Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
• CiMOtar Kiags Mountao ligur* is dsrlvttf from tbs
•pscial Ualted Scatss Bureou oi the Census report e
lamuary 196€< end Includes the M.990 populotioa c
Number 4 Tewnshlp, ond the remaining 6,124 Iron
Number S Towublp. la Cleveload County and Crowder
Mmtntalo Tewnshlp la Gaston Couatr-
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Kings Mountain's Reliabie Newspaper
VOL 81 No. 41
Litablished i8s9
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 9, 1969
Seventy-Ninth Year
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DIXON 4-H CLUB WINS PRI2X—The Dixon Cozrmunity 4-H club took first prize among 4-H booths
in the county at the Cleveland County Fair last week for its entry, *‘4-H In Four Seasons." A horn of
plenty with fresh fruits and vegetabbles representing the four seasons of the year in 4-H activities
was featured. The theme was developed by Conral Hughes, president of the club, and Sheila Greene,
with other members assisting in its preparation. This is National 4-H Week and special events in
the county are calling attention to the week. The local club is sponsored by Dixon Presbyterian
church. (Photo by Lem Lynch)
Harris Chairs 13-Mcmbi
Committee On Fluoridation
Heart Attack
Fatal; Wrote
Sword of Gideon
Funeral riles for Robert Britt
Osborne, 55, were held Saturday
at 3 p.m. from the Chapel of Har
ris Kuneial Home, interment fol
lowing in Mountain Rest ceme
tery. !
Mr. Osborne died Thursday at'
5 p.m. aftei' suffe.ii.'^ a heart at-:
j tack at his home at 1503 Perry |
I stioet in Gastonia. i
A former resident of Kings j
Mountain, Mr. Osborne was son I
j of the late Mr. and Mrs. Georgel
Osborne. He served as a Captain
in the U. S. Army in the Pacific-
.Theatre of Operations during;
I World War II. He was employed.
as an accountant for the Gas- —
i tonid ABC Board and w’as a *1*^ Pjjll
I member of Pisgah ARP church in HlCHlw 1 0 A 111
I Gastonia.
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SUCCUMBS — Funeral rites for
Robert B. Osborne, 55, former
citizen, were held Saturday.
! Mr. Osborne was manager of;
•Western Union offices hero, in,
Albemarle and Gastonia.
Pulpit Sunday
Rev. L. Thomas Richie, admin-
istiator of the Community Action
He wa.s author of “The Sworl'Group in Gastonia and a former
of Gideon'’, liistorical drama of minister of Boyce Memorial ARP
the Battle of Kings Mountain church here, will fill the pulpit
produced at the amphitheatre of . at the Sunday morning worship
Kings Mountain National Military hour at 11 o’clock .‘Sunday at F’irst
Local News
Bulletins
N£W DEACON
Lawrence Bolin will be in
stalled as a deacon in ordina
tion rites Sunday morning at
the 11 o’clock worship service
.Sunday morning at the 11
o’clock worsiiip servict* at Beth
lehem -Baptisi. chui;;h. Rev. C. A.
Greene will conduct the ordina
tion.
YOUTH DRAMA
Youth of Bethlehem Baptist
church will present the d.ama,
•vlagnet", Sunday evening ai
7:30 p.m. at the church. The
perto.mancc is being presented
again by the young people aft
er several requests for a sec
ond showing.
TO BOONE
Jerry Spe ic('.- has entero!
Appalachian Stale University at
Boone for the fdll term.
SERMON TOPIC
“That Sense of Responsibil
ity” wil) be the .sermon topic
of the Rev. Robert Wilson at
Sunday morning worship serv
ices at 9:30 n.m. Sunday at Dix
(in Presbyterian church.
ROTARY
Rev. Charles E.^sley, p isto"
of St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church, is program chairman
for Thursday’s meeting of the
Kin"s Mountain Rotary club at
12:15 -at the Country club.
WHITE ELEPHANT
The Kings Mountain Rotarv
club h3S set the date of its
annual White Eelephant sale
for Saturday, NovemlH^r Hth.
The civic club mcml>ers will
make plans for the affair -at
their regular meeting this
week.
CHOIR PARTY
The Children’s Choi^'of G^acc
Methodist church will hold a
Halloween hayride from 6 until
11 p.m. October 27th. Holdogs
and hamburgers will be served
and the children will dress in
Halloween attire.
I.UTHERAN
Dr. Mark Cooper, of Baton
Rouge, La., senior student at
Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary in Columbia, .S. C.
will fill the pulpit at 11 o'clock
mornin.{ worship sorvic'os it St.
Matthew’s Lutheran church.
HAMBRIGHT REUNION
Annual Hambright , reunion
will he hell Sunday afternoon,
beginning at 1 o'clock at the
Grover Rescue Squad building.
Seven Graves
Are Moved
From Lake Site
Committee
To Report *
Oil Tuesday
By MARTIN HARMON
Seven coffins m an old family
A 13-meml>er study committee, cemetery in the Buffalo Creek
.leaded by Ollie Harris as chair- : lake area were moved by Moun- SecTest.' Cecil Pendleton Kermiii
nan, has been asked to report to; tain Rest cemetery employees Hill, Ben Moomaw, IV, Hoyle!
Ray Jones. ,
, Park in the autumn of 1951.
! He is survived by his wi fe. Mrs.
Johnnie ♦ Wiight Osborne; one
; son, Robert B. Osborne. Jr. of
Gastonia; two sisters, Mrs. Lois
Perry of Gastonia and, Mifs. Nor
ma Swarirjgen of Norwood.
Rev. R. B. Elliott, pastor of
Pisgah ARP church, officiated at
the final rites.
Active pallbearers were A. J.
he city commission TuesdayUhis week two of Them to Sun-! ^’uVton an-
light on a course of action on set cemetery in Shelby, the other _
luurid.iiion of the city water five to Mountain Rest,
supply. ,,
In addition to naming Cliair- Meantime, City Attorney Jack
nan Harris, Mayor John Henry White said temporaiy agreement
vloss aided to the committee Jay- hearing has been I'eached on
‘(H> President Bilj Carrigan, Jay- Ambrose Cline and John D.
ee Bill Grissom, and Richard Lhne condemnation actions,
larneite.
Previously named wore City
f'ommissioners Ray W. Cline, W.
y. Bidclix, Norman King and Jim
>icke , Paul M.auney, Dr. John
M.Gill, John McGinnis. Mrs.
)ewcy Rallihone, Rev. R. L.
!a, \ in.
Other principal items on the
uesdriy agenda include two re-
uesled annexations to the city,
ome 150 acres in East Kings
lountain cvvned by ilie White
condemnation actions, for
late next week, pending schedul
ing by Clerk of Court Paul Wil
son.
He said service of summons in
condemnation actions against Bu
foul Cline ion another site of Mr.
Cline’.s lequirod for tlie lake pro
ject) and on B & B Ranch. Inc.,
jointly owned by Buford Cline
and W. K. Mauney, Jr., will be
made within a few days.
lie added that now efforts to
:de.-i Heirs and Bill Stinnett and roach settlement with the liti-
nothor irj.2 acre® on .Mitchell gants have been unsuccessful.
I reel owned bv children of Wray
I VVilli ims. Also on tlio ag^-nda WorK rontmuos on the Bulord ,
s a u'-zoning riv|uest of the Clin.- darn site tract with dear-:
Villiams, who ask that ilie prop- ing and grubbing completed. I
.•ty iH' /.ojud for ligltt iulustry.
Mayor Moss addressed the fol-
wii't letter to members of the
uoridaiion study committee on
.’’cdne.sdav;
“The Kings Mountain Jaycees
fHiueste : the City ('ommissioners
> fhoridate the water supply of
10 City of Kings Mountain.
“Aftr.’ the presentaion for and
gainst fluorirlttion at a speeial
u’eting on September 30th, the
'.oard o-r Commissioners unani-
louslv I assed a motion instruct-
ng 5Tayor Moss to appoint a
nunridation Study Committee to
dudy the question of fluoridation ^ r-.
ind to report a recommendation
TAILORING COURSE
Clevclan.i Tech is beginninga
class in Tailoring on Tuesday,
October 14, at 7 p.m. The course
is scheduled to moot on Tues
day evenings from 7-10 p.m.
for a period of 23 consecctive
weeks. Registration fee is $2.00
for the 60 hour course. Classes
will be at Shelby City P-ark. On
the n^Jit of tlic first class stu
dents a:e requestod ;o arrrive
early for j’Cgistralion.
LODGE MEETING
Stated communication of Fair-
view Lodge 339 AF & AM will
l')0 hold Mondav night at 7:30
p.m. -il Masonic Hall, announces
Thomas D. Tin .tall, .secret at-v.
Pre.sbyterian church.
The Richie family lived here
for four years before moving to
Gastonia last year.
Mr. Richie will be speaking coti-
cerning the nature, purpose and
objectives of his new work.
lavcees Induct
Five Members
The Kings Mountain Javceos
‘ inducted five ndw members at the
! regular Tuesday night meeting at
the Woman's club.
New members are Bob Webster,
Jerry Dover. John Mitchell. James
Cloninger and Warren iBo» Go-
: forth.
High School F^ootijail Coach
I Bill Bates was guest speaker and
: shewed a film of the Chase •
Mountaineer footbalj game. A dis-
, cussion of the game of football
j followed tlte showing of the film
METER RECEIPTS
i Parking meter rrceipi.s for
the week ending Tresday total
ed $195.70, including $129.25
from on-.street meters. $52.-15
in fines, and $1-1 from off-stieet
meters.
Mrs. Weir
Honored Sunday i
Mrs. W. T. Weir was honored'
for “faithful service as a Sunday;
School tc:iche.” by First Presby-I
t(n*ian church on Rally Day and
Promotion Day Sunday. !
Mrs. Weir v\as remembered j
with a handsome gift from the!
members of her VVomen’s Bible >
Class.
David Dean Barrett, son of Mr.
presented an award for memoriz
ing the greatest number of Bible
Class 1 for
children in grades 1 and 2. Gifts
-121 To submit I he ouestion of prosento;! to other chil-
luoridation to the citizens for t’rPi who participated.
*o the City Board of Commission-
•I’s on October 14th: , _ .
•Ml) To fluoridate by Board of Primary
Commissioners action
heir approval or (tisapp^'oval.
“(31 To request the Citv Com-
rrrssioners to decline action at
his time.
On Pmw
New of'M(’ers and teachers of
the Sunday School w'ore inst-alled
and wore installed and perfect
attendance pins were presented
as well as promotion certificates
to the children.
“Wo won't mo\<‘ anybody until
a suitable plan* is available.”
Joe i-zimy, director of Kings
[Mountain Hc'developmcnt commis-
I ‘ sion made the siaiement to a
I group of businessmen in the cen-‘
ij trai business district rtnlevelop-'
|j| mcni a!t‘a Tuesday night. Of 121
structu.es (including outbuild-
iingsi 63 a.e markcj for razing
in the preliminary plan.
Follovving i)i;* information ses
sion (onduc{<‘d ijy Mr. Laney,
Charles Blanion, chairman t>f the
central lommitteo appointed lo.vr
, committees which he said would
serve as -advisory groups on spe-.
cific problems. They include: i
Rehabilitation committee Glee
L. B.klgos, chairman. William
Herndon. Ted Ledford, O.ius
Smith, Wilson Gri-.lin, and Mrs.;
Madge P. M'arlick.
' Redevelopment committee - W.
S. Fulton, Jr., chairman, Lewis |
' Dellinger, George 'rhomasson,
Dan Finger, A] Crawford, Charles
Wilson and Menzell Phifer.
Traffic and parking committee'
Bill Brown, chairman, John L.
McGill, Larry Hamrick, Lee Mc
Intyre and Charles E. Dixon.
Beautification committee B.
S. Peeler, Jr., chairman, Ollie
Harris, Paul McKJinnis, Mrs. Lar
ry Hamrick, and Harol i Coggins.
Chairman Blanton declared, “I
have much enthusiasm (for the
projecl I at this point. We have
the word of Secretary George
Romney that this program won’t
I be cut back.”
To a Question by D. L. Saun-
deis, Mr. Laney said f(‘deral funds
cannot he used for private devel
opment which would include
parking lots. Federal funds can
he u.scd for .storm drainage, sew
er lines, for petting power lines
underground, landscaping and
similar functions.
Department of Health, Educa
tion and Welfaie oflicials have
invited a re-ap-plicarion for a feci-
eral grant of $1.1 million, com
pared to the curiently approved
grant of S892,0f)0. Mr. Laney saiT
eorts have increased sin.-e filing
of the initial application thiee'
years ago, the p*lan h is been ex
panded to include the Bonnie Mill
and adjacent Gold street ware
houses, and that - then-indicated
interest cost of two percent have
advanced to six pen'cent.
Engineering is nearly complete
on the Pxpan.led project goals,
he adviod, and expressed confi
dence the increased grant appli-:
L3t- )n will he honored.
The (ity sha:e of the project
is an additional S-KKhOOO.
Baseball Field
Work Completed
All of i!te grading, including
the grading of a now parking lot
south of the football .stadium, has
been completed at Kings Moon-
tr.in high school.
Tlie new regulation ba.'-'eball
fie’cl was the work Kings
Mountain Mica Company ^vith
Paul Lanca.sicr heading up the;
work for the project. The (‘om-
pany voiunte<*red their services
and equipment for the playing
fiehi.
Supt. Donald Jones said: “We
are most appreciative of -al] the
work .Mr. Lanca.ster and Kings
Mount.ain Mica Company haVe
done. .Mr. I/mcaster has done an:
excellent job on this field will!
be used as our ix'-iul-ation ba.sebal)
field for our home games.”
KIWANIS PROGRAM
James C. Fry. exeiulivc vice- ;
p’'esident of .American 5’arn ;
and .Sj inners, Inc., of Gastonia '
will address the Kiwanis club
at the Thur.sd-ay night 6:15 ;
mcH'fing at the Woman’s club.
Former Teacher’s
Rites Saturday
Mrs. Hallman
Died Thursday
At Hospital
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SUCCUMBS—Mrs. J. L. HoUman
died last Thursday. Funerol
rites were held Saturday morn-
ing.
I. L. Warlick
Rites Thursday
Funeral services for James
Lewis Warlick. 47, Route 3 car
penter. will be held Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at Penley's,
Chapel Methodist churcli. •
Mr. Lewis, a veteran of World
War II, died at 2 o’clock Tue.sday
morning at the V’etcran’s Hospi
tal at Oteen. He had been ill nine
months.
Mr. Lewis was a member and
Sunday school superintendent at
tlie Penley’s Chapel church.
Surviving are his parents. .Mr.
and Mrs. Dorus H. Warlick, his
wife, Mrs. Ruby Burton Warlick,
a son Kenneth Warlick, of Dal
las, a daughter, .Mrs. Kenneth
Ward, Kings Mountain, two broth
ers, John Warlick. Shelby, and
Frank Warlick. Kings Mountain,
and five sisters, .Mrs. Kent Har
bour. of Cameron, Mrs. Melba
Hendricks, Kings Mountain, Mrs.,
Joyce .Spinks and Mrs. Ray Todd,
Charlotte, and Mrs, Nelson Bridg*;
cs. Kings Mountain.
The body is at the home on the
St. Luke’s Cherch road.
Rev. Leonard Huffstetler, the
pastor, will conduct the final rites
and interment will be in Moun
tain Rest cemetery. ^
Lavmap s Day
Sunday
Lavman’s Sunday will be held
at Grace .Methodist church.
Luther Bennett will deliver the
sermon af the ll o’clock worship
hour.
f’rank Ballard is church lay
lead<M’.
WIr?-.. H. Tom Fulton
Ir Hosoitalized
.Mrs. H. Tom Fulton underwent
surgerv Tuesiav in Gastonia
.M^mo'ial hosnital and is resting
well, her family yester-
da^■.
Mrs. Fulton broke her hit) in a
fall and was transferred from a
nursing home to the hospital.
IN HOSPITAL
Paul Walker, manap'cr of
Plonk Brothers, i.s a patient at
Kin<Ts Mountain Hospital after
undergoing surgery to eorri'ct a
double hernia Tuesdav morn
ing. Hi>- condition is described
as satisfactory.
Funeral rites for Mrs. Ruth .AIc-
Gill Mailman, 67. former school-
icdchei- and par.ner in Hallman
Ddiiy, were held Saturday morn
ing at II o’clock from Boyce
Memorial ARP church of which
she w as a mombcT.
Dr. Charles E Iwards, assisted
by two former pastors. Dr. W. L.
Prcsly of Mooresville and Rev. L.
Tiiomas Richie of Gastonia, offi
ciated at the final rites.
Wife of James Lucius H-allman,
.Mrs. Hallman died Thursday
morning at 4:45 a.m. in the Kings
Mountain hospital illness of
several months.
A native of Gaston county, she
was daughter of the late Mr.’and
Mrs. Jerome Boyce McGill, she
formerly taught school in Cleve
land and Lincoln counties. She
was a graduate of Linwnod col
lege and Appalachian State Teach
er’s (X)lle^e.
Resides her husband, she is
survived by their daughter. Mrs.
F. E. Wilcox of Charlotte; a
granddaughter, Mary Catherine
Wilcox of Charlotte: and four
sisters. Miss Willie McGill and
Miss Mary Boyce McGill, both of
Kings Mountain. Mrs. R. E. Over
cash of Charlotte and Mrs. C. W.
Jones of Roanoke. Va.
Piepayments
Now S89.981
City tax prepayments on the
1969 levy inci'cased during the
past w'cek to $89,981.70, up dur
ing the wee kby $15,J>33.
Mls. Steve Harmon, assistant
tax collector, said over $14,000
c' the week’s increase r(?pt*ese tied
a prepayment by an industrial
firm.
Payments during October carry
a discount of one-half of one per-
CtMl t.
Wheeler lailed
In Lieu of Bond
Donald Wh( eler, Jr. w.as jailed
Wednesday in lieu of $5,000 bond
after probable cause was found
ng-ainst h'm on charges of arm-
(*(4 roblxry in Cleveland District
Court.
Wheele:' is charged with armed
I'obbe -y of B & C Phillips 66
S<"^vice Station here March 13,
1969.
Cai Wash Buys
Permit
David's Baptist Church To Observe
list Birthdav; Homecommg Sunday
David Baptist chinch, organiz- Mrs. Betty Hoyle, will rendei
''d in 1938, celebrates Birthday 31 special music.
Sunday. ^ The .Sunday School hour wi'l
Homecoming Day will feature beat 10 wnth Gene Hoyle, super
Sun.iay services. The sermon at intendont, leading the program.
11 o'clock will be delivered by, Picnic dinner will bespread at |
Rev. Albert Hastings, pastor. A 12:30 in the fellowship building'
former minister, now retired. Rev.i of the cliurrh and friends, mcm-
N. S. Hardin, wilj be recognized; b(»rs, and former members arei
during the service. 'Pbe Sanetu-j invited to attend. 1
ary Choir, under the direction of* i
Central Methodist Choir To Sing
Folk Cantata "White Pilgrim"
UNCLE AND NEPHEW IN VIETNAM—Sp/4 Kenneth Moss, left,
stationed with the 101st Airborne Division at Phu Bai« Vietnam^
took his live-day rest ond relaxation leave recently in Vietnom,
and visited his uncle, T/Sgt. Kermit Huffstetler. Jr., ot Nha Trang.
Vietnam. Spec. Moss. a. clerk and former helicopter mechanic
and door gunner, is son of Mr. and Mrs. James Moss of 314 Fulton
street. T/Sgt. Huffstetler is son of Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Huffstet
ler. Sr. of Cherryville road. Huffstetjer's wife, Edna Biddy Huff
stetler, resides with her mother. Mrs. B. L. Biddy, on Grover road.
A folk cantata, “The White'
Pilgiim”, will be piesented by the
choir of C'entral Unilc'd Metho-'
dist clunch Sunday night at 7:30
p.m. at Ilie church.
Mis. J. N. M* c’lure is organist
and director foe the cantata.
Title and c('ntra] figure c.^ tlw
cantata by Lt'vvis Horton and
! Buell Ka/u is Elder Joscpti Tho-
: mas, an iiim.'rant preacher of 100
! years ago. Little is known of him
except what the cantata reveals
and that he always dressed in
white a fai't which gave the
song the title, “The White Pil
grim.”
' B. S. Peeler, barilune, sings the
title role in the cantata. Other
soloists are Jacob Dixon, tenor:
Ten'sa Williams, alto; and Mrs.
Delbert Dixon, soprano.
Other choir memheis are: So
prano Mrs. Bill Allen, Miss
Mary Alice McDaniel. Miss Wini
fred Fulton, Miss Bet^sie Bum-
gardner, Mrs. Wilda Trout and
Mrs. Bennett Masters; Alto Mar-
ilvn Dixon, Mrs. W. D. Werner,
Mrs. W. A. Russell. Miss Debbm
Timms, Miss Lynn H-armon. Miss
Mary Hrvant. and Miss Susan
Anderson; 'Fenors Bill Russell,
Arthur Walker and Gene Patter
son; Bass Delbert Dixon. Carle-;
ton Harris, and Bill Allen. i
Robo • Auto Wash of Kings
Mountain will erect a- $50.(XK) car
wash at 200 202 York R.l on pro
perty from which two residences
havo recently been i*emo\ed.
Building permit for the car
wash was purcliased October 6.
Architect is listed as Robo-Wash
of Kansas City, Missouri.
Open House Set
At School Oilices
Open hou.se will be held at the
new administrative offices of
Kings Mo’.-ntain city schools on
Tuesday from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
■ and from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
All the administrative offices
have been moved from Ridge and
Gaston streets to the former Da\-
i’son school buildir^ located on
Parker street extension, just off
North Watterson.
“We are nroud of these tk'W
facilities and want Kinvs Moun
tain school patrons to see them.”
SuDorintendcnl Donald J (. nes
said.
EAST SCHOOT. BENEFIT
P>st School Parent Tcaob(*r
Association will sell hordof's
•and hamburgers Saturdav Oct.
ISlh, from 11 a.m. until 6:30
p.m. Hamhie*gor plat('s with
slaw, french fried ootatoes. (U’s-
sert and drink will be availablt"
at Sl.’25. Individual servings of
hnmlturger are 10 ct'nts and
holdogs ore 50 cents.