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I » If Interested, Be There The Centennial Plans Explained At Public Meeting Tuesday , Kings Mountain Centennial Commission, Inc., plans a community wide meeting Tues., Mar. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in The Mountaineer Room of the Com munity Center to inform citizens about plans for the October 1-6 celebration. Also at this meeting the audience will meet the members of the executive committee of the centennial commission. “We want to stress how important it is to the success of our celebration that interested citizens, businessmen, in dustrialists and retailers, or their company representatives, attend next Tuesday’s meeting," said Charles Mauney, commission co-chairman. “We want to explain to everyone that this celebration will be a little different from previous civic promotions which normally costs the businesses arxi in dustrial plants money " Mauney con tinued. “This particular celebration is geared to make money for most of the downtown businesses and will give all of our businesses an opportunity to par- bcipate in the celebration” Another purpose of the meeting is to sell all citizens on the fact that this is “their celebration and that their help and advice is wanted and needed in planning it,” Mauney said. The five-point goal of this centennial celebration is to (1) create a new civic awareness among all Kings Mountain citizens: (2) uncover new dvic leaders; (3) stimulate local economy; (4) to honor our heritage; and (5) to focus attention on tomorrow. The centennial commission executive committee is made up of 16 offices and members include: Active General Co-chairman - Mrs. W.T. Weir and Charles Mauney; Secretary - Marvin L. Teer; Headquarters Chairman - Mrs. George R Houser; Revenue Division - Charles D. Blanton; Participation Division - (Ladies) Mrs. Raymond Holmes and (Men) Charles E. Dixon; Spectacle Division - Bill G. Bates; Special Events Division - Lyn Cheshire; Special Days Sub-Division - Mrs. Aubrey Mauney; Operating Capital Division - J.C. Bridges; Treasurer - Tom Tate; Student Activities Coordinator - Scott Moss; Special Advisory Members - Mayor John Henry Moss, Mrs. Lynne W. Mauney and Mrs. Hazel Fryer; Spectacle Ticket Division - Shuford K. Peeler and Rev. M.L. Campbell; Publicity Division - Mrs. James E. Herndon Jr.; Decorations Division - Bill H. Brown; and Insurance Division - John D. Warlick. /O/ VOL. 3 NO. 2H THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1971 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 280S6 'TKOvun CeV.t Vi.l kU'.,-. . Redevelopment Project Okay For Now, But s By JAY ASHLI-IY ■Mirror Staff Writer “The money for our two projects in Kings Mountain is reserved for us, but the situation of other neigh- borhocxl renewal projects is uncertain”, said Gene White, executive director of the KM Redevelopment Commission. White made the statement following a trip he and Mayor John Moss made to . Washington, D.C. to meet with 'tl:^' North Carolina c..parp'isi:jral de'. -tii'i' *fi discuss problems in the housing and community flevelopment programs. White and Moss represented the Tenth Congressional District at the “Legislative Day” meeting held in Washington Mar. 14. The purpose of the meeting, .sponsored by the Carolinas Council of Housing, Redevelopment and Codes Officials, was to bring to the attention of every Congressman the various qiroblems on the local level in hissing and community development brought about by die lack of funds for com munity development, the uncertain status of pending legislation and other in decision on the Federal level. The entire North Carolina Congressional delegation was in attendance with the ex ception of Cong. Wilmer Mizell. The Mayor, or other of ficials representing each Congressional distrirt, was asked to relate how his area would be affected by con tinued indecision and inadequate legislation at the .Federal level. hjayor Moss outlined housing and community development problems in Gastonia. Shelby, Morganton, Hickory. Forest City and Kings Mountain. Each spokesman outlined a long list of serious problems in housing and community development in their respective cities. In citing the problems of the Tenth District, Mayor Moss asked the delegation to “join us in putting our shoulders to the Wheel in obtaining satisfactory legislation in the housing and community .development fields.” Cong. L.H. Fountain of the Second District, sponsored the meeting in Washington. In speaking on behalf of the state delegation. Fountain ex pressed great concern for the problems discussed and urged that his colleagues push for adequate housing and com- munity development legislation. Gene White said Kings Mountain is “not in bad shape in relation toother cities in the Tenth District.” White said cities such as Shelby and Hickory, who have Nei^- borhood Development Programs that are funded annually, are “having lots of problems.” The local director of redevelopment stated one thing that hurts the Tenth District is that applications for building public housing are no longer being taken. "Kings Mountain is lucky that our application was approved before the cutoff date” The status of low-rent housing in the Tenth District is critical according to the figures White offered. “We have 1319 units of low-rent housing in the Tenth with another 250 under or just before, construction. 100 of the 250 will be in Kings Mountain, bringing our total to 300 units. Unfortunately applications for an additional 830 units in the Tenth District were rejected because they were received after funds had been frozen and applications were not being accepted.” White reportixl a major concern is the number of units needed in the Tenth District according to the official waiting list. "The official • ••• list”. White said, “contains 2875 names but that’s not counting the many people who say to themselves ‘it’s no use trying’”. A recent piece of legislation designed on breaking up the log jam was recently passed by the Senate. It was spon sored by John Sparkman of (See REDEVELOPMENT 3A) BY-PASS PLANS - Mayor John Moss displays the by-pass plans recently received through Ken Mauney, District Highway Engineers. Moss said he is hopeful the plans will be Photo by Jay Ashley finalized by July 1. The plans will be on display in the Council Chambers at City Hall beginning today at 10 a.m. and thereafter from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. City Receives Plans tor The 74 By-Pass Chamber Getting Response On Membership Opinion PoU ByJAY ASHIJ;V .Mirror Staff Writer The Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors lield its meeting Tuesday afternoon and reviewed the first set of replies received from a recent opinion poll. .Although initial response was low. Chamber president Frank Sincox said "many items listed on tbe poll should Ix’ taken under consideration for projects next year.” Lucille Williams, Chamber secretary, said 290 copies of the poll had been mailed and although response was low, others should be in the mail to the chamber. Taking the first 14 replies, Sincox prepared a summary of answers and suggestions for the members present. Parts of Bloodni o bile Visit Here Fri,^ Mar. 29 The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Kings Mountain Fri., Mar. 29 from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. in the Mountaineer Room at the Com munity Center. Bill Grissom, local chairman of the Bl(X)dmobile, said the goal for this visit is 125 pints and urges citizens and businessmen to stress the importance of donating to the Bloodmobile. the opinion poll were: (1) Do you lavor an airport for Kings Mountain? Six answered “yes” and four voted “no” Comments were “doubt if it could be justified”, “that’s a good questions. How could it be financed ” and one stating finance would be a problem but added, "federal funds have supplied over 100 per cent in South Carolina.” Sincox said the issue would be a good question for the chamber to probe in the coming year. (2) What new projects would you like to see the chamber undertake? Some answers were: Urge city and citizens to clean our city. Downtown is very dirty. Attracting new retail outlets Concentrated effort to build a shopping district worthy of the name. Support an airport Streets leading into downtown need paving. As far as attracting new retail outlets, realtor Larry Immunization Clinic SHOTS KOR SII/WKS • As GiU‘ vvtHiUi have* il. (wo young Sham* \isiled the «(Hiiiiv’K ('hiUlhtmd Disease Iiiiimiiii/aiioii ('link' Mmiday ami were a hil less (liaii happy o\er (he pi*(»s|N‘('l of getting sliois. Theii- feats however were allayed when State Koaid of IleaKh lepresen- (ulive Ghai'les PhilbtK’k im* iiiiiiii/<*d (hem with a •Jet injccliir". Tin- injector works on pi'cssui'e and lliei'e is no nl■(■<llc. The mobile clinic was ill llie Kings MnuiUaiii area Moiiilay Ihrougli Thursday and will return after the Easier linlidays. Verna Bi adlev and Beth Clark of the Counij Board uf Health leMiinds residents a general rlinie is held in Kings Mnuniain every Friday from 9-11 a.III. at (he Cunimunity ( eniei . Al left is Shane Adams and nil (he right is Shane Brings. I’lmliis h\ Ja.\ Ashley Hamrick said the city has a “rental space problem for many retailers.” Hamrick said some space is tex) ex pensive or perhaps inadequate for some retail purposes and it was often difficult to find exactly what a potential retailer wanted. Frank Sincox said even though rental space might be a problem, “we still have more retail outlets and places for retail outlets than we did four years ago.” (3) Do we do enough for local merchants? Two answered “yes” and one “no”. Other comments included “enlarge in volvement”, “should merge with Merchants Association” and "no...but not exactly sure what Chamber’s role should be. Perhaps old idea of merging Chamber and Merchants Association should be revised, with Merchants Association being a major (See CHAMBER p. 5A) Thompson, Burleson Featured WBTV Channel Three will air a 30-minute sports special on N.C. State basketball All- Americans David Thompson and Tommy Bur'.ccon Friday night beginning at 10:30. Jim Thacker, WBTV sports director, will be narrator of the program which will feature in-depth interviews with the two players’ families, teammates and coaches. Title of the special is "Native Sons of the Wolf- pack.” Tliompson, of course, is a native of Shelby and a former basketball great at Crest High School. Burleson is a native of Newland, where he was an All- American at Avery County High School, and has relatives living in Kings Mountain. ’The great duo recently led the Wolf pack to the ACC and Eastern Regional titles and will lead State into NCAA semi-finals action Saturday against defending national champion UCLA. Preliminary plans for the construction of the long awaited US 74 by-pass around Kings M(xintain came to Mayor John Moss Wed nesday. Moss said the plaos were iLiivtreC o. District Engineer for the Department (if Transportation, Ken Mauney. After 20 years of petitioning and letter writing to State officials, the by-pass was finally approved under the Governor’s Seven- Year Highway Construction Plan introduced last October. The by-pass will begin at 1-85 and end just west of the Bethware Elementary School, The seven-plus mile stretch will cost an estimated $14.1 millionand is expected to be completed in 1978-78. Initial plans set right of way acquisitions to be purchased at a cost of $900,000 in 1974-75 with construebon beginning in '97S . Mayo- iHi,ss slated "ttie Depai tmeiU of Tiaiisportation and the citizens of Kings Mountain should hope for finalization of plans around July 1.” The by-pass plans must also gain final ap proval from The U.S. Dept, of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. The mayor added a public hearing will be held in Ki.igs Mountain on the by-pass issue and the date will be announced by the state Dept, of Transportation. In Lake Pier QueHtioii Would Appreciate A Variance’ - Young Buddy Young has sunk money and pilings into his John H. Moss Reservoir property and says he still doesn’t know how the situation will be resolved. Young’s creosote pilings have become the center of discussion in recent weeks by the Lake Authority and the Kings Mountain Board of Commissioners. The matter began when the Lake Authority voted to ap prove a report from consulting engineer for the Reservoir, Tom Cox. Cox asked the Authority to approve only pilings constructed of rein forced concrete, either of formed, poured in place construction of pre-cast pre stressed units in its March 7 meeting. At that meeting Buddy Young told the board he was forced to go ahead with sinking creosote poles because the water was rising fast. After hearing Young's plea, the Lake Authority voted three to one to allow Young to go ahead with his pier. In a telephone interview, Y(xing said he thought the matter was settled until he discovered the Board of Commissioners have the final say. In their March 11 meeting, the board voted three to two to require “all piers built before the recommendations were adopted to change to conform with the rules.” This vote was then overruled by another vote which stated members of the C(xnmission should meet with Young to “get the matter straightened out.” Buddy Young was contacted this past Friday and said he had not yet heard anything from “anyone on the situation.” “When plans for tlie lake were announced”. Young said, “you couldn't have found a more enthusiastic person titan me. My whole family is water-oriented and we decided to build on the lake,” Young said he sold his home at Lake Norman, as well as his losidence in Shelby to build his current house. He said, "when I decided to sell the Lake Norman house, I took John Henry (mayor) around Norman and showed him the problems they are Itaving. He concurred that the lake In Kings Mountain should be the best possible.” Young continued, “I built the home in '72 on the lake. I saw John Halloween night when the drain was being filled with cement and com mented that the water would lx- rising fast. I sunk all my money into the home and wanted to start the piers before the water rose Kx) high. John kept saying ‘don't worry’ every time I mentioned huilding a pier but no rules were established. "On Jan. 30 of this year I really began to worry. My land has a very steep slope towards the lake and the water was rising about three to five feet a day. I wrote letters to the Lake Authority outlining my plans for a pier. I mid them what I had planned and said I would bear all the expenses but I had to do something. "About two weeks ago I went to see John Henrv and sliowed him the plans I had (or the pier but I couldn’t get anything definite from him. Finally I just couldn’t wait any longer and 1 went ahead with the creosote poles. I contacted several members of the Lake Authority and city commissioners and some of tliein came over to the house. They said they ccxild ap- (x-eciate my predicament and expressed concern over the matter of rules for pier con- structon, that none had been made.” Buddy Young stated “I did not have any intentions of violating the law and I care as much about the lake as anyone, maybe even more, liut I was trapped I had to do something and do it quick. Because of the slope of my lot I had to use creosote poles. Cement pilings would have been impossible to sink. I'll admit the first order is the quality of the water but I don't think the oil from 31 poles will affect the water as much as tile debris lying on the bottom of the lake right now.” Young, who is also chair man of the county Board of Adjustments said "I think I should be allowed a variaiKe m this case. Not long ago we (board of adjustments) had to grant variances to people around the lake. One man had built his home too close to his pr(>[XTty line. There have been other cases. We could liave been hard-nosed and gone by the exact letter of the law. but these were hardship cases, cases of circumstance, and we granted variances. I would appreciate a variatKe in iny case.
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