f'-A'Q-" 1 ! 1 ! o 116 Popnlation Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 ..'Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300 Grtattr Ktagt Mountcaa U^ura la derlvad Irom tba •pacial Unitad States Bureau of the Census report O loQuary 1966. and Includes tbe 14.990 population o NumlMr 4 Township, and the remalntng 6.124 Iron Numbai $ Township, to Clereland County and Crowdor* «- To^.Qiihle In Gaston County. _ IMinSE Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Todai VOL 81 No. 29 Established 1809 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 17, 1969 Seventy-Ninth Year PRICE TEN CENTS CBD Renewal Problem: Match Grant, Cost Estimate County Tax Rate Up Eight Cents Kings Mountain ^School District Tax Is Same Sa&IRites On Tuesday For H W. Gamble Tlio county commission Mondaj ; adopIeU tentatively a S5.4 miHioi budget and raised the county-wide aJvalorem tax rate to $1.28 per, SlOO valuation, up eight cents ( over the year ending June 30. ' Kings Mountain school district residents tax will be $1.60 per SUX) I valuaiion, due to 32 cents in spe-. (ial taxes, including 20 cents op- ciational supplement, and 12 vents for debt service. The school district tax is the same rate pre vailing last year. | Debt service covers the year’s] amorti;£ation of the $1,300,(X>0 in; bonds voted to build the Kings ^ Mountain high school. | Prior payments have cut the original total to ST.iO.OOO. ^ Of the $1.2S county-wide levy, schools will claim 61.5 cents, di vided among tire three school dis tricts on a per pupil basis at 32 cents for current expense (.p tiiiee cents) anl 20 cents for cap-, jfaj outlay The remaining 9.5, (cnts will be for bond amortiza- ifon. Increased appropriations are for the sheriff’s department, welfare department administration, spe* W , jal appropriations $15,000 for Kings Mountain Hos American Legion Post 155 Aux-1 iliary has received a department citation of special commendation, and Mrs. Orangrcl Jolly, member-] ship chairman, has received a de partment membership certificate anJ a national citation for meri torious service as membership ^ ‘hairman for 1969. Mrs. Jolly, who,servod as mem- j borship chairman last year, is he newly-installed president of, he auxiliary succeeding Mrs. John H. Moss. The national citation recogniz ed Mrs. Jolly “for service in car rying forward the national pro. gram by January 31, 1969 of the American Lcr^ion Auxiliary, by enrolling a 1969 membership ecjual 01- exceeding the member ship goal set by the department of North Carolina. The certificate wa-s signed by .Mrs. Estella Han- ell, national president, and Doris Anderson, national secre-1 fary- ! The state meml)ership certifi-i cate slates that the Auxiliary, be ] cause it has oxceedej its mem bership quota, will b<.‘ enrolled on' *he Honor Roll of the American i Legion Auxiliary, Department of^ North Carolina. i The department citation for meritorious service reads: ‘This i is to certify that Otis D. Green, 1 Unit No. 1.55 D<*partmcnt of North Carolina merits spcvial commend-i t4 W: : -Mi Long Illness Proves Fatal To Fazmei. 93 I Funeral rites for Henry Wilson I Gamble, 93, retired farmer of the El Bethel community, were hel<l Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. from El Bethel United Methodist church. PRESIDENT — Ray Holmes has been installed as president of the Kings Mountain Lions club for the coming yeoi. Holmes Heads Lions Club i uMiuiina iiiiTjna iwwiiiitm.-1 ]*uRcrai sei’vices lor i-iv, ;-ition r..r havi-iK mol 111., rpquire- Keith Carpenter, 21, were held; " “•"Y Ray Holmes was mslalled as .n,,nts for Department C itationi ;ay afternoon at .3 p.m. from! ffairs He serv- president of the Kinijs Mountainj fo,-the year littiil.” The certificate Gary's Qrove United Methodist! ,,,,'the Beth- Lions club at a rectrnt meeting of s signed by Mrs. Tim Craig of py,urch in CherryvlUe, interment Lard ami was in the civic cli b. ! Charlotte, department president., m ,ho church cemetery. „any of the coun ^ He succeeds William Lawrence, Mrs. Gwen Conkling, of Ra- j The Kings Mountain servnee-! programs Rev. E. L. Murphy oificiaicj at the final rit<?s and intr'rmcnt was in the church cemetery. .Mr. Gamble died at 2: irj a.m. Sunday in the -Kfngs Mountain hospital after several month’s ill ness. A native of Cleveland County. I he was the son of the late An drew Jackson Gamble and Sarah I Elizabeth Harmon. Ho was mar- i Tied in 1900 to the late Elizabeth 1 Ware and they were parents of i four sons and four daughters, seven of whom survive. He »was a IKc-lon.g member of the El Bethel United MethfxUst ' church an.I has served as church school superintendent, stew'ard, and on the hoard of trustees. Funeral services for Pfc. Wray/^ ^ retired farmer, lie had been Business District Grant $863t060i Sli Million Cost By MARTIN HARMON How If) marry an $863,(KM) bud get with an estimated cost figurv of $1.2 million. This was the basic theme of an ill-day Mid-Planning conference .K'lweon officials of the DepaM me.it of Housing and Urban Do selopment and officials of the Kings Mouitain r<’d<'vcloi)iiu‘nt ommission. Also parlicii'-ating in me con- c.e:it(.' was a RiJeigh official of the State Higliway and Ihmln- Works Commis.sion, and repIc^J(M tatives of Rust Knginecrin» Com pany, the redevelopment commus- • sion’s engineering - architectuial i firm. » Pete Small Of Wounds Shrapnel Fire Felled Marine, ^ Ex-Musician SUCCUMBS — Hehry Wilson Gamble, retired farmer, died Sunday at the age of 93. Funer al rites were held Tuesdoy. Pic. Caipentei Funeial Sunday pital construction) and debt serv-^ ice tone cent). ! jj^g p. Church. College In Harmon Will He succeeds William Lawrence, and Mrs. Gwen Conkling, of Ra- j The Kings Mountain service-! ^.onj-oiif^alion programs, lonk. Jeigh, department oeoretary. Imjn was dead on arrival Tuesdayj " ^ Ted. Mr. Plonk, quahty control en-h‘ faf t fi-in. at Imih Arhtj- Hdspi-; of Kings Moimtain., lneer,at Fiber Industn^, IS a 'u HfSl****! - H W Howar-I Gemble of Mobile.' itive of England, son of Mr. andH0y, WllSOII | killed in his barracks when a fel- , Warren Gamble of To Be Installed gipeer ion. native^. , ---- - (including Herbert Holmes. He serve. as vice-president and program MKi airui i Pioward Gamble of Mobile killed m his barracks when a fel- .. j warren Gamble of low soldier accidently fired four daughters, Mrs. Ed- ’/ u T • 1 K riiiv I I O OB* ■ ■ I'istol. The charge stfuck Carpen-| \iatthews of Miami, Florida, oi the Lions club dui -, 1|| OC llWltillClI jj., the chest. I Miss Alma Gamble of Morgan- ing the past ye:ir and has served; Robert A. Wilson will be He entered the Army on March • Ravmond P. (Ruth)' on numerous committees. He nas, 29, 1988, and completed basic • * Hickorv and Mrs. al.so been active in “^thware g^ggg j''’harlcs M (Louise) Fisher, Jr.; school P-TA. ^f'and Shiloh Presbyterian church,; A native of Clevelan.1 County,; '-. KinVs* Mountain. Also surviv- Mrs. Holmes, also a ; Grover, Sunday night at 7:30 atjhe was the son of Mr. and -Mrs., 7 grandchildren and 26’ England, is the ] the Shiloh church. John F. Carpeater of route three.I oldest Dick. They are parents of tw ) conducting the installation will He graduated from Bums Herbert Gamble, died children, Linds^iy and Chris. . ' be a commission of minister school at Fallston in 1966. where * ’ . grandfather M. L. Harmon. Sr., who died The Holmes family is active in, Mountain Presby-.he served as vice president of his * Gamble. Jr.. July 1. bequeathed $2(KK) to tne Central United i terv. I senior class and attended ^uto Kings Mountain high t3.>yce Memorial Associate Re-1 Mr. H^**"*;^ catne J" ^ Rev. Mr. Wilson, native of Gas- diesel school m Nashville. Ten- .r^^tball coach, loi-mcd Church building fund and Mountain in 1%2 ' ers and have occupied the manse! nessec. He was a member of ^ , mother $2000 to Erskine college, land to ioin the tonia, comes to the local churches !Mary’s Grove United Methodist ■ Till- bequests were revealed er Industries. He is the Soth pres- ^ . , when his will was probated in - ^ of the Kings Mtamdub,, a,.velar, i Superior co,rt July H. which .. iPf." V hw htMiueathed half of the resi- Lion Glenn C. P^st dis- <he of his estate to his wife. Mrs. trict governor, installed the new Uunite Plonk Harmon, and half of leers. . , , t'.,,,, to his son Martin Harmo i, with O'her officers include Rev. D S sonTamei as executor of the id L. Castor, first vice-president; his son namt a Donald McGinnis, second vice 2” s;Tiss"ii.;s^= !:=; lege'in T''’rCm^hr»rd’^»n'po.ae Eight) Constniction On Water Treatment Plant Underway On Bnifalo Site ConstMClion work has begun i on the four million gallon daily f water treatment plant ai the Buf falo Creek site by Gillespie Con-. St ruction Company. Meantime, the line-layer, Ray . D. Lowder Construction Company, h-.s completed about 3.5 miles ot 'M-inch niam from the treatment plant site, and is completing work on ui>h^vvn area laterals. Over the, weekend, a 12-inch lateral was laid to Hawthorne street at the Kin‘^s Mountain Cotton Oil Com- piny. Mayor John Henry Moss said'’ it completed an important loop, providing botli impioved sc.vico and fire protection to in- iuistrios and residences within the area. Ollier laterals scheduled: 1> York Hold, water 12-inrh. from Floy.f street to 161 bridge. 2) Hillside Drive, H-inch sewer, from Hawthorne to Jo>co streets. ,'t) Frederickson street, S-inch, .^evver, York road to Laura. An S-inch sewer outfall is to bGi constructed in the Southwood sub-! division. ^ . Meantime, the Mavor renorte(1. elect riv-al consumption has hit new peaks wiMi the hot weather and the electrical department is procoodiiig to corrort several (•oints of over-load trouble. 1 N. C. He and his wife are parents of tw’o daught at Grover. Bad Garbage Can Tagging Begins The city sanitation depart ment is red-tagging non-stand ard garbage cans and will dis continue garbage pick-ups until I standard cans are in use. . These are specified by city ordinance as gaWanized steel or ! other rat-proof containers, with covers, not to exceed 30 gallons I capacity to less than 10 gallons j 1 capacity. 1 ' “Garbage pick-up will be re- | sumed. Grady Veiton, superin- I tendent of public works said, ! “as quickly as the resident noti- j fies the sanitation department | that the proper .receptacle is in place.” j Miss Smpson Te Cnllowliee Miss Sara Elizabeth Simpson, ! daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. fe* Simpson of Kings Mountain, a qudont at Ga.ston Day School, Is enrolled in the Western Carolina University college-level summer church. Besides his parents, surviving are his brother, J. P. Carpenter o' Kings Mountain and sister, Mrs. Fave Crad? of Charlotte. The Rev. H. G. Clayton officiat ed at the final rites. In lieu of flower?* the family ireciuests that memorials be made to the El Bethel United Methodist church building fund or the Kings; Mountain hospital building fund. ; Active pallbearers, all nephews of Mr. Gamble, were Lemuel, i Gamble, PTank Harmon. Harold- jWaro. Zeb Gamble. Clyde Gam-, j h’e ?nd Lloyd Wolfe. , ; Honorary pallbearers were !Mol- ConfiHMcd Ov Pna^" Hamm To Fill Lutheran Pulpit Williams Is Graduated I Rev. L. Bovd Hamm, D.D., p-as- jtorofSt. Matthew's Lutheran fhiirch here from 1935-40 and . „ ;,ow associato pa.s.or of "’fnr thc^la i Turch. wilt ni/ Vho'pulpt'atn! Mrt Williams. i The pastor, Rev. David L. Cas- at Raleigh \Ticc Williams ioined the stair, tor. is on vacation. w micun j 'rvianffle' Carolina. June 9lln Tom O'Biien. IIUD’s area ur ban renewal ehief, said following the conference, “We discussed paring of 'Eat', if anv. to narrow the spread between federal grant and estimated cost, meantime maintaining the objiH^tives of the project.” Though HUD usually looks with disfavor on grant increase on ur ban renewal projeets, Mr. O’Brien' said the compactness of the pro ject ar(‘a (about 37 acres» might be a point in favor. Mayor John Henry Moss sakl- the city would “live" with an ih- crease‘in its share of the project to $4<>i;m (The cit/s share can be supplied by $1000 in cash and the remainder as ‘in kind’ c'on- tributions. sudi as sidewalk^. ‘streets. i)e.^.esirian w'alkways, util ity improvements.) In spite of the problems. Mr. O'Briei termed the project "re- markahly cK>se to »ch*duU»”. He noted that Joe Laney, the execu tive director, arrived here only in November. The ai-oa in the rentrdive site plan em'oodies that houmled hj King street, Piedmont avenue. Gold street and Cansler street. One major item includes the re location of the present Gold street rail crossing to the south, implying filling of Railroad ave nue at its intersection with Gold to the Southern Railroad roadbed. Numerous building.^ are label ed for razing. Maps of the tentative site plan are on display at Uie Redevelop ment Commission office in the basement of City Hall and aie a- vailable for ins: ec: ion daily dur- ino- regular office hours. “The public is invited.” Mr. Lanev commented, “and profK*n\ owners within the area urged to peruse these tentative plans. I Attending the Wednesday con ference w'ere: State commission, M. T. Poole. Raleigh. Atlanta office of HUD. Tom O - Brion. Jim Liesendalil (plans). George King (engineering). Wally ■'Valbeck (rehabilitation', and Ed He Neyland. Rust Engineering. Ledford Aus tin (plans), Jim Ford (architect), and Gordon Flucker (engineer). Kings Mountain representatives were Chairman Maunry, Glee E. Bridges, proiect committee he Mayor. Mr. Leney and liis as nstant Pete Connet. Temple Baptist Church Celebrates 23rd Aniuversary In Sunday Rites Temple Baptist church at the corner of Cansler a id Fulton streets will celebrate her 23rd Bites Wednesday For lack Stone lorosram for sup’erloV'and'gifUM hirlhday al special services on I high school students GRASS, WOODS FIRES City firemen wore called Tues day to extinguish a woods fire tnn road and on Wertnesdav to extinguish grass fires on N. Bal- tlegrC'Und avenue and Baker slrccu WINS MASTER'S — W. Barry Smith has received his master's degree in marketing from the Graduate School of Business Ad ministration of New York Uni versity. Smith Receives Mastei's Degree At recent comrnencemhnt exer-' j cisE\s in New Yoik (Mty, W. 'I3ar-| ry Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Smith of Route 2. Kings Mountain, received a Mas-j tors deg e(' in M-arkeling from] I the Graduate School of Business ■ ,1 ContinucU On Pui/c Eiuht 1 Sunday. The program provides university ; ] 'xiurses in biology, chemi.stry, Erig- ^ Rev, C. O. Grcimc of Shelby, dsh. history, and mathemati.-s Mountain Baptist Associa- i or academically talented students .up I who have completed the 10th. nth misslonar\, will fill the j or 12th grade. pulpit at the morning worship ! Students nominated from high j^our at 11 o'clock. * schools throughout the South arc ■elected after rigorous screening. Those accept(*d must be high in academic aptitude and achieve ment. ' Miss Simpson is enrolled in the program In U. S. history for five w'eeks of concentrated study which began July 14. REUNION Annual McCarter-Parrish and Barry reunion will be held Sunday, July 20th, at Shelfer 3 at Lake Crawford. Picnic lunch will be served al 12:45 and all family members arc nvited to attend. Dinner will be servtHl under the shade trees at the noon hour and an “old fashioned” singing will begin at 2:30 p.m. with many singing groups from the sur- roundiiS’ area participating. A huge birthday cake wil! be cut at 4 p.m. at the close of the song service. < “AH friends and former mem bers of the church are invited to join us for this all-day service”, said the pastor, Rev. Frank Shir- ! ley. ARP MINISTER — Dr. Charles E. Edwards assumed the pas torate of Boyce Memoriol Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian Church July 2. He succeeds Rev. Thomas Ritchie. Funeral riles for Jack Craw- ‘ord .8tone, 61, for 11 .n<vus <*lec- rician al Lamiieih Rope Corpoi^ .lion. form<*r I'iiy policeman and eputy sluniff. \v(*r(* hcl^^ Wednes- lay afternoon at 2 p.m. from Jrace Methodist cliuirli- Rev. J. C. Lain', pastor of the •hurcli, was assisttni iiy Rex -'•rank .Sliirley. pastor of Temple laptist churcli. Interment was in _ Mountain Itest i-enielery. j Mr. Slone di<’<i su;Iiteni\ .Mon lav night at 9 p.m. at lii.s Iioitk it*911 Civ.rrch street of a hrni‘ qtacU. in apparent good healtii. le had worked fin 'rii('s<lay. vas pronouncevt <h’.Kl on ariiva. It Kings Mountain hospital. IP* was a meml)(T Graec Methodist church. .Surviving are Ids wife. Mrs. Yiola Pulmm Siontg o»ie (laugh cr. Mrs. Mearl Vaientine; two sons. Gene Stone and Bill Stone, all .of Kings Mountain; tw’o sis Iters, M"s. Paul Ledford of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Beulah Barn- otto of Washington, D. C.; one brother. W. F. St on**, Sr. of Kings .Mountain; and tliree grandcliil- , dren. CTTED — Sgt. Williom Thomas Berk(*ley has been awarded the Navy Achievement Medal while serving with the U. S. Marine Corpi in Vietnam. Beikeley Wins Medal In Action | Sgt. William Thomas Berkeley | who sei'ved four years in the U.i S. Marine Corps, is recipient ol the Navy Achievement Medal for ex(mipla:y servitc in Vietnam. Tne Kings Mountain man. dis- ;charg(.'d on January 25ih of this year, was ret‘entl> notified by the Secretary of the Navy of his a- ward. Son of Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Berkeley, Jr, of Charlotte, he is married to the former Katherine Mauney of Kings Mountain and they have a 17-mmlh-oki daugh ter. Both. He will enter the I’ni- versily of Tennessee in the fall. .Sgt. Bei'kelcy’s citation i^'a.is: “While serving with Marine Wing Communication Squadron’ One, Marino Wing Ilcaduqartcrs.' Group One. First Marine Aireraft Wing in connection with oi>era- : tions against the enemy in the Repul)lic of Vietnam from 2 March 196S to 13 January 1969. Sergeant Berkeley performed his duties in an exemplary manner. Initially assigned as As.^^istant Operations Chief of the Radio .*^e’tion. he displayed out.sianding professionalism and initiative de spite extremely adverse condi tions an 1 tlte* difficultic's of a .ombat environment. Dislingrish- ing iiimself by his cfmsistently high level of efficiency, he ma terially enhanced the operational effectiveness of his unit. Subse- qu(*ntly reassigned as a Radio Relav'Team Chief, he skillfully s-aperv’sed and trained his men Ml proper communications pi'oce- dures and preventive maintenance techniffues. thereby increasing their individual proficiency -and enhancin'* the efficiency of the entire s<*c*tion. As a result of his Mligence and seemingly unlimit ed resourcefulness, he gained the •('sppet and admiration of all who obso*'ved him and coniribut- I signifieainiv to the acC('m- ^ nlishment of h's unit's mission. Sergeant Be:kelev’s outstanding professional ability, untiring de termination and steadfast devo- .lion to duty reflect gient credit ■ upon himself, the Marine Corps - and the Naval Se-viee." .‘sergeant B<'rkeley is a' thoriz- 0(1 to wear the Combat “V"." Marine Priv’ate First Class A'llliam Dil( (Peiet .Small, for- .ler ii'.-^hleai of 20.5 S. Piedmont iveniu- and a Kings Mountain na ive, died Tuesday at the Danang SlatKtn Hospital in Vietnam of mrai ntl wo.nds receive! in ac- ion. P.c. Small. 23, was a son of the ale W. A. Small. His mother, >ena Morgan Stogner Small Go- orih, xhed in February. A v<*H*ran of the army an-l four rears in the air force before he Milisted in the marine corps, Pfc. Small went to Vietnam in early April and had been previously .vounded and refciTied to duty. A drummer, Pfc. Small had )layed with a musical group in xa.diville. Tenn.. home of his viTe, the form(*r Joyce Edmond- on, anJ was well-known in Nashville aiea entertainment dr- Jes. The t)ody is being sh'ppcd to Nashville and funeral services, as vet incomplete, will be held there. His wife was notified Tuesday hat he had been .seriously wound- ■r| and w-as undergoing surgery \t the Danang hrspital. She was notifiovl Wedne.s.',:iy morning that he ivid not survived. Survivin.g, in acklition to his wife, aix? a five*year-('ld daugh- oi‘, Kim Small, his brother, Aun- iria Small, of King.s Mountain, hree half-sisters, 5Irs. Jan‘t*e Marino and Mrs. Lallilene McLe- more, both of Columbia. S. C.. Mrs. Lib Black, of Kansas, a half- brother. Haveline Stogner. of ■vanford, Fla., and his step-father, Joe Goforth, of Kings Mountain. M|l " .P'".. ^latf From Capitol Congressman James 'T. Broyhill las j)iesented t(» American Legion "’ost 15.5 Auxiliary a United hates Flag which has flown over ihe U. S. Capitol. The flag was ohtaiiuMl from J. leoige St(*wart, an'hitoct of the ’a.' iiol in VVasiiington. D. C., and nmsi-nted to M's. O ' lngrel Jolly, auxiliar* president. Tresday. PRESIDENT — W. S. Biddix has been elected president of the Key Producers club of Sturdivant Life Insurance company. Biddix Tapped By Insurancemen W. S. Biddix, city commission er from Ward II and represen tative f(U' Sturdivant Life Insur ance Company, was elected pres ident of the ki‘> Piodiua:;s club of Sturdivant Life Insurance company at the retent annual convention held at Ocean Korre.st Hotel at Myrtle Beach, S. C. This is the first time a Sturdi vant Life representative has been .so iionorcd for two consecutive yeais. 'This honor is awarded a repre sentative for his overall ix*rform- ance during the past year immel- iatelv prior to the annual co!i- vention. Mr. Biddix has set scales records ever since joini’ig Stur divant Life in 1967. lie has also led tin* company in percentage of rt'newals during this period. Mr. and Mrs. Biddix are par ents of five da'.'ghlers. They re side at 104 Owens street. Otis D. Gieen Post Scholarship Foi $2,000 Awarded To Marcia Wars Marsha Ware, recent graduate stu ’onf at Limestone of Kings Mountain high school GaffiK'V. C. in the (all. The and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. stipend covers a four-year per- Franklin L. Ware. Jr., is recipient ion. ‘ of the American Legion Post 155 The scholarship .grant $2.()00 scholarship award. st*nied Monday bv the America i Miss Ware will be a ireslimaii Lc^iLon at the regular mocling.

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