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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
TiM Gr«citer King* Mountdo figur* U dertvtd from tho
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January 1966. aire includes the H,990 population o
Humber 4 Township, and the remolning 1.124 Iron
NumtMr 5 Township. In Cleveland County and Crowdoi*
Uountda Township In Gaston County*
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VOL 81 No. 3
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 16, 1969
Pages
Today
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Fund Drive Will Be Conducted To Equip Civic Center
PRESIDENT — John McGinnis
has been elected president of
the Kings Mountain Merchonts
Association for the coming year.
Retailers Tap
John McGinnis
Jolin McGinnis, parlncr in
Ginnis Dcparlmcnt Slorc, ha.-*
boon olcctod president of tho
Kind's Mountain Moichants As
sociation for the comin^» year.
Mr. McGinnis will succeed John
Cheshire, Patterson Oil Com
pany executive.
A Kin<s Mountain native. Mr.
McGinnis is a son of Mr. and
Beautification
Grant oi S10.896
Sought By City
The city commission Tcos.lay
nigiil formally filed applfcation
with I'he U. S. Department of
Housing and Url>an Development
fora $10,896 urban boautificalion
giant with malchini^ inkind con
tributions from the city to take
care of rhe city’s cost in the
project.
Elaborating on the project,!
Mayor John IT. .Moss said beauti-
I fication would involve the new
I community center, residential j
I areas, and also the Davidson and;
I D<-*al street Park aieas, Mountain'
I Rest cemetery, street signs, en-j
I Imnccs to the city, the water!
! reservoir area, tlie library ami
■ City Hail. , |
The uiban renewal program,
Ik* said, would involve some beau
tification, including hedges and
planters to partially hide the
railroad tracks thiough the cen
tral business distri(‘t.
In conjunction with this pha.se
of the boaulifreation project the;
mayor announced another meet
ing of the
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MANAGER — Clinton P. Rankin.
Jr. of Wilson has joined First
Union National Bank as man
ager of the Installment Loan De
partment.
Clinton Rankin Jl
loins First Union
Harold
Rites
Businessman
Dies Instantly
In Accident
I Funeral services for Harold^
I Dentist Crawford, .^9. were con-
dUctcKl Saturday afternoon from
1 Kings .Mountain Bai)tisl chuich.
i Mr. Crawford <lif‘d as a result
! of chest injuries receiverl in a
wreck on L'S 71 west m'ar Royal
Motel, wlicn .Mr. (’lawford’s pick-,
up truck struck a dump truck ofj
Kings Mountain .Silica, Inc. Driv-i
er of th<» Silica fii'm’.s truck was;
David IpTndon. ;,
Mr*. Ci’awtoid was en route to'j
work at Norris Packing Com
pany, Shelby, wher-e li(» had been I
shipping clerk for the past year.
A former King.s Mountain gro-,
cel*, ho had Ix'cn a parTnt'r withi
7, . , I $79,008 Needed:
trawtord|c»"j™«f
Will Be Named
Conducted
Clinton P. Rankin. Jr., Gas-
f safety com- tonia native, has joined First his’i)rolhcr in CraiAford’s' .Mai*-I
mittee for Monday morning at Union National Bank here as in- hot until that firm was liquiiai
10.30 in City Hall courtroom to stallmcnt loan manager. ed. He had subserii entl, r>pcrat-i
study traff.c flow and safety and * . L^roccr v his own I
a proposed parking plan to add Meantime, L. E. Hinnant, vice- m,-V.-awford was a cirirter'
69 parking places in the down- president, announced promotion rnember of Kings Mountain Ban-
town area and Ijoactification a- cf .Mrs. Etha H. Humgardner m ther h had setxel as char
Ml'S. Paul H. McGinnis. He is I"”!? railway. Maps of this installment loan interviewer. of'the hoard cf deacons and
phase of the i)roject were on di.s- Rankin will also aid Mr. Hinnant «.«hool suo-rintendent
play for study by the commission.; in — work and public
Joe Lane,, director of the Ue-, relations duties. • jj veteran,
deve opment Commission com-| attendee! the Uni- He was a son of tho late Will-
men c on ho progiam. versity of North Carolina )CH) iam Joseph and Vennio Litliejohn'
married and father o-f a dau.gh-
ler.
Oth<‘r n(w oflic'<-r of tlie retail
ers group for the coming y(*«ar
will be Larry Hamrick, insurance-
man, associate of C. E. Warlick
Insurance Age ncy.
INDUCTED — Peter J. Hauser.
Senior student at North Caiolina
State University, has been in
ducted into membership by Phi
Kc|^ Phi. notional honor so
ciety.
Phi Kappa Phi
Taps Hauser
The city commission T'oc.-'day
night auiliori/.od Mayor John
' Ilcniy .Moss to aji-iKiini a coinmit-
. tee to head up a pu’oli.- subscrip-
• tion drive for $79,00') to etjuip
' liie new c{)nimuni'y (-ivic center
i on Cleveland Av(*nue.
Completion dale for liii' center
; is laj’ elcd for the* first week in
, .•^cptembt'r. said Bc/o Williams of
' J. L. Williams and .Associate.^,
aichltfcts for the project, wIkj
reportefi woi k on the facilit\
*‘on sihedule.'’
I’ un<ls raised will provide much-
■ n<*eded (.qulpmeni for the ncigh-
horhoo.I facility. iiuTuding kitcli-
('ll eriuipmeni, roll-away hleacli-
('rs for 2.(K)h ^‘pcctators, liasket-
hall backstops atid fold away par
titions. The.se items wore deleted’
■ when tile (ontracis wert* awarded
because of lack of fun<ls at lliat
lime.
Total cost (jf th(* facility is
$H2,()(K) without the* etjuipmtmt.
in. hiding a .So')2,(i,M) fedei al grant,
a ShKt.Ono city appropriation and
$-10,090 plus from the Kings
Mountain Housing .Authority.
. Adding the .$78,000 for oiiuipment,
' th(‘ total cost would api)ro.\imate
$.■320.6^.
William.^ gave the cost figures
in pointing also to advantages of
th<‘ ni-w ceiit<‘r whicii could pro
vide day-c:iie for 1.70 children
during one shill <'ach day and
seat more than 2.000 pt'ople in
the gym area. Thi.s, and othei
.servk(*s sucli as in recreation,
health, meeting and hanqiad
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“As the New Year unfolds we
find there is a beginning of an-1
. Peter J. Hauser, senior student spi ciator sports acti-
and Atlantic Christian college. Crawford. at North Cai-olina State Clivers-
, nil Ue spent two years with Pruden- Surviving are his wife. Virginia by at Raleigh, has been inducted ainact .a.\v mdustr.w Am
The new directors for 1969 arc other nature on the local 8cene - insurance Company and 3ird Crawford, twit sons. William into membership by Phi Kappa
David Plonk of Plonk Oil Com- office in the First Union Union at the Wil- Bird Crawford and Harold D. Plti National Honor Societj
pany; Bill Grissom of Ben T. Go- ^.^tional bank the stall ot the branch for the past two CrawTord. Jr., a <UugiUer, Mar- vecognizing outstanding scholar-
forth Plumbing; J. T. McGinnis, ^Redevelopment _ Jano. a-^jH-other,.,^!^ *nd exetUent ghaiaeter.
r. of Victory Chevrolet Com- a*
ifiny; James Lybrand of Kings steps in our ne^ve.st urban *’^tiew-
, joined Kings
pie space on ihi' hmiom floor of
the contei- could a(commodat<*
l.Th children during one shift
ca^.h day. said \Williains.
The mayor and all roiTimissfnri-^'
.Mountain Country
Club.
He is marricvl. They have tiwo
children.
Study Course
At KM Hospital
A study couivse on eaiclio-pul
monary re.suscitation has been
at Kings
Barrett Rites
Are Conducted
^fountain pffico Supply & Equip- project revitalization of the
ment Company; and ’Tilly Luns- central Business district to at-
ford of StercTu Bmlhers Furni- increased retail trade.
“Urban Renewal is a local pro-
Hold-over directors are Larrv locally conceived, locally
Morrow of Bclk’s Department planned and locally executed
Store. Howard Lutz of Kings a unitpie partnership be-
Mountain Dr.'.g Companv and Lt'c tween l(n*al government, pri\ato
Mvinlivre of First-Citizens Bank <*ntcrprisc, the citizens and the
& Trust Company ' Federal Government. Consequenf-
Mrs. Luther JoV, secretary to V* the project is a community un-
the association, .said first meet- <lertaking ami of direct ronerrn
Ing of the group is slated for every citizen of Kings .Moun-
this week at whidi time the 196S taih.
report will be pres<*ntod and The Ked<‘\elopinenl Commis- underway this w’oek
plan.s for th<‘ new* year will be ii<'ade(l hy .its cliaiiman, Mountain hospital,
made. Carl F. Mauney. is the .guiding Dr. Sam Robinson has been
force behind our Uiban Renewal serving as Iccfjrer, training films
o'forts. This Commission was es- have been used, along with a
tablished hy Mavor Moss and the, IFfe-size mannikin named "Resus-
City Board of Commissioners iiV ci-Anne^’.
order to study Urban Rene^val, Taking tho course have been
problems and consists of Com-! staff nurses, other
. ^ , missioners William Herndon,' members of the Kings Mountain
Funera] rites for Forrest S. Tliomas A. Tate, John O. Plonk. !bia)i school health careers club,
Bairelt, 38, Kings Mountain na- jj-^ y^d Charles Alexander. ! firemen policemen and members
live, were held Wednesday after- -private enterprise in the Ur-
noon at 2 o'clock from the Chapel Renewal team is represented tain rescue squads,
of Harris F'uneral Home. py Barbour-Cooiier Associates’-of! The course continues through
The Rev. D. B. .Aklerman, pas- Asheville, the planning consult- f'rida.v night,
tor of Central Methodist church, g^ts in development of the plan! External cardiac massage and
ol'ficialed at the final rites, and. pj^}^ iq pre.senbHl to the mouth • to - mouth resusdtation
Interment was in .Mountain Rest R<'<iowlopment (Commission and have been stressed,
cemetery. Citizens of Kings Mountain,
■.Mr. Barrett died suddenly in for final approval. !
Mon.‘;omery. Alabama after suf- “Tlie Department of Housing
fering a cerebral hemorrhage, y^d Urban Development has a-
I He was employed as a salesman. to advanet' $1()9.470.(X) to
j He was a son of tlie late M. finame survey and phinning acti-
tiid .Mrs. Francis C. Barrett ol reserved $892,060
Kings Mountain. > for proieci e.xecution. The over-
Surviving are Iris son, Frankiall projnd expenditure will b<*:
S. Barrett, cf Mesquite, Texas; ultimately shared, with the citv
Iris twin brother, Horace Barrett j contributing 25'; of the cost,
of Kings .Mountain; -and his sis- Coutinuvd On Page Sir
ter, Mrs. Clarence L. Jolly, Sr.
of Kings Mo.’ntain. '
Baptists Begin
Bible Study
A Bible Study on Isaiah will
feature vesper services beginning
Sunday and mid-week prayer
.services lieginning Wednesday ati
Kings Mountain Baptist church.
The vesper study will be for all
departments of the cliiurch from
5:30 until 6:15 p.m. on Sundays.
The mid-week study for all de
partments of the chuirh will bo
held from 7:30 until 8:15 p.m. on!
Wednesdays.
Rt‘v. James M. Wilder, pastor.'
will load bhe study of Isaiah for
adults, youth and inteiTnediatcs.
Miss Linda Roberts will lead the
Juniors tn the study of “Rcrore^
Jesus Came”. Mrs. bd<Tl Renton
will IcaJ the Primaries in “The
Story cf Joseph”: Mrs. M .L.I|
Williams will lead the Beginners
in “Helping Others Lesarn About
^fe.sus” and Mrs. Kyle Smith will
V'ad the nursery students in the
Rudy, ‘'My Family/* i
express, d confidence that
Wilson Mr. Rankin has J- Wilson CrawTovd, and a sister. This is the highest academic a-
an activ'e Javcce He has Airs. Harold C^g-^ins. All are of waid any student can receive at ,*. » i j- j
an ariivo ja>xco. llo ha.s grandohil- North Carolina State University. would support the fund
dren survive. Hauser’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. i\o be, aiise nl the vcihaiiliij ol
The final rites were cojuiucted Jack Hauser, went to Raleigh for
hy the pastor. Rev. James Wild- induction ceremony,
or and interment was in Moun- '^’he .standards for Phi Kappa
lain Rest cemetery. Plh are comparable to thosi^ of
Pallbearers were Alvin Bridges. Fhi Beta Kappa except that they
of ShcTby, Eugene RolxTts, W. T- In the field of sciences whero-
Woir, Odell Benton, Thomas A. Phi Beta Kappa are in the
field of liberal arts.
The Kings Mountain student
rlans to attend graduate school
following graduation.
•Tate, and Dr. D. F. Hord.
Sandra Wilson. 11
Return^ To Duke
Sandra Wilson, 11 - year - old
Kings Mountain student, has re
entered Duke Hospital at Dur
ham for treatment expected to
Mrs, Plonk s
Father Passes
th(‘ new center ami its capability
of provlflifig sornt' .service to
e\ciy citiz< n.
Earlier the mayor had praised
the city rcTication program and
its leaders, *1 claim our pm.iram
is th(* bt‘st» program for a city our
size in the Southeast.”
The mayor recognized Carl Wil
son, chairman of the city recrea
tion commi.ssion, wlio outlined an
ambitious program for tlu* new
year, listing buhbic-top swimming
pools foi y(*ar-round swimming
and miniature golf courses as
luigets. Mr. Wilson said that
•Frank Hinson of Charlotte, archi-
ms^
ONE BEDROOM UNIT FOR ELDERLY — Pictured are lloor plan
ond architect's drowing of exterior appearance of one-bedroom
units for elderly persons which will be built by Kings Mountain
Public Housing Authority. Rentol applications will be accepted
beginning Februory 1.
PH A Will Invite
Rent Applieations
Elderly Units
Seminary Course
Is Offered Here
The Seminary Extension De-
parlnicni of tho Southern Baptist
Convention will offer a course in
Old Testament to intcrcst(*d per
sons in Cleveland County, for
college or seminary credit.
Are Designed
For Safety
King.s Mountain Public Hous
ing Authority, Inc., will begin ac
cepting rental applications begin
ning February 1.
will be the in-
rc{|uiro two montiis hospitaliza- ^ tret, is preparing plans for the
tion. I’uneial rites for H. 0.1 liomas- plans shouli lie
Sandra is afflicted with a rare son. S2, of Greenville. .S. C., fa- completed by Mau-h 1 so con-
rmiilovrc'; the muscles and has tbor of Mrs. William Lawrence str.jction can begin on the plas- Cost for the course will Ix'
. hcen undergoing extensive treat-:5Monk_ of Kings Mountain, were top in order to have it $7.00, wirich will cover the text-
The classes will meet in First
Baptist Church, Kings Mountain,
each Tue.sday evening for nine ^ clerk will lx‘ available at
wcx.‘ks,^ beginning January 26tlb Qj*y j.jall each Saturday morning
from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The R^''-jfrom 9 until noon.
.Mann, minister of First'
Baptist church,
structor.
ment and observation recently at held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from
Duke. She is a patient in fhtiom Greenville's Buncombe .Street
f ^ ,, 1424, Howland, Duke Hospital.I Alotlmdist churji o: wirich lie
Durham. N. C. ! was a nK mluT.
She makes her home with her| Interment was in Greemille
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mar-, cemetery.
tin L. Wilson, Sr. of Kings .Moun- .Mr. Thomasson died o'f an ap-
tain. Sandra is dau :hter oj Mar- parent heart attack Sunday morn-
tin L. Wilson, Jr. and Mrs. Nan-i ing wiiilc on a vacation trip wiJh
SIDEWALK PROGRESSING
J. Pat Spangler, executive of
Spangler Concrete Company,
reporting on progress of side
walk work at the high schotl,
a Kiwanis project, said "We’ll
he pouring the Phifer Road
sidewalk in a few days." Mr.
Spangler’s report was made at
a I'ocent meeting of the civic
club.
cy Jo WMlson.
PRESBYTERIAN
Dr. Paul Ausley will use the
SCI mon topic, "Thirsty For
God”, at Sunday morning wor
ship services at First Presby
terian church.
his wife in Jacksoiivill(\ Fla. He
suffered the attack while eating
in a restaurant.
Besides his wife and his dnugh-
ter here, Mr. T^iomasson is sur
vive! by a son, B. O. Thomasson,
Jr. and a daughter, Mrs. Bill Dal
ton. both of Greenville, S. ('.
type top in order
C<>nthuic<i On Page Six
Friday Holiday
In Area Schools
Friday will be a stud(*nt lioli-
day in the Kings Mountain
school district.
Teachers will p^irticijiatc in a
faculty workshop.
Superintendent Donald Jones
said purpose of the workshop is
vwo-fnld: 1) evaluation of the
work of the first semester and
2» planning the work of the
s<‘cond semester. •
H. W. Gamble, 93, Appreciates
Invitation To Nixon Inauguration
NOTES BIRTHDAY H. W.
Gamble celebrated his 93rd
birthdoy Sunday.
H. W'. Gamble, life long Repul)
hcan who celebrated his 93rd
birthday Sunda-i. said Iris best
birthday gift was invitation to at-|
tend the inau. uration o,:' Presi-j
dcnI-Elect Richard M. Nixon. l
Mr. Gamble says he won’t be
able to attend.
I He (*elrhraled his birlhday Sun
day with a family dinner with;
his children and grandchildren'
the felhivvship hall of El Bet hell
United Methodist church. '
A native of Cleveland County
anrl one cf Kings Mountain’s sen
I ior citizt'iis. .Mr. Gamble is son!
I of the late Sarali Harmon Gam-
bl(» and AnJrew Jackson Gamble. I
He was born January 11, 1876.
Relatives from Kings Moun
tain, Alabama, Charlotte, Hick-,
ory and Shelhc spent liie day
with Mr. Gamble.
Chllflren of Mr. Gamble are
sons Howard of Mofl)ile, Ala..'Ped'
of Kings Mountain and Warren
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K1N4^ MQVmmmi
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The dwellings are expected to
be ready for occ*upanc>' by Sept
ember. Tliomas W. Harper, e.xe-
cutive director said.
Units for the elderly, most of
them onc-bedroom fas pictured
Admission is open to ihc public, ahovc) will be available to cou-
Call the church office for regis- Pit's with annual income of less
! than S3.tXX), with the added stip
ulation that one member must be
at least 62 years of age.
These units will be constructed
in the Ridge stroet-Dilling street
area. This area was chosen for
two primai'x’ reasons: nearness
to uptown shopping area and to
the new neighborhood facilities
.A frame house on Waters street building, which will house vari-
A as gutted hy fire about 4:30 social service agencies,
p.m. Monday, city firemen re-, units are designed to make
ported. living convenient and safe for el-
First Capt. C. D. Ware said the! derly people. Cabinets and stor-
home was one of the oldest struc- age shelving ai*e lower than nor-
tures in tho city and was occupied^ mal, generally at mid-wall level
by two Negro families. He said'rather than going to tho ceiling,
no one apparently was at home, All bathrooms are designed with
when the fire started and added safety devices to decrease chanct»
that the cause of the fire has not of falls. Cooking stoves will be
been determined. The home was! electric and walks and steps will
, damaged beyond rei)air, he ad<l- ho laid out with safety as the
cfl. prime consideration.
hooks and syllabus.
Admis
Call the
tration.
Frame House
Gutted By Fire
WIL5ER, KENDRICK , WORKMAN i WARREM, ARCHITECT6 - ENGINEERS, CHARLOTTE
PROJECTED NEW HOME OF KINGS MOUNTAIN SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION This is the
orchitect's projection of the new Kings Mountain Savings & Loan rsssociation building to hi- con
structed at the northwest corner of S. Cansler ond W. Mountoin streets. The firm hopes to receive
bids in February. Cost estimate is S200.000*
Tony Anthony Will Be Speaker
For laycee Awards Night Banquet
William A. "Tony” Anthony. Award to tho outstanding young
.\ inrinistialive National Director man of 196S will follow the din-
of tlio .North Carolina Jayceos. ner and addros.s by Anthony. The
Will l)c the principal speaker at awaid winner will bo entered in
tlu* Jayccos’ 15th Annual Distiiv the North Carolina State Con-
guisluxl .Service Award aiul Boss- test. All state winners will be on
es' Night Banciuot Tuesday night, teied in the national competition
.Mr. Anthony, president of the which annually choo.scs America’s
Gastonia Jaycees in 1965-66, at- ten outstanding young men.
K-ided Wake Forest and Erskine Jayeve Pi’osident Joe Snjith
v'olle.gcs, graduating from Er- will preside at the Ixnuiuet and
<kine with an A.B. Degree. H^ will introliuH* Mr. Anthony, past
joined the Gastonia Jaycees in I).8.A. winm*r Charles Blanton
lt)62 and served as a director, will pre.scnt tho D.S.A. to the
vice-president and j)residont. He 1968 Young M in of the Year,
.served tlu* state organization as Jaycees will have their employ-
vi,e-president. National Director ers as sp<\‘ial guests,
ind currently as Administrative For the first year the Jaycees
.National Director. He hajs serv- will also honor the Boss of the
ed Gastonia and Gaston County Y(*ar as named by Jayews a'Ki
in numerous civic capacities . the' Outstanding Educator of the
I ITcscututiun of the Juycvcs’ Year as voted b> Ja.wecs.