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A Kings Mountain. ABC elec-
tion will apparently be called in
the near future.
According to local reports,
petitions have been circulating
around town for several weeks
urging the City Board of Com-
missioners to call for an election.
Kings Mountain Mayor John
Henry Moss said that no one has
officially approached him for a
spot on the City Board agenda,
but he has heard the rumors.
The Cleveland County Elec-
tions Board said over 200 new
Kings Mountain voters have
been registered since June 1.
There were 4,548 voters names
on the books on December 3
compared to 4,386 on June 1.
Although that increase is less
than 200, a spokesman for the
Elections Board said the new
voters figures would be much
Grissom
To Head
Chamber
By RICK McDANIEL
The Kings Mountain
Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association held
their annual banquet Tuesday
night at the Holiday Inn.
William R. Grissom, Vice-
president of Goforth Plumbing,
was elected President of the
chamber by the board of Direc-
tors, and will serve a one-year
term.
The Rev. Russell Fitts was the
key-note speaker for the evening,
calling for cooperation between
board and member businesses
for betterment of the communi-
ty.
thrust of the chamber this year
will be a campaign to lure new
business and industry. to the
“area. The chamber presently has
75 member «businesses, and
Grissom is expecting several new
members in the first few months
of 1983.
Grissom takes the helm of the
»chamber at a time when local
nemplo ti at near record
Grissom stated that the main
‘Brian Bickley, 4
Dies Tuesday At Home
Charles Brian Bickley, 47, of
1301 Wales Road Kings Moun-
tain, died unexpectedly at his
home Tuesday afternoon. :
A native of Nottingham,
England, he was a former
employee of Reeves Brothers
Duplex International plant.
He is survived by his wife,
Pauline Brassington Bickley;
three sons, Lee Bickley of Fort
Hood, Tex., and Guy Bickley
and Brian Charles Bickley of the
home; and two sisters, Mrs.
Brenda Beck and Mrs. Bernice
Shaw, both of Nottingham,
England. ;
Funeral arrangements will be
announced by Harris Funeral
Home.
THURS., JAN. 20
The White Plain Shrine Club
will meet at 7 p.m. at Hank’s
Steak House.
THURS., JAN. 20
Ken Sloan of the Cleveland
County Boys Club will present a
program on the Kings Mountain
Chapter of the Boys Club at the
weekly meeting of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis Club at the
Holiday Inn.
THURS. JAN. 20
Central School teachers will
be available for parent con-
ferences until 7:30 p.m. at the
school. Anyone wishing to talk
to teachers should call the school
at 739-3641 and make an ap-
pointment.
MON., JAN. 24
The Kings Mountain
Woman’s Club will meet on
Monday evening with a Board
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I NFORMATION
meeting at 7:00 p.m. and the
regular meeting at 7:45 p.m. An
election of officers will be held.
The program will be presented
by Mrs. Steve Wells and is entitl-
ed “You Have What It Takes To
Communicate.”
SAT., JAN. 29
The Committee for the Disabl-
ed will sponsor a yard sale begin-
ning at 9 a.m. at the Depot
Center. Anyone with items to
donate should call 7399112 or
drop them off at the Disabled
Committee’s office at the Com-
munity Center.
SAT., JAN. 29
The Chestnut =’ Ridge
Volunteer Fire Department will
sponsor a spaghetti supper from
5 until 8 p.m. at the fire depart-
ment. Spaghetti, salad, bread
and beverages will be sold.
re
Committee
Organizes
The City of Kings Mountain's
Energy Committee held its
organizational meeting last Tues-
day night to begin planning how
to save the city and its citizens
thousands of dollars in energy
Costs.
A second meeting is scheduled
for next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers at the
Governmental Services Facilities
Center, at which time’'Chairman
Jim Dickey will charge six sub-
committees with the responsibili-
ty of putting the ideas into ac-
tion.
Subcommittees announced
today by Dickey include:
*Booklet: “Things To Do To
Conserve Energy”: Don Adams,
chairman; Dr. Scott Mayes, Jim
Dickey.
*Weatherization: Scott
Neisler, chairman; Hayes T.
Hayes, Walter Ollis, Gene
Waldrep.
*Public Information: William
Hager, chairman; Rev. Leroy
Cox, Jeff Grigg.
*Helpful Hint Card (for
homeowners): Ernest Rome,
chairman; Fred Dixon, W.K.
Mauney III, Jim Childers.
*Fuel Assistance: Burris
Ramey, chairman; David Plonk,
Ned Lilly, Jimmy Maney and
Corbet Nicholson.
*Public Awareness: John
Henry Moss, chairman; William
Davis, Larry Wood.
Dickey hopes to see the city
save 20 percent (about $100,000)
of its energy costs this year while
also helping the citizens become
more aware of ways to conserve.
The city will be aided by San-
ford and Turner ‘Associates of
Chrlotte which has been hired
by the State Division of Energy
to assist participating towns in
cutting energy costs. Their ser-
vices will be free to the towns.
Dickey said he hopes to have
weater-stripping kits available by
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higher because many names
. have been taken off because of
deaths and other reasons.
ABC elections must be re-
quested to the City Board of
Elections, either by a formal
written request from the City
Board of Commissioners or by a
petition signed by at least 25
percent of the registered voters.
Kings Mountain’s last ABC
vote was on March 18, 1975. It
failed by a vote of 1,471 against
to 1,310 for. In a vote for malt
beverages and wine, the vote
+ count was 1,499 against to 1,267
for. An ABC vote
by 1,411 against t
An ABC electi
Shelby in Marc
Because that vote passcu, quall-
fying private ¢lubs and
restaurants in Kings Mountain
were able to obtain brown-
bagging permits.
KM Teachers Afraid
Of Merit Pay Plan
By GARY STEWART
Editor.
Kings Mountain school
teachers are afraid a new merit
pay plan which is coming before
the General Assembly this year
would ' cause morale problems
among teachers and damage the
atmosphere in the classroom.
Representatives of the local
chapter of the NCAE appeared
before the Kings Mountain
Board of Education Tuesday
night and presented the board a
resolution asking that it “refrain
from supporting any legislation
or program which would resem-
ble the establishment of the -
merit pay concept and to oppose
any budget cuts which affect the
amount of supplies which are us-
ed in the teaching of the children
in this school district.”
The board accepted the resolu-
tion but made no promises on
- how it would stand on the issue.
Supt. Bill Davis said legislators
are being pressured by the public
to develop a merit pay system
‘and Board Chairman June Lee
make a decision
Betsy Wells, a
Kings Mountain High School
and president of the local Educa-
tion Association, presented the
resolution, which was approved
at a recent meeting of the group.
She was supported by a host of
teachers representing all the
schools in the Kings Mountain
district.
“Do not think that we are op-
posed to a plan to pay better
teachers more money,” Mrs.
Wells told the board. “But we see
PRUE POSTON
Poston
Services
Conducted
Prue Nell Poston, 75, of 304
Waco Road, Kings Mountain,
died Wednesday at her home.
A Cleveland County native,
she was the daughter of the late
Marvin and Edna Rhyne Houser
and was married to the late
Marion Clay Poston. She was a
retired school teacher and a
member of Central United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include two
brothers, M.L. Houser Jr. of
Goldsboro and Joseph Houser of
Saint David, Ariz.; and two
sisters, Mrs. W.P. Stokes of Ruf-
fin and Mrs. David Saunders of
Charlotte.
Services were conducted Fri-
day at 11 a.m. at Central United
Methodist Church by the Rev.
Ivan Stephens. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
teacher at
many ‘boogers’ in a merit pay
concept.”
Mrs. Wells said teachers are
concerned about who would
decide who are merit teachers,
how parents will react to their
students being assigned to
teachers who are not classified as
merit teachers, and the problems
that would arise between the
two groups of teachers.
“We’re concerned,” Mrs.
Wells said. “We've been told that
this is coming down the pipe and
there’s nothing we can do about
it. But were very concerned
with the atmosphere in the
classroom.”
Dean Westmoreland, a
teacher at Kings Mountain
High, said states have tried merit
pay in the past and it was aban-
doned because of the numerous
problems it presented.
“There’s no way that anyone
can really determine who is a
merit teacher ‘and who is not,”
Westmoreland said. “We feel
merit pay is mostly 2 an effort to
save money.”
Available
Beginning this month, the
Kings Mountain Multi-Purpose
Senior Center will have
volunteers scheduled to take
blood pressure once a month as a
health service for senior citizens.
Friday, January 21st from 10:00
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. senior citizens’
are invited to have their blood
pressure checked.
_ presure on principals.
cerns,” Mrs. Lee told the
‘teachers, “but I also feel that the
board cannot make a decision
because we do not have enough
information from the state. I will
say that we are studying it and
one of these days may have to
make a decision.”
Supt. Davis said five pilot
systems recently used a merit
system and abandoned it
because of all the problems it
created.
Davis said a Select Committee
of the General Assembly is stu-
dying several education issues, of
which merit pay is a part. The
merit pay plan being considered
would involve placing teachers. .
in a five-level hierarchy as deter-
mined by performance and
evaluation of principals.
Teachers would be paid accor-
ding to their level.
“Many people in high posi-.
tions are in favor of it,” Davis
said. “If it comes we want to do
the best job we can. This may
not be as imminent as it appears
but it looks like it’s coming.”
‘Davis and the teachers presen
the. ‘plan ‘would also’ ‘place
would have to live with their
decisions,” Davis said.
“Part of our responsbility is to
educate the public that this
won’t work in education, ” Mrs.
Wells said.
Mrs. Lee said the issue has
“pros and cons to it. Parents
want to see something done. We
need to weed out teachers who
are riding along on the good
teachers’ skirt tails. It’s time for
something to be done.”
Funeral Services Held
For Paul H. McGinnis
Paul H. McGinnis Sr., 75
retired. founder’ of McGinnis
Department Store, died Thurs-
day morning at his home at 408
Hawthorne Road.
A native of Kings Mountain,
he was the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Hinkle McGinnis. He
was an active member of Resur-
rection Lutheran Church and
was recently honored with a life
membership from the North
Carolina Lutheran Men.
A graduate of Kings Moun-
tain High School, McGinnis
spent over 50 years in the retail
clothing business. He worked for
20 years for Keeter’s Depart-
ment Store and opened McGin-
nis Department Store in 1952.
He was also part owner in C&S
Mart.
He was a member of the first
board of directors of the Kings
Mountain Redevelopment Com-
mission, was a charter member
of the Kings Mountain Lions
Club, Kings Mountain Rotary
Club, and Kings Mountain
Country Club, and was a direc-
tor of First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company.
He was a lifelong Lutheran.
As a boy he was confirmed and
baptized at St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church and taught
Sunday School and ‘served .on
the church council there. In
1938 he was the congregation’s
delegate to the National Con-
vention of the Lutheran Church
in America in Baltimore. In 1950
he assisted with the survey that
led to the founding of Resurrec-
tion Lutheran Church and was
first vice<hairman of the con-
gregation there. He served more
than 45 years on the church
council and as a Sunday School
PAUL H. McGINNIS
teacher.
He is survived by his wife,
Ethel Hamrick McGinnis; two
sons, Dr. Paul H. McGinnis Jr.
of Baton Rouge, La., and John
B. McGinnis of Kings Moun-
tain; one daughter, Mrs. Doyle
(Anita) Campbell of Kings
Mountain; four brohters, Hubert
McGinnis, Donald McGinnis,
Bill McGinnis and Jim McGin-
nis, all of Kings Mountain; five
sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Gonzalez
of Fort Myers, Fla., Mrs. Lucille
Sawyer of Charlotte, Mrs.
Dorothy Whetstine of North
Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Mrs.
Virginia Sabetti of Kings Moun-
tain; and five grandchildren.
Services were conducted
Saturday at 3 p.m. at Resurrec-
tion Lutheran Church by the
Rev. Gerald Weeks. Burial was
in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Resurrection Lutheran Church.
“They