Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
iity Limits 8,256
The Greater Kings Mountain figure is 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.
VOL. 78 No. 14
Pages
Today
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 6, 1967
Seventy-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Boaid's Help
Was Sought
I To Aid Passage
By MARTIN HARMON
Representative W. K. Mauney,
Jr., in a formal statement this
week, declared himself in favor
of the bill to enable a city elec
tion on the question of establish
ing ABC stores.
•The statement, addressed to
low Citizens of Kings Moun
", also made the point that
he had sought the formal en
dorsement of the city board of
commissioners because he felt he
“would have ten times better
chance in passing a bill for *the
vote”.
In an in-Kings Mountain con
ference with Senator Jack White
over the weekend, the two legis
lators agreed they had misun
derstood each other concerning
the timetable on presenting the
election enabling bill.
Rep. Mauney further states the
bill, introduced in the Senate by
Senator White Friday, had the
Representative’s full concurrence.
Rep. Mauney’s statement fol
lows:
Fellow Citizens of Kings Moun
tain,
“I feel that I should not leave
unanswered the editorial and the
front page feature story in last
week’s KINGS MOUNTAIN HER
r^£bly
fwr
ALD regarding the petition sign
ed by 649 registered voters of
the City of Kings Mountain, ask
ing the governing body of the
City of Kings Mountain to re
quest the legislative delegation
from Cleveland County to intro
duce an enabling act at the 1967
feogsion of the N. C. General As
jbly to provide for calling of
ction to determine whether
an ABC store or stores
should be operated in the City
of Kings Mountain.
“A reader of these articles
would get the impression that I
might be opposed to the legisla
tion request for this ABC vote
because I was delaying action on
the bill until I could get a better
understanding with the govern
ing body of the city as to what
their intention is in simply trans
mitting a petition intended for
the city board or. to its legisla
tive delegation without instruc
tions. I do not believe as a legis
lator I should try to enact a bill
that I do not completely under
stand.
“•let me state here and now
that I very much favor the bill
to enable the people to vote on
this ABC store issue. I am not
trying to dodge the issue or “sit
on the fence1’ so to speak. I
wholeheartedly approve and
pledge to do all in my power to
try to get the enabling act pass
ed in both houses of the General
Assembly. In approving of an
election, I do not state how I
will vote in the election. I am
sure many people on both sides
of the question have signed the
petition for a vote on the issue.
“I feel that the editor of the
Herald did not fully understand
my position on this subject last
ek when he wrote that I alone
holding up introducing a
to vote.
(Continued On Page Six)
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Satuiday Is
Hone Show Day
The first Kings Mountain horse
show in many years, non spon
sored by the Kings Mountain
Saddle Club, will be held Satur
day afternoon and night at City
Stadium, with performances at
2:00 and 7:30.
Richard Barnette, spokesman
[ for the Saddle Club, said that
I entries are expected from all
E neighboring cities, including Gas
| tonia, Dallas, Charlotte, Lincoln
i ton, Boiling Springs and Ruth
| erfordton. There will also be en
| tries from Kings Mountain, he
l added.
Each show will feature 14
I classes, with four ribbons being
I presented in the afternoon divi
sions and four ribbons and a
trophy for the Saturday night
divisions.
Four young ladies will be on
hand to present the awards.
“We expect a good show,” said
Barnette. “We’re very fortunate
S being able to have the show
tCity Stadium. It is well-light
f and has a good public ad
ess system.”
Charles Craig, Jr., of Hudson,
will serve as judge, George Derr
of Stanley will be ringmaster
and B. F. Houser of Dallas will
be master of ceremonies. Mayor
John Henry Moss will serve as
ribbon marshall
TAPPED — Sara Hendricks.
student at Wake Forest college,
has been tapped for member- .
ship in Phi Beta Kappa, the na
tion's top scholastic fraternity.
She is daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Paul Hendricks.
Miss Hendricks
Phi Beta Kappa
Sara Adele Hendricks, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Hen
dricks of Kings Mountain, is
among 36 Wake Forest College
students Who have been named
to Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s
top scholastic fraternity for lib
eral arts students.
Miss Hendricks is majoring in
chemistry..
She is a member of Gamma
Sigma Epsilon, honorary chem
istry fraternity and Kappa Mu
Epsilon, honorary mathematics
fraternity. She has served as a
counselor for the Woman’s Gov
ernment Association.
Rites Thursday
For Mrs. Beam
Funeral rites for Mrs. Mollie
Brown Beam, 83, of Grover,
widow of Samuel M. Beam, will
be held Thursday at 4 p.m. from
Bethany Baptist church of which
she was a member.
The body will remain at Har
ris Funeral Home until 3:30 p.m.
Rev. James Sanders, Rev. Wayne
Haynes and Rev. Wayne Tuttle
will officiate at the final rites.
Interment will be in Grover ceme
tery.
Mrs. Beam died at 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday in the Kings Mountain
hospital after six week’s illness.
She was daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Brown.
Surviving are five sons, Carl
Beam of Blacksburg, S. C., Floyd
and Harry Beam, both of Shelby,
and James and Broadus Beam,
both of Grover; five daughters,
Mrs. V. J. Hardin, Mrs. Fred
Thompson, Mrs. James Byers and
Mrs. Knox Neely, all of Grover,
and Mrs. Ray Nichols of Shelby;
and two brothers, Wayne L.
Brown of Waco and Mac Brown
of Lincolnton. Also surviving are
20 grandchildren and 15 great
grandchildren.
Lions Conducting
Annual Broom Sale
The Kings Mountain Lions
club’s annual broom sale for
benefit of the blind is underway.
Brooms sell for $1.50 each and
proceeds aid the area blind and
those from throughout the state.
Hal Plonk is Lions dub presi
dent.
Dry Forces
Were Meeting
At Presstime
By MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain dry forces, op
posing the proposed legal sale of
alcoholic beverages, were to or
ganize Wednesday night.
Rev. Robert Mann, pastor of
First Baptist church, said the
meeting was to be convened at
8:30 at the First Baptist church.
He said he was not the leader
of Kings Mountain dry forces,
though acknowledging he had
been credited with being the
leader.
“I anticipate,” he continued,
"that the leadership will come
from laymen who oppose the sale
of alcoholic beverages, legal or
otherwise.”
Rev. Mr. Mann said wet lead
ers had talked with him prior to
circulation of the petition seek
ing an election on question of
establishing ABC stores and legal-!
izing sale of beer and wine for
off-premises consumption.
"I told them, if they would
leave the pressure off, I would
be quite content to reciprocate
and let the voters decide the is
sue. The pressure (from the
wets) has been terrific,” Rev. Mr.
Mann continued.
Except for stating he opposed
the provision of the election bill.
now in the Senate hopper which
would permit an election on the
issue a year hence, Rev. Mr.
Mann did not indicate other
courses of action the dry organi
zation might take.
Lions To Hear
Terry Sanford
Kings Mountain Lions, along
with members of four other Lions
clubs, will attend a zone meet
ing in Shelby Tuesday night at
which former-Governor Terry
Sanford will be the principal
speaker.
Other clubs include the two
Shelby Lions club, Grover and
Boiling Springs.
The joint gathering will be at
Hotel Charles at 7 p.m.
Kings Mountain Lions will
gather at * the Woman’s Club
here at 6:15 for the trek to Shel
by, President Hal S. Plonk an
nounced.
The ex-Governor formed a law I
partnership, with offices in Fay
etteville and Raleigh, after leav
ing office in January 1965. He
has continued his interest in pro
moting of quality education and
is heading a major fund drive
for Wake Forest college.
Walker Sells Home,
Still Ward 5 Man
Robert O. (Bob) Southwell
has purchased the 804 Williams
street residence of Mr. and Mrs.
O. O. Walker and the contract
calls for the Southwells to take
occupancy in May.
Would Mr. Walker, Ward 5
city commissioner and candi
date for re-election continue to
live in Ward 5 (mandatory for
serving as Ward 5 city commis
sioner) ?
“I will continue to live in
Ward 5," Comm. Walker said.
BUILDING PERMIT
Shuford Peeler has purchased
a city building permit for con
struction of a six-room brick ve
neer residence, estimated to cost
$18,000, on Meadowbrook Road,
i M. H. Wright & Son is construc
tor.
Hospital Delegation Discusses
Extended Care Addition In Raleigh
A Kings Mountain delegation
conferred in Raleigh Tuesday
with officials of the North Caro
lina Medical Care commission
concerning allocation of federal
funds for the building of a 40
bed extended care unit.
The conference was arranged
due to the indication that more
federal matching funds will be
available for non-intensive care
facilities than for regular hos
pital construction and the con
tinuing indication that Kings
Mountain’s initially projected 25
bed addition is far down the pri
ority scale.
William F. Henderson, medical
care association executive secre
tary, has expressed doubt since
1965 that Kings Mountain will
qualify in the near future for
federal matching funds. He told
the Kings Mountain group Tues
day that hr has in hand about
$25 million in grant applications.
Anticipated grant funds are from
$6 to $7 million annually.
Cleveland County voters au
thorized $500,000 for the local
share of a Kings Mountain hos- j
pital addition in February 1964.!
If the money is unexpended j
within five years, the borrowing j
authority lapses.
County commissioners were in
formed of the Kings Mountain j
Hospital board of directors prob- j
ing of the new project Monday. I
No action was asked.
The delegation in Raleigh Tues
day included, George H. Mauney,
chairman of the hospital board
of directors; R. E. Hambright,
James E. Gibson, Mrs. George
Houser, and Hill Lowery, direc
tors; Dr. Joseph Lee, of the hos
pital medical staff; and Beverly
Freeman, of Freeman & White,
architects, at Charlotte.
Mayor Moss Files For Re-election
Kings Mountain Fire Out;
Crowder s Still In Flames
TAPPED — Danny Dyke, rising
senior at Kings Mountain high
school, has been selected to at
tend Governor's School this
summer to study science.
Dyke To Attend
Govemoi School
Danny Dyke, rising senior 11
Kings Mountain high school and
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert J.
Dyke of 31 Elm street, has been
selected to attend the Governor’s
School of North Carolina, a six
weeks all-expense paid summer
school for gifted students, this
summer in Winston-Salem.
Supt. B. N. Barnes said Dyke
will study science.
Recipient of the Plonk Schol
arship medal in the ninth grade,
Dyke has won awards in history
and science in elementary and
high school. He was recipient of
the Shuford Science medal and
is active in the Latin, Science
and Health Career clubs. He is
a member of the annual staff.
Young Dyke expects to pursue
a career in science or medicine
and expects to enroll at UNC at
Chapel Hill or Duke University
for post high school training.
Books Sent To Area
Vietnam Servicemen
Paperback books and current
magazines were received by 16
Kings Mountain area servicemen j
in Vietnam Sunday afternoon.
The cargo was placed aboardi
the plane of Major C. W. Gal-:
lant, North Carolina Air National!
Guard, at 7:30 Saturday at Dou-j
glas Airport in Charlotte.
Mayor John Henry Moss’s of-j
fice was collection center for thei
books.
Costly Blaze
Burned Over
Some 300 Acres
A forest fire which burned ap-'
proximately 500 acres on Kings'
Mountain was reported out Wed
nesday, but a 100-acre fire on
Crowder’s Mountain continued to
burn out of control.
National Guard' units from
Kings Mountain, Gistonia and,
Charlotte were called in Tuesday
to assist forestry officials and
volunteer fire departments which
have been working at the scene
since the fires started Saturday.
Gaston Rural Police are inves
tigating the possibility that the
fire was set by an arsonist. How
ever, no arrests have been made
in connection with the fires.
The fires are said to be the
worst in this area since 1964.
'Burning permits across the
state have been cancelled until
the area receives a much-needed
rain.
Thus far there have begA, CO
reports of property damage other
than the woodlands.
Two other fire's in North Caro
lina have charred more than 13,
000 acres and the threat of addi
tional devastating timberland
blazes still hung over much of
the state Wednesday*
The largest fire swept through
8,000 acres of woodland near the
Pender-Onslow County line south
west of Jacksonville. State fores
try officials said the flames had
been contained late Tuedsay.
A blaze near Fayetteville
scorched over 5,000 acres of for
est, burning for two days before
being controlled Tuesday.
National Guardsmen built a
fire wall at the Kings Mountain
fire Tuesday, and bulldozers were
also brought in from a Gastonia
construction company.
Presswomen Tap
Miss Stewart
Miss Elizabeth Stewart, Kings
Mountain Herald women’s editor
and circulation manager, was
elected District 1 chairman of
North Carolina Press Women at
the annual spring institute Sat
urday and Sunday at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Two Cleveland County women
—Miss Stewart and Mrs. W. P.
Gheen of Sheiby—attended the
institute. Mrs. Gheen, former ed
itor of The Cleveland Times at
Shelby, won a second place award
in feature writing in the 1966
newspaper contests.
Contest awards were announ ;
•ed on Saturday evening.
Text Of Referendum Bill
Here are the salient provisions of Senate Bill 197,
a bill to authorize a referendum in the City of Kings
Mountain on off-premises sales of beer and wine and
alcoholic beverage control stores, as the bill was in
troduced last Friday by Senator White of Cleveland,
and if enacted:
1) The election would be held Tuesday, June 13.
2a) Beer and wine sales would become legal im
mediately.
2b) Liquor sales would begin as quickly the
machinery (a city ABC board, opening a store
or stores) could be set up.
3) Net annual revenue would be divided
a) Not less than five nor more than ten
percent for law enforcement.
b) Up to five percent for education on the
effects of alcohol and rehabilitation of al
coholics.
c) Remainder to City of Kings Mountain,
which may contribute sums deemed advis
able to Cleveland County Board of Educa
tion for use ot schools within Kings Moun
tain city limits.
4) If the vote were against ABC stores, the city,
t on petition of 25 percent of the registered
voters casting ballots in most recent city
election, must call flection after at least one
year had elapsed.
WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Chris
Pressley has won a Chambers
scholarship from Foote Mineral
Company and will enter the
School of Journalism at the Uni
versity of North Carolina in
September.
Chris Pressley
Foote Scholar
Christopher E. Pressley has
been awarded a Chambers Schol
arship from Foote Mineral com
pany, according to an announce
ment by E. R. Goter, manager
of the Kings Mountain Opera
tions.
Pressley is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. V. Pressley and will [grad
uate from Kings Mountain high
school in June. He plans to at
tend the University of North Car
olina and study Journalism.
This scholarship program was
started in 1954 by Gordon Cham
bers, president of Foote Mineral
Company, and his wife, primarily
for the education of children of
Foote employees. Upon Mr. Cham
bers’ retirement in 1961, Foote
Mineral Company decided to con
tinue the scholarship awards and
accepted, the responsibility to
provide the financial support of
the program. To qualify for an
award, one parent must be cur
rently employed at Foote Min
eral Company; the applicant
must have a good scholastic rec
ord and must maintain a “B”
average on a cumulative basis
for his entire college career.
“We are pleased to have an
other successful candidate for
this scholarship," said Mr. Goter,
“and will follow, with interest,
his college career.”
Former recipients of the Cham
bers Scholarship who have com
pleted their four-year college
training under this scholarship
program are:
Mrs. Mary (Adams) Plummer,
daughter of former employee,
Jack Adams, who received her
degree from A. and T., Greens
boro, N. C.
(Continued On Page Six)
Mayor Declares
Water Is City's
Big Job Ahead
Mayor John Henry Moss an
nounced Wednesday he will seek
re-election and paid the $100 fil
ing fee.
His was the only new candida
cy of the past week.
At a press conference Wednes
day afternoon, the Mayor distrib
uted a formal statement, then
answered questions concerning
it.
He said:
1) He regards the Buffalo
Creek water-recreation area pro
ject as by far the most impor
tant facing the next administra
tion, adding, “We’re at virtually
maximum daily usage, both as
to treatment capacity and source.”
2) Chief accomplishments of his
administration are establishment
of a long-term budget plan, which
made possible building of the
two million gallon water tank
without bond borrowing, around
the-corner fruition of the sewage
system project, and planning
work for many other community
projects employing, if approved,
more than $2 million in federal
and stat^ grants,
3) He has no real disappoint
ments out of his first term. "It’s
much like farming,” he compar
ed. “One plants, tills, waits and
hopes for a large crop. We’ve
planted, are tilling, but haven't
reached the lay-by point.”
Mayor Moss is a Kings Moun
tain native, born in the Park
Yarn community, son of Manuel
A. Moss and the late Amanda
Oates Moss. His grandfather had
moved here in the late eighties.
Mayor Moss is a veteran of
army service in Europe in World
War II, was Ward 4 commission
er 1947-49. He subsequently was of
general manager of the Rock
Hill baseball team and held the
same position in the Detroit
Tiiger organization for five years.
He later was general manager
for a professional football team
and formed the John Moss Agen
cy, a Wausau, Wisconsin, public
relations firm. He was a leader
in reviving the Western Caro
linas baseball league in 1959, is
its president, and, until his elec
tion two years ago, was a manu
facturer’s sales representative in
the seven southeastern states.
He is councilman member of
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
member of the American Legion,
VFW, Rotary, and Elks.
Mrs. Moss is the former Elaine
Beilke, of Wausau. They live at
504 Crescent Hill road.
The Mayor's statement follows:
“In announcing my candidacy
for the Office of Mayor of the
City of Kings Mountain on Feb
ruary 10, 1965, I promised, if
elected, to devote my time, ener
gy, and whatever talents I pos
sessed to give progressive lead
ership to the task of making our
city a better place to live. After
nearly two years in office, with
a cooperative and progressive
citizenry and a dedicated city
council, I feel that a progressive
leadership has resulted.
“THE TASK OF TOTAL DE
VELOPMENT OF KINGS MOUN
TAIN HAS BEGUN. The accom
plishments are gratifying. The
prospects for the future are great
(Continued On Page Six>
Gaston Boaid's Attorney Studies
East KM Annexation Petition
By ELIZABETH STEWABT
There were these developments
this week in efforts by a group
of East Kings Mountain citizens
seeking inclusion in the Kings
Mountain school district:
Hunter Huss, superintendent of
the Gaston County Board of Ed
ucation, acknowledged receipt of
a petition for an election by Lin
wood area citizens who are Gas
ton County school patrons.
Mr. Huss said the petition, ac
companied by maps of boundary
lines, is in the hands of their at
torney, Mr. Smith, of Belmont.
He said he did not know when
action would be taken by the ed
ucation board.
Henry M. Whitesides, of Gas
tonia, attorney for the Kings
Mountain petitioners, said he
would meet with the Kings Moun
tain board of education at the;
April 17 meeting. I
Mr. Whitesides said he antici
pates the Gasto nboard will con
sider the petition at its May
meeting. Approval of the Gaston
board would mean transmission,
he said, of the election petition
to the Gaston County Board of
Commissioners with the law man
datory that the commission order
the election.
Currently, several East Kings
Mountain children — residents of
the City of Kings Mountain, but
also of the Gaston school district
—are attending Kings Mountain
district schools via a one-year
court dispensation.
Under state law, changes in
district bounds must be made
prior to July 1, if the new boun
daries are to be controlling dur
ing the subsequent school term,
Kings Mountain Superintendent
B. N. Barnes reported.
SEEKS RE-ELECTION — Mayor
John Henry Moss is seeking a
second term. He paid the filing
fee Wednesday.
Registration
Books To Open
Registration books will open at
eight precincts Saturday for the
May 9 city and board of educa
tion elections.
At three outside city precincts
voters will help determine only
the election of a member of the
board of education representing
outside city school patrons.
At the five in city precincts
voters will elect a mayor and
five ward commissioners.
I Park Grace district patrons
will register and vote at Park
Grace school, iBethware district
patrons will register and vote at
Bethware echool and Grover dis
: trict patrons will register and
i vote at Grover Rescue Squad
building.
Ail other ward voting places
will be the same as applied in
the 1965 city election.
New citizens must register to
vote.
Citizens who have changed
residences 'within the city must
obtain transfers.
Registration books will remain
open for four successive Satur
days from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and
will be open for public inspection
and challenge on Saturday, May
6.
Polls will open at 7 a.m. and
close at 6 p-.m. on Tuesday, May
9.
Voting precincts and list of
judges follows:
Ward 1 at City Hall, C. L.
Black, registrar, Mrs. Nelle C.
Cranford, judge.
Ward 11 at the American 'Le
gion building, R. D. Goforth, reg
istrar, Mrs. Ruth Thomasson and
Mrs. Thomas L. Trott, judges.
Ward 111 at East school, Mrs.
Ruth Bowers, registrar, and Mrs.
Bertie McDaniel and Rochel Con
nor, judges.
Ward IV in the fellowship hall.
of First Wesleyan Methodist
church, Mrs. Vera Cole Cash, reg
istrar, B. R. Tate and Mrs. James
Pearson, judges.
Ward IV in the National Guard
Armory, Mrs. Paul Patterson,
registrar, Mrs. Rebecca Cook and
Mrs. W. F. Laughter, judges.
Park Grace district at Park
Grace school, Mrs; James W.
Cloninger, registrar, John Clon
inger and Mrs. Geonge C. Barber,
judges.
Bethware district at ’Bethware
school, Mrs. Harold Herndon
registrar and Mrs. J. D. Jones
and W. A. Wright, judgdes.
Grover district at Grover school,
Mrs. James C. Scruggs, registrar,
and Ethel Martin and Mrs. W.
W. McCarter, judges.
Tax Equalization
Said Preliminaiy
B. N. Barnes, superintendent of
Kings Mountain district schools,
said Thursday night at a joint
meeting of county district, Shel
by district and Kings Mountain
school officials, he regarded
equalization of the supplement
al school operational taxes as
the first preliminary to possible
county-wide school consolidation.
Shelby district is authorized to
levy a supplemental tax up to
40 cents per $100 property valua
tion. Kings Mountain district is
authorized to levy a tax up to
20 cents per $100. The county dis
trict has no authorization for a
supplemental levy.