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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1984
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Planters and Merchants
Warehouse Company, Inc. of
Shelby and Kings Mountain
Mayor John Henry Moss an-
nounced Wednesday that P&M
has purchased the old Phenix
Plant of Burlington Industries in
Kings Mountain.
H. Eugene LeGrand, Presi-
dent of P&M, said that the new
Kings Mountain company will
be an expansion of P & M’s
general warehousing operation
in Cleveland County.
LeGrand said that Phenix,
Inc., the new name of the com-
pany, will store cotton and tex-
tile raw materials and finished
goods, plans are to lease a major
portion of the building to Burl-
ington Industries.
Phenix, Inc. of Kings Moun-
tain will operate as a subsidiary
of P&M.
The Old Phenix Mill has
163,000 square foot of floor
space and is located on 16 acres
of property.
The addition will bring to
more than 900,000 square of
feet of operating and storage
space that P&M will be using in
Cleveland County.
“We like the location and ap-
pearance of the old Phenix Plant
and are pleased to be moving in-
to the Kings Mountain industrial
id G
interested in
FIRST FEDERAL PLANS EXPANSION - Steve McCorkle, of Turnkey Financial Builders, Inc.,
Architects Scott Hughes and Bob Rash of R.L. Rash Architects of Charlotte, and Gary
Whitaker, executive officer of First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Kings Mountain,
look over plans for a major expansion of the financial institute which will enlarge the lobby
and office areas and parking area of the firm.
Three
Killed
In Wreck
A Cherryville man, Donald
Ray Eaker, 38, and a Poquoson,
Virginia husband and wife,
Cheryl Jeanne Ryan, 27, and
Michael J. Ryan, 26, were killed
instantly in the head-on collision
of their two vehicles on I-85
south near Highway 161 Kings
Mountain early Saturday morn-
ing.
Two-year-old Justin Ryan, in
a child safety seat in the back
seat of his parents’ 1979 Toyota,
survived the crash. He suffered a
broken wrist, broken legs, a
lacerated tongue and several
abrasions. He was treated at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
State Highway Patrolman J.L.
Evans said the wreck occurred at
2:47 a.m. half a mile south of
Kings Mountain on I-85 when
Eaker, apparently intoxicated,
driving down the wrong side of
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resides on Moss Lake near Kings
Mountain.
Mayor Moss said he too is
elated that P&M has purchased
the old Phenix property and will
operate as Phenix, Inc. as a new
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Kings Mountain business and in-
dustrial citizen.
Phenix, Inc. will maintain a
full time staff at the new loca-
tion.
Mayor Moss said the in-
henix Plant Bought
dustrial and development, com-
mittee is continuing to work
with groups of people interested
in acquiring the old Margrace
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KING STREET CONSTRUCTION SCENE.- Workmen, above, are pictured at busy King S Street -
Piedmont Avenue intersection hauling off asphalt recycling and later paving of this major
thoroughfare through the city. Mayor John Moss said no timetable has been given by state
ad
Highway officials for
First Federal Savings & Loan
Association on West Mountain
Street announced major plans
for expansion this week.
Gary Whitaker, Executive
Vice President and Managing
Officer, said that work is under-
way to increase the lobby space
and parking area substantially.
Three new offices will be con-
structed on the ground floor as
well as a new vault to be
equipped with safety deposit
boxes, with a custodial area
along with booths for customer
to use when they visit the safety
deposit area.
Whitaker said that plans also
call for construction of four new
offices on the second floor plus
two work areas and a new board
Announces Expansion
of directors room which will ex-
pand the use of the existing com-
munity room on the second
floor.
An additional back office and
expanded bookkeeping area on
the first floor, a partial basement
for storage and an additional
drive-in window will enhance
customer service at the financial
institution.
Whitaker said that the crea-
tion of two lines for drive in win-
dow service will triple the
volume of business anticipated
for this service to customers.
First Federal Savings & Loan
has been a Kings Mountain
business citizen since 1907 and
occupied its new building on
West Mountain Street in 1970.
Because of larger volumes of
business, Whitaker said the need
for expansion has been needed
for sometime. “We hope that our
customers will excuse the in-
convenience that this construc-
tion may cause but that when
the construction is over they will
realize how much better we will
be able to serve them,” Whitaker
said.
First Federal Savings & Loan
employs 10 people. First
Federal’s assets now top $10
million.
Rash Architects of Charlotte
hold the architectural contract
for the new construction and
general contractor is Turnkey
Financial Builders, Inc. of
Charlotte.
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Photo by Lib Stewart
FIRST PATIENT - Tricia Burns, age three, was the first patient
for Kings Mountain's first Pediatrician Dr. Martin Stallings.
right, this week as he opened his new office in Kings Moun-
tain, a children’s clinic at 108 Edgemont Drive beside of KM
Hospital.
New Doctor Likes
Calling KM Home
Dr. Martin Stallings, Kings
Mountain’s first resident
pediatrician, saw his first patient
Monday, three-year-old Tricia
Burns, as workmen completed
the finishing touches on renova-
tion of his clinic at 108 Edge-
mont Drive.
A native of Sylacauga, Ala.,
Dr. Stallings says he already
“feels right at home in Kings
Mountain,” which compares in
size to his hometown. Dr. Stall-
ings comes to Kings Mountain
from Raleigh where he was in
pediatric practice for 10 years. In
Kings Mountain, he will be
closely affiliated with Kings
Mountain Hospital and the
hospital nursery for newborns.
The hospital is adjacent from
what used to be called the nurses
home. The pediatrics clinic ad-
joins the offices of surgeon Dr.
Sam Robinson.
Dr. Stallings announced that
Camille Leonard (Mrs. Ron)
Bagwell is joining his staff as a
registered nurse and Gail (Mrs.
Eddie) Herndon will serve as
receptionist.
Mrs. Bagwell, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Black Leonard,
graduated from KMHS and
Gaston Memorial Hospital
School of Nursing in 1973 and
formerly worked on the staff and
served as a nursing instructor at
Cherokee Memorial Hospital in
Gaffney, S.C. She was also
formerly on the staff of McGill
Clinic in Kings Mountain. Her
husband is Director of Nursing
at Kings Mountain Hospital.
They have a seven-year-old
daughter, Windy, and are active
in First Baptist Church.
Mrs. Herndon formerly
worked at the Children’s Clinic
in Shelby for 11 years. Daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Heavner of
Kings Mountain, she is married
to Eddie Herndon and they are
parents of three daughters, Edie,
age 16; Nikki, age 12; and Missy,
age 10. They are active in First
Baptist Church.
Dr. Stallings said he got his
first training in a doctor’s office
helping his uncle, a general prac-
titioner, put up shelves and do
some of the same work he was
doing Monday as he readied his
offices for patients. He received
his B.S. degree from the Univer-
sity of Alabama in 1965 and
graduated in 1969 from the
Medical College of Alabama. His
residency was done at the
Children’s Hospital at Birm-
ingham where he was the chief
resident his senior year. He
served in the USAF for two
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