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VOL. 97 NUMBER 4
TJ. ELLISON
City Absorbs Gas
* FRED DIXON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1984
Lutz, Hunt, Goforth
PAUL LEDFORD
Hike From Transco
The city board of commis-
“sioners Thursday in a special
‘meeting at noon voted to absorb
“the natural gas increase to the ci-
ty from Transcontinental Gas
Pipeline Corporation.
Transco, supplier of natural
gas to the city, raised costs ap-
proximately six cents per
decatherm effective Feb. 1.
“After reviewing with our
auditing firm we feel the city can
absorb these increases and not
~ pass them on to our customers”,
‘+ = said Mayor John Henry Moss in
waking the recommendation.
“We hope there will be no fur-
ther increases”, he said.
In other actions, the mayor
reappointed members and ap-
pointed new members to the
Lake Authority Commission and
announced several committee
appointments.
Reappointed to the KM Lake
Authority were C.H. Nicholson,
- five year term; Ray Cline, five
year term; Mayor Moss, five
year term and M.C. Pruette, one
year term. New members are
T.J. Ellison, three year term;
Fred Dixon, three year term,
and Paul Ledford, one year
term. f LE gt x : es
Mayor Moss appointed
Comm. Jim Dickey to replace
City To Provide
Office For Committee
The board of city commis-
sioners last Thursday gave a shot
in the arm to the newly formed
Community Partnership Com-
mittee of the Disabled, a division
of the Kings Mountain Aging
Program.
The new city. services branch
will be provided with a new of-
fice in one of the two cabooses
now located beside the Depot
Center. Mayor John Henry
Moss said that no funds are
budgeted for the expense of the
renovation but he expects the
cost will be minimal. The Mayor
said the move will “give the
group greater visibility in the
community and enhance the
committee’s ability to get fun-
ding through federal and state
grants.”
The program is currently staff-
ed by volunteers with the Rev.
L.K. Fannin as chairman.
“We too often think of our
handicapped citizens as elderly
persons but many of them are
young people. By making this
program an entity of city govern-
ment, we can render a very
helpful service.”, said the Mayor.
The Mayor said the program
will utilize the caboose nearest to
the Farmers Market which is
equipped with a ramp for han-
dicapped.
According to Aging Program
Director Teresa Melton, who
will head the new division, the
committee was formed about a
year ago as a private non-profit
organization and is composed
solely of concerned volunteers
working out of the Community
Center. As part of the city
government, Ms. Melton says
the committee may be able to ac-
quire regular staff through grant
money.
Martin To Speak
At Kiwanis Club
U.S. Congressman Jim Mar-
tin, candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, will bring his
campaign to Kings Mountain
Thursday.
He will be guest speaker at the
Thursday night meeting of the
Bloodmobile
The Red Cross bloodmobile
will come to Kings Mountain for
a one-day visit next Thursday,
Jan. 12th, at First Baptist
Church. ;
Donors will be processed from
12:30 until 6 p.m. and goal of the
one-day collection is 150 pints of
blood.
According to a spokesman for
the Kings Mountain Fire
Department, which is urging
citizens to give blood, the need
for blood is critical.
Homemade vegetable soup
will be served to each donor.
Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club
at 6:45 p.m. at Holiday Inn.
Rep. Martin, a Republican,
has been a member of the U.S.
House of Representatives since
1972, and serves as a senior
member of the powerful House
Committee on Ways and Means.
He has been chairman of the
Republican Task Force on
Health and ‘a member of the
-House Committee on the
Budget.
Kiwanian Grady Howard, Jr.
is program chairman and invites
other interested citizens to at-
tend the meeting and hear Con-
gressman Martin. Reservations
are required for dinner and
should be made by calling Mr.
Howard. Those who don’t want
to attend dinner and want to
hear the Congressman’s speech
should be at the Kings and
Queens Dining Room at the
Holiday Inn by 7:30.
former
man King and Curtis Gaffney to
join Comm. Dickey and himself
on the city utilities agreement
committee and appointed Com-
missioners Humes Houston and
Irvin Allen, Jr. to the liason com-
mittee of Kings Mountain Plan-
ning and Zoning Boards.
The Mayor said that the
utilities agreement committee ex-
pects to be quite active in the
‘new year working on an
“underground proposal with they
~ phone people, 12,000 K BA Ser-
vice power and increasing base
gas allocation service.” He said
that the liason committee work-
ing with the Planning and Zon-
ing Board is also expected to be
quite active working on long
range objections and scheduling
public hearings for citizen input
as they plan a new base map and
work closely with the Division of
Community Planning and
Region C.
The Board advertised for bids
for chemical supplies for the
Water and Sewer Departments
and advertised for bids for tires
for all departments.
Although they did not com-
ment during the meeting, a
Kings Mountain couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Johnson, stopped
commissioners as they left Coun-
cil Chambers to complain that
after nearly a year of waiting
their zoning request had not
been acted on. They say their re-
quest to have their property
rezoned to allow for two mobile
homes was tabled without ex-
planation in September. The’
Johnsons claim that as compen-
sation for the city’s placing a
sewer ‘line on their property
without an easement, they were
promised free sewer hookup for
their home and the two mobile
homes placed there by their mar-
ried children. The Johnsons say
they did not know the property
was not one zoned for mobile
homes until their children were
ready to move. The matter has
been placed on the agenda for
the next regular meeting.
DSA Fete
Scheduled
The fifth annual Kings Moun-
tain Jaycees Distinguished Ser-
vice Awards Banquet will be
held January 23 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Holiday Inn.
The Jaycees will honor the
Outstanding Young Educator,
Outstanding Young Fireman,
Outstanding Young Teenager
(ages 11-14 and 15-18), Outstan-
ding Young Rescue Squad
Member, Boss of the Year, and
Young Man of the Year.
For more information, con-
tact Larry Hamrick Jr. at
739-3611 or Tom Bennett at
739-8620.
commissioner Jim
Childers on the personnel com-
mittee, and Commissioners Nor-
Rep. Edith Lutz, Rep. Jack
Hunt and County Commissioner
Coleman Goforth filed for re-
election Tuesday on the first day
of filing for the May 8 primary.
. John Ingram, calling on North
Carolinians to “dedicate our
state to a New Voyage in Free
Enterprise”, said he will formally
file for the office of governor on
Jan. 5th. Ingram’s mandatory fil-
ing fee of $850 will be paid by
his wife of 29 years, Gini, he said
this week. The 54-year-old
Asheboro native is the only can-
didate for governor to call for an
elected Utilities Commission.
~The present Utilities Commis-
sion, which determines rates
charged to consumers, is ap-
pointed.
Mrs. Lutz, who has served the
48th House District, for four and
one half-terms, pledged to “serve
“the people to the best of my abili-
ty.” Mrs. Lutz said she has been
pleased to serve on 10 commit-
tees, as chairman of one and vice
chairman of two. “I have filed
for re-election and I want to con-
tinue to serve the people of this
district,” she said.
All three state senate seats and
all three state representative
seats are up for grabs. Now serv-
’ ing in the staie Senate arc J. Ollie
Harris of Kings Mountain and
Marshall Rauch and Helen Mar-\
vin of Gastonia. Serving now in
the State House of Represen-
tatives are Jack Hunt of Lat-
timore, Edith Lutz of Belwood
and Charles Owens of Forest Ci-
ty. All six seats are for two year
terms. All the incumbents are ex-
pected to seek re-election. Only
Lutz and Hunt filed Tuesday.
Of five county commission
seats, the three four year terms
expiring are those of incumbents
Hugh Dover, Coleman Goforth
and Chairman Jack Palmer.
Goforth was the first to file. The
four year terms of three of the
five members of the Cleveland
County Board of Education will
expire. They are Chairman Bob
Cabaniss, Hoyt Bailey, and Tom
Hord. The May primary will also
include the register of deeds race,
Incumbent Margie Rogers is
completing her second four year
term.
The May ballot will also in-
clude three district court judge
seats now held by Chief Judge
George Hamrick, Judge James
T. Bowen and Judge John Gard-
ner, who was appointed to fill
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the vacancy of A. Max Harris at
Harris’ death.
The May ballot will also in-
clude the two year term race for
10th District U.S. Congress.
Candidates for the judge and
congressional seats and the
gubernatorial races must file in
Raleigh but district candidates
file at the board of elections of-
fice in Cleveland County. Filing
deadline is Monday, Feb. 6. The
Elections Board office is open
8:30 am. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
X File For Re-Election
The Democrat winners in
May may face. Republican
challenges in November at the
general election when local
voters will also help elect the
President of the United States
and U.S. Senatorial and Con-
gressional leaders from North
Carolina and a North Carolina
Governor.
“Gini Ingram has been my
closest friend and partner for
more than 30 years,” Ingram
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New 74 Bypass
Kings Mountain’s long-
awaited U.S. 74 By-Pass will be
open for traffic Friday after-
noon, according to announce-
ment by Mayor John Henry
Moss, David Hoyle, member of
the board of the N.C. Depart-
ment of Transportation, and
12th Division Highway
Engineer Ray Spangler.
A formal dedication date has
not been set but Mayor Moss
said that Governor Jim Hunt
' has been invited to cut the rib-
bon.
“Friday will be a big day for
Kings Mountain”, said the
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GOVERNOR HUNT
City Winterization
To Get Underway
The city’s winterization pro-
gram will get underway this
week, Mayor John Henry Moss
and Energy Committee Chair-
man Jim Dickey announced.
Low income citizens can apply
through the Aging Program at
the Depot Center and volunteers
on the Kings Mountain Energy
Committee and members of the
Sertoma Club will assist
residents in winterizing their
homes by installation of
weatherstripping around win-
dows and doors. The kits will be
distributed and assistance in in-
stallation given to 40 eligible
homeowners through the
Energy Committee.
Teresa Melton, director of the
Aging Program, will continue to
take applications from citizens in
need of help in winterization of
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Photo by Gary Stewart
their homes. Chairman of the
Winterization committee is Scott
Neisler with Hayes P. Hayes,
Walter Ollis and Gene Waldroup
as members.
Other Energy Sub-
Committees at work on the pro-
ject are: Conserving Energy,
Things To Do, Donald Adams,
chairman; Dr. Scott Mayes, Jim
Dickey; Public information and
awareness, Mayor Moss, chair-
man; William Davis, Larry
Wood, William Hager, Rev.
Leroy Cox and Jeff Grigg;
Helpful Hint Card, Ernest
Rome, chairman; Fred Dixon,
W.K. Mauney, III and Jim
Childers; and fuel assistance,
Burris Ramey, chairman; David
Plonk, Ned Lilly, Corbet
Nicholson and Jimmy Maney.
LISTING TAXES - The busiest place in Kings Mountain during the month of January will be
the lobby of the new city hall, where city and county tax listers will be listing taxes for all
citizens who own personal and real property. Kings Mountain citizens are pictured above
listing their taxes shortly after the city hall opened Tuesday morning.