Popnlation Greater Kings Mountain 21,914 ') City Limits 8,465 The Greater Kings Mountain figure is derived from the Special United Stotes Bureau of the Census report of fanuary. 1966. and includes the 14.990 population of Number 4 Township, ond the remoining 6.124 from Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowders Mountain Township in Gaston County. •'v Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 84 No. 9 Bid^g Brisk For Several City Projects Principal 'business at City HalJ Monday lyi^^ht concerned bidding and bids for a variety of city pro jects. The bidding was generally brisk, with exception of water and sewer line construction, whore only Southern Excavati'en Contractors, of Kiings Mountain, posted the lone bid. The bid wa.s bascvl on size of pipe and was re ferred to the city’s engineer, Col. W. K. Dickson, for study. Six firms ixisted bids for city insurance, .i-noluding life and ho-spitalization for employees and several other categories. The bid.s \ere referred to ^.he commission Insurance comimittee for tabula tion and study. Bidding wen* Lib erty Life In.suranice Company, Durham Life Insurance Company, 'Metropolitan Insurance Company, Watson Insurance Company, of Gastonia, representing Kempei Insurance Company, Washington National Insurance Company and ; Nationwiide Insurance Company. p Blythe Construction Company, ‘ Charlotte, was low bidd(>r at $9 per hour plus 15 percent of total and was awarded contiact to re pair the half-million gallon con crete water tank on McGinnis street. Crowder el sing on July 20th. School Plans Are Telling The Kings Mountain District Board of Education, in a special meeting Thursday came to three definite conclusions and made several recommendations icon- cerning building plans. The definite conclusions were the elimination of a centralized food preparation center at one .school for the eoitire system and the elimination of the possibility for the addition of a swimming pool; and that the size of the nevv gymnasium court for the new Junior High School be 90 by 100 feet with a seating capacity of approximately 1,000 within the auditorium area 'itself. Discussing preliminary sketch es with Eugene Warren, architect of Charlotte, mem'bers suggested modification of specification.^ in the English, math, art, reading and special education block areas, the addition of an area between the media and rest room areas, the reduction in storage area for the band and chCTus, moving the unloading area further back from the build'ing and enlarge the pro posed patio area to handle out door classes and activities. Recommendations was made for a covered walkway and en- trartce from the bus area to the building and that faculty and visitor parking be moved from the front to the .side of the build ing. There would also be a cover ed unloading area in front of the building. Changes recommended for the auditorium included substituting an outside covered area leading from the school to the auditorium instead of an inside corridor, the elimination of concession places and coat rooms in the lobby, that two closed-off study areas at the back seat 90 per area, the stage loft to be tall enough to pull a 10-foot backdrop out of sight and the possibility of two tracks for cyarama scenes on the stage it self. , At West School, members sug gested the front area parking area be moved, the front drive extended and the parking area C'n Watterson Street remain. Warren was asked to consider straight line constiruction for the auditorium strictly to reduce cost. PRESBYTERIAN "Are We Certain?” will be the sermon topic of Dr. Paul Ausley at Sunday morning ww- ship hour at 11 o’clock at First Presbyterian church. PROMOTED — Captain Glee Edwin Bridges bos been pro moted in the Naval Reserves. Captain Bridges Wins Promotion Glee E. Bridges, local hard- wareman, has been promoted to captain in the Naval Reserves. A World War II veteran, Brid ges served thr^ and one-half years in the South Pacific and has been active in the reserve I since 1954. i “It’s a real honor to receive I this rank,” Bridges said. “Not I many people get this far along in I the reserves.” Bridges is the first I man in this area to make the ; - ^ink in the Naval Reserv-es. I Bridges is also active in the community, having served as I past president of the Merchants j Association, on the board of di- : rectors of Kings Mountain Sav ings and Loan, and in the Ki- wanis club. He is also active in St. Matthew’s Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges have three children, Ed, Tom Lynn. Police Continue I Their Search For Assailant I A spokesman for the Cleve- i land County Sheriff’s Depart- I ment todai/ reportfxl "no new de velopments” in the shooting last I Monday of Kings Mountain cat tleman Alvin (Ab) Yarbro. Several persons have br*en questioned about the shooting- r.'i .bery but officers are ai)par ntly not close to making any arrests. Yarbro meanwhile, is recup- peraliHg in Cleveland Memorial Hcspital. A hospital spokesman said he has been removed from intensive care into a regular room and is in "satisfacloiy” condition. The 65-year-old Yarbro was shot six times on Monday, Feb. 19, after going to his barn to feed cattle. He undenvent throe- hour emergency surgery at Mem- ’ orial. He was rd:bed of an un determined amount of cash, esti mated by some as being between $2,000 and $6,000. Yarbro told police his assail ant was in his 20’s and wearing a ski mask. The weapon used was a .22 calibre rifle. Sheriff’s deputies conducted a lengthy search of some woods near Yarfcro’s home on U. S. 74 west last Wednesday and report- [ edly found a ski mask. Officers j had conducted a road block on i Tuesday morning, asking passing motorists if they had had seen aniything unusual on Monday and some motorists reportedly gave some clues. KMHS Students Win Art Awards 15 Winners In Regional Competilicn and 4-ITers Set Awards Night A county-wide 4-H Achievement Night program will be held Sat urday night beginning at 7:30 in the County Office Building near vhe fairgrounds. Mike Pittman 4-H leader, says awards will be presented to 4-H* 'ers who competed in project and activity competition during the past year. In addition, there will be exhibits by the 4-H’ers of work they have done during the past year. The program is open to the public, said Mr. Pittman. Members of the Dixon Senior and Dixon Junior 4-H clui:s will participate in the program and will ex^hibit in the show. 101 Give To Bloodbank jBill Grissom, Kings Mountain blood chairman announced that f'Monday's bloodmobile visit was I highly successful with 101 pints I of blood collected. Onliv nine po tential donors had to be rejected I due to sickness, etp. Of the 101 j pints donated. 12 persons were first-time givers. Eighty - one ' pints of the total were designat- ! ed as replacement blood which ; has b^n used by several local I citizens recently, Grissom said. ! Donors who reached the five •gallon mark <40 pints) were ^Irs. Thelma Dellinger and Azri Ut. Jamerson. Donors who reached ! the three gallon mark were: I James E. Amos. Donors to reach I the one gallon mark were: Wil liam E. Bridges, Carl Barnett, Thermon Greene, Howard Lutz, Larry McDaniel and Ralph C. Turner. Prayer Day Service Friday World Day of Prayer Service will he hold Friday at noon for Grover area churches at Shiloh P res'hy 10 r i a n c h u rcli. Rev. Robert Wilson, pastor of Dixon and Shiloh Presbyterian churches, will lead the worship service to which the community is invited. After the service, a snack lunch will be served by Shiloh Women of the Church in the ehurch fellowship hall. Tames Lindsey Odom, 24, Killed In Truck Crash; Funeral Sunday Funeral services for James Lindsey Odom, 24, of Kings Mountain, were conducted Sun day at 2 p.m. at Zoar A.M.E. Zion Methedist Church in Kings Creek, S. C. Odom died Tliursday as the re sult of a wreck on N. C. 216 miles south of Kir>g& Mountain. An autopsy report listed the cause of death as being due to a skull fracture. A truck driver ifor Bennett Brick and THo, Odom was re ported traveling north on 216 when his brick truck crossed the * center line, struck an embank ment and overturned. He died a- bout 20 nTinutes later at Kings Mountain hospital. He is survived by his father. Rev. Grady Olom of Kin^gs Moun tain; throe brothers, Lanny Odom, Tom-my Odem and Lemuel Odom, all of Kings Mountain; and two .sisters, Mrs. Mary Quinn and Miss Mable Odom, both of Kings Mountain. J. W. Gill and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of the fune ral arrangements. Local Scouts Plan Trips This summer will be something special for a number cf Boy Scouts in Cleveland County. Some will be going to the 1973 Jambo ree at Moraine State Park in Pennsylv^ania, and two will go to Philmont Scou-t Ranch and Ex plorer Base in Cimarron, N. M. Dates for the Jamboree are July 31 through Aug. 10, and for the Philmont Ranch, Juno 24 through July 14. Those attending the Jam'boree from Cleveland County, and their addresses are: Allen Baird of Kings Mountain; David Noblitt, Timothy Michael, Michael Cab- aniss, Tammy Cabaniss, Frank \fcFarl'in, Tony Cabanis.^, Stephen Philbeck, David Whisnant, Mich ael Walker, Charles Stroud, Ricky Blanton, all of Shelby or sur rounding area; Mark Jones, Tom my Stockton, John Hunt, Mike Blanton, John Dover, all of Latti- more. Two boys will attend the Pliil- fnont Ranch, Rick McDaniel and Frank Maner, both of King* Mountain. IN NEW POST — Richard K. McMackin has been appointed vice president and controller of the NCNB Mortgage Group of Charlotte. Dick McMackin In New Post Richard K. (Dick) McMackin,! a native of Kings Mountain, has i I een appointed vice president and controller of the NCNB Mortgage Group of Charlotte which includes NCNB Mortgage Corp., with offices in 12 North Carolina cities, and C. Douglas Wilson and Co., with offices in j six South Carolina cities. i McMackin is a 1952 graduate | of Kings Mountain high school.' He received the B. A. degree j from Lenoir Rhyne college and I has taken graduate training at the University of North Carolina ■ at Greensboro and Wake Forest university. ' He joins NCNB from Wacho via Mortgage Co. in Winston- Salem where he served as vice president and chief financial of ficer. McMackin is the son of Mrs. William L. McMackin Sr., 303 S. Goforth street. He is married to the former Anne Billing of Kings Mountain. She is the daughter of Mrs. Charles G. Dilling of 105 E. King street. The McMackins ha\e two sons, Mike, 10, and Hunter, 6. I S&L Receiving Phone Payments Kings Mountain .Savings & Loan Association on West Moun tain street wiM continue receiving telephone till payments from lo-' cal customers through .March 16th, according to joint announce ment by the association and by Rolx?rt Moore, Southern Bell Te lephone manager in the Gastonia office. Telephone subscribers will be notified of the change in agencies within the next tow weeks, said Mr. Moore. GOSPEL SING There will be a gos^x?! sing ing at Midview Baptist chuixdi SaUirdiy night at 7 p.m. with the Riverside Quai'tet of Union, S. C. and The Young Christian Singers cf Greensboro as featur ed groups on the program. Ev eryone is welcomed. Fifteen Kings :\loimtain h^gh school art students were among top winners in the 4Gth annual Scholastic A.'t Awards competi tion in Charlotte in which 4,000 ■ students from the South Pied mont region participated. Four of the students—Jo Bry ant. Lou Bryant, Martha Jane Mauney and Pen*y Hambright won more than one honor. Gold Key and Blue Ribbon finalists included Jo and Lou Bryant and Diane Carroll for ! pencil drawings; Randy Floyd j for a collage; Martha Jane I Mauney for a rug and Jimmy 1 Roberts for mixed media. Their I exhibits, on display through Fri day at North Carolina National Bank in Charlotte, will go to Nevv York for national competi tion judging. Winners of Gold Key awards are Tab Bridges for collage; Per- i-y Hambright for a ix»ncil draw ing; Ann Leach for acrylic and Scott Ledford for tempera. Their exhibits are also on displaiy in North Carolina National Bank in Charlotte. Merit winners or honorable mentions went to Rhonda Eell for weaving; Joy Bridges for pottery; Jo Bryant for macrame and ink drawing; Lou Bryant for pencil drawing, c-ollago and con- te c)-ayon: Kathy Crawford for mixed media; Perry Hambright for Ink drawing; Martha Jane Mauney for two pottery exhi-bits; and Joy Wells for collage. These exhibits are on display in The lobby of the Charlotte O server- News building in Charlotte. A total of 120 students won blue ribbons and there were 100 Gold Key winners in the com petition sponsore