Hoy W. Cline
for
Word 1 Commissioner
Garland E. Still
for
Word 1 Commissioner
Dewey Styexs
for
Word 4 Conunissioiier
O. O. Wolker
for
Word 5 Commissioner
J. E. (Zip) Rhea
for
Word 5 Commissioner
Benjamin Brown
for
Word 5 Commissioner
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits
Tliis figure tor Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from
the 195^ Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United Stotes census of 1$60.
VOL 76 No. 18
Kings Mountain's Reiiable Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 6, 1965
Citizens To Polls Tuesday For Biennial Voting
•li. S. 74 Hearing Is Lively
McGowan Replies
To Objections
Aie Listed
R. W. McGowan, highway
corrimission’s assistant cliicf en
gineer in charge of road location
and design, made these replies
to citizens voicing complaints to :
the projected 7.3 mile U. S. 74 '
by-pass (which he termed a
partial thru-way and a partial
by-pa?s):
1) The schools say we will kill
kids. But cverylime they migrate
to these good roads to build new
schools. All these roads are fenc
ed in school and residential
areas. The projected routes do
not preclude other future im
provements to the in-city street
system or approaches.
2) The north route is a high-
mU a area.
3) A town which can afford an
18-hole golf course is pretty
prosperous.
4) Walkways and sidewalks
will be provided in school areas
aiid there will bo no service
P )ads.
5) (Answering George II. Mau-
ncy) Transcript (tape-recorded)
of this hearing will be studied
by the federal Bureau of Public
Roads at all lev-ols, iiK’liuling Ra
leigh, Atlanta, and Washington,
as well as by effected agencies
of the State Highway commis-
sioh. All appraisals are based on
today’s value and future poten
tial by experts, both state and
local. Ninety percent of property
owners settle on these appraisals,
Continued On Page d
P. H. Wilson Guest
Stolen From Abbey
Newest member of the P. H.
Wilson family — a homing
pigeon — is going back home
today.
Mr.s. P. H. Wilson has heard
from the pigeon’s owner — Rev.
Martin Hayes. O.S.B., of Bel
mont Abbey College, that he
will come for the Wilsons’
guest.
The Wilsons found the iden
tity of the ov'ner by writing
the Richmond Times-Dispatch
for information. A metal iden
tification tag wrapped around
the pigeon’s leg bore the in
scription “Richmond, Va. No.
10981F57,”
A letter from G. S. Amory,
Richmond, Va., revealed that
I Rev. Mr. Hayes received the
Ligeon several years ago as a
gift from Amory. The Amory-
Hayes-Wilson pigeon was one
of several stolen from Belmont
Abbey two months ago.
North Piedmont - Llnwood Interchange
Would Cut Wide Swath In Residences
By MARTIN HARMON
Largest swath of developed property that will become the
roadbed of the projected U. S. 74 by-pas.s, no matter which of
the projections, the short 3.13 mile one, or 7.3, will occur at the
N. Piedmont avenue interchange.
Time did not permit taking of notes, but among the build
ings within the path of right-of-way requirements are Roberts
Chocery, the residences of George C. Smith, Mrs. W. M. (Jantt,
two dwclling.s owned by W. K. Mauney, Jr., residences of George
H, Mauney, Dr. L. P. Baker, Misses Ida and Gussie Huffstetler,
John George, Jr., Clyde (Whitey) Bridges, the Mrs. H. W. McGin
nis residence and others.
The 7.3 mile projection also envisions:
1) Dead-ending Phenix street where it would c’onverge with
the new road.
2) A diamond interchange a*^ NC 161.
3) A bridge under the Southern Railway tracks between
Phenix Plant of Burlington Industries and the former Loom-Tex
plant.
4) A bridge under Cansler street.
.t) a partial diamond interchange near Nebo creek.
6) A diamond interchange at county road 2036, go south of
Bethware .school, re-entering US 74 to the west.
7) The project is estimated to cost $6 million.
Low Stadium Bid
Painfully High
By MARTIN HARMON
Members of the board of edu
cation did not smile yesterday
as they opened bids for the John
Gamble stadium.
Low base bid, among five, wa.s
$112,700, by Elmore Construction
Company, of Catawba, and the
base bid provided only home-side
grandstand, plus lighting, grad,
ing and sodding of field, and ex
clusive of visiting side grand
stand and pressbox. Addition of
steel stands, plus visiting side
rest rooms and pressbox, would
add $20,730, for a total bid of
$133,430. More preferable con
crete stands for the visitors* side
would add another $11,911 or a
total of $145,341 — all exclusive
of engineering fees. The Elmore
completion promise is 150 days.
This would place the project at
a round-figure $150,000, or $70,-
000 over the $80,(X)0 fund cam-
Continued On Page fit
Mayor Says City
For New Route;
Groups Oppose
By MARTIN HARMON
Need for an 18-hoIe golf cour.se
at the country club, safety of
school children, self • admitted
and non-self-admilted ef*onomic
intere.sts, history of prior con
frontations with highway loca
tions, and the *‘I-85 . U.S. 74
death trap** came in for discus
sion in a lively two-hour public
hearing on the 7.3 U. S. 74 Kings
Mountain by-pass at the Armory
Wedne.sday.
After Highway Commissioner
J. Clint Newton opened the hear
ing and Commission Engineer R.
W. McGowan had outlined the
route, terming the project a $6
million one, Mayor Glee A.
Bridges was the first citizen-com
mentator and declared himself
and the five-man city commis
sion “for the road, as is. 100 per
cent”.
J. Wilson Crawford, former
president of the Chamber of Com
merce and current president of
Kings Mountain Business Devel
opment, Inc., gave the Mayor
qualified support. He noted he
had no property involved, then
objected to dead-ending Phenix
street and the point it would in-
ters<H?t with the proposed by
pass. He further objected to the
current projection for providing
Continued On page 6.
CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR — Mayor Glee A. Bridges, left, ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon, center, and
John Henry Moss are vying lor the post of mayor of Kings Mountain. Mr. Moss was a city com
missioner in 1947-49.
Heart Attack Fatal On Monday
To John Rryson Mauney, Age 70
Funeral rites for John Bryson
Mauney, 70, city commissioner
from 1931-41 and former grocery-
man, were held Wednesday at 3
p.m. from Central Methodist
cliurch of which he was a mem
ber.
Mr. Mauney suffered a heart
attack Monday about 10:30 a.m
as he stopped his car at the King
St.-Watterson intersection stop
light. He died 30 minutes later
at Kings Mountain hospital.
A native of Gaston County, he
w^as a son of the late James Lon-
za and Laura Carpenter Mauney.
Before his retirement, he operat
ed a grocery store in the Bur-
lingtim Mills community for
many years. He served five terms
on the board of city commission
ers.
Mr. Mauney served as a direc
tor of HomeSavings & Loan As
sociation for several years and
at one time operated a realty
business in East Kings Moun
tain.
He was a vbteran of Army
service during World, War I, a
Mason, member of Fairview
Continued On Page 6
Moss Asks 74
Map Posting
John Henry Mo.ss, candidate
for mayor, addressed a letter to
the director of the State High
way Commission Wednesday aft
ernoon asking that a detailed
property map on the U. S. 74 by-
pa.ss—shown at the hearing here
a few hours earlier — be posted
at City Hall.
Moss was among citizens
at the hearing who spoke brief
ly. He took no position on rout
ing, but suggested the highway
department should make every
effort to keep effected property
owners up-to-date on develop
ments.
He said ho wrote the depart
ment on learning the detailed
map shown was the only one
available and could be seen by
the public only at Raleigh head
quarters of the commission.
Mr. Moss* letter to Director W.
F. Babcock follows:
*T attended a hearing this
morning covering the proposed
Continued On Page 6
Dr. Sam Robinson
Is Plonks Partner
Registrars Add
374 Names
To Pollbooks
SURGEON—Dr. Sam Robinson,
formerly of Lourel, Miss., has
Joined Dr. George W. Plonk in
in the practice of general sur
gery.
Retailers May
Sell State Tags
The Kings Mountain Aler-
chanta Association board of dir
ectors voted unanimously Thurs
day to proceed with efforts for
its retailer o'ffice to become a
dealer for North Carolina auto
mobile liceiise plates.
Directors named Gene Timms
to head up a committee. They in
structed the committee to contact
Senator Jack White in Raleigh
following report from President
Continued On Page 6
Tennessee
Native Joins
Dr. Plonk
Dr. Sam L. R >binson. 36, na
tive ot Dayton, Tcnn(*ssec, join
ed Dr. George W. Plonk, in the
practice of general surgery this
week.
The new doctor comes to Kings
Mountain from Laurel. Mississip
pi, where he had been engaged
in private pracliL'e for three
years.
Dr. Robinso<i took pre-medioal
training at Vanderbilt Univers
ity in Nashville, Tennessee and
received his doctor of medicine
degree from the University of
Tennessee. He completed resi
dency in surgery at the Univers
ity of Mississippi in Jackson.
He is a veteran of 2*/^ years
service in the Air Force, serving
in Germany.
Dr. Robinson holds member
ship in Alpha Kappa Kappa
medical fraternity and Sigma Mu
social fraternity.
Mi^. Robinson is the former
Annelle Smith of Memphis, Tenn.
The Robinson family hicludes
four children, Cynthia, age eight;
Sam, Jr,, age seven; Jeff, age
four; and Jerry, age two.
The Robinsons are members
of First Presbyteriafi church.
They have occupied a residence
at 1010 Sherwo<^ Lane.
Dr. Plonk recently occupied a
new medical clinic on West King
filxeet
Names of 374 citizens were
added to the city’s pollbooks on
four successive Saturdays as cit-
I izens registered to vote in Tues-
! day’s election.
! Saturday was the busiest for
jrtgistrars as 225 names were
I added at eight precincts. On sub
sequent Saturdays the count was:
j 102, 29 and 18.
Ward V leads the precincts in
new registrations with a total of
148 names added to the poHbook.
During Saturday registrations,
Ward 1 registrar C. L. Black re
ported 21 new registrations and
two transfers; Ward II i^gistrar
R. D. Goforth added 26 and
transferred two; Ward III regis
trar Mrs. Ruth Bowers reported
28 new registrations, six trans-
fei-s into her ward and four
transfers to another precinct;
Mrs. Vera Cash, Ward V regis
trar, had 36 new registrations
and transferred three; and Mrs.
Paul Patterson reported 101 new
names added in Ward V and two
transfers.
At Grover, Park Grace and
Bethware polling places where
voters will help determine elec
tion of two school trustees, the
count was: 13 at Park Grace
where Mrs. Ruth Cloninger is
registrar; seven at Bethware
w'hei’e Mrs. Frank Ware is regis
trar; and six at Grover where
Mrs. J. B. Ellis is registrar.
A Kings Mountain biennial
political campaign, outwardly
quieter than most in the past
decade, will climax Tuesday at
eight polling places where voters
will choose a mayor, five city
commissioners, and two members
of the board of education.
Hottest campaign of the eight
has been the contest for mayor,
where Mayor Glee A. Bridges is
defending against two challen
gers, ex-Mayor Kelly Dixon, and
John Henry Moss, onetime com
missioner. Both Mayor Bridges
and Mr. Moss have been active
at the vote-seeking business for
: weeks, utilizing communications
media and personal visits. Mr.
Dixon has confined his cam
paigning largely to personal poli
ticking.
The commission races have
been outwardly quiet, with ob
servers crediting W. S. Biddix,
unsucce.ssful Ward 2 challenger
two years ago, with waging the
most active campaign. He, along
with Thomas B. Eubanks, free
lance writer, attempt to unseat
EXigene Goforth, seeking a third
term.
Other contests find cx-Mayor
Garland E. Still challenging Ray
Cline in Ward I; James L. Guy
ton challenging T. J. (Tommy)
Ellison in Ward 3; Dewey Styers
challenging Norman King in
Ward 4; and O. O. Walker is
challenging his nephew (by mar
riage) J. E. (Zip) Rhea in Ward
5.
Two incumbent board of edu
cation members seek re-election.
Mrs. J, L. McGill, seeking a
second six-year term, is chal
lenged by Robert Smith, while
Holmes Harry, of Grover, com
pleting a four-year term, and
seeking a full six-year term, is
challenged by Mrs. Vorlee Flob-
erts, first Negro woman to seek
public office in the Kings Moun
tain area.
In-city voters will ballot only
for the school board candidates
of their choice.
While the caimpaign is outward-
Continued On Page d
Challenge Day
May 8.
Is Saturday,
LUTHERAN SERVICE
Dr. Charles Easley’s sermon
topic Sunday, the third Sunday
after Blaster, at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church will be
“Quebns In Every Age.” There
will be a service of blessing of
a new processional cross.
Facts Are Listed
On Tuesday Voting
Following arc thumbnail
facts concerning Tuesday’s
upcoming city and board of
education elections:
Polls open: 7 a.m.
Polls close: 6 pjm.
In-city voters elect: a may
or and five ward commission
ers to serve two-year terms.
All voters elect: two school
trustees for six year terms.
Estimated vote for city of
fices; 2500.
Estimated vote for school oX«
Hcea: 250(k . . .y