A petition asking better wages
and better working conditions
for ‘Kings Mountain policemen
was presented to the city board
of commissioners Monday night.
Circulated by wives of two
policemen-Mary Sale and Pat
Ivey-the petition was signed by
200 people.
Janice Deaton, who told the
board she is a spokesperson for
“concerned Kings Mountain
citizens” distributed a prepared
statement to the mayor and all
six commissioners at the close of
the regular Monday night
meeting.
The petition asks: that police
salaries and working conditions
for the Kings Mountain Police
Department be evaluated, in
comparison with surrounding
towns and cities.
The statement continued, “A
citizen’s committee has cir-
culated this petition to be
reviewed by an impartial com-
mittee not containing board
members, or personnel
employees. We have 200
signatures of downtown mer-
chants and area homeowners re-
questing our police department
be adequately paid and properly
supervised to give good police
protection and representation.
We're hot pressing for a decision
at this particular time but would
like to have an answer of our re-
quest as soon as possible”, the
_ statement concluded.
Mrs. Deaton is a former can-
didate for city commissioner and
has said she would be a €an-
didate for commissioner in the
next city election. She said that
downtown merchants are con-
cerned that “the low Police pay
could, in the long run, result.in
poor police protection of their
businesses.”
The board accepted the peti-
tion without comment but
Mayor John Moss thanked Mrs.
Deaton and the two officers
wives present for their concern
and attendance at the meeting.
Both Mrs. Sale and Mrs. Ivey
told The Herald several weeks
ago that their husbands, police
200 Sign Petition
officers Gary Sale and Don Ivey,
had nothing to do with the peti-
tioning process but questioned
several personnel procedures
which are city policy; among
these, why the police department
does not pay for time spent in
court, over and above an
officer’s normal shift time; why
officers do not receive extra pay
for specialized training; and why
officers lose their sick pay after
30 days have been accumulated.
The petition also points out that
Kings Mountain officers are the
lowest paid of any in several sur-
rounding cities.
All city employees, including
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VOL. 97 NUMBER 44
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1984
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
The Kings Mountain Board of
Education, meeting - Monday
night at North School,
unanimously approved
Superintendent Bill Davis’s
recommendation that the school
system apply for participation in
the state’s Pilot Career Develop-
ment program to be introduced
next year. 7
Davis said only two systems
from this region will be acce
plantoapply.
s, who calls the Career
Davi
epted
Development plan “one of the
most significant developments in
education in the last decade”,
said that about two-thirds of the
Kings Mountain teachers
surveyed said they approved of
Kings Mountain’s participation
in the pilot program.
The General Assembly plans
to allocate $4.5 million to initiate
the program which will require '
teachers to meet certain stan-
dards and to continually update
their certification to earn
“another step on the career *
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‘mostly from “outside the educa
tional establishment” “and has
been a result of public demand
and mandates from legislatures.
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FALL FESTIVAL IS WEDNESDAY-Liza Falls, age 5. and her
brother, Cameron Falls, 6, display some of the country items
and crafts which will be featured in the “Ye Ole Country
Store” at the Woman's Club annual Fall Festival next Wednes-
day. The Falls children are son and daughter of Denise and
Kenny Falls.
Fall Festival Slated
At KM Woman’s Club
The annual Fall Festival of
the Kings Mountain Woman's
Club next Wednesday at the
Woman’s Club, East Mountain
St., is being advertised as its “big-
gest and best ever”.
Lunch will be served from
11:30 until 1:00 p.m. and dinner
will be served from 5:30 until
7:30 p.m. with a menu of turkey
and ham with all the trimmings.
The Festival will feature the
theme, “A Patriotic Prelude”
and will feature one of the
largest assortments of crafts,
handmade items, art exhibits
and bazaar items ever assembled
by the clubwomen.
A country motif will be car-
ried out in the decorations for
“Ye Ole Country Store” which
will offer the Festival visitors a
wide selection of crafts to choose
from. Christmas stockings,
Christmas door wreaths,
grapevine, cornshuck and
wisteria wreaths, country pot-
tery, decorative hats,
Candlewick pillows, scarecrow
door decorations in black and
gold, tole painted items, painted
pumpkins for Halloween and
many more items, included
homemade cakes, pies, and cann-
ed goods will be featured. Wood
items and furniture will also be
featured.
‘Clubwomen were putting the
finishing touches this week on
handmade and craft items for
the Festival.
Luncheon and dinner tickets
are on sale from any clubwoman
at $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for
children under 12 or may be ob-
tained at the clubhouse Wednes-
day.
Betty R. Gamble is president
of the Woman’s Club and co-
chairman of the Festival are
Peggy Baird and Jessie Collins.
“If youre going to keep good
teachers and attract top quality
people, you're going to have to
make the profession more attrac-
tive, especially in terms of salary
and career development,” Davis
said.
The program will have dif-
ferent requirements for prospec-
tive teachers and those who have
in college to determine if they
are qualified to enter the profes-
HOOK:
What’s Inside
not yet gained “career” status
times during that two-year
Beginning in today's
Herald, Paul Cameron, the
popular sports director of
WBTV. will write a weekly
column concerning all
aspects of sports. The col-
umn is called “For Your In-
formation.” It's on page
14-A.
Bill Bates, who coached
Kings Mountain's Moun-
taineers to back-to-back
Southwestern 3-A Con-
ference titles in 1963 and
1964, recalls some exciting
and unusual moments in
his 14 years as a high
school football coach in to-
day's ‘““Mountainer
Moments.” See page 13-A.
Debbie Sisk likes her job
in the male-dominated
profession of car repairs.
See page 5-A.
Sudie Peele’s home on
Cansler Street is a busy
place this time of year.
See page 3-A.
Two members of the
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad worked with the
emergency first aid team
for President Reagan's
visit to Charlotte Monday.
See page 2-A.
sion, Davis said. After gradua-
tion, they will take another test
to see if they will receive a
teaching certificate.
Upon beginning a teaching
career, the teacher will come in-
to the profession on the initial
level of the career ladder for a
period of two years, during
‘which time he will be monitored
by a professional support team
will evaluate the teacher three
period and the teacher will
receive a beginning salary of
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PRESENTS PETITION - Representing “Concerned Citizens”, Jan
Deaton, above, presents petition to the board of commissioners
asking for more pay for Kings Mountain police.
KM Schools To Apply For Pilot Program
$1,568 per month. After two
years of satisfactory work; the
salary will be $1,724 per month.
The teacher must earn two con-
tinuing education units each
year and perform satisfactory
work to be recommended to the
School Base Review Panel
which will monitor the teacher
through the next step of the
career ladder.
ministration and two person
jointly agreed upon by the
teacher and the administration.
At the end of four years,
depending upon recommenda-
tions by the monitoring groups
and satisfactory work, the
teacher will gain Career I status
or leave the profession. Beginn-
ing with the fifth year of employ-
ment, the salary will increase to
$1,896 per month, or $3,400 per
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PW Director Hired
Wayne G. Kimbrell, 44, of
Sharpsburg, N.C., will become
the city’s Superintendent of
Public Works Nov. 1.
The city board of commis-
sioners hired Kimbrell Monday
night after an executive session
held during the regular meeting
at City Hall.
The board had received seven
applications for the superinten-
dent’s job.
The city’s last Public ‘Works
Superintendent was Ed Dwyer,
who served from 1977-1979.
Ted Huffman, who resigned in
1982 as a section foreman, and
Walt Ollis, who hads the water
and sewer department, had
assumed the Public Works duties
after Dwyer resigned.
Kimbrell designed and super-
vised the construction of a new
distribution center for Rocky
Mount Undergarment Co.
which included a new central
supply system, materials and
resource planning from 1981 un-
til the present time. Prior to that,
he was self-employed for two
years in sales and manufacturing
of craft cord. He did the design
and layout and supervised the
construction of the EO industrial
and motion picture complex in
Shelby for EO Studios from
1973-1979. He was a student at
UNCC from 1968-73 and receiv-
. ed his B.S. in Civil Engineering
from UNCC and his certificate
in municipal administration
from the Institute of Govern-
ment at the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill. He was
Assistant City Engineer for the
City of Shelby from 1968-1973.
He is married and father of
two children.
Commissioner Humes
Houston, chairman of the city
personnel committee, making
the motion to the city board
Kimbrell be hired, said that Kim-
brell “comes to Kings Mountain
highly recommended.”
The board action was
unanimous. and followed 50
minutes of discussion in ex-
ecutive session.
UF Pledges $22,000
Cash-in-hand and pledges to
the 1985 United Way Campaign
totaled 27 percent or $22,101.00
this week, according to Cam-
paign Chairman John Young.
Young said that an Evalua-
tion Luncheon Monday at noon
at the Holiday Inn should see a
wrap-up of nearly all the work-
,ing committees, except the large
industrial division where a goal
of $54,750 is being sought and
where many employees are
responding well to the appeal for
a fair share gift with donations
to be taken from weekly wages.
The Industrial phase ofthe drive
will probably be conducted
throughout the month of Oc-
tober, said Young. :
Goal of the campaign is
“eighty thousand five in 85” and
includes nine divisions which
gave reports at Monday night’s
report session at First Union Na-
tional Bank. They are: Cor-
respondence, 29 percent of its
goal of $2,600; City of Kings
Mountain, 83 percent of goal of
$1,610; Commercial, 53 percent
of goal of $7,245; Hospital, 62
percent of goal of $6,500; In-
dustrial, 16 percent of goal of
$54,740; Ministerial, 62 percent
of goal of $1,000; Postal ser-
vices, $200; Professional, 11.6
percent of goal of $2,580; and
Schools, 74 percent goal of
$4,025.
‘We are encouraging
volunteers to make final reports
as quickly as possible and ap-
preciate all the efforts of
volunteers and contributors in
this appeal for $80,500 for
United Way causes which will
benefit out community and
citizens”, said Young.
Reid $100 Winner
Jim Reid of Route 4, Kings Mountain, predicted
16 of 19 winners to take the $100 prize in last
week’s Herald football contest.
Reid missed only the Georgia Tech-N.C. State,
Bessemer City-West Lincoln and Notre Dame-
Miami games to pick up the $100 prize. The Florida
State-Memphis State game ended in a tie.
Winners last week were Clemson over UNC,
State over Georgia Tech, Virginia over Duke, Penn
State over Maryland, Wake Forest over Richmond,
Ashbrook over
Crest over Kings Mountain,
Michigan.
ner’s circle.
Asheville, West Lincoln over Bessemer City,
Newton over Cherryville, Clinton over Clover, R-S
Central over East Gaston, South Iredell over East
Lincoln, Hunter Huss over McDowell, North
Iredell over Lincolnton, Shelby over North Gaston,
South Point over Burns, Georgia over Alabama,
Miami over Notre Dame and Michigan State over
The sixth of 10 weekly contests is inside today’s
Herald. Pick the most winners and get us your entry
by 4 p.m. Friday and you will join Reid in the win-
year more than the current
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