THE THURSDAY EDITION
VOL. 8S NO. U
THUB8, FEBRUARY 10, ltT7
KIMGS MOUMTWM
MIRROR-HCRI^LD
25‘
Second Public Hearing Next Tuesday
Mappings Streets New CD Grant Requests
ByTOltlffdMTYRE
Edttar, Bthror-HonM
PUDMuotrie ond topocmphloia
mapping, itreet widening and
■IdewaUio wero the only new
prapoeals made‘nieaday night at the
flrat of two pubUe heailD|i on the
third year of the city's Community
Development funding.
pump Hager, preRdent a< the
Kings Kountaln Improvement
Association, requested eon-
Rderatlan of widening Wattorson 8t
hum Iforrla St to Waoo Rd., and for
Mon^ BL If Wattsraon Is not
widened on out to Waoo Rd.,” Hager
oommeated at the 7:00 p. m.
tsraon St. under the Oansler Urban
Renewal program. It etopa at Horrls
St And with Duplex (plant) located
In that area there wlU be traffic
haaarda at the change of ths work
siilfta.”
A1 lloreta. Kings Mountain
planner, raoonunended CD funding
be appuikl for to create planemetrlc
and topoRraphleal mapping In the
planning for the dty. We have bad a
great deal of planning In area,
but I’m talking about what tha city
wm need hi the next 10 to 40 yeart."
aerial photos and shows all of the
exlatlng structures and streets and
green arena Topogiaphloal map.
ping will give ths land elevations
(the high and low levels of the land).
“M the Candor Street project we
are cleenlng up the mass of water
and sewer llnee, which la there due
to not enough long range planning In
the past." Morets said. "When this
project Is completed this area will be
one of the most beautifid reddendal
areas In the dty. Residents wlU have
fOr CD money to widen Watterson Marable asked for mere CD money
Grover^Waiite
Eaton Water
Line Extended
11 1. GROVER - Ihe town council
Monday night voted to request the
county to extend the water line
serving Eaton Corporation to
Orover.
Councilman said by Installing a
pressure regulating valve the water
level in the community water
storage tank could be controlled and
that using this control Orover could
supplement Its present system or
use water supplied by Kings
Mountain entirely.
In July 1976 the town suffered a
severe water shorUge because of
pump and control fallurs and a
second ahortage last month because
of a broken water main. Because of
this the council felt ths reddents
were baing Jeopardlaed because of
Inadequate fire protectlan.
Utader Its present system, the
Town of Ch-over cannot adequately
service more or larger water con-
aumers and there la a demand for
At Monday’s meeting for the
council also voted to make ap
plication for 97,377.76 under the
Ctoan Water Bond Act of 1971 for a
deep well and water line con
struction on Hwy. 236 northwest of
town.
The total projected coat of the
project la f39,Ul. The. town will pay
$21,886.36 from Its general fund and
revenue sharing monies.
Orover presently operates off
three deep wells and has a fourth
available for manual operation If
needed.
The town consulting englnsers,
John A. Edwards and Co. of Raleigh,
will advertise tor bids on February
30. The Mda will be opened on March
1 at 3 p. m. and there will be a town
hall meeting at 6:80 p. m. tha same
day to hear the engineering
recommendations. Project com
pletion Is expected to be about July
electrical service and there will be a
beautiful paric with a clear stream.
The green area has. In the past, been
a Jungle with debris hidden In high
weeds and a breeding ground ^
into."
At the second public hearing next
Tuesday (February 16) Kings
Mountain Redevelopment Com
mission executive director Cans
Rfhlte will give a complete update on
the Canaler St. Urban Reiwwal
project.
For the third year of a flve-yaar
CD fund project the city Is entitled to
$1,040,000 for community projects.
The total entitlement under the
Federal Housing and (Community
Development Act of 1974 Is
94,160,000.
Tile majority of Tuesday’s publle
hearing was taken up with recm>-
Idng past projects and ongoing
projects under CD funding.
Mrs. Joel Marabto, who heads ths
Home Base Child Care Program,
told the board and audience Tuesday
night that about 10 youngstara In the
community have been helped under
this program.
"And It la having a poslttvo affect
on the parents of these children and
on ths neighborhood where they
live,” she said. "We have seen not
only Inner prtds, but outer pride as
well. The yoiaiipters In this program
have asked me to give you their
thanks and to teU you that their
future lies In your hands.’’
The first year ths program was
funded 96,000 In order to create a
pilot program and to give Urns to
organise and discover where ths
needs are hi the community. During
that year (1970) Mrs. Marable and
her volunteers worked without
ccmpensatlaa. The second year
the project was funded lX.OOO, "to
carry on the program. For tha third
year Mrs. Marable la requeatliig an
Increase hi budget to |M,000. "to
expand the program and bring more
Applicants
For Rural
Route Needed
Missing For One Week
Have You Seen
George SuUens?
Iliaa., Feb. l, and parsons knowing
of his whsrsabouta are asked to
oontaet his mother, 7994713, or the
Xtags Mountain Pollee Department.
Mrs. Ora Lae Parham, mother of
Sm missing youth, said aha talked to
bar son at 9 a. m. on February 1
bMore he left tor sohool. Ho never
nported to Junior High nor to the
home of one of Ms friends.
Cemetery
Oean Up
Is Urged
A
GLEANINO UP THE MAZE - AI Morels, Kings
Mountain planner, asked tor Oommnntty Development
grant funding this year tor ptauiBinetrlc and
topognqiMcal mapping of the Oaaeler St. Urban
Renewal project area and other areas of the city tor
more complete long range study and planning. Part of
the problem of flalslilng Sm Oaaalor St. area now U
oleanhigontthe maaeotundorgroimd water and sewer
llnee wbMIi are laadequate to serve needs.
The United States Postal Service
aimouncea an examination tor
substttute rural carrier of record at
the Kings Mountain Post Office.
The examination will be given In
Oiarlotte tor the Khigs Mountain
office.
Full particulars about this position
and an application blank may be ob
tained by contacting the local
Rev. KSimeth Ceorge, coordinator
of the Kings Mmaitaln Program tor
The Aging, said ths program has
bdon most successful and has hMped
88,000 elderly persona He said the
aging program could be expanded
greatly because the needs of ths
area senior elSaens are great.
Rev. Oeorge said his group woiks
cloaely with the Kings Mountain
Housing Authority In saehliig units
for some of the more severe aging
cases. "We want to keep these
people In their own community,"
Rev. Oeorge said, "and not see them
put Into state Instltutkais. So far
during this program we have not
seen a single elderly resident have to
move away from his or hsr home."
The aging program serves about
136 persona dally with hot meals,
programs of Interest, escort asrvloe,
field trips and oounaelhig. Rev.
Oeorgs said tha program la at
tempting to offer aide to ths eldsrly
In everyway poaslble.
Rodney Hunnlcutt, of W. K.
Dickson, the city’s engineering
eonsultanta, talked about the
ongoing water and sewer projects
for the city and requaeted that
funding emphasis go this year
toward upgrading water and sewer
lines to sarvloe the residents and
large Industry.
"The city cannot afford to wait on
Federal funding to study the
federally Induced 301 sewer plan,”
Hunnlcutt said. "There are some
projects the city must go ahead
with."
Hunnlcutt said high priority
should be placed on upgraded water
lines which will feed the exlatlng
water storage tanks on N. Piedmont
and tha proposed two-mlUion gallon
tank for Cloveland Ava.
He also said that Union Un
derwear’s plant, while providing
more jobs tor local residents, la also
creating a sewer-drainage problem.
"The plant Is locatod In the McOUl
treatment plant basin, which cannot
handle the sewerage from the
plant," Humlcutt said. "So, we
suggest high priority be placed In
construction of a larger sewer line
and a pumping station In this section
of the city to feed the waste water
acroas town to tha Pilot Oeek
Plant”
This, Hisinlcutt, Indicated la what
he meant by the city not waiting on
the Federal 301 funding. He said the
rad tape Involved In getting this
ftmdlng can be staggsring and time
consuming.
Mayor John Moss and Com
missioner BUI Orlssom updated the
gathering on the ooiklnulng plans tor
ITioto By Tom Mebtyre
\q>gradlng Davidson and Deal St
Parks and for renovation at the
community center.
Mayor Moas said the dty la
negoUaUng with the KM District
Schools to purchase 10J4 acres
adjoining Deal St., Park to bersase
the recreation area.
Plans caU for updated field
lighting, wldenbg of antranee roads
and parking area, bersaabg the
road to encircle the park, new
fencing and oonstiuctlon of concrete
bleacher aeaUng. Also oonatnictlon
of tennis courts and new filters for
the swimming pools.
Mayor Moss said plans also eaU
for renovating City Stadium,
following completion of Davidson
Parii. "The dty Is negotiating with
the Mauney fernUy for additional
property, with the Idea of expandbg
the park and haring It face Cold St.;
The mayor said. "We want to have
available the best todlltles poaslble
for aU of the youth Rtorts events the
’’^^Isens with Ideas tor projects
which are eligible under the CD
guidelines are urged to attend next
Tuesday’s publle hearing. For
asdatance hi outllnbg ideas and
projects dtlsens are urged to con
tact ths mayor’s office prior to the
Rev. Robert Boggan
bi Motivation Rally Effort
city Cemetery Superintendent
Ken Jenkins reminds Kings
MMsitab area elUsens that all
Christmas flowers should bo
rsmovod from cemetery graves by
Fab. 16, b accordance with a dty
ordbanee.
Tha dty commission passed on
March 33, 1974 ordlnanoe which
prohlblb Christmas Sowars botag
left on eemetory lots after February
iBth. Ths ordlnanoe bstruoto dty
employes to remove be Sowers
themsslvas aSar that dato and
dispoao of thorn.
Local Methodists will
form a caravan February
36 tor Chartotte Coliseum
to Job thoae 376,000 United
Methodists Uvlng b the
Piedmont and western
North Carolina oountles
for a major MotlvaUon
Rally for Evangellam. The
program will last from
10:16 a. m. imtU 1:16 p. m.
Christ are belrw lost.
So, accordbg to the
Kbgs Mountab minister,
during 1977-80 the 9.9
mllUon United Mathodlste
priority.
programs
Intentional
are bebg
Accordbg
Robert
to Rev.
Robert E. Boggan, Jr.,
pastor of Kings Mountab’s
Cmtral United Methodist
The church has lost a
nlUlon members b a
laoada, says Boggan, but
Boggan said that during
tha period of Feb. 37-
March 4 local churehas
will hold a program of
visitation evangeUsm,
mobilising the aotlve
members b teams to visit
aU Inactive and disen
chanted members, and
There will foUow during
March 19 a program of
preaching evangsllsm b
Amajor effort during the
four-year period of
■vangeUam as a priority
will bo made b the Church
Behod, accordbg to Rev.
Mr. Boggan. StatlsUcs
Sm church school.
The Motivation Rally b
Chartotte wUl feature Dr.
11,000 member First