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City Takes Applications Monday
100 New Gas Taps Made Available
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The City of Kings Mountain has
received additional natural gas and
Is able to offer 100 new gas tape to
residential customers.
Mayor John Moss told The Mirror-
Herald today that applications for
the new taps will be taken beginning
at B a.m. Mon., May 7 at city hall.
'‘The applications will be on a first
come, first serve basis,” the mayor
said. “These tape will be available
(or existing or new homes, but cxily
In the areas of the city where gas
mains exist.”
TTie mayor said he la very “happy
to be able to announce these
residential services” and the city Is
now working toward acquiring
additional Industrial and com
mercial gas “to Improve the op
portunity for economic growth In the
city."
The city gas department wUl begin
making the gas connections at
existing homes where gas mains are
located as soon as the new ap
plications are approved.
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The mayor also confirmed that
letters have been sent to the Grover
Town Council, to Gaston County
planners and Canterbury Rd.
. SOBIKTHINO CONCRETE-These three city em-
ployas, (L to r.) Thomas Ware, Andrew Bmarr aad BUI
MeWnny, are hoildiag oonerote hloaohers behind tb»
backstop at Onvldson Park. Belbre the Job lo dene, they
wUl have completed two extenshms using 80-B0 yards of
concrete. The bleachers are part el the overaU
renovatton cd the park otr Carpet Inns. Other work has
Included grading, ieactng aad gmtsHiowlag.
Photo by Tom McIntyre
Pre-School Screening Begins
Pro-school screening (or children
who will enter kindergarten or first
pads for tho first Urns will be held
at East School Thursday (today)
and continuing on Tboaday morning
at Bast, Tuesday afternoon at West,
Wednesday at West, Thursday, May
lOth, at Grover, on Tues., May IB, at
Ghaver, on Wed., May 16th at North
and Thurs., May ITth at North
school.
There will be three sessions per
day at the schools from B untU 10:80
a. m., 10; 80 untU noon and 1 until 3:80
p.m.
CSiUdren whose last names begin
with the letters A-H are asked to
attend the B-10;80 a.m. session;
those whose last names begin with
the letters I-P the 10:80 to noon
session and others from 1 until 2:80.
AU children who will enter school
(or the first time are expected to
attend with their parents one of the
sessions and present registration
forms. Including a copy of the child’s
birth certificate, his “shot” record.
Mid a copy of the physical
examination by the famUy doctor or
health department.
King WUl Serve On
Charlotte Study Group
Dr. Edwards Delivers
His Last Sermon
Jerry King, executive director of
the Kings Mountain Economic
Development Office, has been
named to a committee to study
problems faced by minority con
tractors.
The committee <eets Frl., May 11
at 10 a.m. at the Greater Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce.
King said he was appointed to the
conunlttee by Arthur A. Cross, loan
and bond officer at the Chariotte
Business Resource Center.
"As a result of numerous contacts
with various petals and programs
regarding bonding of minority
contractors," Cross said, "we have
determined that now Is the time to
actively assist these entrepreneurs
to SMSure that they move Into the
mainstream of the construction
Industry."
Because of King's Interest In
assuring minority contractors that
they will receive every possible
opportunity, according to Cross, la
the reason he has been asked to
serve on the committee.
"We have asked King to share
time and expertise In our efforts to
seek solutiona to problems In the
area of bcmdlng (heed by minority
contractors,” Cross said.
KM Police Taking
New Applications
The Kings Mountain Ronce
Department Is taking applications
through 6 p.m., Frl., May 18.
ApIpUeants must bs high school
graduates, ages 31-86, be at least
five foet-seven (males) and five-four
(females). Male applicants should
weigh no lese than 140 (110 females)
with height and weight propor-
tlonate. Uncorrected vision must be
30-100, corrected to 30-30. Hearing
must be normal as determined by an
audiometric test.
Acting Chief J.D. Barrett said all
applicants will be given a written
test, agility test and have a thorough
Investigation conducted Into their
backgrounds.
All applicants considered for
employment undergo a one year
probation during which they may be
dismissed at any time for deter
mined general unsuitability or for
cause.
Applications are being taken In
Chief Barrett’s office Monday
through Friday from B a.m. until 6
p.m.
KMPD Is an equal opportunity
emp^-ver
Dr. Charles Edwards, an
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
minister for 47 years and son of one
of the denomination's pioneer
mlasl(Hiaries to Mexico, delivered
his last sermon from the pulpit of
Boyce Memorial ARP Church
Sunday.
The Edwards family Is moving to
Bon (Saiken where they have built a
retirement home.
Dr. Edwards, son of the late
Amelia Brown and Dr. J.R. Ed
wards, delivered his first sermon
i^iil 18, 1B80 when he was a senior
at Ersklne Seminary, supplying for
Ida brother, also an ARP minister.
He served his first pastorate In
Missouri, vriiere he met and married
Dorothy Rln^iauaer. His last three
pastorates. In South Carolina,
AtlanU, Ga. and Kings Mountain
have spanned 88 years. Dr. Edwards
also served churches In Missouri
and Kentucky. He was pastor of
First ARP Church on Highland Ave.
In AtlanU, Ga. for over 11 years
before coming to Kings Mountain
nine years and 10 months ago.
During the Edwards pastorate
here, the CMigregatlon constructed a
handsome, new sanctuary and
completed additions to the education
building. The membership of the
church has grown to 888 members
with an active membership of 386.
Dr. Edwards was honored by
election as Moderator of the General
kynod of the ARP Church In 1868. He
has been active In civic and com
munity life, having served as
president and secretary of the KM
Ministerial Association and
president of KM Klwanls Chib.
The church congregation honored
the Edwards family In a "This Is
residents concerning committee
su;tlon.
concerning committee action.
“We have notified the Grover
Council of the formation of the Kings
Mountain committee which will
work with them on recom
mendations concerning the treat
ment of Grover’s domestic waste,”
the mayor said.
In the letter, the mayor also
suggested Grover’s board appoint a
committee and schedule meetings to
begin the work.
Under the Gaston 301 Wastewater
Treatment plan, the city of Kings
Moimtaln will be allowed to expand
Its Pilot Creek Waste Treatment
facility in order to handle the
domestic waste from Grover.
The mayor’s letters to Gaston
planners and Alan Stout, spokesman
for the Canterbury Rd. residents,
suggest their committees be formed
and meetings scheduled for
discussions on the use of the tend
adjacent to the east KM city limits.
The property was rezoned for light
and heavy Industry In 1866, but
Canterbury Rd. residents attending
a public hearing several months ago
here requested both themselves and
representatives from Gaston County
be allowed to have a voice In the
use of that land.
Second St. Jude
Bike-A-Thon Set
The second annual St. Jude
Children’s Hospital Blke-A-Thon has
been scheduled in Kings Mountain
Sat., May 26.
Robert Dodge Is again serving as
general chsdrmsui for the fund-
ralslngevent, which begins at 8 a.m.
In the Kings Mountain Senior Hlg7.
parking lot.
‘ 'Last year the course was U' J out
tor 21 miles,” Dodge said. ’This
year we are considering a lO-mlle
course.”
During the first event about 70
bikers entered the event and raised
over 84,000 to benefit St. Jude
Children’s Hospltel In Memphis,
Tenn.
Sponsor sheets will be available
soon at Kings Mountain District
Schools and other locations to be
announced. Entrants must obtain
their own sponsors for the event eind
to enter, bring the spmsor sheets to
the KMSHS parking lot on Sat., May
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A grand prize will be awarded to
the ptrsen i rfit.-')/ the most money
for St. Jude s, aco rdlng to Dodgr.
St. Jude Children’s Hospital was
established (or research into and the
treat nent of catastrophic childhood
diseases and Is the only medical
facility of Its type In the country. All
proceeds go Into the hospital
program.
Children with diagnosed diseases
termed catastrophic are treated no
matter the financial circumstances
of their families. Fund-raising
events such as the Kings Mountain
Blke-A-Thon are held all over the
country to ensure the hospital’s
continued existence.
your life” family night supper and
program recentiy with Mrs. J.E.
Gamble, president of Women of the
Church, presiding. Mrs. M.D.
Phifer, who gave the devotional,
focused the Edwards family as an
example of a strong Ourlstlan
famlly,Ellsabeth McGill read “Ode
to the Edwards”, Trip McGill
presented a tribute, and John L.
McGill recited humorous anecdotes
about Dr. Edward’s love tor golfing
and fishing, also relating how the
4>lritual growth of the church had
grown during his tenure.
Humorous presentations In the
form of gifts symbolic of retirement
were presented by various members
and David Henson was master of
ceremonies. Gifts were also
presented from the congregation In
the form of a cash gift from the
church and an electric blanket from
Women of the Church, In addition to
other momentos from youth and
Sunday School classes. The wall
hanging In the narthex of the church
also honors the couple with the
colors picking up the Christian
symbolism of the glass-stained
windows of the sanctuary.
Mrs. Edwards, who teaches the
Charles Edwards Sunday School
Ctess, was paid tribute by naming
of the memortsJ (lower garden at the
church In her honor. It will be called
the Dorothy Edwards Garden.
The Edwards are parents of two
children, Harry Edwards of Florida
and Beverly Cooper of Atlanta, Oa.
There are seven grandchildren.
Dr. Edwards says he expects to
continue preaching on occasion but
hopes to be able to fish and golf from
Ms retirement home and enjoy his
grandchildren.
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Photo by Lib Stewart
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REITRINO FROM MINI8TBY-Dr.
Charles Edwards, an ARP minister (or
47 years, retired from the active
ministry Sunday at Boyce Memorial
ARP Church where he served 16 years.
He and his wife, above, were honored by
the eongregallon with a special program
and gifts.