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Population Greater Kings Mountoin 21,924 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimcte 1968) 9,300 Gi^tyr iitagi Mouatot* tlguft la aerlvvd Uoa UM •P*c«rl UiUtcd 8(otM Baraou of tbo Conaut report o laniMry IMS, ond laciudaa tba U.990 populoUos o Mumbor 4 TowaaltlB. and ttao ramcBnittg €*124 Iroa Numbor € Tewathip. In Clooolond County and Ciowdor' In Ooatos County* Kings Mountain's Relioblo Newspaper VOL 82 No. 17 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 23, 1970 Eightieth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Bethware School Will Be Renovated City Ferreting Out McGiU Plant Ui GOD AND COUNTRY AWARDS ^ Commander Carl Wilson of American Legion Post No. 155 in Kings Mountain is shown presenting c plaque tc School Supt. Donald Jones on which names of American Legion God and Country Award winners from Kings Mountain High School will be inscribed. One outstanding senior boy and senior girl will be awarded each year by the Legion post and the two will be chosen annually by a vote of the forciUty. Each winner will also be pre sented o plaque and pin. Others looking on at the presentation include Carl Weisener* vice com mander oi the 23rd district second from right and Jake Atkinson, high school principal. (Photo by Isaac Alexander) f ,. IT 1 RoyTowery Insp6ctl0n Urged wreck Injunes Before Renovating Prove Fatal Oxygen Supply Knocked Out; Odor Obnoxious The obnoxious odors emanating recently trom the McGill Creek sewage rUsposal plant result from a correctible operational problem. Dennis tax, W. K. Dickson & Company engineer, said Wednes- da>. At first an overlaid of indus trial waste was suspected, but a 48hour check-out showed this not to bo the problem. Meantime, equipment suppliers, Pacific Digesters and Worthington Pump Company, along with the, contractor, Blythe Brothers of Charlotte, have conferred with the Dickson engineering firm and Fox Gives Report On Water Proiect Dennis Fox, \V. K. Dickson &| Company engineer, made the fol lowing progress report Wedno.v da> on the city’s Buffalo Creek water project. Items: Equipment is being installed for the raw watei .supply. 2) Tile floor work in the treat ment plant i.s near-complete. 3) Peden Corjstruction Company is drilling rock to make way forj the 60-inch pipe to the dam. Stripping and grading is to begin next week. 41 Lowdor Construction Com pany, the line-laying contractor, t has completed hLs original con tract, and will make line tests on the added Phifer Road line next week. (The Lowder firm is also laying a line on York road to j >• o Canslei Project ^jtuiiding Survey Now Underway “Don’t make ra.sh moves on re modeling and renovation until your building is insi>ected.” This is the advice to owners of home.s and business buildings in the Canslcr Street urban re newal area of Joe Laney, execu tive director of tlie Kings Moun tain Redevelopment Commission. .Already a building inspection' survey Is underway in the Cans-, ler Street Urban Renewal pro.ie(‘t area by Jack Skipper, of Rust En gineering Compan>, Birmingham, Ala. Additionally, citizensln Jfhe pro ject area planning improvements arc invite^ to call the Redevelbp- ment Commission office, in the basement of City Hall, for an im mediate in.spcction. The telephone number is 739-2003. “Where foundations of build-' ings are poor and whore load-bear ing walls are weak, it makes questionable economic sense to .•^pend large amounts on improve- • ments. .Mr. Skipper’s advice is free and is merely advice. But he i is an expert in his fiidd,” Mr. Lan ey commented. The project area includes 147 ^ u*re.s and a Si.774,000 federal grant has been re.served to bring tlic project to fruition. Mt* Zion Baptist Has New Pastor The Roy Bedford Towery, .o3, of 103 Cleveland Ave., died at 3 a.m. Tuesday in Rock Hill ho.spital fr(.m in furies su.-^tainod in an au- ^ to wreck. Funeral .s(*rvie(‘s will be held j today, Tluirsday, at 4 p.m. from .Si.sk Funeral Home Chapel with I the Rev. Paul Lanning officiating, j fniennent will follow iir Moun- i tain Rest Cemetery. ' Sundvors include the widow, • Mr.s. Edith Stamey Towery; four sons, Fred M. I'owery, Ronnie B. The Kings .Alountain Kiw an is Towery, and Ti'iry Michael Tow- Club is preparing fur its 13lli an- cry. ail of Kings Mountain, and nual lah'nt sinav wliich will be j Bobby D. Tfjwery of Fort Mill; held at 7 p.m.. .April 30, in Cen-: three daughters, Mrs. Vernon tral S<*hool auditorium. Proceeds 1 Whitman of Ga.stonia. Mrs. Bobby city officials on the problem. . * .u i_ -j *: ^ ^ 41 Mr* • c< 1 provide service to the bridge at i Apparently, Engineer Fox con-1 anrt i i f tinned, “th oxvgon supply at the! V®,/ ki; • i i , * , 1 Mr. Fox said the public in wcl-i plant was knocked out suddenly. . .. ^ j * 4i u * • J 1 come to come on out and see Without oxygon the bacteria de-l .. i * .u ... . ... rri 4. 1 4I the work at the water treatment stroying the effluent does not Kiwanis Show WiUfenefit Tennis Courts grow with the eiiect little or n) I treatment.” Mr. Fox said the oxygen supply : must rebuild and estimated this 1 would require from throe to .six days. The cap:icity of the McGill plant was doubli'd to one million gal lons per day during recent sewage disposal system improve ments. plant, daily exc*ept Sundays. irum the sliow will go into the ((Minis court fund at the* high school. Plonk Flails High Gas Tax. 15c Soft Drinh Jones and Mr.<. Dah* Ilollifh'ld of Kings Mountain; lhr(*e brothers. Fred Towery of Fort Mill, S. C., Wortli ToW(*iy of Florida and Aden Towery (»f Rutherfordton: h'.it'mV'which ibridges; ach.” soid Hal Plonk tliis week I ... tu.. ;..i Lexington, S. C.; and five: a blast at North Carolina's sky- irandchildrcn. . rocketing t:ix structure*. Last year’s proceeds imounted to 81,81)0. according to .1. A. Neis ler Ji., finaiKT w(*ro earmarked Ivm- tin* tennis 1 courts and this yc'ar’s jirofits willj lx* added to that figuiv to apply ^ for the over-all nce'd of .S."),()()() for construction of the courts. , In addition to liclo'l sah's. funds are raised for the p.eject through program adverti.semonts. i “Thirty • four c t* n t gasoline makes my blood boil and fiflcen- (*cnt soft drinks ui/set my stom- T. W. Robinson Rites Saturday Case Elected VFW Commander Ben Case was elected command er of Frank Glass Post 9811, Vet erans of Foreign Wars, at the annual post election Monday night. Other officers elected: Arthur Flowers, senior vice- commander; George Sellers, jun ior vice-commander; J. Earl Stroupe. Jr., (juartermaster; Yates Smith, chaplain; Lafayette Pear son. judge advocate; Charles E. Dengler, surgeon; and Bob Hul- J\1Pmh.-rs .)f Mt. Zion ffiip-j tist ('hurcli in King.^: Mountain,- announce the appointment of gm 1 ■ V Rites Conducted A nativ(* of Spartanburg. S. C.. Rev. Norris attended the School!;: of Spartanlnirg and .Shaw' Uni versity Institute in Raleigh. ; Hr is lh(* form('r pastor t»f the T. W. Robinson, Sr.. .m6. of Bes semer City died Thursda.v at his home. A textih* worker, he was the .son of the late William and Eli:' ! llumphrie.s Robinson. Funeral ritc's were conducted at .3 p.m. Saturday at 3 pm. from Sisk East Chap(‘l with the Rev. A. A. Bailey officiating. Burial was! "^ef* .s(jmc u*liet'.” he said, in Re.ssemer C'ity Ceimeh'ry. Survivors include the wddow, Nellie IMiillips Roidnson; one son, T. W. Robins(m. Jr, of Bessemer City; two daughters, Mr.s. George Wilson of Dallas and Mrs. Shirley i Es(iuire of Georgia; one stepson, Gary Taylor of Brunswick, Ga.: three brothers, Walter Robinson of Bessemer City. J. C. Robinson of Andeiwm. S. C., and .Steve Rob- in.son of Kings Mountain; .six sis ters, Mrs. Evelyn Roblnstm, Mrs. Sara K('lly and Mrs. Louolla Sell ers of rie.s.semer (’ity. Mrs. Guynell Oliver and Mr.s. Naomi Milling of Kings Mountain and Atrs. Eva .Mae Emory of Spartanburg. S. C.; Legion Election Nominees Listed .Annu.al eleetion of officers of Oti.'J D. Green Post 155. American, Legion, for 1970-71 will bo held i on Ma.v 4lh. Voting will begin at , 2:00 P.M. and close at 7:00 P.M. The candidates are: For Commander: Carl ,Wil.«on :md Bob Davie.s. For 1st Vice Commander: Mike Varboro and Gene Gibson. For 2nd Vico Commander: Carl: Wie-ener and Louis .Sabettlo. I F.»r .Adjutant - Finance Officer: i Joe McDaniel and Claude Pear-! son. • For Chaplain: Hubert .Aderholdt.' John Gladflen & Rhea Ba^er. For Sgt. At Arms: Clifford'Pear son and Jackie Barrett. For Asst. Sgt. At Arms: Charles Green and George Hull. For Historian: Tom .Meacham and David Delevie. For Service Officx'r: Gene Stef-j iy. For Schfdarship Committee; ' Franklin Ware, Joe Hodden, Fain Hambright, Jolin (’h(*shire. L. E. Hinnant, D. E. Tate. Grady How-' ard an^’ Myers Hambright. For Executive Committee: Rob- Tennis Courts Will Be Built At High School Renovation of Bethware School and construction of six asphalt tennis courts at Kings Mountain! High School were authorized at; .Monday night’s .so.ssion of the King.s Mountain Board of Educa tion. The Bethware project will cost ;m estimated $2.5,01)0. according to .Schools .Superintendent Donald I). Jones, who stated that plans call for removing seals in the au ditorium in tlie old part and cnnverimg the area into a library'. The eeiling will also b(» lowered, carpet iiisl:dled, flouro.serni lights and paneling will be added and windows n'placed. T(*ntiis courts will be construct ed at an estimated co.st of $6,500! to .$(>,800 an.I J<mes told board { members that addition of the new courts would nialse Kings .Moun tain’s athletic program among tin* fine.st in this area. Board nicmber.s fell the exist ing Ik'lhwan* structure would bo u.sed for several more yeans and '•onsitlered updating it would be moiH'y well .sjieut. Tin* board adopted a re.solution requesting tlu* (Munty board of commissi.iners to levy the full 20' cents .siipplemi'iital lax as voted: by eiliziMis of the Kings Mountain (’ilv .‘School District, which wa.s a; mere formality'. The rettuest from. th(* hoard must b<* received by’. County Manag(*r Melvin Holmes before he can ask commissioners' to levy tlu* lax. The resolution! goc.s a step further in asking the commi.'jsliners ‘ to go )>eyond a I hold the line budget for the gen eral counlynidi* school tax levyi for the 1070-71 .school year”, • which, in (*ffect. is a request for funds over and above the amount in the .systc'm’s hiidgef, which is. considered a “hold tin* line” bud-' Registration 62; Politics Is Quiet For Rev. Lovin R(‘\. W. C. Lovin, 79, a past president of the We.sleyan Church St. Paul Bapti.st C'hurch in Elkin.' >Jorth Carolina, died Thursday and tlireo grandchildren. and h:is .sr'rved on th(» Board of Deaeon.s in the Friendship Bap- ti.st C’hureli in Charlotte, in a Charlotte ho.spital A minister for 53 y'oars. Lovin | had .served churches in Gastonia. Kannaixilis, King’s Mountain, i I High Point. .Asheboro and Roa-' noke, Va. I'he funeral will bo at 3 p.m., Sunday in .Neighbors Grove Wes-l leyan (’hurch in Asheboro with ^ burial in the church cemetery. Aming the mini.sters officiat ing were Dr. K. B. Phaup of Mar ion. Ind.. general superintendent of the Wesl(»van Church and Rev. J. W. Phillips. Survivors include his wife; a daught(*r. Mrs. Cnth(*rine Smith Va.,; three sons, Mrs. Johnson, 61, Passes Tuesday Funer.al servic(*.s will be eon- duct(‘l today at t p.m. at Park- d.ilc Baptist Church in R(’ssemer ('it.v for Mr.s. Essie Brown Amos Johnson. (H. win* dic'd Tue.sday ari(*rnoon in Charlotte M(*morial IIos|)ital. The R<'V. J inn's .\. Ellis and the Rc*\. Billy W(*leh officiat ed at tin* .■<er\ ic(*'; and burial was "f Beckh'V. W. I in B(*ss(‘mer City Mc'uiorial c(*me- U. Wesl(‘y Lovin of Marion, "t(.ry. Hid., Fred M. Lovin of Asheboro, Widow of (jMinc(*y Joimson. and Low<*Il B. Lovin of Kannapo- s'lrvivor.*; incliuh* a daughter. !'«• fud two step-sems. Jennings Mr.s. Linda (kintl of Kings Moun- Hill of Winston Salem and Cle- tain. ' ment Hill ol Shelby. BUILDING PERMITS City building permits have b(*(*n issued to: Bobby Scoggins, Monte Visto Drive, residence re modeling, cost estimate $1300. R. D. fjoforth contractor: and to James L. Boy<f, 2U W. King Street, aluminum siding on res idence, cost estimate $2000, Ep- ston of Carolinas contractor. Plonk. Democratic candidate for Seat No. I in tiie 43rd District N. C. House of Representatives (Cleveland, Polk andrRutiunford Counties), said as economic con- dition.-^ now stand he tavors roll ing back mo.st of the taxi's im posed this yi'ar in the govi'rnor’.s package. “In a pi'iiod of di'clining econ omy — and w(* an* ('ertainly in one—it is tlu* midcllo cla.ss to low income group harde.st hit by these Smith, Kri'd Wright. Charles taxes, and I for one would like tol Hampton, Charle.s Mashburn, J., T. McGinnis. Vardel Neal, Robert Plonk noted that when Hip Goforth, Robert Wright. Charles crown lax. ga.sidini* tax and Goforth. Randy sharply - .boosted aufomobih* ]j.: c.<irpentei', Dickie .McGinni.s, Jayi cen.se tag incr(*asi‘.s wore being Ben Hord, Winifred Rus- consider(Kl in tin* last session of Bridges, and John Dill-' the General Assembly, North Carolina was enjoying an em ployment boom. “Today we’re sliding.” he said. “Textile Mills have eut back, fac tories are not running at capacity and tills is having a telli>g ef Mis. Dellinger's Funeral Friday Funeral .servic-es for Mrs. Fran cis Royster Dellinger. 78. of Route 3. Kings Mountain, were c*onduct- ed Friday* from Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. E.j H. Sessom and Rev. C. C. Crowj officiating. Burial was in the. church cemetery. ' Mr.s. Dollingop, daughter of the 1 ite Frank and Eli/abetl^ DeJIin- Every time I pull up to a gas: '-Jcr Roy.stc'i* and widow of C. L. station and see those high prices IX'ilinger. died April 16 in Clevc- get. The 197071 school year calen dar was ado[»l(*d as follows: Au gust 24. Teacher.^ Day; August 2.5. Pupil Orientalioii Day; August 26. first full day' for .students; S<'pr. 18, NCEA di.strict meeting: Nov. 26-27, Thanksgiving holi days; Dee. 23-.Tan. 1, ('liristmas; lloHda^^s; Jan. 22. Evaluation Day*: | April 9-16, spring vacation; June! 2. last day of school for students; i June 3-4. teacher days. The school hoard also approved' a student field trip to California in wliich .some 25 high .school stu-, d(*nls and five adult chaperones will participate. The trip was conceived by Bill A’oung, a high .school l(*aehcr who has made the! trip several timt'.s, and will cover the 2S-day period between June 14 and July 10. The trip will bo a camping-typo activity, it was extilained. and will cover some 7,500 miles by school bus, for which the system will be reimbur.'-iod 20 cents per mile. Total cast p(*r student will hi* $200 which will include tui tion. meals, fees. trans[>orlation (Continued on Page Sia*.) Elizabeth Stewart Is Hospitalized Mis.s Elizabeth Stewart, Her ald .society editor, is a patient at Kings .Mountain hospital, which she entered Tuesday. She is suffering from a glan dular ailment. During her absence from the Herald, Mr.s. Grace Rutledge Hamrick, of Shelby, i.s handling .Mi.ss Stewart’s dutie.s. Mrs. Ham rick .spent two months with the Herald in 1968 and has done short stint.s previously. S’ie is the wife of C. Rush Hamrick, Jr., and former editor of the Cleve land Times. Reading Clinic Is Scheduled The (iK'atei Cl(*\eland Inter national Reading .\ssociation is' spon.soring n*a(iing elinicon Wed* ne.sday . April 29, in the cafeteria at Siielby High School when three reading ('onsullanls from Appa-: lachlan Slate University will lead group si'ssions. The clinic will get Mnd(*rway at 6:30 p.m. and sviPlK*r will be ca-j lered by .\lslon ‘Bridg(*s Barbecue. Following .siqipei. participants will meet in group s(*ssionp vvitli: Jim Layton. lormc*rly of Kings! Mountain, to addres.*j the primary | grad(' teachers; Uberlo Brice, the' elementary grade leaeliers; and Ricliurd Cuiyei, also formerly a teacher in Kings Mountain, tlu* junior high t(*achers. Tickets, which are priced at $2 each, may he secured from MUs Jackie Blanton at East Scliool. Rites Today For RumgardnerTot fJraveside services for the* in fant daughter of Mr. and Mr.<. Larry Bumgardiier of Route .3. Kings Mountain, will be lield this morning at Mountain Re.st Ce:netery with Hu* Rev, .Archie Chapman officiating. Tlu* intant was dead at birth Monday Jiighl at 11 o’clock in Kings .Mountain Ih-spital. The fatlu'r, who i.s in Germany, arrived y’e.<lerday for the serviee.s. Surviving in addition to the father and mother, who was the former Sandra Wright, are tlu paternal giandpar(*nts, Mr. and Mrs. Charhs G. Bumgardiu'r. and materml grandparents. Ah. and .Mr.-:. George E. Wright, all of Kings Mountain. Democratic Primary Day Ten Days Away Registration for the May 2 pri- , mary could hardly be labeled : heavy but .Saturday totals at three I of four Number 4 Township pre- : cincis .showed 62 new voters Hst- I ed a.s the books were c*losed. ' Principal activity was at West ; King.s Mountain were 24 new vot- ('rs registered, for a total of 43. Mrs. Nolle Cranford, at East Kings Mountain added .six. 10 dur ing the period. .Mrs. J. A. E. Con- . tier added one, five during the period. Mr.s. J. B. Ellis could not h(* reached Wednesday for a fis- al Saturday repoft. She had added . four voters previou.sly. ' This Saturday will be challenge day. Political conversation among citizen.s appeared dormant and several candid it<K agreed. One remarked. "If interest doesn’t pick up, I don’t know whether any body will vote.” C!<indidates themselves were politicking. howevH?i. Principal interest attended the races for county commissioner, when* six .seek two Di'mocratic nominations; th<* race betw-een Representative \V. K. Mauney, Jr., and Hal 8. Plonk for the state Hoii.se of Representative.s. and the contest li)r Superior clerk of court between Incumlxmt Paul Wilson and former Deputy ci(‘rk Ruth Dedmon. Senate Candidate and former Coroner J. Harris, oppa'-ed by Grady Tlioma.s, wa.s spending considerable time in Gaston Coun ty. The .Senate district includes Cleveland and Gaston counties. County commission candidates are In.urnbetit B. E. (Pop) Sim mons, Aat('.~ .Smith. Myers Ham- bright. Phil Ruckei, W. W. Lynch and R'ly Lc*c D(*dmon. The three-man race for coroner inelufles AT. D. (Bub) '\\alker, K. C. Withrow and Yates 1. Mitchem. and Marian .S. Jone.s is challeng ing Incumbent Sheriff Haywood Allen. District Judges Lewi.s Bulwinkle and Jolm Iriday and Attorney Henry L. Fowh'i. Ji.. are vying for the nomination for Superior Court judge, and W. Hampton Childs and Frank Rankin seek the nomination for Superior Court solicitor. feet on thou.sands of people all over the district. People simply aren’t able to match the projee- lions that wen* laid aowai a year ago,” he said. Plonk said he favors givin" the taxpa.ver a bettor bn'ak by curb ing fhe taxes and giving a shot in the arm to North Carolina’s economy at tlie s'lmo time. Mid-Wife No Longer Rusy Woman She Once Was; Fee Once a Dollar my blood boils. .\nd fiftoen-cent soft drink.*-' ufiset my stomavh so much I can't drink them.” H(* also noted that before the Iwo-cent ga.solinc* lax was impos- (Continued on Page Sir) West Mountain Getting Patched; | Re-Surfacing To Start May 11th t Black-topping of rough-riding, pleting patching of .street cuts' hole-fxicked West Mountain Street made to lay the water mains. i.< .scheduled to begin May 11. Neal Hawkins Company is con- Mayor John Henry Moss said hej tractor. and the board of commissioners! City crews, meantime, will raise are “most appreciative” of the sewage manhole casings. patience of clti'Zen.s who use' Budgeted last fiscal year, the West Mountain. “It is a rough - re surfacing wa.s delayed until str(*('t.” the Mayor commented, the water line work was complete, “but it would have been quite! It is now complete and Lowder wasteful to re*r/lrface before the Construction Company is com- line-laying w'ork W'as complete.*’^ land Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Mulls Alomorial Bap tist Church. . Surviving are two .sons, Slow Dc'IIinger of Shelby and W. V. n)uh) Dellinger of Rt. 3. Kings Mountain; llirt'e daughters, Mr.s. Zero Hoyle and Mr.s. Ray Short of .Shelby and Mr.s. Alton Devine i of Lawndale: one brother. Vance' Uov.sH'r of Fallstoii; three sisters. Mrs. Gene Wehiint and Airs. Ar ther 3'omlin. both of Kings Moun- lain, and Mrs. Callh* Lee Smith of S'K'lhy: 1.3 grand<hildr(*n and •sovi'n great-grandchildren. FAIRVIEW LODGE MEET Fairview Lodge No. ,339 A.F. and A.M. wmH hol/l on emergent eommunical u'ui Monday. April 27. at .7:.3() p.m. for work in tlu* first deg;(*(*. Liglil refresh ment.s will b<* s^'rved aft<‘r tlie meet ing. By UNDA BISER BEHRENS The av(*rago doctors’ fei* for de livering a baby navvaday.s is $225. A Cleveland County, N. C. mid wife, Laura Lee Weathers Strong ein get it for you wholesale at $35. Mrs. Strong solo delivered her first baby in 1929. She was paid $1. “I got kind of nauseate then hut I figured .soap and water cleaned anything,” .she .said. .Vt 72. approximatel\- 101)0 births la)(*i. Mrs. Strong op(*ns h(*r blue denim midwife bag Inlreqiu'nlly Hu'.se dn>s. Only 4 deliveries in 1969. 10 in 1968. a.s opposed to 3 or 4 a day in the H)30’.s or 40’s. The last 2 or 3 A'ears its been “down plumb slack”, she notes. No mother.*; havi* died uiulei her ministrations but thert* have b<'en souie stilllxuns. Mrs. Strong has a sixth grade education. Midwivc**; are restricted. They pre.*-'(iil)e and give no medjeine.s now alHiough hc'fore tlu* “eonipul- sion.s”, Mrs. Strong hr<'W(*d "tan- zy” tea lor mothers, ll wa.s “tan- zy” root dug from tlu* field she farmed. Midwixes do not r(*ach into the birih eanal. Ungloved, they might (ransmi! g(*ims ns doctors did in days of high puerperal fe\er inci- d(’ni:<' coinciding with unwashed hands moving from case to case. Midwive.s carry fingernail dippers; and fingernail scrub brushes. I They don't perform forceps de- liveri(*.« nor slitili patients hence do not deliv(*r fiisl babies which usually nece.ssitate si itching. "I wouldn't try slMiliing.” Airs. Strong says, “b(*cau.*;o that’s a misery.” P(*imils rc'iu'wed ev(‘r\ year, an* rr*(|uired ol mi(lwi\(*.s. .Mrs. Strong doe.sn't n’c.ill the \ear slu* ae- (piired hi'r.-' but in the (*arly days of lu*r practice* th(*y wert* not Mec(*s.sar\. Midwili* bags with sterilized contents ludd aprons, a stM'teh cap to cover the midwife’s hair, drape.-;. tow(*ls. scissors, cord tie. silver nitrate for \va.shing ha- hies’ eyes. 2 basins for \val(*r. .soap. * pads (stuffed with new.spa|x»r> to pul under Hu* m<»ther and oh- sorlu'iit cotton, etc. The hags are clu'cked and graded. Without an .\. no practice. Tlu* midwiVes are als(( given liealtfi examinations checking eyes, kidru'V.s. blood piessure. and a blood test. The iiealth dej)aiiiru*nt formerly as- .*<embl(*d all mld\viv<'s yearly for the ritual Init now only Mr.s. Sirong remains; In 19.57 she (Ctiutinucd on Pttge Sir) Two To Attend Title I Meet In Asheville Donald Parker, director of the Title I program in Kings Moun tain City schoo’^'?, and Mrs. J. C. Atkin.son, who works with the Title I program, wil go to Ashe ville today to attend an area con ference concerning many aspects of the progr:mi supported by fed eral funds through the State De partment of Public Instruction. The conference, which will fin alize plan.*: lor the summer pro- ‘gram. will hi* held at Grove Park Inn todav and Friday. Park<*r and Mr.s. Atkinson have been !<*(|iu*st(*d to take to the conf(*r<*nc(‘ for displ:iy purposes any Title I publications and print ed mal<*rials develiia'd at the lo cal level. Titl(* I provides programs de- slgni'd to meet the snecla! edu cational needs of educationally disadvantaged students — public and non-public—who live in areas of high eonc/nlrallons of children from low income famiire.s.'‘P\inds go to tlu* schools in this county to a.ssist In instructional activities and suiiporting services, designed tM meet previmislv unnu»t oduca- tional lU'cds of many school chil dren. ^ Tlu* Aslu’vilU* confereiu*o Is de signed to provide inlormation In small grouf) sessions and to in- cUkU* tinu’ for exchange of ideas among the sc'veral loi*al educa tion agencit*s.