Population
^Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
*ity Limits 8,256
The Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived iron the
special United States Bureau of the Census resort o
January IMS, and includes the 14,938 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,114 iron
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder'
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
VOL. 79 No. 44
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 2, 1967
Seventy-Eighth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
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KINGS MOUNTAIN SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
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Architect's drawing of proposed new home of Kings Mountain Savings & Loan
Association
"Cubby Hole1
Ding Finn
it Officer*
n
Incorporated on Mutuary 31,
907, Kings Mountain Savings
d Loan Association has come
long way from its humble be
ginnings when its affairs were
Conducted in a cubby-hole of F.
jU Carpenter’s drug store.
Now observing its 60th anni
versary, the association has en
joyed the fair winds'of prosper
ity, the ill winds of war and
depression, has come through in
greater strength, now finds it
self as a new peak of its service
to Kings Mountain area citizens.
An old cancelled savings pass
Book, among the association’s
valued relics, and issued on Feb
ruary 2, 1907, to George V. Pat
erson (noyv of Gastonia) Mats
he association’s first officers and
Kectors and its first constitu
i and bydaws. *
The .first president was J; M.
fatterson, one time Kings Moun
tain grocer and also associated
n Kings Mountain Cotton Oil
Company. Other officers were
N. A. Ridenhour, vice-president;
2. A. Dilling, second vice-presi
ient; and the aforementioned F.
Carpenter secretary-treasurer,
rhe original board of directors
ncluded the officers, H. F. Pet
irson, Dr. B. R.- Hunter, N. F.
iVatterson, H. T. Fulton, F. L.
Floyd, W- T. Bradford, Dr. J. C.
Patrick, and I. Ben Goforth, Sr.
VSr. Goforth, the retired mail
jarrier, is the lotne survivor of
the original directorate.
Still another Patterson 'pass
book (issued August 2, 1913) is
in the association files. By this
late F. L. Floyd had succeeded
Mr. Dilling as second vice-presi
dent, but Mr. Dilling remained a
director. By this date, too, Wiley
H. McGinnis had become secre
tary-treasurer.
Meantime the association had
had another secretary-treasurer,
M. Elmer Herndon, now of Char
lotte, having succeeded Druggist
Carpenter, S. A. Crouse recalls,
Thus the association has had on
ly six secretary-treasurers. J. C.
Lackey succeeded Mr. McGinnis
in 1937 and in turn succeeded by
Ben H. Bridges, Jr., current sec
Itary-treasurer. Joe Smith sue
pded the late Mr. Bridges.
The association has had only
three presidents: J. M. Patterson,
1907-1914, A. E. Cline, 1914-1939,
and W. K. Mauney, completing
his 28th year as president
The association has operated in
four different uptown locations,
beginning with the Carpenter
drug store building, followed by
(Continued. On Page Eight)
KM Savings Firm
ToBuildNewHome
Plans for the building of a
$165,000 savings and loan “home”,
the association’s fifth since 1907,
were announced this week by of
ficials of lyings Mountain Sav
ings & Loan Association.
Secretary-Treasurer Joe Smith
said the firm will be moved
'across the street to Cherokee and
Mountain, what is now the city
parking lot across from Fulton’s
Department Store.
"We expect to be in our new
building by . the. summer of 1968”,
said Smith.
Announcement of th§ firm’s
plan to build, a. modem facility
with drive-in window service and
adequate parking facilities are
part, Mr. Smith said, of the
firm’s 60th anniversary year cele
Sratiofc*;,^ '
Architects were authorized to
proceed with working drawings
and specifications this week.
Construction is expected to begin
in mid-1968.
The proposed structure, of
brick and prestressed concrete
and glass, will approximate 40
by 65 feet interior .dimensions, to
two floor levels. A drive-in win
dow, night depository, and a
mezzanine, with. community.di
rector’s room combination to be
available to civic groups are in
cluded. A home . planning area
will also be incorporated, said
Mr. Smith.
Top Teens
To Be Named
Who will be Kings Mountain’s
Outstanding Young Teenagers of
1967?
The Kings Mountain Optimist
club is receiving \ nominations
through November 8 for "Out
standing Teenager” awards to be
presented to two young people of
the community.
Winners of the 1966 awards
were Donna Crawford and Chuck
Sparks, high school students. Oth
er past winners were1 Reta Phifer
and Larry Patrick (1963), Philip
Bunch and Carolyn Jones (1964).
Unfortunately there were no
nominations in 1965.
This year the winners shall re
ceive a handsome trophy plus a
savings bond — the runners-up
shall receive gift certificates.
Nominations should be for
warded to Rev. Frank Shirley, 611
(Continued On Page Eight)
HONORED — Aubrey Mauney
has been honored by Roanoke
college of which he is an al
umni.
Roanoke College
Honors Mauney
Aubrey Mauney, retired presi
dent and general manager of the
Kings Mountain Manufacturing
Company, Kings Mountain, N. C.,
has been awarded the new Roa
noke College Medal for “his de
votion to the work of the Luth
eran Church in America, and for
his contributions to the develop
ment of Scouting.”
The awarding took place Sat
urday, October 28 at a special
Honors Convocation, a major
event in the 125th Anniversary
Celebration of the founding of
the liberal arts college in Salem,
Va.
Speaker for the Convocation
was Henry H. Fowler, Secretary
of the U.S. Treasury. He is also
the honorary chairman for the
year-long celebration. Scientists,
writers, theologians, and teachers
are among the world renown vis
itors scheduled to make appear
ances on the Roanoke College
campus during the celebration.
A Roanoke College graduate,
Mauney spent most of his career
as a textile executive, joining
the Kings Mountain Manufactur
ing Company in 1938. He retired
in 1966.
Mauney was national president
(Continued On Page Eight)
Water Is A Must
^Registration books for the December
5 water bonds referendum will open at
five polling places in the city on Satur
day, November 11th.
Results of the election will deter
mine whether $3 million in bonds will be
issued to finance the cost of the Kings
Mountain Buffalo Creek Water Project.
Registration books will be open on
three consecutive Saturdays, November
11. 18 and 25. Saturday, Dec. 2, will be
Challenge Day.
Voters who registered for the ref
erendum on ABC stores June,13 are eli
gible to vote in the water bond election
Pid do not need to re-register, W. E. Eas
ting, secretary to the Local Govern
ment Commission, told the Herald via
telephone from Raleigh Wednesday.
(Mr. Easterling said that voters who
registered to vote in the spring munici
pal election are also eligible to vote.
Books will be open for the registra
uon of voters opt theretofore registered.
Citizens registering for the first
time must have been citizens of Kings
Mountain for a six months period.
This newspaper supports the pro
jected bond issue and believes it will be
approved.
Buffalo is the closest major source
of water to Kings Mountain ahd Kings
Mountain is near posting the “out” sign
of its water supply.
Water was being pumped from Da
vidson Lake Wednesday morning and
the water level was down to 13 foot, ac
cording to report of Public Works Supt.
Grady Yelton.
The city will renew this month the
loan of 200 tons, five miles or more than
17,650 feet of eight-inch pipe, borrowed
from the Army Corps of {Engineers of
Thomasville, Ga., in April to avert an
acute water shortage.
Procession at full speed ahead on
fruition of the Buffalo Creek project is
dictated.
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Housing Authority Employs Harper
PHA Names
Tom Harper
Top Officer
Thomas W. Harper assumed new
duties Wednesday as executive
director and secretary of Kings
Mountain Public Housing, Inc.
The Kings Mountain Public
Housing Authority unanimously
elected Mr. Harper the executive
officer Monday. In another action
by the group, the directors moved
retention of Hal S. Plonk as site
negotiator if Mr. Plonk is agree
able to accepting.
Mr. Harper began work yester
day in temporary offices at hif
heme, 503 West Gold street. He
will travel to Atlanta, Ga., next
week for a briefing from officials
with the Housing Assistance Ad
ministration. According to Martin
Harmon, acting secretary of the
Authority, Harper’s other duties
will consist of step-by-step prep
aration toward the day when the
“for rent” sign goes up 18 months
hence.
A retired Air Force major and
a University of Florida graduate,
the new executive director anc
secretary is 45 years old. A native
of Reserve, New Mexico, he is son
of the late Dr. and Mrs. Charles
W. Harper. The Harpers came to
Kings Mountain in 1931 where
Thomas W. Harper graduated
from Kings Mountain high school
in 1939. His tour of service duty
has included as a pilot with the
Troop Carrier Command from
January 1942 to December 1945.
A former Eastern Carolina AFRO
TC instructor, he returned to the
USAF in 1951 with the R & Devel
Command in Baltimore, Md., as
Troop Carrier Commander in Eu
rope, SAC Tanker Pilot and as a
Major on retirement January 1,
1967 at Bunker Hill, AFB, Indiana.
Mrs. Harper is the former
Maude Honk, Kings Mountain
.'nativw. The Harpers are parents
of four children: Susan, a sopho
more student at the University
of Florida; Mary Lou, a high
school senior; Tom, a high school
freshman and Barbara, a fifth
grader.
City Orders
Traffic Light
A eight-way traffic light has
been ordered by the city and will
be installed at the US 74-Country
club road.
The actuated-type light will
cost approximately $1500.
Mayor John Moss said the traf
fic light is “much needed” and
that it will be installed by city
crews as soon as it arrives.
ARP Series
Begins Monday
Special services will be held at
ARP Churih beginning on No
vember 5. There will be a morn
ing meeting at 11:30 and an eve
ning meeting at 7:30. The meet
ings will oontinue through No
vember 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Roy E. Beckham, of the,
Centennial ARP Presbyterian
Church will be the guest mnster.
NOTES BIRTHDAY—M. L. Harmon, Sr., well-known Kings Moun
tain citizen, celebrated his 93rd birthday Tuesday. Mr. Harmon
and his wile, the former Eunice Plonk, reside at 107 King street.
They are parents of one son. Martin Harmon, Kings Mountain
Herald Editor-Publisher.
Temple Baptists
Set Note-Burning
First Pastor
To Deliver
Sanday Sermon
Rev. W. F. Monroe of Gaff
ney, S. C., first called pastor of
Temple Baptist church who serv
ed from 1947-51, will fill the pul
pit at Homecoming Day services
Sunday at the church.
A note-burning service at 2:30
p.m. will highlight the day’s ac
tivities. The service will mark
the first time the church has
been debt-free since its begin
ning in 1945. Following the spe
cial ceremony, a program of
singing will be held.
Picnic lunch will be spread on
the church grounds at 1 p.m.
Former members, former pas
tors, and friends of the church
are invited to participate with
members of the congregation in
the day’s event.
Mr. Monroe, also a former pas
tor of Grover’s First Baptist
church, is serving as pastor of
East Gaffney Baptist church.
SPEAKER — Rev. W. F. Monroe
will fill the pulpit at Home
coming Day and Note-Burning
services Sunday at Temple Bap
tist church.
BOY SCOUTS MOTIVE AWARDS—The three Cub Scouts, pictured above, recently earned their
Webeloo badge, highest honor in Cub Scouting, in ceremonies at Boyce Memorial ARP church.
Prom left above. Cubmaster Paul Pulton pssesnts tbe awards to Danny Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Ward; M. D. Phifer, son of Mr. and Mm. Marriott Phifer, and Claude Suber, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Suber, Jr. Pothers of the Scouts am pictured with their sons. Tbe Webelas Badge is equi
valent of Urn Scout' Tenderfoot badge. Tbe Cub Seout Pack Is spaasored by the ARP church.
(Photo by Steve Martin)
Town Of Grover
To Win Citation
Sunday Program
At Postolfice
Begins At 2
The Town of Grover has been
named to receive a special “Cita
tion of Merit” for a program of
beautification around the Grover
Post Office, Postmaster Fain
Hambright announced today.
A special presentation cere
mony has been scheduled for
Sunday, at 2 p.m. at Grover Post
Office.
Mr. Hambright said the certi
ficate will be awarded by W. T.
Martin, Postal Service Officer in
behalf of the Post Office Depart
ment for cooperation in President
Johnson’s Natural Beauty Pro
gram.
Postmaster Hambright will ac
cept the award on behalf of thfe
citizens of Grover and the Gro
ver Womans club, Grover Lions
club, Grover Optimist club, An
tioch Community Center and a
number of individuals who help
ed in the beautification effort.
Congressman Basil L. White
ner will also be present and will
participate in the ceremony. May
or C. F. Harry of Grover will
also be on the program, Post
master Hambright said.
After the ceremony, there will
be "Open House” for a tour of
the postal facilities, and refresh*
ments will be served by the Gro
ver Womans club and Sun Drop
Bottling Co. of Gastonia.
Other Participants in the pro
gram will the Blacksburg high
school band and the Kings Moun
tain high school band.
Atlanta Regional Director C.
Banks Gladden said “only those
communities which have made a
concerted effort to improve the
appearance of their post offices
are recipients of the award.”
The emphasis on aesthetics
should make our post office a
more pleasant, place to visit and
do business, Postmaster Ham
bright commented. It should be
emphasized that our project was
begun to enhance the appearance
of the area and we hope that
others in the community will be
encouraged to make Grover more
attractive.”
No Progress Report
In Lithium Walkout
No progress announcement
has been made concerning
talks aimed at ending a walk
out at the Lithium Corporation
plant in Bessemer City.
The walkout began last
Thursday when members of the
Chemical and Atomic Workers
Union, AFL-CIO. walked off
their jobs. The union became
bargaining agent for the work
ers last May and negotiations
toward an initial contract were
going on.
SPEAKER — Congressmen! Basil
L. Whitener will participle in
Sunday ceremonies at Grover
to be culminated by presenta
tion of a citation to the com
munity for a beautification pro
ject at Grover Post Office.
Rites Thursday
For Former
City Employee
Emory C. Nicholson, 64, former
superintendent of public works
for the City of Kings Mountain,
died Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
at his home, 808 N. Weldon
street, in Gastonia.
Funeral rites will be held
Thursday at 3 P.m. from the
Chapel of Harris Funeral Home.
Rev. Fred King will officiate at
the final rites, and interment
will be in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
The family will be at the home
of Mr. Nicholson’s son, Corbet
Nicholson, 901 Henry street here.
Mr. Nicholson served as the
city’s superintendent of public
works from 1953-60. He was also
formerly employed by the City
of Winter Park, Fla.
Other survivors include his
wife, (Mrs. Alice Jarrell Nichol
son; a son, J. B. Nicholson, of
Dallas; four daughters, Mrs. La
mar James of Cornelia, Ga.,
Mrs. Wayne Patterson of Gas
tonia, Mrs. Howard Roberts of
Lowell and Mrs. Raeford Holt
of Panama City, Fla.; a brother,
Ernest Nicholson of Lincolnton;
and four sisters, Mrs. Elsie Co
ward of Gastonia, Mrs. G. B.
Taylor and Mrs. Maude Spivey,
both of Clarksville, Ga., and
Mrs. Floyd McIntyre of Gaines
ville, Va. Also surviving are 15
grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
P-TA SUPPER
West School P-TA will spon
sor a hamburger - hotdo^ sup
per Friday night with serving
from 5 until 7 p.m. Mrs. Jack
White, chairman of the com
mittee on arrangements, said
homemade cakes and pies will
also be on sale.
Bloodmobile Returns On Monday
Foi Visit; 150-Pint Goal Aim
The Red Cross bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain
for a one-day visit on flonday.
Donors will be processed from
11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the
National Guard Armory.
Goal of the collection is 150
pints of blood, Mrs. Charles Mau-i
ney, publicity chairman for the
Kings Mountain Red Cross Chap
ter said.
Mrs. Mauney noted that “the
fine cooperation of participating
chapters assisted in collecting
blood for heart surgery made
it possible for the Regional Blood
Center to provide 3,260 pints for
238 heart surgery cases. In
Cleveland County there were 12
cases, comparing with Greens
boro and Gaston County. Meck
lenburg County reported a total:
of 56 cases. Ninety-eight cases
were performed at Charlotte
Memorial hospital, Mrs. Mauney
continued.
BUILDING PERMIT
D. H. Smith was issued a
city building permit Tuesday
to build a one-story brick ve
t neesr house on Pineview street
at estimated cost of $12,000.
MEMBER — George W. Mau
ney, cotton broker and chair
man of the Kings Mountain
hospital board oi trustees, has
been named to the city zoning
commission to succeed the late
L. L. Benson, Mayor John H.
Maes has announced.