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THE TUESDAY EDITION KlMG^i NOUhTP\iri
VOL . 88 NO. 67
TUESDAY, AUGUST 28. 1977
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Reminded
Of Schedules
Bids Total Over $1-Million
Klngi Mountain Senior High
■tudente are reminded that
■chedulee can be picked up
Ihuraday and Friday, Aug. 26
and 26, In the lobby of B. N.
Bamea Auditorium.
Schedule! (or all hlg^ ichool
■tudente will be available (rom 0
until 12 noon and (rom 1 until 8 p.
m., a Bpokeaman (or the
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ByTOMMcINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
Last Thursday Moodye Clary,
the Chariotte architect whose
firm designed the new Kings
Mountain Governmental Ser
vices Faculties BuUdlng, was all
■mUes when bids on construction
totaled less than expected.
But Friday the smiles faded
when the low bidder on the
general construction contract
withdrew offer due to a mistake,
the omission of the price on
structural steel.
The bid totals on Thursday,
Including the fee for site
preparation, came to $042,146.
•nie orlglna; grant to the city
from the Economic O4velop-
ment Agency to construct the
new city haU Is $990,260.
Commissioner Jim ChUders
said Friday that the second
lowest bid on the general con
tract la $060,000 from CecU’s,
Inc. of Spartanburg, S. C., which
would put the total bids on the
project over $l-mUllon. The low
bid withdrawn on Fiidi^ was
$606,686 and was from mttaln
Oonstructlan also of Spartan
burg, S. C.
When the bids were totaled last
Thursday both Clary and
Commissioner Childers ex
pressed surprise. Both said they
felt the bid totals would have
been about $l.2-mllllcn.
The four contracts on the new
city hall were on the Monday
nlg^t commissioner agenda (or
consideration, but Friday
Childers said, “We wUl have to
see where cuts can be made In
the speclflcattons on construc
tion to bring the costa back In
line with the funds we have
available.’’
The commissioner said that
contract bidders have 72 hours
from the time bids are opened to
withdraw from contention "If
they feel and can prove that an
honest mistake was made In the
bid figures.’’
On Thursday there was
another minor hitch when a firm
from Shelby and another from
Charlotte submitted to-the-doUar
bids on the city hall plumbing
contract, according to Moodye
Clary.
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SANDERS DEATH SCENE - Members of the Kings Mountain Fire
Department and Rescue Squad swarm over the scene of a car-train
accidents near the Pine St. Crossing where Mrs. Dorothy Sanders, 49,
died. The accident happened about 10:61 Sunday night as Mrs. San-
Photo By Lem Lynch
ders wM leaving her Job at Parkdale Mills. KMPD Ptl. Harry Martin
said Mrs. Sanders apparently did not hear the train when she started
across the tracks.
Accidents Fatal To Two KMers
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Second Substitute Teacher
Workshop Set September 7
A second substitute teacher
workshop tor the Kings Moun
tain District Schools has been
scheduled for 10 a. m. Wed.,
Sept. 7.
Howard Bryant, director of
Instruction, said the substitute
teacher workshop will be held at
the school administrative of
fices, 600 W. Parker St. and there
Is no charge for registration or
participation.
'The KM Board of Education
requires all persons to par
ticipate In a substitute workshop
before they can be employed as a
substitute, Bryant said. Par
ticipation Is required In only one
woricshop, however.
Bryant said a substitute
teacher should have a minimum
of above average success In high
school with preferably some
academic work beyond high
school.
"The person should have a
love for and understanding of
children,’’ Bryant said. “Ha.
should use educatlonaUy correct
English and be emotionally
■table. All persons who meet
these general qualifications are
Invited to register for this second
■ubstltuto teacher workshop.’’
Two Kings Mountlans died In
accidents this weekend, one In a
■Ingle car accident Saturday
night and the other In a car-train
accident Sunday night.
State Trooper L. D. Brown
Investigated the one-car ac
cident Saturday, about 9:60 p.
m., that claimed the life of
Charles William Vaughan, Sr.,
66.
Trooper Brown reported that
“Vaughan was apparently
traveling at excessive speed
when he entered a curve on N. C.
216 (CherryvUle Rd.) three miles
north of Kings Mountain.”
The report states that
Vaughan’s car, a 1968 Chevrolet,
ran off the right side of the road
and traveled out of control tor
280 feet before coming back onto
the road and turning over.
Vaughan was thrown from the
car anti crushed beneath It. The
car rolled 74 feet before coming
to rest.
Elisabeth Lowery of
CherryvlUe, a passenger In the
car, was Injured. She was taken
to Lincoln Memorial Hospital by
the Bessemer City Rescue Squad
tor treatment. Vaughan was
taken to Kings Mountain
Hospital by the KM Rescue
Squad and pronounced dead on
arrival In the emergency room.
Vaughan's death marks the
13th traffic fatality on N. C.
roads In Cleveland County this
year.
The second fatality, Mrs.
Dorothy Walker Byars S«md-
ders, 49, of 108 Falls St. occurred
about 10:41 p. m. Sunday at the
Pine St. and Southern Railroad
crossing.
Kings Mountain Ptl. Harry
Martin said “Mrs. Sanders
apparently did not hear the train
and drove Into the crossing
where she was hit.”
Witnesses to the accident said
the Sanders car entered the
crossing Just as the train
reached It. The vehicle was
knocked 176 feet south of the
crossing and Mrs. Sanders was
killed Instantly.
Martin said the victim was
leaving her Job at Parkdale Mill
when the accident occurred.
Etouglas Hicks of Mauldin, S.
C. was engineer of the Southern
Railway train Involved In the
accident. He reported to police
that the accident was
unavoidable. The train traveled
over 1,000 feet before coming to a
stop after Impact. Hicks said the
train was traveling at 40 mph at
the time.
No charges were filed In the
accident.
Senior Citizens
Apply For Funds
Kings Mountain's senior
citizens will be given an op
portunity today to apply tor
financial assistance under the
Crisis Intervention Program
funded by the federal govern
ment.
Rev. Kenneth George, coor
dinator of the city's aging
program, said, "We will provide
transportation to the Social
Services Department In Shelby
today (or our senior citizens to
make application for the
program.”
Senior citizens are asked to
call 730-4611 to make
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