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VOL. 88 NO. 57
TUESDAY, JULY 19,1977
KlhG9 MOUMTMM
MIRROR-HeRMD
15*
Photo By Tom McIntyre
OUR FIRST WINNER Rodney Smith, 12, of the Ebenezer
Community, poaea proudly with hla brand new lO-speed bicycle
from TOAY. Jim Allen, store manager. Is at the left. Rodney was
the first bike winner In the current Mirror-Herald new aub-
acrlptlon sales promotion.
M-H Has Winner
In Circulation Drive
Rodney Smith, a seventh grader at Central School, Is the first
bicycle winner In The Mirror-Herald summer circulation cam
paign.
The 12-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Smith of the
Ebenezer Community, Rodney signed on as a new subscriber
salesman last Thursday. On Friday morning he turned In checks
and cash for nlnd new Mirror-Herald subscribers and Monday he
added nine more to the list for a total of 20.
"I’ve got 88 new subscribers In all,” Rodney said Monday. “I'lrr
going for 40 and a second bike for my sister. ’’
Rodney’s sister, Ametra, 18, Is looking forward to her new bike
sometime Oils week.
Will that be It for Rodney? No. He plans to sell as many as
possible through the rest of the summer to earn himself some
spending money.
Last Thursday and Friday The Mirror-Herald signed on 28
young super salespei^le anxious to earn bikes and spending
money. This Thursday (July 21) between 9 a. m. and noon we
will sign on mere salespeople from 12-years of age and up. We
require written permission from parents or guardians allowing
eligible youngsters to become Mirror-Herald circulation em
ployes. In some cases a parent has accompanied their children to
our offices to give permission and that’s acceptable, too.
The rules are simple. Sell 20 new yearly subscriptions (persons
not currently on our mailing list) to The Mirror-Herald and you
earn your choice of one new bicycle from five styles available at
’TGMkY. There Is a 20 Inch High Rise, a 20 Inch Motocross and 26
Inch bikes In three, five and 10 speed styles.
Salespersons will receive |8 per new subscription up to 20. The
20th Is automatically a new bike. Over 20 Is a bike plus $8 each for
new subscriptions.
Currently working as circulation salespersons are Tony
Runyans, Jeff Orlgg, Rodney Smith, Bobby Heath, Kim Heath,
Phillip LeFevers, Cory Jackson, James Husky, Joe Hamrick,
Deanle Conner, Rodney Ross, Danny Bolin, Lynn Phllbeck, Mike
Hovls, Rodney Hovls, Angela Bell, Bryan Noriis, Scott Scruggs,
’Tony Martin, Dickie Martin, Robin Cash, Ruth Ollls and Susan
OUls.
For Senior Citizens Work
Harris Commended
Sen. onto Harris of Kings
Mountain received a copy of a
resolution from the N. C.
Department of Human
Resources commending him on
his work In behalf of the state’s
senior citizen.
Harris to chairman of the
Senate Sub-Committee on Aging.
To DOT By City
Projects Recommended
Kings Mountain has recom
mended six projects concerning
state highways within the city
limits for consideration to the
Department of Transportation.
Commissioner Fred Wright,
chairman of the city’s Uason
committee, Sen. Ollle Harris and
A1 Moretz, city planning
engineer, presented the
proposals to state highway offi
cials at a meeting In Ltncolnton
last Friday afternoon.
Representatives from com
munities all over the 10th
District attended the meeting,
which Is one of 14 planned
through the summer.
Moretz served as spokesman
for the KM Interests at Friday’s
meeting. The first recom
mendation to the DOT Is to
"complete the proposed U.S. 74
bypass. . . .
"... We understand that about
80-90 percent of the right of way
has been purchased and would
encourage the completion of
these purchases as soon as
possible,” Moretz said.
TTie proposed bypass In
terchanges on York Rd., N.
Piedmont Ave. and Waco Rd.
will change the traffic patterns
Into and within the city.
Regarding this Moretz said the
city suggests NC161 be widened
to four lanes, be curbed and
guttered from the proposed on
US 74 bypass through die In
tersection of existing US 74 and
NC 16*. and b>; connected to the
four lane section just past this
Intersection.
Secondly, the city recom
mends realignment and
widening of NC 216 from nor
thern city limits to the US 74
bypass Interchange to SR 2026.
Fourth, tliat a new road west of
the dty limits be constructed
The resolution was adopted in
the July meeting of the advisory
council of aging In Raleigh
The resolution cites Senator
Harris and others In the state for
"a commendable start toward
exploring the responsibilities of
the state to Its senior citizens.’’
The resolution also asks for
vigorous continued leadership in
this area.
connecting the existing US 74
and SR 2266 In the vicinity of the
KM Junior and Senior High
complex.
Fifth, widening and vertical
realignment of SR 2026 from the
end of the existing four-lane
section to Hwy. 216 north of the
city.
The sixth recommendation Is
to Improve Intersections, In
cluding the widening, larger
radiuses, and slgnallzatlon for
major Intersections of
residential roads that are
feeders to these state roads.
"An additional recom
mendation to the DOT,” ac
cording to Moretz, "would be to
provide on-slte technical
assistance In analyzing and
evaluating and making
recommendations for necessary
street Improvements to Improve
traffic flow and Increase safety.
"We recommend that a traffic
engineer be located in the
district office, or In a county, to
specifically aid counties and
small municipalities In traffic
planning,” Moretz said.
Need Certain Services
Need the services of the police, fire department, rescue squad
or magistrate.
Kings Mountain Police—789-8686.
KMPD Youth Bureau—789-8676.
KMPD Crime Prevention Bureau — 789-7444.
If ccdl Is for either youth bureau and crime prevention bureau
and there Is no answer, call the regular police number with
message.
Kings Mountain Fire Department — 789-2661.
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad — 789-2141.
The rescue squad operates 24-hours dally, seven days weekly.
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p. m. three Emergency
Medical Technicians man the office. At night and weekends
volunteers are on duty. There Is a schedule of fees for this
service.
N. C. State Magistrate Office Is open Monday through Friday
from 9 a. m.-6 p. m., however, the magistrate Is on ccdl 24-houra
a day, seven days weekly. Should the maglatrate be absent
during office hours the police dispatcher will answer his ring
and take messages.
Grover residents may call 482-4422 for fire department; 482-
8811 for police; and 987-7682 for rescue squad.
With New PD Portables
Instant G>mnninication
■i-
You’ve no doubt seen
Kings Mountain Police
officers around town
carrying small encased
objects.
The objects are
Motorola personal
Portable "walkie-
talkie” radios.
The department re
ceived 16 such units sev
eral weeks ago,
financed under a $14,600
Law Enforcement
Assistance Agency
(LEAA) grant. The
city’s cost was five
percent.
The battery-powered
units are go^ for 24-
stralght hours of heavy
use. Included with the
radio Is sin additional
battery and a charging
unit. The effective
range of the unit Is five
miles.
"All patrol officers
were Issued the new
radio units,” said Police
Chief Earl Lloyd. “They
are required to carry
the units with them at
all times, off duty hours
as well.”
Chief Lloyd said the
units give the officer In
the field Instant com
munication with head
quarters and with fellow
field officers. "The use
of the radio units ac
tually gives us multiple
police coverage through
the city,” he added.
The use of a new unit
proved Its worth within
a few days after It was
put Into use. Ptl. Julius
Burton was off-duty and
NELSON CONNOR
Connor To
Be Inducted
In State YDs
Nelson Connor of Kings
Mountain will be Installed u
vice president of the N. C. Young
Democrats In Raleigh July 28.
’Ihe young KMer will take
office with M. C. Teague of
Raleigh, president; Sherry
Mason of Charlotte, secretary;
and Lee Ann Nease of Green
sboro, treasurer.
U. S. Sen. Dale Bumpers,
former governor of Arkansas,
will be the featured speaker at
the banquet at 7:80 p. m. The
senator will also be honored at a
reception at 6:80 p. m.
The Installation banquet is set
for the Scott Pavllllon at the N.
C. State Fairgrounds.
Cleveland County Young
Democrats are mau-klng their
calendars also for the National
YD Convention at Miami July X-
80 and the county convention at
Shelby on August 4.
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Photos By Gary Stewart
AND THE NEW — Chief Earl Lloyd speaks Into
one of the new personal portable radio units
recently received by KMPD under an LEAA
grant. All patrol officers use the new units.
Nit
TTIE OLD UNIT — Youth Services Bureau
Officer Robert Dodge Is shown here with one of
the seven old style walkie-talkie radios used by
the police department.
out on Lake Montonla
Rd. near the foot of
Kings Mountain when
he came across a citizen
who had suffered a
heart attack. Instead of
having to drive to some
place to phone In the
emergency Ptl. Burton
used his radio unit and
had a KM Rescue am
bulance on the srene
within minutes. The
citizen was saved.
Chief Lloyd SBdd the
units also have channels
that allow com
munication with the
Cleveland County
Sheriff's Department
anywhere In the county.
There Is also a Mutual
Aid channel which
allows communication
with any law en
forcement agency In
Western N. C.
"This channel Is of
particular benefit If our
men were to be called
for assistance Into
another jurisdiction,”
Lloyd said. "We would
have communications
with the agency In
charge.”
Prior to receiving the
new units the local
department had seven
older units. Those units
have been assigned to
other departments, such
as the youth services
and crime prevention
bureaus. Others are
held In reserve.
The chief said the new
units are more compact,
much handler to use
than the previously used
units. The new ones also
offer much more ef
fective range.