vNi \ \ .* Population Greater Kings Mountam 2I,9M City Limits (1966 Census) ■ 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300 The GrMtsr Slogs Mouotoio ligur* U dtnvsd Irem tli* spacicU United Stolos Bureau ol the Census report o t anuory 19t8. and includes the 14.990 population o lumber 4 Township, and the temoining 6.124 (fon Number 5 Township, In Cleveland County and Crowder' MoUntodo Towoshln in Gaston County. £ fi Kings Mountain's Bniiobio Newspaper Pages Today VOL 80 No. 52 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Monday, December 23, 1968 Seventy-Eignth Year PRICE TEN CENT! Kings Mountain Area Citizen Readying For Holiday ^ i Housing, Rail Traffic Safety Meeting Scheduledby Mayor Answers Sought To Problems Said Pressing Mayor John Henry Moss has scheduled late Dreembor meetings of committees-of-the-wholp to at-| tack problems of 1> rail traffic safety and 2i a shorta^'o of hous-j ing. ( The .Mayor has asked William Ht'rndrtn, chalrnna of the rail traffic safety group, which in cludes Iho planning I>oard. urban, rodovelopment commission, cham-, her d.' cummcrco, merchants as sociation and industrial commit tee, to convene Monriay, Decern-, bor 30, at 10:30 a.m. at City JlaJJ. The duty of this group is to foimulate recommendations for, GRADUATE — Mrs. Mickie Lo- improv<>ment of auto-|K‘dest!ian Houser has completed ro- traffic safety at railroad ii?rade quirements for on A. B. degree crossings, the recommendations i Lenoir Rhyne college in having been, invited by the Pied-! nickor\'. mont division superintendent of’ ..tlv* So-uthern Railway. lUlwi Being invited by the Mayor to D0I1S6X oet l*he following morning ' ;30 at City Hall are land de-jlll|||M velopers, realtors, financing firms, builders and suppliers to determine w'ays and means to Mrs. Mickie Logan Bucknell Man Grant Named Oxford Manager Craftspun Fire Cause Undetermined Cause oif the fire which dai^v aged a cotton warehouse' at Craftspun Yarns, Inc. Wednes day night had not been determin- ; e'ee, was Grant as Plant Manager of Re-; damages. Previously a company Charged with murder Friday in iiabl(‘ Mills, Gastonia, ^oith Car-i ha'.l been Quoted ®^jthe shotgun slaying of one man olina, has been announced by saying the warehouse housed j the wounding*of another at Julian Lerner, Manager of the seme 2000 bales of cotton andjiLoad King 1-85 Truck Plaza near Knit Wear Division of Oxford In- was also c.sed for yarn storage, j about two miles iustrics. Ho said there was fire damage south orf Grover. Grant will become manager of; to cotton, and smoke and water the new knitting plant now un-idamr. e to the building, but no ier construction in Kings Moun-j structural damage, tain, North Carolina wjicn that! plant is completed. One of the* Fi**c was discovered around largest integrated knitting ations in the country, uU'd to bo op,'nod in M.i v, 1969. tain firomon answerod tho call! j, shotgun in tho stom- gree from Bucknell University, ihe warenouse is a two-, ^ . Christmas Communion Drop-In At ARP Cir.n.n .«‘. vi*Ts will climax an- iiwl yiik' 1,‘l.gious ritc.s. ^ .A! Jcjsl Iciir Kini;.-; Mountain !.■ U‘h{-.s pi.in C)i...smuis Kve' . ei\i.‘<'<. Iv. <) ;U 11 i).m. Horne was jailed without bond in Cherokee County Jail in Gaff ney, S. C The shooting repoi'tedly occur- kbiVlinK oprr. j ^rJ'f'^aaid''■‘^e‘''!^shfer,''Tck firnmnn n i Srbit^. 5Jrom m^^^^ single-shot weapon and tOttOll rlOUIdm ta minimum of 11X10 new homes lequitemonts lot an .4.B. degree, iio-ximatelj. $ld0 million last a ^,.*..'1 a Mact at AiiiGy,n cavorai ^ Uor MounJn within three in primary education from Lenoir year. .smoldering bales as they wore "years. Rhyne college in Hickory. n n? 1 'bioug.it out. f4‘ reiterated yesterday. "I The Kings .Mountain student; irmly believe this goal can le completed her studies over a ixyil r* a cached. It is not a (jueslion of one-half year period. ACCentS CAII GlltS Will Greet if but ‘must’. Our irulustrial o,\- Rev. Finley Accepts Call , . , She was an honor student for „ ^ . *. .ansion is developing opportunity Rev. David P in ey pastor of been'doing lun- student teaching foursquare Gospel church herm under supervision of Mrs. Rachel accepted Saine in the thinr grade at Park ‘^e call to becoine p.astor of Four- Elemenlaiy school in Lincolnton. "oua™ Gospel church in Jackson- The Housers are- parents of a , ... i . i.- five-voar-old daughter, Teresa. -'’*■• fomP'fo h** Thev reside at S13 E. Ridge Pa* orate duties ne.xt .Sunday. The Kings Mountain minister M ■ ■ fis married to tho former Barbara ISV WCUlll IlUKc Mrs. Houser is the daughter of Moss and they and rheir two * ... Mrs. Ben T. .Goforth of Kings sons, Douglas and Michael, re- Ifpr all our citizens as well as ■potential citizens. They must nave shelter.” [Christmas Stoiy Saint Luke Mountain. Rhodes Rites Held In Tampa Avd f x‘(i»ie to pasu in thoav dai/s, that there ,u'ent out a de cree Jrom r Ati-oufi'tiiff, thitt nU ^.hr iverld^houhi \bc tax ed. rAndJ this taxhuj -uv/.s first wade irhea ,Ci/-rc’‘»i-a.s leu.s d front F. Rhodes, Sr., tSl, fonin'r Km s ^oi/f lo///i(* ft/,Nu~'u-! fountain citizen, were held in , -fk/i, iHff> unto the f i/.v Tampa, Fla.. Saturday a . ternoon. jl^Da'vid, v:ltirh ks tailed J3cthie- Mr. Rhodes, native of ('.a.slon (bet'diftia he the cornty. died Thuisd.ay in Tampa hduse ,and lineafje pf ^)(dvid:i • where ho had lived for th(‘ past To be taxed'trith Ma'v)) his vs- two decades, following a long ■ponsrd wife, briny yrcat • tvith illness. child. side at 1007 Se(‘ond street. Mr. Finley came to the Kings Mn ntain church from Rock Hill,, S. C. First Baby Of '69 Kings Mountain area retail firms are preparing to welcome the first arrival of the New Year '69. Wiio ho or she will be, only time will tell._ The Kings Mountain Herald is sponsoring for the 14th year tho First Baby Derby. A two- page advertisement in today’s edition details the gifts the new arrival will receive and tho donors of the gifts. Contest rules are also detailed on tfiose pages. ■\Vilh few exceptions. Kings .Mountain citizens looked forward this week to some surcease from work during the Christmas sea son. For many, the Christmas holi days had already begun. Many IKirtions of Kings Mountain tex* ■ ile plants arc clo.sed this week, will . 4/UlllllBiUllIWII : some for two days, others from iliroe to 10 days. Several firms made cash gifts A o cmpluyees. Others ga\'c Christ mas presents in the form of gift certificatc.s for hams or turkeys. Retail personnel will get a one day respite, Christmas Day, and will bo close at i:o:.urrcctit>n will observe tho North Carolina vjtiv'rm ciui:c!i witli memhers banki i : legal liolirlay on W'edncs- ; the .-Jciiinr and Vair.h cimir:-^ to lay and Thursday. pari.cii);ttc. City Hall offices will close Klcvi'n o'i ■ ). k candi<‘l;*Jtt com- Chi istmas ie\e and Christmas nunion ^cia ic(' u ill in' held at Day. 'ir: t Cl'iviori in (hur h and Drug stores will be open on ladilianal U [).m. sei \ ic<‘s will abbreviated schedule to offer r.‘ held at .S’. .Mjiihcws Luther- prr.scription service Christmas in chill .-h. Mu.si-. by th«‘ cimirs of Day. dll' cliurcli will he featured at Longest holiday was announced both '(’r\U<'s. by .Mauncy Textiles. Mauncy Hos- At Resurrection Lutheran joy shut down at 3 p.m. Thurs- lu. ch the seven-par! i-antata day and resumes operations at 7 will ftaiu’i': ‘Let .Ml Mortal a.m. D<.vember 30. Carolina FU\di Kiep .Sil'-nce ”; "Beliold, A Throwing Company closed Frid-ay Virgin y’miii C'on.eivc": •‘While and will reopen at 7 a.m. Dec- ?h(.Thcrds Watclie.i; “And H ember 30th. Christmas bonuses To Pa:o ': “yi.vec; Bacy wore paid, based on length of .'ii‘cp“; “In tile Bleak Mid-Win- service. :er“: and “Let All Together Craft.sj un Yarns closed for the P:a:s<* Our G el." from tin* Can- holidays Saturday and will re- tata. “Lc; Ail Togi'lhei* Praise i;ume operations Dot’ember 30th. Cy r Go 1 ’ iyc Williams. Soloists Holilay bonuses w’ore distributed on”Vhe’od ’he single-shot weapon and VUllUll riUUiaill ‘ y '?-at a turkey dlnnri- for employees on the blast at Allison «;evGral ^51* Donald Di'al. Clvcr dncctoi is j,id their families Sunday at the truck drivers reportedly disarm- riliinfffOC I ictofl school catetoria. M'BTV en- od the man and WTestled him to' VJlOligcS IllSieU is M:ss D.na Jo Hanna, t.-itainr; Fred Kirby and Santa the floor i ' ‘ ^ .Memners -of tlie cilo^^ an. ciaus entertained Hie employees Home wa.s ari'ested at the truck' Sewral changes ha\c ocen senior iho;r .Mrs. n.. ,H. CjoUt, Ricir families Sunday after- A resident of Cherokee made in the Cotton Pmgram for Mii'^ y\M'\ Ann Foster, .Miss £> noon. 1969, Ralph Harrill, manager of sie Marie Foster. Mrs. Donaln Mills will close Tuesday-and the Cleveland County ASCS has Deal, .Mrs. Richard .McGinnis. Wednesday and gift certificates announced. Plonk, .Miss Becky pre.sentod employees. • Dunn. Gene Gladden, (ilenn Me- Kings .Mills closed operations 1. For 1969 there will bi' no ic- Daniel. F. H- (Rder, and Donald Saturday night at 19, reopening quired diversion. Farms with 10. Deal. Youth Ciuur Becky Plonk, Thursday morning, December acres or less allotments will re*, Mary Ann Bt'nneti, Debbie Plonk. 2(). Clirislmas bonuses were paid, ceiye payment on 35 peicent of sharoii Plonk, Beverly Plonk, liLirlington Mills Phenix Plant their allotment at 11.26 cents Debbie Ljpsii*. .Mark Lypsie. ^\ jjj closi’d for the holidays times tho yield per acre. FarmsMiko Dyke. Steve Plonk. .Mike oecemeher 23-29. Holiday boniis- larger than 10 acres’will only re- p]onk, ’rim Weiistcr. John Plonk, were paid employees, based on Jr.', Mike Bennett, Mark McDan- of seiwice. iel. Wayne Whitley, (.lenn xeisco Mills will close Monday .. ^,.1 r *.1 rr - cinrv hrix.ir anrf xv>mont of the tTUck stop, was shot Second Lieutenant in the U. S. : and an MA dcgiep from the Uni- cotton^!" ’ho bark. Allison was lislod Anny Corps of Engineers at Fort BeWeir, Vo. Fridoy. He will be stationed ot Fort Benning* Ga. and will reside there with hi.s wife* Vi'd^. Going to Fort Bal- «0ir for Umi ceremonies were his parents end his brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Goforth. I stop. ' county, he is single and an em nloyee of Minolte Mills in Grov ,er. McDaniel Heads Kiwanis Gliib And HO if 1A/.S. that, while tiny were iherr, the days icerr .ar- romjdishfd 'that she $h(nild be drtiveicd. And\^he hronyht forth hr r 30th. is incfjming first vice-president, 3 Auslcy will lead the meditations ynnetto Mills «t Grover closed and Carl P. Finger, laundrj^an, j^pgpj, iq Darrell Austin is choir dir saturdiiv at 6 p.m. reopening on IS incoming s^ond vice pi-esident.,^ ^^^^ to 10 acres ector and organist. Novvly-electcd directors ai'o Jim -- , »-. jLybninJ, Don Parker. Rev. Rob ert Mann. L(?wis Dellir.f;cr. Will-! and bo considered a small farm. Rev. Cb'irU’S I-'nslov will lead bonus *• the 11 |».m. Christmas Kve rites 4. Farms ‘Planning to U.ise al- Lutheran church sadie Cotton Mills susiKUided iiam Herndon Rev. Tom Ritchie, lotments must complete neces anthems tw the choirs will operations SatuiMac. reopenin- ind Ragan Harper. | sary forms and file witli !h(‘ -lode “V e n i t e Adoremus”; Dr. Cecil Cospor, educ'ation pro- Cleveland County ASCS Office Don«’ Merrily On High”: fessor at Western Carolina Uni- on or before Dccomlxm 31. 196S. ‘cr.ntinia d On Payr Eight versitv and lUHitenant-governor of: Carolinas Kiwanis District I, , will speak and will install tho of-| ficers and directors. Deccmlx'r 26th at 6 a.m. Christ- payments will be (Continued on Page Eight) Rands Honor loe Hodden ———^ — - j vp 111 ii«'R®®^d To Moot Navy AcMevemenl Award To Wells P01* jjij Training Work In vownat The hiv boaif. where Commandm* tonum-honored tho retiring bandlwells heads the military piM’.son- dirivtor, Joe C. Hedden. i nel department. Mr. Hedden announced ^ . • .1 resignation at the end of lasti The citation accompan>ing thi* school term to become principal | *iwaryl reads; of West school in the elementary! meritorious achievement syMom. w Executive Officer while at- The progr^ w^ arranged by, , p, i ss Donald Deal, band dn^'tor. “paHcutin (AE-18) from December Phe treslunen Band played ^ pnistmas In En^and . “Jmgle! oiK-rations a.^ainst the ene- BolU”. “Spirit of Christmas’ and I commander Wells coiv “fUiapsody. _ . sistently and skillfully coovdinat- The Senior Bandsmen Play^;,,^ departmental activities in “Overhiro to the Messiah. “A . t. smli a manner as to signifies it LOOKING FOR SANTA — Kings Mountain high school students took part in Christmas door decorating contests recently and one * o! the entries was photographed by Isaac Alexander; Pam Leigh* left and Jean Hullender stand before the door as two pajama-clod youngsters peek through the keyhole for Santa. The enscription reads:’T Saw Mamo Kissing Santa Clous.” - ; nontal amtincntal” and “Carol of <.nhancc Particutin’s hahiVahil ^ .1 1. .1 VI illy and opc'ratinnal abilities and O fic’ I several departments and the sue- I cessful completion of all pJiases [Of underway refresher training • Con^iaat’d Oh Page Eight MEDAL PRESENTED — Lt. ; Comm. Aaron L. Wells* Kings • Mountain native* has been pre sented the novy's achievement , medal. Capt. W. A. Walk<*r III* ; commanding officer of Novo! | Station Treasure Island* where Comm. Wells is military person nel officer* made the presenta tion. commission- eis will hold a special meeting at 6:30 Fridav evening, December 27. Major item o' business is public hearing on petitions of several citizens in the southwest area of the city, along .vilh the Frank H. Gla.ss post, VVterans of Foreign Wars, for inclusion in tho city. The commission will also re ceive bids for: D major amount of street improvements icurb and gutteiA ;on RoXford Road. N. Gaston stivet, Waco road. Downing street, Monte Vista drive and N. Traey street. 21 .\ ro.ider for the sanitation i dejiartment. 3> A sewer line to serve Kings ; Mountain Industrial Park. Today's Herald ! Final One Of '68 I Today’s edition ol the Herald. ' lh(‘ special ChrKtmas intilion, i.s the final one of 1968. i Tile next edition of the Herald will be published on the even ing of January 1. 1969,' under date of January 2. The Herald will close Monday j afternoon and re-open Monday 1 morning December 30.