c 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 fig tire is from the United States census of 1965. 1 VOL 78 NO. 8 Pages Today PRICE TEN CENTS House-to-House Invitations For Liquor Vote Petitions New Totals On Signatures Not Available By MARTIN HARMON Circulation of petitions in Kings Mountain seeking an elec tion on the question of legalizing sale of liquor and beer-wine for off-premises consumption con tinues. Determination of the number of persons who have signed the petition could not be learned Wednesday, as a call-in for counting had not been made. Some 40 copies of the petition are being circulated. However, a spokesman for the Citizens Committee for Legal Control (of the sale of alcoholic beverages) said the petitioners will make a house-to-house can vas inviting citizens to sign be fore the petitions are forwarded to the city board of commission ers with request it, as the city elections boards, authenticates the signatures by a check against the city’s election registration books. He added identity of the Citi zens Committee for Legal Control will be announced after petition signing is completed and the pe titions presented. Meantime, Senator Marshall Rauch, who on his own initia tive, is conducting a poll of citi zens in Gaston and Cleveland counties, reported replies through the weekend showed a 3 to 2 margin “dry” — many of those answering of the "bone dry” thinking. This group would out law sale of alcoholic beverages throughout the state. A news report in Tuesday’s Charlotte Observer reported an effort similar to Kings Moun tain’s underyvay . in Cabarrus County. An opinion had been ad vanced that ABC and beer - wine elections could not be held simul taneously. Last week, it was reported some 800 persons had signed the Kings Mountain petition, appar ently, if the signatures are au thenticated, well over the num ber required to legally force a referendum on the beer - wine sale question. ABC store elections for cities are set by legislative act. When the petition-signing is concluded, the petitions will be presented to the legislative dele gation as evidence Kings Moun tain citizens want to vote on the ABC question. Senator White's Appointments As of Monday, Senator Jack H. White, of Kings Mountain, had been appointed to seven commit tees by Lieutenant-Governor Bob Scott. In addition to chairmanship of the committee on counties, cities .and towns. Senator White was named vice-chairman of Judici ary II and also the committee on salaries and fees. Other committees on which Senator White will serve are re tirement and employment securi ty, congressional redistricting, el ection laws, and propositions and grievances. Propositions and grievances handles liquor legislation, a maj or issue of the current General Assembly. Rep. W. K. Mauney, Jr, is on the comparable com mittee in the House of Represen tatives. With a federal court order to redistrict the federal House dis tricts, the redistricting commit tee also anticipates a busy ses sion. It was anticipated Senator White would be named to at least one additional committee— either appropriations or finance _ it being customary for each senator to sit on either one or the other. Meredith Alumni Plan To Organize Meredith College alumni of Gaston county will hold an or ganization dinner meeting at the Gaston Country Club on March 4 at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Margaret Martin, alurnni secretary, will speak to the group. Co-Chairmen for the meeting are Mrs. Larry Hamrick, phone 864-5041. and Mrs. John Harris, phone 865-8141, who Invite Kings Mountain area Meredith alumni to attend. Dinner reservations are requested by March 2. NOTES BIRTHPAY — Sam H. Suber observed his 82nd birth day Monday. He is recuperat ing from surgery at Gaston Memorial hospital. 82nd Birthday For Sam Suber Samiuel Robert Suber, 82, re tired cemetery superintendent, observed his 82nd birthday Mon day. Members of his family and a large number of friends gather ed in his hospital room at Gas ton Memorial hospital where he is recuperating from an opera tion. Mr. Suber, who has been hospitalized 10 days following surgery, is doing well, members of_ his family report. Born in Beruit, Lebanon in the mountains of Syria in 1885, Sam Suber came to the United States in 1906 at the age of 21. After a short stay in Gaffney, S. C., with his brother, Salem Suber, he mov ed to Kings Mountain and here established the Candy Kitchen where Eagle Five & Ten Stores is now located. In 1918 he mar ried Artie Parlier. Mr. Suber was employed as Mountain Rest cemetery super intendent 25 years. Members of his family include his son, S. R. Suber, Jr., Mrs. Suber and their two sons, S. R. Suber III and Clafude; his daugh ters, Mrs Humes Houston, Mr. Houston and Samuel Humes Houston, Jr.; and Mrs. Carl V. Wiesener, Mr. Wiesener, Carl, Jr., Robert and Nancy Marion; and his two stepdaughters, Mrs. Nell C. Cranford and Mrs Joe Foster and Mr. Foster. Among Mr. Suber’s gifts on his birthday was a decorated cake from family members. Easley Man Hurt In Wreck Louis E, Howard, of Easley, S C., was injured Monday just before noon when his ear slam med into the back of a Grover fire truck. Howard was admitted to Kings Mountain hospital but later trans ferred to the Greenville, S. C. hospital. The fire truck reportedly on a call and proceeding north of 1 85 was attempting to turn left when it was sthuck in the rear by the northbound Howard ve hicle. .;—-dif/ww’; Highway Patrolman J. R. Reid, who investigated the accident, charged Howard with following too closely. He also estimated damages to the fire truck at $1,000 and $800 to the Howard vehicle. Bloodmobile Emergency Visit Here On Monday The Red Cross Bloodmobile re turns to Kings Mountain Monday for an emergency visit. Donors will be processed from 11 a.m until 4:30 p.m. at the Na tional Guard Armory. Blood program officials here were hopeful that Monday’s col lection would be a record one and that the normal visit quota of 150 pints of blood would be surpass ed. “We’re badly behind in our blood giving,’’ said Chairman Tommy Burke. Recent visits of the regional blood bank here and in Grover had not been up to-par and because of the high usage of blood the usage has far surpassed the blood donated in No. 4 township, Burke explained. Monday’s visit will be a “make up” visit, said Burke. Adult Classes Are Continuing I Free classes in adult basic ed ucation are continuing at Com pact school on Tuesday and Fri day evenings and at Central school on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 until 9. Adults 18 and older can quali fy and anyone wishing to attain an eighth grade level education in reading, writing and arithme tic is eligible. Mrs. Carmen S. Varney is di rector of the program sponsored by Gaston college and the Kings Mountain district schools. Rites Saturday For Mr. Gardner Funeral rites for Charlie H. Gardner, 85, of Grover, were held Saturday at 3:30 pm. from Friendly Chapel Baptist church with the Rev. James Sanderes and Rev. Roy Walter officiating Interment was in the church ce metery. Mr. Gardner died at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the Cleveland Memo rial hospital after a two-week illness He is survived by his 'wife, Donnie Godfrey Gardner; Route 1, Grover; two daughters, Mrs. Wayne McSwain of Daytona Beach Fla. and Mrs. Josh Mosses of Lawndale; a half-brother, Jim Franklin of Inman, S. C.; 15 grandchildren and two great I grandchildren Mis. Randall's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Lona Mae Crowder Randall, 60, wife of William T. Randall of Shelby, were held Wednesday at 4 p.m. from the Chapel of Harris Fu neral Home, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Crowder, Kings Mountain native, died Tuesday shortly aft er noon at her home. She had been in ill health for several months. She was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Crowder of Kings Mountain. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Donald E. Mendenhall of Mount Airy. All-Winning KMHS Boys Cagezs Clinch Division Championship By CART STEWART Kings Mountain's undefeated Mountaineers (18-0) clinched the Southwest 3-A Conference cham pionship Tuesday night at 'Bel mont and are now awaiting the annual Northwest - Southwest Tournament which will be held on March 3-9 at Lenoir Rhyne Col lege in Hickory. As the SWC champs, the Mountaineers will play the fourth place team in the Northwest Con ference, Saturday night, March 4, at 9. Coach Don Parker’s cagers are setting a school record every time they win a game, and, should they win 21, will break the rec ord of most wins in one season (20), set by the 1965 team which also won the conference cham pionship. Since Parker came to Kings Mountain in 1943, his teams have captured three loop titles (count ing this one), but has never won an association championship. The ’65 team advanced to the finals of the bi-conference tour ney before losing out to a strong Hickory outfit. Should this year’s! team win the bi-conference title, j it will play the winner of the North Piedmont-South Piedmont tournament at Hickory on March , 11, for the WNCHSAA champion j ship. The Mountaineers have two conference games remaining, j playing home games against, Cherryville Friday and East! Rutherford Tuesday. Thanks toj (Continued on Page Eight) DON BRIDGES PAT CHESHIRE DONNA CRAWFORD > i DANNY DYKE TIM WEBSTER Five Govemoi School Nominees Five Kings Mountain high school students have hen nomi vi*ed to attend the Governors School of North Carol'na, ac cording to : nnoun cr/.ent by Schools Supt. B. N Barnes. Local nomination Is not tanta (Continued on Page Eighty committee Now Promoting Private Convalescent-Nursing Center Here Ed E Smith Wrote WB-TV Award Winner WBTV Charlotte has won an award for a documentary histori cal program written by Edward H. Smith, of Kings Mountain. The program was “Signers for Liberty,” televised last July 4 tnd featured the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence and their fates. Don McDaniel was producer- di rector and Dick Taylor was nar rator, the same team wliich did he T-V program of 1965 on the Battle of Kings Mountain. The George Washington honors Medal in the broadcasting media vas the award won It is given by he Freedoms Foundation of Val ley Forge. The programmers employed a crge collection of portraits of the signers and quoted from histori al documents. They went to Philadelphia’s Independence Hall ’o g.’^Lier materials and take film. Competing for the honor are television networks, motion pic ture companies, individual studios and public relations departments >f industries, along with universi ties. Mr. Smith writes for the Her ald an historical column "This Week in Tar Heel History,” feat ured on the editorial page. --- Heart Fond Benefit Friday Proceeds from a Friday night dance for teenagers will benefit the Kings Mountain Heart Fund. The dance will be held from ") p.m. until 12 p.m. at the Na ional Guard Armory. Admission is 50 cents per person. Announcement of the benefit was made by Jonas Bridges, chairman of the Special Events division of the 1967 Heart Fund campaign. Commission Meets Tuesday The city board of commission ers will meet in special session Tuesday night at 6:30, with among the major items of work beginning of a study on re-codifi cation of city ordinances, for which a Florida firm holds con tract. The board is also expected to consider possible increases in commission and mayoral pay. Other items on the agenda in clude receiving of bids for a street roller and fence for the nubile works area at McGinnis street and Cherryville road, and holding of hearings on a petition of Mns. R. p. Anthony for ap oroval of a residential sub-di vision plan on Cresent Hill road and on a re-zoning petition on W King street property by F. S. Morrison. The board will also consider an agreement with the Kings Moun tain Public Housing Authority oertaining to the division of funds the housing authority will nay in lieu of city taxes. Falls' Rites Held Friday Funeral rites for John Thomas Falls, Sr., 58, of Greenwood, S. C.. Kings Mountain native, were held Friday at 2 p.m. from Harris 3aptist church of Greenwood, in terment following in Greenwood Memorial Gardens Mr. Falls died In a Greenwood hospital Wednesday night aftei an illness of five weeks. A son of the late Mark M. and Sara Wilkerson Falls, he had re sided in Greenwood for the past 17 years He was employed by Greenwood Mills. Surviving are his wife, Mrs.! Emily York Falls; a daughter,; Mrs. Lee McDowell of Green-] wood; two sons, William F. Falls of Greenville, S. C. and John Tho- j mas Falls, Jr. of Greenwood; two brothers, D. M. and Earl Falls, both of Kings Mountain, a sis-; ter, Mrs. Virginia Burton, of; Kino's Mountain; and six grand children. Rev. Billv J. Bridwell, Rev. Henry J. Phillips and Rev. W. T Brown officiated at the final rite*. , McGinnis Buys Plonk Property Former Reba's McCurdy Stands Are Acquired Paul H McGinnis has purchas ed the South Battleground avenue buildings occupied by McCurdy Cleaners and recently vacated by Reba’s Fashions from the R. S. Plonk Estate. Purchase price of the two build ings, occupying a lot fronting 50 feet on Battleground and 105 feet deep, was $20,0'!0. Mr. McGinnis said he expects to add to the length of the former Reba’s Fashions building, re model it with a new front and "front” back, and utilize it for an expansion of McGinnis Depart ment Store which is adjacent. McCurdy Cleaners will continue to occupy its building. Mr McGinnis said he expected to begin construction after Easter and have the Reba location ready for opening about July 10. It will house the ready-to-wear division of McGinnis Department Store, freeing space in the building Mc Ginnis rents from Dr. D. M. Mor rison for an expansion of general department store inventories in breadth and depth. Mr. McGinnis said his purchase is a tie-in to the plans now un derway for renovating the down town business section. He also said his individually owned firm is in process of in corporation as McGinnis Depart ment Store, Inc, with himself, his wife and son John McGinnis as incorporators. Church At School Program Begins First of three Sunday sessions of the Church At School at First Presbyterian chiurch begins on Sunday at 5 p.m. and will con tinue until 6:30 p.m The program for all-age groups will follow the theme, “Affluence and Poverty’’ and is an expansion of the Daily Vacation Church School. A covered dish supper on Wed nesday evening launched the pro gram. Mr. and Mrs Charles Blanton will teach the adult study of "Plenty and Want: The Responsi bility of the Church". The Senior High topic, “Can't We All Be Rich,” will be led by Mr. and Mrs Raegan Harper. Pioneer groups will study, "On the Trail of a Twin”, under the direction of Mrs. Bessie Harris and Mrs. Paul Maune.v. Fifth and sixth graders will study the book, “White Elephants for Sale”, led by Mrs Mabel Logan. M-s. Mickie Hoijser will lead the study for the third and fourth graders, “White Elephants for Sale”. Mrs. W. C Ballcw will lead a study for first and second graders on the topic, “No Biscuits at All.” Mrs.:', ynn Pascal and Mrs Jackie Barrett will be in charge of the kindergarten group, four and five-year-olds, and the nursery will be under direction of Mrs. Clara Rhea and Mrs. Nelle Cranford WINS CONTEST Don Beam, Jr., 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Beam, Sr., of route three, was first place winner in the an nual Cleveland County FFA public speaking contest. A stu dent at Waco school, Beam used the subject, "Agriculture: The Strength of a Nation.” The contest was held Thursday at j Elizabeth school. WINS CONTEST — Warren Herndon has been named the Kings Mountain high school winner in Time Magazine's 31st annual current affairs contest. He received a certificate from the weekly news magazine. Bnmgaidnei's Riles Conducted \ - "'; ' Funeral riles f