Population
Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,256
This figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from
the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
limits figure is from the United States census of 1965.
Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 2, 1967
Seventy-Eighth Year
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1 Q Pages
IQ Today
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOL 78 NO. 5
Established 1889
Preliminary Watershed Study Will Begin Monday
Hairill Opposes
Liberalizing
Liquor Law
Representative-elect William D.
Harrill, of the 43rd state House
district which includes Cleveland
County, has issued a statement
declaring he will oppose liberali
zation of North Carolina’s pres
ent laws governing sale and con
sumption of alcoholic beverages.
BThe issue, following Supreme
Tourt ruling declaring “brown
bagging” illegal, is expected to
be a major one in the forthcom
ing General Assembly session,
which opens next Wednesday.
Mr. Harrill said:
“Literally hundreds of people
have contacted me during the
past few weeks expressing their
opposition to the liberalization of
the liquor laws in North Caro
lina. I will therefore vote against
such legislation.
“I am convinced that only the
liquor industry itself derives the
benefits from additional liquor
stores and lax laws. Enforcement
is not the problem of a lawmak
ing body. Our duty is to enact
laws desired by the majority of
the people we represent.
“My decision was not one
hastily made. Having taken this
positive stand, I shall oppose
liberalization of the liquor laws
with every force at my disposal.”
School Survey
Team Pays Call
^vA five-member .survey team
•om the Department of Public
Instruction's Division of School
Planning spent two days here
this week inventoring present
Kings Mountain school district
physical facilities.
Here at the invitation of the
Kings Mountain Board of Edu
cation, the survey team will re
port its findings and will rec
ommend future expansions of
classroom facilities — either via
new buildings or additions to
present buildings.
Superintendent B. N Barnes
said additional information 'will
be provided the survey team by
local officials, principally a
“spot” map showing residence of
all the more than 4000 pupils
enrolled in the ten-plant system.
Members of the survey team
are Richard E. Schultz, chair
man, education consultant for the
state department, Ben Quinn, al
so of the state department. James
Manning, a retired county super
intendent, A. B. Combs, a retired
state department staff member,
and Hugh Randall, Kings Moun
ain native and superintendent of
Hendersonville schopls»
Supt. Barnes said he anticipat
ed completion of the survey re
port would require about 30
days
■Cheshire Named
SPO President
Pat Cheshire, high school
junior and son of Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Cheshire, Jr„ has been
elected president of the student
body for the coming year.
Other officers, named in stu
dent balloting this week, are Ken
Mitchem, vice - president; and
Cathy Hardin, secretary-treasur
er.
The election of leaders of the
Student Participation Organiza
tion culminated a week of inten
sive and imaginative campaign
ing.
Each of the nine candidates
gave campaign speeches Thurs
day and their campaign man
agers arranged skits for voter
support. The election was held
on Friday.
President of the Health Career
club, Cheshire is a stand-out on
the KMHS golf club, is a mem
ber of the football team, and ac
tive in the DeMolay and Key
clubs. He is a member of Boyce
Memorial ARP church.
Cheshire led a three-candidate
ticket. Others nominated were
Jeff Mauney and Sharon Gold.
Mitchem defeated two other
didates: Don Bridges and
Wayne Mullinax. Mitchem has
been a stand out on the varsity
basketball team this season.
Miss Hardin led a ticket com
posed of Keith Stewart and Alan
Hambright for the secretary
treasurer’s post.
WINS ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL — Sergeant First Class L. D. Blanton, son of Mrs, R.
Lee Blanton, 114 City St., Kings Mountain, receives the Army Commendation Medal from Col.
Paul A. Nilsson, Commanding Officer of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia. Sergeant Blanton re
ceived the honor for meritorious service at Red Stone Arsenal. Huntsville, Alabama, his station
prior to being assigned to Frankford Arsenal. In the photo, left to right, are Sergeant Blanton's
wife, his son Timoty, eight years old. Sergeant Blanton and Col. Nilsson. The award was present
ed on January 26.
FINALIST — Larry Burton,
KMHS senior, is one of six fin
alists for PPG Foundation's
fifth annual community plant
scholarship.
Barton Nominee
Foi Scholarship
Larry Burton, Kings Mountain
high school senior, is among six
finalists for Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Foundation’s fifth annual
plant community scholarship
valued up to $6,000 for a four
year period.
Other finalists, according to J.
V Schweppe, Foundation Agent
and Shelby plant manager, are
Michael L. Champion of Burns at
Polkville, Jane E. Hoyle, Marion
Putnam and Robin Wright, all of
Shelby high school, and David
Ruppe of RutherfordtonSpindale
high school.
Interviews will be held on Fri
day, Feb. 24, at Hotel Charles in
Shelby to determine the winner
from among the finalists who
were selected on the basis of
their scores on the NMSC quali
fying test given last year. The
NMSC, which administers the
PPG Foundation scholarship pro
gram, will establish the scholar
ship amount based on the win
ner’s financial need. The award
will range from $250 to $1,500
annually during the four years
of college
Mr. Schweppe announced the
finalists will be interviewed by a
three-member scholarship panel
comprised of three prominent uni
versity educators: Everett B.
Weatherspoon, chairman, dean of
admissions for men at Duke Uni
versity; Dr. Joyce Shealy, chair
man of the psychology depart
ment at Queens college; and
Frederick J. Frank, dean of stu
dent personnel at Washington
and Jefferson coHege.
Such significant factors as
schlastic record, principal’s en
dorsement, motivation, leader
ship and other personality char
acteristics will be considered by
the scholarship panel to deter
mrne the PPG Foundation award
winner. The announcement of
the scholarship recipient will be
made in early Spring.
Following the interviews a
luncheon will be held at the
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Church Moderator
Here On Sunday
Presbyterian i
Dr. Caldwell
To Speak Here
Dr. Frank H. Caldwell of
Charlotte, moderator of the Pres
byterian Church in the U.S., will
fill the pulpit at Sunday morn
ing worship services at 11 a.m. at
First Presbyterian church.
He will use the sermon topic,
“Seeing Through A Glass Dark
ly.” frorh I Corinthians 13.
A native of Corinth, Mississip
pi, Dr. Caldwell was educated
at the U. S. Military Academy,
the University of Mississippi,
Centre college, and Louisville
Presbyterian Seminary He was
an Humphrey Fellow at Edin
burgh University, a Visiting Fel
low at Yale Divinity School, re
ceived his D.D. from Maryville
college, his Lift. D in 1964 from
Southern college and L.L.D.
from Davidson in 1965.
Before becoming executive
director of the Presbyterian
Foundation, Inc. in 1964, Dr.
Caldwell was president of Louis
ville Seminary from 1930-64;
held pastorates in Kentucky and
Mississippi; served as acting
professor of Bible at Centre Col
lege and in 1927 served as as
sistant to the president of Louis
ville Seminary.
He served as moderator of
the Mississippi Presbytery and
moderator of the Synod of K?n- ;
tucky. He was assembly delegate
to the World Presbyterian Alli
ance in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1959
and was delegate to the Third
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SPEAKER — Dr. Frank H.
Caldwell, moderator of the
Presbyterian Church in the U.
S., will fill the pulpit at Sun
day morning worship services
at First Presbyterian church.
Auto Tag Sales
Reach 1,262
Sale of city auto tags totaled
1,262 Wednesday, according to
a report of Sam Weir, chairman
of the Lions club tags sale proj
ect.
This figure does not include
individual sales by some mem
bers and final reports are to be
made on Thursday.
Tags remain on sale through
Thursday in the courtroom of
City Hall and are available at
$1 each.
Busy Schedule Ahead For Scouts;
57th Anniversary To Be Celebrated
Kings Mountain district Boy,
Scouts will joh. those over the|
nation next week in the 57th ce-;
lebration of the founding of Boy
Scouting. Boy Scout Week will
begin on Tuesday.
In Kings Mountain, the week’s
activities will be launched with
opening ceremonies at 10 a.m.
Tuesday on the steps of City
Hall. Mayor John H. Moss read
an official proclamation and
Scoutmaster Ken Pruitt will an
nounce plans for the week's e
vents. B. S. Peeler, Jr. will lead
group singing of “America” and
Boy Scouts will repeat the Scout
Oath and Scout Law. Rev. Clyde
R. Goodson will pronounce the
benediction.
Culminating the week's acti
vities on Saturday, February 11,
will be the assembly of a model
camp near the National Guard
Armory and a campfire program
for al! Scout Troops in the area.
Saturday will be “Good Turn
Day" when uniformed Boy Scouts
will assist in downtown parking
Boy Scouts will be elected to ser
ve as mayor-for-a-day, police
chief, fire chief, desk sergeant,
and troop will furnish a city
councilman. An elected Hoy
Scout will also serve as ci y
clerk-for-a^day and superinten
dent of public works for a day.
February 12th will be Boy
Scout Sunday and Scouts will
attend services at the churches
which sponsor their program.
Wreck Injuries
Prove Fatal
To Druggist j
J. R. (Sack) Smith of Rock Hill,
S. C., 47-year-old operator of a
drug store chain, was killed early
Wednesday morning three miles
north of Kings Mountain on N. C.
216 when he apparently fell as
leep while at the wheel of his!
car.
According to investigating High
way ratrolman George Blake
more, Smith’s 1967 auto failed to
negotiate a curve and ran off the
left side of the road, striking an
oak tree estimated at 100 feet
tall.
Smith operated Smith Drug
Stores in North and South Caro
lina. He owned three stores in
Rock Hill, one in Hickory, and
one in Lancaster, S. C. He was
en route from Hickory to Rock
Hill when the wreck occurred.
He died at Kings Mountain
hospital shortly after the 5:45 ac
cident. Cleveland County Coroner
J. Ollie Harris ruled that he died
of multiple head injuries at 7:30
a.m.
Patrolman Blakemore said that
his investigation revealed that
Smith was not traveling at an ex
cessive rate of speed. The force
of the impact uprooted the tree
and split its two-foot wide trunk
up the middle. The transmission
of Smith’s car came loose and
was thrown several feet and the
spare tire flew through the rear
panel to the front seat.
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Rescue Squad worked for 20
minutes to free Smith from the
wreckage. He reportedly was un
conscious at the time and never
regained consciousness.
He is survived by his wife,
mother, three sons and a sister.
Bass Funeral Home in Rock
Hill is in charge of funeral ar
rangements. Services are sched
uled for 3 p.m. Thursday.
City Ta Consider
Phifer Sidewalk
The city board of commis
sioners will consider installa
tion of a sidewalk on Phifer
road, from W. Mountain street
to the city limits, at its Febru
ary 14 meeting, Mayor John
Henry Moss said Wednesday.
The city planning board, of
which Bob Maner is chairman,
recommended construction of
the sidewalk on the west side
of Phifer road at a meeting
last week.
Chairman Maner remarked,
“The high school students are
walking in the road.”
Bloodmobile
Returns Monday
The Red Cross bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain
on Monday and officials are
hopeful the quota will be exceed
ed.
Quota of each scheduled visit
during the year is 150 pints of
blood.
Because of automobile acci
dents and need for blood for pa
tients with bleeding ulcers and
other illnesses, Kings Mountain’s
usage of blood the past several
months has been ‘‘very high”, ac
cording to Tom Burke, chairman
of the Red Cross blood program.
“We are highly pleased with
the response made by industrial
participation in the program,”
said Burke, “and we encourage
them to again lead this visit of
the regional collecting unit.
Donors will be processed, be
ginning at 11 a.m. Monday, at
the National Guard Armory.
King Winter Over
Or Merely Resting?
Is King Winter de-throned as
Wednesday’s balmy breezes in
dicate, or must he reign with
icy blasts for six more weks?
Thursday is February 2, more
familiarly known as Ground
hog Day.
The folklore specialists dis
agree on the groundhog's ffcl*
foul weather almanacing.
Some contend Mr. Groundhog
emerges from his burrow only
at high noon and that if the
sun is shining he sees his sha
dow — a harbinger of six weeks
of cold, nasty weatheri
Others say Mr. Groundhog j
emerges at early morn and re- !
mains outside all-day — unless .
he sees his shadow and scamp- i
ers back underground. Again, |
his seeing his shadow protends i
meteorological mayhem.
Spangler DSA
Banquet Speaker
Young Man
Of Year Award
Will Be Made
R. Patrick Spangler, executive
of Spangler Concrete Company,
will make the principal address
at Tuesday’s Bosses' Night Ban
quet of the Kings Mountain Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Spangler is vice - chair
man of the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation.
Mr. Spangler, Shelby and Kings
Mountain businessman, has long
been active in Cleveland County
business, religious, service and
civic affairs. Pie will address the
club at 7 o’clock at the Woman’s
club.
Presentation of the civic club’s
13th annual Distinguished Service
Award will follow the dinner and
address by Spangler.
Charles D Blanton, Jr., chair
man of the Young Man of 1967
Award committee and a former
Young Man of the Year, will pre
sent the coveted plaque to the
winner whose identity will re
main a secret until the presenta
tion.
A committee of citizens over 35
selected the winner from names
submitted .from the public.
The outstanding young man is
honored for community service.
President Herman Greene \yill
present Ml".' Spangler. Employers
of Jaycees will be special guests.
Davis Would Fan
Water Plan Fire
A Cherryville citizen, Hugh
Davis, is particularly interested
in the success of the Kings
Mountain water project, and his
Tuesday letter to the Kings
Mountain Herald is self-explana
tory. He wrote:
“Enclosed you .will find $.25
for which please send me one
(1) copy of the recent issue of
your newspaper which had the
story about the City of Kings
Mountain's proposal to dam up
Buffalo Creek as a source of
water for the City, etc. I under
stood this issue was also con
tained a map showing where the
proposed lake might be located.
“If what I hear is true, this
lake might back up on a piece
of land I have for which I would
be very grateful . . I sure would
not charge the City anything for
the privilege.
“If the story I have heard is
true, this would be the finest
thing that has happened in
Cleveland County in a long, long
time . . . maybe the finest thing
that ever happened.
“I would like to have the par
ticulars, as I would like to help
“fan the fire” if I can figure out
any way to do it.”
Legion Schedules
Valentine Dance
Buddy Estes and Band will
play for a Valentine dance at
the American Legion building
Saturday, February 11th, from 9!
until 12 p.m. Tickets will be $3 i
a couple for Legionnaires and j
their guests.
The kitchen will be open for!
serving of steaks and sandwiches
beginning at 6 p.m.
SPEAKER — Pat Spangler will
make the principal address at
Tuesday night's Bosses' Night
banquet of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
Hambright's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Prentiss Quay
Hambright, 70, retired farmer and
well driller of 1419 Grover road,
! were held Wednesday aTterrioon
| at 3 p.m. from Dixon Presbyte
, ri&n church of which he was a
j member.
Rev. James S. Mann dfficiated
; at the final rites, assisted by
Rev. James F. Graham, pastor
of Bethlehem Baptist church,
and interment was in Bethle
hem Baptist chufch cemetery.
Mr. Hambright died Monday
morning at 6 o’clock in Veteran’s
Hospital at Oteen where he had
I been seriously ill several months.
He was a native of Cherokee
County, S. C., son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. David Hambright.
He was a veteran of World War
1 and a member of F. B. Glass
Post 9811 of Kings Mountain.
Members of Frank B. Glass
Pest 9811, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, served as pallbearers.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Ethel Howell; three sons,
Elmer and Kish Hambright, both
of Winston Salem; and Prentiss
Hambright of Kings Mountain;
five daughters, Mrs. Ralph Can
non of Fairfield, California, Mrs.
Benton Mauldin of Albemarle,
Mrs. Max Putnam of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Jack Kee of
Shelby and Mrs. Wofford Martin
of Blaci'.sburg, S. C.; one brother,
R. Dewitt Hambright of Kings
Mountain; and six sisters, Mrs.
Wade Milam and Mrs. Arthur
Page, both of Spartanburg, S. C.,
Mrs. Carroll Barber and Mrs. W.
D. King, both of Charlotte, Mrs.
Cletus Royster of Greensboro and
Mrs. Eugene Price of Asheville.
Also surviving are 13 grandchil
dren and one great grandchild.
Mr. and Mrs. Hambright cele
brated their 46th wedding anni
versary last year.
Thursday Deadline
For Tax Listing
Thursday is the last day for
listing county property taxes
without penalty.
Beginning Friday morning, a
penalty of 10 percent will be
assessed, with $1 being the
minimum penalty. •
Gulf Sulphur-Lithium Corporation
Merger Proposal Details Given
An agreement in principle has
been reached by the directors of
Gulf Sulfur Corporation and
Lithium Corporation of America,
Inc. for merger of the two com
panies, according to Robert H.
Allen, president of Gulf Sulphur
and Harry D Feltenstein Jr.,
president of Lithium Corpora
tion.
Under the agreement, Gulf
Sulphur will be the surviving
corporation and shares of Gulf
Sulphur common stock will con
tinue as shares of common stock
of the surviving company. Each
two shares of Lithium common
outstanding on the effective date
of the merger will be converted
into one share of convertible pre
ferred stock of the surviving
i corporation. The preferred stock
j will provide for an annual divi
i dend of 20 cents per s-hare and
; wall be convertible at any time
j at the option of the holder into
' two shares of Gulf Sulphur com
mon stock upon payment of $10
cash to the company, or after
one year into 1.4 common shares
| without cash payment.
The proposed transaction will
be submitted to the 'stockhold- <
ers of both companies for ap
proval in about 90 days. i
Mr. Allen. President of Golf
Sulphur, said that if the merger !
is approved, Mr Felterstein, Jr., ’
president of Lithium Corporation, i
will become executive vice presi- : i
dent of Gulf Sulphur, in charge u
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Buffalo Project
Feasibility
To Be Studied
By MARTIN HARMON
A preliminary study of the
Buffalo Creek area to determine
whether the area is feasible for
declaring it a watershed will be
gin Monday.
Announcement was made by
Tom Cornwell, chairman of the
Cleveland County Soil and Water
Conservation committee, on noti
fication from L. W. Dameron,
area soil conversationist.
Result of the survey have ma
jor bearing on whether the soil
conservation service participates
in development of Buffalo Creek
as a source of raw water supply
for the Kings Mountain area, as
a controlled recreation area,
wildlife refuge and for other pur
poses.
TO ASK ENDORSEMENT
Mayor John Henry Moss will
appear before the Cleveland
County board of commissioners
Monday to ask commission en
dorsement of 1) the Kings
Mountain Buffalo Creek water
project and 2) endorsement, if
a preliminary study indicates
feasibility, of the proposed
Buffalo Watershed project.
Specifically, the work of the
study team Is to determine
whether benefits of a watershed
outweigh its monetary cost.
Mr. Dameron wrote, "Immedi
ately on completion of the study,
we will want a joint conference
with your committee and the
Kings Mountain city commis
sion.”
Meantime, United States Sen
ator B. Everett Jordan has lent
his support to the Kings Moun
tain water project.
He wrote Mayor John Henry
Moss:
Thank you very much for
your letter concerning the appli
cation the City of Kings Moun
tain has made with the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban De
velopment for assistance with its
water project.
“I am glad to be of help in this
matter and have contacted the
Department as per your request.
“As soon as I receive their re
port 1 will be in further touch
with you.”
The Kings Mountain water
project, as contemplated by W.
K. Dickson, the city’s consluting
engineer, envisions a large lake
north of U. S. 74 on Buffalo
Creek. Indicated water impound
ment would compare in area to
Lure.
Foium Thursday
Begins At 2
Legislators representing Cleve
land County in the forthcoming
General Assembly have scheduled
a forum Thursday (today) from
2 until 5 p.m. in the county court,
house.
Principal purpose of the meet
ing is to give Cleveland citizens
an opportunity to convey to the
legislators, in person, the citizens
opinions and views on desired
or pending legislation.
There is to be no advanced
agenda and any citizen who
wishes to speak will be welcom
ed.
The Cleveland delegation in
cludes Senator Jack White from
the 29th district state senate del
egation and Representative Rob
ert Z Falls and Representative-'
Elect W. K. Maiuney, Jr. and
William D. Harrill from the 43rd
district house delegation.
Tax Payments
Swell Coffers
January was a busy receipt
writing month for employees of
Kings Mountain and Cleveland
bounty tax offices.
Officials of both reported 1966
tax collections through Wednes
day, last day for payment with
out penalty, approximate 75 per
cent of total billings
. Joe McDaniel, Jr., city tax su
pervisor, reported collections on
through January of $150,441, as
■ompared to total billings for
1966 of $200,757. January collee
ions were $65,103.
Jim Hardin, assistant tax col
ector for Cleveland County, said
Wednesday afternoon he had not
completed tabulations, but esti
nated collection at approximate
y 75 per cent of the county’s
1,500,000 billings.