Population Greater Kings Mountoln 21.914 City Limits 8465 • OiMtvi Jitagt MouBioiB llfur« u d#rtT«4 umi tM SlatM BurMU of Iho Couut rop«rl • ^»«fr IBM. oaB lAduBM tho U.fM populstlos • BvayMff 4 Towuip. and tbo twmaoioB t.ltd Irw Buatoi S TpwMlilp, la Clovoload Couaif cad Cfoardof •» im Qtttop Cowtf. Kings Monntoin's Rslioble Newspapei VOL 86, No. 15 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 15, 1971 Eighty-Sfxth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Spectruai Textured Fibres Locating Plant Here ■New Four-Man in Ward 5 FdiConunission Three niore candJ-ates enter ed the politicteil arena this week ereatinr a four-man race for Ward 5 commissionor. The. now candidates joining Kelly Dixon and Ho^vard Shipp in Ward 5 are Jonas Bridges, nvari'ager ot Radio Station WKliyfr, and Charles W. Farmer, Who' rfe^des at 704 Landing St. R0b;erts filed for V^id'4 conunissioner to chal lenge, iBCumibent Norman King. ' Still unchallenged are Ray W. line, Ward 1 commissioner, W. OSeimore) BSidix, Ward 2 tonmmissioner, Jim Diickey, Ward 46 commissioner, and P. A. Fran- Icifi, outyide^ty candidate for e- licction to the board of education. I Roberts is a partner with I his lather in Roberts Cash Gro- i txry, is ojrrent president of KM I Jaycees, arid is a memiber of Kings Mountain Baptist church. He served as an army para- 'trooper from 1957-59. Mts._ Ro- ' b. rts is rhe former Phyllis H«i- r der«on. They have two chiJdren, boy and a g 40 on lease to Kings Mountain firm® now. ' EIGHTH CONTESTANT — Mpdg Sellers became the eighth testant in the Miss Kings tain beauty pageant for/ 1|T1 this week. The Jqycees pagp^t will be staged on April 24t|B ft 8 p.m. in Central school audi torium ond will feature evenlflig dress, swimsuit and toleat eetai- petition. UndaSelleR > b Contestant lAnda Diane Sellers, 17, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Gene SeUerB, is eighth candidate 'for the title of ‘Miss Kings Mountain 197T." Miss Sellers is a Jwior of Kings Mountain where alw Is active in %e Neiiim Careeni the Choir 1^- tTure Hfovoemalcete ot Americd. She omgB tfi Che chol^ of P^le/s The firm has poipchas rii three-acre tract fronting on Char-» les street and Interstate. 85. The bulldibg, to measure 78 x 70 feet, is cxp^tcd to cos-t $a00,- 000. rt will of metal constnre- tion, with a drivv-through wash bay, tnyo driv^thpougb mechani cal de^'-artmente, and a third sec tion inclriiing offices, parts de partment, drivtr’s room, and a tira storalge room and rest roqm l.acURles. Mr. Roper say» the Wilco com pany owns 2000 piec.s of equip- ttonl:, Distriot manager is Ro bert L. Allin, of Charlotte. NEW INDUSTRY OmOALS WITH MAYOR — Mcr^^or John Henry Moss, center, shakes hands with Bishop Smith. Jr., president of Spectrum Textured Fibres, Inc., after ho and John Karcher, left, executive vice-president, detailed their plans for becoming ci Kings Mountain industrial citizen. (I. G. Alexander photo) Tiaific Control Survey Approved The city commission Tuesday night approve d, after i^ecommen- daltion of Com-m. W. S. Biddix, chairman, that a preliminaTy tra'fPic flow and safety survey nVadc of the city be siibmitted to the State Highway Commission for aiiivanced planning and ap proval. Recommendations, all approv ed, by the Biddix-chaired coinTnlt- ter were: 1) temporary no parking signs will be installed on Watterson street from King to Waco road until Cansler strict is open to Irafl/ic agiiin. 2) installation of a temforary I traffic light at the initersection Forty To Attoid Art Seminar Forty teachers from Kings Mbunwn Schools will attend an Art Workshop on April 19, 20, and I a, 1971* at the WeNreiementary $phool, U was announced recent ly fey .Dqnald D. Superin- tofidenC A ffne ed^arienal service pro- by. »(?[iney ine.; MMUTMifacttBurf<4 CRAYOLA ccay.^. ona Attcl otfibr achooi art supplies, ,^ x. the Workshop wfir be conducted I ^’mendation ^ by btra; J«ne Callaway, who i Moss, Tu^ay nighlt unan- taught ex^lvely and -holds a 'adopted a n^solufion ap Master's dei^ee from Columbia Univepfity. . . . The toacl^ers will spend fifteen Lake Recreation Policy Reversed Board Approves Fishing, Boating, Other Spoils | The city ixlnwni.ssian. eant April 24Mi She stands five-feet five ta-ll and is brunette. ‘ . Other contestants for Kings Mountain 1971" to succeed M'iss Linde Falls axe: dehble ^ TSmms, Deborah Bume, Laura'houni of tbelr own thne learning Ann Hudson, Renee Goins* Ra^- about miodern creative art educa- on rec-. John, erine Ervin, Cathy Wilson and Deborah Warren. The Jaycee-sponsored pageant will be held the evening of April 24th dn Central Junior high school auditoriukn. Rev. Lucas' Mother Passes tion and some of its materials and tools. They will learn by do- proving recreation on t he Kings; Mountain Lake on -Buffalo Creek. The mayor commented; ‘'‘With the lake project 90-plus pt'rcent complete, it is time to implement a prograim to utilize this most^, important project.” He said tlie ■ 'Bob iB^adley, representfiig 82 j Piedmortt anU' Waco i^ads. property owners favoring the re zoning, said, "Kings Mountain is | a growing comnrunity and needs: some type of luxury apartmets.”! "I see no reason why adjoining I land would be devalued", he said.' ed by Mrs. Callaway. These techniques wtJl include some of the uses of crayons, wat er colors, poster paints, finger paints, colored chalks, and mod eling clay. Simple craft tech niques will also be shown, giving teachers an opportunity to work Funeral rites for Mrs. Tinnie | paper, p^e and other ma- Bel'l Lucas, 62, of Buffalo, New i terlaU to gain three-dimensional York, mother of Rev. R. D. Lucas! Workshop ing, rolling up t'heir sle(ves and i policy would insure the complete' trying out the techniques present-1 development of the Kings Moun tain water project. 3) 'instaUation of 35 miles per hour signs on Cansl r street. 4) -checking of lilghting on the | overhead bridge on U. S. 74 west and install lights if need d. 5) request the IDr'hway Com- Both attorneys presented peti-1 mission to install tions favoring or opposing the re zoning. The Zoning board had recom mended approval of the rezon- ing. On nkotion by Mrs. O. O. Walk er, seconded by W. S. Biddix, the board voted to tiaiblc the request for fuptiher study. Ward VI Comm. Jim Dickey asked Mayor Johir Moss if ® icom- mittee should be appointed to study the matter and report find- 'ir>gs to tlhc board. The mayor said he "would be -happy t)o do so il a motion was ma-de by the com- mission." Thene was no motion. On the other two zoning mat ters, no opposition was voiced, '(Continued On Page Bight) Race Develops For Commaiider storm drains w.est. on Highway 74 of Kings Mountain, were conduct ed Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Pilgrim Baptist church in Buiflfa- lo, interment in the ohuilch cem etery. Mrs. Lucas died Saturday in General Memorial hospital fol lowing illness of one week. Surviving, besides her son here, are her husband. Eugene ,«>e teaehers arc also Lucas: five sons. Alfred. James.' ^ave a curriculum activities will be experiences which -the teachers can relate to their own classroom teaching. School officials responsible for the Workshop airangements, in addition to ^perintendent Jones, include Howard BrySln, Director ! Commiission with memborsliip to of Instruction. | be made up of Kings Mountain In addition to the 15 hour citizens." The resolution, as adopted, reads: 1) Plan total utilization of the finished water supply to strve anid bring the fuH.st benefits to the citizens of Kings Mountain. 2) Develope the King.s Moun tain water reservoir os a beajrttifui and exciting Tecrean area as permitted by the North Carolina Department of Water and Air Re sources and North Carolina Slate- •Board of Health under the t'om plete control of the city govern- -merat of King.s Mountain wanese," Mr. Spnitb declar ed, and offered a plea that some limits can be placed to these im ports." "We are a gr^DWing industry," he commented. ix)inting out th-^ the market fot these gfxxls in men’s clothing ^111 burgeon with in the next few years. First stage .plans call for the inslallat'ion otf ARCT ^ texturing and Gaston County Dyeing equip ment. Pnxhijrtion will begin dur ing third quarter 1971. Initial an nual production capacity will be 10.000,000 pounds. Second .sifage plans call for doubling yarn dyeing capacity and con;?truction of a piece dye ing plant a'lang with additional auxiliary equipment by mid l972. Manufaefuring facilities and offici's of Speclrum Texrured Fi bers. Inc. Wrill bo located in Kings Mountain. North Carolina. Exe cutive and sales offices will be l(K'aled in New York City. tShelby’s EU/:ab<*th Baptist chur ' ch, will be evangelist for revival servic*es beginning Sunday and continuirig through April 21 gyg Kings Mountain Baptii?t chui'cli. 1 S<'rvices will \yo hel.i cacli ev ening at 7:30 p.m. Wayne Bryant, music director in Highland and South Gastonia schools, will dirix:t th.: song sor- Rev. James M. Wilder, pastor, issued an invitation to the com- nvuni'ty to worship in tlio ri.es of .sc'rvk'cs. Mr. Wilder said City Commissioner Jim Dickey, | speinal Serna's will op. n with chairman of the sewer commit-• observance oi the LoiM’s Supper fee, called attention tliis week to at iJie 11 a.m. hour S.iiiday. long range plans for sewage sys-1 Rev. Mr. Slatiney tia.s .s<'rved tem improvements covering three j the .Shelhy chunh sin. e Febru- tphasos and through 1980. ^>'y 1967. lie was educale(i in th? Comm. Dickey referred to a let- i Liivculnton schools, • Gardnir ter from W. H. Mull, area repre-'Webb and Cai*s.on Newman cx)I- 6. E King's Rites Condurted Graveside rites for Grover Hen ry King, 73, of Lancaster, S. C., were held April 2nd at 11 a.m. They! from Mountain Rest cemertery with the Rev. Charles A. Graves oCfi- claiHng. Mr. King was brother of the late Grady W. King of Kings Mountain, brother of (Mrs. Anna K. Oilling of Kings Mountain and brother-in-law of Mrs. Grady W. have a daughter, Elizabeth, age two and a son, Johnrt'y, age 11. Johnny attends the nearby Flaher Eldmenitairy Sch'ool and is already planning a big summer when Ihe school bells ring oqt fo^ the final time this spring. Tenrvis, golf and swimming are favorite pastimes | King of Kings (Mountain Mr. Harris Shares with his Jam- He died March Bist in a Lan-' fluent from the McGill plant to; Uy. ' caster ti<>8pital. He was the son i Pilot branch. Cost ostimaites re-1 Vista Villas, a prestige com-j of the late Mr. and Mrs. George, spectively are $111,600 and; munlty developed by Mr. Hairis, | Thomas King, Sr. | $158,350. i Is holding the Grand Opening of Other survivors Include four| Second phase 1973-76 is largely Section n this month. Viktt Villas] brerthers, Charles M. Ring of Con- is located &t the Intersecttion of cord and G. T., J. D. aind W. C. senfative for the Air and Water ilcge.s and Southern Bapti.sl Som- Resouces <*om'mission, in which j inary. Ho ha.s serv.d as md.k'ra- Mr. Mull drew fi»m the W. K. Itor of Owen County BaptisI As- Dlckfion engineering report of j sociailon. Kirxg.s .Mountain Bap- January 11 and said the city |iisl A.^sociaition and as president should watch Its daily effluent (»f the Bastor'.s Conloienc? of sewage lirito the IMlot iBnanch | the* Kings Mount.iin Kiptist As- plant and expand it before full, sociation. Ho served diurchos in capacity is reached. ' jT nnessco an