Page 10—MIRROR-HERALD—Tuesday, November 8, 1977
Rain KO’s Power
Torrential rains and
lightning knocked out
power In a portion of the
city early Sunday mor
ning.
Lightning struck the
Duke Power Substation on
Oaston St., ran across and
blanked out the city's sub
station on the adjacent lot
about 2:30 a. m. Sunday.
Although no equipment
was damaged at the sub
stations, transformers at
West Gate Plaza Shopping
Center, on N. Battleground
Ave. and Garrison St. had
to be replaced. There were
also reports that lightning
did minor damage In W.
King St. area homes;
bursting light bulbs, etc.
Jim Allen, manager of
TG&Y Store In West Gate
Plaza, told The Mirror-
Herald, “We had to close
our store Sunday afternoon
because the city had no
spare transformers.”
The transformer was
School Board Meeting
To Be Held At KMSHS
Next Monday’s Kings
Mountain Board of
Education meeting will be
held at the senior high
school.
Supt. William Davis said
the board will meet at
different schools In the
system rather than con
fining Itself to the ad
ministrative offices.
Monday the board
members will take part In
the program at 7:30 p. m.
and the board meeting will
get underway about 8:30 p.
m. In Barnes Auditorium.
replaced and power
restored about S:30 p. m.
Sunday.
Six city employes and
Mayor John Moss were on
the scene during the heavy
rains and power blackouts
checking the substation,
lines and transformers.
■nie mayor said a check
was kept on the city’s flood
zones during the three-
hour heavy downpour and
reported Monday there
were no flooding Incidents.
"We also have an
ongoing program to keep a
check on the dams at Moss
Lake Davidson and City
Lakes,” the mayor said.
’"ITiere were no problems
at either dam, even though
the water level at Moss
Lake Is up about 12 inches
due to the rains.”
Mayor Moss Seeks
Continued CD Funds
Hremen
Need Toys
The federally-funded
Community Development
Block Grants program has
been reenacted for an
additional three-year
period.
This Is the third year of
the $4,160,000 CD program
for the City of Kings Moun
tain under a five-year
entitlement.
Mayor John Moss Is In
Atlanta today meeting
with officials of the De
partment of Housing and
Urban Development
(HUD) to discuss the new
CD blU.
“Entitlements have not
been designated at this
point,” the mayor said,
“but this Item will be part
of the discussion we are
having today.”
Kings Mountain was
designated a hold-
harmless community three
years, ago and allocated
the $4,160,000 to be spread
over a five-year period.
The amount of funded
designated to a community
Is based on the past
amount of federal funding
and the use made of that
funding.
For Tots
Police Checking
Out Vandalism
Singers Present
Trooper Thomas
Transferred Here
Legion Program
Teacher Talent Show
Slated For November 17
The first annual
Teacher’s Talent Show Is
scheduled at Barnes Audi
torium on Thurs., Nov. 17
at 8 p. m. and admission Is
$1 for adults, 60 cents for
students.
The show, which will
feature the talents outside
the classroom of members
of the Kings Mountain
District Schools educators.
Is being sponsored by The
Association of Classroom
Teachers (ACT).
General chedrman for
the show Is John Pettus
and assisting are Mrs.
Shirley Austin and Cary
Osborn.
Trooper C. D. Thomas
has been transferred to
Cleveland County from
Burnsville.
A native of Rutherford-
ton, 'Thomas became a
member of the State High
way Patrol Jan. 4, 1976. A
certified breathalyzer
operator, Thomas will
work out of Shelby.
He Is married to the
former Patricia Green of
Rutherfordton and they
have two chlldroi, David
Jr., 10 and Scott Edwin, 6.
Kings Mountcdn Singing
School Personnel pre
sented a musical program
to highlight Thursday
night's Gold Star Bsmquet
of American Legion
Auxiliary Unit 166 at the
American Legion Building.
A large crowd attended
the bsmquet.
Mrs. Harold Ledford,
MCrs. Jackie Barrett smd
Mrs. Athlee Scates were
hostesses and program
chairmen for the annual
event. Mrs. Barrett In
troduced Mrs. Darrell
Austin, director of the
group, who then presented
members of the group.
Mrs. Ellen McCurdy was
piano accompsmlst.
Tables were decorated
with Fall fruits and dried
arrangements. Fall
flowers decorated the
buffet tables.
Favors were presented
to guests.
Wanted: Any good or
new Toys for Tots for
needy Kings Mountain
children for Chrlstmsus.
This Is the S. O. 3. of the
Kings Mountain Fire
Department who are
beginning the annueil drive
for toys In cooperation with
the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association's
projects for the needy.
Captain Jerry White said
that volunteer firemen will
repair good, usable toys
between now and
Christmas Eve at the Fire
Department. He en
courages all donations of
good toys and-or new toys
and persons who wish to
contribute should deposit
the toys at the firemen
headquarters.
Toya donated for repair
should be those toys which
can be repaired inex
pensively, said Captain
White.
Call 739-2662 and a fire
man will pick up your
donations.
Toys for Tots has been a
Christmas-season project
for the needy for 30 years
in Kings Mountain. The
toys are distributed by the
Ministerial Association to
needy children on
Christmas Eve.
City police are Inves
tigating several reports of
vandalism which occurred
during the past weekend.
Ada Sue Jenkins, of 417
3. Battleground Ave., re
ported that someone threw
a bottle through the win
dow of her car.
Lena Peterson Watts re
ported that her car tag was
lost or stolen. The tag
number Is CMP949, a
North Carolina license
plate.
Robert Bradley of 803
Garrison Dr. reported that
his boat was stolen from
Moss Lake sometime
during the weekend.
KMPD arrested Paul
Thomas Adair on charges
of assault and battery and
communicating threats,
trial date Nov. 21; Randy
Byers, abandonment and
non-support, trial date
Nov. 29; and Katherine
Burris Hunt, failure to
comply with court order,
trial date Nov. 7.
KM Rescue Squad
Expects Ambulance
The Kings Mountain
Rescue 3quaul Is expecting
to receive a new am-
bulsmce by Spring of 1978.
The local unit has bein
designated the fifth of six
new vehicles applied for
from Cleveland and Mc
Dowell counties.
The Region C
Emergency Medical Serv
ices placed these In
priority with McDowell
County designated for
sunbulances one through
four. Kings Mountain,
number five, and Upper
Cleveland County Rescue
Squad, number six.
The vehicles are to be
purchased under a State
Office of Highway Safety
$4(X),000 fund. The funds
sire available on a com
petitive basis and a 60
percent local match Is
required. The approximate
cost of a new ambulance is
$20,000.
CHURCH BASKETBALL
There will be a meeting
of all church league
basketball teams Sunday
at 2:30 p. m. at Kings
Mountain Junior High
School.
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