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KIMC: MOUMTWM MIRROR
VOL. 89 NO. 28
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 TUESDAY, MARCH 21,1978
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QIQANTIC TV — Bryant Orier la poalng with bis low coat but gigantic
talevlalon ayataoi at hta home on Lake Montonla. Behind Grier la the
aeven-foot diagonally acrean purchaaed Indep'endently oi the aet (In the
fbreground). The dalmatlon, Tufty, alao Ukea to watch the giant color
Imagea on the wall.
BIGGEST Screen
In Two Carolinas
By TOM MCINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
Bryant Drier of Lake Montonla
dub clalma to have the largeat and
brlghteat home televlalon acreen In
the two Carollnaa.
I waa at tlrat akeptlcal of Bryant'a
claim, but no more! Accompanied
by Lib Stewart, we were greeted at
the door by Bryant’a voice coming
over a very elaborate home In
tercom mualc ayatem. Uahered Into
hla living room, and aeated In awlvel
captaln’a chalra, Bryant alowly
dimmed the center chandelier
hanging from the cathedral celling,
and preaaed a button. InaUntly the
room waa flooded with a color
televlalon picture ot truly gigantic
proportlona.
Biyant had long yearned for a
projection TV ayatem, but the price
tag — $8,S00 waa juat too high.
Prompted by an article publlahed In
Papular Science Magadne, Bryant
aet out to build hla own — and at a
price of a good 26 Inch aet.
Bryant explalna that aeveral
technological breakthrougha In the
paat two yeare have placed
projection TV within the price reach
of nearly everyone. An RCA 15 Inch
OolorTrak aet with a almple 16
converalon forma the baala of hla aet.
Aunlque alx and one-half Inch BETA
n lena purchaaed from U. 8.
Praclalon L«na of Cincinnati la then
attached to the front of the picture
tube. The BETA n lena la made from
apace-age acrylic and ooota ap
proximately tUO. Bryant explalna
that a almUar lena mode from gloaa
would coat tl,0(X>.
Finally, Biyont, wanting the beat
acreen available, compared six of
the major branda. After palnataklng
raaearch, Bryant chooe a totally new
and revolutionary acreen manufac
tured by SIVA Producta, Inc. of
Miami.
Ihe acreen la King Kong in olaa, aa
bright aa a Clnemaocopa movie, and
Commissioners Talk Water
Cleveland County Oommlaalcnera
were aaked to comment on propoaed
atatewlde water policy recom-
mendatlona at their Mar. 80
meeting.
Easter
Services
Planned
First Preabyterian Church haa
olated two aervlcea during Holy
Week, on Maundy Thursday and
Good Friday.
Worshipers are Invited to
meditate between 7 and 9 p. m. on
Thursday evening at the church
while being served the Sacrament of
Holy Communion by Pastor Gary
Bryant and Elders of the Session.
Good Friday Tenebrae service,
which moves from light to darkness,
will be held at 7:30 p. m Aa the 10th
candle, representing Jesus’ Last
Words from the Cross, la ex
tinguished It symbollaea the suf
fering and death of Jesus on the
Cross and the fading loyalty of Hla
disciples and friends.
Worshipers depart from the
darkness of the church.
"P bor'd that each worshiper
present will become more aware of
the sadness and despair evident
before and during the Crucifixion,”
said Paator Bryant.
built like a Sherman Tank. With
reasonable care the screen should
last a lifetime.
The parabollcally curved screen
measures 6 ft. x 6^: ft, or a full 7-ft.
diagonal, and Is easily hung on the
wall using only a screwdriver. The
SrVA screen has aeveral unique
features not found In other screens.
It Is constructed of rugged ABS —
the same material used In making
footbedl helmets. The aluminized
screen Is pure optically polished
aluminum bonded to the ABS
backing, and what’s more Is
washable. A thin coating of optical
plastic coats the aluminum surface,
preventing oxidation and con
tributes to the brightest screen on
the market today — a full six times
brighter than the typical home
movie acreen.
Bryant haa added high fidelity
loudspeakers and clalma that he la
able to hear Walter Cronkite
breathe.
In addition, Bryant says that a
good picture la highly dependent on
having a good strong signal feeding
the TV set. His antenna tower, 65
feet In height, la topped with a huge
Wlnegard Super-Colortron antenna
controlled by a pushbutton rotor
manufactured by Cornell Dubller of
Raleigh. Bryant plans to add VTR —
a video tape recorder with camera
and a home library of movies.
As a footnote, a friend plagued
with thick lens glasses, read the
small print on hla screen without the
aid of hla glosses for the first tlma.
Pass the popcorn pleoasl
Sunrise
Service
Slated
’Traditional community-wide
Easter Sunrise Services will be
held on Easter morning, March 36,
at 6 a. m. In Veterans Park of
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
The service will be conducted by
the Kings Mountain Mlnsterlal
Association.
Rev. Dwight Edwards, pastor of
First Wesleyan Church and
President of the Minister’s group,
said the community Is Invited to join
In the special service. Rev. S. W.
Avery Is chairman of special events
committee.
Full program will be announced In
Thursday’s Mirror-Herald.
Students Out
All Next Week
The school calendar has been
rearranged so that the make-up day
which had been scheduled for Frl.,
Mar. 81 will be made up on Apr, 7
Instead.
’This means that Kings Mountain
District Schools will be closed the
entire week of Mar. 37 for Blaster
Break.
The District Schools Ad-
mlntstratlon Office wlU be closed
Mar. 37 and 38. The school calendar
now caUa for students to complete
the 1977-78 school term cn Frl. June
9.
KMHS Band Rated Superior
The Kings Mountain Senior High
School Blazer Band won a rating of
Superior at the North Carolina State
Bond Contest Festival at Catawba
College In Salisbury Friday.
EUghty-nlne students performed In
John Sutherland, environmental
engineer. Department of Natural
Resources and Community
Development, presented recom
mendations listed In the North
Carolina Water Resources
Framework Study at the Cour
thouse. Sutherland Is with the
Division of Environmental
Management.
Recommendations Included
development of a State flood
management program, revision of
State water use laws, and more
State liq>ut Into the location of
electric power plants.
Among options Identified for
Ctoveland County are three flood
management systems, two
preserved corridors and two
regional water and sewer systems.
FTood management programs are
to be eetabllihed and funded by local
governments. Their purpose Is to
limit or prohibit construction In the
floodway and thereby reduce
property damage. The Study In
dicates these programs tor Lawn
dale, Shelby, and Kings Mountain.
Casar Reservoir provides water
supply and flood control benefits on
the upper First Broad River. A
KM Girl Is Missing
Have you seen Meresa Sue Car
ter?
The 12-year-old daughter of Sara
and Larry Hord of 800 Stowe Acres,
Kings Mountain, has been missing
since 9 p. m. IsMt Thursday night.
The Central School student left the
Hord household at 9 p. m. Thursday
to visit with her aunt, Batbara
Maahbum at 118 Stowe Acres. At 10
p. m. Mrs. Hord sent her son,
Timothy, to the Mashbum residence
to bring Meresa home. Mrs. Mash
bum had not seen Meresa that
evening.
On Friday morning Mrs. Mash
bum found a letter from Meresa In
her mailbox. In the unmalled letter
Meresa said trouble at home had her
upset.
Mrs. Hord said Meresa had been
trying to reach her father, Tony
(barter, who lives In Michigan and
that it Is possible the girl had
runaway to try to find him.
Meresa la five feet, one and weighs
about 100 pounds. She has blond hair
and green eyes. When last seen she
was wearing white denim pants,
earth shoes and a green Army shirt
over a white gauze shirt with light
pen stripes.
Anyone with Information con
cerning the missing girl’s
whereabouts Is asked to contact the
Kings Mountain Police Department
at 739-8686.
/
MERESA SUE CARTER
fkxxlway below this reservoir, and
below the Kings Mountain water
supply reservoir, would further
protect these areas.
Preserved corridors to serve
Shelby-BoUlng Springs and Kings
Mountain would Insure open q;>ace in
areas where urban growth Is oc
curring. These corridors could also
provide recreational and
educational opportunities, and can
serve as Ooodways.
Another option Identifies a portion
of the lower Brozd River, from
Rutherford County to the South
OaroUna State Line, as a suitable
location for Industries requiring
large amounts of water.
’The Study also shows areas
around Shelby-BoUlng Springs and
fOngs Mountain sui dense enough to
be served by regional water and
sewer systems.
Another alternative designates
as a water trail the Broad River
from Lake Lure through lower
Cleveland Cbunty to the South
Carolina border. Public access will
be provided at certain points.
Primitive camping areas may be
provided at some location.
East Talent
Show Tonight
Annual East School ’Talent Show
wlU be held Tliesday night at 7:80 p.
m. In Central School auditorium.
Andrew Schorr, WBTV per
sonality who hosts ’’Carolina
Camera,' wlU serve as master of
ceremonies tor the event, which wlU
feature talented East students, the
winner to compete In the city-wide
Tlalent Show sponsored by Kings
Mountain Klwanls Club this spring.
Admission la tl for adults and 60
cents for students. All proceeds are
earmarked for school projects.
The talent show is sponsored by
East School Parent Teacher
Association.
Training Session Today
Students To Be Tested
competition at 10:40 a. m. In the
Grads Six category, the most dif
ficult In competlUon, playing ‘”rhe
Klaxon March” by Fillmore,
”8ymphonlc Dance Number Three-
Fiesta” by Clifton Williams and
’’Zsimpa Overture” by Herold.
If you have a student In grades 1-8,
6 and 9, then your chUd Is one of
approximately 600,000 that wUl take
part In the oiuiual testing program
April 4.
At 9:80 a. m. today, Howard
Biyant has scheduled a training
session tor local principals and
teachers serving as coordinators for
the testing program.
The work session will be held at
the Kings Mountain District Schools
administrative offices on W. Parker
St.
Students In the five grades wUl be
asked to demonstrate their skills In
the basic subjects this spring In
order to help teachers and other
admimstrators Identify and correct
student needs In these basic areas.
The tesUng Is a result of 1977
legislation passed by the General
Assembly and was designed to
enable parents and teachers to find
out what children In these grades
have learned and what they need to
learn In the basic subjects of
rsadlng, language arU, and math.
Educators hope that this In
formation can be used. In com
bination with other school records,
to better decide what needs to be
done to help each chUd Improve In
the basic subjects and make plans
for remediation.
Governor Hunt appointed an
Annual Tasting Commission,
chaired by Dr. Frank Yeager,
superintendent of the Durham
Cbunty Schools, to examine and
recommend to the State Board of
Education, the specific tests to be
used. Members of the Commission
have been hard at work during the
past year examining suitable tests to
be administered In the five grades.
The Oommlsalan, which la composed
of teachers, other educators, and
measurement specialists from
across the state, will review the
validity and suitability of the tests
each year.
First and second graders will take
a criterion-referenced test. This
type test Is designed to reveal
whether or not students have
mastered, or learned, certain
specific objectives. This format will
Indicate specific skill weaknesses
and strengths of students, which will
help educators In the planning of
Instruction Third and sixth graders
will take a norm-referenced test,
which will compare the per
formance of North Carolina students
with the perfonnance of a national
aiunple representing students at
these same grade levels.
Individual student scores will be
returned to the school around May 8-
36 and than sent to parents. Parent-
teacher conferences will be held as
well as other methods of Informing
parents about their child’s
achlavemait and progrees or plans
for remediation. Each local school
system will release grade and school
scores around July 84. State scores
are scheduled to be released at the
August meeting of the State Board of
Education.
The Annual ’Testing Program will
be given In the spring of each year.
In addition to the annual tests,
eleventh graders across the state
will be administered a competency
test In the tall and spring of each
ydar. Passage of this minimum
competency test will be necessary In
order to graduate. The Competency
Thst Program Is a counterpart to the
Annual Testing Program.
Elducators point to the benefits of
the annual testing as being Im
proved planning and decision
making, better Identification of
program strengths and weaknesses.
Improved Identification and
correction of student deficiencies.
Improved opportunities for making
schools accountable to the public,
and more and better parental In
volvement.
Individual student scores will not
be considered as public record
according to legislation and CSiapter
183-1 of the General Statutes. The
legislation goes further to state that
the scores shall not be made
available to anyone Including any
member or employe of state or local
boards of education except as
permitted under the provlaloiw of
the Family Education Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974, 30 U8C 1383g.