Kings Molintain
dW Fund Goal
Kings Mountain has a gcKil of
$30 (KK) for its pari in tlio $1,500,-
OOO capital gifts campaign for
Oardnor WoWb Collogo. The goal
was sot by the area’s stooring
wmmittee which ip headcnl by
Charles Alexander, Kings Moun
tain area chairman.
Tile committee aPxi si't Janu
ary 25th a.s the date for tiie I )Uil
organi'/xition meeting. It will be
held at flu* Kings Mountain
Woman’s Clu'i. This nu'c'tin;? will
Include all of the steering com
mittee, team captains and team
mem!b('rs.
The steering icomm it lee Ks made
up of Alexander; Charles F. M.iu-
ney, arixingement-; c^liairman;
Thomas A. Tate, .sTM''’laI gi't.*:
chairman: Lee A. .McIntyre, Jr.,
general gifts chairman and Mr.s,
Arnold Kincaid, attendance chair
man.
The four team captains are
pete ‘Oonnet, Josi^ph K. Smith.
Robert G. Oox and Sluifoif! K.
(Continufd on Pagt" Eight)
KINGS MOUNTAIN LEADERS FOR GARDNER WEBB DRIVE — Dr. E. Eugene Poston, left, U all
smiles as he greets the new steering committee for Kings Mountain's drive for $30,000 Gardner-
Wf-to. Left to right. Dr. Poirton; Thomos A. Tate, special gifts chairman; Chorles Alexander, area
chairman and Charles F. Mounev. curaiigements cholrman.
Kenny Bridges !
Mlmm l£-nk j
Scout
• «./
K nny Bridges^ 16. received |
scou’Iiigs liighe.--’! award the;
K’g'e Bulge in Sumiay morn
ing w >r -bip sei vievs rtv nily «at
Kai'ii Ij.ipti.si church.
M s. Carl Hraiges piniu-l the
b’a ig<* on li r si.n's Scout uni
form as h< r luo irind an<i TnK»p
')> Scouimaster Jim Yurbro Iwk-
(Hi on.
Young Br'dger i.s active in
Faith Baptist cliurch cind in the
D molay.s. A lOlh grader .at |
Kir; '.r M urdain high school, he .
iointnl the B jv' Sccu-s in lOfifi. [
In he n'pre.strit 11 his troop
at tlv' 10-day N'alioiial Boy Sco.it '
Jamboree in Idaho.
EASLEY TOPIC
H(’\'. t'liarb's Fasicy will use
the .•;cj'mon t ;]jic, 'Siwllight On
Mi.ssions” at Funday morning
woj’ship s(‘r\o (*- at 11 o’clcx^k
at St. Mattiusv’s Lutheran
church.
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EAGLE SCOUT BRIDGES AWARDED — Earle Kenny Bridges, 16, is presented the Eagle Scout badge,
Scoutinq's highest award. His mother, Mrs. Carl Bridges, pins the medal on her son os Troop 92
Scoutmaster and Mr. Bridges look on. The award was presented at worship services recently ert
Faith B(rptist church. (Photo by Isaac Alexonder)
I PopuldtlGn
Greater Kings Mountain 21,911
City Limits 8465
Crr«at«r Xingt MountalD tfvur* U dr-rlved tioui tJM
•pecif*J Uaited States Bureau oi |b« Census report o
laouary 19S6, and Includes the U.StlO population o
Number 4 Township, ouid the remainlaq 6.124 Iron
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County ond Crowder
.•mk Tn'^nshlo In Gaston County.
VOL. 86, No. 3
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Established 1889
Kinqs Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 21, 1971
Eighty-Fifth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
DeRose Industries Will Build Mobile Home Plant Here
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JAYCEES PRESENT AWARDS — Marvia Teer, center, v/as presented the 1970 D*-^iag-uished
Service Awa4:d by the Kings Mountain Jayceos as Kings Mountain's Young Man of the Year Tues
day night at the annual Eofscs* Night banquet of the civic club. Topped as "Eoss o fthe Year"
was Thomas Wright loft, and Barry Gibson, right. "Educator of the Year." {Plioto by
Joe Hampton, Ckistonia Gazette)
Marvin L Teer
Is DSA Winner
Barry Gibson,
Tom Wright
Are Honored
• arvin Ttvr, 29, assistant vice- !
idont of First Union NaHona'l:
Bank is King.s Mountain’s Young'
Man of the Year for 1970.
Kings Mourptain Jaycee.s, tlicir
hoss('S, city end eivie leade-rs,
and six .p^ist Di.^tinguislied A-
wanl Winners Tuesday night
hanori'd fhe virtual iK'wi'omer to
Kings Mountain for outstanding
aebu'vcim'i'ii'ts after 141 h montlu'
a citizen lu're with tlie wveted
honor voted by public n.amiiiia
lions.
The cv'en.ing was al.so high-
ligtitcd by Iho presentation of the
tthird annuol ‘Ediu'alor of tlie
Year" award to Barry Gib^n.
•young high school biusi’^all
coach, and the tliird annual
"Boss of the Y('ar" ho-nor to Tho
mas Wright of Slielby, a unit
supervisor at Fiht'r Industrie.s,
^(ContiniK'd On Pogt' E^ght)
Penalty On Taxes
Applies February 2
Penalty on unpaid 1970 eity
and county taxes applies Feb
ruary 2.
Judy B. Harmon, asjist-
ant'eity tax collector, said
Wednesday payments of the
1970 l('vy of $313,997 total
$130,(Kll.
Penalty of one percent ap-
])lies to both city and (H>unty
tax bills on February second
and in(nxis(*s by onehalf ix^r-
eent iH*r month thereafter.
Pancake Supper
FekEary 23
Kings Mountain I'ofary club
will sponsor ttie annual PaiK'akc
Supjx^r February 23 at the Iiigh
sch<X)l cafeteria.
Rotarians aie inviting citi/.(*ns
to eat pancakes before the last
home ba.skethall game of tlie
.seasoiT—the Mountaineers ver.5us
Chorryville.
Jim Bowman and David Parker
are project co-chairmen.
RADIO DEVOTIONS
R('v. Oivirles PJasIc'y. pastor of
Bt. Matthew's Lutlieran eluirch.
will conduct morning dovotion.s
via Radio Station WKMT next
week at 9 a.m.
METER RECEIPTS
Parking meter rc'ceipts for
the week ending TiU’sday to-
'taled $108.8.5, with $!)8.8r> from
on-street m<*ters and $10 froun
off-street meters.
ir
ROTARY MEETING
Kings Mountain Rotarians
will hold their r('gular muvling
Thursday at 12:15 at the Coun
try club.
Bob lones Named
To Succeed Bates
As Grid Coach
Wiiat has been rumoied for
: several wi'cks became fa; I .Mon- ;
i day night at the King.s Mountain!
I School Board meeting when Bob
by Jones was named fnc new hca.1
' feolball eoa»‘h at Kings Mountain
High School. '
The 32-ycar-ol:l Shelby native
who \v«< a stand.:Ui
: at Shelby High P dux)!, takes over
tile fC-d vacated in Noc(‘mber
' when Bill Lale.^ n‘<i rned to take
: Ine job .ls director of selH.ol-coin-
munliy rclall nis.
JcTies who er:a !n I L.jwoll ILL
brook to the slate 2-.V final-; in
.sc. ved A.shoreok Iligii S.'hocl
as junior varsity mentor during
the past campaign.
In announcing Coach Jone.s' so
le, lion. KM Schools Supt. Donald
, Jones, cjinmontod:
"We are extremely fortunate to
have been able to .-xa ure the m". . -
ices of Bob O. Jones. Mr. J()nc.s
brings to Kings Mountain an ex-
-.ellent record, llis application
just always si'omed to come to
, the top of the stack as we in-
lervievNoci numerous prv)specti\o
coacluvs.
i "Wo received letters and calls
re CO m m 0 n d i n g se c e r a 1 .vou 11 g
men. We W(?re higlily impressed
A ith many of thcst\ Others gave
an imnu'diato indication lhai
i th<*y were not interested in the
position.
"Wo ha\o 'bei'n pleased that
many of our fans and patrons
holix'd us in LKraling these many
fine applicants.
“In addition, the board of edu
cation lias authorized us to seek
an additional coach. Among our
applicants wore two promising
black coaches. While neitlier of
’ the.^e had sufficient exiK'riem’o
; for th<» head coaching position.
! (Continued on Page Eight)
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NEW INDUSTRIAL CITIZEN ANNOUNCED — Bob DeRoso, standing, president of DeRose Industries,
answers questions of reporters concerning his firm and it plans for operations in Kings Moim-
tain. The mobile heme builder said the Kings Mountain plant should be in production by July 1.
The press conference was held Monday afternoon in the office of Mayor John Henry Moss, seated
at left.
McGill Will Retire;
School Voting May
SEE BCB JONES RELATED
STORY ON SPORTS PAGE
Gipvei School Is No "Fine Trap
jConunissionei Mciehead Apologizes
^ F r 11 z 'Morehcad, Clevi'land
l^ounty commissioner, in his "In
side Your County" article for the
Cleveland Times, defends and
■ apologizes -to the Kings Mountain
mani of education and Kings
Mountain area citizens for tht* ri*-
port of the county building in-
•pector and county fire marshal
♦ the county commission on
nday when they labeled Grov-
school a *^firo trap.”
Mr. Morehead writes tlic Her
ald:
the last meeting we had
rjuite a di-nucsion on the insjM'c-
tion of Uie schools and since on<'
of the Kings Mountain City
S.'hools were involved, an;l 1
might say unjustly in my opin
ion, I thought that you may want
to put it in the Herald. If you
have time please read thi.s let
tor and if you’ .see fit I would
ajppreciatc it if you would print
(Continued on Pago Eight)
RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONIES — The new 106 room Royal Villa Motor Inn opened Friday eve-
ning and after ribbon-cutting ceremonies by May cr John H. Moss and the firm's president Hugh W.
Johnston, the manogement was host to over 550 citizens ot dinner in the handsome safetoria.
From left. President Johnston, his daughter. Miss Leslie Johnston, Mayor John H. Moss and Mr.
Johnston's daughter. Miss Linda Johnston. (Photo by isacK Alexander)
Commissioners,
Mayer Expected
To Olfer Again
Kir.*;t political annountx'meni
' of the 1971 biennial L'ily and
bnard of ('ducalion el.Kdion year
l ime Moiv ay niglit when Mis.
Lena W. McGill told her (•.)n-
frer IS on the beard of education
' she wi'.'.ul not be a eandklalc ilor
a third six-ytxir term.
1 Mrs. M.'Gill -was eHrltnl in
19.59 and re-eleclciJ in 19t;5.. Her
(urrcuil term cxpirc's May 13. two
! days following the biennial elec
tion on May 11.
I Mr.s. McGill is one of thn*Oj
: memboi's elected, school di^’trlet-1
I wkl V from the bounds of the Ci
ty of Kings Mcurdahi. Tv.^;}
members are elected from
; s. bool district areas outside the
chy bouiT larles.
I Far City Ilnll, cllizens will e
11< ct a mayor and six ward com
’ miss*::m(*i*s.
Current indications are that
Mayor John Henry will
' s(H'k a fourth term ard that th(\
' six memb -rs of 'the iHrmmission
also will siH'k n'-eavtion.
' Til six memb M'S are Ray W.
iClin. Ward 1; W. S. Biddix.
Ward 2; T. J. (Tommy i Fllison.-
• Waixi 3; Norman King. WixiKi 4;
' Airs. Alaude Rhea Walker, Ward |
Hinton To Show
Slides Sunday
Rev. Russell L. Hinton, pastor
of Oak Grove Baptist church, has
recently returned from a Preach
ing-Witnessing Mission to Jamai
ca and Haiti.
Rev. Mr. Hinton will show slidtv
and comment on the trip at Bun-
day evening worship ser\ices at
Oak Grove Bajitist chureh.
The interested community is
invited to worship in the serviixv
Il-Acie Tmct
Is Purchased;
Plans hmmmei
By MARTIN HARMON
DeRcse Industrie.-;, Inc., u.' In-
' dianap(dis, Ind.. builders of mo-
j bile and modular homes, will
j construct its sixth plant in King.s
i Mountain Industrial Park in the
near future.
1 'Bob DeRose. president, made
I the formal announcement at a
i pres.s cerfereni'e at the cffic-(» of
I Mayor J :hn Henry .Moss Monday
, afternoon.
I Pre.seni were a numN'r of Kings
' Mountain busiju's-^nu'n. Ha.-old
I I/>ve of the Department of Con-
I srrvatirn and Development, and
j the co-chairmen of tlie Mav'rs
■ in aslry-seeking committee, Sen-
] ator J. Ollie Harris and L. E.
j (Jo.^-h) Hinnant. wlv> is a.l-o pres-
! ident of Kings Mountain Cliamber
of rommerco.
Pn'sident DeKo.'io said his firm
I liad acquired a 11.1 acre tract
j from J. E. Herndon Camnany,
1 the tract lying w<‘.st of Kinder
I Manufacturing Company. He add-
I e<i h(‘ was returning to Oiarlotte
I to complete details on the eon-
; struction contract for a 72 000
; square foot building that after
i noon and hoped t-a start prcxluc-
; tion not later than July 1. The
I plant will [yo designed 'for o.xpan-
' sion to nO.OOO square feet.
I "We will protiucc mobile and
j tTKXluIar homes in a complete
! range as to price and size," Mr.
I DeRose cottiinuod.
He announced that Jerry Tay-
lor, of Elkhart, who was also
I pre.^ent. will be general manager
, of the Kings Mountain operation,
j which he estimated, in two years,
j will employ up to 120 persons,
I mostly male, wliich will gross in
! ex*vss of $8 million per yeai
, wiUi a $1 million annual j;.ayroll,
1 and wiiich will produce 2000
! units annually.
He describe.! his firm as one
I of the oldest in the industry, cit-
I ed reports from studies that in a
few years up to 80 ix'rcent of
re.sidcjKH's costing less than
$3,5.000 will be “factory-produo
ed".
He said his firm grassed $26
million in 1970. projects a $31
million in 1971. and oxpi-gts mo
mentarily have its stock traded
on the American E.xchange.
.•\fler welcoming the group,
Mayor Moss noted that the plant
(Continued on Page Eight)
Mrs. Ruth Plonk Ormand Succumbs;
Rites Held For Retired Teacher
Funeral service.^ for Mrs. Ruth
Eloisc Plonk Ormand, OG. retired
Cleveland County and Kings
Mountain district schools teacher,
were held W<v!nesday afterniMm
at St. Matthew’s Lutheran church.'
Mrs. Ormand. hospitalized with
pneumonia fv>r some three wivks
vai'rnmbe<! at l:30Tu<'sday morn-;
ing at Kings Mountain haspital.
IV^ith was attributiM to heart
failuix'.
Mis. Ormaml ridired as a
tca.'her in the Kings Mountain
in 1900. She was a
daughter of the late Rufus Syl-
vanus and Mary Motley Plonk,
was a memb<'r of St. Matthew’s
church and a Kings Mountain na
tive. She attended Flora MacDon
ald colk'ge.
Surviving are her husband.
Hugh D. Ormand. a brother, Ru
fus S. Plonk, of Bessemer City,
and five sisters Mi.sses May and
F,va Plonk, of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. W. E. Alexander, of Robbins,
Mrs. W. M. Hite, of Atlanta. Ga.,
and Ml'S. C. A. Hagi'r. of Hickoiy'.
The final rites W(*re eonductiHi
by her pastor. Rev. Charles Eas
ley. and Interment was in Moun
tain Ri'st emneti'ry.
Pallbi'amrs were George H.
Hou.<er, Dr. George W. Plonk. Hal
Morris. Dr. W. L. Mauney, Oiarles
T. Carptmler, Jr.. Robert O. South-
well. George H. Mauney and
Chailei 4 Neislert