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i^We Had a Ball", Mrs. Mayes Says;
Jihe Attended Nixon Inauguration
Thumlayt d«nu«ry 23, 'WW
AfO/ff: ABOUT
50c tax Levy
(UfUtirthed Fi’«>iU Poff* Oue
Balfol« Bids
^ hall" Is how Mrs.
'Caii Mayos (U\sfiil)(*s her iiip lo
Wasihinjjton, D. C. for llio inau-
^ration of the 371 h Picsidctii of
'Wio Unitiul Stal(*s.
As the wiiolo walrlu*<l
'and listened Monday as Kirliard
Milhaus Nixon was s,\orM in, the
Kings Mountain woman, her hn»-
liher and sistiM-in-law, Mr. and
‘Mrs. James Clark<‘, t)l Alexan
dria. Va., and flh*ir sist<*r, Mrs.
Jack Wagner of .Statesville*, ha I
“front row .seats", tlie tickets
<‘omplimenls of U. S. .Senator
Sam Krvin.
They al.so attended a .Sunday
reception foi .North (’arollna
iSovernor Robert \V. Seoti ami
3^rs. Scott at U’asliinglon-Iliiton
flotel. Mrs. Mayes said Kd Heniy
§mith, al.so of Kings .Mountaitt.
jf^airman o. tin* Ch veland (N»iin-
Republi( an Party, was also a-
Aong guests. On .Satindai\ the
Jar 7leel sisitors visite<l .Si'tialor
Ev<*r<‘tl .Iordan, .S<-na!nr Sam
^rvin and Repres(‘ntativ<* .James
flroyhill iti their offices at the
Capitol.
,ij Mrs. .May<*s said Iwr group also*
jhad "front .seat liek<*ts" to the
{Inaugural parad(‘, agaiti eompli
j^jionts of U. .S. .Senator Krvin.
They Jittended the itjaugural
ball at Sheralon-Paik Hotel Mon-
das evening, going early enough
to obtain go<».i .s(*ats to sei* the
ai'i'ival of dignilaru*s.
'I'lie weatlu*!' was goial unit)
the jains came late .Monday \Nlt<*n
tin* vi.sittns weia* <l<'i»arling to re*
tuiM home. .Mrs. Mayes aiiived
h.iek in town 'ruesda\‘.
Mrs. .Ma.ves sai<l of tin* .Nixon
girls .and titeir mother, the |•'ilst
L.idy: ••'rin'y'rt* lo\-ely.’’ .She Inid
Mts. .Nixon's tel<*\'ision app-i'ar-
an.*e didn't do lier .just ii*e. For the
sw<*aring-in e<-r<*monies Mi.s, .Nix
on Wore a teddish ioat with fur
a!id tui- hat. l-'or Inn' apis-aranef*
at tin- six halls the First Kady
wore a mimosa yellov\ silk satin
ballgown, its Jaelo’t an 1 cummer
huinl aglitter witlt Jewels that
look 2i)tt hours t«) emI)roid<*r.
Mrs. .\|a>'es .said th<‘ hall she
atteinh’d vsas (a'f»wd<Ml with jew
eled 1 i(li<-s and l c'\e<|f)-ela(l men.
Tin* President made tin* rounds
in white ti(> and tails, making
spec,In'S l.jeed with Iuim<»r
an 1 <'xpi(‘ssing faith in tin* A-
meriean people.
.Mrs. Ma\es said .she (li<l not
witfK'ss an\ antiwai* dernotistra-■
Mjims but that tin* Washington
jK'wspapeis w(*re full of storic'S
of >outhl'ul pr<»teslors who pick
eted tin* inaugural parade*.
Injuries Fatal
ITo Y. E. Harmon
Sterchi December
Sales Off Slightly
l)e-fnii)er sale;
of Sterchi
Y. E. <Jo(*» Harmon t)f .Sh<*lby.
brother of Pieston Harmon and
'Mrs. Marie Ik*ll and Mrs. .Jack
Anthony, all of Kings Mountain,
{lied VWdne.sday rnoi ning in ('har-
'Jptto .Mennirial hospital as tin* n*
suit fif injuries suffered fr«im a
tall.
U Mr. Harmon, aeeoi ling to his
brother, Fred Harnnai. was un-
heading a transport truck load nf
fUcI oil at .M and W Oil Co. in
Hickory Tuesday at 2 )).tn. when
he apparently fell Irom tin* top
1)1 tin* rain and oil sli. k trailer.
He was (an'u*d to Iliekoiy .Me m
orial hospital with liead injurie.s
lind then ruslu'd to Charlotte
Memorial hospital where In* un
derw(*nt brain sin gery Tm'sday
hight.
, j Funeral aifangements. unich
are incomplete, will be aniHUine-
dd by Palmer .Moituary of .Shel
1^'
,.Other sutvivors iinlude* a l)roih
t|r. Flay Harmon (d .Si)indale:
a/ul lhr<*(* sistc'is, .Mrs. Nina Har
mon of Atlanta, (la., Mrs. Jack
Shenel of Krwin. r<*nn.. and Mrs.
2erge De.lmond of .Sln*ll)y
Pros. .Stoi(*s, Ine., .)()Slor<- retail
fuiaiitjre i-hain based in Knox*
vilh*. 'r<*nn<*ss(*e. dippi 1 slightly
l)olow the rt*coid volume of I>(‘c*
ember PMh. .Sales for tin* month
in PHIS were C as com
pared to $.'C2(il,lll for necennber
19(17, a droj) olf P ^.
.Sales (d' $21.rs.’i. U.") for Ihp ten
months ended I)<*e(’mber 31 con-
tinu<*(l to refU'ci a record >ear-to-
date for the company. rei)rcsent-
ing a T.SS'i increase ov<*r sales
of $20,192,292 for llic same p(*r
ii;(l last v(’ar.
Two Wrecks
Are Reported
ooinl referendums were clenreJ
by tin* various school officials
with Ralph .Moody, assistant at-
ioin4*y gein*rul. in Italelgh Tliurs-
day. Tin* trip was le.suJt of a
Johit m(*eting dt .school tidmini.s-
irators and board ebairmtm last
W4*4*k. .Making the trip t4) fialelgh
wer4* .l4>ries, V\'alt4‘r Thomas,
.Niij erint4'ndent of t h i* county
sclnsds; Malc4>lin Rrown, super-
jnt4*ndent of .Shelliy city sehoois;
Jim P<*tiy, pr<*sld4*ni of (’leveiand
County 'r4'4*hnieal Inslll*ut4*; and
Jo4* Whisnant. c4)unty allorn4*y.
Op4*ning the tliseussiori at the
r4*gular nn*4*liMg of the Kings
.M4)untain b4»ui<l .Monday nlgltt
.Mr. J4>m*s .said:
•’.Many of y4>u ar4? aware that
tin* c4)UMly school .syst«.‘m is gfilng
to sei k a .Vt-wnl tax supplement.
'Pliis can be flonc on a s<*parate
basis but tin* attorney gen4*ral’s
ofl'ice i4‘C4)mmeiids that we have
I county-wide r4*f4*r<*nduni, witieb
wouhl in inj way Involve merger.
an4l at Un* sam«* tirn<‘ keep tin*
levy on an individual .sch4>o| dis-
trii't basLs. My doing this w«*
wouhl rnjt have to have a .special
ns^istraliori and could write in
the |)4*tition that the current sup-
pl<'nn*ntal tux would remain if
(In* referendum shouiUl be defeat-
(‘d.’’
Supt. Jones rn)lcd that Kings
M4)untain's current 2fK*ent sup
plemental levy is used primarily.
f4)r t4.*achi*r salary suppli'menfs
and also for emplr^.vment of
leaeh(*rs al)Ove the state allot-:
iTU'iit. The 20-c<‘nt levy produces
SRH.IMMI annually, he said.
'Pin* maximum .id cejit l4?vy
(and .od-cents is the highest a
C4mni> under Idd.tXK) j>opulalion
can ask I wouki pr-pduce $2G0,fMX)
4*ach year for the Kings Mountain
(listrict. "Of course the levy,for
4*ach individual district would be
on the basis of 4*acli one’s bWlgeL
n<*<: !s, said Mr. Jones, and would
r<*(iuire approval by the county
commission. Raising df the levy
fr4)m 20 cents w'ould most certain
ly str4*ngllieii our curriculum,
li4‘lp improve our maintenance
pr4)gram and help us sox*ure ad-,
ditional S4*rvia*s within the
s( ho/)l system”, he added.
City police investigated two au-
lomobih* ac(id4*nts within tlie
city limits the past w<*4*k. Btdh
(»ci'urr(*d Monday.
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. Byers
Funeral rites for .Mrs. Frria
IJotli <lriV4‘rs t(dd polici* they
Ivad the green light in u two-car
wreck at 12:ad i>.m. at the in-
terseition of HailrtKid avenue
and .VRmntain strt*et. C'ars were
op(*rat(‘d by .Mrs. Alberta .Smith
Moor4‘. 34, of dOS lirr.lges drive
and Mrs. Sarah U()S.s Ciii'i’n, 23,
of ."MU) Bridges Drive. ’PIk* Moore
V4'hicU' was' daineg(*d $.'{(^9. 'Plu*
19(i.^ For4! oixMMtcd by Mrs. (;r4*4'n
was 4iamag(‘d appr4).\jmat4*lv
$2.')0.
At Monday night’s regular
b4>ard of edu<*ation meeting The
h»cal superintendents also spoke
of the need for capital outlay
money for buildings, ex^iressing
the view that the board might
wish lo not levy the full supple
ment tax "if we decide to ask for
a bond r<*rerendum." A bond ref-
4*rendum would call for a special
registration and a vote separate
from the re.gular city election or
county election.
Ciftifinued Frorti Oar-
pip<*. Altemaie A (ducrlle iron
pipe) and. Alternate B (rein’f.'Drc-
4*d concrete pipe bids wei*e uni
formly higher with all bidders.
Alternate C (asbestos cement
pipti up to 12-lnch diameter) blJs
, were uniformly lower. However,
the Lowder bid, also apparently
low for Alternate C was $G49,-
,231.20, about $12,000 less than foe
the base bid.
The bids were opened in the
; City Hall courtroom Ixjfore a
standing-room-only audience 'n-
fludin,; Capt. B, M. Ormand. at!
99 one of tlie community’s eldest
citizens, I’epresontatives of bid
ding firms, interested citizens,
and a Central school seventh
grade.
Mayor .M4)ss prefaced the open
ing of the bids by noting that the
historic Battle of Kings Mountain
was fr>ught In 55 minutes. ‘This
pi-oject b«;gan on July 14, 196H," •
he added and required the in
volvement of 27 agencies of gov-j
ernment, other organizations and
business firms."
Recognized as vice-chairman of;
the state Department of Conser*.
valioin and Develoj^ont, R. Pat'
Spangler, Shelby-Kings Mountain
concrete man'L.’,facturx?r. jested,
"Today I’d rather be knowm as
just a concrete mixer."
The water lines section attract-
tHi most bidders (14>,
On the largest section, Gillespie
was low to Crowder Construction
Company, Charlotte, which bid
$1,607,000. Blythe Brothers of
Charlotte, was third at $1,7S.5.275,^
while the joint bid of Lee Con
struction Company, Charlotte,
and Ballenger Construction Com
pany, Greenville, S. C., was SI.-
Sf)3332.
Under terms of the t’ontract,,
successJul bidders have 360 days;
fi-om start date to complete the
contract or must pay per diem;
penalty thereafter. !
Cost of the project, in addition;
to actual construction, includes:
land acf|uisition. engineering andi
le^al fees. an<i administrative ex
penses.
Kings Mountain citizens au-j
thori/ed $3 million in bonds for
the project in December 1967 and i
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development made
$4.50,000 grant for the project.
Board Favors
CA60 Director
Gardner Rites
The Kings Mountain board of
education went on record Mon-'
day night as fav'oring the em*
plyment of an executiv'o director
for the Cleveland Association of
'Government Officials..
Hiring of a full-time secretary-
.researcher for CAGO was dis-
-Jc^ussed at the regular quaJ'terly
dinner meeting of the group last
Wednesday night at the Country
club.
Based on an operational uislof
$20,000 for salary and ofl[ice ex-j
p4*nses, Kings Mountain district’s
.sirtre of the cost would be
$1.624J>6.
Each member agency was ask
ed to consider and act on the pro
posal and report back to the exe-!
cutive eommlltee. TNvo members;
of the local school board ai*e;
members of the CAGO executive
committee.
Motion was made by P. A.
Francis, seconded by Mrs. John
L. McGill, that funds bo allocat-
4»d in the budget to take care of*
the lon’al group’s share of the ;
cost.
Held Friday
Glass VFW Pest
! Passes Reseitttien
Pelice Arrested
15 Over Weekend
Kings Mountain Police Depart
ment airested 15 persons over the
weekend on various charges.
One person was arrested on a
charge of drunken driving, one
for drunken clrtving and improp
er license plates and no insurance,
six for public drunkenness, two
for passing a red light, one for
passing a stop sign, one for vio
lating the prohibition law, one
fCor failure to reduce speed and
one for failure to comply with
the state safety motor vehicle
safety inspection law.
KMHS Additton
Cost Sought
CoaUhined From Page One
DSA Winner
The* full board is exj)ected to
a (tend tonight’s joint meeting ofj
stho4)i officials. ;
MORE ABOUT
Vickie Williams
Wri)l)or By(*rs, 61, \v(*i t‘ held Sun
day afieinoon at Kb(*n4*/.t*i Bap
tist chu)\h, burial f4»llowing in
tjje (liuuh t‘4in4*t(*iy.
Mrs. Byers sucruinlu'd 'riiurs-
(Jay niglit at her lioine in tb<? Kh-
enezer community.
Surviving are her hu.sbaml,
Roman Byers, ihret* <laught4*is,
Miss Maryl4*na By4*rs. Mrs. KIuIm*
Wilson and .Mrs. Kviilh Wilson,
dll, t>f Kings Mountain, six st)!is.
5^ V. By4'rs and James Byeis,
Detroit, Mith., and Babe Ruth.
(David, 9'. C. and Boi)h\ B\(*rs.
4>f Kings Mountain.
‘IAIso surviving are foui' sisti'is.
Mrs. Enoia Wi'ober. Ridgcwt»oil,
■ X. J., Mrs. pearl Roberts ant
Mrs. Alva J. Schenak, l)i)tli of
Waco, and Mrs. Jetlit* .Mat* Lir as.
Kin*^s M4)unlain. and eiglit b:olh-
ers, Roystc*!', Russt*li. Flo.sd, An-
Clerson. Awry. Odell, K/ell and .1.
P. Wc'bber. all of .Shelh\.
■•/Thirty-seven grandihildren ami
Qfie giTat grandchild suivivt*.
p Rev. R. I). Lucas. (h<* pastor,
conducted tiu* iinal riit's.
Tliomas Harold Davison. II, of
Henry sliei't, told pulict* his car
slid on wot pavement .Mtniday
and into flu* rear of a car ttper*
ated by Willie Morris, 4.5, Lak<'
.Montttnia road. The 1966 Chevro
let <Avncd by Dav’istjn was dam
age 1 appri).\i:nately $.52.5. Tlu*
1962 CiU'vrolet owned by .Morris
was flamaged approximately $125.
Continued Fvfou Page One
Three-Point
Program Adopted
I'lie Mayf)r's rail traffic safety
committ4*(‘ adopt4*(l a point pro
gram and to se(*k a co Vreront-t*
with tla* director of the state
higliway comnussitm to further
ii.
’lee Rites
Thursday At 2
j.j.Funeral rites h»r Charlie O.s-
. borne Lee, 7S, ont'time city polirt*
*ipan. will be held Thursday at 2
• |xm. from nout)l4* .Springs Bap
church, interment folhmiti’
in the church cern4‘t4*ry.
J . Mr. L4*4*, law cn foi cem(‘nl li(*r<*
in .Shelby prior to iiis r(*(ii e-
r&mt, died sialdi nly at 2 o'cl4)^ k
Jvi^terday morning at his Imnn* in
^eJby
Specifically, tin* gioup wants
t(» talk uith Highw.ij’ Director
\V. F. Bal)eot*k ionr(*rning
1 \ a railway unvU-ritass at
Cfold and Batlk'ground or S4»uth-
wai d:
2* wid(*ning of S. Battl<*ground
aveiuu* l4) the south; and
3» speeding of construction of
tin* p!4>j4cte(l U. .S. 71 b>-pass.
William II<*rjid<>n is commltl4*(*
(•hail man.
1 brother, and two other chil-
dr<*n at home, a younger broth
er and older sister.
Funds for the operation, ex-
p<ct(d to cost $.5,000, are being
ptovided by the heart fund and;
the crippled children’s fund.
A f.amily spok4»sman said this:
wi*ek that Vickie tires easily «but
she has the intelligence of an
eight-yoar-old child. She continu-
('d that family members will pro
vide transportation for prospec
tive donors to the bloodmobile,
hut Lany Hamrick, chairman of
the Kings .Mountain bloCKl pro
gram for 1969, said he is confi-,
d4'nf there will be 20 pints and’
more for Vickie when she entej*s
Charlotte .Memorial hospital P'eb-
ruary 10th for surgery February
11th. The family memb<*rs said
if whole blood ig purchas<*d for
the operation the cost would be
$25 per pint or $.500. Vickie's
m4»tlu*r has been unable to work,
must remain at home to care for
Vit kie and the younger chiMren.j
The family rents a farm owned
by F:rgono MeSwain in the B4*th-
leh4*m c'ommunity.
Dr. Francis Robechok. Char-,
lotto heart specialist, will per
form the o;>er:ition.
MliUE ABOUT
loseph Parkei
('nntiniicil Froni Pat/r One
M<r"
' BOUT
06 Falls
t'nntinu('tf
'Ml Piiar One
^jTle had als4) b{*4*n a flcpuis
’j^^criff and a ionstuble On a
^Tymber of years.
. Survivoi-s ineliuk* four sons.
jcmc daughter, two i)r4)th<Ms. fiv4*
sqsters, 12 grandeliildren and 13
J^tfeat-grandehifdit
(Birth
i Announcements
FMr. and Mrs. Jimmy Archi4*.
Bryant stre(‘t. Gastonia, an-
Inbunee the birth of a <laught4*r.
iKi’iday, January 17, Kings .Moun-
^tKin hospital.
: *’IMr. and Mrs. Jennings Bryant
'Jbhnson, Jr., lOOl Brookwood
iRoad, ann4)unee flu* birth of a
ckiughter, Sunday. January 19.
Kings Mountain hospital,
t //Mr. and Mrs. Lec' .Nichols, 927
■Baker stnvt, announce the birth
of a daught4*r, .Sunda» January
19, Kings .Mountain hospital.
* jsir. and Mis. Bobby .)uni(»r
^Uflsoii. Box 3Sl. ann4)unce the
'hlrlh of a duigh*cr, 'rui\sda>',
January 21, Kings Mountain Iujs-
'pRal.
numd imp-icted at tIu* fi!'(*bas4*,
Sp<*. ialist I*ark(*r was p'r4'paring
i’qulpnu'ul li^fJ from iht* piwious
flay foi‘ i(*mov;il. Braving tiu* in-
t(*nse j'lu-my liia*. lu* iiisur4*<i that
tiu* eiitical (‘(luijiitu’nt from tiu*
fir(* (lirci'iifui <<*nt4*r and ammu
nition \v4*re liilt('d 4>ut. Only afl4»i
being a>sur(*d that all tin* i*4|uip-
ment vsa< *vaeuale-| di4l lu* l4*avc
the tiri bis4* on one* 4>l Hu* ia.sl
lu'li/optors. Sp4\-ialist P<»rk4*r’s
ix'rsonal bravely. d<*i4*rmination
a:hl .‘\4 nipiaiy 4lev4)iion t4» duty
are in ke<ping with th4» higltest
t».i!liiion> of the militaiN S4‘rvic(*
and ri lk'c! gri'at c!’4'dit upon
liimM li, iiis unil and tin* United
Siafi'^ .-\rm.v."
Tin* eomineiulation citation was
i.ssu(<! hy (94. H<*ibeil J. M
Chiystal, .Ir. Chic'f of J^taff.
ant sceii'm • for four years,
is now s.'4)utn'. : c,*,. Mj-^ I*4)uehak
is saks 4*nginci*r and planner at
Lillv . m CorporaHon of America’s
Bessemer City ulant.
'Proop 91, which was organized
by St. .Mattht^vv's L u t H e’r a n
eburch with 12 boys, has gimvn
to m4*mbership of 47 today. At
one pt‘rifKl durin» the past 11
.vears .Mr. Falls said a total 4)f
137 b*i,*s had earnetl merit badges
in a 12-month period.
Tommy, age six, and Sondra,
ncaj*l>’ three.
The distinguished service a-!
waixl is given to a young man'
age 21-35 for outstanding com
munity service with nominations,
from the public. The winner isj
selected by a secret committee of
citizens over 35. •
Boss fAf the Year and Educator'
of the Year awards ore voted byi
the Ja>t*ee club membership.
Chairman af the Boss of the Yeari
committee and presenting the-
plaque and wrtiflcate was Ger-
?3ld Thomasson. employe<' of City
Auto & Truck Parts. Bobby K.
Bridgo.s, 37, the winner, was cited,
for his sfKKjial interest in Jay-i
ce(*s. "A frion.I of the Jayeees",
saki the citation. He is a Kings
Mountain native, nctive in First
Baptist church and a past mas-i
ter of F drvlew Lodge.
The Educator of the Year hon-|
or wont to Donald D. Jones whol
m4»v4*d here less than two years
ago from Asheville to become
SL p4*rintendent of Kings Moun
tain district schools. He was pre
sented a plaque and certificate'
from Bill Grissom, chairman of
I he Jayeee committee. The award
recognizes an outstanding <m1u-
eator. said Mr. Grissom, so many
of whom are often taken for
grantefl. Ho is a deacon in First
Baptist church and teaches a
Sunday School class.
W. A. (Tony) Anthony* Jr..
(Jastonia insuranceman and a
national director of the N. C.
Jayce4?s. elaboratecl on the sub-
jtHJt, "What’s Your Bag, Baby,"[
In humorous and serious vein,
Mr. Anthony said that good com-l
munlties just don’t happen. It;
rakes eoncerned individual citiz
ens and the Jay(?ees play an im-'
portant part through leadership
training and community Involve-
•n4*nt." said Anthony. j
Pr4»sent as spt'cial guests were
Mayor John IL Moss, Police Chid";
To n M‘Devitt. Schools SupT.;
Donald Jones. Gaston Jayeees j
Ziegler and Dick McE>on-;
•ikl. Bill Hobbs, Jayeee state
pr4‘si lent frona Forest City, em-'
oloyeis of Jaycx'cs. and past;
D.*^A winners, irvcdudlng B. S.;
P4‘4*ler, Jr., Grady Howard, Don:
Crawford, Otis Kails. Jr., Bob'
Soithwell, Charles Blanton, Shu-,
foul PtK*lor. Bob Maner, and
Charles F. Mauney.
The Kings Mountain board oft
educaltion Mcm'day' night author-
iaed Architect Tbm W. Cothran
to prepare cost estimates of a
proposed 12-room addition to
Kings Mountain high school.
Preliminary drawings were dis
cussed and Supt.. Don Jones sug
gested that an auditorium could
be incorporated in the addition!
by using partitions, in some of
the classrooms. Supt. Jones said*
cost w'ould be approximately 50,
percent more but that he had
seen this used effectively in Mi
ami. Fla.
Funeral rites for Mrs. O. Max
Gardner, Sr., H3, of Shelby, were
held Friday ut 2 p.m. from Shel
by’s First Baptist church, inter
ment following in Sunset ceme
tery.
Mis. Gardner, wife dr the late
O. Max Gardner, governor of
North Carolina, 1929-32, and the
daughter of the latc Judge and
Mrs. James L. Webb, died Thurs
day at 2 a.m. in Charlotte Pres-
b,^\erlan hospital.
Mrs. Gardner suffered a stroke
January lUh and had been in
critical condition since then.
Slie was born September 7,
18S5 in Shelby and attended the
public schools there. She was a
graduate with honors from the
Lucy Cobb school for girls in
Aihens. Ga. She traveled widely
before and after her marriage,
having gone abroad four time*
and toured most of the United
States.
Whei* her husband was govern
or, she was considered a cham-
ing "First Lady" and also entitled
“Citizen At Large" benefactor of
many charitable, cultural, relig
ious and educational institutions
and a/encies. Her interests in
North Carolina have encompass
ed the state.
She exhibited a life-long inter
est in politics. Mrs. Gardner and
her family, Gardner and Webb,
have been a moving force in the
development of Gardner Webb
college. Her husband was in the
Truman Little Cabinet as under
secretary of the treasury and
was appointed ambassador to
Great Britain by President Harry
Truman. She was a popular mem
ber of Washington society, a life
member of the Women’s National
Democratic club, being one of
four honorary vice-presidents.
She was a director of the Gard
ner Land Co., president of the
0.‘ Max Gardner Foundation and
president of F. W. G., Inc., all
of Shelby.
Mrs. Gardner was a member
cf the First Baptist churoh of
Shelby. She was a member of the
building and decorating commit
tee of the recently constructed
educational building and the
Chapel Is named in honor of her
paternal great-grandfather, the
Rev. James Milton Webb, the
church’s first pastor.
She was sister-in-law’ of the
late Senator Clyde R. Hoey and
a niece of the late federal Judge
E. Yates Webb.
The Comman^Jer of the Frank
B Glass VFW Post 9811 today ■
callt?d on local employers to give I
re'jrnlng veterans preference,
w'hen they have jobs to fill.
Layman's Day
Piogiam Sunday
In reporting on the "employ'
the new veteran" resolution pass-!
ed by his post on Januaiy 20.;
Earl Slroupe, Jr. said that action:
by employers in Kings Mountain',
W’ould benefit the community and‘
the veteran as well as the em
ployers.
He pointed out that prompt
employment of veterans helps a
community retain stability. The
employer gains by getting "de
pendable men w4t«h a strong de
sire to begin their careers, estab-'
lish hous<'-holds and settle down
to raise families.”
Cmdr. Stroupe said that Presi
dent Johnson in a special vete
rans message to Congress last
January called for a Oingresslon-
al resolution asking employers to,
voluntarily olv'c veterans prefer
ence in hirkig. Both Houses of
Congress responJed without dis*.
sent.
Tire Frank B. Glass Post 9S11
resolution was an endorsement,
of the Congressional rcsolut/on,,
he said. I
Oak Grove Baptist church will
observe Layman's Day Sunday.
At the morning worship hour at
11 a.m. two la',)”men will discuss
the topic*, "Man With Mission"
and "Man God Wants." Speakers
for the morning service will he
Willard Boyles and Raymond
‘Blanton.
At the evening service John
Patterson will use* the subject,
"Ready Man" and Rev. Russell
Hinton, pastor, will use the topic,
"My Dream For Our Church."
NICAP To Probe
KM Flying Saucer
The National Investigations
Committee on Aerial }*honomcna
announced last ^’cck that inves
tigators w'lll bo in the city Fri
day to Rather stu Iiv an unidenti
fied flying object reportedly
sighted in the area.
.=?tuart Nixon, a member of the
NICAP’s executive staff in Wash
ington, D. C, said that Russell
Blake and one or two other NI
CAP investigators will visit the
area to make additional studies
of the sighting.
North Addition
Inspection M^de
The superintendent reported
that conferences with Dr. J. L.
Pierce. Marvin Johnson and
Charles Reed, representativ'es of
the Division of School Plannin r,
suggested a plan for a one level
building. Mr. Reed had said that
the first addition should be one-
storv' with toilets, storage and
teachers’ space located in a cen-j
ter coi’e. This means that class-*
rooms would be around the per-'
imefer of a doughnut. A future
addition could be a duplicate of
this plan. The hilltop is large
enough to allow for two build
ings in staggered fashion. A
(jovered walk could be against
the blank wall of the existing!
biology rooms."
The team of sch4X)l planners
wore invited to sec the site
Wednesday when they conducted,
final inspection of the North ele
mentary school addition.
She is surviyed by her daugh
ter, Mrs. Margaret Love Burgegs
of Maplewood, N. J. and her son,
Ralph Webb Gardner. Her sons.
James Webb Gardner, died Jan.
19, 1946, and O. Max Gardner, Jr.
died Nov. 10, 1961,, She also
Igawes .six grandchildren and
eight great-grandchi 11 ren.
C. M. Smith's
Rites Conducted
Final inspection of the ne\y 12-
classroom addition to North Ele
mentary school was conducted
Wednesday by board of (>ducation
members,’ architects, uyntractors
and a team from the N. S. De
partment of Public Instruction in
Raleigh.
Members Of the board of edu
cation toured the spacious new
building Monday night and held
their regular January meeting in
the library.
Prior to the meeting, North
school Principal Hdward Bryant
and Mrs. 'Bryant served cake and
coffee to board members an<l
guests.
Principal Bryant said three of
the 12 classrooms are now being
utilized as well as the library,
teacher’s w’orkroom area, and
healthroom.
New features of the modern
facility include a eaipeted libra
ry, an Intercommuniiration sys
tem, ample closet and storage
areas, large classrooms which
can be enlarged via sliding doors,
a health room, and a courtyard.
The room arrangement includes
desks and chairs in pleasing co
lor motifs, light greens, beiges
and browms, yellows and corals
to enhance the walls, desks and
ciiairs, blackboards, etc. Larger
tables are on order for thf li
brary', Supt. Jones pointing opt
Monday night that t.ables *44
in. hcs by 44 inches are on order
for the iibraiy. Tables in the li
brary now did not conform to
this size.
The NICAP probe w£.s proi'apt-
od by a sighting last August in
the Kings Mountain area. Daniel
Suttles, a textile worker, said he
saw a flying saucer on the morn
ing of August 1. Suttles pfioto-
graphed the object and turned
the photo over to investigators.
Compact Name
To Be Retained
Funeral rites for Carl Michael
Smith, 24, of 40S Walnut street,,
were held Tuesday at 4 p.m. from
Now Buffalo Baptist church of
Grover, interment following in
Grover cemetery.
Baptists Set^
Layman's Revival
Big BUI Ward
Here Thuisday
Big Bill Ward, for 15 years
sports director at WBT Charlotte
and now national and regional
sales manager for Curtis Radio
Groups, will be guest speaker at
Thursday’s Rotary club meeting
at 12:15 at the Country club.
Thomas L. Trott has arrangiCd
the program and will present Mr.
Ward. i
The Curtis Radio Group in-i
eludes stations in Chcnyville,'
Laurinburg, Greenville, Mebano
and Hillslwro, North Carolina. ,
B4>y Scouts win) have, carn(*d
their Eagles during the past 11
years were .San ly Mauney. Gone
White, Ray White, Jeff Mauney.
Tommy an<l Don Bridges, Eddie
, White. Chuck Easley, Chuck
I 4p:u ks, Corky Fulton. Ricky
; Kalis. Steve Ingle, Pat Cheshire
• 3n(l Reid Strickland.
MURE ABOUT
Legislators
('ontinmU Frohi Pui/r On<
iM’i'ships on coj-nniittees are the
sMme as in Hu* 19(i7 (;4*n4*ral As
sembly.
In Hu* H-mse. Rrp. Roh4*i t Falls
of .Slu'Ihy v.as luinuMl to continue
on the appfopriaiions c-^immlt*
)(*(*. Ik* lias als(» he«‘n appoint4*d
l.y sp4 akcr Lari Vauglin tr; the
sub ('0010111(4 4* k»r luNilih, \V4*1-
fan* and ins!ituti4inal caia*.
Another highlight of his scout*
'.ng yeais .Mr. Falls recalls was
his family’s trip t« the Philmont
>eout Exp<'dition and Scoutmas
ter’s (?4>nlerenc<' in Cimarron,
.Ni'w Mexi<.*o.
SATURDAY DINNER
The Hospitalitj’ club will
serve dinner Saturday at the
h ' oe of Mrs. Bertha Reid at
210 N. Cansler streef, S(*rvlng
lu'gins at luum. For doliwry
s('rvic4'. call 739»,5167.
Ragan Harper
Ctmtinued From Page One
Oiher officers will Include Tom
my Barnes of Suttle’s Drug
Store, Shelby, vice-president; and
CH'no MeSwain of Cornwell Drug
Store, Shelby, secretary-treasur
er. I
Mr. Harper, Gastonia native.'
ioined the Kin^s Mountain Drug;
Company staff June 20. 1965 aft
er gra luation from the Univers
ity or North Carolina School of
Pharmacy. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph B. Harper, Sr. of Gastonia,
he was graduated frtjm Ashley
high school. He is married to the
former Diane Fite of Belmont
and they are parents of
daughters, Caroline and* Kather-'
ine.
The family is Presbyterian. Mr.
Harper is a deacon -at First Pres
byterian chrix'h. Lferis als4) a di-*
n'ctor of the Ki\Vahis'ciuV
The Harpei's reside at. io2 N.
Roxford r4>a4l.
MORE ABOUT
Job Program
Continued From Page One
training, program with 350 sue-'
ccssfully completing the training.
Another 500 pers4)ns referred
to available jobs.
Thirty persons from Gaston
and Cleveland counties placed in,
job.s and rcmove<! from welfare,
scrolls.
Some 135 "disadvantaged" per-,
sons (parolees, graduates from
correctional Institutions, etc.)
placed in jobs.
Estimated earnings rtf trainees
$100,000.
Estimated savings in welfare
furrds $40(^00.
Admlnisf^tivc and training
costs (at $10 supplemental pay
per trainee per week) $70,000.
Av'erajge job training period 14
The Kings Mountain man died
at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in his au-;
tomobile in Gastonia of natural!
causes, said Coroner J. Ollie Har
ris.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of Mr. and Mi-s.
William Edward Smith of Gro-’
ver. He was a shipping clerk with,
the Gastonia Textile Industries^
and a member of New Buffalo]
Baptist church.
Asides his parents. Smith isj
suiwivod by his wife, Jean Elgin
Smith; four brothers, Harold and
Jerr>' Smith of Shelby, Donald
Smith oir Germany and Charles
Smith of Grover; and two sisters,
Mrs. Kenneth Dover and Mrs.!
Ronnie Bowen, both of Grover. *
Rev. George Willis, Rev. Gene I
Hardin and Rev. Flay Payne of-;
ficiated at the final rites.
An autopsy performed Sunday
revealed that Mr. Smith died of
a heart attack. Gastonia p<^)lice,
officers found Smith slumped
over in the seat of his auto at a]
laun’Jromat on the Bessemer City
road late Saturday.
Week end revival services will
be held at Bethlehem Baptist
church beginning Friday night.
Services will bo held at 7:30
o’clock on Friday and Saturday
nights and will conclude at the
11:00 o'clock worship service
Sunday.
Gary Harthcock, director of
Fruitland Baptist Institute, will
speak during the services.
Special music will be furnished
by the Bethlehem Youth Choir,
the Kings Mountain High School
Chorus and the Brotherhood of
fbo church.
Harthcock, a native of Missis^
sippi, has bc^n an active lajman
at the First Baptist church of
Hendersonville. From 1961-1965,
he served with the North Caro
lina Baptist Evangelism Depart-
monU
Compact school patrons asktxl
the sch<X)l board Monday night
to continue the name "Compact"
with whatever name the Iward
assigns the Kings Mountain Edu
cational Center at Compact next
SGh(x)lyear and to contribute to
ward the cost of a plaque con
taining the hUtor>’ oif the school
to be rhounted on the school site.
Three representatives from the
P-TA presented the petition. Tim
othy Goo-Ie, P-TA president, was
spokesman.
boaixl mernbers assured the
group their rwjuests would be
favorably received. They also
asked the school patrons to bring
cost estimates for the plaque.
Compact school, last all-Negro
school in the district system, w'ill
be used next year as a special
education center.
According to P-TA President
Goode Compact school was born
97 years ago in a little log hut
doubed with red mud on a por
tion of land of what is no-w
known as Ware’s Poach Orchard.
In 1924 when Juki's Rosenwall
askej the 4.*ounty to m^ich his
dollars to build a three-room
frame building at the present
site, the rounty in turn asked
each school community for a cer
tain amount of money'.
Elijah Ross told the board
members he helped his father
"work a patch of cotton that was
labeled for Compact school so
that his family could pay their
$25 that was assigned to them."
Compact, according to the his
tory on record at the school, is
the oldest school in Cleveland
County. First instructor at the
all-Negro school there was a
White man, according to Mi>
Ross.
“We do not consider Compact
school a landmark for Negroes
but a landmark of American His
tory in Cleveland County", the
petition continued.
Board Authorizes
Equipment Purchase
The King.s Mountain board of
edccation authorized puhohasc
Monday night of several items of
e<iuipment:
Harry Resolution
Passed By Board
1) a now sewing machine for
the upholstery class in the voca
tional department at the high
school at cost of $345.75.
W. B. Tuner's
Rites Conducted
weeks.
Boy Scouts
Advance In Ranh
Randy Oliver advanc*cd in rank;
to Second Class Scout and Mike^
."^hipp advanced to First Class
Sequt at Boy Scout Court of Hon-,
or for Troop 91 Tuea'day night
Ri^ceiving^ imerit badge was'
ITavtg, Citizenship in the
Home.,. *
Elorted the tnK)p librarian was,
Kentiy
Patrol meetings ,were held to!
feature the troop’s meeting. |
Funeral rites for Walter Bry
ant Turner, 71, of Grover, were;
held Monday at 3 p.m. from First
Baptist ch: rch of Grover with
the Rev. U. A. McManus officiat
ing. Burial was in Grover ceme
tery.
Mr. Turner died Saturday in
Cleveland Memorial hospital aft
er several month’s illness.
The son of the late Logan and
Mary White Turner, he had been,
employed as manager of the bat-;
tery' department of the Auto Inn
since 1936. He was a member ofj
Grover First Baptist church.
Survivors include his wife,;
Pansy Harin Turner; two sons.:
Walter Bunch Turner, Sr. of]
Shelby and Gene Turner of Gro
ver; one brother, Boyd Turner of
San Antonio, Texas; one sister,
Mrs. Frank 'Goforth of Grover;
and four gi'andchildren.
YOUTH SUNDAY
Sunday (s Youth Sunday at
.St. Matthew’s Lutheran church.
Rev. Charles Easley, pastor,
will use the sermon t4>pu*, i
"Youth Commitment”. j
The Kings Mountain board of
education has passed a resolution
expressing appreciation to
Holmes Harey of Grover, who re
signed recently from the board
bwause of reasons of health.
The resolution reads;
"RESOLUTION EXPRESSING
APPRECIATION TO
MK. HOLMES HARRY
WHEREAS, Mr. B. Holmes
Harry has faithfully served as a
member of the Kings Mountain
City Board of Education sinet?
1961; and *
WHEREAS. The remaining
members of the Board of Educa
tion, the s.iperintendent, princi
pals, teachers, students, parents,
and staff of the Kings Mountain
City Schofils are grateful for the
do lication and untiring efforts of
Mr. Harry in trying to improve
our school system; and
WHEREAS, The leadership, at
titude, wisdom, humility, an4j sin
cerity of Mr. Harry will be miss
ed; and
BE IT FURTHER RF:S0LVED
that the members rtf the Bfjard
do regretfully accept the resig
nation of Mr. B. Holmes Harry
and express to him their sincere
appreciation for the services he
rendered to the Kings 'Alountain
City Schools. It was a pleasure
to have been acsoclatei with him
as board members.
Duly pas.sed and adopted by
the Kings Citv Board
of Education this th<» ,3i)th day
4>f 'Dectmibcr 196?*^."
2) a ne%v maintenance pick-up
truck for the sch<X)rs mainte
nance department at cost of
$1,779.33.
PERSONAL
Mrs. Vernon P. Crosby was in
Shelby Friday to attend funeral
services for Mrs. O. Max Gard
ner, Sr. Mrs. Crosby was scere-
tary for several years to the late
Goveroor Gardner in his Shelby
office and in the law fiim of
Gardner. Morrison and Rogers In
Washington, D. C.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all my friends
for the many cards and flowers
which I received while in the
hospital.
J. C. CLARY
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