J
Bay
!
vod
cr
rl tied Su
778", «SY & _—
&
Pp Fat
ghHhUTY
*st00'1
A
MA =
CCU
¢
VOL. 96 NUMBER 3
DSA WINNER - Larry Hamrick Jr., left, President of the Kings
Mountain Jaycees, presents the Distinguished Service Award
to Ronnie Hawkins at Monday night's DSA Banquet at the Holi-
day Inn. Hawkins is co-manager of Harris Funeral Home and is
‘involved in a number of community activities.
ah “adel
ial Hor placed ¥a “For/
Information”, call the’
THURS. JAN. 13
Dr. David McDaniel of Kings
Mountain will discuss recent ad-
vances in visual care at the week-
ly meeting of the Kings Moun-
tain Kiwanis Club at the Holi-
day Inn.
SAT. JAN. 15
The Chestnut Ridge
Volunteer Fire Department will
‘ell hot dogs and french fries
Saturday from 11 a.m. until 3
p.m. For carry out orders call
739-1416. For more information
call 7394060 or 739-5853. Pro-
ceeds will be used to purchase
fire equipment.
SUN., JAN. 16
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer
Fire Department will sell
chicken dinners (chicken, slaw,
potato wedge and bread) Sunday
from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. at
Bob and Shirley’s Mini Mart of
Highway 161. All proceeds go to
the fire department.
MON. JAN. 17
The Bethware Progressive
Club will meet at 7 p.m. at
Bethware School.
TUES., JAN. 18
The Kings Mountain Board of
Education will meet at 7:30 p.m.
at the School Administration
Building.
m—
“For
Y our
1 NFORMATION
>
; |
{i
$ Rev. ussol Fitts, Emad
pastor of Bethlehem Baptist
Church, vill be the guest speaker
XL
“at’the annual Chamber of Com-
Association
merce/Merchants
banquet at 7 p.m. at the Holiday
Inn. Tickets are $8 each and
may be obtained by calling the
Chamber of ~Commerce/Mer-
chants Association at 739-505 Ek:
THURS., JAN. 20
Central School teachers will be
available for parent conferences
until 7:30 p.m. at the school.
Anyone wishing to talk to
teachers should call the school at
739-3641 and make an appont-
ment.
SAT., JAN. 29
The Chestnut Ridge
Volunteer Fire Department will
sponsor a spaghetti supper Sat.,
Jan. 29 from $ until 8 p.m. at the
fire department. Spaghetti, toss-
ed salad, bread and beverages
will be sold.
Bloodmobile
Visit Set :
The Cleveland County Red
Cross bloodmebile will be at
First Baptist Church on Fri.,
Feb. 4 from 12:30 until 6 p.m.
All Kings Mountain schools,
PTOs, civic clubs and other
organizations are asked to
recruit new donors.
Jeffrey Jerome Byers
Dies Of Gunshot Wound
A Kings Mountain man died
Friday night after being shot
while visiting friends at Mauney
Trailer Park near Cherryville.
Jeffrey Jerome Byers, 23, died
of a single gunshot wound to the
chest, according to Gaston
County police.
Charged with murder was
Willie Lee Wray of 969 Mobile
Lane, Gastonia. ;
According to police, the two
men were arguing. Byers was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
Byers, a resident of Route 3,
Was a native of Gaston County
and the son of Mr. and Mrs.”
Jessie R. Byers of Kings Moun-
tain.
He is also survived by a
brother, Evesta Byers of
Gastonia; three sisters, Francis
Griggs of Kings Mountain, Betty
Brooks of Lincolnton and
Crystal Parks of Monterey,
Calif.
He was a member of Oak
Grove AM.E. Zion Church,
where services were conducted
Wednesday by the Rev. Charles
Turner. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1983 -
J aycee Awards Given
Hawkins DSA
By GARY STEWART
Editor
Ronnie Hawkins, co-manager
of Harris Funeral Home, receiv-
ed the Kings Mountain Jaycees
Distinguished Service Award at
the annual Jaycee DSA Banquet
Monday night at the Holiday
Inn.
Larry Hamrick Jr., Jaycee
president, made the presenta-
tion.
Other award winners included
Kevin Bolin and David Peeler,
Outstanding Young Teenagers;
Eddie Leftwich, Outstanding
Young Firefighter; Richard
Byers, Outstanding Young
Rescuer; Tommy Bridges, Boss
of the Year; Joel Rountree,
Outstanding Young Educator;
and Bob Myers, Outstanding
Former Jaycee Award.
Carl Stewart of Gastonia,
former State Legislator, was
guest speaker.
Hawkins, 30, is active in a
number of community activities.
He serves in the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad, Kings Mountain
Fire Department and is a
Mason. He is a member of First
Presbyterian Church. :
Hawkins was chairman of last
year’s Mountaineer Days
celebration, and is active in the
Fire Department’s Toys For
Tots program and other depart-
ment activities. He is married to
+ the former Libby Dye. j
Other nominees for the DSA
Award were Mark Wilson, 31,
and Jeff Jones, 24. Jones is
‘music at Kings
Te of
i SU ny Ha ot rel,
sav
JRE Salat LHe Caio;
whore he acs fofir choirs, and
is on the Board of Directors of
the Kings Mountain Boys Club.
Wilson is controller for Kings
Mountain Hospital and is active
in the Kiwanis Club and United
Way.
The Jaycees added the
Outstanding Teenager awards
this year. Kevin Bolin is an
Honor Roll student at Central
School, where he has won a
number of academic awards. He
is active in First Wesleyan
Church, where he has been in-
volved in a number of mission
programs, and is a Dixie Youth
baseball player.
Peeler is a senior at Kings
Mountain High School, where
he is involved in athletics and a
number of other extracurricular
activities, including SPO, Beta
Club, Key Club, and FCA. He
has been selected to Who’s Who
Among American High School
Students.
Other nominees were Heather
Bradshaw, a student at Central
School, and Donna Wright, a
senior at KMHS.
Leftwich, a volunteer with the
Kings Mountain Fire Depart-
tified Emergency Medical
Technician and scuba diver and -
is trained in CPR.
Bridges, owner of Bridges
Auto Parts, joined Charlie
Hamilton of First Citizens Bank
and Odus Smith of Western
KM Man
Charged
In Death
A Kings Mountain man has
been charged with the New
Year’s Day beating death of his
65-year-old mother-in-law.
David Earl Huffstetler, 37, of
Route 1, was charged Thursday
by the Gaston County Police.
He allegedly bludgeoned Edna
Powell, also of Route 1, on the
head and stole $200 from her
purse.
Huffstetler was arrested at the
Gaston County jail, where he
was being held on a variety of
charges, including an armed rob-
bery at a convenience store.
Mrs. Powell’s body was found
New Year’s Day in the kitchen
of her mobile home on N.C. 161
north of Kings Mountain.
Auto as winners of the Boss of
the Year Award. He is a deacon
at First Baptist Church, a direc-
tor of the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad, is a flight instruc-
tor and a captain in the Civil Air
Patrol.
Rountree, a native of Grover,
has been a social studies teacher
at Kings Mountain High School
since 1975. He is a graduate of
Davidson College and holds a
Master’s Degree from Ap-
palachian State University. He is
frniyie ry ; ti al i;
] 4 EA iS Ao) Ser
AWARD WINNERS - Pictured above are SX Award: Kevin
award winners at Monday night's Kings
Mountain Jaycees DSA Banquet. Left to right
are Bob Myers, Outstanding Former Jaycee
=
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NO}
a former instructor in the
Grover Summer Recreation pro-
gram and is active in Shiloh
Presbyterian Church, which he
ment, won the Outstanding
Firefighter Award over Pat
Witherspoon and John Wright,
who are both fulltime fire
department employees.
Byers was selected the
Outstanding Young Rescuer
over Jeff Cloninger, Russell Falls
and James Self. All are members
of the Kings Mountain Rescue
=
)
18
Teenager Age
ding Young Teenagers Age 16-18; and Joel
Rountree, Outstanding Young Educator.
98087¢
*DAY FUOWPDTJ
AxexqTT TeTIOWIW Aauney
Winner
Squad. Byers serves the squad as
Assistant Captain. He is a cer-
serves as a Ruling Elder.
Other nominees for the
Outstanding Young Educator
Award were Claudia Stroupe, a
fifth grade teacher at East
School; Susan Denton,
kindergarten teacher at North;
Ann Rudisill, third grade teacher
at West; Nancy Isenhour,
language arts teacher at Central;
Turn To Page 6-A
£2
David Peeler, Outsta-
Lake Bids Received
By GARY STEWART
Editor
The City Board of Commis-
sioners Monday night received
bids for the dam repair project at
Moss Lake.
The bids will now be forward-
ed to the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development for
its approval. Bids will probably
be awarded at the January 24
board meeting.
Bids were received from six
companies. The $400,000 repair
work will be done in three
phases, according to city
engineer Ralph D. “Buck”
Johnson of the W.K. Dickson
Company.
Phase one will include work in
the downstream side of the dam.
Johnson said it would include in-
stalling a sand filter around the
existing 60” drain pipe, ex-
cavating the creek to assure dry
construction, removing the
bulge and debris in the existing
pipe, lining the pipe with a 48”
pipe, grouting between the new
JAYCEE WINNERS - Tommy Bennett, left, of
the Kings Mountain Jaycees congratulates
three award winners at Monday night's DSA
liner and the existing pipe, and
repairing the dike near the en-
trance to the Water Treatment
Plant.
The low bid for that work was
$221,000 submitted by Trans
State Construction of Denver,
N.C.
Phase two, Johnson said, will
include work on the west side of
the pipe, which Johnson describ-
ed as the “weak side.” Work
would include removing excava-
tion around the pipe, removing
the plug, attaching a section of
pipe with a sheer gate to the end
of the improved pipe. and inser-
ting above-water controls to turn
the gate.
The low bid for that work was
$182,000 submitted by Evans,
Eller and Assocaites of
Statesville.
Phase three will include
removing trees and other growth
in the 15-acre area of the dam.
Low bid for that was $14,995
submitted by Evans, Eller and
Associates of Statesville.
Banquet at the Holiday Inn. Left to right are
If the three low bids are ac-
cepted, the total cost of the
repair work with be $417,995.
The city has a credit line on
$420,000 of surplus federal grant
money which has been approved
by HUD for use on the project.
The city will also have to pay
extra costs to the W.K. Dickson
Company for overseeing the pro-
ject. The board approved a con-
tract Monday night which calls
for a maximum figure of
$33,600 but allows for negotia-
tions if the project deadline of
270 days is not met.
Johnson told the board ‘that
his company will charge the city
2.2 times its actual labor costs
which will allow the company
“to pay for overhead, labor and
make some profit.” Johnson said
the Dickson company keeps a
running account of its actual
costs and will allow the city’s
auditor to look at its books if he
has any question.
Turn To Page 6-A
\
Eddie Leftwich, Outstanding Young Fireman;
Tommy Bridges, Boss of the Year; and Richard
Byers, Outstanding Young Rescuer.
ORT Se i Young. 9)
CAR