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‘BUCKLE UP.
Seat Belt
Law Begins
January 1
Member
North Carolina
Press Association
VOL. 100 NUMBER 1
LIVE MANGER SCENE - Members of Love Valley Baptist Church presented a live
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1986
manger scene and outdoor drama during Christmas week. Pictured in the manger scene
are, front, left to right, Terry Huffman, Mary Huffman, Renee Moss, Scott Shepherd,
Libby Wilson, Angeline Sisk and Roberta Van Dyke. Back, left to right, Debbie Melton,
Louise Sanders, Shirley Melton and Carolyn Van Dyke.
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4 Teuize Wednesday fight, Kings
Mountain area citizens could
look back on a year in which
they could recall good times
and bad, happiness and
sadness.
But, generally, Kings
Mountain area citizens had
their share of good news dur-
ing the year, which ends at
midnight Wednesday.
Although the summer of
1986 will be remembered as
the summer of a critical
drought which plaqued
numerous area and surroun-
ding towns, Kings Mountain
citziens had few problems
and were able to extend help-
ing hand in the form of water
from Moss Lake to
neighboring towns such as
Grover, Waco and Bessemer
City, the city’s assistance to
Grover helping much-needed
industry to remain open.
Month by month, Herald
headlines tell the story:
JANUARY
Plane Crash Lands in
Kings Mountain; Tax Listing
$25 Fines For
The fine for not wearing a
seat belt in the front seat of a
moving car will be $25 as of
January 1. The fine is an in-
fraction and carries no points
against the license.
This is a reminder of Kings
Mountain Police Chief J.D.
Barrett who urges Kings
Mountain motorists to
‘buckle up.’
“Some people may find a
seat belt a bit uncomfortable
at first, but by buckling up,
they are developing a habit
that one day may well save
their lives, or the life of so-
meone they love,” said the
Chief.
Although the state’s man-
datory seat belt use law has
been effective since Oct.1,
1985, many citizens are rais-
ing new questions concernin
the law and the $25 fine whic
will be enforced Jan.1.
Most of the questions con-
cern who might be exempt
from the law, according to
Grover Teen’s Heart Used In
Transplant; KM Historical
Museum In Works; April
Ellen Morrison First Baby of
Year; Nanney Nominated
For Award; Mayor’s Vote
Saves Gene White's Job; Jim
Testa Purchases Franchise;
$200,000 Civil Suit Filed
Against Dog Warden; Indoor
Pool Fund Hits Snag; KM’s
Harris Seeks Eighth Term In
N. C. State Senate; Dr. Scott
Mayse Man Of Year; L. E.
Hinnant, Pete Stamey Have
Opposition From
Cabiness; Chamber Banquet
Tuesday; Weather, Flu Close
KM Schools;Larry Wood
Gets Gastonia City Job;
FEBRUARY
Democrats Plan Precinct
Meetings; Voter Registration
Scheduled Saturday;KM’s
Sandi Shockley In Mrs. N. C.
Pageant;Special Payment
Plan Given City Utility
Customers; At 96, Alda Deal
Still Independent;Special
Fund Will Assist Cancer Pa-
tient Pam Jones;New Pro-
Not Wearing
Seat Belts Begin Thursday
Paul Jones, director of the
Governor's Highway Safety
Program.‘ ‘Our office is
receiving a number of calls
each day from citizens.
Jones stressed that neither
his office, nor any govern-
ment agency has been given
the authority to grant exemp-
tions under the new law.
“Probably 90 percent of the
calls we get are from people
who would be better off in a
seat belt, regardless of their
physical condition’’, Jones
said.
Authorities say those per-
sons who do feel they qualify
for a medical exemption
must see their physician. A
statement from the physician
must be carried while in the
car and presented to a law en-
forcement officer if
necessary. There are no
forms or cards to be obtained
from government agencies
for this purpose, according to
Jones,
Delay
Citizens Call Fulten Road A
Race Track; City Yulity
Customers Unhappy Wit
High Utility Bills; Grover To
Seek $6,000 Water and Sewer
Grant;Bruce Scism, Col-
eman Goforth File; Grover
Native Les Roark Eyes
Broyhill’s House Seat;
MARCH
Body of Missing Woman
Found Near KM; United Way
Wins Award; KM United Way
Wants To Cooperate Wit
County; Codes Office Moving
Downtown; Gas Station
Owner Files Civil Suit; Sandi
Shockley In Top Ten; Office
Building Planned By Alex-
anders; 6-Weeks Grade
Period Approved; Du Pont
To Take Applications;New
Electronic Voting Machine
Installed By City Commis-
sioners; No More Flowers,
Balloons In KM District
Schools; TG*Y Sold; Hun-
dreds Apply For Jobs At Du-
Pont; Holy Week Services
Set; School Protests Six
Weeks Grading; Grover
Board Votes Itself Monthly
Salary; KM Man Injured
When Home-Made Cannon
Explodes; Region C Commis-
sion Studying Salaries;
Community-Wide Sunrise
Services Set;
APRIL
‘Preliminary Hydro Permit
approved; One-Minute
Whirlwind Rips Roofs Off
Farm Building; People That
Love Center Reaches Out to
Needy; Paul Falls, Organizer
of KM Shrine Club, Dies; In-
door Pool Request Tabled By
City; Shrine Parade April
19; Grover To Join New N. C.
League Insurance Pool; Bill
Davis Is Retiring; School
Teachers Oppose 6-Weeks
Grading System ;Shrine
Parade, BBQ Saturday;
Senator Marvin To Speak At
Academic Awards
Banquet; Finger: Efficiency
Should Be Top Goal Of City
Board;81 Students Honored
At Academic Awards Ban-
uet;Lake Resident’s Suit
gainst KM To Bee Rev.
Fitts Guest Chaplain For
Meeting Of U. S. House;
; MAY
Primary Elections Tues-
A new manufacturing and assembly plant
for building and sale of recreational-type
conversion vans will open soon on I-85 at
Dixon Road, according to Jim Testa, who
said he will begin hiring of an initial crew of
six people immediately.
Testa, who owns and operates a Chevrolet
dealership in Kings Mountain and Shelby
and also owns and operates I-85 Dixon Road
Truck Plaza, said that Harold Milford, of
Georgia, will serve as consultant and con-
struction supervisor and also train
employees. Testa will begin taking applica-
tions for employees this week.
A 7,000 square foot building on the Truck
Plaza property, formerly used as a garage,
is being centrally heated and cooled and
will house the new facility which will be the
first in this area. Testa envisions the new
company will not only provide recreational
full-size and conversion vans for his dealer-
ships to sell but will also be available to
other new and used car dealers for resale.
1986 Is Remembered
Joy :
“doy one strains of Auld Lang Will be By Mail; Kevin Mack gram
Pubes out inyKines Moun. AFC Kookie of ine} car; Kivi Jo 8
Woman Has far Implant;
day For Rev. Fred Wells,69;
Hinnant Leads County Vote;
Now Melanie Can Really
Send Ollie To Raleigh; Har-
ris, Rauch and Marvin Win
Senate Nominations; Ma-Ma
Spencer Is 100; Thomas
Clyde To Manage Phillips
and DuPont Plant; Hearing
Underway; Six Weeks
Grading Stays; Board Okays
Pool Dollars; Weir Given
Lifetime Membership In KM
Lions Club; Aides Want Ques-
tions Answered; KMSHS
Graduation Is Tuesday
Night; Students Raise $$$
For Cancer; Hamrick VP Of
N. C. Jaycees; KM Graduates
Win $100,000 In Scholarships;
KM Is Seat Belt Winner; In-
surance Commissioner Joins
Probe Of Masters;
JUNE
City Budget To Top $14
Million; Top Teacher, Prin-
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Public
The Kings Mountain
Postive Action League will
sponsor an information rally
Sunday, Jan.4th, at 3 p.m. in
preparation for the city-wide
referendum on alcohol sales.
The rally will be held at
Barnes Auditorium on the
campus of Kings Mountain
Senior High School.
State legislator Coy
Privette, director of the N. C.
Christian Action League, will
be the keynote speaker.
The Positive Action
League, which has worked
vigorously to oppose alcohol
sales since the election was
slated for Jan.20, has bought
anti-liquor advertisements in
the local newspaper and has
also conducted a telephone
poll of voters in recent weeks.
David Lawing, who heads up
the group, and other
members of Macedonia Bap-
tist Church,compose the com-
mittee Planning strategy to
defeat the sale of liquor and
the establishment of an ABC
store in the city limits.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH { |
BE Van Assembly Plant
{Planned By Jim Testa
“Since Testa dealerships are so strong on
retailing vans we will sell many of the vans
we manufacture and this expansion will
mean we can service vans a lot easier’’, he
said. Testa projects sales could be as high
as $6 million in a year’s time, estimating
that as many as 40 vans could be placed on
the market within a month's time.
Testa estimated he will spend between
$50,000 to $60,000 for conversion parts for
the vans and that inventory and stock will
be low, since he already owns a number of
vans. He said building costs were in the
neighborhood of $150,000.
He said applications for six jobs, now
available, should be with knowledge in in-
stallation of radios, seats, etc. and semi-
skilled and skilled jobs are available with
salaries competitive with those paid by
manufacturing plants.
Testa has operated Testa Chevrolet for
over five years in Kings Mountain and a
year ago opened a new dealership in Shelby.
Hay Donations Helped
Farmers During Drought
Rally On Sunday
Assisting Lawing are Rev.
Eugene Land, pastor of Se-
cond Baptist Church, and
Rev. Pruella Kilgore, pastor
of Adams’ Chapel AME Zion
Church. Delores White, also
of Macedonia Baptist
Church, is publicity chair-
man for the “dry’’ forces.
Lawing invites all citizens
to attend the information ral-
ly.
In 1967, Kings Mountain
voters rejected alcohol sales
by 321 votes. In 1975, the issue
lost by 167 votes. In 1983,
three seperate measures to
allow the sale of alcoholic
beverages were defeated by
fewer than 100 votes each.
Body Found Near KM
Has Been Identified
A body found on Highway
74 Business west of the city
Dec. 13 has been identified as
a Gastonia woman.
Family members said
Monday that the body is that
of Carolyn Evette Dawkins,
21, the unemployed mother of
a 3-year-old son.
Local law enforcement of-
ficers have sought the iden-
tify of the body since it was
found in the highways east-
bound lane near Cash’s Store
10 days ago.
ccording to officers, Ms.
Dawkins was last seen by her
mother on the evening of Dec.
12. Ms. Dawkins’ mother said
it was not unusual for her
daughter to be away from
home for several days at a
time.
The circumstances of Ms.
Dawkins remains a mystery,
nor does anyone know why
she was in the Kings Moun-
tain area.
According to autopsy
report, Ms. Dawkins suffered
multiple injuries consistent
with having been hit by a car.
The investigation into the
death is continuing.