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Population
JxeaXex Kings Mountain 21.914
City Limits
8.465
rh9 Greater Kings Mountain figure Is derived from the
Special United States Bureau of the Census report of
fonuory. 1966. and includes the 14.990 population of
Number 4 Township, and the remaining 9.124 from
Number S Township, in Cleveland County and Crowders
Moun am Toivnshlp In Gaston County.
Kings Mountoin's Reliable Newspaper
Today
^OL 84 No. 25
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, June 21, 1973
Eighty-Fourth Year
PRICE TEN CENTS
Record $3,945,292 Budget Tentatively Adoj
Retired Principal
Died Thursday
Wile oi Foimei
Mayor Teacher
For 52 Years
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City’s Long - Term
Budget $375,133
Utility Building,
Streets, Sewer
On Capital List
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PaESIOENT — Dr. William
Pressley Jenkins, Kings Moun
tain native, has been elected
prciident of the alumni osso*
elation of Central Wesleyan
college.
Central Alumni
Taps lenkins
Pr. William Pressley Jenkins,
of Walhalla, South Carolina, was
t'.ecUs'i president of the alumni
as.-ioi iation of Contra! Wesleyan
tolleyo ai the annual alumni ban
quet in May.
Dr. Jenkins graduaU'tl from
ewe in IfioG with the liadielor
of Art.s <Iej;ret' in biology and
from the Soulliern ColIej*o of Op-
lonn try. Mempiiis, Tennessee in
i;»71 with the de^^ree of Doctor of
Optometry. Dr. Jenkins is a part
ner in tht‘ firm of Di's. Bell, Wat-
sv)n and Jenkins, P. A.
Pies<ient Jenkins is a charter
nu mljer of the Walhalla Sertoma
i !r. ); member Lions Club Inter-
rational, member American Op-
t(;mtlric Association and member
the S. C. Optomelric Association.
H<’ is a visual consultant to llie
C-omv wunly school system;
memler Ocontv county school
health advisory eouncil, business!
mana.i'er of CWC yeaiDook,
ho; 1 resklent student Ixxly CWC;
ip:).") tit); menii)or 1)001x1 of admin-1
I irat’on Walhalla VV<'sleyan:
ciitinh; authorel a pajM'r entit-j
led “Increasing; Aj;e and Its Ke-1
l.iiionship to ('()Ior Vision” which I'is eomins to Crossroads
\\ as presented to the American; Park this weekend.
Aca<lemy of Optometry.
Dr. Jenkins is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. I.uco Jenkins of Kini^s
■Mountain an i is married to the
of An-
Funeral rites for Mrs. Irma
Willeford Tliomson, SI, wife of
Joe Tnomson, were conducted
Saturday morning at 11 o’clock
from First Presbyterian church
of which she was a member.
Her pastor, Dr. Paul Ausley,
offic ate<i at the final riles anl
interment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mrs. Thomson, in ill health for*
some time, died Thursday after
noon In the Kings Mountain hos
pital.
She was a native of Kings
Mountain, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Rennett R. Wille-;
ford. i
A teacher for .>1 years, she was
a reiiixxl principal of East Ele
mentary school. She was a mem-
er of the Colonel Frederick
Ilamhright chapter, Daughters!
of the American Revolution, the
Kings ‘Mountain Woman's clubj
and Thursday Afternoon Book'j
club. I
Her husband has been asso
ciated with Noisier Brothers for
a numxm of years.
Surviving arc her husband, and
two sisters, Mrs. Gradiy W. King
and ‘Mrs. J. C. 'Nickels, both of
Kings Mountain.
Active palllK'arcr were C. E.
Noisier III, Charles Noisier, J.
A. Noisier Jr., Harry Page, Hall
Goforth and H. R. Hunnicutt.
KIWANIS CLUB
J. C. Atkinson, chairman of
the Boys and Girls Work Com-
imitteo of the Kiwanis club
will present the program at
Thursday night’s meeting
the Kiwanis club.
ROSS SPRINGER
of
Music Festival
Attracts Stars
A tliiree-day country music fes
tival highlighting some of the
tep name stars in ountry mu.slc
Music
151
fnnner Miss Limla Moore
<Icrson, South Carolina.
Mrs. Condry's
Bites Conducted
’'••neral servie<*s fiir Mrs. Julia
1); :irew 'Con-dry, S3, of -IIS South
; insler street, w'cre conducttxl
’.'w afternoon at 3 p. m. from
'*• Maithe v's Lutheran church,
interment following in Mountain
:!•' ' rem'Uerv.
'Ue\ . Rot ert Allen officiated at
tlie f nal rites.
Mrs. ('t*ndrv, widow of Lonnie
M. Condry, died Saturday night
r\ 7:3d in iKings .Mountain hos-
ndal. Sh*' was a memlx}r of St
Matthe.ws Lutheran church.
,'urv vir T an* her son, Lloyd
Condry of Columlua, .S. C.; two
Mrs. Frank Iliil an<l
Mrs. fJaitlier Lculbetter. both of
Coin’s 'Mountain; a halfihrother,
C!y le Moore of Shelby; two half-
c- •* --ri Mj-s, Marion Prloe of
She’hy and .Mrs. Avery Slater of
I'affnev. S. C.; tlir<*<» grandchil
dren and thrtv great-grandchil
dren.
Conway Twitly, Del Reewes,
and 5H>nny Wriglit, and
others, will make ap^Toorancos in
Wthat has bcH-m termed the ‘‘big-
gc'st (‘ountry’ music festival in the
southeast.’*
The event will begin Friday
and wntinue through Sunday. A
.special talent .show will be hold
between performaiu'os by the
country music stan? and the tal-
eint winners will rdeeive an all
expense txiid trip to Nashville
and a guest spot on the Wilburn
Brother.s television show. Last
year’s tailent winners, the Rad
ford Sisters, \Vi'll be one of the
featured groups.
Other ix'rformers on hand will
be Tony Farr, The Carolina Chap-
parells, The Wagon Wheelers
Square Daneers, The Sugarloaf
Rani!blors and others.
Admission is $3.50 Friday,
$1.50 Saturday and $,5.50 Sunday
or $10 for a thn*o day' Uckot.
Children under 12 will be admit
ted lor $1 per day.
laTY COMMISSION ~
The city commission will con
duct its regular bi-monthly
meeting Monday night at 7:30.
Among iteims on tlfe agenda* is
a publiV licaring on a street
improvemonts asses s m e n t
tvroM for Henry and Pinovic^
streets and for Ellenwood drive.
REBECCA A. SUMMITT
Miss Summitt
Wins Degree
Two Kings Mountain area stu
dents won degrees in recent
commencement exercises.
Ross A. Springer, son of Mr.
and Mrs C. M. Springer of Grov
er, received a bachelor of science
degive and was commissioned an
ensign in the navy after graduat
ing from the U. S- Naval Aca
demy, Annapolis, Md.
lie is a graduate of Kings
Mountain high school.
Rehecc-a A. Summitt, daughter of
Mr. and 'Mrs. J. D. Summitt, has
graduated Magna Cum Laude
from Appalachian State Univer
sity with B. S. in health and
physical education
Miss Summitt was a Dt'an's
list student, a member of Alpha
Clii honor society and was a-
waixled Honor Teacher in her
student teaching.
The city has buo'gouFd
$375,153.65 for capital irmprove-
ments for the new fiscal year.
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Major items, in addition to
street paviing and sewer improve
ments, include a new puiblie
works building.
I'tfims by department:
Water De^>artmen!: 10,000 feet
of water lines, 25 fire hydrants,
additional meters
Sewer Department: backhoe
loader, truck, dump truck and ,
; paving machine. |
i EleotrCe Dcii>artment: bucket ,
truck.
Gas Department: safety and
protective equipment;
Sanitation Dei>artment: new ’
gaat)age-]>acker truck and con- ^
tainers 'and additional trash :
truck. I
Cemetery Department: mowing
machine and earth mover.
Adm'inistrative Department: a
copying machine.
Police Department: four patrol
cars.
Fire Departanent, safety equip
ment and respirator.
General Department, new pub
lic works building and urban
beautification signs.
Keoreation Dcixirtment, acous
tic work at the community cen
ter and mini-parks.
Park Yarn Mills Raises Wages;
General .Me In Johnston Mills
A. Nenl Thom[)son. rhainnan
of the hoard and chief exeruHve
(ifiiier, of Johnston Mills Co.,
nnnf)unn“l today Hint a geiv'ral
wage increase will go into effect
.tulv 13. 11)73 for all hourly paid
and production workers.
Johnston Mills Co. has seven
plants: Worth Spinning, lucatd-
cd at Stony Point, N. C., Spmners
Processing in Spimlale, N.
Park Yarn in Kings Mountain,
Eastern .Manufacturing Co., Sel
ma, N. C. Johnston Mills Co. in
Mineral Springs. N. C., Johnston
Mills Co. in Monroe, N. C., and
Johnston Mills Co., Charlotte,
with a total employment of 1,500
employees.
Mrs. Goforth's
Rites Condneted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Li/zie
Hamhright Goforth. SO, were con
ducted Monday afternoon at 5 p.
m. from the Chapel of Harris
Funeral Home.
Dr. Eugene Poston, prx'sident
of GardnerAVeiib college, offi
ciated at the final rites and inter
ment was in Mountain Rest ceme
tery.
Mrs. Goforth, widow of Clar-
encH> P. (kdorth, succumlx'd Sat
urday mornin-g at 11 o’clock in
iGriH*n Manor Rost Home, Lum-
berton. Slio had 'Ixvn in ill
health for several months.
She was a native of Cleveland
countiv, dauglilcr of the late Mr.
and Mis. v\doIph Hamhright and
a desc<*ndant of Colonel Fred
rick illnnrhnght. Revolutionary
War hero at the Hattie of Kings
Mountain.
Surv ving are her daughter,
Mrs. \V. r.. Coley of Red Springs;
her stc'pdaughter. Mrs. Ro*' ert S.
Tonkins of Shelby: her stepson,
C. Gf)forth of Kings Mountain
and one brether, D. D. Ham-
bright of Shelby.
RELIGIOUS FILM
Groups of y.Tung j)e pie may
receive reduced rates to see
“The Cross and the .Switch
blade” at Central Theatre in
dfAvntewn finstonia by calling
86.1-1921 and by picking up
tickets in advance. This movie
is ('specially recommended for
young people, said a spokes
man. ^
Thieves Make
Antiques Haul
Over $1,500 worth of antiques
were stolen Monday night from
the home of a Kings Mountain
man wiio was buried Uiat after
noon. I
Aevording to Dot. Paul Barbee
of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s '
Department, thieves entered the
home of the late Rufus Ware, 82,
of Route 3 and stole one antique
washstand, one antique Digan
valued at $500, a picture fnime
valued at $50, tA\o antique eight-
day chx-ks, one full length oval
mirmr with carxxHl frame on a
stand, throe kc'ixiRtfne lamiK, one
tire shrinki'r for an old fashion
ed buggy, carriage and wagon
wheels, one anvil, one antique
dresser with a mirror, and j>ne
jiair of hand-made lead knuckles.
According to Barbee, relatives
gathered at the home Tuesday
for the reading ot the late Mr.
Ware’s will only to find that
many of the items listed had
been stolen.
Saibce reported that the rela
tives had been to the home late
Monday afternoon and saw tlie
antiques. Barbee said Monday
night, someone broke a window
to gain entry into the house,
backed a truck up to the back
d(x>r and stole the antiques.
Banb('c n'lxwted the tiro tracks
wore still fresh w^hon he arrived
Tuesday morning. He said the
thieves knew their antique's as
other valuable items such as a
television set and nuxlern appli
ances w'cre not taken.
PRESIDENT — Donald L. Park
er has been 'elected president
of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis
club for 1973-74, ^ »
Paikei Heads
Kiwanis Club
i Donald L. Parker, Title I Dir-
ioctor of Kings Mountain District
i .Schools, has teen elected presi-
'dent of the Kings Mountain Ki-
I wanis club for 1973-74.
j Other new officer are Marvin
iTeer, first vice-president; Shu-
I ford Peek-r, second vice-presi
dent; Lewis Dellinger, imme
diate past j)rGsidcnt; Don W.
Blanton, secretary; John L. Mc
Gill, treasurer; and Lyn Ches
hire, assistant treasuix?r.
Newly-elected directors are
Giee Bridges, J. C. Bridges, John
Cheshire, HI, William R, Gris
som, Donald D. Jones. David L.
.Mauney and Gene White.
LEADS REVIVAL — Rev. Bill
Leist pastor of Olney Presby
terian Church In Gastonia, Will
be guest evangelist for revival
services June 24-29 ot Dixon
Presbyterian Church.
Dixon Revival
Begins Sunday
Rev William A. Loist. pastor
of Olney Presbyterian C'hun’h of
Gastonia, will bo guest evange
list for revival service's June
2l-2i» lit Dixon Presbyterian
Church.
Services will o at 7:30 night-
Iv. Youth night is 'rhursday.
June 2S. Jerome Cash of Kings
CoiUhuK'd On Pnuo Eight
$459,M4Ifike;
Ad Valoiem
Tax Rate Same
The city commission Monday
night tentatively adopted a 1973-
74 budget of $3,945,292.25 and
tentatively set an ad valorem tax
rate of 85 cents per $100 valua
tion, same rate for the tenth
consecutive year.
Of the 85 cents, ’ five ccnt.s is
the special tax for the recreation
The budget estimate is uip
program.
$459,644.57 over last year’s bud
get of $3,485,647.68, an increase
in all city departments.
Mayor John Henry Moss said
m presenting the proposed bud
get that it provides for a continu
ing program of progress and
.service, wage and salary im^rcase
all employees with exception of
of apprjximately five percen^t for
the mayor and six ward com
missioners.
It is the sixth consecutive year
city government has made “(MXjt
The increase's in the city de-
of living” raises.
Ijartmenls provide for capital
improvements throughout the
city.
'Mayor Moss termed the budget
^‘a very realistic one” and said
key to the luty’s budgeting pro
cess is it.s “continued develop
ment cf revenue producing utili
ties.”
He termed the budget, expect
ed to be formally adopted July
9th, “conservative” and said a
lot of work had gone into its de
velopment. “Holding the budget
to a olose line and maintaining
the tax rate helps us to extend
even better service m fiscal year
1973-74.’* i
) Revenue
The big revenue items antici
pated aire: electric and power
s>'stem, $1,014,000; natural gas
system, $800,500; water and
sewer system, $430,000;
Powell Aid funds are anticipat
ed at $120,800; and from Cleve
land County sales taxes are ex
pected to bring into the“^treasury
$105,500. Current taxes are esti
mated at $144,700, General reve
nue sharing will account for
$97,036.
EXPENDITURES
In addition to capital outlay,
the following expendiuiircs are
antioi])at('d:
Totals for various funds with
last year’s total in paranthesis
are as foflows:
Water and Sewer S>'stom,
$191,990 ($170,490); Electric and
I Power Systeim, $760,000 ($667,-
I S(X)): Natural Gas SysR'm, $583,-
I 175 ($501,iMX)); and Due Other
Funds, $709,335 ($68<J.310);
I (General Fund: Cemetery De*
I partment $26,662.50 ($21,5(J0);
! Administrative Dc'parimont $72,-
'950 ($65,215); Sanitary Depart
ment, $119,900 ($101,000)
Department, $177,055 ($167,000);
Police D(*})arimcnt, $205,041.72
($187,229); Fire Dei>artmen‘t,
$56,545 ($50,100); and General
Department, $259,950 ($220,185).
Debt Servflce Fund: Bond Prin
cipal Payments, $170,000 ($170,-
000); Bond Interest Payments,
$18-1.350 ($193,500); Fist'al Agen
cy Fees. $673 ($69().25).
Scheduled capital im(provo-
ments are e-xpeeded to cost $375,-
1.53.65. Last year’s figure in tliis
category was $230,801.43.
Recreation Funds: For rc?erea-
liwi operation, $52,511 ($51,921).
Bonded indebtedness was less
this year ‘because the city oiwcs
lt?ss” e.x^dained the mayor a.s he
riMd ea<*h item of the budget or
dinance to the board.,
The budget remains on file in
the city clerk’s office for public
inspection.
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DAY CAMPERS The Kings Mountain recreation {department's
day camp program has attracted dozens of children, including
these two who were caught by photographer ps they fired a
round of miniature golf. Day camp activities have plso included
swimming, softball pnd various other outdoor activities. K^ary
Stewart photo). \ :
Review Schedule!
Of McKee Failing
Privilege License
Schedule Approved
The city (‘ommis.-ion Monday
night adopted tlie same privilc'ge
license tax s(’hedulo Pjr fisiui
1973-74 with four additions:
1) battery and lire service,
$2.50 tax.
2) pixunoler tax, $10.
3) lx's! exterminator. Uix $10.
4» sign painting and repair,
tax $3.
Cline: Some
Bowling Prospect
Comm. Ray Cline, chairman of
the c'ity’s b>\vling ounmitteo to
study pos.sibility pf continuing
bo^wling in town, told tiie city
commission Monday , night he
had* “some pi'osjx'cts but nothing
dc'finite ter rei>o'iit.”
M'>untain Lanes, tife present
bowjfng facifity, is being razed
in e»r4y July iii'*conneclion witii
dpwhU>Wii renew;al.
• In othcf.actiorr, the iro^rd:^
3) rCjforn'd to the zotiing
a Jequeist. froni* nVg Uraig
t) /lotis gu JunifK'r .and
from R-O to Reigh-
b6irtbood’.'busiin.*sc(. '
Absences More
Than Maximum
0115 Semester
^ Tlie King.s Mountain District
! 8chGcls board of education Mon-
■ day night voted a-:ain.<t eiianging '
its ab.<enleeism policy but a>ked
for a ieachcr-princij)al review Jif
I rt^'ords of Patricia MiKt'O.
j 'rile student's mother, Mrs.
1 Howard Mk’Kee, appeared bf'iore
‘ tlie board charging tliat hor
<lauglitor was given a failing
grade in English bejausi' sii^'
mis.-txl 17 days in one semt'^Jter.
T!u' dbsc'iice rule states Ihai
a student automatically fails if
he mi.sses more than 15 days in
‘ one soiiiester.
; Airs. McKee stated that, her
: daugliter was sick tho.se it days
and made up lier worl\. (h-us, .‘(lie
i^lu^uld have been given^i i);using
grmio, • .
'Hie board explaint'd Unit* tlib
■mw rule, adnptccp'just aKei the
stirn of school last .kill, Had d<^
ereascH^ absenteeism at ’ King$
‘HigH St^bvV')! -^nd.^hert?-
f{^re ir shoold not Ix' drojrj'ed. ■
Mr.s. said hci- daug’iner
.^'iCiTs Tr.-)in aslinnatjc bjbnchi-
On Page Eight
Redevelopment Commissicn Razes
Five Dwellings In Cansler Project
King*? Mountain Redevelop- i
men rrmmi.<??ion has ra/ed five
dwellings in the Cansler renewal
projert, aToi. j
Cash Brothers are doing the
dnmnl'ition work. |
H'^nises razed include the for
mer heme of Mrs. Mary Cole at
169 North ('ity street, the former
Samuel Eugene Ware i;p.sidenee
on South Railroad, the former
Mrs. Faigenia Brown residence at
461 West King .street, and two
dwellings formerly owned by'
Aundria Small at 205 West Ridge |
street. |
The project envisions eventual !
demolition of 186 dwellings in'
the Can.sler pro.ject area.
The rebuilding plan includes
replacement of dwellings, bull
by individuals and by public
housing, park areas, and iq^rad-
ing ef streets, utility distribu
tion .systems, and otlier public
facilities.
'Hie area being up-gTad<'d is
bounded by City and Cansler
.streets. Ware road, Walterson
ajifi We-^.t Mountain streets.
’Hie pro.ject. including federal
participation and eity i>artirif>a
ti.m will approxLmat(' .$3,600,000.
Gene White, diri'ctor of the Re
development oommiission. com
mented, “We’re making progress.”
Park Dedication '
Friday Morning '
D('dio3.tory c’en'monies of the
city’s Senior Citizens Park will
h<' held at 10:30 Friday morn
ing at the park on West Moun
tain street.
Among those pre.^ent will be
former Mayor Kelly Di.xon.
Mayor John Henr>’ Moss. Carl
F. Mauney, other officials of
the redevelopment commission,
and Mrs. Paul Mauney and
iMVs. Paul E. HendnVks. both of
whom have het'n active in the
senior citizens program of the
Woman's Club.
TAXI PERMIT GRANTED
The city commission Monday
night approved waiver in grant
ing request from ."Vlark Steve
'Mc^Net'ly for a taxi permit to
oi>orate a taxi for Dixie Cab.
P^pot Cnisade Pieinde Includes
Bit^ Ai Three Churches
\ \w^t'kfmd ,of''ac?tivit rs':^in } i*ep-"host an area-wide prayer
Jtn dh'^^July Fbial pbljpot»ing .Sunday afternoon Xfcm : if
ovarigelijMic cnisHde is-fJlHtfTl
ujjlay^.Saiiday. and Moiida^- in the
Ra;’W-fb-Peti>et Drry wff! V'-
serve.i at Bm(’(' Monx'rial A’-l’
chart h .Satin* !ay. AH min’-''is
ind wi\Ts arc inviU'd fr nn 9 to
12 m'on and all Di iron and lay
wnnn'ii of thr connniniitv aie in
vited from 12 noon until 3 p. m.
and inviterl to i)ruig a ‘bag’
lunch with cold diinks and cof
fee to N' siipjd crl ' y the host
congregation. Guest <»n'.iker f. r
file afternoon will ):e M s. F.ertita
Sniitji. who st'rvo.i for -10 y<'ars
as a missionary to i'hin i. Mi.^s
Sm.lli is author of the hook, “(Jo
Horne and Tell.”
Ma(.('donia Baptist churcli will
untir-3::^> p-, in.
•r Loader for the servec^ ^^*■H ‘>4
: Rev. Alfred Wr ghl, M e. -v
I d'll native now of Gastonia. Fci’'-
.son.s attending are en .•ettrag-'C lo
memorize the key \e: .-e II C':r n-
icles 7:11.
Hev. Hoi l-y .M.-FaV?. d * r
of the F“i'd Philoct Cr ' 1
e ilie giie-1 sroaP^'r
ni*dO’s spiritual nr-'-'a:* '•
!y .’H 7:.''‘> p. ot. a! Cra .
Mctho.ii.si ch,.r
AH (h /I'TT. (if tl';^
.are invite-) f* aMcnd aT a ‘
said s:'<d e'';na’'‘.
'Phe i;reMt«'r Kin -s Meuntc n
I'ord rhil; ,>i s^‘u:Uv>’ cr'
will be spi’f.'d in Jnly at ihe
Community ('<'ni\'r by the i-' 'ys
AioLUUain Minisicriai '.-iaiion