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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 81 No 35
Established 1889
Kings 'Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 28, 1969
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TEN CENTf
SO-Unit Leased Housing Construction 30 Days Away
jMcMackin Rites
Most Populated
Conducted Sunday
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RITES HELD — Funeral rites for
William Lindsay McMockin, Sr.
were held Sundc^ afternoon. Mr.
McMackin died Friday at the
age of 61.
York County
Native Suffered
Hemonhage
Funeral rites lor William Lind
say McMackin,. Sr., 61, were held
Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. from
Boyce Memorial Associate Re
formed Presbi-terian church of
which he was a member.
Two former pastors, Qr. W,,
Prcssly of Moocesville and Rev.
1L. Thomas Richie of Gastohlhi
otficiated at the final rites, arid
mterment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mr. McMackin died Friday
I: mornir.L at 2:40 a.m. in the Kings
I Mountain hospital after .suffer-
lirig a cerebral hemorrhage a
; week ago.
He was a native of York Coun
ty, S. C., son of the late Mr. and
■ Mrs. Robert G. McMackin. A
' deacon of Boyce Memorial ARP
j church, he was employed by Mas-
: sachusetts Mohair Plush Com-
I pany.
For a number of years he own
ed and operated McMadrin's ELsso
Service Station in Kinge Mountain.
Surviving, are his Wife, Mrs.
Mary Herndon McMacKih; tivo
sons, W. L. McM«ekin, Jr. of
Tampa. Fla. and Richard K. Mc-
Madrin of Winston Salens; three
brothers, John MeMscKln of Gas
tonia, G. W. McMackin of Char
lotte, and Harley MeMaekln of
Dillon, S .C.; three sisters, Mrs.
D. O. Farris of Gastonia, Mrs.
City Non-Suiting,
iReinstituting
la a technical action, the city
will lori-suit — then reinstWute—
con, imnation action to obtain
acres of property needed
• for the Buffalo Creek lake reser-
fc.voir.
City attorney Jack White told
'thei city commission an error had
been made in the initial suit on
the part of the surveyor and thati
22.04 acres of the 150.14 acres
thought solely belonging to Mr.' Wiliiam L. Pursley of Charlotte
' and Mrs. Coleman Goforth had land Mrs. B. E. Shealey of Ham-
pther owners involved. I let; four grandchildren and two
The new action will name the.great-grandchildren,
other owners as defendants along! Active pallbearers were Arthur
with Mr. and Mrs. Goforth. | Walker. Hugh D. Ormand, Mat
in another resolution, the city i thew Camp, Robert Ware, Jimmy
commission reiterated by unani- Ware, A. P. Logan, and David
mous vote an action of June 11,! Pursley. Honorary paUbearers
1968, in which it authorized May- were deacons and elders of Boyce
or John Henry Moss to negotiate Memorial ARP church.
for and acquire land required for]
the Buffalo Creek lake project.: .,«■ m,., UISm
and to obtain whatever assistance, VlUSSOIllS wVlll
he might require. I ^
The board conducted a publicj
hearing on a request of Edward 1/aVliJ VHfllMrll
G. Gibbons,-who holds option on
Kings Mountain district schools
jpegisterod 4,103 pupils Wednes
day, same total as on opening
day Friday. ■ .
School Supt. Donald D. Jones
Mported- "a good opening" with
a .minitntam dl prcMems. flo said.
bus roatlng bad created “a min
imum of problems" but ‘levery-
thing is running like clockwoi^l
liow bnd {itudenls in the lainaU
breas will arrive home about an I
g wr earlier t(>is 5e)Kiol year thin
jit due to the improvements in|
bussin|l-" ,
’ . He noted !t)iat teacher loads are
Wall i>alanc^ Vith aomc. pupHa
ua-l-jbe^ this, ipeek to balangp
' .J .
I North elemepta^y’s ( 28-teacher
plant'leads Oentiel Junior high
this year as tlm largest, popula
tion-wide at the'Kings Mebnta.in
elementary'system, eprollltig 765
attidfent** Central Junior high is
^teono with 722 ' seventh and
eighth graders and a class of
special'education students.
For fhe first time principals
are'free to supervise and are not
teaching classes. Richard Greene,
fomMriy principal af Park Grace,
has ■ moved to East, Park Grace
school plant is being used (or stor.
age but may be used in conjunc
tion wUh vocational Glasses at the
high school, said Supt. Jones- :
Two new courses are offered to
high school student^ this year.
TTiey. are. Negro history and Latin
IV. “This year as far as the cur-
Hculnm Is concerned”, said Mr.
J.onea, 'hve are trying out modem
Innbvation^ in teaching through
out the systent” '“We are most i
optiihUllc about the benrfits of
these new trends in teaching”, he
added.
Anoher “first" in the system
this year is the centralized lunch
room program with Mrs. W.
Lawrence, Logan as co-ordinator.
A menu for lunches each week
will be published in the Herald
each week. The same menu will
be available to pupils at all of
the schools in the system.
Population breakdown by plants
are: Bethware, 297; East, 373;
Grover, 414; West, 298; Central,
722; North, 765; Special Biuca-
tion, 56; and Kings Mountain high
school, 1178.
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property of W. Avory Harmon
on N. Cansler, for re-zoning to
permit building of triplexes and
quadruplexes on the 13-acre trhet.
However, the commission deferred
action until Tuesday (changed
from Friday due to Labor Day-
weekend) at the request of the
zoning board which had asked
more time before makin;^ a rec
ommendation.
Martin Harmon, member of
Kings Mountain Public Housing
Authority, spoke iniformally urg
ing immediate re-zoning action
-v as instrumental in speeding the
i 50:unit leased low-rent housing
hroject. Kings Mountain PHA has
issued Mr. Gibbons a letter of in
tent to lease the 50-unlt project,
Mr. Harmon reported.
gNone spoke against the re-Zen
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Bill Grissom, chairman of the
1969 Miss Kings Mountain Beauty
Pageant, was presented a plaque
for “outstanding service” by Miss
Kings Mountain 1969, Jean Davis,
at Saturday night’s pageant which
crowned a new t|ueen.
Miss Davis recognized both Mr.
Grissom and his wife for "out
standing ('ontribution to youth
QtJBEN AMO RUNNERS-OP — Min King* Mountain,, 1970, Unda
Falls. coDtor, is ilonked by numeis-up in the annual beouty
pageant: Linda Roes, left Hist runner-up, and Beverly Hamrick,
lerond nmner.up. The three beauties won trophies at Saturday
afghTs Joyoee-spenswed pageant Miss Falls, IS. is the daughter
et Mr. and Mrs. OHs Falls, Jr.
(noto by Isaac Rlwwlsi)
Gibbons To Get
Financing, Agent
Tells Authority
Kings Mountain Public Housing
Authority has been notified by
Behrens Companies, mortgage
bankers, that arrangements to
finance Eugene Gibbons in the
building of 50 laai-rent housing
units wil] be complete in about 30
days.
In turn, Mr. Gibbons, who has
been tendered a letter of intent
from the Authority to lease the
housing units under tlhe already-
approved leased housing project,
has told the Authority he will be
ready to break ground the day
the financing arrangements are
complete.
Mr. Gibbons holds an option to
a 13-acrc tract of W. Avory Har
mon on the west side of North
Cansler street.
Meantime, the regional office of
the Housing Assistance Adminis
tration of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
has approved the plans, specifica
tions. and plat of the Harmon
tract for construction of the 50
units.
James C. Gibson
Rites Conducted
Businessman,
Ex-State Athlete
Succumbs at 47
Funeral rites for James Claude]^
Gibson, 47, were held Wednesday
afternoon at 4 p.m. from Grace
United -Methodist church of which
he was a member.
His pastor. Rev. J. C. Lane, as
sisted by Rev. Frank Shirley, pas
tor of Temple Baptist church, of
ficiated at the final rites. Inter
ment was 'in Mountain Rest cem
etery.
Mr. Gibson, president gnd part
ner in Center Service, Inc., suc
cumbed to a (xtrebral hemorrhage
Sunday afternoon at 2 p^m. in
„. I Charlotte Memorial hospital, a
The preliminary site plan, m- j suddenly became
duding several quadruplex townj entered the hospital. He
houses, triplexes, duplexes, and;
single units, was approved -Mon- jj j the hemorrhage a week
day by Kings Mountain Housing' "
Authority. The plan also provides
for a park area
Meantime, Thomas W. Harper,
executive director of the Author
ity repfirted, the contractor on
ago.
Mr. Gibson is a graduate of
North Carolina Stale University
at Raleigh where he played foot
ball. ITior to his service duty, he
I attended and played football at
SUCCUMBS — James dotade
Gibson, 47, died Sunday after
suHering a eerebiol hemorrhage
a week before. Funeral rites
were held Wednesday oftemoon.
the 150-unit project is pouring | state University,
concrete slabs at the Lackey
Two Dwellings
Razed Yesterday
eant
Church Groups
Sing Sunday
The congregations of Dixon and
Shiloh Presbyterian churches will
gather for a song service Sun
day night at 7:30 'at the Dixon
church near Kings Mountain.
There will Ire no morning wor-
As business managers for her at | ship service at the Dixon church
the state pageant, Miss Davis 1 Sunday but Sunday school ■will
said Claudia and Bill Grissom
were escorts, buddies and friends.
She read a citation which empha
sized their “understanding of peo
ple.”
The reigning queen, who relin
quished her title .Saturday to Lin
da Falls and who on Sunday be
comes Mrs. John Taylor, also
publicly thanked her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. I. C. Davis, and the
sponsorirJr Jaycees.
Kings Mountain Favoied By Ruling
in Qine Condemnation Litigation
After a two-day hearing. Clerk
of Superior Court Paul Wil.son rul
ed in favor of Kings Mountain in'
Us condemnation action against;
Buford Cline to acquire a tract]
of land required for the Buffalo]
Creek reserv-otr.
Mr. Cline immediately appealed 1
the ruling and the appeal has
been calendared by Mr. Wilson]
for the Superior Court civil ter n.
Judge Fred T. Hasty of Charlotte]
prc.siding, beginning September 22.1
Meantime, Mr. Wilson said,
Wednesday, he will proceed to ap-;
point a tliroe-pcrson arbitration
team, as stipulated by state law,:
to e.stablisli a value on tite trai-t
Ih question.
' He told the Herald ho will in
vite the litigants to .supply a
no.Tiinee each and that he would
name the third member.
Mayor John Henry Moss said it
is expected the city will nominate
Hal S. Plonk. Mr. Cline said he has
not yet determined-who his nomi
nee will be. 1
Specifically, Clerk of Court Wil-i
be held at 9:30 a.m., L. H. Stew
art, Sunday School Superintend
ent, announces.
Rev. Robert Wilson, pastor, is
sued an invitation to the interest
ed community to join in the serv
ice in song each fifth Sunday
night at the local chiurch.
son ruled that Kings Mountain
has condemnation authority un
der the general statutes, that Mr.
Cline’s tract is needed to provi.te
the city with an adequate water
supply, and that the city acted in
good faith in attempting to ac
quire the property before it filed
the condemnation action.
Mr. Cline said legal papers for
malizing the verbal notice of ap
peal will be filed by his attorney,
Ernest Delaney, of Charlotte, eith
er Thursday or Friday.
Opposing attorneys disagreed
over the appeal action Monday,
Verne Shive of Gastonia, repre
senting the city, contending no
appeal is in order until the Clerk ]
has appointed the appraisal team ]
and received iN finiiings, Mr. De
laney sa>ing the appeal hearing]
.should come first
The defense had attacked the
city’s right to condemn under
previsions of its charter and had
contended that the city had not
acted in good faith in its nego
tiations with Mr. Cline.
Cify Is Bigger.
More Populous
The City of Kings Mountain is
10.26 acres larger in area and its
population has increased by live
as a result of a property annex
ation Tuesday night.
The city honored the petition
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Go
forth, Jr., for inclusion of their
PhKcr road property in the city
limits.
The Goforths have two boys,
Pete and Mark, and a daughter,
Scottie.
Mayor's New Home
Phone Is 739-6737
Mayor John Henry Moss has
a mw telephone number at ,his
residence but assures it is" not
a “blind” or unlisted number.
Sbuthem Bell Telephorie &
Telegraph Company has chang
ed an the King's Mountain num
bers fn the 4100 series.
Thfe Mayor's home number,
formerly 739-4100, is now 739-
6737.
“As always, I am available
at all times iri event of cmer-
ijcncles,” the Mayor said.
Petite Bnmette
Dazzles Judges
With Her Dancing
Unda Falls, 18, is Miss Kings
Mountain 1970.
The green-eyed brunette daugh.
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Falls,
Jr. won the judges approval Sat
urday night with a modem Jazz
dance to cop the crown over five
other contestants.
She received a $200 scholarship
and two trophies from the spon
soring Kings Mountain Jaycees
and will represent the city in the
1970 state pageant to name a new
Miss North Carolina.
For the first time in the history
of Kings Mountain beaaity pag
eants, all contestants tied for the
"Miss Congeniality” trophy, an
award voted by the contestants
themselves. EJach contestant re
ceived one vote each. Each will
receive an engraved “Miss Con
geniality" trophy.
Miss Falls, an audience favorite
throughout the competition in
evening gown, swimsuit and tal
ent, stands five feet six and a
half inches tall. Her 112 pound
figure was enhanced by a white
swimsuit. For her appearance in]
(Continued On Page Six)
THOMAS H. BLACK. II
Thomas Black
Wins Degiee
Thomas Hilliard Black, H, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Black of
517 Rhodes Avenue, was graduat
ed August 16th from Appalachian
State University in Boone.
Black was among 530 students
Continued On Page Six
street site. He said soil tests have
been completed on the Baker
street sites and that foundations
are ready for pourinig.
i Rescue l^ad
Conducts Seanh
The Cleveland County Rescue
i Squad of Kings Mountain join
ed the Grover Rescue Squad,
the Kings Mountain Police and
the Sheriff's Eiepartment Sun
day in a search for a fourteen-
year-old Grover youth.
Donald Garrett left home ear
ly Friday morning to attend the
opening day of school. He didn’t
go to school and didn’t return
home. Saturday passed and still
no Donald. Sunday, the Rcsoue
Squads and Police were noti
fied.
Jim Robinson, Bob Hope and
Paul Pressley, members of the
Cleveland County Rescue Squad,
quickly went to work on the
ease.
In a very short time they
were told that the boy had been
seen early that morning at a
service station just off 1-85 on
the Kings Mountain By-pass.
They quickly combed the area
and found the boy at the home
of some relatives who were un
der the impression that the
boy’s parents knew where he
was.
He was taken to the Kings
Mountain Polcie Department
where he was reunited in a very
short time with his happy fath
er.
City workmen razed two old
I dwellings Wednesday, on the Ross
A member and recently-elected property at the corner of Chero
kee and Falls, and on the D. C.
Mauney EJstate property on S.
Cansler.
Meantime, Kelly Dixon, city
of World War II serving with the] codes administrator, asked indul-
treasurer of Grace Methodist
church, he was vice-chairman of
the Kings Mountain Hospital
board of trustees and a veteran
Geoige Horvath Pleads Guilty
On Two Counts Of Stock Swindles
llie New York Times reported
in a recent edition that George
A. Horvath, secretary-treasurer
of Massachusetts Mohair Com
pany, Inc., which operates a tex
tile plant here, pleaded guilty in
Federal court In New York to
charges of conspiracy and unlaw-
get up to seven years in prison
and $20,000 in fines. The remain
ing counts are pending.
A Federal grand jury charged
that Mr. Horvath, 11 others and
three corporations schemed by
rigging Bpekeye prices, paying
secret bonuses to brokers and in-
ful selling of stock in a swindle] flating the market. Mr. Horvath
that Government authorities say] was continued free without bail
cost public investoiiB $1.5 million.] by Federal Judge Ekimund L.
Mr. Horvath, 61, of 1 Beckman] Palmciri. No date was set for gust 24, 1969.
Place and Oyster Bay, L. I., ac-j sentencing. I ^ Profile is aired each Sunday
cording to the Times, admitted! The Times report continued afternoon on WBT Charlotte,
two of the 72 counts of an indict-1 that Mr. Horvath was identified wm” Raleigh, and WHIG
ment filed September 22, 1966. It in 1966 as president of the Mount Greensboro and salutes leading
dllcged conspiracy, fraud, and Clemens Corporation, 529 Fifth industrial and business firms in
price manipulating of the stock-Avenue, New York, which sue-, the state. The purpose of these
of the Buckeye Corporation, which ceeded Buckeye in 1966, the pres-j broadcasts is to nslst in the cam-
Oxioid Wins
Profile Awaid
Oxford Knitting Mills of Kings
Mountain has received a Profile
Award from North Carolina Blue
Cross and Blue Shield, Inc., and
Radio Station WIBT for outstand
in-g contributions to the industrial
growth and development of North
Carolina
The plaque, signed by John
Alexander McMahon, president of
North Carolina Blue Cross and
Blue Shield, Inc., and by Charles
H. CrutehfielX president of WBT,
for the Jefferson Standard Broad
casting Company, was presented
■to Oxford Knitting Mills by J.
L. Wilkie, North Carolina Blue
Cross and Blue Shield’s repre.sen-
tative in the Hickory Distriot Of-
flee, following the company’s ap
pearance on the Profile radio
program on WBT Sunday, Au-
Air Corps in the South Pacific.
He was a native of Great E'alls,
S. C-, son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Robert W. Gibson.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Virginia Moss Gibson; their son,
five.year.old James Claude Gib
son, Jr.; a brother. Gene Gibson
of Kings .Mounirain; and four sis
ters, Mrs, T. C. Church and Mrs.
Buford Blanton, both of Gas
tonia; Mrs. Marcella Millej and
Mrs. H. D. McDaniel, both of
Kings Mountain.
Active pallbearers were Clyde
Bridges, Dr. John C. McGill, Fred
Withers, Charles Ballard, Owen
Holmes, and Jim Dickey. Honor
ary pallbearers were members of
the board of trustees of Kings
Mountain hospital and members
of the Official Board of Grace
Methodist church.
Little Theatre
Try-Outs Tonight
Kings Mountain Little Theatre
will resume rehearsals Thursday
(tonight) for the forthcoming
production of "The Curious Sav
age.”
Try-outs for two roles will be
held at the meeting at 8 p.m. at
the Woman’s club, a spokesman
said.
Persons interested in trying out
for the two roles are invite to
meet with members and the play
cast.
Football Tickets
Are Now On Sale
Season tickets are now on sale
for Kings Mountain high school
football games.
The ducats are $7.50, good for
all home games. Tickets at the
gate are $1.50 for adults and $1
for students
gence of property owners on de
bris removal.
"Q'uite a few junk autos have
been hauled away and several
buildings razed. But if the ground
has not yet been smoothed and
the debris removed, please be pa
tient. The demand is great and
help is scarce," Mr. Dixon said.
He continued, “The inspector is
making his rounds in the south
ern part of the city in the area
east of the railroad. He will both
er you for (inly a few moments.”
Mr. Dixon said other complaints
than on junk and dilapidated
buildings come to the codes ad
ministrator’s office, such as leaky
sewer lines, neglected sewer ap
pliances, hor.se or pony stables
too near a dwellings. Legal steps
are being prepared to correct
several of these code violations.
"Several contacts have been
made in regard to commercial
buildings which are quite dilapi
dated. These buildings will be
razed in the near future.”
Noting that his City Hall base
ment office is lacking only a
typewriter and a secretary, Mr.
Dixon invited citizens to come in
for 'a visit.
Retail Firms Close
Labor Day Monday
Labor Day, Monday, September
1, will be a holi(}ay for majority
of Kings Mountain retail firms.
Most downtown merchants will
close for the day. The city’s fi-
naiviial institutions will close and
school pupils will get a holiday
from books.
Textile plants will operate on
regular schedule.
SERMON TOPIC
Dr. Paul K. Ausley will use
the sermon topic, "Should We
Cheat?” at Sunday morning
worship services at 11 o’clock at
First Presbyterian church. The
Sunday moi-ning service will be
Tickets may be purchased af broadcast via Radio Station
the high school.
WKMT.
County Extends Tax Discount Time
Through September; City's Tuesday
was traded on the American
Stock Exchange and over the
counter between 1959 and 1961.
On the counts admitted, accord-
ioj;. to the 'Dmes, Horvath could
ident of the Landrock Realty Cor.]paign to attract new industry to
poration and secretary-treasurer] North Carolina and to develop
of the Massachusetts Mohair]greater public appreciation of In-
Plush Company, all at the same]dustry already located in the
acklrcss. 'state, j, j
The deadline for earning the
full discount on 1969 city tax bills
is Tuesday.
County taxpayers have the full
month of September in which to
pay 1969 lax bills and earn the
full two percent discount.
Jim Hardin, county tax collect
or, said the county commission
ha.1 extended fhe discount period
due to the fact notices have not
yet been mailed. The tax depart
ment is Ei.vitching to a computer
system, which occasioned the de
lay.
“We are accepting pi-e-pay-
ments, of course,” Mr. Hardin
said, “and are giving temporary
receipts. Permanent receipts will
be mailed when the notices are
completed.”
. The city deadline, normally
Aug'jst 31, has been extended
through Tues.iay due to the fact
that the city office will be closed
on Saturday, the 30th, Sunday, the
31st, and on Monday, fhe Labor
Dav holiday.
Mrs. Steve Harmon, city tax
collector, reported collections
through Wednesday of $3, ,306.09
against the levy of $266,286, (ex
clusive of tax bills of three util
ities, Southern Bell TOephone
& Telegraph Company, Duke
Power Company, and Southern
Railway Company).
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