<97?
Population
Greater Kings Mountain
21,914
City Limits
8.465
The Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived from tbe
Special United Stotes Bureau of tho Census report of
fanuary. 1966. and includes the 14,990 population of
Number 4 Township, and tho remaining 6.124 from
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowders
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
Kings Mountain's Relioble Newspopev
VOL. 84 No. 3
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, January 18, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Cooperation Restores Lake Pumpage In Three
Buffalo Project
99 Percent Done
•>
^Cleai-and-Giub
Woik Prelude
To Filling
A departmcMit of nou.'in;j and
Urdan Development report sliowd
Ki'ngs 'Mountain's Buffalo Creek
v\aier project Hi) percent com-
plelG. *
Remaining wo-rk includes clear
ing and gruobing c-1 the lanv
growth on tlie creek banks and
plugging the live-foot-diaineler
pipe at the base of the dam,
Mayor John Henry Muss reports.
He said the city’s two pumps
which sank last Thuirsday are ex-
{H?ieled to be i)Ut back in use by
January 25, when the equii>men;
boirowed iruin me regional civil
defense center, Anniston, Ala., at
) no co.it, will be returned.
; The Mayor rclcalicKi it is the
f second occasion the civil defense
agency has come to the city’s
I rescue during water emergencies.
I 'llie first occurred during a water
! sliortage dn lObti, when liie ag-
I Liuy lent pumps and piiie enabl-
/ ' ing the city to tap two streams
ior emergency water.
The Mayor also noted that
permanent-use pumps, usable
when the Buffalo Lake level is
I sufficiently high, already ore in
stalled on the eastside pier jut
ting out over the lake bed.
^re Destroys
Young Home
A Uoule 2, Kings M>unlatn
fauHy is out of a liome thi.-< week
after fire complettdy destroyed
tlieir home Saturday afternewu.
Belhlehctm and Kings Mountain
fire deiiartments battle ! the blaze
at the home o«f Cornelius Vounx
but the hou.'-e wiis beyond saving
When they arrived.
Firemen reported the fire ap-
jiarciitly startcnl in a back i(x>m
around an electric heater.
The Young family is currently
.staying with friends in the Com-
pac-t Community while neighbors
and iriends conduot a drive for
clotliing.
Any persons wis'hing to donate
clothing or furnishings may con
tact the Youngs by calling 739-
5536.
Clothes sizes desired are:
Childien’s sizes: Loys pants,
24 waist, 27 length; shirt, 12;
ehocs, five or six.
» Boys sizes: shi-rt, 10 16; shoes,
3; pants, five;
Girls sizes: Dress, 4, 6, 7, 10;
ahoes, 13 to one and l!a to 2.
Women’s sizes; Dress, 14; slices
aM.
Man’s jdzes: Pants 36 waist, 31
• length; slviirt, 15; shoes, 9.
MK‘"a‘s tizes: Dross* 2, 10 or 11;
shoe, 8^/^.
Picture Deadline
Is Monday 4:30
Deadline for pictures appearing
in the Herald each week is Mon
day ut 4:30 p.'m.
The Herald tannet guarantee
that pictures brought after Mon
day afternoon will appear in
that wcek’.s edhicn. becaui^e of
difficulties in met ting bus sche
dules to and from Greenville, S.
C. wliere the pictures are engrav
ed.
The litrlid staff appreciates
the ccopcialicn of readers in this
matter.
Essay Winners
lire Announced
Cathy Mi'DaiTiel, Keith Holt,
Rick Hinnant and Sarah Maner
are winners of DAR American
Hi.story Month Es.say contests in
the school .system.
Students in the fifth, sixth, sev-
enh and eighth grades of the dis
trict .system participated in the
contest held during History
Month and .sp:)n.sored by Colonel
Frederick Hambright Chapter,
Daughters of the American Revo
lution.
Miss Cathy McDaniel, fiftii
grader at Bethware school, is
daii.'^htcr of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
M Daniel.
Ko th Holt, sixth grader at
A^<v7t school, is son of Mr. and
Mr-;. Rayford Holt.
■Rick Hinnant, seventh grader
at Central Junior high school, is
.so>n of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ilin-
nant.
Sarah Maner, eighth grader at
C(*n!ral Junior high enhool. is
(iaughtcT of Mr. land Mrs. B. F,
Minor.
TO TENNESSEE
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ilurlnin
were called yesterday to Ixmd-
on, Tennessee due to the iloath
of Mrs. iHurlinit’s father, M. E.
Parks. Mr. Parks died Wednes
day cifternoon.
Tax Listing
At Brisk Pace
Uysiest place in tenvn this v^cuk
was the laxlisting office at City
Hall.
Tax Lister Edwin Moore said
his offfje Ls enjoying a brisk busi-
ne.-’s, as many pi'ople are visft-
ing the office to list their taxes
in pt'rson rather than by the
mail.
Number 4 Township tax listers
will be at City Hall on Monday
Ihi.ougli Friday from 8:30 until
5 p.m. through Feb. 2. In addi-
licn, Saturday listing, from 8:30
a.m. until 1 p.m. will be held on
tliis Saturday, Jan. 20.
Tile tax list<*rs will be in Gro
ver on Saturday, Jan 27th, from
8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Jbt the R(.»s-
tre S{iuad building.
Oitizens of No. 5 Township may
list their la.xes at the home of
Ginirge Murray Monday through
Friday fix>m 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
and on Saturdays from 9 a.m.
until 12 noon.
Tax li.^afers for No. 4 township
are .Mr. Moore, Mrs. Betty Ballard
and Mirs. Sadie Patterson.
SUFFERS FALL
Mus. Katie Wilcov secretary
to .Mayor John Henry Moss, sus
tained a broken right arm
Thursday wlien she fell on ice
in front of City Hall,
Rites Thursday For Wrech Victim;
Tignor Is Released From Hospital
Funeml services for Miss Cyn
thia Denise Jenkins of Kings
Mountain will be conducted at 4
p.m. Thursday at Mt. Zion •Bai>tist
Church by the Rev. J. S. Norris,
Rev. M. L. Campbell and Rev.
W, F. Scott. The body will be
pl'ac4*d in the churcth at 2 p.m.
and burial will follow in the
Mt. Olive Church cemetery.
iMiss Jenkins, 17, of 223 North
Wa'tterson Stnud, died last Fri
day as a result of Injuries sus
tained in an automobile accident
on Oak Grove Road.
At*cording to poHce rdports.
Miss Jenkins was the driver of
a car w'hioh struck another car
driven by Mike Tignor, also of
Kings Mountain. Miss Jenkins’
car reportedly hit an icy spot in
the road and slid into the path
of Tignor’s vehicle.
Tignor was hospitalized at
Electrical Chief
Earl Turbyfill
Has Resigned
Earl Turbyfill, city electrioil |
f;u]K*rintendent for the past four
years, will complete his duties
here this week.
Mr Turbyiill is returning to
A'^heville to -rejoin his former
employer of 15 years, M. B. 1
Haynes ElectrJc Company and
predcccisor, where his w'ork will
in:lude ccnstruction of sub-sta
tions and installation cf under-1
ground electric lines.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Turbyfiai,
w'ho live at 705 Princeton Drive,
are Asheville natives, and their
five children and .rix grandchil
dren live at Asheville.*
Mr. TuLiyfill suijceeded veteran
olectriical superintendent Hunter
Allen who was retiring, on De
cember 16, 1968.
“I have enjoyed working with
the Mayor and board of commis
sioners very rrruch. Thc^y have
been mest cooix?rative and help
ful in my work. I have made
many friends here and regret to
leave. 'But Asheville is home.” Mr.
Turbyfill said.
Mayor Moss commented, “I
speak for the comimissioners and
myself when I say the city re
grets very much the uixoming
less of Earl Turbyfill as electrical
superintendent. He ha.s done an
o-utstanding job. During his su-
penintendency the system has
grown by mere tlioji 20 percent.”
Charlotte Firm Is
School Architect
Hobby Martin, 7,
Drowns In Texas
Seven-year-old Bobby Maitin,
son of a former Kings Mouiitair.
Ui§AF Sergeant, drowned SfiiKfin
afternoon when he fell through
ice on a pond where he was
skating.
Graveside services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 1:30
®vm Bessemer City Memorial
ccimetery with Rev. W. H. Piiea-
gin, Jr. ofilleiating.
Young Martin, his older broth
ers, Allen Martin, ago 10, and
Richard Martin, age 14, wore re-
ixirlt'dly skating on an icc-frozen
near their liome in Wichita
Falls, Texas, w-ihere their father
is stationed in the Air Force. Al
len re|>orttHlly fell through the
ice and Richard pulkxi Iiim to
shore. Neither of the youngsloi>
had realized tlie younger boy had
also had difficulty and lie was
net m-issetl until later, Frank
Sisk, oix'rator of Sisk Funeral
Home, said ho fas informed by
family members.
The accident occurred about
1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon. The
family has been here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Hardin, uncle and auiU of the
drowning vicUm, at 201 Cleve-
JAnd Avenue. ^
Surviving are the parents,
r/Sgt. James Owens Martin and
Mary Hardin Martin; three broth
ers, Richard, Allen and Jeff, all
of the homo at 1402 Plicnlx Dr.,
Wk'iiita Falls, Tex*^; the pater
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
O. G. Martin and the maternal
grandfather, Paul Hardin, all of
Gastonia.
Cleveland Memorial Hospital
with abrasions, cra'cked iribs and
a cracked wrist. He wms released
ffom the hospital Woflnesday.
Miss Jenkins, a senior at Kings
Mountain high school, was a
'member of the Norris Choir at
Mt. Zion Baptist ChurL''h. At
KMHS, she was active In the
Future Homemakers of America,
the Future Teachers of America
and tlie annual staff.
Survivors include ber parents,
Mr. and Mrs. CaTW Jenkins;
four brothers, Carlec Jenkins, Jr.,
of Bronx, N. Y.; ami F^oyd Jerome
JiMikins, Charles Richard Jenkins
and Sherman G. Jenkins, all of |
the home; and one sister, Miss,
G'lraldino Jenkins oTTRe home. |
J. W. Gilf and Son.s Funeral
Home is in charge of the ar-,
rangements.
Rabb Funeial
Thursday at 2
Funeral rites for Edgar Epjis
Babb, 77, cf Route 2, Kings Moun
tain, will be held Thursday aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock at David’s
Baptist church.
Mr. Babb, a retired Stanley
grocer and native of Franklin
County, Ga., died Tuesday at 1:45
a.m. at Otcen Veterans Adminis
tration hospital.
He was a son of the late James
Aamn and Meli.'-'sa Cheatiham
Babb, a veteran of World War I.
member of David’s Baptist church,
Stanley Lodge AF & A'M, and
Rhync-Cannon Post American Le
gion, of Stanley.
Surviving are his wife, Anis Leo
Moseley Ba<bb; two sons, Walter
Edwin Babb, Kings Moumtain,
aihd Bill Babb, Marlon: three
daughters, Mrs. Jeff Howell, Stan
ley, Mirs. H. O. Cox, Roswell. Ga.,
and Mrs. Ronald Amolc, Hamp
ton. Va; a brother, J. C. Habl) of
High Shoals; «nd two .‘listers,
Mrs, J. W. Kay. High Shoals, and
Mrs. Dan Waters, Greenville, S.
C.
Rev. Marvin Whisnant ami Rev.
N. S. Hardin will conduct tiho
final rites and interment will be
at Hillcrest Cemetery Park, ML,
Holly. I
SPEAKER — Rev. Mitchell Co-
trone. missionary to Columbia*
South America, will fill the
pulpit on Tuesday evening at
East Gold Street Wesleyan
church.
Missionary
Speaker Here
Rev. Mitchell Cotrone, a mis
sionary of The Wesleyan Church
to Colombia, South .Vmerica, will
sj><*ak at 7 p.m., Jan. 23, at East
Gold Street We.sleyan Church.
A graduiite of Vennard College
in Chicago, Illinoi.s, Mr. Cotnmc
ha.s served a.s manager of t?hc
i'ip igrafia Union, the Wc'sleyan
Spanish pre.ss la’ated in tlie city
of Medellin, Colombia. Large
numbers of b>oks and -millions ot
tracts are printed here in the
SnanKsh language and distiribulcxl
Ihroughout the Spanish-spe^aking
world. Mr. Cotrone has also bt‘en
diri'ctor of tlie lKK>k.store and tna-
veling professor of the Extension
Btile Institute as well as i>artici-
l>ating in evangelism and pas
toral ciiun.seliiig. Prior to this he
in Costa Rica.
Missionary Cntromc will tell a-
bout the fiekl where he kis
(xl, the iKHiplc and the mission
ary work btMng done there. Coher
ed .slides will b<‘ shown. Curios
from the field will be on display.
The We.sleyan Chundi has mis-
.sionary w»>rk in 31 different
lociintries. Wliile the m>;ijor em
phasis is placed on goKjiel ex^an-
gelUni, an e\ien5;ivo medical and
(•durational pn>gram has been
('arried on by the denomination
in sexeral areas of tJiis world
wide missionary- ontc'rpnLsc.
Tlie pasiiir cardially invites all
in tlie a>mniunity to hear Mr.
Cotrone.
l-H To Install
New Officers
New officers of-the Dixon Com
munity 4 H club will be installed
Friday night following a cover
ed dish supper at 6:30 p.m. at
Dixon Pri'shyterian church.
Mike Pittman, 4-H leader from
the cimnty extension .service, will
install tile new officers.
Larry Wells, wildlife leader-
advisor, will explain the program
for 1973 for the >*oung iKxipIe as
the i>rogram for the meeting.
All families of the cx>nimunity,
and others interested, are invitixl
to join in the covvred dish .sup
per, said 'Ma*s. Bud Greene, leader
of the grv'up.
Film Designed
North Addition,
i&L Building
The Kings Mruntain District
Schools Beard of Education Mon-1
day night selected the firm of
Wiloer, Kendrick, Workman &
Warren of Charlotte as architects
fo-r the district's capital improve
ment program and also voted to
study a 'request from the SPO
(Student Participation Organiza-;
tion) at Kings Mountain High;
;hat a student be named to serve
on the .school board as an ex
officio member.
Board Chairman George >Mau-
ney made the recommendation
that the Charlotte firm be hitred
in the absence of board member
Tippy Francis, chairman of the
architect committee.
Supt. Don Jones told the board
that letters of appreciation would
oe sent to other firms that had
shown an interest in the project.
'Ine Cnarlotte firm was archi-
lect in the North school addition
and the new Kings Mountain
Savings & Loan Association
(>uildings.
John Knox McGill, vice-presi
dent of the SPO, requested that
the board select a student to
serve on the board.
Supt. Jones recommended that
the board study the request but
‘ pointed out that any student
■ member would not hav'c the op
portunity to voe. However, Jon«?s
said the sudeni, if scic -ted, could
participate in discussions of m ist
matters except those involving
personnel.
In other action .Monday, the
board:
1) .\ccepted the resignation of
Mrs. Margaret A. Ellis, third
grade teaelicr at Bethware;
2) Approvixl the following
teaolier elections: Anne C. Rot)*
bins, third grade at Bethware;
Carol Alin Parker, third grade at
Early Childhood Education Cen
ter; Glady.s J. Jones, second
grade at ECEC;
3) Approved letting an evalua-
tion day held on Nov. 19 .serve
as the teacher’s evaluation day,
originally set for Jan. 19 when
classes will be held due to the
reixnl snow.
Kings .Mountain District Schools
iupt. Don Jones has released a
revised school calendar listing
makt>up days for the three days
last during last wtx-'ks snow and
ice.
One of the days will be made
up this Friday, which originally
had been set aside as an off day
for students and an evaluation
day for tcacher.s.
The otflier two days will be
made up during spring vacation.
Spring vacation now will bt» Ap- i
ril 19-23 instead of April 16, 17,1
18 and 19-23, as originally set. |
Next Monday will mark the end '
of the first semester and roi)oiit |
cants will be issutxl on "Jan. 24. j
As the calendar now stands,
the last day for students will be
on June 1 and the last day for
teachers on June 4.
Jones nott's that if one more
day Ls last booause of snow, a
May 31 evaluation day will be
u.sed as a make-up day. If two
more days are icst, May 31 will
bo used as a make-up day and
last day for students will bo
June 2 instead of June 1. If three
or more days are Ii^st, May 31
will be the first makeup day and
other day’s will be made up dur
ing the week of June 4.
Hi
RECEPTIONIST FOR GOVERNOR IS FORMER CITIZEN — Marion
Lennox Evans* daughter of onetime city engineer Joe S. Evans*
Jr. of Statesville and Mrs. Evans* has assumed duties as recep
tionist in the Governor's Mansion at Raleigh. Miss Evans is p'c-
tured above with North Carolina Governor Jim Holshouser who
announced her appointment this week. Miss Evans received her
B.S. in Spanish in 1971 from North Carolina State University at
Raleigh* was active as o Nixonette in 1968 and was one of four
Tal Heel women who rode onthe North Carolina float in the
inaugural parade in Washington* D. C. when Nixon assumed the
presidency. Miss Evaans worked at Holshouser state campaign
beadouarters in Rale’gh during the recent campaign.
ABC-SBI Raids
Hauls
Two
Morrison,
McDaniel
Charged
Bagwell Cars Collided Causing
Bride s Parents To Miss Reception
Nan'cy Bagwell and Ricky Allen
said Mieir *‘I Do’s” in spite of
.sn;nv and uv a week ago Sunday.
But, tlie bride’.s parents miissed
her wediling nxx'ption.
Mr. and Airs. C'liairles Bag^vcll.
dtiving seiienale cars from (he
wxxlding in .-Mien Mt'mori'al Bap-
ll<t fhurcli, slid into each oMior
abcut 4 p.m. on Battleground
Avenue when a third car .stoj>|x*d
in front of the Bagwell Plymouth
Mtr.s. 'Bagwell was driving. The
Volkswagen op^nated by Mr.
Bagwell hit the Bag^^•ell car and
both were damaged approximate*
A raid of Otis D. Green Post
155 Tue.sday- afternoon resulted
in warrants ag Hast tlio jiost man
ager. VV. D. (Red! Morrison, and
, ity clerk and Post 155 adjuUuit,
Joe Mc'Daiwel.
Officers of the ST>T and State
ABC' agents reporttxlly confiscat
ed six slot maehines, 140 crises of
.XH'r, 69 unc>i»ened (piarts of liq
uor and a.<sorted gambling de
vices, and some opened bottles of
u’hiskey.
Morrison was charged with
possi'ssion of slot m-achines and
pos.session of boor and liquor for
tlie purjxise of sale. McDaaiiel
was cliarged with ptxsst'ssion of
gambling devices after oificx?rs
fopcrtedly fouiKl gvamblmg devkx*s
(tip boards and punch boards) in
a legion cf-Iieo that is used by
McDaniel.
Offii*ers aLxx raided iJie Kings
Mountain VFW past and a Shelby
Elks Club van Tuesday. !
Jack Smith, cximmandor of the
VFW post, said ABC ogent.s con- !
ducted “a routine check” at 6:30
p.m. but ‘‘found us clean.” I
Nine slot maehines were found
in the Slieiby Elks Club van aiui
charges were filed against an'
Elks Club officer, Elias Paul;
Kouri. i
5BI agents re|K)r(edly tailed the
van until sc-TtcJi warrants were
obtained, found the slot macliinos '
in the van and went back to tlie
Elks Club and arrested the ofli- j
cer. I
Both Kouri and .McDaniel post
ed a $100 'bond and M' rris^n
pivlod $300 bond. Trial for ail
three is slated for Feb. 13 in
Cleveland District Court in Slicl-
by.
Belt Agency
In New Location
Jim Belt Detertive Agency has
occupied new officers in the for
mer ('haniher of Coninien e l)uil»!-
ing (beside of Dellinger's) at 116
West Mountain .street.
Mr. B(dl said his agency is nnw
taking applications for additional
sec'urity guards. The -Agency .now
employes ?iion.
A forcer city’ policeman, Mr.
Belt fomied the agency 12 montlis
ago.
ly $8fX). There were no injuries.
Tlie recx'ptron, which was held
in Oak Grove fellowship hall,
was over before more tiran.sp>r-
tatlon could be provided for the
'pareiiLs.
Mr. iBig^vell said the weather
wa.s “ifine” when the vi-edding
jiarty left K'ing.s Mountain to go
to Grcner. By time the nuptials
wore 9^id, snow was beginning j
to cover the road and driving
beciime hazardous. |
The bride and bridegroom had
to re-srhedule their wedding trip
plaiiSj lout
City Installs
New Equipment
Two now pieces of equipment
purcha.sed at cost of $19,560 were |
received by the city this’wock. '
A new $30,(MM) findrin'k was,
delivered to the city by- Howe
Fire Apparatus Company of Vir
ginia ond firemen were in.druct-
ed in operating the new cqui;j-
menL '
The billing depaTtnient put in
ser\*ioo a new' Buiriiughs eliv-
tronir ledger aivounting machine,
purchased at co^t of $19,500.
Larceny Reports
Keep Police Busy
Larcenies and attempted lar-
(X'liie.s kept Kings Mountain p>-
liix‘ busy during the past week.
Two incidents Monday resulte i
in $2(M) wortli of equipment be-
, ing taken from a parked pickup
Inu-k and the loss t»f a lajH' i>lay-
or and tapes from a ear parked
in the parking lot of King.-:
Mountain High .’^cliod.
.I( hnny Hutchins < ! Route 2 re-
port(xl tiiai liis truck was parked
at 1009 Nortli Riixlniont Monday
night wlien .so.-ru'one look one
V'i'etor acetylene torh. two air
product guagps, one .50 fait rtxl
and green hose, and one 30 foot
gray imse from tlu' back of it.
Hutchins said ho and a friend
left the Piedmont residence at 9
p.m. and wlicn th(\v returned at
10 p.m. the items w«ve mi.ssing.
Wayne Cook of 30() Amlierst
Drive n'fu'ried Monday that his
wife Sandy liad driven his car t..
.s;hocl tliat morning and some
one firycd o]X'n a window and
.stole a tape jilayer and tlin*e
tape.<. The lo.'<s wa.s estimated at
J.amc^ Cogdill of HVII .Sherwixi 1
Lane n'porfed la.st Wedno'^day
that .sememe p.'-yed the center
cf a hu'ica'O off his 1!)69 (’apriice.
The loss was reported at $25.
Tliurstlay. a person or persons
pryed open a drink box at
Wright’s Service .Elation on York
R »ad and I-S5 and tO'>k approxi
mately $-1. The incident ’re;K>rt-
fxily hap;>ened between 11:30 p.
m. and 6:;i0 a.m.
Sgt. M. M. Hunter r(v>ort(xi
Thursday Dial someone broke in
to tlie hc'me of Raymond Gall >
way at 515 Belvedi're I’ir'le but
no losse.s were ro|X)rl»xl. Hiinlor
said entry’ was gaiiu'd by break
ing a window in a rear bcvlrcKun.
Hunter said when he arrived
at the homo, he .saw someone
(Cuntiniwd On Puyc Light)
Civil Defense
I Equipment
By MARTIN HARMON
(M.^ h o a \v .tci' pump
.I)rol)l«:n on Wc Inc lay, January
10, when a lc:d-y n;n oaiy-
ing ternin'ra,. p;rc''s listed
to star oa;<l. 'i’li;' i)i.- ■Icni he-
c-amo an r.c.:n '- m.y follow
ing d:iy when i pumps shifted
and the pojii:;cn scidi.
I Shoul(ier-to-\\ a n by
|nian/ individual^ c.n ! a iic>s,
inL'luiing aroan ;-L.c-'.-jo(.k on
|sjene duty ’i;uirs;I:»y night and
I Friday and mon* lain r on Sat-
i urday and .Sun lay mm iiing had
einergCMi’y pump-*^ in acti-n. pum-
; page capacity at 12 m lli«m gal-
lions d:uly, indu.stry and Hevsem-
I or City inUilicd full v alcr usage
Icculd be J•e:.ume 1, and Hie wa
iter-logged pumps reprieved lor re-
' pair.
J i m IIolsliou-
sor heliH'd. t'"ncM‘<s.nau James
T. Hroyhill heiped. the Civil De- '
Defense A.gency hcljn- 1. the Air
Force NalLuia] Gua” I and tiie
North Ctari'iiiKi Xa:ir»nal Guard
iit'Ipr<l ail in ilic lie.gniu ng sla
sh's <*f gndiing enicr'MMKy ‘quip-
ment here from liie r(‘gd'»nal vi-
vil <iefen.';(‘ eiphiuneiu leiilir at
.Anniston, Ala.
I'wo Noilh Carolina Air Na
tional Guard C-1.50 traiwji.'rts
flew to Anni.^Io^, h-adc.l 13,Ij(M)
poun Is fjf e(iuipmeni, laniFxl it
at Cliarlolte's Douglas Airport
ind a seven tiuck convoy deliver
'd the eijuiimicnt to th.* lake site
at 12:15 F'riday morning.
Mayor John Henry Mo.;s first
sought the help of area ciliz<*ns
for borrowing irrigati.ui pumii.s.
The citi/ens weie (jiiiie anxious
m lieh) but pumj) (‘:ipae:tit‘s w ‘re
nsuffie'ent. the .Mayoi’ .<aid.
Tm* FOS to ih<» ci\il defense
genrios followed.
li .-At the in.-^tance of Lt-Col.
);n‘i 1 Britt, siau* c,\il
iireclor an<l Jolui A. I.-nig. state
eireiary for mililury and voter-
ins affaiis. i;o\<'inor llolshou-
:>er hoiiorcxl the Kmgs 5Iountiiin
i-equest f r aid, c\il dt*fense p4ir-
til illation, and. later, extra duty'
loins for the National Guard
particiiiants. Ccngres.-inan Hroy-
iiiil aU'ited the Deh ii. e Depart-
: meni.
2i Meantime, sjiociulisls were
; Ix'ing assembled to manage the
installation of tlie I'oplac’ement
i 'u:i;ps and i-el :l<‘d (XjUip.Tiint, on
I loan to the city at no cost, among
jihi’in Halph dUicki Joiinson, gf
\V. K. Dickson Co.npany, the
c ty’s con.sulting imginecrs; re-
presentaliM's itf Giilesiiie C^’i-
.'.iru. tion C(»mpany’. coc.tiactoi'S
or the V.atm- projix't: water se
wer and ..irect dep.irlinent crews-
oflicers an<l men of Kings Moun
tain based national guard Com-
: I' iny K. I Gih EngiiKH'rs Batta
lion; (he salvage crew, Shcli)y’s
: skin-diving elui): .Shelby, Kings
Mountain and Grover rescue
!ia<|v-. 'd* vel in t Countv, Upo'r
Cveland and Oak Grove fire
di’])aMrrems: and Don Shields,
hi ii'ctor of Clevi'lan.l County Ci>
vil Defense.
3i A huge rr.ino was bmught
in fr.mi Cliarloite.
The replacement work from
time of eipiipment arrival to
I i<‘mpI<'iion refiuir<xl hours,
•‘Thankyou letters from Kings
i Mmuitain cit zens. the Mayor and
(CoiUi)ntt d On Pmje Eight)
lessc Ledford s
Rites Friday
Funoral service for Jejsse Guy
Lt'ifertl, 78. of 610 riantt street^,
will he lield Friday aftenv'xm at
; 2 o'clock ot (Yak Grove Baptiist
' ciiurch.
Mr. Ledford, rctTrTO employ’oe
o-f Ragan Mill at Bessemer City,
died Tue-day night at 11:40 at
Shelby Convalescent Center.
He was a native of Lineeln
County a!id a son of the late Bar
ry and Adelia Turner Le^lford.
He v\’ is a mimvbor of Oak Grove
Baptist eliim li.
Surviving are his wife, Daisy
radg(»tt Le^lfor.l: two .sons, James
I.oiford aivd Plato I^dford, both
of King.'^ Mountain: and a daugh
ter. Mr.-;. Edward Wilson, of Phil-
adeli)hiu. Pa. Ei-ht grandchil
dren .-lurvive.
C idiicting the final rites will
N* I\e\. Russell Hinton and Rev.
Kus^ll I'iH*;. Burial w’Hl be m
tlie ehureh cemetery’.
Tlie family will * he at 1307
Grover Road ami will receive
frien.is at Harris Funeral Home
Thursday night trom 7 to 9
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