iO rd. Population Greater Kings 31.914 City Limits 8.465 Oivattr itiiign lUiiataAB I* 4*riT«d fraa iSt •P«vm4 United tttotM BurMra of tiM CMUiua rapott • joBuarf IMi. oBd laciiK— tfe« I4,HQ popttUitl4« • HumtoBV 4 Towuhlp, oad Im fmrtBlag B^IH Ms HMflUMr S Township, In CloroUmd Countf 04 Cfnil 4or* ,o««Mfitcr*fi Townnldp In Ooitoa Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today VOL 83 No. 37 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 14, 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS imni lany ition ^orn* "sity J in cdu- nun- rent duct lum- this Commission Property Award To John Cline $72,800 Baard To Weigh Luich Price Hike pro- lum- t School Board Will Convene Monday Night Kings ‘Mountain’s City Board of Kducation will hold its Septem ber meeting Monday at 7 p. m. at the school administration of:ice. Supt. Donald Jones said the board would act on at least three. matters, including: I 1) . Attendance guidelines fori Kings Mountain High School; j 2) . Possible increase in prices for school food services; 1 3) . Possible revision of the^ school calendar to include a day j for a teacher workshop at the, end of each nine-weeks grading! period. 9 Eyes Bequests Urged By Lane “We can almost perform the miracle of restoring sight,” Hu bert Lane, of Shelby, Lions zone chairman, told members of the Kings Mountain club Tuesday night. Mr. Lane, past president of the Shelby club, urged heavier atteft- tion to the ‘'basic purpose of Lion- ism which is sight conservation”. Specifically, he urged especial attention to obtaining of wills whereby citizens bequeath their eyes for use in cornea trans plants. , He himself has obtained 250 wills of eyes. He reported a Kings Mountain lad-y has recently undcigone a successful cornea transplant. The wills are on record at the North Carolina Eye Bank, which contacts opthalmicsurgeons when eyes become available. Mr. Lane spoke on a program arranged by Charles Blanton. Hughes Injured In Accident A Route 2, Kings Mountain youth, Ray Hughes, is hospitaliz ed in Raleigh, suffering from in juries sustained in a head-on collision in Raleigh last Friday night. According to a family spokes man, young Hughes was on his way to visit friends who attend ■N. C. State University when his car hit head-on with another vehi cle at an intersection. Two persons in the other car are also hospitalized and still in the intensive care unit. Hughes suffered a broken cheek bone and broken knee cap and un derwent surgery Monday to re pair the cheek bone. He is expected to remain a patient in Raleigh for several days and will possibly then be trjuisferrcd to Kings Mountain hospital. Young Hughes was due to en roll at Western Carolina Univer sity this week. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ray Hughes of the Bethlehem community and a recent graduate of Kings Moun tain high school. SERMON TOPIC “Partnership With God" will be the sermon topic of Rev. N. C. Bush at the Sunday morning worship hour at Grace United Methodi.st chuiV?h. Your Sight Can Become Another's iBequeath your eyes that some one else might see? That is what the state’s Lions club and state opthalmologists urge. Many persons suffer vision difficulties or blindness duo to damaged cornoa.s, repairable by a cornea transplant. Pre.sident Richard Greene, of the Kings Mountain iclub, has apiToinled an Eye Will commit tee, including Bill 6ates, chair man. Ray Holmes and Tim Gladden. “If anyone wishe.s informa tion on the eye will, call me, or any memiber of the committee," Chairnian Bates said. HERE THURSDAY — Rcp. Nick Galifionakis will bring hU campaign lor tho U. S. Senerte. to Kings Mountain Tbuisdof evening when he oqppeon at the Bethware Foir. He will b# honored by Democratic support ers at o Fridoy n^ht dinner ot Shelby Elks dub. Galifianalds Here On Fiiday United States Representative Nick Gallfianakis, of Durham. Democratic nominee for the Unit ed States Senate, will )bring his caimpaign to Cleveland County Thursday. He will’ appear at tjie Bethware Fair this evening .and on Friday morning will cut the ribbon offi cially opening the Cleveland County Democratic Headquarters at Hotel Charles in Shelby. The ribbon-outting ceremony is set for 11:30. Approximately 300 Democratic supporters of Gallfianakis for U. S. Senator will honor him at a dinner Friday evening at 6 p^m. at Shelby Elks club. It will be Galifianakis* first visit to Kings Mountain and Cleveland County since the Pri mary iRun-Off when he carried the county by 55 percent over his exponent, Demdcratic Incumbent B. Everett Jordan. He faces Re publican Jeese Helms of -Raleigh in the Nov'ember general election. Galifianakis will be accompani ed by Russell Walker, his state campaign manager; Bill Anlyan, member of his traveling staff; Bill Lamb of Shelby, county man ager; and George B. Thomasson, Kings Mountain manager. -Following the Friday night din ner, Galifianakis will attend Shelby’s first home football game with the Lions as host in Blan ton .Memorial Stadium. Temple Baptist Dedicatory Bites Sunday Rev. W. Lewis McGahg, pastor of Temple Baptist church from 1961-67, will deliver the dedica tory address as members of the congregation dedicate a hand some, new sanctuary Sunday. Mr, McGaha will fill the pulpit at the 11 o’clock worship hour. The morning service will be fol lowed by “dinner on the grounds" at noon. At 2:30 p.m. a time capsule metal box containing pictures, newspapers and other historical items will be sealed and placed behind a cornerstone which will be set in place. Open house will be held from 3 until 4 p.m. .and visitors will be invited to tour the new facilities. Since the church’s buildin; program is now complete. Temple Baptist has a 500-seat sanctuary plus a 100-seat bolicany and a 40- seat choir; a lounge; a bride's room; a prayer and counseling room: a library: a church office: a pastor’s study; a choir room; a financial room; a kitchen and fellowship hall; six rest rooms; two aasembly rooms and 24 claasrobms. The sanctuary, along with the educational area, is air conditioned. The bid sanctuary, completed in 1943, is now being used as a recreational building for the youth of tihe church. From the time the church was organized in 1943; Temple (Baptist church had six pastors. Rev. F>renk Shirley, the present min ister, came to Kings Mountain in 1967. invite all members and friends to worship witlt us in the special dedicatory setvice", said Mr. Shirley.. Resale Anefion Is rated Resale auction of the Mrs. George Cansler Estate property fronting on West Mountain and West Kings itreet is set for 10 a. m, Septenrber 22 at the Cleve land County Courthouse In Shel by. Auction bids, which were rais ed, required the resale auction. 'The property is being sold under order of the Superior Court to settle the Cansler Estate in an action brought by Diana Can sler Wbhiford and Miss Karen Cansler against Mr. and Mrs. Luther Cansler and Anthony Cansler, respondents. Tract 1 at 508 West Mountain street fronts 90 feet on West Mountain with a median depth of 351 feet and is occupied by a dwelling. Tract II, seven lots on West King, has a total fronting of 196 feet. The non-square tract is 181 feet at the back line, 114 feet on the west side and 92 and 88 feet on the east side. Commissioner for the resale auction is J. A. West of Horn & West, Attorneys. $33)450 Is Goal Of UF Campaign Scholarship To Miss Plonk (Beverly Dorcas Plonk, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Butler Plonk, has (been awarded a $800 scholarship from the North Caro lina Association of Insurance Agents, Inc. Miss ipionk is a freshman stu dent at North Carolina State University at Raleigh where she is studying pre-veterinarian medi cine. Local insurance sponsor for Miss Plonk was C.' E. Warllck Insurance Agency. Miss Plonk was recognized for scholastic and extra-curricular achievements and was selected for the scholarship by the Asso ciation’s hoard of trustees, said Fred Cotton, chairman of the scholarship committee. Miss Plonk last week received a $100 scholarship from the Gas ton Cooperative Dairymen’s Asso ciation. She plans to become h veterinarian. She won awards In history and chemistry at Kings Mountain high school and was active in the honor society, Math club, Science club, French club and Future > Teachers. Phillips Bttji Seven Peimib Phillips Development Company, of Gaffney, S. C., is building seven more six-room residences in its Northwoods sub-division. City building permits for the dwellings were issued by Building Inspector W. W. Laughter Tues day. Estimated cost of the seven homes is $102,398. Individual permit estimates range from $i3,983 to $16,9^. The dwellings are to be built at 1315, 1^8. 1406, 1503 and 1505 Northwoods Drive, 1800 Alpine Drive and ^1 Redwood Circle. When the PhiUips firm an nounced the residential sub-divi sion project, it said 200 dwellings are projected with 120 in the first phase. CHAIRMAN—Bill Bates, Schools home-school coord'nator and former football coach, is chair man of the United Fund Cam paign for 'VS which seeks $33,450 for 14 causes. No Registering In Piedncts Voter registration (books will not be opened on special Satur days at any of the county’s 28 precincts prior to the November general election, Ralph Gilbert, chairman of the Cleveland Coun ty Board ot Elections, said yestcr- day. Bates Chairman; New Agencies Beneficiaries Kings Mountain’s United Fund campaign for 1973 seeks a goal of $33.1,Tt) for M causes. Chairman Bill Bates said the quota is less by $1,0.j0 from the 1972 goal and "is realiGlic." He ^ said two now reijuests were ap ]’ proved by UF o.Tfjers and diree- ; tors Monday night, those from .!! Action, Inc., for $600 and from j! Cleveland County Aosocialion for Retarded Children for $C00, both ': local organizaations. , Other causes and approved re- .j ! quests are: Boy Scouts, $G,0(X); j American Red Cro.ss, $5,590; I Kings Mountain Rescue .Stjuad, $-1,800; Girl Sajuts, $-1,950; Kings : Mountain Ministerial Associa- I ti-cn, $3,000; Kings Mountain Iligh School Choir, $800; Salva- ilion Army, $703; Cleveland Coun- 1 ty Mental Health Association, i$250; North Carolina United Com munity Services, $2,517; Adminis trative Fund, $700; and Emer gency Fund, $.500. Chairman Bates said tho drive will be conducted Uuibig a week-long effort beginning Octo ber 2nd and a six-weeks follow up. “We hope to complete all the solicitations during this period," said Mr. Bates. j Area chairmen will include: Advance gifts, Mrs. Paul Hen dricks; Commercial, Mrs. Jim Ly- ■brand; Colrespondenct?, Charles ATfENDANCE AWARD PROGRAM PAYS OFF — The Attendance Award Program that B.VJ>. Textiles has been running for the past three months paid off handsomely for Jackie D. Short, of 1320 Second Street, last Tuesday when he won the 1972 Ford Pinto for perfect attendance. Mayor John Henry Moss, right, is shewn presenting the keys to the new Pinto to Mr. Short. Mayor Moss conducted the drawings. Other pr'zes were awarded to Paul Wallace, a color TV set Roger Wallace, a stereo set, and to Paul Daves, a hi-fi set. A spokesman for the company reported that the contest was "a huge success and more than paid for itself/’ Bethware Now Underway In the past, books have been: Hamilton; Industrial, S. R. Suber open at each of the county’s vot-j Jr.; profe.ssional, Mrs. Joe Lee; ing places on three Saturdays be-1 and Public Employees, Rev. fore an election. This year, how'-1 Frank Shirley, Don Crawford ever, voters must go to the board and Bud Mediin. Publicity chair- of elections office at the court- men are Rodney Dodson and house to register, he said. I Jonas Bridges. , , Chairman Bates said major Gilbert added, however, that he j campaign goal is le-.-: does not know whether or i\u\t\he c\Xy pro- the past custom of oix-'ning books! utilitu*s to the Kings on special days at the j Rescue S(|uad. whuh will be permanentiy diseontinuwl.; group's re(}uest is loss Silver Year For Township Fair Event The board of elections, he said. by at least $700 per year. has not yet voted on the matter, j 'offR^ors of the UniKsl I’und are Full-time voter registration un-1 Teer, ]>rosident; Bill der state Jaw came into effect in, campaign chairman; Mrs. the county last year and Mrs. Brenda Hamilton was named ex ecutive secretary. County residents may register or make registration changes any time Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. through out the year except when books are closed for the stipulated 30 days prior to an election. Books are now closed for reg istration 'for the Shelby and Cleveland County school bond referendums set for Sept. 30. Other registration continues, how ever. for regular elections, Mrs. Hamilton said. Mrs. Hamilton pointed out that registration in Cleveland County costs $2 per person whose name is placed on tho books, according to a recent study by the board of elections. Cost of ke<*ping tho precinct 'books open for three Saturdays extra in the county's 28 precincts totals $2,100 for each selection. Cost is $25 per day i>er i)recinct in break-down figures, she said. Local laycees To Area Meeting Six Kings Mountain Jayc«*es at tended a Jaycee Area C meeting in Morganton Wednesday night and heard Jaycee President Fred Morrison give the keynote ad dress. Loading the delegation was local President Bob Myers. Also attending were Boyce Tesenair. Bob Lcftwich, John Mitchell. Jim Belt, and Richard McKee. Manney Mills Ruilding Addition To Manuiadnie Synthetic Yams Mauney Mills, Inc., has begun construction of a two-story addi tion to its building which the firm expects to utilize for the produc tion of synthetic and blended yarns. Mauney Mills historically is a spinner of cotton yarns. The building will be 161 by 60 for a total floor space of 19,680 square feet. Howard Construction Company of Llncolnton is contractor and estimated cost, according to tho city building permit, is. $128,000. The building will house carding, slubbing and drawing machines. ^Eecky Seism, secretary • treas urer; and John Cheshire, Bill Grissom, ShiPord Peeler, ^Irs. F. J. Sincox, James Ih^rndon, Mrs. D. F. Hord, Grady Howard. Don Parker. Mrs. Vernon P. Cros'iy, Tom Tate, J. C. Bridges, and Ben H. Goforth Jr., Dan Jonea. im mediate past president, serves as ex officio on the board. First Union Bid Is Low On Notes First Union National Bank wa.« low bidder among five Tuesday on $820,000 project notes of Kii^g- Mountain Roocied to attend the fair this week the Bethware community's silver anniversary year. Tlie fair, under sponsorship of the continues through Saturday. The fair annually features family entertainment, numerous exhibits and R. C. Lee Rides. Roxanne Bell is this year's Queen of the Fair. Dr. Craig Phillips, state super- inlenn. Mr. Spufling was the n' mince ol Mr. Cline, defendant in the condiniin- ation action Imlged by the city, and Mr. Herndon was the nomi nee of the city. I Mr. Cline's proi>erty includes 104.49 acres and improvements include a dwelling and an out building. City attorney Jack White said Mr. Cline has ten days in which to appeal findings, both as to points of law, on which Clerk of Superior Court Ruth Dedmon rul ed in favor of the city, and the amount of the commission award. Technically, on deposit of the commission award, the city has use of the property, Attorney White said, barring injunctive action. City engineering maps show that Mr. Cline’s remaining prop erty will have approximately 5076 feet of Buffalo Creek Lake front age. Mr. Cline’s is one of two re maining properties the city re quires -before plugging the five- foot dia'meter culvert at the base of the 84-foot dam and beginning to fill the lake. Other remaining property is that of Aimbrose Cline. On points of law. the Clerk ruled in favor of the city and has indicated to Attorney White that the three- member commission will be ap- p<7inted this week. Robert Davies is the city’s nominee in the Am brose Cline condemnation action. Col. W. K. Dickoon, the city’s con.sulting engineer, has estimat ed final grubbing and clwing of the lake area will reejuire throe months, weather permit ting. REUNION The annual John Hawkins fam ily reunion will be held Sunday, Uelhware Community Fair, ^ p ^ g, shelter .„h j Crawford. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. Gaston McGills' History Revised Publishing of a revised history of the McGills of Gaston has been c'ompleted and wpies have been mailed to advance purclias- ers. Full title of the work is “His tory of the McGills of Gaston and Roll of Descendants of Tliomas McGill and Martha Dick ey”. First published in 1940 and compiled by Mrs. Martha Eliza beth McGill Whitesides, the re vised work includes now histori cal addenda, in addition to the compilation of Mrs. Whitesides, as well as an up-dated roll of de scendants. Collaborating on the revision were Miss Annie Lee Wolfe, Mrs. Ellen McGill Carpenter, Mrs. Jean McArver Gamble and Martin EVANGEUST ^ Dr. E. Lowell Spivey will be visiting evange list for revival services begin ning Sunday and continuing through Wednesday at Kings Mountain Baptist church. Spivey To Lead Baptist Revival Dr. E. Lowell Spivey is evange list for revival services leginning Sunday morning and continuing through WerliK'sday niglu at Kings -Mountain Baptist church. Evening services are at 7:30 p.in. and Dr. Spivey will fill the pulpit on Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock worship hour. liob Di'fkor is director of music for the special services. “Wo invite the community to! Children's day will be observ- join us in this series of special ied today (Thursday!, when the i services”, said Rev, James M.' g'lU’s will open at 1 p. m. Judging! Harmon. ! WiMer, pastor. : of exhibits will bo held on Friday The booklet sells for $2. and the fair will come to a climax j Copies may be obtained from Saturday night with tlie annual Mr.-s. Martin Harmon, .'^ccretary- firoworks display. i treasurer <>f McGills of Gaston. lake Yarbro Yam Is Family Size Jake Yarbro. who desori' es himself as a small gardmier, set out 2,500 sweet potato plants. One produced what should bo a near record yam for size. It is about 1 1-2 inch in diameter and 19 inchos long. Many otliers aixr also of large size. Mr. Yarbro obtaintnl the Nancy Hall variety plants from his brother in Atlanta and tho plants occupy one 300- foot row. By digging time, Mr. Yar- bro estimates, and with prop er weather, the harvest should reach about 150 bush els. Dr. Spivey. retin*d Pai)tist min ister of .Mount Holly, is now ser ving as interim pastor of .Sandy Flains Baptist churcli of Slndby. He has held pa.storates in Union City and Owensboro, Ky., First Bai)tist of Inman. S. C. and First Baptist church Mocue.'^ville be-■ fore tuning the* staff of th<' Bap- j list Stale Convention in 1!)-13. He j itdinvi in 1965. ! Mr. Decker, a memlu'r of the i facuUy of Gardner Webb college at Il)iliiig Springs, came to his. j pivs('ni post in 1970 after serving ' I for six years as minister of music I anuntain scvdiool district Tuesday and saUl lie wa.s highly impressed with wliat he saw. “My visit in Kings Mountain was ont' of th most thortnigh one.s I've had," s^tid Pliillips, who is winding up his fir.st four-year term as state superintendent. Phillips vi.sited Bethware and Grover Elementary schools, King.s Mountain High School, Central .lunior High and the Early Child- hoc i Kducation Center at Com pact. He was aVcompaniiHl on his visits by lrdinator Bill Bates. Phillii>s said one of the most improssis’e programs he saw in Kindis MounUin was the occupa tional educational program at KMHS. "1 was also veiy impressed with the general morale out there,’’ he addl'd. “And, I must add that Kings Mountain High is a beau tiful school. I was very impressed with the flat roc'k area and other nice surroundings made possible thnmgh the horticulture pro- giam." Phillips said he was also pleas ed with the way Kings Mountain makes use of old buildings. “They’ve taken these old build ings and kn(vked out walls here and there and have used great imagination to turn them into beautiful buildings." Phillips said he was also Im- pre.-^ed witli the Title 1 program at Compact and added "I was COXTJXVb'D ON PAOS 9 I)