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Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8,256 a Gre.'rter Kings Mountain figure is derived from the Pecial 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 $ Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder* Mountain Township in Gaston County. VOL. 79 No. 48 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 30, 1967 Seventy-Eignth Year Pagos Today PRICE TEN CENTS Citizens To Vote In Water Bond Election Tuesday Unidentified Citizens Group Flays Officials; Meeting Off ARCHITECT'S SKETCH FOR PROPOSED 5100,000 Addition to Resurrection Lutheran Church on Crescent Circle. "S Ground-Breaking Sunday IN WHO'S WHO — Lorry Orr. Kings Mountain senior at A & T University, has been elected to membership in Who's Who In American Colleges and Uni versities. Or Elected To Who's Who ■ Larry Orr, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Orr of Kings Mountain, is one of 33 senior students at A A T University in Greensboro elected to membership in Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities. The Kings Mountain student is a 1964 graduate of Compact high ^hool. > V^rr has also been appointed a distinguished military student in the .Army ROTC. In the ROTC group he ranks in the top third of his class. Academically, he ranked in the top half of his senior class. Kami Fite Wins Degree Miss Karen Fite, daughter of Mrs- Leona Fite and the late Clyde Fite, has completed re quirements for graduation from Western Carolina University at Cullowhee. Miss Fite joined the Hender son County Schools in Mills Riv er Monday as an elementary teacher. In June commencement exer s Miss Fite will receive her |Uploma. % At Western Carolina, Miss Fite was a dean’s list student. DISTRICT MEETING Central Methodist church con gregation will host the Gas tonia District conference of the ■lethodist church at 3 pan. Sun raay> Dr- Charles D. White, of ' Gastonia, district superintend ent, will preside at the session. entatives *—— churches in Lutheran Church New Addition Cost $100,000 Resurrection Lutheran church will hold Ground Breaking serv ices for a new educational wing SurifHy rrfiS^ifig: at 13 o’clock. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Brady Y. Faggart, Executive Di rector of Lutheridge and past sec retary of Christian Education of the North Carolina Synod. The new facility will contain a unique octagon shape fellowship hall and stage, kitchen, a formal lounge, a private prayer room, seven class rooms, assembly hall, and Executive wing containing church office, Pastors study and work room. Officials of the church have in dicated the new wing will cost approximately $100,000. It is es timated to almost double the square footage of the present fa cilities. Taking part in the Ground Breaking with Rev. Faggart will be Pastor David L. Castor, Hu bert McGinnis, Lay chairman, Dorus Bennett, treasurer, Mrs. George Plonk, president of the Lutheran Church Women and Miss Kathy Plonk, president of the Luther League. Special music will be rendered by the youth and senior choirs. Pastor Castor noted it is signi ficant that we break ground on this, the First Sunday in Advent of the church year, which indi cates the coming of our Lord, and will also indicate to this congre gation the coming of this new and welcomed addition to our church. Pastor Castor also report ed that in the short 16 year his tory of this congregation it has realized a steady growth in mem bership and with the new addi tion will have an evaluation • of $280,000. "The congregation would like to extend to all a cordial invita tion to be present on this special occasion,” said Rev. Mr. Castor. BAKE SALE Kings Mountain Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls, will sponsor a bake sale on Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. ! in front of Belk’S Department Store on Battleground. Avenue. SPEAKER — Congressman Basil L. Whitener will make the ad dress at Saturday night's an nual ladies' night banquet of Fairview Lodge 339 AFAAM. Masons Set Ladies Night United States Congressman Basil L. Whitener of Gastonia will make the principal address at Saturday night’s ladies night banquet of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&AM. The annual banquet will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Hall Past Masters, Masonic widows and wives of Masons will be honored guests. Senior Warden H. Donald Falls will serve as master of ceremonies, D. E. Tate will present masonic widows, Mr. Falls will recognize distinguished guests, William E. Sellers will in troduce past masters, and J. Lee Roberts will present the speaker. Rev. Robert C. Mann, pastor of First Baptist church, will give the invocation, and Rev. Dixon Adams, pastor of Grace Methodist church, will pronounce the bene diction. Members of Kings Mountain Chapter 123, Order of Eastern Star, will serve the meal. Worshipful Master of Fairview Lodge 339 is Bobby C. Bridges. H. Donald Falls is Senior Warden, William E. Sellers is Junior War den, T. D. Tindall is secretary, R. Blackwell Leonard is treasur er, Clavon Kelly is Senior Deacon, (Continued On Pnye Six) New Alcan Mobile Home Center To Be Dedicated Monday At 11:30 Alcan’s Mobile Home Service Center at 311 Childers street will be formally dedicated Monday morning at 11:30. Visitors will be given a tour of the new facilities, Alcan’s first operation in North Carolina, and luncheon will be served at Kings Mountain Country club. Equipment was being installed in the Mauney Building this week. Public open house will be held on December 9th. ' President Eric A. Trigg of Cleveland, Ohio stated via tele phone to the Herald Tuesday,” “This is the first Alcan operation in North Carolina and we look forward to a long and pleasant association in your state.” George Poggen, currently in the industry - marketing depart ment in Cleveland, will be plant manager. , The firm, which will fabricate corrugated siding and accessor ies, specialized trim sections and a complete line of roofs for mo bile homes and recreational ve hicles, will employ local area citizens. The Mauney Building has 23,000 I square feet of floor space. i3i§llt City Officials, j Newspaper, Withheld Facts Says Statement Kings Mountain city officials and the Kings Mountain Herald j were accused Wednesday of not! giving all the financial and tech nical facts on the proposed Buf falo Creek Water Project in a nine-page statement signed by Citizens For Water. Twenty-one questions were raised relating to the water pro ject in the statement released by Joe Vale, executive secretary of the Kings Mountain Industrial Association. He said that the statement was not an official statement of the association. There were these developments: Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. Mr. Vale said Friday’s scheduled discussion with the secretary of the Local Government Commis sion the proposed Buffalo Creek Project has been postponed. W. E. Easterling had granted the appointment for 11 a.m. Mr. Vale said he contacted Mayor John H. Moss two weeks ago by telephone and that the mayor had not confirmed whether he would attend. (The mayor was expected ,back in town late Weg nesdfty or early Thursday from the annual meeting of major and minor leagues of professional baseball in Mexico City). Mr. Vale said it was impera tive the mayor attend the meet ing “To answer our questions.” A full-page advertisement was being drawn up by “Citizens for Water” late Tuesday. The Herald was unable to obtain names of the individuals, who make up the group and therefore would not run the advertisement without a signature. Mr. Vale said he could not sign it because the Indus trial Association is split on the issue. Thirty-eight names of business es and industries appear in a two-page advertisement support ing the issue in today’s Herald. The Herald contacted all the citizens reportedly expected to attend Friday morning’s meeting in Raleigh with Secretary Easter ling and received negative answ ers. Mr. Vale said Kyle Smith or Bob Penny would represent Du plex Shannon, Joe Kakassy would represent K. Mills and Richard Maxey would represent First Citi zens. He said he “didn’t know for sure” if Rep. W. K. Mauney, Jr., the association president, would attend. An earlier list had given the names of Tom Tate from Home Savings & Loan; Joe Smith of Kings Mountain Savings | & Loan; and L. E. Hinnant of First Union National Bank. Mr. Smith, Mr. Tate, Mr. Hin rtant, and Mr. Maxey told the <Continued On Page Six> Eamey Bites ThuxsdayAtl Funeral rites for Mrs. Sallie Earney, 81, will be held Thurs day at 4 p.m. from Bethlehem Baptist church of which she was a member. Mrs. Tarney died Tuesday at 4 a.m. in the Kings Mountain hos pital following illness of several months. A native of Seneca. S. C., she was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bill Turner. She was twice married, to the late Luke Jack son and to the late Frank Ear ney. Surviving are her son, Melvin Jackson; three daughters, Mrs. Beatrice Dixon of Vale; Mrs. Le la Jackson of Grover; and Mrs. Minnie Jackson of Gaffney, S. | C.; a bsother, Dewey Turner of I Kings Mountain and a sister, Mrs. Gertie Nance of Gaffnev. Also surviving are 19 grandchll dren and 23 great grandchildren., Rev. W. F. Graham and Rev.! Junior Parker will officiate at j the final rites. Interment willj be in Bethlehem cemetery. OFFICIALS VIEW LOW LEVEL DAVIDSON LAKE Mayor John Henry Mass, left, and Superintendent of Public Works Grady Yelton point to the water level of Davidson Lake, the city's larg est water resource. Customarily, the water level would reach the bridge about 15 feet above. The present low level is indicated by the white arrow. Mr. Yelton said yesterday Davidson Lake is "seven feet below overflow, we're pumping out of York Hoad reservoir into it." The York Road reservoir wcs 17 feet below overflow, be said. Before the long period of less-than-normal rains and increased city consumption, the reservoir customarily overflower. (Photo by Steve Martin) Business Group Taps Crawford PRESIDENT — J. Wilson Craw ford has been re-elected presi dent of Kings Mountain Busi ness Development Corporation. laycees To Sell Christmas Trees Kings Mountain Jayeees will again this year conduct the sale of Christmas trees as a fund-raising project to support its community-wide service pro jects. Trees will be delivered by December 7th and will be for sale at prices ranging from $2 to $4 on the East Mountain street lot across from the Wom an's club. Herman Greene is Jaycee project chairman. New Dividend Is Declared; Bonds Endorsed J. Wilson Crawford, realtor, was re-elected president of the Kings Mountain Business Devel opment Corporation at its 10th annual meeting Tuesday. Other officers, Fred Plonk, vice president, and Tom Tate, secre tary-treasurer, were also re elected. Members of the board of direc tors, in addition to officers, are Bob Manre, John Warlick and Glee E. Bridges. The Development Group, which has been instrumental in bring ing three industries to Kings Mountain, endorsed Tuesday’s $3 million water bond referendum. It was reported the corporation has $22,810 in stock outstanding and its assets total $32,479.01. The money Is used to finance con struction for new industry. The funds are pledged as col lateral on a loan obtained by K Mills. Once the . balance is paid down to a certain percentage, which reportedly will be soon, the corporation's money will be released and ready for use in an other project. A dividend of 10 cents per share was declared, payable Jan uary 15th, to stockholders of rec ord November 28th, subject tp release of collateral committ ments. Seweiage System Bids Invited Foi Improvements Of $1 Million The city is advertising for bids for construction of sewerage sys tem improvements. Voters hae already approved bond issue authority for expan sion and renovation of the sew- i age system of $1,000,000. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 7th, at ■ City Hall Courtroom for the fol- j lowing work: Construction of a two million gallon per day sewage treatment j plant on Pilot Creek. Concerting the McGill Creek Sewage Treatment plant from a half million gallon plant to a one million gallon plant. Outfall and sewer lines (see legal advertisement for specifica tions). Electrical work at the sewage plant on Pilot Branch. Electrical work at the McGill Creek Sewage Plant. Electrical Work at the two sew age lift stations. $3 In Kings Mountain citizens will go to the polls Tuesday to approve or disapprove a $3,000,000 bond issue election to implement the Buffalo Creek Water Project. Polls will open at the five ward polling places at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. The $3 million will provide funds for construction of a damand impounding basis, raw water pumping facilities, a water treatment plant of four million gallons daily capac ity, and a 24-inch pipeline from the plant to connect with the present city water distribution system. Million Project Voters’ Hands 18 Civic, Service j Groups Endorsed KM Water Bonds Eighteen civic and service or ganizations have unanimously endorsed the city’s $3 million wa ter bond issue. They include: Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, Kings Mountain Merchants Association, Kings Mountain Lions club, Kings Mountain Kiwanis club, Kings Mountain Junior Woman's club, Kings Mountain Senior Woman’s club, Kings Mountain Improve ment Association, Kings Moun tain Junior Chamber of Com merce, Bethware School Parent Teacher Association, North School Parent-Teacher Association, Sen ior Citizens club, Secret Sisters Society. Also the Kings Mountain Vol unteer Fire Department, the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad, the Kings Mountain Development Corporation, the Kings Mountain Optimist club, the Kings Moun tain Industrial Committee and the Kings Mountain Rotary club. Here Are Facts On Tuesday Election Here are thumbnail facts on Tuesday’s election: Polls open 6:30 a.m. Polls close 6:30 p.m. The five ward polling places are: Ward 1 at City Hall Court room: Ward 2 at the American Legion building; Ward 3 at East school; Ward 4 at First Wesleyan Methodist church fel lowship hall; and Ward 5 at the National Guard Armory. One ballot: Voters will de cide whether $3 million in bonds shall be issued to fin ance the Kings Mountain Buf falo Creek Water Project. Toys For Tots Project Begins Toys for Tots, the annual Op eration Santa Claus project of the Kings Mountain Jaycees, will get underway December 11th. Herman Greene, chairman of the project, said Jaycees Will again repair toys for needy chil dren of the community. Kings Mountain citizens with l i°ys to donate to the project may deliver them to Toys for Tots ! headquarters (the parking lot ; across from the Woman’s club on j East Mountain street) anytime | after December lith. “We will have our toy ! booth ready December 11”, said Greene,” and will begin repair ing the toys.” “There are many | needy c h i 1 d r e n”, continued Greene”, and the Jaycees want to assure them of a happy Christ mas.” Groups Sndorse Wales Bonds Cleveland County Rescue Squad | Monday night unanimously en dorsed the Kings Mountain Buf | falo Creek Water Project. Another civic club, the Kings Mountain Optimist club, at a meeting this week also unani mously endorsed the water bonds election. f* Both groups passed resolutions, supporting the Tuesday bond! vote in which voters will decide | wheether $3 million in bonds hall be issued to finance the! Buffalo Creek water project. I The reservoir would inundate more than 1800 acres of land and would create a lake slightly lar ger than Lake Lure with a 50 mile shoreline. Site of the 84 foot dam is pro jected about 500 feet north of SR 2033 (Oak Grove Road to US 74-A) and about two miles N. of the Buffalo Creek bridge on U.S. 74. Registration books for Tues day’s election closed Saturday with 11 new names added to the poll books in Wards 3 and 5. Oth er registrars reported a brisk day of “checking” by citizens to see if they were properly registered. Saturday is Challenge Day. Mayor John Henry Moss has said no increase in taxes will be necessary and that the 30-year bonds would be retired by gen eral revenue funds. A 90 percent surcharge on water charges for a million gallons or less will be the means for amortizing $4,000,000 in water and sewer bonds. A resolution recently adopted by the board of city commission ers provides for imposition of a 25, percent differential on basic rates on industrial customers Out side the city limits. These indus tries now pay no differential. Outside city residential custom ers now pay a 50 percent differ ential, 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 pay $2.38. This represents approximately one-third the city’s 3269 water customers. Midpines Places In PAD Contest Midpines Community of Kings Mountain was cited for the com pletion of a water system and for a homeground beautification program in the annual contest of the Piedmont Area Development Association, it was announced Tuesday night at the awards ban quet in Charlotte. The local community won hon orable mention, as did the Oak Grove community near Polkville. Midpines Community competed in the rural non-farm division. Midpines Community contains 125 families beyond Margrace Mill. Yates A. Smith, Jr. is presi dent of the Community Develop ment Association. Allen's Florist Sets Open House Allen’s Flower Shop, Kings Mountain business citizen, will hold open house Sunday, inviting the community to inspect its new facilities on East King street. Hours of the open house are from 2 until 9 p.m. In addition to showing of their handsome new quarters, the staff of Allen’s will display holiday arrangements in a Holiday Open House. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crawford and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Tal bert, partners in the firm, said Kings Mountain citizens are wel come to see their new home and facilities and also see a variety of holiday items. Stores Open Later For Yale Shoppers The Christmas shopping sea son got underway in Kings Mountain this week. Christmas lights in the busi ness district burned for the first time Thanksgiving night Merchants announced they will remain open to accommo date Christmas - season pers six days a week and day nights until 8:30 Christmas.
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