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VOL. 89 NO. 18
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1978
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Based On N.C. Utilities Decision
City Adopts New Lower Electric Rate
This action came about last
weekend and with It the City of
Kings Mountain swung Into action to
The North Carolina Utilities revise Its rate Increase, wdilch was
Commission has placed a 170-day to go Into effect also on Mar. 1.
restralner on Duke Power Co. to stop The city’s Increase, approved at
a rate Increase of approximately 10 the first meeting In Febmary, would
percent due to go Into effect Mar. 1. have placed the city’s electrical rate
at the present Duke Power rate
(prior to the Mar. 1 Duke rate In
crease).
Monday night the commlaalaners
heard the new proposal cn electrical
rates worked up by Southeastern
Consultant Engineers, Inc. and
presented by Gkirdan Drumm. The
RECEIVE UF TOOPHT — Tlieodore Halgler Jr.
(center) a member of the North Carolina United Way
board, presents Larry Wood and Pat Cheshire,
president andcampalgnchalrman, respecUvely, of the
1977-78 Kings Mountain United Fund, with a trophy for
going 17 percent over last year’s goal. The award was
made last Thursday at Research Triangle Park at
Winston-Salem.
Housing Authority Given
Green Light On Unit Plan
Following an explanation of the
need the city has for additional low-
income housing units Monday night,
the conunlssloners voted to ^>prove
submitting an appUcaUon for a
planning grant
The action was presented and
posfooned at the Feb. 18 board
meeting and Tom Harper, execuUve
director of the Kliigs Mountain
Housing Authority, armed himself
with pertinent data to answers
questions raised In that first meeting
concerning the actual need for more
units.
Harper also talked with several
commissioners prior to Monday’s
meeting in an effort to show the
Justification for the new application.
He saldAhe appUcahon tor |28,(XI0 to
be used In planning for the 70 units
available under the HUD
jioUflcatlon of housing assUtance
was due Mar. 8.
^ "The $28,000, according to
Hhrper, "does not obligate the city
In any way. It merely lets HUD know
the city board recognises ths need
tor addlUonal housing hers."
Harper said the local authority
has on hand 878 appllcatlans, all
eUglble, from persons either now
residing or working In Kings
Mountain. Undsr HUD guldellnaa a
person who works here and eligible
fbr low-income houring asriatanee Is
oonaldsred a resident.
"We have a priority system."
Harper said. ’’Local residents get
first conrideratlon. Ws have 81
MpUcants for one bedroom units,
208 for two bedroom units, 82 for
three bedrooms, 87 for four and
Harper told the board the
authority has received 1,100 ap-
phcatlona during the past nine
months.
"There has cOso been questions
concerning the tax base public
housing units offer the community,’’
Harper said. Using charts he showed
that the tax base averages about HO
less per unit than private units.
The 70 units proposed and to be
planned for In Klnge Mountain will
be constructed on scattered sites
andabout 20 percent of the units will
be for senior cltlsens.
At the request of Commissioner
James Childers, for public In
formation, Harper explained a
couple of cases In which persons
seeking public housing would not be
eUgIble.
A person under age 82 living alone
la not eligible. “Say we have
someone 00-years old, a widow,
living alone," Harper said. "She
WDuldnot be eligible unless she were
82 years old or one hundred per
cent disabled."
He compared this to Social
Security. A widow could not get full
benefits of her husband’s Social
Security until age 00.
"Take a widow or widower
drawing Social Security and
residing with a son or daughter,”
Harper said. "Their combined In
comes would rule the elderly person
Ineligible. The amount of Income
does have an affect on this.’’
Harper said earlier that If all
phases of planning on the 70 units
goes according to plan, the city Is
looking at 28 to 88 months before the
units would be a reality.
Local Head Start
Recruits Students
Kings Mountain’s Head Start
Program la recruiting students for
School Tear 1978-79 and ^pllcatlans
can be obtained by telephoning 789-
8816, local Head Start office.
In the Klnv Mountain area. Head
Start classes are operated at North
School and Orover School.
’Ih qualify students should be tour
years old by Oct. 18, 1978 and from
limited Income famUles, usually
where only one parent la Employed
and there ars several chUdrsn.
Exceptional eases are children with
new rate adopted Monday Is ap
proximately 8.4 percent under
Duke’s rate.
Drumm printed out that ths state
utilities commission Is planning a
series of public hearings on rate
Increases proposed by Duke Power
during the next 170 days. He said,
however, that If the commission has
not acted on Duke’s proposal within
six months, Duke has the option of
posting bond and Increasing their
rates as planned. He said the new
city rate proposal adopted Monday
night is to keep the clty’a rate
beneath Duke’s. If Duke does In
crease the approximate 10 percent
proposed later and It Is upheld, then
the city will revert back to the rate
structure adopted Feb. 18.
Drumm said the rising materials
costs for electrical service stlil face
the city and that the new rate
devised hurriedly because of the
utilities commission action last
week will be a bit higher than before
the Feb. 18 board action.
Using charts, Drumm explained
the differences between Duke Power
and the city imtes, using average
customer kllowatthours used.
Taking 728 kllowatthours used by
a residence, Drumm showed the
base cost to be $27.92, plus a $1.89
fuel adjustment cost for a total bUl of
$29.81 for the month, or an average
cost per kllowatthour of $4,048 cents.
Using the same 728 kwh Drumm
showed the Duke customer’s base
bfll at $28.78, plus $1.24 fuel ad
justment cost, tor a total bill of
$80.02 or an average of 4.141 cents
per kwh.
A residential all-electric home
using 2700 kwh woiUd have a base
charge of $78.94 phis $8.19 fuel ad
justment for a total of $79.18 or 2.981
cents per kwh. Using the same 2700
kwh, a Duke customer’s base charge
would be $76.20, plus $4.68 fuel cost
for a total of $80.88 or 2.994 cents
per kwhl '
A city commercial customer using
4006 kwh would have a base charge
of $167.U, phis $7.88 fuel cost for a
total of $174.94 or 4.278 cents per
kwh. Duke’s commercial customer’s
base cost U $172.82, plus $7.01 fuel
cost, to total $179.88 or 4.870 cents
per hwh.
DeFore Will Head
Development Group
By BLIMBBTH8TE<K '
StaffWritor
Buford DeFore, executive vice
president of manufacturing at
l^ctrum ’Textured Fibers, Inc.,
was elected temporary chairman of
the newly farmed Kings Mountain
Development Ooipcratlan.
County Voter “
Association
Meets Mar, 11
:ieFor« •• M'-fleottd a mtcrcC
ballot after he and Marvin Tear tied
on the first vote during a meeting at
the Depot Center Tuesday night.
Alsoselectedto serve In temporary
offices were Charles Hamilton,
executive officer at First Cltlsens
Bank and Trust, as vice chairman;
and Mrs. Wilson Orlffln, a teacher In
the Kings Mountain District Schoris,
Hsad Start classes oparata during
the school year from 8:18 a. m. until
2:80 p. m. beginning the first week
at September. The children are
given hot breakfasts, lunch and
snacks and regularly free dental
services, physical examinations and
special evaluation.
Parents can also partlctpate In a
number of aottvltles. Including
craft workshops, picnics, films, etc.
Cleveland County Voter
Reglstrathm Association will meet
Sat., March Uth,at6:S0p.m. at the
Community Center.
All Interested persons and
members are encouraged to attend,
sold a spokesman.
Business at the meeting will In
clude the electlan at a board of
directors.
Day Of Prayer
Set On Friday
Oommunlty-wlds Worid Day at
Prayer services win be held Friday
at 12 noon at Central United
Methodist Church.
First Presbyterian, Kings
Mountain Baptist and Central
united Methodist Churches In the
downtown area will sponsor a 80-
mlnute service and local cltlsens are
Invited "to Join In prayer with the
peoples of the worid for guidance
and peace," said a spokeeman tor
the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Aosoclatlan.
Rev. Robert Boggan, Central
Methodist pastor. Rev. Gary
Biyant, First Prssbyterlan pastor,
and Rev. J. C. Ckiara, Kings
Mowitaln B^Ttlst pastor, wtU lead
the service and encourage cltlsens
who work In the area" to take a part
of their lunch hour tomorrow to
Blare In an experlanoe of bringing
mankind clooer together In the
Christians all over the worid will
be oelebratlng World Day of Prayer
Friday.
Other members of the temporary
board of Incorporators named
Tuesday were John O. Plonk,
president of Faust TextUes; Dr.
Charles Blair, a local dsntlat; and
the Rev. M. L. CampbeU.
The temporary board of directors
are rounded out by Teer, William S.
Fulton, Jr., James Oilldera, Qlee E.
Bridges, Mrs. Emma Blalock, John
Major, James J. Dickey, John
Kerns, BUI Brown, Mrs. Charles
Alexander, Lany Hamrick and
Darrell Austin. The group
represents virtually every segment
of the Klngi Mountain business
community.
The officers and Incorporators
plan a second meeting next
Tuesday at 7:80 p. m. at the Depot
Center to suggest the form of stock
to be offered by the corporation,
stock values, and to return with
operational recommendation to the
full board for conslderatlan.
DeFore was given ths authority
TVieaday to form working sub
committees for stock soUcltatlan,
publicity, project Inquiry and
operations to be composed of the
remaining 10 board members. They
wUl seek Input and suggeotlons from
the community.
By unanimous vote the group Is to
be known as Kings Mountain
Development Corporation and wUl
be established as a "perpetual
corporation.’’
Kings Moiaitaln attorney Mickey
Carry outlined ths basic steps for
forming a corporation In North
Carolina. Ho said ths filing fee is $40.
which irepresento up to $100,000 of
capital. Ho said priority Items In
forming a corporation ars the
naming of the organisation and the
election of at least three Initial tai-
corworaton to serve os a board of
directors, untU shareholders sub
sequently elect corporation officials.
Carry suggested, and the board
approved It, that a pre-subecrlptlon
sale of stock with Invastora aoked to
sign contracts for certain amounts
to be purchased at Incorporation be
Investigated. The stpek value and
coot per shars will be determined In
future work sesstons.
During a question and and answer
period ’Tuesday, Charles Hamilton
asked If the corporation "Is to bo a
money making corporation as well
as being civic betterment
motivated?" and If the orgpnlsatlon
Is to be "separate and apart from
municipal government?"
Mayor Jolm Moss, who presided
until DeFore was elected chairman,
answered "yes" to both questions.
Dr. Blair suggested that many
queatlone about stock sales should
be decided before the pre-
subecription solicitation beglna. The
board agreed. Blair pointed out that
"the goals laidsr which we solicit
and the manner In which wo oonduct
tills drive will shape the philosophy
of the oorporotlon. And If we ad
vertise thers will be profits for our
Investors, we’ll have to cany It out."
DeFore pledged his full
cooperation with the board mem
bers, thanked them tor their con
fidence In electing him os chalnnan
and challenged them to "put this
project above everything else.
"H we sat out to accomplish this,
we will," he sold. "Lot’s go Into this
corporation with the Idea we’re
going to win. We promise an honest
business with everything on top of
the table and we’ll tell It like It Is,
because snytMng else vmuld be
doomed to failure.’’
Hs said the oorporatlon should be
dedicated to a single purpoee. "’The
bettorment at Kings Mountain.”