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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 <Oonstruction Com pany, Charlotte, bid $15 per hour plus 20 percent, and Thomas In- dustpiail Coatings, Thomasville, bid $11 per bour plu.s 17 percent. Tabled for study were bids for a trencher, when there was ques tion of which firm bid low. Charles iLong Equipment Com pany had a base bid of $7773 with an added list of alternates; R & A Tractor Company bid $8600 flat; Queen City Equipment Company bid $8301 on used cKjurpment, $9370 net after trade- in on new equipment. Also tabled for study were bids for electrical system work. There were ten bids and Roscoe Wooten, public works superintendent, rec ommended acceptance of the sec ond high bid of Harrison Wright Company at $12,827. In other actions the commis- Deferred to March action on a zoning request of David Jay. 2) Deferred to March 12 action 'on a Te-zoning request of Charles E. Wilson. 3) Forwarded to the zoning board request of Jama's E. Adams, for rezoning of his property at 308 East Ridge street to neigh borhood business classification. 4) Approved rc*quest of Hal S. Plonk for approval of a new 'resi dential sub-division in Crescent Hill, but defowed action of Mr. Plonk’s irequest that the city share cost on basis of new state law for street paving, curb, gut ter and sidewalks. 5) Transferred a Burton Taxi franchise from (Lawrence Hender son to Lee Sellers. Teachei Clinic 9:30 A substitute teacher workshop for Kings Mountain district schools will be held on Friday, [March 9, at 9:30 a. m. at the school administrative office at 500 West Parker street There is no charge for registration nor participation in this workshop. The Kings 'Mountain school (board reejuires all persons to par ticipate in a substitute teacher workshop before they can be cm Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, March I, 1973 Eighty-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS Yarbro Improved, Off Critical List i Pobtoffice Adds Rural Route Four I. Edwin Moore Carrier; 525 Families Served SISTERS CUT RECORD — The Radford Sisters, pictured above, cut their first record. "Hold On Woman", recently in Nash ville. Tennessee, The trio won a talent contest at Crossroads Music Park here last June to launch their country music singing career. From left to right: Mrs. Johnnie Radford Keever, Miss Judy Radford and Mrs. Pat Radford Thompson. (Photo by Elaine Brooks) ' Radford Sisters Cut First Record Singers Won Talent Event At Crossroads The Kings Mountain Post Of fice has established a new rural route. Rural Route No. 4 has ,450 box- ?s and serves approximately 525 families. The new route was necessary explained Postmaster . Charles Alexander, because of jincrease growth in the rural area causing rural routes 1, 2 and 3 to become overburdened. The new route is being served by J. Edwin Moore. Mr. Moore came to work at the Kings Moun tain Post Office as a temporary rural carrier on September 1, I9 60. Friday PRESIDENT — Bill Botes has been elected president of the Kings Mountain United Fund for 1973. Bates President Of United Fund Hill Bates, former high school football coach and now school- homo coordinator in the district school system, was elected presi dent of the Kings Mountain United Fund for 1973 at the an nual dinner meeting Frid a y night. Wblliam {Bill) Grissom, part ner in Hon T. Goforth Plumb ing, was electG<l campaign chair man for 1974 succeeding Mr. Bates. Other officers will include ployed as a substitute. A person ,Mrs, Becky Seism, re-elected sec- ^s required to take only one. retary-treasurer; and new direc- workshop. tors: James Herndon Jr., Mrs. A substitute teacher should: o. F. Hord, Grady Howard and have a minimum of iujove aver-1 Donald Parker, 1973; Mrs. Ver- age success in high school with j non Crosby, Tom Tate, J. C. preferably some academic work, Bridges, I pn H, Goforth Jr., 1973- beyond high school. The person 7 4; John Cheshire, William should have a love for and an'Grissom, Carl DeVane and Don understaending of children. He'Jones, 1973-75. Marvin Teer, past should use educationally correct; president, will serve ex officio on 'English and be emotionally the board. Oulgoing directors are stable. All persons who meet John Cheshire, W’illiam Gris- these general qualifications arelgom, S. K. Peeler and Mrs. F. J. invited to register for the stitute teacher workshop. sub- SENIOR QTIZENS Senior Citizens club will hold a lunc3heon meeting Friday at 12 noon at the Woman’s dub on East Mlountain street. Flood Insurance Now Purchasable The city'Monday night adopt ed a resolution making it pos sible for heme owners to pur chase flood insurance in their flire and extended coverage policies. Mayor John Henry Moss said the resolution was recommend ed by the state department of econom.fo and natural resource.s. Under the re.solution the city •- will be required to furnish an- if'nual reports of any flooding {trithia thfi tity. Sincox. A total of 50 businesses and in dustries were cited for partici pation in the Kings Mountain United Fund for 1973 which ex ceeded its giving goal. The 1973 drive netted $36,341.43, almost $3,- 0(K) more than the original goal of $33,450. Receiving awards wore Duke Pow'eL Mon.santo Inc., Monsan to Employes, Dicey Mills Inc., Foote Mineral Company, J. E. Herndon Company, Evans Prod ucts, Kinder Manufacturing Co., Kings Mountain Knit; Span gler’s Ready Mix Concrete, Kings 'Mill Inc., Duplex International, Duplex Employees, Mauney Mills, .Sadie Cotton Mills Inc., Sadie Emplayees, Mauney Hosiery Em- plo.voes, Carolina Throwing Em ployees, Lithium Corporation Ehn- ployees. Fiber Industrie Employ ees, RVD Textiles. BVD Em- (Continued On Page SixJ Country music fans in the area are joining local disc jockeys in praising and playing, “Hold On Woman,” a “first” recording for a popular threesome who got their start on the stage of Tom and Elaine Brooks’ Crossroads Music Park in the Oak Grove community. “The Radford Sisters” won a local talent show here last June. Since that time, according to rheir manager, Tom Brooks, they have been in and out of Nash ville, taping songs and appear ing first on Ernest Tubb’s Mid night Record Shop and subse quently with the Wit born Broth ers on the Grand Ole Opry tele vision show. Their first recording is on the Amcricountry lalx?l. "Hold On Woman” was written by Sharon Higgins who w-role the song made popular by Loretta Lynn, "You’re Not Woman Enough To Take My Man.” on the other side of the new- record is ‘T Would If I Could” by Shirley JIabry. The Radfords have also re corded “All I Have Left Is The Soul God Gave Me” by Higgins and "Searching For Yesterday” by Jimmie Helms. The Radfords are native of Polk county. Two of the sisters are married. Judy Radford, at 23, is single and the youngest of the trio who have been singing gospel music, blucgrass and coun try selections all their lives, says Mrs. Bmoks. Two of tlie girls work in local textile plants. The Radfords return to Cross roads here on March lllh for shows at 2 and S p. m. w'ith Billy Crash Craddock and Buddy Floyd for a big country show. Among other entertainers book ed at Crossroads this year are: the Wayne Kemp Show on March 25th: Freddie Hart and the Heartbeats on May 20th: a three day country music festival June 22-24 featuring Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright, Jimmy Helms, Conway Twitty and the Twdtty Birds, Del Reeves and The Good Time Charlies plus a host of others from Nashville, Tennes see; Billy Walker and the Ten nessee Walkers on July 15th; Jack Green, Joanne Scaly and the Jolly Green Giants on Au gust 19; and Loretta Lynn and the coalminers on September 30th. Other events will include a gos pel sing revival on March 16th beginning at 7 p. m. and featur ing the Psalmsmen among oth ers with no admission charge; a Dluegrass Concert on March 31; a '[benefit show for the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad on April 7th,* and an all night gosi>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<i by the Char lotte Observer-News and N. C. National Bank. Mrs. Suzanne Lockridge Wise, art teacher at Kings Mountain high school, said she was very proud of her students. Mrs. Wise said 10 counties were represented in the contests. She said the nation al competition in New York Cifty in June is sponsored by Schol astic Magazine, Inc. PostoHice Talcing Job Application Applications for clerk-carrier positions at the Kings Mruintain post office are being accepted beginning Monday. Postmaster Charles Alexander said starting salary is .$4.15 per hour witli increases to $5.43 per, hour. ; Consideration will he made of, the highest eligible on the ivg- ister that will be estaidishod as 'result of the examination, said {Alexander. I Application Form 2479'AB may rbe obtained from Postmaster ' Alexander. i Stott To Lead Youth Revival Bruce Stott of Greensboro, minisleidal student at Gardner- Wobb college, will be ovangoliLit for a youth revival this week end at Grace United Methodist church. Service^ vviU ’ e hold Friday.! Saturday and Sun.lay evenings at i 7 p. m. j Special music will feature the! Sons of Light Quartet of Greens- 1 boro. Following the morning wor ship hour on Sunday, youth of; the church and their parents will! enjoy a covered dish luncheon in the church fellowship hall. All young people of the com munity are invited to participate in the \ve<'kend activities, said Rev. N. C. Bush, pastor of the church. Hammett Tapped Club Manager Leroy Hammett, assistant man ager of Otis D. Green Post 155, /as p: jmeted to the postition of manager by the officers and board of directors last week. Mr. Hammett succeeds W. D. (Red) Morrison, longtime man ager. who resigned to join Kin der Manufacturing Company. Mr. Morrison completed his duties Saturday. The Legion directors also nam ed Clifford Pearson as assistant manager. Beth Hughes In Who's Who Beth Hughes, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Jack Hughes of the Dix on community, has selected to participate in the sev'enth an nual edition of “Who’s Who A- mong American High School Stu dents.” Who’s Who 'is the largest sKi- dent award publication in the nation. Miss Hughes is a senidr student at Kings Mountain h^h schootl wdiere she is active in Future Teachers, Bus Drwer’s club, and the choir. She vv^as recipient of the Woodman of the World Safe Driving Award as a student driv er. Southwells Serve As Senate Pages Sandy Southwell and Stev'e Southwell, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Southwell, served as pages in the North Carolina Senate last week in Ra leigh. Mrs. Southwell spent the week in Raleigh with her children.