North Carolina Newspapers

Jbe«-.., i Population Creator Kings Mountain >1.914 ■ty Limits 8465 Qr«at«r Kuigi Mountcda flgur* U d«riT»d lr«m tM •p«(anl United Statne Bureou of the Ctneue repoit o iaavory itibb. Inciuaee tbe i4,9b0 popuiauoa e Mam2Mir 4 Towasbtp. and !»*« remaining 6>124 lioo 5 Tewnihlp, in Cleyelond County and Crowder' Mt-mntatw TewnihlD In Oaetev Cotmte rAJJsmx Kings Mountain's Reiiable Newspaper VOL. 86 No. 31 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 5, 1971 Eighty-Sixth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Goforth Award Termed “Excessive”; City App^alii. g Bell Awarded $13.1 Million N. C. Rate Increase Residential Hike Here 45c Per Month Telopihono \orvioo will cost 'more tlvroujjhout Southcni Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company's | Noilh Carolina E.Mehanses via an j over-all $13.1 million increase granted Bell by the Utilitie-; Com- ' mi-sicn Tuesday • about $10 mil lion le-s than Hell had reque-:ted. Exclusive of the ten j creent ife.lcral tax one-parly ix’sUlontial service ailvanees by -la (-{'nts per iTijnlli. two-party re.-klential serv ice ten mils Pc r n'.'iUii, one-i)ar- ty busine.es service l.lij per month, and t.\vo-p;irty business service Sl.,n5 per monili. The federal excise ta.x is ton percent. In'.ieasc,s for Grnyer exchange residents are: OnV'-part.v resi dence 41) cents per month, one- party biis.inc.s.s Sl.l") i>er month and two-party business $1.G5 per month. Tile l-ncal rate schetiulos were ftij plit'd by Kenyon Adair, office manager at the Gastonia district office. .Mr. .Adair said other details in service charge's remain to be re cetved from the utilities commis sion and arc e.xpec't<!*,1 within a lew days. .Among increases will be with- in-Ncrth Carolina long distance rates and charges for "sophisti- ca'lcd” eciuiitment sucli as switph board and PBX service. ■Meant iime, t'he cxtmmi.ssion ap- provcxl decreases in costs a.sked by Bell—downward charges for mileage costs in rural areas and elimination of the $5 onc'timc charge fir c ilnr sets. In other words, no cMiferenlial will bo charged whether the cnstomcM- de sires a black, red, Wue or pink receiver. tCrover cii'tomers liave toH-frc'c .servdee to Blacksburg, S. C., Kings Alountain and Shelby. Kings Mountain eust-amers n.avo toll-free .''crvice to Gastonia-Dal las, fi’rovcr and Shelby. Kidney WorkingSayDoctors After Wednesday! ransplant mm Bridges Ckn ReunienSimday The annual reuiv iri of <|e- cendjnls d U'dliam and I'oliy Bridges will bo In'ld Sunday at ] at Patterson Grove IJaptLst church tecrealion building. 'Picnic luni !i will Iw spread at 1 j.-'. m. and a .s-h >nt hn.-;:ne.;.s mceling will he held after lunch. AH ves and friends are invited to attend. KIWANI3 CLUB ■Members of the Kings Moun tain Kiwanis club will hold regular meeting Thiirstiay nigtit at 6:4,0 li.m. at tlie Woman's club. B. S. Peeler is program chairman. Crowder's and Kings Mountain Approved For State Park Site By MAR'nN HAHMON limated 2000 acres — has been The Ncrth Carolina board of co’ilerring with engineers for de- conservaition and devi'lopment Friday aiiproved Crowder's and Kings Mountain ireaks anil some surrounding area for develop ment as a state park. Tliat is a first step toward a state park but there are compli cations: 1) Tlie .stale does net punihalo DISTRICT MANAGER—Thomas M. Graham has been oi^ointed District Maanger for Southern Bell Telephone Company suc ceeding Bryan Houck who is being transierred to Charlotte as state public relations man ager tor Southern Bell. Giaham Named Sell Managei Til :mas M. Gr.iham, a native et .•-.',ui.'..ai'y, Nocdi Carolina lias ’.lOon aiipoinU'd Distiivl Manager tor Souiiieni Bell feiepaoiie c'o. Ill Gasionia. lie succeeds !•'. Bry an lloaek wiio is being Irans- lerivd to the Conipany s Kxi-cu- t.\c Dcparlineai in Cirarl-dlc as Siaic I'ualic Ilelations mana ger. t rior to assuming his new dulio.i, -Mr. Graiiaiu served as Blate Coininerc..il Supeiw isor m tlie Area Ovfice in Chariot I c. lie jiAnei,! Southern Beil as a Col- i.ige Trainee in 1<I.>7 in W'inston- Saiem an.: lias held pu.siiiuns of increasing resixinsibililies in Wilmington, llendersonville and Cn.irlo-l le. Editcalod in the Salisbury puh- li-c sciiMots, he is a gradiiale oi Catawba coilege. Air. Grali'am lias be'en aclivo^in ehiinh, civ'ic an.l youth o..gani.iatkins. He is I'he s.n of Mr. and Airs. David Graham, Sr. il. Salisbury and ■lias Ihree sons. METER RECEIPTS Parking meler ix-rceipts for the week etulin.g Tuesday lo- j tail'd .$135.61), will! $125.40 from ; cn-.-ilreet mclers ant $10.20 I from n.n-st'reet meit'rs. Mss. Greene Receives Organ From Sister A team of Ihree doctors surce.'S- fully transplanted a ht'-allliy kid ney from the body of one sister to anotlier in Charlotte Memorial liospital Wednesday. Mrs. !• ranees Grt'en, 41, of King.s .Mountain, underwent a six hour operation to receive a kidney Irctn licr 2S-yoar-old sister, Mrs. Jean Burnette, ol bayeieville. rite two wor.ien were taken &cm the operating room at 2 p. m. Wednesday, Mrs. tlreene to the revovery room, where she is expeeited to remain until Friday, and .Mrs. Burnette to Koom 7708. Cscar (Bud) Green, talking via : the telei>huno from the semi pri- vale 'room his wife will share I ■with her .sister, was tired but lieved that tlie operation was over. -Mr. Green said fhe doctors ■liad told him “Francos would be kept undtr a -r.-siHraUn for Umi ■remainder of the night.’’ He said they liad told him "Hie new kid ney is working.” He said lie lia.l s..in Ills wile briefly since llie oiieralion. Mr. Green said his .sister-in law li-id e.xpi'riencod .some pain sinre the surgery and liad bi'cii given niedicalio.-r for sleep. "Slie is going t I lie tine ". lie said. .All inenibcr.s of Hie Green fam ily relumed to King.s Aloiinlaiii lale yo.sU'iday evening willi e.\- icpllon of .Mr. Green and llieir ■ Ider daii.:;,ilei, Gloria Diane, wao are lem-aining at Hie liu.-.pi- lal. , -. 't- Funeral Held On Wednesday For Ray Kirby Funeral riles for Ray Ander son Kiiliy, 57, were held Wed nesday afU'iMoon at 4 p. m. from Ponh'y’s Chapel Methodist chnrGi, of wlvieli he was a mem- Ix'i. iRev. W. Leonard lluffslellor, 'assisied by Ke\. Eugene Laivl a:: ; Rev. C. C. Parker, officiat ed at (lie final riles. Intenmenl ;vaa in .Mounlain Rest cemetery. IMr. Kin y, a driver for 'Red E l C . ) Com my, died Monday J Ic.r. n at 5 'i. m. ai his home at 1002 North P'.e.im.inl avenue ;.J a heart at !:■ He ')iad been in a' 'aient g d ur.ili:!. A niiivc of Ca dweil County, he was l.ie so.i i f Mrs. Bernice B Hints Kiiiliy .f Kings 'Moiin- lain ind lie lale .'thuford Odell Kill V. He ” IS a veleran of serv ile urin-t Won'd War H. DeRose Operation Will Begin Soon Greene Fund Drive $2032 BIBLE LEADER — Mrs. C. F. Devenish of Asheville will serve as Bible leader for Kings Mountain Bible study group each second Monday, beginning Monday, at 8 p.m. in the Board Room of Kings Mountain Sav ings and Loan Association. lBesi:!('s his meil'her he vivod iiy his wife, .Mrs. v.cik’.s Kin .y. School Bells Ring Aug. 24 is r- Wilma Mrs. Devenish BiMe Leader ■M.s. C. F. Dcvenioli of Aslio- viilo. vvell-kii'iwn IPii.ie iiMcher, will lea., a Briile i-.ass .setond .Mond.i.vs in eaih month al .k [i. in. ill Inc Uo:ird Ro,>;n of Kings .M'l'anta n S.iviii'ts & Loan .\sso- viaiion on Wosi .Mountain .St. ■A S'. >!a‘viiii, II lor Hie , la.ss Sciiool bells ring August 24th for Kings Mountain district pu pils. First day of school for teachers will be .August 22. First full day of school lor students will be August 25th. Meantime, .Mrs. I. C. Davis, ■'c.-relary to the sui>eirintendi'nit of hools, said yesterday tliat all lea her |)o.siiHons in the high '■ :iool and elemontar>' sy.stems Inive heen filied and facuHie.s are n niiHete for the opening of till' l!)71-72 term. In oilier areas of s.'hiK>I acliv- ily here. Summer Lu'arning Camp will I lose ni'Xt Friday with Difec- , lor Fred Withers re|K>rting 160 :;,d o.1.il.ia'I.i oi Hio savin.its and ! .students and 12 fir.-ulty members j Kc'v. Frank .Shirley, pu.stor of loan firm had ofl’oreil liie i so ! in .ilicndainx'. Average student j Temple Baiilist eliureh, is chap- ol Hie 1,0(11(1 r.i. in lor the meet- | allendanee has been 120. said Mr. ; lain. f ■ Hid Rr.seut' "Sl'lll.ul’ is CHAIRMAN — Dr. Earn Robin son ha.s been elected chairman of the board of directors 'of the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad. Rescue Squad Taps Robinson Dr. S.im Kobinson, King.s Moun tain .surgeon, has lu'C'n elejied ehairman of a newly - named board of dirivtors for Hie Kings .Mountain Keseue Sf|uail. OjJier memhi'rs of Mie board are Wilson GniCfin, Oils I-'alLs Jr., 'Corbel.t Nieholson and Bennetl Masters. Dr. Francis J. Sincox, Kings .M;:untain medical doelor, is med ical advisor lo the hoard and a«~T Kings .M uinlaiii area tilizens | nually for rising .seventh graders, are iiivili-d to altemi Hie first ^rising eighth graders and rising i.ass ,11 il.s new (|iiui'lers Mon-j ninlli gridor.s at Central s<'h(»l day iiiglil at S. Ibe Aslietille The Franei's Greene Kidney,. $2 l’i7 10 Wediu-s deina:id as a Bible li'.uli'r. .sue -iflsot'$'J.5l)lroni'" --^‘”'f Hno.xxi.ie, Tennc.s.see Post 155 Aineri- f' bo.in a,id Fi aJay eve- Legioii and $1,50 fnarn Frank ;"> Greem,.le. S L. lours- Jlui; J’o.sl 0811 Veterans ol <'‘y mi Ashcv.lio on -- I AVbsliu'.'ilay morii.i. s, in l-.iiin- \ el ipmenl of the area residen- tially, J. O. Plonk. Jr., said. . Iho J. O. Plonk Estate proiier ties are on holh sidt's of the Kings Mountain pinnacle and siK'ich into Sout'h Carolina, ty ing into .South Carolina Slate ■ Park lands. J. O. Plonk, Jr., .said ; his family siiares inlere.st 'with j llu' .M. L. Plonk Estate i.i 975 Fund ‘riMChed ! duy, iioosted oy j Otis D. Gn euo i can ' B. Cl Foreign V\ urs. I Di.xcn I'vosoyleriun ehuirih do nated Sundaiy’s offering oi $.110. to Hie drive whicli .seeks $20,000 to liel;) di Iruy costs of a kidney lr:iii.-.pia)it Mrs. Greeiio was un dergoing Widne.s-day in CliarloHe Wi due:-.lay in Chailotto Memor ial liospilal. , Dixon i're.sbyterian tduireh and Bi.xim Hoinimiiiily 4-lt elitri are heuding up Hie fund drive tor the 4l-year-old 441 leader. Kings .Mountain an'a eitizi'as, club groups and chuix-h gr<>ui« wlio wisli to donate to Hie kidiu'y fund are invited to make Hieii conirihulions liy forwarding their eheiks to Hie Frances'Greehe Kid ney Fund, in care of First Union Nalional Hank, Kings Mountain, N. C., 280S6. l-ain Inn. .S. C. Wc'dnesday eve- nin:., and in ('.uiiiloHe on lues- guy m.i. niiigs. .She ]iia..u I iiu.s.sed a mei'luig of Hie Aslieville evass ill .'io yi'ai's and lias led a class ill Cliarii.'lli' 13 years. "We imilo everyone, men, w lieu and y'ling people, l,i 111 ir Al s. Devi'iiisli,’’ said the , .ikesinan. Mr. WiUiers said 20 teachers fri.'.n Weslerii .North Carolina are vurreii'lly observing the camp lio.e and partieipaling in class .s( --d(ins. Tile visitors will do some pracliee teaching in the sGvo.il next week. 'Mr. Withers and Siipt. Donald Janes attended a conference of Ij.-al lirertors of oil.’uiialiorial idui-a/oii Wedno.-slay al Pied mont Community Charlotte. College ■in Mis. Panther's Rites Conducted S.O.S.: Popers Foir File Copies Wante;l: one eo;),v of each of Hu' fi.lli wiil.g edilims ol the Kings Altuntaiii Iferapl: .Vlareh 13, lOOO; ,Mur-h 27. 101)0- Anril .'), 10(10; April 10, 1960; .May 8, 1050; Alav 1.5, lOilO; May 22, l‘)G9: June 5 1000: June 19, 1050; July 31, lOi'iO; Augusl 21, 1009; land .SeplemiH'r 1, 1000. McGill Clan Roanlon Sunday A;niU':(I reunion of McGills of IGaslun will Ix' lu'lrt Bunda.v aft- ern on a-l 5 p. m. at Helhcl CliurGi Aiiiiar on Clterryville ■reliil. In oveiiil of nain the re- ■ i: n nu'cling piaee will ho Hie fe..,iiwship hail of Boyce Me- ir.or'.al A'.bl’ Gunich. ■President W. F. MxiGill will pie.' ido over busuness of tilic mei'llrig at 5 p. ni. and picnic sugper will be spread al 0 p. m. All frU'iids and relatives aixi Delbert Dixon. Trailer Builder Fisduction In Hear Future De Rmc ludusUics’ new 72, ;;ni) .square fool factory has ■ ix'on mpleled in Kings .Moun- ;ain art; cpcnalions are oxpcGed .o begin eaily in August, as previ lusly s. hoiluled, Pri'sident il. '.lei'l A. Do Rose said today. Presi lenl Do Rose made Ibe statement us lie ririiarted sales and ( arnings for the s<'eond quar ter ended July 3, lOil ai>i roxi m-alC': Hiose of Hie same iicriod last year. "T!io improvement in results over Hie first qu.-irter refleds a .May upturn and J. ne sales that e.v, I't'dod Hiose of tlie same month a year a -o,’’ he said. “The new facility should en able us to add substantially to our volume as il will ibe serving a region where mobile homo •sales Itave Ix-'cn consisteniily strong,’’ said Do (Rose. Da Rose aBo reported that the e '.-r.ipttr.y Ipis iinaiizod a lea.se- P'U.'L.iase agreement for a mo- . ::o li;:nie manu'.ii.'.uri'ig iilant l!,,.ited in Mompiiis, Texas. The l(i.,'l S(;uare loot .a, ilily is cx- pt'CU'd lo lx: in ird,action aPou' .hq.l. 1. ItiGiided in Hie li’:insae 1 m ;ire 15 acres of lend thal jian l;e used for e.vpansion. De Rase mamifac!'i, res a broad line of mobile liomos. iienii-nuxt- ulars, seeiionals, modular-lyiic dwellings and special purixise iiuils. Plains are located in In- il i a 11 a, Penn.sylvania, Geor<;ia and .\Il7liigan, as vveil as N'orlh Carolina and Te.xas. Commission Valued Tract At $705 Acre By MAR'nN HARMON City attorneys have entered in formal notice of appeal to Cleve land Superior Court the commis sion award to Coleman Go.'c.-th in the condemnation action to acquire Goforth acreage tor the Buffalo Creek reservoir. Tile three-member coi.mmis,.itiii award to Mr. .Goforth was $705 Ix-T acre for the 150 acres or $105,750. City Allornoy.s Jack H. White and Verne Shive tcrme:i the a- wurd “exee-i.sive'’. .Mis. lluth S. Dedmon clerk of .superior Court, said .she liad been noti'fii'd of the pending appeal and would docket the ease of Lm- mediate trial when the for.mul apjK'al is filed. A"'pelUint' h.'.ve 20 days in wbieli to file the for mal apix'al. Earlicit civil session at wliieli Hie ease can be heard will begin Septemix'r 20, for vvhieli .Mrs. Dedmon said a judge has not yet been :i.s.signcd. The eily attorne.vs said the e.omnii.-'sion award i.s not admi.-is- iole as evidence and that .a 12- man jury will deteimine the fin al award. .Members of the romniitsion were Ix'e A’aroro, Glenn Spurling, and Webb Kiser. Tlie aiipeal in the Goforth ac lion is the first the eily has inadi'. Two otlier properties, those of Ambrose Cline and John D. Cline, remain lo be acquired before the big five-foot diameter pipe at tile oa-sc of rhe 84-foot high dam can be plugged. Now REAP, Not ACP B £ & L Netted Gastonians $1.50 (Tevc'Iand County farm(*r.s have been inlormt'd by Hie County City police iirr('.-)ted two 18 Agrienltiirul SlahilizuHon and year-old Gastonia youtlis Wednes- Coii.'en-.iliim .Si'irviee Hi;it the May merning and ebarged them agricultural eonservation pro-, with breaking and entering and gro.m lias a new name and Hint lurix'iiy. home gardens and fenehig have , ^ _ ,, , r> ix'en eliminated from the 1971 j .LajD’ ^‘'ne Braswel and Don- progrann. ! -"iton "'Mfo jailed in Gas- Mrs. Ormand's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Airs. Loon.a Ross Ormand, f2, were held Sunday afleriKxm at 4 p. m. from Central United MoHr ilist ;-lnirvh of wiiLvh she was a mem ber. ■Rev. R. T. W.'U.gh, a.ssisti'd by Rev. Russell Fiii.s, officiaU d :.l the filial riles, and in'errr.Ciit was in 'AIounta:n Re.-l eemotoiy. Active p-ipiieirers were Ch' r- les T. Cirr.enter, Jr., .Meek Car penter, William Cumpbail, Jim A’ount, Aiic'hael Kiihy and E.igar Alt'lvin. ■Aliisie was pre.>-ented by the Central Ale-tliodist church choir. Airs. Ormand, widow of Llo.td Gloss Ormand, died of cancer ..Saturday morning at 9 a. rn. in Hie Kings Alouitain hospital. . She 'had heen in declining heallh .Lor some time. A nalivtAof Cleveland Ocx nly, .she was liiaughter of the late : Frank and Alinnie Eldora Keeler Rixss. Surviving are two sons, Joe ton iPoimlv l iil in lien of S'KtO "'H'<'k Ormand and Lloyd Ross The new name is Rural E.vvir-| > tu-wp od a^ enme'ilal A.ssislanee Program " ^ ■ V j l.' .n; end two due-'iters Airs . Olid roidierv of a soft drink vend- ; ,V , , “ 1 L,’ , ' loT ro.i-hi ,,. in Pilv Umt'fH-N. Jf- of Ch.l.rlolle <riOt'!t('r emphasis has bocn .incj Mi’s. (IlcMin Kilrrs of Kin,"s plaiX'd on envir.inment and jxtll-. Captain William Ilojx'r of Iho Mouiilain; and eiglit -randvhiil- iilion abutemeiil praotieos fot J (-iijy- poip.;. (p.ux’iive divi.slon -sad di’i’”- 1071. I;, re.sident of the Paulini' Alill Also surviving are three The fi Howing are other prae 1 aj-p;, t-alled PH.'Madi.son broHiers, Joseph Ross o-f Slales- tiei's apiiroved for 1071 REM' , Hunler al 1 a.m. Wedne.sday v’ille, Wilbur R'xss of Baltimore, rile Herald will pay 25 .routs inviled to allend. eadi for a full eo,y .if earh of; Oilier elan oflteers are T A. Hie edilion-i uliieli it nei'ils toiL.vnn, vice piesiile.il and Mis. Funeral riles ifor Airs. Heilie '.Mae Panther, 66, of 617 Meadow- oroiik road, were lield Momkiy aflernoon at 4 p. m. grom the e. -nTplete pigieia. 1) luiid file of nows- p.-o::erly fir state parl:s, and 2) There is quo 'lion us to aeres in Hie Ro;-ky Knob area. whether .he p. :porties are avail-: Tian-ifer of the 1.5.5-aere Kings. Kuneial II . m Afouiitain pinnacle would require ” lianas l unt iai ii .n ('ve:i m.ore .sigmituri's on a deod, it being jointly ovvnr'd by the J. O. Plonk Eslali', W. L, Plonk Es- tutc and M. L. Plonk Kstate. Mayor John Henry Aloss said he and memlx'rs of the city com- mission di.sciLs.sed informally .sev eral years ago with the North able. 3) Surreunding property other, than the pinnacles likely would Ibe involved. Crowder’s .Mountain, owned by Trakas and Leventis intercuts in- cerpo-rated as LPT Co., Inc., has c;-.ioned Ihe 60()-plus acres of Cicwdcr’s it owns to an unnam eJ company whiich is reported to ^ Carolina Recreation commission be c-re drilling for kyanite. ; pos.iibllity of dcvx'loirment of Ihe (P w is reporf.s of this oxplora- Kin.'is Moun't i+n pinnacle area as work whi.'i excited some a -state .park to link with the tory in-lermeni following in Aiilioeli Baptist eluiix'h coineiery. . 'Airs. Panther ilied suiVcniy Friday night at 10 i-. m. in H'e Kings 'Alounlain hospital. Slie had been in apparenl goixl heallh. A native of Cleveland Cmnty, lAlrs. Ibtn-'.'her was daughter of tlie lale Jerry M. Q( .eon and 'Pollli' Ch'.apman tjiieon. Site was marrietl to the late Gussie Boyd 'Panther and was a member of ROTARY CLUB King.-: Mouiilain llol iriatis will hold reipilar meeting Thtirs.Uiy at 12:15 at Hie Coun try <-lub. Pub Goforth is pro- gr;im eliairinun. I Afarlin Harmon, ;« erelary Ireas urer. AUSLEY TOPIC 'Dr. Paul Ausloy will ti.se the .sermon tojiie, “Kix'p Moving", at Sund:Ty ni'orning wor.ship serv- i.e at 11 o’rti'xk at Fii'st Pres- 'bylerlan dimx'h. Mn Hnllender, 16, Badly Hurt When Shd Takes SpSIl From Bike Gaston citizens last winter and South Carolina State Parks which, jgt, Matthew’s Lutheran ehiir h in turn, adjoin Kings -Mountain Natianal .Military Park. | "Tile eily administration brought Ihe e'-Pirt to prcierve Crc'.vder’s -Vlouniain from deeima- ti.n by strip mining as Henry'.s Kne'j in Hie B( ihany, S. C., com munity has been.) Tic Kings Alountain Ti:lge is under no options, but J. O. Plonk Estate, major owner — of an es- not pursued the project further due to higher priority rity neixls, p-rincipally water .supply and sewage disposal, continued. Surviving are her daughter, iMrs. Willi'am St'awls of King.s Has 1 Mountain; one son, iBO-V’ H. Pan- Ann Hullender, 16 - .vear ■ old d iu.ghter of .Mr. and Airs. Bob Hullender of Parker .strix'-t, sus- Iriined si'rioti.s head injuries Sun day niglil in a freak accident near her home. Tile high school junior was ridin.g a bicycle downhill on Dilil- ing street w-hen the wheel re- fher of Fort Worth, Te.xas; four sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Glenn of iL.awnda'le, Mrs. 'Monte Ward of i poettxlly came off and spilled the Mayor Moss iiLlneoilnton, Mrs. Minnie Wealh- Cuntituued On Page Eight lion to Kings Mountain ho.spi'l:il and transferred lo Charlotte Mimicgial hospital where she re mains a patient in the Intensive Pare Unit. A family spokesman said she recognized her pari-nfs late .yes terday afternoon and was “somt'- ■what Improving.” Miss Hullender has been em- ridi'r c<*i tihe pavement. She was' ployed during the summenmonths taken in an unconscious condl-1 at Nciscu Mills. Progroim A 5 Contour of Cross-Slope Strip eroppiiig A-7 Planling Fore.stry Trees B-7 Water IniiJouiidment Reser voirs B-10 Improving Stand of Forest TriH's t-1 Estublislring Six! Water- m: rnin,g and .s.iid iwo men ir a ■truck w<'rt' "icaiing off a UxHc on a drink machine in front of Pan,- ine Store.” R.iper said the pair had left tlie .scent' when officers arrived and he radioed other law onfoeemeiit officers "’Ho “eauglil them in liie act at anot,her diink box in Bessemer City.” Md., ani iN'orman 'Ross of Cam den. S. C. and IWa si.stci-s, Mrs. Paul M. Yoiinl of Cmiden, .S. C. ■ mil Airs. ■'Gaitlier Finger of Mai den. Leonaid Gamble, 58, Sneenmbed Monday; Fnneial On Wednesday METHODIST TOPIC “QuesHons Relavani or Irrele- .OOIVIM ot-sM-i.iei V..>. I"’i" -wmon topic way.s I of Rt'V. Newell C. Bi.ish Sunday C-2 Permanent Vegetative Cov I Damage to the P.iulire Store mornin.g a I Hie 11 o’clock wor- er on I’rolilem .-Are;!.-! |d;ink box was esHmated at .$60, .ship service a' G'.iaee United C-4 Constructing Terrace Sys- said Rope:. | Alethodisl church. It'm-'? F2-.\-2 E-ilablisliing Permanent Vegetative Cover ■ra-A-J Vegetative Cover in Crop Rotation 'F2-B-1 Imjiroving Vegetative Cover (M Wildlife Food Plots, Habi tat, or Ctrver “IiL oirder to better budget the balaniee of our 1971 funds, our fall REAP sign-up will bt' held Au gust 1 through .August 16. If you have not received a.s.sislanee in 1971 and tiave need of one of these pra'ctU'o.s, you .should file y:)ur request during Ihe sign-iqi,” Ralph llarrill, county e.xeeutive director wrote producers. METER RECEIPTS Parking meler receipts for Ihe week ending Wediu'sday totalrt $167, including $136.,30 from on-.street meters and $31.70 from off-.street meters. City Clerk Joe McDaniel reported. IFuneral riles for Leonard Franklin G.imihle. '58. relired farmer kP the 'El BeHieltHelh- vvaie eommunily, were held |A\'ci nesday aflernixm lal 4:30 U). m. from El Bethel ■Alel’hotlisl ; (lun ch of \v hicli he was a mem ber. LMf. iGam'lile died suddenly LMonday laflernoon at 11:30 p. m. at Ills Jyomc. He'had b'en in de clining heallh for several years with a heart ailment. IHe became 111 Salurday while on a trip .with ills wife to Blow- leis. Airs. Howard Blanton of Durham and Mrs. Garth Haw kins of Charlotte; one broHior, Clyde Gamble of Waxliaw; and Ihree sisters, Mrs. Rohe Ham- lick. Airs. Pai-J Rolx'pt.s, Br. and ■Mrs. Spurgeon Dodnion, all of .miel'hy. Also sur\i\ing are Iwo grandchildren. A naihe <il‘ Cleveland County, Mr. Gamble was son of Iho 'late JiKCiih F. and L*:iira Jane Wat- terson Gamble. ■Rev, E. L. .Murphy, 'assisted Itj' R('V. N. S. 'H'an.lin, olfirtated at ing Rock land they .returned j the final rites and interment ■home. He succumhed to a heart 'was in El Bethel ix'metery. ■attack while walking in liis j Aclive pallhearei-s wore Fh-ank yard Moni.^ay. IBI.alock. 'Pete Heavnor, Stanley Surviving are his wife, Mrs. jpryon. Dale V'ollbraeht, Lamar Ruth Eaker Gantble; two daugh-1 Herndon and Matthew Camp.