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Population Tireater Kings 31.914 City Limits 8.465 OfMRtr Ki»96 Mowatott to iNto IM Ualtod BtotM BuiMni of thm Craiut raport • iOBvary i9M. cad laciiMto# tka 14,tM popaiottqa • Boatoty 4 TovnuUp* «ad taa rawdalag B^IM tra» BaaiD«r S Towaahip* I* CltriloBd Couatr ibB ftiwiar* lownabta to QoitQa Cowaty. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper Pages Today Plus Two 8-Poge Supplements VOL 83 No. 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 7, 1972 Eighty-Third Year PRICE TEN CENTS City Board To Weigh Buffalo Awards Phillips To Build 23 More Dwellings Six-Room Homes Represent Value •01 S348.2G9 Phillips Construction Company has purchased city builiing per mits for 23 more six-room resi dences to be built in its North- woods development. Estimated cost of the 23 totals $348,209. Six are estBmated to cost $13,983, eleven to cost $14,983, and six to cost $16,583. The homes will be built on three streets as follows: 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2027, 2028, and 2029. Northwoods Drive — at 1714 and 1716. Loblolly Lane—at 2106, 2107, 2108 and 2109. In addition during the past week: Gregory Nolan bought a per mit to I'Duild a $1000 utility build ing at his residence at 305 Som erset Drive. Jake Sipes bought a $4500 trailer permit to be placed at 715 Landing Street. Mrs. Pauline Mauney bought a trailer placement permit for 28 Dixie Trailer Park. J. Wilson Crawford bought a demolition permit to raze the residence at 1000 Shelby Road. Canslei Rmewal # Meeting Tonight The Kings Mountain Redevel opment Commission will holl an informational meeting on plans for the Cansler area uil an re newal project at City Hall Thurs day night at 7 o’clock. All persons in the area, prop erty owners and tenants, have ibeen invited to attend the meet - . Gene White, commission direc tor, said rights of both owners and tenants will be outlined and objectives for redevelopment of :he 110-acre area will be stated. Mr. White adde that the com mission expects to begin acquir ing properties it expects to raze —some 186 residences are tabbed for razing as derelict or sub standard—in January. The commission will obtain initial purchase funds via a fed eral loan before going into the private market in March to sell, project, notes. Jaycees Induct John Whitlock John /Whitlock, Burlington Mills employee, was inducted into membership by the Kings Moun tain Jaycees at their Tuesday A night meeting. Mr. Whitlock, his wife, Pat, and their son and daughter re side at 307 Fulton Drive. He commutes to McAdenville where he is employed. SERMON TOPIC Dr. Paul Ausley will use the sermon topic, “Out of Darkness Into Light” at Sunday morning worship hour at First Presby terian church. G-W QUEEN — Debbie Bums of Kings Mountcdn has been chosen 'Miss Anchoi" in the Gardner-Webb college yeorbeok contest. Debbie Rums "Miss Anchor If A Kings Mountain student, Miss Debbie Burns, was crowned ‘iMiss Anchor,” in the Gardner- Webb college year book contest. Miss Bums, daughter of A^rs. Edith Burns of 309 Wilson Ter race, will be featured in the 1973 college yearbook. Runner-ups were Donha Turner cxf Blardtsbul'g, S. ji’, arid Lanlta Wright of Shelby^ Postmastei: Do MaO Early Suggested dates for mailing air parcels and air mail greeting cards for overseas countries are rapidly approaching. Post office officials suggest that air parcels to Far East and Near East countries and to Africa be mailed by Dec. 9 to Insure de livery by Christmas. Air greet ing cards to the same countries are requested to be mailed by Dec. 14 to insure delivery. A mail early schedule that Is recommended by the post office includes the following dates: Dec. 8—Airmail to Greenland, Lai:rador and Newfoundland. Dec. 9—'Airmail to Africa and Azores; Air parcels to Africa, Near East and F^r East, which includes Vietnam. .Dec. 11—Air parcels to South and Centra! America and Eu rope Dec. 14—Air greeting cards to Africa, Near East and Far East; Dec. 16—Air greeting cards to South and Central Afnerica and Europe; Dec. 19—Air greeting cards to Canada and Mexico, The post office urges that pack ages to cities in the United States ibe mailed by Dec. 10. A spokesman for the post office here noted that two special boxes will be set aside in the lobby of the post office for bun dles of Christmas cards. In- town cards and out-of-town cards should be bundled separately and placed in their respective boxes. Coiuddeiation To Top Agenda Monday Nigbt Major items on the agenda for Monday night's city commission agenda include recent awards for ^ properties for the r^affalo Creek i resevoir specifioally !— , 1) The commissioner award of OwAMttrA DvAKlAina m,000 to Amnrose B. Cline andT™®®“® rfODiemS 2) The Superior Court jury a- ward Of $175,000 to W. K. Mau ney, Jr., and Buford Cline, trad- as Double B Ranch. The city has the rlpht of ap 'M»al in both cases, as do the do fendants. The commission is expected to award contracts for an electronic accounting machine, of which Burroughs Corporation is appar ent low Wdder, and, for the sani tation department, a truck with chasis, on which Dalton Truck Sales, of Gastonia, is apparent low bidder, and a refuse loader, on which Worth Keeter, of Char lotte. is apparent low bidder. <!>ther items: 1) Three 'requests for tax re-* funds on grounds of the home stead exemption. 2) Annexation request of Karl Jacoby, 40$ Edgemont Road. 3) Rezoning requests of Shel by Investment Company, Hardin- Bumgatdner Garage, and Mrs. Gorrell, all involving properties within the mile perimeter and Ivin" on the north side of Shelby Road. 4) Re-zoning request of A. C. Dugan to re-zone a tract on the Bessemer City road from light Industry designation to residen tial. Choir To Sng Yale Pregnun ' ‘“The Christmas Story” in song and scripture will be presented by thed&voice Chancel Choir and the Cherub and Carol Choirs of Kings Mountain Baptist church Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. The program will also include singing of carols by the congrega tion. Mrs. J. C. Bridges, organist and choir director, will direct the pro gram. Mrs, Bill Crawford is di rector of the Carol choir. Rev. James M. Wilder, pastor, issued invitation to the commun ity to join in the Christmas sea son presentation. Will Be Attacked Too much water pressure at your house? Or too little pressure? Mayor John Henry Moss said Wednesday he will recommend to the commission at Monday night's' meeting that the city retain Pitometer Associates, En gineers, of Pittsburgh, Pa., 'to conduct a water pressure and supply analysis and to supply recommendations to correct the pro(:lems. Toys Foi Tots Project Begins Operation Toys for Tots vill be conducted again this year to make Christmas merrier for the area needy. 'Bob Myers, president of the Kings Mountain Jaycees, said the Jaycees Tree Lot i the former Ted Gamble Gulf Station on the corner of Mountain and Battle ground) is the place where good, used toys should <be deposited by citizens who wish to aid the proj ect. The Jaycees, in cooperation with the Kings Mountain Minis terial Association, will distribute the toys on Christmas eve. Good, useable toys are pilfer- red or those toys which cah be repaired, said Mr. Myers. Joe King is chairman of the project for the civic organiza tion. 31 Busineess dnd Indnstrial Rims Sapport Upcoming School Bond Vote Thirty-one local industries and businesses went on record today endorsing the Dac. 46 Kings Mountain District Schools bond referendum. A full-page ad inside today’s Herald ur"cs local citizens to support the bond issue is being sponsered by these 31 busi nesses. Two-thirds of those businesses are industries who employ hun dreds of persons. j Some of the industries have in-; dicated that they will give out brochures with their employees’ paychecks this week urging them to vote for the $2.5 million ref erendum. School officials are urging pass age of the referendum for three ( major causes: 1) Construction of a new junior Drama Group To Give Play Is it possible to have an old- fashioned Christmas? This theme is developed in a play called “Let’s Have an Old-Fashioned Christmas” which will be pre sented Sunday evening, December 10, 7:30 p. m., at First Baptist church, Kings Mountain, by the drama group of the church. A family searches for the true spirit of Christmas and finds in the hectic rush of modem day that things are different from the years past. Other discoveries are made relating to the Christ mas observance. Mrs. Louise Noffsinger of Wins ton-Salem wrote the play, and she and a group of young people from her church are planning to attend the presentation Sunday evening. Rands Set Winter Concert Free Winter Concert by the three bands of the school system will be held on December 14th at 8 p. m. in the auditorium of Cen tral Junior high school. The 170 bandsmen will include members of the Eighth Grade Band, the Ninth Grade 'Band and the Kings Mountain High School Blazer Band. Donald Deal will direct the ' musicians in a concert of musical selections including seas o n a 1 Christmas music. YULE PROGRAM “Show and Sell”, a program on Christmas decorations, will feature Wednesday’s meeting of the Open Gate Garden club at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Eugene Mc Carter and Mrs. John Gamble will -e hostesses and Mrs. Humes Houston is program chairman. Music Bank Opens Saturday The Music Bank will be for mally opened in ribbon-cutting ceremonies Satui'day morning at 9 o’clock. iMayor John H. Moss will snip the rT'bon opening the new music center on S. Battleground to the public. The new Kings Mountain business is located be side of Belk’s in the former First Union National Bank Ibuilding. Phil Lynch is store manager and Ken Standiidge of Gastonia is owner of the firm which spec- Speaker Banquet Lions To Honor 72 Gridders Tuesday Night The annual King:; Mountain Lions Club football banquet hon oring members of the 1972 KMHS eleven will .e held Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at the high school cafeteria. Art Weiner, vice-president of Burington industries, will be guest speaker for the event. Wein er is a former All-American end at the University of North Caro lina and was head coach at KM High in 1951. Highllgjit of the banquet will be the presentation of four tro phies. They are the George Plonk Most Valuable Player award, the Fred Plonk Blocking trophy, the John Gam'-'e Scholas tic award and the most improved player award. In addition, all 13 senior members of the team will receive plaques and all payers who participated in at least 20 quarters during the 10 game sea son will receive letters and-or stars. Tickets for the event are on sale by members of the Lions club at $2 apiece. The Lions will be honoring a team which finished 6-4 overall and brought the school only its second winning season since its last championship year of 1964. Most of the 13 seniors also play ed OP KM’s other winner, a 7-3 outfit in 1970. Four All-Conierence players will be recognized, including line backer Mark George, tackle Jake Bridges, end Harlee Davis and quarterback Tony Falls. The 13 seniors include Harlee Davis, Marcus Floyd, Mark George, Jake Bridges, John Brid ges, Chris Johnson, Tommy Shir ley, Jerry Valentine, Javon Smith, Alfred Ash, Lanny Thornburg and Walter Snead. Weiner, who played In the 1948 Sugar Bowl for North Carolina, coached the 1951 Mountaineers to a 2-4-1 Western Conference rec ord and a 4'4-l oVerall mark. The Mountaineers defeated Cherry- ville 13-7 that year for the first KM victory ever over the Iron- men. Ironically, that victory knocked the Ironmen out of the Western Conference champion ship as they finished 6-1 and a half-game behind Lenoir, which was 7-1. CHRISTMAS OPENING PARADE — Crowds of Kings Mountain area citizens jammed the streets for the city’s Christmas opening parade Friday. P hotogropher Isaac Alexander snapped these scenes. The Cleveland County Association for Retarded Children flooL above, attracted a large group of youngsters. Rev. Fronk Shirley, Temple Baptist pastor, (with glasses and hand in ah) rode on the float with them. Yule Parade Will Climax Grover Clean-Up Grover Clean-Up Week offi cially begins Sunday and will be culminated on Friday, Decem ber 15th, with a 5 p. m. Christmas parade. Santa Claus will be the star of the parade which will feature various units of church and civic groups and scout organizations. Mrs. J. C. Scruggs, parade entry chairman, invites any Grover area group interested in joining the parade units to call her at her residence in Grover for more in formation. “'Let’s all clean up and spruce up our yards and vacant lots,” said a spokesman for the affair, “and let’s bring out our prettiest Christmas decoration for our front doors." She added, "Let's make Grover sparkle fer Christ mas.” The Grover Christmas parade will be the first parade held in neighboring Grover and promot ers hope to make it an annual affair. Smith Wins Smithwick Award L Canslei Besale Friday At 10 Resale of the property of the late Mrs. George Cansler will be held at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Shelby on Friday morning at 10 a.m., Commission er J. A. West has announced. Bidding for Tract 1 at 508 West Mountain street will open at $7,820. Kings Mountain Dis trict Schools are current high /bidder. Bidding for Tract II at 103 lalizes in records, tapes, albums King street will begin at $2,859.80, and musical instruments plus Robert O. (iBob) Cox Is current novelties. I high bidder. high school, approximately one- mile from Kings Mountain High 'School on Phifer Road; i 2) Crnstruction of an auditorl-i um at the h'gh school which would servo both school and com munity needs; 3) Improvements at the school district’s elementary plants. , Supt. Don Jones has often pointed to overcrowded condi tions at every district school as one of the prime reasons for the referendum. He notes that , every school is filled to capaclti^ and that Kings Mountain Hlgfh School, which was designed for 1,000 stu dents, now houses approximately 1,250 students. A victory at the polls on Dec. 16 would ena'ble the schools to take the ninth grade from KM CONT/NC/ED ON PJkGB 6* Stores Open Loter For Yule Shoppers Most stores are remaining open later to accommodate Christmas shoppers. At least three firms — Belk’s, Roses and Eagles Variety Stores have been open until 8:30 each evening this week. Other firms have Indicated they will be open Friday night until 8:30 p.m. and every bight, except Saturday, un til 8:30 until Christmas. Merchants report they have a good stock of Christmas mer chandise and invite shoppers to take advantage of the evening hours to select their gifts for families and friends. NEW OFHCERS OF THE GARDNER-WEBB COLLEGE TRUSTEES AND ADVISORS WIVES AUXlUARY The Gordner-Webb Col lege trustees and advisors wives auxiliary hove elected new officers for the coming year. They ore (left to right) Mrs. Fred West of Gastonia; Mm. Charles Alexander of Kings Mountoin, chairmon; cmd Mrs. J. T. Alexonder, Jr., of StatssvUle, secretory. Mrs. Alexander U wife of Postmoster Charles Alexander. lames Hullender Rites Conducted Funeral services for Jaimes Will Hullender Jr., 40, of Gastonia were conducted Sunday at 3 'p.m. a-t Siak East 'Chapel by the Rev. John Frazier and the Rev. Ray England. Burial was in Oastem Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Hullender, a native of Cleveland County, died Dec. 1 at 4 a.m. in Charlotte Memorial Hospital following a short ill ness. He had been employed as a mechanic with Lewis Motors in Gastonia. A former resident of Kings Mountain, Hullender was the son of Rev. James W. Hullender Sr. and Elizabeth Grigg Hullender, who now live in Bessemer City. Other survivors include his wife, the former Becky Andrews; one daughter, Mrs, Steve Bess of Kings Mountain; one son, Mich ael Hullender of the home; two brothers, Oscair Hullender . ol Kings Mountain and William Htillender of Gastonia; eight sis ters, Mrs. Mack Short, Mrs. Leo Waflkeiz, Mrs. Roscoe Lovelace, Mrs. J^nny Begg and Mrs. Vir ginia Hullender, all of Kings Mountain; Mrs. Dean Almond of Bej^semer City, Mrs. Herman Simpson of Shelby and 'Mrs. Theodore Finley of Stuart, Fla. SMITHWICK WINNER — MiB. Ed H. Smith of Kings Mountain and Charlotte is winner of the Smithwick Cup given by the N. C. Society of County and Lo- ing article on N. C history. Mrs. Smith's husband won the the Cup last year. Fied Wright S&LDiiecior Fred J. Wright, Jr., has been elected to the board of directors of Home Savings and Loan As sociation, it was announced by Thomas A. Tate, executive vice- president. Mr. Wright is a realtor and concrete products manufacturer. Other directors are Mr. Tate, Joe H. Thomson, president, B. D. Ratlerree, vice - president. Dr. Paul E. Hendricks, Sr., R. S. Plonk, I. G. PAtterson, Jack H. White, and Charles D. Blanton. Annual Award For History To KM Writer Mrs. Elizabeth Simpson Smith wife of Ed H. Smith, Saturday was named winner of the 1972 Smithwick Award given by the North Carolina Society of Coun ty and Local Historians. The aw’ard was presented in conjunction with "Culture Week” activities at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh. Culture Week is the state’s annual gathering of its thirteen major historical and cultural organizations, and the Smithwick Award is given each year for an outstanding newspa per article written on some as pect of North Carolina History. Mrs. Smith's article entitled "Founding Father. .Revered or Rejected” dealth with Col. Wil liam Graham, a controversial fi gure in the American Revolution. She is a member of the Charlotte Writers club and her articles ap pear frequently in newspapers and regional magazines. Interestingly, The Smithwick Award was won last year by her husband, Edward H. Smith of Kings Mountain. KIWANIS PROGRAM Dr. Charles Edwards, pastor of Eoyce Memorial ARP church, will relate some of his experiences as a chaplain dur ing World War 11 at Thursday night’s Kiwan s club meeting at 6:-45 at the Woman’s club. Youth Rally Saturday At 1 A Musical Youth Rally featur ing the bands and choirs of the system will be held Satur day at 1 p.m. at the corner of Batleground and Mountain streets (the former Ted Gamble Gulf Station). The young musicians will per form again on Thursday, Dec. 14th, at 3:30 p.m. and on Friday, December 15th, at 3:30 p.m. in the same location. Featured on the program will be the KMHS Pep 'Band under the direction of Donald Deal; the KMHS Chorus under the direction of Mrs. J. X. McClure; and chor uses from Central Junior high school. The rally will call attention to the upcom ng school bond refer endum to be held December 16th. Empty Stocldug Appeal To Start Jingle bells will bo ringing from the Empty Stocking Loon, in the downtown district this week for benefit of the area needv Kings Mountain ministers of the area will be onorating this booth from now unHl Christmas eve to seek contributions from the community for the area neeny. The fund-raising project is conducted only once a year but provides year-round help for many in the ferm of staple food items, warm, winter clothing, fuel and Christmas presents for the young folk. Area ministers, in cooperation with Kings Mountain Jaycees, provide Toys for Tots to needy children dulng the Christmas season* STAR OF SHOW — Santa Claus was star of the Merchants Asso ciation-sponsored Christmas Parade Fridoy. The gentlemen from the North Pole ond reindeer was the last entry in the 46 unit parade of pretty gizU. floots and marching bonds. (Isaac Alexander Photo)