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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
Tin Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived from the
special United States Bureau of the Census report o
January IKS. and Includes the 14,990 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining S.124 Iron
Number 9 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder'
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
[ountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 24, 1967
P a g j s
Today
VOL. 78 — No. 34
Established 1889
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
MISS KINGS MOUNTAIN CROWNED — Teresa Jolley, center, holds her trophy and a bouquet of
roses following her crowning as Miss Kings Mountain 1968 Friday night in the Jaycee-sponsored
beauty pageant. At left is Helen Owens, voted Miss Congeniality, and at right is Reta Vollbracht,
Miss Kings Mountain 1967, who crowned the winner. (Photo by Neil Holcomb)
TeresaJolleyBeauty Winner;
Joan McClure Is Runner-Up
SECOND RUNNER-UP —Joan
Xing, Gaston college student,
was second runner-up in Fri
day night's Miss Kings Moun
tain 1968 beauty pageant.
Steve Martin
JoiningHerald
Steve H. Martin, of Shelby, will
Join the staff of the Kings Moun
tain Herald Monday.
He will assume the duties, ef
fective September 4, of Dale Gib
son, of Patterson Springs, who
will return to the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mr. Gibson is a junior, majoring
in journalism. Mr. Gibson is I
sports editor and assistant in the
advertising and news depart
ments.
Mr. Martin was graduated from
Shelby high school and attended
Western Carolina University. He
completed on July 8 six months
active duty with the army and
is a member of the National
Guard.
Mr. Martin Is a son of Mrs.
Howard Martin, of Shelby, and
the late Mr. Martin.
Joan King,
Helen Owens
Win Honois
Miss Kings Mountain 1968 is
19-year-old Teresa Jane Jolley, a
rising sophomore at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Greens
boro.
The new beauty queen was
crowned Friday niight in the an
nual Jaycee-sponsored pageant at
KMHS gymnasium as 700 specta
tors applauded the judges’ choice.
First runner-up was Joan Mc
Clure, 21, a rising senior at UNC
G and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. McClure. Second runner-up
ws Joan King, 20, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willis King.
“Miss Congeniality’’, the covet
ed honor voted by the contestants
themselves, went to Helen Owens,
19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Owens.
A faulty audio system marred
the commentary of the 1967 pag
eant presentation held for the
first time in a gymnasium be
cause of renovation of Central
Auditorium. Master of Ceremon
ies was WSOC Radio personality
Jack Knight.
Rounding out the top five final
ists, selected from a .field of nine
contestants, were Rita Wise and
Sandra Mullinax.
A blue-eyed brunette, Miss
Kings Mountain 1968 was crown
ed by Reta Vollbracht, Miss Kings
Mountain 1967. The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jolley wore
an aqua formal iwith sequined
bodice.
“I try to convey something
through my voice as I sing”, Miss
Jolley, contestant No. 9, replied
to Knight in the final phase of
the judging. Earlier, she sang “I
Left My Heart In San Francis
co,” dressed in a yellow full
skirted dress and yellow straw
hat with a suitcase in hand. An
audience favorite throughout the
pageant, she also appeared in a
one-piece blade swimsuit.
(Continued On Pagd Six)
FIRST RUNNER-UP Joan Mc
Clure, rising senior at UNC-G,
was first runner-up in the
Jaycee-sponeored Miss Kings
Mountain beauty pageant.
Phifer Buys
Hardware Finn
Mariott D. Phifer, Kings Moun
tain hardwareman, has purchased
Washburn’s Cleveland Hardware
in Shelby.
The transaction was completed
last week.
Mr. Phifer purchased the bus
iness, which was being liquidat
ed, from Col. George Washburn,
who is retiring.
The hardware firm is one of
the county’s oldest businesses
having been founded in 1887 by
Seaton A. Washburn.
Mariott Phifer will retain his
interest with his brothers, Wen
dell and Menzell Phifer, in Phifer
Hardware here. This firm, found
ed in 1906 by the late D. M. Bak
er as Baker Hardware Company
became Phifer Hardware in 1921.
Mariott Phifer is a former
Kings Mountain city commission
er and Army Strategic Air Force
tContinued on Page Six)
Reorganization
To Pare Division
30th Old Hickory
Division To Be
Mechanized Unit
A major reorganization of the
North Carolina National Guard,
as announced recently by Major
General Claude T. Bowers, adju
tant general, will materially re
duce units and manpower in the
30th (Old Hickory) division.
The Kings Mountain unit, Com
pany D, 105th Engineering Bat
talion, is a unit of the 30th divi
sion.
Sergeant Charles E. Wilson said
Wednesday the company has not
been informed of the .projected
changes.
The Kings Mountain unit in
cludes 71 officers and men.
Major General Bowers, the ad
jutant general of North Carolina,
said the new proposed troop list
for the reorganization of the
North Carolina National Guard
is being studied for implementa
tion.
The reorganization would
change the 30th Old Hickory Di
vision from an infantry division
to a mechanized division. The
proposed troop structure for
North Carolina will allow this
state 77 Army Guard units — a
reduction of 15 units from the 92
currently on hand. The new struc
ture would provide for 10,872 of
ficers and enlisted men — a re
duction of 390 from the present
priority aggregate strength' of 11,
262. All units, however, would be
maintained at a minimum of 93
per cent strength.
The new structure would pro
vide North Carolina with a State
Headquarters Detachment to in
clude a Selective Service Section,
a Headquarters augmentation
and an Officer Candidate School
augmentation.
Other non • divisional units
would include one armored bat
(Continued On Page Six)
Maner Chain
Stickley Draft
B. F. Maner, Kings Mountain
insurance man, has been appoint
ed Cleveland County campaign
chairman of the state-wide “Draft
Stickley for Governor Commit
tee."
The state-level group is headed
by Marcus T. Hickman, of Char
lotte, in behalf of the potential
Republican gubernatorial candi
dacy of Jack Stickley, Charlotte
businessman.
Names of county campaign
managers were announced Friday
by William E. Cobb of Morgan
ton, former GOP state chairman.
In accepting the appointment,
Maner said: “I know Jack Stick
ley and I believe that his back
ground ideally suits him to be a
great governor of North Caro
lina."
Owner and manager of B. F.
Maner Insurance Agency, Bob
Maner has served as GOP pre
cinct. chairman and as secretary
of the county GOP executive
committee.
j WINS MASTER’S — William
Anthony Goins has received hi&
master's degree from Appala
chian State University and will
join the faculty of Wilson Me
morial high school in Staunton,
Va.
Goins Wins
Master's Degree
William Anthony Goins, son ol
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Goins of
602 Phenix street, who received
his Master of Arts degree in
Health, Physical Education, and
Recreation from Appalachian
State Teachers college in June
1967, will assume duties as As
sistant Football and Assistanl
Basketball Coach and teacher of
Physical Education at Wilson
Memorial high school in Staun
ton, Virginia, on August 28.
Mr. Goins received his Bache
lor of Science degree from Ap
palachian in 1966, where he was
a member of the varsity football
and track teams, president of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
and elected to Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges
and Universities.
He is married to the former
Jane Davenport of Mt. Airy. Mrs.
Goins received her Bachelor of
Science degree from Appalachian
in 1966 in Spanish and history.
She will teach Social Studies and
English at Wilson Memorial high
school.
Mr. and Mr*. Goins will make
their home in Waynesboro, Vir
ginia,
Trio Held Reunion
In Virgin Islands
A trio of Kings Mountain fam
ilies held a reunion in the Virgin
Islands recently,
Frank Pridemore, historian of
Kings Mountain National Mili
tary Park, Mrs. Pridemore and
family, vacationing there, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Reis. Reis, a
former staff member at the
Park, was' transferred to the Vir
gin Islands National Park.
Ben Moohaw, Jr., son of Kings
Mountain National Military Park
Superintendent and Mrs. Moo
maw, is stationed aboard the
U.S.S. Goodrich, Navy destroyer,
which docked in the Virgin Is
\ands last weekend.
Alexander Re-elected President
Of State Postmaster Association
PRESIDENT — King* Mountain
Postmaster Chariot L. Alexan
der has been installed lor the
second year as a president of
the N. C Branch of the Nation
al League of Postmaster*
Postmaster Charles L. Alexan
der was installed as president of
the North Carolina Branch of
the National League of Postmas
ters at their annual convention
Just concluded at Carolina Beach,
North Carolina.
Honored guest and banquet
speaker was Cecil M. Hunt, Di
rector of Postmasters of the Bu
reau of Operations, Washington,
D. C. During the course of his
address, Mr. Hunt presented Mr.
Alexander a history of the Kings
Mountain Post Office, taken from
the Bureau of Archives in Wash
ington, D. C. Mr. Hunt, com
menting on the history of the
Kings Mountain office, stated
that the first Postmaster was
Turner M. Abernathy, appointed
June 29, 1837.
A good representation of Post
masters and their wives were on
hand from throughout the state,
as well as representatives from
the Atlanta Regional Office and
the Atlanta Postal Data Center.
(Continued On Page Bin)
East KM
Court Order
Is Continued
By MARTIN HARMON
East Kings Mountain area stu
Jents, living without the bounds
of the Kings Mountain school
district, but attending Kings
Mountain schools since they en
tered Grade 1, may continue to
enroll as formerly.
Superior Court Judge W. K.
McLean, of Asheville, Tuesday
signed an order extending that
of Judge G. L. Houk, signed Sep
tember 2, 1966, which granted
permission of these students to
attend Kings Mountain schools
during the 1966-67 term.
Judge McLean heard request
of petitioners for continuance in
chambers, with only Henry M.
Whitesides, attorney for plain
tiffs, and Grady Stott, attorney
for the Gaston county board of
education, present.
There will be one change this
year.
The Kings Mountain board of
education has imposed a $60 per
pupil tuition fee for out-of-dis
trict students. It is the first time
an out-of-district fee has been
imposed in several decades. The
fee is payable in lump sum or
monthly.
Judge McLean’s order, refer
ring to Judge Houk’s of Septem
ber 2, 1966, reads:
“It be and is hereby ordered
that the same is continued until
this cause c$n finally be deter
mined upon its merits.
“Pending final determination,
this cause is retained by this
Court for such further orders and
may be necessary and proper.”
The Gaston board has declined
to give written release to those
students wishing to attend Kings
Mountain schools. However, Su
perintendent Hunter Huss, of
Gaston schools, has been quoted
as saying the Gaston board had
no objection to these students at
tending Kings Mountain schools,
In turn, Kings Mountain board
of education required written re
lease.
A projected election on the
question during the recent school
term never developed.
Post Office Once
In Three Counties
A history which spans 130
years reports that Kings Moun
tain Post Office was once lo
cated in three counties.
Postmaster Charles Alexan
der, attending last weekend’s
convention of the North Caro
lina Branch of the National
League of Postmasters, was
presented a copy of the local
history as he was installed for
the second year as president of
the state association.
Established on June 29, 1837,
the post office was originally
located in Lincoln County. The
history continues that the post
office was located in Cleveland
on May 10, 1842; in Lincoln be
tween the period 1842-1866; in
Gaston between the period 1851
and 1866; was discontinued on
August 31, 1868; reestablished
on March 11, 1870 and located
in Cleveland County sometime
between 1873 and 1886.
First Postmaster was Turner
M. Abernathy, June 29, 1837.
Other postmasters were: Hiram
A. Lovelace, 1842; Benjamin F.
Briggs, 1851; William Falls,
1866; Miss L. A. Black, 1867;
Thomas A. Ware, 1870; William
A. Marney, 1873; James W.
Brown, 1889; Rufus S. Plonk,
1893; James W. Brown, 1897;
Samuel S. Weir, 1901; Edwin L.
Ware, 1901; George F. Ham
bright, 1910; A. H. Patterson,
1914; Samuel S- Weir, 1923;
James S. Ware, 1932; William
T. Weir, 1955; and Charles L.
Alexander, August 24, 1956.
City Pre-Payments
Increase To $12,067
Prepayments on city taxes
totaled $12,067 through Tues
day, Assistant Tax Collector
Judy Harmon reported.
Discount of two percent is
available to city and county
taxpayers through September 1
■when the discount rate drops to
one percent.
Heavy pre payments are anti
cipated during the upcoming
week.
The city anticipates collection
during the year of $190,000 in
ad valorem taxes.
School Fees,
Hours Listed
Donald D. Jones, superintend
ent of schools, has listed the fol
lowing school-opening facts:
The Kings Mountain Citj
School busses will run at the
regular time on Thursday and
Friday with a few minutes varia
tion to allow for the bus driver:
to become acclimated to theii
routes.
Lunch will be served Thursday,
pupil orientation day, at Compact.
Bethware and Grover, but will
not be served at the other Kings
Mountain schools. Students at
North, West and East schools
will be dismissed at 11:00 a.m.,
from the other schools at 11:45
a.m.
The dismissal times for Friday
and subsequent days will be as
follows:
Grades 1-3 all schools — 2:30
NOTE:
Grades 4-6—3:00
Grades 7-8—3:10
Grades 9-12-3:15
1st month of school—(the 1st
grade will be dismissed at 12:00
for the 1st 6 days of school)
The price of lunches will be
25c for grades 1-8 and 30c for
grades 9-12.
The Kings Mountain Board of
Education has set the following
fees for the 1967-68 school year:
ELEMENTARY
Library-Instructional Supplies
$1.00.
JUNIOR HIGH
Library-Instructional Supplies
$1.00.
HIGH SCHOOL
Library—$1.00.
Vocational $2.00.
Typing -$6.00.
Science—.50.
Physical Education • Towel
$2.00.
Tuition for all out-of-district
students will be $60.00 for the
school year, payable monthly if
the parents desire.
Band, available to students
grades 7 through 12, requires the
following fees: Membership $1
per month, uniform rental 50
cents per month, and instrument
rental 25 cents per month.
Accident insurance, which is
optional, may be purchased for
$175 for the school term.
Yelton Elated
Over 4.4 Rainfall
It rained, and Public Works
Superintendent Grady C. Yelton
said, "I slept well.”
Mr. Yelton was elated over a
24-hour rainfall totaling 4.4 Inch
es in the Kings Mountain area.
“The rain we've been getting
all week will certainly help our
w-ater supply”, said Yelton.
Kings Mountain National Mili
tary Park’s rain log registered
these rainfall statistics:
From Tuesday at 2 p.m. until
Wednesday 2 p.m.—4.4 inches.
From Monday 2 p.m. until Tues
day 2 p.m.- .24 inches.
From Sunday 2 p.m. until Mon
day 2 p.m.- -.91 inches.
Park officials were advising
"wear your hip boots if you come
to see us.”
Mayor To Confer
With HUD Officials
Mayor John Henry Moss will
be in Atlanta, Ga. Monday and
Tuesday conferring with the De
partment of Housing & Urban
Development on four Kings Moun
tain projects.
The mayor will talk with HUD
officials on: 1) the Kings Moun
tain water project; 2) the Cen
tral Business District downtown
improvement project; 3) the pro
jected Neighborhood Facility;
and 4) the urban renewal pro
gram.
Jones Reports
Faculty Corps
Is Complete
School jopvte, tor the 1967-68
term in the ten-plant Kings
Mountain district system Thurs
day morning at 8:30 with open
ing day enrollment of approxi
mately -1100 anticipated.
Superintendent Donald D. Jones
said the faculty is complete i«vith
announcement of three additional
members. They are Edward A.
Goldsmith, Chcraw, S. C., high
school mathematics teacher; Car
ry Gibson, Kings Mountain, Cen
tral physical education teacher;
and Mrs. Doris Jenkins, Char
lotte, Centra] public school music
teacher, this position represent
ing a faculty expansion. Until
this year, Mrs. Merle McClure
was the system-wide public school
music teacher.
Completion of principal assign
ments was also announced. In
what Supt. Jones termed as ex
periment, Howard Bryant, vet
eran North principal, will serve
as principal of both West and
Park Grace schools. Eldon Cooke,
of Bessemer City, initially em
ployed as East school principal,
is replacing Mr. Bryant at North,
and D. B. Blalock, Jr., former
high school guidance counselor,
becomes principal at East school.
James C. Atkinson, of Madison
Mayodan has succeeded Glenn
Brookshire at the high school,
and Fred Withers, industrial co
operative training supervisor at
the high school, has succeeded
R. G. Franklin at Central. Con
tinuing former principalships are
James C. Scruggs, Grover, Evan
J. Evans, Bethware, L. L.
Adams, Compact, and Connie Al
lison, Davidson.
Major pupil assignment change
is assignment of all seventh and
eighth grade pupils to Central
school, which meant transfer of
an estimated 58 pupils from Com
pact. All seventh and eighth
grade pupils in the district will
be attending Central sehooll.
Traffic Problem
Study Authorized
The city commission Tuesday
night authorized the mayor to
appoint a traffic safety commit
tee and named Mayor John H.
Moss chairman.
Mayor Moss said duty of the
mayoral committee will be to
study the "very serious traffic
problem" in Kings Mountain and
report back to the commission
its recommendations.
Railroad crossings, dangerous
intersections, U.S. 74-through-city
traffic, the areas leading to the
new high school, the hospital and
all schools, hilly areas and streets
without center lines are to be
studied in detail, said the mayor,
and professional help will be con
sulted if needed.
In other action, the board took
the recommendation of the city
zoning commission and re-zoned
from residential to residential
office the property of Roy J.
Long at 217 Waco road. Public
hearing on request by Mr. Long
for rezoning for modern neigh
borhood grocery stores will be
advertised as required by law,
the commission voted.
SOME IMPROVED
The condition of John Hughes,
badly burned in a road paving
accident recently, was reported
“some improved” by family
members this week. A patient
at Charlotte Memorial hospital,
Hughes is not allowed visitors.
Birth Control and Pet Protection
Discussed; City Tries Rat Control
Birth control is Ward 1 Com
missioner Ray Cline’s solution to
the city’s rat problem.
At Tuesday night’s commission
meeting when the discussion was
posed Mr. Cline offered the sug
gestion that some enterprising
scientist should develop a pill or
a form of sterilization for Mr.
Rat which would de-populate the
species.
No other ideas were offered,
and the commission approved
purchase of 25 rat boxes for use
in rat-infested areas.
Green in color, the ratbox re
sembles a rabbit box, though more i
modem and prettier. Two feetj
long, 12 inches wide, the box is'
equipped with two holes at eith
er end and a lid on top. Mr. Rat
is expected to enter either side
of the trap, feed from a feeding
trough filled with rat poison and
expire. A supply of poison has
been obtained by the city from
the N. C. Board of Health which
approves the ratboxes and rat
control program statewide.
Ward 5 Comm. O. O. Walker
had some reservations about the
safety of other animals in the
box’s vicinity. He was informed
he needn’t worry that his pet
might be a victim. “That dog's
bigger than I am”, quipped May
or Moss.
Public Works Supt. Grady Yel
ton, who’ll be responsible for
placing the boxes, promised
Comm. Walker a tiny dog or
kitten would be unable to open
the boxes which would be fast
ened securely.
Mr. Walker’s bird dog is
Gordon-Irish setter, weight prox- .
imately 75 pounds.