KM United Fund
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Proto by Gary Slev 4 / ;
Christmas parade. Other parade photos are on page 12-B.
SANTA’S IN TOWN—Santa Claus was the hit of Sunday’s annual Kings Mcantain
W.P. Saunders Rites Held Here
Graveside services for
William Preston Saunders,
89, retired textile executive
and former state senator,
were held Sunday at 2 p.m.
from Mountain Rest
Cemetery by Dr. Eric Faust,
pastor of First Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Saunders died Friday
at Moore Reginal Hospital in
Raeford after declining
health.
He was a native of Dallas,
son of the late Robert Lee and
Mary Elizabeth Gaston
Saunders and the husband of
the late Elizabeth Plonk
Saunders of Kings Mountain.
He served four terms as a
senator, from 1963 to 1973, in
ecutive position by each
governor of North Carolina
from J.C.B. Ehringhaus in
1933 through Dan K. Moore in
1967.
He served as an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, both in
Robbins and Southern Pines,
for many years and was a
member of Brownson
Memorial Presbyterian
Church in Southern Pines. He
was a Scottish Rite Mason,
Shriner and member of the
Southern Pines Elks club and
Sandhills Kiwanis Club.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Bet-
ty) Barnhardt of Raeford and
Mrs. Robert 0. (Dottie)
— Since 1889
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the North Carolina General
Assembly and was employed
in the textile business for
more than 30 years. He was
formerly president of Rob-
bins Mills, Inc., a multi-plant
concern from which he
retired, and served as Mayor
of Robbins for 16 years.
He served as director of the
W.P. SAUNDERS
North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Develop-
ment under Governor Luther
H. Hodges and during his
term played a major role in
the beginning of the North
Carolina Research Triangle.
He had the distinction of be-
ing appointed to a state ex-
Southwell of Kings Mountain;
two brothers, Tom Saunders
of Brookneal, Va. and Arthur
Saunders of Burlington; a
sister, Mrs. Myrtle McKinley
of Kannapolis, three grand-
children and four great-
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to
the donor’s favorite charity.
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KM City Board To Raise
Electric Rate Wednesday
City electric bills are going
up, following increase to the
city by its supplier, Duke
Power Company.
The city board of commis-
sioners is expected to ap-
prove a 9.3 percent overall in-
crease at a special called
meeting Wednesday at noon
at City Hall.
Duke Power Company, the
city’s supplier of electricity,
is increasing its cost to the ci-
ty 11.1 percent, effective Oct.
31, according to Bill Little,
consulting engineer for the ci-
ty with Southeastern
Engineers of Charlotte.
Little said he will present the
Funeral services for Rev.
N.S. Hardin, 83, pastor
emeritus of David Baptist
Church, will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2
p.m. from David Baptist
Church of which he was a
member,
Rev. Brian Taule, Rev.
W.T.s Luckadoo and Rev.
Marvin Whisnant will of-
ficiate and interment will be
in David cergetery.
Mr. Hardili died yMonday
morning at home after
declining health.
The well known Baptist
minister, who retired from
Special
Service
Wednesday
Rev. George Simmons,
pastor of East Gold Wesleyan
Church, will deliver the ser-
mon in the community-wide
Thanksgiving eve worship
service Wednesday night at
7:30 at Kings Mountain Bap-
tist Church.
Ministers from area chur-
ches will also assist in the
service which is sponsored by
the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association. Rev.
Harwood Smith, pastor of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
is program chairman.
Patti Collins will be
featured soloist for the
Thanksgiving anthem and
special music will also be
presented by a combined
choir from the various chur-
ches.
A special offering will be
received for the Kings Moun-
tain Helping Hand Fund.
The community is invited
to attend.
cost analysis at Wednesday’s
meeting and will recommend
the city adopt Duke Power’s
retail electric rate that will
amount to an increase of
monthly revenue at 9.3 per-
cent average.
_ Little said the rate group-
ings will range from 8.9 per-
cent for residential users, 9.1
percent for commercial
users, 7.56 percent for in-
dustrial users, 10 percent for
KM Housing Authority, and 9
percent for miscellaneous
categories with an average of
9.3 percent overall increase.
“The city is already payin
the higher cost,” he AH 2
For the average residential
customer using 1,000
REV. N.S. HARDIN
John Clyde
Dead At Age Of 92
Funeral services for John
Clyde Randle, 92, retired
dairyman of the Bethlehem
community, were conducted
Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from
Bethlehem Baptist Church of
which he was a member and
former deacon. Mr. Randle
died Friday in the Kings
Mountain Hospital.
Rev. Ed Sessom and Rev.
Russell Fitts officiated, and
interment was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Randle was a native of
Cleveland County, son of the
late W. Frank and Alsie Shep-
pard Randle and the husband
of the late Lizzie Lee Herndon
Randle.
He was a former Southern
Railway employee and a
member of the Gurernsey
Breeders Association, a
charter member of the
Bethware Progressive Club,
a former member of the
Bethware School Board and a
veteran of World War 1.
Surviving are two sons, C.
kilowatts per month, the in-
crease means a monthly
power bill increasing from
$75.91 to $82.96, or $7.05 more
monthly, according to Acting
City Clerk Judy Harmon.
Mrs. Harmon said that
December power bills go out
to customers sometime next
week and guessed that the
higher rate would be
reflected in the January bill-
ing.
Other items on the agenda
for Wednesday’s special
meeting include a proposal to
submit application for Senate
Water Bill funds, matching
grants allocated to qualifying
counties;d and a personnel
session.
Rev. N.S. Hardin Dead At 83
David Baptist Church in 1969,
was called to preach as a
teenager and licensed by Clif-
fside Baptist Church in 1924.
After doing evangelistic work
for several years he organiz-
ed and pastored the Second
Baptist Church in Cherryville
and was ordained by the
Dover Baptist Church in 1943.
His other pastorates included
Zion Baptist Church, New
Buffalo Baplist Obureli and
Eastover adtist Church? Oi
Sunday, Feb: 13, 1955 hie was
called as pastor of (David
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Randall,
J.C. RANDLE
Howard Randle of Kings
Mountain and Walter Randle
of Shelby; three daughters,
Virginia Coon of Fallston,
Ruth Clay of Pacific Grove,
Calif. and Geneva Randle of
Kings Mountain; a brother,
Buren Randle of Grover; a
sister, Verie Cline Spake of
Shelby; eight grandchildren
and 11 great-grandchildren.
Memorials can be made to
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
Route 2, or the charity of the
donor’s choice.
KM Post Office To Open
Kings Mountain’s new U.S. post office,
built at a cost of approximately $1 million,
will open to the public Friday morning at 8:30
a.m.
No formal open house is planned until after
the holidays, probably in late January.
Postmaster Fred Weaver said that new
post office box keys will be placed in
customer boxes today and tomorrow and
citizens may return their old keys on Friday,
either to the new post office at 100 East Gold
Street or to the old location at 100 West Moun-
tain Street.
The new facility will double the number of
post office boxes, over 1400, available to
| residents and will also more than triple the
| size of parking spaces available to employees
and to postal paigons. A total of 27 parking
spaces at the back and front of the building
are available to customers.
The 12,300 square foot building will also
provide more working space for the 27
employees and give added convenience to
post office customers.
The contemporary design of the building,
with glassed front, and high columnes and
tapestry, reflects, according to architect Jef-
ferey Lane of Ferebee, Walters and
Associates, Charlotte, a historic post office
and an expression of the federal
government’s strength and stature. The
small post office box lobby has been expand-
ed to give the public more space and allows
room for expansion, he said. Lane said the
expanded parking area was coordinated by %
Mayor John Moss and Police Chief J.D. Bar-
rett.
Lane said the structure, designed for effi-
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