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. EMPI OYIES HONORED—Spectrum employes were
treated to a barbecue lunch Friday In appreciation of
tfaelr 18 monOu of accident-free service. It was
December, 1877, when a Spectrum employe last lost
Photos by Oary Stewart
work due to an accident. All three shifts were served
barbecue catered by Porta-Pig of Lattlmore. Spectrum,
which has operated .In Kings Mountain for eight years,
employs SfiO persons.
200th Anniversary
Plans Being Made
V A 83-member Kings Mountain Bl-
f > Centennial steering committee was
formed Saturday to plan the 1880
celebration.
Thirty representatives of business
and historical groups from several
Estates attended the second general
^ meeting at the KM Development
Office at Kings Mountain Com
munity Center.
Permanent office of the aooth
' anniversary of the campaign and
j.Battle of Kings Mountain planning
® "committee were elected at Satur
day's meeting.
Chairman Is Mayor John Henry
doss of Kings Mountain; vlce-
dialrmen are Robert (Rip) Collins
^ iff ft Boone and Jack Blanton at Gaff-
wy^S.C.; treasurer, Dr. J.N. Llp-
«qmb of Gaffney; and executive
letjretary, Mike Loveless, supt. of
he Kings Mountain National
' lOlltary Park.
John HUls, deputy director of the
X.C. Department of Parks,
tecreatlon and Tourism, was
ilected chairman of the budget and
Inance committee. Gary
Cverhardt, supt. of the Blue Ridge
>arkway National Park, was
l^ilected chairman of the states action
^ «immlttee.
Everhardt’s committee will see to
mating committees In N.C., S.C.,
leorgla, Tennessee and Virginia
rhlch will promote separate
^ y^lbhratlons In each state. Bach
tate envisions a proclamation by
he governors declaring Sept. 34-
let. T M the celebration period.
Tile group heard a report from
tep. Robert Falls of Rutherford
^lounty on a bill he Introduced in the
y ^4.C. Legislature for financial
assistance In planning the 1880
celebration. The group was also told
the U.S. Post Office Department Is
considering a stamp com
memorating the 300th anniversary
of the Battle of Kings Mountlan.
Kings Mountain National Military
Park Technicians Steve Lsuig and
Norris Wyke gave a living history
demonstration consisting of
authentic period costumes of the
Loyalist and Overmountain Man and
firing demonstrations of a flintlock,
musket and mountain rifle.
Amongf a major Item of business
was the drawing up of a
proclamation to be Issued via the
governor's offices of several states
supporting and encouraging
celebrations In 1880 Which will
"truly reflect the Important role
played In reglonsd and national
history by that march which began
with a few brave men from the back-
woods fringes of the colonies and
ended with the victory at Kings
Mountain Oct. 7, 1780."
The committee will Include; Supt.
Lloyd Abelson of Andrew Jolhnson
Natlonsd Historic Site, Gkeenvllle,
Tenn.; Mrs. J.R. Barnwell, regent of
KM Chapter DAR of York, S.C.;
Hugh Bennett of Morganton; Jack
A. Blanton, president of Cherokee
Historical and Preservation Society
of Gaffney, S.C.; Betsy Buford
Blevins of the N.C. Department of
Arch'ves and History, Raleigh; John
Brown, of the Heritage Conservation
and Recreation Service, Tucker,
Ga.; Rev. M.L. Campbell of Kings
Mountain; Mrs. Joyce Cashlon,
(3eveland County Democratic Party
chairman; Robert OoUlns, president
of the Overmountain Victory Trail
Association, Boone; Supt. W.P.
Ouwford of Ft. Sumter National
Kidnapped Mon day
Monument of Sullivan's Island, S.C.;
and Robert Drake, special assistant
to the Governor, Columbia, S.C.
Also: Supt. Gary Everhardt, of
Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville;
Jim Gary, director. New Market
Battlefield, New Market, Va.;
Belinda Gibbs, Gaffney, S.C.;
Senator J. OlUe Harris of Kings
Mountain; John E. Hills, Executive
Secretary of the Bicentennial
Commission, Columbia, S.C.; Hon.
Leolnsu'd T. Hope, of the Cherokee
County Marshal Overmountain
Victory Trail; Susan Huffmsm of
Appalachian Consortium, Boone;
Blair Keller of Ablngton, Va.; J.N.
Lipscomb, chairman of the
Cherokee County Bicentennial
Commission, Gaffney; Supt. An
drew Loveless of KM National
Military Park; and Hon. Sam P.
Manning, vice-chairman of ARBC of
Spartanburg.
Also: Mrs. Earl Moore, Shelby
DAR Chapter; Robert Morrison,
Mountain City, Tenn.; Kings
Mountain Mayor John Henry Moss;
John Pitts of Stone Mountain, Ga.;
Jim Ryan of the Public Affairs of
fice, Blue Ridge Parkway; Mrs.
John Shipp, of the Benjamin
Cleveland Chapter DAR of Shelby;
Mrs. T.M. Shuford, regent of Colonel
Frederick Hambrlght Chapter,
lOngs Mountain; Harry Smith of
TY-outdale, Va., Bill Stronach of
Lenoir, David Thomas of Ablngton,
Va. and Msirlanne Williams of
Gastonia.
The next general meeting will be
held at 4 p.m.. Sat., Sept. 38 at North
<>>ve Elementary School, the former
site of a frontier outpost In 1780. The
school Is located nine miles north of
Marlon on Hwy. 331. The meeting
will be tied In with the arrival of the
Overmountain Men In the 1878
reenactment of the march.
The Seven-Eleven Store In Kings
Mountain was robbed at gunpoint
and an employe kidnapped around 2
a.m. Monday morning.
Kings Mountain Police and the
State Bureau of Investigations are
searching for two white men and one
white woman In connection with the
Incidents.
According to Kings Mountain
Detective Richard Reynolds, a
customer entered the store around 3
a.m. Monday and saw money on the
floor. No one was In the store and the
customer notified Kings Mountain
Police.
Reynolds said officers B.P. Cook,
Ralph Grlndstaff and Houston Com
went to the scene and along with
Reynolds later pieced together this
Information;
Around 3 a.m., one white man and
the i/oman entered the store and at
gunpoint took an undisclosed
amount of money. They took the
store employe, Arllce Lee Perkins,
about 38, of Kings Mountain outside
with them.
The second white male drove a car
Into the parking lot and Perkins was
pushed Into the floorboard. Later,
his feet and hands were bound and
he was thrown out of the car near the
Broad River Bridge on 1-86 in
Cherokee County, S.C.
On Deanes List
Four K*rgt Mountain student!* are
listed on the Dean's list for the
spring semester at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel HUl.
They are Laura Carpenter,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.T.
Chtpenter, Jr., Denise Hord CfoUlns,
daughter of Mrs. Sam CfoUins, John
Gamble, son of Mrs. Betty R.
Gamble, and John David Reed, son
of Dr. and Mrs. N.H. Reed.
To make the dean's list a student
must earn a 3.2 grade average on the
4.0 scsde while taking 16 or more
letter grade hours of credit, or a 3.6
average while taking at least 12 but
less than 16 letter grade hours.
Energy Expert
Speaks With
KM Chamber
Ms. Mary Cartwright, of the
Energy Information Office of Duke
Power Company of Charlotte, was
guest speaker at Monday morning's
breakfast meeting of Kings
Mountain Chamber of Commerce.
Twenty business and industry
representatives gathered for
brreakfast at 7:30 a.m. at Kings
Mountain Motor Inn.
C of C President Tom Potter
presided.
Ms. Cartwright pointed out that 30
percent of energy in this area Is
nuclesir energy, as she talked about
ways to conserve energy In business
and In the home.
Mr. Potter expressed himself as
pleased with good representation of
both Industry and business at the
first get-to-gether of general
membership of the Chamber of
Commerce since new officers and
directors were Installed recently.
Perkins was thrown down a 30 foot
embankment. After he managed to
get back on his feet and to 1-86, a
passing motorist notified the South
Carolina Highway Patrol and
Perkins was rest . about 3:80 a.m.
and returned tc tvings Mountain.
Except for scratches, Reynolds
'said Perkins was not physically
.harmed.
Hagenburger Says
State May Not
Fund Crowders
Crowders Mountain State Park
future development may be crossed
off by the state system due to in
dustrial development In the eu-ea.
This Is the word from Fred
Hagenburger, a representative of
the N.C. State Parks system.
Hagenburger made the comment at
a meeting between Gaston and
Cleveland counties residents and
officials In Kings Mountain last
Thursday night.
The parks official met with a
citizens steering committee from
Canterbury Rd., conservation
groups from both counties, a Gaston
County planner and Kings Mountain
city commissioners.
Hagenburger said, "Development
of the (Crowders) park depends
largely on how the areas surroun
ding IJ.are developed. We are very
conscious of the app.-oaches to a
state park. We believe that 'he ap
proach is a part of the experience."
He said the state parks system
cannot possibly repurchase
property that has already been
usurped by Industry In an effort to
return the land to Its natural state.
The state has already ap
propriated $478,000 for the first
phsise of the park development.
Hagenburger said, "Future plans,
dependent upon legislative funding,
call for an expenditure of $2-mlllion
In the next five years, with further
land acquisitions of 1,000 acres."
Alan Stout, a Canterbury Rd.
resident, and acting chsilrman of
that area's steering committee,
presented a statement of position
which urges Involved parties In both
counties to champion the cause of
the park and by adopting protective
zoning In the park perimeter areas.
The steering committee also
presented a questionnaire covering
a wide range of Issues, mostly
concerned with the long range land
use plans In the perimeter.
The Canterbury Rd. residents also
expressed concern over announced
plans by the City of Kings Mountain
to construct a waste disposal plant in
the perimeter area under the Gaston
Complex 201 Study. This Is a
longrange waste treatment study
under federal auspices to determine
facilities capabilities for Gaston
County and the eastern section of
Cleveland County for the next 20
years.
The residents said they are
worried that the location of the
proposed facility "foreshadows
future Industrial development in
that area " and that such develop
ment will damage the park
development, ulnns by the statr-
istout sa d the I'esldents are also
concerned that locating the plant In
their area will hurt that en
vironment.
Thursday's meeting grew out of a
controversy that flared up several
months ago when The Herald
Publishing House requested a zoning
change at the corner of Canterbury
Rd. and Hwy. 74-ea3t to construct a
publishing facility.
The residents commented they did
not object to the publishing facility,
but had to oppose this rezoning
request because they feared It
mean’t Industrialization was going
to take over that area.
Canterbury Rd. residents ac
tually are in Gaston County, but
under state law they fall under the
City of Kings Mountain one-mlle
perimeter zonmg regulations.
The perimeter area was zoned for
heavy and light industry In 1866,
according to information gathered
from zoning and planning maps of
that year.
. FATHER OF YEAR—Kelly Dixon, right, la congratulated by Rev.
Robert Boggan, left, as Central United Methodist Church Father of the
Year. Rev. Mr. Dixon, a lay pastor and former mayor, received an
engraved gold pocket watch at the first annual recognition ceremony.
Dixon Is Father Of Year
Kelly Dixon, lay pastor, former
mayor and retired building con
tractor, la Central United Methodist
Church's Father of the Year.
Rev. Mr. Dixon, father of nine
children, received the recognition
and an engraved gold pocket watch
at the first annual Father of the
Year ceremonies at the church. His
pastor. Rev. Bob Boggan, made the
presentation during worship ser
vices on Father's Day.
Mr. Dixon, who teaches the Davis
Bible Class at Central Methodist and
also serves as chaplain at KM
Cbnvalescent Center, Is a native of
Kings Mountain. He is married to
the former Blanche Patterson of
Kings Mountain. The Dixon family
sdso Includes 16 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Children of the Dixons are Delbert
Dixon, Lindbergh Dixon, Jake
Dixon. Lane Dixon, Mrs. Peggy
Tinsley, Mrs. Marilyn Hamrick and
Mrs. Becky Patterson, all of Kings
Mountain, Dale Dixon of Raleigh
and Mrs. Jo Ann Lundquest of
Marlon, Ohio.
Mrs. Dixon was Central Methodist
Church's first Mother of the Year,
cited for this recognition three years
ago.