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irn^^/rx’mv #m £• imiAKA7 ■ no#«n ■ > Population Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 .ty Limits 8465 ortn to d«tlT<4 it«B UH ytnw uBlt*d SiGrtM lurMni ii ik* C*iuui rtpoit o loav^ ItM. amd loeludM th* U.SM pcpuioiios o MiiHMr 4 TowMhlp. coid tk« rtmatnlag 4,124 Irak kaau*«r 9 TowntlUp, la C1«t«Iob<I Couaty oad Crowdar* n»q»i> TowmMd ia Ooifa Cofty. Kingg Moantoin's Relioble Newspopai VOL 86 No. 25 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 24, 1971 Eighty-Sixth Ywr PRICE TEN CENTS H White: ^force Code Policy Ministers Tap ; Dl Edwards As President L £ rniST STAGE FAaUTY OF SPECTRUM — Spectrum Textured' Products, Inc will build a S8 million plant on a 40-acre site pn Waco rood and the firm e:q>ects to go into production In Septem ber and employ 175 people, about 70 percent of them women. Architect's sketch of the proposed building of 1654)00 square feet of floor space, pictured, is the Initial phase of the construction. Executive Vice President John D. Karcher said the firm wiU texture and dye synthetic filament yams for sale to the circular knit, warp knit and weaving trades. The city commission Tues day night approved rezoning of the property to heavy industriaL Local News Bulletins HOSPITAUZED Thomas W. Harper, executive director of the Kings Mountain Puiblt'c Housing Authority, is a patient in Kings Mountain hospital where he is receiving Ooservailion and treatment. IMPROVING Huijert Aderholdt continues to improve at his home on S. Gas ton street. Mr. Aderholdt was able to leave the hosipital last Friday. Services July 1 ON DEAN'S UST Walter (Butch) Boyd, Kings Mountain student at Western Carolina University, was IhStod on the dean’s list for the year at WCU, He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Boyd. DIXON SERVICE Sunday morning worship scr- vDce will be held Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Dixon Presbyterian chuwh with the Rev. Robert Wilson to deliver the message. ■A KM Post Office Sets Open House And Tours Local po.stoffiee personnel will Dr. Charles E. Edwards, pastor of Boyce Memorial Associate I Reformed iPreshyterlan ichureh, I has been elected President of the I Kings Mountain Ministerial As- j socioiion for the coming year, l ife foilnw.s Rev. Edwin Chriscoe I who has done an excellent work I in c >mmunily relations as wll 1 as he.ading up the Ministerial ! As.socialion this past year. | I Dr I-dul iK. Ausley, pastor of I I'irst Pre.sbyterian church, has eleiTil vice president and 'Rev. K gene land, pastor of. I I'l Sc ond I 'aptist church, has | I ecn elected .scrretray-trcasurcr. i line only meting luring Ihe sum- ! l iner of the .Ministerial Asso'cia-i ; tion is a folli'-wship meeting and ■ the re-;ii’ar meetings will begin! a ain in the Fall. ; Dr. Edwards came to Kings Mountain from Atlanta, Ga., [where he served as pastor of ■ First ATIP chuic'h for lilts years. ! Ho had served previously at Cen-, tennial ARP ebur, h in Columbia, | ; S- U. for 12 years and at Louis- \ ille, Ky. ARP c'lureh for nine yc.ars. He served as a Navy | ^ .. ; Chaplain from 191,3-46 and was I When you want information a- stationed on ship at sea Iduring! bout the u.se of comminuted that time ^ I chicken in meat products, the : iBorn in Old Mexico, the son of j natural source is one of the na-' ARP Missionaries Dr. and Mrs I cl'iinL John R. Edwards, he did under; j eliine-debont^ chicken. Located graduate work at Erskine eol-! in (,amesville, Ga.. the country’s lege, graduated from Erskine ' major [loultry center. Jack Prince. Seminary and received his mas-' Inc. IS ix'rhaps the largest com- ter’s degree from Princeton ITni- pany specializing in deboned versity in the field of practical ‘ fh ' ’^hoology. Erskine college award- i ^ """Pany ed him the Honorary Doctor of hears the name of a young exe- Divinity degree. Dr cutive from Kings Mountain, Jack New Mini Planned KM Native Is Executive Of Poultry Center ORTHODONTIST — Dt. Michael McKee, Kings Mountain native, has opened an office in Bur lington for the practice of or thodontics. He received his doc tor of dental surgery degree in 1967. Dr. McKee To Open Office Former Anthony Lot Will Mark Park's Home The va;’ant lot where Dr. J. E. Antliony’s office was located for many years will be replaced by a park. Joe Lancy, director of the Kings Mountain Redevelopment com mission, said plans are to devel- opc a park with fountain, greens, benches for tired shojrpers and coordinate with adjoining build ings a historioal theme of land scaping. Architect for the project is Crawford .Murphy of Shelby and is at work on the plans. Entrances from the park from the adjoining stores 'will feature show windows and walls of the area will be re-bricked to enhance the appearance. Waugh Assumes Methodist Post Dr. Michael McKee, Mward.s , (jg) opened an KIWANIS PROGRAM Bill Bates, high .school faculty member, wiill discuss the Bmer- gency School Assistance Pro gram in the schools at Thurs day’s meeting of the Kirrgs Mountain Kiwanis club at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman’s club. an all-day community-wide pro- gnafh July J at the postotfk-e, Postmasit* Oharle.s Alexander said the lobby of the postoffice will be decorated for the occasion and that church groups, civic or school gr«u|>s will be provided tours of the facility to give local citizens opportunity to “see our postoffice in action.” Postmas'ier Alexander continu ed; Rev. R. Pa.sciial Waugh assum ed his duties as minister of Cen- orthodon- tral United Methodist church oflice in , Wednesday as some 200 Metho dist ministers of the We.stern North Camllna Conference mo\'ed to their appointments for the T. ' PHnc;,‘7on Mr. and Mrel'-V a ^ 'Asir^blfonhelRP i BurlingWn aV-lir S. Spring SL Prince of this city. Il932 ^ eht-rch in -The orthodontist, a native of A graduate of the University of TMrs Edviards i. r : Kings Mountain, will he involved , -North Carolina, Prince joined J-' Dorothy Rinirhaiispn If brarreh of danitsry which j new conference year 1971-72. D. Jewell. Co. in 1952 and remain -mo fhev hav^ L “"d ed there 12 years rising to become nev Harr? It 'he teeth andBZIoore??! shrdiw sales manager and vice president Wales FIa^an?^?llrK? ; TOtrection of irregularities of before leaving to form his own Dr Har^/ i associated facial company. -p' ^ CTOper, of Atlanta, problems. His practice, for the HONOR GRADUATE — Mrs. Gwendolyn Smith Compbell was graduated cum loude from A & T State University in re cent graduation exiercises. She received her B.S. in accoimting and is the wife of LL Marsh Campbell, son of Rev. and Mrs. M. I_ Campbell of Kings Moun tain. SERMON TOPIC Rev. Charles Easley of St. Matthew’s Lutheran church will use the theme, “A Summer of Parables” and the topic will be: "Persi.stancc Pays Off”. Sunday at the 11 o’clock worship hour. Ken Stepp Is Improving ■Ken Stepp, veteran employee of the city garage depantrnent, has | 5^' Summer Season Building Time Summertime — and the build ing boom continues. Bridges Brothers Construction Company of Shelby obtained two city building permits last week to build -two brick veneer re.si- dcncos at 307 and 313 Fulton road at estimated cost of $18,000 each. Dick McClain was issued a per mit to install a fence aruond his property at estimated cost of been moved from the Intensive Care Unit of Charlotte Memorial hall spokesman said yesterday. Mr. Stepp was changing a tire j at the city garage when the tire rim bkrw and hit him almost completely severing the tip of his nose. Leslie P. Price of 501 Woodsidc hospital and is improving, a city .Drive obtained a permit to rcroof his house. Estimailed cost is $265. er story in the trade magazine “Meat Processing” recently. Prince’s company produces two “If you have a group tliat would ''’aricties of the comminuted be interested in touring the local (thicken under the Gemstone la- post office you are invrted to call I premium grade is labeled eitlier the postmaster, Charles ^ chicken rrieat” and does not Alexander or the assistant post- j cotR^m skin; the economy pro- mater, Frank Cox. Tours are now | '^t'ct is simply called "comminut being sclieduled and tve would be j cd chicken” and may include Prince was the subject of a cov- p T'^cre are five grandchiMren. 1 most paiit, will involve children t between the ages of eight and 16. Board Adopts Budget Ordinance Ciackdown Begins In Fonn Of Legal Action City Attorney Jack White has been authorized by the city board on rerxjimmendatlon of the codes p>licy and enforceraeitt commtt- tce to initiate legal action againM approximately 50 delinquent tax payers and at least 10 owners of substandard housing. The crack-down against violat ors of city codes "for better en vironmental conditions” came as re.sult of a study by the codes co- forcement committee chaired by Commirsioner W. S. Biddix. Action by the city will be in tlio form of injunctions or civil ' suits, said Attorney White, who said he had ordered forms- from the Institute of Government Ui Chapel Hill to be sent to a group of property owners whose houses , arc “detrimental to the health', welfare and safety of the people.” Some of the owners live out Of j town but own properly in Nto ■ city. Attorney White said he had al ready drafted notices to delin- 1 quent taxpayers and said taxpay ers could awiid paying costs of legal action and attorney fee^ by paying back taxes, some of which are several years old. White also summarized the city’s dog ordinance, reitepating that if police can’t find the own er of a stray dog the dog can he killed. Pointing out that the city’s dog ordinance is a good one, the attorney .said ho felt ultimate so- I lution to the city’s stray dog problem is a dog pound and city dog warden. 'The question was advanced by Police Chief Tom McDevitt who told the commission It is very hard to prosecute dog owners through the new magistrate sys- ; tern. The chief said they won)t I i.s.sue a warrant based on the city dog ordinance.” ' White continued that “we have lost contact wHh the county in ' reg.ird to .stray dogs.” White re viewed the dog ordinance, outlin- The son of Mr. anU Mrs. T. C. McKee of Kings Mountain, Dr. The city commission Tuesday ; ^'JcKee was graduated from the ■ Divinity School, night adopted an interim appro- j Universcity of North Carolina at I delighted for you to come by and see what liappens to your letter after it is deposited m the letter drop. Your attention is also call ed to the following: 1. Free envelopes wiTf be distri buted to our postal customers on pcwlal services day. A special, colorful fir.st day cover has been rix’eived at the post office for this priation ordinance for the 1970-71 fiscal year budget for a total in- surgery degree in 1967. He crease of $13,981.91. j was commissioned as a lieuten- ■Mayor John H. Moss said the! the U. S. Navy Denial i new budget will be considered by ! Carps and served the next two ficM products are processed and tlie board at its next meeting to I years in Pensacola, Fla., and under continuous, be held at 7:30 p.m. on Monday,' hVietnam. He then returned July 12th. to the university and graduate school, receiving bis master of science degree in ortliodontics in June of this year. skin, fiat quick frozen USDA inspewtion. Chapel Hill with a doctor of den-! ^ts. Waugh is a registered nurse. Their son recently grad uated from Duke Divinity School and a daughter will be a college freshman in the fall. He comes to Kings Mount.ain from Biltmore First United Meth odist church of Asheville and was honored by his new congre gation at a supper Wednesday evening. Rev. Waugh served for five i '■‘’OU'rfment-'! for dogs such as years as pastor of the Asheville i wearing of a tag. church. He is a graduate of Duke “"J Preverttion of their running - at large from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and from being a public nuisance. Rescue Squads Drag Lake Foi Man; Busy Week For 23-Membei KM Crew Rescue units from Kings Moun-1 „ ed 396 miles and spent 473 man purpose. 1ms cover will be given | tain, Grover and Shelby dragged hours on stand-iby and active d^uty away, absolutely free, one to the Davidson Lake from 9:15 Monday | during the past week. The Squad night until Tuesday morning at 2 members took 20 trips, inclining a.m. after a Kings .Mountain one blood run to Kings Mountain woman reported her husband may ‘ hospital, answered have drowned. customer, as long as they last. This is a fine .souvenir and one you will cherish for years to come. 'Dr. McKee an/d ihs wife, the former Gale Kircus of Kings Mountain, are residing at 2175 Woodland Ave. They are Luth erans. Mrs. Roark's Sites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Margaret Earle Ro’ark, 85, of Grover, widow of Alex Roark, were held June ctiurch, interment following in 13Lh from Grover’s First Baptist Grover cemetery. Mrs. Roark died June 12t'h in Whispering Pines Rest Home aft er a year’s illness. She was a na tive of Cherokee County, S. C., ■ daughter of the late William and Rctx'i'oa Hardin Earle. She was a (k>l<i Star Mother and member of Shelby’s First Baptist ohuroh. j Surviving are five sons, Wayne ■ M. Koark of Grover, Cole L. Ro ark of Charlotte, George H. Roark of Fayetteville. Sidney E, Roark ; and Lester D. Roark, both of Shcl ■ by. 1 Rev. Gene Watterson officiated' Vi 111® final rites, ' I 2. Another Fir.st — A brand new 8c stamp will go on sale on July 1st. A few ca.shet envelopes will be cancelled in advance, and you will have the opportunity to pur- ' chase tliom on Postal Services | Day. All it will cost to have a treasured fir.st day cover is 8c j (for the po.stago-envcTopc is free). This Will Be The First Co\er In The History Of The Postal Service I To Be Issued Simultaneously fn ; Every Post Office In The (Jnited States.” i The new orthodontist was ■four wreck elected to Omicron Kappa Up- • T-. ... T-. calls, took six patients to Kings silon, national dental honorary Captain Dellwrt Dixon of the .Mountain hospital, two patients fraternity, at Carolina and also kxial squad said the night’s work to Gaston Memorial hospital and ; vvas the winner of the Block had a happy ending when the, one patient to Charlotte Memor- IDrur Co. Essay Contest and the husband was located inebriated— ; ial hospital. In addition, mem- but very much alive. | bers directed funeral traffic. Captain Dixon m^ade the re-! port as he reported his 23-mem ber volunteer organiz-ation travel- “It’s been a very busy week” said Captain Dixon. Masby Scholarship Book award He is now a member of the . American Dental Association and I the American Association of Orthodontists. Plonk, Beams High Bidders Bidding stands open until 5 p.m. today following rc-auctioning of the Martin Phifer property. High bidders are Wray Plonk, D. C. and Claude Beam at $105000. Lutheran Troop To Be Formed Resurrection Lutheran (Continued on Page Eight) Legionnaires To Convention YOUTH DIRECTOR — Larry Wood, senior student at Gord- ner Webb college and newly- named youth director ot Tem ple Baptist church, will {ill the pulpit at Sunday morning wor ship services at Temple BoptUt church. Wood makes his home with his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Clem Wright, on Cherry- ville rood. Week's Holiday j In Store For Many i Majority of Kings Mountain [ textile employees will enjoy a ! week’s holiday during the week I of July 4tli. I Many firms will make vacation payments. A few firms said Wedne.sday their holiday plans are not yet pending determination of their customer needs. Five Legionnaires represented Otis D. Green Post 155 at the an nual state convention in Wil mington Thursday through Sat urday. Delegates were Joe H. McDaniel, Jr., Carl Wilson, Carl Wlesener, Hugh A. Logan, Jr., and Totn Mann. Mr. McDaniel, his wife and two children, and Mrs. McDan iel’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Mur phy Hill, sclent a week’s vacaition in the Wilmington area. Representing the -Ymerican Le- , gion Auxiliary were Mii Eliza- church j beth Stewart, president, and Mrs. is organizing a new Boy Scout ; Orangrel Jolly, state legislative Troop for boys 11-18 and interest ! chairman and treasurer of the ed Scouts are inviti-d to contact ' local unit. They visited Mr. and Scoutmaster Gene Tignor or Rev. 1 Mrs. C. A. (Bill) Jolly at Lake Glenn ^wland, pastor. ; Wacamaw and attended the con- The Scout Troop will meet j feronco during Ihe weekend at monthly. 1 Timme Plaza .Motor Inn. Mrs. Alderman: It Pnlls At Your Heartstrings To Leave Neighbors 'V Water Cut-Off Saturday Morning j Grady Yelton. public works sup- t erintendent, .said watc'r will be cut off in several sections of the I city .Saturday from 8 until 10 a.m, ! for work on “the big water line.” I Sections affected include: South- wood; Princeton Drive; Fulton i Road: Maner Road; Jolly street; I I.CC street; Chesterfield Court and Margrace Village. DE STUDENT OF THE YEAH — Carl Rhodes, cen ter, recent graduate ol Kings Mountain high school, was voted DUtrlbuHve Education Student ol the Year. Wetured with Rhodes ore his em ployer, Norman F. McGUL Jr. partner in McGiU's Esso Service Station, ond DE Advisor Mrs Caro lyn McWhlrter. Rhodes receives on engraved plaque from Mrs. MeWhirter. (Photo bv Isooc Aleander) ‘ “It always pulls at your heart strings to leave a place where you have been as long as we have been in Kings Mountain.” said Mrs. D. B. Alderman. “But it is the -Methodist system and we have learned to take it in our stride.” Sire added, ‘There is always something good with the bad. In Reidsville, we will be nearer our married daughters and their families.” Rev. and Mrs. Aiderman movt'd Wednesday for n new assignment a.'ter four years service at Central MetliodisI church. The -Yldcrman’s older daugh ter, Mrs. George Pratt, lives in Raleigh. Greensboro is the home of their younger dauglitor, .Mrs. John Kelly Jr. There are also two grandchildren, Jeane Pratt, »-ho is three years old an3 six-weeks- old Leigh Ann Pratt. Wlicn a.skcd how the girls rop ed with the moving situation when they were at homo, Mrs. Al derman replied, ’The older daughter really enjoyed moving. I To her, it was a sense of cxieite-. merit and anticipation. ’The! younger daughter was not as en- , thus.i.stic but never complained ! and adjusted quickly.” •Mrs. Alderman admitted she hated to pack, “of course it is on ly personal things, as the parson- ' ages are furnished, but you would be amazed how much you can accumulate in four years.” ; For reasons of her own. Mri Alderman declined to have her picture taken in the process of packing. Mrs. Alderman. \v(fio has been a Methodist all her life and mai^ ried a Methodist minister, said they had wonderful friends in the Western North Caiolina con ference. Her hu.sband has serv^ from Haycsvillc to Gibbsonvijle. "People arc pretty muiefi the s.amo wliercvcT you go,” said -Mrs. Alderman. "But churches are different to a certain degree. You go to a now church with the in tention of being happy.” Mrs. Alderman agrees wifih the Mdhodist Church’s four - year plan. She said, ‘'E\en though I dislike moving, there arc definite advantages in changing churches every four years. “It would be an unhappy anld lonely life if we didn't Ilk* it."
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