Population Creator Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits ' (1966 Census) 8.256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300 .^0 Or»ctt*r lua«8 Mouattf* Bfura to 4«rlv*4 lifai tlto •P«etrl UBit«4 ti«iM Bureau of tho Coaout roBOVt • lOBuarr IBM. sad laeludot tbo 14,M0 populatloa a Numbor 4 TowaaUp. oad tbo ifwialaf t.lt4 bm Nuatbor 5 Tawath^. la Clotrolaad Couatf Cttiiiar* im qaitoa Cowatr. Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspopei VOL 82 No. 11 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 12, 1970 Eightieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Buffalo Creek Dam Construction Began Wednesday Property uisitions Listed By Laney Developers Plan 20-Unit; Complex I All Properties To Be Acquired Also Listed I By MARTIN HARMON 4 'A JOINS STAFF—Jock F. Woody has joinod the stoff of the Cleveland County Air Pollution Control progrom and is residing here on West King street. lack Woody Sanitarian Tentative first stage property ac quisitions in the central business < district redevelopment project were listed this week by Joe, Laney, executive director of the Kings Mountain Redevelopment commission. They include: 1) Severance property! (vacant) of the M. L. Harmon Estate and Dr. P. G, Padgett adjacent to | Cherokee street property of W. K. Crook. 2) Fred W. Plonk garage build ing property on South Battle- j ground. j 3) Mrs. Virginia M. Herndon property, S. Battleground, occu- 1 pied by Mountain Lane Bowling ’ Center and Dixie Cab. 4) Mrs. Virginia M. Herndon I property OLOupied b^ Sterchi’s j warehouse. 5) Hoke Building and Crook > bulliiing (rented by Hoke for ‘ wMrohouae'. Clierokee street. Jack F. Woody joined the staff' yl^onk Estate — of the Cleveland County Air Pol-; ^ P^ttf^son property, lution Control Program effective i on Railroad and City, February 1. 1970 as a Sanitarian! Chevrolet II. He was formerly employed by j *-^^Faoy body sh^ j the Buncombe. Haywood. «nd ^ of James R Ya. -' Henderson County Regional Mrs. BUnc’he W Yai^ Pollution Control Program, ini fronting on Railroad and, charge of the Haywood County: Program for the past three years; before coming to Cleveland Coun-' Coopers Inc., lot, ty. WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Warren Hemdon« Jr. is recipient of a four-vear college echolarship. Herndon Wins Scholarship Crescent Hill Tract Re-zoning Is Requested Re-zoning of 6.23 acres in Cres cent Hill and the end of Oakland street has been asked by Fred W. and Hal S. Plonk owners to permit the building of a possible 40-unit j apartment complex. I Hal Plonk, who presented the re-zoning petition to the city com- mifiiicn Tue.-day night, said op-,? tions of 90 days and 120 days! ; have been given C. B. Ca.sh andjg Fields Young. Shelby developers,' > and that they expect to proceed | immedfately wrth tho building of; th> iWtfai %*urtft will include three bedroom units, renting at $140 per month, and two-bedroom units renting at $125 per month. The complex will also have a swimming pool and put ting green and will be well-land scaped, Mr. Plonk told the board. The site plan calls for 24 parking spaces for the 2() unit complex. COMPLETE TRAINING—These women hove just completed Practical Nursing Training ot Cleveland County Technical Institute and will graduate in Commencement Exercises May 22nd. In April, the women will take the State Licensure Examination in Roleigh. Upon sotisfactory completion of this examination, they will be licensed practicol nurses. Front row (left to right): Jean Morri son. Lawndale; Mrs. Lovella Sanford. Shelby; Mrs Virginia Hutchinson. Dallos; Mrs. Mary Hoey« Shelby; and Helen Meeks. Shelby. Second row (left to right); Mrs. Mildred Greene. Gastonia; Mrs. Bertha Merritt. Shelby; Mrs. Nancy Burrell. Shelby; Frances Ledbetter. Shelby; Mrs. Pauline Ware. Kings Mountain and Mrs. Shirley Tuttle. Grover^ Atkins Candidate I m W-2 , The request was referred to' Plonk Estate lot, Wes? Moun-' i W. Trent Ragland, J.., president j roeommenda-1 jtain, oceupied by Dixon Chevr^ | of Superior Stone C^l^ny, an^, ; Mr. Woody has bceu employed let Company truck and wreck j nounced today tha> under the. . Formally idontp'l a rp*5nhi in the field of environmental lot. !for ehildren ‘ health for the past 26 years.: 9) Bonnie Mills office and store of Superior Stone employees, War-1 grant (already r(‘served Twenty-one years of this was as: bu..ding and Bonnie Mrlls resi- , ren R. Herndon, Jr. of Winnsboro.; p^^rjing formal aonlieation) fori Chief Petty Officer in the U. S. ‘ den.e, Cheiokee sheet. j S. C had been awarded a Martin Davic^^^^^^^ Navy, attached to the medical i 10). Mrs. Mary K. Lipford and Marietta Corporation FMi^ation | corps, and was involved in action' Miss Margaret Kent-lrkk proper- | Scholarship valued at $6,000 for McGinnis street, during both World II and the! toccupied by GrLg Garage, j four years' study. i Reappointed J E. Herndon ' Calby -s Beauty Shop, and MyCTS Herndon’s father Ls the Superin- jj.^ a three-year term on thej P.iniing Company. tendent of Superior Stone Com- city planning board. ' I nt Fiist Baptist church bu Id-| pany’s Quarry at Rion, S. C. Prior j 3^ Approved petition for curb-I ; to that assignment, the family 1 grid-gulter on Bennett drive, from , i lived in Kings Mountain. He has j chestnut to Branch street. | been with Superior Stone Com-j 4) Approved petition for paving I pany for 15 years. and curb-and-gutter of Pineview President Ragland said thej street, from Crescent Hill road to GOP Lawyef May Be Opponent Of Ollie Haxfis both Korean War. A.sidc from his experiences in environmental health, he is ac tive in the North Carolina Civil Air Patrol as a mission pilot. He holds his commercial licen.se as a pilot. Mr. Woody will reside at .508 West King stre^et, Kings Mountain. & Local Students ^^re Candidates David Hugh Smith and How- aiTl W’ayne Swofford, bofh of Kings Mountain, are among 100 caiviidates for the University of North OsroMna’s 1970 distin- ^ guished scholarship awanJs. * The Ic^al stifdents will parf- ^ipate in a weekend of interviews and student activities on the c.’mpus at Chapel H-ll this week end. The finalists have been select- ed by a faculty sub-committee of the Faculty Committee on Schol arship Awards and Financial Aid. !ng, S. Piedmont i former Her ald building). Mr. Laney emphasized: 1) The project will be “stag- pd”, done piecemeal. 2) Some o-f the properties are for pi.'blic use. olhei's to.be made available for conime.cial ledevelopmcnt. 3) Resident al property sched uled for acquisition will be the last to be acquireJ. 4) The commission envisions an apartment com-plex for the elderly to property to be acquired from West Gold to West Mountain. 5) P.operty a'cquiicd fer com- meuial or rcsdential redevelcp- mcnl will be e’eared then offered for sale at auction with the stip ulation tinat the suecess' ul bid der retievelope in accordance with the master plan. O'her propel ties sctiedifled for acaulsition: 1) D. W. and H. R. Royster, come"’ of Battleground and (Coutintted on Page Sir-) Foundation provides ton scholar ships annually for children (Coutirnred on Page Si£) of i end of Pineview. 5) Adopted re.solution declaring (Coutimted on Page Swv celebration of The American Le- gicn> 51st Birthday with special festivities during March, Post Commander Carl F. Wilson an- nemneed today. HBre in Kings Mountain, the Legion’s 51st anniversary will bo observed with a dance at the American Legion Building, Satur day, March 28, 1970 from 9-12, Commander Wilson said. The gigantic birthday celebra tion—of which Past No. 155’s fes- rtivities will be a part—will in clude participation by the more than 16,000 American Legion Posts throughout the nation and overseas. The American Legion was founded March 15-17, 1919, during Birthday SI For American Legion; Post 155 Completing Member Drive Legionnaires of Otis D. Greene a caucus In Paris, France, attend- •Post No. 155 in Kings Mountain,! ed by representatives of the vari- -N. C. will join in a globe-spanning' ous outfits of the American Ehc- peditionary Force of World War I. The organization has since opened its ranks to veterans of World War II, the Korean War. and the Vietnam War. As part of its preparation for the gala birthday observance. Post No. 155 is putting the finish ing touches on its 1970 member ship drive, Commander Wilson explained. Nationally, The Am<»r- Ican Legion has recorded five consecutive years of membership gain, he pointed out. and his membership workers are striving; to give further emphasis to the Legion’s 1970 theme — “U.S.A.— Unity and Service For America” —through an increase in the num-! ber of Legionnaires taking part' in the programs of Post No. 155. SPEAKER—Dorothy L. William- son« Southern Bell Telephone Company supervisor in Gas- tonic, will be guest speaker at Thursday's Kiwanis club meet ing. Mrs. Williamson Kiwanis Speaker Mrs. Dorothy L. Williamson, school repres4*ntative of Soulhern Bell Telephone Company in Ga.s- tonia since 1966, will he guest speaker at Thursday nighCs Ki wanis club meeting at 6:45 p.in. at the Woman's club. Mrs. Williamson will speak on the .subject, “.Southern Bell and Your Schools” on program ar ranged by Louis Sabetfi. Wife of Baron P. Williamson of York, S. C., Mrs. Willinm.son joined Southern B(»ll as a service representative in Cleveland. Ohio, in 1940. She held similar positions in Washington, D. C.. York, S, C. and Charlotte before coming to Gastonia as school representative in August 1966. , Mrs. Williamson enlist<*rt in the USAAF-WAC at Cleveland. Ohio in January 1944 and served over seas until May 1915. She was commissioned as a first lieutenant in July 1945 and assigned to Washington. B. C. where she (Coutmued on Page SijtfJ Officer Hunter , James H. Atkins, Gastonia at- I term y and fo.incr pi.olicher of ' the Gastonia Gazct c made of- ‘ f.v..il S-ali.rd)3y what had been i rumored for som^- thni’, i..at he i w’.ould be a candidate for Senate 4oat Numhe, 2 In the Cievcland- : Gaston Distiict. Atkins, RrpubI can, will oppose Dtmoiial Ollie Ilairis of Kings Mountain for a scjt formerly held hj- D( moci'-at Ja;k White of Kings Mountain. His announcement was the lone p(?Iii;i.al activity of tlie week;. Atkins has ix'cm a^t ve in sta:e and community affairs lor nvmy years, in the fielil of mental ; health hr served as president of the Gaston Count... Mental Health Association foi two years, as chairman of the Gaston Co unty Mental Ile.iLh Advisor) Boaid for on(' year,' aiid is h('ginning [his .s(‘:ond yeai as a member of the North Carolina Boaid of D • rectors of the M.ntal Health Assoc iaiion. Long active in tlie field of highe: education, he se.ves as a memher of ilie Hoaul of Tius- tecs ol Gnslon college and the l-i’oaid of Advisors of B Imont Ai)hty eollo e. He has been on ' the hoard of the former in vari ous eupac iiies since the beg li ning 0} lh(' college. In otiicr aiTas Atkins has srrv- e; on ilic bon.(Is of such oig.an- Peden Firm Sub-Contrartor On Big Dam By MARTIN HARMON > Work began on building the ’v4-foot high dam on Buffalo Jreek Wednesday. Ped:n Construction Company, f Greenville, S. C. moved equip- nent and men to tihe site and iher workmen were bolting to- rether large segments of pipe Cir the i.'itake system. The conorete-dirt dam will ap- rox ir.Mt;. 670 feet at the base ind will be one thousand feet v9al'lons per minute into the ity distribution system. Basic water treatment em- loys alum and cr.i stic so,'lia. a rKW-gallon plastic globe will be illed w th liquid alum, which in um will be combined with caus- ic soda, contained in a 10,000 'allon plastic globe. The mixture vill flow into three large chlor- lators for imputation mo jhe '?w water. An a'.ijacent room vill house a fluoridator. W. K. Dickson & Company, the ity’s consulting engineers, have •aid the treatment plant will be 3ut into service in May. CANDIDATE—Jomes H. Atkins, termer Gastonia newspaper publisher, has announced he will be a candidate for Seat No. 2 in the Cleveland-Gaston Senatorial District. Ervin Signs Judgment Judge Sam J. Ervin III Mon day afternoon signed .judgment in the city’s condemnation action agains.t Buford D. Cline to ob tain a 93.3 acre tract needed for the Buf.alo Ci'eek dam site, i The signed* judgment maJe ! formal the oral luling of Judge Ervin the previous week when he denied defendant’s conten- I tions that the city erred in ^ , brin.ging the litigation under izations as the Salvation Aimy,! slate si'atutes rather than the the Gaston County L’hrary, the 1 ^ ty charter and that the city Ga.stonia Chamber of Cemmeree, ' ne:ded properly to the 744-foot t ie GJsIonl ( Jr. Cli’amber of c jntour in its intention to pixi- C nunoKc and The First United vide an adetjuale water supply (C<.nthfH€d Page F.ivi \ (Continued on Page Fixf Johnny Bay Cash Killed By Train Johnny Ray Cash. 12, sixth grader 'at West school, was kill ed Satui'day at 5:59 p.m. by a Southern Railway freight train ’s he attempted to ride his bicy- le PC'OSS the Mountain street crossing. Funeral rites were held Mon day aL'ternoon lat 3 p.m. from rabernacle of Love with Rev. Gene Grigg and Rev. R. W. WJ- X)n officiating. Inte. ment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Cleveland County Coroner J. Ollie Harris, who investigated, said the youth and a friend were enroute home after seeing a movie. The coroner sa d (5ash apparently did not see the south- 1 bound train. Joe Pollaid of Greenville, S. C. was the engineer. Cash was a newspaper carrier for the 1 » r- 1 x.r w a bulU ) f:om a .32 fleaver, 63 b.; revolver lo.-lged in hi., neck, po. body to Emory Un). ver.sity Sch(X)l of Medicine. For this reason funeral riles were PAYS FILING FKE—Myen Hambrlght of the Bethwore-Kings Mountoin area it shown as he paid his filing fee Friday. Mr. Hambrlght is a candidate for county commissioner* subject to the Democratic primary on May 2. Other Democratic condidates are Incumbent B. E. (Pop) Simmons of Shelby and Yates Smith of Grover. Republicon candidote is Bob Maner of Kings Moun toin. Terms of two county commissioners ore expiring. Piling deadline is Friday* March 20th. ■lice Chief Tom M 'Devltt I'rportrd. Mr.s. Hunter, who called pr'llce. said she h^d her hiv'ihand’s pistol in her hand, ami not kno\vU*dge- able of firearms, fired it. “DM that hit jou?" sli<* asked her husband, McDrvIt (pintcd Wiem after fhe accident. M s. Hunter accompanied her hush ird to Klr» 6 Mountain hospital where he remains a patient for o’iservi'tlon. Chief McDevitt said invosligi- j tion of the incident is continuing. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Krance.s Falls W(‘aver; three .sons, James W. Weaver of Wheelers- burg. Ohio; Ivan Earl Weaver of not held and the body was ship- Zardala. Ohio and Kelly Edward ped by Harris Funeral Homo to. Weaver of Portsmouth. Va.; two the Atlanta school. j brotIi. David Owen, 109 Flanton street, was issued a permit to idd iIao rooms and remc ’ci his ^es donee at estimated cost of v4.800. Clyde Whetstino obtained a ’^ei'mlt to add a room to his resi- ience on Groves street. Estimat- '?d cost of the addition is $5,900. J. Wilson Crawford obtainol permits to build three one-story six room brek veneer re.«;dences at 805, 807 and 800 Princeton street at e.stimated cost of $12,500 ♦sa-ch, Luke W. Hoyle w'ls issued a i buMd'ing permit to build two six- room brick veneer residences at 801 and 803 Prin(»!on streets at estimated cost of $12,500 each. F. M. Flyer, of 4()8 Downing street, was issued a permit to build a five room re5?idence at estimat(M co.st of $25,(XX). Mol-