1) 4* j ( ./j ', -X,’^ :V ' ' ? V"'. ■ Popuiation Greater Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256 City Limits U. S. Estimate 1970 8.476 • Gi Kiogi Mouotcilo fiiur* U drrlvtd tipm tiM iporxrl United Sta^os Bureau ot the Ceiuu» report e JaoMary )Se6, and includes tbe 14,990 population o Nunuter 4 Township, and the remaining 9.134 I'on •» iV^^N^r ^ ▼■Mvwvhto Ip ripTolaed County and Crowder* Mountain Townshln In Gaston Cownty. VOL. 85. No'. 52 > ev Pages Today Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsocnei . Established 1889 Kinqs Mountain, N. C., Wednesday, December 23, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTS 'i life Celebration Nursing Convalescent Center Construction Predicted Soon , vWxV- . i il’lj-i {■ ivn.: w\ ' C-C |':£ss? im Piesident Smith: Local Film's Plans Unchanged By MARTIN HARMON | Jt>o R. Smith, prosidonl of Kings Mountain Nursing and Convalos-i cent Center, forosoos tonstruo- tion of the projected lOO bed unit in the near future. The Kings Mountain corporation | is merging into two other firms, one'bused at Greenville, S. C, ■ which arc specialists in the field. | .Tliey recently opened an 85d>ed | ^it at Taceoa, Ga., he said, and i operating sOmo 40 in all.' ! Retailers Decline Chamber Merger Board Endorses Against Vote Oi Membership 'Membore M the Kings Moun* 1 tain Mercha^nts association in i President Smith added that the | mail balloting declined to merge i proJiH'tcd Kings Mountain fucili- with the Chamber of Commerce! ty will be the only one in the by a 22 to 13 vote. | area between Charlotte and A.sho , _ , ^ ville which will be approved for The vote total represented 511 Medicare and Medicaid federal: of the eligible member-1 programs. | Plans call for hospital-type con-1 The board of directors endor- struction and will meet the re* i ballot Monday morning.^ quirements of the North Carolina i p^Q^ident ‘Bennett Masters said State Board of Health. some members opposed the asso- j The nursing-convalescent cen-1 ciation’s losirtg its identity and | ter is to be constructed on a nine* i becoming merely an arm of the | acre tract north of Kings Moun* Chamber of Commerce. t tain hospital, will have a laun dry, rehabilitation comer, food facilities and necessary offices. i He added, “There is good rea- i son (.or the two organizations 1o 1 be mutually cooperative and Cost estimate is $500,000 and therefore muUially helpful.” financing has President Smith been indicated, added. Surber Rites Are Conducted Final rites for William Surhor, 78, of 218 Walker street, retired textile worker, wore held Tues day afternoon at 2 p.m. from Temple Baptist church. Rev. Frank Shirley officiated at the final rites and interment was ■in Mountain Rest cometery. He said he has suggested to the 'Chamb(»r of Commerce that regularly scheduled joint meet ings of the two organizations’ directorates be arranged. Piedmont Pastor Assumes Duties WINS HONOR — Kemp Mauney. Kings Mountain freshman at N. C. State University at Raleigh, won fourth place among fresh men in the School of Electronics in Lock System awards an nounced recently. Kemp MaimeY Wins Honor Lewis Carroll Condition Still I Said Critical ' i ' ' I Charles LewKs Carroll, 49, of I 2tV> Margand street, remuins in critical condition at Kings Moan-t tain hO'Pita!, where he was ad-1 mitted late Sunday night fori shotgun wounds. ; Carrol was shot in what Police. Chief Tom McD.v.' h recently made Crismons to dccoictc* t'vc Christmar trees icr tbe s*m:tuntY cl the church, pi;tuic'i abeve, Crismons are sym* bcls of Christmas and the trees were dc:?3rctcd for the rec.'\t C(.:r*r'.unit/wide Centeta of Han del’s ”Me"siah“ presented by a 60-vo:co choir tep resenting virtuc'.ly all churches in the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association. Otlior church services arc planned this week in celebration of the birthday of Christ. (Pheto by Isaac Alexander) Services On Cliristoias Eve Herman Falls' Rites Conducted Planned At T wo Arrested As Brpq Cache .1." Seized Here p* rive I state Bureau of Ir.vesligaiion joti’ficere ’and Cleveland County ■sheriffs deputies Thursday con- Funeral rites for Invin Herman fisealed more than 15,000 ampho- Falls, 05, retired brirkmasan. were lamine capsules and arrested i held Monday afternoon at 3:30 two Lexington men after <’frkcrs on " Active pallbetirers were his grandsons; Larry SuiVer, Leonard Barnette, Hilly Groenway, Ronny (iof.do, Mike Ellis and Billy Feem- stor. Mr. Surber died Sunday at 5:301 p.m. at his home after month’s illness. Rev. An.sel Center, Jr. of Greer, 3. C. has assumed now pastorate duties at Piedmont Baptist,church and he and his family have oc* cupied the chureh parsonage at 702 ,Bridges Drive. Rev. Mr. Center was pa.stor of Spring Street 'Baptist church in Greer for nine years. He is a graduate of North Greeniville Jun ior college and Fruitland Baptist Institute. The Centers arc parents of three several I children: Daniel, age 12; James I Center O'f Landrum, 22, who is lie was a native of Pincvillo, I fl'i^ren; and Mrs. Kv. and a mem.bor of Spencer i S’’" Maantain Baptist chuivh. Humphries' Surviving are liis wife, Mre. My- Presented the Centers a grand- ra Kvans Harbins Surber; eh.Id for a Christmas present, the sons, Earl Surber of Charlotte, Eu-1 nir.r,r. gene, Biil and James Surber, all of Kings Mountain; six daugh ters, Mrs.. Erleen Jenkins, Mrs. Jeanette Hcinback, both of Kings Mountain; Mrs. Clara Groenway of Shelby, Mrs. Marilyn Ellis of! Gastonia, Mrs. Eldora Barnette of Charlotte and Mrs. Helen Goode of Charlotte; three sisters, Mrs. F. R. Flowers of Anderson, S. C., Mr.s. Mao Sutrles and Mrs. Etta Tliomas, both of Lan^s; 21 grand* children and 10 great-grandchil dren. He was son of Andrew Jackson and Rachel Maples Surber. I p.m. from Central United Motho* Kemp Mauney, .-^on of N. C. /hst ehurch of wliich he was a Representative \V. K. Mauney, Jr.! member. and Mrs. Maunev, was one ofj H‘'V. D. B. .\ldcrman officiated tour N. C. Slate LIniversilv fresh- j Hie final rites, and interment men cited for aehievement in the >n -Mountain Rest Cemetery. " I electronics program there recent-i Active palibearer.s were Otis jy I Falls, Jr., Doug F'aHs, Ernest Falls, I Russell Falls, Ri''ky Falls and Mauney won fourth place in Kirk Falls all of Kings Mountain, the I-oek Sy.stem oward.s among | Mr. Fall. .h\s-;e \V. fiscalcd. I (Ro'-ky) .Martin, Jr. was jnomoi- ed to his present rank \\h;!c serv ing in Vietnam with the lOlst Airborne Div. (Radar* -U Phu L;u'. Sirne his promotion lie lias hcim transferied to Birinir.gliam firt'* Vandcrfor.l declined to say how offict're wt're informed of | the drugs. He sail! the offiivrsi intcrfH'ptcd the car as it was, traveling south on I-S.5 near its ChiiECaies Set Chilstmas Eve %acla! Elies Christ mas Eve Candlelight .serv ices will be held by four Kings Mountain churches and a fifth congregation plans a Christmas pageant for Tiiuisday evening. , Traditional 11 o’clock Christmas Eve scrvice-i will be held by both First Presbyterian and St. Mat thew’s Lutheran churches. At St. Matthews’. Combined Choirs, under the direction of Mrs. L. E. Hinn-ant, will sing special Christmas anthems. Rev. Charles Easley, pastor, will deliver the yuie messa:7e: “Ahvay.s Winter But Never Chri.-itma.s.” First Presbyterian church will hold a I’ommunion ser\icc. an annual part of llio Chrlsinias Can dlelight Servi.-e, with Dr. Paul Ausley, minister, to di'livcr t.'ic message and Eldin.s of the church i to assist in the service*. Members of the Combined Ch«iirs. under the direction of Mrs. Darn*!! Aus tin. will sing Christmas anthems. Ke.'-urrev lion laitheran ehurch will liold a Christmas Eve Can- . tllclight servici* at 9 p.m. with ' s’oi'cia! mus-i( by the elioirs. Rev Charles Easley, pador of >t. .Mat Ha w’s Lulhcran church, will do livi'r the mes.s:igc. “The 'rriK* M<*aning of Christ* maN”, a Christmas play and pa* .'••-ant written by Phillip Humph rics, will he jiresentcd at 6:30 Holidays Begin Fo; Many.: School Chlldien Out With few exceptions, Kings Mountain citizens looked forward this week ti> same surc<*a.se from work during the Christmas sea son. For many, the Christmas holi days had already begun. -Many i portions of Kings Mountain tex- ! tile planks are clo.sed this week, ' while* otiiers will observe holidays ranging frem one to 10 days. Hol idays for Kings M luntain’s .school . population bc.gnn Tue.srlay at 1:30. j Sevenal industri.nl firms made I cash gifts to employees. Others , gave Christmas presents in the I form of gift certificates for hams 1 or turkeys. Retail ;x*rsonnrl will get a ono- ! day respite, Christmas Day, and ! will be closed on New A’ear’s Day. ; The city’s financial institutions : will observe the North Carolina I banking legal holidays and will I be closed Christmas Eve and ; Ohriscmas Day. i City Hall offices will be clos('d Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Drug stores will operate on ab* i breviated schedule ChrLstma-s Day ! to offer prescTiption service. Longest holiday will be ob served by employce.s of Burling ton Mills' Phenix Plant No. 1, Mauney Hosiery Company. Inc., Mauney Mills, and O.xford Indus tries. Shortest holiday announced is that of K Mills where the mills will cease operation et the end of the first shift Christmas Eve. Next shortest holiday was an nounced by Kinder Manufactur ing which will cla*;e at noon on (Continued on Page Six) Christmas Story By Saint Luke And if came to jxiss in those days^ that there la nt out a de cree from Caesar Augustus^ that all the H'orld should be taxed. (And this taxing uas first made ichrn Cyn nius teas gover nor of Syria.) And all urnt to he taxed, every one into his own city. And Josi'ph also irent up from Galiller, out of the city of Xazttr- eth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is colled Erdhlehem; (hcrouse he was of the house and lineage of David >. To be taxed with Mary his es- pmmd icife^ lying great with rhild. And so if vy/s, that, irhilr they were there, the days wer^' ae- ctanplishf'ii that she should Iw dt 'livn'f'd. And fftie brought forth her first born son, and wrapfKd hi)n bi swaddling rhdhes, and laid him in a manger; bciause fho'v RV{,9 no room for thon in the inn. And th(T(' were in the same country shepherds ttbiding in the fu'lds, hucjung watch over their fUn k by night^ And, h), the angel of the Lord ,rame ujy>n them, and the glory of the Lord shone rouytd about them: and they uvre .sor<’ afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you this time to release any priority; lists. I “There’s ho question that sev* oral of the coaches are rating, high," he said, “and tlicro are; intersection with the York Road. Bo'h men are lx?in.g held in the Cleveland County jail await ing a January 11 Dist^'ict Court hearing, .Shock is bci:ig hi'ld in lieu of $11,'-'00 bond and Eller is City building permit's wore is- , un'er a bond of $5,200. Jone.*:; sued this week for construction of' Vanderford also reported that pu)d tidings of great joy, icbi<7i riic ehiiir, under lh(* liireclion of shall be to al! acn/Pr. Mr.s. Gi'orge S<'Uer.s. will sing For unto you is bom this day, ('iiri.st-nas music utk! children of iw the mty of David, a Saviour, the Sunday S. hoil will partici-! m/ricli Christ the Lord. (Continued on Pagt' Six) 1 (CtJMfinfu’d on Page Six) Toys bi Tots, Empty Stocking Fund To Spread Yuletide Cheer He was formerly empli)yed in tin* nil clianii al dt‘,:artmem of the Herald prior to enleiin..t the .sciv* ice. 4-H'ERS KONCRED Dixon Cummimity MFcrs were h*)noix‘