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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits 8,256
Th« Greater Kings Mountain figure Is derived Irem the
spectal United States Bureau of the Census report o
lanuory 1966. end includes the U,990 population e
Number 4 Township, and the remoinlng 6.124 Iron
Number S Township, in Cleveland County and Crowder'
Mountain Township In Gaston County.
Pages
Today
VOL. 80, No. 32
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Belioble Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 8, 1968
Seventy-Eignfh Year
PRICE TEN CENIJ
Hospital Gifts
How $135,916;
Rcpoiis Urged
Cash flonaiions and t'
Kin^s Mountain Hospital DovcIi-.j
mtuit tund rniK'hcd Turs
day. ;
T:k- t >la] U'l a'H Ut tc
b(' i;ust'd t araii: tiu' .'antui.loti
land K
(m'. II. ll.nisc.. cluilr ■.:ar.
said hi U't ls tho lu'v. goal uii'. b !
mea
Hi. ^•^^:d .'•oiiMt IiavC oi;l i;ii*d
rcji ,;l ■. oil IS ‘.ho o n ■
and urge.I that n'fjori', in:
filed a:- ciui'k'; a.*- p:.Joi)le.
Meantime, th* hospi-.d board
oi director.-’ has au;:n;' /e.'l the
aivhiteets, l':('( inan & V/hlt ’ of
Charlotte, t. n.Kee.t with w. rk-
ing dia\»ings iri' tin* ,')2-be.t addi
tion. als-, to ini lad ‘ a new oae.-- u-
i ing room. r(‘n«)\ati’n ot -.f.nie
preren* fa;jliiii s a,'.d addilional
an-, illar; laeiliue.;.
The new twi.'. tov..- ea-.l vvi.vg is
; e.-iimatod to ("'sl
i f und will eame'fi oni a $ ):);‘-.00d
: aouni>' b tiid i.^sae. p‘“io' memorial
; d mations on hand, indiaalcd gids
irorn (liariiai.K i .uhi'U.er.is, ...iiu*
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MAP .DETAILS NINE SITES OF HOUSING PRO aC* The Kings Mountain Housing Aut^oT;tv
ha* aeguired nine sites consisting of 20.5 acres fo the construction of 150 dwelling units to begin in
Novembei. Pictured, courtesy of The Cleveland Times at Shelby, is a map of city streets showing
the location of the nine sites. The sites are indicated by a dot pattern. i
Late November Constructioo
Date Fcr 150 Housing Units
FHA Acquiring
20.23 Acres
On Nine Sites
King.'s M 'lintain Public Housing
Aulhority has acciuirofl or op'.ion-
(‘d Iho real estate it requires to;
l)uild loO low-rent housing u-dls
and constniotion .should be under
way b> lat<- Novembei.
Tlvima-^ VV. Harper, executive di
rector, made the statement last
Thur-:day at a lunebeon in which
i-(.nlra.-*s for three federal grant
<*ilv projeids were signed and a
general review of other projects
of the city was made.
Prooerlv acquired or oi)ti()nod
totals 20.29 acres on nine .'■ites
through various areas of the city.
Total cost is $47,100 or an aver-
agr of $314 per unit.
Mr. Haiper said the arehitoct.s,
Toniberlin & Associates of Atlan
ta. had told him preliminary
jilans for the hnu.'<ing units would
lie compute in three weeks.
Final temnorary funding ai>
3 oval by the Department of
ousing and Urban Development
has been indieatod for the near
future.
Mr. Har))er explained that the
f(*d(*ral government funds the pro
ject until construction is 90 per-
•cent compli’ti*. At that time, the
authority sells bonds in the open
‘Jnarket to defray the total cost
of the project, amortizing Hie
bonds o\('r a 40 yc'ar p(*riod from
renla’ income.
Till’ liousing units — some in
dividual units, some duplexes —
will he available to low • income
families on a formula consider
ing the amount of family income
and size of family.
Of the 150 units, 30 will be es
pecially design'd for the elderly,
the.se to bo constructed on two
sites on Dilling street and another
tt the southeast corner of Ka.si
idge and Dilling streets.
Following are the propeuties
Kings Mountain Public Housing
Autliorily will utilize. Chairman
John L. McGill said:
1) J. Wilson Crawford properly,
Dilling sln'ot. t.7.5 acre.s.
2) Proix'rty of Plonk, et al, Dill-
Ing stre(*t. 1.53 acres.
^ 3) Williams and Bagwcdl prop-
I erlies. Lackey .street. 3.1 acres.
L 4) W. W. Parrish - Thornburg
;'\^st;)tc preperties, McGinnis street,
] ■ Vk acres.
Property of OHie Harris.
PVmk & Plonk, Grace street, .52
'*^(!res.
^ (H Lattimorc properly, north
' side of Baker street, 1.74 acres.
7) Aubrey Mauney property,
(CuiitinucU On Page Eight)
GRADUATE — Pamela Childers
will receive her master's degree
in commencement exercises
this weekend at Appalachian
State University.
Two Students
To Win Degrees
Two Kings Mountain area stu
dents are candidates for degrees
from Appalachian State Univer
sity in summer commencement |
('xercises August 17lh on tl)c i
Boone campus. ^
Pamela Kay Childers, daughti'r;
of Mr. and Mr.s. Carl Childers <4 ^
Kings Mountain, is a candidate
for a master's degree. A Grover’
student. Barbara Ann Jack.son, i.s |
a candidate for a bachelor of arts,
degree. j
The graduation program will |
be staged al 10 a.m. in Broome- |
Kirk Gymnasium. The speaker is |
to be Hoyt Patrick Taylor of i
Wadesboro. a candidate for lieu
tenant-governor of the state.
No News Yet
On KM School
Plea To GEC
I It was still “no nows" late* W('d
■ nesday afternoon concerning cicci
1 sion of the Office of Eklucations
regional office on a Kings .Moun
tain reciuest for a year s mor:\
torium on pairing Park Grace and
Compact elementary .school.s.
Donald Jone.s, superintendent of
Kings Mountain district schools,
said !u* f('lt optimistic concerning
the Kings Mountain board's re
quest — ])resenfed in person al the
Charlottesville, Va., regional of
fice last Thursday.
"An answer was promist*d with
in five days,” Mr. Jones said.
“Thursday will he the fiflii work
ing day.”
Conlerring with the Gffic*' oi
E^ducation officials in C'harlo^ios-
ville besides the superinlendenl
were Chairman George H. Mau
ney. J. K. Herndon, Jr.. Mis. J'jlin
L. McGill and Alex Owens, ol tiie
Kings Mountain board of educa
tion.
The initial request hac! he»m
denied and the Kings Mountain
board ordered to implement the
pairing demand within ten days.
Kings Mountain ofl'icdals i on-
tended. with school opening lierc
(Cantinurci on P(i(je Eight)
lo Meet iiindsY
John Leniv Mos.s, mayor of
Aings .MoUiUain, wid bo the prin-
, ii-ai speaker at me an..vai lo-
.mion oi McGills of Gaston Sun-
lav aiternoon at .5 o’clock.
Tiio reuniem Aill be held at
;ieihei ARP church arbor five
.niles north of Kings Mountain
off the Cherryviiio Road.
OttTCT'-pnigiam features, r-'ior
to picnic diniK’r. will include re-
)oit of Mi.ss Wiliie McGill on
vital stati.^tics. n port of the norn-
mating committee, of which Mrs.
J. L. Hallman is chairman, and
a devotional.
N^artin Harmon is clan presi
dent.
Incoming firesglent is Ilugli 'Slo-
.-\rvci, of Gastorha.
'I'hc grounds ate bei:ig cleared
this wc'ckend by a commi«:o(‘ in
cluding Stokes Wright, Willi.m'
f.-’weener Plonk aii.l Marriott
Phifer.
TiactCT Wred;
Faial To Long
Robert Dale Long, 13. (T Council,
N. C., was killed instantly on Aug
ust 2n(l near his liome a.toiu 11
a.m. when a tractoi ite was driv
ing accidently overturned.
Euneral services Sunday were
ct nducti'd al 4 p.ni. at Carver-s
C're(‘k Metliodisi church, wiio’ c lie
was a member. Burial wa.-’ at Ml.
lloreb Presbyterian church neiuby.
Son ttl Mari'us T. ami Biaiulie
Stevens Long, he was a m'phevv
of Miss E'iinny Carpenttn-. C. Troy
Carpenter and airs. A. II. Patter
son. of Kings Mountain, vvh.» at
tended sercictN. IH.s laiiu'r WU'
biirn and laised in Kings Moun
tnhn. son o[ Mr.s. Daisv C'arpeiiter
Long, of Jacksi>nviHc, Fia.. and
tlu- kite Osciir Long.
Also atleiiding from Kings
Mountain \v(*re Mrs. C . i. ('arptM'.
ter. Mrs. John B. Dilling. Mr>. Joiui
B. Plonk. C. T. Carpent<'i. Jr. and
Chuck Carf’entor.
CONTRACTS SIGNED THURSDAY — Kings Mountain Mayor Jolx He:orv Moss, right, affixes his
sigaamse to one of three contract agreements ff,r oi.l null on in ie.v iai grants to the city Thurs
day. Contracts were executed for throe major projrcirs: th.c EuLalo Creek Water Project, the neigh-
bc.hocd facility project and the sewer system pr.oieCi, A. l.I. 1- /ohn D. Edmonds, Region III director
of urban renewal in the Atlanta office of the Depertraen' oi Housi-.g and Urban Development. City
cfficiaLs and representatives of state, federal and piivole agen^ie.s were present for a contract-sign
ing luncheon at the Country Club.
Bank And Theatre
Buildings Are Sold
Band Rehearsals
Open On Monday
Pro-scltool band rehearsals
will get underway Monday, an-
nounec.s High School Band Direc
tor Donald Deal.
Mr. Deal said the rehearsals
will begin two weeks prior to
the opening of the fall term of
.school and will he held Mon
day threugh ETiday from 6 until
8 p.m. at the high school band
room.
The now band director urged
all band students to attend the
rehearsals and notify their fol
low bandsmen of the dale and
time of band sessions.
LuManeski Bufs
Bank Building;
Dixsiu Theatre
O’vnerslup of two central busi
jie. R cUstiiG buildings hc.s ciumg
Oil
11 (ieorge Lublaneski. owner of
B&P Restaurant, has purchased
tiu' former E'irst Union .National
Bank Iruilding at th(‘ corner ol
EaillegiiHind al Mountain.
2* L. 1. «Cliick> Dixon. o])era-
tor ot F’i i('ndly Billiard Parlor, has
purcha.«ed tju' P»rmer Impenal
riu'atn* building on West Moun
tain.
Purchase pricis were not an-1
nouiU'Od.
, Neither new owner was [)repar-
ed this week to'-^.jy delinitely how
th('y i)lanned lo use theii ih'a
pru)je;ties.
The former First Union build
ing also indudo.s the building,
housing the ulfices ol Hu* Wesi-
(‘Ml I'arolinas L<‘ague and of liie
la.* Lr. J. 1‘2 .Nnlhony.
Hr. O. P. Lewis is the lone ten
ant of tile former h:-ink “nuni.
building.
Tiu: toinu*r Imperial TIu'at.e
building occupies a lot -Idxllh u el
deep. laterior (lmu*nsions ol tiU*
K'onlimu'd On Page* Enght •
1
Fks! Unicn
M ;ves To Mend
Irallic fams
EVd'^i I niop. .\a1i«jnal Biink mo-
raped Hu* huil lings f irmerly oe-
u; .eti hv Maitei Insurance .\g(*n-
ey and niiii.Lr(‘> Radio and T-V in
an i.ipa ii»n eonsiruetiMi ol a
-e;..-d d»iv<*-in window and e.x-
I'iinded parking .space 1 •; cu-«to-
me*!’.’.
L. F. Uosi'.i Hinnant. vice-
ore ident. caul architerts liave no'
complet'‘d jdans. but that a d:i\('-
•n virv;«'.. vvitli amph pa.-^sir.g
ii'-i :H‘:.\(en. will lie con.struc’i<*(l
til i.i Hu' pn'seul drive-in win
dow
■ \V.‘ lee! o’U' additi.inai w iiuiow
will he avtcqu.'d lie said, “nut il
no . ano’hc'-V. ill be acided."
U - --ai l ( nni)leted plans will hi'
rc'quired before the • additional
number of eu-tomer paiking
spac<*.'• will hr knovv'i.
rraflic Jams a:\)UTifi the hank’s
cm cilar drive, particularly on
wec*ken<l'. have h(*en the order ol
thc^ d:iv. virtuall> .soice llu* bank
ContinnoJ On Page 8
PRESIDEHT — Charles F. Mau
ncy, gcnarcl mcnager cf Man-
rtey Hosiery Mills and Ccrolina
Thicwmg Conipcny, EiOS fcc:n
installed as cresidout of the
Kings Mountoin Kotory club !cr
the coming yec:.
01
ity FageaRt
T'tp.rj IJiidesway
'I he Mis- Kings Moun-
■Safeiv
rr will be crow ru'd
e:. sii *ns<]i Hu' annual
Milt m .saturdav night.
a! : p.m. in C'entiai
i.^'i’im and ))!ans
Mayer Jelin Henv.' 'h )n.>
app )i“.led a f laiHii ^ I'l ’ •
li‘(- as auliiori'/e.l .it a re t-.n
meeting ol llu ci:\ e.-nmii-si r.-.
llu coirmiHec in dn !-• t ■
mt-sicner \\.
.V.mmissioiie;'-- i:a> : n.u cc--
Norman King, and ' Pod'.'
Torn MeDev o> "I i i >.
Duty oi th(' roe’ '"i i> 1 »
make a study oi t-al!' ha ; = ’
.points nr area-J within Hu • i'.v
and (o make rev-enunendai »r..- i t
nnprc.venu'ntc
eeauly i-agu
\i'‘:u..r 21;!
• u .aud;
V. cH undmwT’v ior the event
'’iv Kings M’Uniain heaniies
had I'Pterc'd lit<‘ euntesl this week,
cihiier iH' iLUv ? 'ntc'stmi- an in
vit'd t" coinaer J.iy.-c'c* Bill Gris-
'»’'i at Ben I. Gelnitit Plumbing.
F:(.i Foster ai First Univin Na
U .! !':iok, e: Jayei'e Jake Di.xnn
Ui nu' Srwh!-.’-- l.o.'in .\sso da-
U"! in B*N-:enu‘r Uity for applica
tion inioimaliun.
.\dvei‘kinu and pr‘»:ram infor
mation i- i)i h indlcMi by R<»b
!■ w. invites 1,'cal Jayeees to
le-' »r! n him liiis w(*(*k program
(1? i I b;- n-'.i-ied in the of-
li 'i:H p.i.u'Mii book.
Application
Iji $881660
Bjon To Mall
Kings Mountain’s proposed down-
own mall g.it a sliot in the arm
”h’.ir-da\ lr>m twe officials of
the Di'partment of Housing &
I r an l>eac*lopment here for
signing of contracts wdth the city
o. ovei $1 million in federal
Aind.' t heijj finance three major
,jr.>t-'. ic
“It possible”, said John D. Kd-
mind , Region 111 directoi on ur-
nn’' renewal, and Jaine.-' R. Patter-
.son. area Ciiordinator for urban
lenewal in tIu' Garolinas. “the
t ity’.-- ai)pli( ation foi an $8!^,202
grant for improving the central
oi.>:nes‘ distri t m.iy he apprc.\cd
during the current fiscal year.”
....jowl I »). tne application
lild re.iuvonale the propo.sed
n:Hl pr qec;, “dead for the lime
e ng . accMi'ding tc Mall Presi-
cieiB Paul H. McGinnis.
Aru tiu i enjouraging report
r :n Ih HUL .spoke.smen is that
,aiu'ho. $1.7 million may be
: avrlable within Iho next few
i m''r.ths lor the (*ily s Cansler street
U''.nn renewal project. In additi«m
to the Cansler strec't urban re
newal and central busine.ss dis
trict projects, tlu* city has an open
space appiu-ation pending tor
.S123.575 in federal funds and this
month plans to submit an appli
cation for a SlC.hOO grant on a
SJi'.hOr* urban beautification pro-
ject. _
The city has underway or in the
planning stage projects totaling
• .$1(;.8(H,616. Federal grants re-
ivived or pending total $4,973,-
123, said Mayor John H. Moss at
Uu' contract - signing luncheon
session of city officials. HUD of
ficials, community and city plan
ners. C&D officials, and the city
engineer at the Country Club
■' Thursday.
Said the Mayor. “This .sounds
ambitious, I know, hut we iiave
had very capable assistance in
planning and it’s our belief that
the total development of our com
munity calls for action in all as
pects of the communitv’.”
Tlu* mayor pointed out that al
though the city must make up
the difiereiu-o between the pro-
jc'cl cost and lederal grants, the
citv's share does not necessarily
have to be in a cash contiibu-
lion
According to the mayor the city
can count toward its share any
jmprovc*nu‘nts .'*uc h as street
work, scliouls. construction, uiili*
lies extensions and other im
provements. “.\nv expenditure of
local, county or stale funds — any
thing that is not a federal dollar
can bc' applic'd toward the city’s
share-.
Three contrael agrc'cments sign-
I'd Tiuirsdav included:
11 (hant for the' propo.-c'd
neighborhood facility building
totaled $301,635. The total project
will co.st $4.52.153 with the city
contributing the balance. Mayor
?vhKs n lied the problem of highc*r
emstructien bids will be elinii-
naied by going to alteinate plans
which will bring the c'osts of the
project hack into line with origi
nal figure's counted on for the pro-
He said this can be done
witlumt hurting the long-range
plans tor the community c'enter.
2) The Kings Mountain Buffalo
Continued On Page 8
Oakview Bariti?! W>!! i
3i?l5daY Swuday: Gase
School Faculty
Near Complete
Two high .seluK)l faculty mom-
— a mat hematic's teacher
and guidanc'c counselor — will
complete the city sc'hools faculty,
Superintendent Donald Jones said
Medne.'iday.
Mowc'vor, he added, the board
of education also wants the serv
ices ('f two primary teachers who
are .'ipecialisis in reading.
He c'xpressed confidence the po-
'iitions will be fillc'd.
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OAK VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH WILL KOTE 30th BIRTHDAY SUNDAY
Gak View Raplisf churcli veil,
note Its .3hlh hirtlulay at Henu'-
' onung Dav on Sunday.
Re». E]. O. Gore. l!u* cluii'Hi’s
iirsi mini'^ler ol Ihn'f* fiasl'.:.-: in
llu* 3l)-year history o! tiie V ):'k
road (hui-'h. will deliver the
iu .’ning mes.<age at 11 a.m. Bie-
nic lunc'h will bo spread ul the
i noen hour.
j Rev. Curtis Bumly. the ehu;'l‘h'^
I prc'sent *pasior. ^aid iremix'is. f
nier niunibci's and fiicnds oi Ihv
Preach m Still Suffers
Injuries In Fall
cm: -reifalijm arc* inviic'd to par
'i:*ipau in (!,(* spcn-ial evl•^l^ oi
t!u* dav’. S(*c'on'i. j»asior of the
i-hn;\h aas the* late Hc‘V. t\ Eiari
Uxi’nnl.
Rev. M:. thmdy said c’v angc’lislic
'•ei'vicey will hc'gin on Mo:n{ay
.md c'ontimu* through Saiurciay.
August 17lh. Services will bc
hc*id niclitly at 7:30 p.m. with
R(*\. Rolx'it Mann as guc*st min-
\st(';. Hcv. Ml. Mann is pastor of
i'Ti'bt Baptist church.
Mrs. G. K. Still, retired Fiast
school teacher, is a patient m
Room 171 ol Gaston Memorial hos
pital where she is bt'ing treated
for a broken ankle and shoulder.
Mrs. .ktill suffered the injuries
in a tall on the stops of her home
lw> wo(*k‘ ago.
Mr. Still remains a patient in
the Kings Mountain ha-spital
wh<*re he is rc'ceiving observation
and tieatincut.