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Popnlation Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8,256 Tho Gicater Slog* Mountalr ttgur* li dtrivtd from tli« •pcctol Ualt«d StatM Bur«<m of th* Cansui report • loauary )9W. and include* tbe 14.990 population e Numbor 4 Township, and tho romolning 6,124 Iron Mumber S Township, in Clovoland County and Crowdor* Mountala Towaohlp la Gootoa County. I. Jrjiiir;s£ Kings MonnlolnV Kaliobla Nawspoper VOL 80 No. 42 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, iN. C., Thursday, October <17, 1968 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN CENVi !#♦- l ^ TSnfj DRUMMING UP TRADE — Readying for the Rotaiy Club'i white elephont sale on Thunday. October 24, are, left to right. Tom Tate, Wilson Griifin. Senator Jack White and Chorles Mouney. Senator White is one ol five auctioneers who will conduct the sale and Mouney is Rotary president. (Photo by Isaac Alexander). Rotariaos Will Combine Fun Night, White Elephant Sale October 24 City Enjoying Busy Building Period * * « 4> * « ♦ 4^ ♦ * * 4( ♦ ♦ * * I6ay Hosiery 289 Names Added lo Registration yj’JS jj; All indications point to a real fun night for Rotarians, their Ro- taryannes and the public on Thursday, October 24, when auc tioneers will hawk a variety o; wares from which profits are earmarked for three of the club's favoi'ite charities. Rotary president Charles Mau- ney, urging all area citizens to join in the iwhite elephant sale, said proceeds will go to the Kings Mountain Hospital’s building program, the Gaston Oral School tor Hearing Impaired Children, Inc., and the Kings Mountain mixed chorus. Also, proceeds will be used for a scholarship pro gram or student loan fund the club is trying to reactlvafo this year. “We need spectators as well as buyers for this fun session’’, Mauney said yesterday, “and hope all will come witli arms la-| ' den with goods to be auctioned.” j Many new items will be offer-! ed for sale, he said, such as cig arette lightei-s, articles of furni ture, household accessories, throw rit^s, lamps, stools or benches, items of jewelry, ti-ansistor and FM radios, socks, and many oili er items. Also, anyone interested in sell ing articles on a commission ba sis is invited to do so, Mauney explained. The club will work out commissions with individuals! who desire to do this. Auctioneers who will be a big| part of the fun event will he Sen-’ alor Jack White, Dr. John McGill,. Mayor John Henry Moss, the' Rev. Charles Easley and Ed Go-1 ter. I Members of the Rotary Clubj will pick up articles to be auc-; tioned if called, it .was announc-l cd. I The even! will be held at 8, p.m. at the National Guard Arm-| ory. 4^" CONGRESSMAN BROTHILL BioyhillWm Dedicate Cannon will be dedicated as a permanent memorial to victims of the Kor ean and Vietnam Wars hero Fri day afternoon at 5 p.m. ceremon ies. U. S. Congre.ssman James Broy- West KM Leads WithlZS Names; OpenSatniday Registration activity was .’orlsk Saturday at the fom* No. 4 Tbwfi- sbip polling places as a total of 289 citizens added their names to the pollbooks. Most activity was reported at the West Kings Mountain pre cinct where .Mrs. George B. "Tho- masson and Mrs. Winston Miller registered a total of 128 persons. The two sisters were lilling in for^eir mother, Mrs. J. H. Ar thur, called to Houston, Texas, due to the illness of .daughter Jean Arthur Harris. Second busiest rogistration place was at the East ' Kings Mountain precinct at City Hall, Mrs. Nelle Cranford said she added 83 names of eitlzcns- to the pollbooks and noted several transfers. Mrs. A. E. Costnor reg istered 44 Bethware citizens and .Mrs. J. B Ellis added the names of 32 new Grover voters to the j Grover pollbooks. Polling place I at Bethware is Bethware school. Polling place at Gro'ver is Grover Rescue Squad building. The polling places will remain! open again Saturday, from 9 a.m.i until 6:30 p.m., and on Saturday,- The rain didn’t keep the crowds October 26lh. Saturday. Novem- away from the Woman’s duo flo- her 2. will be ChaUervgc Day. ral fair Wednesday. i Unregistered citizens who Cx- Kings Mountain’s 65th annual ipect to vote !n the November Sth fair was also attracting a record' election must visit their precincts number of exhibitors. | in person to accomplish registra- There were bright smiles on the: tions. New residents tW the coun faces of fairgoers who were enjoy-' ty from out-of-state must have ing the rain, the food, and the ex-1 residence here 30 days prior to hibits which ranged from pink.Uhe election alttk register before yellow and red roses to iioedte»H>elng eHslklo-Ag..voterrlU' work, handcraft, children’s. art_'dcpts frw -tn-statc mast er»y handmade jewelry, crochet and; register 20 days prior to the elec- hobbies, horticulture specimens:tlon. In-slatc residents do not : <>« Record ExhDiits. Ciowds Attend noial Fair k ■ks' rr— and bazaar items. One now exhibit was drawing praise from the fairgoeis who were complimentary of the pro ducts produced in Kings Mountain via the various industries. The I story of cotton from the stalk to j the finished product was empha- 1 sized in Sadie Mills' exhibit. Lith- ! ium Corporation of America also ' told the story of lithium via an A 1943 7.0-mm Howitzer cannon exhibit. i “Growing In Knowledge and Culture’’ was theme of the com munity festival. One spectator commented: ‘ I’ve seen some bigger fairs that didn’t offer the public things like '.he BEAlfllFT SCHOOL — ThzM agtieultura "girl" itu lente shown mulching newly rooted shrubs at Kingi MeuBtaill High Sdiool az«, toft to right. Barbara Bledsoe, Foye Gilliam and Patricia Collins. (Photo by Isaac Alexander) Gals Going Back Down On The Farm? 21 Enrolled In Agricultural Classes have to establish residency. Registrar Nelle Cranford also called attention of tum-out of 2700 now voters at registration ^ places in Charlotte during the first day the pollbooks opened Saturday. hill of Lenoir will formally dedi-, woman’s club fair” cate the cannon which has been obtained by Jaycees and is mount ed on a pedestal in front of the Joy Theatre on S. Railroad ave nue. Mayor John H. Moss will ac cept the gift on behalf of the city. The cannon replaces the old one that W'as given by the city of Kings Mountain for scrap metal during World War H. E.'forts of the Jaycees have Continued On Page 8 Co-chairmen of the fair were .Mrs. W. D. Werner and Mrs. Ray mond Holmes. President of tho Woman’s club is Mrs. E. W. Griff in. DIXON SPEAKER Clay Edwards, senior minis terial student at Wake Forest, will fill the pulpit at the 9:30 a.m. mornintw worship service Sunday at Dixon Presbyterian church. Pancake Suppei Precedes Game Kings Mountain area footba-U fans who plan to attend the Kings Mountain - Shelby game Friday night in Shelby have been invited to attend the Shelby Ki- wanis Club’s annual pancake sup per which will be served between 3 p.m. and gametime. The supper, which will feature country sausage and maple syrup along with pancakes, will be held in the high school cafeteria. K1- wanians are advertising "all you can eat” for $1, including child ren and adults. Kiwanians Leon Lemon and Andy Treadway are co-chairmen of this year’s event. Re-Elect Whitener Plea Of Fellow Democrats Shades of grandpa’s day! Are the girls planning to go back down on the farm? i YoiCd tlualt so over at Kings Motnttain *Sluoi where, for Uibjdnrt fira'a in the .Wsiniy ef^he school, there are 23 gWs export • monttng with aferjcpltqral tech niques arfd aite enrolled in agii- cultural courses. These students are front the junior and lenior cla^s at the local high school and all are of ficial members of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) organ ization. By their membership they are entitled to all the privlleiges ol tho organization. One course the girls have chos en is Ornamental Horticulture in which they master such skills as plant propagation, home beauti fication and landscaping. Flower arranging and greenhouse man agement are also included In their studies. Another course is agricultural construction in which they learn furniture cqnstmction and finish ing, upholstery and building c6n- struction. And how arc they getting along learning their new skills? Agricultural (cachers M. L. Campbell, Charles Knight and G. W. Silver report “so far, so good.” The girls’ invasion of former male subjects at least puts them on equal footing in agriculture. After all. menfolk have already gone into such former female lines as nursing, hair styling and cosmetology, just lo mention a few. DEBBIE PLONK ! Debbie Plonk DAB Citizen Hi';h school senior Deborah Ann Plonk, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. John B. Plonk of Kings Mountain, has been selected DAR GcMid Citizen to represent the lo cal Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter. She was chosen by the senior class and senior teachers on the basis of dependability, service, leadership, and school patriotism. In spite of a very bu.sy srhed- Continiicd On Page night B) GRACE HAMRICK | “Send Basil L. Whitener back to Washington” was the unani mous plea of Democratic office holders througliout North Caro lina and the nation’s capilol who swelled the crowd at Gastonia’s Armory Tuesday night in a 10th district rally for Whitener. Among tho group were several supporters from the Kings Moun tain area. ' Bringing tcgelhcr possil)ly the largest number of slate officials; for a single galhrring since the Governor’s inaugeration, Senator! Robert Byrd of West Vilginia was tile keynote speaker wiio sound ed the .sentiment of liis fellow Democrats when be tol.l the ap-' plauding c rowd "if you fail lo re eled Basil Whilener to Hie U. S. House of Represenlalives it w’ill be a loss lo the distrlel, lo Hie' state, and to that groat Republic the United Stales of .America.”, Piei-eding Senator Byrd on the^ speaker’s platform wei:e Goveinor! Dan iVIoore; candidate Pat Taylor for lieub'nant governor; Senator Sam F.rvin; and Congre.ssman! I Whitener. I ' Governor Moore (who received BASIL WHITENER a liearty “yeali” from the bleach ers by granddaughter Jcannelle Hamilton) told the- congregation he basetl his actions on one single rule is it good for North Oero- llna? “And,” he said, “it will be good for us lo elect all Democratic nominees and we can feel without any contradiction that it will be good to rc-elect Basil Whitener. "He has represented the people of his district well, clear amd loud, and I liaye always found Basil in the foreground in any thing facing North Carolina . . . especially in textiles.” Pat Taylor’s short comment summed up his feelings . . . “It would be a tragedy if we don’t send Basil back to Congress.” Whitener told his supporters his greatest dividend in serving was receiving and developing close and warm friendships. “One thing I like about the parly is that we do not agree ori political philosophy ail the time but we do agree that we hav6 a great loam that can lead North Carolina to greater heights,” he said. “The Democratic party can take special pride in the service it has given.” ! Senator Ervin insisted “ab^ve everything else we re-elect Basil Whitener.” He cited three "great qifalities” in Whitener: a good mind that reaches inteliigent con- elusions; . an honest mtsd; tutd Continued On Puye (Ught Putty. Scompy Safe At Home Puffy and Seampy, two lost poodles who have been the ob ject df a wide search, were re turned Monday to their owners in Laurinburg, Mrs. Frances West said Wednesday. Mrs. West is grandmother of Mrs. Sarah Frances Mauney Roper, formerly of Kings Moun tain, owner of the female pood les, both black, one a toy ind one a miniature. The pets were returned by two cousins of an elderly couple who piciced them up on U.S. 15- 401 in Laurinburg Saturday afternoon. The couple, accord ing to newspaper reports, told another passerby they would re turn the well-bred poodles to their owners. Cousins of the alleg ed dognappers saw the news story and heard of the detective work Continued On Page Eight Jaycees Observe { Awards Night At | Tuesday Meeting Larry Smith was recipient of| the Sparkplug award for contri-' buting oulstanding service during his first year as a member of thej Kings Mountain Jaycees, the a- ward given at that group’s regu lar meeting Tuesday evening at the country club. In addition to tho Sparkplug award, four others were given SPOKE awards for outstanding neriormances for a year or more. They were Gerald ’rhomasson. Joe Smith, Frank Hinson and Bobby Myers. Program for the evening was the final "speakup” contest be tween Larry Smith and Fred Fos- Continued On Page Eight The city is enjoying one of its busiest periods of consitucHon in recent history. Gay Hosiery Mill, which obtain ed a building permit this week to erect an addition to Cleveland Hosiery Mill on E. Gold street is newest firm to join the build ing boom. Cost of the building is estimat, ed to be $5,000. The new addi- I tion will employ aipproximately 130. George Ruppe, general maiu i ager of Cleveland Hosiery, was ' in Pilot Mountain on business Wednesday and unavailable to comment on the new building plans. 'Buildin’j got underway at the site this week with Hobert Dye as general contractor. Hoke Elec tric holds the electric contract and Dilling Heating holds the j heating contract. I Approximately 1,200 jobs will be provided by now industries and additions to present plants going up in the area, L. E. Hin- nant and J. Ollie Harris, co- chaiiTnen of the mayor’s industry committee, have estimated. Frederickson Motor Lines, which expects to begin constnic- tion soon of a new terminal on York road, began grading at the site this week. Oxford Industries, which is building a 200,000 square feet building on York road bettween Frederickson Street and Floyd Street and expects to employ 709 persons, mostly women, got con- jStruction underway this week. Work On Dependable Knit's 30,000 square loot building is pro- ! gressing well. The plant will em- j ploy 40 persons. I Carolina Throwing Company I reports construction work on its 130,000 square foot addition ;golng ' well. .... I Kinder,^ Manufacturing Com- ! pany in 'Kings Mountain Indus-. ' trial Park is building a 47,000 square foot building to employ approximately 200. Work on the Neighborhood Fa cilities Building has begun. 'The two-story building will approxi mate 32,000 square ifect of floor space. The former Imperial Theatre building on W. Mountain street lias been razed and work on an addition to Friendly Billiards is underway. The old building housing Fasli- ion Laundry & Cleaners on E- King street has been replaced by a modem, new drycleaning facili ty. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Austin moved into the new quarters this week. ;. Topographical surveys are now Continued On Page Eight Moss Named CAGO Chainnan I Kings Mountain Mayor John] H. Moss was elected chairman of j the Cleveland Association of dbv-! emment Officials at its quarter-! Iji meeting Monday night. The Kings Mountain mayor has] previously served a term as CA-| GO president.' He will succeed, Buddy Young as cliairman fori the coming year. Other officers are George CUiy,' Vico •• echairman; Schools Siipt.' Don Jones of Kings Mountain as secretary; and Shelby City Man ager David Wilkinson, treasurer. In its fifth year, CAGO began as a, mcctlni grounds for officials oif Kings Mounlain, Shelby, and tho Cltycland County Board; of Commissioners. CAGO then ac-i qulred membership from all tnu-j nidpalitics in the county and be-' gan discussing various problems such as the need for computers, poverty in the county and water cdnsqniptian. At the same time the’ association won such fame for its siNcess with fostering gov ernment programs like commun ity action that it was one of 10 communities In the II. S. recog- niz^ fOr showing outstanding in- ter^vernmental worlsings. Former Kings Mountain Man Mixes Art, Science For Successful Career On weekdays Tom McDaniel isilast year and hangs in Elizabeth's look about 50 hours! chief technologist and head of the bcdicHjm. The work is a dream- McDaniel hopes next to do a School of Radiologic Technology | like mood of Hie youngster seated portrait of his wife. "I already at York, S. C., General Hospital at a window looking outside. .know the mood," he says, "and 1 McDaniel says “It’s supposed | already see tho colors, tile lights to be a girl daydreaming just be-1 and shadows.” fore (wiiight, hut to me,it’s real-1 He has exhibited in several ly a little girl just before grow-, shows and is working toward a McDaniel Is enthusiaslic about ing up. I guess I feel this way be-'one-man show but has no desire l)is job. and at age 32, he becamei cause in just the time it took to to paint professionally. He e»- thc youngest man ever to com-1 finish the painting, Elizabeth plains that there has always plele a fellowship- in the Ameri- And Elizabeth thinks her father been an interest in the arts in his Mn Society of Radiologic Te<-h-1 owes her approximately $4,000 in family and that “art to us as nolugist. It is for liis p<’rsonal modeling fees since the worls Continued On Page Eight and a full-time .scientist... but on the weekends, he becomes apart time artist. Formerly of Kings Mountain satisfaction Htai two years ago ho began to paint. At ills job, tile x-ray tcctinoio- gist positions the patient, makes and developes Hie x-rays after which they arc turned over to a radiologist to read. The radiolo gist, he explains, is a specialist who has gone lo medical scliool, done his internship and thenj spent several .years in his spec-j ialty. The x-ray technologist is, really an ambassador who rcpre-i sents lo Ihc paliont a man with ii| lot of cxp«‘ricnce and ctlucation.i nio artist side of McDaniel is! a more reserve ] p«-rsonago. After! observing liim in tho hosi>ilal’s‘ modern, "efjielency” interior with its white walls, at home he is with splaslips of color and refin-! ished anH(|uea. it is here on -Mid- wood Circle in York that he lives with his wife Joyre, their three children and about 35 ot his; paintings. j Espe<-ialiy liking portraiture, his favorite is a portrait in oil of' his 10-year-old daughter, Eliza- i helh, a painting he completed changed from a little girl to ai young lady.” I mj SCIENTIST-ARTIST — Tom McDaniel U pictuied with a pednt- Ing he exhibited recently at the York-Chester Artists Guild. Formerly ol Kings Mountoin, he is chiei technologist and head o< the School of Radiologic Technology at York Conerol Hospitql.