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f73 1> %) Population Greater^Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8.465 rhe Greattr Eingi Mountain figure 1« derived from the Special United States Bureau of the Census report of January* 1966. and Includes the 14,990 population of Numher 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 VOL 84 No. 32 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 9, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year ""'T ! r . -if y 'W Many ChangesInCity Election Process ELECTIONS BOARD — Magistrate J. Lee Roberts, second from right, swore in new members of the city elections beard Wednesday at City Hall. The members are. left to right. Srs. Jack Mercier. Brooks Tate and M. L. Campbell. School Debt Consolidation Election Likely October 6 Corollary Bond Vote Expected For County Unit Cleveland County commission ers Monday adopted a "let’s cross ih-it bridge when we come to it” attitude on Kings Mountain’s Board of Education request for state Literary Fund loans for completion of current oonstruc- iont iffojects but gave its unani mous approval to consolidating the school debts of the three county school districts. Kings Mountain had .sua:?e^ted to the com'nrvissioners that Kings M^Kintain should have literary l(,ans—if needed—since the coun ty’s other two dUtricts had al- re.idy secured such lf>ans. Sui>t. Don Jones said that even though the commiasioners took the stand that they did. he d.K»sn’t foresee an-y problems should Kings Mountain need a loan. "Fve talked to the commission ers since.” he said, “and they aire all in sympathy with as on our po-ssiblo need for a loan. They’re willing to work with us and I don’t anticipate any problems.” The comimissioners have ap plied to the Local Government O»m.miasion in Raleigh for per- mi.ssion to hold an election to con.sf)liidate the school debts. The election date will probably be in early October. All three county school units earlier passed propasa-ls to con solidate the debts but expressed disapproval of any c-onsolidation ef administrations. In its proposal, the Kings Moun tain board listed two separate re quests: 1) That the system should re ceive loans, if neded, since the other systems had already se cured such loans, and; 2) That some equalization should be made in the fact that Kings Mountain would have built up an escrow fund in its debt service account that is larg er than the escrow of the other two systems. Pedestrian Walk Work Undeiway Workmen are digging the foun dation for footings for the wall for Kings Mountain’s second i>e- destrian walkway on Battle ground Avenue to he styled like the Senior Citizens Park on West Mountain street. John Hall, project manager for the Kings Mountain Redevelop ment Commiission, said brick is on order and delivery is expected next week. A 20-foot walkway permitting access from the rear of stores on Battleground avenue to the front is projected. The brick wall w-iH be constructed beside of Roses’. Construction time is estiimatcd at three months or less, weather permitting. Kelly Dixon i.s pro- jevt superintendent and Crawford Murphy is architect. Back To School For Teacher Monday Kings Mountain school teach ers begin work Monday under the state’s new lO-month teactl- er employment policy, Supt. Don Jones said the sys tem’s faculty is complete. Orientation day for students is August 22. The first full school day is August 23. CITY BOARD MEETING RegulaiT meeting of the city board of commissioners will be 'held Monday night at 7:30 at CitV Halil Hal D. Hicks City Foreman Hal D. Hicks, for more than 33 years yard foreman at Elmer Lumber Company, recently join ed the City of Kings Mountain as foreman of the sanitation de- j>artment and city garage. Mr. Hicks is a member of Cen tral United Methodist church and his wiifo is the former Thelma McDaniel. They have a daughter, Mrs. June Vance, of Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks live at 204 Juniper street. Plato Bennett's Rites Thursday Funeral services for Plato Will iam Bennett, 48. of Charlotte, will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Sisk Funeral Home by the Rev. Jerry Grigg. Burial will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery. A former resident of Kings Mountain, Mr. Bennett was the .son of Mrs. Mary Davis Bennett Phipps and the late Ben L. Ben nett. Survivors include his w’dfe, Jose phine H. Bennett of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. Hugh Davis and Mrs. Carl Davis, c<>th of Kings Mountain; and one brother, Joe Davis of Kings Mountain., TRANSFERRED Mrs. Annie Jolly was trans ferred yestoKiay to Shelby Con valescent Home, 401 North Mor gan street, where she is a ipa- tiient in Roenm 43. Mrs. Jolly has been hospitalized at Kings Mountain ho.spital for several weekd following a stroke. Mayoi Labels Secret Session Teapot Tempest Mayor John Henry Moss label ed as "a tempest in a teapot” news accounits critical of an al leged "secret” meeting held fol lowing the commission meeting of July 30. The socorvd meeting was held, the-Mayor said, for the sirmiKle reason that by oversight, two items concerning the police de partment were not on the agen da. . A. On request of Chief of Police Tom McDevitl, the commission reconvened and changed two po licies: 1) to permit employment of polk-e officers within an eight- mile radius of Kings Mountain in Cleveland or Gaston counties and 2) to permit employment as dispatchers IS-year-olds who meet the other physical and edu cational requirements to be an officer. They would not have ar rest authority. With the employment situa tion tight. Mayor Moss said, the Chief said he needed more lee way in maintaining a full- strength force. The commission agreed. “Those were routine items which the commission, the Chief, nor I had any reason to keep secret,” the Mayor commented. "Legally, under present North Carolina law, all governing bodies have the right to conduct person nel matters in executive session.” National Leaguers In State Finals Kings Mountain's National League All-Stars defeated Nor wood 6-5 Wednesday night and advance Thursday (tonight) to the championship game of the state Dixie Youth Little League Baeeball Tournoment in White- ville. Kings Mountain faces Colum bus County Thursdoy night. Shculd KM win* another game wUl have to be played Friday. Annual Bethwaie Fail Barbecue Wednesday; Event In September Twenty-sixth annual Bethwaie Progressive club barbecue honor ing Bethware F'air patrons and advertisers in tihe premium cata log w'ill be held Wednesday from 5 until 7:30 p.m. at Bethware school. Fair manager and club secre tary Stokes Wright said compli mentary tickets to the barbecue are in tihe mail. He said fail booklets detailing premium lists will be distributed Wednesday. The annual agricultural fair will ibe held on the grounds of Bt'thware slhoo-l Soptemiber 12- 13-14 and 15, opening at 4 pjm. on Wednesday, Sept. 12 and clos ing at midnight Sept. 15th. It is tihe 17th year the association will offer cash prizes to exhibitors of dairy profiu<’ts, bakery items sewing and other (products of the ' home and farm. Judging will be US 74 Electric Utility Line Map Received Tiie Norih Carulina Utilities C.;rrdinating ccmmittc’O lias pro* vi(U'<l the city a 5 urvey map cj ;.lanne(l olectri.: utility line con- strut tion along tlie cu rontly pn.jected four-lane U.S. 74 by- PXsl:. Tlie map, in 12 large panels, is p )st(‘d for public in.'-pcclion, Monday Ihr. ugh Friday at city nmis^'jon chambers in City liall. Under the law, where utility lines must be moved from pre.s- ent liighway right-o-f-way, the (lunges will be at city expense. Mayor John Henry Moss said tile two p.incipal paints involv ing city cost are at the planned major inter.section.s at Cleveland and Piedmont avenue. Warren B. Powell, state utility agent with the Department of Tramsipartation and Highway Safety, wrote Mayor Moss: "As a service of the North Caro line Utilities C<x)rdinati'ng Com mittee and in order to provide advance information relative to proposed highway construction, I am sending to you under separ ate cover herewith a print of the survey map on the above pro ject. "At this time we are unable to avivise you when tikis will be constructed and would like to call your attention to the fact that when plans are prepar ed on the above project, some changes in the survey may be necessary. If it is necessary to move or alter any of your plant .in conflict with cwstruction of this project, you will be notified by a Right of Way Agent, as ?ocn as the design of the high way project h‘a$ progressed to the point that such a determin- aticn can be made. "At the time you are approacli ed by the Divisicn of Highways to make a field investigation oi any conflict*;, it will bo very helpful and re.<ult in a saving >1 time if your representative would have the facts as to the status if the right of way for your lines in question. "It on ex-am'ining this survey route map you anticipate pro blems that will result in e.xces- sive costs to either the Division of Highways or to your Company we would appreciate your adv'is ing this office as early as possi ble so the consideration may be given before our plans arc final ized.” Gaston McGills Reunion Sunday The 41st annual reunion of the McGills of Gaston clan will bo held at Bethel ARP church arbor on St. Luke’s road off the Kings Mountain-Cheny ville high- w’a> Sunday afternoon. The program and bu.sinoss meeting will begin at 5 p.m., with picnic dinner following. The program will teature an address by Jim Anderson, his torian of Kings Mountain Nation al Mililaiy Park. In event of rain, the reunion will be helcl at Boyce Ai^noriul ARP church. Kings Mountain. Officers arc Norman McGill. Jr., Kings Mountain, president: John O. Ross, Jr.. Charlotte, vree-presi- dent; Mr.s. Martin Harmon, Kings Mountain, secretary - treasurer; and Miss Willie McGill. Kings Mountain, historian and kcei>ei 0. vital statistics. on Cliildren’s Day. Tluir'jday. Sept. 13. Special events, with re- 1 duced rido.s, are planned on both I open-ing day and Children’s Day. | McBride Brothers of Sout.h Caro- 1 lina will bring to the miidwmy a j variety of rides and attractions, j Janet Boyles, high .s4*hool sen- j ior student a'nd daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Willard ^yles, will ! reign as Queen of the Fair. | Officers of the sponsoring Beth- i ware Progre.ssive club are Carl 1 Champion, president; Clarenc'c Earle, vice • president; Stokes Wright, .secretary and fair man ager; Jim Yarbro. assistant fair nranager; Raeford White, treasur er; Gene Carpenter, assistant treasurer; Mrs. Betty Bell, chair man of the Women’s division .>f the fair; apd Mr.s. Betty White co-chairmen of the Women’s di vision of the fair. Teacher Clinic Set August 16 There will be a workshop for iK'w substitute teachers on An- gu.st Itltli from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Board Room of the King.s Moun tain Schools Office Building at 500 West Parker street. Leading the w’orkshop instruc tion will be Donald D. Jones, 8uj>('rintendont; How'ard Brvant. n-rector of Instruction; J. C. At kinson, Princii>al, Kings' Moun tain High School; J. Fred Wit li ens, Principal. Central School; E. J. Evan.s, Principal, Bethwmre School; Richard Greene, Princi pal. North School. All individuals who have at tended a .similar work.shop do not need to participate againi ■Alii H' i L RECEIVES AWARD Mrs. Miles H. Myers rec eives oppreciltion award from Rsv. Frank Shirley, chaplain of the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad* as captedn Delbert Dixon* left* and board of di rectors chairman Bennett Masters* right, look on. The award was oresented in memory of Mrs. Myers' husband* Miles H. (Smiley) Myers* who died recently. Mr, Myers was a member of the rescue squad for several years. (Photo by Gory Stewart). Chief NabsThreeW edaesJ ay Wanted For BC Robbery | DIRECTOR — Mrs. Wanza Y. Davis of Kings Mountain has been elected o director of the National Association of Educa tional Secretaries. Mrs. Davis Is Elected •Mrs. Wanza Y. Davis, scliools .-?c.crotai*y since 1952, was install ed as a director of the National .\s.scciatiion of Educational Sec retaries at the recent convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Davis, wife of I. C. Davis, served for two years as state president of the Department yt E<lucatk)nal Secretaries and in all offices leading to the state Hire. She is a past district pre.si- dent and on the national level has served as area membership di'rcctor, state membership direc tor, and as chairman of the an nual two woi'ks summer confer ence and institute in 1971 with 485 attending from 37 states. The Kings .Mountain woman was aimicng four n(*w directors elected. The national president is Mrs. Vivian Valentine of Missis sippi. Mrs. Davis defeated Mrs. Nor- eon nine's of Nebraska for the liicctorship. She will serve as chairman of a standing committee and as chairman of tlie public' relal'ions rcmmitloe an<i lias chan.i^ Uie structure of the ec-inmitteo oy appiinting eight area members with a .*-*tate representative from each state. Lee Rloodhound Locates Thiid Man Who Fled By MAR'nN HARMON Chief of Police Tom McDevitt, alone, arrested two men wanted xcr a lues<ii|y armed robbery in 'Bessemer City Wedne.sday after- neon, and with the aid of Steve Lee and Lee’s bloodhound, a third 90 minutes latcT. I All arc Negroes. 'Returning from the Buffalo Creek lake area, Chief Mi’Devitt spotted the 19G5 orange P'ord Fal con of the wanted men on the Oak Grove Road. He followed as the orange Ford turned north on the Waco road and continued when the Ford turned vvest on SR 2072, an unpaved dead end road leading to an old multi-roam farmhouse. He immediately arrested Gor don Phillip Lamar and Larry Cal vin Chambers, the latter carrying a sawed-off shotgun. Chief Mc Devitt .‘iaid. S. C. Weathers, the Chief continued, ran. It was then the Chief summon ed Lee and his dog. which circled the hou.se twice and stappe<i. "He’s bound to be under there,’ Lee .said. "That dog has never lied to me yet.” Weathers was. Gaston Rural Police claimed the trio, on allegation of robbing Elmer Huntsinger, of Reed's Trail er Park, Bessemer City, of $GS. Chief McDevitt is charging! Chambers with po.s.<essi^i of the shclgun, which the Chiel said, is both a federal and state felony. Tlie Gaston police are charging the trio with armed robbery. GOSPEL A gospel singing will be held Sunday, August 12 at Mountain Vi('w Baptist church at 2;IM) Jim. Si>eeial groups for the pro gram will bo The Golden Val ley Crusaders and Singing Wit- m'sses. Everv one is w('li\>nu*. X- FLORAL DESIGNER — BiU Daves* a floral designer for eight years* has purchased with Mrs, Barbara Galloway the for mer Kings Mountain Florist owned by C. £. Stroupe. The business will continue to oper ate as K. M. Florist. KM Horist Is Pnichased Bill Daves and Barbara Gallo way have i>archased from C. E. j .Stroiqx' Kings Mountain P'lorist, the joint owners announced this week. Mr.>Daves, of route three, with eight , years experience in floral designing, began his ('ari’cr at Ratcliff's of Charlotte and receiv ed his (iiploma from McF'arland’s School cf Floral Dc'sign. He has be('n a member of the "North Carolina Designer tif the Year" paiK'I and has furnished disjilays at Southeastern Christmas show the pa.st three* years and won a- wards for floral styling at wed dings and as a wedding consult ant. He is a member of New Camp Creek cliurch where ho is erganist. f;all)way is a native of (Contnnnd ihi Pof/c Sixf Copying Done; Registrar Check Urged By Board (Ed. Nc;e: The following in- 1 formation is first of a series by i Mrs. Betty Mcrcioi, scuetary of I the .il> b^ird cf elections, to ! a.tjuaint citizens with the many change, in registration ; and V -ing procedures as en- a.:ed b> the 1971 General As- 1 .senioiy and offe'etive this ! yea;. I The 1971 North CarMina Gen eral Assemoly passed Icgi.slation to provide state wide uniformity m election p.ccedurcs and per manent registration for all future elections; Slate, County, District diiO. t ity. According to this new election legislation, effective this year, all future munHpal elections will n'cw be conducted on a uni form date throughout the State. Previously, Kings Mountain City Elections, have been held in the spring of odd-numbered years. This new legislation provides that all city elections be held in the fall of odd-numbered years on on the Tuesday after the fiirst Monday in November, or on Nov ember the 6th. The Kings Moun tain City Elections, according to resolution passed by the Board jf Cemmissioners, will be held on a non-partisan basis and will provide for a Run-Off if neces sary. The primary election will be held on October the 9th with majority required for election. Should a majority not be declar ed in any race, a Run-Off elec tion will 'oe called for November the 6th: if the qualified second candidate exercises his option to call for it. The authority to conduct this City Election is delegated to a Municipal Board of Blections ap pointed by the City of Kings Mountain but under the direction of the State Board of Elections. The State’s primary purpose fer implementing this new proce dure was to better co-orclinate election process. In compliance with these new ly established election pneedures, voter registration has also under gone substantial revision. Now that the State has taken over all elections, the County registration books are proclaimed to be the only official vr>ter registration. In other words, there will be no fyt- ture City registration, and former City registration is no longer va lid. All voters must therefore ’oe registered with the County in whicli they reside to be eligible to vote in any future election - State. County, District, or City. If you ore already registered with Cleveland County as an eli gible voter in General Elections at the County, State and Nation al level, then you are properly registered to vote in all future elections including City Elec tions. You need not re-register. However, if you are not sure otf your County registration, please .•<top by or call the Cleveland County Board of Elections Office on tlie 1st fl'Xir of the County Ccurthouse in Shelby, telephone No. 482-1422. On the other hand, if you are not a County-register ed Vviter, in which case you have CONTiyUED OK PAGE 6 Rites Thursday For Native, Killed In Kentucky fl^uto Accident TO OXFORD Mrs. S. T. Cooke and Mrs. J. D. Mill-hem visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Thoma.s in Oxford, N. C- Sunday. Mr. Thomas was seid- ously burned several months ago but is mow recnipi'rating at his homo. They also visited Rev. Cooke’s sisters in nearby Henderson. Mr.s. Thomas is a eister of Mrs. Cooke. Mrs. Elizabeth Randle Clay. 53, , Kings Mountain nativi*. was kill ed Monday evening by her auto- rnohilo which apparently backed over her after she loft the mov ing vehicle to close a gate at her residence. A spokesman for the family said Mrs. Clay, daughter J C and Handle, apparently left the ve hicle in neutral while she "went to close the gate to the house and the car backed over her.” The accident o(x*urred al 7 p. m. in Sharks'hiirg. Kentucky. Funeral riles will be held to- Clyde Randle jOf Kings Mountain and the late Eli/alx'th Ih'rndon day iThur.'^ iayl al 2 j>. m. from Mallii.s-NhciY'r Funeral Homo In Carlyle, Ky.. intcuanoni following in ('art le ((‘irelery. He.’des her fatlx'r here, Mrs. Clay is survivid '-y her hushani, ’Glenn W. Clay; one son. Handle ('lav of .Sharkshurg, Kv • two daughters. Mrs. James McPhail of Vietn.am and Mr.<. Bn by Judge <»f .'^harkshnrg. Ky : two brotliors. Walter Hatxlle of Shel by and Howard Randle of Kings Mountain; and thive sisters. Miss Ruth Randle of Pacific Grove, California. Mi.ss Geneva Randle of Kings Mountain and Mrs. Steven Coon of Fallsion. Royal Villa Robbers Get $597 A man and woman armed w'lith revolvers robbed the Royal Villa Motor Inn in Kings Moun tain early Friday morning and o.scaped with $597. Glenn Paul, night clerk, re ported that the man ^nd woman came into the moteP around 5:14 a.m. He reported that he opened the door for them and turned to walk behind the counter. He said when ho turned 4he w<'man drew a .38 (*a fibre pistol and asked for the money. Paul said as he cieaned out the cash drawer, the woman noticed an onvolo^x* on the counter ant! asked for it. He said he had jiLst put most of the money in the envelope and did not give it to her. Paul reported that the wonran helped herself to the envelope and placed it in a suitcase which she was canning. He said the man drew a .44 magnum as they left. The mbbers reportedly fled In a 1969 or *70 Monte Carlo. Paul .said he fired twice at the car as it sped away. Ho said the car left toward the bridge at the 1-85 N. C. 161 exit but he was not .sure whether the car continued, down 161 or turned on I-85t p