J, 1973 O ») #) Popnlation GrMiter Kings Mountain 21.914 City Limits 8.465 rh* Grtattr Klavi Mountain flgurt !• derived from the Ipeclal United Stotee Bureau el the Census report of R nuory, IBBB, ond Includes the 14.990 population of umher 4 Township, and the remaining 6,124 from Numher 5 Township, la Cleveland County and Crowders Mountain Township In Gaston County. Kings Mountoin's Relioble Newspaper Pages Today VOL. 84 No. 43 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, October 25, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year Small Businesses Build Downtown Local News Bulletins TO CONFERENCE Mr. anti Mrs. Hugh A. Logan, Jr. will go to Raleigh Friday to attend the fall conference of the American Legion at Sir Walter Raleigih Hotel. Mr. Lo gan is Commander of Warren F. Hoyle Post 82 of Shelby. SERMON TOPIC “On Finding Burning Bushes” will be the sermon topic of Rev. N. C. 'Bush at Sunday morning worship hour at 11 at Grace United Methodist church. City Commissioners Oppose Liquor-By-Drink Sewage Improvements Bids To Be Received By City FROM ATLANTA Mrs. Haywood E. Lynoh has returned home from Atlanta, Ga. after a weekend visit with her daughter and family, .Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Harrell and daughters, Amy and Jane. Mrs. Harrell is the former Lossie Lynch. DISCHARGED Richard (Dick) McGinnis has been discharged from Kings Mountain hospital and tx)ntin- ues to recuperate from a heart ailment at his home. Pilot Cieek Expansion Is Major Aim The city commission will re ceive bids Wednesday afternoon for sewage system improvements. SVIajor elements of the improve ments project arer 1) expansion of the Pilot Creek sewage treatment plant to two mtllron gallons per day; and 2) expansion of the treatment plant sewage pum.oing station on Lin wood road; and 3) sewage pipe installation. I iMrs. Payseurs Rites Conducted Here On Tuesday Funeral rite? for Mrs. Carolyn i Prince Payseur, 51, wife of Bax i ter Payseur, were conducted Wed- ! ne.sday afternoon at 2 p.m. from ! Central United Methodist church of which she was a member. Her pastor. Rev. Paschal Waugh, officiated at the final rites, as sisted by Rev. Garland Winkler, a former jia-stor. Interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. TAX REFUND The city commi.ision Mon day night approved a request from Hillard D. Smith for a tax refund in the amount of $46.09. In another matter of routine business, the board re ferred to the zoning hoard a request from Dean Ayers of 109 Dilling street for rezoning j property from neighborhood business to residential. TO BE DISCHARGED Rci/ Pearson, city recreation di rector, will be discharged Monday, from Charlotte .Memorial hospital ■ where he underwent surgery for removal of a kidney. C. C. Panther's Rites Conducted Funeral rites for Columbus Charlie Panther, 97, retired farm er of Grover were conducted Sun day afternoon at 4 o’clock from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Heme, interment following in An tioch Baptist church cemetery. Mr. Panther died Friday at 8 P. M. in Hearn’s Rest Home aft er illness of several years. He was a native of Ruiherford county, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Panther and hus band of the late Fannie Love Pan ther who died in 1968. Surviving are four sons, J. B. and McKinley Panther, iboth of Shelby, Grady Panther of Grover, and Floyd Panther of Gastortk; j five daughter, Mrs; J. M. Vaughn | Jr., Mrs. William Blanton, and ' Mrs. Joseph Ledford, all of Shel- j by, Mrs. Eugene Black of Lake- , land, Fla. and Mrs. Eugene John son of Gastonia; one brother, Ben Panther of Gastonia; 30 grand children, 56 great-grandchildren and eight ggreat-great-grandchil- dren. Rev. Clark Poole officiated at the final rites. Grandsons of Mr. Panther were pallbearers. Louise Young KMHS Queen Louise Young, high school sen ior, was crowned Homecoming Queen at the Kings Mountain high school Homecoming foot-j ball game Friday night. I 'Miss Young and members of her court were featured in a blg| homecoming parade on down-! town streets Friday afternoon. | Other members of the court were Vickie Putnam, Becky; Scruggs, Janet Boyles and Tina Saunders. It's Fall And Leaf-Raking Time ■Hal Hicks of the City’s Sanita tion Department reminds that with the arrival of fall comes the problem of disposing of leaves. “The men working the routes .'ill appreciate it greatly.” Mr. ■licks said, "if citizens will place •eaves In plastic hags. This will enable the men to keej on sche- c'ule and thus render (better ser ies to local citizens.” Halloween House Open Spooks and goblins and all kinds of Halloween horrors have found a home at 614 West Moun tain street. The house at this ad dress will be open during the Halloween season, beginning Sat urday night, October 27, 7:30 p. m. then on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. Young people of the First Bap tist church. Kings .Mountain, are in charge of the project, and will be on duly to sex; that the goings on are under control. The community is invited to at- attend. A small admission fee will be charged. They Support Schools. Ronds In Nov. 6 Voting The city cKimmission Monday night endorsed resolution-s sup porting the statewide schoo bond issue, portions of the Clean W’ater Act and went on record as being opposed to liciuor-bythe- drink. Voters will decide all three? issues at the polls Movemljcr 6. Rev. Edwin Chriscoe, spokes man for the Kings .Mountain •Ministerial .Association, .said the ! ministers at ihe regular Octobev ; meeting unanimo'Uisly went on i record as opp:).sol Jo liquor-by- thedrink for this reason: “Con sidering the moial ruin, the so cial wreckage, the ;)hy.sical anc mental .suffering, the tremendous property damage and the grea' less of human fife which results from the asc of alcohol, we, the Kings Mountain .Ministerial Asso ciation oppose liquor-by-the- drink and urge all citizen.s of our community to vote ’’No" on Ko',- Folk Musical Sunday At 7 Young people of the First Bap tist church, will present the folk musical ’'Encounter” Sunday eve ning, October 28 at 7 p. m. at the Oak Grove Baptist church. In the musical one person’s en counter with Christ is portrayed. Narration and song tells the stony in the language and musical form of today. Instrumental accompani ment is provided by tape, and the choir uses microphones. The Youth Choir of First Bap tist church meets weekly, prepar ing all types of musical presenta tions. The members of the group especially enjoy folk musicals. RE’HRES CWO/3 Charles B. Wright has retired from the U. S. Army after 24 years serv ice. CWO Wright Has Retired CVVO-3 Charles B. Wright, son of Mrs. Rosa Wright of King Mountain, retired from Ihe United Army after 24 years seiv'ice Octo ber 1 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. The Kings Mountain man en tered the service in 1949 at Fort Jackson and at the time of his ivlirement was chief of the nuc lear Weapons Support branch at Philadelphia, Pa. He has accepted a position with -WCO Financial Services and will be working in Trenton, N. J. He resides with liis family at 32 .Mullsihire Lane, Williams- boro. New Jersey. Among Mr. Wright’.s award are the Army Commend-ation med al, the Purple Heart, the Combat Inifantry’’s Badge, the Good Con duct .Med.rl, the Army of Otvupa- tion Medal (Germany), the Arm ed Force.s Expeditionary .Mi-dal, the National Defen.se Service Modal (OLC), the Armed Force.s Reserve Medal, Ihe Korean Serv ice Medal, the United Nationals Service Medal, and the Korean Presidential Unit Citation. Mrs. Payseur died Monday aft ernoon at 3:30 in N. C. Baptist L.nbfr b, 1973.” j hospital at Winston Salem after I a long illness with Hodgkins question of Comm. Jim Dic- disea.se. passes w hat of- ioct, if any, it would have on a She was a native of Columbia, dry counU, Rev. Mr. Chriscoe S. C., daughter of Allred Bobo said the county would still have Prince and Mary Dunn Prince ol : to have an election on the mat- Kings Mountain. She was a for- . ter and, in response to question iner employee of First Citizens j and Trust Company of Kings, .Mountain and was active in churcli and community affairs. of Comm. Norman King, noted that the iraajority of county com missioners could approve liquor- by tlic-drink in a county without She was a graduate of Kings a vole of the [xiople only in the M'ouniain high school. : counties that weie aiieaoy wet. In addition to her liusband and Comm. King made the motion parenl.s, Mrs. Pay.seur is survived to oppose luiuor-bp-tho-drink, se- by lier son, James Payseur, of coiiued by Comm. VV. S. Biddix the home; three brothers, .Mill- who remarked that although KM Rescue Squad Sets Open House ard Prince of Hollywood, Fla., Jack Prince of Gainesville, Ga., and William Prince of Charlctie; I and three sisters, Mrs. Vivian Alston of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.. I .Mrs. Jack Ledford of Ch-arlotte I and Mrs. Betty Antonich ol Day- I tona Beach, Fla. I Tlie three brotliers of Mrs. Pay .seur, Jack Prince', .Millard Prince I and William Prince, and her I bro. her-in-law, Jack LedJor-i, Comm T. J. Ellison was not pre sent for tlie meeting "Tommy has informed me that he is 100 percent against liquor-by-tlie-, drink." | Comm. Jonas Bridges and Comm. Ellison were absent from ’ ihc special meeting. Comm. Ray Cline spoke in fa vor 01 tl.e slatcwi.ie sc.iool boiul is^ue and askeei that the board’ go on record "in favor” of its New Addition To Be Dedicated Sunday At 3 Kings Mountain Re.scue Squad will dedicate its handsamo, new- home duiing open house .Saturday and Sunday at 312 E. Parker ■sireet. Rev. F'r.-ink Shirley, pastor of re.mple Uapllst church and chap- ain of the volunteer organi,;at- ion, will conluct the dedication service Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. The iiUilic is invited to attend dedicatory rites and to lour the facility between the hours of 1 and (j p.m. .Saturday and 1 and 6 p.m. Siin iay Refiv'shments will e serve C ’n- of Kings 'louipain: fi'." -'-’n-' children; five adoctei gian ’-hi!- (. on. VoFitS To Ccnducl UNICEF ProjficS Y'oung people of Gvai'e r’l' -’d Methodi.-I ehurcli will ■'e Iriek or treating lor fXlCK'-’. tlie t’ni- ted Nalions Child!on’s Fund Sunday aflei noon, an cnmiu! Hai lovvoen-FiCason jiroiect. .\ hou.sc-to-!iouse i-anvas -.viH be eondticK'd and a'l 'lifts will iic re):on(ed to UNICEF, said a spokesman. .-Yffei- the canva.ss, you‘!i will mix'l at tlio cii'ii- ii I -J ' ’ ■- nu’iUs in tlie ed',ie.ilio:i;;| biulil ill!;. C., .Mi.ss Sarah Sneed of 'Blacks burg, S. C., Miss Loui.se Sneed and .Mrs. Sudie Cable, bith iif Blacksburg, and five grandchil dren. I She was a member of Grovtv's . P'ir.st Biiptist churt'h. ' Tlie bixly wiir lie in .sbate at the home of her daughter, M;'s. I Bonnie Martin, in Grover until ; the hour of servlcx?. I Harris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. LIONS LUNCHEON j permit tt> place a frailer in Stin- , nett Acres Trailer Park. C. M. Slicffield of Royal .Motel Members of Ihe Kings .Moun-lwas issued zoning permit to tain Lions club arc invited to at place a pro-built .storage room at tend a White Cane luncheon at; the ea.st end of the motel. Camp Dogwood on Sunday, Nov. | Frank Hollifield obtained a 4th, Lion Hal Plonk has an-, permit to close in his carport to nounced. Reservations for lunch- j make an extra room at cost of eon should be made with Lion $l,nn0. D. L. Sanders will be con- Plonk. . Uactor. Guard Role In National Defense To Be Topic of "Bosses Night" Employers of Kings Mcunlain business and industry -ivill .it- | tend Rosse.s’ .Night at the .N'iition- al Gii ird Armory, on .Mi uday. i Commanders of the local guard will explain the increased im- pirtancp of part-time gu;ird---ineu in the streamlined natiuvil .so- ! eiirify forces. Tlicy will tell cm- i ■ployers about the o.xivanded r.vli- of the National Guard and Re serve Forces as an integral part of tliis nation's defense systcivi. ! Captain Paul W. Robertson Jr., Commander of Company E 10.5th Engr. Bn. in Kings Mountain .stated th-at today nearly 30 per' cent of the total military man power defending the U. S. is made up of National Guard and Re.serve units, and it Ls vital that employers know this and back guardsmen and reservists . M' tlieir emiiloy. lie slalfvl that th(' Guard and Resc'rve costs less than fivi- i«'r ei'iil of tile defen,-.o budget. "The Miniileman -Meth.Kf ot N.ilional Di'feii.se is .the more economic way t'l pjevide emergency mili- t.iiy for.v.-i for national .security and should be .supported," he commented. This is also in con- junetion with the elimination of tlie draft as a means to iti.-rc.i.se tlie size of'cur military forces it; time of nei'd. Sos.ses’ .Night in Kings Moun tain i.s part o; a .slale-vvidi' ef fort by N' -.rth . aroiin.t military and veferatis .iffniis .8(', :olry John J. Tiil.s-)n 111 and Mai. Gi'i;. William M. Hack, (be .\djatant General cf Norlii Carolii'a. I > call atlenlion lo the key r-de :)i the guard and reserve in tlic new defease sirueture. Co-op Group 0! lour Firms like EMRC Idea Four small busiiu.'.s.ses in the (liwti.i,.'n .u-ca ■ .athy’.s IkMuty 8|ii.;., K.M rlori.sl, Tfiangle Loa.n ■ :i .Ml->rl N.-.man Co.simgics — iiavi ill'll,.lie i lliey will form -a (I.-; and bail i .n a sliopping in:ill in liio Cciuial b'-xsiness dis- tiic;. Tlie mall ;i'ans -.vo’e advanced by the King -. M .until.n Rcdevel- 'pment Co.nmission during a .mcetiiis -li l-'i small business ■v.vners at City Hall Tuesday nigii.-. .'Y second mee-ting of llic group is sl.ited lor .November l.'illi ;il 7:3u p.m. and Priject Co;>riiina- tor John ILill .'ay.s "go-aiiead” with tlie piaii.s is lortliL-.cning. i -Mr. Hall .sai.i uftor tlie firms . .rm a e i-i.;? iipplK-iition for a -i.nall Eusine.-s .Ydministiation 1^111 will be m i le. "Cliances are gixjJ tliat the lull loiin WsUld be apiiroved .sui.-e t.ip iirioiily is given to di.spla.ed busine.rses”, iiall e;v;.laiue.i lo ihe group. "The beauty of tliis p;-jgr;uTi which is -.1 dream of t!ie local Kedevolf pmeii. commission is that s.r.all busine.s,se-< wiiiJi liavc a problcin renting an,I finding quarters .suitable can remain in tile do.v nt ev n area." Small l)U.^illesses are (iefinocl .us 'ilio.si.' leinpanies vvliich re- ([uiie a building of 6l)0 10 T.tXK) square feet. TTieie are 13 in lilts ' aiea, m.iny of wlioni will ixt dis- : placed by Ihe n-vumping of llio i business district. Tne four or six co-eperat ive ' owners vviiiUl sliare in file loan an t vv ixild lealizo eon.si.leiablo savings in a venture of tlcis ' type, .said Hall. , ' He said the mall eo-o]) cvrhci'pt is a model prcgr.im and that tlie Ue;)artmi'nl of Housing a,-id Ur- ’ I,an De'.eiojimcnt "l:ias our idea." "W e .-.l-.e : c -t t ;.l this type I'P je I i-oaldii't lie .lone but liic .S:,..i;l Busin.- .-; .Yilmimslra-j t.i.n and ;,UL> are -.ill lor il." vi.-i.v r.l .Min-piiy An-liitocts pre.soin.-d a pri-i,-...sed drawing ol . a pr.>po.-.ed mall of four or six | :>ii--in.'.'se.N lo till' group alte;id ing Tues.iay niglit's meeting. if ill sai.l 1 •ad.Jii el tlie mall -.vjiild ;-ie in tin' area iwvv hous ing Pliifer Hariivvare .ompaiiy. Piiiler plaiir Ic bail.i on tile for mer City he .N Coal properly on Itaili'oad •.i.-enuo. "Phi-s i-o o;) ■,(':.ture is a d-.-ea'm j i f . urs we think '-.-in ce a reality I'lr till' small businesses of the city", said ILdl. Palsy Campaign '"irs Lagging Gifts t.) the 1!)T3 eerejral ii.ilsy | ■.amfiaign in the city were "lag- gitig" th.,s .veik, and Mr.s. Hay vv'-vd K. I.yn-h. i hairmm, .sale tlic drive .vuuki be extended o-l VV eeir. .Mrs. Lym b.mmin.le.l Viilunli'ers -.vito h.T.e distributed "coir | banks" in d.i.vntovvn Itusincssc 111 ri'i'ort their eollei-tions to I Charles Hamilton, drive trea-ur i r, at First Citizens Dank & Trusl [ Comiunv. Site also enejiirageJ I can-.itssi'rs i i -nniiilclo their riisl-f di'iitial solicitation vvork tins week and regorl tiieni to Mr. HamiltOJi. Mr.s. Lyncli said she is niipreci- •alivc of t!i(' ‘.'enenms ;;i;ls .ireal citizens liave ma ie t > tile ilrivol lor funds lor iial.ents of lerehrall palsy. CsTsski Area Houses Cash BiMtlte's remo.ed Ifi iious. | es tagged ".suh..slan,i.ir-.r' in Cu' Cansler street urea tliis vvv'ek, | and i-leanng of the area was un- dervvay yest.'rday. The Kin.us .Mountain Redevoli,^ | ment C.>mmi.s.sion announci Friday that a total of 51 tiires an.i Uit.s wi-re pur.-hase.i iill the area fi\>m Fred WrUht, Jr., I tlie estate of Mrs. Fred Wright, I $r. and James E. tZip) Kliea at| cost of $141,235. Ke.ieveli pment Commission Di rector said his cffi.vs are t-m. tinuing to assist tenants of tliol area in the -s(.arcli for standarxll Itousing in the Kings Mountaiiil area. Tliero are now 19 fainilie.s-l living in liic Wriglit-Rhea house and will contimio to live then said White, until .suituhle rt placement housing is lijeateJ.