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VOL. 100 NUMBER 6
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1987
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‘Gentleman Cop’ J.D.Barrett
Roasted At Retirement Party
By LIB STEWART
News Editor
Retiring Chief of Police J.D. Barrett was
roasted on his retirement after 31 years on
the city police force Friday by 130 f
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obby, recounting numerous fishing stories.
~ Shelby Chief J.D. Fish, Former KM Chief
Tom McDevitt, now of Forest City, Senator
J. Ollie Harris, Mayor John Moss and Lt.
Richard Reynolds and Barrett’s secretary,
Marty Blanton, who co-chaired the event,
contributed to the fun of the evening which
otherwise could have been a somber affair.
Mrs. Blanton gave cleaning supplies to Ex-
Chief Barrett ‘‘to use as Chief cook and
dishwasher at his house’ and also took the
occasion to present him with a case for his
service revolver, an engraved anniversary
clock, a handsome fishing rod and reel
which Barrett plans to christen today, and a
ceramic policeman for his desk. The Mayor
presented a signed commendation from the
city board of commissioners, Barrett's ser-
vice revolver and his badge of office.
A dinner of roast beef and chicken with
accessories was served at the Holiday Inn.
Jerry B. Blanton gave the invocation.
At the end of the ‘roasting’, Barrett, in a
more serious vein, talked about his early
retirement and urged support for the
special supplementary pension plan which
he elected to take at age 55 after the special
program was approved last year by the
General Assembly to encourage police
chiefs to retire early and make room for
younger officers. ‘‘The 40lk supplement is
one of the best recruiting tools you've ever
RETIRING POLICE CHIEF HONORED—Ret
receives his badge and service revolver during a retirement and appreciation dinner at-
tended by 130 friends and co-workers Friday. Mayor John Moss makes the presenta-
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children, David Barrett of Charlotte,
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iring Chief of Police J.D. Barrett, left,
seen’, said Barrett, who said he would like
to see the mayor and city of commissioners
go on record supporting it. Barrett said that
this plan can save money by causing
younger officers with less seniority to m
into higher p
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date, Pam Wallace, of Charlotte; and
Cheryl and Randy Butler of Kings Moun-
tain; and Barret’s mother, Mrs. John
Queen.
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City commissioners and former and pre-
sent co-workers were present, including
former Police Chief William Roper, Jr.,
Chief McDeritt, Cleveland County Sheriff
Buddy McKinney and L.E. Hinnant, Chair-
man of the County Board of Commissioners
and SBI agent Jim Woodard.
Barrett took the occasion to also praise
the cooperation between the local depart-
ment and area law enforcement agencies.
“I’ve never asked anyone for anything that
he didn’t produce,’ he said.
“I am a firm believer’’, said Barrett, ‘in
putting a man in law enforcement when he’s
young and work him until he’s 50. You've
got the best years of his life. And if he can
put 5 percent of his wages into a 401K sup-
plement program just think what he’d get
on retirement.”
Barrett also took the occasion to
recognize retiring officer Lemuel Beattie.
“When Lum retired about 15 of us served up
a chicken supper at the police club. And, of
course I didn’t expect this crowd tonight but
I want you to know I feel humble and I thank
you.”
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Truck Hit By Two Trains
An Alabama truck driver,
who only last week logged his
one millionth mile without an
accident, escaped injury ear-
ly Friday morning when his
tractor-trailer rig loaded
with 27,000 pounds of yarn
stuck on the tracks at the
Gold Street crossing and was
demolished by two Southern
Railway freight trains travel-
ing 15 seconds apart.
Olin Wingard, of Rockford,
Ala., driver for Avondale
Mills, said the dolly on the 48
foot tractor trailer rig stuck
as he was crossing the
double-crossed tracks.
Wingard told investigating
Ptl. S.A. Brown, who witness-
ed the accident, that he was
looking for L&L Hosiery and
was coming from Parkdale
Mills on Railroad Avenue,
where he had asked for direc-
tions. He said he stopped at
the stop sign but that a “do
not enter truck sign’ was
turned in the opposite direc-
tion and only the white sign
was facing his line of traffic.
He said he then turned right
and started across the tracks.
Ptl. Brown said that when the
trailer rig became stuck on
pavement on the track the
railroad flasher was not ac-
tivated and the train was not
then approaching. The
signals were activated and
were working properly when
the train approached. Brown
said that city officers and the
truck driver attempted to
flag down the operator of the
first freight train but because
the second train was only 15
seconds behind it there was
no way to avoid the second
colision. The tractor trailer
was struck by the first train
on the first set of tracks, lock-
ed around and came to rest
facing south on the second set
of tracks with the trailer
resting at an angle across the
second set of tracks. The se-
cond train, traveling north on
the second set of tracks,
kocked the tractor trailer 14
feet four inches east of the
railroad tracks and struck
the railroad flasher on the
east side of the tracks.
Brown said the ‘no truck
allowed” sign was turned
around and could not have
been seen by the truck driver.
He said neither the driver
of the tractor-trailer or the
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18 KM Businesses Apply
For Beer And Wine Permits
Eighteen Kings Mountain
businesses have filed applica-
tions for permits to sell beer
and wine and permits to those
qualifying will be issued here
at City Hall at 10 a.m. on Feb.
19th.
Making applications Tues-
day morning were Winn Dix-
ie, Food Lion, Harris-Teeter,
Holiday Inn, Pizza Hut, Lin-
wood Produce, the three Pan-
try stores in town, Frank R.
Burger, Pete's Gulf,
Petroleum World's three
stores in town, Crawford's
Quick Stop, East King Shell
Station, Depot Stop and Go
and Community Grocery.
The permits cost $100.
Mark Perry, officer with
the Hickory office of Alcohol
Law Enforcement Division,
Department of Crime, Con-
trol and Public Safety, picked
up the applications from Ac-
ting City Clerk Judy Harmon.
All those making permit
applications will be
thoroughly investigated, said
Perry, and then Kings Moun-
tain City officials will be
given an opportunity to
review them and to recom-
mend any applicant be turn-
ed down should the city board
feel they are un
will be at the same
time so as not to give one
business advantage over the
other, he said.
Some 70 to 100 people in-
terested in on and off premise
sale of malt beverages were
present Friday morning at
Holiday Inn to receive ap-
plication forms and to get
help from representatives of
the state Alcoholic Beverage
Control Commission in filling
them out.
Deputy ABC Commissioner
Bill Cole of Raleigh pointed
out these guidelines:
One outside sign may be
placed outside a business
advertising the sale of malt
beverages. Inside signs may
be placed at the owner’s
discretion wherever and how
many he chooses.
Those holding permits
must buy beverages only
from licensed wholesalers,
none from ‘‘your buddy down
the street if you happen to run
out.”
Copies of all paperwork in-
volving alcohol sales must be
retained on the premises for
three for three years. No
wholesaler can take a check
from you and hold it.
DRIVER ESCAPES INJURY - An Alabama truck driver, Olin Wingard, escaped injury when { »
his tractor-trailer rig stuck on the Gold Street crossing Friday morning and was struck by two
freight trains traveling 15 seconds apart. It was the second train-truck crash in Kings Moun-
tain in the past week.
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH caroLINA |
Beverages must be paid for
on delivery. ‘“No money, no
booze.”
A wholesaler cannot
deliver after hours. After
hour sales are illegal. Off
premise sales are unlawful
from 1 a.m. until 7 a.m. On
premise consumption is il-
legal from 1:30 until 7 a.m.
Unless the city passes a local
ordinance, Sunday sales are
permitted after 1 p.m.
Wholesalers are not allow-
ed to enter into an argument
with a retailer to sell only his
particular products.
To qualify for a permit a
North Carolina resident must
be 21 years of age. If the in-
dividual applicant is not a
resident of this state he must
execute a power of attorney
with a North Carolina resi-
dent to qualify.
To qualify for a permit you
cannot have been convicted
of a felony in the past three
years nor had an ABC permit
revoked in the last three
years nor have been con-
victed of an alcohol beverage
offense in the last two years.
Doug Robinson, also a state
ABC officer, pointed out that
all partners mus
‘Hayes | amed
Of KM Police Department a
Captain Bob Hayes, a 26%
year veteran of the Kings
Mountain Police Depart-
ment, has been named Acting
Chief of the Department.
He succeeds Retiring Chief
J.D. Barrett, who completed
31 years with the department
and with the City of Kings
Mountain January 31.
Acting Chief Hayes joined
KMPD as a patrolman
August 12, 1961 and was pro-
moted through the ranks to
the Acting Chief’s job. He has
served as Assistant Chief
under Barrett the past four
years.
A native of Shelby, Acting
Chief Hayes is the son of Mrs.
Madge Padgett of Kings
Mountain and the late Fit-
chue Hayes. He is married to
the former Sue Dover and
they are parents of one
daughter, Deborah, of
Charlotte. He served in the:
U.S. Army Signal Corps in
1956-58.
Hayes’ promotion was an-
ly and a resident manager
must also make application.
Robinson said the state
ALE officer looks at reputa-
tion, character, criminal
record of the person making
application for a permit, the
zoning laws of the location
and distance from churches
and schools. The statutes pro-
vide for 50 feet from a church
or school, Robinson said, in
response to a question. “The
location has to qualify as a
retail business’’, Robinson
said.
At an off-premise location,
the person in charge must be
18 years or older and the per-
son buying must be 21. “It's
okay to have a 16 year old
checkout girl but you had bet-
ter be sure she knows to
check I.D. cards or you, the
holder of the permit, will be
in trouble’, Cole said. Cole
said that ALE periodically,
sends undercover minors to
stores toitry to purchase beer
and winé. “We're strict,” he
said. *!
State officials said the law |
permits purchase of 12 cases |
of 12 ounce cans of beer at one
Acting Chie
ge
CAPTAIN BOB HAYES
nounced by Kings Mountain
Mayor John Henry Moss who
said the board of commis-
sioners will begin taking ap-
plications for the position of
Chief of Police and the item
will probably be on the agen-
da of Tuesdays’s board
meeting.
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