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VOL. 88 NO. 89
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1977
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TTie forecast for today through
Thursday calls for variable
cloudiness with slight chance of
rain. Highs are e>q>ected to be In the
lower 70s and the lows In the lower
BOs.
It’s Election Day In
Kings Mountain And Area
Wright And Dickey In Runoff Today
Kings Mountain voters will go to the polls today to
decide between Incumbent commissioner Fred Wright
Jr. and former commissioner James J. Dickey lor the
district six board seat.
The two candidates are the only ones In today’s runoff
election for the city board of commissioners. The
elected candidate wlU serve four years In local
government.
When the votes were totaled following the Oct. 11
municipal election Wright led Dickey by only six votes,
not a clear majority, which gave Dickey the option to
call for a runoff election.
Two other district six candidates, Charles Parker and
M. C. Pruette, were eliminated from contention by
polling 131 and 1B9 votes, respectively. Wright was tops
with 479 votes. Dickey poUed 478 votes.
In the district five race on Oct. 11 Commissioner
Wllllaun Grissom won re-election lor four years by de
feating candidates James B. Amos (390 votes) and
Ihomas H. Barnette (105 votes). Grissom poUed 728
votes, the largest number of votes awarded to any
candidate In the Oct. 11 balloting.
District two Commissioner Humes Houston was re
elected to a lour year term on Oct. 11. He lacked one
vote polling a clear majority, but the second highest
pollster, W. S. Blddlx, declined his opportunity to call
lor a runoff election. Houston poUed 609 votes, BlddU -
286, Lloyd E. Davis - 172, Jerry MuUlnax - 168, and
Gilbert Hamrick - 9 votes.
A total of 4,089 voters were eUglble to cast baUots on
Oct. 11. but only 1,381 actually went to the polls making
It less than a one-third turnout record. The popular local
concensus Is that the vote total would be even lower
today If It were not for the fact the Kings Mountain
District Board of Education race and the state-wide
bond referendums and State Constitution amendment
elections are silso l>elng held today.
The local poUs opened at 6:80 a. m. and wlU close at
7:30 p. m.
☆ ☆☆
FRED WRIGHT JR.
... commissioner
JAMES. J. DICKEY
... commissioner
☆ ☆☆
KYLE
SMITH
.. .Inside seat
Hve Compete Today
For 2 School Seats
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CHARLES F.
MAUNEY
... Inside seat
fm
WILLIAM McDANIEL
... outside seat
DR. JOSEPH ROBERTS
... outside seat
FAIN HAMBRIOHT
... outside seat
A total of 6,429 perscms are registered to vote In
today's Kings Mountain District Board of Education
election.
Five candidates are campaigning for the two seats
avaUable. WllUam McDaniel of the Bethlehem Com
munity, Ftdn Hambrlght, Grover Postmaster, and Dr.
Joseph Roberts of the Ebenexer Community are can
didates for the lone out-slde - Kings Mountain seat. Kyle
Smith and Charles Mauney sure candidates for the lone
Inside-clty seat.
Smith and McDaniel were the first candidates to
announce Intentions to file for the school board. Dr.
Roberts was the third. Hambrlght and Mauney filed
close to the deadline to campaign.
The outslde-seat Is currently held by P. A. (Up)
Francib of Grover. Tommy Bridges of Kings Mountain
holds the Inside seat. Both Incumbents announced prior
to fUlng deadline they would not seek re-election.
Both Smith and Mauney were unauccessful ctm-
dldates tor the school board In the 1978 election.
Hambrlght, Roberts and McDaniel are first-time
candidates tor the education posts.
Smith Is personnel manager tor Gastonia’s Gurney
Industries (see filing statement Inside today’s Issue)
and a KM rekldent. Mauney Is a KM native and an
official with Mauney Hosiery here. Hambrlght, a
Grover resident. Is postmaster there. Dr. Roberts Is an
associate professor of Human Development and
Learning at UNC(3iarlotta. He Is a native of Kings
Mountain. McDaniel Is a postal employe woihlng as a
rural route csurler out of the Kings Mountain Post
Office.
The winners of today’s election, which Is being
handled by the Cleveland County Board of Elections,
will be sworn In the second Monday In December unless
anew date Is set by the school board. They will serve six
year terms, currently servmg on the bosu’d
are Alex Owens, who holds the other outside seat;
Marlon Thomasson and June Lee, both of whom were
elected In 1975. Owens’ seat comes up for election In
1979.
The board seats held by Mrs. Thomasson and Mrs.
Lee will be up for election In 1961. All school board
members are elected, on staggered terms, for six
years.
The Kings Mountain School District Includes the
majority of Townahlp No. 4 and a portion of Township
No. 6. Less than 20 persons, currently registered. In
Township 5 are Included In the Cleveland County School
District.
Polling places for today’s election are the National
Guard Armory and Community Center In Kings
Mountain; Grover Rescue Squad Building In Grover;
Bethware School; and Waco Volunteer Fire Depart
ment. According to the county elections bosu'd records,
a total of 846 persons will vote lor the KM District
Education Board candidates In the Waco precinct.
The polls opened at 8:80 a. m. and will close at 7:80 p.
m. today.
ySnUriir 'tririr ☆☆☆
Grover Elects Mayor And Council Today
GROVER - Today, the cltlsens of Grover are going
to the polls to elect a mayor and three council members
to serve for the next two years.
Only one of the csuidldates. Dean Westmoreland, Is
assured of election unless a rumored strong write-in
campaign for Incumbent Mayor W. W. (BIU) McCarter
upsets the scales.
Westmoreland Is completing a year as councilman
having been appointed to finish out the term of Bobby
Hambrlght, who resigned to accept a county govern
ment agency appointment. Westmoreland, a teacher at
Kings Mountain Senior High, was the only candidate to
file for the office of mayor.
McCarter declined to seek re-slsctlon, noting that his
30 years of community ssrvlcs as an slsctsd official
“was long enough.” However, It has been suggested
that McCarter be drafted by a write-in campaign.
Neither this comment nor the one gathered today
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OBAN WESTMORELAND
. ...tormayor
MARTHA BYERS
...rouncU
TOMMY KEETER
... MuncU
KAREN MOSS
...councU
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RONALD litJEBN
. .. OOUBOll
RAYCASH
...rouncU
WENDELL WHITE
...councU