THE TUESDAY EDITION
VOL. 88 NO. 68
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8,1877
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HUD Project
Housing Program Atcaits
Green Light For Kickoff
C
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Mrs. Donald (Deloras)
Dsdmon of Shelby has been hired
as an Outreach worker for
Qeveland County In the Section 8
existing Housing Assistance
Program now becoming
operatlonaL
Earl Honeycutt of Shelby,
Region C Housing Coordinator,
said that Outreach workers have
been selected to work In
Cleveland, Rutherford and
McDowell counties.
"I’m waiting for the telephone
to ring now,” said Honeycutt,
"for the go-ahead to kickoff the
program In Kings Mountain,
tentatively set for Aug. 16.”
City commissioners recently
gave permission to the
Isothermal Planning and
Development Commission
Region C to establish a HUD
Se^on 8 Housing Assistance
Progrsun In Kings Mountain.
Mr. Honeycutt said the
"program requires nothing from
the city, except Its blessings In
trying to establish the program
In Kings Mountain.
The program, which runs for
five years with funding through
the state from the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
ment, Is for existing rental
structures within an established
price range.
Specifically, the program Is a
rent and utility allowance to
renters, families whose Income
Is less than 80 percent of the
HUD published median Income
for the county. In Cleveland
County the median Income level
Is $13,400 annually.
According to Honeycutt,
HUD’S fair market rent,
maximum rent by number of
bedrooms, has been established
for Cleveland County.
The HUD allowance for a one-
bedroom home Is $81 two
bedrooms, $83; three bedrooms,
$17. The fair market allowance
for utilities Is also based on
number of bedrooms — $80, $40,
and $00.
For the qualifying family
whose Income Is leas than 80
percent of the county’s median
and one fourth of this Income Is
less than the maximum rent plus
utility allowance — $111, $183,
and $148, a certificate of
eligibility will be Issued.
Ctoveland County will cover
about 80-86 units and Kings
Mountain’s share will cover
about 80-86 units.
Honeycutt said the program Is
first and foremost to assist needy
families and the program will
encourage the propei^ owners
to better makitaln his property
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Fencing
G>ntract
Awarded
>
VICTORY RIDE — Members of the Kings
Mountali. 18 year old Babe Ruth baseball team
give coach David Robinson a victory ride off the
Photo By Gary Stewart
field Thursday night after the team defeated
Charlotte 8-6 for the state championship. Details
of the game are on the sports page.
The city commission Thursday
at a special meeting awarded
bids to the low bidders for
plumbing of the new Kings
Moimtaln Citizens Service
Center and for fanelng of
Davidson and Deal Street Ball
Parks.
The low bidders were Gastonia
Plumbing and Heating at $18,764
and American Fence and Supply
Co. of Charlotte at $16,606.
Other bidders for the pliunblng
Job were George B. Stevens of
Mooresvllle, $31,800; and Hoyle
Plumbing of Cherry^e, $33,300.
Other bidders for the fencing
work were Fence Builders of
Winston Salem, $14,810; Allison
Fence Co. of Charlotte, $16,686;
and Chasteen Fence Co. of Kings
Mountain, $17,634.
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PT. DON IVEY
ROY PEARSON
Attention: YCC Ends Second McGiU Qan WiU
Ivey Has Resifi^ned,
Pearson Will Stay
KMH Seniors
ATTENTTON: Kings Mountain
High Seniors.
On Aug. 18 and 18 senior
portraits will be made beginning
at 8 a. m. at B. N. Barnes
Auditorium.
Seniors, about 336-340 this
year, will be notified by mall of
the portrait aesslon dates.
School officials wlU provide
further Information should there
be any changes In time or dates.
Breakfast
Planned To
Begin School
Kings Mountain District
School teachers and staff will
kick-off the new school year with
abreakfast Monday at 8:16 a. m.
In the KM Junior High Gym
nasium.
P. A. Francis, chairman of the
District Board of Education, will
present the new superintendent
Winiam F. Davis for comments
and tor otlMr Introductions.
School principals, the District
office personnel and new per
sonnel will be recognised during
the program.
Mrs. Peggy McDowell,
’Teacher of the Year, wUl give
the Invocation and Assistant
sivt. Bill Bates will Introduce
members of the board of
education.
Mra Ban T. Goforth, NCAE
President, and Mike Smith, ACTT
President, will make an
nouncements for their
respective organisations.
Year At KM Park
For the second summer, 30
young people Intereeted In park
conservation and covering a 80
mile radius have literally
cleaned up for a living.
It’s called the Youth Con
servation Corps and the kids
ages 16-18 have been paid $18.80
toi six hours of labor five days a
week plus 10 hours of environ
mental education per week.
And, according to their
leaders, Phil Francis, camp
director, and Sharia Robinson,
Environmental Awareness
Coordinator, they have loved It.
Friday was the last school day
and marked the completion ot
many "fun” projects. Including
construction of horse trails,
clearing brush for an 18 mile
hiking, trail, picking up Utter at
Oowpens Battlefield, building
water barricades, hitching posto
Blood PreBsure
Screeninf^B Set
Cleveland County Health
Department wUl conduct free
blood pressure screenings from
13:80 until 4:80 p. m. at one
location In Kings Mountain and
two locations in Shelby.
. In Kings Mountain, the mobUe
unit wlU set up Thurs., Aug. 18th,
at K Mart In Shelby on Thurs.,
Aug. 11th, and on Aug. 36th at
Suttlee-Dnig Store In Shelby.
and four foot bridges across the
creeks at KM National MUltary
Park.
In addition, they have
coUected edible plants from the
park which were used by the In
dians and settlers at Kings
Mountain In the 18th Century and
have displayed them In a colorful
exhibit for the KM Park
Museum.
Area students Involved In the
program were Rick Huntslnger,
Barbara McClain and Denise
Wilson.
Young people were selected
speclflcaUy tor the program,
according to Mrs. Robinson, and
commuted to the Park from
Kings Mountain, Shelby, York,
S. C., Gaffney, S. C., Clover, S.
C., and Grover.
’The evening programs at
Kings Mountain National
Military Park Amphitheater on
Friday, Aug. 13 and Sat., Aug. 1$
will be two Revolutionary War
films.
On Friday night the SO minute
film "George Washington
Headquarters’’ will be
presented. R depicts the oftloer’s
life during the long winter of
1778-78 In the Ford Mansion at
Morristown, New Jersey.
Saturday night’s film will be
’’Winter Enoampmsnt,’’
depicting winter life of the
enlisted men tai a is-room log hut
at Jockey Hollow. Morristown.
Both showings will be at 8 p. m.
The public Is Invited. Thars Is no
admission charge.
Meet Hub Sunday
McOUls of Gaston will gather
Sunday at 6 p. m. for the annual
reunion at Bethel Church Arbor.
Picnic supper will be spread
and new offlcem of the Clan wlU
be elected.
Cole Elarns
MA Degree
Christopher Howard Oole, of
1408 Shelby Rd.. earned his Mas
ter’s degree and Ricky R. OOx, of
7U E. Ridge St, was graduated
with Bachelor’s degree In
general management from
Western Carolina University.
A total of 431 students received
degrees In summer commence
ment.
Chancellor H. F. Robinson was
the speaker.
One City employe resignation
holds firm and another has been
withdrawn.
Ptl. Don Ivey, a member of the
Kings Mountain Police Force
since May 1873, will resign ef
fective August 16 to take the Job
of Investigator tor the Public
Defender’s office.
Roy Pearson, long time city
recreatlan director, has with
drawn his resignation and will
remain on the Job.
This comes In the wake of the
resignations of Police Chief Earl
Uoyd and his Secretary Sandra
Smith and Pilot Oeek Waste
Plant operator Terry Wimberly.
Uoyd and Smith resigned af
fective August 16 and Wlmberiy,
August uT.
These three reslgnatlans from
city departments were based on
oompli^ts of "low salaries.”
Ivey, a Gastonia native, said,
"I am resigning to take a higher
paying Job In the Public
Detonder’s ofQca.”
(T\im Th Page 6)
Mrs. White
Is Appointed
EKM Registrar
Mra John White was ap
pointed East Kings Mountain
Precinct registrar and Judges
appointed are Joyce Dye, Demo
crat, and Connie Putnam,
Republican.
Other No. Four Township
election officials are to be ap
pointed at a second meeting of
the Cleveland County Board of
Elections Tuesday (today) at 10
a. m. at the Elections Board
office at 311 East Warren St.
G>inmunity Festival
^ Davis Set For Sat^ Aug. 13
Is Lions
Speaker
Kings Mountain Uons CSub-
bers will hold regular meeting
Thesday (tonight) at 7 p. m. at
Kings Mountain Inn. President
George Sherrill will preside.
Quests of the club will be tie
Uons Uttle League ’Team which
wcm second place In League play
this year.
Schools Supt. BUI Davis will be
guest speaker.
. All-day activities Saturday at
Deal Street Parii wUl begin
with a parade at 10 a. m. and
culminate at 4 p. m.
The "Community Wide
Festival" wUl also Include
sack and three-legged races, 100-
yard dash, putt golf, watermelon
busts, water sports, and
musical entertainment featuring
"The Swinging Mountaineers" of
the Kings Mountain Senior
C?ltlzena Club.
An Old-Timers Softball game
will also highlight the day and
any<me wishing to play or tor
Information about the game
should contact Mrs. Kathleen
Wilson at 788-4367, Mrs. Victoria
Bess at 788-3000 or Mrs. Dorothy
Edwards at 788-8868. Hotdogs
will also be available at 16 cents
each. •
The parade will form In
downtown Kings Moimtaln
and anyone who wants to ride ot*
waUc In the parade should meet
on East Gold Street near the
Western Auto Store at 8 a. m. on
Saturday. A prise will bo given
to the best-decorated bicycle In
the parade.