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Law Suit Against City Possible
D.A. Clears Ken Jenkins
Ken Jenkins, former
superintendent of Mountain
Rest Cemetery who was fired
by city commissioners Aug.
16, in the midst of an SBI in-
vestigation of his depart-
ment, has been cleared of any
wrongdoing by the Cleveland
County District Attorney.
T.M. Shuford, Jr., District
Attorney for Cleveland and
Lincoln counties, said in a
public statement released
Thursday that ‘‘upon a
thorough review of the initial
and supplemental SBI in-
vestigations it has been
determined that there is no
substantial criminal violation
which would merit prosecu-
tion.” :
The SBI probe began more
than seven months ago and
included an audit of the
cemetery going back more
than five years.
Friday, for the first time,
the city board of commis-
sioners released a public
statement giving the reason
for Jenkins’ termination. The
statement was signed by
Commissioner Irvin Allen,
who headed a special three-
man cemetery investigation
committee appointed by
Mayor John Moss and also in-
cluded Commissioners Curtis
Gaffney and
Corbet
Nicholson. Moss had ap-
pointed the committee in a
memorandum to commis-
sioners after citizen's com-
plaint and at request of com-
missioners, he said at the
time.
Shuford and the Kings
Mountain Police Department
called the SBI into the in-
vestigation to look into alleg-
ed irregularities after the
cemetery investigative com-
Kings Mountain’s defense gave its best effort of the
season Saturday as the Mountaineers defeated arch rival
Shelby 7-0 in the second round of the state 3-A playoffs.
Defensive Coach Bruce Clark charges his unit up during a
timeout just before a missed field goal by Shelby. KM
Photo by Gary Stewart
defenders include, left to right, Otis Brooks, Raynard
Roberts, Gus Degree, Aubrey Hollifield, Calvin Stephens,
Jerry Jordan, Vince Sullens and Donald Mauney. Game
details are on page 1-B.
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Zoning Request Is Denied
The city board of commis-
sioners, in a lengthy and con-
fusing session Monday night
which included six public
hearings on zoning matters,
denied 4-2 a controversial re-
quest from Dr. George Plonk
but the protest petition from
33 property owners was the
deciding factor.
Before the vote was taken,
City Attorney George
Thomasson read a city zoning
rule which states that in case
County
Providing
Transports
The county assumed con-
trol of ambulance service in
Kings Mountain Friday and
is operating out of Kings
Mountain Hospital. L
According to County
Manager Joe Hendrick, four
county paid EMTs who
formerly worked with the
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad, are housed at the
hospital and providing am-
bulance service 24 hours a
day, seven days a week. Two
will be working and two will
be standing by and the county
will be calling on the Kings
Mountain, Grover, Shelby,
and other rescue squads to
provide backup service if
needed.
The Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad asked
of a protest signed by 20 per-
cent or more of residents of
the area of the lot involved
that such amendment shall
not be effective except by
favorable vote of three four-
ths of the board’s member-
Ship (5).
ommissioner Humes
Houston, a retired employee
of the drug store planning to
build in the area, made the
motion to accept the zoning
board’s recommendation to
rezone property from R-10 to
R-0 on Country Club Road at
West King Street. Commis-
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Sjoner Curt Gaffney second-
Before the vote was called,
Commissioner Norman King
asked Attorney George B.
Thomasson if the matter
should not be returned to the
zoning board since the initial
request had come from a Dr.
Joe Zucker, interested in the
Plonk property for a parking
lot for a medical office.
“Would Dr. Plonk not have to
go through the proper pro-
cedures”, he asked.
Thomasson concurred that
the owner of the property
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would need to make the re-
quest and that he was not
aware if Plonk had wanted
the property rezoned for a
parking lot or a drug store.
King asked Thomasson if
Plonk wouldn’t have to reap-
ply to the zoning board.
Thomasson concurred but
Dr. Plonk said that he had
made the request, as owner
of the property, along with
Dr. Zucker. King maintained
that the property was not pro-
perly advertised and that
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mittee had turned the case
over to them. :
Jenkins has been
unavailable for comment but
according to City Commis-
sioner Norman King and
Shelby attorney Bill Lamb,
Jenkins may file civil action
against the city board of com-
missioners over the -cir-
cumstances surrounding his
dismissal.
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MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
KEN JENKINS
Thanksgiving
Services Slated
Kings Mountain citizens
were preparing for
Thanksgiving this week.
Plans by many citizens was
traditional, with butcher’s
sales indicating turkey to be
the menu favorite.
A community-wide pre-
Thanksgiving. worship ser-
- vice will be held Wednesday
night at 7:30 p.m. at the new
First Baptist Church sanc-
tuary where Rev. Dewey
Smith will deliver the ser-
mon. Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association is
Sponsoring the service and a
Thanksgiving offering will
“benefit” the Association’s
Helping Hand Fund. Combin-
ed Choirs will present special
music. :
Three congregations in the
Dixon community plan a 7
|' ‘p.m. Thanksgiving service
Wednesday at Love Valley
Baptist Church. Congrega-
tions of Dixon Presbyterian,
Love Valley Baptist and Vie-
tory Baptist Church will par-
ticipate in the service. The
Dixon Choir, under direction
of Nancy Hughes, will sing
two Thanksgiving anthems.
At least three Kings Moun-
tain churches plan early mor-
ning Thanksgiving
breakfasts.
Men of Central United
Methodist Church will
prepare and serve breakfast
rom 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. and a
short worship service will
follow at 9 a.m.
Men of First Presbyterian
Church will cook and serve
the traditional breakfast
from 7 until 9 a.m. at the
church.
Men of Grace United
Methodist Church will cook
and serve breakfast beginn-
ing at 8 a.m. in the church
fellowship hall.
In addition to holiday
parades and football on
television coming from all
parts of the country, local
citizens can view the
Carolinas Carrousel parade
beginning at 1:30 p.m. on
WBTV Channel 3. Pattie
McGinnis, KMSHS senior and
daughter of John and Carolyn
McGinnis, will ride in the
parade as Kings Mountain
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Business firms will be clos-
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School students will enjoy a
long weekend holiday beginn-
ing Wednesday.
Bloodmobile
Visit Set
Saturday’s special blood-
mobile visit will replace
blood used by a Kings Moun-
tain man. Donors will be pro-
cessed from 10 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. at First Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall.
Tommy Tate, 27, who has
suffered from Chroms
Disease for 10 years, used 26
pints of whole blood during
is last surgery on Sept. 4 at
Duke Hospital plus multiple
pints of blood in previous
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County Tax Lister
Betty Ballard, 62, Dies
Funeral services for Mrs.
Betty Roberts Ballard, 62, of
620 Meadowbrook Road, wife
of Charles E. Ballard, were
conducted Saturday morning
at 11 o'clock from First
Presbyterian Church of
which she was a member.
Her pastor, Dr. Eric Faust,
was assisted by Dr. Paul
Ausley, former pastor, and
Lonnie L. Darnell, assistant
pastor, in officiating at the
services.
Mrs. Ballard died Wednes-
day in Charlotte Memorial
Hospital after a brief illness.
She was a native of Cleveland
County, daughter of the late
Frank Cox and Georgia An-
nie Summitt Roberts and had
. been
employed as a
Cleveland County tax lister in
Kings Mountain for a number
of years. She was a circle
chairman and former Sunday
School teacher for many
years and active in the
Women of the Church and on
the kitchen committee and
ROAD WASHES OUT - A two-block section of Business 74 entering Kings Mountain is closed pulpit nominating committee
Cleveland County Emergen- off this week after last week’s heavy rains washed earth from beneath the pavement. Repair of
the road has been delayed because of frequent rainy weather.
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at First
Presbyterian
Church.
- BETTY BALLARD
Memorials may be made to
the Betty R. Ballard Kitchen
Fund at First Presbyterian
Church.
Surviving, in addition to
her husband, are their son,
Michael Ballard; daughter-
in-law, Melanie Ballard; and
grandson, David Michael
(Bo) Balllard, Jr. of Kings
Mountain; two kjtothers,
Thomas Roberts of Rorest Ci-
ty and Gene Roberts: of
Marietta, Ga.; and a sister,
Mrs. Louise Jenkins of Spar-
tanburg, S.C.
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