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VOL. 98 NUMBER 11
Photo by Gary Stewart
FINGERPRINTED - Angela Huskey, second from left, and Angela Hawkins, second
from right, fifth graders at Grover School, are fingerprinted Thursday at the school by
Cleveland County deputies Raymond Hamrick, left, and Keith Brackett, right. Looking
on in back are Cleveland County Sheriff Buddy McKinney, left, and Grover Principal
Jim Scruggs. Over 400 students were fingerprinted as part of a safety program for
children sponsored by the Sheriff’s Department. The prints were given to parents of the
students to be used in case of future emergencies.
vice will be 20 minutes.
ich will follo ch 19
m- each meditation will
“Lenten Themes in the
Psalms.”
Feb. 27, Liturgist will be
George Auman, Preacher
Public Meeting Slated
Faust; Text: Psalm 25:1-10.
March 20, Liturgist Har-
wood Smith; Bill Tyson
Preacher; Psalm 137:1-6.
March 27, Liturgist Phillip
Squire; George Auman
Central United Methodist
Church. The length of the ser-
A Harwood Smith; Text, Psalm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1985
Kingswood Associates will
break ground within the
month a $1,500,000 48 unit
apartment complex at the
Spruce Street.
Joint announcement was
made by Michael G.
Williams, general partner in
the private development
firm, and Kings Mountain
Mayor John Henry Moss.
The five acres was ac-
quired from W.K. Mauney,
Jr. i
Owned by First Palmetto
Associates of Lancaster, S.C.
Post Office
Purchases
Property
The property for the future
new home of the Kings Moun-
tain Post Office has been ac-
quired from W.K. Mauney,
Jr. :
Workmen were drilling for
footing sites on the
f
U.S. Post Office purchased
72,000 square foot or one and
two thirds acre which runs all
the way from the corner of
Gold and Gaston to the Gene
Steffy home and back behind
the Kings Mountain Woman’s
Club.
The Herald was unable to
corner of Gaston Street and
property
ast id.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
in a partnership with Michael
G. Williams, Kingswood
Apartments will include 16
one bedroom ‘flats’ and 32
two-bedroom townhouse
apartments. The one
bedroom apartments will
rent for $191 monthly and the
two bedroom apartments will
rent for $213 monthly. They
will be of brick veneer con-
struction, all-electric, - air-
conditioned, and stove and
refrigerators will be furnish-
ed. The apartment complex
construction is Farmers
Home Administration financ-
ed, and is not subsidized by
the government, said Mr.
Williams. ‘‘Our contract
gives us 300 days to complete
the project and we are aim-
ing for a Dec. 1 ribboncutting
in Kings Mountain”, he said.
The grading contract is ex-
pected to be let by March 1
and all bids from contractors
and sub-contractors are ex-
pected to be let by March 1,
he said. :
Apartment Units
To Be Built Here
Anchor, Inc. of Lancaster,
S.C., construction contractor,
is advertising this week in
The Herald for sub-
contractors for the project,
including carpentry, plumb-
ing, electrical, painting,
grading and paving. Gerald
Bowers, construction coor-
dinator, is receiving all in-
quiries at P.O. Box 1280, Lan-
caster, S.C. 29720 or call
803-285-9409 Monday through
Friday.
Troy Herring, IIT of
Raleigh is architect for the
complex.
“I am very pleased that
Kingswood Associates is
coming to Kings Mountain
and in the East Gold Street
area’, said Mayor Moss.
Kingswood officials say
they are looking forward to
beginning construction and
becoming Kings Mountain
citizens. The company has
just completed a similar
apartment complex in Dunn
in eastern North Carolina.
Shriners To Sponsor
Donkey Game March
The Shriners will be
cheeseburgers and other items at 5 p.m. From 5 until 7 p.m.,
cookout items will be sold and youngsters can come to the
in cooking hamburgers,
center for free donkey rides and have their pictures made on
the donkeys.
The ballgame will begin at 7:30 p.m.
All proceeds will go to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled
Children in
hospital free of charge.
Greenville, S.C.
Children are treated at the
“We really appreciate the support the public has given to
our other fund-raising events,
» ‘said Shrine Club President
A z Preacher; Text: Psalm
On Annexation Topic BRR
April 3, Liturgist Bill
A public meeting on “The The City of Kings Mountain Tyson; Phillip Squire
Advantages and Disadvan-
tages of Community Incor-
poration” will be the topic of
discussion for anyone in-
terested at Bethlehem Fire
Department at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday night, Feb. 26th.
The speaker will be a
representative of the Univer-
sity of Not h Carolina at
Charlotte and will lead the
question-answer program.
has recently announced long-
term expansion plans which
include annexation of some
outlining areas around the
perimeter of the city, in-
cluding the Greater Kings
Mountain area.
“This proposed annexation
in future years could affect
you,” said a spokesman for
the community spokesman,
inviting all interested people
to attend.
Preacher; Text: Psalm
118:19-29. 2
“As the Kings Mountain
Community has experienced
for the past two years, this
midday worship opportunity
is a helpful moment in the
press and scurry of our too-
full schedules. The time is
~designed for the lunch-hour
women and men. Those who
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contact postal officials at
presstime Wednesday but
Mayor John Henry Moss said
that he was very pleased that
the postal service had made a
site selection on the building
of a new post office at the cor-
ner of Gold and Gaston would
greatly enhance the total
development of that area,
which is just across the street
from the Kings Mountain
Governmental Facilities
Building, the new City Hall.
tainment.
Carl Champion. ‘“This promises to be an exciting evening and
we hope everyone will come out and have a good time and
support the crippled and burned children.”
Champion said the cookout will be held outdoors if the
weather is good.
the community center gym.
The donkey game will be
Thurston Hamrick of Boiling Springs, who gave the fans who
attended last year’s game an outstanding evening of enter-
In case of bad weather, it will be held inside
brought to Kings Mountain by
Advance tickets may be purchased from any Shriner or by
calling the office
tain. Advance tickets are $2.50 for adults and $1.50 for
children. Tickets at the door will be 50 cents higher.
of Champion’s Contracting of Kings Moun-
When Cindy and Mike Brown discovered
three years ago their youngest son had a lear-
ning disability they knew nothing about the
subject of dyslexia or anyone who did. Now
they want to share their experience with
others.
The Browns, parents of Preston Brown, 15,
Jason Brown, 10, and Jada Brown, 8, are in-
terested in opening a Kings Mountain, school
for children with learning disabilities and
rs. Brown wants interested people to con-
tact her if they are interested in hearing a
trained speaker on the subject of dyslexia,
aving a child tested or seeing a school
rought to this area. She can be contacted at
.0.Box 1132 or by calling 739-4417.
Mrs. Brown, who has recently joined the
isabilities, is now attending seminars and
ill be trained herself to test children and to
a certified teacher
ut is looking into all the necessary steps for
stablishing a school, hiring teachers, and
btaining a place to house the students.
For the past year, the Browns’ two sons
have attended Charles L. Shedd Academy in
Mayfield, Ky. and that program has opened a
world of opportunity to the boys and much in-
formation on dyslexia which the Browns
want to share with others in similar situa-
tions. During his first year there, Jason moy-
ed from kindergarten to second grade level in
spelling, gaining two years and four months
in a short four months time. He also came
home for a holiday and displayed seven
trophies, was graded excellent in computers,
learned to type and was doing his multiplica-
tion by chrisanbop. Prior to that time, he had
repeated grades in school. Preston had been
an A student up to fifth grade but in the sixth
grade had to repeat a grade. Both boys re-
quired much individual attention and had
been enrolled at both Crestwood Hall in
Gastonia and at a school in Statesville before
they entered Shedd Academy.
“A mother asked me how we could afford
to send our children to Kentucky and have
them live away from home during an entire
school year,” said Cindy, who replied, ‘how.
could we afford not to try to give them every
available opportunity.”” Mike Brown concur-
red with his wife, noting that the cost of sen-
ding two children away from home to school
was expensive and represented more than is
customarily paid for a college education.
“But it’s worth it to see how quickly they are
learning and how much they are learning,”
he said. “We could not selfishly keep them at
home even though they are over 500 miles
away from us,” said Mrs. Brown.
Said Cindy, “I believe the public school
which Jason attended had great concern for
him. The teachers knew something was
wrong and did all they could to help him. All
of them expressed keen interest. They said he
was a very pleasant child and worked as hard
as anyone but was unable to achieve.”
Explaining how she wanted to start a local
school to help her own sons and others, she
said, “It will be up to parents to learn about
dyslexia and seek the necessary tests and
schooling. I want to help provide information
and offer a place of remediation. I have gain-
ed lots of literature and tapes on dyslexia and
have talked with Dr. Shedd himself and have
talked with various people from as far south
as Florida and as far north as Iowa. I still
have a lot to learn but there are a lot of people
out there who can help and want to help give
you and your child a chance at a productive
future.”
Before enrolling their sons in the Kentucky
school, Mrs. Brown had called every school
in the country, except California, which gives
help to children with learning disabilities.
She learned about the Kentucky school from
the past president of the state dyslexia
association who was working at Carolina
Western, where Mrs. Brown was formerly
employed.
The Browns would like to see a school
established in the Kings Mountain area for
Children with learning disabilities to attend
through elementary and high school levels.
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Dyslexia School For KM Is Goal Of Browns
REPORT CARD TIME—Cindy and Mike
Brown and daughter, Jada, look over report
cards and letters from Jason and Preston
Brown, who are students in special classes
for learning disabled in Kentucky. The
Browns are interested in forming a Kings
Mountain school for dyslexic students.