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Big Eaton Layoff Set For September 26
Eaton Corporation will layoff about ono-half of iU work fore*
Soptombor 26.
Ovor 200 omployoos of tho Grovor Road plant woro told in
mootings Tuosday that tho layoffs woro for an indofinito
poriod of timo.
Jim Strahloy. porsonnol managor, said that ho had "nothing
to soy" about tho loyofL adding that such information would
como from othor company officials.
A numbor of omployoos had alroady agrood to tako volun
tary layoff for tho month of Octobor.
Tho company agrood to pay tho laid off omployoos'
hospitUsation insuranco for a 90-day poriod.
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VOLUME 91. NUMBER 61 - THURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 18,1980 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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October 7 Bicentennial
Singer Dolly Parton
Invited To Celebration
Invitations have been issued
to singer Dolly Parton of Ten
nessee, U. S. Senator John
Warner of Virginia and Atlanta
attorney Charles Kirbo to serve
as honorary chairpersons for
their states at the 200th anniver
sary celebration of the Battle of
Kings Mountain.
An almost non-stop series of
activities are scheduled from
Oct. 3 through Oct. 7. Included
among these is a possible address
by President Carter at 2 p.m. on
Oct. 7.
Governors Jim Hunt of North
Carolina and Richard Riley of
South Carolina will meet at the
boundary that separates their
states near Kings Mountain Na
tional Military Park for a tradi
tional hand-shaking ceremony.
Sec.Andru*
Hunt Is Coming
• To KM Tuesday
Governor James B. Hunt will
come to Kings Mountain Tues
day to participtate in ground
breaking for the new Grover
Road plant of Sulzer Brothers,
Inc.
The groundbreaking
ceremonies begin at 3 p.m. at the
site on Highway 29 south adja
cent to the Eaton Corporation.
Mayor John Henry Moss and
Luciano Cont, vice president
and general manager of Sulzer
Brothers,Inc., will also take part
in the ceremonies, along with
other local officials of business
and industry.
Following the groundbreaking
ceremonies, the Cleveland Coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee will host a public recep
tion honoring Governor Hunt
from 4:30 until 6:30 p.m. at the
Historical Museum on the
Courtsquare in Shelby. Mrs.
Joyce Cushion, chairman of
Cleveland County Democrats,
encourages all Kings Mountain
area citizens to attend the recep
tion. The Historical Museum is
located in the old Courthouse.
The Grover Road plant will
be tooled to manufacture the PS
3600 type Shuttleless weaving
machine and is the first built in
the United States by Sulzer
Brothers, Ltd. of Winterthur,
GOVERNOR JAMES B. HUNT
Switzerland,which has opera
tions throughout the world.
The new plant will initially
employ 40 persons but by 1984
will employ 230, most of whom
will be hired locaUy tmd trained
with assistance from Cleveland
Technical College. Five
employees of the parent com
pany will be brought from
Switzerland to supervise the con
struction and start of the plant,
including project manager
Albert Susstrunk. The plant
manager will be Swiss native
Thomas Huber of New York.
TENTATIVE OCTOBER 7, 1980 CELEBRATION SHEDULE
700 Celebration Prayer Breakfast
N.C.-S.C. Governors’ Traditional State Line Meeting
I St Day Stamp Cancellation Ceremonies
Kings Mountain Commemorative Post Card
Celebration Banquet
Parade and Grand Review
(Possible alternate site for address by the President)
City of Kings Mountain
200th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremonies,
Kings Mountain National Military Park
(Arrival of the Overmountain Marchers ending the sixth
annual reenactment of the march.)
Possible address by the President
Final performance of outdoor drama, “Then Conquer
We Must.”
Colonial Military Encampment - American and British Units -
Demonstrations and Displays
Special Exhibits and Historical Displays
Art and Craft Show
Railway Historical exhibit and train
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8:00
Lt. Gov. Zell Miller will repre
sent the State of Georgia during
the final day’s activities and
there is a possibility that Ten
nessee’s Gov. Alexander also
will be able to be on hand.
Virginia will be represented by
Lewis A. McMurran, Jr., chair
man of the Virginia Centennial
Commission.
Secretary of the Interior Cecil
D, Andrus will deliver the prin
cipal address at 3:45 pjn: on the
afternoon of Oct. 7 when those
reenacting the march of the
Overmountain Men arrive at
Kings Mountain National
Military Park.
During those ceremonies, the
colors of each of the five states
that supplied me'n for the battle
will be presented, and a represen
tative of the United Kingdom
will place a wreath on the grave
of Major Ferguson.
Retired U.S. Army General
William C. Westmoreland,
former Army chief of staff, will
serve as the honorary chairman
of the 200th Anniversary
Celebration and will be on hand
for many of the events.
U. S. Rep. James T. Broyhill,
who authored the legislation
creating the Overmountain Vic
tory National Historic Trail, will
serve as the honorary chairman
for North Carolina. P. Bradley
Morrah, chairman of the South
(Molina American Revolution
Bicennential Commission, will
represent his state as honorary
chairman.
Kings Mountain National
Military Park Supt. Andrew
Loveless said that Overmountain
Marchers are expected to reach
the Battlefield at 3 pan. on
Tues., Oct. 7th. The 3:30 pan.
program will open with the
presentation of state flags, the
colors by a color guard from the
U. S. Marine Corps, and singing
of The National Aatthem with
accompaniment by a band. The
invocation will be given by Rev.
Harold M. Hutchinson, pastor
of Shiloh Presbyterian Church
which is celebrating its 200th an
niversary in October. Russell F.
Dickenson, Director of the Na
tional Park Service, will
welcome the group and in
troduce guests. Appearing on the
program will be Chris T.
Delaporte, Director of Heritage
Conservation and Recreation
services. Governor James B.
Hunt of North Carolina, Gover
nor Richard W. Riley of South
Carolina, Congressman James T.
Broyhill of Lenoir, Congressman
Kenneth Holland of South
Carolina and Dennis Kline,
grand marshal. After the address
by Andrus, a wreath4aying
ceremony will be held at 4:30
p.m.
More than 1,000 persons have
been involved in planning and
preparations for the Celebration
and it is anticipated that the
reenactment of the March of the
Overmountain men, the five
days of activities in the city of
Kings Mountain, and the pro
gram at the National Military
Park, will attract thousands of
Piedmont Carolines citizens to
Kings Mountain.
LT. GOV. - Roy Krege. left, outgoing Lt.
Govornor of Kiwonis District 1-B, presented
the banner representing the home club of the
new Lt. Gov., Frank Vanstory, right, oi Kings
Mountain at the local Kiwonis Club meeting
Photo by Jerry Lediord
Thursday night. Vanstory will serve as District
1-B Lt. Governor for the 1980-81 year. The
district includes 12 Kiwonis Clubs in Western
North Carolina.
Painting Fire Hydrants
Fire hydrants in the city will
get a face lifting this week and
next as volunteers paint their
faces to resemble colonial
characters in celebration of the
200th anniversary of the Battle
of Kings Mountain.
Kings Mountain Fire Depart
ment is sponsoring the promo
tion and co-chairmen are Debbie
Gnandt, Joan Leitner and Sheila
Ledford.
Other citizen volunteers who
will be taking brushes and paint
and painting a favorite Revolu
tionary War figure will be Bonita
Mullinax, Betty Plonk, Terri
Plonk, Dot Tignor, Rosley
Crosby, Robin Ramsey, Dawn
Brazzell, Lisa Smith, Kristi
Gnandt, Nicole Gnandt, Sara
Leitner, Mark Scruggs, Trudy
Scruggs, Dexter Tate, Barbara
Jones, Wanda Conner, Becky
Cook, Tammy Cook, Jim Potter,
Jan Wilborn, Mrs. Charles
Neisler, Judy Hendrixson, Vi
vian Duncan, Laura Duncan,
Diane Chaffee, Rita Cathy, San
dra Murphrey, Evelyn Hamrick,
Dru White, and Lisa White.
Other “painters” interested in
joining the beautification project
are invited to call 739-8200.
‘Then Conquer We Must’
Tickets On Sale At Chamber
Advance tickets for the outdoor drama "Then Conquer We Must”
are on sale at the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, which is
located in the old City Hall on Piedmont Avenue.
The drama will be held Sept. 26-28 and Oct. 3-7 at the Kings Moun
tain National Military Park amphitheatre.
Time of each performance is 8:30 p.m., except for the Oct. 7 show
ing, which will be at 9 p.m.
Tickets are $2.50 for general admission and $3.50 for reserved for
every showing except on Oct. 7. That night, tickets will be $4.00 for
general admission and $5.00 for reserved.
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SALUTE TO NATHAN HALE-KMSHS ttudrat*
KrUtl Gnandt. Uit and LUa Smith or* pictured
in th* proevw of transforming this fir#
hydrant In front of tho Biesntonnial Hsad-
quartsrs into a liksnsss oi Rsvolutionary War
horo Nathan Hals os port oi ths prsporartion
Photo by Katrsna McCoU
for ths upcoming cslsbration. Mrs. Dsbbis
Gnandt is in chorgs oi dscorotion of ths firs
hydrants in ths city and hopss to havs all
paintsd with Blcsntsnnial figurss by ths
cslsbration porods sshsdulsd for Oct. 7.