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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
* City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
The Greater Kings Mountain llguro It derlntd from thn
•peutal United Siaieii Buieau of the Census report o
fonuory 1966. and Includes the 14,990 population o
Number 4 TownsUip. ond the remaining 6*124 Iron
Number S Township, in Cleveland County and Crowdor*
Mountain Township In Gaston County,
VOL 81 No. 12
Established 1889
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 20, 1969
Pages
Today
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Work Began Wednesday On Buffalo Water Project
Appreciation
Night Banquet
To Be Tuesday
Annual Area Appreciation
Night banquet of the Kings
Mountain Lions club will be held
Tuesday nigIT at 7 p.m. at the
Woman’s cL b.
The traditional Lions Farmers’
event has been expanded to in*
elude leaders of business and in
dustry.
Guest speaker will bo Schools:
Superintendent Donald Jones whoi
will discuss the May 24th refer- ,
endum on a county wido .W-a-nl ' developed Monday as
supplemental school tax authori-i
zalion an 1 a five-eent tax and
$850,000 bond issue for Cleveland
County Technical Institute.
Shaney Candidate
For Commissionet
He Opposes
Mn. Walker
In Ward 5
First contest of the spring poll*
Howard HryaiT. is chainnan of
Richard (Dick) Shaney filed no
tice of candidacy for Ward 5
ci y commissioner.
lie challenges Incumbent Com
missioner Mrs. O. O. Walker.
Mr. Shaney joined Carolina
Itho arrangements commitloc Throwing Company three years
which
Moore.
also includes Edwin-personnel director. P'or 11
Gault Wins
Bank Promotion
Boyc-e H. Gault, Jr., formerly
Kings Mountain, h,
moted to automated services ac
count officer of Charlotte’s North
Carolina Na’ional Bank. |
ORMAND CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY — Batie Meek Ormand cele
brated his 100th birthday Tuesdoy. He is pictured above cutting
a birthday cake at First Presbyterian church Sunday. Special
services at the church honored the retired Southern Railway con
ductor. (Photo by Carlisle Studio)
Captain Ormand
Tielebrates 100th
CANDIDATE ^ Richard (Dick)
Shaney is a candidate for Word
5 City Commissioner. He chal
lenges Incumbent Commissioner
Mrs. O, C. Walker.
Elliott Bites
To Be Thursday
years he servej as a N. C State
highway patrolman.
He is married and father of
two childien. '
In hi.s filing statemen* Mr.;
.Shaney gave his reasons for fil-'
ir f for the commissioner’s post.!
“After giving considerable*
of Kings Mountain, has been pro-
mnfA/i »r» ' Ward .o Commiss. jncr have de
cided once again to run for this
impertant office
“First let me say there were
His parents live at 112 North ^ number of things t>.a‘ prompt-
Deal St. in Kin.s Mountain. He <'^'1 me to make this decision. 1.)
is married to the former Phyllis I Utal Kings Mountain m^eds Funeral rites for Jolin S. K\V\-
Welch, formerly of Kings Moun- modern, rrcgiessive thinking ot , 71, will be held Thursdav
tain. They have two children.; councilmcn to assis‘ its mayor in r.f ernoon at 2 o’clock at Harris
Gault is a giadua e of Kings i the completion of the many pro-j Funeral Home chapel.
Mc.rntain high schqo! and studi- j*>cts now in progress. With the; y\’c. Elliott, a Kings Mountain
od accounting at King’s College, i completion of our community, native and World War I veteran.
He began his business career; building and wa-.er project, effi- died Tuos lay morning at 10
iwith Burlington Industries, Inc., ■ fient planning in the administra-, o’clock a: the Veterans Adminis-
land joined the First National; tion of these projects are vitally! traMon hospital at Otcen. He had
iB.ank of Kings Mountain in 1962.; necessai'y if our community is to'been ill several months.
He served in. the clwck procesf--w"-^*ve maximum benefi*. -^froml was a son of tlie late Mr.
‘ing, bookkeeping and teller de-.thom. I feel my experience in ■ and Mrs. Eugene Elliott,
ipartments. After subseciuent business and recreation would Suniving are a brother. Leo
banking experience in Charlotte, help greatly in future planning. Elliott, of Charlotte, and three
he joined NCNB in January oi 2.) For the past number of years sisters. Dewev Falls and
this year. ‘ I have sat on the sidelines like Mrs. J. G. Martin, both of Kings
He has been a Sun lay School mane of you, lookin,
Big Machines
Felling Trees,
Clearing Area
Ey MARTIN HARMON
ClearinT and grubbing of the
Junalo Crock lake* are-! began
it 11 o’cloik Wednesday morn-
ng.
By mid aflernoon many trees
ud l)oen fcdled and many acres
•leaied by the two big Catcrpill-
ir tractors of Phillips & Jordan,
f Robbins villc. sub con I ra(*‘ors
>f the eJearing-grubbinj woik.
Ma>or Jolin Henry Moss said
he order of priority on the year-1
.ong construction job will be to
juiid the* four-million gallon!
rea ment plant, meantime laying*
^he sevem-mile 21inch pipeline*.
“Using this construction plan.
>ur c'nginecr.s, W. K. Dickson &
Company, ftv I the city will be
able to obtain water from Buffa
lo Creek wi’hin a fc'w monfhs
ind thereby -avert anoth«*r water:
shortage,’’ Mayor .Moss comment
ed.
The 210 piggybaik rail cars ot ’
pipe is (i.e to bc‘gin arriving;
March 27 from Armco Ste<*I Com
pany. Dennis P'ox, rosidc'nt engi
neer, said lie expected lie con-
ractor. Ray D. Lewder Company
of Albemarle, to begin the linc-
layir r by .March 31.
Mr. Fox said at the jieak of
i*onstruction tlic projec* will have'
at least llK)0 employees on the
jc;>.
Earl Max Phillip.^, foreman of
the cJoaring-gruhhing firm, sa\s
the big Caterpillars cost approx-!
inia’ely $70,000 each. 'Pwo were
on the job Wi iiiesday and ho
sakl expected to bring in up to
four more as the work progress
es.
Onex* the pii '* is put along the;
highway and Armco Steel repre-
sentaMve will kisiiect it to deter
mine whether any was damaged
in shipment.
Lockridge Transfer Company
will haul the pip<* from Charlotte
or Gastonia. Unloading pf>int had
Arm-
1
PRESIDENT — Joe Smith was
installed as president of the
King? Mountain Chamber of
Cemmercc at the annual bon-
quel Monday night.
Birthday congratulations from
President Nixon over KM) birth-Army veteran
day cards, and telegrams from
near and far were received Tues
day by Captain Batie Mesk Or
mand on his 100 birthday.
The 1'e‘ircd Southern Railway
conductor spent a quiet day at
home Tuesday alter numerous
parties and celebrations during
the weekend.
Thursday night the Kings
Moun'ain Kiwanis club honored
him at their regular meeting at
: (ho Woman’s club.
I Sunday rnornmg at First Pre.s-
1 byteridn thurch now offering
plates wore dedicated *o Mr. Or-
i mand and the Presbyterian Elder
' for many years received a hand
some “Book of Letters” which
included those from President
Nixon, Son.itor Sam .Irvin and
other di‘;ni‘arics. A covered dish
luncheon was spread at the noon
'hour in the cTiurch fellowship
' hall.
His ha.so is filled with flowers
wliirh were also sent from friends
He has been a Sunday School mane of you, looking m on our Mountain, and Miss Nell Elliott, ‘ t h/>f>n hv
teacher at Oakhurst Baptist D’liBcal procx?ss w1‘h disappoint- ef Portsmou h, Va. eo Stt^l ^
church here since 19G5. Gault is ment, in many ca.ses concerning Rev. George Jclian will con- Vwo ocfjrv.-,t
an Armv veteran failure of our noliticians to get diw th« ‘tsumai
HOSPITALIZED
^Irs. W. G. Hughes is a pa-
Mont in Ocala, Fla. hospital
after suffering n heart attack
Monday. Mrs. Hughc.s, 91, had
been in Ocala, F^la. since
Christmas visiting her son,
Robert Hughes and family. Her
two daughters and grandson,
Jack Hughes, Mrs. E. C. Mar
tin and Mrs. Phillip Baker
have gone ‘o Ocala.
Rites Thursday
failure of our politicians to get duct the ser\u*e.
involved in key issres facing outt* Interment will be in Mountain
town, state and nation. I feel *hi.s Rest cemetery,
lack of involvment has caused —
to a great dc’.roo many of our'fy -■ Tlf*!
social and economic problems ; jg|||
that burden us ‘oday. We seem
to live in a day and age when,
many politicians put their perso
nal carecL’s a^iove what is best
for the majorl y. Fence straddl-! Funeral services for Seth Don-
ing, non commital. no comment aid Wilson, 79, will be held Thurs-
tvTie actions seem to be the or- day af ernoon at 4 o’clock at
C(mtinuc<l Ow Page Eight First Presbyterian church.
Mr. Wilson, who had been for
: several years, in ill health, i uc-
, cum bed Tuesday afternoon at 3
! o’clock at Kings Mountain hos
pital.
A native of Spartanburg Conn-
, 'y, S. C., he was a son of the late
estimated to
cost $3..j00.0r:0.
Exact amount will no" lie
known until cost of all tin* land
is known. The city has lodged
condemnation aciion.s against
five property fjwners, Buford
Cline. John D. Cline. Ambrose*
Cline. Coleman Gofor'h anJ Shel
by Realty Company.
FLAME OF FREEDOM — Otis D. Green Post 155 Commander Carl
Wiesener. left, presents to the city a Flame of Freedom on behalf
of locol Legionnaires and Legion Auxiliary. Accepting, on beholf
of the city. Is Moyor John Henry Moss, right. Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Tate can be seen in background. Some 150 citizens attended the
Flame of Freedom presentation ceremonies Saturday night in
Veterans' Park of Mountain Rest cemetery. (Photo by Isaac
Alexander).
Eternal Flame
Lighted Saturday
American Legion Post 1.55 i>ro-; -
sented an Elornal Flame of Froo-|
dom to the ci‘y .Saturday night j
as thefr .50th anniversary gift to I
Armed Robbery Charged Two Boys
After Arrest For Barrett Theft
son appraisal teams next week.
laycees Set
Election Night
Thursday the 13lh was an un
lucky day for two yo.ihful rob
bers in Kint s Moun'ain.
The two Gaffney, S. C. boys,
arrested <*arly Friday morning
and charged the armed robbi‘ry
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wilson. Bi„ carrig’an have hern
T-To \i-nc a rialirfwi Amnlnvrf> r>i • * j .j . ..
nominated for president of
Kings Mountain Jaycecs.
[oe R. Smith
and were on display at a family’ 1? (' Phillips Oli Service
open house Sunday afternoon at i>ttition missed the 18o turn-olf
StonCi
open house Sunday alternoon -
I Die Woman’s club. Over 200 *‘»uth and took Superior
! 'r:(Mi(ls from "he city and neigh- service road wliich dead-<’nds
boring toums attended. when 'wo tires blew’. j
“Captain Meek’s” 53 years They abandoned the car, walk-j
with the railroad feature<l the ^1^^* nearby Dixon Road |
family’s party decoration. A Truck Plaza and hired a man forj
Joi’ K. Smith, executive vice- black Sou hern Railway train take lliem to (iarfnc,\.
prcsi.ient of Kings Mountain Sav- fashioned of black styrofoam, 36
i igs & Loan Association, was in- indies long, seven inches tall
s'allcd as prcsidinit of the Kings and five inches wide, also held a lengthy w’aii arrested one of the
Mountain Chamber of Commerce bell and "Happy Birthday” in Iwo, John Michael Coggins. 18,;
Police staked tlicin.selves out a*
the abandoned car and aft<*r a
succeeds Gene
■M-Jiulay night.
Mr. .Smith
'limms.
Other new officers include L.
i:. (Josh) Hinnant, first vict*-
j rcsidcnl. and Lee McIntyre, sec
ond vice-president. New and hold
over directors are J. C. Bridges.
'Pom Ta'e, Charles Mauney, Jonas
Bridges, Movie .McDaniel, Joe
:vkD;]
U
gold lettering.
Helping Hand"
Aids 15 Families
when he re urned to the car ac
companied by his parents.
Tli<* other youth, Donal I Frank
lin WTicllcr, Jr., 16, is in Chero
kee County jail in lieu of $5,(M)0
l)ond. lie is fighting (‘xtradiliun
During the month of February to this sta'('. Police Chief Tom
'he Kings Mountain Ministerial McD(*vill said yesterday. C’oggins
Associations “Helping Hand is in jail in Shelby in lieu of
p/\", through several groups, $2..5U‘) bond.
hief .McDevilt said the two
aecusc’d of holding Uonnii*
w’itli the expenditure of $216.91, Ci/ob of ‘he Bc'thwan* section at
I be annual banquet, wdiich w^as reported 'he treasurer. gunpoint and robbing tin* station
Includtxl was the help in' pro- on N. C. 161 aiul I S,5 of $165.30
KDaniol C arlos B anion, Bill j- ,
Jnmn and t’harles Wray.
attended by several hundred peo
ple at the American Legion Hall, yiding food, fuel, cojl, clothes Thursday night at 9:20 p.ni.
was held, at 7 p.m. WBlV-ncws persons stranded. ' Marvin Wright of Kings Moun
WOUNDED IN ACTION — Sp/4
Robert C. Merck hos been
wounded in action while serv*
Ing Ir Vietnam.
Robert Merck
Hurt In Action
Sp 4 Robert C. Merck, son of
hroadcasler Doug Mayes, the fea- jj, joint effort through lain, altondan' at the station, M.. and Mr.s, K. C. Me:x‘k of Kings
Uiieil speaker, gave his usua the United Fund of Kings Moun- said he had gone to supper -and Mountain, was’woundiHl in action
live DroiKicas. 01 the newys at tlie ministers and laymen young Colib w^as w^atehing the in Vietnam March nth.
6 p.m., then drove to Kings ^specially during the Christmas station. Wril.lil said when he re- jhe Kings Mountain man no-
MiMitain, arriving wr^ll m time season as our community shared turned from s. pix'r he no'iced tified his parents by letter from
to step into the buffet line. m the 'hell ringing’ to help the two youths h-aving (he station U\o Navy ship hospital
Nuece- tlii ■ we(‘k.
: He was a retired employee of
: Neisler Mills and a member of
First Presbyterian chv'rch.
j Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
j Nancy Patrick W’ilson, a son,
I Donald Wilson, of North Augu.s-
; ta, S. C., t:.\o daughter.s, Alr.s.
I Sarah W. .Smith, of Kings Moun
tain. and Mrs. Charles Alexander,
j of Cliarlo te, five grandchildren'
I and five great-grandchildren.
) Dr. Paul Ausley will conduct
i the final rites and burial will be
' in Grover cemetery.
' The bo<ly will remain at Har
ris Funeral Homo.
Schoolbooks Fall, ^
Driver Hits Car
j Linda Faye Sanders, IS v.'ar-
old high school student, told po-
, lice .«hc reached to pick up iu*r
- schGoIbo.iks from the floorboaid of
her auto Tue.sday morning and
her vehicle hit a parked car on
Piedmont avenue.
' The p'arked cai rolled down the
stree" and struck a building owm-
ed b> Mis. George Hope. Damages
. to the cars totaled $456 and t. ihe
Ihuilding at $50. police reported.
Mis.s Sanders, of 104 McGinnis
street, was j>nr(Xite to soliool.
In n .second automobile acci(I(*nt
Mayor Moss said Clerk of the community. i
Court Paul Wilson has ndicatwl Corcinonu's were held :it 8:30
ho would appoint the thvee-per- in Veterans Park of Moun'ain;
Rost cemetei . before a crowd es
timated at 1.50.
Commander Carl Wicsener pro-
.sented the flame to the ci y am!
it was acropted by Mayor John
Henry Moss.
Lifting of tlie flame took
place at 9 p.m., exac- he. r that
Frank Hinson, Ken Roberts the Tomb of the Unknowns was
lighted by the American Legion
the at Arlington National Cemetery.
Rev. Edwin Criscoc* gav(> tnc
jaycc^s will elect new officers invoca ion and .Mrs. John Henry
on April 1. Moss, president of the American
Other nominees for office are: Legion Auxiliary, h'd the pledge
For firs vice-president: Bill to the flag.
Grissom and Bill Carrigan. Sa; 1 Commander Wicsoier. "In
For second vice-president: Jim pre.scnting this flame of frtx'dom,
Hobbs and Bob Myers. |the American Legion and Aiixili-!
For secretary: Glenn Etters ary want to emphasize ‘he deep
and Geral.l Thomasson. i»nd lasting symbolism of this
For treasurer: Larry Smith light which will lx* a local roflec-;
and Jake Dixon. ! Cinithmed Oa Page Eight
WINS FELLOWSHIP — Dr. Law-
L. I.«hr. Tr„ has won a
two-year iellowship In chemis
try from the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation.
Country Club Stockholders Elect I>ohr
Hinnant, Authorize Big Expansion Fellowship
Stockholders of Kings Mouiiiaiii
Country Club Tuesday moved to
proceed on an oxpansi(.»n program
estimated li C).*-*! $250,000.
.Action by tlu* grmr au'lmrizc.s
the jiurchasc of 55 additional
acres of land for an tS hoh* golf
jour.<e csl!:natcd to co<t S1.5f„O00
and expansion ot the laciliiy to
include a new dining room, ball-
room, tw - ni'w h . ki*: rixims. a
new pro shop and a game mom.
Motion was that Ine projec' “is
in keeping with Kings Mountain’s
growth.’
Director on Tue^dav n'-electcd
lie intorsp('rscd his remarks less fortunate,
wi li humor on the theme, “Com
munication.’’ “People communi-
<-atp on three levels”, asserted
Mayes, “people, things and ideas
the latter is the most challeng-
in r level of communica ion.’’
* Ho continued, “M’e need to
)me up with original ideas but
ContinHcd On Vagi: Eight
RADIO DAY
Ken Ueberts. Dill Sander.-^ and
Larry .Smith headi'd .laycee Ra-
dif' Day activities V\'(*dnesvljy.
They stated appreciation to
King^: .Mountain mcrclianUs for
their participation in the an
nual effort.
and g('lting into an .automobile.
“I don” know wiiy I paid par-
Mcular attention to this car, but
I did,’ Wright said.
The roMici’s had forced C'obb
into a restroom a' Ihe station
and toki him if he came out they
, w'culd shoot him, Wright said
this week, police charged Luther
Neal Shelton, 28, of Shelby, with L. E. (Josh) Hinnant as pri'sidont.
iailure to see movement in saiety M*. Hinnant i.*' (*xcculiv(* of-'cer
aftei a two-car collision at Ihe U. of First Union National Dank.
S. 7^* inters(’.-*tion of JunijK'r and They also elected Drac(' Ih'olcr
USS streets. Shelton was pulling a- \ i < i* jne^ideiii .*iu<\s*(*djng
irom the Kings Mountain hospital Cliarle • Noivh*!- and re-ele. led
He .said he was wounded in the, parking lot and struck a ear
shoulder and arm by hostile forces j orated by Roger Stanley Mcv lu-
when he stepped in a booby-tiap.: ne\, 2l/cf Kulherfordton. J-.*yc*
He entered the service in Octo- McClunej'; passenger in Ihe Me
bev. He Is a memboi of the Nintii Clunev oar. and Peggy Hawkins.
Infantry Division. His addivs.s: 103 Waco road, passenger in the
US 53530614 Co. 3rd BN 47(h In-j Shelton ear. were treated for in-
After police arrived on the fantry 9th Infantry Division, AK5, juries at King.s Mountain ho.spiial. ‘ Peeler. Charles A. Neisler, Dr. Sam
Coiifiaacif On Page Eight San Francisco, 96373. ‘ The uccUlonl occurred at 8:20 pan. 1 CuntinuuU On Page Eight
Bill Lawc as s(‘.Telary and lorn
I.Tle as trea.'^uri*!. New direflors
include Jihn A. Cheshire. V. A.
Franci'j. \V. 8. Fulton. Ji.. and
Fred Wright, .h. Hold-over direc
tors are Dr. N. H. Reed, Tom Tate.
Bob Lowe, Jo(' Iledden. Dra.v*
Lawrence Lohr, Jr., son of Mrs.
Lawrence L. Lohr of Kings
Mountain and the late Mr. Lohr,
is among 76 young physical sci
entists on the faculties of 44 uni-
versiHcs and colleges who have
w’on Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
fellowships for basic research.
Dr. Lohr, on the staff of the
University of Michigan, will do
rcseaich in ciiemistry. IL^* and his
wife now reside in .Michigan.
Candidates arc nominated by
established scientis s who are
familiar with the nominee’s re-
; search j otential.
The ti.\oyear fellowships cany
'an average stipend cf $s,750 i
year. Tlie Founc'ation alloeates
$1,40{),000 annually for he basic
' LTscarch fellowships, which li-ive
I been awarded since 1955 through
the Foundation's program lor
basic reseauh in the physical
•cientes.
RE-ELECTED — L. E. (Josh)
Hinnant has boon re-elected
president of the Kings Mountoin
Country club for the coming
year.
2' ARRESTS
City police made 21 anesis
during the w'oek ending Wed
nesday at noon. Ptl. Bob Hayas
luporturl,