n
Population
Greater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits 8.465
riio Greater Kingb Mountain figure is derived from the
Siiecial UnUed S'.aies Bureau of Ihe Cenbus report of
January, t96t>, and includes iho 14,930 population of
Number 4 Township, and the remaininq 6,124 from
Number h Township, in Cleveland County and Crowders
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
W7.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL R4 No. 15
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 12, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
ivTr
"
Dixon Firm Announce?
Plans For Relocation
T
££THWAR£ EEAUTirZCATICN — Photos above show patt of o beautification
project at Bethwarc Elementary Schcol. Photo at left shows a m ni park in the
bus parking lot in the rear of the school where holly bushes surround a mag
nolia tree. Photo on right shows white oinc trees were set out at the two ends
cf the school building. Principal E. J. Evoas said the school set out approximote-
lylGO trees and 100 holly bushes as a part of the keep North Corolina Beautiful
project.
(Photos by Gary Stewart)
Plant Accident
Injures Davis,
Youth Suffers
Facial Cuts.
Is Improving
Mike Davis, ITyoar-old Kinjjs
IMuuiiiain hi^h sihfjol student, is
t ni’ujM'ratiu;; in 'Kin;;s Mcwintain .
Vspital alter an .irlusiiai acd'
eiu MoiKlay nij^-ht whi'Ii r<";u}t-
€vl ill frux* ami head c its v. nich
rofiiiiiXMl from atV) to 70J s.i‘. Jics.
Yt)iin;4 Davis, cant: .’U\i i.i Iiis :
hosjjiial nH);ii We.ln.'j.lay, : .{.1
lit* v\a.s oittiiijr nn a dye ma.iiinc
around 0:30 Mondoay vvluni it
was acidi'idaliy lunuM on and ho
was piiMod into it.
“'Fhank goodness, somouiu’ '
thought to lurn it off and it
I'hifiw me out into t/io floor,” ho;
sa d. “d he Kings .M<7untain Res* ;
cue Sijuad was there in no more i
t!ian five minulos aiui brought'
me to the lios{>ilal.”
Davi.s stayed in ihe operating
room for five hours. In addition
to the hc*ad and facx* cut, he
suffered pulUx! inuseles in li.s
back and neck.
Young Davis’s dnetors aren’t
tiUrc‘ how long hospitali/alioii will
Ix* rc'(|inrt'd. “I’m sig poscMl la
have? miy band:iges removed
'rhursday,” young Davis noU* 1.
“and hoiK’fully liiey’ll know
something them.”
Davis is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jix-' Davis and lives on Gold
street..
McGinni.s May Leave
Hospital Thursday
Diek McGinnis, partner in
McGinnis Furnilure Comi)any,
is sc'hedulcd to bt» released
( ■^.from Kings M-nintain lIosiMtal
9 today and will bo icvuiH'rating
for sc’veral days at his hcime on
Crchscent Circle.
.Mcfjinnis was hospitalized
ovcT two wvc'ks ago with a so
vere heart attaek and was a pa
tient in the coronary care unit
for s4*veral days.
fHs con'dition h:is steadily im-'
proved since lu' wa^ trans.'erred
to a private r>)om.
Larry Dunn
loins Timms'
Larry Dunn has joined the
staff of Timms Furniture.
Aftc*r an eai ly i diremiuit from
professi onal haseball due* to bur
sitis in Ills pileliing ar.n, lie
Those retail hudiiess as an .alter
native to his liU;'s ambdioii, h<'
said.
lie came to Kings Mountain in
.Tune ir72 as store man .gm* of
the relativc'ly - m'w Chok Tire
store and he and h s wife*, Joan,
holli native*.^ of L;uin*ns, .S. C.,
are re.siding in Gold Street Apart
ments.
.''’airl Dunn, ‘‘I am looking
f o w .'«rd to working with Timms
Furniture and hope 1 can con-
t •"tie tf> meet the f nc* people of
tlrs wf'nderfnl little town while
working in this new position.’’
TO BE ORDAINED Reginald
i Alexander will be ordained in-
^ to the ministry at Sunday eve
ning services ot First Boptist
church.
Alexander
To Be Ordained
Kegimil 1 Keith Ab’xaiKk*!', son
of I’o.'imasler an<l Mis. Charlt*s
L. AlexandcM’, will l>e ordained
into the ministry Sunday (»ven-
iiig at 7:.30 p.in. at First Baptist
1 hur.'h.
The ordination service will be
Med ,y K(*v. Baul Uiggs, pastor,
iaf"d.stel } i; Dr. Kiigene Poston,
prc'sidt'iit of Gardner We-bb col-
U’.'.e, and Lev. Charlt‘s Frcxmian,
! campus pastor irf Gardner Webb
college* at Ijj.iiing Sindngs.
; Ah'.x.nrUu* will receive his
Masters in Heligdous l-:ducation
fioin Southc'rn Caplist Tluxilogi-
Conti mud On PmjC Eight \
iBethware
; Has Completed
Beautification
The Bc'Ihware School l^TA and
the Kings Mountain Dislidct
Schools board of education re-
cimtly completed a $3,.7‘MJ .eaut-
ifkation project at the school. |
Fuj-t. Don Jones said the pro-1
pi\>gram was undertaken last year
a.ter the Stale l>epartmenl of
I rj lie Instruction encouraged
' schools to participate in a stale-
wide “Keep North Carolina Bcau-
tiiul” project.
Jones said the Betliware PTA
selocltHl a commitIc'o to study
such a project and the iKiard ol-
leml to match all funds provid
ed by the PTA.
The project features a side
walk along tile front of the
sc'hool, plus outside* lighting,
Jones jfaicl cost of the larulsra-
trash containers, a pavc'd bus
/larking lot with a mini-park, ai>
pro.ximately HiO white pine trce.s,
100 holly bibdies and new grass.
oJiu'S sa I co.'-t oi l.ic* laadsc.a-
ping was apiiro.ximalely $2,!00
and sidewalk paving and curl>-
ing cost was approximately
$1,000. j
School Board
Meets Monday
The Kings Mountain D.'^trict
^^llo()ls ho:irci of cxUication will
meet Monday night at 7;.30 at
I'he School .A Iministration Guild*
ing.
;Supt. Don Jones said the* I'.oard
will mex't in a siK*.*ial c*.\(‘i.ulivc'
s(*ssion at 7 p.ni. to discuss ix'i-
sonne! matters.
Joiu*s said (lecisif»n.> m.ute dur
ing the .spc*cial session will lx*
announced during tlie rc'gular
nuH'ling.
Jones said scdiool insurance',
school policy conit’ining matc'i-
nity and grUnance procelnrc'N
and jdans for the new junior
higli. auditorium at Ihe liigli
school and impro\emenls at
East and Wc'.d elenn'iitiuy
schools will he presented during
tlie regular meeting.
Rites Conducted
For Mrs. McGinnis
Auto Firm
Will Rebuild
On York Road
Dixon Chevrolet lias begun
preliminary plan.s to build a new
<x>mpany on York Road, acoird-
ing to Charles Dixon, president ot
the K»c-al firm.
•Dixon said all plan.s are cur
rently in tlie hands <*f the finrn’.«
architect hut he said building
should l)c*^gin in about 120 day.s.
"Right now,” he said, “there’s
not t'Kj much to tc‘ll. I don’t know
the exact square footage of the
new building, because the plans
are wdth our architect, but the
n(*!W company will be quite a
bit bigger than out present one.”
Di.xon said he has a imeetlng
.sc'heduled with the archit<?ct ear
ly next week, at wdrich lime he
win secnire a c‘opy of the build
ing plans. Tlie rurreni buildinfi
housing Dixon Chevrolc't will be
demoliisJied as part of Kings
Mountain’s downtown redoveloi)-
ment project.
Dixon said the new building
will be located beside Frederick-
son Motor Lines.
Kidney Ailment
Was Fatal
Cn Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Iva
Harris MciG nnis, S3, were con-
- durUxt Monday morning at 11
J o’clock from Si*. Matlhc'w’s Luth-
I oran church of which she was a
i men • ei.
I IL*v. Robert Allen officiate<l
:d Ihe final rites, and interment
i was in .Mountain Rost cemetery.
; Active i):illbearers wore Fred
! Fing<*r, Tim Gladden, S. R. Sub-
: or Jr., Glee E. Bridges. Charlo.s
: F. .Mauney and Joseph R. Smith.
Mrs. McGinnis d:(Hl Satuixlay
morning of a kidney condition at
P:C..“) in {.'l<‘voland .Memorial hos-
; pilal at Shelby after si,\ \vc*eks
' • illness.
Six* was a native of Hickory,
daughter of llio late Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Howard Harris. Her
husban 1, the late William Hcn-
kle M 'Ginnis, who foumled Mc
Ginnis Furniture Company, dicxi
in Ihdl. She was a m«*rnlx*r of the
!vjn'.:s Mounla.n Senior Citizens
, gS club.
Min. Me jinnnis was mother of
13 ciiildH'ii. 12 of whom survive,
incliKling Odell .McGinnis of Gas
tonia. Ikuil McGinnis, Hubert
McGinnis and James B. McGin-
all of Kings Mountain; and
five (laughter, Mrs. Kdward Gon-
/al(‘/. of Bricklown, N. J., Mrs.
J:ick Wliilstine of Alexandria,
Va., .Mrs. Lou Salx'tli of Kings
Mountain. Mrs. Herman F]agle of
Kannai>olis ami Mrs. Carl Saw
yer t»f Charlotte. Also .surviving
are 2S giandiJiildren and 11
greal-granJchildren.
Scholarship
To lanet Sneed
Miss Janet Marie Snetnl, high
sehool senior, of 517 Cleveland |
Avenue, is winner of the District i
lY Sallie Southall Cotton Schol-
1 arship given by the N. C. Ferior-
jalion of Women’s, clubs. ,
I Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, presi-;
I dent of the local Woman’s club
j which sponsored .Miss Sn<x*d in
I the cc>mp<*tition, made the an-i
j nouncement.
! .Mrs. Elcie Blice of F\»rest City,
District IV’^ president, will make
the presentation to Miss Snet'ri at
a meeting of the Kings .Moim-|
tain clu!> April 30th at 7:1.5 p. m. ^
at the Kings Mountain Woman's
chih.
Mrs. Lynch said she was plea.s-
: ed to make the scholarship an-
nouncx’ment, noting that it is the
I first time in the l(X*al cli* t’s his
tory that a local girl has h(H*n
tlie recipient of the district schol
arship.
Ladies Auxiliary
Benefit Saturday
Ladies .Auxiliary of Bethlehem
Volunte('r Fire Dc^partiment will
sponsor a liotdog sale on Satur
day beginning at 11 a.m. and
continuing until 7 p.m. at tlio
Betlilehem Fire Dopart.m<*nt.
Dei^^erts and drinks will also
bo available.
“Come by and oat with us or
take it out”, said Mrs. Clioster
Ca.sh and Mrs. Gene Car|H:nter,
publicity cY>-chairTnen.
lefked Accountant Jim Smith
Died Saturday; Rites On Sunday
— Gco.tje Webb
'-•‘i-. 7r . TsHr*s ri'varta'n stu-
Tovrmzn Ova/ Sshool cf
’.irh-.e. hr? I :?en indM'“tcd
iat') n'rmbrrship by Alpha
hcnaiary m:J cal fra-
l<unciMl rito.s for .T'uncs Davis
."^mith. 70, were coiiducied .'Tin-
day afternojui at I ; . m. fr.nn
Central l’nil<*d M«'tli(Kr.sj church
of which he was a mc;nLor.
Rev. F. H. Waiigii e(Tiri:itrd at
I lie final riles and .ntnrmcnt w :is
in Ahuuilain U(*st cenx'tcry.
Active palG'e.U’i’rs wen* ( h.*!--
lie K('nn<’ly. C. d*. Cart>rnt;'r Jr.
(k'orge Ware, Bun Goloith, Jake
Dixon and C. J. Gault Jr.
Mr. Smith died f’aturdav
nn rnin;; at D:t*a a. m. n Cle\<’-
land Mcnn»rial hospital ai ^’d^ol-
hy after several years illness.
lie was a nvilive cf Me klen-
’ourg caunly, son (»f the la!e Mr.
and Mrs. Edward A. Smith. He
wa.s a retired ac.’eunta»ii at
vMargraie and Plienix .Mills.
A veteran of Worlrl War I. Ik*
s<*rved with the IVrsh iig Exp^xi,-
tion in Mexico in IDKl anl as a
memlx*!* of the KainG'av division.
Me was a graduate of Ki.^^hhurne
M litary Academy. Alexandria,
V’^a., and North Carolina State
college.
Luiviving are his wife, Mrs.
DELEGATES — Donna Jones,
top. and Nancy Herd w 11 rep
resent the American Legion
Auxiliary at Tar Heel Girls
State in June.
Girls State
Delegates Named
Dunna Jt)ne.'5, d \u -.liter of Eiipt.
aii'l Mis. D'»n .times, and .de.r. y
Hoi-d, daic'htcr of Dr. and Mi l
D. I'. Hold, have l-.ceii sc!('. 1
lo ri'iirc.^cnt thi* Ann*'i :in l e
gion Auxili.iiN’ at 'I'ar lIi**! Girls
Slate ill Juiu* n (hceirboio.
Itolli M'v-: Jfnie.' and Mis Ilord
. .>1- ‘ ’ ;:en 'T' at Ki’V'.s .>loun-
tain h h heol . r i .n e a‘.di\ c.
n-t eld; in .s*lv'<*l a.-tivilirs. loit
in '’r*r l’..\er!; a:i 1 i imniimity
a; l,\ itirs.
'Par I [c-'l Gir's .State is hold
annii.ally f(*r :i week (tin die June
in v.’n T him trod; fd \eung wo
men fi ‘;n N'orl’i t .••‘rolTi.i learn
.a I'lJt ••o\('Min'mi dnrim: :i full
) rn'T.ini of citi.-en<hip a livifo's;
fei iln* camims of Die Fniv(*rsiiy
of N'orlh (Tirolimi at Green, boro.
Girl’s State co-<hairmen for;
Fnii 1.7.7 are Mrs. Stonewaill J:ick-;
son and Mrs. Charles Hampton.
Olhei- momi ors of the (‘ommittoo;
were Mrs. O’^angrol Jolly and
Jackie Barreit.
Easter Holiday
For Students
Kin.gs Alounlain District schools
will cbwse Friday for an eight-
day 1,aster vacation.
Siijit, Don Jones .‘iaid all schools
will close at i’(*giil:ir hours and
will resume classes on Tuesday,
April 2-1.
Joni's sa d the h’ngthy va('a-
lion W’as mad<* possible* l.'cd w<*<'k
alien I lie State Board of Eduea-
tM)n rnh'^l th.at schools with less
than five inclement weather days
wculd not have to make them up.
P-'ings Alountain lost thn'i* days
doc to smnv and the board of
education had decided to make
up during the Easier br(*ak. Ho^v■
<’ver Jones said Ihe board de
cided to give the stu lents their
original vacation after the stale
bord made its ruling.
King
WORKSHOP
MtmiUain Little Thea-
‘ ‘'k dnlcd a dirc.di'r’s
w . k Tn \ free and ojxm to the
■ i'k ■. < n A’lril Ui-20 at Park
Grace scIkkiI auditoirium.
C-e'*n e Gray of the Gastonia
I ■ ‘’e Theatre will be conduct-
Oak Grove Fund
Reaches $999
First night solicitation effort
by Oak Grove Volunteer Firemen
resulted in contributions to its
"hump” fund for e(iuipment of
S!»t»9.00, a spokesman said yester
day.
The 100 voluntivrs leading the
campaign for Slo.OOf) for a (piick-
dumi) water truck and a brush
fire truck report the drive 1-1.7
complete.
Chief Wayne Self said the drive
was launched Thursday night and
' voluntc'crs aix* already calling on
i families in Ihe SOO-family area to
se<'k pledges and cash for the
campaign.
Ml*. .Self said the annual mem-
bi'rsliip drive has been j)o.stiv>nid
until fX’tolx'r in order to ('oncen-
trate on the imm<Hliate need for
<*<|iiipmont. The O'loht'r dine
will coincide with the promotion
of Fire Prevention Wec'k.
Other drive chairnK'ii are John
O. Patterson, Rush White and
How'ard Hamrick.
Leaders from Ihe KN'nezer
cnmmunitiy will be announced
next week and the .drive progix'ss
w’ill l>e ix*i>orto<l each w<’<*k dur
ing the two-month campaign.
SPEAKER — Rev. Jack Cooke of
Cherryville will fill the pulpit
ot Sunday morning worship
hour at Boyce Memorial ARP
church.
Cooke To Fill
ARP Pulpit
Rev. Jack H. Cooke, chaplain
of Carolina Fix*ighi Carriers CMr-
poraiion of Cherryville since
June LMiO, will fill th<' pulpit at
.'Sunday morning woi^hip hour at
11 a. m. at Boyce Memorial ARP
church.
Rev. Mr. Cooke will sjx'ak in
the absi'nce of Dr. Charles Ed-,
war is, jiastor, who is l<*a<ling a'
series of services at Due West.
S. C. ARP church April 15-19.
I
Ml*. Cooke is a graduate of Mai
den higli school. Br<»vard .binior
coI](‘ge, I^'iioir-Kliyne college and
Duke Ihvinily school. He has
ser\4vl jiaslurates in Harmony.
Statesville, Charlotte, t'herry-
\lile and Asheville. He is mar-
rie:i and has two sons.
At tlie evening wor.<hip houi'
at 7 P-. m. memlx*rs 4>f tin* Kings
MouiiGiin high Sv-h<kd chorus, un
der diix'ction of .Mrs. J. N. AIc-
Cluro. will pix?senl a pixjgram of
music. ;
““ i
Mrs. Hay's Name
Omitted From List
The name of Mrs. Arthur Hay
was inadv(*rtently omititnl from,
the list of members of tin* Tiuirs-
day Afternoon lk>ck (dul) supplied
the .lerald for a ixhx'iii article.
The late .Mrs. Hay joim'd Ihe
club shortly after Dio club was
foun.k*<l jiere in 1913.
t
The club will soon mark its
691)1 anniversary and was Dio,
fii-st organized club in Dk* city.
TIk* Herald is happy
this correction.
li make
PENLEY'S SERVICE j
Rev. Mauritx* Hampton, pastor t
of Blacksburg. S. C. East End
Bajilist church, is c<in.liu*ting re-
via\I s('rvi<t's this W(H‘k at Pen-
ley's Cha{K'l ehunb on Cherry-;
ville !*oad. Si’rvitx's are eonlinu-
ing eaeli exening at 7 i>. m. and
special music is lx.»ing featuied.
12 Others
Plan To Move
Says White
•
RedeveJopmen t Cf mm. Direc
tor (k’lie \^'h !<' lued'cts that 12
doxvntown bu. inesse.s will be i*e*
locaK-’J within thi- next 1-x months.
Mr. White prt'face-i his pro-
gr<\ss n*;.ori t(» the city (ommis-
.sic.n willi this .statement Monday
night.
He :>aid that already 35 to 10
p(*re4*nt of th<* land tor the eight-
block (-(‘ntial busin<’ss disti’ict re-
m*\val pi‘oj(*ct has lx*(*n aexjuired
an ! pn)j<*rt(Hl that by y(*ar end
5() j)ercenl will lx* actiuiitM.
"We haven't gotten into high
gear yet on the $2.5 million Oui-
sler Street url)an i(‘new'al pro
ject, hut we're working", said Mr.
White, touching briefly on thi
major proj<'(*t which reteived fi
nal approval in Decx*mJ'er.
Among items he discussed in
downtown revitalization:
It Grayson’s Jeweli’y (former
ly on S. Battleground I relocat
ed in haiuFome cjuarlers on VV.
.Mountain street.
2) The Old (iambic Gulf Stal
lion, Ware & Sons roller mill and
old Grayson s building have been
demolislKxl.
3) A Si'nior Citizens Park has
iKK'n built on West Mountain St.
and harulsomely furnisluxl.
-1) Western Auto .Ston* has an-
nouno<xl the firm will build in
the former Bonnie .Mill Store lo
cation.
5> Director White several oiher
fii'ms sclu*dul<*<i for i'(*-locaTioii
will r<*buil<l: among Jhem Bridges
Hardware Onnpany City Ice
Coi.ll and Di.xon Chevrolet.
City Contracts
For Water Line
Tlie city commLssion Monday
night aniroved agreement with
the county for 5.500 feet of 12-
iiudi and eight-inch water line
Lo the Gold Mine Industrial Park.
M-MB Trust, owners erf the pro-
pi‘rty, agiXHxl to ixiy S68,0(X), the
omlract b:ised on a 10->var tax
ation period and in line with the
county water {)olky.
Alcan Aluminum Corporation is
the first indu.stD* to announce re-
l(x*aii«>n in Die new industrial
jiark mvned by Cliarlos F. Mau-
noy, his hrothc'r, Herman Mau-
nt»y, and liis sister, Mrs. Kay
Maum*y Berkeley.
Gnmnd-breaking at tlie site
on York road was held several
w*e4*ks ago.
In a minor action Monday
niglit, the city hoard, aftc'r a pub-
ii*.* hearing, approvcxl request for
iK*rmancntly closing an unnamed
.St 1*1*01 near Eiistside Baptist
chureli on York road.
LODGE MEETING
An emergent 4*ommunieation of
Fairviow' IxKige 339 AF«frAM will
b<' hold Monday night at 7:30 at
Masonic Hail for work in the
first degree, announces Thomas
D. Tindall, secretary.
Gary Wayne Ledbetter, 23, Dies
Oi Injuries; Rites Held Monday
CHURCH SERVICES
Pev'\ at servifx's aie continuing
hreo-h Sunday ni'rht at Se^’ond
'aptisl church with Rev. John
laas (d Lum'lx*rton as visiting
'vnngelist. Services are at 7:30
.'ach evening.
TAPPED — Mrs. Princess Press-
ley Swofiord hos been elected
tD membeTshir in Phi Beta Kap
ra at North Carolina State Uni-
vers ty whei= she is a Junior.
Funeral rites for Gary Wayne
Le<tlx'tter. 2>. of Gro\er, wore
heki .Monday afternoon at I p.
m. from Bethany Baptist church
of CJrover of which lie was a
memlx'r.
Rev. James Sand<*rs, assisted
7y Rev. Harry \’amv. officiat«'d,
and ini<’rment was in Mountain
Rost cemetery.
Active palPx'arers wei'e Bill
Parker, David Parker. Dennis
(k»forDi. dark Mauney. Danny
l>*wis, Danx'll Puimim and Den
nis Smith.
Lodlx'tter was kilbxl instant
ly Saturday afternoon at 3 p. m.
of injuries he siiffereti when he
W’as thrown from the 1*H>T Co-
mara he w;is o|H*raiing on N. C,
218 South. He was reportiMlly on
route to his liome in Grover
w li<*n tli(* vehicle appaiently skid-
dtxl on wet paveiiK'iu an<l struck
a utility pole in the fnmt y;u'd
of the home of Mr. an1 Mrs.
Gharlie Moss. .Assi^ ani Coroner
Masters said.
Continiud On Fuge Eight