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DIGWITAEIES HERE SATURDAY — Among the dignitaries here Ssrturday for Saturday's Battle
of Kings Mountain anniversary finale are, left to right. Congressman Charles R. Jonas, State Sen
ator Jack White, Holt McPherson, elitor of the High Point Enterprise, Secretary of the Army Stan
ley R. Resor, State Representative Robert Falls, M iss South Carolina, Congressman Basil L. White-
ner. Mayor John Henry Moss, Jocob Dixon, Jaycee president, and Mojor General Joe S. Lawrie,
commoAiding oliicer of Fort Bragg. Editor McPherson was civilion oide to Secretary Resor.
SOUTH CAROLINA BEAUTY QUEEN GREETS CROWD — i^ancy
Moore, blende beauty f*om North Aiken, S. C., greets the crowds
as she appeared in Saturday's 185th anniversary celebration
parade. Wearing the queen's tiaxo, an orchid and Mountaineer
Days button gracing her white s\iit she is chauffeured by Jake
Dixen, president of Kings Mountain Junior Chamber of Com
merce and her official escort during henr visit to Kings Moun
tain.
SKY-DIVER REIN’S IN PARACHUTE An unidentified member of the sky-diving Golden Kniahts
parachute team of the 32nd Airborne division at Fort Brogg as he reins in his parachute after
landing safely Saturday afternoon. The Golden Knights performed for the Secretary of War,
their commanding offirer and thousands of others Sotuiday afternoon in spite of unusually high
winds, which propelled three jumpers off target area into Mountoin Rest cemetery. The jumper
shown, along with three others on the same jumj^ provided a demonstration of baton passing in
mid-air and landed in the jump area (the pasture of W. K. Mauney, Jr.) within 50 yards of tar
get.
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits
8,008
This figure for Grootcr Kings Mountain 'j derived from
the 'SSS Kings Mountoin city directory census. The city
liml'S figure it froir. tne Ifnited States ceiuus of 1980.
VOL. 76 No. 41
LstabiisSed 1889
Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday. October 14, 1965
Pages
Today
Seventy-Sixth Year
PRICE ten C ENT’
More Than 40,000 View 185th Anniversary Parade
Preliminary Plans Promised
Friday For New Se wage Plant
TUP CARRIER — The Charlotte
News has designated Eddie
White of Kings Mountain its
outstanding newspaper carrier
among 850 throughout the
Piedmont Carolinas.
( )
Local Camei:
Honored By News
Kcldio VViiito. of Kings Moun
tain. has boon closignatod mo;n
outsianding of the Charlotte
News’ 850 carrier boys.
Ciin .ilation manager Dick Sirk-1
in wro:c tlie Kingi Mountain ’
youth:
“Congratulations on being l
• chosen as the outst.inding Char- ^
lotto News ncWf.naper earri':*r
from our ontire carrier organi
zation of 850 hoys!
“Wf hav'e soleetod one carrier
inside of Mecklenburg County
and one carrkn outside of Meck-
K*iv urg County to represent this
^lewspaper in Raleigh on North
B On Pa(fc 8
fesse lenkins
Dies Wednesday
James Jesse Jenkins, 64, died
Wodnc.^day morning at S:45 en-
route to visit his son, Kenneth
Jenkins. Mountain Rest ceme
tery superintendent.
Death was attributed to a
heart attack. Mr. Jenkin.s had
been in ill health the past several
years.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was employed by Superior
Stone Company and was a mem
ber of Macedonia Baptist church.
Suniving Mr. Jenkins arc his
wife, Mrs, Ada Caldwell Jenkins;
his son; three daughtorj. Mrs.
Charles Harris, Miss Gene Tre
maine and Miss Jane Jenkins,
all of Charlotte; eight sisters,
Mrs. Dewey Caldwell, Mis. Has-
kol Wilson. Mrs. Car! Ganil, Mrs.
Clifford Kircus, Mrs. William
Brackett, all of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. Dewey Hardin of Rack Hill.
S C., Mrs. Claude Barnette of
Harlem, Ga. and Mrs. Howard
Martin of Mcnmt Holly. Also sur
viving are two grandchildren.
Funeral rites will be held Fri
day at 4 o.m. from Macedonia
jBaptist church^
Rev. Wayne Ashe will offici
ate. and interment will be made
in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Coisimission
Sets Report
di Engineer
By MARTIN HARMON
Preliminary plans for improve
ments to the Kings Mountain
.sewage disposal system will be
filed Friday with the city and the
state stream sanitation commit
tee, W. K. Dickson, the city’s con
sulting engineer, told the board
of commissioners Tuesday night.
The preliminary plans will in
clude: plans for development of
sewage disposal systems on both
Beeson's Creek and Pilot Creek,
.serving w’estorn Kings Mountain,
and plans for doubling the ca
pacity of the disposal plant on
McGill Creek, which seivcs east
ern Kings Mountain.
Mr. Dickson said that flow in
neither Beeson’s nor Pilot creeks
is as great as desired, but that
these represent those available, 1
He said preliminary plans would |
provide sufficient data for the |
state committee to recommend its |
preference. i
Ho further assured the com- |
mission that final plans and
specifications would be ready by
January 15 and that other dead
lines in the city’s contract with
the stale committee will bo mot.
They include submitting of final
plans and specifications, along
with application for a federal
grant on the project, not later
than April 1, 1966, launching of
construction not later than Octo
ber 1, 1966, and placing of the
system into operation not later
than December 31. 1967.
Meantime, the city must ar
range financing of the project
which implies a bond referen
dum. A preliminary survey filed
by the engineer last May which
utilized Beeson’s creek, and pro
vided for the McGill plant ex
pansion, was estimated to oo.st
$1,100,000. Maximum federal
grant-in-ald was estimated at
$300,
Filial plans initially were due
last April 1, but the state com
mittee in June granted an ex
tension.
Knginecr Dickson’.s report to
tlic commission Tuesday follow
ing day-long work on the project
by William Mull, of the stale
committee’s Asheville regional
office, the engineer, and Mayor
John Henry Moss.
Both Beeson and Pilot creeks
flow in Buffalo Creek. The engi
neer said the state committee
prefers that the sewage treat
ment plants are located as far
distant from Buffalo as possible.
62nd Floral Fair
To Be Wednesday
rr
V
Theme Oi Event:
"A Salute
To Community
Kings Mountain W'oman’s club
members were hard at work this
week readying for Wednesday’s
62nd annual floral fair and Com-
miunity Festival.
Entries arc invited from all
Kings Mountain area citizens
and there is a whde range of in
terest m exhibits from art. hob
bies, embroidery, flowers and
bazaar items, among others
Format of the fair wnll foll;;w^
that of former festivals with
oOth lunch and dinner to be serv
ed in the Woman’s club dining
room. Lunch wall be served froi.n
11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. and the
evening meal will be served from
5:30 until 7 p.m. Meal tickets are
available at the door.
There is no admission charge, i f J ^ CLawmam
Doors to the showrooms will be { Ulllld dilCllCr
open to the public from 12 noon
until 9 p.m.
Mrs. W. L. Mauney, general
show chairman, and Mrs. Vernon
P. Crosby, publicity chain.r.an,
said that exhibits may bo enter
ed all day Tuesday from 11 a.m.
until 9 p.m. and again on the day
of the show from 8 until 10 a.m.
Arts, crafts and hobby exhibits
should 'ce entered between 7 and
9 p.m. Tuesday night.
WINS CROWN — Linda Sherrer
was crowned Miss Kings Moun
tain 1965 in the Jaycee-spon-
sored beauty pageant Thursday
night.
Theme of the festival will be,
"A Salute to Our Commuinity’’,
in keeping with the Octolx?!’Com-
nunity Pride Month activities,
and the theme, "Our Hands And
Minds At Work", will be featur
ed throughout the exhibit halls.
In the flow'er division, arrange-
ments will depict the city’s in
dustry, church, home and com
munity life.
Rules for entering exhibits and
a complete schedule appear in
today’s Herald on page 2 of the
women’s section.
Mrs. John Cheshire is presi
dent of the Woman’s club, pre
senting this year its 62nd fair,
which it has broadened in scope
to feature for a third year a
community’ lestivol program.
Beauty Winner
Linda Sherrer, IS year-old Le
noir Rhyne college freshman and
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Louis
Sherrer, was ci'owned "Miss
Kings Mountain’’ in the Jaycee-
sponsored beauty pageant Thui*s-
day night at the National Guard
Armory.
Runners-up were Joan King,
19. and Elaine Dixon, IS.
Ton contestants appeared in
[bathing suit and evening gown
1 divisions lx»fore a crowd of 600
p<»rsons. The nationally-known
rock-n-roll combo. Ronnie and
the Daytonas, presented an en-
Itcrtainment program before and
I after the contest.
Judges wore State Senator
I Jack H. White. Mrs. Raymond
I Holmes, Rev. Robert Haden, Dr.
Thomas G. Durba.:n. all of Kings
Mountain, and Hugh Dover of
Shelby. Jonas Bridges was mas-
j tor of ceremonies.
Each contestant was asked to
draw a question from a box and
give her answer in the final
phase of the competition.
Miss Sherrer. a blue-eyed bru
nette who stands 5’4’’ tall, weighs
Continued On Pago 8
m Million
Eoad Bonds
Are Endorsed
The city board of cc-Tmission- j
ers Tuesday night, on requesi of '
Governor Dan K. Moore, endoi s- ^
ed two resolutions calling on j
citizens to support: ,
1) the November 2 S3(X) mil- j
lion road bond issue and ,
2) constitutional amendments au-!
thorizing the General Assembly!
to ci’eate a Court of Appeals in ■
Hie Appellate Division of the i
General Court of Justice. !
if these amendments are rati
fied by tile voters on Nov. 2, the
General Assembly becomes au
thorized to esta.-lish. if and when
It sees fit, an intermediate ap
pellate court between the Super-
’.or Court and the Supreme
Court, a court in which there are
no jurors and testifying witness
es. a court concerned only with
alleged errors co.nnaittcd in the
trial court below.
The city also contracted with
the Community Planning Divi-
sio-n of the State Board of Con
servation and Development in
carrying out a zoning study, a
two-year share cost study with
total cost $11,000, the city's share
^767.
"I want to personally recom
mend this program", the mayor
told the full board present. ’Fhe
study will cover zoning ordinance
revisions, public improvements
progress, capabilities, capital im
provements budgets and an over
all development plan, the mayor
said.
In other actions, the board:
1) accepted petition signed by
93 citizens r'^questing a traffic
light be installwl at the inter-
secion of West King street and
Country Club road.
2) granted request for paving,
on an "if and when funds are
available’’ basis. Jackson street
from Rhodes avciiue to Boyce
street for a distance of 775 feet.
A petition was submitted 'by
propory owners.
31 confirmed street assess
ments.
4) acknowledged the observ
ance of National Bible Week Oc-
tohem 1R24 and urged citizens to
note the observance by worship
ping in the church of their
choice.
CLASS OFFICER
William Lawrence Mauney.
son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. M\u*
ney, of Kings Mountain, is
secretary of the senior class of
Carolina Military academy, at
. Maxton*
CO-cHAiHM£N — Grady Howard, left, hospital administrator,
and Elmore Alexander, bank official, will serve as co-chairmen
of the upcoming annual Kings Mountain area United Fund
campoign.
UF Campaign
Chairmen Named
Grady Howard, administrator
of Kings Mountain ho.'^pital. and
KImore Alexander, vice-president
of First Union National Bank,
will serve as co-chairmen of the
1966 Kijigs Mountain area United
Fund campaign.
Tentative plans call for com
pletion of budget work this week
and for launching of the cam
paign on October 25, the vo-
chairn^n said. The fund cam
paign will continue through No
vember.
Concurrently, the co-chairmen
announced division .solicitation
chairmen as follows:
L. Arnold Kiser, industrial
group.
, Joe Heddcn, special groups.
Thomas A. Tate, special gifts.
Don Crawford, business group.
! The c’O-chairmen noted that
last year’s campaign was most
, successful in the history of the
; Kings Mountain United Fund.
1 In a joint statement, they con
tinued:
I "Wo have long believed and
supported the united method of
supporting deserving charilable
and service organizations which
serve this area.
"Majority of citizens share this
feeling, as indicated by past sup
port, and we anticipate the up
coming campaign will gain the
support of even more citizens.”
Kings Mountain Area G-W Gifts
Top $91,000; Aim Is 3100,000
Kings Mountain area vvoikei’s
in Gardner-Webb college’s cam-
jjaign for S1.125,0(X) reported to
tal collections of $91,991 Monday
night and agreed to extend (he
drive for one week in an effort
to reach tlie $100,000 figure.
Goal for the Kings Mountain
ajwi was $25,000.
Final report session in the area
fund-raising effort is slated for
Monday at 6 p.m, at Masonic
Tomple. At Monday night's meet
ing, John O. Plonk’s si)ecial gifts
committee turned in pledges to
taling $17,495 and Bob Slanor’s
general organization group re
ported $5,640 to boost last we(?k’s
$68,000 figure to $91,091.
A $50,000 gift last Tuesday
fi’om the D. C. and W. K. Mau
ney families sent the Gardner-
Webv) college campaign in the
Kin^s Mountain area over doublg
its announced 25,000 goal.
Captains and campaign work
ers were called upon To spend
one more week to raise funds for
Continued On Page 8
Stadium Funds Now
Total $83,704.75
Actual cash . on - hand and
pledges to build John Ganidc
f'ootball Stadium now’ total
$83,704.75, P'lund Treasurer
Charles F. Harry said this
week.
Gifts were boosted by checks
this week from: Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton Jolly. Boyd Montgom
ery. Betty Bolin, J. D. Bolin,
Sa<lic M(.*Carter. Knox Neely.
Ola Pruett, Clara Rhea, Clyde
Randle and Jerome Spangler.
Next Bloodmobile
Visit October 25
The Rod Cross Bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain
on Oi’tober 25. it was announc
ed yesterday by Skelly Hum,
area blood recruitment chair-
iman.
The Bloodmobile will be set
up at the National Guard Arm
ory from 11 a.m. to 5 4).rot
Parachuting
Golden Knights
Thrill Throngs
By MAR'HN HARMON
More than 40,000 persons
thronged Kings Mountain Satur
day as the w’eek-long celebration
of the 185th anniversary of the
Battle of Kings Mountain was
concluded with a full day’s
events.
Highlight was a mammoth
two-hour parade — termed the
largest in Kings Mountain his
tory — followed by an address at
Kings Mountain National Mili
tary park by Secretary of the
Army Stanley R. Resor. (For full
text of Secretary Resor's address,
see page 3, this section.)
The Secretary had previously
reviewed a post-parade perform
ance of the Golden Knights sky
diving team of the 82d Airborne
division from Fort Bragg.
On arrival here from Charlotte
Airport, ho had been ac’corded
the traditional .salute in brief
ceremonies at City Stadium, then
joined the parade to the Rail
road avenue reviewing stand.
The sky-divers, grounded Fri
day by heavy winds, braved still-
heavy winds for two demonstra
tions Saturday.
Numerous officials and other
dignitaries participated in the
parade led by Major General Joe
S. Lawrie, commanding officer of
Fort Bragg, who served as grand
marshal.
Crowds lined tlie full two-mile
parade route to cheer as units of
ai-my^ national guard, navy and
marines. Miss South Carolina,
Miss Kings Mountain and other
beauty queens, bands, drum and
bugle corps, lifesaving crows.
Scout groups, and many others
navigated the parade I'oute.
Cerenonies at the national
1 military park followed, with Ben
F. Moomaw, park superintendent
serving as master of ceremonies.
He noted in his remarks that
"someone in this audience is
likely the 260,()(X)th visitor to this
1 park during the cun'ent year”,
j Elbert Cox, regional director
^ of the National Park service,
presented distinguished guests,
' and U. S. Representative Basil
L. Whitener pi-escnted Secretary
: Resor.
I Miss Claire Brown read a
poem "Ode to Kings Mountain”.
Dr. Eugene Poston, president of
.Garddner-Webb college said the
invocation and Rev. Charles Eas
ley, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lu
theran church, prayed the bene
diction.
J. S. Simpson, of Limestone
College, led group singing of
“The Star Spangled Banner” and
"God of Our Fathei's”, while Mr.
Moomaw led unison saying of
the Pledge of Allegiance to the
Flag and the American’s Creed.
The event ended with the ccle-
hr.ation grand ball at the armoiy
and with rock-and-rdl street-
dancing on Railroad avenue.
CAGO MEETS HERE
Cleveland Asstx'iation of
Governmental Officials, more
familiarly known as CAGO.
will liold a dinner meeting at
Kings Mountain Country Club
next Wednesday cv'cning at 7
o’doci*