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F Population I Graafer Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8.256 Tb« Grt«t«r llagt Mountols tlquf U dtrlTtd from tho •poeiol Uallo4 Stotoi Buroou oi tho Ceosus rtperl o Juuory IBM, ond laeludoft th# 14,980 popul^oa o Wtwifcar 4 TowmUp, oad tht romalnlng 8,184 froa S Towaship. ta Clovolcmd Couaty oad CrowdN* ***B4oia Tooraohlp la Gottoa Couaty. V^ mvr.n Kings Mountain's Boiiabio Nowspoper ■VA- Pages Today f'OL. 80 No. 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 5, 1968 Seventy-Bgnth Year PWCETEN CENT! Fublic Hearing Tuesday On City limits Extension Merchants Ready For Yule mi. Five Wrecks, No Hurts. During Week Five wrec'ks here in the past week resulted in no injuries to person. Most major in property dam age was a collision early Tues day afternoon at the corner of Sims and West Gold streets in volving cars driven by Dr. George Plonk ami Paul Hetior Roberts. Roberts driving a Burton cab, was traveling east on Gold. Plonk north on Sims. Roberts said Dr. I Five More Ask Buying Merchants Open Friday Nights; Inventories Good Kings Mountain took on a Christmas season appearance, Plonk stopped then proceeded in- ihis week as retailers put interior j to his path. Dr. Plonk said he and window decorations at the, failed to see the Roberts car. top or the work list. Police wroc’k report listed dam ago to the Plonk car at $1000, to The business section Christmas lights wore turned on for the first time last Friday, day after; Early Monday night cars driv- Thanksgiving, and their appear- on by Jeri'y Wayne Crocker, of ance added a festive note to tlie Spartanburg, S. C., and Allen evonin;s. Wayne Manns, of Dallas, collid ed at the ntorsection of East Meantime, the buying pace, v leveland avenue. The duickoned as early Christmas pQjjf.0 repoi. (luotes Manns as City Scouts Hoaor Foi Inclusion n , . r* IT In City Limits Scoutmaster railsi Reid Strickland Is Awarded Eagle Ranh By MARTIN HARMON Major items of business at Tuesday night’s 6:30 p.m. regular December meeting of the city commission will be public hcar- ’ ings on extension of the city lim- I its. i The projected extension to the ! southwest of about 425 acres Would be the largest extension ' since 1923. The other is a nine-acre ex- Dooley To Speak {At Grid Banquet lions Honoring Mountaineers; Five Trophies fj CHAIRMAN — Boyce Hanna, president and general monager of Cleveland County Broadcost> log end other Hanna group en> tezprisee of Shelby, will head the 1909 March of Dimes cam paign in the county. Hanna To Head Dimes Appeal Boyce Hanna, president and ^^noral manager of Cleveland Broadcasting and other group enterprises, will ^ serve as chairman of the 1969 March of Dimes to raise $7500 to fight birth defects in Cleveland County. Co-chairmen in Kings Mountain and No. 4 Township are Bennett' Masters and Miss Elizabeth Stew art. The local drive will be con ducted in January. Drive leaders were appointed by Charlie Harry of Grover,, chairman of the Cleveland Coun ty Chapter of the March of Dimes, at a recent meeting of campaign officials in Shelby. Two new targets in the 1969 research program of the March of Dimbs are: crippling rheuma-. told arthritis, a disease which af-l fects mainly the young adult, and at present has no known cure, and birth defects, an af-i flrction in all segments of society.' Hanna cited a need to inform citizens that a large portion of the funds go to help local people, as well as to provide hospitals and care centers for those born with serious birth defects. j “Polio was once thought to be a hopeless disease”, continued Hanna. “I urge everyone to look around and see how’ closely arth ritis and birth defwts have conie to our own homes.”, he added. Special projects i f the month-1 K g drive will be conducted by: ic and seiwiee organizations. VFWTo Organize An Auxiliary : shopping began. Merchants re ported sales at a brisker pace, a ' pace expected to quicken from now until Christmas Eve. Inventories are good and re tailers think they’re in good shape to handle demands of all custo mers. Most merchants have suspend ed the mid-week half holiday on Wednesday and plan to be open six days a week to aecommodate Yule shoppers. In addition, most merchants plan to be open until 9 p.m. Friday nights to accom modate Christmas shoppers. saying he failed to see the stop sign, as he was traveling west on Ridge. Damage to the autos was listed at $125 each. Sunday night cars diivcn by Randolph Vernon King, of Rock Hill, S. C.. and Martha Patricia Blanton, 811 Ramseur Street, York Road and East Gold. The Blanton car struck the King car as King attempted a right turn. Damage to the King car was listed at $75 and to the Blanton vehicle at $30. Early Sunday afternoon cars of Ted Franklin Ford, 301 Fair- view street, and Douglas Roland ' Eaves. 305 N. Gaston i clashed. Police reported Otis Falls, Jr., for 20 years a Kings Mountain scoutmaster, was recognized “for outstanding serv ice to boy scouting” by more than 100 local Scouts and Scoul- ers from five local troops Tues day night. The occasion was first city wide meeting of Boy Scout Troops 90, 91, 92, 93, and 404. The walkway to City the tension at the northwest intersec tion cf NC 161 and Interstate 85. | The southwest annexation area ^ listed initially 20 exceptions or* omitted “islands” not petitioned, including 19 property owners. Since the public hearing was or-; dered, five property owners in the' area have petitioned for inclusion. ^ The added petitioners are Hen-: ry P. Noisier, George B. Thomas- Hall Bobby M. Bridges (now owner " of the former McDaniel jiropei ly i ^ EAGLE SCOUT — Reid Strick land received his Eagle award, Scouting's highest honor, at Tuesday's city-wide meeting ot Boy Scouts ot City Hall. Raptist Junior Choir To Sing 'courtroom. Where the prairam:- ^ 'A"..i'-Hord. (Mr. Horh, however, peii , tioned conditionally - asking; points of the Boy Scout Laws. * hvLIh!’ Ruarantec his residence would be friendly, courteous, kind, obodi- ^ * j * .u u, ent, chLrfuI, thrifty, brave, clean =“""1 ' Adoption of the annexation ordi- fore eaeh. Scorns f^m First , "culd add approximately Ken Pi-uitt IS scoutmaster, made ^ m, ,, i 1 the arrangementa for the pro gram and were in charge of the, setting and varsol burning in *^ w . . . ot- : tincans along the walkway which i InterstaU> 85 was Joffectiveiy stressed the Scout, accommodate with The 27-voic*e Junior Choir ofiT^^ I <-»ty utilitie.s a company project- Kings Mountain Baptist church, Ing a 288-unit motel, with 76 will present a program of Christ- Matt Pouchak, assistant Scout-, units to be built immediately. . j mas music Sunday afternoon at master of Troop 91, opened thel This annexation will also in- streer.i ^ ^ \ meeting and 74^ group shiging-ol i ©Uide. the Gulf service station The program will be under thej'^The Star Spangled Banner”. As| fronting on York Road. J. C. Bridges^ spotlighted at the; Another item of business Turs 19^ special census by the U. Bureau of the Census). The .southern annexation at GI In Vietnam Says"Thanks" Cadette Girl Scout Tnx^p 200 received a thank you note this week for a Christmas package sent to a Kings Mountain serv iceman in Vietnam. Christmas-season project of the troop was to send gift pack ages to all area men stationed in Vietnam. Paul Seism, Kings Mountain native, wrote Glencla Stroupe, project chairman: Dear Girls,. I was so glad to receive the package you sent, you don’t know how much. I thank you all for it. It is not too hard over here wiien you know the ones back home really care about all the boys in Vietnam. Although I have been wourid- ed twice since I have been in Vietnam, the people and citizens of Kings Mountain keep my hopes up because I know they real.'y care. 1 wish 1 could thank you all , j u personally for ,he package and ' maybe I can when I come home. Thanks again and may we all pray for peace.” Signed Paul Seism Bill Dooley, head football coach at the University of North Caro lina. will be guest speaker at the annual Kings Mountain Lions Club football banquet Tuesday niglit, Dec. 10, at the Woman’s Club at 7 p.m. The banquet annually honors the Kings Mountain High School ! football squad. This year’s team I finished fourth in its division of I the Southwest 3-A Conference I with a 5-5 overall record, j Hi'ghliltgihting the event will be tile presentation of trophies, the George Plonk Most Valuable Player Award, the Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy, and John Gam- ! ble Scholastic TYophy, and the Most Improved Player Award, which is given by the coaching staff. Trophies will also be pre sented to All-County players by Radio Station WADA of Shelby. The four members of the Bill Bates, Bob Hussey, Blaine Frone- I berger and Bill Cashion, vote on i the MVP, MIP and best blocker. .The Gamble Scholastic Trophy iThank ingi >ou for remember- ; 8°^® varsity player with Clevaland Native Has Role In Movie front of the courtroom, the uni- pwwaram will irvcliHle fhp. ScOUts StOOd tO plcdgC Mrs. Fairy Hancock Sykes, has ; rear by Ford’s Rambler French carol "He I*! Rorn”*^ ^**^^*®*^^^ the role of Diane Varsi’s moth- i Early Saturday morning cars .carol He is Born ,, er in "Killers Three”, which will of Ronnie Lee Stroupe, Route 2,: Linio Eamb^jjy ^ movie. “Footprints In 1 was stopped on Linwood road to make a left tujm into Churoh: «**^ccUon ^ Mrs^ When his car was struck in the and Mrs. D. F. Hold, directors. be shown in Kings Mountain at the Joy Theatre December 16- 18. The movie, filmed in Ram- scur this summer, was produc ed by Dick Clark and stars Clark. Mis.s Varsi, Robert Walk er and a lot of Randolph County folk in the story of a group of bootleggers. "Killers Three” was recently premiered in Greens boro and showed last week in Shelby. Not only does Mrs. Sykes act in the film, she also wrote one part of it. according to her sis ter, Mrs. E. L. Nolen of Shelby. Mr.s. Sykes is youngest daugh ter of tho late Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hancock of Cleveland County. She attended Bethware schtxjl here. She moved from the area at age 17 to A.sheboro. Mi^s. Sykes al.so wrote the song. "I Wont Tc Your Church La.st Sun day.” 'and Bobby Perkins, route 1, col- “*Jcsu, Jesu, Slumber Now" by p|Qy,0pj.|„g..^ ^Y\e story 'IWecl as Perkins was turning in- Young; “fAtllf.by Italian folk to East King street into York; me ody; •Little Lord Jesus by Road. Damage to the Stroupei Wilson; "African Noel . Liberian ear was listed at $200. to the! folk Song; and "Kevins Carol by Faircloth I Members of the choir are Brad I Austin, Chuck Austin, Vickie B(h I holer, Stanley Bridges, Joy I Bridges. Janet Bridges, Terri 1 Ca.sh, Sheila Dixon, Keith Frank lin, Bobby Cox, Steve Hicks, Mar- 1 ion Hord, Nancy Herd, Elaine of two young boys and their quest for fun and adventui*e in scouting, followed. York Road Low Bid$691A63 Perkins car, none. | County Sells Hospital Ronds , Hullender, Cynthia Johnson, Kings Mountain hospital bonds, Johnson. Marvin Johnson, amounting to $500,000 were sold Roberts, Douglas Stoll, j in Raleigh Tuesday by the Local Ke^ny stoll, Jane Tate, Tommy I Government Commission and|'p^,0^ Q^eg Tindall, Harriet Wil- 'North Carolina National Bank of^jg^ Margaret Owens, Ronnie Mor- nounced that Elmer LumberCom- I Charlotte was low bidder. rison and Michael Smith. : pany had donated the redwood I Interest cost on the bonds were. The interested immunity is fora directional sign to the 4.3166 per tent. First bonds reach^ invited to attend the service, said^ campsite. maturity January 1, 1969, with^j^ey James M. Wildei', pastor, ini Upcoming plans for Scout Week the final bonds reaching matur-, the special program.! in February were made and the ity June 1. 1986. said County Au-j ditor Max Hamrick. \ m 1 VI CP "aL* The $500,000 in bonds are part; I^ATI t. dlllltll S of a $2 million bond issue approv-* A highlight of the program was an Indian Lore presentation by Frank Humiphre>'S, Adrian Beam •and Billy Talbert, all of Ti'oop 92. Dressed in Indian costumes, they delighted the audience with color ful Indian dances. A city-wide Boy Scout was organized and first meeting was slated for Saturday morning at 10 at City Hall. Plans for im provements to Camp Davidson were discussed and it was an day will be curb - and - Street. receipt of bids for gutter on Fairview Mrs. Foster's Rites Conducted I KMHS Choii At First Baptist The 40-voice choir of Kings ! Mountain high school will pre sent a program of Christmas mu sic .Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist church. The choir is under the direction Sarah the highest scholastic average. Dooley came to North Carolina two, years ago from CJeorgia, where he helped his brother. Vince, turn out outstanding grid clubs. His first year at UNC he had a 2-S record and this - past season the Tar Heels were 3-7. The greatest achievement for Funeral rites for ;Mrs. , , Canslor Foster, 61, wife of Jo-'D^'ey thus far have been back- s<-ph B. Foster, were held Wed-j victories over arch-nval, nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock , from the Chaptd of Harris Func ral Home. Rev. Wayne Ashe officiated at the final »’ites and interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mrs. F'oster died Tuesday morn- in-^ at 6:50 a.m. at her home of a heart attack. She was a native of Kings Mountain, daughter of the late R. T. Cansler and Artie When Dooley took over as Tar Heel coach, he warned that win ning football would be a long way off. But his teams have gradually shown improvement and within the next two or three years he expects his club to be a winnin*^ one. This past season the Tar Heels knocked off two highly-ranked Southeastern Conference teams, Band of Mrs. J. N. McCIuro and Mrs.jp .. panslcr Subor Sho was foumcasivi-n i^unierenve Bon T. Goforth, both of whom ' f Vanderbilt. At the Suiwlvfng Ses her husband ---"J^^d^ sev-nth n^.tionally. are members of the music facul ty of the district school system. The KMHS choir is one of sev eral groups within tho school and meets regularly in rehearsal. The choir is featured often in church es throughout the area and also in civic clubs and other meetings. Tho interested community is,. „ invited to attend the Sunday night seiwice. Young Man OI *68 j Nominees Sought i The search is on to find Kings j aj’O her stepfather, Sam R. Su bor of Kings Mountain; one son, Richard Foster of Columbia, S. C.; one daughter, Mrs. William (Bill) Phifer of Kings Mountain, two sisters, Mrs. Nellc Cranford and Mrs. Carl Wiesener, both of Kings Mountain; and a brother, S. R. Baity, 76, Suber, Jr. of Kings Mountain. 3:30 p.m. Continued On Sports Page young people applauded plans for a city-wide parade. .Scoutmaster Otis Falls, Jr., , presented the Eagle Scout badge, ed by Cleveland County voters in j i Scoutinj’s highest award, to a February 1964. The other A ClIlICA WllvWlilllUw , member of his troop, Reid Strick- million went to help finance thej land. Scouts gave Strickland a expansion of Cleveland Memorial^ Funeral rites for Floyd F. Smith,' standing ovation. hospital at Shelby. 159, father of Carl F. Smith, of; Scoutmaster closed the pro-, \tountain\s outstanding" Young Cost of the expansion project i Kings Mountain, were held Friday I gram Scout benediction, i Man for 1968, it was announced Scouting is available to anylio^^y ^y Biil Alien, DSA chair- nnU. Panti son of Mr 1} ! -an for local Jaycees, gIZ The Kings Baity Rites Held Sunday Funeral a two-story addition to 1^ built on the east side of the present facility, will approximate $900, in Wayne, West Virginia. Mr. Smith died November 26, at the Veterans Administration I Frank B. Glass Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a meet ing Sunday at 2 p.m. for the pur pose of organizing an auxiliary. All eligible for membership in the auxiliary are invited to at tend, including wive.s, mothers. G. C. "rite ConstruHion Com any, of Concord, was low bid der among two for the construe- -- ^ .... tion w’ork on the York Road (NC Funds available will iirclude, ho.spital in Lexington, Kentucky, 161) improvements. the $5(X),(X)0 in bond proceeds andli^^ been HI a year. The Tate bid was $691,863. ' $245,OOt) from a public subserg j surviving, in addition to his son E. D. Gaymont, of Lincolnton,! tion drive headed by George H | are his wife, three othei 'Houser. Foundation grants st‘^|sons, Davey Smith, New Orleans, expected to make up the differ-, ^a.. J. W. Smith Manassas. Va., ence. . u i Freddie Smith, Wayne, W. The fund-raising campaign, thej . Mrs. Ann Pierson, largest sueh drive in Kings| Melton. W. Va.; and 12 grandchil- Mountain history, was entered, upon when hospital officials were turned down in their bid for fed- Sgt. Gantt Wins Promotion was second. The contract letting is sched uled for Friday’s meeting of the ; state highway commission. 'rhe figure was reported by K E. Mauncy, acting 12th division engineer. Mr. Mauncy. for many 17 and a varied program of act! vlties is planned by the several troops in town Churches and a civic club in the city sponsor the following troops: Troop 90, First Presbyterian: Troop 91, St. Matthew’s Luther an; Troop 92. First Baptist; Trooj: 93, Bethware Progressive club; and Troop 404, Grace Methodia church. rites for Harrison were held Sunday at from Faith Baptist church, interment following in Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. W. T. Luckadoo and Rev. R. L. Davis officiated at the fin al rites. Mr. Baity died Saturday morn ing at his home after several year’s illness. He was a retired textile work- Mountain Jayc*ees formerly of Kings Mountain, has'er, are requesting nominations for hecn promoted to Sergeant in the! Surviving are two sons, Floyd the Outstanding Young Man ol; U. S. Air F'orco. i Baity of Kings Mountain and ^ 11968 who will be presented their ggt. Gantt is serving a tour of. Lawrence Baity of Jacksonville, Distinguished Service Award daughters, and si.stcrs of service years, was assistant division en | . veterans eligible for VFW mem-‘ gineer to the late W. W. Wyke | eral funds to help with the cost. bership. who died suddenly November 21 Funeral Services Held On Sunday For Former Citizen ladd Hamrick Hospital Administrator Grady Howard said hopefully bids on construction can be received in January or February, The archi tectural finn of Freeman and Toys For Tots, Empty Stocking Fund To Rrighten Christmas Here Kings Mountain’s spli'it of' The Jaycee’s Christmas tree Funeral rites for Ladd Watl^ He owned and operated Ladd Hamrfck, 71. of Boiling Springs, W. Hamrick-Fuel .Service. He was onetime Kings Mountain city a veteran of World War I. While commissioner and superintemlent associated with textile plants qf the old Phenix Plant, were here, he was active in the Kings held Sunday afternoon at 4:30 Mountain Kiwanis club and serv-. from the home of his son, Har-.cd as club president. He was a vey Hamrick, in Shelby. member of Shelby Klwani^ club Rev. T. Max Linnens, pastor of and Boiling Springs Baptist { Bolling Springs Baptist church, church. I officiated, and interment was in Mr. Hrmrick was recipient of| Cleveland Memorial Park, at the Silver B(?aver award, Scout-' Shelby. ing's highest award to a Scouter. I Mr. Hamrick died Saturday in Fiirviving are two sons, Dr. i* ^^Caharrus County hospital. He l.ndd W, Hamrick, Jr. of Con- was a native of Cleveland Coun- cord ami Harvey Hamrick of ty, son of the late Elijah and Ga- Shelby; a brother, Clifford E. lena Greene Hamrick. His wife Hamrick of Boiling Springs; and, was the late Rebecca Richie Ham- five grantichildren. rick. I North School P-TA Benefit Is Sunday North School Parent-Teach er Association will serve tur key with all the trimmings Sunday from 12 noon until 2 p.m. at North school e.^feteria. January 21st, 1969. This award is presented annually by the local Jaycees to a young man, nomi nated by the community, who‘has made contributions to the Kings Mountain area. All nominations must be made in writing and submitted to the Jaycees prior to January 4th, 1969. Any young man of the com munity is eligible provided that he be between the ages of 21 and i 35 inclusive and will not have I reached his 36th birthday before] January 1. 1969. Nominations! should be mailed to "D.S.A. Nom inee, P. O. Box 303, Kings Moun tain". The Outstanding duty in Vietnam stationed at Ban Me Thuot close to the Cambodian border. He is a 1965 graduate of KinJiS Mountain high school. Sgt. Gantt’s address; AF 1495- Or>43 A.D.V.T.M. 33, ALO FAC APO San Francisco. Calif.-96297. Fla.; two daughters. Mrs. Frank Black and Miss Addie Mae Baity, both of Kings Mountain; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grand children. His late wife, Mrs. Julia Mays Baity, died in 19tH. Police Seeking Two Negro Youths For Attack On Reb Wiesener. 17 panel of local non-Jayceos Banquet on Janu Tho award winner from Kings Mountain will be onteml in the 1 White Associates ^ Riving is transcending i project will also begin Thursday ‘.J OK j the familiar purchases for family; with B<yb Myers as chairman. and friends. Proceeds from the sale of Christ- Again this year Kings Moun-, mas trees benefit the club’s char- tain civic groups and churches | Ity projects. The trees will be a- i will make Christmas more mcr^j'j vailable at the E. Mountain land bright for the indigent. street site of the Toys for Tots; their decision will bo'announced . The Kings Mountain Jaycees | project. at the D.S.A 1 will conduct the annual Toys for Kings Mountain ministers will ary 21st. I Tots projwt with Bill Grissom | ring bells in the business district land Lany Smith as chdirmen.j for the annual Empty Stocking ] Headquarters for the diarlty pro-| Fupd for the area needy. The ; ject is the vacant lot across from; Empty Stocking Fund, which is ! the Woman’s club on East Moun ! also included this year in the Plates are 75 cents forjchil- j tain street. Citizens with good,I United Fund, benefits the needy dren and $1.50 for adults. Take- ' used toys to donate should deliv-i year-round. A Empty Stocking out orders are also availabto, a , er the toys to the lot each night, booth In the business district will spokesman said. ' bf\^inning Thursday, from 6 un- be manned by a local minister Proceeds from the dinner will til 9 p.m. Jaycees will be on duty | during the month of December, benefit P-TA sponsorod pro- to receive them at a booth there, Kings Mountain Junior Wom-i sermon topic, “The Book", at jects throughout the year. Mrs. ^ will repair the toys and store an’s dub voted a $25 contribution^ 'Sunday morning worship serv- W. L. Mauney, P-TA president, 'them until Christmas Eve at St; to tihe Empty Stocking Fund at! ices at 11 o’cldek at First pres- said. I Matthew’s Lutheran chiurch. [their Monday night meeting. [ byteriat) church. ■ 'f By MAR'HN HARMON Do you have a light? Robert (Reb) Wiesener, from the Phifer Road i I ..Ur.,,* 1A.OJ\ Man of 196S will be deeided by a ^ Store about 10;3<) Sunday night tomer. , the attack. He had found City ' Seiwice Station, the intended port exit- of call, closed and proceeded to 7-11 7-11 where ho was the lone rus- and'^i^*. drinking a Coke. Sgt. Jack Barrett and Officer He approached the Negro youth Jackie Boone investigated, ac he did not know, was suddenly : knowledged "we don’t have much grabbed by another in the shad- to go on.” Sgt. Barrett theorizes ows and dropped the Coke. The! that the attackers mistook Wies- one who wanted the light picked ener for the store manager whom North Carolina state contest. Tbe.uP the bottle, broke it against ; they intended to rob state winner will then ho entered store wall, and proceeded to in the national comp<‘tition, which j you)Vg Wiesener across the annually chooses America’s Tenkhest and arm. Wiesener kicked Outstanding Young .Men. Dr. PRESBYTERIAN Paul Auslev will use tho I his assailant and yelled. His as sailants left. Wiesener never got a good look at the one in shad ows who wronched his arm. The chest cuts were not severe, but the arm required 33 stitches. At the hospital, Dr. Frank Sin- cox suggested young Wiesener should have tetanus varolne. The boy replied he’d had one recent ly. Why, the doctor wanted to know*. He’d been bitten by a boy on the school bus he drives. Wiesener drives the bus serv- Young Wiesener had been dis-,ing the school fur the educable patched for milk shortly before retarded.