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Power Off For Eight Hours
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Photoa By Oary Stewart
WOW! - When the tem
perature reachee lOt, aa In
dicated here on the Home
Savlnga k Loan Jlnkua, the
qulckeet way to cool otf la
Illustrated at the right. Hiese
r Kings Mountain youngsters are
I taking advantage of the city pool
at Deal St. Parte.
Grover
Receives
Funding
About 66 percent of the city
suffered through an eight-hour
power outage Sunday night.
But rather than an Inadequacy
of electrical strength on the part
of the city, It was due to an "act
of God.”
A sudden electrical storm
struck over the city about 7:80 p.
m. Sunday with witnesses
stating the first bolts striking the
wires at the Kings Tams mill on
Piedmont. The charge then
traveled down Gaston St.
through the Duke Power station
to the city’s substation on the
a(|]acent lot.
Mayor John H. Moss said,
“Residents of Gaston St. who
were sitting on their front por
ches told us a large ball of fire
burst from the city's substation
when the lightning hit.”
The power was knocked oft,
then the relays kicked It back on.
There had been a systems
“weakening” by the first strike,
according to the mayor. A few
minutes later a second ball of
fire shot from the city’s sub-
■Mtlon. The mayor was on the
site when this (me occurred.
“Officer Julius Burton,
members of die fire department
and I were on the site,” the
mayor said, ‘"nie first surge of
alBctrlclty had set fire to the
weeds on the perimeter of the
substation. The second ball of
flame set fire to the porcelain
resistors atop the substation."
The resistor units had to be
replaced and this Is what toolf
eight hours of worti by the
members of the city electrical
department Power was restored
about 8:40 a. m.
There was still about BO
minutes of daylight left after the
power was knocked out so moat
church services In the blackout
area continued to conclusion.
When darkness came 16
regular and five reserve police
officers were pressed Into ser
vice, along with the fire
department and Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad to handle traffic
and safety. Tlie police reported
only one accident during this
time, a drunk driver who rear-
ended another car on B. King St.
There were no Injiules.
With the use of flares officers
directed traffic without mishap
through the city’s Intersections.
CSilef Earl Lloyd said "by
midnight the regular shift of
ficers were able to take over
until power was restored.”
Bill Herndon of the KM Fire
Department reported no
structural fires caused by the
electrical storm or through
accidents during this period.
Mayor Moss said the electrical
department “did a com
mendable Job In restoring
electrical service and the police,
fire and rescue members did an
outstanding Job of working with
the public during this crisis.”
Bike Day Planned
lbs Town of Grover has received
a state grant for its water project
totaling 87,877 among 66 local
governments awarded state grants
totaling $8 million tor water SLq>ply
projects, it wan announced today by
Secretary of Human Resources. Dr.
Sarah Morrow and a<nromor Jim
Hunt.
Ibe grants comprise the lOth
group of awards made pursuant to
tha North Oarollna Clean Water
Bond Act of 1B71 and closes (Mt the
final regular review period under
the Act.
(Please Tom To Page 8)
Bickley k Coming Home
Brian Bickley may be coming home soon.
Ibe Kings Mountlan who has battled death
time and again Is still a patient at The Royal
Infirmary In Edinburgh, Scotland where he has
received treatment for his ailing heart with a
drug not yet available In the United States.
Pauline Bickley left for Scotland on Saturday
where she will spend about 10 days with her
husband and talk with his doctors.
Before leaving Mrs. Bickley told Tbe Mirror-
Herald, “I might be able to bring Blck home with
me. Not back to the hospital, but home to Kings
Mountain.”
She said Bickley will be able to get the drug
used successfully In heart cases for the past two
years by Dr. Hugh Miller at the Royal Infirmary.
Tbe drug has not been approved for use In
America, but It will not be considered Illegal for
Blckley’s use since It will be prescribed by Dr.
Miller.
Mrs. Bickley said her husband had taken "the
bike test” twice In recent days and "did very
well.’’ The bike testis simply to ride a statlcxiary
bicycle, peddling as fast and as long as possible.
Please Turn To Page 8
Tbe Kings Mountain Police
Department Is planning a
bicycle registration day.
Tbe event will be co-sponsored
by the KMPD Youth Services
and Crime Prevention bureaus
and the date will be announced
soon.
Robert Dodge, ycuth services
officer, said a central location
will be picked and all bike
owners will be urged to attend.
Tbe program Includes bike
registration, logging make,
colors and serial numbers for
easy Identlflcatlan.
Dodge said a large number of
bicycles are stolen each year and
a large number recovered. Tbe
problem lies In no Information on
hand that leads to returning
bikes to proper owners.
Inspection stickers will be sold
for a small fee'to bike owners
following Inspections for safety
factors, condition of the woiidng
parts, reflectors, etc.
Tbe Idea of the registration
and Inspection Is not to make
money,’’ Dodge said. The fee
wiu cover the cost of the
stickers. The Idea Is to acquaint
the community with city laws
governing bicycle use and
safety.”
A display of reflectors, chains
and locks to prevent theft will be
set up. Short films will also be
shown pertaining to bike safety.
Tbe display Items have been
donated by local businesses.
Fulltime Rescuers, New Ambulance Now In Service
Tbe Kings Mountain Rescue
8<iuad now has three fulltime
piM employes and a brand now
rescue ambulance In servlee.
Ibe fulltime employes were
named on July 1 and the am
bulance waa put Into service
July 6.
Oapt. Raymond Galloway, Roy
Hammett and Mike McDaniel
are the three fulltime employes.
Recommended by the local
rescue sijuadders and hired by
the Cleveland County
Emergency Services, these
three KMers are on duty from 8
a. m. until 8 p. m. Night and
weekend ealla are handled by the
LUgMOd volunteer niMnbera aa
before.
With stlftsr and maia costly
regulations placed on ambulance
sarvlce by the stats, ftinsral
home directors In Clevaland
County sleeted to diaeciittmie
their ambulance servlee. Tbs
most workable altsmattva to
keep ambulance and rescue
servlee available was to
establish a fee schedule In order
to pay fulltime employes to
handle the daylight hour calls.
The fee sohedule Is $80 for each
call and transports to KM
Hospital, KM Convalescent
Center and doctors offices
Inside the local coverage area;
$80 for roundtrips In coverage
area; 830 plus 60 cents a mile
outside coverage area; 86 each
half hour after first half hour of
waiting time after a transport
trip.
Tbe rescue members turn In
transport data to the emergency
service office, which In turn blUs
the patient and pays the squad.
Tbe rescuers niay accept cash
payments on the spot.
Tbe new ambulance now In
service locally cost over 830,000
and Is being paid for from local
donations to the squad. Tbe
vehicle was ordered last
November. The cost covered the
vehicle fully equipped. Extras
Include a four chaimel two-way
radio, a blood pressure
monitoring device and ex
tracation equipment (for
removing people from wrecked
vehicles). State law requires
such equipment In an ambulance
even though the same device la
on a rescue crash truck.
Another great feature of the
aunbulance, according to Capt.
Galloway, “Is the removable
(diasBls. The body can be un
bolted and lifted off ths chassis.
If the chassis Is bad a
replacement can be bought ana
the old body bolted In place. That
will be a great savings.”
Galloway said the rescue
members “greatly appreciate
the support the cltlsens” gave
them In their fund raising drive
to purchase the new vehicle and
ecjulpment.
As for how well the fee system
Is working, Galloway said, “It
has cut out a lot of the ’taxi’ trips
we used to do when the service
was free. Those are transport
trips of cltlsens who could c^ a
cab, or get a nelghbcx to drive
them or drive their own cars to
the hospital, clinics and doctors
offices.”
He said the emergency
transports the squad has made
since the fee system began were
light during the week of the
fourth. However, those patients
transported had no ({uarrels with
paying a foe.
“People have said they didn’t
know how we were able to
operate the service free for 18
years,” Galloway said. “Tbe fee
system Is much better than
raising taxes. This way only
those using the ambulance
service are paying.”
Galloway, McDaniel and
Hanunett, In addition to their
fulltime service, will contlniM to
wcuk as volunteers without pay
at nights and on weekends. Just
as they did before. Galloway left
his Job at radio station WIGdT,
McDaniel left Bridges Auto
Parts In Bessemer City and
Hanunett, lithium Corp., to take
the fulltime rescue squad
Galloway has been with the
KMRS since November 1666,
McDaniel since July 1974 and
Hammett, January 1974. All
three are state approved
Emergency Medical
Technicians (BMT’s).
Tbe rescue squad number Is
786-3141.
"We’re still here to serve,”
Galloway said. "All funds we
raise for the s<iuad will go Into
more equipment and better
service to the public.”
KINGS mountain
ambulance
NEW AMBULANCE — Roy Hammett, one of
three fulltime rescue squad employes, BUI Hanna
and Jim Brackett volunteers, pose with the new
Photo By Gary Stewart
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad ambulance. Tbe
folly equipped "emergency room on wheels” was
put Into service last Wednesday.