>0 l! 2^7S ration, s judg- honors \e clum e state test in . Th« II coni' ationa « ? yoo It for drug i him tnlno u win rt or JG Population Greater Kings Mountain 2L914 City Limits 8.465 rt* Greater Kings Mountain figure U derived from tbe Special United States Bureau of the Census report of ianuory, 1966, ond Includes tbe 14,990 population of Number 4 Township, ond the remaining 6,124 from Number 5 Township, in Cleveland County and Crowders Mountain Township in Gaston County, Kings Mountain's Reiioble Newspaper VOL 84 No. 37 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 13, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year It‘s A Race In Ward 4; Mayor Moss WOl File Friday Convalescent Center Opens October 1 Ct^lenges Mayor Moss: 1 m Running « • Mrs. Flay Payne Administratoi Oi New Facility Kings Mountain’s long-awaited nursing home will admit its first patient October il in a handsome, now facility on Sipes street near the hospital. Mrs. Flay Payne of Gastonia, formerly of Kings Mountain and wife of the former minister of Faith .Baptist church, has been employed as Administrator for the 62-:bed convalescent center constructed by Cecil Brothers of Fi'-artanburg, S. C. at estimated cost of $332,000. Other key personnel will in- j elude 'Mrs. W. Lawrence Logan i of Kings Mountain, dietician; j Mrs. Betty Clark of Kings Moun tain, activity director and house- keciier; Mrs. Wanda Lawrence, j director of nursing; and Mrs. | Kathy Putnaim, secretary-recep- I tionist. I I Grand opening is expected to be held the third or fourth week oi Octooer, with the public being invited to inspect the facilities at e pen house. King.s Mountain Convalescent Center has openings on the staff for licensed nurses, practical nurs es, and nursing aides and inter ested employees are invited to contact Mrs. Payne, who will oe on duty beginning Monday at the nursing home. The telephone | number is 739-8370. i “Everything is ready for open ing except our new furniture which hasn’t yet arrived”, said a spokesman for the convalescent homo Wednesday. Mrs. Payne comes to her new post from Gaston 'Nursing Center where she has been administra tor for 15 months and prior to that time was associated with Gastonia’s Medi-Center for five years. Her husband is now pastor of Gastonia’s Fakview Baptist church. Cecil Brothers purchased a city City Vs. B&B Opens Next Week City of Kings Mountain vs. W. K. Mauney, Jr. and Buford Cline, trading as B&B Ranch, re sumes in civil term of Superior ! Court next week in Shelby. The retrial was ordered by the N. C. Court of Appeals. A jury had awarded owners of the ranch $175,000 in damages, a sum the city contends is “ex cessive” for properly for the Buf falo Creek Water Project. Judge John Friday will preside. Attorneys for the city are Jack H. White, Verne Shive and Henry Fowler. r \ SPORTS EDITOR — Tony Tomp kins has joined the staff of the Herald as sports editor. Tony Tompkins On Herald Stall Tony Tempkins joined the staff C’f the Herald Monday as sports editor. He succeeds Gary Stewart, who has Joined the staff of the Mirror as sports editor. Mr. Tompkins is a former .sport.s columnist for the Mirror and is employed by Carolina Throwing Company. A graduate of Kings .Mountain high school, he spent eight years in the USAF, two years of which he attended the University of Alabama and wrote for the base newspaper, building pern.it for o.nstmetion 'Eagle” He was also a wgular . i- J -...v announcer nd disc jwkey for Arr of a 60-bed nursing home October ^ .-^fniinn VOIIS. 1 12, 1972. McDaniel Wins College Degree Richard McDaniel of Atlanta. Ga., son of Mr. and Mrs. Gail McDaniel of Kings Mountain, was recently graduated from Georgia State University with Bachelor of Business administration degree. Mr. McDaniel is .staff supervisnT j for American Telephone a.i:d 1 Telegraph company in Atlanta, j He and his wife, the former Judy Long and their two daughters, ! Karen and Lisa, reside in Wil- i burn, Ga. | Mr. McDaniel, a Kings Moun- 1 tain native and service veteran,' attended night school for five j years at Georgia State to obtain his degree. I Attending the commencement i exercises in Atlanta were Mr. and Mrs. Gail McDaniel, Mr. and . Mrs. Doug West and Mrs. C. R. Adams Jr. The colorful exercise was of special significance be- ; cause it was the first summer commencement lairgor than the June commencement at Georgia ! State. i WINS SCHOLARSHIP — Mrs. Elizabeth Peeler Graham, of Kings Mountain, on the right is shown beipg presented with a check, representing a scholarship given by the Yadsent Club. Miss Jeanette, president of the club, is making the presentation. Mrs. Graham will enroll this week at Florida State University, where she will study for a Master's Degree in Music. (I. G. Alexander Photo). i Days Remaia Bethware Fair Rides. Exhibits I And Fireworks Fair Feature Seniois Pass New "Bill" Mrs. Tompkims is the former Nel! Hall and they reside at 604 Jackson street. A bill asking special privileges for seniors was aipproved by tiie Senate of Kings Mountain high school at a first meeting of the I student body Tuesday. | President John Plonk, senior,! EastsideBaptistchurchwillob- said the bill, expected to gain ap- serve annual homecoming Sun- proval of the administration, in-1 day. Sept. 16. EastsideSets Homecoming A • eludes: 1) Seniors have the privilege to leave campus during study period but are not allowed to take undercla.ssmcn with them. 2) Seniors won’t bo allowed to •‘wandeu- in halls" must either bo in a formal study hall or outside the school. 3) iNo senior will be allowed imore than two tardies per semes ter to the class immediately fol lowing study hall. The bill further states that if any senior fails to pay regard to these rules he will be required to attend a formal study hall. Fail ure to report to this study hall will result in punishment the same as in any unexcused ab sence from class. The bill passed unanimously before the Senate, ac’Oording tO| Plonk, and before the Senior clasA. Plonk said the Senate will a- gain sponsor an orphan, an ex- j change day between student ccunc’ils and neighboring schools and a trip to Carowinds. The Rev. James Williams will be bringing the 11 o’clock mes sage. The Good Newsmen of Spar tanburg, S. C. will render special singing in the morning service. Dinner will be spread at noon. Six’cial singin^T will start at 1:30 p. * Ev hospital of an apparent heart! ^ attack. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Dexter G. Tindall, a veteran of World war I, a Ma son of Fairview Lodge 339 AF&! A'M and a former deacon of the church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ethel Lee Cooper Tindall; two sons, Thomas Tindall of Kings Mountain and Nathaniel Tindall of Durham: throe daughters, Mrs. Howard McKee and Miss Three full days remain at the 26th annual Bethware Commun ity Fair which opened Wednes day. Billed by fair officials as the community’s “bigger and best” fair, this year’s event opened Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Bethware school. An expanded list of exhibitors, both commercial and agricultural, were readying booths Tuesday night and M^ednesday for the event being sponsored by the Bethware Progressive club. Saw dust was being distributed along the midway yesterday. Exhi':it halls are filled with prize-winning exhibits depicting the home, farm and industry and cash prizes are to be awarded following judging this afternoon. Children’s day is also today with reduced rides and events for the young folks. There’s something about a fair. And that something is expect ed to attract recoixl throngs to the community event this week, rides galore, food, nightly fire works and drawings for prizej; and many exhibits are on tap. The fair closes at midnight Sat urday. There is no admission Opening day crowds were bless ed with sunshine and clear skies. King, Dickey Ellison, Biddix Aie Opposed Fourth contest for city elective office developed Wednesday when Donald McAbee, North Piedmont avenue grocer, filed for Ward IV commissioner opposing incum bent Norman King. I Ward I Commissioner Cline, who filed Friday, seeks his sev enth term. Six incumbent city commission ers have now formally filed for re-election, and two of them. Ward I Comm. Ray Cline and Ward V Comm. Jonas Bridges are unopposed. Lloyd Davis is challenging Ward II Comm. W. S. Biddix, M. C. Pruette is challenging Ward VI Comm. Jim Dickey and a three-way race exists in Ward III whore Comm. T. J. Ellison is challenged by Corbett Nicholson and Jim Belt. Mr. Cline Is a veteran employee of Mauney Hosiery Mills. He is a Navy veteran of World W’ar II, a member orf St. Matthew’s Luther an church, VFW, and a Moose life member. He is a member and past commander of the American Legion and also a pa.st district commander of the Legion. Mrs. Cline is the former Eliza beth Hufifstickler and they have three sons, three daughters, and 21 grandchildren. Mr. McAbee, of Second Street, is a political newcomer. The candidate list to date for commissioners: Ward I: Incumbent Ray Cline. Ward II: Incumbent W. S. Bid dix and Lloyd Davis. Ward III: Incumbent T. J. Elli son and Corbet Nicholson, and Jim Belt. Ward IV: Incumbent Norman King and Donald McAbee. Ward V; Incumbent Jonas Bridges. Ward VI: Incumbent Jim Dick ey and M. C. Pruette. Aiea Students OH-To-School A large number of Kings Moun tain young people are o£f-to- schocl. -4mong them: Steven Allen. UNC Chapel Hill; Melanie R. Ballard, Limestone college; Susan J. Ballew, Univer sity of South Carolina; John A. Ballew, University of North Caro lina: John F. Bridges, Western Carolina University; Kathy R. BumgaTdner, UNC at Charlotte; Christoipher S. Crosby, Wake For est University School of Law; Jan M. Fryer, Western Carolina University: Edith Hambright, Bo.ston University School of The. olcg>'; Barbara L. Logan. UNC at Chapel Hill; Hugh A. Logan, III, Western Carolina University; Rob ert S. Maner. UNC at Chapel Hill; Suzanne Newton, iGeorgia State; C Andrew Neisler, Jr., Davidson CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 > MAYOR JOHN MOSS ", . Jle's running" LLOYD E. DAVIS Ward 11 Challenger KM Bowleis Seek "Home If Deadline Friday For Candidates; 11 Are "In" Mayor John Henry Moss will make it official Friday that he seeks re-election to a fifth term. The mayor said he would for mally file prior to the noon Fri day filing deadline. He said he would issue a for mal filing statement before In area press conference at City Hall Tuesday at 1 p.m. in his office. The mayor is unopposed. To a question by the Herald Wednesday the mayor replied, ‘Yes, I’m a candidate.” Devere Smith loins Doblin Mill Center, having retired due to ill- I VVhirter of Shelby; one brother, Devere Smith, associated here with Spectrum Textured Fibers the past year and for IS years Ecina Ea'rie Tindall.'both of Kings | comptroller of Foote Mountain, and Mrs. Blake Me- King* D. C. Tindall Jr., of Gaffney, S. C.: two sisters, Mr.s. Walter Mathis and Mrs. Leslie Blanton of Gaffney, S. C; 11 grandchil dren and one great-grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Tindall had cele brated their 50th wedding an niversary. Active pallbearons wore mem- j hers of Mr. TindaH’-s Sunday; a Wi-W — i/even? dinftta has joined Dobllii Mills Mor- Oi comptroUMo ness several months ago, Solon Moss, chairman of the board of deacons, took the occa sion to present a handsome, en- gravtMl plaque to Mrs. Jolly from the congregation at the morning worship .service. Mr.s. Jolly attended the service, remained for “dinner on the I grounds” and the homecoming | song service in the afternoon i - — j which featured "The Psalmsmen”, I Baptist chuirch and honorary Drive. Mrs. Smith was formerly “Tabernacle Singers’ 1 CONTINUED ON PAGE joined Doblin Mills of ton as comptroller. Morgan- Doblin. Mills is a subsidiary of of M. Low'onstein & Sons. Mr. Smith is a past president of Kings Mountain Rotary club and ho and his wife, Alhleno. are active in Resurrection Lutheran. The Smith family, which includes son, Roger, and daughter. School ol-as.s at Kings Mountain' Dana, reside at 710 Hillside Local bowlers Monday night presented to the city commission a 50() name petition calling for the presor\'aTion of bowling facil ities in the city. The commission unanimously authorized Mayor John Moss to appoint a “blue ribbon” commit tee to make a feasibility study and report back to the boards September 24 meeting. John Dilling, bawling spokes man, said the group has been unable to locate a building for bowling and suggested facilities should be in or near the com munity center. He said six lanes of duckipin bowling would re quire a 5,000 square foot build ing. Local bowler.s have been tra veling to Kannapolis to bowl, said Dilling, since Mountain Lanes closed for downtown redevelop ment. During a brief recess of the board, the mayor nam(^d Corn- missioncr.s Jim Dickey, T. J. Elli son, and Ray Cline to the com mittee, also including Ken Oash, Mrs. Jenny Oates, Audie Tignor and Mrs. Betty Hullender. Kerns To Erect Service Building, Kerns Trucking Compand bought a city zoning permit for construction of an office-service on 1-85 Highway Service Hoad from the city building inspector during the week. Permits to repair led the list, including: Fred H. Drewes, 519 Katherine avenue, plans repairs to his resi dence at estimated cost of $3,100 with B&B Home Service of Char lotte as contractor. Neisler Brothers of 148 W. Mountain street plans to re-roof its office building at cost of $1,000 -with Childers Roofing as contractor. Roy Toney of 412 S. Cansler street plans to remodel his build ing at 300 N. Piedmont avenue at cost of $1500. Dr. W. L. Mauney of 704 W. Mountain street plans to remodel his kitchen at rost of $1,000 and Marion Dixon is listed as con tractor. Trailer placements were ap proved for Hugh Early, Washirrg- ton, D. C., in Farris Trailer Park, and Emergency Action Team for trailer placement in Keystone Mobile Homes. Mrs. Woods' Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Mrs. R. J. Woods, 81, of Shelby, sisiter of Edward and Boyce Wright and •Mrs. Effie Jones, all of Kings Mountain, were conducted Fri day afternoon from Bethel Bap tist church, interment following in Shelby’s Sunset cemetery. Mrs. Woods, widow of Robert James Woods, died last Wed nesday at 1:4 p. m. in Cleveland Memorial hospital. Other survivors include three sons; four daughters; 15 grand children and five great-grand children. KM Baptist Pastoi lames Wilder Resigns Post Eiiective Sept. 30 Rev. James M. Wilder, pastor of Kings Mountain Baptist church for more than eight years, has resigned, effective Se|t. 30th, to ' ecome affiliated with the De partment of Mathematics of Charlotte - Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Wilder is a member of the faculty of the Charlotte- Mecklenburg school system. During his pastorate here, where he also served as a supply and interim pastor before ac cepting the full-time I'Hstorsie. the church studied architect’s drawings for a complete restora tion of the sanctuary and offices, liquidated its indebtedness, re decorated the church inside and out. installed n e w carpet throughout with exception of-the fellowship hall and a corridor downstairs, completely remodel- TO GOLF TOURNEY .Mrs. Charles Mauney, Mrs. H. O. Williams, Mrs. Margie McDaniel, Mrs. Jack Arnette, Mrs. Bud Rhea and Mrs. Helen Blanton spent several days last week in iBlowing Rock golfing with the Foothills Women’s Golf Association. nMiiun Drt ufti. iiiimvii «iiw — - - - - _ od and refurnished the youth de- Gi'usad- ! paUbearers were Ma.son.s ^ FaR- j associated with Reynolds & Com-| partment, /"sulated GE 6* ' view Lodge ^9 AF&AM. ipany stockbrokers of Charlotte. CONTINUED ON PAGE t# GRADUATE — Richard McDan iel hos groduated from Georgia State University. i 28th Anniversary For Lockridges The children of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Lockridge honored them on their 28th Wedding An niversary Saturday afternoon at the Lockridge home. Present for the occasion wei'e the Lockridge s two daughters, Delia and Annelia Lockridge. Al so their son. Calvin and wife Joan and their two children Chris and Jill. A color motif of yellow and green were used in the decora tions. A cake with party refresh ments wore served, and gifts from each of the children were presented to their parents. Mr. Lockridge is the son of Mrs. Bertie Lee Dx'kridge and the late Sam IXK’kridge of Kings Mountain. Mrs. Lockridge is the former Lo>'ce Bridges HarrilL daughter of Mrs. M. C. Wood.^ and the late Mr. HarrilL