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PopalaiioD Greater Kings Mountain 2I.9M City Limits 8.256 Th* Gr«attr Eings Meuatalv tigur* U dartrgd lv«« tlM •ptciod Uaitvd StotM Burtou ol th* C«naus rtpott a Icmuory 1MB. and locludna tb« H.fBO pepulotleo o- Mumbar 4 Town»hlp. and th* remaining B,lt4 frea Number 5 TownuUp, In Cleeeload County and Crowder* Mountedla Townehip in Goctoa County, Kings Mountcdn*s Bnlioble Newspaper VOL. 80 No. 40 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. Cm Thursday, October 3, 1968 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN CENT! Mur-Glo Acquires Bonnie Mill LakeMontonio Supplies W ater Adds Six Feet To York Lake; Eases Shortage While other cities throughout the Piedmont as well as over North Carolina have been feel ing critical shortages of water, Kings Mountain’s 1969 United, Chorus. $300. WdtTe'rTao "Jatt ^d campaign has been set lor! The Carolinas United Commun- United Fund Goal Set At $26,600 October 29 when a one-day effort ity Services includes support to MAKING CHRISTMAS FOR SERVICEMEN —• Busy packing ditty bags lor servicemen in Vietnam ore# left to right Mrs. Larry Hamrick, Red Cross volunteers vice-choirman, Frank Humphreys, senior po- trol lender of Troop 92, Potroi Leader John Knox McGUl and Scoutmoster Kenneth Pruitt. (Photo by Paul I,emmons). Scouts Aid Red Cross To Assure Christmas For Gls In Vietnam Pack Ditty Bags niled With Many Peisonal Items Scouts in Ti'oop 92 of First will be made to raise a quota of $26,600, it has been announced by Shuford Peeler, UF chairman. Volunteer workers will meet next Wednesday, October 9, for a training session at breakfast to be held at Kings Mountain coun try club when literature will be distilbuted and final plans laid for the drive. such state agencies as Children’s Home Society, Florence Crltten- ton Home, N. C Council on Crime and Delinquency, N. C. Mental Health Association and United Medical Research Foundation. National agencies support^ are American Social Health Associa- Officials at Lake Montonio de- cided to clean out the lake last week and on Wednesday began emptying 15 feet of water into the York road lake, one of two; •■jpi'j 188th Anniveisary Oi K. Mtn. Battle To Be Observed Sunday At 3:30 p.m. The 188th anniversary of the and eventually to our independ- Patriot Victory over the British' enie. at Kings Mountain, October 7,| from which the city gets its wat er supply. I Thus, the York road lake, which ■ was down seven feet, is now up tton. International Social Service, expect^ to carry .. .NaUonal Assdeiation of Hearing! J"™' at least an- The industrial division Is being land Speech. National RecreaUon ^ contacted this week and it ll|and Park Association, Travelers <=“rt^ent may "d- hoped UF flyer* will be distri- Aid Association. N. S. O. and the ^radv Ye ton, superintendent buted along with payroll checks, j National Assembly for Social Kings ® Peeler explained. The commercial iPoHcy and Development. ' ^ next The Empty Stocking Fund pro-1 the York road lake 1^ now STEVE WELLS Wells Is Named BBOC Assistant vWes' Christmas toys and candy i >" g<»<J shape, the ^vidson lake to chUdren of needy families and „T^"se ^' Ifl 3 COUHtieS immediate problem. ! > . . . At least the gift from Lakej Sieve Wells, son of Mr. and! will continue to reside Montonio will save the nerves of Mrs. William H. Wells of Kingsjtonia. city officials who last summer Mountain, has assumed duties asi Bonnie Mills employs 75 peo had to send to Anniston, Ala. * Assistant Director of the Blue ple, all of whom will ^ offered the Ministerial Association also distributes Chiistmas baskets to needy families and provides med icine, fuel and groceries in a Bonnie Cotton Mills, Inc., Kings Mountain’s second oldest indus try, lias been acquired by Mur-Glo Spinning Mills, Inc., subsidiary of North American Mills, Inc., the Herald learned yesterday. Carl F. Mauney, president of the mill founded here in 1900, was in a Charlotte hospital Wednesday for x-rays and una vailable for comment on the transaction. W. K. Mauney, Jr., president of Mauney Textiles, Inc., said the 'Bonnie firm “is going out of the manufacturing business and the machinery has been turned over to North American Mills for op eration”. Employees, associates and sup pliers of the sales yam niill are receiving letters this week under date of October 1 from the lessee, Manuel Kano, treasurer of North American Mills, Inc., Gastonia, told the Herald yesterday. Mr. Kane said that Harry Bridgeman of Gastonia has been made plant manager of the new operation. Mr. Bridgeman has been asso- 1 ciated with Alman Manufactur- I ing Company and has been in the ! textile field for many years in I various supervisory capacities. lie in Gas- Agencies include: Ministerial themst'ive's and others, Empty Stocking fund, $3,600; Boy Scouts, Piedmont Council, $6,0(K); them in Scoutcrafts and them patriotism, courage, i Vhnrrh'^av/h^^^‘t^‘ke! American Red Cross, $5.00; Caro-i reliance and leadership skills^ i Professor Robert G. Moss | to n ^ United Community Services, During the past year the ' imAetoriA r'niifkrro I Christmas 1968 to U^ S. Service »oeo*TiK. Viae for:c^^tyittg , r -io. canning „.sidon,s through a cru- phitheater at 3:30 P-rnjT [ - ^ jrrado Brass En-1 containing many personal All aje invitee! by I ite««.-to be f«9tribtH«Ft.fr: Christ of th<» Vi nt»drby Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revo lution and the National Park Service. This celebration memorializes i f|||||Af#|i|c SaI the outstanding victory of the! , frontier Patriots of the Carolinas, j wOIHIIIUIIIOII lilt0S Virginia, Georgia, and what is now Tennessee, over a well train ed and superior British force — led by Major Patrick Ferguson. The battle was fought on a rainy and cold Saturday afternoon. None of the British force escaped. This victory was the turning point of the Revolution in the south and gave hope to a dis couraged small and new nation. It was the first link in the chain of events that led to General George Washington's victory at Yorktown, Virginia a year later, semhle of the - Kings Mountain: , Schools, directed by Donald Dealli. I Sponsored by the American Red Cross, the project has as its goal to see that every serviceman ■ in Vietnam will be remembered ' at Christmas, accoixiing to Mrs. Larry Hamrick, vice chaiiman of World Communion and Re-i Dedication Sunday will culminate j for the Red Cross m t is a week of special services at Res-i^ff* ^ , , * , * urrection Lutheran church Sun- J y week packed 17d of the 200 bags I that will be sent from the Cleve- “Pai'tners In The Midst of i land County unit of the Ameri- Change” will be topic of the Rev.; can Red Cross. After packing Robert A. Addy at the 11 a.m.ieach bag with 18 items of perso- communion service. i nal things, which were all donat- ^ ed, either in articles or money, division will be contacted week when it is hoped to further publicize and educate payrollees on the importance of giving one time to aid the 20 agencies includ ed in the United F\md. Grady Howard, head of the fin ance and budget committee, has year-round ministry. released the following agencies j ffings *1^0 "'^uth^'where' they” borrowed'Your miles I Ridge OpportuniVy Commisrion, employment with Mur-Glo or its and their quotas for which inon-| ooys registo^ f of pi^ from a government store-j Inc in A^^he county and Educa-j parent company or affiliates, ey will be raised in the one<lay h^vs^to d^thtncT for' hoiisTto tap water from two' tional Coordinator for the bROCI said Mr. Kane. Full scale opera- ' nearby creeL^ reminded! threeoounty area. 1 tion of three shifts will begin teach they pumped water into thei Native of Kings Mountain, he j within the next few weeks, said self- local Plant from Milk Dairy | attended Grover Elementary’ i Mr. Kane. branch on Highway 74 and from! School and Central High School j Mr. Kane said he expects to on Canterbury Road,! of Kings Mountain from which! visit the plant this week and he graduated in 1960. He attend- meet with all employees. He said Appaiaehi^.Stat©.,Ujiiver«iy4 Uae j^ew ...operatipn will otter was re^juni*^ 19^2 when lie enlisted in the steady employment on a yef“ tui-ncxl this past July, he said. ' U- S. Army, serving in the Airiiwind basis. Yelton stated yesterday that In; l^ofense Artillery until -his dis-i North American Mills, InJ his 13 years as superintendent of'^’harge in 1965. ~ | Gastonia, is a leading corporati I public works he does not rt'mem-1 1966 Wells re-tmrollod in | of several textile manufacturing ber a drought such as the one Appalachian State University and subsidiaries. this area is now experiencing, i received his Bachelor of Science' Mur-Glo Spinning of Kings Because of increased dryness in Degree in social science and psy-; Mountain will manufacture 100.* the county, Forest Ranger W. D.'^bology. His previous experience percent cotton yarn of medium Ivestcr has announced that coun- in anti-poverty work incltides a j counts for its own pile fabric ty i-esidents are now required to^V^sr ^nd one half in Neighbor*, subsidiaries. Other subsidiaries at I have a burning permit to start a hood Youth Corps in Watauga its Gastonia location include a o 1 d e s t Hammett is president headed up within 500 feet of woods Avery counties. 'synthetic fibre spinning opera- from midnight to 4 p.m. Burning' Mi*- Wells is married to the f<--; tion, operating as Alman Manu- permits can be obtained from the, mcr Rosemary E. Eur>' of Ra-; facturing Company, Inc. and Candidates For District Indges To Toui County Another first in politics in Cleveland County will come off next Wednesday, October 9, when Democratic candidates for dis trict judges to be voted on in the November elections will tour the county. Their official stop ini Kings Mountain is slated at 2:25, p.m. at city hall. In the caravan will be Joe MulL of Shelby, Jim Allran of Cherry-! ville, John Friday of Lincolnton. t Louis Bulwinkle and Oscar Ma son, Jr. of Gastonia, County Democratic chairman Cameron Ware will see the cand idates off on their county tour at 8:30 a.m. in Shelby as they begin a series of such tours in District 10. Their schedule will be as fol lows: Leave Shelby 8:3^) a.m.; arrive at Lovelace's Store at Sharon, 8:40 a.m.; Boiling Springs Drug Store at 9 a.m.; Godfrey Store in Holly Springs voting precinct, 9:30 a.m.; Season’s & Tony’s Grocery at Queens, 10 a.m.; Roundup Store in Mooresboro, 10:20 a.m.; Martin’s Store in Polkville, 10:50 a.m.; Jenkins Sausage at New House, 11:10 a m.; Grigg’s Store, Polkville, 11:25 a.m.; Pruitt’s Store, Casar, 11:50 a.m-; Ledford and Lutz Apple Orchard, ,12:20 p.m. and remain for lunch. Saturday night services at 7 will feature a Youth Rally on the topic, “Caught In The Squeeze.” Friday night’s topic will bo, “The Changing Church” with church leaders to be featured. Thursday’s worship services will feature the theme, ‘The Chang ing World.” Rev. Mr. Addy is pastor of Mount Olive Lutheran church of Hickory. He served as chairman of the youth activity committee in the S. C. Lutheran Synod and at present is a member of the committee on evangelism of the N. C. Lutheran Synod. they were taken to Container CoiTKiration where they were packaged for shipment. The packages have been taken to Charlotte to the Red Cross Chapter house where they will be picked up by a J. P. Stevens Co. van and carried to tho West Coast, this service being donated also to save the chapter's money. Articles contained in each ditty bag include: stretch socks, wash cloths, handkerchiefs, dental floss, nail clips, deck of cards, writing tablet, self-seal envelopes, comb, kleene^c, kool-aid, small tin (Continued On Page Six) Uirtted Fund, $330; Girl . ' l,0e« mjiiUapy f«irtW« m i , Pioneer (WtIhff’ Itnd (ms B,QO0^- pints The borrowed i.4pmg Mountain “ High Schofrf band,, Wood wvre collected which rep- $2,200; Rescue Squad, $3,750; j r^nts a potential cost of ^9,000 Kings Mountain High School i fContinued On Page 8%xf County's Oldest Church Sanctuary Dressed Up In $20,000 Renovation Cleveland County’s oldest Hammett is prei church, Shiloh Presbyterian at I this committee. u 4 Shiloh Presbyterian church was organized about 1780, according to early records of the church. The church was called Calvaiy and later changed to Shiloh. The terfor walls and trimming of theej first settlers in Grover were stain-glass window's, refinishing,Scotch-irish, German and Dutch of pews, and addition of antique and had migrated from Pennsyl- Grover, recently had her sanctu ary renovated in a project which cost $20,000. New chancel furniture, green carpeting, repainting of the in gold drapes to the altar area were included in the refurbishing. The interior has been painted. an off-white, the sanctuary has! several years ago, described vania to the South whore land was plentiful. Mrs. M. C. Hardin wTiting a history of the church ranger’s office or from any of his authorized agents. been air conditioned and a new sound system has been installed. Several pews were removed from the sanctuaiY and the entire wor ship area was redesigned. Chairman of the committee on renovation was Charlie HariT- these people as remarkable, es pecially remarkable for courage and ability to stand hardshio.” The first two churches made of logs and earthen floors burned, but in 1872 the Southern Railroad w’as erected north of the church Jeiry Dean Hope Fatally Injured In Auto Accident Funeral sei*vices for Jerry Dean I recreation. Other members of the committee i building, a station was located a were Mrs. Holmes HariY, Mrs. • from the church and a town Miss Rhododendron Is Guest Of Fair Today W. A. Hambright, Travis Smith, Vardell Neal and William Ham- bright. The remodeling program also included renovation of the ladies lounge in the fellowship hall of the church. The Women of the church of which Mrs. William afternoon Lawndale schedule in- The colorful and e.xciting 1968 Cleveland County Fair enters its third day today with another stale beauty queen to be featur ed guest thrcugh Friday. Miss Brenda Heath. 21-year-old lovely from Fayetteville who is the reigning North Carolina Rho dodendron Queen and acclaimed to be one of the most beautiful and most talented young ladies in America, will appear before the grandstand audience tonight and will continue her visit at the 45th annual exposition through tomorrow. Typical fair weather has pre vailed over the sprawling grounds so far this week with Manager E L. Weathers expressing satisfac tion at opening day crowds and with the fair in general. j The grandstand is offering two! i spectacular features in Jack| /' Kochman’s Hell Drivers and the The du^s Lawndaio Posf Office. Lei„hs. both perform. 12:o0 P^; Stameys Store. Palls.,. ^ • ion. 1:^1 P-m.; Hre pepartmen .Kochman thrill showl' Wa«). 2 p.m^: Wares Orchard, swift.moving autos and I ^thware. 2:30 p.m.: Kings performed for| Mountain City Hall, 2.45 P-^V', niomhers of the press 'ast nightl] Hambright-s Store Grover, 3:20 ^ breath-taking performance:' ® r ’ "•'"•M along with the^Leighs and their- Fhilbe(»k .s Store, Patterson; ^ Springs, 4 p.m. [ {Continued on Page^G) * ! Mr. Ciawioid's Riles Conducted FYineral rites for Mrs. Vlnnle Littlejohn Crawford, 90, were held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from Kings Mountain Baptist church of which she was a member. Rev. James Wilder, her pastor^ officiated at the final rites and interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. Crawford died Sunday aftfmoooi at 4 p.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital after j«eve.ral years Ulness. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Little john. Her husband, William James Crawford, died in 1947. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Harold Coggins; tiwo sons, Harold Crawford and Wilson Crawford, all of Kings Mountain; a brother, D. G. Littlejohn of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mrs. K. V. Coleman and Mrs.; began to grow called Whitaker at first and later named Grover. The church plant was moved, though but a mile, from South Carolina info North Carolina, but took the plant from the Pres- byteiy of Bethel to the Pi'esby- ter>' of Mecklenburg. The present church plant was completed in December 1926. Architects for the renovation project were Holland & Riviere of Shelby. Contractor was A. A. Ramsey & Sons, Inc. of Shelby. Baptist Series Opens Sunday community organization, and co- _ _ ordinating Heat Start programs, Hope, 25, of 102 W. Gold Street]!Basic Education^ and High were conducted Tuesday at 4 p.m.; Equivalency Classes and from Trinity Baptist Church in Bessemer City with the Rev. Har old Bazzic, the Rev. Parry Whis- nant and the Rev. John Frazier officiating. Interment followed in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Hope, who was killed Saturday night in an automobile accident at the intersection of Highway 74 and Lynwood Road, one mile east of Kings Mountain, was a former employee of The Kings Mountain Herald, having worked on this paper on three different occas ions. He was first employed as a printCT in 1962 for a few months and served short, periods again in 1963 and in 1965. The accident occurred around leigh and she is also a graduate^ Kane Knitting Mills, Inc., that of Appalachian in special educa-j covers its grelge goods manufac- tion. She is teaching at Riverview'taring and carpet tufting opera- Elementary school this year. j lions. Also involved in the com- Presently residing in the Bald-^plex are South Finishing Corn- win community, they have one,pany, pile fabrics and North A- daughter, Kellene, four years old.! merican Dye Works, a piece dye- In his new position, Mr. Wells ^tattmpnt will be directing BROC programs j MAUNET STA-TEMENT in Ashe county which Include i W. K. Mauney, Jr., a director of Bonnie Cottoi: Mills, confirm ed the transaction, stating: “In the absence of the Prosi- ‘ dent of Bonnie Cotton Mills, Inc., Carl F. Mauney who is in the hos pital undergoing a check-up, it falls on me to confirm the an nouncement by Mr. Kane of North American Mills of Gas tonia, that they have acquired the plant and village of Bonnie Cot ton Mills. Rev. Ansel Pruitt, pastor of City View Baptist church of Greenville, S. C., is evangelist for revival services which began Sunday and continue through October 13th at Chestnut Ridge Baptist church. fCoyitinucd on Page Six) “The Bonnie Colton Mill is the oldest textile plant in Kings Mountain in continuous operation. It obtained its charter in 1900. For 68 years the Mauney family has owned and operated this plant which has manufactured Services twill begin on Sunday! yarns. The time has come at 11 a.m. Evening services will! in the cotton yam business that be at 7 p.m. | ^ plant as small as the Bonnie i Cotton Mill cannot compete with Rev. Mitchell Pruitt is pastorjthe larger plants. We feel that of the church. Jaycees Secure 75-inin Will Build Permanent Howitzer; Monument Kings Mountain Jaycees have Is expected later. , structure is completed, received a 1943 75-mm Howitzer! Efforts of the Jaycees havei Tiie Howitzer was donated by which arrived Monday from an!been underway since June to se-;ihe government but local Jaycees arsenal in Anlston, Ala. andioure the cannon and through'paid for having it de-militarized which will be dedicated in apprc- John Henry Moss and Congress-; and for shipping, which ran a- priate ceremony at an early date, their .efiforis along-with Mayor j round $200. Funds for the pro-^ it was learned yesterday from, man Jim Broyhill has just boen'ject were derived from the sale! 'to „ the City of Kings Mountain, the I owners and employees of Bonnie 1 Cotton Mill, will be better served ' by the merging of the Bonnie Mills into the North American Mills group. “On behalf of the owners of the Bonnie Cotton Mill, I would like to say to the loyal employees of this company that we appre ciate their many years of service with the company, and we feel ybu will be in good hands with the new owners as they are good reliable manufacturers, and we understand they will offer jobs to most all present employees of Joe Smith. Jaycec president. ! secured. It will be placed on the of American flags last flag day.j Architect’s drawings are imder-lsame pedestal as the old cannon Dedication services will be an way for a permanent mounting| until an appropriate setting and nouncod later, of the cannon with the structure to include plaques containing vie- tims of the Korean and Vietnam wars. The cannon will replace the MISS BRENDA HEATH Miss Rhododendron Frank Mayfield, both of Pacolet, i ®"®,“ S. C., and three grandchildren. ' P^^stal in front ^ the Joy The- I atre and given by the city of Active pallbearers were Torn! Kings Mountain for scrap metal Tate. W. T. Weir. Jake Hord. j during World War II. John Weaver. A. U. Tindall, and Smith said the history of the Gene Roberts. ' cannon has not been rec€4\cd but Cosmetology Class I Elects Ofllcors I Rita Crawfoid has been elected ' president of the School of Cos metology at Kings Mountain high school for the coming year. Other officers include Betty Upchurch, vice-president; San;^ Short, secretaiY; Jane Sanders, historiSin; Jean Davis, treasurer: Jimmy ^rney, chaplain; and Jud>' DclUngeri editui'i