VOL 79 No. 51
Established 1889
Popnlation
Greater Kings Mountain 21
City Limits
The Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived from the
special 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 fron
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder*
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 28, 1967
rages
Today
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Kings Mountain
laycees Seek
"Man Of W
Kings Mountain Jaycees are re
questing nominations for Kings
Mountain’s Outstanding Young
■Man of 1967 who will be present
ed their Distinguished Service
Award on January 16th, 1968. This
award is presented annually by
the local Jaycees to a young man,
nominated by the community,
who has made contributions to
the Kings Mountain area.
All nominations must be made
in writing and submitted to the
Jaycees prior to January 5th, 1968.
Any young man of the communi
ty is eligible provided that he be
between the ages of 21 and 35
inclusive and will not have
reached his 36th birthday before
January 1, 1968. Nominations
should be mailed to “D.S.A. Nomi-!
nee, P. O. Box 303, Kings Moun- j
tain”. The Outstanding Young
Man of 1967 will be decided by a
panel of local non-Jaycees and
their decision will be announced
at the D.S.A. Banquet on January
16th.
The award winner from Kings
Mountain will be entered in the
North Carolina state contest. The
fctate winner will then be entered
in the national competition,
which annually chooses Ameri
ca’s Ten Outstanding-'Young Men.
Farmers Can
Sell Or Lease
Cotton Acreage
Cotton farmers in Cleveland
County can transfer their 1968
Upland Cotton Allotments by
sale, or lease, to other farms in
the county. An owner may trans
fer a cotton allotment to any
other land in the county or State
owned or controlled by him.
The terms of sales or leases
are to be agreed upon by the
farmers concerned. Transfers
from a farm subject to mortgage
or other lien must be approved by
the lien holder.
Application for transfer of al
lotrtients by sale or lease for the
1968 crop must be filed with the
County ASC Committee not later
than January 2, 1968.
It is the responsibility of farm
ers who desire to sell or lease
cotton from their farms, or who
want to lease or purchase allot
ments for transfer to their farm,
to locate other farmers with
whom they wish to deal.
The County ASCS office will
render as much assistance as pos
sible in this matter. If a farmer
has cotton to sell or lease, the
county office will post his name,
address, and amount of allot
ment on a bulletin board in the
county office.
Top Teenagers
To Be Named
Congressman Basil L. Whitener
will be featured speaker at the
annual Kings Mountain Optimist
Club’s Night Banquet Saturday
night .at the Optimist Club House.
Highlighting the event will be
the presentation of trophies to
the two Outstandnig Teenagers
of Kings Mountain for 1967.
.Whitener’s talk will be centered
around today’s youth.
Special guests will be Senator
and Mrs. Jack White, Represen
tative and Mrs. Billy Mauney,
Mayor and Mrs. John H. Moss,
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Harmon, J
Ollie Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Rogers of Shelby, and the parents
3f the Outstanding Teenagers.
COMMUNION
Service of Communion will
feature the morning worship
service Sunday at 9:30 at
Dixon Presbyterian church. Rev.
James Mann, pastor, will de
liver the morning message.
Dudley C. Hughes
Dies In Vietnam
Reservist Died
Early Saturday;
Natural Causes
Seaman Dudley Carroll Hughes
Jr., 21, of Route 2, died at 9:30
a.m. Saturday in Quang Tri,
South Vietnam of apparent natur
al causes.
The Navy Reservist, who had
spent one and a half years active
duty, was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. C. Hughes Sr. He was grad
uated from Kings Mountain High
School in 1966 and was employed
by the Margrace Plant of Massa
chusetts Mohair Plush Co. before
entering service.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete pending the arrival of
the body to Harris Funeral Home.
Military rites twill be held and
burial will be at Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
i . §pajnan Hughes had been in
active duty for a year and a half.
Besides his parents, he is also
survived by his maternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Bid
dix, and his paternal grandmoth
er Mrs. Conrad Hughes.
Tax Listing
Begins Ian. 2
Annual county and city tax list
ing will begin Tuesday, Jan. 2,
and continue throughout the
month.
J. Edwin Moore is tax lister for
Number Four township and as
sistants are Mrs. Charles Ballard,
Mrs. C. T. Carpenter and Mrs.
Jack Hauser.
Listing will be in the courtroom
of City Hall from 8:30 until 5
p.m. except on Wednesdays.
Wednesday’s schedule is from
8:30 until 12 noon.
Fiank Maner
Rites Thwsday
Funeral services for Mr. Frank
Garrett Maner of Wilmington, N.
C. will be held Thursday at Wat
I son Funeral home in Rocking
! ham, N. C.
Mr. Maner' died Wednesday
morning.
He is survived by one son Mr.
B. F. Maner owner of B. F. Ma
ner Insurance and Realty Com
pany of Kings Mountain and
three grandchildren.
DIES IN VIETNAM — Dudley
C. Hughes Jr., 21, of Route 2,
died Saturday morning in
Quang Tri, South Vietnam, of
apparent natural causes. Fun
eral arrangements are incom
plete at this time. The Seamta
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D. C. Hughes Sr.
Prizes Await First
Arrival Of 1968
Who will be Kings Mountain’s
first 1968 new arrival?
Whoever he or she may be
time will only tell, but several
Kings Mountain firms are ready
to salute the new arrival with
gifts.
A complete list of the firms
and gifts awaiting the first
stork passenger are listed in
today’s Herald.
Rules for participation in the
Kings Mountain Herald’s 13th
annual baby contest are:
1) Winning baby must be
bom in this area.
2) Parents must be residents
of this area.
3) Exact time of birth must
be specified in written state
ment by attending physician.
4) All applications must be
received at the Herald by Jan
uary 10, 1968.
5) In the event of a tie,
awards will be distributed at
the discretion of the contest
committee.
The 1967 First Baby was Juan
La Var Curry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy Curry of Belvedere
Circle. The six pound boy was
logged into the world by Dr.
T. G. Durham at 11:30 p.m.
New Year’s night at Kings
Mountain hospital. Juan La Var
is third child of the Currys,
their first son.
Whitener Discusses Problems
At Shelby Lions Club Meeting
SHELBY — In a speech deliver
ed Tuesday night before the Shel
by Lions Club, Congressman Ba
sil L. Whitener (D-NC) discuss
ed some of the problems con
fronting the American people as
they approach 1968.
The war in Viet Nam, heavy
Federal expenditures for domes
tic and national security pro
grams, and the increase in crime
and other forms of disrespect for
discipline and law and order are
among the more serious matters
with which we must deal”, he
said.
Whitener also urged that max
imum effort be made by the na
I tion to support the American;
military commitment in Viet
Nam. He told Shelby Lions that
maximum military and diplomat
ic effort must be exerted to bring
about a victory over the commun
sits.
Anything less than full diplo
matic and military victory in
Viet Nam invites further aggres
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GUEST SPEAKER — Congress
man Basil Whitsner will be
guest speaker at the Optimist
Club's annual Ladies’ Night
Banquet Saturday. Kings Moun
tain's Tap Teenagers at' 1867
will be boomed.
Power Problem
Solves Itself
Christmas Day
Seems as if Kings Mountain
has its electrical quirks too—even
on Christmas Day.
From around 10:30 a.m. tc
2:45 p.m. Christmas Day, the
city electrical department was
hampered by calls from area resi
dents complaining that their
power was going on and off and
their Christmas turkeys would
never get done that way.
Hunter Allen, Superintendent
of the Electrical Department, was
called in to assist in the problem.
Seems like the electrical depart
ment couldn’t find out just what
was wrong, so they called an en
gineer from Southeastern Engi
neering in Charlotte to try and
find the problem.
At first it was thought that it
.was a circuit breaker, and the
electrical crew eventually isolat
ed the problem until they were
down to two circuits on north
Piedmont.
However, they never did find
the problem—it solved itself. Un
believable? Sure it is. However,
it is true. As far as the engineers
•of .the qUwtrica) department #re
JjlMjfJlSIlP1 was just a shirt
that just burned itself cIear.'How
ever, the public finds that just
a little too much to believe!
“Was it an overloaded circuit,"
some people asked. “No,” said
Hunter Allen. “I know that it
will be hard for the public to be
lieve that the problem worked it
self out, but that’s what happen
ed." “It’s the first time we have
ever had a fault of that type,”
continued Allen. “Look’s like we
are getting like the big city.”
Most residents had their power
fully restored within an hour.
KIWANIS MEETING
Rev. Jack Cooke, chaplain of
Carolina Freight Carriers in
Cherryville, will be guest speak
er 'at Thursday’s Kiwanis club
meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the
Woman’s club.
DISCUSS SCHOLARSHIP — Kings Mountain Schools Superintendent David Jones (center) dis
cusses with American Legion officials Carl Wiesener (left) and Josh Hinnant the scholarship the
local organization will award a deserving KMHS student. (Photo by Steve Martin)
Mrs. E. R. Gofer's ~
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs. Ed
ward R. Goter, 88, were held Sat
urday, December 23 from Our!
Savior’s Lutheran Church in j
Jamestown, North Dakota.
Mrs. Goter died Tuesday, Dec-1
ember 19th at Central Dakota
Nursing Home in Jamestown.
She is survived by her three
sons, Edwin R. Goter of Kings
Mountain; Mr. Emil C. Goter and
Reinhold J. Goter of Woodsworth,
North Dakota; and five grand
children.
Mr. Edwin Goter attended the
funeral.
Interment was held in Trinity
Lutheran Church Newhome cem
etery.
"Water Department
Drains Pipes
Freezing temperatures Friday
and Saturday forced the city wat
er department to drain the auxil
iary overground pipe to protect,
the pipe from freezing and burst
ing.
The pipe is being leased from
the U. S. Army and great care:
must be taken 16 see that it is
not damaged.
However, with the steadily ris
ing temperatures of Christmas
Day, the pipes were again con
nected and normal operation was
resumed.
LEGION MEETING
Because of the New Year’s
Day holiday Monday. American
Legion Post 155 will not hold
'the regular monthly meeting.
The Post will meet on Monday, ,
January 8th, at 7 p.m.
Mis. McAbee
Rites Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
K. McAbee, 76, will be held Fri
day at 4:00 from the Second Bap
tist Church. Rev. George Julian
and Rev. Elbert Hastings will of
ficiate at the final rites.
Mrs. McAbee died Tuesday af
ternoon at 1:45 in the Kings
Mountain hospital after a three
day illness. Site was a native of
York County, Couth Carolina, a
member of the Second Baptist
Church, and the widow of Mr.
William Preston McAbee.
Surviving are her two sons
Sam McAbee of Grand Blanc,
Michigan and Brooks McAbee of
Kings Mountain; one daughter,
Grace McAbee Huffstickler of
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Winner Must
Be Dependent
Of Member
Kings Mountain American Le
gion Post 155 announced today it
will give a $2,000 scholarship,
payable $500 per year for four
years, to a deserving student.
Post 155 Commander Carl Wies
ener and Scholarship Committee
Chairman L. E. (Josht Hinnant
made the announcement.
The student must be a son,
daughter or legal dependent of a
member of Post 155.
He must have been accepted by
the college of his choice prior to
March 15 of said school year.
There must be evidence of fin
ancial need. Parents must file a
confidential financial statement
to the scholarship Committee.
Forms may be secured from the
Kings Mountain High School
Guidance Department.
The Scholarship Committee will
weigh such information in terms
of total family income, number
of dependents, outstanding medi
cal expenses, number of other de
pendents in college and other in
formation that might point to
definite financial need, Legion of
ficials said.
The student must possess qual
ities of good citizenship as dem
j onstrated through his personal
I and Social assets as rated by his
high school teachers.
The student should be a well
rounded individual as demonstrat
ed through his participation in
extra curricular activities sych.
as:
1) Church Activities
2) Athletics
3) Clubs
41 Scouts
5) Civic Participation
The student must have the
recommendation of his high
school principal. The scholarship
winner will be named by Super
intendent David Jones, KMHS
Principal James Atkinson, Guid
ance Counselor Fred Paschal, and
the Post 155 Scholarship Com
mittee.
The student must meet the ac
ademic requirements at the col
lege of his choice in order to re
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Headlines Tell 1967 Top Stories
Old Year 1967 is fast running
out of days, and the “babe” 1968
is just around the comer.
Kings Mountain will close out
the books Sunday at midnight on
a news-filled year, a year which
will be remembered by local folk
as one of the most prosperous in
the city’s history.
As the strains of “Auld Lang
Syne”, traditional harbinger of a
bright new year, are played Sun
day night, Kings Mountain area
citizens can look back on 1967
and see most had their share of
fun, happiness and sadness.
Some of the major events of
the year were one-time happen
ings while others were continuing
situations, as newspaper head
lines reveal a busy Kings Moun
tain history in waning year '67.
The city’s economic prospects
1957 appeared good, a spot sur
vey of area industrialists reveal
ed in early January. Their open
ions proved correct as the past
12 months proved a good year for
mercantile manufacturing and
home construction.
WITHOUT TRYING to put
them in order of importance, the
Herald Staff has come up with
these “tops” of 1967.
Belk’s Department Store was
robbed of an estimated 10.000.
Friends of Charlie Wells, slain
robbery victim at Park Inn G-tll,
started a reward fund in search
of the killer.
Water, or should we s’v lack
of water, teok over the spotlight.
The declaration of tb» Buffalo
area as the watershed for Kings
Mountain was in January and the
bill was passed just this month.
Eight hundred persons petition
ed for an ABC, Beer and Wine
election, which was conducted,
but turned down on June 13.
B. N. Barnes ended 40 years of
association with Kings Mountain
High School on June 30. Donald
Jones was later named as Barnes’
successor as Superintendent of
the City Schools system.
A 150-UNIT Kings Mountain
Housing Project was approved, a
'goal of $100,000 was sought for
a nursing center, and the new
Central Methodist Church was
completed.
Over 4100 students greeted the
opening day of school.
Teresa Jolley replaced Reta
Vollbracht as Miss Kings Moun
tain; Joan McClure was runner
up in the contest held at Kings
Mountain High School.
A $302,680 grant was reserved
for a City Community Center.
Bethware’s 20th annual Fair
was held in September.
J. E. Anthony, Kings Moun
tain’s Senior medical doctor, suc
cumbed.
Four new enterprises announc
ed they would build in Kings
Mountain.
City School Board approved an
increase for the athletic program
at Central Junior High.
Following is a list of Kings
Mountain’s ’87 headlines;
JANUARY
Belk’s Robbery Loss $10,000;
Officials Support City Water Ef
fort; Juan Curry Wins 1967 Baby
Derby; Savings and Loan Asso
ciation ’66 Dividends Near Half
Million Mark; Friends Of Slain
Robbery Victim Start Reward
F’fonds Seeking Killer; Mrs. Gam
ble In District Post; Mayor: City
Should Aid Private Sector; Clyde
Sanders Rites Conducted; Tar
Heel Queen Will Cut Ribbon; Wa
ter Picture; Davidson Lake Level
Up; Mine Pumpage Steady; First
Union’s Open House to be Tues
day; Declaration of Buffalo Area
as Watershed is Sought; Schools
Offering Adult Education; Ervin,
Agencies Aid Water Effort;
Crowds View New Building at
First Union Open House; Allen's
Florist in New Shop.
FEBRUARY
Preliminary Watershed Study
will begin Monday; Spangler DSA
Banquet Speaker; Church Moder
ator Here on Sunday; Gulf Sul
phur-Lithium Corp. Merger Pro
posal Details Given; Petition
Seeks Kings Mountain Liquor
Referendum; Buffalo Lake Land
Proffered; Peeler Young Man of
1966; Spangler Praises Area As
sets; George Mauney Wins Scouts
Award; 800 Repotted to have
Signed Liquor Vote Petition; Gar
bage Grounds, Clean-Up, Air Pol
lution Groups Narped; How Much
Salary for City Fathers?; Moth
er’s March to be Thursday;
House-to-House Invitations for
Liquor Vote Petitions; Commit
tee Now Promoting Private Con
valescent - Nursing Center Here;
Church At School Program Be
gins.
MARCH
Incorporation of Nursing Cen
ter Voted; Buffalo Watershed
Now Feasible; $8500 For Mayor,1
Commissioner $75: Philbeck Bro
thers Badly injured in Train-Auto
Crash at Grover: HUD Approves
Water Project Preliminary In
quiry; Shaney Challenging Walk
er for Ward 5 Commission Seat;
Easter Seal Child is Cage Ex
pert; Full Priority Approval for
$388,500 Sewer Grant; Over 100,
Not over 300, PHA Dwelling
Units Here; Babb Candidate for
School Post; Morrison Proffers
Property Gift for Buffalo Creek
Water Project; 6-19 Names on Liq
uor Vote Petition Authenticated;
Owens Candidate for School Post;
Fulton Elected C of C President;
Sunrise Services Sunday at 6
a.m.; Pupil Assignment Plan is
Same as in Current Year; Pastor
Association opposes Legal Liq
uor Referendum; Mauney Delays
Liquor Vote Bill, Wants City’s
Approval.
APRIL
Mauney Pushing ABC Vote
Bill; Drys Organizing; Mayor
Moss Files for Re-election; Kings'
Mountain Fire Out; Crowder’s
Still in Flames; City Board Acts
to Augment Supply of Raw Wat-;
er; Four Incumbents File; Guy
ton Challenges Ellison; Cansler.
Street Project Approved; Kiwanis
Sa lent Show Thursday; Keeter,|
launey, Maxev, Timms, Tate
Head C of C Committees; Ade
quate Auxiliary Raw Water Sup
ply if Assured; Barnes Ending 40
Years With School on June 30;
Ifinnant Succeeds Alexander at
Rank; 60 Registered on Satur
day; Moss, Biddix. Cline, King
Unopposed for Re-election; Buf
falo Creek Project Plans Ex
peetedWithin Month; 12 Candi
dates Seek 7 Post®: Filing Date
Passes Mondav; Military Rites
for Pearson, 23, Vietnam Casual-,
ty, Held Wednesday.
MAY
Biennial City, School Elections
to be Held Tuesday; ABC, Beer
Wine Election to be Conducted
June 13; Auxiliary Water Will
Enter City Mains By Saturday;
Ellison, Walker Easy Victors;
Run-Off in School Race; Down
town Mall is beiny planned; Lith
ium Union Election May 18;
“Wets” Issue Statement of Aims
and Have Opened Downtown Of
fice; Mrs. Bunch, Owens in
School Post Run-Off Tuesday;
ABC, Beer-Wine Vote Called Both
Sides Spurring Activity; Lithium
Union Voting Thursday; James
Atkinson KMHS Principal; Com
mander Davis Will Speak Here;
Alex Owens Defeats Mrs. Bunch;
20 to Receive Diplomas Monday;
Garland and Alala to Open Here.
JUNE
150-Unit Kings Mountain Hous
ing Project Approved; Drys In
crease Tempo of Drive; Corner
stone Laying Sunday at New Cen
tral Methodist; Area Students Re
ceive Degrees; Board Interview
ing for Superintendent; Citizens
Vote “No” in ABC, Beer, Wine
Election; “Drys” “Wets” Meet
Wednesday; Herald’s Hamrick
Sports Director; Gibson Selected;
Donald Jones Named Superinten
dent; Education Board Names
Ashevillian; Board to Meet Bi
Monthly; Clean-up Drive is Ex
tended; Five-Day Week at City
Office; City is Next on Sewage
Grant List; Nol Pros Taken in
Horvath Suit; Nursing Center
Goal is $100,000; Industry Holi
day One Day to Week; Dixon
Church Sets Homecoming.
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