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THE TUESDAY EDITION VOL. 88 NO. U TUESDAY, FBBBUABY 8, ltT7 KIMG? MOUMTMn MIRROR-H€RI^LD 15* Two Weeks Remaining On TV Shot There’* only • co«q>le more week* left for local cltlsene to puretiaae a diot at whining an RCA portable color televlalon aet. For donation of $1, the ateerfaig committee of the fund-ralaing group to finance a trip to Dlaney World for the Klnga Mountain Senior High band, are aelllng ticket* on the TV aet. The band ha* been Invited to lead the Dlaney Worid parade on April IS at Oriando, Fla. and the tlcketa on the TV aet la one method to ralae the needed fund*. The committee la atmtlng for a total of 18,400 In revenue from the ticket aalea to help oftaet the |S,SS4 needed to finance the trip. A total of 98 pereona are planning to make the trip. That Include* 85 band member* and 10 chaperone*. The money la needed for hotel ac commodation*, meala, the price of chartering a apeclal bua and rental on a trailer for all the band In- atrumenta and unltorma Tlcketa remaining will be turned In, along with receipt* on February SB and the drawing will be held on February 38. Tieketholdera need not be preaent to win. Basketball Game Caps Big Night The King* Moimtaln Aging Program and Reeraatlon Dqwrt- mart haa planned a Senior atlaan* Night February 11, which will be capped by attending a aany baaketball game. Theaanlorcltlaena (90 and 19) will be admitted free to aae The CUlfomla Cutlea take on the King* Mountain MMlta at the community center on February 11. To begin the Senior Qtlaen Night a Mlowahlp hour win begin at 6:90 pjn. In the Mountaineer Room at the community center. The veelal gueata win be treated to hot doga, hamburger*, deaaert, popcorn and beverage*. Rev. Kenneth Oeorge, coordinator of the aging program, raid, “Our aenlor eUlaena wlU not want to mlaa thla qteclal evening. The Swlngtaig Mountaineer*, a band oonalatlng aolaly of aenlor dUaena, wUl per form during the half at the baaketbaU game. The evening la free to area dtlaena SO-year* old and up." Rev. Oeorge aald tran^rortation can be arranged for aenlor clUaena by calUng 789-46U Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. untU 4 p.m. The evening la plarmed not only (or aenlor dtlm^lruilde the city, but within the King* Mountain MlniaterUl AaaoclaUon coverage Precinct Meetings Scheduled y,'-- Parkdale Buys Mauney Mills {tx-sSsssa \ ? if.¥ WELCOME TO KM Mayor John H. Moea welcome* Duke Klmbrell, preeldent of Parkdale Mill* of Gaatonla, which haa pnrchaaed Maimey Mill* here. Klmbrell aald erctenalve reiMvatlon and updating I* platmedatthe Klnga Mountain plant to bring It into line Photo By Ton Bletatyre with the atandard* malrrtalned in the other four Park- dale plant*. A penahm plan, hoopttaUaatlon and major medical benefit* are Included In the new employe package. Never Trust Your Husband... Reg Alexander of Klnga Mountain Juat received $800 from Reader'* Dlgeat for an anecdote aubmltted to the magazine’* “Life In Theae united State*’’ department. The aon of Mr. and Mr*. C3iarlea Alexander, Reg la an ordained minuter realdlng In Bolling Spring*. The anecdote, which follows, appears In the February Usue of Reader’s Digest. “Two months after CSuistmaa, our poet office had finally recovered from the niah of cards, letters, and packages. I was working at the ,.tffir«ung machine when I noticed that a coUectlon of card-size en- veliqiea had been dropped through the mailing slot. “Could these be Christmas cards In February?” I thought to myself as I reached for the stack. As I shuffled through the envelopes, my suspicion was confirmed, for on the back of each card was handwritten: ’ ’Don’t ever trust your husband to do anything.” W. Duke Klmbrell president of Parkdale MlUs, Inc., today an nounced the purchase of the prln- c4>al physical assets of Mauney Mills, Inc. of Kings Mountain, for an undisclosed amount of cash. Tb be known as Parkdale Plant No. 5, the acquisition will Increase the over-all production capability of the Company’s polyester-cotton blend sales yam. In announcing the acquisition, Klmbrell expressed confidence In the future of spim yarns. “Con sumers are looking for the soft hand and warmth of spun yams,” he said. “The acquisition of Mauney Mills, will enable Parkdale to meet the growing demand of our customers for fine quality 100 percent com bined cotton and polyester-cotton blend yarns." Parkdale MlUs Is a Oastonla based firm producing sales yam (or the outerwesu*, underwear, weaving and industrial trades. The acquisition of Mauney Mills and the 1972 purchase of BrTsmger Mills, Inc. of Lexington, N. C. gives Parkdale five complete manufacturing facilities, with total employment In excess of 1,100 people. Parkdale Plants No. 1 and 2 In Gastonia produce 100 percent cwnbed cotton yarn, and Plants No. 8 and 4 In Lexington produce polyester-cotton blends. "We do expect to renovate the Kings Mountain plant and to update machinery to Parkdale standards,” Klmbrell said. “We will also In troduce a pension plan, hospitalization and major m^cal programs like we have In other Parkdsde plents.” Klmbrell has been Involved personally In the textile bualneas In iOnga Mountsdn prior to Parkdale’* acquisition ot Mauney Mills. He was with a group who pur chased Craftspun In 1960 and merged that with BVD in 1862 and sold out In 1988 to Raq>ld American. In 1987 Klmbrell bought Kings Manufacturing, changed the name to Kings Mill and sold that to Sale' Knitting of Martinsville, Va. In 1972. In both cases Klmbrell said renovation was done to the plants and Increased production and business created prior to the sale. In neither case were the purchases Involved with Parkdale Mills. Klmbrell said at the new plant Parkdale expects to operate at a minimum of five days each week and mostly six days week, three shifts each day. PresenUy there are about 128 employes on the Job. But Not Uniformly Business Cuts Back Hours In compliance with Qov. James Hunt’s request for curtailment In business operating hours, mer chants and businessmen In Kings Mountain will reduce store hours. Mrs. Lucille Williams, secretary of the Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, said, “We have called over two' dozen businesses and stores In the city to asx what ihelr plans are and while being far from uniform, the majority of the businessmen Indicated they would curtail operating hours at about 40 hours per week.” Some businesses will reduce store hours by a couple of hours, other* by more. Still others have not Indicated whetner or not they Intend lo reduce operating hour*. The chamber suggests shoppers check with their favorite places of business to determine operational schedules. First Public Hearing On CD Grant Tonight Achievement Is Nothing New Organisational meetings for the East and West Kings Mountain Democrat Precincts haa bean pas^;>oned until May 6,1977 In a release from Mrs. John L. McCkln, state chairman of the Democratle Executive Oommlttea, she has asked that all precinct meetings be delayed In keeping with Qov. Jim Hunt’s energy crisU statements. The organisation, election of of ficers and delegates to the county convention will be held at 8 p. m., Thurs., May B, with makeup date Thurs., May 12 at 8 p. m. The Cleveland County Convention will be held at noon on Sat., June 18 at the courthouse In Shelby. Bast KM Democrats wlU meat at the community canter and West KM Democrats at the National Ouared Armory. UntU the May meetings Charles T. Carpenter and Charles Moss will continue serving as chairman at West and Bast, raspectlvely. IN NEW location The No. Four Township Magistrate’s Office Is In a new loosdlon, moving from S. Piedmont , Avenue to the former Bob Bradley attorney’s office on Cherokee Street Junior Achievement, whose purpose la to train young people of high school age how private en terprise works. Is not something new on the scene. In 1948, Hasel Fryer, Ubrarlan at Mauney Memorial Library, worked for them at their New York headquarters as editor of their house organ magaslne. In those early ’ days, the magazine had to be run off on a Ditto machine. Hasel not only wrote most of the copy, but had to wrestle with that purple-inked monster also. At that time there were maybe 18 branch offices about the country — mostly In the northeast and mid west. These branches sent In their Informatlan to be Included In the magaslne — along with a lot of “tomfoolety.” Mrs. Fryer has a car toon of a “Southern BaUe” In hoop aUrts and pantaloons complete with beribboned bonnet sent to her from one of these offices with a “note In “Tou’ali Talk.” Several years ago, she aald she was surprised to see on the “Today Show” a face familiar from that era: Joe Francomano, now Bixacutlve Vice President of the national organisation. Whan she dropped him a note about her pleasure In seeing Idm, he answered Immediately telling her how much the enterprise had grown and In viting her to drop In at Headquarters the next time she was In town. Mrs. Fryer remembers the UtU* office on Bast 48th Street as It was then. “There were only about eight of us and everybody knew everybody else, their Ukes and dislikes,” she said. For those untamlUar with the operations of Junior Achievement; small companies are formed, they elect officers, seU stock, and make a profit or loss at the end of the year. They leam by “doing.” As a personal project, Mrs. Fryer set up a Jinior Achievement (Jharm School at an Bast Side Setttement House with Elisabeth Arden a* sponsor. One night a week, the girls In the greatly disadvantaged neigh- borhood came to leam manners, make-up, how to dress, and other related subjects. These bright young girls set up their burineas, sold stock, and conducted these weekly sessions far beyond anything you could Imagine their doing. Mrs. Fryer kept ig) with two of them for many years afrer she left, and “they wore turning out well,” ahe added. “In 1977, I see private enterprise as a much more Important phase of educaUon than I did even then. Especially rince spending time In Eastern European countriea where all businesses are run by the state, and where no one can pursue the career he might like best. His future ' Is limited, and hU dreams smothered,” say* the King* Mowtaln woman. “The best way to keep our country from falling Into this category Is to educate our young people In the free enterprise system,” declared Mrs. Flyer the commended local leaders of the program In Kings Mountain. By TOM McINT YRE Editor, Mirror-Herald Tonight at 7 ;80 the first of two public hearings for the expenditure of the city’s Community Development Block Orsoits (or the third year will be held. The five year CD grants program was awsu-ded Kings Mountain under the Federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The total grant was $4,180,000. The first fiiree years the grants total $1,080,000 each. The fourth year grant Is $898,000 suid the fifth, $847,000. Actual funding for the projects come the year following application approval. In other words the projects proposed In 1978 are being funded In 1977. At tonight’s public hearing Mayor John H. Moss will ejqplaln several on-gotaig community projects that have been funded each year of the grant. “We will continue talking about the development of our community’s resources,” Mayor Moss said. “Probably number one of the list Is the continued development and upgrading of the city’s water treat ment facilities and system.” By June 80, 1977 the city’s water treatment plant located at Moss Lake will complete construction on another (our million gallon facility. That will Increase the city’s capabilities of processing raw water to eight million gallons per day. Under the CD funds there will be another two million gallon water storage tank on CSeveland Avenue. The mayor said the city also has at present a five mllUon gsdlon per day waste treatment facility. "The Pilot Creek plant can handle (our million gsillona per day and the McOUl Plant, one million per day. The on going project as far as the sewer system Is concerned wlU be the tgigradlng and extenslm of the lines throughout the city.” Street Improvements, renovation of the community center and further development of area recreation facUltlea are also high on the list A continuing program will be the one for the aging and senior citizens and (or the home baaed child care project and urban beautification. “Another project we plan to pursue 1* research and development of the natural gas potential for the city’s system,” the mayor said. “Last yesu* Kings Mountain was one of the very few cities to develop a peak shaving plant. Although we have not been called on to operate the plant this year It Is capable of supplementing better than 20 percent of the current Transco allocation to the city.” The peak shaving plant manufacturing propane air that can be Introduced Into the city’s gas system to supply customer*. Another on-golng project Is the Kings Mountain Arts Council, which will probably be geared to summertime activities only for awhile. The Continuing development of minority businesses Is smother project under CD funding. And the rehabUltatlon of certain structures. This Includes substandard housing (or the a«lng and the restoration and protection of structures of historical and archltectursd value. Also at tonight’s public hearing the council will receive proposals for new conununlty programs that might qualify under the CD guidelines. In the first two years of the project only three propossds were ruled Ineligible: two the first year, one last year. The mayor’s office Is ready to assist any citizen or group In planning a community project which might qualify under the guidelines. The second public hearing on CD grants Is scheduled (or7:a0p. m.,Tues.,Feb. 18 at city hall. Injured In Wreck Ronnie Everette Orlgg, 19, of York Rd., was seriously Injured Friday at 12:(Ma. m. when his car hit a utility pole on W. Mountain St., KMPD reported. Gfrlgg was reported In serious condition after five hours In surgsry at Msrey Hospital FrldSLy afternoon. According to In vestigating Ptl. Harry Martin, Orlgg roportedly fell asleep at the wheel. The car was oamagoa $8,800 and file pole $800, according to ptdlce. School Ripped Off Approximately $878 worth of record players and filmstrip viewer* were stolen from a second grade classroom at North School sometime Thursday night, according to Kings Mountoln Police Depart ment. Ptt. Richard Byers said vandals broke the glass In a classroom door on the Southeast side of the building to gain entrance. PU. Byers and Ptl. Don Ivey were called to the residence of Ricky Mc Daniel, No. 19 Bennett Dr., Friday night to Investlgat* the theft of a Big Stick CB antennae, 80 feet of pipe, and 118 feet of cabto, valued at $88.80. PU. Mike Sanders said that a Craig AMAFM tap* player was stolen from Mustang Service Station sometime Sunday night. Value of the equipment was placed at $300.
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