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KINGS MOUNTAIN. NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, APRIL 27,1978
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Pressure
Readings
At Hospital
^ngi Mountain Hospital will
aiwuct free blood pressiu'e checks
linct Tuesday (May 2) In ccnmectlon
with the observance of National
Hospital Week.
The blood pressure readings, to be
made by members of the hospital's
nursing staff, will be held from 8 a.
m. to 0 p. m. at the National Guard
Armory and the Kings Mountain
Community Center.
Betty Slaughter, R.N., director of
Nursing, explained that records will
be kept and a card showing the blood
pressure resullngs will be given to
everyone who visits either of the two
locations for the brief check. She
said nurses will recommend that
those who have abnormal readings
diould contact their family physi
cian.
The program Is being held with the
support of the hospital’s medical
staff.
National Hospital Week will be
observed by the nation’s 7,000
hospltsds the following week (May 7-
IS). According to Chrady Howard,
lOngs Mountain Hospital adminis
trator, the blood pressure check Is
being held early. In connection with
the local primary election.
He said this was planned In sm-
Uclpatlon of better public par
ticipation, and for the convenience
at those who will be at these two
voting locations on Tuesday.
Howard added that the hospital Is
conducting the blood pressure
program to create an awareness for
local residents to msilntaln good
health.
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BRIDGES AND DE-DUSTER - Charies Bridges,
partner In Custont Metal Fabrication, Inc., of Kings
Mountain, Is shown here with the model Custom De-
Duster at Har-Ray Mills In Grover. The De-Duster Is
Photo By Tom McIntyre
Bridges’ Invention and could be a revolutionary
machine for cleaning raw cotton prior to the plant
carding operation.
s And Rescue
Invented By KM Man
. . The Custom D^Duster
The Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad will conduct blood pressure
screenings for local citizens In May.
A free service, the screenings will
be held from noon untU 6 p. m. each
Saturday In May.
Local and area citizens are urged
to take advantage of this service.
The Kings Mountain Rescue Squad
headquarters Is located on E.
Parker St.
By TOM McIntyre
Editor, Mirror-Herald
Charles Bridges might just have
something of a revolutionary nature
for the textile Industry with his In
vention he calls The Custom De-
Duster.
Boggan Is Selected
For Youth In Concert
Jeffrey Scott Boggan, son of Rev.
and Mrs. R. E. Boggan, Jr., 108 E.
Mountain St. Kings Mountain, has
been selected to participate In the
"America’s Youth In Concert’’ 1978
program sponsored by the Universal
Academy for Music, Princeton, N. J.
The purpose of the program Is to
demonstrate internationally the
high quality and fine character of
America’s youth while enriching
and expanding the musical and
cultural horizons of the young
musician.
Students from each state are
selected for ’’America’s Youth In
Ctoncert’’ by Individual audition.
There will be a performance at New
York City’s prestigious Carnegie
Hall prior to departure for Europe.
Studenta will concertize In London,
.lEFFREV BOGGAN
Paris, Geneva, Innsbruck, Venice,
Florence and Rome. These young
musicians will perform under the
direction of outstanding university
conductors while the chaperone staff
consists largely of music educators
from many different areas of the
country.
Some notable performance
locations In the past have been the
White House and the John F. Ken
nedy Center for the Performing Arts
In Washington, D. C.; Royal Albert
Hall, London; Notre Dame
Chthedral, Paris; Doge’s Palace,
Venice; and the Vatican In Roma, in
1876 ’’America’s Youth In Concert’’
represented the U. S. A. at the In
ternational Society of Music
Educators Conference at Montreuz,
Switzerland.
Jeff Is the first Kings Mountain
High School student ever to be
selected for this national honor. He
la a member of the KMHS Senior
CSiolr, President of the Beta Club, a
member of the National Honor
Society, Senior Class Representa
tive (student government), a
me'mber of the Inter-Club Council
and Is In Who’s Who Among
American High School Students. Ha
Is also president of the Gastonia
District United Methodist Youth
Cbuncll.
His musical accomplishments
include: North Carolina Governor’s
School (Choral Music), 1977; Msu’s
Hill College Choral Clinic, 1877 and
1878; N. C. All-SUte Chorus, 1977
and 1878; North Carolina Honors
Chorus, 1877; Superior rating In solo
competition at Gardnar-Wehb
ODUege.
He was a member of the cast for
the Little Theatre musical
production, "The Boyfriend,’’ and Is
hi the cast tor the 1978 ssnlor class
play.
Jeff will attend Wofford OoUege
next fall.
Bridges, a native Kings Mountlan,
is co-owner of Custom Metal
Fabrication, Inc. located at the
Intersection of Floyd and Marie Sts.
It was there In that 18,760 square foot
building the De-Duster was bom.
Just exactly what Is the Custom
De-Duster?
It la a totally new concept In
removing respirable dust, broken
fibers smd peppertrash from raw
cotton before the material Is sent to
the carding department of a textile
plant.
Dust removal before carding
results In cleaner card room air and
would mean a decrease In loss of
production time on open end spin
ning frames from dust collection In
the rotors.
The pilot model manufactured by
custom Metal Fabrication la now
being tested at the Har-Ray Plant In
Ckover. Bridges said the machine
was Installed there about theee
weeks ago after six months of
testing at Custom.
Manfred Schmidt of Har-Ray said
there should be some results for
testing within the next week. Sch
midt said Har-Ray was definitely
Interested In ainy tyupe of new
equipment that can deliver "cleaner
air and higher production.”
Bridges said the De-Duster
removed about 80 pounds of dust,
broken fibers and trash from 14,000
pounds of raw material during the
Initial test run.
"There are a couple of firms in
Europe currently working on
similar equipment, but to
manufacture their machine they
needed about $100,000 worth of new
equipment," Bridges said, "one of
our units, without Installation, will
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KM Youngsters Read
For N.C. First Lady
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff Writer
Jimmy Cox, third grader at North
School, admitted he was a bit ner
vous when he read to First Lady
Chrolyn Hunt Tuesday.
The wife of North Carolina
Governor Jim Hunt quickly
reassured the youngster, put her
arm around hla ahoulder and said,
"Just pretend I’m your Mama.”
Other children In North School’s
prlnwry reading program were
more excited, than nervous. They
had been eagerly awaiting her visit
and could hardly wait to tell the
news of the First Lady’s arrival at
noon.
"Today Is April 26 and Mrs.
Chrolyn Hunt will visit us" was In
bold letters on the blackboard In
Vivian Gold’s first grade classroom,
Mrs. Hunt’s first stop on her visit to
Kings Mountain to observe the
primary reading program and to set
an example and encourage other
volunteers.
Her visit came coincidentally at
the and of Volunteer Wask but was
plartied earlier and rescheduled due
to the testing programs In the
schools, said her administrative
ssslatant Carolyn Harmon who was
accompanying her.
City Board
Accepts Plans
By TOM MCINTYRE
Editor, Mirror-Herald
City Commissioners Monday night
voted to accept site plans for two
separate residential sections
proposed for construction.
The first plan approved was
submitted by W. H. Weaver Con
struction Co. of Greensboro. The
Weaver site, named Battle Forest
Apartments, Is located on the east
side of Hwy. 161 north (Cleveland
Ave.). Weaver plans to construct 46
cq>artment units on the almost seven
acres of property.
A1 Moretz, city engineer and codes
director, said Weaver plans to build
12 two bedroom units, 20 one
bedroom units and four one bedroom
units for the handicapped. The site
plan also proposes 82 parking
spaces.
"These units would be for rentail
by moderate Income individuals and
families," Moretz laid.
Street construction and other city
codes stipulations have been agreed
to by Weaver Construction. Maln-
tensmee of the property will also be
handled by Weaver.
The second site plan, although not
as complete as the Weaver plan,
^proved Monday calls for 60 units
for low Income Individuals and
families.
This group, named Carolina
Garden Apartments, Is to be located
adjacent to the northern boundaries
of the Northwoods Subdivisions.
Moretz said the plan calls for
seven one bedroom units, 14 two
bedroom units, 12 three bedroom
units, and 17 four bedroom units.
The sites for both Battle Forest
and Carolina Garden apartments
were rezoned about four months ago
to comply with construction
proposed, according to Moretz.
In other action, the board ap
proved rezonlng two separate
sections of property upon recom
mendation of the zoning and plan
ning board.
The first request was from David
and Peggy ^yne to rezone ap
proximately 1,400 feet of land east of
the 1-86 and Hwy. 161 Intersection
from R-20 to H. I. The Baynes plan
an expansion of their trucking
facilities. They are owners of Caro
lina Western Express of Kings
Mountain.
The second rezonlng matter came
from Foote Mineral Co. and con
cerned roughly 67 acres adjacent to
Foote property off Grover Rd. The
request, which was granted, called
for rezonlng from R-20 to H. I. Hal
Plonk served as agent for the Plonk
heirs, owners of the property
discussed.
Maynard TTpps, an sfRomey from
Charlotte, and Walt Cook, Foote
operations manager, appeared at
the public hearing Monday to ex-
Idaln the proposed use of the
property.
Foote plans to expand Its surface
mining operation onto the 67 acres
and use part of It as storage of waste
materials from the mining
operation. The waste will be used as
landfill. Foote also plans to leave a
100 foot strip bordering Grover Rd.
as a buffer zone and to plant trees
along the strip. Cooke said the waste
storage (landfill) was "most Im
portant” to the economics of Foote
Mineral Co. Nearby storage would
save the company considerable
expense created by having to haul
waste to distant landfills.
Cooke told the board "Foote's
present surface mining site
guarantees us at least 40 more years
of steady results, but the adjacent
property also contains a com
slderable deposit of the minerals we
mine.”
He said If the new property Is
mined it will be done underground
rather than surface style, so there
will not be deep pits created bor
dering the highway.
County Dems
Will Gather
The Cleveland County Democratic
convention will be held Sat., April
28, starting at 12 noon, at the
Historical Museum (Old County
Courthouse). Special speaker for
fills meeting will be the Honorable
Harlan Boyles, treasurer of North
Carolina.
Delegates are reminded they may
obtain credlentials starting at 11 a.,
m. Each precinct will have special
seats.
Any resolutions should be
typewritten and submitted to
tecretary Ruth Anthony said Party
Chairman Joyce Cashion.
"My but she’s pretty," exclaimed
Alfonzo Miller, as he waited his turn
to read for Mrs. Hunt, followed by
Shsine Hammett who didn't get a
tum because the bell rang.
North School was the First Lady’s
second stop of the day in Cleveland
Cbunty and her third day on a six-
day statewide tour of schools to view
the adult volunteer program and
boost volunteers.
Vivian Gold, first grade teacher at
North, said Mrs. Hunt Is her first
volunteer In the classroom this year
and says that volunteers are badly
needed. In Rachel Gladden’s tlilrd
grtule, numerous volunteers have
served as reading tutors this year
and Rachel, like teacher aide Dot
Dixon, encourages more volunteers.
"We welcome volunteers at North
School," said Principal Richard
Greene, and "only requirement Is
a love for children," he said as he
greeted the First Lady, assisted by
Supt. William Davis, Mayor John
Moss, Senator J. Ollle Harris,
Senator Helen Rhyne Marvin, and
Rep. Edith Lutz. After lunch In the
school cafeteria, Mrs. Hunt spent a
busy two hours listening to children
read, a "love" which she and her
husband share. Both Governor' and
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Photo By Lib Stewart
READS FOR FIRST LADY - (Tirin Barrett, third grader at North
Srhool, reads for North Carolina’s First l.ady Carolyn Hunt on her visit to
the school Tuesday lo enrouragi* more volunteers In the primary reading
program.