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VOL. 99 NUMBER 19
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1986
Melanie And Ol Years Ago
- Now Melanie Can Really :
Send Ollie To Raleigh
Melanie Herndon, 18, has freshman student at the
been Senator J. Ollie Harris’ University of North Carolina
biggest fan since age four at Charlotte, was among the
when in child-like vein quip- first voters at the West Kings
ped ‘send Ollie to Raleigh” Mountain precinct at the Na-
when the Senator was cam- tional Guard Armory i
paigning for his first term in Melanie sa
the N.C. General Assembly. week in Ralei
he spent a
and over the years Senator Mountain senator and her in-
Harris has used it on his cam- terest in government and
paign posters and political poli ser the years has
cards and Miss Hern )
helped pass out his literat
gt each voting season... family
Miss Herndon, dau » of staunch Democratic support.
.| Bob and Judy Hem gob... abou is
ber first chance to help sen
;1lie back to Raleigh” whe:
| she was able to cast her first dz nary.
vote in an election Tuesday. see first-time voter
Although voting was li to the polls especially to
at the four Kings Mountain vote to return ‘Ollie to
precincts, Miss Hernd Raleigh” for a sixth term.
Harris and his
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The campaign slogan stuck 15 as a page for the Kings ||
by her friendship
d her family’s.
Pete Stamey Voted Out
Kings Mountain banker
L.E. (Josh) Hinnant,
former chairman of the
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners, led Tues-
_ day’s race for a spot on the
Democratic ticket in
November as voters ousted
incumbent board chairman
David (Pete) Stamey and
picked former four-term
commissioner Coleman
Goforth for the second slot.
Hinnant led or tied with
Goforth in 24 of 30
precincts.
Unofficial returns gave
Hinnant 6,331 votes follow-
ed by Goforth with 5,722 and
Stamey trailing with 2,990.
Democrats Goforth and
Hinnant face Republicans
LESTER ROARK
Roark,
Rhyne
To Runoff
A June 3 runoff for 10th
District U.S. Congressman
has been called by second
runner Jack Rhyne of Bel-
mont with front runner
Lester Roark, formerly of
Grover.
The winner of the
Democratic runoff will face
| Republican Cass Ballenger,
| of Hickory,
to succeed
popular 12 term Republican
U.S. Rep. Jim Broyhill.
In the Democratic
Primary, former Shelby
Mayor Roark led a field of
five candidates with 14,403
votes in front of former Bel-
mont Mayor Jack Rhyne,
who also served one term in
the N.C. Senate and two
terms in the N.C. House.
Rhyne received 11,055 votes
followed by Steve Dolley with
| 6,960; Poovey with 2,853 and
Hickman with 1,378.
‘The sprawling 10th Con-
gressional district stretches
from Boone to Gastonia, tak-
ing in seven counties, Burke,
Caldwell, Catawba,
Cleveland, Gaston, Watauga,
and part of Avery.
Charlie Harry, formerly of
Grover, and John Cabaniss
of Shelby in the November
election.
Stamey’s vote to fire Rick -
Steeves as county health
director may. have con-
tributed to his apparent
defeat. He made the motion
to fire the 14 year veteran of .
the health department
March 3 as the board voted
6-5. Subsequently hundreds
of Steeves Subporiers urged
that Stamey be ousted from
office and Steeves be
reinstated, Steeves conten-
ding Stamey used his posi-
tion as county commis-
sioner to appoint the health
board members who would
vote against Steeves.
Harris, Rauch And Marvin
Win Senate Nominations
Incumbents J. Ollie Harris,
Helen Marvin, and Marshall
Rauch led challenger Bruce
Scism by more than 2-1 for
nomination to three seats in
the 25th Senatorial District in
Tuesday’s Democratic
Primary. They face
Republican Ed Spicer of
Rutherford County in the
November general election.
+ Unofficial results gave
Marvin 27,079 votes followed
“by Harris with 27,043; Rauch,
24,929 and Scism 10,377. The
- unofficial totals by counties
gave Marvin a slight lead, 36
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAR
Hinnant Leads County Vote
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L.E. HINNANT
votes, over Harris, of Kings
Mountain. Harris led in
Cleveland County. The totals
in Cleveland County were:
7,363 for Harris; 6,535 for
Marvin; 6,344 for Rauch and
2,667 for Scism.
In Gaston County Marvin
was the leader with 10,368
followed by Harris with
10,110; Rauch with 10,073;
and Scism with 3,433.
In Rutherford County mar-
vin was the leader with 6,194
followed by Harris with 5,961;
Rauch with 4,954 and Scism
with 2,860.
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Hinnant, Stamey and
Goforth served a total of 37
years on the commission.
Hinnant, 62, is a senior
business development of-
ficer for First Union Na-
tional Bank. Financing
county building needs, in-
cluding schools and a men-
tal health center, are a key
concern as he seeks his
fourth term. Hinnant was
chairman of the commis-
sion in 1985.
Goforth, 59, served four
terems before he lost in the
1984 Democratic Primary.
A dairy farmer, he says
that at least one farmer
should serve on the com-
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In Lincoln County Marvin
was the leader with 3,982
followed by Harris with 3,609; |’
Rauch with 3,558 and Scism
with 1,417.
Harris, a 72-year-old Kings
Mountain funeral director,
has been a state senator for
14 years. Marvin, 68, is a
retired Gastonia educator
who is in her fifth Senate
term. Rauch, 63, who owns a
Gastonia firm that makes
Christmas decorations, is
completing his 10th term.
Se Te
Thomas Clyde To Manage
Thomas E. Clyde has
a Bachelor of Science degree
Philips And DuPont Plant
been named plant manager
of the Philips and Du Pont -
Optical Company facility at
Kings Mountain. Philips and
Du Pont Optical is the joint |]
venture announced late last
year between Du Pont and
N.V. Philips of the
Netherlands to manufacture
and supply optical discs for
the worldwide audio, video
and data markets.
Clyde, 44, joined Du Pont in
1965 as an engineer in the Du
Pont Company’s Textile
Fibers Department. He held
a variety of assignments. of
increasing responsibility in
the company’s industrial and
biochemicals business, its
Engineering Department and
Remington Arms subsidiary,
and the clinical systems and
electronic products
businesses. In 1984, he was
THOMAS CLYDE
appointed project manager of
the Kings Mountain plant.
Clyde was graduated from
Williams College in 1963 with
in physics and from Stanford
University in 1965 with a
Master of Science degree in
mechanical engineering. He
and his wife Nancy have
three children.
The 160,000-square-foot
facility at Kings Mountain
will. manufacture compact
discs for the audio entertain-
ment market. Initial capacity
for 30 million discs per year is
being installed with the first
discs being produced toward
the end of 1986. Capacity will
be increased to 60 million
discs per year in 1987. By
1990, compact discs are ex-
pected to capture 40 to 50 per-
cent of the prerecorded audio
entertainment market.
Approximately 400 people
will be employed at the plant |
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MARY SPENCER
‘Ma-Ma’ Spencer Is 100
“Ma-Ma Spencer,” as she is affectionately called by
friends and family, was getting plenty of hugs and kisses on
Sunday.
She was celebrating her 100th birthday and a big sign on the
front lawn of her home on Lake Montonia Road told the news
to passersby who stopped to wish the well known Kings Moun-
tain woman a happy birthday. ; : :
Mrs. Spencer got assistance fro her children in dressing
for the birthday celebration and then was wheeled in her
wheelchair across the lawn where friends and neighbors
gathered to enjoy a pieme lunch and cut a birthday cake in
her honor. Although her hearing is poor. Mrs. Spencer heard
her son tell her to smile for a birthday photograph. A
daughter, Dorothy Moore, said that Mrs. Spencer slept late
on her birthday so that she could enjoy all the festivities.”
Mother will probably sleep all day tomorrow after all the ex-
citement of today’’, said her daughter.
Mrs. Mary Dunham Spencer was born on May 1, 1886 in
Mecklenburg County to Rachel Massey and Rev. Shepard Ed-
ward Dunham. At the age of 9, her family moved to Gaston
County and settled in the Neelys Grove community. At an
early age, she joined Wrights Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church,
where she served as pianist and a Sunday School teacher.
In January of 1912, she married Robert B. Spencer and
transferred her membership to Neelys Grove A.M.E. Zion
Church. To this marriage 10 children were born, including a
«at of t\..re which was exciting because Mr. Spencer was a
twin.
In 1924, the Spencers muy. *o the Lincoln Academy com-
munity in the western part of Gaston County. They worked
faithfully at Mountain Chaple AM.E. Zion Church until it
dissolved and they transferred their membership back to
Neelys Grove. Mr. Spencer died in 1973. wl
Celebrating Mrs. Spencer’s birthday with her 9 surviving
children, Miss Helen Spencer, Mrs. Azalea Dawson, Clyde
Spencer, the twins, Fred and Earl Spencer, Mrs. Grace
Starnes, Walter Spencer, Mrs. Dorothy Moore, and Howard
Spencer. One child, Clarence Spencer, died in 1979, 21 Grand-
children, and 36 Great Grandchildren, that also include a set
of twins, and a host of nephews, nieces and friends.
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