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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<Iri. ^Jon^ Bridges came 4o Kings intaln 18 years a^ ns jxm^- a*ger of Rariio Station WK'MT. Previously, 1^ had served in the ‘ rmy during the Korean Con- li'ct and worked for a Columbiia, S. C. television station. lA native of Boiling Springs And graduate df Ga-rdner-W^ibb TOllege, he is son of Mra Robert Bridges and the late Mr. Bridl.ps. He is a past presL'ent of Kings 'Mountain Lions olub, the Kings Mountain Chanrber of Commerce, and serv'ed two terms as presi dent of the Kings Mountain M:r- ^ants Association. H,e is a iiember of First Baptist church. ■■ 'Mrs. Bridges is the former Do- t s Siwnmerlin of Clover, S. C. iliey are parents of two Chil dren, Robbi.e, 14, and Paula, age seven, and reside at 803 West Mountain street. In his filing statement, Mr. Bridges said: “I love Kings Mountain. They’ve been good to m^'. My only reason for filing is that I’m trying to practice what I preach dally on radio when I invite citizens to take active in terest in city government and am Offering in tWait capacity, I have no ulterior motives and no ax to grind. I am for oonitinijed pro gress of Kings Mountain.” IMr. Park'T is an employee of Oiarolina Throwing Company. 5-Je is a navy vet,eran and mem ber of pief^ffhont Baptist church. YThe candidates to date: ^iMaycr — Incumbent John Hen- jry Moss and Robert G. Cox. Ward 1 corpniissioner — Ray \W. Cline, incumbent. Ward 2 commissioner — W. iSeimore Biddix, incumbent. .Wani 3 comamissioncr — In cumbent T. J. Ellison and Wll- bum Hamrick. Ward 4 commissioner — In- '(Continued On Page Eight) Parker, Roberts Commission CANDIDATE — Joncu Bridges* manager of Radio Station WKMT, paid his fiUng fee Wed nesday oltemoon as o candi- dote for Word V commissioner. \j A ft Plonk Bezoning BequttrtTaUed The city commission approved two requests 'for reaonirig and ta bled a tihhd fufttier stud/' TUesdfiy Ivljtftt. Opposition was voiced by €kd- jacen't property owners to irezon- ing eft 6.29 acres of land in Cres cent HiHl where Hal S. and Fred W. Plonk want to build 20 luxury ■alpairtments, C. B. Cash of Shelby would be building the townhouse apartments of one,two and three bedrooms ranging in rent from $130 to $150 per month. The com plex, with 20 more apartments to be added later, would Include a swimming pool and putting gtreen. George Thoma.sson, represent ing property owners opposing the rezoning, said landowners with combined holdings of 91 acres in the area are opposed to the apart ments being built there because ‘ithis would create a traffic prob lem and would decrease the value of property already there.” 46NewVoteis Aie Logged By Begistiais I Forty-six new names were , added to the city's pollbooks Sat urday, first of three registration days for the May 11th municipal and school board elections. Registrars will be at the poll ing places again this Saturday and on Saturday, April 25th to ■ register new voters or to inscribe transfers. Most activity Saturday was re ported by George Hard, registrar in Ward V, who reported 19 names of new voters and one transfer. Next busiest places were in Ward in where Mrs. Ruth Bow ers added eight new voters to the books and recorded three trans fers and in Ward IV where. Brooks Tate added five names and made one transfer. R. D. Goforth, Ward II registrar, added five new names and re corded one transfer. Mrs. Guy Trout, Ward VI regia tra^, iMed sl^ new names to the Mhldirig her own her Htitsbanci’a, And Ward T m- istrar C. L. Blade, reported three WQco Track 'Rental Firai I To Build Here 1 By MAiniN HARMON i Wilco Truck Rental, home-<ba- ? sed at Nashville, Tem., will ■ build a terminal on Chapl<«| II street, Derter Toper announced dat City Htai’I Wednesday. i I WH(» leases tractors and trailers ^ to industries, has 11 tractors and . > 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 Tecrea<tii>n 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 w<jrking with a Kings Mountain EVANGELIST — Rev. James P. Stamey, pccstor of Elizabeth Baptist church of Shelby, will be evangelist for revival serv ices beginning Sunday at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Stamey To Lead Baptist Seiies Rev. James Stamey, pastor of 6) ref r a petition supporting ] Lewis,’ Herman and David Kin^^vJ^n va ^Vk'inps all of Buffalo: four daughitere. nwn Af^l 26 at Kin^ Moun- Shirley'and Linda Lou Lucas, Mr.s. Louise Pearson and Mrs. Bet ty Bennett of Buffalo, N. Y.; 26 grandchildren and -three great grandchildren. a highway 74 bypass of Kings Mountain to Roy Det^'mon, of the State Highway Commission. 7) install automaitic gates at railroad crossings on Maunlain (Continued On Page Eight) OUie Harris, Iim Has Developed Vista Villas In Pasadena. Texas Election Day is Prank B. Glass Monday at Post 981-1, Vet- <- m TOP 8FEUXR — John Gamble, sixth grader, is winner of Weet LMcbeol'a spelling contest. Son f%t Mrs. John K. Gomble dnd the krte Mr. Gombls, he is a stwlMit of Mrs. Pronneau Lit- crans d! Foreign Wars, and only ' one post is contestefi. A race has developed for the command, r’e post being sought by Ray W. Cline -who has oppos ition from the precent command er, Ben Case- Mr. Case is a write-in candidate. Members will elect officers in post baJ'iotirilj? from 1 until 7 pm. Other nominees, as submitUd by a nominaiting committee, in clude: Senior Vice Commamd-cr- iGeorge Sellers; Junior Vice Com- mandcT, Jack Wells; Quarter master, Earl Stroupe; Chaplain, DavW Delevie; Judge Advocate, L. C. Eaker; Sergeant, Garvis Serrtell; and Ben Case, theiee- yr ar-trustee. Nominations remain open. J. Ollie Harris, Jr., Kings Moun tain native aikl son of State Sen ator and Mrs. J. Ollie Harris, was the subject of a feature story in a recent edition of the Pasadena, Texas iNew Citizen. IMr. Harris, his wife, the former Jean Arthur, and their two chil dren, Johnny and Ellzaibeth Wall, now make their home in Pasa dena. Mrs. Harris is daughter of Mrs. J. «. Arthur of Kings Moun tain and the late Mr. Arthur. 'The family is active in Pasa dena Methodist chufeh. The feature by Betty Goss fol lows: Although originally from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, John O. Harris has really made a name for himself in his adopted city; A resident of Pasadena since 1962, he has served as vQce presi dent of Bob Harris Incorporated, developing Parkview Manor and Arlington Heights. In 1964 the corporation was sold and John O. Harris Real Estate was establish ed lin 1965, specializing in real estate investment and in brok erage of commercial properties. He is a meimber of and an active partflcipant in the Pasadena Ro itaiy Qub, Chamber of Commerce* The board also, on recommenUa tion of Chairman Norman King, commissioner from Ward IV, en tered Into a-greement with the N. tain High School. Mrs. Marguer- : c. Wildlife Commission, Division ite Powell and Mrs. Suzanne Wise ^(Contiyiued On Page Eight» will lead this study. TexQ.s Real Estate Association and the Pasadena Board of Read- tore. He is also a member of the Pasadena Rodeo Associaition and the Houston Livestock and Ro deo Associaition. John O. -Harris attended David son College and -the UnivereBty of South Carolina after graduating from high sahool in his home state, ilis wife, Che former Jean Arthur of Kings Mounladn, North. Carolina, is a member of the Junior Forum, Rotary Anns, Ep silon Sigma Alpha and enjoys bridge and bowling wilth her many friends and neighbors. Philei Property Resale Thnisday Resale of the Martin Phifer property Is scheduled for Thurs day. Present high hid is that of Hu bert, ^hard, William and James MIcGinniis at $69,560 for the 131.6- acre tract. The property is adjacent Kings Mountoin high sriiool. to Sewage System Long Range Plans Film Textures* Dyes Filament; To Employ 175 Ey MARTIN HARMON Sipcctrum Textured PnxliLv'ts, Inc., orficials announced here Wedne.sday they will build a $6 to $8 million plant on a 40-acre site the firm has crpt’;ned from H. O. Williams on SR 2034. The company officials here were Eishep T. Smith, Jr., pre.^-i- dem, and Jehn D. Karcher, exe cutive vice-president. They are the <;wncrs along with Inlerna- tional Stretch Products. Inc. Pn»-:idcnt Smith .said the firm will Icx'tLiro and dye synthetic fil- yarns for sale to the circu lar knit, warp knit and weaving trades. The firm expects to go into predurtion in the fall quarter and 0X1)0. ts to employ 175 persons, about 70 iK'rccnt of them women. They expect to begin hiring em ployees in June or July. Mr. K-air- clier said wage rates would aver age* about $2.20 per hour. Kings Mountain was chosen as by far the be.st lfx*ation after “we did a lot of looking”, Mr. Smith continued, pointing out t-hat Kings Mountain was chosen be- : cau.se of the enthusiasm of the I mayor and members of the indus trial c*ommititee, because of skill-*^ (vl labor in the area, and proxim ity of Kings Mountain to th€j firm’s aistomer.s. Other cities in contention were Wadesboro, Tar- boro. Rcidsville and Ashe\dlle. "We moan to be community- oriented." Mr. Karcher declared. He said textured yarns whic^. go into double knit fabrics no^ has an estimaited 60 pmcent«oC the market. Compotitors in the field hicliide Burlin^on Industries andi Olym pia pf Spartanburg, S. p. "But our r(*al competitors are the Jai>anese," 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<t Kentucky before The Dickson plan call:^ for in-l ooming to Shelby in 1957 as pas- creasing the capacity of the Pilot (CoJitiuHcd On Page Eight) Branch plant during the first I phase, or not later than 1972. Col. Dickson recommends increasing the capacity from two to three, ^ £mmmm w^m mm • ■ ■■■ “ mHlion gallons daily and osti ' ()j| Pl^nf IndUStndl WdStC Wins Contest Teresa Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jt+in Moore of Gaffney* S. ('. and granddaughter of Mr. an<l Mrs. Gleve Moore of Kings Mountain,, won finst place in the Junior Division of the South Carolina Hospital Asot'iat ion’s Statewide Health Careers Poster Contest. .•\s first plaice winner. Misi Moore ix*cei.ved a $100 cash prizt. Her poster will now be sent to Chicago, Ill. for c'ompetltion in the National Healtli Careers Post er Contest. The contest Is held annually in an endeavor to promote dn- temst in health careers among the youth of the state. Winners were chason by a jxanel of judges from a total of 1(X) entries from junior and senior high schools o\er South Carolina. t'levt'land County Memorial Hfspiital Administrator 'Eric L. Fischer rhado the award presen tation to Miss Moore. Engineer To Submit Preliminary mated cost at $195,000. Other first phase irecommendations are for interceptor lines on Cansler .strt'et and to divert Craftspun Yarns ef- Tho city x)mml‘^sion Tiu'sday | nigtit adoptcHl recommendation from Comm. Jam(*s Diekey, chair-! man of the sewer committee, au-' thorizlng W. K. Dickson & Com- Craftspun Intercc|)1or with outfall lint's to Pilot Crock. Comm. Dick ey said the MtGill plant is oa-er- loadt'd and domes!7c .sewerage would be picked up by Piloit Burke Road and VUfa behind Bay- shore Hospital. Holmes are in the $35,000 and up price $Bnge. . King of Lanca^r, S. C. and a sifter, (Mrs Gene WJliLalms of Ohiar- lotte. residenitial line laying to serve developilng areas. Thiird phase calls for ^construc- tlon of a treatment plant on Kings Creek between 1976'80. pany to submit preliminary plans Creek plant, to the Slate Air and Water Re-; In other actions, the board: sources Commission on indurtrlal 1) contracte<i wltft Duke Power waste tr(*alment al the M<<5ill Company for electric power, tteat'ment plant. i 2) referred to the zoning board request of W. M. Abernathy for This plan was projec'ted by Mr. rezoning a lot located at 400 Mar- i iDickey as the Canslar Street and grace road from R-30 to N-E