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VOL. 98 NUMBER 39
Leonard A. Smith, former
veteran Sadie Mill employee,
said today he will file for
District 2 city commissioner
in the municipal city election
October 8th.
Mr. Smith will challenge
Incumbent Humes Houston
who also faces opposition
from Gilbert (PeeWee)
Hamrick.
The announcement by Mr.
Smith brings to 10 the
number of candidates seek-
ing three seats on the board
of commissioners up for
grabs this Fall. They are
District 2, District 5, and
District 6.
In District 5, incumbent
Curt Gaffney is being
challenged by political
newcomers, Fred E. Finger
and Ruby M. Alexander.
In District 6, incumbent
Jim Dickey is being challeng-
ed by former commissioners
James Childers and Harold
Phillips and by Jan Deaton.
One seat will be up for
grabs on the Kings Mountain
NEW CHAMBER OFFICE OPENS - Members of the Board of Directors of the Kings Moun-
tain Chamber of Commerce opened its new office in one of the two cabooses at the Kings Moun-
tain Depot Friday morning. Left to right, Bob Webster, Doug Burch, Carl Plonk, Bob Maner,
Frank Cagle, Mayor John Moss, Brenda Lovelace, Larry Beasley and Odus Smith.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
LEONARD SMITH
District Board of Education
on November 5th. Paul Hord,
Jr., member representing
outside-city residents, has fil-
ed for a four year term on the
board as the board begins its
switch to staggard four-year
terms from six year terms.
He is opposed by Ann Corry,
Leonard Smith Joins
City Council Race
retired school teacher who
said she will pay her filing fee
next week.
Born in Cherokee County,
N.C., Mr. Smith the son of the
late William Fletcher (Bill)
and Eldia Smith and has liv-
ed almost all his life in Kings
Mountain. He went to work at
the Sadie Mill as a trainee on
drawing frames and retired
there after 48 years in April
1980 as plant manager. Prior
to his retirement, he worked
‘briefly as a card room
overseer at Parkdale Mills.
He was married to the former
Hazel Moore, who died in
January this year. His
children are Leonard A.
Smith, Jr. of Greenwood,
S.C., an engineer for Monsan-
to; Rodney Smith, plant
manager for Collins-Aikman
of Albemarle; Joyce Metcalf
of Gastonia, office manager
of Gaston Urological Clinic
on Cox Road, and Glenda
Newell of Mobile, Ala. There
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Domestic Squabble Ends In Murder Charge
A domestic squabble bet-
wef a prothier and ‘sister
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brothel “ended in the death of
woman and murder
charges against the other
woman Monday night.
Police said that Tyra Ger-
maine Adams Sheehan, 29, of
821 Third St., was shot once
just below the right ear on the
neck with a 20-guage shotgun
at the residence of whom
olice say was her best
riend, Wanda Peterson, 33,
of 205 Linwood Road, Monday
That 11:42 p.m.
Ms. Cees aes lem sed
from Cleveland County jail
on $5,000 bond on charges of
murder. :
Police said the shooting
stemmed from an argument
at the Peterson home bet-
ween Ms. Peterson, her
Fund Drive To Help
KM Leukemia Victim
A Kings Mountain
leukemia patient, Paul Hen-
son, 43, will fly to John
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
Md. the third week of this
month to undergo a bone
marrow transplant.
Friends of Paul and
Patricia Elaine Henson have
started a fund drive this week
at First Union National Bank
to help the couple with ex-
nses. Mrs. Arlene Smith, of
cissor-Smith Salon in Kings
Mountain, is heading up the
drive.
Thomas Henson, 41-year-
old brother of Henson, will be
the donor for the transplant
which will follow two weeks
of screening for both patient
and donor plus cobalt radia-
tion, chemotherapy and
heavy doses of antiobiotics
for the patient. The younger
brother will be able to return
to Kings Mountain a day after
the transplant but Henson
has been told by doctors that
his treatment may take up to
five months. After
hospitalization for 30 days, he
will be an outpatient at the
hospita: for at least 90 to 100
days.
Mrs. Henson plans to sta
near the hospital to be wit
her husband.
Funds raised by Kings
Mountain friends will he
ay Mrs. Henson's cost-of-
iving and help provide
transportation to and from
Baltimore for the donor, who
is now out-of-work due to:
plant layoffs. Contributions
should be forwarded to Paul
Henson, in care of First
Union National Bank, Kings
Mountain, N.C. 28086.
Both Paul and Pat Henson
work at Firestone Textiles in
Gastonia, which provides
medical insurance. Paul will
be disabled at least a year
after the surgery.
A Kings Mountain native,
son of Rev. and Mrs. Jesse
Henson, Mr. Henson has suf-
fered from chronic mylod
leukemia for two years. He
has been told by doctors that
two of 12 patients treated at
John Hopkins after bone mar-
row transplants suffered
complications. The
Baltimore hospital just
started treating leukemia pa-
tients over 40 years ago and
doctors have told Henson that
he has a 25-35 percent chance
for success. :
In Kings Mountain the Hen-
sons are active in First
Wesleyan Church. Married
for over 22 years, they are
parents of two children. Hen-
son’s graduating class at
Bethware High School is
lanning a 25th year reunion
fore he goes to the hospital
and the Hensons are making
plans to attend. Henson is
also working every day and
has faith, he says, that the
bone marrow transplant will
be a success and that he will
be home again soon.
“We're just living one day
at a time but all of us have
faith that this is the route to
go”, said Mrs. Henson, also a
Kings Mountain native,
daughter of Mrs. Florence
Ledford Allen and the late
Riley Allen.
Mrs. Henson said the fami-
ly will be called by the
hospital sometime during the
third week of September.
“The acute leukemia patients
come first but as soon as a
bed becomes ready we'll be.
ready to go”, she added.
brother, Doug Merck, 24, of
820 Church St. and the dead
woman's stepbrother,
Johnny Case, 31, of 821 Third
SE ROR oF RETO Coca
had ordered out of her house.
“They had been drinking all
day’’, said Det. Richard
Reynolds who said Ms. Peter-
son maintains the shooting
was an accident. “The two
women were the best of
friends, the real argument
PAUL HENSON
Bloodmobile
Here Today
Kings Mountain industry
will sponsor a bloodmebile
visit Thursday from 12:30 un-
til 6 pm at First Baptist
Church.
Goal of the one-day collec-
tion is 150 pints of blood.
POWER OFF SUNDAY
Power will be turned off in
Kings Mountain Sunday from
7-8 a.m. so Duke Power Com-
pany can make necessary
repairs.
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and. the two men,”
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said is the investigation is.conti-
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charging him with trespass. Patrolman Dorothy toweu,s
ing and damage fo personal Det. Sgt. Richard Reynolds,
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property. Reynolds said thes Det. James Camp and Assis-
! tant Police Chief Bob Hayes.
1 . Funeral services for Ms.
Case had provided police Sheehan will be conducted
with statements and have Thursday afternoon at4 p.m.
officers had not picked him
up. Reynolds said Merck and’
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daughter "of sonald Wayne
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if Louise Case
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father, are two
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High School Organizes
Assertive Discipline/Plan
Kings Mountain Senior High School, like
the rest of the schools in the Kings Mountain
District Schools System, will be periodically
reporting on special or noteworthy events
and happenings throughout the school year.
The rel System implemented a Public
Relations plan in order to improve public
confidence in the schools. The High School
first formed a Public Relations Committee
consisting of Ms. Amy Austin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Austin and a senior at
KMSHS; Mrs. Norma Cloninger, teacher of
Skills for Vocational Success; Ms. Annette
Parker, English Teacher; and Joel Rountree,
Social Studies and Math teacher.
Next the Committee decided what major
events or items of interest would be reported.
‘Ms. Austin will reported on the daily happen-
ings at the High School in her weekly column.
The focus of her reporting will center on stu-
dent activities and events. The faculty
members will report on those items that are
important to the public and parents but are
not reported on in either School Board news,
athletic coverage, or the student column. The
topic this week is assertive discipline. ;
~ Assertive discipline is nothing new, but the
“plan’’ that the school system has adopted
puts organization and structure into a
discipline program so that maximum em-
phasis can be placed.on is
This is the main purpose pf the assertive
discipline program. Becausd teachers care
about school children and want to teach them
well; the schools are making a concerted ef-
fort to eliminate discipline problems.
Parents should be reassured that this is for
the benefit of the child, not some method of
punishing students in a reckless manner.
How does the system work? First the
teacher constructs a set of rules and outlines
the consequences if the rules are broken.
And, very simply, the teacher asserts her
authority in an organized manner whenever
a rule has been broken. She does not argue
with the student, she does not debate whether
or not the infraction ocurred; she eliminates
the discipline problem so that she can get on
with teaching. a
If an infraction of the rules continually
reoccurs or if a serious discipline problem
erupts, more rigorous consequences result.
At KMSHS the Dean of Women and the Dean
of Men have a file for each student. A certain
number of demerits are assigned for dif-
ferent categories of offenses. When a student
accumulates ee 20 demerits, the parents
are contacted, When a student accumulates
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Football Contest Begins
Get out your crystal balls. It’s time again
for the Herald’s Pick the Winners football
contest.
Each week for the next 10 weeks, area
merchants will sponsor the contest which
will pay $100 to the weekly winner. The
Herald’s prize is the biggest payoff in any
newspaper football contest in the Carolinas.
All you have to do to win is look in the ads
on the football contest pages in each week’s
paper and predict the most winners in 20
area high school and college games.
The contest games, entry form and rules
can be found on pages 4 and 5-A in this
week’s paper. Read the rules carefully
because they will be followed to the letter.
The decision of the judges will be final.
Mail your entry to Football Contest, P.O.
Box 752, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086, or
drop itby our office no later than 4 p.m. Fri-
day. Whether you mail us your entry or br-
ing it to us in person, it must be received by
4 p.m, Friday.
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