Population
k^Rreater Kings Mountain 91f914
City Limits 8.465
QiMter lungt Mouatala flgur* la daritad tran tba
■pacinl United Stotaa luraou of Um Canaua report o
loavaiy 196«. and tncludaa Ua 14.990
Mumbai 4 Township, and tao rainalnlpg
h«*iiii.ei 5 Township, la ClaTalcttd Couatr end Crowdor
Mnimfcd^TownsU^l^QaatM
ings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL 83 No. 4
Established 1889
Ings Mountain. N. C.. Thursday. January 27, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
CROWDS ATTEND BANK OPEN HOUSE First itizens Bank & Trust Company moved Into a new
banking house Monday and crowds attended the dedicatory rites and toured the building- Vice
President Harold Sumner (above, addressing the group) is flanked by the bank staff and directors
and their wives. Pictured, iright of speaker, local manager Lee McIntyre, Alex McFodyen. Central
personnel director for First-Citizens; Mike McDaniel, Pam Wilson, Kay Gibbons, Martha Seism,
Vickie Smith, Susan Ste\yart, Brenda Grimstaff. H ilda Greene and Donna .Butler Left of speaker are
Tony Ruppe, Scarr Morrison, Jack White, Mayor John Moss. Mrs. Charles Easley, Mrs, George
Plonk and Mrs. S. R. Suber, Jr. The bank used the battle anniversary theme in decorative details.
The two young men in Mountain Men regalia gave o "shooting" demonstration and women tellers
Colonialliins
ApaitmeiS Work
Starts Ttesday
.'orr^ru Thur^-
.cty c.n v^-.' ..-'1^ -' I Ills
311 Landin'^ stre« l'':tli* Brid^e-.s
of Rrid«e.s Contrai|t i>ai>
nesday.
iij.» firm will pi
12 uni's Ci Vm* \y
5:2(;;’,CC3 an.^rlmen
cn a 2.11 a TO l ’
iro.n Aich'l-'lc Mir
Mans call for i
two-bodr.oni un'
flc-C'.s, vN'ith ono
•.:a'h.s all .appliant
cd throu, liGut livin;
re: r*. ‘-ircaj:.
Mr. rri.lrU'.' ^r-.id i
rat't £i-j a;
po; men 'i.
A rA’in'..:nij::j
a:oa i> ]•** .c: ted.
Mr. said
c.vn anti in:iiKi;;o
dovolOiOmont.
“Our firm has booi
the hcrnc-ihuikiing fiol|
M .untain ami wo loak
entry into tlie apart:
P'ha. o cf Kin^s Mouni
dcMifiol housing,” Mri
stated.
&
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in
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ta:n LuJiis ciub Fuc
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iolod a -
v*a.s or*
■. r!u‘ two
ay r'-gat.
wore Jong colonial-style dresses.
Throngs Attend
First Citizens
Opening Party
Largo throngs of visitors in-
.epected the now First Citizens
Hank & Trust Company building
Monday evening.
Kev. Cliarl(‘s Easley, former
pas'tor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran
rhurcii. prayed the invocation
and Mayor Jehn Henry Mi^ss
spake, cemimending the bank on
its long history of progre.ssive*
lU ss.
IlaiDld Sumner, vice-pre.sidont
in tharge of the G-osl.mia branch,
thanked Kings Mountain area
Tlizens fir their .support sin?e
st Ciilizens opened lieio in
Lee Mylntyre, manager eJ tlio
Kings Mountain branch was mas
ter of ccreuK.nics, and l.iv al Laii.k
t'mplcyecs and directors wcie
h isis, as visitors toured the U\x>-
>-l,,ry building.
Tfxt of the Mayor’s siK^Cch:
"First tTlizen,s Hank and Trust
C. mjmny and iks prcdi\'(“.ss-'ir, the
Hank of Hmii'IificlJ, have ht'on
I ro Jng t!»c'r philos-opliy of will
ing,nc-s and de.sire to be of genu
ine scruce to the edtizens since
18dS.
"In Hu* Fall of 1957, the three
young Holding brotlicrs from
Srnith'fickl inhoriU’d the Icadcr-
.'iliip of tile First Citizens Bank,
UiHi its a.ssc‘Ls of $220,000,000,
Lorn their lather, .Mr. K. P. Hold
ing. Sr., who had biH'n praised by
allies and competitors alike as
one of the Stale’s greate.st bank
ing in'rsi:)nalilie.s of all time.
‘Tlu* yv>ung brothers, all under
tliiriy-lhree years of age, oetvpt
e(! the challenge of rospi>n.sibiiity
and resolved a solid t( igeHicrncss
iT puipose w'ith Robert, Jr., as
Chairman of the Board, Lewis as
i’rt sident, and Frank os Vice-
Pi (.sideiu.
• In a decade plus four years,
Citizens has iiiLTca.sed its re-
- urees to attain a level of
ST 15.000,otto dcixi.sits, and total
of $820,000,000 as of Dt*ccm-
^P^r 31, 1971. In those fourteen
Continued On Page Eio^it
(HeralS Photo by Jim Belt)
Local Elections
To Continue Local
AutoMechai
Grigg Retires
g- M
^ ^ i s
*
Lloyd Fite's
Bites Conducted
OFFICER OF MONTH — Mrs.
Dorothy Howell is "Police Offic
er of the Month", the honor
voted by the Kings Mountain
Woman's club.
Mrs. Howell
Officer Of Month
Dorethy Howell is Kings Morn,
tain’s police officer of the month
for the month of January.
Mrs. Howell, a native of Gas
ton county, joined the force in
'March of 1970 aid lias since serv
ed as secretary to the depart
ment as well as jail matron and
school crossing guard.
A graduate of Gastonia high
school, Mrs. Howell lived in
-Maryland for 13 years and work
ed as an orthodontist beH)re re
turning to Kiit^s Mountain.
She and her husband, Ray,
have three children, tw.o Iwys and
a girl. They are members of
Temple Baptist church.
METHODIST TOPIC
“First and Only Christian
Mcs.saige” will be the sermon
tt)i>ic of Rev. N. C. Bush at Sun
day morning worship .sc'iioice at
11 oVlKk Sunday at Grace
Mclliadi.st church.
Home S & L Had Record Year—
New Building For Bessemer Branch
Funeral rites for Lloyd Wil-
luirn Fite, G.3, of route 1, were
c inducted Wednesday afternoon
at 1 o’clock from First Wesleyan
Metliodist church of wliich he
was a mentiber.
Rev. Carl V. Sparks, assisted
liy Rev. L. 1). Scruggs, officiated
at tlie final riles and interment
wa.s in Mountain Rest cemetery.
i.Mr. File smtcuni'bed to a heart
attatk -Monday morning at 11
o’cl,.^k at Ins j<*l) at Neisco Mills.
•He had been in api)areiitly good
iicalth.
He was a native of Cleveland City
county, -‘=on of the late Mr. and
'Mrs. Arthur Fite.
IS rviving are h'.s wife, Mrs.
Thelma Carpenter Fite: one son.
Raul Fite of Kings Mountain;
four brothers. Raymond Fite of
Lando, S. C, Virgil File of Kings Company. Charlotte.
Mountain, Tony Fite of Morgan- pated the now 'building will be
Ion and Lewis Fite of Gastonia; occupied in June,
three sisters. Mrs. Hazel Shehan Mr. Tate reported a record
of Forest City. Mrs. Clara Biv- year for the savings and loan
on of Cherryville and Mrs. Hel- and predicted “another good year
en Putnam of Earl; and
(grandchildren.
Board To Name
Three-
Elections Body
The city b; ard of comniLssion-
ers, as ex'pected, accepted recoin-
moiidation of the board’s elections
cx>mmiUce and adopted a re.^olu-
tion Monday night to cDiidu^it Its
own elections under prov-i cions of
state statute (G.S. i()3-233) as
adopted by the 1971 Gchcral As
sembly.
Principal change in the Kings
Mountain election si't-up is ro-
quiroment that the cemmissien
'appoint an elections board of
three members net later than
June 30. The etty commission it
self has priorly sat as the elt?tc-
tions board.
Other state statute change re-
quiremcnl is date of holding the
municiipal election — in Novem-
biT of od(i-nu-.nDcrt*d years, ratli-
cr than May as formerly. (The
stale statute change has the ef-
fe(d cf lengtiicning the term ol
office Oi the current administra-
ii.;n.)
OtherAise, the city election
process \^iH rcl-nain a.-; is. The
city will maintain it.s own regis-
trathin books and citizcnvmeninor
boarrl cf electi ms will administer
the r<'gi.-:r<vtion of voters, Hie
conduct cf the election, oan.as.s
of tlie veto and appeint'ment of
election cfficials in the si.x ward
precincts.
King.s M untain elected effi-
cials, imtuding the mayor aiivl
six ua rd c .-mi.n i.'^.'-'iienc rs, .'cok
election in non-partisan voting.
WhC'.e a canu d do fails to oid'ain
a majority a run-eff call the
prcrogaii'ive cf the setron.1-run
ning candidate, who lia.s until
Monday aflcr the Thursday can-
Viiis to call for a run-dif in writ
ing.
In other acHons: bv^ard:
1) -Vcccptcd bid o~ nt-.aJ Ford
Truck Saks, (’harlot to. fer a
I'i as :< for i fire trucl; at SXiSJ.rs
pills h>r a raj’;d-air biiil I uji
di'vice, 1 w to (-LM. Truck cikI
Ccaih I)i\'i.‘^i itiiiarl of
$t0,e(il. Ford bid $10,:j2S.10 on a
(Continued on Page Eight)
Glenn Grigg, veteran
-Mountain automotive
retire.! January 1.
He and Frank Z!om'..ck,
Mr. Grigg for thr» .>asl six
anP)uiiA-'* 7:>*nHy Wed
that the h..sinc.‘'.s J.mated oiil
Mountain s^-rert Will cor
ho operated as Grigg (jaiag'
der the manogoment of Mr.
rivk.
“I appreciate very much
patronage accoixled flrigg Ga
over the years and the ac
panying fricndsiliips establi h
.Mr. Grigg said. "I can. ey
Frank Hamrick my a'ppreoia
fi.r iiis coi^siderahle aid duril
t'.K* pa.^t .vi.\ years and my b
wi.‘ le- to liiin in continuing t
.on f Grigg Garage.”
Mr. Grigg simnl 45 yrars
a’dlfiniotive .service werk, start!
wil.il B. II. 'I li(>mp.son, in Shel-lv
in 1920, and joining H. 11. ('li
Hudson-L--:.-a'x deah f, in 1929. Mr.
Grigg came to King.s Mjuntain
wiiii the late G. W. King Garage
in 1930 and, he adds, ‘Tve bcvi
hr.'o over .«ince.’’
Mr. Grigg epened hLs own bu.si-
in -••. in 19M and rejoinrxl Mr.
King in 1950. F iH<»\ving .Mr.
King’s (Icatli in EK'cember 1953,
Mi'. Grigg purJia.scd tlie business
in Ajiril 1954.
About retirement, Mr. Grigg
comments, “After 45 years in the
bu-iiM's.s, I’m not looking for too
imuch to do.’’ Tlicre'H be some
catching up on minor repairs at
h '.nc and "maybe some visiting.”
Mr. Hamrick lK*gan automotive
service work willi .Mr. King in
1912, spent 1943-46 in army oru-
nance as a m.'usi(*r .sergear.t in
lac HacUic Theatre of Operations
on Guad-acanal, the Philippines
and Japan. On dc-^charge, he ae*
{■amo ser\i;e ni Miager of Re>'n-
(ild.s Mtiiors, then rejoined Mr.
King from 1952-59. He spent five
years as a salesman f.r Blue
Plate Foods, Inc., a tiief tenure
uit!» Plonk OH O'^mpany, nhcn
j. hu i Vir Gnf?“ in 1966.
“1 a. ■■ of Hrc oppontunity
t.) conH 'j* operation of Grigg
(Jarage. i pleJge c.:mpielt* ton-
tinuance of the type of quality
ivpair sen ice f:atron.s enjoycvl
wilii Mr. King and .Mr. Grigg,”
Mi. Hamrick .'-aid.
Mr.-j. Grigg is Hh* f irmer Mary
Oiinajvd. llieir son. Glenn Griggv
J... IS a trafiic .«.ifety engineer
'.vi'h the Stale litghway c..mmi.s-
s'on in K-ileigh. Mr. Grigg is a
mt m :cr (T Cent.al .NL'.uodisl
I'ln.reh, a f;'rater Lion an.l was
a \ -1 intccr fireman fji'.n IiKH-4Y.
-Mis. Hamrick i-- the Rrmer
HeL n Pat'(*rsoit. Tlici-r ('hildien,
Mrc Frankh* \Veb!.tcr and Mrs
Ajtn Gx?dsen. li' e hen*. Mr. Ham-
rit k is a mem.u r < * )’ . ler. an
'Grove Laipti-.; v'hur.';i. an»l the
Gak GiOve Volunteer Fire D.-parl-
nieiit. He i.s tw ice a pa.«.t j1-
d< nt of Hio Betiiware ^regressive
Club.
Ha-incs.’. of tin* V'.luntoor coun-
(d;r('( t.ir*-- aie nott has been
iiuTfxi.'-.Ing ifi Nove.mber the
c iit’-cl -rs had 2:>0 calls, m <re
in :K*re-mber ana to date in Jan-
.uiiy 3.53.
*Mr. Plonk =^.jd 90 per.-mt of
the i'-eepk- who call of coun.sel-
ing HT.und-Hie-cl(Kk .service) find
thfm-riv(s under ten much
.‘^train I't ib< ir <m'^:ional make
up. ".M'l..; increly need to talk,”
he II -.Viid s'me l\,v call
cn <• f r twice per day.”
He said Hieri* h.td ■7e('n .‘•kx sui-
(•-'{* ; but n‘lie : I'n* six
1- \ .1'. u.-a. :'r :v,e c:*ll wi;*i
^ ; .■■•.I-'. ■ i(. ir • I ni-
ii Log adair'-;, s>:ne have ven-
c'.-cr.^e. seme want a tor-
pt ... . He c,a;d A - k hc.s pro-
£ !•. . " i ;-iA.k-u.' in t’u* pi.-; ms
.’ •: “s. lawyer.;, tiie clergy
k.(
.Mi. Hullenclcr sail. "Yeung
■ ' .'le liavf.n ; v.rc'n'ica up to the
vun. cl.ng 1 . g;am. a.s liC’ e oid-
rr p.,; i(. nut wr e.xp 'G they
'Die prs/ram. wiiitii Ingc.n
.^Ji ..ydnoy, An kclia. is n rw
'•wide, .ei-iiing le.drr \aii-
.> itcimc.s. He .''oi ’ Hic personnel
cjni.dcrcly v luntcer, tiie cx-
HiCs piiid i K by d. na i:;.*’'. and
aynity of buHi caller and
'Jn.v, ; :r mainiamod.
REP. ROBERT (BOB) FALLS
N. C. House Candidate
RALPH TUCKER
Hcgistcj of Deeds Candldoto
(gion Books
Hcdo" Bend
5ie Lara lot s” w.ll
’ k : F.iiurday n:;h: .
Lcj, ,n dance f> r
an I ^ac.st.«.
‘Snein.: will be f'.v.i
r
9 cm.
‘ m.drrigii!
buildin'*
a' dtc American
fXv)
Bfns llegister
MPOc’ of new voters in
[lad C'nutty—created by
a td .'late goveni-
’• 1- lowering Hie voting i\e.o
,inly I cen tapped
|y ;0 dale, wnh an esliniat-
ki iiio isj'j agi* group
t^istered to tiaie.
^ Lie report ol ^Irs.
;^ianiiUon, secretary to
the el|icti;.iis boaid, wiio main
tains the now-full-time elections
board Office at tiie cn nty court
house.
•Mrs. (H4:nilton saiil Hicre has
h«*en a in ■ulence” ol re
gistration lirnon nc.vv citizens
of Hie (m:y ^-1 y,, of
age andjsa.i other citi.-en.' are
registering l^^-ho have never l e-
gistered be| re.
'.Mrs. llan) ton’s offi' e u open
Mondays-Frfcays s a. m. to
noon .'Hid fix^ 1
La.st day ;to fop the
May 0 primly jg y
lial Baptiit Ch-jsch
6lh BiiShdav Siinfev
Home Savings & Loan As
sociation has lot contract for a
now building for its Hessemer
branch, Thomas A. Tate,
told
an-
•Highlights of his report- for
Hie year ending Dt'cemher 31:
1) First mortgage loans in
creased $l.S39,OS9, up U.5S per
cent to $13,501,499.
Carson
ehiuvli in thi^
tain communli;
20th birthday:^
services.
‘hnoriiil Ihiptist
Ci'ow-ihn'.v M.nm-
'vill mark its
['iticlay at special
Two Residential
Permits Issued
City buiUhn- permits were
is-
executive vice-p-re.sident
shareholders at Tuesday’s an- 2) Total assets increased sued for tavo residences during
nual meeting. $2,22R.20S. uo 11.G7 percent, to Li*' P«st week to:
The new building ‘vill be lo- $15,551,469. Alexander & Di.xon (for Ralph
calod on Virginia avenue and the 3) Savings and investment Harrison) for a seven-room home
builder is Laxton Construction accornls increased $2,165,931, up nt 509 Ellcnwood Drive, estimat-
It is antid- ll.Sl perc-ent to $14,133,863. to cost $22,697. VV, Marion
4) The association has 5910 Dixon, contractor, and Jerry now the Carson
savings accounts. Westbrook, six-room residence on tist church. Soi
5> Dividends paid totaled
$674,798.
6) Karnings for the year were
lo
Singer Evangt
of Asheville
the 11 o’cock
service.
On January
store building
J. Carson, four
B.'b Jones Un!V(
strumental in .‘-ti
t Har
[fill the
Ing
Id LoaUe
pupil at
wors'.iip
three in *72.” Goal, he said, is a three $T2SJ>27, with $92,627 added
million assets gain. Continued On Page Eight
Wales Road, estimated to cost plus two older
$29,(X)0, O. C. Penner contractor, were present at t
Trailer location permit in the The following Si
mile perimeter was issued to J. man plus the
E. Queen, 1005 Shelby Road. present, and X:ol
l‘^2, in an oM
by Mr. .1.
men froni
Wi’ie in-
what is
■*^orial Hap-
■^0 cjiildren
girl.'^
8<'i \ ice.
'^f one adult
jdren wore
^here the
L. E. (JOSH) HINNANT
Ccmmission Candidate
SE42,683 - m
Gf Total Levy
Penalty of two and Hiroe-
fo. rfas pen cnl applies on unpaid
1971 lax bills Febiuary 3, Ci^y
Clerk Jue McDaniel reminded
city la.vpayers yesterday.
January c*oll(»ciions Vvin*e
r9,0S5.0i) bringing lo a total of
S212.6.''3.4S I he amount in 3971
city tax bills King.s Mountain
taxpayers have pnirod into city
V offers.
Thi‘sc payments repre.'-'ont 73
pi'icent of the total levy td
S32\3()5. a;id 7(1 pencnl (*f the
$31S,590. tlie oily anticipates it
would reTiv^' in revenm* fn'm
this .s<)ur;e during Hie cuiTcnl
fis-al year.
Penally inrrea^^es by Hir'o
huirtlis of one iierci'iit in sub-
seijuent mmih.s until tax bills
are paid, .said Mr. 'Me Daniel.
KIWANIS CLUE
Kings Mountain Kiwanians
will hold n’gular nu'eting
’P'uir'ri.iy ni riF at '6:15 ;>.m. at
ih(' W'l-nan’.s club. Pr :rnn f.»r
t’;e rr.-’cting '.vns unanivHin-od.
J. DOCK TURNER
Commission Candidate
>11 Taxes
Tistsday
Brilc! Power Cut-Off
Sunday f/foming
Power .service in King.'^ .M nin-
taiii will be .-usponded hriclly
Suiriay mcrning at 8 o’clock.
Luke P 'vver Canii>any ha-i es
timated tile <iUitJ<’'vvn lo be ten
■minu'e-- at mast. City Kleciiical
.'^•.'perinlenvieni Earl Turbyfill
said.
chur h coniinu(‘d to r w. 'r’lo
f iliowing ye:;r a elwir.-h Iniild-
in ' \v IS ero'ted ar.d
\ears later it was ci’i-’n'*! v. ih
iu-iik. Karly in a SCui.OOd ren
ovation <.'f the main anditoriimi
wa.s fini.-hed to a omm-'date the
•r’wiiig rongn'uatiini. Tlti.s also
iurliided the addition r f Sunday
.-.c'lool rvims. rest room faoilitles
and offiic and tw > niirserie.s.
Rev. W'avne KifK cont-niieci ns
pastier of tin* chur.di ut.Hl Aug-
11 : or 1951 when !ie left to go to
.Africa a.s a missionary. Rev,
Jame.> Avev Mh’wed a.s na.'^tim
intil 19“!). Po'v. Karl Shannon
was pastor for (w ' vamr.s follow
ed by Rev. C!iar’e.< 17r;tt who
pastored from 19(il-39''5.
Early in 19t'>il. the p:es,'nt
Co/iH.i.'K’d 0-1 Page Eight
Here Monday
4m
Tlie Red Cros.s liloodine'ale
will return to Kings Mountain
5I.)iiday for a one-day visit.
Donors will be processed at
Hu* CA'inmunity Center from 11
a. m. until 4:30 p. m.
.Mrs. Cliarles Mauney, an of-
f'C(*r i*f tlu* Ck'veiand County
Red Cros.s eliapter. [ ointad to tlu*
urgent need for hi. < d. mding
that Kin;:.'- ^Tountain elli/ens had
u.s<*d more I'ltNul than h-ad been
donated durin. the past six
nunifis. Particularl.v "heavy us-
was durin:: the niontli of
Decemlu'r.
G i:H o.'' Monday’s collection is
125 pints of okHid.
McDANIEL FUND
.'Pk - 1 > lh(' M ’Oanitd Helping
IF. :'d Fund t haled $35 during
r’u* past \v«*ek. aee(»rdin;t t-»
G:a -a MmiKwlisf ehurcli si'cre-
taiv Li .\nMiony.
Wihisnsili Bays
Washerette
R. G. \Vir.«nant. owner of Whi.s-
nant’s .\Rpliaace an.l Jk air 8er-
MV. has j»ur(‘hasiHl Piedmont
\Va-!'erelt(' fomi its owner, Jim
Ik'yiiolds. of Slielhy.
The jniTihase was effective Jan
uary 15.
I’ied^ncnit Wadierefte i.< Kings
ATcunlain’s- ‘d kvs* wlixicret-ie in
conlinujus operation.
At
ie<tkcKkn Bids
Tild
L. K. (J.islD Ilinnon!, IGngi
.M.unlain hank t. filed n ti c
-nidiiia y U'e ln.e d.'.} k: Lie
v.i! y coniiu* i.'in J. I- k 7'u'-
m., 1 :rvV!Mp.-e f-u veyrr, f'leJ fo:
n-riec.ion :-‘-s a county commis-
sirner. Ikil])!) J. Tucl.er fil :l rvr
r<‘-cle ' ion a.- regk’^-cr of decd“,
$>tat(* pro < I.-atii'e K jbe;l Z.
Falls anniurcfNi he w-^Hd seek
a fifth term in the* House.
•Ml arc D<*mc 'rats.
liic.-JO we.'o tlie pr-lltiral devel
opments of the i.<a-ot week.
Rep. Falls’ announcement
bring.s to three the number of
Candida es for Hie tiircc .soets al
lotted to the Ckn-oland-Rutiher-
ford-Polk Hou.se di.striet. Rep. Roo-
ert Jones, of RuHicrfard, .seek.s re-
elertion and the other is Etirl
Cnvenshy. of Clo. eland.
Roj>. \V. K. Mauney, Jr., an
nounced la.st WiU-k he would seek
a .S(*nate sv:\{ in the now Clevc-
I II! l-Ga.'-doii. Rutherford - Lincoln
disirirl, alloMi'd three ront.s. Sen
ator J. Ollie Harris is retiring.
iMr. Hinnant. who Ims servi^i as
:'h:)irmftii of the Kings Mountain
indcsirial corn'mitieo. receiied
Jiis in business a iminisim-
iic-n from the Univershy of N irth
Parr lina at f-hapc-l Hill. Vice-
Prc.>idenl of First Unian Xatr-nal
Bank of Kings Mountain, he
wf:-k(':l for several banks in .sev
eral N' F’h Carolina communities
,cr:ve <omiiig to Kings Moun-
i un, .Mr.-;. Hinnant is the former
Viigin a .'Timmers and they are
of two children. They are
a' iw,' in $1. Mattlicws Lutheran j
t.iu:-h. /
Hinnant “It basically
b.'-i's down to the fact that the
pi )p]e in t'le Kings Mountain
ao'u need rej)re><'ntation. I have
uu l..ne and energy to .serve and
I ic J a desire to serve Hie i>?0'ple
ti l’ie»eiand County. I kn^AV all
the cc-mmi.ijioners on the pres-
( nt beard and I like them. Iha\e
1. a; (• to grinrl,”
A gradu.ito af The Citadel, Mr.
Pali- i-; a tanner. He series a,
...di te.ni ill the N. C. House.
.Mr iu ficr, who seeks a third
f ar-.veac a*nii as Cie\’eiand Coun
ty r.« gLiUT af Deeds, is a resident
<■. N '. 6 I'nwiiship and is a mem
ber of Eliza.ieiii Baptist chumh.
Ih* L president iT Gideons Inter-
na‘i?mal oj Cli'veland County.
In a slaiem(*nt, 'Tucker said,
".My pli'dge to the people in 1964
still stands gwd for the next
1 'ur years and that is to serve
all Hie p<*<i])le of Cleveland Coun
ty wiHi respivi and courtesy, to
fulfill Hie office on a state le-
w] hy meeting the mjuirements
as (lir(*.'i<‘d by our North Caro-
lii.a Association o-f Registras of
1
1 c!ialle:ige each one who has
nio\ed to Cleveland County sinc'e
Hie la.st election and those that
!iave reached llic voting age to
find y<\ r way to the reustration
ifH>m in the Courthouse, register
and exercise your rights by vot-
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Mis. Kiser's
Bites Thursday
F. neral rites Jor Mrs. Thelma
Violet Kiser. t>\ wife of Otto
Kiser, Hr., will be held Thursday
niternoou at 4 p. m. from '’Mac
edonia baptist idiuix’h of wliich
she was a me:nl>er.
Rev. L. D. Scruggs, assisted
hy Kev. Jame.s Grnh«iin and Kev.
. ;a:(nve B ooitt, will officiate at
the final rites, and interment
w;ll be in .Mountain VwM ctmo-
ter ■.
Tin* iKidy will remain at Har
ris Funeral Home until the hour
of service.
Mrs. Kiser died at 7 p. m.
Tuesday night in the Kings
Mountain hospital where she and
!n*r Imsband had botli been hos
pitalized with double pneumonia.
A native of Cherckee County,
S. C.. s’u* was the dau hter of
tiu* late .Mr. and Mrs. Sam Z.
Sneed.
In aildition to her Inisband she
i.s s. rvived by one «on. O. C.
Kiser. Jr. of (kisionia; two sis
ters, Mrs. H. IL Bridges and
Mr.-. .Milton Hope, .'-^r.. both of
Kings Mountain: tlim* grand
children; and three great-grand*
ihildren.