), 1969
Education Week
i
on was
city for
ns last
r Club’s
1968 re
el towns
inoludeU
c deaths
ngs, but
because
r-vehicle
rankings
stration
of trai-
stratioji.
with no
Sanford,
ill. Also
e: Con-
death
s-afest
, safest
ry. 0,6;
s affili-
»bUe As-
Kinston
le citing
/ement,
lb presi-
'ankings
stration
d on 14
stration
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rate of
r of fa-
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Underway
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EDUCATION WEEK ObSEnVAriCE—Kin fs Mountria district schools are participating in the annual
observance cf American Educe hon Week with open house and other activities beginning MonJay.
Mayor John Henry Moss, above, oificJally launches the week of activities, above, as he signs a may
oral proclamation. From left, Donald L. Parker, d rector cf the federal progroms in the schools;
Mayor Moss, Donald D. Jones, superintendent of scijools. end Dean B. Westmoreland, president of the
Kin^ Mountain Unit of the North Carolina Educat on Association. (Photo by Isaac Alexander)
! When Johnny can’i icad, every,
one- pays.
So say Die sponsors of Amcri-
•1 i.(ju...uiun Wctk whiv.h will
bo observed in the Kings M nin-
lain ricnooi DistriL-l nexi wi'Ck be-
' ginning M>in(la>.
A_jid;:.g to Wcstmoie-
llJ:,., r.<.d<‘n' of ilir Kings
-Moeniai i unit .). the Nnrtli Caro
lina i' ll''iiion Assoc ation, this
year’s theme of the annual visit-
.ies.isi'jois ohse.vanee, “Bettor
' Kdu...iii )n: > oin Joh. ’ will om-
pli ’sii.e tl’o depcn ii !V 0 <>. ’ver)
"eu <if thi commu'.’ly on
<iualiiy t?lu:‘3tion.
“If J*)hnny is unemployed be
cause he is insufficiently cdLiat-
o:l, he and his family must sub
sist at public cost,” Westmoreland
> lid. “The cost of unemployment
: or of the badly paid, socially ;!e-
j grading employment open to the
1 uneducated increases when John
ny finds a life of self-employed
crime more attractive.”
, Westmoreland noted that the
President’s Commission on Ciime
in the District of Columbia found
Dial only 14 percent of all con
victed offende.s ha.i finishtd high
school and 4S jHJi cent had no edu
cation beyond the eigh h g adi
He pointed out tlial the cost oi
keeping a young pe.son in a Cv)r-
rivtional iiisaiu ion for a y
'’•3.SI3 in if)’o, wlvle in the
same year the average e.xpcndi
lure per pupil in the pul,lie s. hD-nh
was $4S3.
Westmoreland emphnsi/id tha
at that rate, ijdmitudiy l;*r to
low,” d cliilJ could I'.e .ivtn
bort 7.5 ars of rdiicit'on f.-
the cost of one year i i de:eniio:
“'I ne (•(;si.s of c.inn. of law er.
fouement, and of cor ci:Don arc
high,” he .said. “If beticr educa
tion is made available, they c.u
be reduced.”
! But if Johnny r-oa read and
read well—everyone in the com
munity gains.
According to Westmorelan 1, the?
greater amount of education John.
Covtimicff On Pntjc .St.r
\ . r£.oilVAl^ Ai'ln/iCid wifowiib
Festival was attracting crowds of fairgoers on Wednesday. Looking at items in the bazaar divi-
sioa of yesterday's show were, from left to right, Mrs. J. D. Cooley, Mrs. C. P. McMahon, both of
Forest City, Mrs. J. E. Cargill of Cliffside, Mrs. E. W. Griffin, president of Kings Mountain Woman’s
club. Mrs. T. E. Hightower of Spindale, Mrs. J. H. Arthur and her daughter. Mrs. George B. Thomas-
son, both of Kings Mountain. See story page 6, this section. (Herald Photo by Lem Lynch)
— Con-
bert E.
Johnnie
of Mre.
17 Mor-
C, is
Opera-
. Navy's
, of sci
atica.
ave the
)er for
nd, the
Opera-
here he
itarct ica
operates
bases in
s weath-
Xt flight
services
Support
ummer”,
in Ant-
Population
Greeter Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
Cieater Jungi Mountalp livurp U derived ttpm tli*
Apeciol United Siatee Bureau oi the Census report o
fonuary ISfiS. and Includes the 14,99U population o
{lumber 4 Township, and the rcmoirung 6,124 iron
Number 5 Townehip, lo Cleveland County and Crowdor
en.«-n«hln If* <*l<isten Coupiv
Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 81 No. 4S
iLtablished I8u9
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, November 6, 1969
Seventy-Ninth Year
PRICE TF.N CENT!
Garvin Favors Vote On Fluoridation issue
Committeeman Says Motion
Of Monday Misunderstood
■ u. s.
les W.
iry M.
, C., has
lek Air
elect Ti
lth Air-
r Squad-
lace De-
eviously
Miss.
raduate
► High
i, is the
John R.
. C.
United Fund
Up $5,000;
78 Percent In
With st*\oral fi:ms yet to re
port, Kings Mountain United Fund
, campaign lor 1970 had attained
■ 78 percent of the* goal Wednes
day.
nOs was t!ie report of Kyle
.SftllTh. campaign chairman, wiic
i >aid that a total of S.^5.000 in
l)lodges had been reported.
Pn*liminary reports indicate,
>aid Sf-Tiilh. that King.s Moun
tain’s United Fund Goal will b(
I attained foi the tliird yeai in a
one-day campaign.
“The one-day c'llort was very
; (apably done by all divisi.m
’ chairmen”, a(irU?d Smith in re- .
porting the drive successful. |
.tr-
Veterans Day
Rites Tuesday
IS
3W are
:he Vet-
some of
ns from
dr fam-
on vet-
lined at
^ and 1
s claim
dent to
■ational
course,
lim the
lify for
I assis-
claim-
ent and
by as a
marker
we get
ward a
my vet-
irnished
onetary
marker
nee bo-
dor the
the vo-
rvod at
' which
. is eli-
ier the
ded his a
i Other "
certain
1 veter-
e voea-
I)
INITIATED — Robert (Bob) Su
iter, son of 'r. and Mrs. S. R.
Sober, Jr., has been initiated by
the textile froternity. Phi Psl
fraternity.
Boh Subei
In Ftaleinily
Roboit (Bob) Suber, son of Mr.
piKl Mrs. S. R. S'-iher. Jr. of Kings
Mountain, has been initiated by
Phi Psi fraternity. largest and
most rcspectej textile fraternity
in the world. j
Mr. Suber is a graduate student Vetiran’s Day coiomonies Tups-
at Clemson Univeirsty where he d^y morning at Veu*ians Mern'O -
Was awarded a fellowship in:ial Park of Mountain Rost ceme-
diemistry this year. He graduateti tery will honor the memory of
in June with B.S. degree in chem- veterans of all r. ars in which the
i$ti v from Lenoir Rhyne college, nation has been engaged,
a! Ilickorv. ' services will bo ot 11
; o’clock and are sponsored by Otis'
The Clemson fraternity initia- D. Green Post, American Legion,
tjon exercises weix? held last; tho Legion Auxiliary, the Frank
yeek. B. Glass Post. Veterans of For
eign Wars, the VVW Auxiliary,
and the City of Kings Mountain.
I Mayor John Henry Moss will
1 place a memorial wreath at the
t base of the Memorial Park cross.
] Brief remarks will be ma.'.e by
' ' oflicc.s of the Legion and VFW,
i Maivin L. Teer Monday joined j and members of the Kings Moun-
First Union National Bank here ' tain Ministerial association will
las commercial loan officer, it , of;ci prayers,
was annpunced by L. E. Hinnant,' • —
executive vice-president.
Mr. Teer’s duties, in additional
to handling commercial loans,
wiP include operation^, and biisi-
nes- develepment both at the
banking level and community-
wi.s(\ Mr. Hinnant said.
HEAV^ READING—Mikie Baity, Redevelopment Commission Secre
tary, pauses ot the entrance to Peachtree Seventh Building in
Atlanta with the application for the Downtown Urban Renewal
Project. Would you believe the moterial weighed a hundred
pounds? Eighty pounds of the required ten copies of the applica
tion and twenty poimds of supporting materials.
Condemnation
Actions Are Filed
Marvin Teer Is
With First Union
Double B Ranch.
Buiord D. Cline
Are Defendants
Fluoridation
Decision Tops
Board Agenda
Fluoiidation oi the city water
supply will be the top item on
the agenda of the city commis
sion at its regular meeting Tues
day evening at City Hall at 6:30.
The commission will receive a
recommendation from the fluori
dation study commissioai which
voted 7 to 5 Monday night in fa
vor of implementation of fluo
ridation. This vote, however, will
bo reported by Chairman J. Ollie
Harris at 6 to 6, Rev. H. L. Gar
vin having informed tho Chair
man ho had misunderstood the
Monday night motion and defin
itely favored a referendum (see,
related report, this page). *
It wa.s anticipated the commis
sion would call a referendum,
oven with the 7 to 5 vote. Five of
six commissioners staked them
selves out for a referendum in
late September when Die study
committee was authorized, llie
, five included Mrs. O. O. Walker
and Ray Cline, who said they
would support fluoridation in an
election, Norman King, W. S.
Biddix, and T. J. Ellison. Jim
Dickey,also a 'member of the
study committee, voted .Monday
night for commission implemen
tation. minus a reterendum.
4
Other principal items will In-
Big Pipe Link-Up
This Weekend
i Weather permitting the big 24-
,,■1, * ‘ticli vv.Der main from the Buffa-
Mr. Teer, a native of Hillsbom, treatment plant to the
has been with Fir.st Union in
Charlotte lor the past four and
one liair years whore he has
managed the Amity Gardens
branch. Previou.sly he was with
International Harvester in the
accounting department and sorv-
(*d in the Marine Corps reserve.
He is a 1964 graduate of Cataw
ba College with an A.B. in busi-
nos: administration.
He is unmarried.
Radio To Broadcast
School Programs
city will be linked to the main al-
leady installed at West Mountain
street.
Lowder Consti uclion Company
inj^tallation cicvvs wore working
in front of Southwell Ford Wed-
ne^^day afternoon, just i few hun
dred f<a*i from the link-up point
in front,of Ernest Hayes’ Wash-
I erotte.
The distance spannel is more
than seven miles,
i Meantime, work on the treat
ment plant is proceeding on sche-
, dulc. '
WINS HRST PRIZE—Henry J.
Jenkins, president of the Future
Formers of America Chopter at
Kings Mountain high school,
holds the first place ribbon won
by the FFA,for an exhibit at the
North Corolina State Fair. J. L.
Hassell, associate supervisor of
the agricultural education sec
tion of the fair, praised the
chopter for "the fine educationol
exhibit and for the contribution
each area mode to the over
all theme oi the fair at Raleigh."
By MARTIN HARMON
Condemnation actions were fil
ed by the city Wednesday after
noon to obtain tracts required
ior the Buffalo Creek resevoir.
City Attorney Jack Wiiite filed
with the Clerk of Skiperior Court j the commission,
condemnation action to obtain | Henry Moss.
247 acres against Buford D. Cline! One will bo a committee to
and W. K. Mauney, Jr., a partiv'r- 'provide plans and recommencla-
ship trading as Double B itanch.Mions tor equipuing the commun-
Patricia (.. Cold and
Harry G. Gold, Edwin
Monday Decision
7 iQ S Against
Fluoridation Vote
When he reiwrl-^ to the city ,
commission Tuesday night thej
recommendations of liie water
fluoridation .<tu(i\ committee.
Chairman J. Ollie Harris will re-1
p.trl a G to 6 split decision, six
1.; city canmissi’n a lion to
fluoridalf. six lor hoi.ling a ;ef.*
ciendum.
('hairrr.an Harris <;ii I Werlnes-
day afternoon ho had talked with
Re\. K. L. tJarvin. a committee
member who voted at Monday
night's committee meeting lor
jit;-, commission action to fluori
date. and that Mr. Garvin Itaii
C(infirmed report.^: reacliing the
(liairman Diat Ik* IukI misundcr-
stud ihi M a.day nigiit motion.
“Rev. Ml. Garvin tuld mi' lie
lid then and does now favor a
vote on the question,” Cliairnian
Harris said.
Tile .Monday night action was
T t : .5 in tavor ot Duoriflation by
city commission action, minus
an election. Dr. John C. McGill,
John McGinnL Richard Barnette,
nill Cairigan. Bill Grissom, City
Commissioner Jim Dickey, anri
Mr. Garvin casting tiu* seven
has been appointed chairman of votes. City Commissioners Ray
CHAIRMAN — Mrs. Richard
Greene is chairman of the Kings
Mountoin area s cystic fibrosis
research foundation fall cam
paign for funds.
Mrs, Greene
Campaign Leader
Mrs. Richard Greene. Nortli
sch x)l loacher and wife of FJast
SehooJ Prineipa) Richard Gre*(*ne.
the Kings Mountain area's cystic
fibrosis ro.searoh foundaliaii fall
' elude appointment of two com
mittees, already authorized by
by Mayor John
•ampaign.
Member.^ of the* Junior Woiiian'
club of wliicli Miv .Greene is \ ice
president will assist in Du* earn
Cline. W. S. Biddix and Norman
King lavored an informational
reterendum. Paul Mauney and
Mrs. Dewey Rathhone favor<‘d a
mandatory or binding referendum.
Several objecti'd that a man-
paign for funds during till* montii datory referimdum would n*qiiire
r\f ynv’f»mhi*r jm’»lein(*ntatioii h^\ thi* (leneial
of Novembt*!'
' ' The li’cal drive will he the first
Itere and the onl\' camtiaign in
husband ity {abilities building, axpoHod Cleveland Cunty.’r.vsli: fibrosis
H. Cline to be in service in early January
Continued On Page 'Six
Gaston Independent Speculates;
Hairis vs. Atkins Far Senate?
Radio Station WKMT will con
duct a series of programs on
“Schools Are Everybody’s Bus!-,
ness” .during the w'cok-long ob-,
servance of Ameiican IMucation . ..
Week in the district school system! , V\ould Senate Democratic Nom
: lp.ee J. Oilie Hams, of Clevclani
'’‘Tlie'nroKiams will bo daily at oppesejl by Rep. bliean Senate It’s lookin,
‘ J gj p I Nominee James H. Atkins, of .-^tate Sem
and wife Jean R. Clim', C. R. Gold
and wile Ocie Gold, and Josi'ph .
C. Whisnant. Trustee for First
Citizen.s Bank and Trust Company
of Kings Mountain and the Coun
ty of Cleveland.
Tlic other action was against
BufordD. Cline and wife Wilda
R. Cline, the Farm Home Admin
istration, Vanc'C E. Swift, Trustee.
V. Otho Cline and wife Kate T.
Cline, and Josej)h C. Whisnant,
'Irustec, to acquire 136.65 acres.
It is the fourth of five condem
nation actions now in Cleveland
Suj)erior Court. The fifth and
final one. against Ambro.so Cline chanical department at FooU*
was lofiged. then non-suited, due Mineral Company in Kings Moun-
to an error in description of the tain.
proiK'rty. Barring prior settlement,, He was son of Die late Jamf*s
tin* suit will be re-filod. Attorney T. and Ida Hamrick Goforth and
im*
.V^embly. wbic-h does not rec,>n-
\<*ne in regulai ses.-;ion until ear
ly 1971. .some 15 months di.sDint.
Prior to the T-3-2 action, Chair
man Harris said, a motion to eeuncil.
T. C. Goforth s
Rites Conducted
Fkineral rites tor Timmons Can
on Goforth, 62, wen* Iield Tuesday
afternoon a! 4:36 p.m. from FJlm-
wood Chapel of Wanl Funeral
Home in Gastonia.
Ml. (JotcTth dlc*d Sunday in
Kings Mountain ho.sj)ital.
He was toreman in the me-
('Jontinuvd On Page Six)
kl5 ;'.m. and at 4:45 p
Another feature of the local o
h<*rvance will be visitation pro-
The ln'’ep(*ndent article read:.
“PGl.iTU'AL SOUNDBOARD—
g 'more and more like
ator JACK WHITE of
Turkey Shoot
Set Saturday
{•
I-aston. a year lienee?
Kings Mountain is getting ready Bethlehem Volunteer Fire De-
a member of Boyce M(*morial ARP
church.
Surviving an* bis wife, Artie
Mae Blackwell Goforth; two step-
brethers, W. T. Bradford of Char
lotte and John Bradford of Tioga
So the Gaston Independent to do his swan song from legisla- parlment will sponsor
4.
turkey Ohio; one brother, Herman
A. Goforth of Kings Mountain:
column iie h isn't made up his min<l. may til dark” at the department head- Virginia
the schoohi dady from spetvdates in its lead item in the Dve activities. Wliile, who says shoot Saturday from 1 p.rri. "un-
Bethlehem com- Bradford, Mrs. Rebecca Bradford
is a major killer i>f ciDldicn, being
second to canc«'i
Announcemeiu ol Mrs. Greene’s poll the committi*e had been
; appointment came from Mrs. L. Y. made and four had voted for irn-
Ctnitinucd un Pugc Six Canfintud On Page Six
County Clobbers Sales Tax 8 to 1,
City "Nay" Majority Is 10 to 1
Thi'i’i will be in* extra levi'inie ficials. Mrs. ilarfld Glass, nor-
for Cleveland C’<*u it;' nnr i:s mu- ma)]\ Dk* liepubliean judge, is
nicipalities f.nm tl’<' s.iles t.i.x. emplovcil ai C.aft.si>i.n ^atn.s,
Voieis last an aggregate “ao” by Inc., and could not serve.
S to 1 on an adddiona.l one per- In the state. 2.5 of the counties,
cent sale.s tax levy Tue.<day. ail ex-actly one-lourth. approved the
28 precincts pre.'-’t nt a:id \ cling, additional tax. The largest voic-
Froni tix' prccinci siandjciinl, irg .ipproval weri* liuncomix*.
Ihi' n<*.gaDv(‘vole was un-aaimous. Duriiam and .New Hanover. Oth-
The un»)fficij* county total was e. c.iuntii's wi n' cfimpai'ativeiy
5613 tc 7G9. • 'small and were iare.ely in resort
In Kings Slmintain the story ;u'<‘as i-i tin* mountains iW'autau-
was tlic sam«*. At West Kings -. ai or on thi* coast.
Mountain iireeinci. -132 ciii/ens d'!,,* ;,ppjoving (‘oiinlies vviU
vou’d. 38S :-igains1 and a mere 11 ha\e ret)ati‘d .50 ix'ix'i'nt of the
for. At Fast Kings Mountain, 272 one percent tax coiiecled. The
citizens cast ballots, with 250 a- (*ther half will K* pooled and re-
gainst, only 21 l<*r and one ballot bateii to th<* 25 participating
, vaiidcvl. countii's on a per capita formuFi
' East- Kings Mountain v\xn'keti di'rived by adding the populations
CANDIDATE — John Ballew,
Kings Mountain high school
senior, is among three seniors
from the county selected as
candidates for Morehead Schol-
orships to the University of
North Carolina.
lohn Ballew
Is Selected
John Ballew, IS-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C\ Ballew of
Kings Mountain, is among thrt*e
senims from Cleveland County
selected as camlklates for a John
Motley Moreliead Scholarship —
a full Dili • ‘nr scholarship at
till Universuy of Nortli Carolina
at Cliapel Hill.
Ballew, Uavid JoDey -anrl Phil
Washburn w<‘re selected fi’om 1.5
.ipplicants from ihrouglioul the
county. Bid Porti'i* was chosen
as an alternate landidate.
The i-andi-latcs will be inter
viewed by a committee from Dis-
tiiit IX near Du* lieginning of
next year, in tiu* past, the.-*e in
terviews have lieen conducted in
.Mmganton. 8.;ccessful candidates
will then be interviewed by a ven
tral committee in Chapel Hill dur
ing Man'll. 'I luTc will be betrVVt*on
PmViH) students from the entire
United Slates to receive the
awards which are based on aca
demic Stan iin*.: and qualities of
leadership rather than financial
nee<l. Value is approximately Sl,-
900 per year covering all tuition,
Tees, liooks and some spending
mone\.
Ballew is a member of the
.school band, yearbook, a junior
marshal, member of the student
National Society, politi
cal activities club, French club
and p<*p band leader and has
ser\i*d as master of Demolays.
City Leaf-Gathering
Will Begin Thursday
The city’s lcaf-g:itlu*.^ing ma
chine will go into acthin lor its
19Gf, tom Tloirsday. Simerin-
dent of Public Works Grady Yel-
ton ha.s announced, J
Instructions:
1) Pile the leaves on the curb
stones.
2) Bo sure the pile do NOT
ill luui* biusii or lumber.
9*a!m. until 3 p.m.. with visitors ruesday. November ^
to ^Mn'uan'is^^PU^an Clevoland fram tht’^^(tnVbo'llllowbiis Woml -md Mrs. Sarah Cornwell, all of withoui a Tfopnhlica.i .ia<lK<‘. in of the eountie.s an 1 "“j
-The welcome mat^ wealLr^ County eoroni-r. h.,s conflrme.l he CORO.NKR J. OLLIE HARRIS to Fred Tate, captain, said pro- Akron. Ohio. , spite of efforts to obtam one on rate, utrkev or ham,
considering offering for the seek the seat, Harris is well coeds iwill bt^ used to purchase Dr. Charles K. Edwards offici-1 the part of Mis. Nell Ci.mfoid, ilai DJ * J ^ ‘ ti,.. ^
everyone .
land, president of the Kings
Mountain unit of the NCEA. ’Senate in Die spiing
primary.
Cantinued On Page Six
fire-flghlinj equipment.
uted at the final riles.
‘registrar, and county election ol iiopulaiion factor.
Turkey Shoot
Saturday At 10
Cleveland t'ounty Kcscue Squa.i
and the Kings Mountain roiico
Depai imcnt - will c()-spons4ii* a
Turkey Shoot Saturday. No\em-
her SDt. l)eginn:ng at 10 a.m. -at
tile Kings Mountain Polici* elub.
Guns and ammunition will l>e
furnisluxi.
Prizes will include choiet' of
1 spokesman for
the sponsoring organizations said.