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JAMES HANDALI PARKER
PAUL A. HOWARD, JR.
CHARLES ALLEN
ANNE SLATER
JOYCE ELEANOR PLONK
College Students
:€ive Degrees
MARGARET JACKSON
Numerous Kings Mountain stu
dents at colleges and universities
of the area are receiving diplo
mas at annual commencement
exercises.
Among the graduating groups
are:
Rev. Richard Spencer, Kings
Mountain native, received the
bachelor of divinity degree in
commencement exorcises at
Southern Baptist Se:ninary ii
Ixjuisvillc, Ky. Rev. Mr. Spence
Holds a B.A. degree from Lime
stone college in Gaffney. His wif.
is the former Elise Ford of King
Mountain and the Spencer family
has resided in Kentucky the past
three years.
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JAMES CORDELL BLANTON REV. RICHARD N. SPENCER JAMES SHERWOOD FORREST
Popalation
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,008
Thit tigure for Greater Kings Mountedn ts derlvod Iroa
tlM list Kings MountedB city directory census. The dty
Umlis figuro is from the United States census ol 19S0.
VOL 76 No. 22
EstablisSed 1889
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 3, 1965
Pages
Todar
Seventy-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN CENT^
School Board Approves “First Choice” Assignments
Sewer Plan beadline Extended
deadline Now ^ *. ni |-i*i i . •
fSiU Wans Compliance FI auP iled Again;
Kings Mountain has been
granted an extension of time in
meeting Slate Stream Sanitation
Cemmittee deadlines for a new
sfwage disposal plant.
Mayor John Henry Moss learn
ed of the extension Wednesday
afternoon in a letter from E. C.
Hubbard, director of the Division
of Stream Sanitation and Hydrol
ogy of the North Carolina Depart
ment of Water Resources.
The city board of (‘ommission*
ers Thursday night adopted a
KMHSGr aduates 219 Seniors
j
Supplementaiy
Statement Sent
To HEW rriday
presenting final plans and Oc*t.' statement in its p an f^^
1. 1966, fer construction to start, j *
The citv commission had com- ^^'^*^ Rights Act of 1^*
mitted Kings Mountain to build- ! An amendment o the or^gm^
ing a modern sewage disposal 1 sent to the U.S. (Mfiw
system and to have it in opera-i Education, Washington, D. C-
tion by January 1, 1967. Under! *y Supt B. N Barnes followm'g
the commitment, the city would i ”®*^Bcation W^nesday that
begin construction not later than i Kings Mountain’s plan was a-
January 1. 1966. The city was to nio^g the 28 Tar Heel school
have had plans for the plant | not accepted,
completed by April 1. The dead-
HERE WEDNESDAY
^ W. H. Mull, engineer with th>
fctate Stream Sanitation Com-
mittt'e, will confer with Mayor
Moss next W^ednesday morning
at 11 a.m. at the mayor’s office
here on plans for the proposed
sewage plant and its location.
Tlicy will study stream flow
and available site areas at both
B«'ason’s and Pott’s creeks, the
mayor said.
Mr. Barnes had no further
j communication with the Depart-
iment of Health, Education and
Welfare yesterday.
Civil Rights Compliance Plans
«*rtrfy that schools are in com
pliance with the rights act in or
der to continue to receive federal
funds. The act forbids segrega
tion because of race, creed or co
lor.
The statement is detailed in a
legal advertisement in today’s
Herald.
line was missed by City Engineer amendment I'ea^-
W. K. Dickson Engineering Com- -
pany of Charlotte. , with the school year is
W E. Long, Jr., chief of the I
Municipal Waste Section of the e“a^‘a"s
committee, appearing before the ! 1^11" Ihejcho^d^sWrtwiUJte
board Thursday night, explained I sEE EDITORIAL PAGE
that no extension had been I
granted heretofore because “the j required to indicate without co*
proposed sewage treatment plant jercion, intimidation, or threat,
on Beason’s Creek was totally I their first and second choice of
unacceptable, because it cannot j a school for their children before
Cf>nfintie(i,'Ow Page .6 assignment is made by the board.
! Requests for assignment will be
NgW YOfkCf Sooks | granted without regard to race,
_ • J Ag MB I color or national origin to the
Address Ol KinSniCEn I extent that facilities, transporta-
. Mrs. Edelmira Carpenter, 116 j tion insrucional program and
Buck street, Fulton, New York, 'the staff are adequate to accom*
is seeking the address of Mrs. I modate the expiessions of choice.
Alma Mathis Carpenter whom j In the event more requests are
she believes to live in Kings I submitted for a particular school
Mountain. | than can bo accommodated, resi-
The New Yorker wrote Post- ' dence proximity to the school
master Charles Alexander that j (measured by streets and roads
a letter she had UTitten to her I serving the school) will be the
kinsman here had been returned, | chief criteria in making assign-
rnarked ‘Mnsifffioient address.” | mont, however, consideration will
m Mi'K. Carpenter says she is an- ' be given to a child’s special
^ftious to be in touch with the needs such as the avallablity of
lady and asks that her area rela- [special assistance through pro-
lives contact her. ^ Continued On Page 6-
RESIGNS — Rev. George Moore
has resigned os pastor of Res
urrection Lutheran church to
become pastor of Spencer
Lutheran church.
Spencei Chuich
Calls Moore
Rev. Gearge T. Moore, of Res
urrection Lutheran church, has
resigned, having accepted a call
to become Pastor of Calvary Lu
theran church at Spencer. His
resignation will become effective
June 30, and he will begin his
new duties on July 1.
Mr. Moore came to Kings
Mountain in Februa^- 1959 and
has served Resunxiction for over
six years. Prior to the accept
ance of the present pastorate he
and Mrs. Moore served as mis
sionaries of the Lutheran Church.
For more than four years the
family lived and worked In Li
beria, Africa. Mr. Moore served,
first, as a Missionary Builder
and. later, as Evangelistic Mis
sionary.
During the past six years the
membership of Resurroctilan has
grown to 300 mennhers. Eighty-
three new members were i*eceiv-
ed during that period. The total
debt on the property and build
ings of the mission congregation
was cut in half.
An imposing steeple was erect
ed on the beautiful Colonial style
church building. The purchase of
Continued On Page $ ‘
71 Honor Seals
To Graduates
Of 1965 Glass
Kings Mountain high school
graduated the largest senior ,
class in its history Monday night, i
as more than 2,000 parents and
friends looked on.
The graduation exercises, which
saw 219 seniors receive diplomas, |
had a solemn note. The white- j
clad class was the last to be!
graduated from the present i
school plant and the first to be |
graduated in city stadium. Next
year’s class will be graduated !
from the new school on Phifer i
road. I
Oscar Neil McCarter gave the
invocation after the seniors had
marched in a processional to
“Pomp and Circumstance” from
the school building to the stadi-
I um and found their places at
seats placed in front of a plat
form on the field.
I James Laben Cloninger, class
president, brought greetings aft
er which Principal Harry Jaynes
awarded diplomas.
Presentation of the class gift,
$250 toiward the purchase of a
new flag pole, was made by Tom
my Black. The class requested
the flag pole be installed at the
new plant when it opens in Sep
tember. The gift was accepted
by schools Supt. B. N. Barnes.
Jan Williams pronounced the
benediction and t h e seniors
marched to "Priests’ March”
back to the high school.
Seventy-one seniors were grad
uated with honors and received
honor seals on their diplomas
signifying tney had maintained
an average of 85 or above
through four years, an average
of A on conduct with no grade
lowei than B and participated in
at least one cxtra-curricuIar ac-
Continued On Page 5
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Architect's Sketch of Proposed Patterson Grove Baptist Church
Pools Are Enjoying
Booming Business
City swimming pools have |
opened for the season and ai*e !
enjoying a boioming business. ;
At the children’s playground |
area, Little League fields, and i
Deal Street and Davidson Park
pools and areas, new fences have
been erected and improvements
made. The summer recreation
season was launched Saturday
(with a street dance at the Deal
Street playground area with a
large num'ber of teenagers at
tending. Mayor and Mrs. John
Moss opened the festivities.
Baptists To Build
$80,000Sanctuary
Stadium Gifts
Top $80,000 Quota
Memorial Day.
Homecoming Set
At Patterson
Patterson Grove Baptist church
will observe Homecoming Day
and Memorial Day services on
Sunday.
In conjunction with the serv-
I riA mavor inviiea vouiie anu i . ^ ^’CS, the congregation will COm-
old X oarte and ' c-ontributions made during the' building a $80,000
Ola ajiKe to use me parxs ana . w/pok* from area eiti- hunHincr
Gifts to tno John Gamble Sta
dium Fund have exceeded by
several hundred dollars the $80,-
000 fund - raising quota, Treas-
^ , J ! urer Charlie Harrv announced
The poiols and playground area i ‘
are open daily, weather permit- j * J-
ting, the mayor reminds. j Harry said he would have
... . ; available next week complete list
The mayor invited young and i
pools.
The city’s face-cleaning opera
tion has spread to the downtown
area also. Garbage containers
are being painted white, lettered
in red, "Keep Our City Clean.”
j past two weeks from area citi
zens.
Harry was out-of-town yester
day visiting his father, Grover
Mayor C. F. Harry. Jr., hospital
ized in Charleston, S. C.
Date Foi Second By-Pass Hearing
May Be Thiee Months Away: White
ESC SCHEDULE
Effective June 10th, the
schedule of operation of the
Employment Security Commis
sion here at the Armory will be
from 8:30 until 12 noon on
Thursdays, according to an
nouncement by Buell A Bailey,
Of Shelby, ESC office manager.
A date for the second public
hearing on the proposed U. S. 74
by-pass through Kings Mountain
has not yet been set, State Sena
tor Jack White told the Herald
Wednesday.
^r. White said he had spoken
to Highways Director W. F. Bab
cock only briefly at a Public
Roads committee yesterday
morning.
Senator White quoted Babcock
as saying, "It will be two or
three months before a second
hearing can bo held. There are
maps which need to be reworked,
and It will take several months.” j tied up with meetings all
! and the Herald w'as unable to
sanctuary, a 168x48 foot building
which will adjoin the now exist
ing educational plant.
Work on the new sanctuary is
to begin in early 1966.
Bill Brown, newly elected su
perintendent of the Gastonia city
schools, will fill the pulpit at the
11 o’clock worship services. Sun
day School will begin at 9:45 a.
m., dinner will be served on the
church grounds at 12:30 and the
afternoon program will get un
derway at 1:30 p.m.
Rev. Richard E. Plyler, minis
ter of the church, invites all
The city board of commission
er$ Thursday night formally call
ed for a second public hearing
if the State Highway Commis
sion furni.shes detailed maps for! members and former members to
study 10 days in advance. Mayor | be present Sunday for the
John Henry Moss had received j special services. The day's offer-
a telegram from Mr. Babcock i ing will go to the church build-
saying a second hearing would ing fund.
be scheduled if council formally The new sanctuary will fol-
called for one. low a traditional colonial design.
Babcock Tuesday approved the! It will scat 360 in the pews, 72
city council’s request for a sec- j in the balcony and 40 in the
ond public hearing and said he I choir. To the rear of the building
would set a date shortly. j will be a carport with covered
A spokesman in Babcock's of-1 passage leading to the education-
fice Wednesday explained thatjal building. The now building
the highway director had been; will be ground level with a 105
day, foot steeple.
An active Baptist layman and
71 Negroes
Axe Assigned
To High School
The Kings Mountain board of
education has approved assign
ment requests of 71 Negroes to
previously all-white Kings Moun
tain high school and has approv
ed all assignments of 2.9fi8 ele-
mefitar>’ pupils and 1,236 high
school students to schools they
indicate as "first choice.”
There are two "problems" the
district board of education face
in assigning pupils this year at
the 10 plants of the system.
1) From "first choice” rtquests,
356 district pupils want to at
tend West school next year. The
school is an 11-teacher capacity
school and the auditorium has
been in use as a classroom the
past year.
2) Whereas, West school is
"much overloaded”, the Park
Grace plant is "much underload
ed” with only 124 students want
ing to attend. At the present time
none of he other schools are
overloaded.
Assignments under the board’s
compliance with the 19^ Civil
Rights Act were approved and
letters sent to parents of all
school district pupils at the close
of school Monday.
The letter points that all stu
dents, (white and colored) have
I been assigned to the school indi-
' cated as “fii^t choice” with the
I provision that:
1) this assignment may be
! changetl if the school becomes
overcrowded or if facilities are
not available in the school of
first choice. In the event it be
comes necessary to change the
child’s assignment, the parent
will be notified and another as
signment made in accordance
with the Kings Mountain Plan
for Compliance with ntle VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.”
The letter from Stipt. B. N.
Barnes also promises parents
that "as soon as possible, the
board will notify parents of
those children who cannot be ae
eommodated at West school and
those children will be assigned
to another school as provided by
the School Compliance Plan.”
The board will also notify paiv
ents if a change from the as
signment to Park Grace school
has to be made.
The board invites parents who
desire a change in the assign
ment to notify the board in writ
ing within 10 days.
The School Compliance Plan
requires parents to indicate a
choice of school for their chil
dren and the education board in
vites parents to secure a form
as soon as possible and make
their choice, if they have not al
ready. If choices are not made,
under the School Co^»lUtof
Plan, the board wi’’
pils to the nearest
adequate facilities
1 contact him by telephone*
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