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VOL. 96 NUMBER , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1983 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH : : :
ABC Issue To Come Up Again Li
Citizens To Attend Board Meeting ::
A group of citizens opposéd to
the sale of alcoholic beverages in
the city will appear at Monday
night’s Board of Commissioners
meeting to ask the board to res-
cind their recent action calling
for an ABC and Beer-Wine
referendum on April 12.
Thirty-nine people, represen-
ting 20 area churches and other
organizations, met Friday morn-
‘ing at Macedonia Baptist
Church to officially organize the
dry forces.
At that meeting, the group
formally adopted a resolution re-
questing that “the Kings Moun-
tain Board of Commissioners res-
cind their action concerning the
A.B.C. Store and the Beer/Wine
issue.” A letter to that affect has
been mailed to Mayor John
Henry Moss and all six city com-
missioners.
The group also named a com-
mittee which will seek out
leadership to lead the dry cam-
paign, and collected an offering
of $137.06.
Rev, Coy Privette, director of 3
the North Carolina Christian
Action League in Raleigh, was
the guest speaker.
“We still hope that the city
commissioners, in fairness to. all
their constituency, will vote to
rescind their action and send this
issue back to the citizens of
‘Kings Mountain and let those.
who want it to secure their peti-
tions from the Elections Board
and do it right,” said Dr. Tom
Patterson, pastor of Macedonia
Baptist Church.
“Our concern at this point is
with the deception of how all
this came about,”
“It has never been determined
that the citizens of Kings Moun-
tain want the referendum. The
commissioners are just forcing it
on them.”
“The commissioners have
assumed that this is what the
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Go To Jail!
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Citizens To Put Friends In Jail
To Raise Money For Cancer Society
Has your husband, wife, boss,
friend or other acquaintance
been naughty lately? Perhaps, he
or she has been a pain in the
neck to you or others. :
How would you like to get a
g citizens is’
.+ planning a Jail-A<Thon' for the
American Cancer Society on
March 24-25 in Kings Moun-
tain, and for a $25 donation, you
can have anyone locked up.
And, here’s the good part.
Your victim will not be released
from the slammer until he or she
has raised a certain amount of
money to cover his. “bond.”
Embarrass him a
A team of strict judges—
namely Attorney Scott Clon-
inger, ‘ Herald Editor Gary
Stewart, Stoney Jackson and
Jake Dixon-will hold court and
set bail. Whatever amount the
judge sets, whether it’s $25 or
8300, will have . “to be raised
before the jailbird is freed.
Kay - Holshouser
Cleveland County Unit of the
“American Cancer Society was in
town last week to help. the local
committee begin planning the
event. Members of the commit-
tee include Darrell Austin and
Jerry King, co-chairmen; Bill
Hager, Chairman of the overall
Kings Mountain Cancer Drive
for 1983; Lavon Strickland,
Jackie Barrett and Jonas Bridges.
MAD WEEK - Mike McKay of WBTV Channel 3 was the guest
speaker Tuesday morning during a MAD (Make A Difference)
Week assembly at Kings Mountain High School. The week's
activities will continue through Friday,
Police Charge Three
For Cemetery Damage
Kings Mountain police have
arrested a 17-year-old and two
juveniles in connection with last
week’s vandalism at Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Arrested last Friday on a
charge of defacing and
desecrating graves and sties was
Larston Joe Williams, 17, of 402
East King Street.
The damage took place on
Monday night, January 31, and
was discovered by Cemetery
‘Superintendent Ken Jenkins
when he reported for work the
following morning.
Sixty-four monuments were
overturned and about 20 percent
of them were damaged, accor-
ding to Police Chief Jackie Bar-
rett. Barrett is continuing to
work with monument salesmen
and insurancemen to determine
damage figures. He is also still in
the process of notifying relatives
of persons whose graves were
disturbed. '
he continued.
of the
town wants, but those who do
not want it did not have the op-
portunity to give their input,” he
added.
The board voted at its January
24 meeting to call for the
referendum, with Commissioner
Norman King being the only
member to vote against it. Local
attorney Scott Cloninger,
representing Kings Mountain
Citizens for Legal Control, made
the request.
Since that time, some
members of the board and other
citizens have said that commis-
sioners were misled and thought
they were voting only to send
petitions held by Cloninger on to .
the City Elections Board.
Responding to an editorial in
last week’s Herald in which the
paper said the city board was not
misled during the meeting, Com-
missioners King and Jim
Childers said the misleading, in
fact, took place during a meeting
North Carolina Cancer units
have been holding jail-a-thons
since 1978, when Charlie
Daniels of Rocky Mount
friend who
p
px over $500, 000 wil be ised
this year.
The Shelby community held
its first jail-a-thon last year and
raised $23,000.
Exact times and the site of the
Kings Mountain Jail-A-Thon
will be announced soon. In the
meantime, be thinking of. so-
meone you’d like to have put in
jail.
The Plantagenet family is
home for Christmas and the fun
is just beginning: sibling rivalry,
sons rising against father, marital
‘infidelity, political intrigue and
attempted murder. “Well”, as so-
meone might say, “What family
doesn’t have its little ups and
downs.” But then, not every
family is like this one, which rul-
ed England and half of France
.800 years ago. :
Such is the backdrop for the
newest offering by the Kings
Mountain Little Theatre, “The
Lions in Winter”. Evening per-
formances are scheduled for
February 11th, 12th, 18th, and -
19th at 8:00 p.m. A Sunday
matinee will be presented on
February 13th at 3:00 p.m. The
Park Grace Theatre, home of
the KMLT, is located on Foote
Mineral Road in Kings Moun-
tain.
“The Lion in Winter has been
among the biggest Broadway
hits in recent years as well as a
memorable movie starring
Katherine Hepburn and Peter
O’Toole. The author, James
Goldman has taken historical
facts and figures and has given
them enough humanity and wit-
ty dialogue to enable him to call
his history a “comedy”. It is the
story of King Henry II of
England, who is trying to keep
his kingdom together. But since
all three of his sons want to rule,
it is likely to be torn apart by
civil war. To add to Henry's
headaches, his captive and cap-
tivating Queen, Eleanor of
Aquitane, and the King of
France are also trying to lead
their own revolutions against
him. Uneasy is the head on
which this crown lies.”
“The Lion in Winter” features
players well-known to Gastonia,
organized one in memory of a
of the board with City Attorney
George Thomasson prior to the
open city board meeting. >
They said Thomasson told
commissioners the ABC request
was like a “zoning request”,
which is routinely forwarded to
the Planning and Zoning Board
for study, then brought back to
the commissioners for final ap-
proval.
“I explained to thern what the
law said,” Thomasson said of the
two commissioners’ claim.
“They may not have understood
but they weren’t misled.”
Childers and King said they
have asked Mayor John Henry
Moss to call for special meetings
to discuss the possiblity of rescin-
. ding the action, but their pleas
have fallen on deaf ears.
Childers said he asked the
Mayor for a special meeting on
Fri., Jan. 28, and left the
Mayor’s office with the belief
that a meeting would be called.
PLAN JAIL-A-THON - Kay Holshouser. front
row center, of the Cleveland County Unit of
the American Cancer Society. goes over plans
for an upcoming jail-a-thon with members of
LI not hearing of such a
meeting, Childers said he return-
ed to the Mayor’s office, along
with King, on Tues., Feb. 2, and
both requested a special meeting.
Childers said Moss said he would
have to “poll” all commissioners
by telephone and a majority of
commissioners would have to ap-
prove the meeting. Childers said
he was called later by Moss and
told that the city board voted 4-2:
not to call a meeting.
Citizens who wish to register
for the April 12 vote have until 5
p.m. Mon., Mar. 14 to register.
Voters may register any week-
day until 5 p.m. at the County
Elections Office in Shelby. They
may register in Kings Mountain
by calling any one of the city’s
registrars and making an ap-
pointment. Registrars are
Margaret White, Grace Talbert
and Hillard Black in East Kings
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Barrett.
the Kings Mountain committee. Pictured, front
Lions In Winter To Open
Shelby and Kings Mountain au-
diences. Jim Chandler plays the
part of Henry who, despite his
disastrous feud with Thomas
Beckett and his constant wars
with his sons, loves being king.
Jim’s own experience in little
theatre has’ been considerable,
most recently having directed
“The Desperate Hours” for the.
Gastonia Little Theatre. Anne
Long, who plays the princess
Alais, has also. appeared in
Gastonia Little Theatre produc-
tions as well as Flat Rock
Playhouse. Richard the
Lionhearted is played by Henry
Huntt, who has: appeared in the
LION IN WINTER— Anne Long, Jim Chandler and Vivian Dun-
can, left to right. rehearse a scene from the Lion In Winter,
which opens this week at Kings Mountain Little Theatre.
Photo by Gary Stewart
Mountain precir
Cook and Jerri |
Kings Mountain |
Persons in the Linwood sec-
tion who live in the city limits of
Kings Mountain but in Gaston
County will also be eligible to
vote. They must register in
Gaston County, however. They
may register at the Gaston
County Board of Elections, at
any First Union Bank in Gaston
County, or at the Gaston Coun-
ty Library.
Elections Board Chairman
Luther Bennett said he would
try to arrange some special
Saturday registrations at the
Governmental Services Facilities
Center. To have such registra-
tions, the city board must ap-
prove them and the city must
pay the salaries of the county
registrars who work on Satur-
days.
row. left to fight are Jerry King. Mrs.
Holshouser, and William Hager. Back row.
Lavon Strickland, Darrell Austin and Jackie
Greater Shelby Theatre’s pro-
duction of “South Pacific”. '
The challenging role of Queen
Eleanor of Aquitaine is por-
trayed by the Kings Mountain
Little Theatre’s own Vivian
Duncan, who has appeared in
(among other plays) “The Night
of January 16th” along with
John Connor, who portrays
Geoffrey, the Duke of Brittainy
‘in the current production. In the
role of Prince John is Chip
Caldwell, a recent “graduate” of
the KMLT’s Children Theatre.
Newcomer Robert Bradshaw
portrays Phillip, the young King
of France.
“The Lion in Winter” is being
directed by MJ Carbo. Linda
Knight is assistant director and
stage manager.
Tickets for all performances of
“the Lion in Winter” are
available now.. Advance sale
. tickets can be bought Monday-
Friday between 4:00 and 6:00
p.m. at the Mauney Memorial -
Library, 100 South Piedmont
Ave. in Kings Mountain. Prices
for advance sale tickets are $3.00
(adult) and $1.50 (student).
Tickets at the door are $4.00
(adult) and $2.00 (student).
Group rates are also available.
Any group of 9 or more may
purchase tickets for $2.00 (adult)
and $1.00 (student). Senior
citizens may, purchase tickets for
$2.00.
Advance sale tickets must be
purchased and picked up by 6:00
p.m. on either February 11th
(for the first weekend) of 18th
(for the second weekend). Ad-
vance sale ticket purchase will
guarantee a seat reservation.
KMLT patrons may reserve
their seat by calling 739-2371
between 4:00 and 6:00 p.m.
Monday-Friday.