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Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
C'4y Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300
Qtttcit«r Kings Mountain ftguxo In dorivod from tbn
•pocirl Untied States Bureau of thn Census report O
January 19B6. and Inciudes the M.9$0 population o
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 Ifoa
Number S Township. In OeTcland County ond Crowdf*
Townnhip In Qastoo Coointy*
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapei
VOL 85, No. 32
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 6, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
'price ten ce^t:
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Buffalo Plant “Shakedown” Next Week
Patricia Corry
Wins MD Degree
Believed First
Negro Woman
MDIn County
A '
Maximum Discount
Available On Taxes
Porsons who pay city 1970
city tix bills during August
qualify for the maximum dis
count of two pc^rcont, Joe H. Mc
Daniel, city clerk and tax col
lector reminded Kings Moun
tain citizens this week.
Notices are in proc^ess of prep
aration and payments tmade
prior to their completion will
receive temporary receipts and
will be mailed permanent re
ceipts at that time, Mr. Me-
Dajiiel added.
NAVAL AIR STATION. GLENVIEW, ILl., July 28, — CLEANING
HIS RADIO CONTROL PYLON RACING MODEL AIRPLANE, Dr.
Tom Baker, Box 827 Kings Mountain, N. C., has just finished his
qualifying flight in the 1370 National Model Airplane Champion
ships. This annual event which includes radio control, free flight,
and control line model airplanes, is directed by the Acodemy of
Model Aeronautics and hosted by the Navy. This year's "'Nation
als" is being held at Naval Air Station, Glenview, 111., where on
estimated 100,000 spectators will visit the air stotion. Hightlight-
ing the week of activities will be a performance by the Naval
Air Reserve Air Barons, o Tactical Flight Demonstration Team
from Naval Air Stotion, Glenview on Sunday, (OFFICIAL U. S.
^ NAVY PHOTO BY JOF Marx)
Baker Entered
In National
Airplane Event
Dr. Thomas P. Baker. 41, 406
Hawthorne Rd. King.s Mountain,
N. C. 28086 was among the more
than 1500 entrants in the Nation
al Mfxlol Airplane Championships
who registered at Naval Air Sta
tion. Glenview. Ill. The meet, oft
en called the "World Series’* of
model aviation, ran from Mon
day, July 27 llirougli Augu.st
2.
Contostant.s in this meet, Iho,
39th National Championships, |
range from 6 to 60 years old, ami;
came from all 50 .state.s, Canada, |
Mexico, Puerto Rico, and abroad. |
The Meet is conducted by the
Academy of Mod(4 Aeronautics
of Washington, D. C.. model avia
tion's governing h.Kly.
The U. S. Navy is acting as
host to the Meet for the 23r<l
eon.secutive year. The last Nation
al Model Moot held at Naval Air
Station, Glenview, Ill., was in |
1966. j
The contestants will fly their
^ models in events ranging from
^free-flight gas to radio-eonlrol-
line speed, jet and team ratnng
eonte.st.s. In th<' Navy carrier
events, the m.'wielers will fly their
gas engine planes off and land
aboard the deck of tlu‘ miniature*
aircraft carrier, the USS SMALL
I-'RY.
Contestants winning first, .see-
and and third place in each event
will bo award(‘d a trophy while
the Grand National Champion re
ceives a periM'tual challenge tro
phy. The contest runs from July
27 through .Migust 2.
Miss Patricia Ann Corry, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clayward
Corry, Sr. of Kings Mountain re
ceived her degree in medicine
from Meharry Medical College in
.Nashville, Tenn. on June 7.
Dr. Corry graduated from Com
pact high .school in Kings Moun
tain, receiving the highe.st hon
ors ever given. She received a
four-year scholarship to Bennett
College in Greensboro, where she
received her pre-med training,
was a four-year honor student
and obtained a B.S. degree.
Named to Who's Who in Amer-
lean Colleges and Universities,
she maintains a perfect school
attendance record, having not
mi.ssed a school day from ele
mentary school through college.
She is also belkwed to bo the first
negro woman in Cleveland Coun
ty to receive a degree in medi
cine.
Dr. Corry began her internship
at Cooke County Hospital in Chi
cago, Ill., on June 22.
Dr. Corry’s father is employed
by Fibej Industries, Shelby, and
her mother is a Librarian in the
Gaston County School System.
Her brother, Clayward, Jr., is a
rising pre law senior at N. C.
Central University, Durhami.
Sewage Plant
Problem Tops
Board Agenda
The city commission will n*-
ceive recommendations from the
State Dt'partment of Water & Air
Resources Tue-sday night on
1) How to alkwiato and corret.t
the McGill Or(*ek sewage disi>osa]
plant problem, and
2) For a long-range policy on
waste-use designed to prevent fu
ture occurrence.s.
The McGill plant was "slugged
out” several weeks ago and resi
dents of the area have been
plagued by obnoxious oJors in
termittently since.
William MuD, western regional
director of the department, will
supply the recommendations.
Chemical te.st.s, indicating the
source of the prol)lcm is ovt^r in
fluent of industrial dyestuff-s,
were supplied the department.
Other principal item of busi
ness on the commission’s Tuesday
night agenda include considera-
less
Went UpAugu.stl
62 Percent !
County Workers
Have Coverage
RALf'IGH — The Employment
.Sc\*uril3' Commission Monday an-
nouiKcd that maximum unem
ployment in.NUram*(‘ benefit pay
ments Ij eligible jobless worker.-;
in North Carolina will increa.se to
Sol a week August 1.
02
WINS DEGREE — Dr. Patneia
Ann Corry of Kings Moimtoin
has received her degree in
medicine from Meharry Medi
cal College in Nashville. Ten
nessee.
I The $4 a week iiuT(*ase is a re-
I suit of 1969 amendments to the
j Employmenl Sevurity Law which
I allows maximum payments to be
I half of tile State’s av(*rago indus-
I trial wage.
1 Ac\*ording to the Commission,
tion of _ awarding contracts on ^i^,j.ing 1969 an average oxcec*d-
seven chemical agents for use at
the new Buffalo Creek tireatment
plant. Bids were received several
weeks ago.
School Bells Ring
Again August 25th
School hells will ring for Kings
Mountain di.sdri; t pupils on Tues
day, August 2.’)th. Pupil Orienta
tion Day.
First day of school for teachers
will be Monday, Augu.<t 24th.
First fuH-day of school for stu
dents will be Wednesday, August
26th.
Privilege License
Purchases $5123
City privilege lieerse .sales
through Monday totaled $5123.75,
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., re
ports.
The total comp.ires with $6000
in revenue estimated to be re-
eeivt^d from this .source during the
current fi.scal year.
P(,'nalty of five percent p(''r
mtmth now afyiilios for late pur
chase of licenses.
Friday Deadline
On Count Check
Final date for reporting "I was
not counted” to City Hall is Fri
day.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
the Bureau of the Census had in
formed him complete li.st of per-
.sons mi.ssed in the count, or who
f(*el they were mi.s.sed, must bo
filed with the Bureau not later
than August 10.
The preliminary census report
ree('.-rded 8482 persons within the
Kings Mountain city limits.
The Mayor and many citizens
expres.sed .surpri.se that a net gaiin
of only 374 had been recorded in
tlu‘ ten years since the last de
cennial census was taken, par
ticularly in view of the expansion
of the city limits, including the
largest and most populated sector
in wliat is now the southwest sec
tor of the city.
In this sector alone, and exclus
ive of Phifer Road, 346 persons—
not in the city ten yea<rs ago —
wore recorded.
Census officials in the Char
lotte regional office said they
felit the count was accurate but
offered cooperation in correcting
any apparent errors brought to
tlieir atk'ntion by city officials.
The official figure i.s expected
to b(' announc(*<! in the fall (the
1960 official count was announc
ed in Dccembc'r of that yeark
In addition to the actual pop
ulation, the census report in-
chides considerable other data,
Including number of dwellings
ocru])i(Kl and unoccupied, average
age of the population and aver
age family size.
ASG Invites
Nominations
Cleveland County farmers have
been advised that they will hav’e
the opportunity to nominate by
petition candidates fox ASC com
munity committee posts.
The nominating period began
July 28 and will close August 17.
This year dt is hoped farmers will
nominate by petition full slates
for all communities. A full slate
means a minimum of six candi
dates to choose from in electing a
community committee of three
mtnnbors and two alternates.
All ASC community committees
are elected annually. The newly-
elected comimunity committee
men will convene shortly after
Their September election to elect
one new ASC County Committee
member and two alternates.
County Committee membc*rs servo
throe-year terms, with one new
member elected each year. Al
ternates arc elected annually.
There’s no red tape tied up in
nominating a community com
mittee candidate by petition. All
that’s really needed is a sheet of
paper naming a candidate, and
six or more signatures by eligi
ble voters on that paper. Peti
tions arc limited to one nominee
each, but voters may sign as
many petitions as they want. A
farmer who is an owner, tenant,
or sharecropper is an eligible vot
er in the community where his
farm interest is. He can only
nominate and vole in one com
munity, however, even if he has
farm interests in more than one.
Farmers having questions in re
gard to the community commit
teemen elections are urged to
(*ontact the local County ASCS
Office.
Afnold Falls
Rites Conducted
Arnold Richard Falls Jr., 44.
204 Brice St., died at his home at
1 p.m. Saturday.
A native of Ga.ston County, he
was a textile worker and a vet
eran of World War II.
He was a former employee of
the public works department of
the City of Kings Mountain and
the public works department of
the city of Cherryvulle.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Helen Ford FalLs; his mother. Mrs.
Bessie Falls Hamm; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Rhonda Pruitt of Ran-
toul, Ill., and Mias Sonya Falls of
Kings Mountain; two sisters, Mrs.
O. C. Kiser Jr. of Gastonia, and
Mrs. Kenneth (Broome of Kings
Mountain.
Funeral was hold at 4 p.m.
Monday at the Second Baptist
church of which he was a mem
ber. Dr. Frank Malone, Rev. C. C.
Parker, and Rev. Mitchell Pruitt
officiated.
Gaston McGills
Meeting Sunday
J. Okie Harris. Kings Mountain
mortician and Democratic candi
date for the State Senate in the
November elections, will address
McGills of Gaston at their annual
reunion Sunday.
Family members will gather af
5 pjm. at Bethel Church Arbor on
-St. Luke’s church road in Kings
.Mountain.
Picnic style dinner will be
spread at 6 p.m.
Officers of McGills of GastOiii
are Ab Wolfe, Jir., president; Will
F. MoCiill, vice-pre.sident; and
Miss Reta Phifer, secretary-treas
urer
Burial followed
Grove Cemetery.
in Patterson
Local Teachers
To Workshop
Mrs. Beth H. McIntyre and Mrs.
Hilda B. Goforth are enrolled in
Iho Astronomy Workshop which
is brMng taughl by Jame.s N. Lynn
at the Schiele Mp.seu’m of Natuiral
History and Planct.iriun in Gas
tonia.
Mrs. Goforth and Mw. McIntyre
are teachers at West school.
DIXON SERVICE
Sunday morning worship serv
ice will be held" at 9:30 at
Dixon Presbyterian church with
the Rev. Robert A. Wilson to
deliver the sermon. Rev. and
Mrs. Wilson and daughters,
Susan and LyniT, have return
ed from a camping trip to Can
ada.
Tressa Navy
HitByCai
Tressa Navy, age seven, of 508
Gantt street, was treated for in
juries Sunday night at 9 p.m. at
kings Mountain hospital when
she reportedly rode her bicycle
into the right side of a vehicle.
Rebecca Stowe Fisher, 24, of
route two, driver of the car, told
Lt. Bob Hayes site did noC^ee the
child.
J. B. Stacy, 48, of route three,
told Patrolman Richard Reynolds
he didn’t see an approaching car
and backed out of the Carolina
Throwing Company parking lot
into the left side of a car operat-
tKl by Tompie Rebecca Bacc'us, 34,
of rmite two, Shelby. Damages
were estimated at $150 to the car
and $25 to the Stacy operated
1961 Ford truck.
John William Mi lien, 33, of
route 5, Gaffney, S. C., told Pa
trolman R<»bert Dodge ho ran a
stop sign on Bridges Drive Sun
day and hit a 1967 Ford operated
by Mrs. Mary Goforth Anthony, of
611 Hillside Drive. Damages were
estimated at $2,50 to the Anthony
vehicle and $150 to the Millen
car.
Hesidricks
Rites Conducted
Funeral rites for Max C. Hen-
dri'cks, 54. of Shelby, brother of
Jack Hendrick and Miss Melinda
Hendrick of Kings Mountain,
were held Saturday at 3 p.m. from
Sulphur Springs United Methodist
church, interment following in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Hendricks died at 11 p.m.
Thursday in Cleveland Memorial
hospital.
He had been employed as an
electrician by Daniels Construc
tion Company since 1962.
Other survivors a son, a daugh
ter, four brothers, five sisters anc
four girandchildren.
Jiig 1.3 imillion work(*rs each
quarter were cover(*d by unem
ployment insurance and their to
tal wages were over $7.3 billion.
Average W{*ekly wage was $106.45
per worker.
To qualify for the new pay
ments, an unemployed u'urker
must have earned $5,400 or over
during his period ot covered em- I
ployment. The revised payment ' ^ ,
schedule also includes wages be- A lOlHOtlOll
WINS PROMOTION — Tom Gil-
bert, former Kings Mountain
citizen, has been promoted to
Product Manager for the Techni
cian Instruments Corporation of
Tarrytown, N. V.
Tom Gilbert
tw(cn $5.(XK) and S5.4()0 to entitle i
an eligible worker to $52 a week, ^ ^
if unemployed, and wages of' Tom Gilbert, fcjmerly of Kings
$4,600 to $5,000 to qualify for $50 and a 1957 Kings Moun-
Dam Completion
Is Predicted
In Six Weeks
The Buffalo Creek water plant
will got a ".shakedown” next
, week.
Dennis Fox. engineer with W.
i K. Dick.son Company, said that
I the b:u*kwa-sh pump is in.staHed
^ and electrician.^ are coniioh'ting
' The wiring, which will permit
' re.sling of the new filter plant
j nexr wtH'k.
j He said the contractor, Gillos-
1 ole Construction Company, has
i ."c.'eived no further word on the
; four finished water pumps which
! are the keys to putting the plant
I into .service. La.st won! froim. the
I pump manufacturer wa.s a prom-
, ise of shipment on August 22.
Aim of putting the plant into
1 .service by mid-September re-
:nalns. Engineer Fox said Wed
nesday.
Other items in the Buffalo
-■’rock water plant report from Mr.
Fox:
11 The big dam which will Im
pound the waters of Buffaio is
mure than half-way up and forms
are being built for pouring the
concrete spillway. The dam
should ho complete in five to six
weeks.
2) Grading work for road-pav
ing around the plant is well un-
derw’ay.
3) Building of the pump .station
at Dover Mills has begun, as well
as grubbing and clearing in The
area of the Dover Mills dyke.
4) Work is underway by Neal
Hawkins on SR 2070 in the north
sector of the resovoir where the
roadbed is being raised 25 feet
over Whiteoak creek.
a week.
Minimum payments, which are
currently $12 a week In North
Carolina, are unchanged
The Commission .sakl that ap
proximately 41.000 employers are
pix*.sently covered by the Employ
ment Security Law and they em
ploy approximately 1.4 million
woj-kers, or nearly 60 percent of
the State’s total work force.
Franklin L. Ware, Manager of ^,^,^
Security! the world’s largest manufacturer
tain high school graduate, has
recently been promoted to Product
Mana.ger fox the Technician In
struments Corporation of Tarry-
town, Now York.
After one year as S<Ues Engi
neer for Techni.-ian he was se
lected to direct development of a
new instrument for use in auto
matic analysis of blood for coag
ulation characteristics. Techni-
ian Instruments Corporation is
Office, stated that the work force
tor Cleveland County is appro.xi-
mately 31,(XX) porsons. "We have
21,0(K) persons coveied by the un
employment insurance program,
which is 67'> of our work force.”
Mr. Wan* said.
32nd Birthday Homecoming Sunday
At Oakview Baptist; Bundy Speaks
Oak View Baptist church on
Yorw road will celebrate its 32nd
birthday at Homecoming Day
services Sunday.
Rev. Curtis Bundy, minister of
the church, will fill the pulpit at
the 11 o’clock morning worship
hour.
All former imembers, former
pastors and friends are invited to
join the congregation in the day’s
event
Picnic lunch will be .spread on
the church grounds following the
worship service.
Mrs. Arrowood s
Rites Conducted
Mrs. Maude Lail Arrowood, 58.
of Rt. 1. Mooresboro, died at 8:15
p.m. Tuesday.
She was the daughter of the
late Major and Bertha Moore Lail
and wife of Harrison Arrowood.
She was a textile worker and a
member of Race Path Baptist
church.
Other survivors include four
sons, William and Richard Arro
wood of Cliffside, Max Arrowood
of Rt. 2, .Mooresboro and Cecil Ar-
rowewd of Rt. 1, Mooresboro; three
brothers, Claude Lail of Cliffside.
Charlie Lail of Rt. 2, Kings Moun
tain and Forrest Util of Shelby;
nine grandchildren and one great
grandchild. |
Funeral senicos will be con- |
ducted at 3 p.m. Thursday at
Race Path Baptist Chunh by the
Rev. Robert E. Bigger.staff and the
Rev. Joe Bridges. Burial will be
in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Cox Heads
Little Theatre
Mrs. Robert Cox is the new
president of Kings Mountain Lit
tle Theatre.
Officers and directors of the or
ganization were elected at the
quarterly meeting l3.«t Thursday
which was held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Mauncy.
Gene Austin was elected vice-
prt'sident, Miss Elizabeth An
thony -secretaiy, and Clinton
Rankin Ireasurer.
Elected to the board of directors
of automated equipment for
chemical analysis. Gilbert has a
B.S. degree in biology from Lime
stone College and is a regi.stered
Medical Technologist (A^P).
He is married to the former
Jane Byars and they have two
children Jeff 9. and Leann 7.
They will reside at 3514 Tulip
Dri\*e, Yorktown Heights, N. Y.
First Union Is
57th In Nation
First Union National Bank, with
dep;isits of $854,168,789 as of
June 30. 1970, is ranged 57th a
mong the nation’s top 1(X) com
mercial banks by the American
Banker, according to an anounce-
ment today by L. E. llinnanl, cxe
are Dr. Robert Baker, B. S. Pt^der: charge of the bank’s
Jr.. Mrs. Nan Jean Grant, Dr. P.
G. Padgett. Mrs. Aubrey Mauney
and Mrs. Fred Witliors.
BUILDING PERMITS
Mr. and Mrs. Cit'orge W. Juli
an have purchased city build
ing permit to construct a six-
room residence, estimated to
cost Sla.OOO. on Hawthorne
Hoad,' Fred Parker, of Shelby,
mnlractor. Another permit was
issued to S. J. Hannon for build
ing a carport, estimated to cost
$600, at his Alexander stroe-t
residence.
Wilders To Show
Slides Of Palestine
Rev. and Mrs. James Wilder
will show slides of thciir recent
trip to Palestine and .Athens
Thursday (tonight) at 8 p.m. at
Kings \Iountain Baptist church.
Mr. Wilder siud he and hL«
w’ife are showing the films again
at the request of m- ny citizens
who ha\'e not seen pMures of the
Holy Liind.
The Wiidens, tlicir daughter and
son, will host a 10-day tour of the
23rd Annual Bethware Fair Opens
On September 16th; Catalog Out
The gates will swing open on
the 23rd annual B(4hware Com
munity Fair September 16 witli
the four-day event to be again
spon.s(>rcd by tlie Bethware Pro
gressive club. 1
Fair c-atalogs are off the presses*
and were mailed to adveiiistf'rs
and fair patrons this week.
Exhibitors were already plan
ning their crop exhibits to bo
entered and good conks had al
ready had canning underway lo
enter the fair wltie.h offer.s cash
prizes lo winners in numerous
departments.
Singers Tour
Soviet Union
The G«x>d News Singers of
.\merica. 120 North Carolina teen"
agor.s including four from Kings
Mountain, left Thursday from
Charlotte for a two-week concert
tour of the Soviet Union and oth
er European countries.
The singers were to de;->art from
Charlotte fo»r the Kennedy .Airport
in Nch’ York at 11:52 a.m. How
ever, a flat tire on the jot delay
ed the boarding nearly until 12:30
p.m.
Amid the good wishes of Lt.
Governor Pat Taylor and tears of
their parents, they boarded the
plane at 12:30.
The group .started arriving at
the Charlotte AiriJort at 9:30 to
check their bag.s and pas.sports.
The airline provided refreshments
during tlio wait.
At 11 o’clock the group pre
sented a mu.sical program and
heard Taylor read a leter from
Governor Scott.
The letter said that music was
an international language and
the governor felt that the w’ords
of the GoiXl News Singers would
cast eloquent reflection on this
state and nation. Scott also nam
ed the singers Official Good Will
.Ambassadors from North Caro
lina.
Bill Hobbs, state Jaycee pn^si-
dent, presented conductors Van
Ramsey and James Berry with
his Presidential Award of Honor
naming the singers as the Jay-
cees' official ambassadors to Rus
sia.
S(*heduled to go to several 5v>v-
iot cities. Paris and London, their
repertoire iJicludt's sacred, clissi-
cal and contemporary’ numbers,
but their show always ends with
a rollicking "Fifty Nifty United
.States.” They will be dressed in
red, white and blue costumt's.
The local group includes Cindy
Alexander. Linda Ross. Leon Ross
and Jack Bell.
The trip grew from a prc*senta-
tion of the singers before the N.
C. General Assembly by Van H.
Ramsey of Shelby in 1969. A< a
re^sult of ♦he youngsters’ apjxxir-
Book and premium list is dedicat- ance before the legislature, they
ed in memoriam to Grady Faye received an invitation from Con-
Kings Mountain office.
Mr. Hinnant cited the July 31,
1970 is.suo of the American link
er in making his announcement.
In comparing FUNB’s present posi
tion with its previous progress,
Mr. Hinnant noted that as of June
30. 1969. the bank was ranked
59ih among the nation’s top 1(X)
banks, with deposits at that time
ol SSU),918,;i85.
Fir.st Union National. North
Carolina’.s third large.^t bank, op
erates 138 offices in 67 North
Carolina cities and Nassau, Ba
hamas.
Seism who died April 21, 1970, A
cotton and grain farmer, he was
a member of Patterson Grove
Baptist church where he taught
the Men’s Bible class for many
years, was chainnan of the board
of dt*acons, trustee of the church
and served on various (*ommlt-
tees. He had .«:or\od as president
of the Bethware Progre.ssive club
and was an officer with the Fair.
He a.ssisted in the organization of
the Oak Grove V'olunteer Fire Do-
iwrtment and ser\ed as a direct
or. He w.is married to Fern Hovis
5cis'm an<l father of five children
Lynn Cornwell will reign as
"Queen of the U»70 Fair her; and grandfather of seven.
Holy Land and Athens, departing’ picture appears in the catalog. | IVcsidt'nt of the Fair is Ralph
December 29ih. 1 The 23rd edition of tlie Fair .Vrrovvood.
certs Abroad.
More than 250 teenagers audi
tioned for the trip.
The youngsters had been rais
ing money for several months to
pay for the trip. They had been
short of $806 nt*eded for each
singer but a coin'crt in Charlotte
Wednesday night put them over
the top.
FLAG DONATED
An American flag has. bt'on
donated to Mountain Rost ivm-
otory by Mrs. Dt'wey Falls in
m(>mory of Ri^ert Loc Elliott.
The flag is being flown in Vet
erans Gardens. Si4>erintendont
Ken Jenkins reports.