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Kings Monntcdn'f Reliable Newspaper
VOL 77 No. 2
EstabSisSed 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 13, r966
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENT
Recreation Center Building Project Is Considered
KBTHDAT R. WU-
Bettawote com-
xni^iiy citizen, marked his
Ndi oUthdOT Tuesday.
Ga^e Logs
Jiitliday
^ H.' jwilson Gamble, Sethware
coolhliiinity .lar.Ter and Kings
Mountain native, logged his 90th
blt^d&y Tuesday.
. Kir. .Gamble, «k)n of Andrew J.
and' Sal*ah Elizabeth Harmon
Gamble, 1$ active in El Bethel
Mefhcidist church, enjoys visiting
voitti:Iriend^Htd Kin/nrwi HWRiiiu*
tiEe^rinm a first love—farming,
'ilir-iias made his home for
sdme thne; with a daughter, Mrs.
Charles Fisher and family " on
. SheJby road.
iMrs. Gamble, the late Eliza
beth Ware, died in 1949. He is
grdnd£ather pf the late football
Ceach John GanUble. '
A family buffet dinner was
held In Mr. Gamble’s honor Sun
day With his eight children and
their families present.
Honor Society
Taps Qeven
Eleven new members were in
ducted by the high school chap-
.Jer- of the National Honor Socie
ty’at the mid-term induction pro
gram January 7th.
■Inducted were Faithel Tony,
Hollis Falls, Linda Plonk, y;ickie
Petty, Marlene Oliver, Becky
Dunn, Pat Hullender, Debbie
Smith, Dale Byars, Jean Falls
and Joy Greene.
After the new members were
tapped, Philip Bunch presented
them to Principal Harry Jaynes
who presented membership cards.
President Mike Goforth wel
comed tjiei group and Elaine Dix
on presented Mrs. D. F. Hord
who addressed the group.
Neal Cooper stated the purpose
of the organization, Mary Ann
Houser explained how-members
are chosen, Scott Cloninger in
terpret^ the emblem and Rita
Caveny gave the meaning of the
colors.
Tereaa Jolley s.ing the Nation
al Honor Society Song writtenjby
Mrs. Ji. N. McClure. Libby Alex
ander was accompanist. •
Other members on the pro
gram were Mary Jo Hord Dar
lene Oliver, Paulette Patterson,
Charles Wright,. Mary Dixon,
'James Greene, Glynda Lynn Di
ana Bunkowski, Martha, Hern
don, Susan Lowery and Rita
Bell.
To ibecome eligible for mem
bership in the KMHS chapter a
student must rank scholastically
in the uper fifth of his class |Or
the entire high school career and
must have an average of A or
conduct with no grade lower
than a B. He must have attend
ed this school the preceedlnp
yeaF and be rated favorably by
at least six teachers on <diarac-
* ter, leadership and service. Only
13 percent of a class may be in
ducted, ten percent at the end of
the Junior year and five percent
in the senior year.'
Alexander Says
Success of '66
Drive In Sight
Kings Mountain’s 1966 United
Fund goal is within sight of suc
cess, Co-Shairman Elmore Alex
ander said Wednesday. •
‘ We -need approxlir.ately $2500
to meet the 656.96 quota,”
Mr. Alexander declared.
Of the total of cash and pledg
es, 44 percent is cash-in-hand.
In urging further comribu-,
tions, Mr. Alexander said ‘‘The
goal .was realistic, as all ' ene-
ticiary agencies cut their requests
to barest operating necessities.”
He asked that persons and
firms who have not yet contri
buted make checks to Mrs. Don
ald W. Blanton, treasurer, and he
invited those who have already
contributed to pledge additionally
if they possibly can.”
Funds derived from the United
Fund campaign benefit these
participating organ i z a t i o n s:
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad,
American Red Cross, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Kings Mountain high
.school band, Jacob S. Mauney
Memorial Library, Compact high
school band, Kings Mountain
high school Choral Society.^.
Logan Piomoted,
ToHetiim.l9|ere
Hugh A. Logan, Jr.j former
city.police chief, and Cleveland
County sheriff has been promot
ed to a district supervisor’s posi
tion by the North Carolina^ Pris
ons department and expects to
resume residence in Kings
Mountain about February 1.
Mr. Logan has been superin
tendent of the state’s maximum
security prison camp at Dqnn in
Northhampton county.
The several county district
maintains offices in Lincolnton.
Mr. Logan, visiting hafe re
cently, has told friends he will
resume residence at the home he
owns on North Piedmont avenue
which is now occupied by Mrs.
Amos Dean and her family.
The Logans have three chil
dren.
City Calls Sewage,Bond Vote
Wien Residence
Damaged By Fixe
•The home of the Robert Wren
family near the Gaston Country
Cluo was badly damaged by fire
last Friday afternoon.
Firemen had estimated the
damage could run as high as
$50,000.
Mrs. Wren, the former Kath
leen Randall of Kings Mountain,
had been .away from home for a
beauty shop appointment about
50 .minutes. When she returned at
4:50, she found the second floor
ablaze. None of the family or
maid were at home when the fire
started.
Mr Wren is an Akers Motor
Lines' executive.
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IRAIRMANn^— ReQ Johnsop is'
levelond County chcrinnon ol
he 1966 Hoctrt' Fund drive.
Johnson Heads
'66 Heart Fnnd -
Neil Johnson, has been napied
1966 Heart Fund Chairman . for
Cleveland County, according 'to
Horace Carter,, president of the
County Heart Association.
Mr. Johnson is General Man
ager of the Mineral Division,
Foote Mineral Company. He has
served with the local Heart group
previously, is a past president of
Rotary in Kings Mountain, and
a Deacon of Shelby Presbyterian
church. He and his wife reside at
105 Hillside Drive, Shelby, Their
daughter, Barbara, works for
North Carolina National Bank
and lives in Charlotte.
The new Chairman of the local
Heart group’s 1966 fundraising
activities will appoint area com
munity leaders to direct the var
ious aspects qf the annual "Heart
Month” effeTt in behalf of . the
North CanupMi and
Heart Assoidations, of whlfch- t,
local organization is a Divisioj
Tile new Cihalrmati pointed c
that heart disease is the le
cause qf death in Clevel
County, 'and that some 23,000
North Carolinians died last
as a result of cardiovascular dis
ease. At present death ratek,
many will fall victim to heart
disease, which now causes more
deaths than all other caiaies
co!.nbined.
The annual Heart Fund con
tributions support the Heart As
sociation’s programs of public
health education, professional in
formation, heart research, com
munity service, and public infor
mation, Johnson said.
State Heart Fund Chairman
for North Carolina is William C.
Friday of Chapel Hill, president
of the Consolidated University
of North Carolina. National
Heart Fund Chairman is Owen
Cheatham, Chairman of the
Board of Georgia Pacific and
trustee of Duke University.
Methodists Set
Chnxch Study
The second in a series of four
phases of a church-wide study
will be held at Central Methodist
church January 16th. The subject
of the study is “Growth in Ste
wardship for Witnessing."
Classes which have been plan
ned for the children, young peo
ple, and adults will begin at 5
p.m. all will gather in the Fel
lowship Hqll for a snack supper
followed by a fellowship period.
Funeral Rites Wexe Held Saturday
Fox Mrs. Lena White McGiU, 93
598 TAGS SOLD
Lions club auto tag sales
men reported Wednesday a
total of 598 tags have been
sold. Tile club is franchised
dealer for sale of the tags. Cost
is $1 each. The tags are on
sale Mondays through Fridays
at City Hall courtroom.
RITES RELD — Funand ritaa
for Mrs. Lona W. McGill wsro
hold Saturday from Boyca
Mwiwicd ABF etauselb
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lona
White McGill, 93, widow of Low
ry Blair McGill, were held Sat
urday at 3 p.m from Boyce
VIemorial ARP church of w?hich
ihe was a charter member and
Sunday School teacher for more
dian 50 years.
Mrs, McGill succumbed -Thurs
day at 9:40 p.m. followlii.? a
•Jiree year illness.
IA native of York, South Caro-
Ina, she was the daughter of the
'ate William and Margaret Jane
te. She was a member of
ngs Mountain Woman’s club
wd a former schoolteacher. Her
husiband died In 1910.
• For many years she had made
her home with her daughter and
aon-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John E.
Gamble, on West Mountain
street.
She is survived by three sMUi,
Leroy McQUl of Gastonia, John
L McGill and Elmer McGill, both
of Kings Mountain; two daugh
ters, Mrs. J<d)n E. Gamble of
Centtnmed On Fags 8
31,300,000
Rond Election '
To Be March 15
By EUZABETH STEWART
, The city board of commls.slon-
rre Tuesday ni,ght called an
'iection for March 15 on a $1.3
■nillion bond issue for a new
sewage disposal plant and ini^-
'provements to existing facilities.
Action came after a long di.s-
cussion of the project led by W.
E. Long,’Jr., thief of the munici-
'pal‘waste section of the North
Clarolina State Stream Sanita
tion committee,- the city’s con
sulting engineer W. Dickson
and after recommendation by
Mayor John H. Moss, who said
he fqrsees no increase in the tax
rate.”
The Mayor’s optimism con
cerning the tax rate was con
firmed by W. E. Easterling, sec
retary of the Local' Government
commission, who wrote the May
or: “We assume that with the
liquidation of the natural gas
system debt the City has means
with which an issue of $1,300,000
sanitary sewer bonds may be re
tired without burden .... I sug
gested to Mr. White (Attorney
William White) that I could see
no cau$e to delay proceeding
toward submitting the proposi
tion of issuance of bonds to the
voters
Mr. White has already had
correspondence with Miteh?ll,
Pershing, Shatterly and Mitchell,
bond attorneys, of New York
c«*y. *
VII commissioners present,
viTth exception of Comm. O, O.
Walker, who is recuperating
from an operation, pledged 100
percent support for the bond
(Hcction.
The city plans to build a new
olant on Pilot Creek to serve the
western portion of the city and
to double the capacity of McGill
plant serving the eastern portion
of the city.
Under agreement with the
State Stream Sanitation commit
tee the city is required to have
final plans approved 6y April 1;
construction is to begin by Octo
ber 1 this year and the plant is
to be in operation and improve
ments completed by December
31, 1967.
Final plans and .specifications
are to be completed by Saturday.
They will then be forwarded to
the State Stream Sanitation com
mittee in advance of the April 1
deadline, Dickson said.
Kings Mountain seeks 30 per
cent or $360,000 in federal funds
for tlie project and Mr. Long,
noting there is a limited amount
of such federal aid annually,
said he could not promise such
a grant.
In answer to question by
Former Mayor Glee A. Bridges,
Ixing said that if voters do not
approve a bond issue it may be
necessary for the city to issue
revenue bonds which usually
carry a higher interest rate. Rev
enue bonds can be i.ssued with
out approval of voters.
Replying to Attorney" Bill
White’s question Mr. Long said
If a federal grant is not approv
ed this year, “I would wait until
it is approved.” “The whole pro
gram,” he continued, “is not bas
ed on federal grant. I would re
submit the application only
After I had done all that I pos
sibly could do to qualify for a
federal government grant."
Dirgcling his remarks to the
commission. Mr. Long said,
“Kings Mountain needs to pro
vide a better facility and., voters
need the facts now toiknow why
they should vote for passage of
bonds for sewage disposal fa-
cilltle.s.”
Long explained Public Law
660 Is an elaborate formula bas
ed on average income and pop
ulation and each application for
a federal grant is judged by a
point system. Allocations for
1966 total $2A mllilon and the
municipality with the highest
number of points gets first pri
ority. Allotments are granted
on: 1) need in relation to classi
fication qf_ receiving atream; 2)
fiqanclal'sUtus of town in ra
tio qf bonded indebtedness to
property valuations; 3) litatus of
project. “I pledge my^wilUngness
to help in ,any way,’* Long add
ed.
Previously Long had defined
the six classifications of streams
in the state, noting Kings Moun
Continuod On Foga $
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NEW HERNDON BUILDING — Pictured is the new building of J. E. Herndon Company, which is
being erected in the Kings Mountain Industrial Park in northern Kings Mountain. The brick,
concrete and steel building will contain more than 40J}00 square feet of floor space and will
house the firm's offices and warehouse. The firm will continue to operate its cotton blending
plant at its present location on West Ridge street. The new building will replace focilities
hugely destzoyod by fire lost spring. (Photo by Poul Lemmons).
St^u^ leases .
Former Grayson
Jewelry Building
StereW's .Kings Mountain
branch has leased the portion of
the Fulton Building on West
Mountain street which was for
merly occupied by Grayson’s
Jewelry.
The transaction between the
furniture firm and the owner,
Mrs. H. Tom Fulton, Sr., was
completed Monday.
J. Kenn.on Blanton, manager
of the furniture firm, said the
Fulton building; will be complete
ly remodeled, with a large door
cut between it and the preseqt
Sterchi building and with a new
front to harmonize with the
present Sterchi main entrance.
'Tlie building contains 12.50
square feet of floor space.
Mr Blanton said that Builder
Kelly Dixon will superintend the
remodeling and that he had indi
cated the work would begin be
fore the end of the week.
Stockholders
To Meet Tuesday
StockhqJ^^gg of Lake Montonia
Club, Inc. will elect a slate - of
officers as well as two now direc
tors at Tuesday’s atiriual meeting
at 7:30 p.m. in the epurtroom of
City Hall.
President Carl F. Mauney,
Vice-President Jkn Wilson of
Gastonia and .Secretary Jesse
Putnam will make their annual
reports and one new. director
will be elected representing Gas
ton County.
In his annual wtition report to
members, Mr. .Mauney reported i has
the past ys«r ii* a busy one, not- i IR'nry Mo.ss an interest ,in city
ed that now Bi i fere completed i water .service. Mayor Mos.s said
In time for the dimming season I he told the representative he
and a tennlOti-ourt was construct- would forward the request to the
ed in Otrly summer. ! hoard of commissioners. A large
He reportod that the snnuSl j city water line is within 540 feet
Fourth of July picnic attracted I of the tract the group is acquir-
Second
Park
310-Aae Tract
On Interstate 85
Being Acquired
By MARTIN HARMON
A" .second industrial park is
envisioned in the Kings Moun
tain area on Interstate 85 by
four individuals operating as
partners.
The four, Mrs. Plato Pearson,
Jr., Frank Matthews and Mi.ss
Eli',:abeth Matthews, 'all of-Gas
tonia, and Dr. J. Q. Petty, of
Spartanburg, S. C., have either
purcha.sod or have under option
some 310 acres in the area from
the Intor.soetion of 1-85 and ,U. S.
74 to Canterbury Road. It ad
joins the farm of Dr. J. E. An
thony on the oast. . ‘ ’ l,
Plato Pear.son, Jr., said the
group has purchased from Dr.-J.
P. Miiuncy 90 acres, will execute
optipn within the next 30 days
on another 50 acres, and in May
for 170 acres. Amqng other own
ers of the property being pur
chased are Mrs. T. P. McGill and
the Webster family.
“We have no immediately def
inite prospects for inclusion in
the park,” Mr. Pearson said, but
several firms have been shown
the property.
Via u representative, the group
indicated to Mayor John
400 and noted all lake roads and
the road entering the' •gale to the
lake were pavni. A safety fence
was also erected along the road
from the dam to the picnic aiva,
he said.
ing.
Mr. Pearson explained that the
acquiring group has no plahs to
develope the area themselves,
but will make parcels available
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Blood Needs Here and In Vietnam
Urgent; Bloodmobile Here Monday
"Our need for blood donoi's i^
greater than ever,” Rev. Bob Ha-
den, Red Cross blood recruitnjent
chairman for the Kings Mountain
ai-ea said Wednesday. as he ap
peal^ for a heavy out-pouring
whep the Bloodmobile sets up
Monasy*<4t Kijigs Mountaip Na
tional Guard Ahnory.
Not only are there increased
calls for blood for the wounded--pleads. “It may save a life In
in the Vietnaln fighting, he said,
but Kings M^tain citizens are
using about double their annual
quota of 1000 pints.
,He said a portion of the Mon
day collection will go to United
States fighting men in South
Vietnam.
'The blood collection will be
conducted from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Please make every effort to
give your blood,” Mr. Haden
Kings Mountain or in Vietnam.”
Chair Too Light
For Beam, King
Mayor John Henry Moss was
demonstrating a repair job on
the desk sergeant’s chair in
the police office, which is
eliciting some good - natured
teasing of the department’s
two heavyweights, Ernest
Beam and Ellis King. .
Over a period of time, each
steel leg on the rollaway, lean-
back executive chair had re
quired the services of a wel
der, as had the arm rests.
Meantime, the welder rein
forced the center base with
two heavy pieces of steel
Does the combined weight
of Officers Beam and King ag
gregate 500 pounds.
“Nearer 600 I’ll wager,” said
another officer, “but don’t u.se
my name. They’re much bigger
than I am!”
GOP Precinct
Meetings Set
Two Republican precinct meet
ings will be hold at City Hall
Thursday night at 8 p.m.
East Kings Mountain and
West Kings Mountain precincts
will meet fqr election of pre
cinct officers and discussion of
1966 campaign plans.
Bob Maner is West Kings
Mountain chairman, while Ed
ward H. Gmith is East Kings
Mountain chairman.
Grover and Bethware have not
yet announced a date for meet
ings, but Mr. Smith said party
rules require meetings to be
held in January.
Board, Stadium
Planners To Confer
The board of education co-
chairmen of the Jolin Gamble
Memorial Stadium fund cam
paign will confer Thursday with
their architects concerning re
negotiation of previous low bids
on the grading and bleacher con
tracts.
The bids received in December
r(^ulted in an indicated total re
quired outlay of about $170,(XK)
against contriibutions and pledges
to date of .sligritly over $83,000.
Ijlo bid for the general con
tract, which representatives of
Charles Grier Morrison and As
sociates guess will cost about
$25,000, was received.
Large Donation
Is Indicated
By KM Citizen
A drive for funds to build a .
community recreation center will
be launched in March, Mayor
John Henry Moss said Tuesday.
The mayor acknowledged at
the city com^mission’s January
meeting indication of “a consid
erable contribution” to start the’
program but did not name the
donor or the amount to be pledg-
ed.
Meml:ers of the commission
took the mayor’s recommenda
tion and voted to expand ' the
Kings Mountain Recreation com
mission from 10 to 20 members.
Names of the 17 new members,
who will serve two-year terms,
will be announced soon, the may
or said.
“There ie" much enthusiasm for
recreation in Kings Mountain'^
the mayor told the commission,
“and I believe we can equal any
town our size in North Carolina.”
The mayor announced gift of
1.5 acres of land from FTed and
Hal Plonk for a play area in the
Crescent Hill section of town.
’The play area is the third, the
mayor noted, and leaves oiilythe
north-east area without a play
area.
Mayor Moss cited 18 categories
which he anticipates the city will
utilize in providing recreation,
including baseball, softball, foot
ball, basketball, bowling swim
ming, archery, handball, ' volley
ball, badininton, weight-lifting,
checkers —toumaiment, hdbbies
and crafts, adult physical educa
tion groups, the senior citizens
program, tennis and dancing.
He added that facilities are a-
vailableMf the National Guard
Armory; Deal St. and DaVldiOh
Park areas. City Stadium, and
Burlington Industries and Amer
ican Legion play areas.
In other actions, Tuesday, the
board:
1) approved petition for pav
ing North Goforth street from
Sipes to^dead end.
2) transferred taxi franchise
from MhP?Angie Na\-y ,to Paul
Roberts Jr.
li It Snows,
City Is Beady
If the snow falls in quantity,
the jcity feels it is now in good
positioh to clear city streets and
sidewalks quickly.
Mayor John Henry Moss and
Public Works Superintendent
Grady Yelton announced the
snow-removal plan Wednesday.
The city will be quartered as
to aretf, with King street and the
Southern Railway tracks the di
viding line. Each area will be as
signed to one of five imits, the
fifth being assigned sidewalk
clearing duty.
The city has three trucks fitted
for snow clades which can be in
stalled quickly and a new motor
grader. In addition, it has a new
sidewalk-size machine.
Supt. Yelton estimated the
snow removal units, even with
unduly hea\y snowfall, should
be able to clear all areas in from
three to four hours. ~
He further requested that dur
ing snows citizens park cars in
driveways rather than on the
streets. “We can do a better and
more complete job with autos
off-street,” he added.
KM's Ernest Hayes
Not Party To Suit
Ernest Hayes, among the
parties to a civil suit se^ng
an injunction against the
Cleveland County -Board of
Education to prevent building
of Burns high-school, is not
■Kings Mountain’s Ernest
Hayes, of Hayes Tire & Recap
ping.
•The Ernest Hayes who is
party to the suit lives in the
5helby area, was onetime a
Kings Mountain resident and
partner with Melton Hope in a
used car business. .
Initially, 26 litigemts were
party to the action, but a doz
en have stated intention to
withdraw from the suit.
Remaining litigants dtarge
tliat the board of educatiem is
wasting tax monies by failure
to use plans prevloasly drawn
by Architect Fred Simmons.
“We know the other Fhmest
Hayes,” Mrs. Agnes Oomwril'
Hayes remarked. “Both have
had their share of mailroix-
ups and recently there a
:nix-up. Oh a countr faUlp**