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Pag* 6 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. MORE ABOUT Sewer Use (Continued from Page One) MORE ABOUT Statement (Continued from Page One) Ulive reviewed the propasca su-w- ef use ordinance for the town oA Kinigs Mountain and teel that kv contains the provisions noc’os- MORE ABOUT McGill (Continued from Page One) sick- nomic growth. in the control ot sleeping HOUSING I ness. Tilt? Housing Authority has The McGills found the climate completed 150 new units that are surprisingly good with an eve Sftry for the proper regulation of now occupied. Anoihor 50 units ning temperature of 60 and from «€!wage characteristics. This ordi- nOiincc will assist greatly in pro tecting the lives and property of the citizens of Kings Mountain and providing the highest po.vsi- We degree of treatment at youi waste water treatment plant." The ordinanlce "regulating the oon.ni’ction of private utility lines inside and outside the corporate limits with the public utility are under construction and will , 88-90 in the daytime. Two* sea be ovxupied in early spring. The I sons, the rainy season, from S0p- King.s Mountain Real Estate Asso-. tember to June, and the dry sea- ciaTion continues to provide lead- son from the weatlior pattern in ership for new c‘t)n.struotion with this country one-third the size of the c*)i)p<»ration of City Govern-■ the United States wjth a popula- menl. Kings Mountain has led the tion of only 20,000,000 .people, wuy in new housing starts in Their hospital is near the dia- Cleveland County for the past mond area where 70-80';'^ of in two year.'^. It is this type of lead ership that can succ(ssfully cope with the future housing needs of lines of the city of Kings Moun tain" bans putting of to.xlc efflu our Community, ence into the .sewer system, con- rfjMMiiNiTV rvimn troLs the quality of wa.ste on the , CE^B t>asis of biological oxygen tic In m I promi^icd the realUy mand and regulates the tlow ol. •'* tommurnty Center. Ms no«v waste into the system. ' '-’'npK'ln and in use. We now have a facility that will afford A permit and inspection fee of public recreation and various $5 will be charged for a residen- community functions to serve all •tial or commercial building sew er permit and S15 for an indu.s- trial building sewer pt^rmit. Article Five of the ordinance details the use of the public our Citizens. Our planned public recreation program will be fully (*x|)and<*d to utilize every aspect whtcli this modern complex can offer, A systematic plan of use sewers and spe^fies the types, of this environment will be en- ai}d amounts of di.seharges bann ed from the system. The sy.-«t(‘m superintendent has the authority to waive the provisions, subject to the approval of the board of camimissioner.-?, "when he deder mines that the quantity of the waste discharged by any pc*r.son is so small in relation to the overall flow into the city sy.stem as to make the offending charav- teristfes of the waste negligilyle." This same article also provider for the building of .storage tanks for person’s discharging waste in-' to the sy.stem having .specified daily volumes over a periiKl of a j normal work we<*k. The storage i tanks, reservoir or pond will be constructed at the person’s own expense. Full text of the ordinance will be published by the city as a le gal notice in next week’s Herald couraged so that atl Citizens will be able to enjoy the Comimunity Facility, I pledge my talents to offer guidance to this goal. DAY CARE CENTER Tlie Prc-Sriiool Day Care Cen ter for children which will pro vide a most needl'd community service is being implemented. In dustry as well as parents will benefit from this needed project and it graphically illustrates one of the uses that can be made of our Community Center. Talent Show Winners Kamed Thursday, March 25, 1971 MORE ABOUT Bruce Holland ^ConfinMCd from Page One) told me had po.sses.sed mari juana and was going to come to court and plead guilty. He .said the only thing that made him mad was that the others knew about it but denied everything.’' McDevitt said he counselwl with Holland and his father for some time that day about drugs and their adverse effects. URBAN RENEWAL This pri^ram is one phase of the long range overafi effort to improve the older sections of our City and yet retain a tradi tional style of architecture in keeping with the hi^orical back ground of Kings Mountain., .pre servation of a qualUy commer cial and residential environment. I pledge my full cooperation with all the Citizens involved to fur ther a .spirit <A togetherness in working with the Redevelopment Commission towards future eco nomic prosperity for all. Defense Attorney Horn also re quested an SBI Investigation on the behalf of his client and for McDevitt's benefit. Judge Kirby allowed Horn and McDevitt*g requests and com mented: "It is unforTunate that these unfounded allegations have been made against a man who U attempting to carry out his duties as a public .servant. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT This committee has rendered distinguished service to our com munity. The youth of our City and industry have been the bene ficiaries of their competent lead- er.ship. Seven Hundred and fifty i (750) young men and women have had productive employment opportunitiesvaa a result of the committee’s endeavors. We will continue cooperating in this vital area of improvement. dustrial diamonds aiT^mined. Nationalistic control since in dependence from Belgium, has re.sulted In some changes: 1) a fine secondary school, established in 1960 was a great Improvement as the Belgium government only .supported ejemenrtary schools; 2) National control of mission w6rk. but the government is glad to have medical assistance, and there is a great need for teach ers, mechanical advisors and agriculture Is wide open. "Farm ers use only a crude hoe and have no beasts of burden—excc'pit their wives whom they use quite well,” Dr. McGill said. 3) Although most of Industry is still operat^ by foreign interest, the Congolese Is gradually being given more important po.sitions. 4) Political life is under native control. Speaking of the great natural resources and possibilities for (growth, Dr. McGill told of a Con golese man, from the thatched roof bush country, who has grad uated from Davidson and is cur rently studying medicine in Liege, Belgium, who plans to return to his own country to work. Dr. and Mrs. McGill and their children Linda and Jimmy, now living in Greenwood, S. C.. were guests for the weekend of Dr. and Mrs. J, *C. McGill. Another son, Kenny, is an Erskine College freshman. Mrs. McGill in a recent talk in Kings Mountain spoke of the high mortality rate among babies due to their b(?ing a form of cake which contains no nutritive value. Much of her work consisted in preparing a porridge of readily a vaiiable materials and of teach ing mothers to prepare this food in an open kitchen recently con structed near the hospital. The Kings Mountain Kiwanis club’s 14<h annual School Talent Show attracted a variety enter tainment and a large audience to Central School Thursday evening. Winners in the show were: Div. I (3rd and 4th grades) — Robin Harry, Grover Elementary School, Mr. and Mrs. Charle:i{ Harry’, III Baton Routine. Div. II (7th and 8th grades) TIE for first place — Brenda Tur ner, Grai'ie Logan, Jackie Gar ner,-and Delores Watkins, Central Elementary School Pantomino and Dance. Lisa Sherrer, Central Elemen tary School iBaton Routine. Div. Ill (1st an d2nd grades)— Tela Gardner, North Elementary School, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Card ner Dance. Div. IV (5th and 6th grades)'— Sonya McAboe, North Elemen tary School, iMr. and Mrs. Williaim McAbee Vocal Solo, "Talk to the Animals", Accompanied by Mrs. Martin Harmon. Div. V (High School) TIE for first place — Mark Blanton, Rog er Baker, Jimmy Amos, Irelou Ea.sley, Shirley Green. Glenn Har mon, Mike Wright, Dale Yarboro, and Scott Bell Dixieland Band. Tic Echols — Ventroloquist. David Parker Is Promoted FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATION Board Approves Recommendations The city commission Tuesday night adopted the W. K. Dickson Company’s recommendations on sewer improvements. They included a nt?w outfall line for domestic waste in the north end of town and receiving Craftspun Yarn’s waste at the Polit Creek .sewe>r treatment plant, Gary Chaffee, General Manag er of Kinder Manufacturing Com pany, Inc. in Kings Mountain, re cently announced the promotion of David Parker to Sales Manag er. Kinder is a nation wide man ufacturer of upholstered furni ture, bedding, dinettes and case goods for the Mobile Home indus try. Parker is a graduate of the Un^iversity of Georgia and joined Kinde>r at the Americus, Georgia plant in early 1969, in Sales. Lat er he moved to the Sales Popart- ment in the North Carolina plant. He resides with his wife, Mary Jane, and daughters, Stephanie and Heather, at 405 Maner Road in Kings Mountain. He is a mem ber of the First Baptist church and Rotary club. Phifer Property Bid Again Hiked Macedonia Series Begins Sunday Students Win METHODIST TOPIC Bid on the Martin Phifer Estate pr^jcnty was raised again at last Friday’s resale. I Claude C. Beam and David C. Beam, of Cherryville, and Wray A. Plonk raised the bid on the 131.6 acre tract to $66,200, top ping the prior $63,575 bid of Rich ard H. McGinnis, Hubert McGin nis, Bill McGinnis and Jim Mc Ginnis by $2,625. The bid will stand open until 5 p.m, March 29. Dr. Hendricks May Build Clinic Dr. Paul E. Hendricks, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Hendridts, wants to open a dental olirtic in Kings Mountain. The city commission Tue.sday night forwarded to the zoning board a request from Hendirid4s that a lot located on Juniper street be rezoned from R-8 to R-O. The petition stated the purpose of the requc»st was to_ construct a dental clinic to be oeJeupied by Dr. Hendlricks, Jr. The board set a public hearing for April 13th at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall courtroom. At 'the April 13th meeting the board will also hold public hoax ing on request by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Adams for annexation of their property on Kings Moun- tain-CTierryville highway. The MOSS Administration has' W. K. Dickson, the city’s con MORE ABOUT E. W. Griffin (Continued from Page One) KatJhbone, Martin Harmon, L. E. Hinnaut, J. N. McClure. Joe Tttiomson, Frank Hambright, W. G. Grantham, R. H. Webb, W. T. -tWeir, Sam Suber, N. F. McGill, Dr. N. H. Reed, George Thomas- 'son. Ben E. Douglas, George Houser, Horace Hord, D. E. Tate, Howard Bryant, O. W. Myers, C. E. Cash, Police Chief Thomas Mc- Devitt, Capt. William Roper, Sgt. John Be/lk. Ptl. Tommy King and Ptl. Robert Dodge. clearly demonstrated the produc tive cooperation necessary for suiting engineer, told the board. In another action, the board a success in dealin<^ with the Fed- warded, subject to concurrence by oral and State Government There Gaston County Board of Com- has been unprecedented success' in obtaining assi.stance funds.' Funds used to build impre.ssive ’ nie Turner of Casar for water and .sewer lines in the State Road new recreational and operating 1433 area, the other bidder was hcilitios to sen’e all our Citizea^ -Asswiates of Char- Property now fully owned and $17,906. operated by and for our commun-' ity under complete local control ■ DeRose Industries in the We shall continue our efforts i Industrial Park which Ls lo-. Mrs. Julian s Father Passes "Mountaineer Wins Bating rr Services for Bon Mott Welsh, 95, father of Mrs. George W. Julian, were held Friday afternoon at four o’clock at Park Road Bap tist church in Charlotte. Rev. Charles Milford, Pastor of the church officiating. NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARING The public will take notice that the City Board of CT*mmUsioners Of the City of Kings Mountain has called a public hearing at 6:30 P.'M. on the 13th day of April 1971 to consider the following requests for rezoning. 1. Request of Dr. Paul E. Hen dricks to rezone from R-8 to R-O a- lot located on the East side of Juniper Street adjoining Hen- Ckricks-Durham-Lee Clin ic. 2. Request of Hal and Fred Plonk to rezone from R-IO to R-6- 6,29 acres located in the Crescent Hill Development adjoining S. S. Ware Est. and Fred J. Wright. Jr. -piroperties. 3. Request of the North Caro lina Synod of the Lutheran Church in America to rezone from L-1 to R-6 •— 10 acres lo- oated off the Ea.st side of York Road adjoining George Houser and Noisier Bros. Property. 3:25 NOTICE OF PUBUC HEARIWG^ON REQUEST FOR ANNEXATt^ The public will take notice that the City Board of Commisisoners of the City of Kings Mlmntain has called a public hearing at 6:30 P.M. on the 13th day of March 1971 in C^ouncil Chambers on the que.stion of annexing the follow- irvg described territory requested by pettiition filed pursuant to G.S. 160-452 as amended: Lawrence and Naomi Adams property. BEGINNING at a stalte, R. C. Gantt’s corner and runs thence with his line S. 29 E. 153.12 feet to a stake a new corn<*r: thence a new lino N. 72 E. 165 fetM to a stake in Hie West t'dge of the new Kings Mountain-Cheryville whenever advantageous to the growth and prasperity of Kings Mountain. There Is no substitute lor experience in this area of gov- c?rn'ment. FINANCES King.s Mountain’s financial pos ition is sound and strong show ing cash balances each and every year. This has been accom plished while continuing to ex pand our basic services to our Citizens and during a period of phenomenal growth; increasing the area of our City by thirty per cent (30''/i), adding over six (6) miles of paved streets, over fif teen (15) miles of water linens and fifteen (15) miles of sewer line. In addition, the electric de partment has doubled its st^rvice and seven and une-half (7*^) miles of gas lines have been add ed to the .sy.stem. This has been passible through planned budget ing based on a long term capital improvement program which has enabled us to maintain an | eighty-five cent (85c) per hun- | dred tax rate. Another operating «urplu.s Is predicted for 1971. rated in Gaston County. Gaston County is paying fcJFthe project. Gospel Sing Set Satuiday Galilee United Methodist chur ch will sponsor a Gospel Sing Sunday evening beginning at 7 p.m. Featrj.red on the program will be the Goldhill Gospel Singers of York, S. C., the Adams Brothers of Clover, S. C., the Yates Seven of Gastonia ,the Friendly Five of Kings Mountain, the Pleasant Grove Chorus of Bowling Green. S. C., Shield Junior Chorus of Kings Mountain and First Taber nacle Choir and Chorus c»f Kings Mountain. Mrs. Catherine Jamerson is sponsoring the program. Rev. T. A. Powell, pastor, issued invita tion to the interested community to attend. Mr. Welsh was boin May 1, 1875 in Kershaw County, South Carolina, son of the late Dr, C. C. Welsh and .Mary Ogburn Welsh. He survived by his wife, Mabel Sowell Welsh, daughters, Mrs. Margaret W. Adams of Bartow, Florida. Mrs. Frances W. Lc»dford and son Steve S. tWelsh of Char lotte and Mrs. Myrtis Plott Julian of Kings Mountain. Ten grand children and twelve great-grand children also survive. Mr. Welsh wa.s a member of Park Road (Baptist church, a Thir ty Second Degree Masoii and was at the time of bis death the old est .\lu'mnus of Clemson Univers ity, Clcmson, 3. C. He had been in declining health for several months. Interment in Far€?st Lawn Cemetery. Pall bearers were the deacons of the church. ATHENS, Ga. — The .Mountain eer. newspaper of Kings Moun tain, N. C., High School, was rec ognized with an Honor rating at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association’s 42nd annual con vention at the University of Georgia March 18-19. School newspapers yearbooks, nfagazines, and radio program.^? from 16 states were honored with SIPA trophies and awards. SIPA, an association of 270 member schools, encourages ex cellence in high school journal ism, especially publi'cations and radio programs. States represent ed are Alabama, Arkansas, Flori da, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky. Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi. North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vir ginia and West Virginia. The an nual convention is sponsored by the Henry W. Grady School oi Journalism. Rev. Guy E. Johnson, pastor of Main Street Baptist ciiurth of Spindale, will be evangelist for revival services beginning Sunday and continuing through Marcli 26th at Mac(*donia Baptist church. ServUces will be held each eve ning at 7:30 p.m, Mr. Johnsrin is a graduate of Gardner-Webb college of Bolling Springs, N. C, Furman University, Greenville, S. C., and Southwest ern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has conducted revivals in thirteen different states, and he has organized and built several churches. At present he is pastor of Main Street Baptist church, Spindale, N. C. The pastor, Rev. L. D. Scruggs, invites the public to hear Mr, Johnson along with gospel music, solos, duets, quartets, and choir numbers in a special musical un der the direction of David Law- Ing. Piano Balings Winners of the Kiwanis club- sponsored 14th annual School Talent Show will give the pro gram at Thursday’s 6:45 p.m. meeting of the civic club. Rev. N. C. Bu.'ih will use the sc'rmon topic, "Thu Temptation of G(K>d People" at Sunday morning worship services at 11 o’clock at Grace Methcxlist diurch. Students who will bo guests of the club are Robin Hurry, Didores Watltins, Brenda Turner, Grade Logan. Jackie Garner, Lisa Sher rer, Tela Gardner, Sonya McAbcx), Tim Echols, Mark Blanton, Roger Eaker, Jimmy Amos, Glenn Har mon, Irelou Easley, Shirley Grc'on, Mike Wright, Dale Yarboro and Scott Bell CHURCH BENEFIT Women of Grace Methodist church will serve a chickenand dumpling dinner Saturday be ginning at noon In the fidlow- ship hall of Grj^ce Me-thodist church. Plates are $1.50 for a- dults and 75 ceiils for children under 12. PriX't'ods will b(' ear marked for air conditioning of the church. Commission Stands In GriiSin Memory The city commission paused in memory of a former city coun cilman Tue.sday night at opening of the regular March session. E. W. Griffin, a city commis sioner during the period 1928-33, died Monday morning. Funeral rites for the Kings Mountain drug gist were held Wednesday morn ing at 11 o’clock. Mr. Griffin came to Kings Moun tain in 1920 and owned and op erated Griffin Drug Comt>any for more than 50 years. He served on the board during the building of the Deal Street Water Works. Student Winners To Give Progrom Bridges To Build Two Residences Bridges Brothers Construction Company has purchasecl city building ipermits for construction of two residences, each estimated to cost $15,700, and to be erected at 310 and 315 Scotland Drive. The firm has also bought a permit for construction of an ad dition, estimated to cost $900, to the residence at 308 Scotland Drive. Roger Bowen has purchased a permit for construction of an ad dition to his residence at 410 Hawthorne Road, cost estiimate $4500. Westover Sets Bevival Series Choir To Sing At Penley's Chapel The Kings Mountain High •School Choir, under direction of Mrs. J. N. McClure and Mrs. Ben T. Goforth, will present program of .special music Sunday evening at 7 o’clock at Penley’s Chapel .Methodist church. Rov. W. Leonard Huiffstotlor, pastor, issu(?d an invitation to the comtmunity to attend. Rev. Clarence Hampton, pas tor of Cherokee Avenue Baptist church -in Gaffney, S. C., will be evangelist for special services be ginning Sunday ni;^t at West over Baptist church on Shelby road. Services will be held each eve ning, exicept Saturday, at 7 p.m. Special music will be featured each evening. The Patriots Quartet and the Burleson Family will feature a Hymn Sing this Saturday night at 7 p.m. at Westover church. The interested community ds invited to partcipate. Five p ino students of Mrs. Martin Harmon participated in the district contest of the North Carolina Music Teacher’s Associa tion at Lenoir Rhyne College in Hfekory Saturday. Superior ratings were av^^arded to Joy Bridges, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bridges and Irene Louise Easley, daughter of Pastor and Mirs. Charles Easley. Carol Goforth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garrison Goforth, and Cindy Alexander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alexander, received a rating of "ExcelJ^nt", and Meredith McGill, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. McGill was awarded "CJood”. The contest-festival was held in the Mauney Music Building and the judge was Mrs. Pat May o-f the faculty of High Point col lege. Miss Easley, whose superior rating was in the Senior division will ■partfeiparte in the State con test at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on April 3. THE LOOKOF SPUING — soft and ladylike in a shaped skimmer. Femi nine touches of lace, tiny buttons and bow. A luxuri ous blend of Kodel and cot ton gives it a carefree life. Navy, blue t 12y2-22’/2. PLONK’S ALL SEATS ALL SHOWS 50c SHOWS DAILY 3-5-7.9 SAT. 1 3-5 7 9 SUN. 1:30 3:30 9:00 THUR. FRI. SAT. TERRORwaitsforyou IN EVERY ROOM IN... THAT DRIPPED B SUN. THRU WED. ADULT ONLY LATE SHOW FRIDAY & SATURDAY ONLY^ 10:30 P.M. 'if/' y FRANKOVICH PRODUCTION PtUR SELLERS GOLDIE HAWN "9 AGES OF NAKEDNESS” RATED (X) ALL SEATS $1.00 DOWNTOWN KINGS MOUNTAIN; APPREN’flCE PRINTER. Minimum ag(? 18. Apply Kings Mountain Herald. 3:25tfn THE FUTURE. shall continue the policies and programs of progressive government. Over the past six (6) years, I have dedicated my- j nelf to the philoso$>hy of achieve ment. My record Is ample tostii-1 mony of the success which I be-| lieve we have had. It is my strong belief that re.sponsive, pro gressive city government can generate leadership qualities that will prtxiuce a living environment in Kings Mountain that will sur pass all prior endetivors. B(*cause of my firm conviction that con- tinu€'d advancements in effect ive, (?fficient and re.sponsive city government and my faith in the citizens of King.s Mountain, I am again offering myself as a Candl dote tor Mayor. With the .spirit of cooperation that has been molded over the pa.st six years and with the help (if (Jod. I will offer my bo.srt ef- HAVE YOUR CAR WAXED FREE! RORO CAR WASH The 2-Minute Automatic Car Wash! Clip This Coupon and Bring It With You Highway; thence with said high-' foils to meet ever\’ goal and way N. 3* D<?g. 45 Min. W. 175 re<4 every challenge of tlTe TO’.s, I bo th a stake: Ihenico N. 68 deg. 30 Hove my rword has justified the m'in, W. 239 le<*i to the BEGIN- trust and fon/idence placed 4n NINO, containing 33,128 square me in my prior elotlions; and H feet, more or less. elected again. I will do my up John Henry Moss, Mayor mo.-<t to adhere to the will the 3:25 , people." This Offer Good Thursday and Friday. March 25th & 26th Ask for J. D. Corter or Arthur Allen 8 A.M. • 7 P.M. Across From The Burger Barn The 2-Minute Automatic Car Wash! J. D. 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