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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1982
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Lineberger Resigns School Board Seat
By GARY STEWART
Editor
The Kings Mountain District
Board of Education Monday
night accepted the resignation of
board member Harold
Lineberger, but postponed nam-
ing his replacement until Mon-
day at 5 p.m.
Lineberger, who has served
almost three years of his six-year
term, is moving to Dallas, where
he owns and operates a farm. He
will continue to own land and
help operate a farm in Kings
KM United
Fund Drive
Beginning
Kings Mountain United Fund
will kickoff its 1983 campaign
with a luncheon Monday at
noon at the Holiday Inn.
Goal for this year’s drive is
$66,000. The campaign raised
over $70,000 last year.
Pat Cheshire, chairman, said
the $66,000 budget “is a very
challenging goal.”
Lavon Strickland is president
of the United Fund.
“We are trying to be op-
timistic while being realistic,”
Ms. Strickland said. “We would
like to fund all the agencies 100
percent this year but this was
just not possible. With the
economic situation as it is, the
Board of Directors had an ex-
tremely tough job this year. We
are all volunteers and we need
everyone's help to meet our goal
this year.”
The United Fund benefits a
number of local, county and
state agencies but the majority
of the money raised goes to peo-
ple in the Kings Mountain area.
Allocations for 1983 are as
follows: Arthritis Foundation
$847; Epilepsy Association of
North Carolina $402; Children’s
Home Society $1,301; Florence
Critterton Services $755; United
Health Services $736; Research
Fund of North Carolina $456;
North Carolina United Way
$987; Hospice of North Carolina
$146; American Social Health
Association $98; International
Social Services $18; National
Council on Aging $49;
Cleveland County Chapter of
the American Red Cross
$13,000; Boy Scouts, Piedmont
Council $6,200; Girl Scouts,
Pioneer Council $7,000; Grover
Rescue Squad $5,000; Kings
Mountain Rescue Squad $5,000;
Cleveland County Shelter Home
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Mountain, but School Board
Policy requires that a member
reside in the school district.
Board Chairman June Lee
said Lineberger’s replacement
will serve until next November,
the date the next school board
election takes place. At that
time, someone will be elected to
fill the following two years of his
term.
~The one-year appointment is
necessary because of State Law,
which states that in cases of
resignation, local boards shall ap-
point someone to serve until the
date of the next election.
One outside the city seat (Bill
McDaniel’s) and one inside the
city seat (Kyle Smith’s) will be up
for election next year. With
Lineberger’s seat also coming up
for election for two years only,
there is some question as to what
will determine who gets the six-
year term and who gets the two-
year term.
Superintendent Bill Davis said
it is his opinion that outside the
city candidates must declare
which seat they are seeking.
However, Kay Webb of the
State Attorney General’s Office
said that decision should be left
up to the County Elections
Board.
The last person to be ap-
pointed to the board, Tip Francis
of Grover, was appointed to
serve the remaining three years
of the six-year term of Holmes
Harry. Francis served an ap-
pointed term from 1968 until
1971 and was then elected for
six more years.
Ms. Webb said the State Law
on school board appointees was
originally enacted in 1955 and
has been amended several times
since. Supt. Davis said he could
not explain why Francis was ap-
pointed for three years. “I was
not here then,” he said, “and I
don’t know if the law has been
amended or not.” vs
Terri Jones of the County
Elections Board said the County
Elections Board has no policy on
handling such a situation. But
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RECEIVE ' GRANT - Mauney Memorial
Library has received a $10,000 grant from the
Kings Mountain Centennial Celebration Com-
mission. The money will be used to microfilm
copies of the Kings Mountain Herald. Kings
Herndon.
- Mountain Mirror and other material about the
Photo by Gary Stewart
city. Mrs. W.T. Weir, second from left, is pic-
tured presenting the check to Library Director
Maryjane Carbo. Looking on at left are
Charles Mauney and at right is Mrs. June
KM Library
Gets $10,000
The Executive Board of the
Kings Mountain Centennial
Commission Monday presented
a check for $10,000 to the J.S.
Mauney Memorial Library for
the purpose of preserving some
of the history of Kings Moun-
tain.
The grant will enable Mauney
Library to microfilm past issues
of the Kings Mountain
. Herald, the Mirror-Herald and
other documents of historical in-
terest. The library also plans to
purchase a microfilm reader-
printer in order to make this
material available to the public.
“It is an important and
generous gift,” said Maryjane
Carbo, director of the library.
“This microfilming project is
something the library has been
trying to do for years. Our copies
of the newspaper (Which go back
to 1947) are deteriorating badly.
It would be a shame to see all of |
that lost. This project will serve
as a good foundation for
building a microfilm collection
of local historical and
genealogical interest.”
The library is currently in the
process of collecting copies of
past issues of the Herald.
“There are some gaps in our col-
lection which the Herald office 1
has promised to help us fill.
What we’re looking for now are
- issues dated before 1947.”.
Citizens interested in donating
copies of the Herald may bring
‘them to the public library, which
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Mountaineer Days October 7-9
Mountaineer Days, co-
sponsored by the Kings Moun-
tain Fire Department and Kings
Mountain Merchants Associa-
tion, will be observed October
79.
Highlight of the event will be
a Revolutionary War era
costume contest to be held at 7
p.m. October 7 in the downtown
area.
Any persons interested in
entering the contest should con-
tact the Kings Mountain Fire
Department at 739-2592, and
ask for Chief Gene Tignor,
Chairman Ronnie Hawkins or
Co-Chairman Charles “Pete”
Peterson.
There will be competition for
males and females in five
categories, including ages
12-under, ages 13-17, ages 18-30,
ages 31-60 and 61-over. Con-
testants will be judged on the
most original costume.
Winners of the contest will be
honored guests of the Kings
Mountain Fire Department in
the annual Christmas Parade,
and they will lead off the parade.
Preceding the contest will be
an invocation by a local minister
and a message on the founding
of Kings Mountain and the Bat-
tle of Kings Mountain by Mayor
John Henry Moss. Following
the contest, the popular
bluegrass band “The Lincoln
County Partners” will play for a
street dance. :
Jonas Bridges, station
manager of WKMT in Kings
Mountain, will be master of
ceremonies. Judges will be
selected from the Frederick
Hambright Chapter of the DAR,
the Kings Mountain Merchants
Frances Goforth Dies
As a little girl in her native
North Dakota and as a teenager
and high school student in Kings
Mountain, Frances Goforth’s
main desire was to entertain peo-
ple. ;
It was the fulfillment of a
lifelong dream when she went to
New York in 1943 to perform
on Broadway.
After 38 years as an actress
and writer, Miss Goforth return-
ed home in the fall of 1981 after
learning she had cancer. She had
long since given up acting but
said she would continue to write
“as long as I live.”
She died Friday at Gaston
Memorial Hospital at the age of
65.
She became serious about
Broadway while a student at the
University of North Carolina,
where she met Dr. Howard
Richardson, author of “Dark of
the Moon.”
Following graduation, Ms.
Goforth taught school in
Bessemer City briefly. She was
employed as an assistant clerk at
the Kings Mountain City Hall
when Richardson called her and
‘asked her to come to Cambridge,
Mass., to take a part in “Dark of
the Moon.”
While acting and writing, Miss
FRANCES GOFORTH
Goforth worked days at Saks
Fifth Avenue in New York. She
co-authored several plays with
Dr. Richardson, including
“Catch On the Wing”, “Arc of
Safety”, “Evening Star” and Set
For Life.” :
She toured with “Dark of the
Moon” with 10 different sum-
mer stock companies, perform-
ing in theatres ‘in Virginia,
Maine, Massachusetts and Penn-
sylvania.
Because of her small-town
background, most of her plays
dealt with small towns and
folklore. She donated all of her
profits from “Evening Star” to
senior citizens programs.
Throughout her 38-year ac-
ting and writing career, Miss
Goforth said she always thought
about home and was always con-
cerned about her family and
friends here.
When she returned to Kings
Mountain, she moved into the
same home at 207 East King
Street in which she lived as a
young girl.
Miss Goforth was the
daughter of the late R.D. and
Florence Morrow Goforth. She
was a member of First
Presbyterian Church and the
Writers Guild of America.
She is survived by a brother,
Eugene Goforth of Kings Moun-
tain, and a sister, Mrs. Walt
(Mildred) Myers of Kings Moun-
tain,
Services were conducted Sun-
day at 4:30 p.m. at Harris
Funeral Home chapel by the
Rev. William Tyson and the
Rev. Eric Faust. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Association, Kings Mountain
Herald, WKMT and the Kings
‘Mountain Fire Department.
“The Lincoln County Part-
ners”, fresh from an engagement
' at the World’s Fair in Knoxville,
Tenn., are based in Clairmont,
N.C., but two of their members—
bassest Bob Ford and banjoest
Jerry Edmonson-rteside in Kings
Mountain.
The “Green Hornet”, as they
call their motor home, travels
many miles each year taking the
group to several states. The
group has been playing bluegrass
music for 29 years. The Partners
recently released a new album,
“Waters So Cold.”
Other members of the group
are Tommy Killian, Luther
Chandler and J.D. Setzer.
Ronnie Hawkins, Moun-
taineer Days Chairman, urges all
citizens of Kings Mountain and
surrounding areas to participate
in the activities and “help us con-
SIGNS PROCLAMATION - Mayor John Henry
Moss, center, proclaims Thursday. Friday and
Saturday as Lions Club Candy Sale Days as
Lions President Howard Bryant, left, and Can-
tinue to celebrate an occasion
that our founders have done for
years.”
Any persons interested in
volunteering their time to help
with the celebration should con-
tact Hawkins.
There will be no charges for
entering the contests nor will
there be any admittance charges.
Any donations received during
the celebration and from sales of
concessions will go to the Kings
Mountain Toys For Tots Pro-
gram, which provides needy
children of the area toys for
Christmas.
Waffle House
Open
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Photo by Gary Stewart
The Board of Commissioners
Monday night adopted a resolu-
tion proclaiming October 7, 8
and 9 as Mountaineer Days. The
resolution reads:
“Whereas, the Kings Moun-
tain Merchants Association and
the Kings Mountain Fire
Department desire to keep alive
for the citizens of the communi-
ty and surrounding areas the
traditions and history associated
with Kings Mountain; and
“Whereas, the Kings Moun-
tain Merchants Association and
the Kings Mountain Fire
Department have planned a
series of events in celebration of
the history of Kings Mountain;
“Now, therefore, be it resolv-
ed by the Mayor and Board of
Commissioners in regular session
on thsi 13th day of September,
1982, that October 7, 8 and 9,
1982, are hereby declared
Mountaineer Days in Kings
Mountain, North Carolina.”
dy Sale chairman Bill Stone look on. Lions
will be at area shopping center asking dona-
tions for their White Cane project. which
benefits the blind.
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