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GredUr Kings Mountain 21J14
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City Limits 8.465
riM Greater KIngi Mountain figure It derived from the
Ipeclal United Staten Bureau of the Cennun report of
fonuory, 1966. and Include! the 14,990 population of
Number 4 Townnhlp, and the remal^ng 6.124 from
Number 5 Townnhlp, In Cleveland County and Crowders
Mountain Townnhlp In Ganton County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper
VOL. 84 No. 40
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C,, Thursday, October 4, 1973
PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year
Citizens Will Elect City Hail Officials On Tuesday
Mayor Unopposed
For Fifth Term
UNPRECEDENTED WRITE - IN
CANDIDATE — Hugh A. Logan,
Jr., below, is an unprecedented
write in candidate for Ward I
comnUssioner in Tuesday's elec
tion and Mayor John Henry
Moss, lop, is unopposed for re-
election.
City Election
Officials Named
Ward election officials for the
city election next Tuesday have
been appointed by the city elec-
tiens board.
The ward, voting place, and
officials follow:
Ward I, City Hall, Mrs. John
White, registrar, Mrs. Hugh Lo
gan and George White, judges.
Ward'll, American Legion build
ing, James Adams, registrar, Mrs.
Humes Houston and Mrs. Fred
Dixon, judges.
Ward III, East sc'hool, Mrs. Joe
Word, registrar, Mts. Dick Ward
and Roehel Connor, judges.
Ward IV, First We-sleyan Metli-
odist Fellowship Hall, Brooks
Tate, registrar, Mrs. Raeford
White and Clyde Blackwell, judg
es.
Ward V, Armory, (to be nam
ed) registrar, Mrs. Robert L.
Smith, Jr., and Mrs. John Leech,
registrars.
Ward W, Kings Mountain high
school, Mrs. Guy Trout, registrar,
Mrs. Clarence Jolly and Mrs.
George Sellers, judges.
Hugh A. Logan
Asia Write-In
For Ward Post
Kings Mountain citizens will
go to the polls Tuesday for the
biennial city election to decide
contests for five city commis-
sionerships and an unofficial
sixth one.
Former Sheriff and City Police
Chief Hugh A. Logan, Jr., has
announced himself as a write-in
candidate against officially un
opposed Ward I Commissioneir
Ray W. Cline.
Mr. Logan said he was hospi
talized at the filing deadline, has
since been urged by friends to
conduct the write-in campaign.
He says he favors lower utilities
rates and "acomimon sense build
ing code”. He was Cleveland
County sheriff from 1946 - 50,
came to Kings Mountain as po
lice chief near the end of the
Still Administration in 1953. He
served many years with the state
Dfipartment of Ccrrections and is
now retired.
Comm. Cline is completing his
seventh consecutive term on the
city commission. He, too, is re
tired after many years in a sup
ervisory capacity at Mauney
Hosiery Company.
Both are veterans of World War
n.
in the official races, only one
of the five (barring write-ins or
ties) is 'possible of a run-oflf. Vet
eran Ward m Corrwwissioner T.
J. (Tommy) Ellison, veteran gro
cer coinpleting a total otf- 20
years, is challengedi by Corbet
Nicholson, former city g^fi super
intendent, and James A. iBel-t, a i
former city policeman. Mr. Nich
olson is now owner of City Heat
ing Company and Mr. Belt owns
a private detective agency.
A run-off, if necessary, would
be held November 6.
Mayor John Henry Moss is un
opposed for a fifth term.
'The other contests:
Ward II — Comimissioner W.
Seimore Biddix, seeking his fifth
•term, is being challenged by
Lloyd E. Davis, who served in the
office 1951-53, Mr. Biddix is a
life insurance salesman. Mr. Da
vis recently retired as a city
water plant operator.
Ward IV — Comimissioner Nor
man King, seeking his sixth
term, is being challenged by Don
McAbee. Comm. King is a vet
eran employee of Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany. Mt. McAbee is a North
Piedmont avenue grocer.
Ward V — Commissioner Jonas
Bridges, seeking a second term,
is being challenged by James E.
Amos. Comm. Bridges is general
manager of radio station WKMT.
Mr. Amos is owner of Little Moo
restaurant.
Ward VIr—Commissioner James
J. Dickey, seeking a third term,
is being challenged by Murray
Pruette, another veteran em
ployee of Southern Bell. Comm.
Dickey is production manager of
Neisco, Inc.
Hours of voting are 6:30 a.m.
to 7:30 p.m. at the six city ward
polling places.
/
RAY CUNE
Ward I Incumbent
W. S. BIDDIX
Ward II Incumbent
LLOYD DAVIS
Ward II Chollenger
T. J. ELLISON
Ward III Incumbent
CORBET NICHOLSON
Ward ni Challenger
JAMES A. BELT
Ward m ChaUengieT '
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NORMAN KING
Ward IV Incumbent
DON McABEE
Ward IV Challenger
JONAS BRIDGES
Ward V Incumbent
JAMES AMOS
Ward V Challenger
JAMES DICKEY
Ward VI Incumbent
Murray Pruette
Ward VI ChaUeng«r
Debt Consolidation - Bond Vote Saturday
Bennett Chairman
Of Elections
BroohsR.Tate
Resigns Position;
Medical Advice
CHAIRMAN — Luther T. Ben
nett is the new choirman of
the city elections board. Mr.
Bennett is a former city com
missioner.
Weir Retiies; 40-Yeai Giocei
Ex-Daiiyman, Acting Postmaster
By MARTIN HARMON {
“Best you ever saw,” is his
traditional reply to the how-are-
you greetings. |
W. T. (Ted) Weir has closed
his store at Park Yarn Mills,!
where he spent just -10 years and'
five months. |
!His services there leaves himl
junior in tenure, however, to
Mss Bertha Blanton, with 50
years.
Mr. Weir, in fact, purchased
the business in 1933 from Miss
Blanton’s father, Dock Blanton,
and his partner Arthur Falls,
Mr. Weir was leaving a 12-year
stint as "the milkman”, having
taken over Weir’s Dairy from
his father Samuel Sylvester j
Weir, when Mr. Weir oecame'
Kings Mountain postmaster in,
1922. f
Son Ted was to follow in his
father's footsteps again in 1955 ^
when he was appointed acting
postmaster, a position in which
he won acclam from postal pa
trons for speed of delivery and
dispatch of mail.
*Mr. Weir, trading under the
un-ornate trade name of Weir’s
Store, add(»d coal to his inven
tory in 1949. His down-to-earth
summation of a subsequent coal
strike, “John L. (Lewis) won’t
give, the mine owners won’t give,
and my customers are about to
get cold.”
Coal went out of the Weir’s
Store inventory in 19(58.
AVhen he bought the store,
Park Yarn Mills owned 74 houses
and the store building in the
“village”. There remain today
six houses and the store build
ing. He recalls that the mill com
pany, when the houses had to be
moved, gave the occupants $190
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
Medical Staff
Taps Dr. Lee
Dr. Joseph Lee has i>een elect-
e^l president of the Medical
Staff of 'Kings Mountain hospital
for the coming year.
He will succetd Dr. Sam Rob
inson.
Other officers arc Dr. George i
W. plonk, vice - pr€»sident and |
presidept-elect; and Dr. Francis |
J. Sinsox, secretary.
Luther T. Bennett was sworn
Wednesday as a memncr ol iiie‘
city elections boar-t. rci;lacing
Chairman Brooks Tate.
Magistrate J. Lee iioberts ad- ;
ministered the oath. |
Mr. Tate re.signed, he said on
advice of his physician.
He, however, will 'resume for
the forthcoming city election on
Tuesday his duties as Ward IV
regLstrar, a position which lie has
filled for several years,
Mr. Ikmnetl, an employee of
Phenix Plant of Burlington In
dustries, is a former city commis-
sicne;.
Mr. Bennett also succeeds Mr.
Tate as chairman.
Other memtxTs of the board
are Mrs. Jack .Mercier, sew'ielary
and Rev. M. L. Campbell.
SENIOR CITIZENS
The Senior Citizens clubmoets
Friday at 12 rxM)n at <llie Club
house for tlieir regular lundi-
ecn.
Faith Raptist
Will Construct
Fellowship Hall
Faith Baptist Church lias
' bought a city building ix’rmit for
j c.uislruclion cf a fellowsliip build-
i ing at their churcli plant at 508
' Branch street. Cost is estimated
: at $10,000. No contractor iwas
: listovi.
1 Another permit was issued tr
i James K. Amos .for conslrUv-ticn
I of a storage 'building at his Li!-
‘ tie .M(}o re.daurant on York Road.
J Cost is estimated at $400.
JBilly G. Bates bcughl a permit
for a one room a<I<iitioii to liis re.si-
! donee at ltK)5 Sherwood Drive.
Cost is e.-limated at $6(M)0 and
Kaymund Blanton is tlie contrac-
to;.
Jesse W. Morehead btmglvt 'per
mit to build a utility building,
cost estimate $95<.), at his resi
dence at 504 Cansler Street. Brad-
liey Aluminum Prcxlucts is con
tractor.
Pori meter zoning permit was
Issued to Dlgar Dm' Adams, Jr.,
fur ((Mislruction of a harber shop
building at 308 Crocker Road,
lliawatiiia K<iwards, cmiraclor.
(^SPEL SING
The Director's Quartet of
Shelby and the Hedcm])tion
Quartet of Georgia will b{» lea-
tured in a big 'gosjwl sing Sat
urday nigh't at 7:3l) at Mid\ i<‘w
Biii>ti<t church in .Midjunes
community.
Phifer Brothers Are Lone Bidders
For CRD Redevelopment Property
COMMUNION SUNDAY
Holy (Communion will be ob
served Sunday morning at the
Id o’clock wor.sih'ip hour at
First Prftjbyterian church, j
ChrLatians throughout the ;
world celebrate World-Wide
Comm-union Sunday on Sunday. |
SERMON TOPIC j
'The Way To Go To The |
Communion Table” will be the
sermon itopic of Rev. N. 0. Bush
-at Sunday moirniing worship ser- j
vices at 11 o’clock Sunday at
Grace Methodist church.
Wendell and Menzell Phifer
were lone bidders on the Rail
road avenue proi)erty of the
Kings Mountain Redevelopment
commission on which .seahM bids
wore received rec'ently.
Tlie Phifer Brothers bid of
$MV169 was the minimum aect'p-
ta'ble bid of 50 cents per square
foot for the 22,333 square foot
tract which fronts on both Rail
road avenue and Crty street and
which w:is formerly occupied by
City Ice and Coal Company.
The Phifer Brothers, Wendell
Phifer said, expect to develci>e
the property to hotise their hard
ware company, the present Bat
tleground avenue building being
scheduled for acquisition and
razing, as well as -ilh* wareliouse
and Cherokee street buikiing.
Ai>i:roval of the bid and rede-
velopm<*nt plan by the redevel-
cpnK'Ut c(?mnTissi()n. city commis
sion, and Greensboro office v>f the
Department of ILmsing an*! Ur
ban Develcpm<'nt is required /or
ccnfirmaiion of sale.
No bids were received on two
ether prtt'erties offered by the
rodevelopment commission, the !
former Gamble Service .Station |
proiK'rty at the corner of fia'ttle- !
ground and Mountain, a.nd the!
former Paul McGinnis j>roj>erty '
adjacent to M;’Ginnis DejxirtnK'nt |
Store on iBattieground avenue. !
The projx'rties will be rc-ad- '
vurtised for sale. v
Rites Saturday
For Burgon Falls
Kings Mountain
Native Retired
Brick Contractor
Funeral rites for Andy Burgon
Falls, 76, retircvl brick contractor,
vvere conducted Siiturday after
noon at 2 p.m. from Central Unit-
0.1 .Meiluuiisl thurch, interment
die.wing in Mountain Rest cem-
otery.
His pastor. Rev. Paschal Waugh,
assisted by Rev. Paul Riggs, offi
ciated at the final rites.
Avlive pallbearers wore Bun
Goforth, Ralph Ware, Mayor John
il. Mks Ken Jenkins, Bill Rus*
•Jell and Fred Kiser.
Mr. Falls died Thurs<Iay after
noon at 5 p.m. in Royster .Memor
ial hospital at Boiling Springs
afit'r several weeks illness.
He was a native of Kings Moun
tain, son of Charles B. and Sarah
Iluffsletler Falls. He W’as a mem
ber of Central Mellvxlist ehuroli
and a veteran of World War I.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Helen Smith kails; one son, Rev.
A. 3. Falls, Jr. of Swepsonville;
tlrree daughters, Mrs. J. P. Sum-
rell of Slielby, Mrs. II. Gene
Wa.diburn of Boiling Springs an<l
Mrs. James Hardin of Shelby;
and two sL'Jters, Miss Vera Falls
of Lawmiale and Mrs. Lawrence
Meres t»f Clarkion, N. C.; 11
grandchildren and two groat-
randcliildren.
SUPERINTENDENT
Gary Stewart was elected
superintendciTt of the Sunday
Schov)l at Dixon Pre.sbylorian
chu.-ch by the Sunday Soho^d on
Rally Day Sunday. He succeeds
Bud Stewart.
Fish Agreement
On City Agenda
School Boards
Endorse; Both
Pass Or Fail
Cleveland Counky voters will go
to the polls Saturday to deter
mine whether all three school
district’s landed debt is consoli
dated and whether $4,050,000 iij
bends are to bo issued for counfly
districts schools.
The answer must be “yes” to
both questions, if either is to
pass.
The proposals have the en
dorsement of the three boards
of educaton.
Polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and
will close at 7:30 p.m.
A light vote total is predicted.
Pnliing places and election of
ficials in the four Number 4
Township piecincts follow:
Bethwaro, Bethware school,
Mrs. J. A. E. Connor, (D) regis-
tr ir, Mrs. Carolyn Hicks (D) and
Mr.<. A'ileen Herndon (R), judges.
East Kings Mountain. City
'the tity commission at Momlay
night's meeting will con.^idor if-
lecting agreements with the
North Carolina Wildlife commis-
sicn to ixovide fishing in the _
new Butfalo Crwk lake, and also Hall, Mrs. NeHl Cranford. (D)
in the other two city water tv- istrar. Clavon Kelly (D) and Mre
sovoirs. Davidson and York road. Harold Glass (R), ju(fees.
In Raleigh Friday, Mayor Grover, Grover Rescue Squad
John llennv- .Moss ani Commis- Building, Mrs. J. B. Ellis (D>,
sioner Norman King conferred registrar. Mrs. Jim Scruggs (D)
with ^)flicials of the divison of and Buford Herndon (R), jud-
Inland Fisheries and also wth gos.
CoviiiHucii On Pagr ii CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
John Smathers, Park Yarn MOls
General Manager Retired Monday
Land To Lead
Oak View Series
Rev. Ck'no Ixmd, pastor of Sec
ond Baptist <'liuiH‘h, will be evan
gelist for revival servkvs begin
ning Sunday and continuing
thrrugh (>cto'rK*r 12th at
VHew Baptist ehuroh.
Serviv’<*s will be held each eve
ning at 7:30.
Rev. David KTme, pastor of the
church, invit(\s tiu* ('ommimity
to worship in the special ser-
ices.
John C. Smathers, native of
Canton, took an accounting
((Mjr:-e at Kings Husinesi; College
in Chai'lotic and went to work
for th<' Fonl .Motor Company
there.
“■Bui." re'^alls Mr. Smathers.
•Ford. .«-witching from the Model
T to the Mr)del A. made no Fords
In 1927. I chancoii Into a frieni
whfj suggestefl a man was need
ed of m\ training and experience
with Johnston Mills.”
.So. after two vear«; with Ford,
Mr. .'^mathers joim'd Johnston
and stay<'d 16K‘ years - - until he
retired Monday.
He was in the main office at
Charlotte in the acivninting de
partment until January 1952
Oak when was transferrH to
Kings Moutitain as general man-
a‘mr of Johnston’s T’ai’k Yarn
Mills Company hoiv. He was
.shortlv annointed Park Yarn’s'
soen'tary-treasurer and electiKi
a diivctor. a position ho held un-
Continued O^i Page 6 ^
RETIRES — John C Smathers*
general manager o< Pork Yarn
Mills, announced this week
that hd is retiring.
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