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Greater Kings Mountain
City Limits
rhU liguT* lor Greater kings Mountcdn It derived Irom
the 1955 Kings Mountcdn city directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United States census of 1965.
VOL. 77 No. 5J
City^s Application For Federal Water Grant Is Filed
Religious Rites To Highlight 1®?“^ ^
Christinas Observance Here
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Six Services
Are Scheduled
Christmas- Eve
Religious services will high
light the community’s observance
of a traditional Christmas.
At least six Kings Mountain
churches plan Christmas Eve
services and virtually all church
es plan Christmas Day services
on Sunday. Macedonia Baptist
church plans a Christmas Can
tata by the choir on Christmas
Day.
Christmas Eve services will be
tield by Resurrection and St
Matthew’s Lutheran churches.
First Presbyterian and Dixan
Presbyterian churches, and Trin
ity Episcopal church .of. Kings
Mountain and St. Andrew’s Epls»
copal chufch of Beseetneiv City4>
and Boyce Memorial ARP
church.
Midnight Mass will not be held
at Christ the King Catholic
church Saturday but members of
the local congregation will join
with St. Michael’s church in Sas-
tonia for celebration of Mass on
Christmas Eve.
Eleven o’clock Mass Christmas
morning will be celebrated at
Christ the King church hero.
Congregations of Trinity Epis
copal and St. Andrew's Episcopal
churches will hold a Christmas
Eve candlelight service at 11
o’clock at the St. Andrew’s
church in Bessemer City.
Boyce Memorial ARP church
will hold its traditional program
on Christmas’Eve at 7:30 p.m.
The Christmas Day sermon will
be at 11 o’clock.
The annual Christmas E\ e can
dlelight service at Resurrection
Lutheran church will begin at 9
p.m The Senior Choir will pre-
^ sent the Cantata, “Love Trans-
cending’’ while the youth of the
church act out' “'The Nativity.”
Individual candles will be pre
sented to members of the church
Candles, lights and greenery will
direct the church and walks of
decorate the church and walks
with candles. ^
First Presbyterian church will
hold its traditional Christmas
Eve service at 10 p.m. with mu
** sic by the choirs and a Christmas
meditation by the minister, Dr.
Paul Ausley.
Traditional candlelight service
on Christmas Eve at St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church will be
gin at 11 p.m. with Christmas
anthems by the choirs and^scrip-
ture readings. Rev. Charles Eas
ley will use the sermon topic,
“Jesus, Saviour, Then And Now”
and Mrs. Robert L. Wilson will
sing the solo, “The Magnificat.”
Choirs of the church will sing
“Sing We Noel”, “Lq, How A
Rose E’er Blooming” and “Sing
Gloria."
At Dixon Presbyterian church
a Christmas play will be pre
sented at 7 p.m. followed , by the
traditional lighting of candles
and a visit of Santa Claus for
distribution of gifts and treats.
At East Gold Street Wesleyan
church a play. “Why Christmas"
will be given at 8 o’clock follow
ed by a visit by Santa Claus for
distribution ot gifts.
At the Christmas Day service
the pastor, Rev. C. R. Ooodson,
will deliver a short message fol
lowed by distribution of treats
The Sunefay School hour will be
gin at 10 a.m.
Sacrament of Holy Communion
will be featured In the Christmas
‘ Day service at Resurrection Lu
theran church. The altar will be
decorated with Christmas trees
adorned with lights and Chris-
mons.
At the morning worship serv
ice on Christmas Day at St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran church Rev.
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TOP TEENAGERS HONORED ■— Optimist club president,
T. L. Hovis, left presented outstanding teenager awards from
the club to Donna Crawford and Chuck Sparks at Saturday's
Optimist club ladies' night banquet. R. W. Hurlbut, at right,
was chairman of the awards committee. (Photo by Pot^be
Sfeffy).
Optimists Honor
Top Teen-Agers
Donna Crawioid,
Chneky Sparks
Award VAnners
Lions WUl SeU
City Auto Tags '
The Kings^ Mountain Lions
club will again sell City of
Kings Mountain auto tags for
the coming year.
The tag sale will begin Jan
uary 3, Chairman Sam ,kWeir
announced. Price is $1.
The tags are painted with
White background and green
numerals to coincide with the
colors of the 1967 North Caro
lina license plate.
The city and Lions club
shares net profit from the tag
sale
Preliminai*y application
filed with the Atlanta regional
of'I'ice of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Tuesday for a federal grant to j I
develope a major additional 1
Kings Mountain water supply'
employing the waters of Buffalo i
Creek. i
Preliminary -application was ,
also mode Tuesday for a federal i
grant to construct for Kings
Mountain a neighborhood facil-;
ity (or civic center) building, j
In Atlanta Tuesday to file the
•applications were Mayor John
Henry Moss, Senator and City
Attorney Jack H. White, Repre
sentative-Elect W K. Maunev,
Jr., and Richard H. Maxey, chair
man of the city recreation corn-
mission.
Kings Mountain is eligible for
a federal grant of uo to .50 per
cent 'of the $2,820,000 water pro
ject and up to two-thirds the cost
of a projected $600,000 civic cen
ter bialding.
City officials had previously
conferred with federal. nge»ic;
’ representatives!" 'concerning both
projects.
The water system application
follows last we^’s action by the
city board of c^missioners in
adopting the preliminary recom
mendations of W. K. Dicksan, the
city’s consulting engineer, for
adding a major ,source oif water,
together with treatment facilities,
to Its water system.
Specifically, the city is seeking
as quick approval as poasible^^of
the first-stage of the two-stage
water development program,
which ^ is estimated to cost
$1.600,(XK) and would include a
reservoiu, pumping station and
treatment plant on Buffalo
Creek, plus 40,000 feet (about
eight miles) of 24-inch cast trans
mission line.
This reservoir would
about 400 acres.
Second stage development
would provide yet another and
larger reservoir, requiring about
1600 acres and estimated to cost
$1,620,000.
The two reservoirs would im
pound 21 billion gallons of water.
Engineer Dickson said the 24-
Inch transmission line would eas-
Donna Ann Crawford and , ily accommodate the million gal-
Chuck Sparks were named Teen- lions daily, adding, “It could han-
agers of the Year Saturday night j die qp to tjvelve million with ex-
Kings Mountain
Trio Indicted
Two Are Suspended
After Altercation
Two high school girls, one
whi'e, the other Negro, had a
minor allercation at the Kings
Mountain high school water
fountain la.st Friday. —
Botli Taffy Harry and Peggy
Mooro wore suspended from
I .scliool for what amounted to two
(lays, Monday and Tuesday, and
boUi liave bc'cn re admitted for
school on January 3, when school
icsumes after Christmas holi
days.
Mrs. George Mo.ss, homeroom
, t«ich(‘r of Miss Harry, said the
j two girls were suspended on
! prior promise by Principal Glenn
I Brookshire to all students that
I altercations would result in sus
pension of all persons participat
ing with no attempt to assess
j blame as to who caused the al-
1 (creation. .Mr. Brookshire could
' not be reached for comment.
BRICK CHRISTMAS TREE — What may be a unique decoration
lor this season at Kings Mountain high school is a seven toot
tcdl 500 pound Christmas tree built oi brick by the 35 students
in the brick laying class. The snow on the tree is lime and
icicles hong from the boughs. Instructor Gerald Rosser directed
the project. Pictured above. Gene Putnam, Rosser, Ronnie Burton
and Philip Putnam admire their handiwork. Teachers for the
brick laying course are Rosser and Quincy Starr. (Photo by
Isaac Alexander).
require
Mrs. Ramsaur's
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs.
Fleming Ramsaur, 8T, were held
Friday morning at Harris Chap
el.
Mrs. Ramsaur died Thursday
morning at 6:15 at the home of
her daughter, Mrs Paul Mauney,
36(K) Margrace Road_ 'With whom
she, resided. Mrs. Ramsaur had
been 111 for several months.
Mrs. Ramsaur, the former
Belle Townsend, was the widow
of Fleming Ramsaur, a civil en
gineer and former Kings Moun
tain citizen who died March 8,
1928. She was a native of Robe
son County, 13th of 17 children of
the late Rev. Jackson and Sarah
Melissa Oliver Townsend and the
last surviving member of the 17.
She was a member of First Pres
byterian church.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Paul Mauney and Mi’s.
Earnest Harris, both of Kings
Moiuntain, and a son, Oliver
Ramsaur,.-of Allentown, Pa. E3ev-
en grandchildren and 28 great
grandchildren also survive.
Funeral rites were conducted
by Dr. PaurAusleji. her pastor,
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at the Optimist Club’s ladies
night banquet.
Miss Crawford, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Don Crawford, was
nominated for her activities in
Boyce Memorial ARP church, in
Girl Scouting achievements, in
school, and as a “Candy Striper’’
at the Kings Mountain hospital.
Sparks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Herman Sparks was nominated
for his activities in his church,
In Boy Scouting achievements, in
school and for his interests in
community improvement.
Sparks was also awarded tro
phies for Oratorical achieve
ments in the Optimist Club’s
contest. Young Sparks was first
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tra pumpaga along the route,”
Mr. Maxey’^id before leaving
for Atlanta he expects to be able
to give complete details on the
proposed neighborhood facility
building within the next few
days..
Yule Church Party
To Be Wednesday
The annual Sunday School
Christmas party at First Presby
terian church will be held Wed
nesday night at 7 p.m. in the
church fellowship hall.
Presentation of treats and
Christmas gifts will highlight the
party whi(± will feature a visit
from Santa Claus.
City Water Supply "Holdinq On";
Gold Mine Shaft Pump at ^ Feet
The water picture for the City,
of Kings Moiuntain Tuesdayi as
reported by city officials: j
Superintendent of Public Works |
Grady Yelton on supply—“We’re
holding our own.” Meantime, the
city was lengthening pipe into
the Old Gold Mine shaft the city
isi pumping from 104 to 2.50 feet.
Slupti-.Yelton said the shaft is
260-feet deep.
The York Road reservoir is es
timated to contain at present lev-1 .analysis indicated 22
el about 50 million gallons. Mean
time, the Davidson 'lake, »;4he
city’s auxiliary supply, is esti
mated to contain a.^ut 12.million
gallons.
^S^ter Treatment Plant Su^^-
iniendent George Mews on quali
ty of the water being pumped
.'rom the Gold Mine shaft—“It's
plenty good for raw water and
is better than the raw water in
the York Road lake.”
His tests of the Gold Mine wa
ter .showed it to contain 66.6 con
form bacteria likely to occiur in
a liundred milimeters of the sam
ple. His physical analysis reveal
ed a tu-bidity factor of 51 parts
per milllan gallons. His chemical
parts per
million of carbon dioxidqi iron
content of .22 parts per million,
no manganese, and a slightly high
alkalinity (which produces so-
called “^ard-water”) of 97 parts
per million Hydrogen sulphide
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Cash And Goods
Swell Needy Fund
Empty Stocking
Stores Open Later
Til 9 P.M. Nightly
Kings Mountain stores will
remain open until 9 p.m. the
remainder of the week for con
venience of Christmas shop
pers.
Most retail firms will follow
their usual Saturday closing
policy on Christmas Eve, Sat
urday.
Merchants will be closed on
Monday, December 26_ reopen
ing on Tuesday, December 27th.
First Citizens
Gets School Cash
First Citizens Bank & Trust
Company won use of $3,050,000
of Cleveland County school con-
structHtn funds Monday, as the
Kings Mountain branch offered
5.5 percent interest, top of three
bidders.
County Auditor Max Hamrick’s
figures indicated that First Citi
zens will pay $86,166 for the
funds, whch will be withdrawn
monthly in specified amounts.
The bid of Union Trust Com
pany, of Shelby, indicated a re-
1 turn to the county of $82,050,
wliile the bid of First National
Bank, of Shelby, iriicated a re-
i turn of $67,666.
Three Charged
In RGd-Pines
Shot-Gnnning
Preliminary hearing has been
scheduled in Cleveland County
Recorder’s" Court Thursday for
three young Kings Mountain
men indicted on charges of shot
gunning the Mid-Pines commu
nity home of Otis Greene early
in the morning of December 14.
The three charged are William
Anderson McGinnis, 21, Roger
Connor, 21, and Arthur Sprpuse,
20.
All three are charged with
conspiring to damage real prop
erty. McGinnis is also chatged
with damaging rqal propertj\
Connor and Spibusa. are ch%^;^(ii.f
with aiding a^ abetting in
age to real property, Deputjr d.
A. (Gus) Huffstetlcr, the investi
gating officer said.
• Warrants were served Satur
day afternoon and bond Was set
at $2500 each. Connor made bond
late Saturday night. McGinnis
and Sprouse were in Cleveland
County jail Tuesday afternoon‘in
lieu of bond. <
Shotgun pellets ripped through
the picture window of the
Greene home about 2 o’clock the
morning of December 14. The
window was smashed and pellets
pierced the draperies and wall of
the front room of'the residence;
There were no injuries, aaT"
members of the Greene family
were asleep at the time. ''
If probable cause is found in
Recorder’s Court, the trio would
be bound over to Superior Court
PHA Hearing
Tuesday Night
The city commission will hold
a public hearing Tuesday night
at City Hall at 7:30 on question
of establishing a Kings Moun
tain Public Housing Authority.
If established the authority
wquld incorporate and seek fed
eral government guarantee of
40-year bonds for construction of
a fcdeially-approved number of
residential dweiiing units
Establishment of the authority
has the endorsement of the
Mayor’s 13 - member advisory
committee' on minjority housing.
Also on the Tuesday meeting
agenda is public hear|ng on the
petition of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
L. Alexander for annexation of
a 13.4 acre tract to the city
limits. The tract is adjacent to
the city limits at the eastern
boundary and the majority of
tract yes in Gaston County.
BUILDING PERMITS
The city has issued a build
ing permit to Luke W. Hoyle
for construction of a five-room
brick residence, estimated to
cost $10,000> at 612 Temple
Drjve.
The banks were asked to bid
on basis of the following with-
VI 1 HI 1% ■ J drawal or “take-down" schedule:
r nnn I O HTOyiOP ' •S^'^ OOO at February 1. March 1.
1 IIIIU lU J. 5400,000 at June 1.
PLaaw August 1; $350000 at
LrilTlSllIlttS vllvvr September 1; and the remaining
I $.5')0,000 at December 1.
Christmas lOHO will I)e a bouii-1 The money represents sale of
tiful one in the county and the county bonds voted by the^.citi-
I indigent families of the Kings zens of the county school district
[Mountain area will enjcjy its for construction of two super
I pjeetv schools. Burns and Crest,
i* Many of the town’s civic or- Auditor Hamrick noted it is
'ganizations churches and other customary to reimburse contract-
groups are working t(jwaid mak- Ois on basis of architect s repoit
Cliristmas a merry one for amount of the construction costs
I of work completed. Thus the full
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all.
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Smith Sixth Secietaiy-Tzeasuter
01 Kings Mountain S&L Firm
IN NEW POST—Joseph Rivers
Smith of ChaTlottq,.will assume
new duties as secretary-treas-
urer of
ings &
Jonuaty
Mountain Sav-
Association on
Joseph Rivers Smith, 32, the
newly-elected secretary - treas-
UKU- of the Kings Mountain Sav
ings & Loan Association, will be
came the association’s sixth sec-
ictary - treasurer in the 60-year
liistory uf the firm.
First .secretary • treasurer of
th(' association was F. L. Carpen
ter who conducted business of
(lie firm in his office at Carpen
ter's Drug Store. He was succeed
ed by M. Elmer Herndon. Files
of the Herald reveal that on Au
gust 2, 1913 Wiley H. McGinnis
Was secretary - treasurer and he
wa.s succeeded by John C. Lac
key. At Mr. Lackey’s death in
19.53 Ben Hudson Bridges, Jr., was
named to the position.
Mr. Smith will succeed the late
Mr. Bridges on New Year’s Day.
A native of Tallahassee, in swaddUng clotB|
Smith is the son .'of Mrs. Maxine i ° ^ ^ -
B. •'Smith and the late G. Graoen;
Smith, Sr. He attended Florida® multitude of
State University, Class of 1958,1^'®“.*^^^^*^ Froiamg God,
and comes to his new position|j ■ <
Oloi-y to Ood m the higt
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Chzistmas Stocy
Ry SL Lake
And it came to pass ttt those
days, that there went out a de
cree from Caesar Augustus, that
all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first
made when Cyrenius tgas gov
ernor of Syria)
Atid all went to be taxed, averg
one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee, out of the city of Naua-
reth, into Judaea, unto the cffi#
of David, which is called Bethle-
hem (because he was of
house and linage of Davidi)
To he taxed with Mary, hU
espoused wife, bring greed ’with
child.
And so it was, that, while they
iveie there^ the days were accomr
plished that shr should be deliv
ered.
And she brought forth her first
born sun, attd wrapped Turn m
swaddling clothes, and laid him
in a manger; because there woe
no room for them tn, the inn.
And there rvere in the same
country shepherds abiding in the
field, keejnng watch over th^'
flock by night.
And, lo, the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory
of the Lord shone around about
them; and they toefro sore afraULM
And the angel said unto the
Fear not; for, behold, I bring
good tidings of great joy, which
shall be to all people.
For unto you ia bom this
in the city of David a Saviot
which i« Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign ««
you; Ye shall find the ^