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Carl F. Mauney, 77, of 809
E. King St., prominent Kings
Monday in the Kings Moun-
tain Hospital.
Funeral services will be
held Thursday morning at 11
o'clock from St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church of which he
was an active member and
ember of the Church Coun-
cil.
His pastor, Rev. Harwood
Rest Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m.
of a son, Charles F. Mauney
and Mrs. Mauney, 301 N.
Roxford Road. In lieu of
flowers, memorials may be
made to Scholarship Endow-
ment Fund, St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church, 201 N.
Piedmont Avenue.
A native of Cleveland Coun-
ty, Mr. Mauney was the son
of the late Dorris and Sadie
Kings Mountain lawyer An-
dy Neisler won election to a
three year term as chairman
of Kings Mountain's first
ABC board Tuesday night at
a special meeting of the city
board of commissioners.
The board’s action was
unanimous on the choice of a
Mountain industrialist, died
T. Smith, will officiate, and f
interment will in Mountain
Wednesday night at the home
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CARL F. MAUNEY
Fisher Mauney and had lived
in Kings Mountain all his life.
He as graduated from Kings
Mountain Schools and the
Class of 1930, Lenoir ‘Rhyne
College. Associated with
Mauney textile companies
over 50 years, he had been
terms on the new board.
Van Birmingham, retired
Southern Bell Telephone
Company employee, was
elected to the two year term
on motion of Commissioner
Humes Houston, seconded by
Commissioner Irvin M.
Allen, with Commissioner
Corbet En Ison
as prov
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
Secretary-Treasurer of
Mauney Hosiery Mills,Inc.
since 1939 and President of
Sadie Mills,Inc.
A lifelong member of St.
f Matthew’s Lutheran Church,
he was actively involved all
his life in community,
business, civic and philan-
thropic organizations such as
the Lions club, Kings Moun-
tain Hospital Board of
Trustees, First Federal Sav-
ings and Loan Association,
and Cleveland County
Technical College Board of
Trustees and was Mayor Pro
Tem from 1947-49 and also
served on the city board of
commissioners from 1949-51.
He was chairman of the
Kings Mountain Redevelop-
ment Commission.
The board of commis-
sioners, during a special
meeting Tuesday, adopted a
resolution in his memory,
King and Fred Finger who
had supported the nomina-
tion of Herald General
Manager Darrell Austin for
the two year term on the
board.
The one term seat was won
by Roosevelt Ingram after
The Kings Mountain Little
Theatre will present the
powerful drama,‘‘Twelve
Angry Men’’ at 8 p.m. Thurs-
day through Saturday, Feb.
19,20,21 and at 3 p.m. on Sun-
day, Feb. 22.
All performances will be at
Park Grace Auditorium.
“Twelve Angry Men’’, the
story of a jury’s deliberation
of a man accused of first
degree murder, will be
directed by Mrs. Julia C.
Wood.
The cast, composed of
many KMLT veterans, will
also contain several new
faces to the KMLT stage, in-
cluding Gray Rikard, Har-
wood Smith, Greg Conner,
George Hatch, Martin Stall-
ings, Rick Stone, W. Graham
Wood, Jim Potter, Joe Smith,
Bob Baker, Bob Collins,
Larry Muench and James L.
Glenn.
Veteran KMLT Director
Jim Champion wll be in
charge of the third produc-
tion, Agatha Christie’s “A
Murder Is Announced.’
Tryouts for this mystery
thriller will be at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 23 and Tues-
day, Feb. 24, at Park Grace.
Scheduled production dates
are for two weekends: Fri-
day, April 24 through Sunday,
April 26 and Friday,May 1
and Saturday,May 2. All
those interested in trying out
for part or working
backstage should be present
Photo By Jeff Grigg
SCENE FROM LITTLE THEATRE PLAY—*‘Let me go, I'll kill him’’, says George
Hatch, held by Martin Stallings and James Glenn in a scene from ‘‘Twelve Angry Men’’,
which opens Thursday night at 8 p.m. by the KM Little Theatre.
Twelve Angry Men Set
At KM Little Theatre
or call 739-8860.
At the cast party for “Ann
and Andy” the 20 member
cast proceeded to devour 18
pizzas from Pizza Hut.“We
would like to thank Pizza Hut
manager Charlie Patrick for
providing the pizza party free
of charge’, said KMLT
President Doyle Campbell.
President Campbell
said,‘ ‘We are still planning to
have an outdoor performance
with the Charlotte
Shakespeare Company this
summer. Let’s hope that we
get a little bit better weather
this year.” he said.
For ticket information and
reservations call 739-4863 or
739-2647.
City Leader Carl Mauney Is Dead
noting that “Mr. Mauney was
always vitally interested in
and most supportive of pro-
grams and projects affecting
the well-being of Kings Moun-
tain and area
citizens.’ Mayor Moss called
Mauney‘‘an outstanding
citizen who was always ready
and willing to serve in any
oorauily for the betterment
of his community.”
Surviving are his wife,
Catherine Herman Mauney,
whom he married
Aug.27,1930; one daughter,
Mrs. W. K. Berkeley,III of
Spartanburg, S.C.; two sons,
Charles F. Mauney of Kings
Mountain and C. Herman
Mauney of Albuquerque,N.
M., nine grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren;
and one sister, Mrs. George
Houser of Kings Mountain.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Mayor Breaks Tie Vote To Seat
Two Of Three ABC Board Members
motion. Voting against were
Commissioners Allen,
Houston and Nicholson who
supported the other nominee
for the one term post, Leroy
Blanton.
No salary was established
by the board but Elizabeth
Blanton, a spokesman for the
e ane offices in
members. + ge
Sunday Blue Laws were ap:
proved unanimously as the
board made illegal the sale of
alcohol on Sunday in Kings
Mountain.
No beer or wine sales will
be allowed on Sunday, accor-
ding to an ordinance passed
by the commission, until 7
a.m. Monday.
Before going behind closed
doors for nearly two hours to
discuss appointments to an
ABC Board, the Commission
also formally established an
Alcohol Beverage Control
Board in Kings Mountain.
Campaign
To Begin
A kick-off dinner Monday
night at 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn
will begin a $200,000 expan-
sion drive for Jacob S.
Mauney Memorial Library.
The dinner will be courtesy
of Kings Mountain financial
institutions, including
Branch Bank & Trust Co.,
First Citizens Bank, First
Federal Savings & Loan,
First Union National Bank
and Home Federal Savings &
Loan Association.
Invitations were mailed
this week to business and
community leaders and
reservations are requested
by Feb. 19 by telephoning
739-2371.
John Welch, Public Library
Consultant with the North
Carolina State Library
System, will give the prin-
cipal address. A slide presen-
tation will also be shown and
will be made available to
civic clubs and other
organizations interested in
helping to raise funds for the
project.
The Library plans an addi-
tion which will almost double
its present size and include a
multi-purpose room to be us-
ed for children and youth pro-
grams.
William F. Davis, retired
Superintendent of Schools,
will head the fund-raising ef-
fort. Mrs. George Houser is
honorary chairwoman.
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WINTER'S BACK - What a difference a week makes!
Last week, the temperature was in the low 70’s, the kids
were playing baseball and fishermen were wetting lines.
But old man winter returned Monday in the form of freezing
temperatures, freezing rain, snow and sleet. Frank Cagle,
of BB
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For Bennett Masters, 53
Senator J. Ollie Harris call-
ed Bennett Masters’ ap-
parent suicide ‘‘a real
tragedy.”
Harris, who employed
Masters at Harris Funeral
Home 16 yars before Masters
opened Masters Funeral
Home seven years ago, said
of Masters: ‘‘During
Bennett’s work performance
at Harris Funeral Home we
shared a real closeness. I am
really sorry this happened
and I consider his death a
real tragedy. My heart goes
out to his family.”
Graveside services for
Masters were held Friday at
2 p.m. from Cleveland
Memorial Park by Rev.
George Auman, pastor of
Central United Methodist
Church.
A Cleveland County native,
Masters was found dead, of
apparent gunshot wounds,
last Wednesday morning in
his car in the Emergency
Room parking lot of Gaston
Memorial Hospital.
Masters was a former
Cleveland County coroner
and graduate of Gupton
Jones College of Mortuary
Science, Dallas, Texas. He
joined Harris Funeral Home
in 1963 and left that firm in
December 1979 and opened
Masters Funeral Home on
Shelby Road in March of 1980.
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BENNETT MASTERS
For a number of years he
served as chaplain of Kings
Mountain Fire Department
and had a weekend gospel
music program on Radio Sta-
tion WKMT. He was the son
of Louise Sailors Wallace of
Shelby and the late Samuel
E. Masters.
Surviving in addition to his
mother, are his wife, Betty
Patterson Masters; one son,
John Masters, of
Greensboro; two daughters,
Robin Masters of New Bern
and LeeAnn Masters of the
home; a brother, Marvin
Masters of North
Wilkesboro; and two sisters,
Evelyn Belcher of Shelby and
Martha Stroupe of Fort
Walton Beach, Fla.
KM Jaycees DSA Banquet
Tuesday At Central Methodist
The annual Distinguished
Service Award Banquet of
the Kings Mountain Jaycees
will be held Tuesday night at
7 p.m. at Central United
Methodist Church.
The event was rescheduled
because of snow.
Jerry L. Wall, of Yadkin-
ville, a past state president of
the Jaycees, will make the
keynote address.
Presentation of the
Outstanding Young Man or
Young Woman of the Year
will highlight the event,
which is open to the public.
The coveted plaque goes to
the person under 35 who has
exhibited outstanding com-
munity service during 1986.
Jaycees will also honor
Outstanding Young
Educator, Outstanding
Young Teenager, Boss of the
Year, Outstanding Former
Jaycee and Outstanding
Public Servant.
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