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t Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
f City'Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
j City Limits (Estimate 1968)
9300
Th« Gr«at*t Kings Mountoip llgutt denvtd from tbo
tpteifU Uallod Statta Suroau of the Cooaua report o
Tonuory 1966. and Includoa the 14.990 populotlon o
Number 4 Township, ond the remaining 8,124 Iron
Number S Township, In Cloyeland County ond Crowder*
Mountain Township In Coston County.
Kings Mountain's Beliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL. 80 No. 50
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 12, 1968
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENT?
Kings Mountain Grows Overnight; Limits Extended
Concept Furniture Building Underway At Archdale
' Nine Excepted
Citizens, VFW
Seek Inclusion
e %
MAYOR WELCOMES PRESIDENT OF FiniNITURE FIRM ^ Mayor John Henry Moss welcomes Lono L.
Miller, Jr., president of Concept Furniture Corporotion now building at Archdole on a 30-acre site
purchased from Neisler Brothers, Inc. OUie Harris, left, and L. E. (Josh) Hinnant. between Miller ond
the Mayor, smile their approval. Horris and Hinnant are co-chairmen of the Mayor's industry-
seeking committee. (Herald photo by Paul Lemmons).
JMayor AskslOOO Residences
Within Next Three Years
Industry Growth i
Is Outrunning
jnousing Starts
One thou.<«nfi n(‘W homes in
Kiir-js MounUiin williin the next
thr(?e yearii!.
'riial's tlio ;;oal Mayor John
H(*niy Moss sot Tuesday ni-ht,'
notin.fj that Kinf»s Mountain’s
Vast industiial Kr<nvth is cnitrun-
niiiLj rho availability of housing-,
Tho mayor said that heforo
January l ho ])l:ins to nu'ot with
Kings Mountain builders and
n'presontatives of financial in-,
Ktitutions to rroin'st their coop
eration toward reaching the goal.i
.Mayor Moss was reviewing
progress on the new water and
sewer projects underway anJthe;
continuing in<lustrial growth of
the area ami added that ho lie '
liev<'s “all this will opcni the door-
of opportunity for all Kings,
Mountain citizens.”
• •j'he mayor polnt(*d to a survey
poll that 27 percent of tin;
r;iy’s woik foicr travels else-,
uboro for jobs. He propose,J the,
riiy's Kmployment eommitteeand
joh li’aining programs of indus
tries and Clcvelanrl 'nn-hnleal In
stitute he enlisted in th(* task of,
training and re-trainir-- worker.s;
“that every able l>odi('ft peison j
in Kings Mountain can fin 1 a job'
ri,glii h<‘re hi his own tafv.” I
He asked for emliniu’d sunnort
from citizens and pledg(*d efforts j
of Moss Administration in trying!
to atlam tlio goal.
The mnvor also thanked tlu*;
Co»thiuc<l Ou Patjc F^ix
^ ‘
m HONOR SOCIETY — Miss
Carol Jean Goter has been initi
ated by lota Sigma Pi, nationol
honor society for women in
chemistry.
Honor Society
Taps Miss Goter
Miss Carol Jean Goter. daugh
ter cf Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Gotoi
of Kings Mountain, has been ini
tiated by Chlorine Chapter ol
Ich.a Sigma Pi, national honor
society for women in chemistry.
The initiation services were
hold Sunday on the campus of
Louisiana State University where
Miss Goter is o part-time grad
uate student in bio-Chemistry and
a visiting associate in ehemisti'y.
Miss Goter graduated twe
yeais ago from Duke University
with B.S. in chemistry.
Broyhill To Oppose Seating Powell
Hopes Democrats To Be Responsible
KM Baptist
Choirs To Sing
Cantata Sunday
The eom!)inej choirs of King-s
Mountain Baptist Church will
iresent a Christmas Cantata.
‘Chimes of tin* Holy Night” with
he text by Herman Von Herge
ind th(* muiie by Fred H. Hoi-
on, at the n*gular vesper hour
k'Fvire at 5:30 in the* afternoon
)n Sunday, Dei-ember 15.
The Junior C’hoir will join the
-outh and church clmirs fur two
)f th<‘ chorus numbers.
Soprano soloists will be Mr.s.
L (J. Franklin and Mrs. Bill
Jrawford. Alto soloist will be
Mrs. Marion Dixon. Baritone
'Oloisl will .bp Gene Austin.
CoutiniicdlOn Piujv Su*
President Says
Employment
Will Be 100
By MARTIN HARMON
Concept Furniture Corporation,!
a newly-formed North Carolina;
firm, has under construction at;
Ai. hdale a 35,000 s:(juare foot I
building which will be utilized
for manufacture of upholstered;
furniture. ;
Lon L. Miller, Jr., a Texas na
tive now from Salisbury and;
president of the firm, unveiled j
plans of his company at a press i
conference Wednesday morning
at City Hall.
Items:
li The firm will employ ini
tially lOO persons, already is
training workmen in the furni-|
ture trade and will begin inter-i
viewing potential employees Mon-1
day in the upstairs office atj
First Union National Bank. ;
2) The firm expects to employ,
exclusively from the Kings:
Mountain area, with the exception'
of the plant manager, Wa>'ne
Farrington, of High Point,
will arrive here this weekend, j
3» Tile bric*k-steel building un-1
derwdy will have two temporary;
walls for easy expansion to a |
projected potential of ISO.OOh’
s(|uare feet on the 30-jcro site
and with potential employment;
; of from 500 to 600 persons.
4) The building wMl bo eom-i
pletely air-conditioned and the)
I production operation will be fully
j mechanized.
t'^^'-Serrotary-treasiiV^T Is Standi
I ley Come, a Catawba County at ]
] tornoy. Directors who will be ac
I tivc in the business are Martin^
I Stewart, of Myrtle Beach. S. C.,
■ and Jim Groome, of High Point.
6» The film will make uphols-
tere.i sofas and chairs in the
; medium price 'ange.
71 Initial investment is $250,-'
000.
President Miller said he and
his family will move to Kings;
:Mountain. ;
Kings Mountain was chosen, he
saM, becaus<' of the helpfulness-
of “the Mavor and his industry-,
Co>iti)iacd On Paye SiJO
Christmas Herald
To Appear Early
Tlie Christmas week issue of
the rierakl will appear early, j
It will he printed on Sunday, ,
December 22, appear on news i
stands that evening and be dis- ■
tributed under date of Monday,
Deeembev 23.
Advertising deadline for the
edition will be Saturday. Dec
ember 22, at 4 p.m. News dead
line will be the following day
at 2 p.m. Picture deadline will
be Thursday, December 19. i
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By MARTIN HARMON
Kings Mountain is larger by
approximately 431 acres and an
j estimated 500 citi/x?ns as a result
I of approval by the city board of
I commissioners IMesday night of
petitions of citizens for inclusion
in the citty limits.
Today’s estimated population is
9300, up 1046. (See population dog
ea;.»
; Meantime, the commission or-
I d(*!’cd j)ublic hearing On ten more
j iK‘titions for inclusion, nine of
I (hem previously exceptions in the
large 425 acre southwest area,
HRST SERVICE
New .southwest area Kings
Mountain citizens may not ha\e
noticed but now* citizens W'cre
getting their first city service
Wednesday morning, as police
extended their patiolling area®.
Sgt. Earl Stroupe, Jr., was ob
served driving toward the high
school on Phifer Road.
TROPHY WINNERS —> Pictured oboye are members of the 1968 Kings Mountain High football team
who received trophies ot Tuesday night's Lions Club grid banquet. Left tc right are quarterback
Geeper Howard, John Gamble Scholastic Award winner; holfback Wayne Mullinax, George Plonk
Most Valuable Player, AU-Southwest Conference and All-Clcvelond County; Clarence Ashe, Mo.^t
Improved Player and All-Cleveland County; Stonley Brown, Fred Plonk Blocking Trophy. Second
from right is North Carolina Coach Bill Dooley, who was guest speaker and at extreme right is
KMHS Coach and Athletic Director Bill Bates. (Photo by Isaac Alexander.)
Muiliiiax Is Most Valuable,
Brown Named Best Blocker
Burlington
Announces
Holiday Plans
Christmas bonuses totaling
more than $3fa milli.on are being
paid to wage employees of Bur
lington Industries during the hol
iday season.
Burlington will observe the
Christmas sea.son with plant va
cations and its traditional par
ties for employees and their fam
ilies.
According to Warren Stockton,
supcrir.tcndent of the Phemx
Plant, a Christmas bonus will bo
paid to local Burlington employ
ees to coirreide with scheduled
the holiday season. The December
Continued On Page
Howard Top
Scholar; Ashe
Most Improved
Halfback Wayne Mullinax is
the winner dI the coveted George
Plonk award as the most valua
ble player on lire 19GS Kin,.:s
•Mountain Higlt School football
team.
the tenth — fiom Frank B. Glass
Post. Veterans of Foreign \V'a»*s -
an addition to the southwest
area which will lake Hie city lim
its to the rai^vay underway on
both sides of the old Grovei*-
Kings Mountain highway.
'I'he nine? properly owners cur-
lenily exceptions in the southwest
area who ask inclusion are Paul
K. Falls, Henry P. Neisler, Bob
by M, Bridges. W. T. Gregorv,
Winfred R. Walker, (k'or^e B.
Thomasson, Vernico F. Saint',
Mrs. John Howell, and Harold L.
Ilonl. iMr. Hord’s initial petition
had bee*i conditione.i on sewage
M'rviro b.v next .March. Informed
t)ie hoard could not acc‘(*pt the
time limit. Mr. Word withdrew
the condition.) Remaining unpB-
titioned exceptions or “island:;''
in the annexed area are ten pro-
pt'iMies Ovvn<*d by nine persons.
The public h('ai'ing is set for
Decombc'r 27.
'File other city limits extension
a.li(»n concerni'd the two-plus
acres on York Road at Interstate
'^5 and biclndcs tlie Gulf .Service
Station anri seven-aci'c adjacent
properl.v which is to be develop
ed for a modern motel prop>eriy.
A large crowd, estimated at SO
1‘ersons, attended the Tuesday
, night hearing.
No opposition was voiced to
either -annexatu)!!.
I .Several citizors, maioritv of
I whom live within the city limits.
I (Continued On Page Sir(
The [)resontaiion
Tuesday night at
'’VP*
By MARTIN HARMON . . |
United States Repro.sentaiivc
Jim Broyhill, of the ninth North |
Carolina district and Congress-
man-eleet from the new tenth,
will not vote to seat Adam Clay
ton Powell, again Representalivi*-
elecl from his New York city dis
trict. '
Mf. BiaiyliiU. the Lenoir Repiin
lican who wilt he .serving hLs
fourth term, declared his position
wliile greeting callers here Wed-'
iiosday morning at the office of
Postnirostor Charles Alexander.
^ Ho declined to predict whether
r Powell, not seated in tin) previous
sessii»n when under a ; cloud of
charges after investiga^on by a
House committee, woulj be seat
ed. Mr. Broyhill iwlrttc'l'out that,
TAPPED —> Anne Trott, senior
student at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville has been
tapped for membership in Phi
Koppa Phi, honorary scholastic
society.
Phi Kappa Phi
Taps Anne Trott
t Miss Anne Trott, Kings Moiin-
, tain .stmior at the Universiiy of
I Tennessee in Knoxville, lias been
‘ tap-p(*d for membership in the
[national honorary schoiasiic so-
j cicty, Phi Kappa Phi.
I f5hc is the daughter of Mr. and
] Mrs. Thomas L. Trott of Kings
Mountain.
I To earn memheishij) in Phi
I Kappa Phi a student must attain
j a scholastic average of B plus or
! l>ottcr. The students chosen for
I Phi Kappa Phi honors at FT ar{'
I in the top ten pi‘rcent of the
class.
was made;
the annual
Lions ('lul> h)otlrall baiKiuet hon-!
oring the Mountaineers and their
coaching staff. ,
Guest speaker lor Hu* event
was Bill Dooley, head football
coach at the University of North |
Carolina.
Mullinax follows in tlie foot-
st<*ps as such stars as Mike Huff-
stickler. Uivhard Gold, Danny
Kiser an<l Bert Smith as the
most valuable Mountaineer.
’Phe 1.50'pounder was a three-
Near varsity starter at K.MH.S,,
and was the team's U*ading rush
er in both liis so{)homore and
senior seasons. Ih* j)layed (puir-
terhark his junior .vear.
This past season Mullinax
rushed' for almost 7o0 yaixls,
caught passes totaling nearly
2(10 and throw passes for anotli-
er 100 yards, giving lum a total
)ffense of nearly 1.000 yards.
lie was the third leading scor
er in the Soutlnvestern ("onler-
ence with 13 touchdowns and 7S^
poinis. He was also a defensive
lead(*r for the Mountaineers.
I Canfuua <1 an Page Three)
City, Railway
Confer Thunday
City and Southern Railway of
ficials will confer Thursday
morning on grade-crossing safe-
l.v. railroad I’ffeht-of-way beautifi
cation. and business district park
ing improvements on railroad
right-of-way.
K. K. Ratliflf, of Grcehviile, S.
C., Piedmont division engino<»r,
will head a group of Southern
officials.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
he hud invited members of the
city redevelopment (*ommission.
city planning board, and repre
sentatives of the Chamber of
Commerce and .Merchants associ
ation to attend the 10 a.m. con-
ferent'c.
Engineering plans for the park
ing improvements include .52
paved spaces, ten across the
stieet from Ted Gamble’s service
station and 42 from the Gold
street crossing south on Battle
ground to the ilauney Mill cross
ing.
Hunter Allen Hanging Up Spikes.
Joined City As Lineman In 1931
regardl(*.s.< (J tiu* attorney-gener
al's doci.'/ion not to prosecute
Powell on t riminal charges, “lh«'
performance (»f Powell is on the
rocarfl of the Congressional hear
ing.”
Pcwell, a Harlem inoacher, i.-
ex-chairman of the House educa
tion and labor committee.
What would be Powell’s .senior
ity, if lie is seated?
* Mr. Bn>yhill noted tlial Powell
ip a D(*mocrat and that <*ach par
ty sets its own seniority rules.
Generally prevail.ng on both
sido-> of the aisle is a policy
whereby former members return
ing after an absence out-rank
tho.se arriving for the first time.
He .said one former member of
Continued On Page Six
CUBS TRIM CHRISTMAS TREE — Cixb Scouts of Pack 98. Den 1, of Boyce Memorial ARP church
made tiny stars, drums, clowns, ond Christmas bolls os o project recently to decorate the tradi
tional green Christmas tree in the lobby of Kings Mountain hospitol. The tree was denoted by the
Mognolia Garden club ond the Cubs were cdso given decoration from the Town ond Country Garden
club and circles of First Baptist church. All members of the troop ond their lecniers met ert the hos
pital Monday to trim the tree. Front row, from left to right Mark Loughtor, Rick McDaniel, Allen
Tate, Tim Greene, Jimmy Pruitt, Chris Holmes, John Mosters and Chip McGill. Second row, from
left James Payseur, Tommy Burke, Tracy Cooke, Jimmy Turner, Steven Loughter, and Trip McGill.
Back row, from left to right Billy Talbert Den Chief; Mrs. Bill Laughter and Mrs. N. F, McGfll.
Jr., Den Mothers. (Photo by Isaac Alexander)
I loycee Tree Lot
Open For Business
Kings Mountain Jj\ v(’< -> ait*
conducting tho annual Christ
mas tm* saU* for benefit of the
club’s various cliavity projects.
Tho tree lot on East.. Mouii
tain street a^Toss from the
Woman’s cUH) opened Monda.N
for busines.s and will lx* open
daily from 4 until f) p.m. and
Sundays froru 1 until 6 p.m.
with Jaycees mannin; the h(*aJ-
quarter.s.
Bob Myors. project ehuirnian,
said a variety of tr(H»s are a-
vailablo at reasonable prievs.
By EUZABETH STEWART
David Hunft'r Allen doesn’t ap-
pi\ir old enougli to retire.
Hut he sus he Ls.
lie saNS he's hiv
Kings Mountain's veteran <*Ieu-
trieal pcrin1ende!ii of 37 years
su'enitfed his I'esf inalion, effect
ive Dcv-. ,31. to lh(' eity l)oar.i of
et^mnnssioners 'rue.-day night.
He s.iiti he luul contemplated
n'tii’ement a year or (»wo hut
would continue as long as ne(*<l
be in an advisory lapaeity to I\is
succc*.ssor.
Th(* city etunmissiun accept(*d
the resignation “willi regix*! and
appve<’ialion to Mr. Allen for Iiis
loyal serNice.”
Hunter Allim e<mic to Kings
Mountain from his hometown of
Four Oaks thirty miles east of
Raleigh in eastern North Caro
lina in July 1931. He was 29 an<l
a lineman doing construction
work with the C O and West-
oin Union Railroad.s. While
working lliis urea in 1929 he met
aiKt courl<'<I Inez Bennett. The
couple married in 1939 and mov-
<Ni to Kings Moimtaiii in 1931.
They arc parents o(f two daugh
ters. Mrs. Ramona Allen Ricli-
ardson of C(»lumhia. S. Mrs.
Gail Allen Humphries of Char
lotte, and a son. Hill Allen, who
lives nextdoor *0 the Allens on
.'4. Gaston slixx't. There are four
grandsons. Frank and Ramona
Richardson are parents of '.wo
sons and Bill and Barbara Allen
(CoaHnucd On Pago Six/