a En. ~ Support Ten Treasures Attic Sale Saturday VOL. 96 NUMBER 2° Power Off Here Sunday Residents of some areas of Kings Mountain will be without power Sunday from 5-6 p.m. while Duke Powery Company makes necessary repairs at the sub-station on Gaston Street. Residents of the areas of Cleveland Avenue to Country Club Road on the north side of King Street will be without power, as will residents on the south side on Hillside Drive, Hawthorne, Crescent Hill, Cres- cent Circle and the adjoining streets in District Four. In addition, traffic lights on King and Mountain streets will be off. Mayor John Moss said all of the city’s 12470 lines will still be in operation, leaving other parts of the town with power. Kings Mountain Hospital and Kings Mountain Convalescent ‘Center will have power. Schools Ask For 1-Cent Tax The Kings Mountain School 4" Board, meeting in special session Monday night at the School Ad- ministration Office, voted to ask the Cleveland County Board of issi e on X : i RX % 1s authorized Davis to missioners to allow the Kings Mountain District Schools to use $58,890 of its capital outlay funds for the 1983-84 school year for current expense. Superintendent William Davis told the board that Kings Moun- tain schools will lose $82,512 of its county funds for next year because it is projected that Kings Mountain will have 113 fewer students. Kings Mountain is scheduled to receive $1,145,763.84 ($291.84 per pupil) in current expense monies and $255,111.48 ($64.98 per fro ask the com- $12.5 Million At Old Belk Building THURSDAY, June 2, 1983 - *S 00 ‘*u3ln sbuti 9808¢C *2AyY IUOWPDTJ AzexqTI TeTAOWINW Aaunep KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH Chuva KM Budget Presented Mayor John Henry Moss, in a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners Tuesday night at the new City Hall, presented a proposed $12,563,859.00 budget for the 1983-84 fiscal year. The budget represents a one percent increase over the current year’s amended budget and calls for a three percent pay raise for all permanent employees, effec- tive September 1. The 50-cents per $100 property valuation tax rate remains the same. A copy of the proposed budget will be available for public inspection in the office of City Clerk Joe McDaniel. The commissioners are required to adopt a budget no later than July 3s Utilities will consume $9,361,195 of the budget, with $3,202,664 going to the general pupil) in capital outlay monies from the county next year. That’s a drop of $32,978.16 in current expense funds and $7,342.50 in capital outlay funds the current budget. oO it bring in about $35,964 and off- set the losses in per pupil expen- ditures. If the county commis- sioners approve KM’s request to use $58,890 of its capital outlay funds for current expense and Kings Mountain receives funds owed it by the Gaston County commissioners for Gaston students who attend school in Kings Mountain, the entire deficit can be made up. Davis said Cleveland County Commissioners have said they must raise county taxes by 10 cents to make up the proposed deficits in the 1983-84 county Graduation Is Graduation exercises for some 250 Kings Mountain High School seniors will be held Fri- day at 8 p.m. at John Gamble Stadium. Members of the senior class will lead the exercises. Bob McRae, principal, assisted by Schools Superintendent William Davis and Junior Chief Marshal Charles Tracy Bolin, will present the diplomas. The Kings Mountain Junior High Ninth Grade Band will play “Pomp And Circumstance” for the processional. There will not be a recessional. Trina Maria Hamrick will give the invocation and Timothy Wray Plonk, president of the Student Participation Organiza- tion, will give the welcome. David Kirk Peeler, president of the Senior Class, will present the members of the class and Lisa Rae Smith, secretary of the Senior Class, will recognize honor graduates. Penny alone,” Davis said levy would government funds. Of the $3,202,664, $2,310,620 will go toward the general operation of the city, $408,626 to capital pro- jects, $11,000 to cemetery perpetual care and $472,418 to the Community Development Block Grant programs. Major revenues expected in- ‘clude $680,000 from ad valorem taxes, $210,000 from utilities franchise tax, $155,000 from Powell Bill street allocations, $217,900 from local option sales taxes, $153,400 in Revenue Sharing funds, $25,000 from recreation income, $35,000 from Lake Authority income, and $40,000 from Title V funds. Individual departments’ slices of the general fund pie include administrative, $299,153; Police, $492,861; Fire, $167,401; Codes-Inspection, $32,322; budget. “We are going to pro- pose that if they figure it’s going to take a 10 cents increase just to stay even that they add an addi- tional one cent for schools system could not afford to use capital outlay funds for current expenses every year. “We can live with that for one year,” he said. “If we had to do that year after year, out facilities would go to seed.” Davis - said several major building and renovation projects have been completed recently and school facilities are in good shape. The biggest facility needs during the coming year are fur- niture for several schools and repair of some gym floors. “We should ask the county Friday Michelle Sanders, treasurer of the Senior Class, will present the class gift to June Lee, Chair- woman of the Kings Mountain Board of Education. Clayton Ollis, vice-president of the Senior Class, will give the benediction. Special music, “Go Gently From Me Brother” and ‘Tl Walk With God”, will be presented by the Kings Moun- tain Senior High Chorale and Ensemble. + $18,516; Public Works Administration, $66,404; Properties and Maintenance, $119,559; Garage, $77,207; Streets, $271,489; Sanitation, $231,438; Aging, $45,625; Recreation, $125,177; Lake Authority, $29,706; Neighborhood Facilities, $71,835; Cemetery, $70,127; Genera., $180,800; Purchasing, and Cemetery Perpetual Care, $11,000. Mayor Moss said much of the funds will go toward items such as telephones, group insurance and retirement, which the city has little control over. Group in- surance in the administrative department alone will rise from $12,629 to $22,000 for 10 employees. There will also be a drastic in- crease in travel expenses, from commissioners to look down the road to the future,” Davis said. “Schools are not getting anyting out of the 10-cent tax increase. What’s it going to be lik schools in the haven't beer “Next year, it’s going to get worse,” Board Chairwoman June Lee said. “You just can’t keep taking bits from here and there.” : “This is just a method of sur- vival,” Davis said. “What we’re doing is borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.” Davis said he was stunned when he heard that Kings Mountain’s projected enrollment for next year was only 3,926, compared to 4,039 this year. “But the people who make the projections obviously know what theyre doing,” he said. “We screened only 212 children for kindergarten this year, com- pared to 332 last year, and that’s a difference of 120. We are pro- jected to have 113 fewer students. This is really the first year that the enrollment drop has hit us this hard.” Davis said it’s highly unlikely that many more kindergarten students will enroll. “There may be a few who move in during the summer or some who didn’t get the word about screening. But I doubt if we'll have more than 10 or 12,” he said: $4,269 to $10,000, and in com- missioners’ expenses, from $14,015 to $18,497; and in ser- vice, from $2,000 to $3,500. All other items show only slight in- creases. Salaries in the police depart- ment will rise from $274,262 to $320,206, mainly because three additional positions are budgeted. Group insurance will more than double, from $17,216 to $34,500, and retirement will rise from $16,449 to $29,447. Travel is also up, from $850 to $2,500, and the costs of uniforms will rise from $7,801 to $10,500. Repair and maintenance on vehicles decreases from $10,685 to $6,000. Turn To Page 3-A Mrs. Lee said asking the coun- ty commissioners. for an extra The Kings Mountain School Board is allowed by law. to levy as much as a 20-cent per $100 property valuation supplemental tax. It’s supplemental tax rate is currently 14 cents per $100 valuation. DR. PAUL McGINNIS JR. McGinnis Services Are Held Dr. Paul H. McGinnis Jr., 48, of Baton Rouge, La., died Satur- day. A native of Kings Mountain, he was the son of Ethel Hamrick McGinnis of Kings Mountain : and the late Paul H. McGinnis. He was a chemical engineer. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Hilda Cov- ington McGinnis; a daughter, Tomi Savoie of Baton Roug was in Baton Rouge. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Resur- rection Lutheran Church. Herald’s New Policy On Birthday Ads Newspapers printed by Herald Publishing Company will no longer accept birthday greeting advertisements which include pictures: other than current pic- tures. In the past several weeks, the Herald has had a rash of birth- day greeting ads, placed by friends or relatives of the person having the birthday, with pic- tures of that person when he or she was a child. “Without the knowledge of the person being honored, pro- blems could arise,” General Manager Darrell Austin said. “Since we do not always know the people involved, it’s best to prevent any problems by turning down all requests.” Birthday ads for adults will still be sold. However, if a.pic- ture is included, it must be an up- to-date picture. : This new policy will be effec- tive for the Kings Mountain Herald, Bessemer City Record, Cherryville Eagle, Stanley News, Mt. Holly News, Belmont Ban- ner and Gaston Independent. The policy does not include birthday stories and pictures for children. Birthday stories will continue to be published free of charge. If a picture is included, there is a $3 charge for process- ing of the picture. All classified advertisemens are payable in advance. Under no circumstances will classified ads be taken over the telephone unless the caller has an establish- ed account with one of the papers listed above. Home in ‘Baton Rouge. Burial ee HARARE Photos By Darrell Austin center, Shea Barber and Miss Burton prepare for a launch, and in photo at right, the rocket is BLAST OFF— Students in Miss Karen Burton's fifth grade class at West School are having fun dur- 0 blasted into the air. For a story on the project, see page 3-A. ; ing their final week of school. They constructed rockets during a Science class and shot them into the air from the West playground. In photo at left. Katherine Hausler prepares her rocket. In fo heh Ae hac Eh ANA aan ld ER LT A SEA NE SR me Ri
