North Carolina Newspapers

m Population Treater Kings Mountain ^1.914 City Limits 8.465 . A111911 Mounioto uvurt la derWad iron Uoltrd auroau ol tiso Con»u» report o Jtmvarr t<R«. card IndudM 'be 14,990 populottoa « KttinlMir 4 Townehlp. ODd tue reiuttioiop 6.124 tr^ K mLer 5 Towmhlp. In Clwelond County and Crowdnr* • ...-•,14. la Qaeton Coi^ty. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspoper VOL 83 No. 10 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March 9. 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS Cc mmission Approves U S 74 By - Pass Terry Sanford Ent ers Primrry Ex-Govesnsr Is Cans’ltiate os ^resident F(>itm(*'r Govorncr Terry Sanf. 'vi said WednLV-day he will seek the Un.ted States Presidency starMng in Ncr'h Car .iina’s Primary cn a campaign cufering alternate cours es; that wauld earn the suip'pcrt of the deeply troubled Aimeriean pud Ur. Sanferi, who the f. urlh Dimtc. rat to annoan:!e his in'tonth'n to run in N T‘h iCaro* 1 iia, tolJ a news cot^ference: “iiiierc emes a time in a man’s life, cierpUe tlio odds, when he is cc TTix lled to do wh-al ho thinks .should be done, be it persoml, public: or p liUcal. That time has conic fer me. “I am net satisfic'd with the way American government is liandling cur problems. I am not satisikd that we have any an* nouncej candidates who will do wiiat needs to be done. " I am cati&fied that the job c'an be dene and must be done. I am confident that \ihat w’c are starting here today is a fresh ap proach that can give expression to our needs, give us alternate ccurses to follow and earn the siippoit of the deeply troubled /Mmeruan public.'” Sanford, o4-year-old President of IXtke University at Durham, was among seven Domoerfits ^nominated by the state board of P^lections for the North Carolina Primary on May Gth. Thiee i.ie nt-minc'es — Shiilc?>' Ol.i .n, Edmund Muskie an*l Cle. .,e id- lace — have paid their ^*1* ing fees. Still to bo he ard at. .n are George McGo.ecn, aubi-ft Humphrey and Henry Jackson. GRADUATE — Mrs. Elizabeth WUsen is a recent graduate cf Gaston Memorial School of Practical Nursing. McDevitt, King In CCLEA Posts Two members of the Kings Me,unlain polic*e force were deed ed to offices in the nowly-fccmed Oleveland County Law Enforce ment Agency Tuesday night. Cliiof Tom McDevitt was nam- chI s(‘rgeant-at-arm.s and officer Ellis King was elocte»d to a two- year term on the board of direct or/. The now association sa^ts its gcal is to improve law enforce ment in the c'ounty. The CCLEA currently has 95' members. There are 185 law eniforc'ement officerj in Cleveland County. Registration Books To Open Cleveland County Demoeratfc ICIvairman Cameron S. Ware to- " day reminded local citizens thait veter registration books will be dosed April 7 in advance of the May 6 primary election. No one can vote in the pri mary unless he has registered by til at deadline. New voters or ne^W residents in the county must got their names on the books to vote. H nvover. anyone who al ready is registered to vote in a general election no<'d not regis ter again. Ware pointed out that 18-to-2t' year-olds will be eligible to vote in the fir.M primaiy’* only if tliey reg:5'ler. S.r/’' 17-yeair-irlds also can vole in the pri.mary—if their 18'h blrllid'iy comes before the Nov. 7 general election doite. A pairtic- ular registration rufe applies to t’lu m, however; they can registci cr’.y during the period betwenm March 7 and April 7 to vo-te in the priimary. All otht'Ts can reg ister any time beford April 7, w'hen Locks cL.se according to law. Anyipio can register wS is a United SlatO’? citizen, who is at lea.^'t 18 by the daite. of the Nov. 7 general election, who has tK'tJn at least one year and of hig pre* Ciiit'i ior ai accAkI oo Year-roiTnd voter registration is open at the ClorelanB County ^ard of Elections office in the , Centinued On Pag^ Eight Mts. Wilson Is Graduate ■Mrs. Jim (Elizaijeth) Wilson, v.,10 returned to the classroom alter her third child started to school, was graduated fi*om Gas- to! .'rial School cf Practical : I Fv'..raary 25th. .W’s. Wilson said dlie realized her iUe-long ambition. *'1 had to quit nursing school in February 1950 but I had al ways the desire to gio back,” said iMrs. Wilson. Safter our young er child, now eiiij.it, started to school, I did just that. You can do anything if you hy, with God’s help,” sOie adds. Mrs. Wilson, daughter of Mrs. Hertie Hartsoe of Kings Moun tain and R. W. Spencer of Chesa peake, Virginia; was president of her graduating chiss and averaged in the 90’s in school v/ork. She was graduated with honors in the ceremony held in Gastenia’s Loray Baptist chK rch. Slie attended Kings Mountain /high school. The Wils ns are parents of three children; Chris, age 14; Cathy, age 11; and Mike, age eight. Prison Escapee Is Captured An escapee frem the Shelby prison unit was captured late Monday afternoon jn the Dixon scliool community. Lawrence Brcx'ks, 43, of Gas tonia, ran into tVie weeds where ho was (Working on a fence around 2 p. m. The prison group was working on rural road 22S6. Jn fact, the prisoners were moving a pasture 'fence owned by IGejn e Stewart, 'father of Kini s Mountain Herald reporters Elizabeth Stewart and Gary Stewart. [Bloodhounds tracked Brooks and he was recaptured near Kings Creek, just several hun dred yards from where he es caped. A spokesman for the prison unit said Br. oks is serving a 10- year sentence for iKissession of burglary tools. Little Theatre Play Finales This Weekend Final performances of “Sur prise” by tfie Kinigs Mountain l ittle T'oeatre will be staged on Friday and Hatordnv n'■ *' Park G»*a.'*e Auditorium. Curtain lime is 8 o'clock. 'I'he rollicking two-act comtKiy by a 12 member cast played to large audiences last weekend. J<x} Ilullender, Jr. makes his d<' ut a.s a diroc'i in “‘^ir . and the Kings Mountain Little Theatre .sijueezcs an iUv.,/....> pass.i;le out of the play. J:e Ann Walker M 'Danfel, veto^’an Little Theatre actress and director, plays the lend role of 'Ella Wi.T.sley, the retired film actress and owner of the Ver mont Inn vlhiih provides the sol- ting for the play. “S.'an Jean Grant, star ^ ! the group’s prodiulion c'f “Every- ’bedy Loves O; il” last year, is ba':k as Pearl Du Join, The house keeper. A third stand i t is Stan Gain ey, in the role of Pearl’s husband, grounds keeper a-t the inn. In good supporting roles are Mrs. Sylvia Holmes, the author ess; Glenda Crawford, ns the doc tor’s wife; Steve Baity as the chiropra l )r who suffers am nesia: .Mike Muscat who play3 the granddaughter’s hip] io boy- fi-iend and the mental patient; Cindy Rrbins n as Ella’s grand daughter; Jim Amos, Jr. as the rest home attendant; and Ronnie Mor.dson as the authoress’ fiance. With the exception o! Muscat, of Gastonia, all the cast mem'lx^rs are ii-om Kings Mountain and three are high schc-cl students. Tbe <T>medy i.s full of small and de'lighitful surprLes. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Cfcarlts G. Dillini Rites Held Sunday fomm City Mi Saimiy Offkkl Bkc ••• -.AlWfc Sbast. ’Sf-fR'v - 1^ V'/y.if letm iwwfi* /m- - msy ^ ^ « sf!^ ^ ' ‘i’.yf. ‘ing# v. -i Iff-/, r- -isr SWKK sm-f iy/r: ' ' -..i-glx ;4 >: 0- _ ix 4- t Xa'- ■■ ■’4m ■■■ 1.^0^ dke Pasted IS Sw id! 1 laycees Set Orchid Sale Kings Mountain Jaycoes will conduot the s-ale of Easter orchids again this year as a fund-raising project. Cliairman Jim Belt said orders are now being taken by Jaycoes and that orchids will bo available in while, lavender, green and bahy ('..hid. Test is $4. Myers Printing Company will be pick-up station and Jaycx'es will also offer delivery service. Walker Bites Are CsRdncted Funeral rites for Bchby Dean Walker, 2d, tf 217 North Sims street, wore c nducted Monday aflernccn rt 4 p.m. from Mid view Baptist (huroh. K(?v. Jolin FraZ'ior and Uev. George I e!^.,!i cfficiatcd at the final r‘ es, .md intoimont was in Mountain Best comotery. Mr. Walker, in ill health all his life, died Sunday morning in the King.s Mountain hospital. He was I'he son of M<r. and Mrs. Jonas C. V\alker. Other survivors are four 'broth ers. Dec and Leo Wo-lke'r, both of King.s Mountain, J. i\ Walker o/ PallimniH', Mcl. and Winfred Walker of Augusta, Ga.; and two sL'ler^, Mrs. Elmo Fite of Lando, S. ('. and Mrs. Jean Caine oJ King.s Mjuntain. HONORED — Supt. Donald Jones is among 14 North Caro lina educators named district winners of the 1972 Terry San ford Award in teaching and od- ministraticn. Sanford Award To Supt. Jones Sihc. h Supt. Don Jones is a- m'mg 14 North Carolina cducat- ers who have been named dis trict winners of the 1972 Terry S’nfcrd Aw-ard for “creativity and ability to initiate mnovaiive programs in teaching or admin- iTttration.” A carh award and plaque Ls to be given the winners at the North Carolina .Asscx’iation cf Educators Convention in Greensboro on Ap- rM 6. The annual aw^ard was initiat ed in 1965 by friends of fonmer Governor Sanford. Judges are provided by the Learning Insti tute Cif Norlh Carolm^i. DUtrJet winners are selected by screening c;inmittees cf the NCAE with •major emphasis on the Commis sion on Instruction and Profes sional Development. Funeral servi.:es f Ch irlos Garrotit L-.I'lirg, VI, were .•o. di::'; ed Sunday aftotneon at 2 oV-Ieck from the Chapel c' Har;-is Fuiu r- al Home, interment following in Mountain Re t cf.netcry. His pas 'LT, Rev. Pa.<- dial Waugh, mhiLto.- cif Con'tMl United Mc.lio- di- t church, offi.'iated at the final rites. Active paiioenrers were Hunter Allen, Eaid Dr, C. F. Lew.'s, Fror Ktrn- dy, Falls, Jr., Wilsm C.'iftin, R. IL WcOb Pat T’ignor, and Hugh Or- mand. Mr. Dilling succumbed sudden ly 10 a beam al'ta.k Friday aficr- n/cn at 12:30 at his home at 1G5 E. King st eet. He had been in de clining healt'h for several yeans. A native cf Kings Mountain, he was the sen cf the late Charles A. aiul Aaiiie Garrett DiF.hg. For mer longtime Citiy Clerk cf the City cf Kings Mountain in the 2C’s, h.e served fer a number cf years before his retirement as aud'itCT cf Cleveland County, lie was a Mason and metmber of Cen tral United Methodist chuTtTi. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Willie Mooley Dilling, liomuan at Jac-b 3. Mauney Memori.-il Li brary; their daughter, Mrs. Rich ard K. M/Mackin df Winston Sa lem; their son-in-law, Richard K. MoMackin and two grandsons, Michael Scott and Richard Hunt er McMackin. Also sunviving are one brotlier, Pony Dilling of Kings Mountain and two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Grimes of Kings Mountain and Mrs. C. H. Hardin of Shelby. ires m ^«i0 ^taaa -TtcDSt tt GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE HERE — Gubernatorial candidate H. Pat Taylor, of Wadesboro, paid coll on Kings Mountain last Wednesday afternoon, one of many stops during a day long tour of Cleveland County which started ot Taylor headquarters in Shelby Wednesdoy morning. The Lieutenant-Governor, left, is pictured chatting with Magistrate J. Lee Roberts in front of the city fire department. (Photo by Jim Belt) T.ir* h:ghw;*y c:'•^'*mi'.‘^ion hr.-: ai::)rr;vc\l a c rrJio: J r-ation . r Tie US 71 bypa , cf Kings y untrin, a ccaJ-inali n cf the .A.,f'rn;Mo I ar l Al‘o.-natc II rerr-: (on.-idrmd at a public h .aring on October 12, 1971. The lrg:il ndve:ti.'^cmeni is pub- li' led in l-.day.^-: Herald. The nfw ( rrklor allcvia‘C5 sviiie ‘I '.e rbje. ti)n> veiled by pr er.T' f/. ne*?; at t!ie puM'.c hc.-i:irg on C :! ')or 12. Tr.o n' w c: r.":d’ r by-pas-rs the Boi.iwaro community to the .sr'’‘h. The Alternate II route which was le. c.ninendod tof owing the publ c licaring routed the corridor throng.1 Bethiware north cf David PaptKsf ehur, h. The oDirido.* begins n oth ol t'le ex. ir.g U.S. 74 rt its inter- .■-•c; .ion with I-P") wc.*^': Ck. I land Avenue be‘ween Deal .S-treot Park and La-;l Elementary S'. hor 1; crosses the Southern Rail way betwi'en Phenix Mill and Mullins Textile Mill; croj^^es Pied- m'.mt Avenue in the vi.'inity ol Erbe street; c.^.s^os Waeo road; crosse.c 2C34: cresses SR 2*;37 nouii of SH 2036; cr U.S. 7-1 si-uih of Bethware .s(h'> 1 tieirg into U. S. 71 ca-'t of tiic Buffalo Creek cridge. There Ls no change in the cor ridor f.xm Alternate II frem the take-off point at 1-85 to Cansler street. ■Division Staff Engineer T G. Brooks said a de-ign hearing will be held in several months aftei plans are completely designed. An aerial map C'f the new route is posted at City Hall. r* ft 117-11 Owens Rifes branon Witsers Thursday fit n Wins Scholarship Schools Receive Federal Grant Kings Mountain city sehocls has been awarded a $6000 fed eral gran-t to implement a rea'd- ing program developed by Rich ard E. Green, North school prin- cii)al. Total cost of the program will be $GC80, with $680 local schools purtkLpation, Superintendent Don ald D. Joiio.s said in making an- nounc i.Ticart cf the grant. F reshman Band Is '"Superior" Kings Mountain high school’i; Freriimen Band earned a rating cif "Supericr” in annual band centryts in Kannai;:Ms during the weekend. The band is under the direction of Donald Dt'al. The Senior Band will participate in .-^tate br.nd competition on Manh 25Mi in Marion. Dirertor Deal said both band groups will oe pre.sentc*d in spring ecn.ert on Mai'^h 23rd al 7;45 p m. in CciXral school audjlarlum. \ / CITY BOARD MEETING Regular meeting of tlie city commission will be held Mon day at City Hall at 7:30 p.m. Major item on the agenda as cf Wedne.'^ay was a public hearing cn a petition by Mrs. Sara Wilson Brittain for annex ation of her 100 x 200 foot lot at 306 Piiifer Road to the city limits. Police Petition Denies Perusal Oi Rules; Review Board No More Rose s Taps R. E Wilson iR. H. Wilson of Kings Moun tain has 'been appointed manager of Rose’s store at Algon(|uin Manor Shopping Center in Eouisville, Kentucky. Mr. Wilson began training with Rose’s May 1, 1967 in Durham, and later trained at Elizilbeth- t iwn, Ky. iHe was named to his present position on Felb. 11. A Klnt IS Mountain native, ho is married to tthe former Betty Jo iGathinIgs of Wadesiboro. They are parents of three children: Rdbin, 19; Terri, seven; and (David, age three. 'Mr. Wilson at tended Wadesiboro high sdhool and Kings Mountain schools. A petiliiui signed hy all pcllee- men except two wus handod CMy C nnmis: ioner W. S. Piddix in tlie parking lot of Fir<t Union Nation al Bank Tuesday. It read: “Wo the members of the Kings Moimtain Police Depart ment and Kings Mountain Re view Beard have not reviewed nor voted on adcpt.icn of the rules and regulatii'ns of the Kings Mt.un’ain Po lice Department.” A non-pjlicccnan handed the potlticn to Comm. Brddix, who dc< ’:ned to identify the person. Thc'.e is no longer a poMce re view board. Chief Tom McDeviil't confirmed Wednesday. The Chief said he called a department meet ing Friday and informed the offi cers the board was aboHshed- The petition puts the .signi-ng petiticncTS (exceptions were Lt. David Oorn and Lt. Ja'ckie Bar rett) in conflict with Chief Me- Dev’itt's statement to the city commis-rioners, wlien tlie rules and regulations were adopted, that the officers had reviewed and appro-vcd. The ^-page manual of rules ol the Kings Mountain Police I^' pi’i 'tment ret'orn'mended by Chie! c! Pc Jice Thomas E. McDevitt and adopted by the city cemmi^-iion covers a wide v’arioty of items fri m the police officer’s code ol C'thics to sixx'ifiies, such as polit‘o enttiro and the banning of snuX-1 and chewing tobacco by any i)o- Ikemain on duty or in public in un-MVirm. Most o< the rules are .<?tandard pr.lice operating procedure and rekite tn .specific and general i» l’;^e duties from humane treat ment of arrestees to testifying in cciurt. Among others: Continued On Paya Eight Mission Speakers M Oak Grove Sunday will be Missi.?Tiary Day at Oak Grove Baptist church and Rev. and Mrs. Max T. Furr, Southern (Baptist missionaries to Peru, South America, will be guest speakers. i^iey will speak at a Sunday school asseir.oly at 10:15 and Rev. Mr. Furr will deliver tlie seimon al the li o’clock morning worship hour. At the evening training and -wu/r f.ip program ibcginnin^ at 6:!l5 slides, picti res and foru.Ti discussions will be featured. Rev. Mr. Furr will be evan gelist for revival services begin ning on Monday night with serv ices at 7 p. m. each evening. Con gregational singing and special d:oir groups will be featured in the service. A nursery will bt? pro vided for cliildren age five and under. ‘'We welcome Jilie community to join with the Oak G!X)ve con gregation in this special Mission- ai’y Day services,” said Rev. Russell ilinton, pastor, and in vite everyone to attend special sor\dces next week.” MOREHEAD SCHOLAR — Graf ton Withers has won a More- head Scholarship to The Univer sity of North Cctolina at Chapel HUl. fenkins Reminds: "Clean Up Time" Mctuntain Rest Cemetery Supt. Ken Jenkins Is issuing an S.O.S. to citizens to remove Christmas flowers from the cemetery «y) that the cemetery can be 'readied for Easter. “It isn’t long until Easter”, Jenkins reminded, and "tradi- ••tional Easter Sunrise services are planned.” Smith Flays His Opponent “Ally. fk'n. R bort Morgan does not want to anlag.mi'/e fcll.^w DciTKK-rats by investigating their 'i'clilical and bu' ine.vs dealings”, hi.s Republic:!!! challenger charg- t;i Thursday. Durham lawyer and Kings Mountain iKitive, Nirk Smith, the lone RepuhFcan oponent of M( gan, who is .‘«H*king re-doction. told a sparsely - attended news ei.nfcrenco in Raleigh that "eith er there are no crooked ptdilicians in North Carolina or the atterney- general is not doing liis job.” 5;mirh .said there were numor- cus cases where the attc -noy gen rral had t:iken no action on pub lic charges or waited until the gv vernor directed him to make an inve-tigation. Tile same situation would con tinue, Smith said, a.s long as the aMorney general romaiiud "part of the same p.alitical machine” running other state government operations. .^•milhs cemment.s eaime in re- .<'ponse to qiu'stions about a new’s- pajier’s charges of conflict of in terest* ag.aihst a momVr of the stiite highway commission. The Co7itinued On Page Sight KMMS Senior Wills Moiekesd ichoiarsMp Gra'u n Withe.-s, s^n cf Mr. and Mis. Fred Withers of Kings Nloun- tain, ha.s been named winner ol a 1072 Moix'head Sell'lar-hip tc study at the Univcr.-^'ity of North Carolina at Chapel Hdi. ^'cung Withers, a senior and president tf the PPO at 'Kings Mountain High School, wa.s one of two Cleveland 'Jaunty students to win the awa.d. The ether vn..s Gene Me Murray at Shc’.by High Scliool. Withers had earlier boon eh'S- en as one of the* finalists from the lO-eounty distri:t. He remnitly underwent iniervienvs al ChaiH'l Hill along with several ether fin al Lis. Mcrehcad awwds.provide all- c.xpense pa:;l undergraduate edu- lativ'in at UNC. Value of tlie a- w’arii for North Carolina residents S2.5(X) per year or $0,()(X) over a four-yca-p pi^ricd. L\’nd »n Robbs, chairman of the Jleveland Cnirity .Moreh(‘ad so le, tion i\:'mmittix*. .said Wtnlnos- ilay “tliis i-s the fir.-t trmo I ever rt .nember having two winners from the county. This .spoalcs well for ( ur sihacls.” Williers ranks fourth in Iiis elass of 270 at KMH>. He attend ed the .Governor’s School and fitonliniii (i on Png Light/ Funeral rites fer Charlie Clif ford Gwens, 26, of Shelby, bro ther of Ralph 0»V€*ns of Kings Mountain will be held Thursday moiT.-:ng at 11 o‘clc:k from Fae Chapel of Lutz Austell Funeral Tlcme in Shelby, interment fol lowing in Betheny Baptist chmvh cemetery in Feuntain Inn. S. C. 'Ml*. Ovens died at T:?0 a. m. T esday al his home after a two- day illness. A native cf Soui!h Carolina, ho was the son of the late Eroadiis and Mae Dunn Owens, a member of Campfiold Baptist church and a city df She’by cmy’oyee. Other sur\ivers imiude one sister. Miss Shirley Ovvens of 'Columbia, S. C. and a broUher, Meh'in Ovvens, of Shelby. !C4 Names PeHtion Names of 101 citizens are on three “Concerned Citizens” peti- tiens calling for the dLmissal of the high 'School principal follow ing racial riots at the high SI }k>o1. A spokesman for the committ^'o said the group is not pushing the petitions on tlie street or \ia hcu.-^e-io-house, that only facts are being sought for preSiuRalion to the board of education along wJ'h tiio parents’ group a'com- mendations. The spokos-man declined Xr say what rec'ommendations the “Con cerned Citizens” group would make to the school board or wlien they would be made. “Things look good at school thi.s week, and weTe just play ing it by oar and adopting a wait and see atutu;Ie.’’, lie t\ . inued. 4S Trial ThiTsdeiy For KMHS YsiiS Charged With Slashing Auto Tires T-Viir hlark stur’ents Mountain hi;]! school at Kings were ar- resttd Friday and charged with King street. 'Ciaig Brown, 17, of York Road; and Loon Norris, IS, of 113 West slaiLing a lomohilo tii*es owmed by a K'N?i:I.S bi logy teacher, Hugh Putnam. Putnam earlier last w’oek signixi a w’arrant against a stud- The tire slashing, according to police, occurnxi ah ut 1 p. m. in the s. hool parking let. The four you'hs, the jHi’i.e said, were friends of the black student wtho ent aft(»r a disturbance in one of v.’as mn^cd hy Putnam last Mon- his classes. day morning and later char ed li'arry Ja.'kson, 16. of Route 1, with assia It. w'as arrested by lo.nl iK>Iice and The students will be tri<Hi to- charged with malicious damage in di^trid r urt in Shelby, personal property. saho.l board has announced Aiding and abetting cfiarTOs rbat, if oonvicied. all will be ex- were filed against Frederick Wil- ptTlcd from They have son, 17, of 511 Wattersm street; Continued On Pag9 r.’ght