Population Greatsr Kings Mountoin 21,914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 ..*« ar«at«r mags MouotolB flfuv« U 4tflT«d tMB'tSt •ptcu-J UaJited >taiM Buytou of tiM C«BBW« ropoyt • iuoi/ary 1906. aa4 iaclu4o» tBo 14.HI p^ulotloa o *(umbcr 4 TownctUp. oad tho rtauBaiBf B«tS4 tioa Numbtr 5 TowasUp. la Clov«l«rad Couaty oaB Ctawift' T«^o,hlD ta Omtoa Cauaty. Kings Mountain's Relioble Newsnapei 1 A Pages 1 0 Today VOL 85 No. 29 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday July 16, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Preliminary Population Count Is Disappointing8432 \ \ 100 More Low-Rent Housing Units Ate To Be Requested PuMIc Housing Authorlt; Votes NewApplicaticn Kings Mountain Public : jus-p;: ing AuJioii y, Vv. 'c l i aos- p cluy nig.u -to appl.L. io’i , for DO ad itia.ul low-.o... li. us ing .uniis. T;u* api'K. -'-ticn is su'-.if '' to cndo-.by ihc cl;y cja d oI t ;ti n!:.5io..o;\s \rlii.li is ex- pet cd D con.s dcr ihc a; pPc - lion at laursdjy s 0 p.m. n'.ce-.ng. T'.\i application is tor ‘V-on picg.-in” un..s, same as .lit: 150 ^I'ing coinp*^ .ca ana ocj-picansferred to the Butler Plant at St. Pauls in April, 1969 and ; was named manager of the Lin- ’ cx)ln Plant at Lincolnton lait Au- i gust. ’ From 1943 to 1946, he 'was in 1 (Continued On Page Eight) City-Maintained Streets Total 48 Miles, 83% Hard-Surfaced Atkins Attacks "Demc Machine' In Lions Speech ' A RepublL.:r. Omdlda'c for the Nor:h Carolina S.ate Senr'.e ^'.ruck out Tuc.'d :y night at wnnl he termed “the maihine in R-ileigh". ! Jim Atkins, speikir t > (he Kings Mountain i-ions Cj b rc* crud 'to '.he f. la e Adminis.j.r l.e:. as a “sc'./-ptatc of North C^rollra has had since the days of Governor Try- on.” .Referring to the open mooting issue, he w’ont on to s.iy “1 at tended the North Ca»^olina Press Association in Asheville in the summer of 1967. One by one I heard the newspaper men of this Staile get up ani condemn the then Lt. Governor, Robert Scott, because in their opinion he had killed the Legislative bill that provided for open meetin'^s. In January 196d the Floridian, who gave the name of the party in Kings Mountain who reported* ly had the glasses in his pos session. Chief MeDevilt pmmis- ed he’d try to locate them and I'eturn them to the Co(X>a Police IN'partment. • Then came the clincher “An.!! hy the way, chief, the glasses belong to an elephant at a Cocoa Beach night club.” Sunday morning the Gastonia Gazette, and on Tuesday the Charlotte News, published stor ies about a pet elephant named Jumbo, whose glasses turned up in Kings Mountain. The glasses — oif (|uarter*inch Plexi glass with fiber glass frames did sure enough weigh 50 pounds and stol auditorium. Tlio reigning Miss Kings .Moun tain, Linda Falls, will crown her -uece.ssor. The pagoinl wilffea- (ure competition in evening gown, swimsuit and talent divisions. Miss Kings Mvmntain 1971 will receiv(‘ a $200 scholarship, var ious jirizes and will represent the city in liu’ 1971 Miss North Caro lina competition. .Miss Falls and her chaperone, .Mr.s. John (Betty) Gamble return ed from Raleigh Sunday where Miss I'alls participated for a week in tile Miss North Carolina beauty pa.geant, among 70 Tar Heel girls vicing for the coveted crown now worn by Connie Li’rnor, of Ashe ville. Trophies will b(‘ pro.*ented tv the beauty queen, to the runners- up and to “Mi.s.s Congeniality’’, an honor voted by the contestants thom.solve.'. Said Mr. Jenkins in announcing llio upcoming pn.geant: “We want ^ to onc.iurage any Kings Mountain i young woman between the ages! of 18 and 28 to enter the pageant.” j Ic Ctto Ware Riles Conducted Last Friday I'uneral rites for James Otto Ware, 72, were heUl Fridac af- t tc’i n'Km at 2 p.m. from B^iyce Memorial ARP churvh of which he was -a membt^r, internv.mt fol lowing in tlie cemetery of Beth any ARP church of Clover, S. C. Mr. Ware dioil suddenly Tir rs- day morning at 2:30 in the Kings Mountain hospital a; ‘er suffer ing a heart attack W’e nesday night about 10 o’eluik. I-Ie was a native of Cleveland County, son of thj> late Mr. and Mrs. William Pressley Ware. He was a retired employee of Mcr grace Mill and a veteran of ser vice in World War I. His wife, th^^ former Florence Wells, is a member of the sales staff of Plonk Brothers & Com- oany hei'c. 'Mrs. Howard McKee Guess Closest To Preliminary Count; All High By MARTIN HARMON I IE tiie preliminary report of; King.s Mountain’s 1970 tensus proves .correct or even .somi'what higher. Mr.=;. Howard McKee, ol route 2, is the winner of the Her ald’s dtjcennial population guess ing contest and the cash prize of $25. Mns. McKee’s guess was 852.3, just 99 higher than the iKelimi- nary count released Wednesday, and at the same time tho lowest ^ guess filed. In otlier words, everybody en tering the contest high, higher, or highest, the grandiose one being one of 32,636. If the official coun’t should zoom upward as much as 107, the mon- I ey would still be in the .same fam- I Ily, with Mrs. McKee (tho former Marguerite Tindall) and her daughter Patricia splitting the prize. Miss Patricia posted a guess of 8539. Four other guesses were in what proved to be the thus far correctly conservative category of tho 8000-range. They were: Fred A. Tat(» 8621; Mrs. C. J. Gault, Jr. 8814; C. J. Gault, Jr.. 8691; and Lee A. Sell ers 8988. . Most p.rpular gue .sing category was in the 9()C)0 range. where 46 guessers plactNl their estimates. Tho Herald will retain all en tries until the official census fig- ur<‘ Is announced. The c’ontest actually will cost the Hwald $25.06. One gue.sser dropped his envelope into the, postoffice chute bearing no stamp., It arrived postage due, six cents. OFFICER OF MONTH — Ernest Beam# veteran of eight years service with the local police de partment and a former deputy sheriff# is featured as Officer of the Month. Ernest Beam Officer ol Month Ernest Beam, vcloran of 22 years in law ('nforiH'mcnt, is King.s Mountain Policeman of Ihc Month. ‘ Officer Beam jihned tiic Kings Mountain ik>Hc(' forre July 13. 1962 after II years v\i(h the Ch'celand (’oimty .Sheriff’s De partment and U()unl> Jail and three years with tlie Prison Ik’- partm('iU in .Shclbv. He is a native* of Shelby and is married to Ihc* formi'r Esther A1 len (J .Shelby. Thc> arc jim nt.s of Hve daughter.s, one son. and there ar(' eight grandchildren. The Beams reside* here* .at 60() Groves .‘-•trcf't and arc members .)i Fir.sL Hajitist cluircli. A graduate of Shelby high school, Clas.-' of 19.30. Officer Beam has taken special courses in criminal lawand rei‘(*nl courses sp\)nsorcd by the local police de partment;' in cooperation with Cleveland T<*chnical Institute. Besides liis wife, Mr. Ware Is survi\c»d hy their daughter, Mrs. John Byrcl, Jr. of Kerncrsville, N. C.; a hroilier, Hunter Ware of Wilmington; and a sister. Mrs. Benton Putnam of Kings Moun tain. Dr. Charles Edwards, minister of Boyce Memorial ARP church, officiate.! at tlio final rites, as sisted by a former minister. Rev. Tom Richie Gastonia. I Pallboai'ers were James Craw- I foi'd, Franklin M’are, Marriott Phifer. W. S. Fulton, Osi^ar Mc- I Ca' ter and .Mcnzcll Phifer. Decade Gain V Is Only 424; Giovei Up 10 By MARTIN HARMON King^ Mountain’s preliminary cen.sus count for 1970 is a disap- pointln; 813... The gain over the official con- .su< o; 19o^, which was 8X8, is 424, and over Ihc special cen.sus . Oi January 1966, which was 8256, a mere 176. Grover’r p eliminary prnula- . tion count is 548. gain of only ten, from the 538 cXficial count of 195*. Gro/or Mayo; Franklin Horry said hr wa.' sati.sftcd with the ; preliminary report. Kings Mour- ! tain Mayor John Henry Mo:>:5 '.vas ; no^'. I The figures were received hy the ' ' resi>ef tivf* Mayor *. Weinrsday [ I from Jne Harris of tho r(*gional IU. .S, Cen.su.s Bureau office in I Charlotte. I Mayor Harry said several hwis- I es. had been remov«*rl from the I city limits during the de ade and that the only city Jimit.s annexa tion involved essentially vacant , pmperty. I Mayor Moss said he was “mys- I tified” by the .«mall gain here and di.scossed with Mr. Harris tho [Probability that city mips u ed by the census bureau did not in clude annexation.s to tho city lim its, particularly the major one of late 1968—what is now the .south west sector of Ihc city, and the Ward 6 city political sub-division. Mr. Harris asked tho Mayor to send him another up-to-date city limits map for comparisc ;i a- aginst the one ased in assigning aroa.s to ceasus enumerators. “If we failed lo cover an an nexed area, we’ll disc'u.s.s it with the Mayor and .see what ('an be worked out,” Mr. Harris told Uie Herald. Mayor Mo.s.? (‘omment(*d, “I do nor see how Kings Mountain’s count could rcfh'ct as small a gain in view of the annexation to the .southwest, annc'xition.^ to j the west, and (*ast, and the in- crea.sed use of traih'rs as re.si- dences within the city limiU.” I (.’ily Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.. I sjid tlie most up-to-date map do- I tailing tlu* city limits had been filed with the Census Bureau. Picliminary reports. Mi. Harris .said, are not released on p.^pu- lation of townships nor tlu* fig ures on occupied and unoccupied dwelling units. Official t'cnsus reports are ex pected to b(* relea.sod sometime this fall, though, in 196(1. it was oirly He.ember bt'fore the offi cial population figures were an-i'‘ nounced. | : Privilege License Purchases $4119 Citj privilege license pur- ; chases through Tue.sday total- j ed $11119.74. slightly more , than two-thirds the $6000 the I city expects in revenue from I this source* during the fiscal I year ending next June. The licenses are purchasable through July at par, but penal ty of five percent per month applies on August 2, City Clerk Joe McDaniel. Jr., reminded. KMHS Students Tired But Happy After 7980 Mile Bus Trip To West Twt'nty-six Kings Mountain | of the trip for many .students was Bargain Rate For School-Agers Bargain golf awaits school- age youngsters at the new putt-putt course at the Deal .street pool. Arch Kern, reereation direc tor, the new rates are 25 cents pc'r round or $1 all day, Monday through Friday from opening time at 10 a.m. lo 5 p.m. high .school students wore “tired but happy” Thursday night when Iht y returned to tiu»ir res[X'ctive homes after a camping to -Cali- l\>rnia and back for f.)ur weeks. Tliis was the stalemrni made by Robin Dickey, a freshman, who sai l, “I wouldn’t have miss ed tin* trip for anything.” Wa.s anybody homesick on a trip Dial far away from home? “I don’t think we had time to be” (’xcliimed Miss Dickey. The California camping trip was the idea of William F. (Bill) Young, who teaclies auto mech anics at the high school. He had the trip approved by tin* board of education and Du* students will ic('ci\e one unit of credit in geog- rapii> from Die trip. The trip with Die Du'mo "A b<'l- tc:- American knows America bet ter” wa« designed lo teach .stu dents more about their own coun try and give them new learning meth')d.s and experience.s. None of the students, other than Young’s two boy.s, had ever bci'n in the western jiart otf Die eoimlry at all. One of I^he most difficult parts learning how to camp, said Robin. “Some of us h3d never slept in tents and sleeping bags” and yet one student, D('nn)s StroufM.*, 18, a recent graduate, was an old hand a! camping. The 13 young men on the trip had charge ol .setting up and taking down tents, .s:u(l Robin, and the 13 young women, with the aid of Mrs. Young. Mrs. Young’s sister. Mr.s. Pal.sy Lindsay, and Miss Martha Houser, high school .secretary, had tho laundrj', cooking and clean ing chores. Mr. Young had plann ed tie complete itinerary, cloth ing list and h id worked out ex- acUy how much money would bo lUHHiod. The group traveled a total of 7.980 miles and saw almost all kinds of weather except falling snow. Temperatures ranged from »36 degrees to 108 d<»greo.s and there was still snow in four to sixl foot drifts in the Rockies. Peea ’«e of the heat they traveled through the de.sert at night. Highlights for the .students was .Salt Lake City ajid hearing the (Continued on Page Eight) i