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Population
'Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
..; Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300
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lonuory 19S6. and laclud«s th« 14,890 pepulotlds •
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Kings Mountain's Reiiabie Newspapei
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VOL 81 No. 28
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 10, 1969
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Tentatiye City Budget For1969-70Set At $2,673,702
Razing Of Derelict Houses Offered
r, •
i
Free Glean-Up
Is Scheduled
For 30 Days
r The city commission voted Tues- i
d-ay night to olfer a 30-day ITec;
clean-up of derelict housing, junk'
autos and appliances at residenc-i
cs., !
The action also implied subsc-i
quent enforcement of city codes,
at owners’ expense. |
Mayor John Henry Moss sum-
mated a report of Kelly Dixon,
codes officer, who reported much
sub-standard housing, some of
which enjoy the present of cat-
size rats and snakes. Mr. Dixon
recommended the city pay for
razing of the rcsi.lontial derelicts.
All of the sub standard housing
does not need to be razed, Mr.
Dixon was quoted, but can be im-
liroved to meet code specinca-
tions.
Joe Laney, director of the re
development commission, said
there are many burned out houses
within the city, of no value to
property owners, which should be
removed to improve the looks of
the |rity and the value of the pro-
perfy.
Applications for razing of dere-i
licA during the 30 day free per
iod should be made to Mr. Dixon. I
l$cyCTa\ commissioners said!
evious clean-up efforts have]
ovOd highly successful andj
lanimously voted the motion.
^69-70 Peak Year Payment
On City's $4,300,000 Debt
/
Interest Costs
Drop Over $9,000
In F^cal 71
By MARTIN HARMON
The current fiscal year ending .
next will mark the peak of cur
rent bonded indebtedness amort- ;
Uation reciuirements on the June ■
30 total of $4,300,000.
Of the $390,950 the city will re
quire for principal and interest
payments this fiscal year, $170,000 i
will be interest payments to bond
holders. Another $750 is budgeted
for fiscal agency fees.
Debt costs represent .slightlj
over 14.5 percent of the tentative
budget of $2,673,702.
Principal payments continue at
$170,000 through fiscal 1974.
Each year during this period in
terest charges will decline at
slightly over $9000 per year via
principal pay-off.
The-city’s bonded debt escalated
during th« past two {tseal years
duo to issuance 6f $1 miUim im
sewer system t>onda and $3 mlli
ion in water system bonds. First
j payment on the sewer bonds was
m-ade durlnrT the past year. Re-
Veteran employees of Mauney Funeral rites for Christy S., maihder o'f the - debt represents
Ifosierv Mills and Carolina-^2, were held Monday | remainder of bonds for waier.
Thro)Ain‘- Co aatherod at the^ afternoon at 4 p.m. from the; sewer and recreation, totaling
American Legion Hall here for! Chapel of Harris Funeral Home, i $800,000, issued in 1954.
an award dinner honoring em-! following in Mountain; - -
ployc’cs who have been with cemeter>. p ^
firms five or more years. ; Reynolds, retired textile ”8**^*®* *
Approximately 120 employees, employee and Bethlehem com
munity i*esKlcnt, died at 7:45 p.
m. Sunday in the Kings Mountain!
hospital after illness of several | a state department of health
months. ; official, after an official inspec-
He was son of the late Mr. and’ I”® 8fbage
Mrs. Amos Reynolds and a native:» ‘°"‘‘
Surviving are his wife, Lillie!
Mae Baker Reynolds; five sons,! “ ''®P‘ clean and well-operat-
I ed. You are doing a good job.
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RITES CONDUCTED — Funeral
rites for Christy Sylvonoui Rey
nolds, 82, were held Mondoy
from the Chopel of Harris Fu
neral Home.
Mil. toes
onoi Employees^* Conducted
REV. JAMES R. NEILL, HI
Atlanta Man
Tapped For PHA
Leased Units
Kings Mountain Public Housing
Authority directors have voted in
tent to contract with '^ene Gib-
oons, of Atlanta, for 50 leased
low-rent housin)7 units.
A provision of the resolution is
that Mr. Gibbons acquire or ob-|
.ai noption extension on a tract
tain optioned several weeks ago
and that the re^olutiob is approv
ed by the Atlanta HUD office.
Mr. Gibbons is a former area
jflicial of the Atlanta regional
office of the Department of IIous-
.ng and Urban Development.
Meantime, Weaver Construction
Company of Greensboro was cx-
lected to move a trailer office and
nitial equipment into Kings .
fountain this week. Weaver holds
he general contract on the $2.7 ♦ o* a aJ ■ ■
oO unit public housing project foi the same capacity at Sh Andrew s sewer plant operation Adminis-
.hich contracts were formolly ! Church and St. An-, trative costs are expected to otal
i<Tn<k/i MnnHnv idfcw’s Day Catc Center, Besse- $oj,347, and recreation operations
ignea Monaay. mer City. I $37,100.
Neill Assumes
Episcopal Duty
Tax Rate Same
At 85 Gens
$100 Valuation
The city commission tentatively
adopted a reco.:’d $2,673,702 budget
Tuesday night, with the ad valor
em tax rate of 85 cents per $100
valuation retained.
The budget lies open for 20
days before final adoption.
Utilities will return the city
over half the estimated budget.
The city anticipates water and
sewer revenues of $275,0(K), elec
tric and- power system receipts of
j‘’dJ9,.500, and natural gas system
sales of $1S5,500. Operation of
I these s>stems is exi>ected to cost
I $m251. !
The city has budgeted over'
$285,000 lor capital <»utlay items,
such as street i.mprovemcnls,
, equipment purchases, a fire
truck, sidewalks and urban beau
tification.
The Rev. James Raleigh Neill The city will spend $391,00") for
HI, lormerly of Hendersonville, debt service, $119,817 for opera-
is the new deacon-in-cliarge of tion of the police' department,
Trinity Episcopal Church and^ $142,475 for operation of the
Day School <jf Kings street department, and $87,860 for
Police Depaiiment.
He .succeeds the Ron. Robert 5252“o(H)‘''‘nan'lii‘sc' ^‘xes' a ' R^rrett joined the police
IT.wln., Ir iw nOW at " folCG aflOP 3 foUC VCar tOUr Of
Beginning of construction is
uly 14 and the contractors have
a year to complete^nstruction.i Lee liadcn, Jr. who now expects $50,000
Fiinity F^ -scopal Chuicli in Powell Bill gasoline tax
lumbia, South Carolina. 1 rebate, $21,.500 from permits, and
. Prior to beginning hi.s Ihcolog-yij^^jy assessments:
rrom School of Arts 1 1 ^nd penallie.s.
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VETERAN — Sgt. Jackie Dean
Borrett is a veteran of mote
than 13 years service as a Kings
Mountoin policeman.
Barrett 13-Year
Police Veteran
(Ed. Note At the instance of
the Kings Mountain Woman’s
club, the Herald continues this
week a feature on Kings Moun
tain policemen!
Jackie Dean Barrett, 37, is a
veteran of more than 13 years
service with the Kings Mountain
Miss McCarter Visits
with iho United'
Miss Susan McCarter, student Stales Navy. More
force afler a four year tour of
duty with the U. S. Navy.
He is a Kings Mountain nativ8>
son of Mrs. Daisy Barrett and tlia
late T. R. (Skeel! Barrett.
Sgt. Barrett attended the Kings
a
their wives and husbands attend
ed the second annual awards ban-
(luet.
Dick Shaney, personnel manag
er, served «as master of ceromon-
io9 for the eveniri;. After a short
introductory speech, .Shaney in
troduced special guests. These in
cluded Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mau-
Gity Laad-Fill
Hamm To Fill
ney, Charles Mauney, Clinton
Jolly and Herb Cunningham', new'Thomas Reynolds, Roy Reynolds,
plant manager for Carolina; Floyd Reynolds, James Reynolds,!
Throwing Company. | all of Kings Mountain, and Carl
Charles Mauney, general man-; Reynolds of Gaffney, S. C.; two
ager of Mauney Hosiery, was the daughters, Mrs. H. B. Grayson of'm -a VB 1
s^'aker. He pointed out that the, Greensboro and Mrs. Fred Tate! lilltllAy^ll |f|ll||l
two companies appreciated the|of Kings Mountain; 15 grand-
service so many dedicated em-'children and seven great-grand-1 The Rev. L. iBoyd Hanim, D.D.
ployees. “The only asset a com-'children. Another son, Coloh , will supply Resurrection Lutheran
■t
a short talk to the honored em
f ployees. Both Mauney and Jolly
i ^^nade the presentations of service'
k Sfliins.
il Twenty-two employees accepted,
' J five-year service awards. Ten-
\eai‘ awards were given to ^5ix
* employees and five were singled
\\ out for having been w-ith Mauney
for 15 years. Gaither Ledbetter
was cited for 20 years of employ
ment with Mauney Hosiery.
Ray Cline and Ray .Smith were
singled out for special recogni-
Jj];- tion. Both Cline and Smith have
” marked 30 years of continuous
service with the Kings Mountain-
based hosiery firm.
pany has is the people that work’ Blease Reynolds, was killed in
for it. Nothing can replace people World War IL
like you that are dedicated and Rev. Russell Fitts, assisted by
loyal,” Mauney advised. ; Rev. E. L. Murphy, officiated at
Clinton Jolly, general manager* the final rites,
at Carolina Throwing, also madei
I
!'.!
JUNIORS WIN
Kings Mountain's Juniors nip
ped Morganton 2-1 lost night at
City Stadium to advonce to the
Area Four semi-finals against
Gostonia
Post 155 will host the Gastons
Friday night at 7:30 in the first
gome of a best-of-five series.
Righthander Bobby Ethridge
went the distonce last night, hurl
ing 0. four-hitter. Southpaw Rocky
Goforth will open the series with
Gastonia.
KIWANIS SPEAKER
Miss Camilla George, sum
mer youth director at Kings
Mountain Baptist church.'will ■
present the program at Thurs
day night’s Kiwanis club meet- i
ing at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman’s
club. Miss George spent last
I summer in Africa and will have
' slides of her trip to use as a
basis for her talk. She is a na
tive of Laurens. S. C. and a .
student at Meredith college.
TO FILL PULPIT
Dr. J. Cecil Lawrence, execu
tive secretary of Mecklenburg
Presbytery, will fill the pulpit
at Sunday morning worship
services at 11 o’clock at First
Presbyterian church.
church Sunday, July 20 for the
11 a.m. worship service.
Dr. Hamm has served several
churches in North Carolina, in
eluding St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church, Kings Mountain.
At present he is the associate
j)aslor of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, Gastonia.
Dr. 'Hamm served in Kings
Mountain from 1935-40.
The public is invited to this
' service.
Triplets Born Independence Day;
23-Year-OId Mother; Nos. 6.7,8
student worked rarl-time at the
Statesi‘";;7,, valorem Mountain Herald.
Re«,rv.. He attenae. ^-c .-oraj;^-
eign Wars and a Mason, member
of Fairviow Lodge 339 AF&AM.
The Barrett family includes his
the former Arlene Schneid-
kt North Carolina School of the , has received his commission as
Arts In Winston Salem, spent t^e ' chaplain in the United
A«ekend with her parents. JI'r-iNavy Resei ^ ^ •••'
end Mrs. W. W. McCarter, .at'vard College anu reoeiv<Kl a B.S. out-'
.heir home in Grover and at ihoii degree from Ea^^t Tenne.sspe State
aunimer cottage on Lake Wylie. ' University. Following .graduation
She came especially to visit her, he iwas employed as a rchabilifa-;
and .05 cents for recreation.
, In other actions the city voted; ,
grandmother, Mrs. C. M. McCar-|tion counselor for youth at thcj following contracts for street ^ . ... , •
_ j:.^ er of Corydon, Indiaiiu, 3nd thciT
er, who has been ill, and her ma-1 Umstcad Yc. th Center, a division' jmprovx'mcnts, all on low bids,
ternal grandmother, Mrs. B. A.|of the North Carolina Prison do-l Ke-surfacing portions of First,
Harry, who is leaving soon for'
a six month’s stay in Europe.
GRADUATES ~ Wanda Koy
Bridges and Edwin Ware hove
received degrees from Western
Carolina University ot Cullo-
whee.
Two Students
Deceive Degrees
Two Kings Mountain students
received their degrees in recent
commencement exercises.
Kids Day
Planned Here
parlmcnt in Butner. lie also was Gaston, North Tracy, and
an insurance adjuster f'u* several^ Vista streets and Waco'
years before beginning his theo
logical education.
During the .summer of 1967 Mr.
Neill was a student (-hapldin in;
the Clinical Pastoral Training
program at Immanuel Hospital in
Omaha. Nebraska. And during
the summer of 19GS he and his
wife served in the Western Par
ish Training progi-am of the Epis
copal Church in Washougal,
Washington.
two children, Cheryl and David.
They are members of First
Presbyterian church wliere Mrs.
D, .A 1 ijBarrett is employed as secretary.
Road, to Neal Hawkins Constiuc- * oao t% , t-v • ^
tion company at $7 por ton <'f orTte hobb^.s
asphalt
Paving of portions of Frcde-
rickson, Williams, Downing,
F'loyd, Third, and Laura streets,
Roxford and Wales roads, Mau
ney avenue and Allison Court, to
Neaj Hawkins at $31,399.48.
Curbing and guttering portions
of Wales Road, Frcderickson,
streets, I
fishing, a sj>ort which he enjoys
during his off-duty hours and on
vacations.
Injuries Fatal
To Mrs. Grosby,4C
Kings Mountain Junior PoUc*e
will sponsor Kids Day July 18-IS
at City Stadium, with events in
the afternoon and evening both
days.
Admission is free.
I Youth acts, aerialists, perform-
* ing ainmals, elephant rides, real
Western ponies, and cboice ^ a’,university of the! eri'to a’five-year term on' tbe of God, interment following in
'South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Kings Mountain Redevelopment Mountain Rest cemetery
Laura, Floyd, and Third
Mauney avenue and Allison court,! Funeral rites for Mrs. Della
In June of this year Mr. Neill | to Skidmore Construction Com- McAbee Crosby, 40, wife of Floyd
received his Bachelor of Divinity (pany, Belmont, at $26,732.40. ; Crosby, were held Sunday at 3
Degree from St. Luke’s School ofj Thomas A. Tate was reoppoint- P-m. from Bessemer City Church
colorful mechanical rides will
featured. Entertainment is free.
Final Rites Held
Edwin War, son of Mr. and!
Mrs. Franklin L. Ware, Jr., wasjM mm v »
graduated with B.A. in history jJjQJ [|||^ lldlinOR
from Western Carolina Univers
ity at CuUowhee. At WCU he was!
an officer of Alpha Phi Omega
fraternity and active in the Young
Democrats club and the Interna
tional Relations club. He entered
the Armed Forces on Monday.
AVanda Kay Bridges, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. (Bridges,
graduated from Western Carolina
University with B.S, in physical
e<luoation-and will teach physical
education in the Wayhesyille
school system in the fall.
F’or tlie second summer semes-
^ ter Miss Bridges is serving as a
A 23-yoar-old Kings Mountain! instructor at Point O Pines,
mother — Mrs. Man^aret Reed '^ ®nmmer camp for girls in Brant
Mr. Neill is married to the commission,
former Gaylenc A. Morrison of;
Omaha. Mrs. Neil] is a registered
nurse and is a graduate of the
Immanuel Hospital School of.
Nursing. She has also done work
as a violinist. They have an in
fant son, Jamie.
Mr. and Mrs. Neill are residing
at the Rectory across from Trin-
ity Episcopal Church on Phifer,
Road, Kings Mountain.
Burris — gave birth to her eighth
child, a set of triplets, Friday at
Kings Mountain hospital.
RE-APPOIN’TED --- Thomas •A.
Tate* executive vice-president of
Home Savings 6, Loan Associa
tion* has been rea|>pointtd by
the city commission to c five-
year term on the Kings Moun
tain Redevelopmont Commis
sion.
Lake, New York. She played ten
nis all four years of college and
holds a cup and four trophies for
skills. She was the top tennis
The babies — two girls and a'player at WCU and participated
bgy were reported “doing fine”! in tournaments at the University
by their mother, though she ex-|af Tennessee and tJie University
pects they will be hospitalized two of North Carolina,
more weeks. Mrs. Burris returned
home to route 1, Lake Monlonia
road in the Hilltop community
Wednesday.
Attending physician was Dr.|
Paul Hendricks. ’ | QWy privilege licenses purchases,
Darlene Burris weighed three!<:ue July 1, totaled $$2663 through
pounds, eleven ounces. Marlene. Tuesday, City Clerk Joe McDaniel,
Burris weighed in at three jp,, reported,
pounds, seven ounces and Darrin! Tentatively budgeted is $5750
, Privilege License
Purchases $2663
Burris weighed three pounds, six
ounces.
Mrs. Burris said the stork’s
visit on July 4th brought two sur
prises to her household. She said
she and her husband, James Sher
wood Burris, Jr., hadn’t prepared
for thi’ce babies. It was a pleas
ant Independence Day surprise,
she said. ‘
Other members of the Burris
family are Loretta Fern, who’ll
ICtmimut'd on Page 6)
for the year as receipts from this
source.
Penalty for nonpurchase ap
plies In August.
GOSPEL SING
'The Groves Trio of Spartan
burg, S. C. and the Singing
Echoes of Gastonia will sing at
Cheixjkee St. Baptist church
Satui-di^ -night from 7i 30 until
9:3Q p.m. Tlie Interested public
is invited to attend.
Funeral rites for Martin Luth
er Harmon, Sr., 94, were conduct
ed at Boice Memorial ARP church
last Thursday morning.
The final rites were conducted, —
P»i.d =.==-x-Z?
^wly arrived pa r | The Kin^s Mountain Junior Interment was in Clingman Mem-
S^ PressIy termed Mr. Har-
Mrs. Crosby was killed instant
ly Thursday night at 10 p.m.
when she lost control of the pick
up truck she was driving on High-
:way 17-A in Summerville, S. C.
I She and her son, Billy Ray, were
; enroule to Walterboro, S. C. to
'spend the July 4th holiday with
I her brother and tiwo sisters.
Michael Glenn 'Owenby, Jr-.rYoung Crosby was uninjured,
four-year-old grandson of Mr.' Mrs. Crosby, a native of Cleve-
and Mrs. Robert Hambright of County, is daughter of the
Kings Mountain, was killed Sat- ^jj,g Alice Fiedoll and Thom-
! urday when a riding lawnmower
Owenby Ghild s
Rites Gonducted
mon’s life “an honor to God.” Re
lating personal associations
through 18 years of friendshi
dorsed fluoridation of the water! The child was son of Mr. and
supply. Mrs. Michael Glenn Owenby of
Kings Mountain Jaycees, with 13714 Atlas Drive, Charlotte. The
Dr P^ssIv sard of Mr Harmon* president Gerald Thomasson; family was visiting Mr. and Mrs,
Dr. Pressly said oi Mr. Harmon. , spearheading! Ceci] Owenby, the child’s patern-
as chairman,
and reviving the fluoridation pro.]al grandparents,
jed! in the city. | Surviving^ besides the parents
Action was taken at the regii-' and grandparents arc two sisters,
lari meeting of the women’s or-1 Rita Faye and Glenda Owenby of
ganization. ■ the home.
Fnneial Bites For Miss Gaxdnei.
Foimei Hospital Administiatoi
an elder emeritus of the church,
“He never sought the limelight.
He didn't care who did the fid
dlin’ as long as the work got
done.’’
Mr. Easley road Old 'Testamonl
Scripture and Dr. Pressly Xfom
the New Testament.
The congregation, with Mri». J.;
E. Gamble <at the organ, sang the!
Psalms “Our God Our Help in,
Ages Past’’ and “The Lord Is My|
Shepherd”. i ,
Pallbearers were church offic-| Funeral rites for Miss Maud Robert Gardner and Lula Lowery
ers Franklin V.^are.' Wendell Phi-! Montague Gardner, 90. were held Gardner. She was a registered!
fer W. S Fulion, Jr.. Garrison Tuesday morning at 10:30 from nurse and former administrator!
Goforth, James fi. Anthony, and
John A. Cheshire, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers were R.
II. Burton, Otis Falls, . Jr.. Dr.
Francis Sincox, Dr. J. C. McGill,
Dr. Charles Adams, Dr. George
W. Plonk, Dr. O. P. Lewis. Capt.
B. M. Ormand, Booth W. Gilles
pie, Charles C. Dilling, Percy F.
Dilling, E. W. Griffin, James
Crawford, B. D. Ratterree, N. F.
McGill, Sr., Clarence L. Black,
Lewis Hovls, M. D. Phifer, Gene
Steffy, Kelly Bunch and W. L.
I McMackin.
Trinity Episcopaj church of which of Kernan Hospital, a children’s
she was a member. ! orthopedic hospital, in Baltimore.
Rev. James R. Neill, III, paslorjMd, She had made her home here
of, the church, officiated, assisted: with her niece, Miss Helen Hay,
by Rev. Thomas Droppers, a foi’-| since her retirement 15 years a-
mer pastor, and Dr. Paul Ausley, .go.
pastor of First Presbyterian Also surviving besides Miss Hay
church. j are several nieces and nephews.
Interment was in Mountain; In lieu of. flowers, memorials
Rest cemetery. !may be made to the building fund
Miss Gardner died Sunday at; of Trinity Episcopal church.
11 a.m. in the Kings Mountain; Active pallbearers wore James^
hospital after several month’siE. Anthony, Bob Maner, Charlesi palachian Slate University,
illness. She was a native of York Blanton, Ed Smith, Jr., George Boone. She is daughter of Mr.
County, daughter,of the late JohniMoss and Jack Bennett. . and Mrs. Plato Ilcavncr.
as B. McAbee. Slie was employed
by Mar Glo Spinning. Her hus
band is an employee of the City
of Kings Mountain.
Other survivors are her broth
er, Fred McAbee, of Walterboro,
S. C.; and three sisters, Mrs.
Thurman Jenkins of Kings .Moun
tain, Mrs. Isham Crosby and Mrs.
Elizabeth Crosby, both of Walter-
boro, S. C.
Rev. Stanley Hall officiated at
the final rites.
Wronq Gorbaae
Con. No Pick-Up
Improix*r garbage can, no
garbage pick up.
That was a Tuesday night
edict of the city commission.
Commissioner W. S. Biddix,
in a report, said tlio ordinance
of the city should l)e enforced.
Ho said there are many 60-gal
lon oil drums, many uncovered,
•which are loo heavy for pick up
crews to handle and arc unsani-
tary.
The city ordinance specifies
that garbage cans must be cov
ered, and have a capacity of
not less than 10 gallons, nor
more than 30 gallons.
The city will inform residents
not in complianc'c.
ON DEAN'S LIST
Carolyn Heavner was listed
on the sprir.G dean’s list at Ap-