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 incht99,.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 Rhip 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. 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