LEGISLATIVE RECEPTION AREA—Peo
ple were among the group of legislators and guests
attending a legislative reception in Raleigh Thursday for N.C. legislators and hosted by the
American Legion Department of North Carolina. From left Rep. Edith Lutz of Lawndale,
Senator Marshall Rauch of Gastonia, Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, Senator Ollie Harris of Kings
Mountain, Rep. Dave of Belmont, Mrs. Arlene Barrett, State President of the Legion Auxiliary
and District 23 Commander Bob Davies, both of Kings Mountain.
60 Attend Lynch’s Meeting
A public meeting organized
Tuesday night to give citizens
“a chance to speak out”
resulted in a few comments
from the 60-65 citizens pre-
sent at the Community
Center.
Mrs. Haywood E. Lynch,
who organized the meeting,
said she invited city officials
and department heads to at-
tend but only two commis-
sioners, Norman King and
Harold Phillips, were present
Two KM Pantry Stores
Robbed During Weekend
Two Pantry stores in town
were robbed by suspects
wielding drink bottles and
tire tools within 24 hours of
each other during the
weekend.
Kings Mountain Police are
searching for a suspect in his
early 20’s who robbed The
Pantry at 213 E. King St. Fri-
day at 1:41 am. and two
suspects, both in their early
20’s, who robbed The Pantry
at Linwood and Cleveland
Avenue early Saturday morn-
ing at 1:40 a.m.
Det. Richard Reynolds said
Shirley Perdew, a clerk at
The Pantry on East King St.,
same from the rear of the
store when she heard so-
meone out front. As she walk-
ed toward the store’s counter
she saw a man holding a beer
bottle. She asked the man
what he was doing and he
said he was robbing the store
and demanded the money
from the cash drawer. The
clerk gave the man all the
money, she said, and the man
fled on foot. The robber was
described as a black male,
about five feet, ten inches
tall, and in his early 20’s.
Two black males wielding
tire tools robbed The Pantry
on Cleveland and Linwood
Saturday.
Det. Reynolds said the first
victim’s daughter was work-
ing at the cash register when
the robbers demanded
money. The robbers took an
undisclosed amount of cash
and fled on foot, police said.
Rescue Squad Launches
Fund Drive For Equipment
Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad has launched a $50,000
fund-raising campaign to
purchase new ambulances
which are needed to continue
to provide ambulance and
rescue services to the Kings
Mountain area.
Elwood Barnes, chairman
of the campaign, is mailing
letters to are businesses and
citizens asking for support of
the project. All donations are
tax deductible.
Kings Mountain Rescue is a
non-profit organization and
there are no charges for ser-
vices offered by the squad.
Most of its operating capital
comes from donations. with a
small percentage coming
from the United Way of Kings
Mountain and Cleveland
County Board of Commis-
sioners.
Donations may be mailed
to Kings Mountain Rescue
Squad, 312 East Parker
Street, Kings Mountain,
28086. Citizens may also call
Barnes at 739-6922 or the
squad building at 739-2077 to
arrange for a member of the
squad to pick up donations.
“The help of the public will
be greatly appreciated by the
Rescue Squad and by all of
those who are touched by its
services,” said Barnes.
and only one department
head, Acting Police Chief Bob
Hayes, who was in uniform,
showed up.
Two former city
employees, Patsy Parker,
who directed the Fitness Pro-
gram at the Community
Center for five years, and
Rev. Kenneth George,
' former Director of the Aging
program at the Depot,
Charles Walker, a volunteer
in the city aging program,
M.C. Pruette, former city
commissioner and a member
of the Lake Authority, Leroy
Blanton, a former member of
the redevelopment commis-
sion and Al Moretz, a former
city engineer, and Johnny
Beam, and Clayvon Kelly
made comments. Mr. Kelly,
responded to a question posed
by the chairman on pro-
cedures for modifying the ci-
ty form of government from
mayor and council to city
manager form of govern-
ment. Kelly, quoting a letter
from the Department of
Justice Aug. 3, 1981, said the
city can change by or-
dinance, (a vote of the city
board) ; by vote of the people
and by initiating petition.
Mrs. Lynch asked for a show
of hands in the audience of
those favoring a new form of
government with a city
manager and part time
mayor, and 30 hands went up.
Mr. George then asked that
those favoring a second
public meeting raise their
hands. He asked Mrs. Lynch
to appoint a representative
from each of the six voter
wards and present citizens’
opinions from the meeting to
the mayor and board of com-
missioners. He also sug-
gested open forum meetings
be held. Only three people
raised their hands for
another meeting.
M.C. Pruette said he’d like
to see a new power sub-
station built to take care of
extension of electrical ser-
vices. Expansion is needed to
stabilize taxes, he saie.
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KM Area Developers Plan
The most housing construc-
tion ever planned in Kings
Mountain at one time was an-
nounced Monday by 13 area
developers who say they plan
to spend more than $30
million in construction of 514
private, single family units
within the next five years.
Developers met with
Mayor John Moss, engineer
Walt Ollis, codes officer Bob
Davies and community
development coordinator
Gene White to outline their
rojects, most of which are
ocated inside the city but
several in the one-mile
perimeter and outskirts of
town.
“It’s an unprecedented
boon in housing in the Kings
Mountain area’, said Mayor
Moss, who said the announce-
ment by realtors and
business leaders would
enhance the city’s prospects
of landing several new in-
dustries. The Mayor said the
city is competing with six.
states and one foreign coun-
try for one big industry and
two countries and five states
for another industry. ‘The
fact that we can provide ade-
quate housing is a plus’’, he
added.
Several of the developers
have already requested city
services and all 13 reiterated
their requests for water,
sewer, gas, and electricity
and all said they would favor
annexation. Most said they
planned to develop the lots
themselves but several said
the lots would be sold to in-
dividuals. None said he had
encountered any financial
problems in financing his
proposals.
Mayor Moss, who presided
at the informative session in
the second floor conference
room at City Hall, asked each
developer to describe his pro-
perty, show plans, and in-
dicate what city service he
was requesting and if the re-
quest had come before the
county, city planning and
zoning board or city board of
commissioners, etc. Each
was asked to pinpoint on a
map where the nearest
hookup for city services was
located and each was given a
copy of Kings Mountain Sub-
Division Regulations.
Henry Whitesides,
Gastonia lawyer, whose
grandmother gave the land
many years ago to build East
School, plans to build Moun-
tain Laurel Manor off Lin-
wood Road inside the city
limits but in Gaston County
on the northeast side of the ci-
ty. Whitesides proposes
homes ranging from $80,000
to $120,000 on 78 half acre lots
within the next three to five
years. He expects to begin
construction on June 1 and
have eight houses built by
Halloween or Thanksgiving.
He is requesting all city ser-
vices. The lots will sell for
$10,000 and will be on paved
roads.
Robert E. Lee, who plans to
build Country Creek develop-
ment on Highway 74 west in
the city’s one mile perimeter,
plans 100 to 110 houses begin-
ning at $125,000. Lee owns 128
lots which are 150 by 200 feet
and sewer lines already run
on the property. He is re-
quested all city services.
Warren E. Reynolds, Kings
Mountain realtor, plans to
build Kennedy Hill develop-
ment on Highway 161 north
inside the city limits beginn-
ing with 16 houses ranging in
price from $30,000 to $40,000.
Reynolds himself plans to
build on the property and also
to construct a lumber yard
and hardware store.
Reynolds’ property is located
above Radio Station WKMT
on Bessemer City Road.
Reynolds sid he would begin
‘First Baptist Church since
grading of the site this week.
Michael Brown, who plans
to build Brown Meadows on
the Cherryville road north of
the city in the one mile
perimeter, has already built
two of the proposed 32 houses
on the three quarter acre lots.
Brown is also requesting all
city services. Brown says he
will develop the houses
himself in the price range of
$70,000 to $100,000 and he says
his property is only 1,000 feet
from city water hookups and
the planning and zoning
board has approved
preliminary plats. He sug-
$30 Million Housing Projects
gested that the city update is
Sub-Division Regulations to
meet state specifications.
“We don’t need two different
rules to go by’’, he said.
Andy Neisler, Kings Moun-
tain lawyer, and Calvin Huff-
man, of the Dixon Communi-
ty, plan to build Logan Park
in the Margrace area inside
the one mile perimter. Plans
call for 55 houses to be built
on half acre lots, Neisler said,
in phases over the next five
years. The average residence
will cost about $40,000. ‘I
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Dr. Joel Jenkins Leaving
KM For Salisbury Church
Dr. Joel Jenkins, pastor of
March 1983, has resigned to
accept a call to First Baptist
Church of Salisbury.
He will complete his duties
‘with the local church on May
31.
During Dr. Jenkins’ tenure
with the local church, more
than 300 new members joined
the church bringing the total
membership now to 975.
Plans for a new $1.6 million
sanctuary and addition were
made and completed. In addi-
tion to occupying the hand-
some sanctuary and addition,
the church added the new
position of minister of youth.
Dr. Jenkins, 37, grew up in
Cleveland County and
graduated from Crest High
School. He was educated at
Gardner Webb College,
Southeastern Baptist
Seminary and received his
doctorate from Drew Univer-
sity. He came to the Kings
Mountain church four years
and three months ago from
Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church in Shelby. His father
pastored New Hope Baptist
Church at Earl for a number
of years and now Rev. and
Mrs. Jenkins are serving as
foreign missionaries to
Azores on a one-year appoint-
ment.
In the Kings Mountain com-
munity Dr. Jenkins has been
active in the Kings Mountain
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DR. JOEL JENKINS
Ministerial Association
which he serves this year as
vice president; is active in
the Rotary club, the United
Way and vice chairman of
West School PTO. Mrs.
Jenkins is the former Donna
Horne and they are parents of
three children, Joy, 14; Jay,
11; and Jennifer, 7.
Paul Hord, chairman of the
First Baptist church board of
deacons, read the pastor’s
resignation to the congrega-
tion on April 26th, in which
the pastor said he was
answering God’s call to
another place. Salisbury’s
First Baptist Church has a
membership of 1300.
Operation Crime Stoppers
Now Underway In County
Operation Crime Stoppers is
County.’
now underway in Cleveland
All county law enforcement agencies joined Monday in
kicking off the program begun locally by the Shelby Chamber
of Commerce.
Kings Mountain Acting Chief of Police Bob Hayes says the
program works this way: A call comes into Crime Stoppers
481-TIPS. Caller is assigned code number and given call back
date. The CS coordinator then screens information. Ap-
propriate information is forwarded to Detective/Patrol for
use; Coordinator gets disposition on information; warrant
signed, arrest, no arrest, invalid, etc. If warrant is signed,
coordinator indicates to caller during call back he or she is
eligible for reward; board of directors meet. Coordinator
presents information and disposition and board of directors
decide reward amount; caller calls back for final details on
how, where and when to get payoff.
A Crime of the Week schedu
le is being operated by Shelby
Police Department, Kings Mountain Police Department and
Cleveland County Sheriff's Department.
The 15 member board of directors includes Dr. Joel
Jenkins, pastor of First Baptist Church of Kings Mountain,
and Charles Harry, executive
of Grover Industries.
The Herald will publis the Crime of Week. :
The Cleveland County Sheriff's Department, through
Crime Stoppers is seeking information regarding the recent
auto theft of pickup truck.
Sometime late Sunday, April 26th, or early Monday, the
27th, a person or persons, unknown, stole a 1982 Chevrolet
Silverado pickup. The truck was taken from Junior Setzer’s
Well Boring business at 3735 West Dixon Boulevard. The
stolen truck is red and black with a red top, black hood, and
black middle section, and a red section on the bottom. When
stolen, this vehicle was equipped with a General Electric two-
way business radio with the antenna attached to the top of the
truck cab. When last seen, the truck was bearing a North
Carolina tag, number BNH-537. The serial number is on file
with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department.
Anyone havin
information about this or other crimes in
our area may call 481-TIPS to become eligible for a reward of
up to $1,000.00. All information will be kept confidential.