Local News
Bulletins
PERMITS ISSUED
Charles E. Owens of 402 Ful
ton Drive was issued permit to
build a chimney and Mrs. G. O.
Moore oX 713 Floyd 3t*\ot ob
tained a city permit to place
u trailer.
REMAINS HLX
John V. (Dan) Stewart, re
tired farmer of 607 W, (Sold
street, remains a patient in
the Kings iMountain hospital.
ON HONORS UST
Dar ara A. Sipe, daughter of
•Mr. and Mrs. Junior Sipe of
r(»uto 1, is listed on the honors
list for the first semester at the
Uni\eisify of North Carolina at
Greensboro. Mis-s Sipe is major-
in^i in Latin American studies.
Thieves Hit Timms
For Second Haul
CONTINUES ILL
Mrs. John Caveny remains a
patient-in (North Carolina Bap
tist hospUal in Winston Salem
for treatment and obsei*vation.
NFANT BAPTISM
Infant baptismal service will
feature the Sunday morning
worship hour at 11 at First
Presbyterian church.
Santa Helpeis
Will Aid Needy
The Ministerial Asspciaitlon
will be a clearing house for Santa
helpers again this year and the
fo:mor Fir.st Union bank build- :
ing oh Battleground Avenue will
hciuse the Toys for Tots being col- {
lected and I'cpair^ far distribu-
licn Saturday and Monday. |
Needy families will receive as- j
sii'tant'e by contacting any min
ister in the area. I
Ministers will be ringing bolls ’
in the Empty Stocking bcotih in ;
the business district all weekend |
and on Christimas Eve to obtain I
fund.s for its year-round “Help
ing Hand” project.
TVs Are Again
Object Monday;
Home Ransacked
Timms Furniture Co. on Grover
read was hit by thieves for the
second time in two weeks Mon
day night.
.4 spokesman for the Cleveland
County Sherlff’.s Department said
thieves entered the building by
breaking both plate glass win
dows i'll the store front and do
ing af'proximtely $1,000 in dam
age. Six portable television sets
were stolen.
The Sheriffs Department also
repoited that the residence of
John K. Hullendor of the Oak
Grove qommunlty was entered
semetime 'be-tweert 6:30 p-m.
Monday and 8 a.>m. Tuesday by
intruders who pried off a screen
and broke a glass pane in a rear
window to gain entrance.
Reported taken were one 21
inch portable color television,
one black and 'White General
Electric 10 inch television, one
.22 calibre pistol, one .25 caliber
.pistol, one AM-FM clodt-radto,
one radio-tape »player combina
tion, o-ne man’s wrist watch, a
quant!»-y of money; bedsheets
a.nd blankets.
Next Herald Issue
To Appear Monday
The Herald will acfvp’ice its
next i^sue to appear on .Monday,
December 24th.
The traditional pre-Christmas
Herald will include Christmas
season material, greetings from
merchants and regular advertis
ing content.
Advertising deadline is Satur
day at 4 p.m. New's deadline is
Sunday 2 p.m.
The Christmas Eve edition will
replace tJhe December 27th edi
tion.
ARP Choir
To Sng Cantata
The Youth Cho-ir of Boyce
■Memt'rial ARP church w'ill sing
a Chri.s'lmas Cantata Sunday
evening at 7 p.m.
The (hoir is under the direc
tion of Mrs. Martin Harmon and
Mi ss Janice Phifer will be pian
ist.
Dr. Charles Edwards, pash r,
said the conumunity is. invited to
participate i-n the service of wee-
ship.
City Employees
Set Party Friday
City employees, their wives
an<l hu.^hands, will gather for the
traditional Chlristmas party Fri
day evening at 7 at Kings Moun
tain Communiity Center.
The party will include refresh-
meuls and presentation of gifts
and bonuses.
Church Cantata
At Oak Grove
The Christmas cantata “There
Will Always Be a Christmas”
will be presented at Oak Grove
Baptist church Sunday night at
7 p. m.
The combined churches of
David and Oak Grove Baptists
have arranged a reciprocal ex
change under the diiection of
Bo.by Webster.
Last Sunday the choirs sang at
the David Baptist church, and
tills Sunday night the choirs will
■ sing at Oak Grove Baptist
I church. The church will distri-
I bute the bagged Christmas gift
treats following the musical pro
gram.
Morefz Rites
Aie Conducted
Funeral rites for Mrs. Robert
Ray Moretz, (!2, of Boone, fath-j
r of Mrs. Violet M^Cune ofj
Kings Mountain, were conducted [
Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. from
Bethany Lutheran church of
Boone, interment following in
tlie church cemetery.
Rev. Gilbert Goodman officiat
ed at the final rites.
Mr. Morotz died Wednesday in
Kings Mountain hospital.
Ho is also survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lucille Boyd Moretz;
and one sister, Miss Cynthia Mo
retz, of Boone.
Rites Thursday
For Carl Rlanton
Funeral rKes for William Carl
Blanton, 53, of Naples, Fla., for
mer Kings Mountain resident,
will be conducted Thursday after
noon at 2 p.m. from the Chapel
of Harris Funeral Home.
Rev. Thomas Wriglit, Jr. will
officiate at the final rites and
interment will be in Mountain
Rest cemetery.
—^•••
Mr. Blanton succumbed to a
heart attack Saturday night at
11:15 p.m. at his home. A for
mer Southern Bell Telephone Co.
employee here, he was a Mason
and a native of Gaffney, S. C. He
was son of Mrs. Inez Miller Elan-
ten of Gaffney and the late W.
C. Blanton.
The Blantons had been living
in Florida fer several months.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are hLs wife, Mrs. Thel
ma Wright Blanton; one son,
Gary Blanton of Raleigh; two
daughters, Mrs. Larry Joseph of
Fayetteville and Mrs. J. H. Wil
liams, Jr. of Lawrence, Kansas;
and one sister, Mrs. Katherine
Weaver of Kings Mountain.
The family will be at the heme
of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ettors, 701
Gfes.ent Circle.
Reynolds Sixth
In Police Class
At Washington
Thomas Richard Reynolds, pa
trolman with the city police de
partment, gra d u at od December
14th from the Police Training
Schcol conducted by the U. S. De
partment of JastTce, Drug En-
aircement Administration, Na
tional Training Institute, in
Washington, D. C.
Ptl. Reynolds, the only patrol
man in a class of police officers
and inspectors from 17 states
and four foreign countries, fin
ished six.^’h in his class and re
ceived his diploma after a 10-
weeks training period.
He has been a member of tlie
city police force since June 19,
1939 excci.it for a three-months
period when he served with the
■Shelby police force.
ni. Reyn*oid.s also icroived a
certificate of training from the
International Association of
ChieLs of Police after completed
courses in nianagement mC’lh.ods
cf instruction conducted at the
National Training Institute in
WasJiington.
Citizens Are Petitioning
Board To Reappoint Chief
Post To Treat
Needy Children
Oti.s D. O eon Post 155 will j
treat underprivileged cliiklren at |
the amnial Children’s Party Sun
day afternoon. I
Hotdc'g.s and hamburgers with i
all the trinumings will bo served I
beginning at 12:30 and Santa i
Clau.s will distribute treats to j
children. ,
•Names of children to be feted '
arc being obtained via the vad-
ous school offices.
Dixon Choir
To Give Play
The Dixon Presbyterian church
choir will present tjie one-act
play, “Blue Overalls Angel,”
i>unday evening at 7 p. m. at the
church.
Jeff Grigg, third grater at
Grover school and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dewey Giigg, por
trays the leading of “Jean-
nie,” a lilile child who searches
on Christmas eve for a Christ
mas angel. Tommy 'Berry, high
scliool junior and son of Mr.
I and Mrs. Tommy Berry, has the
I role c { the cliurch janitor. Sup-
I porting roles are played by
: Trudy Childers as Clarissa and
George Sellers Jr. as the church
choir director. Other members of
the choir participate in the pag-i
cant and in singing Christmas
carols. Kathy Stewart will be
narrator.
■Glenn Roundtree is directing
the choir and Miss Beverly
Stewart is pianist.
Following the program. Santa
Claus will distribute treats and
gifts in the church fellowship;
hall.
Presbyterian Choir To Sing
Cantata, "Song Unending" Sunday
The 2'^ voice choir cf First
ipresbyterian church will sing the
Christmas cantata, “A Song Un
ending” at the 11 o’clock worship
hour Sunday. \
It will .e the traditional Joy
Gift Service at the church and
chiliren of the church will pre
sent their “mite boxes” of offer-
Inrr during the service.
The cantata, by John W. Pet
erson, will be narrated by Clyde
Jones. Mrs. Darrell Austin, or
ganist, will direct the program.
Dr. Paul Ausley, pastor, inviftes
the community to worship in the
special Christmas service.
Members of the choir are;
Soprano: Kelley Adams,
Cheryl Barrett, Lucy Bowman,
Tindy Bowman, Nell Hollings
worth, Elizabeth Neisler, Mar
lene Neisler, Mary Neisler, Me-
lessa Neisler, Stella Lee Neisler,
DeAnne Powens, Barbara Rhea,
Margaret Smith, and Dottle
Southwell.
Alto: Arlene Barrett, JnnnHa
Goforth, Diane Harper, Sylvia
lords and Linda Sanders.
Continued 0)i Eight
INDUCTED — .Doug Byers of
Kings Mountain hos b^n In
ducted into membership by
Alpho Psi Omega dramatics
fraternity at Gardner Webb col
lege.
School Holidays
Began Wednesday
Sc-hool holidays began yester
day.
It will be a long holiday for
students and teachers. Students '
report back to school on January
3, faculty returning a day earlier
for a workday on January 2. |
' ■ I
Hungiy Thieves |
Raid Lunchroom I
. A taste for turkey giblets and
hamburger apparently caused
intruders who entered the lunch
room at West school during the
weekend to overlook a valuable j
haul of meats, according to po-1
lice reports. j
Police said that sometimes |
between Friday to early Moniay
the school lunchroom was enter
ed by breaking a pane of glass!
and unlocking the door. i
•Missing were 10 pounds of
hami urger which had been left
out at room temperature to
thaw and two pounds of turkey
giblets^ Wieners for hot dogs on i
the menu MondatV' and whole 1
turkeys in the freezers were left'
untouched, said police. !
Police also reported two bolt
cutters and an undetermined
amount of other equipment and
building supplies were reported
taken from break-ins into three i
trailers containing construction I
equipment on the site of the new^
junior high school during the,
weekend.
Baptist Cantata i
Sunday 7:30
“The Joyous Ntrws of Christ
mas,” a cajican;a by Joe K. Parks,
\vill be ptweiitod by l.bc (hurch
ciioir of First Ba])tist churoh,
Kings Mcunt:un. Sunday evening, |
Dcromljor 23, 7:30 p. m, |
Scripture and song combine to!
bi’ing alive the beautiful story of
Christ’s .birth. In a traditional
manner, yet with some contem-
poraiy sounds, the very singable
mel^des rire.sent a background
of beauty to the familiar words.
ASSOCIATE PASTOR — Rev.
; Jerry Laughter will become
^ associate pastor of Bethlehem
Baptist church January 1.
Bethlehem Calls
leiry Laughter
i Rev, Jerry Laughter, Kings
I Mountain native, assumes new
duties as associate pastor of
I Bethlehem Baptist chuich Janu-
j ary 1.
I
' Mr. Laughter comes to the
J Cethlchem church after a three
year pjstoratp in Cas'ar as pas
tor of Casar Baptist church. Bc-
lore entering the ministry he
served as minister of music in-
the Gaston Association for eight
ears.
ITo attwidel Gardner - Webb
college and is a 1971 graduate
of Southeastern Seminary at
Wake Forest. He is sun of Mr.
and Mrs. Woodrow W. Laughter
of Kings Mountain. :
Mrs. Laughter is the former
Frances A. Williams, also a
Kings Mountain native, and they
are parents of two children,
Kenny, age six, and Renee, 11.
The Laughter family expects
to occupy the Bethlehem par
sonage after January 1.
Rev. Ru.'--soll Fitts is pastor of
the church.
Lake Authority
Members Named
Six of seven members of the
King.^ Mountain Lake Authority ;
have been appoijitod by the city
commission.
Ihcy include: '
Henry P. Neisler, industriali.Jt. ’
Glee Edwin Bridges, liardwa-ic-
man.
M. C. Pruitt, city comm-Lssioner.
Ray Cline, city commissioner.
Corbet Nicholson, city com-
mi<^sinner.
John Henry Moss, Mayer. •
Citizens Petition
To Be Presented
In January
Petitions are being circulated
•in the city by citizens calling fdr
the newly-'mstalled board cf city
cemmussio-ners to reap;x>int Cliief
C’i Pc-lico Thomas McDovitt to
another term.
The action was initiated fol
lowing the decision of the new
board at its installation to defer
until the January meeting the
h’ring cf the pf;li(V chief.
Mr.s. Orangrel 13. jolly, a .‘ipokes-
man far the citizens group, said
pet.iticns are being signed by
many citi/en.s and are availablt
at airea churches and service
stations. The petition revqucsti
the commission to reappoint the
Chief “because we tlie U]tder.->ign-
ed feel he is doing a gfK)d job.’
Mrs. Jelly .said fhe petition list
ing the names of registered vot
ers will be presented to the
board at its January meeting.
England Rites
Are Conducted
Funeral rites for William Jake
England, 75, of 103 Stewe Acres,
were conducted Monday after
noon at 3:30 from Second Bap
tist church of which lie was a
member.
His pastor, Rev. Eugene Land
was assisted by Rev. Mitchell
Pruitt and Dr. Sanford Lamm ir
officiating at the final riles, and
interment was in Mountain Rest
cemetery.
Mr. England died Saturday in
the Kings Mountain ho‘?pital.
He was a native of Glevelanc!
Cotinty, son of the late Mi’, and
Mrs. B. L. England.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Arvieree Myers England; and
one brother, Luther England of
Gastonia.
Dr. Jane Taylor
Earns Degree
Dr. Jane Peeler Taylor, Kings
M .untain native, has earned hei
doctorate degree in counselor
education fnnn the University of
Seuih Carolina.
Dr. Taylor is the former Mis'-*
Jane Adelc Pi'clor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George B. Peeler of
Country Club Acres, Shelby, foir
mer residents. Mr. Peeler is a
frrmor superintendent of Phenix
Plant.
Mrs. Taylor is married to Dr.
Edward Taylor, director of staff
develoipment for the South Caro
lina Department of Mental
Health.
RITES HELD — Full military
funeral rites for Richard L.
Croker were conducted Wednes
day afternoon.
Croker s Rites
ield Wednesday
Funeral rites for Petty Ofluer
lichard (Dick) Croker, 39, Kings
fountain native, were conducted
.Vednesdaj' afternoon at 2 p.m.
rem -Central Ujiited Methodist
.hurch with full mili-tary honors.
'ihe veteran of 19 years service
n the United States navy suc-
umhcKl to rare disease of iJic
)h.o:i vc'sels Saturday at
'0:50 a.m. in Cln-rlost ni, S. C.
Rival Iios;i:ai. ile had been
f’ii usly ill l ur niantii.-.
He would hav(? . oen ahl" Ic
etiiv from the n.ivy next May.
Son of Mrs. Ellen Peti’osino o:
-angs Mountain and the late R.
?. Croker, he attended Kings
•louniani high scaiool and joine 1
he navy as a young man. He
,'ns areong a h:in1-pi«. kod crow
for duly aboard the USS Now
.Jersey and had been stationed,
n North Augusta, S. C. after
ceing service around the world
.Ith eight months abonri the
iSS Tripoli in Vietnam where he
vas awarded the Nav.' Unit and
.loriforious Unit Cemmenda-
ions. He had distinguished him
self as a top recruiter of navy-
non, lapped as one of the i(»p
hree recruiters of the year for;
fiis district.
Ho had been .stationed at the
U. S. Navy Recruiting Station in
Vugus'.a, S. ('. since 1971. He
{'."vcd ah ard tbe 1^'^.S Gsborne.
.he US-^ Jehn R. Croig, the U;'i
Man.'Jon. the I'SS Coral Se.i. Pie
JSS lrip:di and the BattU.bii)
J'S Nc’vV Jc'rsey. He an-d his fami
ly re.sided at l()0(>'.M.'Kon/.;e-dieet
in No:til Augusta. S. C.
He was a member of Central
Jnitoi MtUhodist church.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are liis wife, Mrs. Jean
Callahan Croker; and two sons,
lerry and Pat, atid daughter,
vh.kio Cr.:I;er. all of the home;
and me sister, .Mrs. Charles Ed-
.vards of CherryvilJe.
(.f-n'nu/fa On t'ifgr Eight
^ Fedod
Vaiies; Several
Paymg Bcniises
A large s-.'gmeiit of Kings
M<-untain area c itii^ens will en
joy a .«ovo]aMay Cliristmas holi
day.
Lciigtli n Ih ' h.d dav is varia
ble, lin.n tw:: flay-- to 11.
S'::Tje firm"? will nay Christmas
bonuses ba^a'I "i length of serv
ice. Christmas j'a ie^ aio being
held by mo t e-’<- l!'-*hmei'S
with gift-- an 1 (.r h nire.a being
di.stiibutrd t.. citi!;!''.c".-^, a Her
ald suney revealed.
1/b liftay will be taken
n* emalayer.s? rf Mauiiey Hosiery
Mill : \vh. ■ \\11 su. ;)en i f 'iora-
*i ,ns till- afle-nn -n. returning to
w-. .k on .I.ijvjary 2n i. Charl'cs F.
Mnu? oy, 1h(» plnr.i’.- ;'.<Mu.*raI inan-
•iger. said t‘he maniraanep*^ de
cided on the I )nger holiday 'to
cut ha.k u-e of oil. Kmploy<‘es
w id ie;(1vj' nii^aos and a git
tiler eh i\’e frem a merclian-
uiM' ('Haieg.
Sliorte.«-t hrli ln.N's will he ob-
’by emyloveo-- • f K Mills,
Duplex and Kimuint Indu.stries
who will 'hQ cl wed only on
Eve and Cliristma.s
Day. K Mills vviH prr.-ent gifit
.ortificates to vm Bo.nus-
C-. will lx‘ distribu’ed t.) ern-
pi :yees by Duplex, based on
length of .service.
Purlinhan M'Jls will (.'bserve
a fcur-day holiday, dr^sing Sun
day. Monday, Tue-day and VVed-
nr-day. Eenus paym‘-uts will be
I made based on length of .-service.
' Traditional children’s Chri.stma.s
I party fer envoloycf's families Wiis
I liold Sunday the C'vmmunky
j. (Tenter. Santa Claus and eltrvns
' wore on hand to distribute gi.'ts
I and f-eat:-? to the y -iing folk
I and rofr(*> hmfur*.-: were .served.
I BVD Textiles wHl clo-e foil r\v-
ing t})0 S(*i‘ond shift Saturday, re
turning to W'»’k Jcnu.ary 1 with
the ttiirl siiMt. Chri-Jliiias bon
uses will bo di Irihutf’d •;md gift
applian/es vill he g!\(‘n to om-
pi yces. Cliil Iren cf cm.olotvee.s
were entertatned at the annual
CCiristimas p/r-ty .Saturday' iifter-
noan at the Ce-mmunitv Center
and .Santa wxis cn hand to dis‘
tribute treats and gifts to the
youngsters. Refreshmentts were
also served.
Nei.sco Indu.drsie will su-pend
• rerationr on Friday, reopening
M.ariay. ro.oiroer 31. Christ
mas gMs wi’l b(‘ p.e e.n.rei to
<*mol(-ye< s. Tra<Iifi7nal office
Christmas ;)arty will be nohl at
tlif' C )unt.ry club Fn lay evening.
Mill .'-upervis r«? hold a Iradkion-
al party Tues.lay evening at the
C( ’mtry Hub.
M.mney M ll^-- will .^n '"''•id
c'v. raCrm.s Saturday morning at
3 a.m., rer^’^.'nir T on Sunday
niLTbi, Dc,'. 30th. at 10 p.ni. Bim-
u-J'' a'M g'f s will he pr<v-,cnted
t • e:n;»i yees.
Car:li!:a 'Jiv-.wirg Cm*' .'^ny
will -us’K-i:I epera'ion.-; on -Sat-
Ui.tnv uii’ht. I'o nening on Mon-
kn . P'T. M. S'me office em-
' ar: -vvill report t ■> w\-?rk on
C iiC.-'ma-: Eve. .Gifts will be pro-
.-f'r’i’ t to employees.
.-^adie Cciton M’lls will close
for t!ie lioiiiay-; at 10 p.m. Sat
urday. rer;>rning at 10 p.m. De
cember 3<”h. Bonu es and gifts
will be di-'tribu;ed to all em
ployees.
I-'m doyccs <f Industries
will take a bcliviay flh'wkvg
Confinm it On /
ian SL’pervisoT Robeit Gidney
Sn!iei5nd!!g Plans To Retire
FOOTBALL PLAYERS HONORED BY LIONS ^ P ictured lare winners of the " top trophies from
Kings Mountain Lions club to outstanding football players on the Mountaineer team at K'ngs
Mountain high schooL From left to right: Roy Putnenn, most improved player; John Plonk. John
Gamble scholastic tropby; David BelL Fred Plonk blocking tropbv; nnd Denn’s Hogue, most valu-.
able player. Coach Bob right, mode pree entation. (Photo by L G. Alexander)
Rdbort S. (Bob) Gidney, 63,
(cunty tax .'-«u..crvl'-'('r since' 1966
and a niembor of the ejuaty tax
.'.[.iv j-'ince 1915. has announcevl
his re'ir ?i:eid i.lCv.Ivc at tho
end of tho year.
Mr. CHdney ce.mo t) the (7i:e
a.-; \ cola*-ter and in 1934 was
j appo'dited' a-o<;<tant tax .-iUjK'nl.s-
or. Ho boo-aine supervi.Sv..c in 1933
upan the reliroment cf Max
liamriek.
Cleveland County C'vm-mis^ion-
ers Monday appointed Jim Hen-
dri.k, former manager cf the
Eallstan Hrandi c! Union Trust
Company and as<Ltant tax sup-
e.wl.svr since September, as act
ing sui>orvisc:ir.
“ft was n t an ea-y decision
j to make", Gidney said a'xna his
j retirement, “but under the cir-
cum.stances I felt it was a ja-li-
I fiable one.” Gidney said Iiealth
rea.son.s arc his rea.so-n for his ro-
tirirg. “I will bo available to as-1
J m in any way 1 can”, lie |
added. ' ^
Conihiuc'd On Pago Eight '
PRESIDENT—Dr. P, G. Padgett.
Kings Mountain medical doc
tor. has been elected president
cf the Cleveland County Medi-
Society ioi the coining year*