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\i KiM&i. MOUNTAfN, N. a Thieves Fou Bieak-Ins Stage City police and the Cleveland County Sheriffs Department are still investigating four break-ins reported Tuesday in the Kings Mountain area. Three business firms just out side ttie city finaite ware broken into someti^ Monday night or early Tuesday morning about the same time Southwell Ford in Rings Mountain was entered. Timms Furniture Co. on the Grover Road was rqbbed of ap proximately S400 worth of mer chandise. Items stolen included eight or more Gruen wrist watch es, two tape recorders, a transis tor radio, cigarette lighter, men’s dectric shaver and a ladies’ elec tric saver. Entrance was gained through a side door. Property damage was reported at $150. Nothing was reported taken from Welch’s Radio and TV Shop or Spangler’s Ready. Mix Cori- crete. Entrance at Spangler’s was gained by breaking out a window and Welch’s was entered by breaking open a lock on a rear door. Blr+h Announcements Mr. and Mrs. Albert St. Lau rent 112 Georgia Ave., 'Bessemer City announce the birth of a son Wednesday September 7, Kings Mountain Hospital. Mr. and Mrs William Davis 511 East Ridge St. announce the birth of a daughter Thursday September 8 Kings Mountain Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Peterson, P. O. Box 36, Blacksburg, S.C., announce the birth of a daugh ter, ThTursday September 8, Kings Mountain Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Harold Foster, Route No. 1 Box Grover N. C. announce the birth of a daugh ter Thursday September 8 Kings Mountain Hospitfil. Mr. and Mrs. Freddie Warren R. S. Dickson’s Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Rush S. Dick son, 71, native of the Antioch Community near Grover and leading financier, were held Sat urday at 4 p.m. from Charlotte’s Myers Park Baptist church, in terment following in Forest Lawn cemetery. Mr. Dickson was founder and chairman of the board of R. S. Dickson Company, an investment banking house; president of Py ramid Life Insurance Co. and chairman of American and Efird Mills of Mount Holly. His financial organization has offices in Charlotte, New York, Raleigh, Greensboro, Columbia and Greenville, S. C., and Jack sonville, Fla. He was a son of the late Rob- Coagressmon Gettys Hare October 9th South CaiY>lina Oongressmian 'I'om Gettys will make the key note address at the annual Oc 'i®ber 9th program sponsored by larea DAR chapters and the Park Service commemorating the Bat- ^ of Kings Moimtain. Plans for this year’s progiam the 186th anniversary celebration underway by the local chap- t®rr XJoRmel Frederick Ham- bright, DAR, and others through out and the Kings Mountain National Military Park officials The Sunday program will be held in the amphitheatre of the Kings- Mountain National Mili tary Park and will culminate Bat tle Celebration activities in the Kings Mountain area which be gin October. Route No. 1 Box 413 announce I ert and Josephine Byrd Dickson the birth of a son Tuesday Sep tember 13, Kings Mountain Hos pital. At Southwell Ford, entrance was gained by breaking out a window in the back door. Coke and cracker machines were bro ken into but nothing other than eats was reported missirtg. A supply room was entered but nothing was stolen. City police officer Boy Hayes investigated the break-in at Southwell’s. ' of Grover. He had been in declining health following an operation in Mr. and Mrs. James Bums, Sr. July- 1390 Westover annoimca the Westover birth of a daughter ’Tuesday Sep tember 13 Kings Mountain Hos pital. T. L Camp's Rite$ Conducted Mr. and Mrs. Donald Moore Route No. 2 Box 299A announce the birth of a daujghter Friday September 9 Kings Mountain Hospital. City Buys Us^ Tractor Survivors include two Rush S. Dickson, Jr., and Allan Dickson, both of Charlotte; and two daughters, Barbara and Jane Dickson, both of Charlotte; two half brothers, Joe and R Z. Didt- son, both of Grover, and a half- sister, Miss Carrie Dickson, of Grover. CanollTo Lead Revival Series Rev. Lawrence Carroll, pastor of Needmore ™ Baptist church- Woodleaf, will be guest speaker for revival services October 2-9 at Piedmont Baptist church. Services will be held at 7 p.m nightly and special music will be featured, according to an nouncement by the pastor. Rev, C. C. Parker. Funeral rites for ’Thomas Lea- vell Camp, 55, of route 1, Grover, were held Friday at 4»p.nn- from Patterson Springs Baptist church. Interment following in the church cemetery. Mr. Camp succumbed at 9 p. m. Wednesday at Kings Moun tain hospital. , Rev. Paul Johnson, assisted by The city commission accepted the low bid of $3,000 from Henr\- L. Botts Digging Company of Shelby and bought a used back- hoe tractor and allied items Tuesday. Provisions for the tractor are provided .for in this year’s bud get. Other bidder was Hardin-Dix- on Tractor Co., of Shelby.. In other actions: Herndon Auction Next Wednesday Mrs. Cheshire's Rites Conducted 1) Requests for zoning chang es on three lots were submit ted to the zoning board for re view. The lots are owned by the Rev. Hugh Borders, officiated j Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Falls, C. E. at the final rites. Blalock. Sr. and J. C. .McCon- Mr. Camp is survived'by hisjnell. All request rezoning from wife, Mrs. Vertie Arrowood Camp,, residential to general or neigh- six daughters, Mrs. John Mertz, Jr., of Waterbury, Connecticutt; Mrs. Mary Connor, Mrs. Marvin Morrison, and Miss Brenda Camp, all of Grover, Mrs. Gar land Patterson and Mrs. Grady Allen, both of Shelby; and 13 grandchildren. borhood business. 2) A paving petition for Phil lips street was accepted. 3> A quitclaim de^ was ac cepted 'from Mrs. Margaret Whitesides in lieu of payment of $34.50 in street assessmoits on Groves street. Heirs of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Herndon of Grover will sell at public auction the Herndon Homeplace at Grover Wednesday, September 21, at 3 p.m. The nine-room dwelling, suit able for residence or two apart ments, is located on Cleveland Avenue in Grover across the street from Renn’s Cafeteria. Two electric ranges and two re frigerators will also be auction ed. Situated on large comer lot, the property adjoins the home of the late Lester Herndon. Carolina Land Auction of Hic kory is selling agent for the pro perty and J. B. Nolan Company of Shelby is representative. Auc tioneer will be Gene A. Saine. Maps of the property are avail able in the J. B. Nolan Company offices, Shelby, or at Victory Chevrolet Company, Kings Mountain. Italy’s population increases a- bout 300,000 a year. Funeral rites for Mrs. Ange liqfue Rabe Cheshire, 74, wife of John A. Cheshire, Sr., were hdd Thursday at 4 p.ni from the Chapel of Harris Funeral H<»ne. . Mrs. Cheshire succumbed last Wednesday after suffering a stroke of x>oralysis. She was re- covering apparently .satisfactor ily from an operation until she suffered the stroke August 30. She was a native of France. Rev. Charles Easley, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, ofifdated at the final rites, and intertnent was in Mounain Rest cemetery Besides her husband, she is survived by A son, John Allyn Cheshire, Jr.; a daughter-in- law, Mrs. Cheshire, Jr.; six grandchildren; emd a sister, Mrs. Anna Reiter of Germany. AUXIUART Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Departmmt Auxiliary will meet Monday night at 7:30 in the department in the Bethle hem community. % lipuf ■ivn MMEL FILTERS DROP EVERYTHING!!! REAITASTE JUST GAME TO HLTER CIGARETTES Senator lohnson Rotary Speaker Senator James V. (Jimmy) Johnson of Charlotte will use the topic, “Building A Budget for North Carolina”, at Thursday’s Rotary club meeting at 12:15 at the Country Club. ''He will speak on a program arranged by Rotarian Thomas L. Trott. Elected to a seat in the North Carolina Senate in 1960, 1962, and 1964, Mr. Johnson did not seek re-election in 1966. During the 1963 session he served as chairman of the Senate finance committee and was a member of the Robert L. Doughton Memorial Commission in 1963. He served on the Advisory Budget Commis sion in 1963-64 and was chair man of the state-wide study com mission for School Board Selec tion. From 1964-66 he was a member of the N. C. Board of Mental Health. ^natqr Johnson moved to Charlotte in June from States ville. Since January of this year he has been president of Caro lina Coin Caterers Corporation in Charlotte, a Coca-Cola affiliate, and executive vice-president of Charlotte Coca - Cola Botting Company and Salisbury Coca- Cola Bottling Company. A native of Statesville, he was educated at Statesville high school and UNC at Chapel Hill. He was wounded in action and a prisoner of war in Germany while serving in the Armed Forces. He joined Coca-Cola as a route manager in Janiiary 1947, be came plant manager of the Statesville plant in 1950 and re signed in 1961 to move to Char lotte. In Statesville he was president of the Rotaty club, commander of the American Legion and ac tive in the Jaycees, VFW, Cham ber of Commerce and Elks. He is a Methodist and past chair man of the Official Board of his church and a lay leader. Mrs. Johnson is the former , Geit Thurston of Taylorsville and they are parents of two teen-age daughters. County Fair crash, the two-wheel drive and the famed reverse spin. High spot of the program will be a ramp-to-ramp “flight” of a stan dard model 1965 Dodge pick-up truck, which will hurtle over 70 feet through the air. Saturday is auto race day. The Hobby Racing Association has lined up for the Shelby Fair ground Speedway the biggest race of the year. Grandstand opens at 12:30 ptn^. Tony Vitales magnificent fire works display will be seen night- grandstand. ly following the show in the Student days will be Tuesday September 20, 'and Friday, Sep tember 23, When students from an area within 50 miles of Shelby will be admitted to the fairgrounds on special tickets to be issued through school super- tntendants Lindsay Wms Amy Medal Boxes To Trap And Slay Rats Rats, beware! the rat boxes wUl get you if you don’t watch out! And, the new boxes, com(plete with rat bait, are being placed by the city in the downtown business district... The rat and rodent control program is part of the city’s clean-\ip campaign. Mayor John H. Moss, in rec ommending purcase of rat box es said he feels with operation of the new garbage collection system the board authorized on Tuesday there will be much im provement in trash-garbage col lection. He noted that debris is a source of rats and rodents. Ward 5 Comm. O. O. Walker qoiestioned the mlayor about the “safeness of the rat traps around pets.” He said he was thinking about his dog. The mayor replied, "It's safe as far as pets and animals are concerned and we’ll get the poi son from the State Health De- paulment.” "Just be sure we get a re sponsible person to set up the traps”, Walker quipped. Pack 90 Meets Thursday Second meeting of Cubs in Pack 90 and interested parents and Scouters will be held Thurs day (tonight) at 7:30 at the Presbyterian Scout Hut. . Cub Paick 90 is being reorgan ized by First Presbyterian church and Den Mothers and assistants are needed. A spokesman said that all par ents and youngsters between the ages of eight and 11 are invited to meet with church officials. Persons who will voBunteer to serve as leaders are also invited to meet with the group. Talk about re^j taste: Camel invented it Haifa century ago. And now. Camel brings you full,rich taste...famous Camel quality in a brand new filter cigarette. Drop every thing... Pick up Came! filters! •UKAijm Tliombs Charged Aher Acddent Captain Robert Lindsay, son- in-law of Mrs. George Julian of Kings Mountain, was < presented the Army Commendation Medal recently for outstanding service in Thailand. The Lindsay family will ar rive here from Virginia Thurs day to visit Rev. and Mrs. Julian at the Second Baptist church par sonage. Mrs. Lindsay is the for mer Cynthia Plott, daughter of Mrs. Julian and the late E. T. Plott. The commendation reads: "By direction of the Secretary of the Army, the Army Commen dation Medal is awarded to Cap tain Robert S. Lindsay, OF104143, Corps of Engineers, United States Army for Meritorious service during the period 16 January, 1965 to 23 May 1966 while serv ing as Commanding Officer, Company B, 538th Engineer Bat talion (Construction), 9th Logis tical Command (B), United States Army, Thailand. “Captain Lindsay’s outstand ing leadership and professional competence contributed immeas urably to the battalion’s success ful overseas deployment, estab lishment in Thailand, and ac complishment of tasks having strategic importance to the effort in Southeast Asia. “His personal leadership and untiring efforts were instrument al in the rapid completion of all concrete, asphalt, and equip ment support in the erection of a $540,000 POL Tank Farm in Korat, the completion of a $50,- 000 project for concrete and as phalt hardstands in the Korat depot, and the paving of a vital road at the Korat Air Base. ‘"Through his inspiration and motivation, his company was successful in accomplishing its primary mission of constructing a 23 kilometer portion of a stra tegically important military road project through mountainous jungle south of Korat. “Captain Lindsay’s -outstand ing performance of duty and meritorious service are in keep ing with the highest traditions of the military service and re flect great credit upon himself, this command and the United States Army.” LIFE CXIMPLETELY CHANGED Judy Adams, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs R. C. Adams, Farm er community in Randolph Coun ty, declares that her life has been oompletely changed this year. As part of her 4-H health activity she conquered her weight pro blem by losing 25 pounds. Judy, who trimmed down to a size 9 dress, said recently, "Be fore you can lose weight, you must decide you really want to. You must have a goal and lots of will power. But to have others no tice you've lost weight and to Jtnow you oan-buy ar dresa a size smaller makes anyone happy.” ‘ Judy Adams is Randolph Coun ty’s 1966 4-H Health Queen, Mrs. Joyce Spoon, assistant home eco nomics extension agent, notes. She was selected because of her outstanding 4-H health record. 100 DOlLLAR REWARD Would you believe a $1(X) award for a 4-H project? Annette Lowe, ry of the (Clover 4-H Club, Jones County, says it is believeable. She holds a check for $100, the i;esult of her outstanding work in the 4-H Electric project Annette re ceived the check and recognition at the 4-H Electric Congress, re cently held in Asheville, because she one of the outstanding 4-H Electric Record books, Patricia Ann Peterson, assistant home economics extension agent, says. Working on the electric pro ject for four years, Annette has learned a great deal. As an added bonus, she has saved her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W_ W. Lowery, money by being able to repair electric appliances and by doing other electrical jobs around the Nine Win Certificates Leo Lloyd Thombs, 51, of 316 West Ridge Street was charged with following too closely Mon day morning around 6:55 when the 1962 model Chevrolet Station Wagon he was driving hit the rear of a 1965 Ford driven by Burdina Wells Bumgardner of 402 Maner Road. Roper investigated the accident at the Intersection of York Road and Gold Street. Damages were reported at $150 to the Ford and $200 to the Chevrolet. Mrs. Bumgardner, according to police reports, stopped for a red light at the intersection and Thombs’ car hit her vehicle in the rear. No injuries were report ed. Officer Joe Harmon was called to the scene of an accident at King Street around 7:37 p.m. Monday. A 1963 model Buick drlv- en by Philip Padgett of 605 North Piedmont pulled out of a drive way on King St. into the path of a 1937 Chevy driven by Allen Bettis of Route 6, Shelby. Damages were listed at $400 to _ the Buick find $200 to the Chev- lolet. N0 injuries were reported. Nine certificates in junior and senior life saving courses were presented by the Kings Mountain Red Cross chapter to graduates of ten two-hour classes. W. Donald Crawford, Water Safety instructor for the local chapter, taught the courses at Lake Montonia. To be eligible for a certificate students must have completed a minimum of 15 hours of instruction for Junior life saving and a minimum of 17 hours of instruction for Senior knowledge, practical work and final examination in writing and skills were features of the cours es. Certificates in Junior Life Sav ing went to Mary Anne Bennett, Sara Beth Simpson, Pimmy Amo^I, Gilbert Patrick, Frances McGill, all of Kings Mountain, and Ste phanie Ann Phifer of Bessemer City. Certificates in Senior Life Sav- ing went to Donna Ann Craw ford of Kings Mountain, Beverly Harmon and Steve Harmon of Bessemer City. City Tapping Awdliaiy Ldce 9 Tuesday . Wednesday rainfall, estimated at three-quarters of an inch, increased the flow of the small streams feeding the city’s two water reservairs. ^ But m'ore rainfail is needed. The city has been using its auxiliary Davidson Lake reser voir to augnnlent the diminished supply in the York Road reser voir. Bigger pumps were in stalled last week to enable 1.75 million gallon pumpage per day from the Davidson Lake. WOMAN'S CLUB Miss Brucie Cloninger, Duke Power Company home econo mist, will speak on “Lighting Your Home,” at the September 25th general meeting of Kings Mountain Woman’s club at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse. Mem bers of the executive board will meet at 7 p.m. In the club lounge. DEEDS by Jan Ghrlfltenaan. McCarter VHas Air Force Medal VIETNAM — First Lieutenant Jerry K McCarter, son lof Mr. and Mrs. Oscar McCarter of 608 W. Gold St., Kings MoMun- tain, N. C., has been awarded the U. S. Air Force Cammenda- tion Meded at Dong Ha, Viet nam. Lieutenant McCarter received the medal for meritorious achievement while assigned to the Radar Site Erection Team at Dong; Ha. He was cited for his 'outstanding professional skill, knowledge and intiativq which aided immeasurably in Hie suc cessful erection of a combat re porting post The lieutenant received his commission upon completion of Officer Training School at Lack- land AFB, Tex., in 1963. A graduate of Kings Moun tain High School, he received his B. S. degree In physical educa tion in 1960 from Erskine Col lege, Due West, S. C. His wife, Beverly, is the daugl^' ter of Mrs. Ann Bradley of 2101 W Augusta, Phoeniz, Ariz. Her fater, C. J. Bradley, resides on South 17th Avenue, also in Phoe nix. Hicks Reviews City Programs “We can see tonight that the city is implementing her plans”, Gary Hicks, community planner with the State Board of Conser vation & Development said Tues- diay night during a review of his department’s efforts to pre sent the city with a capital im provements and public improve ments program. Mr. Hicks, who appeared sev- enth on a two-hour agenda of the September city commission meeting, explained that the capi- tai improvements program cov- I9M major purchases over a six- year period and the public im provements program Is a listing of public improvements contem plated over a 20-year period. “Both these program allow the city to coordinate projects and forsee major expenditures”, said Hicks who began iwork here March 1964. In this year’s budget is a $400,- 000 appropriation for capital im provements. Reviewing the city’s long-range plans, Hicks noted the planning work began with base mapping, preparing up-<o-date maps; con tinued with oampletlon of a pop ulation and economy stiudy, a land-use survey and analysis of business, industry and residen tial areas; and a land develop. Ing plan or community facili ties study. Hicks said he Is working with the State Highway Department and will have available soon copies of a thoroughfare study, including traffic counts of each street in the city. . He noted that Sub-Division regulations have been adopted as well as zoning ordinances to con trol the type growth Kings Mountain wants and to offer pro tection for her citizens. He praised th® work of the dommittee on 'upliftini? down town and the interest In public •lousing. He noted that building codes have been adopted by the city to provide safe and sanitary hflU8i!nc> . < house. UNUSUAL REQUEST Extension home economics a- gents sometimes get unusual re quests. For exaimtple, Judy Stead-.-:; i man, the assistant home cQOiy!-',, mics agent in Oeveland, hadJBi request from two o!f her low-ih-*'. come clients to learn long divi sion. The two sisters said they knew how to do short division. But they had never learned to, do long division and would like ttr do'. it The agent decided this quest was a long way from the field of home economics, but she.... decided-to help them anyway. She-;--- dug into siome mathematics books' and made out a lesson plan for her new students. “'This goes to prove that a home economist must sometimes be a jack 'of all trades,” Miss Steadman muses. HARMONY IS ’THE WORD ’There are several things a wo man can do to earn the title “well-dressed ” She should select garments that fit, that flatter her figure and that are of a co lor flattering to her. Even so, the most perfect dress, suit or coat cannot stand on its own without the right accessories, Martha iB. Edmondson, home eco- namdes extension agent, Dur ham Coimty states. Accessories can make or ruin a costume The secret of selecting i^nd as sembling accessories“sii'Be^8fully for a costume is expressed in the word “harmony”—harmony of color, shape, size and texture. PLONK SOME BETTER The condition of C. S. Plonk, Sr., well-known Kings Moun tain trader, was reported a “bit better” Wednesday night by his son. Dr. George Plonk. Mr. Plonk has been hos pitalized at Kings Mountain hospital following removal of his gall bladder. LIONS DIRECTORS Directors of the Kings Moun tain Lions club will meet Tues day night at 7:30 at the office of the Kings Mountain Mer chants association. President Hal Plonk has announced. CELEBRATION NUMBER The office of Harry Reeder, general manager of the 186th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain is in the basement of City Hall. The office telephone number is 739- 4742. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $250.55, including $143 from on-street meters, $85.55, in fines; and $22.05 from off- street meters. NORTH SCHOOL P-TA North School Parent-Teacher Association will hold its initial meeting of the fall on ’Tuesday night at 7:30 in the school au ditorium. Parents are invited to attend open house and visit the classrooms. METHODIST TOPIC Rev. Howard Jordan will use the sermon topic, “Will You Come?” at Sunday morning services at Central Methodist church. At the evening hour he will use the topic, “A Promise For Every Day,” LU’THERAN TOPIC Rev. Charles Easley’s sermon topic Sunday morning at SL Matthew’s Lutheran church will be, “The Wherewithal of Life.” Sunday School is at 9:45 a.m. and the morning worship service is at 11 a.m. BUILDING PERMIT E. H. Crouch has purchased a city building permit for erec tion of a five-room residence on Wells Street at estimated cost of $3,000. Hobart Dye is contractor. ~ A fortoM in» for net, . 4 n n KVitAfllBBn ludfoUttof Airttelit loahusbiMi ttaai A ' yetn mm. 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