Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
.^4 Groatgr king* MountA* Hgur* U tfartvttt Iroai IM
•PMiri Ualtfd StatM lur*au of tha Casaus rapoft o
jonudry 19U6, and lacluda* tha 14,990 populotloB a
Mumhar 4 Townahlp, end tha ramAnlBg 1.124 lf«a
Nurabar 5 Tewaahip, la ClaTtland Couaty oad Crowdar'
• Tftwqehtrt (a CcMtaa Comity.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapei
VOL 82 No. 9
Established 1889
)
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, February 26, 1970
Eightieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
CLE
Ervin’s Ruling Favors City In Cline Condemnation
'Vi'
t-,,*
City Annexation
Petitions Filed
'M
rth
intain
L. L. ADAMS AND FAMILY—L. U Adams, who retires today after 38 years in the teaching pro
fession. ir pictured above with his wife and six children. Front row. from left. Alberta Adams. Mr.
Adams, Mrs. Adams. Captain Thomas B, Adams and Mrs. Lorraine Adams White. Second row.
from left. Yvonne Paulette Adams. Leon L. Adams. Jr. and Mrs. Betty Adams Gray.
I
L. L. Adams.
Here Since '35
[Retires Thursday
FCompact was a three-teacher
^cimntapy srtioOl housei in a
iilapidaled, wooden building that
itlzens in the community helped
p build when L. L. Adams be-
jamo principal in 1935.
I In the 35 years s nee, he has
fiien a modern brick stiuclure
hni sliKC-o shop building house
-iioth (lementary and high school
^iturienU and a faj. Uy of 30.
^ He remainc'l as princ!p vl of
Hh(' elemeniaiy srhool after in-
tegntion of s.hools.
Changing of emphasis in the
( iucat onai picgiam brought the
veti:an sc*h03lman to Cen’lial
Junioi h 'i sc-hocl this school
term wheie he has taught sk;Ms.
I hiu.vday he goes to his class-
joom for the last time. He is
retiring on his birthdiay.
A native of Gaston County.
Adams came to Compact because
of the opportunity it offered
him. not only to help build up
Hie. s;:htK:l, but to live with his
' rowing family on the farm o
his wife’s grandfailio'., George
Patterson.
C'-’nipirt's histoiy. from its
l'.4'ginn ng, is revicw'od on a
hven/.c p' ique at the F*'nt, wliirh
now house’s the district system’s
kindeigaiten program.
Adams began his tea'liirg ca-
Vi'ov in 1932 during the depres-
days in Gaston County at a
'ary of $66 per month. He
^^pov(’i to Kings Mounta'n from
Hoffman. N. C., where he had
served as prini'pal of Morrison
T. lining school.
He is a graduate of Morgan
Slnlr college and n'ceived his
mast(‘r’s degree from A & T,
. (heen.sboro. A life-long member I
of Kpworth Methodist chuch of j
Gastonia, he ir chairman of the!
jj administrative board of the i
thui Lh, Uy leader and thaiiman
of the stewardship and finance
committee:’. *
He was cited as Omega Chap- i
tor’s first man of th(* year 10
years ago in Gastonia. He is a 1
charter member of the Epsilon
IFpsilon chapter and a past presi- ,
dent, a 33 degree Scotti.sh Rite i
Mason and past member of Stari
Uxlge. He is a member of the city !
zoning board representing the pe
rimeter area. |
Mrs. Adams is the former Al
berta Patterson. There are six I
children: Leon, Jr., a stale super- j
. p visor of music in Arkan.sas Lor- ;
Ih ■ raine, a teacher in the Charlotte!
f city school system: Alberta, a
' ' supervising operating room nurse
in New York City; Betty, a chem
ist with the National Institute of
Health research center In Wash
ington, D. C.; Richard, a Captain
and Navigator with SAC in the
Allen Announces
For Sixth Term
Sherifi Allen
Assumed Office
December 1950
CUn-eland County Sheriff J.
Haywood Allen announced Tues-
Withers, Amos i
Ask Inclusion
In City Limits
Two property owner.*-' have peti
tioned the cit> ioi annexation of
their residential properties in the
city limits.
They are J. Fred Withers, (jwner
of a portion ol the tormcr Charles
A. Goforth, Jr., prop<?rty on Phifer
road, and James E. Amos, who
lives on Edgeniont drive exien-
; sion.
; Mi. Amos wrote the cit^ com-
• mission:
i “At your earliest co’uenicn^e.
: please lake my pUcc of res deuce
on Elgimont Drive Extension in
to the incorpO-'aU'1‘ limits of the |
City of Kings Mounta n.
“Sin.’o the advantages of liv
ing wihin the city far outweigh
rhe disadvantages. I no longer
wish to b<' excluded.” i
The city commission will con- ,
dder th.e petitions at a public:
hearing at the March 24 ineet-
! ing.
! At Tuesday night’s brief ses-
iSion, the commission autliuiized
r Maj'or John Henry Moss to ap-
' point a seven-member Cansler
Street Urban renewal committee
as a sub-committee ol the oiti-
i zens’ advisory committee.
Trie b<|^4rd • cl.sc ac(.*epl( d
bid of three for curb-and-gutter;
and paving of streets in Moun-'
tain Rest Cemetery in me east
Confiiiued On Paf/e S'>x
-.
•flSPl*
Attorney Says
Dam Site Case
May Be Appealed
Siipc: c.* C';urt .ludgt J. ^
vin. Ill, .Mon a> rul* d in la .
cor fd me t.tv o-^ p.-ei;..-. on lau •
in the condemn iii'in a !/»n '
.\.i..cs-y til. e.l\ seek.' In ’
ipprox:m-.i.c'\ !j3 aci(*s tnan i
Gu.^j.d Cline for the IJiiHalo
. i ( ek 1 - i v oir <lain.
'I .:e luiid:
1 » T.ie C ly ol K'.n.;s .\1 ju i
min pr... ce:!;'I (*'.; . r-: ly in tiling ,
.is i-;r.vlcmM:i!iwn a.dion ir.Kk r
kale sMiiiH's r iHur liiaii i ndei-
he city ciiaiicr p:o\i>.on ol
and i
2* liio Ciiy of Ki:u;s Mounl'i n ■
was in Icr i* .es.siix. and
;ol ( ,piiciously, in il^ I'fio.t to,
j'idai:i je i>' ~ i i i*' ’’ ’
; ..nmu . IV.. ler ti-i ••) : •• V'l.i ron-
..lur. tiu* rr.* in waier 1< vel o icc?
I Ju alo C.ei k ;s ::iA =u:. i«
i.ic taiitoiir dif.'eri’i. c mean.*;
' ‘h.-d :;i , :y seeks an eig.i; f‘.of ,
' .cl! .u-'U I tiio lak(‘ to ::.>u?e •
i I (f su-- ■•unilmg '
I >: ir..l j) iliuiion conlial uf '
! .;ie iakt* il.** II.
! I-'; in at S. Del imy. aMoney;
M . ("line, indii ated i!ie Ki- '
. in (lev.sion will l»4* a] la aii 1.
Th<‘ Ki'ill d.cison -u.-t.iiis
:k‘ li ^ f C.‘‘V- in I Sup ‘r-
Ce.u.t Cleik Pan! W'son on
’ !io p :'ni.< i.f law. Sii',o ■ ai lo
he Wi - :■! do 'sion. an appr'isal
.-rmitice awar 'ed Mr. Cl n<‘
jU.a.ii) for tin* (l..m >:'■* nan
vvii'- 1 Mr. C' inc - ' d he h;.d ac
iu>- d for In., city im
nt liii*
nun
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I
Day Care Group
To Meet Friday {
The Mayor’s commitloo on day '
care will meet F'liday at noon.
The committee. ix’P'rcsented b\
day he will seek hk sixth consc-, Mou.nlain inr. ustrial
cutive term of office
Sheriff Allen was first elected
in 1950 and took office in 1951.
He had previously served a.'? chief
deputy to Sheriff Hugh A. Logan.
He is unopposed for the Demo-
||rratic nomination in the May 2
^ I primary.
CANDIDATES — Mrs. Buth
Spongier Dedmon. top. seeks to
unseat Paul Wilson, complet
ing his first term as Clerk of
Superior Court. Mrs. Dedmon
has served <n ouistant clerk
since 1956. Sheriff Haywood
Alien, below. se-:!ks a sixth term
as Cleveland County Sheriff.
j Allen is the son of former Shcr-
I iff Irvin Allen, who serv’ed from
1929 tc 1933, and Mrs. Allen. He
was an officer on the Kings
Mountain Police Department b(*-
fore becoming Logan’s chief dep
uty. He is married to the former
Majel Stewart of Kings Mountain
and son-in-law of the late Mr.
and Mrs. E. J. Stewart of Kings
.Vicuntain.
Sherifi Allen is a
dent of the North Carolina
Sheriff’s As.sociation and a mem
ber of the advisory board of the
North Carolina Bureau of Investi
gation. He wa.s noted national
lawman of the month in Novem
ber by a national crime magazi.ne.
He is a member of Shelby’s
First Baptist ehurch, a director
of Shelby Boys club and a mem
ber of Shelby OptimLst club. He
is a former' member of Kings
Mountain Jaycees and Kings
Mountain Lions club.
Allen and his wife are parents
Ox three children.
Sheriff Allen won the Demo-
cratfc nomination in 1966 in the
fir.st primary against two op
ponents.
Withiow In Race
For Coroner
and
educational officials, will mixit
against a backdrop of a Ti.esdaj
visit heix> by M.s. Marion Davis,
of Raleigh, who heads the day
care division of the Nortii Cai >-
lina Welfare department.
Mrs. Davis was here to sui vev
the neighborhood faciIH.es build
ing aCv*ommodations where the
vlay c'aie prog.om will 1k' con
dueled and to plan a cay care
program.
M.s. Davis said liio Kings j
Mountain facility is tlie “fine.si |
1 have had the oppoilunily of ^
working with.”
Tiie da> dare progr-am is do
signed to olku’ assistance to
working mothe.s on a 21-)iour
per da\' basis for children age
2 to 6 yc-ar-iound and a summer
past presi-; program tor ch.ldren 6 to 12.
"" ’ Purpo.'ics of the day care cen
ter are:
It to p.ixivi le good pli>si(xil
care, instruction and protection.
2t to create an atmosphere
helpful to li^arning, and to do
velopi'each child’s capacities and
bo (Hinstanlly aware of the
child’s need to learn to live «ikI
play cemstructively w’ Ih others.
3) to (jpiMvito the lontor in a
manner that (‘ach employee ma>
Mork more effectively- knowing
her c’hild is being well caKHl
for.
I) to opeiate the center at a
i*casonahh' ('ost to the employee.
It is estimat('d the c'cnler will
he able to accommodate up to
300 children per day.
Cansler Street Widening To Bid
In April Letting May Or lune
The Cansler street widening
pix>jec’t will be advertised for
bids on April 21 or April 29 and
letting of contracts is expected
A contes-t developed in the i in May or June. Ken Mauney,
coroner’s i ace Wedneisday as K. > district Ivghway engineer, said
C. Withrow announced he is run- i Wednesday.
Engineerihg work is complete
Mr. Withi'ow will face M. D. and all right-of-way has been
(Bub) Walker in the May Demo- ; acquiied for the road-wi'iening
J
crat c Primar>'.
He is an cmnployec of Wards
Air Force now serving in Viet-■ Barber Shop, Shelby, where he
nam: and Yvonne Adams, who is has worked for 17 years. He is
la senior journali.sm major at the a na<tive of Oleveliand County,
University of Arkansas at Liltlo graduate of Green Bethel high , have completed p’!ans for pro
R(K'k. ' school of'Boiling Springs. Harris coeding and coinciding with the
(Cantinnetl On Pmjv Six) ^ (Continued On Page Six) ix>ad construction progress in
; to 44-feet (curb to emrb) fmm
■ Walker stieet to Gold street.
Mayor John Henry Mo.ss said
tile city and Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
moving utility lines. All lines
•will nHjuii'O moving, the phone
line by Bell and the water, sew
er, gas and electric lines by the
city.
Tlie project is expected to re
quire about $300,000 and will
take the major portion of the
city's $314,000 share of $150 mil
lion road bond money voted dur
ing the Moore Administration.
Eight houses will be razed on
the North side of Cansler straet.
TTie project has been delayed
.several months due to inability
of some of these families to
find quarters in which to lelo-
cate.
UF LEADEBS — I- C. Bridges,
hardwareman. top. was install
ed as president of the Kings
Mountain United Fund and
Donald Jones, superintendent of
schools was installed as 1970
I campaign manager Monday
: night-
Bridges, Jones
Elected By UF
i
j J. C. Bridges, partner in Bridges-
' Hardware, will .serve as president ‘
■ of the Kings Mountain United
Fund and Schools .Superinttmdent
Donald Jones will be 1970 cam-
I paign chairman.
! Now officers and directors were
installed at a dinner mooting of
' the UF organization .Monday,
night at Kings Mounlain Uounm
club.
Mr. Bridges succeed.^* Sluiford
Peeler. Jr. Mr. Jones succeeds
Kylt Smith.
Other new officer is .Mrs. Becky
Seism, seerotarN' - tiea.surer. suc
ceeding Mrs. Vernon P. ( ro.sby.
Directors, elected to a tlirei'-year
term, are Mrs. F. J. Sincox. Wil
liam Gri.ssom, Warren Stockton,
and John A. Cheshire. The.s sm -
ceed Mrs. Sam Robinson. .1 )e R.
Smith. Harold Coggin.s and Larry
Hamrick.
Awards in the form of <-(‘itifi-
"ate.s were presented to ri’present-
ativpsof 22 agencies, participating
firms, and to campaign leaders.
Duplex International led
trios four years in a row fi»r 100
percent plant partieipaii^m.
The awards were pH'senli'*! by
Shuford Peeler and K\ lo Smith.
Woody Ralston, UF repro.sentative
from the state organization, in-
; stall('d the new offi<*ers and
prai.sod the efforts of all in last
year’.s campaign.
Ralston presented outstaiMing
president's award to Pi'oler and
outstanding campaign manager’s
award to Smith.
pul tlie ni-T.c.
w w.'-h i.he I'evk ‘0
.vhi n M -. ('line d» I
tConlmn' >i On ptige Six)
Horvaths Biohe
Individually
The New York Times reportcfl
Tuesday that George A. and Flip-
esT Horvath, iirincipal officers of
, Nfis(‘o, ln(.. which operate.s the
Margraee and Pauline Plants
here, on Tuesday filed individual
bankruptcy pidiiion.s. |
George Hcrvatli li>ts liabilities
of $5,589,328 and as.sets of $183.-
976. Ernest Horvath lists debts of;
$5 million and assets of $3.5.000.
Nclsco. a manufacturer of up-
iifdslcry and drapery fabrics, 529
Fifth Avenue. New York, is cur- i
' rently in Chapter XI proceedings. |
Ronald S. Itzler of Ballon, StoIU
Shyman. attorney for the Hor- ,
valhs and for Nelsco, said that
the filing of the personal iMditions
would not affect the Chajner XI
procoeding.s.
“Relieving the Horvaths of
their personal obligations can’t
hurt the Chapter XI proceedings,”
Itzlc: said.
Among the dob's of the Hor-i
vaths area I'. S. tax claim >f $1.- •
163.5(K1 and a disputed claim of
$1.30r;.000 by Horvatli Mills. Inc..
ba.sed on ‘‘alleged diversion of
corp'orate as.sets.” Then' are also
substantial claims arising Irom
guarantees of debts of various
companies in the Neisco group.
Includ('d in tlio corporate maze
are Masmo, which owns about
85 per cent of Mount C'lcm(‘ns
Corp.. which in turn owns all the
stock in Mount Ciemcn> Indu.s-
. tries, owner cf all t)u* stock in
Neisco. Tile Horvaths own Masmo.
Rt'ferct' Roy Bahilt. who is
handling the Neisco Uhap•<'^ XI.
will also g(‘t the Horvaths’ in-
flividua) bankrujdcy jiroceedings.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY—Samuel R. Suber celebrated his 85th
birthday Friday. Mr. Suber was "boss" of the city's cemetery
deportment for 22 years before his retirement in 1964.
Suber Observed
85th Birthday
Lebanese Native
Bossed Cemetery
For 22 Years
/'
WINS PROMOTION — Kenneth
Pruitt, manager of the local
plant of SAR Manufacturing
Company, has been promoted
to soles manager in charge of
SAR's Southeastern United Stal
es operation and he and his
family are moving to Tupelo,
Mississippi.
DIXON SERVICE
.'^unday morning wor.vbip scr-
vic(*s will be held at 9:30 a.m.
.Sunday at Dixon Pia'sbyterian
(hureh.
Mountaineer Beheaded, Shelby Lion
Tarred, Feathered; Culprits Pay
Heart Fund
Gifts $3254
Gifts to the Kings Mountain
Heart Fund ('ampaign for 197n
leaehed $3,253.18, Wedne.sday.
Mrs. Charles Adams, chairman,
announced.
Camp:-iign goal is S3S00. Mi's.
Adams, hU-ihly pleased at ropons
from campaign volunlem's, sai i
all I'eports have not i>*'en turned
(Continued On Page Sixf
Kings Mountain high si honl’s
Mountaineer his been hi iicarlcd
a!id Shelby lii h c; i.'dcn
Lio'i has h;en ta:i(d and R'ath
ered. and 25 students 21 from
Shellw ami four t oin King."
Mountain are p:i\ing for llK'ir
sins.
For tiu' next few stu
dents froni She!b\ w II to
Kings Mountain to repair dam
ages to th(' sch^iol bu'l ring and
school mascot, a Mountaini*<’r on
the fiT.nt cf the building, wbiie
.''ou; KMIIS students will be go
ing To Slu'lhy to roi'air damages
to^^Shelby’s concrete GoMe:i LO’i
'K\h!(h was s<M fire aftei* the
Mountaineer was beheaded, po
lice said.
Police Chief Tom McOevitt
said if all damages aie lepaired
. to the school properties, no
iharg< s w 11 be prefe:red against
the youths.
H(‘ .‘^aid investigation by Lt-
Hill Roper a’ld Patrolmen K. M.
Hall, both of Kings Mountain,
and I.t. Hcweil of Siielby, ve-
veale ! the Shelbians ‘on Thurs
day night 11)1 for*' the KMH8
MouniaintK'rs - Shelby Lions
ba.'^ketball game Fridayi pa nted
till' Mnunfaineer. Kings Moun-
t.ain students removed Ute paint
from the Mountaineer and in the
Inilowing nights h(- was painted
again, then briieadcd, ami a gal
lon of g.ein enamel was thrown
onto tlie side of the s<-hool bu.ld-
ing.
Ch ef M.Di'vitI said a new lion
nvasc'Dt would probably In* in
stalled at Shelby High.
Local students tari(*d and
feathi'iaxi the Lion by .s.tling
him afire with gasoline.
Sam R. Suber, wlie .superintend-
(*d tlie city’.s Mountain Rost ceme-
I tory for 22 years before his
retirement in 1964, celebrated his
j S5lh birthday Friday.
Hi*; South Pi(*dmonl Av<*nuc
neighbors help(*(l him cut a birth
day cak(' at hi.< home. His daiigh-
Pns — Mrs. Nelle ('ranlnrd and
Mrs. fail Wie.s(*ner and son. Bob
Suber. hadn’t jilaniK'd a party but
word sprc’ad of lii.-- hirlliday and
soon tlu' Sul»er liomi' was filled
with ac(juaintane('s from Uity
Hall, the poslol.ice, Har:is Fu
neral Heme, ami Central Metho-
dK-’ churcli.
R. Suber became a nat-
.urali/cd United States citizen in
1913, alter -arriv.ng in Amreica
; from Beirut, Li'banon, in 1906 at
, the age of 21. Hi* spent Hire** .years
with a brother in Gaffney, S. C.
befoK* coming here in 1!K)9. He
iKis lived here since and has b<>en
.active in nuim'rous'businc.ss (*n-
t(‘r|;rlsos.
01d«'r citi/ens renKMn’ner Mr.
'-'nber as chi('f of the Uandy Kit-
; chen. which he opernt(*d in lite
i building now' occupied by Eagles’
sfort'S. Sul>sequi*ntlv. lu* purchas<*d
' amt operated Willeford’s ('af<'
, locali'd in what was the laic* Dr.
.1, K. Antliony’s officr*. Later, he
moved the restaurant to his prc’s-
ent la^idenco on S. Piedmont
avenue*.
Mr. Suber (piiekl.N' d(*veloped
■ into an ardc'nt sj)orls fan. particu-
lariy of Kings Mountain liigli
' school and semi-pro aggi'i*gations.
This interest continues.
; He is a member of (’(*nnal
' 5teil)iKlisl chureli and a 50-year
Mason.
Tlu* laic* Mrs. Suber was tlie
' formc'r Artie* Holier ('ansle*i.
Mr. Sube*r continues to .sell
ceancU’ry me'rnorials and spc'eiap*-''
. izes in cli'anlng aiul re-erecting
elamag(‘d stomv and marke'rs—a
busim'ss he startl'd in 1929.
When he* a.ssumed the* ee*me*le*ry
sut>erint<*nde‘nc.v on Febniary 15.
1942. and recalling he found the*
(•(’me’ter.N in poor condition, re
calls “i promis(Mi I would give
King.< Mountain the best ee'im'-
te'ry it) the Soutli and 1 have* e*n-
(!<*avored te do jii.sl that.”
Ml. Subt*r lias 10 gi indehildren
and five great-gramlcliiUlren.