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Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
The Greater King, Mountain ilgure ie derived iron the
special United States Bureau oi the Census report o
January 198S. and includes the 14.990 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 iron
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder'
Mountalq Township in Gaston County.
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 27, 1967
Pagos
Today
PRICE TEN CENTS
VOL. 78 — No. 30
Seventy-Eignth Year
HANDWORK AND CRAFTS—The children, seate 1 around the table, are being instructed in using
paints. In addition, they are taught in units of s tudy, including the story hour, the bedroom, the
itchen and tl^e out-of-doors. Numerous field trips were conducted. (Photos by Isaac Alexander)
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IN SAFETY ROOM—A safety room is feature of the summer pro
gram, Operation Head Start, which ends Friday. In the photo
graph above students observe safety signs as they ride tricycles.
CHILDREN AT PLAY—The 138 pre-schoolers en died in the second summer of Operation Head
Start do lots of things. In the photograph above students play an the floor in the activity room.
WINS CAMPEHSHIP—Susan Fite, 14-year-old daughter of Mr.
v and Mrs. Henry Fite, has won a two-week Sawyer Memorial
campership to Camp Rotary, among three Girl Scouts honored
&y the Pioneer Girl Scout Council. A First Class Scout, she is a
member of Troop 4 Cadettes. The camp program starts Sunday.
(Photo by L. M. Lucas)
MUSIC DIRECTOR-HR. Mer
ton of York, S. C., how owumOd
duties of music director at Mac
edonia Baptist church.
Morton Assumes
nChuich Post
W Macedonia Baptist church
regular monthly conference
July 9 called H. E. Morton
York, S. C. as Director of (Music
of the local church.
Mr. Morton has served seven
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Cadette Scoot
First From Area
To Be Honored
Susan Fite, 14, will take her
guitar to Camp Rotary Sunday
but her practice sessions may be
short during a projected lull two
weeks of activities.
The Kings Mountain First
Class Scout won a full two-week
campership for outstanding scout
ing accomplishments in the Pio
neer Council and Sunday will
join Senior Scouts at Bowman’s
Knob for camping out in tents
and outdoor training which will
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Head Start
Summei Program
Ends On Friday
Operation Head Start, the fed
eral government paid summer
program for economically de
prived pre-schoolers, ends on Fri
day.
The 138 youngsters and mem
bers.. the .tub**
eludes jtine teachers, nine aides
and nine volunteer aides, will be
treated to a watermelon slicing
on Friday morning at Lake
Crawford picnic area.
Director Howard Bryant said
the children will begin the day,
as usual, at 8:30 a.m. with a
snack and participate in various
room activities, including units
of work in the kitchen, bedroom,
storytime and out-of-doors.
Fart of the six weeks program
has been devoted to field trips.
Some young folk enjoyed a first
ride on an elevator and escala
tor. They visited a museum, li
brary, fire department, postof
fice, a church, and supermarket
and were fascinated by a dairy
operation.
Director Bryant said yet anoth
er phase of the program has
been the care of the child’s
health. Each has undergone com- j
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Rites Conducted
For Miss Hord
Funeral rites for Miss Marjorie
Hord, 76, longtime veteran Kings
Mountain schoolteacher, were
held Friday at 3 p.m. from Kings
Mountain Baptist church of
which she was a member.
Miss Hord died Wednesday
night at 8 o’clock in the Kings
Mountain hospital following ill
ness of two weeks.
A native of Clevalen,d County,
she was daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Hord.
A graduate of Kings Mountain
high school and Linwood college,
she taught school for 47 years for
the most part of the time in
Kings Mountain. She had also
taught in Waco and Stanley.
Surviving are three sisters,
Mrs. D. G. Littlejohn, Mrs. J. K.
Willis, both of Kings Mountain,
and Mrs. P. M. Mauney of Shel
by; and five brothers, George
Hord, Fred Hord, and Ned Hord,
all of Kings Mountain, Roy Hord
of Charlotte and Joe Beech Hord
of Maxton.
Rev. Charles Summey officiat
ed at the final rites, and inter
ment was in Elizabeth Baptist
i church cemetery near Sneiby.
Funeral Bites Held On Wednesday
For Mrs. Henry McGinnis, 37
Funeral rites lor Mrs. Cora
Smith McGinnis, 77, widow of
Henry Wade McGinnis, were held
Wednesday at 4 p.m. Irom Cen
tral Methodist church.
Rev. D. B. Alderman officiated
at the final rites, and Interment
was in Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mrs. McGinnis died Tuesday
morning at 7 a m. m the Kings
Mountain hospital after several
month’s illness.
She was a native of Richmond
County, daughter of the late Mr
and Mrs. John Smith. She was a
member of Central Methodist
church. Her husband died in 1965.
Surviving are her daughter and
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Grad>
Howard; three grandchildren
Joan, Pattie and Geeper Howard
all of Kings Mountain; and three
slaters, Mrs. Ruth Potts, Mrs.
laila Medlin and Miss Beulah
Smith, all of Charlotte.
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SEVEN LEGS.'?/—That's right, the two boys above, Bobby Dean
Bridges, 13 (left) and Andrew Parker, 12 (right) found a seven
legged frog in the Bonnie Mill Pond Sunday. The extra three
legs are fin ,tho frog's left side. Bobby is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bridges of 30S Lake St. and Ray is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Parker of Kings Mountain.
City Asks Renewal
Of Workable Plan
Workable Plan
To Be Filed
By September 1
Application for renewal of
Kings Mountain’s workable pro
gram for community improve
ment will be filed with the De
partment of Housing and Urban
Development prior to September
1.
The plan was approved for a
one-year period last September 1
and is renewable providing the
city shows evidence of progress
in implementing the plan — aim
of which is use of private and
public resources to both elimi
nate and prevent slums and
blight.
Adoption of a formal resolu
tion by the city commission Tues
day night follows recommenda
tion of the city redevelopment
commission headed by Carl F.
Mauney, chairman. Otto.tr mem
bers are William Herndon. John
°ionk, Tom* Tate and diaries
Mexander.
Renewal of the progr-m for
mother year makes Kings Moun
tain eligible for federal grants
for community improvement.
In a second resolution passed
by the commission Tuesday night,
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GRADUATE — Ernie Payne has
received an AB degree in his
tory and political science
from Western Carolina Univer
I sity at Cullowhee*
Ernie Payne
Wins Degree j
Ernie Payne, son of Mr. anc
Mrs. Ernest C. Payne of King
Mountain, was recently gradUat
ed from Western Carolina Uni
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Dixon Recommends Water,
Sewer Sanitary District
Sewage System
*388.500 Grant
To Be Approved
The city commission Tuesday
adopted a formal resolution call
ing for long range water and
sewer facilities planning for the
Kings Mountain urban areas.
Action followed closely on the
heels the mayor’s announce
ment that Kings Mountain can
expect favorable response to its
request for $388,500 in federal
grants for assistance in renova
tion and expansion of its sewage
disposal and treatment system.
Reporting "all plans are ready”
prior to advertising for bids on
the proposed Buffalo Creek water
project, Col. W. K. Dickson, the
consulting engineer, said, ‘‘Kings
Mountain’s proposed water pro
ject could be an intricate part
of any overall plan for Cleve
land County.” “Kings Mountain
must move now in the develop
ment of the project for the fu
ture of the city and its urban
areas", said Dickson.
Mr. Dickson praised the fore
sight of “the setting aside of
Buffalo Creek in 1962 by the
State Stream and Sanitation
Committee as Kings Mountain
source of water” and said, “I
foresee great possibilities for
total development of water and
sewer services for future growth
of Kings Mountain and urban
areas.”
Establishment of a sanitary
district for both water and sew
! er services and guidelines gov
erning outside customers along
the outfall line to the treatment
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Outside Tapping
Cost "Reasonably"
Cost of sewer service to
homes and businesses outside
the city to tap onto Kings
Mountain’s proposed new sew
er treatment system would be
.“very reasonable”, the city en
gineer estimated Tuesday.
Col. W. K. Dickson said the
entire Buffalo Creek drainage
area (which has the same gen
eral lines as the Kings Moun
tain Water Project) could be
served with natural flow fa
cilities. The absence of the
need for pumps would allow
this area to have sewer serv
ice at a very reasonable cost,
he explained.
Tiie availability of sewer
service, Dickson said, makes
the establishment of a sani
tary water and sewer district
in the Buffalo Creek area more
attractive, said Dickson.
Guidlines are to be drawn
up and brought back to the
city commission for study and
possible adoption.
Wanted: 10 Teachers
In District System
Ten Kings Mountain teachers
signed contracts during the past
week to become members of the
Kings Mountain schools faculties.
Addition of the new faculty
members biing to 10 the number
i of teachers needed prior to the
opening of the fall term on Aug
| ust 24.
! Supt. Donald Jones said sev
eral retired teachers have ex
pressed an interest in returning
to the system and that he will
continue interviews when he r'e
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Gerald Thomasson Managing New
Kings Mountain Office Supply
A new Kings Mountain busi
■ ness citizen, Kings Mountain Of
fice Supply & Equipment Com
pany, is now open for business.
Gerald Thomasson, manager,
' said the firm will specialize in
office supplies and equipment
and offer printing service.
Employed as secretary-clerk is
Mrs. Claudette Butler Corn, wife
of David Corn, a member of the
city police department.
The firm is located in com
pleted renovated quarters in the
former Economat Washerette
on the corner of S. Cherokee
street. The building was purchas
ed from Dr. D. M. Morrison. Kelly
Dixon was general contractor,
City Floor Service installed as
"halt tile on the floors and City
Heating furnished the heating
air conditioning system. Electri
cal contractor was L. A. Hoke
Electric.
I The interior is enhanced by
i birch paneling and the show win
dows of the <all-new store front
are carpeted. A large sign along
the side exterior of the building,
a big pencil, was the art-work
of John Mitchell.
A Kings Mountain native,
Thomasson, 27, is a 1958 graduate
of Kings Mountain high school (
and graduated from King’s col
lege, Charlotte, in 1960. He is
president of Kings Mountain Jay
eees, having also served as treas
urer, second vice-president and
first vice-president and as chair
man of various projects including
last year's Miss Kings Mountain!
beauty pageant. He is a member
of First Baptist church and is an
assistant Sunday School teacher.
He was formerly employed at
City Auto & Truck Parts, Inc.
for five years as office manager
and also was for three years pur
chasing agent for Joint & Clutch
Service, Inc. of Charlotte, auto
motive 'Warehouse.
Mrs. Thomasson is the former
Brenda Eng of Kings Mountain.
The Tjhomassons reside at 908
Woodsidc Drive with their two
children, Trent, age four, and
Leslie, age one.
Engineer. We'ze
Ready To Move
On Water Project
Negotiations for funds to fi
nance the projected $2,820,000
Kings Mountain water project
that would utilize the waters
of Buffalo Creek are "going
well”, Mayor John H. Moss ac
knowledged Tuesday.
In consummating the project,
the city is eligible for a federal
grant which would supply 50
percent of the cost of dams, main
transmission lines, pump stations
and land acreage.
W. K. Dickson, the city’s con
sulting engineer, reviewing the
project Tuesday night before the
city commission, said, "You act
ed to avert a potential water
shortage in December, 1966 by
approving preliminary plans for
this project. The final plans have
also been approved.
‘‘Kings Mountain needs water
now. We’re getting water from
every possible source and comes
the dry season and we’ll be hurt
ing. “We’re ready to move now”.
Mr. Dickson’s remarks preced
ed Mayor John H. Moss’ progress
report of the project.
He said, "I am hopeful that in
a short time we can pinpoint our
entire program. I would say the
water project is as far along as
can be expected at this time. I
am happy about favorable re
sponse to this project. Now it’s
a matter of working out some
details."
The Kings Mountain board has
authorized the mayor to discuss
with any interested agency for
mation of a water district for
use of the water to be made
available form the Buffalo Creek
impoundment. Mentioned speci
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Blood Needs Here
looping Collection
Monday’s visit of the Red
Cx'oss bloodbank to Kings
Monday is an “emergency vis
it.”
Dr. Inez Elrod, director of
the Piedmont Carolinas Red
Cross Blood Center at Char
lotte. said Kings Mountain’s
blood usage is far more th•-» ri
the collections releived recently
at visits of the Charlotte re
gional blood collecting unit.
Mrs. Elrod said during the
past two weeks alone a total of
106 pints of blood was used by
Kings Mountain citizens at
Kines Mountain hospital.
“There is no wvv to antici
pate bleeding ulcers and acci
dent cases which require large
amounts of blood," said Dr. El
rod.
Minimum goal of Monday’s
first scheduled visit of the new
fiscal year is 150 pints of blood.
“We hope Kings Mountain
citizens will exceed this eo<»l
and erase a deficit in its blood
program," said Dr. Elrod.