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i, 1972 Population Greater Kings ll^*‘*aln 91.914 City Limits 8.465 Grtfcn«r Xui9i MouatcOa la darivad iram tfet ipa«trd Ualtad atotaa Butaou el tha Caaaua lapect a jOBvarr IBM. nad iaciudaa tka l4«tM populottoa • MaaiBaf 4 TewaaUp. cpad taa ramoialag 8,184 tiea amoaf S Towaalilp, lajClaaaloM Couatf oad CfowBar «4*w»ntaia TowaaMa r Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspoper VOL. 83 No. 35 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 31, 1972 Plans Are Announced For KM Shopping Center McDevitt Nabs Escapee On Visit To Courthouse ^chamblei Was Spotted Holding Baby A routine trip to the Gaston County courthouse Wednesday morning netted Kings Mountain Chief of I’oiieo Tom McDevitt an escaped felon and a big thank you from the Shelby prison unit. McDevitt said he went to Gas tonia to pick up some temporary custody pap<>rs so he could go to South Carolina and bring 25-'year- old Eiferd Guy Coker to Cleve land County to stand trial in re cent rape case. As McDevitt entered the court house, he said he saw Robert Srhambler, who reportedly es caped from the Shelby prison camp several weeks ago. MCDev- itt said Srhambler was holding a baby and standing in the hall near several law enforcement officials. "I recognized him,” said Mc- Di'vitt, “and immetiiateiy asked him f<'r identification. He con tended that I was crazy and had no right to detain him.” McDevitt said the man showed him a Florida driver's license which had been issued to a Ron ald Harlowe of Jacksonville, Fla. He said that the man also had • .I ticket for speeding in New York an dat the time the ticket was issued he was driving a 1972 Chevrolet which displayed a tag for a 1966 Chevrolet which w:is stolen near the Margracc Mill a- ibout two months ago. McDevitt stated that Scham- blor had been working with a road gang on Highway 216 near the Margracc community ai';out three months ago and escaped. McDevitt said the same day a ear was stolen near the Margracc Continued On Page Six Police Charge Caiiipe,35 With Break-In Car Stalls; Hit By Train A 1972 Ford owned by James Arthur Wilkie, 29, of Bessemer City was demolishetl Saturday night when it was hit by a train at the Baker - Phe.nix Street crossing. Wilkie told city police that the car, which had only 2,000 miles on it, stalled a.s he cross ed the tracks. Wilkie left the car as the train aproaehed. Wilkie said he had been hav ing trouble with the car stalling and had just recently had it work ed on. Damage to the car, which was a total loss, was estimated at $3,200. k Police Investigated two other ^wrecks during the week, both re sulting in personal injury. Genevieve Barrett, 26, and Rob ert Barrett Sr., both of Gastonia, were treated for Injuries at Kings -vlountain Hospital follow ing a 6 p.m. wreck .Saturday at the intersection of West King and Sims Streets. According to investigating offi cer Robert Dotlge, a 1972 Ford driven by Henny Lilas Upchurch, 3i, of Pittsboro, N. C., stopped on King to make a left turn. DtKlge said a 1971 Ford, driven by Genevieve Barrett, was fol lowing the Ppchurch car and stopped also. The Barrett car was struck in the rear by a 1972 Ford, driven by Danny Webster Bridges .Tr.. 26, of Charlotte, Dodge estimated damages as $700 to the Bridges car, $100 to the Barrett car and $2.5 to the Upchurch car. Sgt. M. M. Hunter reported that a 1939 Chevolle, driven hy Willie Joe Freeman, 21, of Be.s- semer City ran down a 15-foot enTC'ankmenI and overturned a- reond 11 p.m. Tuesday. Freman told Hunter he was traveling east on West Ridge Street when he unexpectedly came upon a dead end road with a 90 degree turn to the right. He said he tried to make the turn (onto Railyoad Avenue) hut could not and ran down the embank- nent. Hunter estimated damages to ^the car as $2,000. Freeman was treated for injuriei' at Kings Mountain Hospital. TAPPED—Mountain Rest Ceme tery Supt. Ken Jenkins was ap pointed Monday os superintend ent of the newly-created De partment of Urban Beautifica tion. Board Taps Ken Jenkins Ken Jenkins, superintendent of Mountain Rest cemetery, was ap pointed Monday night by the city comihission as superinten dent of the newly-created Depart ment of Urban Beautification. Action of the city commission came after rec’ommendation by Mayor John Moss. Earlier Mayor Moss told the board "it is more and more ap parent that we need to set up a department to assume the respon- silillity of leadership it needs for citizen participation in bcautiii- cation. Kings Mountain is grow ing and added burden has been placed on the sanitation depart ment in ibeautification efforts in the past, along with other de partments who have served. Jenkins will continue as super intendent of Mountain Rest ceme tery in addition to his new duties. Mayor Moss said the new de partment will be operational in two weeks and it will work close ly with his office. He said the city will be hiring additional per sonnel and that equipment will be made available to the depart ment.. AUDmONS Auditions for new singers for the Oratorio Singers of Char lotte will be held on Wednes day. September 6th, from 7 un til 10 p.m. at Myers Park Meth odist church in Charlotte. Ten ors and basses are especially needed. Those interested who cannot attend auditions may call 375-7512 for another ap pointment. A 35-year-old Bessemer City man, James T. Canlpe, is in Kings Mountain jail today, charg ed with the Tuesday morning breaking, entering and larceny at Hippy’s Jewelry at 21il North Piedmont Avenue. Chief Tom MdDevitc said Ca- nipe, of 2808 East Virginia Ave nue, Bessemer City, is being held in lieu of $2,000 bond. MdDevitt said someone enter ed the jewelry store early Tues day morning and took $106.75 worth of silverware and jewelry. Someone who lives near the store called police at 2 a.m. after hear- ii»g a noise there. McDevitt said seme of the merchandise has been recovered from a house in Bessemer City and indicated that other arrests may be made soon in connection with two earlier r.oreak-ins at Hip py's Jewelry. Police reported several other instances of crime during the past week. McDevitt said $81 in cash was taken from the sale at the Bur ger House on East King Street sometime during the night of Au gust 23. The larceny was report ed on the morning of August 2-1. According to McDevitt, a work man at the Burger House put the money in the safe, locked it and checked it three times after clos ing the night of the 23rd. Mc Devitt said when he returned the next morning, he opened the safe ■by the combination and found it was empty. McDevitt reported that invest! CONTINUBD ON PAGE 6 Opening Smooth As 1128 Beport To School Last week’s opening of school was “smooth,'' according to Supt. Don Jones. Jones reported that 4,128 stu dents showed up tor opening day of school and that total was in creased by 25 yesterday. "We had a real good opening,” Jones noled. “We didn't have to transfer anybody but did have to add a teacher at Bethware and Grover.” He noted that the en rollment was more than expected at both these schools, Jones noted that students will have two holidays during the month of Septerr< cr. Schools will bo clo.sed Monday' for Labor Day and September 26 for the dis trict NCAE meeting at Ashbrook high school in Gastonia. Council Approves Certificate For Projected Nursing Home School Bid Is Raised By Sheffield C. M. Sheffield has raised bid by the Kings Mountain City Schools 1 or the Mrs. George Can- sler Estate property fronting on West Mountain and West King streets. The Sheffield bid is $2,150. As of yesterday, the bid by serond-'bidder Billie Joe Sipe ($1,100) for Tract II, seven lots on West King, total fronting 196 ifeet, had not been raised. ■Resale auction is required after rcadvertising of properties. Sipes raised the initial bid of Bob Cox. The property is being sold un der order of the Superior Court to settle the Cansler Estate in an action brought by Diana Cansler WohUord and Miss Karen Can sler, against Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cansler and Anthony Cansler, re spondents. Outside-District School Pupils Won't Be Charged $60 Tuition The state attorney general’s of fice Friday ruled that the Lin- wood section of Kings Mountain is a part of the city school dis trict and students living there would no longer have to pay a $60 a year tuition. The question of whether or not that section, which lies inside Gaston county, was a part of the school district arose at the April meeting of the school board when j Chairman George Mauney read a portion of a book let which stat ed that all territories embodying the corporate limits of a city shall be considered the Kings Mountain graded school district. At the time, school officials wrote for a ruling from the N. C. Institute of Government, which published the booklet. The Insti tute of Government ruled that the section was, indeed, a part of the school district but it took the at torney general's office almost five months to make the same rulin.g Supt. Jones said that Gaston County would have to refund some monies to the Kings Moun tain Board of Education "and any money we recover we’ll give it back to the people who paid it.” Jones said approximately 30 students from that area now at tend schools in Kings Mountain. He said an effort will be made to find out how many others from that area are attending Gas ton County schools and how many would like to attend KM schools. Jones predicted that the ruling wjll help the growth of Kings Mountain. He said the growth of the Linwood section slowed when the tuition requirement was brought about five years ago. .Z: !.c V 60-Bed Home To Be Built Near Hospital Clevtiand - Gaston ■ Lincoln Healtii Planning Council, Inc... ioll.jwing a public hearing Tue.s- day night at City Hall, voted to rcccmmend to tlie State Board of Healtii that a c/'tificatc ol need be bsuod to King - Mountain Con valescent Home, Inc. to build and operate o. nursing-coii'valeseent home lacility. Five memberc cf the 12-mem- ber committee ccnducted the hearing item 7 until 8;3C, reces.s- ing to confer for 20 minutes be- icrc announcing their decision in Council Cham-bers of City Hall. Wade .Mitcham, Gastonia attor ney, clviiifnan, presided and Mrs. Edith Roger.; read the resolution, passed unani.mou.slj, along with an amendment that stated “in the interest ol strengtliening the application lor the certificate. stati£ti:'al dccumentation conce.'-n- ing the number cf nursing bods in tile county, tlie rate ol u.sage, and number cf residents placed in nursing homos out.sidc the ccunty be added.” No opposition to the nursing liome was voiced at the hearing attended by approximately 25 people. Serving with Chairman Mitch am and -Mrs. Koger.s on the com mittc'o panel were School.-; Supt. Ejnaid Jone.s of Kings Mountain, Pr. T. R. Harri.c of Slielby and Dr. T, A. Will of Dallas. Jcscpli R. Smith, pre.sident oi Kings Mountain Convalescent & Nursing Home, reported the com mittee at a meeting Monday night passed resolution to sell its stock to MGR. Inc. of Spartan burg, S. C. if tlie certificate need was grantc-d. MGR, Inc. ojieratc.s Shelby Con valescent Center and made ap plication for tlie certificate ol need. Smith -recounted tlie work over more titan five years, including the formation of the iprivate cor poration, toward the nursing center. ‘<We had a problem of finances”, said Smith. Senator J. Ollie Harris, who opened the meeting, pointed to Continued On Page Six Coker To Return Friday For Trial Elford Guy Coker. 25, charged by Kings Mountain law enforce ment officials with the Aug. 3 rape of a five-ycaroid girl, will I'oe returned to Cleveland County Friday to stand trial. Coker, who was declared an oytlaw by Superior Court Judge B. T, Falls following a manhunt in Kings Mountain several Sun days ago, has been serving a 12- .vear sentence in Gaffney for arm ed robbery. Coker reportedly escaped from a Gaffney prison several months ago and had lieen hiding out near | tlie Margracc section. He was .spotteit in a ear by Kings Moun- j tain police officer Tomm.c King i and ran when King stopped the car. 1 Kin.gs g.ive chase but trippe I and suffered a broken ankle. He is stil' nursing a cast. j Local law o ficials, along witli Cherokee County officers, I.aunrii- , ed a manhunt immediately but i Coker eluded them. He was tlien; ■dee'ared an outlaw an was cap-, tured a fmv days later iby two citizen.s near York, S. C. ' \ LOCAL DRIVER IN MOVIE ROLE — Don Beam, at far right, ond his son, Donnie, are east in ”The Petty Story" which is playing at the local theatre. In the photograph with Beam are his wife and Daren McGcrvin, center. Beam is a local race driver and plays the part of a revenuer who gives Lee Petty the chase of his life in the movie. Local Driver iT n STUDENTS KICK OFF MAGAZINE SALE — Juniors at Kings Mountain high school begin Friday the aimual Junior mogcaine sale to raise funds for the Junior-Senior Prom. Booths will be set up at football gomes to sell subscriptions beginning at the first home game. Pictured, from left, Priscilla Adams, Butch Blalock. Pomelo Bobeler, John Plonk, GaU Hightower, IM>ra Bolin, imd Junior aoss President Steve Hides. (Photo by I. G. Alexander) / In Petty Racing Film Will Feature Donald Beam Some Kings Mountain racing fans might lie in for a surprise when tliey sia? “5t43, The Petty Story”, now sliowing at tlie Joy Tlieatre. Local movie-goers will quickly recognize Don Beam, a local race driver, and his son Donnie, who tcame;i ii)) with the Pettys to coni|)lele Die Petty Stoiy. Bo.im, a Route 3. Kings Moun tain resident, has Ix'cn one of the top name drivers on local short irack.s for years. In the movie, lie'll play tile part of a revi'mier who rives la'e I’etlj' the chase of his lif<' and will also perform most of the stunt <iriv- iivi ether Ilian done liy Kiciiard Petty. 'WHl Tlie ni' tu'.'g begins with sci'nes from D’l'b wiien racing was done on dirt roads an-l ela-ging. wiDi triv' .-i-anehes rather than check- e'-('d fla-.'s. Tlie movie <lepi<-ts the I’etty f.mi'y racing .'inil XASU.-NR from l''!i) until Die present time. Bv this weekend, the movie 'CONriM'ED ON PAGE Fostball Contest In Second Week; Yon Can Win $$$ From Yoni Entries The Herald's second football contest is inside this week's paper. Response was good for the first contest and those games are coming up Friday- The money winners will be listed in next week's Herald. This week's contest will include 13 games, consisting of both high school and college contests. You have almost a week to think about your selec tions. But, keep in mind, we must receive your entry by 5 p.m. next Wednesday. Get your entry or entries in. Who knows. Maybe you'll be the winner of the $15 first prize. Brown On Dufy At Camp Lejeune Pfc. James A. Brown, son of Mr. James N. Brown of Route 3, Kings Mountain, has reporteed for duty at the .Marine Corps j ase. Camp Lejeune. David Smith's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Manual David Smith, 61, of 109 .Myers street, were conducted Saturday after noon at 1 p. m. from Kings .Moun- j tain Church of God, of which he ; was a niomlier, interment follow ing in Mountain Rost cemetery. ; Mr. Smith, retirt'd textile work- I er, died in a two-car head-on collision Thursday afternoon on Lake Monlonia road near Kings Mountain at 3:30 p. m. He was dc'ad on arrival at Kings Moun- t.iin hospital where occupants o' Die second car. .Myron George, 17. and Roliin Dickey, 16. were treat ed for injuries. A native of Lincoln county, Mr. ■Smith was sin <’f the late Mr. an I Mrs. Pliilow Smith. .smviving are his'wife, Mrs. Funic*' McFalls .Smith; five sons. Vernon E. Smith, Charles Smith, IV'nald .SmiDi, Paul Smith, all of Kings Mountain, and Michael Smith of the H. S. Army at Fort lEragg; two daughters, .Mrs. Ray Sarvis of Pompano Beach, Fla. amt .Mrs. BiM Ware of Kings Mountain; two halt - brothers, Janies Brid-ges of Kings Mountain and Jake Bri.igps of the Crow ders Mountain community; one .si.stcr, Mrs. Arnold Whitesides of Lincolnton; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Rev. S. W. Avery officiated at the final rites, assisted by Rev. George Leigh and Rev. Robert ‘ Hickiin. I Winn-Dixie, Mack's Variety Will Build Initial plans for construction of a Kings Mountain shopping center were announced Tuesday by realtor J. Wilson Crawford and Ma. or John Moss. The 3(),00J square feet shopping center Will initially house a Winn Dixie supermarket and a -Macks Variety Store. The shopp ing center will be located off U. S. Highway 7-1 bchimi the Na tional Guard Armory on properly previously owned by the late Mrs. Frank 'Gc.cvth. Crawford and Rtf ert H. Neill arc leasers of the land and Lat Purser and Associates of Char lotte is leasing agent for lh« shopping center. Crawford said within a year Die shopping center will house about 20 tenants, including, hope fully, a hanking facility. "We will eon.struct a banking facility subject to approval l y state and federal government agencies. It’s a matter of how long it will take them to approve it, ’ Crawford said. Crawford said the leasers are "in negotiation with several other tenants.” He said they plan to construct one 7,700 square 'foot store. "We’re off in negotiation with the tenant we hope to get for that store,” he said, "but we feel well enough about It that we are going ahead and start construction." Winn Dixie, which has been associated with Kings Mountain for many years, plans a store which will contain 19,880 square feet of floor space. J. Leon Bald win of Winn Dixie's Greenville, S. C., office, said the store will be completed by February, 1973. Baldwin noted; “The store will be completely air conditioned and all depart ments will he 100 percent self- service, o.'fering a wide variety of all commodities including dietetic and gourmet foods, health and beauty aids, dairy and bakery, products and the finest harvest- fresh produce available. All meats carried in the meat department will be U.S. Government Inspect ed, always guaranteeing the cus tomer the finest that is avail able. This store will also have one of the largest frozen food departments in this entire area, this >,eing one of the fastest grow ing commodities in the super market field. “Winn Dixie is not a new name to the residents of Kings Moun tain,” Baldwin added, "as they have .lieen a tenant in Kings Mountain dating back to the Dixie Home Store days.” Baldwin pointed out that Winn Dixie now operates more than 378 stores in the southeast. "They are headquartered in Jackson ville, Florida,’ he said, "however, this store will be serviced 'from the Greenville. S. C, warehouse ciiitj', Diereby insuring the freshest food products available at all times.” The Macks store will be a 1.5,600 square feet building and is also scheduled for completion early next year. O. T. Sloan, Macks president, C<mtmued On Page Six Mrs. Hayes' Rites Conducted Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Lee Hayes, 94, were conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Central Methodist Church, where she was a member, by the Rev. Paschal Waugh, the Rev. Russell Fitts and Die Rev. Theodore Hoffman. (Burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mrs. Ilayes, 94, o' Kings Moun tain. died Sunday night in We;i’o,v Nur.slng Center in Cliarlolie fol lowing an illness of .'ioieral .years. She was the daughter of the late .Mr. and .Mrs. Davi 1 W. Moss and wid*>w of Ernest ila.ves. She was a memlicr of Central United Methodist Church. She is sui*vived by one daugh ter, Mrs. C. T. Ledford of Kings Mountain; three sons, Kei'd Hayes of Charlotte; Herman Hayes of Tampa. Fla. and Paul Hayes of Kings Mountain; one sister, Mrs. Audio Weaver of Linailnton; one brother, Raljih Moss of Peters burg. Va.; 11 grandchildren; 28 great grandchildren; and 'five great great grandchildren. .-Ictive pallbearers were Mike Ledford, Gene Ledford, Rev. George Thornburg, Hoyle Mabry, and Frank Hinson.
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