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VOL. 96 NUMBER 45
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Photo by Gary Stewart
KMHS QUEEN - Angela Lyon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thur-
mon Lyon of the Bethlehem Community, was crowned
homecoming queen during halftime of Friday's game between
Kings Mountain and Chase dt John Gamble Stadium. Angela,
a senior at KMHS, is the football team’s Mountaineer.
Board Wants Grave
To Be Historical Site
Kings Mountain City Com-
missioners Monday night ap-
proved a request by Mayor John
Henry Moss to ask the North
Carolina Historical Society to
authenticate the burial site of
Regina M. Tracy and mark the
site for historical purposes.
Mrs. Tracy is credited with
naming the city. She is buried at
El Bethel United Methodist
Church just outside the city
limits.
Mrs. Tracy, whose husband
was a doctor, was born January
6, 1824, and died August 21,
1894. Tracy Street was named
after her and some property on
ff West Gold Street where the
Tracys lived was once known as
Tracy Park.
The town was incorporated
and chartered as Kings Moun-
tain on Feburary 4, 1874. It was
known as White Plains until that
time.
In another matter Monday
night, the board approved a re-
quest by Moss that he be allow-
ed to negotiate for the purchase
of three lots adjacent to Com-
missioners Park for the purpose
of expanding the park.
The lots are owned by Hideko
Tessneeer and Bobby Jean Moss.
Two of them are 80 by 110 feet
and the other is 160 by 110 feet.
Moss said three local realtors
had appraised the property.
The park, previously known
as Deal Street Park, was re-
named several months ago in
memory and in honor of all per-
sons who have served, or will
serve in the future, as city com-
missioners.
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Shhh!
Commissioners sit quietly as Mayor
asks for motion on zoning request....
Kings Mountain Commis-
sioners Monday night sat silently
while Mayor John Henry Moss
asked for a motion on a request
from a Waco Road resident who
wants her property rezoned so
her children can place mobile
homes on her property.
Mrs. Robert Johnson re-
quested that the board rezone
her property from R-8, which
allows one and two family dwell-
ings, to R-20, which allows
mobile homes and mobile home
parks.
The request came before the
board on September 13, at which
time one resident protested the
request because she felt Mrs.
Johnson planned to begin a
mobile home park. Several
others spoke in favor of the re-
quest.
Commissioners tabled the re-
quest that night.
When Moss brought the mat-
ter up again Monday, the five
commissioners present sat
without saying a word for five
minutes while Moss asked what
their wishes were concerning the
matter.
Commissioner Humes
Houston finally asked Moss if a
motion to hold a public hearing
would be in order. City Attorney
George Thomasson told
Houston “a public hearing has
already been held (at which time)
several spoke for and against.
The board tabled the request for
action at a subsequent time.”
After several more minutes of
silence, Commissioner Curt Gaf-
fney made a motion to table the
request again. His motion died
for lack of a second.
Mrs. Johnson, who said she
was “shocked” that the commis-
sioners took no action on her re-
quest, said her sole purpose in re-
questing a zoning change is to
allow her two children to place
mobile homes on her property,
which lies outside the city limits
but in the city’s one-mile
perimeter.
“I'm not wanting to start up a
trailer park,” she said. “I've sign-
ed a letter to that effect. They've
already purchased the trailers.
We didn’t know we had to go
through all this.”
Mrs. Johnson said she’s been
trying to get approval to have
the mobile homes placed on her
property since March.
Mrs. Johnson said the city
earlier cut trees on her property
and ran a sewer line through it
without acquiring an easement
from her.
“I have the signatures of pro-
perty owners who live near me
who say they don’t oppose me
putting two trailers on my pro-
perty,” Mrs. Johnson said. “Only
one woman has opposed it.”
Mrs. Johnson pointed out that
the city board recently approved
a request from Grayton
“Stretch” Bollinger, the city’s
dog warden, to place a trailer
park on property he owns in the
one-mile perimeter.
“l can’t see why 1 should be
treated any differently than
anyone else,” she said.
Faircloth Campaigns Here
By GARY STEWART
; Editor
Lauch Faircloth, Democratic
candidate for governor of North
Carolina, says state government
is a big business and needs a
good business man like himself
to run it.
Campaigning Tuesday in
Gaston and Cleveland counties,
Faircloth said he can give tax-
payers better services for their
money without raising taxes.
A native of Sampson County,
Faircloth served as Secretary of
Commerce for the first 62 years
of Jim Hunt’s administration. He
served on the Highway Commis-
sioner under Governor Terry
Sanford and was chairman of the
Highway Commission under
Governor Bob Scott.
As head of the Commerce
Department, Faircloth lays
claim to locating such industries
as Freigtliner, Easco and Bendix
in Gaston County and Reliance
Electric, Eaton and Sulzer
Brothers in Cleveland County.
His campaign promises are
three-fold, including economic
growth, better education, and ef-
ficiency in government.
“Jobs--economic growth-is
the most important thing that
we've got going,” he says.
“That’s what fuels all the other
programs in state government.
“I am the only candidate with
EXCELLENCE AWARD - Mayor John Henry Moss, left, accepts the Governor's Community of
Excellence Award from Governor James B. Hunt last week in Raleigh. Kings Mountain was
selected for the honor for the fourth straight year.
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Photo by Gary Stewart
SEEKING VOTES - Lauch Faircloth, Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina,
brought his campaign to Gaston and Cleveland Counties Tuesday. He's pictured above
meeting a couple of voters, Leon Hatcher, left, and Jeanne Morgan.
statewide experience in attrac-
ting new jobs and generating
economic growth,” he said.
“While I was Secretary of Com-
merce, industry announced $260
million of investment and nearly
4,000 jobs in Cleveland County
and 5,000 jobs in Gaston Coun-
ty.”
Faircloth took a big business
background with him to Raleigh.
He is a lifelong farmer, owns an
Ken Bess Dies
In Hunting Accident
Ken Bess, 42, of Route 1,
Grover, loved farming and the
outdoors. When he wasn’t help-
ing his father, Paul, work on
their farm near Grover, the two
could be found fishing or hun-
ting.
Bess lost his life Tuesday
when he was shot while deer
hunting near Chester, S.C.
Bess was a Cleveland County
native and graduate of Grover
High School. He was a member
of Allen Memorial Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his parents,
Paul and Ruth Harmon Bess of
Grover; one brother, Larry H.
Bess of Grover; and two sisters,
Mrs. Pauline Cabiness of York,
S.C., and Mrs. Kay Patterson of
Grover.
Services will be conducted
Thursday at 11 a.m. at Allen
Memorial Baptist Church by the
Rev. Dean Proctor. The body
automobile dealership, concrete
business, feed mill and shopping
centers.
“I’m aware of the thin line bet-
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will be placed in the church at
10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Thomas Harper Dies
Friday At Age Of 61
Thomas Wilson Harper, 61, of
503 West Gold Street, Kings
Mountain, died Friday at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
He was the son of the late Dr.
Charles Wilson Harper and Lena
Coleman Harper and was
employed as director of the
Kings Mountain Housing
Authority. He was a retired Air
Force major.
He is survived by his wife,
Maude Plonk Harper; one son,
Thomas Charles Harper of
Clemson, S.C.; three daughters,
Susan Roche of Lexington, Bar-
bara Thornton of Greer, S.C.,
and Mary Lou Ware of Kings
Mountain; and six grand-
children.
” Graveside services were con-
ducted Saturday at 3 p.m. at
Mountain Rest Cemetery by the
Rev. Ivan Stephens.
Memorials may be made to
the charity of the donor’s choice.