* m m IS, requiring IS cannot be nco it is so ich injuries, rove fatal, ffer serious rom an ab- this reason, 1 in Chicago all patients! al injury be' damage to 4 finding live in ceiving et this a few nmuni- , 1962. bruary, lily TV c. Tcl- sted in ill-time SERO as a when ?dical when blem, 0 can teach gh to ?mer- outh- rator their ircss. ng J^opulation 21,914 8.256 Greater Kings Mountain Limits ipeciol ** dertv«d Ircm 111* January ifl6G_ ***• Csnius repcrt o Wumb*r i Townkhin ***• M.980 (jopulatlon e Numb«r 5 Townihin**‘i«*'A*i^ remajniivg 6.124 Iron Mountain t'- L\hia \n^County and Crowdor’ * In Gallon County. VOL. 80 No. 14 Kings Mountain's Beliable Newspaper Pages Today Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 4, 1968 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TFN CENlt Contracts Let k or Addition i € North School Bids totjjins 3^134,03^ were ^'Aa.dccl the low b.dde.s Friday oy tin Kings Mountain board of rducaiioii for constjuction of a 12 classroom addition to North school. Final Plans For Water Project Will Be Reviewed On May 14th Mayor, Dlchscn Say City B3ard Ic Study Project Jiu* contract p.iccb are about 10 more iiun ant.c.puieJ ji.ia a.e oc.ng iiego.iaied lo re- -luce the grand loial by about 320,000, Schools Supt. Donald JoiKv. &aid ycaterday. i; approved, as anticipated by the A. v.. riojrd of Eduralion in Haleigh, conslniction could begin Finil plans and s ec;f:cf‘’io'i ' n 00 days. for the proposed “Buffalo Creek ’ I Supt. Jones sjud the addition Water Project are to bo present*' [Should be ri idy for occupancy oonitnission revicvv a. by the first ll'oO. Xon.» of the mecong of the | '4* bidders indicated the,- would be commis.sio?!, Mayor John Moss STUDENl IN SPECIAL, EDUCATION CLASS ~ Mrs. Oscar Padgett instructs Sheila Ann Suttle in seventh grade history at the Suttle home on Center street. The 14*Yeor*old youngster has been en rolled in special education classes since August. Eoster Seal funds from the current campaign help buy instructional supplies for victims of crippling diseases in the county. (Photo by Paul Lem mons). Eastei Seal D L l Drive Underway; KODCrt Canvass Sunday Sheila Ann Suttle, age 14. likes the out-of doors and enjoys tend ing lu-r uncle’s sheep in a sheep pen near her home on Center street. I Tlic former Bethware school seventh grader has been out-of- tho classi-oom since last August when she underwent an opera- for curvature of the spine. . pH’ause of a east from her hip- Une to her neck, the youngstei is unable to sit in the classroom and a special education teaelicr visits here in her homo. Sheila also enjoys records and her teacher, Mrs. Oscar Padgett of Shelby, used recordings and visual aids in giving her instruc tion three days a week. Sheda has a brother anphes fo»- youngsters like Sheila. An other agency which nn'cnes funds from the Cleveland (.ount> Easter Seal Society is tht* (laston Oral School for the Dt'af and several Kings Mountain children fg ConduClinq Clothing Project Sheila hoiios to he abh* to re enter school next term. A house-to-house Ladies’ Fas ter Parade for benefit of th(’ 196S Easter Seal campaign will, be held Palm Sundav. thi.s Sen- day, from 1 until 3 p m. Tlie A volunteer mother’s march is jk^aded by Mrs. Bob Stringfellow ^Aid area captains of the fund- ^Kising effort are Mrs. Otis F'alls, Jr.. Mrs. Raymond Goforth. Mrs. Sandra Hinson, Mrs. A. E. May- hew, Mrs. Tracy Stewart, Mrs. J. B. Johnson and Mrs. Ken Smith. Goforth Salesman ■a'ole lo meet a September 1 dead- said yesterday following a con-: line for openi ig by the beginning loien.-e w'iih Col. W. K. Dickson,^ of the nc -v term of school in the ,>f Charlotte, consulting engiii-; fall. oer. | I Tile cost of the addition is I about 10 I rrcent higher than the Mayor .Moss said lollowing rc-^ $415,0(X) citimated Cvariier, said view uy Uie commission the com- : Mr. Jones. Of the total cost, p-e.cd plans 'v*ii be reviewed by| i $374 (K)0 will come from the stale oie Di-varoncni oi iiousing anu . :as Kings Mounlnin’s diare of a tJroaii Development and aate wih , $100 million statt -wldc bond is- i^r aavcinsemem oi bids.' sue approved in 1931. The eon- '!*»* ma>or said acquisition of ^ traces let FrM.av are subject to necessary land for the project aoproval by the State Board of completion oi pro*; ! Kducation ‘ specifications. Awarded contracts were; , “mis date will he governed by Beam Construction Company engineering speciftca- of Chcrryville. general contrac* t‘*^ns and approval , said the tf>rQ ^s>Ki 5-19* ma^or. Gastonia Plumbing Company. "We have beon discussing land plumbing contract, $2.o.751. acquisition but have not actually McKinney .Sheet Metal, Inc., hegun contacting property own- M j mechanical contract, $69,492 ers”, the mayor added, noting Dallas Electric Company, elec- acquisition dale PATRICK WINS EAGLE AWARD -p Gilbert Patrick. U-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Patrick of Kings Mountain, received his Eagle award in a presentotion ceremony at West Point Military Acodemy last week when the family ot tended freshman weekend. From left to right, Mr. Patrick. Cadet Larry Patrick. Mrs. Patrick. Gilbert Patrick, and four West Point Cadets who served os a Board of Review. (U. S. Military Academy Photo) ! trioal contract. $41,500. i Food p:quiFmont Company. . kitchen equipment, $15,800. Chevy Salesman Named Leader In Salesmanship Alcoholism: Its Problem "In People has been advanced pending com- plCLion of linal plans and specifi cations which will designate the exact amount of land required. Originally, officials had hoped to start construction as early as May 1 on the new water system, a project estimated to cost $3,- 338,000, and $450,000 has been approved from federal funds. Voters here last to’ . 1 margin authorize the city gov- ^ i?rnmcnt to borrow its share of Riteti Conducted For 0.0. Walker PRESIDENT — Robert L. (Rob) Goforth has been installed as president of the Legion of Lead ers as top sale.'^man in Chevro let dealerships in the two Carolinas. By ANNE JAMES HARMON "The problem of alcoholisnr the project. Robert L. iKob» Golorlh. Vic- not in bottles, but in people.’ It would provide a dam on toiy CiiA'Violct Company sales- statement was made b> Buffalo Creek, a treatment plant man, • . .. . ... - - * . of Leadei _ of the Chf'violct sales organiza- duiTng a recent study of Lake Lure, and a recreation tion Tuesday night in Charlotte. ' (.g^j-se on "The Church’s Respon- area around the lake. Mr. Gofortb will serve a one.^ij,i,i,y Alcoholism". i ! year term. |,pip ,he person suf- ‘ The lionor is accorded the top descriM as salesman of the l.'KK) salesmen the nation's fourth major health in (’’hevrolel dealerships in the problem was the subject o two Carolin.is. Mr. Goforth's Hales’ discussions. , ‘ t„":!a;rC"he a» : Funeral ruo^^^ I « V before he can be helped, were held luesaay aiur Mrs. Goforth and Mr. and Mrs. Hales said. "Change must begin Bethel J. T. McGinnis. Jr. accompanied with the non-alcoholic.” Methodist church, interment fol- Mr. Goforth to tlic White House* He continued that it is imper-1 lowing m the church cemetery. Inn for iho banquet and instal- ative for those who live and w'ork I p^ifer died Sunday morn- lation service. with the person suffering with 3.^5 ^^e Kings ' A member of the local com-‘^ prefers hospital following two lnam* s iU*s staff the oast tliTe “alcoholic”.'to learn the nature. ^ native of Clevc vears Goforth and his illness and to know County, he was son of the ,dy liVe'at S03 Me.udowbrook road Amanda Dixon land attend Boyce Memorial ARP uiy L m'vioiei L.ompany sales- statement was made by ounaio urecK, a ireaimexu piam lan, was installerl as president wuiiam Hales of the Charlotte and five miles of w^ater lines to ■f the l.OdO-inemlK'r Legion of (Council of Alcoholism. Inc.,speak the city system, a lake approxi , .eaders at iht* annual convention Bovco Memorial ARP mately 2,250 acres, near the size ‘ of Lake Lure, and a recro-'^-"- area around the lake. Phiiei Rites Held Tuesday Commissioner From Ward 5 Dies Saturday Funeral rites for Obacliah Oli ver Walker. Ward .5 City Com missioner, wore held Sunday aft ernoon at 4 o’clock from King.s Mountain Baptist church of which he was a mcmb<*r. Mr. Walker morning at 11 Kings Mountain month's illness. died Saturday o’clock in the hospital after a The Colonel Frederick Ham- bright Chapter of the Daugh ters o! the American Revolution asks that donations of clotiiing for the Crossnore School be sent to the residence of Mrs. Joe Thomson. 308 West Mountain Street. Kings Mountain, be tween the hours from 9 lo 1 o’cl(K‘k. The Chapter appreciatt‘s the fine response to this worthy cau.se in form(‘r years. i .. . tu 5 f.„. To illustrate this point he re- moT'junf Clo“ Bo^ arc a throe act ^ay caUod "A j natives or Kings .Mountain. They Carouse is the I arc parcnl.s of three children and character. He is dc have one grandson. picted as an e.xtremely dependent j Eight hundi(*d salesmen person who denies this fact by I tended the Tuesday night banquet, (jinking, and although intelli- McDaniel Rites Are Conducted of the El Bethel community. His wife, Sarah, died in 1952. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Wanza Goforth of Kings Mountain: Rufus Phifer, Jake Phifer, all of Kings Mountain, and Dempsey Phifer of Tahoma City. California; and two sisters, Miss gent, capable and sensitive, Minnie Phifer and Miss Maggie denies the presence of the prob-j Kings Mountain: ' lem which causes a Jekyll and .^j^^ grandchildren. 'Hyde change in his personality,; i causing a crisis in his life. Rev. E. R. Lynn, assisted by In Act 11 three persons are the Rev. Frank Blalot’k, officiated at RITES HELD — Funeral rites for O. O. Walker, Ward V city com missioner. were held Sunday. Holy Week Services Set The Iasi week in the life of Josus Christ will be relived 'in Holy Week services bt*ginning Monday evening at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. Funeral rites for John Dixon the final rites. Active pallbearers were Camer- METHODIST PROJECT Women of Central Methodi.si church are conducting the sale of Easter lilies as a church jiro- ject of the M'omen’s Society. building permit Alfred late obtained a build ing permit Tuesday to build a one-stiiry brick veneer hou.se on Hawthorne Lane at eslimat- It was^the first time the eiyic! five-minute ‘'t''''' '’- "y' Gerald McDaniel, all of Kings jtnsey. club had conducted an electioni porting speakeis «(te all )W d ^ q Sellers, „is pastor Rev D. B. Alder- which was complete with cam-; each candidate Sir„i,p, y,rs. Howard m in off4h ed at the final rites, paigning, speeches and voting by; The new officers \yiM b( in ^ otLciaua at ine iinai ijit secret ballot. lidics night banquet Roberts, Mrs James Sanders, all Active pallbearers wen* lo politicking got underway about [ a. ^fie Wo^.n’s eh^^ ^ 6:15 pm. by the candidates at' Kenneth Roberts was chan- » the Womans club and ended man of the club nommatii r Daniel, of Kings Mountain, and carnenter Jr about 10:30 with Smith elected mittee and two uvo sisters. J. S. Putnam and president, Frank Hinson elected; presented for each . , \tj-s. T. B. Ware of Kings Moun- Mr. Cornwell retired c’ nuaiy first vice-president. Ken Roberts'candidates for **11^!^* tain; 31 grandchildren and 15 1 as owner-operator of CornwelVs elected second vice • president,'were Richard ‘ ^ .rreat^ Atlantic Service Station on East ■red Foster elected secretary, som, and Jimmy Rob»>. • n'" Clarence McMahan and King street. He was a native of ■ob Myers elected treasurer, Peeler w'as nominaled foi h ' w'ayne Ashe offieiat(*d at Kings Mountain, son of .\rthur Gene Patterson elected Jay Bird dent and foi’ the final riles and interment was H. Cornwell of Kings .Mountain and Gerald Thomasson elected'Powell was nominated Un (loa.s 3e*thlehem church cemetery, state direcitor. 1 urer. (Continued on Fuji Sun) RITES HELD — Funeral rites were held Monday for A. De witte Cornwell, retired service station owner*opcratori ' and Annie Faulkner W.ilker. 1 Surviving are his wife, the former Maude Rhea; a daughter, ■ Mrs. Jo Ann McDaniel of Kings Mountain a granddaughtc'r. Slieryl 'McDaniel of Charlotte: three brothers, Mack and Carlton Wal ker of South Hill. Va. and Ja(k Walker of Lynchburg, Va.: and four sisters, Mrs. Alvin Crutch field of Laeross<', Va.. MLss .^adie Walker and Mrs. William Strange, both of South Hill, Va. and Mrs. J. C. Price of Martinsville, Va. Area Firemen Finish Course Forty members of the Bethle hem, No. Three and Oak Grove community volunte(*r fire