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Population Grtoter Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 • ^4 Gi«oitr Kiogi Mouatois tlgur* u derived Hem tbe •i>ecirJ Uaiied Slate* lureau of tbe CeD«us report o loDoary 1S€6, and Includes tbe 14,980 populaclon o Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 froa Number b Tewasblp, tn Cleveland County and Crowder • •r*,r If* Chiston Coun'.e r Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspapci VOL. 82 No. 5 Established 1889 Kings \v1ountain, N. C., Thursday, January 29, 1970 Eightieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Home S & L Lcgcjred Recoid Year In 1963 r I Home Savings & Loan Associ- aiMn n ill a )iu . irpo.t of Thomas A. Tato, oxo- iiUiVf yici’ prcjj.uoni, rovtaioil ai tlu*-171)1 annual mooting of sliaro- hoklor^ Tue:jclay afiOiiioci. Assi'ls grow $l,l.S3i097 to an increase ei 12.3< pel coni. Savings ac?' nis hu'ivaso:! 81,077,297 to $10,619,320, an in- ert'aso of 12.4 iiorocnt. Loans iofi-oasci $l,092,(;0.j to $16,377,197, an iiic;ease of 12.57 fxn'cont. O 'u'l’ highlights of the annual stall mont: A total of $‘:3,7.S6 was adciocl to reserves. Dividends paiJ totaled $159,709, | Loans dur ng the year numbco-l »'d 270 and totaled $2,16S,549. Di.ecdois, including A. H. Pat terson. I, Patterson, Jack H. White, J. J. 'Phomson, T.iom.is. .\. Pate, B. D. Ratlerrce, R. S. P!o ik (ot lk^^se.nc C Cii.irles D. 15’anion and Dr. Paul K. Hendricks weir rr-eloaii: j unanimously. j In a brief mi e ing follo'ving the sharthei-der se.s.^ on, di ’ectcrsi re-elected all of iters who are: j J. II. Thomson, piosident; A. II. Patteison and 11. D. Ratterree. virc-prosidents; Thomas A. Tate, exteutive v tc-iire.sidont and sec retary and treaiiurer; and Jacob A. Dixon, manager of the Bes semer City branch. The oifice staff served the shareholders sandwiches. co<Jkies and punch. t \ V TOP AIRMAN ~ Sgt. Michael K. Beom has been nomed Air< man of the Year by the 702D Rndar Squadron ot Hunter Army Airfield/ Ga. Sgt. Beam AiimanOfYear Sgt. Michael K. Beam, son of Mr. John Thomas Beam of Kings Mountain, has been so- lccti‘d as “Outstanding Airman of the Year 1959*' for his unit at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. -Major William C. Brookes. Commander, wrote Mr. Beam: “The competition lor thi.« .i- ward is* veiy kern and thendoro . in iicuies the o. tslanding caliber of your son. He must daily dis play all tenets of leadership, murals, military dress and bear ing to he eligible to compete for Diis coveted award. I look for- W'3'd to the continued success and growth of your son in the United States A> Force.’ Sgt. Beam is a mewber of the 702D Radar Squadron (SAGE) at Hunter Airfield. City to Entei Scott's Contest There’s beauty in North Caro lina. Will you conserve and de velop it? The City of Kings Mountain p^ans to do its jiart and* is there fore entering Governor Bob Scott’s “North Carolina Years of Beauty” award', competition. On basis of suggestions by the Governor’s Beautification Commit- ‘lee Kings Mountain will be re peating past clean up and beauti fication immunity cdlorts to at tain a elean(‘i, more pleajimt place in which to live* foi all it.s citizens. Kings Mountain will enter cate gory five, loi cities under 1(;,(KX) population. .'^eale of points for judging are: importance ol aetivithv te com- l* nuinity 30; extent of community participation 20; scope of aetlvi- tie‘< in relation of size of eomfrlu- nlt.y 15; degree of permance 25; and presentation of material 10. LAUNCH DRIVE FOR FUNDS—Kings Mountain area Girl Scouts are joining those from a four-county area in launching a drive for S500/0G0 to build a neyr Girl Scout camp. Golden Volley, in Ruther ford County. From left to right, Irelou Easley. Mimi Merciex and Ann Baird, oil local Girl Scouts, axe ready tc lend support to the campaign. (Photo by Isaac Alexander) Girl Scout Camp Goal Is $500,000 (Jirl Sco. ts of Cleveland, Gas ton. Lincoln and Rutiieiford Counties today annouiui.i the lauJK hng of i fiUKl .’.rive for $5lK).(KMt to build t’vdr nt w camp in Goidcn V’allev. 'I .ic annouiKc- m<*tu came Irom I’ioiuer Girl Scout C’ouncil Piesidcnt, M.s. Chide J. Deitz, of Belmont. Dining the monihs of Fibru- ■ii . and Mann the Gi.l .SCvUit.'^ will seek the Itdp of area aduh. to help them buiid a yeai-round ira ni*ig an<i (•ami>ing facility on Mk 512-acjes land pur.Iias<’d through the sale of a half m'l- lion boxes of (hrl Scout cookies. A United Appeaj agenv V, the llirl liavi received app.ov al hy the various Unitc.l Fund gani-alion.s of the four county ; iKM to have this campaign. Mrs. I)<»it/. anniumccHl that ^ limmas O. Moore, Jr., a lawyer, •and viie-p-.e.-^ident of La Far •Mills of Gastonia, will so.ve as geneial cliairinan of the cam paign. Mr. .Moore has been asso- cialetl with the project for the past year as eiiainnan of a ■ group of area c.tizcn.s advisin'.; the Council t'.>:icorning the de- ■ velopineni of the new eamp. The camp plan was designed by liu Charles M. (haves organ ization of Atlanta. It satisfacloii- L, lulfills the needs nf the eon- linuing grow.h oi Girl Scouting in this urea. The present facilities, Camp Ratary, at the base of Crowders Mountain, were huilt in 193S w.ien liiere were only 309 Girl Scouts. 'File Pioneer Council now serves o\<'r 4,2(K) gills, one out of every seven gi'F of ages 7 thiough high sehcx>l. Worn out through eonst’anr u.se, Camp Ro tary can no longer meet the ncv'ds'of day eamps. troop camp-, ng, special Sea. t r\enis or the sii.Timer resident camp for the entire four erjunty area. '! he design for the new camp ill Hutherfor.l County suggests that seve.al buildings be winter ized for training events of girls and adults, as i\oll as topical pingram events for teenagers and troop i ampin . . There will ho five lamping areas, ranging Irom shelte.ed cabins to tent units and primitive units for ex perienced camper.s. The admin s trot!VC aiea of the camp will have a PKlge - dining hall, a health eentei. an arts and erafts- building, a sta.T house as well as Jones, a permanent home for the camp grader caiotakcr. Tlie 17 acre Harris Ending 24-Year Coronership Tax Listing Pace Is Heavy; Last Day Monday Bu.sinesi place in timn this week has b(‘(*n the lax listing of- .i?e at the National Guard Arm ory. The deadline is .Monday, Febru ary 2 and hour.i of listing are S:30 m ,5. Its Official: Rauch Runs; Hambright Files For Board 'lax li<ter.^- here — Kdwin Moore. Mrs. C'harles T. C'arpenter, Jr. iiul Mis. : harlie Ballaid — esti- nated that a tot i! oj 200 new lames an' on tlie book.s, new • •omer.s to the city and .No. 4 town ship and those persons who have .eached tiu ag( ol 21. P’or the first time, Clevelanders, if they wish, may list their prop erties by mail. Robert M. Gidncy,! county uuflitoi and ‘ax supervisoi, a.stimated yesterday (hat 9,0001 lOrms liave be<‘n mailed irom his office and approximately 1,200 iav<' been returned. Other iac(‘ts ol Hie tax listing 5usin<*s.s are a.*-- before, A person may ilemizi' his house hold goods or not. It he doe.s not itemize, his hou.sehoJd goods auto matically are valiu-d at ten per cent ot the value ot his residence. Farmers are required to pro- • ide erop inlormation tor the an nual farm oen.sus. Aulo« go on the books on ba.sis valiu' a Tiberl in thedealer’s .wholesale "blue book.’’ Dog.s and other pots are taxable, as are watches, jewelry and otlior personal property. Commission Seat Sought By Hambright Myers T. Hambright, Industrial Cooperative Training Coordina- lor at King.s Mountain hjgn f-.hool, announced today as a candidate for Cleveland County commissioner in the May Dem- pr maiy. Hambright in announcing hh cand.dacy, ma .e tiie foliowin^ statement: “Cleveland Coenty is now cn toiing a dynamic p<.‘riod whei many cru. iaJ challenges are lac ng its -ciliens. The ri‘ ht respons to tiiise ciialleiiges will lead u to progress and acnievemen Progiess in all the vital areas ol county government can Ix' ef fected only when all the nfizenj f.om all p Ills of the cnuniy pm together to acliieve this goal." It ^ Coffee Dimes To Aid Drive A.U coffeo sales Friday at King.s Mounliiin Drug ('ompany and Griffin Drug C’omjiany will go to he 1979 .March of Dimes cam paigii in Kings Mountain. Charles Blanion. partner in King.s Mountain Drug Company, tnd Wil.son Griffin, partner in Griffin Drug Company, made the announet'ment yesterday. riK' 1979 Dimes drive will aid research into the cause of birth defects. * Mrs. ('al Fi-slier, Kings Moan 'ain clKiirnian of the campaign said Boy Fronts, under the leader ship of Otis Falls, ,Ir, (;ih Brazzell. Ken Pruitt and Jim Yarhro, and 'ub Scouts, nnd(‘r the leadership of Mrs. Klla Riddle, will can vas.s areas of the city thi.s week and next tr ask for i-oiilrihutione Junior Woman’s clubbers will be given street assignments Mo?;- lay eight and Mrs, Fishi'r said she is also asking Legionnnin s Hui .Vuxiliary meihhers ol Po.si 1.5.“ t' aid the canva.ss. 'rh(* Junior Woman’s cluh Is hinding up the drive with Mrs Fisiier. club presideiit, as ciiair man. Bennett Master.-' is eontj.Ming ndusiiy otficials for contrihiitiuns CONGREGATION MEETING Annual congregational meet ing will be held at St. Matthew's Lutheran church Sund.ay follow ing the morning worship hour at 11 o’clock. "in the past Cleveland Count; has indeed made progress, but 1 believe that oven givaier pro gre.ss can be achieved :f indivi:. uals will put aside thoir paroch ial inte ests and w^ik tor the crr.mon good of all people in Cleveland County. My goal is to lead' a united citizenry. ’ “If elected, 1 will sock the ad- \ re of concerned people from ail parts Of the county regatximg [•.ojfcis and problems that in valve them. By listening to the people. I feel con ident that I can reach decisions that will n'eise the majority of our pcs)- plo.” A native of Grover. Ilamlright, 51, recoivod the Bachelor of Sc once dt-g.ee from Clemson Uni- veis'ty and the .Master of A/tS' cleg’’ee from Appalachian State Universitv. lie is a lour year v<‘i- eran of the U. S. Navy, having attained the rank of Lieutenant.’ Hambi'ight has tau ht Vocation al Agr culture in Fallston, Beth- waie. and in Kings Mountain. He has been active in Scouting and is presently* an aroa commission er. He participated in the or-1 gan zation of the Botlnvare Fair; and'served two terms as prt\si-j deni of the Bethware Progros- sive cl-.'b. Hainbiighl has been active in local civic activitie.? and has served on numerous cduca-1 tional celegations al both the !o-' cal and state level. He is a member of the First p-osby.c. • ian chuTcli of Kings Mountain. , Mrs. Hambright is the former; Carolyn Westbrook. They ha^e ih.ee children. The Hambrigiits reside on the Shelby load in the Be hware-Kings Mountain area. Two o'.luT candid.ites have al ready* filed for romm ssloner, Democrat Y’alcs Smith. Jr. of i Grover, and Republican Manor of Kin s Mountain. CANDIDATES—Senator Marshall Rauch, top seeks renomination tc the North Carolina Senate for a third term. Myers Ham bright is a candidate for a seat on the Cleveland County board of commissioners. Wilders To Show 3-Pdrt Series Rev. and Mrs. Jami will h('gin the fir.^t Sunday night series. Impre.ssions of th«‘ Bible Lands”, Sunday at .5:30 ji.m. at King.s Mountain Baptist churi'h. j Gaston Senator Is Seeking Sis Third Term ?tat( Fenatoi .Marsliall A. Rauch Ol Gasl(.nia Friday formally an- ' I'junced lii.; candidacy lor re- | -Icctici;. Rauch, a Democrat, \sill seek -eat No. 1 under tlu' numbered ' eat Senatorial District 29 plan. Ic is the first candidate to an- ' lounci lor the [xisi. Rauch and Senator Jack White ■1 Kings Mountain now repre- •ni Clevi land and Gaston coun- ics in tlie Nortli Cartdina Senate. Vhite lias not announce;! whether e will seek rc-nominalion. In a .siatc.mpni Rauch said: "f am a candidate for the State 'enate representing Cleveland j md Gaston eountie.s. 1 promKe to' .lainlain my .^^tand again.st any! ax incrt'ase.s and will work to' oscind tJie present excessive tax- ^ on soft drink and ga.soline. vliich 1 oppo.sed in the last ses- ’ lion of the General .A.s.sembly.” "It [y. m> opinion that wo need nore efficiency and les.s waste in ho operation of our government ' It all levels. I have already draft ed legislation I will introduce i .vhich can start a system of re- * varding <*ffk*ienl, hard-Working Jtate employe.^, and eliminare the , mnece.-sary*. "Tins is not a.s difficult as h may seem because this basic eco r*oTTiic principle is carried out every day in bu.sjness and indus try j “In asking for the privilege of ! representing y ou, I am well aware : of tlie n‘Si>()n.sibiIities. and look forward to giving the position all the work and attention it rightly ' do.servt*.s.” Rauch, 46, is a native of New ■ York. He and liis wife and four childrt'n live at 1121 Scotch Drive, Gastonia. He is a chairman of the board, director and trciisuro ol Pyramid Dye Corporation, Bes.semer City; Hoj'ni’sidt* Yarns. Inc., Bessi'mer • ity; Nih* Star, Inc., Woodmen*. New York and Gastonia Dyeing ; M. Wilder . - ‘I’poration. in a three announced, unofficially, for "Immrtani Hrst time his intention of seeking a thiid term at lasi Tue.'-iday’s Jaycce Bu.sses' Niglit oan(]Ui.i at me Woman’s club. Rev. and Mrs. Wihlcr have n'- ccntly returned from a tri]) to the Holy Land. Tlu'y will show .-lides of Die various parts ot the Bible Land.s they visited. Sunday niglil’s pr<*s(»nlation will show Ji vusalem and it.- environ.s. ini'liuling Calvary, the Garden Tomb, the Old city of Jerusalem, the Temple area, th(' M ami ol ODvi's and the \5a Dolorosa (Way WIN DAR AWARDS — Bonnie Hinnant, top, fifth grader, and Donna Jones, eighth grader, are winners of the DAR History Es say contests in the schools. The DAF named a third winner yes terday — Beverly Lynch, sixth groder, who wrote on “Thomas Jefferson." Miss Lynch is daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwain Lynch* Two Students Win DAR Awards Burlington Tract For Gives Park iRurlinglon In.histries is giving 0 the City of King.s Mountain nore than an ac.e a', land adjo n- ng Dial Street park. ly be transferred.” Bob' of Fuffering.” At the February Sth .5:39 p.in. -lerxKe the Wilders v ill show other areas of Palestine, im hiding Bethlehem, Ml. (’airntd. Mt'gidiio, • Hie F(*a of Galilee, tIu’ River Jor- ■ dan, the important mountains. Ca;H'ni.imn. CYiesarea, The Dead I Sea, Jerijho and Bci'isheba. .Sonu* of the areas of Greece vi.-^lt^d by Paul — the Acrop dis. ; .Mliens. tli(' Parthen.)!!. Mars Hill anrl Corinth will hv featUK'd in tlie closing part of the .scrii’s on Sunday night, Fi’biuary loth. Tate Crowned "Miss" Big B I're, Tito, rural m-ail carrkT, v.*as eiowned "Queen” cf the ’Mis.s" Big B Beauty Pageant following an entertainment pro- gram by Bethlehem firemen Sat urday night in Belliware school aud torium. 'I iic firemen donned evening dic.s.se.s and wigs in a fun show lo rai.se mono.; for fire-fighting . o(|uipmcnt. T h e entertaine. s ' drew a full hou.s<'. 'Lite pe; formed a pantomime routine. Other crowd favorites and runners-up were Herman Blalock, Jr., first runner-up; W. D. Wise, second runner-up; Her man Blalock, Sr., third runner- up; and Ralph Arrowoo!, fourth runiK’i -up. He May Seek Senate Seat; Plonk May Run By MARTIN HARMON Veteran County Coroner J. Ollio Har.is, with this term com pleting his 2l:h year in the post, whl not be a candidate for re- election. Mr. Harris may, iiowcvcr, be on the spring ballots in the May Dt'mocratic primary as a candi date for the No; 111 Carolina Sen ate. As of Wi.lnordDy it appeared one cand’date for Seat Number 2 in the 29tb district will be eith er Senator Jack H. Wli le or Mr. , Harris. .Ylr. Har.is, who acknow- ! ieflgt<l .several weeks ago he A'as t'.ansi .e ing offeiing for the (osi, also saiti ho would not op- .xisc* the in:*umheni senator, who I las served tliree tc.ms. There may be another Kin;s Mountain camlidatc for the Gen- 'cal A?scmb:y. Friends ro;X)rt hat Hal S. Plonk, realtor and .uilde.-, may of.or for a 43:d 1 strict H'k se seat. Senator Marshall Rauch h.as irnounced he will seek nomina- ion by Di'mocrats for Scat Num- j ber 1 in the Senate district. White ' or Harrhs will file for Seat Nam- : ber 2. ' Incumbent IIous^ members are \V. K. Mauney, Jr., of Kings Mountain, Robert Z. Falls, of Shelby, and R'lbe.t Jones, of Forest C ly. On the county scene. Myers Hambright and Y'ates Smith are ' socking count^s rommission seats On the Democratic si ie of the j fence, while Bob Maner has fil ed on the Republican side. rei*ms of Chaiiman B. E. (Pop) , 5 mmons and Vhro-Chairnian C. Greene arc expiring. OHie.’ offices lo he filled this election y< ar are re.gister of deeds, .sheriff and clerk of su perior rourt, along with all town ship constables. SAB Promotes Kep Pruitt K(?Mneth Pruitt, manager of the local plant of SAR .Manufacturing Company, has been transferred to Tupelo. Missi.ssippi, where he will ho sales manager in charge of S(juthoastein United Slate.s operation.’. i .Ml. Pruitt will go to Tupelo Monday for a Acek and ndurn ' lu're to accompaiiN hi.s family as I soon a.s ium.'^ing accommodations arc a\'ailabl( . Boy Scout Trtjop 92 of First ' Baptist church honore:! its Scout master for foui years at ;r meet- , ing Tuesday night. The 27 Seouls pro.sentt'fi Pruitt a Pliilmoni Scout- er’s jaeket and an e!igrav(‘d silver ' platter with the 27 name.s ot the Boy Sccaits enserihed on the piat- t(*r along with the wording: “for dedieated .serviee to Boy Scouts.” Frank Humphreys, Senior patrol leader, made the presentation, as sisted by Assistant Boy Scout Leader Jim Yarbro. .Mrs. Frank Humijlireys. mother of young Humphreys, served liol chocolate to the group. A native of Kings Mountain. Pruitt i.s the .son of Mi. and Mrs. J. O. Pruitt. Ho is a veteran of f;>ur years .serviee in the USAh. Before joining SAR at its new [ilant iierc, Pruitt was employed at Kings Mountain Posloffice for 17 years as a ederk. He is married to the former Peggy Miller and they have two children: Connie. 15; and Jimmy. 11. They arc active in First Bap tist church. .Ma'or .Moss .said tlie addition ' ai land will be us('1 for expan-1 sion of the D(*al Street park, for, the o.iginal tract of 24.5 acres was obtained from Burlington in Jolin Henry Moss May 19.54 and which is now occu- Stockton, manager pied by the Deal street |>ool, ball- fields and playgrounds and tlu*: new neigh bo rlio(x1 facilities build • ing. Announcement was made joint by Mayor ind Warren )f Burlington’s Kings Mountain Phenix plant. "W(* in\ite fric'iids from oHum clinrchcs to Jnin tlu’ loc.il (‘ongre ization in tliis 'icric.s of .scivici-.s,” said Ri*\. Mr. Wilder. Most Utility Bills Higher This Month Cleveland Lions Club to Promote Six-Month Glaucoma-Diabetes Clinic By MARTIN HARMON B<»nnic Frances Hinnant, 10-' year-old daughter of .Mr. andj Mrs. L. E. Hinnant. and Donna Meantime, the administrative mana. oi* of Burlington Y'arn Company, a div sion of Burling- toji Industries, J. Wayne Gocxl- man, wiote the .Mayor, “Our le- Central school eighth gnl d<*partmcnt has advi.scd me and daughter of Supt. lhat Hie retjuired paper work to and Mrs. Don Jones, are winners: transfer Hu* land adjaront to lie lake designed for of the DAR H story Elssay Con- (Mty paik is now being ban Hc*<l, the new camp is already under tests in the school sysi(*m. and in the next few weeks the in which it lives and of its citi- c'onstruction and ncarL camplei- Miss Hinnant was w’inner from actual tiausfcr of the property /ens. The City of Kings Moun- oi. The Z. Smitli Reynolds Foun- the f fib giades of the city syswill he made. This donation of tain is most appieciative of this dat'nn found this local project tern for her essay on "The Dec-‘ land to the City of K ngs Moun- tract which will provide nectlcd worthy of an $S'<,090 grant so laration of Irrlepcndenee” and^tnin has been approved by our oxi>ansion of the Di>al Street fa- Burlinglon is giving the prf> : perty for the city’s use as nocih't and hopes it will b<' of bein fit t^ | all citizens f<n* use in Hu’ir leis i me time,” Mr. Stoekton snid. Mayor Moss commented, “Bur Vngton shows yet again its ir* teresi in the welfare of the ciiN w(‘'ith(‘iirian for utiliK bills Ibis the dam with the beach area forjMiss Jones w’as winner from thef boating, sailing and swimming eighth grades. Runner-up for the: (Continued On Pauc Eifjfitj 1 (Continued On PuUg Eiuhtj 1 cori>orat(* management, and I world hope that this lett(*r will suffice until the deed can actual-, eility.” The pro|K*ity fronts on ChcslmU sired. 2(H) f(*el Blame Hie your liiglu'r month. That's right. Mo-;! utility bills will be highc? and in some ari'us ol town, cvi'ii higher. Ix'- causc iii the tiad weailie;-, Be cause »j1 the snov\.met(T reading was {l(«lay(*d — meaning that utility customer.*- are Ix'ing 'oill- ed lor five, rather than four w'f'cks ol s(*r\ i. e. This .should balanei’ up nvxt month — a.ssuming n • repeat tif bad weath(*r — when billings will co\(*r only Hir(*e week’ in these areas. tests and technicians aiv h(*ing trained to make the diaIx*tos Cleveland County Lions Clubs check-ups. will (uilahoiate on a six-months A two-day glaucoma clinic was mass glaucoma ■ diabetes clinic sponsored by the Kings Moun- !x*ginning soon, President Ray tain Lions Club seveial years a- Hoinu's informed members of tlie go, resulting ip the discovery of Kings Mountain chib Trestlay seve.al cases of glaucoma and a night. numlx'r of "s. spects" among the Co-.i>onsors are Hie Cleveland peisons who un- t’ounty Ih'alih Dep.artment examinations. North Carolina Association for Glauc'ma is an eye disease which t.in h< ■ Hm' B1 ml. ' .Ml. Hoimes said the clinic .would begin as (piickly as staf • Ing is completed. The sev(*ral ('levcland County Lions clubs will undeiwiitc ex pen.ses of tlu* project o\«'r ami above fun is iJUppliod b\ the co-sponsors arn'sted. However, vision I't.'^t cannot be n’gaim*(i, making cai!.\ diagnosis most ;m- per a i i \ (*. opt h a 1 ni ic s^x'da lists declare. .Mr. Holmes said that (juarters have been rented in Slu'lby. How- two'ever, he aiided, the plan is to “take the clinic to Hu* people". Shelby t've special sts will sup- via industry and community fa* ply tonometers for the glaucoma ciliiics.