001 shut To salaried position * ae ry > - E SEL. Z Sah a » 0 5 . = IT to : / i 4 0, Te INeqih= i | 2 | “or - : d oS Dp Ost. o> VOLUME 95, NUMBER 24 THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1982 KINGS MOUNTAIN. NORTH CAF © < i = | < Parents Upset Over Class By GARY STEWART Editor Some parents are expected to attend the meeting of the Kings Mountain District Education Thursday to protest a teacher’s use of “street slang” words in a seventh grade health class at Central School. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at the School Ad- ministrative Building. Bruce and Martha Scism said they would request a spot on the agenda and ask the board to set guidelines on “how far a teacher can go” in teaching sex educa- tion. During the last two weeks of school, Central teacher Sherrill ‘Toney taught a Reproduction System course as part of the health curriculum. There were approximately 35 students—boys and girls-in the class. Board of A 12-year-old student, whose name is being withheld because of her age, said that on May 21 Toney wrote the scientific names of male and female sex organs and the scientific names of sex- ual acts on the blackboard, and asked the students to give the “street” names for those words. The student’s notes, which she took home and showed to her mother, included eight scientific terms, and beside those eight were 28 slang words. The stu- dent said none of the words were in the “Life Science”, the state- approved textbook which was ‘used for the course. The student said Toney also used the book “Facts of Love”, which she said Toney checked out of Mauney Memorial Library. She said that book in- cluded photographs of naked men and women and some of the students “gathered around. Mr. Toney’s desk” and looked at them. Toney refused to comment on the class and told Central Prin- cipal Glenda O’Shields that any comment he would have would have to come through Sandy Younce, an NEA-NCAE representative in Gastonia. Y ounce said he had no comment on the matter and suggested that John Gresham, an attorney in Charlotte, be contacted. Gresham’s office was called six times and he was reported out of the office each time. One call was made to his home and a man who answered the phone said “he’s at the office.” : Mrs. O’Shields, who said she approved of Toney teaching the class and using the slang words, said Toney used the words to en- courage the students to use the scientific terms. “Mr. Toney was trying to get across to the class for the students not to use the slang words but to use the scientific terms,” Mrs. O’Shields said. The student said Toney also told the class during the two days that they studied the terms that that was his reason for using the words. Mrs. O’Shields said Toney came to her before the class began and told her he would be including those words in the course. “We didn’t discuss the exact . methods” of how the course would be taught, she said, “but I didn’t see anything wrong with it. Those words are words we don’t want the students using and this was the idea behind it.” Mrs. O’Shields said other such courses have been taught in the past, but said she was not ‘real sure” if such words had been us- ed before. She said she had never before received a complaint on any of the classes and had turned the Scisms’ complaint over to School Superintendent William Davis. Asked if she would allow another such class taught in the future, and, if so, would the same terms be used, she said, “We will follow whatever policy Mr. Davis decides on.” Mrs. O’Shields said her biggest concern was that the child’s parents did not complain to her. The parents of the child said _ they did not complain directly to the school because of fear of em- barrassment to their child. They said they would like to attend Thursday’s school board meeting but have been told that if they speak out during an open meeting, their names would be printed in the newspapers. “We don’t know many people here,” the father said, “and that’s why we asked Bruce and Martha to see if they could do something about it.” The parents said they gave their daughter permission to take the course. “But,” the mother said, “we thought it would be ‘similar to what she had seen in the fifth grade when all the girls were shown a film on menstrua- tion. If I had known such words as these would be included, I would not have allowed her to take the course.” The woman said she con- sidered taking her daughter out of the class after seeing her notes, “but Toney said the last three things covered would be Turn To Page 10-A Foote Mineral, Great Dominion Cut Back By GARY STEWART . Editor The sluggish economy has resulted in recent layoffs at two industries in the Kings Moun- tain area, but officials of both companies hope brighter days will be ahead. ~ Foote Mineral Company, one of Kings Mountain’s most stable industries for a number of years, is operating at a 25 percent reduction and has eliminated 12 By GARY STEWART Editor Grover Town Council is con- sidering a $100,250 budget for fiscal year 1982-83. Mayor Bill McCarter went over the detailed budget with commissioners during Monday’s regular monthly meeting at Town Hall. The biggest slice of the budget will go to the police department. Salaries of Police Chief Mike Brown and one patrolman will ‘be $21,203.28. The next highest department expense will be Great Dominion Corporation, which opened earlier this year, recently had cutbacks in both plant and office personnel, but President Robert Dickens says he foresees no additional cuts and expects to call back some employees in the near future. Larry Wood, personnel manager, and Walter Cooke, plant manager at Foote Mineral, said that company has gone to a work 10 days-off and $20,000 in interest from sav- ings accounts. Other department budgets in- clude Administrative, $9,306.18; Fire Department, $6,613.80; Streets, $12,036.70; Sidewalks, $2,000; Street Lighting, $4,155; Sanitation, $11,800; Non- department expenses, $3,018.78; Cemetery, $500; Donations, $2,500; Dues, $514; Town Hall, $3,792.14; Legal Services, $2,800; Committees, $2,220; Contingency Fund, $1,433.12; Sewer System, $2,000; Public Buildings and Inspections, $125; four days employees.Employees are off one week out of every four. Many of the employees, Wood said, have vacation time built up and take those weeks as vacation. Those who do not have built-up vacation time are allowed to sign up for unemploy- ment compensation. The work schedule, Wood said, has been reduced by 25 per- cent. He feels Foote will have no ‘additional cutbacks and will be pense, $500 for legal expense, $300.80 for insurance, $237 for lines, $63.80 for . workman’s compensation, $2,000 for equip- ment maintenance and repair, $100 for bad debts, $8,820.03 for bond expense, $263.80 for contingency fund, and $12,638.00 for capital outlay. The budget will be placed in the office of Town Hall until June 21, when the board will meet again to officially adopt the budget. In other action Monday, the board: gasoline ($3,000) and the next Transfers to Utility Fund, *Held a public hearing for highest will be salaries for two $5,000; and Town Maintenance, comments on how to spend school crossing guards ($2,592). $500. $5,000 in revenue sharing funds The budget, McCarter said, McCarter said the Utility for 1982-83. After no citizens of- reflects a five percent pay raise for town employees and the cur- rent tax rate of 23 cents per $100 valuation will be maintained. . McCarter said the town ex- pects $30,000 income from taxes, $9,350 in Powell Bill funds, $5,000 in Revenue Shar- ing funds, $14,000 in sales tax Fund budget will be $35,888. In- come is expected from water, $23,000; a Clean Water Bond Grant, $7,888; and Revenue Sharing funds, $5,000. Expenditures include $3,772.22 for salaries, $6,506.92 for operating expense, $586.20 for phone, $900 for office. ex- Bumgardner Selected To Head New Committee C. Ross Baumgardner, disabl- ed veteran, has been selected to chair Greater Kings Mountain Area’s Community Partnership Committee, established to work with the National Office on Disability. “Our Community Partnership Committee firmly supports the goal of promoting full participa- tion of disabled persons in the life of our society, which has been adopted as the theme of the National Year of Disabled Per- sons,” Baumgardner said. The Committee represents a broad cross-section of Kings Mountain Citizens dedicated to promote the “full participation” Jackson was rushed by “It’s the least we could do for friends and neighbors Nevette to ma Aim i waring fhe i improving the quality of life of of the 35 million Americans with ~~ helicopter from Gastonia to this good man who has been a and Carrie Hughes, John B. and distor om z is gure o be i disabled persons. The members physical or mental disabilities in Duke. fine neighbor and friend for all Mary Barber, Bud and Becky Huffman. He drives his care l are: David Hannah, Mike Monroe, Mae Blackwood, Christine Morrison, the Rev. L. K. Fannin, Charles Price, Robin King, Ethel Bush, Walter Mor- rison, Beatrice Ham, Anne Far- ris and Mrs. Dorothy Mowry. An advisory committee has also been formed to assist on pro- jects. The committee will meet July 19 at 7 p.m. in the Depot Center to begin the process of setting goals and selecting programs. The Community Partnership Program is the National Office on Disability’s effort to en- courage communities to set locally appropriate goals and commit themselves to short and long term programs to achieve those goals. The National Office on Disability, located in Washington, D. C., is a non- profit organization formed to our national and community life, and to carry on.the momentum of the National Year Of Disabl- ed Persons. The National Office on Disability cooperates closely with private organizations as well as government agencies. Interested citizens who wish further information may contact Baumgardner at 739-5938. fered input, Mayor McCarter announced the funds would be used to connect the city’s water system onto the Kings Mountain water system. Later in the meeting the board approved a water purchase con- tract with the City of Kings Mountain. Grover will purchase up to 250,000 gallons of water per day at a cost of 57.42 cents per 1,000 gallons. Turn To Page 2-A KM Man Injured At Plant Surgeons at Duke Hospital in Durham are trying to save the right arm of a 19-year-old Kings Mountain man who was injured in an accident at Carmet In- * dustries Tuesday. Sherrill “Jack” Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stoney Jackson, had his right arm severed at the shoulder when it was caught in a ' wrapping machine. His parents were in Durham Tuesday and Wednesday and could not be reached. The hospital was not releasing any in- formation. A member of the family said the arm was re-attached and the blood was circulating into the hand, and there is a good chance the arm will be saved. days a week, 24 hours a day) within three to five months. The reduction, he said, is due to the economy in general, high interest rates and a drastic: cut- back in the production of aluminum. “Of course, you don’t know what will happen,” Wood said, “but we hope this does not last over three to five months.” “Cooke said this is Foote’ first - AQ 91 HAMBRIGHT HONORED Dewitt Ham- bright, 88, the oldest citizen of the Dixon Com- munity near Kings Mountain, was honored Saturday at a surprise birthday party at the more cutbacks,” he said. “We're looking for the market to im- prove.” Foote employs about 260 peo- ple. The Great Dominion Cor- poration’s future took a big turn for the better last week when it was notified that it had been young company’s biggest project to date." Great Dominion has $18 million worth of bids out with defense contracts. “If we can survive the next four months we will survive and grow,” Dickens said. “It’s a tough time right now but our potential is better than it ever has been. If our bank cooperat, and honors dit, w Photo by Lib Stewart home of one of his neighbors, Ted Huffman. Hambright is pictured here with his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Cline. ].N. Hughes, third from left, and Ted Huffman, right. ‘D’ Still Hunting R. Dewitt Hambright celebrated his 88th birthday by joining neighbors on a fox- hunting trip last week, a reminder of those “good ole days” when he rode his horse with 30 dogs or more at his heels. : “I rode in a truck this time”, said Dewitt, as he talked about his hobby at a surprise get-to- gether hosted by neighbors Ted and Ginger Huffman and family Saturday at the Huffman home in the Dixon Community. “Ted told me to come over this morning to look at some goats and I had no idea he had planned a birthday party for me”, said Dewitt. our lives”, said Huffman. Grow- ing up in a large family of brothers and sisters, Ted said he recalled many fond memories of the Hambright family. “I hope “D” doesn’t tell on us”, he said, as they laughed about all the fox hunting and watermelon slicings that had occurred during the years the Huffman children grew up near the Hambright farm. A lifelong resident of the Dix- on Community, Dewitt is the son of the late David R. and Mary Anne Dixon Hambright and is a direct descendant of Col- onel . Frederick Hambright, Revolutionary War hero at the Battle of Kings Mountain. He is an Elder and oldest member of Dixon Presbyterian Church. His wife was the late Alda Royster. Hambright’s daughter, Aleene Hambright Cline, and her hus- band, Ralph Cline, of Charlotte, were also present for the party Saturday along with longtime Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Kish Hambright and daughter, Nancy and Sam Hewitt and family, Donna Huffman and family and the Ted Huffman family. Mr. Hambright’s granddaughter, Paula (Mrs. Jerry) Wellborn of Deep Gap, N.C. and their three children, Donna, Ben and Bob- by, were unable to attend. A retired farmer, Mr. Ham- bright’s birthday was last Tues- day, June 1. Like all fox hunting enthusiasts, Dewitt Hambright enjoys the chase. “We never try . to catch a fox”, he laughed. And Ted Huffman said he could recall the fund that his neighbor always had during those fox hunts. “We could hear those dogs all over the communi- ty”, he said and Dewitt had a horn that he used to blow which had the loudest sound. We always knew when D and his buddies were going hunting.” Dewitt Hambright at 88 belies his age but he does require a case church on Sunday and does his own housework and cooking. “My neighbors have always been good to me”, said Dewitt, “And I really appreciate them.” Ted Huffman said the felling of friendship is mutual. “Dewitt is the best”, he says. a

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