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KINCW MOUNTAIN. NORTH GAROUNA MOM TUK8DAT. FEBRUARY U.
MOUnTMH MIRROR
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City Mops
Up Snow
wont slnco the iBBO’o and It brought
out tha city omployoa with equip-
ment to clear the roada.
Mayor John Moea aald employea
from the atroet, aanttationand water
and aewor departmenta began
preparing equlpntent laat Tueaday
when the anew began.
“We kept enwa working almoat
atralght through until Friday," tha
mayor aald. "We felt It very im
portant that cltUena be aafe on city
atreete and to be able to get to their
joba deaplte the aeven Inch
■lowtall.”
Workera uaed two motorgraden,
two payloadan and fOur dump-
trucka buay clearing anow and lee
and hauling It away Wedneaday and
Thuraday. Friday night two cnwa
wen aent out to dump aand on
atmeta when lee had reformed.
THe action la thought reaponalble
ter the low (dine) number of auto
accldenta due to the weather laat
week In the city.
Snow Curtails
Aged Activities
TIm anowatorm laat week waa
reaponalble ter the cancellation of
actlvltlea for aenlor cltlaena under
the clty’a aging prognm.
Kenneth Oeorge, director of the
program, aald, “We planned no
actlvltlea Wedneaday through
Friday bacauae of tha weather.
Then wen no oongngate meala nor
meala cn wheola Spared during
thoae three dajra."
Rev. George explained that aome
of the meala ter the program at the
Klnga Mountain Depot Center an
prepared In the cafeteria of Weat
School. With anow cloalng the
aehoola, then could be no meala
prepared.
“Anytime the local and county
aehoola an called off due to In-
cllntate weather the aenlor cltlaena
programa cannot function at full
capacity,” George aald.
He aald, however, that after the
llrat of MarcA the programa will be
operating under a dlffennt txqtaclty
and ahould be much mon efficient
All actlvltlea for meala are
coordinated under the Cleveland
County Social Servlcea Department
Should the plane come through after
March flrat the county-wide
program for the elderly will be much
Rev. George aald alao planned
through reorganlaatlon la more
aervlce to the elderly and han
dicapped In their own homea. He
aald the fuU plana will be dlacloaed In
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Owen Cooper Helps
Kickoff HM Offering
Owen Cowwr, Baptlat layman aored by tha Brotherhood De-
flromTaaooClty.Mlaalaalppl, wlUbe partment of the Klnga Mountain
the guaat q>eaker for a Mlaalon Baptlat Aaeoclatton, Willard Boylea,
Braakfaat for men and boya at the dlreetor.
. Flret Baptlat Church on Feb. 11th at
7 a. m. TMa la a kick-off breaktaat
ter tha up-comlng Home Mlaalon ' ’ha^
offering of the Southern Bapttat
Convention. ^
Mr. Cooper u a peat prealdent of
the Southern Bi^tlat Convention. Ha
will be aharing with thla group what
.they can do In qpraadlng the good
hewB of Jeaua Chrlat throughout
America.
Mr. Cooper waa bom and reared In
Mleelaalppl. He graduated from
Mlealnalppl State Oollege and earned
Me Maatar'a In PoUtleal Science
from the Unlveralty of Mlaalaalppl.
He haa received doctoratea from
Mlaalaalppl CoUege, Campbellavllle
Oollege, and Wake Foreat Unlver-
rity. Ha haa been quite active In
ill Re-elected Chairman
Of KM Housing Authority
Baptlat Convention and the Baptlat
World Alliance. He U preaently
aecretary of the Men’a Department
of the Baptlat World Alliance.
The Mlaalon Breakfaat la qxm-
John L. McGUl and Brooka R. Tate
have been re-elected chairman and
vice chairman of the Klnga Moun
tain Houalng Authority for the
coming year.
Tom Harper, executive dlreetw of
the houalng authority, aald McGill
and Tata were re-elected at the
Reappointed for a third tenn to
the board of dlrectora waa William
Orr. Orr waa reaiqwlnted In a
January meeting of the city com-
mlaalmwra. The board now conalata
of McGUl, Tate, Orr, Carl F. WUaon
and Rev. M. L. CampbeU.
Harper aald following the general
bualneaa aeaalon the dlrectoro had a
Uat of queatlona which have moat
been aaked of them by the general
pubUc In regarda to the opemtlon of
the houalng authority.
Harper aald one queatlon la who la
eligible for Inclualon by the
authority.
the alM of the family,” Harper aald.
“We alao look at the need. If people
are Uving In aubatandard homea, are
overcrowded. Criteria Uke that.”
Flrat ccnaldemtlon U alao given to
people Uving and - or are working
hi Klnga Mountain.
Harper waa alao aaked to report on
who now realde In the authorltlea 380
- The elderly-dlaabled occupy 148
+ FamUlea with one or more
membera employed occupy lOB
+ FamUlea drawing aid for
dependent chUdren (AFDC) occupy
8T unlta.
The queaUon of how much rent do
theae occupanta pay waa another
queaUon.
Harper aald, “The annual Income
from rent la $314,600. TTie average
rent la $74 per month and thla la
baaed on 36 percent of total Income,
leaa certain deducUrnia.”
-I- Example: a family of four with
an annual Income of $6,000. Deduct
five percent of that figure, then
deduct the 3600 deduction for two
children. Then multiply the
remaining total by 36 percent. That
averagea out to $86 ter monthly rent.
How much taxea doea the Klnga
Mountain Houalng Authority pay?
+ The authority paid the "city
$11,088 and aeveland County $8,001
In 1878.
-f- The federal government paya
the Klnga Mountain School ayatem
ter each chUd enroUed In achool who
Uvea In pubUc houalng. TTila amount
ter the 1878-78 achool year la
eatlmated to total $34,000. Thla
money cornea directly from the
federal government and not through
the Klnga Mountain Houalng
Authority.
+ The authority paya the city
annuaUy $111,060 for utlUtlea.
Harper aald, “Taking Into account
the amount the achool recelvea from
the federal govar.iment, Klnga
Mountain recelvea more per unit of
pubUc houalng from the authority
than the city recelvea per unit from
private ownera.”
Harper alao told the board that hla
office contlnuea to maintain a
waiting Uat of appUcanta ter low
Income houalng In Klnga Mountain.
He aald the appUcanta fit Into aU of
the acceptable guldellnea for
houalng conalderatlon.