David Jenkins
rounds the bases after
slamming a two-run
homer in the last inn-
ing to give Kings
‘Mountain’s Dixie
Youth Major League
‘all-stars a 5-4 win over
Dallas and the
District 3 champion-
ship Wednesday at
Deal Street Park. The
victory puts the KM
all-stars in the state
tournament beginning
Saturday in Wilm-
ington. See game
story and action
photos on page 9-A.
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You will notice a big
difference in today’s §
‘edition of the Kings
Mountain Herald.
‘We’re using anew ink,
Low Rub Ink, which
gives the paper a
lighter appearance
and is almost
guaranteed not to rub
off on yi
newspaper,’”’ said
‘General manager
Darrell Austin.
Lil Kiser
Services
Friday
Mrs. Lil Norville Kiser, 72,
of Route 2, Rutherfordton,
died Tuesday in Greenville
Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services will be
held Friday afternoon at 2
PE from Brittain,
resbyterian Church of
Route 2, Rutherfordton, of
which she was a member and
Elder. Her pastor, Rev. W.
Clark Porter, III will officiate
and interment will be in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers will be elders of
the church.
Mrs. Kiser, wife of Jesse A.
Kiser, former resident of
Kings Mountain, was a
retired school teacher.
Surviving, in addition to
her husband, are three
daughters, Mrs. Phoebe N.
Harman of High Point, Mrs.
Barbara N. Wallace of
Greenville, S.C. and Mrs.
Laura N. Morin of San An-
tonio, Texas; brothers, Lewis
B. Freeman of Belmont and
Glenn Freeman of Salisbury;
sister, Mrs. Mary F. Ross of
Rutherfordton and seven
grandchildren.
The family will receive
friends from 7 until 9 p.m.
‘Thursday night at McMahan
‘Funeral Home in Rutherford-
‘ton and will also be at the
home on Route 2, Rutherford:
n.
Memorials may be made,
. }in lieu of flowers to Brittain
| Presbyterian Church, Route
Sit 1% Rutherfordton, N.C. 28139.
buying emergency water from Kings Mountain and ly $24 million with initial funding from Farmer’s
five towns were invited today to join in a resolution Home Administration. :
of intent to participate in a newly formed Phase I, the building of transmission lines and
Metropolitan Utility District which would provide distribution lines and the placement of three water
iiss over 80 square miles and sell water t0 6,500 storage tanks in the Metro District.
customers.
VOL. 99 NUMBER 31 WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1986
To Serve Five Towns, 6,500 Customers
City To Sell Moss Lake Water
By Lib Stewart The Mayor also identified three initial utility pro-
News Editor jects in the Metro District, all targeted for comple-
Drought-stricken neighboring communities are tion over a 48 month period at cost of approximate- Hard-hit by one of
Phase II, cost of approximately $7 million, will roblems due to
At a 12 noon press conference, Kings Mountain upgrade and double capacity of the city’s T.J.
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history, Cleveland and Gaston County o
were in Kings Mountain this week to talk with
Mayor Moss and city officials about water needs.
Kings Mountain’s 1500 acre Moss Lake, only about
nine inches below normal and residents, who have
Moss Reservoir, a new 12 billion gallon impound-
ment east of the present Moss Lake.
the most serious Jroughts in
ficials
the drought, are using six
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Mayor John Moss announced that Kings
will sell water, at the request of the area
municipalities, to Cherryville, Bessemer City,
Grover, Patterson Springs and Waco. :
Mountain
llison Water Treatment Plant from 8 million
gallons daily to 16 million gallons daily.
Phase III, cost $8 million, is earmarked for a
sister lake to the present 14 billion gallon John H.
that would lead to
Photo by Jeff Grigg
METROPOLITAN UTILITY DISTRICT - Kings Mountain Mayor John Moss points to
the location of a “sister” lake to Moss Lake, Phase Three of an estimated $24 million
utility project which he announced today, along with the news that five area towns can
now buy water from Kings Mountain.
Buyer Being Sought For Foote Mineral
The Board of Directors of
Foote Mineral Company to-
day determined to seek a pur-
chaser for the Company.:
Newmont Mining Corpora-
tion, which owns 87.5 percent
of Foote’s common stock and
55.5 percent of its preferred
stock, has requested such an
undertaking consistent with
Newmont’s desire to dispose
of its Foote investment. In
making that request, New-
mont advised that it would
temporarily defer any of its
own efforts at a sale pending
Foote’s study of transactions
potentiall neficial to all
shareholders. Foote, through
its investment banker, Kid-
der, Peabody & Co., Incor-
porated, will consider sale of
parts of the business, as well
as the sale of all of its assets
to a single purchaser, or a
merger.
Foote today reported a net
loss of $1,210,000 for the se-
cond quarter of 1986 com-'
ared with a net loss of
764,000 for the same period
in 1985. Sales were $25.3
for on-premise consumption,
on water usage.
million gallons of water. a day with no restrictions
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ABC Vote
Is Sought
An alcohol referendum
could possibly be held in
Kings Mountain as early as
February, says Elections
Board Chairman Becky Cook
who drew up 50 petitions Fri-
day for a Citizens Committee
for Legal Control.
The petitions are being cir-
culated this week.
Mrs. Cook said she
prepared the petitions at the
request of attorney Andy
Neisler, representing
Citizens Committee for Legal
Control headed by Claude
‘Suber and Kemp Mauney.
The petition calls for a vote
premise
The sale of malt beverages
and
by hotels, motels,
restaurants (Class A).
The on and off-premise sale
of unfortified wine.
The operation of an ABC
Store.
Mrs. Cook said the commit-
tee will have to collect
signatures from 25 percent of
the registered voters of 4,400
or a total of 1,100 names. She
said the group cali have
asked the city board of com-
missioners to call for the
million, compared with $36.3
million in the 1985 quarter.l
Foote had a net loss of
$771,000 for the first six mon-
ths of 1986, compared with a
net loss of $1,696,000 in the
same period in 1985. Sales
were $50.4 million, compared
with $74.4 million in the 1985
period. Total sales decreased
" must have passed since the
referendum but three years
ago when ABC stores were
voted down by slim margin,
the city board called the elec-
tion, but then under pressure,
changed their minds.
The new petition comes
three years and eight days
after voters went to the polls
here and turned down a
measure to allow the off
premise sale of beer, wine
and liquor. Residents voted
on each turned down
measure b
votes. By
less than 100 |
w, three years |
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referendum.
A
e
were defeated by citizens in
1948 and 1975 by larger |
margins.
Mrs. Cook said that the a
Committee for Legal Control | hE
has 90 days in which to obtain
the names on the 50 peliiions
and return them to he
said she would then have 30
days to verify the signatures
on the petition. State law then
requires the board of elec-
tions to call for an election no
sooner than within 60 days
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primarily as a result of the
closing of the Graham, West
Virginia plant in December
1985. :
Foote is a major producer
of lithium chemicals, elec-
trolytic manganese dioxide
and ferroalloys, with opera-
Hors in the United States and
e.
ing fine’
relatives.
Meanie
Triplets were born Friday
| night to Heidi and Mike
McDaniel of Kings Mountain.
Adam McDaniel, weighing
four pounds, 10 ounces, was
| delivered at 7:05 p.m., follow-
ed by
his sister, Kate,
weighing four pounds, four
ounces at 7:10 p.m. and their
sister, Mary, weighing four
pounds, 10 ounces, at 7:15
p.m. :
Babies and mother are ‘‘do-
said proud
The babies were born in
Charlotte Presbyterian
Hospital and will remain
hospitalized for three or four
! ~ weeks, although they are ex-
: pected to be moved to Gaston
¢
morial Hospital in the
“next day or two, according to
family spokesmen. Mrs.
McDaniel was discharged
from the hospital Tuesday. ,
Born On Friday
“A.J. Haselden of Asheville
Triplets
The Kings Mountain
parents and their two older
children, Heidi, age four, and
Benjamin, age three, are get-
ting their household ready for
the triplets and the proud
grandparents say they expect
the whole family to be busy
for a while. :
Grandparents are Mrs.
Ann Maddox of Gastonia,
and Mrs. Margie McDaniel
Yancey of Kings Mountain.
- Excited relatives said the
arents were expecting
iplets, which may be Kings
Mountain’s first set of triplets
in many years, but that their
arrival is one of the most ex-
citing things to happen to
their families. Proud kin say
they can hardly wait to bring
the babies home from the
istere ers LIS
turned out. Similar measures
r. She |
hospital.