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ONE DAY SURGERY NOT NEW AT
HOSPITAL—One day surgery has been of-
fered to patients at Kings Mountain
Hospital for two years and the new wing,
' recently opened, is equipped for that pur-
pose. Nurses Avis Morris, left, and Pat
Schronce take blood pressure and
temperature of a patient, above, in one of
the new rooms of the new wing.
One-Day Surgery Helps
Meet Community’s Needs
One-Day Surgefy. ohnother way that
Kings Mountain Jpital is meeting the
health care needs of this community.
One-Day Surgery or Out-Patient Surgery,
as it is often called, is not new at Kings
Mountain Hospital. The hospital has been
offering out-patient surgery for the past two
years Since this time out-patient surgery
as increased 40 percent.
When this service was initially begun, the
patients came through the Emergency
Room and were prepared for their surgery
there. They were then taken to the surgical
suite for the actual surgery and then return-
ed to the Emergency Room for their
recovery process. They were able to have
the surgery and go home the same day.
In the past few months, the hospital has
opened a new wing just for out-patient
surgery. This wing is equipped with all the
necessary equipment and supplies needed
by the patient and is staffed with specially
trained personnel to take care of them
before and following surgery. The patient is
admitted to the out-patient surgery wing
and is prepared for surgery. They are then
transferred to the surgical suite. Following
surgery, they are brought back to the out-
patient surgery wing to be taken cars: of un-
il they are ready to go home that same day.
There are numerous operative pro-
cedures that can be done on an out-patient
basis; but, of course, there are some that
cannot be done unless admitted as in-
patient. Your physician can advise you
about these procedures.
“Qut-patient surgery is a concept that our
patients are glad to be a part of. It not only
gives them the high quality of care that they
deserve but lets them recuperate in their
own home,” says Hospital Administrator
Huitt Reep.
According to date that has been collected
by the American Hospital Association, out-
patient surgery rose 77 percent between
1979 and 1983 at hospitals nationwide, while
in-patient operations fell 7 percent during
the same period.
“Health care is an ever-changing field
with new and more efficient services being
introduced almost daily. Kings Mountain
Hospital is glad that it can continue to offer
new services such as the One-Day
Surgery,” Reep says.
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Harold Phillips, retired
superintendent of Craftspun
Yarns and a former city com-
missioner in the Glee A.
Bridges Administration
1953-55, announced today he
will be a candidate for
District 6 commissioner in
the October 8th city election.
Mr. Phillips will seek to
unseat incumbent commis-
sioner Jim Dickey, who has
pected to seek re-election to
another four year term.
The District 6 seat is one of
three commission seats up
for grabs in this year’s elec-
tion but may be the hottest
contest, according to political
spectators. Jan Deaton has
already announced she will
be a candidate in District 6
and Jim Childers, former
District 1 Commissioner who
was defeated by Irvin M.
Allen, Jr. in the recent elec-
tion, is expected to be a can-
didate from District 6, mak-
ing the contest a four-person
race.
Terms of District 2 Com-
‘missioner Humes Houston
and District 5 Commissioner
Curt Gaffney are also expir-
ing. Gaffney has said he will
be a candidate for re-election
and Houston is expected to
also run for re-election to
another four year term. “I
“have no ages to grind and no
political liabilicies’’, said
Phillips, who said he can
devote full-time service to the
position of District 6 commis-
sioner and welcomes the op-
portunity to serve again. “I
did not see re-election back in
1955 because of business com-
mitments and because we
were moving machinery and
revamping the Craftspun
operation”; said Phillips,
who was Craftspun
superintendent for 12 years
during the period the in-
dustry employed 700 in the
Kings Mountain area and
worked for Craftspun 27
years.
“I'm not running against
anyone and will vote my con-
victions on every issue’, he
said. “I feel that I am
qualified to work with people
and have experience,” he
said. Phillips said he would
Construction Could Begin Soon
Grover’s sewer project
construction could begin as
early as September, Mayor
W.W. McCarter said in a pro-
gress report to. the Town
Board Monday night.
The Mayor said that only
about seven or eight right-of-
way purchases remain from
a total of 60 property owners
and that condemnation pro-
cedures will begin this week
to acquire those necessary
properties.
According to Town At-
torney Andy Neisler, if an
property owners do not reac
a negotiated settlement with
the town, condemnation suits
will be filed in Superior
Court. According to Neisler,
the town would deposit with
the clerk of court an amount
equal to the estimated
damages involved in the con-
struction of the sewer along a
right-of-way. The property
owner would have 120 days to
answer the suit, he said.
McCarter said that
surveyors were in Grover
this week establishing pro-
perty lines and that a survey
team from the engineering
firm handling the sewer pro-
ject would be in soon to drive
up stakes where the new
sewer line will go. “We're
moving on this project and
are about ready to close it
out”, said the Mayor.
Mayor McCarter also
reported that he is expecting
to get final approval within
the next few days on the
North Carolina National
Guard's participation in Park
grading and building .of
bleacher seats for the Grover
Park. He said officials from
the State Adjutant General's
office had inspected the Park
and their participation in-
volves final approval by the
state. If approved by the
state, the Guard ‘‘could move
in by Sept. 1 and save the
town some money in the con-
struction of the bleachers and
in grading the area,” he said.
The Guard would provide the
labor free of charge and the
Town would supply all
materials. McCarter
estimated that seating would
be required for 250 people and
the board will meet again in
the next few weeks to con-
sider hiring an architect to
draw up plans for the Guard-
smen to use in the construc-
tion of bleachers and a picnic
shelter. He estimated the
cost, depending on whether
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Harold Phillips To File
For KM City Council
HAROLD PHILLIPS
like to see city police receive
more money and that he
would push to see reductions
in city utilities for senior
citizens. ‘‘Some of our senior
citizens can’t pay their water
and light bills and I would
like to see something done to
help them’, he said. Phillips
said his business experience
would be an asset and his
reputation for fairness and
honesty in the yarn industry
for 20 years as a yarn broker
would be beneficial. ‘‘I have
always been above board
with people and fair to all my
employees”, he said.
A Kings Mountain native,
Phillips is the son of thy late
Dovie and Pearlie Plillips.
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Filing For City Seats
After graduation from Kings
Mountain High School, he
went to work at the old Craft-
spun Mills as a sweeper and
worked to the top as
superintendent of what was
then one of the largest plants
in the area. He attended N.C.
Vocational Textile School for
two years but his schooling
and employment was inter-
rupted by a three year and
three months hitch with Un-
cle Sam in the U.S. Army
where he served overseas in
the European Theatre of
Operations from July 1942 un-
til November 1945, discharg-
ed as a sergeant. He and his
wife, Edna Bookout Phillips,
have been married 47 years.
He attends First Baptist
Church, is a member of
American Legion Post 155, is
past president of the KM Op-
timist Club, was active for 10
years in the KM Kiwanis
Club, is a member of Fair-
view Lodge 339 AF&AM,
Scottish Rite Oasis Temple
and Piedmont Shrine Club. A
member of the yarn
brokerage firm of Radcliff
and Co. for 20 years, he serv-
ed as the first president of the
Cleveland County Communi-
ty Action Committee and was
chairman during the Bridges
Administration in the 50’s of a
25-member mayoral Industry
seeking committee whi
sought ways “of alleviating
poverty'in the county.
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To Begin On August 16
Candidates announcing for
District 2, District 5 and
District 6 city commissioner
seats can file beginning Fri-
day, Aug. 16th, at noon at the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Cook,
717 Meadowbrook Red.,
Chairman of the Board of
Elections.
The filing period is August
16 through Sept. 6 at noon.
Filing fee for city commi-
sioner is $5. A person must be
a registered voter in the city
and live in the district he
seeks office for at least six
months prior to filing for of-
fice. Salary is $385.99 per
month plus insurance
coverage by the city. Com-
missioners do not receive
retirement benefits.
Four year terms of District
2 Commissioner Humes
Houston, District 5 Commis-
sioner Curt Gaffney and
District 6 Commissioner Jim
Dickey are expiring. Gaffney
has said he will seek re-
election. Neither Dickey and
Houston have announced
their intentions to run for
another term but both are ex-
pected to seek re-election.
Announced candidates for
District 6 are Jan Deaton and
Harold Phillips.
No new registration will be
held.
Citizens who have moved
from one district to the other
can contact the Cleveland
Up-To-Date
Photographs
Are Needed
With the city and some
county elections just
around the corner, can-
didates are beginning to
announce their intentions
to run and will soon be
filing for office.
All persons who intend
to run are asked to con-
tact the Herald at
739-7496 or come by our
office on Canterbury
Road so that their can-
didacy may be announc-
ed in the paper. ;
We ask that all can-
didates furnish up-to-
date pictures. If you do
not have an up-to-date
picture (one made within
the past two years), the
Herald will make one
free of charge.
County Board of Elections
(4844858) for instructions on
changing their place of
voting. The polling places are
East Kings Mountain at the
Community Center and West
Kings Mountain at the Na-
tional Guard Armory.
‘Swimming Pool Pledges Top $400,000 Figure
Campaign chairman Grady
Howard has announced that
the current campaign for the
funds necessary to construct
the new indoor swimming
pool in Kings Mountain has
now reached a total of ap-
proximately $400,000.
The campaign began of-
ficially in early June follow-
ing an intensive period of
preparation for solicitation
by formulation of a Founda-
tion to supervise all plans for
the pool and continue long-
term management of all ac-
tivities in cooperation with
the Board of the Kings Moun-
tain School District. Official
activities of the various divi-
sions within the campaign
organizational structure are
expected to conclude by
August 16, with follow-up of
remaining calls on prospects
to be guided by Chairman
Howard and fellow members
of the organization.
“We expect,” Howard said,
“that when all the solicitation
is completed, we will certain-
ly achieve our goal of.
$750,000. Though the summer
is not usually the best time to
try to solicit funds, due to
family vacations, etc., we
feel we have made major pro-
gress during the short time
we have had to date. We know
that every one of our many
workers in the campaign is
vitally interested in achiev-
ing complete success and
that each will do everything
in his power to see that we
The Major Gifts Division in
the campaign, co-chaired by
John Young and Glee
Bridges, expects to be able to
report the finalization of calls
by August 16. About seventy-
five percent of the prospects
remain unreported in the
division, including reports of
team members in the group.
The Special Gifts Division
in the campaign is co-chaired
by Tom Tate, Frank Cagle,
and Gary Whitaker. This
division too expects to con-
clude its work by August 16.
About sighty percent of this
division will need to report
results by this date.
The Community Gifts Divi-
sion is under the direction of
Jane King and June Lee.
Kick-off and orientation
meetings for the division
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