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JAMES ROY DICKEY
KM Area Students Win Degrees
A large number of Kings
Mountain sludonls are among
graduates this summer from
tolieges and universities. j
Barbara Spake Morel, daughter.
of Dr. and Mrs. D. F. Hord of |
Kings Mountain, received her B.'
S. in dental hygiene from the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill during graduation
ceremon es on Sunday.
Miss Hord studied for two
j years at Mars Hill college tefore
entering UNC and will be em
ployed as a dental hygienist in
ilickory.
Eight Kings Mountain stud-1
ents w<*re among 2S0 graduates
of Gardner • Webb college Sun
day.
Patsy Lynn Cornwell, Route 2,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P'rank
William Cornwell, roceive<l an as
sociate in arts degree in nursing.
Paul Sharon Bell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Bell, Route
3, I’eceived a bachelor of science
degrw in health education and
physical education.
Linda Ruth Childers, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William D.
Childers, Route 2, received a
bachelor of science degree in
health education and physical
education.
Mrs. Gladys Jones Jones, wife
of Supt. Donald Jones, 302 Fulton
Drive rcccivc'd a bachelor of sci
ence degree in early childhood
education.
Michael Steven SiiM?, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Sipe, Route 2,
received a bachelor of science
degree in business.
James Roy Dickey, son of Mr.
and .Mrs. James Dickey, 415
Phifer Road, received a bachelor
of arts degree in history.
Gary Mack Shields, son of Rev.
W. K. Shield, received a bache
lor of arts degree in history.
Shields graduated cum laude.
Janet Nira Bolin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Bolin,
1103 North Piedmont roceive<l
an associate in arts degree in
nursing.
William Sl<»nn Patterson, son
I of Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Pattersor
iof Kings Mountain, received hi^
I L.L.B. degree .Sund;iy with hon
■ ors from the UNC School of Law
in Cha|)el H 11.
A 19C9 graduate of Wake For
est University wjth B. S- in psy
chology, he will join the Icga’
counsel staff of the Internal
Revenue Service in Washington.
D. C.
Mr. Patterson is marr ed to
the former Rhonda Hefner of
Fayetteville.
U. S. Senator .Sam Ervin made
the princ pal address.
Mr and Mrs. J. H. Patterson
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PHIUP GAMBLE HSHER
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GLADYS JONES JONES
PATSY LYNN CORNWELL
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MICHAEL STEVEN SIPE
LINDA RUTH CHILDERS
GARY MACK SHIELDS
ROBERT LEE WHITE, JR.
JANET NIRA BOLIN
Population
Greater Kings Mountain
City Limits
21,914
'8,465
The Greoter Kings Mountodn figure is derived from the
Special United States Bureau of the Census report of
fonuory, 1966. and Includes the 14.990 populotion of
Number 4 Township, and the remalnin? 6.124 from
Number S Township, in Clovelond County and Crowders
Mountoin Township in Gaston County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
Pages
Today
VOL 84 No. 20
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, May 17, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
CanslerAreaProject Gets Additional $125,000 Grant
• Mayoral Pictures To Be Unveiled
Dog Quaraatine
Begins June 1
Board Orders
Dog Quaiantine
For June, July
Kings Mountain city comm/i.s-
sionors voted Monday night to
begin a 60-day anitmal quaran
tine on June 1. All animals run
ning loose during the period will
■be destroyed.
Comm. Jonas Bridges made a
motion that the city ad(){)t the
resolution and it wa.s seconded
by Norman King. Bridges had
earlier boon named chairman of
a committee to study the dog
problem in the city.
City commissioners have ex
pressed concern over the problem
of nuisance anima'ls, particularly
dogs, for several (months. At the
(March 27 comimissioner’s meet
ing, Bridges’ committee recom
mended a fence and leash ordi
nance, employment of a dog war
den and levying of a fine against
dog owners to retrieve dogs from
the dog pound. However, it was
pointed out at a public meeting
that the city already had a dog
ordinance that covered the li
censing and taggiTig of dogs and
it was further pointed out that
the county dog pound was al
ready overcrowded.
The 60-day ordinance is aimed
‘•Tpec'ifi^'ally at dogs, but covers
all animals that run loose, ac
cording to Bridges.
The quarantine will be conduct-
ed by the police department, the
mayor’s office and the public
works department. Police Chief
Tom McDevitt pointed out that
previous quarantines had always
been conducted by the county
health department.
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TOLE PAINTING
Classes in decorative and tole
painting are underway here
each Tuesday night at 6:30 at
the Community Center wilth
Mrs. Alice Jehnson as instruc
tor. Prospective students are
invited to register by calling
■Mrs. John.son at Eagles Nest on
U. d. 74 West, I
TAPPED — M/Sgt Herman
Stewart, Kings Mountain na
tive, has been tapped deputy
chief of the fire department at
Maxwell AFB in Montgomery,
Alabamo.
M/Sgt. Stewart
Deputy Hiechiei
M/^Sgt. Herman O. (Buck)
Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs.
•George Stewart of the Dixon
Community, has l)0<m named de
puty chief of the fire department
at Maxwell Air Force Base in
Montgomery, Ala.
A member of the 3800th Civil
‘been cmfwyp etaoet
Engineering Squadron, he has
been stationed at Maxwell since
January, 1971. He lives at 462
■Mulligan Drive, Montgomery,
with his wife. Ryoko, and five-
year-old son Robbie.
A 15-year Air Force veteran.
Stewart first {joined the AF in
1953 after graduating from Gro
ver high school. He was dischar
ged 'n 1957, came back to Kings
•Mountain and attended Gaid-
nerAVebb college and Howard
Bu.siness college. He received his
private pilot’s liren.‘?e and rejoin-
! etl the Air Force in 1961.
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3 Ex-Mayors
On Program
Sunday 3 P.M.
U. S. Congressman James
Broyhill of Lenoir will unveil
portraits of Kings Mountain’s 30
mayors and a scroll listing city
commissioners for the city’s more
than 99 years at special cere
monies Sunday afternoon at 3
p.m. in Council Cham’cers at
City Hall.
The Congressman will make
the principal address.
■Mayor John Moss, issuing in
vitation to the community to at
tend the ceremonies, said the ev
ent is a prelude to both the city’s
observance of its 100th birthday
! In 1974 as well as the 194th an-
\ niversary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain in 1974 and also the
city’s first formal notation of
the nation’s bicentennial anniver
sary in 1976.
The city’s three former living
Mayors who will be recognized
during the ceremonies will be
Joe Thomson, H. Tom Fulton and
Kdlly Dixon as well as members
of the present city board of com
missioners and former commis
sioners.
■Rev. Pasciha-l Waugh, president
of the Kings Mountain Minister
ial Association, will give the in
vocation and Mayor John Moss
will preside and introduce Con
gressman Broyhill who will un
veil the portraits which will be
draped in council cham'bers.
Flags of the U. S. and red, white
and blue decoration will decor-
I ate the room and front of City
Hall and minute books of the
city on display will be featured
where the public will be invit€»d
to inspect the penmanship. Citi
zens with historical data and/or
Centennial items they would like
to display at City Hall on Sun
day are asked to contact the ma
yor's office, 739-2563.
Mrs. Suzanne Wise is prepar
ing the scroll with names of
commissioners. Marshals will be
KMHS junior marshals.
Special patriotic music will al
so be featured.
Refreshments will be served
by the Woman’s club of which
Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch is pre
sident.
Pictures of Mayors of the city
which will be unveiled Sunday
are:
W. A. Mauney, 1874-77- J. W.
Oarmtt. 1877-80; A. V. Falls 18-
804^1: W. T. R. Bell, 1881-86: J.
K. Dixon. 188§-87; F. M Gar-
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Laughter Yapped
For Postmaster
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POSTMASTER — WilUam F.
(Bill) Ixiughter has assumed
new duties as Postmaster of
Glen Alpine. He has been a
city carrier here since 1964.
Davis To Featuie
Lions Piogiam
John Ed Davis. Jr. of Shel'by
will give a "hobo” entertainment
program as a feature of the 35th
annual ladies n^ght banquet
Tuesday of the Kings Mountain
Lions club.
Dinner will be served at 7 P'.m.
at the Country club to Lions
club memibers, their wives and
guests.
'Lion Ray Holmes is chairman
of the program committee for
the event and President Richard
E. Greene will piesidiO. Lion Bill
Bates will lead the flag pledge
and give the invovation. Lion
Tim Gladden will welcome la
dies, Mrs. Ray Holmes will make
the response. Lion George Tho-
masson will recognize guests.
Lion Connie Allison will be as
sisted in distributing favors to
ladles.
A menu of baked chicken will
be served with baked potato,
green beans with almonds, spi-
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City Carrier
Is Moving
To Glen Alpine
, William F. (BilD Laughter, city
■ carrier at Kings Mountain post
office since 1964. has bt'ei ap
pointed p-ostmastor at Glen Al
pine and has assumed his duties
there. *
Mrs. Laughter and their fam
ily will be moving to Glen Al
pine at the end of this school
term.
A commissioned officer and
pilot in World War II, Laughter
retired fi'om the AF Reserve with
rank of lieutenant colonel. Prior
to military service, ho was em
ployed as personnel director of
Margracc Mills.
He is a Sund:iy school teacher
and deacon of First Baptist
church and a former secretary of
Kings Mountain Merchants asso
ciation.
The Laughters are parents of
five children: Mrs. David Collins,
Stanley Laughter. Chris Laugh
ter, Steven Laughter and Mark
Laughter and reside on South
Sims street.
PRINCIPALS IN SUNDAY CEREMONY — Kings Mountain Mayor
John Henry Moss, left, will Jbe master of ceremonies and U. S.
Representative James Broyhill, right, will make the principal
oddress at the unveiling of 30 portraits <A former mayors of
the city Sunday pt 3 p.m. ceremonies at City HalL
Eleven Charged
In Liquor Raids
Congressman
Announced Grant
On Tuesday
U. S. Ck>ngressman James Broy
hill informed Mayor John Moss
Tuesday approval of an addition
al $125,090 federal grant via the
Dqpartmcnt of Hou-sing & Urban
Ek'velopmont for the estimated
$3,859,000 llO-acTo Cansler Street
area urban renewal projeiT.
Pcrmally approved last Nov
ember for the project was a
$2,735,593 grant.
The area is generally bound
ed by City street, Cansler street,
Waco road, Watterson street, and
West Mountain street.
In the area, some 80 percent of
the 225 residences are to be raz
ed and replaced—principal pur-
ix)se of the urban renewal pro
ject. However, aevording to the
plan, numerous additional bene
fits will accrue—widened streets,
expanded street lighting, utilities
services imiprovements and a
"green acres” or park area.
Homeewners who rebuild are
eligible for subsidy grants.
Application for HUD approv'al
'•f the Cansler area projeict was
nnie July 25. 1967 and it was
\ formally approved in No\’emiber
I 1972. .
School Bond Bids
To Be Received
The Local Govermment Com-
m'ission will receive sealed bids
until 11 a.m. May 29th at its Ra
leigh offices for $2,500,000 .sc-hool
bends for Kings Mountain dis
trict schools.
Full text of the legal adver
tisement appears in today’s Her
ald.
The bonds will bo dated June
1, 1973 and mature annually.
Taxpayers authorized the bonds
during an election in the district
Decemtx'r 16, 1972.
Club Raids
•' v.’?
Net Large
Liquor Haul
SERMON TOPIC
The Perils of Im-maturity will
be the sermon topic of Rev. N. j
C. Bush at Sunday morning .
worship hour at Grace United
Methodist church. 1
APPOINTED ^ George Webb
Plonk, Jr. has received an in
tern appointment in surgery at
N. C. B^^tist hospital in Wins
ton Salem. /
George Plonk
Intern Appointee
George W. Plonk of Kings
Mountain is one of 75 senior med
ical students at the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine who
have been awarded internship
appointments for 1973-74.
He will take internship train-
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Eleven Kings Mountain per
sons have been arrested and face
June 14 hearings following one of
the largest al<t)holic beverage
raids in the history of Cleveland
County. ,
The raids were conducted on
approximately 20 clubs in the
county Friday between 4:20 and
10:30 p.m, 'Hie raids were con
ducted by ABC and SBI agents
with help from Shelby police and
Cleveland County deputies.
Kings Mountain police were
not invited to participate in the
raids on the Kings Mountain
duhs nor were they notified, ac
cording to police chief Thomas
MoDe\itr.
Confiscated were nearly 17.000
cans of Ix'er, 1.717 half-pints of
liquor, 563 quarts of liquor, 159
pints of liquor and 21 slot ma
chines.
Kings Mountain clubs raided,
and persons arrested, included:
Kings Mountain Country Club
—Joe B. Costner, Wylie Wallace
and Paul Walker, possession of
liquor fo-r sivle and possession of
gambling de\’ices.
Ro>'al Villa Motor Inn—Thomas
Payne, possession of liquor for
.sale: Barbara Witt Holms, selling
inU)xii'ating beverages.
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Planning Grant
Also Approved
Kings Mountain is one of 79
North Carolina communities and
counties that have been aw^arded
a total of $331,000 in federal
grants for local planning, accord
ing to Mike GtKHjge, Community
: Services reprosentativ’e and May-
I or John Henr>' Moss.
I Kin'gs Mountain will receive a
, $6,400 grant, which will be
1 matched by $3,200 in local mon-
: <*>’•
The funds will be used to fin
ance plann-ing and management
of local Community D^welopment
Programs, updating of land use
data and plans, base maipiping,
and re\'ising the zoning ordin
ance and subdivision regulations.
Officials from the Division of
Oemmunity Servii-os in the Ashe-
\‘ille field office of the Depart
ment of Natural and E5conomie
Resources will provide the techni
cal planning assistance.
While the neve's was good for
79 communities. appUtationsfrom
I 80 others had to be turned down,
! according to Mike Geouge.
i One problem was not enough
money.
I "Interest by local goveimment
in planning has sky-rocketed in
the pcLst few years. Unfortunately
funding for lo^'al planning has
not kept pace.** Geouge said.
^ While federal funding for local
j planning was up only 10 ponxj-nt,
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