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VOL. 87 NO. 48
TUKSDAT, NOVKBIBBB 88.1178
KINGS MOUNTAIN,
NORTH CAROLINA 18088
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THE FIRST TICKETS - Mn. Evl Lloyd, preoldeot of North School
PTA, sells Mayor John H. Moss the first tickets to the PTA-sponsored
Hotdog Supper for Frt., Dec. 8 from 4:80-7 p. m. at the school. Hotdof
plates are $1.88 and Include chill, slaw, onions, baked beans, potato chips
and a beverage. Homemade baked goods will also be sold and all
proceeds go toward PTA projects.
To Avoid The Rush
Postmaster Urges
Early Yule Mailing
Suggested Christmas mailing
deadlines for domestic parcels and
letter mall have been advanced
because of an exceptionally high
maU volume, according to Post
master Charles Alexander.
The suggested Christmas mailing
deadline Is now December 8 for
domestic parcels and December 10
for letter mall and greeting cards
Intended for delivery by Christmas.
^ "The Impact of greatly Increased
mall volumM generated by the 18-
state United Parcel Service strike In
the East and South, and Its residual
effect on other parts of the country
compels us to ask the public to mall
even earlier than normal,"
Alexander said.
Parcel volume has already more
than doubled In the strike area and Is
up significantly nationwide, and
letter maU la also on the Increase,
according to Postmaster Alexander.
He said that while letter mall will
continue to receive priority treat
ment, the Increase In mall from the
general public, on top of the un
precedented business mall volume
generated by the strike, :ould result
In the use of many postal facilities
• 'normally dedicated to letter mall to
prevent an unmanageable backlog
of parcels.
Bring The Youngsters,
Its Yule Parade Day
( "I strongly urge the public to
deposit parcels by December 8, and
letters and greeting cards by
December 10 to assure they are
delivered by Christmas,” Alexander
said.
Suggested mailing dates for In-
ternaUonal mall are unchanged, but
customers are also urged to deposit
overseas packages and greetings
Immediately, and to send them by
airmail If they want to assure
delivery by Christmas.
Rep, Broyhill
Here Thursday
Congressman James T. Broyhill
wUl visit Kings Mountain City HaU
Thurs., Dec. 3 to hold office hours.
The lOth District Representative
from Lenoir Invites all local
citizens to call on him between 8 and
4 p. m. Thursday at city hall to
discuss legislative or personal
problems Involving Federal
agencies.
No appointment Is neoessary to
see Representative Broyhill.
Today Is Christmas Parade Day.
Beginning at 8 p. m. today an 80-
plus unit parade will meander
through the streets of the central
business district.
And, as tradition dictates, Santa
Claus will round out the parade by
making an appearance and tossing
goodies to the youngsters.
For the second consecutive year
the Christmas parade Is spcnsored
by the Kings Mountain Fire
Department and KM Historical Fire
Museum. Co-chairmen are Fire
Chief Gene Tlgnor and Jerry IVhlte.
The parade route Is as follows:
Beginning at E. 0<dd St. and 8.
Gaston St. Intersection, north to E.
King St, west to Piedmont Ave.,
then south to VI. Mountain St,
Mountain to CBerokee, Cherokee to
Gold, Gold to BatUeground, Battle
ground to King, King to Rallraiid
and Railroad to W. Gold St
THE PARADE
LINEUP
lOngs Mountain Police Chief Eari
Uoyd and Cleveland County Sheriff
Haywood AUen; Color Guard; KM
Fire Chief Gene Tlgnor; 1980 Fire
Thuck and Historical Fire Museum
Committee; Mayor John H. Moss;
City Commissioners James
Childers, Humes Houston, Corbet
Nicholson, Norman King, WllUaun
Oriasom and Fred Wright Jr.;
Cleveland County Commissioners;
and Senator OUle Harris.
Kings Mountsdn District Schools
officials and Supt. Donald Jones;
KM Senior High Cheerleaders and
Band; KM Junior High Cheer
leaders; KM Homecoming Queen
Rhonda Shytles; Former Mayors
Kelly Dixon and Tom Fulton; Mace
donia Baptist Church Unit; Sherry
Haynes Baton Class; Red Cross
Unit;
Hardee’s, GUbert Glddy-Up;
Temple Baptist Church Unit; Chic
Walker Horse A Buggy; Frank Sisk
Horse Drawn Hearse; W. A. Mc-
Swaln’s Antique Car; Wade Ford
Antique Oar; Antique Auto from
Cherryvllle; Cooper’s ’Touring Oar
- Gaffney, 3. C.; Carolina Freight
Carriers Antique Truck; Kings
Mountain Rescue Squad; KM Junior
Rescue; Jane’s School of Dance;
Gaffney Church of God Manger
Scene; Girl Scout ’Troop No. 71;
Shelby Rescue; Carrousel Princess
— Julie Durham; ARP Boy Scout
Troop; Upper CleveUnd Rescue;
First Baptist Church Unit; and El
Bethel Brownie ’Troop No. 1.
Fred Wlther’s Motorcycle;
Bethlehem Volunteer Fire Depart
ment; Kings Mountain Optimist
Club, Cheerleaders and Midget
Football Team; Shelby High Band;
Fredrickson Motor Express Unit;
Priscilla Hayes Girl Scout ’Troop No.
19; B. B. Rhyne Mules A Covered
Wagon; Douglas Rhyne Stagecoach;
Douglas Merk A Keith Patterson
Horses; Larry McDaniel Clown;
Buffalo Sklbees; Buckeye Fire
Equipment Unit; Jerry Nation
Chevrolet Unit; Shrine Vehicles;
Grover Rescue; Boy Scout Ttoop
No. 91; Walt Benton’s Motorcycles;
Cleveland County Fire Department;
Freddie Smith’s Race Oar; Arnold
Graphic; Second Baptist Church;
Girl Scout Troop No. 109; KM
Florist; Senior Cltlseiu Band; and
Larry Green Horse A Buggy.
Blltmore Dairy Unit; Bethlehem
Baptist Unit; Gaston County
Rescue; KM Police A Junior Police;
Grace Methodist Senior atlsens
Van; Bolling Springs Rescue; Oak
Grove Fire Department; Dallas
Rescue; PPG Unit; Cherryvllle
High Band; COPE CB Radio Unit;
Ed Brown Rodeo; Leonard Taibush
(Rocking <3ialr Marathon Winner);
Redevelopment Commission; Eaton
Carp. Unit; 1988 Ford Fire Engine;
and Santa Claus.
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Photo By Tom McIntyre
TAKE A WILD GUESS - Jerry Ledford, chairman of the Kings
Mountain Klwanls dub Annual Peanut Sale, gives cltlsens a chance at
winning cash by registering a guess on how many peanuts are contained
Ins gallon Jar. The prise Is $88. The deadline Is Sat., Dec. 4.
Kiwanis Sponsors
A Peanut Contest
How many peanuts can a gallon
jar hold?
The Kings Mountain Klwanls Club
Is offering $38 to the citizen who
comes closest In guessing the
number.
Jerry Ledford said a gallon Jar
containing peanuts (In the shell) Is
being displayed about the city until
Saturday when the winner will bo
named.
"Saturday la the deadline because
that Is the day we hcdd the annual
Klwanls peanut sale," Ledford said.
"We will have Klwanlsuis stationed
all over town Saturday selling
peanuts for whatever donations
citizens wish to make. The
proceeds will be used to support the
club-sponsored Little League
Baseball team."
The peanut Jar la found today at
Lowes Foods In West Gate Shopping
Plaza; Wednesday suid Thursday at
Winn-Dixie hi the KM Plaza Sh(q>-
plng Center; and Friday and
Saturday at Harrls-’Teeter on E.
King St.
Only one guess per person la
permitted. Just fill out the ballot
accompanying the Jar and place It In
BloodmobUe
Visits Monday
’The Red Cross BloodmobUe will be
In Kings Mountain Mon., Dec. 6 from
lla.m.-4;80 p. m. at First BapUst
Church Fellowship Hall.
The goal Is 176 plnU. The blood Is
urgently needed. Elective surgery In
area hospitals has been cancelled
due to a lack of blood supplies.
the container. The winner will be
notified by phene or msdl.
The cash prize is being donated to
the Klwanls Club by Belles and the
peanuts for the contest donated by
Harrla-’Teeter.
Police Taking
Applications
For Officers
lOngs Mountain PoUce Depart
ment Is taking appUcatlons for
patrolmen, according to Chief of
Pcdlce Earl Lloyd.
Minimum standards for poUce
appUcants are that the man or
woman be a high school graduate
between the ages of 31 and 86 years
old; at least five feet seven Inches
taU for males and five feet four
Inches Udl for females; weigh at
least 140 pounds for males and UO
pounds for females; possess 30-100
uncorrected vision, corrected to 30-
30 and possess liormal hearing
determined by an audiometric
hearing test.
Jaycees Selling
Qirigtmas Trees
Beginning Today
The Kings Mountain Jaycees begin
selling Christmas trees today in the
central business district.
Alex Ramsen, Gary Sugg and
Chris TTndall, co-chalipersons for
the sale, said Jaycees wlU be on the
lot through Friday of this week from
6-9 p. m. Saturdays and Sundays
from noon until 8 p. m.
The lot U located beside McGlnnU
Department Store on S. Bat
tleground Ave.
The four and eight foot fur trees
are being sold live (packed with
roots In dirt for planting) and cut for
a tree stand.
Proceeds go toward Jaycee
charttlaa.
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Photo By Gary BMerart
THANKSGIVING DINNER - Oenale Putnam of the Kings MsiMlsln
Program For The Elderly deUvers Thanksgiving dinner to Ida Jane
Roseboro. This was part of the Meals On Wheels program ooadnetsd by
the local agency to elderly shut-ins over lhi> Thanksgiving holidays. A
special dinner was also prepared for the senior cltlsens at the community
center.