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/ 1 w 1 •, . Water Project, Disputation, Among Big Events Of 1969 BV MAimM HARMnN ♦sprifAtiVO W If By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain closed the year 1909 at midnig-Iit Wednes day in retrospect of a quite act ive and busy 365 days. | Thc.e wer^ many major events of the year. Minus an at tempt to evaluate in order of im portance they were; Receipt of bids and beginning of c'onstruction of the Buffalo Creek water project. The impasse between Repre sentative W. K. Mauney, Jr.,’ Senator Jack White, the City of Kings Mountain and the board oi tjommissionors of Cleveland County on zoning contiol of the aijEA surrounding the Buffalo Crteek resevoir. (The lOOth birthday of Captain B. Meek Ormand. Jlilplets born to Mr. and Mrs. Jrfmes Sherwood Burris, Jr. on Ir dependence Day. Kings Mountain United Fund performance best in state. Kings Mountain Herald a- waixlcd communications civard by North Carolina Council of Churches. Kings Mountain Pcblic Hous-I ing Authority acc-epts bids on 150 jow-rent housing units. 1 Ma^or Moss, Commissioners, Ray C ne and Norman King! unopposed for re-election. I New sixth ward created, j James DiCkey elected commis sioner. I Fh’oiidatipn issue up again. ! Neisco, Inc., in involuntary bankruptcy. The draft lottery. Cansler Street urban renewal project approved. | Obituaries of many citizens claimed much newspaper space. Charles Ellison and Pete Small were killed in action in Viet Nam. j Other deaths of prominent; citizens included Miss Odessa i-Mack, J. B. Ellis, Marshall Heavner, Andrew Jenkins, .M. L. Harmon, Sr., Miss Maude' Gard ner, :r. W. Gamble, W. L. Me* Mackin, James C. Gibson, W. F. Houser, Robert B. Osborne, Mrs. Herman Campbell, Mrs. Ruth C. Thomasson, Mrs. H. T. Fulton, Sr., Fred Cockrell, Mrs. Ruth Hallman, Rev. Wayne Ashe, Lawson H. Dover, anJ Homer Jones. ! A Herald headline summary of major events of the joar follow: JANUARY Buffalo Creek Water Project Bi.,s Invited January 22; HEAV Approves Assignment Plan; Franc s Succeeds B. Holmes Har- ;y; liar'nara Goins Is First Baby Of ’69; Concept Furniture Is Con tinuing Interviewin.^ Potential Employees; CAGO Executive Committee To Recommend Ta'o- Year Plan; IGl Work To Start Within Ten Days; Kings Moun tain Savings & Loan Hopes To Get Building Bids Soon; Buffalo Creek Water Project Low' Bids $2,-185,757; School Board Recom mends Countywide Tax Supple ment; Schools To Ask Supple ment Tax 5:icction For April 1; PHA Will Receive Rent Applica tions; City, School Elections May 13, Incumbents E.xppcted To Re- Run; FEBRUARY KM United Fund Ri|teil Perfect In State; King* Mountain Improvement Gro.p Jobs In Downtown KM; Dttnn .Firm Seeking Optioni On Pi^P; erty For Housing; Four k:\i^ Seniors Among Area Finalis 'For PPG Scholaiahip; Ml N'® ‘city Commissioners File For IV' Election; Kings Mountain Got loj (Inch Snow; KM Hospital Will Continued On Page Six Population Greater Kings Mountain ' 21,914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 GrMtM’ iua9> Mouatoiv flffurt li deifvtci Iroai tiM StaUr Burtau of Ih* CanAut toport e fttmvary ltC6. oad laeludoi tho 14.990 aopulotlea o nuiBMr 4 Townohip. and tho romtdnlM 9.124 froa Numb«r S TowPtliip, la CloTtload Couaty nd Crewdar* r*»r»wahip la Gontea Couatr f * Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper 4 \A Pages 14 Today .» • VOL 82 No. r Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January I, 1970 Eightieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS ► Water To Be Available From Buffalo By Early Spring ^ — i Kings Mountain Celebzated Hew Yeai's Eve ♦ ’ Kings Mountain art'a citizens <^lobrated tho demise of one decade and tho beginning of an- othor Wednesday, as 1969 cx- plr(jd at midnight. The event was celebrated at numerous semi-public and pri vate parties. American Legion Post 1.5r> held its annual New Years’ Kv(‘ parly: fu'* memheis aiKi guest.s from 9; until 12 p.m. Dancing was loj music by “The Midnil^htcrs.” | •Members of Kings Mountain Country club danced to music h> ■'Tlie Swingslers” from 9 until' /midnight. | Though hardly a majority,! •iome Kings Mountain area citi-: zens will enjoy a New Year's Day holiday. t Majority of retail firms, finan cial firms and governmc'ntal of- L'cs will be closed on Tiuirsday, Some retail linns intlicaled . ^MiOy would be at woiL, ovOn 4 though not open for regular business January J. January 1 is traditional invenloiy-taking day anJ some firms .said they W'ould utilize llio day to complete thi.s chore. 'I’wo drug stores announced they would be ope;i. Kings Moun tain Drug Company will bo open from 10 a.m. i.ntil 6 p.m. Moun- tainter* Pharmacy will be open alj day until 9 p.in. Majority of industry will be operated on regular sche<Julc. Mountain Welcomes New Year, New Decade By Mail Option County's flighe.st' Low Number Is 13 ClUl ' tic ■ • • -• / iiM -V \ >: 1 "■f'V-TvIV \ ^ j PERSONNEL MANAGER—Jim my Jenkins has joined the Phenix Plant of Burlington In dustries as personnel manoger. Jenkins Joins Phenix Plant Jimmy Jenkins, a native of Fail mom and graduate of Pem broke State University, has been named Personnel Manager at the Phenix Plaint of Burlington In dustries in Kings Mountain. Mr. Jenkins joined Bi rlinglon Indus tries in 1967 at the company’s Who will ho Kings Mo.mtain's ^J*’^;," N. C. In 1968, he transferred to the Hillcrest Plant of Burlington Yarn Company in High Point. Man of Year Nominees Asked “Young .Man of tho Year?’ The Kings Mountain Jaycocs are beginning the annual search lead ing to the election of th(* winnc'r of the Di.stingui.shed Award. This is, perhaps, the highest tri- ^bute that can come Im-ally to a ‘ young man, said a Jaycee spokes- yman. The annual DSA banquet is .set for Jan. 20, 1970 at the Woman’s cImK Tho winner will join a disting uished group who hav'p received the honor since 1942. Though spon.sorcd annually by the JayceeN, the award is not nec essarily given to a club m(‘mber. Any young man between the He is active in tlie Elks Lo.ige, Service is a former Jaycee and member of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Jen kins is the former Maiy Lynn Ramsey, a Greensboro native. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins will be living at 309 E. Tennessee Ave nue, Bessemer City. tanuaiY Call From County Is T wo Men Tlie “highest” low number in ( the new draft lottery for a Cleveland County diatt eligible is 13 - and his birthday is De cember 20. And there is only one; jilrilft eligible with Ihi^ date. Next “highest" low number is 20 and his birthday is June 4. Meantime, Mrs. H. L. New-! man, cleik to the county selec-‘ tivc- service board, reported, Cleveland County’s January, draft quota, to ()e filled Janu-1 ary 19, is for two men. | Mrs. Newman said clarification of the new draft lottery la.w continue to be received, as cer J tain loopholes are discovered at headquarters i n Washington.; One concerns dra'ft eligihles now! deferred for various reasons! including being a student - who have a high number and appar-i ently, presuming no escalation of the v/ar in Viet Nam or else where, are draft free for the coming year. Some of these de ferred have made inquiry about! abdicating their deferred status.; Mrs. Newman says it now ap pears the only way to change; the deferment would be to change status, such as dropping: out of school. ' Registrants not yet examined physically and found eligible for service are not yet in the new lottery file. HOSPITAUZED Tom Tate, executive vice- president of Home Savings & Loan Association, entered Kings Mountain hospital Tuesday for x-rays and observation. Mr. Tate is recuperating from pneu monia. Coionaiy Fatal To Ruins Davis, While Delivering Load Of Lumber Rufus Davis, 60, a driver fori King where it GREEN BERET VETERAN AT MAYOR'S DROP-IN—Roy Ruff, Green Beret special forces veteran who lost both legs in action in Viet Ncun holds a Green Beret statue while attending Mayor John Henry Mo$s' drop-in honoring service veterans. Mayor Moss Host To Viet Veterans Youth Problems Are Discussed At Drop-In Township City Listing at Armory; Rules Reviewed Cleveland County and City of Kings Mountain listing of proper ties for ad valorem taxes begins Friday. 'There art* two major changes in the listing format for 1970: 1) Tax listing in Kings Moun tain and Number 4 Towmship will bo at the National Guard Arm ory, ratiier than at City Hall, due to the remodeling of City Hal! courtroom ik)w underway. Hour.s of listing are 8:30 to 5, Monday- I Friday, through February 2. ! 2t For the* fir.st lime, Cleveland- 1 ers, if they wish, may list their properties by mail. Clovidand \ County, by act of the 1969 Gen i era! As.sembly. is among 12 in I which listing-b> -mail i.s permit- j ted, and the count\ {vmimis.sion, 1 by resolution, implemented the I act by declaring listing by mail I optional. I Actually, says Robert M. Gid I ney. county auditor and tax su- I pervisor, the commission is sampl- \ ing the by-mail listing method to see if Clevelanders like it. In [ .some counties, he adds, as much ; as 80 percent of tho listing is I done by mail. were held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. from Patterson Grove Baptist {quisition of the ohurcii of which he was a mcm-lP^^ly required, be/. I The project, estimated to cost Rev. Richard Plyler officiate(l fmanced by at the final rites, and interment!^ issue and was in Mountain Rest cometerv. ’ ^ fe.*cral grant. Mr. Jones died Saturday tiiorn-! will pro- ing at 4 a.m. at his hbme on i able water d^ Sharon Drive after suffering a exoan^inn *^esignod heart attack^ A former salesman of 20 miliion gallons per da^^^ lor Holsum Baking Company, he, was a member of the Kings o*vn ^ . ' Mountain Optimist club. Ffl/i 10 IfOCOlVO He was tho .son of Mrs. Annie Applications ^ To list by mail, a property own- applications for low ' er may renuest forms by writine t ^ Harry Blake Jones. Sur- rent public housing will be tak- HmTrx'^fTp (X b"x f^,rsfmTl a^e hls^wnf Mrs" -Mountain Houl I by, or by caliing the tax office, i joncs two son^ Bru^e and Kevin This warning to Kings Moun-; phone 482-2362. Deadline is Jan- jones. of the h’oL- a daughter tain youngsters and pa.onts iS; uary in for requesting the forms, i t y^,, thn hnmo- from Police Chief Tom McDevitt.: Exceptions are' those who did I ^r^Mf *’7"= be received HTT .. .1 e illegal to operate a mini[ not list properties for taxes last Hicks Jones both of Kin^s Moun- urnTv^ Here is the future of Kings bike on the streets, sidewalks, orj year and tho.se who are listing for i tain, and Frank Jones of Forest' ^ Mountain^, said Mayor John pybhe place without a driv- the first time. Th(\se exceptions, | Qty Moss, indicating 1“^ i ^ «j.»g pcense. 1 Mr. Gidney explained, are duel-- youthful guests at his home, tf"*t*hful driv-^^ county is insp<*ction Last Leaf Coll. Trees To Curbstone Last leaves. call for 1969 crop And get those Christmas trees to the curbstone. Grady Yelton, superintend ent of public works, said the leaf machine crews are rea.iy for the final pick-up. And the trash crews will make short work of the Christ mas free crop. Homer Jones' Rites Conducted Funeral ritt*s for Homer Jones,, 41, owner an operator of Ameri-; can Oil Company on Shelby road, I work Engineer Says “Well Dig Hole. Pnmp It (hit" By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain will be able to get filtered water from the new Buffalo Creek treatment plant by, late spring or early summer, Col. W. K. Dickson, the city engineer said Wednesday. In a year-end report on the Buffalo Creek project Col. Dick son said the hold-up on land ac quisition in the Buffalo Creek project area won’t prevent ob- tainin-j Buffalo water. "We'H dig a big hole in the creek bed and pump the raw water into the treatment plant,” Col. Dickson explained. The line-laying on the initial water project contract, for which Ray D. Lowder Construction Company is contractor, is virtu ally complete, the engineer con- i tinned. The Lowder firm is ncivV laying additional lateral lines, not in the original specifications including one on Phifer Road to , serve the area incorporated into the city limits slightly over a year ago, and an 8-lnch line ex- , tension on York Road to the , briLige over 1-85 at NC 161. ; Gillespie Construction Com- ' psny, genera! contractor, is on I schedule or ahead on aJj phases of constnjction except the 84- dam, the engineer added, is completing preminary permissible, pending ac- remaining pro- Chief Warns Mini-Bike Driver day, January lOlb, at the court- , room of City Hall. Selection of tenants will be i based on income-size of family. „ hit a tree and always been keenly - concerned^ The Chief said the city [)oIi('e ages of 21 and 35 is eligible' for Elmer Lumber Company for, stopped in the front yard ol'w th the aspirations of the immedi- nomination. If the nomine(‘reach- more than 20 years, (hed at thej Chief of Police Tom McDevitt. 'of the citv the Mavor said he' anH rthfjiminiT Iiptit-innv: fru- iiivA. PS his 36th birthday before Juno whccj of his truck c* a heart at- 1, ho is not eligible. tack about 2:05 We.Inesday aft- The judging eommiltee will be ernoon. composed of citizens of the com- An autopsy conducted by Dr. munity who are now over 3.5 and J- B. Gentry revealed that Davis their decision as to a winner will suffered a coronary occlusion, be ba|ed on the nominees con- Going west on West King, Sunday a,He™. ! J"^ IZ'- cessing machines. Other faeets of the listing busi- lies are as before. A person may itemize his household goods or not. If ho does not itemize, his hou.sehold goods automatically are valued at ten percent of the value of his residence. Farmers are rc'quiicd to pro- , ers must show an The atti'aclive group of stieker and a license plate on people who gathered at the Moss hike, home on Crescent Hill were vet-, rr-i i i > • orans of the Viet Nam war, their^ The "nly place you can dnve wives and euests. :® , ,, tin your own front yard or on Stating to the group that Moss private Drouertv Administrations I, IT and III had Surviving are a stepson, Moses,particularly interested in Russell of Kings Mountain, opportunities, eJucaiton and step-daughter, Mrs. Leila Mass- for the group. ey of Gastonia, and a half-broth-: Among those attending _ _ _ cr. 1 tea at the Moss home, heauti-'^^ ••n fully decorated for the Christmas; F|Hp Ul|iAMlaM and obtaining petitions for juve-i rmp'information for tho an niles who are breaking the law' in regards to owning and oper- I nual farm census. City Piogiam Leaden to Contto Youth Seminar Friday Afternoon ^j^gjating mini bikes. Davis, twice a widower lived .season were Roy Ruff, son of • .tributions to th(‘ community wel- street on a delivery trip to Sha-’at 401 West Parker street. y^j. Herman Ruff who fare (luring the year (.TO i>er cent), 'on Drive, the truck cut across. Dockery Funeral Homo, of lost both legs in action with the evlderKo of leadership abilty (2.5 King into the First Baptist Shelby, has charge of anange-| Green Beret special forces in per ewt), and oviticneo of per- church yar^ then back across ments. ! Viet Nam. Mr. Ruff is now at-1 Now Year’s Eve was a bu -y; , , _ sonal basini'ss progre.ss (25 per i ^ ! tending Gaston college where he day at tho city police department. N60aGa FOf Fllo New Year's Eve Autos go on tho books on basis i several city programs will n ake value ascribed in the dealer’s brief resumes of their work. These include: Redevelopment: Joe M. Lan- ey, Executive Director of Kings Mountain Redevelopment Com- The J.ayors youth participa-'pal; Miss Helen Logan and Rob- tion program will continue Fri-iert Leftwich, high school guid- day afternoon at a special sem-|ance couselors; Rev James M mar for Kings Mountain areai Wilder, president of the Kings college students and high school Mountain Ministerial association- seniors at the armory at 3 Joe Smith, president of the ° A ■ . .J , . Chamber of Commerce; John A tei- introductory remarks by McGinnis, president of the Kings I Mayor John Henry Moss, hea.is of Mountain Merchants association; of valuf* ascribed in the dealer’s whoh'sale “blue book.” Dogs and other pets are tax able, a.s are watches, jewelry and other personal property. May, July Heralds Date of Birth ! 3. Church affiliation. ^nt). Any tiamination from the gen eral public will bo given consider ation. Anyibe who wishes to make a Addre.ss nomirafion may do so by using the cotfcon in this week’s Herald City and Stale for sui^ijting nominations. The Name and address of por.son or deadlir^ftr nominations is Jan. 6, organization submitting nomina- im. ' i 4. Reasons for your recommenda tion. (Signature of Nominator) GOSPEL SING Midview Baptist church will sponsor a gospel sing Saturday 'To make a nomination, clip the beginning at 7 p. ,m. The 4 , Br'TivrrtfC* t?., :i.. oi . « .. coupon oeiow and mail to Kings NOMINEE'S ACTIVITIES: Mountaih Jayc('('s. P. O. Box 303, Contribution to community wel- Kings \t)untain, N. C. 28086. during year. J 2. Evidence of leadership ability'. FNam( oil 3. Evl irnce of personal or busi- Nominct] ness progress. Bridges Family Singers and the Dyer Family Singers of Shelby will be featured on the pro gram. Rev. John Frazier, pastor, said the community Is invited to purUcipate. is majoring in English. He as-’ City policemen were called to' S.O.S.: The H(»rald U in need pires to be a teacher. He said he' the scene of five accidents on city of two c'opies of Its 1969 editions is proud to have served in Viet street.s. One man died, and an rio compose a file of new.spapors Nam as a member of the armed aut6p.sy was set late Wednesday^ for the yoa^. forces. to determine if he died from in-' Needed are full copies of the Col. Joe Laney USMC (ret.) juries or from a heost attack.' Herald of May 8, 1969 and July 31, was the eldest of the group pre-j Property damages were high in 1969. The Herald will pay 25 cents sent, and Police Officc'r Mar-'several automobile acelrlents. each for copies of thexse editions. cellus Hunter proved to be the| William Aris Sears, 60, of rqute first of the group to have arriv- two, told city patrolman Martcel- ed in Viet Nam- in 1956. lus Hunter he att('.mpted to d(jigc Greeting guests, along with another car coming from Gofbrth Mavor and Mrs. Moss, were street and hit a telephone /pole Police Officer and Mrs. Tom Wednesday morning at 9:^0 at King. ... Misses Cindy Alexander Eleanor Ware served punch. T Cvirtinucd On Page St^* the intersection of King and Go- and,|forth. ' i INSTALLED Paul Nelsler, Jr. was ordained and Mr. Nelsler, Charles Bal- lar, obert Goforth and George* Thomasson were installed as deacons in the Cla.ss of 1972 at First Presbvterian church Sun day moniinj^ ^ and representatives of the press, radio, and television. “It is as simple as this,” said Mayor .Moss. “We want the youth of the community to par ticipate in civic affairs and to help solve the problems and mission. Industrial Development: L. E. “Josh” Hinnant, Chairman of In-1 needs that we know iustrial Commission. , exist.” Kings Mountain Water and Sewer Project: Dennis Fox, P. E., W. K. Dickson and Company, Consulting Engineers. Housing: Thomas W. Harper, E.xecutlvc Director of Kings Mountain Housing Authority. Community Relations: Tones, Chai:man, Human Rela-! rions Committee. Planning Board: B. F. Manor,: Chairman, Kings Mountain Plan- ling Board ad Gary Hicks, Gas- o P,Ggional Planning Planning Council. Special guests \vil| include J. C. Atkinson, hi'di school prined METER RECEIPTS Parking meter receipts for the week ending Tuesday totaled $1.59.95, including $139.05 from on-street ^meters and $20.90 Donald off-street meters. DIXON TOPIC “On The Threshold Of The Future” will be the sermon topic, of the Rev. Robert Wilson at Sunday morning worship .ser vices at 8:30 Sunday at Dixon Prcsbylcriaa ciiurch.