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■Mauney SeekingSenatePost
hep. W. K. MAUNEt, JR.
Staite Representaitiiv^e W. K.
Mauney, Jt., a threetterm veteran
in the -house, announced Tuesday
he will seek a senate seat in the
newly createkl four-county 25th
difitrk't.
Mr. Mauney, in a formal an
nouncement statement, called at-
, -tcntion to his experience and the
additional fact of hig exj^erience
in a wide variety -.'f tox-Uie opcr-
atbn«, meantime noting the four
counticB ci the dUtrict — Lim'oln-
Gaston-Ri.itherfcirddeveland "are
the heart of the textile industry
in tihe nation".
iHLs formal statement follows:
"I will be a Candidate for one
of the three scats for Senate from
the 25l!h North Carolina 5^nator-
ial Distri{?t composed of Cleve
land, Ga.^lon, L'ncoln, and Jtuth-
erfoird couniios in the May Demo
cratic Primary.
"Mv three term n*; a M(”Ti‘*cr
0* the North Carolina General As-
semoly as a Kepresentative will
be of great value to mo and tiie
f oplo of Mi-is Di trieL becaii-a of
the expcricn<*e I have had in U'g*
Islati.e prcKodurcs, and the fx>n*
ta i‘.s I h ive made vviUi influon-
dial )‘(i s .n? in State Govcrninenil.
I feel that I kn;w iie riglit jx*)-
|ile in the right j la’jep 1 > get tlie
j'. ) (lone well hir tin- (•iti/:ens I
reprr.srn(l. I hel'eve that I have
made a sueccv> in n>y own hu i-
ness and have built an orgmi-
zatlm tliat i.s capable of carrying
on my bu.sincss at home.
“I believe that I have a h n i ’r;
rel-dionship with tl (‘ pr-.’i' i,/
r'le four (cuntics in t’l d t
.ui e the.s? counties arc ‘.he In o.t
of the textile indusj'y of liu* Na
tion and my own t>u.‘^ine'\s j.;
Tcx'liles of several type--, inelud-
in-' II(,«ery Manufadurlng, Dcu-
h!e Knit 1-abric, Cof.an Yarn
Aianit.a 'luring an I Tlirr.vln-; o;
Syntheti'- V tnw. I iiave a kn- v-
ledge of t‘h(' weavin,:' and gar-
men t mamir.'uduring busine. .s
thru my a .s,j. ;alion w'iCi Ih, :n
w.l'n .my yarn inanul : iir'ng. TJie
ContiJimd On Patja Six
171 Students
Good Citizens
A -total of 171 Kings Mountain
.students arc <lfx>d Citizens for
the month of Dc'cembor.
The hoiK^r is voted by the Asso-
■ia-tion n.[ Cla.ssnKim Toai'hers.
h< Mn\:ir(* fiood Citizens a'.c? An-
cei l Ad mis and Kcldle Blanton,
fi: t g-ade; Annrtte Putnam. Jeff
. hairpion, Karen Dixon, Howard
1 *xon, Cli/abeth Susan Crawford
and Joey St(*ven Wyte, seitnid
grade- Siacie Khoa. Todd Blalock,
Susan Hargi'it and Denms Cav-
<?ny, t 1 rd giade; Judy Whisnant,
i nm.v K.; s, (’atJiy McDan-ir!,
anrl D .nald Griffin, fourth glide;
i* ia B!al; k, fTryan Jenkins,
P» JMy J.liiA, an! Monty Rhea,
li.lli 'in-i }Herndon,
Dah' . aveny, p.it (’.y i;-) and James
On Pdfff Six
Harris Won’t Run
Senator J. Ohio Harris an-
nounved Wednesday he would
not be a candidate lor lo-election.
'Ili.s an ioun..ement came as a
surprise .K-n» and Ihr ‘uglmul tiie
new Ca veland • K Iherford •
Gaston-Lin. oin d.strict.
As bis fomial statement in
dicates, Senator Harris said his
wife's health ha.s not heen at the
be-it n'crmtly tlio i*iin ipal lac-
tcr influencing h;s derision.
ii<‘ w.is ol<‘.ied to his first
term in Novc'rrker IdTO.
His slate.TK-It folk vvs:
“It is with rf/n-l that I an-
n un. <■ Iho*- I w 11 ir t h(' a Can
did i‘e far the 2r)th S<*natorial Di.s-
C n, i ie\- land an t Jhi h<'- (,r 1
C'junties.
“I' w.is a distinct honor and
j;:-.-ilegc i,i luive serv(»d in the
P.'iiate during the past General
Ar iKn'yly. 1^4 ing on tlie Local
G;ai' n-immt Study C ommission
tlu' C -inmiltee fi.r tin? .study of
Kmergfm.y Care in N. C, I will
ce-ntinue to n.pre.sent you until
my <u:' 'rss(jr h-is besm .s*worn in
fo! IIk' lf)73 Se-idon. I want to
tliank the ci'izens of the 29th
j'i:;! Dl.- riit eurnpo.sed of
Ga.'-ion and ('leveland for their
( .T..d<T e in cleaving me a.s one
' ‘h'dr tw:- .S<*nato;s.
“L) ni.v Cull(*a'ue, Stmaior Mar-
•hdl Rauih, I want U-> ounlicly
Coiitinurd On Pnm Sio;
SEN. J. OLLIE HARRIS
Population
f'reater Kings Mountain ^1,914
City Limits 8.465
3(jui*r KiD9» Mouototp figuie U drrtvcd tsom Um
. >(>M4.irJ Uoitrd Stn'M ftiirtou of tbt Canous r«»Dort e
1 ' Jonvart ISSC. ..otf lneltid*p *b« U.990 populatloD •
KumiMir 4 Township. oa4 tu4 rsmolnlag 6.124 iron
S Township, m Citvoiaad Coimiy and Ciowdoi
ip Qaotpn Cfty.
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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsioanex
Plus d-Page Tabloid Supplement
VOL 83 No. 3
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday. January 20, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Ti:nber Lake Will Build 120 Houses; Cost
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FlRSV CinZENS OPEN HOUSE MONDAY — First Citizens Bank & Trust Company wiU formaUy
move into its ^ew bemkihg facility Monday evening with brief opening ceremonies at 5:30 p.m.
xollcwed by tourg of the hcuidscr icvv building err. South lattleground avenue..
First Citizens Move Monday
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E3SAY WINNER — Rick Hin-
nont sixth grader, won the
DAH American History Month
Essay contest omong sixth grad
ers in the school system.
Sick Hinnant
Essay Winner
Rick Hinnant, Sixth grader it
North ijchool and son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. E. (Josh) llirjnant is win
ner of tile American (History
.Month Essay contest from the
sixtli grades of the school sys
tem.
The contest was sponsored by
(’.done! Frederick 1 la mibrigh t
Chapter, Pauig’hters of the Amer
ican Revolution, and was on the
subject, "'IRiw My State Acquir
ed it’s Name.*’
Others winners from the ele-
mtMitary schools were Sandra
Kay Adams, eight grade, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jau k Adams
of 440 Cr:cker road; Robin
Sooars, seventh grade, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dean
f^-)ears of 301 Maner road; and
Hilly McCarter, fifth grade,
West s: hool, son of Mr. and Mrs.
^V. K gene MoCarter of Cres
cent eirc’.o.
‘First-Citizens Bank & Trust
Company will officially open its
new main office in Kings Moun
tain Monday eveni^', January
'Brief opeing cereamonies will
begin at 5:30 p. m. and will be
fcl.ciwed by an open house xin-
cludinig at 7:30. The bank will
open for business in its nenv quar
ters at 9 a. m. Tuesday, Janu
ary 25.
iln anno, ncing plans for the
opening, Lee -Miclntyre, assistant
VICO president and executive of
ficer for Phrst-Citizens in Kings
'Mountain, invited all area resi
dents to visit the newest and
most modern banking facility in
the county.
ip’irst Citizens' new office is
loK^ated at 407 South Battle
ground.
Participating in the brief
opening ceremony will be Kin.-s
IMaunlain M^or John Moss, the
Reverend Charles Easley of St.
iMatt'hows Lutheran church, Har
old Sumner, senior vice president
of First-Citizens and Lee McIn
tyre.
Tlie spacious 10,009 square foot
fcwo-story building is of contem
porary design and utilizes a m-
bination of brick, glass and a
pebble faced concrete, and fea
tures an interior decor that is
designed to blend with the ex
terior. A combination bf terrazzo
and carpet will be used on the
main floor, which will horse the
commercial and installment loan
department.
On the second floor of the
building will be located the
'bookkeeping, proof and transit
department, together with a rec
ords vault, storage and an em
ploye lounge.
AH major banking services
will be provided at FirstCitizens’
now main office. This Includes
savings, c'hecking, lending, drlve-
up window, night depository and
safe deposit boxes.
Mblntyre explained that the
now banking facility has been
designed to meet the present
needs as well as providing room
for future growth. He also noted
that access to the bank its park
in^ lot and drive-UD window is
ConfirtMicd On Page Six
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PRESIDENT — J. C. Bridges,
hardwaremon, has been elected
president of the Kings Moun-
toin Chamber of Commerce for
the coming year.
C Of C Taps
I. C. Bridges
ges Hardware, has been elcHtod
ipi^osident of the Kings Mountain
Chamiber of Commeixe for the
coming year.
Mr. Bridres succociis Leo Mc
Intyre, manager of p'irst Citi
zens Bank & Trust company as
president.
Other now officers for 1972-
73 include Joe H. McDaniel,
first vice president and Charles
Blanton, second vi'cc-prcsidont.
iNew directors, with terms ex
piring in 1975, named at the
annual meeting last week are Joe
Smith of Kings Mo ntain Sav
ings & Loan A<sov‘ia.tien, Boi
Smith of First Citizens Bank &
Trust Company and Dick Shan-
ev of Carolina Tlirowing com
pany.
iHold-over directors, with terms
expiring in 1974, are Paul John:
sonbaugh, of Oxford Industries;
Jim Jenkins of tlurlington In
dustries; and Dr. Frank Sincox
of MKIill clink*.
(Hold-over directors, with terms
, Continued On Page Six
Impact 73 was launched by
t;.e Cicve und Cou'ity extension
sta/i, t.io c.\iension service ad-
.iso.y board and guests at a
kiLk-off mooting at the county
building liiursday iiigii;.
Goal N'u. 1 of tiio ^o^v fivc-
ye:ir pr giani is to increase f’U'.n
ir toi.'.c 11./m ^17.7 million to
$21 million in Cieveiand e nnty,
said C.ovclanJ County Extension
Ago.ll ii!e:iry Danici" n who out-
line<l the loi’al pr^jgram goals.
n.'meron said Impact '73 os-
tr'i'/'ishes g.f.als in five major
areas: agric.dture. family livin ,
A ll, a mciinnity rcsourvC devel
opment qmlily.
Ti’O pro-:]':*!'! Ls 50 ca’"od '>g-
rause it is creperted to have a big
impc’r t upon the slate by its ter
mination date of 1970 ?n1 W'^s
p''a:‘^ed hy Govemor Bob .‘^''''^tt.
Dr. !’I. Br James of the N. C.
State University School rf Agri
culture, and N. C. Commissioner
of Agriculture J-mies Graham
by way of educational teievisicn
from Raleigh. ((Governor Srott
challenjged North Carolina citi
zens to "make these goals a real
ity."
“We planned our local goals
with the help of Cleveland eoun-
tv citizens." Dameron expained.
"We invited groups of people in
over a six-^month period and
sought their opinions on our
needs and opportunities."
■Ptate^nde, more than 10.0(X)
local citizens helned the Agricul
tural Extension Service plan for
Trpnact '76.
'Mr. Darnemn described some
of the specific objectives of im-
oact 76 in Cleveland count'’ at
the dick-off dinner meeting
T’^imsday night of the extension
service advisory hoard and g -ests
in the county office building:
—Increase annual farm income
^'rorn $17.7 million to $31 mil
lion.
- '^n'^rense apple production by
350 T'er cent.
—Develop muscadine grape
Continued On Page Six
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TIMBER LAKE EUILDER3 PROJECT — Jerry Auten.. president of Timber Lake Builders, points to
the plat the 43-acre troct on which Timber ?.,ake projects a iZO-residences development. Look
ing on are Martin Harris, left, sales representative of National Homes Corporation, and Mayor
John Henry Moss. Herald photo by Jim B3L.
Garbage Clog Closed Road
Nick Smith Makes It Official —
Running For Attorney-General
Cox Completes
C Of C Duties
'Robert G. (Bob) Cox completed
his duties as manaiger of the
Ciiamber of Commerce on Fri
day.
Mr. Cox’s resignation was an
nounced at the C of 'C’s annual
meeting.
Jobs 70, funds from which
are usc'd to employ a marrager for
this program, was not funded
for 1972.
'Mr. Cox, retired, Army licu-^
tenant colonel, oocame manager
of the Ohaimbc.r of Ct>mmeroe and
its JoCjs 70 program in July
1970.
By GARY STEWART
Trash-dumping on rural road
2.'59 near the V dpines Commun
ity is lileraily “stirring a stink."
.Sin.e Ine road, which runs from
'Margra..o Road to HliiiVr Road,
was elosed approximately two
years ajo it has been used as a
trasi) dump.
.Mrs. Eolma Blalock, wlio owns
land on tiie road, a id st*\orai
ot'ier area cili/:ens have eoni-
plainod in the past l)ul lo no a-
vail. Recently, coniplaiiits arose
again after at least lour ibo.xes
of hog intestines were dumpf'd
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward un t.ie road.
A. Smith of Kings Mountain, A porti^ni of Hu* I'oad was
Smith practieos law in IXrham cH»sed some two years ago wJien
and teaches aniliropolo..;y at
Duke University and N .C.
Xivk ftmitli, 33, Kings Moun
tain native, made it official Mon
day that he is a candidate for
Xorlli Carolina Attorney General
cn the Republican liikct.
'Mr. Smith, who made his for
mal aniMuiuemenl in Raleigh,
seeks to unseat Iiu”jnil)enl Ro
bert Morgan (D.).
Cameron Wan*, who owns a
State ix’ueh oivhard on one end <'f i!ic
CANDIDATE — Nick Smith fU-
ed Monday as a candidate for
North Carolina Attorney Gene
ral cn the Republican ticket
University. Formerly, he worked
on the ounty solicitor siaTf and
on the Durham Legal .\id Clinic
staff.
(He has Ix'cn a regi.slored Re-
puiblican since he became old
enough to vole, say.s lie d<K'sn’t
“favor too much politics in the
law or the attorney general’s
office."
Mrs. Blanton
Out Of Hospital
Mrs. Charles Blanton, w'ho
was patinfully in.iured Jan. 2 in
an autnmohile accident in Monte
go Bay. .Tamaiea, was able to
leave Kings iMountain hospital
Elections Committee To Recommend
Retaining Present Voting Set-Up
The city beard elections com- being the prero.ative <»f the* se-
mittee is expected tu rc-o-mmend tx.>nd-running <-andidaie wlien
lo Lie full commis.sion 'Aloiiday the leading candidate fails lo ix-
night that the city retain iks pre- eoive a majority. Registration
sent election system, insofar a.s will I’ontinue on city liook.s.
the now state statutes govern
ing municipal statutes pciTnit.
(Principal change. Chairman T.
J. Ellison noted, will ho appoint
ment of a thixH*member city e-
♦1,5^ ... J t ^ lecticns board, replacing the citv
w "f commis-sion. uhioh .sot as the- o-
hnr We?t Mountain
Ni'vemh<*r I'leciions are re-
(luircd under the new itiw.
The <?ity decisicn must bo filed
with the slate board of <‘leetions
by Januaiy 31. Ofiervl.se, the
county lx>ard of elortmnvS will
s'cperinlend the ele(‘ti:tns.
The city commi.ssion will con-
st'iiie*'’'™'’ "" IP-lions .board in offi-ially con
Mrs. Blanlon returns to Mercy
h'^spital at Charlotte February Th? committe will roeommond sidei- award of bid.s for a truck
Sth for treatment. Mr.s. Blanton re'ention ef the present non- chassis for a fire tru-k Monday
lost four teeth and suffered a arrangement ff’r the night and will consider advertis-
broken chin and other lacera- 'city election with majority re- ing for bids for the pumper to be
tions of the mouth. quired for elections, run-off calls mounted on the chasis.
ro.id, request'd that it be closed.
‘HVe reque.‘iU‘ti that it be cl'*se(i
lK‘ca\ so there e no hmis(‘s on
it," Wan* .'iaid. “The ri)ad goe.-
t.ii’ough <*ur orchard and we
wanted our i>art of it closed be
cause of. two things. One, the
trash dumping problem, and
tw<. siealing."
'Ware said he contacted tlie
otlier two property owners. Mrs.
Blalock and Carl Mauney. He
sakl Mauney agreed that
liu* road should lx* clo.sed but
.Mrs Blalock wouhhi’t con.scnt.
Ware said lie then «.*<iniacted
t!ie hjjnvay ilopartmeni and they
closed his ]x>rfion cf the road,
other jx*rson.s said Ware him.scdf
cut a trt'c lo block the end of
tlie road own(*d by ^^s. Blaloc'k
and Mauney.
Mauney .<aid he agrecnl to clos
ing the road only if it were clos
ed (■(nnplcU*ly.
“O.im<’ron Ware rontart<*d me
and asked if it would h<* all right
with me and I told him it would
if tlu'y’d close it ml tlu* way
thn.ugh," Mauney said. The next
tiling I knew tlu'y clo-svd just one
end of the road and people be
gan tu-ning the other end into
a Irish dump.
“I called him (Ware) ba<'k,'’
Mauney contiiuied. “and iu* said
tlu* highway (U*partnu*tit wouldn’t
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3C Expected
TcBe Resdy
By May 1st
H' HARMON
T'im'-^er Lake Hon * will build
120 li :nes in David- n Estate^,
ITe.-idti'd Jerry Auten announced
W(‘dncsda>'. The devel •;:neiit is
estimated tc < "'■* .SJ.oO.i.nuo,
Davidsim Estates ( r., r: es the
43 a'.Tc ira; t (. Da\i<lson
city J k and \\as a.qiiirrd by
1 .nbi .■ Lalic fr. m W. A. Wil-
lin m.'.
M:. Aufen sa d 30 cf tiie 120
h ncs wiM h(' ( ’noli:» d by May
1 and will utilize 11 acres of the
Am 'T the hTi ures <>. tiie de-
vcl' nrn' u:ll a rnev-idus
a r • rc Ti'ati -n arcM.
David-on ' wll he a priv
ately financed I'rqc't, wi ll the
bu.tJt.i.s paying for t.ocl per. ing
and ru. j-and -’uiter * in -I illnti >n.
FH.\ and V( tera’vs .\.i:oiri.sira-
iicn finaneing will avaihible
t'hrough Camrvon D- -.vii Cccn-
pany.
Tim a*r Lake is aL . dcvel f>ing
a housing prr.je , n ;:h of \\'a(o
read i:i liie Sterling drive U'.c'i.
Mr. Au'Jf n eommented, “'Pe.iple
tell me thc'y didn't know they
afford or qualify for now hous
ing. T<Klay it L m'jst unusual for
a pt'nson to fail to qualify either
for .conventional financing or iin-
cior federal government pnrgrams.
National Homes Corporation
will be the su^iplier of (•omi>onen't
parts for the 120 liomt»s \vhic:h
will ini'lude residences of up lo
four bCvlroom.^'. The home.-: will be
all-eleolric. Here for the an-
nnuiuctmcnt w.is Martin Harris,
of Martin.';\ ille, Va., regi mnl sah^s
manager. National adveitLse.s it-
-*^1 If as the Iarge.st in this field
i:i the world.
Conlinuid On Page Six
l. B. Flawkins'
Rites Thursday
'Funeral rit<*.s for J. B. Hawkin.s,
40. will oe conducti d Thurs.lay
afte.’ii.>on at 4 p.m. from SoAmd
Baptist chiin-li.
Kev. L’ugH'no Land, assLsi:<'d by
Rev. Mitcliell Pruitt, will officiate
at the final rite.s. and Hitermeiit
will be in Mountain .Rest ceme-
leiy.
Mr. Hawkins died suddenly
'"u' dny morning at 1:?() a.m. in
tlie Kings M nintain hospitaJ of
of a heart attack.
He was a native of Rutherf'.-d
Cemnty, son of Mrs. Nettie 1\
Hawkins of Kings Mountahi and
rhe late P. A. Hawkins. He was
a veteran of Anmy smice during
World War II.
Surviving, in addition to his
m. jther, are threx* .son.s, Ronnie,
Keith tind Darrell iTavvkins; one
brother, Tommy Hawkins: and
eigiu sisters, Mrs. Robert White-
sides, Mrs. Ira Bumgardner, Airs.
Don Bumgardnor, -ars. Linda
Tignor. and Mr.s. Tom Hagan, all
of Kings Mountain: ^7rs. Robert
Davis of Lake Charles, La., Mrs.
Don Ellis of Grover .and Mrs. Roto-
ert Cjavford of Maniuefto, MiJolii-
Sam Hamrick
Leaves Hospital
Sam Hamrick, veteran Mar-
gratv .’Mill employee who suftfer-
ed a heart attaek re.x'ntly, was
discharged from Cleveland Me-
r.ior'al hospital last Friday a:wi
continues to recunoraic at his
home at 127 Brookhill Road in
Shelby.
Mr. Hamrick is allowed visit
ors.