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Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,256 * nils figure for Greater Krugs Mountain is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city limits figure is from the United States census ol 1965. VOL. 78 NO. 7 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 16, 1967 Seventy-Eighth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Z' ) SPEAKER — Dr. James Hervey Ross, medical secretary of the Board of World Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U. S., will fill the pulpit at Sunday morp ing services at First Presby terian church. Presbyterians To Hear Boss vri,, Dr. James Harvey Ross, recent ly appointed the first medical retary of the Board of World issions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S., will fill the pulpit at First Presbyterian church here Sunday. His sermon topic at the 11 o’clock worship gervice will be “Medical Missions to Mexico.” In his new position, Dr Ross will counsel the Board, staff and mission personnel about a world wide medical strategy. He comes to the board from Morelia, Mex ico, where, for some 20 years, he has directed the work of Su lator io La Luz, a 120-bed missionary hospital. Under his direction the hospital has gained a high reputation. Its Dr. L. J. Coppedge School of Nursing accomodates 100 student nurses and is accredited by the National University. The hosi pital’s program for interns is ac credited also. As a son of pioneer U.S. mis sionaries, Dr Ross grew up in Mexico. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Davidson college, but returned to Mexico for his medi cal education. While taking his doctor of medicine degree from the Univer sity of Mexico, he married Pau line Ribelin. The Rosses have three children. Mary Elizabeth is married to R. T. Spiro, a student at the Medical College of Geor gia in Augusta. Helen McRae is senior student nurse at Presby 1 Sterian hospital in Charlotte, and ■< James Hervey, Jr, is a senior at Darlington School in Rome, Ga. Dr. Ross will assume his new position with the Board in Nash ville sometime in 1967. Long Rites To Be Thursday Paul McDee Long, 54, former Kings Mountain restauranteur and owner of Helen’s Restaurant in Bessemer City, died Tuesday in Baptist Hospital at Winston Salem. Funeral rites will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. from Bessem er City’s First Baptist church. Rev. A. A Bailey, asisted by Rev. Hoyt Pruitt will officiate. Inter ment will be in West View Gar dens. Mr. Long was the son of the 'ate George and Ida Long. Survivors include his wife, Hel en Taylor Long; three sons, Paul (Buddy) Long, Suitland, Md, Alan, a student at East Carolina College, and Chris, of the home; . two daughters, Paula, a student 'tfkat UNCGreensboro, and Peggy, '■ut the home; six brothers and half-brothers, C. Bert Long, Rock Hill, S. C., Claude, Clarence, and George Long, Gastonia, the Rev. W. F. Haufman, Gastonia and Ralph Griffin, Howie-in-the-Hills, Fla; two sisters, Mrs. M. T. •Saunders, Bessemer City and Miss —a Griffin, Gastonia. Citizens' Aid To Be Enlisted On Committees Mayor John Henry Moss, with city commission approval, Tues day night named three commis sion committees, to be augment ed by citizen appointments on community problems: 1) On national cities clean-up and community safety Norman King, is chairman, with O. O. Walker and W. S. Biddix other members. 2) On air pollution, T. J. Elli son, is chairman, Ray Cline and Norman King members. 3) On city garbage disposal grounds, Mr. Cline is chairman, Mr. Walker and Mr. Biddix mem bers. In another action, the city voted a $1565 appropriation for a neighborhood analysis study by the Community Planning Di vision, Department of Conserva tion & Development. The analy sis is a prelude to renewal of the Kings Mountain workable pro gram which makes the city eli gible for federal grants for vari ous public facilities. Street assessments were con firmed on several streets anjj a portion of the Glenn Carroll prop erty was annexed to the city limits. .•if’.. " The board voted to seek bids on a street-roller and for a fence at the public works resevoir area. It also voted to sell at auction a 1955 Ford (formerly the fire chief’s car). The board approved petition for installation of curb-and-gut ter on the north side of East Gold street, from Gaston to York read, and sidewalk on the north side of East Gold, from Gaston to Oriental avenue. Mauney "Liquor" Mail Is Heavy Representative W. K. Mauney, Jr, of Kings Mountain, has been appointed to seven House of Rep resentatives committees including [ this session's "hot” one — prop ositions and grievances. It is this committee which will process legislation concerning the state’s liquor laws and the post man is already bringing heavy loads of mail to Rep. Mauney’s address, both here and at the Legislative building in Raleigh, on the liquor issue and its several ramifications. Rep. Mauney’s Monday morn ing’s mail here contained 30 or more letters on the liquor issue, only two in favor of liberalizing the liquor laws. Only a few were from Kings Mountain area citi zens and all were “dry.” Many were ‘‘bone dry”, asking return to prohibition days One dry letter came from a Blacksburg, S. C„ woman, and a Rutherfc/rd lady wrote congrat ulating Rep. Mauney for his “dry” committment. (Rep. Maun ey is committed neither “dry” nor “wet.” ) His other appointments by House Speaker David Britt are rules, conservation and develop ment, finance, institute for the deaf, local government and man ufacturing and labor. Mothei's March To Be Thursday Kings Mountain Junior Wom an’s club members will conduct the annual Mother’s March on Birth Defects Thursday (tonight) from 7 until 9 p.m. Miss Jackie Blanton, club presi dent, will serve as chairman of the drive. Miss Blanton said members are asked to gather at the Woman’s club prior to 7 o’clock to begin a house-to-house canvass of the community. Citizens who wish to donate to the campaign should leave their porch lights burning .Persons not I contacted nsay forward their con tributions f*r Bennett Masters, in ! care of Harris Funeral Home, i Mr. Master is Kings Mountain campaign chairman. SPEAKER — Rev. J. Edwin Bul lock, North Carolina State Baptist Convention Brotherhood Secretary, will make the ad dress at the Associational Brotherhood meeting Tuesday night at Grover's First Baptist church. Biotheihood Grover Guests Rev. J, Edwin Bullock, North Carolina State Baptist Conven tion Brotherhood Secretary, wifi be the featured speaker for the Associational Brotherhood meet ing to be held Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m., at Grover’s First Bap tist Church The Men’s Chorus, Allen Jol ley, director, of the First Baptist render the special music. Rev. Fred Crisp, pastor of the host church, will have charge of the devotion. Rev. Bullock is a native of Lumberton, North Carolina and is a graduate of Wake Forest college and Southeastern Semi nary. He is married to the for mer Barbara Thompson and they have two sons. Before assuming his present office as secretary of the State Brotherhood Department he serv ed as associate director in the same department. He was pas tor of the Evergreen Baptist church in Evergreen, North Car olina, prior to his coming to the State Baptist Convention Paul Lancaster, director of the Associational Brotherhood Department, and his executive board extends an invitation to all members of the Brotherhood organizations in the Kings Moun tain Baptist Association and oth er interested laymen to attend this meeting. Washington Birthday Is Legal Holiday Kings Mountain financial insti tutions will be closed on Wednes day, February 22, in observance of George Washington’s Birthday Spokesmen for First Union Na tional Bank, First Citizens, Home Savings & Loan and Kings Moun tain Savings and Loan Associa tions announced these firms will observe the legal holiday and will be closed all day Wednesday. PasMaWrigM. Retired Bell Operator. Dies _ u.tes for Miss P'« * . „ Miss pashi’a Funeral rites hel(J Tuesday at Wright. 67. were tist church 3 p'mJTS.J»»• . member. „ which sne «»-■ gun MlSSt TiUs Mountain^ hospital %&£?* ^ m2 ■■ Rowing a Clcveland She was a "f^f the late Mr. County, daug 1 bright She was and Mts John ^ Employee of a retired > Telephone Com g^thent BeU s chlef evening o pany- Bh time of her perator at tne tirement. - - - rement. ters Mrs., .«*«•* *£S*“3 *«■ SSTSSkS - *“■ ther, Baxter ^ ..as in Mountain tv- , Active pallheai-ers «Jrighti Jr.,I T. Wright, Jr., e 0sboine, Jr.. R^nS^ome, Jr.and J.E | Rhea, Jr s Se I Officers Rie Re-Bleded I ... ... A/fr,,intain Savin Three Kings Mount directors Loan association^ buUdlng. 1 were appointed the annual 1 committee *ollowmf Tuesday shareholders m_ lo pay —d1'" dends was $1 • , ted eight 1 Shareholders ere-e^tthe directors and treasurer, Joe elation secre*aZ.ber of the board. R. Smith, a member ^ of£lcers I Directors re-e Davis, pres employ ^“vtce.prc.l S;; "• 9™ WBi,e' iaem> ^ rMpnn vvnue, v dent; C. smith, secre president, Joe ^ Ruby H tary-treasurer^ secretary-treas 1 Baker, assists R Martin and Wr.er; Neal, tellers Af Surer; Mrs. ^eal, tellers. ** 1 Miss Brenda {.rmj George B. 1 torneys for Davis, White, Thomasson and powell> were Short, Harris again retained. t0 the of - Directors, in a“a“ is, 0f Bes ficers, are George L ti clyde semer City, Boyce H c McGill | Kerns, and Dr- ,IKerns and Mr. ““ MUd‘n8 '“SSSSr soctation doos j' but that the —rfexs -port of Sal of mortgage increased its ^ 3.5 percent, loans by December 31 was Lean total at tbe year the YeL™ve, *» percent, in nd total of $409, a^T.-zs*’’: Ksr*E£r1,ned $153,316 to $3,972,513. Biennial City Political Season Quietest To Date In Two Decades On May 9, less than months dis tant, Kings Mountain citizens will elect a mayor and five city com missioners. Kings Mountain school district citizens will elect a school board member, i In contrast to pre-election sea sons of the past two decades, there is outwardly an near-com plete dearth of politicial activity. Normally, for those past ten elections, several candidates have paid filing fees by mid-February, and rumors of potential candi dates are numerous and frequent. Terms of all members of the six-man Moss Administration ex pire on May 11 and the term of Board of Education member H. Ofl (Toby) Williams expires. City officers are elected to two-year terms, school board members for six-year terms Mr. Williams, who is complet ing his first term, is one of two members representing that por tion of the school district out side the corporate limits of the City of Kings Mountain. In-city residents are not eligible for the office. Mr. Williams has made no an nounccment but has indicated to friends he will not offer for re election. All members of the Moss Ad ministration are expected to of fer again. Mayor John Henry Moss, Commissioners O. O. Walk er and W. S. Biddix, e~e com pleting first terms. Comm. Ray Cline, Comm Norman King, and Comm. T- J. Ellison arc veterans. Mr. Ellison is dean in point of service. Filing fee for mayor is $50, for all other offices $5 Cily Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., is ox officio clerk of the city election board Ithe city commission.! ESSAY WINNER — Laura Foust Plonk, North school six th grader, is winner of the American History Month essay contest sponsored by Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter, DAR. Laura Plonk Essay Winner Laura Foust Plonk, sixth grad er at North School and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John O.* Plonk, Jr., is winner of the DAR-spon sored American History Month essay contest. Announcement was made by j Mrs. L. E. Hinnant, chairman of; the History Month contest in! which all fifth, sixth, seventh' and eighth graders of the district schools were invited to partici- i pate. Young Miss Plonk’s winning essay was entitled, “The Day Of Harbor. Harris, Smith Heart Leaders DeVere R. Smith and J. Ollie Harris have been named City Heart Fund Chairmen for Kings Mountain. The appointment was announced today by Neil O John son, Heart Fund Chairman for Cleveland County. As City Heart Fund Chairman Smith and Harris have appointed various activity chairmen for the community and will direct their efforts during the North Caro lina and American Heart Asso ciation’s drives in February, Heart Month. Activity Chairmen are: Special Gifts, Dick Maxey; Business Days Days, Mrs. John Gamble; Heart Sunday, Garl Wilson and Mrs. John Bedford; City Heart Fund Benefits, Mrs. George H. Mauney and Jonas Bridges. Mrs Scarr Morrison, Memorial Gifts. Smith, a native of Nebraska, is accounting manager at Foote Mineral company. He resides at 701 Marion dreet with his wife Athlene, and two children,Dana G. and Devere, Jr. He has been active in fund-raising projects for several years having served as City Heart Fund Chairman in 1966 Smith is a graduate of George Washington University, Duke University under Naval Air Trailing Program and Ben jamin Franklin University. He is past president of Kings Moun tain Rotary club, member of Charlotte City club and Kings Mountain Country club. Harris, Kings Mountain Morti cian and Cleveland County Coro ner for 20 years, is married to the former Abby Jane Wall of Shelby, The Harrises have two children, J. Ollie Harris, Jr. of Houston Texas and Mrs Donald Hambright of Grover. A graduate of Gupton-Jones College of Em balming. Harris has been active in the Red Cross the Lions club, and was 1965 Rural Heart Fund Chairman. He is also past pre sident of the Lions club, past president of N. C. Funeral Di rectors Association, past president of N C. State Board of Embal mers and Funeral Directors and member of National Selected Morticians. He was awarded the Bronze Star in World War II. “Heart disease is still the leading killer in Cleveland Coun ty”, said Smith, “As it is in the state and nation. Last year, some 23,000 North Carolinians died as a result of cardiovascular disease. Our Heart Association gives the residents of Kings Mountain a chance to help wipe out this lead ing killer”. Funds from the drive will be used for the Heart Association’s programs in research, public ed 1 ucatlon and community service. How Much Salary For City Fathers? Commission To Seek Hikes By Assembly By MARTIN HARMON How much should Kings Moun tain pay its mayor and city com missioners? A pay raise from the present scale is in the offing, the legisla tive delegation and commission ers have their particular ideas, but they’re also interested in what citizen-taxpayers think. As City Commissioner Ray Cline expressed it: “We want to be fair to those who hold office, and at the same time be fair to the citizens who pay the bills.” The present pay scales as set forth in the city charter are: Mayor, minimum salary of $600 per year, maximum salary of $6000 per year. (Mayor John Henry Moss and several of his predecessors are paid $5400 sal ary, plus an expense account of $600 ) City Commissioner — A city commissioner is paid $25 per regular monthly meeting attend ed, or a maximum of $300 per year. He receives no pay for special meetings. The city administration and Senator Jack White discussed the cfUCstion during a weekend con ference. Senator White said he felt Kings Mountain’s mayoral salary should be $10,000 to $12,000 per yean, since he is the city’s chief administrative officer, and that the commissioners pay should be $100 per month for two regular monthly meetings. Some commissioners felt the Senator’s suggestions perhaps too expansive, while others agreed. Mayor Moss said he anticipated commission action at the special meeting of February 28. State law does not permit salaries of elected officials to be increased during their terms of office. Earliest effective date would be when the next adminis tration is elected and sworn. The bill is expected to specify that the pay increases — in what ever amounts decided - will be effective July 1, beginning of the 1967-68 fiscal year. Nursing Center Meeting At 7:30 A community-wide meeting, with all interested citizens in vited, will be helcl at City Hall Thursday (tonight > at 17:30 for discussion of providing the Kings Mountain area a convalescing and nursing center. Mayor John Henry Moss, who announced the upcoming meeting, heads a city commission fact finding and promotion committee which also includes Commission ers O O. Walker, Ray Cline and W. S. Biddix. ELECTED — Dr. Donald Hayes has been elected to member, ship in the national medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Hayes is formerly of Kings Mountain. Medical Group Elects Hayes Dr. Donald M. Hayes, formerly of Kings Mountain, has been elected to membership in Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Hayes, associate professor of medicine at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, is one of two members of the Bowman Gray faculty who were tapped for membership to the national med ical honor society. Nine students also were elected. Election to membership in AOA is based on scholastic achieve ment and character. Dr. Hayes, a graduate of Wake I Forest college and the Bowman i Gray School of Medicine, is the j son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. ' Hayes of Charlotte He 'was appointed to the Bow I man Gray faculty in 1959 and j served for two years as assist ant dean before returning to full time teaching, research and pa tient care. His chief research in terests involve chemotherapy of cancer with special emphasis on problems of the blood. He is married to the former Kathryn Barrier. They have three sons. The new members will be in stalled Feb. 21 at the annual banquet of the North Carolina Beta Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. Leon O. Jacobson, dean of the Division of Biologi cal Sciences at the University of Chicago, will deliver the ban quet address. Fire Department Gilts Reach $1700 Kings Mountain area citizens contributed a total of $1700 to the Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Department via a community drive last Friday for fire-fighting equipment. A spokesman for the firemen expressed appreciation to citi 1 zens for their “generous support." Title 1 Faculty Is Near Complete; Speech Teacher, Librarian Needed With the exception of two staff members, faculty for Kings Mountain’s Title 1 program is complete. Approved under the federal Elementary and Secondary Edu cation Act, Title 1 will provide three librarians, four library aides, a speech therapist, seven teaching aides, a nurse and guid ance counselor for a projected four-month program. Seven of 10 schools were approved for the program. Supt. B. N. Barnes said the two vacancies are for a librarian for Compact school and a speech therapist. Members of the faculty in clude: Central Junior High: Library aide, Mrs. Marjorie Adams of Kings Mountain; Mrs. Anita Phoenix pf Shelby, guidance counselor. Compact school: Teacher aide, Miss Brenda Williams of Klngo , Mountain. Davidson school: Teacher aide, Mrs. Erma McCullough of Kings Mountain. Davidson - West schools: Li brarian, Miss Dorothy Hill of Murphy. Librarian - aide, Mrs. Hugh Logan of Kings Mountain. Grover school: Miss Brenda Crisp of Grover, teacher's aide. Grover - North schools: Mrs. Elizabeth W. Mauney of Kings Mountain, librarian; Mrs. Fred Paschal of Kings Mountain, li brarian aide. Kings Mountain high school: Miss Linda Walker of Kings Mountain, librarian aide; Mrs. Dorothy Etheridge of Kings Mountain, teacher’s aide. North school: Mrs. Emma Lou Easley of Kings Mountain, teach er’s aide. West school: Mrs. Bertha Davis of Bessemer City, teacher’s aide Mrs. Janet Tate of Kings Mountain has been employed *3 school nurse for the program. "Pro" Control Committee To Be Formed By MARTIN HARMON A spokesman for a citizen's group seeking an election on es tablishment of ABC stores and legal sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption said Wednesday over 800 citizens have signed the petition. He also said that a dozen or more of the -10 citizens circulat ing the petition will organize next week as a Citizens Committee for Legal Control (or similar title), will elect a chairman and other officers, each of whom, along with the membership will be iden tified Among the citizens who have been circulating petitions are Richard Maxey, Charles Mauney, Richard McGinnis, Cha.les E. Dixon, Jay Powell, and Lee Sell ers. The spokesman said that the statutes have been thoroughly cheeked and that, in city elec tions on legal sale of alcoholic beverages, petitions by citizens are not mandatory in calling ABC store voteig, can be mandatory in elections 'on legalizing beer and wine sales. In the latter instance, to make the beer-wine section mandatory 25 percent of voters balloting in the 1965 municipal election would require the calling of the election. (In 1965, 2042 vot ers cast ballots in the municipal election. The minimum required figure would be 511.) The spokesman continued, "While the petition is not needed for the ABC store election, nor mandatory on the beer-wine is sue, we expect to proceed with obtaining signatures and to have them authenticated.” The spokesman said it would probably be two or three weeks before the signing effort is com pleted and the city board of elec tions (the city commission) ask ed to authenticate signatures on the petitions. When authenticated, the pe titions will be presented for ac tion in calling the election to the legislative delegation. The election will probably be sought during the summer, the spokes man said. Text of the statement under which the citizens committee will organize follows: “In the firm belief that the Legal and Lawful sale of alco holic beverages under the Strict Control of the State ABC Board and its Malt Beverage Enforce ment Division, is far superior to and more acceptable than the il legal, uncontrollable and untax able bootleg method which pres ently exists in Kings Mountain and with the further knowledge that by participating in North Carolina’s Legal Control Pro gram, the City of Kings Moun tain, as provided by State Law, will share in the millions of dol lars of unrestricted tax revenue which is presently being remitted to approximately 80 percent of North Carolina’s citizens residing in Legal Controlled areas ... I hereby affix my signature to this document . . . joining others of my fellow citizens in forming a Citizens Committee to cite the many reasons Legal Control is needed in our City and in so do ing bring these facts to the atten tion of all the voters in order that they may decide the matter for the best interest of our City. "Further, we cannot continue to ignore this additional tax source which could go a long way in fi nancing additional recreational facilities for our young people, improving and expanding our water system and financial as (Continued On Page Six) Harris Disclaims 'Dry** Leader Title J. Ollie Harris, Kings Moun tain mortician and Cleveland County coroner, acknowledges his membership in the “dry" forces of the county and state but disclaims he is leading, or will lead, any dry efforts to prevent a vote on legal sale of liquor in Kings Mountain or, if the election is ordered, to de feat the proposal. "My position as a dry is his toric and well-known but I am not a dry forces leader and won't be,” Mr. Harris said in response to a Herald inquiry. He said he had so informed Rev. R. M. Hauss, veteran Cleveland County dry forces leader.