North Carolina Newspapers

c Paul Whetstine In City lail On Rape Charge Paul VV'Iicrititu*. 27-yoar old car- pciitt'., v\as jiilra \V<MliuvJciay niylit Hi 8:10 p.m. on (.•liai-’Ob of rape o; a 1 t-yoar-olu pnl. Tlu in-iJLMU alle 'C'clly os.urrod July 12i!i at hia li^mo at 813 C'hU'''!i s'.rt't: police said. Polu’o C’hii^i Ten McDcvilt anil Di'I. Captain Willia.n R por said t!u> girl, orr.p'loyc;! af^ a bal>y.‘,i:ur lo: tin: Wlu'tstinos, swore out a warrant Wednesday nnrniii;;. WheLstiin wap arrested b> Ciii.er J.din Bulk and Ptl. kirhard Reyiu Ids cn Bessemer City r. ad Wednesday ni^lb evaded tJiem ai his residence (*n tin ollitov. atleinLAed -•erve Die warrant. Wiie^li line is eeing held without bonti, Pidice said the alleged rap<» vielim reported the alleged attack cci'urrod between (> and 7 a.m. tile morning of July 12lh when W'helsiine returned In/nrio in a druiikon eondPtion. The girl said Mrs. Whet-'tinc had left for work and asked her to slay with the cliildien. The girl said .‘^he hadn’t reported the incident btvaiuse she was tlireatened by Whetstine. No date for a preliminary hear ing lias been set. f United Fund Quota $34,500 Legislators Talk Higher Education Area General Assembly mem bers attendoil a breakfast meet ing in Chailottc Wednesday morning with Governor Bob ScoM on higher education re-structur Ing. Attending were Senators Ollie! Harris and Marshall Rauch and Representatives W. K. Mauney, Jr., and Bob Jones. Thirty-five area assemblymen attended the meeting. Represent ed were counties from Olevtdand to Rewan and fiom Catawba to Anson. • Senator Harris says he sivpports till introdui'cd by Senator John Burney of Wilmington. II would create a board of regents which which would have control of bud get and program control for the state’s 16 higher cduioation insti tutions. Representative Mauney said he is keeping “an ot)en mind” until all testimony is taken. RESCUE SQUAD DONATION — Jerry Simmon& left, co-chairman of the Jaycec-sponsoted Kings Mountain Rescue Squad campaign for 58/000 for new equipment, accepts check from the city of Kings Mountain for 52500 for radio equipment. Mayor John Moss, right, makes the presentation. (Herald Photo by Jim Belt) Stolen Goods Found When KM Police Stop Car Kings Mountain Police found a large quantity ot stolen merchan dise when they stopped a car on N. C. 161 about 2 a.m, Monday. Tiio officers charged the driver with driving under the influence and charged two passengers with public drunkenness, then turned the men o\er to Charlotte police for questioning concerning the stoU'n goods. The men wore identified as Carl Rufus Butts. 45, of Charlotte; Kred Willie Koonc, 50, of Char- loHe and Addic W. Crawford, 44, of Rutherfordtoh, Officer Jim Belt said he noticed a kirge quantity of cloDiing in tlK' back seat of the car. He said aftiu* Ihe three were arrested he • eovored GO shirts, one set of 4 age scvik's, one postage ma- ehine, one set of drapes and an elevlric clock. ('iiarlol'te police were called after a packing slip with t'he name Kansas City Shippers Asso ciation was found. Charlotte po lice reportedly disc'ovored the br(\ik-in after Kings Mountain Ijjalicc called. Home Builder Wants Annexed To School Unit Blue Ridge Homes has request ed that area on the western area surrounding the Buffalo Creek water project be annexed to the school district, Supt. Donald Jones reported to the board otf educa tion Monday. Supt. Jones said that area would first have to be released by the county board of education and the move approved by the county commissioners. He reported that he had asked board attorney Jack White to investigate Uie legal points involved. In a related matter, Supt. Jones commented on la.st wc?ek’s visit by outside-school district parents to the city commission and noted “there is a little vagueness about the corporate limits of Kings Mountain applying to the school district. “Outside district parents pay $60 per child tuition fee for them to attend city schools. Last year, Jones said the school paid $115 per child in the county and $135 for the 35 students coming in from Gauston county. ‘The city of Kings Mountain and the school district lines have nothing in common”, he added. Plonks Renew Rezoning Request Bessemei City Expects To Ask 101 Bids Soon li 'nry Ormand, Bo.=:scmor City cit> clerk said WtNlnesday the on ly <lotail remaining before bids are invited for the Kings Moun- tain-Bessemor City water line is receipt of easement from South ern Railway. "Wc cxpe:*t no difficulty,” Mr. Ormand said, “a.s Southern Rail way has always been coopora- tivi (lii<lon County c:mmi.ssion has appraved the appropriation for ^ the water lino and other oase- menh; have been obtained, Mr. Or.nand said. 14-inch line from Kings Mouiviain Industrial Park will link vM.h Bessemer City’s water distribution .system inside the Bessemer City limits. Gaston County is paying for the line to Llio cay limits and Bessemer City will pay for the p/ortion inside its boundaries. 'Engineering, done jointly by J. N. Pease & Associates, Bessemer City’s consulting engineers, and W. K. Dickson & Company, Kings Mountain’s engineers, is com plete. Brooks Killed Instantly When Car Hits Tree Mayor Appoints Street Committee SCHOOL SCHEDULE School classes will be dismiss ed at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday for teachers to attend a meeting of tlio local unit of the North Car- (rlina Association cf Classroem ’leai hers. announces Supt. Don ald Jones. Mrs. Neal s Bites Friday Funeral rites for Mrs. Dovie Bowen Neal, 76, will be held Fri day aftern(X)n at 4 p.m. from El Bethel Methodist church of which she was ^ member. Mrs. Neal died Wednesday morning after several yeoirs de clining health. She was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B::wen and widow of M. C. Neal who died March 20th of this year. The body will remain at Harris Funeral Home until the hour of service and the family will re ceive friends Thursday night be tween 7 and 9 p.m. The body will lie in stale • at the chuitch 30 minutes before the rites. Rev. E, L. Murphy will be assisted by Rev. Rc^ Lockridge in offiedating at the final rites. Surviving are three sons, Fred NcmI and Paul Neal, both ol Kings Mountain, and Dewitt Neal of Shelby; two daughters, Mrs. David R. Haimriek and Mrs. Ed ward Anthony, both of King.* Mountain; 18 grandchildren and 21( great-grandchildren. Four half • brothers, Broadus Bowen of Kings Mountain; Will Bow(*n of Patterson Springs; B. M. Bowen of Sliclby; and Marshall Bowen Ox Hickory. City vs. Goforth Docketed Next Week The city’s appeal of the com missioner award in the c'ondom nation action against Coleman Goforth may or may not bt‘ tried during this term of Cleveland CouWty Superior Court. It is tlie last case calendared during this term o\'er wlH?h Judge Lacy Thornburg of S^iva, is presiding. The Judge told City Attorney Jack White he would make ever} effort to try the case during the current term. The city appealed ' as “cxces sive” the $105,750 award of commissioners. The commissioners based the award on $1500 pt'r aeie for 3U acres of bottomland and $500 per acre for the remaining 120 acres in the Goforth tract the city requires for the BuXlalo Creek reservoir. Hambrights Set Annual Reunion The annual meeting of des cendants of Colonel FrtHieruk Hambright will be held on Sun day, October 10th, at 1 p-. m. at Grover Rescue Sq-uad building. Picnic lunch will be spread and all clan members and friends ■are invited, said Fain Hambright of Grover, clan secretary. Yeai-Bound Head Start Program Planned; 30 Students Accepted ' A year-round Head Start pro gram to be operated in the regu lar s.h(';:l term is projOciled by the board of education. Acting on recommendation of! file s.ho.il .superintendent, the i boned Monday night apjTtted fori that the program has been oper- aited only during the summer months and “we are finding more .and more duplication between Head Start and t'he kindergarten program and first grade.” Should the application be ap- a yenr-r. und program, subject to' proved there would be no summer tihe approval of the plan by the program this summer. Instead, Ad\ i-nrv Cnminittee of Head 1 Head Start would b^in with the Start. Slvculd the ajyplication not | fall epening of schcol and would be a;)proved. it would not affect; be conducted at Compact schooJ the regular Head Start summer j along with the kindergarten, • igrnm. The Head Start program in- iupt. Donald Jones pointed out 1 volves approximaitely 30 students. Buddy Hughes Wins Doctoiate Buddy Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolwrt Hughes of Dunnel Ion, Florida, formerly of Kings Mountain, received his doctorate degree in August at Oregon Stale University, Corvallis. Ore gon and began work in Seplem iber at Clemson University, Clem son, S. C. as associate specialist in the Extension Service of the Poultry Science d*'p^i>’f’*^t'nt. (Dr. Hughes it?cei\ed his B. S. degree from Clemson Univer.sity in 1968 having worked tliroe years as assistant manager ()\ei the Research Farm department at the university, w'liile he was studying. He rtHoived his MS do gree in 1970 at Oregon Stale University and his Ph.D. in Au gust 1971. Dr. Hughes is married to the former Wylene Kinney of Se ville, Florida. They have two daughters, Angela Dianne, a 6, and Brenda Faye, age 3. They are living at 32 Bradley Street, Clemson, 3. C. Dr. Hughes is the grandson of the late Mr, and Mrs. W. G. Illughos of King-; Mountain aiul iMrs. Frank O. Franklin and the late Mr. Franklin of Bessemer City. IMPROVING Mrs. Frances Green eentinues 'to improve in Charlotte Mem ^r- ial hospital where jfhe under went a kidney transplant Au gust 5th. She Is a patient in Room 7735. Brothers Want To Construct Apartment Units Fiod and Ilal Plonk have ask«l that their Crescent Hill re-zoning n*que:4. tabled several months a- go. be put on tlio city commis.sion agenda far Manday night's 7:30 p.m. meeting. The Plonks si'ok re-zoning to permit construction of an apart ment edmplex. Other items on the agenda are: 1) A resolution to amend the :'ity’.< agreement with the Slate Highway commisi.-^on to permit parking on Cansler street. The •ommission has already approved the re.solution to permit parking on Doth sides of the street. Tnc •ily initially reque.-5ted alteration L>f the agreement lo permit park ing in the area of the stre<d’s three churches, funeral home businesses. 2) Request of Mr. and Mrs. J-imo.s K. Rich for annexation of :!ieir residence at lOU) North Pansier street to the city limits, flu? Ilii'h home adjoins that ol Lawrence x\dams. 3) Rezoniiig of Arehdale Mines. Inc., for Landing street pivperty m wliich tile Noisier firm wants to build a 24-unit aixirtment com plex. A 23-yearold Gastonia man, Wain Walter Brooks of 2143 Sec ond Avenue, Bradford Heights, was killed instantly about 3:15 a.(m. Saturday when his 1963 model car hit an oak tree ofif Linwood Road near Kings Moun tain. State Highway PaitroLman Jer- ry Kilborne said Brooks drove his ear straight 'through a curve and crashed into the tree whidh measured 18 inches in diameter. "The impact threw Brooks’ head against the steering wheel,” Kilborne said, “and the wheed ap parently broke his neck.” He was trapi>ed in the car until mem bers of the Kings Mountain Res cue Squad removed the body. Kilborne said Brooks was trav eling south on Linwood Road, ap parently coming from Kings Mountain. The scene of the wreck is a short dist'ypce from McCaP’s Dairy, about 100 feet from the Continued On 'Page Eight Improvements Here Bargain Mssr Relates By MARTIN HARMON Mayer John Ihuiry Moss has appointed a street policy com- iiiiCuc v^hich is to make a study of current street improvement policies and recommend changes if the committee stvs fit. Named to the committee arc C'4)«m,missioner Ray W. Cline chairman, and Commissioners T. J. Ellison. Norman King and W. Seimore Biddix. The Mayor said he considers current policies as “very liberal with the property owner”, as compared wiOh surrounding com munitios. Kings Mountain assesses prop erty owners 50 cents per lineal foot for both street-paving and curb-and-gutter, considerably un der present costs. An official of Neal Hawkins paving company which has the city contrac-t said one ton of asphalt on a two-inch thick, 32-root wide street will pave two and one-half lineal feet Assessments return the city $2.50 per ton of asphalt against cost of $$8.50. Spangler Concrete’s cur rent price on curb-and-gutter $2.5 per lineal foot. Property own ers pay only 50 cents of the cost. The City of Shelby, by contrast, paves no streets in new develop ments and on existing streets as sesses eateh propt*rty one-third cost and absorbs only the other one-third. Cuib-and-guttcr is undei the scime formula. The City of Gastonia requires the property owner to pay full cost of curb-and-gutter, storm drains and grading to final grade. “I am proud of the city’s ability to make street improvements un der this liberal policy,” Mayoi Moss said. “It has made a bettei community to live in, as people are relie\'ed of the winter mud and summer dust.” R. B. Dixons Set Family Reunion 'rile annual ROlwrl B. and Tancis V\'. Dixon reunion will he held Sunday at the Betlile- hem Baptist Chuivh Comniiuniiy .mier. All members of Ihe family in* invited lo attend. Lunch will be served at 1 p. m. METER RECEIPTS Parking meter reveipts for till' week ending Tno.-vlay total- <\\ S151.-15. witli Sll.65 from off-slreet meters and $140.30 ir.nn on-strevt meters. Mix-Up Results In Arrests According to a Cleveland Coun ty Sheriff’s D<»pt. sp^ikesman. a “imixup” at Swink’s BP Service Station on Dixon School Rotid Tuesday resulted in asault charg es against two out-of-town men. The men, one reported to be around 32 and the other around 25 years of age, were from Char lotte and Salijiiury. The cxxtnty officer said the owner of the sta tion, A. P. S\vink, signed war rants against the men after they attempted to buy cigarettes with a credit card. The card belonged to George T. Bradshaw of Salis bury. “He let them have over $300 worth on credit card a week bo- fore.” the offit'er .said, “but since found out that the credit card was no good.” The two returned Tuesday to purchase more cigarettes on cre dit and Swink demanded his money. The officer said Swink claimed the men assault I'd him and he swore out warrants again.st them. EVANGEUST — Rev. Curtis Bundy will be evangelist for re vival services beginning Sunday at Macedonia Baptist church. Bundy To Lead Macedonia Series Macedonia Baptist church will hold revival services bt^jinning Sunday, September 26 at the 11 a. m. service. The Sunday eve ning service will begin at 7 p. m. and the services Monday through Friday, Oetolber 1, will be at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Curtis Bundy will be the evangelist. Mr. Bundy is ,a graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminaiy. He is the former pas tor of Oak Vitnv Baptist church York Roaa, Kings Mountain. At present he is pastor of Ross Grove Baptist church, Shelby. The pastor, Rev. L. D. Scruggs invites the public to hear Mr. Bundy along with gospel music solos, duets, (juartets, choir num^rs—in a special musical program under the direction of Miss Pam M<Call. Twelve Appecfl Beneficiaries hsm 72 Drive Kings Mountain’s one-day Unit- rvl Fund Campaign for 19'i2 will .-^'ek a goal of $31,500 for 12 causes. Kirk-off breakfad for campaign .vorkors i.s .S(d for Oc’c-bcr 1C‘h It 7:30 a.m. at Royal Villa, said UF Chairman .M:irvin Tecr. Mr. foor .siiid drive leaders are opti- .iiij-^tir the goal will be surpa s- -‘d during the day’s solicitation. Mr. Teer said chairmen of the various divisions of the drive are Shuforvi Peeler, correfipondence; Mickey Bell and .-Mfrt'd Grigg, commercial; Jim Jenkin.s. indus trial; David Parker, and Bill Bales, .schools; Joe McDaniel, public employe<'^: Grady How ard. advanced gifts; Mrs. Charles .Adams, professional; and Bill Grissom, publicity. Schools Supt. Donald Jones, head of the finance and budget committee, ha.s announced the following agencies and their re- quc*sts, rc'cenlly accepted by the UF board of directors at an or ganizational meeting. American Red Cross Chapter, $5,500. Boy Sc'outs of America, $7,000, regional, $1500, local. Kings Mountain Rescue Squad, $4,584. Girl Scouts of .America, $4500. Kings Mountain High School Band. $29(X). Kirigs Mountain High School Chorus, $800. Kings Mountain Ministerial Association Empty Stocking Fund and year-round charity project: $3,000. United Community Ser\dces, $2,499.03. Salvation Army, $800. Mental Health, $250. Administrative coid of United Fund campaign, $66(k97. Emergency Fund, $.500. Mrs. Surber. 76 Dies Wednesday Mrs. Myra Harbins Surber, 76. of 218 Walker strc'et. died Wed nesday morning at 10:45 a.m. aft er several years illness. Funeral rites will bo held Fri day afternoon at 3 p.m. from Temple Baptist churc'h with Rev. Frank Shirley' officiating. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Thursday night at Harris Funeral Home. Intermenit will be in Mountain Rest ceme tery. A native of Rutledge, Tenn., Mrs. Sunbex w’as widow of Will iam Surber wtio died in Decem ber 1970. Surviving are four sons, Carl Surber of Charlotte. Gene Surber, Bill Surber and James Surber, all of Kings Mountain; and six daughters, Mrs. Earlene Jenkins. Mrs. Jeanette Heinbaeh. both of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Ernest Groenway of Shelby, Mrs. Gene Eliis of Gastonia and Mrs. El'dora Barnette and Mrs. Helen Goode, berth of Charlotte: and one broth er. Don Harbins of Gastonia. Also surviving are 21 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. Hungry Vandals > 'Make A Mess" Vandals wdio broke into Cen tral Junior High Se'hooi Friday apparently just wanted to make a moss. They bre^e into the cafeteria and poured out some milk, then made their way lo the princi pal’s office. There, they took a candy bar from the sccrotao'’j^ dt^k, ate it, and left the wrap per. They left a one dollar bill w’hich was also in the secre tary’s desk. Bridges Rites Thursday At 4 Funeral rites for Charles P. Bridges, 89, w’ill be held Thurs day afternoon at 4 o'/clock from the Chapel of Sisk Funeral Home. Interment will be in Mountain Rest cemetery. Rev. C. A. Host will officiate at the final riles, Mr. Bridges died 'Tuesday at 10:40 a. m. He was the son of liie late Mr. and Mrs. 'Tom and Margaret Bridt^es and husband of the late Susie Morrison Brid ges who died in 1968. Survivors inelue two daugh ters, Mrs. Leo Marlow and Mrs. Staie Huffsteiler, both of Kings Mountain, and five sons, Tom Bridge.*?. Charles Bridges. Jr., Dan B !.iges, Dennis Bridges, 'Teho- dure Bridges, all of Kings Moun tain; nine grandchildren, 14 gix'at grandehildron and three great great grandchildixm. ?atsy Wood, State Beauty Queen, !lccepts Mountaineer Days Date Palsy (rail Wood, the reigning .Mi.s,-; North Carolina, lias acxvpt- I'd invitation frcmi tiu* King.s Mountain Jayeees to participate in the Oetolxn* 6th Mountaincei Days parade. Miss Wood, of Penw)n, will conu' to Shelby on Tuesday, Deto- b(*r 5tli. to participate in opc'iv ing (lay cen'monUs for the .’l('vel{in-,l County Fair. The Garner. N. C. (‘lemcmtary teacaer will b(» welecvmed to lh<’ it} hy the reigning Miss Kings Maunt.iin I><'l>i>ie 3’imnv:, sojiho more student at Lime.stone col- l<'g<\ Roth will ride in the 4 p.m. jxarade. Mr.s. Lucille Williams, Chamber of Commerce secretary, said participating. events for the throe-day celebra tion October 4-6 will include: Monday: street dance sponsored by the city recreation department. Tue.sday: beard judging and costume (ontej^ts at 7:^ p.im. at tile W’oman’s club under sponsor ship of the Junior and Senior Woman’s dubs. WtKlnesday: parade forms at 4 p.m. and will wind through the hU'fines.s district. Mi.ss North Car olina, Mi.ss Kings Mountain, and Captain Wendy of Charlotte are unong personalities expected to attend. Wodiu'sday Ev’ening: Gospel sing at the Communny Center with all churches in the area Board Elects Six Teachers The city board of education ap proved the election of six new faicirlty members at Monday night’s regular meeting In the soiiools administrative building. They are: Mary S. Hardin, Clara C. Jackson, Robert D. Sweezy, D. B. Blalock, Harrill Lee Blanton and Kenneth H. Blanton. OPTIMIST CLUB Kings Mountain Optimist club members arc operating conces sion stands at homo fcxitball g*afmos for benefit of its “boys club program”. “Wo invito fans to eat with the Optimists be fore and during the game and support the local team and boys work in the area”, a spokesman said. Fund Campaign Foi Rescue Squad Reported Thiee-Fourths Complete Cash-on-hand and pledges to the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad c'ampaign for. funds for a new ambulance has readied the three- fourths c'omplete mark. The drive was b(K>st(‘d this we(‘k by a che<‘k for riulio equip ment in the am Kint of $2,500 from tlie City of Kings Mountain and I>ledg('s of $:i00 from Mauney Hosiery Mills, $206 from Kings Mountain Knit, and $100 from ■^•pangler’s Ready Mix Concrete Co. Jim Belt, city i>olico officer, is leading the si^onsoring Jayeees as top Jajx'oo fund-raiser with $1200 in ca-sh gifts roj>orU'<l. “We hope to reach our quota by no.xt W(’ek. re;x)rt(*d ('o-eliairmen Terry Simmons and Bob Leftw*i(''h. 'Hiey said reix>rts of solicitors hadn’t tK'en (completed but that all w('re exjH'cti'd to bt» repi>rt(*^ within a day or two. Mr. Sim mons reix>rted casli-on-hand at $3,751.46. Simmon.s e^tfmal('d that the drive is a-wnt thr<'e-foux1hs com plete with oppr.>ximately $3.(XK! mnnled to purchase badly-needed (Equipment, including a new am bulancc. Wilson Griffin, in charge of a .sjH*cial Rest'ue Squad “house numbeV solicitation projt'ot this weekend, said house numbers will be placed on doors and paintexi, if necessary, for a one dollar donation to the fund cam- l>aign. He reminded citizens that in case of emergencies sometimes house numbers are not easily recognizable and that house num bers should be legible so that families can be easily located. He invited citizens to call the Squad headquarters and avail them selves of this servfce. Otlu'r donors include: D)uble Knit Fabrics. J. E. Herndon Com pany, .Mr. and .Mrs. Grady Chil ders. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Simt)son. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Patter son, Fred J. Wright & Son, Mr. and Mrs. J. Odus Barber, Mr. and Mrs. Jack S<.‘ism, Peggy’s Restau rant, Mrs. C. E. Warlk’k. Xfvers Printing Company, Lynch Furni ture, Davis & White, Ck'oige B. Thomasson. Dr. O. P. Lewis. C. K. Warlick Insurance Agency, Griffin Drug Company, Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Walker, Paul’s Seafoxl. Pupol Union 76. Kings Mountain Bond ed Wart+ious<', Sydney’s, Conttv Service. Harrison Machine Shop, N. F. McGill & Stm. Ervin's Ga rage Falls Esso St'rvic'o. Bkickmor & Company, Kentucky Fritxl C'hickcn, Mrs. \V. L. At.'Mackin. J. H. Thomso!!. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dk'key, Melvin Wright. Charles .Alexander. Caveny Fabrics an<i Tiara Hair Designs.