1970
rs of
Sun-
d at
n or
Popolatioii
Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300
Qiaatcf Hiagt Mouaioio flguz* U froBt tb*
•p«cirj United Statae Bureau ol tbe Camus zaport d
Juni'axy 19b6. and Includes tba 14,990 populaUoa O
Number 4 Township, and ramaining 6.134 izoa
Number S Township, In riaeelond County and Czoarddr*
Mountain Township In Qostoa Conaty.
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Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspopei
VOL 85 No. 37
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 10, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
61 MoreHousingUnitsToBe Occupied
I **,\
Water Run
Friday: Fox
m
NEW OFFICERS OF FXTTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA ^ Pictured above are newly-installed
officers of the Kings Mountain chapter of Future Homemakers of America of Kings Mountoin high
school. From left to right above. Kat Ervin, Diane Bridges, Becky Cashion, Hetty Cox, Becky Plonk,
Mary Anne Bennett, Priscilla Burris. Kathy Wilson and Meredith McGill. They were installed in
recent ceremonies at the high school. (Photo by Isaac Alexander)
HUD Concurs: Fair Market
Price For Land In CBD Area
Contract Notes
Bid Opening
Tuesday At 1
Gzace Methodists
Set Open House
Grace Methodist church will
hold open hoase in its recently-
renovated parsonage Sunday aft
ernoon from 3 until G p.m.
Kings Mountain area citizens
are invited to meet the now min
ister and his family, Rev. and
Mrs. N. C. Bush.
Punch and cookies will be serv
ed.
Lake Project
Is Progressing
At Full Speed
I We’ll be producing water from
J Buffalo Creek Friday week, Den-
I ni.s Fox, resident engineer of W.
K. Dickson & Cdmpany of Char
lotte, said, in a progress report on
[ the Buffalo Creek Water Project
I Tuesday night.
! He said approximately 70 por-
I cent of the dam is completed and
' should be completed in six weeks
! “weather permitting.” After the
grading on the spillway is eom-;
pleted next week, he said, about j
50 to 100 cubic yards of concrete I
will be poured daily until com-1
pleting approximately 4,000 cubic j Arch Kern, fired last week by
yards required. 1 the city commission as recreation
Work on the water plant will! director after three months on the
intensify when two finished wat- j told the mayor and board of
er pumps arrive from Indianapo- commissioners Tuesday night he
Hs, Indiana. Fox said. The pumps I was disappointed he could not
were shipped from Indiana to! have discussed the matter with
Enough Tenants
For Next 50
Going Up
Kings Mountain’s remaining 61
un(Mvui>i<*d ilie l.>0 low-rent
public hoasing units art* e.xjjecled
to be (><*cupi(‘d lU'Xt week and
there are more than enough ap
plications to fill tile next 50 to
be built.
This was the statement of
Tliomas V\ . Harper. ex(*:utive di
rector of th(* Ki’igs Mountain
Puolic Hou.'ing Authoritv, to the
city commi.s.sion Tue.sday.
Beth ware Fair
Opens Wednesday
It's Year 23
At Belhware;
4'Day Event
Kern Flays
Mayor, Board
For Dismissal
He termed the program in Kings ’
Mountain “a complete suct'oss”
and praist‘d what he termed the
“positive” attitude of oil parties
involved from PH.-V’s initial he- •
ginning.
Harper praised the mayor and
city council for seeing tlie need
for publfc housing and the five
member Housing Authority com-
niilice wlio took over tiie plan
ning to bring the project to frui
tion.
-a
RITES HELD — Funeral rites for
Floyd Gates, 72, were held Sun
day afternoon from First Bap
tist church.
Floyd Gates'
Bites Conducted
Funeral rites for Floyd Gates.
72, retired Margrace Mill textile
employee, were hold Sunday aft
ernoon at 4 p.m. from P'irst Bap
tist church of wluch he was a
member.
Mr. Gates died Friday at 5:30
ajm. in the Kings Mountain hos
pital after several days’ illness.
He was a native of Gaston
County, son of the late Lee An
ders Gates and Lilly Ruxanna
Watts Gates.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ethel (lates; his daughter; Mrs.
Gene Taylor of Gaffney. S. C.;
four brothers,' Robc*rt Gates of
Charlotte, Atmer Gates and Bill
Gates, both of McAdenvHle,
Charles Gates of Great Falls, S.
C.; and a sister, Mrs. John Low-
ranee of McAdenvillo. Also sur
viving are his son-in-law and two
grandehildron.
He was a mem'ber of Fairview
Lodge 339 AF & AM and full ma
sonic burial rites were ('onducted
in Gaston Memorial Park. Gas
tonia. His pastor. Rev. Robert
.Mann, officiated ,at the funeral
services.
The Departnrent of Housing and
Urban oWelopment has cleared
lllie way Xi>r Proceeding with the
r(!nTraJ Busing bistri(5t Project,
they notified Joe Laney, director,
this W’cek by “conlcurring on fair
morket prices for properties need
ed.”
Meantime, Mr. Laney said he
had talked with several property
owners this week and that agree
ments with th(?Tn are expected to
be signed “probably Monday.”
Opening of bids on the contract
project notes is slated for Tues
day afternoon at 1 p.m. in the of
fice of the Kings Mountain Re
development Commission in City
Hall.
"The Central Business
Project is low in good
said Mr. Laney.
Kings Mountain last Wednesday
and are expected any day now,
said Fox.
“Overall, we’re looking toward
Christmas or the first of year for
completion of the full lake.
He said Neal Hawkins Co. is
proceeding with stoning of State
Road 2070 to the reservoir and on
the Camp Creek road.
them first and specifically
the mayor.
with
CJates will swing open to the
23rd annual Bethwarc* Commun
ity fair \Vedne.<,iay at 4 p.m. on
the grounds of Betliware school.
Formal of the event will fol-
I low that of former fairs, and ac
cording to Ralph Arrowood, presi
dent of the Belhware Fair, re
flects the over-advancing agri
cultural. commercial and indus-
^ trial field.s. This is the 13th year
the Fair offers cash prizes to win-
I ning exhibitors and is sponsored
j by tile B(*thware Progressive club.
In giving his rep)rt. Harper not. j Children's Day is Thursday,
ed that the needed land was pur-J Sepiomoer 17th, with special
chased for S35,0tXJ, below the bud-' events from 1 until 6 p.m. Judg-
get cost and this indicated "a, ing of all exhibits will be corn-
willingness of the citizens to sellj pleted and there will bo the cus-
the land at a fair price.”
BHHticGinnis
"Miss Giace"
District
shape”,
Timms Wins
Park Honor
Jerry Wayne Timms, Supi'rin-
lendent of Lee State Park, Bish-
opville, South Camlina, has been
voted "first runner-up" in the
1970 State Park Snperintenrlent
of the Year contest.
Mr. Timms w-'as formerly a
nnger at Kings Mountain State
Park an<i a native of the Kings
Mountain area.
Balloting for this honor took
place at the Department of
Parks, Recreation anci Tourism,
Columbia, S C. with members of
the executive staff participating.
Superintendents from the v’ar-
if»us 31 parks thmughout the
slate of South Carolina are elig
ibly for nomination. They are
ju<lged on personal character and
leadei’ship as well as park main
tenance and service to the com
munity.
Mr. Timms will attend the Na
tional Conference of State Parks.
S(*pt. 20-24 at Myrtle Beach, S. C.
The first pl*ace winner has his
clioice (itf attending meetings in
Philai^elphia, Pa. or New Orl
eans, L/a. later this fall.
Largest Pay Hike In Its History
Announced By Carolina Throwing
Employees of Carolina Throw
ing Company will receive the
“largest a’cross-the-board pay in
crease in a 15-year history” in
October, awording to announce
ment by Dick Shancy, personnel
manager.
A general across-the-board six
percent hdurly wage increase is
scheduler! plus additional bene
fits under the hospitalization in
surance, including guaranteed
semi-private coverage and otiher
bcnelits at no cost to the cm-
pU)yec
to Shaney. who said, “One year
ago the comiKiny employed 130
emiployees. Today 325 employees
are working full-time wuth the
company, he explained.
“Business is excellent for us
right now' and we have expanded
to meet the demand”, he added.
Other firms in the Carolinas
which have indicated pay increas
es’ are Burlington, Cone Mills,
Avondale Mills, Mayfair Mills
and some plants owned by Deer-
ing-Millikin. A wage increase is
also anticipated by most plants in
Bill McGinnis, furniture dealer,
was crowned “Miss Grace” in the
Womanless Beauty Pageant spon- |
sored by young people of Grace'
Methodist church Saturday night, i
First runner-up was D. C. Pay- !
seuT. Frank Hinson placed second |
and Ken Butmgardner -placed j
third, f urman Wilson was named |
"Miss Congeniality.” |
The contestants appeared in ■
evening gown and talent compe
tition.
Ernie Davis was master of cere
monies for the show.
All proceeds will be used to
provide draperies and carpets for six instead of
Sunday School classrooms.
He made his remarks after the
regular scheduled business of the
meeting had been completed. He
left the courtroom before the
meeting was officially adjourned
and without any comments made
by any member of the full board
present.
The commis.sion made the deci
sion in an inlormal session fol
lowing Uie August 25tfi meeting.
In Washington, D. C. to complete
details concerning his forthcom
ing retirement from the Navy Mr.
Kern was notified of his dismiss
al.
Tno commission voted Mr. Kern,
a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, two
month’s severance pay.
Kern ehar^v*d Tuesday that the :
swimming pools are unsafe and i
He said that construction of the
150 units was completed with
only minor proble.ms and said
“over solicitation” for the units
i proved a definite need for the
! public housing.
tomary midway rides and con
cession stands.
Tliere will be a nightly draw
ing for free prizes from Kings
Mountain area merchants and,
firew'orks displays. j
The Fair will close at midnight'
on Saturday, September 19th. ’
Some other points he made: 1 The Fair catalog, recently mail- j
1) Ratio of occupAits is 70 per-! patrons, opens with a ,
FRESHMAN CADET ^ Joseph
C. Hoyle, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Hoyle of Kings Mountain^
is one of 1410 freshman cadets
who have entered the USAF
Academy Class of 1974.
Cadet Hoyle
At AF Academy
cent while, 30 pc'uent black.”
2) Most of the rt*sidents are
just delighted in their new homos.
He said approximately 28 are el
derly 4nd iie had talked recently
to three widows whose average
income is $65 per month from,
social security accrued by their!
husbands. This is their only .solid ;
income and “we have filled a
need if nothing more for the el-'
derly.” he said. The Brooks A- :
mendment stipulate.-; a widow can
only be ciiarged 25'< of her in-
edme for rent.
3) Five young divorcees witli
dedication page in memoriam to
Grady faye Seism, cotton and
grain farmer of the Bethware
Joseph C. Hoyle, son of
Mr. and .Mrs, Gene Hoyio of Rt.
2, Kings .Mountain, is one of
1410 freshman cadets who have
community and long active in thei
Bethware Fair and Progressive ■lorce Ac-
Uub. Mr. Sc-ism died 4ril 24,'
1970.
Qui'en of the 1970 Bethware
Fair is Lynn Cornwell.
»three children and without child
SENIOR SCOUT TROOP
First meeting of the Senior
Girl Scout troop will be held on
September 14th at 7:30 p.m. at
the home of Mrs. Flo Davies,
leader, at 402 Hawthorne Lane.
LYNWOOD THOMBS
Thombs Resigns
Post With City
Lynwood Thombs, project man
ager for the Cansler street Urban
Renewal Area, has tendered his
resignation to enter Howard Uni
versity School of Law in Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr. Tho*mbs, who was employed
March 9th, had applied for ad
mission to the Law School but
had expected to enter the school
for the 1971 term. He has received
a scholarship to attend school.
Mr. Thombs is a graduate of St.
Augustine college in Raleigh
with a degree in business admin
istration. He is a Kings Mountain
native.
In his letter of resignation Mr.
Thamibs stated: "I will carry' with
me a pleasant memory of the last
six months. I have enjoyed work
ing with this projet't and hope
the project has benefitted as
much from my experienee here
as I have. I’m sure it will make
the area a part of the commun
ity w'e can be proud of.” . . , .11 U IJ
Joo Laney, executive director,! ‘'•’‘Idren.
said Mr. Thombs' resignation was Dr. Lee Gilliatt, director of the
accepted with regret. I project, said the vaccine is safe
Mr. Laney is currently inter- i except in the case of a child who
viewing applicants for the posi- ■ has a severe egg alergy. He noted
tion in his office of the Kings i that there are two strains of the
Mountain Redevelopment Cam-1 vaccine, one grown on chick em-
questioned hiring practices this f
summer. He charged there should [ support from their husbands are
have been more discussion “if j ^uiong tenants. The women are
ay recreational problems existed”
and more timely notification of
his dismissal. He also said had
he remained in Kings Mountain
he would have “demanded the
Other officers of the Fair are
Cameron Ware, vice-president;
Stokes Wright, secretary; Uaeford
White, treasurer; Jim Varbro, as
sistant treasurer: Willard Boyles,
past president; Johnny W. Palter-
.son, manager; Paul Bell, ground
superintendent; Gilbert Patter-
.son. parking su{x*rintendent: Bill
j Ca:'.et Hoyio was ac'cepted into
I the cadet wing after completing
weven weeks of basic training, in
cluding field training at a sim
ulated frontline combat base
near the academy. strem.ous
physical conditioning and sur
vival instruction.
This is the largest class o\'er
to enter the 16-yrar old aea emy
and brings the current enroll
ment to moio tlinn 4090.
The cadet now- begins a Tour-
on welfare and are handicapped
to the point they can’t w’ork, ^
gymnasium bo opened and that-- Inicome qualifications for resi-
two
TO CHAPEL HILL
Mayor John Henry Moss is^in
Chapel Hill today attending a
meeting of the Water and Air
Resources committee at the In
stitute of Government.
backboards
be installed in the community
center. He also said if he were a
citizen of Kings Mountain he
w’ould demand a child care cen
ter be opened.”
The mayor stated last week:
“It was the consensus of the com
mission that Mr. Kern was not
getting the job done which the
commission and I personally re
gret very much. In view of this
situation the commission felt it
would be doing Mr. Korn and the
city a dissorv’ioe to delay the de
cision to discharge him.”
Free German Measles Vaccine
Clinic Begins Here Thursday
Wednesday marked the begin
ning of a campaign to protect ex
pectant mothers from one of the
most feared killers and cripplers
of imborn children, Gorman mea
sles. Clinics throughout Cleveland
County will offer vaccinations
mission in City Hall.
“The company has experienced | Cleveland Ctounty and the Caro-
phenomenal growth”, according' linas, according to reports.
Street Name
Is Now Lee
The city cormmission Tuesday
night, on the request of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Neisicr and Dr. and
Mrs. Joe Lee, voted to change the
name of the road from Fulton
street south from Jolly to Lee
street. The Lees and Neisler.s are
building new homes in that area
of the city near the high school.
The board also approviVi con
sideration of petition for curbing
and guttering and paving 490
feet on Joyce street between
MeadoWbrook Road to Hillside
Drive subject to the 1971-72 bud
get.
bryos and the other on monkey
or canine liver. “Since wo don’t
know which typo of vaccine we
will be getting here in Cleveland
County I would rec*orrvmend that
children with an egg ellergy not
take the vaccine.”
German measles known also as
“Three-day” or rubella, is usually
mild, easily treatable disease.
But when it attacks women dur
ing p.egnancy the effect on the
unborn child is often tragic. In
addition to miscarriages and in
fant deaths, it can cause blind
ness, deafness, brain damage and
malformation of the heart, bone
and liver.
Gilliatt noted that because
there is a possibility that the live
virus can cross the placenta and
affect the unborn child of a wom
an who was vaccinated two to
three months prior to beedming
pregnant, medical auth(»ritio.s do
not advise vaccination for wom
en. They stre.ss mass immuniza
tion of children since it is by far
the most effective way of pre
venting the expectant mother
from coming in contact with the
virus.
The last epidemic of Gorman
measles was in 1964 and authori
ties note that epidemics a-^ually
ocebr in six to nine year cycles.
Clinics will be held Thursday
morning September 10 at the fol
lowing locations: Grover and
Compact Schools in Grover; East,
West and North schools in Kings
Mountain; Bethware School, Wa
co and Washington School, Polk-
ville and Casar, Piedmont and
Fallston schools.
Clinics will be held Sunday
September 13, from noon until 4
p.m. for all children, ages one l2
who did not receive the vaccine
while in school. The clinics will
be at the following locations:
Kings Mountain Armory, .Shelby
Health Department, Boiling
Springs School, No. 3 Scrhool, Polk-
ville School, Fallston School, and
Washington (CoUhty) .school.
The clinics are eo-spon.sored by
the Cleveland County Medical As
sociation. the Shelby Jaycees and
the Shelby Junior Woman’s Club.
Watterson, assistant parking su- year cout>v of stu'iv Icadir-r to
, 1 u 1 1 . perintendent; John O. Patterson,' an Air Force commission and a
ernployed by loc^al textile plants.; parking admissions superintend-' bachelor of science degree with
4) Another deserving group is ent; Mearl Seism, a.ssistanl park- an academic
the disabled, most of whom are ' ' ' '
ing admissions
Harold Herd, superintendent of
tickets; Melvin Nantz and Ralph
Arrewood; Hal Morris, superin
dents of the housing unit.^ was i tendenl cf fireworks; M(*erl Seism
provided by Harper at the request, and Hill Lowery, superintendent
of City Comm. Ray Cline. Maxi- • of building- Howard Champion,
mum yearly income lor one per-, Carl Champion. Buford Ware, My-
son is S3.200; $4,800 for a family ers Hambright, John O. Patterson
with four children: and $5,600 Mearl Sc-ism. Paul Bell, Gilbert
for a ;?imily with 10 children. j Patteison, Curtis Bell, and Glenn
5) All nine sites are integrated Hicks, superintendent of commer-
but one and this is by choice, he; cial booth.s. Wayne Silvers is di-
said, and filled hy black citizens rector of the Agriculture depart-
at their request. “These folks are ment with Charles Knight assist
standing in line in this particu-, ing; Cameron Ware is director of
lar section of town”, he comment- the Farm and Machinery depart-
' ment; Mrs. Hal Morris is director
To a question of Comm. Maude of school exhibits with Mrs. M.
Walker Mr. Harper said tiic Hous-1 C. Poston assisting,
ing Authority has made applica- j There is no admission charge
tion for an additional KHJ units of; to the fairgn)unds.
low rent housing.
m:ijor in one of 27
superintendent; I field.s of interest provided in llie
curriculum.
‘Cadet Hoyle is a 1970 grndu-
uate of Kings Mountain high
school where h<» was a member of
the National Honor Society and
lettered in hxuball and baseball.
METHODIST TOPIC
Rev. N. C. Bush will use the
sermon topic. “Don’t Go Too
■Far” at .^unlay morning wor
ship sor\ices at 11 oVIork at
Grace M(‘lhv>dist church.
TO TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harris,
II and daughter, Tammy, have
returned to Pasadena,- Texas,
after visiting Mr. and Mrs. J.
Ollio Harris, aunt and uncle of
Mr. Harris.
Autopsy Report:
Suffocation
Cause of Death
An autopsy report Wednesday
revealed that Mrs. Bertha Lou |
Ramseur, 30. Negro, of Sliolby,
died of suffocation.
Shelby police said an inve.'^tiga-
tion is still t*ontinuing but had
not revealed any evidence of foul
play.
The Negro woman’s body was
found inside a refrigerator in
Shelby Tuesday night.
Dot. Sgt. E. L. Bass .said the
body was found by R(»y Lee Gill.
37. Negro, a construction worker
who liv(*s at 309 Billielee Street.
He said Gill, who lives alone,
told him he came home .shortly
before 8 p.m. Tue.sday nighl.open-
(xl the door to Hie refrigerator
and the body fell out.
Police said there were no
shelves inside the refrigeixitor.
which was of the type that could
not he <ipene(i from inside.
Other Sh(*lby-officers assisting
in the inv<».sligalioM were Sgt.
Oscar Patterson. Sgt. C. B. Eaker,
Sgt. W. T. Mauney and Sgt. Alon
zo Yeung.
Coroner J. Ollie Harris had not
made a ruling i/i the incident
Wednesday night*
In-School Educational TV Here;
For Pre-School First Graders
Over HKl.OCK) Tar Heel school learning,
eliildren. among those from
Kings Mountain, will receive
.some irf their in-sohool instruction
from television this year.
.Supervisor of the program in
Kings Mountain is Howard Bry
ant. Instructional television co
ordinators for Clov(*land County
are Robert W. Borders and Boyce
i M. Morrison.
I Tlie State Department of Public
; Instruction's new offerings, via
; UNCET (University of North Car-
■ olina Educational Television) in-
I dude “RipiJes.” a .show for kin-
; dergarten and first grade slu-
; dents. “Granny,” a series of musi-
’ cal c.xpt'riences for primary chil
dren, and a brand-new math pro
gram for junior and senior high
: students with U'ssons to be Icarn-
I ed from magic trfeks. Japanese
arts and crafts, and the garage.
Some public schools are
expected to utilize in-school tele
vision courses this year.
Mothers with pres('hoolers might
want to keep their sets turned to
odiuational ehannels for those
programs aimtxl at younger chil
dren: four this year. And par
ents of those watching the set
at school might want to tune in
themselves and see wha; Junior's
“Ripples,” whicli heads the list
of new programs for the pri*s<.*hool
and fir.st-grade set. consists of 36
“encounter.s” designed to develop
a basic concept concerning man
and his relatiimships to himself
and his environment, “'nio ser
ies.” said - Television Services
Chief Consultant Mrs. Rela Rich
ardson. “cuts across sc!ux)l sub
ject lines and concentrates on
events cona'rntxi witli the devel
opment of a child's feelings, val
ues, and ability to make and un-
dersl a nd r(*lat ionsli ips. ”
One si'gment, "Body Talk,”
shows how people com.municato
through movement; another,
“Millions of Pies." deals with the
autoniaiion necessary to moot
the nortls of large numbers of
pixiple. TIu* st'ries was productvi
for National Instructional Televi
sion by the Northern Educational
Television As.siK'iation and is the
first nationally-aired show rolat-
ed for in-sehool use in North
Carolina. It’s also the fii*st with
out a television ttMcher. In ad
dition, the prr>gra:ns are non-so-
quential for teachers or parents
who might want to tune in now
and then. “Ripples” will be aired
(Cuntinutd on Payo Sixj