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THE THURSDAY EDITION
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VOL. 88 NO. 28
THURSDAY, APRIL 7,1977
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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.