71 O •) Population Greater Kings Mountain 21«814 City Limits 01G5 iLlagii Mountcdo tlgui* U derlvtd Horn um •p#ctrl Unltt'd StaiM Hutuuu oi ib* c«iuu« ruport o |aAi>'mimiittee on i^eneral gov- ; ernment and hransix>rtation. I i Rep. Mauney was also appoint I p(j ny iioust» Speaker Phil Godwin i I to memix'rship on the cominitU‘es t I en eonservation and development 1 enmmissions and institutions for, the blind and deaf, Banks and | hankin-^ and manufacturers and , labor. '■ Kep. ^i^Iauney did not comment | on particular legislation he anti-j cipates will bo received by the j several c'ommittc'cs on which he ^ Project Parcel Bought From Mrs. Blanche Yarboro City Ice & Coal Tract Is Third Oi 44 Needed By MARTIN HARMON King.s Mountain Redt^’clopnent , ^ commission has acquired its V. ^ third tract in the Central Busi- I, ness District renewal project. ■. Latest tract lo be acquircnl is the 22,000 square foot property of Mrs. Blanche YaUboro, occu pied by City Ice & Ccal Company which fronts 100 feet on both South Railroad avenue and Citj streets and is 220 tcct det p. 'Purchase price for the property was $14,600. Prior propert|-*s purchased in elude: j 1) The Virgie Harmon property j on City street at $13,500, and i 2) Tlie former Herald building j on S. Piedmont avenue from Kinvl Baptist dhuK'h at a pu.vha.se | price of $10,000. i Joe M. Uincy, director of tly’ Redevelopment commission, .^aid the commission holds options on four other parcels and a verbal i option on another. He said the commission will purchase a minimum of two perhaps four parcels, by mid- \Ia roh. I A total of 44 parcels are car ' Scouting's highest award, the marked for pu-rrhase in the Cen | Silver Beaver, will be presented tral Business District project. | to Edgar D. Wilson; Sr. of Kings Original plan was to purchasi'! Mountain at the annual banquet the parcels in three phases cover- of the r.mmril. Bov senves. i H 0 commtmtcd, however, 1 “There’ll probably be more work ; on the api)ropriations .‘•ub-com-1 mittee than on all the others put i together.” i He do.s:Tibeioners, have made my oLiciai indications of their iiiu-ntions, tliougin filends say ih(*y e.vi>ect tlie incumbents to !(H*k re-(‘it‘Ction. Challoager rumors have also been scane. Among them: 1) Lt.-Col. (Ki Kaoert G. Cox, a rumoicd mtiyoraT challenger, may instead sec'k the Ward 5 post held oy Mrs. Maude R. Walk er, 21 Ex-Commissioner R. Coleman Stroupe may challenge M’ard 4 Commissioner Norman King, as may Kenneth Roberts, j Tommy P. Bridges secretary j and treasurer ot Bridges Auto Parks of Kings Mountain and i Bessemer City and president of: The new bid of $60,469.89 \va.s | posted by Mrs. R. P. Anthony of, Gastonia. I Re-sale is scheduled for Feb-! ruary 18th at 11 ajm. at thej Cleveland County courthouse door, Lincolnton Aviation, in Shelby. | Bridges said in a formal state-1 Mrs. Anthony mLsed Postmastei I mont, “The ^present board has' Charles Alo.xander’s bid of | done an excellent job. We have $57,542.75. a school system of whioh to be The property, located near the j proud. I will have children in ENGINEER ^ Glenn Grigg, Jr. was registered in January by the state as a licensed engineer. He is employed by the Traffic Engineering Department of the State Highway Commission in Raleigh. Engineef License Fox Glenn Grigg Glenn Grigg, Jr., Kings Moun tain native, was registered in January by the state of North elected to three year terms on the board along with Ken Kiser of B<>ssemer City. Mr. Kiser is son-in-law of Mrs. Orangrcl B. Jolly of Kings Mountain. SPEAKER — Dr. Eugene Poston, president of Gardner Webb col lege at Boiling Springs, will fill the pulpit on Baptist Men's Day Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at Temple Baptist church. Men of the church will fill the choir and present special music. Silver Beaver To Edgar Wilson The “A” the following: Seniors Judy Childers, Jimmy Crawford, Lin da Feemster, Lynn Fin'zer, Phy llis Hamrick, Carolyn Howard, Charles Reed. Wan^Ca G-ail Smith, Jack White and Cathy Wilson; Juniors Ruth Davi son, Norma Jean Morrison and Mr. Griffin wa.s elected to fill Bevely Plonk; Sophomores - the unexpired term of the late Lynn Blanton, Irene Louis Eas- Evorette Pruden. Mr. Blanton will ley, Martha Jane Mauney; represent Cleveland County on , rreshmen — Tony Beam, Kenny the board and Mr. Kiser will Farris, John Plonk, Jimmy Fitts, represent Gaston County on the Sco'tt Wilson an' Bagwell. Helen Rw. and Mrs. Charles Easley of, Eers, Diane Brid Citiz(tis from the elementary schools and Central Junior high school were chosen by their classmates and teachei's. Kings Mountain High school’s citizen of tho month was chosen i Rass, Both Bate.'? Stephen Lee, Jo- by a enmmittoe from the Student anna Rushing. Gail Rigdon, Ton-' Participation Organization on the! ya Burton. Gerome Parker. Mar- basis of conduct and scholarship.; tha Greene, June Ware, Mary The Citizenship Committee of ^ Hullender, James Sanders. Rox- the ACT, in recognizing these ! anno Seism. Adrienne Davis, Rick Good Citizens each month, hopes Withorsixx?n. Nancy Lee. Kenneth to make good Citizenship an im-1 Corn. Bonnie Hinnant. Penny portant part of each student’s life. Williams, and Susan Milchem. At the close of -the school year, a Bethware nementaxy Ck)Od Citizen of tho Year from j Danna Seism. Karon Dixon, Kim each schotd will bo honored with | Dixon. Curt Camp, Tommy Fitts, an award from the ACT. The Citi-j Lisa Yarbro, Fred Yarboro, Gary zen of the Yrar will be chosen! Bell, Oonald Bell, Maxine Short, from those honored each month, i Beth Christopher, and Dewayne Tho following have been chosen Varner. Five Students To Clinic Five Kings .Mountain high school choir members will at tend the annual choral clinic at Mars Hill college this w'eekend. Doris Wilson. Bernice New- some, Debbie Burns, (iene Bum- gardnor and Douglas Byars will be accompanied by Mrs. J. N. Me- ard. Deanna Moore Wanda With-1 Ulure to Mars Hill where they erspoon, Connie Cochran, Rhonda i participate in the clinics on - - - ' Friday and sing with a 250-voicc concert of students from all over tho state and East Tennesstn' Sat urday night at 7 p.m. on the college campus. Greg Smith is arranger, com poser and conductor for the pro gram. from their respwtive schools for January: Kings Mountain High School Becky Plonk Central Jr. High Chcryln Cole, Ku.sty Cloninger. East Elementary Eric Wright. Toni Ross. Lynn Liters, Karen Blackwell, Lisa Grover Elementary Dawn Hambright, Phyllis Dot- ter, Aaron Dixon, Jane Ham- bright. Bridget Gla.ss, Barry Wright, Robin Harry. Donna Hol man, Tony Hagen. Cindy Forten berry, Earl Hagen, Karen Green, David IJaimbright. Joyce Robin son, and Terry Glass. Mrs. McClure To Give Report Mrs. J. N. McClure, ma^sic sup ervisor in the district schwl s.vs- tom, will go to Raleigh February 12th where she will give a re port on “Status of Music Educa tion In the Schools of District VI in the North Carolina Assotna- tion of HkiucatooTS.” Mrs. McClure will bi» in a con- ; ference with Dr. Craig Phillips, I director oi public instrucUonr