4 P.M. Par ade Friday Kicks Off Christmas Shopping Season
Ovor 40 units In Kin^s Moun
tain's Christimas parade tomor-
•■nvv, Friday, wild assemble on
West Gold Street to begin their
niaj(‘stic march through town at
4 p.m.
Sponsored* by the Kings Moun*,
tain Merchants Association, thou-i
sands of spectators are expected |
h> line the parade route and bel
on hand (or this city’s first Christ-j
mas parade in at least six years
To cooperate with those who
are making special trips into-town
to view the parade, local mer
chants have announced they will
keep their places of business open
until 8 p.m. far the convenience
of those who would like to stay
over for shopping.
To be led off by police escort.
Mayor John Henry Moss will head
the parade and will be followed
by city commissioners, Represent
ative W. K. Mauney, Jr. and Sen
ator Jack White.
Eight beauty queens will grace
the parade, including Linda Falls,
Miss Kings Mountain; two Car
rousel princesses from Gastonia,
Kaxen Dalton of Ashbrod< High
and Michele Robinson of Hunter
Hubs; Beverly Cadh, Miss Shelby;
Priscilla Burris, Carrousel Queen [sored by the .Merchants Associa-
from Kings Mountain High; Leslie; lion, according to Co-Chairmen
Hamrick, Miss Junior Miss Rho i Jim Downey and Clint Rankin,
dodendron, of Boiling Springs; The parade lineup will covei up
Miss McAdenville and Miss Cher- proximately onc'half mile, Ihey
ryville. said, with the viewing time ap-
Four bands pepping up the pa ! proximately 4.'> minutes,
rade route will include Kings i Other floats will be entered by
Mountain High, Shelby High, Crest j the "Chamber of Commerce, Firs!
and Burns High Schools. | Union National Bank. First Citi
The Santa float will be »pon*i zens Biink and Trast Co.; Kings
Mountain Savings and Loan As-
sciciation, Home Saving.s and
I.,oan, King.'i .Mountain Ministerial
A-ss(H‘iation, B<*lk’s Department
Store, Kings Mountain <*ivic clubs,
City Recreal ional D(‘p.'irtment;
furniture store's and othe'rs.
to Pieelmont, turn right on Pied
mont down to Mountain Street,
pnK-eed on Mountain to Battle
ground Ave., and left to East
(iold to disbond.
City maintenance crews were
bu.sy yesterday completing down-
Downtown merchants started
yesterday staying open on Wed
nesday afternoons to take care of
shoppers and will remain open
all day Wednesdays from now
through niristma.s.
, M I - * ' The Merchants Association spon-
The parade wnl assemble on i Irjwn de(X)rations and lights are| sored an advertisement in today’s
W(«st Gold Street and proceed at! to bo turned on tomorrow official-1 Herald thanking the various busi-
4 p.m. to the railroad to the over j ly open the holiday shopping sea 1 nesses and individuals who made
head bridge on Kings, turn right non. | the 1970 parade possible.
Pepulaticn
Greater Kings Mountain 21,914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8,256
City Limits U. S. Estimate 1970 8.476
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Kings Mounloin's Reliable Newsponei
Pages
Today
VOL 85, No. 49
EsfaMished 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 3, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Merchants Association, Chamber
I i
Jaycees Appealing
For Toys For Tots^
LINDA FALLS
FRISaLLA BURRIS
IN PARADE — Two of Kings Mountain's beauties will grace Fri
day's Christmas Parade. They are Linda Falls. Miss Kings Moun
tain. and Priscilla Burris. Carrousel Princess from Kings Moun
tain high school.
Kunes A. Belt Coiiipletes
Chemical Tests Course
Church Group
Is Presenting
'the Slave Gill'
The Bethlehem ChurV?h Drama
g^up will present the play en-
tllied “The Slave Girl” Sunday,
December 6, at Bethlehem Bap-
ti«t Church at 7 p.m.
The group first presented the
piy at Oak Grove Baptist Church
T[s past Sunday night w^hen it
■s well received by a large au-
|ncc.
Dthor plans call for the play
oTbe presented at David’s Baptist
CImrch on Sunday, Decembef 13,
ai 7 p.m., to which the public is
invited.
Characters in the play include
Glenn Harmon, Sherry Reynolds,
Sara Smith, Philip McDaniel. Ran
dy, McDaniel. Mike Tate, Danny
and Lou Arm 'Blalock.
James A. Belt of the Kings
Mountain Police Department has
successfully completed a 4wo
week Chemical Tests for Alcohol
Twhnical Super\'i»ors course at
Guilford Technical Institute in
Jamestown, N. C. The school was
one of -only three conducted na
tionwide 'for Breathalyzer mach
ine technicians.
During the school students
heaili lectures by Or. Robert pF.
Borkensteiu of Indiana 'Univer-
srty, inventor of the Breathalyzer
machine, 'Dr. Kunt M. .Dubowski
of the Oklahoma 'University Med
ical Center, and Dr. Fred W. El
lis of ‘UNC, Chapel iHill. One day
of the school was conducted at
the Stephenson Corporation in
Red IB'ank, N. J., -where iMr. Rob
ert A. Quinn, general manager
for Stephenson, discussed Breath
alyzer Maintenance and gave \t*he
students instnuction in the break
down, assembly and parts replac
ement for the Breathalyzer.
Other outstanding instructors
included Mr. Claud Davis, attor-
(C(mtinn€'d Page Eight)
Project Will
Aid Children
Oi Poor Families
Menibors o' ttie Kings Moun
tain Junior Chamber . f Commerce
are spearheading the “Toys for
Tv>ts’’ drive this year and arc ap
pealing to area citizens for dona
tions of toys which will bo distri-
hu.ed to children cf indigent
familieJ.
Any Jayccc will be happy to
collect toys when called, according
to Chairman Don Short, or,they|
may be t-aken to the Jaycee tree
lot in froi>t of the Waman*^ Club.
Fred Dixon, who Is co-chair-
maning the effort with Short, al
so announced that toys in need
of repair will be put in good shape
by Jaycees, but asked that they
be delivered as soon as possible
in order that plenty of time may
be spent getting them in first
class condition to be delivered by
Christmas Eve.
Also in connection with the
project, Jaycees are asking for
donations of drink bottles which
they will sell and use proceeds
toward the purchase of now toys.
It is pointed out that the "Toys
for Tots” drive last year did not
collect enough items for the num
ber of children on the list and
the drink bottle camip.iign is ex
pected to bring in enough funds
to see that all unfortunate chil
dren in this area are cared for
this year.
“Those who do not have toy.«
to donate may aid the same muse
with theiir drink bottles,” Ronnie
Walker, chairman, emphasized.
Bottles can be 6old for tlirco cents
each, he said.
Both now and used toys are be
ing solicited, it is pointed out.
Members of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association will de
liver the toys near Chri.stmas.
Major Murrey Ends
Helicopter Training
WTCHIFA FAL1.S, Tex. — Major
Reginald A. Murray, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Boyei A. Murray, Sher
wood Lane, Kings Mountain, has
completed helicopter pilot train
ing at SiicpparJ AF3, lex.
Major Murray, already a quali-
! fiod fixed wing pilot, will he as-
: signed to an epemtiona! helicop-
tr-r unit where he will fly the'
Cn-3 Joll> Green Giant search!
I and rescue hcl.copter. |
I The majo:. a 13-year veteran, i
h Ids the aeronautical rating of|
' senior pilot. '
-
’A graduate of Central lifgh
school, he received a B.A. degree!
in 'business administration in 19561
■from Duke University, Durham,;
and was commisisoned there!
through the Reserve Officers I
Training Corps program. |
His wife, Patricia, is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Naretta Irvin of Rock
ford. Ill
EARNS EAGLE RANK — Bord Baird, son of Mr. ond Mrs, Charles Baird, received his Eagle Scout
Award Tuesday. November 24, in a ceremony ot ,E1 Bethel United Methodist Church. Member of
^ Troop 93 sponsored by the Bethwore Progressive Club, he is a ninth grader at Kings Mountain High
(€ \ has served his troop in many copoclties. is a member of the Order of the Arrow and attended
'68 National Jamboree in Idaho. Boyd comes from a scouting family, his father being a former
ut master, his mother o senior girl scout leader. Sister Ann a senior scout; brother Bill o Life
Scout; and brother Allen a Webelos. Pictured with him above ore: left to right Vic Hall, assistant
Scout Master; Mr. Baird, assistant Moster Jerry Blaloclc; Boyd, Scout Master Emmett Moss, Mrs.
Baird and BIU Young, Scout executive. (Photo by Isaac Alexander)
Meet Tonight
To Spur Fight
On Pollution
Kings Mountain area citizens
are especially invited to attend a
meeting this evening, December
3, at the Cleveland County office
building with a committee of con
corned icilizens representing var
ious civic, social, religious and in
dustrial groups which will be
meeting in their first session to
combat pollution.
The 7 p.m. meeting is for those
interested in air, water and land
pollution problems, and those
concerned with protecting the
clean environment of Cleveland
County. j
Williaim E. Lamb, president of
the Cleveland County Citizen’s*
Council for a Cleaner Environ-1
ment, will preside. A 25 minute|
film on ecology will 'be shown |
and Dr. James W. Clay will speak |
on '^Ecology in General” Dr. Car
los G. Bell, Jr. .will speak on “Air
PolluMon.”
These short talks will bo fol
lowed by an open forum panel
discussion with panelists to in
clude Dr. Clay. Dr. Bell, Mason L.
Carroll who is'publie health ad-
minist.p.itor. Dr. Michael Harrel-
son, biologist, and James B.
SiM'ars, sanitarian spi^^ialist.
All interested citizens are urg
ed to be present and organiza
tional h(\ids are asked to conmet
interested members and invite
them to particiipato.
ADJUSTS PICTURE — Mrs. Betty Gamble is pictured above as she adjusts the TV which*pla^^
back the video-tape mode of her ninth grade home economics class for use at Appal<ichic(n>
Stote University. (Photo by Isaac Alexander) . *
KMHS Home Economics Class ;
Is Chosen For ASU Video Tape
Mrs. Betty Gamble’s ninth grade
home economics class at Kings
Mountain High School has just
participated in what is believed
to be a "first” in Cleveland Coun
ty.
She and her 22 students in “in
troduction to Home Economics”
\vere vuxdeo-tapt'd last week by
.A'ppalachdan State University, the
film to be used in tlie classroom
by ASU in helping future teach
ers to learn and to became bet
ter acquainted with teaching tech
niques.
The university project vwas car
ried out on the final day of prac
tice Ica’ching stints by Rachel
Warren of Rcids\ illc and Mrs. El
len Allen of this county, both
.‘\SU students who had been with
the local .system during the first
quarter of this session.
Larry Allen, media center coor
dinator at Central Junior High,
taped the film with equipment
brought to t.lio scliool from Appa
lachian, getting real practice aft
er having had a course himself in
video-taping at ASU.
To put the icing on the cake for
the home ec class, Mrs. Gamble
had tile tape re played for them
to see and hoar.
'The girls wore very excited a-
bout participating,” iMrs. Gamble
said, “but they soon forgit the
camera was on them and contin-
lUMi normal work during liie 55-
minute jx'riod.”
The lesson filmed was one in
consumer education which stress
ed grocery shopping or supermar
ket shoiiping. After students view
od the film they evaluated it be
fore it was returned to the cam
pus at ASU to be used in mefih-
ods classes.
Twenty-two membei^ of Mrs.
Gamble’s class who were involv
ed in the video tape include: Le-
titia Adams, Beverly Bell, Linda
Bolin, Vickie Cronan, Debbie
Deaton, Debra Foster, Pamela
Hickman, Cathy 'Horton, Sheila
liU-llendor. Jackie (Mayes, Karen
MeSwain, Patricia McKee Debra
Melton, 'Barbara Modlin, Mina
Mercer, 'Debbie Moore, Linda Pat
rick. Bi'cky Ray, Ann Varner.
Linda Weaver, Freda Williams,
and Patricia Yourtg:.
I.W.Timberlake
Resigns Fi:om
Station WWBT
James G. Babb, Jr. has been
named vice prof^ident and man
aging direc'tor of WWBT, Channel
12. Richmond, Va., effective De<’-
ember 1. He rcplaix'.s J. W. “’Buck”
Timberlako.
Timberlake, who has been vice
president and managing director
of WWBT since Jeffersion Standard
purchased the station in 1968, re
signed effective December 31 for
personal reasons. He was with
WBTV for several years before
leaving in 1961 to become vice
president of Mary Baldwin Col
lege in Staunton, Virginia. He is
(Continued on Page Eight)
Merger
Propose Plan
For More Action,
Less Dollars
A plan t> rre ge\the C'iam’:cr
C' Cemmsree and >terrhants As-
ssciation int.- an erganizatinn
that \v '»uld be kn 'wn as The
King=; Mountoir. Ch >m :e. cf Tom-
merce, Inc., has been met with
approval by the boards of both
groups and will be prcjontcd to
the general mcm.ership of each
for final consummation, it was
learned yesterday from Bob Cox.
Cox, who is exeruTive .-verota.-y
■"! the Chamber of Commerce,
i^aid that the new organi/atiun
would name a pre/klcn*, board ol
directors and manager.
The board would bo c-ompofod
c. tlie offi:^rs and chairmen of
the following proposed commit
tees: area - development commit
tee, credit bureau, education, fin
ance, house a.'i g'ounds, indus-
triia*! relations, mem’oership, mer
chants, public relations, traffic
safety and youth and culture.
Tile proposal to merge with the
Chamber was submitted to the
Merchants Association in October
and was discussed at a joint meet
ing of the bpards last month. Fol
lowing deliberations by the Mer
chants group, they voted in favor
of the merger and to present the
meiger to'fhe menibersiiip for a
\x>te.
According to Cox, the merger
would provide the benefit of a
paid, full-time manager without
cost for the next 18 months since
the Chamber has made arrange
ments to cover this cost. With the
merger, he continued, “our over
all plan is for more action for the
same or less dollars that are now
being spent.”
A study group to be made up
of members of the boards of both
the Chamber and Merchants As
sociation will be named to work
out final details for a merger if
approved by the Merchants As
sociation members.
Mrs. Ida Joy has served as sec
retary of the Merchants Associa
tion since 1958. She would con
tinue as secretary of tJie credit
bureau.
A proposed plan for dues has
been figured, which reveals less
dues would be paid by those who
belong to both organizations ai
the present.
Budget-planning should make
dues a one-shot deal annually,
covering costs of parades and pio-
molions. The new proposal for
dues would bo discussed and pre
sented for action in 1972.
“The ser/ices and active promo
tion programs this plan promises
would be a bargain at S1.25 per
week if this now dues plan Is a-
dopted.” Cox said. The self-pro-
posal which determines each
momb(>r’s "fair share” invest
ment in the Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerc‘e, Inc.,
would range from $60 to $300 an-
nually.
Voting on the proposed merge?
is expoidt'd to be complete within
two weeks.
Bennett Masters is president of
Men'hants Association and L. E.
(Josh) Hinnan^ is president of the
Chamber of Commerce.
FUTURE FARMERS ON THE MOVE — Four representatives of the Future Farmers chapter ot Kings
Mountain attended the pesticide program on November 20 at Hickory, which was sponsored by
Geigy. Pesticides and the control of weeds were discussed, with each pesticide demonstrated and
explained. Students attending are shown above, left to right: Randy McDaniel, Ronnie Tessner and
Martin Bowen. The Kings Mountain choptetr also recently recognized the following FFA boys for
making the high school honor roll: Ernest Peterson, sophomore; Thomas Berry and Lorry Webs
ter, freshmen; David Randall ond Reb Wi««ener, seniors. (Photo by Xsoac Alexander).
laycees Open
Christinas Tiee
Lot This Week
Kings Mountain Jayc'ces are
conducting their annual Christ
mas tree sale, the sale getting
undent-ay on Dtx'emJ)cr 1 and con”
tinuing through Christmas eve.
Robert Loftwich is chairman ot
the tree project and announced
that a g(x>d selection of sizes is
now available.
The tree lot is located in front
of the Woman’s dub and Jaycees
are on duty from 12 o’clock noo*
to 9 p.m. daily.