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PEOPLE THAT LOVE CENTER TO OPEN APRIL 21—Rev. Elwood Barnes, left,
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Reaches Out To The Needy
By ELIZABETH STEWART
(News Editor) :
People That Love, a volunteer-operated
and First Assembly of God-sponsored
center to help the area needy find shelter,
clothing and food, hasn’t officially opened
yet but already the calls are pouring in from
area families needing assistance.
“And we’ll help them with the love and
support they need in time of trouble,” said
Rev. Elwood Barnes, pastor of the local
congregation of 70 members who are pro-
moting a project begun by two of its newest
members as an outreach of Christian love in
the community.
A barbecue with all the trimmings will be
held on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
at the church at 105 Waco Road, and all pro-
ceeds are earmarked for People That Love,
the nearby nondenorpinational center which
has found a home next to Curt Gaffney’s
Barber Shop on North Piedmont Avenue.
Several weeks ago city policeman Harry
Kyle and his wife, Wanda, rented the
building from W.A. Childers and started
painting and renovating and asked for dona-
tions from the public. The barbecue plates
are $4 and the tickets can be purchased”
from the Kyles or from any member of the
church or on Saturday at the church.
The project, which was started by the
Kyles because Mrs. Kyle felt called by God
to begin such a Christian ministry in town,
has mushroomed over the past several
weeks. During the Easter weekend, at least
four families were helped by the group, in-
cluding a mother ir children who
feeded immediate housing, clothing and
food.
The Kyles spent most of the weekend
stocking the center with clothes, good blue-
jeans and other items donated by area
citizens, and are looking for more donations
in the next two weeks. They are especially
in need of items of furniture, pots and pans,
cooking utensils, bedcroom and living room
furniture and staple food items such as can-
ned goods. They pointed out that the center
is not competing with the Helping Hand
Fund of the Kings Mountain Ministerial
Association but wants to be an ‘“‘arm’ of
that organization to supplement what the
other churches are doing for the needy in
the community.
The center also needs volunteers to serve
the public when they come to the center
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays and from 9 a.m. until noon on
Saturday when it formally opens to the
public on April 21. They had hoped to open
sooner but Feel the next two weeks will be
needed to fully stock the new center and get
the required number of volunteers to make
the project successful.
Wanda and Harry Kyle joined First
Assembly of God six months ago and
Patrolman Kyle joined the Kings Mountain
Police Department nine months ago. A
14-year veteran of law enforcement, Kyle
worked formerly in Dallas and Georgia. A
native of Asheville, he met his wife in 1971
and they were married a year later. They
became Christians five years ago and for
several years Mrs. Kyle served as a
volunteer in the PTL program in Charlotte
while working fulltime as a nursing assis-
tant at Meadowbrook Manor in Gastonia.
Mrs. Kyle say she feels her volunteer ser-
vices at PTL in Charlotte and her work with
patients in a rest home will be beneficial in
er new non-paying job which she feels will
be a full time occupation. As a hobby, Mrs.
Kyle raises French bulldogs as show dogs at
their home and she and her husband plan to
build a kennel for their 26 show dogs in the
next few months. Mrs. Kyle is vice presi-
dent of the National French Bulldog
Breeders Club of America and next year
will be serving that association as national
vice president. In addition to her volunteer
work with PTL Club and her attendance at
their national conventions, she attends
special meetings for show dog breeders in
New York City on a regular basis.
Patrolman Kyle is just as enthusiastic
about the local ministry as his wife and
their ‘preacher’, Elwood Barnes, who in-
herited the title Preacherman from the
local Rescue Squad, which he serves as
chaplain. ‘We want to show our love for
other people...genuine love,” said Kyle, and
“folks who need help don’t have to feel like
they’re asking for charity,” he said.
Pastor Barnes said that First Assembly
of God operated a similar outreach pro-
gram in Wilmington which he said was
“most effective’”’ during his ministry and
that the Kings Mountain church has pur-
chased three acres of land adjacent to
Kings Mountain Junior High on Phifer Road
for a new church building which will feature
a total child care center to be operated 24
hours a day for working parents, a three
shift babysitting service, and also house the
People That Love Center.
People That Love is a ministry for the
whole family, according to the Kyles who
are asking for community support of the
project to make it a success for those in
need. The telephone number is 739-6762.
ik
Preliminary Hydro
Permit Approved
The city’s preliminary per-
mit application for construc-
tion of a hydroelectric plant
on Moss Lake has been ac-
cepted by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commi-
sion [FERC], Fred E. Spr-
inger, Cirector, Division of
Project Management,
Washington, S.C. wrote
Mayor John Henry Moss this
week.
The project, No. 9794,000,
was accepted for filing under
date of Dec. 30, 1985 which
means that under existing
IRS laws that construction
can be helped by investment
tax credits in the amount of
21 percent which would
underwrite the construction
costs by a substantial amount
of money, said the Mayor.
The project cost is ex-
pected to be $1 million, when
completed.
The city board of commis-
sioners on July 8, 1985
unanimously voted to apply
for the license and authorized
Mayor John Moss to develope
a program of financing for
the project.
A hydroelectric plant on
Moss Lake, owned and
operated by the city, would
generate 1,100 kilowatts of
electricity and its electrical
energy output would serve
the city’s water pl
esult in sa;
at $200,000 to $250,000 annual-
ly for the life of the hydro
plant which city officials
Death Cause
Undetermined
The state medical ex-
aminer’s office has ruled that
the cause of Barbara
Newman's death cannot be
determined by an autop-
sy Mrs. Newman, of Atlan-
ta, Ga., disappeared from the
Kings Mountain area in
September of 1985 after she
was involved in a wreck on E.
King Street and her remains
were found March 1 in a
wooded area west of the city.
Dr. Michael Sullivan, assis-
tant chief medical examiner,
conducted the autopsy. He
said he found no evidence of
trauma or significant disease
on the remains. :
The Cleveland County
Sheriff’s Department is keep-
ing the case open and
welcomes any information
about Mrs. Newman’s disap-
pearance and death.
have been told last 100 years.
The city buys electricity from
Duke Power to operate its
various plants and pumping
stations.
According to administrator
Gene White, community
development director, the
purpose of a preliminary per-
mit is to establish the
“‘municipal preference.’’
Once a city files such a per-
‘mit no one else can technical-
ly file for a hydro site. “It
clears the ownership of the
site,”’ said White. White also
explained that tax incentives
and depreciation write-offs
would be reflected in bids for
the construction reflecting,
what he thought, would be a
“lower cost’ for developing
of the project.
Mayor Moss said that the
city’s consultant, Charles B.
Mierek, of Clifton Corpora-
tion, Spartanburg, S.C. is in
process of wrapping up the
final request for filing of a
license by the city to con-
struct and operate a hydro
plant and that the city would
e ready to file for the license
on May 15th. Moss an-
One-Minute W
Roofs Off Far
vere ving ng
‘the Alex Owens farm off York
Road about 5 p.m. Tuesday,
ripping off the roof from a
grainery and one side of the
- roof of a milk barn.
Debris from the whirlwind
blocked a portion of highway
which runs in front of Alex’s
Greenhouses. Power was also
knocked out at the Owens
farm and other adjoining
buildings.
The storm was over almost
as fast as it started.
Luckily, there was no
damage done to the
greenhouses and.to the far-
mbhouse, occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Owens.
There were no injuries.
“It was very frightening
and actually mild, could have
been worse”, Mrs. Owens
said after the incident. She
said she watched the whirl-
wind picking up gravel and
dirt from the driveway and
then swiftly pounding one
half of the roof of a grainery
and ruffling one side of the
roof of an old milk barn
before it subsided.
“We called our son-on-law
to come and help clear the
debris from the main road
and he couldn’t believe it. He
bout a minute slapped
ticipated that approval would
be expected in less than 12
months, depending how
quickly certain regulations
are met. Mr. White guessed
the time table would reflect
less time, since a dam and
pipes are already in place on
Moss Lake and said that once
the license is received the ci-
ty will begin immediately to
draw up plans and specifica-
tions. After bids are received,
he said the plant could be in
operation in 16-18 months.
‘By taking steps to operate
its own hydro producing
plant, the city is continuing in
its efforts to develope
economic growth and direct
revenue production for the
citizens of Kings Mountain,”
said Mayor Moss. ‘‘The long-
term benefits of a hydro plant
on Moss Lake will mean
much to the future of Kings
Mountain,” said Moss.
Because of some projected
cuts over the next several
years in the budget from an-
ticipated withdrawal of
federal monies, the city is
taking steps to -cut its own
costs of power
hirlwind Rips
m Buildings
vas playing an April Fool's
joke on him’, said Mrs.
Owens.
The Owens farmplace was
the only area touched by the
sudden storm.
Owens, who was inside one
of the adjoining farm
buildings at the time of the
storm, said he couldn’t
believe his eyes when he saw
the roof suddenly fly off the
grainery and into the road.
“It looked just like a little
whirlwind but it must have
been a small twister’, said
Owens who said he, like his
wife, had never seen
anything like it. Owens said
the winds didn’t appear to be
up. Owens said that the
“whirlwind’’ dipped first in
the center of the milk barn,
missing entirely his new
greenhouse complex, tearing
off some of the tin and then
dipped again to the front por-
tion of a roof on a grainery
which he uses for storage.
Owens was inside a building
not many feet away from the
building that was heavily
damaged.
“I just thank God no one
was in the road and there
were no cars coming by at the
time.” he said.
Paul Falls, Organizer
Of KM Shrine Club, Dies
Funeral services for Paul
Kirk Falls, 65, of 411 Maner
Road, who died Tuesday
night at 11 p.m. in the Kings
Mountain Hospital after ex-
tended illness, will be con-
ducted Thursday afternoon at
3 p.m. from Central United
Methodist Church of which he
was a member.
His pastor, Rev. George
Auman, will officiate, and
burial, with masonite rites,
will follow in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mr. Falls was owner and
operator of Linwood Produce
House and Restaurant and a
retired veteran of World War
II and a retired fireman with
the U.S. Civil Service. He was
a former scoutmaster,
founder, charter member
PAUL FALLS
and past president of White
Plains Shrine Club. He was a
native of Cleveland County
and son of the late William
and Wynona Sanders Falls.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Jewel Lockridge Falls,
of the home; two sons, Kirk
Falls and Keith Falls, both of
Kings Mountain; one brother,
Austin Falls of Kings Moun-
tain; three sisters, Mrs.
Mildred Falls of Shelby, Mrs.
Willie Howell and Mrs.
Louise Blalock, both of Kings
Mountain; and one grand-
daughter. Memorials may be
made to Shriners Hospitals,
¢/o0 Oasis Temple, 321 Tryon
St., Charlotte, N.C. 28202 or to
the charity of your choice.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.