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VOL. 97 NUMBER 31
Photo by Gary Stewart
FOURTH FUN - Kings Mountain youngsters try to balance a Celebration, sponsored by the City of Kings Mountain. More
potato on their heads as they walk across the swimming pool photos are on page 1-C.
at Commissioners Park during last week's Fourth of July
First UR Project Complete
Scissors-Smith, a five-
operator, full service beauty and
men’s hair styling salon, will
hold open house Sunday after-
‘redevelopment
struction project approved by
the city board of commissioners
this year.
Scissors-Smith is among five
urban renewal projects going up
in downtown Kings Mountain
and is among the first to be com-
pleted, construction starting just
a few months ago. The shop
‘moved from the Blazer Building
June 20th.
The Smiths bought the proper-
‘ty for $1600 and final plans were
approved for the facility by the
city board of commissioners.
A brick building with raised
front, shed roof and canopy
design, the new shop has 1200
square feet of working area and
enhances the decor of
downtown Kings Mountain
with a colonial design with bay
window accents and decorations
in colonial blue and beige. In-
dividual styling, shampooing and
drying areas give the customer
privacy and comfort and new
services include a tanning booth,
a skin care area which features
ultra massage with steamer and
ultra violet lighting and utilizing
heated mitts and boots for
moisturing results, and a com-
pletely separate styling area for
men. There is a private paved
parking area at the rear of the
building. The lattice work in the
district in a Urban Renewal con-
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE-Scissor-Smith Salon, the first building completed under the city’s most
recent downtown development project. will hold open house Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. Scissor-
Smith is located on Mountain Street. Several other buildings are under construction in the
downtown ared.
interior of the shop is done in
tones of beige and also enhances
the decor. Ceiling fans are used
in the reception area and the
large bathroom is equipped for
handicapped.
Another unique feature of the
salon is that all staffers
graduated from the Kings
Mountain High School
Cosmetology Class of which
Lillian Whitworth is instructor.
Mrs. Smith, a Kings Mountain
stylist and beautician for 16
years, graduated from KMHS
Cosmetology Class in 1968.
When she went to work and
began adding other members to
her own staff, she enlisted the
aid of Mrs. Whitworth in recom-
mending former students. Other
staffers are Eric Wright, Lynn
Walters, and Bonita Moffatt. All
staffers attend two training
seminars a year, said Mrs. Smith.
The Smith family also includes
two sons, Derek, 11, and Alan,
9. :
Scissors-Smith is open every
day except Wednesday and Sun-
day and provides hospital visits
to customers who want their
hair shampooed.
Refreshments and gifts will be
distributed during the open
house and grand opening
celebration.
Road Wor!
To Begin
Widening of four lanes on
Cleveland Avenue, curbing and
guttering and sidewalk construc-
tion on the West Side, and resur-
facing of King Street is expected
to get underway this week and
next, Department of Transporta-
tion officials told city officials at-
tending a pre-construction con-
ference Tuesday morning in
Shelby.
The Cleveland Avenue pro-
ject, which involves N.C. 161
improvements from Woodside
Avenue to Linwood Road SR
2024, is expected to be com-
pleted by October 1. Work is
slated to begin Monday.
The majority of the im-
provements will be done by the
Department of Transportation
with John Jenkins as contractor.
The city is responsible for
relocating utilities, uprooting of
any trees necessary for the road
work and improvements. The ci-
ty has already secured the
necessary right of way.
Resurfacing of King Street
was to get underway today
(Wednesday) and area citizens
can expect to see a lot of detour
signs between now and the next
few months. According to Com-
munity Development Director
Gene White, all the old east end
of King Street: around Oriental
Avenue will be taken up and
new paving will be done all the
way to the Wade Ford area in
the western side of King Street.
All the old asphalt will be re-
placed on King in a joint project
es Debbie Anderson Named
Grover Police Woman
Debbie Anderson, 28, of
Grover, was hired Monday night
by the Grover Town Board as
the town’s first woman
patrolman.
She joins Mike Clayton, who
came to work Dec. 15, 1983, as
the town’s second police officer.
She assumes her new duties
Monday.
Ms. Anderson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Sheppard, Jr.
of Grover, has been a reserve of-
ficer with the Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Department since Feb.
28th of this year. She is a
graduate of Blacksburg High
School and took her training
with the Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Department.
Ms. Anderson fills the vacan-
cy left by patrolman Jerry Kates,
who left the force to join the
Kings Mountain Police Depart-
\
ble, White said, for repairing
and/or replacing curb and gutter.
“For the next couple of
months, we'll see a lot of detour
* signs on King Street but it will be
nice when the project is com-
pleted,” said White.
City officials at Tuesday’s pre-
construction conference with
DOT officials were Gene White,
Walt Ollis and Ray Ross.
Don’t Buy
Calendar Ad
Someone misrepre-
senting himself as an
employee of WKMT
Radio has been calling
local merchants ask-
ing them to purchase
an advertisement on a
calendar which he
says WKMT is
publishing. :
Jonas Bridges.
Manager of WKMT,
warns local merchants
not to purchase such
an ad because his sta-
tion is not par-
ticipating in any type
of promotion.
“We want the
business people of
Kings Mountain to
beware,” Bridges said.
“We have no such pro-
© Spor-
DEBBIE ANDERSON
ment. Kates had served as a
Grover policeman since Sept.
1982.
Dredging Evaluated
Dredging contractors from as
far away as Wilmington and
Charleston, S.C. are evaluating
the job of dredging Moss Lake,
according to city officials who
showed dredging operators a
tour of the lake this week.
The city and the KM Lake
Authority will advertise for bids
soon for dredging of the lake.
Gene White, of the Communi-
ty Development Office, escorted
the contractors on a tour of the
lake Tuesday in the absence of
Mayor John Moss, who is on
vacation.
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DR. JOHN C. McGILL
JOHN A. YOUNG
THOMAS A. TATE
MARILYN NEISLER
J.C. BRIDGES
g Named To Hospital Board
Dr. John C. McGill and John
A. Young have been appointed
to the Kings Mountain Hospital
Board of Trustees, succeeding
Dr. Joe Lee and L.E. Hinnant.
Dr. McGill is a family practi-
tioner and member of the
hospital Medical Staff.
Mr. Young is the City
Executive/Vice-President of
First Union National Bank.
The appointments were made
during the June meeting of the
Board.
In other action, the Board
reelected all three officers:
Thomas A. Tate, Sr., President;
Mrs. Marilyn Neisler, Vice-
President; and J.C. Bridges,
Secretary.
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