VOL. 98 NUMBER 6
THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1985
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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City To Treat Sub-Division’s Sewage
The city board of commis-
sioners Monday night
unanimously accepted request of
Former Public Works Director
Ted Huffman, real estate
developer, to tie a subdivision he
plans to build onto the city sewer
system, but only after legal
specifics of the move are checked
out and fees are established.
Commissioners appeared
uncertain over the request with
DSA
Banquet
Monday
Kings Mountain Jaycees will
honor eight Kings Mountain
area residents for outstanding
achievement during 1985 at the
annual Distinguished Service
Award Banquet Monday night
at 7:30 p.m. at Holiday Inn.
The Jaycees will present a
coveted plaque to the Outstan-
ding Young Man of 1985, the
Teenager of the Year,
Firefighter of the Year, the
Rescuer of the Year and the
Young Educator of the Year.
Various Jaycees will make the
presentations.
Randall Essix, president of
‘North Carolina Jaycees, of
Clemmons, will make the
keynote address. Mayor John
Moss and city councilmen have
been invited to attend, as well as
other leaders of the community.
President Brad Tate will
preside and Tommy Bennett and
Steve Huffstetler are Jaycee co-
chairmen for the event, the
highlight of the civic club’s year.
Register
Of Deeds
Charged
Cleveland County Register of
Deeds Marjorie Rogers was in-
dicted on Monday by a
Cleveland County Grand Jury
on seven counts of embezzle-
ment of county funds by a public
official.
If convicted on the felony
count, Rogers, 56, could face up
to 70 years in prison.
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Comm. Humes Houston saying’
he thought “this would open up
a Pandora Box of similar re-
quests” and thought more study
was needed.
Comm. King, however, said
‘the Huffman request was no dif-
ferent from one made by the
neighboring town of Grover for
city treatment of its sewage and
that Huffman had made the re-
quest on Nov. 23, 1984 but it
was not on the agenda until the
Jan. 14th meeting. “We need to
give him (Ted) an answer
tonight”, said King. “This is the
first time I’ve seen this request
too.”
Huffman told the board that
his subdivision plans propose a
neighborhood of 25 to 30 homes
off Highway 74 near Bethware
School on Williams Street. Huff-
man said the section will be on
state maintained paved roads
and the city would have no
responsibility for the system
other than the treatment of the
sewage and billing to customers.
Huffman said he plans to con-
struct a sewer system for the
residents of the area, which once
built, would be maintained by a
‘community association. He
plans to tie on to the system at
two manholes in the freefall line
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to ighy are Boe Chairman BL McDaniel,
board member Doyle Campbell and Supt. Bill Davis. :
Health Coordinator
Joins KM School Staff
The Kings Mountain School
Board hosted a 30-minute recep-
tion for its new Health Coor-
dinator, Paula Hildebrand, at
the beginning of Monday night’s
board meeting at the Schools
Administration Office.
Mrs. Hildebrand joined the
Kings Mountain and Shelby
staffs on January 2 and will
divide her time equally between
the two systems.
She came here from the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School
System where she had been
employed as a teacher and lec-
turer at Discovery Place.
Mrs. Hildebrand received her
B.S. degree from UNC-
Greensboro and her master’s
from UNC-Charlotte. She has
also studied at Gardner-Webb
College and Rutgers University.
She and her husband, Jon, and
their 22-month-old = son
Jonathan, live at Moss Lake.
Mrs. Hildebrand serves as
president of the North Carolina
Association for the Advance-
ment of Health Education. She
recently attended ‘a two-day
training session in Raleigh for all
new health coordinators.
Mrs. Hildebrand was hired by
the Kings Mountain and Shelby
systems after the state recently
approved 16 new positions for
health coordinators. She said her
top priority in Kings Mountain
will be to implement the family
life education curriculum which
was recently approved: by the
board of education. In-service
training for teachers will begin in
early February.
Mrs. Hildebrand will head the
entiré health education program
for K-12 grades in the Kings
Mountain system.
. In regular board action Mon-
day night, the board:
* Agreed to furnish land for a
proposed $650,000 indoor swim-
. ming pool for the community. A
committee of local civic club
members has been studying the
Fred W. Plonk Dies
Fred W. Plonk, 78, of 906
Crescent Circle, Kings Moun-
tain, died Thursday at Kings
Mountain Hospital following an *
extended illness.
‘A Cleveland County native,
he was the son of Mrs. Ellen Pat-
terson Plonk of Kings Mountain
and the late Clarence Sloan
Plonk. He was secretary and
treasurer of Plonk Oil Company,
a prominent businessman,
former Ford dealer and a Shell
Oil distributor for Cleveland
County.
He was a charter member of :
Resurrection Lutheran Church,
a former member of the Kings
Mountain District School Board
and a graduate of State College.
In addition to his mother, he is
FRED W. PLONK
survived by his wife, Ferguson
Rhodes Plonk; three sons, David
T. Plonk of Kings Mountain, Dr.
James W. Plonk of Charlotte
and Robert R. Plonk of Atlanta;
one daughter, Mrs. Susan Kee of
Atlanta; six brothers, Zeb Plonk,
Hal S. Plonk, Wray A. Plonk,
Dr. George W. Plonk, Clarence
S. Plonk Jr. and John B. Plonk,
all of Kings Mountain; two
sisters, Mrs. Margaret Isley of
Burlington and Mrs. Clara
Politis of Ann Arbor, Mich.; and
nine grandchildren.
Memorial services were con-
ducted by the Rev. Phillip M.
Squire at 11 a.m. Saturday at
Resurrection Lutheran Church.
Burial was in ‘Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Resurrection Lutheran Church.
possibility of securing funds for
the project and the Kings Moun-
tain Kiwanis Club and some
“school groups have donated
money in the past for a pool.
Supt. Bill Davis said the pool
would most likely be located at
_ the senior high school but would
be used by the schools and com-
munity. ;
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Board
Okays
Vests
Bullet-proof vests for all
members of the Kings Mountain
Police Department may soon be
purchased by the city, upon
recommendation of Mayor John
Moss, and pass unanimously at
‘Monday night’s regular meeting
of the board of city commis-
sioners.
“I know you will join with me
in feeling that we need to buy
the best protection for our Police
Officers”, said the Mayor, mak-
ing the suggestion at the close of
the agenda. “We need to sit
down with Chief of Police J.D.
Barrett and Assistant Chief Bob
Hayes and work out a program
to get these vests as soon as
possible,” he said.
The motion passed quickly
but Comm. Jim Dickey inter-
* jected that “It’s getting close by
and something needs to be
done”, referring obviously to the
recent shooting of Cleveland
County Sheriffs Deputy Eddie
Barkley as he attempted to arrest
a suspect in Shelby recently. The
suspect was killed and Barkley
remains hospitalized with in-
juries in a Charlotte hospital but
is recuperating satisfactorily and
has now been moved to a private
room.
“Only a few of the KMPD 18
active officers and 12 reserves
now wear bulletproof vests.
Those who do not have purchas-
ed their own.
going to Kings Mountain’s Pilot
Creek. “I’m not here lookin for a
handout” he told the board. “It’s
up to the city to set the rate and
to bill the citizens on the sewer
line for service.”
Huffman said he could begin
construction in about 45 days.
Comm. Houston said he felt
the city’s action would be setting
a precedent and that Attorney
George Thomasson should be in-
structed to check the legal
specifics and the board take a
hard firm look on the permanen-
cy ‘of the line. Huffman said he
planned to construct an eight
inch outfall line and Mayor
Moss that construction of an
eight inch line would require
submission by the developer of
plans to both city and state for
approval.
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Symphony To Perform
Over 1,000 students, represen-
ting the third, fourth and fifth
grades in the KM District
Schools, will sing and perform
with the North Carolina Sym-
phony
Mountain Thursda
: : irons and $2 ro students, Ad-
vance tickets are on sale at
$5.50.
Under the direction of Assis-
tant Conductor Jackson
Parkhurst,
chestra will perform a lively pops
concert featuring “A Star Is
Born”, selections from “West
Side Story”, “Moon River” and
At Barnes Auditorium
Orchestra during the
Symphony appearance in Kings
The special Chi er: oncert
the Chamber Or- °
“That’s Entertainment.”
Elementary students in the
community, under the direction
of Schools Music Director
Shirley Austin, have been work-
ing since the nhing of school bh
‘Croup wilt play and the au-
« dience and Orchestra will join in
the song, “Music Alone Shall
Live” and the children will join
in the singing of “He’s Got The
Whole World In His Hands.”
The N.C. Symphony
Chamber Orchestra will play
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Davis Joins Glen Raven
As Marketing Director
E. Jackson Davis has joined
Glen Raven Mills, Inc. as
Marketing Director for its Park
Yarn and Payne Mill Divisions.
The mills spin cotton, cot-
tonfolyester and other cotton-
blend yarns, mainly for the ap-
parel trade.
Davis previously was with
Highland Yarn Mills, Inc. of
High Point, N.C. Before that, he
had been President of Davant
Yarns, Inc. of Charlotte, N.C.
In accepting this position,
Davis joins Robert W. Miller of
Falcon Industries, who is Sales
Director, and James T. Potter,
Manufacturing Director, in the
management team for this Glen
Raven operating division.
Davis is married and lives on
Lake Wylie, N.C. He is head-
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quartered at Glen Raven’s Kings
Mountain facility.
Joe R. Smith Joins
Home Federal Staff
JOE SMITH
Joseph R. (Joe) Smith has
been employed by Home
Federal Savings and Loan as an-
nounced by President Thomas
A. Tate, Sr. Smith, formerly
with Jackson & Jackson, Incl
Tryon, began his duties on
January 2.
Home Federal has begun
plans to open a branch office in
(Gastonia, which Smith will
manage.
He is past president of Kings
Mountain Rotary Club, past
vice president of Fallston Lions
Club, and a member of St. Mat-
thews Lutheran Church where
he is on the Church Council.
His wife is the former Nancy
Knipp, and they have three
children and reside on 411 West
Gold Street, Kings Mountain.