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i; - ( « - A « « I ■ f. C- iK* -A -t. •t'-" #- * •• Population Creoter Kings l#^“*flln Q1.914 City Umits 8.465 ^ Kiag* Mouatcda ajun !■ d^Mtnd tr«m IM U^tod iltatM BurMni of th« Couut roport • IBM. oad tnclud— tim 14.BM populati<« o ««wov 4 Towaaldp, and tM lomaialag B.I24 Iroo •umo«r S TowaaUp. la aorslond Couaty oad CfOwdoT Toor»»Mo jg Gottoa Co—ly. Sf 4^^ Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspaper VOL. 83 No. 32 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 10, 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS City Is Pressing Buffalo Creek Condemnation Actions ff# Phillip Sanders Show Stealer In "Sign-Oii Kings Mountain native Phillip Sanders might well he the man that “steals the show” in the uiKuming movie. “Sign Off”, oe- in^ filmed here by Paragon Pro ductions. Sanders is portraying a hippie strung out on heroin and is mak ing Pat Patterjon, producer and ^^cctor, mighty happy. ^After Sanders shbt his major ^Kne recently, Patterson com mented “Pve never been able to find anyone who can bring out reality to such a be’ievable ex tent. In all henosty,” added Pat terson, “IVe never had such talented peon’e in all of my oth er 13 films.” Sanders has shewm a great willingness to work. He acts like a professional while in front of the camera and is hard at work as a grip for the crew wlien he's behind the f'-ones. Studio I Productions of Louis ville, Ky., which was hired to shoot the pictures, has been shooting scenes in and around Kings Mountain for the past two weeks. Reh Wiesener, one of the writers of the murder mystery and a partner in Four Fellows, Inc., which originaly dreamed up the idea, said for the next few days Studio I wi’l be shooting scenes at the city water lake. The movie plot will deal with ^ a murder of a young girl in a I small southern town and most of the cast will be from Kings Mountain and surrounding areas. Wiesener pointed out that lo cal people have given great co operation during shooting of scenes. “We got excellent coop eration from the Cleveland Coun ty Slieriff's Department in shdTit- i^ing a scene at the county jail in he said, “and the Bes- City Police Deoartment r and'the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad have also been great to us.” FUfning is expected to be co.m- pleted within the next week and will hopefully hit the screen sometime within the next two months. The movie is already ten tatively scheduled at some of the largest theaters in the south. “We hope to get an R rating, Ibased on the movie’s dialogue/* said Pete Floyd, another partner in Four Fellows. Paragon Productions, which is financing the movie, was formed from Four Fellows, Inc., Pied mont promotions and Empire Films. Education Board Ok’s Bond Vote Mary Ann Gladden Strack By Auto •>%y Ann Gladden, 11-year-old in^ 1 Kin^ Mountain girl, was listed in “jigterently satisfactory” con- (litioTwednesday at Kings Moun tain hospital aft?r being hit by a oar on Highway 101 near the Kings Mountain city limits yes terday at 9:03 a.:n. According to Kings Mountain 4 olice detective William Ropt^r-. k- young girl ran into the path Pa car driven by William At thur Zachary of Marion, N. C. Roper said Zachary, wlio is employed by Marion ManulJaclur- ing Co., was traveling south on Highway 101 en route to the company's plant in Clover, S. C. Roper said the girl was a pas senger in a pickup truck driven by her stepfather, Henry Postell. He said the pickup truck stopped on the right side of the road and the girl got out. He said she went around the back of the truck and started to cross the street when she ran into the path of the Zachary vehicle. Roper said Zachary’s car was traveling at approximately 45 miles per hour, the posted speed limit on the street. After hear ing accounts of two witnesses, (Roper and Chief of Police Tom McDevitt ruled the accident un- avoidalble. The girl suffered bleeding ”a- ibout the head,” according to Roper. A hospital spokesman said she was “resting well” late Wednesday afternoon. DIXON SERVICE Sunday evening worship hour will he held at 7:15 at Dixon Presbyterian church with Rev. Rcbert Wilson to deliver the sermon. PASTOR—Rev. Boyd C. KisUer has assumed new pastorate du ties at First Wesleyan church cn Waco rood. Kistler Assumes Wesleyan Post Rev. and Mrs. Boyd C. Kistler moved into the parsonage at 823 N. Piedmont Ave. August 1 to be come pastor Of the First Wesle yan Church at 103 Waco 'Road in Kings Mountain. The Kistlers m.ovci from High Point, N. C., a city with eight Wesleyan Churches, having served five years as wstof of the Ennis Street Wesleyan church. Mr. Kistler is a native of Hic kory, N. C. and moved to Lin- colnton as a teenager, where he finished high school. He has de grees from High Point college and the University of North Car olina. He preach^ his first ser mon at the age of fifteen and became a pastor at the age of nineteen. (Too young, he thinks.) Pastor Kistler comes to his pre sent position with an extensive background df experiences in Christian work. Besides serving thirty-three years as a pastor in North Carolina, he has preached in -revivals and special meetings in the United States and five for eign countries including Austi*a- lia and Japan. His travels have taken him to thirty-five differ ent countries while on the fol- kjwing trips: One trip around the World, three trips to the Holy Land, One tour of Europe, and three tours in the Caribbean area. He served one year on the faculty and as Director of Pu blic Relations at Central Wes leyan College at Central, South Carolina. As a routine part of his membership in the North Carol'ina District of the Wesleyan Church he has filled many pos itions df leadersihip and respon sibility. He has also served as an officer in the Ministerial As sociations in Henderson County, Randleman and High Point. Mrs. Kistler is the former Bes sie Farlow of Randolph County and the Kistlers have three child ren, Ivan Reece who has -been with Pan Amerioaji Airlines ten years, Esther Ruth Bennett, a school teacher and pastor’s wife, and Mary Lou a nurse in High Continued On Page Six Commission To Get Request In Septembei Kings Mountain's $2,500,(X)0 school bond referendum proposal was passed Monday by the Cleve land County Boixrd of Education. Ne.vt step for tlie prcprsal will be the C’eveland County Board of Commissioners and the KM soh'ool system is expected to pre sent the petition to them at t.ieir September meeting. “I don't think there will be a problem, since the commissioners passed the Shel ;y and county -bond issue at their August meet ing on Monday,” said Supt. Don ald Jones. The Shelby schools are calling for a $1,800,000 bond issue and the county schools $4 million. The KM petition which was presented to the county school board Monday contained 718 names. Only 487, or 10 percent of the qualified voters in the KM school district, were nee.led. The bond vote is scheduled for December 9. Purpose of the bond will be for building a now junior high school, an auditoriuai at Kings Mountain High School and iniprnvements at elementary schools. .1 Pre-Fair Barbecue Next Wednesday ESth Auuivcisity S^thwdie Fair September 13-16 >1 Two Hurt In Car Crash John Allen Cheshire, 70, of 9 Country Club Road, and John Frank Styers, 66, c/f 701 Lee street, were injured Wednesday morning at 7:20 a.m. in a two- car crash at the intersection of W. King and Watterson strc'ets. iMr. Cheshire was treated at the Kings Mountain hospila? and released. Mr. Styers remains hos pitalized. iMt. Cheshire was operating a 1961 Buick which was damaged approximately $600 to ^he front. Mr. Styere was ;^porating a 1966 Ford whjirti was damaged approximately $1,000 to the right side, left side^ right front and right rear. A fireplug and utility pole be longing to the City of Kings Mountain was damaged approxi mately $75. Details of the wreck were un available at presstime. FOUR GENERATIONS—The three women pictured above with five-year-old Shondra Dotson represent four generations in the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 155 of Kings Mountain. Shonda is daughter of Mrs. Angela Dotson, left standing, granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Ruff and great-granddaughter of Mrs. EUazee Peterson, far right. Mrs. Ruff, vice-president and membership co-chairman, recently signed both her daughter and mother as senior members and her granddeu^ter an a legion auxiliary “granddaughter." Mrs. Ruff, wife of former Post 155 Commaan- der, was co-chairman with Mrs. Jackie Barrett of the winning team in the recent membership campaign which sow the auxi liary grow to 84 members. (Herald Photo by Jim Belt) Board Sets Public Hearing The city board of commission ers will conduct a public hearing on new petitions for street im provements to Caldwell and Pine- view Drive at the regular Mon day night meeting at 7:30 p.m. It will be the major item of business on the agenda. The board will also consider seeking bids for curb and gutter ing and paving. Grand Opening 01 Home S & L's New Bessemer City Building Set Home Savings & Loan Associ ation will hold open house Tues day at its new Bessemer City branch office building from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The new modern building^ of brick, pre-stressed concrete and glass, is located at 215 East Vir ginia Avenue. Thomas A. Tate, executive vice- president, said the now Besse mer CHty oCi'ice, reprcaants an in vestment of $94,000, exclusive of cost of the lot at East Virginia avenue and 10th street. Prize dreawings will be conduct ed, one for adults, the winner to receive a tele\1sion set, the oth er for children under 16, the win ner to receive a bicycle. There will be favors for all visitors. The new building is 15M0 square feet. The interior is fully carpet ed. There is a drive-in window, night depository, ample parking space and a time - temperature clock similar to the one Home Savings & Loan has installed in front of its Kings Mountain oifficc. Contractor for the building is Laxon Construction Company of Charlotte, also contractor for the Kings Mountain office building opened in October 1961. Home Savings & Loan Associ ation opened its Bessemer City branch in May 1957 with initial assets of $400,000. Today — 15 years later — assets of the Bes semer city office approximate $4 million. Jake tldxon has mf|naged the Bessemer City branch Wrtually since its opening. Office person nel jnclude Mrs. Becky Broome and Mrs. Inez Lail. Thieves Hit One Pharmacy, Miss Another Kings Mountain pilice are in vestigating a pair of drug store break-ins and have anestod five juveniles foi’ breaking into a coin machine at the wa.sherelle on Tracy and Ellison streets. iDetective William Roper said sometime Sunday nighi or early Monday morning someone at tempted to break in Griffin Drug and succeeded in breaking into Mountaineer Piiarmacy. Both drug stores are located on Moun tain Slieet. Roper said the thieves used a tool such as a wrecking bar or iieavy screwdriver to pry open the dooi-s of the two drug stores. However, at Griffin Drug, they tried to pry the door open the wrong way and the latch caugiit in a bind and tliey were unaule lo get the door ojicn. Carl Wiesener, owner of Moun taineer Pharmacy, reported tliat the thieves that broke into his store stole several cameras and a supply of pills. Roper roix)rte<i that he took Cingerprints off the door of Mountaineer Pharmacy imd is still investigating the break-in. Mel Hendricks, owner of the washerette which was broken in to Monday afternoon, reiK>rtecl that approximately $150 in coins was stolen. Later in the day, police picked up five juveniles who admitted breaking into the machine. The police recovered $32. ■Roper stated that two more boys are to be picked up. One, over 16 years of age, will \re charged and juvenile petitions will be taken out on the minors. Mrs. Patterson Sustoins Injuries Mrs. Eugene Patterson contin ues to rocuiiorale at her h<jme from a broken hip. Able to h<» “up and about on crutches”, Mrs. Patterson isn’t yet able to report back to worl at Petty Jo'o Florist in Shelby. But she hones to bo able to navi gate her auro soon. When she’ll return to hic>'^I“'l riding, which both she and her husband en,*oy, she Isn’t suro. | Her new hik? v^as llie instrument i of her Xalh SPEAKER-Jerome Cash, senior student ot Kings Mountain high school ond president of tho student body, w U fill the pulpit at Sunday evening wor ship service at 7:30 p.in. ot Westover Baptist church. Young Cash has accepted call to the ministry. C. P. Bany's Sistei Passes Mrs. Moffatt ‘Neely, 70, of Clover, S. C. sister of C. Pressley Barry of Kings Mountain, died WtKlnesday morning in York, S. C. hospital. Mrs. Net'ly, the former Addie Barry, had been hospitalized three months. She was a native of South Car- ('lina. Furcral rites will be conducted Viiursday afternoon at I p.m. from Oakdale Presbyterian (•hu!ch in the Bethany cornmun- ilv Interment will be in the church cemetery. The body will remain at Forbes Funeral Home in Clover until the hour of ser ice. Other survivors hiclud? two sisters, Mrs. Harry Ciawfon! and Mrs. William Adams, both of Clover, S. C.. and two brothers. Brown Barry and Leroy Barry, 'both of York, S. C. Legion Dance Saturdoy At 9 “The Palisades” of Spartan burg, S. C. will play for an Amer ican Leglon-sponsortHl daneo Sat urday night at the American Le gion hui'ding. Memht'r.s, ihelr wives and guests will dance Iroin U UJiUl 12 p.m< Annual Bctliware Fair Barbe cue will ^e hold Wednesday from 5 until 7:30 p.m. on the grounds of Bolhware school. Sccivt ry Stokes Wright said a large cn wd of fair advertiser^ and patroiiiS are exi)octed to ai- tend. 'ih s year’s edition of the Fair on SepteiiiUcr 1.3-lo will m'ark the silver annivTisary of the com- mimily event wlii.h w sp nsored by the Belliware I'rogrossive club. An olficiri fair catalog, print ed in bright oiange, is oil the presses, and lists the premium lists and rules and regukilions. The lair format follows that of former years. Opening Day is Wcdncs.lay, September 13th. at 1 p.in. Thursday, September llth, IS Cliildrcn's Day witli special events planned and reduced pines un rides. The lair contin ues through Saturday (Sept, lo) at midnight with fireworks and nee drawings nightly. Cash prizes will again be off ered to winning exhibitors U. nome-grow n piaxiucls. Inciudeti in the catalog are two “In Memoriams”; to Floyd Farm er Herndon (18ST-1971) and Leo nard Franklin Gamble, 11013-71). Beth -were iife-long residents of tile Belhware cxmimunity. Mr. Herndon w-as a lifelong membei ol Bethlehem Baptist churen and Mr. Gamble was a lifelong mem ber of El Bethel Mediodis*. church, served on the board of trustees and as chairman of Methmiist Men. Tile memoriam to Mr. Hern don read: “He made a genuine contribution to the Bethware Pro- jgrtssivo club and participated In the activities sponsored by the club. Mr. Herndon earnestly used ! his time and influence to promote • the Belhware Community Fair I as an exliibitor and worker. He I was marricHl to Novella Randall, i rheir children are Lamar Hern- I don and Mrs. Hugh Dover.” The memoriam to Mr. Gamble read: “Mr. Gamble was a valua ble member of the Bethware Pro gressive club. He t(x>k an active part in the Bethware Commun ity Fair and was involved in the various programs which tlie club sponsert'd. lie had a unitjue sensre of humor that servtHl him well with his friends. He was mar ried* tt) Ruth Eaker. They participiled in the Cleveland County “Better Aeres Program" in 1950. I'heie are tw'o daughters and two grandchildi’on.” Roxanne Bell will reign as Quezon of the 1972 Bethware Fair. WINS SCHOLARSHIP - Jack White, Jr., sophomore student at Davidson college and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jade White, Sr., is recipient of a Charles A. Dana Scholarship to Davidson ccllcge. 'Kie scholarship is re newable annually. Oak View Homecoming Set Oak View Baptist church will hold ajinual Homecoming Day services Sunday. Picnic: lunch will be spread at n(x>n following the morninig wor- sliip services. Revival services will begin on Sunday and continue through Friday night with services each evening at 7:30. Rev. Paul Mill- w'ood, pastor of Grover’s First Kaptist church, will be evange list for the series of ser\ices. East Side Homecoming Set Eiislside Baptist Church of Blacksburg will observe Home coming Sunday. The church pastor, Rev. Mor- ness Hampton, will deliver the morning messagt at 11 a.m., fol lowing Sunday School at 10. Din ner will be spread on the grounds at 12 noon. The John Geiggs Trio and the HanqKon.s will .be featured at a 7 p.m. singing and other area groups will also attend. All church members, former members and friends are invited to lake 'part in the observance. KIWANIS PROGRAM Fred Withers is program- chairman for Thursclay’s Ki- vvanis club meeting at 6:45 p.m. at the Woman's club. Foundation Would Create Park, Rebuild Historic Old Furnace By MARTIN HARMON A non - profit historical or- g-inization, chiirtered by -the state of North Carolina last Jan uary 4, has its principal aim re storation of an historical land- i mark near here which dates to j pre-Revolutionary days. Descendants of James Oftnand, 1665-1756, one of the area’s pK/iu'or settlers, plan to restore (he Old Furnact:—loc*ated on ori ginal Ormand lands near Long Creek Presbyterian churcli- have purchased a 13-acrc tract on wliich the Old Furnace is Idgat- ed. The Foundation hopes not oivjy to T(*sti>re the Old Furnace but to develope the tract into a park. Mrs. Sara Kate Ormand Lewis, one of the directors, says that Ormand Clan purchascxl the tract from Joe WhUehui’st and that the North Caro-lina Historical Sooiety lias expressed interest in the pro ject. Under by-laws of the Old Fur nace Foumlation, Inc., tnyiporson may become a member by ma king a contribution of as little as a dollar, though voting mem- b<‘rs are limiteti to 'members of tho Ormand Clan. For many year^ the Old Fur- nacu picnic was an annual event attracting attendance far and wide. A 1934 news story headlined “Iron Furnace Older Than The Republic”, written by the late Stewart Atkins, details some his- ory of Old Fu'rnace, places its construction date at 1779 or ear lier. Its civilian use was utilization of area iron ore for the making of rotating utensils and other iron products. But for the Battle of Kings Mountain, the operators of Old Furnace switched from pots and frying pans to cannon balls. Ac cording to the Atkins account, the cannon foals found their way to Kings Mountain but were not us(xl for tho simiple reason there were no cannon. Aftor the battle, Old Furnflce re.sumcd her civilian pursuits, continuing in ser\i’ce until rail transport through the area mad6 this area — where ironore was low grade—easily accessible to the rich deposits and iron pro- duot.s of Alabama. Officers and directors, in ad dition to Mrs. Lewis, are: Henry Ormand, Bessemer City, 'presi dent; Mrs. P. C. Fronebeirger, Gastonia, secretary; (Doye Hovks, Continued On Page Six Ambrose Cline Case Hearing Is August 29 By M/iRTXN HARMON 1'he city is pressing condemna tion acti: n legal macaincry to ac quire the remaining two proper ties for the Buij. io Creek water project, Mavor John Henry Moss said Wednesday. iSpecUica .y: 1) Heiinng h'-S keen act for August 29 at D;.' ) a.m. btt.cjrc Clerk of Supcr.cr C urt iaitii Dedmon in the act n pievious.y lodged against Am. r. B. C.ine, /Torn 'Whom the city requiies 106.52 acres. 2) City attorneys have asked (he Cierk to apiKiint comn !jacn- ers to place a value on the prop erty of Joiin D. C.iJiO, li .'m whom the chy rc(iuirjs 101.1.J acres. Hearing before the Cork in this litigation was hc.d several months ago. Of the 73 tracts r(?(|uiicd in the Buffalo Creek project, 71 have been actiuired. ‘‘Long efforts to negotiate for these properties have not been successful,” Mayor Moss com mented. Target date for completion of the project—and plugging :( tlie five-foot diameter pipe at the base of the S*l-fool-high dam is calendar 1972, Mayoi’ Moss con tinued. Col. W. K. Dickson, the city engineer, estimates three months will be requircHi, given griod wea ther, for the iV'ncral contractor to do necessary cutting and grub bing priev to plugging tho tig pipe, key to impounding the Buf falo Creek Wald's. Mrs. Dedmon was cut-of-tewn Wednesday, but Miss Nan Airo- wood, deputy clerk, said lliat Mrs. Dodraon had indicated tlicy would not be appointed beforo her return to the office Monday. Hardees To Ruild Restaurant Here Hardee’s Food Systems, Inc. of Rocky Mount today announced that construction is in progress on the new Hardees restaurant at King & Cleveland Stroels. I'he new facility is expected lo open in late autumn. Ol conie.niMjrary design, the building will seat 50 cuslomei's. This new restaurant will be the 390th lo open in the Hardee’s system. General contractor for the pro ject is Barger Construction Com pany of Mooresville, N. C. Hardee’s is one of the nation’s largest fast * food hamburg.:r chains with more than 600 res taurants operating throughout the United States, Germany and Australia as Hardee’s and San dy’s, a whooly owned subsidiary in the mid west. It anticipates opening 80 to 100 Hardees dur- 1972. Hardee’s restaurants feature L.iaiLO - broiled hamburgers, clieese' urgers, and huskee ver sons of the Deluxe Huskee and Huskee, Jr. In addition, the menu offers a fisli sandwich, french fries, apple turnovoi's, a variety of milk shakes and light bever ages. McGills oi Gaston Reunion Sunday Annual reunion of McGills of Gaston will be held Sunday at 5 p.nx. at Bethel Church Arbor on St. Luke’s church road. All friends and relatives ore invited to attend. , President of the Clan is T. A. Lynn of Bessemer City who will conduct business of the meeting. N. F. McGill, Jr. of Kings Moun tain is vi’cc-president and Mrs. Martin Harmon of Kings Moun tain ij secretary-treasurer. Drowning Victim Rescued Roy Paul Wayne Gladden, 20-year- old drowning victim from Kings Mountain, rescued a Forest City boy, not a girl, from the Atlantic (>{^n, near ^uthport, as was previously reported. Young Gladden was youngest of 11 children of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Gladden, nine of whom survive. Mrs. Sam McAbeo of Grand Blanc, Michigan, sister of young Gladden, said their brother, Den ver EMward Gladden, who drown ed nearly 20 years ago to the date, July 28, 1952, in Lake Wy lie, at age 21, retscued a gdrli