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f Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 City Limits 8465 • Gi ‘atvf MountolB flyui* U tf#nv*d tivm Um <PdCtrl Vnltrd StcitM lurtau of tho Coniiu report e Fonuory IMM. .ood locludos tho U.tSO populotioo o Nunbor 4 Toioao^i'p, and t^o romaliilav 6,124 Iron lftu&!,or 6 Township, la Cloosland County ond Crowdor Ip Qqoton CeiMty. ILC Kings Mountain's Relioble News^pei VOL 86, No. 16 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 22, 1971' Eighty-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Three Enter City Races; Filing Deadline Monday Rites Thursday For Ex-Chief S. B. Davidson Funeral rites for Samuel Ralph | (Pop) Davidson, 74, who served as j i l^vief of Police tw'o years during e Garland Still Admini.stra(ion, | will be held Thursday afternoon' at 4 p.m. frem Temple Bai>tist church of wliich lie wps a mem be;. ■Rev. f rank Sliirloy will offici al e at the final rites, and inter ment will be in .Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Davidson died Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock in ithe Kings Mountain ha-ipilul of a licart and kidney ailment He had been hos pitalized five days. He was son of the late James Meek and Eudocia Turner David son, lie served as Police Chiol in 1951-52 aftcir having served on the force two years. He went from Kings Mountain to Dallas as Chief of Police and later join ed Wix Corporation_as a guard. He was a veteran oT iboth World War I and World War 11. j Surviving are his wife, one son, | Tony Ray Davidson; two half-1 brothers, EM F. Turner of York, I S. C. and James G. Turner of I Rock 'Hill, S. C.; and one sister, \ Mrs. F. C. Thomas of Chestc'T, S. C. Board Decree.s Advance Tuition ' Graduation Date Set I* rt nesday, June 2 at John Gamble Memorial Stadium. The board of education set the date lor school finals Monday night and approved a refcom- mendatiion of the Ministerial As- scKiiation that the local list olf participating churches at the baccalaureate service be expand ed to include a larger number of churches from the entire school diitrict. Plans call for a Negro minister, an additional Methodist and Baptist and an outstanding outsidc'r. The expansion will in crease the Hve-year rotation plan (from 'Methodist, Baptist, Presby terian, Lutheran, etc.) to 10years. Last schoolday for students will , be June 2 and June 4 for teach ers. HONORED — David Carl Smith, son of Mr, and Mrs. Carl E. Smith, is recipient of o Certifi cate of Merit in Firestone's 1971 scholarship program. Smith Wins Merit Award David Carl Smith is among the 184 high school seniors across the nation to receive a Certificate of Merit and a $100 U. S. Savings Bbiiil In the 1871 Scholarsliip A ; wards Program of The Firestone' Tire & Rubber Company. ! Smith, 18, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Smith of KPD 1, Kings Mountain. Tie is a senior at Delinquents Too Numerous, Board Declares The board cf education has "by necessity’’ adopted a new policy requiring out of 'districit .-tudents pay tuition 10 days prior to the first day of school. The action is necessary because some students who live in the outside district area are delin quent in paying tuition fees. Tui tion for this year js due May 15th. Credits are withheld until payimcnt is made. In other action, the board: 1) heard a report from Supt. Donald Jones that grading is completed at the new high school tennis icourts and that asphalt should be poured within the next few days. 2) approved the sending of a thank you letter to the Kings Mountain KiwanLs club thanking them for that organization’s re cently e.stabli.shed shoe fund for nwdy children. The local civic ciu'b, said Mr. Jones, liad been, real contributors to the school' program. 3) approved Jones’ recommend ation that the tuition for sum mer sclicol be increased firom $30 to $40 due to operation inc-reases. 4) approved the sending of a letter to the- firm of Hamrick and Redding of Shelby -that If the system’s Title I audit fop the 1939-70 -sriiGcd year is not com- Scoggins Challenges Cline; Bob Smith, Jake Sipe Filed t: HERE FOR PAGEANT — MUs Kings Mountain. Linda Fcdls. dapghtei of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Falls. Jr., will present special En tertainment and crown Miss Kings Moimtain 1971 at the Joy- cees-sponsored beauty pageant Saturday night. Ty Boyd, WBT- WBTV personolity, will serve cm master of ceremonies for the 8 p.m. pageant in Central school oudltorium. Eight Are Vying For Beauty Title Retiring Queen Will Perform; Ty Boyd Emcee Gifted School Taps Two Chris Holmes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Holmes, and Doug Sincox, son of Dr.' and Mrs. Frank Sincox, have been invited to at tend the .program for gifttM chil dren at Western Carolina Univers ity at Cullowhee this summer. Holmes Ls a sixth grader at North school and Sincox is a sixth jadtu- at East school. Clover, S. C. high school. His pletcd by Sept. 1, 197'1, that the father is employed at the Gas tonia plant of Firestone Textiles Company. The Merit Award.s are in recog- .nition of the applicants’ outstand ing high school rpcords. In this year's Firestone Sdipl- arship Awards Program, 41 high school seniors from 21 states and Brazil won full .sclioIarshi[)s for study toward a degree in approv ed colleges and universities of their choice. The 1971 Scholarship winners in the Carolinas: Donna M;irie Aitwood of Kannapolis and Kalihy bcaird "by nc<vssity’’ will •hav'e to change auditing firms. 5) delayed aipproval of a srho:)! calendar in view of exist ing legislation and State Board cf Education recommendations for 10 monl.bs work yx-ar for teadiers. •' H) approve 1 Jones’ recormmend- ation of a propos (' $31,350 driver i edueati'in budget. The budget re f fl( ets -an addilion-al teacher over last yrarl Bob Ca.diinn is the on ly full-time imstructor. i 7) authorized Jones to ffpre-! HJf aL .sent the board at a |)Uhlic J^Q||||| OFFICER OF MONTH — Police Officer of the Month is Patrol man Madison Marcellus Hunter. PtL M. M. Hunter Lou Brannon of Spartanburg. Miss i (ion .May 17th at New B*-!.! high Atwood’s father, Rex Atwood, j school iri Craven County and works for a Firestone tiroiretrca'd | (ConUnm ti On Paijc Sia:! Continued On Page Six Clyde Short Is improving William Clyde Short, resident of Short road, wlio .sufferc-d a broken neck in an automobile wreck Sunday night, was report ed resting and improving at Kings Mountain hospital Wednes day night. Mr. Short is father of Mrs. Dav id Mauney. The accident occurred near Monroe as Mr. and Mrs. Sliont were returning home. Mrs. Short, thrwvn from the auto, was bad ly buised but wa.s not hospitaliz ed. .Mr. Short was driving the ve hicle. ‘ City Policemain of the Monith, voted by the Woma)i’s club, is Patrolman Madison Marcellus Hunter. A native of Kings Mounitain, Hunter. 2,5, is -a 19()4 graduate of Compact higli scliool and join«“d tlie police force in October, 1968. Funeral rites for Dewey Martin, He is combining a job with 66, cf D.iyloiia Bcarh, Fla., for- bocJr.s, as he is enrolled at Gaston mcr resident of Grover, were! college where he is a sophomore. Dewey Martin s Rites Conducted lield Sunday afternoon at 3 Ip.m. from the Clrapcl of Harris Fune ral Home. Rev. Robert Mann officiatr'd at file final rite.-:, and interment was 'in Gnrver cemetery. Mr. Alartin died Wednesday in Daytona Beach, Fla. He was .son of the late Mr. and .Mrs. James Madison .Martin of Cle.eland CbJnty. Surviving arc his brother, Bra dy M. Marlin, of Grover; and two .sisters, Mrs. W. C. Brown of Spar tanburg, S. C. and Miss Ethel Martin (»f Grover. He has icompleted police school in traffic r-on-lrol, criminal inves tigation, narcotics, cxtilosives dis- [Xfsal and ihemical tests for alco hol. vel<'ran of four years Army duty with the Army Security Ageiuy, Hunter was stationcvl 12 months in Vietnam' with iMie Eighth Radio Research Unit. P»’ Commission Aim: Day Care Center In Operation Here By late Tune TOP SPELLER — Doug Sincox, lifth grader at East school, is the district school's top speller. Dong Sincox Top Spellei (Douglas Sincox, son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Sincox, Is top !?)eller in the Kings Mountain district school system. Young Sincox, a sixth grader a1 A St school, outspelled other win ^rs from the varfous elementary schools and earned the ■rl^'ht ito represent the city in the Char lotte Observer Regional sponsored Spelling Bee Friday In Charlotte. By martin HARMON j Tho city day care .commission 1 hopes to ope.n the Kings Moun- [ tain Day Care center in lulo ; June, Chairman Charles .Mauney said Wednc.'day. He was conferring Wt'dnesday with .Mrs. Jacqueline Vogel, of CharioMc, community services consultant with the state D<»|)art- menl of Social Services who is advising the Kings Mountain commission concerning details to provide day care for 100 children —and perhaps more. Mrs. Vogel was highly com mendatory of the facilities for day care at the conamunity cen ter, said that teachers without experience would be trained at neighboring community colleges. Chairman Mauney said three persons will be employed Initiail- ly, a director, a head teacher, and ' a food services technician. ! iTearihers will superv ise from i eight to eighteen children, de- I pending on age. For example, tlie teaiTier of the age 2 to 3 group would not euro for more than eight ihilcf.-cn. four grf>ui|)s are cnvii-;ag(‘d initially, ages 2 to 3, 3-4, 4-,5, and 5-8. ‘We need comimunlty involve ment from indivitluals and from civic groups,” Chairman Mauney said. "When the organization is funictioning in full we hope to be able to make tt self-supjjorting and think wo can.” Committee chairmen announc ed hy Chaiirman Mauney are Rev. M. L. Caimpbell, equipment; Mrs. Helen C. Logan, food; and Dick Shaney and Jim Jenkins (co- chalrmen), personnel. Persons interested in helping with the day care center should contact Chairman XT^iuney, M'sy- or John Henry Molss or members of the ccimimiission, who are Mr. Caimpbell, Mrs. Logan. Mr. Shan ey, Mr. Jenkins, Clint Rankin, Carl DeVon. Mrs. Frank J. Sin cox, C. A. Allison and Mrs. John Blalock. He is -a member JBynum Clia- L'l ..\ME Zion church and the American Legion. Mrs. Hunter is the former Ann PfM'kins. Tliey..xire parents of two cTiildrcn, Ma,' te, age six, and Antonius, ag^ tyo. Poliiica^|L'ttbu:d Poses Mys.'ery ' A [Mdilical caril %|)i)eared at C ity Hall on the bullotin board Wcdneyd.iy and created a bit ol mysleiy. One 'S. R. Pear.son .sought '.VJpixirt for Ward 4 Commis- siitier in the election of May 10. He 'liad not filed his candi dacy and it oex-a-sloned a re mark from City Clerk Joe 'Mc Daniel that either the candi- (tate or tho jM-inter h.id erred. Tile Kings Mountain election is on May 11. Tlicrc was no S. R. Pear.son listed in the telephone dircic- tory. A teh-phonc check with Til- man Pearson, however, cleared the mystery. HLs brother’s card had traveled a bit far afield— -at least, out of the area to do him any practical good at the 'ballot box in 8o.s.-»emer City. S. R. Pear.son is completing ■his firsit term on tho 'Bessemer City commission and is seeking re-eleotion. ■Who will be ‘tlU&s KHg*. tMountttin 1971 ?”. The new beauty green will be crowned in the Jayc<'e-®pon«ore,l pageant Saturday nighit at 8 I p.m in- Central Junior high I school auditorium. I -Ty Boyd, W1BT-.W1BTV person- lality. will be master of ■eremo- nies for the pageant, which will j feature special entertaimnent by I Linda Flails, the rcigniiig Miss Kings Mountain, and "Miss 'OherryV'ilie.” After competition in evening dress, swimsuit and talent ev ents from the eight contestants jU’ges w:i!'l select a second run ner-up, first runner up, and IMiss Kings Mountain. The con testants themselves will select ■'Miss OongeniaMty.” The first place winner re ceives a $200 sCholaivsJiip, and a tropliy. Handsome trophies also go to the runners-up and to the ■winner of the coveted ".Miss lOongeni'ality” title. Sliaite Senator Marshall Rauch, Mrs. Basil L. Wliitener and Mrs. Jo Allred — jedges for the pag eant — will meet the contest- ar'ts for the first time Satut.Xay morning at Roya'l Villa Motor Inn. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Dix on, Jr. and Mr. and M’rs. J. A. Cheshire, HI will honor the con- t<istants at a cookout Friday evenirtr at Lake Monlionia. Mr. Dixon and Mr. Cheshire arc pa geant co'-ch'airmen. A Variety of talent will lie dis played hy tile youllVful beauties, tnclu.:ing songs and dance.s, pa triotic monologues,, recitations a comedy routine and piano so lo. AH the conte.stanls are high school juniors or seniors except (Contimted On Page Six) Wards 4 & 5 Regtstration Activity Busy Tlie Ward IV polling place at the First Wesleyan church fel lowship hall (fomi'riy Kin^s Mountain Manufacturing com pany cluttiocm) w.'S the busiest rcigistration place Saturday as names of 43 new vc'ters w re logged hy registrar Brooks Tale. A total of 117 names w. re added to the poJlbcoks Satur day which brings to 163 the numiber added on two registra tion days. Saturday is the third of four, Saturdays to register to volte in the May lilth city and board of I education elections. R-.gistrars will be at the polling places a- gain on Saturday, April 24, an'J Saturday, May 1. Saturday, May Sth, will be Chall-, nge Day. ; Second busiesit place Satur day was at the Armory where George B. Hord, Ward 5 regis trar, registered 35 new citizens anJ made three transfrs. Third busiest place was at the high school where Mrs. Guy Trout, Ward 6 registrar, added names of V) new citizens and made three tranfers. In Grov. T, where s<4iool pat rons will help elert a member of the board of d’urta'Won, r p- rsenting the outside district, Mrs. James C. Scru gs rdgist. r- ed 18. There was no registra tion activity report d at Beth- ware and Park Grace. Mrs. A. E. Conner is registrar ait Beth- ware school and Mrs. L. L. Ad ams is regisrtrar ait Park Grace school. .Mrs. Ruth Bowers, in War.'i HI, reported adriition of nine name.s to the poll'books and four transfers and C. L. Black r. gistered two in Ward II. At the seven incity precincts voters will cleat a mayor, six ward commissionrrs an'd a mem ber of tlie board of eduoation represeniting inslde-olty district patrons. ' B-ithware and Grover precinal (Continued on Page Six) | Plonk, Beams Re-sale Bid High Wray A. Plonk, Claude C- Beam and David C. Bciam were high biljid. rs for the Martin Phi fer properly at last Thursday’s resale. 'The trio raised the bid to $72,- 3.50, dr $2,790 ov, r the $69,560 to whidi Iliiiberl, Richard, William and James MiGinnis had prev iously raised the bid. 'The resale bid sitands open for ten days. The tract contaiins 131.6 acres and is adjacent to Kinlgs Moun tain High School p'ro|)erty. Three-Man Race In 3; Five Men Seek 5 Position Three more candidat.s entered the political sweepstakes this w.ek, creating a five-man race ^ I for 'Ward 5 commissioner, a icon- I test in .WaiG 1, and a three-man V BOBBY SCOGGINS \ WILBURN HAMRICK Spectrum Pledged To Clean Air. Official Of New Industry Declares By MARTIN HARMON Pp ctrum Textured Fibres, Inc., will not pollute the Pilot Creek sewage disposal plant by dum.p'.ng, nor the almosphire of the area with noxious odors, John Karchner, executive vice- president has toll the Herald. 'iWe have conferred several 'limes with offlciails of the North Carolina Watr and Air Resour- c s Commission, as wltih City o-f Kings Mountain Officials. We will meet fully the requirements of bolh agencies,’’ Mr. Kareher said. He reminded that his company pledlges itself to be community- ori. nted arl.t pointed out thait adequate handling of Its dye ef- fluenit is a part of that pledize. iFor the inWiial phase of con- stnretiior, the comipany plans a million gS'lIon capacity lagoon, which will permit controlled flow of the etf.luent into the 'Pllbt Branch treatment system. He also pointed ouit, ‘'DyeinK of manm.ado fibres is quite dit- fertnt from dyeing coltorl. Tlie d.vesluffs do not produce any- wihere near the odor probl.im. We aro going to handle the cf- fluent prrublem riighl.” The Sp.ctYum firm announ'ced on April 14 they will buil'.i a large texturing and dyeing firm near here on AR 20.'M, off Waco Road. First phase consllruction is expeOted to post from $6 to $8 million, result in f.mploymont of 175 persons, with operations to begin in September. S.'cond phase construction ..nd opera tions expansion is expected to bring Spectrum’s invealmenit to $10 to $13 million. Owners of Spectrum are Mr. Karoher, Bishop Smith, Jr., pres ident, anU International Wretch Fibres, Inc. The 40-acre site bring pur. chlased from H. O. (Toby* Wil liams is currently being survey ed and Spectrum hopes to break ground in about two waeks. CHARLES W. PARKER Boaid Honors Mrs. McGill Tlie men on the board of edu cation honored their lone female member—"Mrs. Lena Ware Mic- Gil't—at a dl'n.ner meeting Mon day oit 'Royal Villa Motor Inn. 'Mrs. 'McGill is 'retiring next month after .serving 12 years as a school 'board memixT rcipre- si'rrttng 'the insidecity district. Slie was presonted a green cym- bidluim orchid and an engraved 'Hamilton clock along with a te.stimonial of service signed by hoard members: George H. Mau- ney, chairman; James Herndon; Alec Owens; P. A. Francis and Supt. Donald Jones. Wives of board members, Mrs. Jones. John L. McGill, Miss Elizabeth Stew art, Hemld reporter, Joe 'DeiRniest, Shelby Star reporter; Mirs. Wanaa Y. Davis, schools secretairy and her husband, I. C. Davis, attend ed. Steak with all the trimming was served at 7 p.m. in the priv ate dining room of the motor inn. TTie tables wore .<^read with yel low cloths and arranged with green crmterpiieces. ■Mrs. .MicGlH thanked the hoard memoers for their thoughtfulness and noted It was a “privilege to work with all of you who always treated me i^s gentlemen treat ladies. She ."said she rememibered •as major re^onsdbilltles during her tenure: consolidaitton, segre- g.aiioin, locaitian of the hlgJi school building and selection of (Continued on Page Six) unaue anu uutny ooxos, oi ail ■race in Ward 3. I I 'Botby ,Scoggins, owner and ' operatoj- of Scoggins Gulf SU- ition at York Road 1-85, flkd [Tuesday, opposing Ward il Com missioner 'Ray; Cline, incumbent. I Jake Sjpe, .'^ard at Maundy Hosiery Dims, paid 'his 'filing fee Wc'.’n^ay .morning, joinng Kel ly Dixon, 'Howard Shipp, Jonas Bridges and Charles W. Parker in the race (for Ward 5 Commis sioner. J. R. CBob) Smith, hardware salesman, p^id his 'filing fee Wednesday morning, opposing Ward 3 Commissioner T. J. (Tommy) EUlison and Wilibum Haihrtek. nUNC DEADLINE MONDAY Filing deadline is Mor.dav for candidates who wish to file for City -Hall or board o4 education ■positions in the May 11 municl- J.’l'pal election. 'To date there are ';^19 candidates ifor a.iven City iHi^ll and two board of education positions. Still iurichallenged are W. Sie- more Biddlx, War! 2 commis sioner, and James J. Diedeey, Ward 6 commissioner, and P.. A. Francis, outside city candidate ' ■for election to the board of e'du- oation. The 19 candidates to date for seven City Hall positions and 'two seats on tho iboa'id of educa tion are: H nry Moss and Robert G. ((Bob) Cox. Ward 1 commissioner — Ray W. Cline, incumbent, are! Beibby Scojgins. Ward 2 commissioner — W. Siemore Biddix, incumbent. Ward 3 commissioner — In cumbent T. J. 'Ellison, Wilburn ■Hamrick and J. (R. cBob) Smith. Ward 4 commissioner In cumbent Norman King and Ken Roberts. Ward 5 commissioner — Kelly Dixon, Howard Shipp, Jonas Bridges, Charles W. 'Parker, and Jake Sipe. Ward 6 commissioner — James J. Dickey, irtcumbent. Inside City 'board of education — Joe A. Neisler, Jr., and Tom my 'Briigra. Outs .'e city board of education — P. A. Francis, incumbent. J. R. (tBob) Smith, native of Hickory and a citizxn of Kings Moi'cntain Ifor 28 years, is .sales manager for Sumimey Building Supply of Dallas. The family resides at 806 'AVbo.lside drive. 'Mrs. Smith is the former Betty Jo Mauney of Newton. 'The Smiths are aictive in First Baptist church and are parents of two ichlldren: John Smith, ll, age 13, and' Lorri Smith, age .10. Mr. Smith is a member of Am erican Legion Posrt 155. Mrs. Smith is employed by City Avifo * Truck Parts. Mr. Smith is son of IVIr. and Mrs. A. Ray Smith of Kings Mountain. iBobby N. Sooggdns Is a native of Rutherford County who moved 'to Kings Mountain 10 years ago when he joined Winn Dixie (Continued on Page Site) A New Baby Boy. ■ And WhoMo Beyl it’s a Iboy for the George John Henry Wylies. And .whatta boy! Mrs. PatMe Jo Wylie, 31, de livered the boy at Kings Moun tain Hospital Tuesday 'morning at 9 o’clock. Dr. Charles H. Adams was attending physi cian. The lad’s weight: 14 pounds, 13 ounces. It Is the heaviest baby born at Kings Mountain Hospital In the hospital’s 20-year history. It was a natural blr.th and both mother amd son are re ported doing well. The Wylies live at Route 1, Blacksburg, S. C. jiLoHnnwoB on page rtvg)
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