Pag* 2A-E1NGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thunday. July 31. 1980
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HELPING OUT — Eug«n« Laievers, Uit, and
Ross Lsfsvsrs, two msmbors oi the Kings
Mountain REACT tsom, tag a bumpsr with a
Driv* 55 sticksr. This is ons of many senricos
KM REACT Unit
Photo by Gory Stowort
poriormod by ths voluntsor group. Ths
bumpor stickers are included in a recently-
published booklet oToilable to the public at
Kings Mountain Drug and TGfcY.
A Dedicated Handful
By GARY STEWART
Co-Editor
You’ve seen them in their
bright orange and white jackets
directing traffic at ballgames,
wrecks and fires.
But the members of the Kings
Mountain REACT team are
more than volunteer assistants
to the police and other emergen
cy groups.
The dedicated handful of local
citizens also give of their time
and talent to aid persons who
don’t have the money or ability
to repair a broken light fixture,
citizens who have been burned
out or simply don’t have the
money to afford certain
necessities of life.
If you were at the right place
at the right time during the cold
GRASP
Meeting
Planned
The Group Resource Alliance
of Single Parents (GRASP) will
be holding its next meeting on
Tuesday, August 12 at 7 p.m. in
the Multi-Purpose Area of the
Kings Mountain Neighborhood
Facility Center (Community
Center).
Coffee will be served and free
babysitting service will be pro
vided. All single parents and
their children are invited to at
tend. There is no fee charged for
particiapting in GRASP which
meets the second and fourth
Tuesday of each month.
For more information on this
and other Parks and Recreation
Department sponsored pro
grams, call 739-3549 or
739-6995.
Babe Ware
Hospitalized
After Wreck
Ralph G. (Babe) Ware was
hospitalized Monday after a two-
car wreck at the intersection of
W. King St. and N. Cansler St.
Mr. Ware, 75, traveling West
on King St., ran the red light and
stated to investigating officers
and witnesses at the scene that
he “could not remember what
happened.” He was admitted to
the hospital for treatment and
observation. His 1980 model
Chevrolet was totaled, Ptl. G.E.
Sale said.
John David Van Dyke, of 511
W. Gold St., was operator of a
1970 Chevy van, owned by the
KM Housing Authority, and in
volved in the collision. The van,
which was damaged approx
imately $450, was traveling
north on Cansler St. Mr. Van
Dyke, 60, was not injured, accor
ding to the police reports.
BAKE SALE
Kings Mountain Emergency
Rescue Services will sponsor a
bake sale Saturday beginning at
9 a.m. in front of Key
Warehouse Foods on U.S. 74
West. All proceeds are earmark
ed for equipment.
of winter, you would see people
like Ross Lefevers, Eugene
Lefevers, Amos Terry, Gail
McDaniel, Paul Mauney,
Charlie Stowe, Betty Jones,
Lucille Peterson, and others, cut
ting firewood and delivering it
free of charge to some needy
family.
Their only pay is the good
feeling they have inside and a
thank you from the scores of
people they’ve assisted.
Once last winter, an elderly
man in Kings Mountain return
ed home one day to find his
home broken into and all of his
groceries stolen. A REACT
member heard about it, took the
citizen to a local supermarket
and bought him enough
groceries to last until he would
receive his monthly retirement
check.
Another night, a man travel
ing through Kings Mountain
had a flat tire. He was not
physically able to change it and
could not find a service station
open. But a REACT member
heard his call over a CB radio
and went to his rescue.
Another motorist on 1-85 had
a window in his car broken by a
rock-thrower. A REACT
member monitoring channel 9
heard his call, went to his aid
and taped a piece of cardboard
over the window so the cold
wind wouldn’t blow in.
The list goes on and on. The
Kings Mountain Aging Pro
gram, Ministerial Association
and Convalescent Center can
cite case after case where they’ve
called on REACT.
Kings Mountain’s REACT
(Radio Emergency Associated
Citizens Team) unit is the only
chartered team in Cleveland
County. It was chartered August
10, 1977 under the direction of
former Kings Mountain Chief of
Police, Earl Lloyd and sponsor
ship of the Kiwanis Club.
Kings Mountain first organiz
ed COPE (Crime Operation
Patrol Emergency) but after six
months, it fizzled.
“But we were determined to
keep the group active, even
though we had only a handful,”
said Ross Lefevers. “I’d rather
have a handful of good men than
a big group that is not active.”
That’s when Chief Lloyd told
them about REACT and helped
them get in touch with the right
pieople.
“He led us in the right direc
tion,” said Lefevers. “He
sometimes stayed up until 3
o’clock in the morning riding
with us.”
Patrolling is another job
handled by REACT members.
They don’t serve as law en
forcers, but simply report
suspicious cars and characters to
the proper authorities.
Another service of REACT is
publishing a booklet on the unit,
which lists, in addition to other
things, the telephone numbers of
all area law enforcement groups
and fire departments.
The latest edition came off the
press this week and is available
to the public at TG&Y and
Kings Mountain Drug.
The group operates strictly on
donations, with the money going
to the elderly and needy families.
Each member purchases his own
uniform and equipment.
REACT is headquartered at
the Kings Mountain Communi
ty Center and meets the first
Sunday of each month at 7 p.m.
Qualifications for members are a
CB radio license and clean police
record.
Applications for membership
may be obtained at any meeting.
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Four Persons Injured
In Single Car Crash
Four persons were hurt, one
seriously, in a one car crash
Saturday on East King Street,
according to report of Ptl. Ralph
Grindstaff of the Kings Moun
tain Police Depanment.
Grindstaff said a car operated
at a high speed by James Edward
Brown, of 400 W. Parker St.,
crashed into a utility pole after
swerving across the center line of
U.S. 74 East, crossing the road
way, ramming a utility pole,
then hitting a tree on the left side
of the road head-on.
The injured, all taken to Kings
Mountain Hospital, were the
driver of the 1972 Dodge,
Brown, Samuel Boyce Jr., 25, of
209 Parrish Dr., Birde L.
Frazier, 56, of Rt. 4, and Dennis
White, 21, of 206 N. Carpenter
St. Brown was reportedly
seriously injured in the wreck
which damaged is vehicle ap
proximately $3,000 to the front
end and right rear side.
In other law enforcement ac
tivities during this week;
Sgt. Bob Hayes charged Terry
Edward Dunlap, 27, of Rt. 4,
operating a 1976 Olds, with ex
ceeding safe speed after the
Dunlap vehicle ran through a
stop sign on Boyce St. and plow
ed into an antique mailbox
knocking the mailbox down and
uprooting the foundation, a tur
ning plow. The car was damaged
$800 and the mailbox was
damaged $600, police said.
LEARN
tractor-trailer
DRIVING
A rear end collision on E.
King St. involved cars operated
by Phil Marsh, of Tampa, Fla.,
driving a 1980 Ford, Sheri Lou
Clarke of Rutherfordton,
operating a 1976 Chevy, and
Steven Michael Lanier of
Gastonia, operating a 1980
Chevy. Ptl. R.E. Grindstaff said
that the Marsh and Clarke
vehicles were stopping due to
backed up traffic in front of
them an J the Lanier car failed to
see the stopping traffic and hit
the Clarke vehicle which struck
the back of the Marsh car which
was damaged $100. There were
no damages reported to the other
two vehicles.
Both drivers claimed the green
light in a two<ar wreck at York
Road and East Gold St. Reserve
Capt. Phil Witherspoon said the
drivers were listed as Roxanne
Rhea Mauney of 1007
Brookwood Dr., operating a
1979 Datsun, and William La
ment Lockhart, of Rt. 1, Grover,
operating a 1980 Buick.
Damages totaled $400 to both)
cars.
Police blamed a hit and run
driver for damaging a parked
1976 Ford Truck which had
been parked out of the travel
lane on West Mountain St. The
car was rammed on the left rear
side and damaged approximately
$300. The truck is owned by
George Fraley of Bessemer City.
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