Needed By County
START! YOU (CENSORED) — What could be more
peaceful and soul satlafying than a cniiie on the rip
pling wateri of Moaa Lake under a hazy afternoon sun?
Probably there are other thlnga, but to the harried
Photo By Butch Vess
businessman who has had it with ringing phones and
customer complaints such an outing is sheer joy. That is
until the cantankerous outboard motor on your boat
decides it's time to go into an obstinate routine.
Class Of ‘58
Reunion Is Set
The Kings Mountain High School
Class of 1908 wUl hold its 30th year
reunion Sat., July 1, at Kings
Mountain Inn.
More than 120 guests are expected
to attend, said Mrs. Anne Falls
Davis, chairman of the committee
on arrangements.
A social hour will be held at 6: SO p.
m. and dinner will be served at 7:80
p. m. In the private dining rooms.
Ken Baity was president of the
Class of 1958.
Store Cannot
Accept Stamps
ATTiANTA, Oa. — Roberts Store,
710 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Moun
tain, N. C., has been barred from ac
cepting food stamps for three years
because of violations, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture’s Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS)
reports.
Owned by Kenneth Roberts, the
store was disqualified from the pro
gram for three years, starting April
3B after being charged with seUlng
clgarettss, toilet articles and other
Ineligible Items for food coupons.
James B. Foster, who Is In charge
of the Charlotte field office of the
Fbod and Nutrition Service, ex
plained that the store will not be
-dlowed to accept food coupons
during the three-year dlsquidlflca-
Uon period.
Foster said that food stamps, by
law, can be used only to buy food.
Hie only exceptions, he added, are
garden eeed and plants to be used to
produce food.
Appointed To Post
Dr. David H. Moreau, professor of
planning, has been appointed to the
new position of associate dean for
plans and programs in the College of
Arts and Sciences of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He
is married to the former Polly Page,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Harry
Page of Kings Mountain.
The appointment is effective Aug.
1.
Dr. Samuel R. Williamson, dean of
Arts and Sciences and the General
College, said, "This new position is
being established because the
University is being called upon to do
more long-range planning and to
make better use of its human and
financial resources.” He said
Moreau will bring senior manage
ment skills that Arts and Sciences
needs.
The new associate dean’s duties
will include facilities planning,
enrollment projections, the alloca
tion of resources among depart
ments and general trouble shcMting,
Williamson said
Moreau, who grew up in Natchez,
Miss., earned his B. S. in civil engi
neering from Mississippi State
University in 1960. He received his
M. S. from N. C. State University
and his Ph. D. from Harvard. He
served as assistant professor at the
University of Florida before joining
the UNC-CH faculty in 1968.
A specialist in environmental
planning, he will continue teaching
in the department of city and
regional planning.
Codes Office
Being Moved
The City Codes offices and
Engineering Department are in a
new location.
Friday was moving day for Al
Moretz and the city's engineering
and codes staff to the new Citizens
Service Center at 1013 N. Piedmont
Ave.
The Codes and Engineering staff
were formerly housed in the
basement area of City Hall.
The new telephone number is 739-
8136.
Carnival Is Underway
American Legion Poat 100 is
■ponsorlnga big family carnival this
week through July 1 on the Poat
grounds off York Rd. and all
proceeds wrlll benefit the American
Legion Junior Baseball Program.
Rides and concessions will be
featured and Wednesday
(tomorrow) Is Family Night with a
Kings Mountain Emergency
Servic:es, Ser\'ices, Inc. sent its
new ambulance to Hickory Monday
to have a state certification check
run.
C!ort)et Nicholiion, one of the
directors of the foundling rescue
squad, said, “We made
arrangements to ha ve Max Wesson,
regional coordinator of the N. C.
Emergency Medical Services, run
the ceirtification check. Wesson
works a t Catawba Va Uey Technical
Institute in Hickory.”
Nicholson said one of I'he members
of the new squad drove' the $17,000
ambulance, which was delivered
here last Wednesday, t o Hickory
around 10:30 a. m. Monctay. When
the Mirror-Herald went to press late
Monday word had not been received
on the certification check results.
Nicholson said, “My p>ersonal
opinion is that Kings Mo untain
Emergency Services will not
operate through the Cleve land
County Emergency Serv. ices
communications system. I can not
speak for the entire boar d, but 1 feel
it would be better to operate by
having people call our hi mdquarters
directly.”
Commissioner L. ,E. (Josh)
Hinnant of Kings Mountai n, who has
gone on record favorii ig an all
volunteer rescue squa d, said
Monday, “The earliest the board of
commissioners could ac t on a
franchise decision for the ne\ n squad
would be Mon., July third.”
Hinnant said he did not thir. ik such
action would come about thai t soon.
“Not only does the ambulanct 5 have
to be certified, but the manpow er for
the new squad as well. The new
squad must convince the ci lunty
emergency services that it can
provide around the clock sei •vice
before a franchise can be con
sidered.”
A question has been raised ( con
cerning the credentials of the p >er-
sonnel of Kings Mounti tin
Emergency Services. Nicholson w as
quoted last week as saying the nc cw
squad has 10 certified Emergent cy
Medical Technicians (EMTs) and
eight to 10 certified ambulance
attendants.
County Manager Joe Hendrick has
been quoted as saying, “I don't see
how they (Kings Mountain
Emergency Services) will ever get
off the ground.” He has also stated
that he saw no reason to franchise a
second unit for Kings Mountain.
Partial funding to pay for the new
ambulance came through a loan to
Kings Mountain Emergency Ser
vices, Inc., from First Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. in Kings Mountain. It
was earlier reported that the loan
had been made by First Union
National Bank of which Hinnant is
an officer. That report was
erroneous.
KMES, Inc. attorney Mickey
Corry said last Thursday he would
obtain the forms necessary for
making a formal request for a
franchise from the county to operate
the rescue service in Kings Moim-
tain.
Gillilands Granited
Greenhouse Variance
IS ticket allowing youngsters to ride
as many rides as they want from 6
until 10 p. m., said Commander Luco
FaUs.
A Variety of rides will be featured
throughout the week along with hot
dogs, hamburgers and the
traditional midway concessions.
The Zoning Board of Adjustments
Wednesday allowed a variance to
Henry and Etta Gilliland, of 1200
Red Bull
Missing
Anyone seen Robert Collins' bull?
The solid red, 1,100 pound animal
has been missing from a pasture off
York Rd. since last Saturday.
“We pastured the bull Saturday in
the lot Saturday afternoon and
returned about two hours later to
check and found the bull was
missing,” Mrs. Collins said. “We
could not find anyplace in the fenoi
where the bull might have escapedl,
so we reported it to the Cleveland
Cmmty Sheriff's office as stolen.”
The missing animal was also
reported to Kings Mountain police
although the pasture is not inside the
city limits. The pasture is reached
by crossing the York Rd. bridge over
1-85 and turning left onto the service
road as you leave the KM city limits.
Collins said he is offering a reward
for the return of the bull and can be
reached at 739-5768.
Open Air
Market Is
Being Opened
Residents of the Kii^ Mountain
area are invited to participate in the
open air market at the De^ Center.
The Rev. Kenneth GMrge said,
“The open air market Is for area
citizens to display and sell
homegrown produce and homemade
craft Items. There are guidelines to
be followed and I would like to talk
with interested citizens concerning
these guidelines"
If your home garden is productive
and you wish to sell these products,
contact 739-4511 about display space
In the market at the Depot Center.
Shelby Rd., to place a non
commercial greenhouse on tlieir
properties.
The couple had asked for a zo ning
change, from R-10 to R-20 before the
city commission last week and met
some opposition from a resident of
,\shley Park who did not objec t to a
greenhouse but to seeing, the
pr operty rezoned from R-10 to R-20.
In essence, the R-20 zone pen nits a
nuniber of items including
cem>eteries. mobile home paries and
colleiies.
It w as suggested by the boai'xl that
Gilliland approach the city's board
of adjustment with a request for
variance to permit the construction
of a greetihouse without asking for a
zoning change, which they did.
The greenhouse Gilliland proposes
would mea sure 48 feet wide and %
feet long with four domes 12 feet
high. The covering proposed is
polyetheline.
In other actions, the full board of
adjustments granted permission to
Mrs. Geneva Rippy, 106 Dilling St.,
for parking of a trailer to be oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Parker, on her properties.
The board also granted an eight
foot variance to Hendricks - Durham
- Lee-Crowley Clinic for an addition
to their properties on W. Mountain
St.
The clinic addition will be to the
front of the clinic for more space to
improve the patient waiting area
and add additional space for the
secretarial area, said a spokesman.
All members of the board were
present, including CTiairman Dickie
Tate, who presided. Rev, S. T.
Cfooke, Bob Myers, Paul Ledford and
Van Birmingham.
Second Hors'>e Show
A total of 48 different classes were
judged followinig the completion of
the second seaiional show by the
Kings Mountain Saddle Club
Saturday.
The horse show was held in the
club's arena off W aco Rd. Saturday
afternoon and evening.
The only local winner was Chero
kee Farms, owner of Cotton Kane.
Ridden by Tom Bowman, Cotton
Kane won the Open Five Gaited
Class competition.
Other top prize winners were in
the high point classes English High
Point winner was Carolina Starlite,
owned and ridden by Kim Jackson of
Gat itonia ; Western High Point,
Littl e Bonnie Scotch, owner-rider
was Linn Baker of Alexis; Game
High. Point, Brandy, owned by David
McMa nus of Pageland, S. C. and
ridden by Ron Patterson.
Copp ing the two championships
were .S 'toney Ridge Commander,
owned a. ridclen by Laura Roche of
CharlotU ^ in tlie English Pleasure
division a nd Lii'tle Bonnie Scotch in
the W este rn Pleasure division.
The re wi ^re over 400 entries from
40 ci ti es in I North and South Carolina
in Sal urday s show. The KM Saddle
Club’s thir d seasonal show is
scheduled foi ‘ August 12,
Dedication lls S'et
P ubiic dedication ceremonies of
the Kings Mountain Citizens Service
Cent ‘er is scheduled for Sun , July 2
at 2 p m
The' center it located at 1013 N.
Piedn lont Ave
May- or John Moss said speakers
for the dedication will be announced
later th is week
“City«employes will begin moving
into the center this week and will
begin full operations from the site
next Mon> fay." Mayor Moss said.
The CIt isens Service Center,
according to the mayor, wilt house
for the first! ime in the city's history,
all public w orkt departments and
ccntrsilized warehousing of
rriunicipal supplit *-
City department ' *<> operate from
tlie center inclixk ? public works
a dminintration, t I»r»ge-vehicle
maintenance, sanit ation, street,
'vater and sewer, ei 'ectrical, gas,
'propertins and n. lalntenance,
engineering, codes ano ' Inspections
and centml central wart 'housing for
municipal supplies and \ 'ehicles.
The center consists
buildings, tibe second the gt 'rage for
vehicle mai ntt'nance.
The public ia I'nvited to atti fbe
dedication ceren.'ony next Si mday.