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' ,1 THE THURSDAY EDITION KIMCI MOUhTWn VOL. 88 NO. 28 THURSDAY, APRIL 7,1977 MIRROR-H€RI^LD 15' i B t i h B t 0 n B [> B n Commissioners Name Hinnant To Simmons’ Seat APPOINTliD TO BOARD — L. B. (Joah) HhUMUit of Klngt Moanteln, who loot In his second bid lor tbs comity oommlBslon faMt yesr, wsa ap pointed by the board to flU the nnexplred term of the late B. E. (Pop) Ommons last Monday. Htanuuitwll be sworn in on April 18 In Shelby. By TOM MCINTYRE Editor, Mirror-Herald L. E. (Josh) Hinnant of Kings Moiaitaln will fill the unexplred term of the late B. B. (Pop) Sim mons as county commissioner. lOnnant was nominated as the replacement at Monday’s com missioner meeting In Shelby by Commissioner Coleman Ooforth. There were no other nominations placed on the floor and IRimant was named unanimously. "I regret going on the board In this manner,” Hinnant ssdd, “because P(q;> meant so much to me. But I am honored the board selected me to fill Pop’s unexplred term.” Hinnant will be sworn In at the April 18 meeting. The term expires In December 1978. TTie First Union National Bank executive served one term on the county commission, from 1873-76 snd was dsfeated In his second bid for election last year. Hinnant ran fourth In a race for three seats, losing to Hugh Dover of Shelby. ”I think Hugh, Coleman and the others were more well known throughout the county than I,” Hinnant said. ’’That contributed to my defeat In the election. Also I understand many people In tbs county had been given die Im pression that my health would not pwmlt me to give the taiqiayoro their money’s worth as a com missioner.” Htainant underwent an operation on his leg while serving on the county board and recuperation was long. However, Hinnant maintained regular wwklng hours at the Kings Mountain branch of FUNBank during this period and continued serving his term as commissioner. Although Hlimant’s name was the only one placed In nomination at Monday’s county board meeting, (rther names were considered In the Interim between the appointment and the death of Commissioner Simmons. Amongthose names being considered were David Beam, Marlon Benfleld, Bob Cablness, the Rev. M. L. Campbell, Charles Ford, Jimmy Oreen, Mrs. Ruby Hunt, Ralph Spangler, George TTiompson, Dock ’Turner and Yates Warilck. Last week the Cleveland County Donocratlc Executive Committee, In a special meeting, decided not to add to the commissioner’s problems by roooamoadlac still aaotbor possible candidate to fill Simmons’ seat. ’Ihe commissioners has asked the committee to give them a recommendation, but the board would not have been bound by the committee’s candidate. Although unanimously voted to replace Simmons on the board, Hinnant said he never had any direct communication with any of the commissioners concerning the appointment "I received a number of Inquiries about my willingness to serve If I was appointed from Indirect sour ces,” Hinnant said. “My answer was always yea, If the board wanted me to serve. “I always had a good working relationship with the other members of the board during my tenure, with the exception of Hugh Dover. He was not on the board during the time I served,” Hinnant said. Ifinnant also said he felt that a good many people from the Kings Mountain area might have had a lot to do with putting pressure on the eommlsskBsrsto get somsons from this area to replace Simmons. He said he had a lot of Inquiries from local persons concerning this matter. Hinnant was In California from last Wednesday until Sunday evening and said he had no knowledge that tils name would be placed in nomination the next day. “TTie first I know I had been ap pointed was when a reporter from a Shelby paper csdled me,” Hinnant said. “Then later on Jack Palmer, chairman of the county board,' called to Inform me I had been named and to congratulate me.” Ifinnant said that although he has not served In sometime, he has kept up with the projects the county commissioners have been Involved with. “I still have ambition to see a county-wide water and sewer program for Cleveland County,” he said. “I know that Is still down the road, but maybe we can make some progress on It. However, the tax payers can be assured that such a system will not be at thslr I Rev, Bearden To Speak Easter Sunrise Service Set REV. CLYDE BEARDEN Rev. ayde Bearden, pastor of First Biptlst Church and President of Kings Mountain Ministerial Association, will deliver the Easter ssrmMi In the traditional com munity-wide Easter Sunrise Service Sunday morning at 6 a. m. in Mountain Rest Cemetery. The service Is sponsored by the Ministerial Association and will tsature special music by a quartet from the Ministers Association under the direction of Allen Jolley. Rev. Robert Boggan, Jr., pastor of Central United Methodist Church, U program chalrmsui and will be master of ceremonies. Nelman Kell, Minister of Music at Second Baptist Church, will leaid congregational singing of familiar Easter anthems, ether ministers of the community Mauney Hosiery Receives Contract Mauney Hosiery Mills, Inc. of Kings Mountain have received two government contracts under the Small Business Administration’s procurement asslstsuice program for production of socks here. The two contracts are for $638,860 and $114,367 and were awarded by the Defense Personnel Support Center In Philadelphia In February. "’This set-aside award la part of the SBA’s and federal contracting Installations’ continuing effort to find qualified firms to perform prime contracts competitively at fair and reasonable prices,” said Wiley S. Messlck, Southeastern Regional Director for the U. S. Small Business Administration. Through aet-asldes, the govern ment meeU the legal requirement that a fair portion of their prime ccntracts will be esuinarhed ex clusively for small business firms. Ehirlng fiscal year 1976, the se^ aside awards accounted for almost half the prime contracts awarded to small businesses throughout the Southeast. Approximately $1 billion or26percentof the federal contracts performed here by private industry last fiscal year went to small business. Total government procurement In the Southeast ap proached $4.6 billion. According to Messlck, a contract Is "set-aside” for small firms when the SBA and the contracting In stallation determine It can be per formed at reasonable prices. Small businesses primarily bid for the complete prime contract. But If certain small firms cannot com petitively meet a large prime contract’s production imd cost requirements, they could qualify to bid for a part of It. For more Information concerning government procurement, call the SBA at 404- 81-7687 or write to them at 1401 Peachtree St., NE, AtlanU, Ga. 30800. will participate on the program. Rev. Leroy Oox, pastor of Odd Street Wesleyan Church, will lead the call to worship. Rev. J. C. Goars, psurtor of Kings Mountain Baptist Church, will pray the Invocatloo, Rev. Marvin Greenway, pastor of Allen Memorial Baptist Church, win read the scripture and Rev. C. A. Bast, pastor of First Nasaraos Church, will pronounce the benediction. Local Scout groups will assist In distributing programs and parking. Motorists are asked to enter the cemetery from the Bast Gold Street entrance and proceed to Veterans Park of the cemetery where the service will be held In front of the cross at the park. In event of rain, the service will be cancelled. Holmes Wins Celanese Four Year Scholarship Christopher M. Holmes, Kings Mountain senior student and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holmes, has won his second four-year college scholarship. The Morehead Scholar Is recipient of a four-year CeUnese Corporation merit scholarship for qualified children of employes. Holmes Is among 1,800 winners released today by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) of Evanston, ni. Holmes, who plans to major In physics. Is Valedictorian of his graduating class, and active In the National Honor Society. He placed first In the WNCHSAA Forensic Contest and attended 1076 Gover nor’s School of North Carolina. He represented his school In the 1077 Presidential Classroom and Is a member of the All-State Band In addition to other student activities. OHIROPRAOnO CENTRE OPENS - Mayor John H. Moss cuts the ribbon officially opening Kings Mountain’s new Chiropractic Centre on West Mountain Street. From left to right at dedication ceremonies, Mrs. I. R. HaU, Sr., Mr. HaU, parents of Mrs. Terry Sellers bolding young Kyle SeUers, Dr. Terry Sellers, the city’s first full-time resident chiropractor. Mayor Moss and Rev. S. W. Avery, right, pastor of the newcomers at Church of Ood. Ribbon Cutting Held For KM Chiropractic Centre Kings Mountain Chiropractic Centre opened this week on West Mountain Street In newly - renovated quarters beside of C. E. Warilck Insurance Agency. Dr. Terry R. SeUers, 33, native of Bremen, Ga., begins his general practice In Kings Mountain after graduating recenUy from Logan College of Chiropractic In Chesterfield, Mo. He Is Kings Mountain’s first resident chiropractor. Mrs. SeUers, the former Susanne HaU of Raleigh, wlU serve as her husband’s chiropractic assistant. The office wUl be open five and one- half days weekly. Dr. SeUers also completed two and one-half years In pre-med school at Lee CoUege In Cleveland, Tenn. The Sellers famUy also Includes 30-month-old Kyle SeUers and they have occupied a home cn South- woods Drive and are members of Kings Mountain Church of God. Their pastor. Rev. S. W. Avery, offered a prayer of dedication at ribbon-cutting ceremonies Monday at which Mayor John Henry. Moss formally dedicated the new building. Also present with Dr. and Mrs. Sellers were Mrs. SeUers' parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. R. HaU, Sr. of Raleigh. The new clinic Is fuUy carpeted and paneUed and Includes three treatment rooms, one physical therapy room, tour dressing rooms, a large reception area, a doctor's office, and x-ray room. Jaycees Selling Candy For Fi]nd8 The Kings Mountain Jaycees wlU be soliciting door-to-door to raise funds to support the club’s UtUe League team. Project chairman Is Alex Mc- CaUum. The Jaycees wlU offer citizens their choice of three different types of candy for sale In the campaign. The first Is an almond and chocolate bar ($1): next Is a can of party nuts In a special glaze ($1 ) and third Is a box of pecan, caramel and mUk choclate candy ($1.60). McCallum said the candy Is manufactured by the Kathryn ^Ich Company. Central Plans Two Services Two services of Holy Week are scheduled this week at Central United Methodist Church. Maundy Thursday 7:80 p. m. service wUl feature a Folk Com munion Service with loaf and common cup used In the service, according to Rev. Robert Boggan, pastor. Good Friday service, also open to the Interested community, wUl be held at high noon and wlU be a $0- mlnute service of worship. The sanctuary wlU be open aU day from 0 a. m. until 7 p. m. for worshippers to pray and meditate, said the pastor.
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