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Population Greater Kings Mountain I0«320 City Limits 8,008 Established 1889 VOL 75 No. 31 "s tollable Newspaper 1C Pages IQ Today Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 30, 1964 Seventy-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENT* City Budget Record $890,000; Tax Rate Set At 85c Welfare Board Adamant, To Gose Branch Here _ . • « • r Local News ^Bulletins nwjuns club Kings Mountain Kiwanians | will view a movie. "Appoint ment in Arusha", a hunting expedition to Africa, at Thurs day's meeting at 6:45 p.m. at j the Woman's club. METES nccirrs Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday i totaled $172.90. including $134.90 from on-street meters. $32 from over-parking fines, and $16 from oft-street meters. ( B. N. Barnes, superintendent of schools, is attending the an nual conference ot North Caro lina school superintendents at Mars Hill college. He expects to return to Kings Mountain Friday. PROM CAMP CASTER Jane Yates, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Yates, has re turned from a week's stay at Camp Easter in the Pines in Southern Pines. Five Cleve land. County youngsters at tended the camp for crippled children, returning to their homes Friday. Jane is a former k State Easter Seal Child. HOSPITALISED John H. Moss, president of Western Carolina League, is a patient in Kings Mountain hospital where he is recuperat ing from pneumonia. PAIR BARBECUE The annual Bethware Fair barbecue, which heralds the < opening of the 1964 Fair, will be held August 18 on the grounds of Bethware school. Plans are underway for the event by the Bethware Pro gressive club. TOOTH WEEK Youth Week activities are continuing through Thursday at Central Methodist church. Howard Bryant is chairman of the week of activities for youth of the church. ATTEND MEETING Mi«« Helene Logan. Junior Past President, and Miss Ann Lee of Lawndale. President of Sigma Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, attended the ADK Southeastern Regional Con vention in Williamsburg. Vir ginia, last week. OPTIMIST CAMP-OUT Kings Mountain Optimist dub was host to the eight Lit fie League baseball teams at weekend camp-out Saturday and Sunday at Lake Norman. The group returned home Sun day afternoon. Privilege Saturday city Deadline for purchase of pgtvilbge licenses without penalty is Saturday. State law requires a penalty of fire percent per month be assess ed late purchasers. Receipts Wednesday morning totaled 84177.73, indicating only about two-thirds of business firms have purchased the licenses. City Clerk Joe 'McDaniel. Jr., said second notices have been mailed. Bara's Whan City Tax Maaay Will Ga Here's where your city ad valorem tax money will go till* year: A total of 1.1.1 cents accrues to the general fund, for cen tral expenses Incident to op erating the city government; 2X4 cents accrues to the debt icrvirr account to discount outstanding bonds and pay In iwMt; 4X5 cents Is levied for _janent Improvements; and .ive cents for maintaining a recreation program. The total: par liflO valuation Ancrm ^p.lve tonnusaon Action. Citizen Pleas Ignored ! Protests of Kings Mountain j an a citizens and a recommend* ' tion by the county commission for; reconsideration on closing the Kings Mountain branch of the (ounty welfare office proved un- i availing Monday night. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney. Kings Mountain member of the five person board, left the meeting before it ended. The result, when newly-elected Chairman A. L. Warlick invited a motion on the matter, was that no motion was made. The lack of action has the ef fect of leaving the matter as was: the Kings Mountain office will he closed within 90 days, actually as quickly as the county welfare de partment transfers its quarters from the Masonic Building in Shelby to the new county office building. The question concerning the Kings 'Mountain branch. Mrs. Mauney said, was the last item on the meeting agenda and was not readied until 10:15 p.m. She re newed her plea that the closing be deferred, presented petitions opposing the closing by more than 600 Kings Mountain citizens, then left to discharge a family re sponsibility. Mrs. Mauney said Welfare Su perintendent Ben Carpenter had apologized for listing the Kings Mountain office matter last on the agmda. indicating Its placing was inadvertent. Other members of the welfare board are Carlos Young. Shelby. Ralph Elliott. Sharon community and Wayne Caudill, Shelby, re cent appointee succeeding former Chairman Emmett Matthews. Mr Matthews’ final term had expired June 30. Carpenter was quoted by Har old Davenport in the Gastonia Gazette of Saturday as saying he believed the action of the county ommission did not imply en dorsement of keeping the Kings Mountain office open. Reaction of citizens here varied from anger, to disappointment, to surprise, and resignation. "What did you expect?", one commented. Carpenter had recommended the closing, contending supervis ion of the three-person Kings Mountain branch posed adminis trative difficulties. He also said the case load was insufficient to Justify a branch here. Cost of the office was eslimat ed at not more than $1300 per year, perhaps leas, and the city has furnished utilities free. No firm date has been set for the closing of the branch here. FNOM CONVOCATION Teresa McDaniel and Caro lyn Heavner will return Friday from Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, where they attended the five-day Nation al Convocation of the Metho dist Youth Fellowship. Miss McDaniel represented Central Methodist church and Mias Heavner represented Grace Methodist church. K Milk Equipment Will Be Installed HONORED — Coil B. Mon. dost hntmi chosen for tbs IMS Joycoo edition of "Tong Mob of America.” Mmk Ibrnd To Hmm Giwp Carl B. Moss. Dean of Students at King's College. Charlotte, who was graduated from Kings Moun tain high school in 1950, was one of the five King's College grad uates chosen for the 1963 edition of "Outstanding Young Men of America,” published by the Jan* ior Chamber of Commerce. Selections for “Outstanding Young Men of America" were made by a 13-man national board of editors among young men be tween the ages of 21 to 36 who “Have distinguished themselves in one or more fields of endeavor to the point of being outstanding.” Mr. Moss after his graduation from King’s College enrolled at Bowling Green College of Com merce at Bowling Green, Ken tucky after serving two years in U. S. Army Finance Corps. He eas graduated from Bowling Green in 1956 with a BS degree in accounting. In August, 1956. he became an instructor of accounting at King's College, and in September. 1958. he was named Dean of Students. He was founder of the King's College chapter of the Phi Theta Pi national commerce fraternity. In 1962. he was co-chairman of Colleges and Private Schools Sec tion of the Chariot te-Mecklen burg United Appeal, lie is now serving a second term as Director of the North Carolina Association of Business Colleges. He is married to the former , Miss Jean Owens of Kings Moun tain and they have a son and two daughters. USUI Gtty Street Improvements Scheduled During Cuneat Tear During the months ending next June 30. the city anticipates ap proximately $83,000 for street im provements. Scheduled for paving arc: Meadowbrook Road — End of I Curb to Hawthorne Road Cranford Drive — Third Street | to Fairview Street Webb Street - Woodsidc Drive to Lin wood Road Roxford Road - Sherwood Lane i to City Limits j Shockley Street — Second St. to First St. Boyce Street — Lin wood Road to Groves St. Owens Street — York Road to ' Bend in Street Alexander Street — Fulton St. ! to Lackey St. Sipes Street — Goforth St. to Edgemont Dr. Fourth Street — Cranford Drive to Dead End Laura Strbet (K Fabrics) Resurfacing of these streets is scheduled: tiitt Street — Clin tun Drive to bend in street -T ' Jackson Street — Church Street to Rhodes Avenue Hawthorne Road — Crescent Hill to Marion Street Ridge Street — Gaston Street to Oriental Avenue Groves Street — Cleveland Ave. to Boyce Street Woodsidc Drive _ Cleveland Ave. to Rhodes Avenue i North Piedmont Ave.—End of Curb to Pipe Line Landing Street—Goforth Street ! to Sims Street Oriental Avenue Ridge Street i to King Street Carpenter Street — Parker St. to King Street Railroad Ave. — King Street to Ridge Street Ridge Street — Battleground to Cansler St. Gaston Street — Ridge Street to Gold Street 'Mountain Street—Battleground to Cansler St. Gaston Street — Ridge Street CcfRiwtmd On Page * Installation b To Start On August 14 K Mills will begin installing machinery in its new building on Laura street August 14, President Joe Kakassy said here Wednes day. Construction of the 36,000 square foot building is ahead of schedule, Mr. Kakassy said. Ralph Johnson, superintendent, formerly superintendent of Slat er Mills here, said he’s received numerous aplications for employ ment. had not yet contacted ap plicants, but would contact them in the near future. The new firm will manufacture upholstery fabrics. BoaidlUk Recreation Ports The city board of commission er^, reactivated its recreation com mission Monday. Appointed to the recreation group were Bob Manor, a former member, Roy Pearson, and Carl Wilson. Legion athletic officer. City Clerk Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., is an ex officio. Mr. Manor had resigned several months ago, leaving Mr. McDan iel as the sole member. In another action, the board ac cepted bid of Johns 'Meanville Company of $3.10 p*«r foot for ap proximately 5500 feet of 12-inch asbestos cement water pipe. Bids were received July 16, with Man ville the low bidder. The pipe will be installed from the filter plant on Deal street to Ridge, to Oriental, from Oriental to Floyd and thence to Laura street. Principally required to serve the new' K Mills. Inc., plant, the 12-inch main will also im prove service to whole area it traverses, city officials say. S230.499 Gas Sales Expected City natural gas sales for the year starting July I are expected to total $270,490. provide a $75. 000 profit for genera] city ex penses, and leave $8,775 for new line installations. Meantime, the eity instructed its engineer. Barnard A Burk. Baton Rouge. La., to protect in come on basis of a $25,000 over all cut in rates. City Clerk Joe McDaniel said the new rate schedule — to benefit largely residential gas customers — is expected within a short time and is to bo instituted by October 1. usual start of the heating sea son. Tlie city anticipates sales to residential customers of $87,048; to commercial customers. $76, 845; public building sales of $10,381; and industrial sales at $84,215. It expects $2,000 in mis cellaneous revenues. Mafor cost of the system will he purchase of gas from Trans continental Gas Pipeline Corpor ation. The city expects to pay Transco $161,399. The cost of la bor is guessed at $10,000, other salaries at $6275, supplies at $2500 and enginering fees $1800. The system has cash-in-hand for paying remaining outstand ing bonds and will call these bonds for payment as of October L The distribution system was built in 1954 after issuance of $400,000 in gas system revenue bonds. The system served Its first customer January 15, 1955. Dr. Paul K. Ausley, pastor, and Elder Joe Thomson repre sented First Presbyterian church at the summer meeting of Kings Mountain Presbytery in Belmont Tuesday WINS AWARD — Donna Ann CiawloMl Is tho rodpisat of tho God and Community , award to GM Scouting given by Boyco Ntaotisl AV church. Donna Crawford Wins Top Awaid Donna Ann Crawford. 13-year j old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don' Crawford and a Cadette Girl Scout, has been presented the' God and Community Award by ‘ Boyce Memorial ARP church, of1 which she is a member. Miss Crawford has completed Second Class scout requirements and ha* completed six church projects on assignment by the minister. Dr. W. L. Prcssly, since May 1963. The God and Community award' is given to any girl of Protestant faith by the church on the fulfill-; ment of religious standards esta blished by the church. This is the first such award and first rccipi-, ent in the local ARP church. Miss Crawford, who will he 14 years old in September, became a Brownie scout seven years ago. A member of Troop 3 of which > Mrs. D. L Bennett is leader, she! is a patrol leader and received j the Curved Bar in scouting in January 1963. She has earned 23! proficiency badges and two chal-i lenges. Miss Crawford’s father has long been active in scouting. A! Scoutmaster, he returned home ! Saturday after accompanying a: group to the Boy Scout National! Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pa. ! Antioch Sob Homecoming Day Homecoming Day will be ob served at Antioch Baptist church Sunday. Sunday will make the 151st an niversary of the Baptist church near Grover. Following the Sunday School and morning worship hour, picnic lunch will be spread on the church grounds. A song service will be featured during the after noon Members, former members a ad friends of the church are invited to participate. Patrick Honored At luboree Eagle Scout Larry Patrick was presented the silver-diver palm award in scouting at the sixth National Jamboree held at Val ley Forge. Pennsylvania last Scouts and leaders from each of the 50 states and 64 foreign countries, totaling more than 55,000 gathered during July 17 July 23 at the historic Valley Forge site to become a showcase of Scouting activities and to re flect a deeper understanding of America's heritage. Patrick, 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lawrence Patrick, was a Junior leader representing Piedmont Council at the Jambo Makkig the trip from Kings Mountain wei* Scoutmaster Don Crawford and Boy Scouts Tommy Bridges. Corky Fulton. 'Mike ' Hoyle, Jeff Mauney, Charles Pad i g«t. Larry Patrick and Pat Cbes hir* Prcbytery Elects Dr. P.G. Padgett Kings Mountain Layman Named Modeiatoi Dr. Phillip G. Padgett, Kings Mountain physician and elder in First Presbyterian church, was elected moderator of Kings Moun tain Presbytery at the 163th sum mer meeting at Belmont Tuesday. The new moderator will succeed Dr. E. D. Witherspoon, pastor 01 Belmont's First Presbyterian church, host church for the meet ing. Dr. Paul Ausley. pastor of the local church. Elder Jo- Thomson and Deacons Ben T. Goforth. Ben Grimes and Charles Neislvr at tended the meeting which includ <-d the adoption of a $249,960 bud get lor 1964-63 on recommenda tion of the stewardship commit tee. Members of the budget and finance committees representing the various churches in the Pres bytery gathered at 1:30 p.m. to make reports and present a bud get. The new moderator, a Sunday School teacher, choir member, and active in the Men of the Church of the local church, was elected following luncheon. Delegates also heard a report that Kings Mountain Presbytery led the Synod of North Carolina in giving to benevolent causes on a per capita basis during the year 1963. The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper was also observed during the morning session. Mrs. Walker's Mother Passes Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Compton Hopper. 77. mother of Mrs. A. K. Walker of Kings Mountain, were held Saturday at 2:*> p.m. from Durham 'Memorial Baptist church in Charlotte. N. C. Interment followed in OakJawn cemetery. Mrs. Hopper, a resident of Charlotte, died Thursday in Char lotte Memorial hospital. Dr. Kenneth Hollifield and Rev C. B. Baker officiated at the final rites. Other survivors include throe daughters, two sons, one foster son, and two sisters. Grace Davis' Father Passes Funeral services for N. W. Da vis, 81, of Troy, father of Miss Grace Davis of Kings 'Mountain, were held Sunday. July 19. at 4 p.m. from Ophir Methodist church in TYoy. N. C. Interment follow ed in the church cemetery. Prior to his death. Mr. Davis had been in declining health for several weeks. Other survivoiv include his wife, three sons, and two daugh ters. MODERATOR — Dr. V. G. Pod tor of Kings Mountain Presby tery lot 1964-65. Uqnoi Hanl Neb 61 Gallons A oar « hich crashed into a rook wall at the (Henri Paysour homo on Bessemer City road Friday night failed to produce the driv er who fled through the fields iiehind the- Pay sour home -but the ear did produce til gallons of white liquor contained in plastic gallon jugs. The highway patrol was con ducting a checking station at the corner of Cleveland avenue and Linwood road, when Patrolman D. W. Sprati noticed a 1953 model car turn into a harbor shop drive. Spratt approached for a driver’s license check, when the ear was turned around and driven straigh toward him. Spratt evaded the run-down attempt, then gave chase as he other car sped toward Bessemer City. The fleeing car struck the brick wall and the driver fled. Efforts to track him with bloodhounds weren’t successful. Annual Outing Set By Merchants The Kings Mountain Mer I rhants Association will hold the annua) employee-employer pic nic Wednesday. September 2. at | 6:30 p.m. at El Bethel Metho- j dist church fellowship center. Women of El Bethel church will serve the picnic-style meal at $1.75 for adults and $1 for children. Tickets may he secur I od at the association office from Mrs. l(ki K. Joy. association see : retary. Mcmliers of the picnic com ’ mittee on arrangements include ' Miss Eli/aheth Stewart, chair man: P. H. Wilson and Men/ell Phifer. BUILDING PERMITS City building permits have been purchased recently by J. Wilson Crawford. SM.000. for erection of a six-room resi dence at 106 Castlcwood road, and by Crescent Hill Develop mcnt Company. Inc.. $16,000. for construction of two eight - room residences on Waco road. New Blood Collection Yeai Start* Monday; Coal For Year SS2 Pint* The Red Cross blood mobile re turns to Kings Mountain (or its first of six scheduled visits dur ing fiscal ytear 1961-65 on Mon day. Blood Program Chairman Charles Mauncy. beginning his second year as head of the pro gram. noted that donors will be processed from 11 a.m. until 5 p. m. at Kings Mountain National Guard Armory. Goal of six collections during the new year will be 852 pints of blood. Last year’s goal, which wfc surp»>nad. totaled for scvfcn visits of the Charlotte regional blood collecting unit. The bloodmobilc will be in Kings Mountain four times this year. Mr. 'Mauney noted, and twice in Grover for No. 4 town ship citizens. Industrial firms led area citi zens in blood-giving last year with Carolina Throwing Com pany placing first for the highest percentage of donors at bloodmo bile visits. The industrial firms will begin a new year and a new goal with Monday’s first visit of lbs Kfcd Cam* blood bank Capital Outlay Spending Set At SUM* Kings Mountain's ad valorem tax rate will be 85 cents per $100 valuation for the current year, with the city anticipating record income and expenditures of $890, 000. The city commission formally set the tax rate and adopted the 1964-65 budget Monday afternoon. The budget is a record one, though only about $2,000 over the amended budget for last year. The tax rate is predicted on an estimated total valuation of $20-5 million and is designed to pro duct* $150,000 in revenue, based on estimated 90 percent collec tions during the ensuing 12 months. The rate reflects a $25, 000 paring of tax revenue. Major item of anticipated in come. as is customary, is from power and water sales, estimated at $510/100. The city has an un appropriated surplus from the previous year of $38,753, and ex pects to receive $36,015 from Powell Bill gas tax funds for street work. It anticipates a pro fit of $75,000 from the natural gas sysem, receipts of $10500 from court costs. $9,289 from in tangible taxes. $5800 from privi lege licenses. $15,000 from prior year taxes, and $4,491 from fran chise taxes. Street assessments are expected to return $5,000. The city will spend $2225 for debt service, including $12,175 in interest $50 in bank fees, and $30/100 principal. This year's payments will cut the city's bond ed debt to $460/100. A total of $183,022 is earmarked 'or capital expenditures, with $84,498 for street department equipment paving and curb and gutter installations, and $70278 for water and sewer expenditures. The street department will buy a lusher and payloader. spend $12, 536 for paving, and $50,462 fbr curb and gutter. The water and sewer department will buy • ehlorinator. valves for filters for the filtration plant, sewer dean !ng equipment, and spbnd $51,928 'or new water and sewer lines. The electric department will buy a two-bucket sky worker, -onventionally known as the 'cherry-picker", while $3550 is earmarked for office equipment, '•3995 for the police department nduding a new patrol car, and 16000 for a land use survey. The rrcreatio!numnvnOe«Tve 18.700. represented by the recrta 'ion tax levy. Operational expenses by de Dart ments are estimated aa fol lows: cemetery, $10,288; adminis trative. $23,973; sanitary. $30211; street. $95262 • includes $22,135 in re-surfacingt; police and city court. $69,116: fire. $24,067; gen eral. $89,671 (includes $13232 em plovers retirement. $12,500 gene ral insurance!; water and sewer department $71,596; deotric, $238, 511. Sales lax is expected to cost the city $2,853. Of he electrical department ex pense the city expects to pay Duke Power Company $190/100 for powfer It resells. sr*sf Growing boys have good ap petite*. This word come* from mem ber* of the Kings Mountain Op timist dub. hosts to 96 Kings Mountain Little Leaguers on an over-night outing to Lake Nor man Saturday. Larry Adams, of the Optimist organization, reports a ’‘clean up” of the following foodstuffs by the 96 lads and 27 men who accompanied them: Saturday supper — 15 water melons. 500 hot dogs. 30 pounds of hamburger. 25 pounds of chi* U. and 200 pints of milk. Sunday breakfast — 30 doz en eggs. 20 pounds of bacon. 100 weiners (the bacon proved insuffldenti. 25 loaves of bread and 60 gallons of Kool-ade. Sunday dinner—25 loaves of bread plus beef stew, the stew containing 40 pounds of stew meat, seven gallons of assorted vegetables, six bundles af car rots, and 20 pounds of poteties And no reports, yet. of turn myache! HOSPITALIZED Mrs. B. S. Peeler. Sr.. Is un de r going observation and treatment at Charlotte Memo* rial hwfttali .
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