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Population Grecrter Kings Mountain 21.914 Oity Limits (1966 Census) 8.256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9.300 Oitiatcr King* Mountata llgufa U derived from tSa epeorl United States Bureau of the Census report 0 Jcuvorr 19«^. ond includes the 14.990 population • Suniber 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 fron Nttmbei 6 Township, la ClCTelaad County and Crowder* Township tn Qoston Cownty. 4. j ■ I 15 Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL. 85, No. 40 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N, C., Thursday, October I, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Citizens Invited To Tour Buiiaio Plant October 18 Citizens are being invited to visit the Buffalo Creek water treatment plant on the afternoon of Sunday, Oc'tober 18. Tours of the plant and dam area will be conducted by the contractors and consulting engi neers frem 2 to 4 p.m. Mayor John Henry Moss labeU the showing a progress visitation. He said special arrangements will le mide by the rnembeis of the city commission and himseli to prov’ide transportation for sen- citizens. ™ “Drinking water will be avail able at the treatment plant from Buffalo tVeek,” he added. On Wednesday water was be ing pun>ped from the trcxitment plant into the 24-inch main whicli brings the water the seven mile; from the plant to the city. Dennis Fox, reside-nt engineer, said the water is being pumped slowly at first, then will be put under more pressure to test the line for leaks. After that the line will be sanitized and will ho ready to furnish water into the city system. Big tractors Wednesday were hauling dirt atop the dam, which will be 84 feet high, tapered to a 30foot road at the top and with a 350-foot spillway several feet below the top of the dam. Plonk Rites Are Conducted Graveside funeral rites for Thoma^ Motley iplonk, Jr., 49. of Raleigh, formerly of Kings Mountain, were held Monday at 2 p.m. from Mountain Rest cem etery The rites were conir?ii:cted on Sunday at 2:30 o.m. in Ral eigh’s White Memorial Presby terian church of which he was a pem’ber. >r. 'll. Edwin Pichard and Rev. Moffett officiateti at the services. Mr. Plonk died September 26th at 6 a.m. in Rex hospital at Ral eigh after several month’s ill ness. He was assistant sccretany and treasurer of A. E. Finley & Associates of Ralei;ih. Son of Mrs. T Motley Plonk, Sr. of Chorlotte and the late Mr. Plonk, he was a graduate of Da vkison college and a veteran Ql.‘ Woi'ld War II. iHe is survived by his wife. Mrs. Arabelle Boyer Plonk; his mother, Mrs. L,ouise McGuire Plonk of Charlotte; one son, T. M. Plonk, III, of the home; two daughters, Mary Louise and Ara belle Plonk of the home: one brother, Rev. William McGuire Plonk of Virginia Beach, Va.; and two sisters, Mrs. Charles E. Folk and Mrs. William L. An derson, both of Charlotte I. T. Barber's Rites Conducted John Thaddeus ^rher, 81, of Lenoir, a native of York County. South Carolina and former resi dent of Kings Mountain died Fri day morning after several years illness. He was a retired textile worker and member of the El • i‘dhel Methodist church in Kings lountain. Surviving are four sons. For rest Barber of Hlidson, Carl Bar ber of Royial Oaks, Mich., Meve- lin Barber of Columbia, James Barber of Ethowah, Tenn.. two stepsons, Zeb Etter of Kings Mountain and Thomas Etter of Miami, Fla., tjwo daughters, Mrs. Dalton Dixon of Bay City, Tex as. arti Mrs. Carl Edwards of Mill Springs; two step-daughters Mrs. Dale Thornburg of Lenoir, and Mrs. Elva Lingerfelt Of Charlotte; three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Edwards of Henderson ville, Mrs. Oarris Foster of Mill Sprirrgs and Mrs. Letha Hoyle of Lawndale; eight brothers, BM- ward and Minister Barber, both of Tryon, Freii Bai^ber of Char lotte, Ernest Barber of Southern Pines, Marshall Barber of Mor- ganton, George Barber of New port 'News, Va., Mason Bar^bc'r of ChaltanoO'ia, Tenn , and Rob ert Barber of Greenville, S. C.; 12 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. ‘F'unoral services were con ducted at 2 p.m. Sunday from the El Bethel Methodist church by the Rev. E. L. Murphy. Bur ial was in the church cemetery. COMMUNION First Presbyterian church will join in the .service of World Jfc.VBde Communion Sunday ^^lorning at 11 o'clock. Dr Paul Ausley will give the commun ion meditation. h*\'’ IT'S FAIR TIME AGAIN — Cleveland County's 47th annual Fair gets underway Tuesday. Appearing every night in front of the grandstand will be the World Championship Rodeo. Students from this area will be admitted free Tuesday and Fridoy with passes to be distributed in the schools. 47th County Fair To Open Tuesday Rodeo Nightly Feature oi Fair; Five-Day Run Jarrell Speaker I For Anniversary I Program at Park i Wednesday will mark the IDOlh I anniversary of the Revolutioniwy War Battle of Kings Mountain I i and a Sunday afternoon program at the amphitheatre of Kings I Mountain National Military Park \ will be the keynote celebration.. | I The program at 3:30 p.m. will j ’ be sponsored by artxi chapters of Daughters of the American Revo- I lution, including the Colonel j Frederick Hambright Chapter of I Kings Mountain of which Mrs. L. t E Hinnant is Regent. Dr. Hampton M. Jarrell of Win- Lhrop college at Rock Hill, S. C. will deliver the principal address following “Ode to Kings Moun- ! tain”, by Bobby Moss, a profes sor at Limestone college in Gaff- I! noy, S, C, Ben F. Moomaw, superintendent of Kings Mountain National Mili tary Park, will give the call to order and welc^ome and Rev. Charles Easley, pa-itor of St. Mat thew’s Lutheran cliurvli, will say the invocation. The Gaffney high school Band will play the “Star Spangled Banner” and members of the DAR will lead the audience in the plc“dge of allegiance to the | fjag and the American’s Creed. Rev. .Mr. Easley will also pro nounce the benediction. Other DAR chapters who are co-sponsoring the celebration are Kings Mountain Chapter of York, S. C., Daniel Morgan Chapter of Gaffney, S. C., Waxhaw Chapter of Lanca.ster, S. C., William Chron icle “Ohapter of Gastonia, Wiliam Gaston Chapter of Gastonia, Kan awha Chapter of Fort Mill, S. C., Catawba Chapter of Rock Hill, S. C.. Mary Adair Chapter of Chest er, S. C, Kate Barry Chapter of Spartanburg, S. C., Cow.pens Chap ter of Spartanburg, S. C. and Fair Forest Chapter of Union, S. C. Supt. Moomaw issued an invi tation to Kings Mountain area citizens to attend the program. Chief: 15 Places Push PiUs mmm I I VO- * m NARCOTICS DISPLAY — Chief of Police Tom McDevitt shows a narcotics display to a group of high school students during an assembly program recently at the high school. From left to right. David Collins. Stella Neisler. Pam Arrowood. Chris Johnson, Chief McDevitt. David Smith and Todd Rhodes, (Photo by Isaac Alexander) i i BRONZE STAR WINNER — First Lt. Rick Goforth has been a- warded the bronze star while serving with the Army in Viet nam. Bronze Star To Goforth First Lt. Ri'ck Gaforth. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A.. Goforlh of Kings Mountain, has been award ed the Bronze Star while serving with the Army Engineers Batta lion in Vietnam Lt. oforth servei a 12 month tour of duty in Vietnam and will be officiall.v s»^parated fn^m the service in October after serving three years. He is a member of the North Carolina National Guard. Goforth has already enrolled in school at Western Carolina Uni versity at Cullowhee where hLs wife will also do graduate work. Mrs. 'Goforth is the former Vickie L^askey. Ropei Wins Third Medal PHU LOI. VIETNAM (AHTNC)'— 5i)eciali.st Six Horace N. Roper, 25, whose -mother, Mrs. Mamie L. Roper, Ijves at 212 Fairview St., King.s Mountain, N. C., received his tiiird award of the Army Com mendation Medal while serving with the 334th Aviation Company in Vietnam. Spec. 6 Roper receiv(*d the a- ward for meritorious service as la twhnical inspector in the (com pany near Phu Loi. He entertxl the Army In February 1966. com pleted basfic training at Ft. Jack* s^)n, S. C., and wa.s last stationed at Ft. Eustis, Va. He also holds the Purple Heart and the Air .Medal for herol.sm. Spo<\ 6 Rop<.T, whose wife, Bil lie, also lives at 212 Fairview St., is a 19f)4 graduate of King.s Moun tain High School. The 47th annual Cleveland County Fair will begin a five-day siand Tue.sday, and W'^rkmen are busy getting the fairgrounds and buildings ready for the opening or the big 1970 fair. The Deggeller Amusement Company, known the country over as one of America’s cieant»st midway shows,jvill bring to the Cleveland County Fair the best in fun and games, shows of merit, and the best in rides. Miss No»rth Carolina, Connie Ler- iier of Asheville, will take part in opening ceremonies on Tuesday. She will spend the day at the fair, ajid will appear on the stage at the evening grandstand show. The North Carolina Rhododendron Queen, Carol AnneBa.ss of Salem- burg, will appear on the stage at the evening grandstand shows Thursday and Friday; and the Jr. Rhododendron Queen, Leslie Hamrick of Boiling Springs, will be cxn the Wednesday evening show. Other special guests who will be invited to appear on the grandstand Wednesday evening will be local beauty queens: iMss Shelby, Gloria Whisnant; Miss Upper Cleveland County, Beverly Sue Cash; Miss Kings Mountain, Linda Fills; and Miss Cherryville, Susan Taylor. One of the most interesting at tractions at the Fair is the "House of Ye.steryears.” This Jog cabin, which was reconstructed on the fairgrounds several years ago as a dedication to the memoric's of Cleveland County, is furnished with Items similar to those us<?d o»v'er 100 years ago. M<‘mbers of the Cleveland County Historical Association will be in charge of this attraction. Saturday. October 10, the grand stand opens at 12:30 p.m. for the big car race. This annual Cleve land County Fair Late Model Sportsmen Championship Rate as promoted by Clyde Dodmon, pres ident and promoter of Hobby Rac ing Association. The race will feature all well-known local driv ers — Pre.ston Humphries, Stick (Continued on Page Six) Bliss loins Kindei Him It has been announced that Larry Bliss, Sales Representative for Fred V. Gentsuh, Inc. in Amei icus,'Georgia, has been transferr ed to Kinder Manufacturing Com' pany, Inc. plant in Kings Moun tain, in the same position. Gentsch is a subsidiary of Kin der .Manufacturing Company. Inc. who is a nation wide manufactur er of upholstered furniture, bed ding, dinette furniture end case good.s for the Mobile Home In dustry with 14 plants located in the States of Indiana, Penn.syl vania, California, Texas, North Carolina, Kansa.s, Georgia, Ala bama, Florida and Michigan. Bliss attended Clemson and South Georgia college before join ing Kinder in the spiring of this year. He and his wife, Ann, moved to Kings Mountain recently. linuny White To Be Ordained Jimmy White, Kings Moun tain naUve and aotlve in Faith Baptist church, will be ordained- as a deacon at Sunday morning worship services at 11 o’clock. ■Rev. Boh Hicklin, minister of the church, will officiate. Mr. White is m'arrie<i to the former Frankie Gladtlen Of. Kings Mountain and they and their two children, -Bryon, age 10, and Mary Anno, age eight, reside at 304 Silver street. Mr. White is employed by BVD Corporation. Cansler Street Completion Aim Next May 1st R. Patrick Spangler, of Spangler & Son.s, contractor for the Cansler street widening project, said his firm will begin work on the pro ject Monday and aims at a May 1. 1970, coimpletion date. Much will liepend he added on what he termed "utility line con- nti ts”. I S(wor, gas and electric lines* will have to be moved. 1 "If all goi^s well with the wea- * Iher and the utility line moving, | we expi'ct to have the .street ston- [ cd by Christmas,” Mr. Si)angler i continued. | The projci l will be paid for from the city’s share of a state i road bond issue approvi^l by v^)ie t of citizens during the adminislra- i tion of Gevernor Dan Moore. I The Spangler bid was low at * approxihi-ately $246,000. OtJier ex-; ponse includes right-of-way cost.' The city’s share of the road bond issue was a|)proximately! $314,000. i Woman’s Club’s 67th Festival Set ~ Floral Exhibits, Bazaar, Dinners Feature Event McDevitt Warns Against Drug Misuse, Abuse “Pill pushers can be found in ■ about 15 different plac<‘s in Kings Mountain and some teenagers land adults use barbituates. We ! are trying to warn the young a- \ TW i I dults via programs in the schtwls I about the wrong use of drugs but I mf^t pirent.s aren’t concerned un- . til the problem comes home to ' them ” j The speaker was (’Iiief of Pn- , licfr* Tom McDevilt who was j speaking before a student assem- blv at Kings Mountain high .school and showing .tnoin via an illustrated narcfuic display what <:enain hypnotic, speed pills and LSD look like Jis he warned them of the mlaise of drugs. McDevitt .spoke to a parent.s group Monday niglit, ojjen U) all parents in the community. Three adult.s attended be.sides members of the off-duty police force and their families. The chief said he was disap pointed parents didn’t attend tiie meeting. He says parents become concerned when their child be comes a user, lie cited as an ex ample an unidentified youth who has already “taken two trips on l.SD.” The ehief said the second "trip" was far worse for the child. LSD is a clear, odorless, and tasteless liquid. "A swallow of it and you're in another world.” The chief said marijauna is a- vailable here also and in the t^unty but so far he hasn’t been able to arrest the person distri buting it. He said pills are circulated in large groups. SiJeaking to the voung women in the audience at the high school, he warned them that smoking marijuana breaks down all moral barriers. Also on the narcotics display at Hie police department aj-e sam ples of Methedrine, a speed cap- I side; Dexadrine, a pep pill; Dex- I a pep pill; Dc.xamtd, a diet Kings Mountain M^oman’s clublP^^^* pbenobarhital, seconal-pul- members were readyinj^, this 1 Ired devil) and Amytal, week for next VV'ednesday’s 67lh I heaven, slowing down pills, annual Comniunit^i Festival with ' Tuinal, Carbrital, Numbu- MIDVIEW BAPTIST A 7:30 p.m. singing will be held Satiurday nigbt at Mild>- ■view Baptist church, featuring the Cormwell Sisters and Little ‘Betty Pruitt with the Pruitt Trio. The pastor. Rev. John iFra/icr, will conduct the ser vices. KM Knit Fabrics, Dependable Knit Post lO-Cent Wage Hike Employees of Kings Mountain Knit Faibrics, Inc. and Dependa ble Knits will receive a 10 cents per hour pay raise, effoctivx} Octo ber 4th, President S. R. Suber, Jr. has announced. ■Mr. Suber .said in making the announcement: “Realizing that people are our most valuable as set, we are announcing a pay raise for the t35 people in our two firms. We believe we offer the best or one of the be.st in- i surance coverage plarui for our j employees in the city. After an employee works 40 hours « week I no receives, in addition to his I regular pay, a $2 bonus per week, “as added appreciation.” The mills are now oiierating 46 hours a week and produce ciir- ] cular outerwear knitting, I “At both our firms we employ some very fine iM?ople and we in* 1 vite Kings Mountain citizens who I haven't visited our plants to do i so and to let as know how we can I be of more service to them,” said < Mr. Suber. 31-Year Pin To Goforth Hall Goforth won his 31st year perfect aittendance pin at Sun day Sch<K>l Rally Day program Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. The well-known Kings Moun tain man hadn’t missed a Sunday School class meeting in 31 years. Second place honors went to Sam Weir, local insuranceman, who received his 27th year pin; and third place honors went .to Captain B. Meek Ormand, 101, who won his 26th year ipin and Mrs. Sam Weir, Jr. who rweivod her 26th year pin for perfect at tendance. Georgia Goforth won her 25lh year pin and Hilda Goforth re- ■ceived her 20th year pin. Other reiipients were: 1st Year: Caroline Hiurpor. 2nd Year; Amy Austin, Sondra Grissom, Liza Hustctler, Theresa Neisler. 3rd Year: Raymond Gaforth II 4th Year: Chucky Adaims, Lori Goforth, Lee Nei.sler. 5th Year: Mary Loui.se AdaVs, Bill Gri.ssom, Tommy Grissom. 6t1i Year: Kelly Adams. } 7th Year: Richie Goforth, David I Rhea, Kathleen Sincox, Douglas Sincox, Ann Thoma.sson. 8th Year: Darrell Austin, Jr., David Neisler, Hayne Neisler, Me lissa Neisler, Rick Neisler, Stella Lee Neisler. 9th Yeiir: David Barrett, Parks Neisler, Barbara Rhea. ■^'•bow to open at 11:30 at the ^ Woman’s club. ! "Progress Behind Us Chal- ilf’nge Before Us" will be the , theme of the show which will bo i staged on the 190th anniversary . Wednesday, October 7th. of the ' / Battle c{ Kings Mountain. Format of the festival will fol- i§ii: low that of former fairs, with |i-1 lioon arn.i evening meals m to he sor\'ed. Lunch will be ser ved from 11:30 until 2 p.m. and dinner will be si'rved from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. in the clubhouse dining room. Tickets are $2 for adults and $1.25 for childion un der 12. In the upstairs area of the Wo man's club will be five divisions of displays depicting the indus try in the city, floral arrange ments from individuals and the various garden clubs, arts and crafts, and not'diework with a special division for children's handwork and hobbies. An es- IM'cially popular exhibit from past festivals has been the chil dren’s division and the arts and crafts section which includes ev erything from drawings and paintings to sculpture, carvings, ceramic's and home crafts. A bazaar will also be a feature of this festival There is no admis sion charge. Tlierc' arc' no prize's presented in the show. .Mrs. Carl F. Maun- <'y’s home-grown ro.'a's .have been (Continued on Page Six) COMMENDED ~ Jack White, Jr.r son of Senotor and Mrs. Jack White, has been honored for high performance on the 1970 National Merit Scholarship Qua lifying Test. White Wins Commendation Principal Jake Atkinson has an- iiounci'il that a letter of Com mendation has IxN'n awarded to Ja'(‘k Hutchins White. Jr., son of Mr. anvi: Mrs. J. H. White of Edgemont Drive, honoring him tor his high pc'rformance on the 1970 National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. White is among 35,000 students in the United States who .«(*ored in the upper two per cent of thosi* who are expected to graduate from high school in 1971 Com mended students rank just' Ih'Iow the 44,750 Semifinali.si announced in September by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. E'lward C. Smith, president of NMSC’, said: "Although ('om- mended stuiients advance no fur- , thor in the Merit Scholarship | A group of 16 British Army of* competition, their standing in this | ffeers who organized in North nationwide i)rogram dei?erves i America prior to the Revolution tal. yellow jacket, and Doriden. all hypnotic drugs. Heroin and morphine ixnvder samples are al so included in the display along with di.sposable, reusiihlc, and iKjmemade syringes a marijuana leaf and cigarettes. The display is glass-enclosed in the hallway outside the PoliVe Department at City Hall. A local physician, Dr. Frank Sincox, as sisted Chief AIcDcvitt in prepar ing teh display. Leased Housing Project To Start Oscar Doster, president of Mountain Estates, Inc., said his firm, for which Henry White- sides is attorney, expects to be gin work on 50 units of housing which the firm will lease to Kings Mountain Public Housing Authority, Inc. Mr. Dfteiter said blueprints are duo Thursday on water and sew er line elevations. “We should be able to start work .Monday,” he added. The 50 units are to be construct ed on a tract on Margrace road and will include 20 one-bedroom units designed for the elderly. Meantime, the low-rent hou.s- ing office reported 134 of its 130 units assigned and the remain ing 16 in process of being assign ed. British Oiiicets Place Wreathes On Feipson Grave and Monument public recognition. Tlw'ir high pei'formance on the NMSQT gives promise of continued suc- 1‘css in collo.io." The Commen'k'd students’ I rpames are reporte<| to certain 10th Year: Sarah Manor. | scholarship-granting agencies and 12th Year: Frank Manor, Scott j *® colleges they named as Noisier. their first and second choices 13t.h Year: Cheryl BarroU. | when tiiey look lihe NMSQT in 14th Year; Don Goforth, Bob' 197X These-reports in- Maner. I elude hom<* adtlrcssos. test scores, 151h Year: Blake Goforth. anticipatiHl college major 38th Yt'ar: Margaret Hunnicutt. icareer intentions of theCom- 19th Year; Joe Thomson. COMMUNION The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will bo ob.sorvi'd at the 9:30 a.m. morning worship hour at Di.xon Pro.sbyterian church Sunday morning. mended students. BUILDING PERMIT Oily building permit has boon Issued ito George Ruppe for (‘on- .struction of a garage at 506 East Illcigo .street at an estimat ed coat oL $3500. visited King.s Mountain National Military Park Sunday <iftornoon to l)lace a wreath on the U. S. Mon* umont and Fergu.son’s grave. Major General E. A. W. Will iams and the offic'ers with him are moinboi*s of the Regiment of the Royal Green Jackets, a regu lar Brili.sh Army unU that was organizi'd in North America prior to the Revolution. Tile group was led by the Right Honorable The Earl of Malmes bury. They expressed to Park Supt. Ben Moomaw “how greatly they were impressed with how ve Americans interpret our his tory and heritage and were imost .ipt>reciative of the cleanlim*ss of the American parks and country side.” They arrived at 3:30 p.m. via bus, toured the Park Museum and walked over the Battlefield as fox as Ferguson’s Grave. Other members of the British party were The Countess of Malmesbury, The Viscount Fitz- Harris, The Viseounti'ss FitzHar- rls, Col. Commandant. The Royal Green Jackets, Mrs. Williams, Lt. Raymond A. E. W. Williams, Lt. Col. M. E. Carlton-Smith, .Mrs. Carleton-Smith, Capt. C. J. P. Mi- ers, Mrs. Miers, William Reid, Direi'tor of the British Army .MU- .scum, Mrs. Reid. J. R. Wood', trus tee of the Provost Family Es tate, Mrs. Wood, and L. O. Wiggs of “Soldier Magazine.” 'The Britishers had been to The Citadel at Charleston, S. C.. to the Governor’s Mansion in Colum bia, S. C. and toured South Caro lina Parks an.d other historical sites during their stay Sept. 22-28.