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VOL. 98 NUMBER 12
‘THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1985
BLACK HISTORY MONTH—THhis is Black History Month and the Black community is
saluted in a special supplement to today’s Herald. Above, John Henry Moss signs an of-
ficial proclamation as members of the Black History Month committee look on. From
left, Mrs. M.L. Campbell, Mrs. Mary Edwards and Mrs. Mary Corry.
Gunman Flees On Foot
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Branch Bank & Trust Company at
410 E. King Street was robbed of an
undetermined amount of money
Wednesday morning at 10:45 a.m. by
a lone bandit armed with a gun and
demanding that tellers raise their
hands and give him money.
No one was hurt during the robbery
which lasted only a few minutes, ac-
cording to Det. Richard Reynolds,
who is investigating, assisted by of-
ficers of the Kings Mountain Police
Department and FBI officers.
BB&T City Executive Frank Cagle
described the robber as a young, tall,
slender black man who wore a stock-
ing over his face and held a small’
caliber handgun in his hand. The rob-
BB&T Robbed
ber indicated for the tellers to raise
their hands and for one of the tellers
to give him money, which he reached
for and grabbed in both hands. The
bandit left on foot carrying the money
in both hands and headed in the direc-
tion of North Deal Street.
The bank was closed Wednesday
morning until fingerprinting and an
investigation can be conducted.
Other officers assisting in the in-
vestigation are Det. James Camp,
Det. Billy Benton, of the KMPD
Detective Division, Assistant Chief
Bob Hayes, Sgt. John Belk, Ptl.
Donald Ivie and FBI Officer Brown
Whitley.
Bethlehem To Fight KM Annexation
An 1l1-member committee
was elected by 100 people liv-
ing in the Bethlehem Fire
District and outlying com-
munities Tuesday night to
fight annexation, if and when
the City of Kings Mountain
proposes it.
They are Bob Hullender,
who acted as temporary
chairman of the group,
representing Gun Club Road
residents; Jim Yarbro,
representing Long Branch
Road residents; Kim Stin-
chcomb, representing White
Plains residents; Fred Fate,
representing residents of
Bethlehem East and West
areas; Betty Sue Morris,
representing Bethware
residents; Dennis Patterson,
representing Oak Grove area
residents; Clarence
Bachelor, representing Mid-
pines community residents;
Billie Farris, representing
Highway 161 residents; Bob-
by Bridges representing Dix-
on Road residents; and Glenn
Funeral Services Held
For Ann Butler Roberts
~~ Funeral services for Mrs.
Ann Butler Roberts, 76, of
Shelby Road, retired buyer
for McGinnis Department
Store, were conducted Satur-
day afternoon at 2 p.m. from
First Baptist Church of which
she was a member.
Dr. Joel Jenkins officiated
at the rites and interment
was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mrs. Roberts, widow of
James Roberts, died Thurs-
day in the Kings Mountain
Hospital after declining
health. She was a native of
Gaston County, daughter of
the late Albert White and
Viola Jenkins Butler.
She worked for Keeter’s
Department Store and later
McGinnis Department Store
for nearly 45 years, working
as a sales clerk for the late
J.B. Keeter and later joining
McGinnis Department Store
Bloodmobile
To Visit
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will return to Kings Mountain,
Friday, March 8th, at First
Poplist Church Fellowship
Hall.
Donors will be processed
from 12:30 until 6 p.m. Goal of
the one-day collection is 150
pints of blood.
Sponsor for the visit of the
regional blood collecting unit is
Kings Mountain Hospital.
when the late Paul McGinnis,
Sr. formed his own store in
the downtown area. Prior to
her death, she was buyer for
McGinnis’ for many years.
Surviving are two grand-
children, Mrs. Cindy Gaskey
of Kings Mountain and Jim-
my Jolly of Grover; her
brother, Floyd Butler of
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Hicks, representing Patter-
son Grove area residents.
The group voted to elect a
chairman from the 11
members and to hold regular
meetings at the Bethlehem
Fire Station. Members in-
dicated they want to meet
with Kings Mountain City of-
ficials to determine ‘‘which
way they are going.” Gene
White, representing the city
at the meeting, said that the
city welcomes an ‘‘opportuni-
ty to meet with all of you and
MRS. JAMES ROBERTS
answer any questions.’
White pointed out that the ci-
‘ty annexation committee is
only studying an annexation
plan and the exact area is
undecided. The city has
adopted what is called a
resolution of intent, first
preliminary step, and will be
evaluating for a year before
an area is considered. A map
in City Hall gives citizens
what moderator Warren J.
Wicker said is ‘‘advance
notice that your area could be
considered for annexation.”
Mr. Wicker, of the Institute of
Government at Chapel Hill,
cautioned the group that
“fighting fire with fire’ is
one approach to prevent an-
nexation by a city but in most
cases ‘“‘a city will win out in
any legal battles’ and
another alternate plan is in-
corporation. He gave us an
example of the Town of Kitty
Hawk in Eastern North
Carolina and the Town of
Belwood in Upper Cleveland
County. He also told the
group it may find costs less
by annexation by Kings
Mountain and incorporation
would require an act of the
General Assembly. He sug-
gested that Bethlehem area
voters talk with local
representatives in the
General Assembly, get a feel-
ing of how all the community
stands, and talk with elected
officials from Kings Moun-
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Citizens Planning Forum
To Organize Saturday
Should Kings Mountain
have a city manager form of
government?
That’s one of the topics ex-
pected to be on the agenda for
the first Citizens Planning
Forum, an organizational
meeting of interested and
concerned Kings Mountain
citizens, Saturday morning at
7 a.m. at Jed’s Restaurant on
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CHARTER MEMBERS - Charter members of the Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club were
honored at last week’s meeting. Charter members w
left to right, Harry Page, John L. McGill and Bill Craig.
Photo by Ronnie Hawkins
ho are still active with the club are,
King Street.
Dr. Gene Poston of Shelby,
retired past president of
Gardner-Webb College, will
moderate the forum which is
being organized by local
citizens who want to organize
a place for a ‘‘sounding
board” of ideas to ‘‘tell it like
it is.” :
Charlie Carpenter, Kings
Mountain realtor, said that
downtown merchants have
expressed a desire to form
such a group and the early
morning meeting time is set
to give them an opportunity
to attend before their
businesses open at 9 a.m.
“People say they want input
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Free Senior Citizens
Health Fair Monday
A free health fair for all senior citizens in the Kings Moun-
tain area is scheduled for Monday from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at
Central United Methodist Church.
Senior citizens will be screened for height and weight, blood
pressure, glaucoma, hearing, vision, diabetes, anemia,
urinalysis, blood tests and pap smear. The only fee will be for
the blood tests (SMA-18).
Nurses will be on hand to administer and evaluate the tests.
Persons needing treatment will be urged to go to their family
doctor.
Any registered nurses who may be available to volunteer
during the above hours are asked to call Elizabeth McKnight
at the Cleveland County Senior Center (482-3488) or Charles
Walker at the Kings Mountain Senior Center (739-4511).
A brief explanation of the services offered at Monday's
screening:
SMA 12 or 18 is an examination of a blood sample by a
labratory technicican. The sample is tested for 12 different
substances which could show normal or abnormal functions
of the different organs of the body.
URINALYSIS: A urine specimen is collected and the
technician checks for things in the urine that would show ab-
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