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0 WANTS YOUR HELP - Rev. Fred Wells, pastor of Midview Baptist Church of Kings Mountain, is chairman of this year's bellringing project for the Kings Mountain ‘Ministerial Association. Area ministers will be in front of Food Lion, Winn Dixie and Harris Teeter each Thursday. Friday and Saturday between now and Christmas to ac- cept money to help provide food for needy families in the ared. KM Ministers To Ring Bell For Helping Hand The Kings Mountain Ministerial Association will begin its an- nual bell-ringing appeal for funds for its Helping Hand Fund Thursday. Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday between now and Christmas, area ministers will be ringing bells in front of three Kings Mountain grocery stores to solicit funds to help provide food for needy families in the Kings Mountain School District. # Food is provided for those who are in need throughout the year. The Ministerial Association also receives funds from the United Ww A temporary restraining order was issued Friday by Superior Court Judge JohnFriday to stop KM Lake Authority from pro- ceeding with plans to destroy piers belonging to two Moss Lake residents who have not paid land use fees the city main- tains they owe. ‘ The city has until Monday to respond to the charges brought by Jerry and Marietta Floyd and Marvin and Joan Allen of Saying that it had “gone too far to turn back now”, the Grover Town Board Monday night authorized real estate ap- praiser Ralph Gilbert to do swhatever it takes to condemn property” necessary to make . Grover’s long-awaited sewer pro- ject a reality. : : Gilbert said he was in the pro- cess of appraising all 60 parcels em ~ p finance the program. w Baptist Ch ch, is chair- : TY. Crs 3 H Clinestead: Sub-Division, who have sued to keep the city from charging them fees for the use of lakefront property. The suits charge the city with violating the terms of judgement rendered the plaintiffs in May of this year when 17 families in the Clinestead neighborhood sought to keep the city of Kings Moun- tain from charging fees for the use of lakefront property. The plaintiffs contend their deeds of land involved in the right of way process and hopes to have his work completed by Christmas. “We need to go ahead and do it as quick as we can,” com- mented Mayor Bill McCarter following a two-hour discussion with Gilbert. Other members of the board echoed McCarter’s feelings. David Beam Chairs Gaston County Board David C. Beam of Cherryville, son-indaw of Mr. and Mrs. Wray Plonk, Sr. of Kings Mountain, is the new chairman of the Gaston County Board of Commis- sioners. Beam was elected by commis- sioners after swearing-in ceremonies for new commis- sioners, on Monday. For the first time in many years, the majority of the board membership is Republican. Beam, a Republican who was re-elected in the recent election, is married to the former Jeanne Plonk of Kings Mountain. He is an executive in Cher- ryville Federal Savings & Loan Assocation. Support Toys For Tots Give A Kid A Merry Christmas Take Toys To KM Fire Department IN AINN Vz / ’ cnt NfNLW SON JAY LNOWAIId 90822 Agvyag1l 1140 ‘ween VOL. 97 NUMBER 52 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1984 "KM’s Hinnant KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA County Chairmai For the first time in nearly 40 years a Kings Mountain citizen heads the Cleveland County Board of Commissioners. L.E. (Josh) Hinnant, Kings Mountain banker, was elected chairman by the board after swearing-in ceremonies Monday for three new commissioners, in- cluding two from the Kings Mountain area. ; Joyce Falls Cashion of Kings Mountain, Eugene LeGrand of the Moss Lake area of Kings Mountain, and Jack Spangler of Shelby took the oath -of office from Superior Court Clerk Ruth Dedmon before a capacity crowd in the commissioners chambers at the Cleveland County Law Enforcement Center. David M. (Pete) Stamey of Polkville was elected the board’s vice chairman. Hinnant is the first Kings 1 “ci as contain an easement on the city- owned buffer strip that lies bet- the property of all lakefront owners and the lake itself. They contend the judge- ment allowed them to have a pier, swim and use the lakefront strip without paying usage fees charged other lakefront residents. The city has maintain- ed that the residents have the tight to cross the property but not to build on it or alter it without paying a $125 per year land use fee. Appraising Land Grover town officials have discussed the sewer project for years and through a referendum and loan from the Farmers Home Administration have ac- quired the necessary funds to. build the system. The town has worked out an agreement with the City of Kings Mountain to treat the sewage. However, McCarter pointed out, residents have been slow to sign right of way agreements with the town. Gilbert told the board that “you do not have to have signed right of way agreements in order to proceed with your plans. You should have appraisals and make an offer. If they don’t accept the offer, you can go ahead with your plans. Usually there is From Page 1-A Christmas Party Set A Senior Citizens Christmas Party will be held at the Kings Mountain Senior Center (The Depot) on Monday. December 10 from 2 until 4 p.m. “ All persons 60 and older are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served by the AHOY Ex- ercise Class. L.E. HINNANT 1953-61 and 1962-65. In the first business of the new board, members adopted a resolution in honor of the three Earlier this year the KM Lake Authority told residents of the Clinestead Sub-Division they must pay the fees or have their piers removed by city crews and gave the residents a December 1984 deadline to comply. The Clinestead owners, with excep- tion of the Floyds and Allens, complied with the rules and paid the fees. The dispute between the Clinestead land owners and the city has continued off and on RN Ware a check for $100 for the Toys for ment. From left, Jaycees Larry Hamrick, Jr., Tate, Ware, Jo said the key to the board’s suc- . d - Cleveland County. Hinnant presented plaques to the three on behalf of the county. Hinnant, senior business development officer of First Union National Bank of Kings Mountain and co-chairman with Senator Ollie J. Harris of Mayor . John Henry Moss’ city industrial committee, was first elected to the board of county commis- sioners in April 1977 to fill the unexpired term of B.E. (Pop) Simmons who died in office. He was re<lected in 1978 and in 1982. After his election as chairman, Hinnant called on the support and confidence of his fellow commissioners and said that ‘no one can fill this chair alone.” He. ino? since planning for Moss Lake began a decade ago. Buford Cline, developer of Clinestead, filed suit in 1971 in an attempt to prevent the city from condem- ning his land. His case was heard in the state Supreme Court which upheld the city’s right to take ' the property under the rights of imminent domain. Ap- pearing before a city board of commissioner meeting several months ago, Cline said that his settlement with the city then gave his heirs and anyone he TOYS FOR TOTS—Jaycee President Brad Tate, second from left. presents to Fireman Bud Tots Christmas season program of KM Fire Depart- hn O. Plonk, Ill and Bob Maner. Hinnant, who underwent suc- cessful major surgery in February for the removal of a cancerous lung, said there had been some “speculation about my health” but told the group he had recovered fully from the surgery and was capable of serv- ing as the board chairman. He said there had also been some speculation by county personnel about what changes the new board may make. “I don’t know anything about a hit list”, he said, adding that county employees who are doing their job should feel comfortable with the new board.” : Stamey nominated Hinnant for the position of chairman and Mrs. Cashion nominated Stamey for the position of vice chair- sold land to an easement on the lakefront property that Cline re- tained when the city obtained his dairy farm property for the dam. The specific rights granted in the easement have been a matter of discussion since and both ques- ‘tions the basic language of the law, according to both attorneys for the city and plaintiffs. The city, through its attorneys George Thomasson and Mickey Corry, will go to court Monday to reply to the order. ~ Jaycees Support Projects . Kings Mountain Jaycees presented a check for $300 to the Juvenile Diabetes Founda- tion and a $100 check to Kings Mountain Firemen for the an- nual Toys for Tots Program in Kings Mountain at Monday night’s meeting at Holiday Inn. Steven Bailey, representing the American Diabetes Associa- tion, accepted the $300 donation and said that the money will be used to help diabetic children in this area attend camp. Lt. Bud Ware, representing Kings Mountain Fire Depart- ment, accepted the donation for “Toys for Tots” and said the money will be used to buy toys for needy children this Christmas season. He said the Department is collecting used toys and donations of new toys for distribution to the area needy on Christmas Eve. Making the check presenta- tions was Jaycee President Brad Tate. Tate said the Jaycees are con- tinuing a long-standing tradition of helping the community and noted that this year the Jaycees have given $1200 to the N.C. Burn Center, $360 to KM Boys Club, $700 to support the Little League baseball and basketball programs in town, $150 to the Kings Mountain Ministerial Association to help needy families with fuel and staple items, $200 to state Jaycee pro- jects, including Muscular Dystrophy, $50 to the American Red Cross and will present a scholarship to a deserving high school graduate in the amount of $500 later in the year. This week is “Super Jelly Week” and Jaycees will be on the streets offering grape jelly at one dollar per jar for benefit of community projects and its scholarship project. John O. Plonk, 111 is project chairman. “We appreciate very much the community’s support of the various projects of Kings Moun- tain Jaycees”, said President Tate.
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