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I PopnlatioB Greater Kings Mountain Citf Limits 21.914 8.465 riM Oreoter Kings MountcdD llgure is derived irom tbs Spsclol United States Bureau ol the Census report oi loBUory, 1966, and includes the 14,990 population of Number 4 Township, and the remaining 6.124 from Number S Township, in Clevelond County and Crowders Mountain Township In Goston County* Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL. 84 No. 33 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, August 16, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year No Staggered Terms Now; Registration Change • Head Start Program Openings Given The Kings Mountain Di:itricl schools has qualified as sponsor of the Cleveland County llaad Start program and curmit ' tak* ing applications for positions of full-time bookkeeper - sccrelai'y and a part-time social worker. The bookkeeper - secretary ap plicant must have had training and experience in double entry bookkeeping and be proiicient in typing. Application forms arc avail able at the Kings Mountain Dis trict School Office, 500 West Talker Street. Moss To Fill ARF Pnlpit Rev. James Moss, pastor of ^Mannning IPres ytCrian church of Manning, S. C. and former ly Ol Kings Mountain, will fill the pulpit at Sunday morning worship hour at 11 o'clock at Boyce Memorial Alt'P church. He will use the sermon topic, “That’s Your Prci lem” from the te.\t Matthew 27:1-10. Rev. Mr. Moss is brother of Bill Moss of the ARP congre gation and is a Kings Mountain native. He has been pastor of Manning and New 'Harmony Presbyterian churches in Man- ning, S. C. since July 1971. He began his pastorate duties ^ in June 1955 at Fifth Creek and Belhesda Presbyterian churches near Statesville and he and his wife left there for missionary work in Brazil from August 1956 until January 1963. Ho also serv ed pastorates in Mt. Ulla, N. C. at Back Creek Presbyterian church and in Clover, S. C. as pastor of Bethel and Scherer Me morial Presbyterian churches. To School Wednesday Short Schedule Fiist Day Full Day on Thursday June Petenon's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for June Peter son, 57. of 608 Phenix street, were conducted Saturday after noon at 2 p. m. from Four Stiuare Gospel church, interment follow ing in Mountain ‘Rest cemetery. Rev. P J. Hannagan officiated at the final riles. Mr. 'Peterson died Thursday morning in the Kings Mountain hospital after illness of several weeks. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ben Peterson and an employee of Sherman Textiles in Dallas. Surviving arc his wife, Mrs. Rose Blackwell Peterson; two sons, Floyd Peterson of Kings 'Mountain and Harold Peterson of Lawndale: two daughters, Mrs. Henri,- Kiser of Lincolnlon and Mrs. James Burns of Kings Mountain; five brothers, Ray mond Peterson of Cherryvillo, rt’ll bo back to school for over 4,000 area youngsters next WtKi- nesday, with the first full day of school set for Thursday. Supt. Don Jones said all schools will have orientation Wednesday and work on an abbreviated sche dule. Kindergartens through sixth grades will attend Wexinesday from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. with grades seven through 12 at tending from 8:30 through 11:30. State-supported kindergarten pro grams will operate this year at Grover and North elementary schools as well as the Early Childhood Education Center at Comipact. Full school days will operate during the following hours: 8:30 a.m. until 2:45 p.m. for kinder garten through grade six; 8:30 a.m. until 2:52 p.m. for grade.-; seven and eight at Central; and 8:30 a.m. until 3:02 p. m. for grades nine through 12 at the high school plant. Jones said that kindergarten and first grade classes will be released at 12 noon through La bor Day. Teachers began work lastMon- day on the state's new lO-ononth employment iprogram. The faculty is complete. Paving Rids Due On August 27 Tlie city is now ready to re ceive bids on 17,000 feet of un paved streets in the city but proper petitions by some of the owners are still required. Members of the board of com missioners Monday night passed an authorization requesting pe- titioas for paving unpaved streets and Mayor John Moss said his office is “trying to get responses from everyone so we can have all the petitions ready.** The mayfjT said plans call for the completion of pavnng in Octo ber, with bids to be received at the last meeting in August. Under present policy property owners share paving costs with the city paying comjplete cost of paving all intersections. Kay Bridges To Win Master's Miss Kay Bridges, former resi dent and teacher In this city, will graduate Aug. 17 from Western Carolina Universitiy with the Master of Arts in E>iucatlon de gree in the an a of physical edu cation. Miss Bridges wilt be leaving the United States Aug. - . - - - - , . 20 to assume the position of phy- Jack Peterson of Blacksburg, S. Tsical education director of Cole C, 'Robert Peterson of Ninety ! gio Karl C. Parrish in Barran- Nine, S. C, William Peterson of jquilla, Colomt ia, South America. Clover, S. and iMrs. Mary iPaint-i Ms. Bridges is the daughter er of Sanford. Also surviving are | of Mrs. Ruby Bridges and the nine grandchildren. i late Archie A. ridges. Watergate Chairman Ervin Speaker At Democratic Rally on August 23 'U. S. Senator Sam Ervin will, make the featured addre.ss at a | Cleveland DemocTatic unity rally next Thursday, August 23, at 7 p.m. at Shelby City Park. | The rally begins with a free barbecue supper at 7 p.m. and all Cleveland County Democrats ' are invited to attend. Ervin, Morganton attorney who is North Carolina's senior .sena tor, is a recognized authority on the U. S. Constitution and has : become a national figure with 1 his role in the current Water- | gate investigation. He will be j visiting during a recess in the j Watergate hearings, which are ; toeing televised nationally. Cbunty Democratic Chairman 1 David Beam also announced that other elected officials represent ing Clevelanders on state and local levels will be on hand to j (Contmued On Page Eight) I ♦ ■im * ' m iS U. S. SENATOR SAM ERVIN School Board Will Discuss Lunch Fees The possibility of a hike in school lunch prices will be dis cussed at .Monday night’s month ly meeting of the board of edu cation. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the schcol ad- ministiration building on Parker Street. Supt. Don Jones said that the continued inert'ase in the price of food wil'l almost certainly force the schools to increase tlieir price.5. Jones pointed cut that for the sec*ond straight year there will be no instructional fees (book lees) for students in the Kings Mountain district. There are some special fees for physical ed tow els, typing, vocatioiial programs, etc. I! :» llll FT* -ft ^ dm ■ ^ ^ '' .r Boord Authorizes Salary Review The city commission Monday, upon motion by Comm. Jonas Bridges and .seconded by Comim. Jim Dickey, authorized the may or to appoint a committee to study the possibility of adjust ing the salaries of the mayor and commissioners. Comm. Bridges pointed out that the city’s $4 million budget made the running of city government “big business” and that .salaries of officials should be “brought in line”, noting that many depart ment heads earn “much more than the mayor.” Mayor John Moss earns $708.33 per month and ward commission ers earn $75 per month. City Attorney Jack White point ed to a new change in state sta tutes which provide that a board “may rai.se their own salaries by noting it in the budget with no public hearing required only ad vertisement of budget amend ment, con-forming with the new state eieclions law. Smoke Inhalation Fatal To Sims Roger Dale Sims, 21, of Shelby Road, died Sunday in a 8:30 a.m. fire which destroyed a major part of his home. Firemen from the Kings Moun tain and Bethlehem fire dcptirt- ments extinguished the blaze which destroyed a front room and back porch. An autopsy iperformod by Dr. G. W. Plonk and Cleveland Coun ty pathologist, Dr. J. B. Gentry, indicated that Sims died oi smoke inhalation and suffoca- ticn. County -fire marshal Dolane Davis said the body was found in a room that had not been damaged by fire. He said tne origin of the fire is unknown and the fire is still under investi gation. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Harris Funeral Home ChajK?! with the Rev. C. A. 'Bost officiating. Burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. A native of Gaston County, Sims is survived by his wife, Mrs. Darnell Anderson Sims; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd T. Sims of Cherryvillo; one step daughter, Sherry Collins of King.s Mountain: two brothers, Tommy and Douglas Sims of Cherryvillo; and three sisters, Mrs. Richard Hale Jr, of Wilmington, Mrs. Carl Heavner of Florence, S. C., and Miss Martha Sims of Cherryville. Otis Tomes' Rites Condurted Funeral rites for Olis James Tomes, 65, of 103 S. Tracy streel were conducted Tuesdai, after noon at 4 p. m. from Vestibule AME Zion church, interment following in Mountain (Rest ceme tery. Mr. Tomes died at 3 a. m. Sun day at his home. An employee of the 'Paul M. Neisler Sr. family for 49 years, he was a memiber of Vestibule AME Zion church w'here he was class leader and member of the trustee board and senior choir. He was also a member of the Kings Mountain Improvement Association. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ida Setzer Tomes; two sisters, Mrs. Janie Wray of Shel'by and Mrs. Eula Vinson of Hickory: and one half-brother, Broadus Hardy of Shelby. tt THE NEW HARPER'S PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY GRAND OPENING THIS WEEKEND Bond Referendum Hearing Monday I Debt Merging, Bond Election I Likely Oct. 6 GRADUATE—Mrs. Ronald Rea son has received her degree irom Gardner-Webb college. Mis. Reason Earns Degree Mrs. Andrea Huffstotler Rea son, daugliter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Huffstetler of Kings Moun tain an<l wi'fe of Ronald Reason of 'Boiling Springs, was gradu ated magna cum laude Saturday from Gardner VVebb college at Boiling Springs. Mrs. Reason earned her B. S. in health and physical education, t*ompleting a <‘our-ycar course of study in three. She held a 1970 A. G. Myers scholarship and a Dover schol arship. Detroit Murder Charge On Hord Joseph Dennis Hord of Kings Mt)imtain has been jailed in De- tiroit, Mich., and charged with first degree murder in a Tuesday shooting death of a Detroit man. Kings Mountain Chief of Police Tom McDevitt was notified of the charge Wcvino.sday by Sgt Kicinski oif the homicide division Oi the Detroit PD. Hord is an escapee from the Shelby unit of the Department of Corrections, where he was .serv ing time for breaking, entering and larceny, forgery and escape, lie reportedly escaped fnim the .Sticlby unit .several weeks ago wlien he and tliree other prison ers rejK)rtedly overtmik a guard and fled to a "planted” getaway car parked outside the prison gatesh. A public hearing on the pro posed bond referendum calling lor a consolidation of the county school debts has been st’Koduled for August 20 at th county com missioner’s office at the Cleve land County Courthouse in Sliel- by. The commissioners arc suggest ing that the debts of the Kings Mountain, Shelby and Cleveland I County school districts be made as one but are (jptwsing any consolidation of administrations. The bond referexiduin has been tentatively set for Oct. 6. Kings Mountain recently pass ed a $2.5 million school bond referendum for the purpose of constructing a now junior high school and improvements at oth er sHicols. The increase in the lax levy for KM district taxpay ers was reflected on county taxes which were received by the tax- {>ayers last week. The Kings .Mountain levy is currently 50 cents per $100 valu ation. Dutch Wilson Superintendent 'Harry D. (Dutch) Wilson, vet eran city employee, was appoint ed electrical superintendent "<bas- cxl on his jM*rformanee as acting superinlendent” by the city board of comimissionors Monday night. tMr. Wilson has been acting superintendent since the retire ment of longtime electrical pp- erintendent D. Hunter Allen. In other actions involving tithe electrical department, the biard honored two retired employees. The electrical sub-station on Gaston street is now the D. Hunt er Allen Substation. The electrical su'b-station on York road Is now the Floyd E. Thornburg Substation. Both Mr. Allen and Mr. Thorn burg were employed by the city for many years. Mr. Wilson joined the city eliertrical department September 1, 1950. He and his wife live on Stowe Acres. They are parents of one daughter. City Oifice Hopefuls Can File This Friday; Fees Are Changed 'Candidates for mayor and city commissioner may pay their fil ing fees at the city hall office beginning at noon Friday and continuing through noon Frid-ay, September 14. The city elections board, under its o5)tion under state statutes, has designated the city clerk an official empowered to accept the required statements of intent and the filing fees. Commissioner canaldates will find their filing fees doubled to $10. Mayoral candidates will get a con.«ideraible reduction, from $100 to $10. •Under new state law, rilies with the population of Kings Mountain, can set filing fees on ly within the limits of $10 to $20 for all city elected officials. The commission adopted the filing fee resolution to conform to the state statute Monday night, Begistration At Precincts Four Saturdays By MARTIN HARMON Registration toy new voters for the October 9 city election and Nevemfber 6 run-eff, if necessa'*v, will be easier than originally thought by city officials and Ifie ci'ty election? board, result of pal voting laws effective Jan. 1. ipal voting laws effective July 1. Mrs. J. H. Arthur, West Kings Mountain registrar for the coun ty, and Mrs. Nolle Cranford, the county’s East Kings Mountain registrar, will have their borks open for registration at the re spective voting places for four 'X'nsecutive Saturdays, beginning Saturday coming and also on Au gust 25, September 1 and 8. Bocks will be open from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. on the.se days. West King.s Mountain prcKynct voters live west of the railroad md replster at the Armory. East Kings Mountain precinct voters live east of the railroad, includ ing thase also residents of Gas ton county, and register at city hall. The fact that the 1971 registra tion books are now null and void remains. Citizens of Kings Moun tain, to vote, must be registered on the Cleveland County scrolls. Another new dexelopment af fects Kings Mountain-Gaston citi zens. Names are being copied mi the new city books from the GaSf .on scrolls. Voters may register with their individual registrars by appoint ment at any time through Sep tember 10, or Monday-Friday, 3:30 to 5 at the office of the county elections board, county courthouse in Shelby, “If in doubt on your registra tion, check with your regisfrar.” is the advice of Brooks R. Tate, chairman of the city elections board. City election voting will con tinue at the regular six w'ard /oting places. mMi'''""' V' J?/ *• V i - /. - . PHOTOGRAPHER — Herald Sports Editor Gary Stewart has announced the opening of Gary Stewort Photography in the Dixon community. Gary Stewart Photo Studio Gary Stewart, staff member of the Kings Mountain Herald, to day announced the opening of Gary Stewart Photography. Stewart said he will be avail able for both color an.i lack and white <v>Lgnments and will specialize in color wedding photo graphy and portraits. He will continue his present duties as sports editor and photo grapher for the Herald and unll locate his photography studio for the present time at his home in the Dixon school community. A graduate of Kings Mountain high school, Stewart has been associated with the Herald for nine years. He also served on the sports staff of the Gastonia Ga zette for five years. He Is mar ried to the former Mary Jo Rogers of Taylorsville. Anyone desiring appointments or other information are urged to call Stewart at 739-7548. CMC Kindergarten Opens August 27 Cent ral United 'Methodist church kindergarten and play school opens August 27th. Registration may toe made by, telephoning 739-2471 or 739-3406,* said e spokesman for the church. I PRESIDENT — Rev. S. W. Avery has y-‘-ien elected president of the Kings Mountain Ministerial Associotion for the coming year. Avery Heads KMMnisteis The Kings Mountain Minister ial Association in its May meet ing elected new officers for the coming year. The Rev. S. W. Avery of the Church of God was elected to serve as president. The Rev. Mr. Glenn Bowland of the Resurrec tion Lutheran church as vice president and the Rev. Mr. David Kime of the Oak View Baptist as secretary treasurer. The installation of these new officers will be initiated in the regular meeting of the associa- ton held in September 1973. The Rev. Mr. Avery is pastor of the Kings Mountain Church of God, having assumed that :>ost in 1970. A Native of North Carolina, Mr. Avery has held pas torates thYoughout the state for for more than 30 ears and has been an ordained minister in the Church of God for 23 ears. He has served his denomination in .North Carolina as a mem'ber of its highest elected hoard, the .state council, as district overseer and as a mem'her of various committees of the annual state wide camp meeting. For nine years, he was a member of the governing board of the Church of God Home for Children, Kan napolis. He has also served on the advisory board of the N. C. chapter of the Lee College (Cleveland, Tcnn.) Alumni As sociation. Mi. Avery is cunx^ntly chair man of the ministerial examin ing hoard for the Western North Carolina region of the Church of God’ and is treasurer of the reg ional Church of G<xl Tri-District Ministerial associaton. Law Requires 90-Day Notice, Brock Advises Bv MARTIN HARMON Candidate.s for mayor and city cemmissioners of Kings Mountain will again seek two-year teimis. City Attorney Jack White said Wednesday Alex Brock, chalnnan of the state electicns board, told him by telephone that insuffi- ?;ent time remains to institute a staggered term arrangement for the 1973 election, which the city commission had voted Monday nigh;. Any changes in city optionB within the state statutes :n'ust be reported 90 days prior to the election. In addition, publk ' '‘‘nr- ings must he held on proposed changes, and citizens, on petition of ten percent of the registered voters, can force a referendum on the proposals. The city elections are now un der the jurisdiction of the state board. The city election board will canvas the votes and make its report to the state boaad which has the responsibility of certifying the electees. Attorney White had poaed pos- sl'bility of the time question Monday night and the check-out followed. Commi.ssioner Jonas Bridges made the motion for staggered terms, Commissioner Jim Dickey seconded, and the vote was u- nanimous, all members present and voting. Comm. Bridges also made a motion to change the city’s meth od of election from non-partisan, majority required to elect, to non-partisan, plurality required to elect. C>Dmm. Bridges withdrew his motion when City Clerk Joe McDaniel, Jr., posed the time question. On his motion for staggered terms, Comm. Bridges noted he was the junior member of the commission, elected in 1971, and “am just getting my mind un scrambled about some of the city’s business”. He said some assurance of commissioner con tinuity would be beneficial to the city and suggested that, in the forthcoming election, the three comimission candidates pollin'g greatest number of votes be accorded the four-year terms, with the other three winners to be accorded two-year terms. Comm. Bridges led five candi dates for the Ward V spot in 1971, leading Kelly Dixon by 105 votes. In the only run-off, he de feated the ex-Mayor by 79 votes. Grace Church Picnic On Sunday A picnic for Grace United Methodist church will be held Sunday, Augu.st 19 at Lake Craw ford at Shelter No. 1. The shelter will 'be reserved until 4 ip.m. The meal will be served at 6:00. Drinks, ice and cups will he furnished by (he ladies of thf chuix'h. At 7:00 a worship service will be held at the lake. Mrs. Bobinson Wins Master's Mrs. Carol Goter Rotoinson won her master’s degree from the Graduate School of Louisiana State University in commence ment exercises Saturday morn ing. Mrs. Rotoinson is the daughter of Mrs. Ed Goter of ings Moun tain and the late Mr. Goter. Some 9 00 graduates were awarded degrees at summer commencement exercises. At least half of the graduating class received graduate degrees, including 72 doctorates. Laughter Besigns; He Charges Officials With Lack (H Support City building inspector Wood- row W. Laughter blasted the Mass administration and the city’s legal staff for failure to enforce the city codes as he an nounced Wednesday that he is quitting his post. Mi. La-ughter said he gave Mayor John Mass his resignation a month ago and will terminate his duties Friday after three years on the job. He called “lack of cooperation of city officials” his reason for quitting. “They (the city board) vote for these zoning IVws and ordi nances, tell ime to follow them and then won’t back it up”, said Laughter. One case in point, Laughter sayr. involves condemning or "tagging" 138 old homes for re moval. "The.se property owners were advised four months ago (some even longer) to fix these up or tear them down. These di lapidated buildings are still standing. Some folks chalk the line, others get toy. I say what’s right for one is right for all and 1 so I’m caught in the middle.’* Mr. Laughter .praised other cities for enforcing housing and zoning codes and commended Kings Mountain’s program, which he said Ts one of the best pro grams anywhere if everybody would back it.” “We can’t be half-hearted hi this business. Elected officials ought to be able to pick up the 'ball and move. Property would increase In \'alue and there wouldn’t be any slum areas. It’s one of the bost programs Kings Mountain has 'but if takAs coop eration from the elected offlfi- oials, the city staffs, the garbage workers, everyone to suoceed.**, Laughter added. •He termed what he is doing as city codes officer and (building inspector “a big business’* and says he has been receiving and taking “^problems” which should have "been directed to the may« ir’s office. He said he had been unaole to “get an appointment with the mayor’* since he todd him of his Intention to quit. "IBe. fore,” he said, “the Mayor (would give me three minute&** ^