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Mountaineer Cagers Play Marion In First Round Population Greater Kings Mountain 10,320 City Limits 8,256 rMs figure for Greater King* Mountain Is derived from the 1955 Kings Mountain city directory census. The city | limits figure is from the United States census of 1955. 1--——...........-,,!> VOL. 78 No. 9 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 2. 1967 Pages Today 1 Seventv-Eiahth Year PRICE TEN CENTS KMHS Cagers Play Satuiday At Lenoir-Rhyne By GARY STEWART Kings Mountain’s Mountain eers enter the Northwest-South west Conference Tournament Sat urday night in Hickory as the only undefeated team in the H’estern North Carolina High P^hools Activities Association. The Mountaineers of Don Park er carry a 20-0 record into a game at 9 p.m. Saturday at Le noir Rhyne College with Marion, which finished tied for third in the final Northwest Conference standings. The annual bi-conference tournament gets underway at six o’clock Friday with the Shelby girls meeting Newton, second place finisher in the NWC with a 15-3 record. Three games will be held on Friday and Saturday nights with two on Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. The two NWC-SWC winners will play winners from the North and South Piedmont Conference tour nament on Friday night for the WNCHSAA titles. The top four teams from each of the four conferences within the association advance to tourn ament play. Boys’ teams from the SWC are Kings Mountain (14-0), Shelby (11-3), R-S Cen tral (11-3) and Cherryville (7-7). Shelby and R-S Central boys finished in a tie for second place gnd Shelby drew the number two lading for tournament play. W (Continued On Page Three) „ City To Build Sidewalk The city commission voted Tuesday night to install side walk on Phifer road, from Moun tain street to the city limits on one side of the street. Mayor John Henry Moss said decision on whether east or west side would be determined after a conference with engineers of the State Highway Commission. He termed the sidewalk “a contribu tion to safety of school pupils." The commission authorized pur chase of a Gabon street rolling machine of 5 to 8-ton capacity from Western Carolina Tractor Company on low bid, with trade in, of $6632 E. F. Craven Com pany was second of three at $7,960. Mitchell Distributing Com pany bid $8085. The commission approved sub ject to compliance with sub-di vision regulations, preliminary plan for a residential develop ment of Mr. and Mrs. R, P. An thony. The property is the former Campbell Phifer property and fronts on Crescent Hill road. The commission tabled at re ouest of the petitioner, F. Scarr Porrison, petition for re-zoning of lot on W. King street. The commission received six bids for steel fence to enclose the public works property at Cherry ville road and McGinnis street and deferred action until the March 14 meeting. The bidders and base bids are: Quality Fence Company, Asheville $5768; Hart sell Brothers, Charlotte $6157; Anchor Fence Company, Greens boro, $7750; Allison Fence Com pany, Charlotte $7533; Cyclone Fence Company, Charlotte, $7980; and Fence Builders, Inc., Winston Salem, $7790. Jewelry Store Hit Bv Thieves An undetermined amount ol costume jewelry and other items were talken from the east show window of Dellinger’s Jewelry early Monday morning after a 14’ x 22” hole was cut in the win dows by a glass cutter. Kings Mountain Police Officer Jackie Barrett was checking downtown stores around 12:50 a m. Monday when he discovered the glass was broken. Lewis Dellinger, owner of the jewelry store, just returned from Atlanta business trip Wednes ™y, said that he would have to take an inventory before the ex act amount of loss is known. BUILDING PERMITS City building permits have been issued to J. Wilson Craw ford for construction of two five-room dwellings, at 904 and 90? Mica street, each £ SPEAKER — Rev. J. Charles Reichard, pastor of Charlotte's Purcell Methodist church, will be evangelist for special serv ices Sunday through Wednes day at Central Methodist church. Methodists Start Missions Grace Methodist and Central Methodist churches of Kings Mountain are participating in a “Venture in Faith ” ! This is a plan of evangelism in volving the more than 1100 local churches and the 276,000 Metho dists of the Western North Caro lina Conference of the Charlotte area. It is a great united effort to proclaim the gospel of God’s love call the church to repent ance and renewal, challenge the church to be an agency of recon ciliation in our society, witness for Christ in homes, schools, stores, and factories, win men to Christ and Ms church, and re examine the Christian mission in this new age to the end that ALL men, of all walks of life, may know that God loves them, that Methodists care about them and that Jesus Christ alone can give meaning to life. At Central Methodist church the Rev. J. Charles Reichard will be the preacher at a series of services beginning Sunday, March 5 th, and ending Wednesday, March 8th. The services will be gin at 7:30 with a gospel song service and the Rev Reichard will preach at 8:00. There will be special music by the choir at each service. Mrs. J. N. McClure is choir director and organist. These services are planned by the Commission on Membership and Evangelism Members are: John O. Plonk, Jr., Chairman; Grady K. Howard Vice Chair man; Hilliard Black, Miss Grace Davis, Mrs. Bun E. Goforth, M. C Poston, Bobby Logan, W. A. Rus sell Jacob A. Dixon, Mrs Hil liard Black, and the minister. The services Sunday night will be sponsored by the Methodist Youth Fellowship, Monday night by the Methodist Men, Tuesday night by the Official Board, and Wednesday night by the Woman’s Society of Christian Service. Mr. Reichard is a native of Cleveland County. He did his un dergraduate work at Davidson College and his theological train ing was at Duke University. He is one of the outstanding minis ters of the Western North Caro lina Conference and is now serv (Continued on Page Eight) Incorporation Of Nursing Center Voted NC 161 Contract Letting In 1968 Buffalo W ater shed Not Feasible Now Report States Flooding Not Majoi Problem By MARTIN HARMON Designation of the Buffalo Creek area as a watershed is not feasible at this time, a water shed work plan staff of the Soil Conservation Service has determ ined. The report followed a prelimin nary survey of the potential watershed area in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties in this state and Cherokee county, S. C The report means that the Soil Conservation Service^ ijarring change of situation or federal legislation, will not now partici pate in the Kings Mountain water project, which would cre ate a lake the size of Lake Lure on Buffalo creek as a source of water. Simply, the preliminary survey concerned flood control, and it re vealed insufficient flooding prob lem on Buffalo to justify creation of a watershed project for this purpose. However, the report filed by Lonnie F. Thompson, leader of the study staff, also stated much erosion is noted along the banks of Buffalo with heavy amounts of sediment accumulating. The report states: “The rate of ero sion and sediment delivery should be substantially decreas ed before any dams are built ” Mayor John Henry Moss said he talked by telephone Wednes day afternoon with Elmer Gra ham, of Raleigh, assistant state conservationist. Mr. Graham de clared the Mayor said, his de partment considers the Kings Mountain water project very sound and Buffalo an ideal source of water to serve the City of Kings Mountain and eastern Cleveland county. The Mayor said Mr. Graham indicated that, as the project progresses, there may be other areas in which the Soil Conservation service can assist. Text of the report follows: A field study has been made of the Buffalo Creek watershed area by Watershed Work Plan Staff I. The portion below U. S Highway No. 74 was studied on Thursday, (Continued on Page Eight) Cooler Soon Was Cooler Sooner, As Air-Handling Unit Freezes Cooler Soon At High School. Last week’s Herald headline, reporting the board of education is seeking bids for air-condition ing, was prophetic. It was cool at the new high school building Monday morning to a degree that brought the more than 1000 students and 54 faculty members an enforced holiday. It also brought to Kings Moun tain Monday Marcus Durlach, of Columbia, S. C., mechanical en gineer for the high school con struction, a representative of Barber-Coleman Company, which supplied the automatic controls on the heating system, a repre sentative of the Nesbitt Com pany, supplier of the heating units, and Joe Yandle, of South ern Piping A Engineering Com pany, the heating contractor. Apparent cause of the burst pipes at the high school was that dampers on the large air handling unit, located under the library, did not dose. The air handling unit froze. Why the dampers did not operate has not determined. However, the and been determined. However, visitine team of ensineen nnmiiiirnii i siV a/ ' • report as to cause, Superinten dent B. N. Barnes said. He also said the freeze-up hap pened Sunday night or early lyionday morning, as Principal Glenn Brookshire had found nothing amiss Sunday afternoon. Supt. Barnes says thermostats are set at 55 degrees on week ends. If the temperature drops to that point automatic controls fire the boilers. “Everything goes on,” Mr. Barnes said. He added that this equipment had been checked since the freeze and was operating properly. When the pipes burst and the boiler water reached a low point, automatic j controls damped the boiler fire. School resumed Tuesday with a cold library but with the j school otherwise tvarm. Supt. Barnes said the damaged equipment is being repaired in ; Charlotte and has been promised j for re-installation Thursday. Meantime, Engineer Durlach j has invited bids on the air-con ditioning equipment — a 227-ton centrifugal water chiller, a cool ing tower, assorted pumps, tem perature controls and electrical ■ .. .t; - Tap-In To Tank Will Be March 12 The city water department ex pects to tap in to the new two million -gallon city water tank on Sunday, March 12, weather permitting. The tap-in will require sus pension of service from 7:30 a. m. to 1 p.m. on the following streets, Public Works Superin tendent Grady Yelton said: Piedmont at Benfield Road Piedmont at Fairview Street Piedmont at Baker Street Piedmont at Parker Street Piedmont at Linwood Street Battleground at Ridge Street Battleground at Phenix Street -Baker at Railroad Crossing Petitions ^ Circulating Petitions seeking an election to decide whether liquor will be sold legally in Kings Mountain and whether beer and wine will be sold for off-premises consump tion continue to be circulated. No figure as to number of pe titioners was available. Ontf man circulating the peti tion guessed the petitioning might be completed in ten days, but added, “It’s only a guess.” Meantime, the North Carolina Supreme Court failed to hand down a ruling Wednesday on a suit by Rockingham Country dry forces which seeks to declare il legal a legislative act whereby Reidsville became an Alcoholic Beverage Control Store city. Since the petitioners in Kings Mountain seek an election on the questions, the determination of the Rockingham case will have no bearing here. Mis. Beattie's Rites Conducted 'Funeral rites for Mrs. P c. Beattie. 81, of Shelby, mother of Lemuel Beattie of Kings Moun tain, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from Waco Baptist church. The Rev. Billy G. Washburn and Rev. J w. Harmon officiat ed at the final rites. Interment was in New Prospect Baptist cemetery. Mrs. Beattie died Friday morn ing in Cleveland Memorial Hos pital after an illness of two months. A native of Cleveland County, Mrs. Beattie was a daughter of the late Berry B. and Rebecca Hord Barrett Her husband, P. C. Beattie, died in 1961. Other survivors include four sons, Leo and Enos Beattie, both of Waco, Quinten Beattie of Gary Indiana, and Zeno Beattie, of Tripoli, Libya; two daughters, Lona Wright of Route 1, Shelby and Mrs. Margaret McGinnis of Cherryville; one sister, Mrs. A manda B. McSwain of Route 1, Shelby; 22 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Meredith Alumni Meet On Saturday An organization dinner meet ing of area Meredith college ai umni will be held at Gasion Country Club Saturday at 12:30. Mrs Margaret Martin, alumni secretary, will be guest speaker. Co-chairmen for the meeting are Mrs. Larry Hamrick Phone 864- 5041, and Mrs, John Harris, 865- 8141, who invite Kings Moun tain area Meredith alumni to at tend. Pinna: reservations era ter Lack Of Money Keeps US 74 Project Stalled By MARTIN HARMON The Kings Mountain US 74 throughway project remains stall ed for lack of money. The $550,000 improvement proj ect of the York road (NC 161) is scheduled for letting in 1968. W. F. Babcock, director of the State Highway commission, told the Herald. Wednesday the cut back in federal road funds con tinues to crimp the commission in the planning and building of federal aid roads He added that North Carolina’s share of the $175 million in fed eral road funds released this week is only two million. He said he had just appeared before the joint House-Senate Roads committee at a Wednesday morning hearing and had told the members no federal monies are committed past June 30. “I told them,” he continued, I would be foolish to attempt to project what projects can be forwarded after June 30. If the war worsens, fed eral road funds cquld be cut again or could be suspended al together.” The cutback in federal road funds this year is approximately $13 million. Of the York road project, to be funded by state bond money for primary roads, Mr. Babcock said planning miust be completed and right-of-way acquired, adding, “This project is tentatively scheduled for letting in 1968.” District Engineer W. W. Wyke who had previously reported the project approved, said the proj ect includes widening of the road to 24 feet and relocation of the road in the gap-of-the-mountain sector. Five Win Honors At N. C. State Cleveland County has placed 18 students on the top academic honors list at North Carolina State University. Chancellor John T. Caldwell said the Cleveland County youths earned grades averages of “B” or better for the first half of the 1966-67 school year and have been named to the Deans’ Honor List by University officials. The 18 Cleveland County stu dents are among slightly more than 1 000 students — about 10 percent of State’s 10,200 enroll ment — named to the list In con trast, he Chancellor said, only abou 4 percent — 452 students — failed and were suspended.. One of the Cleveland students, David R. Wyke, of Shelby, earned an all "A" average last spring and led 19 students named to the list a year ago. He narrowly miss an “A” average again with a 3.4 out of a perfect 4.0 or “A” av erage. Chancellor Caldwell said the five Kings Mountain students on the list and their fields of study are: Kenneth D. Bunkowski a soph omore in chemical engineering, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bun kowski, 802 Meadowbrook road. William L. Hamtfek, a senior in mathematics education, son of Mr. and Mrs. Be n Homrick, R-3. Peter J Hauser a sophomore, in chemistry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hauser, 501 Crescent Hill. William L. Ramseur, Jr., a senior in zoology, son of Mrs. W. L Ramseur 405 W. Mountain street, and the late Dr. Ramseur Robert G. Whisnant, a senior in science education, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. (J. Whisnant, Sr., 607 Meadowbrook road. BAKE SALE The Methodist Youth Fellow ship of Grace Methodist church will sponsor a bake sale Sat urday beginning at 9 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. Heading the committee on ar rangements are Gail Bennett, Andre^jutfstettoj^itMUn^ $8500 For Mayor, Commissioner $75 Resolutions Ask July 1 Effective Date The city board of commission ers passed resolutions Tuesday night to seek charier amend ments by the General Assembly to set the pay of the mayor at $8500 per year, pay of commis sion members at $75 per month and to require the commission to hold two regular meetings mon thly The resolutions ask that the amendments be effective July 1. The actions were 'unanimous •with all members present and voting. The resolution also asks that the charter amendments be FOR HIGHElTPAY~~ In a discussion at the city ■commission meeting Tuesday night about raising commission er pay, both Commissioners O. O. Walker and Ray Cline re ported they had been advised: “Sure, raise it. Maybe then we’ll get some intelligent com missioners.” changed to specify that the mayor shall serve in a full-time capacity. The resolutions will be for warded to the Kings Mountain delegation In the General As sembly for introduction. Under the present charter a mayor may be paid as much as $6000 salary, or as little as $600 depending on the will of the com mission. (Mayor John Henry Moss is paid $5400 salary, and $600 for car expense.) Commis sioners are paid $25 per month if they attend the regular monthly meeting. In making the motion on the mayor’s salary, Commissioner O 1 O. Walker specified that the! $8500 be the maximum, including! local expenses but excepting ] travel away from Kings Moun tain on city business. Commissioner Ray Cline made, the motion on commissioner pay,, as well as the motion to require j two regular monthly meetings. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday totaled $192.20, including $125. 70 from on-street meters, $15.25 from Cherokee lot meters, and $51.25 from fines. 146 Give Blood At Bloodbank Visit A total of 146 citizens donated a pint of blood at Monday's em ergency visit of the Red Cross bloodmobile to Kings Mountain A high rejection rate was re ported by blood program officials. Fifty-six persons who visited tne bloodbank were unable to donate blood because of health reasons. Monday’s make-up visit was necessary because the use of blood here had far exceeded the blood donations. The recent visits to Kings Mountain and Grover were low. Blood Program Chairman Tom Burke expressed appreciation to, all those who made Monday's visit of the regional blood collec ting unit a success. Roper Sustained Thigh Wound The parents of Pfc Horace N. Roper, wounded in action in Viet nam received word Tuesday from their son that he is hospital ized in Japan. In a letter to Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Roper, Pfc. Roper said be was wounded in the right thigh and had received the Purple Heart. A member of the First Air Cav airy, Air Mobile Division, Pfc. Roper had been stationed in Viet nam seven months. His address: US 53424304 249 General Hospital (Patients) APO, San Francisco, California 96267. Two Students Win Honors Two Kings Mountain high school students won honors at the Distributive Education Dis trict Contest held last week in Shelby. Ricky Bennett, a senior, was awarded second place in the Advertising competition and junior Michael E. Brown took third place honors in the Sales Demonstration contest. Distributive Education is the work-study program which pre pares students for careers in Marketing. Ricky is receiving his on-the-job training at Western Auto. Mike holds two jobs -at Quality Sandwich and at Griffin Drug. Winning the awards makes both students eligible to attend the DECA (Distributive Educa tion Clubs of America) State Con ference in Asheville next month. Philbeck Biotheis Badly Injured In Train-Auto Crash At Grover Two brothers from Grover were seriously injured around 4 p.m. Tuesday when their pick-up truck collided with a Southern Railway freight train in Grover. Forrest and Ray Philbeck were in the pick-up truck attempting to cross the Southern Railway tracks off Highway 29 in Grov er when the collision occured. Roy Shores, engineer of No. 63, Southern Railway train from Charlotte said the train was do ing about 45 miles per hour when the collision occurred. Shores said that neither of the men were looking in the direction of the train. He said they hit about midway back on the engine, where the grab irons are. Forrest Philbeck was taken to Charlotte Memorial Hospital with severe head injuries. He was plac ed in an intensive care ward and nesday morning Ray Philbeck was thrown from the vehicle by the impact. He was listed in fair condition in Kings Mountain hospital Wednesday morning. Investigating Highway Patrol man J. R. Reed reported that he has been unable to determine which of the men were driving. The truck was heavily damaged by the impact. The front axle was ripped from under the truck; and lay 25 feet from the vehicle.] The seat was lying almost as far; away The impact completely crush-! ed the right side of the truck! just in front of the passenger’s! door. No damage was reported to the train. The brothers both work in the recapping department of Plonk Oil Co. Sale Of Stock To Be Conducted; 10 Incoipoiatozs Plans were forwarded Monday night by a citizens committee of 20 to form a corporation for a nursing and convalescent center. The initial step is an effort to provide Kings Mountain with a privately owned, financed and op erate?! nursing facility available to all. Acting coordinators of the cor poration arc Mayor John Henry Moss and Joe R. Smith, chairman of the promotion committee. Subscribing stock purchases at Monday night's first communi ty-wide meeting of the group were John L. McGill, O. O. Walk er, Mr. and Mrs. Devore Smith, Mayor and Mrs. Moss Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kerns, Jim Gibson and Smith The initial promotion committee included City Commis sioner Walker, the mayor and City Commissioners Ray Cline and W. S. Biddix. Par value of the stock has been set at $50 per share. A prospec tus is being prepared Robert (Bob) Powell, member of the law firm of Davis, White, Short Harris and Powell, prom i s e d corporation procedures should me completed within the wpek, and said soon after a call meeting would be held of sub scribers. “Afeantime, anyone interested in subscribing to the corporation is invited to contact me at Kings Mountain Savings and Loan As sociation", Smith told the group. To a question of cost of a nurs ing facility here, Fred Simmons, Shelhy architect present at Mon day night’s meeting, estimated a figure of $250,000 for a 69-bed fa cility. Chairman Smith noted this figure would not include staffing. He said the fact-finding commit tee will turn over to incorpora tors all available material on the projected facility at the next meeting of the citizen’s group “We have suggested guidelines we feel most feasible,” said Smith, and would anticipate that all of you here would serve as a committee to contact prospective stockholders.” Attorney Powell had estimated that actual cost to initial incor porators to set the legal ma chinery in motion would approxi mate $70-$80 for stock certifi cates, a corporation seal etc. The law firm representing the cor poration would take up stock in the amount of the costs for their services, according to Smith. To a question by Mrs. Verlee Roberts “Will the facility be available to any citizens of Kings Mountain,” Smith replied in the affirmative. Other members of the mayoral promotion committee included: Grady Howard, adminstration and personnel; Mr and Mrs. De vere Smith, Mrs. Clyde Kerns, John L. McGill and Mr. Walker, investments; and Mr. Walker Mr. McGill, Jim Gibson and MrL Biddix, acquisition. Rites Conducted For B. C. Rost Funeral riles for Burton Craig Bost. 70, were held Sunday at 3 p. m from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home, interment follow ing in Salem Lutheran church cemetery in Catawba county. Mr. Bost died Saturday morn ing at 1 o’clock at his home of a heart attack. A native of Catawba county, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert 'Bost. He was a retired employee of Mass Mo, Inc. Surviving are his wife, Ruby Lutz Bost; one daughter, Mrs. Paul Propst of Mooresboro; three sisters, Mrs. James Hudson and Mrs. A. J. Hudson, both of Thomasville, and Mrs. J D. Landis of Bfclefonte, Pa.; three brothers, H. L. Bost of Hickory, T. G. Bost of Newton and J S. Bost of Shelby. Rev. James Wilder, pastor of Kings Mountain Baptist church, officiated at the final rites. VISIT WEDNESDAT Mrs. Eugene Griffith and Mrs. Warren Parrish of Rock Hill. S. C., visited here Wednes day | with their sister, Mrs. _____