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City’s Expense Figure
For 1981: $10,246.48
The City of Kings Mountain’s
expense tab for employees for
the calender year 1981 was
$10,246.48.
The expenses were compiled
over the past three weeks after
city resident Jan Deaton ap-
peared before the Board of Com-
“missioners on Mon., Jan. 25, re-
questing that all expense money
be made public.
The figures were compiled by
the City Treasurer’s office.
Her request came after an un-
signed flier circulated around
town criticizing commissioners
Norman King and Jim Childers
and former commissioner Bill
Grissom for spending $2,490.44
to attend a five-day meeting of
the National League of Cities in |
Detroit.
Of the total amount of ex-
pense money spent during the
calendar year, those three com-
missioners topped the list. In ad-
dition to the trip to Detroit Nov.
Koontz: Crucial Time
In America’s History
Ken Koontz, community af-
fairs coordinator at WBTV-
Channel 3 in Charlotte, was
guest speaker at the 22nd annual
Founder’s Day Observance of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity’s
Eta Mu Lambda Chapter Sun-
day at New Bynum A .M.E. Zion
Chapel.
Brother Lemuel Frolisberser.
president, presided over the pro-
gram. Special music was
presented by the Kings Moun-
tain High School choir under the
direction of Eugene Bumgard-
ner, and Carl Bennix. Brother
Russell Shipman, chaplain, gave
the invocation and Rev. Victor
Carson, pastor of Bynum
Chapel, pronounced the benedic-
tion.
William Hager, program
chairman, introduced Koontz.
Koontz told the congregation
that “we’re at a very crucial time
~~ in the history of America and i Jn.
the: “history of black Americ
longer allow enacives to fall
into what he called “a sense of
false security.”
Koontz said great strides were
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KEN KOONTZ
made in the areas of civil rights
a the past 10 to 15 years, but ;
He said black allt aioe.
ment continues to be over dou-
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Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Rosalie Suber
Mrs. Rosalie Polk Suber, well-
known Kings Mountain resident
and former Kings Mountain
school teacher, died Monday at
Kings Mountain Hospital after
several morths illness.
She was a resident of 401
Phifer Street and the wife of S.R.
(Bobby) Suber Jr. :
. A native of Ellerbe, N.C., she
was the daughter of J. Claude
and Annie Monroe Polk. She
was a member of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church.
Other “survivors include two
sons, S.R. Suber III and William
Claude Suber, both of Kings
Mountain; three sisters, Mrs.
Mary Gordon of Greensboro,
Mrs. Anne Corpening of Chapel
Hill and Mrs. Claudia Barrow of
Rockingham; and two grand-
children.
Funeral services were con-
ducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
by the Rev. Harwood Smith.
Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery. :
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be sent to the Cleveland
County Unit of the American
Cancer Society, attention Mrs.
Charles Sperling, Memorials
Chairman, 807 Forrest Hill
Drive, Shelby, N.C.-
= 28-Dec.;. 2, the trio
$2,111.30 to attend a meeting of
the National League of Cities in
* Washington, D.C., Feb. 28-Mar.
4. Their combined total came to
$4,601.74.
Grissom spent $1,604.75, in-
cluding $708.05 on the trip to
Washington and $896.70 on the
trip to Detroit. Childers spent
$1,508.74, includirig $698.80 on
the Washington trip and
$809.94 on the Detroit trip.
King spent $1,488.25, including
$704.45 on the Washington trip
rand $783.80 on the Detroit trip.
The second largest chunk of
the expense money was used by
‘the Community Development
Office. Director Gene White
spent $830 to attend the Chapel
Hill Administration School five
times. He made three-day trips
there Feb. 15-18, Mar. 16-18,
Apr. 26-29, June 15-17 and July
13-15. Ray Ross spent $268.37
to attend a three-day meeting of
the Myrtle Beach Carolina
Council Apr. 26-29, bringing the
~ Community Development Of-
fice’s total for the year to
$1,098.37.
City Clerk and Treasurer Joe
McDaniel spent $772.97 to at-
tend various job-related
meetings. He spent $294.74 Apr.
79 to attend a City Clerk’s
meeting in Wrightsville Beach,
received $25.84 in March for
~ reimbursement for travel, spent
$301.90 July 26-30 to attend the
* Summer Conference Tax Com-
mittee meeting at Wrightsville
Beach, $125.24 Noy. 89 to at-
tend the N .C. Leasie of
testify in the law suits involving
the city and Cecil’s Inc. of Spar-
tanburg, which built the new ci-
ty hall.
McDaniel and Codes Director
Clyde Whetstine together spent
$152.54 May 4-6 to attend
Finance Officer’s School - and
Purchase Agent School in
Chapel Hill. Whetstine also
spent $243.26 to attend a June
18-21 Purchase Agent School in
Myrtle Beach.
Mayor John Henry Moss
spent $361.96, including
$153.91 to attend a Block Grant
meeting Sept. 30-31 in Atlanta,
$25 Oct. 13 for E.D.C. registra-
tion, $49.85 Oct. 27 to attend
Community of Excellence
Awards presentations in
Raleigh, and $133.20 Nov. 89
to attend the N.C. League of
Municipalities Convention in
Charlotte.
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Vocational Ed Future
Not So Gloomy—Davis
By GARY STEWART
Editor
The future of vocational
education in North Carolina
schools isn’t as gloomy as some
may think, Kings Mountain
Supt. Bill Davis said Monday
night.
Speaking during a vocational
education forum at the School
Administration Building, Davis
said many people have painted a
pessimistic picture of the future
because of President Reagan’s
proposed budget. cuts.
“But,” he said, “between now
and the time the funding is ac-
tually made, there will be a lot of
give and take, and I predict we
will be minimally hurt.”
The President proposes to cut
the program nationwide from
the current year’s appropriation
of $681,639,000 to
$653,266,000 for school year
1982-83. i
“That’s not significantly
lower,” Davis said. “When you
think of it spread out all over the
nation, the reductions are not
that drastic.”
Local funding for vocational
program has increased steadily
over the past years, Davis’ said,
+ rising from $138,000 in 1979-80
to over $160,000 this year. He
said $180,735 in local funds is
expected next year.
“I can’t be too pessimistic
about what the future holds,”
Davis said. “If the economy con-
tinues'in its downward spiral, of
course, the funding will be hurt.
But I hope the downward trend
stops in the spring.”
Davis also spoke in support of
the additional one-cent sales tax
which is being proposed by State
Treasurer Harlan Boyles to
finance school construction pro-
jects over the next three to four
years. Rs
Davis said Boyles’ proposal
has not yet received any support
from Governor Jim Hunt, Lt.
Governor Jimmy Green or any
of the powerful legislators.
“We’ve been wrestling with
the idea of a statewide bond
referendum for sometime,” he
said. “We need facilities
desperately. But it seems the idea
of a bond issue just wont fly
right now because people are
concerned about taxes going up.
The state could supply the funds
over a period of three to four
years by the approval of an addi-
tional one-cent sales tax.”
Schools would receive $100
million a year from the addi-
tional tax, county commissioners
would receive $100 million per
year to administer as they see fit,
and $50 million per year would
go toward clean water programs.
“This way, we would not be
borrowing any money,” Davis
said. “It would be a pay as you
go type thing. It seems to be the
best option.‘
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Also taking part in Monday’s
forum, planned by vocational
director Betty Gamble, were
Kyle Smith, a school board
member and personnel manager
of Wales Manufacturing, who
spoke on schools responsibilities
in training students for the work
force; R.- Howard Bryant, assis-
tant superintendent, who spoke
on the performance of public
education; and Carolyn S.
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spent
Superior Court in. Shelby toh should receive Service a carly as
HOOKING UP CABLE TV - Mayor John Henry
Moss hooks up cable .TV service at the earth
station at Cable Systems of Kings Mountain
yesterday as officials of Cable Systems look
Photo by Gary Stewart
on. Left to right are Lowry Trull, Moss, Loren
Evans, Robbie Bridges and Richard Maxey.
Some portions of the city will begin receiving
service as early as next week.
Cable TV Should Be
In Service Next Week
The long-awaited ‘cable televi-
sion service will be a reality for
many Kings Mountain citizens
by the end of February.
Officials of Cable Systems Inc.
next week.
. Sales representatives will be in
all areas of town in the coming
weeks to call on all citizens. The
sales reps will visit each
neighborhood prior to hookup of
service in that area.
Kings Mountain will be of-
fered 20 viewing channels, in-
cluding two movie stations,
24-hour sports, public affairs net-
work, children’s viewing and
Christian broadcasting.
The popular Home Box Office
(HBO) will be in operation 24
hours a day, featuring uncut and
commercial free movies. Coming
up in March are such movies. as
“Any Which Way You Can”
starring Clint. Eastwood, and
“Bustin Loose” starring Richard
Pryor.
HBO also brings exclusive
Walt Disney features, dazzling
night club acts from around the
world and concert specials with
such stars as Liza Minelli, Diana
"will be available.
Ross, Sammy Davis Jr., Willie
Nelson, Barry Manilow, Steve
Martin, Paul Simon, Stevie
Nicks and others.
For . the sports lover, HBO
ip bo
competition.
HBO will not «show any
X-rated movies before 8 p.m.
Ted Turner’s much-talked-
about Cable News Network
(CNN) will also be offered. It is
the nation’s only 24-hour televi-
sion news service and has been
tagged “the wave of the future
for TV news.” CNN changes the
face of TV news as it brings
news when the viewer wants it
and in a careful but totally un-
biased fashion. Critics say CNN
offers the best news and com-
‘mentaries of any news service.
For the person whose life
revolves around sports, the
popular Entertainment Sports
Programming Network (ESPN)
It features
24-hour-a-day sports from all
over the world, including racing,
NCAA and NFL football,
wrestling, hockey, soccer, Davis
Cup tennis and continuos up-
dates specials of all sports. It
takes in-depth looks at the
Photo by Gary Stewart
CHECKOUT MACHINE - Anita Campbell, Youth Opportunity
Specialist at Kings Mountain High School. explains the func-
tion of the new COIN computer to Mary Dilling during Monday
night's vocational education forum at the Kings Mountain
Schools Administration office. The machine is used to help
students choose jobs related to their particular interests.
npionship gymnastics
~ Representatives
‘debates and procedures.
players at home and on the field.
For the third straight year,
ESPN will dedicate the month of
March to coverage of the
NCAA ‘basketball Sampo
from the Louisiana Superdome.
WGN from Chicago will
come to Kings Mountain via
satellite, featuring favorite
movies from the past. The sta- .
tion is also a leader in children’s
shows with such favorites as
Bozo the Clown and Ray
Rayner and Friends. It also
features all of Chicago’s sports.
Via satellite, Kings Mountain
subscribers will also receive
~ WTBS from Atlanta, billed as
Ted Turner’s ‘super station.’ It is
also billed as Atlanta’s ‘space age
TV station.’ It is a 24 hour a day
station featuring movie classics, .
favorite family TV shows, and
Atlanta professional sports.
The Christian Broadcasting
~ Network (CBN) will feature 24
hours of documentaries, gospel
music, inspirational and
children’s programming, the
PTL Club, 700 Club and others.
The U.S.A. Network will
fehiture sports from Madison
Square Garden and 38 premiere
ACC. basketballgames. It also
has Monday Night Hockey,
Thursday night baseball and
NBA basketball. U.S.A. also
features the “English Channel”
with documentaries, drama,
traveland culture; and
‘“Calliope”’, which shows
outstanding children’s films.
Also for children, Nickelo-
dean will be offered as “The
Young People’s Channel.” It is
geared strickly for children in the
learning state. Young viewers
find a complete day of program-
ming designed to interest and
entertain them, as well as
educate them seven days a week.
The Cable Satellite Public Af-
fairs Network (C-SPAN) is live
from Washington, D.C., and
broadcasts gavel-to-gavel
coverage of the U.S. House of
and political
' From VIA Satcom comes the
“nation’s station”, WOR, New
York, a 24-hour entertainment
channel. It brings news: from
New Y ork, 62 hours of movies a
~ week, new movies, old movies
and all-night movies.
It also
telecasts over 350 live college
and professional sporting events
annually. :
‘Kings Mountain subscribers
will also receive Cinemax, which
is owned by HBO. It features all
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