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Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL 86 No. 22
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 3, 1971
Eighty-Sixth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
SCENE FROM SVERTBODT LOVES OPAL » Kan Jeon Grant left, plafs the title role of Opal in
the Kings Mountain Little Theatre comedy Thursdoy, Friday .and Saturday. Other leod roles ore
played by Cir&dy Jtobinson, Robert Cribb ond Joe HuUender. The tcomedy is the story of three
"crooks" who hove an illegol perfume operation in full pwing ot the city dump, home of OpoL
There are several plots to murder Opol for her money. (Photo by sooc Alexander)
Day Care Center May Not Open
SPEAKER Senator J. OUie
Harris will be opeokor at Home
coming Day serrieet Sunday at
Patterson Grove fiaptist church.
4 '
Harris To Speak
At Homecoming
Hompcoming and Memorial
Day services will be held . this
Sunday, June 6, at l^ailerson
drove Baptist ehurch, announces
Kev. RichanJ Plyler, minister ol
tite cliurch.
N. C. Senator J. Ollio Harris
will be the speaker for the elev
en o'clock w<»rship service. Sun
day School will begin at 9:45
a.m., ami dinner will be served
on the eliurcli grounds at 12:40
p.m.
All members, former members
and friends of the congregation
are cordially invited to attend.
Little Theatre
To Stage Comedy
"Opal" Comedy
Plays Tonight,
Ptiday, Satniday
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One Cent Sales
Tax Approved
The Cleveland County Board
of Commissioners F'riday night
voted 3 to 2 to levy a 1-cent sales
tax in the county, effective July
1.
The action followed a public
hearing at the Courthouse where
a majority of the 150 (yersons at
tending favored the levy over the
increnw In property taxes.
Commissioners voting in favor
w'orti J. D. Turner, wlio made the
motion, Robert Hubbard, who
serondrti the motion, and Chair
man B. K. liPop) Simmons. Op-
pf»sed were Fritz Morehead and
Phil Rxicker.
Based on sales in the county
durln"> fiscal 1969-70, the conntv
would HToive obout $961,000
from the added 1-oent levy, the
rnafor ahpre going to the c*>unly
government.
Commissioner Turner's motion
had the stipulation that proceeds
from the tax be distributed
aTn<mg the county ami munici
pal governments on a pop*-.*'lation
ba'^ls. Under state law, commia-
sinners had a choi-ce of distribut
ing the tax on a popuHtion or
fld valorem tax basis. The county
w’ouhl have recelve<i more • un
der the latter method.
Tlie^Tax Research revision of
the N. r. Department of Revenue
pt'emred. e^imates in fiscal
1967-70 on the amount of reve
nue each governmental would
have received If the tax hod been
In effect that year.
Tho breakdown was as follows:
^Continued on pagtt Eight) 1
The curtain will go up on the |
Kings Moimtain Little' 'I^eatre’s
production of “Everybody Loves
Opal,’* Thursday evening at 8:15
in park Crace scho<W auunuriub.i.
The comedy wiW be presented
Thursday, Friday and’ Satiurday ,
evertings. Tickets afe on sale'
from any member or wiU be |
availaible at the door at $1. i
Nan Jean Grant, Kings Moun-1
tain native and speech therapist;
in Mie school system, will play
the title rtrfe. A graduate of
Plonk School ’of Creative Arts
and Staley College of the Spoken
Word, Mrs. Gr.»nt drew praise
for her recent performance in
Little Theatre production an^i for
her role as a <lii*eclor alao.
Other supporting roles will be
played by Cindy Robinson as
Gloria"; Robert Cribb as “Brad
ford"; Joseph Hul'lerfJfer, Jr. as
Solomon”; Stan Gainey as the
police officer; Dr. Robert Baker
as the doctor; and Petroniua as
'Mr. Tanner, the cat.
The play, by John Patrick. Ls
directed by Hugh Smith.
Menybors of the Little Thea
tre were hard at work this week
in both dress rehearsals and ren
ovation work at’tho former Park
Grace .school, ne»w "home" of (he
theatrical group. Mrs. .’ET.’h Cox,
pl*«5ident of the group, sai^j both
scenery and walls were being
painted as the scho<jl auditorium
is taking on a new look.
BessemeiCity
May Be KM
Watei Usei
The city's water policy commit-1
tee will consider request by the '
City of Bessemer City to supply '
that town water on Monday
night. i
>Be.ssemcT City is watershort |
and several industrial expansions
in the community hinge on the ,
ability of Bessemer City to pro
vide water.
Members of^he water policy
committee will meet at, 7:30 p.m.
in City Hall. ^
Mayor John Moss saJu yester
day that Gaston County had aip-
proved laying of the water lines
to Bessemer City and has approv
ed funds for the project.
If the water poIiQr~comhSttee
approves the prG»»osal of Besse
mer City, the recommendation
will then go to the city board otf
commissioners, said the mayor.
The city commission will convene
at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at City
Hell.
Mayor Moss said the water pol
icy committee is in process of
formulating a thorough study of
water policy for Kin^ Mountain’s
present and long-range needs.
The mayor did not indicate the
amount of water Bessemer Crty
will require.
Members of tho sewer policy
committee will also gather on
Monday evening at 7:30 at City
Hall.
DR. SARA HENDRICKS SINAL
DENNIS BRIDGES
Sara H. Sinai
Wins MD Degree
TERRY ANDERSON
WINS PROMOTION — Richard
L. Nielsen has been promoted
to the position of Vice Presi
dent, Chemical Manufacturing,
of Lithitun Corporation of A-
merioa.
Foote Promotes
Dick Nielsen
BESSEMER aXY. — Richard L.
Nielsen has been named
Fifteen Seniors
Win Scholarships
Fifteen high school seniors are
recipients of college scholar^ips.
They include:
Ooni>ie Phifer, $200 Erskine col
lege grant.
DorLs Wilson, Prospective Teach
ers Scholarship.
Debbie Rhea, Ruciisill Scholar
ship and Gardner Webb scholar
ship.
Judy Childers, Dover Scholar
ship of $100 and $200 Meredith
Honor Scholarship.
Kay Patterson, Dover Scholar
ship of $100, V. R. scholarship to
Western Carolina Univer.«ity.
Libby Owensby, Dover Scholar
ship of $100 to attend Western
Carolina University.
Pam Cronan, Dover Scholarship
of $500 and a State Biology Schol
arship for four pears at the Uni
versity of North Carolina in Cha
pel Hill.
Ronnie Payne, prospective
teacher scholarship to Astern
Dr. Sinai Bridges,
Anderson
Win Degrees |
Dr. Sara Hendricks Sinai, 1
daughter of Dr. and .Mrs. Paul
Hendricks of Kings Mountain, '
.‘ecelved the degree of doctor of
me-k'ine (M.D.l from the Uni-
%«i:sitv of Nofth Carolina 'Sqhool
tMay 30th. *
Dr. Hendricks is married to
Paul Sinai of Chapel Hill.
She is a graduate of Kings
Mountain high sciiool and com
pleted pre medical studies at
UNC. Dr. Hendricks will serve a
year internship training at North
Carolina Memorial hospital in
Chapel Hill beginning July 1.
Orher area students receiving
degrees include:
I'erry Dean Anderson received
his bachelor of arts degree from
Limestone college in Gaffney, S.
C.
Dennis Bridges of Kings Moun
tain recoiwi. his degree in me
chanical engineering^ from Noihh
Carolina Slate University at Ra
leigh.
Mrs. Hendricks'
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Brothei Passes
Funeral rites for John E. Cros-
land, 69, pramim’fit Spartanburg,
S. C. textile executive And county
official, were held Wednesday in
Greer, S. C.
Mr. Crasland, brother of Mrs.
Paul Hendricks of Kings' Moun
tain ditKl Tuesday.
He was vice president and
general manager of Lyman Print
ing and Finii-|iing Compary for
several years until his retire
ment. He also served as chair
man of the Spartanburg County
B>ard of Control and as a mem-
ber of the County ^lanning and
Building Board.
Dr. and Mrs. Hendrieks. Dr. and
Mrs. Paul Hendricks. Jr. and Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Sina? went to
Greer for the funeral rites yester
day afternoon. Mrs. flendrlcks, Sr,
had been at her brother's home
in Lyman since Tuesday.
president — Chemical manufac- j Carolina University,
Hiring in an announcement by H. Ursula Perry, scholarship to N.
Edward Uhland, executive vice 1 ventral Uniwrsity.
president. I Fl^d Jenkins, scholarship
Mr. Uhland cited N'ielsen's
velcpmont of Lithium Corporii-
contributions to -the surcesful de-
lion's North Carolina based
chemical operations. During the
c .n.«truotion of the Bessomer
Oily plant in 1951-55, Nielsen
was rej^nsible for much of* the
planning and design. He th^n
served as the first ^ant mana
ger, overseeing the start-up and
initial operations.
During the oi)eration of Beryl
lium Metals & Chemicals Corp., a
Lithium subsidiary. Niel.«4<»n serv
ed as a vice ])resideh't and direc
tor of that company. When
Berjilium discontinued produc
tion, Nielsen was reassigned to
(Contiuurd on Page Eiffht)
to
N, C. Cen-tral University,
Linda WelLs, $250 Gardner-
VVebb Scholarship.
Debbie Burns, $100 Gardner-
Webb Scliolarship.
'Marlene Quinn, nursing schol
arship to E^t Carolina Univers
ity-
Renee Geins, prospective teach
er scholarship and Appalachian
v^tate Opportunity Scholarship otf
$600.
Debbie Hinson, V. R. Scholar
ship, Cleveland Tech nursing.
AUSLEY TOPIC
Dr. Paul Ausley will u.se tho
sermon loiMc, “^Heresy", at Sun
day morning worship service at
11 o’clock at First I^'esbytorian
church.
0.0. Jackson's
Rites Conducted
iFuneral rites for Ottis Onward
Jackson, 76, were held Saturday
afternoon at 3:30 from the
Chapel Funeral Home, interm^J^
following in Mountain Rest
tery.
iHis Pastor, Rev. D
man, oHiciated at the
Mr. Jackson died at
Thursday in the King
hospital after decllg
for some time. F'ur]
Mrs. Jackson
19th.
Tart owner of i
ors prior to his/
Jackson was soif
and Mrs. John
He was a men
Methodist chur
He is survive
Hermon Jackf
an<| llirw
Bailey of ViJ
Mrs. W. J.
Bla:t ’he Fxie
CERTIFIED — Dr. PhiUp G.
Padgett, Kings Mountain med
ical doctor, has been notified
he has successfully passed on
examination certifying him os
a doplimate of the Americon
Board of Family Practice.
College Boaid
Taps Spangler
R. Patrick Spangler, president
of Spangler’s Concrete of Shel
by and Kingi? Mountain, lias been
named one of 16 new members
on tlie Peace College Board of
Visitors.
Tlie announroment was made
by Dr. S. Da\id P'razior. Peace
president. The board, an advisoryf
a^eno' to the college aciminis-
tration, is ji|go intended to be a
pn.
Fields Young
ToBuildSUiut
Apartments
Fields Young, Inc. o( ShelBy
(mrchased a city building permit
.Monday to build an eight-unit
apartment building for residences
on Wej?t Gold street at estimated
cost of $76,500.
Jack Boyette of Charlotte will
be engintvr for the project and
local (ontractors are Hoke Elec
tric, electrical; Ben T. Gofoith,
plumbing; and Dilling Heating,
heating and air-conditioning.
Other permits issued included:
H. M, Broadwater obtained a
permit to add a garage and car
port to his home at 500 Haw
thorne Road. of thT addition
is estimated to be $2625. MV.
Broadwater list(>d himself as con
tractor.
Luke Hoyle, contractor, obtain
ed perrn!ts to build two six room
houses, one at 805 Southwood
Drive estimated to cost $12 950
and one at 313 Fulton road, es
timated to cost $15,950.
Fredrickson Motor Lines W'as
issued a permit to erect an iden
tification sign at its motot lines
at 604 Fredrickson street. Sign
Art, nc. is contractor and estimat
ed cost is $725.
Auxiliary Places
Memorial Wreath
American Legion Post 155 Aux
diary placed a wreatli of poppies
in Memorial park of Mountain
Rest cemetery on Memorial Day.
Mrs. John Mitchem, Popy
Day chairman, made the wreath
>f memorial poppies and plac
ed it at the eemtery.
Auxiliary membt*rs annually
conduct a Poppy Day Sale of pop-
ipies for benefit of local veterans’
'projects which this ear amount-
, ed to more than $2(H). The pop
! pies are handmade by hospita’
Only Six Apply;
Miiiiinum Oi 50
Are Beguiled
By BBd-August
Opening of Kings Mountain
Day Care Center hinges on re
ceipt otf applications and Charles
Mauney, chairman of the Day
Care Commission, said he has
only six apiplications in hand.
Response to the projected facil
ity, a service for working mothers
m that it would provide chiM
care While the mother is at work
in textile plants, is lasging.
Mr. Mauney said operation otf
the center is tentatively set to
begin in late August. Howeveii
he sa>'s a direcTor can’t be em
ployed until there is sufficient
enrollment.
A miinimum of 50 children la
required, said Mr. Mauney, before
the center can open.
Costs of day care which is low-
er-than-usual_cost, .vif. Mauney
said, is $12. per week for a sin?
gle ch*ild, $18 for two children
and $24 for three cliildren, Thfis
is based on a 40-hour working
w’eek. The center will be open
from 5:30 a.m, until 5:30 p.m.
Mr. Mauney pointed to the as
sets of the facility: a hot meal
for the children, two snacks per
day, supervised iastruction and
.««il>cr\i.sed pT^y. He noted that irn
srtructors will be those licensed
by the stale and will be quali
fied people.
'The Day Care Commission will
be operating in the red at the
^ert", said Mr. Mauney. He point
ed out that the city provides the
building rent-tfr#e and the uHR-
ties free.
He said, application blanks are
availaible in the various indus*
trial plants, at C4rty Hall, or from
him. He said the applications are
not binding, the comimittee needs
a general idea about the total
enrollment. No cash is required
for a person to send in an applll
elation. t
“All we need to know righ{
novv is if this program is needed
here. If it isn’t then we’ll not
proceed any further," added th4
chairman. J
He termed the day- care facij
ity as “Most needed" and invit*
ed citizen response.
iugh-. ized veterans.
IMPROVING
^de Blackwell, who has
Jio.‘si>ilalized for some
^>wing a heart attack,
t'd improving. Mr.
is a patient in the
Boone.
[ RY PROGRAM
wil be program
Tliur'-davs meotpig
( v dub at 12:15 at
•liib.
Firemen Set
Open House
open House will be held Sun
day from 3 until 5 p.m. at Beth
lehem Volunteer Fire Depart
ment.
Firemen are boasting a brand
new $23,000 firetruidc which they
want to show fo tho community.
The truck, a Chevrolet with 427
engine, puiiips 750 gallons of
water per minute.
The two dozen firemen have
conduced several fund-raising
suppers and are continuing a
c.miimunity drive for money to
pay for the equipment, the de.
partment’s finest piece of equip
ment.
Visitors are invited to tour the
facility and in.^ect the truck
which was put to service this
week. Firemen wore called to tho
scene of a grossfire near Buffalp
Creek on U. S. 74.
i|li3ders, Paul Pouchak,
[hite Lead Medal Winners
HOSPttALlZED
Carl Goforth, official of Mar-
grace Mills, remains a patient
in Kings Mountain hospital
where he is reooivli^jreatment
and obseivatfloiL
GRADUATES OF ARRHYTHMIA COURSE — Kings Mouatedn area
urges, pictured above, recently completed a 15-hour course In
Arrhythmia Recognition* coronary care utiUzing monitoring
equipment at (Kings Mountain ho iftoL Dr. F. J. SlnooK was the
instructor emd the course was sponsored by ■Clerelond Techni-
col liutituteb The graduates received certificates. From left Mrs.
Esther Plummer, Mrs. Rarbata TlndalL MrSi Borah Ivefi Mis.
is recipient of
.vanis Citizenship
i] Poufhak is re-
Coveted Bausch
[ lonorary Science
Ljr. won the Out-
Award and "I
Torth medals went
|ind Gary Dowda.
of honors in-
Billy Shuford
|Biology Award
e’s top student
l\irnod for her
^rship to the
|h Carolina at
Mathenratlcs
lo (homcmak-
In, Chemistry
Award.
I Judy Childers, TEPS Awar^
ihy North Carolina Association oX
Educators.
Rick Woods, Outstanding Sen^
lor Draftsman.
Ronnie Payne, John Philip
Sousa Awar^, .v.
Debie Burns and Doris Warren^
Maude R. Crouse Choir Awards -
Gene Alexander, SPO Citizen-,
ship Award. «
Suaan Hutchins, Art Awards •
Gary Dowda, Frankie BelU
'Senior Bus Driver Awards,
i Thomas Berry, Agricultuarp
I Aw'ard. : :•
Pam Cronan and Gary DowcUr
“I Dare You Awards." - *
Tim Hunter. Creative Writs
ing Award.
j Ruth Davidson, Wootdman of
the World History Aw’ard.
I Jack White, Outstanding SeiM
i ior Atwardf