Greoter Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
OiHitvr tuagi Mouatol* Bvuia u darivad IxoM tba
•aac^rl Uutad Stataa luxaau of iIm Cansua raport o
lonuary and iocludat tha 14,9S0 population o
HumWar 4 Towntbfp, and tha ramalning 6<124 fraa
Numbar 5 Townahlp. tn Claaaload County and Ciowdar*
If* Coton^punta
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapei
VviL. 8^^ No 6
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N, C., Thursday, February 5, 1970
Eightieth Year
PRICE TEN CENT3
Voters Decide Water Fluoridation Question Saturday
White Won’t Run; Ollie Harris Announces Candidacy
For Re-Election
Industrialist
Said Monday
He Is Running
W. K. (Billy) Mauney, Jr.. 52.
c.
M Moitidan p.i
akesffid lYlauney riles
Foi Senate Seat
J. Ollio Harris, Mi, Kin^s Moun
tain mortician, announced formal
ly Wednesday his candidacy for
SoHt No. 2 in the 29th North Caro
lina Senatorial District subject to
the May Democratic Primary.
There had been speculation for
several wcel<.« that Mr. Harris
would offer for the post, his filing
statement coming after his an-
j nounremnt last week that ho is
stepping down as county coroner
after 24 years and after announce
ment yesterday by State Senator
Jack H. White tliat ho would not
be n (andidate for re-olcction to
a fourth term in the N. C. Senate.
•‘After careful cansidoration as
to my running for the No. 2 seat
/in the 29fh Senatorial District. I
hereby announce my candidacy
subje<*t to the D<^mncratic PrkTiary
in May,” .said Harris.
Ho continued, “I have lived in
Cleveland County for 44 years and
would consider It a privilege to
serve jf.s people as well as the
people of Gaston County in the
Norih Carolina LegLslature.”
He continued, “If elected. I
hgve a fine group of employees
Harris Funeral Home whom I
j>w will carry on with the
^ Jmc service and courtesy during!
'rnv' absence.
^ A native of Anderson, South j
. Carolina, Mr. Harris was born
September 2, 1913, .son of John j
Frank and Jessie Hambright Har
ris. He is a graduate of Shelby \ John Ander.son Ballew, one of
high school and Gupton - Jones i Cleveland County high
^School of Embalming. For a num- ; school seniors nominated for
ber of years he has owned and | Morehead Scholarships to com
operated Harris Funeral Home' district competition,
here. i emerged among the six nominees
Past president nf the North } ^ho.sen from District IXasatinal-
Carolina Funeral Direetor’s Asso- : ^st.
! A .senior .student at Kings
CANDIDATE W. K. Mouney.
Ji. is a candidate for re-election
to a third term in the N. C.
House of Representatives.
I John Ballew
Is Finalist
ciation, he \f a pa.st president of!
Elderly Negro
Found Dead ^
!n Building
Joshua Whi.'inanl, at)f)ut 80, Nt'- j
grv), wa.s found d«*ad Tue.sday at:
(> p.m. in a building on Waters'
street. !
The body was discovered hy|
City Police Officer F. M. Ball and
two officers of ilie Cleveland
County Prison Department who.'
with the aid of prison dogs, were
tracking a suspect of breaking
and entering. j
Coroner OlHs Han i.< said WMs-1
nant died of natural causes. The;
Kings Mountain industralist, filed ^egro man had moved int, one;
Monday as a candidate for re- ef the city-oomletnncci houses bv,
election to a third term in the breaking in the door and had '
North Carolina House of Reprc.sen- moved a bed inside the house and
tatives from tlie 43i'd districl. 3 stove.
Mauney filed for S<»al Number' Mrs. Inez Burris, who also re-
1, the .same .seat lie occupied in sides on Waters street, told police
! the 19G0 General Assemblj. her house had been ransacked
The 43rd House District if com- three times Tuesday and Officer
prised of Cleveland Rutherford Ball said, upon investigating, that
and Polk counties. a mattress and food had been
A native ot Kings Mountain, overturned. Mrs. Burris reported
.son of Mr. and Mr.«. W. K. Mauney, a radio, gun and .shoes missing
Sr., Mauney was rc*-el(‘c1ed to his i from her re.sidence. ^
second term in 1%S wilhout op- , The coroner said his investwa-
position in tl.o primary or sen- tlon revealed the Negro man had
, oral election. During Ih.. tiifiS) ses- been dead two or throe hours
, Sion he served as. vie<- chairman | ^^en his body was discovered.
of the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Committee and was a member of : ^ m mm .
other Housi' committees incht<t--flf f. ff AjltfffOW C
ing Conservation and Develop-!*” *■* 3
ment, Finance. Manufacturing and
Labor, Water and Air Resources. •
Institutions and Blind and Deaf. i „ i
and Local Government, He served' Funeral riles for Robe.t Lee
a.s a member of the Democratic ”^3vnoi, 4<, former King< Moun-
Study committee to stiKly rcorgan-' resident and .son of the late
Ization of the IJernocratic Party i were ,
in North Carolina and was alsol at 2 p.m. I
appointed by the Governor toj ^ United Methodist
serve on the Teachers and State f^^Howing. with
Employe Benefits Study Commit
tee,
lie is
- NATIQNAl
HDNDR ^^DCETY,
NEW MEMBERS OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
—Twelve Kings Mountain high school students
were inducted into membership in the school
chopter of the National Honor Society lost week.
From left to right in the photograph: Marty Fred
erick, Mike Blanton, Debbie Brown, Lynn Har
mon. Dianne Houser, Roger Smith, Nancy Dowda,
Beth Wright, Pam Lee, Doug Roseborc and Chuck
Hoyle. Not present for the picture taking: Koy
Ware. (Photo by Isaac Alexonder)
Rites Conducted
HUD G rants Additional Cas h
Cansler Plans Forwarded
a mo-mber and former
full military honor.s, in Veterans
I’ark of Mountain Rest cemetery.
Mr. Ileavner died Wednesday
a veterans hospital in
the N. C. State Board of Embalm- -"viountain High School, Ballew president of the Kings Mountain ■
cr'-! and Funeral Directors. He is from a field of 221 Li ms rlub, former Jayeee, a mem-1
past, president of the North Cam- nominees from 10 counties com- her of St. Matthew’s Lutheran I ^ 30 year Army veteran
lina ('oroner’.s A‘?.soeiation. He is; pHsing District IX following inter-i cluireh and a member of the ex- during World War II
S Baptist, Lion, veteran of World j In Morganton. District IX is:cc,itive board of Umoir Rhyne ^ G<,'rmany and Korea.
^"ar 11. past commander of nf Alexander, Avery,, coll<»ge from which he received i -Surviving are three daughters,
.i^merican Legion and VFW Posts j Durke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleve- his A.B. degree in 1938 w'ith a of Sf. Louis, Mo.,
and was dernraled with the | '‘^nd. Gaston, Linwln, Rutherford major in math and history. Ray of Alma, Ga., and
Rronze Slai. He is a director of i Watauga countie.s. Mrs. Mauney i.s the former!Elaine Hoavner of Warner
/First Union National Bank, Fam ' Roy Armstrong, executive direc -
ily Security Life lasurance Com-j (Confmned On
pany of Atlanta, Ga.. and a former *
Approved Grant
Moves Project
Past Planning
Congre.^cman James Dnv liRl
announced F'riday that the De
partment of IIou.<ing and Urb.m
Development has approv< d an
addit onal $r>99,.522 in federal
tlio
al
trustee of Gardner-Wehb college
Harris ha*^ long been active in |
the Cleveland County Red Cross 1
and P(»Ho Foundation chapters I
and is a member of the Cleveland i
County Planning Board. He has:
served as a volunteer fireman fori
more than 30 years in Kings j
Mountain and as director of Kings;
Mountain Civil Defen.so. !
• He is making his first bid for!
iblic office. ^
Mrs. Harris is the former Abbie
Jane Wall, daughter of the late;
Dr. and Mrs. Zeno Wall of Shel
by. They have two children, J.
Oliie Harris, Jr. of Houston. Texas
and Mrs. Don ^Hambright of Gro-1
yer. There are four grandchildren:
Ollie Harris, III, Elizabeth Wall
?xecutive direc- Mary Simpson of Hickory. They; brothers. Von funds for the revitalization of th
Ptiy-e Eight) hire parents of four eliildren. i JJp^vner of Lineolnton. Phillip and. 32 acre Kiners Mountain ccntia
business disfriet.
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. Plonk
Died Frida;
At Age 82
ILneral rites for Mrs. Elvira
Foust Plonk, 82, widow of John
Oates Plonk, Sr., Kings Mountain
ernoon al 3 p.m. from Central
United Methodist church of
which slio was a member.
Mrs. Plonk died Friday at 5:40
p'.m. in the Gaston Memorial
liaspitaj after several week’s ill
ness.
ville and Jt’ssic and .S. K Hoavner, i
both of Kings Mountain; five sis- "t'b's means the giant, coiiplrd
lers, Mrs. D<*wey Lcdwell, Mrs. p.cvio. sly ohl gatt'd
H. H. Houser, Mr.';. Will Pruett and ^ $892/100, will mow Hie ,
Miss Mary Ileavner, all of Cherry- from the planning si age
ville, and Mrs. Robert Proctor of''^'^ 'rnplementation.
Shelby. federal grant i eseiN niion
amounts to almost $1.0 miilion.
CITY SHARE OF PROJECT |
Mayor John Henry Mo.ss said
Wednesday the city’s share will be |
mot via improvements in the pro- j
ject area, water, sew’er, paving,
utilitie-^ wilhout limiting the rog- ’
ular service to customers and
will not increase taxes.
Joe Laney. executive diriKtor
Harmon To Speak
To Kiwanians
Urban Area
Plans Jelling;
Contract Signed
Kings Mountain voters will de-
termim^ Saturday w’hother they
want .sodium fluoride fis an addi
tive to the city water supply.
The voters will check an X on
a special ballot by one of two
statements:
11 I am in favor of fluoridating
the city wate: .supply.
2) 1 am not in favor of fluori
dating the city water supply.
PolD op.'n at 0:30 a.m. and
el'ise at 6 30 p.m. There W’as no
new registration. Voters will vote
at tlie same precincts they voted
in the la.st city election.
A project ol the King.«.Mountain
Jaycoes, the flujiridation of the
city water supply has the en
dorsement of the city’s medical
and dental corps.
Clayton Bolton has led oppo.sl.
tion to the fluoridarinn proposal.
Saturday’.s vote will be tlic third
inform.'itional referendum coiiduct-
od on the question. In 1957, fluori
dation was approved by voters 1.-
146 to 593. but not implemented
by city officials. At a second elec-
I tion two years later, in 1959.
; citizens changed their minds and
j rejected fluoridation 1,438 to .589.
Propments oi fluoridation con
tend that fluoridating the city
' water supply to the extent of one
■ part per million gallons will have
j a beneficial effdet on children.
I preventing cavities in “babj'”
I loth, and thereby assuring better
— j permanent teeth for the commu
nity’s future population.
Klueridation op;x>nent.--. contend
that the long-term effects of fluor
idation is bad, that overdoses of
flU'iridatioa will caas<' malfouna-
t;on of bone structure and that
continued use of fluoridated wa
ter wHl be damaging to arthritics
and rheumatics.
Members of the Moss Adminis
tration have said they will abide
by the decision Saturday of the
electorate.
Here Are Facts
On Saturday's Voting
Here are facts on Saturday's
referendum.
Polls open Saturday, 6:30 a.m.
Ca: ] K. Mauney, chainnan of j Rolls close Saturday, 6:30 p.m.
tlK' Kings Mountain Redevelop- i Voters will place a check mark
ment Commission, Tuesday exe- by one of the.se two statements:
euicd contract with the federal 1 in favor of fluoridation of
govcrjiment for advance plan- ’ fbe city wafer supply; I arri not
nmg grant of $147,668 for the m favor of fluoridation of the city
Cansle.- Street Urban RomWia] j water supply.
Area ri’oj<'( I.
Harris and David and Ada Kather-, nie. ihant and prominent busi-
iiio Hambright. i nessman, were held Sunday aft-
Heart Campaign Is Now Underway;
Mrs. Charles Adams Is Leader
street banners were heralding ‘ ' '
the beginning o-! the February j
Heart Fund Campaign in K ngs .
Mountain t'his week. 1
Mrs. Charles Adams, recently |
gppointid Kings Mountain chair- i
man, said the r 11 month of act- 1
Ivilies beg'n with Business Days
^I'ebruary 3-10 when solicitors !
will call on downtown mer- !'
fhUnts for contributions to the '
fight against heait disease.
Mrs. Adams, wife of Dr.
rChai’es Adams, pnitnor in Mg-
GLl Clinic, said other events dur- ■
ing the month wil] call atten- ■
dibn to the campaign with the
< ulmination of the Jrive on
.Heart Sunday Feb. 22 when a
door-to-door canvass vv'll be
held and Jaycees iwiM mann a
Mtiadblock. Mrs. Adams also said
W b:idge benefit is slated for
"(b. ISth.
Chairmen of the various phas
es of the campaign are: Mrs. F.
S. Morrison, special gifts and
memorial chairman; Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Fulton, Jr,, lEusiness
pays; .Ml'S. Charles Neisler; Bal-
, fContiniK’d On Page h^ghtj
She was a native of Mount
Vernon Springs, North Carolina, chainnan.
daughter of the late John Mor
eau Foust and Mary Hooker
Foust. Her husband died October
14, 1951.
Martin Harmon, Kings Moin-
ta n He;aid Editor - Publisher,
will be guest speaker at Thurs
day’s K wanis club meeting.
The civic club meets for din- ; of the K ngs Mountain R<devel-
ner at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman’s opmmt Commi.s.sion, emphasied
club. that announcement of the addi
Louis Sabettie is pi-ogram tionaj funds is final approval of
^ (ContiniH'd On Page Eight)
In lieu of flowers, the fam !y
has designated memorials may
be made to Hie Cenlial United
Methodist church.
Mrs. Plonk’s pastor. Rev. D.
B. Alderman, assisted by a for
mer pastoi, Rev. Ilowai'd Jor
dan, officiated at the tinal rites.
Inte.'men* was .n Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Surviving are one son, John
Oates Plonk, Jr. of Kings Moun
tain; four daughters, Mrs. \\H1-
iiam R. Weaver of Greensboro,
Mr.s. W. H. McElwee and Mis.
Robert E. Lewis, both of North
Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Thomas W.
Harp<T of Kings Mountain; one
sister, Miss Bernice Foust of
Greensboix); and 19
dren.
Charles Mauney To Chairman
Cleveland Area Scout Campaign
Clunles K. .Mauney, general
manager of Mauney T<*xtile In
terests, will serve a.« Cleveland
County I'hairman of the Pioneer
Girl ?cout Couiu'irs camp develop
ment campaign for $5(K;.000.
Tli(' foiir-eounty campaign will
he h<*ld during tlic' months of
k(*bruar\ and March.
Thomas O. Moo:<‘. Jr., general
chairman of lh(‘ Council Program
at Gold(*n Valley, said other coun
ty chaimnen ar«': Harold Sumner
for Gaston County; J. VV'ai/r'r Llnc-
herger for l iuroln County; and
lames M. Perry for Rutherford
Count.
In announcing the appeuntment
Tlie ('onlra't has lieen for-
warde.i to Washington, D. C.
Funds w'ill he used to /ovelope a
complete* plan fop the Canslei-
Strict Urban Renewal Area.
draft Plan is to h<* submitted
t ) Hu* A i.'nta, Ga. Regional O ■
f ce of HUD by September L
O.'iCvtivc of the project, ac-
; - ding to joint annnun.’emenl
Ly M:\ Mauney and Mayor John
Henry Moss, is to piovidt* a “<10
e(‘t homr for every resident."’
The lirst step will invol\e col-
kciion of ownership data so that
a piopert.} map of the enlire
area of 147 ae.es can he prepar
ed. Next step, Mauney sa d. wil)
ho an inspection of ev<»ry build-
Funeral rite.s for Robert Theo- ing in the area and classification
dare Huflstetler. 61. rctirett Beth- ol them as st:in aid or siib-
lehem community farmer, and -standaiti, but cap:jb]<' of cconom
textile employee, were hel:i Mon- i-'-'H repair, or .substandard, he-
day afternoo.n at 4 o’clock from yond tconomica] M'pair. The re-
Bethlehem Baptist church of "f Ui s inspc.Mion will lesult
which ho was a member. . Hi a stnjclural eondition.s map
Mr. Iluffstetler diet) sudtienly Provide
Friday at 2 p.m. in the Kings ^l^veloiimcnt of a
SUCCUMBS.— Robert Theodore
Hulfstetlen 64, died Friday of
a heart attack. Funeral rites
were held Monday afternoon
from Bethlehem Baptist church.
Huffstefler's
Rites Conducted
I wrtier supply.
Polling places a-e:
Ward 1 al Cily Hall. C. L. Black.
; regislrai. Eugene 8teffy, judge.
Ward 2 at American Legion
Building. R. D. Gofortli, registrar,
Mr.s. Howard VVar(*, judge.
Ward 3 at W('st school, Mrs.
i Ruth Bowers, registrar, Mrs. Bor-
; tie .McDaniel, judge.
Ward 4 at the fenow.>hip hall
' of First Wesleyan Mcthodi.st
I church, Brook.s R. Tate, registrar,
j Mrs. James Pearson, judge.
! W'ard 5 at the National Guard
Armory, Gtwge B. Hord, regis
trar, Mrs. Rebecca Cook, judge.
I Ward C at Kings Mountain high
I school, Mrs. Robert Mancr, rogis-
j trar, Mrs. Alma Sellers, judge.
DRIVE LEADER—Mrs. Chorles
Adorns is Kings Mountain
chairman of the 1970 Heart
Fund. The campaign wos
launched this week*
of the.se county leaders, Mr.
grandcliil- yp,ore stated, “WV are most
plcas('d to have these outstanding
Active pallbeaiers were C. S. men vomo to tlu* jLssi.stance of
Plonk, Jr., WHlliam Lawrence Pioneer (’ouncil in this Girl Scout J
Plonk, Hal S. Plonk, Dr. George project so important to this com-!
W. Plonk. Gene Foust. Jr., Ben munity. Their committment is
Foust, Jack Foust and John M. certainly an example of the en-
Foust, Jr. lliusinslic res?>on.se that we are
Honorary pallbearers were receiving to thi.< entire project.”
members of the Official Board Mr. Mauney .slated. ‘‘A.s a for-
of Central United Methodist mer Boy Scout (Eagle Award). I
ichui-ch. ) fCoafijiuc'd On Page Eight)
p!;m for tJiis urea.
H: mcs whii’li can he
Mountain hospital after suffering
a heart attack. ,, , ,
Ho was a nativo Gaston ■-•-o; '.opairod w,ll ho sayo,
County, son of Iho Into Mr. and rolnn htaln.n. a tonn to d.'s
Mrs. Saniut'l B. Ihilfstetlor. He
was a former employee lor many
nf Margrace Mills.
Surviving arc his wih*. Mrs.
Mylie Dixon Huffefetlcr, Whom
he married in 1922; four s«)ns.
Bobby Hnffstetler of i’liar!ott<*;
David Huffsictlcr of King.s Moun
.< mo deling to meet co
a; ds.
Suh.standaid laimes will In*
-"ale.I to tie (Jeare-'i and new
Jiou.sing j'i'oviflfd. No Iionie will
lie demoiishefi until Hie Jamily
is r(‘io.at{(i ta suilablt Ipiusing.
^'u:Mhe:. con.<Klerat/I(* f nanrial
home ownership. The only way
we can d<‘te;Tninc the actual
number and t.j pe of un Is to he
built is by individual famllv sur-
vt‘y.
“Since private money will ho
used to finance the housing re
quired the next quest on is “what
the"'^^* Hie Sl*''4 million he used
for?” 'J'he Ian I with substamlard
si.Pictures must be purchastd
Irom the owners, families <u’
b.sinesses must be reimbursed
or Hicir mov<‘ a.nd the buildings
must b( cleared. In tli s manner
largo j-.arcels of land arc assem-
Wed and offeied Pn Lid to de
velopers to const I net housing ae-
cordin giu Hk* plan. Since vae.inl
lan<t is offeix'l the sale p:4ce i.s
miu li luw<‘r th.in th(* piircliasc*
arice so a largt' portion of the
onom-
d for
scrib('
siaiul-
CHAIRMAN—Charles F. Mauney
will serve as Cleveland County
chairman of the Pioneer Girl
Scout CouncITs comp develop
ment compaign for $500,000.
1 . funds are accounted for in this
tain. Samuel Bruce Huffsteller <*f ‘ ^ ^ ' w.:i\. In additon to this the e
Huntsville. Al.i. and Jerry Huft- bar..sit.p on an\ oontracis for professional
stetlor of the U. S. Air }*or.»e sta- > so. vices of urtian planners, eii-
Honed in Japan; and eight daugh- “1 highly pleased ot the j gine<«rs, areliitects land mat ki*t
iter.s, Mrs. Clyde .McDaniel. Mr.*-:, exeeulion of this contract," said; analyst.^, and lega] work, liul,
i Jack Fail and Larry .\ppling. Ma or M.rss “and piok fo.ward j n-jupt impintant. Ihcs<‘ funds are
all of Kin.:s Mountain, Mrs. Jack lo etl ng HHs pjojeot uinlcr-\|S(d f,,i- total devt'lopment of
Hardin and-Mis. Johniiit'Thomas, way." to im iude: ’
both of Spartanburg. S. C.; Mrs. “At the s;nni' time, .said Hu* “ Imi'tovemcnit of tra/fic
Mitchell Robiason of Gastonia: .Mayor, we will cond, cl a survey fl(»\v. widening of streets pmvi-
Mr.s. J. D. Mi.s.-J, Ji. of (’harlotte of evmy family in Hu* aiea in sions for s dewalks, an.I curb aial
] and Mrs. Clifford Kircus of Drakes order to <ietormine f.amfly income gutter
Branch, Va. Also .surviving are and personal de.sires for hous- “ Water, sower, storm drains,
one sister. Mrs. Thomas Bridges i:ig. We anti, pate that tlu* aiea gas and electric systems are
of Charlotte; 22 grandeldldren 'aiH hr redc'velojK'd to inclu e cunplelely improvul and mod-
and three great-grandchildren. private housing d(*signed to ernized.
Rt'v. Russell FitLs. his pastor, meet the needs of low income : “ Opiei spaet*. parks, p;irking
fCoaft/iac'tf 0« Page Eight) .families for boHi rental and' (UuntiXi/cd Oh Page Eight)