PopnlatioD
Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits 8,256
Tin Gr«at«r Klagt Mouatcdn flgurt It dtifrtd fion Ikt
•ptcicd Unlttd StatM lurtou of tli* Ctntut report 9
Jaauory 19M. and lacludti tbt 14.990 populoUoa 9
Number 4 Townthlp. and tbt remaining 9.194 Iron
Number S Tewneliip. In Clerelond Caunty oikd Cioir4M*
Mounteda Toemtblp la Goetoa Couaty.
VOL. 80. No. 35
Established 1889
Kings Mount
KINGSMOUNTAI]
New
Enterprise
Dependable Knit, Inc.
To Build Plant Here
Lithium Plant
Is Expanding
BC Operation
Plans for Lithium Corporation'.^
ni'\K mining vonturo wore rovpal-
0(1 today by J. D. Horman. Lithium
vior prosidont. Horman. who
itoads the Bo.wmoi City otrora*
lions, ihdiratod tho now mining
and milling oporations — to bo
loatofi nortlioast cf Bessemer
(’jj. — will provide the oompany
with Die murh needed basic
s nir.’f Oi raw materials required
t' meet increased customer de*
n ind for Lithium products and
seivlce.s, as w'cll as provide tho
( pportunity for diversification itilo
lo'w jiroduct area.s not possible in
the past.
I'ian- are U mine by conven
tional open pit methods and up*
giadf the ore in a heavy media
plant employing the latest tech
nologs in this ficl'I. The concen-
tratrei lithium bearing ore will
tlicn he trucked to tho company's
ch(*mical plant in Bes.semer City
for convershm into a wide variety
oi lithium products.
According to Edward CJolob, Die
company's Project Engineer, the
new facility, already under con
struction, will occupy some 200
acres and will cncornpa.ss the ore
bo<ly itself, tho cm proofing
plant, an eight acre'W^er
voir and office anft*-malntrnanee
buildings. Schcflulecl for full scale
preduetion in early November, the
operation is initially expected to
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Jerry Wright
In New Post
Jerry Ray Wright, Kings Moun
tain native and son of Mrs. Uay
Wright and the late Rev. Mr.
Wright, has been named ])rogram
dln'cror for the .Iiinius Ward .I(»hn
Memorial YMCA in Vicksburg,
Mississippi.
Wright earned his B. A. degree
from Lrskine College in IDdl and
hi’'* M. Ed. degree in coun.seling
and guidance frrni the University
oi Ge( rgia. He has done addition
al wf»rk at Krskiue Seminary. He
taught p\vrhology nt Greenwood
hi.zh school. S. C.. and .served as
scliooj (’ounselor one year.
Wright will ns.sume primary re-
sp m.sibility for youth rlub work,
high school you‘h program, camp
ing .services, adult education and
family-centered pnigram.
fie is a mrmi)er of the Asso
r i a tReformed Presbyterian
church. His family includes his
wife, the former Kay Bryson of
New Albany, and two cliildren,
SusMi. age two, and Scott, two
months.
The Wriglits rofode at III Buena
Vista Drive in Vicksbitrg.
SPEAKER — Dr. Bob Jones, vice-
president of Bob Jones Universi
ty, will speak at Homecoming
services Sundoy at Carson
Memoriol Boptist church in the
Crowder's Mountain community.
Di. Jones
To rai Pulpit
DT. Bob Jones III, vice-president
of Bob Jones University, will
speak at Car.son Memorial Baptist
Church located al Crow’dcr'^
Mountain Sunday at the httfne^
coming services.a.t .11 a.m. and
p.m.
An ordained minister, Dr. Jones
I has spoken in every section ctf
I the United States. He has also
I (’onduoted a number of services
abroad.
Dr. Jones attended Bob Jones
I .\ca(lrmy and Rib Jones Univer
sity. receiving the bachelor of
arts degree in iniJl. He has done
additional graduate work at
Nerthwo-tern University and New
Vt>rk I'niver.sity, In 1963 he was
awarded the honorary degree of
Dof'ter ol Literature by Pillsbury
C'oilege. Owatonna, Minnesota,
and in May. 1966. tho honorary
degree of Doctor of Divinity by
Ean Fnincisc' Conser\^ativo Bap-
list Theological Seminary, San
Kranciscr». C'alifornia.
He Im.' been a meniher of Die
.'^;>occh faculty cf Boh Jones Uni-
v('r-'ity and has also served as as
sistant dean of men. In 1959 ho
was named to the CooiK*rating
Boird of Tru.*^tee.s and in 1961 he
was elected to the Voting Board.
Dr. Jones was subsequently ap
pointed assistant to the president
and served in this capacity until
when he was named vice-
president. H(‘ is a member of the
Board of Directors of the Oos|K'1
Fellowship Association and Oos-
pel Fellowship Missions and
serves that organization in the
rapacity of vice-president of the
Board. He also serves on Die Co-
(Cont'inuvd on Page Eight)
Subsidiary
Of Knit l abrics
Will Employ 25
A new Kings Mountain in.lu try,
Dep«M)dablo Knit. Inc., a circular
knit operation for outcr.vc'sr and
sportsweai, will begin conFlruc'ion
w^rk on a new plant here i.nmo-
diatel.\.
Announcement wav made by J.
Ollie Har.'i.-; and L. K. ilin-
nant. co-chairmen ol the M «.v'rs
industry committee Wed nr day'.
The corpe ration will be a sub-
•■idiary^ rd Kings M nnitni’'. Knit
Kabric:^ and the no.*, building, to
rentain 20.660 .square feet of pro
duction spare, will bo ere;tod on
. an^^ler street behind t ie Knit
Fabri.’s plant which employ > 70
pcoph.
S. R. Furbei. Jr., an officer in
lie eorpoation, .said the new
riant wnl omrdoy ZT pers ii)<.
Othi’r cmporalion ( Tfirers are
leirge H. Mauncy and Ma;viii
Mcs arte;. " i
Mr. Sober .«aid Myers A- rivip-i
man (d Charlotte liolds the gen
eral contract lor the building with
Io( al contractor Bennett Brick &
nie. Ho said the building will bo
a Butlcr-type metal building,
fully insulated.
Mr. Suhi ;• said work on the
building U expected to be com-:
pletcU \>yhhinj)0 days. „ J
OXFORD INDUSTRIES TO J.O(
which will offer new jobs for 7^
day to locate here and will bi
plant to be erected on a 15-acre|
and Fredrickson streets. Pictui
130 Gave Blood
To Blood Bank
Monday’s visit of tho Red Cros«
Bloodmnbile nett<*d a t(»tal of rif»
Iiints from a total of 1.59 pei.-;ons
who c.illed to give blood, it wa.<
announced by Larry Hamrick,
chairman.
Among those who \v(*rc doiU»rs
Mondays w'li(*n the unit was s(*l
up at Centra] Methodi.'-t Church
were seven who became niomher.s
of the “onr-galljn" eliih; Dijec
who ha\e donated two gallons of
hlo'ifi; one who has given Hirer
gallons and tw’o. four gallons.
included in the one-gallon den-
or group are Mrs. .Mae Reniielt,
Frances Bridges, Bobby Creiglilon.
.Mr.s, Delia Howell, Mr.s. Ernest
Maples. Charles S])ark.s, Mr.s. Ruby
Seism Wilson.
In the two-gallon• group are
VV. F. Laughter. Shuford K. PreJ-
or, and Drmald .Sellers, (’arl F.
Wilson is a three gallon danor and
hvo who have given 32 pints to hi'-
long to Die four-gallon group are
James O. Crawford and Aizi
Jamerson.
Tw enty liers MIS responded to a
call for specific type blood to aid
in two open heart surgery (ases
underway in ('haihdte, one a
ninc-year-old youngster and the
other an adult.
(Cntffinurd on Pagr Fight)
City Imposes New Water Rates
A perrent arrns.s.tho-liQard
surcharge for all users of city
wate., effective September 1, wa.s
imposed Tuesday night by the
beard of city e unmissioners.
Tho board al'^o vot«d to levy a
10 percent differential on basic
rates for indu.strinl consumers out
ride tlie city limits. All residential
U'-er*^ of water out.side the corpor
ate limits will have .50 percent
added to their bill above city
ra’e.s. I
The new rates, implemented to
provide revenue for amortizing SI
million in bonds for the city’s wa
ter and .sewer projects, w’ill b<* re
flected ill customer bills received
OcifUier 1.
Tile minimum monthly hill for
3,000 gallons of water will in-
erea.se from the current $1J25 to
S2.38. .\ user of one million gal*
lon.s of water — and there ore
five indiLstrial ru.stnmers who
regularly ii.se over a million g.al-
lons monthly — would see his
bill iumn from $28-1.07 per month
to $539.73.
Rate Increases were based on
projections made by the city's ac-
eountants, A. M. Pullen and Com
pany of Charlotte and the city'.s
engineers, W. K. Ditksuii & Cum-
pany of Charlotte.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the now minimum charge of $2.38
for 3,000 gallons of water is com-
RATES COMPARISON
Here is how tho city's new
minitnum rote charge of S2.38
for 3,000 gallons of water com-
'peres to rates of neighboring
cities; Shelby, inside city S2.85,
outside city $5.70; Orover, in*
side city S4, outside city $5;
Bessemer Citr, inside city S3.75,
outside city $6.50; Gastonio. in
side city $2.25, outside city
$4.50; Morgontoni inside city,
$4, outside city $6; Forest City,
inside city $2,50, outside city SS;
Mount Holly, inside city $2.50,
outside city $6.06; Newton, In
side dty $2.21, eutside city
$4.10; North Wilkesboro, inside
city $3.36, eutside city $6.76;
Lenoir, inside city $2.48, out
side dty $4,96; Burlington, in
side city $3, outside dty $6;
I Kings Mountoitt's minimum for
: outside city users ef 84X)0 gal
lons Is $3.57. Kings Mouatola
I levies a 50 percent dlfferentlol
lor outside residential custo-
mors.
parative to the rates of neiglibor-
ing cities.
In a resolution the board .«:i a tod
that before the $3 million bond
vote last Deromber. projected rate
increases were made public and
issuance of the band« for the wa
ter project were approved over
whelmingly by 201 margin. “It
is the clear intemt,” said the reso
lution, "that when water con
sumption increases and the doM
service reduces for the City of
Kings Mountain that .said w'ater
rates will bo lowered accordingly. ”
Mayor Moss said bids on tho Buf
falo projp('t may be called for in
October. The Local Government
Commission in Raleigh will re
ceivc bids at 11 a.m. Tuesdav.
Sept. 17 for $3 million in wnier
bonds for the City of Kings ^Imin-
tain. Proceeds fn>m the bond '•ah'
will go to finance the projiosed
Buflalo Creek Water Project.
While raising water rates, the
board gave heavy industrial usi'r;
a break on their power rate's. For
users of 6.000 to 74.000 KWH. the
rate was lowered from 1.2 cents
per KWH to 1.1 cents, and for
users of all over 80.000 KWH, the
rate was lowered from 1.1 cents
to 1.0 cciiU pet KWUI.
Miss Ki
Is Jean
Joan Ellen Davis, IS-year-oId!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. C.)
Davis, is "Miss King.s Maunlainj
196:v
Miss Davi? was crowned at the
finale of the annua! .Miss Kings]
M( unlain Jaycec-sponsored ln'au-
ty pageant Saturday night in (.'cn-
tral school auditorium.
Terc.'^a Jullr>. Miss Kings Moun
lain lOFiS. crow ned Die nt'vv oiu^en.
Runneivui) were Cathy Kli/a-
hetli LancH IS, first; aiui'Caihy
Loui'lla f’arrell. H. se<‘()nd. The
"Miss Congeniality” .avard vnf('d
by the eigjit c'nlestanls wenl l.)|
Ch'iry Humphries. 2.5.
Beaiit.v, p.ii-e and talent paidl
off for Miss Davis, a r('eenl gr.sdu-
at(' n[ Kings M anPain high
selioot, whe presented the ".Saga
ol An Oiilv child”, Ik'i life story,
in the talent division. She U'ldl
of Die t iats .ind tribulations. Die
loneliness and al.'^*’ Du‘ happine.-.
of being llu' only child in Du
family, a numologiu* win'h sb
eonp.).-e-- hersel/. Stu' eiideri tliH
pres(*n!aiien l>\ playing and sing
ing a \<'i'se cf “lie" at the pinno|
Tlu' nrunetit' beaul.v will enie
Western ('art lina Uni\ersi;y iij
Die fall to sludv menial rela;da|
den.
(Uher audii’iice favnrih’s w»'r(
Ihe luc- runners-ujK Mi.s.s I.on<
dauglitei (»1 th<' Rev. and Mr;
Lane, a i.ah'iited pianist w'h'
Du'nu' from "I'hJ
and Mi.ss (’arrul
.Ml. and Mrs. (]t'o’
wlu) gave a profe.sl
of a nnmolugd
Dnrethy Parxe
played Die
Ap.'irtinput”:
daugliti'r of
Carroll. Sr.,
sional. i'(‘ndit imi
"The Waltz” hy
Other fi’ialisl.s weie Jud> Dellinl
ger, third, whe sang
■ . .unl Can>l Alr\ander, foul
III. wlV' dan.a'd a modern danetj
Siu'cial ente’d iinev'nt w.as or*
sen;. * by .SyUa Kincaid, Ml;
Be-s'-ni. ’ Cii\. and J »lmni<' Hovh
a roel aiul loll r('( arding arli;
froi' iJiDl
.Tii.l’cs I M’ the ft.-igeant werj
Cbarh' Horne of .'slu'lhy, MrJ
Toiu'.v Gains of Kings M )U!Uaii
Mrs. l’('ggy lallli' of Charlotte anl
.Tolm Ih-hin.'.on of Gastonia.
The new Mis- Kings Moun'ail
received a S'JtM, seludarship. a hoi
(pu t of n'd roses and a hasul
.same ir phy from Du' Ja.vcee
"Mis.-. Congf’iiialDv’ '•i'rv4'«l
haiidstMiK' irophy a?’ t a
REUKIC
Tlu Dellinger and Rovco
annual family rc'Union x\.ll h(
lu'UI next Su'ulay. Sent. I, at
Ihe home of W. V. iDubt iVllin-
ger in Kings Mnunl.ain at 12:30J
I All friends and relatives arc inJ
viled tj atlciiU. I