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Red Raider Forfeits Put Mounties Back In Second
Kings Mountain High’s football team is back in second
Place in the Southwestern 3-A Conference after South Point’s
ed Raiders were forced to forfeit their last two victories for
using an ineligible player.
‘The Raiders, who edged Kings Mountain 21-19 Friday in a
battle for second and the inside track for the SWC’s number
two state playoff berth, found out Monday that quarterback
Sylvester Lindsay, who transferred to South Point two weeks
ago from Gaston Day, lives six-tenths of a mile outside the
South Point school district.
South Point athletic director and head football coach Jim
Biggorsint turned his own school in to the N.C. High School
Athletic Association, Gaston County District Schools and the
Southwestern Conference after learning of the situation Mon-
day.
“When his parents registered him for school at South Point,
they said they lived inside our school district,” Biggerstaff
Chamber Of Commerce
Launches PR Campaign
“Looking Forward Kings
Mountain”, a joint public
relations effort of the City
and Chamber of Commerce
was launched Monday night
to promote Kings Mountain
as the “City of Progress, Op-
portunity and Quality
Living.” :
Resolutions of support
were approved by the
Chamber of Commerce at a
recent meeting and by the ci-
tv hoard of commissioners at
- Monday's meeting with
directors of the Chamber in
attendance.
Bob Webster, president of
the reorganized and re-
juvenated Chamber of Com-
merce, said the aim of the
program is to involve all
Kings Mountain citizens in a
program of revitalization of
the downtown area and in en-
couraging new: industry for
more jobs for local and area
citizens.
Mayor John Henry Moss
presented the logo for the
advertising’ camppien,
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head to keep the winu from
blowing it away. Using a flip
chart and illustrations, the
Five hundred new jobs for
citizens in the Kings Moun-
tain area!
That’s the early Christmas
present that arrived Tuesday
with the announcement by
two of the world’s major cor-
porations, E.I. DuPont Co. of
Wilmington, Del. and N.V.
Philips of the Netherlands,
they would begin production
in 1986 of the largest compact
disc audio production facility
in the United States in
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Mayor John Henry Moss
said that the two companies
have joined in taking an op-
tion of the 160,000 square foot
Sulzer-Ruti textile machine
cupies 95 acres of land near
Disc Production Facility
Will Mean 500 New Jobs
manufacturing plant south of about 50 million discs and
Kings Mountain which oc- with an employment an-
Moss said the plant will be
refurbished for the
marketing of compact discs
for the audio entertainment
market.
~ As the news was being cir-
culated in Kings Mountain
Tuesday and on area televi-
sions and radio stations and
newspapers, it was also being
announced in New York, Lon-
don, Brussels and Tokoyo.
“It’s really a happy day for
the Kings Mountain and
Grover area and all of
Cleveland County’, said
Kings Mountain Mayor Moss.
hen the plant is fully
operational, its annual pro-
duction capacity will be for
new businesses to relocated
in the ravitalized
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ORWARD KINGS MOUNTAIN—Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce
of Kings Mountain launched ‘‘Looking Forward Kings Mountain’’ Monday
mith, and Bob Webster, all Chamber of Commerce officers and directors.
said. ‘Several of our players who live near Lindsay said the
same. But as it turned out, he didn’t, and as soon as we found
it out we turned ourselves in.”
Kings Mountain High Coach Denny Hicks learned of the
forfeits Tuesday afternoon from Hal White, SWC President,
and Charlie Adams, Executive Director of the NCHSAA.
The Raiders had to forfeit a 25-0 victory over winless Chase
two weeks ago and last week’s narrow win over the Moun-
taineers. The result left the Raiders with a 2-3 conference
mark and the Mountaineers with a 4-1 league record and 7-1
overall mark. :
“I’m glad for our kids, but you won’t pick up many wins like
this,” said KM Coach Hicks. “I hope they take this as a se-
cond opportunity and go out and win these next two games to
finish second in the conference.”
. If the Mountaineers finish second, they will open state
playoff action on November 15 at the home site of the second
place team from the Mountain Athletic Conference. A victory
over that team would probably set up a Shelby-Kings Moun-
tain rematch at Kings Mountain on November 22. Shelby
opens playoff action against the number three team from the
Western Athletic Conference.
If Kings Mountain finishes third in the SWC, they would
open state playoff action on November 15 at the home site of
the Western Athletic Conference champ. If they finish third,
the Mountaineers would have to win three playoff games
before getting a home game.
The two forfeits, even though they drop South Point’s
record to 2-3 in the conference and 2-5 overall, do not rule the
Raiders out of the playoffs. If they win their final two games
over R-S Central and Burns, and if KM whips East Ruther-
ford and Shelby whips Burns Friday, South Point would get
the third playoff berth.
District Two
Candidates
Mayor pointed to the “Fuel
Supply’ for the rocket and
listed them as human
resources, quality education,
community pride and ap-
reciation, geographical
ocation, excellent utilities,
super health care, and pro-.
gressive city, county and
state government.
Chamber Director Odus
Smith, President of Western
Auto Store, one of the first
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downtown ares, and Frank
Cagle, officer of Branch Bank
& Trust, pledged the
wholehearted support of the
Chamber of Commerce in
what they called an en-
thusiastic and ambitious pro-
gram for Kings Mountain
citizens. Cagle said he lived
in eight communities before
moving to Kings Mountain
three years ago, and he had
never lived in any communi-
ty where the spirit of
cooperation among the peo-
ple was so evident and prais-
ed all citizens for their com-
munity pride. He said the
Chamber of Commerce had
not been active in the com-
munity in several years but
hoped to see a turnaround
with the “Looking Forward
Kings Mountain” program.
We want to be a vital part of
this community’’, said Cagle.
Smith was recognized as be-
ing the first business citizen
to construct a new business,
Western Auto, in downtown
Kings Mountain in the city
revitalization renewal pro-
am, moving into a new and
rger building across from
the present City Hall.
citizens will go to the polls
Tuesday in a run-off election
to seat three city commis-
sioners and in the general
election to elect one member
of the Kings Mountain Board
of Education.
Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and
close at 7:30 p.m. :
The two Kings Mountain
precincts are West Kings
Mountain at the National
Guard Armory and East
Kings Mountain at the Com-
unity Center. In the school
board election, No. 4
Township voters will also
vote at Grover Rescue Squad
Building and at Bethware
School.
Voter turnout is expected to
be high, with three people
running for the district board
of education seat and six peo-
le running for three seats up
or grabs on the city board of
commissioners.
For the city election, same
rules will apply as in the
Primary voting on October
8th and same election of-
ficials will be working at the
polls. If there is a question
about who you present
yourself to be and where you
will reside, you will be asked
to show some identification.
Those people who have voted
for years living at the same
address will not need an iden-
tification unless asked. If you
have moved within the last 30
days you may vote at your old
precinct but you have moved
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District Five | District Six
| Candidates
Candidates
FINGER ALEXANDER DICKEY
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School Board Candidates
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from one precinct to another
and it has been longer than 30
days, you will be required to
get a transfer slip from the
old precinct and then you will
be permitted to vote at City
PAUL HORD JR.
10-year incumbent Humes
Houston is being challenged
by political newcomer,
Leonard Smith, Sr. former
retired Sadie Mill manager.
In the Primary on October
Hall, where Elections Chair-
man Becky Cook will have
her office and be available to
assist voters.
A total of 4,500 voters are
registered to vote in the com-
missioner race. Only 35 per-
cent of the city’s registered
voters went to the polls in Oc-
tober.
The candidates:
DISTRICT 2 - In District 2,
sth Houston led the three man
race. Houston serves as
chairman of the city annexa-
tion committee. A third can-
didate, Gilbert Hamrick, was
defeated. i
DISTRICT 5 - Two political
newcomers, Ruby M. Alex-
ander, Kings Mountain
realtor, and Fred Finger,
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the $100 prize in
contest. Leach had a
the Tennessee-Georgia Tech
ended in a 6-6 tie.
over West Lincoln, Bunker
Mayor John Moss, Frank
perfect card except for
|Leach Wins Football Contest
William Leach of 24 Carolina Gardens,
Kings Mountain, pradicted 19 winners to take
ast week’s Herald football
game, which
Leach correctly predicted South Point over
Kings Mountain, Ashbrook over South Meck,
Harding over Crest, West Charlotte over
East Gaston, Freedom over Hickory,
Hibriten over Lincolnton, Bessemer City
Hill over Cher-
Central, Newton over Maiden, Watauga over
Alexander Central, Virginia over Wake
Forest, Clemson over N.C. State, Florida
State over UNC, South Carolina over East
Carolina, Maryland over Duke and Furman
over Appalachian.
The ninth of 10 weekly contests is inside to-
day’s Herald. Pick the most winners and get
us your entry by 4 p.m. Friday and you will
join Leach and several others in the winners’
circle. Mail your entry to Football Contest,
ryville, North Meck over Hunter Huss, Fred P.O. Box 752, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28088, or
T. Foard over East Lincoln, Burns over R-S bring it by our office on Canterbury Road.