$s 001
¢-u3aw sbury
Axexqt1 TeRTAOWSNK Asunep
9808¢C
*9AY FuUOWPETd
VOL. 96 NUMBER 29
THURSDAY, July 14, 1983
- KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICIAL BALLOT
AB
os
ngs
ELECTION
ountain, N.C.
LY 19, 1983
. To vote for or again
(X) mark to the lef
. Mark only with pencil o
i you tear or deface or wrongly m
positign make a cross
your
is ballot,
~ return it and get another.
FOR the “off-premises’’ sale only
beverages.
AGAINST the “‘off-premises’”’ sale only of malt
“beverages.
FOR the “off-premises” sale only of unfortified
wine. 2
] AGAINST the "off-premises’’ sale only of
nfo d wine.
YER lL Cg TRE
lil TOR the opmetion of ASC Sitesi TSN
AX
Vote At Same Place
Kings Mountain citizens
voting in the July 19 beer,
wine and liquor referen-
dum will vote at the same
precinct where they voted
during the last election,
Elections Board Chairman
Luther Bennett explains.
There has been some
confusion about where
some District One
residents will vote since
the City Board of Commis-
sioners adopted a resolu-
tion recently to request the
State Elections Board and
U.S. Attorney General to
require persons living
west of the Southern
Railway tracks to vote at
the Armory and persons
living east of the tracks to
yote at the Community
Center.
Bennett said approval of
that request will take at
least 60 days. thus, per-
sons who live in District
One will still vote at the
community center in the
July 19 election. (A small
percentage of District One
residents live west of the
railroad tracks).
Bennett said he hopes
the city’s request will be
approved by the Attorney
General in time for the ci-
ty elections in October.
In a related matter, Ben-
nett said absentee voting
will not be allowed in the
July 19 referendum. State
law prohibits absentee
voting in any election that
is not overseen by the
County Elections Board.
Dr. John Washington
To Practice In KM
Dr. John L. Washington will
open his office for the practice of
obstetrics and gynecology Tues.,
July 19 at Suite 3 of the Profes-
sional Park at 608 West King
Street in Kings Mountain.
Open house will be held Mon-
day from 6-8 p.m. at the office.
Dr. Washington, 33, comes to
Kings Mountain from the
Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the Medical Col-
lege of Georgia in Augusta. He
holds licenses in Louisiana,
North Carolina, Washington
State, Georgia and South
Carolina.
A native of Atlanta, Dr.
Washington attended Duke
University, where he received a
B.S. in Zoology. He received his
M.D. in 1975 from the Universi-
ty of Alabama at Birmingham
and he did his internship in
Turn To Page 4-A
DR. JOHN WASHINGTON
Polls Open 6:30 A.M.-7:30 P.M.
ABC Referendum
Is Next Tuesday
Kings Mountain citizens will
go to the polls Tuesday to decide
whether or not to legalize the
sale of beer, wine and liquor in
the Kings Mountain city limits.
Voters will be asked to vote
for or against three issues: 1, the
“off-premises” sale only of malt
beverages; 2, the “off-premises
sale only of unfortified wine; and
3, the operation of ABC stores.
This is the third alcohol
referendum in 16 years in the ci-
ty. Votes in 1967 and 1975 fail-
ed by narrow margins.
Polls will open at 6:30. a.m.
and close at 7:30 p.m. Polling
places will be the Community
Center for voters who live in city
districts one, two and three, and
the National Guard Armory for
citizens who live in districts four,
five and six.
Luther Bennett, chairman of
the City Elections Board, said
state rules governing the loiter-
ing of non-election officials in
and around the polling places
will be strictly enforced. Bennett
“People| who provide
transportation for voters to
come to the polls must stay
outside of the polling places.
No one will be allowed in-
side the voting booths except
the persons voting. If anyone
needs assistance in voting,
the election officials are the
ones who are required to
assist them, and election of-
ficials are the only ones who
are allowed to go into the
booths with them.
*The exact same number of
sample ballots will be given
to the Kings Mountain
Citizens for Legal Control--
the group supporting the
sale of alcoholic beverages--
and the Kings Mountain
Positive Action League-the
group opposing the sale of
alcoholic beverages.
*No one will be allowed to
solicit votes within 50 feet of
the front door of the voting
places.
Turn To Page 5A
School Auction
Set Thursday
The third public auction of the
Compact School property will be
held Thursday at 11 a.m. at the
site.
The bidding will begin at
$56,225. George Jackson cur-
rently holds the high bid.
Following Thursday’s auc-
tion, the high bid will remain
open for upset for 10 days. If it is
upset, the sale will go back to
public auction. If it is not upset,
the Kings Mountain School
Board will decide whether or not
to accept the bid.
Clothes Closet
Is Planned Here
The Kings ~ Mountain
Woman’s Club and Good Earth
Garden Club are sponsoring a
children’s clothing closet for
youngsters in grades
kindergarden through fifth
grade.
Anyone with good used
clothing are asked to take the
clothing to the Kings Mountain
Woman’s Club any Saturday
from 10 a.m. until noon, or any
Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
throughout the month of July.
~OPINION
Herald Favors Legal Sale
An important election will be held in Kings
Mountain on July 19.
Regardless of how you vote, we urge you to be
sure and vote so the majority of our citizens will
determine the outcome of the referendum. Too
often, many citizens don’t exercise their right to
vote and then complain about the results. Our
democracy is based on majority rule, and that’s the
way it should be.
The Herald endorses the ABC system and the
legal sale of alcoholic beverages. We believe it is the
only intelligent way to handle the distribution of
“alcohol.
It has been said that there is no such thing as a
“dry” town and that is true. Alcohol may be pur-
chased in many places in our city but those sales are
illegal; therefore, only those who engage in such il-
legal practices profit from the business.
Currently, Kings Mountain citizens who buy
alcohol legally do it in nearby towns. In addition to
alcohol, they often buy gasoline, groceries, get a
d purchase other supplies. Obvi is
%
adversely effects our 1
ocal economy.
At the same time, those cities are profiting in a
number of ways since the revenue from the sale of
es,
alcohol is used for schools, libraries, parks and
recreation, law enforcement, and other activities.
We need those dollars and services at home. Last
year, Gastonia realized over $800,000 in taxes
from the sale of alcoholic beverages, Shelby totaled
nearly $300,000, Bessemer City over $135,000 and
Rutherfordton $156,000. (Cherryville figures are
not available at this time.)
It appears that Kings Mountain would increase
its revenues by more than $100,000 the first year if
voters approve the legal sale of alcohol. That money
could go a long way toward providing additional
services while keeping taxes at the present level.
Tuesday’s vote should be cast after careful con-
sideration of the many aspects involved. We do not
see the vote as religious because alcohol is readily
available. We see the vote as economic and social.
It’s just that simple.
Alcohol has been abused by a small portion of
VISITING KINGS MOUNTAIN - Jerrie Slegers, a resident of Holland, is one of 23 am-
% a
bassadors visiting North Carolina this week through the Friendship Force program.
She is pictured here Monday night when
she met her Kings Mountain family, the
Doyle Campbells, at First United Methodist Church in Gastonia. Left to right are
Campbell, Anne Campbell, Ms. Slegers,
Emily Campbell and Anita Campbell.
Holland Ambassadors
In Kings Mountain
Twenty-three residents of
Holland arrived at the Charlotte
Airport Monday night to spend
a week in North Carolina as am-
bassadors for the Friendship
Force.
Twelve of the ambassadors
will be staying in the Gaston-
Cleveland County area and nine
of them will be staying with
Kings Mountain families. Later
this year, Kings Mountain and
Gaston County residents will go
to Holland as Friendship Force
ambassadors.
The visitors will receive a lot
of special attention during their
stay here and will spend much of
their time visiting points of in-
terest in the Kings Mountain
area and western North
Carolina. :
They began their rounds Tues-
day with a tour of EA Enter-
aise a Ll as tne nd pf a
prises in Boiling Springs. EA is a
major motion picture production
facility. Monday evening, the
group was officially welcomed to
Kings Mountain at a VIP supper
party at Kings Mountain Coun-
try Club.
Wednesday, the group visited
Asheville and toured the
Biltmore House and Blue Ridge
Folk Art Center.
Tonight, they will go to
Gastonia and see the South
Atlantic League baseball game
between the Gastonia Expos and
Spartanburg Spinners.
Friday, they will tour the
Schiele Museum of Natural
History in Gastonia, and Satur-
day, they’ll tour the Kings
Mountain National and State
Parks. They will have an
escorted tour of Kings Mountain
National Military Park at 10
a.m. and have lunch at 12:30
p.m. at Lake Crawford.
Sunday’s activities will feature
a barbecue on the river at the
Daniel Stowe river house on
Lower Armstrong Ford Road in
Belmont.
Ambassadors staying with
Kings Mountain families include
Jerrie Slegers (Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Campbell); Ella Hochsten-
back (Ruth Gamble), Annie
Prinse (Connie Phifer), Lisen
Van Hoos and Jack Henselmans
(Lynn Mauney), Peter
Lighteberg (Peggy Baird), Trees
Van Steen (Lee Crosby) and
Mien Tinnemans and Louis Tin-
nemans (Wanza Davis).
Hen Hoogenstroatin, a
reporter, is staying with the Bob
Blantons in Gastonia.
2 apie,
DRA BE kt
—