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Thursday. November 10, 1977-MmROR-HERALD-Page 3A V ^ lak'TB I ilue! j tire AR McCarter, Keeter, Byers And Herndon Are Winners It disc ; wheel 1 rotors fluMitriiil (Begins On Page lA) J wlshto thank all of them. I also want . ^ to thank all at the voters who saw fit , to give me the opportunity to serve ' ^ them as a member of the board of 9 educatlcm. 9 "Like Mr. McDaniel, 1 have conh- fi dence In 3upt. Davis and the other # board members and tniour school district programs,” Smith con- ^ bnued. ”1 will continue to work ^ toward stronger vocational ' * education In our system and 1 want to reiterate that I will be receptive to the public's concerns about our local education programs and will get answers to their questions. 1 congratulate Mr. Mauney on his fine ^ \ campaign and say I feel he Is a V^graclous opponent.” ■ Candidate Roberta called The V Mirror-Herald following Tuesday's electlcHi to make the following f statement: 7 ^ < “I am grateful for the opportunity ' to run for the Kings Mountain School j Board. Some people say 1 have lost tbs iilectlon, but I say our time will eventually come. I understand ' Abraham Lincoln lost several elec tions before becoming President. .'''. The most Importsint thing for all of I us Is to never give up fighting for Justice for all. I will continue to be involved In looking at what la going i on In the Kings Mountain schools.” Smith will replace Tommy .'t- Bridges of IQngs Mountain, who Is . completing a six-year term. Mc Daniel replaces P. A. Francis of Orover, who completes nine-years on the school board. Francis finished three years of a term won by Holmes Harry, then won election to a six- year term. The two new board of education members will be sworn in at the first board meeting in December. OROVER BOARD ELECTION In the Orover Munlc^al election Tuesday the Incumbent mayor, W. W. (Bill) McCarter was returned to office for another two years. McCarter won on a write-in caun- palgn to defeat the only official mayoral candidate. Dean West moreland. McCarter poUed 96 votes to Westmoreland's 88. Rev. Paul Sorrells of Orover also garnered two write-in votes for mayor. . In the council race Incumbents Tommy Keeter and Martha Byers were returned to office along with newcomer J. Harold Herndon. Keeter polled the highest number of votes, 133, of any candidate Tuesday. Mrs. Byers was second with 86 votes and Herndon third with 69 votes. First-time candidates Ronald Queen, Karen Moss, Wendell White and Ray Cash polled 67,66,62 and 86 votes, respectively. R. B. Ham- bright received one write-in vote for council. Councilman Keeter was the highest pollster two years ago also with 118 votes. Both Keeter and Byers have served one term on the local board. Westmoreland, the defeated mayoral candidate, filed tor mayor following a public statement by Incumbent mayor McCarter that he would not seek re-election. West moreland has served one year on the town board, completing the unex- plred term of Bob Hambiight. Following Ids victory 'Tuesday, McQiRer said, “This was unex pected. I had heard rumors of a write-in and had had some people tell me they were voting for me on a write-in. I had no Idea anything like this would materialize.'' When asked who he voted for In the mayor's race, McCarter an swered, “Dean Westmoreland." McCarter said he will accept the office of mayor for a aecond term “because I feel to be elected on a write-in Is quite sm honor. I don’t krtow how anyone could turn down the office under these circum stances. I will continue working with the board on the programs we have underway and the new programs the community needs. We have a good many things that are needed In Orover. I truat we can make even more headway In the coming two years." Mayor McCarter and council members Keeter, Byers and Hem- don will be swom-ln at the Mon., Dec. 6 board meeting. Succession Amendment Squeaks By In County Cleveland County voters by a slim margin of 46 votes (8,886 for and 8290 I gainst) approved 'the iibematorlal succession amendment. Unoffflclal election returns showed slim margin here and throughout the atate. With exception of Beth- ware voters. Kings Moun tain citizens favored Amendment No. Three of five constltutlanal amend ments North Carolina voters approved In an unofficial count with 21 percent of the state’s pre cincts reporting late Tuesday night. In Cleveland County the other four proposed ; amendments that haul at tracted little attention here '< and all over the atate ap peared to have passed substantially. > Ctoveland County voters ai^roved highway bonds by vote of 4069 for sind 2744 against and water bonds by 2-1, the unofficial tally being 4888 for and 2169 > against. At the Bethware pre cinct, the gubernatorial .succession amendment ^ lost by 18 votes, the unoffi cial totals being 98 for and 106 against. * Leading by solid ^ margins were proposals to provide 1280 million In ^ bonds to help locsU govern ments enlarge or Improve wastewater treatment and water supply systems and ^ to Issue , tSOO million In highway bonds for con struction and Improve ments of state roads. With more than 21 percent of the state’s 2,846 precincts counted, here Is how the amendments ,fared: A proposal to extend to surviving husbands the $1,000 twmestead exemp tion now granted widows so that creditors would not be able to claim a home for debts — 90 percent In favor. A proposal to allow wives to leave life In surance benefits to huabands and to protect the benefits from creditors — 89 percent In favor. The Insurance and homestead provisions would give men and women equal benefits under the state con stitution. A proposal to allow municipalities that own electric distribution systems to own power plants Jointly with private utilities — 68 percent In favor. A proposal to require a balanced state budget by forbidding deficit spending — 81 percent In fevor. The atate has hlatoticsOly has had a balanced budget, but the legislation felt requiring It In the state constitution would In- cresuM confidence In the state’s financial Integrity. On the highway bond lasue, with over 21 percent of precincts counted late Tuesday, the vote was 68 percent In favor. For the water bonds with 21 per cent of the precincts counted the vote was 74 percent In favor. At the Baat Kings Moun tain Precinct (Community Center) the vote was; Water Bonds, 292 said 167 against; highway bonds, 268 for smd 192 against; At West Kings Mountain (Armory) the vote was highway bonds, 687 for and 368 against; water bonds 666 for suid 284 agsdnst. At Blast Kings Mountain, voters approved the gubernatorial succession amendment by 28 votes (the vote 227 for and 199 sigalnst). At West Kings Mointaln the margin of approval was 108 votes (499 for and 891 against.) Bethware voters also turned down the water bonds amendment by a margin of five votes. The unofficial vote there was 101 for water bonds and 106 against. Bethware ap proved highway bonds by two votes, the vote 102 for and 100 against. Thompson Freshmen At Tech William A. 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