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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
TG&Y Coming
VOL. 98 NUMBER 8 THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1985
| Photo by Gary Stewart
FUN IN THE SNOW - The snow which fell Monday in
hr Kings Mountain didn’t look like much to some folks, but it
i was a welcomed sight for young people who had a day off
from school Tuesday. Stephanie, Richard, Gerald and
Annie Adams, all children of Jerry and Barbara Adams
of 21 Bennett Drive, found this steep hill near their home
just perfect for sledding. Another light snow fell early
Wednesday morning at the weatherman was calling for
one to three inches at the Herald’s presstime Wednesday
afternoon. :
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~~ To List 1985 Taxes
No. 4 township taxpayers will be hurrying today to meet
the Jan. 31 deadline to list county property taxes to avoid a 10
% percent penalty.
] Local tax listers will be in the Lobby of the KM Govern-
mental Facilities Building until 5 p.m. today (Thursday) to
3 accommodate late listers.
Tax lister Betty Ballard estimates that the lines will be
iE long since many Kings Mountain area citizens have not listed
their personal property taxes.
Taxpayers who have received tax forms to complete
should be sure that the returns to the county tax office are
postmarked by midnight Thursday, otherwise, they will be
penalized with a 10 percent late listing fee beginning Feb. 1.
dise March 25th.
The city commissioners Monday
night said it would enforce an or-
dinance requiring all residents to app-
ly for and post street numbers on all
buildings in the city.
Residents have until April 1 to comp-
ly with the ordinance
omply 101
which would, in a
tion, mean the difference betwe
and death. “So many times rescue per-
sonnel cannot find people because they
do not have a number on their
residence. It makes it very difficult for
- firemen and police to respond to calls
and delays the response time in some
instances”, said the mayor.
The Mayor said that all city real pro-
perty is numbered by the U.S. Post of-
fice. Those people who are unsure of
the number of their property can con-
tact the post office for information.
Numbers must be displayed on all
buildings, including stores, residences,
mobile homes and offices and must be
~ TG&Y closed its Kings Mountain store in October, 1984 but
after extensive efforts by Mayor John Moss and the public
decided to evaluate and consider returning to Kings Moun-
tain. Company officials also visited in the community, talked
face a misde-
TG&Y Stores will reopen its West Gate Plaza store in Kings
Mountain at 1316 Shelby Road on May 12th.
Marilyn Rippy, member of the Public Relations staff of the
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma offices of the large chain of stores,
confirmed the company is now in process of moving fixtures
to the Kings Mountain store and will begin stocking merchan-
the store reopen.
placed in a conspicious location
capable of being seen from the street
and be approximately three and three
fourths inches in height and be a color
different from the background on
which they are placed.
In the resolution pa
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police cars for the Kings Mountain
Police Department and advertised for
12,500 tons of Asphalt I and II for street
paving to cover a 12 month period.
Assistant Police: Chief Bob Hayes
gave a report although no cost amount,
of a project to furnish bullet proof vests
for all members of the Kings Mountain
Police Depariment. Hayes said that
several churches are interested in
spearheading a community wide pro-
ject to raise funds for vests and said
they are looking at vests being sup-
plied by the county sheriff’s depart-
ment from a New York firm and paid
for by a recent radio-a-thon in
sion, the board advertised for two new
with the Mayor and city officials and received letters and -
petitions from citizens of the community interested in seeing -
The new TG&Y will be a new prototype operation with all- -
new merchandise and will occupy the 30,000 square foot -
building it formerly occupied in Kings Mountain for nearly 10
years. TG&Y first opened its doors here in September, 1974.
“I couldn’t be more pleased at the news,” said Mayor John
Moss, who said he felt the community “rally
something we badly need” was the important factor in
TG&Y’s decision to return to Kings Mountain.
City Will Enforce
Street Number Code
to retain
Cleveland County.
Board members heard a report from
insurance consultant Jim Spivey that
the city’s insurance agent has
withdrawn requirements for a
modified policy to exclude a pollution
for this year’s ra dod. i
py N Ry
Board ‘adopted a set of safety
rules and appointed a safety commit-
. tee made up of city de
rtment heads
and members of the board to imple-
ment a city safety program. The
Mayor said the program is designed to
help prevent accidents involving city
personnel and protect city personnel
and residents from the effects of such
accidents.
Commissioner Jim Dickey, chair-
man of the energy committee, said
that winterization kits and assistance
are now available to interested citizens:
"and those citizens who did not receive
the kits and information last year for
winterizing their homes.
. Kiwanis Club Sets
On Tuesday evening,
February 12, the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis Club will
present its third program of
the Travel and Adventure
Film Series at 7:30 p.m. in
the Kings Mountain Senior
High, Barnes Auditorium.
Filmed in Western Canada
ro where the great outdoors is
the dominant attraction,
i “Great
: Escapades’’ is an entertain-
ing close-up of Canadians at
work and play.
Take a front row seat at the
famous Calgary Stampede,
an event billed as the
“greatest outdoor show on
earth’. Canoe a wild river
and enter a world of startling
KEITH McCOLL
Canadian .
Third Travel Program
natural beauty. Explore
Western Canada’s National
Parks, Lake Louise and
Banff. Climb the park’s
highest mountain. Join a
wilderness trail ride and
discover the Park’s magnifi-
cent visual attractions like
wide sweeping Alpine
meadows and a carpet of
wild flowers. Interesting
wildlife abounds in these
special places.
Cast an artifical fly for
rainbow trout on a quiet lake
where the only sounds are
the cries of northern loons.
Experience the solitude.
Meet British Columbia’s rug-
ged loggers. Watch as they
“relax” during a Logger’s
Day sporting event. Join
some daring young men as
they soar into space in a hang
gliding competition.
See native people capture
migrating Pacific salmon
almost as large as
themselves while tied to a
rock above swirling waters.
Thrilling! Come close to
native cultures and see the
creative art of famed Salish
weavers.
Visit Vancouver, B.C.
Canada’s third largest and
most beautiful city. Explore
Victoria, capital city of the
province, and world famous
for its English atmosphere
and beautiful harbor. Then
buckle your belt as we float
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CREATIVE SNOWMEN -
This week’s snow barely
covered the ground, but
some artists on Cleveland
Avenue found enough snow to
build several snowmen on
this front lawn. To protect
their creations from the cold
weather, they dressed the
snowmen.
Photo by Gary Stewart
Rev. Woodrow Moss Dies
REV. WOODROW MOSS
Funeral services for Rev.
Woodrow Wilson Moss, 64, of
Route 1, Grover, who died
Wednesday in the Cleveland
Memorial Hospital, were
conducted Friday afternoon
at 3 p.m. from Rock Springs
Baptist Church of which he
was a member.
Rev. Parrin Parker, Rev.
Mike Minnix and Rev. Bill
McGinnis officiated at the
rites and interment was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Moss was a native of
Buncombe County, a retired
Baptist minister and a
veteran of World War II. He
was the son of the late Walter
and Lula Laughter Moss.
Surviving are his wife,
Pauline Chapman Moss, of
the home; his stepmother,
Lala Allen Moss of Lenoir;
three sons, Bill Moss of Earl,
Glenn Moss of Gastonia and
Douglas Moss of Kings
Mountain; three daughters,
Jo Ann Wylie of Blacksburg,
S.C., Betty Helms of Grover,
and Wanda Corn of Kings
Mountain; three brothers,
Dr. Paul Moss of Hudson,
R.V. Moss of High Point, and
Walter Moss, Jr. of Lenoir; a
sister, Inez May of Mar-
tinsville, Va.- and eight
grandchildren.