Photo by Kotrona McCall
CECIL AND HIS BEAN STALK - CmU (Doc) Champion oi Ook
GroYO Community ihoYrs oH hi* 8 foot tall Kontucky Wondor
boons that ho grow In his back yard gardon. Ho says that tho
boons OYorogo botwoon 7 and 8 inch** long. Ho also has
tomatoos thot wolgh up to IVi pounds whilo still groon on tho
vino, as woU as an ossortmont of poppors and cucumbors. Ho
soils tho produco at tho Formor's Morkot.
Bloodmobile Plans Six
• Visits To KM In 1980-81
0.
The Bloodmobile schedule for
Kings Mountain during year
1980-81 has J)een completed
with six visits planned.
This is one less visit than last
year, said a spokesman for the
Red Cross, but the change was
_ made to eliminate overlapping of
" visits.
A Kings Mountain citizen can
now give blood at any of the
visits without being deferred
because not enough time has
elapsed since the last donation.
Blood donors must wait eight
weeks (56 days) before being
eligible to give again.
All six visits to Kings Moun-
A tain will be community blood-
^ mobiles, thus, every citizen will
Carnival
To Aid MD
A carnival will be held to
benefit the Muscular Dystrophy
Association in front of King’s
Department Store, 300 W. Dix-
9 on Blvd., Shelby, July 29
through August 3.
“Bring your family and friends
over to King’s and help eliminate
these tragic neuromuscular
diseases,” said a spokesman for
MD. The carnival schedule is as
follows;
July 29, 30, 31 - 6 p.m.-ll
p.m.
^ August 1 & 2 - 6 p.m. -12 p.m.
, August 3 -1 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday
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be eligible to donate blood at
every visit.
“All citizens are encouraged to
participate by giving or getting
friends and neighbors to give,”
said Red Cross Bloodmobile
director Martha Scruggs.
The 1980-81 schedule in
cludes:
Monday, August 4, 12 noon
until 5:30 p.m. at First Baptist
Church, 101 West Mountain
Street. The visit will be spon
sored by Kings Mountain city
employees and the goal is 125
pints.
Friday, October 3,11 a.m. un
til 4:30 p.m. at First Baptist
Church. The visit will be spon
sored by Kings Mountain in
dustries and the goal is 200 pints.
Wednesday, December 3, 9
a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Kings
Mountain High School. The visit
will be sponsored by the KMHS
Student Council and the goal is
200 pints.
Monday, February 2,12 noon
until 5:30 p.m. at First Baptist
Church. The goal is 125 pints.
Monday, May 4,9 ajn. until
2:30 p.m. at Kings Mountain
High School. The visit will be
sponsored by the KMHS Future
Homemakers and the goal is 200
pints.
Tuesday, June 30, 12 noon
until 5:30 p.m., at First Baptist
Church. The visit will be spon
sored by Kings Mountain civic
clubs and the goal is 125 pints.
\UTY
Up 41.7 Percent In KM
Crime Is On The Increase
Major crime in Kings Moun
tain increased 41.7 percent dur
ing 1979 over 1978, according to
figures released by the North
Carolina Department of Justice.
By comparison, the increase in
crime in Cleveland County was
17.7 percent, some 53 percent
more than the statewide average.
Violent crimes are murder,
forcible rape, robbery and ag
gravated assault. Non-violent
crimes are breaking and enter
ing, larceny and motor vehicle
theft.
Aggravated assaults were also
up 10 percent in Kings Moun
tain and robberies decreased
273 percent, the report showed.
Only one rape was reported in
1979 in the county compared to
four reported the previous year.
Total violent crimes, according
to the report, went down 15.5
percent in the county during the
past year.
Overall in the state crime in
creased 12.4 percent during
1979 over 1978. The 1979 edi
tion of “Crime In North
Carolina” states that a record
total of 240,970 crimes were
reported during 1979 compared
to 214349 crimes reported in
1978.
Attorney General Rufus L.
Edmisten stated in the report
issued by the Departmetn of
Justice this week:
“The increase of over 12 per
cent in one year is overwhelm-'
ing, because crime has risen a
total of only 15 percent in the
five years prior to 1979. By com
parison, preliminary statistics
released earlier this year by the
FBI showed crime rising 10 per
cent on the average in the
Southern states and 8 percent
nationwide in 1979. The North
Carolina crime index has risen
over 20 percent in the last five
years, a figure which is three
times higher than the average
national increase during the
same period.”
Crime rose in every index
category but one, (murder), in
North Carolina in 1979. 'The
violent crimes of murder, rape,
robbery, and aggravated assault
as a group increased 8.1 percent
over 1978. By comparison,
violent crime increased 12 per
cent in the South and 11 percent
nationally last year according to
the FBI. In North Carolina
murder dropped 12 percent
while rape, robbery, and ag
gravated asault increased 11.5
percent, 17.3 percent and 6.4
percent respectively. The 17.3
percent increase in robbery was
the largest single increase in any
index category. A nearly 140
percent increase in bank rob
beries last year, (115 reported in
1979 compared to 48 in 1978),
contributed measurably to this
statewide increase.
The property crimes of
burglary, larceny, and motor
vehicle theft as a group increased
12.9 percent. By comparison,
property crime increased 10 per
cent in the South and 8 percent
nationally in 1979 according to
the FBI. A high number of
burglaries reported during the
first quarter contributed greatly
to the eventual 9.9 percent in
crease in this category last year.
Likewise, larceny increased in
1979. Motor vehicle theft,
especially of automotive ptarts
and accessories, continues to be
the most common type of
III
larceny accounting for nearly 40
percent of the total number
reported. Motor vehicle theft,
which has increased nearly 30
percent since 1975, rose 113
percent last year.
There were a total of 1,426 ar-
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i\
HAPPY DAYS — Governor Jim Hunt, left, and
lack Mabry are all smiles alter Mabry
presented Hunt a check for over $8,000 from
Cleveland County residents lost week.
Hunt Campaign Rolling
Organizers of Governor Jim
Hunt’s re-election campaign in
Cleveland County are off to a
good start in their local effort to
keep North Carolina moving.
Cleveland County Hunt chair
man Pat Spangler says the coun
ty has surpassed its fundraising
goal for the fall camp)aign. Jack
Mabry, a Cleveltmd County
Hunt supporter presented a
check for $8,050.00 to Governor
Hunt at a western regional cam
paign rally in Asheville last
week.
“We are proud to be among
the first counties in the state to
reach our fall fundraising goal,"
Spangler said. “1 think this
shows that people here are en
thusiastic about continuing the
record of progress Jim Hunt has
helped us build in Cleveland
County.
“In the last three and a half
years Governor Hunt has helped
bring more than a billion dollars
in new and expanded industry to
the western part of the state.
When those new plants open
they will mean more than 24,500
new jobs for people in the area.
More than 1,900 of those jobs
will be here in Cleveland Coun
ty.
“Governor Hunt has also
given the travel and tourism in
dustry the attention it deserves.
Since he’s been in office the
state’s travel advertising budget
has tripled. He’s appointed his
new Travel and "rourism Ad
visory Council to find ways to
keep mountain travel and
tourism growing.
‘The Governor has also been
making sure North Carolina gets
all the federal funds it can for
western development. Since he’s
been in office he’s approved
more than $52 million in Ap
palachian Regional Commission
grants for western counties.”
Spangler says Cleveland
County’s early success in
reaching its fundraising goal is a
good sign. “We met our goal ear
ly in the spring and Jim Hunt
won big in the Democratic
primary,” Spangler ways. “With
out fall goal in so early we might
see an even bigger victory this
November.”
Weekend Complaints Keep
Kin^s Mountain Police Busy
LECTURES - Dr. Irvin A. Buchwald. obov*. Cbisi oi Pulmonary
Modlclno at St. lohn's Ho^ltol In UwoU. Mass., was visiting
Ucturor ot Kings Mountain Hospital Thursday for on all-day
Pulmonory Educotlon Day.
program.
Photo by Lib Stowart
a continuing modlcal oducotlon
City police were kept hopping
over the weekend investigating a
number of complaints from van
dalism reports to breaking and
entering and larceny.
Mike Butler, of 806 Rhodes
Ave., reported theft of a bicycle,
valued at $100.
Dorothy Mowery, of 412 N.
Tracy St., repwrted the theft of a
CB, value undetermined.
Kathy Jackson, of 919 North
Piedmont, reported the larceny
of a lawnmower, valued at $160.
Diane Daughterly, of
Bessemer City, reported the theft
of $1,020.00 worth of furniture
which was stored in a storage
building on Charles St.
George Ross, of 908 Henry
St., reported the theft of a bicy
cle, valued at $115.
Jerry Melton, of 2017 Red
wood Circle, reported the
larceny of an eight track AM-
FM radio, value not reported.
Harley Owens, of 317 Clegg
St., Shelby, reported that he was
riding his bicycle on North Pied
mont Avenue when two males
jumped on him and took the
bike which was valued at $286.
Geraldine Roberts, of No. 30
Chesterfield Apts., reported that
someone broke the window of
her apartment. Damage was
estimated at $30.
Vickie Smart, of 820 Grace
St., reported that someone
entered her home and took two
stereo sets, a clock, a black and
white television set, a fan, and
58 tapes valued at $745.
Carl Armstrong, of Rt. 4,
reported that a mini warehouse
he owns on Slater Street was rob
bed of $24.60 worth of snack
items.
Jim Guiton of 707 Groves St.
reported theft of a lawnmower,
valued at $160, and Lawrence
Allen of 400 Waco Rd. reported
theft of a bicycle.
Terry Grigg, of 106 Sadie St.,
said his house was broken into
and stolen were one table, four
chairs, a hoe, shovel, gas can
valued at $212.00.
Deborah Barnette, of 212
Blanton St., reported vandalism
to her car. She said the seats
were pulled out of place and the
knobs were removed from the
radio.
Rickie Henson of 808
Cleveland Ave. reported the
theft of a bicycle valued at $114.
Roy R. Dobbins, of 133
McGinnis St., reported that
while he was visiting on Grace
Street that an unidentified sub
ject him him with a stick or
board and took his wallet.