North Carolina Newspapers

k ! ' Population i • , Greater Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8.465 Th* Greater Kings Mountain figure le derived from the Special UnUed S.aiee Bureau of the Census report of [anuory. 1966, and includes the 14.990 population of Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 from Number 5 Township, In Cleveland County and Crowders Mountain Township in Gaston County. Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VUL. 84 No. 24 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 14, 1973 Eighty-Fourth Year PRICE TEN CENTS layorj Intlicattis Same Tax Rate For REV. REaiNALD ALEXANDER Rains Delayed New Phannacy Seivice Opening Tilo rain came aiul stayed and Ilariier's Pre.-icriplion Pharmacy, iii'w., pusLpened its opening. Pouring of sidewalk to the on- trance was delayed and the area at the front was wet and miry. lia^an ilai^cir, with his wife owner t.f tlie esta'olisliimont at 7(JU West Mountain street, said p.opaiaiions lor llieopeiving aie :.x.ininuing. The 13...J-square-fojt buildmg is ov bK.A iblv^a exterior con* sliuctijii, wilii silicone insula* Interior decor ieatLires green paneling and antise-plic white pegooaut wall-shelving and wUHe niicriur di.'piay counters. O. G. (Pete) Pemier is contrac tor tor the building. Stafa menroers include Mr. Har- por, manager and pliarmacist, Airs. liai'ijei, Miss Peggy 'Mi.ss Maioel Logan, and Llewel lyn French. Ml. Harper, a Gastonia native, joined Kings Mountain Drug Lompany here after earning a de gree at North Carolina senool of Pharmacy in 1965. He has also served s phaiimacist lor Kings -Viountain Hospital. Mrs. Haiiper is the former Di ane Fite, of Belmont. She was graduato'd from the University of Nerth Carolina at Chapel Hill in 19b4 with a Bachelor of Science i Degree in Art and Education. ! Ine Harpers have two daugh- ! ters, Caroline, 7, and Katherine, City Power C ast Jump $5382 For Duke’s May Bill Period f' , VICKIE JEAN TURNER Two Students ' Win Degrees Board Continues i^ubiic Hearing Additional K.ngs 'Mountain stu dents are receiving dcgiees. Rev. Reginal.l Koith .^vie.xandcr, son of Rostmasler mil Airs. Ciiarles L. Alcwanler, rc. hved h s Alaster of Religious L.iuca-1 tuwi of i on (U gice Jiiii'* 1 ii o.n ooutliern Baptist Theological Seminary i.vUiSVille, Ky. He holds an A. A. degree from GarJner Webh and a D. S. de gree, Class of 1971, from Gard ner Webb college. He was or dained into the m.nistny Uy First Baptist church of Kings Aloun- taih in Alay. At seminary he siH>cial:z(xl in Campus Alinustry. He was presi dent of North Carolina Students. While at Mar tner We:d) he was president of the Baptist Student omon, editor of the college news- paix?r, "Pilot'’, menibr'r of a tour ing folk group "The Joyful Noise”, a monilier of Alpha The city comimission has con tinued until a spcv'ial meeting -Monday public hearing on a pe tition for paving and euro and gutter of Hillside Drive after ob jections by six residents of a per- the area. Dr. John C. McGill, property of i owner and a spike.srnan, svd at I Alonday’s meeting that residents ol part of the Crescent HiH sub- divisicn prefer ‘‘quietness” to im provements of property. “It’s a good place to live and paving would mean iiiVireased irafiuc and noise”, said Dr. Mc Gill. He asked that his portion oi Hillside Drive from Oaklano St n et to the s*>uthwest iborder of Meadewbrook street in Crescent Hill, be “exempted or deleted” from the i>etition signed by all ouL six property owners. Anotlier resident of the area, Devore Smith, asked that his name be withdrawn from an Nu Omega and was elecl<*<l into Who’s Who Among Students of American Junior Colleges in 19- 69”. He worked during summers as youth director of Swift Creek Baptist cliurch of Darlington, S. C. and Fir.st B;i|Mist church of K ngs Mountain. During his sem inary years ho served as educa tional director at Highland Park baptist church in I'.ouisvillo and supplied at other clnirches in the area. Mrs. Alexander is the former Dianne C'ofM'laivt of Sutfolk, Va. Vickie Jean Turner of Grover re ei^cd h<*r Ji. S. (l*'gre.ss in fas hion marketing from Getirgia Cjllego of Mille lgeville, Ga. on June Jii i in the Send (’ornnenice- rn^nt. Mi'-s 'runr'r is daughter of Mrs. Martha Hicks 'I'urner of Grover and (lene Turner (d Sehl- by and is employed at Ivey’s of I Onufiminl On Pitfn hif/ht) original petition favordn-g the street imiirovcdnenls. ”At the lime we signed it (the petition)", sadd Smith, "we were settling dcv\n ill tile area. He said he a- greed with the McGill fami'Iy mat paving would mean mere auto traffic in addition to motor cycle traffic. Hal S. Plonk, realtor and spjki.small for the property own- el's petithwing for improvements, told the board "there -is a need for improvements. Water acomm- ulates on low splits and will not run off withtxit sterm drainage.” Mr. Plonk told the board, "This is the first time in my life I’ve run across a bunch of folks who don’t want their property im- piO'ved.” City Attorney Jack White was a.ske(l to investigate quesition ol legality in “block paving” and report at the board’s special meeting next week. Pet Qaaianfine: Death Of Dog Brings Protest To Commission King . Mm ituin’s GO-day d quaranliiio lia : c^rrme under fire re ently a ■ many citizens liave orcteste l that y li e have been chooting licensed dogs. 'Ihc (juarantiric \V = put into G.ic.l June 1 and vnHI c dinue tlircu.'Ri' ut the month of July. The quarantine st.itci thdt I)c!i;:'c will have the authority :o kip any four-legged. aninTial wliicli is not cn a ieasli or off tlic ovMier’s property. One re ddrnl ef the < 'y, Mrs. Heir., Nf'isIiT, rppeared at Alon- day*.'* city hcanl mcelir; and 1C''iinlained that a p. liceman killed a licensed dog in front of , children. The <log, cAvned by the Jolin O. Plonk family, wa.s off the cwner’s iiroperty but was li censed and was wearing a collar and its I cense tags. In a letter to the editoir of the Herald today, the Plonk family explained that the dog was just a few feet from the yard where cliildren w’erc playing and pJirman rixlo by, got out of his car, killed the dog, got back into his patrol car and rede off Tlie dc<g was left lying on the slroe;. Police Chief Tom MrDevdtt said onion ing the quarantine puts hi.s ilenarlmcnt in a "bad position But, we stay in a bad po'-ition two thirds of the time,” he said. .McDcvi'lt said he had instruct ed his officers to try to locate the owner of a dog which is wearing a collar before killing it. iMcDev- itt wa.s urged by the eommission- , ers to once again instruct his Hi NEW POST — Kyle .Smith has been .Aomed personnel manager of Burlington Indus tries Fhenix Plant Kyle Smith In New Post Kyle F. Smith has been nam 'd personnel manager at Burling ton Industries’ Plienix Plant in .<ings Mountain. HLs a]>pointment was announc 'd by Jim Bowman, plant man ager. . ‘Mr. Smith coanes to Burli-ngton with an ex^onslvejpepsoniwsl -back ground. From. 1846 to 19^, he served *in the Navy, retiring as a chief personnel officer. For the past seven years he has held ^ajiious industrial personnel posi tions in the Kings Mountain area. A native of Wayne, W. Va., Mr. imlth attended Marshall Uni versity in Huntington. W. Va. Mr. Smith is a -member of the Kings Mountain Baptist Church and the Rotary Club. He has serv ed as United Fund local chairman in Kings Moumtain. Burlington’s Phenix plant is a yarn manufacturing operation with 240 employees. It is a unit of the Burlington Edwin-AIoores- ville division. Bill Reflects " Duke Increase On April 26 By MAR'HN HARMON The city paid Duke Power Cr>m- pany more for power on uie May billing than on the April billing, though the city consum ed ioo.Ohl) kik-watt hours less pG-wei in the May period. The imbalance \Vill be a lilUe moie wiun tile city receives its bill this month. TJie city’s May billing included the first six dayt* Oil consumption at the ‘old rate'* Duke effected rate increases April 26 on noti'je of intent to the North Carolina Uiilities Lxxmmis- Sion. Diamonds Stolen f lom Dellingei's Kings Mountain pdlice are .st'au'ch'hig for a person or persons wJio helptKi th€imselv€?s to 12 dia mond rings at Delun-ger’s Jewel ry Shop Saturday afternoon. iLcjwis Dellinger, owner of the store, reported that the rings were diSv'overed missing between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.__ Dellinger told police tlmt three or fouir black females entered the store about that time and paid a bill, then later left in a brigHit red car with black stripes jtown the side. The vailue of the rings was not listed. ■ ■ tRoy Pearson of 803 Katherine Avenue reporteS'ji hit and run Saturday. He .sai(riiis 196f Pon tiac was parked at the Kings Mountain Community Center xhen it was hit by an unknown driver. Damage was listed at n2C. Dale La wing of 113 Cleveland Vvenup rrp7rted that someone tole $208 woit-h of tr‘;e eqili'p- nt nt cut of hb- car on the night f June 1. Mir^sin^ xas an eight travk tape player, speakers and 13 tapes Iwalve Students Are All As Twelve Kings Mountin high '■Thc'l stiident.s • .six seniors, one junior, three .so->hem^re-; a*'d two freshmen — compiled all A’s for the frurth nine weeks grad ing period ending June.l. The^ are:. SenPrs: Cynthia Anderson, Da vid Collins, Linda Pattcirson, Ka thy keynoilds. Deborah Ross and Thomas Shirley. . Juniors: Sh^rroe Spivey. Soiphomi ires: Cathy Cornwell, Karen Hinton, and Jay. Steven Walker. Freshmen: Jane Ann is Camp bell and Elizabeth. A. Eakei. The May billing therefore was the peak qne ot the year begin ning in January. The May bill ing of $5(),ilU4.34 for 4,682,001) ka'lo- watt houre of electricity jwas 4)1018 more than the February oilling of $49,086. In Ftoruary .lie ciiy parehase cf electricity vvas 5,440,800 kilowatt hours oi f5o,4ljJ kilowatt houis less usage than for the May period. The February billing wiis at .0090 cents per KWH, the May Oiiiing at .0107 cents. (Editor’s Note: IXike’s rate is not static, prior to imposition year oi a fuel coii.sumpljon ad justment surcharge. Anther van- a'ole factor is a kilowatt demand charge, imposed when the oity oxceous its former poaK Jemand. I'hete was no demand chauge on ine Alay billing.) TTie city re sells power through jts own disUioution system. iWestemAuto Starts Biiilding Grading work has begun at the site of a new Western Auto store w-h.C'h will be Kings .Moun tain’s first new building under ifhe redcveloi>ment program. Odus Smith Jr., who has oper ated the present We.stern Auto iiore for the past 18 years, .sev eral montiis ago puiiichascd th( old Btiivnie Mill propt'rty at Uu uorner of Cherokee and East Gold streets. Groundbreaking ceremon ies were conducted Monday morn ing. Smith plans to construct a 11,(X)0 square foot two-story building for his f>wn use, leaving approximately 3,0(K) square foot o'l rental cHire space. Construction will be by .Mor rison Construction Co. of Sheliby and is expeuted to be completed in aboul five months. Smith indicated the new stort will. b<* a .semi-self .service busi ness and will have its own serv ice department. T'Wo mare properties will be of fered for sale in the near future. They are the former .McGinnis .M( Curdy property on Batt'lo ground Avenue and the fonmer City Ice and Coal property oi •taiilroad Avenue. PROMOTED ^ George Harris, Kings Mountain notive, hos been named o group presidaoR oi American Hospital Supply Corporation* George Harris Wins Promotion J. Geevge Harris, son of Mr. ind Mts. Jimany Harris of Kings .vlcuntain, has been promoted to ^roup president of the Dietary ind c:apital Goods group of the Amoruan Hospital Supiply, Com* ,)ajiy if Deerfield, Illinois, which .ncludes Hamilton Manufaotur- m-g Confcpa'ny. He was oneof five group presi Jenls nanned in the r€^:ent align- nent of Cofrporate officers. Harris, a Kings .Mountain na ive, joined the .-Vmerican Hospi- ial Sup|)]y division in 1960 as a ales rei>rescntative. In 1963 he was promoted to area sales man ner lor the division and ifi 1961 .0 region manager. He was pro .Ti€te<l to pre.sideni of American . Icspit a 1 Su pply Corporal ion (Canada) Lta. in 1967. Three years later he was ap]>ointcd vice presidi'nt-operations tor Amen- ‘an Hospital Supply di'vLsion and in 1971 he was named president jf Dietary Produn.s division. He and his family live at 1304 Wcc^dland Drive in Deerfield, Illinois. In commenting on the organi zational cnange.', Karl Bays, AilISC president, .said, “What we’ve done is to gi\>up our divi sion.: around tlie particular healih market.s they serve and appriint greup presidents. In ef fect, we’ve pui division making closer to the custcimer which is •onsistent with our philosophy to dart with (he marketplace and work backward.s to create an or- 'anizat:: n which best serves Wio customer.” JAMBOREE There will be a country mu sic jamiboree hqld Ftiday, June 15 at 7:00 p.m. In the parking lot at Huffman'fe .Texac'o, 1-85 at Dixon sc hool road. Groujxs for the event wHl he Henry Wil- s n and the Country Rebels. F.rry ne is 4\ekL';ne. Cold drinks and hotdogs w*ill be served. iiliili lOlIh DOFFING CHAMP — Jomes Moss, loft above, receives plaque from Pbfnix Plant Manojer Jim Bowman after wlnn ng the plant’s doffing championship. Conunission Holding Budget Session Monday Mayor John Henry Moss will reoommen-d tentative adoption cxl cne 19(3-(4 cuy budget at a special commisson meeting Mon day iright. The Mayor said he hoped to be aole to also reoomimend re- tentit>n oi tne ad valorem tax rate of 85 cents per 4iiiX) prop erly val-uauoii. It would be the tenth yeaj the city tax rate has remained the same, whivn in* oiudes live cents loi operation cJ the city recreaiion paogram. Figures were not complete Wed nesday, as tlie Mayor and oinei city Oiiieials continued to prune expendaole outgo and re-si^at projected income. “It appears we can retain the current tax rate,” the Mayor oom- mented, “though the upward c'osl pressures continue to mount.” He said near-comiplete but not final taxable value is being esti mated $48,429,907, adding, "We’re basing our projections on 95 per- «ent of that figure—an increase of about two million over the taxable va'lue for ’72-73. Mayor Moss says he anticipates a continuing inicrease in utilities revervue “due to normal growth.” He added that “revenue-sharing from the federal government will take up some slack.” ‘"But the only bill we’ll get next year which surely will be less is lor debt service, reflecting bond amortization during the year closing June 30. The city's linterest bill will be less.” 'He said he hopes the comimis sion will be able to finally adopt its budget on July 2. Two Are Killed In Newton Wreck An auto tractor-trailer truck collision in Newton Tuesday morning claimed the lives of a Kings .Mountain woman and her sister-an-law. Mrs. Carrie Guin Pryor. 72, of ML Orr Terrace, and Mrs. Wil liam Guin, 68, of route 2, Ca- tawoa, were killed at 9 a.m. when their vehicle operated by Mns. Guin apparently puWc<i in frent of a traflor-trailcr truck six and six-tejiths miles souUi New’toh on N. C. 16. According to Troc-per S. T. Gill ey, the Guin car pulled out of rural road 1103 onto N. C. 16 into rtie path of a tractor trailer truck driven by Loon D. Call of Route 4 Conover. f The truck then .struck a pick-up ^uck oiperaU'd by Ralph Watts of Route 1, Maiden, before tuning over. Cal! escaped injuries but Watts sustained serious injuries and was taken to Catawba Memorial hospital. (No chaTges were filed. Dam ages to the tractor ttrailer truck iwned by Dehart Motors of Con- )veT and its contents were esti mated at $25.0(K>, $3,000 to the pick-up and ^,000 to the Guin car. Funeral for Mrs. Pryor will be inducted Friday afternoon a-t 4 p.m. from First Church of the .Nazarene of which she was a member. Her pastor. Rev. C. A. Bost. will be assisted by Rev. Grady Putnam in officiating at he final rites. Inte tne?* will L. n Mountain Rest cemetery. The 'cdy will remain at Harris Fune ral Home until the hour of ser vice. Funeral rites for Mrs. Annie Dagenhart Gain wdll be held this afterncen in Cata\^a County. 'Mrs. Pryor was a native of Me.klen'burg County and widow :-f Wiliaim Alexander Pryor. She was a retired emplcyee of Bon nie Mills. Fhe had moved into a new apartment on Orr Te^^a^ce 'Ixnit a month ago. Si’cviving are two s^ns, Ja-me'^ Tuin of Alexandria, Va. and Bob- by Guin of Texarkana, Tc.xas; bra*hon, Isaac Guin of Kings Mountain and W’iHiam Guin o'" CatawC^a; one si'ter, .Mrs. Jesse Gibson of F''iwling Gri'cn, S. C. and three grandchildren. SERMON TOPIC “Our Hopf*” wHl be the .ser mon topic of Dr. Paul Au'^ley at Sunday morning worship service at 11 o’clock Sunday at First Presbyterian church. I- 1 b'J RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP — Sheila Green is the recipient of the four year scholarship awarded annually by Magnolia Fin ishing Plant. Blacksburg. S. C., a Division of Deering Millikeii. Inc. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Green of Kings Mountain. A graduate of Kings Mountain high school* sl^e at tended Wingate College where she majored in (elementary educa tion and will attend Elon College in Burlington* where she jplans to major in chUd psychology. J. H. Cross* Manufacturing Man ager of (Magnolia Finishing, is making the presentation with Sheila's iother, left* who works at Magnolia in the Engineering Department, Miss Green also works at Magnolia in the Jnspec- tion (Department during the summer months. McKees Protes Absentee Rule IN NEW POST Mrs. Rick Ben nett has assumed new duties as educational director of Kings Mountoin Baptist church. Mrs. Bennett In Church Post Mrs. Rick Bennett has assum ed summer duties as cducalicnal director of Kings Mountain Bap tist churcli. A Central Junior Higli teach er, Mrs. Bi'nnett began her now duties Monday. She will assi t in all church activities, including youth, dioir, and secretarial mirk. Daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. Alec Ovons and a membor of the diuroh. Mrs. Bennett is the for mer Ann Owens. She iweived her B. S. in home economics from Ap palachian Slate University in 1971. She is the wih' of Rick Ben nett and tlioy reside on York read. METHODIST TOPIC "A Big CTrr” will be the seiimn t.. 1- cf Rev. N. C. EU'h at F'inday m rrirg wndi^p seivl^es at 11 o'clo-'k Surday at Gm-ce U:'.Ked Metli. dirt church. .f ro 17-Days Absenc; Automatic 'f For Student The Kings NLiuPain Tl Schools’ absentee rule i. ed to come under fire and .Mon day's June meeting o: t.ie u; . ed to come uivicr fire at I ministration building. Mrs. Howard .M Kk. daughter Patiioia was given a failing grade lar mis ing n. .e than 15 days riuring one senics- ter. has a'ppealcd through a let- tec to the e.iitoi oi liie herald Ollier pannt-; to attend Mondays mteting and back her up in her qu<*.-^t to get her daughter a pasB- ing grade. Mr.s. ^l!JKee, in her letter, cen- tends that her daughter mi.-:',ed 17 days due to .«.‘ ;kne s. She, sail her daughter; niatic A’s and-t's during the days tslie wak s.ohdU out vvas gu€11 F lier rcT'^rt card to-auie-.Ot£i' i:c •absences. . • w The schorl system eaily c- year passed a new rule .sh. . vg that any student who mio^-’d more than 15 day.- in cne se ter w'culd automatically fad fiipl. Don Jones said thal a .jcliool Ixard c.'mmittce cem^ .s- cd of Tipiiy Francis and Alex Owen-!, a..iig with him.self ar.d Ik me - rcluol ccoidinatnr .ill Bate.s met with Mtj. McKee r "three hours” and reviewed i '.e rule. Jones said he rannnt see i.'.e beard ixicking down on thepoi..y. “This is the same rcjula.ion the state board of eiiucatlcn has for sun^mer sdioM,” Jones. “Tin' rule is that a .student mu t be in attendance for 150 d:':k hours. So, if we’d rt'aljy get down to the nitty gritty and put this oe.cre tJie state beard, they would prcoaOly .say that the le al boaid has no opticn cn it.” ' J me.; .saM Mr- A' Xto has i inifamcd Ii'i.n cf any intent I f I iJ.i I «.• VC - . 1'./ ^ • 1 rr^ ^ For Mrs. IhEH E?koa Sa’fos, 8' Funeral rites for Mrs. Ruth Eaker Hayes, SI, of 311 Fult n ti.eet, wore conducted VVeJnr.s- ’ay aiVernrr.yi pt 3 pm. fr'’"n ''entral United Meth^iis^ church of which .she wa.s a nieiniber. Mrs. Hayes, widow cf forme* "".ity Comni*:s.sione.' Oliver T. Haye.s, Sr., died Tuc.iday morning -•t 2-45 am. in the King.s Moun tain h"'pilal after ijae.ss cf sev eral years. Slie was a native of Moniroe, ■daughter cf the late Mr. and 'Mr?. D. 3. Eaker. Her hu.sband died in 1955. She was a practical nurse for a number of years belore her re- tlrrment, em'^oved at Ki M' unh'ifn hasf^ita!. F:’rviv:r;:, aio three sjcns, p est F. Hayes an! O. T. Flayrs. h o; Kirg:; M.untaiin, and ' Hiyc^ C EurlTgtcn: fogr dan ters, Mr.s. Claude Teeter ,^f ( i.Mr^. FVlward G. Harri rhar!c-9ton. 3. C., and William iMioS an ! Mis? D>rt Hayes, fc th rf Kings Mraint me sb'te^. C. S. Royncld granfl'h'ddrcn anvl six gr grandchildren. .YetiVC pallhearer.s were F Reymdds. Hoyle Maihry, Go Thvirr.burg, Mike LcdfD-d, Ma Byeis, anJ Tom Reynolds.