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Population Greater Kings l**^*flin «1.914 City Limits 8^ CtoMtw KtaSt M«uBtali ::j«r9 Is ttoct?s4 ■psam Usttsd «tatM Bursoa ol ths^stiw • invarr INt. ischKss «»• 14.«tl • RaabM 4 Toasihlp, osd tss ystwlilst rw ftss Htfmbnr 8 TotrMhtp. la Cl*v»ioBd Couatf SM nsvM* Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspoper Pages Today Plug 4>Poge Supplement VoL 83 No. 16 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 20, 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS Will First City School Law Solve Tuition Problem? Regional Sewer Plant Envisioned Mayor Urges § Citizen Support For State Bonds Mayor John Henry Moa^ Wed- nesdaiy urged voter support of tihe May 6 statewide clean water bond issue after Monday inviting offic ials of Gaston and Cleveland counties and Bessemer City to ar range a Joint meeting to discuss plans for a regional sewage plant. Mayor Moss said passage of the May $150 million olean water bond proposal would “go a long way in providing necessary funds ■to implement a regionail systemn which state officials thdnk feasi ble and economlcar’. He noted that the state bond issue will require no new taxes and wi-U be expelled over a five year ptriod as matjihinig funds tor both local and federal appro- ippiations. Clevvland County’s chare of the 'bvnds will be $1,072,500 and Gas- ten’s $2,190,000. The clean water CL^iiont is twoipronged, involving new water and sewer disposal systems. '‘Opportunity will be provided for cooperative development o4 the Kings Mountain area, enaUl- -ing the City of Kings Mountain water corranittee to formulate plans for implementing a pro gram for best use of the Kings • Mountain water supply in buing- ing about economic development within the confines of best envir onmental gUiideUnes,” the Mayor said. “We would ‘be able, to deem cut streams with advan.'-cd tcjh- niques, davelope ways to rc-use the waiter now available. My hopes are that Kings Mountain can make waiter available to every citizen in the Kings Moun tain area to bring about total de velopment,” he concluded. .The Mayor wrote the neighbor ing oifiCicrals: ‘The members of the City Board of Commissioners of Kings Moun tain and I have spent a great deal of time studying the prob- Ictns of waste water treatment. After extensive study, the Board adopted a resolution asking me to contact you with regadds to set ting i<p a meeting to discuss the feasibility of developing plans (for a regional sewer plant. “We are particulady Interested in establishing a sewer plant to serve a regional area of Western Gaston and Eastern Cleveland Counties as it is related to the area between Bessemer Cityr Kings Mountain, and portions of Gaston County and Cleveland County in the Kin-gs Mountain area. “If a plan could 'be worked out to make such plants feasible, J • think that the county "and munic- ipalKy areas to be served would realize tremendous finanloial sav ings and avoid the serious and ccanplicated technical problems which all'Of us experience. “We would appreciate hearing Centimed On Pag^ Eight Building Pennits Issued By City The city istfjed building per mits durln gthe past week for a -metal masonry shop building at Central school and for two new residences, as well as three o- thers for repairs. The permits: • Kings. Mountain Board of Ed ucation, shop building $20,098. ‘Luke Hoyle, five room resi- derfce at 302 Somerset Drive, esttnated cost $19,900. Melvin Faucette, seven-room residence at 704 Marlon Street, estimated cost $26,000, Marion 'Dixon contractor. J. OUie Harris, for repairs, to residence at 921 Sharon Drive, estimated cost $800. T. Ellison,, lor repairs to resident at 910 Church street, estimated cost $350, Paul Mor- contractor. J. Howard Puniiey, for repairs to Residence at 200 S. Watterson street, estimated cost $400. (irigg Chabman Oi Cancel Drive ‘il^red Griggi consumer loan o^^feer for first Union National 'T^nk an4 Cftnipalgn leader for a972 CBjtcar Ct^ada, announces a $oa4 of Kidk-^ Dor the drive here and throughdut the county was held :iMonday. » Mr. Grigg said money re ceived Will aM local cancer pa tients as well' as provide re search into the dread disease whiloh kills many people each year. Chairman in the various di visions of the drive include: Larry Morrow and Joe Smith, business; Bdb Webster, indust rial; Mrs. John Cheshire, civic and fraternal; Mrs. James E. Herndon, Jr., memorials; Mrs. (Mary Wade Smith, special gifts; and Mrs. Don Bumigardner, First Union officer, treasurer. '^e need additional people to help make this drive a success and invite anyone who wants to volunteer to help to contact me at First Union”, said Mr. Grigig. (Mr. Grigg came to Kings Mountain from Gastonia’s First Union National Bank three years ago. He is a director of the Merchants Association and active in the Rotary club. Mrs. Griigig is the former Adriane Woody and they kve at 319 Scotland Drive. They are mem bers of First Preslbyterian church. Pay Increase: Non-Teaching School Folk Th Kings Mountain Board of lEducation Monday directed SJa- perintendent Don Jones to pro ceed with projecting a five per cent pay increase for schuui pei- sonnel normally paid out of lo cal funds into the 1972-73 budget. The increase involves mainte nance, clerical, custodial and ca feteria workers. The main reason for the In- crease^ Jones said, was because all funds eflfective July 1 are subject to the state retirement fund and this had to be reflect ed in the new budget. 'Final approval of the budget, when it is o^mpleted, will be up to the school board. In other action at Monday's monthly meeting, the board: * 1) Heard a report from Dean Westmoreland, chairman of the school p<oliicy committee, on iphase n of the committee’s po licy report; 2) Passed a resolution request ing the city board of cxwnmis- •loners to exclude the school system from paying for build ing permits. Jones said the schools had to pay $115 for a building permit for a metal building at Central Junior High School before utility lines would ibe Ihstalled. Jones said it was the first time the schools had ever pRid for a building permit; 3) Approved a supplemental Driver’s Education budget for salaries only—to carry the pro gram through June 31. The sup- rflement raised the budget from to $18,137.73; 4) Approved the tuition and salary a^edule for summer school — the same as last year’s. Tuition for students is $40-; 5) Approved student accident insurance policies with Pilot Ofe Insurance Co. The $2.25 for teachers reflects a 25 cent reduction and the $2.50 rate for students is a 25 cent increase. Twenty-four ho»ur protection rates are $16 per student and ^.23 per teacher. Athletic pro tection is $28.50 per player; 6) Approved the reassignment of Kenneth Bridges from East School to North School. First Presidential Primary In State Is May 6: Here Are The Ground Rules Democrats can vote only for Democratic presidentiol candi dates in the primary. Republicans only for Republican candi dates, third party members only for whatever candidate from their porty might be running. In a slote of more than four party primary candidates, only those four polling the highest number of votes will be assigned North Carolina delegate votes at the national conventions. No condidate polling less than 15 percent of the primary vote will receive ony delegate votes. Eocb successful candidate in the presidential primary will be assigned convention delegate votes in proportion to the per centage of the total votes he receives from the electorate. Delegates from North Carolina to the notional party ocn- venions will as usual be chosen by their parties in the state conventions. On the first nominating ballot at the national con ventions the casting of North Carolina's delegate votes will be automatic, that having been decidel by the primory vote. The primory results are binding only on the first convention ballot ofter that the delegates ore free to vote as hey—or the party leoders—see fit. Casting Underway For Murder Flick LUTHERAN TOPIC "Wbat Is Peumtesiveness?" will be the senmon topic of Rev. Robert E. Allen at Sunday mofinlng worship hour at 11 o’clo(3k eit St. Matthew’s Luther an church. Merit Award To Panla Moss Paula Jean Moss, daughter of “Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moss of 106 Center street, has won a Certificate of Merit and a $100 United States Savings Bond in the Firestone Slcholarship awards program for 1972. The Kings Mountain high school senior Is among three Gastonia area high school stud ents winning scholarships and merit honors. The 4l scholar ship winners from throughout the country are all sons and daughters of Firestone employes. (Miss Moss’ father works in the carding department at the Gas tonia plant. Fifteenth Annual Kiwanis Talent Show Thnisday Night; 82 Entrants A variety of entertainment by 66 Kings Mountain students will feature the 15th annual Kiwanis Schools Talent Shbw Thursday night at 7:30 in Central Junior high school auditorium. iKiwanlans have set a goal of $3,000 to help provide a coronary unit for Kings Mountain hospi tal. 'Trophies will be presented to the youthful winners. Among thfe entertainers will be Anthony Keller who will sing ^Joshua Fit the Battle of Jer icho”: Robin Pursley who will periform a fbaton routine; Krls- -tal Hupffstetler who will dance, Rofbin Harry who will perform a baton and tap number; Cindy Penner who will tap dance and Beth Bates who will dance to “Jazzerina” in Division i for th!rd and fourth graders. In the Junior High School Di vision II, Randy Carthen will dance, Kim Harmon will play a I piano solo and Dwanda Lee Chapman will sing, “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing.” Karen Ledford will dance the Charleston and Mark Canipe will sing and a rtiythm band of first and second graders will perform to ‘^op Goes rite Weasel” In Di vision 111; Sonya Smith will dance the Charleston, Keven Brent Bell will sing and Angela Hood will perform an original dance routine. In Division W eighth, fifth and sixth graders wil give a skit, “Sadies at the Movies”; seven students wUl dance the Charleston, Bridgette White will sing and play thte guitar. Cheri Fite will tap dance and Sonja fMJoAbee will sing, My Friend Could See Me Now.’’ In the high school division Damette Perkins will sing Tim Echols will pertform a ventrilo quist act, David Lucas will sing "The Impossible Dream” and a rock band of 10 students yrill play “Light My Fire.” Costner May Lose Sight Oi An Eye A route 2, Kings Mountain man has lost sight of one of his eyes, at least temporarily, after a freak acrident last Wednesday. Grady Costner, a resident of the Midpines Community, was removing some carpet from the home of Henry Nbisler on Phi fer Road when the aeddent oc curred last Wednesday morn ing. iA)(»ordinjg to Costner’s wife, he was removing stretch carpet when one of the ■'arpet tacks /flerw up and went through the pupil of his eye. JOostner went to Hendricks- (Durham-Lee clinic but was re ferred to a doctor in Shelby. Costner’s wife said that by the time she giot him to SheJby, a cataract had already formed be hind the eye. A Shelby doctor operated Saturday at Cleveland iMemorial Hospital but as yet Costner hasn’t regained his sight. 'The doctor said he might have to operate again, but he can't tell us anything flor sure now,” Mrs. Costner said. “He said we’d Jiist have to wait and see what happens.*' Costner, remains a patient at Cleveland Memorial. WsRted: lady Motorcyclists For "Sign OH" Rob Wiesener, 20, Gaston col lege student and radio disc jockey, aims to put Kings Mountain in the movies. He has, in fact, wrltiten the script for a full-length motion picture and he and his three part ners in the movie venture audi* timed more than 2(X) people FVi- day aah\ fta/.urday during sasslons at Royal Villa. The Four Fellows, Inc., which gets its name from the four pinS ners In the film eorFK>ration, is optimistic that a premier cf “Sign will be fonthceming in Juno. “Sign Off”, the brainchild of Wiesener and his disc jockey co- worker Jim Arp at Radio Station WKMP, is the story of life in a small Southern town and the family skeletons that come to life after a woman disc jobkey is murdered. Kay Wiesener, wife of the director-author, has the lead female role. Arp plays a country music singer turned disc jockey. , Reb’s older brother, Carl, Jr., 23, senior electrical engineering stu dent at Gaston Tech and drafts man at North American Mills, is third partner and treasurer an the production company. He’s the chief of polke in the movie, and his band, ‘The Heavies”, will be featured in nightclub scenes. Fourth partner in the new busi ness is Pete Floyd, who will also be one of the stars of the show. A cast of 277 people will be needed for “Sign Off” which is to be filmed here. Some of the scenes are to be shot at the local radio station. There are about seven deaths in the mo.ie, all with the ele ment of surprise. Those not doom ed may get parts motorcycle- gang-girls and members of a crowd or hostesses and customers in a “bad house” scene. This flick is “not a dirty mov ie”, say the promoters. Probably “R” because of the attitude. Studio equiip(ment and profes sional production help are on the way and backers have been ob tained, says Wiesener. Mrs. Cart Wiesener, mother of four of the stars, daughter, Nan cy, two of the partners and (iauiffh- ter-ln-law Kay, 'has been “stair- ring” as Girl Friday at her home on Gaston street. Continued On Page ^'ght —Mlil jT PRODUCER - DIRECTOR — Aeb Wiesener U producer-author-di rector of “Sign Off” which held oudltions for movie roles during the weekend. Lay Witness Weekend Set Lay Witness Weekend will be held April 2S-30 at Grace United (Methodist church with varied ac tivities of worsliip and fellow ship planned. 'More than 20 visiting laymen will lead cottage prayer meet ings youth group activities and church worship activities which 'begin with a covered dish supper on April 281^ and culminate with a covered dish luncheon on Sunday, April 30th. '85 Statute: AH In-City Areas Are In District By MARTIN HARMON Will the first, section of the fir t act relating to Kings Moun tain Sciiool District solve the uro).jlcm of in city, outof-couny East Kings Mountain citizens now charged $60 per year per child who attend Kings Moun tain schools? Everyono concerned hopes it will. The provision, So:t'oh 1 in “An Act to K i a.)llsh a Graded .School in tlie Tewn cf Kings (Mountain” and ratified by the (General Assembly 67 years ago on March 6, 1305 reads: “That all the territory embraced in the incorporate limits of the Town of Kings Mountain shall be and is hereby constiil ted the “'Kings Mountain Graded Scho:! Dis trict” for white and colored children. Board of Education Attorney Jack White sfiys simply, regard ing the current in-city, Gaston- resident pmblem, ‘^t reads that way to me.” Meantime, per instructions of the board of education, he is re questing a ruling from state Attorney-General Robert Mor gan. The old law came to fore re cently when the members of the hoard of education and school officials received a copy of an Insitute of Government publi cation “Local Acts Creating and Providing for North Carolina City School Adimin’otrative U- nits” by Robert E. Phay and Ro bert M. Ward. The book was pu blished in January of this year, and Kings Mountain officials’ received copies during the part week. 'George H. 'Maimoy, school 'board chairman, called attention to the old law at Monday's night’s board of education meet ing. Should the attorney-general’s opinion ionfinm Attorney White’s thinking, tuition fees would be eliminated for the 'Garton county residents of the City of Kings Mountain. In turn, school taxes paid to Gaston ecointy by these citizens would be prorated to Cleveland County directly and to the Kings Mountain school district indirect ly, since school appropriations are made on a per capita pupil basis. Schoolmc^n Worry Is Pupil Housing Housing Boom Indicates Big Pupil Inaease HONORED — Michael W. Falls, InsuronComan, has been honor ed for the second straight month as Mon of the Month for hie district. Second Awaid To Falls Michael W. Falls, representa tive cf tht Wtetern and Southern Life Insurance Company, of the Shelby District, has been selected as Man of the Month far March, by hig District. 'Mr. Falls was cmpijkyod by Western and Southern in May of 1971 after completing a Uait of duty in the military service. A native of Cleveland County, he attended LatiLimore Elctmen- tairy school and is a graduate of Hargrave Mi'litaiy Academy, Chat ham, Virginia. He resides on Route 3, Shelby with his wife, Jo Falls. This is the second straight month Falls has won the award. Legion District Taps Bob Davies 'B;lb Davies, superintendent of U. S. Gypst-m Company on Gro ver road, was elected District 23 Commander of the American Legion Saturday. The new Commander will suc ceed George Browning of Shel by. Wayne Miller of Shelfcy was elected Vice Commander of the district which includes posts in- Shelby, Kings Mountain, Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spin- dale. Commander Davies served as Vice Commander of the district last year. He is active In Otis D. Green Post 155. Venerable Bonnie Mill Landmark Decimated For Re-Development By MARTIN HARMON Bulldozers decimated a venera ble Kings Mountain landmark this week—^the office and store building of Bonnie Cotton Mills, Inc. on Cherokee. The office-store building was constructed in conjunction wiftli building of the Bonnie MiW cir* cum *1898-1900, Its razing is for clearing of the tralct designed for cemmeroial re-development by the Kings Mountain Redevelop ment Commission. The late D, C. Mauney recalled some years before his death that he had helped build the Bonnie, named for .Mrs. Bonnie Mauney Summers,’and had worked as a hod carrier, 12 hours per day, for the munificent sum of five cents per hour. Apparently, from what he (old h-is son Carl F. Mauney, current president of the (Bonnie, he was paid for his laboi^ with ft e shares of stock. Leaders in organization of the Bonnie, chartered in 19(X), were fhe h >d*carrier’s ftuher, Jacob S Mauney, and hi.s uncle, W. An drew Mauney, father of Mrs. Sum mers. . The owner no longer operates the yam producer, but lea.ses it to Mur-Glow, Inc., a division of Continued On Pag% Eight Rites Thursday For Mrs. Falls Funeral services for Mrs. Hertha Jane Falls, 67, will be held Thursday afternoon at 4 o’ clock at Second Baptist church. The body will lie in state at the church from 3:30. Mrs. Falls, who had been in TI health for several months, died at 6:35 Tuesday afternoon at Kings Mountain Hospital. She was the wife of Ira Jef ferson Falls, who survives, and the daughter of James A. Co verson, of High Shoals, and the late Lula Mullinax Coverson. Also surviving are four SDns, (Harold Falls, of 'McAdenviPle, and Doytt Falls, James Falls and Ira William Falls, all of 'Kings Mountain; four daughters, (Mrs. Tom Wilson and Mrs. Fred Acuff, of Gastonia, and Mrs. 'Earl Navy and Mrs. Keith Hil liard, both of Kings Mountain; three brothers, Clarence Cover- Ccyntinued On Page Eight VfW Elects lack Smith Jack Smith was elected com mander at Frank B. Glass Fbst 9811 Veterans of Foreign Wars in annual post balloting Mon day. !Mr. Smith was unopposed for the office as wore all officer- nominees. There were no write- in candidates. Other officers will include: George Sellers, senior vice com mander; David Delevie, junior vice commander; E^arl Stroupe Jr., quartermaster; Lester Eak- 'judge advocate; Gary Bolin, chaplain; Yates Smith, surgeon; (Frank Case, three-year trustee; and Marlon Dixon, two year trustee. The now officers will he In stalled at the May meeting on Monday, May 1st, at 7:30 p. m. School Break-In Is Reported Kings Mountain police are in vestigating a break-in Monday night at East School. The school’s principal, C. A. Allison, reported to the police Tuesday moring that someone had entered the building and ransacked a classroom and stole a small amount of mioney. (Police said entry was m.ade through a girl’s restroom on the north side of the building. A drink box and a towel machine was broken into and approxim ately $2.(X) stolen. Several Pictures Didn't Arrive Missing from the women’s -page aiTe five pibtures ^^ich were slated to run in tlhfs'week’s Her ald. Engravings, wl^h are ship ped to Kings MounlaTn via bus from Greenville, S. C. engravers, 'had not arrived ait pressUme Wed nesday night. “ The pictures and stories will a'ppear in next week’s edition. Firemen Benefit Saturday At 5 (Bethlehem Volunteer Fire De partment wil serve barbecue chicken Saturday fnm 5 until 8 p. m. at the department head quarters in the Bethlehem com munity. Proceeds from the supper $1.50 per plate) will be used to purchase fire-fighting ecyuipment. Mrs. Sipes' Riles Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. Mamie Sue Davis Sipes, 67, of route two, were conducted Tuesday af ternoon at 2 p. m. from First Nazarene church, interment fol lowing in St. Luke’s cemetery. •Mrs. Sipes, wife of Forest Sipes, died Saturday at 6 P'. m. ■in the Kings Mountain hospital after illness of several months. She was the daughter of the ■late Roe and Mattie Freeman Davis. Besides her husband she is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Gene Hughes, Mrs. Lee Bumgardner and Mrs. David Styles, all of Kings Mountain; six sons, David Sipes, Don Sipes and Cedi Sipes, all of Kings Mountain, Robert Sipes of Gro ver, Johnny Sipes of Clover, S. C. and Charles Sipes of Walling ford, Connecticutt; five sisters, (Mrs. Lily Ford, Mrs. Carie Grigg and Mrs. Maggie Hullen- (Continued on Page Eight) John Jackson, Hotel Major Domo, School Janitor (Finally) Retires John Jackson, 87, retirdd re cently as janitor of Boyce Mem orial ARP Church, bringing to an end of 67 years in his profes sion. Jackson, who ’ives at 302 West (King Street, began janitorial work at the age of 20 at Moun tain View Hotel. Before taking his post at Boy«ce Memorial, he serv^ for several years as jan itor at West Elementary School. Jackson has three children, all By MARTIN HARMON Kings Mountain district school cCficialSj taking a keen look at the residcni'ial building boom in virtually every area of the city, are viewing their own pupil housing pix^blem with alarm. Summed U(p, die question to themsc'l.es is: "Where are we go ing to put ’Gim?” Cogency of the question is sup ported graphically by the faa:s that five plants, Kings .Mountain high school, lone high sahool in the dlalrict, Central junior high school, lone seventh-eighth grade school in the district, and North, East, and West, are popping at the seams as far as pupi'l hous ing is concerned. Nor is there any spare rocm at the school inns of Bethware and Grover. Only classroom space available and not now in use is at Ccmipaat, scene of i^cial teaching, and Park Grace, being used for voca tional training. Wculd Kings Mountain sdhooJ district citizens apbrove a $2 million bond issue lueadllne un der the General Assembly aict of last year July 1, 1973, for voter approval and sale of district bonds) fpr the foilowing: 1) A new building for an eighth-ninth grade junior high school to be constructed on oChocl property on Phifer Road adjas^ent to the high school. 2) .Additional classrooms and interior recreation areas for East and West schools. 3) Further impro\*ements to Bethware school. The plan en\7sions using the Central plant foj* a lone sixth- sci.en':;h grade school and utiliz ing other plants — Trted of sixth grades—ifor kindergarten - fifUj grade schools. » Kings Mountain district school oenstruction is in very good con dition, Su'permtendehl (5 Schools ‘ ■Don Jones reports. With a 1971 district taxaible valuation of $68 million, the district is permitted by law to owe up to rtght percent cf that figure or $5,440,000. The books show current bonds outstanding (fer the high school) . of $600,000, but there's $100,000 in escrow, leaving the net bonded debt at $500,000. living. They are Paul Jackson of (Kings Mountain, a pres.-fman for the Kings Mountain Herald;^ Mrs. Missouri Morgan of Kings* /Mountain and Mrs. Martha Mit- chem of New York. Jackson’s wife, Mrs. Ida B. Jackson, died five yeai*s ago. Jackson is a member of the Bynum Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church and Is a master mason in the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge.