c f) «) «) Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8465 Giwatvr kiaga Mouaido ligara U derived itoui uie epecxri United State* Bureau ol the Ceiuu* tepori o lanutiry 19b6, und Includes the 14,99b populoiion o Mumher 4 Township, and tl>e remaining 6*124 Iron Humber 5 Township. In Clevelond County and Crowder’ Mn>n«ti Township In Gcnton Cowty. ill Kings Mountain's Reliable Newstpaoei VoL Pages Today No. 4 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 28, 1971 Eighty-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS oard Votes To Enter Governor’s Award Program insi^iikcott Joe A. Neisler, Jr. Files innual Award Mrs # ihosri Mrs. Gail r:innart Haley, of York City, dau;;hter of a ; Kin^js Mountain citizen, l^io^eccivecl the ColdCv.'ott Award | liven by the American Library i Issoc'iation’s Children Service foi i me best pieture t)ook for ciiildren luhlishod in 1970. The presentation was made in |an Francisco, Cali^rnia recent- Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. lecrgo Einhart of Charlotte, Mis.; aley’s prize winning book is her th. I ‘ A Story A Story’’, an African I ale was also illustrat'd by Mrs laley and wag published by Ath- ncum of New York. Mrs. Haley’s hasband, also a writer, is a mt'm- bor of the staff of the magazine, “Jewish Times Outl.x)k.’’ Mrs. Haley, 31, is the great- niece of (Fred Thornburg of Kings Mountain and grandiiaughtcr of Monroe and Ethel Thornburg Bell formerly of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Haley’s mother is the former Miss Louise ’Bell of Kings Mountain, niece of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Thorn burg. For School Board Position 4) Dickey Appreciates Citizens* Patience Sewage line installation work In the Fulton Road-Margra.e Mill area is expected to be com plete in three to four weeks. City Commissioner Jim Dick- t made the statement in ab- lio via Mayor John Henry « at Tuesday night’s com mission mei»ting. Mr. Dickey added he, as Ward 6 commis- ionor, personally appreciated the c'on.'nderable “patience" of resfdents of the area during the retent sequence of bad weather. Lake Montonia Stockholders Are Meeting Election of officers and three new directors will highlight the meeting of stockholders of Lake Montonia Club Thursday (to-! night! at 7:30 p.m? at the Gai^- tonia Ciamher of Commerce, GO- : We&t Franklin street, Gastonia. Stoc'kholdcrs will <‘le( t two new directors, on(* repres<'nUng Gas j ton county and one roi)res<‘nling: Cleveland county, and fill anotli-: er vacancy creattM by the death of Evorette Pruden. Dirtvtors, with terms expiring, are Pat Tignor of Kings Mountain and Jim Wilson of Gastonia. Other dm’(l(?rs are B^>b Crockett of Gastonia and George Thomasson of Kings Mountain. OfficH'rs are Neill Car- son, Jt. of Gastonia, presirU'nt; iBob Beason of Boiling .Springs , vice^prcsirkml; and Don Crawford « tings Mountain, s(»( r<»tary * surcflp. Past Pre.sident Bob Su- of Kings Mountain serves ex officio as a memlH*r of the lx)ard. The sto(*kholders will fill the directorships 'follow<»d by the election of officers. iis Candidacy FcrMay Biennial Voting Joe A. Neljalor, Jr. becam.' the first candalate for the b-xird of education as he filed with the city clerk Monday. Mr. Neisler se<?ks the s at in the insid -city t.Mstrlct lx?ing va- c.dcd by Mrs. Lena \V. McGill, who ann.)uncod last week sh. will noit seek le-. lection. The teim of oflke is six y. ars. Al.so to he filled on tlie board education is a seat in -the out side city district. Term of P. A. (Tippy) Fiancis of Grover, el ected to fiU the unexpir (i ferm of the late Holm s Harry of Grover, is expiring. Mr. Neisler’s i.'ilirg is the lone fcimal poliTcal activity of the ^'’ason. No other candidates hav.' filed and the rumor mill produced little grist. All other members of fhe John H nry Moss Administration are pxixxcted to seek re-election, in* clU 'ing the mayor, and Commis sioner Ray Cline, Ward 1; W'. S. Bjddix, Ward, 2; T. J. -Eliison. Ward 3; Norman King. Ward 4; Mrs. Maude Walker, W«ard 5; and Jim Dickey, Ward 6. Mr. Francis is also exp cted to seek re-election to the outside city dis trict s at on fho :board of edu cation where three members arc . lected, school district-wise from the bounds of the city of Kings M Hint a in an'li two members aix* ol cted frr m school districts art- side it he city boundaries. Only two seats are to br fillecl. Mr. Neisler, son of Joe A. Neisl r, Sr., of Lake Waccamaw and Mi's> John Caveny of Kings Mountain, is a King.s Mountain native. He is socretary-tr arurer of Choslerfi Id Yarn Mills, Inc.. of Pageland. .S. C.. and as.soda- tc’ with Kent Mills of Taylors ville and Lucky Strik.^ Mills n* Double .‘=^hoals. Ho is past presi dent of King.'9 Mountain Kiwan- is club and active in Fir.st Pr s- b>lcrian church. His wife is -the former Marlene Hedrick of Len oir and they are parents of four children: .St I..<'e Neisler, age 1G: Jo A. Noisier, HI. age 14: Meliss-a Nei.sl r, -age 10; and Tlioresa Neisler, -ago four. TTie family reddes on Pliif. r road. KIWANIS PROGRAM W. H. Shinn, of Mogul Cor- jxration of Charlotte, will be gne<t s;KMker at Thursday’.s nu eting of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis elub at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman’s elub. The pro gram will feature a film on ■Water Pidlution.” PRESIDENT — J. Wilson Crew- ford has b^n re-elected presi dent of the Kings Mountain Business Development Corpora tion. Industiy-Seeking Finn Re-elects Offici'Ts and directors of Kings Mountain ^Business rv?veloj5jr.eiit, Inc., v^'ro re-elected Tuesday at the annual meeting of stockhold ers. ' They are: J. Wil.con Crawford, president; Fred W. Plonk, vice- president; and Thomas A. Tate, st>erotary-trea.su ror. Directors include the officers and Glee E. Bridges, Jolin War- lick and Bob Manor. Tne treasurer’s report sliowed assets of the firm, capitalized at S22,180 in 10.58. have increased to $43,889.90. Surplus over the initial stock investment folaLs $13.079.99., -Assets include $5,021.60 in in- ' vestments at Kings Mountain anvi Home Saving-; & Loan Associa tions and a note receivable of' $30,041.08. The corporation was formcxl to assist new industry in locating in the Kings Mountain area. i I HOSPITAUZED Mrs. Orangrel B. Jolly entenHi Kings Mountain hospital Mon day for treatment ond obser vation. She is improving and is | a patient in Hoorn 22.5. 1S!0 Big Year ForHsmeS&L; Assets Up 11% Home Savings & Loan Associa tion pasted another oxcellont op (’rations record during 1970, Thoma.s A, Tatc‘, executive vice- president and sc''crotary. told .‘shareholders at Tuesday’s annual mc'eting, with year-end assets at a r(M‘ord high of $13,323,260, up 11.13 jx’rcent. The sharcdiolders ro-electc'd all direetors, who, in turn, re-elected all officers. Officers ore J. H. Thomson, president; A. H. Patter.son and B. D. Ratt(*rree, vice-presidents; Mr. TaU‘, ex(‘culiv<’ vice-president and j .st'creta'ry: Emily A. Henivion ! treasurer; Nancy S. Seism, a.'vsi.st-' ant secTCtary and In'asurer; and - Ja(‘c>b A. Dixjn, Bessc^mcr City branch manager. ; Directors arc* A. H. Patter.son. ’ I. G. Paller.son, Jack H. White, J. ^ H. Thomson, Dr. Paul E. H('n- dricks, Thomas A. Tate, B. D. RattciTCC', rharies Blanton and R. S. Plonk of Be.^eitic'r City. i Other highligV.^ t>f Mr. Tate’s I report! 1) Savings up $1,348,610 to; $11067,931, up 11.27 percemt. j 2> Loans up $1,281,013 to' $11,662,410, up 11.02 percent. 31 .V traasfer to res(‘r*es ol $08 645. 4) Dividends iwid to sharclvold ers of $563,203. 5) A total of 274 loans made totaling $2,381,505. PLAQUE TO GIRL SCOUT L£ADER — Mrs. Raymond Holmes left* of Kings Mountain* received a service plaque at Seturdey's annual meeting of the Pioneer Girl Scout Council at Gardner-Webb ccllcge. Mrs. Holmes has served as a Girl Scout leader in this area seven years and she was cited for outstanding contributions to the Girl Scout program, ^hei is presidentelect of the Council. Mrs. John Gamble of Lincolnton, center, is incoming president and will serve from 1971 73. Mrs. Perry Ccrriel, right* of Gastonia, is executive director of the Council. (Photo by Jerry Barkley) HOSPITAUZED Mrs. Carl F. Mauncy wh<» 'Undoi'Wv'nt surgei'y ai Ch.ir- I<Mto Memorial ho.spilal la.';i wen'k is iTcupi ratirvg at home. ROTARY CLUB A program on “Minting of ('olns" will feature Thur.sday’s nux'ling of th(' King.s Mountain Rotary club at 12:15 at the Country club. Mrs. Emily A. Herndon To Retire After 22 Years at Home S & L .Mrs. Emily Ash(! Herndon is retiring as Iroasuror of Home Savings & Loan As.soeia1ion on March 31, it w'tis announced to »harehold(‘r.s at the annual m<H't Ing Tuesday by Thomas A. Tale, executive vi’ce-presidont. I Mrs. Herndon will have com pleted .slightly more than 22 ycarii of .service with the King.'-* Mountain association, whicli she Joined in February 1049 as a part-time employee. Mrs. H<'rn- don’s addition made H a threv- person staff to A. H. Patterson secretary, and his wife, Mr. Pal tcr.son’.s a.ssistant. Mrs. Herndon recalls that as sets of the .'ussiH'iation at the time approximated $800,(XK). At ^comber 31. 1970, a.s.s<ds totaled 323,260. There were other changes dur- j jfJR years in physical plant. . I^rst the association remodeled *‘Hhe building at MountaJn and Lean C(>mpany. In Octohc'r 1962, II(ii:ne Savings * .x'cupied its pre.'ii’nt quarters on EastI Minmtain .slreiT. TiHiay the paid St iff numbe-rs Mr. Tate and Mr.s. Herndon, Mrs. Nancy S. Seism, ; a.'sislant >e(‘r(Mary and tiea.surer, ^ and four tellers, Hilda Blaek-burn, Rt'beeca P.nK'me, B-mnie Bridge's and Joy.-i' Bahh. . Mrs. l((‘rndon ronfossiHl, ‘Til seem miglity strange. I've work ed as long a-; I c-in ri'nK'mner.” , .■^lie atlend('d (’arolina Busine.ss , Colle^gt' in riiarloltt'. work(*d foi ' I.arkwoiid IIosi< ry Mills, then was in ebargt* of eommis'^ary r(*eor(ls i nr Morris Field in t’harlolte dur- : ing World W;ir IL She is llie wih' of Broailus H(*rn- 1 don. Tlielr daugliier Bt'verly us I married and live's in Gree'on.sboro. i The\v. too. have a daugliter. Her Ilians c.'ill for "doing some things I’ve long wante'd to do”, including griwing flower.s. Her lady confrere' teases about some Tax Payments lump; Penalty Day Monday The late January (rush to jiay 1970 tax bills and avoid late- jiayment peiMltics put $21,230 | into city coffers during the past : wx'Ok. ‘ The payments brought to ; $151 232 amount collocte'd a- i gainst the total levy of $313,907. 1 A.s of Wodnc.sday, th<? 1970 levy ' was 48.1 iK'rcent paid. > Of the total levy, the cur- | rent year cily budget antiei- i pates 90 percent payment dur- | ing the -fiscal ye;tr. ! Penalty of one percent aiitilies ; Tue.sday. February 2. I City Sets Higher Prices For Water, Sewer Taps The cily board of commissioners Tuesday incrcas- j ed water and sewer tap fees and made slight changes j in electrical fees and city policies. The city Iiad not adjusted fees in ten years. Mayor : John Henry Moss confirmed with Grady Yolton, public works superintendent, and Earl Turhyfill, electrical superintendent. Meantime, the superintendents said costs, for meters, materials, and labor have increased heavily. The new schedule: ELECTRICAL Inside city transfer fee (no former fee). Temporary service, formerly $2, now Wiring permit, formei* maximum $5, now .SIO. Tile city will determine whore a meter is set on a new service. The contractor will install the ri.scr, meter sockets and all masts. (The city will continue to furnish the meter sockets.) All risers will be two-inch wire, or larger. WATER Mrs. Ida Joy Is Resigning March 1 Hetaile; Group Manager Served For 13 Years NEW PASTOR — Rev. A. Glenn , Boland* pastor of Moncks Cor- ‘ ner Lutheran church the past five years* was installed Sun day CCS pastor of Resurrection | Lutheran church on Crescent : Circle. The local church is Rev, ' Mr. Boland's second pastorate. '■ ivr Water Meter New Former Outside City Former Top Fees Inside New inch $100 $ 60 $125 $ 85 1 inch $150 $110 $175 $135 1 */!' inch $225 $1S0 $250 $205 2 inch $300 $260 $325 $285 Water meter tap fees from throe to eight-inch will be charged on a time and material basis, rather than a set schedule of foes. SEWER TAPS ■1 inch ' $ 50 $ 35 $ 75 $ 00 Oinch $75 $00 $100 $ SO Hindi $100 $ SO $125 $100 Machine Rental Charges (No Change?) Bush Hog for Mowing $ 7.00 per hour All Trucks $ 0.00 per hour Allis Chalmer Tractor $ 6.00 per hour Motor Grader $18.00 per hour Load Dirt $ 3.00 per load Huff Payloader $15.00 per hour 175 Payloader $18.00 per hour Ford Backhoe $15.00 per hour "Contact' Program Set Mrs. Iivnc Millroy, Diroctor of CONTACT' -- a toi i>hont» exHin-i soling ministry slaffcd by lay V’olunloors, will \yo at liu Kings Mountain Community Contor on Frklay, February 5, at 7 p.m. t.) xplain the need for and opera- lion of a similar service in our community. Such a program is de'signod. she said, to provide people with an opiK)rtunity for help with their iiroblom^^ through the an onymity of the tolopiione. It is noi inlondoi to compete with or substitute for any other s. rviee hut to supplement and ceKijiera'ie i with oth r ageiuios and servic e's, she' adde'd. All adtilts inteix'ste'd in w«»rk- ■ ing with or l.arnitJ; -more al.out ; this service are invitoel to atlen'. . Two Charged In Friday Raid Cleveland County sheriffs dej>- utic.s and ABC offijers e*onfi.-?it- ed 600 cans of beer and 150 half pints of whiskey in a Friday niglit raid at a mobile home owneHl by Roger Conner. GroNor r.nid. Conner was reportedly cltargevl witli illt'gal salt' and W. T. Cl-iiy was reporte'.lly charge'd witli v io latie'Ti of the j)rohibiiion law for the purpose of sale. Tlu' east's are (Ux'kcled for trial in District Court in Shedby Fe'hruary 17l}i, Wilbur Benteni and W. H. Bra riy, dciputy .sheriffs, and elg.ht ABC oTicors raided five eluh.s and residences in Shelby anei L'p-! I>er Cleveland County the same ! evening. l Officers said the raids were! made because of complaints by Mrs. Ida Fortner Joy. manager of the Mercdiant.s A.'<.‘-;ocialion and i’redit Bureau the pa.st 13 years Ivas resigned, e'ffeetive Mare*h 1. and Mrs. Joyce Childers Roark was ein;doyed Tue.sday as man ager-trainee. President Bennett Masti’rs al'?^) anndunctxl that Mrs. Lucille Camp Williams, employed by both the ('redii Bureau and Chambe'r of Commerce since May 1063, has resigned, effective February 1, and will assume full time st'cro- farial duties with the t'hamber of Commerce in its downtown of fi'co. Mrs, Joy, wife of Luther Joy. lias not announced her future plans. A native of Statesville, she grew up in Mount Holly and was graduated fro:Ti Mount Holly high school. She joined tlu' Mi-rchanh: A.ssociation in March 1058 and has si'en the a.ssociation double Pie amount of cri'dit reporting. .She also serve.s as manager oi Western Union and the Hus Sta lion, also operated by the retail ers. Mrs. Joy Ls empK>yed by Kings iSTountain Knit Fabric.^. Tliey are active m First Wesleyan cliurch. riiey are parents of two sons. G.'iry Joy ol Kings Mountain and U'slit' Joy, wlto graduates t.xiay 'Cuntiniicd Ou Patje Eight/ Mmimal Damage Polux' we'iv exilled to Central Junior higii school Monday whe'n school p rsonnel elis.oveu'd tliat a fiit' bomb had lu'en thrown thr.rugh a wiiisiow into a book sloiage room. ' According to Capt. AVilliam Ro I -cr of Hie D tec'iive Division, there was a burned spot in the middl.' of the flexor <>f the 20 by 20 loot room hut failed to cxttcii the building on fiix'. small pl.aslic omtainer fil- l(‘d with gasoline was tlirown through a grou!i<t i.'hKir windenv,” saM Hop r. 'Tan of tlie wall was burned whe'te gasoline' elixi- ined onto tlie wall as th, homl) I'amc' through tlie window.’* Hoj)er said the burn.d s])ol on tlie fhwir was about IS inches in diameter and alKiut half an inch deep. The fire burned al>out half an inch into the wtXKlen floor to the i>oint whore the floor planks n Page Eight I ; OFFICER OF MONTH — Sgt. John Belk has been tapped as I Police Officer of the Month. Sergeant Belk Officer Of Month Sgt. Johnny Grayson Belk, 30. is the Kings Mountain Woman's I club choiL'C for ‘'Policgman of I the Month.” ! The Kings Mountain man join ed the local forex* as a palnil- man in February ltK>7 and dur ing the* past t.our .ve'ars has ai- te'neie'd 10 siK'cial schexds on law e'nforc. me'’U, ineUxiing course's in st'arch and arre'st, inirexiuction to law e'nforex'meni, basic law in- forcememt, the ban'.Ming of fire arms. radio ofx'rating. riot anel erow<i I'onirol, chtmiical te\st for alc'ohol, narexiiic drugs, traffic invi stigation. and advanex'el cour se' in chemical tost for alcohol. lie is a me'mhe'i' of the N. C. Law Enforcement Offievrs As sociation. B. fore l)ee*omin‘g a polie'oman, Sgt. Belk \\x>rked at Piedmont Moteu's. Inc., in 'Gastonia for two ye.ars iK'fore I’m.'le' Sam e'allct.4 and he served a tour of Army eluly. Hv worke'd at Bay Se'rvice iSfatiein 'or thixv* \rvirs and Park lYarn .Mills fe>r f»>ur years. He aiit'ndvd Kings Mountain I hi di se'hool and fx>mplet<'d re- I (luire'nv. for his ,dipU>ma at ; Cleveland IVchnie'al Institute. He is ac'tivo in the WesUyvan Moth- odi.'it church. i Mrs. Fiolk is the former Glen- ! (ki Butler. They are paronts of ! two daughters: Kathy, age nine, ja third grader at -North school; and Pamela, age six, a first gra der at North school. Reorganization 0! Industrial Committee Is Authorized By MARTIN HARMON By resolution of the ehty com- I mi.ssion, the City of King.s .Moun- I tain is entering the Ck)vernor’s I municipal award program and ' expanding slightly and reorgan- , izing the Mayejr's Indu-strial cejmmiftec. Mayor John Henr>’ .Moss .<aid the award program is under the direction of the commerce and industry' division of the Depart ment of Comme.'rce and Develop ment. Guideline.-^ call for dividing the .Mayer's Indu.strial committee? in- I to .six .suh-commitlees: It indus- j trial sill's, constni.’non, and unli. ■ tics: 2) industrial plant financ- j ing; 3) government and ta.xe.-; 4) 1 human resource's; 5) marketing j services and traasportation; and ! 6) livability. ■ He told the city commission I eleven industrial .site'.s in Kings Mountain or adjae'ont, have been listed as available. ! Wodnc.sday he said the rom- I miUoe co-chairmen. L. E. (Josh) Hinnant and Senator J. Ollie Har- . ris and himself, an ex officio I membe'r, will constitute fTie com- ' mitlee on industrial site.s, con struction, and utilities. He added he expected to add two to three memben5 to the over all I'om'mittee, which now num- 15 persons besides himself, invited the listing of other in du.strial sites by intere?sted citi- 7ens. He said the city’s “community audit” — a forts and figures re port including a full range of items from ho.spital beds and en'emight accommodations to av erage rainfall and temperature ha.s been filed with the C & D de partment. The c'ommi«sion passed a raso- I lution commending the co-chair- . men of the industrial ('ommittee j for their "good work”, j In other actions Tuesday night. I the commission: 1 1) Approved petitions of Mr. and Mrs. Dougla.s Eubanks. Ful ton Road, and Mr. and Mrs. Wes- 1(\V Kiser. Wood.side Drive*, for in clusion in the city limits. 2) Authorized refund of S0.a5 m 1970 tax payment to MLss Eva Plonk. City Clerk Joe McDaniel. Jr., said Miss Plonk’s car had been ovcr-asse.ssed. 3) Received bids on a backhoe machine on a le'ase-purvhaso ba- si.s with Qiiex*!! City Equipment Company, apparent low bidder at a gross price of S0305. We\stern ('arolina Tractor Comjiany. Char lotte*. bid $97(X). and Hardin- Dixon Tractor Company. Shelby, hid Sin,570. The bid of Allison Equipment Company. Charlotte, was rejet'tod. This firm bid a rental price, no purchase price. Mrs. Harrison's Father Passes : Funeral rite.'-' for 'Harlan Co lumbus Ledford. 57, of Shelby, , fatht*r (»f Mrs. Jamt*s Harrison (>f ^ Kings Mountain, will he held Fri- ' day fram Lutz-Au.<tell Funeral , Htimo ChajM'!, interment follow ing in Sunset <‘emetery. Mr. U*dford die*d «t S a.m. Wed- ne*s<iay in Cleveland Memorial ! hospital. A native of Cleveland County, I he was an employe'e of the city , of Sliolby. He w^a.s .son of the ^ late Z. L. and Hattie Cotstner Led- ' ford. ! Surviving are his wife, Mrs, 1 H(*Ien Sailors Lt'dford; two si.>ns, I Ronnie H. and Michael David I Lexiford of Shelby: another ■ daughter, Mrs. Danny Hunt of Shelby; one brother. Guy Ledford of Shelby; one sister. Mrs. Hoyt Hayes of Charlotte and one gra ndehild. The IxHiy will lie-in state at the home at 505 X. Washington stree't. Shedhy. until the hour oj ser\’ico Friday afternoon. ON DEAN'S UST Don Forn*st Bridge's of 302 Edge'.mont Dr.. Kings Mountain, was named to the Doan’s List fall quarter at the Gexirgi^ In stitute of Technology. To be named to the D**an’'s List at Oorgia Tech a student must maintain a grade point averaga '~QV€

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