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Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsnaoer
Pages
Today
VOL 83 No. 14
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 6, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Laney Resigns Rede
¥£lonm'?nt
sion Position
A
Friday La;
I...-.,
CO-CHAIRMEN — Mrs. Robert Forney. Jr., left, of Lawndode, and
Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick. Jr, cf Shelby ore co-chairmcn of Cleve
land County Women For Bowles. Thursday (today) is Jessoxnint
Bowles Day and Democratic women have planned a tea from
2:30 until 4:30 p.m. ot Cleveland County Memorial Library in
Shelby in honor of the wife of G; Jcitctoriol candidote Hargtrove
(Skipper) Bowie.
Mrs. Hamrick. Mrs. Bowles
IMrs] Forney Tea Honoree
Bowles Leat!3i: Gn Thursday
'Mrs. C. Rush Hamrick, Jr. cf
Shelby and Mrs. Charles D. For
ney, jr. of Lawndale are ser* "
as co-chaiinmon of a Cleveiund
County women’s committee for
the election of Hargrove (Skip
per) Bcwles as governor.
Some 1T5 other Clelv'elanders
are members of Wemen for
B-zaIcs and are playing active
roles as campaign volunteers.
The appoinlmt'nt cf Mvs. Ham-
ri’jk and Mrs. Forney was an
nounced iby Democratic candidate
ElwIcs and hi^ state co-manager,
R. Patrick Spangler oif Shelby.
“The women’s cemmittee al-
leacly has done a tremendous job
in our Cleveland County cam
paign,” Eowlcs £.aid. "They've tak
en on some tough assignments
and handled them with energy
and enthusiasm. We appreciate
their efforts ve-ry much.”
'Mrs. Hamrick and Bowles have
been friends csince they were class-
males at the University of North
Carolina at Chaipel Hill. A former
"Wuman of the Year” in Shelby
and former editor of The Cleve
land Times, Mrs. Hamrick cjir-
rently is serv-ing as a. member of
the Governor’s Advisory Council
» i Cemprohensive Health Plan
ing. a director of the UNC Alum
ni Association and a .member of
Gardner-Webb’s Board of Advisors.
She is on the Cleveland County
.^election committee of the John
Motley Morchoad Scholarship
Foundation and is the author of
a histjry of First Baptist Churoh,
of whieli she is a member. Form
er president of Shelby Junior
Charily League, she currently
scive,- as a tru.^toe of Cleveland
Continued On Page Eight
Thursday will be "Jessamine
Bowles Day” in Cleveland coun
ty. 'I he wife of Domoerati'c gub
ernatorial candidate Hargrove
(Skipper) Bowles, she’ll visit
here and be guest of honor at an
aftern(X)n reception to which all
area women are invited.
. The reception will be held
from 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock in the
meeting rocm at the new Cleve
land Coi.inty Memorial Librai^
near Shelby City Park.
iHostesies will be meirloers of
the Cleveland County Women
f..r Bowles organization. Mrs. C.
Rush Hamrick Jr. of Shelby and
Mrs. Charles D. Forney Jr. of
Lawndale are serving as general
chairman in chajge of arrange
ments.
They are being assisted by
(Mrs. Don Craiwlcy and Mrs. Fred
Flowers, Cleveland Clounty coor
dinators in the Bowles campaign,
Mrs. Ray Floyd and Mrs. Dwight
Boggs of Polkville, Mrs. Char
les Beam of the Delight commun
ity, Mrs. John L. McKTili of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Jim Beason and
Mrs. Dan Jones of Bciling
Strings, Mrs. Ralph Dixon of
Fallston, Mrs. Fred Beam of
Lawndale, Mrs. Charles F. Har
ry iri of Grover, Mrs. Lee Laven
der of Earl, Mrs. Eilly Turner of
Patterson Sprini :s, Mrs. Jehn
Poston of Waco and many other
committee members.
“We’re glad Ifhat Mrs. Bowles
can visit here and we cordially
invite all Cleveland women to
exme meet her,” Mrs. Hamrick
said. “She’ll make a very grac
ious and warm First Lady for
North Caiolina.”
Continued On Page '"g' t
313 New Voters
Are Reported
Ir Township
Majcrity cf the 313 names cf
n( .V cn the fear
N". 4 tr.wnshii) polling bao:£S a o
y urg ci. i'ens, K..1 rcji.:t:f.:'3
rep:rt, and Mrc. Brenda I! m '■ n,
cU' k to the county elcrtions
board, says business cC r;:gli:’r.r-
ing new ycung voters ha.-;, been
br. 'z thircjghiut the county.
(Friday is the last day to reg
ister to vote in the May 6th
'Dimejralic Pi'-mary. Mrs. Haim-
ton re.minds her office in Shejby
on the court square will :e ep en
from 8 until noon and from 1
until 5 p. m. Anyone who is
already registered to vote in a
general elcceion need n.t regis
ter ai ain.
Must registra tion vty here
S?'urday was rrp -.iijd t / Mri.
N. .le C'Mnford cT the Kir i-
M untain precinct wh, legged the
names <l 37 new vch ?'t y
at the Wert Kings M un ain pro-
Hath Mrs. J. H. ArlhC'.*, regi-trar
cir.'ct at the Armory, rccud^d 53
Bethware repor ed 21. The H ' 'd
and J. A. E. Conner fr m
was unchle to crr^a'ct Grover reg-
ict.ar Mr-:. J. B. L'llis but rhe had
previously recorded 45 on two of
thirco Saturdays the registrars
were on duty.
Mrs. Arthur said among the 127
new voters from Wert Kings
M.untain were 50 in the 18-20-
ycar-cld group; 77 wore over 21.
These included 98 Democrats, 19
Republicans, nine Independents
and one with no party affiliation.
Mrs. Nolle Cranford, reporting
brisk business in Elast Kings
Mountain precinct, ncted that she
had to ask a city policeman to
run an errand to Shelby for mere
registration blanks on Saturday.
Mrs. Hamilton said business in
the county elections board office
was very brisk and that almo t
all registration was bing done by
young citizens. She reminded that
.18^1 year olds are eligible to
vote in the first primary but only
if they £ve registered. Seme 17-
year-olds can also vote in the
primaiy’—lif their 18th birthday
comes before the Nov. 7 general
election.
It costs ncithing to regijiter and
no literacy tests are required.
New votcivs or new residents in
the county muct get their names
on the bcoks to veto.
aw
kins Pred
Pnmary
15th Annual Kiwanis Club School
Talent Contest Set Tuesday Night
Bonnie Hinnant
Edges Biother
Bonnie Hinnant, 12 ■ yea:r - old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
fJosh) Hinnant, out?i)rllcd ‘hcj-
brother and frur ether lap spellers
in the srhccl system to earn the
right to reprec;ent the city in the
Cha.vlr.tto (Observer • sponsored re
giminal spelling bee.
Rick Hinnant, the only young
man in the competition and also
the youngest conte.stant at age
10, represented North school; Ka
ren Montgrmery, age 12, repre
sented (Ircver srhcol; Nancy
White, 12, ropre.sented We£t
schocl; Mena Wells, 11, repre
sented East school; Christy Boiw-
cn, M, rcrresentel BctiiAaro
echo:! and Miss Hinnant rc'pre-
seated Cen'ral Junior high scbool
in last Wednesday’s finals.
Howard Bryant was pronouncor
for the contest hold in thoscliooTo
administration building. The con
test was a lOO-word written test
and the papers weto graded by
a gfcup of six judgro.
APPOINTED — Former Senator
Clyde Nolon of Shelby has been
Cleveland County
manager for Senator B. Ever
ett Jordan's re-election to the U.
S. Senate.
Mdau To Head
loidan Campaign
Former State Senator Clyde
Nolan of Shelby has been nam
ed Cleveland county manager of
Senator B. Everett Jordan’s re-
election campaign.
Jordan said Nolan would be
in charge of all planning and
promotional activities for the
May primary a.s well as the gen
eral election in the fall.
“I am f :rtunate indeed to have
the services of a man talented
and e.xperienced as Mr. Nolan,”
Jordan said. “Aheve all, he
knows the necessity of ex.-or-
ienced and respon :t.le leader
ship in the Senate the next six
years.”
Nolan, a realtor and famier,
served three tenns as president
cf the Shelby Board of Realtors
and is a member of the Shelby
Kiwanis club and Chamber of
Cemmerce.
In addition to .-ierving in the
stale senate, he was a delegate to
the 1953 and 1960 Demt-ratic
national convenii ns, is a past
chairman of the Clovclan \ t'oun-
ty Democratic party and is a
member of the state Democratic
executive crmrr.itleo.
iHe and Mrs. Nolan, the for
mer Flora Pcltii. live at 505 \V.
Marion St., Slielby. They have
one son, Clyde, Jr..
Success
$k
02 kcomes
Main Aim
Dr. Reginald Hawkins, Char
lotte dentiSt-pveaelier, candidate
for governor, says he will run
“cne-two” in the governor’s
Dcmofratic nc.nination race
and predicted that George Wal
la, e and Shirley Chisholm will
lead six Demccratlcs in North
vlarolina’s first presidential pri
mary May 6.
Dr. Hawkins, lone Negro can
didate for the Democratic nom-
.n..i,on .Lor g vernar, held a
press confererre here Wednesday
afternoon at the home of Wil
liam On'.
He charged that other can
didates who had been in poT-
f.ns of leadership had done no
thing about the problems they
now claim they can solve. He
said Candidate Hargrove (Skip
per) Bmvles, neither wdth the
Conservation and Dcveloj: .nent
/Icpartment nor as state senator
““did anything about pollution”.
In his comments over a brv:)ad
range of subjects the diminutive
native of Beaufort said:
1) He supp 'i’ts the $150 “clean
water” bond issue the voters will
consider May 6.
2> He shares Eowles aim of
improving the economic condi
tion of low and middle income
cltizems, addir^r “expecially wo
men and blacks”.
3) lie favors liberalized laws
on abortion regarding a .ortion
a matter between the woman
and her doctor.
4) He favers establishment of
ll'.ree regional research triangles.
5) He fav'crs slate av-sumpt'en
cf the t.;tal public education bill.
6) He favd.'s busing which lie
regards a majer tcol in the de
tacto school desegregation.
*. :^inued On Page Eight
TAPPED — Mrs. Vickie Turner
Gibbon has been elected to
membership in Kappa Delta
Epsilon, national professional
education sorority at Limestone
college.
Ssiority Taps
irs.
mn
V.:l:ie iurner Gibson, daughter
.f Ml. and Mr.s. James Turner
of Kings Mountain, has been
elected to memberihip in Kappa
Delta Epsilon, national profes
sional ed'. cation sorority.
Mr.s. Gibson ■ is a senior stud
ent at Limestone college in Gaff
ney, S. C.. where she is major
ing in elementary education.
She and her hu.band, Wayne
Gibson, are residing in Gaffney.
faycees Induct
iemaess
Three now men( ers joined the
Kings Mr.unt.o'n J roc-'; at Tuto-
day ni •’’it's regular mooting at
Royal V.Ila.
inducted by National Director
Jim Hastings of Boone an<l .'-tale
o'ficcr Jlin Toole :f SlicIby,
they are Joe King, Tommy Clary
and Scott Cloningor.
Jaycees Tap
Pr Mvors, owner and operator
cf Myers 'Printing Company, was
cieitcd president of the Kings
Mountain Jaycoos at Tue.:d,iy’s
regular meeting at Royal Villa.
Mr. Myers, who has hold all
majci' c.'fices in the Jayceos ex
cept prcsidcrit and secretaiy. will
be in- tailed along with other
(:ffi'x?rs and director- in May.
Other new officers include Rich
ard M:Kee. firs«t vice-president;
Jim Belt, second vfee^presidert;
Ki'nny M:s£, secretary; Jim Fa'H,
trcasi’ cr; Ar:mld Jackson, Jay-
’cir.l; Gary Eeat^'n, chaplain; Bob
Lcfb.virh. s*ate dire:tcr; and Tern
Jenkins. Store WILsen, Kenneth
Mr.Vbee. Reger Moore and Jee
E’ng, directors. Pact president is
Bcc Liftwicli.
ih.^ Jaycre.s are rurrerUy cx:n-
duciing a membership c' ive and
voung men ages 18-35 are invited
t ■ jcin.
Lone Bandit Hits
Royal Villa Inn
Kings .Mountain pclice are in-
vc£.llga:ing a Sundaj^ morning
h Ifcp at ihc Royal Villa Mot.:r
Inn.
According to E. W. Anderson,
an employee cf the Royal Villa,
a bl.uk man wearing a stocking
over his head pointed a double-
barrel shotgun at his head and
rebbed lum of approximately
$300.
The rebbory occurred at approxi
mately 3 a.m.
Andersni, who work^ tht 11 p.
m. - 7 a.m. shift as a desk clerk,
said the hrtrl had a full house
Saturday night and there w’as a
“let c: trjf'ie.”
“I don’t know hew he got in,”
Anderson said. ‘T waa working
and turned around and he was
tiicro wi!)i a doubloJharrel shot
gun pointed at my head.”
Anderson said tlie bandit was
ak nc and he saw no getaway
car.
Felice chief Thomas McDevitt
raid he doesn’t have a lot of
dues to work with but that the
incc.sti^aticn is continuing.
The holdup Sunday morning
marked the .'second time in two
weeks the Rcyal Villa has been
h i by thieves. Week before last,
.''.i.neone broke into the kitchen
< Kce and stole $399.20.
Laney Accepts
Tws-Pest lol)
M Kscenville
By MARTIN HARMON
Jee -M. L:ne>, dire I : c the
Kingii .Mountain Kr U rclrp n.'n
CcmmU‘-ion, ha? tencicicd hf
resignation, effective .April 35. to
accept the direitors.’.iip of both
tho n.Tonville N. Redevolcp-
ment Ccmmisn::i and t!ic Green
ville Pu’.l Housin:: Author"ty.
Mr. Laney, firrt and only di-
rcctc. cf the cc-T.mis.-ijn to date,
tendered his re.ignation Tues
day.
He write the ccmmisi'on:
“I cm submitting tliis letter to
ycu and the L:'Timi.3?ioner.s c:
the Ki.igs .Mcun Jin Rcdevclcp-
ment C. n.nL? on aj n ti e of my
resignation cfi-e.tive April 30,
1972 to acce;: the Iccsif.on o.
Executive D .ecte.; cf the Redo-
vcl pment C <r and H:u.'-
ing Authority of the City of
Gixcnviilo, Nc'th Carclina.
“This deJsicn was net an easy
one as I have enj'iycd m'/ work
and I foci the future is ’oright for
cu. prvgrsms here. I know the
va.-t majcrity of our ciitzens are
fc.waid R.ch'ing and I'avor our
plans for pregress. Hewever, fr. m
a prcfcs.i.-nal point cf view and
1. ture pctcr.tlal the Greenville
c.'f( r is cue I cannet refuse.
“I wi?h to take this opper urky
to thank you fbr youi cccpcra-tiin
in the part and to wish you well
in the future.”
When Mr. Laney came to Kings
Mountain, the Redevelo' Tsent
Commission had obtained a
S'lOO.COO planning grant. During
his tenure, the commission has
received Department of Housing
and Ui(ban Development appro
val fer a $2 million central bus
iness district redevelopment pro
ject and for a $3 million ur^an
renewal project.
Mr. Laney came to Kings
Mountain in November 1968 to
as.'v me the redeve^fopment com
mission directership. He is a re
tired lientenant-colonel in the
United Statees Marine Corps
with 22 years of active duty, in
cluding service in World Wr.r II,
the Korean War and in Vietnam.
In Vietnam ho was commander
of a 950 member battalion.
A nuRve of Bu'falo, N. Y.. Mr.
Laney is a graduate cX the
University of Buffalo. In Kings
Mountain. Mr. Laney is imme
diate past piesidont of the Ro
tary Club, and has been active
in ClR Scout work. He is a
mrmher <1 St. Mary’j Catholic
cl'.urch, of Shelby.
His wife is the former Miss
Lucille Walsh. They have three
chi’dren, Jim, 9, Val 7, and
Juey 5. The Laney family lives
cn Phifer Road.
fT
RESIGNS — Jcre Laney has re
signed 05 director of the Kings
Mountain Redevelopment Com
mission,
icn
Le'Roy Blanton, grocer and
washerette owner, was sw.'m
Tusday as a mem'cer cf Kings
Mountain Rodovelo, nent C.m-
mission.
Mr. Blanton was narr.cd by the
city commirsion to ccmpleie the
expired term, ending July 1973,
Charles L. Alexander.
A Kings M'^unlain native, son
of the late Ll:yd and Mary Blan
ton, he was in the grocery busi
ness in New York bc.Me roiuining
to Kings Mountain nine years
ago, Vi here he owmjj and operates
Blanton’s Convenience Food
Store and Blanton’s Washerette.
Mrs. Blanton is the former
Mrzell Mcjrc. They are members
of Good Hjpe Presbyterian
church.
If
Bsiltd Raimg
Is "Supeiioz
The Kings Mountain high
schocl Band earned a rating of
“Superior” in state music con
tests Wednesday in Marion.
Under the direction of Donald
Deal, the band played in Divis
ion One, Grade Five.
All Kim.’s Mountain band stu
dents will present a concert at
Central Junior high school au
ditorium the evening cf May
ISth, announces Director Deal.
Thomasson
Is Appointed
Ccngres;man Nick Galifiana-
kis today named Attorney' Gejrge
Thrmasson as manager of his
U. S. senate campaign in Kings
M'^untain.
T.i-'masson, a lifelong resident
of lungs Mountain. i:> a member
of the Cleveland County Bar As
sociation. the North Carolina Bar
AssrJaiicn, and the Norfh Car
olina State Bar Association. A
former judge in the Kings Moun
tain Recorder’s Court, he chair
man of r.ie local March of
Dimes, a past pre ident of the
Lions club, and a past president
of the Jaycees. He will be ca:tr-
uinating : is efforts in bt'half of
Galifianakis wiMi slate c:unpaign
mana er Russell Walker of Ashe-
boro and Cleveland county mana
ger Bill Lamb.
After the announcement Thom-
ass 'n said he had decided to
work for Galifianakis, who is
r unning for the Democratic nom-
•‘“‘''"11 for U. S. senator in he
May 6 pnna^y, cecause ‘'he is not
only the best qualified candidate,
but the one most concerned with
the particular problem of West
ern Norflh Carolina. Nick is a
strong and djmamic leader W’ho
will give us energetic representa
tion now and fer a long time into
the future.”
Galifianakis will be campaign
ing in Shelby and Kings Moun
tain today.
iFifty-one Kings Mountain stu
dents from grade one thro, gh
12 will partd'cipate in the Kings
(Mountain Kiwanis club’s loth
annual Schools Talent Show
T ue lay night at 7 p-. m. in Cen
tral schcol auditorium.
1 .’ophies will be presented the
winners and all proceeds have
I’ een designated to Kings Moun
tain Hospital’s Intensive .are
.Coronary Unit. Cost of another
unit would cost approximately
$6,000 to bring the num'icr to
two at the hospital, said Joe
(NeLsler, Jr., finance committee
chairman for the club.
Mr. Ncislcr said the Kiwan-
Ians raised $27,149.16 over
the past 14 years from the talent
sh ws to improve school and com
munity facilities.
“We hope to raise $3,000 from
the show which will make pos
sible the purchase of the equip
ment”, said Mr. Noisier.
St«.ident-performers will in
clude Tammy Appling, Teresa
'Mullinax, Terc.^a Bell, Randy
'Putnam, Darrin Sarvis, Preston
Short, Chris Bell, Reggie Perkins,
Bobby Horne, Kevin Mooreheaii,
Susan Hartsoe, Christy Mitchem,
Rhonda Keith, Kim Harmon,
'Rita Jackson, Brenda Young,
Mina Williams, Cherry Davis,
Janet Mitchem, Donna Leach,
Continued On Page Eight
GLASSES RESUME
Kings Mountain students re
turn to classes Monday after
a we<'k’3 Easter holiday-spring
vacaticn .
Honraths Ate Gsne; Couit Makes
VdimtaiY BanktnptCY Invobutaty
Saturday Blow
“Little Tornado?"
Wjs thq late Saturday aftor-
ncon blew a “17tlo” tc.niado?
Falls thinks it was.
He Icokod up to see his ’’.six-
prrk” tire rack being p.mprllod
across King street, where it
came to repose in corvice .‘da-
tir n neighbor Jim Leigh’.s drive
way.
Mr. Falls had visions cf num
erous bills for auto fender dam
age.
Not a scratch..
.A.s of Tuesday, Manh 2t. the
f(‘•.Aren-plus year cornc;'tron of
H:;vat'h ir.tcre'‘s w'th Margiave
and Pauline Mills e vied.
The c » p ate firm, N( i-'-o. Ine.,
whicli had been epera-’ing in vol
untary 'ban’:rupt',‘y under 'lille XI
of the federal .^ankr’phy a t, v •’ ^
pla.i i by the court in involun
tary l ;-.'ik:'upt:w .ind cpeia' rs
were pl:(;vd cvnaplctcly in tlie
hands of tiie Toam-ters Union
Pension PMud, a principal credi-
tor.
James J. Dickey, operating
manager, Wednesday ccnfiimed
the court aetinn and also that
Ernest A. Hrrvath. wlio had been
piiperin^ending the operations
since hankrujpt.cy was filed, is no
longer connected with the com
pany.
.Mr. Di/kcy .‘^aid he was net in
\ It Ion to ccn;men,( further hut
th 't a r pre.scntative, m Tientari-
ly in Mexico, rf the Teim tcrs
l!nir:n P('n.''~n I'und in charge cf
financing during the volun'ary
’rankruytry peri d would be avail-
next wee’e for a st:itrment
c ncirntng iufuro operations of
the ctnrpany.
F.-ilo for $2.9 m:l!ion of the thorj
s:ven-plant Ncislcr Mills, Inc., to
Ma.*^ achusotts Mohair Pluoh Com
pany, cwned principally by Hor
vath interest.^ was announced by
the late C. E. Noisier, Jr., in late
Oiteber 1955. The Horvath firm
assumed ownership and manage
ment on December 15, 1955.
McGirn!^ CBD Property Acquired;
B^mie Tract Clearing Continiics
CANDIDATE — Dwight Teess-
neer, 38-year-old dairyman of
Shelby, is a candidate for a seat
on the county commission in
the May primary. He is a 1952
g?aduate of Boiling Springs
high schocl. is married and the
father of four children.
Kings M^'untain Redevelop
ment Commission has completed
transaction for the Pni I H. .M:
Ginnis j rnperty cn S. Battle
ground Avenue for $21,150 ap
praised value of the property -
plus additional compensation for
trade fixtures on the premises
which was split between the own
er and tenant 1 ^ ed on owner
ship.
The property inelud'^'s the
building occupied by McGinnis
Dc’-arfment S* me annex and
M'^Curdy Cleaners, tenant.
It is the 10th parcel acquired
by the (*cmimi?sion in the Cen*?:’!
Business district redevelopment
project.
Meantime, clearance %vork
continues on the former Bonnie
Mills (office) property. Three
houses have been razed and it
is anticipated the former Bon
nie Mills office and store build
ing will bo vacated of personal
property and ready for razing
by week’s end.
.Joe Laney, director of the
commission, said D ke Power
O'mpany has said it can move
the transformer serving Miir-
'Glo (e.x'Bonnie) Mill f:r a maxi
mum of $2509 and is sending an
engineer here Frid /. to verify
the mov ing cost.
‘T feel the commi.ssion wit] be
ablo to meet the May 1 time-
taCcie and have the property
ready to effer for ^ale ^or com
mercial development,” Mr. Lan
ey commented.
revised h dget has been sub
mitted to HUD on the Canslor
Ftreet Uiihan R‘'nowal Arca
Project which will acccurJ for
the additional cost f relocation
without any additional cost to
the City of Kings Mountain.
This was passible due to in
creases in the State Highway
Commission work in widening
and rcsurfacing of Cansler
Street. The Commission hopes
to hear from the HUD Greens
boro office in early April. In
decisions are good for approval!