Tbt Creator King* Mountoln figure 1* derived from the
Special United State* Bureau of the Cen*u* report of
January, 1966, ond include* the 14.990 population of
Number 4 Townehlp, ond the remaining 6,124 from
Number $ Township, In Cleveland County and Crowder*
Mountain Township In Gaston County.
Kings Mountain's Reliable Newsoaoer
Pages
Today
VOL 84 No. 42
Established 1889
Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 18, 1973
PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year
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Redevelopment Group Buys Wright-Rhea House
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Ellison Calls For Run -
Ward 3 Commission Race
Pelid
Henses
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COUNTY AND STATE FAIR PRIZE WINNER —Ki ngs Mountain high school FFA'ers toede first
prize at the Cleveland County Fair ond the North Carolina Stote Fair for the prize-winning
school exhibit, pictured. The Future Farmers hro ught home o $100 cash prize from the Shelby fair
ond $300 from the Rale'gh fair, which continues through Saturday. Wayne Yorboro is FFA presi
dent ond M. L. Campbell, G. W. Silver and C. V. Knight ore instructors in the agriculture depart
ment. (I. G. Alexander Photo)
Owner
Kings
Dick HunnicuU
Is President
And Treasurer
W. F. Franck, President and
Chief Executive Officer otf Tuliy '
Corporation of Vrrsinia, announc
ed Wednesday from coiporate
headquarters, Martinsville, Vir
ginia, that Kings Mill, Inc., had ,
arranged to buy up all of its j
outstanding cjommon stcxrk with i
the exception <»f that currently '
owned by Tuliy Corporation of.
Viigiii'ia. i
By this action of the Board of '
Directors of Kings Mill, Inc.,,
Tuliy Corporation now owns 100%
of this 13,6(X)-spindle, knitting
ya>rn miill located in Kings Moun
tain. The N. Piedmont Avenue
firm emiploys 80 and is a three-
shift six days a week operation.
As a result of this purchase,
the new and duly elected direct
ors of this corporation as of
October 1, 1973, are: H. R. Hun-
nicutt, Jr.; Bradley T. Johnson;
T. F. DeJarnette, III; Willard B.
H»arris; and W. F. Franck.
At the Board Meeting that fol
lowed, H. R. Hunnicutt, Jr., of
Kings Mountain was elected
president; William F. Franck,
vice president; ‘H. R. Hunnicutt,
Jr., treasurer; B. R. Craig, assist
ant treasurer; C. W. Lawhon,
secretary; Mirs. Haidee Richard
son, assistant secretary. In this
re-structuring of the Kings Mill
organization, there were no sig
nificant changes in management
responsibility. Mr. Hunnicutt has
Co7itinucd On Page o‘
Nursing Home
Opening Delayed
Tentative date for opening of
i the new King.s Mountain Conva-
: le.scent Center will probably be
about Xov. 1, a spokesman said
yesterday.
Kitchen equipment, on order
for .some time, arrived only this
week and has not yet been in
stalled, said the .cix)k(*sman.
The new facility Is on Sipe
I street near the hospital.
Formal Opening
For Dreamline
Dreamline Furniture Salesroom
will hold a formal opening be
ginning Friday.
The firm, a partnership be
tween Oa-rl P. Finger and Mrs.
Joe Neisler, Jr., is located in the
former residence of Mrs. Fred
Finger, Sr., at 703 S. Baittleground
avenue.
The firm will feature custom-
made furniture manufactured by
Dreamline Furniture Company of
Lenoir.
Registration for a prize draw
ing will bo conducted beginning
Friday, With prizes to be offer
ed including the first place win
ner’s choice of sofa, second a
swivel rocker, and third a brass
table lamp. No purchases are re
quired to register for the drawing
which will be conducted at 5
o’clock, Saturday afternoon, Oct
ober Si*
Freeman Gets
Baptist Post
Rev. Z. .Miller Freeman, retir
ed Baptist minister of Forest
City, assumed duties Oclolx»r 7th
as interim pastor of Kings Moun
tain Baptist church.
iMr. Fieeman sucemis Rev
James Wilder, who has moved to
Charlotte wheie he has accepted
a teaching position in the Char
lette school system.
Rev. Mr. Freeman served for
eight years as pastor of East Bel
mont Baptist church and for 13
years as pastor of Sandy Plains
Baptist church. He has served as
irrterim pastor of Belmont First
Baptist church.
iHe is a native of Forest City
and he and Mrs. Freeman are
parents of two children.
Rev. Mr, Freeiman will conduct
two services on Sunday at the
morning and evening hour and
lead mid-week prayer services on
Wednesday. He will bo in the
city all day on Wednesday, he
has announced, and is on call for
any needs arising in the congre
gation, he said yesterday.
Auxiliary Taps
Mrs. Benton
Mrs. Odell Benton was re-elect
ed president of the Auxiliary of
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Dt*part-
ment Monday night at the auxil
iary’s regular meeting.
Other new officers include
Mrs. Jack Lail, vice-president;
Mrs. Dwight Ledbetter, secretary;
Mrs. Jim Thompson, treasurer;
Mrs. C’Jhestcr Cash and Mrs. Gene
Carpenter, publicity committee;
and Mrs. Maggie Lail, Miss Pic-
cola Blalock, Mrs. Mylie Huffstet-
ler and Mrs. G. A. Lail, food colm-
mittee.
$4430 Reported
In UF Campaign
Gifts to the Kings Mountain
United Fund for 1974 reached
$4,430.10 Wednesday, solicitors in
the advance gifts category report
ed to UF president Bill Bates and
treasurer Becky Seism.
Meantime, Mrs. Bates said the
campaign is in full swing in the
Industrial c‘ommunity where each
plant is conducting a campaign
to reach a goal. Solicitors have
also begun work in the commer
cial division and reports will be
made in about two weeks.
A to'tal of 10 agencies seek a
total of $36,100 and drive leiiders
are confident the margin wild a-
gain be topped in the Kings
Mountain area.
iBill Grissom Is campaign chair
man..
Biggest budgeted request is
from the Boy ^outs of America
at $7,000, followq^ by American
Red Cross at $6,000 and Girl
Scouts at $5,600. Other causes are:
Kings Mountain Rescue and Life
Saving Squad, $5,000; Kings
Mountain Miini'iJterial Association,
$3,000; WMHS Band. $2,000; Sal
vation Army, $900; KMHS Chor
us, $600: Cleveland County Re
tarded Children, $250.
Hawkins Employee
Hurt In Accident
James Gibson, Jr., an emtployeo
of Neal Hawkins Contractor, was
injured about 3:35 Wednesday
afternoon when a payloader he
was operating turned over and
fell on him.
He was working at Foote Mfin-
oral Comipany.
He was taken by ambulance to
Gaston Momonial hospital.
Extent of his injuries was not
learned.
Grading Completed
At New lunior High
Grading at the site of the pro
posed new Junior high school on
Phifer road was completed thus
week and construction crews
were moving in equiipment to be
gin work.
Laxton Construction Company
holds the general contract.
More Than 300
Entries For 70th
Annual WC Event
The Woman’s club’s “Commun
ity Showcase” attracted a record
number of entrie.s Wednesday,
laTgo crowfls attended.
tair ollicials say it was the
WomaJi’s clubs most icUjuleu.
collection oi useful and diVvi.a-
tive handmade items ever as-
.-.e.noiod loi a llc>ral fair, and
this year, the 70lh event, was
expanded into a 3Ud-pius exhibii
of everything ranging Ircm flo
wers to fossils and included ex
hibits from school, church, club,
industry and home.
More than 400 people were
served turkey and dressing aiiu
ham plates at noon and evening
meals.
The city’s newest ciyc^ club.
The Newcomers, had charge ol
the bazaar which featured num
erous useful and deorative items
ior the home plus candies and
canned goods lor the kitchen pan
try.
Other civic clubs of the c*om-
munity — the Lions, Ja>vees, Ki-
wanis. Optimist, Rotary and
Woman’s club displayed a “civic
showcase” which explained tlie
work of each organization in an
attractive setting.
The additwn of a government
and industiy' display also was a
conversation piece. The city po
lice department had provided a
narcotics display along with pic
tures of staff members, along
wiiii city officials, and a di.*^lay
by the Junior police using pieces
of equipment. The Kings Moun
tain Life Saving Squad and
Bloodmobile Unit had an attrac
tive display and Mr. Sweet, Ox-
lord Knitting, Duplex, and Kin-
Continued On Page Six
CALLS RUN-OFF — Incumbent Ward III City Commissioner T.
J. Ellison, left, has called lor a run-off on November 6th with
Corbet Nicholson, right, leader in the three-man race on Octo
ber 9. Nicholson polled 601 to Ellison’s 427 and Jim BeM'~, 178.
Homecoming
Festivities Set
Mrs. Clark's
Rites Thursday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Dorothy
Blanton Clark, 72, of route two,
wife of John Wesley Clark, will
be conducted Thursday afternoon
at 4 o’ckx^k from El Bethel Unit
ed Methodist church of which slie
was a member.
Her pastor, Rev. E. L. MuriJhy,
will be assisted by Rev. Russell
Fitts and Rev. Frank Blanton and
interment will be in Kl Bethel
cemetery.
Mrs. Clark died Tuesday morn
ing in Cleveland Memorial hos
pital at Shelby following several
days illness.
She was daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Blanton.
In addition to her hii.-jhand, she
is survived by three sons, Lloyd
Clark of Kings Mountain, Lionel
W. Queen of El M-onte, Calif.,
and Hoyle F. Queen of .Morgan-
ton; one daughter, Mrs. Bobby
Bell of Kings Mountain; throe
brothers, Ambrose Blanton, Ro- :
land Blanton and Burgin Blan
ton, all of Chesnee, S. C.; two
sisters, Mrs. Sam and Mrs.
Perry Ezell, both of Spartanburg,
S. C.; eight grandchildren and
one great-grandch'ild.
YOUTH DIRECTOR — Jerome
Cash, freshman ministerial
student at Gardner Webb col
lege and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Cosh, has joined Grace
United Methodist church as
youth director. Cash is a June
graduate of Kings Mountain
high school.
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Buys $265,000 Building Permit
First Wesleyan Methodist church s roofing. Lewis Roofing Company
has purchased oRy building per
mit for construction of a new
(ihuix’h in the 500 block of North
Piedmont avenue.
Cost of the new church is esti-
mia'tt*d at $265,000.
E. E. Trogdon & Sons are con
tractors and Walter E. Blue &
As.saaiiates architects.
John Reynolds ha.s purchased
permit for a six-room 'residence
at 606 Ea.st Ridge street, esti
mated cost $22,800, Bill Ware
contractor.
Other permits were issued to:
Zeb O. Plonk. 401 Do^vning
street, $2000 carport, Jerry Strict-
land contractor.
Miss Fannie Carpenter. 118
East Mountain street, $1135 re
contractor.
J. B. Hcxrd, 527 Katherine ave
nue, closing, in carport for den,
estinTated $900, Bill Wyer con
tractor.
Mrs.. J. P. Tignor, 106 East
King street, $400 re-roofing, John
MciKi n ney con t ra ct or.
Jim Ledord, 807 Priceton drive,
$169 utility building.
Roy Hammett, 900 Princeton
lion White Cane
Drive To Start
The Kings ^Mountain Lions
club is coniucting its annual
Lions W’hitc Cane drive Sunday
October 21 and Sunday, October
2S. Lion Hal S. Plonk, the local
White Cane ohairman, states
that funds raised during this
drive support the programs of
the North Carolina A.ssociation
for the Blind. Lion Plonk is op
timistic that the community will
support ijie White C'ane drive
this year as it has in the past.
Ho expresses the appreciation on
behalf of all mem* ors of the
Kings Mountain Lions club for
past community support.
The North Carolina A'^so^na-
tion for the Blind is a iKui-profit
organization, organi/o<l in 1931
to establish a stale agenov for
the blind that would administer
all federal and state programs
relating to blimi visually hamli-
captx'd citizens. Sinc<' thi.s action
was acenmplishei in 1935, the
North Carolina Association for
the Blind has continiKxl to sup
port and cooperate with the state
agency.
In 1966. a central office was
established in Raleigh to admin-
Parade Friday
Afternoon; Five
Vie For Queen
A big homecoming parraie on
downtown streets Frklay after
noon at 1 p. m. will kicK-oif
.Hom^'un'ing festivities at Kings
•Mountain high school.
The new fiueen, to be announc
ed following a pep rally at 3 p.
m., will Ix' featureti in the pa
rade, along with memt)ers of
her homecoming court, numert)us
school and club floats, and con
vertihles t! <*anng the six senior
football sponsoi-s. The para ie will
form on (Jold procee<i to
the oV(*rhead l.ri(ig<‘. <iown Moun-■
tain to'Piedmont, from PitHinuint'
to King, from King to Battle
ground and to the area of the
A&P on Battleground \,here it.
will disband.
Presentation of the 1973 home
coming court will feature half
time of the KMHS \ersus Chase
Trojans football game Friday
evening at S in John Gam Ie
Memorial football stadium. SPO
Vice Prejiident David Lucas will
.rovvn the (jueen.
Finalists, all seniors, for 1973
Continued On Page Six<
Voters To Decide
Ward 3 Centest
Sa Movembei 6
Wal l 3 chty CommLssioner T.
J. •iominyi Elli.s )n .Monday i-all-
e.i Jor a run-c.f against ChaJ-
hni C irhi t Ni.-iiol-;on v\lio le i
;li(? Gat-oer !l voting ■. \a*r C>mm.
Ellivju and Challengt r James A.
3cir.
The run-»ff (d(' ti»n '.vill he cn
Tue.sday. Novonioci' 6.
Mr. Nii'.holson faiU'd to attain
a clear majority iiy iliree votes
out o: 12U:) v-a-5l. 'I'iu* vol(? tol;d>
were: Nii’hoKHi GUI. Ellison 127
and Felt ITS, Aitli GUI needed for
a el(Mi majority.
The offiv-ial canvas Tliursday
by the city elcMions ooard con
firmed the unofficial rcMurns tab
ulated th<‘ night of tlie October 9
election. Tliere were no changes
in any of the totals including
write-in votes.
The one run-off duplicates the
lone run-ofl .situation of two
years ago when Commissioner
Jona.s bridges defeated former
Mayor Ktdly Dixon.
Ke
re, ii'T I cn.'
l-'r;.'.a> ih *
nn tM an I .•
1k‘- -n I nr h
Jr,
Fred V'y'.- h
iZip* Ivl ea.
n(*nt commis ion Pi-
ann'in; (‘d
a i r.nl of oi sliaic-
>'\v \.'.(.nnl lot.- have
■ 1 fr Ml F red
the e ogc of Mrs.
t or. and James E.
"r'-] W’right
' - a 1 :*i ‘ ' nj)-
i ‘r C< 'n 1 r »' • ' Hie .'Tea
1 bv \V:)t'•’•'■on, Traey,
Chiklei's, Ri i;:e. Fills and Mor
ris streets at cost of ^:o7,123 or an
av<'rag<‘ of $2,6S5 pel- >;iruclure.
Additionally, thiee l(»ts were*
purdi.-•*'! at an a\er:ige of $1,-
I 'O »>o,. |,.f o'- S't,- ().
q'otal purchaic i>rice was $70,-
1
tot'd of iron .sirutturcr and
one lot VPS p.,5 hr o 1 from the
('-.‘ate of ’'I I’l '-i ."'r.
Th.- -n-'-r .C'' ri ’ c \'<:r Jioir'e was
‘^d.cr'O oa;.h :ind for a vacant
lot.
Total purclta.se jirice was $15,-
rm.
Pr. perly pnrclia-ed from James
t!. Fhca i-o:;d'^tel of ‘ju struc-
tui'"'. in V-'O ‘‘■arte "ener il area
r»r“’f*’ted. includin/t Sam
an<l Tim’s Grocery for an n'er-
age price of $2,762 ]>c‘r struc-
ti;r(».
Total purchase price was
'Phe redev<‘donm‘^nt commis
sion has started an<I will con
tinue to assist tenants of the
Cansler street area in the seai-ch
, for .‘^tandud hrtusing in the
Comm. Kll.son, nmv m the role Mn.mlain arr.-i?
of challenger to the leader,
a veteran of 2U years ot .“icrvice
as Ward 3 Commissioner. He .serv
ed on th(’ commis.sion from 1917-
51, 1953-55, atid from 19.59 contin
uously. He is a Cleveland avenue
grocer, m(*ml)or of Grace MetJto-
disr church,
Mr. Niehols.>n, a former suiht-
I inknuient of the city nalup.il gas
' <v-;t(‘m. is owiu'r of City Healing
Company. He is a .son of thi* late
E. C. Niehol.son who was .sujtor-
intendent of public works in the
mivl-liftie.-J.
Elected October 9 wt‘re four
new city ccmmis.sioners: LI wd
E. I>tvis, Wai-vt 2; Dm McAhee,
Ward -1; Jjines E. Amo.s, Wart! 5;
and Munay C. Pruette, Ward 6;
Kc-ele.ied were Mayi-r John Ht'.t-
ry Moss ami Ward 1 Commission
er Ray W . C'iine.
Bethlehem Sets
Bevival Series
Revival services will begin .Sun
day, October 21 and continue
through tlie 27lli of October at
BethleJiem B.ijitist churcli.
Evangelist for the siTvices will
be tlie Rev. Alfred R. Wriglil a
former jiastor of Unity Hag
church in Ga.donia. Mr. Wiiglit
re.signed as pastor of Unity Hap-
ti.'^t to bi'come a full-t.int* isa"-
gelist.
Services for the revival will m*-
gin at 7:30 extH"]'! for lh(‘ Sun-
{iav service which will begin at
7:(XU . , %
Thus far the n'd<>\’eloemcnt
cornmission has asd'^led ovrr 20
f.'iniiho.s in th<* l ur'-hcsc' or rent
al of stnndaiYl hoii.^ing.
J'lo're pro nnpr‘*xim.at<‘^v .35
familie'^ pnv'entlv liiing in houses
pc'iniied from lb“ \\’ri'’‘ht and
area fanrlles. They will (xin-
timie to live th ”e and pev r<*nt
t > fhi' r’mmis-
‘•ioji until suit''hm replacement
Imusing can be found.
\s' fen on i.-. r-U.-icah'd, the
lion--'' viO bi« -’'ed.
d'he u’-h-n ’>Pn for
this area cpM- fiT I’le detr*'>!ilion
of <ub f ’nd-ird the ro-
ali-’^f men! of sm dl let."' t.» .s!:md-
ard ihe instaMnti<'n and up-
'-rading of site imer'-ve-vents
-inh s .sewer, wat(*r, streets,
<*le ’'icUv airl eeen s •n -e.
’Phe {'U'.’s eoal Pm* completion
of tujs p)‘ou'('t is P>7f>.
Tin* eoncrt'te leek Inaises that
Hi.ive been a l.'ir’-lmprk in the
Cou*hnnt<i Hjj Pagv a*
F.VFr>
Chicken Sapper
Ik'iiilrlK'm VolunK'cr Fire Do-
partmont will r-’i-' O ‘ arhecue
1 .< 0111-lay n^tc’noon from
■0 tin* denartment
the Bctlilehcm com-
. hi
r’l-il s n.
IvuR'^i’ig in
nvnitv.
Plate's are $2 and those at-
lending mav enjoy the dining
1 .1,01 l i-ilitios or take-out or-
d(‘is are availn le.
Pr'ceed.s are earm'iri'.ed for
purchase of fire-fighting equip
ment.
drive, $450 utility budlding.
Vera Moss, enclosing porch, os- jster and eooi-dinate all services
timated cost $70. ' supp'>rto<l by the Association for
Perimerter zoning perm'it.s were the Blind and visually handicap-
issued to Macedonia Baptist pod. One of the seiwieos supp-ort-
ehurch for a brick field house, ed is the N. C. Eye and Human
Dean Spears contractor, and to Tissue bank, located in Winston-
Frank Tesseneer to move a trail- Salem. This organization serves
er into Stinnett Trailer Park. I Continued On Page Six
Official Betnrns - October 9.1973 City Election
John Ilonrv IMoss
1 -11
1. 1)0 1
112
119
357
84
830
For Commissioner
1
Ward 1
1 1
liay VV. Cline
31
i f<0 1
119
78
289
G9
GOO
For Commissioner
1 1
Ward 2
1 1
IJovd E, Davis
.5.3
1 (^9 '
12S
101
003
50
030
\V. Seimore Bidclix
25
i tg 1
79
72
247
45
544
For Commissioner
Ward 3
1
I '
Corbet Nicholson
11
1 70 ■
l(j2
101
229
52
001
James A. (Jim) Bell
13
»)♦) 1
21
21
SI
17
ITS
T. J. Ellison
•)•>
: 5S i
SI
48
177
38
427
For Commissioner
! 1
Ward 4
1 !
]>)!! McAhee
4S
i 73
111
104
220
■to
002
W. Norman King
31
: 77 1
9S
70
2.)9
57
592
For Commissioner 1
i 1
Ward 5 |
i !
Jonas Bridges 1
2S
1 iu 1
(12
100
41
TM
James K. Arnos 1
52
: SI '
131)
110
MOM
07
782
For Commissioner
1 1
1
Ward 6
1 1
1
Murray C. Pruette 1
.50
1 so :
i;w
124
20)0 !
59 '
709
James J. Dickey |
31
1 70 1
Oi)
4S
2;!o 1
4S '
490
VVrit(*-'in vote's were east as
follows: Hugh A.
Logan, .Ir,. for Ward 1 F-
»ni-
missioncr. Wards 1 thru six constvulivoly. 11.
51. U. (vS. libj. 2t>
—Ti>tal ■
j:; ):
For .Mayor, Fro^l Wright. Jr.
23: Glee
K. Bridges fR
Ollio Harri< .3: t
'arl
I>'vond<> 2: Thoma.s A
. Tate 2: William Orr 2:
Rolv Brown. Tilnuin Pt'aison.
John Hancock, James
Bolt,
Torn Trot!. Orangrol Jolly.
B. D. King, William
Henry Hager and B)b
Mancr
, all 1 cac
h.
4)