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VOL 86, No. 13
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C,, Thursday, April I, 1971
Eighty-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS ,
Traffic Control System Engineering Report Received
82 Pupils
Are Named
Top Citizens
SENIOR CLASS PLAY CAST — Pictured ore seven members of the cost of "Our Town", Kings Moun
tain high school Senior class ploy, to be staged April 8th. From left to right. Jack White, Nathan
Sanders. Gene Alexander, Lynn Finger, Debbie Brown Tom Harper and Kathy Wilson. (Photo
b>' Isaac Alexander)
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TAPPED — Peter Hauser, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hauser, has
been tapped by North Carolina
Gamma Chopter ot Pi Mu Epsi
lon Honotory Mathematics Fra
ternity ot North Corolino State
University where be is a grod-
uote student. Hauser, a 1968
graduote of N. C. State, is pur
suing a Plkd degree. He olds a
B.S. in chemistry. Pi Mu pro
motes scholarship in motbe-
matics.
KMHS Seniors
To Present
Wilder Play
I Tlio Senior class of Kings
I Mountain high ^'hooT will pre
sent Thornton Wilder’s dranw,
*’Our Town”, Thursday. April 8th,
at 8 p.m. in Central Junior high
school auditorium.
Ticket^ arc on s^e at $1 for
adults and .85 for students.
The drama is umUTr the direkr-
tion of Cary Osborn of the high
scho;>l Drama department.
The chief charach^^atre as fol
lows: Stage mS.ager (Jack
White), Dr. Gibbs (Nathan San
ders.) Howie Newsome (Reb
Wiesener), Mrs. Gibbs (Lynn Fin
ger,) George Gibbs (Gone Alexan
der). rs. Webb (Debbie Burns,)
Emily Weob (Cathy Wilson.) Mr.
Wi’bb (Jimmy Tale,) and Simon
Stinson (John Johnson.)
New Medicaid
Rules May 1
Starting in May, Mt*dieaid re
cipients must receive prior ap
proval for certain services pro-
vidiNl under the program.
Joint R. Jonlan Jr.. Chairman of
the tSato Board of Social St*rv-
ites. has directed the State De
partment of Soi'ial Services to be
gin implementing as soon as ix)s-
sihle a plan that will require pro-
^^vidors of health servit'cs to re-
^^quest prior Qi>|)n>val bt'fore pro-
vitling eertain services. Effect of
the plan will bt' to provide hmi
tat ions for llu'se servkt^s unless
ai^traval is given prior to thoit be
ing renderoi.
Jordan stated in Raleigh that
this action was taken after
months of study by the Staff of
the Stale IXqxirtnH'nt of Social
Si‘r\iees on ways to further in
sure against mbiuses of Uie Med
icaid program.
He stated that while he and
C<«nmis.sioner of Social Services
Clefton M. Ciaig feel the abuses
of the program are very few’, they
are contiiuioiLsiy studying meth
ods to nwke administration of tlie
program even more efficient.
Prior approv'iil on some services
Is already in effort, but in most
ctjsis the rendering of the services
has been left to the discretion of
the professionals in the lieallh
earr^ field.
Talent Show
Profits $2,355
Proix’ods from the Kings Moun
tain Kiwanis club's 14l'h annual
Schools Talent Show are earmark
cd for air conditioning of the
Woman’s club and Community
Center.
Net receipts from the show
totaled $2,355.(50, including $556.60.
from ticket nH.’cii>ts and $1,839.(W
from advertising sales in the
show program.
For 13 years, the schools, whidi
supjily the 'talent, have retx'wed
the growing largess of profits
from the event. Tennis courts, a
sidciwalk to tho high Sdiool, and
Gambio .Moinorial Stadium are a-
mong the prior beneficiaru^.
Joe Noisier, Jr. was chairman
of the recent show.
City Water System
Fully Fluoridated '
The oily water system is fully
fluorHlaled and hius been for
several weeks, Public Works
Superintemkmt Grady Yelton
said \Vednes<lay.
"We are still getting a few
inquiries from citizens about
the date of fluoridation,” Mr.
Yelton noted.
Both the new Buffalo Creek
plant and Deal street plant are
fluciidaUng. The Deal street
plant is being kept operational
on an abbreviate seedule.
Dellingei's
Rites Conducted
Burgin Vance Dellinger, 70, of
Rt. 3, died Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
in a Kings Mountain hospital.
Survivors are his wife, Mas. An-
i\ie Didlinger; six sons, Creighton,
Roger. Dennis, and Etlgar, all of
Kings Mountain Glenn of Clinton,
S. C., and Ralph of Valdo.se; two
daughters, Mrs. Fred Arrowood ol
Oherr>'villc and Mrs. Buddy Bar
nett of Kings Moun-tain; a biroth-
or, Ji'ssie of Kings Mountain; two
sisters, Mrs. Corene Huffstctler
and Mrs. Sallie Latahm, bot'h od
Kings Mountain: 17 grandohiild-
ren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
3 pjm. Tuesday at the First Wes
leyan Methodist Church with bur
ial in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
The Revs. Carl Sparks. Edwin
Chriscoc and Ansel Center offioi-
ated.
PROMO’TED — David Parker has
been promoted by Kinder Man
ufacturing Company to soles
manager of the Kings Mountoin
plant.
Kinder Promotes
David Parker
David P«irker, who joined Kin
der Manufacturing at the Amer-
icus, Cia. plant in 1969, has been
promoted to sales manager of the
Kinder firm here.
Announcement was made by
Gary Chaffeo, general managci
of the local plant which manu
factures u|)Jiolsicn'd furniture,
bedding, dinettes and case gtxKls
for the moibile home industry.
Mr. Parker and his wife and
two daughters are residing at -IOd
Manor road. They are memCiers
otf First Baptist church and Mr.
Parker has jointxl the Rotary club.
Parker is a graduate of the
University of Georgia.
'Eighty-two situdent Good Citi
zens have bt*en tapped by the
Citizenship committee of the As
social ion of CTtLssroom Teachers.
Kings Mountain Unit.
The.se students wore chosen on
the basis of good grades, good
conduct and respect for >their
s('ho.d.^. fellow .students and
teachers.
The Good Citizen.s from the ele
mentary schools and Central Jun
ior high school wore chosen by
their clas:smatcs and teachers.
Kings Mfiuntain high school’s
citizen of the month was chosen
by a ix)mmittee from the Student
Participation Organization on the
basis of conduct and scholarship.
A spokesman for the ACT said
at die close of the school year
a Good Citizen of the Year from
cadi school will be honored with
an award. Tlic Citizen of the Year
will be chosen from those hon
ored each month.
The list of Good Citizens in
clude’
BE’THWARE
Valerie Laney, Karen Lynn
Dixon, Todd Blalock, Beverly Bell,
Tommy Fitts, Robin Crawford,
Wanda Moss, Christy Bowen, Don
ald Bell, Lynn Drumm, Steve
Ware and Mary Burris.
CENTRAL
Carl Roseboro and Debbie Sim
mons
EAST
LauTO Bumgaraner, Jodie Ram
sey, Richie Harrison Land, Lcanne
Sanders. Cheryl Leach. Teresa
Dov^er. Karen Blackswell, Eliza
beth Upchurch, Wendy Stringfel--
low, Randy Hord, Eugene Jack-
son Cindy Falls, Clark Ruby and
Sharon McDaniel.
GROVER
Sandra Cash, Donna Lynn SCtz-
er, Priscilla Hambright, Debbie
Turner. Tommy Whitworth, Pam
ela BtsHon, Donna Myers, David
Btilton. Cindy Wells. Sherrie Mad
dox. Scott Ellis, Kim Tesseneer,
; and Dale Hunt.
HIGH SCHOOL
Jack While and Ann Hunter
Plonk.
NORTH
Debbie Wood. Vonda Foster.
Jamie Hamrick, Rosalaind Card
nor, I^ee Blanton, Dana Horne.
Tcrrie Wessy, ElrJc Spicer, Mickey
Gregorys Mar>' Ramsey. Shelia
McCuiiy, Roxann Tate, Elizabeth
Herndon, Barry Lineberger, Sher
ry Short. Mary Hullender, Jeff
Robinson, Roxanne Seism, Chip
Childers, Sandra Gladden, Willie
Mae Robbins. Jim Baity, Pamela
Galloway and Paul Ingram.
WEST
Lee Neisler, Bobby Smith III.
Robert Earl Robirison, Tofld Ran
dall, Robert Lutz, Eric Sanders,
Mike Spears. John Cobb, Jimmy
Chapman, Nancy' White, Alan
Cloningcr, Steven Lancaster, Gina
Stroupe, Allen Waterson, Mary
Ann Grigg.
STUDENTS ASSIST CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN—This month is Clean-Up, Paint Up and FIx-Up Month
and Kings Moimtain high school students are taking part in the dty-wide project beaded hy
Donald D, Jones, schools superintendent. From left to right, Sheila Adams cleons a clossroom
wall as Rachel Huskey ond Linda Belk empty litter. (Photo by Isoac Alexonder)
CANDIDATE — Kelly Dixon, a
former moyor ond building
contractor, is a candidate for
Ward 5 city commissioner in
the municipal election Moy
11th. He seeks the sent being
vacated by Mrs. O. O. Walker,
who is retiring, and is opposed
by Howord Shipp.
Logan Funeial
Held Wednesday
Funeral riles for James Theo
dore Logan, 56, \v(^' hoM Wed
nesday afternoon at Harris Func*
roi Homo.
Mr. Logan h'a<l been ill for
scveml years after suffering a
paralytic stroKo. He succumbed at
14 oVl(K*k Monday night at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
Ho was a Cleveland County na
tive, son of the late Benjamin G.
and Etta -^nn Wells' Logun.
He was army veteran ot
World War II with si'rviee in the
European Theater of Gix^rations.
He Wits a nu'mber of Bethlehem
Baptist ehunch.
Rev. Ruse;ell Fitts conduettxl
the riU*s anil interment was in
-Mountain Rt'st cemetery.
LMembers of the A*merican Le
gion served as iwllbi'arers.
Eisldne Alumni
To Meet Tuesday
Dr. Chapman Lauderdale, vice-
pre.sidcn't for development for
Krskine Colh'ge, will speak here
Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at
Boyce Memorial ARP church at
the .spring meeting of the King«
Mountain alumni chapter.
A covered disli dinner will pre
cede Dr. Lauderdale’s address.
Norman MoGill Is pre.sident of
the Kings Mountain chapter.
KM Students
On Dean's list
CHAPEL HILL — The follow
ing is a list of students from
Kings Mountain, who were on
the University of North Caroli
na’s Fall semester dean's list.
To bo on the dean’s list at the
University here, a student must
be taking a full academic load
of at least 15 hours, arvi make
no grade below a C- The grades
in all courses must average a 3.0
(Or B) quality point average.
Schools and Colleges in whirh
students can ipialify for the
dean’s list a*rc the College of
Arts and Sciences, the General
College, the School of Business
Administration, the School of
Education, the School of Jour
nalism, and. in Health Affairs,
Dental Hygiene, Physical Tht r-
apy, Nursing and Phannacy.
General Oille^e — John An
derson Ballew. Howard Wayne
Swofford and James Barry
Ware.
Arts & Sciences — Frederick
Eli Fingi-r, III.
TO GREENSBORO
Irelou Easley, daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Biasley
and piano student of Mrs. Mar
tin Harmon, will play in the
state mu.sic contests at the Uni
versity of North Carolina in
Grecnsbf>ro Saturday. Miss E5as-
Icy will play in the Senior di-
Yiaion*
laycees Report Six Have Entered
K«ngs Mountain Beauty Event
Six Kings Mountain beauties ' talent division.
Laney Reports |
CRD Project
Making Headway
Kinrgs Mountain Redevelopment,
Commission reports encouraging j
developments as the Downtown 1
Renewal Program proceeds, Dir-'
octor Joe Laney reports. (
He itemized:
—Contractors responded to bids
for building clearance
—Fresh interest in new down
town construction is being exhi-
Diled.
—^Land negotiation is proceed
ing well.
The Redevelopment Commission
received favorable response to ad
vertisement for bid^ to dear 13
downtown buildings, riiree build
ings are slated for immediate re
lease to the contractor; the for
mer First Baptist Church training
building on Piedmont Avenue,
Uie former Dr. Anthony Building
on W'est Mountain street, and the
former Virgie Harmon residence
on South City street. The remem-
ing buildings are scheduled to be
released to the contractor in
groups of two or three over an
e.stimated period ot a year as
acquired.
Redevelopment Commission Di
rectiif Joe Laney stated that the
commission is particularly pleas
ed w'Uh recent inquiries concern
ing construction of new down
town stores. Mr. Lane>- said: “One
department store vice president
previously stated that he fell
Kings Mountain could support a
larger store but unless the down
town is improved they will have
to look elsewliere. Recent ques
tioas definitely reinforce this
position — a position the Rede
velopment Commission has long
maiitlained — that is, if we im
prtjve the downiwwn the business
sector will supj?ort our effort with
private investment in new con
struction whioli will revitalize
the downtown. This private in
vestment is no small matter—fhe
Redevelopment Commission esti
mates that $1,500,(XX).(K) in new
construction w‘ill be generated
hastxl upon inquiru^s such as the
following:
“Ten local busino.ssmon have
disc'u.sKcd plans for major expan
sion imolving nefv construction
downtown.
Two local bustiK^s.'imen have
(CdnihuiVil OH Payv Six)
PRESIDENT—Thomas Tote hs
been elected president of the
TriCounty Savings & Loan
League mode up of 12 savings
and loan groups in three coun
ties.
S&L League
Taps Tate
Thomas Tate, executive vire-
prosklcnt of Home Savings & Loan
Associatjem, has been elected
president of the Tri-County Sav
ings & Loan League.
The League is Composed of
members (representing Lincoln,
Gaston and Cleveland Counties.
Mr. Tate was elected at the
February meeting. Twenty-five
members represerrting 12 savings
and loan associations attended.
Easter Sunrise
Service Set
GOSPEL SING
A <5ospel Sing will be held
Saturday evening at 7 p.m. at
Midview Baptist church. Fea
tured on the program will be
the Full Gospel STngers and
the Cornwell Faimily. Rev. John
Frazier, pastor, issued invita
tion ito the Qommunity to at
tend*
are candidates for The Mtle of
“Miss Kings Mountain 1972” to
be crowned in the Taycee pag
eant April 24th ^ 8 p.m, in
Central scdiool audilbriu'm.
Other young women interested
in entering the camj>etiit:ion are
inviti*d 'to eonta'ct Fred Dixon or
Lyn 01u?diirc, coxfliairmen of the
pageant.
■Mi.ss Kings Mountam 1971 —
Linda Falls — will crown tho
winner of the event following
preliminary wmpetitian in eve
ning gown, swimsuit and talent
eategories.
Contestants to date include:
Debbie Timms, 18-yoar-oW
Cathy Alano Wilson, 18, daugh
ter otf Mr. and Mi>^ Robert G.
Wilson, plays the sows,
liki's to swim and water ski and
will pt'rfonm a vocal solo. She is
active in First Baptist church and
plans to attend Western Carolina
college after graduation from
King.s Mountain high school. .Sihe
has been active in the KMHS
National Honor Society, the choir
club. Future Homemakers, Girls
state, annual staff, Trench club
and is a membt'r of the Senior
play cast.
Debanah Warren daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Warren,
is a high sohool senior and has|
daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Gene j been aetK e in Che Art club, Fu-|P.m
Tlimms and recently named ‘‘Miss j turc Teachers, Bible club, Pep ' med
Easter Cantata
Sunday At 4
An Easter Cantata. The Cruci
fixion by John Stainer, will be
presented at The First Congre
gational Christian ohurch at
Lincoln Academy, Sunday, at 4
p.m.
Tlie cantata will be performed
by the combined choirs of Plea
sant Ridge A.M.E. Zion church
of Gastonia and tlie First Con
go gal ional Chuivh under the
uifieclion of Mrs. Mar^garct Wil
son.
On that same e\'ening at 7:90
the cantata will be perfor-
at Tho PlOiisant Ridge
Limestone" at Limestone college j club and will be a Semor attend-; A.M.E. Zion Church in Gastonia.
Where ^ k a freshman. Miss’ (Continued on Puge Six) iTh,e public is invited|
'The community - wide Eastfiet
Sunrise Service will be held on
April 11th at 6 a.m. in Memorial
Park of Mour>tain Rest cemetery.
Plans for the observ'ance were
announetKi by Rev. Robert Wil
son, chairman of the KingsMoun-
tain Ministerial Association’s ar
rangemenls committee.
The Rev. Carl V. Sparks will
deliver the sermon. Rev. Edwin
Chroscoe will preside, Re\’. N. C.
Bush will lead the responsive call
to worship, (Rev. J. N. Norris w*ilJ
pray tho invocation, Rev. A.
Glenn Boland will read the scrip
ture, Dr. Charles Edwards will
pray Che morning prayer and
Rev. L D. Scruggs will pronounce
the 'benediction.
“The Kings Mountain High
School Chorus will sing two an
thems: “An Easter Alleluia" by
Peterson and “Early In The
Morning” by McCormick.
Special music will be presented
by a (high ochool brass ensemble
under the direction "ol Larry Mil-
stead, Mrs. J. N. McClure and Don
ald Deal.
Safety Gates
Recommended
At Crossings
By MARmi HARMON
Engineering drafwings of a Ra
leigh engineering' firm for a traf
fic ccntrol program have been re
ceived by the city.
The drawings were done for the
State Highway commission.
Mayor John Henry ^o«s ®aid
the drawings will be givers to the
city safety and highway eommitt-
lees wi.li request the committees
report rcc;'mmeridations atf the
city commission’s April 18 meet-
ini;-
It is a total state program, J.
O. Litchford, director of the high
way commission's traffic control
divi.Mon, said Wednesday. He es-
t:.ma:e<i the project will require
approximately a year to com
pletc.
Kimley-Horn and Asst.^iates, o<
Raleigh, is the project engineer,
retained by the highway commis
sion.
Robert J. Klmley, president ol
the engineering firm, said the
federal government edicted an
upgrading and standardizing of
signal control on fedeml project
roads several yeaas ago. added
that the original deadline passed
with none of the states meeting
the requirements. Tho deadline
has been eXtenubd. North Caro
lina in an effort to catJeh up is
empipying a dual policy. High
way commission engineer* are
doing some of the plamung and
retaining private engineering
firms, too, ol which his isione of
several.
Major feature of the engineer
ing firm’s recommentatioDs are
for in^taiiatiion otf safety gates at
the Mountain and Gold street
railway crosaings.
Otherwise, the engineers rec
ommend new traffic signals and
crosswalks, including p^est'rian
‘^valk” and “don’t walk” signals
at heavily - trafficked intersec
tions.
In addition to the safety gat«
at the Gold and Mountain (rail
crossings, the engineers recom
mend specific improvements at
ten intersections:
1) Linwood at Cleveland — im
proved walkway southwest cor
ner, new crosswalks all epproadh-
m,
2) US 74 at York road — Im
proved sidew’alks all approaches,
new signal lights including pedes
trian signals.
3) East Gold at Tork road —
new signal sj-stem.
4) North Piedmont at Linwood
— remove traffic signal trim
bushes southeast corner.
5) Battleground road - East
Parker — replace existing sig
nals, install new crosswalks at
three approaches.
6) West Mountain at Battile-
ground — replace existing sig-
jwils. irtLlali new crosswalks east
ajid south approaches.
7) East King at Gasion — raise
phone lines, replace signals, In
stall crosswalks.
8) King at Piedmont — raiise
phone lines all corners, replaice
signals, new crosswalks all ap
proaches.
9) West King at Pansier—New
crosswalks all approaches, install
traffic signals.
10) West King at Watterson —
raise phone lines, new crosswalks
all approaches, new signals.
ALUMNI MEETING
The Charlotte Chapter of
Moutreat-Anderson Alumni As-
s(K,'ialion will hold its Spring'
meeting Saturday at 1 p.m. at
(Bradley Motel, Douglas Airport
exit on I-^. Luncheon p'sciva-
lions should be made with Mrs.
Bill Wilson, Bessemer Ci*y, 623-
3868.
TO NEW JERSEY i
William Grady Putnam has
returned to his home in Den-
ville, N. J. after visiting for
some time with his mother,
Mrs. C, L. Putnam. Mr. Putnam
came especially to be with his
brother, E. L. Putnam, who has
been seriously ill in the Kings
Mountain hospital. E. L. Put
nam is improving, a foonily
spokesman said.
CalleySnppoit
Uiged by Lady'
(Mrs. Sesko White, of Route 3.
Kings Mountain, is very upset
over the verdict and sentence otf
Lt William Galley in the My Lai
massacre case.
She is urging citizens to write
President Richard M. Nixon and
Uieir Congressmen in protest and
in a plea for Lt. Galley's pardon
from his sentence of life impris-
omnent ai herd labor.
”I think it’s just awful,” she
said. ^
husba^id’s brother,
White, a West Virginian, ^ ®
, kiiifed on duty in Viet