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1 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C. thursti«y, May 17, 1973^ lioiilth ijj and pivals ullural people deiieiKl i:in w;“ iKS in- ii been food 'itii no to liu- forum- food Creel Predicts New Saiety Era For Area Industrial Workers S/SgL Byers In "Readiness" • • O •0 A • new era of safe and h. alth- fui wr. iking conditions" v/ill i e brou;;lit aiboat .n American in dustry through uatioanwide inv I-lemsntr.tion of the Occupational afcly and Health Act, State Lab-1 IV Commissioner Billy Creel predicted i^lhurs .ay. | Addreosing some 100 Clcveiand ounty . usiness and industrial eaders gatehered to honor 57 sa.'ety award - winning plants, Creel envisioned a “lulure Indus-; trial cl r.-?te in which the heaith and safe*:, of workers will he ac corded equal Importance with production and profits." | "Tiiis milestone of sound, sen sible, praaical, humanitarian and socially respon.slble legisla- t on the C'VIA law .vill bel paralleled and reinforced all over the United States in the years ahead by State laws written and enacted to be 'eriually as effec tive’ as the Federal stateute,” Cl mmissioner Creel deciai ed. "It will become as fundamental a law of the land In worker safety and health as the Fair Labor Stand ards Act has become in wages and working hours." Cieel had words of praise for the “initiative and concern” of the management and emoloyei'S of the 57 Cleveland county award winning plants. “Xdrth Carolina industry has only has as many dispi Lng in juries as American industry as a whole,” Commissioner Creel Slid. "But you have <nine an ev. tra mile in safety and have made your plants for-and-above the average of North Carolina Indus-i try in safe and healthful work-, ing condition!. For this, you rich ly deserve the recognition for our slate government which these awards renresent.” Creel was introduced by Jack Jlamscy, chairman ot the Cham-1 ber of Commerce Safety Com- ^ mittee. Lloyd C. Bost, presi dent of the Sheiiby Cham':er of Commerce, co-sponsor rf the safety awards event with the North Carolina department of labor, presided. After outlining the present statu.-: of the OSHA law and ad- | ministration in North Carolina, Commissioner Creel indriKiuced to the groups Rav Boylston, di- re.’tor of the Office of Occupa- fonal Safety and Health in the North Carolina Department of Labor, and Weldon Denn ■, assist ant state OSHA director. Assisted by 0‘^HA Safety In spector Allen ITortRarr'er of Charlotte, Boylston presented a color slide-illustrated talk fea turing the subjects "OSfl.A Or ganization and Plans"; “OSHA Standards and Violations”; “Ty pical OSHA Inspections”; and “Electrical Standards." I The Labor Department and O'HA officials then answered questions from tl.e group a. out the 0_.fA law and made avail- able a wide var.ety of safety ma terials for the use of business and industry people in implemen ting the OSH.A safety standards in their plants. Attending the safety awards meet ng with Commi smnei wivel was Dan Kelly of Raleigh, labor department safety coordinator. i • Foote Mineral Company’s! Kings .Mountain operation recelv- (>d its loth consecutive year saf-i ety award, the top honor award ed, at the annual sareiv awarus program at the county office I uilding. j Other area plants receiving 1972sa.ety awards were .Spangler and .Sons Inc,, second conse- qulive year; Dixon Chevrolet, Inc., third consecutive year;. Lam'oeth Corporation, third con-| secutive year; Reeves Brothers, Inc. Duplex international Divi sion, third consecutive year; and United States Gypsum comrany, | sixth consecutive year. Tech Begins ' New Classes Cleveland County Technical In stitute will sponsor a Manage- men; course, “Pr nciplcs of Su"- ervision," beginning Thursday evening. May 17, in Room lfD2 on the Tech emmnus. The i.a-hoor courr e will meet from 7:00 |o 10 p. m. once each week on Thurs days until completion of the course. The new management course will focus on two important as- •-ciis of the s’li'crvision proceas; name'■, commisation and how to train employees. It will he in structed by Bill Clifton and will be open to supervisors and busi- nes<! and industry of the area in addition to supervisors of nurs- ng homes from this area and surrounding counties. The course is so t!e.‘f’<'n'’d ’nd o ovc-t t-i '’ive re-certification for nursing home adm nislrators. Rrgistr.g- tion will be at the first class meeting at the time, date and place prev'iouslv mentioned Other classes that may bo of interest to area citizens are as follows: Hotp'-Motel Accounting, enin- ning May 111 and meeting on Wed nesdays h:30 - 9:.30 p. m.; Real Estate, a 33-hour course, to start .Tune 1 and meet weekly on Mondays 7:00 - 10:00 p. i.i. For information a’,tout enroll ing in these courses adu'ts are requested to call Cleveland Tech at -IS2-437S. KI'LLEEN, Tex. — .Staff .Ser geant Roddie W. Byers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nanom H. Byers of ItOO Paikdale Circle, Kings Mountain, N. C., recent!-/ partici pate! in a g ant U. if. He.idiness Command training exercise at Ft. Food, Texas. .‘■'ergeant Byers, a U. .S. Air For.-e aircraft maintenance tech nician with the .437th Mil tary Airlift Wing from Charleston AKB, S. C., supported his unit’s C-5 Gala.xy and C-141 Starlifter transport aircrews who airlifted 1-orsonnel and equipment to the Texas installation. More than 30,(XX) Army. Air Force, Air Na tional Guard and Air Force Re serve merrrei's l.iok part In the operation. The exercise dubbed "Gallant Hand"—was the second in a seres of large-scale maneuvers planned by the Readiness Com mand. An armord division, ele ments of a cavalry division and Air Force tactical airlift, fight er and reconnaissance units were i employed in simulated combat! operations. | His unit Is pai’t of the Mili tary Airlift Command which, provides gloibal airlift for U. S. military forces. Sergeant Byers, a 19(35 gradu ate of Compact high school, ha.s completed a tour of duty in Viet nam. His wife, Charlotte, is the daughter of Mrs. Cle.stino War ing of 452 Huger St., Charles ton, S. C. Senator Ervin To Keynote Convention RALEIGH—U. S, Senator .Sam Ervin Jr., has acrepte.d an invita tion of the .North Carolina Dem- ocraitc Flxeculive committee to deliver the principal address dur ing the party’s eastern fund- raising event July 20 and 21 at Atlantic Beach, Demo.'ialic Chair man James R. Sugg announc ed Wednesday. The Di-wneast’er will begin with a clambake July 20 and will he c'imaxeri with a dinner July 21 at the John Yancey .Motel at which Ervin’s address will be the main attraction. The coastal event is b<‘ing re vived for llie summer political sea.son after having been omitted from the Democrali party’s reg ular schedule of activities last year due to a conflict with other party activities. A .ser ies of county, district and regional rallies this year are preceding the $50 per tickid fund- rsj.scr. ;ind re'^ifin-d rallies anil seminars are to follow on a year- round program of party building, .Sugg add^. MOSQUITOES Th’ be.st way to control mos- quitCK‘3 i.s to destroy breeding places. .Mosquitoes breed In stand ing water, and the eggs can't hich unless they are laid on wat er or on plaies that later become flooded. The larvae can’t devel op unless they have water to live In. GOSPEL SING Saturday Night. May ISth. 7:30 p.m. EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH Blacksburg. S. C. FEATURING • SEACREST GROVE QUARTET • BROWN FAMILY • HAMPTON QUARTET Everyone Welcome REV. M. P. HAMPTON. PASTOR Double Knit Fabrics 501 S. CANSLER ST. AT ELM Invites You To Shop In Our Factoiy Outlet Polyester Print & Solids In the Newest Shades & Patterns at the Lowest Prices Open Daily 8 A.M. - 5 P.M. 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