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Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300
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•pectrJ Unlied SiatM luroau of th« Ctuu* r«port •
ICBUdry 1968, and Includat ttaa 14.9M pepuloUca •
Nuratar 4 Township, ond tha ranoinlsg 8,124 IroB
Kumbar 5 Township. In Claaalmd Cqunty and Cpdwdnr*
MA«tn*ntit Township In Oaslen Coontr.
VOL 82 No. 21
* 48^
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsoapei
'.jr
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 21, 1970
Eightieth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD
Kings Mountoin, N. C.
My estimate of the official population of the City of
Kings Mountain for 1970 is ■ •
Name
Street Address
. City
(Mail or bring thl.s blank to Ilie Kings Mountain Herald, Kings
Moiintain, N. C. Entrie.s must be roeeivecl no later t.han 5 p.m.,
Fpidai’’, May 29. 1970, or postmarked not later than that hour
and date. Please type or print legibly the information above.;
Laney Gives Urban Renewal Report
Graduation Rites
Beginning Sunday
Laiiey Outlines
; Structural
Burvey Results
GEEPER HOWARD
Census Contest
Drawing Intere.st
GARY ADAMSON
«91
ll_ Gary AJamson
To Texas Plant
(;ary Adam.'jon, general manag
er of tin* Kinder .Manufaeturing
Company, In.''.. Kings Mountain,
plant has been named general
manager of the Mt. Vernon, Tex
as. plant aeeording to a recent
announccmeiii by Ilonald D. Min-
/vy, pit'sident of ftie nationwide
furniture, dinette and case goods
manufacturer.
Mr. Adamson joined Kinder in
1903 Hiy a Sites Hepresontative in
Nc>vtfMi. Kansas ana" serv'od as
Sales Manager there until his
y tran.sfer to Kings Mountain in
/ HKiil. He will replace Nauricc
Summeis at Mt. Vernon who has
u\-ign«*d to enter private business.
.Mr. Adamson and his wife,
Connie, will be* moving to Texas
in the imniwliate future.
$25 Prize Awaits
Closest Guesser
Of KM Census
Ccn.sus gU(*ss<Ms liave little
m')r<* than one week to partici
pate in Mu* llerald’.s conte.st to
guess the (Tlicial 1970 population
eouni for Kings Mounlain. The
person giu*.<sing closest to the of-
iiriai <*ounl will be awarded $25
in cash.
jllanUs may lu* «)htaincd at the
IIo^'aM offici* or may bo clipped
from I be paper and entered but
must l)t* jji the office by 5 p.m. on
Kriday, .May 29 or mail entrii.'-
' mu.si b(’ar postmarks no later
than tins liour and date.
Many entrit*.s have already been
lOkeived.
JSi'
lilies
- 7'^
JOHNNY HOGUE. JR.
Howaid. Hogue
Aie Selected
(jeeper Hcwaid and Johnny .
Hogue .Ir., have hoen elected |
from kings Mountain high school j
to attend Boy’s State on the earn-
pus of Wake Forest Univc.sily ;
:ho latter part of Juno.
The two were nominated by 1
junior teachers at the local high .4
s hool and wore elected bv seo'et
Diplomas Will Be
Awarded June 3
To Class oi 70
Plans f(;r graduating exorcises
1 fo. seniors at Kings Mountain
I High Sc'liool liavc been announc
ed hj Principal J. C. .-Mkinson, the
firs! event t get underway on
.uinda\, .M IV 24. with the bacca
laureate st'rmon to bg licld at 8
p.m. in Hu. gymtorium.
The Ke\. Robert C. Mann, pas
tor Oi Fir.-:! Bapti.:<t Church, will
deliver tltc .sermon and the Rev.
i. I^. pa.stor of .Hood Hope
Pio.sbyterian ('hurcli will intro-
lucc him. Tlu* iiuucalion will be
given by Rev. .lames R. Neill,
rector ol Trinity ^iUcopal Church, ^
I and tlu' F<Tiplur<“ will be read by
1 .Rev. Robert A. Wilson, pastor of
I '■hiloii Presbyterian Church in
j Grover. The R<'\. R. (>. Davis, pas
tor of Adams Chapel AME Zion
Tiurch and Vc'stibulc AME Zion
linrciL will prv.nouiK’O the bene-
, diction.
.Special music will 1)C renden'd
by the King.s .Mountain High
k'hool choir. The congregational
hymn will bo “Como Thou Al
mighty King” wliil(' the high
:^hoo) band will provide music
the proLxvssional and rec'cs-
j sioiiai.
RITA BELL
Bit? Bell Is
Erskine Graduate
district manag<*r with the Hick
ory census »)illce. has revealed
the enumerators .should conclude
tlicir work in (dc\cland County
by the ond of lliis week. Clove
l.iiul Ls in a 12founly district and
all (’numerations must be recciv*
ed in this an’a b(*fv>re any num
hers will h(» revealed. The entire
census sltould he completed by
Hie end of tlu* year 1970. Iu> said,
with final count due about the
same time.
Winners in the two previous
Herald conte-5|s. A. R. Prinee and
Mrs.- Doyt, Knll.s, ('anu* clase to
cairng tlu* corr«»ct numb(‘r. Prince
lui.vsing by .six and Mrs. Falls by
tv o.
1 For those wlio are inleri'Stcd,
I Hie rules will h(» ri’iicated as foT-
I lows:
I) Coiib'sl closes at 5 ji.m.. Fri-
I day, May 29 and postmarks
j .slunild. read no later date than
I this.
I 21 The (\jntest is open to all
I eiti/ens of No, t and No. .5 Town-
' ship, vvilh (’xc(*ptioM of the S(*v-
v’lal enunu'ratiM-s in tlu* Kings
I Mountain area and oi their im-
I ni(*(lial(' r.-imili(*s, employes of
: Hie Herald and tlioir immediate
1 familie.s
j ,3» Enirii's must hi* .submlltod
! on Hu* blank printed in the Her-
: nid'.s Issues or on eopie.s of the
, olank which are obtainable at
Hie Ili’rald office on S. Piedmont
I Avo.
D In ea.se of a lie. the $25 will
be divided equally among the
winners.
I .5) Should no tini* guess the ex
act numl)(*r, Hu* pi'ison or per-
,! sons cIo.s(*.st to the official 1970
census figure for Kings .Mountain
will l)(» declared winner of Hu*'
(Cimtinncii On Page Eujhi}
aiion include good academic re- i
(*ojds, though not necessarily all
A’s, leadership qualities anj out- -
goin-r personal ties. '
Geeper is the son of Mr. and ;
Mrs. Grady Howard of 514 Cres
c(*nt Hill Road and iu» has been
active in ba.seball, basketball and
football. He Ls a nu mber of the
stud, nl council, Ke* club, Health j
("areers club, Monogram club and.
National Honor Society, -He will
be a ji nior marshal.
Johnny is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hogue, Sr., of Route 1,
Grover and he lias participated |
in football. He also drives a ^
school bus. j
Graduation exercise’s 'will be
held Wednesday, June 3. at 8 p.m
in the John Gamble .Memorial
Stadium when all participants
)n the program will be members
of the senior class.
Douglas Rasoboro wdll deliver
the invocation after which Mis.^
Pamela Lt'O. .'-ocrctary of Hu* .<en-
io: cla<.s, will give the welcome.
Kenneth Bridges, cla.ss vice-presi
dent. will introduce the speaker.
Charles Easle> . .Ir., who 'A-ili give
Hu- senior addres.s.
Princii>al Atkinson and Super
intendent Donald Jones will pro
sent diplomas to tlu* approxi
mately 2(>H graduating seniors,
iContinued o« Page Eight)
REV. EDWIN CHRISCOE
Chriscoe Heads
Pastoi's Giaiip
R(*-.. Edwin Chri.^coc. ha.*-* heei
’lejted Pr(*sidont of Kiiigs Mour.
ain Ministerial .ys.'O.dati >n fu
Hu- coming year.
Rev. Chri.scoe i.^* the : :i -tor o
the Ei.st Gold Street Wesleyai
rhurcli and ha.-* served a-* Se.'re
fnry and Treasurer lor the Asso
viation during Hie past year.
Other offJCe^ elected w'cre Rev
■’urti-' Bundjd Mountain Vj(‘\v
Baptist Church. Vice President
By MARTIN HARMON ]
*T.'(c.- homes mean the next |
i:nc:afi-m will lu Icss advanlag-.
I.” Mayor John Henry Moss
lu- lay niglit told a half-hun-
Ircd (iii/cns who icsido in the
4V a: :»* Can.slcr .'-trect urban
' Pcc. al area.
*T: \\v don’t renew.” Hio Mayor
ontimu’d. w(‘ will he a detorior
nil) ' city.” til Mayor continued,
Hiding, “we ;)cli('ve that wit!
vvalcr, sewage tli::pi). il. lu’vv in
iustiv, Hur nc’vv neighborhood fa-
lilt;., Kiag-. Mount.-tin is going
a rii '
lli( M'lyor .'spolip aft<‘r Joe
haiK'x-. direct.ir of Hu* Kingft
Raintain Rcflc\alojmu’iU eom-
nissiMii g:i\ i a j>ro.;r(*-:-: rc’port or
;'.«* . angler strict pr-dect and de
aih-d l)(*'icfi; - t< pr.»p(‘rt\ owners
Hill limini* whidi Hu* r<'dcv(’lop
’>'11 coinnii.-.-i-Hi will he aale to
’)io\i.l(*.
»'f Hu* area dotail-
is standard, sub
roliaiiilitalito. and
T’lie suh-.'*‘andard
marked tar acqui
commi.-sion, the
New Crosstowa
i
Road Requested
Commitiee
Lists Priority
i Road Needs
and Dr. Charles
3oyc(’ Memorial,
treasurer.
E. Eelward-:
Secret arv i
Grover Playground Is Ollidally
Slated To Open On Saturday
Mayor To Conduct
Manager Seminar
Mayor John Henry Mo.s-; will
conduct a gTantsmanship .s<*minar
at a short course for city and
county manager.*-' to b(* sponsored
in Raleigh Juno X by the Depart
ment of Local Affairs.
Spocificallv, Mayor .Mo.ss has
been asked to discuss aspects of
the King.' .Mountain neighborhood
facilities building project, includ
ing grant ratio, requirement.s for
A l.o.’c in.'ij
•’d i*(*.'idcnr(’s
:tanda; l bet
•nb-sl.mdaid.
oroiierl ics an
silion by tin
hnilding.s ra/.c<l.
M *. I.am*y .-.lid of theje proper-
i('s: “The commission will pay
a h.i\n yiiu moved, will pay a
"•ih- ma.'kct v.'iliu* lor yom home,
ind will gdvi’ you up to $.5000 to
iel:i y.Mi ai(|ui.(' .i no a* homi*.”
Hf* vvar.ie 1 a.;ain-^l improve-
a-'o!-: lo a henu* wlii.-li is strue-;
'urally unsoun' 1. "Improvenu’nts\
J an unsound hon -i* are unoco-j
r.mHc. There is na use to throw
a-i'd moni’.v after bad.” lu* stated.
Ho p.’omisoj Hint “m.)re liou.s
ng units wiU he built in the area
h.'in i!'(' being taK<*n out."
He .-aid .strihtural .survey an
^ 'nLineor arc* eomjileti* in the
I ’('iK’wal ari’a north of King
street and are being reviewed
I To a (jtKsiioM about a sidewalk
in Kllis street, Mr. Laiu*y .said'
i he area dcvelopnumt jilan will
: novidi* for sidewalks, eurb-and-
I -ufie;*. .starin drain.s, sewage
naiother utilities and improv-
•i} traflic flow.
“Our aim.” lie declared, “is
or the healtli and siiety of citi-
'en- .if The area.” He said mar.y:
'f the liomes scheduled for raz-
II g a’'(' Tire-traps”. !
He ('mphasi/c.d repleatcdly that
the uriian ri’iievval project is a
lonj; tern\ one -tnd that “noni* is
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I
CHARLES NATHAN REED
Charles Reed
WiU Attend
Governor s School
(Tiarles Nathan Reed, .son of
Dr. and Mrs. Nathan H. Reed o;
Kings Mountain. lia.s boon invitee
to attend the 8lh session of (Jov
(*rnor’s Schrol of North Carolina
The experimental program wnl
last from June 15 to Aug. 8 or
the 8aleTn College campu>? in
Winston-Salern.
The School serve's a.s a labora
tory, not only for tlw? student-
selected to attend, but for teach
ers and educators. It If designed
te jilay a small, but .significant
roU in preparing the gifted young
people for th(>ir future tasKs of
creative leadership. Reed will
-'ludy in the area of natural sci
ence.
Re(*d, It), a rising senior al
; Kings .Mountain Higli School, is a
jKomber of the band. Key Club
I Health Career.^ Club. Science Club,
, Math Club. French Club and the
golf team. He was vice president
I of his .sophomore cla.ss and an
The city's r-ad and streets cc^m*
mittee ha^ ’X’eomnionded a list
3f p.^operlies to State Highway
‘omminsion road-building which
include.: a new crossiown road
.Tom Hie Southern Railway cro.ss-
Ing on the Margrac*^ road to U. S.
74 West.
The committee, of which Wil
liam Herndon is chairm.an, con-
feiTed Monday with Highway
Commissioner Roy L<*e Dedmon
ind Division P^ngmeer Ken -Mau-
ney.
Additionally, t he (ximmllVee
ec’ommendr the widening ot NC
21(>, both north to Cherrj'ville, and
-^outh V- the Archdah* inter.-ec-
tion, ana asks widening of NC
161 (Cleveland avenue) to pro
vide a parking lane in the area
ii the neighborhood facilities
building
Top priority went to the US 74
)y-pass foi whicli Sli)C,(X)0 in
ilanning funds was appropriat
'd by the highway commission
*01 the current fiscal year, and
In* Canslei stri'ei widening pro-
icvt for which bids are to be re
ceived in the near future.
The Cansler street project will
itiliz!*-,|the eity’.s s h a r.yj .of
HoO.iXMltXjt) in road bond.s
luring Hie administration"of
Governor Dan K. Moore. The
.xing.. Mountain .sliare approxi
mate.-; $314,600.
Other members of the commit
tee arc J. Lee Roberts, vice-chair
man. L. E. (Josh I Hinnant, Leroy
Blanton and Carl F. .Mauney.
going to he
iri’cts’’. Ill*
tlirown
pointed
A ITay-ln from 2 to 5 j).m. on
SaUnday. M,iy 23, will mark Hk*
official ojiening of a community
plaj’gruuiul in !h(* town of Grover.
.Vnnounc( ments of the play day
has been liandc’d ail cliildn’U in
Hu* Gro\(*r (*l(*m(*nlaiy .school and
posted in tin* town. The Youth
Fc’llowshij? (*f the Slilioh and
Dixon rrcs!)yl(*riau churchc.s is
spon.sor for the (»vi*nl and will
.<crve light reli<*shments during
Hu* afl(*nioon. Kailier this year
tlu* youHi grou)) sponsor’d a pap
er (liive to raise funds to contri-
bnli* towards purcJuise of the
e(iuipmenf.
Tlu* playground is situated on
proi)(*rty belonging to Shiloli
l*resbyt(*iian Church and is acc<’s
sible from the church parking
.train eligibility, piaiv:'needts-i to | Kings Mountain Public
qualify, and other details.
into
out
th(G active member ol Hu* Student
that
Rita B.U is a candidate to re-
eelvb a degn»e from Erskine Col
lege during outdoor commence
ment exerol.ses beginning at 3
|,.ni. Sun.day, May 24. it has been
announced by Kr.skine President
jo.seph Wighiman.
Miss Bell, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. McDaniel, Jr., 3t)4 Jun
iper .41., Kings .Mountain, N. C..
IF a candidate for the A.B. degree
in hi.story.
Wh le at Erskine .Miss Bell has
been a mernbor of the AHieniaij
Literary Society and Epsilon Sig
ma Tau.
Dr. Atuln’W D. Holt, president of
Hu* IJnivcrsily of Tenn('ss(*e, will
d('li\’er tlu* eommenc(*ment ad-1
dress to approximately 120 sen
iors at Erskine ('ollego and Er-
.sltine Theological Seminary. Ear-,
Her May 24, Dr. Charles A. Ar
rington, pastor of CT(*mson Bap-'
list C’hurch, wdll dellv(*i the l)ac-
calaureale ad.lri*.ss to .s(*niors In
the Due West A. R. Presbyterian
Church.
City Expected
To Let Contracts
Principal busines.s of the cll.v'
commission at Tuesday night'si
meeting will be award of con
tracts on which apparent low
bids totaled nearly $5H.()lEX). ,
Itu’Uuh’d are a iuiblic utilities;
building to be con.striu ted on Mc-j
Cfinnis str(’et, a 7.50 KVA trans-|
former to serve the York Road
area near Hie city limits, and
seven chemical items for use nil
Hic city's new water treatment
plant and for its two sewage dis !
posal plants. !
The commission is e.xpected to
adopt a resolution supporting its
roads and streets committee's
pec'oinniendatlon on .slate high
way road priorities.
Tlu* commission \f also expect-
(»d to coiwider adopTlon of the
jirivTIegi* licen.se ordlnancre for
the jirivilege Ucen.se ordinanae for-
the fiscal year beginning July 1.
area. All efiulimu’ni was p'urchas
(*.l In* Hu* .Sliiluh church and was
assembled .ind instalU'd by the
nu’n « r Hu* cliun-h u IHi Hie iielp
o: int(*n*Nicd p(*r.son.s in the com
munily.
(M'i'ici’rs of Hu* clntrch say the
i)l:iy:.4r(iuiul was hoVun as a si'rv*
i.e to Hu* community and .srro.ss
that its u.<o Is not limited to the
cluirvh I'amil.v. Thc.v add that
fuiTIicr purcha.M's (T (‘(juipment
will dcju'iul largc’ly upon Indi
vidual contriliuiions and mone-
t iry gifls from groups outside the
cliurcli.
lastitiilional (lualily r(’creation-
al (*(iuipnu*nt has h(*en usi'd
Hii'ouglumt the play area. U in-'
eludes a space platform sliding;
boai'il, a vvhirl-a-way. a .swinging!
gate, heavy duty swings for large!
children, tot cliair .swings for!
small children, a mounlain elimh-1
e., lour saddle-male .spring ani-
Housing
jAuthoiiiy will have it.s 1.5o.tinil
I orojec t completed in about two
•months and that many persons
living in sub-.-fandar:i dwellings
will qualify for the low-rent
'lOiKi!i;; unit.<.
Mrs. Louise Kihler and Miss
Gus-i<* Reid ohjec-ied to giving up
(Jieir re-idenees. Mrs. Kihler >aid.
“"My house is pill for and fin
t')o old (o start juying for anoHior
one.”
For the most part, the e lizons
listi'nod anri a.sk('d (pu'stions.
without i’\pres.>ions for or against
the proj(*(t.
Council, ol whieh hr is presently
vice president of tlu* Student Par
ticipation Organization.
He is a 'member of the National
Honor SfX’irty and recently nam
ed a junior marshal. Charles has
al.so'bri'n chosen to participate in
ilic National Seic^nce Foundation
.Summer Honors Program at Hio
Lnivi’rsity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill.
UNDA ELLEN PLONK
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Thomas W. Harper, (‘xeeutive
difector of Kings Aiountnin
Housing AuHuv-itv. will make i
progr-css report on Hte Kings
.Mountain project at Thursday’s
me(*ting of the Kiwanis club,
at the Woman’s Club at 6:15
p.m.
Miss Blackwood
Receives Diploma
‘ .'GASTONIA. N. r. — Gaston
Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing a-vvarded dlploma.s to 10
I senior .students in graduation
! cvr(*monies Friday, May 15.
i Am mg the graduates was Miss
I Norma Blackwood, daughter of
j Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Blackwoid of
j King.s .Mountain. .She is also a
; graduate of Kings Mountain High
' Selyjol.
DOCTORATE ^ Rev. Hoyle Lee
Whiteside, Kin^ fountain na-
tive^ will be presented the de
gree of humone letters by Elon
college ot commencement ex
ercises May 24. A Lutneran
minister in Burlington, Rev. Mr.
Whiteside will deliver bac
calaureate sermon at Lion.
mals lor small cluldri'n, a h(*av*\* <
dutv' si(*(*l ba.skcthall goal, an
aluminum picnic table.
On order is an eaglet whirl for
small cluldrcii. Projcct(>d dcvel-
upim*nt of the playground calls
fur in.*;talling a climlx'r for small
childri’ii and a iiuck a bout spring
acHon scc-savv. Then* Is a largo;
gra.s.sy field beyond the play-
ground that has often boon used'
by town .voungst(*rs for pick-up
ganu’s of .softball and the like.
Users of Hu* jiark are a.sk(*d to
,il)Id(* by lhre(’simple rogulation.s:
n prc-school children should not
h(* left unattended; 2) liour.s for
u.se ai(* dayliglit hours except
during worship services; and. 3)
lu'lp keep I lie groimcU ;«‘Ioai).
Hampton Ott, who is \*th the
Parks and Recreation Department
for tlu* City of Charlotte, served
as consultant and do.signer for
the playground. J. Harold .Moses,
recreation co-ordinator for Hie
Depa.Lnu’iit of Local .Nflairs
Linda Ellen Plonk ®®9***5***®"
Bara, Degree EHecf ive By len. 1.1971
Linda Ellen Plonk was gridu-
ated May 17 from Linu’.%t()ne Col-
l(*ge in Gaffnev. S. C. where slic
earned a n..4. degree in Biol.igj.
Mis-s Plonk was recently tapped
fci* memi)(*i*s!up in Chi B(’ta Phi.
national honorary science fra-
t(’rnit>. and also made* the IR’an’.-^
Ralph Gilni’i'l. cli;iir;nan of tin*
'’lev(‘l,in,| Cdiii’tv Board of Kl(*c-
ti'ms. -aid i)i<* conntv will liave
to pr« >v i 1(* full I inii* t'h*cl ions r(*g-
■‘drOion cfd’ciivt’ January 1. 1971.
'tr* told 111'* CouMiv Commission
•IS at Hicii regular nu’cting .Mon
day morning.
The low n'(|uir(*s Hial the roun-
List. ;\ctive in student aflalr.s. slic, iv nui.-^! hire a full time exe<’uHve
I the State of North Car<»lina aLso,
I reviewed the plans. 1
served as prcsid(»nl of East ('oop-
, ei Hall during Hu* past .seme.s(<*i
and was cliairman of prepara
tion.**. for the “Mis-; Limestone” j
contest lu'ld this .spring in Full-,
erton .\uditoriiim on t)ie Lime-
sIjuc campu.-;.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wray
Plonk of Kings Mountain, she
plan.s to enter Wake korest School
' of Medical Tec hnology on Ji’,no 1.
.She has been oflered a si*holar-
i ship and appointment a.*; a grad-,
. aatc assistant in the Biology de
fer ; partmont of Long Island Univers-j
^r*f*r(*tary to Jh* on duty In Hu*
office* in Hu* f'levelatid v’ounty
(’oiirHiousc lo register qualified
viii'i*'. piovido names and infor
MKilion o:i v dcr.s and ki'cp houk.s
uur*cil of voicis no longer (puili
fled. Ju* (*\;»l;iincd.
It vv IS (iilhcri’s recommenda-
li'Ui that comiuissioiu’rs name
soineoiu* now cmplovi'd hv Hu*
(‘ounty who will h«» availahh* al
all linu's for registration in Hu*
courtliou-ie and work on a part-
time b.'isis .-it Hu* he.ginning.
Presentation was made lo the
ity. Brooklyn, N. Y. to do giaduate| (‘(*mniis<ion at thN time since* a
work. I salary for the secretary must be
Auxiliaiy To Sell
Popito Saturday
Saturday, May 23, ha.s hc«n
designated as Poppy Day vA’hon
.TU’inbers of the American Legion
.\uxliary, Unit 155, members of
Hu* Odus Green Po.st of the
\merican Le*gion and other vol-
’inter.s will join in the event
which is an annual remembrance
T the nation’s war dead. Tliey
will .-station Hiemse’lve’.s through
out Hir city iq offer baskets of
M(»m«>rial P ipjiics and a.sk their
vllow ciil/ens to join them in
remembering by wearing one of
Hu* little red flowers.
'We know everyone in Kings
-Mounlain will accept our invita-
.tion to join us in remembrance
Jtv this Memorial Day", said Mrs.
Oraiigrcl Jolly, Auxiliary presi
dent. The nu’moria! poi>pies were
made by disabled veterans work-
in.g in hewpitals' as part of their
rehabilitatiaii. Made of erepo pa
per and win*, work on the po-i>py
is considered valuable as occupa
tional Hicrapy in addition to giv
ing the* )Tu*r\ Ihe encouraging e.x-
penence e»f earning money once
a^rnin.
Mayor John Henry Mo.ss. has
joined in tlie* obse’ivance* ny Issu
ing a proclamation proclaiming
May 23 as Poppy Day. His procla-
matioM re.dds a.sMoTIow.s: .
“Wliercas. Phe .\mcrican I.a»-
gion and tlu* Ainerhan Logioii
.\uxiliarv' adnpied the* M<*morinl
Poppy .IS its memorial flower in
1919 and
••\Vh(*reas. by wearing the Pop
py, Anu'ricans evorywhere and
(‘specially in this citj of Muirs
Mountain both jiay tribute to
Ihi’se war dc.id and .aid Hu* liv-
iiig by a.-isistance to Veterans and
Hieir families in time* of need;
and
•AVheroa.s. Ihe Poppy Day I’ro-
Un- gram cpntrlbutioiis are u.'jcd sole
ly for the programs of ChiKi Wel
fare aiul Re’Iia.bllii.ition in our
coiiimunily and slate:
"No'vV theri’t'ore. 1. JiJin Henry"
^Toss, Mayor of the (Tty of Kings
.Mounbiin tlo heri’by [uoelaim the
month of May 1970 a.s Poppy
Gilbert s.iid Hu* law doevs not i Month and May 23 as Poppy Day
npi)lv to cit> of Siielby rt‘gistra-| in ou»* city and I urge all citizens
tion since Hu* criy hooks ace sep j of our town t * .join with me in
arare from the county and re-> the wearing of this Memorial
quire .separate registration. Vot-| Flower as (oge'tlier we remember
ing ll.sts and name's will he e^un-] Hi<* s.iciifiees of so many in d^
puterized by the county. i (Continiud 0» Page Eis^ht^
niv-lude.l in Hu* July 1 fiscal ycari
hlUl'ge't. ’ I
GihK'rl noted further that jire-'
•inrt legisirars wdl be u.scd in [
tlu* \ ari«>us re*gislral ion places at.
Hu* beginning fp give people in|
those .ircas an opportunity toi
learn about the n(*w sy.stcin. !
Under Hu* new sysiem. a por
son who reaciu's the a.ge of 21 or
a person gaining rc.sidence may
ri'gisicr immcdiate’ly to vote
der Hu* old system I’crtain per
iods are sjicciticd tor e»pen hook.s
and the regi.straiU must wait un
til that d.ile. The. county hook.s
will n*main open except for the*
30 (lay pj’i io.l re'quired , for clos
ing by law Ix'fori* an eloilion.