Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
Th* Grt«rt«r ftlngi MpuntoiD llgurt U (Urived Irom tta«
•ppcial Ualtpd Statpf Bureau of the Cansus rpport o
Icmuary 1S66. and Includ** tbe 14,990 popuiotlon o
Mumbpr 4 Township, and the romoining 6.124 Iroa
Number S Tow«fhip. In Cleveland County and Crowder*
Moiintcdn Townshlo In Gaston County.
VOL 81 No. 6
Established I8b9
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 6, 1969
Pages
Today
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
KM United Fund Drive Rated Most Perfect In State
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BOY SCOUTS AI£ HEARl FUND EFFORT — Boy Scouts in First Baptist Troop 92 are distributing
posters in the downtown area inviting participation in the Februory Heart Fund campaign. An
nual Boy Scout Week gets underway February 7 th with special events for the various troops plan
ned through Feb. 13th. Sunday is Boy Scout Sunday and Boy Scouts are encouraged to dress in
uniform and attend church of their choice. Front row. from left Robbie Bridges. Larry Hamrick. Jr..
John Knox McGill. Billy Talbert, John McDevitt. Glenn Roberts and Ed Anthony; Second row. from
left Ricky Morrison. Monte Wilson. Don McDevitt M. D. Phifer. Chris Laughter. Bo Maner and
Steve Moore. Third row. from left David Hullender. Frank Humphreys. Donny Bridges. Kenny
Bridges. Ken Culbertson. Jr., and Billy Patterson. Scoutmasters Ken Pruitt and Jim Yarbro are not
pictured. (Photo by Isaoc Alexander).
I Mis. Gamble
I Chcuiman.
Oi Heart Drive
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[ Mrs. John H. Gamble, home;
'’^''^T?^nr>int^5't^acher*atVKings -Moun
tain high school, will head the'
*1969 Heart Fund Campaign in;
I King.< Mountain. ;
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' The former Betty Roberts. Mrs. |
I Gamble is widow of John H. '
I Gamble, for many years a mem*;
1 ber of the high school coaching |
staff before he was fatally struck ■
by the crippling disease, multiple'
■ sclf-rosLi •
Mrs. Gamble and son, Johnny,
live on Hawthorne Lane. She is
a graduate of Appala'chian State.
University witli bachelor and
master- degrees. '
Mrs. Gamble’s appointment was
made this week.
Spokesman for the county or
ganization said the new crusade
chairman is ideally equipped to
lead the 1969 Crusade. She will
bring energy, organizational skill
and enthusiasm to the Society's
efferts to save lives now from
heart diseases and to raise funds
Icr heart research, education and
service.
Mrs. Gamble has appointed ’
chairmen in the various pliases
ol the Kings Mountain campaign.
Mrs. Henry P. Noisier will .ser\'c
a-- Heart Sunday chairman and,
Heart Sunday on February 23rd
CHAIRMAN — Mrs. John H. i
Gamble will head the 1369
Heart Fund Campaign in Kings
Mountoin.
BSA Week
Starts Friday
Five troops of Kings Mountain
Boy Scouts will participate in Boy
Scout Week activities beginning
Friday and continuing through
February 13th.
Highlight of the week will be
City Government Day on Wed-
nestlay when five Boy Scouts will ^yj|| culminate the month. - long
serve in official capacities. They efiort. Chairman ol Business Days
arc Adrian Beam and Robbie iy L. E. (Josh) Hinnanl, exCH.*utive
Bridge^, beth ol Troop 92. and Curt officer at First Union National
Falls, Frank Barbei and Jimmy Bank. Chairman of the committee
MANAGER ^ Ralph Duane i
Robinson of Shelby has been >
appointed generol manager of
Craftspun Yams Company. ^
Duane Robinson
Joins Craftspun
Daniel L. Brier, Textile Divi
sion Director for the B.V.D. Com
pany, Inc., has announced the ap
pointment of Ralph Duane Robin
son cis General Manager of the
Craftspun Yarns Company plant
at Kings Mountain.
He will su<!cced Gerry Ton
Brink, who will assume the posi
tion as Director of Technical Serv
ices for the company.
Amo-s, all of Troop 91.
on corporations and industries is Mr. Robin.son is a native of
Tax Payments
Swelled City
Coffers Nicely
Ad valorem tax cash ix)ured in
to city hall last weekend as many
taxpayers made last - minute pay
ments of 1968 levies before Mon
daypenalty date.
On one day the tax cash de
posit wav $78,000.
The total 1.968 tax payments
during January totaled a round-
figun- SlOtiJXJL'.
The heavy payments posed this
tax picture Wednesday:
1968 levy payments to date
$201,069.68, or 81 percent of the
t( la! levy ol $238,437.
' 1968 levy payments represent 98
percent of the $205,000 estimated
1 to be collected during the 1968-69
' oudgel year ending June 30.
, A-'sessed valuation of the city
■fill 1968 was $28,051,153 divided
I a.v lollows; \
I Real e.'^tatc $14,810,325, iiuTud- |
I ing $11,255,275 in city residential
. lots and $3,555,050 in city com
mercial lots. I
I Personal property $12,272,21.5, in-'
■ eluding: merchandise in stock!
I $3,381,760, fixtures- ol merchants
: $274,785; machinery not affixed to
I reality $1,769,530; oHiot per.^onal
I property $893,19(.
I Excess valuation from the 8tale
Board c. A.-<sessmeitt $968,613, in
cluding railroads $255,1(33, tele-
phcnc' companies $443,830, and
electric power companies $269,620.
Kings Mountain's levy was de
rived from a tax of 85 cent* per
$10(' valuation.
36 Applicants
Fox PHA Umts
There were JC applicantSat
urday morning who asked tc mil
public housing units, ot which the
King;' Mountain Public Housing
Authority will build 150.
It was the first time applica
tions to rent the units were re
ceived.
Executive Director Themo'- W.
Harper s.aid about 30 percent
sought elderly units, either in
dividuals or couples, and tliat ap
proximately half the applicants
were White, the other half Ne-
•
Initial examination of the ap
plications indicated that all ap
plications indicated that all ap
plicant-: are qualified, on basis of j
family income and age or size'
of family.
Tliirty of the' units are being i
designed spccifitally foi the elder-:
ly i
Mrs. Kenneth Roberts will be at
City Hall to accept applicalioni;
again Saturday morning from 9
a.m. to noon.
Mrs. Grimes'
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Kilty
I Grimes, 41, udfo of Ben Grimes,
were held Saturday in Gaines
ville, Ga. Mrs. Grimes died suri-
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KM Group
Scored 9.7
Of Ten Points
UNITED FUND WINS DOUBLE HONOR — King& Mountoin United Fund won two trophie8< one citing
the chapter for the best drive conducted among 7. Uf organizations in North Carolina last year»
in Greensboro Tuesday night. Flanking the larger trophy are W. Roger Soles, president of Jeffer*
son Standard Life Insuronce Company, who made the award presentation and John A. Cheshire,
local UF president. Shuford Peeler, right, 1368-69 campoign chairman, holds the permanent tro
phy WOP. by the organization and presented to the best UF drive in the category, under $500,000 con
tributions.
Sump Is Speaker
For UF Banquet
fimiud IHeeRu
Monday Night
At Country
Dwyci C. Sump ot Charlotte,
sinct 196' executive directoi- of
Carolina United Communit> Serv
ices, will make tlie principal ad-
dros.s at the annual meeting Mon
day nigiil cl the Kings Mountain
United Fund.
Mrs. Campbell's
Rites Conducted
SPEAKER —^ Dwyer C. Sump of
Charlotte will make the princi
pal address at the annual
dinner meeting Monday night
of Kings Mountain United Fund.
KM Cablevision
Stalled Bv FCC
KM Cablevision. In
stalled, at loa^t momentarily, by
I Dinner will he served at <
' c’eloek at Itie Country riub.
I The recognition banquet will
hcnc: leaders in the 1968-6S am-
' paign adjudged the best conduel-
, ed over the .state. Pre.-^ident John
A. Clie-shire will pn'side and Mr.
Siirr.p will also conduct inslalla-
' lU^n of n(HV officers.
Shuford (Scoop) Peeler will be
installed as pro.sidont of the UK intone Company executive, were
here lor 1969-70 and Kyle Smith' Sunday afternoon at, 3 p.m.
will be installed as campaign ivoni First 'Presbyterian church
chairman succeeding Mr. Peeler cf wnUh she was a member,
who chairmanned this year’s sue- • Mrs. Campbell die J suddenly
ce.ssful drive. Mrs. Vernon P. Cros-; Friday night at 9 p.m. at her
by will be instalUxl as sc'crclary- iiomo at 408 E. King street. Death
treasurei of the organization. She was attribuUKi to a he«irt attack,
succeeds Harold Coggins, the out-, The Campbells had lived here
has been treasurer. , vince 1942.
Awards to busines.ses and man- Mrs. Campbell was a daughter
Kings Mountain Unjted Fund
was cited for conducting the most
perfect drive in North Carolina
during the year and won a sec
ond trophy for the be.st drive con- ,
ducted in the category “under
$100,000“ in the state from Jeffer
son Standard Broadcasting Com
pany.
The top award-s were presented
at Jefferson Standard’s fifth an
nual campaign achievement cele-
1 bration dinner Tue.sday night at
t jeflerson Standard Country club
in Greensboro.
Accepting the awards from the
local organization were John Che
shire, president, and Shuford Fee
ler, Jr., campaign chairman. Oth
er local people attending were
Mrs. Cheshire, Mrs. Peeler, W.
I Donald Crawford, campaign lead-
jei in 1966-67, Mrs. Craw'tord, Kyle
I Smith, incoming campaign chair-
I man for 1969-70, and Herald re-
' porter Elizabeth Stew art,
i W. Roger Soles, president of
j Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, presenting the awards,
; noted that from a possible score
; of 10 points on the year’s drive
‘ Kings Mountain scored 9.7, show'-
, ing a gain in per capita giving
I and in total participation,
j It is the first time Kings Moun-
1 tain has been so honored and the
j first UF group to receive double
honors. TTie trophy for the best
drive is a traveling trophy. It
become:- a permanent possession
when a UF organization wins it
three years in a row. The other
award is a permanent trophy and
is one Cl three presented. Other
tw’o trophies went to the commu
nity raising $506,000 or more: the
Grbater'GiVensbdrc- chapter which
i raised $1362,730; to the communi-
i ty raising less than $500,000, the
I Greater Hickory chapter which
{ raised $186,248.
i In the “less than $100,000 cate-
I gory”. Kings Mountain conducted
I Its drive for the second year in
one day and raised a total of $30,-
029, a 43 percent increase from
j the previous year and 13 percent
■ over subscription of goal. The
I Kings Mountain chapter, among
; 70 reporting, had the highest
for Mrs. Herman Campbell were j score on the rating sheet and w as
held Sunday afternoon from ! adjudged the top winner.
The 1969 honor roll of volunteer
campaign leaders in the North
; Carolina United Community Serv
ice? w’ere from Alamance County
to Yancey and more than 200 rep
resentatives attended the banquet.
“The outstanding achievements
j are based on a w*eli defined cri-
F'uneral riles for ^rs. Elva said Carolinas United
Hutchinson Campbell, 57, wife of President Victor Bryant, Jr. He
lie.man L. Campbell, Superior said the winners reflected organ!-
zation and development of a
team. Mr. Bryant presented the
President’s Cup for most improved
United Fund to Moore County
which until this year had no ex
perience in fund raising.
Kings Mountain UF President
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RITES HELD
Funeral rites
First Presbyterian church.
John Cheshire said he was elated
with news of the double honor to
Kings Mountain United Fund and
expressed appreciation to all the
Kings Mountain Improvement Group
Asks Negro Jobs In Downtown KM
Thomas L. Trott, insurancoman.! North Carolina, received degrees , her home in Oxford, N.
Chairman of special gifts is Mrs. | Irom Appalachian Stale Univ»T.si-1 ^ heart attack.
Cfnitinued \On Page Six t Coyitinucd fOn Page Six Grimes family formerly
lived in Kings .Mountain, going;
to Oxford where Mr. Grimes is
associated with Burlington Indus
tries. He is a former superinten
dent of the Phenix Plant here.
Going to Gainesville lor the
funeral rites were Mrs. Henry
ber of Commerce and Merchants Neisler, Mrs. Joe Neisler, Jr., Mrs.
Association and relate the re- L. E. Hinnanl, Mrs. John Plank,
quest, he promised. Jr., and Mrs. James Herndon.
The meeting opened with a re- In Kings Mountain the Grimc.s
view of the fhrcc-ycar history- of family, which included four sons,
the Imiprovement Association was active in F'irsl Pre.sbyteiian
formed for the purpose of mak-; church.
ing “Kings Mountain a better
program by Junior Scout leaders, \ioss arvi Commissioners W. S. place for everyone to live.” HoSOitol VisiHllCI
Scouting db'plays wall be placed Biddix and Nornun King. Ministers present and speaking « i ji ^ J
in downtown windows by this, a half-dozen visiting Negro in suppoit of the association aims 9Cll0<IUl0 AnnOUllCGO
group of Scouts. Matt Pouchak ministers were present. were Rev. R. L. Garvin, .Mt. Zion Visiting schedules are “bat.k to
“Questions dealth with do.vn- Haptist church, Kings Mountain: normal” at tlie local hospital, Ad-
town busine.ss and City Hall,” ac-;Rev. W. S. Campbell, .^’alisbury, ministrator Grady Howard re
cording to William Orr, first pastor of Bynum Chapel AME port.;.
president of the Improvement As- Zion church wheix' the meeting \ii-. Howard said visiting had
socialion. was hold; Rev. R. O. Davidson, been curtailed since the incidence
Both Mr. Orr and Mayor Moss, Gastonia, pastor of V^estibulo of flu in the area and now is al-
reported tenor of the meeting! A.ME Zion church; Rev. F. R. lowed on thi« schedule: Daily
'(|Lile friendly, with Kings Moun
f Parents Night will be held by
32 Scouts in Troop 92 at the First
Baptist church Scout hut on tVost
Mountain street Friday ni;.;ht.
Oyster .stew will be .served at 6:30
and movie.'^ featuring the troop
in action will be viewed, accord
ing to Scoutmasters Ken Pruitt
and Jim Yarbro. Mr. Pruitt said
Scouts in Troops 92 and 91 wall go
to Charlotte Saturday night for
Golden Gloves boxing at Park Cen
ter.
Court of Honor and PaniU’s
Night for Troop 91 Boy Si outs will
be held at St. Milthew's Luthcaan
church Tuesday night with the
and Otifc' Falls, Ji., are.Scoutmas
ters.
Gilbert Braz.zoll, Troop 4 04
Scoutmaster at Grac*e Methodist
church, sai<i his troop members
will worship together on Boy
a ruling pf the Federal Cf>mmU'
nications Commi.ssion, Presineni
Jonas Bridges said Wednesday
fi;;;:^'bnh;area‘ior dr-,ho n;io m.-. and M..S. wh ‘^e
high acccmplishment in the (am-, Travis Hutchinson. She was ac-
paign will be made by President j Hve in First Presbyterian church
Under the FCC rulin:: a st .uion
I and in the Kings Mountain Worn-
Mr. Sump is a graduate of Wayne , an's club.
Staff University, Michigan, with’ A native of Florence, S. C., she
bachelor's and master’s degret's. graduated from Cofcoran School
tho.st/from the mclro- Iff Michigan he served asexecu-|Cf Art. Washinigton, D. C.
tiVe director of Highland Park ■ Besides her husband whom she
located within 35 miles oi a met
ropolitan area can tran.'smit pro
grams from only five cliannels
inciudin
pclilan area. Charlotte, 3(' mile
lund drive successful.
Haas Memorial
lUtes Sunday
Memorial services
Kings Mountain Negroes, at a
Tinday afternoon meeting of the
Kings Mountain Improvement
A.--sociation. said they want jobs
in downtown Kings Mountain
business firms.
Present for the meeting on in
vitation were Mayor John Henry
distant, has .four
if'gular frequency
high frequency.
Scout ^unday this Sundaj. w!^<|Lite friendly, with Kings Moun- Gile.s, president of the Cleveland from 10:30 until 11:30 a.m., 3 un
sp<»cial plam vverc an^^^ ' tain industry praised for their Co, nty NAA'CP and of the Clevo-i til 4 p.m‘. and 7 until 9 p.m.; Sun-
Lmmer. .wc.ss, iioop scouimab- oppor- land County human relations days from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m.
ter at o<*inw'are. anct Henry *vic- .... x., ■■ '
Kelvie, Troop 90 Scoutmaster at ■
1 station.- — hvoi Community Center for three years, married in 1937, she is survived Nellie Haas, formerly fit KlBgf
•y and two ultra-1 as United FYind area represenla- b>' two sons, Joseph M. Campbell Mountain, who died Deoeiobcil
tive for tw'o years and as execu-1 of Shelby and Herman L. (Sao*j21st in Maine of a heart ^ , .k.
live directoi of the Clreater Miciii- dy) Campbell. Jr. of Crestview,. conducted Sunday at 5
‘T dcn’l believe we could ob- gan Community Chost. C(tntmtted Ou Page Six p.m. at Trinity Episcopal church
tain many cablevision subscribers —- - j which she was a member.
vvlien offering them only one new : „ - 1 ■! 11 M J If- I » Mrs. Haas and her husband
rXi't Bloodmobile Here Monday: Vicky
«a .ini.u. Ol .0. Heart Operation Scheduled Tuesday:
Mi Bridges said he and hW’irm 1 ^^s- in the
are checkin" further into the sit Vickie Williams, si.x, has enter- and if she does, her chances oflw'ork of Trinity Episcopal church
Ii'iiion hnnina to find ‘Clipf Charlfittc Memorial hospital living a normal life thereaftei | andj Trinity Day School, in the
trom the FVC ruling p(‘rhaps by for a >ieries of tests to determine arc good. j Kings Mountain Woman’s club
appeal ^ ^ * whether she can withstand open ', A “blue baby”, who weighs only j and in numerous civtc and serv-
1* * ' i heart surgery to cornvt an ab-’ 3('pounds, Vickie tires easily now. | ice organizations, including vol-
Mr. Bridges said his firm was, normality since birth. ' She attends Sunday School wben^ unteer "Pink Lady” service at the
on the verge of purchasing ncces-! H so. Dr. j-'rancis Robe< hek, health permits at Bethlehem Bap-1 hospital.
! sary equipment. i Charlotte heart specialist. wdlT list chuieh. She is daughter ofi Officiating at Sunday’s seivice
Another item which would have 1 perform the operation on Tues-| Mrs. Minnie Williams of the Beth-1 will be two former Trinity pas-
effect on the future of the entire day. lehcm community. | tors: Rev. Thomas Droppers and
i cablevision industiy* is a suit Kings Mountain area iilood The operation, if carried out Rev. Robert Haden, assisted by
pending belore the United States donors an- a.sk(‘(i to “give a pint successtully, could enable the‘Robin Johnson of Gastonia.
First Presbyterian church.
council; Rev. Phillip
Mayor Moss said he told the Cleveland, Ohio, and
Williford,^
Charlotte,
ON DEAN'S LIST
Bill R. Wease. Kings Moun
tain student at the Univer.sity
|Of North Carolina School of
Pharmacy. Chapel Hill, wa.s
listed on the dean’s list lor liie
past semester.
group his attitirle on equal op- pastor of the Church of God, al-
portunity was well • known and so president of Williford’s Pur-
that the doors of City Hall are chasinl* service; arnl Rev. P. L.
CASHION WITH CITY
Robt'rt Cashion, a Kings
Mountain native, has joined the
city to work in the codes en-
Supreme Court in which television
writers seek royalties on pro
grams tian.smithHl via cablevis
ion.
open, for employment and other- Ross, Charlotte, pastor of 'Good! forcoment section of the wo:k-
wi.se. Ho noted that Negroes are .H(>p<' Presbyterian chuixrh.
represented on virtually all. city Mrs. V. Bess is current pr(*si-
yommisslons and committees. dent d!' the assoeialion. Immi'di-
He wouki confer with presi- ate past president is Luico \Vil-|
dents and directors df the Cham- son. i
able program for community
development. He ha.s been re
cently employed in the budget
department of the University of
Maryland.
CITY TAGS
City automobile license plal(*s
remain on sale by Kings Moun
tain Lions club members at
Harris Funeral Home, announc
ed Tag Sale Chairman C. P.
Barr>*.
ol blood for Vlckk*’' at Monday s, pretty blue-eyed blonde to begin
vi.«it ol the Rod Cros.s hloodmooiU' first grade in the fall,
from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the* Funds tor the operation, expecl-
National Guard Armory. ' ed to cost $5,000, are being sup-
Vickic requires 20 pints of plied by the Heart Fund and the|
whole blood for the operation and ; Crippled Children's Fund. Be-,
Blood Program Chairman Larry j cause of Vickie’s health, Mrs.!
Hamrick says he anticipates the Williams has been unable to
need will be nn t.
In lieu of flowers memorials
should be designated to Trinity
Episcopal churc'h.
SHILOH SERVICE
Dr. Samuel Maloney, member
of the Department of Religion
at Davidson oollogc, will fill
work. The family requests donors the pulpit at Sunday morning
According to relatives of the to give blood in Vickie’s name al worship services at 11 o’clwk
joungster, Viekie has a .50-.50 tlio bloodmobile visit Monday. at Shiloh Pressbyterian chuah
chance ol surviving the operation * i in Grover.