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he Letters To The Editor
Board’s Satellite Annexation Decision
Was City Government At Its Worst
Gentlemen:
The May 12th City Council meeting was an example of city
government at its worst. The acts I refer to were the approval
of the satellite annexation of the Rick Moore ‘‘Ole Country
Store” property and the Floyd & Mary Goforth ‘Little Dan’s”’
property. These property owners had petitioned the City for
annexation for the purpose of obtaining licenses to sell beer
and wine from the local ABC Board.
My objection to the decisions is not the beer and wine issue
rather the obvious disregard to the costs of providing city ser-
vices to these properties - these being water & sewer, trash
collection, police protection, gas, etc. Under the annexation
law, the city has to be able to provide ALL of the services im-
mediately irregardless of any ‘‘agreements’’ between the
property owners and the City that they do not want the ser-
vices. These costs when fully in curred will probably be in the
hundreds of thousands of dollars when the payback will only
be measured in terms of a few thousand dollars.
These decisions are also to be considered in the light of fact
that several developers had petitioned the City for water and
gas to be run to housing developments that were either under
construction (Gold Run) or in the planning stages. These
developments would be bringing in considerable revenues to
the City without the costs of the services-police, trash, etc.
since all of the proposed developments were going to be out-
side of the city limits.
In the last two City Council meetings, these petitions were
tabled for ‘‘further study’’ with the objections of Councilmen
Finger, King and Phillips to the projected ‘‘costs’’ of the run-
ning of the lines to the developments. These same men along
with Councilman Nicholson voted for the annexation petitions
last night.
In their decisions last night, the City is now obligated to the
newest members of the city limits to all of the services all of
the other citizens now have. The costs are going to be enor-
mous and these four councilmen chose to ignore the same
“costs” that they had objected to in to the previous decisions
tabling the developers requests. Call it hypocrisy, double
standards or whatever -- these four gentlemen have cost the
City and more importantly, the taxpayers, a huge amount of
potential revenues and also the huge cost obligations that will
never be paid back.
The City and its people deserve better.
Beer, Wine Not
An Economic Issue
Editor:
After having lived in Kings Mountain for about nine years
and living there without the astigma of beer and liquor in the
town, at least on Main Street and businesses, I read with in-
Sincerely,
Robert S. Maner
, terest the comments on the recent hearing to admit more
ants in town and feel my comments can no longer
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Interesting to note that Mr. Suber commented he fought for
beer sales purely from an economic viewpoint and is now
Chamber of Commerce President.
I certainly would not want a man President of Commerce if
I were a business man if he thought paying out more money
was better than taking in more money. For example, the beer
and liquor mongers in 1983 grossed 12.2 billion dollars in
sales, but that year cost the nation 89 billion dollars in
welfare, hospitalization from injury caused in wrecks from
drunk drivers, extra police, time loss from work and
rehabilitation of drunks, etc. All the services rendered to
these drunks are paid out of the tax payers pocket.
The argument was used in the drive to legalize liquor, it
would lower taxes, strange is it not, it did not lower taxes in
Charlotte, Gastonia or anywhere else and Bessemer City
almost went broke and it has the tax on liquor for years.
Anyway you slice the cake, it costs more to have beer than
it does without.
How un-informed can one be, Mr. Suber said ‘‘The Citizens
Committee fought for legal sales inside the city because the
city limits are patrolled enough so that sales would not cause
problems such as crimes or wrecks.” :
Are we to believe because you sell beer legally that it will
not make you drunk and drunks won’t drive in the city or
criminals committed crimes? Did not recently someone in
Kings Mountain commit the crime of giving beer to a minor.
In the Clover Junior High, one student came to school drunk
as others have in other school systems through the years
where it is legal to sell the stuff.
Recently below my house on Highway 55 (S.C.) a drunk
woman ran head on into a business man from Clover. She had
her liquor bottle with her and her drinking cup and ice. She
was injured seriously as was the business man. The hospital
bill for the man alone not counting the loss of his car, time
from work, will run over 100,000 dollars. The tax on that bottle
of liquor netted the place where it was sold probably 75 cents
or less. Where is the economics of this and where is the con-
trol?
The bottom line in the liquor question is - dollars - and
greed, but God will have the final word - Habakkuk 2:15 “Woe
Unto Him That Giveth His Neighbor Drink That Putteth The
Bottle To His Mouth’ all those that sell it will answer to God
for every heartache, sorrow, death, crime or result from sell-
ing the devils brew.
Rev. Floyd N. Seay
Let’s Keep KM
~ Library Growing
To The Editor:
After Mrs. Charles Campbell's death I was selected to be
librarian by the Library Board. With help from Miss Marion
Patterson, an aide of Mrs. Campbell, I was able to take over
the duties. I served there for 22 years. I retired December 31,
1972.
Many changes occurred during that time. At first the
library building also served as a teacherage. The money
received from that rent pus $300.00 given by the county were
used for the purchase of the books. We also borrowed books
from the Cleveland County Bookmobile. They came to our
library every two weeks. Books were also given as
memorials.
At first Will Mauney paid my salary. Later the city took
over that part and furnished the utilities and insurance.
The library was later enlarged and the teacherage was
discontinued. The teacherage area was made into three
apartments which were then rented to individuals.
One incident occurred that I will never forget. I was putting
up books in the children’s room and the ceiling fell. I was
knocked out but only bruised and scared. Mrs. Loyd Ormand
was custodian of the teacherage at the time and came in and
pulled me out. Luckily no children were in there at the time.
GARY STEWART
Managing Editor
GARLAND ATKINS
Publisher
ELIZABETH STEWART
News Editor
DARRELL AUSTIN
General Manager
MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Herald is published by Herald Publishing House, P.O. Box 769,
Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086. Business and editorial offices
are located at Canterbury Road-East King Street. Phone 739-7496. Se-
cond clas postage paid at Kings Mountain, N.C. Single copy 25 cents.
Subscription rates: $12.60 year in-county. $6.30 six months. $13.65
- yearly out-of-county. $6.83 six months. Student rates for nine months
- $9.98. USPS.
Of course every book had to be cleaned!
The Book of Minutes was destroyed in the fire at Mrs.
Charlotte Shuford’s home. She was secretary of the board at
that time.
Later the library was again enlarged as it is today.
High school and college students helped me out in the sum-
mer time. They were wonderful! Later Mrs. Helen Neal join-
ed the staff and was quite an asset. At my retirement Mrs.
Hazel Fryer became librarian.
The children were the most avid readers, but people of all
ages also used the library. We were open on Monday and
Wednesday nights and most of those times all chairs and
tables were used by students. I learned a lot helping them!
I enjoyed my stay there very much. I have friends today
that I would never have met otherwise. I cherish them! Being
~ librarian meant a lot to me!
Let’s keep it growing!
Myrtle Pearl
Dies Tuesday
Myrtle Cantrell Pearl, 75,
of Route 5, Kings Mountain,
died Tuesday in Morganton.
A native of Greenville
County, S.C;, she was the
daughter of the late Lodice
Johnson and Charlie Can-
trell. She was married to the
late James Andy Wright and
B. Albert Pearl.
She is survived by one son,
John Charles Forrest of
Kings Mountain; one
daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Wells of Kings Mountain; six
grandchildren; six great-
grandchildren; and one
great-great grandchild.
Services will be conducted
Friday at 2 p.m. at Harris
Funeral Home Chapel by the
Revs. John Heath and Les
Ramsey. Burial will be in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends from 7-9 p.m. Thurs-
day at Harris Funeral Home.
Carpenter
From Page 1-A
going through 400 places and
will see sites in this state that
I’ve never seen before.”
In Raleigh, athletes from
across the U.S. will compete
in 34 events, including the 24
sports of the 1984 Summer
Olympics and other sports
such as softball, rollerskating
and table tennis. The festival
is held each non-Olympic
year to help American
athletes keep a competitive
edge.
“The good thing about the
torch run is that anybody can
participate,” Carpenter says.
‘‘A person can run from bet-
ween a tenth to a mile depen-
ding upon his ability.”
Carpenter and 15 Fort
Bragg soldiers will follow the
torch-bearers and run in
places where no one signs up
to carry it. Thus far, only 800
persons have volunteered to
run with most of them com-
ing from the triangle and
Wilmington areas.
INDUSTRY
A luncheon is scheduled for
12:15 p.m. Thursday at the
Holiday Inn to announce a
new major industry for the
Kings Mountain area.
BOARD TO MEET
The Kings Mountain Board
of Commissioners will meet
in executive session Monday
at 6:30 p.m. to review ap-
plications for the Chief of
Police job.
Mrs. Charles Dilling,
Kings Mountain
BLANCHIE CAMPBELL
Blanchie Craig Campbell,
83. of 902 Second Street, died
Tuesday morning at
Cleveland Memorial
Hospital.
A native of Jackson Coun-
ty, Ga., she was the daughter
of the late Edgar and Endie
Smallwood Craig and was
married to the late Virgil
Campbell.
She was a member of East
on s Mountain Church of
od.
Survivors include two sons,
Otha Campbell of Shelby and
Cecil Campbell of Kings
Mountain; two daughters,
Ailene Reid of Charlotte and
Claudine Rybicki of Buffalo,
N.Y.; four sisters, Mary
Tolbert of Athens, Ga., Met-
tie Hall of Jefferson, Ga.,
Beulah Hall of Americus,
Ga., and Jennie Mae Tyson of
Griffin, Ga.; 23 grand-
children; and 24 great-
~ grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday at 2 p.m.
at Chestnut Ridge Baptist
Church by the Rev. Mitchell
Pruitt, Rev. John Heath and
Rev. Ray Allmond. Burial
will be in the Chestnut Ridge
Baptist Church cemetery.
EVELYN ELLIS
Evelyn Dorsey Ellis, 71, of
Route 1, Grover, died Mon-
day at Presbyterian Hospital
in Charlotte.
A native of Cleveland Coun-
ty, she was the daughter of
e late John Wesley and
Clara Hamrick Dorsey and
was vice president and
secretary for Superior Feed
and Eggs Inc., and vice presi-
dent and secretary of Ellis
Farms Inc.
She was a member of First
Baptist Church of Grover,
where she was a member of
the Young at Heart Group,
Golden Circle Sunday School
Class and former choir
member. She was a volunteer
SINS
office worker for Hospice of
Cleveland County and a
volunteer worker for the Red
Cross Bloodmobile.
Survivors include her hus-
band, J.D. Ellis; one son,
Robert Steven Ellis of
Gastonia; three brothers,
Elmer Dorsey of Jackson-
ville, Fla., Dewitt Dorsey of
Grover and Hugh Dorsey of
Garden Grove, Calif.; two
sisters, Sara Sturdivant of
Columbia, S.C., and Wilda
Haskell of Bostic; and one
grandchild.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Wednesday at 3 p.m.
at Grover’s First Baptist
Church by the Rev. Phillip
Waugh and Dr. Bobby Gantt.
Burial was in Patterson Spr-
ings Baptist Church
cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
the kitchen renovation fund
of First Baptist Church,
Grover.
PHILLIP W. LYNCH
Phillip Ward Lynch, 35, of
104 South Juniper Street,
Apartment 25, died Monday
at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
A native of Gaston County,
he was son of Beatrice D.
Wiesener of Kings Mountain
and M. Kyle Lynch. He was a
member of Laurelwood Bap-
tist Church, was a Vietnam
veteran and was employed as
a desk clerk at Carolina Inn.
In addition to his parents,
he is survived his stepfather,
Carl Wiesener of Kings
Mountain; a son, Jeff Lynch
of Charlotte; three brothers,
Morris K. Lynch of Jackson,
Tn., Danny Lynch of
Waynesville and David
Lynch of Knoxville, Tn.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Wednesday at 2 p.m.
at First Baptist Church,
Gastonia, by the Rev. T.L.
Cashwell Jr. and Rev. J.C.
Goare. Burial was in Gaston
Memorial Park.
Photo by Jeff Grigg
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR - Margaret Walker, second from right, was named volunteer
of the year by the Kings Mountain Senior Center during a volunteer luncheon Saturday. Left to
right are Monty Thornburg, Kings Mountain Director of the Aging, Charles Walker, last year’s
volunteer of the year, Mrs. Walker, and Wayne White, program specialist for the N.C. State
Division of Aging.
Margaret Walker Volunteer Of The Year
The Kings Mountain Senior
Center honored its volunteers
at an appreciation brunch at
the Kings Mountain Senior
Center on Saturday, May
16th.
Approximately 70
volunteers were in atten-
dance for the occasion. Mon-
ty Thornburg, Director of the
Kings Mountain Aging Pro-
gram, praised volunteers for
their hard work and
presented certificates of ap-
preciation to each volunteer
resent. According to Thorn-
urg, 130 different volunteers
have logged over 2,000 hours
at the center since April 1986.
Special guests included
Commissioner and Mrs.
Humes Houston and :
Wayne White, Program
Specialist with the Division of
Aging in Raleigh who also ex-
pressed his appreciation to
the volunteer efforts invested
at the senior center.
The highlight of the event
was the presentation of the
senior center volunteer of the
year award. This year’s reci-
pient was Mrs. Margaret E.
Walker who is the instructor
of the center’s coupon club.
She was presented with a pla-
que from Thornburg and Mr.
White presented her with a
certificate of appreciation
from Governor James Mar-
tin.
Volunteer job opportunities
at the center include office
assistants, telephone recep-
tionists, commodities
workers, health fair workers,
blood pressure clinic nurses,
class instructors, advisory
board members and
ceramics assistants.
The volunteers were
treated to a menu of chicken
crepes, custard,
strawberry/pineapple salad,
fresh baked cookies, banana
punch, coffee, and tea.
Community Residents To Oppose Wastewater Request
From Page 1-A
Cleveland County Cour-
thouse, The North Carolina
Environmental Management
Commission proposes to
issue a state ANPDES permit
subject to pollutant limita-
tions and special conditions.
Comments, statements,
data and other information
may be submitted in writing
prior to the hearing or during
the hearing and presenta-
tions may also be submitted
orally during the meeting.
Cross examination of persons
Preoning testimony will not
e allowed but the hearing of-
ficer may ask questions for
clarification.
Jack and Clara Hughes,
who own a large farm
through which Mill Creek or
“Dixon Branch’ runs, have
written the Environmental
Commission protesting the is-
suance of a permit allowing
the Truck Plaza to discharge
wastewater into the creek.
“The wash water from the
truck wash will allow
anything picked up from
coast to coast to go into our
creek,” the Hugheses stated
in their letter to the commis-
sion. “The washout of trailers
will allow any and all
chemicals to come through
our farm where all our cattle
drink and all the children in
the neighborhood play in the
creek and fish.”
Hughes, who was a cattle
and turkey farmer for many
years prior to his retirement,
said that “the washout of cat-
tle, hog and poultry trucks
are a threat to our poultry
and livestock industry in
Cleveland County.”