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\ \m 1 the make state says I not ' ' Population freater Kings Mountain ^1.914 City Limits 8,465 GxKitar ifcinga Mouatcdo tltrur« U dertTe^ worn tJi» ■peurj UBltrd Stota* Bureau ol (taa Cejuua retfort o foavoiy 1964. i.ad includat •bm 14,990 popuiouoa o 'Mumbai 4 Tawnalilp, oad ti*a ramcuniag 6>i24 (too hwfii:«ai i Townihlp. la Cleaalaad County and Ciowdar To^nnhlp Id Goaton Cowty. --- i'— « *3 ISti Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspapei Pages Today Plus 8-Page Tabloid Supplement VOL 83 No. 7 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, Februcry 17, 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS Dick Ware Board Candidate As FilingDeadlineNears ( 41 i a” I SCPCandidate la r\- Are Asked ram H. Mciimnis &!ys Cliaiimaa W'- : Miss were JAYCEE AWARD WINNERS — Tommy King, lozt. Kings Mountocin's "Young Man of 1971", Brenda Hoyle, "Educator of the Year", and Ch*Gf cf Police Tom McDevitt, "Boss of the Year' honored by the Kings Mountain Jaycess Tuesday night. The distiuguishod service award to King was based on his leadership in junior police acti vities here and in the county. (Herald Photo by Jim Belt) Tommy King DSA Winner; Miss Hoyle Yeung Educator WINS PROMOTION — Ken Cock of Kings Mountain has been promoted to Warehouse and Traffic Supervisor of Fiber In dustries. Fiber Promotes Kenneth Cook Fiber Indu-stiries. Inc. hais an nounced the promotion o-I Ken neth E. Cook of Kings Mountain to Warehouse and Traffic Sui>Gr- visor effective Februar> 16. Txjok has boon with -FII since Febru- k’y, 1960, when he was hired as Go To McBev?tt Tominy Kin" 3<i-year-o’d Kings Mounluin policeman, is Kings iMcuntain’s “Yoimg Man of 1971.'’ The coveted distinguished ser- vne award was made by Kings Mci.ntain Jayteos at annual Bos ses Night Tuesday evening at 11 :yal Villa. Chief of Police Tom MoDevitt was honored as "Boss of the Y 'ar" and Miss Brenda Iluyle, hit.ch ^'hool .-nat’i teacher and CleveluiKl C'ounty's "Young Career Woman of 1970" was tapped "Young Educator of the Year." The boss-of year a- 'ward was voted by the .I '.ycees. the tcachcf honor selected by the high school teaching staff, and the DSA award by a 'ccrot com mittee of ant^a citi7on.s over 3o following nominations by the pu blic. All le.-eived handsome en graved plafjues finDm the ciNic L liib. A icings Mountain native, King grew up in a "tmlifoman family." ilis father Ellis King, is a vet eran of 16 years on the city for e and his brother, Jim King, is a Blacksburg, S. C. patrolman. Al so a patrolman, Tommy King joined the city foi.e as meter of- firer in 196.!, is one of 25 7'ar -Heel oificers certified .s a "ex plosive dispos.al officer” follow ing special training with the l.Sth 'Engineers Detachment < 1 Fort Bragg, ile has compIettHl num erous poliro schools, is also a Funds For Ill Woman ife Shockley's Seniitisn .V. ■ Mrs. Brenda Shor-klev Wednes day was In critical c'.'ndiiion at I M i.n ^iial He/, '.al v.iio.e s'ic hc.s be( n a patient An:c Dr x '“n'..er 26. Mcartirn'*, the Kings Mi.irga?n PDlice D^pai .r.rit Ins la.in 'iici a “helping l.an.i^ fi iul campaign for hi.. She was admitfol to .-'urgery and compli. aliens .'ollowed, re suiting in fOdi' addiii-nal oper«»- lions. After having pneumonia in one lung, she was found to liave j neumonia in the other Wednesday morning. liie young woman, about 24. is the moVhtT o! f.vo ihildi'cn, aces three and five. Bhe K 'ho \v..'e of Danny ShorkDy, an employee of Oates SliO'H Pe- io?. *liie family lives cn Ecnfield Read. A polbo department spokes man said; "Her husband hits not been ai.le to work full time due to slaying with her in the ho-'pilal. “Any finan.:ial help will be gieat- ly ap reciated by this fa/mily as iheir iruuirance cannoTt possibly cover all of the expenses incurred by this series of eperations. “Der.a.ion.s ^ made to ’Moun»ain_ Police De- parhnent." Fri ROBERT HUBBARD Commxssicn Candidote ^pcl-ator .in the Production Di‘- partment. He was promoted to Foreman in the Production Serv ices Section in N.>ve;mber, lOGS. He has also senmd as Foreman in the Filament Processing See- ,ion and his most rnc.mt ass;,,itn- / ment was as Warehcusc l-c.-e. expj^.s .a „raduaU , man. He and his wife, Rebecca, ajid their three children live at 717 Mi'adowbrook Road in Mountain. student at Gaston college Don Crawford In Park Post in A. gust, howesor, is the Junior police pr/gram whiclt iioiw numlx'rs over Hid boys here Kilims county. With fed eral approval of NY!1T’'M, nation al youth mini bike proji i t. King expects to form soom a 12-rMan junior 'police niolorcyc’e -drill team here and in the county us ing 21 brand new Hon 11 m dor cycles -which he has v.'blnined for local use. •Ho says tlie local program is the only non-YMCA organixation of Hs kind anywhere and talk'^ Donalti Crawford, Kings Moun tain native, has joined Kings Mounl-ain National Park as ad- ml'nistrative olerk. Crawford joins the park after 22 years with the U. S. P.>lal Service in Kings Moun'tain and Denver, N. C. His new position includes prep aration of requif'itions, purchase ordor.s, imprcs-cd fund voiwhe.s. time keeper and other fiscal and accountring procedures. Park Superintendent Pen M -o. maw, in annoucing Tawfjrd's determine whether or not app:.'::Vment, said there are more CowDoiis, S. C., national GRADUATE—Mrs. Lee Tongret, the former Paulette Patterson of Kings Mountain, has received her degree from C^ornia State in Fullerton. CalifT Ei^s. Tengrel Wte Degiee Mrs. Lee Tongret, da.ghtcr of Mr. an.i MKc Eloyd Patterson, graduated January 2Sth fr.:m Califn’nla Slate ’in Fullerton, Cal,, with a l)aeaelor’s degree in IK/. h. N-N' and a minor in biu'i- noss ad:ninistration. iMrs. Tongret first attended col lege at the University of N'. C- at Chapel Hill for two years and llicn transfenx^d to Cal State to C''m| -:etc lier last two years. ^ .She wa.s li.sted on the dean s !;■ t all so.iie.su’r and was an ac tive meiiibcr in I’si Chi, an hon- u. i;y foi psyTudogy stu dent Her Inii hand. Lee Tongret. wh' is a marine also was a student at Cal ^latc until he was ordorc-l to Okinawa in Scplom.-.cr. IDil. Mrs. Tongret is the lorincr Paulette Patterson. Gp!!si?ists Sefi Gi&taiy Contest Kings Mountain Optimist elub is invitin; Kings Mountain young men up to age 16 to participate in the club’s annual oratorical ■contest to be held March 16 at the Optimist clubhci.se on Car penter street. Gene Austin, contest chairman, said interested young men should ■contact him at 739-2559 or 739- 3362. Contestants will be asked to deliver a five minute speech on the topic’ "Our Challengeln- volvement. “The first place win ner vvill receive a trophy, a $25 savings bond and represent the club in district competition in Lincolnton. Second and third place winner will also receive a trophy and the second place win- cemetery will earn a $10 gift certificate. JUDGE JOE MULL 27th Judicial District Judge Mrs. Gssey's Rites Conducted By MARTIN HARMON Richaid E. <Dick( Ware, Kings M' vn*. lin .‘-('r/- i<x‘ .-'ati )n ewn- €.•, bi.aiVie the .‘cn h tandi- !: ‘ .(>j three D; .n';crat:c no- .n.natl n.-^ to tile c.-un‘y c un- i.h' :c a win n he pa'J h’.s Id- 'c vVc. .•( s- 'lag. - i • 'V :rn !n- !u .»• In. r.m- pon ' Be M r..head, J,., ,1 ’ 1. L 1' lump:, aii.l .1- 1( igciv. f'. mcr (' K .. :nan U . ir h. L. E. i» J. mnut, m 1 W. il. IX Id. To drte — and the filing d( :i I- line i-: r.cr.n Menday — tiie only race be: den s.ate • wide cne.£ Ovflindc;-.; will need t; se.ilo is one 1 u c mmissioner. Cleveland County GC? Chair man Duane Roeinson cf Shedby sail Wednesday the GO..-' well fa id a elate before the filing deadline. Judge Joe Mull an J Judge John ^iahcney annDunced this week they wHl seek re-ele:*- ti; n to second terms as 27th Ju- dioiol D;s':Bt Judges. 0-iecs to be‘ filled are ccunty register cf deeds, where Kal:>h luoker is seeking ro-electicn and three members cf -a fi.e-membei board of education. .A.s cf Wednes day, the boar^i of educatden jobs Were SoitiS begging. Irt a brk f statement to the Her- all, Candidate Ware declared his reason for run-nhig. as "high tax es plus re-evaluation costs us all money." He added, "1 am net backed by any group, large or -'•mall. I seek the support of every Dcm .era; In Cleveland County’." M.. Ware. 43, is a Clc/eland ; )unty native, .«on of Mrs. Ben T. Ware, owner tf Linwood Crown •^rr,:.e, and a former employe.- 1.0. E. Ford Cempany in Shelby. He is a navy veteran of W .lid War II and the Korean V\.:r. He aUends First Bapti.-d ,‘ra;- n. Mr.'. Wa*e is tlie former i! ...a Ca’.dwUl. They have a ... Lai.v Ware. Property Paicd 1 eath OSM Acquired km OS Fiofect lone Mmntain Redevelop- .. 1 has eptioned i; l.s i.rcperly on ,.unl Avenue, F. Mauney' said 'I 'lc K rnv . Ce;/.;.. y Jth LMlt.. .lan Ciiii V.. .He ay. 1.10 ]■ .m: ty ii occupied by M. urdy C]eai'c:-3 and McGinnis D; . a. .nent Sl-n-e .-Vnnex. It 50 l(-*.t on Battleground and is B'.S feci deep, or 5400 square icet. It is the tcnili cf 44 parcels ac quired for the Central Business L- t.h’t r.d; .cl ymen't project, ihe transaction will be closed (n eampieti n cf title work. FurGiase price, which is the ap- priise-d value, vvill be announc ed cn Cv-mplction of'the tiransac- lion. . Joe Lancy. director of the re- clevclcpmcnt ccmimission, said the buil,lings be razed and ihe vacant property said for rodevel- cp.Tient for commercial use- ac* c*ording to the redevelopment plan, W’hen offered for sale, the c:mmisbicn will invite sealed bidi at not less than Kiir value. ‘The ci.'.Timissicn is quite hap py to acquiTC this additional par- ■ccl," Chairman monied. IN NEW POST — Edwin L- Ware of Kings Mountain has joined the staff of the Isother- mall Planning and Develop ment Commission in Region C. Edwin L. Ware On IPDC Staff Edwin L. Ware of Kings Moun- minimal fain joined the Isothermal plan ning and development commission staff. Muuney cem- Ware. a graduate of Western Carolina University, joined the fommLssion in Novem'^cr. His chief responsibilities will be in manpower planning and pro gramming and in establishing a public information system. Ware joined the commissi n staff un der provisions of the E.mergency Employment Act. A Vietnam veteran. Ware is Wriglit Falls, were held Saiur- married to the former Lynda MrSc Falls' Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Nipper Falls, 71, both Funeral services for Mrs. Eva -Louise Murray Gosey, 65, wife cf Ernest Gosey, were held Sun day afternoon at 3 p. m. from St. Matthew’s Lutheran church of u'hich she was a member. •K.ev. Glenn Bowland, pastor of ResuiTCCtion Lutheran church, conducted the final rites, and in terment was in Mountain flcsl EillSSt White's hites Conducted day^ afternoon at 4 o’clock from Central United Methodist churvh of which she was a member. Rev. Paschal Waugh, assisted by Rev. Herbert Garmon of Charlotte, officiated at the final rites, and interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery'. Active pallbearers were Hunter Allen. Jake Dixon, Dave Saund ers, Hilliard Black, Roy Spake ani Kelly Dixon. 5Irs. Falls died Thursday at 7:30 p. m. in the Kings Mountain hospital alter a long illness. She X native of Gaston c<Htnty, daughter of tlie late Mr. and officiated iMrs. C. W. Nipper MOON ROCK DISPLAY A "Mean Rcbk’' lun ;r sa.nplo frcin the flight cf Apollo 12 is cn display* at Sihicle Museum cl Natural History in Gastonia Tuesdays through Sundays. 2 pvn. until 5 p.m. throughout the 'month cf Fobniary. The ex- IBibil is free to the interested puolio. Mrs. Taylor T o Campaign Mrs. Pat Taylor, wife of the 'candidate for governor, will cut the ribbon officially' opening the Taylor campaign headquarters in Shelby Monday afternoon at 2 p. m. Supporters of Taylor have planned the coffee and opening from 2 until 5 . m. and invite area folks to attend. Mrs. Taylor will bo in Cleve land county most of the day Monday. (CotUinucd On Fttf/r Fiv-t') Muemaw Before Senate Gicup Pidiiips Appeals laughter Fence Dcd-kn; Hearing Is Wednesday 'Mrs. Gosey died suddenly Sat urday morning at 2:30 a. m. in the Kings Mountain hospital of a heart attack. She w'as a native of Rutherford cot. nly, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Murray. In addition to her husband she is survived by one son, Harry B. -Gosey, ob Charlotte, and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Dixon. Also surviving are seven grand children. DIXON SERVICE Sunday morning worship ser vice will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Dixon Presby’terian chunh with Kc .-. R'bert Wilson to deliver the sermon. City to Honor Group's Requests A group of IBmry Street • El- Irnwood Drive re. idrnts were told by Mayor Jclui Henry Moss they will get (uib-and-gutter and paving when tlu‘ city begins this w..rk in the spring. Funeral rites for Ernest N. White, 76, of Rock Hill, S. C., were lield Wednesday afternoon at 1 '' •lo;k ftom Kings Moun tain Baptist church of which he ^vas %\as a member. Rev. James Wilder at the final rites, and interment Besides her husband she is sur was in M main Rest cemetery, vived by one daughter, Mr> .Mr. White died -Monday night jack Livingston of Winston-Sa! Watterson of Kings Mountain. He is s n of Mr. and Mrs. Frank lin L. Ware Jr. SERMON TOPIC "Lt nt — The Time Re- dc:lioai‘. .i” will be the sermon f'pic cf Dr. Paul Ausley at the,' Sunday morning worship hour at 11 o’ lo:‘k at First Presby terian church. 1 nt 7:45 in York General hospital after several months illness, A native of Cleveland county, Her of Fort La.derdale, Fla.; em; one brother, P. W. Nipper of Lowell; one sister, Mrs. Roy Car- he was the s.n of the late .Mr. and Mr^. W. K. White of Kings M Htntain. He was married to the f-ermor Madge Rhodes, who died in 1963. Surviving are one son. James William White of Rock Hill; two daughters, Mrs. J o Ball of Baltimore, Md. and Mrs. Ray and two grandchildren. Senior Choir To Sing Sunday The Choir of Kings ?»c:'.iar Crapps Of Colum!>ia, S. C.; three Meuntain high school w\l pre- hralliers, Bill White <'f Dallas, sent special music for services Texas and John and Jim White, l oth cf Kings Mountain; and three .'^'isters. Mbs \H<)la White, Mrs. Andrew Jenkin.':. bAh of Kings .TLrunlain, and Mrs. Fred ■Bai oington of Southport; six gnuidchildren and thix*e great- gTand.-hildrcn. Sunday night at 6 p.m. at David Baptist church. At 7 p.m. Rev. and Mrs. Robert Barti'll will show slide.s taken of their trip to the Holy Land. The Eartells. of Arlington, \’a., are vi.‘^:tlng Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mc- Swain. Danny Da is f ir the g.'cup was and sjvekesjman oomplaincd ^utive Smith Fiedicts Record Building; Fiilton and filliscn New Directors The housing picture f r 1972 "Late in 1971 the savings and look." *ood for the Kings .Moun- Joan business pas.sed the S200 tain ^oir.muniiv, pariieularly if billion mark in ■assets," he said, area familie./ cnintinue saving "Il took 132 years for the busi- nionov at nearly the same rate ness ta reach the $100 billion as in'l'.n. J-'^-eph U. .^'mith, o.xe- mark in 1963. It took only eight The U. S. commit toe is this .morning Senate Interior holding a meeting in Washington to the park than 230 naiti'mal park servire will Ih> enlarged to 850 acres, areas that Crawford will event- Ben Moomaw, Kings Mountain ually be aide to transfer tr>. National Park .superintendent, Crawlc-rd said "I am lo:^king will he the expert witness in the Jorwacd ta the challenge of this hearing. lob and wMl enjoy working in A bill ta enlarge tlie park was "onn f>£ Uic nalipn’s hk^toric introduced by Senator Earnest parkAi’* llollings of South Carolina. The zoning beard of adjustment w 11 eondu.'t a hearing next Wednesday aftern ion at 6:30 on an .:.;)eal from a decision ol Building Ins^c/tor Woadrew Laugh'iT (*oncorr-m<g a fence c;n- sli. .1‘lcl hy Kieuls Young at Cii' c.'f'-vn .Apartments, carnet of V.'e-I King street and Country Hub Road. The a peal i-; l.xlged by HarJil J. rmiilps, 965 S'h-arr M Drive and ncigltbor to the apartment cv.oi J)lex. Mr. Phillips objects to the fence, approved by the building inspect- Ci. Jaccb Cooper Ls f^iairman of the zoning board of adjustment and other in-rity members, who will consider the appeal arc Van Birmingham, D. E. Tate, Robert O. Southwell and J. E. Rhea. Out-i^lo-city members sit on matt(‘;s concerning pn)p(»rtioa outside the city but within the mllcqx'rimeter. The aPiX-al will be heard in ccuncil diamoers at City Hall. th.at I'he city had n )t honored Mountain havings and L'an As- $100 pebtians wl'.ii h had been in ‘Two sociatlon. said at the association’s (.r liiroi' ve.irs . 'innim! meetinii. vice president. Kings years to aix-umulate the second $100 billion, a remarkable achievement for any system of recent 'innual mooting. financial institutions. ‘Mr SiniUi predicted continued Smith said that on the basis favora'bi'- ."aving." fl('^\s and an of present prosiiects, mortgage ample supplv viMnoriga :e money rates would remain at approxi- tfor the yeaV ahead in the in- mately their present levels dur- stitution^ .uiiuial report. ing the early months of 1972, and Smith ".'id that 1971 was the that interest paid on havings ac- greatest V-'ar in the history <'f counts would also remain the traffic signs .*5U'.'h as ‘‘Slow—Ohil- the savin - and l(»an business same, dren Playing", and a s'op .‘^Ign and that tiie w.despread gr<nvth He reported that as of Decern- at the corner of Henry ani Elloin- of the was reflected in btu’ 31. 1971. savings depcsits at wood. He said another fire hy- the saving" and loan t.^iness Kings Mountain Savings May r Moss nclc.l that one was filed on Niveniber 19. 1970, the c her on May 11, Uh;9. Olherwise, tlic Mayor Indicated the gre Ip would cet immediate .ittir.n on other re(|uests — for drain will be insluikd. and locally. fCo/diHutci On Pa(;c FivcJ RE ENUSTS — Chief Petty Offi cer Howard G. Blanton, veteran of 16 years duty in the U.S. Navy, has reenlisted for a three year period and is ossigned to the NROTC program at Duke University in Durham. Career Oificer Blanisn Reenlists Ciiief Potty Officer Heward G. Blar.tcn of Kings Mountain, ca- rtx'r -dficer. re-er.listed for .m ad ditional three year in the U. S. Navy in special ocroiramios recently at Duke U:'dvorsi:>’whore he is a.'£.jciale,l with the NROTC pragram. Blanto n, sen of M:-. and Mrs. J. Wiloy Hlanl- :i cf Kings Moun tain, has c ani loted 1C years in the Navy. Ho Is married to the former Lois Gamble, daughter of Mrs. Lc'onard Gamble and the late Mr. Gamedo. and they are parents of two children. Lori, age 10':; and Tim. age nine. They re side at 301 Wilkin.'^ Drive in Dur ham. They are active in the Mi'thodirt <’!uirch. Cai tain H. M. Coeowitch con ducted the inducliuii ceremony.
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