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VOL. 100 NUMBER 21
Special Fund
To Aid KM
Wreck Victim
A special fund has been opened at Home Federal Savings
and Loan Association to help pay the hospital expenses of a
Kings Mountain woman who was critically injured in a
head-on collision recently in Mississippi.
Scarlett Cox, 24-year-old daughter of James and Elvenia
Cox of 305 Walker Street, was returning from seeing a
diabetic specialist and en route from her sister’s home in
Memphis, Tn., when her 1978 Datsun collided head-on with
a tractor-trailer on Highway 98 in Byhalia, Ms.
Ms. Cox was taken by helicopter to the Elvis Presley
Trauma Center at the Regional Medical Center in Mem-
pis, about 25 miles from the wreck scene. Almost every
one in her body was broken.
Ms. Cox underwent
surgery last Thursday to
repair damage in her arm
‘and leg but is still in critical
condition, according to her
sister-in-law, Rhonda Cox of
Kings Mountain. Her
diabetic condition is also out
8 of control and she is being
given insulin every hour.
§ ‘Doctors said if she ever
walks again it will be at least
a year,” said Rhonda Cox.
“There’s still a lot of surgery
that will have to be done.”
t Ms. Cox had worked at the
Waffle House in Kings Moun-
tain and decided to visit her
sister in Memphis and at-
tempt to get special
alive--and conscious--when they arrived on the scene.
Rescuers talked to the young lady to try to keep her con-
scious as they worked for several minutes to free her from
the tangled wreckage. ;
“Miracously, the only damage to her face and head was
one minor mark on her face,” Rhonda Cox said. ‘‘She was
on a respirator for a week but it was taken off Friday. She’s
been conscious all the time.” :
Ms. Cox had gone to stay with her sister in Memphis after
learning of a Memphis doctor who specialized in diabetics.
She had been helped considerably and was eager to return
to Kings Mountain in time for Mother’s Day.
She was only about 23 miles from her sister’s home when
the wreck occured. Since she had left her job here to seek
medical help in Memphis, she has no hospitalization in-
surance. Neither do her parents, who are both retired.
Her mother and older sister borrowed money to fly to
Memphis to see her last week, worried not about finances
but the condition of Scarlett.
According to police reports, Ms. Cox’s car crossed the
| center line and strcuk the tractor-trailer head on. The car
was completely demolished.
Rescuers, firemen and volunteers from the community
worked together to free Ms. Cox from the wreckage. She
of the need of immediate expert help.
Her mother said doctors say she will be in a wheelchair
for at least six months and may have to have corrective
surgery for years to come.
“You have to have faith,” her mother said. ‘I'm praying.
The Lord’s the only One who can get her back up.”
Scarlett’s Car.
was flown from the scene to the Memphis hospital because
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987 - KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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NEW OFFICERS - New officers were installed recently by
They are, left to right, Karen Brown, secretary;
tor; Russell Fleming, president; and Claude Sub
Hamrick, treasurer; Stephen Huffstetler, vice p
Tate, director.
Photo by Jeff Grigg
the Kings Mountain Jaycees.
Fran Patterson, director; Vera Taylor, direc-
er, chairman of the board. Back row, Larry
resident; Jim Tate, state director; and Brad
Citizens
To Protest
Discharge
Citizens of the Dixon Com-
munity are expected to at-
tend a public hearing Thurs-
day -at 7 p.m. at Grover
Elementary School to oppose
a request by Kings Mountain
Truck Plaza that it be allow-
ed to discharge treated
domestic and industrial
wastewater from its recently-
opened truck wash into Dixon
Branch.
The ‘Dixon Branch” refer-
red to in the public hearing is
known locally as Mill Creek
and runs through a number of
farms located south of In-
terstate 85.
According to the public
notice of the hearing which
has been posted at the
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The Pantry Is Robbed
For the second time in two
weeks the Pantry Store at 213
East King Street in Kings
fountain was the victim of
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nd ed the attendant a
knife point to open the cash
register at which time he took
an unknown amount of cash
from the register.
The Kings Mountain Police
Department had a number of
larcenies and wrecks during
the past week including:
Larceny of hubcaps-Willis
King of 1002 Linwood Road
reported a larceny of hub-
caps taken while his vehicle
was parked at Hardees.
Value was set at $500.
Lee Hodge of 308 Wilson
Terrace reported a larceny of
bike. No value was given.
Leftwich Exxon, 111 King
Street, Kings Mountain
reported a larceny of two
chrome step bumpers and
one bath tub. Value-$275.
Louise Newsome, 317 Som-
merset Drive, reported a
larceny of a bicycle valued at
$100.
Carl Wade of 110 S. Oriental
Avenue reported a larceny of
a vehicle tag, license number
AVC-2829.
Cleveland County Schools
reported a vandalism of a
Yigah ;
| Carpenter Street in the
Pa
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Street.
The description of the suspect is as follows: Black Male,
5'10’’, Slender Built, early 20’s,
Anyone having information about this or other crimes in
our area may call 481-TIPS to become eligible for a reward up
to $1,000.00. All information will be kept confidential.
Crime Of The Week|
cated on East King Street and
City of Kings Mountain.
The Robbery occurred at 1:41 A.M. the early morning
hours of Friday, May 1st, a lone black male entered The Pan-
try while the clerk was busy stocking. The clerk went to the
front of the store to wait on this person. The black male had
what looked to be an empty beer bottle in his hand and told
the clerk this is a Robbery and that he wanted all the money.
The clerk opened the cash register and the Robber took the
money out of the register, left the store and ran East on King
clean shaven.
Chevrolet was $200.
On May 16 at 3:39 p.m. at
Stowe Acres, Brenda Huss, of
hev
was totaled.
to Kings Mountain Hospital.
On May 16 at 6:45 p.m. on
Monroe Avenue, a vehicle
operated by Robert Hum-
phries of 509 Monroe Avenue,
acked into an improperly
parked vehicle owned by |.
Rodney Parker of Route 4,
Kings Mtn. Damage to
Parker’s 1983 Chevrolet was
$100 and damage to Hum-
phries’ 1985 Nissan was $75.
On May 16 at 7:40 p.m. on
Gantt Street, Darrell Crocker
of Route 5, Kings Mountain,
school bus parked at West
School. Vandals painted the
stop sign and cut wires.
Damage was estimated at
$30.
City of Kings Mountain
reported a larceny at the
Kings Mountain Pump Sta-
tion on Second Street where a
light meter was removed.
Several wrecks took place
in Kings Mountain during the
past week. They included:
On May 13 at 3:20 p.m. on
Cleveland Avenue, Billy
Parker of 617 E. Gold St.
struck Anne Boozer of Rt. 1,
Bostic. Damage to Boozer’s
1981 Honda was $500.
Damage to Parker's 1972
Oldsmobile was $300.
On May 15 at 2:50 p.m. on
South Battleground Avenue,
Paul Hendricks, III, 408
Downing Dr., and Joseph
Morris of Blacksburg, S.C.,
struck each other. Damage to
Hendrick’s 1985 jeep was
$200, damage to Morris’ 1984
advised officers that the
steering column broke, caus-
ing him to run off the road in-
to the yard of Mark Shytles of
905 Gantt Street. Damage to
Shytles’ yard was $100 and to
Crocker’s 1976 Chevrolet was
$600.
On May 18 at 7:10 p.m. on
East Ridge Street, Patrick
Layton of 806 Lee St. struck a
parked vehicle owned by
Henry Hovis of 613 Mauney
Ave. Hovis sustained damage
to his 1985 Chevrolet amoun-
ting to $300, damage to
Layton’s 1973 Ford was $100.
Kings Mountain native
Chuck Carpenter is helping
organize the Torch Run
which will kick off the U.S.
Olympic Festival June
22-July 17 through 400 North
Carolina communities.
Carpenter, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Carpenter of
Kings Mountain, plans to
take two months off from his
job with IBM at Research
Triangle Park to help oversee
the event.
Carpenter, an avid runner,
also plans to run over 100
miles during the event which
will see 4,000 runners carry
the torch through 400 towns
and over 2,800 miles of North
Carolina.
The trek will culminate in a
spectacular entrance at open-
ing ceremonies at Raleigh’s
Carter-Finley Stadium on Ju-
ly 17 after runners of all ages
have carried the torch from |
Murphy to Manteo and hit-
ting several towns in bet-
ween, including Kings Moun-
tain, Shelby, Cherryville and
Gastonia.
The flame will be lit at the |
Olympic Monument atop |
14,100-foot Pike’s Peak in Col-
orado Springs, Colorado.
From there the flame will be
transported to the historic
port of Wilmington which will
e the official start of the
torch run in North Carolina.
The route will criss-cross
through North Carolina’s
farmlands and metropolitan
areas and every citizen of the
state will be within 50 miles of
it at some time.
For a $25 tax-deductible
KM Man Organizing Torch Run
donation, volunteer runners
CHUCK CARPENTER
may sign up to carry the
torch from between one-tenth
of a mile to a mile in one of 12
sectons of the state. Applica:
tion forms are available b
sending a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to
USOF-87 Torch Run Coor-
dinator, P.O. Box 12727,
Research Triangle Park,
N.C. 27709.
The torch will come
through Kings Mountain and
area towns July 7, and
Carpenter, who played high
school sports here, expects to
be in on the running and the
watching.
“I love running and travel-
ing,” he said. “I can’t miss
out on an opportunity to run
through the state I love. I'm
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