Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits , (Estimate 1968) 9,300
....t Gi^jwr iiingt Mountcdo fSgara u derived Irom tbd
ftp«c<ri Uni^rd Siat«» Bureau of the Ceniu^ report o
(ani'ury- 1986, and tacludes the 14.990 population p
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 froB
Number & Townehip. in Clevclond County and Crowder'
»e tVieton Ceueiy
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VOL. ft2 No. «
Established 1889
r.U
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 19, 1970
Eightieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Cline Suit Ruling
Expected Friday
manager — Joseph Machnik
tps been appointed manoger
^ the Kings Mountain plant of
ihclord Knitting Mills, Inc.
/oseph Machnik
/Oxford Manager
I The .'lijpointmtMit of Joseph,
I Maehnik a.*** Plant ManagtT of the
I Kinij Mountain Plant of Oxford
KiiiltiUK Mills, Inc. has b(*(‘n an
no iniA'd by Krnest A;jan, General
ManfS^r of tht' Knitting Division
Di i^ioi'tl IncUistrie.s-. Ine.
If making the announeer
said. "Joe Machnik has
cx^nsive knitti
'rience and
tft he has joii
Jnt team.”
AIa:hnik. a na
\ /graduate of Le
ment,
IS had
x^nsivo knitting management
ind we an' delighted
joined our manage-
lative of Poland, is
/graduate of Leiee.ster College of
eehnology in England, where he
fudiod after serving in World
Vi\r II with the KAK Following
\/2 years of knitting industry ex-
Jievience in (Sreal Britain and
K’an.ida, )u* came to the United
/States in 19.')9 and managed a di-
[vision of Southern Knitting Mill.‘<
in Charlotte, North Carolina,
.'•ince then lu' ha.e also served as
a consultant to the knitting in
dustry and as General Manager of
a knitting firm in Philadelphia.
In his new eapaeity. Mr. Mach
nil< will be resijon.sible for manu-
l;i.(during opera!ion.s at Oxford’s
igs Mountain plant which was
ipleled in June. 1969. He is
/arried and has three' children
ftul expects to move them to
pv Kings Mountain area in the
pear future.
Clxlord Industries is a diversi-
/lie'd manufaelurer with 3,5 plants
fin six state.s*. The Atlanta based
firm has annual .sales of m>proxi-
mately $133 million, primarily in
ipparol
Points Of Law
Decision Due
From Judge Ervin
Ruling is expected Friday by
Superior Court Judge Sam J. Erv-
n, Ill, of MorgjiKon, in the c ty’J**
11 condemnation action tc acquire
Irom Buford Cline 93 acres for
the Buffalo Creek dam site.
City Attorney Jack White and
his a.s.sistant, Verne Shive^ of Gas-
lonia, say tlic principal points of
law involved, decided in favor of
the (ity by Clerk of Court Paul
Wilson are:
1) Does the city go beyond
what is necessary in seeking to
acquire land to the 744 foot con
tour? Thf' lake contour line at
mean level is the 7.36-foot con
tour and the city contond.s the
extra footage is required to pro-
tev?t adjacent property from floo;!-
ing and If. further nece.s.sary to
control pollution and soil erosion.
2) Should the action against
Ml. Cline have been filed under
the city eluirter (1913» rather
than unriei state statute (1917).
as amended. The city contends
the state statute and amen<Imenls
suiH rcedo and take preeedenee
over the city charter provision.
In the ruling of several niontlis.
ago till' Clerk ol Court accepted I
the city contention.'-- Hum apiioint-1
ed a three-member appraisal!
commillee which awarded Mr.'
Cline $31,.506 for the tract, and
for which Mr. Cline said he had I
paifi $25,000.
Mr. Cline appealed both thc'
clerk's rulings on points of law!
and the- award. ' i
Meantime, the city put in c.s-,
crow with tlio clerk of court the;
$31.,500.
Onc(» the points of law arc set-;
tied, say the attorneys, the mat-!
ter on monetary api>eal can be'
considered.
In either instance, both parlies |
have right oi appeal. '
PHA Notes
Get Low Bid
Of 174 Percent
Two Atlanta, Ga., based banks
in a combined bid wcie low a-
mong ten Tuesday on $2,033,000
af six-month.s project notes of
• he Kings Mointain Public Hous
ing Autliority.
'rhe lo-vv bid of 'frust Company
of Geo.^ ia and C’ii zens and
Southern National Hank was 4.74
percent p<'r annum plus a prem
:um of $20.
The notes will he i.<iiued as of
Maich 10 ar. . wiii be use.l in
.art to :.pay Wa hovia Hank &
TiUst Company, of Winston-.Sa-
iem, $1,739,000 in notes issued
iast Stptember 13. Interest rate
m tile notes l)<*'ng retired is 5..59
.oic<’nt per annum.
The liidding was e’o.se, spread
i'A'twten the l(jw and Hie high
ing .35 on one p(*rceni.
\Va:liovia vyas seco-ui in the
bidding at 1.79 peiiont, with no
piemium. No. l;h Carolina Na
tional Bank was third at 4.S2, no
promium.
First Union National Hank of
North Carolina was louuh ai
-1.S3 and $8 premium. folIow<‘dby
First National City Hank o.
America, New York, wi:h Hie
same bd.
Other buiiers vv<mc: Joint hi<l
of 'Fhe NorHiern 'Irusi Compam
and A. G. Heckcr & Company,
Chicago, 4.S9 and $26 premium;
Moigan Guai anty Tri si Com
pany and Salomon H.os. & I lutz-
ler. New Yoik, .5.02 ami $3:5
premium; Bankers Ti’ust Com
pany', Ntt\v Yoik. o.O.N a id $1.5:5
pxcmium; CiiJS(‘ .Manhattan
Hank and Lehman Hrot hers, New
York. 5.09 and $1S.
'I .lo notes piovide inlet im con
struct On funds foi’ lh(‘ Ihmsing
Autlio.iiy as tlie I.50-unit luw-
IVnl liousing project, now -10-
percent complete, is l>eing built.
When the project is 90 pe:(<'n(
complete, long-ie.m Ixmds will
be sold li> .pay' fur the c«>mpU':c
project, estimalwl to cost about
$2,700,000.
SERMON TOPIC
"God and Gur Loneliness”
will be the sermon topic of Dr.
Paul A'uslcy at Sunday morn
ing worship services at 11 o'
clock Sunday at First Presby
terian church.
Spring Political Activity Is Increasing
Re-Match Expected In 10th;
B. E. SIMMONS
■^1
Observer Editor Dave Gillespie
Praises County For Its Progress
Rv AKNP TAA/rrc UBDIbr/Mir
APPOINTED—Carl V. Wloaener,
former Commander of Ameri
can Legion Post 155, has been
appointed vice-choirman of the
notional Americanism commit
tee of the American Legion.
National Legion
Taps Weisener
National American Legion
Commander MiKon J. Patrick
has notifi(<i tilu' local American
Ta g on Post 1.55 of the appoinl-
incMit of Legionnaire Carl V.
VVie.scner as vice-chairman of
th<‘ National Americanism Com
mittee' of rhe American Legion.
'Iliis is the first officer of a
national cnminiftcc cv(*r so lion-j
ored from Ik>st 1.55.
The Nition.'il Lrgion Historian *
has submitted a qiestionnaire to i
(Cuntinued On Puf/u Six) 1
By ANNE JAMES HARMON
"Having worked in Shelby be
fore going to the Charlotte Ob-
.e/vot, I used to come back
-hero and tell people how al-ialrs
.vere run n the big city. New 1
remind them there of what is
going on in Cleveland County.”
Dav d Gillespie. Associate Edi
tor ol Hie Charlotte Observer
and formerly editor of the Shel-
.)y Dai.y Star, made this state-
nent Wednesday evening at a
J.nnor meeting of the Cleveland
\ssoci-alion of Governmental Of-
ticiais at the Kings Mountain
^ounny Club honor ng Max
Hamrick, who leiired Dcctmber
il after 29 years of seivlce in
JlevL land County government.
Stressing t‘t>ncern that "Man is
lot in (oniiC'l of almost any-
hnig” Gillespie praised the\.vork
>f CAGO and stated that the
a^y was leadership and example.
He sa d, 'Tf man is going to be
n coriircl, we must concentrate
m things that unite us, debate
he issies that divide us and
ook at all the pioblems.”
“We must try to gage how a
iiojc^t is going to affect other
-hings - cooidinate and re
ate.” Gillo.spie stated.
Rcfc.rng to Chaflotte’s cur-
■ent problems, he said. “Char-
iotte allowed a voice to be heard
Ahi^h was too much from one
iide.”
The Charlotte editor pointed
.*ut the number one need as more
itizen involvement in programs
of government.
Some of the Cleveland County
)rgani; ations whose progress
.vas rev owed by Mr. Gilles,*:io
wore the Mental Health Pro
gram, Community Action, the
\irgs Mountain Public Housing
Project, Gardner Webb College,
ind rhe Kings Mountain water
project, which he cited as "the
most farsighted think ng Tve
seen.” '
Mr. Gillespie complimer/ted the
City of Shelby on obtaining the
services of Dave Wilkinson, am-
ortiz.ng its gias system debt 10
years early, and its expansion of
the water treatment plant.
Mayor John Moss presided and
presented a plaque of recogni
tion to Mr. Hamrick who rem-
iniscod, "With all the ups -and
downs, Hie good and ba<l, it was
I*
ROBERT A. JONES
2C Applications
For Franchises
Twenty appliiations for four
new city taxi franchises were
filed by last Saturday’s deadline.
City Clerk Joe McDaniel haS re
ported.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the city commission committee
on taxicalw. including Jim Difk-
ery, chairman. S. W. Biddix. and
Ray Cline will consider the' appli
cation.^- and will be asked t(. make
recom.mendations to the full com
mission.
The Mayor said the matter will
not be on Jhe agenda lor the next
Tuesday^ meeting.
Applying for franchises \v<*re
Wilburn Hamrick. James E.
Adams and William Orr, two
each, and Glenn Smith, W. T.
Clary. {Jeorge Clary, George Bo
wen, Fred C'lary’. Jack Smith.
Frank Price. \\'. E;4rl Stroupe, Jr..
Clark J. Rushing. Sieve Ralhbone.
Paul R. Sanders, \V. Earl Allen,
Bud Grigg, and Jack V. Martin.
PRESIDENT—Rev. Charles Eos-
ley, pastor of St. Matthew's
Lutheran church, was recently
elected president of the Cleve
land County Mental Associa
tion.
a lot of fun. Hovvovor, if you
young pt'ople can’t become re
conc.lod dying poor, 1 wouldn’t
rec*ammend it. If 1 had it all to
do over r.! do it.
During his 29 yeai^ of serv
ice in county government, Mr.
Hamrick was deputy clerk ot
Sup<'rior Court, county auditor
and tax supervisor, and acting
county manager.
The invocation was given l).v
Rev. James Wilder, minister of
Kings Mountain Baptist church,
and Malcolm Brown, superin
tendent of Cleveland County
schools, presented special guests.
The Kings Mountain High
School choir, under the direction
of Mrs. J. N. McClure, f?ang a
program of music prior to the
talk by Mr. Gillespie who prais
ed Kings Mountain's "great em
phasis on music” and said, "The
status music has benn given in
the community is indicative of a
kind of order necessary if man
is to be in control.”
Mayor John Moss was present
ed a pla(|ue for his seivk-e as
pres dent during the past year.
Bob Cabiness. member of the
county boaixl of education, ac
cepted the j^avcl of president.
Mrs. Laughters
Rites Thursday
1 Funeral rites lor Mrs. Cora
Huh Lau.ihter. <'^5, widow of C.
C. Lauginer. will be held Thurs
day at 3 pm. from Bessemer
Cit/s Bingham Baptist church
of which she was a member.
Rev. Ray England and Rev.
.'harles Slowait will officiate at
he final rites, and interment
will be in Mountain Rest (erne-
.ory. The body will remain at
*isk Funeral Home, BesscMncr
City, until 30 minutes before the
riles when it will lie in state at
he chuix'h.
Mrs. Laughter died 'I'uesday
moi'iiing following dc*clining
iieallh for some time. She ha;d
be(‘n a patieut at Kings Moun
tain hospital since July 1.
Survivii'r are five daughters,
Mrs. W. M. Dixon of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Cephas Morris
of Ellenhoro, Mrs. Barney .Stone
of Shelby, Mis. E. A. Wengercl
of Dundalk. M.n>.land and Mrs.
Ethd Ho.'fman of Kings .Moun
tain; f ve sons, Woodrow Laugh
er, W. P'. o^aughter, and A. R.
Laughter, all of Kings Mountain.
Ro\. Harvey Laughter of Icard.
N. C. and Clyde Laught^'r of
Greenville, S. C.; two sisters,
Mrs. Harvey Mitchem of Be.sse-
mer City and Mrs. Bert Ac.'ilrom
of Charlotte; one brother, Ray
. mond Hull of High Shoals; 25
grandi'hildren and eight great-
1 grandchildivn.
‘ A native of the Cherryville
area, Mrs. Laughter had lived
i almost all her life in Kings
i Mountain.
Pop Simmons,
Jones Seek
Re-Election
Prditicking pick(Kl up steairi
this week as second contest pii
a Democratic nomination fo'
20rnly po] tical office dx veieped
B. K. (Pop) Simmons, in hi?
sixth year on the hoaid. an
nounced Tuesday his cindidafy
‘.or ro-fleclion to the Cleveianc!
County Bca:d of Commissioners
Dlhtr (andidates aie 5';He.-
Smiih, Jr. cf Gro\er and Myer;-
Hambrighl of Kings Mouniain
2, A. G.<?cne has not a iTK.'uncei
nis intention to seek rerketion
rerms of Mr. Gronie and -Mr
Simmons are e.vpiiin .
M. D. (t3ub) Walker of .Shelb\
filed Monday as a candFiate foi
Cleveland County cor.jm r sub
lect to the May Democratic Pri
maiy. Walker has been ass'siani
coroner for the past 28 years.
J. OMie Han is. Kings Moun
lam mortician and county eoro
ner the past 2} \cars. is stopping
own f.cm that pu.st to run foi
■ he N. C. Senate. He paid his fil
ing fee Monday as a cand dat<
for the No. 2 Seal represontin;.
the Senatorial District of Cleve
land and Gaston Countiis.
Mrs. Ruth Spangler Dedmot
of Shelby, assistant clerk o’
Cleveland County .Superior Court
paid her filing fee Tuesday. Sir
seeks to unseat Paul Wilson
complei ng liis first term a.
Cierk of Sipe, ior Court.
A lelirid bas-.ball eoa.’h an:
-hool tcui her Simmrjns wa.
known as the "houdini of base
hall" for his work with kid':
baseball teams in the county foj
many years. He and his'wih
and teenage son live on a farn
n Mooresboro. He loiTne i-
aught in Cliffsidc, Boiling
Springs, Lattimore and oih(
I \hooi.s in the area. Ho is a deac
'on in Mount Pleasant Baptist
: huich where he has also taugh
! a Su:ida v .School i-lass.
R<I)rc.sentalivc- Robert A. <Bob»
Jones ol Fori’st City has announc
ed hr will seek re-elect on for a
second term.
I Rep. Jones has filed for Seat 3
, in the three-seal three-eounty 43rd
in the (hree-.-;eai. thre-eounty 43r(l
; House District. He is the third in
umbent to seek re-eleclion. Rop.
\\. K. Mauney, Jr. of Kings
; .Mountain announcing he will
seek re 1 lection to S< at No. 1 an-a
Rep. Robert Z. Falls of Shelby
announcing last wec'k he will
.seek re-election to Seal No. 2.
No other candidates have filed
lor tiu House.
Jones, in a filing .statement.
<Cttn1hu(( d Oil Piit/c /
Choirs To Sing
iolh Musical
I "Tell It Like It Is ” a folk
musical about God, will be pre
sentei by the Yol.Hi Choirs ol
First Baptist and HeHilehen
Bapt.st chuiGies of Kings Maun
lain, at 7:30 on Sunday in First
Baptist church.
The music was written h;
Ralph Ca.miJiacl of Lus Ango
les. California, and Kuit Kaise.
of WavO, Texas, buth pioneer:
in the fielcj of contemporary re
ligious music.
Allen Jolley, Minister of Music
at First Baptist church, will di
rect the gioups. Accompanying
w.ll be Mrs. Ellen MiCu.dy,
pianist, Danny Sellers, siring
bass, and Mike Kiser, drums.
"Tell It Like It Is,” with a
folk-rock-country sound, is writ
ten for today's young people in
their style of music and lyres
Ideas are not presented in <»ki
cliches but in new ic.minology.
Carmichael and Kaiser indi
vKiually wrote so:!;s on s. bje^-ts
they felt young lyeopU* were talk
ing about and (juest.ons for
which they wanted answers.
They put them together to form
H fast-moving musical that moves
an audience through a wide
spectrum o: emotions.
The music creates feelings of
comedy, gaits, seriousness, sad
ness, confusion, search ng and
sc'If-examination. It has the ex
citement of a Bioadway musical,
and leaves the audience with
new ideas and a challenge to
"pass on'’ the message the group
sings about.
Some of the titles in the musi
cal are indicative of tlio subjects
developed: “Brother. Let Me
Take Your Hand,” "Rosy Tinted
Glasses,” "Please Don’t Talk A-
bou't the Gold Old Days,” "Con-
, form,” "A New Mind,” "That's
. the Way It Is" and "Love Is .Sur-
1 j’cndcr.”
Whitener Filed
BASIL L. WHITENER
Legion Tops '69
Membership
B\ recording a membership for
1969 which toi>ped that of the pre-
/iou.- yeai, Otis B. Green Post No.
155 oi The Amorie:in Lt'gion con
tributed (lirecHy to the 50 consi*-
cutivc' year of overall growth of
.he D'gion. Post Ck.tmmander C’arl
Wilson rejsjited today.
At the .sanu' time, C’.onimander
WiFon announci'rl Hiat the 1970
•fi^mhershtp of Po.st No r5j» as of
this date, was 600, in increase of
129 o\er Hie same date last year.
As of the cIo.se of its member
ship record book.s for 1969. The
Arru'ric.in Legion numbered 2.-
667,453, a gain of 44.341 over the
previous year’s total.
Mucii of the growl)] in The
.•\m(»rican Li'gion both here in
Kings Mcuni:*in and throughout
the nation was attributed by
rominand('r Wilson to inc'reasing
interi'st in ih<‘ Legi(»n’s "Our
Kind of Guy” program ol .sinwicc
and readjustment assistance' for
the n'turning Vi<‘t-Timi‘ VeK'ran.
"It’s been most gratifying."
Ckirnmander Wilson .stated, "to ex-
p4*ri<*nce the re.spoMS(‘ of veterans
of World Wars I and II and Ko
rea to b(‘com(' a [larl of this pro
gram to show our ai>i)reciation of
lli(' si'rvice which lias been ren
dered by Hio.sc* fine' young men
who have served tlieir country
witJi honor and di.slinetion.
"Sure, the Vi(*l-Time Veteran is
eligible to belong to Tlie Ann*ri-
.■an Legion, hut oui first concern
in contacting Iiim is tc .see if our
organization i-an in any wav help
in his n'ailjust^menf to civilian
Iif('. Some of those we’ve contact
ed have also indieat(*d an into’csi
in llie work of TIk* American
Legion and are now taking :in
.iclive part in our post programs.”
Carl Mullinax's
Rites Conducted
Funeral riles for Fail Tliomas
Mullinax. (H. of lOS.Sjirucc .^Iri'et,
were held Tm'.sday afU'rnooi] at 1
p.m. from Kings 5iountain Fhurch
of (Jod of which he was a nieni-
her.
Rev. T. O. n<*nnis olficiiiic l at
the final rites, assisted hy Rev.
George Leigh, rntermcnl in
th(' Bethk'lK’m Baptist ciiurcii
.‘'eiTK'ti'iy.
Mr. Mullinax died .Sundav at
12:30 in tin* Vcti'ian’s lio.spiial at
Durliani after several month’s ill
ne.s.4.
He was .son of Hu- late Mr. .ind
Mrs. Iain Mullinax and an eni
ployee of Duplex Shannon. He
was a veteran of VSurll War II,
a memh<'r of tlu* American l.e
gion Po.st 1.55.
Surviving are his wih:. Mf.s
J<'anet1(' McFalN Mullinax. twoj
sons, Jerry Mullina.v and G<*ne
Mullina.x. both of Kings Moun-
la n; one daughter. Mrs. Fled D.
Hambright; two broth(*rs, Bill
?..aliinax of Bi'ssemer City and
>''re<l Mullinax of Kings Moun-t
tain; and thiee .sisters, Mrs. Ix's-!
tin' HuntsingiT of Bessemer City
and Mrs. Jake Bridges and Mrs.
Hoyle Owens, both of Kings
Mounta n; and six gnindchilil-
ren.
I It’s a re-match, apparently, hi*-
l' tween U. S. Repro.sontative Jame.s
j, T. Broyhill, Republican, and for
mer U. S. R(’presontative Basil L.
Whitener, Democrat, for the lOHi
di.strii't North Carolina seat.
! After Supreme Court-ordered re-
districting in North Carolina
, then-Repre.sentative.s Broyiiill, of
Lenoir, and Whitener. of Gas-
tenia, were i)Ut in the same dis
trict. Broyiiill winning in the 1968
geni*ral election.
Whitener had .served in the
House six terms. Broyhill is com
pleting his fourth. ^
The filing de;4dli'io is Frid:4y
and niMthei are expected to have
primary oppo.sition of major im
portance. though Hall Young, of
A\ery ('ouniy. twice a candidate
bi'fure. has indicated he may run.*
Whitener kicked off hi.s earn
paign at a Wednesday morning s
i.in. press c-onforonce at Dixit
Village Cafeteria attended by
about 400 supporters. He tlu'n left
for Raleigh to pay his filing fee,
to the State Board of Elections.
Broyiiill. recuperat ing from a re
cent ofx'raiion. filed by mail from
Washington.
Broyhill Is a member of the
House committee on IntiTstale
and Foreign commerce where he
is ranking minority member of
the sub-committee on communi
cations and powei, and ho Is also
a member of the Select Commit
tee i.n Small Business.
Whitener was a membt'r of the
House Judiciary committee which
processes more than half the leg->
islation in the House and w as on!
the District ol Columbia commit
tee and sometimes referred to as
the "Mayor of Washington.”
I Congressman Broyhill dcclar- j
, ed, "It has been a priv lege To
serve the people during the la.st ,
eight years and I am g.ateful
. for the confi.lonee they have
i shewn in niy effort.s in Wasliirm-
ton. The great issues of efiei-t-
ive government, individual free
dom, peace and order, nalenal
security., sound money, and pro. -
;x'nty are still the challenge..; oj ■
our time. Significant changes,
have been made in the nation’.-s
capital dining the last year as
Hie Nixon Adm nisti atio-i has
-hanged the course of t'he na
tion. However, the countrv'.s,
problems havo been compounded
in the las! ten yt ars and we'
must still solve the long-stan ’ing i
problems of war, sag.ing pres- -
tige alaroad, inflation, and disor
der at heme. T.he Democratic
Paity ro'itrols tiie Congress and,
its leaders ar<' rlu* same mi'n ■
who wrote the d's-astjous p-ro-
grains.* of 'previous Administra
tions int<) law. Tlicy are determ
ined to blo(k reform p:og:a*’ns
and we must change the control
of Congress to assure that this
job which the people aie de
manding will be done.”
Referring to the past cam
paign Wc inosday morning.
Whitener staled: '“We will not
he able to match the financial
resources of the opposition. Wo
fConthmd On Pa(fc Sir/
JAMES T. BROYHILL
Welcome Center
Work To Regin
The Kings .Mounloin area’s
first welcome ct'nter fourlli
l!» he built in Hie state is pro-
jixied near Grover and wtnk is
expected to begin thi-'^ summer.
State Highway Comm ssioner
Roy D. Dedmon of Sheiby said
no formal objections were vo.e-
ei at a public hearing held Tue.'-
day aflemoon by the S(af<'High
way Commission at (ir(j\er R s-
cue .S(piad and next step is liio
acfjuiting of necessary i ght-ef-
way.
Mi. Dedmon said the 1969 Gen
era 1 Assembly appropriated
$240,000 for l.\o eentois, one
near Wa; nrs\ill<* and tlie other
prcpo.senl north of the 216 Bat-
He.,iOLnd Exit near Grover.
Tlie state alica<Iy has two
welcome centers, one on Inter
state 85 in Warren C'ounly and
another on Interstate 95 in
Norlhamj ‘on County. The state's
third welcome center, to be near
the Tennessee htirder of Inter
state 40 west of Waynesville, is
expe cted to b<‘ complete,; by Au
gust.
Bill Ilenskw, d it*ctor of the
TiMvel and Promotion Division
of the C & D Deparfm('nt, said
the c<*nteis will ho built o.'’ nat
ural Slone and wood at cost of
$120,000 e.ich.
Proposi’d for this area is a
combination Welcome Center and
Rest Ai'ca on the northbound
lane of I-S.5, 2.2 m Ics northeast
of the .SouHi Carolina line, in
the clo.se vicinity of the 1-85 and
N. C. 216 imcrchange. The pro
posed project will consist of
buildings, parking aica, ramps
to and from I-S5 and the neces
sary light-of-way for the Wel
come Center.
Map? showing the proposed lo
cation have been posted for sev
eral wet'ks in City Hall.
Work Underway On Country Club's
$180,000 Golf Course Expansion
Work is underway on the —
Kings Mountain Country club's
$180,nine-hole golf course ad-
d tion.
The elub has acijuircHl an ad
ditional 73 a. res of property for
the addition and c‘ompletion is
expected hy late autuihn.
R & G Construction Company
of Charlotte* is contractoi- t »r |
The project and golf architect is *
J. Porter Gibson of Chailotte.
■Mi. G bson was the golf arclii-
tect for golf courses in Gaffney,'
S. C.. Maryland and Alabama.
Properties were acqui;e.i fi'om
the J. K. Hcj'iidon F^stale. Will- ■
iam Herndon, the C. S Plonk
Esiaio and the J. O. Plonk Es-
tat(».
LENTEN SERVICE
Rev. Charh's Easley will con
tinue th(* U'nien theme, "The
Great I Am’s of Jesus" with the
topic. "I Am Tlie Door”, at mid
week services Wednc'sday af
7:30 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Lu
theran church.
RITES HELD-—funeral rites for
Arthur Wright Huffstetler. 82.
were held Friday afternon from
Oak Grove Baptist church of
which he was a member.