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Population Greater Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits (1966 Census) 8.256 City Limits U. S. Estimate 1970 8.476 Oiwatvr iuo9» MouaialB ligotB !• tfvnvBa titfoi tM •PBCiril United SiaiM feuieau ot the Cenhus (uyort o loauary lltiS, and iociudee the 14.8M pppulailM • Number 4 Towneblp, and tl^e remoinlng 6*124 Iron Number S Towneblp. in Cleveland County and Ctowdof i M/>»in»cite Tewnihip In Qaetcm County. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspopei VOL 85. No. 53 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 31, 1970 Eighty-Fifth Year PRICE TEN CENTi; Herald Headlines Show 1970 Busy Water Project. PKA Housing Major Events Retailers To Close New Year's Day 'Majority of Kings Mountain re tailers will be closed Friday in observance of the New Year's day i holiday. City halT offE:^ will be closed, as will the Kings Mountain post- office. The Kings Mountain Herald will also be closed for the day. By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain Herald head- • review shows Chat Kings ntain cHizens enjoyed a busy year. Two of the major news events were the virtual completion of the Buffalo Creek water projes:*t and opening of 150 low-rent housing units. ipcrhajis the major disappoint ment of the year was the unof ficial census count wh3ch shows' Mem'bors of the Women’s Soci- Kings Mountain with 8476 men, I cty of Christian Service and the women and children — a com-1 Wesleyan Service Guild of United Women Spotisoi Call To Piayei parativ^ely small gain. (The offi cial census figure has not yet been received by the mayor.) In politics, Representative W. K. Mauney, Jr., w'as re-elected to the House, and J. OUie Harris wa.s elected to the Senate. Cam eron Ware was re-elected county Democratic chairman, and Regan Harper was elected a vice-chair man. Central Methodist Church, of Kings Mountain will participate this week in one of the most im portant annual observances of United Mcthfxlist women through out the United States. The Call to Prayer and Self-De nial focuses on prayer, a deepen- eod spiritual life, a guided mis sion study, and a much needed special NEW PASTOR — Rev. Ansel Center. Jr. ol Greer. 5. C. has assumed new postorate duties at Piedmont Baptist church. Water, Sewer Policy Lewis Carroir.s Wounds Agenda His Brother Is Charged In Shooting Mayor Outlines Plans ol City ew Year gunshot wounds of the stomach: and chest he sustained on Dccein-' ber 21st about 12:15 p.m. iCarroll’s brother, Floyd Carroll, has been charged with assttuU! Alexander Ups Phiier Tract Bid The bid on the Martin Phifer property, being sold at auction, • with a deadly weapon resulting in de-ath, Police Chief Tom Me- Devitt said. Funeral arrangements for Charles Lewis Carroll are incom plete but will be announced by Harris Funeral Home. Carroll was .shot in what Police Chief McDe\itt described as a Schools To Resume Monday Morning Kings MDunT.**! city s'^hool? will resume regular schodukv Monday. The schools suspended for the Charles Lewis Carroll, 49, died | v^hristmas holidays on December Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. in | 22. Charlotte Memorial hospital of has been raised for the time. fourth The new bid of $57,542.75 was posted by Postmaster Charles L. Ale.xandcr. Re-sale is scheduled for 11 a. m. at the courthouse door in Shel by on January 19. The property, located near pa.ssed at 98. .\mong other citi zens who passed were Brice Holmes Harry, of Grover, W. K. Crook, Mrs. J. R. Davis, John E. Gamble, Mrs. D. L. Jonas, and Mrs. Caimpbell Phifer and George Morrow. Herbert H. Leigh was killed in an auto accident. The headline resume follows: JANUARY Water Project, Disputation. A- [i:»ng Big Events of 1969; Water Available From BiiffaJjp ny ^rlng; Kings Mpuntani I self-denial offering for Captain B. M. Ormand, among ; mission work in the United States the city’s oldest citizen.s, died at [ and around the world. More than j Mountain high school, con 101 years and Mrs. Betty Myers 1.5 million women in 38,000 so- 131.65 acres. cieties and guilds in all 50 states will join in the observance. The Call, inspired by the needs and the opportunities to be made possible by self-denial gifts, is sponsored by the Women’s Divi sion of The United Methodist Board of Missions, is the national body through which all local women’s societies and guilds function. jn^ng Big Events of 1969; Water .^TlvM^ajor event of the observ- Available Fronj Buffalo ^^^y Snrlne: Kines Mount aTT^mHBRffronra^TOnrme^afiKl an VVeUxwr.es New Year, New Decade; I inteirpr€tation''<Jf the mission pro- Listing By Mail Is New Option;, jects for which the special offer- County’s Highest Low Number Isj ing will be made. 13; Mayor Moss Ho.st To Viet Vet-i The Call to Prayer and Self- erans; Taxi Service Report is Due ^ Denial for women of the Central Tuesday; Smith Candidate For, Methodist Church will be cele- Commission; 800 KM Pupils Could 1 brated at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. Lose Bus; Toney Girl Wins Fir.st 6. Baby Title; City To Seek tPictures ; ' ' of Mayors For City Hall: Mauney i W Was First; aty Gets $28,2151 1OX lllSllIin Parks-In Cities IGmnt R(*serva-' ^ ■ tion; Thoma.sson Man Of Year; nffAMQAW It Allen and Goforth Honored; Bob Ma ner Fi les For Comm ission; Hi n- nant, New C of C President; New Industry Won’t Be Detrimental: Harris Ending 24-Year Coroner- ship. He May Seek Senate Seat; Plonk May Run: Hambright Files For Board; Burlington Gives Tract For Park. FEBRUARY Voters Dixcide Water Fluorida tion Question Saturday; White Won’t Run, Ollie Harris An nounces Candidacy; Mauney Files For Re-Election; Rites Conducted For Mrs. J. O. Plonk; HUD Grants Additional Cash; Cansler Plans F’orwvirded; City Will Fluoridate Water About May 15; First Pri mary Race; Wilson Challengt'd by Mrs. Dedmon; Spring Political Activity Is Increasing, Re-Match Exp(H*ted,In 10th; Broyhill, White- ncr Filed; Legion Top.s *69 ^Bship; Cline Suit Ruling ^Fcted Friday: Work Underway On Country Club's $180,000 Golf Course Expansion; National Le gion Taps Weisener; Ervin’s Rul ing Favors City In Cline Condem nation; City Annexation Petitions Filed; Allen Announces For Sixth Term; Mountaineer B<?headed, Shelby Lion Tarred, Featiiered: Culprits Pay. MARCH Mauney Ciiallenged By Plonk For District House Seat; CBD: Hearing On Planning Finds Mon-j ey Gets Attention; John A. Bal-j lew Wins Four-Year Morehead 1 Annual county and city tax listing will get underway on .Monday. Num-ber 4 township listing will be conducted at City Hall. Edwin Moore is the tax lister for Number 4 township. Mrs. Steve Harmon is the tax lister for the City of Kings Mountain. All property owners are requir ed to list for taxes in January and penalties can be assesses} for late listing. All property of value is requir ed to be listed, including automo biles, household goods, dogs and other pets. Farrell Rites Thursday At 3 Funeral rites for Andrew J. Farrell, 74, of route 1, Grover, will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. from the home. Rev. Wayne Tuttle will officiate at the final rites, and interment will be in Anti och cemetery. Mr. Farrell died Tuesday morn ing at 10 o’clock in Cleveland Memorial hospital after several days illness. He was a native of Tennes.see and a retired farmer. Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Eckel Clemmons of Church ill, Tenn.; one brother, Charles Farrell of Greenville, S. C.; a half-brother. Garnie Manus of Sc;holarsh.ip Award; Buffalo Creek j Grover- three half-sisters, Mrs. Dam Construction Began Wednes- GeorgicI Hutchins, Mrs. Virgie day; First Stage CBD Property Ac- Adams, both of Grover, and Mrs. quisitlons Listed by Laney; De- Nettie L. Lyte of Rodinville, Ten- (Continued on Page Eight) ' nossee Royal Villa Motoi Inn VTilI Open Next Week; Equipment Is Awaited The 106-room Royal Villa Motor Inn will open sometime next ^ week. President Hugh Johnston said Wednesday. .Mr. Johnston said twx) pieces of kitchen equipment are en route but the shipments were delayed in the rush of Christmas traffic. ‘ 'A dish washer is en route from ‘ '^tChi’cago, and a steam cabinet is '-Jam route from Louisiana. ^B'Other than that," Mr. Johns- non added, “we are just about • ready and arc now making up ■ ibeds. ated with .shag carpet floor cov ering. A color television set is in each room, which" are heated and cooled with an electrically oper ated heating unit. The dining room will seat 200 and Another large room is avail- aible for parties and club meet ings. The motel wa.s erected at a cast in excess of a million dol lars. Bates will be $10 single, $13 double, and $15 family. Opcniing had originally been age on at least 15 qiKirter hours of work with no grade below C. Listed from Cleveland County are: Kathy Ann Austell, a freshman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Austell of Earl; Jill Wright Blalock, a senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde T. Wright of Shelby; Rickey Dean Camp, a sophomore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack R. Camp of Kings Mountain. Katrina Jam Crowder, a fresh man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Gene Crowder of Shelby; De lores Kay Dixon, a freshman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill M. Dixon of Shelby; Sharon Denise Gold, a junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gold of Grover; Phyllis A. Grigg, a fresman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert 1 W. Grigg of Shelby. Billy Fain Hamrick, a senior, is the son of Mrs. Broadus Ham rick of Shelby; Rachel Ann Hest er, a junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hester of Boiling Springs; Janet Ivester, a junior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Ivester of Lawndale. Hilda Lee Lower>', a senior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Lowery of Kings Mountain: Susan Fay Owens, a freshman, daughter of Mr. and Mis. .Wx D. Ov\’cns of Kings Mountain. Kaih> Renee Panther, a * sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Panther of Shelby. Ronald Alfred Peeler, a junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn A. Peeler of Lawndale; Van Alton Pernell, a junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Pernell of Shelby; Lin da F. Proctor, a freshman, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Proctor of Lawndale. Marsha Brooks Putnam, a sen ior, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall H. Brooks of Shelby; Kathy Jean Rhoden, a sophomore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Rhoden of Shelby. . John Harry Roberts, a senior, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Harry Roberts of Boone; Anita Karan Seism, a senior, fiaughtor of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie G. Seism of ^elby: Marlene Amanda Sii>e, a sophomotre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Sipe of Shelby. Patricia J. Warlick, a fresh man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest R. Warlick of Shelby; Shelia Lynn Warlick, a senior, daughter of Mr. and Mts. Robert D. Warlick of SheJiby. Joanne Yates, a fre.‘?h'man, daughter of Mr. and Joseph C. Yates of Shelby; WiUiam Car los Young, a junior, Masons Re-Elect W.C. Kelly William C. Kelly has been re elected Master of Fair\iew Lodge 339 AF & Ml for the coming year and will be installed, along with otner officers, Manrlay night at 7:30 at Masonic Hall. Other now officers include James Danin Chastain, senior warden; George Bowen, junior "long standing family feud" andl warden; Thomas Tindall, .secre- other alleged participants, Larry | tory; and Bobby C. Bridge-;, three Lewis Carroll and Harold Ray' year trustee. Lingerfelt were charged with as-! sault with a deadly weapon with; « * intent to kill on tie day of the alleged shooting. Their hearing in ' District Court is set January 6th. Police were also holding a sirnH^r warrant for the deceased man. j Maxie Pearson Ledbetter. A native of Cherokee County.' 2, Shclbv, died Mondav Charles Lewis Carroll was a son; home oif William K. Carroll of Kings 1 ^ Cleveland County. Mountain and the late Mrs. Car- daughter of the late roll and was a veteran of service] j p Eunice Weaver Pearson during World War II. He j ^ rnember of Flint HHl Bap- - - - - , - ; Hst Chu vh. ^ . Gastonia. » Survivors include her husband Besides his father and brother, j q q Ledbetter; five sons, Ray, he is survived by his wife, Mr.s.,Everett Bob and Marvdn Opal Lingerfelt Carroll; three I n^dbetter. all of Rt. 2 Shelby: sons, Charles Frank, BeKin Floyd daughters, Mrs. Marshal J and Larry Unvis Carroll, all of leaver and Miss Brenda K. Led the home; three daughters, Airs.; better of Rt. 2, Shelby; one broth Clevelandeis On Dean's List BOONE — A total of 1,096 scholar.s, nearly 20 per cent of the undergraduate student body, have earned Decin’s List honors for the fall quarter at Appala- student must maintain a B aver Brenda Hodges of Orlando. Fla.,t Pearson of Rt. 2. Shelby. Carol Ann Carroll and Shirley sisters, Mrs. P. A. Hawkins Carroll of the home; two broth-Kiu'^s Mountain, Mrs. D. E. ers, Thomas Everett Carroll and Melvin Haskell Carroll of Kings Mountain; and three sisters. Mrs. Virgil Walters of Chula Vista, Ca-Uf., Mrs. Efhol Bush of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Lois Hunt- singer of Bessemer City. Seven grandchildren also survive. Miss Dedmon's Riothei Dies Rufus Lee Dedmon, 74, of Rt. 6, Shelby, died at 61*15 a.m. today at ClevelanU Memorial hospital. He was a retired cari'^nter and the son of the late James Monroe and Florancc Jane Botts Dedmon. Survivors include two daugh ters, Mrs. Lewis Gene Yarhro of Shelby and Mrs. EH>ert Costner of Shelby; three brothers, Alon zo Dedmon, George Dedmon and Spurgeon Dt^imon, all of Shelby; five sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Allen. Mrs. D. C Pruitt and Mrs. Dock Glascoe, all of Shelby, Miss Ma tilda Dedmon of Kings Moun tain and Airs, Brady Dover of Grover; seven grandchildren. lie was a member of Ross Grove Baptist Ciiurch where funeral services will be bel^ at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Curtis Bundy officiating. The bo- i'y will lie in stale from 10:30 until 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will remain at Pal mer Mortuary where the IfamiJy will lereive Irionds from 7 luaitil 9 tonight. Webb, Mr.s. Ralph Ilarrill and Mrs. Ralph Blanton of Rt. 2, Shel by, Mrs. Buford Hopper. Mrs. Har Ian Blanton -and Mrs. Colls Blan ton of Belmont and Mrs. Carl Blanton of Mount Holly; and 13 grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Wcxlno.^day at Flint Hill Baptist church by the Rev. E J. Brown and the Rev. C. W, Walker. Burial was in Cleveland Memorial Park. Watch Night Service Set Piedmont Biiptist church will hold a Watch Night servltx? on Now Year’s Ev'e beginning at p.m. December 31st and continu ing until the arrival of the New Y’ear. Special singing by the Stepp Family of Tuxedo, N. C. and lo cal groiq>s will be featured and the interested public is invited to attend, said Rev. Ansel Center Jr., new pastor of the church Guest ministers for the service will include Rev. C. C. Parker Marion, formerly of Kings Mviun tain Rev. Eugene W. Land, pas tor of Second Baptist church here and Rev. Weston Schools of Y’ork S. C. BAPTIST SERVICE The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper will bc» observed at tlie Sunday morning worship hour at 11 o’clock Sunday at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Homes 01 Care Hopes To Begin Nursing Home Facility February 1 By martin HARMON Homt's of Care hopes to start conslrutiion of a nursing home and conv*ale.soont center by Feb ruary 1, C, D. Stone, of Green ville, S. C., said Wednesday. on Sij)es street on propt'-rty al ready acquired by Kings Moun tain Nursing Home and Convales cent Center and the facility will be named Kings Mountain Home of Care. Mr. Stone .said the facility will Mr. Stone said the facility will | be decorated with bright contain from 85 tvi 190 beds, will be of most modern construction and modernly oquipjH'd and will son of Mr. * cost from $(^,000 to $650,000. and Mrs. Shelby. Lamar L. Young, Sr. of I The motel is handsomely deicor- i set for New Year's day. KIWANIS Kings Mountain Kiwanlans will gather Thursday evening at 6:45 p.m. for a dinner meet ing at the Woman’s club. A regular program is not planned. The facility will be an H-shap- ed building, with administrative offices, kitchen, lounge areas, chapel, bc^auty and barber shop in the center. Plans are well underway and will meet requirements State Board of Health. The building will be and that visiting hours will observed thnnighout tlie day and early evening. He described the facility as ‘‘skijlod’’ type' of nursyig home. Homes of Care,.is part-owmer 15 nursing home facilities. Mr, Stone snid. "Kings Mountain needs a facil ity of this type, and we expect Adoption of a water policy and a s(*\v(T policy will higlilight city l>lans for the coming year. Mayor John Hc:iry Mr>ss said Wednes day, and will be developed in the fir<t quarter of 1971. The Mayor said: "The water policy will have far-reaching elhxls on the e(X)- nomic deveU>;)ment of the Kings Mountain area and should bene- evory citizen. Via the .sewer )licy the city will tx>ntinue to modernize and expand sewer service and will announce a pro ram to implement it in late January. The community center has hKon equipped with approximate ly 3000 seats for basketball, the lichen has boon partially equip- r*ed and food service is availa- bl(*. The day care center is being 'lanned to opc'n by Fc'bruary 15. A sound .system lias bc'on install- d. and offices at the center house the employment security ommi^^sion, the countj' health department, the veteran’s service ■ffice and civil defense. Classes ire being conducted in sewing, cake decorating, and flower ar ranging. Ten additional units of publi'-c liousing are scheduled to be eady for occupancy by February The Can.sler street improv’o- ment project is scheduled for completion by May 1 and I hope and expect the State Highway emmission will announce plans !or the U. S. 74 by-pass in 1971. "The Mayor’s industrial com mittee will continue to .seek new industry and to help existing firms in expansions, thereby en larging the economic base of the community. The city will con tinue to work witli builders to provide adequate housing. I expect 197T to be a bright and e.vciting year for the City of Kings Mountain and its citi zens.” e Morrow^s Tuesday Heart Attack Proves Fatal To Businessman of the I it to be of groat service to the ! community," Mr. Stone comment- located ed* Murder Charge Against Philbeck Arnold Beaufort Philbeck, 63, if Rt. I, Gro\er has been charg cd with murder in conection with the Christmas Day shooting death >f his son-in-law, Charles Ed mund Sanders, 34, of Kings Mountain. .According to investigating of ficer Deputy Sheriff Wilbur Ben ton, the incident occurred at Phil- beck’s liome about 5:50 p.m. Fri day after the two men reportedly became involved in an argu ment. Benton .said when he arrived at Philbeck’s home he found San ders laying on his back near the front door with a bullet wound in the left chest. A .22 caliber pistol, found in the home, is be- litwed to be the weapon used. Benton said Philbt'ck was ar rested on the murder charge and offered no resistance. Philbeck was reportedly sitting in a chair in the same room with the dead man when tlie officer arrived. Sanders was taken to Kings Mountain where he was pro nounced dead on arrival. Assist int Coroner Bennett Masters i investigating the death alon^ with the Cleveland County Sher iff’s Dciiartment. .Masters report ed an autopsy would be pt'rform ed tovlay. A preliminary hearing Ur PhH beck seheduh'd for Deci.mb»*r 30 hi 2Tta Judicial District Court Philoeek is being held in tlie Cleveland County jail without bond. Sanders is survived by his widow, .Mrs. Doris Piiilhtvk San ders of Kings Mountain and his mother, Mrs. W. E. Sanders of Gastonia; two daughters, Diris .Ann and Diane Sanders, both of Kings Mountain; three brotliers, Grady Sanders of Granite Falls, Wylie Li'c Sandei's of Lenoir, and the R<w. Victor Sanders of Gas tonia; two sisters, Mrs. McKinn- ley Radford of Valdcse, and Mrs. Buforl Stacy of Clarksville, Tenn. Funeral services were conduct ed .Monday at 2 p.m. from the j Welcome Baptist church in Dal I las. The Rev. James Drennan and the Rev. Jami's Abemathy offlei- I ated* SEMI-HNALIST — Mary Dick inson* daughter of Mr. ond Mrs. Kenneth Dickenson of St. Louis* Mo. and granddaughter of Mrs. Bessie Dickey Beam of Kings Mountain* is a National Merit Scholarship Semi finalist. Miss Dickinson Semi-Finalist Mary Dickinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dickinson and a senior at University City high school in University City, Mo., is among 14 UC seniors nam ed National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists. Miss Dickinson is the grand daughter of Mrs. Bes.sle Dickey Beam of Kings Mountain. Along with hundreds of others in the school, th group took the National Merit Qualifying Test in February of this year. All of the winners got a score of 139 or bet ter with 160 as the highest pos sible value. After the 14 fill out forms, including lists of their ac complishments, and school offi cials give them recommendations, .they will compete to become fin alists. Over 96 percent of all semi Funeral rites for (George A. Morrow', office manager of Pat terson Campbell Oil Company of Gastonia and well known Kings Mountain citizen, were held Tues day afternoon at 2:30 p.m. from Boyce Memorial ARP church of w’hich he was a member. Dr. Charles E. Edwards officiat ed at the final rites and inter ment was in Mountain Rest cem etery. Active pallbearers were John Cheshire, C. E. Campbell, W. S. Fulton, Jr., James Hutchinson. Bill Phifer and Bill Bollinger. Mr. Morrow died suddenly Sun day night at 7:30 p.m. in the Kings Mountain hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was a native of the Pisgah ARP church community, son of the late William Porter and Mary Lucinda Morrow’. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ila Murphy Morrow, owner and oper ator of Ha’s Beauty Shop; their daughter, Mrs. Wayne B. Love, their son-in-law, and three grand children of Stanfield; and his sister, Mrs. G. Douglas Phifer c4 Gastonia. laycees Seek Top Edncatoi The Kings Mountain Jaycees are now accepting nominations for the "Outstanding Young Edu cator" in the Kings Mountain School System. To qualify, nominees must 1) Be aged 21 through 35, not be coming 36 prior to January 1 ot the fiscal year of competition. The nominee may' be male or fe male. Males do not hav'e to be Jaycees. 2) The nominee must be a professional educator. He or she inalists become finalists. Final- \ niust be employed no lower than Ists will comix*te for scholarships being offered by companies, uni versities and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The 'Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of scholastic and social achievement, next spring. first grade twelfth. or higher than the East Side Drama Sunday "To All People", a Christmas Drama in three-acts, will be pro Nomination forms can be ob tained at any of the Kings Moun tain Schools or by contacting Jer ry Simmons, chairman of the contest. The forms should be re turned to the schools where they will be picked up by the Jaycees. The nomination forms should be returned no later then Janu ary 11, 1971. The educators nominated will be screened by a committee of sented again, by special request, i citizens from Kings Mountain and at East Side Baptist church Sun- | one will be selected as the "Out- day evening at 7 p.m. | standing Young Educator." The The drama was first presented • winner will be honored at the on December 20th. The interested : Jaycee D.S.A. Banquet on Janu- public is invited to attend, said | ary 19. The Jaycees will enter the .\rnold Wright, director. | winner in state competition for Members of the cast are Rev.' Outstanding Young Eklucator of Harry Vance, pastor; Edythe Self,; North Carolina." Evelyn Chambers, Hoyt Cham ' ' hers. Russ Wright. Patricia King, Fred Atkins, Ted Collins. Debbie McrDaniel, Dottie Carroll, Vickie Chaney', Bryan Chiimbors, Lynn Downey, Cindy Johnson and Phyl lis Downev. ' VESPER SERIES Rev. James Wilder will begin a January series of Bible Stu dies on 'The Letters of John Sunday evening at 5:30 begin ning with Second John. Kings Mountain Schools Received $126*447 Federal Funds In Year Over 150 pmjects wore approv ed this ytxir in North Carolina with federal funds authorized un der Title I of the Elementary and Set'ondary Education Act. The funds, in the amount of $2.58,507,- 977, are ustxl to help local .school districts broaden and strengthen public sch(X)l programs wbere tlicre are com'ontratlons Cit edu cationally disadvantaged chil dren. Stale Coordinator of ESEA Title I with the Department of Public Instruction is Harold W. Webb. The projected budget for Kings Mountain is $126,447 for fiscal 1970. The local program is titled Strong Fir.st Steps Tow’ard Sch<x>l Success and sen'es 670 students. The amount allotted school district depends to each on two factors — the average annual current expenditure per si?hix)l child in the entire State and the number of school-age children In the district from families with annual incomes of less than $2,000. said Webb. Families re ceiving more than $2,000 annual ly under tlie program of Aid to Families with Dt'pendent Child ren are also a consideration in determining the allotment. Projet'ls range from communi- j cations skills to cultural enrich I ment in grades K12. Each local educational agency must come up w'ith its own plan for upgrad ! ing the education ^>f deprived 1 children and submit it to the ■ Slate educational agency for ap- j proval, said Wc'bb. The plan must include pri>cei1ures for evaluation, such 9LS testing and so forth*