Population
Greoter Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
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•p«orJ United States Bureau oi tbe Census report o
luvorr IWt, and Includes tlia 14,9M populotlen o
number 4 Township, and th# remaining 6.124 liea
number $ Township, In Clerelond County and Crowder
■UouQtado Township In Oostoa Ceimty.
Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspapei
VOL 85, No. 36
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 3, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
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Waste Use Ordinance Recommended
Annual Coin Show iBuffalo Creek Water Plant
Here November
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SECOND GIFT TO HOSPITAL — Carl DeVane, left above. Plant Manager of Duplex International
Division of Reeves Bros. Inc., is shown presenting a check to George Houser, right, chairman of the
Kings Mountain Hospital Drive. Mr. DeVone expressed his thanks to the Kings Mountain Hos
pital for the many services rendered to the employees of and their families. This is the,
second such contribution made to the Hospital Drive by Duplex. Kyle Smith, Personnel Director
at Duplex, stated that the Kings Moimtoin Hospi tal had given service to 60 Duplex employees for
a total of 500 patient days thus for during the current year. (Photho by Isaac Alexander)
Recreation Chief
Kern Discharged
Roy Pearson
To Manage
Civic Center
ROY PEARSON
A
ARCH KERN
MAYOR TO RALEIGH '
Mayor John Henry Moss will
make a one-day trip to Raleigh
Thursday where he will discuss
city business with officials of
the Water and Air Resources
comimission and wdth other a-
gencies.
Arch Kern has been discharg
ed by the city commission as rec
reation director after three
months on the job.
In Washington to complete de
tails concerning his forthcoming
retirement from the navy, Mr.
Kern was notified of his dismissal
by telegram on Friday.
The commission made the de
cision in an informal session
following the August 25 commis
sion meeting.
In turn, the commission has
employed Roy Pearson, long as
sociated with the city recreation
program on a largely volunteer
basis, as acting manager of the
neighborhood facilities building.
Elmer Ross, assistant director,
will direct all othetr phases of
the recreation program.
Mayor John Henry Moss said,
“It was the consensus of the
commission that Mr. Kern was
not getting the job done which
the commission and I personally
regret very much. In view of this
. situation the commission felt it
would be doing Mr. Kern and the
city a disservice to delay the de
cision to dLscharge him."
He .said the commission voted
Mr. Kern two months’ severance
pay.
Mr. Kern is a navy lieutenant
commander and airman who
served in numerous capacities
during his career including com
bat fighter pilot duty in Viet
nam.
He and his family reside at
tiio former Catholic manse on
North Piedmont aivenue.
CADETTE SCOUTS
Cadette Girl Scouts will hold
their initial meeting of the
fall Thursday, September lOth,
at 3:30 p m. at First Presbyter
ian church.
United Fund 71 Goal $35,000;
Campaign Kicholf Is October 21
Kings Mountain’s 1971 United;once Cnttendon Homo, North
Fund Campaign for $35,000 will j Carolina Mental Health and Un
bo held October 21-31 ian<i a kick- ited Health Services, -and others
off luncheon will Jaunch the
fund raisi'ng on October 21st.
Drive Chairman Donald Jones
said chairmen in the various
phases of the campaign will in-
cim.le Mrs. Frank Sineox, ad
vance gifts; Dcinald Crawford,
public employees; Joe Smith, cor
rtspo-ndence; Shuford Peeler,
publicity; Bennett Masters, com
mercial; James Herndon, Jr ,
and Marvin L. Teer, industrial*;
Biggest budgeted item is for
(the Boy Scouts of Amerioa pi’o*
gram with $7,972 bif ’igoted fol
lowed by the Cleveland County
Rescue Squad of $4,584.
Other causes include: Kings
Monnlain Ministerial Association
Helping Hand, $3600; American
Red Cross. $5,500; Girl Scouts of
America, $3,750; iKings Mountain
high school Band, $2,550; Kinr^
Mountain high school Chorus,
$1400; Salvation Army, $1600; ad-
SUCCUMBS ^ Judge William A.
(Bill) Mason. 61. died Monday
at 1:30' p.m. of -o heart attack
minutes ^ter he hod recessed
court at Gaston County Court
house. In opparent good heolth.
the former Kings Mountain
citizen grew up here and ot-
tended Kings Mountain schools.
Judge Bill Mason
Dies Suddenly
Funeral rites for William A.
(Bill) Mason, 61, judge of the
27th Judicial Distric t Court, were
held Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m.
from Bedmont First Presbyterian
church of which he was a mem
ber.
Judge Mason died uncxpc'Ctedly
at 1:30 p.m. .Monday in Ga.ston
Memorial hospital, minutes after
he had recessed court at Gaston
County Courthouse and told ev
eryone to be back at 2 p.m.
Mason, who grew up in Kings
Mountain, lettered in .sports at
Kings Mountain high school and
was later an athlete at Davidson
college, suffered an apparent
heart attack as he was driving
out of the Gaston Courthouse
parking lot to have lunch with
Judge Oscar Mason. He was
found slumped over the wheel
of his car after it struck another
vehicle. Captain John Stepp of
the Gaston Life Saving Crew, who
was in the Courthouse and on
the scene within minutes, ad
ministered artificial respiration
while another crow member gave
Mason oxygen.
Mas.in became judge of Bel
mont Recorder’s Court when it
was created more than 20 years
ago and held that position until
court reform abolished municipal
courts about two years ago,
Shortly after the now district wa
formed, he was appointed judg<
in January 1969. He sat on the
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Kings Mountain will play host
November 21 and 22 to the sev
enth annual show of the Gaston
Coin Club.
The two-day event is expected
to attract a minimum of 3500
persons to the neighborhood fa
cilities building when the show
is held.
Joint announcement was made
Wednesday by Harry Davis, pres
ident of the coin club, and Mayor
John Henry Moss.
The Gaston club has 1(X) mem
bers, including Kings Mountain
citizems, and others from Clevo-
lan'd, Lincoln and Mecklenburg
counties, as well as Gaston.
James T. Pheagin, former Kings
-Mountain citizen, said former
shows have been hold at the Gas
tonia Armory, but that the Kings
Mountain neighborhood facili
ties building is larger and will
enable as many as 6(3 coin deal
ers to show their wares. Capacity
of the Gastonia Armory was 35
dealers.
Prior shows have attracted
visitors from ten states.
Mr. Pheagin continued:
Over ONE MILJJON dollars
worth of coins and currency will
be on exhibit. Competitive exhi
bits will include United States
Gold and Silver coins, Foreign
coins and currency, Confederate
and Southern States paper money,
C^ontinental Currency, and spec
ialized exhibits.
Non-competifive exhibits will
feature-two of the outstanding
collections in the country. G. G.
“Tom" Sawyer is bringing his
fabulous collection of paper mon
ey, including the $10,000 bill, and,
.rom Lexington, “Bill” Floyd will
show his prize winning coins.
No admission will be changed
and door prizes will be given.
The show wllf be from 10 a.m.
to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Novem
ber 21, and from noon to 6 p.m.
on Sunday, November 22.
President Davis said his organ
ization hopes to charter a bus or
buses to provide trips for visitors
to Kings Mountain National Mil
itary Park.
‘In Service” Aim October 1
Board Water
Committee
Makes Report
By MARTIN HARMON /
The city commission water com
mittee will recommend to the
full commission:
<A/
Eniollment
Up To 4364
Wednesday enrollment in Kings
Mountain district schools totaled
13(54, up 124 pupils from opening
day. Superintendent of Schools
Don Jones reported.
He estimated attendance up
from last year by approximately
KX) students, but did not have
before him last year’s sixth day
figure.
Of the increase, 60 are kinder
garten studentt, first year the
public schools have operated a
kindergarten. It is a pilot pro
gram by the .state department of
public instruction and Kings
Mountain is the only system in
the program.
Supt. Jones listed this break
down: kindergarten through
Grade 6, a total of 2311 pupils;
junior high school, 757; Kings
Mountain high school 1296.
Supt. Jones said the federal
court ruling effecting bus trans
portation of pupils is having lit
tle effect here and credited it to
the fact that the board of educa
tion puheha-sed a bus out of local
funds at the beginning of the
1969-70 school term and also paid
the $300 operating cost last
school year. The state assumed
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1) That the Mayor confer with ;
an advisory group, including the i
Institute of Goivernment, the i
Water and Air Resources commis-1
sion, accountants and engineers,!
to determine the best use of the |
water supply available. ( A meet-,
ing has been set for September j
10.) !
2) That the Mayor consult with
Cleveland Soil (N)n.servation of
ficials and the Department ot
-\gritulture on flood control.
3) That the Mayor consult with
officials of the state Wildlife com
mission on development of wild
life in the Buffalo Creek lake and
watershed.
4) That the Mayor bo empow
ered to appoint a lake policy stu
dy committee.
Meantime, Dennis Fox, resident
engineer on the Buffalo Creek
project, said the prt*sent aim,
which he believes attainable, is
to put the Buffalo Creek treat
ment plant into service by CXto-
bor 1. Test runs are planned for
next week.
He said the four fini.shed water
pumps should arrive not later
than September 15 and that the
intervening 15 days would be
used to flush lines and test them
for leaks.
Except for such finishing touch
es as landscaping, Mr. Fox thinks
the “DONE" sign qan be posted
on the Buffalo Creek project by
New Year’s Day.
Final stages of construction of
the 350-foot spillway are near,
and it should be completed, in
cluding the pouring of 5000 cubic
yards of concrete by Christmas.
Work on the dam is going well
and it should be completed with
in six weeks. Clearing and grub
bing continues as remaining pro
perty is acquired.
“Everything now sems to be
falling into place/’ Mr. Fox com
mented*
If.
Song Festival
Is Slated
CHARLOTTE, N. C. — The soa-
.sons first “Carolina’s Song Fes
tival" will be at the Charlotte
Coliseum on Saturday, Septem
ber 12. The singing starts at 8
p^m. and will continue until the
wee hours.
Ten of the country’s best gospel
groups will perform. The perform
ing arc: Oak Ridge 'Boys, Florida
Boys, Downings, Thrasher Bros.,
The Reibels, The Inspirations,
Steve Sanders, The Sammy Hall
Singers, The Phoi)hets and The
Klngsmen.
Tickets are now on sale at the
Charlotte Coliseum box office or
by mail order. Advance tickets
are $3.
Rubella (German Measles) Clinic
Fo Be Conducted Here September 10
Don Parler, public schools; and
Mrs. D. F. Horcl, professional, j ministnative costs, $599; and em-
Therc are 11 agencies include!:) i ergency fund, $569,72.
in the local UF fund with on^ of | North Carolina Community
(those, North Carolina Commun' ■ Services seeks a tota'l goal
ity Services which asks $3,074.28 j state-wide of $818,035 (X) for more
includinjij 16 causes such as the than 16 causes, explained; Mr.
ChildrerTs Home Society, Flor-1 Jones,
City Laying Gas
Line To Bethware '
The city will begin installing
2.6 miles of two-inch natural gas
distribution line Thursday from
its westernmost point on U. S. 74
to BcHhware school.
While the line is being ex
tended primarily to serve Both-
warc school, residential .service
will be available to any w^ho wish
it living on U. S. 74 between the
present end point and the school.
The city schools have bc^en con
verting to natural gas fuel from
coal on a gmdual basis, convert
ing as coal supplies were expend
ed.
Next Thursday, Septemiber 10,
Kings Mountain will join in the
county-wide campaign 'to protect
expectant mothers against Ger
man measles—fearcKl killer and
crippler of unborn children.
Clinics in all city elementary
schools will be conducted with
vaccinations offered to all Chil
dren ages one through twelve.
The clinics are sponsored by
Cleveland County Medical socie
ty, Shelby, Kings Mountain and
Upper Cleveland Jaycees, and the
Shelby Junior Woman’s club.
A “catch-up" clinic will Be
conducted Sunday after .oon, Sei>-
tember 13, at the armory, from
noon to 4 p.m.
In recent years Genman measles
has probably afflicted more chil
dren than have scarlet fever, po
lio, regular meases, cbickenpox
and mumps combined. Infants
and young schoolchildren—from
kindergarten to fourth grade—are
the most comiilion spreaders of
the disease. Mass immunization
of Children, then, is crucial to
the success of the campaign.
German measles is usually a
mild, easily treatable dLscase.
But when it attacks women dur
ing pregnancy, its effect on their
unborn children is often tragic.
In addition to miscarriages and
infant death.s, it can cau.se blind
ness, deafness, brain damage and
malformations of the heart, bone
‘and liver.
A National Foundation-Maixh
of Dilmcs report estimates that in
the last (1964) major epidemic,
German measles caused abnor
mal pregnancies in 50,000 women,
killed ^,(X)0 unborn babies. The
20,000 w'ho .sur\'ived were afflict
ed by a variety of birth defecU.
RETRIEIVES BULLET — Lt. Bob Hayes, above, retrieves a bullet
from the ceiling of Waco Rood Grocery after the armed robbery
of the store as the two storekeepers were closing lost Wednes
day night. Police orrested two Negro men an hour later and
chorged them with the robbery. (Photo for the Herald by
Lem Lynch)
Two Are Charged
In Shootout Theft
7 Parker. Adams
Face Charges
For Robbery
Johnny Leo Parker, 20, and A1
Dean Adams, 19, Negixx's, woix*
arrested by city p(.)lico M’ednes-
diay night at li p.m. in the Gal
ilee community about an hour
following the armed robbery of
Waco Road Grocery on Waco
, road.
I Parker is in Cleveland County
' .tail in lieu of $25(X3 'bond. A1
I Dean Adams was released on
bond
Police Chief Tom McDcvitt
■ said IDiirl Lt’cifoiti and Paiud Led
ford — bn)lhers - wJio operate
the business owned 'by Fred W.
Plonk, siaid the store was closing
for the niglit at 9:50 p.m. wiicn
the two men enterexi.
Aeeoixiing to Chief MeDevitt
one of the Negroes drew a .22
oalibro pistol on Bari Ledford:,
fiix'd one shot into the ceiling of
the wood frame store, look a mo
ney bag containing $73 plus Mr.
L<’dford's .32 calibre pistol and
holster, which the storekeeper
had readied for fix)m under the
9811 has chosen Terry Glass as 1 and floi on foot
Post Buddy Popj)y Girl. She will j p;arl Ltxiford gave chase in his
enter district eo^nix'tition and ■ ear, ho told police, but lost the
work wjth the Veteran.s of For-|j\vo when they got into a far in
eign Wars Auxiliary in the Nov-. Belvixiere ix)ction and fled to
ember Buddy Poppy Sale. Higliway 74 West Mr. Ledhiad
Terr>' is the daughter of Mr. 1 told jxdice he was “fireid at” by
and Mrs. Harold Glass of Kings duo as he gav’o chase.
Mountain. Her father is pa.st | Qpy oqjaniztxl a road-
Commander of the V.K.W. Post * block on York road and arrested
Her mother is past president of th, pair.
V.F.W. Auxiliary Post 9811. ipapt. William Roper, Dot.
Lt David Horn, Lt. Bob Ilayc's
Industrialists
Invited To Coniei
On September 21
By MARTIN HARMON
The city comim'ission committee
on sewage disposal policy is rec
ommending the adoption of a
waste u.se ordinance, subject to
the proposed ordinance’s review
by the city attorney, Commission
James Dickey, chairman, said
Wednesday.
Among major items in the
proposed ordinance are:
1) A ban on putting of toxic
effluent into the system.
2) Uontrol of the quality of the
waste on basis of biological oxy
gen demand.
3) Regulation of flow into the
.system. This implies requirement
of firms putting large quantities
of waste into the .system to con
struct holding basins.
Comm. Dickey said that, while
the law is generic and will apply
to everyone, its practical ellect
will be principally on industries
doing dye operations as does
Neisco, Inc., the firm which he
manages.
Consequently, the committee
has arranged a meeting for St'p-
tember 21 when industry officials
will be invited to exaimine the
proposed ordinance and hoar W.
H. Mull, western district regional
engineer with the Water & Air
Resourcx?s commission, detail
state requirements regarding
waste effluents.
Extensive sampling to determ
ine chemical character of efflu
ents has already been done on
industrial waste going into the
McGill creek plant. More will be
done on these and also on indus
trial effluents going to the new
Pilot Creek plant prior to the
Septemiber 21 meeting. These
findings will be made available
to the particular industries,
Comm. Dickey said.
“The purpose is to solve the
obnoxious odor problem at the
McGill Creek plant and to pre
vent it from developing at the
Pilot Creek plant,” Comm. Dickey
declared. “The committee does not
recornmend a Sledge-hammer but
envisions a cooperative effort be
tween the city and industry to
meet state requirements."
Comm. Dickey said chemical
manufacturers are now directing
Mieir research departments to
eek to develope dyestuffs with
less toxic content. Their success
in this direction, he said, could
result in saving many dollars in
clean-up outlay, both fpr indus
tries and the city.
Other members of the commit
tee. which met Tuesday night, are
C'ommls.sioners Norman King, W.
S. Biddix and Ray Cline.
BUDDY POPPY GIRL — Terry
Gloss, daughter of Mr. ond Mrs.
Harold Glass, hos been chosen
Post Buddy Poppy Girl by VFW
Post 9811 and will enter district
competition.
Teny Glass
VFW Poppy Gill
Ladies Auxiliary to V.F.W. Post
Mrs. Latham's
Brother Passes
B5CLMONT — Archie L. O’Dan
iel. 57, died 'fhursday.
Included in the survivors is a
sistor. Mrs. C. S. Latham of Kings
Mountain.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 4 p.m. Saturday at Catawba
Heiglrts Baptist (i^hurchi
and ’Sgt. Johnny Jk'lk also as
sister! in the arrost.
Proliminary hearing for Park
er an!d Adams is set for Septem
ber 10th in 271h Judicial District
Court in Shelby,
RADIO BROADCAST
Morning worship services
during the month of September
will be broadcast via Radio Sta
tion WKMT from First Baptist
churohi
Mail Subscription
Rates Increased
Efft'ctive September 1, mail
subscription rates of the Kings
Mountain Herald advanced.
For the first time the rates
reflect a differential in rates
for t)hc two Carolinas and for
more distant points.
The new rates arc:
In North and South Carolina
—one year $4. six months $2.25,
three months $1.50, school year
subscriptions $3 (subscriptions
in North Carolina only are sub
ject to the three percent North
sales tax).
To all other 48 states — one
,year $5, six months $3, three
months $1.75, school year sub
scription $3.75.
It is the first upward adjust
ment of Herald mail subscrip
tion rates in 13 years, the last
having been effected in Sep
tember 1957.
Martin Harmon, publisher of
the Herald, said, “It is with
regret that the Herald finds it
necessary to raise mail sub-
.scription rate.s, but the increas
ed cost of newsprint, ink. and
other cx)mmodities going intx> a
printed nt'wspapor, plus the
continued escalationjjof second
class mail rates, makes the in
crease no<*cssary. Rates to all
zones have increased but, for
example, Zone 8 rates are three
times that of Zones 1 and 2,
which accounts for the greater
rise in subscription charges to
states outside North and South
Carolina.”
There is no change In the
.single copy newsstand price of
ten centsi