Population Greoter Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits (196S Census) 8.256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 Gi«ot«r Ktmgs Mouatala Uguxa u derlvtd txom tb« •pacifd United States Bureau ol the Census report e lanvary 1986. and Includes tlM 14.990 population o Itumtoer 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 ftOB Number 5 Township, in Cieeticmd County and Crowder* Mountain Township In Poston Cotmty. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL'85 No. 25 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 18, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Legislative School Problem Remedy Is Asked East KM Area Second Appraisal gSlKi On CBD Complete NANCY LUBLANEZKl JOHN HOUSER Simmons. Hoyie I Figures Close. Laney Reports i Sciond iipprui-'^al report on 44 i pi'Oitertii-r i.. hf acquirod in tlu* I v*eiitral businos.-; tli.'^tricl renewal I proiect has been rec’eived and is I beinp reviewed by Iho Kii^^-S' ! Mountain Redoveloj men!. iL-m- i mission and its st'ilt. The Kin^s Mounta’n board :iiion Monday nipht relterat- e.l its p(!sition tliat tho Kings *M.'Mnain dislrhi ‘’\v« Icomes sfu- dt in-s f.om (Jaston Co. nly into ;!u' (iistiii*!." Party Convention Features Edmisten DireL-tor Jvweph M. Liney r(*pi)il I SANDRA LEE ATKINSON \ MICHAEL G. GOFORTH College Diplomas Awarded To Four GUEST ORGANIST —Bob Cosh- ion. choir director and organist at Grace Methodist church, was guest organist June 5-7 at Uni versity Boptist church at the University of Maryland. Bob Cashion Guest Organist Robert Cashion was guest or ganist June 5 and 7 at tin* Uni- | versity Baptist Church at the Uni- j vcTsity of Marylatui on a pro gram commemorating 160 ytars of witnes.s to the Nation’s Uapital. Mr. Cashion who is iu>w choir ^ director and organist at Ch'ace United Methodist Church was or ganist at the Maryland church for 11 years. The church is second largest in the D. C. convention. He perlormfHi music by Bach. Guilmant, and a le.ss informal medley of beloved music for or gan Causby Child Is Injured City police reported no acci dents ocfurred during the city limits since June 8lh. Patrolman E. M. Ball said I>ob- bv Jo Causby. age four, of Mc- C.innis street, was treated for in juries at Kings Mountain hospi tal when .she reportediy darted into the path of a car operated bv Russ(‘ll Wayne* Wright. 20, of 1.'42.‘4 Ware street, Gastonia. Mr. Wright told Patrolman Ball a parked vehicle on McGinnis .str<*et was letting children out of the car about 7;.'J0 pjm. He said he thought all the eliildren vvere standing by the parke'd car, ,so he staft('d to pass wh(*n the young.ster ran in front of his car. No charges were preferred. .Additional students are receiv ing degrees from colleges and uni- \ersities. Michael G. Goforth, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Goforth of Cherry- ville, has departed for Naval du ty at Nevv-porl. Rhode Island where he will atteni cf)mmuni- cations school. After completion of a thirteen week course of .stu dy. he will report aboard the U.5.S. Independence for a tour of duty. Got ;:*th was commissioned as an Ensign in the U. S. Navy in a .er(?mony at thoDuke University Law School Buildingon Sundav, May 31. H(* graduated on Monday, June 1. receiving an A.B. degree. Majoring in English while at Duke, he phans to teacli following his tour with the Navy. 19(36 graduate of Kings Moun tain high school, Goforth was ac tive in campus nctivitlc.s while ^it Duke. He was amember of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, and held po.>itions of responsibility in I he NROTr: program. Goforth is grandson of Me-\ I. B. Goforth. Sr. of Kings Mountain. John Houser, Sr., vice prc.sident of North State Bank of Burling ton. formerly of Grover, is among 270 bankers to receive certifi cates at graduation ceremonies Friday, June 12. ending the 21st annual session of the School of Banking of the South. The School meets for two week.s each summer at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, under spon.sorship of 15 Southern stale banker.s’ as- .scriation.s. During its existence, the Schotd has now .awarded certificates to 2.731 bankers. "Our objectives are to improve the quality of hank ing by helping to make betler bankers." Bradley Currey, direc- (CauJhiHed on I ed tiu' ir.itial appraisal by | I cer Simmcni.s and tlu .second by I Frank Ho\ lc as "remarkably j Clo.SC'". In fact, he said, .59 percent of [ tJi(* apiuaisals are witliin five percenl raisal reports' approximates JOd pages. I Mr. Lan(‘y said that, in deter I mining fair marl;et value, tin ^ value will be ba.s<'d on the time' a projHMdy i.s \<> be purcha.sed. PriiK ipal variance (over 1.5 per cent I betw(‘(‘n the .Simmon-' and Hoyle api)raisals ojcurred on eigtit jmrcels. Tl'.ese arc* ".«*v(*r- aneo” parcels. ])arcels which aia* portion.', of kxts. Mr. Lane> gave this summa tion ot the two appraisal reporl.s: .Same 2; within five perc(*nt 23: witliin ton percent "i; witliin 15 perei'nt 4; ov(*r 15 iiercenl vari ance S. 'rtie 35 to Id stu ent.s alfected in tlii> a. :i(in live in that pail ol ; Ivings Mcu’it:iii. whiGi is in Gas-i ion t.'>unt;. l\irin;.s of tlu*.*-',' siudeits have'] re-iiK.vud I hat tlu ir ar(‘a he an-! r.exctl to the* IGngs Mountain :lis- i : i I. and I: a:* I nie.r.';e: s jgK'orl to make the r«* ! Scott, who has endorsed this program, and the National Guard : Bureau in Washington, D. C., o- I thers already supporting Signa- I lure Day include the AMVETS, I the Disabled American VTMocans, !tho Rotarians, the* Veterans c)f I Foreign Wars, the United Daugh- ■ ters of the Confederacy., the Vet erans of World War I of the USA, the Kivvanians, the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, tile Amt'iican Li'gion and the N. C. Department of Veterans Af ’ fairs. Ccirpentei Biles Ccinilucted Mi'.s, Buena Biggerstaff CarjH'n- h r, S3, dic'd Ihursday in Foi.syth Mem ;ri il Ho. pita!. She* had be<*n in a Baptist rr*t home in Albe- A native of C’lc'vc'Iand County, slie was the daughli'r of the late Bart >:i and Corch'lia Gold Bigger- -tatf and widow of Ilc'rhert C’ar- pentc'r. .Six* had held ceffice in the state Woman’s .Mis.sioiiary Union and tlie Baptist Association and had taught Sunday School for 06 years. Slie was a retir(*d scIvkiI teacher having taughtin Ga.ston and Clevel.md County. Survivor.^ include one daugli- ter, -Mrs. Columbus Harmon of Gastonia; and two brothers, Fred Biggerstaff of Dallas and Arthur Biggc'rstaff of Richmond. Va. Funeral .service's were conduet- cd at 11 a.m. Saturday at .Mount Beulah Bapti.st Churcli by the Rev. .h'lry Lelhco, thi* Rev. Edgar Whitlock, thre Re\-. .\rc!iie Hughes and the Rev. Hoyle Allred. Burial will bi' in the church cinmetery. Mc'morials may h(* made to Ihe foreign miS'>ion.< work of Mount Beulali Baptist Church. Mrs. Harry s Riles Conducled .Mrs. .Minnie' Lee Shejiard Har- r.\'. Ht, cl 200 I-;. Indiana Ave., Giover died at 1 p.m. WediK'.sday ; at Gaston Memorial Hosj^ilal. She was a member of S('cond B.'ijilKt Church. H<‘; parent.*-' were tlu' late 'Ilioma^' and C’arolyn Al len Slieppar:!. Her husband wa.s the l;itr Clayton Durham Harry. ’ Siirvivoi> an' one d:uig!itei. .Mr.s. ! LcriaiiU' Sliields of B(*.s.semer City: IW(» .si.sters. Mrs. .S. E. Neal i ol Bessemer C'ily and Mrs. U. \\. ^ Ilaydi'n oi Lawr<*nc('. S. C\; two giandciiildrcn; and th'ree groat graiuLhilflren. I’UiK'ral .>cr\ ii'i's were conducl ed Thursda\ at Si.sk Ka.-t C'hapel ; at 3 p.m. by the Re\'. Marion J. rierci', till' Rev. R. C’. Frank and , llu' R(‘\. Cliarhv. Robbins. Burial 1 will follow in the Kl Betliel Metii- 1 odist Cliurcli cemeterj'. VISIT ZOO Members of the Senior Citi zens club visited the McAden- ville Zoo Tuesday. The outing was .sponsored by tin* Kings N^ountain Woman’s club and also im-ludcd luncheon. Make Applicotions Formal, Says Harper "If you hav(‘ apiilied for low- rent housing before, you must m w formalize your re(|uesl to h<* declared eligible,’’ 'rhomas W. Harper, executive director of Kings .Mountain Publii* Housing Authority said Wed- n('sd.;ry. "Wo ai'o now making final (dicck-ouls as to eligibilit> of ai plicant-s," Mr. Harper added. "Some* of Hie low reni housing units will he ready for occu pancy soon." The housing office is m>w lo cated in its permanent f|uar- ters at 291 McGill Co-.rt off East Ridge street, betivveen Carpenter and Gaston. It is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. except Saturdays. SPEAKER ~ Rufus L Edmisten, Chief Councel and Staff Direc- rector of Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jt.‘s Subcommittee on Separa tion of Powers, will make the address at Soturday's Cleveland County Democrotic Convention Miss Rrewer Wins Masters Miss Andra Noisier Brewer of Henderson, N. C. received hO" Nlaslers Degree at the 126tJi An* nuMi, O'mmeri'.'emont of ’ State University of New York at Al bany, on June 21th. Miss Brewer is the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. W. F. Brewer of Henderson. M.s. Brewer is the former Paul ine Neisler of Kings Mountain. Miss Hn»\ver receixed her Mas* icrs Di^iee in "Criminal Jus tice’’ and prosonllv holds a pos ition with the Department of Ju.stite in I4oston, Mass. Capt. and Mrs. Brewer flew to Albany and tUtendiM Hie ceremony. Local Alumni Surpass Quota DUE WEST. S. C. — Ninety eiglit pcrc(‘nt of all Erskine alum ni in the Kings Mount:iin, N. C Chapter contributed to the 1969 ; 70 Erskine College Living Endow ment C’ampaign. helping that I campaign to reach a new record I of .‘^184.296 in contributions from , 3,90-1 alumni and 760 non-alumni I Iriend- of Erskine. i T!io Kings Mountain chapter i was one of nine Enskine alumni ! chajiiers—out of a total of 48 j cli:ipiers — to surpa.ss 95 per cent ])articipation. Each of thc.so chap- I teis earned an additional $100 I cliallenge grant for the campaign. ' Under the chairmanship of John ' (dioshiro of Kings Mountain, 44 ' out of 4.5 alumni in the Kings .Mountain chapter contributed to the Living Endowment. Their con tributions totaled $1,264.00. Tlie communities and chairmen included in the Kings Mountain chapter arc* Kings .Mountain, un- iler tlic chairmanship of Mrs. John Cheshire, and Slielby, under the chairmanshij) of Mrs. James E. Still. Aide To Ervin To Be Keynoter For Democrats Rufus L, Edmisten, Chief Counsel anj Staff Director of Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr.'s Sibcommittee on Separation of Powers, will keynote, the Cleve land County Democratic Con vention at 1:00 p.m., Juno 20 at the Courthouse in Shelby. iHe will bo inlrod ced by Former Slate Senator Cltde No lan, of .SheJby. 'Mr. Edmisten received the Bach elor of Arts degree in political science and religion D*om Ihe Un iversity of Nortii Carolina in 1963, and the Doctor of Juris-, prudence degree, with honors, from George Washington Univ*' ersity Law School,, in 1967. Ho served on the George Washing ton University Law Review, and was president of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. His wife, Jane Moretz Elmis- ten, also a native of Boone, North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina arid the George Washington Univer- , sity Lew .School with her hus band, and also serv-ed on the Law Review and received the Doctor of Jurispi*udcncc degree with honors. Mr. Edmisten is a member of the North Carolina Bar As.soc* iation, the American Bar Assoc iation. end the District of Colum bia Bar Association, and is Reg ional Vico President of the Young Lawyers Section of the Feioral Bar Association. He also served as Treasurer of the Cap itol Hill Chapter of the Federal ' Bar Association, and is a member , of the Boai'J of Governors, and ■ General Secretary of that organ ization. Besides being licensed to prac tice before local courts, he has been accepted for practice before Hie U. S. Court of Appeals for ! the District of Columbia and be- , loro the U. S. Court of Military Appeals. Active in North Carolina poli tical a.fairs, Mr. Edmisten is first 'Vice-president of the North Car- , olina Democratic Club, and was ; chainnan of its annual banquet j in 1969. He is also national coor dinator for the North Carolina Young Democratic Club, and , was a delegate from Watauga County to the 1968 North Caro- ; lina Democratic Convention in 'Raleigh. He has spoken to Dem- ^ocratic gatherings throughout I North Carolina under the auspice , of the Speakers Bureau of the , North Carolina Young Demo- ' cratic Club. Besides his pr(>.'’essional Inter ests, Mr. Edmisten raises cattle and horses with his father in Boone. \ .ft ARTHUR W. wnXIAMS Williams loins Bank Staff Arthur W. Williams, a Kin.gs Mountain native, has joined the Promotion Qualification (PQi Program at North Carolina Na tional Bank here. He has been assigned as a credit analyst in the Credit De- : partment. j The PQ Program, unicjue in I banking, is designed for college j graduates. Instead of the trad- ! iiional employee indoctrination ; program, a college graduate is I assigned initially to an area of 1 banking based on his edioational I background, his personal inter- lests and the bank's needs, j Williams is a 1961 graduate of ! Lincoln high school, attended Gaston College in 1967*68 and I earlier this month was awarded i a degree in economics at the \ Univei^ity of North Carolina at : Charlbtfc. He served in the U.S. f Army from 1963 until 1966. : His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- ‘ lis F.'Williams, live on N. Wat- j terson Street in Kings Mountain. Mrs. Hawkins' Rites Conducted ; Mrs. Neal Hawkins, lifelong resident of Gaston County, died ' at 1 o’clock Thursday morning in ' a Cliarlotte Hospital. Funeral services were held Fri- , day at 4 p.m. at the home on Neal Hawkins Rd.. with the Rev. I William Leist in charge. Burial j was in the OIney Presbyterian j Church cemcter>'. The former Julia Blanche Falls, she was the daughter of the late 1 Thomas and Sara Elizabeth Falls, ( born Feb. 26. 1891. I She was married to Neal Hawk- I ins, Gastonia grading and paving j contractor, on .Nov. 24, 1909. In addition to her hu.*5band, she I is sundved by two sons, Ho\vard : Hawkins of Gastonia and Neal ; Hawkins Jr. of Hendersonville; four daughters, Mrs. Douglas ; French of Belmont and Mrs. B. J. Magner, Mrs. Joseph Allen and Mrs. Hoke Hanna Jr., all of Gas tonia; and one sister. Mrs. Camp- bell Dixon of Gastonia. I Mrs. Hawkins was an active ; member of OIney PresbjTerian Church. Bovine Most Popnlai Fann Animal In County; Population Up To 9,0W Ut T rMna btcpb awnewe . . LEGION DANCE Members and guests are in vited to an American Legion Dance Saturday 9-12 p.im. at the Legion Building on York I Road. The newly opened dining i room will serve from 611 p.m. $22,350 City Park Grant Approved By HUD; City May Add MinpParks U. S. Congressman James t i\i I I Broyhill announced from Wash- i ington, D. C., yesterday th.at the city has received a grant ttf $22.'i50 for list* in its open space land program. The Congrt'ssmnn also wired .Mayor Jolin Henry Moss who ox* j pre.**sod himst'lf as iii itc pleased ' that the grant has been approv- The city’s share will bo on a ’ 50 .51) basis. 1 The project involves ac(|iiisi i tion of a seven acre park sit^ on McGinnis street in the Deal- Dn vidson street areas, clearing of undergrowth, building a picnic, playground, and parking urea, and stream dredging. N. C. Bush New Grace Pastor Rev. J. C. Lane of 805 Kather- hie Ave.. pastor of Grace Metho dist UJuireh, is being transferred to the Moeksvllle Liberty Concord Methodist Church. His rcplace- m(‘nt at Grace will be Rev. N. C. Bu^h, presently at Belwood, N. C. The changes wore announced by the West<‘rM North Carolina Unit ed .Methodist Conference which , <'nded Sunday at Lake Junaluska. i Bishop Ear! fl. Hunt. Jr. named ' two new district .superintendents j and assigned more than 800 oth er clergymen for the 1970-71 year i in the western North Carolina ' United Methodist Conference. By UNDA BISER BEHRENS The farm animal population of Cleveland County is heavy on the cattle side with probably some 7.000 to 9,000 (-ows of breeding age, says J. C. Barber, county cattle agent. Each year they pro duce about 70 to 80^r as many calvc's- whk'h are sold away to midwestern falteners at a profit of aliout $50 each "if a man does a real goow. Most cattle- area meat tastes. Very little lamb men prefer the natiural method, is eat(*n here iK'riiaps explaining because arificial in.seminaHon rc- the dearth of sheep, but Hie pork (Contimtcd On Pauc Six) t- to .***■*» itrau 'w—APematny. L—PutWaih. •**$ •v-cuitvn vfi UOTi| ged and discussed, rt is . pl^8. Interested