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TUESDAY, MAY 8, tVIl
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MEXT NEW BOSS — Kings Moiinteln District
Schools secretary Wansa Davis, left, and assistant
superintendent Bill Bates, rlg^t, chat with the outgoing
and Incoming superintendents prior to last Monday
night’s school board meeting. Second from right Is new
Photo By Gary Stewart
superintendent William Davis. Second from left is
present superintendent Don Jones. Jones moves to his
native Asheville July 1 to take over as superintendent of
the Asheville City Schools and Davis comes here July 1
from Stakes County.
r The city commission Is expected
Monday night to execute contract
for 426 signs to be Installed on city
streets In a new traffic control
signing program recommended by
the city and state highway safety
> committee.
^ Joe 3he.'rlU, members of the
w Governor’s r»mnilaalon on’iughway
safety, and John McCullough,
representing Klmley-Hom and
Associates, Inc. of Raleigh,
presented an Inventory of all
existing traffic control signs within
J the city limits to the mayor’s
1 committee Thursday.
Cost of the .program, which Is
federally funded on a 60-80 share
cost. Is 84,188.62. The city’s cost
would be approximately 82,100.
According to Sherrill, the major
portion of the eligible signs to be
replaced are either stt^ or speed
limit signs. There are 127 locations
on the city system presently without
sign control that require 178 new
signs.
"The heart of this program,’’
according to Mayor John Henry
Moss, "Is the Inventory card file.” It
contains all of the necessary In
formation for the city to Initiate a
replacement and preventive
maintenance program for all signs
within the city limits. "The uniform
traffic and safety signs add to safety
aspect of our city and this com
prehensive traffic control sign
Mower Mishap Kills Man
Waudell B. Dodd, 76, of 821 N.
Church St., was killed Thursday
afternoon when he fell from his
riding lawn mower and the mower
ran over his head.
Mr. Dodd was mowing his
brother’s lawn on Rt. 8 Shelby, when
the accident occurred, according to
Oapt. Yates Mltchem of the Shelby
Rescue Squad.
Youth Corps
Applications
To Be Taken
Applications for employment In
the Mayor’s Summer Youth Corps
will be taken Saturday, May 7th, and
Saturday, May 14th, at City Hall
CouncUroom.
Young people 16 years of age and
older are Invited to file their ap-
pllcatloiu for Jobs with Mrs. Joe Ann
McDaniel between the hours at 8 and
12 noon.
Last year, more than 86 young
people were employed In various
city government Jobs, In public
works, recreation, city offices and
police department and more than
180 young people submitted ap
plications.
Ills the 10th year that the Mayor’s
Summer Youth Corps has provided
employment for Kings Mountain
young people, many of them who use
their earnings to further their
eckicatlon at schools and Institutions
for post high school training.
Mltchem said that Dodd’s body
was discovered by his brother, J.
Fttshugh Dodd, about 2:40 p. m.
Tliursday, but that the accident had
apparently happened several hours
earlier.
Mltchem said that Dodd was
nearly decipltated by the lawn
mower’s blade, which struck him
between the crown of his head and
his neck.
Larry Billings
Hired By City
G)ii]]iiission Is Expected
To Begin Traffic G>ntrol
program includes complete and
accurate records of all signs,
upgrading and standardization of all
signs and continuing accurate
records of replacement and
maintenance requirements," said
the mayor.
A periodical review of the In
ventory to determine the
replacement and-or maintenance
requirements of traffic control signs
throu^out the city Is another Im
portant phase of the new program,
added Mayor Moss.
The Inventory reported that
overall, signs are In fair condition.
Of the 1,703 e^clstlng signs evaluated,
17 percent require replacement and
18 percent require some type of
corrective action, such as wash,
straighten, support, relocate.
Dodd was a retired farmer and
merchsuit and member at Sharon
United Methodist Church In Shelby
where funeral services were con
ducted by his pastor Saturday at 11
a. m. Interment was In Cleveland
Memorial Park.
Other survivors Include a son.
Rev. V. Dodd of Lenoir; one sister,
Mrs. Janie Dodd Campbell of Kings
Mountain; and four grandchildren.
By TOM McIntyre
Kings Mountain now has a
Director of Business Develi^ment.
He Is Larry D. Billings of North
Wllkesboro.
Billings was named to the post
during a special meeting at the city
board Monday at noon. Billings
assumes his duties on Mon., May 2.
The poeltlan of director of business
development will be funded under
the city’s Community Development
grantprogram. Mayor John H. Moss
said, "The office was created In an
effort to revitalize the downtown
business area.”
"I will be working with small
business and minority business in
Kings Mountain In every aspect
possible to help them find ways of
Increasing business,” Billings said.
"It will also be my duty to recruit
new business to locate here In the
city.’’
Billings ssdd a part of the job will
be to assist In seeking financial
assistance where possible to help the
small businessmen in the com
munity.
Billings told The Mirror-Herald he
became Interested In Kings
Mountain after hearing a great deal
about the progresslveness of the
city. "I saw this position of director
of business development as an op
portunity to assist the city and as an
opportimlty for myself to grow with
a community,” he said.
Billings attended Mars Hill Junior
College, transferring to Appalachian
State University to complete hla
studies. He graduated in 1888 with a
teaching degree and for three and a
half years taught an eighth grade
class In KemersvUle. Billings sdso
coached football, baseball and
basketball at the school.
Leaving the teaching profession In
the late 1860's, Billings entered a
family-owned business in Wlnstcoi-
Salem, where he remained tor eight
years. He eventually worked In
every facet of the (furniture)
business and finally bought It to
become sole owner.
In 1874 Billings sold that business
Sind took the post of personnel
director for Division Nine, N. C.
Department of Transportation in
Wlnston-Ssilem. From there he went
to Raleigh as grants manager for the
Law Enforcement Assistance
Agency (LEAA), a program in
which Kings Mountain has par
ticipated.
"In this job I had a first hand look
at the functioning of Kings Mountain
government," Billings said. "This la
one of the few cities I have seen that
uses Its grants monies wisely, to the
best possible benefit for the com
munity at large.”
Billings said he came from a small
town and feels he understands the
problems at the smaller town. "I will
do my very best to assist the small
and minority businessmen In Kings
Mountain to help them grow," he
sold.
Blttsa la manted to ths fosmar
Glenna Anderson of Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Billings was employed as a
personal banker with Wachovia In
Winston-Salem until her husband
accepted the new post In Kings
Mointaln. TTie Billings have one
daughtar, Kim 18.
Photo By Tom MeMtyre
NEW DIRECTOR - Larry D. Billings of North Wllkesboro assumes his
post at director of business development for the City of Kings Mountain
next Monday. Billings will assist small and minority businesses In the
downtown area and recruit new businesses to locate In the city.
Eaton Dedication
Slated For May 16
The new Eaton Corporation on
Grover Rd., heavy duty truck
transmission plant, will be
dedicated May 16 with ceremonies
beginning at 10:80 a. m.
Eaton President Paul Miller, Bob
Richards, group vice president.
truck components, and Roy Dah-
mer, director for transmlsslans
operations worldwide.
Members of Eaton’s executive
committee will also participate In
the dedicatory rites.
KMHS Senior
Flay 1b Sated
"Lock Stock and lipstick," a
three-act comedy, will be presented
by an eleven member cost of Senior
High students ’Tuesday night. May
10, at 7:80 p. m. In B. N. Barnes
Auditorium.
It Is the annual senior play and
will be under the direction at Gene
Alexander.
Tickets are 81 tor students and 82
far adults.
Lead roles In the comedy will be
portrayed by Wesley Narron as the
high school guidance couneelor and
Sharon Pruitt as a young college
student In her first year In coun
seling. Setting tor the play Is the
office of a high school guidance
counselor.
Buriiii|i;ton
To Hike Pay
Photo By
Tom McIntyre
KINGS MOUNTAIN DEPOT CENTER - Workmen
are busy putting the finishing touches to the Kings
Mountain Depot Center to be used ao a community
renter and featuring museum exhibits of the city’s long
history. Brick and wood structures are being built on
the sou W and of tks depot property to bo OBod ae aa open
air farmer’s market. The city leased the depot and
property from Southern Railroad and has spent the past
12 months renovating the building.
Burlington Industries today an
nounced a pay Increase for
production employes effective June
IS.
Burlington officials said the up
ward wage adjustment will affect
about 60,000 wage employes at
Company operations In 10 states.
Burlington's last general wage
Increase was In June, 1876.