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PopnlatloB '^reafer Kings Mountain 21 >914, ./Umits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9300 QrMrttr Klags Moimtate Ogui* U dtrlvMl lew ttt •p«cial UmlUd StoiM BufMu of tlM Coomw eopott • lanuory itM. oad lacludot tbo 14.tM poptilotloa d Nuiubor 4 Towotbip, and tho romidniog •«lt4 Irai Numbor S Towuhlp. !■ Clovolood Couply ctM Crowdor* **»-n»€4o Towatfcip la GMtoa Cowtr* Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Page$ T oday VOL 81 No. 30 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 24, 1969 Seventy-Ninth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Tentative School District Budget Set At $1,045,538 nfl — Mrs. Ramsey^s > Funeral Rites Held Wednesday Funoral rites for Mrs. Kather-' ine Hill Ramsey, 42, were heldi \i'cdncsday afle.noon at 3 p.m. liom St. Matthew’s Lutheran 1 church of which she was a mem ! » Rev. Charles Easley officiated at the final rites, and interment i was in Mountain Rest cemetery.| Mrs. Ramsey, wife of Charles E. Ramsey, Mauney Mills em ployee, had been in ill health for several months and had recently i)C(*n hospitalized, but had ret jrn- cfi.to wotk as a secretary at Lith ium Cc^poration of America. Caston County Coroner W. J. McLean, Jr. said the body of Mrs.' liamsey was found floating in a' pi ivato swimming pool behind the home of her sister-in-law. Mis.' Don W. Blanton, on Canterbury' Road, Sunday about noon by her husban i vvho awoke at 8:30 a.m. to find his wife gone. Mr. Ram- s<‘y told investigating officers he: .searched lor his wife for several ] hours before discovering her carj at his sister’s house. Mr. and Mrs.! Blanton were away on a camping t.ip. ; Mrs. Ramsey, dressed in shorts and halter, drowned in a seven foot pool. Her death was ruled i an apparent suicide, said the cor-' (uur. who said he found no evi- de^e of foul play. Efforts by, Gittnn Life Saving Crew mem-'; l)/' s Lt. Red Kirf; and Mike Jor-i dm were futile as they attempt- /cl to revive her. t ' ■ ■ ! Coroner McLean said no autop-j was heM. nor win kn inquest; A native of Flounce, S. C.. Mrs. Ramsey was daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. T. B. Hill of B(?ssemer City who ai.so siTvive. <5hewas a gi ad- uate of Kings Mountain high s,‘!r)ol and Mars Hill college. j Besides her husband and par-' ents. she is surviv€*d by a son, riJarU'S E. (Speedy) Ramsey, Jr. \\/io arrived Tuesday from Viet- :f :x\ where he is stationed in the i\ m\ : and a daughter. Miss Mary 1 Bi th Ramsey of the home. .Active pallbearers were James }: Herndon, Joe Smith, James Bdinctt, George H. Mauney. Glee ; i:. B. idge.s. and James Lybrand. History Group To Meet Tuesday Henry Lee Weathers, publisher of the Shelby Daily Star, will re view the early days of Cleveland Cour/ y, using one incident in each township, to highlight Tuesday ni.4iit’s meeting of the Cleveland Co. nty Historical Society at 7:30 p.m. at the County Office Build • ing. <>-t X /■ V V, BURRIS TRIPLETS — The Burris Triplets, Darlene, Marlene, and DttrrtiL now 20 days old* hovn gained weight and will soon be oble to leove Kings Mounloin hospital, ^am July 4th to Mrs. BtSgaret Reed Burris* 23, they now weigh four pounds* four pounds and theie pounds* IS ounces. Mr4b Ihirris s6id she will be able to take them home when they tip the scedes ot five pounds. Ihe Burris trip lets are No. fi, 7* and 8 for Mr. and Mrs. James Sharwood Burris* Jr. of the HUlt^ community. They are the second set of triplets bom at Kings Moun'.oin hospital and .the first to Kings Medntoin parents. First set of triplets* boro at the local hospital to a Bessemer City couple* ore now 10 years eld. (Photo by Isaac Alexander) Two Doctors Staff Clinic ' New officers halso bo elected. Smith of Kings Mountain of his findin.gs for a Cleveland County Historical Map. Mr. Smith is chairman of this project. Displays of old relics and mo- mcnios of the past will be open to tho public in the lobby of the County Office Building and area (ili/.ens are invited to inspect the old documents prior to the meet- in ; or afteru*ards. president Robert S. Gidneywill preside. Children of United Daughters of tho Confederacy will serve re freshments after tho meeting. License Purchases Now Total $3794 City privilege license purchas es totaled $3794.75 through Tuesday; City Clerk Joe Mc Daniel, Jr., reports. Tho total represents approx imately 65 percent of the $5750 estimated to be returned to city coffers by this revenue Si»urro. Duo and payable July 1, the law provl.'^es that licenses are purchasable net through Au- tiust 1, with penalty of five per- c('nt per month applying there after. IN LUTHERAN PULPIT — Rev. BUI Mitcham wiU fill the pul pit ot Sundoy morniag services at Resurrection Lutheron church. Mitcham To FlU Lutheran Pulpit The Rev, Bill Mitcham will for 1969-70 will serve as guest minister at Resur rection Lutheran church Sunday, . ,1- Julv 27. Another feature of Ihe program: Rev. Miieham is a native of wil he presontation by Ed Henry Mountain and a son of the congregation. He attended Lenohv Rhyne college, Hickory and thei Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbia. He has served two churches in South Carolina and at’ present is the Secretary of Chris-1 tian Education of the South Caro-1 lina Lutheran Synod. i The public js invited to hear Pastor Mitcham at this service. ARP s Regin Revival Series Revival services will begin Monday at Btdhany ARP church, route 3. Clover, S. C. Seivices will be held through the following Sunday at 8 p.m. each evening. Visiting evangelist is the Rev. George Lauderdale, of Atlanta. Ga. Thief Likes Music; Takes 100 Records A thief or thieves who likes music broke Into the “juke box” at the Deal Street Pool area Tuc.sdav night and wont home iwith 100 records. . Fie left the money. Entry to the box was made by breaking the glass in front. Mangum* TdOey Succeed Moore, In Residency Dr. Joseph Harold Talley and Dr. Gary Mangum have arrived in Grover and have Ixrgun Ihej general practice of medicine atl Grover Clinic. j 1 Dr. and Mrs. Mangum and their! I three children have occupied the I former residence of Dr. and Mrs. i Charles Moore and Dr. and Mrs. ; Talley and their two children are i renting a residence but expect to 1 build across the street from the Mangums on Lakeside Acres. j Dr. Talley comes to Grover, Michael T. McKee, Kings from Greenville, S. C, and Dr.) fountain native, has entered Or- Mangum comes to Giwcr Graduate School at the residency in family practi(?e at; North Carolina in i Charlotte Memorial hospital, i Chapel Hill. I He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. j Dr. Mangum is a graduate of T. C. (Red) McKee of Kings I (Bowman Gray School of Medi-j Mountain and is married to the ! cine, Class of 1967. Dr. Talley is'former Gale Kircus of Kings !a graduate of the University of,Mountain. Virginia Medical School, Class of ■ 1963. IN GRADUATE SCHOOL — Dr. Michael T. McKee has entered the Orthodontic Groduote School at the University of North Coro- Una in Chapel Hill. Dr. McKee In Grad School Pay Increases Anticipated; Rudget Down The Kings Mountain board of education Monday tentatively ap-, proved a 1969 • 70 budget of i >1,045,538.90. I “C; course this is all subject) lo change. We must await infer-• mation fiom the state before it can be finalized", Mrs. I. C. Dav is, secretary to Supt. Donald Jone.«, said We."!nesday. The total figure for the year includes $6.88,027.15 in current ex penses, up nearly $11,000 from' last year, and $357,511.75 In capi tal outlay fund.s, which consists of $118,000 in new capital outlay money and a capital reserve of, $213,000. Tho current expense total in- Cj.des .an estimated $114,000 the s>etem expects to derive from tho special 20-cent supplemental lev ied in the Kings Mountain school district. Last year’s budget was $1,330,- 183.91. This included 19^ state bond mtMtify in tho amount of $374,557.97 which was applied to the cost of the new addition to | North school. The budget reflects pay increas es. The superintendent’s pay in crease will come from a greater contribution from the state with the local share remaining the! same. The budget also reflects pay increases for locally paid teachers and about a 10 percent increase for maintenance and sec retarial. As ye.t the vocational allotment HmV* keen flftatiroiiv'SiiptV'iRmeST-:" reported at Monday’s regular meeting of the board of educa tion. The system has requested tw^o additional vocational teach ers. Coley Guyton's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Coley L. Guy ton, .55, were held Monday after noon at 4 p.m. from Faith Bap tist church of which he was a member. Mr. Guyton died suddenly Sat-, urday at 6:30 p.m. in the Kings | Mountain hospital after suffering! a heart attack a few hours ea-rli- cr. i Hi I V COMPACT PLAQUE PRESENTED — Superintendent Donald D. Jones, left* ond L. L. Adams* who is retiring as principal after 34 years at Compart school are pictured at the unveiling of an histori- col plaque commemorating the 97-year history oi the school. The ploque was sponsored jointly by the Compact Parent-Teacher Association and the Kings Mountain City Board of Education. (Photo by Alexander) Dedmon Is Named Highway Post Shelby Man Among 23 Named By Scott He was a native of Cherokee Count>, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John J. Guyton. A former semi-professional baseball play-i IRFJm* er, he was associatei in textiles | WlIIS for a number of years at the Neisler Division Margrace Plant and more recently in (Gastonia. WINS GRANT—James W. Groy- son has won a 'four-year Vet erans Administration scholar ship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Grayson Grant Roy L. Dedmon. well-known Cl(’v<'Iand County cattle rancher and auctioneer, ha.s been named a stale highway commissioner by Governor Robert W. Svotl. Appointments were announced Thursday morning. .Mr. Dedmon, wlio was acTi\e in the gulxmiatorial campaign of tho Governor, both in the primary and general election, had bc‘en rumored as a pos.-Jible commii^sion- er since Scott’s election. The recent General Assembly ' increased tho membership of the highway commission from 11 to 23 members. It will enable mem- b(*is to sor\e a fewer numlK'r of i counties. Mr. Devimon said he did not know what counties sei've, but he guessed GRADUATE ^ William Low- rence Logon has re reived his bachelor cf arts degree from the University of North Carolina ot Charlotte and will join an ad vertising firm in New York City in the fall. Lariy Logan Is Graduated William Lawrence Logan, son of Mrs. W. Lawrence Logan and he would the late Mr. Logan, was gradual- that the cd ;.om the University of North counties would ho assigned at the Carolina at Charlotte last week, new commission’s first meeting. Mr. Logan received his BA on Oath-taking is scheduled for July 17 with majors in history, James VV. Grayson, son of Mr. next Wednesday morninz. and political science and sociology. He Surviving are his wife. Lois Baity Guyton; one Both families are attending Shi loh Pi-esbyterian church. Dr. and Mrs. Moore and family have moved to Houston, Texas, where Dr. Moore is taking a resi dency in opthalmology. Dr. McKgc' entered the Naval Charles B. Guyton of Rock Hill. Dental Corps in July 1967 after s. r.; i brother, Otto Guyton of graduation from the University of^ Columbia, S. C.; and four sisters, North Carolina School of Den- Mrs. j. p. Todd, Mrs. Leon Ham- ... ' Mrs Ruth Williams and Miss Discharged from the U. S. Navy L,ottie Guyton, all of Kings .Moun- in July. Dr. McKee served ^ain. Mrs.lpient son, and Mrs. T. W. Grayson of 901 Mr. I><'rimon felt it likely that an naj also attended East Carolina Groves Stieet, has been the reci- organizational meeting would be University and the Univeisily of of a V.A. scholarship this he) in Continued On Page Eight The Rev. Robert Hicklin offi Repiesentative Says Home Buie Actions Major Accomplishment the afternoon. spring as an honor student. While Long activt' in pA.V.*i:*s, Mr. at Kings Mountain higli school he D-dmon was cfiunty co-chair man was a Governor’s School nominee, of the D-in M(K>ro gubernatorial a Junior Marshal ami one of the campaign in 1964. four finalists from KMUS for the His wife is ih<* former Ruth Pittsburgh Plato Glass .Scholar- Spangler and is assistant clerk ship award. of Cleveland Grayson received a $1,900grant Court, to attend Duke University, hut For the past four years, C'leve plans to u.se his Veterans’ sehol- land Countv’s representative on North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ' dated at the final rites and in- arsliip to attend the t'niversiiv of the higlnvav commission has been mitioe, dial torment was in Mountain Rest North Carolina at Chai>el Ilill W. B. Garrison. Gastonia bottler, i'y Fine Ar cemetery*. where he will major in chemistry, who succc'eded Clint Newton. By MARTIN HARMON Repiesentative W. K. Mauney, Jr., in an address to his fellow Kings Mountain Lions Tuesday night, termed the work of the 1969 General As.sembly well-done and praised particularly new laws returning home matters to the homefolk. state (‘Olleges and universities, empowering the General Assem-j bly to fix income tax exemptions,, repeal the literacy test as prere quisite for voting, and giving three-fifths of tho General As sembly members power to call a sp<‘ciai session of the Assembly, (now solo prerogative of the gov- Active pallbe-arei’s were James Leigh, Clinton Jolly, James Ham-] rick, Dewitt Guyton, Jim Guyton' and Ronnie Hamrick. Firemen Set Saturday Benefit One Teacher Vacancy With School Opening August 25 Month Distant class ‘Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Do- *1,^ « , " ' ' partment will serve a country- Among theso arc ™y.ng ernorl -'stMe dinner wi(h all Ihc trim- power to counta^s and cit es to He outlined the several lax m- Saturday with serving to It nx salaries of its o.ncials, 21 creases pomtirtg taxes are eon-^^ g determine its own foi*m of gov-'troversial and a “give-and-take . . h/i>Hn,iQWnr« ernment from three plans, 3) affair". Most of the taxes went ^ ‘ ^ enact ordinances (counties, cities on gasoline, liquor, cigarettes and Plates are $2 for adults and $1 bringing to iso had the rl;ht). Otherwise, the soda pop, he said, plus a sales tax for children and all proceeds will faculty membc.s With the exception of one teach- the principal will have one or vacancy — a sccon.i ^radc |)er day. leaching position at North School A total of 1.130 pupils a!t» ox Kings Mountain District preted tor Fupil Oiientalion Day S<hooIs are ready foi- /lu* fall August 22. Teachers report to term beginning August 25th. work on August 21. .'scliool organization was ap .Now tc.Kdiers (dected Monday proved Monday night by the inelude: Mrs. Emma B. Blalock boaid of education as nine addi- of Kings Mountain. East Klcmcn- Wliilc at the University Mr. Lo gan was a member of the Student (Jovernment; Le Cerclc Kran- caisc; the History club; and on the staffs of the literary magi- County Superior ^ine, “The Barnstormer" and the student newspaper, ‘’The Carolina Journal.’' He was also chairman of the Univeisiiy Fine Arts Corn- chairman of the Univers- Is Kcsiival, chairman niversity "Hapi.'ening", and a member of the University •Union Program Board. He was one of three students chosen from tho student body by the Chancel lor and I'Kvn nf .students to rep resent the University community on tho Uni\ersity Forum Council which brought nationally know i speakers to the campus for an annual presentation and debate. He was also a member cf the of ficial committee planning and directing the 4th an I .5lh Uarolina Writers Forum, sponsored by tin* University and the Charlotte Ob- sorv<*r. M Mr. Logan was named to “The Assembly set a state-wide sohed-: increase from 1-5 to two percent be used to purchase fire-fighting the upcoming term tional teachers were elected tary; Dorman Ned Costner of^ _ the number of Chcrryville. high school; Mis. Qapery*', a group of appro.ximare- employed for Verie Ran fall Cline of Shelby. |y piTcent of the University ule 6f register of deeds fees and. on purcliases of autos, boats, and (equipment set up a state department of lo-1 other vehicles, 1.5 C(*nts per can cal affairs. ' of and a tax of 7.5 from six OSfw Tail Gate The two-term legislator ouilin- percent on savings and loan as-i^**T J4iii \NV15 ed the state-wide voting in Nov- sociation.s. ; m * | SftSn#* ember 1970, including the one per-' He defendi!d the gas lax in- « * CIC©*I«HHng I cent sales tax option, whereby crease, saying North Carolina 1 counties and cities (as Mooklen- maintains and owns more paved ' burg does nowi would get these roads than any state in the na- funds as a full rebate. tion. “I appreciate North Caro- Ho-also noU'd that other voting lina’.s highways," he declared, in November will determine con- He w is pleased, he said, with stltutional changes, among .the.se the adoption of tlic intew'sl in- editin^T of the Constitution revi- ciease bill when he took the more sion of state and local fimneing, conservative form supported by reassignment of escheats 0 all the House. North eiementaiy; Mrs. Anne student body who are recaignized 1 he city jail Is getting a face lifting. The ct:iling was being painted white this week and tiie floors were being redone. Fluorescent lighting was aUso being In stalled. At 5:10 p.m. Wednesday it had no “customers". Sup. Donald Jones noted tltat Leflwich. North ehnnentary; Mi.ss .ann ally “in order that oxeel- 173 teaclicrs were employed dur- Rebecca Padgett of Shelby, Beth- emtstandint^ aclivitv and ing tii<‘ past year. Ho sai.l the ware elementary; Mr.s. Dorcas II. productive p irticipatio-i might he total inch lies the stale allolm<‘nt Sinelair. High Shoals, high school i-cco^nizcd in all stages camnus jOf 150 regular teachejs. plus sev- English; Mrs. Jane Cabp Shields pfej'^and in or .or that wo might ,en under special education, an of Franklin, North elomentar’y; cil<* students of spi.ited interest ! increase of two from last year. Sherrill d'oney of Ellenhoro, Con- growth of the univm-sity The total also includes thioe kin- tial elementary; and Mrs. Martin djspiayin a smvial quality decgarlen teaclT*.'rs, and 13 voca Ilainion of Kings Mountain, ele- espfrit de corps"! tional teachers, one for textiles montary. and one for l)ricklayir ;. Resignations accepted included Mr. Logan will niovi' to New- Teachey organi?:ation for the those of Danny Neal, John Durai, ark. New Jersey in .Septemt'or ; coming year will also p(?rmit Ihc Miss Cynthia Wrielit. M^s. Imo- where he will lx* associated with elimination of teacher p:incipal- gene Jidinson. Mrs. Jacquith i the adwriising firm of Bonn and ships at all ejomentnry .schools. Rountree. Mrs. Rebecca Phmk and MiicDonnu.g!!. Inc . 230 Park Ave.. , with Hie exc'cption of West, where George Luhlaneski. Now' Yoik City.