tHE THURSDAY BlITION
VOL. 8 NO. z:
THURSDAY, MARCH 17,1877
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Mailboxes
Are Being
Destroyed
On Mcuvh 29
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Destroying mallboxea la an o(-
tense that can bring both Uncle Sam
and law enforcement officers down
on local pranksters.
ITUs Is the warning of Kings
Mountain Post Office otticlala who
ore distressed about the damaging
of mailboxes, particularly In tho
rural area of Patterson Ckrove, by
and feet dangling from passing
vehicles.
At least one mall carrier, BUI
McDaniel, has observed that boxes
are being destroyed In such a
manner apparently by teenage
pranksters riding by the boxes In
automobiles and throwing sharp-
pointed Items from windows and
literally "tearing up the boxes,"
accorcUng to McDaniel who said that
at least one patrol on his route had
bought four maUbooces this year.
"BveryUme he puts up a new
maUbox, It’s damaged, aometlmoa
so much that the mall gets wet In
bad weather," observed McDaniel.
McDaniel cautioned parents that
It’s dangerous tor ‘ ‘kids to ride by In
cars with feet stuck out the windows
kicking at mailboxes.”
He Invites dtlsens who observe
deetructl(Hi of property to caU
Postmaster Charles Alexander and
the Sheriffs Department.
"It's really a nuisance,” said
McDaniel.
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One of destroyed mailboxes
Board Approves Moves
Within Police Force
Pianists
Preparing
For Meets
Fifteen piano pupils of Mrs.
Martin Harmon will iday In the
District Plano Contests Festival at
4l Mauney Music Building at Lenoir
'1 Rhyne College, Hickory, on
Saturday.
Playing In the Senior Division of
the Contests wlU be Leanne De Vane
and Kenny Mauney.
Playing in the Junior Division of
the contests will be Janet Blair,
Janet Homesley, Anne Hord, Ann
TTiomasson, Carole Bennett, Karen
Dixon, Jerri Patterson, Terri Plonk,
Jackie M. McSwaln, Donna Mc
Daniel, Dana Sdsrn, Julie Phifer
and Leah Falls.
Seminary
Internist
Will Visit
David Smith, middler student at
Union Seminaiy In Richmond, Va.
and recenUy employed as seminary
Intern by First Presbyterian
Church, wUl make his first visit to
the local church Sunday.
He wUl be honored at a sandwich
supper sponsored by youth of the
church at 6:80 p. m.
Members of the Oood News
Singers of Kings Mountain Senior
Will Sponsor
Hot Dog Sale
Love Valley Baptist Church Sports
Department will sponsor a hot dog
and hamburger sale Saturday at
Orover Rescue Squad Building.
For orders of 13 or mors, there will
be free delivery servlcs avallabls.
Hotdogs are throe tor one dollar,
hamburgers are two tor one ddlar,
french fries are 40 cents and
homemade cakes and pies will bo
Hm 'city 'commission Monday
idght approved the recommendation
of Chief Bari Lloyd for transferal of
two officers In major Jobs In con-
necUon with granta okayed tor
crime prevention bureau and long
range planning and hired one new
officer.
Action was taken after the board
formally accepted two grants for
police department programs - otM
for long range planning In tho
amount of $18,308 and another for a
crime prevention bureau In tho
amount of $31,488.
Ptl. David Bridges was tran
sferred to the position of planner,
Anthony Ager was hired to replace
Bridges In the patrol division and
Ptl. Houston Corn was transferred to
die position of crime prevention
officer.
Chief Lloyd noted In hla recom
mendations that Bridges had mot
the requirements of a tour year
degree and Corn has completed 80
hours In basic crime prevention.
ITie new appointments become
effective Immediately.
Tlie grant offer from LBAA at
$18,308 for funds to establish a
bureau to provide long range
planning tor the police department
and to authorize Mayor John Moss to
execute any documents In con
nection with the program was ac-
cepted.
The board also tormaUy accepted
a grant otter from LBAA of $31,468
tar crime prevention program In the
PTL. HOUSTON OWN
Board To G>iisider
New Gty Hall Bids
The city board of commissioners
wlU consider bids on March 39th on
the first phase of construction of a
new govemmentSLl services building
(City Hall).
Members of the commission
Monday night voted to move Its
March 38 meeting to March 39 in
order to receive and tabulate the
bids at 3 p. m. that same day.
Mayor John Moss said architect
tor the new project will make
recommendatlMis at the evening
meeting of the board at 7:80 p. m. in
Council Chambers.
The bids are tor site development,
first of four sectional bids tor the
total contract.
Under federal guidelines, the
mayor told the board, the building
miut be under construction In 90
days from the date of the grant offer,
wdilch was January 9.
In other actions at the regular
Mcmday night meeting, the board:
Awarded contract to the low
bidder. Todd Pool Builders. Inc. of
Pbievllle, tor repair of Davidson and
Deal Street swimming pools at cost
of $8,300 for Davidson and $7,800 tor
Deal. Other bidder was Meredith
Swimming Pool CO. of Oreensboro at
bid of $6,830 tor Davidson and $14,838
tor Deal.
Adjusted offer to purchase from
the Kings Mountain District Schools
to Include additional acreage from
9.488 to 10.80 acres, adding $8,480 for
total offer of $33,880.
^proved clarifying rasolutlon In
connection with requirements
under the Open Spaces Grant which
established a fair market value of
the Propst property at Deal Street
Recreation Complex. The
resolution, as read by the mayor,
stated that the purchase price of
$6,280 was fair market value tor the
property purchased a year ago.
Authorized the mayor to appoint
two commissioners to serve on a
committee with him and the city
engineer In an effort to return to two
times weekly garbage collection In
the city.
Man Breaks
Into Store,
Calls Cops
About 1:80a. m. Wednesday local
police responded to a breaking and
entering at Robert’s Store, 718 N.
Piedmont Ave.
They were there at the request of
toe guy who had broken Into the
store.
Sgt. Bob Hayes and Ptl. Ra^h
Orindstaff drove to the site after
receiving a phone call from a man
arho Identified himself as RonsUd
Bugene Dobbins.
Police said Dobbins was waiting
tor them and had several packages
of cigarettes from the store In hla
pockets. Dobbins, 88, was charged
with felonious breaking and entering
and larceny and taken to Cleveland
County Jail.
Police said Dobbins had entered
Robert's Store by breaking out front
windows and glass within doors.
Police said they were told by tho
man that he had Just broken out of
llie Lincoln County Prison Unit
However, a phone call to toe prison
revealed that Dobbins had been
released from toe unit Tuesday.
Dobbins did an estimated $300
damages to windows and doors
during the break In.
Smith To Seek
School Office
Oumey Industries In Gastonia, has
announced that he will seek a Kings
Mountain District School Board
seat
Smith said he made the decision to
run after being urged to seek the
post by friends and many tatarested
citizens.
Smith said he has always taken an
active Interest In school affairs and
that he la particularly concerned
about upgrading the quality of
education being ottered to Kings
Mountain children.
"Our children are our most Im-
pertant resource, and it behooves us
to provide for them the very beat
achools our tax dollars can buy,” he
aald.
Smith, who lias a child In Junior
high school, said he will apeadi: out on
many aspects of the schools as his
campaign progresses. He aald he
will welcome calls from citizens
regarding school matters, and he
promised that he "will listen to the
suggestions our taxpayers make."
Smith said a formal an
nouncement will be Issued at a later
L~R Collie Choir Will Sing Here Sunday
Hie Lenolr-Rhyne College A
(kqipella Choir of Hickory will
present a concert of sacred music In
Sunday, March 30, at 7:80 p. m. The
choir’s presence Is psui of toe 1977
Lanten achodulo. Lent Is a period of
seriously upon toe life and death of direction of B. Ray McNeely, Jr.,
“ ■ ■ WlU sing 13 times In five Baatem and
Oantral states during a two-week
spring concert tour. A brass en-
aemble from Lenolr-Rhyne wlU also
be on tour with toe choir. It Is
directed by Dr. Ralph A. Oabrlel.
The A Cappdla CSiolr’s 1977 tour
begins Sunday with performances In
Oiarlotte and Kings Moiaitaln. It
wUl conclude on Sunday, April 8,
when the widely-acclaimed group
returns to Its home campus tor a
concert In St. Andrew’s Lutheran
Church.
Between Its opening and closing
performances, the Lenolr-Rhyne
Choir is scheduled to appear In
Wilmington, Raleigh and Durham;
Hampton, Va.; Baltimore and
Hagerstown, Md.; Malvern, Pa.;
Columbus, Ohio; and Chicago, Ul.
Lenolr-Rhyne la a tour-year, co
educational, liberal arts Institution
owned and operated by toe North
Carolina Synod of the Lutheran
Church In America. Its choir la
comprised of students from 11 states
and Japan, representing many
different Helds of study.
aald a qrakeaman tor the ohurch.