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Steve's Retiring
At Griffin's
Steve Rathbone, veteran Griffin Drug Company “Steve Of All
Trades” is parking his Mopad the last Friday in August.
The personable and versatile “soda jerk”, maintenance man, and
deliveryman for Wilson Griffin at Griffin’s is retiring, after 34 years on
his job.
“I'm really going to miss everyone but I have made a lot of friends
during the 34 years I've worked in downtown Kings Mountain. My
doctors tell me I need to take care of my eyesight,” he says.
Steve suffers from retnitus pigmantosis of the eyes and his failing
eyesight over the years has prohibited him from driving a car except
for four years from 1948-52. Five years ago he bought a Mopad and
recently got a new model which he operates about 25 miles a week
during his delivery route in and around Kings Mountain, where he has
delivered everything from sundries to medicines.
He’s putting a for sale sign on the Mopad this week.
Before purchasing his Mopad, Steve pedaled a regular bicycle all
over Kings Mountain and his bike was a familiar tradesmark to the
downtown business district. “I’ve delivered just about everything the
store sells on that bike”, he recalls. :
Steve, who moved from Gastonia to Kings Mountain when he was
four years old, is the son of Mrs. Carol D. Rathbone and the late D.V:
Rathbone. His parents retired from the Old Dilling Mill and Steve and
his mother and two brothers, Bobby and Paul Rathbone, continue to
live in the family home at 28 Bennett Drive. Steve has two sisters who
are married and another brother who is married. He and his family are
active in First Wesleyan Church.
Steve came to work for the late E.W. “Doc” when he was 19 years
old. Now 53, Steve recalls “Doc” as a “good man to work for” and said
he has enjoyed his association with E.W. Griffin, Jr. (Wilson) ever
since Wilson graduated from Pharmacy School and joined his father in
the business. Steve said his first job was as a stock boy and recalled
how he loved to deliver five cent cokes, five cent chips and five cent
coffee to the girls who worked across the street in the old Bell
Telephone Building. (Southern Bell used to be located upstairs in the
former Sterchi Building across from Griffin.) Steve also recalled his ex-
citement when Griffin’s moved into its present new building from next
door (where Scissor Smith is now located).
Steve said that all the changes at the drug store have meant faster
and improved service for the customer and he considers his employers
. his “good friends”, as well as the many folks he has worked with over
fithin’s has maintained the traditional corner drug store at-
mosphere as a place neighbors gather to chat over coffee.
What does he plan to do upon retirement.”
Steve said he plans to stay at home, enjoy himself, go bowling and
“shoot some pool.” Steve bowled regularly on Lil Dan’s team in
Gastonia until the team disbanded this season.”
Retirement will be a real adjustment for Steve, who has worked all
his life. But he looks forward to it.
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE, PLEASE? - Steve Rathbone. above,
also doubles as a soda jerk at Griffin Drug Co., where he went
to work at the age of 19 over 34 years ago.
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‘Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, August 9, 1984
" modem that slides
A check for $360 was
presented to the Kings Moun-
tain Boy’s Club by the Kings
Mountain Jaycees Monday
night.
Brad Tate, Jaycee President,
said it is the second consecutive
year that the local civic club has
made a contribution to the three-
year-old club for youth in the
, community.
Sharing in the presentation
ceremonies at the regular
meeting at Holiday Inn were
State Vice President Joe Walker.
Past State President Jim God-
frey, District Director Larry
Hamrick, Jr. of Kings Mountain
and External Vice President Bob
Maner of Kings Mountain.
Dr. Paul Hendricks is presi-
dent of the local Boys Club
which operated for the first two
years of its organization as a unit
of the Cleveland County Boy’s
Club. The local club now func-
tions with its own board of direc-
tors.
Central School Principal
Glenda O’Shields is vice presi-
dent, Lavon Strickland is
secretary and Tommy Bennett is
treasurer. Some 25 local citizens
serve on the club’s board of
directors.
Kings Mountain Boy’s Club
* has an active membership of 140
boys with a membership of 280.
Headquartered at Central
School, the club is open five days
a week in the summer months
and four days a week in the
winter months with Danny
McDowell as director and with -
programs in athletics, arts,
crafts, etc.
The club is open on Saturdays
from 10 until 3 p.m., on Sundays
from 10 until 3 p.m. and during
school sessions after 4 until 8
p.m.
Numerous Kings Mountain
civic clubs have contributed to
its operation and Kings Moun-
tain Boy’s Club is also a recipient
of United Way contributions.
For the first time this summer
the Boy’s Club will offer a soccer
program to interested young °
athletes.
Cablelink
Gets
Big Order
From Page 1°
Cablelink is an equal opportuni-
ty employer with several women
and minorities in supervisory
and technical positions.
Cablelink of Kings Mountain
is now a wholly owned sub-
sidiary of Robinson Nugent,
Inc., based in New Albany, In-
diana, a leading internationally
recognized manufacturer of
sockets and connectors for the
electronics market.
Cablelink has renovated a
building owned by Mauney
Hosiery on Childers Street and
occupies 25,000 square feet of
warehouse and factory space,
leasing from Charles F. Mauney.
William E. Solomon is Director
of Operations, Joe Sturgeon is
Senior Applications Engineer,
Thomas A. Barbee is Accoun-
ting Manager, David Walker is
Manufacturing Manager, Bever-
ly Carter is Chief Inspector-
Quality Control, Tinky Scar-
borough and Antwone Camp are
members of the Sales Depart-
ment, Wanda Hamrick and
Steve Dameron are members of
the Production Engineering
Department, Meaveen Schultz
heads the purchasing depart-
ment, Jane Clemmer and Evelyn
Wright head the Accounting
Department and Jane Clemmer
heads up the Personnel Depart-
ment. Plant supervisors are
Schrell Smith and Patricia
Hudspeth.
According to General
Manager Schultz, to the casual
observer the most interesting
aspect of the data processing in-
dustry is “The Next Big Thing.”
The newest product is the IBM
PC modems, multi-function
boards, the most extensive pro-
gram of its kind in the telecom-
munications field. Schultz said
the modem is a lot more than a
into any
available slot on an IBM, PC or
IBM XT computer. It is an
automatic, dial, automatic
answer modem with a real-time
clock to run your PC or XT on a
schedule.
“We're real excited about this
new product and look forward to
working with U.S. Robotics”,
said Cablelink officials.
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Jaycees Give To Boys
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Club
JAYCEE OFFICERS - New officers of the Kings Mountain Jaycees are pictured above. Front
row, Bob Maner; President Brad Tate and Tom Bennett. Back row from left, District Director
Larry Hamrick, Jr., Carl Plonk, Johnny Gamble, Lou Sabetti, Jr. and Stephen Huffstetler.
Rash
Of Thetis
Reported
From Page 1
was stolen containing tools. The
truck was apparently used to
haul merchandise from
Barnette’s. Police recovered the
truck at Floyd and Laura
Streets.
At 845 am. Wednesday,
Southern Bell Telephone of-
ficials reported to KMPD that
someone had removed the mail
from their mailboxes.
Childers Heating, 309 Canslr
St., reported to KMPD at 8:45
a.m.theft of a two ton air-
conditioner and set of hand-
trucks valued at $1050 taken
during a break-in.
City Motors on York Road
called KMPD at 10:20 a.m. to
report that a vehicle belonging to
Gary McSwain of Route 3,
Shelby, had been stolen. The
1979 Olds was valued at $5100.
Police recovered the vehicle.
-Burlan Corporation, 300 N.
Piedmont Ave. galled KMPD at
11:45 a.m. to report that so-
meone broke the lock from the
storage door. Nothing was miss-
ing.
Nicholson Heating, 901
Henry St., called KMPD at noon
Wednesday to report the theft of
a tire truck and tire rim valued at
$150.
Wade David Benge, of 526
17th St. Hickory, reported to
KMPD at 5:01 p.m. that his
overight bag was stolen from a
vehicle owned by Billy Sellers,
‘802 Monroe Ave.
At 6:30 p.m. Robert Robin-
son, of Route 3, Lincolnton,
reported that wheelcovers
valued at $260 were taken from
his car parked at J and D
Warehouse on Slater St.
In other reports of vandalism:
Margaret Wyatt, 123 Ark St.,
reported that someone cut the
cablevision wires going into her
residence.
Phillips 66 Service Station,
King St., reported two incidents
“of larceny of $10.02 and $18.43
worth of gasoline.
George Ramsey, 407 E. Ridge
St., reported damage to property.
He said that a Charlotte
Observer mailbox at the Pantry
was damaged. :
Patricia Shaer, of 1404 Nor-
thwoods, reported larceny of a
bicycle valued at $130.
Roy Toney, 507 Gantt St.,
reported larceny of a golfcart
valued at $500.
Corner Pantry, King St.,
reported that a City of Kings
Mountain dump truck struck a
neon sign at the store doing
some property damage. The
was listed as Tom
Pressley.
Tom Barnette, 115 Waco
Road, reported that a front win-
dow was broken out of his fur-
niture store on N. Piedmont
Ave. Estimated damage was
$500.
Faye Wellmon, 803 First St.,
reported that a vehicle operated
by Rob Sparrow, backing, hit
her gate, cornerpost, and damag-
ed eight feet of a chainlink fence
at her residence.
FAMILY REUNION
The descendants of the late
W.M. and Charity Kellar Hord
will gather for a family reunion
on Sunday, Aug. 12th. Lunch
will be served at the Picnic
Shelter at lake Montonia at 1
p.m.
Board Approves
Issuance Of Bonds
The city board of commis-
sioners approved Friday the is-
suance of $2,230,000 in in-
dustrial revenue bonds after re-
quest from the Kings Mountain
Development Corporation, "a
local, non-profit, industrial
recruiting group which will lease
the former Great Dominion pro-
perty on Grover Road.
Thomas Tate, president of
KM Development Corporation
and members of the Board of
Directors, appeared before the
special noon meeting of the city
commission.
Tate said the Raleigh-based
Clancey and Theys Construction
Co., acting as guarantor of the
bonds, will subdease the proper-
ty to Cumbustion Engineering
Company. Branch Banking and
Trust Co. has agreed to purchase
the bonds.
Money raised from the sale of
the bonds will be used for the
purchase, renovation and expan-
“sion of the former Great Domi-
'nion building on Grover Road
by Combustion Engineering Inc.
of Stamford, Conn.
Drafts of the bond purchase
agreement were submitted at the
meeting by attorney Frank
Meadows.
The city board had several
months ago approved the project
in principle following a joint
public hearing with the Board of
Cleveland County Commis-
sioners which also approved the
project in principle.
The Project will have a direct
connection with the city of
Kings Mountain, although
located outside the city limits, in
that municipal water and sewage
treatment facilities will be ex-
tended to and used by the new
industrial citizen in addition to
providing job opportunities to
the citizens of Kings Mountain,”
said Mayor John Henry Moss.
“This is a happy day for us’,
said the Mayor, “because action
by the commissioners today
paves the way for new use of the
former Great Dominion
Building.”
City Attorney George b.
Thomasson told the board that
the city is under no financial
obligation in the transaction. He
said the bonds mature in 25
years.
Combustion Engineering
manufactures large scale boilers
for power plants and the Kings
Mountain facility on Grover
Road will be used for a
mainenance facility for their pro-.
duct.
Construction is underway on
42,000 square feet to 75,000
square feet and should be com-
pleted by mid-Fall. At end of the
first year of operation Combus-
tion Engineering is expected to
employ 90 people.
The Mayor said that members
of the Kings Mountain Develop-
ment Corporation are to be
“commended for the many hours
they spend on such projects as
this one announced today. Per-
sonally and on behalf of the city
board of commissioners, I want
to thank everyone who had a
hand in bringing this important
new industry to the Kings
Mountain area.”
Shawn Smith
Selling Heralds
From Page 1
two sells.
Subscriptions may also be sold to the Belmont Banner, Mt.
Holly News, Bessemer City Record, Stanley News, and Cher-
ryville Eagle.
Shawn said he got the paper selling bug from his two older
brothers, who were highly successful in Herald subscriptions
sales a couple of years ago. Rodney Smith sold 100 new
‘subscriptions and Jerriah Smith sold 40.
Shawn, a ninth grader at Kings Mountain Junior High, said
he preferred the cash to the bicycle and television set, has not
decided what he will buy with hiw new bankroll. “Probably
some things for school”, he says.
Another Kings Mountain teenager, Larry Stone, 12, is close
to receiving the top prize for selling 20 new Herald subscrip-
tions. Stone had collected $215.27 this week.
Subscriptions to the Herald sell for $10.45 per year. No
subscriptions for less than a year can be accepted. Renewals do
not count in the contest.
All subscriptions must be turned in the Herald on Thursday
or Fridays by 4 p.m.
Anyone entering the campaign who does not sell enough
subscriptions to qualify for a bicycle or TV set will receive one
half of the money collected, excluding tax.
Pick up your sales kit at The Herald at King and Canterbury
Road and start winning like Shawn Smith and Larry Stone.
The 57 super salesmen in the Herald subscription contest
who are calling on local people in the annual summer drive in-
clude:
Julie Ann Rosenbaum, Jo An Carmichel, Randy Mauney,
Jimmy Hannon, Shawn Smith, Derek Reese, Darrell Martin,
Lisa Messer, Michael Philips, Bill Runyans, Dawn Morris,
Maria Cable, Beth Parrish, Richard Dover, Tammy Moss,
Melissa Breakfield, Shane Crocker, Stuart Spires, Carrie
McMillan, Mary Frances Brown, Campbell Floyd Brown,
Renee Barber, Amy Ford, Leigh Anne Stewart, Dee Stewart,
Lynn Grigg, Chad Gass, Kevin Gass, Larry Stone, Dustin
Mullinax, Terry Connor, Wanda Laughter, Regina Ross, Tim
Moore, Karla Moore, Tammy Vestal, Billy Gean Foster,
Ginger Baity, Aaron Anderson, Douglas Hammett, Matthew
Stout, Michelle Latham, Lisa Blaine, Makalay Blaine, Reginnia
Murray, Lisa Oliver, Bobby Gann, David Stout, Brandon Put-
nam, Chris Robins, Ruth Latham, Jody Richardson, Jay
Richardson, Mary Frances Jenkins, Neal Anthony and Eric
Ross.