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_ Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,256
ndt figur* for Orootar Xinga Mountcrin U derived from
tbo ISSS Xingi Mouatolii eitr diteetory census. Tbe city
ttmlu llgura Is from the United States census of 19SS.
VOL 77 No. 37
Established 1889
Kings Mounloln's Bnliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 15, 1966
Pages
Today
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Margrace Plant, 60 Neigbbors Want In City Limits
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Community Center Federal Crant Will Be Sought
Manney To Head
Fund Campaign
For Local Share
By EUZABETH STEWART
Charles F. Mauney, general
manager of Mauney Hosiery Mills
and Carolina Throwing Company,
will be chairman of a campaign
next spring for $150,000 to build
a community center.
The city commission heard I
plans for the campaign Tuesday j
night and formally approved fil-1
ing an application for federal
funds for a neighborhood facility
project with the j Department of >
Housing and Urban Develop-1
ment. |
Target date for completing the
forms and mailing the applica-l
tion is October 15. I
Richard E. (Dick) Maxey.i
chairman of the 20-member city
recreation commission, estimates
the new facility will cost be
tween $500,000 to $600,000 and
would be patterned after the
Hickory Center at Hickory. In
addition to facilities for bas- [
ketball, volleyball. Ping Pong
and other sports activi
ties, the center would be equip
ped with offices for Civil De
fense, United Fund, Red Cross
and other health and service
agencies. Under the federal pro-
grarH, as outlined in the recently
approved workable plan for com
munity development, the center
must serve purposes other than
tecreation, Maxey said.
Maxey told Mayof John Henry
Moss and the full Aboard present
that cost to the city would be
one-fourth the cost of the build
ing and that “I forsee no diffi
culty in supplementing the U.S.
government grant by community
drives.”
Mr. Mauney, also present at
the regular city commission
meeting, said the fund drive will
begin with $3,500, a gift rade
sometime ago for purpo.se of
building a community center in
Kings Mountain by the W. K.
and Mary Simpson Mauney
Foundation.
Mr. Maxey, who expressed him
self as enthusiastic with project
ed plans for a community center,
said he was elated by results of
a sRirvey recently conducted on
recreation needs in the city.
Of the 4,500 persons who
took part in the survey, Mr.
Maxey said the No. 1 item in
popularity was a community
center as the town’s most press
ing need in the area of recre
ate.
Mayor Moss praised the rec
reation commission for “a most
successful summer recreation
program.”
Mr. Maxey reported double
participation in sports activities
and cited as the biggest problem
now is "supervision,” calling for
qualified leaders to help in
supervising recreational activi
ties here. He said he was also
highly pleased with the summer
recreation program just ended.
PARADE CHAIRMAN —
gene Timms is serving as
chairman of the October grand
parade for the 168th anniver
sary celebration of the Battle
of Kings Mountain.
Timms Is
Chairman
Gary Pageant
Impressario;
K Parade Units
Eugene Timms, Kings Moun
tain furniture dealer, is chair
man of the grand parade of the
186th anniversary celebration of
the Battle of Kings Mountain,
Mayor John Henry Moss, ex of
ficio chairman, announced this
week.
There were those additional
celebration week (October 3-8)
developments;
1) Kays Gary, Charlotte Ob-
I server columnist and Cleveland
County native, will serve as mas-
' ter of cererrtpnies at the Miss
' Kings Mountain beauty contest,
I official prelimiinary to the Miss
Mis. Jackson's
lUtessFiiday
Mrs. Ida Blanton Jackson, wife
of Jon Jackson of West King
street, died suddenly Wednesday
morning(^ollowing a stroke of
paralysis.
piuneral rites will be held Fri
day afternoon from Mount Zion
'Baptist church of which she was
a charter member and long active
in the Sunday School and Eva
Hopper Mis.sionary Society.
The body will" remain at En-
loe-Borders Funeral Homt in
.Shelby until the hour of service
The family will receive friends
at the funeral home Thursday
night froi.TTi 7 until 8 o’clock.
Mrs Jackson was daughter of
the late Bert and Amanda Blan
ton of Cleveland County. .
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by one son, Paul Jack-
son, pressman in the Kings Moun.
tain Herald mechanical depart
ment; and two daughters. Mrs.
Missouri J. Morgan of Kings
Mountain and Mrs. Martha
Mitchem of New York City; five
grandchildren and one great
grandchild. Also surviving are
two nephews, Leroy Blantcn of
Kings Mountain and Bolden Blan
ton of New York City.
LIONS PLEDGE S200
The Kings Mountain Lions
club voted a $200 contribution
to the Battle Anniversary fund
at Tuesday* night’s meeting,
after budget sentation by Fi-
nance Chairman • Charles
Maunney and J. Lee Roberts,
member of the finance eom-
mi'tee. ■*
Sub-committee
To Recommend
New Boundaries
By MAR’HN HARMON
East Kings Mountain area cit
izens, property owners in Gas
ton county desire annexation to
the Kings Mountain school dis
trict, elected a sub committee at
a mass nrieeting last Thursday'
night to recommend iTotes and
bounds of the area for which a
special anexation will be pe
titioned.
Named unanimously to the fi\ c-
member committee were Mrs.
No-rman McGill, Charles Hamil
ton, N. . McGill, Sr., John Butler
Plonk and Fred Bowers.
Mrs. McGill said the corriTit-
tee has not yet organizcKl, b.;t
that a meeting is contemplated
within the next few days.
Meantime, the steering com
mittee. of which Rov i-ynn is
chairman, continues as the ex
ecutive comrruttoc of the gneup.
Chairman Lynn presided at
last Thursday’s irreeting.
Discussion indicated property-
owners south to Interstate 85 wish
their properties included in the
Kinigs Mountain school district.
Question arose as to how far
east, north and northwest citi
zens and property owners might
wish the Kings Mountain school
district boundary extended into
Gaston County, now the prov
ince of Gaston Coimty district
schools. • "
Bethware Fair Is Underway;
Cleveland Event Will Open
Nannette Minor
To Open Fair
Tuesday A. M.
Tuesday, September 20, the
gates will swing open on the 43rd
annual Cleveland County Fair.
And, as usual, the midway, the
exhibit halls, and the grandstand
activity 'at tlie Cleveland County
Fairgrounds will dominate inte
rest until the lights flicker out I |1'
late the ni'-;ht of September 24th
Flags will soon be flying over!
the fairgrounds. Tons of sawdust
have been hauled in and wark- '
iren are working at top speed to I
have ihe spnawling grounds and 1
buildings In shape for Tuesday’s
opening. ''
Commercial building space at
the fairgrounds has been doubled,
and includes an office for entry
clerks. Exhibits are expected to
fill all available space, with
$18,()(XJ to $20,000 for exhibitors
in all departments. Fair Manager
Elbridge Weathers has announc
ed that a number of Cleveland
County manufacturing concerns
will hav« fair exhibits this year.
Child's Day
Thursday
At Bethware
Three days remain of the 19th
annual Bethware Community
Fair which .opened Wednesday on
the grounds of Bethware school
Thursday (today) is Children’s
Day and midway rides will fea
ture a reduction in prices until 6
p.m., according to announcement
by Bethware Progressive club
officials.
Mid-afternoon rain threatened
Petitions Filed
ninth City Board
Tuesday Mght
Bt martin HARMON
Massachusetts Mohair Plush
Company Neisler division and
60 other property owners in tl
Margrace plant area petitioned
the city commission Tuesday
night for annexation in the city.
A1 Maino, Mohair general
manager, presented the petitions
along with supporting copies of
tax maps and index data.
Mr. Maino said Wednesday the
petitions represent property val
ued for ad valorem taxes at over
a million dollars.
Queried concerning the North
Carolina statute requiring prop
erty annexed to other govern
mental agencies to be adjacent
and continguous, Mr. Maino said
single petitions, either between
Crescent Hill and Mohair prop
erty along the Southern Rail
way tracks (Weir property) and
in the area between Crescent
Hill in the Phifer road area and
other petitioners adjacent to Mo
hair (Fred Wright, Jr., resi-
i dence).
We hope to be able to estab-
to mar the opening night of the jjgj^ qj, pj-efcrably both cor-
agncultural fair but Fair c-fficials ridors soon,” Mr Maino com-
were predicting that attendance | rented
WINS WINGS — Second LL
James R. Parker of Kings
Mountain has been awarded
silver wings upon graduation
from USAF navigator training
at Mather AFB, Calif.
Yea. Discounts!
Nay. Calaboose!
Discounts if you do, jail if
you don’t.
J. Lee Roberts, chairman of
Mountaineer Days emblem
sales announced W ed nesday,
wearing of Mountaineer Days
emblems will provide the
wearer with these benefits.
1) Half-dollar discount in ad
mission to all-night-Go^pel
Sing.
2) Half-dollar dnscount on
admission to Chaimpionshlp
Rodeo.
3) Free admission to coun
try and western shows and
rock-’n-roll dance.
More monetary benefits are
indicated, he added.
Penalty to the non-wearer: a
trip to jail, the iron barred
cage to be installed at South
Battleground avenue and
Mountain street.
Cost of the emblem is $1.
KIWANIS SPEAKER
C. S. Reed of Matthews, vice-
president of Duke Power Com
pany of Charlotte, will speak
on "Public Power Versus Pri
vate Power,” at Thursday’s Ki-
wanis club meeting at 6:45
p.m. at the Woman’s club. Mr.
Reed is a past president of the
Charlotte Uwanis Club.
Two Teachers
Are EmfUoyed
Superintendent B. N. Barnes
reported election of two regu
lar teachers, to replace tempo
rary teachers, fob Kings Moun
tain schaol faculties during the
past week
Mrs. Lewis Hovis. of Kings
Mountain, will teach third grade
at North school, and Miss Mil
dred Moss, of Gastonia, will teach
at Compact school. .
The elections reduce to three
the number of temporary teachers
now on di'aty.
North Carolina and Miss Ameri
ca pageants of 1967. Chairman
Gerald Thomasson announced.
2) Trophies 'await adults and
j'uniors for best Revolutionary
War era costumes.
3) Trophies await winners of
the beard-growing contests.
4) Twenty-five units ave ac
cepted invitations to participate
in the celebration parade, Chair
man Timms announced.
Three famous displays will be
in Kings Mountain during cele-
bratioK week: 1) the MeSwain
gun collection, 2) the Fagin coin
collection, and 3) the Douglas
Aircraft Missile display.
Harry Reeder, general mana
ger, said special events will be
featured daily, from the formal
opening ceremonies at 10:30
a.m., October 3, through the Sat
urday parade and Grand Ball,
October 8. Business firms, or
ganizations and individuals all
throughout the Piedmont area of
the Carolinas are offering full
cooperation, he added.
Parade entries to date, Chair
man Timms reported, include:
loats by Sunrise Eteiry, Duplex-
Shannon, Inc., (5ueen City TYaii-
ways and te Spartanburg. S. C.,
U. .S. Naval Reserve Unit; the
Clemson University drill team,
te UnUited States Marine Corps
Color Guard, oif Charlotte; five
units from the United States Ma
rine Corps reserve unit, Ch'ar-
lotte; the 105th battalion. North
Carolina Army National Guard;
the Oasis Temple Calliope unit,
Rock Hill, S. C.; the Kinigs Moun
tain Girl Scouts: Charlotte Po
lice Drumi & Bugle Corps; three
units from the Gaston Life-Sav
ing Crew; the Rock Hill Rescue
Squad; Baton 'Twirler unit of
Donna’s DaDnce Studio, Char
lotte; the Kings Mountain high
schol band; the Carolina Clowns;
horse units.
horse units, and the 100-picce
babnd of Lee Edwards high
school, Asheville.
The fivefliember j«Jb-'cornt*ilt- ' IJivln# .te public an opportiunity
tee was appointed to obtain this to see displays of locally manu
factured products.
The Degigeller Shows,
Funeral Rites Held On Tuesday
For W. A. Allen. Farmer-Florist
Funeral rites for William A.
Allen, 81, prominent retired
farmer and co-owner of Allen’s
Flower Shop, were held Tuesday
at 4 p.m. from Bethlehem Bap
tist church of which he was a
member.
hert and Mrs. James Crawford,
both of Kings Mountain, and
Mrs. E. L. Hill of Winston Salem;
and four sisters, Mrs. J. F. Camp
and Miss Fanny Allen, both of
Rock Hill, S. C., Mrs. 'J. H. Ran
dall of Blacksburg, S. C., and
Mr. Allen died Monday at l:30jMrs. Charles Kinser of Kingsport,
a.m. in the Kings Mountain hos-1 Tennessee. Also surviving are 19
pltal following several month’s'grandchildren and three great-
illness.
He was a native of Cleveland
County, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Ephriam Allen.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Aurelia Ray Dovep Allen; two
Jens, Hal Allen of Gastonia and
W. E. Allen of Clemmons: three
daughters, Mrs. Raymond Tal-
grandchildren.
Rev. James Graham, assisted
by Rev. Thomas Richie, officiated
at the final rites. Interment was
in Elizabeth Baptist church
cemetery near Shelby.
Grandsons of Mr. Allen’were
active pallbearers. .
information and report it at a
near-future miass meeting. Sub
sequently, the group will petition
the Gaston County Board of Ed
ucation for an election to de
termine whether the area in
cluded will remain in the Gas
ton district or be annexed to
the Kings Mountain district.
Under terms of such an elec
tion, as called, the ar^a des'iring
annexation also agrees to ac
cept A^hatever special taxes are
involved in the (listrict annexed.
Present at the meeting. Kings
Mountain Superintendent B. N.
Barnes said he had not com
pared the special district taxes
involved.
If 15 percent of qualified voters
of the area involved petition for
an election, the Gaston board is
required by law to call an elec
tion.
A non-adjacent area desiring
annexation to the Kings Moun
tain district was also represented.
Boyce Wells, who lives near the
South Carolina - North Carolina
state line on the North Caro
lina side, said an estimated 16
residents, their properties adja
cent to the Kings Mountain school
district at Oakview Baptist
church, want inclusion in the
King.s Mountain district.
The Oakview church is in the
'Kings Mountain district, within
a "v” where the Cleveland-Gas-
ton boundary turns northeast
from Highway 161.
Children in East Kings Moun
tain are attendin’i; Kings Moun
tain schools under a temporary
order of Gaston Superior Court,
Jiudge G .L. Houk presiding.
The two children in the state
line area who formerly attended
Kinigs Mountain district schools
arc attending Gaston schools. Mr.
Wells rem'arked, “They send a
bus to pick up two children.
Mcantimje, a Cleveland bus picks
up all th^rse on the other side
of the highway for transport
to Kings Mountain schools.”
Parker Wm
Sillier Wings
all weekend would be even imore
than yast year when record
crowds flocked to the fair to
see exhibits from farm and home.
Judging in the several exhibit
halls will be completed 'Thurs
day and cash prizes awai^ ex
hibitors. The Women’s depart
ment of the fair and the h'orti-
At Tuesday night’s ejecting.
Mayor John Henry Moss, on be
half of the commission, received
the petitions “for study.”
Under state statute, the city
has the power to annex adja
cent areas. PfUfids property own-
led tbe
provi^ed^ tbe' city
Original Stadium
Plan In Fruition
John Gamble Memorial Sto-
dium will be completed on-
original plan.
The stadium finance com
mittee has informed the board
of e^|p>at1on sufficient cash
has been pledged to permit in
clusion of a section of seats on
the visitor’s (east) side.
Cost is approximately $3,000.
PRESBYTERIAN
Dr. Paul Auslcy’s sermon
topic Sunday morning at the
11 o’clock service at First
Presbiderlan Church will be,
“Defidency of the Church.”
’The September services are be
ing broadcast viai Station
WKMT.
a mftd
way on wheels, will begin mov
ing into Shelby Sunday and set
ting up equipment which will
bring sideshow attractions
over 50 rides. The midwestem
outfit prides itself on its dean
approach to the county fair ap
pearances.
Taking part in official open-
ceremonies Tuesday (morning
will be Miss North Carolina,
Nannette Jackson Minor, of
Charlotte. Miss Minor will be a
special guest of the Fair Asso
ciation all day Tuesday. An In
vitation has been extended to
Congressman Basil Whitener to
attend opening ceremonies at 10
a m.
Appearing every night and
Friday afternon in front of the
grandstand will be:
JOE PHILLIPS and his danc
ing hors(' GOLDEN MIST and
his WONDER D(X;S. Mr. Phillips,
star of television, rodeo and
stage, has appeared most recent
ly on the Ed Sullivan Show and
at the Radio City Music Hall
(Christmas Show.
THE SHANGHAI TWINS, Chi
nese acrobats and 'contortionists
and head and hand balancin'g,
featiuring the dive through three
hoops and 24 sharp knives.
THE CORONAS, Europe’s new
est and greatest high wire 'family
of five Czechoslovakian artists
of balance who traverse a steel
wire blindfolded and on bicycle?,
unicycles and a miotorcycle.
Other grandstand attractions
scheduled for the Cleveland
County Fair include WILNOES
'BRAVES and the AL YOUNG-
MAN BAND for every night and
Friday afternoon: the HARMO
NICA RASCA'S SHOW which
will be seen Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights; and pony running
races on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons.
The H'armonica Rascals, well-
known recording stars and T. V.
celebrities, offer a sensational
program packed with a variety
of rollicking routines which in
clude hilarious comedy capers
and dazziling acrobatics In ad
dition to their zany antics and
delighted nonsense, these superb
(musicians offer a musical reper
toire of America’s all-time favo
rites, Including their famous ren
ditions of “Peg of My Heart,”
“Beer Barrel Polka,” and “I’ll
See You in My Dreams.”
Also appearing in front of the
igrandstand on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights and Friday
afternoon will be one of the na-
tkm's top auto “daredevil” acts,
JACK KOCHMAN HELL DRI-
VERS. The 28-stunt perfor
mances will Include such classic,
high-speed thrill maneuvers as
the bone- 'Chushing “t-bone”
Continued On Page 8iai
attracting much interest and
President Mearl Seism said that
this edition of the No 4 Town
ship Fair reflects the changes
and improvements in the area’s
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sec-! ev’er-advancing agricultural, coim-
ond Lieutenant James R. Parker, j mjercial and industrial fields.
u i The Fair opens at 3 p.m. Fri-
Parker of 800 Henry St., Kings' Saturday,
and Moun am, N. C., has been award^ y .midnilght.
ed silver wings upon graduation) ® . j .
(culture department were again bias caoh-iitmand and/or borrow
ing authority to provide cili(c«fls
from U. S. Air Force navigator
There is no admission charge
training at Mather AFB, Calif, i'o the grounds of the fair. School
... . r, , • u • - groups will again operate con-
Lieutenant Parker IS being as ,
I cession
kiddie attractions are featured
the midway. There are
fireworks displays nightly and
free drawing for valuable prizes
offered by Kings Mountain area
merchants
signed to Turner AFB, Ga., for
flying duty with the Strategic,
Air Command which maintains ^
America’s constantly alert force
of intercontinental missiles and
jet bombers.
A graduate of Central High
School, lie received his B. S. de-1
gree in education in 1965 from Duke Coach Harp To
in
The Citadel, Charleston, S. C.,
where he was commissioned up
on completion of the Air Force
Reserve Officers Training Corps
program.
Bit Of Room Left .
At Westi North
Parents of a
Kings Mountain
few pupils
schools.
of
Speak At Lions Fete
Duke football Coach Tom
Harp will be the guest speak
er at the annual Lions Club
football banquet to be held at
the Kings Mountain Woman’s
Club on Decemeber 13.
The announcement was
made at Tuesday night’s meet
children, initially denied first
choice of school due to indicated
over-loading, have been notified
a few more pupils may bo enroll
ed at West and a few in the 6th
grade at North School.
Replies as to whether the par-j
ents desire transfers have been |
asked by Friday, Superintendent i
B. N. Barnes reported. I
their' ''i? by football banquet com-
I mittee chairman George Thom-
PRESBYTERY
Kings Mountain Prcsbj'tery
will convene for the fall ses
sion at Lincolnton’s First-
Presbyterian church Tuesday.
Dr. Paul Ausloy, Moderator,
pastor of Fir-st Presbyterian
church, will attend the meet
ing.
Harp is in his first season
as head coach at Duke. He is a
1951 graduate of Muskingum
College of New Concord, Ohio,
Ohio state champions in 1950
and '51.
Harp comes to Duke from
Cornell. He took over as head
coach at Cornell in 1961 and
! coached there through the '65
season when his charges fin
ished fourth in the Ivy League
with a 4-3-2 overall record.
The Lions Club annually
honors members 61 the Kings
Mountain high school team.
Last year’s guest speaker was
Homer Smith of Davidson Col
lege.
City To Ask Bids For October 11
On Public Improvements Projects
The city commission Tuesday
night voted to advertise for bids
on two public improvements pro
jects and authorized the city
engineer to prepare plans for a
third.
Bids will be sought until Octo
ber 11 on both a one and two
million gallon capacity water
tank. The city presently has a
500,000 gallon capacity tank
which was constructed in the
twenties In budget this year
is a SlOO.OOgappropriation for j
the new tanK. J
At 6:30 the evening of Octo- '
ber 11 the commission will also i
The commission also authoriz
ed W. K. Dickson, of Charlotte,
consulting engineer, to prepare
plans for a public works and util
ities building as provided in this
year’s budget.
The building will be construct
ed on city-owned property off
Chcrryville road near McGinnis
street
In line with this project, the
ca.T.mission authorize the city
to exercise options on four
tracts and rlghts-of-way of land
off McGinnis street and to pur
chase the land for $3,400.
The property, owned by H. R.
(Open bids for a garbage packer, Parton is approximately 68.5x75 !
and container system for refuse | feet; 23 x 161 feet; 100 x 230 |
collection in the downtown area, jfeet; and ^ x 133.7 feet plus a
Cleveland, King and York road , 50 foot -way..
seotJona of the city. i
of,, the annexed areas all city
services within a two-year per
iod. The City of Kings Mmmtain,
however, has (followed a policy
since 1923 of annexing areas only
on petition of property owners
effected. Several annexations via
petition of owners have been ef
fected since 1945.
Mr. Maino acknowledged sev-
eral weeks ago his firm had
changed its attitude “by 180 de
grees" concerning annexation to
the city. Principal reason for
the change was Mohair’s order
by the State Stream and Sanita- ■*
tion committee to cut contamii
nation lof Beeson’s Creek, dut tan
cemical affluent connected- with
j Mohair's dyeing operatimi, con
current with the city’s plans
voter approval for buildk^ a
two-million gallon disposal plmt
to service the western (azieia otf
the iwty.
Another considerati<m, Mr
Maino added, would be lower in
surance rates, a benefit of city
fire protection. .
Mayor Moss comknened Wed
nesday, “The comimission and I
have not had time to study the
proposal. As I see it from the
city’s standpoint, it is a matter '■
of figuring. 'The city obviously
would be required, both legally
and morally, to provide all serv
ices now provided other citizens,
some of them quite costly,
costs must be weighed agahtst!
the potential tax return fnnn the
area annexed and other finaneW
benefits to the city, particularly
in tl»se areas where city popiil%.
tion is a factor ’’
Mr. Maino described the area
his company has encouraged oth
ers to have included as: fronf
Crescent Hill south alonig die
Southern Railwayto a point near
the underpass, thence northwest
to Phifer road, thence north along;
the east side of Phifer road to
the present city limits. i
City Cash-On-Hand
Totals $424705
The city’s cash balances at
August 31, totaled $424,705,
City Clerk Joe N. McDaniel,
Jr. reported Tuesday to the'
board of commissioners.
Included are short-term in
vestments, bearing 5.15 per
cent interest, totaling $200,000
at the city’s two banks and long
term invesments at the city's
two savings and loan assodar
ions, at 4.5 percent interest,-^
totaling SS4,5()0. Of the latter, ^- -
$42,500 are in escrow fum^
representing utility customer
deposits against non-paymi
of accounts. The cemetery peivj
petual care fund totaled ^9^
000, the community civic cents
fimd $3,000 '
Operating fund bank balia
ces included $134,529 lor ^
accounts and also $3,675 Xg
the gas system. ^
r "t 1,1
ill