Population
Grf^oter Kings ?1.914
Limits 8.465
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vaciol Ualtatf iitatM Bureau of tbe Censui repoii o
'oBvarT t9M. end iBCludee the 14,990 pepulatlua o
umbex 4 Towniblp, and tiM rexnoliUno 9,124 Ixos
umiMX S Townahlp, ts Cleveland County and Crowder*
^o'lntce lownebtp te Qaeten County.
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Kings Mountain, N. C.. Thursday, December 14, 1972
Eighty-Third Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
itizens To Vote Saturday On $2.5 Million Bond
i ^PA Se wageGrant
Applications Filed
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SPEAKER — Governor Robert
Scott will dedicote the state's
fourth Welcome Center here on
Thursdoy at 10 a.m.
Scott Speaker
For Dedication
Governor Robert W. Scott will
dedicate North Carolina’s fourth
Welcome Center on Thui*sday
with official ceremonies.
The dedication will he held at
10 a. m. at the site on Interstate
85 near the South Carolina line
City To Double
Pilot Plant
Daily Capacity
By,martin HARMON
The city Tuesday filed applica-
non for federal and state grants
on a id'J project to double
iho capacity of the Pilot Cregk
sovvage trealmeni plant to four
miihon gallons per day.
The applications were filed fol
lowing lesoiution of the board
of commissioners Monday night.
Specificalliy, the city, applying
for the full alkwable federal
grant of 75 percent, seeks $477,
130 under the federal environ
mental act. It seeks $159,045
from the state.
■Mayor John Henry Moss said
the city, to furnish its share,
lias invested in bank notes at
5.25 percent interest, $147,063..
derived from previous sewer sys
tem capital balances and $110,
000 in bank notes which the com
mission authorized several
months ago under the “three
steps forward, two steps back
ward’ state financing law. Any
agency of state government, in-
c'.u'Tig the state itself, is per
mitted to l)orrow capltol funds
utside Kings Mountain. The ded-! hi any year up to two-thii-ds its
ation is oix?n to the pu blic. j previous year’s net debt retire-
In addition to providing rest ment.
Tacilities and literature, the cen
ter will be staffcii by hostesses
who will assist travelers in plan
ning itineraries.
North Carolina’s thia c? other
centers are located en the Vir
ginia lino at I-S5 near lien lof.'on.
1-95 near Rotuioke Kapids ami 1-40
on the Tennessee line near Way
nesville. Plans are to have Wei
come Centers on al) Interstate
entry points. The original Wei
come Center ijrogram was ap
proved by the 1967 General As
sembly.
Governor Scott wil be introduc
ed by Charles Harbour, director
of the state’s Travel and Promo
tion Division of the Department
of Natural and Kennomic Re
sources. The Travel and Promo
tion division is in charge of the
centers.
Robert E. Leak, director of the
Office of Industrial, Tourist and
Community Resources will l)e the
master of ceremonies. The color
guard will be provi(U‘d by the
North Carolina Nation Guard.
lOath Engineer Battalion, Char-
k'ttp. The Kings Mountain wind,
enscmh'e of Kings Mountain
high school will provide the na
tional anthem.
The city is amortizing its
bonds at the rate of $17t),tK)© per
year, and its current bond<Ki debt
has l)een reducwl to $3,790,000.
The state department of eco
nomic and natural resources has
not yet indicated to what extent
it wil! parlicipate but. on basis
of project outline, recommended
approval of the federal grant
last month.
d:
bysFoiTots
loject Begins
'Kings Mountain Jaycees are
cojitinuing to accept good, now
or used toys for their Oix.‘ration
Toys for Tots 'pnijcc't.
iB(rb Myers, president of the
group, said fihat any persons wish
ing to donate a toy may Umvo it
at the Jaycees’ Clurislmas tree
lot at the corner of Mounlain
and Battleground (old Ted (Gam
ble Ciii'K Station).
Myers said the Jaycees wil]
re[)air any repairable toys a;id
distribute them to needy ichil-
dren in the area.
Joc» King is chairman of the
project.
Revenue Sharing
Check Is $63,248
'Kings Mountain received
$()3,248 and Grover rdeeived $2,505
from the U. S. Treasury Depart-
mcmt last week as their first
ments under the General Reve
nue Sharing Program.
Payments are for the six-month
retroactive ix^riod from Jan. 1'—
June 30.
The funds may be used for a
variety of public purpjst^s such
as environmental protection, pun-
He transportation, safety, health,
recreation, libraries and social
services for the poor or aged.
The total amount recent in
North Carolina was $67,229,428.
CTevfland County’s figure was
$593,381. i
LEGION AUXILIARY HONORS PRESIDENT — Mrs. J. M. Rhea,
left, a charter member of Otis D. Green Unit 155 Auxiliary,
presents the past president's and president's pin to Miss Eliza
beth StewarL Unit 155 president, who is serving her second
term os ouxillary president The Unit honored Miss Stewart
during a surprise preeentation regular meeting T\uixsday
night at the American Legion Building and also took the occa
sion to recognize the Unit's 100th membe rand other new znem-
bers. (See story on page 4, this section. (Herald Photo by I. G.
Alexander).
King Signal Plan
Approved By City
Two Exceptions,
Both Are Minor,
Made By Board
Next Week's Herald
Will Be Day Early
Next week’s (xlilion of the
Herald will come out a day
early.
The paper will bo printed on
Tue.-iday night and will ho dat
ed Wednesday.
The etlition will include
Cliristmas features and grinyt-
ings from morchanls, In addi
tion to regular m^vs content.
PicMures to bo used should bo
brought to tiie 'Herald no later
than Friday. Ni^'ws matter
should be received by Tuesday
morming.
Deadline for advertisers^ will
liV moved up one day. Thus,
yds should bp received by 2 p.
TO. Monday.
SERMON TOPIC
‘*A Birthday Party” will be the
sermon topic of Rev'. N. C. 'Bush
at Sunday morning worship hour
at 11 o’clock at Grace United
Metliodist church.
legion To Play
Santa on Sunday
The American Legion’s annual
Christmas party for ff^edy chil
dren will be held Sunday at 12
ncxin at Otis D. Cravie Post 1.55.
W. D. (R('rl) Morrison, Post 15,5
manager, said ho oxpect.s 450
cliildren to 'b<' pre.sent. Morrisiin
said the children iwould be serv
ed luni'h and will ht? given
treats.
(Morrison noted that chHilren
must have a ticket in order to
be admitted, Ti<*kets will be dis-
tributeil through tihe scliools.
No adults will be acimltted
Formal Opening
For Pine Manor
Apartments
By MAR'm HARMON
Pine Manor Apartments, the
lOb-unit housing complex on
Charles street off York Road, was
formally opened at ribbon-cut
ting ceremonies Wednesday
morning.
George Lusk, puollc relations
director for the owner, Phillips
tyevcU>pment Corporation of Gaff
ney, S. C., stated appreciation to
Mayor John Henry Moss and oth
er city officials for their coo^jer-
ation in bringing the project to
fruition.
“Mayor Moss is a 'can do’ may
or with vision,’^ Mr. Lusk de<rjar‘
cd.
'He added parlicular apprecia-
tion to the city fire department
and electrical Jepartment for
their work in ('cwntoatting the
$590,000 fire which destroyed a
portion of the units while under
construction. Had it not been for
their good work, the whole com
plex would have burned, Mr.
Lusk said.
Mayor Mo&s welcomed fhe
Phillips firm and said the 100-
apartment complex will answer
a crying need for modern effi
cient, livable quarters. He then
snipped the ribbon formally open
ing the complex.
Ken Martin, Phillips’ properly
manager, said 30 apartments will
be ready for occupancy Monday,
with the others soon to be avail
able after completing “finishing
touches”.
The complex was built under
the subsidized rent section of the
federal Public Housing Law. Loav
incone families will qualify for
reriii suteidies, bosed on gross
family income and size of fami-
ly. Unlike Kings Mountain Public
Housing authority residences, the
Pine Manor apartments will be
available to anyone regardless
of inicome. Those with sufficient
income will pay market rent.
Mrs. Annette Harris is resident
manager and maintians an office
at the apartments
Other Phillips officials here for
the ceremonies were Do-ii Ward,
area manager, Mrs. Denise Yen-
zer, senior resident manager, and
Mike Coioman, marketing direct
or.
Available are one to four-bod-
room apartments.
Th'e project represents a round-
figure investment of $1.3 million.
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FIREMEN'S DEBT PAID — Members of the Ock Grove Volunteer
Fire Department recently morked “paid in full' to a S18.500
note for a new fire truck they purchased two years ogo. From
left to right, John Patterson, secretary; Paul Bell, treasurer;
Johnny McKinney, assistant chief; and Wayne Self, fire chief.
Mark George wins
Trophy As MVP
City *72 Tax Levy BrfdgeS, DdViS,
Only 43.6% Paid Valentine,
Hamrick Honored
As December wanes, city and,
county tax coliectors are expect-1
ing to be kept quite busy, as two
percent penalty applies January
3 on al unpaid 1972 ad volorem
tax bills.
City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr.,
reported the city’s 1972 levy of
$368,222 only 13.6 percent paid,
which he described as “low”.
Total payments to date
$160,688.
are
INDUCTED — Sylvia Morris of
Kings Mountain has been in
ducted into Kof^ Delta Pi
national honor society in edu
cation at Western Carolina Uni
versity.
Sylvia Morris
Is Inducted
Sylvia Morris of Kings Moun
tain has been initiated iiUo Kappa
Delta PI national honor society
in education at Western Carolina
university.
To be eligible for membership
in Kappa Delta Pi at WCU, a stu
dent musi rank scholastically in
the lop 20 per (ent of the student
IxKly, have at least a “B” aver
age, exhibit commendable p<'r-
sonal (lualities and intend to
Cofitinucd On Fa<jc Eight
Giovei's Hist Christmas Parade
Friday at 5 o'clock; 40 Entries
Gri>ver*s first annual Christmas
parade wil! form Friday at 4:30
p. m. on Laurel stieet and pro
ceed through tito streets of Grov
er at 5 p. m.
Forty units, featuring pretty
girls, the Kings Mountain high
school band, a float by the Dix
on 4-H club and other entries are
included in the parade line-up
wh ch will feature Santa Claus
and reindeer as the last float.
The big parade will culminate 'years”, commontod
Early Spring fs target^ate foi
bi'ginning work on a major traf-
lie signalizaticn ^)rogram which
will speed up trafiic flow through
the city.
The city commission Monday
; night formally approved the
plan, in principle, stipulating
; tliar eonsUieration would be giv-
i en to prj/liibiling parking at cer-
I lain intersoedions.
I iDan Jenkins, state Highway
I cominissicn cnigineer, in pre
senting maps oulliinng the pro
posed project, said tJiu signaliza-
lioji calls for:
1) installation of a major rsig
nil at Rallr.oa(i and Battleground
wliiciT will eontml all other sig
nals and "keep them in step, en-
ablinr' motorists to drive through
tlie cfly on Kin?y Sreet without
traffic iTtd.tHng’TT^. The signal
would be an eliUAjrato two-dial
unit, stcpj'rng up traffic in i>oak
jxriods of 7 and 1L30 a.m. and
stepping down dunng off peak
p<'riods, he said.
2) installation of pedestrian
push-button signals at King and
Walterson and Linwo<xi and
Cleveland avenues for school
cliHdren.
3) prohibiing left turns on Bat-
tlegnnnid and Uailnxid avenue.s;
4) parking restrictions within
201) feet of the intersections ot
York tmd (Told, King Sr(H‘t and
Highway 161. Liinmid and Cleve
land, King and iNorfli Pitximont
and King and WatTerson streets.
5) removal of parking on eith
er side of King pa.st ('•an.sler with
e.xet ption at church parking only
in 'certain areas.
“This plan has h('cn in the
planning .dag<'s_ for, several
Mayor John
City To Appeal
Double B Award
The city board of commission
ers, with all members present
Monday right, formally appro
ved a resolution instructing City
Attorney Jack White and Gas
tonia lawyer Verne Shive to per
fect the appeal of the B and B
Ranch decision to the N. C.
Court of Appeals and make
e\ery effort to obtain a new
trial.
Action came after report by
Attorney Jack White c*ovcnng
the rec*ent Nov. 27 jury award to
Buford Cline of Shelby and W.
K. i Billy) Mauney, Jr. of Kings
Mountain, owners of B&B
Ranch, of $175,000 for land the
city is taking through condemna
tion for the Kings Mountain wa
ter project on Buffalo Creek.
Notice of appeal by the city
was filed by White Friday ibut
he tdld the board “it will take
120 days for both parties to per
fect the appeals.” White estima
ted it will be five or six months
before the Court of Appeals
hears the case.
The resolution, points out that
Co7itinurd On Page Eight
Mrs. Turner
Fetes Co-Workers
Mrs. Martha Hicks Turner en
tertained her co-workers of Lit
tle Moo of Shelby at a Christ- |
mas dinner Monday evening at l
her home in Grover.
Supper w'as served buffet-style
t'o 25 employees and their famil
ies.
Tables were decorated in
Christmas red and grt»en and <\v-
corated with candles. A Christ
mas tree decked with red biixls
was in the family room and a
large lighted tree was in the Ji
ving room.
Mrs. David Thomas assistixl
Mrs. Turner in entertaining.
Guests, who wore dressed in
quolififd to \ ote in I’’ ' \ i
Is 5,835 l)ut .Supt. Don Jorcs d
WcHlnci; 1;iy he had u > i.-.e.-i \ ’''t
kind oi i ••spon.se there would i;e.
*'\\'e haven't tni'e.n any -
i.al sur\e\.'-,“ s. kl .Tories, -*•<>
tried to talk lo ns many people
^ as i^ossible and wr-'-. e hr. i r: lot
of favorable support. Ilowe‘»er,
i am .siii - some oj.'posiiion t-oo.”
Jones a klc'd th.it h(' thinks
*’\ve have j-ot a if)i (*f important
information i«» the people
through the newspapt'rs, radio
and meetings. If tiie people rea
lize ,his is tlte last ehanco we’ll
have to h"!d a lK)nfl ekntion of
our own, djen I don’t think we’ll
iiavc loo many problom.s.’’
Although no offiaia] surveys
have h('(‘n hold, in iications are
that the i'ond issue wil! pass.
There has l)eon strong talk that
if it tails, Kings Mountain
would be forced fo f'onsoli'Jate
with .Shelby anti Cleveland Coun
ty Schools in the near future.
l^hel y voteis pacs<'d a
01)1) i)Cfnd is.sue ‘.ni,*. \'t7ir raid
school officials n*]»ojt that
“iheir buildings are now in ex
cellent shape.” .S(‘\'(-ra; prr.'tjns
have indicate! that ‘•Siioli)y vo-
,, ^ ,, 'tens would not pass a Xutine
Five linemen walked off with hen<l is.siic which would help
Mountain.”
Law passed earlier this year
prohibits indhidual .scliool 'sys
tems such as K;nu-s Mountain to
call for a boml election after Ju
ly 1, 1973. Thus, any future bond
elections, must be iin a c‘ounty-
wick* b.asis. and since Slielby's
buikiings are in gooii shape for
many .'.oars, loca] school offic-
awards al the annual Lions cluo'Khv.
football banejuet held Tuesday
night in the Kings Mountain high
sclio<»l cafeteria.
IMark George. 19.3-i)ound senior
cenier-linebacker, won the most
covcit*!] prize, tlie Dr. George
Plonk .Most Vkiluable PJa\or
award. Other winners included
Jake Bridges, Fred Plonk Block-, ,
ing Trophy; Larry Ilamilek, John: ili'd county-wide bond
Gamble Scholastic Award; Har-1would not pass,
lee Davis, Mountaineer Iropliy;' According to Jones, the pi-psent
and Jerry Valentine, Most school plant here wa^ de-
prqvc*d Player award. I signed to house no more than
I 1.000 stuflents. There are curi*en(-
Four of the five winners areiiy over 1.200 .students enrolled
seniors. Hamrick, a tackle, is a ihoia*.
Junior. 1 If the Ir-nd passes, ninth
It marked the second time r’’*^*'* students would be iunised
acound in tropliy-wining oew jiinioi' high school,
Gt»orge and Biklge.s,
memlx'rs of this y(‘ar‘s team to , , ,
start for three consecutive ^ea-' ^ ninth gra-
wi’uld g(* to the junior high
thc^ only ' school with only
s team grades and less tlia'i 1.000
sons. George won tiie most im- , ^ ,
proved player awanl and lie! for Centra. .'-:jioO| would serve
the scholastic tiDphy last season ^ tni.iJie school fer sixth end
and Bridges won the blocking grai(*rs. Tlie district’s
trophy last j’car. ’ ^ cment:ii \ schools wf>uld in-
,elu<lf a kindergarden through
In a<ldition to tlie five Uafphies.! grarlo five,
plaijues were pres<*nie l t‘> the 13 Altliougii a now junior high is
seniors on the team and letters the fain ne(*d. sehoed officials
formal attire, exchanged Christ-!•'^*‘*r.s were pro.scnted to ih<‘ also b-ei Hie netvl for an audi-
playcrs who saw action in at least , lorium and improvements as the
20 iK'fiods durijig the 10-game el(*mentary schools. Jones said
mas gifts during the evening.
School Bond
Election Facts
Here are the faot.s on fhe up
coming Kings Mountain Di.s-
trict Sehoolis $2.5 million bond
election Saturday:
Polls Open: 6:30 a.m.
Polls Cl'ose: 7:30 p.m.
Polling Places:
East KM: City Hall.
West KM: Armory.
Bt'thw’are: Bethwarc Sc‘hool.
Grover: Grover R(»seue Squad.
season.
Extensive Refurbishing For Joy
Theatre: New Seats, New Marquee
Grover’s Clean-up 'Week and: Moss, and “would provide safety
many citizens in Grover have' and convenience o? our citizens.”
decorated their homes for tlie’ The cost of* fhe signalization
holidays in keeping with the' project is completely paid by the
promotion. 1 state^
Stevvart and Everett Theatres,
owners of Joy Theatre in Kings
Mountain, have announced plans
<o re-model the Jay._
Eugene MeSwam, manager at
the theattre, said worK wml ibe^n
immediately and should be oom-
pletod in early January.
Plans include roplaoing all
scats, earpetting the IoM>y and
Mioatire areas, Installing new
vv’all fabrics, a new marquis ajid
lights, painting inside and out,
and re-finishing the ^reetj.,
MeSwain siad workers 'wiiill Ibe-
gin tearing out some of the seats
right away. He said the neiv
seats will be regular theatre
seats but will be up-todate*
Wlion work Is complett'd. the
theatre will seat
and the downstairs seats would
be wider.
Art WeiiK’r. f^'nner .-MI .\mt>n
can end nt I’Nc’ nn<l KMH'^ cikicIi
in 1951, was giK'st sjicakcr t"r;
the event vvhii-h drew a hu;;i'
gathering. Wibncr > now vice-
president of Burlington Indus-,
tries.
the au<iitorium vvould serve both
tiie .«"ho()ls an 1 1ht» community
•Tones pii:n|e<| <iiM that evei’y
sclioo’ 'n the district is over-
rrowr'i-'l. .-.prl trailers are
'•urnnMiv iein^y used for class-
rocm> at several .'•chools and
I some of the sehools need free
zer rooms to store food, Jones
George, Bridges and Da\ wei'cj said,
all memlKM's of tht* All - South-! ^be hi^h school. Mrs. Coz-
western Conferenci' fotttball teani;^’-^ Vance. Dean of Wenipn, cur-
and Valentine joimMi the trio an effire .which. H’as
player of tin* week circles. di'sign^'d a.^ a i'(>f>k room. One of
Three of the four playiMi much pli'* ticket offices at fhe gym
of the seasiui dc'spile injuries anri | 'v;is als.> made into an offiw anl
UmI th(' Mountaineers to a 6-1 rcc-! are lx‘ing ston'd in an ole-
onl, only tlu'b* .second winning A .s]iaft.
.sea.son in eight years. George j ’‘V\'e need these imnrovements
playi'd the .'^iXMmd half of tit" | ^'’’dl' .” said Jimes. "I hone ov^rv
season d(*spit'“ a nose iniury.i'unljf ed \-c'ter wiij come to the
Bridgi's sat out (he last thn'e!l>o”s caturtny”
approximately I game, w ith a h'g in jury. Of the Polls \\ ii! o»>en at 6;.?n ^
450 persons. It pre.sently seals j five trophy witiners. onlv Da\iS| and eIos4' at 7:30 n.m. Polling
a-pproximtalely 700. MjeSvvain said : an t Hamri. k went through the ptaees am Ciiv Ha'l, Th/' Ar'
bhere would be no balcony seats Ist^ason without su.sfaining a hurt. ’n<»r\'. nciliw'nre S-'horU and Gro-
Bolh ‘Gc^orge and Bridge.s have ner Ro»;->iir* Sound Uoildtnrr.
been montioncxi as college ma- ‘^aid r’oetion hoard offietais vv’Ol
ter al and George has N’en
'There 'will be a 40” base be
tween rovw,” he said, “and we’ll
•Jiave only two aisles instead ot
thiree, which wo now have.”
lM<'Swa'in .said current plans are
to close the theatre from January
8-12 and iliave one showing on
Jan. 12.
The outside lights, he .said,
con
tacttvl ,''y several collegm*-;. Davis
has ovpressoii a de.siro to play
college ball hut many fee! his
lack of size wip e a hanlicap.
The 1.^ seniors reeeivitt'j pla
ques includofl George. Bridges.
Davis, Valentine. Myron George.
Alfred Ash. Marcus Floyd, Walter
Snead, Chris Johnson. J a von
mil be modern flouresotnl Ifghts Smith, John Bridg4's. Tommy-
instead of neon* 1 Shirley and Lanny Thornburg. I
bo .nt Ids office fo
count the \-ctf'';. Voto»-s
d'stH t Cli 'ib’e 1 1 vn|o will vote
at DeUnvan' school.
IN WASHINGTON
TTn-tev \V(dIs, Dixon Corn-
mu'd\' has rf'tornrxi to
the V, 8. Soldiers Home in
Washington. D. C. His
ad 1rf's< is U. 55. 5^>fTrp.r.j Home'
Washington, D. C. 20315.