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Population
Greater Kings fountain 21.914
GVy Limits 1 (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300
Qr«at«r Kiiivi MouBtota flgux* !• Iroa tbi
*P«o<4 United Statee Bureoni of tbo Ceiuiu report o
January 19M, cmd tneludei tho 14,9M population o
Mumber 4 Township, and thp remaining 4.134 Iron
Humber S Township, la Cleeelobd county and Crowder*
Township in Qeston Cewnty.
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Kings Mo^toin's Relioble Newspopei
VOL 85, No. 31
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 30, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Two Negro Children Drown In Davidson Lake
No Further Continuances In Condemnation Action
Rites Held On Saturday
Hearing Set
August 11th
.At 10 A.M.
City Attorney Jack H. White has
informed attorneys for defendants
Buford D. Cline and B & B Ranch
in the Buffalo Creek condemna
tion actions there will be no fur
ther cominuances, it is his un
derstanding.
Hearings were postponed from
July 30 on grounds Ernest S. De-
La ney, one of the attorneys is
involved in a case currently be
ing tried in Charlotte.
Senator White wrote:
“This is to confirm our conver
sation in regard to sotting the
time for a hearing. This is to
give you notice that the hearing
has been set for August 11, 1970
at 10 a.m. for the Buford D. Cline
and Wilda R. Cline tract and im-1
mediately following, we will go
into the B & B Tract. ,
“We are very anxious to get it
tried at this time and it is our
understanding that there will be
no more continuances granted be
cause of lack of notice.
“If anything develops toward
further negotiations, I will so in
form you.”
Chemical Report
Filed With State
Chemical report on the efflu-
^vonts entering the McGill Creek
treatment plant has been
^'filed with the State Department
df Watr and Air Resources and
the analysis of the findings of
tCrif agency are expected in time
for cifty commission consideration
at its Augast 11th meeting.
The report shows that the
“slugout” of the McGill Creek
plant is due to dyestuffs waste
from the textile firms being serv
ed by the plant.
The principal contaminators are
copper, lead and chromium in
that order of incidence. Other
substances found include boron,
tin, silver, manganese and molyb
denum.
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Western Show
Today At 7
American Legion Post 155 will
.sponsor Clyde Owens and his
Country & Western Show Thurs
day (tonight) from 7 until 8 p.m.
at the American Legion building.
The group will also play for a
dance for members and guests
from 8:30 until 11 p.m.
Featured on the show will bo
Preston Stephenson, Dick Stcw’art
and Jimmy Fisher with their lat
est hit songs including “Pitch
ing Wishing Pennies” and “Wide
World of Love.”
lAdfmission is $1.25 per person
and Legionnaires and guests are
invited to attend.
NEW RECOVERY ROOM AT HOSPITAL — Dan Falls and R. C. Galloway are shown moving equip
ment into the newly-opened recovery room of the new addition of Kings Mountain hospitaL
Patients were Ning moved into the handsome, new wing this week. <Photo by Isaac Alexander)
First Floor
Oi New Wing
Is In Use
The first floor gC the new,\Ving
csf the Kings Mountain Hospital
is partially in use according to
administrator Grady Howard. The
part now being used includes a
new waiting room, lobby, phar
macy and clinical laboratory. i
The remainder of the first floor
is expected to be in use by the I
end of this week. A new operating i
room, and central sterile supply
are the rooms expected to be in ;
use at the end of the week. |
The second floor of the new,
building which includes 35 ad- ;
ditional beds, 27 of which are
private rooms, is expected to be
in use by early October, accord
ing to Howard. The second floor
rooms are virtually completed
now, Howard said.
In addition to the new wing,
there has been renovation of the
old building. Corridors have been
changed, a new x-ray room has
been add(‘d, and additional emer
gency and out-patient rooms
have been added.
According to Howard, the build
ing is going according to schedule
and is expected to be completed
well in advance of its November
deadline. ^
For Brice Holmes Harry, Sr,
Little Theatre
Meets Tonight
New officers of the Kings
■Mountain Little Theatre will be
elected Thursday night at a
meeting at the liome of Mr. and
Mrs. Aubrey Mauney on Gaston
street.
All members and prospective
members are invited to attend, as
plans for the year's work will be
made.
Industrialist
Dies Thursday
Of Pneumonia
Funeral rites for Brice Holmes
Harry, Sr., 52, Grover industrial
ist, were held Saturday afternoon
at 3 pj.-n. from Grover’s Shiloh '
Pr(3sbyterian church of which he
was a member and a member of,
the session of the church. 1
Mr. Harry died Thursday at 2:301
p.m. at a Myrtle Beach, S. C. hos-1
pital after b(H:‘oming ill for two
days earlier with pneumonia. He
had been in declining health for
several ye.ars after suffering a
heart attack. He and Mrs. Harry
were vacationing at their sum
mer home there.
President of Grover Industries
and an executive of Minette Mills,
Inc. of Grover, he was a former
member of the Kings Mountain
board of education, retiring be
cause of ill health. He was a
charter member of the Grover
Lions club.
A native of Grover, he was son
of the late Charles F. and Effie
Holmes‘Harjry. He v;^s married
to the former Miss Louise McMll-
Uan.
Surviving besides his wife are
their son, Robert M. Harry: their
foster son, Maynard Pierce; three
brothers, Grover Mayor C. Frank
lin Harry, Jr., David Harry of
Grover and W. B. Harry of Grov
er; and three sisters, Mrs. SaDelle
Harry Uzell of Asheville, Mrs.
F'rancc's Harry Barrier of High
Point and Mrs. Glenn Rountree
of Grover. A son, Brice Holmes
Harry, Jr. died in 1955 at the age
of 10 of polio.
Officiating at the final rites
were Rev. Richard Hobson, Rev.
Trent Howell, both former min
isters of Shiloh church, and Rev.
David Parks. Interment was in
the Harry Mausoleum in the |
Grover cemetery.
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RITES HELD ^ Funeral rites
for B. Holmes Harry, S2, were
held Saturday afternoon in
Grover.
MODEL CITIES
The all-American cities com-
imittees named recently by
Mayor John Henry Moss will
crempile its report Tor the year
1971, the Mayor said this week.
NEW STERILIZER •— A new *Tlasli” sterilizer is among some of
the new equipment being readied for use this week in the hond-
some new wing of the Kings Mountain hospital on West King
street. (Photo by Isaac Alexauuer)
McGills Of Gaston Annual Reunion
To Featuie Address Ry Ollie Harris
Infant Rites
Are Conducted
Graveside rites for the infant
child of 'Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dean
Painter, of 7190 Midpines, were
held Friday at 6:30 p.m. from
Mountain Rest cemetery with the
Rev. George Leigh officiating.
The child died at birth Thurs
day morning at 7 o’cl(xk in the
Kings Mountain haspital.
Other survivors include three
brothers, .Michael, John and Bry
ant Painter, all of the home; the
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lela
Painter of Kings Mountain and
\^the maternal grandiiprerts, Mr.
* and Mrs. Herman Rayfield of
Kings Creek, 3. C.
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SPEAKER — J. OUie Harris,
Kings Mountain morticion and
Democratic ' candidate for the
State Senate of North Corollna,
will make the oddress at the
annual reimion of the McGilTs
of Gaston August 9th at 5 p.m.
at Bethel Church Arbor. )
Annual reunion of the McGill’s
of Gaston will be held on August
9th at 5 ip.im. at Bethel Church
Arho-r on St. Luke’s church road in
Kings Mountain.
J. Ollie Harris of Kings Moun
tain, Democratic candidate for
the State Senate of North Caro
lina, will make the principal ad
dress.
Picnic stylo supper will be
spread at 6 p^m.
OHicers of the clan are Ah
Wolle, Jr., president; Will F. Mc
Gill, vree-president: and Miss Be
ta Phifer, secretary-treasurer.
DIXON SERVICE
Rev. Grahaim Wood of Char
lotte will deliver the me.ssago
at 'the 9:30 a.m. morn'ing wor
ship service Sunday at Dixon
Pre.sbytorian church. The Sun
day School hour Is at 10:30.
SHILOH SPEAKER
Rev. Graham Wood of Char
lotte will fill the pulpit at the
11 o’cl(X*k morning worship
hour Sunday at Shiloh Presby
terian cliuroh in Grover.
UN Committee
Named Ry Moss
Mayor John Henry Moss
Wcdr.esday appointed a six*
incmbiM’ committee to promote
the celebiialion of the silver lan*
nivcr.siary o)f. the Unjtcd Nations
on October 2-1.
The eommittee imiludcs J. C
AitkiiiKson, chairman, Mrs. Ben
T. Goforth, Howard Br>"ant,
Rev. U. H. McDowell, and stu
dents Bill Loftin and ^liss Caix)*
lyn Mi'tchcm.
Mayor John Henry Moss had
tills to say conceining the Unit
ed Nations Day and efforts by
not just the Committee btit of
everv citizen in Kings Mountain
and the Nation, “The United Na-
liojis still proclaims hope to the
ptople of the world. We must
coninuo to sit dcf.vin with our
fellow men amt confer about
our mutual problems and the UN
piwides this imec\ting pliace for
world ideas.”
The UN Day Commltt^ will
strive for the understanding and
(ooperation of all in order to
demonstrate the commitment
this cewnty ha.s to the purposes
and goals of the United Nations.
Legion Dance i
Set Soturday ^
‘The Wanderers” will play for
a dance Saturday night from 9
until 12 pjm. at the American Le
gion building.
Legionnaires, their wives and
guests are invited to attend.
The kitchen will be open for
serving of supper.
TO CANADA
Rev. and Mrs. Robert Wilson
and daughters, Susan and Lynn,
are on a three-week camping
trip to Canada. Rev. Mr. Wilson
is pastor of Dixon Presbyterian
Church, Kings Mountain, and
Shiloh Presbyterian church,
Grover.
28 Persons
Weren't Logged
In Census Count
At least eight households were
not counted in the 1970 U. S.
Census, the Mayor has been in
formed.
This indicates that at least 28
persons, perhaps more, wore not
logged in the city.
Mayor Moss asks any other
who feel he was not counted to
report it to his offiice not later
than next Wednesday, after
which he will send the iri'forma-
tion to the Bureau of the Census
in Washington.
The director of the regional di
vision Joseph R. Norwood, of
Charlotte write Mayor Moss:
“This is to confirm your tele-
iphono conversation with our Mr.
Gotham July 21, 1970 concerning
the preliminary population an
nouncement.
“We have compared the map
of Kings Mountain that you sent
us with the map from our central
processing office, and found no
difference in the corporate limits
on the two maps. This would in
dicate that the Census was con-
(fueled using the corrent bounda
ries for your city.
“We would like to tell you of
the followiing steps that were
taken to ensure complete cover
age in Kings Mountain: (1) Mail
ing of the census questionnaire in
advance to all residents; (2)
Wddespread news media publicity
about the census: (3) Several re
views of the census taker’s work
by the crew leader, which includ
ed checks for complete coverage
(if all areas were not covered or
oallibacks not completed, the book
(Coniimted On Page Six)
Bethlehem
Homecoming
Set Sunday
Bethlehem Baptist church wHI
observe its 128th birthday at
Homecoming Day festivities Sun
day.
Rev. W. G. Camp, who served
the church as pastor on two dif
ferent occasions, will fill the pul
pit at the 11 o’clock morning
worship service.
Combined Youth and Adult
Choirs will present special music
under the direction of Bill Mc
Daniel and Mrs. Jack
Picnic lunch will be spread at
12:30 on the church groups. No
afternoon or evening services axe
planned.
All members, former members
and former pastors are invited to
share in the day’s events, said
Rev. Russell Fitts, pastor.
Willie Evans
Dorothy Evans
Are Victims
TWo Negro children drowned in
the waters of Davidson Lake
Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.
Cleveland County Coroner J.
Ollie Harris said Willie Reno
Evans, 10, adopted son, and Doro
thy Evans, 11, foster daughter, of
Mr. and. Mrs. Doc Evans, of route
1, drowned accidentally near the
edge of the lake near the city
p(dice club. He said no inquest
will be held.
The coroner said another broth
er Henry Rippy, 10, foster son of
the Evanses, was fishing in the
lake and the other boy had wad
ed into the water and pulled their
sister along, saying, "come on in,
the water’s fine.”
The two 'Sveivt under” accord
ing to the other child who was
unable to reach them and ran
home for help.
Members of the Kings Mountain
Life Saving (3rew were first on
the scene and pulled the bodies
from the water.
Mr. Evans is employed by El
mer Luntber Company.
Wjllie Reno Evans was a fifth
grader at East school and Dorothy
Evans was a seventh grader at
Ceritral school. They were mem
bers' of Washington Baptist
chuixjh . where double funeral
rites will be held.
Filneral arrangements are in-
canplete but will be announced
by J. W. Gill & Soil 'Funeral
Hottne.
Ragan Harper Reappointed Again
To Morehead Selection Committee
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REAPPOINTED — Ragan R.
Harper, Jr. has been reappoint
ed to the Cleveland County
Moreheod Selection Committee.
A Kings Mountain resident, Ra-
?an R. Harper, Jr., is one of nine
members of the Cleveland Coun
ty Morehead Selection Committee
which has been re-appointed, it
is revealed by Roy Armstrong,
executive director of tlie John
Motley Morehead Foundation.
In addition to HaTptT. those ap
pointed include L. Lyndon Hobbs,
Shelby attorney who will serve as
chairman, Dr. James H. Burrus,
John R. Dover, III, Edwin C. Ford,
Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick, Jr., N.
Dixon Lackey. Jr., Dr. Robert Lit
ton and J. Clint Newton, all of
Shelby.
Moreht'ad Awards, first pre
sented in 1951, provide four-year,
all expense paid undergraduate
educations at the Univ(*rsit!y of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and are worth $10,(XX) each to
North Carolina students. The a-
ward as l>oen increased this year
to $2,250 annually from $2,100 a
(Continued on Pago SixJ
Watei Policy
Gomihittee
To Reconvene
The city water policy com>mittee
will bo convencKl early next week,
either Monday or Tuesday, Mayor
John Henry Moss said Wednes
day.
Of ifnmediate importance is the
request of Bessemer City to be
come a city water customer. How
ever, the Mayor, who is chair
man, said it is anticipated the
committee will formulate and
recommend a long-term policy
which would apply to similar re
quests in the future.
(Xher members of the commit
tee are Commissioners Ray Cline,
T. J. Ellison, Norman King, and
Jim Dickey, Colonel W. K. Dick-
.son, and representatives of the
Institute of Government and A.
M. Pullen & Company, certified
public a’ceountants.
Date of the meeting hinges on
wlien the Institute of Government
representative can be present.
■Bessemer City has indilcated it
woud like to buy up to a million
gallons of water daily.
The city will have the capacity
to sell that much water and more
when the now treatment plant on
Buffalo Creek goes into service
in mid-September.
Local Group
On Russian Tour
Four King^ Mountain young
people are among the 120 “Good
News Singers of America” who
depart from Charlotte’s Douglas
Municiipal Airport Thursday morn
ing at 11:47 a.m. for a conicert
tour oi Russia.
Tliey include Linda Ross, Leon
Ross, Jack Bell, all recent high
scliool graduates, and Cindy Alex
ander, rising senior at Kings
Mountain high school.
The 150-memlber concert group
peniormed at Blanton Memorial
Stadium in Shelby Tuesday night
and at Charlotte’s Park Center
Wednesday evening.
The girls are wearing white
blouses with red, white and blue
jumpers and red shoes and the
boys are wearing white bell-bot
tom trousers, blue shirts, and
red, white and blue vests with
wlilte shoes for their appearances.
The young {/ople represent
seven counties — Cleveland,
Rutherford, Burke, Mecklenburg,
C^atawba, Union and Montgo-m-
ery.
The Choir will depart Charlotte
for New York, London, Leningrad,
Moscow, Paris, and Lisbon before
returning to New York and Char
lotte August 13th.
WINNER — Charles Easley, Jr.
h€B won the Newberry College
Alnmni Association's first schol-
orship.
Scholarship
To Easley
The Newberry College Alumni
Association has awarded its first
$1,000 scholarship to Charles
Ward Easley, Jir., of Kings Moun
tain, N. C., according to Phil Kel
ly director of the Alumni Asso
ciation.
Young Easley, a 1970 graduate
of Kings Mountain high school,
be a freshman at Newberry 'col
lege this fall. During his high
school career, Easley was active
in his school, church, and youth
organizations.
He lettered in football and bas
ketball while in high school and
participated in the schcwl’s musi
cal groups and student publica
tions as well as several interest
clubs.
Easley is also president of the
Youth Ministry Group at the St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church in
Kings Mountain and is an Eagle
Scout.
‘The scholarship was awarded
on the basis of financial need,
school record, and the worthiness
of the recipient,” Kelly said; “it
will be renewed annually on the
same basis as it was awarded,’*
he added.
“As additional funds become a-
vailable,” Kell^ said, “another
scholarship will be given to a
freshVnan for the 1971-72 school
year and for the following two
years so that there will eventual
ly be four Alumni Scholarship
students enrolled at the same
time.”
Easley is the son of the Rev.
and Mrs. Charles Easley of Kings
Mountain.
'Rev, Mr. Easley is pastor of St
Matthew’s Lutheran Church.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter receipfs for the
week ending Wednesday at
noon totaled $163.49, including
$110. from on-street meters,
$42.24 from overparking fines
and $10.25 from off-street met
ers, City Clerk Joe McDaniel re
ported*