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Population Greater Kings Mountain i^l,914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256 City Limits (Estimate 1968) 9,300 .^4 Qiiatar kiagi Mouatols llguia u derived Itoa •p«Ckrl (•ait(-d Stataii Bureau ol th« Ctuftu» lepovl e Jonvary lilttG, aad Includps t)i« 14.990 populatloD O Numb»t 4 Towrasblp. aud lh« ramcuiilof 6.124 froo Mumber 5 Towaship. la Clevalmd County and Crowdnr Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspapei VOL 85. No. 41 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C„ Thursday, October 8, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS 9 19 Buffalo: December 1 Completion Date ^ •: .V.. TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH GROUNDBREAKING HELD — Members oi Temple Baptist church broke ground recently for construction to begin soon on a new 500*seat sanctuary, a new two-story educational addition and the remodeling of the present educationol building. Participating in the ceremonies were officers of the church: front rov/. from left to right. Bill Childers, chairman of the board of deacons; L. V. Gaffney, oldest member; Janet Childers, youngest member; Bill McMurry, choirman of the building committee; J. C. Clcry, trustee; Dewey Styers, deacon; C. H, Owens, trustee; and Rev. Frank Shirley, pastor. Back row, from left to right. Henry Carroll, Paul Ivey, James Webster, all deacons; Corbet Nichol>on, trustee; W. W. Morehead, Roeford White, Everette Fleming, all deacons. (Photo by Isaac Alexander) Registration Books To Open Saturday ForNovemberV ote Three Local Candidates ^le On Ballot Ke;:istra1i(>n books for the gon- oral olcetion Novembr'r 3 vv’ill oi>on Saturday from 9 a.m. unMl (J:30 p.m. at the 26 precincts in j the county. ; Polling places in Kings Moun-; tain and No. 4 Township are l Bethware precinct at BethwarOj SKdiool; Grover prtK’incl at the ; Grover Rescue Squad. Kast Kings! Mountain at City Ffall and West; Kings Moumtain at the National | Guard Armory. The books will also be open | October 17 and 2-1 with 0< tober j 31 being Challenge Day. Books | are (yx*n for in.spcclion and chal- j lenge from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. | Voters will be electing a Unit- i ed States Congres'^man from the 1 lOtii District in a race btdween ; Incumbent James T. Broyhill. Re-j publican, and former Congress j mon Basil L. Whitener, IN'moerat. I ABSENTEE^OTERS , Absentee voters should write | the Cleveland County Board of Elections, Shelby, N. C., 2S150, I for'ballots, Ralph Gilbert, chair man, .said yesterday. I Recreation Classes Begin < Thursday Night I Take-off-pounds classes, dinco i lessons, guitar classes and flower r jarranging school are several ac tivities now undeiA\ay or being Otlier 'races will be between ' State S<*nator Marshall Rauch, of flastonia. Democrat, and Jt)hn H. i MeiBrayt'-r. of Shelby, Rc'puhlican, ; for State Senate Soat No. I and j J. Ollio Harris, of Kings Mf>un- | Jtain, Dommirat, and Jim Atkins.' 'of Ga.stonia. RepubUcan. for State Senate No. 2. For tih(* State House of Repre- sentatiives Robert Z. Falls and Bob Jones are unoppos^'d while W. K. Mauney, Jr., DemtKTat, in- eirmbent. of King.s Mountain, faces A. Hobert Greene of Moores- boro. Republican. The only oth(*r contested race is for county commissioner with two .seats open. B. E. (Pop) Sim mons and Phil Ri^eker, Dt'moorats, will hav(‘ opposition from Repub lican Bob Moner of Kings Moun tain. Unopposed candidates are Wil Jiam Friday for SuiK'rior Court (ConthiHCd On Page Eight) EVANGELIST — Rev. Charles Easley, pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran church, is conducting a preaching mission in Albu querque. New Mexico. Easley To Lead Service Series Rev. Cliarios Ea.sley, pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran chureh. i.s conducting a Preaching Mis- >'ion at St. Luke’s Lutheran church in AlhiKjuerque, New Mexico, OctolK'r TU. At tile Sunday morning wor- sliip hour this Sunday at the lo cal church Dr. L. Bojd Hamm' will fill the pulpit Dr. Hamm serve!.; as pastor of the local con gregation from 1935-4(J and has served congregations in Burling ton, N. C., Columbia, S. C. and Hagerstown, Md. Since 19(^ he lias served as assistant to the pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran ehureli in Gastonia. Mr. an<i Mrs. Herman Mauney and family, fr.rintM'ly of Kings Mountain, are memliers of the Nknv Mexico eiiunb at which Rev. Mr. Easley is guest minis- t<T. Mr. Mauneiy is a son of Mr. ami .Mrs. Carl F, Mauney of Kings Mountain , planed at the Kings Mountain I Community Center. I Miss Kay Bridges is ser\ing as j instructor for a ladies’ e.\ercise ’ ela^ on Thursday nights and in- I terested women can enroll by ! visiting the cla.ss tonight or call ing at the office of Roy Pearson at the Center on Cleveland .4ve- I nue. Al.so underway on Tliursda>T5 arc Western Squart' Dance le.ssons 1 with M^oody Christopher in i ^nd wa. charge. "This is different from ' the old time .squan* dancing and you will have to see a demonstra tion to appreciate it”, says Mr. Pearson. Mr. Christopher will .show a demonstration U'^ing stu dents from other classes in Shel by at tonight’s first session for beginning students. Don McIntosh will teach a course in ballroom dancing if cit izens are interc'sted. Mr. ivarson is also accepting enrollment ap plications. Guitar lossons for both children and adults will be made availa ble if as many as 20 persons are interest('d. Dan Rams<'y’s Orches tra School will provide an instruc tor. Mr. Pearson’s offic<» is accept- ing enrollments for this cla.s.s Flower armngoment classi's will be held on Friday nights with Mr. Stroupe of Kings Moun tain Florist a.s the instructor. This class requires a minimum of 15 'Coutmued On Page Eight/ Hecod Ciowds Attend 67th iaxvest Event The weatherman wa.s .smiling yesterday for the 67ih annual Woman’s Club CommunHy P’e.sli- , val held on the PJDth anniversar.v ' of the Revolutionary War Battli* I of Kings Mountain. Throngs of fairgorrs were eo joying turkey and ham with alt ' the trimnaings in the Woman’.-' club dining room at noon and in , I he evening. I Exhibit halls, which ranged from flow(‘r.s to inilusirial exld bit.-?, ehildrcn’.s handcrafts and paintings by young and old alike*, reflected the hard work by the sponsoring organi/atiin in pro I .senting a show wiiich was open ' to everyone and refU*clod the tal ents of many ix'ople whether in , growing flowt'rs or in producing ; u work of art or sewing abilitie.? which teens demonstrated along I with tlieir parents. The Autumn show attracted a i recerd number of exlHbits as se\- ; oral families exhibited a special- ' ty of Mom, Dad or the yourlger members. The women in the kitchen pre paring the meals also receive<l acwlades for their ability witli Uio skillet. • The Kings Mountain Battle -An- ; , niversary theme was featured mi ualriotic decorations. Con versa- ■ tion pieces were the table centoi- r I pieces and piano decoration which ; I featured styrofoam n'plicas of the ; ! monument at Kings Mountain ■ j National Military Park, and the! I mountain men and Britishers, all , i the work of local women who] ! m.ade the decorations and dre-ss i t*d dolls as British soldiers and j as mouTTtainmen. Fairgoers had high praise for | the four garden clubs — Kings i Mountain. Open Gate, Town and j Country and Magnolia Garden clubs — for their floral arrange ments depicting "Tlie Four Ages of Man." The “childhood" a.-- rangement was a spring arrange ment for a child's Easter party with rabbits. The summer of "youth” arrangement was one appropriate for a June bridal lunclu'on. For "matuirity", a fall arrangement carried out the pii- triotie theme of the Battle of Kings Mountain October 7. 1780. The "winter” reflected retirement an arrangement fealur- iiiiili n ■m mmmm mmm. mm» i 11 Ilk PRESENTED ARMY AWARD — Lt.-Col. Robert G. Cox (UoA-Ret.) left is congratulated by Lt.-CoL George D. Cramm as he presents the meritorious service medal to Col. Cox for his service as an advisor to the Charlotte-based reserve unit. The medal is third highest award for non-combatant duty. Col. Cox is manager ol Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce. (Photo by Isaac Alexonder). 0^ 10^ Cox Is Honored By Army Award SPEAKER — Dr. H. C. Evans. Jr., president of Lees McRae college at Benner Elk, will address Kings Mountain Rotarians at their noon meeting Thursday today) at the Country club. Rotary Club To Hear Evans faycess To Hold Beneiif-Ssle Kin'.r-^ Mountain Ja\\‘eeR will conduct a hou.<o-to-h jusc ean\ a.<s ' Thursday nighr beginning at 7 ' m. for benefit cf community p.-xj- jecls. According to announcomont by Jayceo Kimny McAbce, chairman, Jaycees will offer for .sale Civi.s Pride Cleaner to tiio interesied public. Mvisor Service By KM Retiree Is Commended Board of Health To Superintend Plant Sterilizing By MARTIN HARMON ru* Buffal) Creek water projfH.*! ! :’nay be ea.npleted earlier than fhe .nit.ally cantem’.datcd New gear’s Djy. j A'^'er con.-suJ'afkin wirh •’he cn- ; gineer-i. the city has forwarded I letter.s to all coniractor.s .sugge.st- ; ing D“cember 1 a.-; ihe d.ue for , final wTap-up of the project on , wliieh werk began in Alarch 1969. ] Mayor J.»hn Henry Moss report- j ed Wedne.sday; j 11 Rejire.-ent »ri-.e.s of the Stat%* Raard of Health v.iJi .'Ui)orvi.se sterilization of tiu' Teatment plant facilities Friday and .sterili zation of the 21irich main line frt>m the plant to the we.stern city limits beginning Monday, 2) T!ie main line i< now being tested for leaks under pri*<sures j up ro 17.7 jxjunds by the contraet- I or, Ray D. Lawder Construction Companj*. 3> Dam construction i.s 10 fi-ct from ti>p. 41 Con<Tele is y(*t to b(* poured on only one lateral drain. 5) Temporaiy water pumps, now supplying the water going into the treatment plant, have been placed on pontoon.s In erclei to n|)ora1o from existing water Uwels. 6) Spillway concrete is being poured. 7» Rip-wTapping Ton the lake side of the dam to pn'vent ero sion from ripples and waves) will bi'gin in two weeks. 8) Work on the dike at Dm'er Mills will begin Monday. Citizens are btung invited to make a "progress” visitation to the plant on Sunday afternoon. October 18. Eiwenis Setj Installation ing a white candle and birds ] There were no prizes given. Overh(*ard from an out-of-town- * er: ‘Td have to give a prize to I Dr. H. C. Evans, Jr., president everybody if I were a judge ” I of Li'os McRae college at Banm'r General chairman of the festi- ! Elk, will be gv.esl spt'aker at val, formerly called the floral i Thur^lay’s meeting of the Kings fair, wore Mrs. George Thomas-j Mountain Rotary dub at 12:15 at son, Mrs. .lay Powell and Mrs. W. | the CQuntry club. D. Werner. ] Dr. Evans will ho inlraduced Theino of tlie show wms "Pro-i by Thomas L. Troll, local insur- grc'ss Behind Us — Pmgress Bo- ] anceman, whose daughter, Libby. LI. C<d. Robert G. Cox (USA R» lias b(‘en avvarded the army’s mcriC.rious servi(»e medal for his service as an advisor to the Char lotte based reserve qnil for the H m .ntivs prior to his retirement June 3(!. The award was prestmted by Lt.-Col. George D. Cramm, com- i I manding officer of the unit, at ! , i lunclieon at the country club Tuesday n(M>n. Col. Cramm said the award, au- lliori:a*d by Act of Congre.s.s in Kiwani.s Lt. Governor Marvin Folg(*r o' Morg inton will install - I imv offic’cr.-i of tho Kind's Moun-’hn-d Ingle’s' Tain Kiwanis club at the club’s annual Ladies Night banquet Thursday i tonight) at 6:-1j p,m. at the Woman’s club. Presidonl Donald Jones will pre side. Cindy Alexander To Conference Cindy Alexander. \;ings Moun tain high school ji nior and dau- ghior of Pos'lmaster and Mrs. diaries L. Alexan''er, represen- N’d Cleveland County at the Gov ernor’s Conference on Children and Youth at Memorial Auditor ium in Raleigh Feptemlior 29th. The eonferenve is a prelimin ary to the While House Conf(»r- eaee on Children Dfcomher 13h1S in Washington, D. C. Mi.ss Alexander was among four students from Kings Moun tain who took a tour of the isov- iet Union during the summer months along with a group of fore Us" and brief history of Kings Mountain was includt'd in the gold covered fair booklets with an emblem of the Battle of Kings Mountain monument on cover. It pointed ouf that 19 decades have passed since the men of this arm shouldered their mus kets, marched to the rallying point on Kings Mountain and de feated the foe in the battle de clared by Theodore Roosevelt to bo is a freshman stinlent at Lees McRae this year. Mr. Trott is program chairman. Diq Evans came to Lees Mc Rae from Carson-Newman col lege in Jo ferson i.^ity, qvnnessee where he was chairman of the Department of Psychology and Education and Director of Tea cher-Education for seven y<‘ars. E.i'ucatod in the public scliOvds of Morristown, Tonnes.see. he grad uated from Morristown high award of its kind. Col. Cox, now .'it'cretary of Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, served 22 years in the army, working with tho transportation corps in a heh'copteir unit. Hehad : tours of duty in Korea, Germany, North Carolinians led by Mr. Carl Finger will he installed o.s j\ ietnam. among others. ; an*' Mrs. William Young. He is the son of Assistant Post- , Mi.ss Alexander sai^ the con- mtoiter unci Mrs. B. F. Cox. j h'renvo featured forum discus- 'Du? citation follows: Lsion graups on individuality, "The President of the United , learning, health, parents and States i>f America, authorized by families, comnTi nities an^ env'ir- E.xccutivo Order, IG. January UXi9, j onm<*nts. and laws, rights, and ha^; awarded the .Meritorious Ser [ re.oponsibililies problems of chil- vice M(‘dal to Lieutenant Coloiud j dren and youth. _ I Rolierl G. Cox. 245-32-2293 TC for | Dr Ra.vmond A. Stone (Upstanding "the turning .point of the Revo- school, attended Carson-Xi'wman (Continued On Page Eight) \ (Continued on Page Eight) wmm Governor Scott's Speech Pleases Municipal Leaders, Moss Reports Guvernor Bob Scott’s addre.ss to rials were also pleased with the North Carolina League of plans of the state for housing im- ^Municipalities at ils M'in.ston-Sa-‘ provoments through tho corpora- lem convemtion elicited high i tion aulhoriz(*d by tho 1969 h'gis- praise H'om the city officials,, lature and which has just been Mayor John Henry Moss said on ! declared con.stitutional by tho his return Wednesday. | North Carolina Supremo Court. The city officials were particu- The Governor reminded city of If new pr(‘.«i lent and otlu'r ofrive:> will include Lou Sabetii. vice- president; Don Blanton. .«HTetary; and John L. MiGrill. treasurer. President Jones saivl largest single projovt of tiie civic club during the past year was the 8vho :Is Ta!(*ni Show which ind trd S1.993..‘>S for 'tin; club’.s com muniiy prf.qeets. Hi* credited the .‘•'luaess of the p.-ogr.«n to “out- sta:iiUng job done' oy I>. Peeler. Jr., as geiKM’al cliairman; Eud Noisier as iirogram chairman: John L. McGill for the follow-up w.uk and the \ ari urs commitU'cs who funetiom'd most efndontiv. ^ resi dent of the North Carolina Con- fenmce for ScHdal Service, presi- (h'd and the invocation was of- 'oivd bv Dr. Thomas A. Bland of Southeastern Baptist Semin ary. Wake Forest. Special music was by the Samarkand Chorus of F.-a/.’ile Springs. Governor Svolt addres.so'l tho group after which they dividt^l into forum groups for dii^^cussion. Miss Alexander is active in First Baptist church which she serves as assistant organist and nlay? for church choii-s. r n M larly pleased with the Governor s d(>cla'ration of support for doubl ing to one-cent of tho Powell Bill gas tax rebate to cities for street improvements and for legislative I action to 'iK'rmit the slate to share, as the federal government now does, in costs of sanitary dis posal systems. ficials that North Carolina main tains 87,000 miles of roadR-nmorc than any other state in the union. Ho also deedarod that North Carolina is a low tax state, with ! all state and local taxes averag- | Ing $255 per person. Only five i statc.<, the Governor .«aid, equal or are lower than North Carolina Tlie Mayor said Uie city offi- ^ In per capita taxes. FORTY SIX YEAR OLD PHOTOGRAPH — Pictured above are members of the Men's Bible Class of First Presbyterian church of 1924. Harold Plonk brought his copy to the Herald. Paul Mauney recalled that Dr. McElroy was the minister and that the late Arthur Hay, father of Miss Helen Hay, was the teacher. The children seated were not identified. Back row, standing, left to right, Walter Ormand, Hugh Neisler, Charles Stowe. John David son, Robert Jenkins, Ship Falls, John Mason, Dr. McElroy, C. E. Neisler, Sr., W. T, Jackson, Arthur Hay, B. F. Ormand, Lee Ram- seur, Robert Barber, George Cansler, J. C Mason, Charles Thomos- son, Joe Thomson, John Ramseur, Plato Goforth, Charles Mason and Harley McIntosh; Middle kneeling, from left. Bill Hord, Hugh Ware, Beverly Patterson, Otis Falls, Con Oates, Henry Summitt, Capt. B. Meek Ormand, Capt. Fields, Jim Allison, L. C. Parsons, Clarence Jolly, George Barber, Wade Short, Austin Lybrond, A. B, Nelson, Dan Rhyne, R. A. Scott, Joe Neisler, E. L. Campbell, Watt Gladden and James OTarrell. Front row, seated, left to right, Hoyne Blackmer, Paul Mauney, Grady King, Stewart Mc Elroy, C. E. Neisler, Jr., Carl Davidson. Curtis Houser, Tom Rob erts, Wash Layton, Con McGinnis, Hugh Stowe, Paul M. Neisler, Sr., Bob Goforth and Clorcnce Goforth. muriionoLis .s(‘n jro > I 'Alii’c a.ssigneci a.s Unit -\(lvUor ! and Principal A.<sistant to ilic \r('a AJi'isor. V. S. Armi’ Advisor Group. Charlott(‘. .North ('arolina. from .'^1 July 1969 to 30 Juno 1970 During this tHudod. C’olonol Co\ displnycd an umupiulcd under standing of tho V. S. Army Uo- I -‘or»o and d(*mon'!iatcd groal pro- i ;o';siMnal compottmeo. broad ox- I'H'-ionco. a?'d a va.-'t knov\ lodge = i ina.iy as locts ur.l i.dricat<' prf'blt ms ptTtimmt ta Ib'so.r-vi*. ' i'anfinncd <m P(i(fc Eiffhtf Kis^gs Mountain Native 25 Miles Ficm Raging California Blazes Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Marston, tho C]ov(dan<| National Forest, is Ji*. nn.i kxmWy are e\p<'rieneing gone. Tho fire got as ch^'oe to |)u' resuks of tln^ forest fiirs in ^^an Diego as El Cajon and Na- Calif, -nia, Mrs. Mavsion w'.'ote tional Citv. That was onlv about her parents. Mr. and Mrs (h'oige g.-, miles from mv phuv.‘I have W. \v(N k. Mrs. Marston boon very hanpy 'to be living hy the sea. All the highways going east were closed for several days Inl('rstale s which we drove in on was dosed. "A fw small communities' were totally wiped out. like Januil, whieh is .southeast of me. Bt*- cause of the gusting winds and tin fo'iner Gec'vge Anre Moss. Tilt' 7*:ustons live at .MTl Long Branch .\i):.rtir.tnii 4, S-an Diego. : 'alifornia. >*rs. Marston wrote; "I'h(' biggest news out hf'i’o is of (H'urse the terrible fires. 1 have liv('<i through all kinds of urban crise,'® while in New York, | the fact that the fire spread so :i t 1 Itave never seen anything, fast, they are calling it a fire lik4' this. I storm. There have been about "Dvi'i- ISO.dOO aert^s have burn-' 2500 men fighting the fire. .Many , ed w ith over 250 homes xiestroy- are voIuiUihts. Sunday night <h1 and .70 other structures. The\ th(\v onnouncivl over the televis- i are now t'allin r it the worst fire ion that there was no m'cxi for in inod(‘rn history. All that lovadyimore \-oh’.ntetn's. Fire fighter u- 'forest we dro\e through, called' fCoiiHiiiaR on Page Eight)
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