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
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VOL 78 NO. 4
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C. Thursday, January 26, 1967
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PARTIAL DRAINAGE AREA
BUFFALO GREEK.
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Study Map, Partial Drainage Area, Buffalo Creek
(Shaded areas show water impoundments projected. Dam site,
at lower center, is north of Secondary Road 2033.)
US 74 Wreck
Fatal To Jenkins
WAnd Champion
Two men were killed and an
other injured in a two-car col
? lision around 5:30 Thursday aft
ernoon oij U. S. 74, about a
mile west of Kings Mountain.
Herman Odell Champion, 19
of Route 3, Kings Mountain, died
at nine o'clock Thursday night
at Kings Mountain Hospital and
James Henderson Jenkins, 71, of
Shelby Road, died at five o’clock
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Buffalo Watershed
Study Requested
The city and Cleveland Coun- i
ty Soil and Water Conservation]
district are co-sponsoring the
Buffalo Creek Watershed project j
and have asked for a preliminary
study of the area to determine
feasibility of its becoming a
watershed.
Title I Program Is Approved;
Program Will Begin February 1st
A new Title I program' ap
proved under the federal Ele
mentary and Secondary Educat
ion Act, will begin February 1
in the Kings Mountain school
system.
Miss Alice C. Averitt, city
schools teaching supervisor, con
firmed a federal grant, approved
this week, will provide three li
brarians- four library aides, a
speech therapist, seven teaching
aides, a nurse and guidance
counselor for a projected four
month program.
Of the three librarians, one
11 serve Compact school, one
will serve Davidson and West
schools, and one will serve North
and Grover schools. Of the foiur
library aides' one will serve Dav
idson and West schools, one will
serve North and Grover schools,
one wtll serve Central school and
one will serve Kings Mountain
high school. A guidance counse
lor will serve Central school.
There will be a teacher aide for
each of the seven eligible
schools.
Miss Averitt pointed out that
of the total school membership
of 4,094, the total number de
prived (from low-income per
centage families) is 757. Schools
having 17.8 percent of member
ship from economically deprived
homes are designated as concen
trated areas and the grant pro
vides for help in these areas,
she said.
She continued that the aver
age percentage-wise from the 10
plants in the district was used
to determine the concentrated
areas.
The board of city commission
ers approved eo-sponsorship at a
January 18 meeting and the soil
water conservation district sup
ervisors acted the same day.
The plan for Buffalo Creek as
a source of potable water for the
City of Kings Mountain is an in
tegral aprt of the watershed
project.
Preliminary study plan (see
map) of W. K. Dickson, the city’s
consulting engineer, is for the
erection of dam or dams on Buf
falo Creek north of U S. 74.
Shaded areas of the map show
the water area which would ap
proximate that of Lake Lure.
The Kings Mountain water
project contemplates side bene
fits from the Buffalo impounding
of flood control, controlled rec
reation (boating, fishing, water
skiing), and as a wildlife ref
uge.
In asking the preliminary
study- Tom Cornwell, chairman
of the county soil and water con
servation district, wrote:
"This is to request a prelimi
nary study of the Buffalo Creek
Watershed Area to determine if
it would be practical to file an
application with the State Soil
and Water Conservation commit
tee.
“The City of Kings Mountain
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Fied Warren
Bound Over;
Free On Bond
Freddie Warren,' 23, of Route
1, Kings Mountain, was bound!
over to Superior Court on charges
of first degree murder after prob
able cause was found in Mon
day afternoon’s session of City
Recorder’s Court.
Judge George Thomasson found
probable cause after hearing
testimony of Warren, James
Burris, Lester Jackson and Syl
via Jordan.
Warren is free on a $75,(XX)
bend, set Tuesday at Superior
Court in Shelby.
Warren has been charged by;
Kings Mountain police in the fa- j
tal shooting of William Carson
on the night of Jan. 19.
According to witnesses, Warren
shot Carson after the two argued
for sometime at a Woman’s Club
on Morris Street.
Warren said that Carson asked
him what he was doing talking
to Miss Jordan. Warren said Car
ron hit him, knocking him to the
floor.
Warren said he had purchased
a .38 caliber pistol earlier that
day at a service station, and aft
er Carson hit him, he gave the
pistol to Jackson, manager cf the;
club.
Jackson said he tel ! Carson to
leave, and thought that lie haJ.
He said he later gave Warren’s
pistol back and also told him to
leave.
Warren said he went to the
pay-out counter ar.i started to
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Cansler Street
Is Approved E
improvement
y City Board
Margrace Road -
Cherryville Road
Mnk-Up Sought
By MARTIN HARMON
The city commission has i
agreed to a State Highway Com
mission recommendation that I
.he major portion of the city’s ;
share in the November 1965 road
bond issue be spent to improve
Cansler street.
Specifically, the highway com
mission recommended that Cans
ler street be widened from Walti
er to King to 4-1 feet curb-to-curb.
The city asks additionally:
1) That the widening and curb
and-gutter construction continue
south one block to Gold, where
it connects with Meadowbrook. ;
2) That similar improvements '
be made to Oakland extension, j
from point of intersection with
Meadowbrook to the city limits; i
and
3> 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
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