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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1975
Jooks
Wanted
'or
K3IH
Kings Mountain
; Club is sponsoring a
to bring books and
nes to patients at
iountain Hospital.
Gnry Bryant, chair-
the project, said the
)spital Auxiliary will
n conjunction with
ans in the program,
[tion and cataloguing,
are asking citizens to
books, preferably
icks, to the hospital,”
ryant said “However,
11 accept hardback
(Ve are also asking for
lonations to pay for
ne subscriptions for
pital.”
ne who wishes to
books or cash to
ihing a hospital library
I so through the hospi-
irst Union National
Belk’s or First Pres-
n Church.
14 Youths
CHECKING FISHING AREA — On July 4
about half a mile of shoreline off New Camp
Creek Rd will be open for bank fishing. Seen
here looking the area over are KMPD Det.
Photo By Tom McIntyre
JohnBelk, Capt. J. D. Barrett and Mayor John
Henry Moss. This is a temporary measure until
fishing piers can be constructed
Bank Fishing Okayed
For Moss Lake Area
OW
On
The Kings Mountain Lake
Authority has approved fish
ing from Moss Lake banks
along a half-mile area off New
Camp Creek Rd.
Fishing from the banks still
requires a permit and will
only be allowed in the
designated area. Signs will be
posted to show the area and
he Job
mayor’s summer youth
rogram applicants found
mine of jobs under
ms government nro-
is and iii commerUai
i(ry this week.
Ann McDaniel reports
the mayor’,s office that
Dximately 114 young
efrom ages i4-21 went to
during the paai week,
ed both by the city and
jte enterprise, also in
s Mountain, were 72 in the
dvantaged category.
It20 percent of those hired
;oliege students. A total of
'ere hired by different
)anies and 10 more under
'ACE pr(^ram.
New Officers, Board
For Hospital Elected
The Kings Mountain Hosni-
ta! board .if trustees havo
elected new officers for the
coming year at a recent meet
ing.
Elected were George W.
Mauney, president; John L.
McGill, vice president; and
Thomas A. Tate, secretary-
treasurer.
Trustees also appointed J.
C. Bridges and N. F. McGill
Jr. to five year terms on the
hospital board. They replace
James Harry and Harry Page.
Others on the board include
George W, Mauney, Hugh D.
'o '-and, John L. McGill,
Thomas A. Tate, S. T. Cooke,
Carl F. Mauney, Fain Ham-
bright and L. E. (Josh)
HtmnanL
In addition Grady Howard,
hospital administrator, said
the 22-bed wing closed several
weeks ago will be reopened
Mon., July 7 “because of in-
(rease patient census. The
wing was closed originally be
cause out of 102 beds only 70
were in use. Now patient in
crease demands we reopen the
wing.”
EPA
Order
To MiU
Sewer Plans Are Bad
hggestions for a local
■ay treatment of sewage
the installation of a small
itment plant to dispose of
ItonCorporation’swaste are
being considered, ac
hing to County Com-
ssioner L. E. “Josh”
inant.
Med in another
ind Knocks Out Power
Monday’s 55-minute power
lure OA J. - r ji
over 80 percent of the
was caused by wind
wing Duke Power’s high
*"26 lines together.
lailure occun-ed at the
. where the city system
according to Mayor
lo H. Moss.
Werealize it came at a bad
he(
newspaper, Hinnant repor
tedly said “I’m afraid they’re
(Eaton) going to scrape the
whole project.”
The two proposals were sub
mitted by the state through
Kings Mountain to Eaton as
temporary measures to deal
with the plant sewage
problem.
time when most people were
arriving home from work to
cook,” Mayor Moss said.
“Duke responded quickly to
repair the damage. Our city
electric department and
consultant engineer Bill Little
were also on hand to assist. To
all of them my thanks for
quick action.”
Hinnant reportedly said
neither plan will work because
of the oil that would be con
tained in the sewage and that
the Environmental Protection
Agency would not approve of
such plans.
The county commissioner
from Kings Mountain also
expressed concern the county
might lose some incoming
industries when they see the
problems Eaton faces.
Plant Manager Ron Tom-
frfdns said drinking water is
being hauled in and port-a-
johns are being used at the
plant while equipment is being
installed and construction is
being completed.
Eaton officials from
Cleveland, Ohio reportedly
indicated the Cleveland
County plant will not be
scraped.
f^urb Market Promoted
Downtown Merchants
sponsor an old-fashioned
curb market for retail
"son land provided by the
J Mountain Re-
^Pment Commission,
eidra,suggested by W.S.
iJr ^ogive local
»s a place to sell their
J^»ona regular basis, "nie
M "market will be
^‘’^rokee St. be-
»n Suche’s Beauty Shop
,'’®"'“^‘®hed) and
_ lot beside IJings
Supply.’
^ McDaniel
ong as the market is
_,r by local people selling
idnce grown
To promote the idea the
Downtown Merchants and re
development commission
have laid out guidelines:
(1) Sales are limited to
vegetables and produce only.
This will not be a trade lot.
(2) Hoursofsales are 8 a. m.
to 8 p. m. Monday through
Saturday.
(3) Sales are permitted
from the beds of pickup trudcs
or backs of cars.
(4) No stands or permanent
fixtures will be permitted.
(5) Each person will be
responsible for cleanup at the
end of each day. No excep
tions.
(6) Sales space will be on a
first come basis.
(7) There is no privilege
license for sales space for
locally produced or grown
vegetables.
(8) The redevelopment
commission and merchants
association assumes no
responsibility for accident or
damage.
(9) Free permits to sell may
e picked up at the rede
velopment commission office.
Army Private Howard J.
Shipp, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard H. Shipp, 507 Mitchell
St., Kings Mountain, is
assigned as a teletype cpera-
tor in the 1st Cavalry Division,
Fort Hood, Tex.
Old Fashioned 4th
Planned This Friday
Kings Mountians planning
to stay home this July 4 ha ve a
full slate of activities to atend
through the city recreation
department (see schedule)
and the Kings Mountain Arts
Council.
Beginning at 9 p. m. on Rail
road Ave. the Ray Ledford
Combo will play a wide
variety of music for an old
fashioned street dance.
Prior to the street dance,
beginning at 7:30 p. m., in the
mini-park off Battleground
Ave. numerous musicians and
singers will present a free
show.
The Ray Ledford Combo has
played clubs, dances and
shows for over 20 years and
specialize in music to suit all
types of tastes. The five piece
combo includes Johnnie
Beam, vocalist, and even
supplies a square dance
caller, J. D. Lowe, if the de
mand is made.
Currently, the combo ap
pears regularly at the
Coliseum Supper Club near
Shelby.
The dance band stage will
be erected between the Joy
Theatre and Cooper’s Furni
ture and in front of Falls Used
Car lot and the entire block of
Railroad Ave. will be barri
caded to free the street for
dancing.
For the free show in the S.
Battleground mini-park a
stage will be placed at the rear
of the park to play to the
audience. The paved portion
of the pedestrian walk will be
used to place chairs for the
city’s senior citizens, who will
be there as special guests.
Don Green and The
Shastells, a well-known coun
try and western band, will
kick off the show and will fea
ture Joey Martin, an RCA
recording artist from Nash
ville.
Following the Shastells will
be a number of area per
formers playing and singing a
variety of music.
Arts Council directors invite
everyone to attend the down
town celebration this Friday
night.
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July 4 Activities Scheduled For City
city crews have alnfedy begun
clearing parking #irea and an
access w^k into fke shoreline.
is ^ only area
arouffd the lake where the dty
o\yriS property from the lake to
^ main access road,” said
Uohn Moss, authority chair
man.
With proper permits, the
designated bank fishing area
willbeopen to fishermen July
4/ The authority makes cme
stipulaticn, that all fishermen
observe sanitation regulations
both on the property and the
water.
GROVER — An order from
the Environmental Protection
Agency to Minette Mills to
comply with their federal
pollution control permit within
30 days or face heavy fines,
according to Qiarles Duval, a
local plant spokesman, is a
communication problem be
tween state and federal
government.
Duval said the plant sub
mitted discharge maiitoring
reports for January and April
as required to the state
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources in Ashe
ville and that the Asheville
office failed to forward the re
ports to EPA in Atlanta.
EPA also contends W&W
Consultants of Spartanburg, S.
C., which is designing ad
ditional waste treatment
facilities for Minette Mills, did
not submit a preliminary
engineering report to the state
by Apr. 15. Duval said the
report was submitted on Apr.
16.
'The EPA order gives the
mill 30 days to submit a dis
charge monitoring report,
including the results of
samples to be taken following
the receipt of the order and
other results of samples taken
since Oct. 1,1974. Further that
progress reports from last
December and from June 30
be submitted. Non-compliance
would mean facing fines of up
to $10,000 for each day of
violation.
Assigned
CTJLLOWHEE — Academic
honors at Western Carolina
University have been earned
by Paul A. Baliles, 608
Jackson St.; Carolyn H.
Clemmer; Ben R. Horton, 809
Landing St., of Kings Moun
tain; for the 1975 spring quar
ter, according to an announce
ment by Dr. Robert E. Stoltz,
vice chancellor for academic
affairs.
Students on the dean’s list
must earn a quality point r^io
of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for a
regular quarter’s work of not
less than 12 quarter hours.
A community-wide worship service at 7
p. m. Thursday, July 3rd, will open
festivities celebrating Independence Day
in the city at KM Community (^nter
Tennis Court area.
Festivities for all ages are planned all
day next Friday, July 4, with varied
entertainment from putt-putt, field
events, horseshoe, watermelon eating
and rabbit diasing contests, pingpong in
the gym, a fashion show and a beauty
CMitest for young ladies 8-13 to crown
Miss Dixie Youth Baseball.
Pre-Fourth activities for Senior Citi
zens of the area include refreshments in
tlie Center gymn from 5 until 7 p. m.
Thursday, July 3, announce Tony Tomp
kins and Tommy Pruett, co-chairmen of
the arrangements committee.
Steve Barrrtt’s Country Music Show
willpresenta free show at4:30p. m., fea
turing Ms. Marie in belly dancing and
Joan Baker and a group of her models
will show local fashions at 5 p. m. A
special trofiiies presentatim to winners
of events is slated for 6:15 p. m. Crowning
of Miss Dixie Youth Baseball will also
feature the evening event at 6.
Registration for all tournaments are
now underway at KMCC.
The full schedule of events follows:
PUTTPUTTAREA
10 a.m.-12 noon —Hole in One Contest
—Entry fee.25c — winner to receive free
season Putt Putt pass.
1 p. m.-3 p. m.—Putt Golf Tournament
— Entry fee .50c — Tournament divided
into three groups (8-13; 14-18 and over
18). Winners in each group win free pass
to Putt Golf. Winners of each group will
compete for trophy.
10a. m.-2p. m. — Driving Cage — free
to all participants.
FIELD EVENTS
1 p. m.-5 p. m.— Horseshoe Tourna
ment — Entry fee .50c — winner to
receive a trophy.
3 p. m.-3:30 p. m. — Boy’s and Girl’s
Tug-O-War Event — Free — Winners to
receive free swim pass. Losers to receive
free showers.
4 p.m. — Watermelon Eating Contest
— Entry fee .50c — See who can eat the
most in 5 minutes. Free swim pass to
winner.
4:15 p.m.—Ice Sitting Contest—Free—
Winner to receive a season swim pass.
4:30 p. m. — Ice Cream Eating Contest
— Entry fee .25c — See who eat the most
Ice cream in 5 minutes. Winner to re
ceive a free swim pass.
5 p. m. — Greasy Pig Chase — Free for
14 and under — Winner gets to keep pig.
5 p. m. — Rabbitt Chase — Free for
everybo^ — Winner gets to keep rabWt.
GYM EVENTS
10 a. m.-12 noon — Basektball Free
Throw Contest — Entry fee .50c — to be
divided into three groi^js :8-13; 14-18 and
over 18). Winn«^ of each group gets
choice of free pass to swim or Putt Golf. 2
winners will compete for trophy.
10 a.m.-12 noon — Ping Pong Tourna
ment — Entry fee .25 c — Winner gets
choice of free swim or Putt Golf Pass.
10 a m.-12 noon — Bumper Pool
Tournament — Entry fee .25c — Winner
gets choice of free swim or Putt Golf
Pass.
1 p. m.-3 p. m.— Adilt Checker
Tournament — Entry fee .25c — Winner
to receive trophy.
POOLAREA
2:30 p. m. — Penny Dive — Free —
Winner receives swim pass.
3 p. m. — Greasy Watermelon Dive —
Free — Winner wins watermelon and
free swim pass.
5 p. m. — Girl’s and Ladies Diving
Contest — Free — Winner to receive free
swim pass.
5 p. m. — Boy’s and Men’s Diving
Contest — Free — Winner to receive free
swim pass.
5 p. m. — Girl’s and Ladies Swim Race
— Free — Winner to receive free swim
pass.
5 p. m. — Boy’s and Men’s Swim Race
— Free — Winner to receive free swim
pass.
5:30 p. m. — Bikini Contest — Free —
Winner to receive free swim pass and
trophy. (All ages invited)
SPECIAL EVENTS
11 a. m. — Base running Contest —
Free — Best time wins. — (Tee League,
age. Little League age and Babe Ruth
age) — Winner wins choice of free swim
or Putt Golf pass.
11 a.m.-2 p. m. — Open Tennis Tourna
ment — Singles .50c and Doubles $1.00
entry fees — Winners win trophies.
1 p. m. — Firecracker Softball Classic
— 'Teams; Linwood Aces, Police, City
Garage, Rotary, Kiwanis and Recreation
Department. 30 minute time limit —
Home team will bat if losing after 30
minutes. Single eliminatioa
2:30 — Hay Dive — Free — Diving for
money and winner gets to keep money he
comes up with.
2:30 p. m. — Sack Race — Fee — On
Little League Field and winner receives
choice of fi'ee swim pass or Putt Golf
pass.
5 p. m. — Greasy Pole Climb — Entry
fee .25c — Prize will be a $5 bill at the top
of the pole.
10 a. m.-6p. m. — Dunking Machine —
4 throws for .25c
MAIN ATTRACTIONS
Steve Barrrtt’s Country Music show
4:30 p. m. — Belly Dancing Show —
Free — See Ms.Marie do her famous
dances. Will be held in the gym.
5 p. m. — Modeling Show — Joan Baker
and her models — Free — in the gymn.
Local stores to provide clothing.
6:15 p. m. — Awards Ceremonies. —
All trophies and passes will be given out
at this time. Will be held in the gymn.
JULY 4TH AND 5TH
Tee league
TOURNAMENTS
FRIDAY, JULY 4TH
(LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD)
2 p. m. K.M. Mets vs. K. M. Optimist
(Pee Wees)
3:30 p. m. K. M. Tee League No. 1 vs.
Charlotte Tee League No. 1
5 p. m. K. M. Tee League No. 2 vs.
Charlotte Tee League No. 2
6:30 p. m. K. M. Nat. 10 All-Stars vs.
Tryon All-Stars
8 p. m. K. M. Amer. 10 All-Stars vs.
Bessemer City.
SATURDAY, JULY 5TH
(LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD)
3:30 p. m. Tee League Consolation
Game.
5:00 p. m. Tee League Championship
Game.
6:30 p. m. 10 Yr. All-Star Consolation
Game.
8:00 p. 10 Yr. All-Star Championship
Game.
CHARLES“PETE”PETERSON
One Day He Could
Save Your Life....
Qiarles Peterson, a Kings Mountain native, now
resides on Waco Rd. with his wife, the former Margie
Gordon of Kings Mountain.
“Pete” has been a member of the city fire depart
ment fulltime since 1972. He joined the firefighters as a
volunteer in 1969.
But back in 1960 when the Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad was only six months old, Pete became a
member of that all volunteer organizatioa
“Ollie Harris and Corbet Nicholson worked to help
get the rescue squad formed,” Pete said. “Harris gave
us our first piece of equipment. An ambulance. Kings
Mountain’s squad was the first organized in Cleveland
County. Ithappened after the Gaston Life Saving Crew
came over our way to assist in rescueing a couple of
boys trapped in a well.
“Since then the local squad has assisted in the
organization of squads in Grover, Shelby, Boiling
Springs and Upper Cleveland County,” Pete said.
During his 15 years with the squad Pete has held the
ranks of sergeant and lieutenant. He is now in his third
straight year as treasurer. He said he spends about 50
hours each week in squad duty, training and on stand
by.
“I would recommend this work to any young person
interested in helping his community,” Pete said.