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PATRIOTIC THEME — The Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce float in Saturday's parade
employs the Liberty Bell and United States flog to emphasize the patriotic • historical theme of
Saturday's 186th anniversary celebration of the Battle of Kings Mountain. The float is graced by
Miss Beta Vollbrocbt, newly - crowned Miss Kings Mountain, who will represent the city in the
1967 North Carolina beouty contest.
TO REVIEWING STAND — Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze.
left foreground, is escorted to the reviewing stand at Saturday's
parade by Lieutenant • Commander Glee E. Bridges USNR. In
background, left to right, are Rear Admiral E. H. Botcheller,
Mrs. John Henry Moss, Captain William Tbmnpson, and Mayor
Moss.
REVIEWING STAND — Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze smiles and waves to a unit of Satur
day's anniversary parade. In foreground, left to right, are Mayor John Henry Moss, Mrs. Claude
T. Bowers and Major-General Bowers, parade marshoL At for right, is Representative Basil L.
Whitener. Behind Mayor Moss, left to right, are Commander William Thompson, oide- to the Sec
retary, Mrs. Eugene Poston, and Dr. Poston, president of Gardner-Webb college.
Popnlatio
n
Greater Kings Mountain
10,320
City Limits
8,256
rids flgui'* (or Creerttr tUigt Mouatedn Is derired from
the I95S Klags Moiutcdn city directory census. The city
Uadts figure is from the United States census of 1965.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
71
VOL 77 No. 38
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 13, 1966
Seventy-Seventh Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Estimated 45,000 Were Here For Celebration Parade
Alexander
President’s
PRESIDENT — Kings Moun
tain Postmaster Charles L.
Alexcmder has been elected
president of the President's
Club of the National League of
Postmasters.
Of Statawonps
Name Alexander
low Watei Tank
Bid Is $88,175
Chicago Bridge & Iron Com
pany of Atlanta, Ga., is apparent
low bidder on a two million gal
lon capacity water tank the city
expects to let contract for on
October 27.
Meantime, workmen Wednes
day were busy clearing the site
for the new tank to be erected
on newly - acquired city proper
ty bounded by McGinnis street
and Cherryville road.
Bids were also received — but
not opened Tuesday night — on
a new garbage truck, packer and
refuse containers. Victory Chev
rolet Company and Southwell
Motor Company made bids on
the truck and five specialized
firms appeared to bid on the
equipment. They were A. E. Fin
ley & Associates: Simpson Equip
ment Company of Wilson; Quali
ty Eqiupment Company of Char
lotte; and E. Nelson O’Neal As
sociates. The bids will be open
ed and awarded on October 27th.
In a third bidding action by
the commission, a 1967 police
orulaer was purchased from Vic
tory Chevrolet Company, the low
bidder, at cost of $2,595.28. Other
bidder was Southwell Motor
Cwnpany’s bid of $2,670.45.
The city presently has a 500,-
000 gallon capacity water tank
which was constructed in the
twenties.
Bids were received 'Tuesday
night by the dty commission
from a total of nine firms bid
ding on both a one and two mil
Itoi gallon capacity tank and
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Kings Mountain Postmaster
Charles L. Alexander was elect
ed president of the President’s
Club of the Naticmal 'League of
Postmasters at the annual con
vention of the National League
of Postmasters of the United
United States last week in San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
The club is composed of 50
club presidents, one from each
state and including Hawaii and
Puerto Rico.
Alexander is president of the
North Carolina Chapter of the
National League of Postmast
ers.
The convention ended last Fri
day.
Fred Grenshaw, president of
the Connecticutt Branch of Post
masters, was elected vice-presi
dent and Mrs. Eleanor Monson
from the State of Washington
was elected secretary - treasur
er.
Immunization
Foi Tetanus
Is Drive Aim
The Cie^elaikl County Medi
cal Society will hold a county-
wide*' tetanus toxoid immuni-
! zation drive OctSSber 17-21 aimed
at persons 28 or older who have
never been immunized against
tetanus.
Kings Mountain doctors are
participating in the drive,
f Persons may visit a doctor’s
'office or the county health de
partment between 10 a.m. or 4
p.m. Monday through Thursday
or attend clinics from 4 to 6 p.m.
at Casar school, Blurns At Fall-
ston or Camp high school.
Cost of the vaccine is 50 cents.
However, persons who are unable
to pay the nominal fee will re
ceive the vaccination at no cost,
a spokesman for the society
said.
CADETTE LEADER
A Cadette leader for Girl
Scout Cadettes is needed in the
Kings Mountain area. Interest
ed women should contact Mrs.
Raymond Holmes or Mrs.
Charles Blanton. Cadette Scouts
are seventh and eighth grad
ers.
RESOLUTION
The city board of commis
sioners Tuesday night passed
a resolution commending the
186th Anniversary Battle Cele
bration Committee for “the
highly successful 186th Cele
bration.”
Zoning Requests Aie 1) Hmiozed;
2) Denied; 3) Remanded By Boaid
The city commission Tuesday
night honored one rezoning re
quest, declined a second because
of objection by 20 property own
ers and remanded a third to the
zoning commission, which had
recommended the rezoning, for
further study.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonah B. Falls
of York road, through their at
torney, Dick Lackey, of Shelby,
filed a petition for rezoning of
2*4 acres from, suburban residen
tial to general business.
The tract of land is outside the
city limits but located within
the one mile perimeter area cov
ered by the zoning code.
Crossing 1-85 at York road, the
property is on the right.
Public hearing in the matter
was on the agenda at 'Tuesday’s
October -city board meeting and
no one appeared to protest.
Attorney Lackey appeared on
behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Palls to
request approval of the rezonlng
request. Mr. and Mrs. Falls did
not appear.
Ward 4 Commissioner Norman
King immediatel^moved to re
mand the rbqueir to the zoning
board for further study. The mo
tion was seconded by Ward 5
Conun. O. O. WalJter and pawed
unanimously. Ward 1 Comm. Ray
Cline was absmt
“Can we expect to be heard
at the next meeting of this board
or will we have to readvertise?”
Attorney Lackey asked.
The Commission, on motion of
Comm. King, granted a second
public hearing on the matter for
October 27 and Cfty Attorney
Jack White said it would meet
legal requirements.
Mr. Lackey said Wednesday
afternoon that his client has a
buyer for the York road property
but only if the property is rezon
ed to business. He did not elab
orate on what the prospective
buyer plans to build on the prop
erty.
In other zoning request actions,
the board approved property
owned by Charles E. Blalock on
U. S. 74 west to be rezoned from
residential to general business
and denied request by Johnny
McConnell for property on East
Gold street to be rezoned from
^identiaj to general business
mter ^tition was presented by
George W. Mauney with names
of 20 property owners objecting
to the rezoning. There were no
obJwMans to the Blalock proper
ty iriMoing.
MISS KINGS MOUNTAIN AND RUNNERS-UP — Reta Mae Voll-
bracht, Miss Kings Mountain 1966, was crowned Thursday night
in a Jaycee-sponsored beauty pageont. Flanking the new queen
ate Joan King, first runner-up, and Sandi Mullinax, second
runner-up. Miss VollbrochL 19-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Vollbracht, was also named Miss Congeniality by the
other contestonts. (Photo by Paul Lemmons).
Reta Vollbracht
k Beauty Winner
Winning beauty honors is not i do you feel is the greatest prob-
new to Reta Mae Vollbracht, 19, lem between teenagers and their
who was crowned Miss Kings parents today,” the daughter of
Mountain 1966 in the Jaycee- Mr. and .Mrs. Dale Vollbracht
sponsored beauty pageant replied, ‘Understanding, which is
'Thursday night |the most important factors in
Named Miss Upper Cleveland 1 evei'y family relationship to-
County of 1965 and first run
ner-'up in the Miss Shelby 1965
pageants, the new beauty queen
is a honey blonde with a vivaci
ous smile which she displayed
as contestant No. 1 during the
two hour of the pageant pre
liminary in Central Auditorium.
The Mitchell College sopho
more dazzled the judges as she
tap danced in a flame red cos
tume and displayed 35-24-35
measurements in a black swim
suit. In the evening igown com
petition, she wore a crocade
sheath gown with silver slip
pers.
In addition to being No. 1 in
the eyes of the five pageant
judges, she was voted “Miss
Congeniality” by the other con
testants. ‘
To the question of Master of
Ceremonies Gaityi ^*Whali
today.”
First runner-up Joan King,
20-year-old daughter of Mr, and
Mrs. Willis King, danced a jazz
number which she choreograph
cd. She said the greatest prob
1cm facing teens today is their
ability to “make up their
minds.” Miss King told Emcee
Gary .she “prayed to God” about
the question of what to do with
her life.
Second runner-up Sandi Mulli
nax, was also an audience favo
rite. She received an ovation
from the large auidence of teens
when she quipped, “Parents
sometime forget they were teens
once themselves.” She also
agreed the top problem between
teens and their parents is “un
derstanding.”
Miss Miullinax danced a tap
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Public Invited
To Participate
In Floial Events
Woman’s Clubbers were hard
at work this week readying for
next Wednesday’s 66th annual
community festival and floral
fair.
The festival will open at 11:30
a.m. at the Woman’s club on
East Mountain street and will
feature the theme; “Sharing -
the Key to Happiness” in the
flower show and crafts divisions.
As customary, both lunch and
dinner will be served in the
club dining room. The noon meal
will be served from 11:30 until
1 p.m. The evening meal will
be served from 5:30 until 7 p.m
The show will be open until 9
p.m
Mrs. George Thomasson and
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney, co-chair
men of the annual show, said
that entries arc invited from thr
community and should be en
tered Tuesday from 1 until 9
p.m. or Wednesday morning
from 8 until 10 at the clubhouse.
In addition to floral arrange
ments, exhibits of shrubs, potted
plants, vegetables and fruits and
annuals and perennials are in
vited for the horticulture divis
ion of this year’s fair.
Arts and Crafts in Division III
will feature drawings and paint
ings, sculpture, carvings, ceram
ics, weaving, antiquing, baske
try, jewelry, and other home
crafts, all open to the communi
ty. A special section will fea-
tJure needlework, including knit
ting, crocheting, embroidery, and
sewing, including doll clothes
Hobbles suitable for display,
such as collections and photog
raphy, are also invited.
Garden clubs of the city are
in charge of a display of table
arrangements and a special sec
Nitze Declaies
Battle Anns
RemfUn Today :
By MARTIN HARMON
A crowd estimated by military
and police officials at 45,000
were in Kings Moun^aitf'fBaqiN*
day for the final evftitl of nw;.
186th anniversary celein^cm
of the Battle of Kin^
tain which featured a 200-uliit^-
parade and an address by^ tief
Honorable Paul Henry NttAs,
Secretary of the Navy.
Secretary Nitze reviewed the
history of both the Battle oX
Kings Mountain and of the over
all strategy developed by Gen*
PRESIDENT — Dr. Robert Ben
son, president of Gaston col
lege at Dallos, will fill the pul
pit on Laymen's Sunday this
Sunday at First Presbyterian
church.
Benson To Speak
On Laymen's Day
Dr. C. Robert Benson, Jr.,
president of Gaston college, will
fill the pulpit on Laymen’s Sun
day this Sunday at First Pres
byterian church.
Dr. Benson’s subject for the
11 o’clock worship seivice will
be, “Brotherhood”, according to
announcement by Dr. Paul Aus-
ley, pastor.
Educated at Boyden high in
Salisbury, Catawba college and
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Benson
was president of the College of
Albemarle before coming to Dal
las in 1963. He served from 1957-
61 as professor of education and
dean of students. He is a for
TEXT OF ADDRESS
The text of the Secretary of
the Navy’s battle anniversary ^
address appears on page 6, sec»,j
tion 3 of today’s edition.
tion is devoted to exhibits de- 1 mer principal of Granville Ele-
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eral Washington following the
alliance with France for aid
from the French fleet.
“When we gather here eadi
year,” he declared, “we do more
than commemorate that battle
... We look back to see our be
ginnings, to take stock, to see
how well we have deserved the
strengths we have inherited, and
how well we have preserved our
independence.”
Reminding that the United
States since the Revolution has
fought and won four great wars
! “to preserve its freedoni, its
i unity and its independence, the
I Secretary added, “Today it is
fighting another — one more
difficult to understand, but one
that also involves the principle
of freedom.”
United States Senator B.
ENerett Jordan introduced Sec
retary Nitze and 10th district
Representative Basil L. White
ner presented Snator Jordan.
Mayor John Henry Moss gave an
address of welcome, and'Dr.'
Eugene Poston, president of
Gardner-Webb college said the
invocation. The formal program
concluded with the singing of
“The Lord’s Prayer” by Jerry
Hill, of Gardner-Webb college.
Immediately following the pro
gram, the Golden Knights, US
Army parachute team, gave a
performance — their sixth of
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Satuiday Fiist Registration Day;
General Election To Be November 8
Water Seivice ^
Cut-Off Sunday
Water service will be suspend
ed in several areas of the city
on Sunday morning, Grady Yel-
ton, superintendent of public
works has anounced.
Areas to be effected are North
Piedmont avenue, the Craftspun
native-born or naturalized, 2> a Yarns, Blurlington Industries and
persem must be 21 years of age ;L inwood section. Mr. Yelton ea-
by date of the election. 3) a per- timated that water service will
opportunity to become eligible son must have resided in the be suspended for about three
Registration books open in
Number 4 township and through
out the county Saturday for the
November 8 general election.
Registrars will be at polling
places over the county Saturday
from 9 am. until sunset giving
persons not now registered an
8.
General qualifications for the
privilege of registering to vote
in the general election are: 1*
citizenship in the U. S., either
to vote in the general election.
Citizens who were registered and
voted in the May and June 1966
primaries do not have to register
to be able to vote on November
State of N. C. for one year and hours from 8 to 11 a.m.
in the precinct in which he seeks The suspension is required in
to register for 30 days by the| order to make a valve inatalla-
date Of the general election, tion in the King Manufa
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