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VOL. 88 NO. 50
THURSDAY, JUNE 38,1877
MIRROR-HGRMD
15'
And The Walls
Tumbled Down
And another building comae
tumbling down.
Monday and Tueeday leather
faced men In hardhate noaed heavy
equipment Into the brick atructurea
between Orlftln Drug and the comer
of W. Mountain and S. Cherokee.
And they kept puahlng until they had
rubble piled almoat one etory high.
The demolition waa part of a
continuing contract the Klnga
Mountain Redevelopment Com-
mlaalon hae with Bradley-Jenklna of
Oaatonla.
Qene White, executive director of
the commtaRon, aald, "I would like
to have seen the wreckera move on
up the itreet and level the former
Lynch building alao, but that will
have to wait until the dty can find
other quartera to store electrical
equipment”
Tliat demolition will take place
aometlme later thle year In all
probability when the new Qovem-
mental Servlcea Facllltlea Building
(City Hall) la completed on the
former Bonnie Mill property on W.
Cold St. Atthat time the preeent city
hall facility will be renovated and
turned over entirely to the police
dqpartment.
White aald the original plan wae to
build the new city hall on the
property now houe^ the preeent
government aeat, iriui the property
to be available when the atructurea
facing Piedmont and W. Mountain
SL are demollahed.
“I eaa't aar for aqrt, but aj< aa
I know now the city ettU plana to
purchaae that property when
demolitionle complete,” White aald.
lUa property will meaaura 100
IMt on S. Piedmont and 138 feet on
W. Mountain St.
Meanwhile, clearing of the former
D. M. Monlaon and Thomaaaon-
Peeler Betatea property at W.
Moimtaln and S. Cherokee con-
ttaiuea.
White aald thla la dealgnated ae
parcel eight In the redevelopment
overall plan. The property wlU be
ahpped away from the Qrlffln Drug
building toward Cherokee and
"poaalbly will be covered with
gravel and uaed for additional
parking until the property becomea
of Interest aa a potential downtown
buatneee location.
Parcel eight contalna 6,000 square
feet of land and runs 60 feet on W.
Mountain St. and 100 feet on S.
Cherokee. Thla will be one of the
prime locatlona In the central
business district that City
Development Director Larry
Billings will show potential new
bualnessmen.
BUllngs asdd there are several
prospective retailers Interested In
locating In Kings Mountain, but
would not divulge the type of retail
business the proq)ects conduct.
Under the Bradley-Jenklna
demolition contract with the
redevelopment commlsalon the
wsuehouse building on W. Cold St.,
across from the farm supply store. Is
also slated to go. Also a portion of
the Plonk building on the comer of
W. Cold and Railroad Ave. and a
small brick structure behind Cooper
B\imlture Co. White said he Is not
sure whether the building now
housing Nation Chevrolet will be
Included In the demolition project
White said am item of Interest In
construction is the pedestrian
sidewalk beside the bllllsu'd parlor
building.
"We held a pre-construction
conference on this matter Tuesday
morning,” White aald. "There will
be some pre-construction sltework
down before the brick arrlvee
around vJul7 13, <th8n the sidewalk
constmctlon will begin."
the walk Is a continuation of the
pedestrian walk In the senior
cltlsens puk across W. Mountain St.
CRAmiNO DOWN - A Rradtoy-JOaklBa em|^e heaea dawn the
rabble as a crane operator oonthnea demoUsUng the Morrison,
1homsss<Mi-Peeler Estate buildings Mountain and S. Cherokee Bte.
the Are hose was used to keep the duet settled.
July h7 At Depot Center
Art Ebdiibit Is Set Here
Faculty
Completes
CPR Oass
twenty one faculty members and
staff of Central School oompleted on
Tuesday a Red Cross CPR Basic
Life Support Oass.
the 10 houre of Instruction In
cluded bookwork, practice, skill
taat, and written finals teat.
Teachsrs took ttme off from their
workday schedules to partlctyate In
tour to five hours last' Thursday In
class, two hours on BVlday and
Monday working with mannequins
and two hours on theaday In a
written and sklUa examination, t
Instructors were Jerry Blanton,
Sara Whetsttne, Pam Salyers, Larry
Allen, Steve Moffltt, PhU Weathers,
an faculty members.
Mra. Whlsnant said she would like
to see every staff member In the
Kbiga Mountain schools receive the
CPR life-saving InstmcUon.
Cleveland County artists are
participating In a traveling art
exhibit q>onsored by the Shelby Art
League for the next few weeks.
The exhibit la scheduled for public
showings at the Kings Mountain
Depot Center from July 1-7 from 3-
6:80 p. m.
Mrs. Lawrence Patrick of Klnga
Mountain, a director of the Shelby
Art League, aald, "About 80 local
artists were Invited to submit work
to be considered for the traveling art
show. A totsU of 40 works have been
selected for the show.”
BMmund Lewandowskl, chairman
of the art department of Wlnthrop
College, was the Juror who eelected
the 40 art works to be Included In the
exhibit.
At a speclstl preview held at the
Shelby Dally Star last Sunday
Lewandowald selected the works
and commented that Cleveland
County wsta fortunate to have so
many fine artisans. He eald he was
very Impressed with the quality of
work submitted for Judging. Each
artist was asked to submit two
pieces for Judging.
Mrs. Patrick said a special
preview "by Invitation only" will be
held at the Kings Mountsdn Depot
Onter Thure., June 80 from 8-10 p.
m. The exhibit will be open to the
public next day.
Harvey Hamrick, president of the
art league, said the traveling exhibit
is of particular interest because It Is
county-wide In nature and will give
exposure to artists from all over
Cleveland County.
Mrs. Patrick invites Interested
Bickley Doing Well,
Fund Totals *10,367
Slimmer Recreation
Set At Central School
A summer recreation program for
an rising rixth and seventh gradere
In the Klnga MounUln School
Dlatrlct la planned at Central School.
The program will run from July 8
Oirough August 8, Monday through
Prlday from 8 a. m. untU 13:80 p. m.
Hw program wlU be coordinated by
Pam Balyera and PhU Weathers.
Rising aixth and seventh gradere
must register at Central School on
July 6 in order to take part In the
program.
Activities planned Include soft-
baU, basketball, volleyball, kick
baU, blood baU, dodge baU, Jokarl
(advanced form of pad<Be ball),
tumbling, ping pong, horseshoes,
relays, tetherball, flag football and
more.
Polly Phifer reports the
Brian Bickley Fund at
First Union National Bank
has reached a total of
$10,867.72.
In Wednesday’s mall
Mrs. Phifer said a total of
$180 came In from the
Charlotte area, bringing
the out-of-town donation
total to $829. The Charlotte
area donations began
coming In after the Bickley
story was told by Observer
columnist Kays Cary.
This week Bickley Is
undergoing treatment In
the Royal Infirmary In
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bickley was escorted to
Scotland lut Sunday by his
cardiologist. Dr. Donald
Hall, and nurse Jeannette
Branch from Charlotte.
Arriving In Scotland
Monday Bickley deplaned
and announced he had
made It and that hla
"ticker" waa still going.
In fact throughout the
long flight from Charlotte
to New York to Scotland
Blckley's heart kept going
without the use of the
special cardiac equipment
brought along for
emergencies.
The latest report
reaching the Mirror-
Herald on Wednesday was
that Blckley’s heart has
continued to beat In
regular rhythm since
reaching Scotland.
TTuoughout his hospital
confinement since late In
1976 Bickley has suffered
numerous cardiac arrests
and treatment. The trip to
Scotland was one of two
alternatives faced by the
41-year-old Kings Moun-
tlan. At the Royid Infir
mary Dr. Hugh Miller has
had great success treating
heart patients for the past
two years with a special
drug not yet available In
the United States. Bickley
will receive treatment
using this drug by Dr.
Milter.
The other alternative Is a
heart transplant.
For the trip to Scotland,
Dr. Hsdl paid hla and nurse
Branch’s expenses.
Donations, which are tax
deductible, may be sent to
the Brian Bickley Fund In
care of Polly Phifer to
First Union National Bank.
Tile funds go toward the
medical and hospital bills
fOr Blckley’s treatment.
Democrat Chairman
Cashion
Is Re-Elected
Mrs. William Z. (Joyce) Cashion
was re-elected chairman of the
Cleveland County Democratic Party
and Rev. M. L. Campbell, local
minister, former party second vice-
president, was elected a member of
the state executive meeting during
the county convention of more than
200 delegates Saturday In Shelby.
Cleveland County Democrats also
went on record approving the ex
pansion of the County Board of
Commissioners from five to seven
members to be elected from
districts of approximate equal
proportion.
Ute vote to recommend that the
board of commissioners be ex
pended and commissioners have
residential requirement came after
a substitute motion made by BUI
Weaver at Shelby to tq>polnt a
committee to study the situation and
come back with a recommendation
to the executive committee was
defeated.
Request for the change was made
to the commission June 6 by James
Hope of PolkvlUe and he presented
the resolution to the convention
delegation and it passed 217 to 80.
Other Party officers are duurles
(Bud) Whlsnant, of PolkvUle, re
elected first vice chairman; and
Catherine Stockton of Lattlmore,
reelected secretary.
’Ihe Rev. R. E. Devoe, Shelby, was
elected county second vice chsUr-
man to replace the Rev. Mr.
CampbeU who did not offer for re-
election. BIU Burton of Shelby was
elected third vice - chairman to
replace Evelyn Davis who has
recenUy moved out of the county and
Bobby Rogers of Shelby was elected
treasurer to replsxe John Waahburn
of BoUlng Springs.
Delegates also elected Buck
Lattlmore, Ken Roland, Betty
Burton and Clyde Nolan, along with
CampbeU, to the state executive
committee.
County Democrats also nominated
Clyde Nolan of Shelby as North
Carolina Democrat of the Year. Mr.
Nolan, former county party
chairman, former member of the
state executive committee, and
former state senator from Cleveland
County Is known to many In the
county as "Mr. Democrat.
More Coroner Power
Harris Catching
Flak Over Bill
citizens who want to help with the
exhibit at the depot center, to contact
her.
“Tile Job Is simple,” she said, “we
wUl stay wlUi the art pieces at the
center during the pubUc showing.”
Sen. Ollle Harris of Kings
Mountain Is stlU catching flak over
his bUl to Increase the power of
coroners In Cleveland and
Rutherford counties.
However, the latest attack on
Harris has brought the 68-year old
senator support from an unexpected
source — the N. C. Department of
Human Resources.
Dr. Page Hudson, N. C. Medical
Examiner, and the Cleveland
County Medical Society have been
chief antagonists of the Harris blU
since It’s Inception. The Aght by the
state official and the county medical
society membership has been a
bitter one.
Dr. Hudson fired the latest volley
against Sen. Harris, personally. In
letters sent to medical examiners
across North Carolina. In those
letters Dr. Hudson accused Harris of
"ramming through" a bUl In the
General Assembly giving the
coroner In Cleveland County the
power to remove a body from the
scene, caU for an autopsy and sign
uncontested death certificates. Dr.
Hudson also accused the senator of
misleading other members of the
General Assembly In stating there
was no opposition to his bill In his
home county.
Stated also In the Hudson letter
was the following:
. . . ‘"The whole affair was as
repugnsmt and reactlonsiry an action
as I’ve seen In North Carolina In
almost nine years. The
machinations smelled worse than a
body of 10 days In the hot sim. Tlte
maggots were there too, Aguratlvely
speaking . .
Dr. Hudson also Indicated In his
letter that his fight against the
Harris bill got no support from the
state medical society because the
society feau'ed Harris would kill a
pending bill that would permit op
tometrists to use certain drugs on
patients without actually per-
scrtblng medicine.
And further that Harris will
"pocket” a bill doing away with the
coroner system In North Carolina
But, Dr. Hudson made a mistake,
which brought him a sharp
reprlntand from Human Resources
Secretary Dr. Sarah T. Morrow.
He wrote the letters on state
stationary.
Dr. Morrow came down hard on
Dr. Hudson for his derogatory
remarks concerning Senator Hsurls.
When he learned at this attack.
Senator Harris said, "I think Dr.
Hudson Is overworked or Is a sick
man for making comments like that.
He waa reprimanded for It, but he
hasn’t ^ologized to me. He’s too
little for that. I Just hope I’m a big
enough man to forget It. I feel sorry
for him. He’s a sick man.”
On Dr. Hudson’s allegation that
Harris would kill the pending op
tometrists bill, the senator aald the
bill would not even come through his
committee. He also aald that he had
voted In favor of that bill. On
"pocketing'’ the abolition of the
coroner system bill, the senator said
the other committee members
would not vote in favor of that bill
anyway.
The opposition In Cleveland
County to the Harris bill to enhance
the coroner’s power came from the
county medical society In the form
of a resolution to the county com
missioners. The county board had
endorsed the Hsu-rls bill without
hearing the medical groin’s opinion,
charged the resolution. The only
member of the society to publicly
oppose the bill and to criticise
Senator Harris’ motives was Dr.
Avery McMurry of Shelby.
Dr. McMurry and Dr. Hudson
appeared before the local legislation
committee In Rsdelgh to oppose the
bUl.
Harris served as coroner of
Cleveland County for 34 years.
Currently serving as coroner la
Bennett Masters, alao of Kings
Mountain. It waa Masters who
presented the Harris bill to the
county commissioners, explaining
that It was getting almost Impossible
to get a medical examiner to the
scene at a death and that ln-.«
vesUgatlon time and valuable clues
In violent deaths were being waisted
because of this situation.
The Harris bill, which passed
through the House and Senate
unanimously, does not strip the
medical examiner of his full powers,
but does return some of the power
to the coroner that the office had
prior to the appointment of the
medical examiner In 1971.