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O }A> o #> Population Greater Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8465 0*Mrt«r lUag« MmibIoI* flgiirt It dtrlttd iitm tft* •pmw* Ualltd ■iftM iMrtou of tbt Ctatut r«por4 0 ImvofT ItM, M iKludM tkt 14«N0 populatlO0 0 A * TowMbtp, 0MI tli0 rfBiHwg S^IM txm H NumUf I Towathlp, to Ot^tloBd Couaty oad CrowStr 9 TowathiD to Q0it0a C00>tf« 'Xi Pages Today Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsponei VOL 86 No. 21 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 27. 1971 Eighty-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS i' i II ,'n GOOD CITIZENS — The nine Kings Mountain students pictrued criMve were nomed the year's Good Citizens among 720 honored os citizens ol the month during the nine month's school term which ends Wednesday. The Citizenship committee of the Association of Classroom tTeochets presented each of the 720 with certificates (and will present trophies to the grand Jprlze winners. Front row. from left to right. David Hambright Desiree White. Shone Gibson and Doris Moore. Back row, from left. Jonie Blanton. Mark Mercier, Bedcy Plonk. Johnnie Hogue and Steve Lancost er. (Photo by 'Isooc (Alexander) f Sales Tax: Friday Hearing; Simmons Issues Statement Friday Night Public Hearing C At Courthpise The county commission will conduct a public hearing at the county courthouse Friday night at 7:30 on the question of levy ing without vote, the one percent sales tax permitted by legisla tion of the current General As* sem'bly. The ne^v legislation follow’ed reversal by the Supreme Court of a prior act which permitted Chose counties voting in favor of ihe hrca'l one percent levy in a stote-wide referendum. A com pany whieh had paid the tax un- * der protest brought the action. The result was a financial bund for the 24 courrtics. The effort by the General As sembly was to help financially hard-pressed counties, supporters said, wibich hove virtually no source of revenue exieept the ad valorem proipcrty tax. The Cleveland County conumLs- .sion has discussed possibility of levying the tax in several ses sions. The county commission is urg ing citizens to attend the public hearing Friday night to make . known their wishes concerning I levying of the loi'a! option sales t tax. ' After the state revenue dopart- • ment deducted one percent of col- letilion.s for the service the re mainder would be Tjistributed to j the countic»s and incorporated mu- I nieipal'itios under one of two for mulae: population or ad valorem tax value. TAPPED — Jerry Lee Simmons, Kings Mountain teacher, has been inducted by Phi Delta Kap pa. honorary educational fra ternity at Western Carolina University. Phi Delta Kappa Taps Simmons Jerry Lee Simmons of Kings Mountain was recently initiated into the Western Carolina Uni versity Chapter of Phi Delta Kap- pa Honorary Educational Frater nity. Mr. Simmons is a part-time graduate student at WCU and Is emplf>yed as a sixth grade teach er at East Elementary school in Kings Mountain; He plans to fin ish requirements for the M.A. De gree in School Administration at the end of the Fall Quarter at Western. Cvn-tiiiucd On Page Sight i Hustetlei Wreck Injuries Fatal- Funeral Bites Held On Wednesday iFunoral rites for Colon Harold Husteilor, 27, wore held Wednes day afternoon at 4 p. m. from the Chap<d of Harris Funeral home, interment following in IMount^un Rest cemetery. 'Mr. Hustetler died shortly aft er he arrive i at Kings Mot.-intaln hospital from injuries he rerf^iv- ed in a 6:10 p.m. wrwk Mon- da^, on York road three imllcs south of tlie ci'.y. . A'tx’ording to invest'!! ating N. C. State Trooper G. E. Mull, Jlus- tetier was hcadfyl north on N. C- 161 near the Soufh Carolina State line when he ran off the rigihf side oif the n)aid, bit an embank ment, overturned twiw, liit a small, well house and sitruek a tree. Mull said Hustetler w»as ap parently thHAvn from the car and was crushed when the ear rolltHi over him. Mull said Hits- letter was the only occui>ant of the oar when it wreckoj, ^ Son of Mrs. Mildred Noiblitt ^lussell of Kings Mountain and the late Colen F. Hustetler, he was a partner in H & iBCar Wash and was a memlbdt- of thb Hesse- j mer City American Legion Post. Hie had served fomr years with the U. S. Air Force. Surviving, other than his moth er, are his wife, Diane Turner Hustetler; one daughter, Kimiber- ly Diane Hustetler of the home; one son, Charles Hustetler of N(*av Sharon, Maine; his step father, W. A. Russell of Kings Mountain; one stepbrother, Dale Ru.ssell of Kings Mountain; one stepsii?ter, Mrs. Jerry Bumgard- ner of Kings Mountain; his ma ternal grandmother, Mrs. pearl R. Kiser of Bt'ssemer City, ma ternal gramTiather, Russell Nob- I'itt of .Stewart, Fla.; and his pa- lernal grandfather, Dave Hus- tetlcr Of Kings Mountain. 'Rev. Russell Plylor, Rev. Char les Fretnnan an<i Rev. Frank Shirley officiated at the final rites, and interment was in Moun tain Rest cemetery. Active palbearers lnclud€*d Wayne Burton, Gene ,Stone, Steve Robbins, Dean Abbott, Andrew Jaek»)n DolHnger. Ronnie Ross and Wirniie fitters. Alteinatives Are Outlined By Simmons 3 .E. OPop) Simmons issued a statement Wednesday in which he outlined alternatives the commis sion has if it does—or doesn't — impose the one-cent sales tax ait • fhorized by the current General Assembly. The commission has the option to levy the tax without vote of the electorate, or via vote of the electorate. 'If the cr*.mmis.«"ion imposes the le\y by June 1, the added local sales tax will be effective be ginning July 1. Mr. Simmons’ statement fol lows: According to our County Fi- t nance Director, Joe Davison, who j under the law to examine the County’i' financial condition, re view proposed budgets for all de partments and taxing districts, and to make budget recommen dations for the fiscal year 1971- 72; bu’get requests have been re ceived by him. The total budget I requoste, if j.-ranled as present^. Would have required a substantial , ancrea.so in the tax rate, even con- I sidering the normal growth in ! the tax bale, estimated this year ! to be approximately 1.5 million, or m<tre. when final figctres are : ta'hulated. In fact, to have grant ed the original requests, including icosts of landfills, water lines al- i ready promise^l or committed, jn- trcasc.1 social servic'es costs, and the funds nec’esjjaiy for letting the proposed contract for the new have resulted in an estimated biiso rate of $1.90 per $11K) an increase of 60c over the prci^ent base rate of $1.30. This w’as the startling first look at our finan cial pictur** for 1971-72. iBy trimming or cutting out en tirely eorlain budgeted items which our FinarK'o Director did (Continued on Page Eight/ School Calendar Is Approved Tlie 1971-72 school calendar was formarl approved by the Kings Mountain board of educa tion Monday. ill provides for three snow days with these to be added to the spring vacation "'if not needed." The calendar: Teachers Day, August 23-24. Fi 'pil Orientation Day, August 24th. -First Full Day For Students, August 25th. 'Di.sirict NiOAF meeting, Octo ber 1. •Labor Day, Septem'her 1. Thanks:;4vinig, November 25-26. Christmas holidays, December IS-Janirary 2. Evaluation Day, January IS. Spring vacation, March 31-Ap- ril 4lh. I.^sl day for stiKlenls, May 31. Laat day lor teachers, June 2. Laney: Legal Action On CBD Holdouts Jonas Bridges Run-Off Winner Foote Ups Wages By 28-Cents Hour Three Employees Are Honored For Long Service I The Kings Mountain Opera-; tion of Foote Mineral Company leld its annual barbecue and safety meeting on May 20. ' E. R. Goter, Operations 'Man- ■ ager, took this opport-uinlty to announce an increase in wage "'nd fringe benefiits for the hour- ’y employees as fo'Ilows: 1. A wage increase of 10.1 per cent wfik'h is an average of 28c an hour. 2. Improved bse'e hospitaliza tion insurance benefits, paid 300 "?r eenit by the Company, to in clude an Increase in room al lowance, medical payments ami surgical schedule. 3. -Work shoe allowance In crease of 50 per cent. 4. Meal alloiwance increase of 50 per cent. 5. An increase in the monlhly pension benefits. Safety award buttons and gift certificates were given to em- oloyees for workin-r without a lost-time accident. John B. Bar-» her, Jr., received one for two years; Uzza Parker for dO years; Rdbert W. Hurl'but, Hilliard j Black and John O. Van Dyke for | 15 y^rs; and Eidwiin R. Goter,.]' Ernest-C Maples and Dennte L. Goforth was the first employee art the Kings Mountain Opera tions to reach the 20-year mark, having started to work in Octo ber oif 1950 Goforth s Phifer Tract Bid High Coleman Goforth, entering the bidding for the first time, emerg ed high bidder for the Martin Phifer property May 17 at $76^K). Deadline fdr raising the bid is Thursday at 5 pm., with a $3855 raise required to create another re-sale situation. The tract contains 131.5 acres, is adjacent to Kings Mountain high school and the city limits. Bumgardner Bites Thursday 'Funeral services for R. O. Bum gardner, 72. of Shel'by. father of Ira Bumgardner of Kings Moun tain. will be held Thursday after noon at 4 p. m. from Shelby’s I^a- fayette Street Methodist church. Rev. IfaroM Simpson w'ill offi ciate and interment will be in Sunset cemetery. 'Mr. Bumgardner died at 4:10 Tuesday mornin-g in Cleveland Meinorial ho-spital. Other survivors include his wife, two sons, one daughter, two brothers and four sisters GRADUATES — Gaither Baum gardner, top, and Doyt Phifer received college diplomas in weekend commencement exer cises. Two Students Win Degrees Gaither Ray Baumgardner, i son of Mrs. Gertie Baunigard- j nor of 5050 Midpines, reci'ived a Bachelor of .Music F^dixation degree fixjm Mars Hill college Sunday. A jam-packcd commencement week-end at 'Mars Hill college culminated Sunday 'as speakers addressed the 1971 graduating class of 221 students on subjects of i^ace and responsibility. Two Kings Mountain students are among graduates of North Carolina State University at Ra leigh. Reflecting the industrial character of the area. 15 Cleve land County students earned dr- I grees in fields of engineering and textiles, as well as the sciences I and education, at the 1971 com- 1 mencemont at Nt»rfh Carolina j State University Saturday. I The Oloveland graduates studi- I (Uonthiued on Page Eight) Suits To Besult From Faltering Negotiations By JOE M. LANEY Kings Mountain R<HleveIot>ment Commission is in prix’css of mak ing final written offers to several property owners where ample time has been provided to evalu ate off(*r.s for prop^Mty. T)ii‘ j'fnnmissidn reports that re cent activity d.wiilown has gen erated (onsiflorahle interest in inv'estmi'nt in the central ncss district by lo^al business men. This is very encouraging since private investment is the key to success: of a ied<*velopinent program. The value helng cfferel to th<‘ prcp( rty own^us is ba.M?d uixm two inde;H*n(i<‘iit appraisals by ccmpelenl qualified real estaie apprai.sers. Priavte apraUals over the pa t .scven.il months rein- Tone these apprai.sals and prev’i ous tra!i'!acti«>ns ahmg wifi} re- jen’ s:d( further suppart th<^m. Mast land negotiation is ba-;<*d on one ap^)’'ai al and bargainin'*, wirliin a limited rangt* fr>m that value. This usually results in Hie pr.jperty owner facing a profes sional nrgoiiator hired to pur c.iase the land at the low(*st j)os- ■sible privc. To eliminate this tlie' Dopartnn'tU o‘' Housing and Ur- i ban Dc'vel<v>nient ha< establish ed a poliry in urban renewal pro grams cf initially 'ffering full compciisaliun — the highest val ue — based upr>n the two apprais dLs so that the owner is indeed paid fair market value. Under the new uniform r<'1o cation and acqu'.siiion act of 1970 just pa-ssod in coqgreys this pra-- -Wee i.s now dicing used bv all agencies who are pui^cha.sing land in connection with ftxieral programs. The Kings Mountain Redevelop ment Commbsion sincerely f(‘el> that fair value has tx'en offeix^d and in addition there are tax ad vantages. For instance in the ne gotiation tlie Rod('velopment Com mission is striving to impress owners that they may reinv<?s1 in the downtown and purchase prop erty ba'ixi on the same criteria— fair market value. Tliis will al low the owner to reinvest in cU)wntawn property at a fair prize and provide 0'i';>ortnnity to de.'er tax on gains realizisT'in his sale. Bridges To Take Oath Of OlJice Thursday at 10 Jona.s Bridge.^, general manag er of Radio Station WKMT. was elected Word .5 CJHnmis.-iioner Tue.<tiay in a run-<->ff elejtion. .Mr. Bridges who l(*d five ca?i- lidatcs ia tho ri’gLla*' elci-lion Mil- M..V U tyy Ur> vt>t(‘s. •e;:(‘re'l t!if‘ challeture o.'’ K<‘lly >n, former mayor who placed •(" md. by 79 votes. V./'inir w;ls liglit. ; Only f'T'J p tc ; ; voted compar- ' -i t •’ (Cl Vay 11. Tlu* \ . ' ''-’.ir.t w:is: Bri.i.ge ■ Dixon 997. Tour writf-In ve*e' '"or H Shij-p fnrd-runner in the M jy ' 11 voting. \vt*re de larel invalid. I In winning. Mr. Eridge.s w(m ■ five of the 'x w.ards. He lo'-d on- ' ly Ward 3. wh: n' M;. Dix )n had t a 25 vote margin. t'adi . taking »?’iej. .are s’hcdvilcd In- City Hall at 10 ^ o'{ 1 K-U rhur'iTiy m nning. (' ’Timb-.'-i-.tK**'(*lc.-t aHI sue’ecd Mis. Maude R. Walker i.s I Wa' 1 ,5 r 7).-»*.-;entatjv(‘ on tht* ; e-immis.'E’on. Mrs. Walker did n )t ' o.Ter fer ree-le.-rion. She was ap- , r)M”led to The cvenmissioti a» the i d( ot!i of her l)usband Cornunis- .sioritT O. O. Waikor, won ole^'tion ' to a full term in 1969. Board 01 Education Rezones Parts 01 Two Districts: Over-Crowding The Kings Mountain boiird of oducaMon Mond'ay night went on record as endorsing the $200 mil lion statewide capital outlay bond issue recon-tly Introduced in the legusiature. In other action, the board in a lengthy session: 1) authorized proposal to the state for the paving of parking areas around the high school, j 2) authorized Supt. Donald j Jones to ehc<’k prices for erect ing fences and around areas al Central and West .schools. 3) authorized the superintend- eut to invejttigaite the puncha.s<* of two roloeatable classnx>m units from Che county school board for use at tihe high school. CVwt ol the units would be $2 200 each. 4) authorized sale of various items of surplus sOhool prqx'rty at public aucTi(>n. 5) rtneived the annual report on the cafeteria .sj’stem and re-i port that a grant application had* been made for a dishwasher ami| ov’en for F)ast school. [ 6) voted to prohibit the use of Ttioforized vemtfe; on .soliool' grounds after itohool hours. This! aotlon came following a discus-1 sion of complaints about Hhe u$el of minibikes in s(*ho(>I parking iot.s and grounds after close of .scliool. 7) authwized the superintend ent to negotiate a wntract with a new auditing firm aft(»r hear ing a letter fn»m the auditing firm of Hamrick and R<*d ling slating they could not meet tlie board’s requirements in the fu- tur<* for the Title I Audit. 8) rweived invitaluni liH>m Mrs. VV'anza Y. Davis, schools s(*vretar.v.: to atten'd the National Education-j al Secretari(*s conference at the University of North Carolina at • Grot nsboro July 15 18. .Mns. Davis, is 1971 NAES diainnan. 9) transferred John Blalock from Central to the high scIuk)! where ho will tearh and coa'h. i 10) heard a re{K>p{ from Snpt. ‘ Jones on interest the RkmI Ro- i tary club had sho'Wn in .spiar-* lux'iding a cami?aign to purc'hasc a mini bus for tran^wn-ting IR ’ hoinPbound students who ath'ud trainable rla/s<'s in I.he Sh(*l i> .^>c1kk>1 system. Tlie board ask<\l Jones to imer;tigate priiHN of one of throe busw's that will be .s;»ld at public auction by the county system soon. Committeeman McGinnis Resigns Hubert McGinnis, the dly’.s nominee to the ai>praisal commit tee in tlie city’is condomnati-m ac tion again-st Coleman Goforth, has resigned. Mr. McGinnis, one of a group wliicli has b(*cn bidding for the Martin Pliifer property, s*aid he felt (‘(mipelled to resign when Mr. Goforth entered ihe bidding for the Ph'if(*r tract at the .May 17 re sale. "It would not be ('th-ical for me to continue to serve on the a:ii:Taisal conimitttK*," Mr. Mc Ginnis said. Mayer Jolin H<‘nry Mo-:s .<aid Che city is p(*-tiii->ning the clerk of court to relics<* the ot.her two members and to name a now ccmmittxv of tliree. The city a tion s('eks properly it requires for th> ^Ifalo reser voir. Boyce TOiie s Rites Conducted Kun(»ral rites fn* Boyce E. Whitt*. .52. of r<)Ut(* two, w<‘re held .^unday aftt*rnoon at 4 ji.'in. from Buffalo Bai>!ist churi’li, in- tcrmtMit following in .Mountain Rest eeint'tery. Mr. Wliitc in ill ht*alth the past six month;, died Friday night in tin* Kin-T-; Mountain h-ispit.al. He made his liome with a sister, .Mrs. .M-.Kige Williams, of route two. S' n of the late Rufu.s and Mae White of Clovelami County, he was a veteran of World War II. . Besides his sislt'-r lit* is surviv-, ed by his wift* Mrs. Vi(d:i .\yolt White of PnnTdtmct*. Rlioit' I.s land; a daughter, Mrs. Patricia .\nn Dnvt'll of Providence. Rhode Island; and three brolIi(*rs. Rev. S. A. White of Hampton', ilh* Rtw. Hubert Wliite of Virginia Reach, Va. and Cla.Ndon White of Casr..-. .Mso sur\i\ing are two grand-, ciiildreu. Commencement Rites To Start Commencement e.xcrcises for 25;) Kings Mountain high school gr.uluating seniors will begin on hm‘ ay with l-a‘*cal3nrent(* i-‘(' and culminate on Wednesday wiili graduation exeig’Ises. • Botii programs will bo h«‘!d f)t k p. m.. tile ba(: alaureaie s(*r\ ic<‘ on Sunda^. night in the gymiia- m and the finals exercises on Wedne>day in J(<hn Gamble Me nu iria I Stadium. Rev. li. II. M.Dowell, pastor ot Lowesville Uiiiied .Methodist ' churcli in ea^^i Lincoln couniy. will (!cliv(‘r the bavcalaunxaie s<‘nnon and otlier ministors of tin* community will jarH.-jpaie. Rev. S. T. ('’‘vake will the invocation, Jlev. .N. c. Bu.sh will road the scripture. Rev. Charles Easley will intro 11:0 the .sjMVii<oi- and Ke\. Russell Fitts will pro nounce th(’ hened'clion. 1'he con- grega.lioM will sing. ‘Tiiis U My I'allK'r's World’’ and specia. music will be presenter by ih.e iii'di scliool ih(*ii’. Under liie di rection of Miv. J. .\. .MrCIuia*. the choir will sing ".\m.azing Gract*." ^\■dh s«>Ioisl Doris Wilson l‘*IIow- |c(l h^. •■Sanctus and Denedictus" wilij D(*hhie i;iirn.*«. suioi.^t. ard -Mo/arf^} •‘Alleluia.’’ An instru- (Miintal eiis*nnble will play holli proia*ssi(»nal a n d lax'essiohal ! maix lie.sj. ’ :>enior class memliers will take pari in ihe gradi atiop pro ram. ; FoIlo\\-in.r t h (» processional, 1 I ('<--Iffini't (i 0)1 Eight \ ELECrED~Jonas Bridges, man ager of Radio Station WKMT, defeated Ex Mayor K<41y Dixon in a run off election for Ward V Commissioner Tuesday. G-W President Banquet Speaker "Liberty, intcnigfn:^'. moral, etliical and spiritual awakening wTl lead iLs but of the culture shoik," Dr. F/Ugene Pf'ston told memhers and gue-ts at the thir ty-third annual ladies nigh't ban- epn f of rill* Kings Mountain Lions club Tuesday night. The provident of Gardner-Webb ''^•'lle"e had d(*cl-ired. "We are in the midst of a culture shoc'k." He recalled that the late Pres ident Kennedy, in his inaugural address, declared. "We must get America moving again." ; Ten years later. Dr. Po.ston said the word is. "L<'t's gel together again." Si>mewhere. during the inter vening years. Dr. Poston sail}, many Americans have lost theiy sense of values. ; He aclsiiowlcdged problems, a major one being acceleration in- \ iidually evciy direc’tion, from siK'ixi of nKxm-bound capsules tu the publication of txxjks. A principal diallenge he con- tinu(*d. is that "We must grasp our l('chnological thrust." He .said lie often felt lesvs a- larmcd about youth "most of whom are looking for a meaning ful life’’ than for their parents, wlio. ho sjiid. fail their children in pr(widing tlie wrong sense of udue.s. ^-iiarlos Blar>ton presented Dr. Po'^lnn. P c.'ii ie’'t Johnny Reavis presid- (Continued on Page Eight) Clean-Up Drive Is Continuing ('all the mayor’s office. 739- 25fl3. if you own junk cars >'du want discarded. Phis is the word of meontoers of the mayor’s CTean-Up Fix-Up I\unl-Up Uommitlcf*. Tin* clean up drive is contin uing 30 more day.s and citizens are urged to participate by dean- ing u;> their (»wn ]>roiH‘rt.ies. No Negro Students Elected, They Demcnstiate Foi "Equalization King-< .Mnuntai.n high si luxtl .students api>ro\(‘d o\(‘rwIu*l'mjng ly and \ia .s(»cn*l !>a!l.>t yesteniay the c.slahlishnient of a I^tAvcr, n>>ii.s<» and an Upper House in. stud(‘nt gtvt'rnmenf nyxL year. By the action the .Student Par ticipation Organiz:it ion const it u- tion aill ht* leviseo. It will tall for officers in Tie L»wer House to N* pc.se 1 of l>oth black an<i v\iiit<» stiKients. “.50 penxmt blacks and 50 {>ercent whitt's.’’ Ht('c!ion 'T rfficers in the Upm»r Honst* will he acro.s5-the-boartls. iBIack .students (jn Friday ap- IK'.tlcd to KMII.'T Principal Jake Atkinson and SIT) President Graf ton Withers for «viua| repres<*n- tation In elass oflives for next year aflt'r no hlaek .siudt*nts were el(*ct(*d in school-wiik* balloting SelK/ol chv’tions bid lx'(*n eon- duete l wot'k-l.ong \\5trT very few black candidatev; \ieing for of lice's in student government or class positions. Campaigning had 1 If ended and balloting for class ofticer.s Ix’gin Friday. After tlu* votes w<*rc counted) a nmimittee of hla"k studen-ts nu't widi Principal Atkin-^on and then* followed a meeting of the wliole siud('nt body where al) i)ui l.>0 s'tndents end■>^'-(‘^^ a pics 'f bl vk stud(*nts "equal n'pre.sen fat ion". An oix'n heari:tg was called on Sunday aft(*rnoon by SPt> Prt'-ident Graft Ml Wirhons, who presidtvi. and pr<'.scnted for mal rccamineri latieiu- whieb approved. Th(^student body* went to tlie polls trixlncsday and Liu* new SPO recom-mendationfi pa.^.s<>d. .Supt. Donald Jones had high prabe for tlu* students who he .said c Miducled the meetings and w(/rki’d out student problems tn an exemplary manner. He said this reorganization of student q.ua'rn’m'nt is in line with thq slute legislature.