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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits of all
thine increase. Proverbs 3:9
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Hunter Allen Will
Be Missed
David Hunter Allen served the city for more than 40 years in the
Electrical Department and his co-workers remember him as a fair and
honest man who got along well with everyone in his Department. For
many years prior to his retirement, he was Electrical Superintendent.
Even after he retired he returned to the city and helped out and his
was a familiar face in the Fire Department where he was assistant fire
chief for many years and loved it.
Mr. Allen, who died last week at age 81, came to the City of Kings
Mountain in 1931 and saw many changes in the Electrical Depart-
ment and in the overall growth of the city in the ensuing years.
Hunter Allen will also be remembered as a good neighbor, and a
devoted husband, father and grandfather.
The Herald joins his many friends in the community in expressing
Christian Sympathy to Mrs. Allen and the family during their bereave-
ment.
Mr. Allen worked during nine administrations at City Hall for nine
mayors, beginning with the late W.K. Mauney in 1931. He is
remembered by Mayor John Henry Moss he person who did an
! outstanding job of developing the Kings Mountain electrical gyste
«during his 40 plus years of’ service at: City ‘Hall. He was a’ very
cooperative and understanding person and I remember that he told me
on one occasion that he used to walk from City Hall over the city to
read the meters back in the early years of his employment. He was also
instrumental in the leadership of the volunteer Kings Mountain Fire
Department. Hunter was a family man who took great pride in his
four grandsons and his children and wife, with whom he celebrated
their 53rd wedding anniversary last May. Kings Mountain has lost a
fine citizen,” said the mayor.
We’re Glad To See It
The headline on the story in last week’s Herald read “City Code
Department To Clean Up Properties.”
It’s a big undertaking for Jerry King and the City Codes Department
but we hope they succeed. Unsightly properties which have become an
eyesore in town are on their way out and we're glad to see the city
plans to enforce ordinances to clean up derelict houses. The problem
can’t be solved overnight but there has to be a starting place. Mr. King
said he hopes to get the cooperation voluntarily from property owners
but if not the city will take every tool at hand to get the job done.
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It’s time to list 1983 properties for taxes. Those who attend to the
chore earliest will find the job easiest and shortest. Those who wait too
late or fail to list for taxes, will find the procrastination costly.
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The cold weather everyone had been wanting finally arrived and
stayed awhile and this year the “cold spell” almost coincided perfectly
with the arrival of winter. Most folk are now wishing for sweet-
breathed spring somewhat in advance of it getting here.
co MMUNITY
CALENDAR
THURSDAY : 12:00 - Kings Mountain Rotary Club at Holiday Inn.
6:45 p.m. - Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club at Holiday Inn.
THURSDAY: 7:30 p.m. - White Plains Shrine Club at Masonic
Temple, Masonic Drive. All Nobles urged to attend.
MONDAY: 7 p.m. - Emergent Communication of Fairview Lodge
339 AF&AM for work in the first degree at Masonic Temple, Masonic
Drive. All Masons urged to attend.
MONDAY: 7:30 - City Board of Commissioners at City Hall.
7:45 p.m. - Kings Mountain Woman’s Club at the Woman’s Club
Building. Election of officers.
7:30 - Distinguished Service Award Banquet of Kings Mountain
Jaycees at Holiday Inn.
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Activities at the Kings Moun-
tain Senior Center for Thursday,
January 19th through Wednes-
day, January 25th:
. THURSDAY: Escort Service,
9:00 a.m. to 400 p.m., Bingo,
11:00 a.m., Nutrition, 11:30
a.m., Crochet Class, 12:30 p.m.,
Grocery Day, 1:00 p.m.
FRIDAY: Escort Service,
9:00 am. to 4:00 p.m., Nutri-
tion, 11:30 a.m.
MONDAY: Escort Service,
9:00 am. to 4:00 p.m., Nutri-
tion, 11:30 a.m., AHOY - Exer-
cise Class, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
TUESDAY: Escort Service,
9:00 am. to 4:00 p.m., Nutri-
tion, 11:30 a.m., Quilting, 12:30
p.m., Band Practice, 12:30 p.m.,
Artist Guild, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Escort Ser-
vice, 9:00 am. to 4:00 p.m.,
Nutrition, 11:30 a.m., AHOY -
Exercise Class, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00
p.m.
SPECIAL NOTE
The Swining Mountaineers
will ‘be performing on Tuesday,
January 24th at the Brian
Center in Gastonia at 2:30 p.m.
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1,001 Things To Do
In Tar Heel State In ‘84
There are a thousand and one things to do in North Carolina in
1984. ’
That’s how many events are listed in the 1984 Calendar of Events
booklet available from the North Carolina Travel and Tourism Divi-
sion.
Whther it’s a “RiverSpree” in Elizabeth City, antique show in
Morganton or Hog Day in Hillsborough, there’s a variety of events
spanning the state throughout the year to appeal to everyone. Kings
Mountain even made the booklet twice, for the North Carolina Pops
Concert at Barnes Auditorium on May 4 and the Bethware Communi-
ty Fair on September 11-15.
In keeping with North Carolina’s upcoming three-year celebration
of the 400th anniversary of the birthplace on English America, the
booklet front features a color photo of characters from “The Lost Col-
ony,” the nation’s oldest outdoor drama which tells the story of the
first attempts at English settlement of the New World four centuries
ago.
Scattered throughout the book are other interesting photos, in-
cluding scenes from Grandfather Mountain, New Bern, Nags Head,
Boone and other places. :
The 52-page booklet is free of charge from the North Carolina
Travel and Tourism Division, 430 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh,
N.C. 27611, or phoe toll free in state (800) 334-1051 and out of state
(800) 438-4404. It is also available at the state’s Welcome Centers
located at the state’s borders along interstate highways.
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Here’s one for the E.R.A. supporters.
Judges across the state hand women much lighter prison sentences—
as much as 12 yers less prison time than men-a pair of sociologists
from N.C. State has found in analyzing nine years of court records.
Dr. Randall J. Thomson and Dr. Matthew T. Zingraff, both
associate professors in NCSU’s Department of Sociology and An-
thropolgy, studied the sentencing of 9,464 felony and misdemeanor of-
fenders incarcerated from 1969 through 1977.
“It’s like the judge comes up and says, ‘I normally give so many
years for this offense; I'm going to give you 12 years less because
you’re a woman,” ” Dr. Thomson said.
The two say judges treat women “as children in need of care and
protection.” :
But, in contrast, Zingraff and Thomson turned up no evidence that
the preferential treatment trickles down to misdemeanors. In fact, for
the offense of child abandonment, they found women received harsher
sentences.
The two found that men convicted of second degree murder receiv-
ed an average sentence of 10,877 days, while women received an
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Gary Stewart
average of just 6,691 days...a difference of 4,583 days.
The differences were smaller for other crimes. Sentences for men
were longer by 870 days for manslaughter, 538 days for larceny and
156 days for forgery.
The sociologists found no significant differences in sentences receiv-
ed for simple assault, passing worthless checks and shoplifting.
On child abandonment, they found that the average woman receiv-
ed a sentence 42 days longer. :
Zingraff said that changes in judges’ practices usually lag behin
public opinion, and, historically, opionion shifts translate into harsher
punishment. “If equality is demanded, women will start receiving har-
sher treatment,” he said.
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Dear Mad Fans:
I appreciated your letter and feel for you. But, our policy on letters
to the editor is that they must be signed.
If there are 200 of you who feel this way, one of you should be will-
ing to come by the Herald and sign the letter. Do that, and we'll be
glad to run it.
Gary
Lib Stewart
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Angela Wright, born Sept. 23, 1969 with cystic fibrosis, never ex-
pected to celebrate her 15th birthday. She said her parents were told at
her birth that she might reach birthday number two.
The 1984 Poster Child for the Cleveland County Cystic Fibrosis
campaign for funds is excited she will be a part of the Jan. 28th
Exercise-A-Thon which the Kings Mountain Physical Fitness Pro-
gram is sponsoring from 12 noon until 6 p.m. at Cleveland Mall.
Angela said she didn’t know much about the disease, which strikes
children, until she was nine or ten years ago and she had never heard
about local drives for victims of the disease until she saw some local
women at an exercise-a-thon a year ago and was asked to be Poster
Child. She said she became even more interested in the local campaign
when she met five-year-old Jeremy Wray Brown in Cleveland
Memorial Hospital. Jeremy lost his fight against cystic fibrosis three
days after Angela left the hospital. :
“I broke down and cried when I learned about the Exercise-A-Thon
last year and my parents gave me permission to serve again as Poster
Child and to attend the Exercise-A-Thon this year”, she said. Angela
says she is also grateful to the Kings Mountain Rotary Club for their
recent donation of $200 toward expenses she incurred while she was a
patient at Duke Hospital.
The “Shape Up” for benefit of Cystic Fibrosis will raise money
through pledges that various members of Patsy Parker’s Exercise Pro-
gram at the Community Center is soliciting. All participants raising
$30 or more will receive a shape up T-shirt and participants who raise
$75 or more will win prizes based on the amount raised.
Shape Up For
Angela
Wright
The “Shape Up” will honor young Miss Wright and special guests
will be “Mr. Bill” Norwood of WLOS-TV in Asheville and Billy James
of WBCY Radio in Charlotte.
Anyone wanting more information should contact Mrs. Parker at
the Community Center at 739-3549 or Margaret Ledford at 487-1484
after 7 p.m.
From the Jan. 22, 1953 edition of The Kings Mountain Herald
Manly K. Fuller, the city’s top employee since 1950, was discharged
“as of now” Monday night by the city board of commissioners with
pay to March 1. The board also demoted Tom Henry, formerly
Superintendent of Public Works, by stripping him of authority over all
but designated departments and by lowering his salary to $300 a
month. Only a week previously Mr. Henry’s pay had been raised to
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$325 per month.
Billy Sanders, age 11, was honored as Kings Mountain Police
Department’s Adopted Son and received a bicycle. A $2,000 educa-
tional policay was also taken out to further his education. ;
Glenda Goforth, daughter of Gene and Mary Childers Goforth,
celebrated her first birthday Jan. 19th. A birthday party was held at -
her home.
To The Editor:
A Thank You Note to all who had a part in making the bell ringing
for the Helping Hand Fund, of the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association, a success.
To the Kings Mountain Herald for the publicity and gave.
To the ministers who gave of their, time, willingly and with a smile,
because this was a way of helping others in their time of need.
To those who gave of their means because of their compassion for
others and a desire to share with them. SL,
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Thanks For Help
The Christian spirit was very evident in all ages. Many children gave
with a smile on their face, and many adults showed a joy that their
children received a blessing by giving.
Not only did we receive from the able bodied but even some on crut-
ches and walkers gave saying “there are probably some in worse condi-
tion than 1.” .
I’m thankful to live in a community like Kings Mountain, that has
so many wonderful people in it. God Bless All.
REV. FRED WELLS
BELL RINGING CHAIRMAN