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Population Greeter Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 Otwotar Hlaga Mouatolo B^ura la darivad liom tlM tpaeifd United Stataa Buiaau oi tha Cantus report o Janvarr i8t»6. and iacludaa tPa 14.990 population o Numbar 4 Township, and tha remoialotf 9,194 Iron Numbar 5 Township, la Cleveland County and Ciawdar* MouatalB Townablp la Goaton Conaty^ I" Kings Mountoin's Reliable News^pei VOL 85 No. 38 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 17, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Iff lo'Cl fa a" C3 O Buffalo Creek Test Runs Underway Waste Use Policy To Be Proposed Will Be Pumping Water To City By October 1 C3| CJ) !(=» NEW MICRO FILMING MACHINE AT KMHS — The high school students pictured above are being shown a new micro filming machine, with Mrs. Wilson Griffin, Ubrorian, demonstrating how the equipment is used in the library. From left to right, David Stone, Sandy Falls, Ricky Crocker (seated), and Joe Deal. (Herald Photo by Isaac Alexander) Weatherman Was Smiling Start 01 Bethware Fair Commission; Industrialists Confer Today JOBS Firms The city commission committoo on sewage disposal policy will i conlcre with Industrialists and t reprcsentath'os of the N. C. Water ! & Ah' Resources Commission Mon day ni^ht at 7 p.m. at City Hall. Members of the committee are* Year’s"Day. Jim Dickey, chairman; and Ray | “We ll be Test run.s of w Uer from Buffalo Creek wore bein^; made y4*st<*rday afternoon, two days aliead of I achedulo. I Denni.s Fex, resident engineer of i W. K. Dickson & Company of| Charlotte, had said wliat lie (('rnv I ed a “shaki'-down” or “trial run” i would begin this Friday. j Tliursday (todayI will be “Fil-( tering Day” at the reservoii on : Vho pr. soMi ait i, wliicli' jPd JobS TC he believe.-- attainable, s to put th(' Ruf'alo Creek treatment plant into service CX-tober 1. Kxre|ft for such finishing touch- o.« as landscaping. Mr. F<».\ think.*: the "done” .sign can be postc'd on the Buffalo Cr(*ek projen t by N(‘vv S2E6.S64 Funds ToKMCOiC "Kids Day" Is Thursday; Special Events * 6,235 Children Get Rubella Shot j A Cleveland County Health ] Department official reported to- L'itay a total of 6,235 children were 1 immunized with rubella vaccine The weathoitnan was smiling' during the past week at seven brightly on Wednesday’s opening clinics throughout the county. of the four-day Bethtware -Com- niunity F&h\ It’s Fair Time agaTn‘in'Cftcve- land County, with fhe local event •preceding the annual Cleveland County Fair in October Gates swur,^ open at 4 p.m. yesterday aifternoon and accord The official estimated that the niirhibfer ,'tW chUdmi, jecciving the vaccine was about 40 per certf*9f*' the eligible children between the ages of one and 12. Rubella vacxiine is still avail able. The Health Department will day from 8 a m. until 5 p.m. and every Tuesday arJ.lt Thui-sdny 'Jrem 1 until 5 p.m. for all chil dren who have not received the vaccine. ing to Ralph Arrmvood, Fair * held make-'Up clinire each iMom president, this 23id edition is ’ ' ’ “our best ever”. The Fairgrounds at Bethware school were a beehive of activity yes'tcrda; as exhibitors were ar ranging displays, both agricultljr- al and commercial. Judging of all exhibits will he completed to day cash prizes and ribbons will go to the winners. This year’s event attracted a record crowd of exhibitors. Children’s Day is Thursday with special events from 1 until 6 p.m. There are the custermary midway rides and concession stands an'i a nightly drawing for 'free prizes from Kings Moun tain merLhants. A nightly dis- 'p'ay of fireworks will also bc' iheld. The Fair will close at midnight on Saturday. Bethwai'e Progressive club sponsors the Fair. Queen c*.? the 1970 Fair is L>*nn Cornwell. Mrs. D. L Jonas Dies On Her 81st Birthday Mrs. Moss' Mother Passes Mrs. Addle Harbin, mother of; Mrs. Sidney Mo.ss of Kings Moun-1 tain, died in Blaek.sburg, S. C. { last week following declining health, j County Fair Opening Oct. 6 For 47th Year The 47th annual Cleveland County Fair, October 6-10, fea tures Deggeller Shows with oyer 75 lidc^ ftiid show^} for the mid way, interesting cxllibits and dis plays, outstanding gfahdstand shows nightly followed by fire works dtsplfiy, car races on Sat urday afternoon, plus many oth er attractions. Fair gates will open each morning at 8 a.m., ex hibit buildings open at 10 am. and DOggellor Shows will begin operation at 10 a.m. Included among special guests attending the Cleveland County Fair will be Mis.s Delibie Payne w!io has played the part of Doro thy in the “Land of Oz” this sum mer. She will perform at the eve ning grandstand shows on (Octo ber 8, 9 and 10 at the Cleveland County Fair. (Tho.se are the only appearances Miss Payne plans to make in our area this year.) Exhibits will again fill all a- vailablo space, and Fair Catalog premium list.s .show between TO NEW YORK ^ Mrs. Cloven Kelly is going to the American Telephone and Telegraph Com pany in New York on o loan basis for two years. Mis Kelly To New York Mrs. Betty Lynn Kelly of Kings Mountain is going to the Amer ican Telephone and Telegraph Company in New York on a loan basis for two years. The announce ment was made 'today by South ern Bell. . 1 Mrs. Kelly will broaden her knowledge of training witliin the B<dl System and oth^ areas of the TraXfic Department and will be assisting with the writing of Traffic Training Circulars. Mrs. Kelly has had increasing responsibilities with Southern'Bell while working in,Kings Mountain, Gastonia. Shelby, and Charlotte. She was formerly Chief Operator in Gastonia. She and her husband Clavon, have a son, Scott, who is attend ing the University of N. C. at Chapel. Members of the Kings •Mountain Baptist chuix'h, she is a member and Past Matron of Kings Mountain f'^^apter No. 123, Order of the Eastt re Star; has .served as District Deputy Grand Matron otf the 17lh District; and was Chair man of the Advisory Committee for the Order of Rainbow for Cline, T. J. Ellison, and Norman King. I They arc exjx'cted to rccom-! mend the adoption of a waste use ordinanet, subjejet to the pro-posed oidinancc’.s review by the city attorney. W. H. Mull, western dis trict regional engineer with the Water & Air Resourev.s commis sion i.s expected to detail state rt'quiroments regarding waste ef fluents. Among major items in the proposed ordinance are: 1) A ban on putting of toxic effluent into the .system. 2) Control of the quality of the waste on biLsis of biological oxy gen demand. 3) Regulation of flow into the system. This implies requirement at firms putting large jjuantitios 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 praictical efft^ot will be principally on indu.stries doing dye operations as does Nciseo, Inc., the firm wliich he manages. Extensive sampling to determ ine chemical character of efflu- Seven North Carolina firms in cluding King.s Mountain Chamber of Cemmeue will hire and train 756 disadvantaged ji>bIos.s per- .sens under the Job Opportunities in the Business St'etor (JOBSI program, aix-ording to an an- pumping walcr to' "‘.uncomont made today by Wil iowh by October 1st”, said Mr. Fox yesterday, commenting in a progress report. He noted that construction of the dam i.s pr<?cecding very well and at the front of the dam tjiere is approximately 25 more feet to go in vertical pipe. Pouring of concrete within the spillway is expected to bi'gin we{»k after next. (’l(*aring and grubbing is con tinuing in the reservoir area on Ham U. Norwood, Regional Man power Administrator, U. S. De partment of Labor, Atlanta. Federal funds in the amount of $1,655,415 will undenvrite the costs of on-the-job training. Programs approved are: 1) Southeastern Training Con sultants, Inc., Charlotte, where 135 ix'rsons will receive training as apprentice painters for a per iod of 28 week.s. Barry N. Kilgore ] or the firm will coordinate the the Virginia Byrd property and 'I'ho projected wage rate down the west side of Buffalo employee.^ after training is Creek and is expected to start soon on the cast side of Buffalo, he said. Stoning and paving is expected to begin next week. Gary Benton KM SailoL 21 Was Uninjured Gary Benton. 21 . son of Mr. and Mrs. Odell Benton of Kings Mountain, was not injured Sat urday whim tlra U. S. destroyer ent.-? has already boon done on Lloyd Thomas on which he was industrial waste going into the, ab<iard exploded while firing off McGill creek plant. More will he done on these and also on indus trial effluents going to the new Pilot Creek plant prior to the September 21 meeting. These finding.s will bo made available to the particular industries, Comm. Dickey said. “The purpose is to solve the obnoxiou-s odor problem at the MiGill Creek plant and to pro- South Vietnam. Thioe Sailors were killed and 10 were injured $3.00 and $3.50 an hour. Federal cost of the project is $345,100. (35-0-6015- (K)0 327002532042). 21 King? Mountain Chamber of Commerce, Kings Mountain, where 113 persons will receive training as yarn winders, yarn texturing machinists, watchmen, weavers, extractor operators, dye reel operators, cloth e.xaminer machinists, cloth winders, hand packagers, frame spinners, dof- fers, twister tenders, slubber tend ers, card tenders, drawing frame tenders, ('omber tenders, truck cxx)rdinated by Itobert G. Cox of the firm. The projected wage rate for omployee.s after training rang es from $1.70 to $2.35 an hour. Federal cost of the project is $206,- Benton, in the Naval Re.serves'(Contract No. 37-1-6003-000^ six month.s, had been stationed, in Hawaii. Ho called his parents 1 3) Watson Seafood and Poultry Sunday from the Philippines. i Company, Raleigh, where 135 p<‘r- MARY LULA RICKERT TEAGUE Mrs. Teague's Rites Conducted BESSEMER CITY — Mary Lu la Rickert Teague, o-f 212 East Washington Ave., die-i Sat urday about 9:00 a.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital Mrs. Teague was born in Iredell Coun ty and was the wife of the late Rev. James Leor\' Teague. She w"as the daughter of the late Charles F. and Ellen Web ber 'Rickert. v Serv'icea wore heldji|j|Lask’s East Chapel in BessemeRn^ 5^ 3 p.m. Sunday. Thes Rev. A. A. Bailey and the Rev. J. Clyde drivers and maU»rial handlers. | Yatos officiatad. She was a mem- The contract length is for IS; her of the First Baptist chiuvh menth.s and the training will be of Bessemer City. She is suiwived by two daugh ters, Mrs. Frank Sisk of Bessem er City and Mrs Wayne Church of Charlotte; two sons, C. V%an- diver Teague of Hickorv, James R. Tearue of Metairie, La.; one sister Mrs. Csrrio R. Grose of Statesville; one brother, John H. Rickert of Statesville; 11 grand* The destroyer, with one of her; receive training as in-; children and eight great-grand- two-barrel gun mounts ripped op(*n by the blast, docked In the Subic Bay U. S. Naval Base du.strial truck operators, ijorsonnel children. $18,(MX) and $20,(XX) in prize's for; girls. She is presently' serving a Funeral rites and interment ; exhibitors in the following dc-1 second two year appointment as were held in Blacksburg. I Continued On PnUfj Eight Continued On Eight Campaign Trail Is Work... By PAUL CROOKE In The Gastonia Cvazette Ollie Harris has been connected with the funeral business for 42 years ‘Tvo buried more than ^7,000 people,” he reckoned, think ing back over four decades. Funeral rites for Mrs. Rosa canld-idato for the ^ White Jonas, 81, w’idow of Dan-i Caiolma .Senate now and, iel Leo Jonas, were held Wedne£»-' forward to t-he next two Oay afternoon at 4 p.m. from , ^ lot more Grace United Methodist church Htontion to the live ones, of vvhh-h she was a member. ! "I kmiw everyl^y in Cleveland .Mrs Jonas was found dead in • Kings Mountain her bed at 6 a.m. Monday -mom* i ^aid, “and now I m working ing of heart failure, Coroner J. i •'jaston, es’pecially the eastern oilie Harris said. The coroner j where I am largely un said Mrs. Jonas h-ad diied in her; known.” sleep and was found by h<‘r j It was in eastern Gaston — daughters when they' went to I Belmont where Harris may wake her. Mrs. Jonas died on her i have happ(*ned upon a good get- bir'thday. j ac^iLiaintcd foimula. All members of the Jonas fam-1 “A lady salt, 'I’m sorry, but ily had gathered at her home at j I can’t help you; I’m a Republi- 802 Jackson street to celebrate | can;’ ” the Cleveland County 802 Jackson street Sunday to cele-1 Democrat said of a prospective brate their mother’s 81st birthday. | supporter. Mrs. Jonas had been in apparent | “That doesnt matter,” the good health, was active in chureh 1 eandidate replied. “I’ve been activities and had enjoyed the cut- living with one for 35 years.” ting of a birthday cake witb her j He dluded to 'Mi’s. J. Oliie family on Sunday. ! Harris, whom he met in Shelby She was a native of York and m'arriei many years ago. County, S. C., dam^bter rir the But if Harris is to draw strength from ilwo counties and from tw'o parties, he could add another dimension. Harris ihimself was a Method ist. But Mrs. Harris is the late iRufus and Nancy Latham White. Her husband d'ie<j Febnm- ary 1951 Surviving are four daughters, Jonas, both of the home; Mrs. Roy Lynn of Kings Mountain and I dairghter, Abbie Jane, of Dr. •Miss Jessie Jonas, Miss Loraine | and Mrs Zeno Wall, the former IMrs. M^illiam Shillinglaw of Sha- [ wilely known as a leading Bap- ron, S. C.; five sons, Guy Jona« tist clergyman and pastor of of Kingston. Tennessee; Marion i Shelby’s First Baprtist church. (Co7itinucd on Page Eight) ' But Harris is basing his ex- J. OLLIE HARRIS pi'ctation dr boating James II. At kins, Gastonia Republican, for Senate Seat No. 2 on something other than a happy blending of labels. Work. The combination of campaign trailing and self-denial of bread ('bakers, please, no offcn.so in- tend<'d), Chucked off 20 {x>uiids in recent days. • (I’m going to keep It just the way it is, too,” ihe avern'‘:iL) Harris has a long history of interest in politics and the Dem ocratic party. It probably began, he said, in Shelby dluirini^ the Hoey-Gardner era. “I was in Cly'do Ilooy’s Sun day school class,” he sraid, “'and in O. M. Mull’s Sunday school class, too. lie was the Speaker of the House.” He (began making numerous contacts with the public w'hen he went to work for Lutz*Austell F'uneral Home in Shelby. It continued through the years, inchljing the last 23 during \\’'hl''h he has operated his own Harris Funeral Home in Kings Mountain^ Anti it’continued through 10 years as 01evelah<i Ov.nty a.9- sisl.ant coroner and then for 24 yi'ars as coroner. Harris never sought any other public office and he ha<i no op position for six terms as coi-o- ner. (Ho considers it a wmpli- ment to his record that imme diately after he announeef!- he would run for the Senate, three persons icame out ijor the c’oro* nor’s job.) The decision to run for -the Senate was apparently almost automat ic. One of the senators from the Oaston-Clcveland District (the 29th) was Jack White. White is from King® Moun tain. When he announced that he would not bo a candidate, Harris was right there, in Kings Mountain, too, a principal city of Cleveland arti yet near to Gaston. "I felt like I could serve as well as anybody could.” Act ually, Harris said he found out ■that White "might not rcin” be fore the Senator made it offi cial. Harris has it figuro<i this (Cojitinued on Page Eight) from developing at lhc| Philippines Sunday for inves- i tigation and repairs. Benton said the captain of the ship said he declared. “The committee does not recommend a sledge hammer but envi.S'ion.s a cooperative effort between the city and industry to meet state requirements.” Comm. Dickey said chemical manufacturers are now directing their re.search departments to seek to devclope dystuffs with loss toxic content. Their success] in this direction, ho .said, could i result in saving many dollars in I clean-up outlay, both for indus tries and the city. did not know what caused tlic ex plosion but that it did not result from enemy fire. The skipper. Loo Paul Brown, said the 13 men were erammed inside the 13 by 12 feet forward [;un mount firing in supptjrt 0(f clerks, poultry evl'^erators, re ceiving clerks, maintenance me chanics, truck drivers, kettle cooks and chicken butchers. Train ing will be from 16 to 42 weeks |tery. and will be coordinated by Ebi'rn T. Watson, Sr. of the firm. The projected wage rate for employees after training is $1.80. Federal cost of the project Is $218,748. (Contract No. 37-..•6002000/4580- Rev. A. A. Bailey and Rev. J. Clyde Yates officiated at the fi nal rites and interment was in Bc'ssemor City Memorial come- Holiday Friday For Students Kings Mountain district pupils will get a holiday Friday as fac ulty members will be attending the District 2 mertiny of the North Carolina A> .•'<‘»ation of Ed ucators in Rutherfordon. The meeting will oegi-: at 9:30 a.m. at Uutherfordton - Spindale high .school. Among spi'okers will bo Dr Craig Phillips, .state .superintend ent of public instruction; Jerry Paschal, president of the NCA; Mrs. Ruth Jones, president-eliH't of the NCA; and Dr. A. C. Daw son, NCAE oxeeutive si'cretary. Dr. Phillips will also address a luncheon meeting for principals and supc'rintendents at Ron & Eddy’s Restaurant in Forest City. UF Leaders Meet Tuesday An organizational meeting of drive leaders for the Kings Moun tain United Fund Campaign for 1971 w'as held Tuc'sday night in the conference room of the King.** Mountain Savings & Loan Asso ciation on West Mountain street. Shuford Peeler, publicity chair man, said plans for the October 21-31 drive were mapped and that a kick-off lun'cheon will launch the fund-raising on October 2].st. The United Fuml Goal for 1971 is $35,000 for 11 agencies. .\ustTalian ground troops when the e.xplosion occurred. He was quoted by newspapers that "the explosion did not sound any different from the regular firing of the ship’s four five-inich guns. When ho was told of the acci dent, according to newsp.'qwr re ports, ho know immediately it was not from enemy fire. No .ship had been fired upon in the area for years, he said. The injured suffcriMi burns, cuts and damaged eardrums. They were all in .satisfactory condition at an Australian military hospital in South Vietnam, Brown said. Benton told his mother the skipper instructed his crew to call homo immediately. Benton is a Boatswain’s mate. Continued On Pagf, Eight Lodge To Host Regional Meet Here Thursday Fairview Lodge 339 AF & AM of Kings Mountain will host a regional meeting Thursday, Sep tember 17tih, at 8 (p.m. at Masonic Temple. Brothers of the several lodges in the 56th Masonic District will attend. Guest .speakers will be Rev. A. D. Leon Gray, superintendent of Oxford Orphanage and Rev. Troy G. Robbins, superintendent of Masonic and Eastern Star Home for the Aged of Greensboro. DIXON SERVICE Rev. Robert A. Wilson will deliver tihe message at the 9;30 a.m. 'morning worship hour Sun day at Dixon Presbyterian church. Harris To Fill Wesleyan Pulpit Rev. John Harris, pastor of Canton, N. C. Wesleyan c+iurch and a former minister of Kings Mountain’s First Wesleyan church, will fill the pulpit at the 11 o’clock morning worship houi on Homecoming Day Sunday at the local church on Waco road. Mr. Harris will deliver the mes sage at the 11 o'clock hour. Spe cial music will bo featured. Picnic lunch wall be spread at the noon hour and all members, former members and friends are invited to participate in the ac tivities of Ihe day. Rev. Carl V. Sparks is pastor of the ehureli. Midview Sets Homecoming Homecoming Day services will be held at Midview Baptist church on Sunday with special events slated. Rev. C. L. Davis will be the visiting evangelist at the 11 o’clock service. The Melody Sing ers and the Burke Family Sing ers will be among the gospel singing groups present for a gos pel sing beginning at 2:30 p.m. Picnic lunch will be spread on the church grounds at 1 p.m. The interested community is invited, as well as all members, former members, and friends of the congregation, said Rev. John Frazier, cluux'h pastor. ROTARY MEETING Rotary District (Jm'ernor Charles M. Grier will make his official visit to tihe Kings Moun tain Rotary club at their noon meeting Thursday at 12:15 at the Country club. First Union Low Bidder At 4.26; Property Acquisition Going Well Kings .Mountain’s First Union National Bank was low bidder on $820,(XX) worth of project notes by the Redevelopment Commission to finance the downtown rcncw’al project, according to Joe Laney, commission director. .First Union’s bid was 4.26 per cent. “We are real pleased that a local bank was low bidder,” Lan ey said. Other bids submitted were: Morgan Guarantee and Tru.st bid ding jointly with Salomon Broth ers, both of New York, 4.35 per cent; Northern Trust and A. G. Bckcer of Chicago, 4.38 per cent; Trust of Georgia, Atlanta, .4.35 per cent; Cluise Manhathtan Bank jointly with the First National Bank of Chicago. 4.31 per cent; Bank Tru.st Co. of New' York, 4.40 per cent; First National City Bank, Chicago, 4.40 per cent and Wachovia Bank and Trust of Winston-Salem, 4.40 jH'r cent. The tax exempt notes, which w’ill bo issued on Oct. 15, will be used for property land acquisition in the downtown renewal area. "We arc moving along well in land acquisitions,” Laney said. “We have tw’o vc'rbal options from propc'rty owners and one signed option.” Laney said the commission has “always felt we’ve had good solid appraisals” and that the “atti tude of the landowners we’ve talked to along with two recent sales downtow’ti confirm tbiF.”