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Celebration
Set Thursday
The big Fourth of July celebration which will be climaxed
with a giant fireworks display will be held Thursday at the
Rings Mountain Community Center and Commissioners
ark. :
Events will begin at 10 a.m. for children and adults of all
ages. The fireworks display will complete the day’s ac-
tivities at 10 p.m.
There will be pool events, field events, special entertain-
ment and other activities.
A complete list of events includes:
POOL EVENTS
(Sign up at pool)
10 a.m. - Diving contest (low board)
10:30 a.m. - Big splash contest.
11 a.m. - Freestyle race.
11:30 a.m. - Diving contest (high board).
12 Noon - Penny dive.
12:30 p.m. - Watermelon carry.
FIELD EVENTS
(Sign up at P.A. tent)
3:30 p.m. - Pie eating contest.
4 p.m. - Watermelon eating contest.
5 p.m. - Chicken chase.
5:30 p.m. - Bunny chase.
6 p.m. - Greased pig chase.
6:30 p.m. - Greasy pole climb.
MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS
10 a.m. til - Little League and softball championship tour-
naments.
1 p.m. - Horseshoe pitching contest (Sign up at horsehoe
pit area).
2-4 p.m. - Waterslide (front of Community Center).
2:30 p.m. - Pool table contest (Inside Community Center).
FOURTH FUN—Swimmers try to balance potatoes on their
heads while walking the length of Deal Street pool during last
year’s July Fourth celebration. A full day of activities is
scheduled for Thursday beginning at 10 a.m.
4 p.m. - Championship carpet golf.
ENTERTAINMENT
3 p.m. - Country Western band.
7 p.m. - Breakdance, Open Street dance.
10 p.m. - Giant fireworks extravaganza.
i ONGOING EVENTS
Fire truck rides.
Ballgames.
Kiddie Rides.
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KM Cemetery
Probe Complete
Agents of the State Bureau
of Investigation have com-
pleted a nearly three months
investigation into allegations
of missing funds from the
Kings Mountain cemetery
department but it will be at
least a week before their
report is ‘submitted to
District Attorney Marty
Shuford.
Dan Crawford, of the Kan-
napolis District office of the
SBI, said the SBI investiga-
tion covered a five year
period.
Crawford said the agent
assigned to the case will have
his taped notes transcribed in
the next few days. The tapes
will be sent to Raleigh also
and the typewritten report to
the District Attorney for
review and determination, in
his opinion, if more investiga-
tion is in order or if violations
have occurred.
The SBI was asked to con-
duct an independent in-
vestigation at the request of
the Kings Mountain Police
Department and the Kings
Mountain Cemetery Commit-
tee headed by City Commis-
sioner Irvin Allen, Jr. Com-
missioner Allen had said
some discrepancies were un-
covered in an audit opened to
his committee in April. Allen
said at the time that the com-
mittee’s investigation into
possible violations of rules
governing cemetery fees in-
dicated that fees were only
collected from Bennett
Masters and there seemed to
be no record of others being
paid by monument suppliers.
Allen said that according to
the city audit, a private
monument company, Wiley
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To Print
Tuesday
The Herald will publish a
day early again next week.
The paper will be printed
on Tuesday and carry a
Wednesday dateline.
Deadline for advertising,
social news, and church news
will ‘be 5 p.m. Friday.
Deadline for ali regular news
ay.
day sports will be 5 p.m. Mon-
Charles A. Neisler, Chair-
man of the local Board of
Directors of First Union Na-
tional Bank, announced.
changes in the membership
of the bank’s Kings Mountain
Board. E. Wilson Griffin, Jr.
and Dr. R. Scott Mayse have
been elected as new First
Union Directors.
Reelected to a three year
term on the local board were
John O. Plonk, Jr., Dr.
Thomas Baker, and L.E. Hin-
nant.
DR. SCOTT MAYSE
Michal Lewis Moss, 24, of
5270 Midpines, died Monday
afternoon at 3:50 p.m. of a
gunshot wound to the head,
according to Cleveland Coun-
ty Coroner Ralph Mitchem
who said that an autopsy was
being conducted and the in-
vestigation is continuing.
Mitchem and Det. Joe King
of the Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Department are in-
vestigating the shooting
which occurred at 7290 Mid-
pines. Mitchem said no foul
play is suspected.
Moss was shot with a .44
magnum.
He was employed by
Lithium Corporation and was
a member of the N.C. Na-
tional Guard. The son of
Buster Moss of Kings Moun-
Also elected were Senator
J. Ollie Harris and John L.
McGill, who will serve the
Kings Mountain First Union
Board as Honorary Directors
for life.
Former owner of Griffin
Drug Company and local
pharmacist, Wilson Griffin
joins the First Union Board
with an extensive
background of community
leadership and volunteerism.
WILSON GRIFFIN
Michal Lewis Moss, 24,
Dies From Gunshot Wound
tain and Opal Stewart Burris
of Kings Mountain, he was a
member of Midview Baptist
Church.
Surviving, in addition to his
parents, are his wife, Teresa
Feimster Moss; his son,
Michal Joseph Moss of Kings
Mountain; and his grand-
mother, Mrs. Bertha Moss of
Cullowhee and Mrs. Polly
Stewart of Kings Mountain.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday after-
noon at 4 p.m. from Midview
Baptist Church by Rev. Fred
Wells. Interment will be in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends Wednesday night
from 7 until 9 p.m. at Masters
Funeral Home.
Griffin, Mayse Elected ) !
To First Union Bank Board
Wilson serves the Central
United Methodist Church on
several operating commit-
tees, and has served as Chair-
man of the Church's Ad-
ministrative Board. A
charter member of the Kings
Mountain Rotary Club, he
has twice served as Presi-
dent. He was also an active
Jaycee, and also served that
group as President. Wilson is
active in governmental posi-
tions, serving as: Chairman
of the Kings Mountain Plann-
ing and Zoning Board, a
member of the Cleveland
County Board of Health, and
in the past served on the Men-
tal Health Association Board,
and the Cleveland County
Welfare Board. Wilson is
married to Sara S. Griffin,
and has one daughter Mrs.
Myra Jane Griffin Wallace.
The Griffins are active
members of the Kings Moun-
tain Country Club and Kings
Mountain Cotillion Club.
Dr. Mayse also represents
a wide range of the communi-
ty in joining First Union’s
Board. Scott practices
medicine at his clinic, Kings
Mountain Internal Medicine.
‘His community involvement
includes service as President
of the Kiwanis Club, the
Kings Mountain Indoor Pool
Foundation, and the
Cleveland County Medical
Society. Scott is also a past
President of the Kings Moun-
tain Hospital Medical Staff,
and a past member of the
Board of the Red Cross and
Diabetic Society. Dr. Mayse
is a member of the Board of
the Kings Mountain Hospital
and Gardner Webb College.
The Mayses are active
members of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church. Dr. Mayse
and his wife Sarah have three
children; Marie, Nathan and
Elise.
“First Union is proud to an-
nounce these changes in its
Board, and look forward to
these members’ leadership
and influence in the com-
munity,” said Neisler.
PHOTO BY LYNNE LYNN
INKS WITH CUBS—Todd Cloninger, center, signs a professional baseball contract with
the Chicago Cubs as his father, Jim Cloninger, left, and Cubs scout Billy Champion,
right, look on.
Cloninger Inks With Cubs
Todd Cloninger, 19-year-old southpaw pit-
cher from Kings Mountain, last week inked
a professional baseball contract with the
Chicago Cubs.
Cubs area scout Billy Champion of
Shelby, former pitcher with the
Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee
Brewers, was in town to ink the 6-3,
180-pounder.
Cloninger left Sunday for - Chicago’s
Wytheville, Va., team in the Appalachian
League.
Cloninger, a former baseball and football
player at Kings Mountain High School, was
signed after attending a Kansas City Royals
tryout camp. He caught the eye of UNC-
Charlotte Coach Gary Robinson, who con-
tacted Champion.
“Coach Robinson asked me if I wanted to
sign or go back to school,” Cloninger said.
“I told him I'd rather sign.”
Cloninger inked a baseball scholarship
with Wingate College after graduating from
Kings Mountain High in 1984. ‘I tried col-
lege and it wasn’t for me,” he said. “I
always wanted to play baseball. This is the
shot at the chance I've been looking for all
my life and it doesn’t come along but once.
It’s all on my shoulders now.”
Cloninger has been told that it may take
him two weeks to get into a ballgame. “To
start off with, they plan to work me in the
bullpen and get me back in shape,” he said.
“Of course, I'd rather be a starter but the
main thing is just to.be able to play.”
Cloninger played first base and the out-
field until his junior year of high school
when then KMHS Coach Barry Gibson
began to use him some on the mound. He
was the Mountaineers’ ace pitcher his
senior year when he struck out 18 batters in
a seven-inning game against Chase. In
legion ball last summer, he hurled a one-
hitter and fanned 19 in a victory over Burke
County.
‘He has been clocked at 88 miles per hour
and throws consistently at 85.
“The Cubs told me that once I get the
kinks out of my motion they can bring my
fastball up a little more,’’ he said. “My arm
is still a bit rusty. They said they’d like for
me to put on some weight and get a little
stronger.”
Since leaving Wingate, Cloninger has pit-
ched some with the Kings Mountain A’s
semi-pro team.
He says his main goal is to make it to the
major leagues, a goal even he admits will
be a long shot. “But just being able to have
the chance to play is something I’ve always
wanted,” he said. “This opportunity doesn’t
come around very often and I want to do the
very best that I can.”
Cloninger is the first Kings Mountain pro-
duct to sign a pro baseball contract in over
20 years. KM'’s last pro baseballers was the
late George Wilson who retired from the
Japanese Major League in the late 1960’s.
“I’d like to thank Barry Gibson, David
Heffner and Bruce Clark for all they did for
me in high school,” Cloninger said. ‘‘They
really believed in me when nobody else
believed I could pitch. They stuck by me
and gave me the chance. And, I'd like to
thank my dad, Jim Cloninger, for suppor-
ting me and béing there when I really need-
ed him, and for pushing me when I needed a
little nudge.” ;
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