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Popuiation
Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256
City Limits U. S. Estimate 1970 8.476
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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
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsocnei
. Established 1889
Kinqs Mountain, N. C., Wednesday, December 23, 1970
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
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life Celebration
Nursing Convalescent Center
Construction Predicted Soon
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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 '
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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<?vitt described as;
a “long standing fc.mily feud.”
According to McDevitl’s invesli-|
gation, Carroll, along witli Melvin
Floyd Carroll, Larry Lewis Car-'
rtJll afld Harold Ray Lingertelt
had gone to the home of Carroll’s j
father and brother. j
Lewis Carroll Wvas allegedly'
i shot in the stomach and chest
’ with a close range shotgun blast,
I according to McDevitt.
i The three men who went with
I Carroll to his father’s home have!
! been charged with assault with ,
a deadly weapon with intent to ’
kill, according to McDevitt. Each
.was released on $1,000 bond for
I hearing in District Court Janu
ary 6th.
McDevitt said that police have
a similar warrant against Lewis
Carroll, though it has not boon,
served since Carroll is in the,
hospital.
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CHRISTMAS SCENE — Women of Central United Metho^irt c>.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
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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.<i died Saturday at 8:30 arrested and charged with ille al
all frc'ihmon taking part in tlie.p.m. of a heart attack. Ho was ‘ jq,. p„irosp of i
program. ! pronouneed dead on arrival at ^alo and the illegal Iransporta-;
The KinK.s Mountain student is' i’,'" healthl^ala u’^P'-etamine drugs. j
mtrolled in the seh.ml of L ee-; Cleveland Countv.
tronies at tlie University in Ra-'
stopped and se.^rvhod a car
1*85 near here about 1 a.m.
I
SBI -agent John Vanderford cf
Charlotte said the drug ca;'ho
was one of the largest ever
found in the state.
John Harry .‘=^heek.( ?7, of Ri. 3,
Lexington and James John Eller,
.31) also of Lexington, have beer.
I now arrival born on December
Icigh.
A native of Cleveland County.! Offtcere sai'! they also .for.nd a j
he was son of the late M’llliam .38 caliber pistol and Ihn'o gal*
PROMOTED — SP/4 Jesse W.
(Rocky) Martin, Jr. was promot
ed to his present rank while
serving with the Army in Viet
nam.
DIXON SERVICE
Sunday evx*ning ohureh serv
ices will lx? hell a't 7:15 p.m.
Sunday at Dixon Pix»sbylerian
ehurch with Rov. Robert Wil
son to deliver the message.
Twenty-five Seeking To Succeed
Bates as High School Grid Coach
Next Week's He?ald
On Regular Schedule
Next week’s edition of tlie
Herald will appear on regular
» - hedulo, under date of Thurs-
ay, December 31.
The Herald will be published
on Wednesday night, December
30th.
Pictures shpuld be at the Hep
al'd^ not later than Monday noon.
Advertising deadline will be
Tuesday al 2 p.m. and new.s dead
line Is Wednesday at 2 p.ip.
Kings Mountain Schools Supt,
Donald Jones said he has already
begun “official” interviews with
prospects for the post of football
coach and athletic director at
Kings Mountain High School.
Mr. Jones said tliat ho plans
to interview several more, if not
all of the coaching candidates,
during the 'Christmas Holidays.
“We have had several more ap
plications since last week,” said
Mr. Jones. “In fact, we talked with
a young man from Western Caro
lina this morning (Tuesday)."
Jones said the number of ainpli-
cants has now reached 25.
“WeVe already got about eight
coaches lined up for interviews
during the Holidays," ho said.
“And the others indicate<i that
they would come whenever wo
I called thorn. So maybe we can
I do something fairly soon."
I Kings Mountain is looking for
a replacement for Bill Bates, wko
resigned a week after the 1970
season to take the post of direct!
or of school-community relations.
Several names have been pass
ed through the rumor mill as
Bates’ successor but Mr.
said he wasn’t in a
j O. and Wyona Sanders Falls. His
' wife, the kite Ethel Eunice Pat
terson Falls, died January 17,
I 1958.
j Surviving are one son, Don
Falls of Kings Mountain; two
daughters, Mrs. Grace McCall of
I Kings Mountain and Mrs. Dale
I Childer.s of Gaffney, S. C.; two
brothers, Austin Falls and Paul
I Falls, both of Kings Mountain;
j and three si-sters, Mrs. Sam How*
' ell, Mrs. G<'orgo Blalock, both of
! Kings Mountain, and Mrs. Floyd
Falls of Shelby. Also survi\ing are
three grandchildren.
SP/4Filartm
Ions cf non-tax p.aid liquor in
their se:iich of tlie car. .‘^lioek
was charged with posse.ssion and
transpi'rtatkm of non-tax paiii li*.
(|Uor and carrying a eonceakaU ffwiflS * IvLtlvIfeCIl
weapon. The IPHO car, reportedly |
mvned by Shock, was also Cvin- j Specialist Ith Clas> .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
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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
p<isition at; three residences to: ,Sh<'ek had more than $2,700 in
Permits Issued
For Three Homes
Bridges Construction Company,
to build a seven-room brick ve
neer home, estimated to cost
$1S,{)(X), on S<‘otIand Drive;
J. Wilson Crawford, to build a
some wo know automatiixilly 1 six-room home, estimated to cost
that wo are not interested in. But | $)8.tK)0, at 318 Sctitland Drive;
wo feel that it is only fair tO; and
give every' one an interview.’’
Jones said that all but one of
the applicants are from the two
Carolinas. The other one is from
New York.
“We have some from the im*
m(*diate area, .several from We.st
W. -A. Russell, to build a six-
room home, estimated to cost
$15,500, at 910 Henry street, O. G.
Penner, builder.
Permit was also Issued to Paul
Ow<»ns to close in a back ixircli
at hi.s residence. Cost estimate is
ern North Carolina and sm'oral, $737.,50, and Charle.s and Hubert
from South Carolina,” he said. I Humphries are the contractors.
cash witli him wlion he wa^? ar
rest (\1.
Amphetamines are stimulant ;
drugs more commcmly ealle<l p<‘P '
pills and tlx* capsules are sold il*,
legally for as nuicli ns $1 ivu'h.
Vanded'()*’d 'cclined to say
where he thouglit the two men
weiv taking the drugs when they
wore apprehended.
AUSLEY TOPIC
“Making New" will be the
sermon topic of Dr. Paul .Au.sley
at Sunday morning worship
, services at 11 o’clock at First
^ Presbyterian church.
] base, assigned to liu* I’nd Batta
lion of the 327th Infantry Reg.
: Spe •. M:irtin re;cntly returned
to Vii'lnarn after soeiuling a
! wcek’.s R n R in Hti.v.ui wlu’re lie
was jainod b\’ liis w ife, the form
er De’aaie Ilurlaul. Martin is tlio
son Oi Mr. and Mis, Willard .Mar
lin of Fla., and grand.si)n ol Mr.
and Mr.*!. Jack Ctunp and .Mrs.
Sallio Marlin, all of Kings Maun*
lain.
p.m. at l)\\on Presbyterian church. g>u)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.
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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‘<i at an .Achieve-
ineni -Night and Awards pre
gram Saturday niglU at a
Family Night p-rogiam held
at Dixon Presbyterian church.
Kings Mountain’s spirit of,
Christmas giving is trans^*ending
tin* familiar pureluises for fam*!
ily aiiii friend-s. :
ATain this yeiu Kings Moun*.
lain civic groups and ehun’hes
will make Christmas more merry j
and bri'jht for the indigent.
Tht* Kings Mountain Jayceos
and the Kings Mountain Minis
terial .Association are conducting
1 the annual Toys for Tots project
and the.se gifts, along with staple
foo<l items, fuel and clothing will
I be distributed to the area needy
by Christmas E\c.
.Ministers of the community are
also conducting the Empty Stock
ing Appeal, funds from which are
u.scd year-round to aid the needy.
An Empty SUx-king Fund booth
in the busine.ss district is being
m;inm'd by ministers of the area.
Kings Mountain Lions club
members distributed food baskets
to the blind last evening.
Scxeral church(‘s have .sponsor
ed Dpi'ration Santa Claus pro
jects to provide a helping hand to
the less fortunate*