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jr Jy ^TCLIFFE to do. .Tcumc »V 0«n*r«l Kinti Ivrial OHtcM Pn«n« im « r«t»t m m ••riv iin« ^tnmi Kiser Writing Articles Local Color Of Yesterday Are you Interested In local color of by-gone days? If so, then you will en]oy the series of articles planned for The Mirror- Herald by Jesse A. Kiser. Who Is Jesse Kiser? A native son. His folks were Lsudn A. and L,orena J. Kiser. Jesse graduated from Kings Mountain High and attended Lenoir Rhyne College for one year before returning to work on the family farm. In the early 19208, Jesse went to work at Sadie Mills. About that same time he married Miss Cora Watterson from Kings Mountain. They spent 60 years together until her death on Nov. 2, 1977. It was their 6Sth wedding anniversary. Jesse went to work for Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey In the accounting depsirtment In Charlotte In 192B. In 1982 he was transferred to Wilmington to serve as terminal cashier until 1936. At that time he was transferred back to Charlotte and the accounting department where he remained until he served as a finance officer In the Army Air Force in 1942. He said his service was of short duration and he returned to Standard OU. In 1944 Jesse was promoted to promotional salesman covering the entire state. A year later he was elevated to field supervisor In the Gastonia district, which covered Gastonia, Belmont, Lln- colnton. Kings Mountain and Shelby. In 1948 Jesse became a general salesman in the Charlotte district and In 1964 was transferred to Raleigh. In 1968 he was promoted to district marketing assistant and remained In that position in Rsilelgh until his retirement on Aug. 1, 1966. Jesse, who now resides at Georgetown Apart ments, was with the company through all the name changes — Standard Oil, Esso, Humble Oil and Exxon. The articles Jesse has prepared will deal with people, places and events out of Kings AMountaln's early history. “I will call these recollections Facts, Fallacies eind Fsincles.;; Jesse said. “I hope The Mirror-Herald readers will en]oy reading the accounts as much as I did writing them.” The first article will appear in the Thursday edition. y''- r: WRITING ARTICLES — Jesse Kiser, a Kings Mountain native, Is planning a series of articles on people, places and events from the city’s history tor The Mirror-Herald. Facts And Allegations (Begins On Page 1) chlse dies,” Oorry said, "then the unit would have to dissolve and the {H^>perty sold off. Or the unit, for a token fee, could turn over the property to another aigency, such as Kings Mountain Emergency Ser vices. There must be a change of title however.” Another audience member present suggested the county could fire the present paid employes and get them out of the building. Hlnnant said, "The county has no say-so In who stays or goes In any rescue unit. I didn't come here to get cau^t In a . Il.i ini'. I rilJK n‘1./) r.j vah vj anIS'i&ilT crossfire between the two sides. I have friends on both the Kings Mountain Rescue Squad and friends on this unit. If the new unit were to become a viable organization, then I would work to have the paid per sonnel on KM Rescue Squad tran sferred somewhere else so there would be no loss of employment.” To allegations that Kings Mountain Rescue Squad is not living tq> to its responsibility, Hlnnant said, "We (the county) has been given no Justification to conduct an In vestigation of Kings Mountain Rescue Squad. The only complaint I have received Is there Is no one at the squad at night to answer the phone.” Oorbet Nicholson, one of the character members of Kings Mountain Rescue Squad and currently serving as a member of the board of directors of Kings Mountain Emergency Services, made a plea that the public get out and work to rsilse funds to get back the way they used to be” in rescue and ambulance service. Hlnnant again urged the boards of the two units In Kings Mountain to get together and work out their problems. Lithium Appoints Three To meet the needs of company growth, three new stsdf members have been added to the Lithium Cbrporatlon of America, It was suuiounced today by Harold Andrews, President. In the Research Depart ment of the corporation. Dr. John R. Wasson has been appointed Senior Research Chemist, ac cording to Dr. R. O. Bach, manager of the depart ment. Dr. Wasson holds B. S. and M. A. degrees in Inorganic chemistry from the University of Missouri, in addition to a Ph. D. 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