercan tile hassle on when to observe toe holiday has been produced again, just as the time July 4 and Saturday collided. Directors of the merchants as sociation apparently have dictat ed a regular operating day for the Fourth by a Tuesday after noon action, In which they rec ommend that merchants remain open on July 4 and close on July 6, a Monday. In other words, re tailers and their employees will get a ‘‘long” weekend, but it"ll start later. Several merchants have al ready Indicated objection to the Merchants association action. One said he felt a holiday should be I taken on the day it comes. An-, other said he felt failure ito fol low the calendar indication of; "hick-town thinking”. Another; guessed. "We won’t toe taking! Christmas soon, should it fall on, Saturday.” However, most indicated they’d' go along with the majority po-, licy, if reluctantly. First National Bank will close on July 4. R. S. Lennon, cashier, said special permission would have to he obtained to remain open on the legal holiday and that bank officials didn't think the paper work worth it. Right-Of-Way Cost Negotiable Under New Law BV MARTIN HARMON Will a recently-enacted change in the right-of-way division f«nm ula between t/he highway com inltssion and municipaiitiies mate 'the widening of King street — if and when It is — cheaper or more cost/iy tor the city? It's a deba'taible point. Under the new tew, adopted on recommendation of the highway camimissJion, division of right-of way cost between cities and the commission is a negotiable sub ject. Under the former tew, cities were required to pay 20 percent of the right-of-way cost with the commission paying the remaining Lee Whilte, of Concord, member of the six-man ihlilghway commis sion, appearing aft the hearing an ifihe Gastonia link of U. S. 85 Wed nesday rrtomiing, commented that it was 'the oommissiom’s thanking | that Jft should pay ail the right of way cost where a pUbfflic road bi sected a small oarranuniity “for 'the convenience of the public.” On the Other hand, he noted, the commission feels the municipality should pay a share of the cost Where a new through-city or cross town Wightway materially benefits the municipality. What about U. S. 74 through Kingis Mountain ? "I don’t know for sure, Of course,” (Mir. White 'replied, “but I’ve never felt the commission Should pay for in-city parking space.” The status of the U. S. 74 bot tleneck through Kings Mountain remains the same, other (highway department officials said, with ■ no firm, decisions 'having been made jfy f' - E. L. Kemper, division engineer, has (recommended widening of King street to make King a Franklin avenue, Gastonia, boule. vard-type, as tihb cheapest and shortest route through Kings Mountain. Mir. White said he had accom panied Highway Director Bill Babcock through Kings Mountain last summer on a ltrip to AiShe Vilie. He indicated agreement with Mr. iBalbcock’s statement after re turning to Raleigh. Mr. Babcock termed U. S. 74 through Kings Mountain "a definite 'bottleneck.” Sam Beard, highway Commis sion publicist, conducted the Wed nesday morning Gastonia Wear ing. (Mr. Beard said he 'and Mr. Babcock and others would be hap py to confer with city officials and interested Citizens at any mutually convenient time on (the U. S. 74 project. “We would like to get the le gislative business cleaned up prior to scheduling a conference,” Mr. Beard commented. Would right-ot-way for King ’ street widening (36 feet needed) come from both sides or exclu sively from one side? Mr. Kemper said he doubted It would be a one-side arrangement through Kings Mountain, noting that the decision, however, would have to await 'penciling after right-of-way appraisers had giv en their estimates. What would the cost be? Mr. Kemper said grading and structures on the one-plus mile shouldn’t run much over a mil lion dollars. At the Gastonia hearing, large scale maps of the proposed Gas tonia link of Interstate 85 were posted on the wall of the city hall courtroom, lit shows that 85 will link with present U. S. 29 west of the residence of Mrs. Beu lah Henderson, with a large ac cess bridge to require property of Dr. J. E. Anthony and several others in the area. The hearing attracted a stand ing room only crowd. However, none objected to the route which will find Interstate 85 skirting Gastonia to the north. Most of the questioners wanted answers on personal property which will be damaged by the new road. in process ot explaining the highway commission’s policy on establishing right-of-way costs. Mr. Beard noted that the com mission is now spending for right-of-way ait the rate of a mil lion dollars per month. This commission feels very strongly that it should not run roughshod over private property owners in building roads for pub. lie use”, Mr. Beard commented. He explained that the ooramis skm now employs independent experts for appraisal work who were instructed to establish right of-way damages at fair market value. ® was indicated the highway commission will approve the pro posed route within 30 days and that work would be underway by spring I960.
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