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«n /al- *oduced of hay >m the ■St ln> rains n most le larg- 1 som? 1972 o Population Greater Kings Mountain 2li914 City Limits 8.465 Th« GrMter Kings MountolD llgurs Is derivtd from ipociol .United States Bureau of the Census report of lanuary. 1866, ond includes the 14,990 population of Humher 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 from Humher 5 Township, in Clevelond County and Crowders Mountain Township in Goston County, Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL. 84 No. 39 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, September 27, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year WiM B m Hi rc Grime Prevention Program 1$ Launched In City ■w>4 It! -3 '"s Political Activity Expected To Speed October Vote To Determine Five Contests City political activity is expec ted to increase this week as the October 9 city election is less than two weeks distant. Voters will races. determine five f..t: t fOTED — Mrs. Frances ill, top, and Mrs. Mar* p^Weover, below, hove been oted to higher monoge- mtilt positions with Southern Telephone Company. ' POetiY Honoi Tor Mis. Logan ^ iMrs. W. Lawrence Logan has woh her second certificate of merit for excellence in poetry writing from the North Carolina oPetry Council. The winning poem, “Always Yotirs, Elizabeth”, will be read at the Poetry Council ’s annual luncheon meeting Octotber 13th at Bheraton Motor Inn, Asheville. The Kings Mountain woman, dietician at Kings Mountain Con valescent Center, won her first James Larkin Pearson award in 1971. iMayor John Henry Moss and Ward 1 Commissioner Ray W. Cline are unopposed for re-elec tion. The races: For Ward II Commissioner: In cumbent W. S. Biddix and Lloyd Davis, challenger. •For Ward III Commissioner: Incumi ent T. J. Ellison and Cor bett Nicholson and Jim Belt, chal lengers. For Ward IV Commissioner: Incumbent Norman King and Don McAbee, challenger. For Ward V Commissioner: In cumbent Jonas Bridges and Jim Amos, challenger. For Ward VI commissioner: In- cum. ent Jim Dickey and M. C. Pruette, challenger. Run-off election, if necessary, will be held on November 6. R. T. R. Relk's Rites Conducted -F'uneral rites for R. T. Russell Belk, 90, brother of the late H. y. Belk, Sr. of Kings Mountain, were conducted Monday after noon in Columbia, S. C. Interment was in the Unity Presbyterian Cemetery Columbia, S. C. Mr. Belk died Thursdao', September 20 in Columbia. Surviving are one son, D. R. Belk, of Atlanta, Georgia; tw’o daughters, Mrs. John Moore of Tucker. Georgia, and Mrs. C. H. iBuIlock, I^vonia, Georgia; one sister, Mrs. Victoria Puette of Spartangurg. Pail Chaiged WithLaiceny City police reported the arrests of Gail Gamble and Chris Norris, boith of Kings Mountain, on charges of breaking and larceny at a residence here Aug. 26t'h, according to Capt. William Rop er. A warrant charging the two saspectfi was signed by Becky Crawford of 209 Orr Terrace. The warrant charges that the Gamble woman and Norris took two cases of beer, two pounds of ground beef, two pounds of pork chops and three fryers from the Crawford home. ■Roper and Lt. Bob Hayes are investigating. Rites Conducted For Mrs. Boyce Funeral services for Mrs. Buna Davis Boyce, 219 Kiser 5t., were conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at Galilee United Methodist church. Officiating was the Rev. T. A. PcAvell. Mrs. Boyce died Wednesday in Kings Mountain hospital. She was a member of the church where services were held and of the Woman’s Society and Chris tians Oirde No. 1. Survivors include three sons, Terry and Jerry Boyce of Gas tonia, and John Robert Boyce of Dallas, Tex., one daughter; Miss Yvonne Whitehead Boyce of the home; ond eight grandchildren. City To Provide Bowling Facility Operated Privately Under Lease The city commissioners Mon- da;y night voted to proceed with drawing up a propKJsal for the city’s participation in a bowling facility for Kings Mountaiin. John Dilling, chairman of a •blue ribbon” commiittee formed recently by the city board, and Ken Cash, spokesman for the dozen bowlers present, told the board that cost of a facility here would run from $90,000 to $240,- 000. Mr. Cash said the comimittee estimated that 16 lanes — eight ten-pin and eight duck-pin—in addition to a building and equip ment would cost $240,000. Eight lanes of duck pin and a bridk-front 50 by 125 foot build ing would cost, he said, apprixi- mately $90,000, including cosit of moving equiipment from North W'ilkesiboro and in.-^tallr/ion. Mr. Cash told the ('ommission his cormmiittee feels that the three regular bowling leagues of 90 bowlers now organized could C / WARD 1 COMMISSIONER RAY CUNE Unopposed for re-election 11 -A pay for the monthly costs of a 20-ycar lease. Comimissioners Jonas Bridges and Jiiim Dickey agreed the rig- ures were realistic and “it was just good business sense” to pro ceed with plans to build a bowl ing centec here. The nviyor suggested that the committee meet wiith City Attor ney Jack White to formulate le gal guidelines. Mr. White was absent from the meeting because cf illness and Mir. Cash said Wednesday that the committee was setting up another meeting on Thursdiay or Friday. Cemm. Norman King reported to the group that he and Mayor John Moss would go to Raleigh Friday to meet with representa- tives of the Wildlife Resources Commission on fish to be stock ed for the John H. Moss Reservoir for Bu^ffalo C4*eek and invited the bowlers to become “fi.shing” en thusiasts” as well as avid bowl ers. S’ fXf' i* - 'Xx>^1 ^ :vV, M CORBET NICHOLSON Word HI Chollenger Mis. Phiiei's Rites Thuisday IMrs. Vivian Wolfe Phifer, 72, of route two, succumbed follow ing several years illness Tuesday night at 9 p. m. in Kings Moun tain hospital. Funeral rites will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 4 p. m. from El Bethel United Methodist church of which she was a member. Her pastor, Rev. E. L Murphy, will officiate, and in terment will be in the church cemetery Active pallbearers will Doyt Phifer, Don Phifer, Yates Gor don, George Ilord and John Kerns Mrs Phifer w-as wife of Rufus Phifer, retired citi/ post office employee She was a native of Cleveland county, daughter of the late .San ford and Julie Sellers Phifer In addition to her husband she is survived by two sons, William and John Phifer, both of Kings Mountain; one daughter, Mrs. Sarah Lue Midman of Peabody, Miss.; four brothers. Forest Wolfe of Shelby, Carl and Blair Wolfe of Charlotte and W. C Wolfe of Mint Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Williams of Charlotte and Mrs. Sarah F. Rish of Ray- yand, Ohio; and seven grandchil dren. EPA Anpioves Sewei Projects The city is advertifring for seal ed bids on expansion cf sewage treatment and collection facili ties which w'‘Hl be received until 2 p.m. October 31. Also to be constructed is a ptimping station on Linwood Road. The Pilot Creek treatment ca pacity is to be doubled to o ca pacity of four million gallons daily. Plans caW for installation of more than 13,000 lineal feet of pipe rangiinig In size from six- inch to 40-i'nch. The city Is receiving a federal grant for the project. Sewage System Bids Invited Octobei 31 Identification United Fund Kickoff Monday Of Relongings Powell Rill Annual Check To Re $119,617 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given final approval to plan.s and specifica- lion.s for the city’s sewer im provement project, Mayor John Moss told the bo.ird of commis sioners Monday night. In other actions, the board con ducted public hearings on a number of zoning requesLs: 1) held a public hearing and approved a request from Callahan i The city will receive check for Realty Co., Inc. of Shelby to re- $119,()17.07 in Powell Hill Funds zone a lot on U. S. 74 w'est from later this month and Grover will R-20 to neighborhood busine.ss got $9,235.69. for the purpose of building a con- j venience stcre or small business. Secretary of Tran^poralion Bruc-o Lentz said recor 1 Powell 2) referred to the planning and zoning board a request from Bob- ^ year will be $29.2 millions, which by R. Bridges to rezene a let on is some two millions mere than Piedmont avenue frem re.sidGn-j the $27 millions which were dis- tiial to business for the purpose I iributed last year. oi building a beauty salon. | of shelby will receive 3) held a public hearing and Bill ^>^"^1^ totaling $207,- Qppioved a request from Billy Reger Greene to rezone a Ibi at Campaign Goal Is $36,100 Building Permit Activity Brief i Perimeter zoning con.siitutcd i the prin'kpal building permit ac- ] tivity during the past week.' , l.s.sued were: To W. A. Deal, 201 Salem Drive, Dallas, trailer placement , Highway IGl, Adams Masonry Company, Ga.stonia, conlracloi. •Mr. and Mrs. Billie Lee Hamp- Bill Funds to 1,0 distributed this' ^outo 2, trailer placement on lx«: 8, Stinnett Aicres. Mr. and Mrs. Rcuert Hampton, 203 Marigold street, utility build ing. Mr. and Mrs. J. Calvin Wrigli-t, Hapipy Land Nursery and Day Care, off NC 216 South, estimated cost $390. Ten Agencies Beneficiaries Of Campaign “Open.tion Ijentiflcatjon’!, first phase in a city-wide crime prevention program was launch** cd Wednesday night. , > Don Shields, co-ordinator and : director of Law Enforvemept A*; ; goncy Region C, an.l Chie/ of ] lice Tom McDevitt, •who Icjl an j organizational meeting o* int'eri jested citizens at C.ty Hall, iufd 1 target date for bogjinning ^ 4**^ city • wide project, a -f.rsl, for this area, is November 13lh.-• • Opemtion Identification larkinc of a parson’s househii a the corner of E. King street and Oriental avenle for the purpose of bdildinb a beauty salon. 4) held a public hearing and approved a request from Mrs. Geneva G. Patterson and Mrs. Louise G. Randall to rezone a lot at the northwest corner on U. 3. 74 and Casllewood road from R-20 to neighborhood busi- nesa. 5) held a public hearing and approved a request from Edgfr Lee .Adams, Jr. to rezone a lot at 400 Crocker road from R-20 go to Groens.:oro, _ $1,862,992; to neighborhood business for the Winston Salem, $1,6*9,971; Ra- purpose of opening a barber shop, leigh, $L580,491; and Durham, 6) authorized advertising for : $1,1^7,698. Chemical bids for the city. ! Under the law’, all checks must 7) approved adoption of a fire be mailed to the cities and towns prevention code 1970 edition and ■ before October 1. fire prevention code 1970 edition abbreviated. EdgaiRell's Rites Conducted 200.69. State laws provides that one cent of the state's nine cents per gallon gasoline tax be distribut ed to state municipalities on a asis of population and street mileage within their boundaries which is not a part of the stale' Funeral rite,- for K:lgar Bell, system, an I which they must letired painting contractor of build and maintain. Jrove community, were Ciiarlotte, the states conducted Wednesday afternoon city, will receive the largest sin 4 p. m. from Oak Grove Bap- gle check, one for $2,887,428 and church of which he was a the amounts scale downward to niember Falkland, which will get $1,290. ijjs pastor. Rev. Russell Hin- Othor large disbursements will ; assisted by Rev. Rich.- Kings .Mountain United Fund i will :<ick-off the 197-1 campaign! for $3.vl00 at a luncheon meet-, parking of a parsoh’i ling of campaign loaders Monday: and personal belongings by...dp ^at 12:15 at North school. 'of an electric pencil or engraver ; pro.,.™ .nd srd””',««TS" oir’dr's I', vd,„.,oo,. .vho w,„ omr,.,» gin the drive next week. pr This year’s goal is $241 less of owner identiflcqtion . j^ll than gifts received last year via i the thief. . . ‘ solicitation. Goal for 1973 was! The simple procedure, if $33,450 but it was over sU^:scribed , ticed br^’ every family .in tM jTei and when all funds were reported i would cut thefts ^y' U | the grand total was $36,341. I ta>opayers thousands cd I explained the law eniorc;r. • A total of 10 agencies have|f|cer. • <’V budgeted reriuests in this year's Chief McDevitt said heVlT«5,..t Greater Kings Mountain cam-Mong list his department re paign. ’covered Including 'm*mer*->u# Biggest item is for the Boy ems of jewelry, new fifes a brnnd Scout organization where $7,000 ■ new mini bike, bicygles Ard’’‘•''J is asked, followed by American j piiances which cannot Red O'oss at $6,000 and GirL fied by people whn -have Scouts at $5,600. Other causes | ed such items stolen from t^t'r arc: Kings Mountain Rescue and homes. “We’ve recovercH, Life Saving Squad, $5,000; Kings 1 we kno\A’ are stolen but Mountain Ministerial Associat-' prove It” ^ • ^ffi?.Lt?.''' ortho '*on.$3,000; KMHS Band, $2,000,! Leaders of the ndl| officiating at the CalvaMnn Armv SWVl- L Huifstetler Bites Conducted T. H. Jolley s Bites Conducted ard Spencer in final rites. Mr. Boll died NU^nday after noon at 4 p. m. in Cleveland Memorial hospital following sev eral months illness. He was a native of Cleveland county, son of the late David and Ollie Love lace Bell. He was married to the former Mamie Dixon and they had cele brated their 50th wedding an- niversanv. Surviving are his wife; two sons, Joe and Carl Bell, both of Kings Mountain: three daugh ters, Mrs. Ma el Price of Wil mington, Mrs. Cloe McDaniel of 'Gastonia and .Miss Wanda Bell of the home; throe brothers, KMiHS Chorus, $600; Cleveland their license numbers «n anv» County Retarded Children, $250; | thing of value and a N. C. United Fund, $2,619.78; {which will be suppIi''LtheiT*, oh and Emergency Fund. $500. Ad- the front door and harV of ministrative costs are expected to their residences adV's^n': >.linV be $830.22. would-be lourgular* they Chairmen of the various phases j tioipating in the “prevent" crimpy of the drive are Carl DeVane, in-[program. , - .. .. ,= • dustrial; Grady Howard, advance' If a person .doesn't pwn.i dri* gifts; Doyle Campbell, commer-1 ver’s license he can obl/ili) fpr cial; Dan Honeycutt, correspon-. $1 an identification .huri}^r. Funeral services for Tillman Harlan Jolley, 58, of 410 South Press C. Huffstetler, 73, of Rt. Cansler street, were conducted 3, died at 1:30 p.m, Sunday at Saturday afternoon at 4 p. m. Cleveland Memorial Hospital fol- from the Chapel of Harris Fu- iowing'an extended illness. | neral Home, interment following A Cleveland County native, he: in Mountain Rest cemetery, was the son of the late W. S. | Rev. Buddy Williams and Rev. Charles S. Bell of Gastonia, Mon- and Julia Beattlie Huffstetler. ■ Glenn Boland officiated at the roe Bell of Charlotte and Claude He is survived by his widow, final riles. ani William Bell, both of Kings Mrs. Luoy Sellers Huffstetler;, Mr. Jolley died suddenly of a -Mountain; one sister, Mrs. Clyde three daughters, Mrs. Alesa Per- heart attack Thursiay morning T. Bennett reira of Rt. 3, Kings Mountain at 4 a m at Kings Mountain hos- and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Kathleen Winburn of Pa-|pital | Active pallbearers were Fred trick, S. C. and Miss Jean Huff-j He was a native of Cleveland 'Boll. Haskel Boll. Paul Hell, Cur- stetlcr of Shelby: one brother,! county, son of the late Mr. and tis Bell, Carl Champion and Jack Howard Huffstetler of Rt. 3,'Mrs. Thomas J. Jolley. He was Lail. Kings Mountain; five sisters, an employee' of Paulino M»Ii and Mrs. Lencra Sellers, Mrs. Mary (a veteran of World War i. VVright, Mrs. Sallie Barrett and' Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mrs. Willie Foster of Rt. 3, Kings Rc: a Odom Jolley: one son. Mountain and Mrs. Lilly Ledford i Charles H. Jolley of Shelby; one of Rt. 1. Kings Mountain; five daughter, Mrs. Gary Sugg of grandchildren; and three great-■ Chapel Hill; one sister, Mrs. grandchildren. [ F'lossio MeXeely of Shelby; and Funeral services wore conduct- two grandchildren, ed at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Mary’s I donee; Paul Hendricks. Jr., pro- the local motor’s, vehicle. fessional; Rev. Paul Riggs, mini- The engraver will beplac?! sters; C. A. Allison, schools; Fred various places throughout, the Weaver, postal employees; and i community and each family eah Dutch Wilson, city employees. I use the engraver for 48 hour .Mrs. Becky Seism is secretary-! periods at no cost, treasurer of the Kings Moun-| Within five seconis an officer tain United Fund and directors' are James Herndon, Mrs. D. F. Hord, Jr., Grady Howard, Donald Parker, Mrs. V'ernon P. Crosby. * of" Kings ■‘Mountain Tf"*; ' Goforth. Jr., John Cheshire, Wil liam Grissom, Carl DeVane, Mar vin. Toer can via "Operation Identification on stolen goods find the owner of the property and assure ar rest of the thief. 'Grove United Metliodist church I where he was a mem- cr and, trustee, by the Rev. Clif Stroupe' and the Rev. H. G. Clayton. Bur-1 ial was in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to ■ Mary’s United Methodist Church' Building Fund, LODGE MEETING Emergent communication of FairviCiW Lodge 339 AF&2\M will bo hold Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Lodge for work in the third degree. Sec retary T. D. Tinjall has an nounced. Smokes, Sunbathes, Bun Errands; Sldpper Performs For Grover Kids Lincoln Academy SongFest Sunday First Congregational United Church cf Christ. Lincoln Acade my community, invites the pub lic to a SengFest on Sunday at 6 p.m. This evening of nTusic is spon sored by the Women’s Fellowship in conjunction with the church choir. Sc'vrral local choirs have been invited to lend their voices on IhLs ocx'asion — Pleasant Ridge AMK Zion, Gastonia, First Bap tist of Dallas, SU Paul's Baptist of Gastonia. Carroll To Lead Bevival Series Conner Hearing Is Continued Top Floral Prize To Bill Daves Bill Daves, local florist, won ' first place for “the most practi- I cal flora! display” in the South- I eastern States Floral convention Prclimlinary hearing for Donny i in Charlotte last Wednesday, Conner on a charge of assault i Mr. Daves was among 100 ex- wiiih a deadly w-eapon with in- hibitors in the show which at- tent to kill was continued in dis- trar-toi more than 2,0(X) people to trict court last week. Charlotte Coliseum. The shooting victim, Roy Bla- ' As the top winner he received Io<‘k remaias a patient in Char- ; a handsome sterling silver ser- lette Memorial hos'piftal. I vice and was invitei to join the His brothor-dn-Iaw, Gilbert design panel for the 1974 conven- H-imrick had visited Blalock tion. Wt'dnesday. Blalo<‘k has been re- I Dave’s award-winner was a moved from the intensive caic, (Christmas breakfast table which but. as Mr. Hamrick pul it “not i he decorated in black and red very far.” using place settings of boqe- Conner him.^clf is recuperating ’ w'hite china, from an auto accident which oc- ' Mr. Daves and Mrs. Barbara curred .subsequent to the shoot- Galloway are partners in Kings ing incident. 1 Mountain Florist. L- KIDS FAVORITE Skipper, red hound who has his own fan club, is pictured above. The picture is very poor, doesn't do him justice. He's wearing a hat. glasses and has cigor in his mouth. This is National Dog Week and a Grover family sup plied his story. > 1 Fir.-t there is the secret hand- ' shake. An intricate, four-part maneuver. It ends with the OK sign, a whistle and the chant: i Macedonia Baptist church on Rodger - DtKlger, Mac - Pete. (4rover road, will hold revival rootlM'er, Sarpe. If you’re services each evening Septembi'r down a well, ring my bell. 30 • Octo' cr 5 at 7 p. m. with If you’re over up a tret*, call on Rev. Gene Carroll, evangelist, me. If you’re ever in a jam. hert*; Mr. Carroll is a graduate of I am. Which way they went? Palmer junior college of Char- Straight up and down. Rah*h-h- leson, S. C. and Illinois Christ- Dodgerl ian college. He attended South- With that you are inducted, cm Seminary, Louisvilo, Ky. Ho You have officially entered the has done extens’ve work in youth Royal Order of Ro'ger-Dodgers. evangelism in the Carolinas. At A Grover woman, Mrs. Edna j present, he is pastor of Calvary Cook, said she took some area Baptist church, Shelby. young folk to Madison to visit The pastor, Rev. L. D. .S-rup'^'s, ’ capita basis.” he declared, the international headquarters of invites the public to hear Mr. He also urged support of the the Rodger Dodgers, a small: Carroll along with gospel music $300 million state bond referen- room tucked into one side of the and choir numN'rs in a special dum whereby Kings Mountain old New Brick T(»harco Waiv- musical, under the direction of district’s share will be $1,076,(NX), house, where the exalted leader Miss Delores White, minister of; In the a)unty elec'tion both the lives during market time. music and education. debt consolidation issue and the And Pompoy Cardwell’s rod' _ proposal to issue and “equaliz- hound dog. “Skipper” delights MOVED ing” $4,050,000 for county school young and old. she says. Mrs. Annie Jolly has been district capital funds must pass Mrs. Cook says she and her moved from Shelby Convalescent if either is to pass, friemls were introduanl to the Center to Kings Mountain ho.spi-( Senator W. K. Mauney, Jr., not- COATLVUED ON PAGE 6 i tal where she remains a patient, ed tha-l the $300 million bond November School Beierenda Said Beneficial To Kings Mountain Area Superintenden-t of Schools Doin- old Jones urged support of Nov ember referend/ as highly im- ptTtant to students and taxpay ers as well. He was sjx'aking to the Kings Mv>untain Lions club. Spe:’ifr?ally, he noted that Kings Mountain district has 21.4 IK*rccnt of the county’s taxable valuation, but 23.7 percent of the pupils. “We gain a little sinfe funds are shared on a pupil per issue w'ould require no tax in crease at the state level and Supt. Jones said success erf the local referenda should result in a four-cont tax reduction. Supt. Jones said he did not feel debt conscHdation would re sult in county-wide school con solidation, noting that Kings Mountain board of education sup ported the referenda on that pre mise. County-wide consolidation can be accomplished, he continued, by three means: 1) act of the General Assembly, 2) endorse ment by all three boards of edu cation, and 3) vote of the people. Supt. Jones praised support given by the General Assembly for sc'hools. He said teacher mo rale has been boosted by the pro vision giving school teachers “a few paid holiday's for the first time ever” and providing the ten- battery after the pair left.