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VOL. 89 NO. 38
I KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 THURSDAY, MAY 11,1978
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Howser House in Kings Mountain National Military Park
Mike Lovelace Will Host
Rotarians To Tour Historic Site
The city commission Monday
night authorised Mayor John Henry
Moss to appoint a representative to a
regional airport feasibility commit
tee which wlU also Include represen
tatives from Gaston County and
Gastonia.
Mayor Moss said the study
committee will report their findings
In 120 days.
The feasibility of a regional air
port, to be located In area “bor
dering" Kings Mountain, was the
major Item of discussion on a 60-
mlnute agenda.
City commissioners had several
months ago appointed a local
committee to consider airport
feasibility In the Kings Mountain
area. Members of the committee
include Dr. Frank Slncox, Tommy
Bridges, J. C. Bridges, William
Grissom, James Childers smd Mayor
Moss, exofflclo.
Reporting from the meeting.
Tommy Bridges told the board that
representatives from Kings
Mountain, the City of Gastonia and
Gaston County Board of Com
missioners met last liiursday night
In Gastonia to explore the airport
Ideas. He said “an airport a little
bigger than the one In Shelby or the
present airport in Gastonia” is being
considered. He said that several
locations are under consideration
and the tsiayor noted t.,at these
Include one adjacent to'' ,6andU 9.
74 Just eaa. of tite c^ty, anotller
northwest and one In the northeast of
Gaston County.
Comm. Humes Houston In
terjected, "I'd hate for an airport to
be on the other side of Gastonia," to
which Tommy Bridges responded,
“That's out of the question because
of the location of Douglas Municipal
Airport.”
Mayor Moss said funding for the
project would be 96 percent federal.
Oomm. Jim Childers asked If the
airport considered would be “In the
Lear Jet range or transport?" to
which Mayor Moss replied, “bor
dering" and Bridges concurred that
"we believe It will Include some of
the small airlines and will depend
upon what the federsil government
feels."
“The location of the airport would
be most accessible to Kings
Mountain," said the mayor.
In other actions.
The board accepted grant award
In the amount of 129,640.00 for Title V
Older Americans Act for the period
Mar. 13. 1978 to Sept. 30, 1978, from
North Carolina Department of
Human Resources. The funds will be
used for enlargement of the Kings
Mountain Depot Center smd pur
chase of equipment, said Rev.
Kenneth George, director of the
Program for Aging.
The board authorized advertising
for bids for a 15 Inch gravity sewer
line outfsdl from Cansler St. to
Parker St., renewing the oldest line
In the city which begins at Parker.
The board approved chsmge or
ders for the new City Hall for
materials and labor totaling
$4,687.61 on recommendation of City
Engineer A1 Moretz. The chsmges
Include specific hardware, vision
panels with wlreglass for the fire
department.
The board approved a no parking
sign on the north side of Msuier Road
between Phifer Road smd the first
driveway on recommendation of
Acting Police Chief Jackie Bsirrett
who sEdd that students are creating
traffic problems by parking on both
sides of the street. Bntnuice to a
nearby plant and a stopslgn are
being blocked by the cars.
The board referred to the Plan
ning and Zoning Board two rezonlng
requests; from neighborhood
business to general business lot at
die northwest comer of Intersection
of Llnwood Road and Cleveland
Avenue, from A. G. Story,
representing Ray Webb Lutz, owner.
Request stated rezoning was for a
fast-foods restaurant adjacent to the
In & Out Store on Cleveland Ave.;
and property of Etta B. GUUlsmd
from R-lO to R-20, located at nor
thwestern comer of Roxford Road
and U. S. 74 West.
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^^heck°^certl®“P®*'*'*^*"‘**"^ Mike Lovelace
_ hid bond I*®®* members of the Kings
•ensed m N^ntaln Rotary Club at the
atlonal Military Park at noon on
>hn Henrv .
^ The speclsd Rotary meeting will
ature a tour of the Historic Henry
’^^"^"^"“owser House at the north edge ol
[NO Ings Mountain National Military
ark.
“O*** Stone House” was built
VIM vnrfi Howser, a
*''*^^"onemason smd farmer who had
ORIGIN Al|q„){grj^ted to America from
URN ITUREermany prior to the Revolutionary
OP IS NOWar. The house Is a significant
BCnON OPehitectural resource and recently
ST PRICESMlved Initial rehabilitation by the
EM. LAROEbttonal Park Service. Many people
iVARir AND Kings Mountain area trace
background to Henry and Jane
nr. 74
^“^^^^OBntaln Country Club promptly at
arriving at the Howser House
12:20. A box lunch and Iced tea
lU be served on the site and Peu-k
i^ce guides In historic costume
III provide brief conducted trips
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through the house describing the
architectural and historical story.
The bus will return to the Country
Club by 1:16.
In the event of rain, the program
will be held at the Country Club and
ISstorlcal Architect Ron Bishop of
the National Park Service will
ix'esent a slide program about the
preservation of the Howser House.
The National Park Service has
scheduled a public workshop at
Kings Mountain National MlllUuy
Parkat9:30a. m., Friday, to discuss
future planning for the eventual use
and restoration of the Henry Howser
House.
Also known as the “Old Stone
House," the historic structure was
built In 1803 by Henry Howser, a
stonemason and fanner, who had
Immigrated to America from
Germany prior to the Revolutionary
War. The house, located at the north
edge of the park, remains a
significant architectural resource.
Illustrative of the social, cultural,
and economic history of the region.
During 1977, the National Park
Service carried out Initial
rehabilitation of the house to provide
urgently needed stabilization and
protection. Before further research
and restoration Is undertaken, the
Service Is seeking public par
ticipation In planning appropriate
future use of the house.
Towards this end, a planning
workshop will be held In the meeting
room of the Kings Mountain
National Military Park
Headquarters (the old museum) at
9:30 a. m., Frl. The workshop will
conclude at noon. The public la
cordially Invited to share concerns
and Ideas as to what direction should
the next step be In the use and
restoration of the Howser House.
The workshop will be Informal suid
will begin with a tour through the
Howser House conducted by
costumed park Interpreters.
Professional architects and
historians will be on hsmd to answer
questions. Transportation between
Park Headquarters and the Howser
House will be provided.
School Board Approves
$5,549,000 1978 Budget
Spring Festival Set
By GARY STEWART
Mirror-Herald Reporter
The Kings Mountain District
Board of Education Monday night
approved a budget of $6,649,000 for
the 1978-79 school year.
The amount represents about a 9.9
percent Increase over the current
school year.
The budget now will be presented
to the county commissioners for
their approval.
The current expense budget totals
$1,692,336 compared to $1,639,687 for
the current year.
About $1,600 of the Increase will go
toward materials and expense
money for sdl schools to ga^ ac-
credldatlon and about $29,000 more
To Open August 22
for approximately 4,200 library
books needed to bring each school’s
library up to state and Southern
Association standards.
Another new item In the budget
calls for $3,000 to begin an audio
visual equipment repair service. In
the past, Supt. BUI Davis said, such
repair money has had to come from
Instructional supply funds.
Salsuyr Increases, he said, would
be su'ound six to eight percent both
from the state and local sup
plements. Salary Increases for all
persoimel will totsJ about $47,000.
Other major increases, all due to
Increased Inflation rates. Include
$18,000 for operation of plants, $9,600
for ultlltles, $4,000 for Janitorial
supplies; $41,000 for msdntensuice of
dsntral
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School's big Spring
igtlval wlU open Friday at 6 p. m.
1h events on tap untU 8 p. m.
Hxth and Seventh graders were
rd at work this week planning
fd sales, cake sales, a baby show,
.ICOroom, plant sales, and goodies,
n aU proceeds earmarked for
iool projects underway In the
^lous departments of the
Mentary school.
A Christmas Room and Arts and
jifts Room are filled with gifts the
ting people have been making
ICS January. Macrame Items,
C mic gift Items, trees and hun-
s of crafts suitable tor gift —
ting WlU be featured,
lotdog plates are available at
W from any student and donations
I bebig asked with tree drawings
tor a 20 pound sugar cured country
ham and 18 pound Uve turkey.
Mrs. Lewis Dellinger Is general
chalrmM of the project.
Church Program
David Baptist Church Senior
atlzens will sponsor a hot dog sale,
bake sale, and rummage sale
Saturday from 9a. m. untU 8 p. m. In
the David Church Fellowship HaU on
U. S. 74 West.
The 86 members of the Senior
atlzens Club are also baking their
specialty-homemade fried apple
pies — which WlU also be avaUable.
AU proceeds are earmarked tor an
overnight trip the Senior atlzens
plan this summer.
Field-Based (r-W Program
Kings Mountain District Schools
and Gardnar-Webb CoUege has set
Aug. 22 for tentative opening of a
field-based college program In
Kings Mountain foUowIng a meeting
Wednesday morning of leaders of
the business and school community.
Dr. Larry Sals and Dr. Bob Knott,
both of the G-W faculty, outlined how
local adults who have had some
college experience, one-year-two-
year or with A. A. degrees, can
return to school during evening
classes and obtain bachelor's
degrees In business administration,
criminal Justice, early chUdhood
education and Intermediate
educaUon.
The program, called GOAL
(greater opportunity for adult
learners) would also feature
specialised continuing education
programs for adults who are not
interested In degree work but who
are Interested in improving their
skills on-the-Jub or In enrichment
courses.
Purpose of the program Is to give
local adults the chance to complete
college degree requirements In the
evening at a reduced rate, without
traveling to the campus at Bolling
Springs.
Students would attend classes
here on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and 'ntursday evenings
weekly from 6 until 9 p. m. and cost
tor 12 aemester hours of work four
days a week would be $27.60,
reduced from $40 because students
can racelve a $160 legislative grant
in the evening college program. The
evening college goal program cost la
$40 per semester hour, while the
tuition for day atudents on the
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buildings, and $38,OX) tor three new
school buses.
In other business, the board;
— Received copies of the high
school yearbook from co-advlaor Joe
Rountree, who said cost of the book
was $10,000 all raised through sell of
the book, advertising and concession
stand profits.
— Heard a report on the
Presidential aassroom Program by
KMHS senior Kenny Boheler, who
attended the program Feb. 26-
March 4 In Wa^lngton.
— Heard a presentation from Asst
Supt. BUI Bates on the ESEA TlUe I
project for the 1978-79 school year.
Bates said the remedial reading
program for disadvantaged students
will receive $189,000 compared to
$163,000 for the current year. The
extra money will go toward hiring
one additional teacher aide at both
West and Grover, giving the system
three Instructors and 17 aides.
— Was told by Bates that the
system will receive $24,000 from
Ihibllc Law 874, a program to reim
burse schools for tax money lost
because of students who live In
government low rent housing.
—Was told by director of In
struction Howard Bryant that next
years vocaUonal program will be
essentially the same as this year.
The masonry program, he saM,
which now Is a half-Ume program,
wUl be phased out because masonry
“la dwindling away."
—Was told by Bryant that kin
dergarten enrollment next year will
probably be less than the current
enrollment of 811. As of now 288
students have screened but Bryant
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