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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1975
Merchants To Ask City
or Codes Enforcement
KyTOMMcINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
line 23 city commis-
jetin^ a four-man
I from the downtown
1 group will ask for
brcanent of dty
for the city co*s
} make on site in-
with the idea of
siness house land-
enants specific code
nmittee appointed
joint meeting of
businessmen and
s Mountain Re-
ent Commission
lUi'sday include Wil-
in, Horace Herd,
Ick and Willie Wil-
n of the downtown
William Fulton Jr.
1 committee follow-
issi® by the group
3tion from Wilson
are my guide-
■iffin asked. “What
idequacies? How do
landlord started to
y problems? These
Bsti®s many of the
downtown merchants are ask- buildings after redevelop
ing. All we’ve been told is that ment, but we have no speci-
we have to upgrade, those of fics. I don’t think many land-
responsiWlities they have in
this matter.”
Gene White, executive
vv X uua i Liuim ximiiy laiiu- wiiiie, execucive
us who will stin have our same lords are even aware of the director of the redevelopment
MAKING A MOTION — Wilson Griffin made
the motion downtown merchants seek codes
enforconent from the city to aid planning in
the heart of Kings Mountain business area
during a meeting with the redevelopment
commission last Thursday.
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ByTOMMclNTyRE
■tor, Mirror-HeraJd
5th the approval from the
ment o' Housing and
a' Development of a
ro demolition contract
iradley Jenkins of Gas-
buildings downtown
leduled to come down,
in McGinnis, assistant
tor of the Kings Mountain
jelopment Commission,
Jjast week that to date
epdividuals and 31 busi
es have been moved at a
lost of $111,996.10.
tKntly on the commis-
s workload are 10 busi
es: Grigg Garage, Sudie’s
ity Shop, Plonk Brothers
0.,'Foust Textiles, Cooper
tture Co. (storage),
*’s Cabs, Haywood E.
Co., George B.
isson, Attorney, Lynch
!e and Magistrate J. Lee
linnis said J. E. Hern-
ICotton Processing Co. is
Vly moving from the
. ler St. area to the com-
^ facilities near the
sr City highway,
first demolition job
Ithe 900 day cortract is
'mer Delhnger Jewel
Warlick and Ken’s
Shop buildings mi W.
Jein St. That will leave
building on the west
Tf building housing
room on the east side
% which is to become
stnan walkway.
^work contract will be
inonth after the build-
»me down,’’ McGinnis
™s is going to be one
®ost exciting features
■ wwntown area. The
on the east side
"'alk will be done in a
f an artistic brick
sanding out from the
;ans also call for de-
for night to
beauty of the
'innis said the floor of
2 will be
six-sided
s individual blocks)
i'f fay to remove
Jdif underground work
“^“^installation) to
SZuT'^ said that
'f.for placing the
center of
specific intervals..
The top edges of the planters
will be sharply angled instead
of flat to prevent people from
sitting on the planters. Ben
ches on either side of the
planters will be provided for
pedestrians. Birdi trees will
be planted in the planters.
“This walk wiU run to the
area where the steps from the
parking area lead down to
First Union National Bank,”
McGinnis said. “The old
Sterchi’s warehouse will be
removed and thecity will pave
the parking area.”
At the rear of the pedestrian
walk will be an elevated plat
form with steps and an angled
ramp for wheelchairs and the
elderly’s convenience. McGin-
k Planned
we’ve lost were lost because
the merchants wished it so.”
He said the City of Hickory
went throu^ the same prob
lem, losing about one third of
its business population to
outlying shopping centers.
“This lasted about one year,
then those businesses moved
back to the downtown area
and business is booming. 'The
downtown area in Kings
Mountain does have some
drawbacks. There isn’t
enough variety and presently
the parking situation hurts us,
but with the interest from
different businesses in
locating here and the con
struction all of this will
change.”
nis said the platform will be
used for an e^ibit area (local
artists, KM Arts Council
projects, etc.).
“When the project is
finished this pedestrian walk
will run clear across the
downtown business district
north to south,” McGinnis
said. “There will be another-
running across the district
east and west, across the rail
road tracks to beyond the
Railroad Ave. businesses.”
In response to a question
about losing businesses and
people in the downtown area
during this period, McGinnis
said, “We will lose people and
businesses. We alreacfy have.
But a few of the businesses
‘No Bank Fishing’ Brings
Authority Qtizen Gripes
Sharp criticism is being
aimed at the Kings Mountain
Lake Authority because of its
no embankment fishing rule at
John H. Moss Lake.
To date more than a dozen
citizens have been charged by
lake wardens with violating
the embankment fishing rule.
The reason stated by lake
authority board members is it
is against health department
requirements.
Executive
Committee
Appointed
Kings Mountain Bi-Centen
nial Co-Chairmen today ap
pointed an eight-member
Executive committee to head
the city’s celebration of the
2(X)th birthday of the nation.
Howard B. Jackson and
Mrs. John 0. Plonk said that
Charles E. Hamilton will
serve as secretary, J. C.
Bridges as treasurer and Mar
vin Teer as assistant-treasur
er.
Rounding out the committee
are Mrs. John L. Blalock, Mrs.
David B. Faunce, W. S. Ful
ton, 111, Mrs. L. E. Hinnant
and Thomas Tate.
However, the Cleveland
County Health Department
denies the practice of fishing
from the shores at the Moss
Lake is against their require
ments. The state health
department also states it has
no rules against it. However,
the state department has
suggested to the local
authority that fishing from the
banks be cmitrolled.
Mayor John Moss, who
chairs the authority, said the
authority made the decision to
ban bank fishing altogether on
the advice of health officials
and engineers.
The mayor said the advice
came from W. J. Stevenson,
head of the water supply
branch, sanitary engineering
section, division of Health
Services, Department of
Human Resources. “He
recommended the authority
maintain tight controls on and
around the lake and that no
bank fishing be allowed,”
Mayor Moss is quoted as
saying.
Last week S'evenson again
said he felt Kings Mountain
had made the ri^t decision in
not allowing bank fishing at
the lake. He said it was a deci
sion made solely by the local
lake authority and not under
any specific regulation of the
state health department.
Fishing in the lake is per
mitted only with a license or
permitand from a boat only in
designated areas.
commission, said, “You have
hit on the key point. There are
two ways you can go about
this. First, you can have the
commission’s architect (C.
Crawford Murphy) go on site
and make recommendations.
He can bring you up to stand
ard or give you plans that will
take you far in excess of
standards.
“But the real crux of the
matter is building codes en
forcement,” White continued.
“You can have a committee
go to city hall and demand
codes enforcement. Those
codes explain in painful detail
everything expected of struc
tures in town.”
Griffin said that sounded al
right, but also said he felt it
would not go far enough.
“What about the landlord who
doesn’t live in Kings Moun
tain? All he’s interested in is
receiving his rent check. He
couldn’t care less about
upgrading his building. It
won’t work unless the landlcrd
is served with a notice of items
that must be taken care of.
You have to give him a time
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Eaton Sent
Suggestions
Mayor John Moss and
Couutv)' Commissioner Josh
Hinnaik have submitted some
suggested temporary
solutions to Eaton Corporation
officials on a sewer line to the
Kings Mountain plant
“A permanent solution will
come about in 1976 when the
southeastern collector line,
under the 201 plan, is con
structed,” Mayor Moss said.
Hinnant, speaking for the
county commissioners, said
he is hopeful Eaton’s corpo
rate heads will find one of the
suggestions submitted ac
ceptable and that work can
begin to bring sewer facilities
to the local plant temporarily
until the 201 plan can be put
into effect.
Jobs Available
Around 80 Kings Mountians
willbehiredhere this summer
under the Neighborhood
Youth Corps program and the
Comprehensive Employment
Training Act of 1963.
Gary Pearson of the em
ployment security commis
sion said applications are
being processed to find
qualifying citizens.
The Mayor’s Summer Youth
Job Program committee is
again accepting applications.
To apply contact Joe Ann Mc
Daniel at the mayor’s office.
APPOIN'nNG COMMITTEE — WiUiam S.
Fulton named a four man committee to ap
proach the Kings Mountain Codes Director
about codes enforcement during 'Thursday’s
meeting. The effort is to bring about faster
rejuvenation of the downtown business area.
School Board Accepts
Budget Of $1,259,537
The board of education ac
cepted a $1,259,537 budget and
a supplemental tax rate of 16
cents per $100 valuation in its
regular monthly meeting
Monday ni^t.
Supt. Don Jones said the
budget reflects only a $47,000
increase over last year. That
increase, he said, comes in
utilities and some programs
not financed by the state.
Jones announced that the
system will have some cut
back in personnel but it will
come in not replacing persons
who are retiring.
Assistant superintendent
Bill Bates discussed the budg
et, which was approved by the
county commissioners Mon;
day afternoon.
“This is strictly a hold the
line budget; where we had to
spend more in one particular
area we made up by cutting
back in another,” he said.
Jones said several construc
tion projects, including the
renovation of the Grover audi
torium and rejdacement of
floors at Central, will have to
be delayed. Plans were to con
vert the Grover building into
administration offices.
“We hope to consider doing
this in the spring,” said Jones,
“if we can get through the
winter without any major
problems.”
Anticipated income includ
ed the supplemental taxes, up
one penny from last year,
$230,000; unencumbered
balance, $70,000; occupational
education, $303,000; fines, for
feitures, etc., $43,000; ad
valorem taxes $456,607.
Accounts considered self-
supporting include lunch
room, $400,000; Title One, Two
and Three, $120,650; and Head
Start, $120,000.
Major expenses include ad
ministrative and clerical
salaries, $70,332.21; and in
structional service,
$548,350.80.
Other items include plant
operation, $121,222; plant
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maintenance, $152,114; in
surance, retirement and
social security, $87,350; capi
tal outlay for new buildings
and grounds, $50,000; and
maintenance of old buildings
and grounds, $206,364.
In other business, the
board:
— Approved $900 for
renewal course work to certi
fied staff members who
cannot earn renewal credit
under regular staff develop
ment programs.
— Discussed a survey made
by teachers of the 1,016 ex
ceptional students in the sys
tem and 558who are waitingto
be served.
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Forrest Wheeler Takes
KMSH Principal Office
William Forrest Wheeler,
41, of Taccoa, Ga., will as
sume the principalship of
Kings Mountain Senior High
School July 15, Supt. Don
Jones said yesterday.
Mr. Wheeler is currently as
sistant superintendent of the
Tocca School System, has also
served as principal, head
basketball and assistant foot
ball coach and assistant
principal of Toccoa High.
Supt. Jones said Mr. Wheel
er is completing his sixth year
program in education leader
ship certification which rep
resents one year more than a
Master’s Degree at the
University of Georgia.
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REV. PASCHAL WAUGH
Rev. Waugh
Re-Oected
Secretary
Rev. R. Paschal Waugh,
pastor of Central United
Methodist Church, was re
elected Secretary of the West
ern North Carolina Confer
ence which comprises 14 dis
tricts of Piedmont and West
ern North Carolina
Methodism.
Rev. Mr. Waugh was also
elected a delegate to the
General Conference of the
Methodist Church to be held in
Portland, Oregon April 27-
May 7, 1976 and a delegate to
Jurisdictional Conference in
July 1976 at Lake Junaluska.
Both Rev. and Mrs. Waugh-
attended the recent week-long
conference.
One Day He Could Save Your Life....
Earl Hollifield earns his daily bread as a compressor
operator-mechanic at Foote Mineral Co., but his
community involvement includes five years with the
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad.
Earl and his wife, the former Miss Evelyn Coffey of
Linville, reside at 205 Park Dr. They have been citizens
of Kings Mountain for the past 19 years and, as Earl
says, “We’ve been here long enough to feel this city is
home.”
In h is volun teer work with the rescue squ ad Earl said
his wife is behind him all the way,
Earl’s previous medical knowledge came from serv
ing as a medic in the Army during World War 11. Since
joining the rescuers Earl has spent many hours in
classes learning more and more abbut the emergency
medical treatmait of people. “I’m even qualified to
deliver babies, b^ so far I haven’t had to do that. It’s
about the only experience I haven’t had in my five
years with the squad.”
Earl sees his work as a means of being of service to
the community and has no second thoughts about
being involved in such work. “I was invited to come to
a meeting by a friend who was already involved,” Earl
said. “I liked what I saw and heard and decided to
volunteer my services, T still like it.”
The Hollifields have two sons, Morgan and Skip, both
residents of Kings Mountain.
EARLHOLLIFIELD