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VOL. 88 NO. 88
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1977
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From Redevelopment Commission
Kings Mountain Baptist
Seeks Adjacent Property
Photo By Tom McIntyre
KEYS TO THE SYSTEM — In a eymboUc geeture, County Oom-
mlMloner Coleman Goforth hand* the “keye" to the aoutheaat county
waatewater eyatem to Mayor John Moaa. The city commlaalonera will
decide Nov. 14 whether to accept the ayatem aa city property. The line
aarvloaa cuatomera between Klnga Mountain and Grover and waa con-
atructed laat year by the county.
Soiufieast Wastewater Line
City Considers
Accepting System
By TOM MCINTYRE
E>lltor, Mirror-Herald
Ktaiga Mountain Baptlat Church
haa formally requeated Ita bid be
accepted for the redevelopment
commlaalcn property auljacent to the
church on W. Mountain St.
J. C. Brldgea, Marlon (WUUe) WU-
llauna and the Rev. J. C. Goare
appeared at the commlaalon
meeting Tueaday to make the
requeat.
Reading a letter from D. F: Hord,
chairman of the church board of
deacona, Brldgea told the com
mlaalon "the church needa the
property becauae that la the only
direction we can go for expanalon.”
Brldgea aald the church may wlah,
at a future time, to expand the
aanctuary or conatruct a recreation
building on the property.
Redevelopment Commlaalon
Chairman Carl Mauney aald, "The
use of the property haa been
acheduled as commercial. To
change the schedule we would have
to get the approval of the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban
Developm^t (HUD).’*
County Conunlssloner Coleman
(3oforth handed Mayor John H. Moss
a set of keys Tuesday, a symbolic
gesture of turning the wastewater
system for Southeast Cleveland
County over to the City of Kings
Moiaitaln.
Ihe $1,047,867.97 line waa Installed
from the KM system to a point
beyond Eaton Corporation last year.
The system has an outstanding debt
of $830,000, which wUl be retired by
usen fees. To construct the line the
county formed a non-profit cor
poration to solicit $800,000 from the
Economic Development Agency and
$238,887 from the N. C. Clean Water
Bond program.
Mayor Moss said Tuesday he
would "accept the keys subject to
final approval by the dty com
mlaalonera at the Nov. 14 meeting."
If the dty accepts the line. It
becomes the sole property of the
city following payoff of In
debtedness.
County Commissioner Goforth
CMnmented, "Many cltlsens refer to
the sewer line aa the Eaton line. This
la not true. That line la for the use of
cltlxens, business and Industry In the
Southeast section of the county."
The line not only services Eaton,
but also Norlck Brothers, a com
mercial printing firm, and
numerous private residences In the
area between Klnga Mountain and
Grover. And under the 301 plain for
regional wawte systems, the line
could be extended on Into Grover to
service residences, business and
Industry there.
The sewer line runs adjau:ent to
water lines servicing the same
general area to the Southeast. The
water Is supplied by the City of
Kings Mountain.
Tom Tassos, a professional
engineer with J. N. Pease and
Associates of Charlotte, engineering
and au-chltectural firm that
designed the system for the county,
commented, "This was a major
^project to develop an area where It
waa needed. I think the project was
well-planned by the city and county
and that It will be of great benefit In
further development of the south
east region of Cleveland County.
Firefighters Busy
On Halloween Night
In Kln^ Mountain Halloween
night city firemen put out seven fires
Veterans Day
Services Set
A community-wide Veterans Day
service will be held Nov. 11 In
Veterans Park of Mountain Rest
Osmeteiy and plans for the bb-
swance will be made Thursday.
Representatives of American
Legion Poet 188 and Auxiliary and
Frank B. GUas Post SBU and
Auxiliary will gather with city of-
flolals at 10 a. m. In Mayor John
Moas'otflca at (Sty Hall to make
plans for the svant.
In trash cans or dumpsters. Fire also
destroyed a vacant house on Wat-
teraon St. around 11 p. m. The
structure belonged to the city
Redevelopment Commission and
was slated for demolition, according
to report of Fire Chief Gene Tignor.
The only Incident of vandalism
was reported by James Earl
AUmond, of 300 Margaret St., who
aald hla mailbox waa pulled out of
the ground.
Grover Fire . Department
responded to scattered grass flrss at,
Intsrsectlan of Highway 30 and 1-88
at 10:87 p. m.
Kings Mountain police made no
arrests during the evening, repor
ting rslattvely quiet Halloween In
the city.
GO V. JAMES B. HUNT
Gov. Hunt
In Shelby
On Friday
Kings Mountain area cltlsens are
Invited to join Governor James B.
Hunt for a tour of the Cleveland
County Historical Museum this
Friday at 8 p. m.
A reception will be held following
the tour.
The museum Is located In the old
county courthouse building In
Shelby.
Prior to the tour. Governor Hunt
will hold an economic development
conference, to which the public la
Invited, at 8 p. m. at the County
Office Building.
Cteveland County cltlsens will
have a chance to say how they think
state government can help get
better, hlgh-paylng jobs In North
Carolina.
Purpose of the county conference,
to which all cltlsens are urged to
attend, la to allow cltlsens to tell
state government what they believe
the economic problems are In our
community.
Mauney aald HUD would also
want to see a time table on planned
constructlm. Brldgea asked If there
Isn't someway HUD could ^>prove
changing the property use schedule
without a time table being sub
mitted. "We do not know ourselves
what the time table for construction
would be," he said.
The commission agreed to pursue
the question on behalf of the church.
The property currently la used for
partclng In the downtown area.
In other business Tuesday, Gene
White, commission executive
director, told the members that am
Inspection was made of the com
pleted work. In the Canaler Street
project and "work Is satisfactory.
However, we will have to schedule
another meeting with engineers for
the project to discuss overruns In
project coets."
The meeting, according to White,
will be held prior to Nov. 18.
CSisdrman Mauney commented
that he Is of the qplnlon that any
overruns "are due to the slowness of
the city In completing Its portltm of
the Cainaler project work. It la also
my understanding that we were
guaranteed both In writing and
verbally that all work needed In the
project would not overrun the
budget. I’m not In favor of paying
any overruns on the project."
White said there are some
"legitimate areas concerning
overruns’’ that need to be discussed
at the meeting this month with
project engineers. He added, "but
you are abaolutely correct, Mr.
Mauney, about our being guaran
teed In writing and verbally there
would be no overruns. I have
recommended that we do not pay
any claims until we have fully
discussed this matter."
Continuing Tuesday's agenda, the
commission voted to award
Champion Landscaping the contract
for ccnstructlon of a pedestrian
bridge spanning the Canale r Street
project green area.
The bridge will contain concrete
walkway with aluminum handrails.
It la considered a necessity because
residents of the project area are now
forced to walk several blocks out of
their way to reach the downtown
area becauae certain streets have
been closed off In the project.
The Champion cost estimated
submitted on the project was less
than $10,000, but the commission
voted to allow up to $600 for concrete
costs for the walkway.
White reported that HUD has
replied with no objection to the
commission's proposed purchase of
three parcels In the Cansler Street
project area. Including the Nannie
Tinsley ncn oplsce. V/hite, said
conclusion of the deal required a
"couple of property heir signatures”
on the Tinsley property deed.
White also told the commission
that work Is to continue this week on
the construction of the pedestrian
sidewalk on the ixirth side of W.
Mountain St. adjacent to the
poolroom building.
" Construction was stopped
because the city had to move some
utilities on the site,” White said.
"Tbat work hsis been done and Will
Gheen said his crew will return to
work this week."
White also reported that a con
ference Is being planned with
Bradley-Jenklns Go. concerning the
demolition of the former Ljmch
Building on W. Mountain St.
Demolition of the building la In
cluded In a general contract existing
between the commission and
Bradley-Jenklns Co., but the work
has been held up because the city
electrical department was using a
portion of the building for storage of
equipment White said the equip
ment has now been removed.
In a final report White told the
commlsslm that he had met with a
Winston-Salem firm, which haa
{^proval for the construction of 33
housing units for the elderly In Kings
Mountain.
"The commission’s only role In
this project la sale of the property
for the unit construction,” White
said. "I imderstand that following
construction the unit will be turned
over to the Kings Mountain Housing
liudinr"., xor management '
The oniti; will be davelcped with
private money, but a government
subsidy will be used to help the
tenants pay tne rent under the
Section 8 program.
"Tom Harper, director of the
authority, told me at a meeting last
week he felt the authority directors
would ^prove this plan,” White
said. "However, I have not heard
from Harper what action his board
has taken.”
First Federal S&L Makes
Application For KM Site
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association of Shelby has made
application to the Federal Home
Losin Bank Board In Atlanta to open
a branch office In Kings Mountain.
Joseph Cabanlss, president of
Shelby’s First Federal, said six to
eight weeks are normally required
before applications are either ac
cepted or denied.
"If our application Is ap
proached,” Cabanlss said, “we
would move to purchase property on
W. King St. we have under option,
then within six to eight mmiths
construct a 3,000 square foot
building. We could be open for
business In less than a year.”
Cabanlss said shoii]|l the ap
plication approval come later In the
winter conatructlon on the building
would not begin until early spring
1078.
First Federal plans at the
moment. If approval Is received.
Include employing a minimum of
three Kln^ Moimtaln suoa personi
to staff the new offices. The em
ployee would be hired and placed In
other offices for training before the
KM office Is completed. Local
persons would also be asked to serve
on the First Federal board of
directors.
A 80-year employe and president
of First Federal SAL for the past 10-
years, Cabanlss said, "We decided
to spply for a branch office In Kings
Mowtaln because In our opinion this
area la growing more rapidly than
any other In the county. Over the
years we have provided some len
ding and savings services for Kings
Moisittans. just as the local In-
Shotgun Wounded Youth
Is In Fair Condition
An ll-year-old Kings Mountain
boy was listed In fair condition In the
Intensive cars unit of Cleveland
Memorial Hospital where ho Is
undsrgolng treatment for gunshot
wounds accidentally Inflicted
Saturday, according to police,
report.
James David Stiller, of 400 W.
Gold St., was wounded In the left
hand, left chest and right shoulder
shortly after 6 p. m. Saturday at his
residence, according to Dot. Hugh L.
Buff and Deputy GarUnd Clary.
The report stated that the shooting
occurred accidentally whan a 18-
yoar-old boy pulled the trigger of a
13-gauge shotgun but did not know a
shall waa still In the chamber.
stltutlons have provided services to
Shelblans.”
A Cleveland County Institution,
First Federal Savings and Loan waa
founded In 1910 by residents from all
over the county. Originally named
Shelby and Cleveland County
Savings and Locm, First Federal of
Shelby became the new name In
1982.
Contest
Deadline
Is Friday
If you haven't entered this week’s
Mirror-Herald football contest, you
still have until noon Friday.
The contest Is In Tuesday's paper
and lists 10 of the area's top high
school and college games.
One of the high school games —
Kings Mountain at Bums — haa bean
moved up to Thursday night and will
not be counted. Thus, the results of
only nine games will be figured In
the final count.
First place pays $80 and second
$38.
You may mall your entry to the
Mirror-Herald, P, O. Box 783, Kings
Moisitaln; or you may bring It by
our office at 304 South Piedmont.
Either way, we must have It In our
hsinds by 13 noon FYlday.