VOL. 98 NUMBER 37
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1985
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Problems
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occurrences.”
Heavy rains fell in the area
from, 10 p.m. Friday until
about 5 p.m. Saturday, caus-
ing low-lying areas to flood
and water to flow steadily in-
to and under many homes.
Twenty-year-old Chris
Howell of First Street was
electrocuted around 4 p.m.
when he was pu ing in a
lamp in his mobile home. He
and his step-father, Jim
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Mother Nature and the City
thousands of dollars worth of
damage during a 19-hour,
seven-inch rainfall in the
area Saturday, but city of-
ficials say there’s no way
they could have prevented
what they called ‘unnatural
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KINGS MOUNTAIN FLOOD - Chris Howell wades waist deep in water in his lawn on
First Street during Saturday’s rain which dumped about seven inches of water in the
area. Shortly after this photo was made, Howell and his stepfather, Jim McGinnis, went
into the trailer to remove some furniture. As Howell was plugging i
into/ge trail plugging in a lamp, he was
Board Fires Jenkins
In Executive Session
Ken Jenkins, 58, superintendent of Mountain Rest
Cemetery for nearly 22 years, was fired by the board of city
commissioners Friday who went behind closed doors for 45
minutes and voted 5-1 in executive session to terminate the
services of Jenkins as of Friday.
The special meeting was
called Wednesday morning
by Mayor Pro Tem Irvin
(Tootie) Allen, chairman of a
three-member city cemetery
committee appointed by
Mayor John Henry Moss four
months ago after questions
about operation of the city-
owned cemetery were raised
by local mortician, Bennett
Masters, owner and operator
of Masters Funeral Home.
The 5-1 vote, with District
Four Commissioner Norman
King casting the only ‘‘no”
vote, was taken behind closed
doors, in the presence of all
six commissioners, the
mayor, and City Attorney
George Thomasson and
Assistant City Attorney
Mickey Corry.
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KEN JENKINS
. Board May Have Violated Meetings Law
The city board of commis-
sioners apparently violated
the open meetings law when
the board voted Friday in
closed session to fire Ken
Jenkins. . :
Doug Johnston, a
sopkesman for the N.C. At-
torney General's Office, said
there is a ‘close line of
thought in interpreting
General Statutes 145-318-11
which states in A-8 that ““final
action making an appoint-
ment or discharge or
removal by a public body
having final authority for the
appointment or discharge or
removal shall he TAKEN in_
an open ineetng, |
City Attorney George
‘Thomasson told The Herald
Nine Candidates
All three seats up for grabs
in the Oct. 8th city election
are contested. :
Nine candidates filed for
the three seats this week on
the city board of commis-
sioners as filing opened F'ri-
day.
In District 6, incumbent
Jim Dickey filed for another
term at City Hall. He is being
challenged by Jan Deaton,
who lost in a runoff four years
ago to Dickey, and by former
city commissioner Harold
Phillips and former city com-
missioner Jim Childers.
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Photo by Gary Stewart
In District 5, incumbent
Curt Gaffney seeks a second
term at City Hall. He is being
challenged by Fred Finger,
retired employee of Eaton
Corporation and a Kings
Mountain native and Ruby
Moss Alexander, Kings
Mountain realtor. ;
In District 2, incumbent
Humes Houston is seeking re-
election and he is being
challenged by Gilbert
(Peewee) Hamrick, an un-
successful candidate for
mayor in recent city elec-
tions, :
SEWER LINE WASHES OUT - Sixty feet of the main line
carrying Kings Mountain sewage to the Pilot Creek
Wastewater Plant west of the
city washed out during last
week’s heavy rainfall. City employees spent three days
repairing the creek banks and replacing the sewer line.
after the meeting that since
the matter was a personnel
matter involving a city
employee that the action
could be taken either in ex-
ecutive or open session. :
Johnston says his office has
always held a “‘conper Jatiye
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law and that lawyers have
different interpretations and * the language of the law as reitereated that the statute
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Finger graduated from
Kings Mountain schools and
attended Duke University.
He was drafted by the U.S.
Army in 1941 before the start
of World War II and was
released in 1946. During the
war he received a commis-
sion and served as a combat
officer with an infantry rifle
company of the 103rd Infan-
try Division in the European
might consider a “final act”
as the announcement of the
action rather than a ‘vote’
taken in closed session. “We
“vote” but use the term states under G.S. 145-318-11 a
“final act”, Johnston said, public body may hold an ex-
after talking to Thomasson ecutive session and exclude
on the telephone Wednesday the public ‘to consider the
dor’t have a court opinion on morning, that city officials qualifications, competence,
this question, said & ohne ston, “felt the intent of the statute performance, character,
but Jrobanly a court would was achieved.” fitness conditions of appoint-
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General Statutes do not state it’’, said Johnston, who
for The Rhineland and Cen-
tral Europe campaigns.
Following World War II,
except for a 17 month tour of
duty with the Army during
the Korean War, he worked in
the textile industry in New
York City for 20 years.
In 1967, he and his family
returned to Kings Mountain
and reside at 908 Sherwood
Lane. His wife, Faye P.
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Theatre of Operations. For
his wartime service he was
awarded the Bronze Star, the
Purple Heart, Combat Infan-
‘try Badge, and Bronze Stars
Mrs.
Mrs. Annie R. Corry,
retired school teacher,
librarian and Assistant Prin-
cipal with 39 years ex-
perience, announced this
week she is a candidate for an
outside seat on the Kings
Mountain Board of Education
in the November 5 elections.
She will challenge incum-
bent Paul Hord, Jr., who an-
nounced last week that he
will seek re-election.
Mrs. Corry is the widow of
Clayward C. Corry, Sr. and
resides on Bell Road. She is
active in St. Paul United
Methodist Church where she
is a Lay Leader and active in
many phases of church and os
community activities. ANNIE R. CORRY
She has two children, (Mickey), Kings Mountain
Clayward C. Corry, Jr. attorney, and Dr. Patricia A.
Finger, is a registered nurse
and is the In-Service Director
at the Kings Mountain
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Corry To
RUBY ALEXANDER
FRED FINGER
Oppose Hord
Corry, a Doctor at Central
State Hospital in Nashville,
Tennessee. Both children
graduated from the Kings
Mountain school system.
Said Mrs. Corry:
“The time is now and we
need educational oppor-
tunities available in this com-
munity which are great
enough to afford an ample
education for all students in
our system. I realize that
education is a Must and am
willing to go beyond the call
of duty to see that at least
every child will be exposed to
the basic fundamentals need-
ed for a well rounded life that
will provide those things
which make for happiness.
“Every effort should be
made for adults to become in-
volved in activities that offer
a challenge and improve-
ment to the children.
“The school board has done
an excellent job, but I feel
that the Board can better
serve the entire community
by being comprised of
members who have had some
experience within the
classroom. I believe that I
canrelate to all the citizens of.
the community in this
respect.
“If elected, my purpose
will not be to make any great
changes, but rather to offer
opinions and viewpoints that
will reflect the views of the
majority of the citizens in our
area.”
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