Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,256 rhls figure for Greater Kings Mountain is derived from the 1955 Kingu Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure Is from the United States census of 196S. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Seventy-Eighth Year 1C Pages f 0 Today VOL 78 NO. 4 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C. Thursday, January 26, 1967 PRICE TEN CENTS I W. K. DICK SOM» CO. me. eN That the Highway commis sion open and construct Oakland to an intersection with the Mar grace road. The city commission took the action at a conference with Di vision Engineer W. W. Wyke Jan uary 18. The city’s share of the 1965 road bond issue is $314,000. Engineer Wyke said yesterday the Cansler street project is prob ably a year distant. He pointed out that planning work must be completed and right-of-way ob tained and “doubted” this work could be completed in advance of next winter's cold weather non-construction season. Indica tfbm, minus engineering, tffS that Cansler will be widened on the eastern side. The city had initially advanc ed opening of Railroad avenue, from N. Piedmont to Margrace road, but Engineer Wyke said this project posed numerous1 right-of-way problems, partieu- | larly in the area of Elmer Lum ber Company, and that the cost would exceed the city's bond share. A 1963 traffic count showed Cansler carrying a peak load of 1400 cars per day. Completion to Margrace road would provide an other north-south crosstown road. On Monday night, in a joint meeting, the commission and Cings Mountain board of educa tion pased a joint resolution in which the board of education 1) concurred with the city request, 2) approved the Kings Mountain thoroughfare belt road projection provided it does not interefere with expansion of the high school parking lot, and 3) reiter ated the education board’s re quest to the state highway com mission for a secondary road connecting U. S. 74 West and | Phifer road, the road generally i following the west boundary of the high school property. Goforth Low Bidder On Plumbing lob Ben T. Goforth Plumbing. Inc.,; was low bidder among seven for plumbing work at Kings Moun tain high school to provide fa cilities for instruction mosine- j tology. The Goforth bid was $2700. Albert Turner, of Shelby, was second, with a bid of $2995. INDUCTED EY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY —The 11 Kings Mountain high school students pic tured above were inducted into membership by the National Honor'Society on Thursday. From leit, first row, Diane Keeter, Theresa Wright, Linda Hannon, Sandra Hullender, Rita Blanton ami Ann Sanders. Second row, from left, Lynn Devenry, Shelia Vess, Gaither Baumgardner, Joe Hul lender and Vickie White. (Photo by Isaac Alexander). YerkRoad WillBe Improved At Estimated $550,000 Cost WINS PBOMOTION—Lt. Com mander Aaron Lee Wells, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Wells, was recently promoted while serving aboard the am munition ship, "Paricutin", op erating off the coast of Viet nam. Prior to this duty he had command of a sea-going tug, stationed at Treasure Island, San Francisco. Married to the former Marjorie Field of Mass achusetts, he and his wife and four children live in Concord, California. Housing Authority Asks Approval Of 400-Unit Project, Plans Grant The Kings Mountain Housing Authority has applied for approv al of a 400-unit housing project for Kings Mduntain and a $57,000 planning grant to launch the project. Action was taken at the au thority's organization meeting last week. At the meeting, Brooks R. Tate was elected vice-chairman, and Martin Harmon was elected tem porary secretary. Other members are William Orr, Carl F. Wilson, and Chairman John L. McGill. All members were present and all actions unanimous. On Monday night, the city board of commissioners endorsed the project application to the | regional office of the Department 1 of Housing and Urban Develop j ment. The application was based on j a housing survey conducted by the community planning division, state Department of Conservation and Development, which showed 697 dwellings within the city limits sub-marginal and an addi tional 117 adjacent to the city limits in the same category. The survey showed this number to be some 32 percent of the dwellings. Under normal regional office policy, a regional representative will be sent here to conduct a survey of housing needs, will confer with members of the au thority, and will file recommen dation, for approval partial ap proval, or disapproval with the department. If approved, the housing will be financed by bonds issued by the authority and with payment guaranteed by the United States government. The authority will convene on February 13 to interview archi tectural-engineering firms which have expressed interest in the planning contract. By MARTIN HARMON The State Highway Commis sion’s advance planning section has approved widening and im proving Highway 1G1 from the Kings Mountain city limits to the South Carolina line. W. W. Wyke, division high way engineer, estimated the cost of the improvement at $550,000. Specifically, the project calls for widening of the roadbed from 18 to 24 feet and re-locating about 1.5 miles of 5.5 mile stretch of road in the gap-of-the-moun tain area. Mr. Wyke declined to give a date for beginning of project. En gineering work necessary has not been completed nor right-of-way needed for the 1.5 mile relocation acquired. Mr. Wyke announced the 161 improvement project during a conference on road plans last week with the Kings Mountain board of city commissioners. Drive To Aid Fire Victims The Ministerial Association Welfare Committee is heading up an appeal for clothing for a Neg ro family of four whose home was damaged by fire Friday morning. City firemen answered a call at 6 a m. to the North Watterson street home of Mr. and Mrs. Haz el Washington. The fire, which started in the bedroom of the cement block house, damaged the bedroom where the clothes were hanging. Other damage to the house was from water and smoke. The house is owned by J. E. (Zip) Rhea. Clothing sizes of members of the family are: Mrs. Washing- j ton, size 20*4 dress and 10 shoe; ; Mr. Washington, size 10-wide shoe, size 40 coat size 32-29 pants and size IS1-* shirt; Judy Wash-! ington, age 12, size 10 dress, 6% AA shoe, and size 10 coat; Ther esa Washington, age 10, size 10 dress, 7Ms shoe and size 10 coat. Rev'. C. R. Goodson, pastor of East Gold street Wesleyan Meth odist church, 612 E. Gold Street will acept clothing donated and will deliver the items to the fam ily. PRESBYTERIAN Dr. Paul Ausley’s sermon topic for the Sunday morning worship service at First Pres byterian church will be “Good To Be Here.” APPOINTED — Congressman Basil Whitener has announced the appointment of Larry Pat rick of Kings Mountain to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Patrick Tapped For West Point Congressman Basil L. Whiten er announced this week the ap pointment of Henry Lawrence Patrick, Jr.- son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L Patrick, Sr., 523 Battle ground Road, Kings Mountain, to the United States Military A cademy. Patrick is a senior at Kings Mountain high school. He has been very active in academic and athletic activities. During his high school career he has been awarded the John Gamble, Youth of the Year- and Oratori cal Trophies. In addition, he has won three declamation medals. Patrick also has been a member of the Monogram, Science, and French clubs. He has been an outstanding member of the Boy Scouts of America. He is an Eagle Scout with Silver and Bronze Palms. He has also won the God and Country Award. Patrick is a member of the First Presbyterian church of Kings Mountain, where he is pre sident of his Sunday School class and the Young People's Organi zation. In announcing Patrick’s ap pointment to West Point, Con gressman Whitener stated in Washington that he was delight (Continued on Page 8)