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VOL 80 No. 38
Kings Mouniifai's Eslioble Newspaper
iMlI
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 19, 1968
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CtNU
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Community Building Project Shapes
Excavation Is
Underway For
$452,000 Facility
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Evacuation work got under-!
way Monday on the new Com-1
munity Facilities building for'
Kings Mountain which will be!
constructed in the Deal Street'
'park area facing Cleveland Ave-,
' nue at total eost of $452,433.
I Twin City Builders of Newton!^
,is general contractor for thc|11fg|| Ha Ca<wa<I
buildiriT and Neil Srvln, Sr. has WwlSS SSC VUSVU
been in the city this week over
seeing excavation and prelimi
nary construction plans.
HUD, City
To Further
Consulting Him
Officials Meet
Proposed Mall
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Tom O’Brien of Region III of!
the Department of Housing andj
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COMMUNITY FACILITIES BUILDING WORK UNDERWAY — Woik got undorway Moodoy on a
neighborhood facilities building and officials of the project are pictured above with Mayor John H.
Moss. From left to right. Everett Scott, area englieer; Bob Williams of the architectural firm el
J. L. Williams & Associates; Alex Teergue construction manager: Neil Ervin, Sr„ president of Twin
City Builders of Newton which holds the general contract; and Mayor Moss. Mr. Soett holds a pic
ture of the proposed construction. (Photo by PsU Lemmons).
Council Unanlinously jUproves
Controversial Zoning Request
Also in the city this week to Urban Development, met with
get the project underway have members of the Kings Mountain
been Alex Teague, constructiqp Redevelopment Commission, city
manager; Everett S. Scott, ai%a! ottic'stls and the city plannei-
engineer with the Department of Thursday to aid in furthering a
Housing and Urban Development [Proposed parking and shopping
(HUD); and Bob Williams, archl- mall in the heart of the city,
tect with J. L. Williams and As-' Carl F. Mauney, Commission
jsociates of Charlotte, who de-, chairman, said this week the
I signed the structure. . ] next step in realizing the project
! The building,, approved a little will be to secure a consulting
lover a year ago and for which a! firm to advise and then cstab-
federal grant .of, $3^2,680 hasUishrhent of offices and an exe-
|been approved, will contain 32,- cutive director.
000 square feet of floor space and; Recently granted federal funds
I will be a complete recreational'for revitalization of Kings Moun-
and community center eomplex.- tain’s central business district
Advertisements hgve been|m4y be used to carry through
t^ced In today’s Herald seeking with the proposed mail project,
carpenters and oortstruction wertt- Mauney explains. These funds
ers for the building, which is ex-i cannot be used to Improve pri-
pected to bo completed in one vatc property in the tract but
year. | may be used to purchase private
Grant for the communityiproperty located in the project
building was approved last Au-jarca.
gust, 1967, under the Neighbor-! HUD has approved planning
hood Facilities program, the fed-,
oral funds amounting to two-
thirds of the overall cost and the
city to contribute the remaining
one-third. -Following the grant,
Mayor John Henry Moss, chair-
funds of $109,470 for the pro
ject. and another $892,000 for im
plementation of project plans.
Earlier, a private corporation,
Rings Mountain Mall, Inc., at
tempted to create a mall which
man Richard E. Maxey of the j would include 400 parking spaces
city r^reatton xipmmittee, apd J. .and moderntzation of store en-
L. WuItemB^ A'A«bi '
'V'nioved trf^oes fronting the mall but was
when it
air or
A controversial rezoning ro-j
quest, remanded by the city'
commission two months ago to <
the zoning board for their fur
ther consideration, was unani
mously approved Tuesday night
after an hour’s second public;
hearing by the city council. v
Twenty petitions on July 23 op-;
posed petitions of Mrs. B. O. I
Weaver and Mrs. J. M. Rhea for
rezoning tor neighborhood busi
ness their lots 'at the corner of
West Mountain and Watterson |
streets; I
Tuesday night Realtor' B. D.'
Ratterree again led the opposi-|
tion, gave the board a petition
signed by nine persons, and both!
he and Mrs. Bob Cox appeared!
to protest the rezoning bid.
Attorney Robert Bradley, rep
resenting the proponents of thej
motion, presented two petitions'
signed by 64 adjoining and area
property owners stating theyj
have no opposition to the rezon
ing of the property.
Would - be purchasers of the
Weaver-Rhea property wore rep
resented by Carl Wiesener, who
told the board intended use of
the property was for a drug
store, without soda fountain, cm-j
ploying a 4,000 square foot build-!
ing.
Mr. Ratterree reiterated his
statement from the initial hear-l
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quiramehts, t Was anal—, —
-The building 'wiH anl tWic^ ihvolvM. •
' all-purpose .gymtorium. With seat- ThB Redevelopment Comrnis-
ing capacity up to 2,008 and wUl{ siom’has the power of condemn-
' contain three basketball courts,; atigl^, which the private group
j two for practice and one for ex-i did♦ot have,
j hibltlon. j area involved in the pro-
1 There will be dressing rooms, j posed mall is along Cherokee
' supply rooms, and a handball' street and bordered by Piedmont
1 court. A ticket office will be lo-: Avenue, Gold Street, Battle-
cated at the front entrance. ' ground Avenue and Mountain
I TTie two-story building will aM Street,
j so contain 14 rooms as facilities
I for -an assembly room, day care
I quarters, dining rooms, offices
land a kitchen.,The facility will
I provide such services as basic
I adult literacy classes; citizenship
I classes, project Head Start, day
I care, employment and counseling j
I services; housing assistance and
, assistance to the aged; social,
• recreation and health services;,
I and Community Action Program! 61^
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PLAN REVITAUZATION OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT —
Three members oi the mo-yor's redevelopment commission aie
pictured with Thomas F. O'Brien, representative of the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban Development, at a planning meeting
here Thursday. From left to right, Charles L. Alexander, Chair
man Carl F. Mauney, seated, Mr. O'Brien ond John Plonk. Mem-
;b«B|;,4b«e»t -were Thomas A TBte and William M. Herndon.
(Paul Lemmons Photo).
CpL Thomas
To Be Awarded
Posthumously
Cpl. Gregory W. Thomas will
I be honored posthumously in a
special ceremony to be conduct
ed tomorrow, Friday, at 10:30
a.m. at Kings Mountain city hall.
-Maior Richard A. Widdows,
member of the inspector-instruct
or staff with the Marine Corps
Reserve m Greenville, S. C-, will
conduct the special ceremony to
morrow when Cpl. Thomas will
be awarded tlie Purple Heart
medal. Purple Heart certificate,
National Defense .Service medal,
Vietnam .service medal and Viet
namese campaign medal.
The late serviceman’s mother,
Mrs. Margaret Ware Thomas of
211 West .Mountain Street, will
receive the posthumous awards.
Cpl. Thomas, 20, was killed in
action in Vietnam on May 21, a
few days before he was schedul
ed lo return to the Stales. He
joined the U. S. Marine First Di
vision shortly after graduation
from Kings Mountain high .school
in 1966 and had served in Viet
nam 13 months prior to his
death. He was scheduled to re
turn to the stales on June 1.
Funeral rites lor the young
Marine wore conducted June 7
from First Baptist Church of
which he was a member and in
terment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
In addition to his mother, Cpl.
Thomas is survived by his father,
Wade H. Thomas of Norfolk,
!Va.; two brothers, Tony Lee
! Stone and Barry Thomas, both of
1 Kings Mountain; and his grand
mother. Mrs. Boyce Ware of
i Kings Mountain.
Baptist Association
Elect Rev. Mann
Applications are being received j Rev. Robert C. Mann, pastor of
from planning consultants, Mau-j First Baptist church, was elected
ney said. I president of the Kings Mountain
O’Brien met with the local Baptist Association (Cleveland
group last Thursday to djscuss
procedures for getting the pro
ject underway.
Board Hires
County) Pastor’s Conference last
week.
services.
AT FOURTH AREA MEETING — Mrs. Orangral Jolly laft, is
hostess chatrmon fat Satuiday's Ateo Four meeting oi the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary at which the Kings Mountain Unit 155 will
be hostess unit At right is Mrs. Tim Craig. Sr. of Charlotte, new
ly-installed president of the AuxlliorY Department of North Caro
lina who will be recognized ot the meeting.
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Legion Auxiliary
Hosts Area Meeting
; Car Hits Truck.
Truck Hits House
I Property damages were
! Sunday night as the result of a
! one-car crash at the intersection
high
of Fulton and Cansler street.
City police charged Daniel D.
Welchel, 30, of Wichita Falls,
Kansas with Impro^r brakes,
W-elchel said he jumped from his
car at 9:15 ^m. when the brakes J, ghelby, interim
teacher at the high school;
parked 1965 Chevrolet pick-up Ruggeii Hinton, who will re
truck owned by Hayes Tire and p^^,,
Recapping Company and the
truck the foundation of a Mrs. Dee Wood, traveling
house J. WilsM Crawford is ran- teacher between Compact and
structing on Cansler street. To-| Grower schools; and Robert Ma-
Other officers elected were
Rev. Joe Sanders, pastor of Sec-
ohd Baptist, Shelby, vice-presi
dent; Rev. James Stamey, pastor
i of Elizabeth Baptist, Shelby, sec-
I retary - treasurer; Rev. Harold
; Threatt, pastor of Putnam Me-
I The board of education elected, tutorial Baptist, chorister; and
six new teachers at the regular! Dale Clark, pastor Sandy
; meeting Friday, called two days. Ulains-Baptist, pianist,
early because one member tws| j^. ^ Mountain Baptist Asso-
to be out-of-towp Monday night,; comprised of 70 church-
regular September meeting date-j^g ^ membership of 23,5H9.
The new faculty members in-'People in Cleveland County.
elude; Mrs. Angela Lackey as an;
English teacher at the high | BldtcH
MIm
comson for special education.
' American Legion Post 155 Aux
iliary will host over 125 women
representing the Fourth Area,
Department of North Carolina,
here Saturday at the American
Legion Hall.
Charlotte, department plesident,!
Kinrs Mountain Mayor John
Henry Moss, American Legion
Post 135 Commander Car] Wies
ener, State Senator Jack H.'
! White and N. C. Representative!
Mrs. C: R. Barbee of Winston yV' •<- Mauney, Jr., both of Kings,
tal damages were $1500 to the!
] house foundation, $150 to the|
truck, and ,S5 fo the bumper oil All teacher vacancies are now
the visitor from Kansas. I filled except for an additional
Beth Yarbro, three, was treat-!counseling post at the high
(Continued on Page Six) * school.
Collections In
White Cane Sale
PRESIDENT — Rev. Robert C.
Mann, pastor of First Baptist
church, has been elected presi
dent of the Kings Mountain
Baptist Association,
[School lunch
Will Cost More
I School lunches wil cost mos^/J)
I effective November 11, the basgrtf' ‘
1 of education voted Fri(iay.
In the elementary schools and
!at Central Junior High students
! will pay an additional five cents,
from 30 to 3p cents, and for
teachers through the system,
lunclies will jump from 35 to 40
cents.
I Schools Supt. Donald Jones
I said the increases are 'necessary
because of the higher cost of
i food and the increase in labor
' costs. "We will improve our
lunches considerably", lie said,
“while taking care of our em*
ployment needs also.’’
Mr. Jones said a review com
mittee from the Department of
Food Services in Raleigh will
visit the systerh in about two
months to review the local school
food service and to make recom
mendations for future operatibns. "
! The school board has discussed '
- the possibility of a dietitian for
the system.
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ELECTION NIGHT
Thursday night is election
night at the Kings Mountain
Kiwanis club and new officers
will be elected for the new year.
Salem, Fourth Area viee-presi-l
I dent, will open the meeting at 91
I a.m. To be recognized at 10 a.m. | dent of the local auxiliary,
will be -Vlrs. Tim Craig, Sr. of give the welcome.
Mountain.
Mrs. John Henry Moss, prcsi-|
will
Houser, Harmon
Beappointed
Housing Authority
Buys 4*5 Acre Site
Mrs. Orangrel Jolly is hostess I
chairman for Post 155 Auxiliary.' The Icings Mountain Housing purchased in tracts over town
Mrs. Jolly, who also serves as Authority has purchased an ad-iand the Cansler Street tract was
local membership chairman, is'ditlonal 4.5-acxp tract on North! purchased after the Housing Au-
Fourth Area chairman of com- Cgnsler iStreet for tite proposed: thority was. informed by the an
munity service. low-rent housing project, the.ad-'
Recognition of Gold Star Moth- ditlonal tract boosting the' acre-
ers, wives, sisters and daughters! age to 23 at a total cost of
City Files Demurrer
In Sisk-City Action
Kings Mountain Lions did not
reach their $500 quota in collec-l
tions Sunday in their annual
White Cane sale for benefit of the
blind, hut plans are to contribute,
the full amount, according to
Carl Goforth, project chairman.
Members conducted the drive
from 2 to 6 p.m. .Sunday with so-i
licitations at busy intersections' In latest developments con-1 officials were notified and that
ove,. the City. The drive was more lertiing a civil ai'tion filed with! they refused to correct the situa
RECEIVES DEGREE — The Rev.
William R. Glasgow received
the Master oi Divinit'y Degree
fa July 19, from Southwestern
Bap^t Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth, Texas. A graduate
ot Gatdner-Webb College ond
Appalachian State University,
Rev. Glosgow is presently pastor
of the Alleghany B<q>tist. Church
in Blacksburg, Vo. Ha is mar
ried to the formor Judy Putaom | m^mkers ai-e Haywood Lynch,
Oi Kings Neuntoiiii ! OlUe Harris otai Grady Howard
been made by the city commis
sion.
The Reverend Charles Easley,
pastor of St. Matthews Lutheran
Church, IS chairman ef the board,
whose membership is rotated In
diree-year terms.
In addition to Mrs. Houser, Har
strueted on land already acquir-
^Mrs. George Houser and Her
ald Editor Martin Harmon have! wilt also be 'featured In the pro-' $33,100. • eld.
been reappointed to the board of gram. Special music will be by! The site on North Cansltr was Harper explained that the
Jacob S. Mauney Memorial Li- the Faith -Junior Rockets, Mrs.'purchased from N. McG III nndlttp^'d felt It did not want two-
brary, the appointments having Tommy Stout, director. tlie C. S. Plonk estate?* Ifr is ry'et^ structures on land already
District presidents and alter-; vealed by Tom Harper, cx( cutivej acquired arid sought authoriza-
nates from the .I3fh, 14th, 15th,! director of the Housing A iithor-j tipil from the Department of
and 16th districts of the N. C., Ity. Price of the purchase . ews, Houalng, and Urban Development
Department will also be recog-; $6,000- 1 to buy additional land in order to
ttized. Approximately one ac’^e of jthe spread the units out. There will
Luncheon will be served at now tract will not bo suiiablcfor'still be some two-story units, he
successful than they aniicipated, the Clerk of Sup<'ii<)r Court by
although still short of the goal. Frank .Si.sk, doing business as
Money was being raised in the Sisk Funeral Home in Bessemer*
project to aid the blind. President, j City, asking $20,‘)00 damages
Bill Plonk reminds, and is an an- from the city of Kings .'VIounlain,
riual effort by Lions clubs over a demurrer has been fileri by the
the state. Quotas were sol by the city and will be heard in the Sep-
state organization with Cleveland temher lerm of Superior Court
ebunty’s share to be a total of , which will get underway Mon-
^,500. [ day.
' *1710 state association fob the! The .suit grew out of a Janu-
blind was formed in 1931 by! ary, 1963 grave rligging in Moun-
c^itcct that some two - story North Carolina Lions clubs and tain Real Cemetery,
structures would haye to be con- the project has been continued- The suit alleges that the family
tion at that lime.
Further, the' suit' alleges that
after a “sitdbwn” by members of
the Grigg family and himself on
June 20, 1963, the city raised the
vault, opened the casket and ex<-
posed the body of Grigg to on-
lookers^thch redug the grave to
a pro^lRbpth and buried the
vault.zr -
Sisk alleges that later the wife
of the deceased, Virginia Grigg,
brought civil action against him
for $175,000 and that a jury
i cess and aid over the slate.
12:30 in the American Legion construction, Harpt'r said, since
building and the business session a branch runs through it, but
mon and Rev. Easley, other board! will he resumed after lunch. Cof- this area may he landscaped and
' fee will be served by the hostess! used for playground purpoads.
(Continued On Page Six) ' Pre'viously 20.5 acres boij bean
said, but fewer than originally
planned.-
*1710 Cansler Street tract is on
the east side, across from CilU-
ders Street.
since that time with growing sue-! of Zeb Grl^g, who died January 1 trial awaided her $10,000 dam-
'24, 15)6-3, contracicd with Sisk! ages. An appeal to the Appeals
Funeral Homo for burial and Court of North Carolina was
tliat the body of Grigg was burl
ed in -Mountain Rest Comelcry,
owned and maintained by Kings
Mountain, on January 26, 1963.
Sl.sk tiirther alleges that agents
of Kings Mountain were to dig
TO addrRss UONS
Charles B. Hartley of States
ville, Iredell county coordinator
for the Wallace campaign, will
apeak to members of the Kings
|Moimtain Lions Club at their
next regular meeting Tuesday,
September 24. at 7 p.m. Hartley
Is a member r* the Wallace
state headquart speaking bu-
reau and has been active in
Statesville in chqrch and civic
affairs.
later withdrawn and action sell ’
tied for $5,(X1(), the suit continued,
Sisk further alleges that he
tlien had to pay $5,000 to the
Widow. $2,5IK) in attotney’s feeg
ns well as suffering extrema
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the grave and cover it following: ridicule from the incident,
graveside services. | Filed by Gastonia Attm-ney F.
Also, the suit alleges that the! Pat Cooke, the action Is seeking
grave was not dug deep enough,'$10,000 in punitive damage, $10,- ,
that part of the vault i-ontain-! 000 in compensatory damage,
ing Hu* casket was exposed to a reasonable attorney s fe*. r~
public view, tliat the proper city ^