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% 4 Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8,256 The Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived from the special United States Bureau of the Census report o January 1966, and includes the 14,990 population o Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 Iron Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder' Mountain Township in Gaston County. VOL. 78 No. 22 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June I, 1967 Pages Today Established 1889 Seventy-Eighth Year PRICE TEN CENTS 150-Unit Kings Mountain Housing Project Approved JERRY PATTERSON BARRY GIBSON 1 PATTIE HOWARD LAURA PAGE BILL RAMSEUR KENNETH BARNES NORMA SPEARMAN MARGARET JACKSON REV. CHARLES FREEMAN ROBERT WHISNANT SABA KENDBICKS LINDA GOFORTH All But Eleven Assignment Bids Honored With exception of 11 children who wanted to enter the first grade of Park Grace school next September, assignment requests of all entering and present pupils of Kings Mountain school district have been honored. Acting on a maximum grade load policy of 30, the board of education last Friday voted to assign 11 entering Park Grace pupils to other schools. The board also elected two grammar grade teachers, Mrs. Sandra D. Hussey, a former teacher of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Ruth H. Sparks, wife of the First Wesleyan Methodist minis ter, recently of Greensboro. In other actions, the board: 1) Extended work year of Mrs. R. S. Lennon, grammar school librarian, for distribution and cataloging of new books receiv ed under the federal Title II pro gram. 2) Voted to purchase four lawn mowers (two new, two replace ment machines.) 3) Voted to continue the school (Continued on Page Six) Area Students Receive Degrees A large number of Kings Mountain area students are re ceiving degrees in college com mencement exercises in late May and June. Of the number, at least two are graduates of dental schools and one is a seminary graduate. Among graduates: Laura Page, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Page, will re ceive the A.B. degree in history and elementary education Sunday in commencement exercises at Meredith college in Raleigh. William Barry Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gibson, re ceived the A. B. degree in physi cal education May 28th in Le noir Rhyne college commence ment exercises. Active in base ball his four years in college, Gibson was recipient of the tro phy for the most valuable spring sports athlete. * . »' William L. Ramseur.Jr., son of Mrs. W. L. R«mseur and the late Dr. Ramseur, received his B. S. degree Saturday from North Carolina State University at Ral eigh. A pre-med student, Ram seur will work at Bowman Gray Medical College this summer and will be a student there in the fall. His wife, the former Can dace Welsted of Charlotte, will teach in Winston-Salem this fall. Michael Thomas McKee, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McKee, will receive the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery from the Univer sity o» North Carolina in Chapel Hill June 5th. He will enter the Navy as a dental officer attach ed to the Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida. At UNC he is a member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon, honorary dental society; Delta Sigma Delta fraternity and was recipient of the Mosby Scholarship Book Award. He completed his pre-dental studies at UNC. (Continued on Page Six) Drys Increase Tempo Of Drive 265 New Voters Have Registered For Reierendnm By MARTIN HARMON A total of 265 citizens have reg istered since opening of the poll books for the June 13 election on question of a I legalizing sale of beer and wine for off-premises consumption and b) establishing of Alcoholic Beverage Control Stores. Meantime, citizens opposing the proposition stepped up their of fensive: a) the “vote dry” trailer headquarters was moved to South Battleground avenue and was being manned daily; b) the house-to-house survey of citizens was being continued; c) news paper advertising purported to show increase of crime and drunkenness following ABC ap proval was purchased; d) a radio broadcast was scheduled; and e) Wednesday night meetings were moved from the Armory to City Hall. Wednesday the speakers for the meeting Were to be Sheriff Haywood Allen and Dr. John C. McGill. Public activity on the part of the Committee Favoring Legal Control of Sale of Alcoholic Bev erages was negligible, if any. There were no pronouncements from leaders of the group. Registrars reported the follow ing new voter totals Wednesday afternoon: Ward I, C. L. Black, 15; Ward II, R. D. Goforth, 26; Ward III, Mrs. Rutli Bowers, 65: War'd IV, Mrs. Vera C. Cash, 61; Ward V, Mrs. W. F. Laughter, 98. City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., pointed out that registration peri od for the June 13 election ends at 7 p.m. on Saturday. June 10th is Challenge Day, Guard Company Off To Bragg An advance group of Kings Mountain’s Army National 'Guard unit will leave Thursday for Fort Bragg in preparation for the an nual two-week summer encamp ment. ■ The full Company D of the 105th Engineering Battalion will go to Fort Bragg Sunday. The Kings Mountain Contingent, under command of Captain Ron ald D. Kincaid, includes the Cap tain and 54 enlisted men, who will be joined by five officers and 120 men en route to Fort Bragg. The unit will under army training tests to be evaluated by regular army officers. Twelve members of the unit are now on active duty with the army and four are in officer training school, Sergeant Charles Wilson said. Hagans' Infant Rites Conducted Graveside services for the in-! fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Danny Hagans of route 1 were held,Monday in Woodside ceme tery, Clover, S. C. The child died at birth Sunday night in a Gastonia hospital. Besides the parents the child is survived by the paternal grand mother, Mrs. Carrie Compton Hagans of Kings Mountain and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Grover Bates of Gastonia. The baby’s mother is the former Dorothy Faye Bates. And Still Champ: George H. Mauney George H. Mauney lost an after-you-Alphonse board of education duel to J. E. Hern- j don, Jr., last Friday and re mains chairman. After his nomination, he turn ed the chair over to Supt. B. N. Barnes in order to nominate Herndon. The result was a two two deadlock with Holmes Har ry absent. New member Alex Owens, who had seconded Maune.v’s motion nominating Herndon ’ switched to move nomination of Mauney, who was the lone nay in a 3 to 1 vote. Herndon was elected vice chairman succeeding H. O. (Toby) Williams, Owens' pre decessor. CORNERSTONE LAYING SERVICE SUNDAY — Members of Central Methodist church will lay the cornerstone at the new $250,000 church plant Sunday with services to be led by Dr. Cecil L. Heck ard, district superintendent, and Rev. Howard Jordan, pastor. The 538-member congregation will formally enter the new sanctuary, pictured above. (Photo by Carlisle Studio). COMMANDER—David Delevie, of Kings Mountain, has been elected commander of a nine county district of the 40 & 8. David Delevie 40 & 8 Officer David J. Delevie, of Kings Mountain was elected Grand Chef de Train (State Vice Com mander) of the Fifth Division, Grande Voiture of North Carolina at the Fifth Division Spring Promenade in Charlotte. The newly elected Chef de Train is a member of Kings Mountain Forty & Eight Voiture 1180 and a member of Otis D. Green American Legion Post 155. Delevie, a World War II vet eran, has been a member of the American Legion since 1947 and a member of the Forty & Eight, the honor group of the American \ Legion since 1960. He has served the Forty &; Eight on both local and state; level since 1960. He has served i his home Voiture Locale as cor-; respondant and chef de gare. (post commander). Delevie is an honorary member ; of the Palmetto Grande Voiture of South Carolina. He is now serving the state of North Carolina Forty & Eight as Grand Garde de la Porte. In his new office of division commander, Delevie will be-com mander voitures in nine coun ties. Formal Opening Of $250,000 Edifice Set By ELIZABETH STEWAHT For the 538 member Central Methodist church congregation Sunday’s formal opening of the new $250,000 church plant will culminate a 20-plus year dream. The former building had been a familiar landmark at the cor ner of E. Mountain street across from the post office since 1905. In its place stands a modern air-conditioned plant with a seal ing capacity in the sanctuary for 500 people plus choir seating ca pacity of 50 and seats in the bal cony for 70. Still to be furnished is the spacious narthex at the entrance to the building and a large bridal room at the left of the entrance which will also be utilized by the Davis Bible class and wiil serve as a ladies parlor for 40 people. Landscaping remains to be done and shrubbery is to be planted on the patio, a unique arrangement in church architec ture which gives worshippers time to socialize before coming out of the church directly onto the sidewalk, says Building Chair man B. S. Peeler. Two items salvaged from the old building are the memorial window in the stair well and the church bell which has been elec trified to ring on a program clock at designated hours of the day. The 120 by 60 feet of floor space is divided by a hall which connects the new sanctuary with (Continued On Page SixJ PROMOTED — Glee E. Bridges . has been promoted to com* monder in the U.S. Naval Re serves. Navy Promotes Glee E. Bridges Glee E. Bridges, USNR, has been promoted to commander. The Kings Mountain naval re serve officer was notified recent ly of his promotion via letter from Paul H. Nitze, secretary of the navy. The promotion is ef fective as of November 1, 1966. Comm. Bridges entered the ' navy as an apprentice seaman on ! February 15, 1943, was eommis j sioned an ensign in April 1945 i and lieutenant-commander on July 1, 1961. He is attached to Naval Re I serve Surface Division 6-65 (St at Shelby. Clean-Up Town Meeting Thursday;! Drive Committees To Make Reports A town meeting called by cleanup committees in the an nual clean up campaign will be held on Thursday (tonight) at 8 p.m. in the courtroom of City Hall. Mrs. E. W. Griffin and Clay von Kelly, spokesmen for the steering committe, said the town meeting is open to all interested citizens who want to present their “problems or suggestions in the clean-up effort.” Covered garbage cans went on sale this week in most grocery stores by the Junior Woman’s club. The containers range from! $1.99 to $2.29. Committees are at work in all • areas of the city. City crews will again pick up debris or heavy items if citizens, will call the department of pub-, iic works of which Grady Yeltonj in superintendent. "We encourage every person | to assist in this city-wide beau tification effort", said Mr. Kelly. “Whether you own your home or rent, we encourage you to clean up, paint-up, fix-up In this an nual project*’’ Cost Estimate Of KM Project Is SI,800,000 Kings Mountain has received approval of a 150-unit public housing project, Chairman John L. McGill of the Kings Mountain Public Housing Authority has been notified by the Housing Assistance administration. On basis of current average cost, it is estimated the 150 units will represent an outlay of about $1,800,000. Marie C. McGuire, acting dep uty assistant secretary of the HAA, notified Chairman McGill of the approval, with 30 units to be designed for the elderly, 120 for the non-elderly. Chairman McGill said the pro ject should qualify for a plan ning grant of about $18,000 and that the Kings Mountain author ity will consider future steps in its regular meeting of June 12, among them retention of an ar chitectural-engineering firm and obtaining an executive director. Other members of the Kings Mountain authority are Martin Harmon, acting secretary, Wil liam Orr, Brooks R. Tate, and Carl Wilson. The application was for 400 units. Miss Frances Barret, of the Atlanta regional office, twice visited Kings Mountain to survey the city’s needs for low-rent housing. Mrs. McGuire wrote Chairman McGill: It is a pleasure to approve the enclosed program reservation, No. NC-64-A, of 150 housing units for the low-income people of Kings Mountain. I want to con gratulate you on taking this im portant step toward meeting low rent housing need* in your area. The development you are now undertaking will be a part of your community for many-years to come. If it contains the in gredients of good site selection, planning, and design it will be come an enduring asset. Our mutual goal is to provide homes that are socially and phy sically satisfactory and, in ac complishing these objectives, to satisfy the declaration of policy in the U. S. Housing Act that such housing shall be developed economically. The architect who plans your housing should under stand the broad social purposes of this program. His imagination and technical skiii properly em ployed should result in the type of housing, at reasonable cost, of which your community will be proud. Let me assure you that Mr. A. R. Hanson, Assistant Regional Administrator for Housing As sistance, Region III, is anxious to give you every possible as sistance. Talent Winners To Give Program Winners in the recent Kiwanis Schools Talent Show will present the program at Thursday night’s Kiwanis club meeting at 6:45 p. m. at the Woman’s club. Parents of students will also be special guests. Appearing on the entertain ment program will be Scott Moss, Susan McCarter, Douglas Sincox, a trio composed of Jan Goforth, Teresa Mullinax and Tammy Appling, a-duo compos ed of Sharon Timms and Sandy Southwell and a musical combo, "The Musical Outlets”, featuring Mike Kiser, Scott Kelly, Ronnie Payne, Ted Wright, Gary Lyons and Darrel] Whetstine. Board Interviewing For Superintendent Kings Mountain district board of education is continu ing to interview prospects for superintendent. Chairman George H. Mauney said Wed nesday. “We have interviewed six persons in the past week,” he continued, adding, “We hope to have employed a superinten dent well in advance of our regularly scheduled meeting June 19. Superintendent B. N. Barnes terminates his 34-year tenure June 30. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Wednesday total ed $187.35, including $123.15 from on-street meters, $44.50 in fines and $19.70 from off street meters.
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