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| VOL. 99 NUMBER 5
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1986
YOUNG MAN OF YEAR—Dr. Scott Mayse, right, is
presented the Distinguished Service Award for 1985 from the
Kings Mountain Jaycees by Jaycee President Bob Maner,
eft.
Jaycees Honor KM Citizens
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NOR!
‘Mayse Man Of Year
Dr. Scott Mayse, 35, is
Kings Mountain’s Young Man
. of 1985.
The Kings Mountain
Jaycees presented the
Distinguished Service Award
to the Kings Mountain doctor
for his leadership of a
$750,000 fund drive to build a
school-community indoor
swimming pool at Kings
Mountain Senior High School.
~The civic club also honored
a number of Kings Mountain
citizens for accomplishments
during 1985 and presented
engraved plaques to them
OUTSTANDING TEENAGERS—Pictured are Outstanding Teenagers of 1985 who were
honored by the Kings Mountain Jaycees Tuesday night. From left, Roderick Boyce,
KMSHS senior, Allyson Bumgardner, KMJH freshman, and Patrick Hamrick, KMSHS
senior.
Chamber Banquet Tuesday
Thomas E. Clyde, Projects
Manager for the new
Phillips/DuPont Optical
Storage Media Joint Venture.
and Ben T. Craig, president
of First Union Corporation,
will headline the first annual
Kings Mountain Chamber of
Commerce banquet Tuesday
night at 7 p,m. at Holiday Inn.
The program topic will be
“Economics of The Region’
and Chamber President Bob
Webster will present Mr.
Craig, of Lewisville,N.C., as
guest speaker and Mr. Clyde
as Joost of Mayor John Moss
and the Chamber of Com-
merce.
Phillips/DuPont, which is
refurbishing the three-year-
old Sulzer-Ruty machinery
plant near Grover, will
manufacture compact audio
discs, popularly known as
CDs, and expected to be the
hottest selling items in the
home electronics industry.
Officials have estimated that
shipment of discs from the
plant could begin as early as
December of this year. Clyde
joined DuPont in 1965.
Craig is a native of
Gastonia and became presi-
THOMAS E. CLYDE
dent of First Union Corpora-
tion in November 1985. He
was formerly chairman of
the board, chief executive of-
ficer and director of Nor-
thwestern Financial Corpora-
tion since 1978.
Prior to the program, din-
ner music at the piano will be
provided by Dr. Roger
Miller.
Chamber President Bob
Helen Marvin To Run
For Sixth Senate Term
Senator Helen Rhyne Mar-
vin,’ Democrat, of Gastonia,
filed Friday for election to a
sixth term in the N.C. Senate.
Senator Marvin has spon-
sored landmark legislation in
domestic violence relief,
equitable distribution of
marital property, child sup-
ort enforcement and has
een active in developing and
promoting legislation to im-
prove health care delivery,
assure clean water quality
and provide equal qualit
education opportunities to all
children in the state,
Marvin currently serves as
chairman of the Senate Com-
mittee on Pensions and
Retirement, co-chairman of a
legislative study committee
on child support enforcement
and vice chairman of Senate
committee on children and
youth.
Marvin state that her
seniority in the Senate, her
experience and track record
in working effectively with
other legislators, and her
commitment to responsible
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BEN T. CRAIG
Webster encourages the
public, and representatives
of all business firms in the ci-
ty, to attend the banquet.
Tickets are on sale at the
Chamber of Commerce at $10
per person, which includes
the cost of dinner and will
feature door prizes. Frank
Cagle is banquet chairman
and Claude Suber is publicity
chairman.
SENATOR HELEN MARVIN
during an appreciation pro-
gram at First Presbyterian
Church Fellowship Hall Tues-
day night.
Outstanding Teenagers of
the Year are Allyson
Bumgardner, freshman at
KM Junior High ‘and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Bumgardner; and
Patrick Hamrick, KMSHS
senior, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Hamrick, Sr., and
Roderick Boyce, KMSHS
senior, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Eury.
Marie Ballard, who teaches
a combination fourth and
fifth grade at East School,
was honored as Young
Educator of the Year.
Frank Burns, Kings Moun-
tain firefighter, was honored
as Young Firefighter of 1985.
Linda Mitchem, who is ac-
tive in the Kings Mountain
Rescue Squad, was honored
as Young Rescuer of 1985.
Tom Tate, executive with
Home Federal Savings &
Loan, was honored as Jaycee
Boss of the Year.
J.B. Falls, service station
owner and operator, was
honored as Outstanding
Former Jaycee and special
presidential awards went to
WBTV, Cleveland Mall,
David Ray and Jimmy Falls
for their promotional efforts
of Jaycee special projects
and presented by Jaycee
President Bob Maner.
The keynote address was
given by Charlie Justice,
Cherryville insuranceman, a
former football star in the
1940’s at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
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Hinnant, Stamey Have
Opposition From Cabiness
A contest for two seats on
the county board of commis-
sioners developed this week
when incumbents L.E. (Josh)
Hinnant and David M. (Pete)
Stamey filed for re-election
and were challenged by
Republican John Cabiness.
Deadline for filing for the
May 6 primaries and school
board election is Feb. 3.
Also filing this week were
Cleveland County Clerk of
Superior Court Ruth Dedmon
and incumbent Senators
Helen Rhyne Marvin and
Marshall Rauch.
Mivnant, Kings Mountain
banker, was first elected in
1972. He failed in a re-election
attempt in 1976, but was ap-
pointed in 1977 to fill the unex-
pired term of B.E. (Pop)
Simmons, who died in office.
Hinnant was elected in 1978
and 1982. He served as chair-
man in 1985.
Stamey issued the follow-
ing statement:
“l] am filing today as a
Democratic candidate for a
third term on the Cleveland
County Board of Commis-
sioners.
“lI am grateful to the
citizens of Cleveland County
for allowing me to serve
these past seven years, and I
feel that I have established a
voting record that has been
fiscally responsible and in the
best interests of the majority
of the people of Cleveland
County. YE
“Within the next couple o
years the County could be in-
volved in a major bond issue
for school construction, a
waste-to-energy project, ad-
ditional office space for coun-
ty offices, re-evaluation, and
either complex issues that
could affect our growth and
our tax rate, and I would like
to continue to represent the
taxpayers as we approach
these important issues.”’
Cabiness issued the follow-
ing statement:
Cleveland County needs
better government. From our
elected officials, we need
more leadership and less per-
sonal politics.
“It’s time for a change in
Cleveland County...a change
RUTH DEDMON
L.E. HINNANT
away from the old-style
olitics-as-usual to new
eadership of intelligence and
principle.
“What's wrong with the
old-style politician’s
methods?
“Two things:
“First, a politician’s ac-
tions and decisions tend to be
divisive. They tend to
separate people into opposing
factions based upon political
party, or upon geographic
ocation or upon personal
friendship.
‘‘Second, a politician’s
methods create an environ-
ment that impedes the ability
of our public servants to res-
pond to the ‘needs of
Cleveland County citizens...a
disruptive environment that
prevents the honest, efficient
performance of their duties
by our public servants; thus,
wasting taxpayers’ money.
“Why, today more than
ever, do we need leaders
rather than politicians in
elected offices?
‘“‘Because local govern-
ment has grown rapidly in re-
cent years, currently employ-
ing 420 people and operating
an annual budget of $23
million. Perhaps government
oversight could be entrusted
to “just politicians’ in 1960
when the county budget was
only $1.9 million, but the size
and complexity of local
government today requires
PETE STAMEY
efficient, principled manage-
ment.
“Cleveland County needs
new leadership that is
capable of grappling with
problems presented by big
government. This leadership
should manifest in three
ways:
‘‘First, ‘communication
with other levels of govern-
ment - Although many areas
of local government spending
and activity are mandated
from Raleigh and
Washington, local county
commissioners can and
should provide input to
decision-making officials
concerning the proper scope
of government activity. This
input must go beyond the
usual “Give us all we can
get” philosophy which serves
to pick the pockets of our tax-
payers. Cleveland County
needs commissioners who
can effectively communicate
the concerns of taxpayers to
Governor Martin’s ad-
ministration, the state
General Assembly, Congress
and the Reagan administra-
tion.
‘Second, setting priorities
for - spending - Since most
government services are pro-
vided free to the user, de-
mand for them is practically
limitless. This leads to never-
ending requests for more
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Ruth Dedmon Seeking
To Retain Clerk’s Position
Ruth S. Dedmon, who is
serving her fourth term as
Clerk of Cleveland County
Superior Court, filed for re-
election this week.
Mrs. Dedmon said in a fil-
ing statement:
“The office of Clerk of
Superior Court has grown to
be a very complex one, and
continues to grow and change
with each session of the
Legislature. The Clerk’s Of-
fice administered almost 7
million dollars this past fiscal
year. This is no small
business. The Clerk has ex-
tensive administrative
responsibilities which re-
quire exercise of discretion
and sound business practices.
A general knowledge of the
numerous and varied duties
the Clerk must perform is
essential if the people of this
county are to continue to
receive the quality of service
they deserve. I feel that I
have that knowledge and ex-
perience, ard I ask for your
continued support as I an-
nounce my candidacy for re-
election.”
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