21 Days
‘Til Christmas
DuPont
Begins
Operation
Philips and DuPont Optical
Company today announced
start-up of its first facility in
the United States for
manufacturing compact
discs. The new plant on
Grover Road joins a PDO in-
ternational network of high
technology production
facilities for manufacturing
optical discs.
The 160,000 square foot
facility initially will produce
compact discs for the audio
entertainment industry. Ear-
ly in 1987, it will begin pro-
ucing CD-ROM discs for
data applications.
The Kings Mountain plant
has an annual capacity of 30
million discs. This will grow
to approximately 60 million
discs in 1988, about equal to
that of the PDO facility in
Hanover, West Germany.
By 1990, the joint venture
plans to bring its total com-
pact disc capacity to more
than 200 million units a year,
or about 25 percent of the
worldwide audio entertain-
ment market at that time.
Compact discs are expected
to capture 40 percent to 50
percent of the audio enter-
' tainment market by 1990.
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Members of the Kings Mountain
Ministerial Association are
preparing for their annual bell-
ringing project which will benefit
area needy families through the
association’s Helping Hand Fund.
Rev. Graham Wood, chairman of the
project, said ministers will be in front
of Harris Teeter, TG&Y and Winn Dix-
ie from 1-7 p.m. on December 11, 12
and 13, and December 18, 19 and 20 to
accept donations from the public.
Citizens will recognize those persons as Helping Hand
fund-raisers by a bell, which they will be ringing, and
a bucket in which citizens may place their donations.
The Helping Hand Fund provides groceries and
other necessities to needy families in the Greater
Kings Mountain area throughout the year.
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Health Department Satellite
Is Moving To KM Hospital
Denes Houston, new
Cleveland County Health
Director, has just announced
that Kings Mountain Hospital
will be the site of the health
department’s Kings Moun-
tain satellite, beginning
Jan.2,1987. All health depart-
ment services that are now
offered at the Community
Center in Kings Mountain
will be transferred to Kings
Mountain Hospital. Patients
will park in the ambulance
parking lot on Edgemont
Drive, enter through the am-
bulance service door and
take the stairs to the second
floor of the outpatient wing of
the hospital. An isolated sec-
tion of the outpatient wing is
being blocked off for use b
the Cleveland County Heal
Department and the com-
munity.
The Health Department
has been averaging 170 pa-
tient contacts per month at
the Community Center facili-
ty, but that figure is expected
to increase in the new loca-
tion. “We feel that the
hospital will be easier for
people to get to,”’ said Ms.
Houston, ‘‘and the parking
will be more convenient.
Also, we're sure the patients
will appreciate the additional
space at the hospital--which
wiill give us more room to
work and the patients more
privacy.”
The Clinic hours will stay
the same and all services per-
formed by the Health Depart-
ment remain free. The
general clinic meets every
Friday from 8:30 until 10:30
a.m, The women’s. infant and
children’s supplemental
feeding program and the
child health check-up clinics
meets from 8:30 a.m. until 4
p.m. on the first and third
Thursdays. There will be a
slight change in this schedule
in January, with the WIC pro-
gram meeting the second and
third Thursday and the child
health check-up clinic
meeting only on the third
Thursday, on the 15th. The
regular schedule will resume
in February. Patients are.
reminded that the Health
Department provides well
care, focusing on health
education and preventive
medical and environmental
control services. A physician
should be called to treat any
illness.
“I’m really looking for-
ward to working with the
Kings Mountain
KM’s Hinnant And Cashion
To Head New County Board
Kings Mountain banker L.
E.(Josh) Hinnant was
elected chairman and Kings
Mountain grocer Joyce
Cashion was re-elected vice-
chairman of the Cleveland
County Board of Commis-
sioners Monday morning
L.E. HINNANT
after Hinnant and dairy
farmer Coleman Gofort
were sworn on the board.
Gene LeGrand nominated -
Hinnant for chairman and
Mrs. Cashion for vice-
chairman and Goforth
seconded the motion. The
JOYCE CASHION
vote was unanimous.
After his election, Hinnant
thanked members for the
honor and welcomed Goforth
as a new member of the
board. ‘Working together,
Cleveland County will grow
greater,” he said.
Goforth, of the Stoney Point
Community, returns to the
board after a two year
absence after serving four
four year-terms. He is a
former board chairman. Hin-
nant served as chairman in
1985.
Clerk of Court Ruth Ded-
mon conducted the swearing-
in ceremonies.
The new Cleveland County
coroner, Dr. William Simp-
son, and his assistant, Doug
D. Tysinger were also sworn
in Monday morning as were
Clerk of Court Ruth Dedmon
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community,’”’, said Ms.
Houston, following the
Cleveland County Health
Department’s Board meeting
on Monday that approved the
location change. ‘I’ve found
the Kings Mountain people to
be very personable and com-
passionate and I know they
will help our department do
the best job we can.”
A native of Hickory and a
graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne
College with a bachelor’s
degree in nursing,
Ms.Houston has a master’s
degrree in public administra-
tion from Appalachian State
University and is pursuing a
master of public health ad-
ministration degree through
UNC off-campus program in
Hickory.
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KEYS TO NEW POSTOFFICE BOX
ZKings Mountain Mayor John Moss, right,
receives the new keys to his post office box
from Postmaster Fred Weaver after he was
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Commissioners
Meet Tuesday
The city board of commis-
sioners held one of its
shortest meetings of record
Tuesday night, adjourning at
8:10 p.m. after 40 minutes
and quickly completing a 15
item agenda with all
unanimous action of the six
member board.
The board set Christmas
Day, Dec. 26 and Jan. 1 as
holidays for city employees
and authorized Christmas
bonuses of one week’s pay for
employees with a year’s ser-
vice and increments of 1/12th
a week’s pay for all others
with less service. Volunteer
firemen and part-time
employees will receive $25
bonuses and all employees
will receive gift certificates
for turkeys and hams.
In another matter involv-
ing city personnel, the board
amended the waiting period
for insurance coverage. The
change means that after
three months service with the
city an employee can receive
the health fringe benefits in-
stead of six months.
The board departed from
ractice of awarding low
ids.
Upon motion of Commis-
sioner Harold Phillips, the
board awarded the bid for a
new pickup truck for the fire
‘department to the high bid
der, Wade Ford, of Kings
Mountain, instead of the low
bid as recommended by Fire
Chief Gene Tignor. Phillips
said the policy should not be
followed in the case since the
difference was not great and
Wade Ford is a local com-
pany and pays city taxes and
uys city services. The bid-
ders were Wade Ford,
$10,475.66 and Earl Tindol
Ford, Gastonia, $10,311.69.
After tabling from last
month a 3-3 decision on awar-
ding bid for a tractor tren-
cher for the Water-Sewer
Construction Department,
the board took the recom-
mendation of department
head Karl Moss and awarded
contract to high bidder, Ditch
Witch of Charlotte, at
$27,982.22; Other bidders
were Parker Farm Service,
Inc. of Shelby, $24,655 and
Charlotte Ford Tractor,
$25,309. Moss recommended
the high bidder because of ad-
ditional attachments, he said,
that would give city workers
the ability to dig wider and
deeper ditches.
this week.
The board executed pole
use agreement with Jones In-
tercable, Inc. which ups
blanket insurance coverage
from Jones Intercable to $3
million and advertised for
five patrol cars for the Police
Department. Two public
hearings confirming street
assessments were held
without comment from
citizens. Assessments were
approved for Cherokee-Falls
Street from Cherokee to dead
end and from S. Piedmont to
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Grover
To Let
Sewer Bids
Grover Town Board
welcomed new Town Clerk
Janet Patterson at the
December meeting Monday
night and set the date for let-
ting of bids for the town
sewer project.
Mayor Bill McCarter said
that bids will be received at 2
p.m. on Jangth at Grover
Town Hall. McCarter said
that public advertisements
are running in local and trade
newspapers. z
Mrs. Patterson succeeds
Laura Mellon of Grover, who
resigned after service of
three years. Mrs. Patterson
is married to Jerry Patter-
son, dock supervisor for
Overnight Transport and
they are parents of two
children, Travis, 7, and Mol-
ly, 4. They reside in Grover.
In other actions,the board
advertised for a public hear-
ing for Jan.5th at 7 p.m. in
Council Chambers on resolu-
tion to close an additional 208
feet of Maple Avenue for an
addition to Grover In-
dustries.
The Board passed an or-
dinance prohibiting parking
of tractor trailers on city
streets at any time and upped
water tap charges to $100 for
both inside and outside city
customers. The fee applies to
new customers. The Board
also went on record endors-
ing the county-wide 911
emergency system proposal
after the Mayor attended a
meeting in Shelby of county
leaders.
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the first customer in the brand new $1
million facility Friday morning. Postal :
workers were completing moving chores