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1970
lls St.
55.80
St.
.48.03
Il'S St.
62.90
• St.
35.83
nd St.
29.62
on St.
108.97
‘ St.
21.08
[es St.
45.69
?o Rd.
43.48
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21«914
Ciiy Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300
QttfOttr Ulnvi MouatcdB tigur* it dtrlvtd fvom tiM
•p*eirl United Stotee Bureixu ol tbe Cenitu report o
loAuary 19b6. and Includes the 14,990 population •
Number 4 Townsbtp, and remaining 9.124 <roa
Number S Township, In CloTelond County and Crowdnr*
Mountain Township In Qoston County.
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL R5 No. 35
Established/ 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 27, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Eighteen Enroll
In Jobs ’70 Class
AT BETHWARE BARBECUE ~ Basil L. Whitener (left), former Congressman and candidate for re
turn to CMigress. and Ollie Harris (right). Kings Mountain businessman and Democratic candidate
for the State Senate joined hundreds of Cleveland and Gaston residents at the annual Bethware Pro
gressive Club Barbecue on Wednesday. The event is held each year to promote the Bethware Com
munity Fair. ,
Buffalo Creek ‘‘Shakedown”
n
Set First Week Next Month
Back-To-School
For Trainees
Began Yesterday I
Eighteen students had enroll-'
ed Wednesday in the Jobs ’70 job
training program sponsored by
the Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce in cooperation with
the National Alliance of Business
Men.
The program trains and guar
antees a job to those people who
have not had steady employment
during the past year and who
want to work.
The classroom is located in the
former Herald building on South
Piedmont Avenue.
Grace Youth Set
Benefit Supper
Grace Methodist youth will
sponsor an ice cream supper Sun-
I day fmm 3 until C p.m. with pro-
' ceeds to be used'to buy carpet-
' ing and drapes for the Junior-
Senior Sunday School classr(x>m.s.
; There will be no charge, but |
j donations will be accepted. ;
I Eoarty throw rugs are also be
ing donated to be sold at one dal-
lar each, with all proceeds ear-
I marked for the youth project.
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NEW PASTOR — Rev. Eugene
Lend has assumed pastorate
duties ot Temple Baptist
church. He comes to Kings
Mountain from Summeifield.
New Pastor
At Temple Baptist
Rev. Eugene Land, 40, native of
High Point, has assumed pastor
ate duties at Temple Baptist
church.
Mr. Land comes to Kings Moun
tain from Temple Biiptist church
ol Sumimerfield, N. C. He and his
wife are parents of two sons,
Kelly, age 10, and Riciiard, age
six.
A graduate of Parker high
school he served seven years in
the military service, five in the
U. S. Navy and two in the USAF.
He is a graduate of Fruiliand
Baptist Institute and Southeast
ern Baptist Seminary.
During the past nine years he
has .served Sunny Point Baptist
church in the Haywood Baptist
Association, Hamer Creek Baptist
church in the Montgomery Bap
tist Association and Temple Bap
tist church in the Piedmont Bap
tist Assf/ciation.
Church Of God
Services Announced
Services are being held at Sec
ond Str(‘et Church of God each
Sunday with Sunday School at 10
and morning worship at 11.
The Sunday niglit service is at
7 p.rn. and mid-week service is
on Tuesday at 7.
Rev. Johnny Wyatt, pastor of the
thuroh, issued invitation to the
community to attend the serv
ices.
IN GERMANY
Sgt. John Parker of Kings
Mountain is now stationed with
the Army in Germany. Writing
to his parents this week, he
said he regretted he couldn’t
attend the wedding of his
•friend, Roy Ruff to Miss Sherri
Huffstetler of Gastonia. Sgt.
Parker’s address 239-80-9210 C
Btry. 6th Bn. 10th FA APO New
York, 09139.
■Trial Run"
Delayed "Bit"
By Hoods
The Buffalo Creek water plant
will get a “shakedown” or “trial
run” the first week in September.
T-bis was the report Wednesday
of Fox, engtfledr with W.
K. Dickson Company, who said ‘
that one-third of the earthen
dam washed away during the
heavy rains and floods two weeks
ago.
He estimated the big dam will
be completed in six weeks.
. “We lost”, said Fox, “between
, 60,000 and 70,000 yards of dirt.
This delays the work. It puts us
ba(‘k to where we were before the
flood.”
He said that all repairs had
been done and that construction
is proceeding at a fast pace on
both the dam and spillway.
“As soon as the water level is
receded”, he continued, “it should
take four days to disconnect two
diesel engines and take them to
a diesel shop for disassombly and
cleaning. With a little luck wo
could possibly get off pretty
close to our target date. Aim of
putting the plant into service by
mid-Septenibcr still remains, he
said.
Grading equipment is still mov
ing dirt onto the principal por
tion of the dam and work is pro
gressing in the Dover Mill area
of the project. Grading around
the site area is moving right a-
long and they are gc'tting ready
to begin surfacing.
Four big motirs which will
pump treated water to Kings
.Mountain arrived in New York
from England rt'cently. The mo
tors are enroute to a pump man
ufacturer in Indianajx)lis for
mounting and are scheduled to
arrive in Kings Mountain by mid-
Septermber or earlier.
•^At the end of today we expect
to be back where we were before
the floods,” commented Fox Wed
nesday.
The new reservoir will bo
Kings .Mountain’s primary source
of water.
The new treatment plant on
Buffalo Creek near the rescr%'oir
in its final s.iges of completion,
will be aible to treat six million
gallons of water daily, enough to
meet the demands of the city and
outside areas.
WATER RESTRICTIONS
All water restrictions should be
lifted here by October 1st, said
Mayor John Moss, who some
weeks ago asked citizens to vol
untarily cut down on use of wat
er. In recent years, the city has
fat'ed water shortages during the
hot summer months.
Tile new dam will back up
water on Buffalo Creek and create
a lake as largo as Lake Lure.
-m'':
AUSLEY TOPIC
“An Open Mind” will bo the
sermon topic of Dr. Paul Ausley
at 11 o'clock morning worship
serviees Sunday at First Presby
terian church.
EARNS MASTER'S—Pat Murphy
has received his Master's degree
in physical education from Ap
palachian State University
and is ossistant football
coach ot Rockingham high
school.
Murphy Wins
Master s Degree
Pat Murphy, son of Mr. and
Mrs.- Clyde Murphy of Kings
Mountain, received his Master’s
degree in physical education in
August commencement exercises
at Appalachian State University.
Mr. Murphy, who earned his B.
A. degree from ASU last year, is
assistant football coach at Rock
ingham high srfiool this year. His
wife, the foilmer Joan Howard of
Kings Mountain, is teaching in
the county school system there.
Mrs. Murphy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Howard of Kings
Mountain, graduated last year
from Western Carolina University.
The Murphys moved to Rock
ingham last week and began
their new school duties Monday.
Health Group
Hean Davis
Rev. Ben Davis of Lawndale, |
pastoral counselor with Dr. Rich
ard Maybin, told board members
of the Cleveland County Health
Association that his work is bas
ically to attemipt to work with the
social and religious needs of the
patient and to fit in areas be
tween the doctors and preachers.
Introduced by Dr. Henry Ritch
ie, Shelby psychiatrist, Davis ex
plained that he visits hospital
patlegts. those in the home, leads
a Sunday School class and dis
cussion groups in church, stays
in touch with social services,
leads group session at the mental
health day care center, counsels
in prison, works with alcoholics,
deals with religious existential
ism problems and even over
weight groups.
Mis.MauneY's
Mothei Passes
‘Funeral ser\Tces for Mrs. Min
nie Gray Winget, 89. of 1045 Pee
Dee Avenue, Albemarle, were
conducted Saturday morning at
11 o’clock at her home, followed
by graveside rites at 2:30 in the
afternewn in the Hollywood Ceme
tery at Gastonia.
Few Problems:
ElVmSHas
High Ci 1.283
Schools in the Kings Mountain
district got off to a go<xi start
I this week and all activities were
I running smoothly w'ith 4,240 stu-
' dents n'gisteiing for the first full
j day ye.sierday, according to Sup(‘r-
intendont Donald Jones. The
numo(.'r is expected to increase
some with late registrations, he
.said. ,
The number includes 1,283 en
rolled at Kings Mountain high
1 Sv’hool, w'hich Is the largest stu-
' dent D<xiy ever, he noted. Break-
' ing down the number at each
school, reports yesterday showed
336 students at B<?thware: 743 at
Central; 353 at East; 393 at Grov
er; 647 at North; and 354 at
West. -Also, in the early childhood
educational center, 60 were en
rolled in kindergarten, 40 in the
first and se<'ond grades, and 50
in special education.
A few requests for reas.sign
ments were rex-eived this week,
Supt. Jones noted, with prospects
looking good to satisfy the re
quests.
One additional teacher has
been employed at the high school
with Edwin Guy reporting to
teach drafting. Guy is a graduate
of Appalachian Slate University.
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Rites Conducted
For Ml s. Myers, 9
Second Baptist
Oldest Member
Dies M 98
, i Students observed a half-day of
Mrs. Winget died at her home ^ school on 'lUesday and their first
at 4:30 Friday morning, after a, schedule yesterday. All
serious illness of tw'o weel^ and, (.jasses in the system will begin
a long period of declining health. i ^.3^
a.m. with clemen-
tary students in grades two and
She was a membci; of the First
Presbyterian Church, the Albe
marle Woman’s club, and the Al
bemarle Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy. A
former Sunday School teacher,
she help^ establish tne first kin
dergarten in Gaston County. She
was well-known for her charita
ble work among the older cit
izens of Albemarle.
I
Mrs. Winget was a native of
Mecklenburg County, having been
born there on October 27. 188S, a mg Mrs. Jojve
daughter of the late Robert Wil-
Ebopla Ving that his counseling i liam and Mary Caroline O Daniel
is motivative or supportiw he said ^ Gray.
he meets in family se^ions,, suivived by lier husband,
hears marital problems and tries I ^ j- Winget, Sr.- one son, A.
to help in an educative way in winget, Jr.,’of Gastonia;
three to be dismissed at 2:30 p.
m.; grades four through eight at
3 p.m.; and high school classes
to De dismissed at 3:15 p.m. First
graders wdll be dismissed at 12
noon each day through Septem
ber 4.
Total number of teachers in the j
district reached 186 and all fac- i
ulties are complete, Supt. Jones
said. Cateterias opemed Wednes-1
day also with new managers be-
Kuneral riles for Mrs. Betty
Blackwell Myers, 98. olde.st mem-
oer of Sec'ond Baptist church,
were held Wednesday afternoon
at 3:30 p.m. from Second Baptist
church, interment following in
Gastonia’s Hollywood cemetery.
Mrs. Myers died Sunday at 2:25
in the Kings Mountain hospital
following declining health for
several years.
Widow of E. Henry Myers, who
died in 194.5. s.he was daughter
of the late Mr. and .Mrs. Charles
Blackwell of Kings Mountain.
She was an active member of
Second Baptist church. On her
98th birthday in Janua^ she en
joyed watching a wTcstling match
via television, which she said was
a favorite hobby.
Surviving are her son. Miles H.
Myers of Kings Mountain; three
daughters, Mrs. Jake England,
Mrs. Ho^vard Foster, and Mrs.
Jaf.mes Pearson, all of Kings
Mountain; 15 grandchildren. 49
great • grandchildren and three
great-great grandchildren.
Rev. Eugene Land, assisted by
Rev. C. C. Parker and Rev. Al
bert Hastings, officiated at the
final riles.
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City To Advertise
For Gym Equipment
WINS AIR MEDALS — Captain
James Parker of Kings Moun-'
tain is recipient of seven Air
Medals for missions flown in
'Vietnam campaigns.
Captain Parker
, Is Cited
j Captain James (Punch) Par-
> ker, vS<)n of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
; Parker of Kings Mountain, 'has
I received a total of seven Air
; Medals for missions flown in
! Vietnam campaigns and since
January 1967 has spent over 200
days Temporary Duty in South
east Asia, fljing over 180 combat
missions while there.
I
the community.
“Persons ned to talk over their
problems,” he pointed out, "and
doctors do not have time to lis
ten to their patients for an hour
when there’s awaiting line of
physically ill to be treated. In the
case of an alcoholic, he may not
need a program as much as he
needs someone to just show he
cares.”
One-third of the people have
emotional problems instead of
physical problems, Davis told,
and If the trend continues, one
of eivery 10 persons in this coun
try will at sometime be hospital
ized for mental illness. “Abnor
mal behavior is this nation’s
number one problem”.
Davis spoke informally to the
group which met Tuesday at
noon at the Charles dining room
with the Rev. Oiarles Easley of
Kings Mountain, president, pre
siding. W. K. Mauney, Jr., board
member, was also present.
Richard Ferchaud reported that
the United Fund board had ac
cepted a request for $2000 from
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and three daughters. .Miss Mary
Gray Winget and Miss Bennie
Winget, of the home, and Mrs. W.
L. Mauney of Kings Mountain.
Also surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. C. C. Coble and Mrs. W. D.
Rawlings, both of Shelby; six
grandchildren.
Rev. J. S. Russell, Jr., and Rev.
J. Brett Fenw'ick conducted the
seivices.
Pallbearers were R. W. Gray,
Jr., Fred Gray. W. O. Gray, Harry
Parks, and Frank Griffin,' all of
Gastonia, and John Lutz, Jr.,
James Lutz, Jr., and 0. C. Con
ner, Jr., all of Shelby.
The Kings Mountain man en
tered the USAF in November 1965
, , . . in navigator training and after
The board of commi^ioners graduation was assigned to the
.--o - Hord at Kings I Tuesday night voted to ^'^vertise , Command at Cans-
Mountain high school, Mrs. Vir-1 lor the purchase of gyma seats,; AFB in Tc.xas. Before r<^x)rt-
ginia Crawford at East School and i scoreboard and goals for the new :
Mrs. Alliwee Marlow^e at North i Kings Mountain Community Cen-^
school. AU other managers re- j ter and that a November 1 in-1
mainod the same as last year.
GOSPEL SING
A Gospel Singing at Mary’s
Grove Methodist church, four
miles South of Cherryville, at 2
p.m. Aug. 30th. Singers to par
ticipate are the Bridges family
of Shelby, The Melodyairs of
Lincolnton, The St. Paul Quar
tet, The Lilliy Quartet, Dona
Chapman of Crouse, and others.
Rev. H. G. Clayton is pastor and
T. H. Smith is song leader.
Principals in the various schools
include J. C, Atkinson. Kings
Mountain high school; K J. Ev
ans, Bethw’are; Fred Withers.
Central; C. A. Allison, East;
James Scruggs Grover; Richard
Greene, North; and Joe Hedden,
West. D. L. Parker is director of
the program in the early child
hood education center.
Piano lessons arc available to
students in the elementary
scl»ols and at junior high school
with half-hour fees at $2.50.
stallation deadline be included
in the advertisement.
ing to Carswell, he completed up-
grading in SAC’s KC-135 Air re
fueling tanker 4t Castle AFB,
California, where he has been
stationed since January 1967.
Mayor John Moss, reporting to; Carswell. Captain Parker
the board on the current fund S-125, under the
campaign Tc- equip the center, ^^mmand of Major John Hon-
said "The .impaign w'in continue. outstanding crew
of the quarter al'ard twice with-
and I ask each of you to continue
your solicitations for contribu
tions.
m one year.
In other action, the board i
Received a request from Fred
Plonk anfl Hal Plonk to give
consideration to the Crescent Hill
Develop-ment Corporation deeding |
the city approximately two and j ^ n I.
one half acres of open land near j
Captain Parker has received or
ders to attend pilot training at
Vance Air Force Ba.sc in Okla
homa in September 1970 for 53
weeks training.
Students reported to the same Hillside Drive. The board votetl
schools they attended last year to appoint a committee made-up
and bus routing remained
saime for yesterday's opening.
the
HYMN SING SUNDAY
Dixon and Shiloh Presbyter
ian church, congregations will
hold a hymn sing Sunday night
at 7:15 at the Dixon church. No
morning worship serv’ice will be
held at the Dixon church but
Sunday School will be held at
9;30 a.in«
Burton Wins
Bronze Star
AN KHE, VIETNAM (AHTNC)
Aug. 7 — Army Sergeant Ronald
F. Burton, 20. son of Mrs. Ben
Kendricks, Route 1. Grover, N. C.,
recently received the Bronze Star
Medal near An Khe, Vietnam.
He was presented the Bronze
Star Medal for distinguishing him
self through meritorious service
in connection with military op
erations against ho.stile forces in
Vietnam. The medal adopted in
19‘44, recognizes outstanding a-
ohievement.
Sgt. Burton received the award
w’hile assigned as noncommis
sioned officer in charge of the
aviation section in the 4th Infan
try Division Artiller>’’s Headquar
ters Battery near An Kho.
The sergeant entered the Army
in Juno 1968, completed basic
training at Ft. Bragg, N. C., and
was last stationed at Ft. Rucker,
Ala.
Randy Bell, Senioi Bus Drives
Coiuadeis Himseli "Lucky" Youth
although 11^4
Randy Bell, 17. Kings Mountain
high schex)! senior, considers him
self a lucky young man.
Young Bell had good nows from
his doctor, this week that ho
could drive a schoolbus on school
opening day Tuesday,
he will have to re-enter Presby
terian hospital at Charlotte foi
another operation on his nose
.August 31.
. Young Bell was driving his 1955
Chevrolet and stopped at the
West Ciold street crossing, wait
ing, he said, for a northbound
train to clear the track, when ho
was hit by a .southbound freight
train on May 27th. He underwent
an operation that evening at the
local hospital and will undergo ] ■
three more operations, his mother
said this week, for additional skin
grafting.
His attending physicians are
Dr. Sam Robinson of Kings Moun
tain and Dr. Atlanta of Charlotte.
Randy state'd appreciation to
the many friends for their kind
nesses during his sickness*
Legionnaires
To Portland
Two local Legionnaiix?s will fly
to Portland, Oregon Friday to
attend the week-long National
American Legion convention in
^ssion Iheit?.
Representing Otis D. Green
Post 155 will l>o Second Vice
Commaivder Louis Sabettie and
and Chaplain John W. Gladden.
The local men will ivlurn tome
on Septembc'r 5th.
Earns Ph.D.
Dr. Carl Behrens, of Wasliing-
ton, D. C.. husband of the former
Miss Linda Biser of Kings Moun
tain. receiv’ed his Ph.D. degree
fTiday from the American Uni
versity in Washington.
Mr. Behrens w’as recently pro-
Kings Mountain high school. The, ri^oted to the position of r^diior
sidewalk will make for added Science News in Washing-
safety for students walking to and , where he had been managing
from school in that area. some time.
Siiid that ill addition to a side-! Nlrs Behrens * is daughter of
walk a railing will be installed in | m. H.^ELser of Kings
the bridge area off Phifer road 1
near the high school. I * ' ^
of Commissioners James Dickey,
Maude W’alker, and Ray Cline to
view the property and tliat city
engineers conduct a survey of
the area.
Reporting on several other pro
jects underway, the mayor said
that by today the city will get
started on the city’s portion of a
sidew'alk down Phifer Road to
Watei Policy
Gioup Meeting
Kings Mountain’s water jx)licy
committee is scheduled to meet
next week and report back to the
Bites Are Conducted On Sunday
Foi Wanen G. Goioith, Sr, 43
board of city oommi.ssioners Si'p
tember 8lh at the regular com
mission meetin,
Funeral rites for Warren G. Go
forth. St.. 45, Kings Mountain na
tive, were held Sunday afternoon
at 4 p.m. from First Baptist
1 churcli of which he was a mem-
' her.
BrotherluKid and Choir. He was
a veteran of World W'ar II and
.ser\'ed in the Na\y.
He Wits a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank F. Goforth of Grover and
was married to the former Edith
FuUer.
Other survivors include three
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TO RE-ENTER HOSPITAL—Ran-
dy Bell will re-enter Presby^
terian hospital at Charlotte for
more surgery on his noee Au
gust 3UU
.Mr. Goforth died Saturday
morning at 4 a.m. at his home
at 606 East Gold street of a self-1 sons, Warren G. Goforth, Jr.,
inflicted gunshot wound, atvord-; Thomas Frank Goforth, both of
ing to Cleveland County Coroner Kings Mountain and Steven Jami's
J. Ollie Harris. Coroner Harris Goforth of Bessemer City; four
said Mr. Goforth was hospitaliz- ' brothers, Dennis and Gene Go
od several weeks ago for a throat | forth, both of Kings Mountain;
otwration and had been concern-1 Franklin Goforth of Gastonia and
ed about his health. The coroner; Brevard Goforth of Ridginnost,
.said Mr. (Goforth had attended in-1 California; two sisters, Mrs. Vera
tra squad scrimmage of the'Ledford of Grover and Ste\u
Kings Mountain high school foot- j Mode of Hickory,
ball team coached by their son,! Rev. Robert Mann officiated at
Warren Goforth, Jr. on Friday} the final rites and interment was
night. ‘ in Mountain Rest cemetery.
An empibyee of Foote Mineral Active jvillbt'arers were Roy
serve Comixtet and Bethware! Company the past 17 ytMrs, Mr. Mauney. Ben Sistare. Fred \N eav-
sehools with the Compact work, Goforth was ai'tive in First Bap- er, Yates Harbison, Jim White
already complchJ* church and of the Baptist i and Johnny Beami
The Mayor made the announce
ment at Tue.sday night’s meeting.
He also said a meeting of the
sewer committee is slatixi for
next week with report from that
group also e.xtx'cted on Iho agen
da of tlie September 8th meet
ing.
The mayor noted that engineer,
ing is “near c\>mplete” on sewer
ser\dce in Manor and north side,
of Ful^in streets. He said the city'
gasline has benm extended to