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VOL. 89 NO. 41
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA 28086 TUE SDAY, MAY 23, 1978
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Under $208,040.39 Grant
Projects Mean Jobs
By TOM MCINTYRE
Editor Mirror-Herald
A dozen projects Involving water
and sewer, sidewalk construction
flood control and recreation Im
provements are slated to begin
around June 1 In Kings Mountain.
These projects are being funded
by Title 6, Comprehensive Em
ployment and Training Act, U. S.
Department of Labor under a
$208,040.39 grant.
Working through trhe Em
ployment Security Offices In Kings
Mountain and Shelby, a total of 87
Jobs will be filled to handle the
projects.
“Tills program will bring more
benefits to the community In the
form of Improvements not covered
under other state and federal
programs," said Mayor John H.
Moss. "This program will provide
employment for the hard-core
unemployed and will Improve their
economic well-being.”
The mayor, who worked for a year
and a half with his staff on this
grant, said, "The program and those
Involved will be based and operated
from the old public works site on
aty St.,"
The city was notified of the
progrsim last Thursday and the
board of commissioners approved
accepting the grant at Monday
night's meeting.
Program Two, dealing with flood
control, will be subject to three
public hearings. The first hearing Is
set for 7:30 p. m. Thursday at city
hall. Commissioner Humes Houston,
chairman of the city’s surface
KM Depot Center
Expansion Begins
Work began last week on an ex
tension of the Kings Mountain Depot
Center under a Title 5 — Older
Amertcani Act grant.
R«v. KenneBi George, coordinator
of the el^ s hglag program and
msuiager the depot center, said,
"Our program for senior citizens
has received a grant of $29,460 for
this project.”
Rev. George said Included In the
plans Is a 84 foot extension of the
north end of the center and construc
tion of a new deck like the one being
torn down.
"We will expand the dining area
facilities to remove tables from the
sunken lounge area at the center,"
Rev. George said. "Tills area where
the fireplace was constructed has
always been planned for use as a
lounge. It will have comfortable
furnishings, a color TV and game
tables.”
The center will also be “win
terized” with the addition of storm
doors and windows to make use of
the center more fea^ble during the
cold months. Another addition will
be steam tables and serving tables
tor the dining area. Another men's
restroom will be added and equip
ment Is being purchased for the
health care room.
Rev. George said there will be
some minor repair work also In
cluded In the project. He said city
employes are going to handle the
reservations.
"We are expanding our operation
under this grant In order to reach
more elderly people 60-years old and
above In the community,” he said.
"We reach many senior citizens
now, but we want to reach all of
them that’s possible.”
Former Resident
Heads State Bankers
H. L. (Jack) Ruth Jr., senior vice
president of Southern National Bank
of N. C., Lumberton, has been
elected president of the North Caro
lina Bankers Association.
He succeeds John A. Forllnes Jr.,
chairman and president of the Bank
of Granite, Granite Falls.
Ruth U a native of Kings Moun
tain, where he graduated from high
school In 1949. He Is a graduate of
Davidson College where he served
as president of the student body, on
the varsity football team, belonged
to Omlcron Delto Kappa leadership
fraternity, and Beta Theta PI social
fraternity.
He began hla banking career In
1968 as management trainee with
American Trust Company In Char
lotte and was vice president of the
National Division of North Carolina
National Bank, the successor bank,
when he resigned at the end of 1966
to Join Southern Natrional Bank as
vice president snd city executive of
the Fayetteville office. In 1969 he
moved to the headquarters office In
Lumberton as senior vice
president.
The new NCBA president is a
former president of the NCBA
Young Bankers Division and headed
the North Carolina School of
Banking at UNC-Chapel HUl. Active
In church and civic afflars, he Is a
commissioner to the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the U. 8., an elder and
Sunday School teacher In Lum
berton's First Presbyterian Church,
and a trustee of Queens College,
Charlotte.
Ruth and his wife, the former
Betty Kate Jones of Greenwood, S.
C., have three children: Libby, who
graduated from UNC-Chapel HIU
this year; Trip a sophomore at
Davidson; and David, a freshman at
UNGWllmlngton.
Election of officers of the asso
ciation came at the banking associa
tion’s 82nd annual convention In
Plnehurst. In addition to Ruth,
other officers of the association
elected today are W. L. Bums, Jr.,
president-elect, president of Central
Carolina Bank k Trust Company,
Durham; Plato P. Pearson Jr., vice
president, president. Independence
National Bank, Gastonia; and John
B. (Jack) Harris Jr., treasurer,
president. State Bank of Raleigh,
Raleigh, for a two-year term. The
association’s executive vice
president Is Harry Oatton of
Raleigh; Alvah D. Fuqua Jr., also of
Raleigh, Is vice - president-
administrative; A. P. Carlton Jr.,
Raleigh, la counsel; Mrs. Cornelia
Mclnnes of Raleigh Is assistant vice
president - publications.
drainage and flood control com
mittee, will preside. With him will be
Commissioners Norman King and
Bill Grissom, committee members.
Hie second public hearing is 7:30
p. m. Tues., June 6 and the third
hearing at 7:30 p. m. Mon., June 12.
The flood control program In
cludes cleaning and clearing major
streams within the city designated
as flood zones. This will eliminate
obstructions that block and restrict
stream flow.
The program also calls for con
struction of rip-rap to contain flood
waters and minor piping In critical
locations to reduce erosion. Included
also is flood control piping In areas
that receive large quantities of
surface water, but where definite
stream channels do not exist.
Program One Includes Installation
of 3,100 lineal feet of 16 inch sewer
collector line and 2,200 lineal feet of
12 Inch line from the Parker and
Gaston Sts. Intersection to the
Cansler St. outfall line.
Project two calls for Installing a 12
inch sanitary sewer collector from
Fulton St. to the Cansler St. In
terceptor. And project three, con
nections of various water lines
within the city to Improve water
distribution and equalize water
ixessure.
The sewer collector lines will
replace bid llne*» wh?';h are j.p-
proximafely 60-years old and badly
deteriorated.
Under recreation Improvements,
the grant program calls for two
softball fields, two little league
fields, two training league baseball
fields and a 400-8pace parking
facility at Deal St. Park.
It also calls for landscaping,
plantings, fence and play equipment
Installations at both Deal St. and
Davidson Parks.
Postal Rates
Are Going Up
PostsU rates are going up, ef
fective Sunday, May 29, at 12:01 a.
m.
Kings Mountain Postmaster Fred
Weaver said the rate lor first class
letters will be 16 cents, instead of 13
cents, and the rate for postal cards
will be ten cents each. Instead of
nine.
There will be major changes In the
manner of computing second class
postage, said Weaver, and for bulk
or third class mailing used by non
profit organizations the rate will be
up from 2.1 to 2.4, said Postmaster
Weaver.
Sidewalk construction Is slated for
both sides of E. Gold St. from Bat
tleground Ave. to York Rd.; along
Watterson and Mitchell Sts. from
Morris to Waco Rd. to Davidson
Park; and along the Kings Moun-
taln-Grover Rd. from Chesterfield
Crt. to Fulton Rd.
The Mirror-Herald is running an
ad today and again Thursday giving
employment details for these
projects. The program calls for
hiring 87 employes for 17 weeks
work beginning June and ending
Sept. 30, 1978.
To be employed will be a project
administrator, a custodian, sur
veyor-inspectors, foremen,
equipment operators, pipelayers,
laborers, clerical secretaries,
maintenance persons, painters and
mechanics.
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It
Poppy Day
To Benefit
Vet Projects
Annual Ponpy Day for benefits of
veterans projects will be conducted
by members of Otis D. Green Unit
166 American Legion Auxiliary this
Memorial Day weekend.
Members will be on downtown
streets and at the two shopping
centers all day Friday and Saturday
offering the red memorial poppy to
the public and Inviting them to wear
the poppy on labels In memory of
veterans. The popples are made by
hospitalized veterans in Veterans
Administration hospitals In the
state.
Chairman of the drive Is Mrs.
Orangrel Jolly.
All proceeds will be used locally
for veterans and their families.
A WINNING POSTER - Rep. James BroyhUl dtsplays the poster
which won Timothy Scott McDaniel, Kings Mountain Senior High tenth
grader, second prize in the National Maritime Poster Contest.
McDaniel Takes
A Poster Prize
congressman Jim BroyhUl today
announced that Timothy Scott
McDaniel of 611 Landing St., Kings
Mountain, Is the second-prize winner
of the National Maritime Poster
Contest.
Tim is a tenth grade student at
Kings Mountain Senior High School
and will receive a $26 U. S. Savings
Bond as his prize. The theme of this
year’s poster contest was "Ship
American — It Costs No More.”
Each year, as part of a Joint In
dustry - government program to
bring about a greater awareness of
the importance of U. S. cargo ships
and shipbuilding In all 60 states, the
National Maritime Poster Contest
is conducted to inform high school
students on the American Merchant
Marine’s vital role In commerce and
defense.
Hundreds of students from across
the country participated In this
year’s contest. The grand prize
winner was Tom Umholtz of Snyder,
New York. He received a $600 check
and a free trip to Washington.
Throughout the years over 146,000
high school students In every state of
the Union have participated In the
poster program.
Do You Have Job Offering?
Contact The Mayor’s Office
H. L. (JACK) RUTH JR.
Whitfield
To Head
KM Theatre
Olff Whitfield, Central school
teacher and President-Elect of the
NCAE Chapter of Kings Mountain
Schools, has been elected president
of the Kings Mountain Little Theatre
for the coming year.
He succeeds Mrs. Aubrey
Mauney.
Other new officers are Connie
Putnam, vice-president; Mary
Greene, secretary; and Joe Ann
McDaniel, treasurer. Members of
the board of directors are Jim
Champion. Bryant Grier, Sylvia
Holmes. Joe Ann Newcomb, Mary
Nelsler, ane Lisa Whitfield.
Members at the general meeting
last Thursday night voted to hold
regular meetings once a month on
first Thursdays at 8 p. m. at Park
Grace Auditorium.
Sylvia Holmes and Jim Champion
were elected directors of upcoming
plays. Mrs. Holmes will direct a
children’s play to be staged next
year and Mr. Champion will direct
the second play of the year which
members will choose at later
meetings.
Help wsmted!
It’s a phrase that Is customsu-lly
used when a Job opening Is In need of
an applicant.
Presently, however, the Mayor’s
Committee on Summer Youth
Employment and the Kings
Mountain and Shelby Offices of the
Employment Security Commission
are using this call for aid In a dif
ferent manner — to solicit Job
openings for area youth this sum
mer.
"We’re all too fsimlllar with the
depressing statistics on youth
unemployment,” said Franklin L.
Ware, Shelby Job Service Manager.
"North Carolina Is no different from
the rest of the nation In that Jobless
ness among young people Is
currently about twice that for the
total population.”
Ware cited ESC figures for March,
1978, which reveal an overall
statewide Jobless rate of 4.6 percent.
Unemployment among Tar Heel
Youth (16-19) for the same month
registered 12.8 percent.
"On top of this,” Ware said,
"more than 100,000 students and
graduates will be entering the
State’s labor force In May and June
searching for permanent and
summer Jobs. As the public employ
ment service, our task Is to try and
match applicants with Jobs; but
right now It It looks like the demand
Is exceeding the supply.”
In this regard, the Mayor’s
Committee on the Summer Youth
Employment Program has teamed
up wlfth the BSC and other State
Government Agencies, Including the
Governor’s office and the Depart
ments of Commerce and Natural
and Economic Resources, to launch
a coordinated appeal for Jobs from
employers. Lstters from State Of-
flclals. Radio Public Service Spots
and TV messages carry the same
theme to North Carolina business
leaders —’’Provide Job op
portunities for youth, and list these
openings with the ESC.”
Ware concludes, "We hear
commencement speakers on the one
hand lauding our kldd as the leaders
of tomorrow, while social c critics
condemn Juvenile delinquency and
Idleness on the other. The answer In
each case Is Jobs.”
Mayor John Henry Moss and Co-
chalrman Franklin Ware, ESC, and
Rev. M. L. Campbell; and the
committee ask that employers
wishing to submit Job orders contact
one of the following numbers:
Mayor John Henry Moss, City
Hall. 739-3663.
Kings Mountain Office of the
Employment Security Commission
- 739-6681.
Shelby Office of the Employment
Security Commission — 482-7741
Rev. Bryant Delivers
Baccalaureate Sermon
Rev. Gary Bryant, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon to 242
graduating seniors Sunday night at 8
o’clock In B. N. Barnes Auditorium.
Commencement exercises will be
held on June 1 at 8 p. m In John
Gamble Memorial Stadium.
Other ministers of the community
will participate on the program.
Rev. Howard Shipp will give the
Invocation. Rev. Alfred Wright will
read the scripture. Rev. Eugene
Land will Introduce the speaker and
Rev. Lilu.e i^oiKiiart will pronounce
the benediction.
The Kings Mountain Senior High
Chulr. under the direction of Mrs. J.
N. McClure, will sing "Joyful. Joyful
Wo Adore Thee" and two anthems
"For the Beauty of God" and "One
God" to feature the religious
service
Seniors will present the program
at finals exercises next Thursday,
June 1, and diplomas will be
presented.
KEV.GAKYRRVANT