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VOL. 99 NUMBER 37 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1986 KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH | O iis
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Mayor Breaks Tie Vote To Delay
Public Meeting On Water District
Unanswered questions to a
proposed Metropolitan water
district were Juestiono) by
citizens attending Tuesday
night’s city board meeting,
and by Commissioner Fred
Finger - but Mayor John
Moss said a public meeting to
premature.
tion by
clarify those questions is still
‘‘We won’t have the
answers by Sept. 29th’’, said
the Mayor, in breaking a tie
vote, 4-3, on a substitute mo-
Comm. Humes
Houston, to delay, for at least
a month, a public meeting,
which Finger said was
necessary Sept. 29 to. ‘“‘clear
the air, answer questions
raised in the media and
perhaps get some support for
the Project
The
. Mayor, who
RED LETTER DAY FOR SMITHS—Linda Smith and her children, above, are all smiles
that Mrs. Smith, hospitalized for the past 11 weeks after an accident, is able to walk.
From left, Dale Smith, Mrs. Smith, physical therapist Teresa Angeles, Billy Smith and
| Keisha Smith, kneeling. ie
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Monday was a red letter day for Linda
Leigh Smith and her family at Kings Moun-
tain Hospital.
Mrs. Smith, who suffered a broken left hip
and pelvic and underwent four operations
after a two-car collision that took her hus-
band’s life and injured their two boys, took
her first steps after 11 weeks and walked
down the hall to East station.
Joining in the ‘‘celebration’ were her
daughter, Keisha, age six, who started first
grade this year at North School; Billy, 9, a
third grader, and Dale, 10, a fifth grader,
who broke his leg again on the first day of
school. The two boys suffered broken legs in
the June 22 wreck in which their father was
killed instantly. Keisha, asleep in the back
seat, was not injured. The 1966 Buick Larry
(Buck) Smith was driving on Compact
Road had no seat belts.
Recalling the tragic accident, Mrs. Smith
said the family had been shopping in Gaff-
ney, S.C. that Sunday afternoon and were
“We usually travel the interstate because
returning to their home on Center Street.
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we don’t like curvy Compact Road but that
day we took the Compact Road and were
taking our time, the children were napping
and then suddenly there was a truck on our
side of the road. ‘‘He’s going to hit us’’, she
screamed, and then passed out.
Since the accident and the long period of
hospitalization, Mrs. Smith has busied
herself with a hobby that her husband also
enjoyed, tole painting and crafts, and has
been making them in her hospital room, 215,
on East Station. She credits her mother,
Mrs. Doris Leigh, with being both Mom and
Dad to her children during her long
hospitalization, God for providing the
miracle and hospital doctors and nurses for
helping her, along with a ‘“‘great’ physical
therapy team at KM Hospital, her pastor
and friends from Piedmont Baptist Church
“for being there when I needed them’’ and
her best friend, Pam Anderson, for helping
her to cope with the great loss and tragedy.
The Smith family is making adjustments,
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acknowledged that he had the
idea for a Metropolitan water
district, designed to serve a
90 square mile area in
Gaston-Cleveland Counties
plus a sister lake to Moss
Lake, made ‘no financial
commitment to the project”
and spent no funds in
preliminary work done on the
ambitious project, which
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Board
To Fill
Vacancies
The city board of commis-
sioners voted 4-3, the mayor
breaking the tie in an ex-
ecutive session Tuesday
night, to advertise for a
Public Works Director to fill
a position that has been va-
cant since the resignation of
Wayne Kimbrell, Nov. 26,
1985.
In another major personnel
decision, the board also voted
to advertise for a City Clerk-
Treasurer to succeed the late
Joe H. McDaniel, Jr. who
died Aug. 19. Mrs. Steve Har-
mon, whom the board formal-
ly promoted to Assistant City-
Clerk, had been serving as
Acting Clerk during his two-
year illness.
The city clerk’s salary was
$509.41. The Public Works
Director’s salary was $495.19
weekly,
During the hour’s ex-
acutive session, the board
alze teok several other per-
sonnel actions, which were
taen approved unanimously
in open session after the
board reconvened.
Gene Whitworth was pro-
moted from streets to water
and sewer maintenance.
Elester Sawyer was pro-
moted from the street depart-
ment to water and sewer con-
struction and raised from
$5.81 to $7.00 per hour.
Chris Short was hired in
Property and Maintenance at
$4.50 per hour.
Jim Dickey, Jr. was hired
as a waste treatment plant
operator, in training pro-
- gram, at $5.50 per hour.
The Board authorized Karl
Moss to hire three additional
people on a temporary basis
in water and sewer
maintenance construction
and transferred one
employee from Property and
Maintenance and added two
employees to the work pro-
grams.
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‘two counts. of possession for and trial date is Sept. 30 in
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Photo by Gary Stewart
LET'S GO MOUNTIES! - Kings Mountain Hi
cheerleaders Heather Bradshaw (left) and Ms
Ferebee help lead an excited home crowd in cheers
day in’ the Mountaineers’ 42-0 victory over East Lin
at Gamble Stadium. The Mountaineers go after t
third s¢raight win Friday at home against Hunter F
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After Last Week’s Raid
Two Kings Mountain men - Johnson faces charges of
Ear] Collins, 23, of 406 Baker carrying concealed weapon
St., and Willard (Pete) and carrying a pistol into a
Johnson, 47, of 707 Cleveland house at 608 Mauney Avenue,
Ave. and 612 Mauney Ave., ‘an establishment in which
were charged by officers of alcoholic beverages are sold
Alcoholic Beverage Control and consumed in violation of
after a raid on a house at 612 G.S. 14-269.3 and upon proper-
Mauney Avenue Friday and ty he does not own,” accor-
Saturday. ing to the warrant.
Collins faces charges of Johnson’s address on the
selling tax paid alcoholic warrant is listed as 608
beverages without first ob- Mauney Avenue and 707
taining applicable ABC per- Cleveland Ave. He was plac-
mit and revenue license and ed under $500 unsecured Da
sale of alcoholic beverages. Cleveland County District
Trial date is September 30th Court. Johnson was arrested
in Cleveland County District Saturday, according to the
Court. He was arrested Fri- warrant.
day night and Saturday night, Arresting officer was ABC
according to the warrant. Officer Mark Perry.
$200,000 Drive Begins
the campaign, which wi
To Expand Mauney Library
A $200,000 fund-raising project for expansion of city-owned.’
Mauney Memorial Library was launched at Tuesday night’s
city Board of Commissioner’s meeting by the Library Board. °~ 4 =Z
Bill Davis, retired a of schools will head up =7 w
1 officially get underway in January. -' 0 La
The proposed 2,680 square foot addition will include a large * ——
multi-purpose room, which will accommodate 75 to 100 Tox
children for an assembly-activity room, and also serve as a
community room for club meetings. Also planned are a work $41} | ,
room, office, storage facilities, a book stack room and a new ue
Carolina Room, according to Chairman Grady Howard. Pas
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Howard told the board that present space and resources are Sd ee Sabie
stretched to the maximum and that the library was unable to =e ore 20
serve all children interested in this summer’s reading pro- ; :
gram because of lack of space. The children’s reading room
enlargement is padly needed, said Howard.
Also present for the presentation were other members of
the Library board, including Mrs. George Houser, Mrs. J.C.
Bridges, Mrs. Bob Baker, Frank Cagle, Mrs. W. Eugene Mc-
Carter and Librarian Rose Turner.
Jacob S. Mauney Library, given to the city in 1947 by the
J.S. Mauney family, is supported by city and county taxes
with a book collection of 24,468 and 19,679 registered bor-
rowers. The first library in the 30’s and early 40’s was in the
basement of the old City Hall. The present building, which us-
Proposed Expansion of Library....
ed to be commonly known as the old Hord homeplace, includ- Hour, a summer reading program, educational movies, and
ed at one time a teacherage on the second floor and has been with a network of libraries connected with computers, sup-
renovated in recent years. The addition will be on the first plies reading materials and resource materials to hundreds
floor level, said Howard, and will retain the architecture and of readers daily. :
character of the original construction. After their presentation, the board voted unanimously a
The Library sponsors a year round pre-school and Story resolution of support to the project.