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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 ►♦stvt,.., 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.