968
/i
I Population
"Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City' Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
The Gr«ater Kings MountadB tlgur* is derirsd from tb«
■peciol United States lureau el the Census report e
lonuary 19$$, and includes the 14.990 pepulatien e
Number 4 Township, and the remaining $.124 Iren
Number S Township, in Cievelond County and Crowdov*
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
VA-i
VOL 80 No. 51
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Rolioble Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 19, 1968
Pages
Today
Seventy-Eignth Year
PRICE TEN CENT!
Holidays Begin Friday For Many Textile Employees
Local News
Bulletins
LEGION DANCE
• Thr Nocturnes" will play
for Saturday night’s annuail
^ulstmas dinner-dance of A-
i^Srican Legion Post 155 at the
gP>’<‘r^’an legion bulldin!^. Din
ner will be served to Legiori-
naiios and their wives begin
ning at 6:30. Dancing will bf
from 9 until midnight.
BAPTIST TOPICS
Kov. James M. Wilder will
use the sermon topic, “Christ
mas In Our Hearts", at the
.Sunday 11 a.m. worship hour
at Kings Mountain Baptist
church. At the 5:30 vesper hour
he will use the illustrated mes
sage, “The Shepherds Watch."
TO DELAND, FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Fulton and
family have moved from Mont-
vale. New Jer.sey tc 691 Cumber
land Road, Deland, Fla. Mr. Ful
ton. formerly of Kings Mountain,
IS son of Mrs. P. D. Fulton of
Kings Mountain.
T 1 l**ll 1’ O 1 AII ! Several FSims
lurbytiJl 10 succeed Allen;|*»ePaY«9
Major Projects ‘On Schedule’
McGill Plant
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Jcna.s Bridges, manager of
Radio Station WKMT. will pre
sent a program on “Cable TV"
':'at Thursday night’s meeting at
' (:15 p.m. at the Woman’s club.
HOSPITALIZED
Roba Anthony, 17-year-old
jflughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Intijony.-Jr. of Gastonia, re
mains hospitalized in Gaston
Memorial hospital. Miss An-
%Jthony was injured in a car
jAshevillian
I Begins Work
On January 1
i Earl David Turbyfill, of Ashe*
; ville, has been appointed city
electricuil department superinlen*
' dent to succeed Hunter Allen,
I who will retire effective January
11.
: Mr. Allen will remain with the
‘ department in an advisory capac-
! ity-
Mr. Turbyfill, 43, began work
Tuesday.
He was recently superintendent
M. B. Haynes Company, Ashe-
ville, (formerly Skyland Con
struction Company) for 15year.s,
has been in electrical construe-
I tion since 1941.
; He is a veteran of World War
i II with service in the European
I theater.
j He is a memlwr of Christian
; Missionary Alliance,
j His wife is the former Lois
I Lunsford, also of Asheville. They |
I have five children, all marrioJ,|
i and two grandchildren.
Yule Pageant
Sunday Night
WOUNDED IN ACTION—Grand
parents ol Pfc. A. C. Smarr
(above) of Kings Mountain
have been notified that the Ma
rine Pfc. was injured November
30th in Qnang Nom Province,
Republic of Vietnam, and is in
good condition in the station
hospital at Donang* Pfc. Smarr
is being treated for wounds of
the right thigh. He is the grand
son of Anderson and Minnie
Smarr of route two.
Near Complete
Reports Mayor
City sewer improvements ex
pected to' be completed in Janu
ary will increase the city’s treat
ment capacity from 500,000 to
three million gallons o): sewage
per day.
Tins report was presented by
Mayor John H. Moss during a
Cash Bonuses
Kings Mountain industrial cm-i
ployees could look fon*vard
week to Christmas holidays, and |
some could anticipate some ex
tra Christmas cash in the form
of gift chocks.
A Christmas pageant, “The
ck PTiday in G as ton la., of Christmas", wHl be i>ie-
dition was repoi-tod good by senled at East Side Baptist church
'Sunday night at 7:30.
Children of the Sunday School
i will take part in the program of
I worship and song.
I Rev. Darrell Coble, pa.'itor, is-
I sued an invitation to the commu*
I nity to attend the services.
Hndition
Kings Mountain relatives yes-
icrday. The Anthonys are for
mer Kings Mountain citizens.
Stores Open Late
I For Yule Bnyerc
Holidays will vary from two
days to ten days, a survey of the
city’s te.xtile plants rcvea.ted
Wednesday.
Some firms will write Christ
mas checks to employees on bas
is of service, with employees of
five years or more of service to
receive four percent of earnings
and employees with loss service The city commission, at a spe-j
to receive two percent of e^rn-dal meeting Monday night, sot|
ings. Other companies did not, January 10 as target date foi
detail their Christmas check, starting garbage and trash col-
plans. : lection seivice in the new south-;
Several firms had held or were; west area of Kings M()untain re-!
planning Christmas parties foricently annc.xcd to the city limits,
progress report on major city their employees and families this] The only “ivf" is arrival of a
projects Monday night to the week. now packer-type garlxige truck,
city commission. Longest holiday was announc- purchased several weeks ago. A
Work on expanaing me McGill ed \yy Mauney Textiles. Mauney Chevrolet truck, the* chassis has,
sewer plant is near complete and Hosiery will shut down at 3 p.m.* been rejx)rtod shipped to the
this facility will be in operation; Thursday, Dect*mber 19th. re- manufacturer of the packc*:
by January’ 3, said the mayor. suming operations at 7 a.m. Dec- equipment for its installation.
The expansion of fhe McGill i ember 30fh. Carolina Tlirowingj in anticipation of the beginning
plant will be fi'om 500,000 to 1 Company will cease operations! service, fhe city purchas-,
million gallons of sewage per ifor Christmas at 3 p.m. on Fri-lej display advertising in the'
day. Mayor Moss also said the day, December 20th, reopening at | this issue in which ai-j
new sewage treatment plant un- 7 a.m. December 30th. Riehard tj^ntion is called to city ordinanc j
der construction on Pilot Branch Shaney, personnel manager, saidj^g governing garbage collection,
■west of the city should be in op- Christmas parties are planned.' Covered metal cans wiili lly
I eration by January 31. The new The hosiery firm, employees and tight lids are required, with max ’
plant will have a 2 million gal-1 families will gather at the Amer--size at 30-gallon capaciiv j
Ions per day capacity. , ican Legion building Thursday Li,t| minimum gt 10 gallons. Max-1
, The mayor expressed apprecia- night at 6 for tlie annual party.! diameter of garbage can isl
tion to East Kings Mountain citi- Employees of the throwing firm t.^yo feel. * I
zens for their “cooperation in and their families will gather
this, sewer improvements pro- December 23ixl at 6:30 at the
gram.” American Legion Hall
Work on the new neighborhood will be paid based on length of protects the’r health
facilities building is proceeding se^ice. ^ suffered a back injury
on schedule, said the mayor, and Cr'aftspun Yarns will he ^J^^,iast week" he noted
Ford Dealership Purchased
FromSouthwellOnSaturday
1^ - Gaston Native
January 10th
Target Date
For New Service
IN WHO'S WHO — Beverly
WiUi.s, Kings Mountoin senior at
Western Carolina University,
has beem named to "Who's Who
In American Colleges and Uni-
venuties."
Beverly Willis
In Who's Who
I Named in this year’s national
Mayor John Henp’ Moss point-j ^rnorica’s most out-
Ronuscs limit on size six?eds col standing university and college
Bonuses service of the collcxtion “
Is New Owner
01 Ford Firm
Rfdwrt O. (Bob) Southwell and
Jimmy B. Armstrong announced
Wednesday the purchase by Mr.
Armstrong of Southwell Motor
Company.
The business transaction, which
included purchase of the automo
bile business and Ford dealership,
was comiplete(i Saturday. Mr.
Southwell said he would remain
for several weeks to assist the
new owner in business details.
Mr. Southwell will lease to Arm-
stron- the two-acre tract which
houses the five-year-old plant.
He said final arrangements for
the dealership change would be
completed by Ford Motor Com
pany within the next three w’eeks
and the name of the business
I would then bo changed. He de-
dined to .give a purchase price.
Mr. Southwell, an automobile
dealer since 1956, came to Kings
Mountain in 1960 and was em
ployed first as a s.alesman by
Plonk Motor Company. He
tainod th^* Ford dealership from
PTod W. Plonk and in 1963 open
ed a new building and business
0; for the holidays from December-• Non.^taAdard garbage contain
CONTINUES ILL
Mrs. Lena Small Goforth re
mains a patient at Kings Moun
tain hospital for treatment and
observation.
Band Concert
Thursday Night
Mrs. Lynns
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. K'lorence
Kind's Mountain high school! Adah Lynn, S2. of 210 Margract-,'
bands“wiH present a Christmas! were held Sunday at 4 p.m. from
concert Thursday (tonight) at‘Grace Methodist church of which
7:45 p.m. in Central school audi-jshe was a memlxT.
torium. | j Lane, assisted by
The free concorfis open to the, drficiated at
interested public. . j. the final rites, and interment was
Freshmen and senior bands- Mountain Rest cemetery.
merchants will be open later
than usual Thursday and Fri
day and again on Monday to
accommodate Christmas gift
buyers.
On these nights the retailers
will be o{>en until K:30 p.m.
Tlte^' will close regularly on
Saturday night and many have
indk'atcd they will observe
Saturday hours on Christmas
Eve.
The retailers vvill be closed
On Christmas Day, We<inesday,
December 25th, and on Wednes
day, January 1. New Year’s
Day.
I in the next few days.
Legion Party
Sunday At 1
American Legion Post 155 will
treat underprivileged children ol
students is Miss Beverly Anne on Shelby road. A native of Rome.
Willis of Western Carolina Uni- Ga., he is a graduate of David-
versity, daii.ghier Mr. and Mrs. son college and a veteran of U,
J. K. Willis, Jr., ol Kings Moun-;S. Army sendee with fhe Armor-
the Division. He is a deacon and
J Her name is included in the trea.surer of First Presbyterian
: 196S-6t) edition of ‘Who’s W'liiJ A- church, was president last year
.mong Students In American Uni- of Kings Mountain's first one-day
at 12:30 at Kings .Mountain hjgh; trash, such as slii ul) and t-'olleges", a listing successful United Fund drive and
ijwf is beginning! Surveyin^g ^ of 21st until December e,-s will be red-lagged and
land for the Buffalo Creek reset- day bonus payments will be made bp ,viidered tin-
! voir should be completed he said , and - —'— ’
.. . “ a""-'!! receptacles are in use
their families will be held Sunday ^ ^
PHA Gionp
To Atlanta
^‘*^y *ree trimmings and leaves siiould
U BT\^ entertainer, and Santa ^ p.-operiy
Claus to share star billing. Budi..^^
Rhea, personnel manageT, said- a,,,
the entertainment will begin at - „ie
2:30 p.m. fo Io^v•ln^ the sanung
of ham and turkey dinners.
K Mills will be closed Christ*' ^ i * ^
Search Is On
men will take part
gram.
Among
in the pro-
selections will h(‘
Mrs. Lynn died Friday after
noon at 4:10 p.m. in the Kings
Among selL^uuIl^ will Mountain hospital following sev- Auanra, ud. v
“Overture to the Messiah ; year's illness conferring with HUD’s
Christmai Festival”; “Continen- ^ Cleveland Assistance Administrat
tal Chdstmas ; Christmas In daughter of the late Mr. -Mailing the trip wer
Englan^i" and “Christmas Party.
Ci^tspun
f arty Sunday
^Krcd Kirby. WBTV personality,
anil Santa Clau.s will be star.*: of
Ciaflspun Yarn’s annual employ-
Cliristma.s party Sunday at
the Kings Mountain high school
cafeteria and gymnasium.
B;ikc(l ham and turkey with all
the trimmings will be served from
12:30 until 2:30 p.m. Entertain- ;
ment by Fred Kirby will start at
2:30 p.m. and the program will
be concluded with a visit by Santa
Claus.
Families of all employees are
invited to attend.
County, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Conner, She was
the widow of C. C. (Potci Lynn
who died in 1952. Mrs. Lynn was
a Gold Star Mother, member of
American Legion Post 155 Auxil-
lai-y.
Surviving are her son, Bill
Lynn of Kings Mountain; three,
daughters, Mrs. John Mifcham,.
:Mrs. A. B. Barrett and Mrs.*
Geoi'^e Slrouix;, all of Kings j
Mountain. Also surviving are 14
grandchildren and 16 great-grand-,
children.
A son, F^elmer (Pete) Lynn was
killed in action during World
War ri.
the area at an annual Christmas rnas Eve and Christmas Day and
party Sunday beginning at 1 p. gRt rertificates will be presented
m. at the American Legion Hall, employees. The annual Christmas
Dinner vvill b<' server/ and dinner-dance was held at i\t VaJIV
Christmas treats, gifts and good- American Legion building Satur-jJIvI ITldll VI 1 CCII
ies will be distributed. day night. ^
Tickets to the party have been! kings Mills will cease opera- The search c*ontinues to find
distributed to area ncetly through I tions Saturday night at 10. re- Kings Mountain’s Outstanding
, the school system. f)pening on Thursday morning,' Young Man of 196S and deadline
December 26. Christmas bonuses; for nominations is January 4.
will be paid. Bill Allen, DSiV chairman for
Burlington Mills Phonix Plant , local Jaycees, reminded citizcn^
will close for the holidays Dec- this week that all nominations
ember 23-29. Holiday bonuses will must be made in writing and sub
be paid employees, based on mitted prior to January 4th.
length of service. The firm’s an- 1969. Any young man of ilic
■e Tom W i e^p]oyed’7ames Odom. 24, nual Christmas party was held community is eligible provided
executive secretary g j,py police officer. on Sunday. that he be between 21 and 35 in
Three officers of the Kings
Mountain Public Housing Author
ity in Atlanta, Ga. Wednesday
Housing
Administration.
James Odom, 24,
New Officer
The city commission Monday
H a r p e r.
Brooks Tate, vice-president, and
Martin Harmon, Herald editor.
Lions Are Selling
Yule Fruit Cakes
Kin'js Mountain Lions are
In other action, the board:
1) approved the advertisement
for bids for curb and gutter on
portions of Roxlford road. Gaston
street, Waco road, Dovvmin.g
Neisco Mills will close Monday elusive and will not have rcachtx’
through Wednesday for the holi- his 361h birthday before Januarv
days. Christmas gifts will be pro-i 1, 1969. Nominations should b(
sented employees. mailed to DSA Nominee. PO Bo>
Park Yarn Mills vvill cease op- 363, Kings Mountain. 2S0S6.
I of the campus leaders from more is a former Young Man of the
I than l,fK)i) of ihe nation’s institu- Year. His wife is the former Dot-
tions of higher learning. tie Saunders and they are par-
Tiie annual directory of dis- onts of two children, Sandy and
’ tinguishccl .students has Ix'on pub- Steve, and reside at S64 Williams
lishej since 1934 and carries on- street.
ly rite names o! students whose Mr. Southwell said ne and his
I academic standing, service to the family expect to continue to live
community, leadership in extra- here. He did not announce his his
I curricular activities and future ruturo plans,
j potential are decidedly above av- # ♦ •
crage. Jimmy B. Armstrong. 36, has
I Miss Willis is currently a Sen- been in the automobile business
j ior majoring in elementary edu-.all his working life,
cation. She is a momlx*r of yar- The newcomer to Kings Moun-
ioijs campus organizations includ- tain, who purchased Southwell
ing the following; Alpha Xi Del- Motor Company on Saturday, got
ta Sorority. Wonnm's House Gf)V-- his start as a car salesman with
ernment (president), Student Na- his father.
tional Education Association,! He and his father. Amold Arm-
Women’s House Council, and strong, are partners in Arnold
Student Senate. Armstrong & Sons, Inc., a used
Miss Willis lias also servexi as car firm, in Gastonia,
oresident anJ sivretary of Loath- Mr. Armstrong and his family
?rvvood Dormitoy and was a expe<‘t to move here in the near
lorm counselor for two years, future. The family includes his
>he is also a recipient of the wife, the former Elfreed Shirley
conducting the annual Christ- J96S model police car from
mas fruitcake sale for benefit
of the civic club’s charity pro
jects.
The Claxton cake, both light
and dark variety, sells for $3.
Don McGinnis is chairman of
the project committee.
street, Monta V^ista Drive and erations at 7 a.m, December 21, Presentation of the Distinguish
North Tracy street. ‘ reopening on December 30th. ed Service Award vvill highligh*
2) approved the purchase of a Minelte Mills at Grover will the Jaycees annual Boss<»s'Nigh'
the 1 close Saturday at 6 p.m. reopen- banquet on January 21 at 7;3(
State of North Carolina. 'ing on December 26th at 6 a.m. p.m. at the Woman’s club.
3) approved the transfer of Christmas bonus payments will: The Jaycees present the awaiT
$10,000 from the utility fund to|be made. annually 1o a young man. nonr.
the neighborhood facilities fund.; Sadie Cotton Mills will suspend n^tod by the community and sc
4 ) accepted resignation of j operations Saturday, reopening lected by a panel of non-Jayc<H?s
Police Officer Jackie Boone
I fective December 9.
ef- Monday, December 30th. Christ- for outstanding contributions to
Coniimicd On Paac Six ) the community.
Cantatas Sunday At Two Churches
Christmas Herald
To Appear Sunday
rhe Christmas week issue of
the Herald will appear under
date of Monday, Dccembcn* 23.
It will be printed on Sun
day, December 22. appear on
n(\vstands that evening.
Advertising deadlines for the
edition will be Saturday, Dec
ember 22, at 4 p.m. News dead
lines will ho Sunday, Decemhor
2.3, at 2 p.m. Picture deadline
will h<* Thursday, December
l!Mh.
Tlie paper will include, in
addition to advertising and
news content, greeting ads and
(.'hristmas feature material.
The New Year’s Herald will
published on regular sched-
/ijlc. appearing on newstands
Wednesday. January 1. It will
ibe cii!<bibuted under date of
Tliursday, Junuaiy 2, 1964).
Combined Choixs
To Sing Cantata
Combined choirs of First Pres-
; byterian church w'ill sing the
Christm.as Cantata, “Love Trans-
Lending". by Peterson, at the
Sunday morning worship hour at
11 o'clock.
The traditional Joy Gift Serv
ice will include an offering and
presentation of children’s mite
bo.xes, t'heir offering for retired
ministers and fheir families.
Mrs. Darrell Austin, choir di
rector and organist, will direct
the Senior and Junior choirs in
the presentation.
Soloists will be Mrs. Ben T
Goforth, Darrell Austin and Man
Kings Mountain district
schools will clo.se after regular
sessions Friday for Christmas i
holiJays.
Students and faculty will ob
serve the holidays fix}m Fri
day, December 20th, until
Thursday morning, January
2nd.
Christmas Eve
Services Set
Combined Choirs of Resurrection
I Lutheran church will present a
Christmas Cantata as the Christ
mas Eve service at 8 p.m. Tuesday
St Matthew's
Service Set
The Senior Choir of St. Mat
thew’s Lullieran church will sing
the Christmjis Cantata “Noel.
Noel", at the Sunday morning
worship hour at 11 a.m. at the
church.
The choir is under the direction
ol Mrs. L. E. Hinnant, organist.
Featured in the program are
these parts: “Noel Chorus"; “He
Shall Stand Fast"; ‘The Annun
ciation"; “My Soul Doth Magnify
the Lord"; "No Room At The Inn";
"Christ Ls Born"; “Sleep, Sleep
Jesus, Rest and Slumber”; “Be Not
Afraid"; Men’s "Recitative” and
“Glory To God
ley Hayes. Narrator will be night at the church in Cresetmt Solo numbers wi(l be by Mrs.;
' Charh's Blanton. Hill. Charles Ramsey, >iano, and Mrs.
! D^. Paul K. Ausley, minister of The service will also include Robert L. Wilson, ilto.
the (hutc h, issued an Invitation, the observance of communion, .said Members of the Voir are:
to the community to worship in Rev'. David L. Castor, church pas | Soprano — Hubert Ader-i
■ the special serv’ice. toff * Continual ^itge Sio; 1
RESCUE CAPTAIN HONORED — The Cleveland County Rescue
Squad held the onnual Christmas ^pcirty Sunday at Honey's Rest
aurant in Gastonia and took the occasion to present Coptain
Delbert Dixon with o gold watch. The enscription on the watch
reod: "Cleveland County Rescue Squod For Services Rendered”—
December 25r 1968.” Pictured obovq are- from left. Tommy King.
Captoin Dixon and Bud Ware. AU three men ore officers of the
organisation.
North Carolina Veteran's Schol- Armstrong; Jimmy. Jr., age 13;
arship. Allyson, age 13; and Rodney, age
three.
They are active in Gastonia’s
First Wesleyan Methodist ehuiTh.
Mr. Armstrong was graduated
from Gastonia high school, at-
b.'
City Auto Tags
Go On Sale Ian. 2
City autemobilo lag sales
■<ings Mountain Lions will get tended Wake Forest college and
inderway .fanuary 2 in the c'ourt- served in the Army two years,
•oom of City Hall. The native of Gastonia says he
C. P. Barry is Lion chairman of already likes Kings Mountain
-he annual project. land looks fonward to doing busi-
Cost of the tag is $1. ness in this area;
Many Projects Here Will Provide
Operation Santa Claus For Needy
Several Christmas • season pro- Baptist church. It has been the
in Kings Mountain will pro- policy for several years for par-
. i ie ()p»*ration Santa Claus for cuts (<f needy children to have
opportunity to choose toys for
their childnm. Last year over 306
on the list.
he iiKligcnl.
Ki.ghth annual Empty Stocking
’pjx'al for funds for the needy is children were
imUn way by ilu* Kings Moun-
.Tin Ministerial Association.
Toys loi Pols, annual project
■f the Kings .Mountain Jay.'C(*s,
N also ht i'ig con(luct(<l witii in-
italions to citizens to bring toys
o ix‘ (Ion lied to rhe^LgX'cee Tree
.ol on East Mountain stre<M.
Javce<*s and members of tlu'
(Mombei's of the Kings Moun
tain Lions club will carry food
baskets to the area blind on
Monday night at 7 p.m.. Lions
members meeting in front of B
& B Food Store to distribute the
baskets. Carl Goforth is Lion
chairman.
Ministers will manii the Empty
*’IC.\ of Kings Mountain high Stocking booth on downtown
chool an* repairing the toys strends through Christmas Eve,
vhich will be distributed on Tlie year-round charity project
'Iirisimas Eva*. provides staple food items, cloth-
R(’v. RoIkm I M:(nn. i)roject co- ing and fuel,In addition to Christ-
n‘<iinalor for the three groups, mas goodies, for the indigent.
;aid toys will Ih‘ available to par Kings .Mountain's spirit of
*nts of n(*(Hly childivn from 1 un- Christmas giving is transcending
il r> p.m. Monday and Tuesday in th(* familiar purchasers lor fam-
he building which formerly ilyand friends in other directions
housed the office of the late Dr. also. CIniiches and circle gi*oups
I. K. /Xnthonv. Admission will Iv' are also t'onducting projeot.s to
by ticket onlv and any area min- hrigliten Christmas for the less
ister has tickets or th(*y are a- fortunate,
vaiiabie al tlie office of First