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Population
K Greater Kings Mountain 10,320
City Limits 8,256
This figure for Greater Kings Mountain Is derived from
tbe 1855 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city
Omits figure is from the United States census of 19B5.
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VOL. 78 NO. 6
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 9, 1967 Seventy-Eighth Year
1C Pages
ID Today
Established 1889
PRICE TEN CENTS
Petition Seeks Kings Mountain Liquor Referendum
Buffalo Lake Land Proffered
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Y SCOUT WEEK CEREMONIES HELD h- Official ceremonies opening Boy Scout Wee*'attivitfe&
in Kings Mountain were held Tuesday morning on the steps of City Hall. A group of Boy Scouts
from Troop 404. Grace Methodist church qnd Troop 96 of East Gold Street Wesleyan Methodist church
is pictured at left above. Standing on the platform, from left, are B. S. Peeler, Jr., Lions club presi
dent Hal Plonk, Scoutmaster Ken Pruitt, Rev. Clyde Good son, Dick McNeilly, district scout execu
tive. Mayor John H. Moss, Scoutmaster Gene Tig nor, Scoutmaster Eddie Bazzell and Rev. T. Dixon
Adams, all of whom participated in the opening exercises. A full week of activities is underway,
culminating on Boy Scout Sunday. "Good Turn Day" is Saturday. (Photo for the Herald by Paul
Lemmons).
SPEAKER — Dr. Eugene Pos
ton. president of Gardner
Webb college, will be guest
Speaker on Boy Scout Sunday
Pat First Presbyterian church.
Poston To Give
Scout Seimon
Dr. E. Eugene Poston, presi
dent of Gardner-Webb college at
Boiling Springs, will fill the pul
pit on Boy Scout Sunday this
Sunday at First Presbyterian
church.
At the 11 o’clock morning wor
ship service Dr. Poston will
speak on the subject, “The Son
In The Family" from Ephesians
6:1-4.
Boy Scouts from the local
church will sit together and be
recognized duiing the service.
An alumnus of Gardner-Webb,
class of 1943, Dr. Poston earned
the A. B. degree from Wake For
est in 1944. He earned the B. D.
degree, ’47, the Th.M. degree, ’48,
and the Th.D degree (1950) from
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Ky.
Poston has served pastorates
in North Carolina, Kentucky, and
Georgia. His longest pastorate
was the Wallace Baptist church
which he served for seven years.
While at Wallace he led in the
construction of a half-million
Ajlar church building and or
Sinized a new church which was
named in honor of the Poston
family. Prior to coming to Gard
ner-Webb as.head of the Depart
ment of Religion, he served as
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Jonesboro, Ga. While there he
led the church in planning an
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George Mauney
WinsScoutsAward
Kings Mountain
Man Awarded
Silver Beaver
George H. Mauney, Kings
Mountain industrialist, was pre
sented Scouting’s highest honor—
the Silver Beaver award—at Len
oir Rhyne college Tuesday night.
The award was presented by
Piedmont Council, Boy Scouts of
America, at the annual meeting.
Kings Mountain citizens at
tending the awards presentation
were Mr. and Mrs. Mauney, Mr.
and Mrs. W. Donald Crawford,
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Pruitt, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Yarbro. Mr. Craw
ford is a former recipient of the
Silver Beaver. Other Kings Moun
tain recipients are W. K. Mauney,
Sr., father of George H. Mauney;
Aubrey Mouney; and the late
Henry McKelvie.
Mr. Mauney was cited for 11
years service as a Scouter and
for community service. In the
field of scouting, he has served
as a Cubmaster, as Court of
Honor chairman, as district vice
chairman, troop committeeman
and Piedmont Council executive
board member.
An active member of St. Mat
thew’s Lutheran Church, he has
served on the church council, as
general superintendent of the
Sunday School, a Sunday School
teacher, and assisted with special
fund-raising projects.
He is a chairman of the Kings
Mountain board of education, a
member of the Kings Mountain
hospital board of trustees, a
past president of the Kiwanis
club and a past director of the
American Red Cross. He helped
organize the Kings Mountain
United Fund.
He became interested in scout
ing as a youngster, was recipient
of the Eagle Scouting award, one
of five sons of Mr. and Mrs. W.
K. Mauney, Sr. to receive the
honor. His son, Sandy, is also an
Eagle Scout.
Mauney attended Lenoir Rhyne
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HONORED—George H. Mauney
was presented Scouting's high
est honor, the Silver Beaver
award, at the annual meeting !
Tuesday night of the Piedmont
Boy Scout Council at Lenoir
Rhyne college.
Kiwanis Club
Host To Scoots
Otis Falls, Jr., Troop 91 Scout
master, will be the principal!
speaker at the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club’s annual Boy Scout
banquet Thursday evening
All Scoutmasters and their as-1
sistants will be guests of Kiwan-i
ians and Kiwanis program chair
man H. D. (Snooks) McDaniel en- !
courages each Kiwanian to invite j
a Boy Scout as his guest. “If you
don’t have a Boy Scout son, bor- i
row one”, says Mr. McDaniel
Dinner will be served at 6:45 in
the dining room of the Woman’s
club.
The banquet for Scouts and
Scouters is among several events
planned in honor of Kings Moun
tain area Boy Scouts on the 57th j
anniversary of Scouting.
Boy Scout activities here were
officially opened on Tuesday j
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Patterson Owns
Several Tracts
In Buffalo Area
By MARTIN HARMON
U. L. Patterson, well - known
Cleveland County businessman,
lent hearty endorsement to the
Kings Mountain water project
this week when he declared he
would donate to the city what
ever portion needed of the sev
eral tracts of land he owns on
the projected lake site.
Mr. Patterson, a wholesale
florist with nationwide opera
lions, said Tuesday he owned
three tracts which might be af
fected by the Buffalo Creek pro
ject
Wednesday morning, inspect
ing at City Hall the engineer’s
preliminary map (published in
the January 26 issue of the Her
aid),, Mr. Patterson said a fourth
tract in the area might he af
fected, too.
“What I said goes for .11 of
it,” he declared.
“Anything I can do for the
cause,” he continued, "just let me
know.”
Mr. Patterson’s proffer follow
ed by a day action of the Cleve
land County board of commis
sioners in approving and endors
ing the Kings Mountain water
project and Buffalo Creek water
shed project, for which a pre
liminary study by a Soil Conser
vation department team began
Monday morning.
Mayor John Henry Moss ad
dressed the county commission,
outlined work on the project to
date, support already indicated
by effected groups and individu
als, -and asked county board sup
port.
He told the commission he
may return later in the interest
of a cooperative effort to de
velop the proposed lake for con
trolled recreation
County board action was unan
imous, Commissioner Coieman
Goforth abstaining on grounds
the proposed lake may involve
his own lands.
Mrs. Canslei's
Rites Thursday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Martha
Frances Anthony Cansler, 89, will
be held Thursday afternoon at 4
o’clock at First Presbyterian
church, of which Mrs. Cansler
was a member.
Mrs. Cansler, widow of George
Cansler who died in 1952, suc
cumbed at her home, 508 West
Mountain street, at 11 o'clock
Wednesday morning. She had
been ill three days.
A Lincoln county native, she
was a daughter of the late Abra
ham Emmaline Rudisill Anthony.
Surviving are two sons, Luther
Cansler, of Kings Mountain, An
thony, Cansler of Charlotte, a
brother, A. R. Anthony, of Lin
colnton, a sister, Mrs. J. B. Hawk,
of Kings Mountain, and three
grandchildren.
Another son, Grady Cansler,
was killed in Luxemburg in 1945
while serving with the United
States army in World War II.
Dr. Paul Ausley will conduct
the rites and burial will be in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
The body will remain at Harris
Funeral Home until 3:30 Thurs
day afternoon.
Eddie Bridges
Mayoi For Day
Kings Mountain citizens who
call the mayor’s office on Satur
day morning may hear an unfa
miliar voice reply.
The voice answering the tele
phone will be that of young Ed
die Bridges, Mayor-for-A-Day. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
by C. Bridges and a member of
Boy Scout Troop 92.
Numerous Boy Scouts from the
area have been elected by their
fellow Scouts to serve >n major
positions in city government for
a period of three hours Saturday
morning.
The project is all a part of Boy
Scout Week activities underway
here.
Other Boy Scouts elected to
major posts are: Fire Chief Rocky
Ford, Jr. of Troop 91, son of Mr.
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YOUNG MAN OF YEAR CITED — Charles Blanton. Jr., left, is shown presenting to Shuford
(Scoop) Peeler the 1966 Young Man of the Year award, distinguished service award of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. Looking on are Mrs. Peeler and Pat Spangler, far right. Mr. Spangler made
the address at the 13th annual award presentation. Mr. Peeler was cited for community service.
Blanton was chairman of the DSA committee and is a former recipient of Ihe honor. (Photo for the
Herald by Paul Lemmons).
Peeler Young Man Of1966;
Spangler PraisesAreaAssets
C & D Official
Is Speaker
At DSA Banquet
By MARTIN HARMON
“Kings Mountain has every
thing going for her", R. Pat
Spangler, Shelby - Kings Moun
tain businessman and vice-chair
man of the North Carolina De
partment of Conservation and
Development, declared Tuesday
i night as he made the feature ad
j dress at the annual distinguished
service award banquet of the
Kings Mountain Junior Chamber
of Commerce.
After listing the ph'yical as
[ sets, Mr Spangler added, “But
! >ve know the most important as
j set is people. The members of
; this club are dedicated to serving
! others. Any good we do is mere
| iy paying the rent on the space
I we occupy. It has also been
I said that the best place to grow
! a corn crop is between two rows
! of corn with a. hoe in your hand.
, Let’s pick up the hoe.”
Mr. Spangler listed as prime
! Kings Mountain assets its low
taxes, recreational, hospital and
educational facilities, evailabili
ty at low cost of natural gas
and electric power, its juxtapo
sition to two major highways
and a major railroad, and a pro
gressive city government.
In his preface, Mr Spangler
outlined the eight major services
of the Department of Conserva
tion and Development as com
merce and industry, commercial
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World Prayer Day
To Be Observed
World Day of Prayer wil be
oberved on Friday, and at least
| two Kings Mountain churches are
planning special observances
Boyce Memorial ARP church
sanctuary will be open for pray
; er and quiet music will be played
j from 11:30 until 12:30 a. m. and
I from 5 until 6 p.m., according
to announcement by Mrs. Don
Crawford, chairman of the Spirit'
I ual Life committee.
At St Matthew’s Lutheran
church the sanctuary will be open
; for meditation from 11:43 a.m.,
according to announcement by
| Rev. Charles Easley, pastor.
Mrs. Conner's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lula
Hudgins Conner, 84, of Gastonia,
mother of Ralph and Lonnie Con
ner of Kings Mountain, were held
Wednesday at 3 p.m. from Rock
Springs Baptist Church In Ruther
ford County.
Mrs. Conner died Monday aft
ernoon.
, Other survivors include seven
sons, Roland and Rob -Conner of
Bessemer City, Clarence Conner of
Belmont, James, Leroy, Fred and
Coy Conner, all of Gastonia;
three daughters, Mrs. Joe Conner
of Gastonia, Mrs. Ben Cox of
Charlotte and Mrs. Neal Atkins
of Johnson City, Tenn.; and one
sister, Mrs. Lillie Turner of Dan
ville, -Va.
Davis & White Expands Its Firm;
Three Gastonia Lawyers Partners
A new law firm Davis, White,
Short, Harris and Powell, has
been formed by five attorneys in
Kings Mountain and Gastonia.
Powell moved his office to
Kings Mountain this week in thej
quarters with the former firm of'
Davis & White on Mountain j
i street
J. Roan Davis, senior partner
in the law firm, said the firm;
will offer a variety of special
services to the people In both
counties.
Tim Harris, formerly a partner
of Robert C. Powell, will join Roy j
Short, Jr., solicitor, of Gastonia ’
Municipal Court, in a suite of of-1
fices at 314 Commercial Building
in Gastonia. Office assistants in
the Gastonia office are Miss Kay
Stockton, Abe Garmise and
Frances K. Wray.
Other members of the five-man
firm is Senator Jack H White, a
member of the North Carolina
Senate representing the 29th Dis
trict of Cleveland and Gaston
counties.
Office assistants in the Kings
Mountain office are Mrs. Clyde
Whetstine and Mrs. Gerald
Thoma^son.
Mr. Davis, onetime Cleveland
County attorney, city attorney for
47 years, and a member of the
North Carolina General Assem
bly in 1923, formed the law part
nership of Davis & White in 1952.
He has been a practicing attorney
since 1915, when he became a law
partner of Former Governor O.
Max Gardner A graduate of
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Foote Chemist
Is Winnei
Of DSA Honor
Shuford K. (Scoop) Peeler, Jr.
is Kings Mountain’s Young Man
of the Year for 1966.
The Kings Mountain Junior
Chamber of Commerce awarded
the 13th annual distinguished
service honor to Jaycee Peeler
at the club’s Bosses’ Night ban
quet Tuesday.
He was honored for unselfish
service to his club and communi
ty and presented the handsome
plasue emblematic of the award
by a former DSA winner, Charles
Blanton, Jr., chairman of the
DSA committee.
Nominees were submitted from
the public to a committee of
citizens over 35. Chairman Blan
ton, in presenting the award, said
that Peeler was nominated by
two dozen citizens for his count
less hours of work in rebuilding
toys for the Toys for Tots Christ
mas project of the civic club and
for the successful Mountaineer
Days barbecue promotion which
he chairmanned the past two
years the barbecue promotion is
the club's chief fund-raising pro
ject. He is Jaycee second vice
president and bulletin editor.
An assistant scoutmaster, he
and his family attend First Bap
tist church where he teaches a
Sunday School class. Mrs. Peeler
is the former Linda White,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
White, of Kings Mountain. They
are parents of two children, I
Lynn and David,' and live on!
Hawthorne road
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Shuford
K. Peeler, Sr. of Charlotte, Peel
er is a graduate of Duke Uni
versity. He joined Foote Mineral!
Company in Philadelphia, Pa. j
after a tour of military duty!
with the Army, subsequently wasj
transferred to the Kings Moun
tain Operation as plant chemist.
Harry Houston
Hospital Patient!
Holmes Harry, Grover indus-!
trialist and member of the Kings
Mountain board of education, is
a patient at Methodist hospital,
Houston, Texas.
He is under observation for
possible effects of a heart ail
ment and its indicated treatment.
Results of the tests were ex
pected by members of his family'
lata yesterday (Wednesday).
Off-Premises
Beer And Wine
Sales Sought
By MARTIN HARMON
A petition to call an election on
the questions of .1) legal sale of
whiskey in the City of Kings
Mountain and 2) to legalize the
sale of beer and wine for off
premises consumption is being
circulated.
Definitive information con
cerning the petition effort has
been as yet unobtainable, but a
citizen conversant with the ef
fort, indicated:
1) Some 40 to 50 copies of the
petition are being circulated and
signatures are being appended
rapidly.
2) The proper elections board
authority will be asked to au
thenticate, as registered voters,
the names of the signers.
3) The authenticated petition
will be filed with the Kings
Mountain members of the Gen
eral Assembly, Senator Jack
White and Representative W. K.
Mauney, Jr., with request that
legislation be obtained for call
ing the election.
4) The numerous citizens cir
culating the petition feel the
citizens should be given the op
portunity to decide the wet-dry
issue.
Under the City of Kings Moun
tain charter, the city elections
board is the city board of com
missioners. Presumably,it will be
the commission’s chore to au
thenticate signers of the petition.
City Clerk Joe H. McDaniel, Jr.,
said recently there are approxi
mately 3400 registered voters on
the city registration books, min»
us those who have died or imoVe
ed residence elsewhere since the
new registration of 1963.
Nominally, requests for refer
enda are mandatory when re.
quested by 15 percent of the reg
istered voters.
Should the election be ordered
and legal liquor approved, the
Kings Mountain system would be
managed by a Kings Mountain
Alcoholic Control Board, describ
ed as a “child” of the North Caro
lina ABC Board. 4
It was anticipated the petition
signing effort would be complet
ed within a few days.
I County All-Dry
Vote In 1949
Cleveland County voted “bone
dry", expulsing beer and wine,
on January 8, 1949.
The voting result became ef
fective 60 days later.
From the Kings Mountain
Herald issue of Jan. 14, 1949:
"Cleveland County’s dry
forces won an overwhelming
victory last Saturday as they
voted against legal sale of beer
by 9,284 to 1,183.
“The vote against legal sale
of wine-banned for more than
a year by county board action
—was ever more dry, 9,349 to
904
"Kings Mountain’s two box
es joined in parade, returning
1,300 votes against the legal
sale of beer to 308 for it. The
vote on the wine matter here
was: against legal sale of
wine, 1,303; for legal sale of
wine, 242.
"A total of 1,632 persons
voted at two Kings Mountain
boxes. The totals were as fol
lows:
“East Kings Mountain — For
beer, 191, against beer 586; for
wine, 147, against wine, 592.
"West Kings Mountain — For
beer, 117, against beer, 714;
for wine, 95, against wine,
713.”
Nursing Center
To Be Discussed
A community - wide meeting,
with all interested citizens in
vited, will be held at City Hall
February 16, for discussion of
providing the Kings Mountain
area a convalescent and nursing
center.
Mayor John Henry Moss, who
announced the upcoming meet
ing, heads a city commission
fact-finding and promotion com
mittee which also includes Com
missioners O. O. Walker, Ray
Cline and W. S. Biddix.
GARDEN CLUB
Town and Country Garden
club members will gather
Thursday night at the home of
Mrs. Charles Dixon for a regu
lar meeting.