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Da JAMES WENDELL PLONK
MISS PRISCILLA PADGETT MARGARET JULETTA PLONK
DENNIS GOLD BEATTY
LARRY ORR
DONN FREEMAN
MRS. LINDA SHERRER UONARD
MISS FELMA RUTH LYNN
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
The Gieoter Uags Mounted! ttguro It derleea Irnoi tho
•peciol United States Buieou of the Census roport o
lanuary IMS. ond includes tho 14,9$0 population o
Number 4 Township, and the romotnlng 6,124 iron
Number S Township, in Cleveland County and Csowdor*
Mountedn Township in Gaston Couaty.
Pages
Today
VOL 80 No. 23
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 6, 1968
Seventy-Eignfh Year
PRICE TEN CENTT
Progress Reported
On 161 Project
Local News
Bulletins
TO GREAT LAKES
Eddie Moss, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Moss, reported Sun
day for basic training in the
U-S. Navy at Great Lakes, Il
linois. The Kings Mountain man
is married to the former San
dra Huffstetler of Kings Moun
tain. Mrs. Moss is making her
home with her parents-in-law
on route two.
ffWIUAtf * -
Patti Ausley Wtll wSe %h»
sermon topic, “Letter To Christ-
ianp” at the Sunday morning
worship service at 11 a.m. at
First Presbyterian church.
BIBLE SCHOOL
Vacation Church School is
continuing this week through
Friday at First Presbyterian
church with classes from 9 a.m.
until 11:30 a.m. Mrs. Hecry
Neisler is principal of Iho
school.
Appraisals Soon
On Cansler Street
Right-of-Way
By MARTIN HARMON
“We can make the scheduled
November letting," W. W. Wyke.
division highway engineer said
Wednesday in reporting progress
of the widening and improve
ment of NC 161 from the city
limits to the South Carolina state
line.
UNION SERVICE
Sunday night's union service,
second in a series of summer
services, will be held at St.
Matthew’s Lutheran church at 8
p.m. with Rev. Charles Easley
to deliver the message.
LUTHERAN TOPIC
Rev. Charles Easley will use
the sermon topic, “High and Up
lifting” at Sunday mornnt.c:
worship services at 11 o’clock at
St. Matthew’s Lutheran church.
Eight Receive
Their Diplomas
During Weeh
A large number of Kings Moun
tain area students are among
those graduating from colleges
and universities this summer.
They include:
Dr. James Wendell (Jimmy)
Plonk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
W. plonk, received his M.D. de
gree from Duke University MtScl-
ical School in Duke’s 116th Com
mencement exercises Monday
afternoon.
Felma Ruth (Petie) Lynn, dau
ghter of Mrs. Ruth H. Lynn and
the late Pete Lynn, received the
degree of bachelor of science in ■
pharmacy during commencement
exercises at the University of
North Carolina Monday. Miss
Lynn was among seven pharma-!
cy students initiat('d into Rho
Chi, national pharmacy honor;
I society.
! Dennis Gold Beatty, son of
iMr. and Mrs. Thurmon G. Beatty,,
Preliminary plans for the pro-j^vas graduated with bachelor ofi
jecl have been received from the, science degree in pharmacy from 1
iiplaoiiiiiR division in Raleigh andi^jj^ University of North Carolina'
has in.-chapel Hill Monday. He
made. In a short time, he added. | joined the pharmaceutical staff
right-of-way plans will be com- of Webb Drug Company in Shel-
plete and the acquisition of j by. Beatty is married to the for-
right-of-way begun. j mer Janice Bridges of Kings
Mountain, daughter of Mr. and
The estimated $550,000 project Mrs. Clyde M. Bridges. i
anticipates changing of the road- Priscilla Padgett, daughter of,
bed through the gap in the ridge Dr. and Mrs. P. G. Padgett, was
and widening the roadbed to 24; graduated from the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
Meantime, Mr. Wyke said the; with B.A. in chemistry. Miss Pad-
department will begin soon mak-1 gett will teach in Prince Georgia]
ing right-of-way appraisals on i County, Virginia in September,
the Cansler street improvement I Margaret Juletta (Peggy)
project. Plonk, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
; George Webb Plonk, was grad-
However, he reported receipt ot ^ uated Saturday from the Medical
a petition, presented by Bud Med-! college of Virginia School of
lin, opposing the improvement of ^juj-sing with a B.S. in nursing.
Cansler from King to Gold and , >iiss Plonk is a member of the
from Waco to Walker streets. Mr. j nursing staff this summer at the'
Medlin told Mr. Wyke’the petition j College of Virginia,
bore the signatures of all owners | Linda Sherrer Leonard, daugh-
of property within the three ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Sher :
blocks with the exception of the| j-er and wife of Beattie Leonard,
ownership of the Mauftey Apart-i received her A.B. in absentia in,
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PROPOSED WING OF KINGS MOUNTAIN HOSPITAL — This 23,000 sq. ft. two-story structure will adjoin the east side of the present building. It will increose bed
capacity by 40 percent at the hospital and will include a new surgical suite. Other facilities will include a new lobby, another x-ray room, a laboratory, ond e3q;>anded
emergency room area. The building will cost S850.000. A capital campaign to raise a minimum of $150,000 is now in progress.
Kennedy’s Condition
Critical
r* n 1 HI* AiabImmigiant r. j .
ray rressley Wins shoots Kennedy, otudent
Scholarship Medal
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipts for the
week ending Wednesday total
ed $200.75, including $138.40
from on-street meters, $39.25 in
fines, and $23.10 from off-street
meters.
ments at the southeast corner of
Cansler at Mountain.
At a recent meeting, the city
board of commissioners, in spite
of protests from property owners
in the three blocks, voted unani
mously to affirm a prior action
fer inclusion of the three blocks
District Tox Bill j
May Be Same In '69
If requests of the three school
districts are honored, Kings
Mountain school district’s coun- ^
ty school tax bill will remain i
the same foi the coming fiscal
year.
The boards have r<‘quested a
two-cent per $100 valuation net
increase, including another cent
for operations and maintename,
anothei two cc*nt.*i for capital
outlay, but a cent cut for debt
service (county wide).
In the Kings Mountain dis
trict’s instance. County Auditor
Max Hamrick said that the
Kings Mountain district’s debt
st'rvice tax could be pared by-
two cents without endangering
reserves for district debt service
requirements.
The Kings Mountain board of
education again requested levy
ing the maximum distriet sup
plement tax of 20 amts per $100
valuaticn. which Superin-
dent Donald Jones said indicat
ed a yield of $104,000.
June Fredezick
And Jeff Mauney
Three Others
Senator Robert F. Kennedy,
felled by a would-be assassin’s
.22-caliber pistol fire at 12:25
PCT Wednesday morning (3:25
ESDT), remained In critical con
dition late Wednesdav afternoon.
His press secretary', however,
said his pulse and heart remain-
# I wv good.
Avth IJIlinnAVC! senator was in .surgery for
A/ailAVIlil Yf UlllCla four hours at Los Angeles Good
Samaritan hospital where a team
Princess Fay Pressley-, sopho- of six neurosurgeons removed a
more student and daughter of bullet from his brain.
Mr. and Mrs. James V. Pressley. Two other bullets rt'portedly
is winner of the coveted Plonk struck him. one whicii grazed the
Scholarship medal for scholastic scalp and the other entering tho
honors at Kings Mountain high shoulder.
school. Three others were wounded as
Announcement of winner of the assailant, identified as Sir-
this award follows compilation ol han Sirhan an Arab immigrant
all grades for the year at the from Jerusalem a! the time Joi-
end or school. dan controlled the Holy City.
The Danforth. “I Dare You" emptied the eight-cartridge rt'-
awards to seniors went to June volver.
Frederick, daughter of Mrs. An Found on Sirhan's ptuson was
nie Ruth Frederick and Martin a newspaper clipping of a colum-
Frederick, and to Jeff Mauney. nist’s criticism of Kenmniy for
son of Dr. and Mrs. \V. L. Mau- endorsing military aid to Israel.
The shooting occurred in a
Now At
Total
grammar grade education May
27th in Lenoir Rhyne college’s
77th commencement exercises at
P. E. Monroe Auditorium on the
Lenoir Rhyne campus in Hick
ory.
Larry L. Orr. son of Mr. and
Mrs. William On. was graduated
in the cansler improvement Pro-! ^rolinrt&T^ V PlOB GulltV
I with B.S. in accounting. He was
The Cansler street project is also commissioned a second lieu-
Charge
Other awards were presented kitchen of the Ambassador hole*!,
and announced at recent Awards which Kennedy was using ti;
Day at the high school. avoid the crowds which had just
Tho 194 member Senior Class listened tc his addre-^s pro< iainv
of 196S presented a cash gift to ing victory in the California presi-
the school, earmarked as a beau dential Democratic primary.
,tification project of the couit-, Hfiiator Kennedy won 46 per-
school. Tho pres- cent of the votes. Senator Eugene
llAfllirOll was made by Dennis McCarthy 42 p(‘rcent and an im
AlvUIIVwlAf Smith, class president, and was pledged salte of delegates 12
act't'pted by George H. Mauney, cent.
; pcj •
the estimated"aTwSBioOO to $300,000 tenant in the Army As a cadet.
- - will use the bulk Kings Major Orr received the American
(Continued On Ptttfe Six)
chairman of the board of educa- n vvas hoped the wounded
tion, in finals exercises Friday presidential candidatt* would es
cape any brain damage, but a
city board of commissioners
will be held Tuesday at 6:30
at City Hall courtroom.
Mountain's $314,000 share of state
bond money.
To Get Diplomas
neuro-surg{’on said it would bi'
four to five days before the answ
er is known.
The 24-year-old Sirhan had no
identification on his peison.
wruldn’t tell poli(*e his n mie. ih*
was traced through matched
Joe V^ale. executive s(»cretary night,
of the Industrial Association of . _
tlie Kings Mountain area, plead fP Q !■
guilty to a court reduced charge IJl 1; OIICGIHGH
of assault on a female in the w
Kings Mountain Recorder's <^ourt
Monday.
j He di(‘w a four-month son-
I tenco, suspiMided on payment of Fifteen members of the Kings finaerprints in Sacremento and
$.50 ani court a^<ts and condi- Mountain police department will former owners of the pistol,
i tion he be of goiwl behavior for nceive diplomas Friday night at heavily-guarded hos-
ja period of six months. City Hall signifying their com- treatment "'of a broken
He had been chargi'd with as- pletion of an 120-hour course in index finger and sprained, tin
: sault with intent to commit rape law enforcement. injurie^; suffered wlion K(*micd\
by Mrs. Margaret Smith Hayes. Joe Zimmerman, stato training (Couiinmd on ptt(/e Sixi
I Judge George Tliomasson ap- officer hu* the Federal Bureau!
prised Vale of his legal rights, of Investigation, will present the
.after which Mrs. Hayes present- diplomas.
I ed her testimony. The 24-year old The course was s|)onsored by
resident of 505 Margrace Road tin* Cleveland County Technical Killed In Vietnam
Cpl. Moses, 19,
WIN GRANTS John Ballew,
top. and Richard Etheridge have
won National Science Founda
tion grants for summer study
at the University of North Car
oline in Chapel Hill.
Several Firms
Now Employing
'Many Students -
The Mayor's committee on
youth employment has a 151-
person work pool who have filed
I applications for summer employ
ment.
Chairman Franklin L. Ware,
Ir., said the applicants are inter
ested in various fields of employ
ment, but have indicated they
. w’lli accept employment in fields
other than indicated.
“These students want to work,
“Chairman Ware commented.
Fields listed included textiles,
eonsti'uction, retail sales, servicO
station, food service and office
work.
Of the 151. an even dozen, in
cluding nine girls and three boys,
are available for fulltime em
ployment.
The committee met Tuesday at
City Hall and scheduled anothef
meeting for June 11 at 4 p.m.
Several firms have reporteij
employing students in advance of
the committee’s three registra*
non sessions. “
Phemx Plant of Burlington Im
dustnes has 32 students at work*
Sadie Cotton Mills has employed
10. Eagle Stores 2, Margrace
olant of Niesco, Inc., 13. Kin^s
Mountain Herald 2, Craftspun
Yarns 9, and the City Recreation
I committee 5.
I Foote Mineral Company has
I employed 13 college students for
I the summer. Six of seven pro-
I duction employees are from
I Kings Mountain and are operat-
Mng Euclid machines or working
I a mill operators. Six, including
I one from Kings Mountain, have
been sent to Exton, Pa., company
headquarters, for the summer
for pilot-plant work.
' Chairman VV'are addi'essed a
' simple statement to business and
I industry: “Send us your job or-
dei*s.”
(Continued On Ptif/e Six)
institute.
Funeral Rites Friday At 3 P.M.
For Gregory Wayne Thomas, 20
Challengers Sweep Second Primary
As Voters Are Sparse In Run-oifs
By MARTIN HARMON votes. Defeated were Incumbents
C'halhMigers carri(*d the day at J. D. Ellis. 2091, and Buford D.
Saturday’s Democratic run-off pri-! Cline, 2022.
JEAN DAVIS WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Jeon Davis seated at left, high school senior ond daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Davta, U recipient ol American Legion Poet 155'» first college scholarship,
awarded Friday. The $2,000 scholarship wUl be aworded over a period of four years. Commander
Carl V. Wiesener, seoted, pnsants the check to Miss Donris as Schools Supt. Donold Jones, standing
at left, Mr. and Mrs. Daels and L. E. (Josh) Hinnanb right look on. Mr. Hinnant was chairman of
the scholarship oommlttst. (»»•<>«» by »•«*« Alexander)
Marine Lance Corporal William
J. Moses. Jr., 19. was killed in
action May 29th in Vietnam.
Funeral arrangements for tlie
Kings Mountain native will be
announced by Harris Funeral
' Military funeral rit('s for Ma- a f('w days before he was to rc- Home.
, rin(‘ ("pi. Gregory Wayne Thom- turn to tlie United .Ktat(‘s. Son ef William J.and Marjori-
I as, 29. will be held Friday after- .Son of Mrs. Margaret VV’are Starnes Moses, now of 3518 Card mary. winning five nominations Three eandidate.s, Bobby Cab-
noon at 3 p.m. from First Baptist Thomas of Kings Mountain, he street. Charlotte, L Cpl. Muse.- over five incumbents. iness. Hoyt Bailey and Mrs. Uline
ehurch, of which he was a mem' joiiUKl tlie U. S. Marine First^i- was a graduate of Charloile.s For the county commission. J. Borders, won nominations Maj 4.
hei. vision shortly after graduation Hawthorne Junior high school and D( (’Turner led the six candidates Cabiness is the only holdover
Inle^ menl, with full military from Kings Mountain high school Garringer high school. Betore cn- at 29.37, trailed closely by Fritz from the current board of educa-
”itrs, will l>e held i.i Mountain m 1966. He had served in Viet- tcring the service he was employ- .Mor(*h(»ad. Jr.. 2899. and Robert tion.
Flest cemehny. nam 13 months and vvas sehed- ed by Highland Park Mill. He was I'. Hubbard. 2896. These nomh eos Tho five Democrats face two
Il(*v. Robert M mn w ill offi- uled to arrive back in the states a member of King.s Mountain’s defeated Incumbents Spurijeon Republicans in the Novemb(*r
cipte at the final on June 1. Chestnut Ridge Baptist church. Hewitt at 2258, Coleman Goforth, general election. They arc Joe
The body will lie in j ’ate at Other survivors include his Besides his parents he Is sur- 2102. and Hugh Dover. 2019. Hartsell and John L. Sotzer.
the home, Maunev Ai>aitinents father, Wade H. Thomas of Nor- vived by three brothers, Adiai. Mrs. Mary Lou Barrier led all The three county commission
on West Mountain'strec!, from 6 folk, Va.; two brothers, Tony Johnny and Danny Moses, all of of Saturday’s candidates, polling nominees are opposed by Paul
pm. Thursday intil the hour of Lee Stone and Barry Thomas, Charlotte; and fwo sisters, Mrs. 3379 vrtiw foi the fourth nomina- Vogel. Republican,
service. both of Kings Mountain; and Rosalee Luckad(»o of RutherPird- tion to ilio five-m(‘mber c'ounty Holdover members of the coun^,,
Cpl. Gregory vvas killed May his grandmother. Mrs. Boyce ton and Miss Linda Diane Mose.^ hoard of education, w'hile dial- ty commission, with two years
21st in an explosion in Violnam,] Ware of Kings Mountain. of Charlotte. i longer Robert W. Slone won 2612; (CoaftHUtu 0«