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Population
Greater Kings Mountain
City Limits
21,914
8,465
The Gtcoter King* Mountain figure it derived from the
Speciai United State* Bureau of the Census report of
fonuary, 1966, ond includes the 14,990 population of
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 from
Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County ond Crowder*
Mountain Township in Cotton County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL 84 No. 16
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, April 19, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Thoroughfare Plan Resolution Will Be Proposed
DIXON 4-H LEADERS HONORED — Mrs. Thomas Berry ond Oscar (Bud) Greene received plaques
as Cleveland County 4-H Leaders of 1972 at the third annual 4-H Awards Banquet Friday night
sponsored by the Greater Sheiby C iiuin'oer of Com merce. Dean Whisnant right representing the
agriculture committee of the C o2 C makes the o ward presentations. Both Mrs. Berry and Mr.
Greene were cited for leadership in the Dixon Community 4-H club. (Photho by I. G.
Alexonder)
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Easter
Rites
Sunrise
B a.m.
Shirley To Give
Sunday Morning
Easter Message
A larg<? sediment of Kings
Mountain is expoctel to gather
at Mountain cemetery Sun
day morning lor the annual
comm unitywide Eastor Sunriso
service, which will begin with
a prelude of Easter music at
6 o’clock.
County 4-H Club
Leader Honors
For Dixon Duo
Two Dixon Community
leaders - Mrs. Tom Berry
4-I.I
Schocls Buy
Fdtcn Trad
For West Plant
i Kings Mhenlain !
s..hoo]s have i)urLiias«‘.'l th:* VV' i- I
j iirca 1 u.ten iuo; c/ty f,r \\’eit
I Mountain str-'ci at o'' S \
t T tie for t'le iir(»prr!y [i in the |
■ han is of .s-hoo! officials . j
I Donalii Jonos sai'I when !
! the house on tlie properly is de-'
’ moli.shr 1 the acrca^M’ will ino-:
vide mu'ii iKy'dcd plav area for,
' i:iaden;.' c. \V(?s( scliool. '
'i-.c I 'ulton house will be de-;
moliohed in about two monihs,
said Supt. Jone;, \ .a afjrt'omont :
with city trew,, who will as'dst
in the c-'oaring of the ilOxl.^O
foot jarcel.
lEulfnf Puzdes
SchodOliicials
Ey GARY STEWART
Kings Mountain school offic
ials are still puxzied over recent
reports that they are not in com
pliance WMth federal desegrega
tion guidelines.
In Fii ruary a federal court
judge issued a court order a-
gainst the Department of Health
Education and Welfare instruc
ting it to proceird with desegre
gation of 116 school system in
17 Southern slates among them
the Kings Mountain district.
At that time, Supt. Don Jones
contacted Rep. Jim Broyhill and
HEW officials and was told that
Kings Mountain had followed
had no-
y.
! Mayor To Ask
Bjand To Urge
Impkmeufaticn
MMV.-i .T' 'll! Ih ':;y .M) s will
rc ,• n.nu a 1 l. I'a' . ity bctinl cJ
Coinmi.-.. ' i.<'r M-urlay iiigiil
that : a ; , .i i\ ’u;i: n to 'ilie
Gore ' ard .-ia e Highway
Cl .V urging
the US 71 by-
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BRICKLAYING STUDENT WINNERS — Kings M cuntain high schocl bricklaying students took
top honors in the district bricklaying contest recently ond will compete in the state contests in
Wilmington April 27. From left to right with their instructors are Terry Thomas, Robert Tate, Rob
ert Curry, J. R. Taylor, Thomas Berry, Jr., Paul D. Fulton and Dewey Towery. Mr. Taylor and Mr.
Tate are instructors. (Photo for the Herald by I. G. Alexander)
Church Rites
To'Celebrate
"Christ Is Risen"
Funeral
O II
SPEAKER — Rev. Frank Shirley
will deliver the sermon at
community-wide Easter Sunrise
services Sunday at 6 o.m. in
Memorial Park of Mountain
Rest cemetery.
Maunday Thursday
Communion Set
Maunday Thursday Commun
ion service will be observed
Thursday evening at 8 p.m. at
First Presbyterian erurch.
Choirs of the church, under the
direction of Mrs. Darrell Austin,
will render special music.
HRE ALARM
Kings Mountain firemen an
swered a call Wo(inesday night
at 9 ip.m. to 711 Floyd street
where they extinguished a
stove fire.
RetaPhilei
In Choial Croup
Reta Phit*er, Kings Mountain
stmlent at Columbia University in
'New York, sang in the Choir
Workshop Concert Sunday at
First ARP church, 'Gastonia.
■Miss Phifer is daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. D. Phifer of Kings
Mou ntain.
The choir was under the di
rection of Dr. J. Marion .Mc
Gill. professor of music educa
tion at Columbia University.
The traditional service is
dor sponsor.vhip of the Kings
Mountain Ministerial Assacia-
tion.
Rev. Frank Sliirlo}’, pastor of
Temple iHaptist church, will de
liver the Easter sermon, and
other ministers of the community
will participate on the program.
iRev. Boyd Kisller will read
tlio scripture and Rev. Archie
Chapman will pray the morning
praiyer befoi'o two anthems by
the Kings Mountain high school
chorus, “Early In the Morn
ing" by McCoJ'mick and “But
Now Is Christ Risen" by Peter
son. Rev. Edwin Chriscoe wall
pronounce the benediction and
Rev. Waugh, pi'csident of the
sponsoring group, will pi'oside.
A high school brass ensemble
will be under the direction of
Donald D<'al and Allen Jolley will
direct the congregational singing
of “Ohrist Arose." Mrs. J. N.
McClure will direct the an
thems.
Boy Scouts of the community
will distribute programs and as
sist city police in traffic diix>c-
tions.
In event of rain the service
will he cancelled.
Rev. Mr. Waugh said the
community is invited to partici
pate in the sunrise service.
Broyhill Here
April 27 For Visit
U. S. Congressman Jim iBroy-
hiil will visit Kings Mountain
Friday, April 27th.
The Congressman will gireat
citizens at the office of Mayor
Jr.hn Henry Mo.<s from 2:30 until
3:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Traditional Holy Week
giddelines’and had no-'culminate here
Oscar (Budt Greene were worry about. ; U'aditional Easter bunn*e
lorcd as Cleveland County’s 4*H Tuesday, wire reports stated!''^"®®-
1 Leaders of the Year by the| had been ordered |
!Greater Shelby Chamber of Coni-i speed up desegregation pro- |
j merce Friday night. | (.(,(Uires and th.it the HEW had ;
I The surprise presentations:'o<>cn ordered to inform the llGi
■were made during the thir:l an- schools that they might lose fed-,
nual county 4-H leader banquet at cral fun is fcx'cause they had not'
the county office building. | met desegregation guidelines, ;
Engra\ ed plaques were pix*-' ‘-We have never recived any-1
sented by Dean Whisnant, on be-: thing in written form,’* said,
half of the C of C agricultural! <upi. Jones Wotlnosday after
committee which sponsors the af-! hearing the news. “I gathered
fair. I from 'ne\»‘spaper ix'ports that
Janies Taylor, guest speaker we’re not in any kin.l of pre
fer the dinner, termed county 4-H dicament tliat woukl cause us
leaders “real 14 carat volunteers,“ to lose fedei al funds."
pointing out that Cleveland coun-! Asked if he had tried to con-
ty is fortunate to have their fair'tact any HEW officials. Jones
share of volunteers. Volunteers J sai4, “There really isn’t any use
^'^';\vho help young people do more! to. They don’t know' what the
" for the community than all problem is. We'll pr(*babi'/ have
others, ho added, noting, “you - an on the sgiot investigation and
all this will filler down event
ually."
IvM sc'hool officials say they
wpi'c told in 19dS that they had
folIowiKl federal guidelines and
were totally desegregated.
The system currently has an
enrollment of 1,1S7 students, of
which 970, or 23 percent, are
ser-
wilh
ser-
Edwin Dixon's
Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Edwin
(pill I Dixon, 56, of 211 Dilling
street, wore conducted Saturday
morning at 11 o’clock from the
Chapel of Harris Funeral Home,
Masonic burial rites following in
Mountain Rest cemetery .
Mr. Dixon died Wednesday
night at 11 p. m. at his home of
an apparent heart attack.
He was a native of Cleveland
county, son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Claivnee T. Dixon. He was
an employee of Groves Thread
company and a member of Fair-
view Lodge 339 AF&AM of
Kings Mountain.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
I Ruby Lingcrfelt Dixon; one
I daughter, Mrs. John Hardin of
Kings Mountain; one brother, C.
Kings'Mountain Redevelopment | In a .special session, the board Dixon Jr. of Kings Mountain;.
Commission api>roved resoUitiion ; amended the total federal share three sisters, Mrs, David McDan-
Tuesday accepting an additicnal i to include the addition. i<?l of Hendersonville, Mrs. Ol-
$125,000 -grant from the Depart-1 Already approved 'is a $2.8 land Horn and Mrs. Wesley Kis-
ment otf Housing and Urban De-. million grant for the projeet. iPt, both of Kings Mountain; and
velcmment for the Cansh^r Area! Mayor Moss and Director Whiite three grandchildren.
projtJCt, it was announced by M. stated appreciation to U. S. Con-; Rev. Robert Allen and Rev.
j:.ugene White, director, and May- j gressman Jim Broyhill for his as- jGIen Boland officiated at the fin-
Cf John Henry Moss. ; sistance, . , , al rites.
$125,000 Additicnal HUD Grant
For Cansler Area Renewal Project
It!
can’t hire a good volunteer,
has to come from the heart. j
The Leader of the Year hon-1
ors a man and women chosen'
each year by a special commit
tee as a result of their 4-H lead
ership. and leadership in church,
com'munity and homelife.
Also receiving 1972 leader cer-
ficates from the Dixon Commun
ity 4-H club, in addition to the
honored pair, were Mrs. Oscar
Greene, who won the top award
two years gao; and Mrs. Mar
vin Caveny.
Rev. R. D. Lucas gave the in
vocation and Carrie Davis pre
sented a piano solo. David Lucas,
accompan ed by Mrs. J. N. Mc
Clure, rendered a vocal solo.
Mrs. Berry, the former Annie
Mao Childers, is the wife of Tom
Berry and daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Teal Childers of the Dixon
community. Tw'o of the Berry
sons, Tommy and Charlie, are j
'Continued On Page Six)
Maunday Thursday commnn-
icn services will be held b/
First ri'es:!)ylerian churth, Shi-
Ich Pri'S'bytorian church of Gro
ver, Central Unitivi Methodist
cluirch, Resurrection Lutheran
churi'h. First Biip'-tist church, and
Boyv'e .Memorial ARP chure.h.
Kings Mountain’s two Luther
an churches plan Goex! Friday
rites and Resurrection Lutheran
plans a Sunrise sorvic'o at 6 a.m.
Sunday at the churc'h in Cies-
cent Hill with breakfast follow
ing at 7.
The reading of the history of
the Passion Will feature the sol
emn Good Friday service at 7:30
p.m. at ResurreclioJi church.
Special music by the choiii, will
loaiure all the Holy Week ser
vices at the t"hurcli.
At St. Matthew’s Lutheran
church the Good Friday service
w’ill feature the Serviev of Sha
dows at 7:30 with siM?icial music
by the choir.
Shiloh Presbyterian church at
Grover has schedukxl Holy
SUCCUMBS J. Roan Davis
succumbed Thursday after a
long illness ot the age of 85.
McGill Student
The system employs 196 Week services on ^ School Trustee
black.
teachers, including 32, or 20 per
cent, black.
In February, Jones noted that
which might not mwt federal
(Continued On Page Six)
Superior Ratings
For KMHS Bands
Kings Mountain high school’s
Senior Band recei\'ed a rating
of “Superior" at the state band
night and Friday night with the
service of communion on Thurs-
daiy.
David Baptist church will stage
an Ea.ster drama on the chinvli
lawn on U. S. 74 west in the
Bothw’are community Easter
morning beginning at 6 a.m.
Members of the congregation
will portray five scenes: Pilate’s
throne, leading Christ awviy from
Pilate’s throne, The Crucifixion,
contests Thursday in Saliscury. Jesus is taken from the Cross and
It is the second consecutive! laid in a tomb and the Resurrec-
yoar that both the Freshmen and' tion.
Senior Bands of the high scfiool I Rev. Marvin Whisnant is direct-
have won “Superior" ratings in
spring band contests.
ihg the ])agc*ant and wdll serve as
narrator. Mrs. Betty Hoyle will
The hands are under direction direct the choir in Easter anth-
of Donald E>oal. j ems and Mrs. Linda Seism is in
— 1 charge of props for the setting.
ADOPTED MAMA — "Nanny”, a pet goat belonging to Nelson
Sellers of route three, has adopted two little piggies, "Porky”
and "Haywood”. When Mama Pig became ill the pigs, then a
week old, found a substitute Mom. The pigs are now four weeks
old ond getting totter everyday on goat's milk. "Porky” or is it
"Haywood” is pictured with Nanny.
4
j John Knox McGill, King^^'
Mountain High .School junioi',:
i>ccame the first student member
; of the board of education Mon-i
day night at the board’s rc»gu-
, iar monthly meeting. |
McGill, son of Dr. and Mrs.
John C. Mc'Gill, was sworn in
by magistrate J. Lee UoU'rls. i
I Ac*Ci)r:iing to Supt. Don Jones.
McGill will ho encouraged to en
ter into d.s'cussion but will have
no legal vote. He will, however,
i be entitled to particii)ale in vot-
! ing except on p<‘rsonnel and,
technical matters.
McGill is cunvntly vice pre
sident of the Student Particiita-
lioii Organization (SPO> ami is;
ia former vice pivsidenl of the!
sophomore class. lie has servtxl
' as freshman cla.ss represcnlai-
ive, is a memlx'r of the Nation
al Honor Society. Kiw Uliib.
; Science CUkMath Clu '. a mem-
, her of the annual staff, is a
' junior marshal ami a nu'mU*!-
C0NTlNUJ;:O OX PACP <!
Putnam Property
Rought For CRD
: The Kings Mountain Kediwelaj)
' mcni Cemmi.-'sion has acquired
' the Putnam Building on Wc'st
I Mountain street, anothi'r of the
I properties it will raz(*. Julin Hall,
! a.*^sisiant dinx’tor of rhe omimis-
f sicn, .said vi'sierday.
i The let, fronting 17 ftx't on
Mountain and 100 feet dt'ep. and
building were purchas<'(i fr<nn
Mrs. Mae Fulton Putnam for
$8275.
The redevelopment plan <'alls
feV razing of the Sculman build
ing now occupied by Dellingt'r’s
Jewel Shop, the Putnam Build
ing, a brancli office of Warlick
Davis
lawyer. Veteran,
Ex-ledslator
Ituccumbs at 85
Funeral riles for Jtsleth Rcan
Da\ is, 85, former city ailornc*y.
stale legislator and ])rc:ninent
clunchman, were c'oiKlucied Sun
day afteriKKm at 3 p.m. from
Ce:i«.al United Melh^xlist churcli,
of which he was a member.
Hi.s final rlte.s vvtTo onducti-d
by his pastor. Rtw. Paschal
Wau.gh, a.'-si.'<te.i by a former iki.-'-
tcr, Rev. Garland Winkler, and
interment was in Mountain Kci
ccmct<'ry.
Active })allb(^arer.s were Glot'
Edwin B-ridg(‘s, George Ware, H.
S. ih eliM’, Jr., Charl(‘s Alexander.
Clarence Plonk, and Fred Wriglit.
Honoraiy jKillbearcrs were law-
yt'rs of the Cleveland-Gaston Bai
.Vsso.'iatiiui, m<‘mhers of the Da
vis Bi;)lc Cla.ss of Central .Metho
dist church and officer.-^ and di
rectors of Kings Mountain Sav
ings Loan association.
Mr. Davis succuml)ed to a long
illness Tliursday aftern>o:i al
1:45 p.m. in the Kings M(;untai;i
liospital and foIkAving severe’
.veal's deedining liealth.
He vveis a native of Cleveland
County, sen of the late Gt*orge W.
and Jane MeSwain Davis. A gnul-
uate of Trinity college (now Duke
University), Class of 1914, he
was graduated from the School
cf Law of tile University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. An En
sign in the U. S. Navy during
World War I. he served as atta
che’ to the Governor of Santo
Damingi
Partner in Davis & ,White law
fitni, he wa.s Kings Mi>untain city
attorney for a numbtr of years
and was President-Emeritus ol
Kings Mountain Savings & Loan
(Ciintiiiiud On Page SiXJ
3) j(..ning cf Ea t G jM .'treet
Aiili vvc.il . iolvl via an under-
p-a. v\ Ic] ing cf East G:fld to
L..en.a! avenui', and extending
East Guld Ji! c.i iti i)rc.<tML dead
end to Cajitciju:> read and to
innT.'Cjl Aitn pri.seiit US 74 Ka.st;
an 1
4) vviclening of in:er.sei-ticns at
Raldegr anKi aver.iu'^and Parker
street, front Parker to Ridge, and
at Du'ker.son roa l, from DiJversoii
to Margrave road.
Mayor Moss said all of the
proposals are in the city's mas
ter thoroughfare i)lan and are
designed to speed traffic flow.
The c'omini.ssion aUo will con
duct public hearings on street
improvement assessments for
Williams siireet and Princeton
drive.
Commenting on iiis proposed
resolution on street and road pro
jects, Mayor Moss said, “It is time
for ilte city gjveniinent to take
a leadership role to attain these
needesl 'hnpruvements."
He abided he hoix*vl to enlist _
Liu* cooix.*ration of the city’s civic ^ J
clubs, servi^-e organizations ani '
Olliers, ami exjXvtcd tu cojil^x
.vidi aiea iUgjnvay ConimL-.si«'ner
Walter LenluKir concerning riie
iiailicuhir parts of the Uiorough-
fare plan.
City Receives
£evenne-Share
The city received its revenue
sliaring ciuvx in the amount ol
$3t),7.-)9.i.»(J this week, v iiy Clerk
Jue AKDaniel, Jr. reix>rled.
Tlic cii> aiUi.'ipaies receiving
$123,(>Uo-plus lor the year, Uiifrom
last ytar if the first quarter is
iiuiicatiu:! of andcii-^ateU receipts.
THEATRE SHOWS
Kitigs Mntntain Little Thea
tre p.esenlcd “Dial M for Mur-
d(‘r’’ l" U; preciative audien;.*es
Mi.nulay and Tuesday evening,
n'Sv'lu duling the fx^rfonnances
earlier because of Holy Week
(.)uii\h services this weekend,
s;xjkesman said.
Mis. Myers, 67
Dies In Salem
.vlis. Eva Ml^eis, 67. of Salem,
.Missouri, former resident of
Kings Mountain, died Sunday in
Sak'in.
Funeral riles are incomplete
ut will pri' ably lx* held Friday
with burial in Hollywood ceme
tery in Gastonia.
.Mrs. Myeis’ husband was he
laic Clarence G. flyers, also for
merly of Kings Mo'unluin.
Surviving are one son. Clar
ence M. Myors Jr. of Wayne-
wfight. Alaska, and two d:iugh-
ers, Mrs. Floyd Styers of Salem,
.Mo. and Mrs. Thomas Drane of
Savannah, Ga. Also surviving are
16 grandt.hildrcn and five great
grandchildren.
City Keating To Build Building
Shopping Center Permits $240,676
Kings Mountain .'hoping v'"cn-
ter bought a city building permit
this w(»t'k to cm.'itruct three ma-
-itnirv' and -^teel 43.180 stjuaro
foct buildings at <'sHmatr.i C'jst
\ S2P-.676. Buildcn= J. Wilson
i'rawferd a.'id Robi'rt Neill, said
.onlractors arc Gwaltnov, Inc. of
M:: re^villc.
Tlie lU’W shopping center will
be 1 Uei on U. 8.
the Armor)'.
Fixture Company of Norwood
holds ilu* eoniiract.
Other ;x*rmits were issued to
'cnstriution & Apartment Rent
als to repair and remodel a
milling at 9U Grace street at
estimated <x>st of $2850; Mrs.
iioyce Gains, 803 First street, a
■arpoft estimated to (^xst
Kenneth Clminger, 805 Monroe
71 west near j avenue, close in carport and con-
l-drucv new can;;crt, $19d0: and
Another major piece of o>n- Jmah .M.'.VnInir, 402 Belvedere
struct.ion will be the now lu'nte i Circle, for a utility building esti
mated to t'ost SI75.
of City Heating Cojnpany on Pla
ter street. Corbet NichoN'an
bought pcM-mit to buili a mclal
ccmmereial building on the pro
perty at estimated v\>st of S21,.5tXl.
Belk Department S:arc was
.s-5ued a {xu'mit to renodel witii
Cliarlie E'lters of Bridges strei't
eljtatned trailer plat'onient per
mit and pcrimetiT zoning■pe.'miis
were obtained by Jcuncs L. il<un-
. , .. UiO i, ic .Uv IU4..1 ad
ill i T ay \/ilIi-\ a
i;
.pirated co&t at SiaOQ. 5tai»loy i a Uv^xi.y bgj