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■rx PopnlatioB CradUr Bags Mountain 21.914 City Ltaalts 8.465 Qi««t«r Haft MountolB Ufurt It dtrltrtd from tiM Kpteuu Uaittd ItotM Bureau of the Cenaut report of tiM. cmd iBcludet the U.MO populottoo el S*”*i?* 4 TManthlp. ond the remalalag i.lt4 from S Tdwathlp. to CleTolond Ceuaty and Creirdtrt Mouataa TtvatMp la Gottoa Coiwir* Kings Mountain's Reliable Newspaper VOL 84 No. 49 Established 1889 Kings Mountain, N. C., Thursday, December 6, 1973 PRICE TEN CENTS Eighty-Fourth Year Commissioners - Elect Consider Auto Mauney, DeVane Fuel Chairmen C of C Moves ^To Co-ordinate Information The Ghamlber* of Oommerce will seek regular conferences with the mayor and local oil distri butors .to “keep o’ljr finger on top of the energy crisi?* memlbers of the board of directors agreed President Frank Sincox, who made Che recomimendation, ask ed co-chairmen of the industrial ccrmnittee. Charles F. Mauney and Carl DeVane. both of whom aire execuitiives of local planrtis, to serve as fuel coordinators to be gin the maiJing ^ bulletins to C of C menubers “Keeping them informed of any changes in fuel supplies locally and to woik with industry and fuel distribu tors to resolve any problems should the crisis worsen. “This is a service the Chamber ^ Commerce can and should provide”, said Sinoox, “because our industrial plants are major poWer tisers.” ‘This is a oriitioal year foe industry”. gas CTilts here are likely”, President STnoox said he had been informed by Mayor John Moas, ‘^certainly not before March,” during a recent meeting with city offflcia?ls for a discussion on lighting of Christmas lights, jk'rTJiere is no iihoiitage oT'power /■here”, said Dr! Sincox, “but gas could be a problem.” “It was de cided that the city should fol low- President Nixon’s plea to .citizens to conserve energy and leave Christmas ligiils unllghted this season”, add€d Sincox. Stores Open Later' Beginning Tonight Most Kiimgs Mountain stores will remain open later on Thursdays and F*riday nighits, beginning tonight, _ to accom modate Christmas’SlToppers. A check with downtown mer chants Indicates that most bus inesses will be open loiter both Thursday and Friday evening untd'l 8:30 until ChWstmias. Kings Mouintaiin Shopping Cefn- ter is also open nightly. Local merohanits have stock ed their sheiives with good se lections of gifts for the entiire family, said a spokesmain for ■the Kings MountJain Merohants Associatdon. Toy Collection Now Underway A collection depot for toys in Operation Santa Claus, the Kings Mountain effort to provide Christmas joy to children of the needy, will be set up in the for mer First Union National Bank building on Battleground ave nue. The Toy Contimittee of the kings Mountain Ministerial As sociation is headiing up the pro ject again this year and Kings •Mountain Jaycees are again re pairing toys for the needy. -■ ^ey. David Kime, chairman of 'the toy committee, said citizens who want to donate good, new or used toys to deliver the toys to the individual churches. Dead line for receiving toys is Decem ber 16th. Toys to be repaired should be delivered to Terry Putnam, Gene Harris, Bob Myers at Myers Print ing or any Jaycee who will pick I them up or Rev. Mr. Kiime, Rev. C, A. Rev. Ansel Center or Rev. L. D. Scruggs. The toys will be distributed to needy families on Decemiber 22 ^nd Decem'ber 24th at the old Ibank building, said Rev. Kime. Industry, Schools SwellUF Gifts United Fund gifts swelled this week by $1,408,50, bringing to $32,580.57 the amount area citi zens have pledged for nine caus es for 1974. Both the industrial and school oommunity divisions have over subscribed their quotas. Induf^trial employees have do nated $24,320.07, over $4,000 more than their goal, and school sys tem personnel have given $2.'^1, m-^re than ^400 over their goal. Goal of the 1974 appeal is $36,«)0.'» Mrs. Becky Seism, drive treasur er, urged workers who have not reported their solicitati-on totals to do so as quiddy as possible. Rites Conducted ForF.M.Rose Funeral rites for Piianois Mar ion Rose, 67, sale^an tor Carter Chevrolet in Slielby and Kings Maunftain naftWe, were conducted Friday aftarmoon from Shelby’s Central United M^hodist church of which he was'S' memiber, in terment folllawing in Shelby’s Sunset cemetery. Mr. Rose died Wednesday iin a Rutherford'ton ha?tpital. Surviving are fSs wife, Mrs. Myrtle Beauchamp Rose; four sons, Joe, Jim and IXtvid Rose, all of Shelby, and Charles Rose of Charlotte; two brothers, Lloyd and C. F. Bose, both of Gastonia; three sisters, Mrs. Richard Upton, Mrs. J. T. Stallings and Miss Ev elyn Rose, all of Gastonia and nine grandchildren. G-W Professor To Lead Class Dr. Logan Carson, professor of religion at Gardner-Webb col lege will he guest speaker at the Alpha and Omega Bible class on Monday night. The class meets in the home of Bill and Bettty Moss on Grover Road. All high school and college student are invited to attend. The meeting will begin at 7:30 o’clock. His topic will be “Second Coming of Christ.” Adnunistration: Oath-Taldng Monday Night By MAR'HN HARMON Memibere of Moss Administra tion V, including five new city commlssiioners, will take oaths c* office Monday nigiht. With the exception of Mayor Moss and Ward I Commissioner Ray W. Cline, the adimindstration will be all-new. Mayor Moss, due to the death of his father, was away from City Hall Wednesday, but sure to be on Monday night’s agenda for new administration consideration is the recent notification by Pat terson Oil Comipany, the oity’.s oil supplier, that the city’s pur chases would be reduced 20 per cent effective last Saturday. Other commissioners-elect to take oaths of office Monday night are: LJoyd E. Davis, Ward 2, oily commiissioner 1951-53, recently retired city water treatment plant operator. Corbet Nicholson, Ward 3, heat ing and air-conditioning contrac tor, and former superintendent of the city's natural gas depart ment. Don MoAbee, Ward 4, North Piedmont avenue grocer. James E. Amos, Ward 5, own er of the Little Moo Dairy Barn and former Neisco, Inc., como- troller. Murray C. Pruelte, Ward 6, vet eran Southern Beil Telephone & Telegraph Oampany employee. Building Permit Activity Limited Issuance of city building per mits was limited during the poet weeh. r- -- ipermlts were Issued to: George E. Clark, 1309 Sheloy road, and Roger Bowen for perim eter zoning. (Mrs. Jessie Pennington, 6006 Cansleif street extension, foi placement of a trailer. Paul R. Sheffield, 837 East King street, for placement of a trailer. Mr. and Mts. Williaim M. Pear- son, perimeter zoning for $8000 residence. W. E. Munay s Rites Conducted 'Funeral rites for William Ed ward Murray, 66,^f route 1, Bes semer City, wore conducted Tues day afteirnicon at 2 p.m. from Sisk Funeral Home East Oha'pel, intermeot following in Long Creek cemetery, Dallas. Rev. Grier Hawkins officiated at tihe final rites. Mr. Murray died Sunday morn ing at 7:30 in the Kings Moun tain hospital He was the sonjjf the late Iva S. and Maggie Tffarrkas Murray. Survivirfeg are wife, Mrs. Ada Morgan MurTay; one son, Coy E. Murray of Oastionia; one sister, Mrs. Frank Bpting of Gas tonia; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. n 'V NINETIETH BIRTHDAY J— Mrs. Florence Pearson widow of Trank Navy, cel^rated Iber 90th birthday last Wednesday. November 28th With |a quiet family celebration tat tier home on Westover Drive. (Mrs. Navy, who likes to cook and still does her own tcooking. r.s hard to Iceep put of the kitchen and is busy baking good’es for the holiday season. Manual A. Moss Rites Conducted Cemetery Clean-Up Is Now Underway City cemetery clean-up crews ire bc'ginning the holiday clean- jp and Mountain Rcjst Cemetery ;upt. Kcji Jenkins is reiiuesllng citizens to remove old floral pieces from the cemetery by De cember 11. Supt. Jenkins reminds that gates at the cemetery are open daily, seven days a week, frvm 7:30 a. m. until 5:30 p .m. % of C President Sincox Benews ^lea For Kings Mountain Airport Dr. Francis J. Sincox renewed his dream for a Kings Mountain airport and suggested the Cham ber of Commerce conduct an oninion poll of members to ob tain their views on the ainport and other projects at Tuesday’s C of C meeting. presMiing for Che first time as the Chamiber’s new president. Dr. Sincox gave the 10 of 12 directors present his own ideas for C of C goals for 1973-74, noting that the' airport dream “had been my own pet project for a number of years”. * He credited the 25 percent drop Jn membership to fact that “dues are not now stabilized.” Joe Mc Daniel, chaiirnan of the finance 'ocTnmHee, was asked to make recommendations for a revised schedule at the January 15 meet ing. ^rry Hamrick was appointed chairmaan of the membership committee, which also includes Bob Smith, and they were asked to draft a letter for mailing to all members and/or prospective memibers, detailing goals and projects of the C of C, along with a questionnaire or opinion polls of the comm-unity. J. OUle Harris was named chairman of a liason committee which would, among other things, call for better conumuni- cation w:i.th the news media, set ting up a series of feature arti cles in the newspapers about various member-industries and 'firms in the Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Harris and his com mittee would also send a repre- sentartive to al^ city council meotlng5i, reporting back to the board of directors about aotiion taken and/or comimunity needs. Continued On Page Eight Mrs. Allen's Rites Thursday Funeral rites for Mm” Fannie Boheler Allen, 65, of the Moun tain View comimunity of Blacks burg, S. C., wHl be conducted Thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. from Mountain View Baiptist church of which she was a mem- fce*. Mrs. Allen is sister of Miiss Janice Boheler of Kings Moun tain. Rev. Claude White and Rev. L. D. ScTuggs will officiate at the final rites, and iTuterment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Allen, wife of Dewey L. Allen, died at 5:45 ajm. Tuesday in tihe Cherokee County Memor ial hospital at Gaffney. She was a retired textile eroployee, daugh ter of the late Chanfubers and Emma Westanoreland .Boheler. Surviving, in addition to her husband and sister, are two sons, James K. Allen of Pittsboro and Dewey Lee Allen, Jr. of Clinton, Miss., and six grandchildren. Miss Davis' Brother Passes AMon Edward Davis, 69, bro- t'her of M'iss Grace Davis, of Kings Mounitaiin died Dcocimibor 3 a Montgomery Memorial hospi tal in Troy. He was a retired farmer and a native of Moirtgomery county. Funeral services will be held Thursday (today) at 11 o'clock at Ophir United Metlliodist church of Which he was a member. Officiating at the rites will be the Rev. James Oaviness and burial wii'll be in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, .Mrs. Boadiice Ilunsuckor DavKs, one son, Danny Davis of Fayette ville, N. C.; one brotiher Clij'de Davis, Troy, N. C.; two sister.Sj Mrs. Ray Diffoe, Elan-College, N. C. and Miss Grace Davis of Kings Mountain. 5 Mayor's Father Died On Monday; Long Illness Funeral riles for Manuel A. Moss, S-1, of 204 Falrview street, ' retired textile employee, were conducttHl Wednesday afternoon at 4 p. m. from Second Baptist church of which he was amem- ! ber. I His pastor, Rev. Eugene Land, I officiated at the final rites and interment was in Mountain Rest cemetery. Active pallbearers were Jerrell Hughes, Espey CodVe, Wayne Cooke, Mack Earl Blanton, Ed Steve Blanton and Tony Ruppe. •Mr. Moss succumbed to a long illness Monday afternoon at 4:30 in the Kings Mountain hospital, where he had been a patient since last March. He was a retired employee of Pauline Mill. He was a native of Cleveland county, son of the late William Henry and Margaret Rippy Moss. He was twice married, to the late Amanda Oates Mass and to the I late Ellen Phillips Moss. Surviving are his son, Mayor John Henry Moss of Kings Moun- tain; two daughters, Mrs. Thom as R. Dalton and Mrs. Margaret | Johnson, both of Kings Moun tain; his 'irother, Sidney Moss of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Contmued On Page Eight Cautious Optimism Attuucie Of Dealers On Oil SltU iuoa Wann November Roon; Citizens Asked To Help Kings Mountain’s chief suppli ers of O'il-cncrgy products are oautii>usly optimistic a'oout ma nipulating the cn<?rgy ertois. None, hC'Wcver, arc accepting cirdcis from now custcimers. Bcfih PatteriJrin OH Cormpany, Blxxcn Dealer, and Plonk Oil Company, Shell dealer, them selves have been cuf~.thus far, on percem'tage, Patterson more than Plonk. Brth agree .some customer re- ftraint will be required and both ore thankful November was warmer than usual. 'The Exxon allocation is slight ly over 20 percent under last year’s u -age, Shell’s appaoximate- ly 10 percent. Johm Cheshire, of Patterson Oil, is also worried about his indus trial <m:.itomers. Many use city natural gas on an interruptible contiaot, meaning that the city, when in short sitpply, says “get off”. V'totually all can switch over on five minutes notice — to oil. Mr. Cheshire says the govern ment allotments are more re strictive than the allocation ar rangement Patterson OH already had w4th Exxon. Gtovernmenrt-or- dered allotments must be used in the particular month or lost. Thus Patterson trucks were busy at eiid of warn November topi|>ing off all tanks it could. Patterson used its full allotment of all {products and the tanks of all Patterson’s industrial customers, Mr. Cheshire said, are full. iMcanlt?me, McCoy’s service sta- 'tton was closed Wednesday, and Plonk Oil said it had exhausted its auto gas supply before the end of November. lExxon stations have pared eve ning hours, most closing three hiuurs earlier at 6 p.m. Schooi Holidays Schedule Given Kings Mountain .schools will clo'^e for the Christmas holidays ToHciwing the sciioolday Decem ber 19Lh, reopening on January Tine schedule wa.s announced I by Mrs. Beckj' Sed^m, scTotary in 1 (hr- ‘-uperintendent’s office. I Mrs. said teachers report for a work day after the holidays a day earlier than students, on January 2. BREAKFAST Regular monthly breakfost of the Men’s class of Grace Unit ed Methodist church will be held Sunday morning at 7:30 at the church fcHow.ship hall. Gamon Rites Held On Monday Funeral rites for Rov. Herb- I ert D. Garmon, 60, of Moores- j ville, pastor of Central United Methodist church here from 1960- 61, were conducted Monday morn ing at 10 o’clock from Moores- vilie’s Central United Methodist church where he had served as pastor the past 18 months. Most Believe City Seivfces Won't Be Paicd ' By MARTIN HARMON Two city commisMioners-eleet, Lloyd E. Davis and Don MoAbee, suggested, “Maybe we can buy fiomo from both.” Another, James E. Amos, sug gested, “We can possibly operate more eff-icien-tly.” He further call ed on “We, the People” to oper ate more efficiently. Corbet Nicholson, said, “I ju.st don’t know.” I’hey were commenting on the obvious city prooiem created last week when Paitterson Oil Com pany nefified the city its con sumption ot gas would be cut 20 percent as of the recent Satur day. The city uses Patterson gas one year, Plonk (Jil gas the next, The Herald was not able to contact Murray C. Pruette. Mr. Davis and Mr. Mt.Ar'>ee were also concerned about the city’s cooperative arrangement with the county, along with oth- cities, in a cooperative land- fUL Mr. Davis said the site of the landfill is near Casar, wibich > Rev. Carlton Adotaugh and Dr. would further tax fuel consump- Charles White officiated at the 1 tion by the city’s garbage collec- final riles and interment was in tion trucks. Mr. Davis said the Charlotte’s Oaklawn cemetery. 1 coop plain woul(l save money, if , ,, , gas were available. Mr. McAbee Active pallbearers wore J-red thought the city might be able HuhSon of Yadk^ville. H-rb continue to use, during the Lentz of .Norwood, Hora^ Elliott ^ of Rutherforrlton, Zell Ford of shelby Highway. In Ills “We, the People” com- mc-nls, Mr. Amios gave ixinticular atteinUon to pi^ssible citizen over use of the police departmenit. He said, ‘We should call the police department when in real need, but should try to resolve our o.vn problerris as n>uch as possi'ble. W’e Should not foil t)o exercise our prerogatives for citizen ar- Test.” He conitinuod, “I don’t see that Mrs. Alexander Is Elected Mrs. Charles L. Alexander was elected chairman of the Gardner- Webb college trustees and advi sors wives auxiliary at a mooting of the board on November 26. 'Mrs. Alexander’s term of office, as chairman, is the calendar year 1974. This will constitute her second term in this capacity. 34th Lions Football Fete TnesdaY To Feature Williams And Awards SERMON TOPIC Rev. N. C. Bush will use tihe serimon topic, “What Christmms Means To Me?” at Sunday fmornlng worship hour at 11 o’clock at race United Metho dist churc2i. Danny Williaim.s, head football coach at Lenoir Rliyne college in Hickory, will make the address at the 34th annual Kings Moun tain Lions clu'b football banquet Tuesday nigiht. The 7 p.m. dinner at Kings Mountain Country^ club honors members of the Kings Mountain high school football team. Mr. Wiiliiams served as assist ant football coach at LR and was elevated to his present position when Hanley Painter became L-R athletic dilreotor. Charles plantwi is chairman of the Lions club committee on ar rangements which a'lso includes Richard Green and Jim Downey. Hi^light of the evenit will be presentation by the Lions dun of four coveted trophies to out standing players on the Moun taineer football! team. To be pre sented will be winners of the Fred Plonk Blocking trophy, the Genrge Plonk Miost Valuable Playcrr trophy, the Most Improv ed Player tiro^y and the Joihn Gamble iSSRciairtic Trophy. Mr. Blanton sa'id he anticipat ed a crowd of approximately 200 for the evenit. ^ The Kiings MouritaTrT' Lions dub held its first footfoaill ban quet honoring the KMHS Moun- ties in 1939. First-Citizens Taps Plummer Ronald E. Plummer, install ment loan manager of First-Citi zens Bank & Trust company in Kings Mountain, has been p>c *mot ed to assistant vice president. Plummer joined First-Citizens in 1970 and has administrative and managerial responsibilities in the loan department. The Salisbury native U an alumnus of the Univers.ty of Chapel iHill and the University of Haw'ali. He was a sergeant in the Unit- , ed States Marines and served in Vietnam. Plummer is married to the -or mer Gln’^er Adkins of L'xinc;- ton, N. C. Zell Itord Eden,, J. Ollie Harris of Kings Mountain and Joe D. Thompsoon of Moorcsville. Mr. G'^rmon, a volunteer fire man, suffered a heart attack Nov. 2()th while fighting a fire at his church. Ho was admitted to Lowrance hospital in iMooresville and died five da^s after, on De cember 1. (He was chaplain of the state firemen’s association of the North Carolina Fire Chief’s Asso da-, , , - . tion. In Kings Mountain he serv- 't^^re should be any reduction ei as chaplain of the volunteer; ^r\''.ces, if we, tlie people, ex fire d<?partment. j duty. If 1 run out of He was a graduate of IIigh,^^^» I bt'on negligent? If Point college and Bob Jones uni-1 want to live as we have for versity and Emory university. His| past SO^^oars, we can, if we first pastor.'ite was in Shel y and I chc/ose to mke the ne:x?ssary re- he went from Shelby to Caroleen.i six>nsibllity. If we refuse to lake Bessemer City, Ro bin.svillc, Yad-| the responsibilily, some few will kinvilto Norwood. Rutlierford-1 suffer, a.s those who are unable I ton. Kings Mountain. Eden andj to help themselves, such as the pleasant Grove and Hickory j elderly and infirm.” Grove churches in Charlotte. Mr. Nicholson, too, thought the In lieu of flowers the family * fondf'ill c'oo'perative w'ould have I has designated memorials to the to await more abundant gas sup- j Children's Home at Winston-Sal- plies. ‘*\Ve'H have to find some ! em. I ptuce closer,” he commented. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lu -Mv. Cline said he had not cille Torrans Garmon; one son, reached any firm conclusions, Russell Garmon of Fore.^t City: adding “We might need to park two daughters, Mrs. Amelia Die- some vehicles”. He agreed a too- secker of Lexington and Miss distant landfill would be unten- Hrenda Garmon of iMooresville; able while shortage exists. two brothers, Howaixl K. Garmon — of Charlotte and Roland C. Gar- SERMON TOPIC mon of Houston, Texas; and ore I “Our Responsibility” will be (he sister, Mrs. Raymond Ferreria of serrmon topic of Dr. Paul Ausley Pensacola, Fla. A grandchild also at Sunnday morning worship survives. DISCHARGED Benmitt Masters has been d'isdharged fro'm Charlotte Memt)rial hospital after uirder- going tests for a liver mal function. services at 11 o’clock Sunday at First Presbyterian church. HOSPITALIZED John V. (Dan) Stewart remains a patient in Kings Mountain hos pital for treatment and observa tion. Bloodmobile Returns Monday “An ideal (Thrlstmas gift’' is how Red Cross official^ are pro moting the upcoming visit of the Red Cross bloodmo’jile to Kings Mountain. The blood collecting unit will make a one-day visit on Monday, •Dec. 10th, with donors to be pro cessed from 11 a. m. until 4p. m. at the Cmnmunity Center on Cleveland avenue. Quota of the collection is 125 pints of blood. j •'Blood is badly needed,’’ said; Bill Grissom, spokesman. ' Charity Piojects Start To Provide Christmas Cheer For Area Needy .Charity projects are underway to provMe yule cheer for the needy. The Empty Slocking appeal begins this weeitend, as minis ters of the co-mmunify begib ringing bells in the business dis trict for the Ministerial Associa tion’s Heilping Hand project. CONTACT LOCAL PASTOR Those who wish to submit the names of needy families to share in this years Operation Santa Claas project siiould contact your local minister who will give the family’s name to the helping hand committee of the Ministerial Aseaociation. The fund drive is conducted only during the Christmas shop ping season but funds from It provide a helping hand annually to more than 350 families of the Kings Mountain area in the form of fuel, food, clothing, and medi cine. Rev. Frank Shirley, treasurer of Operation Helping Hand, said this fund supplies 80 F>ercent of all emergency needs of the area needy. Persons stranded in the city have received bu.s tickets, hot meals, and a lodging place and each week money is used for groceries, coal, warm clirth- ing and other needs for Kings Mountain needy families. Mr. Shirley said 'the Empty Stocking booth will be Installed today or tomorrow in the busi ness diistri^Tund various minis ters will mann the booth. i