The North Carolina Sym-
phony Chamber Orchestra,
under the baton of Music
Director/Conductor
Gerhardt Zimmermann, will
perform in Barnes
Auditorium, Kings Mountain
High School, Thursday, April
30 at 8 p.m.
Principal Piccoloist Bar-
bara Mitchell will perform
Vivaldi’s Concerto in C major
for Piccolo and Orchestra.
Also on the program are
Mozart’s March No. 1,
Serenade No. 9 in D major
‘‘Posthorn,’’ Holst’s St.
Paul’s Suite, and Haydn's
Symphony No. 97.
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Kings Mountain District
Schools Health Council will
sponsor a Community Drug
Awareness Seminar as a
highlight of Drug Awareness
Week activities.
The seminar is scheduled
for Tuesday evening, April
28, from 7:30-9 p.m. in Barnes
Auditorium at Kings Moun-
tain Senior High School.
Charles Odell, Primary
Counselor with the Rotary
Adolescent Treatment Center
in Gastonia, will’ be the
featured speaker at the
Seminar entitled, ‘‘The
Disease of. Chemical
Dependency’. Mr. Odell will
begin the seminar and then a
parent and a teenager will
speak about drug abuse and
GERHARDT ZIMMERMANN
...Director
Symphony To Perform
At Barnes Auditorium
Barbara Mitchell joined
the North Carolina Sym-
phony in 1971. She earned a
Bachelor of Music Education
at Indiana University, where
she studied with James
Pellerite. Ms. Mitchell has
also studied with William
Hebert.
An assisting artist on the
recording ‘‘presenting
Michael Limoli’’ (Critics
Choice Label), Ms. Mitchell
has performed with the
Eastern Music Festival and
was A.J. Fletcher Artist
Associate in flute from
1974-79 at Duke University.
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Drug Awhireness Seminar
Tuesday At High School
the impact it can have on a
family.
The seminar will be of par-
ticular interext to all parents
and their adolescents. Health
Council members will be
distributing educational
materials on drugs (provided
by the Charlotte Drug Educa-
tion Center) to seminar par-
ticipants.
Winners of the poster con-
test for K-5 students will be
announced and all posters
will be displayed. In addition,
winners of the “Say No To
Drugs’’ essay contest for 6-12
students at Central, Kings
Mountain Junior High and
Kings Mountain Senior High
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Gaston To Take Action Thursday
Cleveland County Board of
Commissioners Tuesday
morning accepted petitions
# and authorized the call for a
public hearing on creation of
Piedmont Metropolitan
Water District to serve
Cleveland-Gaston Counties.
Gaston County Board of
Commissioners is expected to
take similar action Thursday
night.
The proposed water district
would cover 135 square miles
and serve 12,000 customers in
a population area of 30,000 at
cost of $29 million. The pro-
posed system would ultimate-
ly provide sewer and fire pro-
tection.
“If all goes well the state
may make a commitment by
Sept.2’”’, J. D. Ellis told the
- board as he reviewed the pro-
ject suggested by Mayor
John Moss during the sum-
FORMER OFFICERS HONORED—Five retired officers of the Kings Mountain Police
Department were honored for long service by the city. Front row, Ernest Beam. Back row,
from left, Johnny Belk, Junior Roper and Lemuel Beattie. Not pictured is Bynum Cook. The
former officers have a combined service record of 90 years in law enforcement.
mer drought and at a time
when Kings Mountain was
selling water to nearby dry
cities.
Ellis told the board that
average anticipated bill for
water taps would run from
$100 to $150 and average
residential rate would be $10
to $20 monthly.
Commissioner Gene
LeGrand asked if a county-
wide hook-up would include
the Upper Cleveland County
Water District and Ellis
replied that ‘there is no
specific plans for that at this
time.” Responding to
LeGrand’s question about the
purpose of the public hearing
and if there would be pro-
blems in encroachment on
other systems, Ellis said
there would be no en-
croachments of other
systems. LeGrand also asked
CURTAIN GOES UP FRIDAY—The Kings Mountain Little
Theatre will present Agatha Christie’s “A Murdder Is An-
nounced” Friday and Saturday nights at 8 p.m. and Sunday
afternoon at 2 p.m. in Park Grace Auditorium. From left, Vi-
Yon Duncan, Jackie Dills, Joni Smith and Mary Louise
aker.
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what the powers of the com-
mission would entail and
Ellis said the commission
would run the district with
the authority to borrow
money, etc.Ellis noted that
one commissioner would be
appointed for each incor-
porated municipality and in
the case of an unincorporated
area each county, Cleveland
and Gaston, would appoint
three commissioners for
three year staggered terms
on the board. 7
Mayor Moss reviewed the
concept and benefits of the
Piedmont Metropolitan
Water District and introduc-
A Murder Is Announced
ed members of the Project
team who also gave input into
the discussion. These includ-
ed David Pond, project con-
sulting engineer of W. K.
Dickson Co. of Charlotte; Ci-
ty Attorney George B.
Thomasson, legal counsel;
Mayor Arrie Ellis of Earl;
Mayor Hugh Dillingham Jr.
of Patterson Springs; Bill
Ross, president of No. 3
Ruritan Club who stressed
the need for water in his area
of the county and Maynard
Ledford, who stressed the|
need for fire protection in the
rural areas.
Commissioner . Joyce
Cashion made the motion to
accept the petitions and move
forward on the project and
Commissioner L. E. Hinnant
seconded. The action was|.
unanimous.
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Kings Mountain Little
Theatre's production of
Agatha Christie’s ‘‘A Murder
Is Announced” will be per-
formed on April 24-25, Friday
and Saturday, and May 1-2 at
8 p.m. with a matinee at 3
p.m. on April 26. Tickets are
$4 (adults) and $2 (students
and senior citizens). Further
information is available by
phone at 704-739-4683 or
704-739-2647.
“A Murder Is Announced’
(adapted for the stage by
Leslie Darbon) features Miss
Marple (Katharine Mauney),
Christie’s Favorite sleuth.
The curtain rises on Little
Paddocks, the home of
Letitia Blacklock (Vivian
Duncan), and her assorted
guests; Dora Bunner (Mary
Louise Baker), Letitia’s
childhood friend and the only
one who remembers; Julia
and Patrick Simmons (Joni
Smith and Matthew Brad-
shaw), Letitia’s “niece” and
“nephew”; Phillipa Haymes
(Susan Johnson), the young
““widow’’ befriended by
Letitia; and Mitzi (Jackie
Dills), the volatile Eastern
European cook. It is the mor-
ning of Friday the 13th, in the
quiet little village of Chipping
Cleghorn. The relaxed morn-
ing atmosphere is suddenly
intensified when Bunny
(Dora) reads the “Gazette”
and this announcement.
“A murder is announced
and will take place on Friday,
the 13th, at Little Pad-
docks—at 6:30 p.m. Friends
please accept this, the only
intimation.”
Believing this to be some
sort of prank, Letitia plans to
receive guests that evening,
and Patrick suggests that
Mitzi prepare her ‘special’
cake, “Delicious Death”. As
expected, busybody neighbor
Clara Swettenham (Joe Ann
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Five former city officers with the Kings
Mountain Police Department have been
honored by the city board of commissioners
with award plaques and their service
revolvers.
Their combined service in law enforce-
ment totals 90 years.
Mayor John Moss made the presenta-
tions.
Ernest Evans Beam came to work with
the city July 12, 1962 and retired Feb. 27,
1975. He was employed by the city as an of-
ficer for 12 years, seven months as
patrolman. Prior to joining the city police
force, he was employed by the Cleveland
County Sheriff’s Department from
1952-1962. He worked for the N.C. Depart-
ment of Corrections as a guard from
1939-41.
Lemuel D. Beattie came to work for the
city on June 27, 1965 and retired on April 12,
1986 after 20 years and 10 months on the job,
retiring as Sergeant. He served as a
Patrolman on the force from June 27, 1965
until Feb. 28, 1974.
Prior to coming to Kings Mountain, Beat-
tie was Constable for No. 5 Township in
Cleveland County from Sept. 1, 1955 until
June 27, 1965. He was elected to the office of
Constable for five consecutive terms.
Bynum P. Cook joined the city police
force on June 23, 1962 and retired on July 1,
1979 with the rank of Sergeant. He was
patrolman until his promotion on Feb. 28,
1974. From March of 1953 until October 1958,
he was a patrolman with the City of Kings
Mountain. In October 1938 to May of 1959 he
was employed by the State Prison Depart-
ment in Roxboro. He served the city 17
years.
Johnny G. Belk joined the city on Feb. 1,
1967 and retired on March 2, 1987 with the
rank of Sergeant. He worked for the city 20
years and one month and was hired as a
patrolman and promoted through the ranks
to Sergeant July 1, 1970. He also worked in
the Detective Division from February 28,
1974 until May 1, 1976. On July 7, 1980 Belk
was wounded in both legs during a distur-
bance at the Chesterfield Court Apart-
ments. Sgt. Belk returned to work Sept. 15,
1980 and remained with the Department un-
til his retirement on March 2, 1987.
William Junior Roper joined the city
police department July 15, 1956 as
patrolman, was promoted through the
ranks to Sergeant, then to Captain of the
Detective Division in 1968 and in July 1969
was promoted to Lieutenant. On July 1, 1970
he was promoted to Captain and then pro-
moted to Chief of Police on February of 1974
and remained Chief until his retirement
January 24, 1976, after 19 years and six
months on the force. Prior to employment
with the city of Kings Mountain, he served
in the U.S. Marine Corps for two years.
Members of their families were present in
Gounel Chambers for the special presenta-
ions. tid