Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
The Grc iter Kings Mountcdn llgure Is from th«
tpacioJ United States Bureau of the Census report e
fanuarr 1966. and includes the 14.990 population o
Number 4 Tossmship. and the rematmng 6.124 Iron
Number S Township. In Clevelond County and Crowder'
Mountain Township lo Gaston County.
Pages
Today
VOL 80 No. 4
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 25, 1968
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
City To Apply For Designation As Model City
Housing, Health
C & D Survey
Report Given
I^By Mathey Davis
Establishment ot o.anoh oific-1
es of tho Cieveland County!
Health Department and the Wel-i
fare Department and staffing!
with adequate persoiviel to pro*'
vide in-home services and implc*'
mentation of a systematic hous* i
ing uo<ie are aniong recommenda
tions city planners with the N. C. |
r>oi artmeni of Conser\ation and'
velopmenl make in a neighbor
hood analysis survey just com-
pletc.i. 1
T'lie study reveals that almost a
tliird of the housing in Kings
M()untain is sub-standard (in
need of major repair or derelict)
and nearly 30 percent of tho fam-
ili<'s fall hriow the poverty line,
2q.S percent of the families liv
ing in the city have in annual
income of less than $3,000.
Lack of low-cost housing is one
reason for the high rate of sidv
st.andard housing, Mr. Davis told
the city board of commissioners
Tuesday n’ght. He said ho had
interviewed families living in
these fiOn blighted housing units
.vho would prefer better housing
but could not afford the $70 to
$s'0 a month btnter housing would
cost them.
Blighted housing units should
he condemned and torn down
^when fhev become vacant. Davis
dd the hoarfl. ind vacant non-
^Ksidential st»'uctures removed
^irom residential areas.
From a 10 pc^’cent sample sur
vey r)f substandard housing, Mr.
I>ivis r^'fiortcd that seven areas
of 10 within the city limits hive
more th^n their share of blight.
Of 2.134 residential stnict jres. 32
) 'rcent are In need of major re-
pair. In S2 liome intcrvi‘'ws in
the sub-sMndard area. 66 wore
re aiorv, 82 rentors inter
nmorted , running \vatcr i" the
Inmse. .'S? nn>orted onlv cold w'a-
tev. Avc*rage monthly rental was
fffo, 3'wentv-fnur of S? peonle in
terviewed receive social security
checks as means of supnort.
Mr. Davis said statistics from
the 1%0 Census reveal rh*>t
of 2,005 famil’es are classified as I
iw»ve»tv on the b^sis of!
t<»tal knn.vn inco»^e. Median fam
ily income h*" Khigs Mountain
j-i lOf^T wTi $.1 0S7 An»^'’nvirv'Mtp
family income fe^- the unemploy
ed in'1067 was $133S.
To the question by Clavvon
Kelly of the need fo»’ a full-time
city buildin" insnector, Mr. Da
vis sugge.sts Kines Mount-ain
should nrepare a svstematic hous
ing code and imnlcm<^nt it. Ren
tal units which low-income fami
ne's can af'ord are .dmosf non-
(‘xistant and housing within the
ori(’e ropcfi of thi's incoc'*« grorp
js imgent need, he said.
Th’^M' t''D('s of renewal are
^B»ossible. the ct'Oed. “con-
^^ervation, rehabilitation or ro
de'eloncient.”
The i“0-imi^ lo"'-cost housing
proiect the Kin^s Mountain Piih-
lie Hous'ng AutlurOv ’s eurrenl-
Iv working tf) h'dld v’lt ^»l'min-
ate some of the s"h*standard
housing problems, the report
concludes.
GIRuiflKi^
Need Clothes
The War in Vietnam “is rough
on the children there.” a Kings
Mountain serviceman write.s.
SFC Abraham Ruff, a light
weapons man in a .Special Force.s
A Team, says children's clothing |
is badly needed along with
school supplies such as pencils]
;md paper. I
“If there is anvone who would
like to send children's clothing,
they are going to throw away, it
would be very much appreciated,”
said Ruff.
SFC Ruff's letter to the editor
of tho Herald read.s:
“I am from Route 1, Kings
Mountain and at the present I’m
in Vietnam. I'm the Light Weap
ons Man in a Special Forces “A”
Team. It is our duty to train civil
ians lo defend their villages and
4 provinces from the Viet Cong. We
also support and help the villages
in any way we can, especially the
schools.
“It is very rough on the chil
dren here. During the Christmas
Coniinut'd On Payc 8
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.NATIONAL.
IHONDR 5DDETYJ
Welfare Branches Urged
Mduney Seeking Re-Election
Fo est City Lawyer Running
Charlotte Now
Lone Tar Heel
City Designated
By MARTIN HARMON
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NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION — Eight Kings Mountain high school seniors were
inducted into membership by the Notional Honor Society Monday night. The new members ore
photographed holding candles. Members of the Nationol Honor Society, from left. Dottie Scotes,
Judy Weaver. John Parker, Wonda Leigh. Shar on Gold. Teresa Huftstickler. Donny Dyke. Dai*
lene Champion. Carolyn Falls. Stan Yarbro. M ike Hoyle. Kathy Holland. Heidi Kopruch, June
Frederick. Gail Scotes. Kathy Plonk and Billy W illiams. Mrs. Tolly Shuford is faculty odvisor.
(Photo by Isaac Alexander)
Honor Society
Inducts Eight
At High School
Eight Kings Moun am high
school seniors were inducted into
membership by the high scliool
chapter of the National Honor
Society Monday.
The new members are Teiesa
Huffstickler. Darlene Champion,
Wanda Leigh, Heidi Kopruch, Bil
ly Williams. Mike Hoyle, Gail
Scales and Judy Weaver.
Each memlx'r participated in
the induction ceremonies held in
the hi h school cafeteria. Caro
lyn Falls presided, Danny Dyke
stated the purpose. Stan Yarbro
gave the membership qualifica
tions, Sharon Gold interpreted
the emblem, Cathy Holland gave
the meaning of the colors, Kathy
Plonk read the roll of previous
members and June Frederick
read the pledge.
Rev. David Castor, pastor of
Resurrection Lutheran church,
was guest speaker. He was in-
I troduced by Dottie Scales.
! A duet, "My Task”, was ren-
' dci'cd by Dottie Scales and Kay
I Dixon. Linda Ross was piano ac
companist.
After the new members w'ore
tapped. Principal James Atkinson
presented membership cards.
Miss Helen Logan and Mrs.
Charles Baird served refresh-
monfs.
Adviso** for the NIIS chapter
is Mrs. Tolly Shuford.
SUCCUMBS
Mrs. Laura Burris. 73. of S.
Cherokee street, died Monday
morning in Kings Mountain hos
pital. Funeral arrangements,
which are incomplete, will be
announced by Gill and Brown
Funeral Homo.
Mauney Seeks
I Seat No. 1,
: lones No. 2
By MARTIN HARMON I
W. K. Mauney, Jr., will .sock
I 'e-election to a second term as
state representative from the 43rd
I district, subject to the Democratic ;
I primary of May 4.
I Mr. Mauney formally filed his
I ntentions to seek re-election; I
I Wednesday with Elections Board ij
j Chairman Ralph Gilbert.
Under the new numbered seat
] arrangement (the 43rd district
i has three), Rep. Mauney will file
I for Seat No. 1.
Meantime, R. A. (Bob) Jones, a
Forest City attorney, announced
Tuesday he, would seek Scat No..
3. Jones’ Rutherford County coun-!
terpart, Rep. William HarrilL had
previously announced he would
not .seek re-election but would be
a candidate for state superintend
ent of public instruction.
Rep. Robert Z. Falls, of Shelby,
a two-term veteran, had not yet
decided whether he will seek re-
election.
All arc Democrats.
'4"
Tennesseans
Return, Fined,
Make New Bond
During Mountain’s Re
cordcis C'nurt Monday. C'harles
M'lth’s of Newport
anti I'lo\d (irooms
i Kings Mojnlain will become
lone of the nation’s model cities,
if the I>*i)artment of Housing
and Urban Development honors
! the application tho city will file.
! Thomas O'Brien, of the HUD
; regional office, outlined the re-
iquiremonts for application at
Tuesday’s commission meeting
and the board acted immediately
I to apply.
! Harher-Coor>er Associates, of
i Asheville, has be<*n retained to
; as>ist the city in preparing the
, application.
j Charlotte, to date, is the only
North Carolina city in the model.
I cities program, winning inclusion
with the first group of cities
j chosen.
It is understood Winston-.Salera
has applied for inclusion in the
1 40callod “s'ceond round”, for the
Tennessee j year beginning July 1.
of Crosby. *
The model cities program is
T<n,»sse. wm- trU-d ami con- community
vK'ted of the pos.M^ssion of :)6
gallons of !K)n tax paid Ikjuor. >
Mr. Grooms cemfessod he had'
borrowed the Mathis car and
was transporting the li(|uor from
FILES FOR RE-ELECTION —
Representative W. K. Mauney,
Jr., filed Wednesday for re-
election to o second term as
state representotive from the
43rd district, subject to the
Democratic primary of May 4.
laycees To Ask
Mdl Opinions
development"
After initial application and
de.‘?ignation. there are two major
phases of the program: 1) initial
lannjn requirinR from six to
Tonnc^sec to Gaston Countj for. L-dve months: 2. during the
sale put posts. suh.scquent five years, implemen-
I5.>ih men were charged by tation of the model city plan,
city jiolice officers at the Amer- which will be flexible guides that
icJn Ser\icc .Station on W. King will he annually revised as a
SL for public drunkenness and result of continuing planning and
later were char^^'cd wit)' \ iolation, ev aluation.
of prohibition laws for sale. Mayor John Henry Moss de-
transportation and beverage pur- scribed the program as orte
poses. The Ikiuor was found in which will tie together alt phases
the trunk of a 1955 Oldsmobilc of community development, which
owi.C'l by ('harlos Mathis. implies use of local, state and
Mathis and Grooms were sen- federal funds. s is many pro-
■ lonscfl to 12 months which was grams aided by the federal gov-
i suspended upon the following ernment. much is on a share
' editions: that S7.50.(X) and court basis of variable amount, depend-
costs be paid by each man. the ing on the particular project.
funds
car he sold, and the liquor be Urban beautificatkm funds are
Kings Mountain Jaycees will dcsiroyed. Tho men were also included, for example. Some funds
The 43rd district includes ^ public opinion poll scnT<‘nced to 20 days suspended "1 feel the federal programs
rountie*; of PiovnianH Pnik anH f^^iday night to dctei mine fielding upon the payment of the court might bo available for hospitals.
’ of area citizens on tlio ( roposod co.^ls for ('ach public drunk the city has requested will be
downtown mall and public sup- charge. in our favor 'and, more impor-
port for the mall. a Tio;ic<' of appeal was entered tant, Kings Mountain citizens
The 30 members of the civic with eacli bond being set at have exhibited a desire to help
club will ask citizens tlie qut‘s- $K)50.0I). themselvc'; by voting $4.3 million
Rutherford.
The prior primary and election
was a sweepstakes affair, in
which Harrill, Mauney and Falls
were Democratic nominet*s. The
new numbered seat system was
invoked by the 1967 General A.s- Mall and if you do, will
sombly.
FINALIST — Rick Finger, high
school senior, is o finalist for a
Moiehead Sch'^lar8hip to the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
Fingei Finalist
For Scholarship |
Frederick Eli (Rick) Finger,I
111, Kings Mountain high .school
senior and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Finger, Jr., is among six
nominees from District IX select-j
ed as .'inalisfs in competition for]
196S Morehcad Awaixts to study
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill. |
Other Cleveland County finalist
IS Lewis Edwin Speagle, son ofj
Mr. and Mrs. Olan R. Speagle,;
of Shelby.
Finalists wore elected from a
field of 22 nominees from 10
counties. Each of the 10 More-i
head Awards Districts in the!
state are selecting six finalists
for interviews before the Con-;
trai Morehcad Selection Com
mittee in Chapel Hill March 1-2.
Morehcad Awards provide four-
year, all-expen-paid undergrad
uate educations at the University;
of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
They were established in 1951 by|
John Motley Morehcad, UNC;
graduate and native North Car-!
olinian who resided in Rye. New,
York, until his death in 1965. !
j
Quick Business
Trip To France
W. K. Mauney, Jr., and Clinton'
Jolly returned Monday from a
quick five-day business trip to
Southern France. '
They inspected yarn throwing
gquipment and as Mr. Mauney
said. “We liked what wo saw.”
Mr. Mauney said he had cabled
Wednesday an order for one ma-!
chine and an option for four
more.
The machinery will bo used in
a milllon-dollar expansion of Car-!
olina Throwing Company.
GRADUATE — Glepn Werner,
son of Mrs. W. D. Werner of
Kings Mountain and the late
Mr. Werner, has completed
Eostern Air Lines' three-year |
school for mechanics and is
now a licensed mechanic for
Eastern Airlines in Miami, Flo.
He is married to the former June
Fisher of Kings Mountoin and
they are parents of a son, Mike,
age two and a half. Mrs. Wern
er is doughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fisher of Kings Moun
tain. Werner is a 1964 graduate
of Kings Mountain high school. |
laycees To Hold
Annual Kleenex Sale
Kings MountainJ aycces will i
londucr the annual sale of !
kleenex on Friday evening.
Jaycees will conduct a house-
to-house canvass beginning at
7:30 with fundst o benefit the
civic club’s extensive work in
community projects.
Jake Dixon is project chair
man.
I Rep. Mauney is a Kings Moun
tain industrialist, specializing in
manufacture of men’s hosiery,
and "throwing” synthetic fibers.
[He is a graduate of Lenoir-
Department of Labor To Contract
For $48,913 lob Training Project
you support this pnqect?”
Thr survey will get und(*r\\ ay
at 7:30 p.m.
Plans for the public opinion
poll grew out of last Wednesday
night’s meeting of Kings Moun
tain Mall. Inc. directors and
Rhyne college and is a member of were advanced at a three-hour and ordered capias issued,
the college’s board of trustees Tuesday with local of-j The pair returned voluntarily
executive committee. He is a ficials and a representative of a Mondav, testified they had
member of St. Matthew’s Luth- recently formed mall corporation "heard" the white liquor case
oran church, a past president of Monroe on local progress and would involve federal charges if
tho Kings Mountain Lions club, approaches. {hey did not return,
and active in his industry’s trade corporation’s attorney, Bond'-man Hayes gave t h e
associations. He is president of Robert (Bobt Powells aid tho Judge SHOO. Judge Thomas.son
Industrial Association of the of Monroe has a similar plan ruk'd that, if cash bond was paid.
Kings Mountain Area, Inc. He is Kings Mountain’s and Mon- no bond fee was involved and re
married to the former Mary Simp- roe’s Chamber of Commerce pres-
son. father of four children, a son here on Tuesday, antici-
of Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Mauney. pates coordinating the planning
, of both proposed malls.
Candidate Jones is a graduate, Directors of Kings .Mountain
of Wake Forest college and Wake Mall. Inc. on Wednesday night
^o^ost law school, a member of amended by-laws to allow l('as<‘
the law firm Jones & Jones. He holders on property that would
is 1966 winner of the Jaycec DS.A abut the proposed ("herokoe
award. He .served six years with Street Mall to become momlH*rs
the air force, including two tours of tho corporation. Mr. Povvcll
of duty overseas, and currently reported.
is a major in the air force re- At Wednesday's meeting an
serve. Ho is a Baptist. His wife is executive committee to work un-
the former Nancy Hardwick. They der the board of directors was
B »nd was made. in bonds for major sewage sys-
The pair had exited jail on tlic tom and water svstem programs,”
initial char.ge by paying rash the Mayor added,
bond of S.50() each plus $100 bond Ledford Austin, of the Ashe-
tee to Bandsman Ernest Hayes, ville consulting engineering firm,
testimony revealed. Trial had nresent for the meeting, told Mr.
been .set for January 2. O’Brien, “Having some knowl-
Judge George Thomasson had edge of HUD programs, I feel
declined to accent bond forfeiture vou can bo assured Kin|s Moun
tain will file a quality applica-
Youths Appeal
Sentences
have three children.
By MARTIN HARMON |
U. S. Representative Basil L
Whitener announced last week
end that the Department of La-;
bor has agreed to signing of a]
contract wtih Industrial Associa
tion of tho Kings Mountain Area,
Inc., for $4S,913 job training pio-,
gram
The year’s contract, in effect,
is a delayed renewal of tho prior
contract which expired Novem
ber 1.
Congressman Whitener tele
graphed the Herald: “Project
provides for training of 200 work
ers for 20 weeks of training. Em
phasis will be rrjxde in the train
ing program fto lake persons off
the welfare rolls. Amount of fed
eral funds Involved i.s $4S,913.’’
Industrial Association is head
ed by W. K. Mauney, Jr., presi
dent, with Joe Vale as executive
director.
Mr. Vale said that 365 persons!
have been enrolled in on-lhe-Jobl
training with 17 area firms diir-:
ing the 16 months ending Novem
ber 1. Of the 36.5, 273 sut‘L*essfully
completed training requin'ments
in periods of six lo 26 we<‘ks. dc-'
ponding on the particular job clas
sification. '
O.' thif.se successfully complet-,
ing training, 17 were ifieviunsly
on wclfrire rolls. All are curiently
employed al an estimated annual
avings to the welfare department
of $2S,6.50. An additional 12.5 w'crc
classified “disadvantaged”.
The new contract provkU's for
inclusion of Gaston as well as
Cleveland firms. The ‘’o con !
tract specified Clevc'lcnd
Mr. Vale addl'd.
The federal pro r.ar' stiprUr-
ments trainee salaries. \ ' • nv
monts to emplove»'s. of pci;
week for the < nin ng ,
Of the initial ■ nf $56,
000, a total of $45,133 w:s spent
Mr. Vale added.
Kelly; Enforce
Garbage Law
“It’s a big job trying to keep
a city clean”, Clayvon Kelly, co-
chairman with Mrs. E. W. GriJfin
.appointed hv Mall President Paul.
McGinnis. Members of the com-
ContminJ On Paf/r
Two Kings Mountain youths
T.an. 16 in Cleveland Recorder's
Court appealed sentences in two
of 13 charges and counter charg-
: ‘*s growing out of an altercation
j last November 11 at a U.S. 74
t bypass service station.
In 11 of the charges. Mrs.
Martin said the individual was
^ 1.W— 1C. u oi tn/.-T ■ found not guiltv or a motion to
S, l!W„ and September 21. 1967. ,
similar char«»e-; acaiost Mullinax
I were dismissed at the close of
.i- f , > 1, i state’s evidence and he was found
2. a ropy for sovoral full ..^argo. A
edituni.'--. weeks of June 8th and
September 21.
turned the SHOO to defendants.
Ilcrcid S. O. S.
Need File Copies
Wanted; Copies of the King.s*
Mountain H(*rald issues of June.
Th<‘ Herald is in need of extra
file copies of two editions of tho j
})ap('r during 19(i7 and will pay!
Citizens wlio have the.se copies
are invitc'd to contact the Herald.
7.39-5441.
innocent of a fourth charge,
charge against Mauney of carry
ing a concealecl weapon was dis-
Continued On Page 8
Whitener Announces Grant
For City's Buffalo Creek Project
The city has received a grant for raw water supply, construe-
Mr. Kelly recommended the sil L. Whitener has anounred.
city “bear down on tho garbage' 'The HUD grant. recomnu'Pded
ordinance, red tag improp<'r size Atlanta regional office
cans and enforce the law on gar- (’‘^ntribution *■
bage pick up and adopt and en
force an ordinance on junk cars.”
“Not many homeowners have
purchased standard 50 gallon
size covered garbage cans”, said
.Mr. Kelly. “The cost is only $1.99.
but we just haven’t been able to
push this phase of Operation
Clean-Up".
Mr. Kelly labeled the most re
cent cleanup effort “our most
successful” and invited represen
tatives from the city council to
join him in Washington. D. C.
Febi-uary 18-20 for announcement
of winners in the 1967 National
Clean-Up Contest. Mr. Kelly pre
pared the city’s entry iii the na
tional compctltiojk
to
the project estimated to cast $3,-
338.000.
FORWARDED
Tlwi request for a 15-
mQnth extension of the loan of
army pipe being used to sup
plement the city’s raw water
.supply was forwarded Wednes
day to William M. Hodges,
dircclor of the stat(' Civil De
fense agency. The CD is rct'om-
mending the extension. The
loan is scheduled to expire
Man'll 22.
Included is construction of a
dam on Buffalo Creek north of SR
2033, impounding of a major lakt'
sidii lines f:f>m the treatment
plaiii lo connect with the city,
water supply.
Targi't for bid invitations. .May
or John Henry Moss .said, is
I March 1 to 15. with contract let-
I tings about 30 days later.
Final plans and specifications
I arc being eomiileted by Engineer
I W. K. Dick.son. and appraisals of
value are being made on the 67
properties involved at the lake
Mis. Poplin's
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Blanche
Whitesides Pop!i*i. S3, were hold
Wednesday at 11 o’cloc'k from
ment was in Laurelwood ceme
tery at Rock Hill. S. C.
Mrs. Poplin died Monday morn
ing at 5 a.m. in Stroud Rost Home
at Greenville, S. C. A native of
York County. S. C.. she was
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Erskine Whitesides. She was
widow of Isaac Adams Poplin.
For many years Mrs. Poplin
was pTjploycd as a clerk at My
ers (n w Fulton’s) Department
with some 55 miles of siiureliao. in’oi)cr sunilalion eenUol.
situ whpro 2m) acres will Store,
be inundaU'd, Surviving are her sou, Thomas
Al inotiiv lomrri.ssion meeting Eugene Poplin, of Conneaut, Ohio;
Tuesday, Mayor Mo.ss told the one brothec, T. P. Whitesides of
members final plans will deterni (;a.st(mia: three sisters. Mrs. Hat-
ine at what contour tho lake level tie Hudspeth-of Gastonia. Miss
will be. He said health depart- Marie Whitesides of Charlotte and
ment offii ials will determine the Mrs. Pearl Walker of Clover, S.
"bell” arounct the lake front the C. Also surviving are two grand-
city should own and maintain children and five great-grand-
ciiildicUi