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VOL. 98 NUMBER 40
KINGS
MOUNTAIN, NORTH CARbxsrers
Pacesetters in the 1986
Kings Mountain United Way
Campaign reported donations
and pledges of $30,000 this
week as the campaign for
$100,000 was kicked off at a
luncheon at the Holiday Inn of
divisional chairmen and
leaders.
“We’ll make our goal and
more’’, predicted Lavon
Strickland, Campaign chair-
man, who said 20 organiza-
tions, including many from
this area, will benefit from
pen, aii share “iit from
local citizens. a
co Corporation of Morganton,
a past Jaycee state president
and campaign chairman and
past president of Burke Coun-
ty United way, echoed her
remarks as he made the
keynote address. “There is
hardly no one untouched by
United Way and when times
are tough and with withdrawal
of federal monies to many of
these agencies we need to re-
mind those we contact that
their one gift aids at least 20
Kings Mountain’s Board of
Education honored Teacher
of the Year Joel Rountree
during Monday’s board
meeting at the Kings Moun-
tain High School library.
Rountree, a Grover resi-
dent and graduate of Shelby
High School and Davidson
College, is a history teacher
at KMHS. He was selected
District Teacher of the Year
in April after competition
with other individual school
winners in the local system.
Rountree now enters
Regional and State Teacher
of the Year competition and
School Superintendent Bill
Davis said he is confident
A 56-year-old Methodist
missionary and seminary
student, formerly of
Lawndale, has been missing
since last Wednesday at 7:19
p.m. when her car wrecked
on E. King Street within sight
of the Kings Mountain Police
Department.
The disappearance of Bar-
bara Buck Newman, of Atlan-
ta, Ga., brought her husband,
Harry, and their five sons to
Cleveland County to join
sheriff’s deputies, Kings
Mountain, and Gastonia
police, and various rescue
teams, including the Kings
Mountain and Bethlehem
DIVISION CHAIRMAN OF UNITED WAY
CAMPAIGN—Pictured are Division
Chairmen in the current Kings Mountain
United Way Campaign. From left, Ernest
Robert Belville, of Romar-’
causes. United Way is more
than a fund-raiser, it’s a pro-
vider of services and needs for
this community. Much of
these funds stay here in Kings
Mountain and this is not a fund
just for needy people,” he
said, as he challenged the
drive leaders to follow the ex-
amples of the five paceset-
ters, Park Dale Mills, Com-
mercial Shearing, Anvil Knit,
Kings Mountain Hospital and
First Union National Bank
and work ‘even harder and
united to reach this ambitious
and worthy goal of $100,000.”
Also present as a guest was
Peter Auerbach of rlotte,
Director of Planning for North
Carolina United Way who also
challenged the volunteers to
use a ‘‘one on one’ approach
in their solicitation efforts in
the community.
With a budget of $100,000,
the Kings Mountain United
Way has only earmarked $2500
for administrative costs and
hopes to provide $15,000 to the
American Red Cross, $12,750
for the Kings Mountain
KM School Board Honors
Its Teacher Of The Year
Rountree will win those
honors.
Rountree was accom-
panied to the 30-minute
reception by his wife, Patsy,
a Central School teacher, and
children, Katy, Joshua and
Emily, and his parents,
Glenn and Jackie Rountree of
Grover. A large number of
teachers and administrators
were also in attendance.
“I really don’t think I’m the
Teacher of the Year,”” Roun-
tree told the group. ‘I'm
average at best. I don’t think
I'm as good a teacher as the
teachers who are here
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Atlanta Woman Missing
Since Wednesday Wreck
Fire Departments and KM
Rescue Squad, Red Cross,
and others, in an air and land
search and house-to-house
canvass, which as of yester-
day, had failed to locate the
missing woman.
According to Kings Moun-
tain Police Department
reports, Mrs. Newman was
driving a 1979 Dodge Aspen
which ran the red light at the
intersection of E. King and
South Piedmont (at McGill
Exxon) and struck a 1974 VW
operated by Lisa Canipe, of
111 Gaston Street. The
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Rome, Dr. Joel Jenkins, Dr. Martin Stall-
ings, Jim Harry and Marvin Chappell. The
campaign seeks a goal of $100,000.
UF Pacesetters Campaign
Gets Drive Off To Good Start
Ministerial Association Hel
ing Hand Fund and Chaplain
Service; $7,300 to the Girl
Scouts of the Pioneer Council;
$6,800 to the Boy Scouts of the
Piedmont Council; $6,037 to
the North Carolina United
Way for a variety of causes;
$6,800 to the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad; $5,925 to the
Cleveland County Shelter
Home; $6,000 to the Kings
Mountain Boys Club; $5,200 to
the Grover Rescue Squad;
$4,000 to the Cleveland County
CODAP; $2,500 Ys the Salva-
tion Army;
Health Association’ $1,000 to
Hospice; $1,000 to Child Abuse
Prevention; $500 to Communi-
ty Partnership Community for
Disabled; $500 for Toys For
Tots in Kings Mountain.
First report date is Sept.
18th. Second report date is Oc-
tober 2, a luncheon and
evaluation meeting is schedul-
ed by campaign leaders at
noon on October 16th and the
Victory dinner is Nov. 8th.
UNITED WAY KICKOFF—Kings Mountain
United Way kicked off the 1986 fund drive in
Kings Mountain this week for $100,000. From
left, Robert Belville of Morganton, guest
Cleveland County Mental™:
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Filing’s Over, 10
Seek Board Seats
With the passing of the fil-
ing deadline at noon on Fri-
day, the candidate list for
three seats on the board of ci-
ty commissioners remains at
10.
All three incumbent com-
missioners in District 2, 5,
and 6 have opposition, and
challengers include two
former city commissioners,
several who have sought of-
fice before and several
political newcomers.
Kings Mountain citizens
will go to the polls Oct. 8th at
the Armory and at the Com-
munity Center.
In District 2, incumbent
Humes Houston is seeking re-
election. He is being
challenged by former
mayoral candidate Gilbert
(Pee Wee) Hamrick and by
retired Sadie Mill plant
manager Leonard A. Smith,
I.
In District 5, first term
commissioner Curt Gaffney
is being challenged by Fred
E. Finger, who is retired, and
by real estate agent Ruby
Moss Alexander.
In District 6, Jim Dickey, a
12-year veteran of the board
of commissioners, is being
challenged by three can-
didates. Also seeking the
District 6 seat are Jim
Childers, a former commis-
sioner wha lost a re-election
ha to Ir;w Allen io District 1
fd who 8s since moved to
istrict ¢; Harold Phillips, a
former commissioner who
served on the board in the
1950’s; and Jan Deaton, who
lost a bid for office in a runoff -
with Dickey inthe previous
election.
Kings Mountain municipal
elections regulations require
a majority vote to win. If a
run-off is necessary, the can-
didate with the second
highest vote total in a district
race will have until Monday,
Oct. 14th, to request, in
dent;
United Way.
GILBERT HAMRICK
writing, a runoff. Should a
runoff be necessary, it will be
held on Nov. 5th.
A total of 4,500 voters are
registered to vote in the Oct. 8
election, according to Becky
Cook, Chairman of the Kings
Mountain Board of Elections.
In his filing statement, can-
didate Gilbert Hamrick said:
‘I am announcing myself as
a candidate for city commis-
sioner for Ward 2 in the Oct. 8
city election. I am 44 years
old, live at 308 S. Oriental
Avenue with my wife Shirley,
we have two sons, Mike and
Scottie Hamrick. Mike and
his wife live in Kings Moun-
tain. Scottie lives in
Qklahoma with his wife. Scot-
oe Teerc nme ATG SI ti Kings ‘wewmewm: © Te Cr:
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£ Fort Sill. I am the son of
/ilburn and Mary Jane
Hamrick of Kings Mountain.
I am a member of the
American Legion Post 155, 1
am a Baptist, and a
Democrat. I am a high school
graduate and I served in the
Army as a military
policeman and am a disabled
veteran.
“I’m not going to make a
lot of promises I cannot kee
but if I am elected, I wi
work for each and every
chairman; Mark Wilson, United Way Presi-
and Peter Auerbach of Charlotte,
Director of Planning for North Carolina
citizen of Kings Mountain. I
will work toward getting all
streets that need it repaved
and continue to upgrade all
city equipment. I will listen to
and follow up on all citizens
complaints, I feel that I can
work with the members of the
city board, whoever they
may be. If I am elected to the
office of District 2 Commis-
sioner I will spend whatever
time it takes to help the
citizens of my ward and other
Yards to the best of my abili-
y.?
In his filing, Incumbent
District 2 Commissioner
Humes Houston said:
“In 1975 the first time I ran
for public office I made the
statement, ‘I may not agree
with all programs that may
be presented but I will give
my support to all programs
that will work toward the
economic growth and pro-
gress of our city, continue to
search for new industry and
work toward budget plans
that will keep our taxes at the
lowest level possible.”
“I have served on the board
of commissioners for three
terms, covering a span of 10
years, and again, with the ten
years of experience, I am
running for re-election to con-
tinue the efforts of the above
statement.
Houston, 66, served for
many years on the staff of
pany and later with osgxeli
Drug Co. until retirement. A
resident of Kings Mountain
since 1923, his father the late
H.H. Houston, was secretary-
treasurer. He graduated
from Kings Mountain High
School and entered the U.S.
Army in 1941, retiring with
rank of Major in 1969. During
service in the European
Theatre of Operations he
received the Bronze Star for
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Mayor Moss
Says Claims
Response Slow
Mayor John Henry Moss
promised citizens attending
Monday night’s one hour city
board meeting that “the city
aims to stay on top of the
city’s insurance firm, Nation-
wide Insurance,” which has
been slow to respond to
claims that resulted from
heavy rains of August 17 and
subsequent damage to homes
on Bridges Drive, Second
Street and other areas.
In a report at the close of
the regular agenda, the
Mayor asked City Attorney
George Thomasson to contact
the city insurance carrier
again.
The Mayor said that the ci-
ty has placed check valves on
homes that experienced
sewage backup during the
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speaker; Lavon Strickland, 1986 campaign
ball contest.
Murphree missed only one high school and
two college games to nose out several con-
testants who missed just four games.
Murphree missed West Lincoln’s win over
Lincolnton, East Carolina’s victory over N.
C. State and Penn State’s win over Maryland.
He correctly picked Kings Mountain over
East Lincoln, Ashbrook over South Point,
Crest over Burns, East Gaston over North
Gaston, East Rutherford over R-S Central,
Cherryville over Charlotte Latin, Bessemer
Murphree Wins Football Contest
Robert Murphree of 817 West Gold Street,
Kings Mountain, predicted 17 of 20 winners to
take the $100 prize in last week’s Herald foot-
Davidson.
will win t
City over Polk Central, Hickory over West
Mecklenburg, Hunter Huss over Shelby, Kan-
napolis over Statesville, South Carolina over
Appalachian, Duke over Northwestern,
Florida State over Nebraska, Florida over
Miami, Wake Forest over William and Mary,
UNC over Navy and Western Carolina over
The second of 10 weekly contests is inside
today’s paper. Pick the most winners and get
your entry to us by Friday at 4 p.m. and you
e next $100 check. Mail your entry
to Football Contest, P.O. Box 752, Kings
Mountain, N.C. 28086, or bring it by our office
on Canterbury Road.
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