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VOL. 98 NUMBER 28 THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1985 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
| “The Beach”
Opens Friday
Moss Lake Park, the city’s
new five acre beach and
recreational area on Moss
Lake, will open to the public
Friday morning at 10 a.m.
Mayor John Henry Moss
said that formal grand open-
ing is planned this summer
but that all facilities of the
ark, including the beach
ouse pavilion, full conces-
sions, the beach, full bath
house facilities for 50 camp
sites, and such activities as
boating, fishing, skiing and
paddleboating, in addition to
a picnic area complete with
shelters and grills, will be
ready for public use.
“This represents much
long-term Danning of city of-
ficials led by the Kings Moun-
tain Lake Authority, which
governs operation of the city
owned lake”, said the Mayor.
Beach hours are 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. seven days a week and
the camp site will open year
round.
Mayor Moss, chairman of
the Lake Authority which in-
cludes Fred Dixon, vice
chairman, Ray Cline, T.J.
Ellison, Corbet Nicholson,
M.C. Pruette and Paul Led-
ford, said that full security
will be maintained at the lake
by the North Carolina
Wildlife Association, Kings
Mountain Police Depart-
ment, Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Department and
manned by certified
lifeguards.
Al Alexander will be in
charge of the new beach
house and pavilion, conces-
sions and swimming area.
Lake security is under the
direction of Chief of Police
J.D. Barrett, assisted by Phil
Witherspoon, lake officer,
and Donald Sellers.
The rates, adopted by the
Lake Authority this week, in-
clude: $7.50 a day for camp-
ing which includes water and
electrical hookups to camp
site available by day, week or
month; boating, $4 daily for
outside city residents and $2
for inside city residents;
Fishing - $1 day for outside ci-
ty residents and 50 cents for
inside city residents; picnic
shelter, half day $20; full day
$40 and hours are from 10 to 3
p.m. and 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Swimming, $2.50, all over 12.
Paddleboats will also be
available.
Mayor Moss said summer
activities also include a
Cont. On Page 3-A
Local Baptists were among ‘‘runners’’ in
“Run For the Children”, a first in North
Carolina history by the 18 Baptist
Children’s Homes of North Carolina.
Larry and Cindy Wood, Rev. Allen Jolley,
and Dr. Joel Jenkins, all of First Baptist
Church, joined a group of ‘runners’ in the
marathon, which is taking ‘‘runners”’ all
over the state in celebration of the Centen-
nial anniversary of the facilities.
The historic marathon will allow as many
people as possible to participate and
celebrate the spirit of caring for children.
The run began in Thomasville on May
28th, extended as far west as Franklin, and
as far east as New Bern and covers 1,400
miles in 40 days, the runners passing
through a total of 155 cities, including Kings
Mountain, with the race to end on Saturday,
July 6, in Thomasville.
Local runners were supper and overnight
guests at First Baptist Church here and
picked up the local runners. Larry Wood
joined the group for 10 miles, his wife, Cin- |
dy, was a runner for five miles, Pastor
Jenkins and Rev. Jolley, Minister of Music,
joined the group for a mile run.
According to Pastor Jenkins, the
Marathon will commemorate the ‘‘commit-
ment of citizens to the preserving of the
family unit through conservation and
rehabilitation in the work of the Baptist
Children’s Homes. 1985 marks the 100th an-
niverary of the Children’s Homes and the
100 years of support from families, friends,
county nd state officials who recogaine
that the only answer to family problems is
love and concern,’ said Jenkins.
Relay runners carry and pass on a baton-
style capsule containing names of children
who have lived at one of the homes in the
past 100 years. Two escort vehicles follow
the runners for safety reasons and at each
location certificates are presented to those
participants who walk or run for the
children.
Salary Increase Proposed
For City Employees
The city board of commis- has applied for the 21st
sioners will hold a public straight year.
hearing on the 1985-86 city
budget at Monday night's
meeting at 7:30 p.m. at City
The budget proposes a
The general operating
budget for the city accounts
for $3 million in the proposed
budget. The Utility budget
Hall.
The board is expected to
approve the $13 million plus
budget with no increase in the
tax rate, 50 cents per $100
property valuation, which
Grady Howard, general
chairman of the current fund
drive to build a new indoor
pool in Kings Mountain, has
announced the appointments
of Mrs. Jane King and Mrs.
June Lee as Co-chairwomen
of the Community Gifts Divi-
sion in the campaign.
Mrs. King is Principal of
West School, Kings Mountain
District Schools. ‘‘Jane’s en-
thusiasm and deeply felt con-
cern for the educational
welfare of our kids,”” Howard
stated, “adds considerable
strength to our campaign
team.”
Mrs. Lee is a member of
the Board of Kings Mountain
District Schools. ‘‘June’s
children,” Howard said, “tell
me one of the things I could
say about her is that she’s
known around town as “The
Professional Volunteer’’.
That couldn’t be better for us,
you know!’
three percent salary increase
and merit pay raises for city
employees. The raises and
merit pay schedule is effec-
tive September 2, if the board
approves the budget.
The Community Gifts Divi-
sion will have responsibility
in the ‘campaign for the
largest number of prospects
and will probably field the
largest number of team
members before its work is
concluded. The Division will
be organized along three
primary directions—Church,
School and Civic organiza-
tions.
“Some activities,”” Mrs.
King said, “will necessarily
extend into the Fall, due to
the timing of the campaign,
but we hope that within this
structure we will be able to
offer the opportunity for
every person not contacted in
one of the other Divisions to
take part in the campaign.”
“Our goal, for instance,”
Mrs. Lee added, ‘to allow
each parent in our School
District to take part in this
significant educational
endeavor can be accomplish-
totals $10,627,379 with 48 per-
cent. of the budget for elec-
tricity, gas operations ac-
count for 38 percent while
water and sewer account for
Howard Retires After
When Grady Howard came daily basis but that he will
to Kings Mountain ‘as have plenty “to keep me
business manager of Kings busy’ since he is chairman of
Mountain Hospital 32 years the Kings Mountain area’s In-
ago, the hospital was a 24 bed door Pool committee which is
facility with few doctors and seeking to raise $750,000-for
| cer : bef built at Kings Mounfain
Today, the hospital is a 102 High School. Howard feils
bed facility which three years that Kings Mountain will res-
ago completed a mammoth pond generously, as always,
expansion project totaling to important and much-
more than $6 million and needed projects and is confi-
represents a conservative in- dent that the goal will be
vestment of up to $20 million reached. He is also a past
compared to $160,000 32 years president of the Kings Moun-
ago. There are 180 tain Kiwanis Club, on the
employees, 26 active board of Home Federal Sav-
members of the medical staff ings & Loan, and a member
and 12 members of the board of the Library board and
of trustees. trustee of Cleveland
~ Next Friday, Grady Technical College. He is ac-
Howard will retire as Kings tive in Central United
Mountain Hospital’s first Methodist Church. He and his
resident administrator and wife, Susie McGinnis
next month he will be Howard, expect to enjoy golf-
honored for his long service ing more, which both enjoy,
to the profession by the con- and to do a limited amount of
ferring of a life membership travel. Mrs. Howard retired
by the North Carolina three years ago as a
Hospitals Association at the classroom teacher for 33
annual meeting in Asheville. years. Howard expects to
only a hcndful of registered an indoor swimming pool to
| nurses.
14 percent.
Howard, 62, admits that he devote more time to his fami-
will miss seeing the co- ly, which includes his father,
workers he works with on a McLean Howard, 97
in
32 Years
GRADY HOWARD
August, who is a resident of
Kings Mountain Convales-
cent Center. The Howard
children are Dr. Grady.
Howard, Jr., Kings Mountain
dentist; Pattie Graves of
Burlington, food service
director for Alamance Coun-
ty Schools; and Joan Mur-
phy, a housewife and former
Cont. On Page 3-A
ed within the School segment
of the Division. This indoor
pool has been a big part of the
dreams of the School Board
for a number of years.”
The Kickoff for the Com-
munity Gifts Division has
been scheduled approximate-
ly for July 22, with the major
part of solicitation to con-
clude by August 16. Names of
volunteers and details of
organization within the divi-
sion will be announced as
they occur.
Howard also announced the
appointment of Charles E.
Hamilton, III as Chairman of
the Prospect and Leadership
Review Committee.
Hamilton will be assisted in
this committee by Mickey
Corry, Gary Whitaker, Tom
Tate, John Young and Frank
Cagle.
Earlier announcements of
the appointments of cam-
paign leadership included:
Glee Bridges and John
Young, Co-Chairmen of Ma-
jor Gifts Division; Tom Tate
and Frank Cagle, Co-
chairmen of Special Gifts
Division; and Scott Mayse,
A
TOM TATE
Chairman of Professional
Gifts. With the announce-
ment of Mrs. King and Mrs.
Lee as Co-chairwomen for
Community Gifts, Howard in-
dicated the basic completion
JANE KING
Community Pool Kickoff July 22
of divisional leadership, with
additional segments within
some division still to be com-
pleted, and announcements
to be made as these are ac-
complished.
JUNE LEE
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