Population
Greater Kings l#"*’''"*ain ^1.914
City Limits 8,465
GrMtar Kings MountolB -^jurs U icom tM
ipeuni Unltsd Ktatns Bureou of tbs Census report o
icmuorf 1960. and Includes the 14,890 populoUiin o
NuaUMr 4 Township, and tne remaining 6.184 iron
Pomoer S Township. In Cloreland Countg and Crowdnr*
viountotn Township to Gaston ConntT.
Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspaper
VOL. 83 No. 30
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, July 27, 1972
Eighty-Third Ye
PRICE TEN CENTS
Strikers Heard, But Board Decision Is Reaffirmed
Pail!
^ I Wooten Reports
ijiadden Rescues bin Garbage Pickop
Service Normal
At Lake Caswell
lliigs Mouiitaiu
Mending
i Retreat
CATHODE RAY TUBE — New equipment installed by SouiheTH
Bell in Gastonia this year is the telephone like di.'^play screen
with conventional keyboard to type service orders. Operating
the machine is Mrs. Janet Branton. service order typist, while
R. B. Moore, Southern Bell manager, is shown obsexving. Infor
mation is stored in a computer ba:ik end messages are called
out to be pictured on the screen.
Funeral Conducted
For Harold George
A Sci'cn.i Bapti.st chur.li ri*-
ticai to the bcaLii oncle:! in Ira-
;’OJy WedncsJjy evening for a
Kir!;^'; -Mountain family.
Kov. Ka^enc Land, paster el
Soj'.ncl diurcli, called
i-ni.m.xers ci hi- con"re;;ation with
the nevv.s that Paul Gladden, one
the m( m>hers Oi llie sroup,
dr wned afu. In pulled a youn.i'
aild lijm deep water.
The M'.nLstor, w'ho spoke via
I licne with Ira Palls, a.')(;ul 7 p.
ra., said that Gladden, 20, son
Ct Mr. and M:s. Jehn W. Gladden
■ Ci. Kin;.;s Mountain, had gone out
into the deep waters of a lake at
Ca.-.Acil Baptist Retreat near Wil-
mih-.-.n 1j help a young gfrl "in
n‘ou‘:ie". ‘lie get her back to the 1
r-.x's and wo lookoi and Paul
suddenly disappeared.’
Hescue workers were otill drag
ging liie waters for young Glad
den’s bedy laic Weunesday, Mrs.
James vV. Ware, another mem-
:xM’- oi the distressed congrega
tion, reported.
Aiftcr hearing news of the ac
cident, parents oi other chHdren
in tlie outing party irn'mediately
. leU jljr.4:be Cifc>»)ii>/Vlni60 JiWtoa 'l*>t ■ »hini trtif.’V-
Uie coast were Mr. and Mr.s. Chal
mers Pruitt, Mr. and Mrs. jimmy
Guyten, Mr. and Mns. Dewitt Guy
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Htooks MoAbee,
and Ira Kails.
I AmoKsg 53i!Q7 Two
i Men Scut Mates
I CUlicial atlendancc at the
I annual jll-slar game in At-
I laiiia Tuesday nigiii was o3,10f.
Among them was Ollio Har
ris and Jii.s grandson John Oliv
er Ill.
After Hank Aaron's sixth in
ning heme run, Mi. Harris was
ehavting wiiii hij noiglioor who
said, in effeol, "Wasn't that
great?”
iMr. Harris replied, “Sure, for
tlhe BrJvcs and tlie National
League and you—if you’re a
National League fan."
Convcr.saticn continued, and
Mr. Harris remarked that he
was from Nv.rih CarMina.”
Three Youths
hie Charged:
Egg Assault
His new-found friend replied,
“1 once was from North Caro
lina, vs'htre are you from?”
Kings Mountain.
"Say. I UiCd to live in Kings
Mountain,” the neighbor re
plied.
Tile neighbor proved to be
Larry Lline, wbo lives at near-
cy Marietta, he is tiie son of
City CLmmissioncr Kay Cline
and son-in-law of Lulhex Ben
nett.
Mr. Cline continued, ‘T
thought I had seen you before.
My Dad and father-in-law are
up there somewhere in the
' Three iKings Mountain yiuths
' were arrested Tue.sday night for
j assault by throwing cgg.s after a
1 11:30 p.m. incident on vv’atteia^n
; Srect. |
j City ■polu'c officers B. I'. Cook
! and Eoo Mead-w.s served wux"-
1 rants on Allen Lane Lr^gnii, 17,
i Mark Erne-'d McDaniel, 17, and
1 Giegory Sutton, IT.
j Aceerding to p dice, Konnio Per-
' kins cf 400 Parker Street and AI-
I frevt J:mc:-son of Route 2 alleged
‘ that they were walking along
i t!io street when a car drove by
! and the three youths threw eggs ceivin;
I a: them.
I There were other reports of
! egg-lhrcw'ing against cars and
1 buddings Tuesday night but no
; c.her chaige.s were filed.
By MARTIN HARMCN
Garbage pick-up service was
11-mill Wednt,‘."'iiay. Public Works
Koicman Ris oo Woilen .said, fcT
1 wing ai/oreciated service over
i1m‘ vscckeiul in the wake cf a
sir,ke .<y .saiidati »n dcipartment
workmen liiui- day.
file w ).”d w.H ■■cat;'h-up” and
cn > vv.irkman rtporled at noon
VVediK.sda^, "We’ve cleaned up
Cifs.eni Hill.”
.M'. VVucten reporti'd a full c\>m-
plemcnt ol It- men on the pick
up detail, in.luding seven men
who didn’t walk ou; Inur' day,
two who returned Ic work Friday,
and Svven oMicr (‘niido.veca.
In a sp(*cial meeting Sunday
aftornroii, the board oi coinmis-
si. ncis adepu^d a resolution de
claring tile men who left their
jci).-: an 1 lailed to return had for-
leiiid their joas.
Mayer J.;!in Henry Moss said
Monday afternoon, "llie trucks
are rolling.”
The workmen are paid $1.93 Galveston, Te.xas and
per houi. with truck driver.s re-
$1.97. Mr. Wooten said
PARTNER Huah Hallam, Jr.
is a new partner and pharma
cist at Mountaineer Pharmacy.
Hallam loins
KM Pharmacy
Hugh Hallam. Jr., 30, native oi
Arlington.
Va. piiarmacist the pisl five
years, has jiined Mountaineer
I Wednesday
Nigh! Vote
Unanimous
Ey MARVIN iiARMON
1
The cit\ tf-rm’^si-n rec'invpn-
ed its earlic. seed n tliat ended
at 6:30 W( im :i:*> t- give audi-
en'’o I ) nine (. .Tipl w'cc •. w ho had
walke:! cut I ut Thur:day, but
the iv.-iult was the same:
The four c c.Timi.sHoiieM pres
ent voted ur. inm.M! Iv !■ reaf
firm its deci.si(.n cl Sunday de-
cla.ing those w'l walked cui as
n longer in tlie city’s erm.dcy.^
Ccmnii.-.sioner Jonas Bridges
made the mclion and Commi.a-
sicner N'orman King scL'oiuled.
Voting aye were Commis.sioncrs
Seimore Biddix and T. J. Ellison.
Johnny Short spoke for the em
ployees, st.Uing they wanted
more puj, more equipment, and
ma-c lielp.
Among his cemments were,
•The new super doosiTt know
what Uiese men know,” and “A
man in Gastonia don’t know
noliiiiig aojul Kings Mountain.”
Miles H. tSmileyi Myers con
tended the men ‘•ouldn’t get a-
Service Station
Owner Died
Sunday Night
Funeral rites for Harold Dean
George, 37, owner and cjicrator of
King Street Gulf Station, wore
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
4 p.m. from Ea.st Gold Street Wes
leyan church ,inteMnent following
in Mountain Re.st cemetery.
Joyce Ann King, daughter of
Comm, and Mrs. Norman King,
also called heme to report the
tragedy.
Rev. Ml. Land had accompani-
c 1 a large group on the outing
M mday morning, Mrs. Ware said.
'ii.ung Gladden is the youngest
Li 11 children of Mr. and Mrs.
, I J.dm W. Gladden and their sec-
Buildm- permit purchases were oiaddcas
brief dunn- the past week, prin-j , ^ drowning,
cipal amons tl,em purclia.se of, Gladden, some years a-o.
a peimit by N. !•. ! .\ graduate of Kinais Mountain
addition of a room, estimated to Madden wa,, a
>.:udt nt at Gaston college. He
was active in the youth program
Se.;oiuI E.iDtisi cliurcli.
WW n Reunion
Here On Sunday
h..urs (otiaiglii time) per week.
Johnny Short, spokesman for
tlie gfwup, was quoted as saying
the men wanted $2.10 and $2.20
per liour respectively plus tlie
live iK'iveiii raise the city will
in.sliluie for all employees on
SepUmoer 1.
Mayor Moss noted that city j
fringe benefits are "good”, in-1
[eluding eity-pakl hospitalization;
Funeral ri^'s for Dorus Frank-1 insurance and a retire- j
lin Smith, t-t, Lake Montonia i plan. Employees get a i
Club caretaker, were conducted i ^veek’s paid vacation after a;
Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. trom j year's employment, two week’s]
Qasar Bai^ist chureik j (paid vacaHom after five-yeap^s,
folicwln? in the church cemeterv. with a weeks bonus pay at
Cluh Caretaker s
Rites Conducted
r..und” on their acvsigned routes
the normal w’ork schedule is 44 pharmacy as a partner and phar- i and told the board, "ihey want
macict. | pay rales of $2.10 and $2.25 per
' hour.”
i Johnny Whaley said P'oreman
Kostoe Woolen told him on Wha-
U->'s Ih-sl day as a driver, ‘‘Get’
ovei liie roiUe twice or else.”
Danny Smith, who drives a
"limb” truck, contended the city
could save mu{Mi time and money
with a chopping machine, saving
time - consuming trips to the
dumping area.
Mr. Short contended the “five
percent raise isn’t enough”.
Anncuncemcnt of the new’part
nership was made by Carl V.
WiesGiier.
Mr. Hallam is a graduate of
North Dakota Stale University
! and Sv’hool ol Pharmacy.
He is married to the former
Joyce James and they are par
ents of a son, Jeff, age 10.
The Hallams are Baptist and
are residing in Georgetown Apart-
mtnts.
Building Petmit
Activity Brief
©'
Rev. Edwin R. (Tiristtie officiat
ed at the final riles, assisted by
Rev. W. Leonard Huffstetler.
x\ctive pallbearers were Frank
Hollifield, Guy Wallens, Denver
Sliula, Alfred Tate, Ed Yarbro
and Paul Grigg.s.
Kings Mountain Rescue' Scfuad
mcimbens Max Brooks and Keith
Bewen answered a call Saturday
night at 10:20 to the George
home at IGOO Shelby road.
Mr. Bowen said they found
George lying in the yard Ix'himi
his car, his body close to the left
rear wheel. Bowen .said they
found no pulse but immediately
began administering mouth-to-
moU'th re.-jcuitation and heart
mas.sage in effort to rt'vive him.
Mr. George was pronounced
dead on arrival at Kings Moun
tain hospital at 10:30 p.m. by
County Medical Examiner Dr.
Sam Robinson. On a question of
cause of death. Dr. Robin.s )n told
the Herald yesterday eveming,
"Our studies are incomplete”
There are no indications of foul
play.”
A Kings Mountain native,
John 1. George, Sr. ol Kings Moun-
'tain. Surviving, oUkt tlian hi.-
George was .son of Mr. and Mrs.
parent.s, arc his wife*, Mrs. Mickey
Hamm George; one s >n, TG;niny
Dean George, arul three daugh
ters Debbie, Tammie, and Kim
George, all of the heme'; four
brothers, John George, Jr. of
Kingj Mountain, Kcnnelh George
of Lincolnton, Curtis Gexirge of
Statesville and Richard George of
Virginia Beach, Va.; and three
sisters, M-rs. Bill Wy(*rs, Mr.s. Hor
ace Cunningham and Mrs. Gary
jii k
c\>sl $3S50. to his residence at 705
wore i West Mouiuain street. Melvin
W’right is c.mtracor.
DenifTiiion permit was i^su(*d to
Mauney Mills, Inc., to remove a
.smill metal building, a remodel-
ing permit (zoning! was issued
to EmedcH Jones, wlio lives in
the Route 3 perimeter area.
Irailer placement was isoued
to Fred and Geneva Neal, 1419
Shelby Road.
l Oi
The tliild rep irledly pulled to
.salety oy young Gladden was a
meni jcr cl a Forest City Baptist
l iiurvh gi- up led by the minister-
hi Oi W. W. Laughter of
King.; Maantain.
Mauney Home
On Home Tour
Gimand Clan
Beumon Set
Annual Ormand Reunion will
, , be held Saturday at 12:30 at
Tin* summer homo of Rep. and Presbyterian church.
Mrs. W. K. Mauney. Jr. of Kings p.'
Mountain Is among f.ve vacation and kin recall the first
homes on the annual tour ] ^atiu rin *' the “Old Furnace
hom<- .»ponsored by the women I attracted crowds
of St. Mary.s of the Hills Episco-i auaiaer of years to what
pal cluirih of Blowing Rock. Qj^j pui-nace Iron
Tour hours ai(* Friday from creek nearby in the
11:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. ending
with a complimentary tea at
Blowing Hock Country club. A
luncheon will be .servcrl at the
Parish Hall there Irom 11 a.m.
Long Greek I'ommunity. The pic-
niikers spriuKl their lun'eh on the
banks of the creek.
Mrs. P. C, Froneborger of Gas-
until 2 p.m. and a bazaar will boj tonia is the historian for the clan
follCwlng in the church cemetery.
Mr. Smitti died Friday in the Christmas, 53 pay checks for the
Kings Mouiitain hospital. year. Sick pay is geared to longev-
He was the son of the late:
Henry Smith and Mattie Walker | Monday morning, Mayor
Smith. ^ ^ I Moss conferred at length with
Surviving are hi^ wife, Mrs. | 3hort and subsequently with
World War II Army veterans'Green Smith, a foster (Smiley) Myers,
in the 545lh Ordnance Division I The Mayor told the Herald lat
will gather for
nual reunion here Sunday
p.m. at the American Legion
building.
Legion Member
Drive Underway
Comm. Bridges, via statements
i from bath Mr. Short and Mr.
Wooten, c-onfirmed that the strik-
had walked off the job with
out giving advance notice. Comm.
Bridges then made the motion for
icalhima-lion.
Attack Fatal
their fourth an-1 E:jweII; one sister, Mrs. Pete Nlic-j gj. informed these me>i he: reports Adjutant Joe H. Me- C^AVVaII 47
*re Sunday at I, ol Casar and one brother. i would glad to discuss the Daniel, Jr. j AU vClAAvAAf a*
American Legion Post 155’s!
memoership drive is underway -
with 187 mem’oers already sign-
Frank Hamrick, a former Mas- ^
ter Sergeant during World War|
11 and a mechanic at Grigg Ga-;
rage, is lo(.*al chairman of the ar-1
rangoments committee with Clin-'
ten Jolly as co-chairman.
CoChairman Hamrick and Jolly
estimated a crowd of between 50-
GO “army buddies" _from New
York, Florida, New Oilcans and
the two Carolinas will attend.
Jim Smitli of Casar.
Rev. Jerry Laughter, assisted j
by Rev. Cecil Bull, officiated at j
the final rites. |
Wright Sentenced
In Drug Case
matter with all dissident em-:
ployeos individually. [
Mr. Wooten sajd he had insti-1
luted same changes, including;
route changc.s, which “may have]
upset some employees”. One of
the changes he said he had in-.
stiiuted was assignment of a •
"late” detail to remove trash in|
the retail busines.s area “after'
Adjutant McDaniel reminds Lc-! Funejal_ rites for Tl^mas E.
gionnaircs when they return theii Carr:*!!, 47. of 100< N. Pi^mont
mem’oership dues via mail to Avenue, were conducted Wednes-
mark on the check the name of ^ day afternoon at 1:30 p.m. froni
the LegionnaiTe to whom credit is
to be given for the dues’ collcx.-
tioq.
Legienn-aires are
o’otain "Go-Getter ”
Forrest Wayne Wright, 21, of
Route 2, Kings Mountain, wa.s
sentenced one to two years in
prison Thursday in Superior Court
after pleading guilty to a charge
of posses.'-ion of hashish with in
tent to sell.
Wright was arrested last Jan-
TT -i. in 1-.^ ^7 by King.s Mountain Po-
Henry Mass and Police Ohief Tem
high-speed chase which resulted
hours”, or subsequent to 5:30 p.m.' mem-bership eflort.
working to
jlaius in the
Present .•special guests will
bo Senator Cllie Harris of Kings
Mountain, Senator Marshall
Rauch of Gastonia, Mayor John
McDovitl of Kings Mountain.
Rev. Pa.sehal Waugh, pastor of
Contml Methodist church, will
give the invocation.
CIiarle.s Dwyer, of Charlotte,
third member of the arrange-
mints committee, has arranged
lor the visitors to enjoy a cook-
out on Saturday evening in Char
lotte where they will be over
night guests.
hold in conjunction witli the
luncheon.
GTher liome.s on the tour are
th(.rs(? of Mr. and .Mr.s. Dick Pope,
of Cyprus Gardens, Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Shuford of Hickory, Mrs.
Belly Arbu(klc of Charlotte, and
Mr. and Mr.s. James Comer of
Gastonia.
The throe-storied white Mauney
homo pei\die.l at the tip of tlie
gorge at B1 -.wing RO(*k features
great ex]xui.sos of ghuss to pro
vide sceniL' areas from inside, or
from the par.li, wliich overhangs
th(' gorge. Soft greens and warm
yellows and oranges make a nat
ural transition from inside to out.
Sarvis, ai
Kings Mountain.
AUGUST DANCES
August American Legion
dances will feature "The Pali
sades” on Augu.st 12th and
“The Six of Clubs” on August
26th.
Hold Growing
Large Tomatoes
Ge.>rge B. Ilnrd, retired as
sistant pnatmastor. grows to-
mat''0.' in hi-' backyard.
The Hurd tirmatoe.s are Big
Buys, vvliich ti]) the .seale.s at
approximately one and one-
IcuiUi pounds.
and will road the history of the
Ormand;.
James Ormand of Gastonia is
president of the clan and will
cxuuluct busintv s of the meeting.
"We invito eCoryone to come
’and bring well filled picnic bas
ket.;”, .said a spokesman.
Unit To Treat
Oteen Patients
M(mb('rs of the American Leg
ion Auxiliary to Post 155 will
treat patients of Oteen hospital
to a bingo party on Auguot 27th,
Project Chairman Mrs. Robert
Ruff announced.
Legionnaires are Being invited
to join the Auxiliary members in
the project.
Members of Otis D. Green Post
155 recently voti*d to ctmtribute
a new television set to patients
at the hospital.
Bessie Bnmgaidnei Badly Injured
When Hit By Cai Saturday Night
A 28-ycar-old Be.‘?semer City
man, Ler.iy Camp'nell, has 61*011
charged with liit and run involv
ing jicrsonal injury and driving
on the wrong .side of tin* road
hdlowing a Saturday night acci
dent on York Road.
Aecerding tf- tin* highway pa
trol, Campbell turned himaelf in
at King.-; Mountain Police Dt part-
mont after Miss Be.ssie Bumgard-
ncr, owner and operator of Bes-
.sie’s Beauty Shop on N. C. 161.
was hit by a car about 9:30 p.
in the tw’o cars wrecking in Gro
ver.
Approximately 20 pounds of
hashish was recovered from
Wrighl’.s 1970 Pontiac GTO and
from his home in the Bt*thl(item
Community. Most of tlie hashish
was found in w’ooden tubes in
the trunk of the car.
Judge Harry Martin ordered
Wright to a one to two year term
in “custody of the commissioner
cf corrections in Raleigh.” Wright
was given an additional
year suspended sentence.
Judge Martin ordered Wright to
Record $3,485,647 City Budget
Is Adopted; Tax Rate 85 Cents
The city commission finally a-, all other departments, one of the
depted, as it liad tentatively on
June 28, a record $3,485,647 bud
get for 1972-73, including $230,801
in capital improvements.
The city c«)inmi&3ion also offi-
cally set the prajierty tax rate at
85 cents ])er $100 property valua
tion, same rate obtaining for
many years, including five cents
lor re^Tcaiional purposes.
TJie budget as is required by
North Carolina is in balance,
with anticipated income the
same as anticipated outgo.
Principal increase in revenues
derives Irom upward projections
fourltd sale of utilities, including in-
I cH/me from the water and sewer
system of $170,400 (vs. $138,380)
report to the probation offk'cr on 1 from the electric and power sys-
his release from prison, to pay j tom $667.8(X) tvs. $532,026), the
the court cost and to wnsent to! natural gas system $501,900 (vs;
a search of his car or himself by! $111,278) and due from othei
the probation officer at any ti'mc| funds $68ii,310 tvs. $652,637).
wRhout a search warrant.
A charge cf reckles.s driving a-
gainst Wright was consolidated
in the judgment. Hig car is also
on trial for transporting hasliish.
major one being the police de
partment, up from $135,250 to
$187,229 and reflecting the com
mission’s prior decision to om^
ploy seven additional officer;
(six have been employed to date)
to provde two--man patrols dur
ing night hours.
Capital improvem(*nts are bud
geted at about $30,(KK) more .than
in the year ending June 30.
Other doparlmcnlal spending
estimates:
Cemetery department, $21,500
vs. S17.50C.
Administrative department $65,-
215 vs. $56,280.
Sanitary department $101,000
vs. $92,750.
Street department $167,000 vs.
$143,553.
Fire department $50,100 vs.
$36,625.
the Cliapel of Harris Funeral
Home.
Rev. Burlie Moss and Rev. C.
A. Host ofticialed at the final
rites and interment was in
Mountain Rest cemetery.
NIr. Carroll died of an appar
ent heart attack at 5:10 p.m.
Monday on a downtown Kings
Mountain street.
A native of Cherokee County,
S. C., he was the son of William
K. Carroll of Kings Mountain
and the late Mattie Blalock
Oarroll.
Surviving others than his
lather are two brotliers, Haskell
Carroll and Floyd Carroll, both
of Kings Mountain; and thre3
s:sters, Mrs. Vergie Walters of
Chula Vistia, Calif., Mrs. Ethel
Bush of Kings Mouirtain and
Mrs. Lois Huntinger of Bessemer
City.
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. Hope, 84
m. Saturday.
An o.st ing highway patrol man
J. L. Evans .said Miss Bumgardner
was about four feet into the loft
lane when a car came across
the (enter line and struck her.
S!ie w'as admitted to Kings'ship.
Mountain ho.spital where she re
mains a patient. She suffortnl a
cracked pelvis and .si*vere lacera
tions and torn ligaments in her
right leg. She is to undergo knee
surgery at a later date, a famWy
spokesman said.
VFW To Sponsor
Annual Contest
Frank B. Glass Post 9811 is a-
gain sponsoring the "V^oice of
Democracy” oratorical contest in
the school system.
Students wlio are lOlh, Hth or
12th graders in public and priv
ate schools are eligible for the
ccmpetiticn. The national winner
j receives a $10,000 college .scdiolar-
Funeral rites for Mrs. Florence
Peeler Hope, 84, of Charlotte,
formerly of Kings Mountain,
j wore conducted Tuesday after
noon at 2 p.m. from Oarolhers
F'uneral Home, • Mount Holly,
! graveside sor\ ices following in
General department $220,185:^*"-® Mountain’s Mountain Rest
The bu(iget includes a five per- vs. $194,352. ; c(m(*tory. j- j o j * .
cent wag(* increase for all city Recreation department $51,921' bunday in a
employees, effective Sept. 1. ' vs. $41,224. ^Charlotte hixspital.
Otlier income boosts include' The approixlialion of 5230,801' widow of Will
the city’s share of the one per-; for capital (long-term) improve-
cent state sales tax, estimated
a $97,644 (vs. $59,310), and in
crease in state gasoline ta.x from
the Powi‘11 Bill, virtually doubled
to $108,521. (Pcwell Bill funds re
bated to the cities effective July
1 were legislated by the 1971
General .Assembly.)
One budget appropriation is
less, for dc’ot service, and reflec*t-
ing Uie city’s $170,000 per year
amortization of bonded indebt
edness. The new year’s intereist
bill will be $193,500, compared to
$202,600 in fiscal ’72.
The return from increased tax
valuation.s of $45,600,449 tindi-
caled) w'ould return on 100 per-
olkH-lions $387,603, which
Commander Jack Smitji .said
.students will be asked to sjieak
on the .subject, “My Re.spon.sibili- j
ty. to Fn'cdom” and that tai)es of! ihe city budgets on e.stimatc of
last year's winners will be play<vt ■ 90 {K'rcent cillections during the pr<>priation) $14,950.
in the various classrooms of the i fi^^cal year. | 7) Police department, three cars
school system, 1 Apprcpiiations arc greater for' Cunltnutjd On Payc Hix
ment.s for 1973 includes
1) a new ek*i'trical sub-station
to be located on 5’ork Road, esti
mated cast $16,500.
2) Iwo garbage packers and
trash truck, estimated cndsI
$2,000.
3) New fire truck and pumper,
estimated cost $30,603.
4) Fire deparltment ladders and
other equipment $3500.
5) Eccikstical imprcA’cments to
the community center building
$5000 and mini-p.ark develop
ment in re.sidential areas $25<X).
6) Baek'hoe dump truck and
mow’er for cemetery* devartment
(to be purchas(Hl from ('emetciy
dopanment perpetual (vire fund,
not included in ba.sic capital ap-
Surviving are two sons, Fred
Hojx* of Melbourn, Fla., and
W. O. Hop** of Mount Holly;
three (daughtoi's. Miss Geneva
Hope and Mrs. Inez Craig, both
cif Charlotte,a and Mrs. Viol
Heath of Raleigh; two brothers,
C. B. Peeler of Shelby and W.
O. Peeler of Kings Mountain;
two sisters. Mrs. Paul Owens of
Kings Mountainand Mrs. Row’ena
Hatcher of Greer, S. C.; 19
grandchildren and 23 graatgrand-
children.
Rev. G. E. Allman officiated
at the final rites.
MEETING
There will be a community
action met'ting Tiu'sday night-
at 7:30 at Bynum Chapel
Chur.h. The public is invited to
attend.