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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8.008 c VOL 78 No. 17 _ fat«Mlimd ll>f_Kings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. April 23. 1984_ Seventy-r.fth Year PRICE TEN CENT' New County-Wide Registration Will Open Saturday Mis. Wright Critically 111 From Injuries Mrs. Ed Wright remains in a critical condition in Charlotte Memorial hospital where she was Bkmitied Tuesday night for head injuries. The Kings Mountain police de partment and Sheriff Haywood Allen were investigating a 10:20 Tuesday night call to the Wright home at 8<1K West Gold street where they found Mrs. Wright had been shot twice in the head with a .38 caliber pistol. Mrs. Wright, reportedly alone in the house since her husband left for work early in the after noon. was discovered lying in a por t of blood on the floor of the Wright dining room. Her hus band. worried because his wife did not answer the telephone, told police hr* came home from work and found her at 10:15. The shooting was investigated by t>fficer< Ellis King and Bob Hayes. Police Chief Sanders said their investigation revealed no foul play but it was continuing. The doors of the home were re portedly locked and the gun was found three to four inches from hei outstretched hand. Mrs. Wri ght was rushed to the local hos pital and transferred to Charlotte Tuesday night. Hospital officials described Mrs. j Wright's condition as “very cri- ! tlcal" at presstime WednetypRy night -V Local News Bulletins i 1I -rrrr-rr,-1 METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the \v*-ek ending Wednesday at noon totaled $221.70. including $137.40 from on-street meters. $04 in fines and $20.30 from off-street meters. HOSPITALIZED Y. F Thorneburg underwent a major operation at Charlotte Memorial hospital last week and Ls recuperating satisfactorily at his home. CHURCH BENEFIT The Senior MYF of Central -Methodist church will sell hot dogs, cakes and drinks Friday from 3:30 until 7:30 p.m. at the >hurch. For delivery service, call 739 2471. TO MOMTREAT Itcv. James S. .Mann, pastor of Dixon Presbyterian church, is a delegate to the 104th General As Armhlv of the Piesbyterian; ^church in the U. S. • Southern> which begins Thursday at the Presbyterian Assembly Grounds in Montreal. . TO FILL PULPIT Rev. Richard Hobson, pastor of Shiloh Presbyterian church at Grover, will fill the pulpit at Sunday morning services at 9:30 at Dxion Presbyterian church. OH DEAN'S LIST Miss Annie Vera Dilling. Kings Mountain junior at Appalachian State Teacher's college was list ed) on the dean's list for the win ter semester. Miss DUlIng. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy F. Dill ing. is a junior Englisn major. METHODIST ***** Colonel Tclton of Shfelby will address Methodist Men at the regular meeting Monday night at 6:43 p.m. at Central Methodist church. Jacob Dixon is president of the Methodist Men's club. LEGION DANCE American Legion Post 133 will sponsor a dance for members and guests Saturday night from 9 p. m. until 12 p.m. at the American | Legion Hall. LUTHER LEAGUE The Luther League of Resur rection Lutheran church will at- | Hnd the Soring Assembly of the Luther League of the Southwest ern District In Gastonia Snuday afternoon. President Ginger Go forth will head the local delega tion of Lutlicr a Contests For Major Posts Assured In May Primary PUBS — Jo* IWmt, Jr. hm Mad District II cswty conmiasieasr (ram Mo. 4 end S Townships. Monison Nasted Young Manager W. D. IKi-dl Morrison will serve as area chairman of the cam paign qi Fields Young. Jr., of SMW(pWt»o seeks the Democra tic nomination for the North Car olina House of Representatives. Bob Man<?r, Kings Mountain in suranoPman. is a Republican can didate for the state House and two other candidates seek the Democratic nomination, includ ing Bob Falls and Fred M. Sim mons. both of Shelby. Mi. Morrison is an employee of Victory Chevrolet company. He and Candidate Young served to gether in the 25th Air Base Croup during World Warll. Mr. Morri son is a past commander of Otis D. Creen Post 155, American Leg ion. Merchants Name Two Committees Humes Houston and John Thompson were named co-chair men of the annual Mountaineer Days trade promotion of the Kings Mountain Merchants Asso- ! elation by the retailers' board of j directors Monday. The officers met for an organ izational meeting. Jonas Bridges, I president, presided. Mountaineer Days will cclebr atethe 184th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain and will begin October 7th. Miss Elizabeth Stewart was named chairman of the commit tee which makes arrangements for the annual picnic and em ployer-employee banquet. Other directors on the committee arc P. H. Wilson and Menzell Phifer. I All directors were nameed to I the membership committee. Khranb Talent Shew Thusday Twenty-nine groups of 6-) stu deni* will compete for trophies in i the seventh annual Kiwanis club sponsored Schools Talent Show Thursday night at 8 p.m. in Kings Mountain high school auditorium. Prizes will be awamed in five! divisions for elementary students from East. North, West, Park Grave Grover and Bethware scho >1* and high school students from Kings Mountain high school. Admission is 35 cen's for stu dents and.75 cents far adults. Proceeds are earmarked for Ki- \ wanis youth services. B. S. Peeler. Jr. will serve as master of ceremonies. Judges will select the winners. uma» MU Lutheran Church Men of Resur rection Lutheran church will hold their monthly meeting Sunday i evening. William Kay. guidance counselor at Kings Mountain high school, will be guest speak er. President Carl Goforth will i preside. 1 Neislei Hies; 61 Candidates Seek Offices l«ast Fridiv’s county ar.d town ship office filing deadline produc ed e.ght candidates for a total ol dl and cn ating contests in ah major offices ' ,r the May 30 De mocratic primaiy. Jw Neislct, Jr., Republican, who filed as a candidate tor Da »rict II county commissioner, makes this race a fou.--rr.-in at fair. Also beating Fridays .t >on deadline were former Shelby dayor Harry Woodson, who filet, for District I county commission er; Republicans Carl W. Queen for register of deeds and Marvin McCurry of Fallston. candidate for the county hoard of education Additions also include thre Democratic seekers for township Justice of Peace. They are constable posts and one COP Jimmy T. CookiDt trim No. 1; Ed Gantt 1D1 from No. 5; Willie R. Smith< Rt front No. ) and R. A. Watiick »D> No. it candidate for justice of peace. Flections Board Chairman Ralph Gilbert said since there arc no contested rates for .. Repub^ can nominations, no COP prima ry will be held. Winners of the May 30th Democratic primary elections will fate Republican candidates in November general elections. Mr. Gilbert said. Candidate Noisier holds a B.S degree in economics from Davit! son college. Clcss of 1954. He at tended Kings Mountain high school and Woodherry Forest school in Viiginia. Secretary treasurer of Chesterfield Yarn Mills. Inc., a family operation purchased in March 1930. Mr. Noisier formerly was associated with Noisier Mills. Inc from 1931 59. He is also associ.ited with Slater Mills in putting back into production the Double Shoals Mill at Double Shoals. He is a Ki wanian and Presbyterian. Mrs. Neisler is the former Marlene Hedrick of Lenoir. The Neislers live on Phifer road and are par otitis of three children: Stella Lee. age 9: Rick, age 7; and Melissa, age 3. Mr. Neisler issued this state ment: “It is a pleasure to announce as a candidate for the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners from No. -1 and No. 5 'rovvnships. Our area his enjoyed considera ble progress in recent years and it is my desire to aid ,n its con tinued forward movement. It elected. I will strive to serve all areas of the county and in doing so hope to eliminate factors which may catse ccrtam commu nities to feel that their interests and problems are not receiving proper attention.” Tito complete list of candidates Continued on page I WINS GOLD PALM — Eagle Scout Philip Bunch. Troop 90 Boy Scout and son of Mr and Mrs. Kelly Bunch, won his Gold Palm scouting award at Court of Hon or last Thursday night. JFK Memorial Tickets On Sale Tickets for North Carolina's ■Tribute to the late President John * F. Kenned) foi benefit of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Ubrari will he on sale in Kings Mountain at $10 each Rush ilamri. I:. Jr of Shelby is C'lev eland County < ha man and the county goal lor the memorial effort is- S2VX). Kings Mountain's goal is $600 or 60 tickets. North Carolina's tribute ;o President Kennedy will lie deliv ered by Dr. Rilly (it.iham anti others as part of sjx-cial memor j ial program in Kc tan Stadium on the eamptiv <>* the t’nversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill at H p.m. Sunday, May 17. The purpos • of the North Caro lina drive for the benefit of the John F. Kenned) Library is to raise an amount in excess of the state goal of $_'?.«r¥). Special busses for Shelby and Kings Mountain <■ t / ns w h o plan to attend will be chartered. Fach pers >ti who contributes S10 to the Kennedy Li raiy drive in North Carolina is e'ditletl to a ticket to the Mai 17 program in Kenan Stallin'". Fa. h patent with a $10 ticket may he a ompanies at no additional charge hy one | ehilil 15 years or younger. WCC Concert Bond Here On Wednesday The Western Carolina College Concert Band presented a con cert Wednesday afternoon at Kings Mountain high school Tlie 60-minute program was under the direction of Aaron Hyatt. The band opened its 1964 spring tour here yesterday and in Canton Politicking Picking Up Steam In Home Stretch Of May Primary Two gubernatorial candidates for the Democratic nomination wen* putting in ap|tcaranees here and in various parts of the county this week. Judge Dan K. Moor * and Mrs. Moore grect'-d supporters in Kings Mountain and Grover Wednesday afternoon in a busy hand-pump ing schedule which too!; them all over the county Charles Dixon. Kings Mountain manager, ac companied the Moores on their Kings Mountain tour. I. Beverly Lake will in* in Shel by Friday for “Beverly Lake Day" at City Park auditorium. Candidate Lake will speak at 7 pan.. Charles D Robertson. Cleve land County manager foi Lake, said. Kings Mountain numbers eight candidates who have tossed their hats in the political arena, four of them Republicans. For the sec ond time since 1SM8. Cleveland County Republicans have fih*d candidacies for county wide elec tive offices. Kings Mountain has a candi- ! date for the U. S. House of Rep resentatives in the person of Ed ward H. Smith, who seek* the Republican nomination in the May 3o primary. Mr. Smith socks to unseat Rep. I?a>.l I.. Whitener. <D» who has l.letl t• tvhvtion to a fifth terpi Boh Matter. Kings Mountain in suraneeman. is a candidate fot the North Caiolin.i 11<> m- of Hep resent at ives in a tom man race and Jack If. White, Ktigs Moun tain lawyer, is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for a 31st district seat in the N'oith t"aro linn Senate, lie is being challeng ed r>> Charles C. Heath ol Shelby. The District II count.v commis sion race may he a sweepstake., affair. Incumbent J. B. Kills of Grover is being ihaPenged by Don Class »D', of Kings Moun tain. Joe Neisler. Jr., <R> of Kings Mountain, and Coleman Goforth tDt of the Stony Point community With a little over a month a way. the 1fh»t county campaign has already established itself as one of the more bi/arre in several biennium as politicking picks up steam in the home stietch ol the May 3U lX-moa aUc pi unary. I Pollbooks Open At 28 Precincts For Four Weeks A n**w county-wide r-*gisiration r*eg;ns Saturday when I- >ks o|x*n for the May 30th Democratic pri mary at 2* pollHig places This means that all citizens will Ih* required to register to fx eligible to vote on May 30, when ■otii Democrats and Republicans will cho >sc nominees lor elect vc j offices. Pollbooks ;-ill la1 open for four oi.s<-:-ui:v«* Saturdays. Ralph till bert, chairman of tnc . unity Miaul of elections, said »V*-dn:*s lay. C.ii/cns who will ix- J1 by .he date of the November general •le tons are also eligible to re gister. I i this area, precinct polling daces will be open from i) a ir. to b p.ni. C.ti/ens may a! o register at homes of registrars. Tiie four polling places in the Kings Mountain area are: East Kings Mountain at City Halt courtroom, Mrs. Nolle Cran , ford, registrar West Kings Mountain a' the j National Guard Armory’, Mis J • H. Arthur, registrar. Beth ware, at Bethw.nv sch-xd. ’ Mrs. J. D. Jones, registrar. * Grover, at Grover fire station. Mrs. J. B. Ellis, registrar. All over North Carolina Demo 1 -rats will organize on the pro cinet level Saturday. At each pre cinct meeting, to lx- held at 2 p. m., five jx*rs >ns two >f whom i have to lx* women, will be elect ed as n precinct committee. After election the precinct committee will then elect a chairman and a ] vii-e-chairman, one of whom will lx* a woman, and name delegates to the bi-annual county conven tion to be held on May 0. At the county com rntion the precinct chairmen and viee-cha rmen will organize their county executive committee and elect delegates n the state D"r.ioi ratie convention in Raleigh May 2i> District eon \ention to »h* held in Atlantic City August 2! East Kings Mountain precinct, of which J. Ollic Han's is chair man. will meet at 2 p.m. Satur day at City Hall courtroom. West Kings Mountain precinct, of which Hugh Ormand is ehaii man, will m. *et at the National Guard Armory. Grover precinct, of which J. B Ellis is i hairman. w ill meet at 2 p.m. at Grm *r Fire Station. Both ware precinct, of which Willard Boyles is chairman, will meet at Bethwati- school. CAGO Members To Incorporate Cleveland Association of (im crnne-nt Officials voted Tuesday , infill to incorporate as a non profit unit to pjrpodir* the hand ling of business and fi-ieal mal I lers. The group met at Kings Moun tain Country Club. Shelby City Manager Chin Hor ton presented the results of a committee study of incorporation possibilities. Horton said that one of the pro ph*ms brought up when Cleveland County applied for North Caro lina Kuncl money was whether there would he a corporate IxkIv to disperse the funds. He said CAGO "is the seed of something really unique in the country" and that if incorporated "would lie something uncqualed in other areas.” Members were told that Cleve land County's plan w is among the top 20 of C6 counties seeking X. C. Fund and to combat pover ty and that an official of the Fund "activiely encouraged CAG , Ound others to continue working on their pilot plan." Churchwomen Plan May Fellowship Day Kings Mountain churchwomen will sponsor May Fellowship Da> services on May 111 h and plans for the program are well under way. Mrs. Frank Lacy of Martins vilte. Va. will niakke the princi pal address it the communlli wide service. Mrs. Laiy, well known author and Presbyterian lay leader has written two books God” ami "And God Wants Pe<> for women, "A Womans Wants pie." She is author of a children's hook of Christmas stories. "Pull ers of the Star." Mrs. Charles Blanton heads the tumuulUx ou (UTOU^uucnU. C,AHD.ir.H Wtd- CHOin HEBE SUNDAY The 40 voice Touting Choir of Gardner Webb college will present a program ol music Sun day evening at 8 p.m. at First Baptist church. Members of the group from Kings Mountain are Doug Ledford, minister of music at Mac edonia Baptist church; Harold Ellis, minister of music at Grover First baptist church; and Gay Jolley, member of First Baptist church here. Mrs. Nettie Gidney. professor of voice at the Boiling Springs school, is the director. The choir recently completed a regular tour, la ting a week, which carried them over al most the entire length of North Carolina, singing in schools and churches. Mooie Platform Combines Fane, School, Industry /WIi'iaifH industrial develop ment. great* i rmpl :s■> on farm eeonomy and gteater emphasis on the industrial an. and v> ati<<nal trainin': in the puhli hools is th*‘ platform d f»i;• matorial *andidate Dan K Moore. in loxvn Wednesday on ;■ mud-shak ing tour. Judge \|im *■ was *(iii> k to a«|»t. ”An*l this is jus. a n. ■, state m**nt of platform. There's more."’ Candidate Moore has eiidor-ed the Hniled Coi. ,'s pin ram for (■duration. He is interested m i dueing the t<-a* her load in the first, seeond and third -giades.-md in improvin': the leaeii r salarx within tit,' ‘.n :< t ei ,ty» AVe need to examtn ■ our ur rieulum with gre.an i emphasis or the industrial arts and \, an,. *1 training in the :>ui>l s ; ,ols". he added, and paiticularix lor (hum who ean’t go t<i oil, ” Judge Moore ini he is vitallx interested in high'*ax* and ,n meet in; tit** mail of iii*> s*' ,>nd ary and primarx i ail stem mui in earlx eomplt i ,n >>1 tlie Int«*, state system. Hi is roneerned, he said, with th< conserx in on and de.elopt.’eni of xx.ld life resourc es and in providing rn >re reerea tional opportunities for our e\ panding population. lie raid edoi-ation a I HidU' trial development i' "hand in hand.” "We nerd trained in- >ple to matin the industix " il«- added that an Indus) it dexelopmcnt expert in eaeh dislriet x.ould It 'p to attract industix t > e.*' It see lion of the state KM Board Of Education Re-Elects 139 Teachers; Four Are Retiring Tile Kings Mountain Iwiard of (Hi U< a I ion rt'i'lfitcJ 1.‘IH tea-hers lor th<- selMml yc,ir, H*>lti5 al the ivjiulai' monthly meeting Mm day night. Four disltici school :>Mehors are retiring, and 1J presently «n ployed did not request re-employ mom in the .- hool district for the ■*>ming year Those retiring include: Mrs Kth< I M. Crook Beth ware teach «*r. Miss Kmily !.. Quinn, huh school FnglisU teacher. Mrs. Jo sephinc K Wi’ir. high school li brarian. and Miss Kurh Beam, first grade teacher at North school. The hoard voted to adhere to the Sta’e |iolicy of retirement for all teachers who have reached 63 years of age. The 1> ard added that the retiring tea-hers could lx- re-ole ted hy special session of the Hoard at a later date if teacher shortage Is prevalent. Tile following teachers did not request re-election: Mrs Marilyn Hornung. Mrs. Jeanette L . Maun. John R Luu. Jr.. Mrs Carol Mil tci, Mia. Juauua i". L«tUuii, Uii. 1 Tria Youth Wins PPG Scholarship Merit Scholar Is Among 13 Award Winners John .1. Tiki. Jr., son of Mr. aiiit Mis John .1. Tiia of Kings Mountain, h is boon named one of 13 winners of Pittsburgh Plate vllass Foundation's merit scholar ships being av ai ded n the Na tional Merit S< holarship Corpor ation |.r ipram this year. J. V. Sdnvoppo. Foundation Agent and Works Manage! for the Pitts burgh Plate Gla s Company at Shelby, announced today. I’ria. who also v. as one if eight fn. Mists in this rear's PPG Foun dation plant community program, will re nvc a four-year merit 1 olarship ra.--.Mig ft n S.’"iO to $13.00 yearly, depending on his fit.an- tal need. Maximum stijiond is $*>.000. lie i oripet-d iit.iong nearly one third of the nation's high school senior enrollment, representing more than lti.ahO public, indepen dent ami pirohial secondary schools participating in the na tional me it scholarship program Mr. Scliwcope emphasis'd the Fmmdati >n's l.t merit scholar ships differ from the plant com Continued on page 8 Ji iiim; <• K Fisher. Mr* Margate! Pollard Mi Th< ma 1> Kennedy. \t - I»i \\ mU M1' Ilrstr: B* M -Sw i >■. Mis Ji-su I. lit mi. and Mrs Helen C Neal. In i her at'tion. the board voted !i extend ' 1 invitation to Dr. VV L I'li- -lev. |> isior of Boyce Mom o: ml ARP huroh. to deliver the t>,i ilaurato sermon to tin* l!H>l radii.ding < lass Flu* •• • ird authorized Supt B N Rain*.*- to negctiaie with a prupeetive driver education teach er to hi* used in catching up the hack-log of driver training iiistru elion. Sup; Barnes reported that the additional teacher would ta il* ed two or three hours in the ali’niooit and on Saturdays to alleviate the overload of driver training instruction. The fol owing is a list of teach ers who won* re-elected for the 196-1- 65 school year: BETHWARK Mrs. Let ha B. Morris. Mrs. Pauline B. Parker. Mi Dorcas C. White. M's. Ruth p Ormand, CouUmtwl on page • MERIT SCHOLAR — John Trio. Jr„ high school senior, is one of 13 national winners ot a PPG scholarship to Duke University. GOP Barbecue Set Saturday Republican candidates who par* tieipate in the primary election May .«) will appear together in Cleveland County at a GOP bar* he, u,. Saturday at t> p.ni. at Casar school in Ca>ar. GOP gubernatorial candidates Robert L. Gavin ot Sanford, Charles \V St »ng and Donald G. Had,'|o> hot hoi Greensboro, and Concu ssional candidates K d Smith d Kings Mountain and Hall Youic of Avery County arc exjKvti’d to attend. Voids wil lalso have a chance 10 meet GOP candidates tor scats hi i he coiuity commission, includ ing Joe Ncislcr, Jr . Kings Moun Min district II: Paul Seal of Shelby. District 1; and Sam Proc tor of Delight, Dial net IV. Hubert F. <Bob> Mancr of Kings Mountain, candidate for ■*’ the Cleveland County scat in the North Carolina House of Repre sentatives, will be present. Coun ty school board candidates John R. Dover HI of Shelby and Mar vin McCurrv ot Kallston and Re (Hiblican contender for Register ot Deeds Carl Queen of Shelby will also attend. John R. Dover, 111 of Shelby, county GOP chairman, heads the committee on arrangements for the event, which also includes Mr. Matter. The barbecue is open to all Cleveland County icsidcnts an duo admission will be duu«cd.
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