Population
, Cvreater Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits 8.465
The Gfuatcr Kinys Mountain figure is derived from the
Special UnttoU States Uurcou of the Census report of
lanuary, 1966. and include^ the 14.991) population of
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 from
Number 5 Township, in Clcvelond County and Crowders
Mountain Township in Gaston County.
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Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newsj^aper
VOL. 84 No. 19
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 10, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Sewagft Grant Is Unimpaire
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senliowar, Board
0 Discuss Roads
Coriereiice
maudav Meetliig
l'h(* fily cemmission cv.'A-
for w iWi WiilUT S. I.sL-]i)i(!'W('r, rlLs-
tr! I hi ’.h'W.iy c 'niniissionci'. on
Kinjs Mumiciin road aiivl .s!r<\'t
noials at ilie Monday nd^ht 7:30
nivi'lin;.;.
'IJio (riiforonoo with (’ oTim.
1 cidiowor. or Coiovcr, ri*c<‘iilly
a,]) ditt'd '!»y (^GMvnor .I'm Jlt.'l-'j-
ii ’U.-;er. will liighlii;h,t Moiiday'a
nn t'-l in,'.
I’riiK'ij.'al |K>int.s in llio discus-
si,‘11 w.ll he the n'acnt resolu
tions anti rc-rcsolution.s cf the
city ccnimi.<si(Mi c-.nttTnin'^ cUy
r ad needs, wli.'ali include:
1 ) A speed-up in the US 74 by
pass projeet.
21 Wideninp: of East Gold
street and extension of it fixm
llto dts.ri e>-. ! at Sadie Mills t:a
pn^sen-t US 74.
3) Widenini^ of Battleground
avenue Ironi Parker to Uid^e
street and Dickerson street from
Ditkerson to Margrace road.
4t Cun.slruction of an under
pass at West Gold and Battle
ground to permit elo.sing of three
gi'ade crossin.gs West (ruld, Mau-
ney .\nil and Ilawtliorne road (at
Kings Mountain Cotton Oil Com
pany).
Erskine Group
4 aps Phifer
.M. 1). Phifer, ]iardwa.e*'r n,
lias btvn installed as ; re.d. ‘nt
of Die hrskiiK’ College Pa.xmts
Association for the eomiiig year.
Other oltiefTs are Mrs. .M. I).
Youngman of Gastonia, seere-
lary-tUMsurer; and Jolin McCal-
lum of Anderson, S. C., \i(.e
pres (lent.
.Mrs. Phifer is also a momlx'r
ol Die Parents Council at the
Due West, S. C. institution.
'riu‘ Phif(*rs are iiarents of
Krskine soiiliumore Cunn.e Phif
er.
Officers \v(*re ins1all(*d during
P.ircMits ■ -May Day iiel I May ath.
During the i^arents Association
program it wa.s annoiimi'd tiiat
jiarents have giv(*n !i»sd7..>0 to a
fuiitl largely for ('(piii.'nent and
audio visuals for the rectMiily <*.\-
pan l('d MeCain LL raiy at Kr
skine.
SERMON TOPIC
Uev. Janii’s Wildi'r will use
Die si'inion topic, “Honor Hegins
at 'Home’’ at Sunday morning
worship hour at 11 at Kings
Mountain Baptist church.
MOTHER'S DAY SPEAKER —
Mrs. Catherine Oates Buie will
be guest speaker •at a Mother's
Day program Sunday at Mount
Olive Baptist church.
Catherine Buie
Tc Speak Here
'Mrs. Catherine Oates Buie of
Greimsbcro will be keynote
spenher for the 1973 Mother’s
Day progi'am sponsored annual
ly y th(' Adult Missionary So-
c cly ol tlie .Mount Olive Baptist
cluirch on May 13.
A native of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. Buie is a gra(luate of Com-
liact high ^ciiool of Kings Moun
tain, and holds -degives from
Winston-.Salem .State University
and North Carolaia A&T State
university. .She is a fourth grade
teacher at Brigbiwoint elemen
tary school in Greensboro.
Mrs. Buie is active in th<* N. C.
A:-sociation of Kducators, the
Pnn ch'ine Baptist cJiurch in
Greensboro, an ! holds loa<i<*rship
positions in the *^hgma Shadows,
'/A'ta .Sororitv, Benbow Park Im-
)>ro\(»m(Mil association, and the
Piedmont Triad Sickle Cell Ane
mia foundation. The invitation
. for lu'r return to Mount Olivet
I was ('xKMided mainly iH'cause of
her Iead(Tsliip in tin* dexelopmenl
I of ih(* .Mount Olive Memorial
; Burial Park.
ddn* Mother's Day speah<*r he-
’lieves that tlie o\erwhel.ming nia-
joi'ity (d* moiliers ha\e done a
comnumdaiiU' job of rearing tlK'ir
i!nldr(*n. .Sh<» encourages nmth-
ers to gain the e.nifidema's
and maintain Die right to make
decisions concerning when, where
and how ther children’s iiccmIs
are to lie met.
Mrs. P'uie is the wife of the
Uev. Sampson Buie Jr., director
Conthiiicfi On Pa(j(? Eight
Mayor Portraits
To Be Unveiled
Sunday, May 20th
Portraits of Kings Mountain
mayom and a S(ndl lUDiig tity
ccmmissicncrs for Die city’s
more tlian 'i9 years will be un
veiled at special ccremcni(*s at
the city council rou.m .May 20 at
o o’cloL-k.
Principal addn'ss will h(‘ de-
I'heied ly U. S. Keprc.sental.ve
Jamc.s T. Bioyliill.
I 'Mayer John Henry Moss de
scribed Die May 20 ceromonu’s as
a prelude to both Die city’s oh-
servaix'ce of its 100th birthday in
1974 as wtd'l the PJlih anniver
sary of the Battle cf Kings Moun
tain in 1974 and also the eity’-s
i first formal notation of the na-
lUic n’s I) i cen t cn nia 1 a n ni versaiy
in 1970.
I "It is fitting, too," the Mayor
added, “that Die date cf the i>or-
i trail unveiling coincides witih the
198Di anniversary of the signing
of the Mecklenburg Ueclaiation
of IndeiJcndence."
Mrs. F. R. Summers served a.s a
commiUce-of-one in acquiring
the mayjral pictures.
Rites Conducted
For J. P. Tignor
Heart Attack
Bridges Killed
In Cycle Crash
F unoiui services lor John Ray
mond Bridges Jr., 21, of route i,
were conducted VV’ednesday at 3
p. m. Horn Long Creek Prea.y-
lerian ciiurch, interment follow
ing in Cherryvilles C.iy Memor
ial cemetery.
Rev. Allen lE. Morrison, pas
tor of the church, was assisted
by Rev. Frank C. Taylor and
Hov. Al‘iK‘rl Loath in oUiciating
at the final nlcs.
I Mr. Bridges was dead on arriv-
I al at Gaston Memoiial hospital
t following a motorcycle wiock
inoar Bessemer City at 11:20 p.
I m. Sunday, lie died of injuries
when the motorcycle ho wa.'^ rid
ing souDi on Rural Paved Road
1401 one and one-luUf miles south
of Bessemer City crashed into a
fence post and barbed wire, ac
cording to State Highway Troop
er II. T. ilollowell, who investi-
gcili'd.
Gaston Coroner Bill McLean
ruled the death accidental. He
was an employee of J.m's Bar-
! !x»r Shop and a native of Gas
ton county.
He is survivt*d by his wife,
Mrs. Janei Louise Moss Brid-
gc‘s; his parents, .Mr. and Mrs.
John Raymond Bridges, Sr. of
Kings Mountain; one son. John
Bridges, HI; one daughter Jacque
line Bridges; IDs paternal grand-
moUu'r, Mrs. Margaret K. Brid
ges of Kings Mountain; his ma
ternal grandmotlier, Mrs. Mina
Tate of Ik'ssemer City; one broth
er,’ Dwight An Irow Bridges of
Kings Mountain; and one sister,
Mrs. Dennis Weaver of Kings
Mountain.
: RITES HELD — Funeral rites
I for John Patton T gnor were
' conducted Sunday afternoon.
Celchrations
2-m-l Affair
j Kings Mountain will celebrate
' formally its 100th anniver.'iary
I and Die Battle of Kings Moun-
i tain’s 194th conjunctively, Mayoir
1 Jolin Henry Moss said this week.
! A five-day celebration is plan-
I ned for October 3-7, culminating
I on Monday, October 7.
While the city w;is chartt^red
as an incjri»ral<xl town in Feb
ruary* 1874, Mayor Moss commenl-
{ cd, the Battle anniversary was
j chosen due to likelihood of b(*tter
i weather to pi’^rmit outd^wr fuiic-
I ions. “It might rain cuts aiivl
' dogs in early Octolx?r,“ Mayor
Mj.4s said, “but certainly we
sliould be safe from snow as wc
would not be in February.”
Mrs. F. E. Summen was ap- j
pointed lionoTiiry chairman of |
the celebration several nioiillis |
ago.
Fatal To Barber.
Former Chief
• Funeral rites fer Joiin I'.ittrm
iJ^aD 'Iignor, (37, h'rmor chief of
the Jv ngs .Mountain Fire De]»ari-
ment and a bari-er for many
ears, were conductei Sunrlay
atU'inoun from Central I'nited
Me.'.KKlist cliurch of which he
vvaj a mcmix’r.
His pastor, Rev. Paschal
VV’’augh, was as.sist''! y t vo for
mer 1 ustors. Rev. Herbert Gar
mon and Itev. Howard Jordan, in
offi.dating at tlie final rit<‘s. In-
icrmeni was in .Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Active pallhx-'arers were Ronnie
dgnor, Romio 'Fignor. Mike Tig-
Paul
Tignor. Romio 'Fignor. .viiKe iig
nor Denver Tignor Jr., Paul
Tignor, Don Tignor anJ Leslie
T.gnor, all nephews.
Honorary pallbearers were hi.'^
former partnc'r, Alfr(*d ('rawdord
and reluc'd and active firemen.
.Mr. Tignor died Satur lay
morning at 1:30 in the Kings
.Mountain hospital followmg a
days Illness. He had suHoreu
from a heart ailment for some
time and was semi-retired.
A native’ of Hancock. Tennes-
stv. he came to Kings Mountain
in 1927. He formerly owned and
operatcHi Central Barber Shop
ami was fire chief for many
years, lie was a director of Lake
Montonio Cluli.
He was son of the late Emmett
K. and Eli/a x’lh C'enly Tignor and
was married to the former Mae
.Me Bee.
Besides hi.s wife he js surv:\ed
l;y a f(»sl(*r daughter, .Mrs. .Mar
garet McBee Gorman of Cham-
hlee, Ga.; four brothers, Audley
Tignor and (Jone Tignor. both of
Kings Mountain; Giady Tignor of
Sykesville, Md.. and Denver Tig
nor of H gh Shoals; and one
sister, .Mrs. T. p. Anderson of
Rotkwood, T<‘nn(’ss('o. ,
I Lone Cut-Oif
C! Immediate
I Effect Here
; By MARTIN HARMON
Suspended and terminated fed
' era! subsidy and giant program.-
will have little effect in King.-’
Mcuntaiji and Cleveland County
with one (‘.veeption.
i The c'mmunity' development
, training and fi*]l>wslD]) progra-ms,
! to h(‘ ter.r.mated June .30 is the
: exception.
Clas.ses in sr.sing. taki’ baking !
and do-: oration, and floral ar-
rangeuK’nts, among otlu rs. liaLO ^
been offered al n niinal luDion
h (‘s and with Lxii.sidcMable ac- |
(•(’plance. 1
Already* approved and or in j
pr .ess programs include .subsi
dized insured hou.sing (Pliilhi>’ ,
I Development Company’s I'anc |
! .Manor Apartments); suspepdeo .
j January 5. IBfJ, low rent jmblic
housing (100 approved units on
drawing board.s); su.s;K?ndcd
' 1973, sewer faeiiiti(*s (S177,5tKJ
( grant ajrprovcd DtVemx'r 29.
1972) terminated January 2."), i
! 1973; uil-ian nmewal program.> |
; (central business district and I
' Canslcr street aioa projects ,
. derway), lennmated June 30, |
’ 1973.
In a bulletin recently received :
by King.s Mountain Public Hous- ;
ing Authority, it was stated by 1
the IX’parLinenl of Housing and |
Urban Develicpmenl: I
“June 30, 1973, i.s the termin
ation date for new approvals un
der Die urban renewal programs.
Fiscal year 1974 appropriations
will be used primarily to close
out projects approved in prior
years.”
Slam To Fill
ARP Pulpit little Theatre
GROUND BREAKING — Ground was broken Sunday for the beginning of the ^Uowship «md octi
viti^s building of First Boptist church. Pictured a bove are I^ev. Paul Riggs, pastor (shovel in hand)
Don Jonesy chairman of deacons (left); and Larry Allen, (right) chairman of the building com-
m'ttie. The multi-purpose building will provide space for a kitchen ond dining room, o fully-
lighted stage and projection room, with a large area for iiecrecrti on. It will be joined to the car
port on the east side nf the educational building. Construction is to begin soon. (Photo by
1. G. Alexander).
Dr. Harry Stam, professor at
North Westorn <'(jllog(\ Minn,
assoc.atc.i with the African In
land .Mission scuving thrc(’ tours
of duty will sjK’ak on Sunday
evening a t Boyce .Memcria
AHP cliurch. The service is at
p. m.
Dr. C. E. Edwards will preach
al the morning service and in-
\iles the (’ommiaiily lo hear Dr.
Stam on Sunday evening.
Cashes Baze
Own Building
A building .«(licdulcd h raz
ing in Die Kings M unlain Rede-
\ (dopme n t c» ission s (‘en t ra 1
bu.sine.ss district redevelopment
l>r.»je. t has been razed — Diougli
th(' eemmis-sian merely hoKis an
eptien on the pn ]X'rty.
The building is the veraMe
briLk .‘itruclure on Cin'rakee .dri'et
Cvvned by Charlie and David
rash, who do business under the
trade nam? of Casii Brothers,
dem dilion experts.
The Casli Bnat'hers demolished
their c\\ n iniilding.
The eem/iui''\si.>n Ixdds an op
tion on the i niH’rty at S37.7().
Tlie (Mmmi.s.-^ion. of cMur.<e, ex-
{x'cls ta (wi'.ii'te Die option.
Otherwise. Director Gene White
said, tlie cMm'mi>>ikm will cfifer
at aujl'ion for (‘(aimmercial (level-
cpmc’iit III the neaT future the
H X 109 let at .Mountain and
Battleground, the 50 x 108 lot
on Battlh’gr. und between CHy
.Neu 4 an.l .McGinnis Dc'partment
Store, and (he 100 x 200 hunier
Varhro prcpi’ity hounded by Rail
road avemu' and City .street.
Age (d the Cas'h Brothers budd
ing has not b('en estahh.shed.
S('veral re.^ddences recall it oik’c
housed Van Dyke'.s Restaurant
and later Dr. J. J. G. Herd's radi
us red sh<''p—the radiu.s rod being
a vulnerable part the Homy
Ford's famed Model T. A black
smith sliop was und(‘r a shed at
Uic rear of tho building.
Meeting Tonight ;
.New officx'rs of King.s Moun
tain Little Theatre will be elei t j
ed Thiirsday (tonight) at the gen
eral memlx’rship meeting at S p.,
ivi. in Park Grace school audi
torium. 1
All memix’rs are encourag<Hl
to attend the business meeting,
saii Mrs. Jo Ann McDaniel, lues-1
ident.
Plans for the new year will tx'
H.seussed. '
Awards Dinner
Thursday Night
Foote Mineral Company’s Kings
M(;unlain Operation will roeeive
its 15tli consecutive year safety
award, the top honor awarded, at
Die annual safely awards pro
gram for Cleveland Coiiniy planus
'Hiursday (tonighl) al the County
Cffieo Building.
Stale Labor Commissioner Billy
Creel of Raleigh will addrc.ss
some 100 Cleveland County husi
ness and industrial leaders gath
errd lo honor 57 award-winning
plants.
Attending the safety* awards
meeting with Commi.^sioner Creel
will be Dan Kelly of Raleigh. l,a-
bor Department Safety Coordin
ator.
Other area plants to receive
1972 safety' awards will he Spang
ler and Sons. Inc., stvond eonse-
(Utive year; Dixon Clunn>let,
Inc., thini (‘onsecutive year; Lam-
b( th ('ori><>rat'ion, third ani.seeu-
tive year; Reeves Brothers. Inc.
Duplex International Divi'^ion.
third consecutive year; and Unit
ed Slates GyiJsum Company, sixth
ocnsecutive year.
ri* . . •
L>J.aLb m-mMf
IN WHO'S WHO Franc3s Mc
Gill Kings Mountain junior
student at Erskine college, has
Lecn tapped by the Woman's
club here for nominat on in
“Outstanding Women of Amer
ica.’*
Fiances McGill
In Who's Who
Frances McGill, junior student
jt Krskine college an 1 daughter
f D” and Mr.;. John C'. .McCdl,
has been nominaKnl by the Worn-
in’s club for inclusien in ‘AN'lm’s
Who Among Outstanding Young
Women of America.”
'Ihe 197.3 award, velunn* hon
ors outstanding young women of
.\m<Ti'.-;( hi'lwi'en ages 21 and 35
for their civic an.l professional
activities.
A musif- and voite student.
Miss McGill is a mi’niher (*f the
Kr.sk ne Chorahn'rs and has oth
acoomi allied and doiK’ dramatic
roles in lh<' rolh'ge prtxiuclion
of “My Fair Lady.” "Briga-
dnen’’ an i Ton Tutti.” She
w:is ififlurte ! ih'.> .smnrner hy A*
plia Phi ()m<‘g.i. iiat on:H liama
ii(‘ .UK i('ty on the Kr.skine cam
pus.
Mi.^s McGill and otlier Krskine
sluNuits toiin'd Kuropi’ and Ix'-
h nd the Iron Ciirton in Che/ko-
slu\akia an<I Kasi I'cidin.
Ricky Gass, 13
Struck By Car
A 13 year-old Kings MtHnitain
youtli was slightly injured late '
VVedne.«day afternoon when the !
bic\'(‘le he was riding was struvk j
by a ear on (Jrover R<>ad just i
out‘-id(* tho Kings Mountain city
limits.
Riiky Ga.ss, an eighrh grade
stiuU’nf at Central School, ap-
pari'ntly rode his biki’ intt) the
path of the ear. Tlu’ name of the
ilriver of the ear was not immedi
ately known.
The youngster was transjported
l>y a Harris Funeral Homo am
bulance to Hendrieks-Durliam-Lee
Glinic where lie was tn’ated for
miner siTatelies alxiut the ekiows
and back.
He is till’ s<>n of Mr. and Mns.
Marshall Gass Jr. of .Mani’r Kiad.
DOUBLE SCHOLARSHIP WINNER — Jonet Marie Sneed, second from left, high school senior stu
dent. occepts chedc from Mrs. Elsie Slice of Forest City. District IV Woman's club president, as
winner of the district scholarship for $284. Looking on are Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch, left, president
of Kings Mountoin Woman's club, which sponsored the Kings Mountain winner, and Mrs, W. T.
Weir, right, past president. Miss Sneed was also runner-up for a Dover Mill Scholarship for S500.
(Herald Photo by Cary Stewart). ^ .
Was Approved
3u Uccsmisei 2§
By MARTIN HARMON
City Ki. '.(tr W. K. Dickson,
of ; h;:s n . fear t;iai t.ie
$i77,5.'v ( .^aye .w.dcm improve-
mi n' g. an: o. tiio fi leral Envi-
r. ')n:neiii: I Proto. .i:.n Agency is
in j( and (in :'c >ie unaf-
forted Dv a ft .l(‘r.'d ju lg»’‘s Tues
day ruling in \V:i ’i ngton F.PA
mu.«( make av.; .$.3 I JLcn in
impeundi’d funds I ;■ - to o and
local wat( r p.dkr.i n i nkol pro
blems.
Tlie Kings Mountain grant, f>r
which aj>]>lication wa.s made in
early 19(2. wa.s appr.-vod Do. em-
bi.T 29. 15)72. .«t‘u n days before
the ITcsidi nt ordered the water
ai. d sewer fa. ilit.cs grant prt>
lei'minaKd.
Fnl. Pa kson .'aid Wedne.sday
plan.s a.e virtually (omplcle a:id
,a*i.cipal \v.>rk remaining birDre
for the piojeti can ire invit
ed i.s obtaiiiiiig cl cei lain righu-
. 2-way.
Majur element.' cf the project
iiu lude:
1 ) Doubling to lour million
gaii'.n.s daily capacity c*. the
Bolts (.'re’CK ireaiineiii plant.
2) Installation of a h.ui-niillion
gall' n piinii) .siaDi.n lu divert the
ajiiueni oi Frait.spun Yarn.s Irani
the .McG.ll Greek treatment piant
lu Die i’cdts (.’ret'k plant.
3) .Sewage pii>c in.'siailaiion in
cluding 39tn) leel i.i .Peiiuh pijic,
oiD.) lo-imh. 2t>))(J 12-iiKli, 5<H) 10-
inch. a.id 2(j(JU feet ol 8 and 6-
inch.
Rurpese of tlie ])iojcct i.s C)
alleviate the overflow into the
MeGill plant, whiih, (Ail. Diiksun
declared many months ago, at
ius limit of a million gallon.^
capaciiy and unexpandabie. Tlie
EI'A grant L 75 i>eivent of esti
mated lo.si. The stall’ is suivly*
ing an (dglith. the < ity an (sghiii.
' Judge Oliver Ga.'sh's ruling
O' uld (’ife'ct fauire "cl. an water” '
giant apiilicalions, though the
juling .s]H’i'ilievi only fi.si4il '73
and fiscal ’71, for uai.h U^lngrcss
ha.'s aju;ifopriated fuiuL. Ihe rul
ing could effect future Fongres-
.siunal a|>pr» i)riaii')n.s and there
fore Kings Mountain, and her
ncighl) IS. B('.s.'cnici City and
Gaston county.
Preliminary tallcs b(‘tue(*n the
three have been discussed for a
joint aica project.
Oak Grove Fund
Reaches $2,100
C>ak Grove Volunteer Fire De-
pa :t ment lias rcveived ?2.1()0 J
its gcnl .815.(K)() l’( ward the
fmrcha.se of a (piick (iunip water
iru -k and a bru.sh fire truck.
Fire C’hief Wayne Self said a
cmcerUvl effort will Ix' I’xeuIsed.
during the month of May to
♦ .mphde the drive and the goal.
• riii.s .<’H\ ial effort to get need(»d
■- pc.Ii meet for the fire depart-
iii i.i .‘1 uld not be eoFilu.sod
with the annual drive wliieli veill
occur ill Dctcber. .said Self. The
purpose of Die annual drive in
Oe. .lor will be to maintain the
di^parlmr i’ll, he said while the
•pe.ial diiu' during flic month of
April and M.iy is U> puraJiase
need('d fin’ figliting equifunent.
liio aiiiiLial diive will occur in
OcU-ot: lo c lu ide with -National
I'.ro Levention Wiek.
“E’csiszcES Citizen"
Interment Likely
.\ “business citizen’’ for 24
years a/par. ntly w ill be in-
{o»Trtl Monday night.
May('r Jehn Henry Mv\ss said
he w’.niM re. mnu’iid to the
h .ird t! (? mmisdeners that
the nn tal pe ls < :i whii'li the
in( It s were m >unt('d be remov
ed ant that the holes in the
: de.valks he filled with ce-
rn«'n
He will recomnieml two-hour
parking in the cnco-metered
a n'a.',
M('antim(’. he added, he w'di
n ‘(‘mmend that the city eel*
lab rale with Km.rs -Mciintain
R( dev» I< pment ( ( mmission to
provide an all-day parking area
f.ir husiiK'ss firm employees.
‘TIk’ n •> MK'ter e\{K'rience in-
dica;e< mh'quati' parking area
(*an inaiiitaiiK'd without the
.metes, part, ularly in view cf
The pn^n'-s tx'iiig rna.ie by tho
(.ievelci'ini’nt (vmmission in the
(H'ntral hu.siness district pro-
jeet." Mayi’r Moss noted.
'Fho meters weri' installed
by the Kulion administration in
19 I.S. w’hen Ma\or Moss was
Ward 4 ciiy coniiui^ioner*