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FAITHEL TONEY SMITH
LESLIE JOY
LIBBY ALEXANDER PUTNAM
DALE BYARS
Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 2s 1,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
.^0 Gt«at9r atogs MouDtciio U9ur« ts dcrlT«d Irom tin*
spectrj United States Bureau ol the Census report o
fani'dry I9b6. and Includes the 14.990 pepuiotioa o
Number 4 Township, and the rsmorning 6,124 iron
't\ifntv»r S T«w*«hto (K '*'^MOtv and Crowd#!'
Township la Gostop ConatT*
ANN PATTERSON GOFORTH
MARY JO HORD
Six Win Diplomas
A large number of Kings Moun- ^ sional music sorority^nd Pi Kap*
tain area students are 'receiving' pa Lambda, music honor society,
degrees from colleges and uni* Leslie Joy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
versities. Luther Joy, received his Bachelor
of Science degree in ediu'alion
Among them: Sunday from V/(‘slt‘rii ^^^roIina
Klizabeth Alexander Pulmm., Universiiy at C'ullowhee. He was
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James a swial .science major and a
Alexander and recent bride of j member of Pi Kapjta Phi fratern-
Roger Pulnam, received lier Bach-; itV-
olor of Music degnie from the' Mary Jo Hard, daugliler of Dr,
Univei-sity of North Carolina at' and Mrs. D. K. Hord, wa.s graclu-
Greensboio and will teach public' ated from Wake P'orcst Universi-
selKKil music in Durham City | tv June Kih. She was among more
Schools in the? fall. At UNC-G, she j than 600 wlio reeeivetl degree.s.
was a member t»f the University 1 Miss Hord majtired in KngHsh
Chorale, the University .Madrigal! and received the B..\. degree. She
i Singers, Mu Phi Epsilon profes-' Cotifinie^rf On Paye Six >
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapei
VOL. 85 No. 24
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June I I, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRlCETEN CENTS
Cleveland County
Census Up 5301
Preliminary
Fiquxe Shows
8.03% Increase
Prcl minuiy report on the 1970
ccn.'Us ini* Ciovc' ar. c'ounty in'
d'. atcs the L-oui;t\ sht.wcd a p-'P^
uliitl'tn inc.eabc ef ."i'llU over 19G0
to 71.319.
P( : ccniage gain w.ndd he S.US
perccat |>\c: the (kI.OIS olf;ciaI
resiih'.
Klgurts iiave not been re’eas-
e.'l Oil ciiies under 10.t*-’)0 i)o;-ula'
tion.
Preliminary figures for popula
tion in a 12-county area were an j
nt jneed by Harry Caipenloi. ol''
Hickory, distiet manege,.
Catawba Ccatnty’s preliminaiv
figure was largest among ilie 1
{’ounties al S6,76S. with Cleveland
j second, and Burke third al
■V.
iKd. Note; The Kings Moun
tain Herald census-guessing con
' t(*st will bo .Uvidcti on basis of .
i I iie ofricial result, i * i
The Onsus Bureau will com- j
i mence in the fall of 1970 to pub- ;
lish official nopulalion finire^i
for all art'-as in ttio United Stales ^
Stales, (•nunlies, cities, towns. ;
and villages. '
WITH U h. COMnAt AIR Tiu' Distri^-t ManaROr express-!
KORCKS, Vietean- - Rapid aetion ; <^<1 I,’'" ‘''y' > '<' y*'"; ,
bv a Kinps MouMlain, C’. .ser-!» 'h«nl<s to the resulenls of;
Ceant re.rmlv prevented a possi-|'I'e area, to o fteials, tbe news-
^ Hoa ■ b'*endcast iiig ;
■ " " in i
W.ft.
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AWARD FOR HEROISM—S, Sgt.
Roddie W. Byers, received the
Airman's Award for Heroism
from Lt. Colonel William H.
Adam.s in Vietnam.
Heioism Awaid
To Roddie Byeis
GRADUATION SCENE —Kings Meuntain highscho:>l graduated 242 seniors in commencement ex
ercises last Wednesday night in John Gcm-le Memoricl Stadium. The Class of 1970 presented
a cash gift to the schcoi to provide b-n=h:^ f^r the ecu tyard area of the plant. Fhotogfcpher
Isaac Alexander took this picture as the seniors formed a processxral led by marshals Judy Chil
ders (far right( and Carolyn Hiwcrrd and followed by Coleman Anderson, Susan Andersen, .Ann
Baird. Philip Baker and John Eallew.
blc maj‘)r disatstcr at
Viclmun. and (‘arnca him the
higltc.'t I'. S. Air Icrcc noncum-
bal award foi licrobm.
Staff Sergeant Uoddie W. Byer-s
r*'C('ivcd Du- .Airman's M<*(lal tor
voluntarily risking his life t ■ ex
tinguish a fire on Die fliglitlino.
Wh(Mi a refueling truck eonnect-
ed to an ouDionnd CommcM-cial
airliner caught fire, llie 23-year-
old aiivralt meehanii* hra'ce i th(‘
thiH'at of an o.xidosion to extin
guish Du flames.
St'rgeant Byt*r.s provides essen
tial suppor! at Bi(‘n H<j:i. 19 miles
northeast of Saigon, iar trans
port aiiviafl operated l\v tiu' Aliii-
tary Airlift C'-rnmanil iti tlu'
global airlift of U. S. armed forc
es.
Tile 1965 C'onipact High'Scliool
Contvinvd On Paye Six
Stations for Dioir cooperataei
the taking (»f Cens. s ’70 here.
rner riircf
Soutliweli Motor
Wade Tyner, II
Third Generaticn
From UNC (CH)
Kdwin R. Goter. Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Goter. Si., was
graduated June 1 from the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Cha
nel Hill with a hachelar of sci
ence degrt'C in geology.
H(‘ is now in Boston, Mass.,
where lie is a field assistant for
the summer with the U. S. Geo-i
logical Survey.
In September he will begin
Wade Tyner. Jr., who foil »".•> In
h'.tli his lather’s and L^ran.liath*
cr’s foot.Nteps as a Ford dealer,
wa.s awarded the Ford Motoi Com
pany tranchise in Kings Moun
tain Thursday and asse.nied man
agement operations at Soutinvell
Ford.
Tlie name ot Hie comiiany lias
1 been idianged to Wade F.ird, Ine.
Joint announcement was made
by Mr. Tyner, Die new oxvner,
and Bob Southwell, former owner,
graduate work at the University | as a Ford ciealer
of Texas where he will also be a Womv, Ga. .Mr.
leaching assistant.
Optimists Assume Sponsorship
Of State Babe Ruth Tournament
his
The incomplete Community Fa
cilities building and .several oth-
er factors have caiLsed city recre
ation officials to withdraw their'
hid for Die State Babe Ruth tourn- i Ruth progr
ament.
This left lioy Pearson, who had
arranged for Die 1970 finals to he'
ht'ld here over a year ago, with ^
(luite a problem.
TTie Optimist Club voted unani- !
mously at a calk'd meeting Mon-1
tiay night, lo a.ssume the spon-:
sorship of tliis event, which is ’
usually held the last week of*
July. According to Gene Austin,
Optimist pre.-^Uit'iit-eiect, il was
the feeling of tin' club tliat if our.
citv refused the tournament after 1
liaViiig been selected. Die prestige !
of our town as well as our Babe i
Rutli program would suffer tre- 1
mendousl\'. |
Mr. Austin staled that this pro- j
jeet. too mucli for tin' Optimist
Club alone, will recpiire lue sup-;
port of the entire community. Ap-
including:
Southwell did not announce
future plans.
Mr. Tyner and his family, who
now live on Peaeh street in .Sliel-
by, anticipate building a home
near the site of ilie Kings Moun-'
, , . tain Reservoir on Buffalo Lake.
This left Roy Pearson, who haa ■ former Elinor
arranged for : Hopper of Shelby and is women’s
FT head later STATE Babe Slielby Daily Star.
They are part'nis of a .son. David,
age 16, and a dauglUer. Kvle, age
13.
Wade Tyner, Jr. got his start
as a car salesman from liis father
at Tyni*r Ford in Shelby and hi.s
fatlier loarne.r^»m Tiis dad, Roy
Tyner, who died in 1939.
Mr. Tyner eomes to Kings
M(>u n t a i n from Li ncol 11 - Mercu ry
at Shi'lby wlu're h(‘ v.as general
manager of that deak'rship for
NLvV v>wNI:R — Wade Tyner,
Jr., laird generation member in
a family of Ford automobile
dealers, assuicTeu management
of Wade Ford. Inc,, formerly
Southwell Ford. Thursday.
liei'hest Tindall
km Couitesv
.\ King-' Mounie.in hu>ine-:.>maii
•u'.s ;-o. t’ived a ci'nificele of coin
"i, Md iliuii from Amt'iican Gil
Coiniiaiiy f-.ir v.hal c n'aaiiy of-
tlcial.-' (iestriiie cs \\\< ‘■ou'>land'
i,i;.; cnartesy a:. 1 !u :p.e.lni‘-s lo
Hriaert iL Tindall, v. !i - ui>er-
alt''. the American Oil ^• iDon al
i S': ami S ii 'i l H i..
C'l Du av.;..9 1-1 fa :vsn:i> ‘v .n
A. L. Tav.cr.s cii and l.< .en T*mp-
kins, r( :>re-entai;\e for Die i -»i:i
puny ia iliis area.
Cciidiiates 0. ciiai.'uenil.'ia)'! -o
only tv dealers whos;' is
so outstanding as i.i merit ua-o-
liciled Irdem ..'f ajiprt'eiaiion from
customers Du'V ha\e lielped.
Company 'Oii Dial
su( h a k.'lti'r w is rc:'('ivi'd ri'.»*iU-
ly from MaDetta. Gei.j.Da mo-tor-
is's, Mc'sdanies Marion M ‘'‘dy,
Le.slie Karsienson. Ja:i Ihi--i')W.
and Pat Bradle\. citing Tiudal; foi
his courU'sy and seiaice.
I As recipieiil of the commenda
tion certiii.'atc. Tind 'll bec»»nu’s
eligible for tlie regional \ ice ares-
ideat's plaque vviiidi American
a.cards annually lo d(‘a!eis whose
act.s of courUs\ for :ni enti.e year
are judged nio.-t outsiaiidiiig.
CfiHtiunril 0» F'lyi Su
Hali-Cent Rate
Cut in County
Schools Levy
' A net de;ieas(* of a half-ceni
■vvill be n'flected in county .school
tax rale for 1970-71. aegording to
Don Jones, superintendent of
Kiiigs Mountain district schools. :
Tac capital outli\ figure is
di.Aii 2' cents the current ex-
pcnsi Dgurc up two ceivl.s.
King' Mountain district siiares
the 1 lal k'vy at 23.33 percent, the
f'lnds iieing dis'Idcd bi'tween the
Diiie -s.-iio d districts on basi‘-' of
percentage ol school prqnulation.
^u;/. JeiK's .'-a; I the capital out-
kj\ Ic.y Aill return Kings Moun-
l.ii an e-'i.’milfu .>116,826, wliile
Die ;:;pital {'xpl•n.^o lev\ will rc-
:uin an t'stimated S241,469.
la addition tlicre will b(' two
di.'-tii ; h vies, one for debt serv-'
j. c eai.r.ated to return S72.5(X) •
an i the 2)-(ents special current
expense’ levy expcrled to return,
31D6.72'.
Fails on Tour
8! Middle East
r-utler Falls, lov-al surveyor.
. ('Ui rently on a trip to the Mid-
i|](' East, jeperis June 3 .’ om Is
rael tliat eight local guards at-
t
.-•nj'anied visitors to Hebron
tiiai da\.
In a lettv'r tt» his sister. Miss
laju’t Falls, local teacher, Mr.
Fails IT.‘Olds seeing the Aswan
D.-tm and writing d,(M)() \cars old
on Die wail of a tomb in Luxtir.
His sister sa\s he was an on*
gineering niajtn- at Duke Univer
sity end interested in liistory_ Mr.
Fads left ApDl 20 f-u' a four
monDis iour. Ik* lies al ea-iy
ti-uicd. Kgyp! and G:*ee.e and
plans lo go from I.-rael t.i West
ern Emepo. vi.'iting Italy. Swil-
.a riancl. Fran. c, Scotland Ire-
lar.d and Spain.
L D. Fulton's
Rites Conducted
Recreation Fund
Drive Underway
Equipment Needs
I Range From Dolls
! To Bleachers
A $48,209 campaign ta equip
the neighborhood facilities build
ing wjis launched Tucsda>.
Slayor John Henry Mo.ss an
nounced that tne Kings Mountain
Woman’s club liad provided $500
to aid in purchase of kitchen
equipment, and other donations
had come Irom Girl Scout Troop
96. $4S.9t>. from Girl Scout Troop
4. S5. and from B. F. Maner Agen
cy $2.5.
Member.^? of the 25-mcmbcr
community center program com
mittee attended a kickoff break
fast Tui^sday morning.
Li.sts ot equipment needs were
distributed.
Largest item is main floor
bleachers at a cost of $10,800.
Balcony bleachers will cost $8800.
\ four-sided sroreboard will cost
$2500.
Day care area needs include
outdoor play equipment. Interior
equipment requirements include
kx'kers, room dividers, dolls and
William Kemp Mauney, HI, son clothe.s.
I
GRADUATE — Wiliam Kemp
Mauney, III was graduated Sat
urday from Asheville Sdbo^
Kemp Mauney
Is Graduated
of N. C. Representative W. • K.
Mauney. Jr. and Mrs. Mauney of
Kings Mountain, was graduated
Saturday from Asheville Sidiool
in .Aslievillo.
Hi' was presented the Spanish
award for being the outstanding
Spanish scitolar in IDs class.
Among those atten'iing the
graduation exereises were his
parents; his sisters, Sarah FriiKx?s
and Martha Jane Mauney: his
sister. Mrs. Rowland G.. Turner,
Jr. and her luisband; Mr. and Mrs.
J. Wilson Drawford. Mi. and Mrs.
Howard B. J.ick.son and David
Faunce of Pliiladelphia. Pa.
Other equipment is needsd for
the kitchen area, for arts and
crafts, for preventive mainte
nance, and building maintenance.
of our town as well as our Babe
am would suffer Ire-
with
held hero over a year ago,
(|Liit(* a problem.
The Optimist (Tub voted unani
mously at a called mating Mon
day night, to assume tlie spon
sorship of tiiis event, which is
usually held the la.st week ()f
July. According to Gene .Austin,
Optimist president-ek'cl. it was
the fei'ling of the club that if our
Shinley Hudson Is Recuperating.
Had Successful Cornea Transplant
I thi'si'i, hut tlte patient opted oth
erwise .so missel tru* actual ic-
city refu.si'd the tournament after 13K’ yi'ars
is defending .state eliampion. with' County, he
having been selected, the prestige; 1945, attmuled
A nati\(‘ of Rojes<>n
mowd to .‘^helby in
eiioal Diere and
By LINDA BISER BEHRENS
Sliirk'v Iluds.in’s \ ision is no^
1. n;a'.' blurre d in one «‘\e and siu* j
cm see ck arK lollowin^ a cornea ,
lianspla'i! opmaiion four weeks
a In la-t. siie could .sc<‘ heller,
(.Lit of t.iat.iwc shortly afli’r Du',
bandages were n'leoM'd than out
(.f !i('r other simikirly impairc.l;
ey(' wliiidi will have to undergo
a tiaiispl.int in a yi'ar.
m:wal of llie old prolrudiii'g cono-
siiaped cornea v\)iich additionally
had scar damage Irom wc'aring
i ontael k'lis.
15 players and 3 coaches eadi,
will iiarticipalc. Teams within a
50 mile radius will commute
daily. ThU will leave 45 to 65
boy.s for us to house. (Hir teams
in the past years have received
royal treatment from other host
towns and now we have tin op-
p.)rtunity to reeiprocatt*. K. M.
proxirnaloly 10 teams. iH.'lu.ling,.g
lu- Kings Mountain toam, which' 'p* "f 'V ,iTf niu
One team has gone to tlie finals
mendously.
The Ineompletf' (’ommunity Fa
cilities building and st’veral oth
er factors have eau.sed city recre-
ativin official.'- to withdraw tlieir
hod for Die Slate Babe Until tourn-,
ament. '
in Hershey, Pa. and la.st year our
team won the Sportsmanship A-
ward nA well a.s the Champion
ship. iit the State Finals in Ashe
ville.
Cuutinufd Pfiyf' Six
gradinited froim ^>ak Ri.lge Mili
tary InslitiuV.’TTT^ college carei'r
alter one year was interrupted by
Uncle Sum and he was in the
service during the Korean Con
flict.
H(‘ is a cliart(*r memlH'r and
pa.sl pr(*sidenl of the Slielby (Tv-
itan (dub and holds a nino-yi’ar
pcM'fect altendanct' r(?;‘ord. Ik' is
also presideiil of his Sunday
School class at First Baptist
cliurch in Shelby and lia.s s(‘rv('{l
on the board of the Salvation
Army in Slielby.
All present employees of South-
well Motor (’ompany lia\e re-
Ctnitinucd On l\iy<' Six
NtDther was she aw ike for llie
insi'rtien of tlu* m'w cornea, from
a 39 yt'ar okl mah' a-'eident -vie
tim donor. Slu’ bclievi's the < pev
ation whicli required 30 stii-'lie.-'
hie to return to work • of S mm. jiroportion was d »M('
tlU' beauty sliop she, with Die aid of a niicros.-ope. Tin*
Hair D('signs, sus- ■ stitelu's pull uncomfortahly oe-
easionally, .she said. Glart' K also
painful and sto' wi'ars sunglas-ir's
aft(*r fi-'sl wearing a pati li whi. ii
was reniDvi’d during her week
1 Mig haspi'al Slav-.
, y.a<' IS aine
■ pait linK' al
'•»wns. 'I'lara
taiiH'rl by uirtwHie and antibio
tic dio-; incdiuilion.
Dr. Martin J. Kreshon. a Ovir-
k>D(’ e.vi' -suigt'on who performed
t'lv' (.peraii’Ui t corre I the con-
diiiiai, tki’ralo.onusi prek'rs to
U'(* :'r('.*>h material rather than
eye bank 't . m' l. TIuis when e.vi*
bei'i'ini's a'v'ailable. .sjx’i'd is (Es
sential. The doct(;r ('alk'«l al 8
p.m., Mr.s. lUulFon arrivetl at Dio
v’harlolt^' I'l.vc, Ktir. N(/se. and
Throat Ilo.'yiital at 9;,30 and tlie
o*K*ratio,n began at 10:30.
TTio surg(*on iireferfed no anes-
Mrs. Hudson tirst learned that
sh(‘ bad th<' rar(» condition in
19.56 and beli('ves it is inheril('(i
siiK'O she has a first cousin who
al.so has it. A (Tie';terfi<'ld, C.
woman who Inuf k;st vision in
h('r similarly affpcted ('>'(' rcceiv--
ed th(' Ollier cornea and she and
Mrs. Hudson are .slated for ap-
Continu* ii On Poyc Six
Jason Ik'xlcr Full 'll. 79. di('d
Sunda.v nua-nkie: and funeral
.-•e’vii'e- \\i !(' conducled 'I’ucsdav
IT 11 a.m.
Rev(T''|-;d Chilli's l-ldvv.-n-ds of
’9.yi(' Mcnio'ial AIM' i Imrch of-
lieiatcd. Bnrial was in Mountain
Res': C( :n(dory.
M.-. FuIImii. a foMiicr meinher of
iIk* (Miarlolli' pollci' Deparlim-’iil.
a.i-n tlu' s HI of th(' lale Mr. and
.Mrs. John D. Fullon, and a native
o: Ck'veiand (’ounty. Ik' lived at
10:1 NorDl D('al .■^Ireei.
Mr. Kullon di('d Smiday at 11:30
a.m. at King.s Mounlain ho.spital.
Ik' is survived l)y IDs wik*. (dlie
Ma(‘ VVillu'rspoon; oik* son, John
Fnilon of Gmalia. Neln.; twoj
(iaug!it('rs. Mrs. Giles Cornwell of’
Kuolid, ijkio and .Mrs. .James
II Ki.ser of Grail.ini, N. C’.. six
grandcliildn'ii and .sp\ great-
gi-aiidilDklr('n.
I’allbeart'rs were VV. S. Fulton,
.li.. Robert FufTon. Paul Fulton,
Ctren ^ulton. Ini Dixon of York,;
k. C. and John Clemmer of Gas-!
tonia.
Area Students
Among Graduates
C'llAIILOTl'K — 'I'lK' i:nivi'i..iily
of Nkirth Ciroiin:i at (.’harlotlo
has awai-(h‘d dcgn'cs to .scni'n
students Ire'll (Tev(*land County.
Tlu'v an* Miclnu*! Hiavard Black-
well.‘p. O. Box .SIi(‘lhy. BA.
husiru'ss adniinisir;ition; Loui.si'
Nancy Sav.sin.i. Ul. 2. .kiii'lliy, BA.
Kngli.«h; Gail Lvnelte Turnc'P. Kt.
6.^ .^Ii(']h\. 1>;\. iiistory; William
.<t*evens(ni Browtier, 1 12 Whiti*
Ff.. Slu’lhy. B.k hhlog.v: Amos
vN t\ IK' fln'cne. 919 Grovi'i* Rd..
Kings .M iuniain. r..s, biology:
Faitiu'l roney SniiHi, 807 Floyd
Ft., Kings Mounlain. B.8, clieniis
try 'honors in elK’nilsiryi; and
Mary Ktiiel Dixon. ,310 \V. Gold
Si., Kings .Mountain, BS. nursing.
Harris, Howard
Ro'-appointed
Ollie Harris and Grady lIow:ard
Iiave been re-ap{)ointed to the
board of Jaeoo S.^auney Alemor-
ial library for thrw-year terms.
Other members are Mrs. (Jeorge
Houser. Haj^x’ood E. Lyncli and
Martin Harmon.
Other actions by the board of
commissioners at Tu('sday night’s
meeting included:
1) Adoption of an interim ap
propriation ordinance.
21 .Adoption of a rt'solution pro
claiming June as re(T('ation
month. Mayor John Henry Moss
said he hoped all citizens wnukl
take part in some phase of the
city recreation program.
3) Approved'a pi'tilion to con
struct curb and gutter on Wilson
; Street.
Pete Peterson
Man Of Month
S (' c o n d Lieutenant Charles
"Pet.” P('terson is (Teveland
County Re.scue Squad man of the
montli for June.
A memb(T of the .<(|uad for nine
yeans. Peter.^on has i)(*(’n an am-
bukiniX' attendants and prefers
traiispo.ting immineiiily e.xpcct-
ant mothers to the ho.siiilal.
Peterson is a truck driver fop
Dk' city of King< Mountain. He
and his wife. Margie, live with:
his mother. Mrs. Robert Peterson,*,
on Waco Road. He is a member
of Temple Baptist cIuiitIi.
low Rent Housing
Offices Opened
The Public Housing Authority
is now to be knowm as Low Rent
Housing, the offices are now open
on E. Ridge St., says Tom Harjier,
the director. Located between Car-
{lenter and Dilling St., the build
ings will be staffed from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. eacli weekday.
"All individuals who have ap
plied for housing in the past
should check in at the office at
the earliest possible time,” Mr.
Harper says. Applications are .still
being received, he notes.
Captain Meek Ormand, 101. Attends
His Democratic Precinct Meeting
West King Mountain’s Dt'mo-
cratic pr(*cinrt probably had the;
oldest member in attendatneo at
Saturday’s ni(*eting of any pre-
einil in the .state.
(’aptabi Batie Mei'k Ormand. a
young 11)1. attondfKl the Democr
atic gathering and saw his grand-
.son. Charkxs T. Canx'iKer. Jr., a
feimer Ik’rald sports editor, eleel-
('(l eliairnian.
(5ther officers are Mrs. J. Fred
Withers, first vice-chairman; Mrs.
Luico W. Wilson, soiend vice-
cliuirman; R. Ragan Harper, dr.,
third viee-cluiirman; Hal S. Plonk,
si'crotary; tind Charles W. Bolin,
M. L. Camplx'll. J. Lt'e Roberts,
Mrs. .Joel C. Marablo and Mrs.
Jolin L. BlaloekT eommitt('e mem
bers.
Captain Ormand eek'brated his:
101st birthday March 18. A retir
ed rtiilroad conductor, he was
horn only four .vears after the
nation’s Civil War was ended.
He grew u)) in the Kings Moun
tain area ;nid at 17.started leach
ing school at a school at what is
now Tr>on school.
"Captain Meek” later got a job
as telegraph agent in Kings
Mountain with .Southern Railway.
Ho didn’t like being "cooped up”
and finally became a c'ondui'tor.
He rt'mained with the company
for over 50 years before retiring.
He is active in First Presbyter
ian church wlK'ro he i.s an elder
and Is also a oO-year Mason,