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= tp pg EY . VOL. 97 NUMBER 8 ER ULTONS RETIRING - - Bill and Ruth (Mr. and .) Fulton, Jr. are retiring March 1 after * operating Fulton's in downtown Kings Moun- tain for 25 years. Fulton says the retail store Retirement Will Be Fun For Ruth And Bill Fulton After 25 years in the retail business in downtown Kings Mountain Bill and Ruth Fulton are closing up shop and retiring. The popular Kings Mountain couple, who have earned the title of “Mr. and Mrs. in business”, are advertising this week a “Go- Former City Fireman’s Funeral Held Saturday Funeral services for Charles A. (Pete) Peterson, 58, of 314 Waco Road, were conducted Saturday morning at 11 o’clock from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home by Rev. Paul Silver, interment following in Mountain Rest Cemetery. : Mr. Peterson died suddenly Thursday morning at 8:12 a.m. at Kings Mountain Hospital of an apparent heart attack. An engineer and pump operator at Kings Mountain Fire Department since 1972, “Pete” was recognized as the “Chief PETE PETERSON . ofetete tet tet atta tt 0 0 er, Good Morning. My name is Kings Mountain Harold, your resident ground hog. I live down on Canterbury Road, near the Gaston County line. Today’s my day. I plan to awaken early and step out of my warm hole. I'll mosey around the neighborhood awhile, and maybe go out on the side of Highway 74. There’s not as much danger of getting struck down by a car as there has been in the past, since most of the traffic is now using the new bypass. If it’s cloudy, I'll not go back to my hole in the ground, because I'll know spring is here. But, if the sun comes out, I'll scurry back into my nesting place and sleep out the final six weeks of winter...while you all continue to pay those high heating bills. ; = Yi pt = 23 > 4 Ar = . = SSE &- SESE SVE S Er wd Ss Fe = = gas i— - v, 2 |] m= bl I» \/ ’ f [ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1984 The city board of commis- sioners at a special meeting Fri- day at noon authorized Mayor John Moss to apply for a Urban Development Action Grant. The Mayor told the board the city has no particular purpose in mind for such a grant yet but the grants can be used to revitalize private business. Mayor Moss said the grant would. cover 25 percent of the cost of revitalization with 75 per- cent coming from private local funds. Three former textile plants, Margrace, Pauline and Phenix Plant of Burlington In- dustries are now vacant in Kings ‘Mountain and each could be has never gone backward any year of opera- tion but they have decided to close up shop and enjoy retirement. Running For Board H. Eugene LeGrand has today filed as a candidate for the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners. The candidate is 61 years old and a resident of Route 2, Box 1146, Kings Mountain. He is a native of Shelby who attended Shelby Public Schools and graduated from North Carolina State University. He is married to Emma Jo Beam and they have four children and three grand- children. LeGrand served in the Infantry for forty-three months during WWII and was discharg- ed as Captain, having entered service as Private. LeGrand is a former plant manager of Shelby Plant, Fiber ing Out Of Business Sale”. They plan to retire March 1. “We plan to do more travel- ing, Bill wants to get back to his golfing and antique car hobby downtown in September 1958. and I want to have more time Sales have increased steadily with the grandchildren”, said over the years for Fulton’s Mrs. Fulton, who has always Department Store but fashions have seen drastic changes, especially in the men’s line. When Bill Fulton began stocking the men’s department of his store 25 years ago he was featur- ing work clothes, work shoes, hats and ties. One of the fastest selling items was shoes. Men are more fashion conscious today, he says, recalling that the leisure suit appeared on the scene about one season, Nehru or high col- for Tots, when the department lared suits are out, and men have sponsored Christmas parades expanded their suit wardrobe and Mountaineer Parades, Pete from the traditional pinstripe was there and he loved it and he and navy suit with white shirt. loved people”, said Fire Chief Athletic and canvas type shoes Gene Tignor. Chief Tignor also are the hottest footwear items ; credited Peterson with being in- and active sportswear is a major Funeral services for George strumental in forming the Fire Stem. for. men. and Women. in Wingfield Moss, 73, of 100 S. Museum 10 years ago and kick- 1984. Gaston Street, who died Thurs- ing off and leading the Toys for Mr. Fulton, who got in the day night at 6 p.m. at Gaston Tots program to help under- sales business with his late Memorial Hospital after several privileged children each year at father, WS. Fulton, Sr. and un- month’s illness, were conducted the Christmas season. “Pete lov- cle, M.A. Ware, at the old Ware Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. ed to help someone else. He lived and Sons Roller Mill, will find it ~~ from First Presbyterian Church for it”, said Tignor, who said hard not reporting to the store at of which he was a member and that “city firemen will miss Pete 8:30 in the morning six days a former deacon. Peterson and Kings Mountain week. For the past 15 years or His pastor, Rev. Eric Faust, citizens will miss him greatly.” so, Fulton’s has been open Sx officiated at the rites and inter- days a week and there have been ment was in Mountain Rest few vacations for the couple. Cemetery. : : Mr. Moss, a Kings Mountain doubled as buyer for the women’s department and book- keeper for the firm which open- ed in the former Myers Building Honcho” when it came to fund drives to help someone else, and particularly children. “You could depend on Pete and when we needed something for Toys Turn To Page 3-A Peterson had also been active in the Kings Mountain Rescue Since W.S. Fulton (Corky) y Squad for 13 years and was a Fulton, 11 joined the firm 10 native, was son of the late Henry charter member. He was active years ago and subsequently Nicholas and Mildred Lee in Faith Baptist Church and was became general manager, Bill Allison Moss. married to Margie Gordon He graduated from Kings Mountain High School and at- tended William and Mary University, Williamsburg, Va. He played on the conference winning football team at KMHS in 1926-29 and for several years worked as a soda jerk at both Kings Mountain Drug Co. and Griffin Drug Company. He also has relinquished some of his Peterson, who Survives. duties and he and Ruth have had He was son of the late William time for some brief vacations. Robert and Beatrice Kennedy Bill time rolls around every Peterson. . month, however, and Ruth does Members of the Kings Moun- he billing and handles all the tain Fire Department served as bookkeeping work for the firm. active and honorary pallbearers. Not only has its line of mer: Harris Funeral Home was in g charge of arrangements. Turn To Page 9-A Groundhog Day FEB. 2 001 Asunen IW shuty d:..8 IOWSN at oT ‘ FUOWP 9808¢ * DAY . 0) es eet errr rrr e nme net tet ttt ttt KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA City Will Apply For UDAG Grant The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment has determined that the Ci- ty of Kings Mountain is one of a select number of “distressed small cities” throughout the na- tion and funding is available to “distressed small cities” as a part of the Urban Development Ac- tion Grant program for the pur- poses of revitalizing the city’s economic base and reclaiming neighborhoods and there exists within the city serious problems 25° related to deterioration of the economic base as well as neighborhoods, the resolution stated. Communities whose private sector express significant interest in attacking these pro blems and who match private resources at a ratio of 25 percent federal to 75 percent local private funds are expected to be given the highest priority for funding. Turn To Page 2-A Joyce Cashion Files Commissioners. Mrs. Cashion is daughter of Mrs. Craig Falls and the late Mr. Falls. She and her family own and operate Falls Superette. Mr. Cashion has retired from the Kings Mountain District Schools. Three seats on the board of commissioners are up for grabs in the 1984 elections. Chairman Jack Palmer and member Hugh Dover, both veteran in- cumbents, have decided not to offer for re-election. A third in- cumbent member, Coleman Goforth, has filed for re-election. To date, 13 have filed notices of candidacy. Mrs. Cashion was the first woman from Cleveland County to serve as Chairman of the Cleveland County ‘Democratic Party, an office she served for five years. She served two terms as vice chairman of the Party and for five years was a member of the state executive committee. GEORGE W. MOSS worked during the early war years as parts manager at the former Victory Chevrolet Co. The late Mayor Jim Herndon hired Mr. Moss in 1942 at the Kings Mountain Water Plant and he began a 33 year career with the City of Kings Moun- For County Board RT Ne the edi County Board of A native of Kings Mountain, Bae JOYCE CASHION She was chairman of the County Democratic Party’s Sustaining Fund for three years. Presently, Mrs. Cashion is a member of North Carolina Democratic Women, Cleveland Turn To Page 9-A Funeral Services Held For George Moss, 73 tain, retiring in June 1975 as Superintendent of the Water System. He was also a member of the North Carolina Water Works Operations Association and a member of the American Water Works Association. He was mar ried to the former Sue Hord of Kings Mountain. Surviving, in addition to his wife, a retired Kings Mountain school teacher, are three daughters, Mrs. Susan Grigg of Raleigh, Mrs. George Anne Marston of La Jolla, Calif., and Mrs. Sara Nell Wright of Cary; three sisters, Mrs. Paul (Kathryn) Neisler, Sr., Mrs. Ed- ward A. (Eloise) Smith and Mrs. Frank Mildred) Hoyle, Jr., all of Kings Mountain, and five grand- children. The family has designated memorials to First Presbyterian Church. Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements, Axexqt1 TeT
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