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\ i tt. tfn . : LDI r " i I Thursday, Aulijsf 18, 1966 / , f •/«» »/ X /■ Refuse Snivey Is Underway A refuse collection survey was presented to the city commission for study at Tuesday’s commis* sion meeting. Mayor John H. Moss said he is recommending the survey, which calls for new methods of collect ing trash in the central business district and includes the pul chase of two new garbage trucks this year. (The purchase price of the two trucks is included in the city budget this year). The surveys were presented by Simpson Equipment Co. of Wil- ron and Baker Equipment Co. of' Charlotte. The mayor said the firms will submit bids on the trucks at a later date. Commissioners were asked to study the survey and vote on the approval at the September city commission meeting. KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. P«9*3 mctf "Trot To Trett For Inturince" Insurance Fer Every Need Phone 739-2407 The mayor pointed out some of the intangible savings of the system as: control of insects and vermin: no scattering of refuse in the alleys and stree^ts; less fire hazard; neater appearance of collection points; and better employee morale. Mayor Moss described the E-Z Pack Rear Loader container sys tem as a low cost, neat, sanitary method of mechanically han dling refuse accumuiation. All- steel containers would be placed m convenient locations adjacent to commercial business houses.! Any number of these containers: are serviced by the E-Z pack packer truck. The truck body is equipped with a hoist to handle | every size container. The truck' backs up to the container, the hooks fastened, picked up and dumped into the larger hopperj on the rear, then returned to its; original position. The refuse; from many containers is com pacted within the body. When the truck is fully loaded, it pro ceeds to the dump, where the driver releases the tailgate latch, hyrdaulically raises the tailgate, and the tailgate open the drivw uses the same plates that com pact the load to quickly and cleanly eject the load. The truck, is a dual-purpose truck in that it can be hand-loaded as well as container-loaded, the mayor ex plained. The city is currently servicing many stops excessively due to limitations of equipment and. manpower, was noted. The city I presently collects jefuse from the downtown area on a five day basis from most all points. One' packer truck and four men arej involved and 120 man hours. The new system would require | 34 containers to be serviced by,; one driver and one helper on a! five day week basis. Stops would range from daily to once week ly with an average of 12 to 15 stops daily. i The survey notes that annual! laeor costs of the present system! is $10,660.40 and total annual labor costs of the present system is $2,171.52 Total annual savings would be $8,488.88. "Labor saving alone can am ortize , the proposed system, in cluding a suitable chassis in less than three years," said Mayor Moss. The proposed packer should have a useful life of sev en to 10 years and containers will last more than 15 years with minimum maintenance. Cost of the wood load packer, hydraulic attachment, and con tainers approximates $11,510. Lions Clnb Sponsoring World-Wide Essay Contest; $^,000 First Prize The youth of Kings Mountain contest. have been given a challenge to develop a plan lor world peace by their local Lions club — a challenge that could earn one of them a $25,000 educational and/or career assistance grant. Contestants should submit their entry in essay form, not to exceed 5,000 words. “Judging will fall into four categories: 75 per cent of the es say’s points will be devoted to The Kings Mountain Lions! content, ten per cent to organi- club, together with Lions clubs^zation, ten per cent to style and throughout the world, is sponsor-1 five percent to mechanics,’’ Mr. ing a world-wide essay contest Plonk said (The mechanics will be used to appraise the grammatical con struction of the essay.) "Three judges will be appoint ed to evaluate the entries sub mitted to our club,” Mr. Plonk FREE Hearing Test S. Battleground Ave. In Front of Belk's Dept. Store SATURDAY. AUGUST 20 11 a.m. 'til 5 p.m. A mobile electronic Hearing Test unit will be avail able to the public free of charge. The hearing tests consist of a series of tones at various tone levels. Each ear is tested separately and the technicians in charge will be able to determine if a hearing loss is present and the approximate percentage of loss. In formation will also be available on all makes of hear ing aids. liiberiy Life Sets Dividends GREENVILLE, S. C. — Direct ors of Liberty Life Insurance Company today declared two quarterly dividends of 5 cents per share each on the capital stock,' one payable Oct. 1, 1966 to stockholders of record Sept. 9, 1966 and the 6ther payable Dec. 31, 1966 to stockholders of record Dec. 9, 1966. With over $2 billion of life in surance in force and $200 mil lion in assets. Liberty Life is li censed in 21 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. First Union Ranks 28th First Union National Bank has advanced 10 places during the past six months, now ranking as the 78th largest bank in the Unit^ States, according to June 30, figures published this week by The 'American Banker. During the past year the bank has_gaiTied 15 places—more than ny bank in North Carolina and second among the nation’s top 100 banks. Ratings are made on the basis of deposits, and First Union grew from $459.1 million on June 30, 1965, to $536.6 mil lion on June 30 of this year, an increase of 16.8 per cent. Recently First Union was nam ed by Keefe, Bruyette and Woods, Inc., New York stock brokers, in a comparative study of the nation’s 100 largest banks, as having the second largest growth in earnings per share during the past five years. First Union operates 92 toffiOes in 43 North 'CaroUnet cdnunU^*: ties. • _ 1 omprtnat world subject oimoxx for the world’s youth on the most important world subject today— Peace. The contest offers $5,000 in total awards, including the $25,000 first prize, eight semi final world regional awards of| Jaid $$1,000 each and travel expenses , for the eight winners to Chicago,! winner can advance Illinois in July, 1967. At that! Judging stages up time, the first prize winner will! world finals he will re- bc chosen from the eight AlsoJ expense paid trip to more than 20,000 local, district' Lions In- and multiple district awards will ^ernational .50th Annual Conven- ...iPsf: be made. “We are hopeful one—of our- young people will win this world-wide prestige award,” President Hal Plonk of the Kings, young people would accept the tion for the final judging of his essay in addition to the $1,000 awartl.^’' . —„ Mr. Plonk said lie hoped local Mountain Lions club said in an nouncing the contest locally to day. The contest, open to young peo ple who will be 14 but less than 22 years of age as of January 15, 1967, was announced by The President of Lions International, Edward M. Lindsey, of Law- renceburg, Tenn., during the As sociation’s Annual International Convention in New York, Kings Mountain Lions club’s' challenge and enter his club’s section of the contest. Closing date for the club’s contest is De cember 10, 1966. “Students wishing to enter th«! contest should cmtact Lion Wil- I lie Williams at Willie’s Jewelry] to get full details of the con-1 test, ” he said. Mr. Plonk announced that each AT CHANUTE AFB — Airman Randall E. Sprouse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Manuel C. Sprouse of 108 Owens St., Kings Moun tain, has been selected for technical training at Chanute AFB, Ill., as a U. S. Air Force oircraft equipment repairman. The airman recently completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. His new school is part of the Air Training Com- -mand. which conducts hun- dreds of specialized courses to provide technically trained personnel for the nation's aerospace force. Airman Sprouse attended Kings Moun tain High School. ^ if ym hesl YOUR FUR BILLS eoHSi ^'I-- -i- * f t i- '-A “The Peace Essay Contest is di-! would be limited to vided into eight world divisions! entry, with one winner’s es say eligible to compete in the Lions District 31-C contest. Win ner of district contest will be en tered in state or country contest. Each country or multiple district petition in his effort to qualify will be entered in one of Mr. Plonk said. ^‘S^t world divisions. for the $1,000 prizes,” President Plonk said. “Our Club’s winner will ad vance to Lions District 31-C com- for the multple district contest. Mr. Plonk said. The Contest sponsored by more than 20,000 Lions Clubs in more than 130 countries in the free world, will be the largest Peace Essay Contest in the world today. “The purpose of the contest is to develop a formula for world peace because we feel peace is attainable,” President Plonk said. “We want to alert our youth to the need for world peace and fo- Action by the city board of cus attention on the important j cdm.missioners Tuesday night goal,” he said. 'will extend the clean-up effort. In announcing the contest in-; termed “m'.>st successtul”, by ternationlly. President Lindsey i Mayor John II. Moss, said that Lions International, the i world’s largest service club or- T^e city will also extend until Clean-Up Efiort Is Extended Kings Mountain’s beautifica tion and clean-up campaign will continue two months more. — PUBLIC AUCTION Ervin’s Garage, 301 York Road, will sell at public auction Sep tember 15, 1966, at 12 noon the following car for labor lien and' storage lien. | One 1936 Pontiac four . door. I Motor No. A-82944,5.50 and Serial No. A 86544550 registered in the I name of Lindberg Watson, Kings] Mountain, N. C. This the 28th day of July, 1966. ERVIN’S GARAGE 201 York Road 8:11-18 Thursday - Friday - Saturday Special Carton of Pepsi - Cola FREE With Each Purchase of Gallons Gasoline Bay Station Comer East King At North Gaston OPEN 24 HOURS DAILY FREE FOUNTAIN DRINKS HARMON OIL COMPANY. Shelby. N. C. ganization is well qualified to sponsor such a contest. He said the world wide repre sentation of Lions, the attention given to international relations and friendship between different nation'alities and |heir partici pation in inte'cnational humani tarian programs were there cre dentials for the patronage of the October 21 its proffe*' to haul a- way debris free-of-charge_ “We are asking property own ers to put forth a special effort during the next 60 days to make improvements to their property”, Mayor Mios.s told the board. Removal of dilapidated houses, clean up of open spaces, and clean-up of vacant lots are still on the city clean-up agenda, said Mayor Moss. He noted the city is receiving many calls from citi zens for the city’s aid in hauling away debris. “We’ll get to you’’, he added, “and just as quickly as possible.” The commission praised ef forts of the many citizens work ing in the beautification pro gram. In other action, ■ 1) Pro|>erty owned by Clyde (Whitey) Brklges, Herman Bolin and John Etters, on the east and west boundaries of North Cans- ler street was annexed within the city limits. 2) Street assessments for Sipes, ‘Boyce streets and Cleve land Avenue were confirmed. 31 ta.xi franchi.s'e of John Kell er was transferred to Wilbur Hamrick. OIL HOME HEATERS force the Aeaf JTBT Md fuel bills goJH^ Ordinary heaters pile the heat up on the ceiling until some of it tinally steps down to the living level. If you own an ordinary heal-iC, you kn-ow how costly and uncomfortable that system is! Sieglar does just the opposite ... your floor geta heated first. Heat is not wasted on the ceiling and out the chimney. Don’t close off rooms this winter and pay high fuel bills to boot... order your new Siegler now. IT PAYS FOR ITSELF WITH THE FUEL IT SAVES Me r GINN IS f URNITURE 309 S. BATTLEGROUlYD PHONE 739-4706 . ( MAXIMUM INTEREST SAVINGS BONDS (A) A one-year bond. 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