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VOL. 87 NO. 88
TUKODAT, DBOEMBBR SI, 1878
KIN08 MOUNTAIN,
NORTH OAROUNA18888
KIhGS MOUMTNM
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Holy
Larceny!!!
Holy larceny I
Someono stole the Babe from the
Manger.
Mrs. Carl ChUders, said someons
walked away with a ceramic figure
representing the baby Jesus from
the manger In a Nativity Scene at
the south station.
The decorated station Is near the
nureeiy at KM Hospital.
Mrs. Childers said she worked oa
the ceramic figures and decor for a
year and the scene had not been up
for very long before the missing
‘‘Babe’’ was discovered.
“I know a lot of peo|de leave
Christ out of Christmas,” Mre.
Childers said, “but this Is the first
time I ever heard of anyone stealing
the Babe from the Manger.”
Special
Projects
Tonight
A couple of special Christmas
programs are on tap for tonight,
sponsored by the Kings Mountain
Uons and Klwanls Clubs.
At6p. m. the Uons Club members
will meet at BAB Food Store on 8.
Battleground Ave. to coUect food
baskets, which will be distributed to
the blind In the community.
At 6:48 p. m. the Klwanlans will
meet at the Kings Mountain
Woman’s Chib on B. Mountain St.
and from there set out to sing
Christmas carols for the widows of
farmer Klwanlans.
Both are annual CTiristmae
projects.
Robbed
In Sadie
Mill Lot
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Police Await Barnes
Death Autopsy Results
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Christmas cash he planned to use
for Christmas presents tor his
family was stolen from a Sadie Mill
employe eariy Thursday by an at>
tacker who robbed him In the park
ing lot of the mUl, according to Kings
Mountain PoUce Department.
WlUlam Bright 48, of Qaf&iey, S.
C., first shift employe, told KMPD
he was attacked and robbed of
between $8,800 and $8,000 In
Christmas savings about 4:10 a. m.
as he started to wcurk.
Bri^t told officers that he had
drawn out his Christmas savings
from a bank and plaimed to go
Christmas shopping Thursday after
noon after he Wished his shift at the
mill. He said he was attacked by a
man who struck him several times
In the head and face with die butt of
a pistol and took his wallet.
Bright was treated at Kings
Mowitaln Hospital and released, the
police report stated.
Captain Jackie Barrett, Sgt. Bob
Hayes and Ptl. James Camp are
continuing Investigation Into the
robbery.
I
Fboto By Tom McMyre
GOING UNDERGROUND - John Wllhams, iriaat contract supervisor
for Southern Bell, oversees the Installation of conduits for phone lines
along S. Railroad Ave. In the central business district. The line will run
south to Maoney Hosiery Mill, bore under the railroad tracks and tie In
with underground line Installations running from Grover to Kings
Mountain.
Phone Lines Gk>ing
Underground Here
Southern Bell is going underground.
No, the utility company Isn’t turning Into a terrorist group. But the
company Is literally going underground with phone lines In the central
business district of Kings Mountain.
The construction runs from the Intersection of W. Mountain St. and S.
Railroad Ave. (at Nation Chevrolet site), south to Mauney Hosiery Mill to
connect with similar construction firom Grover to Kings Mountain.
John Wilson, plant contract supervisor for Southern Bell, said, "At the
mill we will bore tmder the Southern Railroad tracks and run on to a
manhole on Battleground. There we are supposed to tie In with the lines
coming from Grover.”
The Bell construction will be used Immediately to remove overhead
phone llnea In the central busliwss district. The conduits, according to
Wilson, also allow for expansion of lines aind phone service as called for In
the future.
’Ihe general contract for trenching. Installation of conduits and filling
and repaving the street Is handled by Fltton and Pittman Construction
Go.
Wilson said repaving should be completed by the end of this week.
SOUNDS or CBRB1MA8 - Inal Thursday this
group of Kings Monntala OKy Behoola edaeators, aides,
administrators (and even onstodlal employes) en-
lanahssd Rm KM Relary Onb with a program of
Phsts Br Tom MeMyts
popuMr mnslo and a medley of Chrishaaa oeaaenal
favorttes. As one teacher said, “we don’t have a name
for the group. We Just get together and sing for the flm
of H.”
Was Debra Barnes murdered?
As the Mirror-Herald went to
press late Monday evening the
results of an autopsy by the state
medical examiner at Chapel Hill had
not been returned.
Cleveland County Coroner Bennett
Masters sent the body of the 38-year
old Kings MountsUn woman to
Chi4>el Hill Saturday According to
Investigating officers, Lt. C. A.
(Gus) Huftstetler and Deputy Bobby
Putnam of the sheriffs department
and SBI Agent Jim Woodard, ttiere
were marks on the neck of the dead
woman.
Miss Barnes, whose address la
listed as 6U First St., reportedly left
home around noon last Friday with a
male companion. Her psutlally clad
body was discovered about 11:46 a.
m. Saturday by Nelson Evans, a
truck driver.
Lt. Huffstetler said the body was
lying face down in a ditch beside an
unpaved road off Oidc Grove Rd.,
about three miles west of Kings
Mountain. Police said the body was
clad In jeans, socks and riioes and
that a turtle-neck sweater, jsicket
and several pairs of women’s
hosiery were scattered on top of the
body.
Police said Miss Barnes was
employed by BVD and had worked
at The Joy Theatre In Kings
Mountain.
No arrests have been made and
police are withholding the name of
the male companion who called for
Miss Barnes and drove away with
her on Friday. 'The Investigation
continues with the assistance of SBI
Agent Woodard as more friends and
acquaintances of the dead woman
are questioned.
Funeral services will be held
today at 8:30 p. m. In the Harris
Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev.
George Leigh and Rev. Ansel
Center. Burial will be In Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Beatrice Laws Barnes of the home;
two brothers, Arnold and Gary
Barnes; one half-brother, Richard
Laws, all of the home.
Industry Employes Have
Paid Qiristmas Vacation
with few exceptions, most Kings
Mountain Industrial employes will
begin a week’s Christmas vacation
tomorrow, and with pay.
Some IndustrUl firms are also
presenting gifts to employes In the
form of certificates for hams and
turkeys. At least (me plant la already
on holiday, Phenlx Plant of
Burlington Industries, which began
a week’s vacation Mcmday.
Longest holiday will be observed
by employes of Mauney Hosiery
Mills who will vacation from Thura.,
Dec. 33, until Jan. 8.
Shortest holiday will be observed
by Spectrum and Nelsco Mills where
the vacation period is Christmas
Eve, Christmas Day and Sunday.
Bemuses will be paid to Spectrum
enqiloyes an Thursday and gift
certificates will be presented, said a
spokesman, at Margrace and
Pauline Plsuits of Nelsco, gift cer
tificates will be presented on each
shift Wednesday.
Employes of Phenlx Plant began a
week’s vacation Monday. Christmas
cash In the form of bonuses were
presented to employes, Imsed on
length of service. The tradltionid
Christmas party was held Sunday
aftenvxm at the Community Center
and treats and gifts were distributed
by Santa Claus.
Mauney Hosiery Mills paid
holiday bonuses, also based an
longevity.
Holiday for Mauney Mills em
ployes began Friday when bonuses
Toys For
Tots I^an
Aimouneed
The Kings Mountain Ministerial
Assoclaticm has assigned pastors to
man the Toys For Tots hesidquarters
on S. Cherokee St. Thursday and
Friday.
The ministers will be on duty to
handle the suea needy who come by
with their certified cards to collect
toys for their children’s Christmas.
Thurs., Dec. 38: 8-10a. m.. Rev. J.
C. Goare A Rev. L. D. Scruggs; 10 a.
m.-noon. Rev. Frank Shirley A Rev.
Edward Wright; 1-8 p. m.. Rev. Rus
sell Hinton A Rev. Robert Boggan;
88 p. m.. Rev. Clyde Bearden A Rev.
BIU Daniel.
Fri., Dec. 34: 0-10 a m.. Rev.
Oariee Boat A Rev. D. H. Luts; 10 a. -
noon. Rev. Gary Bryant A Rev. Msd
Schumsm; 1-8 p. m.. Dr. Charles
Edwsuds A Rev. Fred Wells; 8-8 p.
m.. Rev. Leroy Cbx A Rev. George
Sherrill.
cards were distributed to the
pastors at the last association
meeting and only persons certified
by the pastors are eligible to receive
toys.
’The ministerial association works
In conjunction with the Kings
Moisitaln Fire Department annually
In this project. The firemen collect
and repair donated toys and the
minlatsrs handle the distribution.
were paid employes at the close of
the work day.
Eknployes of BVD Sportswear
begin the holiday at 10 p. m. on
December 28, returning to work on
January 4 at 10 p. m. Bonuses and
gift certificates wii' be presented.
Ejmployes of Clevts.-, ^ Hfirie-.y,
Gay Hosiery, Can-Do Hosiery,
Lyntex Hosiery, LAL, and Ideal
Hosiery will enjoy a long vacation
from Thursday until January 2.
Bonuses will be presented to em
ployes, based on length of service.
Duplex International will close for
the holidays on Friday, resuming
plant operations on December 27.
’The plant will also close on New
Tear’s Day, rs<sienlng im January 8.
Himoloyas will enjoy a Christmas
dinner on each shift Thunday and
Christmas gifts will be presented.
Kings Mountain Knitwear will
close at end of the first shift on
Wednesday, resuming (derations
with th' third shift on December 28.
Bomii,e i and gilu will be presented
to a’;;- 5..-np)''yee <». Wednesdt.
IGngs Tam will close at e.ul of
second shift Wednesday, rec^enlng
with the third shift December 26.
Bonuses and Christmas gifts will be
presented at a plant party Wed
nesday.
SsLdle Mill em{doyes will enjoy a
holiday beginning next Thursday
morning and reopening with the first
shift on next Wednesday morning.
Bonuses and Christmas gifts will be
presented.
Fboto By Tens MeRrtyre
REAL mSLL-RINOER - Grier Sipes a member of Firot BapBet
Church, rings the hell on 8. Battlegroaiid Ave. tor the KM BOnloterlal
Assodatton’s Helping Hand Fund. The program Is to ralae taads lor tael,
food and clothing for local and area needy will oonclnde at 7 p. m. FrL,
Dec. 84. Sipes Is one of the many volunteers manning three stnade
throughout the city.