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MOVDfOlMBT-TkaflfatpkaaaafaMB preparatloii
tor KInn Moimtalii’a new |1 mllUoa etty hail la un
derway and la acbednled for coihpletlon by April 1. In
«tiie photo, wortanen haul and level dirt on the lot on
Eaat Gold Street. The boUdlnK wU he located on one of
Itae prettiest aettingB In the city, with the peak of Klnn
Mountain In the background.
Yeargin^ Saimdprs Appointed
NULTDABOIN
BOKE B. SAVNDKBS
W* ♦ The Burlington Sportswear
division of Burlington Industries has
announced manufacturing manage
ment appointments, two of which
are at the Phenlx plant In Kings
Mountain.
Nell Teargln, formerly
superintendent of yarn manu
facturing and finishing at the divi
sion's StoneweJl, Miss., plant, has
been named plant manager at
Phenlx. He succeeds Ron Osborne,
manager at Phenlx since 1974, who
Is trsmsferrlng to MooresvlUe on
special assignment In manufac
turing.
Mike B. Saunders, formerly
persormel manager of the yarn
manufacturing area at the division’s
Brwln, N. C. plant, has been
promoted to plant personnel
manager at Phenlx, succeeding
Fred Withrow, who has left the
Dixon Revival Begins
Company.
Mr. Teargln Is a native of Oxford,
N. C. and an English graduate of
Hampden Sydney College. He
served five years with the Air Force,
1963-1968, the last year In Vietnam.
He joined Burlington In 1968, at
Ranlo, was promoted to superinten
dent there In 1972, and transferred to
Stonewall as superintendent of yam
and finishing In 1974. He has been
active In Lions Club and the
Episcopal Church.
He Is married to the former
Martha Taylor, also a native of
Oxford, and they have throe
children.
Mr. Saunders, the new Phenlx
personnel manager, la a native of
Cblumbla, S. C. and a business
administration and economics
grsuluate of Methodist College at
Fayetteville. He received Ids degree
there In 1967, and later worked for
Exlde and Baxter Labs before
joining Burlington at Erwin In 1978.
He Is secretary of the Lions Club,
member of the Central Carolina
Technical Advisory Board, member
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Dixon Presbyterian Church will
begin five days of qieclal revival
services Sunday morning and con
tinuing nightly through Thura., May
14.
Jule Sparii, moderator of tha
general assembly of the Presby-
taiian Church In the U. 8. will
deliver the message at tha 8:15 a. m.
worship service Sunday. He will also
speak at 11 a. m. at 8hlloh
Preshytarlan Church In Grover.
Rav. John HanMoy, sMonlata
general prelbytar for ministers of
Concord Presbytery, will hold the
nightly services Sunday through
Thursday at 7 p. m. each night.
Mr. Spach, a native of Winston-
Salem, has been a mlsslonaiy to
Brasil since 1961 and currently
serves as general secretary of the
dsnomlnatlon's Brasil mission.
Spach, 68, holds degrees from
Georgia Tech, and the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro, and
has had additional study at Uhlon
Broken
aty employes broke the ground
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock for
a new public works building and
garage expected to cost more than a
half million dollars.
Mayor John Henry Moss and city
commissioners stood by as veteran
city employes conducted the
ceremony. Construction Is expected
to begin Immediately with target
date for first phase of construction
slated for August 81, 1977.
S. A. Blanton, supervisor of the
water and sewer department, Fred
Watson, supervisor of the street
department, and Harry Wilson,
supervisor of the electrical
department, led the ground
breaking.
“This Is a big day In the history of
the city,’’ said Mayor John Henry
Moss.
Reynolds and Sons of Chariotte
holds the general contract for the
new construction. The Reynolds bid
was for 8184,869 and 106 days to
complete construction. Actual
construction Is scheduled to begin
tomorrow and end on August 16.
Occupancy of the structure Is
estimated to be October 1.
The public works building Is the
second major piece of construction
going iq> In the area. Ground
breaking has already been held at
the site of the new governmental
facilities building (City Hal!) and
workmen are busy at die site this
week. The new facility on S. Pied
mont (Bonnie Mill) will house not
only the administrative, business
and tax office for the city but the
fire department. The building has
been designed to take advantage of
the terrace already on the site and
plans call for a warm, eartmone
Murder Trial
Is Postponed
Trial of Jimmy Greene of Una, S.
C., charged with die rape and
murder of a Cleveland County Fair
concessions operator, has been
continued until the next term of
Cleveland County Superior Court.
Greene’s trial was scheduled to
begin Tuesday but was continued gt
the request of the 27th Judicial
District Public Defender’s office so
that witnesses from Dorothea Dlx
Hospltsd could be subpoenaed, ac
cording to assistant district attorney
BUl Morris.
Greene Is charged with the rape
and murder of Mm. Rosemary
Knauer, 48, of Daytona Beach, Fla.
near Kings Mountain Inn last Oc-
tobar.
gUlMSPACn
WE V. JOHN MANDUT
Theological Seminary, Richmond,
and Duke University.
He was a bomber pilot during
Worid War n and was a prisoner of
war from August 1M4 through May
1946 after a crash In Italy.
In Brasil, he served as director of
the Fifteenth of November CoUega
1966-68, professor of sciences and
athletic director 1961-68, was a
member of the team that developed
the ABC Crusade, Brasil literacy
campaign 1968-74, and was active in
the Brasil Christian Parliamentary
Leadership movement 1970-74.
Mr. Spach Is married to the for
mer Nancy Clendennln and is the
father of Sve children.
Rev. Handley Is a graduate of
Davidson College and Union
Theological Seminary, holding
Master of Divinity and Master of
Theology degrees.
Prior to assuming his duties as
general presbyter for ministers in
Ooncord, Presbytery, ho pastored
churchee In Jacksonville, Fla.,
Huntersville, N. C. and Charlotte.
Dr. OUn Whltenor, Jr., pastor of
the church. Invites the community to
attend both the Sunday morning
servloe and the revival services.
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brick with bronxe solar type win
dows, which Is more compatible
with the remainder of the ccnn-
munlty architecture. The building
will contain 24,000 squeire feet of
floor space.
The mayor said that "In reqiect
and tribute to the various depart
ment heads of the public wortts
department he and members of the
board of commissioners had
selected them to handle the ground
breaking ceremonies for the new
construction.
Mayor Moss labeled the new
building Citizens Service Center.
Safety Aivards
Dinner Slated
The Safety Committee for the
Greater Shelby Chamber of Com
merce and the North Carolina
Department of Labor are jointly
sponsoring the 17th annual Cleve
land County Safety Awards Dinner,
Friday, May 18, at 7 p. m. at Shelby
High School Cafeteria.
John C. Nrooks, North Carolina
Commissioner of Labor, will present
safety awards to qualifying area
Industries and businesses In
recognition of outstsuidlng work In
preventing disabling Injuries on the
job during 1976. Also attending frmn
the Department of Labor will be
Charles Jeffress, Aaslstant Com
missioner; David Darr, OSHA’
Russell D. Poe, Safety Awards
Coordinator; M. Joan Aceves, Field
Representative; sind Kenneth E.
Parrish, field representative.
C. Nell Wilson, second vice
president of the Shelby Chamber of
Commerce, will preside at the
meeting. Also taking part on the
program will be J. R. Dunkley,
Chamber Safety Committee
chairman; and William C. Palmer,
personnel manager, J. P. Stevens A
Co., Inc.
Awards will be presented to the
fallowing firms:
From Grover: Mlnette Mills, Inc.
From Kings Mountain: Anvil
Knitwear, Inc.; Cam Do Hosiery
Mill, Inc.; Qeveland Hosiery Mill,
Inc.; Gay Hosiery Mill, Inc.; Ideal
Hosiery Mill, Inc.; Kings Mountain
Hospltsd, Inc.; L. A L. Hosiery Mill,
Inc.; Lyntex, Inc., Martin Marietta
Aggregates; Reeves Brothers, Inc.;
Ruppe, Dixon A Speauk, Inc., Sadie
Mills, Inc.; Spectrum Textured
Fibers, Inc.; United States Gypsum
Company.
Tickets are 86 each, amd reserva-
Uona may be made by calling the
Chamber of Commerce, 487-8621.
Firms not on the awauds list sure
also Invited to attend the meeting.
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Fbolo By Gary Stewart
RECEIVE AWARD - Fifth graders at East School
recently won first place In the AOT-sponaored moral
art display, winning ontover elementary schools froan
aU over North Carolina. TIm school was presented a
plaque Tuesday during May Day festivttles at the
school. WllUam Hager, left, president of the local ACT
group, presents a certifloate to fifth grade teacher Mike
Smith and Mrs. Jeannle Armstrong, right, chalrperaon
of the State ACT CItlaenohip Committee, presents the
pique to East Principal C. A. AEUleon. Soane of the fifth
graders are shown In the backgroond. Other teachers
who helped with the project were Mrs. Delera Lovelace,
Mrs. Patsy Rountree and Mrs. Maxine Orayson.u