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VOL. 90, NO. SS
THURSDAY, MARCH 22,1979
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KM Redevelopment Commission
Going Out Of Business
If plans go according to schedule
the Kings Mountain Redevelopment
Commission will go out of business
in October 1979.
Gene White, executive director of
the redevelopment commission,
appeared before the city board at a
special meeting Tuesday seeking
approval for the end of operations
schedule.
"I think there must be a religious
connotation connected with this,”
White told the board, “because
everyone who has heard the plan has
said ‘Thank God.’
The redevelopment commission
has scheduled conclusion of the R-96
Urban Renewal Project (Cansler St.
area) by September and the R-84
(central business district) project
by October of this year.
“’nils Is one government project
that will be completed,” White told
the board. “And I am pleased to
report the commission business will
be closed out In good financial
condition.”
White assured the commissioners
the city would not suffer any deficit
and that should any aspect of the
redevelopment program be left
undone In October that the govern
ment agency would see to it the loose
ends are tied up.
”We are working toward an or
derly closeout,” White said. “The
city will find It Is In a surplus
situation, also. How much we should
be able to determine In the next
couple of weeks. I also think that
HUD will look even more favorably
on Kings Mountain In future
dealings because of the success of
this project.”
White and Carl F. Mauney have
been invited by Mayor John Moss to
appear before the board of com
missioners in the future to give an
update report on all of the ac
complishments of the redevelop
ment commission since Its In
ception.
Electrical Contract Is Let
In a special meeting at noon
Tuesday, the city commissioners
accepted bids and awarded a con
tract for electrical work on the
sludge facilities at the Ellison Water
’Treatment Plant.
The three bids accepted by the
board have been held In abeyance
since last August, according to
Ralph Johnson of the W.K. Dickson
Oo., the city’s consultant'engineers.
"We recommend the contract be
awarded Modem Electric Oo. of
SUtesvUle on their bid of $16,983,”
Johnson said. “Then I have a change
order I would like the board to
consider.”
The change order, accepted by
the board. Increases the Modern
Electric bid to $22,112.39. The added
$6,129.39 comes because there Is an
additional building on the site to be
wired.
Johnson said the sludge treatment
facility has been redesigned four
times since the beginning and the
Seniors Must Have
ISTJnTfs To Graduate
^ Students who graduate from Kings
Mountain Senior High are now
required to complete 16 units.
Principal Forest Wheeler pointed
out to members of the Kings
Mountain District Schools;
A Vocational Advisory Council on
^ Monday.
Principal Wheeler, Myers
Hambrlght, Vocational Director,
and Mrs. Carolyn McWhlrter,
Vocational guidance counselor,
expressed themselves as well
pleased with the recent Vocational
and Academic Orientation Day in
wdilch more thsin 300 rising 10th
graders participated at the high
school, where they were Informed of
48 different courses being offered for
^ next year and at least a dozen areas
of vocational training, including
agriculture, home economics.
Distributive Education, Industrial
Cooperative Training, auto
mechanics, drafting, cosmetology,
^ welding, woodworking and crafts,
* among others. There are also 11
different subjects available in office
occupations, they said.
Mrs. Betty Gamble, Miss Jackie
Lavender and Myers Hambrlght co
ordinated the program along with
Librarian Sarah Griffin who
assisted academic teachers In
displaying materials In the library
for teachers to instruct visitors In
the various subjects offered In the
curriculum.
Supt. William Davis said he was
also Impressed with the recent
Orientation Day and is equally
impressed with the level of com
munity supports to the public
schools, acknowledging the gift of
$2,(X)0 from the KM Bl-Centennlal
Commission for landscaping of
KMSHS and KM Junior High
grounds. He ssild a landscape
architect would begin drawing up
master projects for the landscaping
In the next few days. Supt. Davis
also acknowledged gift of $2,000
worth of art prints from Margrace
Mills which are to be rotated
through the school plants.
Advisory Council President Roy
Pearson presided at the luncheon
meeting in the Home Economics
department of the high school.
final plans, which were done to
eliminate several costly factors not
vital to the operation. Includes an
additional building.
”We have talked with Modem and
they say the bid they made last
August Is still firm price-wise,”
Johnson said. "But the extra
materials, labor and taxes will come
to over $6,000.”
The other two bidders were
Bryant Electric Co. of Gastonia
($26,320) and Austin Electric Co. of
Charlotte ($27,776). Johnson said. In
answer to a question from Com
missioner James Dickey, that the
Dickson figures In the estimates
were closer to the figures submitted
by both Bryant and Austin. “But, we
have checked back with Modern and
their officials say their low bid Is
what they Intended. I would say they
Just gave you a very good deal.”
In other action, the board
authorized Mayor John Moss to
negotiate a lesise for property from
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WINNERS IN SCIENCE FAIR - Pictured are
winners in Friday’s Science Fair at Kings Mountain
•Junior High School. From left, Gerald Lutz, second
place for his X-ray unit; Ann Childers, first place for a
Photo by Gary Stewart
solar house; Chris Joy, third place for a solar system,
and David Greene, fourth place for a model of an oil
well. Science students exhibited their entries In
displays which drew record participation.
Science Fair
Foote Mineral Encourages Students
Arm Childers, Gerald Lutz, David
Greene and CSirls Joy were top
winners In the first annual Foote
Mineral Company-sponsored
Science Fair which attracted 300
exhibits at Kings Mountain Junior
High last Friday.
Fifty Science displays of eight
graders were featured with 24 top
selections and four final winners
who were presented handsome
trophies from Larry Wood, per
sonnel msinager representing Foote
Mlnersd Co.
Foote Mineral Company has been
instrumental in working with the
Earth Science staff in developing
this correlative study. One of the
most unusual exhibits was a model
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Wheeler Resigns School Post
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Wofford Glee Club In Concert Friday
The Wofford College Glee Club and Mixed Ensemble will present a
concert Friday at 8 p.m. In Barnes Auditorium.
Open to the public, this free concert by the Wofford singers Is part of
their annual spring tour. Friday’s performance is sponsored by Central
^ United Methodist Church.
” Jeff Boggan*, son of Rev. and Mrs. Bob Boggan of Kings Mountain, Is a
member of the glee club, which will sing selections from both sacred and
secular music.
Beta Clubbers Working; For Heart Fund
m.
’The Kings Mountain Senior High Beta Club will be pumping gas for the
Heart Fund Saturday at the Etna Oil Station on Hwy. 74 west.
All proceeds will go Into the Kings Mountain Heart Fund drive.
A spokesman for the KM drive said that all proceeds from gasoline
pumped at the station from March 22-April 6 will be donated to the local
^ Heart Fund.
Blazer Band Earns Superior Rating
’Hie 90-plece Kings Mountain Senior High School Blazer Band earned a
rating of Superior In the most difficult Grade Six during state contests
A Friday at Catawba College In Salisbury.
Local students competed with 13 bands In the Grade Six category and
the local band scored the top marks In the competition.
Donald Deal directed the local bandsmen in playing "Ills Honor
March” by Henry Phllmore, “Symphonic Suite” by Clifton Williams and
"Eury An The Overture” by Carl Von Weber.
'The contests were conducted over a four-day period on the Salisbury
0 campus.
FORREST WHEELER
...returning to home state
W. Forrest Wheeler, 46, has
resigned as principal of Kings
Mountain Senior High to return to
his home state of Georgia.
Wheeler, who has served at
KMSHS for the past four years, will
return to Georgia after June 30th,
the effective date of his resignation,
to assume the prlnclpalshlp of
Dawsonvllle High School near
’Toccoa.
Supt. William Davis made the
announcement late Monday af
ternoon. Davis said, “It Is with
regret that the board of education
accepts Mr. Wheeler’s resignation.
His decision to leave Kings Moun
tain means a real loss to the system
and the community. Principal
Wheeler has guided students here in
high quality education and
instruction and he will be missed.”
Wheeler said the decision to resign
was "a difficult one,” noting that
with 18 years of teaching experience
In the State of Georgia he had
decided to return there in order to
qualify for early retirement In eight
years. He said if he remains In North
Carolina schools longer than four
years he would suffer a major
penalty In retirement since the
major part of his career has been
spent in his home state.
Wheeler said another factor In his
decision to resign Is his father, Roy
Wheeler’s declining health. Mr.
Wheeler Is 72. “Dawsonvllle Is only
an hour’s drive from my family
home In Toccoa and I can be near
them now,” Principal Wheeler said.
The KMSHS class of 1978
dedicated their yearbook to
Wheeler, who has been active In
civic and community life and
teaches a youth class at Centrsd
United Methodist CSiurch where he
also serves as a steward and a
member of the official board and
sings In the church choir.
“’This has been a tremendous
growing experience for me at Kings
Mountain Senior High,” Wheeler
said, “and I have had the pleasure of
working with a top-notch faculty and
student body. 'Diere is nothing
negative I could say about the local
system. It's tops.”
Supt. Davis said the local board of
education will begin Immediately
accepting applications at the ad
ministrative offices for the post
being vacated by Wheeler.
Jaycee Event March 31
Run Or Walk For Charity
The Kings Mountain Jaycees have
planned a run-walk-a-thon for Sat.,
Mar. 31 to raise funds for the March
of Dimes, Heart Fund and Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation.
Entrants are to meet at Kings
Mountain Senior High parking lot
and the event gets underway at 10
a.m.
‘"rhe run or walk consists of a 10-
mlle stretch beginning at the senior
high,” said ’Tom Franks, event
chairman. “The route Is along
Phifer Rd. to the Bethlehem Com
munity, then to El Bethel Church,
then winding around the Cameron
Ware property and back to the high
school via Fulton Dr.”
Children 12-years old or younger
planning to enter must be ac-
companled by an adult and will be
supervised by members of the
Jaycees.
The Kings Mountain Police
Department, Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Department and Kings
Mountain REACT will Insure safety
along the route. Refreshment-aid
stations will be set up at various
points along the route.
CTiairman Franks said all entrants
will be given T-shirts and entry
forms are avllable at Griffin Drug,
Kings Mountain Drug and Smith
Drug, McDonald’s and Hardees.
Each entrant will be responsible
for signing his or her own sponsores
for the 10-nille event.
For further information, call
Franks at 739-6696