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Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8,256 The Greater Kings Mountain figure it derived from the special United States Bureau of the Census report of January 1966, and includes the 14,990 population of Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 from Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder's Mountain Township in Gaston County. Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today VOL 78 No. 13 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday March 30, 1967 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Pupil Assignment Plan Is Same As In Current Year Pastor Association Opposes Legal Liquor, Referendum' Against Vote Was 12 to 2 %n Twin Issues By MARTIN HARMON Fourteen members of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association, at a called meeting Monday, voted 12 to 2 1) against the holding of a referendum on question of legal ized sale of alcoholic beverages; and 2) against legalizing the sale of alcoholic beverages. Secretary Floyd Willis, pastor of Westover Baptist church, re ported the vote count. To a ques tion, he said, four of the votes for the majority position were cast by association members who do not reside within the city limits. Petition for an election on the issue of sale within the City of Kings Mountain bearing names of 649 registered voters was filed with the legislative delegation last week. Association President Howard Jordan, pastor of Central Metho dist church, said several mem bers were absent. It was agreed, President Jor dan reported, that formal reso lutions would not be forwairded «ktbe legislative delegation, but |t' individual members would nv'ey their views personally. Richaidson Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Mary Susan Richardson, 88, of Grover, widow of Charles W. Richardson, were held Tuesday at 11 a m. from the Chapel of Harris Fun eral Home. Rev. Stewart White, pastor of Grover’s Shiloh Presbyterian church, officiated at the final rites, and interment was in Moun tain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Richardson died at 10:30 a.m. Sunday at Kings Mountain hospital following illness of sev eral months. She was a member of Boyce Memorial ARP church. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Hicks. She was a former resident of Kings Mountain. Survivirig are her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bur ris Keeter, of Grover; five grand children and nine great-grand children. Active pallbearers were Thpm as L. Keeter, Frank Kish, W. S. Hicks, Jr., Gene Kirkpatrick, Otis der, and R. B. Keeter, Jr. |*rler, and R. McGah. la Accepts Ellenboro Call Rev. R. L. McGaha, pastor of Temple Baptist church the past six years, has resigned to become pastor of Race Path Baptist church in Ellenboro. Mr. McGaha will deliver his first sermon at the Ellenboro church on April 16th. Rev. and Mrs. McGaha expect to move to Ellenboro April 11th. A graduate of Furman Univer sity, Mr. McGaha came to Kings Mountain from Beaver Hill Bap tist church of Spartanburg, S. C. He had previously served Bap tist churches in Enoree, S. C- and Georgia. Mrs. McGaha is the former Sybil McAlister. The Ellenboro church congrega tion numbers 500. Temple Bap tist church has a membership of 360. Rev. McGaha announced his resignation to the congregation atMarch 26 services. Chudi Of God (tries Continue Rev. c. C. Holmes is evangelist for services continuing through Sunday at the Church of God on Parker street. Services are at 7 p.m. nightly. LEAD REVIVAL -* Rev. C. O. Greene, top, will be guest speaker and Robert Decker will lead tbe song service at evan gelistic services beginning Sun day at Kings Mountain Bap tist churcb. Gieene To Lead Baptist Revival Rev. C. O. Greene, superintend ent of missions of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association, will be evangelist for revival ser vices beginning Sunday at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Services will be held each eve ning at 7:30 p.m., closing with the morning worship hour on April 9th. Prior to each service Kyle Smith will lead a 15-minute prayer service. Robert Decker, minister of music at Shelby’s Elizabeth Bap tist church, will direct thg song, service. Mr. Greene, a native of Cleve land County, is a summa cum laude graduate of Wake Forest college. He hag served as pastor of many Baptist churches in North Carolina. Mr. Decker, a native of Dade County, Fla., is a graduate of the University of Miami and South ern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served as minister of mu sic and education in churches in Indiana and Georgia. Rev. James M. Wilder, pastor of the host church, invited the community to worship with the local congregation in the series of services. At Sunday morning worship services at Kings Mountain Bap tist church Rev. Wilder will use the sermon topic, “Removing the Mask.” McGills Buying W. L Plonk Lot ' Mr. and Mrs. John h. McGill are purchasing from the W. L. Plonk Estate the lot at the corn er of West Gold Street at South Cansler. Agreement for the property transaction was announced this week by the principals. Purchase price for the lot, which fronts 100- feet on West Gold and 150 on S. Cansler, is $6500. The McGills own adjacent prop erty to the east and south. ! With the purchase, the Mc Gills will own a corner lot on the streets fronting 213 feet on West Gold and approximately 400 feet on South Cansler. Heavner Still "Critical"; Wood Bites Monday Ray Heavner, 16-year-old Kings Mountain youth, remained in crit ical condition Wednesday at Charlotte Memorial hospital where he remains in intensive care following a Saturday night wreck in which a Kings Moun tain 'woman died. Killed was Mrs. Coleen Wright Wood, 36, of 810 Landing street, a secretary at Carolina Throwing Company. REMAINS UNCONSCIOUS Relatives of Ray Heavner, 16, said yesterday at 6:45 p.m. the youth had not regained conscious ness since the Saturday night wreck in which he was critically injured and a Kings Mountain woman killed. Young Heavner is son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Heav ner. Driver of the second car in volved in the wreck was Paul Eugene Melton, 34, of 314 Cansler street. Melton was treated for in juries at a Clover, S. C. doctor’s clinic and released. Heavner, of 11 Poplar street, was a passenger in the Melton car. The two-car collision occurred Saturday night at 7:50 pTm. cn Highway Tfflt* just across the South Carolina line eight miles west of Clover, S. C. According to South Carolina Highway Pa trolman J. M. Lark, Mrs. Wood’s car was traveling north headed toward Kings Mountain when her car nan off the left shoulder of the road. When her car came back on the pavement it was turned sideways and was struck broadside by the Melton vehicle. Patrolman ILark said both ve hicles were demolished and that no charges were filed. A native of Cleveland County, Mrs. Wood was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clem V. Wright of Kings Mountain, who survive. Her husband, Richard Rufus Wood, died in September, 1966. Funeral rites for Mrs. Wood were held Monday at 3:30 p.m. from Temple Baptist church with the Rev. R. L. McGaha and the Rev. Richard Plyler officiating. Burial was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Other survivors include two sons, Larry and Phillip Wood, both of the home; and two broth ers, Jerry Wright of Charlotte and Johnny Wright of Kings Mountain. Books, Magazines Wanted For Troops WANTED Paperback books and current magazines for transport to Vietnam for benefit of Kings Mountain area troops and oth ers in their units. These contribuitons should be in the office of Mayor John Henry Moss by noon Friday. On Saturday, this cargo will be placed aboard the plane of Major C. W. Gallant, North Carolina Air National Guard, who is flying to Vietnam on assignment. Names and addresses of Kings Mountain area service men should be telephoned to the Mayor’s secretary, Mrs. Brenda Cobb, phone 739-2561. Parents Must Choose School By April 28 By MARTIN HARMON The Kings Mountain district board of education has adopted the federally required pupil as signment plan for the 1967-68 term — the same “freedom of choice” plan in vogue for the present term. Parents of all pupils, excepting Grades 9-12, will receive choice of-school forms Thursday. They have 30 days, or until April 28, to execute the form and to re : turn it to the office of the super intendent. Parents of high school pupils— Grades 9 through 12 — will not receive choice forms for an ob vious reason: The district oper ates a single high school and all high school pupils will be as signed to Kings Mountain high school, as this year. The freedom-of-choice plan dictates that no child can be en rolled unless the choice form has been executed. It is also asked that second choice be indicated. Nominally, students will be assigned the schools they wish to attend. Only in event of over crowding will other assignments be made. Another exception is for chil dren who are enrolled, or to be enrolled, in special education classes (such as for the educable, retarded). Only two schools, Cen tral and Davidson, will offer special education. The law specifies that a choice of school, once made, cannot be altered. Other school class arrange ments for 1987-68: 1) Central elementary, Grades J & £ and two classes in special education. 2) Compact elementary, Grades 1 through 8. 3) Davidson elementary, Grades 1 through 6 and one class in spe cial education. 4) All other elementary schools, Grades 1 through 6. Smith Rites Thuisday At 4 Funeral rites for James H. Smith, Jr., 55, of Grover, will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. from Bethany Baptist church of which he was a member and deacon. The body will remain at Harris Funeral Home until 3 p.m. Thurs day when it will lie in state at the church. Rev. James Sanders, assisted by Rev. E. V. Smith, will officiate at the final rites, and interment will be in Grover cemetery. ■ Mr. Smith died Tuesday shortly after noon in the Grover Clinic following several week’s illness A native of Hart County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Smith, Sr. He was employed in the Maintenance De partment of Minette Mills. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Nellie J. Camp Smith; their dau ghter, Mrs. I Lane Dixon, of Kings Mountain; one brother, Jim T. Smith of Tucker, Ga.; four half brothers, Layton Smith of At lanta, Ga., Travis and Everhart Smith, both of Grover, and O’Neil Smith of Kings Mountain; and four sisters, Mrs. Lee Coan and Mrs. Helen English, both of Hen dersonville, Mrs. Henry McDan iel of Grover and Mrs. Paul Car ter of Atlanta, Ga. CONFERENCE SET A district conference on Chris tian Education for Methodis Vacation Church School workers, Christian Adventure Week lead ers and interested adults will be held Sunday from 2:45 until 5 p.m. at Gastonia’s First Method ist church. Two Ministeis Issue Statement: Favoi Referendum, Legal Liquor Two Kings Mountain ministers, Rev. Charles Easley, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church, and Rev. Robert Haden, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church, issued a joint statement Wednesday giving their reasons for support ing legal sale of alcoholic bever ages and a referendum to allow citizens to determine the issue. Rev. Mr. Haden cast one of the two “nay" votes on the question at Monday’s called meeting of the Kings Mountain Ministerial association. Rev. Mr. Easley was absent. The statement: "We are led to make this state ment for the following reasons: “1. We feel that the issue of alcohol and alcoholism is deeper than selling, buying and consum ing alcohol. Many people are prohabitionists. That is they would use legal means to do away with alcohol. History has proved that this is not only im possible but an unre-iistje We,v of life.lt is impossible to legis late such personal morality as drinking, smoking, safe driving, eating, integration, etc. It all de pends on the inner disposit on of the person. And to say that we are goipg to make a better so (Continued On Page Eight) Mauney Delays Liquor Vote Bill, Wants City’s Approval CITY POLICEMAN OF MONTH — The Kings Mountain Optimist club on Monday presented city police officer Bdb Hcfyes a certificate as "Policeman of the Month" citing him for dedication and diligence to duty. The Civic dub is launching a "respect for law" program and at the end of the year will present an "Officer of the Year" award. Pictured from left R. W. Hurlbut, community service committeeman for the Optimists, Officer Hayes, Police Chief Sanders and Mayor John Henry Moss who made the presentation. (Photo by Paul Lemmons). Dr. J. E. Anthony Will Retire Soon Doctor Ending Over 55 Years' Practice Here Dr. J. E. Anthony, Kings Moun tain’s senior medical doctor, will retire on or about April 13th. The veteran practitioner char acterizes his 56 years as a doctor as “plenty of fun and hard work.” He will observe his 80th birth day August 13th. Dr. Anthony returned recently from several weeks in Florida, his 40th annual winter trip. Will he retire in Florida? “No”, he smiles. “Kings Mountain is home.” On Wednesday Dr. Anthony had moved his large rock and mineral collection from his office downtown to the garage of his home on N. Piedmont avenue and was busy unpacking his dis play. He expects to continue this hobby and “maybe do a little fishing.” At age 24 Dr. James Edward Anthony came to Kings Mountain where the medical profession numbered three and surgical pa tients had to travel to Charlotte or Rutherfordton by train. He shared quarters with the late Dr. D. F. Hord, then moved to a back room over what is now Kings Mountain Drug Company, later to upstairs quarters over Roses’ and subsequently to his present Mountain street address. “I was mighty green”, Dr. An thony recalled of his early years as a doctor. Fresh out of medical school, University of Tennessee, he recalled his first intra-venous injection was made by lamplight on a lady patient who was "kin da fat.” Medical facilities are consider ably changed today from what they were in 1911 and Dr. An thony admits to “plenty of ups and downs and a lot of things I had to learn by myself the hard way.” He was nearly hit by a train. Passenger in a car driven by the (Continued On Page Eight) | RETIRING — Dr. J. E. Anthony ! is retiring after 56 years as a I Kings Mountain medical doc | tor. j Herndon Moves To Winnsboio Warren R. Herndon, for 11 years quarry manager with Su j perior Stone Company, has been j transferred from Superior’s | Statesville plant to Superior | Stone’s recently-acquired Rion Quarry at Winnsboro, S. C. Mr. Herndon has already as ! sumed his new duties. His wife j and three sons will move to 1 Winnsboro at the end of this j school year. In Winnsboro Mr. Herndon is superintendent of the Rion Quar ry. He has been superintendent of the Statesville Quarry. Funeial Held For Joe Cole, Nonogenarian Funerla rites for Joe Landrum Cole, 93, were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from First Baptist church of which he was a member. Mr. Cole, retired employee of Pauline Mill, died at 12:10 Friday in the Kings Mountain hospital following a month’s illness. A native of Polk County, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Benson Cole. His wife, the former Martha Eliza beth Dickey, died in 1950. Surviving are four sons, Clyde and James Cole of Kings Mourn | tain, Dorcus Cole of Charlotte and Paul Cole of Shelby and two i daughters, Mrs. Vera Cole Cash and Mrs. Yates Jones, both of i Kings Mountain. Also surviving are his brother, L. C. Cole of Brown Summitt, N. C. and two sisters, Mrs. Maggie 1 indsay of Marion and Mrs. Hat lie Morris of Rieglewood, N. C.; 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Rev. Robert Mann, pastor of First Baptist church, officiated at the final rites, and interment ,was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Active pallbearers were Johnny Beam, Jake Hord, James White, Fred Weaver, Fred Loekridge and G. L. McDaniel, Jr. Church To Give Memorial Marker A memorial marker will be ded icated in memoriam to Rev. J. Max Brandon, Jr. at special ser vices Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at Grace Methodist church. The marker is a gift of the Wesley Fellowship class in mem ory of the late pastor. A covered dish luncheon will be served at the noon hour in the fellowship hall. Mrs. J. Max Brandon, Jr. and member* of her family will be present for the service. School Election Petition Hied For East Kings Mountain Area Henry Whitesides, of Gastonia, attorney for a group of East Kings Mountain citizens who seek inclusion in the Kings Mountain school district, said Wednesday petition for an election had been mailed Tuesday to the Gaston; Board of Education. Approval by the Gaston board would mean transmission of the election petition to the Gaston County Board of Commissioners, Attorney Whitesides said, with] (Continued on Page Eight) Senator White Ready To Honor Voter Petition By MARTIN HARMON Representative W. K. Mauney, Jr., is withholding action on the petition for election of 649 Kings Mountain citizens on the ques tion of legalizing sale of alcoholic beverages pending ‘‘further in structions” from the city com mission. Meantime, Senator Jack White has a bill, calling for an elec tion on the question for June 13, in his pocket and is ready to in troduce it. Senator White, in a telephone conversation Wednesday after noon, said, “I’m ready to intro duce it. I think the people are entitled to vote on the question.” He added he had not introduc ed the bill Wednesday, as anti cipated, at the instance of Rep. Mauney. Sen. White said he hoped, when home during the weekend, to confer with the board of com missioners and Rep. Mauney. Rep. Mauney’s statement was i contained in a letter to Mayor John Henry Moss, which the May or received late Wednesday morning, and reiterated in a telephone conversation with the Herald Wednesday afternoon. Rep. Mauney said he had been under the impression, until re ceiving a letter Monday from Rev. Robert Mann, pastor of First Baptist Church, that the board of commissioners had en dorsed the citizens petition. (The commission on March 22 1) af firmed the report of City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., authenticating the 649 names and 2) voted to transmit the petition, as submit ted, to the legislative delega tion.) The petition asked for an elec tion on the question of “the es tablishment of an ABC store or stores and the legal sale of beer ; and wine for off-premises use ! only.” I Acknowledging receipt of the letter, Mayor Moss said, “Rep. Mauney’s letter was received by me late Wednesday morning with copies addressed to all members of the commission.” whom I have not yet had oppor ' tunity to confer.” Rep. Mauney wrote: I “In the absence of any instruc ! tions from you as to what your wishes are regarding the peti | tion, I am holding up any further | action until I receive further in i structions. I do not want to put I any legislation into the General i Assembly for Kings Mountain un II il the City Council approves.” City Politics Still As Was The candidate list in the muni cipal elections remains as was: four. No new notices of candidacy were filed this week, leading As sistant City Clerk Grace C. Wolfe to ask, "Have you ever since as quiet city politics?” The rumor mill remained only slightly productive. Dewey Styers, newspaper de liveryman, acknowledged he was considering a re-run for Ward 4 commissioner. Commissioner Nor man King defeated Styers two years ago. • The Negro community still had not jelled on a Ward 5 commis sion candidate. Hazel Gill was being mentioned, as was Leroy Blanton. No further reports had been heard from James L. Guyton, who said a few weeks ago he would seek the Ward 3 commis sion seat. The four candidates pose two races. Ward 5 Commissioner O. O. Walker is being challenged by Richard E. (Dick) Shaney. Bill Babb and Alex Owens are vying for the outside-city board of education seaU
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