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VOLUME 95, NUMBER 35
Street projects received most
of the attention during a brief
meeting of the Kings Mountain
Board of Commissioners Mon-
day night at the Governmental
Services Facilities Center.
In separate matters, the board
discussed widening several
streets in the area of Kings
Mountain Hospital and Kings
Mountain Convalescent Center,
requested the North Carolina
Department of Transportation
to re-surface nine streets that
were damaged in connection
with the construction of the
Highway 74 bypass, and approv-
ed a resolution of intent to close
Webb Street between Lynn
- Street and the Highway 74
bypass.
The board received a petition =
from about 50 percent of the
property owners in the area of
the hospital and convalescent
home, asking that the city im-
prove Sipes Street from Edge-
mont Drive to Sims Street.
Mayor John Henry Moss
presented the commissioners
with a plan designed by the city’s
consulting engineers, the W.K.
Dickson Co., which also includ-
ed improvements to Edgemont
Drive.
Moss said traffic in the area
has been increased due to the re-
cent expansion of Kings Moun-
tain Hospital: Property owners
and representatives of the
hospital are asking for a 40-feet
street for Sims, but the W.K.
50-feet street, which would in-
clude a 44-feet street and three-
feet sidewalks.
Mayor Moss said the city
would have to acquire additional
right of way from the hospital
and some property owners. He
plans to work with property
owners and bring the matter
back to the board at its next
‘meeting.
The city is considering widen-
ing Edgemont from Boyce
Memorial A.R.P. Church to
Sipes Street, and also plans to
curb and gutter both streets.
Curb and gutter--but not
widening—is planned for Sipes
Street from Sims to Goforth.
Moss said the sidewalks could
be optional but would be nice for
residents of the Convalescent
Center, who walk along Sipes
Street for exercise.
On a motion by Norman King
and second by Jim Dickey, the
board voted unanimously to re-
quest that the State Department
of Transportation re-surface
nine streets which have been
damaged due to increased detour
traffic because of work on the
Highway 74 bypass.
The streets include Highway
74 from Castlewood to the
Gaston County line; Walker
Street from Cansler to Gantt;
Fulton Street from Cansler to
Piedmont; Ramseur Street from
Fulton to Bridges; Gantt Street
Dickson Co. is proposing a
from Bridges to McGinnis;
Conner Jury
‘The jury was out Wednesday
in the tiial of Don/Cenngr of
Kings Mountain, who is charged
with attempting to hire a fellow
inmate at the McDowell Coun-
try Prison to kill Gaston County
Sheriff C.L. “Sarge” Waldrep.
The state and defense rested
their cases late Tuesday and
summation arguments were
scheduled for Wednesday morn-
ing.
Conner, who is serving 18 to
20 years for the attempted bom-
bing of Waldrep’s home in April
of 1979, is accused of offering
Ernest James Lyall of Sparta
$10,000 and a Ford truck to kill
Waldrep.
Lyall, who has been transfer-
red from the McDowell unit to
an undisclosed unit, said Conner
made the offer in March and
raised it to $20,000 in May after
Conner failed to make honor-
grade prisoner and blamed
Waldrep for that failure.
Lyall said he turned down the
offer, but then changed his mind
and told Conner he would kill
Waldrep. Instead, he said he told
Waldrep of the alleged plot.
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He testified that he wrote a
letter to Waldrep telling him that
he needed to talk to him, and the
two talked on June 9 in Central
Prison, where Lyall was being
treated for ulcers.
Conner was charged on June
16 following an SBI investiga-
tion.
Another prisoner, James Self
of Georgia, testified that Conner
also talked to him about killing
Waldrep.
During Tuesday’s testimony,
the defense presented six in-
mates who testified that Lyall
concocted the story in order to
get an early release from prison.
Lyall said he was refused
parole when he came up for
review in March, but he denied
that he made up the story to get
Waldrep’s help in seeking early
release.
HOT DOG SALE
Kings Mountain Fire Depart-
ment will sponsor a hot dog sale
at the Kings Mountain Fire
Museum Saturday. The museum
is located on Cleveland Avenue
beside the Kings Mountain
Community Center.
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SHRINE OFFICERS - Pictured above are the
officers of the White Plains Shrine Club,
which was organized here last week and will
be chartered September 15. Seated, left to
right, are Tom Tate, treasurer: Tom Tindall,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1982
Road Work!
Board Considers Three Street Projects
Bridges Street from Cansler to
Ramseur; Linwood Road from
Phillips Street to Cleveland
Avenue; Fairview Street from
Piedmont to Linwood Road; and
Phenix Street from Linwood to
its dead end.
Mayor Moss said the increas-
ed traffic and heavy construc-
tion equipment which have used
the roads have had a “destruc-
tive result on these streets which
were not designed for heavy
truck usage.”
Walt Ollis, a city employee,
said Phenix Street has been
demolished 100 percent because
of the construction of the
bypass.
The board also unanimously
approved the resolution of intent
to close Webb Street between
Lynn Street and the bypass. The
board called for a public hearing
at 7:30 p.m. September 27 to
receive citizen input and in-
structed City Clerk Joe
McDaniel to submit a copy of
the resolution to each property
owner on the street.
In other action Monday, the
board:
*Authorized advertisement
for bids for a container truck for
the Sanitation Department.
* Authorized advertisement
for bids for police cars.
~ *Approved a resolution of
support of the newly-organized
White Plains Shrine Club.
Conner testified that he had
never offered to pay anyone to
shoot Waldrep. “I didn’t have
the money to offer anyone,”
Conner said.
Conner’s wife, Betty, testified
that she has become debt-ridden
since Conner was sentenced to
prison. She testified that she
earns the minimum wage for
working at a Shelby restaurant
and her home is mortgaged to
pay lawyer fees. She said she has
been on food stamps since last
April.
She said her husband has
never owned a 1965 truck.
Steve Thompson of Gaston
County, who was serving time in
the McDowell prison, said he
talked with Lyall on June 16
after Lyall checked into the
prison unit.
“He said he was setting Don
Conner up to get out,” Thomp-
son said. “He said he hated to do
it to the man, but that it was his
only out and that he was going
to take it.”
If convicted, Conner could
face up to 10 years in prison.
vice-president; Paul Falls, president; and Mar-
vin Biddix. director. Back row, left to right,
Dwight Chapman, director; Russell Falls,
secretary: Sam Caveny, director; and Bobby
Tomlinson, director.
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Grover Police Chief Mike
Brown resigned his position
Monday after 22 months on the
job, leaving the town without
police protection.
Brown, Grover’s third chief in
five years, said he plans to take a
job in private business.
Brown said he resigned his
$12,300-a-year position because
of the town council’s “inability
to see the police department’s
needs, not on my own personal
needs.”
Brown further stated that the
commissioners “are not keeping
the best interest of the citizens of
the town of Grover in mind in
their handling of the police
department.” :
The administration recently
terminated the employment of
policeman Derek Johnson and
reserve officer Kenneth An-
thony.
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Shriners
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Thursday
White Plains Shrine Club was
officially organized Thursday
night at a dinner meeting of the
charter members at Hank’s
Steak House.
Paul Falls was elected the first
president of the new club and
other officers are Thomas D.
Tindall, vice-president; Russell
Falls, secretary; and Tom Tate,
treasurer. Senior directors are
Bobby Tomlinson, Dwight
Chapman, Sam Caveny and
Marvin Biddix.
State Senator J. Ollie Harris
was guest speaker at Thursday’s
organizational meeting and
Calvin Gaddy, Recorder for
Oasis Temple of Charlotte,
presided at the election of of-
ficers. The club also approved
by-laws for operation and set an-
nual dues at $10.00.
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Dr. William Lawrence
Mauney, 68, of 704 West Moun-
tain Street, Kings Mountain,
died Thursday night at Kings
Mountain Hospital after several
months illness.
A native of Cleveland Coun-
ty, he was the son of the late R.
Lawrence and Jennie Grace
Redfern Mauney. He was
Cleveland County’s first
podiatrist and practiced here for
42 years. He was former presi-
dent of the North Carolina
Podiatry Society, vice president
and director of Sadie Cotton Mill
and former vice president of
Bonnie Mill.
He was educated in the Kings
Mountain school system and
Fisburne Military School in
Waynesboro, Va. In 1936, he
graduated from Temple Univer-
sity School of Chiropody in
Philadelphia, Pa. Following
graduation, he did a year of post-
graduate study at The Illinois
College of Podiatric Medicine.
In 1947, after serving in World
War 11, he established practice in
Kings Mountain and Shelby.
He entered the U.S. Navy in
August of 1943 and was attach-
ed to the Naval Hospital Corp.
Later, he was transferred to the
First Marine Divison, 5th Regi-
ment and Headquarters Com-
pany of the 1st Battallion with
whom he served in the
Southwest Pacific. He was in ac-
tive combat during the
"Okinawan campaign and was
‘later sent to Peking, China, with
the same division for occupa-
tional duty and acceptance of
the Japanese surrender for the
Chinese government. Before
that mission was completed, Dr.
Mauney received orders to be
returned to the Navy. He was
discharged in 1946.
Dr. Mauney retired after 42
years of practice in Cleveland
County, during which time he
was active in the North Carolina
Podiatry Association. He held
the office of secretary-treasurer
and President of the Association.
In 1980, he was given a Life
Membership.
He was an active member of
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Services Held Saturday
For Dr. William Mauney
of Kings Mountain and
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St. Matthew Lutheran Church,
where he served as Councilman,
the Lutheran:
Brotherhood and Sunday School:
President of
teacher.
In 1975, Dr. Mauney was.
awarded the Service Cross of
Honor by the William Wilson:
Allen Chapter of the United
Daughters of Confederacy of
Shelby. He was a member of the:
North Carolina Jaycees, Kings:
Mountain Kiwanis Club, Fair-:
view Masonic Lodge No. 339
AF. and A:M., Carolina Con-:
sistry, Oasis Shrine Temple,’
American Legion and Veterans:
of Foreign Wars.
He was twice married, to Billie:
Louise Black Mauney, who died
in 1951, and Elizabeth Fisher:
Winget Mauney, who survives.
Other survivors include two
sons, Captain William Lawrence:
Mauney Jr. of Shaw Air Force;
Base, S.C., and Dr. Charles Jef-:
ferson Mauney of Kings Moun-:
tain; one sister, Mrs. Winnie!
Vera Still of Kings Mountain;:
and two grandchildren.
Services were conducted
Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Mat-
thews Lutheran Church by the
Rev. Harwood Smith and the
Rev. L. Glenn Cloninger.
Memorials may be made to
the Shriners Hospital for Crippl-
ed Children, in care of Oasis
Temple, 321 South Tryon Street,
Charlotte, N.C.; or to the
American Cancer Society.
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