Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
The Grs.tter Rings Mountain figure is derive* from the
special United States Bureau of the Census report o
January 1*66. and includes the 14.990 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 1.124 (ran
Number S Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder'
Mountain Township tn Gaston County.
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VOl. 79 No. 45
Pag.s
Today
PRICE TEN CENTS
United Fund One-Day Drive ScheduledTuesday; Goal $21,000
-Jfcings Mountain’s United Fund
for ’68 will be a one-day
campaign to be conducted all
day Tuesday.
A 7:30 a.m. breakfast at First
Presbyterian church will kick-off
the drive, according to joint an
nouncement by UF President W.
Donald Crawford and Fund Chair
man Robert (Bob) Southwell. The
breakfast will be co-sponsored
I by the city’s two building and
| loan associations, Home Savings
| and Kings Mountain Savings &
Loan Associations.
Reports of progress of the ap
peal will be reported via Radio
Station WKMT throughout the
day, said the drive leaders.
A goal of $21,000 for seven ag
encies is aim of the appeal.
One gift will support work of
these agencies:
Boy Stouts of the Pit dmont
Council, $5,725. In Cleveland.
| County, one of every three boys
of Boy Scout age is registered as |
a Scout. Kings Mountain has over ,
500 registered. Part of these funds ,
are used to provide summer
camps for troops.
American Red Cross, $4,500.
During the last year Red Cross in;
Cleveland County provided serv
ice for 986 military families.
Blood collection work was active
with 3,100 pints being collected
in the county. There is no charge
for the blood, but only for giv
ing it to the patient. At $25 per
pint, this was a $78,500 savings
for Cleveland County.
Kings Mountain high school
band, $2,500. The funds budgeted
are to be used for new tnude,
instruments and supplies, as well
as cleaning and repairing the un
iforms.
The KMHS 130-member band
and. the 60-member Junior high
school band will be served by
these funds.
ftirl Scouts - Pioneer Council—
$2,475. Funds are to be used to
purchase materials, provide
camps and camp supplies.
Kings Mountain high school
Chorus — $300. With their funds
last year, this group was able to
purchase new music, send a
group to Mars Hill Music Clinic,
send a group to the Greensboro
Choral Workshop and participate
in the district choral contests in
Charlottp.
Cleveland County Life Saving
& Rescue Squad, $3,500. The
funds are to be used for vehicle
operation and upkeep for a dedi
cate dgroup of volunteers who
operate a 24-hour emergency call
service.
Carolinas United Community
Services, $1,800. This organiza- ;
tion provides field representa
tives for United Funds in the
Carolinas and contributes to such
agencies as the Children’s Home;
Society, Florence Crittenton
Home, N. C. Mental Health As
sociation and United Medical Re
search.
Administrative cost of United
Fund, $200. This money is used
for supplies to help promote the
United Fund, including bulletin
board posters, counter display
posters, as well as pledge cards
and work sheets for accurate rec
ords.
rlffiS IN CRASH—full military
funeral rites for Major Phillip
Ward Broom, killed tn a land
ing accident in Vietnam Friday,
will be held Thursday morning
from Monroe's First Methodist
church.
Mall Dinner
Monday Night
Kings Mountain Mall, Inc. of
I ficials will present a picture
| preview of the proposed down
town Cherokee Street Mall to
property owners and merchants
at a dinner meeting of the group
Monday night at 7 p.m. at Kings
| Mountain Country club.
A representative of Reynolds
Aluminum Company will present
pictures of how the centrally lo
cated proposed mall area looks
and how it could look via mod
ernization.
Corporation President Paul Mc
Ginnis said.invitations to the din
ner are being mailed t<\ property
owners in the area, store man
agers and owners.
Proposed plans call for razing
several structures along Cherokee
street, between Mountain and
t Gold streets, and developing the
into a '400-space parking
Sill. Rear entrances to stores
would be modernized and im
proved to enhance the attractive
ness of the area.
Seven parcels of privately own
ed land lie within the mall area.
The corporation has obtained
options to purchase five of the
parcels. Owners of the two re
maining parcels have not yet
signed options.
The two remaining options, for
Which negotiations are continu
1 ing. are from David R Hamrick
for the 50 by 60 foot lot occupied
by Saunders Cleanders and
Stowe’s Radio-TV and from Mrs.
E. C. Cooper for the building
housing Studie’s Beauty Shop.
Landing Clash
At Bien Hoa
Fatal To Major
Military funeral rites for Major
Phillip Ward Broom, 36, will be
held Thursday morning at 11
o'clock from Monroe’s First Meth
odist church.
Major Broom’s pastor will of
ficiate at the final rites, and in
terment will be in the church
cemetery. ;
Husband of the former PhyllP
Dean of Kings Mountain, the Air
Force fighter pilot was pilot of a
plane that crashed Friday 1,000
eet short of the runway of the
American base at Bien Hoa, Viet
nam. Ht was returning from a
tactical mission, the U.S. Depart
ment of Defense informed Mrs.
Broom Friday.
Since August 18th when Major
Broom reported for duty In Viet
nam. Mrs. Broom and twtt sons,
Phillip Ward Brown, Jr., age four,
’nd Thomas Franklin Broom, age
wo. have resided at 2200 Wil
liamsburg Drive, Gastonia. Before
reporting to duty in Vietnam, Ma
ior Broom saw duty in New Mex
ico and Louisiana, t ■ r
A native of. Monroe, Major
Broom had served with the USAF
’4 venrs. He was nominated for
the NASA program to become an
astronaut in 1965. He missed he
mming an astronaut at that time
vhen he failed to survive the
"inal testing phase before enter
!ng the, program.
Maior Broom was graduated
'rom Duke University with a me
-hanical engineering degree and
'rom Washington University in
Beattie, Washington with a mas- j.
ter’s degree in aeronautical en-1
gineering. He was llstetj in Who’s
Who In American. Colleges and
Universities.
Son of Ward Broom of Monroe
and the late Mrs. Broom, Major
Broom and Miss Phyllis Dean
were married. June 10, 1962. His
mother died in August, a week
before Major Broom left for over
seas duty.
Besides his wife, children and
father, Major Broom is survived
by his sister, Mrs. Robert Lee, of
Monroe, and his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Amos F. Dean, of Kings
Mountain.
McEween Funeral Home of
Monroe is'in charge of funeral
arrangements.>The body of Major
Broom arrived yesterday morn
ing from Vietnam and will re
main at the funeral home until
the hour of service. <
Prior to their marriage, Mrs.
Broom was employed as an Am
erican Airlines stewardess. She
was voted “Miss Congeniality,,
in the Miss North Carolina Beau
(Continued On Page Six)
I Lithium Strikers Return To Work
Minus Contract; More Talks Today
Representatives of the Oil.
Chemical and Atomic Workers
Union and Lithium Corporation
will meet again Thursday in an
effort to reach agreement on a
contract.
The strike by the union, which
began October 26, ended at 7 a.
m. Tuesday morning, as first
shift employees returned to work.
Manager i. Dean Herman re
nted operations returned to nor
mal.
The workers returned without
one-year contract and 49
cents per hour increase they had
demanded.
The company still stands, Mr.
Heiman said, with Its initial of
fer of a graduated per nour in
crease of 33 cents over a three
year period in return for a three
year contract.
Actually, Mr. Herman reported,
the company posted a 11 cents
hourly increase on October 28, two
days after the strike began.
Before the strike, he added, the
company had offered the 11 cents,
retroactive to October 1 in return
for suspension of the strike call.
The union’s negotiating team
includes, John Lee, international
representative, and a local union
committee including Bill Davis,
Austin Harris, Cass Walker, and
Joel Mauney. The company’s ne
gotiator is Stuart Rothnan.
Clark H. Broward
Rites Conducted
Here On Monday
Funeral rites for Clark H. Bro
ward, 85, retired electrical en
gineer, were conducted Monday
afternoon at 4:30 at Harris Fun
eral Home Chapel.
Mr. Broward, father of Mrs.
George H. Mauney of Kings
Mountain, had been in ill health
several months. He died at 5 p.m.
Sunday at Greenbrier Rest Home,
Gastonia.
A native of Florida, he was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Pres
ton Broward and had redded in
Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, prior
to coming to Kings Mountain.
His wife, Mrs. Reece Rich Bro
ward, died in 1904.
Surviving, m addition to Mrs
Mauney, are another daughter,
Mrs. Luke Green, of Atlanta; a
brother, Charles Broward, of Mi
ami, Fla., and seven grandchil
dren.
The final rites were conducted
by Dr. Paul K. Ausley, pastor of
First Presbyter|an church, and
interment was in Mountain itest
cemetery. \ .
Pallbearers were Hall Goforth,
Bob F. Maner, Ben T. Goforth,
Charles D. Blanton, Harry Page,
and Dan Finger.
Two Clubs
Favor Project
Two Kings Mountain civic or
ganizations this week endorsed
the Kings Mountain Buffalo
Creek Water Project.
Kings Mountain Merchants As
sociation Board of Directors
Tuesday morning unanimously
endorsed the project which calls
for a $3 million water bonds ref
erendum on December 5th.
Members of the Kings Moun
tain Junior Woman’s club on
Monday niight also unanimously
endorsed the project.
Fire Department
To Hold Barbecue
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire De
partment will sponsor a barbecue
until 8 pm. at the fire depart- j
chicken supper Saturday from 5■
ment in the Bethlehem commun
ity.
Tickets are available from any
merfiber of the organization at
fl.50 each. !
Proceeds from the benefit are
ised to purchase fire-fighting
equipment.
Coman Falls, 58,
Claimed By Death
Rites Conducted
For Ex-Athlete,
Businessman
Funeral rites for Coman Frank
j lin Falls, Sr., 58, were held Sat
urady at 11 a.m. from First Pres
byterian church of which he was
a member.
Dr. Paul K. Ausley officiated at
the final rites and interment was
.n Mountain Rest cemetery. Ac
tive pallbearers were John C.
Smathers, Fred Wright, Charles
lallard, Luther Joy, Harry Page
and C, T. Di?(on.
Owner and operator of Friendly
lilliards, Mr. Falls was a native
of Cleveland County, son of the
late Mr. artd Mrs. Price Falls. He
■died suddenly Thursday morning
at li;30 a.m. in the Kings Moun
tain hospital following a day’s
illness.
Mr. Falls, who lettered in all
sports as a student at Kings
Mountain high school, played
professional baseball in New
Vork State in the early 30’s.
He was married twice. His first
wife, Lucille Cansler Falls, died
four years ago. His wife, Mrs.
Dorothy Hart Falls, survives, in
addition to a daughter, Mrs. Ken
neth Davis of Kings Mountain; a
son, Coman Falls, Jr. of Banner
Elk; two step-daughters, Mrs.
Johnny Stroup of Cherryville and
Mrs. Ronnie Sellers of Winston
Salem; six {jrothers, Cyrus Falls
(Continued On Page Six)
Water Bonds
Project Endorsed
Kings Mountain Jaycee board
of directors Tuesday night en
dorsed the December 5 water
bonds referendum and passed a
resolution to "assist in passing
the referendum in any way the
city deems necessary." '
Other civic^ clubs and organi
zations endorsing the referen
dum in action by club directors'
and members this week were the
Kings Mountain Merchants As
sociation, the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and the
Kings Mountain Junior Woman’s
club.
ENGINEER — James H. Hollins,
'sen of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rollins
of Grover, has passed the regis
tration examination for profes
sional engineers and Is licensed
to practice engineering in North
Carolina. Rollins attended N. C.
State University and UNC at
Charlotte. He is associated with
Union Carbide Nuclear Division
in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Pie-Game
Barbecue Friday
Kings Mountain J.aycees will
sponsor a pre-footbail game bar
becue sale Friday with serving
to begin at 5 p.m. in the Kings
Mountain high school cafeteria
across from John Gamble Memo
rial Football Stadium.
Kings Mountain Mountaineers,
will play the Lincolnton Wolves
in the finale of the football sea
son Friday night at 8 in Gamble
Stadium on Phifer' road.
Serving will be from 5 until 8
p.m. or as long as necessary to
accomlnodate the public, said
Bob Myers, Jaycee barbecue sale
chairman. •.* .
"The Jaycees would like to take
this opportunity”, said Mr. Myers,
“to invite the many Kings Moun
tain football fans to support our
team and come early and eap
•supper in the school cafeteria.”
OFFICIALS VIEW LOW LEVEL YORK ROAD RESTVOIR — Ma/cr John Henry Moan, left, points to
the water level of the York Road resevoir as he en’<* Public V/crks Superintendent Grady Yalton.
"How lew?" Supt Yelten’s reply was. ”15 feet below overflow." Before the long period of less-than
rtentud rains and increased sity consuption, the resevoir cu tomarily ever-flowed. (Photo by Steve
Martin.)
| Outside-City
industry
To Pay Extra
By MARTIN HARMON
The city board of commission
•rs adopted a resolution of in
ent Tuesday night to impose a
30 percent surcharge on water
charges for a million gallons or
ess as the means for amortizing
54,000,000 in water and sewer
bonds.
The resolution also provides
for imposition of a 25 percent
differential on basic rates on in
dustrial customers outside * the
ity limits. These industries now
; pay no differential. Outside city
| "evidential customers now pay a
50 percent differential, which is
unchanged.
The resolution means that the
minimal user of up to 3,000 gal
lons per month, now paying $1.25
for water service, will nuv $2.38
BOOKS TO OPEN
Registration books will open
Saturday for the December 5
bond issue election at the five
city polling places: Ward 1, City
ddall, courlropm; Ward 2, Ameri
can Legion; Ward 3, Last
school; Ward 4; First Wesleyan
Church Fellowshlp-MlaH; Ward
5, Armory. Books will be open
I from 9 a.m. until sunset. Sat
urday is the first of three regis
tration Saturdays.
This represents approximately
one-third the city’s 3269 cus
tomers.
Commissioner O. O. Walker
noved adoption of the resolution,
Commissioner T. J. Ellison sec
mded, and the vote was unani
ncus, all commissioners present
ind voting.
. Comparatively larger percen
tage increases will be paid by
the five industrial consumers reg
darly using over a million gal
lons monthly. These (their most
•erent monthly meter reading
hewn in parentheses* are:
Craftspun Yarns, Inc. (13,959,
30*; Massmo, Inc. (5,617,000);
'< Mills, Inc. (4,648.000); Mauney
Mills, Inc. (2,919,000*, and Duplex
international (.1,541,000).
The larger increase for these
'arge users comes from setting
he base rate at 25 cents per 1000
gallons for all over one million
Current rate for galionage bo
ween one and two million is
2125 per 1000 gallons. Current
atef cr all over two million is
1875 per 1000 gallons.
Massmo, Inc., is ais effected by
the outside - city differential of
' 15 percent on base rates. Others j
ore Superior Stone Company,!
7oote Mineral Company, Barwin, j
nc., Bennett Brick & Tile* Com- j
oany, Labeth Rope Company and j
T. E. Herndon Company.
(For samplings monthly costs
under of present and future rates
ee two-column box on today’s
ront page.)
Intent of the commission, pre
:uming approval by the voters of
he $3,000,000 water bond issue
December 5, is to make the pro
'osed rate schedule effective July
l, 1968. /• !
The voters have approved bond'
ssue authority for expansion and
enovation of the sewage system-1
(Continued On Page Sia:J
Funeral Thursday
For J. H. Arthur
Retired Mining
Superintendent
Died On Tuesday
Funeral rites for James Henric
Arthur, retired superintendent ol
Superior Stone Company’s Kings
Mountain Operation, will be held
Thursday morning at 11 a m
from the Chapel of Harris Fun
eral Home.
Rev. D. B. Alderman, pastor ol
Central Methodist church of which
Mr. Arthur was a member, will
officiate at the final rites, assist
ed by a former pastor, Rev. How
ard Jordan, of Gastonia*
Interment will be in Greens
boro’s Groometown cemetery at
3:3d p.rn.
Nephews of Mr. Artuhr will
serve as active pallbearers. Su
perior Stone Company employee
will serve as honorary pallbear
ers.
Mr. Arthur died Tuesday night
at 10 in the Kings Mountain hos
pital after a lingering and ser
ious illness'of several months. A
native of Buncombe County, he
was the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. George S. Arthur. He was a
World War 1 veteran and had
been associated with Superior
Stone Company for many years.
He and his wife, the former
Elizabeth Groome, made their
lome at 210 Edgemont Drive.
Other survivors include four
daughters, Mrs. George B. Thom
pson of Kings Mountain, Mrs.
Winston D. Miller of Burlington,
Mrs. Robert E. Kinneman, Jr. of
Cherry Point, and Mrs. Ollie Har
is, Jr. of Pasedena, Texas. Also
■-urviving are three brothers, E.
5. Arthur and John K. Arthur,
ioth of Greensboro, and Frank
T. Arthur of Hickory; two sisters,
Mrs. R. G. Groome of Greensboro
ind Miss Edith Arthur of Greens
boro; and six grandchildren.
'jeggette Part;
Search Continues
The United States.Coast Guard
were continuing late Wednesday
afternoon a search for Milton
Leggette, Lithium Corporation
maintenance stockroom supervi
sor, his 12-year-old son Nat Leg
gette, and a Mr. Howell, Leg
gette’s, brother-in-law, missing
since Sunday while fishing off
Little River.
The trio was last seen about 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon, about
four miles off-coast. They were
fishing in a plywood boat, paint
rd reen, and powered by an 85
horses'ower outboard motor.
Leggette's car and boat trailer
were found at Little Rivpr.
According to Dean Herman,!
/Continued On Page Six)
Here Is Sampling Of Intended Water Costs
To Amortize $4,000,000 Water - Sewer Bonds
GaMons Present Rate Propbsed Rate
Up to 3,000 1.25 2.38
5.000 ' 2.25 4.28
T~ 10,000 4.75 9.03
25.000 . 12.25 23L28~~
50.000 21.13 45.85
100,000 T 43782 83.26
1,000,000 284.07 ~ 539.73~
10,000,000 1,996.57 4,814.73
IN FRATERNITY — Richard
' Gold has boon elected to mem
[ bership in Beta Beta Chapter of
' Phi Epsilon Kappa fraternity at
| Florida State University.
Gold Tapped
By Fraternity
Richard S. Gold, junior student
at Florida State University, has
been tapped for membership in
Beta Beta Chapter of Phi Ep
silon Kappa fraternity, national
professional fraternity for male
students and teachers of health,
physical education and recrea
.ion.
Election to membership is lim
ted to men doing superior work.
Gold was recently honored as
one of five outstanding physical
education majors at Florida
State.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John P.
Gold, of Grover, he is married
to the former Vivian Wilson of
Kings Mountain. They and their
small son, Richie, reside in Tal
lahassee, Fla. at 327-3 Pennell
Circle.
Martin Phifer
Rites Thursday
Funeral rites for Martin Phifer,
83, retired Kings Mountain farm
er, will be held Thursday at 2 p.
m. from the Chapel of Harris
Funeral Home.
Rev. E. R. Lynn, pastor of El
Bethel Methodist church, will of
ficiate at the final rites and in
terment will be in the church
Cemetery.
Mr- Phifer died Tuesday night
at 7 o’clock at Green Briar Rest
Home in Gastonia following sev
eral months illness. A native of
Cleveland County, he was son of
the late Butler and Amanda
Dixon. He was a member of El
Bethel Methodist .church.
Surviving are two sisters, Miss
Minnie Phifer and Miss Maggie
Phifer, both of Kings Mountain;
and five brothers, Arthur Phifer,
Lloyd Phifer, Rufus Phifer, Jake
Phifer, all of Kings Mountain,
and Dempsey Phifer of Tehoma
City, California.
Active pallbearers were Wen
dell Phifer, Menzell Phifer, Mar
riott Phifer, Bill Phifer, John
Phifer and Cameron Ware.
JONES TO SPEAK
Schools Supt. Donald Jones
will speak on “Future of Kings
Mountain School System’’ for
the program at Tuesday night’s
East school P-TA meeting at
East school auditorium. The
annual membership drive is
underway and the P-TA invites
parents and teachers to attend.