VOL. 97 NUMBER 40
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1984
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
More Pay!
Petitions Say Kings Mountain Policemen Are Underpaid
Petitions are being circulated
in the city asking for an evalua-
tion of salaries in the Kings
Mountain Police Department.
Specifically, the petitions ask
that the city board of commis-
sioners adjust salaries of
employees of the police depart-
ment in comparison of other
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salaries of policemen employed
in area cities of comparable size.
- The petition also questions ci-
ty personnel policy and raises
questions of city policy in not
paying policemen “court time”,
among other things.
Eighty names were on the
petition Wednesday, and majori-
ty of names were those of
businessmen from local stores,
service stations and downtown
merchans.
The petition is expected to be
presented to the city board of
commissioners at the September
24th meeting.
The petition stems from com-
asp
For DJ Of The ro
Jerry Bedsole, Radio Station
WKMT gospel music disc
jockey, is one of 12 finalists for
the Southern Gospel Music
Association’s Gospel DJ of the
Year,
Bedsole, who joined the local
station over seven years ago, is
excited about the honor and
grateful to his listeners who have
made it possible.
He will attend the Gospel
Music Convention Oct. 16 in
Nashville, Tennessee and also at-
tend a gospel radio seminar in
connection with the convention
activities.
Bedsole, a Kings Mountain
native, started singing gospel
music at his mother’s knee and
won his first talen contest at
Central School when he sang a
song in the mid 1950’s and won
$10. Singing in the choir, at
Piedmont Baptist Church his
love for gospel music grew.
Now, Bedsole directs the choir at
Piedmont Baptist Church and
often sings solo in church. He
chooses carefully the gospel
songs he plays each day from
9:30 until 10:30 a.m. and from 11
until noon over WKMT which
manager Jonas Bridges bills as
the No. 1 Country and Gospel
Station. Jerry gets request after
. request from his listening au-
dience and has met personally
many of the gospel greats and
helped schedule their area ap-
pearances. y
Eddie Crook Co., a major
gospel recording label, submitted
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plaints of wives of two Kings
Mountain patrolmen. Mary
Sales and Pat Ivey told the
Herald a yearly report on the
performance of the Kings Moun-
tain Police Department Patrol
Division reveal their husbands
logged together a total of 9,820
minutes in court, in addition to
their regular duties, and contend
that they should be paid the
same as top patrolmen on the
force taking into consideration
their experience and additional
schooling. They also contend
that one of the two was refused a
hearing before the city personnel
committee which was designed
to hear grievances.
Police Chief Jackie Barrett
said that only one department in
Cleveland County, the Shelby
Police Department, pays
Policemen for time spent in
court.
Cleveland County Sherriff’s
Department does not grant
comp time nor pay unless the
Shift Lieutenant approves of the
court time or comp time. Most
Nation
Rites
Conducted
Funeral services for Jerry
Nation, 47, of 506
ris Funeral Home.
Teacher Rabbi and Don
Kistler officiated at the rites, and
interment was in New Lebanon
Cemetery in Blountsville,
Alabama.
Mr. Nation was former owner
and operator of Jerry Nation
Chevrolet in Kings Mountain.
He was married to Lavonia Voss
Nation, who survives, and was
son of Edward Shirley and
Elizabeth Beckham Nation of
Blountsville, Alabama.
Also surviving are two sons,
Daniel and Mark Nation, both
of Greenville, S.C., and a
daughter, Lisa Nation, of the
home and brother, Phillip Home
of Birmingham, Alabama.
Jack Bennett
Wins First
$100 Prize
Jack Bennett of 500 Woodland Drive, Kings Mountain, is the.
first winner in the Herald's “Pick the Winners" football contest.
Bennett, who won his first $100 prize after many years of
entering the contest, won in a special drawing over Devoil But-
cher of Route 6, Kings Mountain, and Debra Hipp of 623 East
Gold Street, Kings Mountain, after the three tied.
Actually, seven people tied for first place. missing four of the
.19 games in last week's contest. The Florida-LSU game ended
in a tie.
Bennett, Butcher and Hipp all predicted that 28 points would
the scored in the tie-breaking game (Hunter Huss vs. Shelby).
Shelby won the game 20-0.
Others who missed just four games but lost out on the tie-
breaker were Alice Mann and Wade Beam, both of Bessemer
City. and Robert Murphree and Linda O’Shields, both of Kings
Mountain.
The games which threw most contestants were KM-Burns,
Maryland-Syracuse, Alabama-Boston College and East
Carolina-Temple.
Winners of last week's contest games were Burns over Kings
Mountain, South Point over Ashbrook, North Gaston over
Bessemer City, Charlotte Latin over Cherryville, Maiden over
East Lincoln, Shelby over Huss, Crest over Lincolnton, Clemson
over Virginia, Duke over Indiana, N.C. State over Ohio,
Syracuse over Maryland, VPI over Wake Forest, Boston Col-
lege over Alabama, Temple over East Carolina, Michigan over
Miami, South Carolina over The Citadel, Oklahoma over Stan-
ford, Mississippi over Memphis State and Georgia over
Southern Mississippi.
The second of 10 football contests is inside today’s Herald.
Follow the rules and pick the most winners and you could be
the next $100 winner.
DRAW FOR PRIZE —
Jack Bennett, right. one of three persons
who tied in last week's Herald football contest, draws for the
$100 prize against Lt. Bob Hayes of the Kings Mountain Police
Department. Hayes was representing Debra Hipp and Devoil
Butcher. who tied with Bennett but could not be present for the
drawing. Three sheets of paper, with one having $100 written
it, were wadded up and put in the box. Bennett drew the on
with $100 written on it and won the first week's prize.
of the court time is scheduled
when the policeman is on duty
and his court cases are set when
he is on the first shift, according
to Barrett. Chief Barrett said he
will make a recommendation
that court time pay be con-
sidered in the next city budget.
He said that majority of area
cities pay comp or court time.
Lincolnton officers have
choice of overtime pay or comp
time. Cherryville officers receive
comp time. Gastonia officers
receive $10 per court ap-
pearance. Shelby officers receive
overtime pay for court time and
may use this time and comp time
for additional days off or turn
the time in for pay. Shelby of-
ficers also receive five percent
pay incentive for breathalyzer
operation, AA degrees, B.S.
degrees, master degrees, firearms
instructor and polygraph
operators.
Chief Barrett said that he
would recommend in the next
budget that pay be made to
police who conduct breathalyzer
tests when the operator is called
in off duty. He said that
specialized training is obtained
by an officer at the expense of
tax dollars. “The A.A. degree is
another pay forever situation. I
believe that all the officers in this
department went to school
under the G.I. Bill. They had
some time off to attend classes
and were paid well to get the
degree.”
makes the difference between
step one and step two of the pay
scale. He said the officer pay
scale is set out in steps. If work is
satisfactory after six months,
there is a one step raise. All other
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The Herald has 34
pages today. and
theyre all full of in-
teresting news, sports,
features and social ac-
tivities. Here are some
samples.
25 Years
Arlene Barrett, who
has served as
secretary at First
Presbyterian Church
! in Kings Mountain for
25 years, was honored
during Sunday School
services Sunday. See
page 2-B.
One Of Best
One of the best all-
around athletes of all
time at Kings Moun-
tain High School was
Jimmy Kimmell, who
played all three major
sports in the late for-
ties and early fifties.
Kimmell is one of the
few high school
athletes to ever earn
12 varsity letters dur-
ing his career. See
page 5-A.
Contest
The second of 10
weekly football con-
tests is on pages 4-5A.
If you can predict more
winners than anybody
else, you will pocket
$100.
Upset
A Herald reader who
recently visited his
family in Kings Moun-
tain is upset about the
dilapidated
playground equip-
ment at Commis-
sioners Park. See page
2-A.
auction
Kings Mountain will
be held Saturday at
High Tech Recreations
on Shelby Road. Pro-
ceeds from the event
will go to the Kings
Mountain Boys Club.
Spectrum Names Murphrey
Vice President Of Sales
Rick Murphrey has been nam-
ed Vice-President of Sales of
Spectrum Dyed Yarns, Inc. This
was announced today by
Douglas Blanchard, President.
Spectrum is a diversified package
dyer of yarns serving the knit-
ting and weaving trades, with
manufacturing facilities here.
Murphrey has been with Spec-
trum since 1973 in various sales
positions. Prior to that he was
with Blanchard Yarn Company
and J.P. Stevens. He is a native
of Farmville, N.C. and is a
graduate of Atlantic Christian
College in Wilson, N.C. He
resides in Kings Mountain with
his wife, Sandra and daughter,
Tracy.
RICK MURPHREY
Elaine Grigg Named
First Union Manager
John Young, City Executive
of First Union National Bank,
has announced the promotion of
Elaine Grigg to Manager of the
Kings Mountain Main Office.
Mrs. Grigg assumes the
magerial responsibilities for the
main office after 18 years of ser-
vice with First Union. She had
previously been serving as
Management Service Officer
since 1983. An active member of
the community, Mrs. Grigg’s ac-
tivities include Sunday School
teacher at First Presbyterian
Church, Treasurer of Cleveland
County Heart Association,
Secretary-Treasurer of Kings
Mountain Little League and an
active member of Kings Moun-
tain Country Club.
Mrs. Grigg is married to
Alfred F. Grigg of Kings Moun-
tain and has a son, Russell, 13.
ELAINE GRIGG
She is the daughter of Wink
Russell of Kings Mountain and
Helen Johnson of Clinton, S.C.
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