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VOL. 98 NUMBER 48
Close Races In All Three Districts
Voters Give Nod To Finger, Phillips, Houston
A heavy turnout of Kings
Mountain voters Tuesday in a
hotly-contested and close
run-off ousted District 6 Com-
missioner Jim Dickey, nar-
rowly re-elected District 2 in-
cumbent Humes Houston,
and approved by slim
margins two new faces at Ci-
ty Hall in the persons of
newly-elected commissioners
Harold Phillips and Fred E.
Finger.
Unofficial results in Tues-
District 6, a total of 106 more
votes than Dickey, 12 year
veteran of the city board, who
received 806 votes to Mr.
Phillips’ 912.
In District 2, where 10-year
incumbent Humes Houston
also faced stiff competition,
the incumbent won by only 36
votes. Political newcomer
and former Sadie Mill
manager Leonard Smith:
received 839 votes to
Houston’s 875.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1985
day’s voting gave Phillips, in
In the third hotly-contested HUMES HOUSTON FRED FINGER ~~ HAROLD PHILLIPS
Photo by Gary Stewart
FAITHFUL MOUNTAINEER FANS - Several hundred fourth quarter to edge East Rutherford 29-20 and nail down
devoted KMHS football followers brave the rain Saturday their first playoff berth in 21 years. Complete game details
night to support the Mountaineers in their quest for a state and more photos on page 1-C. ]
3-A playoff spot. The Mountaineers came from behind in the
All four incumbents on the
Grover Town Board of Com-
missioners were re-elected
Tuesday as a light turnout of
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF KINGS M
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RUN
EAST KINGS MOUNTAIN WEST KINGS MOUNTAIN TOTAL
DISTRICT 2 Ww
his nl ters, only 83, went to the
HUMES HOUSTON 217 595 (3transfers) 875 | Lor o :
LEONARD SMITH $8 | 51 (ifransfer) gp | DOI inGrover mthe general
DISTRICT 5 ; Mia PIS Ee ea J. Harold Herndon, the only
RUBY M. ALEXANDER 276 562 © (2transfers) 840 | "challenger in the contest and
FRED E. FINGER 294 581 (2transfers) 877 a former commissioner, fail-
DISTRICT 6 An Seda, Cola Rae i ed in his bid for re-election by
JIM DICKEY 249 Ei BBRELIT " (2transfers) 806 seven votes. Herndon was the
HAROLD PHILLIPS 1B 592° (transfers) 912
TOTAL VOTE E.KM573 = W.KMI1171 (4transfers) 1,748
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF KINGS MOUNTAIN BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTION
"EASTKM WESTKM BETHWARE GROVER TOTAL
ANNIE CORRY 280 68 0 wm 59 885
PAUL HORD, JR. 346 sep Se nay 103 1,113
PHIL BOUCHARD 55 Laaggs el iio ene Tg LTyegl
TOTAL VOTE 682 piss ems yy 935
UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF GROVER TOWN COMMISSIONERS ELECTION
M.H. (BILL) CAMP (Two Year Seat) aon ER Af Bu
JIM HOWELL (Four Year Seat) ita fhe nn Rate Gea Ll
DON RICH (Four Year Seat) die ni ei@Fe
GRADY ROSS (Four Year Seat) DRAB so
J. HAROLD HERNDON i SE Ca :
TOTAL VOTE 55s ei os Tie Ts RGR Bs ed
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Leach Wins Contest
Audrey Leach of 207 Fulton Street predicted 19 of 20 win-
ors to take the $100 prize in last week’s Herald football con-
test. :
Leach’s only misfire was Clemson’s victory over Wake
Forest. She correctly picked KM over East Rutherford,
Ashbrook over East Meck, Crest over East Gaston, East Lin-
coln over Lincolnton, Bandys over Cherryville, Newton over
Bessemer City, Myers Park over Huss, Chase over South
Point, Shelby over Burns, East Burke over McDowell, VPI
over Memphis State, Georgia Tech over Duke, Virginia over
West Virginia, State over South Carolina, Maryland over
UNC, Penn State over Boston College, Syracuse over Pitt,
Alabama over Mississippi State and Florida over Auburn.
The final football contest is on pages 4&5-B. Pick the most
winners and get us your entry by 4 p.m. Friday and you’ll be
the final winner of this season. Mail your entry to Football -
Contest, P.O. Box 752, Kings Mountain, N.C. 28086, or bring it
‘by our office on Canterbury Road.
McGinnis
Patricia Lynn McGinnis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John McGinnis of Kings
Mountain, will represent the
city in the annual Carolinas
Carrousel Parade Thanksgiv-
ing Day in Charlotte.
Miss McGinnis, high school
senior who ranks number
three academically in a class
of 265, was chosen by the stu-
dent body recently as Car-
rousel: Princess from
KMSHS. She is 17, stands five
feet five with brown hair and
green eyes and weighs 105
PATTIE McGINNIS
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and close race, District 3, two
newcomers, Fred Finger and
Ruby Alexander, ran nip and
tuck in the Primary and
again in the run-off with only
37 votes separating them.
Voters at the Primary had
ousted incumbent first term
commissioner Curt Gaffney
and Ruby Alexander, who
had ran second to Finger in
the primary, ran second in
the run-off. Finger received
877 votes and Mrs. Alexander
received 840 votes.
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Phillips, a former commis-
sioner in the Glee A. Bridges
administration in the 50’s and
retired superintendent of
Craftspun Mills, led Dickey
at both boxes. In East Kings
Mountain Phillips led 318 to
249 and at West Kings Moun-
tain the vote was close at 592
to 555. : :
Finger, a retired manager
of Lambeth Rope Corpora-
tion and former Eaton Cor-
poration executive, also led
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Hord Re-Elected
To School Board
School district voters re-elected Paul A. Hord, Jr. to a four
year term on the Board of Education Tuesday as 2,225 people
turned out at the pools for a race for the outside-district seat
in which the incumbent defeated two challengers
Hord received, 1,113
votes to Annie Corry’s 885
and Phil Bouchard’s 188 in
the three-candidate con-
test, the first for a four-
year term since the terms
of board members were
changed from six years.
The seat has been oc-
cupied by Hord the past
three and one half years. A
Kings Mountain native
“and owner snd operator-of
‘Hord’s Fist
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successfully ran for elec-
tion two years ago to com-
plete the remaining years
on the unexpired term to
which he was appointed on
the resignation of Harold
Lineberger.
PAUL HORD JR.
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fifth highest vote getter,
receiving 42 votes to Grady
ross, the fourth highest vote
getter, who received 48 votes.
Also re-elected to a four
year term on the board, in ad-
dition to Ross, were Don
Rich, who received 63 votes,
and Jim Howell, who receiv-
ed 62 votes. M.H. (Bill)
Camp, who had filed for the
Otis Falls
Incumbents Win In Grover
two year position, was also
re-elected and received 49
votes.
Grover officials say the
light turnout at the polls was
expected since the mayor
was not running this year.
Terms of Mayor Bill Mec-
Carter and Mayor Pro Tem
Ronald Queen do not expire
until 1987.
Joins
Home Savings Staff
Otis C. Falls, well-known
businessman, has joined
Home Federal Savings and
Loan as Insurance Consul-
tant through its service cor-
poration and is announced by
Thomas A. Tate, Sr., Presi-
dent.
Falls will be handling the
insurance program offered
through the service corpora-
tion. He is no stranger to
Kings Mountain citizens
Carrousel
pounds. Her hobbies are
swimming, playing tennis,
golfing and playing flute.
After graduation from
KMSHS she plans to attend
Wake Forest University and
major in Business Ad-
ministration.
At KMSHS she is active in
the National Honor Society,
academic awards banquet,
junior marshall, Girls State,
senior class treasurer, Con-
verse President’s leadership
conference and is listed in
“Who’s Who Among High
because of his work in the
community as a business
partner in City Service Sta-
tion with his father, and as a
representative of
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company.
Falls is a graduate of Kings
Mountain High School and at-
tended N.C. State University.
He served 21 months of active
duty in the armed forces,
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Princess
School Students.” She is also
active in Beta Club, Science
Club, Band, Pep Club, flag-
girl, tennis, Key Club, church
youth group apd Fellowship
of Christian Athletes.
The Carrousel activities
will begin with registration
from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. at
Charlotte’s Radisson Hotel
Monday, Nov. 25th. A Queens
luncheon will be on Nov. 26th
with ‘judges interviews and
final pageant rehearsal on
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