Population
Greoter Kings Mountoin 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
•^4 Gitfatfr lung* Mountcda tlgura is trnm tiM
•ptcirl United Stau* Bureau of tbo Census repotl •
lonuary 1866. ond Includes the 14.890 pepulotlos o
number 4 Towosbip, and the remamlng 6.124 Iroa
NumMr S Towuihip, in Cleveland County and Cfowdnv'
__Mo^tedB Township In Gaston County.
Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspapei
VOL 82 No. 20
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 14, 1970
Eightieth Year
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GANTT WINS AIR FORCE COMMENDATION METAL — Sgt. Roger D. Gantt, pictured above, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Gontt of Kings Mountoin, is shown being presented the citation for meritorious
service while assigned to the 21st Tactical Air Support Squadron, Republic of Vietnam during
the period of June 12, 1968 to May 28, 1969.
Best Census Guess
Wins Herald’s $25
The Kin.i^.s Mountain Ilorald, as 202 Dilling Stret^t, missed tho
it has done for the past two 1900 count by two, guessing 8,010.
decades, will give a prize to tho 1960 census revealed Kings
individual residing in .Number 4 Mountain residents numbered
or 5 township who comes closest §,008 while the 1966 census re-
to guessing the official 1970 pop-i vealed 8,256. The Herald editor’s
Illation count for Kings Mountain, educated, ^ucsi? for 1970 which
Twenty-five dollars in cash will include residdhtg !ti the .re-
will b(‘ the prize for tho winner, cently city limits extension, is
A check with the district cen- 9,300.
sus office in Hickory yesterday Rules of the Herald’s 1970 cen-
revealed that there is no deadline sus guessing game are as follows:
of sorts in Kings Mountain or 1) Contest closes at 5 p.m., Fri-
Cleveland County for the census, day, May 29. (Mail entrie.s must
However, Harry Carpenter, dis- bear postmarks no later than this
trict manager, said bo was under’ hour and date.i
tlie impression thi.s area will 2) The conte.st is o|H»n to all
liave been covered by the end of citizens of No. 4 and No. 5 Town-
next week. ship, with the exc*cption of the
Cleveland i>' in a 12-county dis- .«ovcral enumerators in the Kings
trict, he oxplain(‘d. and the dis- Mountain area and/or their im-
trict enumerations will need to mediate families, and employes
be pieced togothi'r and added be- ol the Ht‘rald and their immed-
fore any numbers will be reveal- iat( tamilie.s.
ed Tlie reports will be processed 3» Entries piust be submittc<t
through computers. on the blank printed in today's is-
Tlie entire census .should be sue of the Herald, or orr copies of
completed by tlie I'ast of the tho blank wh ch are obtainable a*
year, he said. the Herald office on S. Piedmont
Winner of the first c^mte.st in Ave.
in.'iO was A. B. Prince, Kings 4) In case of a lie, the $25 will
Mountain insurance sahvsman be divided equally among the
wli.) missed the 7,206 population winners.
by a count of six. .Mrs. Doyt Falls, (Ctnithim'd On Pane Eight)
Bulwinkle Calls
Run-Oli With
I liday May 30
Ch'veliinders will return to the
eleeiioii )»dis for a ore man race
on .May 30 when Cliief Judge
Lewi.s iluUvinkle of Hie 27tli Ju
dicial Pi.-dri.M will meet Histricl
Court .lufige .lohn Friday for the
vacant Superior ('ourt judgi'ship.
When Myor.s Hanibrighl of tlu:
Bethwari' cemmunity decided not
:o so<‘U a rim-off with IMiil Uuck
er for till' county e'^rnTniissitin, the
inly rac(' remained between Bui
winkle and Friday.
Jndgt' lUilwiiikle filed with the
State Board of EU'ctions In Ra
leigh la'^l week, 10 day.*? follow
ing the primary as required, a‘-k-
ing (or a runoff against Judge
Fridav. BiiUviiikle pclled 6,29f
voles to Friday’s 7,S23. A third
contestant for tlie po.si, Henry
wie . polled 3,171
Friiiay’s iionie county of I.inc-
)ln polled .3.123 votes in his fa
vor uitli 552 for Bulwinkle and
in Bnhvinkle’s home county o.
JnstcMi he took 2.154 vote.s a-
gain.sl Bulwinkle’s 3,015 and Fow
ler'.^ 1917. Bulwinkle* hope's (juitc
naturally he will ;ain P'owicr’s
vote's in (laston in seeking a
run-off.
In announcing his decision for
i run-off. Bulwinkle told the
Merald “I .appreciate tlie support
I recc'isefl in tlie Kings Mountain
area on May 2 and will continue
to .solicit yenir support in a .sec
ond primary on May 30."
In Ills announcement this w'oek
telling of his decision not to call
for a nui-edf, Hambiight said:
"While I did not rect'ivo a win
ning share of the votes in the
sst. RoRor D. CJan.t, s(.n of Mr. I PHm.Hry I clirl rnooivr
ami .Mrs. I.saoc Gantt of KinRs I'/""' 'U'mbor to ont.tlo mo
Mountain, has toreivcrl tho Air
Ko.ro Commrnclation .Modal for I ™”SKlorjition of the
moritorious service in Vietnam. | '‘t'd'"'"''-'! < '<> <l>e taxpayer.-
and many other factors. I have
concluded that I .should folkm
ton there from June ,12. 196S to | r’''"!’'''
.May *^8 1969 pre.ssed in their vote on .May 2
' fhe“"<’vlalion reads; ' 1 . sincere Riat
Waste-Usage Law Is Needed
To Stop Sewage Odor Problem
f,
SgL Roger Gantt
Awarded Medal
In Vietnam
Gantt was a member of the j ^
21st Tacfcal Air Support Stpiad-
It.iule ,U», liie maiiy wh*'
suj>|H)rt<'d me and my eont*ept oi
good and frugal eounly govern
ment and to assure them that I
shall continue to strive for ‘Pro
gross Througli Unity' In (Teve
land County now and in tho fu
ture. To Mr. Simmons and Mr.
R«gor D. Gantt dis-
Hn-gttished’himself by heroism in
volving voluntai*y risk of life at
Ban Mo Thuot Republic of Viet
nam, on 19 April 1969. On that ;
date. Sergeant Cianlt oh.served a '
Cully armed, fully fueled Army |
holaopter crash on take off near 1 „ , .
the runway. Sergeant Gantt im-i offer congratulation.^ for
medi/teiy ran to the scene to of. and my support
for any assistance ho could. With ' furtlier insure their elections
complete disregan! for the fact ' ^ November election.’'
that the holicopler could have ex-
plajed at any moment, he assist
ed the injuicd crew members to
safety. Tlie exemplary courage
and heroism displayed by S<*r-
gcant Gantt reflect gre'at credit
upon himself and the United
States Air Force.
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
Kings Mountain. N. C.
My estimate of the official population of the City of
Kings Mountain for 1970 is
Name
Street Address
City :
(Mail or bring this blank to the Kings Mountain Herald, Kings
Mountain, N. C. Entries must be received no later than 5 p.m.,
Friday, May 29, 1970, or postmarked not later fhan that hour
and date. Please type or print legibly the information above.)
Gibbs Succumbs
After Accident
Funeral .services for Robert I
James Gibbs, "(>, of 401 West Gold
Strec't, were conducted Sunday at T
2 p.m. from Harri.*; Funeral Homoj
('hHt)el with Dr. Paul Af’sley of
ficiating. Interment followed in I
tlie Glen Alpine Presbyterian i
Church cemetery.
A retired worker for the South-j
ern Pacific Railway, he was fa-^
tally in.lured in a freak accident j
at his home Friday afternoon at;
2;43 p.m. when he attempted to'
got into his car vVhleh vTSS roll-'
ing from il.s parking place ia the I
carport. In the attempt, .Mr. Gibb.s'
was pinned between the car and;
(Conthiucd On Pug-e Eight) |
* utxerJK iviory
Ann Hoiiser# doughter of Lloyd
R. Houser of Kings Mountain,
has been topped for member
ship in Phi Beta Kappa, the na
tion's highest scholostlc honor
ary' fraternity at the University
of North Caroling at Chope!
Hill. She is amoi^ 142 students
honored.
Houston Black
Wins Promotion
Cook Was Middleweight Champ;
Veteran Kings Mountain Policeman
Bynum P. Cook, 53, a veiiM-an I Camp Glenn, near Morchead City
patrolman on the Kings .Moun
tain police force, iwas middle
weight champion of rhe* North
Caroltna National Guard in 1938.
He was in the ibo.xing arena at
PROMOTED — Houston Black,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L Black
of Kings Mountain, has been
promoted by Carolina Power &
Light Company in Raleigh.
Houston Black or Raleigh has
Ix'en promote.! by Carolna Power
Light Company to the nc'wly
^ created position of director of
' wage and b<mofit administration,
j Black jointxl CP&L in 1956 as ^
! a sule.-i representative in Rocking*
1 ham. In 19.59 he was promoted to
'Central Div..‘?ion personnel repro-
'scnlative in Soulhorn Pines. He i
! was nanif d personnel representa
tive in the generai offit’O in Ral
eight in 1968, his pasition prior to*
. his recent promolon.
i While a sales represenative.
! Black sold the first total-electric
I s( liool on CP&L’s system. !
A native of Kings Aloimtain.
an-: graduate of K ngs Mocntain
■high school lUuck rm'ived his
A. B. degree from Calawba Col-{
Ieg<* in Salisbury. Tie is an Army ;
1 (Continiud On Page Eight) |
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BYNUM P. COOK
Mr. Cook does little boxing.
nmr, except via the telev sion box
but is an avij fislierman and
hunter.
Jle first jointai the local police
dofy.u'lnicnt in 19,53 and tlion in
19.58 Sgt. Uook joined th<* prisonf
departnieni, worked iluae .sever
al yi'ars and then Joined Filler
Industries as a secur ties juanl
lit* relumed to Hr- local foixc
nine years ago.
Cook has eoinpleted numerous
law <*nfoi<einent schrmls iiiitiah'd
here bv Chief d'om Al. nevilt, in
cluding llio.se on traffic iin'ction,
criminal ami acedent investiga
tions. Me recenUy earma! a dipio
ma in ITJI C)!'fie^rs S. liool con
cJiCled by ('leveland Tw'hnu’al In
stitule. lie has been a meniln'r of
the Law KntfiLemenl OfficerJi’
Association sinci* 19.53.
Patrolman Cook was a military
polrc'cman durijir World War H
and spent eight mnths in Eng
land before the Normandy invnJ
Sion, in which he partMpatetl He
was in five major campaigns in
(Continuf^d on Pagr Eight)
IN SUMMER HONORS PROGRAM — Five students from Kings Mountain High School have been
chosen to participate in the National Science Feundstion Summer Honors Programs. All five stu
dents will study science. Charles Reed, son of Dr. and Mrs. Nathan Reed was selected to attend
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jack White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. White,
University of North Carolina ot Chapel Hill, Betsy Queen, doughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Queen,
Woman's CoUege, University of Mississippi, Pam Cronan, daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Cronan and
Lynn Finger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Finger, Jr. are alternates at East Carolina University.
From left obove, Charles Reed, Pam Cronan, Jack White, Lynn Finger ond Betsy Queen.
Are Issued
Committee
Says: Follow
Transfer Law
The city commisj^ion accepted
rocommi'iidation ot it.'-; taxi <*om-
miticc Tuesday night and i.s.sued
(our additional cab franclii.ses,
one each to Frank rrico, James
Vdamans, Clark J. Rushing and
Villiam Orr. j
The four brings to 26 the num-1
)or ot cab Iranchiscs is<u<‘d by
:hc < il\'. \ total of 18 applications
'□r tile four new fianchises had
ocen receivi'd.
The c«>mmittce, including Com-
nissioncr James .1 Dickey, chair-
nan. Ray W. Cline an ! W. S.
■iddix, furllicr recoimmcndcd that
lie city follow the Code of Ordi-
nanct'.s relating to cliange of
(Continued On Page Eight)
Engineer Says
Industry Waste
McGill T rouble
Rep.ating to the city commis
sion Tuesday night. Col. W. K.
Dickson, tin city’s con.sulting en
gineer. recommi'nclcd the city a-
dopl a wash'-usage ordinance.
C4)l. Dickson was relating the
I engineering efforts to determine^
; .source of tlie diflicultics at tlie
M(“Gill sewage trcatm<*nt plant
that ha.s been exuding noxious
odors iieriodically for several
, weeks.
I Ho said tho .source of toxic of-
I fluent, which has been killing
o.xygen-proriucing algae is being
traced.. Meantime, hi' added, an
immediate, if temporary, relief
can be olitained by liie use of a
masking chemical
Wdicn algae is not present, oxy
gen eontent drops, cutting the
nature-given treatment of human
wa.ste.
“There are ph'nty of beautiful
clean rocks out there,’’ lie con
tinued, "but we don’t want them
clean. We want slimy all the
time."
i Col. Dickson did not specify
, what sliould bo included in the
; waste-usage ordinance. However,
■ ho implied that indu.strial firms
putting chemical wastes into tlio
^ disposal .system .should be requir
ed to construct holding basins
, when he said the holding ba.sin
I .system being employed by Neis-
! co's Margrac<? plant is working
I quite well (Neisco's effluent goes
Robert Ruff will bo installed as| into the Potts creek plant sys-
coinmandcr of Otis D. (Tieen Post i )
ir,:;. Amoiican Lcj-ion, Moiulaj j. an in-
ni''ht at 7 pm. dustnal firm to dump chemical
^ ‘‘ ' waste piecemeal, preventing sys-
Mr. Ruff, retiring first vice-■ tom overloads that kill the
cimimandcr, \Mjn .Monday’.s si'c- | "slimy” algae,
ond clc. lion, as he won the first, |
as a write-in <*andidaie.
Write-In Ruif
Again Winner;
ITo Be Installed
City Bidding
Prove? Active
Mycr.*-- & Chapman, of Cliarlotte,
was apparent low bidder of sev-
Adjutant Joe McDaniel,'Jr., re
ported the rc.sult as Ruff 86, re
tiring C'f.mniandcr C’arl Wilson
S^l and Robert. Davii's .5.
Ruff also got four write-in
votes for thi* post .scholarship' *'>■' l^asc bid Tue.sday night
t cominitice. in wliat amounted to a i»ublic utilities building the
a run oli between Grady.,Howard ‘"’ly intends to construct at the
;ind Ki 'inklin Ware. Howard won ' site of tho McGinnis street prop-
92 to Ware 71. The two had tied now occupied by water tanks,
for third place on the three-man t'* S26,713.
committee in the first I'lection at The:-e were several alternates
Dixon President
Of Car Dealers
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b/iMUEL H. HOUSTON, JR.
Houston Named
To School Post
.Samuel II. Houston. Jr., husband
of tho former Diani' Roberts of
Kings Mountain, has bien pro-
, , , . , moled to assistant principal of
. . f V Irwin Junim- High
lent of the ( lovcland County
N<;w Car D<>al<-r.. A.s.K iatian at, (i^adualo ol Appala.-iiian Stair
Charles E.
Ntoviolel Co.
Dixon of /Dixon I
61 i?acli.
Obicchon to Ruff’s vviilo-in
candidacy and first election vie-
lory bv tlic 13-member o/fivor
board was on grounds a full-time
cmpluyci* could not, by post vote,
boll offici'. Legionnaire Ruff, as-
sLslant manager, .said lie had
I nut worki'd at the U'gion build
ing since the iiiglU of the first
I'lection May 4. He .said Com
mander Wilson told him iio was
.su.spcndi'd.
Other officers elected who will
1h‘ installed:
a meeting of that group Tucs-!
lay night. He succoi'ds Erncstj
.logers of Rogers Pontiac-Ciidillai*'
Co. in Shelby, j
Fred McBrayer of .McBray<*r
Motors, Shelby, was named vice-
president and II. S. Keeler of
Keetcr Motors, Inc., Shelby, was
elected sem'fary-treasurer.
University when* he earned a
Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree,
he has taught hoaitli and phys-
First vice • commander, GeiiC; Throe firms entered bids on a
Gib.son; second vice-commander, 756 KVA 3-pha.so tran.sformer.
Louis Sabi'ltic; adiutanl-finanee ‘ with Carolina Transformer Corn-
office. Joe McDaniel; -ctaiipimn,' pany, of Fayetteville, apparent
lohn Gladden; sergeant at-arm.s. 'ow bidder at S.5980 for Allis-
Jackie Barrett; assistant sergeant-! Chalmers I'quipment. Shipment is
ieal eduration at Fort Bragg for j at-arm.s, (Jeorge Hull; historian, i Promised in 1 4 wcck.s. Other bids:
tile past four years, During the Diivid J. Delevii*; five-member j ^^91 Power Supply Company,
.summi'r he .s(*r\es as a.ssistant
g()lf pm to Bob Kepler at Hound
Ears Lodge and Club at Blowing
Rock.
Uiban Renewal
Meeting Slated |
Carl Mauney. C'liairman of tliei
vingr .Mountain Redevelopment
Commission urge's all residents
and property ow'iu’rs to attend a
meeting at 7:00 p.m. Tue.sday,’
May 19, in (he Council Chamber i
of the City Hall to di.scuss the:
progress to dale on the Canslori
Street Urban Renewal Project.
Joe Laiiey, director of tho Kings
Maggie Fulton's 78th Birthday Finds
Her Happily Reporting For Work
e.xecutive comniitU'c. Ben. T. Go-1 ^J****'t*^*k- General iectric'eguip-
forth, Bt'ii Hord. X T. McGinnis, 26 W€»eks delivery. $5984;
Jr., Vardell Neal, and Robert Go- nncU We.stinnliif>u.se Supply Com
fort li. pany, Charlotte, Westinghouse
equipment. $7491. 22 weeks deliv-
(Continued On Page Eight)
.Mrs. M.'iggie .M"Gjll Fulton is
cMen .'iskei! liow slu* got-; around
like she doc'.- and always seems
.so liai>p.v.
IT', an easy qiic'.stinn to answer
•he .*<ays. "I love, to work and I
love la maki* friends,”
I’lii's lay Maggl<* celebrated her
78t!i bivtlida.v. aiui while most
M'*unliiin Redev('lopment (‘om-i ( have :dready re
mission and Lynwood Thumbs. **f*‘'* down in' their
project imanager for the Cansler; ^*'1* looks furward to
Street project will be present (o! (I'.v and tlie energy she can
answer any question.*-* whii-h resi- put into it.
dents or property owners may Maggie is well known around
have. Kings Mountain and is proud of
The project area is boundi'd tier a.'-s«)(iatifmWith many fim-
generally by Waco Road oh the, ilies, those being Mrs*. J. II. Ar-
north, Cansler Street and City tluir in whose lious»»liold she he-
Street on the east, Hawthorne cafne a part of the family for 35
Road on the south and Watter-1 yoais. *
son Strecl on the west, 1 (Continued On Page Eight) !
MAGGIE FULTON
Chancre Order Cost
More Than $50,000
Change onlois on (lie Buffalo
Creek water project, agreed to
by the city I'ommi.ssjon Tues
day night, upped the eunstrue-
tlon cost of the project slightly
more than 8.50,201).
Tin* minor item was for fluor
idation equipment for (he treat
ment plint, $22(15, to Gille.spie
Cmistrucllon Company, a gen
eral contiac'lor.
The major Item was ajiproxi-
muU'ly S 18.000 to Neal Hawk
ins. contractor for paving SR
20 M (Cami) Creek Church
road), which borders the re.ser-
voir proiM'rly on the east. Part
of the additional funds Is for
road bed realignment, (he oili
er for specification changes by
tho State Highway eommlRsinn
in side barrier eonslructton aft-
cr contract was let.
in the bid specificuiions and tab
ulations were not yet complete
Wednesday. Myers & Chapman
also hid on a .sfeel buildifg 100 x
114 feel. Sjiccifications call for
100 x 150.
Ot'iei bids imUuled: Huskey
Construction Company, Greenville,
S. C.. .$27.06.5; Industrial Con-
struelion Company, Charlotte,
•$:}0,164: Frank II. Conner Com
pany. riiarlolto, $31,145; Squires
Construction Company, (Charlotte,
$33,836: AR & E Products, Char
lotte'. $35,182: and Stewart Con
st ruit ion Company, Gastonia,
$H..500.